>> WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 10th, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. IT'S NOW CALLED TO ORDER. OKAY, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE THE ROLL CALL DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> HERE. >> DENZLER. >> HERE. >> GEIGER.
>> HERE. >> MEEK, HERE. PARKER. >> HERE. >> RYAN, HERE. >> THOMPSON HERE, IF YOU ARE
ABLE PLEASE STAND FOR THE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO OUR DCSD SPOTLIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING SEVEN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS WHO WERE NAMED A 2025 AMERICA'S HEALTHIEST SCHOOL BY ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION, THIS ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATING A HEALTHY, SUPPORTIVE
ENVIRONMENT. FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND FAMILIES. SO BEFORE I NAME THE SCHOOLS I WOULD LOVE ON GET THE FOLLOWING STAFF TO JOIN ME ON STAGE. KATE, PLEASE COME ON UP. OUR STAFF WELLNESS COORDINATOR.
KATE. OKAY. KATE DIDN'T MAKE IT. AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF SCHOOLS, TRISTAN, IAN WELLS AND GORGORDON MOSER, IF YOU ARE HEAR
COME ON UP. GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN I AM GOING CALL THE PRINCIPALS FROM THE HEALTHIEST SCHOOLS TO COME ON UP AND JOIN US. PRINCIPAL BETH DOWDY FROM CLOVERLEAF ENRICHMENT SCHOOL. PRINCIPAL JEN OLDHAM WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVERYBODY,
BUT WE ARE RECOGNIZING LARKSPUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PRINCIPAL GENE TAYLOR FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. INTERIM PRINCIPAL LISA CONWAY FROM RENAISSANCE EXPEDITIONARY MAGNATE SCHOOL. PRINCIPAL SARAH FROM SIERRA
MIDDLE SCHOOL. ABSOLUTELY HAVE STAFF JOIN US IF YOU ARE UP HERE WITH ANY OF THESE SCHOOLS, COME ON UP. PRINCIPAL STACY ROBERTSON WITH SOARING HAWK ELEMENTARY. COME ON UP. BRING YOUR FRIENDS.
PRINCIPAL KATIE SOAR TOE JENSEN FROM TRAILBLAZER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. COME ON UP. FIRST OF ALL A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU'LL OF YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE PASS THE MICROPHONE TIME.
SO TELL ME WHAT IT MEANS TO ALL OF YOU AND GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU HAD TO DO TO BECOME A HEALTHIEST SCHOOL. >> FOR SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL WE COORDINATED SOME MARATHON RUNS.
BROUGHT IN SOME RELAXING CHAIRS. AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME FOR HELP OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS ENJOY BEING HEALTHY. >> MARSHALL IS VERY MODEST. HE DID A LOT TO ENCOURAGE THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR STAFF INCLUDING LOADS OF
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVES. MAYBE SOME FRIDAY AFTER-CLASS ACTIVITIES. BUT MORE IN THE HEALTHY AREA AS WELCOME SO BIG THANK YOU TO MARSHALL FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR STAFF AND REMINDING ME TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF, TOO. >> AT RENAISSANCE, WE HAVE -- WE SPEND A TON OF TIME WORKING ON
CREW AND -- FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS. AND SO JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF TO COME TOGETHER AND FOR OUR KIDS TO CONTINUE TO LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG AND TO BE -- WE FOCUSED A LOT ON EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AND WELL BEING.
>> JANE TAYLOR AT MOUNTAIN VIEW. REALLY I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO OUR SCHOOL IN TALKING WITH OUR STAFF AND REALLY WAS A -- WHAT ENDED UP BEING DEEPER, RICHER CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT OUR BUILDING. THE AND SENSE OF BELONGING FOR
STAFF AND STUDENTS. SO OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY REALLY FELT CONNECTED. WE DID AS MUCH AS WE COULD WITH HIKES AND WHAT THE DISTRICT PUT OUT MONTHLY, BUT OUR TEAM WOULD RALLY AND BRING OTHER FRIENDS TOGETHER. WE DID THE HOT CHOCK HAT RUN
THREE YEARS IN A ROW NOW. WE RECENTLY DID PICKLEBALL. SO NOW I AM QUOTE LEARNING TO PICKLEBALL. FOR THE KIDS, WE INSTALLED A -- AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND SO OUR KIDS HAVE PARALLEL PLAY AND A REALLY -- EARN IS OUT PLAYING
AND A LOT MORE HEALTHY. >> I AM RENE CARTWRIGHT THE WELLNESS COORDINATOR AT CLOVERLEAF ENRICHMENT SCHOOL. WE ALSO DID THE HOT CHOCOLATE. WE HAVE DONE SHAMROCK STAMPEDE. WE DID HEALTH CHALLENGES. WE HAVE A CHALLENGE EVERY MONTH TO GET THE STAFF EATING BETTER,
EXERCISING. AND IT'S REALLY BROUGHT OUR STAFF TOGETHER, TOO. >> RENE REALLY IS THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM. AND OUR TEACHERS HAVE SAID I HAVE TRIED NEW FOODS. I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. I HAVE TAKEN TIME FOR MYSELF. SO IT IS REALLY IMPACTED OUR
SCHOOL. AND NOW WE ARE WORKING ON THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING AWARD FOR NEXT YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO WE'LL HAVE BOTH OF THOSE HOPEFULLY UNDER OUR BELT. >> I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO KRISTEN ANDERSON SHE'S
OUR SOCIAL WORKER AND SHE REALLY IS THE REASON THAT WE RECEIVED THIS AWARD. SHE PLANS TOPPS OF STAFF ACTIVITIES AND I WOULD AGREE WITH MANY OF YOU WHO SAID IT REALLY BUILD OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE NOTICED THAT WE ARE CLOSER. WE DO THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES SHE COMES UP WITH FUN GAMES AND NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BUT THE MENTAL ACTIVITY AND MENTAL HEALTH TOO. >> MY NAME IS JENNIFER TRACY AND I AM THE STAFF WELLNESS COORDINATOR AT SOARING HAWK ELEMENTARY.
WE FOCUSED A LOT ON WH WHAT A LT OF YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING, BRINGING THE STAFF TOGETHER. WE HAD A LOT OF NEW STAFF, WE WANTED THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF THE FAMILY AT SOARING HOCK. WE DO MONTHLY POTLUCKS TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS AND CHALLENGES IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.
AND INCORPORATING OUR SURPRISE EXERCISE WITH OUR ENTIRE STUDENT BODY OVER THE P.A. SO THAT'S FUN. >> STACY ROBINSON PRINCIPAL OF SOARING HAWK ELEMENTARY. WE DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE OTHER SCHOOLS DO.
BUT JEN HAS A WAY OF GETTING OUR KIDS ACTIVE AND OUR TEACHERS ARE CHALLENGING THE KIDS TO SOME OF THE SAME ACTIVITIES AND WE ENJOY WORKING THROUGH THESE THINGS TOGETHER IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL, I KNOW I GOT TO PARTICIPATE AT WALK TO SCHOOL DAY AT SOARING HAWK AS DID DIRECTOR PARKER. AND THAT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC. IT'S NICE TO HAVE EVERYONE OUTSIDE AND WALKING TO SCHOOL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO ENCOURAGE OUR KIDS. AND OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE INCREDIBLY HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, I WILL RETHINK MY DINNER. BUT YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING, OUR DIRECTORS ARE GOING TO COME UP HERE TO GIVE YOU CERTIFICATES.
AND WE WILL DO A PICK.
AND, YAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT,, THANK YOU, EARN, THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR KIDS. CONGRATULATIONS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA?
>> I'LL MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA. >> OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? OR AMEND THE AGENDA, HOW? >> CAN I TELL YOU. >> YEAH. >> I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE ARE ADDRESSING ON 9.2 THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL 50 BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATION IS A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND SOME OF THE IMPACTED STUDENTS, I WOULD ASK TO ADD 10 MORE MINUTES FOR A TOTAL OF 25 MINUTE REQ Q&A FOR 9.2.
I WOULD MOVE TO HAVE THAT DONE. >> THAT'S EXTENDING IT BY 10 MINUTES, CORRECT? AND A SECOND BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO EXTEND DISCUSSION TIME BY 10 MINUTES FOR ITEM 9.2.
ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. WE'LL TAKE THE ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. PARKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT.
THAT PASSES 7-0. AND THE AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH THAT REVISION. SO THAT MOVES US INTO SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS ON ITEM 5. >> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT DATES
AND MILESTONES IN FEBRUARY AND I MENTIONED THESE IN JANUARY, SINCE OUR MEETING WAS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD MENTION THEM AGAIN. SINCE IT IS NOW FEBRUARY. SO FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH. AMERICAN HEART MONTH. LOVE THE BUS MONTH.
DEAN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK. NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK. READ OUT LOUD DAY IS FEBRUARY 4th. WAS FEBRUARY 4th. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE. AND NATIONAL SCHOOL RESOURCE
APPRECIATE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER APPRECIATION DAY. AND, OF COURSE, PRESIDENTS DAY COME UP. OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE HAVE HOSTED INCREDIBLE GROUND BREAK GOES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 IN RIDGE GATE AND FOR THE SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION, NEXT
WILL BE THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE DUG HAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4th AT 4:30. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. AND AS ALWAYS, TH THANK YOU SO H
TO THE AMAZING TAXPAYERS TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES. COSMETOLOGY THE WAIT LIST AT HIGHLANDS RANCH IS TWICE THE CAPACITY OF THE PROGRAM. WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO OFFER CHILDREN THESE OPPORTUNITIES THANKS TO OUR VOTERS. LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN
NAMED A RECOGNIZED AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION MODEL PROGRAM. ALSO KNOWN AS A RAMP SCHOOL. THIS IS A VERY PRESTIGIOUS CERTIFICATE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO GET. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE STAFF AND THE COUNSELORS AT
LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL. WE WILL CELEBRATE THEM AT A FUTURE MEETING. LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL'S BOYS WRESTLING TEAM RECENTLY VISITED CIMMARON MIDDLE SCHOOL TO MENTOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS DURING A DUAL WRESTLING MEET.
THEY STOOD MAT SIDE TO PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT AND POST MATCH SUPPORT. A BOOST IN CONFIDENCE AND ADDITIONAL SMILES WERE SEEN FROM YOUR YOUNGER AGENT LOOTS A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS FOR LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND FOSTERING A POSITIVE AND COMMUNITY-CENTERED PROGRAM.
SPORTS CHARITIES RECENTLY HOSTED SPECIAL OLYMPICS, AVALANCHE FLOOR HOCKEY CLINIC AT BALL ARENA. CREST HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL'S UNIFIED TEAM WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AMAZING EVENT. SAM AND MARTIN FROM THE AVALANCHE JOINTED OUR ATHLETES
TO TEACH THEM NEW HOCKEY SKILLS. AVALANCHE LEGENDARY PLAY JOE SAKIC SIGNED CONTRACTS FOR THE ATHLETES TO BE PART OF THE AVALANCHE FOR THE DAY. ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL'S VERY OWN LOGAN KERRY HAS BEEN NAMED THE 2026 COLORADO GATORADE
PLAYER OF THE YEAR. THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR CELEBRATES THE NATION'S BEST STUDENT ATHLETES FOR THEIR SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE FIELD. THE TITLE HOLDS ATHLETES TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND AWARDS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA,
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND EXEMPLARY CHARACTER. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THE THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WHO WELD CLUB, CREATED A STUNNING CUSTOM BIKE RACK FOR BEAR CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THEIR HARD WORK AND SKILL THAT THEY POURED INTO THIS PROJECT.
AND WHO DID YOU WANT LOVE A CLUB THAT IS CALLED GIRLS WHO WELD. I LOVE THAT. THE 250-150 COLIN BUYING PROJECT IS A SCHOOL COMMEMORATION INITIATIVE. CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250th
ANNIVERSARY AND COLORADO'S 150 ANNIVERSARY ARE THEY ARE GROWING COLUMBINES FROM SEAT TO PLANT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL DCSD SCHOOLS. THE NOMINATION WINDOW IS OPEN FOR THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD,
THIS RECOGNIZES TEENAGERS BETWEEN 13 AND 19 WOULD HAVE OVERCOME PERSONAL ADVERSITY AND CREATED POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES THE YOUTH AWARDS FOCUS TEENAGERS WHO HAVE TRY UPPED OVER GREAT ODDS AND SERVE AS INSPIRATIONS AND ROLE MODELS IF YOU KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE GOOD CANDIDATES PLEASE SUBMIT
NOMINATIONS BY APRIL 3rd ON THE DOUGLAS COUNTY YOUTH INITIATIVE WEBSITE. AS A REMAINDER THE GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS LUNCHEON IS TAKEN PLACE THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND. THIS IS AN AMAZING EVENT.
THE CONTINENTAL LEAGUE ART SHOW BEGINS FEBRUARY 13th AT THE COLORADO GALLERY OF ARTS ATTA RAP HO COMMUNITY COLLEGE THIS LITTLETON SO PLEASE STAND BY. THE THIRD ANNUAL CULTURE TRAIL FAIR.
FAMILIES WILL HAVE TABLE TO DISPLAY TEAR FAMILIES CULTURE AND PRESENT THEIR COUNTRY ORIGIN THROUGH DRESS, DRINK, FOOD, CRAFT, AND/OR FLAGS. CULTURAL ART PROJECTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES TO COMPLETE ALL ARE WELCOME TO THIS FREE EVENT. AND FINALLY, SAVE THE DATE, THE
ANNUAL PERSEVERANCE SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 27th. AT THE PLUMB CREEK GOLF COURSE. POINT OF PRIVILEGE TODAY I WAS ABLE TO GO TO A ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL UNIFIED GAME WHERE THE
WHERE THE UNIFIED TEAM PLAYED THE ARTS, FINE ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THE IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY AND THE STUDENTS HELD UP THE UNIFIED KIDDOS FACES IN GIANT POSTERS AND IT WAS JUST SUCH AN
INSPIRATIONAL EVENT. I SHOUT OUT TO ROCK CANYON AND THEIR UNIFIED BASKETBALL TEAM. THAT CONCLUDES THIS MORNING'S -- THIS EVERYBODY'S REMARKS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT KANE. THE NEXT IDEA OUTTA
GENERAL CA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENTS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND THE BOARD VALUES HEARING FROM OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. REACH REGISTERED SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOTTED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO
ADDRESS THE BOARD. TIME WILL BE MONITORED BY STATUESING A TIMER AND WHEN YOUR TIME EXPIRES YOU MAY COMPLETE YOUR SENTENCE. BUT PLEASE DON'T MAKE FURTHER COMMENTS. TO SUPPORT A RESPECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS COMMENTS
TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN TO STAFF OR INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE MEMBERS ON ARE GUEST, PLEASE KEEP REMARKS APPROPRIATE FOR A K-12 EDUCATIONAL AUDIENCE AND REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSIONS OF ALL PERSONNEL MATTERS WHICH ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS. AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE -- ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETING LAWS. BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RESPOND
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING. BOARD-RELATED MATTERS MAY BE FOLLOWED UP BY AT BOARD PRESIDENT AT A LATER TIME AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS MAY BE REFERRED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR APPROPRIATE FOLLOW-UP. TONIGHT WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKER AND THEN MOVE TO OUR IN-CERTAIN SPEAKERS.
IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE FIRST ROW HERE. IT TAKES A WHILE TO MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN. AND WE WILL START WITH OUR FIRST
VIRTUAL SPEAKER, MRS. HOLLY M. MS. M, PLEASE SPEAK UP IF YOU
ARE ABLE. OKAY. SO WE CAN GO BACK TO HOLLY. OKAY. WE CAN GO BACK IF SHE IS ABLE TO CORRECT THAT. I'LL JUST MOVE TO OUR FIRST
IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTER. MR. MATT SMITH.
[ INAUDIBLE ] [ NO AUDIO ] >> EVERY TWO YEARS.
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR THERE IS NO BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THIS APPROACH. EVEN MOST OF THE CONSERVATIVES WHO HIS TOUR LICK SUPPORTED MLOs AND BONDS ARI HARD NO ON THIS PLAN. THIS OPPOSITION DIDN'T COME OUT OF NOWHERE IT'S THE RESULT OF
THIS BOARD AND THE PROMISES MADE INCLUDING BRINGING THE TEACHERS' UNION INTO THE DISTRICT. VOTERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY DO NOT TRUST WHERE THIS IS HEADED. WE WILL ACTIVELY CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANY MLO OR BOND PLACED BEFORE VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT. RUNNING MLOs AND BONDS THAT
YOU KNOW WILL FAIL IS NOT LEADERSHIP. IT'S NOT STRATEGY AND IT'S NOT RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS EVERY ELECTION COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, TIME, AND CREDIBILITY. PUTTING MEASURES ON THE BALLOT DEAD OR RARELY IS A WASTE OF ALL THREE.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND DIRECTOR KELLY DENZLER WHO I THINK WAS THE MOST OPEN AND TRANSPARENT THAT SHE HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR USING A.I., AS HAVE I. TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY. THIS IS EXACTLY THE MOMENT TO PUT THAT BELIEF IN TO PRACTICE. DO MORE WITH LESS.
MODERNIZE OPERATIONS. FIND EFFICIENCIES BEFORE ASKING FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY STRETCHED THIN FOR MORE MONEY. I'LL SAY IT PLAINLY, MLOs AND BONDS WILL NOT PASS UNDER THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, FINALLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I WANT TO ADDRESS THE UPCOMING GIRLS AND
WOMEN'S SPORTS EVENT. FRANKLY I FIND IT DISINGENUOUS, THIS DISTRICT CONTINUES TO FAIL ITS DUTY TO UPHOLD TITLE 9 PROTECTIONS BY ALLOWING BIOLOGICAL BOYS INTO GIRLS SUPPORTS, BATH BATHROOMS AND OVERNIGHT TRIPS BEING ON. >> YOU CAN NOT CELEBRATE GIRLS
AND WOMEN WHILE RECEIPTING THE PROTECTIONS INTEND TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY, PRIVACY AND FAIRNESS. IF THE DISTRICT WILL NOT PROTECTION THEM WE WILL. TONIGHT I ANNOUNCE A NEW RESOURCE FOR PARENTS, STUDENT AND STAFF TO REPORT TITLE NINE INCOME VIOLATIONS WITHIN DCSD. THIS INCLUDES CONCERNS RELATED
TO SPORTS PARTICIPATION, BATHROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS, AND OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS. PLEASE VISIT PROTECTGIRLSPORTSD.D DCSD.COM. SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING THOSE
REPORTS WILL BE REVIEWED AND FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH LEGAL RESOURCES AND ATTORNEYS THAT CAN HELP. THIS ISN'T ABOUT POLITICS IT'S ABOUT ENFORCING THE LAW AND STANDING UP FOR GIRLS WHEN THE SYSTEM WON'T. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU YOU CAN MR. SMITH. NEXT WE HAVE MS. JENNIFER
IVERSON. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER IVERSON AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS. FIRST WE STRONGLY SUPPORT POLICY IKF, REVISIONS THAT UPHOLD HOUSE
BILL 25-1192. THIS LEGISLATION REQUIRES HIGH SCHOOLS TO INCORPORATE FINANCIAL LITERACY STANDARD IN TO A REQUIRED COURSE FOR GRADUATION. BEGINNING IN THE 27 DEAL-'28 SCHOOL YEAR.
REQUIRING ALL STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT TAXES. STUDENT LOAN, CREDIT AND BUDGET HE GO ISN'T JUST GOOD IT'S SEN HAL FOR INDEPENDENT ADULT LIFE. SECOND, WE MUST ADDRESS A TROUBLING FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT.
ON FEBRUARY -- EXCUSE ME. ON FEBRUARY 2nd, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RELEASED A REPORT DOCUMENTING MAJOR DISRUPTION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. INCLUDING A 90% SHARP RISE IN
DISMISSAL OF DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS. PARTICULARLY THOSE INVOLVING NONWHITE STUDENTS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS. WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPS BACK FROM PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS.
COLORADO AND THEIR SCHOOLS MUST STEP FORWARD. WE URGE THIS BOARD TO WORK WITH DCSD'S LOBBYIST TO SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 26-1141. WHICH ADDRESSES THE GAP LEFT BY THE FEDERAL INACTION. OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
AND THOSE FACING DISCRIMINATION CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT FOR WASHINGTON TO DEVELOP EMPATHY OR GROW A CONSCIENCE. THESE STUDENTS NEED PROTECTION NOW. FINALLY D.C. P COMMENDS SUPERINTENDENT KANE FOR OUR BOND
AND MLO PROPOSAL. TO KEEP DCSD BUILDINGS OPERATING AT THEIR SAFEST CAPACITY AND CONTINUE REPLENISHING THE CAPITAL NEEDED TO ENSURE DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS EXCELLENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND CHARTER SCHOOLS AS DOUG CO USED TO DO EVERY 3-5
YEARS. SAFE, WELL MAINTAINED FACILITIES ARE NOT LUXURIES, THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNING. STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BENEFITS EVERY STUDENT IN EVERY COMMUNITY WE SERVE. DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS STANDS
READY TO SUPPORT THIS BOARD IN DECISIONS THAT PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE, PROTECT RIGHTS AND PROVIDE SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. WE ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY DEEPLY APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE OUR CONS TYING THE RIGHTS OF -- >> 15 SECONDS REMAINING. >> OF FREE SPEECH THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK YOU, MS. IVERSON.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. LIZ WAGNER. >> GOOD EVENING. I DON'T THINK I VOTED FOR ANY OF YOU. AND I WAS THINKING, WHY WOULD I WASTE MAY TIME TO BE UP HERE? BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM ME. BUT THEN WHEN HE WENT TO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT IT SAID YOU WANT TO HEAR DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT. SO I AM HERE TO BRING IT FOR YOU. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED MLO AND BOND SCHEDULE WHICH REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TAXES FOR RESIDENTS IN THIS COUNTY.
ANY REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER FUNDING DESERVES CAREFUL SCRUTINY, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE ALREADY MANAGING RISING COSTS. BEFORE DISCUSSING DOLLARS I WANT TO REMIND THIS BOARD WHY THIS DISTRICT EXISTS. IT DOESN'T EXIST FOR BUILDING, IT DOESN'T EXIST FOR ADULT
SYSTEMS LIKE PAYROLL AND PARRA, IT EXISTS TO EDUCATE EVERY ELIGIBLE STUDENT WHO RESIDES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, INCLUDING GIFTED STUDENTS, OUR TWICE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT NOTES AND STUDENTS WITH EFFECTIVE NOTES TO
NAME A FEW I HAVE FUND BEING DECISION SHOULD BE MEASURED AGAINST HOW IT SERVES THESE STUDENT, ALL STUDENTS. SO THE CENTRAL REQUEST HE IS SIMPLE WHAT PROBLEM ARE YOU SOLVING BY ASKING TAXPAYERS FOR MORE MONEY EVERY TWO YEARS,
PUBLIC DATA INDICATES EMPLOY A TRIPS IS TRENDING DOWN AND STUDENT PERFORM ANTS IS TRENDING UP. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THE BOARD SHUT CLEARLY ARTICULATE WHAT UNMET NEAT JUSTIFIES RECURRING TAX INCREASES AND HOW ADDITIONAL FUNDING TRANSLATES INTO MEASURABLE GAINS FOR STUDENTS.
BECAUSE, AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE SAYING, YOU HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE, SOME OF YOU, IF Y YOUR ONLY TOOL IS A HAMMER EVERYTHING STARTS TO LOOK LIKE A NAIL. WHEN THE PRIMARY OF ARE YOU FOCE GROWING THE BUDGET EVERYTHING STARTS LOOK TO LOOK LIKE AN MLO OR BOND.
RAISING MONEY IS NOT A STUDENT OUTCOME. TOP DID YOU DOES NOT REPLACE OUR DOLLARS ARE BUDGETS TO START STUSTUDENTS. PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. AND FINALLY, TAXPAYERS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING. EVERY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS BEING CONSIDERED YOU SHOULD CLEARLY STATE THAT INTENTION AND EXPLAIN HOW IT BENEFITS STUDENT OUTCOMES. BECAUSE, SPOILER ALERT, IT DOESN'T. PARENTS, PAPERS.
ARE THE REASON THAT WE HAVE CRICK LIMB BASED ON THE SCIENCE OF READING IN THIS DISTRICT. PARENTS, OF STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA, ARE WHY ANY OF YOU HAVE TAKEN A DYSLEXIA SIMULATION.
PARENTS LOBBIED TO GET THAT CURRICULUM IN FRONT OF TEACHERS. IT'S PARENTS. IT ALSO WASN'T THE UNION WHO GOT OUT THERE TO GET A BOND PASSED. AND AN MLO PAST. IT WASN'T THE UNION.
IT WASN'T. YOU CAN LOOK CONFUSED, BUT IT WASN'T. AND I AM LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHO DID. AND WHO CAN IT H TESTIFY TO THA. IF YOU ARE ASKING FAMILIES TO INVEST AGAIN, SHOW HOW EVERY DOLLAR WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MS. WAGNER. NEXT WE HAVE MS. KRISTA GILLSTRAP. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A FUN NEW SET UP. I FEEL A LITTLE WEIRD. BUT HERE WE GO. OKAY, GOOD EVENING, BOARD
DIRECTORS, SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND MEMBERS OF CABINET THANK YOU FOR A LUG ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT I AM HERE TO ADDRESS BOARD FILE BE. UNDER THE SECTION LABELED EDUCATION SESSION AND RETREATS IT APPEARS THAT YOU ARE
SUGGESTING WORK SESSIONS DON'T NEED TO BE LIVE STREAMED OR RECORDED BECAUSE NO ACTION IS TAKEN. I HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT MANY REALLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OFFENSE HAPPEN DURING A WORK SESSION BEFORE AN ITEM IS PLACED ON ON AAN AGENDA FOR A VOTE THE PAST
FEW WORK SESSIONS HAVE NOT BEEN LIVE STREAMED AND INTERESTED TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY THAT HAS BEEN A RERENT CHANGE, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBERLY SCHEDULED WORK SESSIONS WERE LIVE STREAMED AND RECORDED. I HAVE FOUR KIDS IN THE DISTRICT A FULL-TIME JOB, I ATTEND ALL THE SACK MEETINGS AT MY KIDS'
SCHOOLS I AM ON THREE DISTRICT COMMITTEE I AM A VERY INVOLVED AND INTERESTED PARENT BUT THERE IS NO WAY I CAN ATTEND EVERY BOARD MEETING. I ASK THAT YOU DON'T CHANGE THAT POLICY AND DO ALL THE BOARD
MEETINGS. AS YOU KNOW I WORKED VERY HARD TO PASS THE LAST MILL AND BOND THINK WE KNOW THE VOTERS VERY MUCH VALUE TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY AND PRESIDENT MEEK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT VALUE YOU HAVE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT. NOT MICHAEL ALL MEETINGS READILY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY WHO CAN'T PHYSICALLY ATTEND THEM WILL NOT GARNER THE TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY WE NEED IF OR WHEN YOU DECIDE TO PUT ANOTHER FUNDING MEASURE ON THE BALLOT. AGAIN, I ASK THAT YOU DO NOT MAKE THESE CHANGES AND CONTINUE LIVE STREAMING YOUR MEETINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU, MANSLAUGHTER GILL IT IS STRAP.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE WILL MOVE INTO ITEM 7. ADOPTION OF THE CONCEPT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON. THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER.
>> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. MAKE, AYE. PARKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. WE ARE NOW AT THE ADOPTION OF
THE JOINT MOTION AGENDA. SO BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES, I REALLY WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT FOUR OF OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS WERE NOT YET SEATED BEFORE MEMBERS AT THE NOVEMBER 11th, 2025 BOARD
MEETING WHICH IS ONE OF THE MEETING MINUTES THAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING TONIGHT. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES IS A CONFIRMATION THAT THEY ACCURATELY REFLECT THE ACTIONS TAKEN. AND DISCUSSION HELD.
SO IT'S NOT A RATIFICATION OF THE DECISIONS THEMSELVES. SO DIRECTORS SHOULD VOTE TO APPROVE IF AFTER REVIEWING THE MINUTES THEY BELIEVE THE RECORD IS ACCURATE. ABSTAIN IF NOT COMFORTABLE A AT THE TIME TO GO THE ACCURACY. AND ANOTHER OPTION ALWAYS IS TO
REQUEST CORRECTIONS OR ASK QUESTIONS. ONCE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. I WILL START WITH IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 11th, 2025 MEETING MINUTES? >> SO MOVED.
>> MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON. THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 11th, 2025 MEETING MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR QUESTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I WILL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. >> AYE.
>> OH, SORRY, PARKER. >> AYE. >> THAT'S OKAY. >> RYAN. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. ALL RIGHT. SO THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 2nd MEETING, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBEL MEETING? >> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE MEETINGS FROM THE DECEMBER 2nd BEING 2025. FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING ONLINE THERE ARE TWO SETS OF THOSE MINUTES. ATTACHED TO OUR AGENDA.
THE SECOND SET IS THE CORRECTED SET. I MOVE TO ADOPT THAT SET OF MINUTES. >> THE ONE THAT HAS FINAL IN THE NAME. WAS THAT DIRECTOR THOMPSON? ALL RIGHT. MOVED BY GEIGER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON. THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE
MEETING MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBEL MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS? SEEING NONE, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE DECEMBE.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 16th, 2025 REGULAR MEETING? >> MOVE TO ADOPT THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 16th 2025 MEETING.
>> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS POPULAR NIGHT. ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A CROAKS THAT ONE THAT I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THE MOTION TO TO -- WHAT I WOULD
LIKE TO DO IS CORRECT THE MOTION FOR ITEM 8.6. THE -- IT HAS A COUPLE OF TYPOS SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE BSL AND THE GP NUMBERS WERE NOT QUITE FULLY THERE.
SO IT WAS MOTION TO ARE RESCIND- MOTION THAT WAS ADOPTED ON SENT 9th WHICH DIRECTED STAPH TO ADMINISTER THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY AS AN OPT-IN ONLY OPTION. IT WAS ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT EXCEEDED BOARD AUTHORITY AND DID
NOT ESTABLISH -- DID NOT FOLLOW ESTABLISHED GOVERNANCE AND POLICY PROCESSES. BSL1.1 AND 1.3.3.1 AND GP1.1. SO BSL WAS MISSING AND A PERIOD
MISSING IN A CITATION. WITH THAT CORRECTION, ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS? OKAY. SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THAT WITH THAT CORRECTION. AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLL CALL.
DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. PARKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT PASSES 7-0.
AND I THINK THAT GETS US TO THE LAST SET. AND I WILL JUST SAY I DID IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS ON THIS ONE, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MENTION THEM AND WE CAN TAKE UP THAT MOTION. ON THIS ONE, THE MOTION FOR ITEM
EIGHT IS FOUND UNDER ITEM 7. SO ITEM 7 HAD THE MOTION INDIRECTLY PLACED THERE. SO IT JUST NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO THE RIGHT PART OF THE AGENDA AND THEN THERE WAS A SLIGHT TYPO.
THERE IS AN EXTRA "L" ON THE WORD ON. AND UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON 11.1. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DECEMBER -- NO, SORRY, JANUARY 27TH, 2026 MEETING MINUTES WITH THOSE TWO
CORRECTIONS. >> MOVE TO ADOPT THE MINUTES AS AMENDED BY DIRECTOR MEEK. >> OKAY. >> SECOND. >> SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RYAN.
THAT WE APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES WITH THE CORRECTIONS FOR THE JANUARY 27TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT -- OH, YES. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> ALL RIGHT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS NOW THAT IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON THE MEETING MINUTES? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEAH, I JUST SAW THIS. JUST FOR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES SECTION, IT JUST DID YOU WANT SAY WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT WE TAKED THE APPROVAL. >> GIVE ME A SECOND TO PULL UP THOSE MEETING MINUTES. SO THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING MINUTES.
WHAT EXACTLY, DIRECTOR THOMPSON? >> SO IT'S AN APPROVAL ITEM AND THE ACTS -- >> WHICH ITEM. >> THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES 8.1. >> SO APPROVAL OF MINUTES 8.1, RIGHT.
SO IT'S MISSING THE MOTION FOR THE MINUTES THAT WERE APPROVED. AND THERE WERE THREE OF -- WHY DON'T WE JUST PULL THESE MINUTES THIS EVENING, BECAUSE WE APPROVED THREE OF THE SIX AND WE
REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT INDICATED PROPERLY. SO -- >> VOTE TO -- THE VOTE TO APPROVE THOSE THREE IS ACTUALLY UP. IS LISTED ON THE MINUTES. IT'S JUST NOT IN THE RIGHT SECTION. IT'S FARTHER -- IT'S BASICALLY THE TOP OF PAGE 2.
AFTER THE -- THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN IT HAS MOTION TO A YOU HAVE PRACTICE THE MINUTES FOR THOSE THREE MEETINGS. >> BUT IT IS MISSING THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE OTHER THREE. >> IT'S MISSING THAT MOTION AND THAT ALL SHOULD BE DOWN BELOW YOU WERE THE MOTION TO ADOPT. >> SO SINCE IT'S REALLY NOT A
EASY THING TO CITE. WE ARE REALLY TRYING HARD TO BE ABLE TO CITE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE APPROVING. WHAT DO WE DO IF THERE IS A MOTION UP -- >> I WITHDRAW MY MOTION.
>> OKAY. WITH THAT WE WILL TABLE THESE MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE THESE MINUTES UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THERE IS A MOTION TO TABLE THE JANUARY 27 REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECOND TODAY BY DIRECT TO GO THOMPSON TO THE MARCH 3rd REGULAR MEETING. ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. PARKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. AND THOMPSON.
>> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THAT PASSES 7-0. LOTS OF MINUTES. SIGN KANE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANTED TO PUBLICALLY THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THE MINUTES, AS YOU KNOW, OUR A JUST
IS. TO THE NEW SYSTEM HAS BEEN CHALLENGING AND THIS SYSTEM ACTUALLY GENERATES THE MINUTES BUT WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT EVERY TIME A CHANGE IS MADE OR A CORRECTION IS MADE A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS GET RESET.
SO IT'S LIKE TRYING TO MANAGE JELLO. WE BILL MOVE IN IN TO REGULAR WORD DOCUMENTS FROM HERE ON OUT UNTIL THE SYSTEM FIXES THE TICKETS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PATIENCE IT'S BEEN A REALLY FRUSTRATED PROCESS FOR ALL OF
US. WE WILL GO BACK TO OLD-FASHIONED MINUTES UNTIL THE SYSTEM SORTS OUT. THANK YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION AND THAT'S HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE MINUTES HAVE TO BE PULLED SOMETIMES. SO THANK YOU.
WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 9, OUR STUDY ACTION ITEMS AND THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE UP IS THE FINANCE UPDATE. AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF 2026MLO. WITH A 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION
AND A 20-MINUTE Q&A. >> NINE EVENING IS MOVING SO QUICKLY I WASN'T QUICK ON THE DRAW HERE. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET ME GIVE YOU HISTORY OF WHERE THE PRESENTATION IS COMING FROM BEFORE I ACTUALLY START IT. I HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM HERE BECAUSE EVERYONE ON THE TEAM HELPED DEVELOP THIS, NOT JUST THIS PRESENTATION BUT EVERYTHING
THAT IS BEHIND THIS PRESENTATION. WE WERE ASKED SOMETIMES AGO TO COME UP WITH A FUNDING PLAN THAT WOULD SUSTAIN THE DISTRICT FOR THE LONG-TERM. AND SO THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU
ALL TONIGHT. MAYBE. OKAY. SO I AM GOING TO START WITH OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL REALITIES. SO LET ME GET STARTED. GET MY FIRST SLIDE UP HERE.
CAN YOU TELL I EXPERIMENTED A LITTLE BIT WITH A.I.'S BEAUTIFY MY SLIDES SO HERE THEY ARE. I DID NOT DO ALL OF THIS. OUR NEW YEAR FUNDING CHALLENGES. LET ME GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE LANDSCAPE. BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT MLOs AND BONDS. THE BIGGEST PART OF LONG-TERM
FUNDING SUSTAINABILITY IS, OF COURSE, THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THE SCHOOL FINANCIAL ACT AT THE STATE. AS YOU KNOW WE OFTEN LEAD THAT DISCUSSION, THANKS TO OUR AMAZING CFO AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND ALWAYS FIGHTING TO HAVE
DOUGLAS COUNTY BE TREATED IN AN EQUITY WAY WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING. HOWEVER, THE STATE OF COLORADO IS SHORT BY $1 BILLION. THE GENERAL FUND IS SHORT BY $1 BILLION. AND FUND FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THE BIGGEST MASSIVE PART OF THE
GENERAL FUND GOES TO MEDICAID AND K-12. AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER. SO WHEN THERE IS A BILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO NAVIGATE A BILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL WITHOUT HITTING K-12 OR MEDICAID OR BOTH.
AND SO THE SHORTFALLS DRIVEN BY A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, INCLUDING ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS, MEDICAID EXPANSION, TAX CHANGES, AND THE EXPIRATION OF ONE-TIME FEDERAL FUNDING. SO WHEN OUR
STATE WAS HAVING SUCCESSFUL TAX SHARES AND THEY HAD A SURPLUS OF REVENUE, NOT ABOVE THE TABER CAP BUT A GOOD AMOUNT OF REVENUE, THEY ARE USING THAT REVENUE FOR NEW PROGRAMS, SUCH AS FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN AND UNIVERSAL PRE-K. WHEN REVENUE KIND OF RETURNS TO
NORMAL LEVELS. THOSE NEW PROGRAMS ARE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO FUND. SO WHEN YOU START A NEW PROGRAM LIKE THIS WITHOUT A TAX CHANGE. THAT CAN SUSTAIN IT LONG-TERM, IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN. SO THOSE COMBINATION OF FACTORS HAVE REALLY KEYED FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THE GOVERNOR'S CURRENT EDUCATION PROPOSAL HAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $413 PER PUPIL. AND A 30% IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW SCHOOL FINANCE ACT WITH THREE-YEAR AVERAGING.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS A VERY, VERY SMALL CHANGE. THAT WON'T EVEN COVER INFLATION. AND THEN THE GOVERNOR'S UPDATED BUDGET, THEY WERE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE REVENUES. SO THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF
A SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAX, WHICH WOULD HIT DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BY ABOUT $16 MILLION. AND BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO SEE A DECREASE IN THEIR REVENUE PROJECTIONS AS CONSISTENT WITH THIS BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, WE HAVE
ADVOCATING VERY HARD AT THE STATE TO NOT PULL 200 MILLION OUT OF K-12 THROUGH SOMETHING REALLY HIDDEN LIKE SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAX. BUT RATHER TO ACTUALLY FREEZE THE FORMULA OR RETURN THE BUDGET
STABILIZATION FACTOR SO THAT THE CUTS TO K-12 EDUCATION ARE TRANSPARENT THINK SO WE CONTINUE TO ASK THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO KEEP THOSE CHANGES TRANSPARENT. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PULL 200 MILLION AND THEN SAY YOU ARE FULLY FUNDING EDUCATION.
AND I AM WORKING ON IT. ROBERT, CAN I JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MANY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? THE 26-27 PROPOSAL, WOULD MEAN
AN ADDITIONAL 6.1 MILLION IN REVENUE AFTER THE SHARE THAT WE PASS THROUGH TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE HAVE ABOUT A $900 MILLION BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAVE 92 SCHOOLS, 61,000 KIDS, 7600 EMPLOYEES, ET CETERA.
AND SO $6.1 MILLION IS VERY, VERY SMALL FOR THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. AND AGAIN, MODIFICATIONS ARE BEING DISCUSSED DAILY. BUT JUST, AGAIN, TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE ON 6.1 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE IT WILL COST US AROUND $6 MILLION JUST TO KEEP
BENEFITS, PREMIUMS FLAT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE ON THE RISE, SO IF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO ABSORB PREMIUMS SO THAT WE ARE NOT PASSING THE PREMIUM INCREASES ALONG TO OUR EMPLOYEES. THAT WILL COST US $6 MILLION. SO THAT $6.1 MILLION IS GONE.
THE SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXI HIGHLIGHT THIS ONLY AS A RISK. SHOULD THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE PULL 200 MILLION OUT OF K-12 THROUGH SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAX IT WILL COST YOUS ABOUT 14 TO $16 MILLION. AND SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE THINK THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
IS BACKING OFF OF THAT PROPOSAL. WE CERTAINLY ALL THE SIGNS POINT THAT WAY BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THAT. SMOOTHING FACTOR ALSO HAS AN IMPACT ON US. SO WE HAVE BEEN A SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY DECLINING DISTRICT AND HISTORICALLY DECLINING
ENROLLMENT DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE OFF AN AVERAGE OF THE CURRENT YEAR AND PRIOR YEARS IN ORDER TO ENROLLMENT DES FROM HAVING DISTRICT FOUL AFTER CLIFFS THAT AVERAGE HAS SLOWLY BEEN SQUEEZED IT'S NOW BEING
PLACED IN THEORY BY THIS SMOOTHING FACTOR WHICH IS A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF ENROLLMENT, CURRENT YEAR, PRIOR YEAR AND, TWO YEARS PRIOR. FOR US OVER WHAT'S BEEN DONE TODAY THAT'S ABOUT A 550,000-DOLLAR IMPACT. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FREEZE.
THE CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HELPS A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES PAY FOR BASE. AND SO THAT'S ABOUT 750,000 THAT WILL IMPACT OUR FAMILIES AS WELL AS OUR BASE PROGRAM. OKAY.
AND NOW I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUND BALANCE THINK I TOLD BUT OUR SITUATION, RIGHT? 6 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE. 6 MILLION IN BENEFITS COSTS, THERE WE ARE AT 0. AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OTHER OF OUR ESCALATING EXPENSES DUE TO INFLATION. WE HAVE BEEN STRATEGICALLY
EATING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FUND BALANCE SITUATION. THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OUR FUND BALANCE AND OUR FUND BALANCE OVERTIME. SO THE BLUE PART IS REQUIRED, 3%
OF EXPENSES IS REQUIRED TO BE SET ASIDE BY TABER. AND 3% OF EXPENSES BUDGETED EXPENSES ARE TO BE SET ASIDE PER BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY. SO THAT BLUE PART THAT YOU CAN SEE OF OUR FUND BALANCE, IS SET
BY POLICY AND TABER. SO THAT SITS AROUND $45 MILLION. COMING UP ON THE REVISED BUDGET. THE RED RENTS SCHOOL CARRYOVER. SO SCHOOL CARRYOVER -- OUR
SCHOOLS ARE ALL BUDGETED AS INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL ENROLLMENT THEY KEEP EXCESS REVENUE EACH YEAR TO CUSHION THEM FROM ENROLLMENT CHANGES. SO IF THEY SUDDENLY HAVE A DROP IN ENROLLMENT WHICH MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE SEEING, THEY ARE ABLE TO USE THEIR
SCHOOL CARRYOVER TO NOT HAVE TO LAY OFF STAFF WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR IS JUST GETTING STARTED. AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE SCHOOL CARRYOVER SET ASIDE FOR BIG PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO START BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT'S SCHOOL CARRYOVER. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP AN EYE ON VERY CLOSELY.
AND THEN GREEN IS OTHER, FOR VARIOUS REASONS THAT'S ASSIGNED. THAT LEAVES THE GRAY. THE GRAY IS OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. NOW, THESE FUND BALANCES MAY LOOK REALLY BIG TO OUR TAXPAYERS, AND THEY CERTAINLY ARE REALLY BIG. BUT I WANT TO ALSO SHINE LIGHT
ON THE FACT THAT OUR MONTHLY PAYROLL IS CLOSE TO 37 OR $38 MILLION FOR MILY PAYROLL. SO IT SEEM LIKE A THE ALTHOUGH F MONEY BUT IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS IS IT SOUNDS LIKE.
THAT'S THE GRAY. THE EXTRA THAT'S THE CUSHION ON THE TOP. YOU CAN SEE THAT BUILT UP DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE ONE-TIME FUNDING RECEIVED THROUGH THE DOLLARS THROUGH -- DURING THE COVID TIME THINK YOU CAN SEE
THAT FUND BALANCE BUILT UP. WE HAVE STRATEGICALLY SPENT THE FUND BALANCE DOWN TO KEEP THE RESOURCES IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH THE KIDS INSTEAD OF HAVING SURPLUSES AT THE END OF THE YEAR UNPLANNED SURPLUSES AND THEN PUTTING THEM INTO FUND BALANCE.
SO WE HAVE BEEN REALLY TRYING -- WORKING REALLY HARD TO KEEP OUR RESOURCES NEAR OUR KIDS AS CLOSE TO OUR KIDS AS WE CAN. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TRYING TO CONTINUE TO HONOR OUR STAFF, WE KNOW WE ARE STILL NOT COMPETITIVE. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET AS MANY RESOURCES TO OUR STAFF AS WE CAN.
AND THOSE THINGS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS A DRAW DOWN FUND BALANCE. SO IF WE -- OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO RESTORE FUND BALANCE TO ABOUT WHERE IT WAS AROUND THE COVID TIME FRAME. SO SOMEWHERE AROUND 5% OF BUDGETED EX-EXPENSES IS A GOOD
UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR US TO HAVE WITHOUT US HOLDING EXCESS MONEY WHEN OUR SYSTEM HAS SO MANY NEEDS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DOWN TOWARDS AND YOU CAN SEE HE THAT AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE SHOULD HIT ABOUT 7%. ALL RIGHT.
JANA IS GOING TO STOP ME IF I SAY SOME NUMBER THAT'S WRONG. OKAY. SO ALL OF THIS TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM. IT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE ANTICIPATED. SO WE ARE DRAWING DOWN FUND BALANCE. BUT WE NEED TO GET TO A POINT
WHERE OUR EXPENDITURES AND OUR REVENUE EQUAL EACH OTHER. SO THAT WE ARE NOT CONTINUING TO DRAW DOWN FUND BALANCE. WE KNEW THAT THE PROMISES THAT WE MADE DURING GROWTH AND DECLINE WHEN WE WERE CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS, WOULD COST US SOME MONEY DURING THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT. HOWEVER, BY THE 27/28 SCHOOL YEAR WE NEED TO GET INTO A PLACE WHERE OUR REVENUE EQUALS OUR EXPENSES. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE THINK WE HAVE ABOUT A $15 MILLION HOLE THAT WE NEED TO FILL.
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY REVENUE FROM THE STATE OF COLORADO. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE OUR MONEY IS SPENT FOR THE BOARD AND FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE PERSONAL OF MONEY THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO CLASSROOMS. EVEN THOUGH SOME OF IT IS
BUDGETED BY OUR DEPARTMENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, ET CETERA. IT'S MONEY TO USED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS YOU CAN DID HE HAD AN IDEA FROM THE GRAY OF ON THE LEFT WHERE OUR MONEY GOES. THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS WHO IS BUDGETING THE MONEY. WHO IS MANAGING THE MONEY. THE PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS OR
DEPARTMENTS, YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRIBUTION. MUCH OF THAT DEPARTMENT SPENDING BENEFITS THE KIDS IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT'S SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OTHER SUPPORTS. OUR REALITY IS WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A $15 MILLION HOLE TO FILL.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO CUT $5 MILLION FROM DEPARTMENTS AND ABOUT $10 MILLION FROM S P.B.s OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WE CAN BALANCE THE SBPs BETTER THROUGH A STUDY, SO OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE ACCUMULATING CARRYOVER
ARE BALANCED WITH OUR SCHOOLSES THAT ARE NOT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING TRULY EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED. THAT'S THE REALITY WE ARE FACING AND I WILL PROBABLY GO ABOUT THREE MINUTES OVER. SO CREATING A SUSTAINABLE
FUNDING PLAN FOR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS. I NEEDED YOU TO HAVE THAT BACKDROP TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. SO, AGAIN, I $15 MILLION HOLE TO NIL IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE ARE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN MANY OF OUR PEER DISTRICTS WE ARE FILLING SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER
HOLES THAN THAT WITH MASSIVE LAYOFFS, ET CETERA. BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO YEARS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO -- WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK. BUT WE NEED A LONG-TERM FUNDING PLAN FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WHY DO WE NEED A LONG-TERM
FUNDING PLAN? THREE BIG THINGS. IN ORDER TO MEET OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDS, AS REFLECTED IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN OF WHAT ON COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR IN ORDER TO MEET OUR CAPITAL NEEDS WE
HAVE NEVER HAD A FUNDING PLAN THAT REFLEX THE MASTER PLAN, WE HAVE HAD MASTER CAPITAL PLAN SAYING THAT WE NEED TO SPEND 800 MILLION DO MAINTAIN OUR BUILDINGS THERE IS NEVER A PLAN ON WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT OR HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO.
IT'S ONE THING TO DOCUMENT THE PLAN AND IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HAVE A PLAN TO MEET THE NEEDS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. THE BOARD ENDS AND THE COMPONENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH ARE DIRECTLY REFLECTED IN THE BOARD ENDS. SO IN TERMS OF THE MASTER
CAPITAL PLAN, THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE NEEDS IN THE MASTER CAPITAL PLAN. WE STILL HAVE 205 MILLION NEEDED BETWEEN 2025 AND 2028. AND THAT'S AFTER THE BOND HE. WE KNEW THAT WHEN WE REQUESTED ABOUT WHAT ABOUT WE DID THE BOND
WE TRIED TOO MAKE AS MODESTER OF AN ASK AS WE COULD EVEN KNOWING OUR CAPITAL NEEDS ARE MASS AND I HAVE WILL CONTINUE TO BE. >> SO HOW DO WE FINANCIALLY PLAN FOR THE MASTER CAPITAL PLAN. BONDS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE OUR
2024 BOND ELECTION. OUR TAX RATE DROPPED SO DRAMATICALLY IN ABOUT 2012, 2014. THAT OUR BOND TAX RATE THAT WE WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR FACILITIES, PUTTING THEM BEHIND.
AND HAVING US SPENDING OPERATIONAL DOLLARS IN INEFFICIENT WAYS IN ORDER TO TRY TO BAND-AID AND DUCT TAPE OUR BUILDINGS FOR AS LONG AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. SO THREE SCENARIOS TO COVER OUR MASTER CAPITAL PLAN, WE CAN PASI CONTINUE? THANK YOU.
WE CAN PASS A SERIES OF LARGER BONDS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WE WOULD HAVE TO PASS A BOND EVERY FOUR YEARS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE PRETTY BIG IN ORDER TO COVER THAT BILLION DOLLARS MASTER CAPITOL PLAN. FOR SCENARIO 2, WE COULD -- WE
HAVE THE OPTION OF GETTING A MAINTENANCE MLO, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR BONDS WOULD REALLY BE NO FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR PROJECTS. SO THE BONDS WOULD BE LOWER AND THAT MAINTENANCE MLO AT $40 MILLION A YEAR WOULD ALLOW US TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT AND
EVERYTHING ON SCHEDULE THINK SO THAT BUILDINGS ARE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE LONG-TERM. IT ALSO MEANS A MOUNT COMMEND NEGLIGENCE MLO MEANS WE ARE NOT PAYING INTEREST IN ORDER TO DO CAPITAL MAINTENANCE. SCENARIO THREE, IS BUDGETING
40 MILLION OUT OF OPERATIONS EVERY YEAR FOR MAINTENANCE AND THEN PASS A SERIES OF BONDS TO. GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF' IDEA OF THIS OPTION, IT COUGHS US ABOUT $20 MILLION A YEAR TO RUN ONE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO $40 MILLION A YEAR OUT OF OUR BUDGET WOULD MEAN SIGNIFICANT CUTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND EVERYWHERE IN OUR DISTRICT. VERY SIGNIFICANT CUTS THAT REALLY HIT STUDENT PROGRAMMING. SO THE ONLY WAY THE DISTRICT CAN BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING FOR THE
LONG-TERM IS BY HAVING A DEBT PLAN THAT CAN GET OUR BOND RATE BACK WHERE IT WAS IN ABOUT 2012, 2014. AND THEN IT CAN STAY THERE. AND WHEN WE PASS A BOND EVERY FOUR YEARS, THAT RATE STAYS RIGHT THERE, SO OUR TAXPAYERS
DON'T EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE. AND WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALL OF OUR FACILITIES OVERTIME. SO HERE IS JUST A LITTLE PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS THE BIG BOND PLAN. THIS IS SCENARIO 1, WHERE WE GET
ALL OF THE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE FUND AND NEW CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FROM BONDS. SO YOU CAN SEE WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK FOR BIGGER BONDS. BUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT TAX RATE, WHICH IS ABOUT EQUIVALENT TO WHAT IT WAS AGAIN IN ABOUT 2012 OR SO, AND NOT NOWHERE NEAR AS HIGH AS IT ONCE WAS, YOU CAN
SEE ON THE BLUE THAT'S OUR TAX RATE. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OUR TAX RATE HAS DROPPED. AND SO RESTORING THAT TAX RATE A LITTLE BIT WILL ALLOW US TO PASS FUTURE BONDS. THESE NEXT TWO BONDS WOULD HAVE A TAX IMPACT TO GET US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. AND THEN WE WOULD BE AT A RATE
WHERE WE CAN PASS FUTURE BONDS UNDER THAT RATE. SO WE CAN JUST PASS BASICALLY NO TAX IMPACT BONDS AFTER ABOUT THE YEAR 2032. OPTION 2 IS IF WE FIND THAT $40 MILLION A YEAR IN MAINTENANCE THROUGH A
MAINTENANCE MLO. AND IF WE DO THAT, THEN OUR BOND RATE WE CAN RETURN OUR BOND RATE TO WHAT IT WAS IN ABOUT 2018, AFTER THAT BIG DROP AND IT CAN MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF OUR TWO SCENARIOS WITH THE BONDS.
AND WHAT THE KIND OF THE BOND AMOUNTS WOULD BE. HOPEFULLY THIS IS MAKING SENSE. SO AGAIN, WE WERE ASKED TO COME UP WITH A SUSTAINABLE PLAN. IN ORDER TO INVEST IN OUR ENDS
AND STRATEGIC PLANS, DIRECTLY IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND STUDENT PROGRAMMING, THAT WOULD BE A 2026 POTENTIAL MLO. A BOND EVERY FOUR YEARS. SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND A 500 MILLION BOND IN 2028. WHICH IS FOUR YEARS AFTER 2024.
AND THEN FOUR YEARS LATER IN 2032. ANOTHER 500 MILLION-DOLLAR BOND AND THEN 2030 TICKETS. AFTER WE GET THROUGH 2032, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT TAX RATE FLAT AND HAVE NO TAX INCREASE BONDS. WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PREDICT
THE FUTURE OF HOME VALUES AND GROWTH AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THAT IS ROUGHLY WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO FOR A POTENTIAL 2026MLO, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AN ADDITIONAL -- THESE ARE ALL
CORRECTLY FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE ALL COLLECTIVELY HAVE RECEIVED. 2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL SROs, OUR ACTUALLIES ASKED US FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER COVERAGE AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE INCREASED.
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, OPERATIONS, SO THE BOND HELPED US BUILD THESE ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS LIKE COSMETOLOGY AT DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. AUTOMOTIVE AT HIGH LABORATORYS RESEARCH HIGH SCHOOL BUT WE HAVE TO PAY THE ONGOING OPERATIONAL
COST TO BE ABLE TO RUN THOSE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TO PAY THE STAFF AND GET THE STAFF THAT HAVE THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO RUN THOSE PROGRAMS THINK PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AND LIFE SKILL PROGRAMMING.
WE HAVE DEFINITELY WORKED ON PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY. HOW WE CAN EEK THAT OUT WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE. IF WE WANT TO DO IT REALLY WELL IN A SPIRALING WAY FROM PRE-K
THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, WE NEED TO INVEST IN A TEAM TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH THAT. WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON NOT JUST SPECIAL FINANCIAL LITERACY BUT ALSO ALL OF THOSE LIFE SKILLS. THE SKILLS WE HAVE BEEN CALLING
DURABLE SKILLS. SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING FOR OUR NEURODIVERSE LEARNERS, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS AS FAR AS OFFERING PROGRAMMING IN HOUSE INSTEAD OF SENDING SO MANY STUDENTS OUT OF DISTRICT TO GET THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED. WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OUR KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT BY CREATING OUR
OWN PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT SPECIAL NEEDS. AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, OUR TWICE EXCEPTIONAL AND ALL OF OUR NEURODIVERSE LEARNERS. ADDITIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMMING. OUR -- BY HAVING THRIVING
SCHOOLS AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WE HAVE MOVED OUR SIXTH GRADERS INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THEM THE SAME ROBUST PROGRAMMING. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO AS PART OF PA DRIVING SCHOOLS, THRIVING COMMUNITIES BE ABLE TO OFFER ELEMENTARY -- OUR ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WHICH WE USED TO DO ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT SINCE. IT'S IMPACTING THE PIPELINE FOR OUR BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS. ANNUAL CURRICULAR INVESTMENT. SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO INNING INVEST IN ACADEMICS. AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO
THAT. MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE ALL OF THAT -- THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE OPPORTUNITIES. THEY HAVE TO HAVE CONSISTENT CURRICULA, NOT JUST FOR OUR GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM, BUT FOR OUR SUPPORT TO SUPPORT OUR NEURODIVERSE LEARNERS.
AN ANNUAL INVESTMENT IN TITLE 9. I KNOW SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS PASSIONATE ABOUT. MAKING SURE THAT OUR I THINK CHARACTER FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR OUR GIRLS IS EQUITABLE TO THAT FOR OUR BOYS. SO WE ARE PROPOSING A $2 MILLION A YEAR INVESTMENT AND WORKING ON
THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, COMPENSATION. WE STILL AREN'T COMPETITIVE THROUGH THE LAST MLO WE SAID THAT WE WOULD BRIM THAT GAP BY ABOUT HALF AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE. AND WE ARE STILL -- WE ARE STILL
AMONG THE LOWEST PAYING. SO COMPENSATION IS SORT OF THE LAST PIECE. SO THOSE ARE OUR RECOMMENDED PIECES. AND THE POTENTIALLY TAX IMPACT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $200 A YEAR DEPENDING ON THE PERSONAL THAT
THAT MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE GENERATES. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF REALLY TECHNICAL DETAILS, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF SCHOOL TAXES IN GENERAL, OUR LOCAL SHARE OF THE SCHOOL FINANCIAL ACT IS 27 MILLS. ALWAYS HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN SITTING AT 27 MILLS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
IT DOESN'T FUND OUR SYSTEM. THE STATE STILL HAS TO FILL IN TO GET US TO FULL FUNDING. BUT OUR MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE WE HAVE HAD SIX SEPARATE AUTHORIZATIONS THINK YOU CAN SEE THE YEARS THERE. ALL ARE FIXED DOLLARS. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FIXED
DOLLAR AMOUNT WE BRIEFED IN 1989 MILL OVERRIDE IN TODAY'S DOLLARS DOESN'T PAY FOR VERY MUCH. OTHER ENTITIES. OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY HAVE FIXED MILLS THAT WAY THE MILLS ADJUST. AS GROWTH AND PROPERTY VALUES GROW IN ORDER TO ADJUST FOR
INFLATION AND TIME. AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PART. AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MILL RATE HISTORY. I JUST PUT IN IN HERE NO YOUR REFERENCE AS YOU ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.
AND HISTORICAL SCHOOL TAX BILLS FOR RESIDENTIALS, SO THAT THE BOARD AND OUR PUBLIC SO THE BOARD CAN SEE WHAT THE TAXES LOOK LIKE FOR THE AVERAGE HOME IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. AND THEN THAT WAS REALLY FAST. AND I STILL WENT OVERTIME. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THE NEXT STEP FOR US TO REALLY DIG IN TO DETAIL AND GET INPUT AND DO ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS WOULD BE IF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD, YOU COULD DIRECT STAFF TO EXPLORE A POTENTIAL
2026ML OFF. THE FIRST THING WE WOULD DO IS CONNECT POLLING. I SOMEONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS BROUGHT UP TONIGHT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE OUT THERE. SO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CAN MAKE A DECISION ABOUT PURSUING
BEYOND THAT. THIS JUST GIVES YOU A BIT OF THAT FRAMEWORK. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CAREFULLY BALANCING PRIORITIES. WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE GRACE OF THE EXTRA TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PULLING
THIS TOGETHER AND STAFF BEING HERE AS WELL. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WORK TO PULL TOGETHER. WE HAD 20 MINUTES SCHEDULED FOR Q& ACTUAL. IN ORDER THAT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERY BOARD DIRECTOR TO ASK ONE QUESTION AND
THEN CIRCLE BACK AFTER EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE. WHO WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. I LAID OUT THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
IS THERE ONE THAT YOU REMEMBER RECOMMENDING. AND COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE MILL THAT WOULD BE ON THE 2026 BALLOT, FITS IN TO THOSE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU SHARED. >> SURE.
THE OPTIONS THAT I SHARED WERE VERY SPECIFIC TO THE CAPITAL NEEDS SIDE OF THE HOUSE. SUSTAINABLE FUNDING HATS TO SPEAK TO THE CAPITAL NEEDS SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AS WELL AS THE PROGRAMMING NEEDS FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THE 2026MLO WOULD ADDRESS
PROGRAMMING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE OPTIONS THAT I SPOKE TO WERE JUST AROUND CAPITOL. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU SEE ON THIS PLAN IS OUR RECOMMENDATION AROUND MAINTAINING OUR FACILITIES.
SO WE DID RECOMMEND -- I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MY OPTIONS WERE NUMBERED. WE RECOMMENDED SCENARIO 2, OR OPTION 2. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS A REFLECTION OF. SO WE RECOMMEND A 2028 BOND FOR 500 MILLION.
AND THEN WE DO RECOMMEND A 2030MLO TO ADDRESS CAPITAL NEEDS SPECIFICALLY. THE LAW ALLOWS US TO SPECIFICALLY RUN AN ML O-FOR THAT. IF WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE $40 MILLION A YEAR THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE SUCH GIANT BONDS. AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY
INTEREST ON INNING INVESTING IN OUR CAPITOL IN TERMS OF H-VAC UNITS AND CARPETS, WE DON'T NEED TO PAY INTEREST ON ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO THIS IS THE MOST RESPONSIBLE PLAN FOR OUR PASSION PAYERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T NED TO PAY INTEREST ON THE SMALLER
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE JUST MAINTENANCE VERSUS NEW CONSTRUCTION, SO THIS WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON SCENARIO TWO. HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED TONIGHT, JUST KIND OF WHERE I AM SITTING AS UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE DO NOTHING. HOW DO WE DECIDE CUTS? WHAT WOULD THOSE CUTS TO PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE? JUST BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
LIKE IF WE DON'T DO THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE RESULT? >> THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN 2026 OR DON'T DO ANY OF THIS, OR BOTH -- >> I WOULD SAY BOTH.
FOR EXAMPLE YOU BROUGHT UP -- YOU TALKED ABOUT CUTS ESPECIALLY FOR THE 2030ML O-FOR FACILITIES. WHAT AT THAT WOULD RESULT IN. IF WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE START CUTTING.
WHAT ARE THE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS. >> IF WE DON'T RUN AN MLO IN 2026. WE WON'T HAVE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CUTS BECAUSE WE REALLY DO WANT TO ADD TO THE PROGRAMMING THAT ADD RESTORE.
THE PROGRAMMING THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR. WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO RUN VERY, VERY TIGHTLY. PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. IF WE -- AND WE DO HAVE A $15 MILLION HOLE. AND WE ARE NOT FILL THAT $15 MILLION HOLE WITH AN MLO.
SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT MUCH WE ARE TAKING CARE OF -- WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE CUTS ANYWAY FOR THAT $15 MILLION HOLE. THE 2026 MLO IS PROGRAMMING THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY. THAT REALLY SHOULD EXIST FOR OUR KIDS. AS FOR THE CAPITAL NEEDS, IF WE
DON'T INVEST IN OUR FACILITIES, THEY WILL DILAPIDATE AND OUR KIDS WILL NOT HAVE NICE SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO GO TO. THEY'LL HAVE LEAKING ROOFS, AND THEY'LL BE HOT AND COLD AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU LET A FACILITY DEGRADE OVERTIME.
IF WE WERE TO INVEST $40 MILLION A YEAR OUT OF OPERATIONS INTO AT LEAST HAVING A BASE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE OF OUR FACILITIES, THOSE CUTS WOULD BE ENORMOUS. $40 MILLION EQUATES TO ABOUT 400 JOBS. OR MORE.
500 JOBS. AND THAT WOULD BE -- THAT WOULD IMPACT EVERY SCHOOL IN OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT. BECAUSE, AGAIN, $20 MILLION A YEAR IS THE COST TO RUN ONE COME PRCOMPREHENSIVE COULD I HIGH. $40 MILLION A YEAR CUT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CAPITOL WOULD HAVE A
MASSIVE THINK PACT. THE OTHER IMPACT IS NO NEW CONSTRUCTION. WE WOULDN'T BE BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS AND ATTRACTING FAMILIES TO DOUGLAS COUNTY. >> DIRECTOR RYAN.
>> SO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CUTS TO PERSONNEL AND YOU ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, 400, 500 JOBS. WHERE ARE THOSE COMING FROM? WHERE WOULD THEY COME FROM IN THE PROJECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE? >> WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A DETAILED ANALYSIS. IF THE BOARD MADE A DECISION
THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO CAPITAL MAINTENANCE THROUGH BONDS, OR AN MLO AND YOU WANT ALL CAPITAL MAINS N MAINTENANCEE OUT OF OPERATIONS WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT THAT $40 MILLION WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN ANALYSIS BUT IT WOULD HAVE A MASSIVE I IMPACT
ACROSS THE SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I ASSUME BY THE FA THAT CAN WE HAVE FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNTS BEHIND ALL OF THESE, ONCE AGAIN WE ARE EVENING ABOUT GOING FOR FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNT WHETHER IT'S A FIXED MILL.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME. YOU HAVE ADVOCATED FOR A FIXED MILL FOR SOMETIME TO GET MORE FROM THE GROWTH AND GET AN IN CREASE THIS IN THAT AND IT TELE PEOPLE WHAT THE FIXED RATE IS. AND IT'S WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE STATE AND WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTY DO. >> THANK YOU. NO, I WAS NOT RECOMMENDED A FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNT. WE WILL RECOMMEND A FIXED MILL. ONCE THE BOARD INSTRUCTS US TO GO EXPLORE. THERE ARE A FEW MOVING PARTS AT
THE STATE LEVEL THAT IMPACT WHAT A FIXED MILL WOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT OUR PROPOSAL WOULD LIKELY BE TO RESCIND ALL PRIOR MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNTS. AND SHIFT TO A SET MILL RATE, WHICH, AGAIN, PUTS US ON A PATH TO BE SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE
WITHOUT CONTINUALLY GOING TO OUR TAXPAYERS. >> AND JUST TO CLARIFY THEREFORE, THE NUMBERS ON SLIDE -- >> THIS ONE I THINK. >> NEXT SLIDE. THE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING PLAN SLIDE.
THE TAX -- THE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SIDE HAS DOLLAR AMOUNTS NEXT TO THE PROPOSALS. >> YES. >> ARE THOSE THE INITIAL -- >> EXACTLY. >> INITIAL -- >> EXACTLY. CORRECT. THAT'S THE INITIAL COLLECTION, THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER DIRECTOR THAT HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO SECOND ROUND? ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> YEAH. I AM TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF MY QUESTION. BUT WHEN I RECENTLY TALKED TO
THE PUBLIC ABOUT FUNDING, THERE WAS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE, RIGHT? WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IF IT WAS JUST VOTED ON? AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, WELL, WE BUILT MORE HOUSES SO THERE IS MORE MONEY. AND IT'S NOT THAT SAMPLE.
AND SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE FOR THE PUBLIC, TO UNDERSTAND WHY DO WE NEED TO INCREASE AND WHY WOULDN'T IT INCREASE AFTER 2032? LIKE HOW DO THE NUMBERS WORK WITH THAT? >> OKAY. LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN
TWO PARTS. >> YEAH. >> SO YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS WHY DON'T NEW HOUSES MEAN NEW REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT? THEY DON'T. THEY DO MEAN NEW TAX -- ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE. SO WE HAVE A 27 MILL SCHOOL FINANCE ACT TAX.
AND WE RAISE MORE MONEY WITH THAT 27 MILLS WHEN THERE ARE NEW HOUSES AND HIGHER PROPERTY VALUES. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT PAY FOR EDUCATION. THE STATE HAS TO FILL IN WHATEVER THE 27 MILLS DOESN'T PAY FOR. SO IF THAT 27 MILLS RAISED MORE
MONEY NEXT YEAR THAN IT DID THIS YEAR, THE STATE WILL JUST GIVE US LESS NEXT YEAR SO THAT WE DON'T SEE THE NET BENEFIT FROM THOSE NEW HOUSES. AND I COULD GIVE A WHOLE 4-HOUR LECTURE SO THAT. BUT I HOPE THAT HELPS AND I HAVE, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE
LAUGHING. SO THAT'S YOUR FIRST QUESTION. YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS -- SORRY, I HAVE LOST IT. WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART HAD TO DO WITH THE BONDS. >> I JUST WANT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND WHY
DOING THIS PLAN AS A STEADY INCREASE WOULD STOP AT 2032. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. I REMEMBER NOW. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. ALL RIGHT, SO I WOULD KEEP REFERRING THE PUBLIC BACK TOO THIS GRAPH. MANY MUNICIPALITIES HAVE SOME
KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE TAX AND, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE TAX IS USUALLY A SET MILL AMOUNT. SO THEY MON FRIT INSTITUTION TAX EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO PAY FOR THEIR CAPITAL NEEDS. IF WE DON'T ASK FOR A BOND EVERY FOUR YEARS, WE LITERALLY LOSE
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TAX. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE BIG GAP WHERE WE DIDN'T ASK FOR BONDS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TAX. SO WE ARE THE ONLY ENTITY THAT WE HAVE TO ASK FOR IT AGAIN EVERY FOUR YEARS JUST TO KEEP
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TAX. SO WE CAN'T -- WE CAN'T LIVE ON WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. IT HAS -- IT IS -- IF YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE LAST DARK RED BAR. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT DROP IS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TAX FROM WHERE IT WAS IN 2012, 2014.
SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF BONDS WILL MEAN A SMALL INCREASE AS WE SLOWLY BUILD THAT MILL RATE TO GET CLOSER TO WHAT IT WAS NOT AT THE PEAK, BUT TO GET CLOSER TO WHAT IT WAS DURING THOSE YEARS WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO THRIVE. ONCE WE GET IT TO ABOUT THAT
LEVEL, THEN WE CAN ASK FOR FUTURE BONDS, THE GROWTH WILL HELP US ASK FOR FUTURE BONDS WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE. BUT WE HAVE TO GET IT BACK UP TO A LEVEL THAT THEN WE CAN SUSTAIN BY ASKING FOR A BOND EVERY FOUR YEARS TO KEEP IT AT THAT LEVEL. >> YEAH.
I AM NOT ASKING ANOTHER QUESTION JUST TO SUMMARIZE, JUST FOR EVERYBODY WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR MORE EVERY YEAR. WE ARE JUST ASKING TO MAINTAIN. >> ONCE WE -- >> ONCE WE GO BACK TO THAT MAINTAIN. OKAY. >> ONCE WE GET IT BACK TO WHERE WE WERE AND I CAN'T READ MY OWN
GRAPH. >> THANK YOU. >> IN THE MID 2000s. YEAH. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> THAT'S WHAT SQUEEZED US. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE BEST. I AM SENSITIVE TO THE RISING
COST OF LIVING. AND AFFORDABILITY. I WOULD JUST, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS REALLY JUST AN ASK. THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE -- AND YOU HAVE DONE REALLY WELL WITH LIKE THE SEVEN -- THE 750,000-DOLLAR HOUSEHOLD WOULD BE PAYING THIS OR THIS.
ILL LAKE TO, IF POSSIBLE, SEE THAT FOR SOME OF THE OTHER SORT OF HOUSING RANGES. JUST SO THAT WE HAVE REALLY CONCRETE NUMBERS BECAUSE ASKING PEOPLE FOR MONEY IS REALLY HARD. AND, YEAH, I LOVE THE AVERAGE HOME OF $750,000 I WOULD LOVE TO
SEA THAT FOR THE AVERAGE HOME OF $500,000 AND MAYBE THAT'S IN THERE. >> SO WE -- THE NUMBER ABOVE THE NUMBER ON THE SECOND ROW FROM THE BOTTOM. >> RIGHT. >> IS THE NUMBER FOR EVERY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF HOME VALUE. >> YES. >> SO PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO I HAVE A 500,000-DOLLAR HOME.
SO IT'S FEW TIMES 18.19. >> MY CONCERN IS THEY WON'T. >> YES, OF COURSE. OF COURSE. >> YEAH. >> WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION. >> BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO ASK FOR A CERTAIN -- >> SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. >> ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK MY QUESTION.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO YOUR THOUGHTS ON POLLING, THE TIMING, THE EXTENT OF THE QUESTIONS WE WOULD WANT TO ASK OUR PUBLIC? >> SURE. SO IF THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TO EXPLORE THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE POLLING. TRADITIONALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE
IS THE BOARD HAS DESIGNATED TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO ASSIST IN THE POLLING DEVELOPMENT -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLL. DEVELOPING A POLL IS A HUGE INVESTMENT OF TIME ON THE PART OF MY STAFF AND ON THE PART OF THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEER.
WE WOULD WORK WITH A POLSTER TO DEVELOP THE QUESTIONS, IT SOUNDS SO EASY, IT'S REALLY NOT. THE CRUX OF IT IS THAT YOU PROVIDE ARGUMENTS -- SO YOU'LL ASK IT BLIND. THEY ASK THE BALLOT LANGUAGE
BLIND TO SEE WHAT THE INITIAL REACTION IS. AND THEN THEY PROVIDE MESSAGING IN FAVOR AND THEY CAN SEE HOW THE DIFFERENT MESSAGING RESONATES. SO IT'S ONE AWAY FOR US TO SEE DO OUR TAXPAYERS CARE ABOUT MORE SROs OR CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION OR CARE MORE ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT THE CAUSES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SHUSH ARE A PART OF THAT MLO OR PROPOSING AS PART THAT EVER MLO AND HOW THE TAXPAYERS REACT TO THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A LIST OF NEGATIVE MESSAGING.
SO A LIST OF ALL OF THE OPPOSITION -- YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT SOME OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS SAID WHICH ARE ALL VALID POINTS. WE FEEL LIKE WE JUST DID THIS. WE -- YOU ARE DOING SO WELL, WHY DO YOU NEED MORE MONEY? YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS WHAT IMPACT
DOES THAT HAVE? JUST THE NEGATIVE MESSAGES THAT WE ARE HEARING AND KNOW THAT WE WILL HEAR TO SEE WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS. AND THEN THE FASHION PAYERS ASKED THAT VALID QUESTION AGAIN. AND THE POLSTER ASSESSES HOW THE
NEGATIVE MESSAGING OR POSITIVE MESSAGING INDIVIDUALLY CONTRIBUTED TO A CHANGE OR NOT A CHANGE IN THAT VOTE. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HOW THE POLLING WORK. THEY -- IT'S A SCIENCE. THEY KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TO POLL TO GET A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, THE LAST THING ABOUT POLLING, A POLLSTER WILL
TELL YOU, WHATEVER THE POLLING COMES IN AS, PLAN ON THE BALLOT INITIATIVE. YOU LOSE POINTS THE POLL IS YOUR HIGH AND YOU'LL LOSE POINTS AS YOU GET CLOSER TO AN ARM ELECTION. THE LAST TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS THAT HAS BE NOT BEEN TRUE FOR
US. OUR POLL HAS BEEN WHATEVER ITS AND THE ELECTION COMES BACK HIGHER THAN THE POLL FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I THINK STILL, THERE IS A LOT OF WIZ DO THINK IN THAT BECAUSE CERTAINLY OTHER DISTRICTS WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE THEY ALWAYS COME THIS LOWER THAN
THE POLL. IF YOU HAVE A PALATE 51%, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S PRETTY SCARY. >> DIRECTORS, OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS CONSIDERED INSIGHT. THIS IS -- I HAVE BEEN THROUGH
FOUR TAX ELECTIONS. AND THE NICE PART IS SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. I THINK MR. SMITH, PEOPLE LIKE HIM HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL. AND I HAVE SEEN THREE OF THEM PALS. CAN YOU TALK TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR.
LIKE I SAID I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS. ABOUT WHAT THE DISTRICT CAN AND CANNOT DO IN TERMS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BETWEEN SAY A POLL AND WHEN THE BOARD DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT AN MLO ON THE BALLOT. >> SURE.
SO FIRST WE WOULD GET THROUGH THAT POLL AND THEN I THINK WE WOULD POLL THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND YOU ALL WOULD DECIDE IF YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE IN LIGHT OF THE RESULTS OF THE POLL. IF YOU DO, WE WOULD WORK ON A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC EDUCATION
CAMPAIGN. NOT -- WE ARE NOT -- WE ARE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON HOW WE ARE FUNDED. UNTIL THE BALLOT QUESTION IS FORMALLY PUT ON THE BALLOT, BY THIS BOARD, WHICH GEM HAPPENS IN LATE AUGUST, STAFF IS ALLOWED TO GO YOU THE AND EDUCATE
PEOPLE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS. ONCE THERE IS A BALLOT INITIATIVE PLACED ON THE BALLOT. THEN WE CAN NO LONGER ADVOCATE. ALL WE CAN DO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
IF WE DO GO DOWN THIS ROAD, I SAID IT, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN, IT'S THOUSANDS OF STAFF HOURS. IT HAS TO BE BALANCED WITH OTHER PRIORITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FOCUS THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE THAT
WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT. AND YOU GUYS CAN HELP WITH THAT, TOO. >> DIRECTOR TO CALLAHAN. >> SO CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT
THE IDEAL TIMING OF WHEN IS IT IDEAL THAT WE AUTHORITIES THE POLLING TONIGHT? WHAT IS KIND OF OUR WINDOW FOR MAKING THAT DECISION? >> MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE
THAT OUR VERY NEXT STEP BE THAT POLL. AND SO, YES, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. IF THE BOARD IS LOOKING AT EXPLORING US TO AUTHORIZE TO REQUEST THAT STAFF EXPLORE A POTENTIAL MLO AND THE FIRST THING THAT WE WILL DO IS START TO EXECUTE ON A POLL.
BECAUSE TRULY, IF THE POLLING COMES OUT, YOU KNOW, AT 40% OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING REALLY NEGATIVE. WE DON'T WANT TO INVEST TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND TIME IN TO ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING THAT LIKE IS A NOT SOMETHING OUR
TAXPAYERS WANT. SO THAT POLL IS GOING TO BE THAT REALLY IMPORTANT FIRST PIECE OF INFORMATION. IDEALLY WE WOULD GET AUTHORIZED TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT. AND HOPEFULLY GET A POLL IN MARCH.
SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH SOME INFORMATION. >> I THINK WHAT I WOULD ADD IS POLLING CAN BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL BEYOND AN MLO IN REGARDS TO UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR COMMUNITY STANDS ON DIFFERENT
ISSUES AND PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES. SO I THINK TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REALLY VALUABLE FOR US. AND I THINK THE MOTION WE PROBABLY WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS TO DIRECT THE STAFF TO EXPLORE A
2026 MLO. WHICH WOULD -- AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD NEED TO ALSO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO POLLING OR IF THAT'S JUST INNING PARENT IN EXPLORING. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEAH.
SO THE ONLY AREA THAT I AM STILL KIND OF JUST SITTING IN THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE A FULL PICTURE OR FULL UNDERSTANDING, SO IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE '26 MLO AND THE AREAS OF INVESTMENT, JUST REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THESE THINGS
ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO. SO I KNOW THAT YOU PROVIDED A FEW EXAMPLES. TRYING TO COVER A LOT OF MATERIAL QUICKLY. BUT JUST REALLY BEING OKAY, SO IF WE ARE INVESTING, YOU KNOW, 4 MILLION IN STUDENT PROGRAMS, WHAT DOES THAT EVERYBODY MEAN?
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THE OTHER THING IS WANTING TO -- I KNOW POLLING, RIGHT, WE COULD LOOK TO SEE WHAT MATTERS FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THESE AREAS AS WELL. BUT MY FIRST LOOK AT THIS, I AM >> Chris: CTE SO HIGH WHEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE ARE GROWING IT AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WHEN I THINK BACK ON WHAT I HEAR OUR PROBLEMS OVER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT I HAVE SERVED ON THE BOARD, ASSUME WE INVEST IN PROGRAM ADDRESSING THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ON A LEG
BASIS, MAYBE IT IS ADDRESSED IN ANOTHER CATEGORIES BUT JUST NOT HAVING THE FULL PICTURE AND UNDERSTANDING. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. WHAT THE ITEMS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO YOU TONIGHT ARE VERY, VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES. SO DON'T THINK THAT A FINAL
WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GO AS PART OF THE EXPLORATION WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO A REALLY TIGHTEST MAT ON EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING UNDER EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS. SO THE BALANCE MAY LOOK DIFFERENT.
THESE WERE VERY, VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES. THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING FOR NEURODIVERSE LEARNERS. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ROUGH CATEGORIES
WERE REFLECTIVE OF THE -- WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR. WITH YOU BUNS WE ARE ABLE TO DO A DEEP DIVE AS PART OF AN EXPLORATION WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH TRULY A SPREADSHEET THAT'S LIKE HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S PAYING FOR, WE
ARE NOT AT THAT LEVEL RIGHT NOW. >> I JUST THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN ORDER TO -- >> SO DIRECTORS, WE ARE AT TIME FOR OUR 20 MINUTES, WE CAN EXTEND THAT. I AM JUST GIVING US A TIME CHECK. I WILL WEIGH IN.
I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT AS DIRECTOR THOMPSON, WHERE THE TIMING FOR PERHAPS THE BOARD TO SHARE FEEDBACK ON THOSE PRIORITIES BASED ON WHAT WE ARE HEARING AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. I KIND OF WOULD SHARE THE CTE,
LIKE I FEEL LIKE THE NEURODIVERSE PROGRAMMING, I FEEL LAKE PROGRAMMING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. I THINK ALL OF US PROBABLY HAVE IDEAS AROUND PRIORITIES AND WHERE THEY FALL. AND SO I THINK MY QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT
SEQUENCING LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO GET TO POLLING? IF WE ARE TRYING TO DO POLLING RIGHT -- AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> YEAH, WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK. YOU KNOW, WITH HE CAN TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT AREAS
THAT ARE MISSING. I WOULDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE BALANCE. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T DONE A DEEP DIVE IN TO -- INTO EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND WE WOULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE BOARD'S INPUT. SO THE BALANCE MIGHT LOOK
DIFFERENT. BUT IF WE ARE MISSING A BROAD CATEGORY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT INFORMATION TO HAVE. BECAUSE WHEN WE POLL, WE WOULD REALLY ONLY POLL AROUND PRETTY BROAD CATEGORIES. LIKE THE ONES PRESENTED AND SO WHATEVER WE ARE MISSING OR IF
THEY ARE NOT RE WORDED WELL, WE WOULD LOVE THAT FEEDBACK. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD FIVE MINUTES TO OUR
DISCUSSION. >> THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. SECONDED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER. TO ADD WAS IT FIVE MINUTES TO OUR DISCUSSION. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE,. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GOING ARE.
>> AYE, MEEK, YOU AYE. PARKER IRE. >> RYAN, AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT THAT PASSED 7-OFF AND I AM LOOKING AT THE CLOCK WE HAVE FIVE MORE MINUTES FOR CONVERSATION.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> MOVED MOVING ON THE SAME THREAD THERE WAS A COMMENT TONIGHT THAT I FELT WAS HELPFUL. WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES WE HOPE THIS WILL TRANSLATE INTO. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I
THINK WILL DEATH THE DOTS IF WE ARE INCREASING, YOU KNOW, -- IN THE CURRICULAR INVESTMENT. LIKE HOW DO WE THINK THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S A REALLY GREAT POINT. AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE
WOULD COME UP WITH COLLECTIVELY AGENTS WE REALLY LAND FOR THE OF POLLING IT WOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. IT WOULD BE THE BROAD CATEGORIES NO DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO ATTATCH TODAY EACH BROAD CATEGORY JUST THOSE BREWED CATEGORIES.
CERTAINLY AS WE FORMULATE THIS TOGETHER IN OUR MESSAGING AFTER THE POLLING, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES REFLECT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IT EXPECT AS FAR AS OUTCOMES.
>> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> ON THE EDUCATOR C COMPENSATIN IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT HAS THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
IT TALKS ABOUT A 2-4% INCREASE, THAT'S NOT TO GIVE PEOPLE STEPS. THAT WOULD BE TO MOVE THE SCALE, THE ENTIRE SCALE THAT EDUCATORS
ARE PAID ON; IS CA CORRECT? >> A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ONCE WE WORK ON KIND OF LANDING THE PLANE, IF THE POLLING COMES OUT WELL AND YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL WORK ON THE DETAIL SAYSES.
DECISION ONE IS EDUCATORS ONLY OR COMPENSATION CLASSIFIED STAFF, BUS DRIVERS ACROSS THE BOARD. OUR THINKING WAS ACROSS THE BOARD AS OUR 2023MLO WAS. SO THAT 10-20 MILLION SAY 2-4% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD.
FOR EDUCATORS THAT LOOKS LIKE A 2% INCREASED BASE. OR 4%. >> I THINK YOU HAVE IN THIS CONVERSATION KIND OF PUT IT BACK ON US AND SAID IF IT'S WHAT WE WANT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO REALLY VALUE WHAT YOU
THINK IS BEST. AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR AND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE THERE? >> THANK YOU. THIS REFLECTS OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION. BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT MANY, MANY HOURS INTO GOING
THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH A FINAL RECOMMENDATION. BUT IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION, OUR RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS A 2-4% INCREASE IN COME 10 PARTICIPATION FOR ALL STAFF.
-- IN COMPENSATION FOR ALL STAFF. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> DO YOU MIND CLARIFY HOW PASSING AN MLO WILL IMPACT CHARTERS. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. OUR COMPORTER SCHOOLS GET AN EQUAL PER STUDENT AMOUNT OUT OF
THE MLO. THTHEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE BALAN. IT'S DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND.MLO DOLLARS FOLLOW OUR CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THEIR DISTRICT AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE SAME
CAUSES. I AM GLAD YOU ASKED, THANK YOU. DIRECT TOLL CALLAHAN AND THEN DIRECTOR THOMPSON, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> LEAD I CAN TO MAKE A MOTION THAT W WE ASK STAFF EXPLORE A 6 MILL. >> SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER THAT THE BOARD DIRECT STAFF TO EXPLORE A 2026 MLO. ANY CONVERSATION?
DR. EFFECT TOUR GEIGER. >> I WOULD POINT OUT THAT EXPLORE DOES NOT MINA PROVE. IN THE PAST WE HAVE FOUND THAT SURVEYS ARE HELPFUL AND LEAD US NOT JUST ON WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT PASS, BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR CITIZENS AND I AM
EXTRAORDINARILY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ALWAYS BASED TO SOME EXTEND ON BROADER ISSUES. I DO NOTE THAT LAST WEEK. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE INDICATED THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST ECONOMIC YEAR IN HISTORY. SO IF THE REPUBLICANS IN
WASHINGTON ARE CORRECT, THAT SHOULD HELP US MOVE FORWARD. BUT EVEN IF IT DOES NOT, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW THE ECONOMY WORKS, AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE WILLING TO INVESTOR?
STUDENTS. >> I AM OPEN TO POLLING. I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD PRACTICE FOR AM ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT POLLING. I THINK IT HELPS US WITH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AS A BOARD AS WELL. I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER, I
DON'T HAVE MY MIND MADE UP ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. BUT I FEEL LIKE POLL IS AS A WAY TO EXPLORE IS KIND OF A COMMON SENSE NEXT STEP. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION. >> WE JUST HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO
ARE AGAINST THIS, HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR IT, I HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS FROM BOTH SIDES. AND I THINK IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL OF THE COUNTY WANTS WITHOUT POLLING. WE ONLY HEAR WHAT A CERTAINLY GROUP WANTS. PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE, PEOPLE WHO
ARE AVAILABLE TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND SEND EMAILS. VOTER ARE MORE THAN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE WHAT THEY THINK. >> SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION
A MOTION ON THE FLOOR I'LL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. PARKER AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE.
>> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. OTHER THING I WOULD BRING UP WHICH IS MAYBE WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS GETTING READY TO SAY. IN THE PAST HISTORICALLY WE HAVE HAD TWO BOARD DIRECTORS VOLUNTEER TO WORK WITH THE
POLLING COMPANY AND STAFF AND YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS. I HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. DIRECTOR -- WITH DIRECTOR MOORE. IT'S A REALLY VALUABLE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY BOARD DIRECTORS THAT WOULD
LIKE TO VOLUNTEER IN THAT PROCESS. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> DOCUMENT TO? DO YOU WANT TO? >> I AM HAPPY TO HELP. >> SOCK. SO THANK YOU BOTH. DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND DIRECTOR
CALLAHAN WILL BE OUR BOARD LIAISONS TO HELP SUPPORT THE POLLING PROCESS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, SUPERINTENDENT KANE FOR EVERYTHING. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD? >> NO, JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR MY TYPE FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS THIS PRESENTATION WAS A REFLECTION OF
ALL OF US. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING ONTO OUR NEXT ITEM. ITEM 9.2 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 50
BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE A 15 MEN PRESENTATION AND WE EXTENDED THE Q &A TO 25 MINUTES. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU THIS EVENING. WE ARE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A TAG TEAM.
ROBERT, COULD YOU ADVANCE THE SLIDE PLEASE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE I WILL DISCUSSION OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 IMPACT AREA AND ATTORNEY TURN IT OVER TO OUR PLANNING MANAGER SHAVON CALDWELL THAT WILL SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR IT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 PERSONAL DOG.
I ILL WILL START WITH A BRIEF BACK GROUND. OUR OUT RING AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM. HOME. I YOU HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO I CAN A LOOK AT. I WANT TO PRESENCE MY COMMENTS
BY IT DELIVERED WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WHY WE WANT TO DO IT. WE DIDN'T RESPOND A LOT OF TIME IN THE FROM PRESENTATION THAT YOU RECEIVED IN ADVANCE ON THE PEOPLE SIDE AND THE IMPACTED FAMILIES AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT I WILL GO IN TO
DETAIL AND WANT YOUR FEEDBACK. SO WITH THAT. A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON ME I AM UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU IN A WEIRD WAY. BECAUSE I MOVED SCHOOLS 12 TAKES BY THE TIME I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.
SO I HAD A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN MY CHILDHOOD AND UNDERSTAND PERSONALLY WHAT THAT FELT LIKE WHEN IT HAPPENED. AND THE REAL REASON I AM COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO PREVENT
SOME OF OUR FAMILIES MOVING TWICE WITHIN TWO SCHOOL YEARS. THE AREA WE ARE DISCUSSING IS THE HATCHED AREA ABOVE. THE RED AREA SIGNIFICANT -- IS THE BOUNDARY RIGHT NOW FOR ACRES GREEN AS OF THE BOARD OF ED DECISION MAKING ON GROWTH AND DECLINE.
THE BLUE IS RIGHT NOW EAGLE INDIVIDUAL. THAT HATCHED AREA RIGHT NOW IS ASSIGNED TO ACRES GREEN WHICH WOULD BE SILVER SPRUCE. GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. WHAT I AM ASKING YOU THIS EVERYBODY IS TO CONSIDER THAT HATCHED AREA BEING REASSIGNED AS
OF THIS SUMMER TO EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENT ARE YOU. THE REASON WE ARE ASKING THAT IS IF NOT, WE WOULD SEE SIGNIFICANT DROP IN EAGLE RIDGE ENROLLMENT. WHEN WE OPENED OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHICH IS REPRESENTED BY THE GREEN STAR. TO ORIENT EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT.
NORTH, SOUTH IS I-25. YOU CAN SEE THE FREEWAY SYSTEM, EAST, WEST IS 470 THIS AREA IS JUST SOUTH OF 470. AND JUST WEST OF I--25. THE SCHOOL IN THE DOT OF THAT HATCHED AREA IS OUR MAGNATE SCHOOL LONE TREE ELEMENTARY.
THIS SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST IS EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY AND THAT IS IN THE BLUE AREA. AND ACRES GREEN IS REPRESENTED IN THE RED AREA. THIS RECOMMEND DAYS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE AN INTERNAL STAKE HOLD ARE GROUP WHICH WAS COME PRIDESSED OF THE PRINCE PALS OF
THESE SCHOOLS AND OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE LR APPROXIMATE. C AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOTH PARTS TO MAKE THIS GOWNED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. TAKING IT BACK A STEP. THE CURRENTLY BOUNDARY WITHOUT
THE DECISION MAKING AROUND GROWTH AND DECLINE, THE GREEN AREAS ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO ACRES GREEN. SEE IT MAKE SENSE, GREEN ACRES GREEN. THE RED IS PART OF THE FOX CREEK. THE BLUE IS ALL EAGLE RIDGE.
WHAT AGAIN WE ARE ASKING THE RED HATCHED AREA, AFTER THE GROWTH AND DECLINE DECISION MAKING WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT, THIS IS VERY SERIOUS DECISION MAKING MADE BY THIS BODY. NOT ALL OF YOU WERE ON THIS BODY. IT WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS LED BY
OUR CHIEF OF THAT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ABOUT GROWTH AND DECLINE, IT WAS HARD CONVERSATIONS AND HARD DECISION MAKINGS, THOSE DECISIONS RESULT IN THE BOUNDARY THAT YOU ARE SEEING FOR SCHOOL YEAR 26/TO SEVEN WHICH IS ON MY RIGHT. YOUR LEFT. AND THAT GROUP WAS ASSIGNED TO
WHAT WILL BE SILVER SPRUCE. WE TALKED TO THOSE FAMILIES FOR THE LAST YEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE GOING TO SILVER SPRUCE. THEY MET WITH COHORTS DISCUSSING GOING TO SILVER SPRUCE. SO I STAND BEFORE YOU NOT PRETENDING THAT THIS IS NOT A BIG ADJUSTMENT FOR THOSE
FAMILIES. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHO IS IMPACTED BY THIS. SO I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, THE REASON THIS CAME ABOUT QUITE FRANKLY IS WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE BOUNDARIES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 AND TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A PREVIEW, IF I CAN
GO BACK. IF I CAN GO BACK. I CAN'T GO BACK. WHEN WE LOOKED ATTA SIGNING THE FAMILIES ON THE EITHER SIDE OF I-25. INTO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
50. WHICH LOGICALLY MAKES SENSE WE DON'T WANT THEM CROSS THE FREEWAY. WE LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENROLLMENT FROM EAGLE RIDGE. WE DROPPED THE ENROLLMENT INTO THE LOW -- EXCUSE ME, HIGH TWOS, LOW THREES. SIX SCENARIOS WERE EVALUATED AND
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON EAGLE INDIVIDUAL. THE OTHER SCENARIO WITH ACCEPTABLE ENROLLMENT FOR EAGLE RIDGE LACKED AT REASSIGNING EVEN MORE OF ACRES GREEN OR THE SILVER SPRUCE KIDDOS BACK IN. SO THE OTHER THING THAT WAS
EVIDENT FROM A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT WHICH WE ALSO RECOGNIZE A CHALLENGING RESOURCE FOR US RIGHT NOW. THE SCENARIOS MADE LOGICAL SENSE FROM THAT STANDPOINT AS WELCH
ROBERT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND WHEN I TRIED TO GO BACKWARD I MESSED UP GOING FORWARDS THINK OKAY. SO THIS PROPOSAL BEST BALANCES MULTIPLE CRITERIA YEAH, BALANCED ENROLLMENT FOR OUR SCHOOLS, CREATING TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY. CREATES NEIGHBORHOOD ALIGNMENT.
ASSIGNS CHILDREN TO THE SCHOOL CLOSEST TO THEM. WE WERE ASSIGNING CHILDREN IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING PAST EAGLE RIDGE ON THEIR WAY TO THE NEW SILVER SPRUCE. IT LEAVES ROOM IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 FOR GROWTH. AND IT DOES DISRUPT OUR
HOUSEHOLDS AND THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY MIGHT BE MORE THAN 65. THIS IS WHY I HAVE MY PHONE A FRIEND WHO IS ON TOP OF THE NUMBERS. I THINK IT'S BEEN UPDATED. IT'S AN INTERESTING NEIGHBORHOOD, GUYS. RIGHT NOW OF THE 292 KIDDOS THAT
ARE AT K-K THROUGH FIVE. ONLY 77 OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO ACRES GREEN, WHICH WAS THEIR ASSIGNED SCHOOL. THERE IS MORE CHILDREN AT LONE TREE ELEMENTARY. IF YOU RECALL THE MAP THAT YOU SAW, LONE TREE ELEMENTARY IS SNACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT HATCHED AREA, SO IT KIND OF
MAKES SENSE THAT THEY GO THERE. SO WE'VE GOT 292 P.K. FIVE STUDENTS. 261K-5 STUDENTS. THERE ARE ACTUALLY 77K-5 CURRENTLY ENROLLED AT ACRES GREEN. OF THOSE 77, 15 OF THOSE ARE IN
FIFTH GRADE. SO THOSE WOULD NOT BE FACTORED IN FOR NEXT YEAR. THEY WOULD BE TAKEN OUT. BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO CREST HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEN THIS TELLS YOU LOAN TREE ELEMENTARY IS THE TOP SCHOOL. 14 OF THE KIDDOS ARE AT EAGLE RIDGE RIGHT NOW. AND EIGHT OF THEM ARE AT FOX
CREEK WHICH WOULD BE THE NEW LONE TREE ELEMENTARY. THE DOTS ON THE MAP ON THE LEFT SHOW YOU WHERE THE YELLOW ARE KIDS ENROLLED IN ANOTHER SCHOOL. OTHER THAN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSIGNED SCHOOL. AGAIN, WHICH IS ACRES GREEN. THE RED DOTS ARE THE ACRES GREEN
KIDDOS THAT WOULD BE IMPACT BAD I THIS DECISION MAKING. I NEED EXTRA TIME FOR MY CLICKER IT'S NOT WORKING, I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF P.K.-5 KIDDOS WITHIN THAT AREA. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACRES GREEN
STUDENTS I MENTIONED OF THE 91 KIDS 77 FAMILIES, 91 KIDS, 15 OF THOSE ARE FIFTH GRADERS. THAT WOULD NOT BE IMPACT BAD I THIS BOUNDARY CHANGE BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING ONTO CR CREST HI.
65 IN THE FOCUS AREA WITH K-5 KIDS ENROLLED IN ACRES GREEN, WILL NOTICE READ THROUGH THE NUMBERS ANOTHER SPECIAL GROUP IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TOTALS. THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT TO THOSE STUDENT. THERE ARE 3K-5 STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER BASED PROGRAMS AT ALL OF THESE
SCHOOLS. SO ACRES GREEN, FOX CREEK, AND EAGLE RIDGE. THE ACRES GREEN CHILD THAT IS -- WOULD BE IMPACTED THEIR HOUSEHOLD WOULD BE IMPACTED, AS I SAID THIS CHILD WILL NOT BE IMPACTED. IS CURRENTLY NOT USING DISTRICT
TRANSPORTATION. THERE ARE 3K-5 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THAT AREA. THAT ARE USING TRANSPORTATION. AND, AGAIN, THE CENTER-BASED CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AS USUAL. NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR THOSE
CHILDREN. ONE MORE FOR ME, PLEASE. OKAY. SO WHAT WILL THIS BOTTOM LINE FOR THESE FAMILIES ENROLLMENT AT SILVER SPRUCE OR SEAGULL RIDGE IS GUARANTEED FOR ALL OF THESE
STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT ACRES GREEN. THAT RESIDE WITHIN THE IMPACT AREA. STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE OUR TYPICAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TO EAGLE RIDGE WITHIN THE IMPACT AREA. ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE OUTSIDE OF THE ONE-MILE WALK
ZONE SO BUSES WILL BE PROVIDED. STUDENTSES WHO WISH TO STAY WITH THEIR COHORT AND REMAIN AT SILVER SPRUCE ELEMENTARY, AND NEEDING DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED THAT FOR ONE YEAR, THE BUS WILL BOARD AND DID HE BOARD AT ACRES GREEN WHICH IS
A SIMILAR SCENARIO YO OF WHAT WE SAID FAMILIES BEING IMPACTED BY I GROWTH AND DECLINE. THE CURRENT STUDENT RESIDING WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA AND AFFECTED BY THE BOUNDARY CHANGE WILL BE RECEIVE PRIORITY OPEN ENROLLMENT STATUS TO THE SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE PER THE
SUPERINTENDENT POLICY J.C. A-J.F. B-R STUDENT RECEIVING TRANSPORTATION THROUGH CENTER-BASED SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND WILL NOT BE DISPLACED AND WILL RECEIVE THE ZOOK SAME TRANSPORTATION THEY
ARE RECEIVING TODAY. ONE FOR ME, ROBERT, PLEASE. THIS IS THE COMMUNICATION TEMPLET. IT'S PURPOSELY VAGUE BECAUSE WE WANTED INPUT IN FROM BODY AND ALSO THEN WANT TO FILL OUT THE
DETAILS WE REACHED VERY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THIS. A MEDICAL OWE BRIEFED TO THE BOARD AT THE END OF JANUARY THT YOU RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINALIZED NOTIFICATION BUT PLAN DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF YOUR DECISION MAKING TONIGHT PREPARE A LETTER WE'LL BE SENDING OUT BY
THE END OF WEEK. FOLLOWING UP ASKING QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, PLAINING THE PROCESS, AND WHAT THEY CAN DO. WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE. I SKIPPED SOME STEPS.
SORRY, WE DID THE BRIEF TO LRPC. DONE THE BRIEF TO THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, AFTER THE TONE CALLS WE WANT TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC MEETING. AT ACRES GREEN FOR THE FAMILIES
AND A VIRTUAL MEETING FOR THEM. IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT IN PERSON THEY HAVE THAT OPTION. WE WANT TO ARRANGE TOURS. WE HAVE DISCUSS THIRD DEGREE WITH ALL THREE P PRINCIPALS. AND THEY ALL AGREED THAT THEY
HAD THEY ARE AMAZING YOU KNOW THEM, THEY ARE PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUALS. AND THEY ARE WILLING TO LEAN IN, THEY KNOW THESE FAMILIES AND WANT TO MAKE IT WORK. COULD YOU GO BACK ONE MORE. I DON'T KNOW MY PLAN WITHOUT IT. TOUGH.
ONE MORE. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW-UP, REACH OUT, FOLLOW-UP. REACH OUT. AND AGAIN, INFORM P.T.O. AND SACK, WE'LL THEN WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT
THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE REACHING OUT HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR CHOICE PROGRAMMING, OPEN ENROLLMENT, APPLICATIONS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SCHEDULE MORE TOURS AT IF WE NEED THEM. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH
A SECOND PUBLIC MEETING. SHOULD THE FAMILIES DESIRE. AND THEN WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK AND SHERRON WILL TAKE OVER THE SECOND PART OF THIS PRESENTATION LITTLE WHICH TALKED ABOUT THE BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATION. THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE
PUBLIC WITH FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50. THAT WAS THE ENGINE SIS OF THIS WORK. THE PAYMENT PACTS REVEALED THEM SELFS AND WE SAID WE CAN'T ASK THESE FAMILIES TO MOVE TWICE. THIS IS A VERY TRUNCATED PROCESS IT'S NOT A NORMAL PROCESS BUT
SPEAKING PERSONALLY, I WOULD RATHER HAVE MOVED ONE TIME THAN MOVE TWICE IN TWO SCHOOL NEARS. THE REST IS REGARDING THE IMPACT -- DOCUMENTARY DISCUSSION.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS. THANK YOU. IT IS TO APPROVE THE REASSIGNMENT OF THE IMPACT AREA LOCATED SOUTH OF C-470, EAST OF
YO SYMMETRY TREAT AND LONE TREE PARKWAY FROM ACRES GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EFFECT EFFECTIVE THIS JULY. WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE LIKE TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON THIS PART OF IT, BECAUSE IT DOES LEAD INTO
THE E7050 BOUNDARY CONVERSATION. >> OKAY, TOUGH SO MUCH FOR THAT. HOW LONG IS THE ADDITIONAL PART OF THE PRESENTATION? >> BECAUSE I SUCKED THE AIR OUT OF THIS ONE.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A DECISION THIS EVERYBODY IT'S TO INFORM YOU ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC WITH AND RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK ON. I COULD DO IT RIGHT NOW. >> JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY OUR TIME. AND WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> WE CAN FAME THAT TUNE IN FIVE. >> IT HELP FOR FOR DIRECTORS IS IT HELPFUL TO HEAR THE SECOND PART BEFORE WE -- >> I CAN SHOW YOU THE MAP. MAYBE IF I JUST DO THAT ONE,
THANK YOU TO MAKING IT NOT JUST ME. TO GO THROUGH -- I AM GOING TO
TAG SHAVON IN. YEAH. AND I WILL STEAL THUNDER QUICKLY AND LEAVE IT IT, NO, STAY UP HERE. I PROMISE I'LL GO QUICKLY. OKAY, I GIVE UP.
YOU TRY. TRY AND MAKE IT WORK. I WANT TO GO A MAP. JUST GO A MAP SO YOU CAN BASICALLY SHOW. THE NEXT ONE.
THAT'S THE MAP THAT'S THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION IS. UP SEE ALL THE GREEN IS PROPOSED TO BE ASSIGNED TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50. AND IN DOING SO, ALL OF THOSE STUDENT POPULATION THAT WAS GOING TO ACRES GREEN IS GOING TO BE MOVED OUT OF ACRES GREEN INTO
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50. AND THEN IT'S A LOGICAL BOUNDARY. THE BLUE WOULD ALL BE EAGLE RIDGE, THE RED WOULD BE SILVER SPRUCE. >> SO I'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY IN FIVE. JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT. SO, YEAH, I AM GOING TO TALK
QUICKLY ABOUT THE PREFERRED SCENARIO FOR THE NEW SCHOOL FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50. AND THE PLANNED OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A BRIEF AND TO GIVE CONTEXT TO THE DECISION WE ARE ASKING THE DIRECTORS TO MAKE.
THIS IS JUST THE WHY. THE BOND APPROVED A CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW SCHOOLS, ONE IN THE RIDGE GATE DEVELOPMENT. ONE IN THE STERLING RANCH DEVELOPMENT. EFFECTER TILL BY DETERMINING A BOUNDARY IN THE MAY AND JUNE TIME FRAME AND THIS YEAR WILL GIVE US ADEQUATE TIME TO NOTIFY
OUR FAMILIES. GIVE EVERYBODY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS AND GUIDANCE, WHEN ENROLLMENT OPENS IN NOVE NOVEMBER 2026. PROJECT FOR STAFFING, BUDGETING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. THE WHY BEHIND THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE ARE
GOING TO SHOW YOU IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT THIS OPTION IS AS THOROUGHLY VETTED INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS JUST TO SHOW I THINK WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EAGLE RIDGE, AND BEING CONCERNED ABOUT
LOW ENROLLMENT, IT'S EASY TO LOGICALLY JUMP TO WHY DO WE NEED A NEW SCHOOL? APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES AWAY. WE WANTED TO SHOW THE MAP TO MAKE SURE IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 IS STILL NEEDED AND THOSE ARE TWO
SEPARATE -- TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. BUT THIS JUST SHOWS THAT THERE IS OVER 10,000 ALREADY ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH ONLY ABOUT 600 OF THOSE COMPLETED. EAST OF I-25. AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 1800 ACRES BELOW THE RIDGE GATE
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT ZONED OR ENTITLED YET, BUT WE ARE -- PRETTY EXTREMELY LIKELY TO DEVELOP AT URBAN DENSITIES MAYBE IN THE NEXT 10-20 YEARS ASSOCIATE THERE IS A NEED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50. THIS IS A OVERVIEW HIGH-LEVEL OF WHERE WE ARE AT. HOW WE GOT THERE.
AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT BOUNDARY ALTERNATIVES. DOING THE DATA ANALYSIS. INTERNALLY IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN ABOUT SEPTEMBER. THE WE STARTED VETTING THESE OPTIONS WITH THE INTERNAL
PLANNING COMMITTEE. THAT'S GROUP OF ABOUT 20 STAFF MEMBERS I WOULD SAY THAT HAVE BEEN MEETING MONTH I LIVE. THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS CABINET. AND THEN WE WHITTLED THOSE
SCENARIOS DOWN TO OUR PREFERRED ONES IN THE DECEMBER, JANUARY TIME FRAME. AND WE ARE HERE NOW WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING EXTERNAL VETTING, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO GET US TO A MAY/JUNE BOARD
CONSIDERATION TIME. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE LRPC AND INTERNAL PLANNING COMMITTEE WHAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS IN WORK WAS TO IDENTIFY AND DERMA APPROPRIATE CRITERIA. SO HOW ARE WE EVALUATING THESE DIFFERENT BOUNDARY SCENARIOS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
AND HOW ARE WE DETERMINING IF THEY ARE GOOD OR BAD SCENARIOS AND GETTING TO OUR PREFERRED SCENARIO. SO I WON'T READ ALL OF THAT. BUT IN SHORT, WE DETERMINED KIND OF SIX OVERARCHING THEMES THAT WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO STAFFER
IN THE LRPC. AND THEN GIVE A DEFINITION OF IT, THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE ACTUAL METRICS THAT WE USE TO MEASURE THAT CRITERIA. THE SCENARIOS AGAINST THOSE CRITERIA.
HERE IS THE SAME MAP THAT JACKIE SHOWED FROM THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION ON THE LEFT THE EXCITING BOUNDAR BOUNDARIES AS S YEAR, THROUGH THE GROWTH AND DECLINE PROCESS YOU HAVE THE CON DOLL SOL DATED BOUNDARIES THAT WERE ADOPTED TO BE EFFECTIVE NEXT YEAR OF.
RED HONE IS SILVER SPRUCE ELEMENTARY ATTENDANTS AREA. AND BLUE AS EAGLE RIDGE. THIS IS THE MAP OF OUR PREFERRED. SCENARIO, EVERYTHING EAT OF I-25 IS RECOMMENDED TO BE ASSIGNED TO
ELEMENT TRY SCHOOL 50. WITHIN GATE WEST. PORTIONS OF SILVER SPRUCE EL. ARE YOU EAST OF LONE TREE PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF E-470 WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO REASSIGNMENT TO THE EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A TOMBING THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED AS
PART OF THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION. TOSS THOSE STRONG I THINK THE STRONGEST ARGUMENT FOE FOR WHY THIS IS THE PREFERRED SCENARIO.
AND FOUR OUT OF SIX DROPPED IN TO THE 200, AND HAD SILVER STRUS ABOVE FACILITY CAPACITY SOME SOME INSTANCES. SO TRYING TO FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE OF BALANCED ENROLLMENT AMONGST ALL THREE SCHOOLS.
AND ALSO A HEALTHY INAUGURAL OPENING ENROLLMENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50. THIS SHOWS HOW THE PREFERRED THAT IRRELEVANT YO STACKED UP AGAINST THE CRITERIA. IS IT AN IMPROVEMENT INGROWN,
AND RED WOULD BE IS IT WORSE THAN CURRENT STATE. SO THIS SCENARIO PREFERRED -- IT IMPROVED. IT IS DISRUPTIVE. THERE ARE 77 KIDDOS CURRENTLY
GOING TO ACRES GREEN, 65 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WOULD BE REASSIGNED TO EAGLE RIDGE AS OPPOSED TO BE REASSIGNED TO THE NEW SCHOOL. I WILL JUMP TO THE PROPOSED OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR DOING THE RECOMMENDED BOUNDARY CHANGE. TWO IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL MEETINGS PROPOSED KIND OF TOWN HALL STYLE THINK WE WOULD WANT TO REALLY ADVERTISE THIS THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
A WEBSITE TO USE EVERY KIND OF MEDIUM AVAILABLE TO US WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND THEN CONTINUE TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE LRPC, INTERNAL PLANNING TOO EM AND THE CABINET. CONTINUOUSLY BRIEFING AS WE DO THE OUTREACH. WHAT ARE WE ARE HEARING, HOW ARE
WE INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE PREFERRED SCENARIO THAT WE'LL BRING TO THE BOARD IN MAY AND JUNE. THIS IS JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOWING HOW THOSE OTHER FIVE SCENARIOS STACKED UP AGAINST THE CRITERIA. AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF EVERY DID HE WANT OR OBVIOUS THAT
THAT -- THAT THE PREFERRED SCENARIO IT'S GREEN ALL THE WAY ACROSS EXCEPT FOR ONE. SOME OF THESE KIND OF MADE THINGS WORSE IN COMPARISON TO CURRENT STAY ON TOO MANY OF THE CRITERIA. WE CAN JUMP BACK TO THAT IF YOU
GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND FOR WHAT IS KIND OF A COMPLEX ANALYSIS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE 25 MINUTES
NOW SCHEDULED FOR CONVERSATION, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WE DO IT AGAIN THE SAME WAY. ONE QUESTION AND THEN WE ROTATE AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT EARN HAS A CHANCE. AND CIRCLE BACK. WHO WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF? DIRECTOR RYAN. >> SO OBVIOUSLY I HAD A CHANCE
TO GET MOST OF THIS LOW DOWN ALONG WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER SINCE WE ARE THE LIAISONS FOR LRPC. ONE OF THE MOST HELPFUL THINGS THAT I FOUND FROM THE DISCUSSION WAS THE TRANSPORTATION ASPECT. AND HOW BUSES DRIVE PAST EAGLE RIDGE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THAT, SHOW THE MAP AND SHOW IF WE WERE NOT TO MAKE THIS CHANGE HOW THAT BUSING WOULD WORK. >> I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO ATTEMPT TO DO THIS. I CAN TALK TO THAT PART. I CAN'T MAKE THAT WORK. SO, YES, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREFERRED -- WHY DON'T WE GO
TO THE MAP OF THE PREFERRED SCENARIO. YOU CAN SEE IT IS ACTUALLY CLEAR LINES, CLEAR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES. USING I-25 AS THE MAJOR T THOROUGHFARE, THIS IS THE LOGICAL TRANSPORTATION IF YOU
WANT TO GO BACK NOW TO THE ONES THAT WE SHOWED BEFORE. THAT ONE WORKS. YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN OR THE RED, THAT IS ASSIGNED OVER TO SILVER SPRUCE, IS ACTUALLY DRIVING PAST LONE TREE ELEMENTARY.
IT'S ACTUALLY TAKING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF LONE TREE, THAT PLAY WITH KIDS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AND DRIVING THEM TO A DIFFERENT HOME SCHOOL. AND I CAN'T HELP BUT SPECULATE PERHAPS THIS HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH IT THE REASON SO MANY OF THESE CHILDREN ARE CHOOSING TO -- OR THESE FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING TO OPENER ROLL OUTSIDE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. THE GREEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LINCOLN WAS ALREADY ASSIGNED TO
EAGLE RIDGE AS PART OF THE BOUNDARY DETERMINATION IN 2025. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE RED. YOU SEE THE MAJORITY OF RED IN THAT POCKET THAT HATCHED AREA, AGAIN DRIVING PAST EAGLE RIDGE, SO WE'LL TAKE BUSES QUITE
FRANKLY, THAT DRIVE PAST EAGLE RIDGE TO GO OVER TO SILVER SPRUCE IF WE DON'T MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER.
>> THANK YOU BOTH. I AM IMPRESSED AS I READ THIS AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. AND I DON'T MEAN TO GET A THE I DON'T HAVE HISTORY, WHEN SUPERINTENDENT KANE MR. KHALIL A
AND I AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD. AT THAT BEINGLY WITH ACRES GREEN AND NOW SILVER VIEW.
COMBINING YOU COULD STAY WITH THE COHORT THAT YOU WANTED TO BE WITH, YOU COULD BE WITH A COMMUNITY COMBINING TOGETHER WRATH RATHER THAN JUST THE KIDS FROM ACRES GREEN DROPPED INTO FOX CREEK THAT ISSUE YOU WAS RAISED A NUMBER OF TIMES WE WERE
TOLD TEACHERS FROM ACRES GREEN WOULD MIGRATE AND THE KIDS MOVING WOULD HAVE SOME TEACHERS THEY KNEW. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS WOULD LIKELY MOVE ALONG WITH THEM. SO THAT EVERYTHING WE DISCUSSED
ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF COMBINATION TO THE PEOPLE IN ACRES GREEN IS NOW GONE FOR THOSE 77 FAMILIES. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE TO ASK, IS WHEN I GO BACK OUT AND TRY TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS CHANGE, WHY DOES THIS MAKE LIFE
BETTER FOR THOSE 77 KIDS? >> AND I THINK THAT SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO WEIGH IN. BUT IF I COULD JUST BEG YOUR INNING DULL GENTS TO MAKE ONE POINT. THESE CHILDREN COULD STILL REMAIN AT SILVER SPRUCE. AND I RECOGNIZE THE
TRANSPORTATION IS NOT THERE, SORRY. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MEEK AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR GEIGER FOR THE QUESTIONS. WHEN -- AND I -- I AM ANSWERING BECAUSE COO MILLETT WASN'T HERE AT THAT TIME.
WHAT WE ALSO TOLD ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES IS THAT ELEMENTARY 50 WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON BOUNDARIES. WE ABSOLUTELY DID AND WE KNEW IT WOULD. WE DID THE BEST THAT WE COULD WITHOUT HAVING ELEMENTARY 50 IN
PLAY SO I THINK THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A REALLY BIG PART OF THE CHALLENGE. ANOTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT MANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE ACTUALLY SITTING ON A WAIT LIST. TO BE OPENER ROLLED IN TO LONE
TREE ILL THINK ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY. PART OF THE ENROLLMENT PRIORITY THAT COO MILLETT MENTIONED WOULD BE TO GET THEM INTO THE SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET INTO. AS FOR THE OTHER STUDENTS I KNOW
OUR COO IS PLANNING ON PERSONALLY CALLING THE FAMILIES AND TALKING IT OVER WITH THEM. INITIAL FEEDBACK IS THAT ACTUALLY SOME OF THESE FAMILIES WILL BE HAPPY BECAUSE EAGLE RIDGE IS CLOSER TO WHERE THEY LIVE THAN SILVER SPRUCE IS.
WE KNEW IT WOULDN'T GO PERFECTLY. AND SO THIS IS PART OF IT NOT GOING PERFECTLY BECAUSE IT'S MIXED UP WITH ELEMENTARY 50. >> SLIGHTLY. THAT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. IF THE ANSWER IS THERES NO BENEFIT TO MANY OF THOSE KID WE
WERE BE HONEST THAT THE ANSWER IS SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO PAY SOME PRICE FOR WHAT IS MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE DISTRICT. IF THAT'S THE DECISION THAT YOU ARE ASKING THE SEVEN OF US TO MAKE TODAY I AM ASKING JUST TO
BE HONEST. THAT'S NOT DEALT WITH THIS NBA THIS. SOME OF THESE KIDS IF THEY WANTED TO CHOOSE EAGLE RIDGE THEY WOULD HAVE. THEY DON'T. WE HAVE THE CHART. THEY CHOOSE LONE TREE I AM BLOOD SOME DO, I HOPE OTHERS ARE ABLE
TO GET IN SOME WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT EAGLE RIDGE. THERE IS A SUBSET OF KIDS THAT WE WENT OUT AND TALKED TO SAYING YOU GET A NEW IMPROVED SILVER SPRUCE WITH YOUR TEACHERS AND COHORT AND YOUR TRANSPORTATION AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANY OF THAT. AND SO MY POSITION IS VERY CLEAR
THIS IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT I AM VOTING FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION. MY POSITION IS CLEAR WE HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST. THAT SOME KIDS ARE JUST PAYING A PRICE BECAUSE WE DID TOO MUCH. WE HAD -- WE BUILT SCHOOLS, WE COMBINED SCHOOLS.
WE DID A LOT. WHEN YOU DO THAT STUFF FALLS THROUGH THINK THAT IS REALITY. I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN ON LRPC FOR NEARLY A DECADE AND I WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING. SO THAT THAT EXTEND, THAT'S MY DISTRICT, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO.
I SET WITH THOSE P.T.O.s AND THOSE KIDS TO THE EXTENT THAT I FAILED TO ANTICIPATE I A POLL E IS TO THOSE PEOPLE. LET'S BE HONEST HERE TODAY. WE ARE TAKING A VOTE ABOUT WHETHER GOING TO DISRUPT IS I
GUESS IS THE WORD WE HAVE CHOSEN TO USE, SOME SUBSET. FAMILIES IN A WAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE TO THEIR BENEFIT AND WE NEED TO BE HONEST WHEN WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT AND WE NEED TO LISTEN ABOUT WHAT WAYS WE CAN MINIMIZE THAT. PART OF MY CONCERN HERE IS WE
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS AND DID STAKE HOLDER ANDS MADE A DECISION. TODAY WE ARE MAKING A DECISION AND THEN TALK TO STAKEHOLDERS AND I DON'T LOVE THAT PROCESS. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO DO IT. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE MOVING CLOSER THIS IS IN NO WAY HOW WE HANDLE CONSOLIDATION. THE PROMISES WE MADE DURING
CONSOLIDATION ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED THROUGH AND THAT I THINK A HE GO GOING TO RAISE THIS AS A CONCERN EVEN IF THIS IS THE BEST THING LONG-TERM FOR THE DISTRICT. AGAIN. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. I AM GOING TO -- I THINK -- >> I WOULD LIKE -- >> I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD. >> I WOULD LIKE MY QUESTION ANSWERED.
WHY IS THIS THE BEST PRACTICE. >> I THINK DIRECTOR RAISED EXCELLENT POINTS WHICH IS WHY YOU NOTICE THERE WAS ONE PINK ELEMENT OR RED ELM ON THE CHARGE IT WAS THE DISRUPTION TO THE FAMILIES. THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST ADD IS THESE ARE MY NEIGHBORS I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A NUMBER
OF THESE PEOPLE. SO I AM FAMILIAR WITH THIS. AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THOSE CHILDREN WERE NOT ALREADY AT EAGLE RIDGE IS BECAUSE IT WAS FULL. IF THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND I KNOW THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE, THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT WOULD HAVE CHOSEN EAGLE RIDGE.
THAT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING YOU SAID. AND I A NOT TRYING TO PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG FOR YOU. BUT I DO VERY MUCH KNOW EAGLE RIDGE IS A VERY HIGHLY REGARDED SCHOOL AND THIS THERE BEEN SPACE IN EAGLE RIDGE, THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN A NUMBER OF THESE FAMILIES THAT WOULD HAVE ALREADY ENROLLED THERE BECAUSE THEY WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING THAT YOU ARE CHILDREN RIDE THEIR BIKES THERE, WALK THERE, THE KIDS ACROSS THE STREET ARE GOING THERE. DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING YOU SAID BUT IT'S A DATA POINT. >> THANK YOU.
OTHER DIRECTORS? WE'LL TRY TO WAIT UNTIL THE END BUT I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON MY BIGGEST DISCOMFORT IT IS FEELS LIKE WE HAVE NOT DONE ENGAGEMENT AND WE ARE MAKING A DECISION TONIGHT. SO I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE
TIMING. AND WHY WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT BEFORE ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN HAPPENED. >> IT'S TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO FAMILIES WEAPON THE CHANGE TO TAKE EFFECT IN JULY OF 2026, IT'S TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND LET FAMILIES KNOW IF THEY
WANT TO OPENER ROLE SOMEWHERE ELSE, IF THEY WANT TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL CHANGE. AND IF WE WAITED UNTIL A MAY TIME FRAME BEFORE FINAL DECISION WAS MADE ON THIS, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD GIVE THE FAMILIES THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME OR THE ABILITY TO GET ON LISTS OR MAYBE
MAKE CHANGES AND DESIGNS THE REASON IS TO AVOID DOUBLE MOVING. WHICH WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE HAPPENING WITH THE DECISION MAKING AROUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50. SO TO DIRECTOR GEIGER'S POINT THE CONTEXT AROUND THIS IS -- WE
DON'T DO ANYTHING, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER FOR STAFF TO JUST WAIT AND NOT DO ANYTHING. AND TO HAVE THIS COHORT OF FAMILIES BE MOVED TO SILVER SPRUCE. AND THEN NEXT YEAR DURING THE BOUNDARY DISCUSSIONS TELL THEM THEY HAVE GOT TO GO BACK OVER TO EAGLE RIDGE, THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN FAR EASIER FOR SHAVON AND, BUT T THAT DIDN'T; I THINK IT'S MORE FAIR TO THE FAMILIES TO LET THEM KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS THE LONG-TERM PLAN. AND THEY CAN GET AHEAD OF THE DECISION MAKING. >> THANK YOU. OTHER DIRECTORS, DIRECTOR TOP
THOMPSON. >> PART OF MY FRUSTRATION IS THE FIRST ROUND OF OPEN ENROLLMENT IS ALREADY PASSED. AND WE ARE GETTING THIS AFTER THAT. SO THAT'S A PRETTY HARD PILL TO SWALLOW AT THE MOMENT. THE OTHER THING IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT I AM JUST -- THIS IS A LOT. I DON'T SIT ON LRPC. BUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT JUST ARE OUTSTANDING THAT I DON'T HAVE CONTEXT FOR WHEN I ACTION LOOKING AT THIS IS REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OPEN ENROLLMENT LOOKING LIKE IN THIS AREA AND THEN ALSO THE PATTERN
OF ENROLLMENT IN AT ROAN TREE ELEMENTARY, SO I SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY AT LONE TREE. JUST LIKE I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE FULL PICTURE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND EVEN WHAT THE ASK TONIGHT IS GOING TO DO.
THAT'S JUST A POINT OF FEEDBACK. A POINT TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE. QUITE FRANKLY HAD WE RECOGNIZED THIS ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO TO THE EAGLE RIDGE ENROLLMENT EARLIER, WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE DIRECTOR THOMPSON THAT WE WOULD HAVE
PREFERRED TO BRING THIS SOONER. WHAT WE DO KNOW FROM TREND AND SAYS SHAVON I DON'T REMEMBER IF YOU REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD IT WAS INFORMATION WE PRESENTED AT LRPC FOR WHATEVER REASON THIS POCKET HAS
HISTORICALLY SEEN GREATER OPEN ENROLLMENT OUTSIDE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THAN OUR TYPICAL 25 TO 32% IN -- WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD COOL BOUNDARY. A SCHOOL ASSIGNED BOUNDARY OPT
OUT WE ARE SEEING ABOVE 50% IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD O OUT AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE DATA PROVIDED OF WHERE ALL THESE CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOLS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING. >> I DON'T THINK SO. I HAD BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THE
CONTEXT THAT YOU ARE MISSING DIRECTOR THOMPSON. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE OPEN ENROLLMENT FIRST WINDOW AND AND THIS IS LATE. SO WE'LL -- I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. THAT THAT'S LATE REQUEST TO BE
EFFECTIVE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. >> CAN YOU TOLD IT IN CASE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS FIRST. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> BOYS SORT OF FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION, IS WHAT DO WE DO THE FOR THE FAMILIES WHO ARE GOING TO WANT TO OPENER ROLL AND
THEN DON'T AND DON'T GET TO. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MAKE HELP WHOLE IN THIS. THERE IS NO ANSWER, I DON'T KNOW. THE I DON'T HAVE MAKING WHOLE IS
CHALLENGING GIVEN THE SCENARIOS. WE CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FLAMES AND DO OUR DARNDEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT WE KNOW THIS IS SIGNIFICANT TO THEM. AND WORK WITH OUR CHOICE PROGRAMMING TO MATCH -- DO A LITTLE MATCH MAKING WHERE WE
CAN. I DO KNOW THAT BUT WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS SOME FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY MADE A DECISION TO TRY TO GET ON AN OPEN ENROLLMENT LIST. I DON'T HAVE -- I DON'T KNOW THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE YET BUT I KNOW
IT'S AN ACTIVE CONVERSATION WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARTNER TODAY IDENTIFY THESE CHILDREN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW BOARD POLICY. SUPERINTENDENT POLICY TO GET THE KIDS AS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WANT TO BE AS WE CAN.
>> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> JAW, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS FAR FROM IDEAL OR PERFECT. CERTAINLY IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE EVER CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS AND HAVING A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE SAME BORDER IN.MIX THAT WASN'T
OPENING UNTIL 27/28 WAS A CHALLENGE. IF SOMEONE WERE TO ASK ME A LESSON LEARNED OUT OF THIS SITUATION THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD IS THAT AS WE WERE COLLAPSING ACRES GREEN AND FOX CREEK, EAGLE RIDGE WAS OVERWHELMED WITH ENROLL.
AND SO EAGLE RIDGE SO IT WASN'T AN OPTION TO PUT KITS IN OR WE D HAVE DONE THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE REAL LESSON LEARNED HERE IS WE SHOULD HAVE WAITED AND DONE IT -- HAD IT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE THE 27/28 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THOSE -- FOR THAT
CONSOLIDATION AND FOR ELEMENTARY 50. BUT WE ALSO HAD REASONS WHY WE WERE DOING ALL OF THE CONSOLIDATION AT THE SAME TIME. SO I ONLY PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT, NOT TO MAKE AN EXCUSE BUT JUST TO SAY, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED PROCESS. AND I THINK OUR FAMILIES DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT COO MILLETT PLANS ON PERSONALLY CALLING THE FAMILIES. WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT SURE HOW UPSET THEY WILL BE. THEY MIGHT NOT BE UPSET AT ALL. EAGLE RIDGE IS SO MUCH CLOSER TO THEM THAN SILVER SPRUCE.
SO CERTAINLY WE CAN COME BACK TO THE BOARD IF THE BOARD MOVES FORWARD. WE CAN COME BACK TO THE BOARD OR PUT IN ANNUAL DATE WHAT THE -- WHAT THE REACTION WAS OF THE FAMILIES, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S HELPFUL. REALLY THE ONLY -- THE ONES WHO
ARE ACTUALLY IMPACTED ARE THE 33 CHILDREN THAT ARE USING TRANSPORTATION. THE REST OF THEM AREN'T USING TRANSPORTATION. AND CAN STAY IN SILVER SPRUCE AND CONTINUE TO NOT USE TRANSPORTATION. IT'S THE 33 KIDS THAT ARE USING TRANSPORTATION THAT TRULY HAVE
AN IMPACT IN THIS SCENARIO. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. DR. CALLAHAN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION. DIRECTOR PARKER? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. DO YOU WANT TO ASK A FOLLOW-UP.
>> SO THE TABLE THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE SCENARIO ENROLLMENTS, YOU KNOW, JUST HAS ONE NUMBER, IT DOESN'T SHOW A RANGE. AND SO WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE VOTE STOP AND I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THE IMPACTS LOOKS LIKE A CROSS ALL THE
DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WORSE CASE SCENARIO MIGHT LOOK LIKE AT ANY SCHOOL BECAUSE I DON'T SEE A RANGE OF WHAT IT COULD -- YOU KNOW THE TRENDS WITH OPEN ENROLLMENT, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS FRONT OF US. I CAN'T TEST IT MYSELF.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT EVEN THE VOTE TONIGHT BEING LIKE WHAT COULD THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THAT ACTUALLY ROOK LIKE? BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RANGE OF ENROLLMENT THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BASED OFF THE SCENARIO WE ARE COLLECTING. >> SO ARE YOU ASKING WHAT THE ADOPTION OF THE BOUNDARY CHANGE
TONIGHT, HOW THAT COULD IMPACT OPEN ENROLL THINK TO AFFECT THE PROJECTED NUMBERS? IT WOULD BE A SWING, RIGHT, OF, WELL, WHO WE ARE LOOKING AT IS 77 FAMILIES. BUT WE DO HAVE OPEN ENROLLMENT HISTORIC TRENDS BAKED IN TO OUR
PRO -- PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. AND I DON'T I DON'T THINK OPEN ENROLLMENT WILL AFFECT THE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS WE ARE LOOKING AT WE ARE NOT ASKING THEM TO OPEN ENROLL, WE ARE GUARANTEEING THEM A SPOT AT ONE
OR THE OTHER. I MIGHT BE STRUGGLING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF OPEN ENROLLMENT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE THREE SCHOOL SAYS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
>> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> ASSISTANTS SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PIECE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON THANK YOU, THAT'S A HUGE QUESTION WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OPERATIONALLY AND CLASS SIZE AND WHAT DOES IT LOOKING TO LIKE AND A BIG PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS WITH THE IMPACTED PRINCIPALS IN THAT AREA IS NAVIGATING FROM A SITE-BASED BUDGETING PROCESS, HOW DO YOU HAVE A STUDENT COUNT RESERVE BUILT IN YOUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THE STUDENTS COMING IN YOU HAVE THE
ABILITY TO FLEX AND BUILD CLASS ROOM SIZES IT APPROPRIATE LEVEL IF NOT WE CAN RETURN THE MONEY BACK FROM A CENTRALIZED BUDGET I'M PART OF THE PROCESS IS HOW DO WE DO FORECASTING KNOWING THAT OF THE 77 FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE THERE, ARE WE PECKING ALL 77 TO GO IN I DON'T THINK THE PRINCIPAL IS IT
THINKING THAT, OR WE ARE THINKING THAT CONVERSATION BUT WE HAVE BUILT IN A INSTRUCTION BREWER WITHIN THE SBB PROCESS TO ENSURE IF STUDENTS COME WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BUILD CLASSROOM SIZE AND NAVIGATE SOME OF THAT MOVEMENT THAT WE MAY SEE THIS LATE IN THE GAME. >> I AM SO SORRY I DID NOT
COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. WE DO KNOW THE RANGE OF SAY THOSE 77 FAMILIES CHOOSE -- ALL CHASE SILVER SPRUCE, OR THEY ALL CHOOSE EAGLE RIDGE AND WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE RANGE IS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR
SITE-BASED BUDGETING AND HIRING. >> DR. RYAN DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> IS EAGLE RIDGE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN FULL TO OVER FULL? >> YES. >> YES. >> WHICH IS WHY PERHAPS A NUMBER OF THESE PEOPLE REPORT ATTENDING EAGLE RIDGE BY OPEN ENROLLMENT. >> CORRECT. >> IS THE AVAILABLE ABILITY OF SPACE AT EAGLE RIDGE PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING SIXTH GRADE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL? >> YES.
>> SO THAT'S WHERE THAT PACE IS COMING FROM? >> YES. >> OKAY. ARE WE MOVING -- I DON'T KNOW LONE TREE WELL. WE ARE ALSO MOVING SIXTH GRADE OUT OF LONE TREE TO CREST HILL? >> YES. >> SO BEE MAKING THAT -- WE DECIDED TO MOVE SIX THE GREAT
GRADE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. DECIDED TO BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND DECIDED TO COMBINE THREE SCHOOLS AND SHOCKINGLY, WE HAVE A TOUGH ITERATIONS BETWEEN THOSE THREE -- OKAY. THERE IS SPACE IN LONE TREE WHICH HAS BEEN AT OR NEAR
CAPACITY TO SOMETIME. THERE IS SPACE IN EAGLE RIDGE WHICH HAS EXCEEDED CAPACITY FOR SOMETIME. THERE IS SPACE IN SILVER SPRUCE, WHICH WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
SO OUR DECISION LAST YEAR TO MOVE FIFTH -- MOVE SIXTH GRADE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS MADE IT EASIER FOR THESE PEOPLE TO NOW PERHAPS GO TO THEIR CLOSER SCHOOLS OF CHOICE. >> YES. YES. >> OKAY. THAT HELPS ME RESOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH ON THIS.
BUT WE ARE RELATIVELY CONFIDENT THAT IF MOST OF THOSE 77 STUDENTS CHOSE LONE TREE, THEY WOULD FIT? >> THEY WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED. YES. >> AND I THINK WOULD PROBABLY GET A VARIETY OF AND IF MOST OF
THEM CHOSE EAGLE INDIVIDUAL OR ALL OF THEM CHOSE EAGLE RIDGE THEY WOULD FIT? >> YES. DANNY, -- EXCUSE ME, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE CONTEXT. >> WE ARE TRYING TO -- ABSOLUTELY TRYING TO BUILD CAPACITY. THE CHALLENGE WITH MAGNET AROUND THAT WE BUILT CAPACITY AND THERE
IS ALSO WAIT LIST AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT YOU BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND SHE IS TRYING TO BUILD FURTHER CAPACITY IN THE BUILDING AS WELL BASED OFF OF THAT TOO. >> I WONDERED, BUS WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS GROUP, YOU MENTIONED ACRES GREEN, FOX CREEK AND EAGLE FRIDGE REG.
>> AND LONE TREE. >> OKAY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE LONE TREE WAS ALSO PART OF THAT DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. >> SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR HAS BEEN LEADING THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PRINCIPALS AROUND THESE -- THAT HELPS RESOLVE -- AGAIN, NONE OF THIS WAS IN THE POWERPOINT. >> IT WAS NOT.
>> THAT'S WHY I HAD THE QUESTIONS, THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EDUCATION SIDE AND THE OPERATION SIDE WERE WORKING TOGETHER. SO I FEEL SOME OF MY ISSUES CONTINUE BUT I HAVE MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT LEAST. >> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
TOLL APPROVE THE REASSIGNMENT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 IMPACT AREA LOCATED SOUTH OF C-470, AND EAST OF YOSEMITE STREET AND LONE TREE PARKWAY FROM ACRES GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO EAGLE RIDGE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EFFECTIVE JUL. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR RYAN, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE REASSIGNMENT NINE MOTION IS
NOW -- ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, I WILL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER.
>> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. YEAH, I REGRET THE ENGAGEMENT HASN'T HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. BUT AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT. HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
REALLY HAS HELPED DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW COMPLEX THE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN AROUND CON IS DAYS AND GROWTH. AND THE MOVEMENT FROM SIXTH GRADE. SO THANK YOU ALL TO THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THE ANALYSIS AND WORK
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO WITH THAT, IT IS ABOUT 7:30. SO LET'S TAKE A 10-MINUTE RECESS. AND THEN WELCOME BACK.
>> TO OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE SIGNIFICANTS, ITEM NUMBER 10, AS A REMINDER, THIS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA REALLY IS FOCUSED ON THE BOARD'S GOVERNANCE ROLE, HOW WE SET DIRECT, MONITOR PERFORMANCE AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO OUR FIRST ITEM UNDER THIS SECTION IS 10.1. THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PLAN. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. PRESIDENT MEEK. AS I INFORMED THIS BOARD THE LAST TIME WE MET OUR FIRST COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MEETING
WILL BE NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAR. IF YOU ARE ON THE BOARD AND AVAILABLE TO ATTEND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR PRESENCE, THIS WILL BE WITH MENTAL HEALTH LEADERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY. AS PART OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT, I WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT, WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ABLE TO ATTEND NEXT WEEK ON THE
QUESTIONS FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MEETING. SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO OPEN THE SECOND ATTACHMENT, I AM SO SORRY, I DIDN'T PREPARE I.T. THAT I WAS GOING TO PUMP. THE SECOND ATTACHMENT FIRST, THIS IS A LIST OF POTENTIAL QUESTIONS. THAT ARE DROWN FROM BOTH THE
ROLE OF COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS IN TERMS OF OWNERSHIP LINKAGE. BUT ALSO THE BOARD ENDS. AND HOW OUR MENTAL HEALTH LEADERS CAN BE PARTICULARLY INSIGHTFUL FOR US AS WE STRIVE TO MEET THOSE BOARD ENDS.
SO THERE ARE SIX PROPOSED QUESTIONS. STRONG THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH ALL SIX OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE RATHER, I DON'T KNOW, IN-DEPTH. SO I WOULD LOVE IT IF TONIGHT WE CAN MAYO THIS DOWN TO TWO OR THREE. OF COURSE, FOR THE RECORD I AM HAVING TO READ THE QUESTIONS IF
THAT'S HELPFUL. OTHER WAYS THEY ARE AVAILABLE. I WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD GET THEM PROJECTED ON THE ONLINE AUDIENCE AS WELL. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO READ THESE?
I DON'T KNOW. >> MAYBE READING THEM. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO THE FIRST POTENTIAL QUESTION IS, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL VIEW, AGAIN, THESE ARE MENTAL HEALTH LEADERS, WHAT ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SHIFTS IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT 5-10
YEARS THAT WILL DEFINE WHAT A SAFE AND THRIVING ENVIRONMENT LOOKS LIKE. IF THE DISTRICT WERE TO TRULY BE -- FORGIVE ME. IF THE DISTRICT WERE TO TRULY BE SUCCESSFUL IN CREATING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS' MENTAL LEG, WHAT RESULTS WOULD WE SEE IN YOUR GRANTOR WATTS FIVE YEARS FROM
NOW THAT ARE NOT PRESENT TODAY. WHAT SPECIFIC DISPOSITIONS OR MENTAL MINDSETS DO YOU BELIEVE ARE MOST CORRAL CAT FOR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP SO THEY CAN A THAT RIFE AND RESPONSIBLE ILL AND ENGAGED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. AS WE CONSIDER STUDENT WELL BEING FOR WHOSE BENEFIT DOES THAT DISTRICT PRIMARILY EXIST AND WHAT ARE THE MOST VITAL HUMAN RESULTS WE SHOULD PRODUCE
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. GIVEN THE LIMITED RESOURCES THE DISTRICT, WHICH ASPECTS OF A STUDENT'S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING SHOULD BE PRIORITIZEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY REACH THEIR EYE HIGH I WAS INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL AND FINALLY WHAT IS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE
MENTAL HEALTH LANDSCAPE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY MISSING. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. IT WAS HELPFUL TO SEE THE QUESTIONS TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH IT AND JUST HAVING A BASELINE TO GO THROUGH.
SO I LIKE THE REQUESTED OF, YOU KNOW, ASKING ASKING DOWN THE LINE OF WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEEDS LOOK LIKE AND, I LIKE THE QUESTIONS OF IDENTIFYING WHAT ARE THE GAPS. THE ONE THING I DON'T FEEL WE
NECESSARILY HAVE IN THESE EXAMPLES IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT IS THE -- WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH, ET CETERA, THAT IMPACTS THEIR
LEARNING. SAFE IN SCHOOL BUT IMPACT THEIR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, BEING ABLE TO TIE THESE QUESTIONS WITH THE ACADEMIC PART. >> YEAH. COULD I RECAP THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE POINT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION,
IT WOULD BE WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL -- I DON'T KNOW IF OUTCOMES ARE THE RIGHT WORD BUT WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL COMPETE HE WANTS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS. >> OR MAYBE EVERYBODY JUSTIFY THE FIRST QUESTION LIKE THIS SHIFTS, IN MENTAL HEALTH BUT NOT
JUST SAFE AND THRIVING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, BUT FOR -- I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW IT RELATE TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN THAT QUESTION. >> YES. >> TO MIGHT THEIR ACADEMIC NEEDS.
>> YEP. >> OTHER DIRECTORS? DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AS TO DIRECTOR THOMPSON SUGGESTION, WHICH I FIND HELPFUL, I THINK SOME OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SECOND QUESTION.
I THINK IF WE PUT A SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THERE, I THINK THAT PROBABLY WOULD HELP HANDLE THAT. I WONDER IF THERE IS ROOM IN HERE, GIVEN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ADDRESSING, TO SHOE
HORN IN, AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, A QUESTION ABOUT THE EFFECT OF CELLPHONES ON MENTAL HEALTH. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE KIND YOU HAVE TALKING ABOUT THAT. IT COULD BE IN 2.
IT COULD BE IN -- IT COULD BE IN 4. BUT I THINK A PLACE FOR CAN YOU HELP US -- WOULD -- TO WHAT EXTENT DO WE BELIEVE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES,
THAT'S THE FRAZIER WITH USING NOW IN CDs, HAVE A ROLE IN MENTAL HEALTH AND DO THEY BELIEVE THAT REGULATIONS ON THAT MIGHT IMPROVE OUR STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH.
>> I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T INADVERTENTLY OPEN A CONVERSATION IN TO THEM WEIGHING INTO OPERATIONAL DECISIONS, I WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL OF MY WORDING THAT QUESTION BEING THAT'S A REAL GUYED CALL OUT. >> I HAD A SIMILAR THOUGHT.
YOU KNOW, TRENDS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND CONNECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED WITH COMMUNICATION DEV DEVICES AND WT THEY HAVE SERVE AS SERVICE PROVIDERS. >> YEAH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF ASKING ABOUT THOSE TRENDS.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. JUST ANOTHER SIDE NOTE. IS -- I WOULD LIKED THE INTENTIONAL INCLUSION OF LIKE LOOKING AT OUR SPECIFIC CONE ENDED OR ENDS, RIGHT MAYBE IF WE ARE DOING TWO QUESTIONS, ONE IS FOCUSED ON THE ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE AND LIFE SKILLS AND OTHER ONE IS SETTING ON MINDSET AND DISPOSITION, MAYBE NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO.
>> I DON'T THINK I SEE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR DENZLER DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US. >> NO, THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSTRUCTIVE I WILL CRAFT TWO QUESTIONS. SORT OF EDITING SOME OF THE IDEAS FROM THESE.
EXISTING QUESTIONS AND THEN ADDING, AGAIN, THE QUESTION ABOUT THE EF AFFECT OF CELLPHONS UNDER THE UP BRELLA. AND ASKING ABOUT OFFICIAL EMOTIONAL WELL BEING AND ITS
IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT SOUNDS GREAT OF THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE WORK ON THAT. I KNOW WE ARE ALL REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. ITEM 10.2.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTORS GEIGER AND DENZLER FOR THE UPDATE. >> AND DIRECTOR DENZLER QUITE NICELY ASKED ME TO HANDLE THAT. BECAUSE WHAT -- ALL THE WORK SHE
HAS DONE ON THAT. FIRST ON OUR -- THE BILL THAT IS BEING SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT AND IS PROPOSED BY THE DISTRICT AND RUN BY REPRESENTATIVE HAM RICK AND OTHERS, I REACHED A TEXT DURING THE MEETING FROM
REPRESENTATIVE HAMRLIK'S AID THE PLAN IS IT WILL BE ON SECOND READING 30 OR FRIDAY. CURRENTLY CASE, CASB, AFD, WHICH IS AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, CEA, WHICH IS THE COLORADO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION,
THE CHATTER SCHOOL ADVOCATE AND CRUEL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN SUPPORT. THERE IS SOME PUSH BACK FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS. NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST THE BILL BUT A TELL TOYING AMEND IT ADDING MORE REQUIREMENTS ON KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS. THE SPONSOR IS -- THE SPONSORS
ARE ALL QUOTE, HOLDING STRONG TO NOT ADDING ANYTHING TO DISTRICT, SCHOOL, OR EDUCATOR PLACE. WE WOULD HAVE ANNUAL DATE AND IF
IT PASSIONS THROUGH I WILL PROVIDE AN EVENING MAIL UPDATE TO THE BOARD. THIS IS THE POINT WHERE EVERYBODY HAS INTRODUCED THEIR FIRST FIVE BILLS. AND THERE IS A LOT OF INTERESTING TOUGH OUT THERE BUT NOT MUCH HAS GOTTEN THROUGH
COMMITTEE. SOME OF THESE THAT ARE VERY INTERESTING OR HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO PASS, FOR EXAMPLE THERE IS A WILL WELL THOUGHT OUT AND CONSTRUCTED THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BACKFILL IN OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS. THAT IS BEING REDUCED FROM THE
FEDERAL LEVEL AND BACKFILL WITH THE STATE LEVEL. ALL WELL AND GOOD BUT IT REQUIRES FUNDING AN ENTIRELY NEW STATE BUREAUCRACY AT A TIME WHEN FISCAL NOTES ARE KILLING BILLS.
SO UNLESS THEY CAN FIND OUT A WAY TO FUND THAT, IT LIKELY WILL DIE ON THE SHOULDERS OF OUR FISCAL PROBLEMS, IF THAT CHANGES WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. THERE ARE, LIKE I SAID A COUPLE
OF OTHER INTERESTING ONES, I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED THAT ONE BILL WOULD ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SECRET FLAG ORDERS TO POSSESS GUNS. AGAIN, I UNLIKELY TO GO ANY ANYWHERE. AND I THINK IF IT DID GET TO THE
FLOOR WE WOULD HAVE TO -- PROBABLY WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO ASK OUR LOBBYISTS IF WE SHOULD TAKE A POSITION ON THAT. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE? REALLY INTERESTING ONE FROM
SENATOR COAL KERR THE HEAD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY END ALL STANDARDS, ALL REVIEW STANDARDS EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ELIMINATING ALL OTHER STATE ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS OTHER
EVALUATIONS WOULD BE REQUIRED, BUT ANY CUMULATIVE STANDARDS WOULD BE ELIMINATE FIRST DEGREE NOT REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THAT HE'S EVERYBODY BEEN PUT ON FOR A VOTE. THAT IS THAT HAS BIPARTISAN
SUPPORTERS BUT Y UNLIKELY TO MOE FORWARD. ANOTHER ONE THAT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT IS MANDATORY TRAINING FOR COACHES ON BE DO CUSHIONS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT AS WE SEE
THEM COME UP ILLITE NOW HE. REPRESENTATIVE MARSHALL AND SENATOR BASICALLY'S BILL TO MAKE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS MANDATORY BY DISTRICT HAS BEEN SIGNED TO THE STATE VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MILITARY FARES COMMITTEE. THAT COMMITTEE TENDS TO BE DIFFICULT TO GET THINGS OUT OF IT.
AND SET FOR HEARING ON IN 14 DAYS. AGAIN, RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS KIND OF SHAKING OUT TO SEE WHERE IT GOES. THERE IS NO NEW PROGRESS ON THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT. SO AS THAT CHANGES, I WILL UPDATE FURTHER.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 10.3.
SO THE BOARD POLICY IKF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS TO ADD TO PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY FIRST READING OF THIS POLICY. IT'S A 10-MINUTE PRESENTATION, 10-MINUTE Q&A.
SO TAKE IT AWAY. >> ALL RIGHT. I SEE THAT THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CLICKER HERE. SO I WILL DIRECT MY ATTENTION OVER THERE.
GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. AND SHARE THE INITIAL FIRST READING OF THE REVISED POLICY. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT OF WE GET INTO THE REDLINE ISSUANCE. THIS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF LEGISLATION
THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THE BILL NUMBER UP THERE. 251192. WHICH IS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL --
[ MONTH AUDIO ] >> A FEW THINGS SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT THAT. SO THIS BILL IS ASKING AND REQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT. IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, THERE IS ONE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT,
THAT IS CIVICS. SO NOW WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS FINANCIAL LITERACY. AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR CLARITY. THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS PUT OUT SOME FAQs TO HELP US FURTHER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAW MEANS. LINKED FOR YOUR REFERENCE IF YOU
WANT TO SEE THEM. THE FIRST REQUIREMENT IS THIS INDEED HAS TO BE A CLASS, SO WE ARE ADDING A CLASS REQUIREMENT. THAT'S THE FIRST LAYER OF IT. THE SECOND LAYER IS THIS CLASS HAS TO BE DESIGNED AROUND THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY STANDARD THAT ARE IN THE
COLORADO BELIEVED ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND THEY ALL TO BE PRESENT IN ONE CLASS. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T SPREAD THESE STANDARDS ACROSS MULTIPLE CLASSES. IT HAS TO BE ONE CLASS, AND IT HAS TO BE REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION. THE CLASS DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE CALLED PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY. I'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS ON THAT.
THAT'S A QUESTION THAT IS ON SEVERAL OF THE DISTRICT' MINDS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NAME OF THE CLASS NEEDS TO BE. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STUDENTS THAT TRANSFER IN AND OUT. SO THAT'S ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE ASKING HERE. THERE IS A CONCERN THAT IF YOU DON'T CALL IT PERSONAL FINANCIAL
LITERACY AND A STUDENT TRANSFERS IN OR OUT, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT THEY MADE THAT STATE-LEVEL REQUIREMENT. THE SECOND PART IS THE DISTRICTS HAVE THE DISCRETION IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, THAT'S REALLY SPEAKING TO THE POLICY. AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS AND CHANGE POLICY.
WE HAVE SOME DISCRETION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND I HAVE GIVEN YOU EXAMPLE IN THE DRAFT FIRST READING TONIGHT. THE OTHER THING THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT IS EFFECTIVE 27/28. THEY ARE MODIFYING OUR I CAP IS WHAT WE CALL TESTIMONY THE
INDIVIDUAL CAREER AND ACADEMIC PLAN. THAT'S CURRENTLY I A REQUIREMENT IN THE STATE OF COLORADO INCLUDING OUR STUDENTS, WE WOULD BE MODIFYING THAT AND AND REVISING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT TO INCLUDING EXPOSURE TO SOME OF THE TOOLS FOR FINANCIAL
EIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REVIEW OVER THE NEXT YEAR, A FEW THINGS THAT JUST IN TERMS OF THE POLICY WHEN WE GET TO THE REDLINE WHAT, WE TRIED TO DO IS STRIKE THE BALANCE IN BETWEEN ADDING THIS REQUIREMENT WITH MINIMAL CREDIT IMPACTS.
WHILE STILL MEETING THE LETTER OF THE LAW. AND. [SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME] A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT REQUIREMENT IS ONCE WE GET THERE. WE'VE ALSO TRIED TO IMPLEMENT THIS WITH THE GREATEST FLEXIBILITY. SO AS WE HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, ALTHOUGH THIS BILL WAS JUST PASSED LAST YEAR, WE HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING HAS BEEN COMING FROM SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION AND ENGAGED WITH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, SOCIAL STUDIES, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR PLSs AND EVERYBODY COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY YOU HEARD
SOME PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. WE HAVE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU THOUGH, WHAT COULD THIS POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE FROM A RESOURCE STANDPOINT FROM A SUPPORT STAND POINT AND SO WE STARTED ENGAGING IN BROADER CONVERSATIONS INCLUDING COLLEGE BOARD. THE ONE THING THAT WE'VE ADDED IS THE APPLICABLE DATE.
TYPICALLY WHEN YOU INTRODUCE A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT, YOU DON'T DO IT IMMEDIATELY, YOU TYPICALLY GRADUALLY IMPLEMENT AS THE INCOMING CLASS OF FRESHMEN COME IN. AND SO THIS PROPOSED CHANGE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S EFFECTIVE AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT NOW, WE WOULD IMPLEMENT IN TERMS OF THE
FRESHMAN THAT COME THROUGH. THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL TIME TO BE ABLE TO PLAN, CREATE STRUCTURES AROUND SUPPORT THIS IS FROM A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, A MASTER SCHEDULING STANDPOINT, IDENTIFYING THOSE COURSES, REVIEWING THE STANDARDS
FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AND INCORPORATING THOSE INTO SPECIFIC COURSES IF WE COULD GO TO THE REDLINE VERSION NEXT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO AS THEY ARE PULLING UP THIS IKF GRADUATION REQUIREMENT,
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ADDED VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT COVERS THIS GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. CURRENTLY THERE ARE FOUR REQUIREMENTS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR A STUDENT TO GRADUATE FROM OUR SCHOOLS. THERE ARE THE COURSE CREDITS, WHICH IS THERE ARE 24 CREDITS
THAT THEY HAVE TO EARN. YOU CAN SEE ON THE POLICY ON HOW THOSE CREDITS ARE DISTRIBUTED. WHETHER IT'S CORE, ELECTIVE AND THE DIFFERENT TYPE WITHIN. WE HAVE THE SECOND THING THAT'S REQUIRED IS COMMUNITY SERVICE. ANOTHER BOARD OF EDUCATION -- PRESS YOU. ANOTHER BOARD OF EDUCATION
REQUIREMENT IS COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE REQUIRE ALL OF OUR STUDENT TO HAVE 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. A THIRD REQUIRED IS ALL STUDENT HAVE TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL CAREER AND ACTION I OBJECT PLAN AND THE FOURTH REQUIREMENT WHICH WAS INTRODUCED SEVERAL YEARS AGO IS THE STUDENTS HAVE TO
DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCY IN ONE OF THE APPROVED NEW OPTIONS FROM THE STATE. FOR THIS PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST PART, WHICH IS THE CREDIT ATTAINMENT. SO IN OUR LANGUAGE ADD HERE, WE ARE KEEPING THE SAME CREDIT
AMOUNT, WHICH IS 24 CREDITS. BUT WE ARE SPECIFYING THAT WITHIN THOSE 24 CREDITS, A STUDENT HAS TO EARN A HALF CREDIT IN A COURSE THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AS A CONDITION OF GRADUATION. THAT'S THE LANGUAGE AT THAT WE ARE ADDING. WE ARE NOT ADDING TO THE NUMBER OF CREDITS.
ANY TIME YOU ADD THE AMOUNT OF CREDITS, YOU ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL FINANCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO EXPAND YOUR MASTER SCHEDULE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE CLASSES. SO THIS IS A FINANCIAL ADD IF YOU DO ADD IT AS AN ADDITIONAL PART OF THAT CREDIT AMOUNT.
SO WE HAVE INCORPORATED IT AS PART OF THAT 24 CREDITS. WE HAVE ALSO NOT ASSIGNED IT TO A SPECIFIC CREDIT TYPE. WHICH ALLOWS US TO GIVE FLEXIBILITY FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF COURSES. SO LET MY GIVE YOU' EXAMPLE. PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY
CURRENTLY NOW WE HAVE THE STANDARDS LIVING IN SOME CASES IN A MATH CLASS, OTHER CASES IT'S LIVING IN A BUSINESS CLASS, ADVANCED PLACEMENT. COLLEGE BOARD IS NOW INTRODUCING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL AT THIS TIME LITERACY COURSE. BEING PILOTED AROUND COUNTRY.
THAT'S BEING INTRODUCED. CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT COURSES IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SPIRE TO INTRODUCE. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED AS PART OF A BUSINESS CLASS. SO THESE COURSES ARE COMING TO US WITH DIFFERENT CREDIT TYPES. SO BY INCREASING THAT FLEXIBILITY, IT DOES A COUPLE OF
THINGS, ONE, IT PROVIDES OUR STUDENTS WITH GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THAT CLASS AS PART OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS. SOME OF OUR STUDENT REALLY ARE INVOLVED HEAVILY IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT. IF WE PROVIDE THAT OPTIONS THEN THEY HAVE AN OPTION THAT'S ADVANCE THE PLACEMENT GIVING
THEM ADDITIONAL CREDIT. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WANT TO TAKE BUSINESSES CLASS THROUGH CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION THE MORE COPSES WE PRIX PROVIDE TO THE MEET THE REQUIREMENT THE MORE FLEXIBILITY THEY HAVE.
YOU ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE TO GIVE THEM THE MOST FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT WITHIN THEIR CURRENT SCHEDULING. IF WE COULD SCROLL DOWN FURTHER ON THAT PARTICULAR POLICY.
YOU CAN SEE THE REDLINES IN THE SECOND PAGE. IN THAT SECOND PAGE YOU SEE THE LANGUAGING SPECIFIC TO ADDING THAT .5 CREDIT. WAS NOT THE RED LANE. IF YOU SCROLL UP A BIT I CAN
POINT IT OUT HERE. WRITE ABOVE PAGE 1 IT SAYS AT LEAST .5 CREDIT MUST INCLUDING PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSE, THAT'S THE CHANGE, IN CORRESPONDING SECTIONS OF THIS POLICY WE ALSO CHANGED THE
GRADUATION CLASS OF IN SEVERAL SECTIONS. WE CAN DO THAT NOW, BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY MATRICULATED OUT. SO WE ARE REMOVING THAT LANGUAGE SO THAT THERE IS CLARITY THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR SYSTEM HAVE THIS AS THEIR GRADUATION
REQUIREMENT. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS PROPOSED UPDATE. IKF I OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> ON THE SLIDE THAT LISTS THE
HOUSE WILL 251192 REQUIREMENTS. IT SAYS BEGINNING IN THAT 27/2028 SCHOOL YEAR THIS NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED ON TRANSCRIPTS, WE ARE STARTING WITH THE CLASS OF 2030, DOES IT ALLOW STUDENTS THAT GAP, THE HOUSE BILL ARE, OR
DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS GRADUATING IN 28 ALSO HAVE THIS? >> GREAT QUESTION, THE REQUIREMENT FROM 27/28 IS THE REVISION OF I CAP. IT'S THE NOT THE INTRODUCING OF THE COURSE ITSELF. IT'S MAKING SURE THAT BY THE YEAR 27/28 WE HAVE ADJUSTED OUR
I CAP TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FINANCIAL AID. THE SEPARATE PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A COURSE FOR PFL IN OUR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.
>> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THE ONLY THING I AM NOT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT DECIDES WHAT IS AN APPROVED FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSE? AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE MAY BE A PFL COURSE THERE ARE A A NUMBER OF COURSES THAT MIGHT MEET THIS. IS THIS THE BUILDING, THE PRINCIPAL, OR AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL? >> THAT WOULD BE A DISTRICT LEVEL DECISION.
WE WOULD REVIEW THE STANDARDS AND ASSOCIATED LEARNING OUTCOMES TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER COURSE MEETS THE REQUIREMENT IS SIMILAR TO ANYTHING THAT WE DO WITH A BOARD-APPROVED CLASS, NOW, IF THERE WAS A CLASS THAT WAS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED THAT IS NEW, IT WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD. BUT FOR THIS PARTICULARLY THING
IT WOULD BE REVIEWING OUR CURRENT CATALOG OF COURSES TO SEE WHICH ONES MEET THIS PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> JUST TO CLARIFY. SO THE REQUIREMENT THAT IS DUE
NOW IS TECHNICALLY THE POLICY UPDATE FOR THIS YEAR. OKAY. >> DIRECT. >> DIRECT. >> I KNOW I HAD QUESTIONS COMING IN ABOUT IT THE IMPACT OF ADDING THAT REQUIRED ELECTIVE AND HEARING THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
FLEXIBILITY AND I THINK THAT ADDRESSES A LOT OF IT. >> IT YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK GOING BACK TO SOMETHING THAT SUPERINTENDENT TRAIN WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
WE ARE ADDING A REQUIREMENT FOR SENIORS, WE HAVE TO THINK K-12 TO GET STUDENTS IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HIGH SCHOOL. PART OF OUR WORK IS NOT CAPTURE ED IN THIS POLICY BUT LOOKING BACKWARDS AND SAYING FROM K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE W TO PREPARE THESE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THESE HIGH SCHOOL
STANDARD PART OF OUR CONVERSATION NOW IS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNPACK THOSE STANDARDS, LOOK AT THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES FROM K ALL OF WAY THROUGH 8 PRIOR TO GETTING INTO HIGH SCHOOL TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL PATH FOR THE STUDENTS ABOUT. THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL. SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT, ODDLY
ENOUGH THERE IS NO FISCAL NOTE TO THIS NEW REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE. SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE COST WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS WE CAN WITHIN OUR EXISTING STRUCTURE, NOT TO INCREASE THE CREDIT AMOUNT, THERE WILL BE ASSOCIATED COSTS WITH THIS.
IN THE FORM OF TRAINING, IN THE FORM OF RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS. AND THEN ALSO THE CONVERSATION FOR K-8. BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS ONCE THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S ALSO PART OF OUR CONVERSATION IN ADDITION TO THIS
REQUIREMENT. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I MEAN, I AM SO EXCITED THAT THIS IS A THING. AND ALSO GOTTA SPEAK UP FOR MY WORLD LANGUAGE PEOPLE. I AM ALSO REALLY CONCERNED. MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS AND MAYBE I HAVE A LEVEL OF IGNORANCE ON THIS.
IF STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO MAKE ROOM IN THEIR SCHEDULED FOR THIS CLASS, HOW IS THAT GOING TO EXTREMELY IMPACT THINGS LIKE WORLD CLANG LANGUAGING, FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCES. I WANT TO REASSURE ANY TEACHERS WHO ARE TUNING IN, THAT LIKE THIS DOESN'T MEAN THE END OF THEIR CAREER ESSENTIALLY. >> GREAT QUESTION.
SO THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE ARE INTRODUCING THE MOST FLEXIBILITY. SO THAT WHEN MASTER SCHEDULERS GO TO CREATE THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE THEY ARE ABLE TO LOOK LOOK AT THE STUDENT DEMANDS VERSUS STAFFING REQUIREMENTS AND MEET EVERYONE'S NEEDS TILL. IF YOU ARE IN A BUILDING WHERE THERE ARE DEMANDS PULLING AND
PUSH AGO WAIL FROM CERTAINLY DEPARTMENTS LIKE YOU ARE GIVING AN EXAMPLE OF WORLD LANGUAGE, THIS IS WHY YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT GIVES THE MOST FLEXIBILITY. CURRENTLY THESE STANDARDS LIVE THERE SOCIAL STUDIES BUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A CLASS THAT LIVES IN SOCIAL STUDIES, YOU ARE TRYING TO
PROVIDE AS MUCH ACCESSIBILITY TO OFFSET THE STRAIN ON MASTER SCHEDULE. >> OR WE CAN JUST DO AN IMMERSION CLASS, FRENCH PERSONAL FINANCE. THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS TOPIC IS A TOPIC THAT OUR STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP
HAS BROUGHT UP YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND THERE IS A LOT OF PASSION AROUND THIS. I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ARE ON THE AGENDA TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS POLICY OR NOT. OR IF ONE OF THE LIAISON, ONE OF
US CAN TALK TO THEM AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK. I THINK THEY WILL BE REALLY EXCITED. I THINK ALSO EMPHASIZING THE OPTIONS, YOU KNOW THAT, THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THEM IS REALLY POWERFUL. AND THEN I CAN'T HELP BUT GO
BACK TO THE EARLIER PRESENTATION TONIGHT WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL MLO AND THERE WAS THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY TOPIC ON THERE. SO IF ADDITIONAL REVENUE COULD COME IN, THROUGH THAT MLO, WHAT
IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE VERSUS NO NEW REVENUE COMING IN. AND I DO KNOW THIS IS AN AREA THAT I HEAR OVER AND OVER FROM OUR COMMUNITY, FROM ADULTS AS WELL TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS AREA. SO I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS.
I DO THINK IT DOES GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE. LIKE IT'S TAKING UP AN ELECTIVE, RIGHT? AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT IN A WAY WHERE WE ARE DOING IT VERY INTENTIONALLY TO TRY TO A OFFER, AS MANY OPTIONS AS WE CAN. THAT MAY APPEAL TO STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTIONS. I WILL TRY TO GET TO THEM ONE AT A TIME THE FIRST IS AB ABOUT THE CORE VERSUS ELECTIVE. THIS CLASS COULD COUNT AS ONE OF THE CORES IT COULD COUNT AS A CORE SOCIAL STUDIES OR COUNTS AS A CORE MATH. SO GIVING THAT FLEXIBILITY IT'S
NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM AN ELECTIVE. THE SECOND IS, CREATING THIS PARTICULAR OPTION, IN MEETING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THIS WAS -- YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD. THIS IS A VERY BIG TOPIC FOR THEM AND ONE OF THE FEEDBACK
PIECES THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US PRETTY CONSISTENT THEY HAD LIKE THE COURSE BUT WANT FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR SCHEDULING. SO WE ARE TRYING TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM DIRECTORS? IS FROM ANY OTHER FEEDBACK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET FROM US? ON THIS. OKAY. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I GUESS JUST FROM A DRAFTING
STANDPOINT, THE WAY THAT IT'S PUT IN TO THE DOCUMENT CURRENTLY, JUST WITH THE FORMATTING AROUND THE EIGHT ELECTIVES AND 16 CREDITS, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY CLEAR THAT IT CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE 24. IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT HAS TO COME OUT OF THE EIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FIX IS FOR THAT. WHETHER YOU THROW IT AT THE TOP
OF EVERYTHING INSTEAD OF THE BOTTOM OR HOW YOU FIX THAT, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT COMES OUT OF ELECTIVES EVEN IF WE TALK ABOUT IT NOW. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DOCUMENT THAT SHOULD LAST QUITE SOMETIME.
>> WE CAN LOOK AT THAT SO THAT IT'S CLEAR TO OUR STUDENTS AND D FAMILY THAT THEY HAVE THE CHOICE AND THAT IT CAN BE AN ELECTIVE, BUT IT ALSO CAN COME THROUGH OTHER COURSE INITIATIVES. SO WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE FOR
THE SECOND READING. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> I WAS GOING IT SAY IT MIGHT JUST BE ITS OWN BULLET. THAT MIGHT BE THE SOLUTION. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> MR. REYNOLDS, CAN YOU REMIND US THE PROCESS?
THIS IS FIRST READING. AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN FROM HERE. >> YEAH BEING SO AS TYPICALLY AS THE FIRST READING, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A WEB PAGE WITH YOU TYPICALLY PUT POLICIES UP TO PUBLIC FEEDBACK. SO PART OF THE WORK GOING FORWARD I WILL BE MEET WITH THIS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, THEY
HAVE A VERY BIG VESTED INTERESTED IN THIS. I AM MEETING WITH THEM THURSDAY TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR FEET BACK ON THE POLICY AND LOOK AT THE DRAFT. THEY HAVE SEEN THE DRAFT BUT TO REENGAGE THAT CONVERSATION. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS LOCALLY ABOUT WHAT
COULD BE THE IMPACT ON MASTER SCHEDULING, WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT IN TERM OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE OUT FOR PUBLIC TO GIVE FEEDBACK AND I COME BACK TO YOU TO SEE IF WE MET YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR POLICY REVISIONS. >> THANK YOU, H THANK YOU V.
WE'LL MOVE ONTO OUR NEXT ITEM. PEN TENNESSEE FOR THE POWER POURED POLICY BE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, FIRST READING. >> GOOD EVERYBODY BOARD MEMBERS
AND I WILL GIVE A BRIEF OVE OVERVIEW. AND I WILL STAY SEATED HERE IF THAT'S OKAY WITH ALL OF YOU. I ASK THAT THE REDLINE VERSION OF POLICY B.E. BE PUT UP ON SCREEN FOR US AT THIS JUNCTURE. THERE IS SOME SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS TO BOARD FILE B.E.,
WHICH HASN'T BEEN REVISE ED IN A WHILE. AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW MEETING HERE AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS AFTER I THINK BOARD ACTION WAS TAKEN IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER TO MOVE OUR MEETINGS HERE.
IS CLEARLY IS VERY TIMELY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT REVISIONS TOWARDS POLICY B.E. THIS IS THE FIRST READING SO THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION REGARDING THESE PROPOSED RESCISSIONS AND THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD AGAIN AT SECOND READING. WITH RESPECT TO THE REDLINE VERSION OF THIS, THE SECOND
PARAGRAPH IS REALLY REVISED TO IDENTIFY THAT A QUORUM MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING BOTH PHYSICALLY AS WELL AS IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY OR REMOTELY. AND SO THAT WAS NEVER CLEARLY
DELINEATED AFTER ANOTHER POLICY WAS REVISED RELATED TO ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN BOARD MEETINGS, BUT AS LONG AS WE ARE WORKING ON THIS, WE DETERMINED IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO INCLUDE THAT IN THIS POLICY. THEN IF WE MOVE MOVE DOWN TO
FOCUS THE SECTION ON REGULAR MEETINGS, THERE WERE TWO BASIC S THERE ONE TO IDENTIFY THE CHANGE OF THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING. AND THEN NEXT TO IDENTIFY WHEN REGULAR MEETINGS ARE TYPICALLY
HELD. AND SO THERE IS NO REAL REQUIREMENT IN EITHER THE SCHOOL CODE OR THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW THAT REQUIRES ANY CERTAIN LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY WITH RESPECT TO HOW MANY REGULAR MEETINGS THERE NEED TO BE OR THAT YOU NEED TO
SPECIFY IT IN POLICY. BUT WE FELT THAT THIS PARTICULAR RESCISSION WOULD ALIGN WITH PRESENT PRACTICES. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEGATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO SCHEDULE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH.
BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT OCCURS ON OCCASION A IN SOE MONTHS, BUT THIS POLICY RECOGNIZES AND WOULD REQUIRE THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE MEETING PER MONTH. EXEMPT IN THE MONTH OF JULY. WHEN WE TYPICALLY DO NOT HOLD
BOARD MEETINGS. THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IN THIS SECTION ACTUALLY ADDRESSES AND REALLY PROVIDES MORE GENERALLY WHEN THE BOARD MEETINGS WILL BE -- OR THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD WILL OCCUR. SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD THAT PARTICULAR SECTION IS
UNDERNEATH, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE. WE ARE STILL ON THE FIRST PAGE. THERE IS NO REVISIONS TO SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. UNDER THE STATUTE THERE IS REALLY ONLY TWO DEFINITIONS FOR TYPES OF BOARD MEETINGS, THOSE ARE REGULAR MEETINGS AND THOSE
ARE SPECIAL MEETINGS. AND SO THERE IS NO, FOR EXAMPLE, REFERENCE TO A WORK SESSION ON OR RETREAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN EITHER THE SCHOOL CODE, COLORADO LAW, OR IN THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW. BUT THERE WOULD BE NO
REQUIRED -- NO NEED TO REVISE OUR SPECIAL MEETING SECTION, THOSE ARE MEETINGS WHICH CAN BE CALLED FOR A PURPOSE THAT HASN'T BEEN CONSIDERED OR IDENTIFIED IN THE REGULAR MEETINGS SCHEDULE. THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, BEGINNING ON
THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 1, IS SEN ESSENTIALLY A NEW PARAGRAPH REPLACING AN OLD SECOND IN THE POLICY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS WORK SESSIONS AND RETREATS. AND THIS PARTICULAR SECTION
IDENTIFIES A PARTICULAR GROUP OF MEETINGS OR SESSIONS OF THE BOARD. WHICH ARE CONVENED FOR NOW THREE DIFFERENT REASONS, ONE WOULD BE A WORK SESSION, THE NEXT WOULD BE A BOARD EDUCATION SESSION. AND THEN FINALLY RETREATS. THE BOARD EDUCATION SESSION IS
ESSENTIALLY THE TERMINOLOGY WE WOULD CONSIDER BE USED TO REPLACE BU LUNCH AND LEARNS SINE LUNCH AND LEARNS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE HELD AT LUNCHTIME. THEY MIGHT BE HELD IN EVENING HOURS. THEY MIGHT BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON. AND SO WE DESCRIBED THEM AS
BOARD EDUCATION SESSIONS BECAUSE THE IDEA THERE IS THEY WOULD BE PROGRAMS WHERE THE BOARD WOULD BE ENGAGING IN A LEARNING PROCESS EITHER THROUGH LEARNING THROUGH PRESENTATIONS BY STAFF, ET CETERA. ON IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS OR FOR OTHER REASONS WHICH DO NOT
NEED TO BE SPECIFIED IN POLICY B.E. FINALLY, WE HAVE ADDED A SECTION OR RECOMMEND THE ADDITION OF A SECTION ON RECORDINGS. AND THAT IS TO IDENTIFY WHEN A MEETING NEEDS TO BE RECORDED
UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW. AND THE COLORADO LAW. AND THOSE LAWS SPECIFY THAT RECORDINGS OF MEETINGS ONLY NEED TO BE HELD WHEN OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE BOARD IS TAKEN. SO FOR THOSE MEETINGS, WHEN THERE ARE NO VOTES TAKEN ON A
PARTICULAR MATTER, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THERE BE AN AUDIO RECORDING, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM TYPE OF RECORDING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN UNDER THE LAW. AND WE FEEL THAT IN -- WITH RESPECT TO TRANSPARENCY TO THE
PUBLIC, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY THAT IN OUR POLICIES. WOULDN'T NECESSARILY ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RECORDING TAKEN AT SOME OF THE WORK SESSIONS.
BOARD EDUCATION SESSIONS OR RETREATS BEING BUT TYPICALLY WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT OR THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO DO THAT. AND THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES THE REVISIONS TO THIS POLICY. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE
OTHER POLICIES WHICH ALIGN VERY CLOSELY WITH BOARD MEETINGS, AND ONE OF THOSE IS B.E. DG, WHICH IS WHEN MINUTES NEED TO BE TAKEN. AND WE COME TEMPLATED WHETHER OR
NOT THIS SHOULD BE REVISION THIS IS POLICY RELATED TO MINUTES BUT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC POLICY THAT ADDRESSES MINUTES AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO NOT DUPLICATE P PRO VINCES IN THIS POLICY WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER
EXISTING POLICY THAT ADDRESSES WHEN MINUTES ARE TAKEN, LIKEWISE SAME IS STRAW FOR NOTIFICATION OF BOARD MEETINGS WE HAVE A SEPARATE POLICY THAT ADDRESSES THAT THAT'S POLICY B.E. D.A. AND IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION NO REVISIONS IN THAT POLICY RELATED
TO NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. AGAIN, BOTH THE NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS ALSO WELL AS WHEN MINUTES ARE TAKEN THERE IS VERY CLEAR GUIDANCE IN STATE LAW WITH RESPECT TO WHEN MINUTES NEED TOO BE TAKEN AS WELL AS NOTICES OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION. >> COUNSEL KLAMESH THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW. I WANT TO SUMMARIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS TOO MAKE SURE THAT I AM FOLLOWING BEFORE WE OPEN THIS UP. SO BASICALLY THERE IS REGULAR MEETINGS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. A REGULAR MEETING WOULD BE THOSE MEETINGS WE APPROVE AT THE END
OF OUR YEAR FOR THE NEXT YEAR SO THEY ARE PLANNED OUT. ANY TIME A NEW MEETING NEEDS TO BE ADDED, THAT WOULD BE A SPECIAL MEETING. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF WORK SESSIONS, EDUCATION SESSIONS,
RETREATS, THOSE COULD BE REGULAR OR THOSE COULD BE SPECIAL BECAUSE YOU MAY PLAN THAT OUT, RIGHT, WHEN YOU ARE APPROVING MEETINGS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM UNDERSTANDING THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS. AND LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF WORK
SESSION LIKE WE POST OUR AGENDA PLANNING SESSION. RIGHT, THOSE ARE POSTED PUBLICALLY. THEY ARE OPEN TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO ATTEND. THAT'S A WORK SESSION. IS THAT CORRECT? >> I WOULD NOT DESCRIBE YOUR AGENDA PLANNING MEETINGS.
I JUST DESCRIBE THEM AS AGENDA PLANNING SESSIONS. WHICH WAS MADE CLEAR IN YOUR G.P. POLICIES WHICH YOU PASSED THOSE THE LAST TIME. I DO THINK THAT YOUR WORK SESSIONS TYPICALLY HAVE HAD AN AGENDA.
THERE REALLY IS NO NEED FOR SPECIFIC AGENDA IN -- WITH RESPECT TO YOUR BOARD EDUCATION SESSIONS. WHAT DOES NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED AS SPECIFICALLY AS POSSIBLE, IS TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF KIND OF WHAT THE GENERAL TOPIC MIGHT BE
WHEN THE NOTICE TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IS POSTED OF THAT PARTICULAR MEETING. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. >> AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MEEK, YOU VERY CLEARLY DESCRIBED WHAT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A REGULAR AND A SPECIAL MEETING, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE. >> I JUST THINK IT CAN BE REALLY CONFUSING. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL KIND OF UNDERSTANDING IT THE SAME WAY. SO WITH THAT, LET ME OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THIS FEELS TO ME LIKE
CODIFYING OUR BASIC APPROACH THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST WHILE CLARIFYING OUR LANGUAGE. AS THE COMMENTER WHO I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR EARLIER, TRANSPARENCY IS BETTER THAN NOT. BUT MY EXPERIENCE TWO YEARS ON THE BOARD, MAIN YEARS BEFORE
THAT ON THE LRPC. IS THAT IF A MEETINGSING IS HELD ON THE DAIS, WE ARE DISCUSSING TOPICS, WE HAVE AN AGENDA, THAT'S REGULAR MEETING OR SPECIAL MEETING WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVE STREAMED THEM TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE ALWAYS RECORDED THOSE, WHAT HAS NOT BEEN LIVE STREAMED OR RECORDED
ARE WHAT WE HAVE CALL VARIOUS THINGS, LUNCH AND LEARNS, RETREATS, WORK SESSIONS FOR EXAMPLE, OUR RETREATS AT STONE MOUNTAIN STONE CANYON, THOSE HAE NEVER BEEN LIVE STREAMED OR RECORDED MOSTLY BECAUSE OF
TECHNICAL ISSUES. THIS POLICY SETS A MINIMUM AT FUTURE DATES IF WE FIND WAYS TO ADEQUATELY LIVE STREAM WORK SESSIONS I AGREE WITH THAT, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT IMPORTANT ISSUES LIKE
FINANCES, ET CETERA, ARE HANDLED IN LIVE STREAM RECORDED MEETINGS, THAT'S A DUTY TO OUR VOTERS AND TO THE PUBLIC, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT HAVING WORK SESSIONS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE,
WHERE WE CAN BE PERHAPS WITHOUT A FULL AGENDA, THOSE ARE TAKEN ONLY AS EDUCATION. >> I JUST WANT TO ADD ALSO THAT THE POLICY MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT EVEN THOUGH THE WORK SESSIONS, THE RETREATS, AND THE
BOARD EDUCATION SESSIONS ARE NOT AUDIO RECORDED OR BROADCAST VIA OUR LIVE -- OR LIVE STREAMEDDED. THEY ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICY DOES SPECIFY THAT AND MAKE IT RAILROAD CLEAR IN THAT PARTICULAR SECTION, SO I JUST
WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> JUST FOR THE EDIFICATION OF BOTH MYSELF AND FOR ANY OF THE TUNING IN PUBLIC, WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO LIVE STREAM THOSE WORK SESSIONS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE
HERE? >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. YOU ALL CAN HAVE ANY MEETING THAT YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE LIVE STREAMED. BUT IT HAS TO BE IN HERE. SO IF YOU WANTED TO CHOOSE TO LIVE STREAM A WORK SESSION, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO ARRANGE IT IN
HERE. AND THE OTHER CONSIDERATION RED SOX IS -- AND I APPRECIATE IT IS STAFF TIME. SO IT'S A -- IT TAKES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STAFF TO MAKE ALL OF THE THINGS HAPPEN. BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR -- ANY TIME YOU WANT TO LIVE STREAM A
WORK SESSION, ABSOLUTELY CAN. IT JUST HAS TO BE IN HERE. >> SO AN EDIT THAT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE UNDER WORK SESSIONS, BOARD EDUCATION SESSIONS AND RETREATS, WHERE IT SAYS THEREFORE, SUCH MEETINGS
GENERALLY ARE NOT RECORDED. I THINK MAY NOT BE RECORDED. INNING DO THINK THERE ARE WORK SESSIONS THAT NEED TO BE HELD IN HERE. I FEEL LIKE WE EXPERIENCED THAT ALREADY WHEN WE TRIED TO HOLD A
COMBINATION WORK SESSION UPSTAIRS AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LIVE STREAM IT. RIGHT? AND RECORD IT. AND I THINK THERE ARE WORK SESSIONS THAT ABSOLUTELY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SCHEDULING. I FEEL LIKE THE TIMES WHERE WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH MONITORING
AND GOVERNANCE CASELOAD THAT WE DO, SOMETIMES THOSE MAY BE BETTER, YOU KNOW, IN A DIFFERENT AREA. ACTUALLY, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH THE DYSLEXIA SIMULATION AND THE SETUP FOR THE SIMULATION IS JUST BETTER
UPSTAIRS WITH THE LIGHTING AND THE STRUCTURE AND THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AND EVERYTHING. SO I THINK THERE IS TIMES AND PLACES FOR WHEN IT MAY NOT BEST BE DONE IN THIS ROOM. BUT I JUST LIKE TO MAKE IT NOT
THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY NOT RECORDED, IT'S JUST THEY MAY NOT BE RECORDED LIKE WORK SESSIONS. THAT WAS JUST ONE IDEA THAT I HAD. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> NO, I HAVE BEEN EVENING MAILING ERIN ABOUT LIVE STREAMING. ASKING REALLY SILLY QUESTIONS,
LIKE CAN'T WE JUST RECORD ON ZOOM. AND I HAVE BEEN LEARNING THE -- HOW COMPLICATED IT IS. SHE DID SAY I GOT A MEMO FROM LAST JUNE OR JULY ABOUT LIVE STREAMING DAC SPECIFICALLY,
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THAT. AND SO SHE SAID THAT IF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WANTED TOES PURSUE THIS WE NEED TIME AND RESEARCH TO DO THAT AND SO I THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE TIME OR PLACE BUT I DO THINK THAT WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THIS
READING IS THAT SOME OF THE PUBLIC PLUS US WE DO WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT. AND RECORD WHEN WE CAN'T BE HERE. IS THAT THE VIBE? THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECORD
MORE? >> OPEN IT UP TO EVERYONE. >> OKAY. ME TOO. COOL. SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A THING BUT WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THIS POLICY IS IF THIS POLICY IS THAT THE BARE MINIMUM, THAT'S FINE,
BUT MOVING FORWARD WE ALL REALLY WANT TO WORK ON HOW TO GET AS MUCH RECORDED AS POSSIBLE. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. OH, I AM SORRY.
>> IN -- I THINK TO BUILD OFF OF DIRECTOR PARKER'S COMMENTS, AS I APPRECIATE IT THE BOARD DOES HAVE SOME DOLLARS AND TO ME, IT WOULD -- IT SEEMS VERY
APPROPRIATE TO ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO CREATE MORE TRANSPARENCY. I THINK IT'S A REAL EQUITY ISSUE. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ENGAGED AND FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES REPORT ABLE TO COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO TUNE IN VIA THEIR PHONE OR OTHER DEVICE AND SO TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY
GOOD USE OF OUR RESOURCES TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FACILITATE THAT IN ROOMS OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM. I DON'T KNOW IF I -- I DON'T THINK I CAN MAKE A MOTION, BUT
THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE. >> WE ARE JUST DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY WHAT I THINK I AM HEARING YOU SAY FROM WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER, LIKE LIVE STREAMING THE QUICK IS IN THIS ROOM NOW. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SET UP AND
IN ORDER TO LIVE STREAM CURRENTLY, WITH OUR CURRENT EQUIPMENT, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, IT HAS TO HAPPEN IN THIS ROOM. AND THEN IT'S WHATEVER PERSONNEL ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A
COST ON WHAT THAT EVEN IS. WHICH I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AS WE EVALUATE OUR BUDGET AND EVALUATING COSTS, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WOULD THE COST BE TO LIVE STREAM IN THIS ROOM. SO IF DAC WANTED TO MEET HERE, RIGHT?
I MEAN, SO THAT'S ONE THING. BUT I THINK WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT EXPANDED BEYOND THIS ROOM. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE SEPARATE COST ANALYSIS I BELIEVE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CAPTURING THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND THEN DID YOU WANT TO
RESPOND TO THAT, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM CLEAR THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS ASKING US TO DO -- ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO THOSE TWO DETAILED KNOW ANALYSES. >> I DON'T THINK WE ARE THERE
YET. WE ARE IN DISCUSSION AND WE CAN ALL AGREE OR HAVE A VOTE IF WE WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO INVESTIGATE. SO WE'LL KEEP WITH THE DISCUSSION AND I THINK DIRECTOR DENZLER DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE -- YOU ARE GOOD. DIRECTOR RYAN.
>> I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRY OHIO LIGHT THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH LIVE STREAMING THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STAFF IT'S NOT JUST MONEY IT'S TIME. AND THAT'S TIME AWAY FROM OTHER DUTIES AND SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO TAKE THAT INTEREST ACCOUNT. I UNDERSTAND THE TRANSPARENCY OF
IT. I WAS LUCKY INFORM TO BE ON PARENTAL LEAVE DURING THE LAST STUDY SESSION IN OCTOBER. AND WAS ABLE TO ATTEND IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO THAT LIKELY WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE THERE IN ORDER TO HEAR WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF LOAD THAT THAT WOULD PUT ON OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION STAFF TO DO LIVE STREAMING. >> OKAY. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I THINK
WE COULD BE CONSIDERED AS STAFF IF WE PRIORITIZE REGULAR MEETINGS AS RECORDED BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE PLANNED OUT. AND THEN TOPIC DEPENDENT ON I A SPECIAL MEETING. >> I WAS QUESTIONS REGARDING POLICY. WE CAN FINISH IN ANYBODY ELSE HAS ON THIS PARTICULAR PART THEN
I HAVE POLICY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US BACK. LET'S STICK TO THE POLICY. AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THE OTHER TOPIC. SO PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION. >> OKAY. SO JUST AS I WAS GOING THROUGH IT I APPRECIATE CHANGES THAT ARE
GOING TO CLARIFY EXACTLY HOW THE BOARD OPERATES. SO I AM VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS POLICY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. SO SOME OF THE PARTS I JUST NOTICED THAT FEEL A LITTLE BUTTON CLEAR IS WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC BUSINESS BEING DISCUSSED VERSUS WHEN IT'S FORMAL ACTION, VERSUS WHEN WE
ARE SAYING THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING BUSINESS. WE KIND OF USE THOSE TERMS THROUGHOUT THIS. STINTED OF JUST STICKING TO THE SAME TYPE OF TERM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD -- THE WORK SESSION WE ARE DISCUSSING PUBLIC BUSINESS BUT WE ARE NOT TAKING
ACTION, SO I GUESS THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESS OR DOES IT MEAN WE ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESS? JUST UNDERSTANDING LIKE HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TERMS. >> YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION. AND IT IS CONFUSING THE LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN THIS KIND OF TAKES
THE LANGUAGE FROM THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND SO IF YOU ARE DISCUSSING PUBLIC BUSINESS AND THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT, THAT IS CONSIDERED A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. IF YOU ARE NOT TAKING ACTION,
THEN IT DOESN'T -- YOU DON'T NEED IT TAKE MINUTES AND YOU DON'T NEED TO RECORD IT. AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES. A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD, VERSUS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD, WAS DESCRIBED BY PRESIDENT MEEK PRETTY WELL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE PUT
TO THIS A SCHEDULE OR THE BOARD PASSES A MOTION THAT PUTS TOGETHER A SCHEDULE OF ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT ARE ON THIS REGULAR SCHEDULE. SOME OF THOSE MAY BE IDENTIFIED AS WORK SESSIONS. SOME WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS A
REGULAR MEETING, WHICH TYPICALLY IN OUR KIND -- BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD OR THIS BOARD'S EXPERIENCE, IS TYPICALLY WHEN THE BOARD TAKES ACTION ON AGENDA ITEMS. IF THAT HAPPENS, OR IF AT A SPECIAL MEETING THERE IS AN
AGENDA THAT REQUIRES ACTION, THEN IT DOES NEED TO BE AUDIO RECORDED AT LEAST. AND IN OUR CASE WE LIVE STREAM THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE VOTING ON ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE
DISCUSSING IN A MEETING, THAT IS CONSIDERED FORMAL ACTION OF THE BOARD OR ACTION OF THE BOARD. SO YOU THEN WOULD NEED TO HAVE RECORDED AND HAVE MINUTES TAKEN FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING. >> OKAY. SO, YEAH, I JUST THINK MAYBE
IT'S JUST THE CLEAN UP OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE VERY FIRST SECTION SO IT WORKS WHEN WE ARE DESCRIBING THE WORK SESSION BOARD EDUCATION SESSIONS AND RETREATS. I JUST THINK IT JUST -- JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WORD SOMETHING WOULD MAKE IT MORE CLEAR.
AND THEN FOR THE NOTICE -- I HEARD ABOUT BEING PROPERLY NOTICED. AND THE MINUTES. YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER POLICIES THAT COVER THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S VERY CLEAR, THOUGH, ACROSS ANY OF THE
POLICIES THAT PROPERLY -- JUST DEFINING PROPERLY NOTICED MEANS WHAT YOU HAD MENTION EARLIER, RIGHT, WHERE IT'S HAPPENING, AND THE AT MINIMUM LIKE WHAT THE TOPIC IS. IT'S KIND OF -- IT'S JUST LIKE
IN WEIRD PLACES. IT'S DEFINED REALLY WELL IN THIS POLICY UNDER SPECIAL MEETINGS. IT'S KIND OF EXPLAINED UNDER NOTICE. NOT REALLY. IT JUST -- AND MAYBE WE DO NEED TO GO TO THAT POLICY AND JUST DO A LITTLE WORD SMITHING THERE SO THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER. AND THEN THE FINAL FEEDBACK IS
JUST HOW WE ARE DESCRIBING MEETINGS IN LIKE B.E. D.A. IT SAYS SPECIAL REGULAR AND THEN WORK SESSION MEETINGS AND RETREATS NOW THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR THEY ALL TFALL TOGETHER. SMALL STUFF THAT I THINK IT WILL
HELP US WITH ANY HICCUPS THAT COMMA LONG THE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ALREADY. OH, I HAD ONE MORE. IT JUST ESCAPES ME. >> WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING I'LL AND ASK OTHER DIRECTORS IF THERE
IS ANY OTHER FEEDBACK WE HAVE ON THIS POLICY. FIRST READING. DR. BEING TOUR RYAN. >> JUST ON THAT NOTE. THE FIRST MAYBE THE FIX IS THE BOARD MAY ONLY TAKE ACTION AT A
REGULAR OR SPECIAL MEETING INSTEAD OF CONDUCT BUSINESS, EVEN IN COUNSELOR KLAMESH'S HE EXPLANATION, TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS, CREATES A MEETING BUT THAT CAN BE A WORK SESSION, SO CONDUCTING BUSINESS SEEMS TO BE
THE CONFUSING LANGUAGE THERE. >> DIRECTOR TO THOMPSON DID YOU UNDERSTAND FIND YOUR LAST ONE DO WE HAVE A POLICY THAT DESCRIBES EXECUTIVE SESSION IF NOT CAN YOU ADD IT. >> WE DO, AND IN RESPONSE TO YOUR OTHER COMMENTS DIRECTOR
THOMPSON, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AFTER THIS POLICY IS REVISED. WE MAY ALSO NEED T TO CLEAN UP N OTHER POLICIES CONSISTENT WITH THIS POLICY SO THE TERMINOLOGY IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT. >> OKAY. YEAH AND THEN MAYBE JUST
ADDING -- >> ADDING ADDITIONAL CROSS REFERENCES TO THOSE OTHER POLICIES, MAYBE EVEN WITH THE AN EXPLANATION WHICH MY APOLOGIES WE DIDN'T GET THAT DONE FOR TONIGHT'S READING. >> THANK YOU. >> UH-HUH. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON THIS
POLICY? WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK IN REVIEWING THIS. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY REGULAR MEETING OR WORK SESSION. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE
WONDERFUL. ONCE WE GET THAT FINALIZED. AND JUST TO CIRCLE BACK QUICKLY. MAYBE JUST WITH A SHOW OF HANDS, IF BOARD OF DIRECTORS BELIEVE TY
WOULD LIKE A MEMO THAT WOULD JUST EXPLAIN THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVE STREAMING. YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A PERSONNEL AND TIME STANDPOINT. IN THIS ROOM VERSUS ADDING IT TO
ANOTHER LOCATION. SO I KNOW WE HAVE A MEMO. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE -- A PREVIOUS MEMO THAT CAME OUT BECAUSE I -- >> YEAH IN, JULY. SHE SENT IT TO ME. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERY BOARD
DIRECTOR HAS ACCESS TO THAT. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> AND THAT MEMO WAS WRITTEN WHEN WILCOX WAS OUR PRIMARY LOCATION. SO I DIDN'T SEND IT TO THE WHOLE BOARD BECAUSE MOST OF WHAT THAT
MEMO HAD WAS -- IS OUT OF DATE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO I AM ASKING IF WE ARE ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH, AGAIN, EVERY ASK, YOU KNOW, TAKES TIME AND RESOURCES. SO DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE
AND I DO KNOW WE GOVERNMENT COST ESTIMATES WHICH I DON'T THINK WAS IN THAT MEMO, THAT -- >> YEAH, THE GENERAL COST ESTIMATE WAS $5,000 PER MEETING. BUT I BELIEVE DIRECTOR RYAN BROUGHT UP THE KEY POINT, WHICH IS IT ISN'T THAT SIMPLE.
WHEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS STAFF DOING MULTIPLE LATE NIGHTS A WEEK, DOING THIS, THAT JUST MEANS THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO -- THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO OTHER THINGS. AND IT'S TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL OF THOSE
CONSIDERATIONS THAT CAN'T REALLY HAVE A PRICE TAG PUT ON THEM. >> DIRECTOR DENTS HER. >> I HATE MAKING MORE WORK FOR PEOPLE BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE USE OF TIME TO GET COST UPDATES CONSIDERING WE HAVE
A PLACE CHANGE, WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THE FACT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A CONCERN HE CONCERN ABOUT TRANSPARENCY IT'S WORK MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT THAT WE DO HEAR THE FEEDBACK AND THE REASON WHY EVERYTHING IS LIVE STREAMED
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ATTEMPTS, TO, YOU KNOW, BE NOT TRANSPARENT ESSENTIALLY. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE MORE WORK BUT I THINK IT IS A WORTHWHILE USE OF OUR TIME. >> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> YEAH. I MEAN, NOT TO -- I AM ALSO
CURIOUS IF WE CAN BRING STORM EASIER OPTIONS LIKE THE LUNCH AND LEARNS IF IT'S ON ON GOOGLE MEETS IF WE CAN RECORD JUST ON R OUR DEVICES AND POST IT TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL.
THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN -- >> WITH WHAT? >> WELL, JUST LIKE WHEN THINGS ARE FULLY VIRTUAL, JUST TO RECORD, PRESS THE RECORD BUTTON. AND THEN IT'S RECORDED.
IF THAT MAKE SENSE. THERE MIGHT BE WAYS TO DO THIS AND NOT COST. BUT MAYBE THERE IS NO WAY. I JUST -- I CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT NOT HAVING A SIMPLER OPTION. I AM SURE THAT I AM BYPASSING A
LOT OF THINGS. BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW. IF PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE LISTENING WHO WANT TRANSPARENT IS A, EMAIL ME IDEAS. BUT LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING MORE COST EFFECTIVE. PEOPLE'S JOBS, I DON'T LIKE THAT
EITHER, RIGHT? JUST KIND OF NOT WASTING RESOURCES. BUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO STREAMLINE THIS, THAT BE A HUGE PRIORITY FOR ME. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> AND UP TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD
IS DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN RECORDING TO BE AVAILABLE LATER AND LIVE STREAMING. THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. >> SO NOW THAT WE ARE PRETTY MUCH OVERTIME ON OUR POLICY READING AND WE HAVE KIND OF DELVED INTO A NEW TOPIC, WHICH SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
TO EVERYONE UP HERE. I WONDER IF WE GENERATE QUESTIONS, THAT WE CAN THEN LEAD INTO A PLANNED CONVERSATION AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING AROUND THIS TOPIC. DOES THAT FEEL LIKE A GOOD WAY TO PROCEED? SO IF DIRECTORS COULD JUST SEND
ME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AROUND THIS TOPIC. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT OUR AGENDAS AND DECIDE WHEN WE CAN SCHEDULE A TIME TO REALLY DELVE INTO THIS. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> YEAH. I MEAN, MY REQUEST WOULD BE IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM -- IT'S
GOING TO HAVE TO BE MORE THAN JUST TALKING ABOUT IT AT A FUTURE MEETING BECAUSE STAFF WILL HAVE TO DO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH. SO I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS OF STAFF IN THIS SITUATION. >> THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GET ALL THE QUESTIONS. IT WILL REQUIRE RESEARCH GOING
INTO THAT CONVERSATION. SO, OKAY, WITH THAT LET'S MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON OUR THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA. IT'S THE MONITORING REPORT, 10.5
ON EXECUTIVE LIMITATION EL8 COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. WE HAVE 15 MINUTES SCHEDULED FOR THIS CONVERSATION BEING A AS A BRIEF REMAINDER THE BOARD'S ROLE IN MONITORING REALLY IS MEANT TO BE A SYSTEMS CHECK NOT A
DISCUSSION OF INTENTS, EFFORT, OR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE. EL8 ADDRESSES STAFF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, AND THIS EL IS FOCUSED ON EMPLOYMENT, COME PEN TAKE, BENEFITS PRACTICES AND ASSESSING THAT THOSE PRACTICES
ARE LAWFUL, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, ALIGNED WITH BOARD POLICY, APPROVED BUDGETS AND DO NOT JEOPARDIZE THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL INTEGRITY OR PUBLIC IMAGE. JUST A REMAINED ARE, WE ARE GOING TO SPEND TIME NEXT TUESDAY
DELVING INTO THIS WHOLE MONITORING PROCESS. WHICH WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DO, SO WE ARE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS REPORTS. BUT THERE IS REALLY TWO STEPS TO ASSESSING THESE, THE FIRST IS REALLY ASSESSING WHETHER THE
INTERPRETATION, THE EXPLANATION IS REASONABLE. AND THEN THE SECOND STEP IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THAT. SO WITH THAT I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO WALK THROUGH THE
EL JUST BY EACH ITEM. THERE'S SIX ITEMS AND THE OPENING STATEMENT. AND SO AS WE WALK THROUGH WE'LL JUST START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1, AND THEN WE'LL END WITH THE OPENING STATEMENT. WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE POLICY.
SO AGAIN, IF THERE IS A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD THAT HAS CONCERNS AROUND THE INTERPRETATION OR THE EVIDENCE THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION. THE IDEA IS NOT TO DIVE INTO CONVERSATION UNTIL WE KNOW THERE IS A MAJORITY. AND THEN AFTER WE WALK THROUGH
THOSE WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE JUMP IN? SEEING NONE, WE'LL START WITH ITEM 1 OF THE POLICY STATEMENT.
ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION WITH MAYBE IF WE COULD PUT UP ON THE SCREEN JUST THE -- WELL, I AM NOT SURE IF IT'S EASY TO DO. SO CHANGE THEIR OWN COMPENSATION OUTSIDE OF CHANGES DICTATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT.
THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAY ITEM 1. SO RAISE YOUR HAND OR INDICATE IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION WITH ITEM 1? SEEING NONE EVIDENCE FOR ITEM 1.
OKAY. MOVING TO ITEM 2 OF THE POLICY. ANY CONCERNS ON EVIDENCE OR INTERPRETATION OR EVIDENCE? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO, OKAY, SO I DID HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT THE EVIDENCE ON . YES. SO SO THE EVIDENCE IS IS THAT THESE RECORDS WERE REVIEWED -- IS THIS ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS REVIEWED
THESE RECORDS AND HAS DETERMINED AND IS STATING TO THE BOARD THAT THESE -- IT'S BEEN FOLLOWED OR IS THIS THAT, HEY, STAFF AND ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER HAS REVIEWED THIS RECORDS AND
CONFIRMED THAT THIS EVIDENCE COP IF YOU REMEMBERED THIS EFFORT THINK I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS TELLING US THIS INFORMATION. >> IT'S CHALLENGING TO HEAR YOU AT THIS END.
>> YEAH, JUST TO REITERATE IS IT YOUR CONCERN THAT IT IS THE EVIDENCE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH -- THE CITATION OF WHO DID THE REVIEW. YEAH. I GUESS -- OKAY.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM SAYING THAT. SO BEFORE THAT, IT GOES ON AND ON WHEN WE KIND OF JUMP IN. SO I JUST WANT TO SEE DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE CONCERNS IT'S NOT CITED SPECIFICALLY IN THE
EVIDENCE? ON 1. >> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WERE INVOLVE IN THE REVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION. >> SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDRESSED? I SEE TWO BOARD DIRECTORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED.
OTHERS RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED AT THIS POINT. YOU HAVE A CONCERN. SEEING ONLY TWO, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ITEM 2. SO INTERPRETATION ON ITEM 2.
ANY CONCERNS ON THAT ONE? JUT RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YES, I HAVE A CONCERN, DO YOU
WANT ME TO STATE WHAT IT IS IN. >> YES, PLEASE. >> SO I JUST HAVE A CONCERN WITH HOW IT'S BEING INTERPRETED ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR A GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT. BECAUSE IT SAYS NO STATEMENTS OR NO ACTIONS AND I FEEL MY CONCERN
IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE THE INTERPRETATION IS TOO NARROW. AND IT'S CAUSING CONFLICT WITH THE EVIDENCE. >> OKAY. SO Y YOUR CONCERN IS IT'S TOO NARROW. THE WAY THAT IT'S BEING INTERPRETED. >> DIRECT. BECAUSE LATER IT TALKS ABOUT
STAFF WERE GUARANTEED AN OFFER BUT IT WAS -- IT SPECIFIES WHY THAT HAPPENED. IT WAS PART OF THE GROWTH AND DECLINE. BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE INTERPRETATION, IT JUST DOESN'T MATCHUP. >> OKAY. DOES IT -- OTHER -- DO OTHER
BOARD DIRECTORS SHARE THAT CONCERN? >> I SEE TWO, OKAY. OTHER DIRECTORS SHARE THAT CONCERN IN THE REPORT? SEEING TWO -- SO SAYING THAT
THERE WILL BE NO STATEMENTS OF PERMANENT OR GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT AND THEN THE EVIDENCE SAYS THAT STAFF WERE GUARANTEED AN OFFER OF A POSITION. THAT'S NOT CLEAR, THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS. >> OKAY.
I AM GOING TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> DID YOU HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT? >> I HAVE A CONCERN -- I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT EVIDENCE. >> THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING NEXT. GO FOR IT. WHAT IS YOUR CONCERN? >> I WOULD JUST ENUNCIATE THE
SAME REQUEST AS I DID ON THE LAST ONE. MY GUESS IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS REVIEW. BUT IT WAS NOT MADE CLEAR WHO -- WHICH SPECIFIC CABINET MEMBERS REVIEWED THOSE CONTRACTS AND THAT KIND OF THING I WOULD FIND THIS HERE HELPFUL IF I KNEW HOW
BROAD THAT REVIEW WAS DONE BY OTHER MEMBERS. >> OTHER PEOPLE SHARE THAT CONCERN? I SEE THREE OKAY.
I AM GOING MOVE US TO ITEM 3. >> SORRY I DO HAVE A PRESENT OF EVIDENCE. AND THIS WILL BE REPEATING. I JUST DIDN'T THINK IT FELL UNDER THE INTERPRETATION, BUT I DO -- I DO THINK THAT EVIDENCE
THAT SAYS WERE GUARANTEED THE OFFER DOESN'T MATCH THE INTERPRETATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, EVEN THOUGH I DO BELIEVE THE INTERPRETATION IS APPROPRIATE. >> SO NOW I THINK I SEE FOUR PEOPLE WITH CONCERNS AROUND
EVIDENCE ON THIS ITEM. ON THE .GO AHEAD DIRECTOR DENZL. >> WOULD THIS BE AN A PROP PROPERTY TAME TOO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE EVIDENCE? >> NOW WE WILL OPEN IT UP.
>> GO TO. >> MY QUESTIONS WHEN DIRECTOR THOMPSON BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT. BULLEN .2 BE IN, I DON'T THINK IF HAD A SPECIFIC REFERENCE BUT FOR ME WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT I KNOW THAT WE GUARANTEED
EMPLOYMENT FOR STAFF AT SCHOOLS BEING CONSOLIDATED IS THAT'S WHAT BEING REPRESENTER ED IN THAT BULLET POINT. >> REFERENCING THE STATEMENT AROUND GROWTH AND DECLINE, MAYBE
THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AROUND GUARANTEEING EMPLOYMENT VERSUS GUARANTEEING AN OFFER. WE SIMPLY ARE GIVING STAFF AFFECTED BY GROWTH AND DECLINE THE OPPORTUNITY GET A NEW POSITION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S SAY IT'S A
LICENSED TEACHER. THAT TEACHER IS EMPLOYED PURSUANT TO OUR TEACHER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. WHICH SPECIFIES IT'S A 1-YEAR CONTRACT SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL YEAR OVER YEAR, IT'S NOT GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT FOR THE LIFE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S TENURE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S THE OFFER FOR A NEW POSITION THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE SAME RULES THAT ALL OF OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE UNDER. >> SO FOR ME, THERE IS A DITCH REMEMBER SAYINGS BETWEEN LIKE ESSENTIALLY WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE PROMISING JOBS -- RIGHT?
I MEAN, WITHOUT -- YOU KNOW, A PROCESS AND EVERYTHING. AND YET I DON'T FEEL LIKE GUARANTEEING EMPLOYMENT FOR GROWTH AND DECLINE PURPOSES WOULD VIOLATE THIS IN MY READING. I AM NOT SURE THAT BULLET 2 IS REFERRING TO THAT CIRCUMSTANCE.
BUT THAT'S HOW I AM DIFFERENTIATING. >> SURE. >> YEAH, AND SO GUARANTEEING THAT THEY WILL HAVE AN OFFER OF A COMMENSURATE POSITION IS NOT THE SAME AS GUARANTEEING EMPLOYMENT. THEY MAY NOT TAKE IT.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE -- AN OFFER IS DIFFERENT THAN WE ARE KEEPING YOU ON THE PAYROLL NO MATTER WHAT. >> AND AM I CORRECT THAT ANY SUCH OFFER WOULD BE CONTINGENT WITH COME PLYING WITH TERMS OF THE CONTRACT? OKAY.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANKS. I KNOW IT'S NITPICKING BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE CLEAR. SO KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT THE INTERPRETATION IS AND THE EVIDENCE IS REPORTING TO, IT'S ABOUT EMPLOYMENT. NOT TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC POSITION, DOESN'T SAY IT HAS TO
BE LIFETIME. I MEAN, PERMANENT OR GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT. SO THE CHALLENGE TO ME IS THAT EITHER THE EVIDENCE -- THE EVIDENCE IS CONFLICTING BECAUSE IMPLIED IS ALSO IN THERE. IN THE WAY THAT THE REASONABLE INTERPRETATION IS LITS. THE OTHER OPTION TO BE -- I
DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEED TO BE CLARIFIED. IT'S NOT CLEAR. HOW YOU DID HE HAVE RUN SHADED AT IT IS NOT CLEAR. WE ARE NOT GUARANTEEING EMPLOYMENT BUT THEN WE SAID WE DID. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT. SO HEARING THAT, DOES THE BOARD FEELING LIKE THE EVIDENCE NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED MORE? AND THEN APPROVED REPORT.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU DO. OKAY. THEN I AM GOING TO MOVE US TO ITEM NUMBER 3. SO IDEA NUMBER 3 CONCERNS AROUND INTERPRETATION.
DIRECTOR TO DENZLER. >> I HAD SUBMIT THIRD DEGREE QUESTION. I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ABOUT MATERIALLY MEANT. AND I DID RECEIVE THAT ANSWER IT'S JUST NOT IN THIS. >> THANK YOU.
AND I AM GOING TO ADD ANOTHER ONE AND THEN I'LL ASK PEOPLE TO DEMONSTRATE. LIKE FOR THIS ONE TO ME IT SEEMED LIKE IT'S FIN MISSING A DEFINED STANDARD. YOU CAN CREATE A STANDARD, RIGHT, PLUS OR MINUS, "X"%
WITHIN THE MEDIUM SALARY. I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT OF MONITORING IS TRYING TO CREATE THOSE STANDARDS THAT WE THEN APPLY THE EVIDENCE TOWARD. SO FOR ME, THIS ONE JUMPED OUT
AT NOT BEING REASONABLE. WITH THAT I WILL JUST ASK PEOPLE TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE -- A MAJORITY ON THAT ONE. AND THEN WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT EVIDENCE BECAUSE YOU NEED
REASONABLE INTERPRETATION TO THEN DEFINE THAT. SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT THERE WITH ITEM NUMBER 3. AND THEN LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 4. DOES ANYONE HAVE CONCERNS WITH
IT HAVING A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEAH, SO THIS IS KIND OF THE SAME CHALLENGE WITH THE LAST ONE. SO IS IT CLEARLY MEASURABLE AND SUPPORTED BY A STANDARD THAT
MAKES SENSE. THINK THE FIRST COUPLE WE WENT THROUGH WERE BINARY. IT'S KIND OF DID IT HAPPEN OR DID IT NOT HAPPEN. WHERE THESE ARE MORE LIKE I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A THRESHOLD AND A PERSONAL OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT
DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE. >> SO I WILL ASK -- SO I ALSO FELT LIKE THERE ARE STANDARDS LIKE RESERVED THRESHOLD, LIKE WHAT'S REQUIRED BY POLICY, WHAT'S REQUIRED BY TABER.
LIKE THERE ARE THAT ROCHE HOLDST DEFINE THE LEGALLY REARED RESERVES THAT YOU COULD SAY WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE, SO THAT WAS MY THINKING WHEN THERE ARE OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS LIKE THAT, SO I KIND OF SHARE THAT CONCERN FOR A REASONABLE
INTERPRETATION. SO RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU FEEL LIKE THIS ONE IS MISSING THAT REASONABLE INTERPRETATION? SO I THINK I SEE TWO. ALL RIGHT. I WILL MOVE US FORWARD TO
EVIDENCE THEN. CONCERNS WITH EVIDENCE ON THIS ONE? >> NO, SORRY. >> SO WE ARE ON ITEM 4 EVIDENCE.
YEP. SO -- NO ONE IS RAISING THEIR HAND ON THAT ONE. I AM GOING TO MOVE US TO NUMBER 5. REASONABLE INTERPRETATION
CONCERNS ON NUMBER 5. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MAY HEAD BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS WHEN
IT COMES TO [ INAUDIBLE ] PAY AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A TON OF WORK OVER THE YEARS THAT'S BEEN DONE TO GET STAFF INTO THEIR SELFS, AND SO I DO FEEL THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE WHAT'S
COMPLIANCE. SO THAT THERE SHOULD BE A STANDARD SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES THAT DEMONSTRATE SOME SORT OF METRIC. THRESHOLD. 90% OF STAFF ARE WITHIN WHATEVER
THE HOWEVER IT IS THAT YOU GUYS MEASURE EQUITABLE PAY RANGES. >> OTHER DIRECTORS THAT SHARE THAT CONCERN? SII SEE TWO.
THREE. OKAY, I AM SEEING THREE, I WILL MOVE US IN TO EVIDENCE CONCERNS.
ONE DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I THINK THIS QUESTION WAS SUBMITTED BUT I THINK THAT WHETHER IT BE NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, JUST CLARIFYING HOW FAR IN ADVANCE OF IMPLEMENTATION CHANGES WERE COMMUNICATED WOULD BE HELPFUL. I THINK THAT'S OPEN TO
INTERPRETATION AND IT MATTERS A LOT. >> RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU -- YEAH, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? >> YEAH, SO IN -- AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE I AM ON THE RIGHT ONE, WE ARE ON NUMBER 5, EVIDENCE.
SO BULLET .1 THE EXAMINATION OF BENEFIT PLANS AND THENS CONTINUES AT THE END IT SAYS THE CHANGES WERE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO ALL AFFECTED EMPLOYS IN ADVANCE OF COMMUNICATION, JUST QUANTIFYING HOW FAR IN ADVANCE THAT WAS COMMUNICATED COULD BE IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT THERE ARE I THINK
ONE DAY IN ADVANCE VERSUS 90 DAYS IN ADVANCE CAN MATTER WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE KIND KINDS OF THINGS. >> OKAY. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE THE SAME CONCERN, I SEE THREE, FOUR. ALL RIGHT.
SO THE INTERPRETATION CONCERN ON THAT ONE FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I AM SORRY, IF YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM -- YES.
>> AND I AM TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD TO DECISIONS LAST YEAR AROUND PAY INCREASES. AND NOT EVERY STAFF MEMBER IN THE DISTRICT GOT THE SAME PAY RAISE.
AND THERE WAS REASON AND LOGIC BEHIND IT, RIGHT, D DID HE DEPENDING IF YOU WERE IN OR OUT OF YOUR CELL. NOW THE INTENT OF THIS IS DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING AND CHANGING BENEFITS IS NOT CAUSE UNPREDICT TALLING OR EN EQUITY SITUATIONS,
RIGHT ANY AM THINKING WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT. AND DEMONSTRATING EFFORT THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. BEYOND HOW SAYING WE LOOKED A OUR BENEFITS STRUCTURE, SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW WHO, LOOK AHEAD AT OUR BENEFIT STRUCTURE AND SAID CHANGES WERE APPLIED
CONSISTENTLY AND EQUITABLY WITH NO INTENDED DISPARITIES. WE EVEN GOT EMAILS FROM STAFF THAT DISAGREED WITH. I DON'T HAVE STANCE ON THE TOPIC I AM SAYING I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WOULD BE CLEAR ENOUGH
EVIDENCE. >> I WILL ASK OTHERS IF YOU SHARE THAT SAME CONCERN ON THE EFFORT. I SEE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR ON
EXAMINATION OF THE ANALYSIS. OKAY. TWO THINGS ON THAT ONE AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP IN A MINUTE. IDEA ITEM 6, IN ATTORNEYS ON
INTERPRETATION? THERE IS DEFINITELY MORE BINARY ONE. SEEING NO CONCERNS ON INTERPRETATION, CONCERNS ON
EVIDENCE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IT'S NOT A CONCERN, I JUST DON'T -- IT'S NOT CLEAR FOR THE SECOND BULLET. NOT ENTERING INTO ANY TIME OF
EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTING WITH BOARD MEMBERS ARE WE SPEAKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH A BOARD MEMBER, WITH THEIR NAME ON THE CONTRACT? OR THE COMPANY THAT THEY ARE AFFILIATED WITH? OR COMPANY THEY OWN?
I LIKE I JUST KNOW HOW THAT'S CLEAR. AND ALSO WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DISCLOSE IF WE HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKED SOAR HAVE EVER BEEN PROMPTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S ALL.
>> OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT SHARE THAT CONCERN? I SEE TWO. OKAY. SO NOT SEEING A MAJORITY ON THAT. I AM GOING TRY TO SUMMARIZE THE
AREAS WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD INDICATED SOME CONCERNS AND THEN WE CAN OPEN THAT UP. SO I HAVE THE INTERPRETATION FOR ITEM 3. AND THEN I HAVE THE EVIDENCE FOR
ITEM 5. AND I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF SUPERINTENDENT KANE WANTS TO ASK ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AROUND THOSE AREAS OF CONCERN THAT YOU HEARD AND
DISCUSS NEXT STEPS. DO YOU WANT TO START WITH ITEM 3,. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM 3. >> NONE ON ITEM 3, OKAY. ITEM 5, EVIDENCE. >> I UNDERSTOOD THE -- HOW FAR
IN ADVANCE WERE BENEFITS CHANGES COMMUNICATED. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE SECOND CONCERN. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE CLARIFICATION. >> OKAY. SO I BELIEVE THAT ONE PROBABLY WAS DIRECTOR THOMPSON, WAS IT
THE SECOND BULLET ON ITEM 5 ANALYSIS OF BENEFIT STRUCTURES? YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS ON AT THAT ONE.
ANYONE ACTUALLY, A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD EXPRESS CONCERNS ON EVIDENCE FOR ITEM 5. AND I -- WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS WAS, IT JUST SAYS ANALYSIS OF
BENEFITS STRUCTURES ACROSS GROUP DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE WERE NO INTENDED DISPARITIES CREATED BY HAVE YOU VISIONS. WHEN I AM LOOKING AT OUR WORKSHEET THAT WE HAVE HERE, LIKE IT -- WHAT CHECK -- I AM
NOT SURE WHAT IS MEASURABLE IN THIS. I AM NOT SURE THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS SHOWING EVIDENCE THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS STAYING WITHIN THE GUARDRAILS
OF NUMBER 5. >> I THINK WHAT I WOULD JUST SAY IS THE FAULT WAS ADDED TO THIS THEN THE EVIDENCE WOULD BE THERE. RIGHT? IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS TRUST ME
VERSUS -- >> I THINK TO THIS WOULD WORK BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE WHAT YOU GUYS PRESENT. THOSE ARE JUST MY OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. >> JUST A COMMENT, WHICH IS ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE A NEGATIVE. SO I AM -- IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
PROVE A NEGATIVE. WE WILL LOOK AND SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WE CAN PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE PROOF. >> I THINK IT'S THE POSITIVE IS
WHAT WOULD BE THE EVIDENCE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> PERHAPS STAFF'S SATISFACTION SCORES, STAFF TURNOVER SCORES. REFLECTIONS OF THE STAFF WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INDICATE THERE'S
AT LEAST NOT A PERCENT OF INEQUITABLE TREATMENT AND I THINK WE MAY HAVE THAT EVIDENCE. THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. >> YEAH, I THINK IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BENEFITS HERE, WHICH IS WAS MY INTERPRETATION, IT WASN'T JUST TOTAL
COMPENSATION, BUT THE BENEFITS CHANGES SPECIFICALLY, YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST EXIT SURVEY DATA AND SOME RECESSION DATA SHOWING STAFF SATISFACTION WITH OUR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I AM WONDERING EVEN IF WE JUST HAVE METADATA ABOUT WHAT CHANGES OVER WHAT GROUPS WERE APPLIED. LIKE IF CERTAIN GROUPS LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES HAD TO COVER "X" NUMBER OF DOLLARS THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO LAST AREA OF THEIR PREM YUMS.
THAT MADE NO SENT BUT HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE METADATA AROUND THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL APPROXIFWE DID. BWE DID BUT I DON'T WANT TO
ASSUME. >> MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT WAS YEAR WHEN WE DID THE SAME THING. SOMEBODY MORE SUBTHAT -- I CAN GATHER SOMEBODY MORE SUBSTANTIAL
FOR THE BOARD. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO AS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF BENEFITS OUR TEACHERS GET IS THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO CONTINUING EDUCATION. ITEM DISTRICT WOKE HAVE "X"
AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, IT'S NOT LIKE AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY. THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE BENEFIT AVAILABLE TO STAFF THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH EQUITABLE SITUATION, I AM NOT SAYING IT IS, I THINK IT'S LIKE A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ON DATA POINT THAT HELPS WITH
THINKING THROUGH IT. I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE IF IT'S -- THIS IS WHAT COMPLIANCE IS AND THE EVIDENCE IS TRUST ME, BRO. LIKE I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DATA HERE THAT INDICATES
IT. >> OKAY, SO, AGAIN. I THINK WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BOARD WAS THAT IT'S ASSESSED THIS MONITORING REPORT. AND HAS FOUND IT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REASONABLE
INTERNAL TAKE OF THE POLICY EXCEPT FOR ITEM 3 WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT AND COMPLIANCE ITEM 5 WHICH IS THE EVIDENCE CONVERSATION AND SO SUPERINTENDENT KANE, GIVEN THE
CONVERSATION GIVEN THE WORKLOAD, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP HAPPENING NEXT WEEK, WHAT WOULD A REASONABLE DATE BE TO PROVIDE THE INTERPRETATION FOR ITEM 3.
AND INTERPRETATION OF EVIDENCE FOR IDEA 3 AND THE EVIDENCE FOR ITEM 5. >> WE'LL BRING IT BACK ON MARCH 3rd, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE A MOTION THEN THAT THE BOARD HAS ASSESSED THE
MONITORING REPORT FOR EL8 AND FIFINDS THAT IT DEMONSTRATES COMPLIANCE WITH A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF THE POLICY EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 3 AND COMPLIANCE WITH ITEM 5. TO FOR WHICH THE BOARD WILL HAVE A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION AND
EVIDENCE BY MARCH 3rd. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN MOVED AND DIRECTOR RYAN SECONDED. THE MOTION, I'LL TABLE A ROLL CALL UNLESS THERE IS FURTHER
CONVERSATION, DIALOGUE. ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. PARKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT.
THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. AND I BELIEVE THAT GETS US TO IS IT DIRECTOR REPORTS? LET'S SEE. MAY COMPUTER WE WANT TO SLEEP.
>> PRESIDENT REPORT. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START WITH PRESIDENT REPORTS. SO WE HAVE AGENDA PLANNING FOR THIS THURSDAY MORNING AT 10:30 AT LEGACY CAMPUS.
AND THE AGENDA WILL BE BOTH FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 17th, WHICH WILL REOPEN AND THEN ALSO FOR THE MARCH 3rd REGULAR MEETING. AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HAVE
BEEN TO A COUPLE OF GROUNDBREAKINGS AND TRYING TO REMEMBER THE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME. BUT OH, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO LET YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT SEVERAL OF THE DIRECTORS
WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE NSBA ADVOCACY INSTITUTE IN D.C. WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH LEGISLATIVE STAFF AND LEDGE LEGISLATORS AND ADVOCATE FULL THE UNDERSTANDING THE I DIDN'T
EA AND NOT FUNDING IT FEDERAL FORTH OF I.D.E.A. AND HOW IT HARMS EVERY STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT AND I CAN LET OTHERS KIND OF DIVE INTO THAT MORE. JUST GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND A LOT OF LEARN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S
FOLLOW-UP WITH ALL OF THE OFFICES AND WORKING TO GET VISIT FROM OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION ON OUR DISTRICT. WITH THAT A TURN IT OVER TO THE
VICE PRESIDENT. >> SHORT UPDATE DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND I ATTENDED THE EM BACK MEETING ON JANUARY 28 AND RECEIVED A THOROUGH UPDATE.
OF OUR SPEND AND IT ALL SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK AND GOING REALLY WELL. >> GREAT. DIRECTOR GEIGER, WE'LL START ON YOUR END. >> I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION ADVOCACY INSTITUTE
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IT WAS INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE. IT WAS TWO DAYS OF SESSIONS FOLLOWED BY A DAY AT THE CAPITOL. WHERE I WAS REMINDED THAT IT'S CALLED CAPITOL HILL FOR A REASON WHEN ANY DROP YOU OFF AT THE BOTTOM. AND IT WAS RIDICULOUSLY COLD.
THE FIRST DAY IN PARTICULAR. BUT I WAS STRUCK. WE WERE EDUCATED A GREAT DEAL ON IMPORTANT ISSUES TO SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS DEALING WITH MANY STATES. THERE WERE I BELIEVE 15 MEMBERS FROM COLORADO, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE THINGS WAS RESPONDING TIME WITH THEM DURING
THE SESSIONS. DURING THE EDUCATION AND DURING THE DAY AT THE CAPITOL AND UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR -- THE CONCERNS CROSS SCHOOL BOARDS. AND MIG MIGHTING WITH LEGISLATOS WAS FAR NOT, MOSTLY WITH
LEGISLATIVE AIDS, UNDERSTANDING HOW IT WORKS, WE HAPPENED TO BE THERE WHILE THE HOUSE WAS VOTING TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT. SO BEING IN THAT HOUSE THAT MOMENT WAS A GREAT DEAL OF ENERGY AND INSTRUCTIVE, AND I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR OTHER MEMBERS TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR.
IT'S A GOOD USE OF THE MONEY. IT LED TO SOME I THINK SOME TIES WITH OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT I WILL BE MAKING A PROPOSAL ABOUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. GOT HOME ON WEDNESDAY, WITH HE WANT TO THE GROUNDBREAKING AT 4:30 WHICH WAS SPECTACULAR,
GREAT JOB WAS DONE BY ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS INCLUDING THE FUTURE PRINCIPAL. AND WE HAD GOOD SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN I LEFT IMMEDIATELY FROM THERE FOR LONG-RANGE PLANNING. WHICH I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR RYAN WRITING THE UPDATE FOR. THAT SUMMARIZES WHAT WENT ON
THERE VERY WELL. SO THAT WAS PLENTY FOR BETWEEN NOW AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. OH, I ALSO -- I DID NOT ATTEND THE GROUNDBREAKING AT SIERRA BECAUSE I WENT DOWNTOWN TO THE LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION AT THE
BROWN PALACE THAT'S THROWN BY CASB. THERE WERE PROBABLY A DOZEN CASB MEMBERS AND HALF DOZEN LOCAL LEGISLATORS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO. MOST PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE
S.O.T. AND OPERATIONS TAX IN AS PART OF OUR ALLOCATION. I SPOKE TO SIX MEMBERS ONE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. BUT SEEMED QUITE CONVINCED WHEN WE WERE DONE THAT HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT. THE OTHER FIVE CAME IN NOT SUPPORTING IT. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THAT WAS DEAD ON THE VINE IF YOU GET A
BREAK ASK SUPERINTENDENT KANE ABOUT HER DISCUSSION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S FINANCIAL PLANNER AT THE CASE MEETING EARLIER THAT DAY. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> THANK YOU. SO ON JANUARY 28TH I WAS ABLE TO
ATTEND THE GR GROUND BREAKTH AT SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH A MACHINE WHO WILL BE A MECHANIC OF THE SIERRA CLASS OF 2024. WONDERFUL TO SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CABINET MECHANICS AND I WANT TO THANK FORMER DIRECTOR WINEGAR WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND WORKED VERY HARD TO BRING THESE FUND TOGS
COMMUNITY PARKER A UNAN HE CANAS MY SON GOT BORED AND ASKED MAY PHONE IF HE COULD DO I READY. THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ADVOCACY INS DOUBT LATCH LAUGHED WEEKEND I WAS GRATEFUL FOR
IMMEDIATE BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS DIRECTOR GOING AIR LEWDED TO. AND REALLY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE ENCOUNTERING SO MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES WE ARE HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY INCLUDING I CAN YOU HAD WITH GROWTH AND DECLINE AND FUNDING HARDSHIPS AND THEN LIKE DIRECTOR GOING AIR L GEIGEO
WE WERE ON THE HILL MEETING WITH MEMBERS FROM BOTH PARTIES CLARIFYING THE REGULATIONS THAT WILL OR SHOULD GOVERNOR THE SG OFFEND THAT HAPPENS A GOVERNOR R PULLEYS OPTEDDED US IN TO. I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE PRESENCE
OF SUPERINTENDENT HIGH HIATT AND CRAWFORD WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO TO DEFINE THE ROLE OF THAT BODY AND INTERACT WITH THE DISTRICT TO INTERACT WITH OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ITERATE THAT GO POINT IS A DON INSTRUCTIVE PROCESS I LOOK TWO
-RD WHAT TO THE PEOPLE IN SPORTS LUNCHEON ON FROM I AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEA MANY OF YOU THERE. >> THANK YOU. AND I THINK YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THE DOUGLAS COUNTY'S SHERIFF AS OFFERS THAT WE ATTENDED. >> WE ATTENDED THE SHERIFF'S'S AWARDS, YES. >> I FORGOT TO MENTION I
ATTENDED THE FAMILY GAIN ELEMENT MINUTE A CONFERENCE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FAMILIES. FIREFIGHTERS REALLY A YOU PHENOMENAL EVENT I WENT TO THE SURPRISE EXCEPTIONAL SESSION. ONLY IF I HAD GONE TO THAT
SESSION A DECADE AGO, LIFE WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT. THERE IS SO MUCH EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO OUR FAM FAMILIES AD KUDOS TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THAT EVENT. DIRECTOR PARKER.
>> YEAH, JUST A LITTLE SECRETARY SUMMARY. WE RECEIVED 10 EMAILS FROM PARENT, STAFF AND, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT REMAINS STEADY. THE FOCUSES WERE DISTRICT WIDE POLICY UPDATES REGARDING STUDENT WELLNESS AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
KEY THEMES ARE STUDENT ENVIRONMENT AND TECH POLICIES, THERE IS A GROWTH TREND OF SUPPORT VIA EMAIL TO THE BELL TO BELL PHONE FREE ENVIRONMENT LITTLE. CORRESPONDENTS FROM BOTH PARENTS AND STAFF. SPECIFICALLY REGARDING
CORRESPONDENTED FROM BOTH PARENTS AND STAFF INDICATED DESIRE FOR SPANNED STARREDDIZES ENFORCEMENT TO MINIMIZE CLASSROOM DISTRACTIONS. DISTRICT SAFETY AND IMMIGRATION PROTOCOLS. THE BOARD REQUEST REQUESTS FROM
PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS FOR UPGRADE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT UP POLICE PEN TAKE PROGRAM THAT HIGHLIGHTS A COMMUNITY WIDE NEAT FOR CLARITY TO DISTRICT PROTOCOLS AT OR MORE SCHOOL GROUNDS, OPERATION AND PERSONAL MATTERS.
INQUIRY RUDERRING THE 2025/26 CALENDARS IMPACT ON RETIREMENT TO MACH SURE THAT CONNECTION WAS MADE AND HR A ADDRESSED IT. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF POSTERS AT SPECIFIC SITES LIKE THUNDER RIDGE WERE
ADDRESSED AND DELICATED TO APPROPRIATE AHEAD MINUTE STRAIGHT HE HAVE LEADS FOR RESOLUTION. AND THEN LEGISLATIVE MONITORS, COMMUNITY INPUT WAS RECEIVED REGARDING. INTRODUCING BOARD OF ELECTION BILL CONCERNING WHICH DISTRICTS WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE
PROPOSED CHANGES. SO THAT WAS THE EMAIL SECOND UPDATE. AS A BOARD DIRECTOR I WAS ALL -- JUST BECAUSE MARIA ASKED I WAS ABLE TO GO TO BREAKFAST AT LEGACY AND SEE HER AND THAT WAS REALLY ALL SOME.
I ALL WEAPON TO THE COLORADO ALLSTATE CHOIR WHERE THERE WERE STUDENTED FROM CASTLE VIEW, ROCK CANYON, RENAISSANCE SECONDARY COOL, REG LEGEND AND CHAPARRAL, SO I I HAD TO READ THE LIST, I BELIEVE KATERS PLAYED A ROLE AND
THERE WERE TWO FROM CASTLE VAUGHN CHAPARRAL, DOES LAN COUNTY, HIGHLANDS RAN. , LEGENDS MOUNTAIN VICE THAT AND ROCK CANYON AND I SAW ROCK CON CAN'T' P PRINCIPAL THERE IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEAT STUDENT
PERFORM WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING AND AWESOME. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> YOU IT. I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO HAVE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT. SO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
SOUTH, CLOVERLEAF WHICH IS AWESOME. THEY HAD 3D PRINTING PENS NOW THAT YOU CAN USE TO DRAW. IT'S AWESOME. D.DCHS. ONES OF THE CONVERSATION WITH PRINCIPAL KAPPAS ABOUT THE PROGRESS THEY ARE MAKING THERE AND THE CHANGE THATTER COMING
DOWN THE WIPE. MESA WHICH WAS AN EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I WENT TO COSTAL ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THE PSALM LAYOUT IT WAS LIKE WALKING FOR A TIME CAPSULE BECAUSE I NAH THE SPOTS THAT I GOT IN TROUBLE IN THE BUILDING. COSTAL ROCK ELEMENTARY WHICH
LOOKS MUCH SMALLER THAN IT IS FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT IS LIKE A TAR TUS IN THERE AND THEY HAVE A COOL LITTLE WILDLIFE AREA AS WELL. ATTENDED LRPC I SEND THE UPDATE ON THAT. I DEBT GETTING TO TO A PRACTICE
FOR UNIFIED BASKETBALL AT TIMBER TRAIL THAT WE WERE ALL INVITED TO THINK I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY HE IS TO GO ONE OF THOSE IT'S WONDERFUL TO WITH WATCH THE WORK SHE DOES, SHE DID TELL ME TO TELL YOU ALL TO WEAR SHOES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR PLAYING BASKETBALL BECAUSE I CAME IN DRESS SHOES AND SHE WANT
MAID TO PARTICIPATE. THERE IS THAT. I AM SAD I GOT SICK THIS WEEK BE SO I COULDN'T ATTEND THE SPELLING BY AS FORMER WINNER OF THE DISTRICT SPELLING BEE MYSELF HE WAS SAD THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> THANKS, SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING WISH WEEKS AND IT WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE HAD RECENTLY BUT MOSTLY IN CAPACITY AS A PARENT ENJOYING COMMUNITY EVENTS, I HAVE TO SAY OUR STUDENT LEADERS AT OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS ARE SO IMPRESSIVE WITH THE IDEAS THEY COME UP WITH AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY PUT IN O MAKING WISH WEEK HAPPEN THEY WERE AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL EVERY DAY, TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO TOP OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY DID EVERY NIGHT. AND SO IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
IT'S A GREAT THING THAT DOUR DISTRICT IT. WE HAD AN M BACK MEETING WHICH DIRECT TO RECALL CALLAHAN GAVE ANNUAL DATE ON. USUALLY IN OUR MBOCK WE GET AN GENERAL BOND THEN USUALLY A DEEP DIVE ACROSS DIFFERENT PROJECTS, WE HEARD FROM ABOUT SAFETY AND
SECURITY. BOND UPDATES THEY LAST ONE AS WELL AS THE PROGRESS REPAIRED SCHOOLS. TAKE AWAY FROM THE MEETING OUR EM BACH COMMITTEE MECHANICS ARE THINKING THROUGH.
THINKING THROUGH THE WORK THAT THEY DO THROUGH THE MBOC IS TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT'S PART OF LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT MESH THAT YOU ARE THAT WE WOULD HAVE OVERSIGHT AND THEY ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN BEING TRAN PARENT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO AND THE OVERSIGHT THAT WE ENGAGE IN. THAT'S IT FOR ME. >> THAT'S IT, THAT'S A LONG LIST. A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, A LOT OF
CELEBRATIONS AND I KNOW IT'S LIKE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE AS YOU ARE STARTING NEW AS A BOARD DIRECTOR. AND ACTUALLY EVEN WHEN ONE PERSON SWITCHES OVER ON A BOARD IT'S A WHOLE NEW BOARD AND IT'S A TRANSITION, AND I JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW MUCH WORK IT IS
FOR STAFF AS WELL WITH NEW BOARDS AND NEW TRANSITIONS. AND EXTRA QUESTIONS. AND GETTING UP TO SPEED AND I WANT TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO STAFF. WE SEE HOW HARD YOU ARE WORKING.
WE SEE YOU PULLING INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR US. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK ON SOMETHING THAT I THINK EVERY POLICY GOVERNANCE BOARD STRUGGLES WITH. I HAVE NEVER FOUND A BOLL SOY GOVERNANCE BOARD THAT FIGURED IT
PERFECTLY SO I THINK WE ARE DOING THAT TOGETHER. AND I WOULD TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE HANGING IN THERE AND WORKING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO WORK FOR EARN. SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE AT OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM OF THIS
EVENING WHICH IS GOING IN TO A EX-EXECUTIVE SESSION AND SO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ISSUES TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE. PURSUANT TO COLORADO REVISED
STATUTE SECTION 24-6-402 SUBSECTION 4, PARAGRAPH "A" AND COM REVISED THAT MUCH AOU SECTION 24-6-422 WHAT IS IT SUBSECTION 4, PERHAPS "E",
SUBPARAGRAPH "I" TO DETERMINE POSITIONS RELATIVE TO MATTERS THAT MAY BE SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATIONS DEVELOPED STRATEGY FOR SUCH NEGOTIATIONS AND INSTRUCT NEGOTIATORS IN CONNECTION WITH THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PURPOSES.
WHERE IDENTIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY WOULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL INJURY FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY INTERFERING WITH THE DISTRICT'S ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE AND ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTY AT FAIR MARKET VALUE. DO I EVER A MOTION TO GO INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PREVIOUSLY STATED PURPOSE? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN MOTIONED AND DIRECTOR RYAN SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL ROLL, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GOING STKPWRER AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. PARKER. >> AYE. RYNE. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON, AYE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.
SO WE'LL NOW BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WILL BE JOINING THE BOARD AND ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO CRS24-6-4 OFF 24A AND CRS24-6-4024E1 TO DETERMINE
POSITIONS RELATIVE TO MATTERS THAT MAY BE SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATIONS DEVELOP STRATEGY FOR SUCH NEGOTIATIONS AND INSTRUCT NEGOTIATORS IN CONNECTION WITH THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF REAL PRODUCT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PURPOSES. WHERE IDENTIFICATION OF THE REAL
PROPERTY WOULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL INJURY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY INTERFERING WITH THE DISTRICT'S ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATION AND ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTY AT FAIR MARKET VALUE. WE'LL HAVE ERIN KANE BEING SUPERINTENDENT, JACKIE MILLETT, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER.
AND MARY KAY KLAMESH, GENERAL COUNSEL.
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