>> GOOD EVERYBODY, THE MAY 12, 2026 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, HERE.
DIRECTOR PARKER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> HERE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> HERE. A QUALM YOU ARE IS PRESENT. IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE STAND
FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> GREAT, THANK YOU, WE'LL NOW INTO OUR DCSD SPOTLIGHT.
SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> OKAY. LAST MONTH WAS NATIONAL LIBRARY MONTH. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR INCREDIBLE SCHOOL LIBRARY STAFF THIS EVENING.
I AM SAID THIS MORNING. THIS EVENING. WE HAVE TEN LIBRARIANS, TWO LIBRARY ASSISTANTS AND ONE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS THROUGH LIBRARIES DESIGNATION FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THAT'S HESTL.
THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS THROUGH LIBRARY ASKS A CREDENTIALING PROGRAM THAT RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING LIBRARY PROGRAMS, AND SCHOOL LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS. IT ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE IN SCHOOL LIBRARY SHIP BEST PRACTICES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH HAVING TRACEY KING OUR DIRECTOR
OF DISTRICT LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER TO COME UP AND JOIN ME FOR THE RECOGNITIONS. OKAY, TRACEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS. >> OF COURSE.
THE RECEIVING RECOGNITION AT THE STATE LEVEL, SERVES AS A POWERFUL TESTAMENT TO THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK OUR LIBRARY WEDNESDAY DOORING IN THEIR SCHOOLED IT HIGHLIGHTS THEIR AMENTS BUT UNDER SCHOLES THE
ROLE LIBRARIES WHERE STUDENTS FEEL VALUED AND SEEN. I WANT TO THANK LEADERSHIP FOR PURSUING THIS IMPORTANT RECOGNITION, IT'S TREATMENT THE IN ELEVATING THE PROFILE OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES ACROSS OUT DISTRICT. >> OKAY. SO LET'S BRING OUR LIBRARY STAFF
BY REGION, STARTING WITH THE CASTLE ROCK REGION, YOU WOULD LAKE TO HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS ERIN CRUISE PLEASE JOIN ME UP AND AND JOIN ME ON STAGE, I HATE IT'S A STAGE, ON STAGE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL.
GRETCHEN. AND DR. GINA TEMPLETON. [ APPLAUSE ] AND FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE MO OLSEN TEACHER
LIBRARIAN, AUDRA, LIBRARY SIS TO WANT, LAURA, LIBRARY DISTANT, AND TONY CAP HAS THE PRINCIPAL OF DOUGLAS COUNTY HEY SCHOOL. I WAS AT DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING SO I THINK REPRESENTING DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TODAY MYSELF. COME ON UP PLEASE.
HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLACE FOR THESE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. [ APPLAUSE ] ERIN I WILL LET YOU SAY SAY A FEW WORDS NEW LIKE. >> SOMETIMES THAT LIBRARY IS THE SACRED PLACE IN THE SCHOOL FOR SO MANY STUDENTS THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE A PLACE AND SO I JUST
THANK YOU LADIES SO MUCH FOR THE WORK AND THE SPACE THAT YOU HAVE CREATED FOR OUR STUDENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY. >> THERE IS NO WRONG SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. ALL RIGHT, DIRECTORS RYAN AND PARKER HAVE CERTIFIED FOR YOU. AND THEN WE'LL GET A QUICK PHOTO.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, YOU GUYS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CHILDREN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NEXT WE HAVE THE PARKER REGION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, CHRIS TIN DRURY WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT BUT SENDS OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU IN THE PARKER REGION, PLEASE JOIN KNEE ON STAGE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, GALE, LIBRARIAN AND GOLD RUSH
PRINCIPAL DR. JENNY BROWN FROM GOLD RUSH ELEMENTARY. AND FROM POND RIZZA, KATHLEEN GOULD AND TEACHER LIBRARY AND PRINCIPAL RYAN HOLLINGSHEAD,
PLEASE COME UP. >> HOW ABOUT ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR PONDEROSA AND GOLD RUSH. AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON HAS YOUR
CERTIFICATES. AND THEN WE WILL DO A PHOTO.
>> I SHOULD HAVE APOLOGIZED IN ADVANCE IF I MURDER ANYBODY'S NAME I AM NOT GOOD AT THE NAME THING I HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT. READY.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE THE EAST HIGHLANDS RANCH REGION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, JOHN BY TEAR HE IS, WILL YOU JOIN ME UP FRONT. AND THEN PLEASE JOIN ME WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. ERICA LU.
TEACHER LIBRARIAN AND CREST HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL A PRINCIPAL GINA CHAMBERS, PLEASE COME UP ON. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO SAY
ANYTHING? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OKAY, AND NOW WE'LL HAVE OUR
DIRECTORS -- I DIDN'T TURN THE PAGE. HOLE, PLEASE. SORRY. HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL. I AM SO SORRY GINA. AND HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, JULIA. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I
DON'T TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE. WE'LL DO A DO OVER, COME ON UP. AND BOARD DIRECTOR GEIGER WILL BE HANDING OUT YOUR CERTIFICATES. SO HOW ABOUT A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THESE AMAZING FOLKS.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> AND NOW THAT I AM ALL FLUSTERED I HAVE TWO MORE TOO INVITE.
AMY TEST TEMPLE FROM ROCKY HEIG, AND PRINCIPAL COLIN. HEHERE THEY COME.
ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, I WILL GET THIS RIGHT NEXT TIME. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS.
AND WE'LL DO A PICTURE. >> THANK GOODNESS LIKE I CAN'T
DO THESE ANYMORE IF I AM THIS BAD. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. HIGHLANDS RANCH EAST SIDE PICTURE, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, YOU GUYS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE HAVE THE HEY LANDS RANCH WEST SIDE. SO WE HAVE MOUNTAIN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALICIA D'ANTONI AND MOUNTAIN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ALISON SHANEER, PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN ME, KIM COX,
FROM MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL AND ROB SIGNIFICANTLY, PRINCIPAL. AND FROM SUMMIT VIEW ELEMENTARY. WE HAVE CATHY CEDAR LIBRARIAN. AND SUMMIT VIEW ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL MARLEAU FRANK. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> NOW, I DIDN'T MISS ANYONE, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL AND THAT GOES FOR ALL OF YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE AND WHAT YOU GUYS DO MATTERS.
AND IT SETS KIDS HEARTS ON FIRE FOR BOOKS AND I THINK IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE AS THEY GO INTO THEIR LIFE, JUST THAT LOVE OF LEARNING AND I DON'T HAVE OF READING SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. A QUICK PHOTO AND DIRECTOR GEIGER HAS MORE CERTIFICATES IF HE HAS NOT ALREADY HANDED THEM OUT.
AS WELL AS DIRECTOR MEEK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, EARN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S
RECOGNITIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA. ITEM -- BEFORE WE APPROVE THE
AGENDA, I WANT TO BRIEFLY NOTE A QUICK CHANGE TO ITEM 9.4. WHILE IT'S CURRENTLY LISTED AS THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THE FULL BUDGET DOCUMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE. SO INSTEAD THE BOARD WILL RECEIVE A BUDGET UPDATE PRESENTATION WITH THE FULL
FINANCIAL PLAN COMING AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON MAY 26th. SO JUST TO ENSURE ACCURACY AND TRANSPARENCY I PROPOSE REVISING THE AGENDA TITLE TO SCHOOL YEAR 2026/27. BULLET UPDATE PRESENTATION.
WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. QUESTION? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> WOULD YOU SAY ONE MORE TIME THE TITLE?
>> 9.4. CURRENTLY IT'S SCHOOL YEAR 2026/27 PROPOSAL BUDGET. THE RECOMMENDATION IT'S SCHOOL YEAR 2026/27 BUDGET UPDATE
PRESENTATION. >> MOVE TO ADOPT AS AMENDED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER SELECTED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE AGENDA WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT THE MOTION IS NOW OPEN
FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY, SEEING NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECT ARE MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE.
AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE TO SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS PAST WEEK ON MAY 7TH,
MARKED SEVEN YEARS SINCE THE TRAGEDY AT STEM HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLANDS RANCH. THIS IS A DAY WE WILL NEVER FORGET. AND I WOULD LIKE TO AND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR THIS
DAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRESS YOUR
GRATITUDE TO THE DCSD SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM. OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE. OKAY. WE ARE IN THE FINAL STRETCH OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, MANY OF OUR HEY SCHOOL SENIORS ARE FINISHING
UP TO THIS WEEK, AND THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE START OF GRADUATION SEASON THE GRADUATION SCHEDULE AND LINKS TO LIVE STREAMS ARE ON THE DCSD WEBSITE FOR ANY CITIZENS LOOKING FOR THOSE, LAST TUESDAY, MAY 5TH WAS NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY. THERE ARE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH
WORDS TO ADEQUATELY THANK OUR INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS FOR ALL THEY DO FOR OUR 62,000 STUDENTS. WE APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF OUR EDUCATORS SO MUCH AND ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW THEIR TEACHERS THE APPRECIATION THIS WEEK. AND, OF COURSE, IT HAPPENED TO
ALSO FALL ON SNOW DAY. LAST WEEK WAS ALSO DCSD STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK. THANK YOU TO THE AMAZING EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EVERY THING THEY DO, WE CELEBRATED AT WILCOX WITH A STAFF PRESIDENT AND SCHOOL'S
FAMILIES AND APPROXIMATE. T T.O.s SHOWERED ARE STUDENTS AND STAFF WITH LOVE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. MAY IS AIR AM AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, NATIONAL SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAY WAS MAY 1, NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH
HERO DAY WAS MAY WITHIN. THURSDAY GUY NEIGH SIXTH. NATIONAL SECURE COMPUTER DAYS WAS MAY 8 SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. STACY RAIDER. OUR PI.
PAULA MANNEDS. AND YOU ARE ENTIRE COMS TEAM. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. SPEECH PATHOLOGIST DAY IS MAY 18th. APRIL 24th I VISITED ALL THE OF OUR FEEDER AREAS IN A SINGLE DAY ALLOWING KNOW MUHAJER TOE TALK TO 3,000 EDUCATORS AND
STAFF IN PERSON. I WENT 40 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT STATE OF THE DISTRICT AND THE FUTURE. THE SCHOOLS PERIOD FROM SOME OF OUR AMAZING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY HAVE HAD IN THE SCHOOL.
WE HAD A BLAST IT WAS WELL RECEIVED WE ASKED OUR EMPLOYEES TO COMPLETE A SURVEY. OUT OF 1700 RESPONSES 88.3 RATED THEIR EXCITEMENT FOR IT THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT AS A 4 OR 5 AS ON A 1-FAVE SCALE. 98% BELIEVE DCSD IS ON THE RIGHT
TRACK AND 99% WOULD SUPPORT A 2026MLO. THANK YOU FOR THE OPTIMIST AND POSITIVITY OF OUR AMAZING STAFF AND TEACHERS EVEN AT THE END OF YEAR WHEN I KNOW EVERYBODY IS
DESCRIBED. DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS RECEIVED OUR ANNUAL FLAME EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THIS IN THE MAIL. WE BELIEVE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING USED. AND HOW YOU ARE SCHOOL DISTRICT
IS FUNDED. MAYBE WHO RECEIVED THE MAILER ATTENDED THE STATE OF DCSD EVENT LAST MONDAY. AND SINCE THE MAILER WENT OUT, WE HAVE HAD 300 NEW GOLD CARD SIGN UPS. SO THAT PUTS US AT NEARLY 2300 MEMBERS TO DATE.
LAST MONDAY WE HOSTED THE 20 WENT SIX STATE OF THE DISTRICT EVENT AND TURN OUT WAS INCREDIBLE. WE HAD 300 ATTENDEES IN PERSON, INCLUDING SCHOOL LEADERS, STAFF, FAMILY, STUDENTS AND SENIOR GOLD CARD MEMBERS. THE RECORDING OF THE EVENT HAS RECEIVED OVER 700 VIEWS. IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT WHERE I
PRESENTED ON THE STATE OF OUR DISTRICT, WE HEARD FROM A PANEL OF SOON TO BE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. AND WE CELEBRATED OUR SCHOOLS WHO WON ACADEMIC AWARDS FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. LAST THURSDAY WE HAD THE HONOR OF CELEBRATING OUR 2026 PERSEVERANCE SCHOLARSHIP
RECIPIENTS. AT THE MAY DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING. THERE IS NEVER A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE AS WE HEAR ABOUT THE WAYS WITH THE STUDENTS HAVE PERSEVERED THROUGH LIFE'S CHALLENGES I CAN'T GET THROUGH THE PARAGRAPH WITHOUT CRYING. MANY VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON THE DCSD YouTube
CHANNEL AND I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO SEE SOME OF THE AMAZING STUDENTS THE ANNUAL DCSD RETIREMENT CEREMONY ALSO TOOK PLACE LAST THURSDAY. WHILE WE ARE ALWAYS SAD TO SEE GOOD BUSCH TO SOME OF OUR MOST EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS, WE ABSOLUTELY WISH THEM THE BEST IN RETIREMENT AND
THANK THEM FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE AND IF TRACEY KING IS STILL HERE, OUR DISTRICT LIBRARIAN CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UPCOMING RETIREMENT. THE BUS RODEO AND TECHNICIAN COMPETITION EVENT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 25TH AT PONDEROSA HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS AMAZING ALL-DAY EVENT ALLOWED DRIVERS AND MECHANICS FROM ALL OVER THE FRONT RANGE TO PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF COOL COMPETITIONS. INCLUDING OBSTACLE COURSES FOR BUS DRIVERS, LIKE PARALLEL PARK AND NAVIGATING NARROW CHAMPIONS, EVACUATIONS, ET CETERA. AND MECHANICS COMPETING AT
VARIOUS STATIONS WITH BROKEN BUSES. IT IS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO DCSD PARKER MECHANIC JOE WHO WON OVERALL BEST AT THE EVENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THREE,
2026 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR DCSD. ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL PLANS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER. MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL PLANS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER AND. AND BROKE AN MYERS THUNDER RIDGE
PLANS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER. AS SCHOLARS THEY WILL RECEIVE 80,000-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ACROSS FOUR YEARS ALONG WITH INSTITUTIONAL MERIT AND/OR NEED-BASED AID. THE ANNUAL DCSD FILM FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE THIS THURSDAY
MAY 14th AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. THE ANNUAL CHICKEN RACES ARE COMING UP FRIDAY MAY 15th AT 10:00 A.M. YES, I SAID CHICKEN RACE FIST YOU HAVE NOT BEEN, I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY ENOUGH, IT
WILL FILL YOUR BUCKET. THIS IS A STUDENT-DRIVEN MARKETPLACE WHERE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COME TO LIFE. SO I LOOK FOR WARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AT GRADUATION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING IN SO MUCH.
IT MEANS WORLD TO OUR STAFF AND THAT CONCLUDES MY END DATES. >> THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT KANE THAT TAKES NEWS TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ITEM NUMBER 6. THINK PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. AND THE BOARD VALUES FROM
HEARING FROM OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. EACH REGISTERED SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOTTED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. TO SUPPORT A RESPECTFUL AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND TO MODEL FOR OUR STUDENTS CIVIL
DISCOURSE WE EXPECT WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS COMMENTS TO THE BOARD, RATHER THAN TO STAFF, INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE MEMBERS OR GUESTS. PLEASE KEEP REMARKS APPROPRIATE FOR A K-12 EDUCATION AUDIENCE AND REFRAIN FROM DOESES OF ALL
PERSONNEL MATTERS THAT ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. BE AWARE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS. ALL BOARD MEMBERS -- ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETING LAWS, IF YOU WISH TO KEEP
PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVATE, PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN YOUR COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, DO NOT RESPOND DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING. BOARD-RELATED MATTERS MAY BE FOLLOWED UP BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT AT A LATER TOO UP AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS MAY BE
REFERRED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR APPROPRIATE FOLLOW-UP. TONIGHT WE BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY RENAISSANCE P-K12 STARTER SCHOOL
COLE STAR WITH VIRTUAL SPEAKERS FIRST AND THEN IN PERSON AFTER THAT WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT TO ALL OTHER TOPICS, AT THIS TIME WOULD ALL IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, ADJUSTER THE MICROPHONE SO WE
CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY AND BEGIN WITH IDENTIFYING YOURSELF BY NAME AND WHETHER YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, OR A GROUP. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS VIRTUAL AND
IT'S CHRISSY SHORELY. ARE YOU ONLINE? MANSLAUGHTER SHORELY PLEASE GO
AHEAD AND BEGIN. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO UNMUTE, NOW IS THE TIME. >> WE WILL MOVE TO OUR IN-PERSON
AND COME BACK TO MS. SHORELY IN NEEDED. THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE BRITTANY PIERCE. FOLLOWED BY AMY STEVENS AND THEN SCOTT. BRITTANY PIERCE. >> GOOD EVENING.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF STUDENT MARY WHO COULD NOT BE HERE IN PERSON TONIGHT DUE TO FEEDER PRACTICE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR PRODUCTION RENAISSANCE BLUE CURTAIN THEATERS PRODUCTION OF BETWEEN THE LINES BEGINNING A WEEK FROM THURSDAY I HAVE HER VIDEO RECORD
AND I AM HOPING IT DOESN'T BLOW YOU OUT OF -- >> MY NAME IS MARY I AM IN EIGHTH GRADE AND A TEN REPS SAN SECONDARY SCHOOL THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR ATTENDING AND I CANNOT BE ANYTHING MORE THAN GRATEFUL. MOVING INTO A NEW SCHOOL AS AN
EIGHTH GRADER SEEMED REALLY SCARY AT FIRST RENAISSANCE PERSONALLY GAVE ME SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND MEAT NEW PEOPLE. I THINK NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ACADEMIC CLASSES, BUT ITS UNIQUE INCLUSION OF THREE ELECTIVES I GOT TO MAKE PLENTY OF FRIENDS FROM EVERY GRADE AND GOT TO BE
ABLE TO SHOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF MYSELF. PERSONALLY, I HAVE LEARNED MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ON MY BUCKET LIST SUCH AS LEARNING GUITAR AND PLAYING DECENTLY WELL. EN SANS IS A SMALLER SCHOOL WHICH AS SOMEONE WHO JUST MOVED FROM A SCHOOL WITH WELL OVER A THOUSAND I CAN TELL YOU IT'S BETTER THAN YOU WOULD THINK. IT GIVES YOU CHANCES SO THAT
EVERYONE KNOWS YOU AND YOU KNOW EVERYONE. IT BUILD A TIGHTER COMMUNITY NOT ONLY IS RENAISSANCE FILLED WITH AMAZE PEOPLE THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND SCHOOL BUILDING IS BRIGHT AND FUN ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE THERE IS A SLIDE. LETTING STUDENTS REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN AND THAT THEY ARE KIDS AS WELL. WHEN IT WAS SENIOR SEND OFF THEY
GOT ARE RELIVE THEIR CHILDHOOD AS THEY SAID GOODBYE GOING DOWN THE SLIDE IT'S THE GRAY ACTIVITY AND THE RALLIES THE SCHOOL HAS NOT JUST BORING TALKS OR ADDRESSES WE GET. EVENTS WHERE WE ALL GET TO PARTICIPATE. FOR EXAMPLE DRUM CIRCLES WHICH WE HAVE EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF
THE MONTH HELP US CONNECT AS ONE AND, WE HAVE EVENTS TO SHOW OUR SCHOOL OFFICER OUT AND I GUARANTEE YOU IF YOU LOOK AROUND AT THESE THINGS ALMOST EVERYONE HAS A BRIGHT SMILE ON THEIR FACE AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE SCHOOL HAS VOYAGES WHICH ARE A GREAT WAY TO HELP KIDS LEARN AND EXPLORE THINGS THEY NEVER DO. IT DOES COST MONEY THE SCHOOL PROVIDES MORE FINANCIAL AID THAN
I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MAY LIFE. CAN'T AFFORD THE SQUARE SHOOT. RENAISSANCE GOT YOU COVERED ITS HELPED FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY WITH DISCOUNTS. NO MATTER HOW YOUR LIFE SAT HOME OR STRUGGLING WITH YOU GET TO SHARE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS EVERYONE ELSE AND YOU WILL BE TREATED JUST THE SAME.
RENAISSANCE HELPED US BECOME MODERN AND CREATIVE INNOVATORS THIS SCHOOL MEANS MORE THAN JUST GRADES YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW GREAT THESE QUALITIES CAN BE UNTIL YOU EXPERIENCE TESTIMONY THE AB TILTS BRING UP THE VIBE AND JOY OF SCHOOL. THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND OUR SCHOOL, BRINGING GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, KINDNESS,
GREAT PASSION AND OVERALL GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE, I GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT HE CAN WITH HELP CHILDREN IN SUCH A GREAT WAY JUST BY OPENING A NEW SCHOOL. I WANT TO SHARE MAY EXPERIENCE WITH MANY OTHERS JUST BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT HAS TAUGHT ME. -- >> 152ND REMAINING. >> EDUCATIONAL MORE WELL ROUNDED
AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT AMY STEVENS FOLLOWED BY SCOTT, AND RYAN. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON I AM READING ON BEHALF OF JANA, A RENAISSANCE SUPPORTER.
MY NAME IS JANA, AND I AM SORRY I COULD NOT BE THERE TODAY PERSONALLY TO EXPRESS MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING RENAISSANCE. I FEEL OTHER DUG -- PARDON. THAT I FEEL NO OTHER SCHOOL IN DOUGLAS COUNTY PROVIDES STUDENTS
AND THAT IS A PASSION FOR LEARNING, A BELIEF IN THEMSELVESES AND THE OTHER DIFFICULT TO TAKE ON HARD TASKS, A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BELONGING AND A CONNECTION TO THE WORLD TO MAKE IT BETTER. I HAVE SIX KIDS WHO WENT TO DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS THE TWO THAT WENT TO RENAISSANCE WENT ON COLLEGE, ACADEMICS ARE SIMPLY
NOT ENOUGH BY SON WE WANT TO ANOTHER DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL THROUGH SECOND GREAT HE WAS SO SHY GAVE HIM APPOINTMENT FIST HE TALKED TO ANYONE AT SCHOOL. AT RENAISSANCE HE LEARNED TO BECOME A LEADER HIS TEACHERS HAD HIS BACK AND HE BEGAN TO BELIEVE IN HIMSELF. PARTICIPATING IN THEATER, CHOIR,
LED THE DRUM CIRCLE, BEGAN TO MAKE MOVIES HE LEARNED THAT HE CAN OVERCOME OBSTACLES ARED AND WORKED AT THE AMC STARTING AT THE 14 AND PUT HIMSELF IN COLLEGE BY I BEING AN ASSISTANT MANAGER HE WAS PREPARED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS BUT RENAISSANCE GAVE HIM THE CONFIDENCE TO TRY
HARD THINGS ARE HE DRAW GRADUATED FROM COLORADO FILM SCHOOL AND JUST FINISH ADDISON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, REMEMBER SASS VALUES LEADERSHIP, INDEPENDENCE AND FIGHTING THROUGH STRUGGLES, MY SON WOULD COME HOME FROM RENAISSANCE CAMPING TRIPS EXHA EXHAUSTED ANT BY YOU PROUD HE CLIMBED THE
MOUNTAINS HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS CAPABLE OF REACHING AND CONTINUES TO DO THAT WITH LIFE' CHALLENGES MY DAUGHTER WENT TO RENAISSANCE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. EXCEPT FOR TWO REASON HE YEARS SHE OR PAY UNTIL THEATER, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS RAFTING TRIP SHE THOUGHT SHE
WOULD NEVER SURE WIFE BUT LOVED IT. SHE'S GRADUATING THIS WEEK FROM CSU SHE HAD AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND ONE OF THE CURRENTLY WORK TO THE ROCKY BASEBALL TEAM HER ABILITY TO DO THINGS THAT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE IS DUE TO RENAISSANCE.
TO GO FORE FOR IT. THE TEACHERS AND STAFF CARE ABOUTED KIDS THEY PUSH THEM TO ACCOMPLISH HARD CHALLENGE. ACHIEVEMENT HIGH ACADEMY ECKLEY, CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND LEARNING TO LEADERS, RENAISSANCE IS A COMMUNITY.
THEY STILL ARGUE AND WORRY AND COMPLAIN AND THEY ARE KIDS. RENAISSANCE TEACHES THEM TO PUT ONE FOOT IN FROM OF THE OTHER AND HELP OTHERS ALONG LIKE ALL OF US SOMETIMES THEY FALL BUT TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF RENAISSANCE OF KNOWING THAT THEY CAN GET UP AND KEEP GOING.
FAIL ALL IS NOT AN END ONLY A MOTIVATION AND THAT TEACHERS AND STAFF BELIEVE IF THEM IS A GIFT THAT CARRIES THEM THROUGH LIFE I KNOW YOUR DECISIONS AS A BOARD ARE HARD YOU CAN'T GO WRONG IN BACKING REMEMBER SANS. I AM VERY DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF EXPANDING RENAISSANCE AND ITS
GOALS OF GIVING KIDS A RUNNING START TOWARDS HIGH ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SCHOOL AND BEYOND AND THE ABILITY TO CLIMB LIFE'S HARD MOUNTAINS, THANK YOU. JANA. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SCOTT FOLLOWED BY
RYAN. >> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I AM SCOTT AND SPEAKING TONIGHT IN STRONG PORT OF THE CHARTER EXPANSION FOR RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL. I COME TO THIS CONVERSATION AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR, DURING THAT TIME I FOUNDED HERITAGE ELEMENTARY HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY LATER SERVED AS CHIEF GROWTH EXPERT FOR
EXPEDITIONARY LEARN AND FOUNDED THE DOWNTOWN DENVER EXPEDITIONS AIR I SCHOOL HIGH-PERFORMING K-5 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS WORK IS ALSO DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR ME MY OWN CHILDREN ATTENDED EL FOCUSED SCHOOLS AND TODAY ALL FOUR OF MY GRANDSONS ATTEND EL SCHOOLS AS WELL.
I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND THE LONG-TERM IMPACT THIS APPROACH CAN HAVE ON CURIOSITY, CONFIDENCE, RESILIENCE, COMPASSION AND ACADEMIC GROWTH. WHAT MAKES RENAISSANCE DIFFERENT IT'S NOT JUST ACADEMICS, ALTHOUGH RIGOROUS ACADEMICS ABSOLUTELY MATTER IT'S THE COMBINATION OF RIGOR, RELEVANCE,
RELATIONSHIPS, AND CHARACTER. STUDENTS ARE KNOWN WELL. THEY ARE CHALLENGED INTELLECTUALLY, ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL WORK AND LEARN TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOMETHING LARGER THAN THEMSELVES. AND THIS WAY OF DOING SCHOOL IS MEANINGFULLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MANY FAMILIES ENCOUNTERER NEVER
DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT IS NOT A CRITICISM OF THE DISTRICT. IT'S SIMPLY A RECOGNITION THAT FAMILIES WANT DIFFERENT KINDS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. MANY PARENTS ARE NOT LACKING FOR JUST ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT LOOKS AND F FEELS LIKE ALL THE OTHER, THEY ARE STRONG DEMAND FOR
SCHOOLS THAT EMPHASIZE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, STUDENT VOICE, ADVENTURE EDUCATION, AND DEEP RELATION RELATIONSHIPS FAMILIES ARE ASKING CLEARLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF THE BOARD'S IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND WHEREVER
POSSIBLE TO THE EXPRESSED NEEDS AND CAN HE SIRES OF ITS FAMILIES. AND IN THIS CASE THE DEMAND FOR EXPANSION IS MORE THAN EVIDENT. AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, RENAISSANCE SECONDARY HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THE SUCCESS. LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL
CAPACITY NECESSARY TO GUIDE THE EXPANSION RESPONSIBLY AND EFFECTIVELY. IN MY PROFESSIONAL VIEW THAT IS NOT IN QUESTION. AS AN EDGE INDICATER AND A GRANDPARENTS I BELIEVE IN HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS S AND THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN EXPANDING MEANINGFUL OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. NOT EVERY CHILD THAT RISERS IN
THE SAME ENVIRONMENT AND SCHOOLS LIKE RENAISSANCE PROVIDE A POWERFUL AND PROVEN ALTERNATIVE. I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO ENCOURAGE THE EXPANSION AND ALLOW RENAISSANCE TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON THE STRONG FOUNDATION IT HAS ALREADY
ESTABLISHED THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE RYAN. >> AS BOTH A PARENT APPROXIMATE
A MEMBER OF THE RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE, I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND HOW RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS, STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS. THE DATA SUPPORTS THIS. EVEN IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT. WHICH IS ALREADY WITHIN OF HIGHEST PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN COLORADO IF NOT THE HIGHEST. RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL PERFORMS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL ACADEMICALLY, INCLUDING GRADUATION RATES, S.A.T. PERFORMANCE AND HIGH STATE
PERFORMANCE RATING. THE MODEL WORKS BUT WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL GOES BEYOND JUST TEST SCORES. I HAVE TWO STUDENTS WHO WENT THROUGH RENAISSANCE ELEMENTARY AND NOW ATTEND RENAISSANCE SECONDARY AND I HAVE WATCH THEM GROWTH NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY BUT CAPABLE, CONFIDENT YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING MODEL HELPS STUDENTS APPLY WHAT THEY LEARN IN MEANINGFUL REAL WORLD WAYS, STUDENTS DON'T JUST STUDY CONCEPTS IN THE CLASSROOM THEY EXPERIENCE THEM WERE UNDERSTANDING FRICTION AND SCIENCE CLASS IS IMPORTANT. APPLYING THAT KNOWLEDGE WHILE TYING KNOTS TO TIE DOWN GEAR OR
ROPES ON A STAFF-LED BACKPACKING TRIP MAKES THE LEARNING REAL AND MEMORABLE. I CAN ONLY DREAM OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LIKE THAT WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT. THEY ARE BUILDING STRONG
STUDENTS BUT COLLABORATIVE AND CAPABLE PEOPLE. AS WE DISCUSSION ENROLLMENT AND FUTURE PLANNING IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT CASTLE ROCK CONTINUES TO GO RAPIDLY THE POPULATION HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE JUST 2020 AND THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE HERE EVERY YEAR. OVER A QUARTER OF THOSE ARE
UNDER 18 AND NEED SCHOOLS TO A END IT. THE DEMAND FOR HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS IS NOT GOING AWAY. AND BEYOND BROADER COMMUNITY GROWTH THERE ARE DIRECT DEMAND FOR RENAISSANCE SPECIFICALLY. IN RESENT YEARS, THE RENAISSANCE ELEMENTARY BEGIN DAR TEN WAIT
LIST IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR FILL MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS WITH INCOMING STUDENTS, THESE ARE FAMILIES ACTIVELY SEEKING THIS MODEL FOR THEIR CHILDREN BUT UNABLE TO ACCESS IT BECAUSE OF CAPACITY LIMITATIONS. THESE ARE FAMILIES THAT WANT TO STAY IN DCSD AND WANT WHAT EN
SANS RENAISSANCE OFFERS I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE BOARD SUPPORT WHAT THE DATA, CURRENT FAMILIES AND P PERSPECTIVE FAMILIES ARE ALREADY TELLING US, THERE IS BOTH A NEED AND A DESIRE FOR THE EXPANSION OF RENAISSANCE, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. BLARE IS OUR ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTER STILL THERE?
THAT THEN COMPLETES THE SECTION OF PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO RENAISSANCE -- >> I HAVE ONE MORE STUDENT WE THOUGHT WE SIGNED HER UP WOULD YOU MIND IF I SPOKE ON BEHALF OF HER? READ HER -- >> IT'S SO HARD TO SAY NO TO
THESE THINGS WHEN IT'S -- GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THIS IS FROM STUDENT ZOE 2025 RENAISSANCE ALUMNI I ATTENDED -- >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
-- >> IF YOU DON'T MIND PAUSING WE'LL LET OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKER SPEAK SINCE SHE'S COMING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD RIGHT AHEAD. >> GO AHEAD. >> HI, THERE. MY NAME IS CHRISSY SHORELY.
AND I AM A PARENT OF A CURRENT SIXTH GRADER AT RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAVE A FOURTH GREATER WHO WE ABSOLUTELY INTEND TO ENROLL AND WE WISH THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO NOW. I REALLY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO BE THERE IN PERSON TONIGHT, BUT
BECAUSE WE HAVE SCHEDULING CONFLICTS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY VOICE IS STILL HEARD BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILY. WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT RENAISSANCE THROUGH A FRIEND WHOSE CHILD ATTENDED THE COOL AND SHE COULD JUST NOT SAY ENOUGH WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND EXPERIENCE THERE. MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO TOUR
THE SCHOOL OURSELVES AND HONESTLY WE IMMEDIATELY FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE PRINCIPAL WAS WARM, WELCOME AND DEEPLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT FELL INTENTION AND STUDENT CENTERED. INITIALLY WHAT DREW US IN WAS THE OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
BUT WHAT HAS TRULY KEPT US HERE IS THE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING AND THE WAY RENAISSANCE ENCOURAGES CURIOSITY, INDEPENDENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN ITS STUDENTS. AFTERNOON A TOUR WE BROUGHT OUR SON TO VISIT AND IT'S IT BECAME HIS DECISION TO ATTEND RENAISSANCE AND THEN SINCE ENROLLING, WE HAVE WATCHED HIM
GROW IN WAYS THAT WE HONESTLY DID NOT EXPECT. HE'S DEVELOPED STRONG FRIENDSHIPS GROWN ACADEMICALLY AND BECOME GENUINELY CURIOUS ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND HIM. HE ASKS QUESTIONS CONSTANTLY WANTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS WORK, WANTING TO HELP FIX OR
BUILD THINGS WAN WANTING TO TRY THINGS HE'S NEVER DONE BEFORE HIS CONFIDENCE HAS GROWN AT SCHOOL, HOME, AND EVERY-DAY LIFE THAT IS EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S WHY I AM HERE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE K-5 EXPANSION. FAMILIES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR KIDS TO EXPERIENCE THIS KIND OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY. YOUNGER STUDENTS DESERVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP IN A SCHOOL DA ENCOURAGES CURIOSITY, HANDS-ON LEARNING, DECK AND CONFIDENCE FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING I STRONG I URGE TO YOU SUPPORT THIS EXPANSION SO MORE FAMILIES CAN BENEFIT FROM EVERYTHING RENAISSANCE HAS TO OFFER, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE ONLY ALLOW ONE PERSON TO SPEAK.
WITH A TIME SLOT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HER COMMENT AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO -- I AM CHECKING WITH THE
BOARD. AND I I SEE JEN IVERSON SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE ARE YOU THINKING YOU ARE SIGNED UP? OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE SIGN UP. SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSE PERK INNING AND I AM HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF EXPANDING RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL. FOR MANY FAMILIES SCHOOL IS MORE THAN A BUILDING, IT'S WHERE CHILDREN DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE, DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING AND REALIZE WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF
BECOMING. AT RENAISSANCE STUDENTS ARE KNOWN, THEY ARE CHALLENGED, SUPPORTED AND INSPIRED EVERY DAY. THIS SCHOOL IS CREATED SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL. A PLACE WHERE ACADEMIC GROWTH AND MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS GO HAND IN HAND. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO THINK DEEPLY, LEAD WITH CHARACTER,
SERVE OTHERS AND EN IN WORK THAT HAS YOU WERE APPROXIMATE. THIS EDUCATION LEAVES A LASTING IMPACT AND FAMILIES ARE SEEKING MORE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE IT. THIS FILLS A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY A CURRENT SCHOOL BUILD
ON SIMILAR PHILOSOPHIES HAS A FULL WAIT LIST AND REMAINS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS. FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR THIS OPTION NO AND CAN'T GET IN BECAUSE THERE IS NOT SPACE, APPROVING THIS EXPANSION WOULD CREATE A CONTINUOUS EL EDUCATION
PATH LIE THROUGH KINDERGARTEN AND THROUGH 12th GRADE, STUDENTS COULD BEGIN EDUCATION IN A -- IN A CULTURE CENTERED ON BELONGING, CHARACTER, CHALLENGE AND PURPOSE. AND THEY COULD CONTINUE IN THAT SAME MISSION THROUGH GRADUATION. THAT CONSISTENCY WOULD BE
INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHEN STUDENTS THRIVE AND COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE CLEAR WE SHOULD LOOK FOR WAYS TO EXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE FAMILIES I HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS EXPANSION SO THAT MORE FAMILIES CAN ACCESS -- CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE KNOWN, VALUED AND PREPARED FOR LIFE
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SO I THINK THAT NOW COMPLETES THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION FOR THE CHARTER APPLICATION. THERE WAS A POWER OUTAGE TODAY, SO I AM WONDERING IF THERE WAS A GLITCH WITH SOME OF THE SIGN UPS SO RIGHT NOW I SHOW THREE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS LIZ WAGNER, BOB IS IT SHADE THE. AND JEN IVERSON. ANYONE NOT ANNOUNCED? LIZ WAGNER IS FIRST AND
MR. SHADETHE MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN AND FOLLOWING HIM WE'LL HAVE JEN I IVERSON. >> I AM LAZ WAGNER AND AS YOU CONSIDER A MILL LEVEL LEVEE OVERRIDE WHETHER IT BE IN 2026
OR 2027, THE PUBLIC DESERVES CLARITY ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BEFORE TAXPAYERS ARE ASKED FOR MORE MONEY AN MARCH LO AND CBA ARE CONNECTED AN MLO RAISES MONEY THROUGH TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND A CBA CONTROLS HOW THOSE
DOLLARS BUT IS CERTAINLY THE DISTRICT IS GOVERNED. THIS IS NOT JUST A LAKE OR I CANNER YOU IT'S A GOVERNANCE ISSUE. YOU HAVE BEEN ELECT ODD GOVERN THE DISTRICT ON BEHALF THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, PRINCIPALS AND TAXPAYERS
THE SUPERINTENDENT IS HIRED TO LEAD THE DISTRICT. A UNION EXISTS TO ADVOCATE SOLELY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY REPRESENT THOSE ROLES NORTH THE SAME. TAXPAYERS SHOULD NOT BE ASKED IT APPROVE NEW FUNDING WHILE THE
BOARD POTENTIAL AVOID ANSWERING WHETHER THOSE DOLLARS COULD BE LATER TIED TO A COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING GRAEME. WITH WITHOUT BROAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AN MLO IS NOT GOING TO PASS, PREVIOUSLY A CONSERVATIVE HELPED LEAD THE BOND AND PISTONS
INITIATIVES AND MADE THE CASE TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP MATTERS. THERE APPEARS TO BE POLITICAL PRESSURE NOT TO PUT THE MLO ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL. IF FOUR SORTERS WHO ARE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO
SUPPORT A 2026 MLO BECAUSE THEY, AND RIGHTFULLY SO OR FOCUSED ON OTHER POLITICAL PRIORITIES THIS CYCLE YOU NEED TO TAKE AN HONEST LOOK AT THAT AS THE BOARD. THEN THERE IS OPTICS ISSUE YOU CANNOT IGNORE DCSD SUPPORTED BOARD CAMPAIGNS AND IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME THEY WOULD BE ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING A FUTURE
MLO CAMPAIGN. AND THAT CREATES A PUBLIC TRUST PROBLEM. IF THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO RECOGNIZE OR BARGAIN WITH THAT SAME ORGANIZATION. VOTERS ARE NOT NAIVE. DCSD CANNOT HELP ELECT BOARD
MEMBERS, HELP PASS A TAX INCREASE AND SEEK BARGAINING POWER WITHOUT CREATING A SERIOUS PUBLIC TRUST PROBLEM, ASKING VOTERS WHETHER THEY SUPPORT DCF IS NOT THE SAME AS ASKING WHETHER THEY SUPPORT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, WHICH IS WHAT YOU POLLED. THAT IS LAKE ASKING PEOPLE WHETHER THEY LIKE MOUNTAIN LIONS
AND THEN BL CLAIM THAT GO THEY SUPPORTED RELEASING ONE IN YOUR BACKYARD THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT YOU DID NOT ASK. RESPECTING SOMETHING IS NOT THE SAME AS AGREEING TO GIVE IT POWER OVER DISTRIBUTE FINANCES AND GOVERNANCE. AS YOU CONSIDER PLACING AN MLO ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL YOU NEED
TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHETHER THE CAMPAIGN INFRASTRUCTURE ACTUALLY EXISTS. WHO WILL PUBLICLY LEAD THE EFFORT. >> 15 SECONDS REMAINING. >> WHICH 99% OF THE TEACHERS, I HEARD YOU. SUPPORT. AND WHO WILL BUILD THE TRUST WITH THE VOTERS ACROSS POLITICAL BELIEFS?
DELAYING TO 2027 DOESN'T FIX THIS. IF YOU DELAY THE BOARD BOTH THE MLO AND CBA DECISION IT WILL LOOK LIKE YOU WERE HIDING HARD ANSWERS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE BOB SHADEL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY OPINION. I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY TO OPPOSE THE MLO. PROPOSED. ANOTHER INCREASE IN THE DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX THIS IS NOT THE
RIGHT TIME IN CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. PERSISTENT INFLATION, EVER-INCREASING ESSENTIAL UTILITY, INSURANCE, GROCERIES AND PROPERTY TAXES ARE ALREADY OVERBURDENING FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS. IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME WITH OVERALL DECLINE IN STUDENT
ENROLLMENTS CONTINUING IN THE 2026/27 YEAR. WHAT IT IS TIME FOR IS THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS BOARD TO TAKE ANOTHER CLOSER LOOK AT THE MLO REQUEST AND BY EXTENSION THE 2026/27 BUDGET DISCUSSION IN
THIS MEETING AND FUTURE MEETINGS. PARTICULARLY WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO EXAM -- WHAT HAS THE DISTRICT DONE AND WHAT WILL THEY DO TO SCOUT NEWS AND CONTROL EXPENSES? WHERE ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO
REDUCE EXPENSES? WHAT IS ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM VERSUS NICE TO HAVE THAT PERHAPS SHOULD NOT BE EXPANDED. WHY IS THE COST OF CURRICULAR INVESTMENT $8.25 MILLION OR MORE IN THE PROPOSED MLO REQUEST?
WHO IS THE DISTRICT BUYING THIS FROM? COULD A LESS EXPENSIVE SOURCE BE FOUND? REGARDING EXPANDING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO PAY FOR THIS? IS INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS CHIPPING IN? IF NOT THEY SHOULD BE ASKED.
A PAY RAISE FOR TEACHERS IS SURELY NEEDED. AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. BUT I AM NOT KEEN ON INCREASING OTHER STAFF SALARIES, YOUR MLO REQUEST INCLUDES TEACHERS AND STAFF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
IF YOU USED $22.4 MILLION JUST FOR TEACHER RAISES, THAT IS JUST 3.3% OF THE TOTAL DISTRICT BUDGET. I PROPOSE THAT THAT CAN BE FUNDED WITH COST CUTTING MEASURES FROM OTHER BUDGET LINES
WITHOUT AN MLO. LASTLY, THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE PROUD THAT IT HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST TAX RATES IN THE AREA. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY. COMPARING OUR MILL LEVEE TO
OTHERS SHOULD NEVER BE USED TO SUPPORT A MILL LEVEE TAX INCREASE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE GENERAL IVERSON. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. AND SUPERINTENDENT CANE. I AM JEFF OFFICER IVERSON REPRESENTING DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS WE BELIEVE IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION AND DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. DCSD HAS RESEARCHED INVESTED AND PUT INTO WRITING COMMITMENT TO EQUITY. NONDISCRIMINATION AND RESPECTFUL SCHOOL CULTURE AND CLIMATE. THE EDUCATION EQUITY POLICY IS
ON THE BOOK. EQUITY ADVISORY COUNCIL EX-SIEVES THE NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY IS IN PLACE. DIG LAS COUNTY PARENTS STANDS FULLY BEHIND THESE COMMITMENTS AND WE ARE ASKING THIS BOARD TO STAND FIRMLY BEHIND THEM.
CONSISTENTLY BEHIND THEM WITHOUT EXCEPTION. THE PRESENTATION THIS HE WAS SHOWS THAT STUDENTS HAVE TOLD DCSD THAT THEY FEEL UNDER VALUED. THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION ARE NOT ALWAYS ADDRESSED WHEN THEY HAPPEN. THEY HAVE TOLD US THEY DO NOT
FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING FULLY THEMSELVES AT SCHOOL. THE SUPPORT THEY RECEIVE DEPENDS TOO. ON WHICH BUILDING THEY WALK INTO. THAT'S NOT EQUITY, THAT'S GEOGRAPHY AND WE CAN DO BETTER.
HERE IS WHAT DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS IS ASKING OF THIS BOARD TONIGHT. FIRST, EMPOWER THE EQUITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. ELEVATE IT TO A STANDING BOARD COMMITTEE. WITH A REAL SEAT AT THE TABLE. NOT AN ADVISORY IN NAME ONLY.
A RECOGNIZED BODY WITH AUTHORITY AND EXPECTATION TO DRIVE ACCOUNTABILITY. GIVE IT THE WEIGHT IT DESERVES. SECOND REQUIRE THE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO PRESENT DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD, REGULARLY, PUBLICALLY PUBLICALLY, ON THE RECORD. THIRD, PLEASE INNOVATE ON VOICES
TO THIS TABLE. WILLED LIKE TO SEE GROUP LIKE THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND OTHERS THAT WORK A LONG SIDE OUR MINORITY GROUPS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, PLEASE HEAR THEM DIRECTLY AND NOT THROUGH
SUMMARIES FILTERED THROUGH LAYERS OF ADMINISTRATION. WE ALSO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. D.C. P ENCOURAGES THIS DISTRICT TO OFTENER WELCOMING TUNEDS FOR PAPER TODAY LEARN AND GROW ALONGSIDE THESE EFFORTS.
CHILDREN ABSORB WHAT THEY SEE AND HEAR AT HOME. AND WHEN WE AS PARENTS EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING, WE GIVE OUR CHILDREN THE FOUNDATION TO BECOME THE KIND OF CLASSMATES AND NEIGHBORS EVERY FAMILY HOPES TO RAISE. THE POLICIES ARE WRITTEN, THE COUNCIL EXISTS. THE NEED IS REAL.
AND IT IS DOCUMENTED. >> 152ND REMAINING. >> STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE WATCHING AND WE WILL BE HERE TO ENSURE THESE COMMITMENTS DO NOT
QUIET FADE THE KIDS ARE COUNTING OUT. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS EVERYBODY. WE'LL GO INTO ITEM NUMBER 7, ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WOULD LIKE LIKE TO PULL 7.3 THE APPROVAL OF THE 2026/26 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT.
>> OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL. SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 7.1 AND 7.2? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND
SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RYAN. THAT THE BOARD APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 7.1 AND 7.2. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE I WILL CALL ROLL.
DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DIDN'T HER. >> AYE. >> CORRECT TAR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE, DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE,. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THAT MOTION PASSES 7-0.
AND NOW WE WILL LOOK AT ITEM 7.3, APPROVAL OF SCHOOL YEAR 25/26 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IT'S JUST THE APPENDIX ITEMS ARE DATED MARCH 31st OF 2025.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE UPDATES TO THE TITLE TO REFLECT 2026. >> ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
OR DISCUSSION. SO IS THAT A MOTION? CAN YOU SAY IT ONE MORE TIME SORRY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIALS FOR 2025, 2026, WITH THE DATES AND THE APPENDIX ITEM
UPDATED TO REFLECT 202060. >> OKAY, GREAT. IS THERE A SECOND? >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY GREG DIRECTOR
GEIGER ACCEPT 7.3 WITH THE DATES UPDATE ED IN THE INDEX IN, ANY DISCUSSION? 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. THAT PASSES 7-0. ALL RIGHT, THAT GETS US IN TO THE ADOPTION OF THE JOINT MOTION AGENDA. WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE.APRIL 21st, 2026 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES? >> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED ON DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY
DIRECTOR RYAN THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE APRIL 21, 2026 REGULAR BUSINESS MINUTES, THE MOTION IS OPEN FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE I WILL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DRESS D DENZLER AYE.
>> THE DR. EFFECT TOUR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECT RYAN AYE. >> DRESS TO HAVE THOMPSON. >> THE MOWINGS PASSES SEFTZ-0. SO NOW WE ARE IN TO ITEM NUMBER 9, OUR STUDY ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS 9.1 CHARTER
SCHOOL APPLICATION PROCESS OVERVIEW. >> YES, WE HAVE DIRECTOR OF CHOICE PROGRAMMING GORDAN MOSER HERE TO PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, PSALM, THANK YOU BOARD. SO BOTH PRECAUTIONS ARE COMBINE ED IN TO ONE. YOU HAVE MY SHORT OPENING AND IT'S THE SAME AND LEADS INTO THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANTS.
I WILL GO THROUGH SOME INFORMATION JUST TO SHARE OUR PROCESS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS TO THEM IN THIS PUBLIC SPACE.
DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS WELCOME HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER APPLIAPPLICATIONS AND DO THAT TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DIRECT. THE WINDOW IS BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF OF EACH YEAR AS OUTLINED IN THE POLICY LBD1.
WE HAVE ONE -- MAKE SURE THAT ANSWER ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH IN. WE CALL IN A NEW APPLICATION. IT REALLY IS AN INTERESTING MIX MATCH THAT DOESN'T LINE UP PERFECTLY IN OUR WORLD ARE THIS IS AN EXISTING DCSD AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL WHO IS CURRENTLY
OPERATING A 6-12 CAMPUS, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO ON THEIR CURRENT GROUND, THEY WOULD EXPAND THAT BUILDING AND DO AN EXPANSION APPLICATION WHICH WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF THAT GREAT LEVEL SERVED ON THAT CAMPUS. THAT WOULD BE AN AFTER THE
ACCIDENT PASSION BY OUR DID HE HAVE BINGES MISSION BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SAME SPACE. THIS THEY COULD DO A REPLICATION A CARBON COP ANY ANOTHER SPACE EXAMINE IT DOESN'T FIT THAT BOX, SO WHAT WE DID, WE HAD LOTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEE WHAT DOES
THIS MOST APPROPRIATELY FIT IN OUR LENS IT MOST APPROPRIATELY FIT A NEW SCHOOL APPLICATION BECAUSE IT'S A NEW SCHOOL THE CURRENT APPLICANT DOES NOT DO ELEMENTARY AND WOULD NOT BE DOING THESE SERVICES ON THEIR CURRENT LOCATION THEREFORE IT'S A NEW SCHOOL IT'S KIND OF A MIX MATCH OF THINGS BUT I WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT I TALKED THAT THROUGH. THE APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE ON APRIL 1st. THE PARTICIPANT DID CAPACITY INTERVIEW WITH THE FULL CART TEAM ON APRIL 22nd. THEY ARE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU IN 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION, LBDR1
IS WHERE EVERYTHING IS IN THE POLICY GUIDANCE AND MANUALS THE SCANNED CARD CORE APPLICATION OUTLINEDDED CHARTER SCHOOL ACT OF COLORADO. THOSE ARE SECTIONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAD TO DO THEIR APPLICATION THROUGH. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE CONSTANT AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR
APPLICANTS. OUR CART TEAM IS COMPRISED OF I DON'T WANT TO BE BASHFUL AND NOT GIVE GREAT PRAYED TO THEM. WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE BEST CHARTER APPLICATION REVIEW TEAMS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO IF NOT IN THE NATION, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY. WE HAVE EXPERTS FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT WHO ARE ON THIS.
A LOT OF PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND STATE A CHARTER CAM INDICATION REVIEW IS NOT -- DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS BUT WE HAVE EXPERTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ON THERE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE,
DIRECTORS OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES GO DOWN THE LIST. DIRECTOR MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION, ALL IS OF THOSE PEOPLE LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE EXPERTISE LENS AND I THINK THAT GIVES YOU GREAT CREDIBILITY AS A DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED THESE FULLY AND HOLISTICALLY. WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS AS YOU CAN
SEE, OF THE DAC, WE HAVE A PARENT, WE HAVE TWO DAC MEMBERS, ONE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OR A PARENT OF A CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT SO WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE FOC. MEMBERS OF THE LRPC AND INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWER
WHO COMES IN AND DOES THESE THINGS AROUND THE STATE FOR US. APRIL 16th, WE WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I DID MEET WITH THE ENTIRE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY CAN COMMITTEE THEY RECEIVED A COPY OF THE FULHAM INDICATION I CAN RECEIVED THEIR FEEDBACK, WE
HAD DAC REPRESENTATION, AGAIN, IN THE CHARTER APPLICATION REVIEW. AND I ATTENDED THE DAC MEETING ON APRIL 16th TO RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS. THE CAPACITY INTERVIEW HAPPENED ON APRIL 22nd, WE ARE HERE IN THE MIDDLE ON MAY 12th OF COURSE YOU HAD YOUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT TO
HAVE PEOPLE SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THEIR APPLICATION. NEXT STEP IS ON THE 260 WHERE WE COME BACK TOGETHER FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER SPEAK IN FAVOR OR
OPPOSITION OF THE CHARTER APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU FORMALLY AND AT THAT MEETING IT WILL BE YOUR DECISION TO RULE BY RESOLUTION IN FAVOR TO APPROVE OR DENY THE
APPLICATION. IF I QUESTIONS FROM ME ON THOSE PROCESS STEPS? >> RIGHT ON TIME. >> ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICATION ITSELF. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I MAY HAVE MISSED IT SOMEWHERE. IS THERE A REASON WE DIDN'T GET
THE FULHAM SAYING INDICATION TO US. >> THE FULHAM CAUTION. >> IT WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> SO THE SECOND MEETING. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SORRY, SO IT'S POSTED AND VOTED FOR THE SAME DAY? >> YOU'LL HAVE IT IN ADVANCE OF.
YOU'LL HAVE IT -- THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL COME TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF, YES. >> I MEANT THE AM CHANGE. >> THE APPLICATION? >> UH-HUH. >> WHAT WAS THE QUESTION EXACTLY?
>> SO TYPICALLY WE POST SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON IN ONE MEETING AND THEN VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING MEETING. JUST GETTING CLARITY. >> I THINK THE QUESTION IS THE APPLICATION ISN'T AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. >> YEAH. SO WE WILL MAKE IT AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL BE DEVELOPED ON THURSDAY, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BOARD NEEDS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH THAT. SO WE WON'T WAIT UNTIL THE POSTING DATE RIGHT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THURSDAY WE'LL TRY TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE NEXT
WEEK. >> IS THAT THE PROCESS WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST? IT SEEMS LIKE THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN AVAILABLE AT THE FIRST MEETING. >> I THINK WE HAVE SEEN IT
ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN DIFFERENT WAYS WHEN I WAS IN THE POSITION WE STARTED IN IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN THAT EARLY BUT WE'LL TRIED TO GET IT AS SOON AS WE CAN, WE ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS MAKING SURE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE CONTRACT GO HAND IN HAND TO GIVE CONTEXT TOTTAM SAYING AS
WELL. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE THE GIVE THEIR PRESIDENT TAKE? NO, 15 MINUTES ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE HAVE 15 MINUTES FOR
Q&A FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING BOARD DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVERYBODY OUR PROPOSAL TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAMMING TO ADD A P.K.-5 RENAISSANCE SITE IN CASTLE ROCK AS PART OF A P.K. 12 SECONDARY SCHOOL AND AS GORDON MENTIONED
IT'S A LITTLE COMPLEX JUST IN THAT WE DON'T FIT ANY OF THOSE BOXES WHICH IS APPROPRIATE. WE ARE ACTUALLY REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CHARTER CONTRACT TO ADD THOSE GREAT LEVELS AND SITES. THAT'S OUR REQUEST. NOT TO DO A NEW SCHOOL PER SE
BUT UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS DID NOT FIT I AM AMY STEWART. THIS PROS ARE PROPOSAL IS BEING BROUGHT BY OUR ENTIRE TEAM SOMEONE WHO IS HERE TONIGHT AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT TEAMS INCLUDES LEADERS FROM RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL AS WELL AS VERY EXPERIENCED EL
EDUCATION OR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING I'LL USE THOSE TWO TERM INTERCHANGEABLY THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME A WHILE BACK PROFESSIONAL MONTHS IS DO HAVE SEEN DIES TO DOUGLAS COUNTY BUT ALSO SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AND OPERATED EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING
ELEMENT ARE YOU SCHOOLS. OUR PROPOSAL IS RESPONDING TO A REALLY CLEAR AND SUSTAINED COMMUNITY DEMAND FOR RENAISSANCE ELEMENTARY LEVEL PROGRAMMINGS. THE MAGNATE SCHOOL HAS EXCEEDED AVAILABLE CAPACITY. WE ARE ONLY ONE IN THREE
STUDENTS RECEIVES AN OFFER OF ENROLLMENT. TONIGHT WE WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEPOSITING STRAIGHTED DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAMMING, OUR TEAM'S READINESS IN TO IMPLEMENT IT AND THE ALIGN WITH THE BROADER DISTRICT CAPACITY. I HAVE I HAVE TO DO ALL THING,
AS YOU PLAY KNOW REMEMBER ZONES PRIORITIZES EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO BECOME CRITICAL THINKERS AND PROBLEM SOLVE EFFORTS, COLLABORATORS AND ENGAGED LEARNERS BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH OUR EDUCATION MODEL. ESPECIALLY BEING THAT YOU HAVE A NAG THAN SCHOOL WITH THAT MODEL. TOP WE WANT TO FOCUS PRIMARILY
ON DEMAND, READINESS AND WHY THIS EXPANSION IS POSITIONED TO SUCCEED. RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES AS I KNOW YOU ARE AWARE INDICATE THE STRONGEST PREGNANT DIFFERENT TOUR OF A CHARTER SCHOOL'S
SUCCESS IS THE STRENGTH OF THE FOULING TEAM AND THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM DEFINITELY IMMEDIATE THAT STANDARD. WE HAVE LEADERS THAT CONTINUE TO OPERATE RENAISSANCE IN DOUGLAS COUNT A LONG SIDE EVEN L CERTAINLY INDICATORS LEAD WHO'S
HAVE LED AND OPENED SUCCESSFULLY LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN, BRIEF RENAISSANCE USING THE EL EDUCATION PRIME WORK, EMPHASIZING RIGOROUS ACADEMIC,S LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION AND REAL WORLD SPENDS THINK IN
ADDITION TO THAT EVEN L EDUCATION FRAMEWORK THE RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS -- EXCUSE ME, UNIQUELY INCORPORATE ADVENTURE EDUCATION EXPERIENCES. THAT PRIORITIZE RESILIENCE, TEAM WORK AND STUDENT GROWTH THROUGH OOUTDOOR AND PER SHALL LEARNING,
IMPORTANTLY. EL SCHOOLS NATIONALLY AND RENAISSANCE LOCALLY HAVE DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS SERVING DIVERSE LEADER LEARNSER EVEN INCLUDES ARE STUDENTS WITH IE P-FL. 504 PLANS AND GIFTED LEARN THESE STRONG TEAM COMBINE COMBINED WITH THE PROVEN MODEL POSITION
TO TEAM STRONGLY FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXPANSION. YOU ARE LIKELY AWARE BEST PRACTICES FOR CHARTER AUTHORIZES WHICH DOUGLAS COUNTY DOES A
GREAT JOB RECOMMEND THAT DEMAND CONSIDERS ALL THREE AREAS, SO EVIDENCE OF AN UNMET NEED. AND STRONG HE FEEL INTEREST FROM THE COMMUNITY THERE IS A STRONG DEMAND BASED ON ALL THREE OF THESE INDICATORS. BEFORE WE GET TO THIS BEAUTIFUL
SLIDE REMEMBER'S ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL HAS DEFINITELY EXPERIENCED WAIT LISTS FOR YEAR YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THOSE THE PROS POEED COUPLE OF-5 EXPANSION SHARES THE SAME CORE PROGRAMMING ELEMENTS INCLUDING EL EDUCATION, ADVENTURE EDUCATION, RENAISSANCE
SCHOOL, CULTURE FAMILIAR TO DISTRICT FAMILIES AND IN FACT THE SECOND AIR I SCHOOL WAS WAG FOUND TODAY EXTEND THE PROGRAMMING. NO DOUBT THE SCHOOLS SIMILAR, YES THAT SCHOOL IS NEXT DOOR IN
CASTLE ROCK SO FITTING BOTH CAREER TIRE I CAN'T OF NEARBY AND SIMILAR. THE FIRST DRAFT HERE DEMONSTRATES OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS REMEMBER HAPPENS HAS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAIN YOU HAD A WAIT LIST WITH MOMENT OF THOSE YEARS SHOWING THAT MORE STUDENTS
DID NOT RECEIVE OFFERS THAT RECEIVED THEM. 72% OF APPLICATIONS DID NOT RECEIVE A OFFER 205 STUDENTS REMAINS TO THE WAIT LIST.
EVERYBODY WITH THE PROPOSED P-K5 EXPANSION OPENING WHICH PURPORTS TO ADD 72 KINDERGARTEN SEATS. THERE IS STILL UNMET DEMAND THAT WILL LIKELY REMAIN. OVERALL ONE IN THREE AM CAMS
HAVE RECEIVED AN OFFER IN RECENT YEARS, THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, THIS TOP 28%, THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF AM CAMS THAT RECEIVED AN OFFER THIS YEAR, WHICH PUTS US CLOSE TO ONE IN FOUR.
THIS PROPOSAL IS RESPONDING TO THAT DEMAND. WE HAVE STRONG EARLY INTERESTING IN THE EXPANSION WE ARE TWO YEARS OUT FROM OPENING, AS OF APRIL 1st, WHEN WE SUBMITTED THAT APPLICATION THERE ARE FOUR SUFFICIENT TEEN INTEREST FORMS SUBMITTED FOR K-5.
AND THIS LEVEL OF EARLY INTEREST IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT STRONGLY INDICATES THE LOCAL DEMAND FOR THAT PROGRAM. THIS PROPOSED EXPANSION IS ALSO VERY LIKELY TO SUCCEED. RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICE
INDICATES EXTRA STRONG WE MANNED AND EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP ARE ALL KEY PREDICTORS OF A CHARTER SCHOOL'S SUCCESS OUR PROPOSAL DEMONSTRATES ALL THREE. WE HAVE A STRONGED SUSTAINED FAMILY DEMAND OVERTIME AT A NEARBY AND SIMILAR SCHOOL. WE HAVE A PROVEN EDUCATIONAL MODEL AND WE HAVE AN EXPERIENCED
LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAM. WITH A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS CREATES A REALLY HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS FOR THE P.K.-5 EXPANSION. WHILE THE TEAM HAS VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE IN MEETING ENROLLMENT
BENCH MARKS AND SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHING THE SCHOOL WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT OF PLANNING CONSERVATIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY AND 85% ENROLLMENT BUDGET SCENARIO HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION THE TEAM IS PREPARED TO NATION OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED
WHILE MAINTAINING OF COURSE ESSENTIAL SAFETY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. OUR SCHOOL HAS A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION TO MANAGE ANY UNEXPECTED CHALLENGE. RESPONSIBLY. AND OUR TEAM HAS EXHIBITED ABILITY TO DO JUST THAT DURING THE POST RECENT PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS. IN TERMS OF AT THAT SILTS WE ARE ON TRACK TO PEOPLE THE TIME LIGHT WITH PREFERRED LOCATIONS IDENTIFY AND CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS FOR THE 2028 OPENING WAS SPECIFICALLY SELECTED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PLANNING FLEXIBILITY.
AND TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE KNOWN CHALLENGES THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME THAT I KNOW YOU ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH. ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE DISTRICT FUNDED FACILITY INVESTMENT FOR MEET ELEMENTARY CAPACITY NEEDS SINCE CHARTER COOL CONSTRUCTION IS NOT FUNDED
THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S BOND DOLLARS. SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR BELIEF THAT THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REALLY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH DOUGLAS COUNTY. THAT CAN BENEFIT BOTH P STUDENTS AND FAMILIES INTERESTED IN RENAISSANCE PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT.
DCSD'S MASTER CAP PAL PLAN STATES THAT FIVE OF THE EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CASTLE ROCK ARE PROJECTED TO BE OVERCROWDED BY 2029. AND THIS EXPANSION DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THAT NEED. IT'S WELL POSITIONED TO MEET THIS NEED IN PARTICULAR.
GIVEN ITS LOCATION IN CASTLE ROCK. AND THE TIMING OF OPENING IN 2028. AT THE SAME TIME, THE DISTRICT ANTICIPATE SUBSTAAL SUBSTANTIAL FUTURE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ADDITIONAL; ELEMENTARY CAPACITY. CITING THE NEED FOR THREE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN
THE 6-10 YEARS TIME FRAME. WHICH WILL REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL FUTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT. THIS PROPOSED EXPANSION WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SEATS IN THE GROWING AREA WITHOUT TRYING THOSE TAX-PAYER FUNDED
FACILITIES CREATING VALUES FOR FAMILY SUPPORTS DISTRICT CAPACITY PLAN AND HELPS REDUCE ADDITIONAL FACILITY PRESSURES THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A REALLY STRONG PARTNERSHIP TO BRING A BENEFIT FOR THE DISTRICT BEYOND THE FAMILIES WHO EXPERIENCE THIS PROGRAMMING.
AND IN CLOSING, THIS PROPOSAL RESPONDS DIRECT TOY A SUSTAINED AND UNMET FAMILY AGREE DEMANNED TO RENAISSANCE ELEMENTARY PROGRAMMING. IT HELPS ADDRESS CAPACITY NEEDS IN CASTLE ROCK WITHOUT REQUIRING DISTRICT-FUNDED FACILITIES. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE IS A
PROVEN LEADERSHIP TEAM BEHIND THIS EFFORT. BRINGING FORWARD A WELL-DEVELOPED FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PLAN. TO EXPAND A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION PRODUCT MODEL AS ANNEX THEY GOES OF AN EXISTING HIGH-PER FORM SCHOOL WHERE ARE
FAMILIAR FOR FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> YOU DID THAT QUICKLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE 20 MINUTES NOW FOR Q& A.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP IF WE COULD LIMIT IT TO ONE PER PERSON UNTIL EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AROUND. DOES ANYONE WANT TO GET US STARTED WITH THE FIRST QUESTION. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AS DR. STEWART KNOWS I HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT YOUR CAMPUS CURRENTLY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT STUFF THERE THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SINCE YOU HAVE A PLATFORM AND IT'S HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO KNOW IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT HOW RENAISSANCE STARTED THE MODEL THAT YOU HAVE THERE, HOW THAT CHANGED
THROUGHOUT AND COVERING GRADES BECAUSE I WANT IT, I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR TEAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH P.K.-5. BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE. BUT YOUR SCHOOL CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE P.K.-5.
>> IT I MAY TAKE A QUICK DETOUR LAST TIME WE WERE HERE YOU DID HAVE I AM INDICATION I MIGHT HAVE FRAMED THIS DIFFERENTLY IF I KNEW YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU I AM GLAD I KNOW IT NOW AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND SECONDLY I HAVE A COUPLE OF TEAM MEMBERS HERE THAT I MAY CALL ONTO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION DIRECTOR RYAN.
YES, SO A TEAM OF FOLKS BACK IN 2016,-17. EDUCATORS AND PARENTS WHO HAD STUDENTS AT REMEMBER'S ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL IN CASTLE ROCK ASKED THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER EXPAND THAT GO PROGRAMMING TO THE SECONDARY
LEVEL. WE MET WITH MANY SCHOOL LEADERS AND LOOKED FOR A HOPE AND SAID WE WILL HELP, HOW CAN WE DO THIS? THE ANSWER WAS THERE WAS NOT AN ADULT TO DO THAT. WITHOUT A LOCATION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BOND OPEN IN SCHOOL AND THAT WAS NOT NOT CARD AT THAT
TIME THE ANSWER WAS TO OPEN A CHARTER SCHOOL HERE WE ARE, WE DID. SO WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG TEAM. WE HAVE A CA STRONG FINANCIAL TIME AND SECONDARY TYPE OPENING THE SCHOOL.
IF YOU FAST FORWARD TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WE ARE EXCITED TO DO THAT WORK TED SECONDARY LEVEL AND WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR TEAM SINCE THEN. SO YOU MET SCOTT WHO WAS THE A VETERAN EL EDUCATION PRESENCE PAL AND HAS WORKED FOR MANY YEARS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND
THROUGHOUT WHO IS A MEMBER OF OUR FOUNDING TEAM FOR THIS ELEMENTARY EFFORT. HAS LOTS OF EXPERIENCE WITH ELEMENTARY AND EL AND CARRY COBB WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS AT THE EIGHTH GRADE PASSAGE PRESENTATION THIS
EVENING WHO IS ALSO WAS OUR EL SCHOOL SITE DESIGNER. AND I REGRET FOR EL'S SAKE TO SAY THAT WE HIRED HER AWAY FROM THEM. SO SHE IS NOW PART OF OUR TEAM AND HAS SPENT THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE TRAVELING THE COUNTRY
DESIGNING ELEMENTARY EL SCHOOLS AND OPENING THEM AND LAUNCHING THEM AND SUP SUPPORTING THEM THH A CREDENTIALING PROCESS WHICH IS RIGOROUS PROCESS TO SAY THAT YOU ARE TRULY AN EM L SCHOOL YOU MET THESE BENCHMARKS WE ADD I QUITE IDENTIFY FOR YOU FOLKS FOR YOU ARE OUR TEAM AS WELL AS OTHER EDUCATE THAT'S WE ARE BRINGING
ON TO HELP WITH THAT EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR -- GROW OUR BENCH IN WHEN IT COMES TOMORROW. ARE YOU.
>> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND THEN DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS GOOD TO VISIT THE SCHOOL. A FEW WEEKS AGO. I THINK ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS FAIL IS THEY BITE OFF
MORE THAN THEY CAN CHEW FROM A FACILITIES STANDPOINT. AND I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT I AM LIMITED TO TO ONE. RELATIVE TO YOUR FACILITIES, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT, I GUESS,
THE -- WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF INTEREST FORMS THAT YOU HAVE? WERE AND WHERE THE SCHOOL COOL POTENTIALLY BE LOCATED.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT COMES UP A LOT. WE HAVE NOT SHARED A SPECIFIC LOCATION. GIVEN THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE APPROVED YET. SO WE ARE VERY RED SAINT TO PURCHASE LAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S DOLLARS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE APPROVAL TO BUILD ON SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE NOT. OF COURSE THAT LAND CHANGES,
OVERTIME. SO WE HAVE HAD FORTUNATELY AT ANY GIVEN TIME BEEN ABLE TO FIND IN THE CASTLE ROCK AREA LAND THAT WOULD WORK WITHIN OUR BUDGET WHICH IS REALLY FORTUNATE. FA SUDDEN COST OR HUGE AND THEY ARE A PIECE THAT WE HAVE TODAY
PAY FOR OUT OF OUR PRR THERE IS PROGRAMS AND WAYS THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS TACKLE THAT MUCH THE FIRST IS LEAGUE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS NOW AHEAD MINUTE STRESS THE GREAT SCHOOLS COLORADO GRANT WHICH WE GOT WHEN WE OPENED THE SECONDARY SCHOOL WHICH HELPS WITH THE UP FRONT COSTS, COVERS
YOUR FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT. HELPS WITH THAT UP FRONT FACILITY COST. THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN STATE NONCOMPETITIVE GRANT THAT HELPED TO -- WITH FACILITIES WHICH HAS HAPPENED ANNUALLY AND, OF COURSE, THOSE MAY OR MAY NOT STILL BE IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT THEY ARE IN EXISTENCE NOW AND THEN WE DO HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF FACILITIES. THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EXPENSIVE BUILDING NOW AND PLAN TO DO IT. I SAW BAD NEWS IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE THAT YOU ARE KIND OF
WORKING THROUGH. BUT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT IN OUR CURRENT BUILDING WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT AND BE AGILE AND WORK THROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER SPECIFICS BUT WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SPEND ON THE GROUND ANY LAND
SO THAT WE CAN BE CAREFUL ABOUT OUR BUILDING COSTS AND KEEP AS MUCH AS WE CAN GOING DIRECTLY TO THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS. >> COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE YOUR FACILITIES COST RELATIVE TO YOUR OVERALL BUDGET.
>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BRITTANY PIERCE OUR BUSINESS DIRECTOR SHE CAN SHARE MORE DID HE DETAIL ON THAT. >> SHE KNOWS THE NUMBERS IN HER HEAD. SHE WILL -- >> IT'S A LOT.
A LOT MORE THAN WE WOULD LIKE. >> IT'S VARIED OVER THE YEARS WHEN WE OPEN IT WAS HIGHER IT WAS CLOSE TO 20% IT'S DOWN NOW FOR TODAY ABOUT 12. SO AS P.P. R GROWS, IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE BUILDING WHEN WE OPENED IT NOW IT LOOKS BRIT
PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF COST BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE REALLY EXPLODED. I WOULD SAY THAT WE WORKED THROUGH SOME REALLY CHALLENGING TIMES DURING COVID AND SO WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS, WE HAVE LEARNED WHAT WORKS IN OUR FACILITY, WHAT DIDN'T WORK
SO WELL. AND FEEL LIKE THAT MAKES US REALLY WELL SITUATED TO DO IT RESPONSIBLY HE GOING FORWARD. THERE IS DEFINITELY THINGS I WILL RECOMMEND THAT WE DO DID EFFECTUALLY. >> DO YOU HAVE A -- AS YOU LOOK
TO BUILD YOUR NEW BUILDING, IS THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO STAY UNDER? >> DEFINITELY UNDER 20. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE LOWER YOU CAN GET IT THE BETTER. BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT
OVERTIME, OF COURSE, P.P. R GOES UP AND DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOU FINANCE THAT FACILITY -- WHAT THAT WINDOW IS. IT CAN BECOME FEASIBLE I LOOK AT SOLDER CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WHAT THEIR INTERCEPT I THINK OH, SOME
DAY WE WILL BE THERE. YOU HAVE TO MANAGE IT ON THE FRONT END AND WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE CAN DO THAT. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION I GOT TO VISIT RENAISSANCE I JUST HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT THE DEMAND THE FACT THAT WE'LL HAVE SIXTH GRADE MIGRATION I AM WONDERING HOW, GIVEN THE FACT THAT SIXTH GRADE WILL MAY GRADE THAT WILL INCREASE AVAILABLE CAPACITY WITHIN THE CASTLE ROCK ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY WHAT DATE DA A DO YOU HAVE THAT JUSTIFIES
THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL CAMPUS GIVEN THAT. >> I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO WHAT IS PUBLISHED IN THE MASTER PLAN. I WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK WITH THE DIRECT TO SHARE HOW THEY ARRIVED AT THOSE CONCLUSIONS CERTAINLY THOSE GROWTH NUMBERS, THOUGH, THAT ARE PUBLIC AVAILABLE OF CASTLE ROCK THE AREAS THAT ARE
GROWING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ARE RIGHT WHERE WE ARE POSITION AND WHAT WE ARING LOOKING TO GROW THAT'S REAL. AND RELEVANT DATA OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC. LACKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT NEED
WE USE THE MASTER CAPITAL PLAN AS THE REFERENCE. THERE IS LOTS OF DATA BUT I AM NOT THE BEST PERSON TO SPEAK THAT OUR INTENT SAYS TO ENROLL COME AN TRAILIZED AROUND CASTLE ROCK. ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT WHEN YOU HAVE A SCHOOL LIKE THIS IT
DOES ATTRACT THE LIKE THE DISTRICT MAGNATE SCHOOL DOES THERE ARE PLEDGE I OF FINALLIES WHO DRIVE I LIVED IN HIGHLANDS RANCH WHEN I DISCOVERED RENAISSANCE FOR MY OWN CHILDREN A LONG, LONG TIME AGO AND COMMUTE TODAY A LONG TILE UNTIL I MOVED THERE AND THAT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON STORY YOU WILL SEE
FAMILIES DRIVE FROM DEFINITELY PARKER, HIGHLANDS RANCH AREA AND EVEN FURTHER SOMETIMES IF THEY WANT THE SCHOOL MODEL. WE DO DON'T HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT. WE SEE THE GROWING DEMAND
HAPPENING AT CASTLE ROCK AS WELL AS THE POKED THAT WILL BE WILLING TO DRIVE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> I WAS CURIOUS HOW YOU SERVE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO WE HAVE A REALLY ROBUST AND STRONG TIGHT TEAM, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM. SO WE MEET THE DISTRICT -- MEET OR EXCEED IN MOST CASES THE
DISTRICT RATIO OF 1-25 FOR SPECIAL EDUCATORS IN THE CLASSROOM. WE ALSO HAVE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, SPEECH THERAPISTS, FULL-TIME SOCIAL WORKER AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE CONTEMPLATE ED IN THE BUDGET FOR ELEMENTARY AS WELL. WE WORK WITH FAMILIES TO MEET
THEIR IEP NEED THROUGH OUR TEAM. HAVING THOSE EXPERTS IN YOUR BUILDING AND DOING A GREAT JOB AT RECRUITING THOSE FOLKS IS THE KEY TO THAT AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE DO. WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG TEAM. IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL DISABILITIES SAME SITUATION.
WE HAVE A STUDENT IN PARTICULARLY 578 THINKING OF AND WE HAVE GOT PLENTY OF STUDENTS WHERE WE NEED THEIR NEED AND I DON'T WANT ON SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THEM THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL SITUATION, BUT WE REALLY ARE GOOD AT JUST MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO AND WANT TO DO. SO IT'S A VERY WELCOMING
ENVIRONMENT IN TERM OF WHOEVER KIDS ARE. >> DIRECTOR PARK DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION. >> NO. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN BUSINESS WE BOARD OF DIRECTOR
VISITS BECAUSE I CAME TO SEE YOU AS WELL. I GUESS I WILL JUST BE AS HONEST AS I CAN. I'VE GOTTEN TWO OR THREE EMAILS FROM RENAISSANCE PARENTS INVOLVED WITH RENAISSANCE MAG FACT WHO ARE ONE, CONCERNED THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CANNIBALIZE THEIR SCHOOL.
AND TWO, HAVE BEEN REPORTING THAT THERE IS DIRECT RECRUITMENT GOING ON AT RENAISSANCE MAGNET SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHARTER SCHOOL. CAN YOU ADDRESS KIND OF THOSE CLAIMS? AND WHY YOU ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT -- I DON'T -- WHY IS THERE
ROOM FOR TWO RENAISSANCE -- TWO EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CASTLE ROCK? >> GREAT QUESTION IF WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE ABOUT DEMAND WHICHS IS CHICAGO WHOO ANY ONLY 11
THROUGH THREE STUDENTS GET AN OFFER ENROLLMENT THE OTHER TWO ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GO BEING ONE DECIDES THEY DIDN'T WANT IT ANYWAY YOU HAVE HALF EVEN IF THESE NUMBERS ARE, YOU KNOW, PLAQUE YOU FLIGHT SOME IN WAY BECAUSE PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR MINDS 28% GETTING IN.
THAT'S 72% WHO DON'T. THAT'S MY. THEY ARE SEEK THIS IS MODEL IN CASTLE ROCK. THE ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION IS FIRST AWFUL RENAISSANCE ELEMENTARY MAGNET HAS HAD LEADERSHIP CHANGE AND EXPERIENCED A LOT OF CHANGE RECENTLY.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT'S A FACTOR. I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED IN GENERAL ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL. SO THAT'S ONE THING. I THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY NOT DIRECT RECRUITING. I THINK THAT ACCUSATION COMES FROM THE FACT THAT WE SHARE A LOT OF FAMILIES. SO SOMETIMES IF WE SENT OUT AN E
MAIL SAYING, HEY, WE ARE LOOKING AT EXPANDING. YOU KNOW, FILL OUT INTEND TO ENROLLS BEING TELL YOUR FRIENDS WHATEVER THOSE THINGS ARE, WHICH WE ARE ASKED TO DO. WE ARE ASKED TO GET THOSE LETTERS OF INTENT. ACTUALLY WHEN WE STARTED WE WERE REALLY HOPING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING DIFFERENT WAYS AND NOT DO THAT FOR THIS EXACT REASON.
WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO RISK YEP DIEDING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT'S CONFUSING WE HAVE THE SAME NAME. WE ARE MEANT TO BE PARTNERS AND SO THAT DIDN'T COME TRUE AND WE ARE NOT SURPRISED. THAT COMES FROM IF YOU SHARE A FAMILY AND YOU SEND THAT OUT TO YOUR CURRENT FAMILIES AND SAY
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. FCI AND LET YOUR FRIENDS KNOW. AND THEY HAVE A KID AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOW YOU HAVE AN ACCUSATION YOU SEND IT AND YOU ARE TRIAL TOO ROW CUTE IT. THAT'S THE EXPLANATION I CAN COME UP WITH TRACING BACK TO
EMAILS SECONDLY A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO HAVE APPROACHED US ABOUT WHETHER COMBINING THE TWO SCHOOLS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. COULD WE COMBINE THE TWO SCHOOL INSTEAD OF OPENING UP A SECOND ONE EXPAND THE CAMPUS NEXT DOOR WHAT COULD THAT ALSO LOOK LIKE
THAT CHANGES THE NARRATIVE OR CONVOLUTES THINGS AND CONFUSES PEOPLE. WE ARE SO WELCOMING OF ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW WE CAN PROVE THAT. IT'S BEEN TOUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD I THINK IN MIAMI TIME FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT PRINCIPALSS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST STARTING OVER EACH TIME AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. AND WE ARE REALLY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WENT TO BE A PARTNER. SECOND, REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE, IS WHEN THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS IDEA OF CAN BOLL EYEING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT'S A
ONE-AREA PROBLEM. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IF WE OPEN IN YEAR ONES WITH GREATS K-5. YES, KIDS WILL BE COMING FROM FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH GRADE AND THAT IS WHERE THEY MATE BE WORRIED ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE OWL ARE ALL OF OUR THIRD GRADERS I THINK PEOPLE GET
VERY WORRIED ABOUT THAT. AFTER THE FIRST YEAR WE ARE ONLY TAKING KIN GARDNERS AND THAT WAIT LIST HAS 82 KIDS ON DID RIGHT NOW FOR NEXT WE'RE AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OPENING 72. SPOTS. RIGHT? SO THERE IS PLENTY PEU OF KIDS
TO GO AROUND KINDERGARTEN FAMILIES CHANGE THEIR MINDS OR LOSE INTEREST OR THINGS CHANGE AND SECONDLY I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE LETTERS OF INTEREST THE ARE A COUPLE, NOT MANY AT ALL.
WHAT HAVE WE CAN DO A ASSURE FREAK WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN THAT EVERYONE ON THIS TEAM WANTS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I CAN SAY PERSONALLY ONLY REASON I DO THIS WORK AND THE ONLY REASON I MOVED MY HOME TO CASTLE ROCK IS BECAUSE OF THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO
DO ANYTHING ILL TO IT. >> DR. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHARTER AND MAGNATE SCHOOL YOU SAY THEY ARE SIMILAR, HIGH DEMAND, HEY NEED. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE MAGNATE AND CHARTER? >> OTHER THAN GREAT LEVEL NOT MUCH THE GOVERNANCE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ARE A MAGNATE AND WE ARE A CHARTER WE HAVE A DIFFERENT BOARD AND ALL THOSE THINGS THE DID I I THINK MAKE AND EN ROLL PROCESSES ARE DIFFERENT. WE HAVE RULES AS A CHARTER SCHOOL, WHEREAS THE NAG HADN'T
SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. RIGHT? SO THAT'S -- THOSE THINGS ARE JUST SORT OF LIKE THE FUNCTION OF BEING ONE OR THE OTHER. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE MAGNATE SCHOOL DOES USE THE DISTRICT LAKE READING CURRICULUM. AND SO THAT IS LIKE KIND OF
EVERYBODY USE THIRD DEGREE ONE KIND OF THING AND THIS HE DO USE THAT, THEY ARE NOT AT FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN EL EDUCATION. IT HAS VARIED OVER THE YEARS, MY KID WHOA OH WHO START THERE HAD IS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE NEXT
WEEK, SO IT'S BEEN A WHALE. I CAN SPEAK TO DIFFERENT AIR I TO FAIR DIFFERENTVARIATIONS OF . WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT I WOULD I WOULD HAZARD TO SAY NO ONE IS
CHOOSE THAT GO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THAT DIFFERENCE IT'S UNLIKELY SOMEONE WOULD SAY I GO TO RENAISSANCE MAG FACT ELEMENTARY AND A PLIED TO THAT. ONLY BECAUSE THEY USED BENCHMARKS CURRICULUM OR WHATEVER. IT'S FOR THE EDUCATION MODEL AND
ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE THE SAME. THE KID BRING THEIR DRUMS OVER FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. THE VOYAGES ARE A WHOLE -- THEY ARE PLANNED BAILS ODD WHAT KIDS ARE DOING, KIDS COME IN NEW. EVERYTHING IS JUST NOT MUCH OF I'VE DIFFERENCE PROGRAMMING WISE
BECAUSE IT IS -- I AM GETTING A LITTLE TAYLOR SWIFT BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED TO BE EXACTLY LIKE THAT SCHOOL THAT WAS HOW WE STARTED. NOT A LOT. >> SOIL A ASK THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH MAYBE SEEMS A LITTLE REDUNDANT.
BUT IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT THE WAIT LIST AT THE EL MAGNATE SCHOOL INDICATES A SPECIFIC DEMAND NO YOUR OPTION? >> IT'S A GRAY GREAT QUESTION IF I HAD A DRISCOLL BALL I WOULD
KNOW. ALL POINTED TOES YES. IT SAYS WE SHOULD LOOK AT WAIT LISTS AT NEARBY AND SIMILAR SCHOOLS I WOULD ARE HARD PRESSED TO SAY IT'S NOT NEARLY BY AND
SIMILAR. THAT'S THE EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE. >> DIRECTORS -- BE -- >> ANECDOTALLY I AM ONE OF THOSE -- A GRANDPARENT WITH WHO SKIDS WHO ATT ATTEND THIS MAGNAE SCHOOL THEY DIDN'T START THIS
YEAR UNTIL SECOND GRADERS BUT TOOK THEM THAT LONG TO GET IN I DROVE THOSE TWO LITTLE GRAND BOYS TO FOX CAREER, FOR TWO YEARS BECAUSE THEY HAD EVEN L LATE IN THERE AS PART OF THEIR SORT OF DESIGN. I THINK AND THIS SMACKS TO A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT IS THIS IS A CASTLE ROCK CENTRIC SORT OF IDEA IN MY MIND LARGELY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THIS INCREDIBLY STRONG ANCHORING RENAISSANCE SECONDARY, 6-12 SCHOOL PROVEN LEADERSHIP AND ALL
OF THAT STUFF WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL NIGHT. FAMILIES DRIVE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. AND THAT PLAYS OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WHEN I WAS CHIEF [ INAUDIBLE ] OFFERS MY BIG JOB WAS OKAYING PARTNERSHIPS AND VETTING
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GROUPS LIKE AMY'S WHO WANTED TO START A CHART EL SCHOOL AND DEMAND DEMAD IS NEVER AN ISSUE WITH AN EVEN L SCHOOL BECAUSE PEOPLE CHOOSE IT INTENTIONALLY AND OFFENSE TIMES BECAUSE IT'S DISTINCTLY
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S OFFERED BY THE REST THE DIRECT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ARE AT TIME IS THERE A DESIRE TO EXTEND TIME FOR DISCUSSION? ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
MAYBE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. >> I WANT THE APPOINTMENT OUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE APPLICATION A LOT OF QUESTIONS MIGHT BE ANSWERED IF WEDDED APPLICATION BEFORE US IF THENED TO CONSIDER THAT, SHE'S THAT'S ALL. >> YES, SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> IF DOCTOR STEWART IS AMENABLE I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY, WE'LL GET THAT APPLICATION OUT TO ALL OF YOU THIS WEEK. AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO DR. STEWART THROUGH
US IS SHE'S WILLING TO DO? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND WE LACK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN TWO WEEKS. AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THEN THE NEXT IDEA WE HAVE IS 9.3. UPDATE ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 AND 51. WE HAVE 5-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND 10-MINUTE Q&A SCHEDULED. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT KANE TO INTRODUCE
THE ITEM. >> OKAY. COO MILLETT IS HERE TO UPDATE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 AND 51. AND THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES NOW THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVERYBODY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, I AM JOINED BY PLANNING MANAGER SHAVON CALDWELL WHO IS MY PHONE A FRIEND AND BOUND AND DETERMINED TO GET THE CLICK TORE WORK EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, SO WILL I. FIRST AND FOREMOST. THANK YOU. TO OUR BRO BUILDERS WITHOUT THEM WE WOULD NOT HAVE 50 AND 51
UNDER COME INSTRUCTION RIGHT KNEW. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AS THE SUPERINTENDENT INDICATED, WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO SEEING THOSE OPEN IN 2027. AND WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES FOR THOSE SCHOOLS
AND WE BEGAN THE EXTERNAL CONVERSATIONS IN APRIL AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF ED. WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THIS EVENING IS THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD -- FROM STAFF TO THE BOARD. AND WE JUST WANT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE NEW ANTSES ARE WITH THE ENROLLMENT
BOUNDARYS THAT WE ARE PROPOSES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEY IN MIND WHEN WE OPEN A NEW SCHOOL WE GET THE CHILDREN IN OUR HE CAN SOCIETYING SCHOOLS. THE BIG IMPACTS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS TONIGHT ARE IN THE STERLING RANCH AREA THE.
IN THE COMMUNITIES INVOLVED IN OVERFLOW BUSING. SOLSTICE AND STERLING RANCH. THE CRITERIA IS THE SANE, NO
POISON BILL. WE WANTED TO ASSIGN SCHOOLS TO THE HOUSEHOLDS CLOSEST TO THEM. MAINTAIN ENROLLMENT AS CLOSE TO EQUAL AS FEASIBLE OF THE SHORT RIDE TILES AFFECT TAN TRYINGS ROUTES. WE WANT TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS
TOGETHER AND LEAVE SPACE FOR ANTICIPATED FUTURE GROWTH AND OLD TRYING TO MOVE STUDENTS ONE TIME. OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN GROWTH AND DECLINE CONVERSATIONS AND THEY CERTAINLY IMPACTED THESE BOUNDARY CONVERSATIONS AS WELL. AND, AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING --
START WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THESE COMMUNITIES WERE VERY MUCH IMPACTED BY GROWTH AND DECLINE DECISION MAKING. ACRES GREEN AND FOX CREEK, WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO SILVER SPRUCE AND WE HAD A WOULDN'T RAY ADJUSTMENT EARLIER THIS WIND THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU THAT
IMPACTED EAGLE RIDGE. WE ARE SEEING MORE ROBUST AND LESS IMPACT ON ENROLLMENT. WITH THIS BOUNDARY BECAUSE OF THAT WORK THAT WAS DONE AHEAD OF TIME. OUR SCHOOLS IMPACT BAD YOU
STERLING RANCH WERE NOT IMPACTED BY GROWTH AND DECLINE DID HE SANCTION MAKING. THEY DID NOT EXPERIENCE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS AND THEY ARE SEEING A LARGER ENROLLMENT IMPACT BECAUSE OF THAT. BECAUSE OF THE RECOMMENDATION
THAT STAFF HAS MADE, THAT IMPACTS THE NORTH RIDGE BOUNDARY, IT IS MOVING CHILDREN FROM NORTHRIDGE, 78 STUDENTS, TO TRAILBLAZER, TRAIL BLAZER IS THE SCHOOL THAT IS CLOSEST THOSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. IT WOULD IMPACT MOUNTAIN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL THINK WE WOULD SEE 22 STUDENTS IMPACTED IN TO RANCH VIEW AND MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL. 68 STUDENTS MOVING OVER TO HIGHLANDS RANCH SHOULD THIS
RECOMMENDATION BE ADOPTED. AGAIN, THIS IS THE EXISTING BOUNDARY THINK I AM FLYING THROUGH TESTIMONY THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 BOUNDARY IT IS A CLEAN, EASY BOUNDARY. GREAT EVERYONE GAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, NO STRONG CONCERNS, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION, AS
DIRECTOR GEIGER KNOWS, EARLIER IN THIS YEAR, WITH OUR EAGLE BRIDGE AND SILVER SPRUCE FAMILIES. THIS DO YOU UNDERSTAND ARE YOU IS PRETTY PALATABLE TO EVERYBODY AND THEY ALL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE HEARD DURING OUR FEEDBACK. THIS IS THE EXISTING ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL 51 PROJECT AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT RED AND BLUE MIXED TOGETHER. THOSE SCHOOLS AT TRAIL BLAZER AND COYOTE CREEK ARE WHERE WE ARE SEEING THE ENROLLMENT IMPACTS AND I AGAIN WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WE ARE STOPPING OVERFLOW BUSING WITH ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL 51 BOUNDARIES AND TO NOT HAVE THE ENROLLMENT IMPACTS WOULD MEAN DRIVING CHILDREN PAST THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVER TOLL THE -- ACROSS 85, MUCH LONGER BUS TIMES, MUCH LONGER
ROUTES AND PASS AN EXISTING SCHOOL. THE -- THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION. AGAIN, FROM F FOR ELEMENTALLY SCHOOL 51 THE DOTTED GRAY AREA WOULD BE A T BENCH D. IT COULD GO TO ROCKS BORN SO OR TO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEPENDING ON HOW AND WHEN IT DEVELOPS AND THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE WE PUT IF PLACE TO SUPPORT IT. COYOTE CREEK BOUNDARY WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE BLUE ON THE DIRECTLY -- AM I ALMOST OUT. >> TAKE YOUR TIME. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> THE BLUE REEXTENDED COYOTE'S CREEK DO YOU UNDERSTAND BOUNDARY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE THAT'S A MOVE FROM -- EXCUSE ME FROM ROCK BORROW. WE MADE AN EXTENSION UP WEST OF KIN DIRECTION CASTILLO RAY IOWA I TO RESIGN SOME TO TRAILBLAZER THE EXTRAORDINARY OF THOSE
HOUSEHOLDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 470 THEY ARE CLOSE CLOSER TO TRAILBLAZER IT'S A LOGICAL MOVE. WE SEA PLUSES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 50 ALL OF THE WORK THAT
WAS DONE AHEAD OF TIME. AND THESE ARE THE ENROLLMENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE UNDER THE STAFF PREFERRED SCENARIO. 750. EAGLE RIDGE AND SILVER SPRUCE
ARE EACH AT 506. AND WE SEE FLUSH SITUATIONS BETWEEN LOW OF 315 AT EAGLE RIDGES IN 2033 TO THE HIGH IN THE ELEMENTARY 50 OF 433. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT 51.
CHECKED AND BALANCE IN ENROLLMENT. THE CHECK MARK SAY DIRECT RELATION TO NOT OVERFLOW BUSING ANYMORE AND PUTTING KIDS IN THE NEWLY-BUILT SCHOOL. AND THEN ALSO THE DISRUPTION CHECK IS RELATED TO NORTHRIDGE BOUNDARY MOVING KIDDOS TO THE
SCHOOL CLOSEST TO THEM WHICH WOULD BE TRAILBLAZER AND ADDS AT THAT TRAILBLAZERS' ENROLLMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE LOSING CHILDREN FROM THE OVER -- THE END OF OVERFLOW BUSING. THESER THE STAFF PREFERRED
SCENARIOS. THIS IS THE LOW RETENTION, THAT IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. THESE ARE THE ENROLLMENT UNDER A LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH STUDENT RETENTION. WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT I AM TALKING ABOUT FOURTH AND FIFTH
GRADER. HIGH RETENTION MEANS THEY ARE STAYING IN THEIR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL YOU WERE THE LOW RETENTION THEY ARE GOING TO GO TO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STAFF FEELS VERY STRONGLY AND MEDIUM STUDENT RECESSION IS WHERE WE SEE KIDDOS. AND WE'LL SEE THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL 51 WITH A HIGH IN 233, OF ABOUT 576 CHILDREN. WE SEE COYOTE CREEK IN THE HIGH 200s. AND ROXBOROUGH INTERMEDIATE AND ROXBOROUGH PRIMARY IN THE SAME
RANGE. THE OUTREACH IN ENGAGEMENT WE BEGAN WITH EMAILS AND PHYSICAL MAILING TOGS ALL FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THESE BOUNDARY CONVERSATIONS WE PUT THINGS IN COMMUNITY NEWS LETTERS, PUBLICATIONS WE SEPTEMBER OUT DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS. WE LAUNCHED A SURVEY THAT IS THE
QO CODE UP THERE THAT THEY ARE KEEPING OPEN THROUGH THE END OF MAY TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK I'LL BE HONEST THE FEEDBACK TO DATE HAS MOSTLY BEEN FROM FAMILIES THAT WANT TO US CONTINUE THE OVERFLOW BUSING. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE KIDDOS BOLSTER OR BUOY ENROLLMENT IN COYOTE CREEK
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE GOTTA COME DATED TO. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN A LONG TOPIC AT LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND HAD ANOTHER PRESENTATION OF THIS TO THEM EARLIER THIS EVENING. WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC IN-PERSON AND
VIRTUAL MEETING FOCUSED ON SOLELY ON THE ES50 BOUNDARY, ES51 BOUNDARY IN THE PROXIMITY TO IT THE NEW SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE ATTENDED A NUMBER OF SACKS AND P.T.O. MEETINGS FOR COYOTE CAREER, NORTHRIDGE, THE ROXBOROUGH SCHOOLS, TRAILBLAZER,
EAGLE RIDGE AND AGAIN THERE ARE THE PUSH BACK REALLY WAS OVER THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT THAT THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WOULD SEE. WE ARE PRESENT TO GO THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE TOMORROW. EXCUSE ME, THURSDAY EVENING. AND IT WILL BE A SIMILAR PRESENTATION, WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN FRONT OF THEM YET.
AFTER THAT, PRESENTATION TO YOU THIS EVENING WE WILL PREPARE A MEMO. ONCE THE SURVEY CLOSED GIVING YOU THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE SURVEY. AND SUMMARIZE THAT GO THE INTENTION IS TO BRING THIS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE BOARD
OFED ON JUNE 9th. OVER THIS SUMMER. WEIGHT DO STAFF BRIEFINGS AND COMMUNICATING AGAIN WITH OUR HOUSEHOLDS AND BY NOVEMBER 1 WE HAVE TO HAVE ADMISSIONS AND REGISTRATION OVER FOR THE 27-28
SCHOOL YEAR WHICH IS WHEN THE SCHOOLS -- THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL ONLY. WE HAVE REITERATED THAT WE ARE -- FOR YOU WANT TO STAY AT YOUR EXISTING SCHOOLS Y YOU CAN, THE TRANSPORTATION WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE WE ARE NOT DOING THE EFFORT ON FLOW BUSING ANYMORE.
WITH THAT, QUESTIONS IN AND THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME I >> I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO IT IN FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL CONVERSATION I WILL OPEN IT UP WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> ONE THING ABOUT 50, AND I A P
NOT CLEAR HOW FAR SOUTH THIS GOES, DO WE EXPECT ANY IMPACT TO TRAIL RIDGE CHECK TIMBER TRAILER BUFFALO RIDGE? >> NO, WE DO NOT. IF YOU -- I AM TRYING TO GO BACK TO THE MAP. IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY DEFINED
BOUNDARY IT,. >> I CAN'T TELL WHERE THE SOUTH BOUNDARY IS? >> THE SOUTH BOUNDARY IS THE EXISTING LYRIC NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW. SO WE DO NO SEE AN IMPACT TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN CASTLE PINES FROM THIS SCHOOL.
>> OKAY. >> OTHER DIRECTORS? THE OUTREACH COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, ARE THEY TARGETED? SO IT'S SPECIFIC TO THIS IS THE IMPACT ON YOU? NOT GO HERE AND FIND OUT HOW
YOU'LL BE IMPACTED? >> SO WHEN WE HAD THE IN-PERSON MEETINGS THEY HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH TARGETED. THE GENERIC -- YOU ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THIS SCHOOL BOUNDARY AND HERE SAY WEBSITE WITH MORE INFORMATION, THEY -- SOME OF -- I WOULD SAY IT'S BEEN BOTH OF THEM. WE HAVE TRIED TO BE AS SPECIFIC
AS WE CAN. AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE -- WE COULD SEND THE BOARD COPIES WHAT WHAT WE HAVE SEND OUT IN THE NOTIFICATIONS AND IN THE PRESENTATIONS. THE PRESS PRESIDENT TAKES ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE SHARED WITH THE BOARD. I THINK THEY ARE GETTING THE
MESSAGE BASED ON THE FEET BACK AND THE SURVEY ABOUT THE BUT BUTTING. >> OTHER DIRECTORS, THOMPSON. AND DIRECTOR RYAN AND THEN DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> IT'S SIMPLE. JUST WITH THIS BOUNDARY, WHAT'S
THE FARTHEST DISTANCE FROM EDGE OF THE BOUNDARY TO THE SCHOOL? SO I GUESS FOR OUR NEW SCHOOL. >> WHAT THE DISTANCE FROM THE. >> FARTHEST EDGE. THE VERY -- >> FROM HESS ROAD TO THE NEW SCHOOL AND THEN FROM THE NEW SCHOOL UP TO COUNTY LINE ROAD.
AIM GOING TO HAVE TO ESTIMATE TO YOU THINK SHAVON DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? I KNOW BETWEEN REG GATE PARKWAY, WHICH IS -- AND LINCOLN AVENUE, THAT'S A MILE. THAT DISTANCE IS A MILE. SO I AM GOING TO GUESS WE ARE A MILE AND A HALF TOLL -- AT THE
HIGH END TO THE SOUTH OF THE NEW SCHOOL. THE AND WE ARE A MILE AND A HALF TO THE NORTH. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING? ABOUT THAT FAR.
LET ME TAKE A PEEK AT THIS RIGHT NOW. YEAH. THE DID, CLEARLY ACTUALLY DIRECTOR GEIGER LET ME DIRECT MYSELF. THIS GOES TO HESS ROAD. >> OKAY. THERE IS NOTHING HAPPENING REAR
HEIGHT NOW. >> JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT. WHAT IS THE MAIN ROUTE OF TRAVEL TO THE SCHOOL? >> TO THE NEW SCHOOL IT'S ACROSS RIDGE GATE PARKWAY ON THE EAST/WEST AND IT WOULD BE HAVANA AND I-25.
I-25 TO RIDGE GATE PARKWAY FROM THE HEADING SOUTHBOUND. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I AM GOING TO GIVE A HARD QUESTION. I APOLOGIZE. >> NO. >> SO WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED TO US, EXCUSE ME, WE
GAVE THE HIGH STUDENT RETENTION NUMBER. >> YES. >> THERE'S SEVEN YEARS ON HERE. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STUDENT RETENTION AND I TRUST OUR TEAM NO HOW THEY P PROJECT THINGS WE HAVE BEEN CLOSE EVERY YEAR IT'S IMPRESSIVE THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTION WE CAN DO.
TALKING A 7-YEAR SPREAD, HOWEVER, TALKING ABOUT RETAINING SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT AT THE SCHOOL AND WON'T BE AT THE SCHOOL. HOW CAN WE LOOK AT A MEDIUM RETENTION MODEL AND SAY THAT SEVENTH YEAR IS IN ANYWAY ACCURATE WITH RETAINING KID THAT ARE NOT THERE? >> SO, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE I
WILL BE PHONING A FRIEND BECAUSE WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE IS I DO NOT DO THOSE PROJECTIONS SCIOSCIA S SHAVON. >> I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, YES, YOU ARE DIRECT THAT THE FARTHER WE GO OUT THE LESS ACCURATE WE GET.
TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD HOW WE DID THIS IS WE -- I THINK WE ESTIMATED SO WITH THE LOW RETENTION, WE SAID WE DON'T THINK ANY STUDENTS REALLY ARE GOING TO STAY AT COYOTE CREEK OR TRAILBLAZER. AND THEN WILL THE HIGH RETENTION
WE THOUGHT, THOSE RESIDING IN STERLING RANCH AND SOLSTICE I THINK WE TOOK ABOUT A QUARTER OF THEM WE THOUGHT WOULD STAY. AND WE DID, WE HELD THAT CONSTANT THROUGHOUT. BEING AGO FOR GREAT ROLL OVERS BUT HELD IT CONSTANT THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT AND I TO THINK ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THESE ARE LESS ACCURATE THE FURTHER THAT YOU GO OUT. AND THAT THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE WHAT WE EXPERIENCE THAT MOVEMENT OF STUDENT OR STUDENT RECESSION.
BUT WITHIN THE 3-5 YEAR FORECAST, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH -- WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY ACCURATELY GUESS IN LOOKING AT THINK, YOU KNOW, PROJECTING ABOUT THREE YEARS OUT. >> AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE COULD -- WE COULD BE WRONG ON THE HEY SIDE.
AS WELL AS THE LOW SAID. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> I THINK WHAT DIRECTOR RYAN IS ASKING IF WE ASSUME 25% OF THE PEOPLE WHO THEY HAVE IN STERLING RANCH CHOOSE TO STAY AT COYOTE CREEK.
WE ARE NOT SAYING IN 2033 WE ASSUME THAT 25% OF STERLING RANCH FAMILIES WILL BE AT COYOTE CREEK. SO THE RETENTION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT INITIAL RETENTION AND THEN ROLLING THOSE KIDDOS UP -- >> EXACTLY. >> BUT GOING FORWARD, ASSUMING
THAT GENERALLY THEY'LL FOLLOW THEIR BOUNDARIES. DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION? >> YES. SO JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE BOARD, AS WELCOME MY THINKING IS WE CAN LOOK AT THIS RETENTION LIKE YOU ARE SAYING, THE THREE OF FOUR YEARS AND THEN AFTER THAT, REALLY, IT'S THAT FIRST.
>> YEAH, WE ARE THINKING OF IT AS PARENTS WILL MAKE THIS DECISION IN THE FIRST YEAR. THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL. AND KIND OF STAY WITH THAT DECISION. AND LIKE JACKIE SAID, WE CONSOLIDATED THAT ASSUMPTION IN THE HIGHER GRADES. IT WOULD BE THOSE HIGHER GRADES AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT KANE
SAID WE JUST ROLLED THAT THROUGH THE 7-YEAR FORECAST. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> LOOKING AT AT THE CHANGE IN 50 PARTICULARLY THE CHANGE FROM
NORTH RIDGE TO TRAILBLAZER. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS AS THAT AREA GROWS, MOUNTAIN VISTA, MOUNTAIN RIDGE, ARE LAND LOCKS. THEY ARE NOT AREAS WE PICTURE TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
I KNOW IT'S ONLY 70 KIDS, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERN OF HIS OF GROWTH THERE OR MOVING STUDENT THERE TO FUNDER RIDGE WHICH IS GOING TO GROW UNTIL WE BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS FOUR BOARDS DOWN THE LINE. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
GROUP FROM MOUNTAIN VICE TAR TO THUNDER RIDGE? >> I THINK -- SO CONFIRMING WHAT YOU SAID. >> YEAH. >> THEY ARE LANDLOCKED. THEY ARE NOT MOUNTAIN RIDGE AND MOUNTAIN VISTA IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO EXPERTS GROWTH.
THEY RECEIVE A HEALTHY PORTION OF THEIR ENROLLMENT FROM OPEN ENROLLMENT IN NBA COMPARISON TO RANCH VIEW AND THUNDER RIDGE, SO PROJECTING THIS OUT. THERE IS NO FACILITY CONCERNS WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
BULL ALL I CAN SAY IS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS REASSIGNMENT MAKES VERY WELL SENSE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. BUT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, WE ARE PROPOSING TO MOVE STUDENTS IN TO FACILITIES THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL NEED TO
ACCOMMODATE FAVOR EVERY GROWTH OF STERLING RANCH AND SOLSTICE. >> THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE EVOLUTION OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING AS WE LOOK AT SCHOOL BOUNDARIES. IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN WE WERE AT COYOTE CREEK, THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WHO HAD
BEEN THROUGH THE BOOM CYCLE IN HIGHLANDS RANCH AS A CHILD. AND THE OPENING OF SCHOOLS AND THE MOVING OF BOUNDARIES AND TALKED ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF THAT, THERE WAS ALSO A PARENT WHO HAD BEEN IN THERE FOR 33 YEARS AND TALKED AGAIN ABOUT THE -- IT WAS INTERESTING TO
HEAR THOSE PERSPECTIVES WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS CHANGE. >> AND I LIVE IN LOAN TREE AND HAVE THE MOUNTAIN VISTA KIDDOS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. >> OTHER QUESTIONS, DIRECTORS?
ALREADY BEING SEE NONE, JUST TO CONFIRM I THINK WHAT I HER WAS. THE ENGAGEMENT FEEDBACK COMES BACK TO THE BOARD. AND THIS WILL BE ON THE CONSENT
AGENDA FOR JUNE 9th. >> THAT'S THE PROPOSAL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND I THINK THAT GETS US TO RECESS. LET'S TAKE JUST OVER TEN MINUTES.
LET'S COME BACK AT 7:15. >> WE ARE RECONVENED FOLLOWING THE RECESS, 9.4 THE SCHOOL YEAR 2026 BUDGET UPDATE. WE HAVE A 5-MINUTE PRESENTATION
FOLLOWED BY 15-MINUTE Q&A I'LL STERN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT KANE TO I WANT DOUSE THE TOPIC. >> OKAY, WE HAVE CFO HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 2026 WILL HAVE H 27 PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU I AM THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET TO HELP ME ANSWERS QUESTIONS. THE THEY WANT 6-27 PROPOSED BUDGET. HERE ON ON OUR A GENERAL CAR, STARTING WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET FOLLOW NEXT AREA. SO OVERALL, REVENUE IS
INCREASING BY 1%, THIS IS MOSTLY COMPRISED OF THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT THAT JUST PASSED TODAY, BY THE WAY. PER PUPIL REVENUE IS INCREASING BY 3%, REMEMBER THEY HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT. WE ARE A DECLINING SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT DISTRICT WHICH MAKES US NOT HAVE THROUGH 3% GROWTH IN REVENUE. EXPERIENCED AND TRANSFERRED INCREASED BY LESS THAN 3%. WE ARE STILL STRATEGICALLY DRAWING DOWN ON UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR.
THE BLEW IS THE TABOR AND THE ORANGE IS ASSIGNED MOSTLY SCHOOL CARRYOVER THE UNASSIGNED IS IN THE GRAY THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RESERVES.
THAT'S THE PIECE WE ARE FOCUSED ON. ENROLLMENT SUMMARY. MAKES HAVE DECLINED OUR ESTIMATE IS 467 KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. ALTERNATIVE ENROLLMENT IS SLIGHTLY UP. CHARTER SCHOOLS WITHOUT HOPE ONLINE, BECAUSE HOPE ONLINE IS FUNDED DIFFERENTLY.
AND IS NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN THE COUNTY. THOSE ARE DOWN ALSO. 76. AND THEN HOPE ONLINE IS UP 48. REMEMBER THAT YOU CANNOT ADD TOGETHER THE ENROLLMENT TO GET TO THE FUNDED PUPIL COUNT THOSE
FUNDED FEW THE COUNTS ARE CALCULATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND SINCE WE ARE DECLINING ENROLLMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE AVERAGE, SO WE BET TO AVERAGE SEVERAL YEARS. IT USE TO BE FIVE YEARS. THIS YEAR WE ARE DOWN TO FOUR YEARS AVERAGING. NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE THREE YEARS.
SO THAT DOES HAVE AN EFFECT ON THAT FUNDING ALSO. THAT WE GET TO COUNT LESS YEARS AS WE ARE DECLINING. GRAPHIC OF THAT ENROLLMENT AND THAT FUNDED PUPIL COUNT, THIS
GRAPH DOES INCLUDE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND PRE-K WHERE THE PREVIOUS ONE DID NOT THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ENROLLMENT VERDICTSS THE FUNDED PUPIL COUNT. ALSO ON THE RIGHT, WE SHOW YOU THE DISTRICT RUN ENROLLMENT
VERSUS CHARTER SCHOOLS IT, HAS GONE FROM 23% IN CHARTER SCHOOLS UP TO 26% CURRENTLY. THE PER PUPIL REVENUE AGAIN IS A 3% INCREASE, GONE UP 362 PER
PUPIL. THAT FUNDED PUPIL COUNT WHICH YOU SAW ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE IS DOWN 1,172 WITH THREE-YEAR AVERAGING. THAT MEANS OUR TOTAL PROGRAM OF NEW REVENUE, IS ABOUT 8 MILLION. OF WHICH WE SHARE WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, SO WHAT WE KEEP
INTERNALLY IS ABOUT 6 MILLION OF THAT NEW REVENUE. WE LIKE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE STATE SHARE AND THE LOCAL SHARE.
SO REMEMBER WE ARE PAID ON A PER-PUPIL BASES FILLED BY THE LOCAL TAXPAYER PROPERTY TAXES AND WHAT IT DOES NOT COVER THE STATE FILLS IN THE REST. THIS WAS NOT A REASSESSMENT AREA WE EXPECT THAT DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN LOCAL AND STATE TO
REMAIN STEADY. AND IT HAS IT'S CLOSE TO I 5050 POLICE NOW. THIS IS ALSO A PIE CHART THAT YOU ARE USED TO SEEING. THIS SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF WHERE WE ARE EXPENDING OUR
BUDGET. 43% IS SITE-BASED BUDGET DISAGREEING AIR I DIRECTLY WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND THEY GET TO MAKE A LOT OF THOSE DECISIONS WITH THAT MONEY. 25% IS NO ONE DISAGAIN AIR I
WHIP THE SCHOOLS THIS DON'T HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY WINNOW THE DOLLARS, 14% IS STUDENT PROGRAMMING STILL DIRECTLY WITH OUR STUDENTS. 12% IS TRANSPORTATION AND THE 6% IS SYSTEM WIDE SUPPORTS.
THIS IS THE SAME DISTRIBUTION THAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR. AND ACTUALLY THE YEAR BEFORE ALSO. SO THOSE BUDGETING PRIORITIES HAVE REMAINED STEADY. SO WHERE ARE WE INVESTING THIS
MONEY THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE CURRENT YEAR. SO BACK IN FEBRUARY, YOU ALL APPROVED A 2% INCREASE IN COMPENSATION. PLUS 5 MILLION OF THE INCREASES
IN HEALTHCARE COSTS TO BE OBSERVED BY THE DISTRICT. THAT'S AN ADDITIONS OF 15 MILLION. WE ARE INVESTING IN DISTRICT MANAGING WE HAVE THE SIX SCHOOLED COMBINING INTO THREE
AND THEN WITH WE ARE PRO IF HE CAN THE STAFFING FOR THE FIRST YEAR AS THE SCHOOLS COMBINE SO WE FIRST PASS THROUGH THE NORMAL SITE BASED BUDGET FUNDS TO THOSE THREE SCHOOLS. THEN SAID WHAT EXTRA STAFFING DO YOU HAVE BECAUSE OF THAT
CONSOLIDATION AND IT WILL BE A MAX OF 4.2 MILLION. THAT WE INVEST IN THOSE THREE SCHOOLS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS. IT'S A ONE-TIMEX BEEN AT THIS TRUE. WE HAVE FOUR NEW PATHWAYS HERE
AT LEGACY THAT WE ARE FUNDING. AS WELL AS STUDENT PORT SERVICES, A BIG PORTION OF THAT INCREASED IN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES IS SRO CONTRACTS. ONE IS FINALIZED THE OTHER TWO ARE STILL BEING NEGOTIATED. AND ARE PRETTY CLOSE.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL INCREASES. WE HAVE INVESTING IN TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITY OPERATIONS OF 3 MILLION, A LOT OF THAT IS INCREASE IN CONTRACT COSTS, THOSE CONTINUE TO BE YOU
WOULD. WE HAVE BOND MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY PROBLEM SOFTWARE. INVESTING IN SUPPORT SYSTEM OF 3 MILLION, THAT'S THINGS LIKE INSURES AND UTILITIES WE KNOW THOSE COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE, THAT'S AN INVESTOR THE
3 MILLION. SITE-BASED ALLOCATION, SO THAT'S THE SBB ALLEGATIONS LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. WE PUSHED OUT AN ADDITIONAL 6.6 MILLION INSIGHT-BASED BUDGET TO OUR SCHOOLS. THAT'S A NORMAL PRACTICE TO THEN
THEM COVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS' S AS WELL AS SOME INFLATION COSTS. THEY CAN KEEP THE SAME TEACHERS AND PROGRAMMING AS WE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS AND HAD THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT WE HAVE SAVINGS OF 3 MILLION, IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN 9 MILLION. BUT WE HAD 3 MILLION OF SAVINGS BECAUSE OF CONSOLIDATION. SO IT WAS 6.6 THAT WE ACTUALLY PASSED THROUGH TO SITE-BASED BUDGET. THEN WE HAVE THIS PLANNED USE OF COMBINED GENERAL FUND.
SO WE HAVE A HUGE BUDGET. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF LINES, A LOT OF THINGS BEING BUDGET AHEAD CROSS THE SYSTEM. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THAT, WE FIND THAT THERE IS ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES BUDGETED FOR LAST YEAR, THAT ARE -- DON'T NEED TO
BE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. PEOPLE ARE REPURPOSING POSITIONS, A LOT OF CHANGES HAPPEN WITHIN THAT BUDGET. AND THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 20 MILLION OF SAVINGS. OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE HAD AN
EVEN HIGHER THAN 4.8 MILLION BUT WE HAD SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE BUDGETING PROCESS. AND IN FACT, AS WE BUDGETED FOR THE DEPARTMENTS, CABINET GOES THROUGH EVERY DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND LOOKS AT THOSE NEW REQUESTS AND WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
EVERYTHING THAT WAS NOT LEGACY OR STUDENT ON-SUPPORT SERVICES, STAYED FLAT OR DECREASED. SO THAT TELLS ME THE SYSTEM IS LISTENING TO WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE. AND UNDERSTANDING NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO INVEST IN SYSTEMS. IT'S TIME TO REALLY HOLD STEADY AND START PULLING BACK A LITTLE
BIT ESPECIALLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT SIDE. OKAY. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING PRETTY USED TO SEE IN GRAPHIC ALSO. REMEMBER PRE-COVID WE WERE AT 3 TO 4% OF EXPENDITURES, 3 TO 4%
OF FUND BALANCE. DID GOT UP TO A HIGH OF 11 AND 12%. WE HAD ROW COVID MONEY COMING IN AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO VILLA LOT OF OUR POSITIONS. THAT'S REALLY TOO HIGH. WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING DOWN THAT FUND BALANCE.
AT THE END OF THIS CURRENT YEAR, 25-26, WE EXPECT TO BE AT 7% OF FUND BALANCE. AND THEN DOWN TO 5% IN 26-27 IS OUR CURRENT ESTIMATE. WE LAKE TO BE AROUND THAT 3-4%. FIVE IS GOOD.
THIS TELLS US THAT NEXT -- THE NEXT YEAR IN 27-28, WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON BALANCING THAT BUDGET OR BEING REALLY CLOSE TO IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP SPEND.
OTHER FUNDS. REALLY EVERY OTHER FUND WAS STATUS QUO, THERE WERE NOT MAJOR CHANGES IN ANY OF THEM. BUT WE ARE GETTING READY TO SELL THE SECOND ISSUANCE OF THE 2024 BOND. WE PLAN ON DOING THAT THE END OF JULY, BUT WE ARE REALLY WATCHING
THE MARKET AS IT REMAINS TRICKY. STILL THEY HAVE HAD REALLY GOOD SALES BUT WE ARE WATCHING THAT. UNKNOWNS. WE ARE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW FOLLOW WHAT THAT ENROLLMENT WILL
LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS WE UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT THE ENROLLMENT LOOKS LIKE ONCE SCHOOL STARTS BUT THEN WE DON'T HAVE OCTOBER COUNT THAT FINALIZES THOSE COUNTS UNTIL OCTOBER. AND THEN THAT'S NOT FINALIZED UNTIL LIKE DECEMBER. AND SO WE ARE HALFWAY FLEW THAT
YEAR BEFORE THOSE COUNTS ARE FINALIZED. SO IT'S JUST ALWAYS A TRICKY PLACE TO BE THAT YOU ARE HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR YEAR BEFORE THOSE COUNTS ARE FINALIZED. BUT WE DO HAVE PRETTY GOOD INDICATIONS ONCE SCHOOL STARTS. POSITION FILL RATES IS ANOTHER
UNKNOWN. WE HAVE HAD MUCH MORE SUCCESS IN FILLING OUR POSITIONS SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT WAS DURING COVID, WE ARE GETTING APPLICANTS AND GETTING THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE. AND THEN THERE IS SCHOOL FINANCE. SO WE WERE SO HOPEFULLY WHEN IT
WAS INTRODUCED IN JANUARY, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN AT THE CAPITOL TEN TIMES DURING THIS SESSION AND EVERY TIME I AM OUT THERE I SAY, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS BILL PASSED EARLIER. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING IT EARLIER. MAYBE WE CAN GET THIS DONE QUICKER THIS YEAR. AND HERE WE ARE TOMORROW IS THE
END OF SESSION, GUESS WHAT PASSED TODAY? SCHOOL FINANCE. AND THERE WERE A TON OF AMENDMENTS, ALTHOUGH THERE IS ONLY THREE THAT MATTERED. ONE WAS FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS, ONE WAS PAUSING THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE IT REALLY NEGATIVELY
AFFECTS OUR RURAL SCHOOLS AND SMALL RURAL SCHOOLS, IT WAS REALLY BAD FOR THEM. AND UNEXPECTED. AND THEN SMOOTHING FACTOR, WHICH I WAS A ARE THE OF THAT ONE I SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED THAT ONE. SO THAT WILL REPLACE TWO-YEAR
AVERAGING GOING IN TO PLACE WHICH COMES IN TO PLAY WHEN WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED 45% OF THE NEW SCHOOL FINANCE ACT. FOR 27-2 -- SORRY FOR 26-27. WE'LL BE AT 30%. IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO 45%.
IN 27-28 I WOULD BE SHOCK FIRST DEGREE WE GOT THERE. THIS WILL BE WAY OUT IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE NEEDED TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS TO REPLACE THAT. FOR THE MAY 26th BOARD MEETING
YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CONSISTING OF THESE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA UNLESS YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT ALONG WAY MEMO THAT TALKS ABOUT ANY CHANGES FROM THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAVE HAD TONIGHT.
NEXT STEPS THERE WILL BE A LEGAL NOTICE ON THE MAY 26th BOARD MEETING, JUNE 9th WE'LL ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND JULY 1st, FISCAL YEAR BEGINS. AND DREW AND I ARE READY FOR
QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IF I THINK WE HAVE 15 MINUTES. SCHEDULED FOR Q&A WHO WANTS TO KICK US OFF? DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I SHARED UNTIL WEEK. SO A QUESTION ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE. SO IF, YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCE IS
GOING TO BE AT THE LEVEL IS GOING TO BE AT THAT 4.6% AND I WAS THINKING LIKE YOU KNOW, THIS LAST JANUARY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO INCREASE THE DRAW DOWN. AND THAT'S BEEN KIND OF A PATTERN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS REVISED BUDGET WE ARE ASKING FOR
ADDITIONAL DRAW DOWN. THIS LAST YEAR IT WAS BECAUSE OF FLUCTUATIONS IN REVENUE AT THAT TIME. AND SO WITH THIS DRAW DOWN, DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT COULD CAUSE COMPLICATIONS COME JANUARY IF REVENUES ISN'T WHERE WE ARE EXPECTING? >> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. I -- AND PART OF WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS THE -- THE STATE FORECAST. THERE WERE TWO FORECASTS THAT CAME OUT. ONE WAS A BILLION AND ONE THAT WAS 1.5 BILLION OF. THE STATE DECIDED TO HOLD ONTO THE BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
IF THAT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT COME JANUARY, THE GOVERNMENT COULD GO OOPS, IT WAS CLOSER TO 1.5 BILLION, WE NEED TO PULL BACK SOME OF THOSE FUNDING, WE STILL HAVE ADEQUATE RESERVES TO HELP US.
WHETHER THAT STORM IF IT COMES THAT WAY, BUT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT NEXT FULL FISCAL YEAR. WHERE IT DOES HAVE TO BE BALANCED IF WE STAY EVERYBODY 3% WE ARE GOOD. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BALANCED.
FOR THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR. >> CAN YOU SHOW SLIDE TEN WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHICH WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> I WAS TRYING. >> YOU JUST TRIGGERED ME BECAUSE I LIVED THROUGH THE MIDYEAR RESCISSION THAT HAPPENED 2009-10
TIME FRAME OF IT WAS HUGE, ROUGHER OF I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE VISUAL ON THAT. AND I DID NOT KNOW IF YOU HAD MORE ON THE FUND BALANCE PIECE. >> WE HAVE A BOARD THAT'S -- I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS TRAINED IN FINANCE ON THE BOARD.
I HAVE AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE FOC AND HEARING FROM YOU GUYS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT EVEN TALKING LIKE WE NEED TO BALANCE IT. MAYBE IT NEEDS CLARITY. >> OH, YES. SO WE NEED TO RELY ON THE REVENUE THAT IS COMING IN THE
DOOR AND NOT RELAY ON FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR OUR RESERVES. SO REVENUE NEEDS TO BE EQUAL TO OR HIGHER THAN THE EXPENDITURES GOING OUT THE DOOR. >> AND IF YOU DROPPED MIND I
WILL KEEP ON THE FUND BALANCE TOPIC, JUST BECAUSE THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET. HOW MUCH SHOULD WE HAVE. IF YOU COULD.
JUST GIVE A NARRATIVE FOR WHAT THE STRATEGY IS FOR OUR LONG-TERM GOAL. IT DID GO UP WHAT YOU WOULD SAY IS WAY TOO HIGH DURING COVID AND SO STRATEGICALLY IT HAS BEEN SPENT DOWN BUT IF YOU COULD
SPEAK TO WHAT THAT STRATEGY HAS BEEN AND WHAT THE FUTURE LACKING STRATEGY LACKS LIKE. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THERE IS ALWAYS THIS BALANCE BETWEEN SAVING MONEY FOR THESE WHAT IFS, AND HAVING TOO MUCH SITTING IN YOUR RESERVES AND
SAVINGS ACCOUNT. WE SHOULD BE SPENDING THE MONEY ON THE KIDS THAT ARE SITTING IN OUR CLASS RAMS TODAY. THERE IS ALWAYS A TAXPAYER VIEW THAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH. IF WE ARE PAYING THESE PASSIONS AND YOU NEED TO BE SPENDING IT ON OUR KIDS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF
YOU. SO YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT DURING COVID IT GOT TOO HIGH. A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR COROLLAS WE HAD COVID MONEY COMING IN AND JUST COULDN'T FILL THOSE POSITIONS, COULDN'T FIND PEOPLE. AND THAT WAS A NATIONWIDE AND STATEWIDE ISSUE THAT WE HAD.
SO WHAT WE TRY DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE RESERVES ON HAND SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE ARE NOT LIKE SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HAVING TO LAY OFF 150 EMPLOYEES. HAVING TO CUT $60 MILLION IN A YEAR WHICH IS A REALLY SCARY AND
HORRIBLE THING TO DO. WE DID 30 MILLION DURING COVID AND IT WAS HARD. SO WE ARE WATCHING THAT BALANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE SCARY THINGS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES OF LAYOFFS. WE ARE NOT THERE. AND WE WILL NOT BE THERE.
WE ARE ALSO WATCHING CREDIT AGENCIES. SO ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK TO SELL THE SECOND ISSUE'S OF THE 2024 BOND. THOSE WE HAVE ACTUALLY WE JUST SET UP MEETING TODAY WITH FITCH, WHO DOES OUR BOND RATINGS AND THAT HELPS US GET A BETTER
INTEREST RATE WHEN WE SELL OUR BONDS. SO WE ARE WATCHING ALL OF THOSE THINGS. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VALUE THIS SWEET SPOT OF WE DON'T WANT TO GET OURSELVES IN TROUBLE. WE DON'T WANT TO -- WE HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH THAT IF A CRISIS COMES AROUND.
THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE STATE BUDGET AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. THAT WE HAVE THE RESERVES AVAILABLE BUT WE ARE NOT TOO HIGH. >> I WOULD ADD THAT JANA IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE TOTAL FUND
BABALANCE SLIDE. >> CAN YOU HELP ME AGAIN. >> WE HAVE A POLICY THAT REQUIRED WE SET ASIDE 3% OF EXPENSES. THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE
GRAPH THAT CFO JUST SHOWED SO THAT 3% OF THE EXPENSES TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY SAYS WITH HE HAVE TO SET ASIDE THAT WILL ALWAYS BE SET ASIDE. THIS FUND BALANCE THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT A MOMENT AGO IS OVER
AND ABOVE THE RESERVES AND THE -- TABOR RESERVES AND THE BOARD POLICY. STOP. THANK YOU. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GRAY,
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOING DOWN TO 4% JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE PORTION GOING DOWN TO 4%. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY WE
HAVE BLUE IS 6%. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT YOU WERE HERE, MANY OF YOU WERE HERE, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, SOME OF YOU ICES OF FUND BALANCE THAT WE -- WHEN WE STRATEGICALLY
SPEND -- SPUN DOWN, WHEN WE WERE SPENDING DOWN FUND BALANCE STRATEGICALLY WAS THINGS LIKE 1-TIME RETENTION BONUSES FOR OUR STAFF TO HELP US OLD ONTO OUR STAFF AT A TIME IN WE WERE PAYING 20% BELOW THE MARKET. AND LOSING STAFF. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A STRATEGIC
USE OF FUND BALANCE THAT DOESN'T COMMIT US YEAR OVER YEAR BUT ALLOWS US TO TO HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND KIDS WHICH IS HOLDING ON TO OUR TEACHERS, HOPEFULLY THAT
PROVIDES CLARITY AS WELL. >> I THINK I SAW DIRECTOR CALLAHAN'S UP AND THEN BACK AROUND. >> SO I WILL STAY WITH OUR FUND BALANCE TOPIC.
SO IN THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR, THE GOAL IS -- WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE IT AS A GOAL, A EXHCOMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND WE ARE NOT USING THE UNRESTRICTED FUND
BALANCE. >> I CALL A STRONG GOAL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD CALL IT. WE ARE WATCHING THE REVENUE SIDE FROM THE STATE, TOO. WHICH WILL DETERMINE -- >> YEAH, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS COMPLETELY IN OUR CONTROL. IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUR GOAL TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET IN 27-28 SO
THAT WE ARE NO LONGER STRATEGICALLY SPENDING DOWN FUND BALANCE AND WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT STABILIZES. THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WE WOULD LIKE IT TO STABILIZE BETWEEN THREE AND 5%. AND THEN WE'LL JUST THREE IT THERE. BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD AM.
BECAUSE IT PRETECHS US FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN 2008 SO SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN, THAT'S ENOUGH TO PROTECT US AND INSULATE US FROM A RESCISSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S ALSO NOT EXECUTIVE.
THANKS. >> OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SITE. DIRECTOR GEIGER I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WENT ON IN THE LAST DAY OR TWO ABOUT THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT WHICH ESSENTIALLY WE ENDED UP GETTING AT A DISTRICT ABOUT A MILLION LESS OF AN INCREASE THAN EXPECTED FROM THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT FIRST CAME
IN, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE CHANGE IN PER-PUPIL ALLOCATION FOLLOW CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT JUST CAME OUT YESTERDAY. >> YEAH. >> AS PART OF A COMPROMISE AND NEGOTIATION.
BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT. CHARTER SCHOOL PASS THROUGH WILL CHANGE BASED UPON THIS NEW PROVISION IN THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US? >> YES, I AM HAPPY TO. I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND GOING ON FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SO WHAT WAS REALIZED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WHEN THE NEW SCHOOL FINANCE WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED, IS THAT THERE WERE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO FOR INSTANCE, CHARTER SCHOOLS UP IN ADAM 12, ADAMS 12 ITSELF
HAS A VERY HIGH AT-RISK PERSONAL. SO THAT DISTRICT GETS FUND PRETTY HIGHLY IN THAT NEW FORMULA. HOWEVER, THERE ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT THAT SERVE STUDENTS AT A MUCH LOWER AT-RISK POPULATION.
AND SO FURNISHED THE OLD FORMULA, AND THE OLD LAW, THEY WERE GETTING FUNDED BATESED ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT RISK NOT AT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MOVING. SOME CHARTERS SCHOOLS ON TO THE
NEW FORMULA, WHICH IS VERY MUCH BASED ON STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS IT DROPPED THEIR FUNDING SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THEM. SO THERE IS 250 SOME CHARTER SCHOOLS IN IT THE STATE. THIS AFFECTED, I DON'T KNOW, 25 OF THEM.
SO REALLY ALL OF THE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND THESE 25 SCHOOLS OF AS WE MOVE TO THE NEW FORMULA, HOW DO WE NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT OR CREATE A SOFTER LANDING FOR THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY
BEEN FUNDED BASED ON A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THEY DON'T SERVE. SO IT WAS ALWAYS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LEAGUE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE WOULD MOVE -- FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SOME THIS TIME FRAME, MOVE THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO BE FUNDED BASED ON
THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS THROUGH THAT NEW FORMULA. IT WAS ALL HOW DO WE DO THAT? SO IF I COULD REMEMBER ALL THE -- IT WAS SO FAST, AND IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THAT THAT WENT THROUGH. BUT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, YEAR
ONE IS 25, 26 PROGRAM PLUS 1%. THE GREATER OF THAT OR THEIR OWN PUTTING THEM THROUGH THEIR OWN FORMULA BASED ON 30% IMPLEMENTATION, THERE IS AN EITHER OR OF -- WE'LL EITHER
FUND YOU BASED ON YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS OR GIVE YOU LAST YEAR APT PLUS A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN WE'LL START MOVING OUT TO THE FORMULA. AND THEN THERE IS A YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE AGREEMENT ON THERE, JUSTER TO START MOVING THEM TOWARDS THAT FORMULA. BUT THE WHOLE IDEA WAS AS WE
START MOVING TO THE DIFFERENT WAY OF FUNDING CHARTER SCHOOLS, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT THE LEGISLATURE'S VISION OF HOW DISTRICTED SHOULD BE FUNDED WE SHOULD APPLY THE SAME THEORY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT
THE KIDS WITHIN OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY FUNDED DIFFERENTLY THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. IF THAT HELPS. >> AND, AGAIN, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING THIS HAS CLOSELY, TWO YEARS AGO, TWO
YEARS AGO, THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED THAT THE PER-PUPIL ASSIGNMENT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY WHAT YOU CALL AT-RISK STUDENTS. AS I RECALL THAT MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNERS, SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, AND FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. >> C EFFECT. >> CORRECT. >> SO DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HIGHER
NUMBERS OF THOSE STUDENTS GOT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PER PUPIL ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE. BUT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS WITHIN -- AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT ADAMS' GOT MORE MONEY FOR EVERYBODY, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS GOT AN EQUAL CHUNK OF THAT. >> YES.
>> NOW IT'S GOING TO -- THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE OVERTIME. IF YOU ARE SERVING AT-RISK STUDENTS AS A CHARTER SCHOOL YOU GET MORE MONEY THAN A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT SERVE AS MANY AT-RISK STUDENTS; AM I CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THAT 25
SCHOOLS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? >> YES. BUT THEY ARE -- IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE FOR THEM AND I KNOW TO THEM IT'S STILL DOLLARS, RIGHTS? >> EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT GOING THIS DIRECTION INSTEAD OF THAT DIRECTION HURTS. FOR US, IT WAS LIKE A 1-2%
CHANGE IN FUNDING WHEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED. AND THEN WE HAVE THREE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ACTUALLY BENEFIT FROM THE FORMULA. SO THEY WILL BENEFIT A BIT FROM THAT SOFTER LANDING PLAN THAT WE CAME UP WITH. >> SO IN TERMS OF MONEY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND TO THE DISTRICT, CLOSE TO A WASH?
WE ARE NOT GOING TO -- THE DISTRICT IS NOT GOING TO GET A BUNCH MORE MONEY? >> NO. >> IT'S GOING -- ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT WILL PASS THROUGH NO CHARTER SCHOOLS? >> VERY SMALL DIFFERENCE FOR US. >> OKAY. >> IF I COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I AM NOT SURE I AM
UNDERSTANDING. ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE ALLOCATE FUNDING TO OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTERED CHARTER SCHOOLS? AND WHEN AND HOW DOES THAT FILL IPHILOSOPHY HAPPEN? >> SLIGHTLY CHANGE THIS YEAR THAT WE ARE IN. 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
AT THE VERY END OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE FIGURED OUT THAT HEY, THIS IS ISN'T WORKING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS, SO THEY JUST SAID, TAKE THAT 15% OF THE NEW FORMULA, AND JUST SPREAD IT EVENLY ACROSS EVEN AND CALL DIIT A DAY.
WE CAME IT THIS YEAR KNOWING WE WOULD HAVE TO REVISIT THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE-YEAR ONLY CONVERSATION. AND SO WE WERE ALWAYS LEANING THE DIRECTION OF HAVING CHARTER SCHOOLS FUNDED UNDER THEIR OWN DEMOGRAPHICS.
WHICH TRUTHFULLY ISN'T ONLY A NEW FORMULA ISSUE, THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM REALLY CAME TO LIGHT. BUT IT WAS ALSO A PROBLEM UNDER THEIR OLD FORMULA. BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING FUNDED FOR A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THEY DID NOT SERVE.
SO THIS NEW PLAN IS JUST GOING TO GET THEM -- SO FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, AS WE GO TO 15% IMPLEMENTATION, 30% IMPLEMENTATION WHICH WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR A WHILE, IS MY BELIEF. IT JUST CHANGED IT SLIGHTLY FOR THEM.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME HOLD HARM THE PROVISIONS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. TO ALLOW OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OTHERS ACROSS STATE TO START RIGHTSIZING IF YOU WILL FOR THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS AND FUNDING THAT'S COMING SO WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PROBLEM WAS A COST OF
LIVING FACTOR THAT WE DEALT WITH AT THE END OF THE SESSION, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE BUDGETING DECISION AND CHANGES WHEN YOU ARE THIS CLOSE TO THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT TO OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. BUT, AGAIN, OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, EVEN AT FULLY IMPLEMENTING THE
NULL SCHOOL FINANCE ACT. IT'S 1-2% SO WE ARE NOT TALKING HUGE DOLLARS. TO EITHER US OR THEM. ALTHOUGH IT'S, YOU NO, THEY FEEL IT WHEN IT GOES NEGATIVE SO I AM NOT TRYING TO DIMINISH THE AFFECT THAT IT HAS ON THEM. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO KEEP IT -- TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, 1448 THAT BILL THAT CHANGED FUNDING FOR ALL OF US, IS BASED ON THE IDEA OF BACKPACK FUNDING WHERE THE FUNDING FOLLOWS THE STUDENT. IF THE STUDENT IS AT RISK THEY GET MORE FUNDING IF THE STUDENT
HAS SPECIAL NEED THEY NET MORE FUNDING, ET CETERA. SO WHAT JANA IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS CONTEMPLATED IS HAVING THE BACKPACK FUNDING FOLLOW THROUGH INTO THE END ARE INDIVIDUAL CHARTER SCHOOLS. WHICH IT WASN'T. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE AT A REALLY
SIMPLE LEVEL. >> AND I GUESS I WAS WONDERING IS THAT IN EFFECT NOW? WAS KIND OF MY ORIGINAL -- >> WE ARE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION. IT IS THE GREATER OF RUNNING THEM THROUGH THE FORMULA AT 30%.
OR 1% OF THE PRIOR. SO IT'S A COMBINATION. >> OKAY. >> AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A DISTRICT DECISION? WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE HOW MUCH WE PASS THROUGH? >> CORRECT. >> PASS THROUGH IS BASED ON A NUMBER OF SOMETIMES IN A CHARTER SCHOOL, NUMBER THE AT-RISK
STUDENTS AND THE APPLICATION OF FORMULA? >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> GREAT. OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I KNOW WE ARE OUT OF TIME, BUT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. WE'LL JUST CONTINUE UNLESS ANYONE FEELS THE NEED TO STOP.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO EXTEND THE TIME? >> USUALLY YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE TIME? AND PROVIDING A TIME AMOUNT?
>> GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, AND THE RELEVANCE -- AND ABSOLUTE HE REVIN RECENCY OF THE INFORMATION I MOVE TO EXITED THE TIME FOR ANOTHER TEN MINUTES. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY GEIGER
SECONDED BY THOMPSON TO EXTEND FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN MINUTES, WE'LL CALL ROLL. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. DEN HER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, IRE. >> THOMPSON? AYE, PASSED 7-0 WE HAVE IN THE
OWN MINUTES. DIRECTOR THOMPSON . >> I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO OFFER YOU A CHAIR THAT'S A LONG TIME TO BE STAND AND FEEL LIKE OUR THE SPOT. I HAD A DIFFERENT QUESTION BUT I WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP TO HOW WE
HAVE STRATEGICALLY USED FUND BALANCE. BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFERENT THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE ACTUALLY USED IT FOR ONGOING EXPENSES. JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S
CLEAR FOR DIRECT TOURS IF WE DON'T APPROVE FUND BALANCE USE WHEN IT'S ON THE AGENDA THAT RESULTS IN CUTS, RIGHT? YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT THE BUDGET? YOU HAVE TO CUT ONGOING STUFF. >> YES. >> SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO MAKE THINK SO I THINK WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT DEFICIT SPENDING OR I KNW THERE ARE A LOT OF FINANCIAL TERMS THAT MEAN VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I WILL GET WRONG BUT FROM OUR BASIC UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE.
SO FOR ME WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AMOUNT, PULLED AND SEEING POSSIBLY DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS ON REVENUE ALL THE OTHER FACTORS WHY ISN'T IT LIKE HALF OF THE ASK WITH SOME CUTS THIS YEAR. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR MORE CUTS. LIKE I AM JUST CURIOUS? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
LET ME ACTUALLY GO BACK TO SLIDT SLIDE IF I CAN. I THINK IT'S NOT ON THERE. SO MOST OF THAT IS THE -- THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT INCREASES THAT WAS VOTED ON BACK
IN DECEMBER. LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE BIG PICTURE. OF THE BUDGET. AND SO WE ARE STRATEGICALLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, RETENTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR GREAT
TEST SCORES AND OUR GREAT GRADUATION RATES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. AND VALUING THOSE EMPLOYEES WHILE WE CAN. AND YOU REMEMBER THE GRAPH THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DURING ESPECIALLY THE MILL LEVY OVERRIDE CONVERSATIONS OF WE
HAVE JUST CAUGHT UP TO THAT PACK, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO MAYBE GET INTO THE PACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE ARE STILL AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PACK, THIS HELPS US STRATEGICALLY JUST STAY IN THAT COMPENSATION GAME THANK YOU
WILL OF MAKING SURE THAT WE VALUE OUR EMPLOYS. KEEPING THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US, AND THEN AS WE ARE ALSO CONSOLIDATING THE SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S A BIG STEP FOR US. OF TAKING THOSE SIX SCHOOLS INTO THREE SCHOOLS. WE ARE -- THAT IS A ONE-YEAR
EXPENSE SO WE CAN RIGHT SIZE THAT PIECE OF 4.2, ALMOST $5 MILLION NEXT YEAR. SO AS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOT GIVING RAISES. GIVING VERY SMALL RAISES.
OR ACTUALLY CUTTING STAFF, WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF STRATEGICALLY POSITION OURSELVES IN A BETTER SPOT FOR THE FUTURE. AND WE HAVE THE TIME AND THE FUND BALANCE TO DO IT RIGHT KNOW. AND WE HAVE A SOLID PLAN TO RIGHT SIZE IT OR A PLAN IN PROCESS. TO RIGHT SIZE IT NEXT YEAR. SO I THINK WE ARE SILL GETTING
OURSELVES IN A GOOD POSITION. TO TAKE KAREN OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HERE. WHO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS AND NOT PUT OUR SELFS IN JEOPARDY INTO THE FUTURE. >> SISUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT WE CAN BE MAKING CUTS THIS YEAR AND NEXT AREA SO THAT'S WHEN JANA -- CFO SCHLEUSNER WENT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT AREA, THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN MAKING CUTS FROM THIS YEAR GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S
HAPPENING AND IT'S COUNTER BALANCED BY THINGS LIKE INCREASED FUEL PRICES AND UTILITIES AND BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION OUR FUNDING IS NOT THINK BUT THE DEPARTMENTAL CUTS ARE HAPPENING. AND THEN THOSE GROWTH AND DECLINE CUTS WILL BE HAPPENING
AS WE GO INTO 27-28. AND WORKING ON GETTING EVERYTHING RIGHT SIZED BUT THE RIGHT SIZE OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. I WASN'T SUGGESTING THAT WE CHANGE COURSE. I WAS JUST WANTING IT TO BE EXPLAINED WHY THIS COURSE WAS
BEING CH CHOSEN. >> I'LL WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. >> ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS FIRST, DIRECTOR RYAN. >> SO AND WE HAD A COMMENT TONIGHT, MULTIPLE COM COMMENTS M FOLKS TALKING ABOUT BLENDING
THINGS HERE TALKING ABOUT THE MLO. OF AN IDEA THAT ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR COULD BE FOUND ELSEWHERE. I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT ANSWERED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS IF PEOPLE PAID ATTENTION TO IT, BUT AT SOME POINT WE ARE GETTING TO KEEP THE GRUESOME METAPHOR OF
CUTTING THE FAT YOU ARE CUTTING INTO MUSCLE EVENTUALLY THERE IS NO MORE FAT LEFT. FROM AT LEAST WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, BY 27-28 WE ARE AT MUSCLE. AND THAT'S WHEN WE START LOSING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR DISTRICT FOR THE POKED THAT ARE CONCERNED.
>> DTHANK YOU, DIRECTOR RYAN THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT AND SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY CLEAR ON. WE ARE DOING ALL OF THIS WORK RIGHT NOW TO GET TO MAKE CUTS AND WE CERTAINLY ARE IN MUSCLE. TO MAKE CUTS TO GET US RIGHT
SIZED BECAUSE WHEN WE GO TO OUR TAXPAYERS, TO ASK FOR FUNDING, WE DON'T WANT TO BE ASKING FOR FUNDING BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SPENDING RESPONSIBLY, WE HAVE A BALANCED BULLET AND WE HAVE -- WE ARE RETURNING INCREDIBLY LEAN. WE ARE ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR
VERY SPECIFIC THINGS TO HAVE OUR STAFF BE MORE COMPETITIVELY COMPENSATED AND FOR STUDENT PROGRAMMING SUCH AS RESTORING ELEMENTARY MUSIC THAT WAS CUT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC THAT WAS CUT BACK IN 2014 OR SO.
SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A MILL LEVY OVERRIDE IN ORDER TO FILL IN A BUDGET DEFICIT. WE ARE KEELI DEALING WITH OUR BT DEFICIT RESPONSIBLY BY CUTTING AT A MUCH AS WE CAN. DOES THAT HELP PROVIDE THE CLARITY YOU THINK THE PUBLIC
NEEDS? THANK YOU. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> ALONG THE SAME LINES I THINK FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE LISTENER, WHO -- WHAT DO WE MEAN BY -- AND EITHER OF YOU CAN WE ARE THIS WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STAFF? I THINK THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ON PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT?
>> SURE. >> IF YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT? >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT. SO 50 ARE 4% OF OUR STAFF ARE LICENSED STAFF. THAT MEANS OUR TEACHERS AND OUR EDUCATORS. BUT A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR STAFF ARE CLASSIFIED STAFF. THE PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT ARE
BARELY MAKING WHAT THEY CAN MAKE AT CHICK-FIL-A AND THEY ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS WORKING WITH OUR CHILDREN. THAT'S THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING STAFF. WELL DO ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONALS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES.
SUCH AS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WHO WE ARE NOT PAYING EVERYBODY REMOTELY COMPETITIVE. FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PEOPLE WE ARE NOT COMPETING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE ARE ACTUALLY COMPETING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. SO WHEN WE DO TALK ABOUT STAFF, WE ARE TALKING THROUGH AND THROUGH AND ARMY I JUST WANT TO
ADDRESS WHAT I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LIKE, WELL, TEACHERS SHOULD GET A RAISE BUT THE PRINCIPALS SHOULDN'T. OUR PRINCIPALS ARE EVEN FURTHER UNDER MARKET THAN OUR TEACHERS ARE. AND ALL OF US KNOW ONLY TOO WELL
IF YOU ARE I DON'T PRINCIPAL TURNS OVER EVERY TWO YEARS REACHING -- GETTING THOSE INCREDIBLE ACADEMIC SCORES OF GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT AND STABILITY FOR A SCHOOL IS VERY COMPLICATED LEADERSHIP DOES MATTER, TOO.
I NEVER WANT TO DIMINISH THE EFFORTS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN OUR SYSTEM. AND THAT NONE OF THEM ARE BEING PAID COMPETITIVELY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY THAT. >> IT INCLUDES BUS DRIVERS, TRANSPORTATION, BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANS THAT HELP WITH
SEVERE NEEDS, PLUMBERS ELECTRICIANS AND NOTHING -- I CAN THINK OF NOTHING MORE CRUSHING TO BUILDING MORALE THAN HAVING A LICENSED TEACHER GET A RAISE AND NOT HAVING THAT PARAPROFESSIONAL WHO IS HE SEEN SHALL TO THEIR INSTRUCTION GET THE SAME KIND OF RAEUTZ, THAT'S
WHO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY STAFF IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE ONE MINUTE AND TWO HANDS UP AS FAST AS YOU CAN GEIGER. >> I WILL ASK THE QUESTION THAT SHOULD CAUSE EVERYBODY SOME FEAR. IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE
INCREASE IN THE EDUCATION BUDGET THIS YEAR WAS? SOME PATTERN ABLED BY ONE-TIME FUNDS IN THE STATE BUDGET? >> YES. >> AND IF THOSE ONE-TIME FUNDS DON'T EXIST NEXT YEAR THERE IS NO GUARANTEE WE'LL GET EVEN 1%
RAISE? >> CORRECT. >> MATTER OF FACT IT COULD BE CUT. >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT IS FOR THAT CHIPPED THINK YOU KNOW, I WAS -- YOU KNOW, AS I WAS A GOT THROWING THAT SLIDE.
THINKING THOUSAND THE INFORMATION MIGHT BE PER SEED BY OTHER DIRECTORS AND THE PUBLIC. I WANTED TO ASK FOR CLARITY WE HAVE THE SLIDE WITH THE PIE CHARTS. >> YES. AND IT SHOWS KIND OF HOW SPENDING IS ALLOCATE AHEAD CROSS
THE BUDGET. AS YOU ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE SLIDES YOU THINK THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENT SLIDES THIS IS EX-PENALTY TUESDAY AND WE SAW PRIORITY EX-PENALTY TUESDAY. IT'S FAIR TO ASSUME THAT THE
NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THAT SLIDE WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN YEAR OFF YEAR. $64 MILLION AND INCREASES ACROSS EACH LITTLE SECTION.
CAN YOU AREA IDENTIFY WHY THAT'S DIFFERENT? >> I AM NOT SURE IF I CAN ANSWER THAT QU WELL. >> I DON'T THINK I CAN ANSWER THAT CAN YOU? >> CAN YOU RESTATE?
>> YEAH, SO THE PIE CHART THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNTS FOR THE -- EACH EXPENDITURE, RIGHT? AND IT EQUALS IF I TOTAL ALL OF THEM IT'S 64 IF I LACK AT PURPOSE, I THINK IT WAS 8 MILLION. RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE OTHER SLIDE THAT SAYS THE
PRIORITY EXPENSES, RATE? AFTER SAVINGS AND ALL OF THAT IS SAYS 4 MILLION AT THAT FINAL NUMBER. SO JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE SEE 4 MILLION THERE AND WHY IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE
DIFFERENT WE ARE SEEING IN THE PIE CHART. >> CAN I ASK FOR ONE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THE QUESTION. WHEN YOU ARE SAYING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PURPLE, YOU MANY THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR? THANK YOU. >> SO IN COMPARISON TO THE CURRENT 25-26 IS SCHOOL YEAR. THAT IS BASED ON THE PROJECTION
OF WHERE WE EXPECT TO END THE YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT YEAR OVER YEAR EXPENDITURE CHANGE FROM THAT REVISED BUDGET BUT ALSO CONCERNED POUR WHEN WE LOOK AT HE CAN PEN AT THIS POINT TRUES AND TRANSFER WHERE NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO, THREE WRAPPED UP IT GIVES US A BIT MORE
CLARITY ON WHERE WE ARE HEADED FOR 26-27. SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS SHIFTED IN THERE BUT ONLY ALL WHEN YOU LACK AT THE YEAR SO YEAR INCREASES. THE PERSONAL PERSONALS DON'T CHANGE BUT THE MATH OF WHERE
WHERE HE APPROPRIATED SOME OF BUDGETS ACROSS THEY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. >> WE ARE OUT OF TIME BUT IT
WILL BE BACK ON OUR AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING. ORIGINALLY THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCIAL PLAN AND EVERYTHING. BUT WITH THE LEGISLATURE CHANGES
AND EVERYTHING HAPPENING WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN AVAILABLE. SO I THINK IT WAS SLIDE AT THE END. SLIDE 12. SLIDE 13. SO THE PROPOSED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE MAY 26th MEETING. SO WE NEED TO PUT IN ON THE
AGENDA AGAIN. TWO WEEKS LATER WELL BE APPROVING THE BUDGET. I WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT TRADITIONALLY WE HAVE HAD FOUR
WEEKS BETWEEN THE FINAL PLANNING POSTED AND US VOTING ON IT AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD TWO MEETINGS IN JUNE AND IT ALLOW FOR THAT FOUR H TIME TIME
PERIOD. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS ON THAT TOPIC. THE FINAL PLAN WON'T BE POSTED IN ARE UNTIL NEXT MEETING AND THEN IT'S TWO WEEKS.
I WOULDED IT IS HE FOR THERE WAS CONCERN WITH THAT TIME FRAME OR IF YOU FEEL LIKE THE ADDED PRESS TAKES WILL SUFFICE THINK DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN FINALIZED YET. BUT WE ARE ALREADY MEET ON THE
GROUND TUESDAY NEXT WEEK. IS THAT TOO SOON? >> WE THINK ARE I DON'T THINK WE ARE MEETING ON TUESDAY. >> FOR RESCHEDULE OF THE SPECIAL
SESSION. THE LOSS IN ELECTRICITY CAUSED A LOT OF WHAT IF SCENARIOS THAT WERE OUT THERE. SO ANY A THOUGHTS ON THE
SCHEDULING? >> HOW MUCH TIME TO WE NEED TO AL GATE NEXT WEEK? DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE SAME PRESENTATION WITH A FEW TWEAKED OR I GUESS I AM JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING.
>> WE WERE GOING TO PUT IT ON CONSENT WITH A MEMO. WE CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS. WHICHEVER YOU WOULD PREFER.
>> I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ON SLIDE 9 THAT WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO THINK I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT TO SPEND SOMETIME AT THE NEXT MEETING. 20 MINUTES AGAIN FOR US JUST TO WALK THROUGH QUESTIONS. AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINAL
APPROVAL OF THE MEETING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYONE? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. IT'S ABOUT 8:00. AND WE ARE NOW MOVING IN TO OUR
POLICY GOVERNANCE SECTION TEN. AS A REMINDER, THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOCUSES ON THE BOARD'S GOVERNANCE ROLE, HOW WE SET DIRECTIONS, MONITOR PERFORMANCE AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS
10.1, SCHOOL YEAR 2026 BOARD OF EDUCATION BUDGET DISCUSSION. SO THIS IS THE BOARD'S BUDGET WITHIN THE LARGER BUDGET. AND UNDERSTANDING THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR BOARD TREASURER. DR. THOMPSON TO WALK US THROUGH
THE UPDATE AND DISCUSSION. >> SO I DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY MATERIAL UPDATES REGARDING EXPENDITURES SO FAR IN YEAR.
BRINGING BACK THE BULLET WITH THE LIVE STREAMING OPTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOCUMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INTEREST IN LIFE STREAMING DOCK, WE HAVE RECEIVED INFOR INFORMATIONS ABOT DIFFERENT COSTS AND TO BRING IT BACK WITH THE BUDGET BEFORE THE
PROPOSED BUDGET FINALIZED TO SEE WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE. AND WHERE EVERYONE MIGHT BE LEANING. YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE BOTTOM. DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THEM OUT? WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL?
SO OPTION ONE IS HIRE ADDITIONAL LIVE STREAM PART-TIME OPERATOR AND CLOSED CAPTIONS. WITH A MINIMUM CHECK IT'S A MINIMUM COST OF 55,000 PER YEAR. OPTION TWO IS LIVE STREAM OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR AND HAVE
CLOSED CAPTIONS AT $65,000. AT AN ANNUAL ESTIMATE. AND THEN OPTION THREE IS LIVE STREAM WITH CURRENT EQUIPMENT AND STAFF. WHICH IS ABOUT $13,000 FOR THAT ESTIMATE. BUT WE HAVE STAFF TIME THAT WE ARE USING. AND THEN OPTION FOUR MOVER DAC
TO VIRTUAL, MINIMUM COST OF 4,000 TO 5500 FOR ZOOM LICENSE. AND SOME STAFF AND CLOSED CAPTIONS. AND I AM NOT SURE BASED OFF OF THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED ON THE DAC IF THERE HAVE BEEN A PREFERENCE BETWEEN LIVE STREAM, OR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ZOOM OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. I THINK DAC IS MEETING ON THURSDAY. AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE DAC AND THEN COME BACK. AND DISCUSS WITH US THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE A SHORT AGENDA ON THIS AS WELL.
ARE THERE OTHER REACTIONS, THOUGH TO LIVE STREAMING COSTS? OR OPTIONS. >> IS DAC GETTING OR HAS IT GOTTEN A BUDGET UPDATE?
[ INAUDIBLE ] NOT SURE I HAVE SEEN IT. BECAUSE I THINK THAT CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT. >> AND THEN ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF ONE-TIME EXPENSES THAT KIND OF INFLATED WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOK LIKE FOR THIS YEAR. THOSE ARE BACK IN THE NOTES. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON THOSE AS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE ELECTION FEES OF ONE TIME. CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN OUR BUDGET.
WE WOULD ADD THAT ITEM TO THE BUDGET IF WE PLANNED ON PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT. >> TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT'S AN AMOUNT WE PAY TO THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE COURT TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. >> CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU. >> ALSO WE DON'T HAVE CARRYOVER. IN OUR BUDGET THINK KEEP THAT IN MIND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME SAVINGS BEFORE AND SOME BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DAC CONVERSATION, ET CETERA, AND THEN, OF COURSE, A TIMELINE WITH UPDATING THE
SYSTEM THAT JUST DIDN'T WORK WITHIN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUND BALANCE LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS YEAR WITH WHAT'S LEFT?
I THINK I AM MISSING THAT. >> SORRY THERE IS NO ACTUALS ON THERE. IF YOU GIVE ME A MINUTE I'LL PULL IT UP. >> SO COSTS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED WE ALWAYS HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS. THAT ARE EMBEDDED.
WHEN IT'S BRAND-NEW BOARD, RIGHT, WE MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS. BUT THERE IS ALSO ONLINE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AROUND POLICY GOVERNANCE, OR MONITORING, OR DIFFERENT AREAS SO THOSE MAY BE AREAS OF
INTEREST FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND I AM HAPPY TO FIND RESOURCES ON THAT IF THAT'S HELPFUL OR OF
INTEREST.
>> SO OUR ACTUALS TO DATE WERE AT 384,983. AND THE AVAILABLE IS 312,815. AND SOME CHANGE. >> ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIRECTOR THOMPSON. THE SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 10.3. IT'S THE BOARD POLICY GPEB STAFF
CONDUCT SECOND READING. AS A REMINDER, WE HEARD THE FIRST READING ON APRIL 7TH. AND THIS POLICY OUTLINES EXPECTATIONS FOR STAFF CONDUCT INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL, ETHICAL AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL AS MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES WITH STUDENTS AND
INTERACTSS GROUNDED IN MUTUAL RESPECT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POLICY THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS A SAFE, PROFESSIONAL AND RESPECTFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THIS IS A SECOND READING SO WE
ARE VOTING ON IN THIS EVENING. SUPERINTENDENT KANE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STAFF WANTS TO SHARE BEFORE I OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION? >> GOOD EVENING DIRECTORS WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS TO SHARE OTHER THAN THERE ARE KNOWLEDGE ADDITIONAL REVINCES TO
THE POLICY SINCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FIRST READING. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FORWARD AS A RESULT OF A REVISION MADE TO STATE LAW AS WELL AS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
POLICY AT GPEB RELATED TO MANDATORY REPORTING, IS CONSISTENT WITH REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY MADE A JLF AND JLFR WHICH WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE REVINS TO STATE LAW. AND I JUST ASK THAT WE MOVE TO PAGE TWO OF THE SECOND READING
OF GB -- THE RED LINE VERSION OF GBEB WHICH I IDENTIFIES THE REVISIONS. PROPOSED TO THIS POLICY. AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS OR BE HAPPY TO REVIEW THE CHANGES MADE TO THE STATE LAW WHICH ACTUALLY DRIVE THE REVISIONS BEING PROPOSED TO GBEB RELATED TO MANDATORY REPORTING IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE.
>> WOULD BOARD LIKE THAT REVIEW? OH, DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I HAD RAISED IT BEFORE THAT THERE IS -- IT'S CONFUSING DOUBLE LISTING OF THINGS. IT APPEARS THAT COMES DIRECTLY FROM STATUTE SO WE CAN THANK OUR LEGISLATURE FOR THAT. >> RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT.
AND I APPRECIATED IT I ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENT DIRECTOR RYAN AND WE DON'T DISAGREE. IT'S THE LEGAL SLAY TOURS WE HAVE TO BLAME FOR THAT CONFUSING LANGUAGE. >> IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO SAY THAT.
OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER -- ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOVE TO ADOPT POLICY J.B. EB. --
>> GBEB. >> J IT,. >> "G." >> OH, MY GOODNESS GBEB STAFF CONDUCTED AS PRESENTED IN THE SECOND READING. >> I I THINK I HEARD A SECOND, MOVED BY THOMPSON AND SECONDED D BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE PROPOSED
UPDATES TO BOARD POLICY GBEB STAFF CONDUCT. WITH THAT ANY SUGGESTION? I WILL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DRESS DOOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DRESS DOOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER, AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN.
>> AYE. AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. THE MOWING PASSES 7-0. THAT TAKES US TO OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS 10.3 ITEM. IT'S A SAG ROUNDTABLE DEBRIEF.
AND JUST AS A REMAINDER, ON APRIL 20th THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP INVITED THE BOARD TO ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS THE AGENDA ITEM HAS COPIES OF THE PRESENTATION SLIDE DECKS AND NEARLY ALL OF US WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION.
DIRECTOR DENZLER THANK YOU FOR SUMMARIZING THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THIS AGENDA ITEM ALSO INCLUDES A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO THE SAG ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE 20 MINUTES FOR IN A IN ENDA ITEM.
AND IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE I WOULD LIKE TO RUN IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY FOR DISCUSSION FIRST. AND THEN LIKE TO END ONLY IT UP TO SUPERINTENDENT IF THERE IS ANY REACTIONS FOR STAFF AND SAVE
THE LAST AMOUNT OF OUR TIME TO DISCUSSION THE WEST LINES ITSELF. SO WOULD A BOARD MEMBER UNTIL FIVE WORDS OR LESS SAY ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU FROM
DISCUSSIONS OR THE WRITE-UP. I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE PASSIONATE STUDENT ADVOCACY AND CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK. I THINK I DID IT IN FIVE. IS THAT SIX? ALL RIGHT, I BROKE MY RULE. I CLOSE. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO
GO NEXT. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> JUST APPRECIATE I HAVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. >> LET'S JUST GO COUNSEL THE LINE. PASS IF YOU WANT TO DIRECTOR RYAN.
DO YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? >> THE INSIGHTS OUR STUDENTS HAVE OUR FANTASTIC. >> GREAT. >> YEAH, THE PASSION OF OUR STUDENTS WERE WAS EVIDENT.
>> INSIGHTFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER AND THEN GEIGER. >> I THINK WHAT COMES TO MIND THIS IS NOT FIVE WORD OR LESS JUST THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THAT'S BEING CULTIVATED -- CULTIVATED
SIEVE ILIC ENGAGEMENT. THREE WORDS. >> THERE YOU GO THINK DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> IMPORTANT STUDENT-STAFF INTERACTION. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT SPRAYED YOU, ANYONE?
ANYTHING THAT YOU FOUND SURPRISING FROM WHAT YOU HEARD?
DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I THINK JUST HOW THOUGHTFUL OUR STUDENTS ARE ABOUT LIKE A.I. IN PARTICULAR. I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL KIND OF GRAPPLING WITH IN REAL TIME. AS IT'S BEING DEVELOP WE ARE RECALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT AND WHY AND WHAT THE ETHICAL PARAMETERS ARE AND I THINK THAT I WAS JUSTIFY
IMPRESSED MAYBE NOT SURPRISED BUT VERY IMPRESSED HOW DEEPLY OUR STUDENTS HAVE THOUGHT ON THIS. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I AM ALWAYS STRUCK AND SURPRISED AT THE LEVEL OF DEEP
EMPATHY MEMBERS OF SAG EXPRESS FOR THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS. THEY TRULY, PARTICULARLY THE PEER REVIEW GROUP. THE PEER COUNSELING GROUP. AND EVERY ONE OF THEM TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY THAT THEY ARE THERE TOLL IMPROVE THE LOT OF
EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT. AND THAT THEY ARE THINKING MUCH BEYOND THEIR OWN NEEDS AND ISSUES. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THAT WAS NICE WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AT HOW WELL PREPARED THEY WERE FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE KNOW THAT THEIR TIME IS LIMITED. AND WE ACTUALLY DID PUT A LOT OF DEMANDS ON THE SAG. ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE DIFFERENT FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO COMING TO TOGETHER L LIKE IT DID THAT WAS A LOT OF EFFORT ON THEIR END. AND STAFF THAT HELPED. >> FOR ME I WAS PLEASANTLY
SURPRISED AT HOW THEY REALLY HAVE MOVED TOWARD TRYING TO LOOK AT POLICY. AND TRYING TO SEE WELL, WHAT DOES POLICY SAY ABOUT THIS? AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, OUTCOME MEASURES AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT FOR
A COUPLE OF YEARS AND I THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING FOR THE STUDENTS NOT TO JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO DO THIS PROGRAM OR I WANT TO DO THIS SERVICE OR I WANT TO CREATE THIS. AND THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR I FELT LIKE THEY REALLY TRIED HARD
TO SAY, OH, THIS IS WHAT OUR POLICIES SAY AND POLICIES ARE OUR VALUES, RIGHT? AND SO THAT WAS SURPRISING THE A.I. GROUP AGAIN ALSO JUST THE DEPTH OF THEIR PRESENTATION WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
AND EVERYTHING. ANY OTHER SURPRISES OR COMMENTS OR SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT? AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT KANE. I WAS SPRAYED ABOUT THE ONGOING WORK AND SO AT THE TABLES I WAS
AT THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING LAST YEAR, WHAT THE STUDENTS CONCLUSIONS WERE. AND PASSING THE BATON THE SENIORS WERE PASSING THE BATON AND SO THIS ISN'T JUST A YEAR-BY-YEAR NEW PROJECT THING.
THIS IS A LIVING ENDEAVOR. >> YEAH, THERE ARE STUDENTS ON THERE FOR YEARS AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO EVOLVE THEIR PROJECTS. THEIR PASSION AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. DIRECTORS ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE HAND IT OVER TO
SUPERINTENDENT KANE? YES, GO AHEAD. >> YES, SORRY, I WAS DYING OF THIRST. I WAS REALLY -- I REALLY ENJOYED THE NEW FORMAT.
DIRECTOR MEEK. WHERE THOSE STUDENTS HAD ROUND TABLES AND STAFF AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WERE ABLE TO AT THIS TIME AT THE ROUND TABLES WITH THE STUDENTS RATHER THAN HAVING EVERYONE SIT THROUGH FIVE OR SIX FORMAL PRESENTATIONS I THINK IT WAS MORE MEANINGFUL FOR
THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY GOT MORE DIRECT INTERACTION WITH STAFF AND BOARD DIRECTORS, AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD USE OF EVERYONE'S TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT APPRECIATION FOR THE NEW FORMAT
STRATEGY. >> I HAD THE SAME IMPRESSION FROM THE STUDENTS APPRECIATING THAT AS WELL. AND IT REALLY IS ENGAGING AND POWERFUL TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT
WITH SUPERINTENDENT -- ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD BE INTERESTED FOR HEAR FROM THE CABINET MEMBERS WHO WERE THERE. WHAT THEY FELT. AND WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY FOR THE FROM IT AS WELCOME. MS. HIG HIATT AND I HAVE HAD A COUPLE CHANCES TO DO AND WE COME
AWAY. IF YOU DON'T MIND. >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR. >> SO, THANK YOU FOR ASKING US TO SHARE JUST OUR EXPERIENCE. >> I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS AND HEAR FROM THEIR ADVOCACY ON A VARIETY I HAVE REALLY IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT THE MOST RECENT OPPORTUNITY
HAVING HAD THE CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH OUR SAG STUDENTS, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES THIS YEAR, IS THAT THEY REALLY DID LISTEN TO FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD SHARED WITH THEM THINK I KNOW I MET WAY GROUP CAN SUPERINTENDENT KANE IN
PRETTY THINK AND AS THEY WERE PREPARING AS PREP PREPARING THEY ASKED US QUESTIONS AND WE GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO CONSIDER
AND THEY TOOK OUR FEEDBACK AND BY THE END OF THE LAST PRESIDENT TAKE THEY INCORPORATED THAT WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE.
THEY WERE EAGER TO SHOW WHAT THEY HAD LEARN AND DETAIL AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INCREDIBLE. >> I HAD THE CHANCE TO JOIN DIRECTOR GEIGER AT TWO OF THE DIFFERENT TABLES FOR PRESENTATIONS ONE WAS THE STUDENT SAFETY PRESENTATION. THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED
IN ON WHAT WE CAN BETTER DO TO SUPPORT OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, KNOWING WHAT OUR SAFETY PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS ARE. AND WHILE THEY DO ATTEND -- OUR SUBSTITUTES DO ATTEND MANDATORY TRAINING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IT
GAVE US SOME NEW WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT SOME RESOURCES THAT ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE PLAN TO INCORPORATE. IN MATERIALS OF THOSE SAFETY PROTOCOLS, GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S SOME WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS SUMMER. AND SO I AM REALLY LOOKING -- I
MEAN, IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO HEAR THAT PERSPECTIVE AND THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY INCORPORATE TO HELP TO ENSURE THAT OUR SUBSTITUTES DO HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED. IF THEY ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE IN A POSTURE CHANGE AND
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND OR ACCESS SOMETHING FIRST HAND ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN THAT SITUATION. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. AND I ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO JOIN THE MENTAL HEALTH SUBGROUP AND THAT SUBGROUP REALLY SHARED
WITH US JUST THEIR ADVOCACY AND THE RESEARCH OF THE POLICIES AROUND PEER COUNSELING AND SO WE DO AS STATED IN THE NOTES, WE DO HAVE PEER COUNSELING IN OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS BUT NOT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SO OUR CONVERSATION REALLY ENTAILED WHY
MIGHT THAT BE. CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE FROM OUR COUNSELORS PER SPEC IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE BARRIERS MIGHT BE FOR IMPLEMENTING A PEER COUNSELING PROGRAM. AND SO WE ARE MEETING WITH HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS THIS WEEK. THAT IS ON MY AGENDA TO SPEAK
WITH THEM ABOUT JUST TO BRING AWARENESS AROUND SAG'S ADVOCACY IN THIS AREA. WITH CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS OUR HEY SCHOOL COUNSELORS AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN ENGAGE THEM AND THAT WAS PART OF THE COVERS WE HAD WITH OUR STUDENTS REALLY WANT TO DO THINGS WITH THEM IN A VERY
COLLABORATIVE SORT OF WAY. VERSUS JUST KIND OF DIRECTING STAFF TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP STYLES AND APPROACHES. SO THOSE WERE A FEW OF MY TAKEAWAYS. >> THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> NIL OTHER STAFF HAVE FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT? >> SO MR. BLARE AND I TOTALLY LUCK OUT WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT A.I. WITH A BUNCH OF REALLY THOUGHTFUL KIDS. AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE
GROUP WHEN I SAW THAT. IT WAS AWESOME IN THAT IT AFFIRMED A LOT OF WHAT WE HAD BEEN THINKING INTERNALLY, BUT, OF COURSE, KIDS COME ONE NUANCES AND THEIR DAY-TO-DAY THAT WE
CAN'T TOTALLY TAP INTO AS WE ARE THINKING THROUGH, THE ADULTS OF THINKING THROUGH WHAT THEY ARE THINKING THROUGH, TO HAVE THOSE NUANCES SURFACE WAS REALLY, REAL GREAT. OF COURSE, THE KIDS DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE PICTURE AND THEY HAVE THE LENT THAT THEY HAVE. AND WE HAVE THE LENS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TRYING TO YOU KNOW, BRING THOSE LENSES TOGETHER FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION, WAS FANTASTIC. AND I CAN SPEAK FOR MR. BLARE WHEN I SAY WE WERE VERY IMPRESSIONED WITH WHAT THEY
BROUGHT TO THE TABLE THEY ARE SERIOUS AND THOUGHTFUL AND PRACTICAL IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT IT. I CONCUR FOR SUPERINTENDENT KANE THE FORMAT WAS GREAT FOR WHATEVER THAT'S WORK TO
PRESIDENT MEEK AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. >> GREAT. WELL, TONIGHT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING WE CAN LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS AND RESPOND WITH CLARITY WITH A
RESOLUTION WHICH IS HOW THE BOARD CH EXPRESSES IT'S A HE VOICEOVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE STUDENT DESCRIBED VISOR GROUP BROUGHT FORWARD, THOUGHTFUL, CANDID RESEARCH FEED BECOME ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN OUR SYSTEM.
WHILE TOPICS VARIED FROM SAFETY TO A.I. TO MENTAL HEALTH AND BALLOONING THEIR MESSAGE WAS REMARKABLY CONSISTENT. I THINK YOU HEARD THIS IN PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL. THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE REALLY DEPENDS ON THE CLASSROOM. THE ADULT, OR THE SCHOOL.
NEWS FLASH, THAT'S NOT HUGELY SURPRISING. I WAS ON ANOTHER BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT AND SOMEBODY WAS WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT VERY SAME THING IT'S OUR JOB AS A BOARD TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCED LOOK LIKE A CROSS
THE SYSTEM. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT US ADOPTING PROGRAMS, OR PRESCRIBING SOLUTIONS. WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD
CONSISTENTLY EXPERIENCE AND INSURANCE OUR GOVERNMENT'S SYSTEM REFLECTS THAT AND THAT'S OUR JOB. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONNECT WITH THE STUDENTS AND HEAR FROM THEM AND WE ARE REVIEWING OUR POLICIES. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE
POLICIES REFLECT THOSE VALUES THAT WE ARE HEARING CONSISTENTLY. AND WHEN WE DO OUR MONITORING. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE OUTCOMES ARE BEING ACHIEVED IN THE SYSTEM. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT OUR COMMITMENTS BACK TO THE STUDENTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS, FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, I ACTUALLY RAN INTO ONE OF THE STUDENT LEADERS ON MOTHER'S DAY. HE WAS OUT WALKING WITH HIS SISTER AND HIS PARENTS. AND WE STOPPED AND WE CHATTED AND HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT HOW WE PASS THE RESOLUTION
OR NOT TONIGHT. I PROMISED WE WOULD GET BACK TO THEM TOMORROW. AND HE'S JUST EXCITED ABOUT HEY, I HAVE IDEAS FOR EM MOVEMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR HE'S A CONTINUING LEADER. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY -- IT FILLED MY BUCK OAT MOTHER'S DAY.
I DIDN'T HAVE MAY OWN KID BUT I HAD THE SAG LEADER THAT I RAN INTO. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION AS A WAY TOLL COMMIT TO HEARING THE STUDENTS RESPOND AND THEN CIRCLING BACK TO THEM.
AND COMMITTING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEY WANT AT THE START OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS AREA. SO WITH THAT, I WILL JUST SEE IF THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION. AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS EDITS OR
POTENTIAL CHANGES. >> MOVE TO ADOPT. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S IT WAS DIRECTOR GEIGER MOVED AND DIRECTOR CALLAHAN SECONDED. A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I JUST LIKE HOW INTENTIONAL IT IS TO HIT EVERY SUBGROUP AND THE MAIN TAKE AWAY SO I
APPRECIATE THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. I AM MOST FOCUSED ON SUBSIX ARE SOX-ACTUAL REVIEW AND EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS.
THAT SHOULD BE TRUE FROM ALL OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IT SHOULD BE THE GOAL OF OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS WE LISTEN TO PEOPLE OUT THERE AND WE AS A BOARD SET THAT DIRECTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND SO I THINK REAFFIRMING THE STUDENT VOICE ON THAT KIND OF
DECISION MAKING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. OBVIOUSLY THE MONITORING MATTERS BUT OUR JOB IS TO SET GOALS AND I THINK MAKING IT CLEAR TO STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THAT WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO THEM ON THAT SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR RENINTH THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION AND I SO I THINK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CRAFT SOMETHING STRONGER THROUGH THE EDITS THAT WERE PROVIDED.
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT ADDING THE FOLLOW-UP SECTION AS WELL. I THINK WE HEARD FROM THE STUDENTS WHEN WE MET WITH THEM AND OFTEN TIMES THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THE FEEDBACK LOOP IS
CHOPPING. THAT'S FEEDBACK WE HEAR FROM BOARD COMMITTEES A WELL, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE CIRCLE BACK AND CLOSE THE LOOP ON HOW THEIR TIME AND ENERGY THAT THEY DEDICATE TO US, WE ARE HEARING THEM. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IN OUR DIVISION MAKING.
I AGREE, DIRECTOR GEIGER THIS IS HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WOK FOR ALL OF OUR CONNECTIONS. WITH THAT I WILL SEE IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE I WILL CALL RECORD.
DIRECTOR HAPPEN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DIDN'T HER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DETECTIVE DOOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. ALL RIGHT.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE ARE AT ITEM 10.4. MONITORING REPORT BOARD ENDS TWO APPROVAL OF UP PERSON TAKES. AND BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE DISCUSSION ON THE MONITORING
REPORTS, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME BRIEF CONTEXT AND GET A SENSE OF WHERE THE BOARD WANTS TO GO. YOU KNOW, WE AGREED AS A BOARD TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR INTERPRETATIONS ON THE TWO MONITORING REPORTS ON THE ENDS AT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA
TONIGHT AND FOR THESE REPORTS THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME INCONSISTENCY IN HOW INTERPRETATION WAS INTERPRETED. OR APPROACHED AND SPECIFICALLY RATHER THAN THE FULL INTEND TAKE THAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED IN ADDITION TO THE DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS.
IT WOULD INCLUDE SPECIFIC TARGETS OR INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE. THE RATIONALE FOR THOSE ALL OF THAT IS REALLY WHAT AN INTERPRETATION IS. THE REPORTS REALLY STOPPED AT
THE THE DEFINITION PORTION OF AN INTERPRETATION. SO GIVEN THAT I WANT TO PAUSE AND ASK HOW THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED ON THIS ITEM. AND THEN WE CAN JUMP INTO THAT PROCESS. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I THINK THE IDEA BEHIND DOING
INTERPRETATION FIRST WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION WASN'T BEING GATHERED THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE GATHERED AND MAKE IT EASIER ON THE EVIDENCE END TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INTERPRETATION WAS ALIGNED BEFORE GRABBING EVIDENCE THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN BE LOOK BEING FOR. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT
WITH THE INTERPRETATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE BENCH MARKS ARE AND WHAT WE ARE SHOOTING FOR SO WE KNOW WHAT THE EVIDENCE -- WHERE THAT NEEDS TO COME FROM. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THIS. THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY INCORRECT. AT THIS THINK WE COULD SAY THESE
ARE REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS, I DON'T KNOW HOW HELPFUL IT WOULD BE TO THEN GO TO BENCHMARKS PLUS EVIDENCE IN THE NEXT ONE. THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD LESSEN THE LOAD ON GATHERING EVIDENCE. SO I AM -- MY POSITION WOULD BE
THAT WE ASK SUPERINTENDENT KANE WHAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO FILL OUT THAT PORTION THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A REDUCED LIFT ON EVIDENCE RATHER THAN HAVING THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
>> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> YES. WE COULD HAVE PREPARED INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE FOR THE INTERPRETATIONS AND RATIONALE FOR THOSE INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE FOR THE JUNE 9th MEETING. IN TERMS OF A REASONABLE TIME FRAME GIVING GIVEN THAT WE ARE
ON TOP OF GRADUATIONS. >> YEAH, THE TIME FRAME IS UNFORTUNATE WITH HOW CROWD THE EVERYTHING IS. GRADUATION STARTS, CELEBRATIONS, EVERYTHING. BUDGET.
AND OUR AGENDAS ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF ALREADY BUILT OUT UNTIL ABOUT 10:00 FOR EACH OF THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS. SO IF WE DO THAT, AND WE ARE NO KNOWINGLY, YOU KNOW, GOING LATER INTO THE EVENING.
ONE OTHER IS WE COULD -- WE COULD MOVE THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS. FOR NOW AND WE CAN LOOK AT THE MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SEE IF IS THERE A WAY TO JUGGLE IT SO THAT WE LOOK AT
THOSE ENDS MONITORING EARLIER IN THE YEAR. INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AREA. THE WORKLOAD FOR BOTH STAFF AND THE BOARD. DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND THEN RYAN.
>> HONESTLY THAT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ANYWAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS -- WE HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY LIKE MOVING THEM DOWN TO FUTURE MEETINGS, ASKING FOR CHANGES, ALL OF THAT, THE BURDEN, JUST LET'S CALL IT. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD
SUGGESTION THAT WE LOOK AT OUR MONITORING NEXT AREA AND TRY TO BUMP IT UP. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ONE OUT OF ALL OF THEM SO -- >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I MEAN, WHERE I WOULD STRUGGLE IS I DON'T THINK IT'S
AN UNREASONABLE INTERROGATION. I DON'T THINK IT'S A MISINTERPRETATION -- I DON'T THINK THE MISS INTERPRETATION IS UNREASONABLE EITHER. I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT IT WOULD BE -- I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE USEFUL FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNED, TO HAVE SOMETHING
THAT IS MORE WORKABLE RATHER THAN EFFECTIVELY SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO MONITOR OUR -- WHICH ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO. >> SORRY, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> PRESIDENT MEEK, I KNOW YOU OFTEN LIKE TO HAVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS IN A RETREAT FORMAT, SO PERHAPS HAVING THE INTERPRETATIONS AND INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE REVIEWED IN THE JULY RETREAT, AND THEN WE ARE ON THE SCHEDULE. I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR RYAN'S
COMMENTS THAT THE MISINTERPRETATION WAS NOT CRAZY EITHER. SO I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT BEING THE IDEA OF BEING OUT OF COME POINT LINE AND WE DIDN'T DO WHAT THE BOARD ASKED FOR WHEN PERHAPS IT WAS UNREASONABLE THE WAY WE
INNING PERSON ARE TURN TED IT. BUT ALSO JULY WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIG INTO THOSE INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE. OF COURSE I HAVEN'T ASKED MAY COLLEAGUE HERE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I GUESS MY CONCERN WITH JULY
IS JUST OFFICIALLY THAT'S LIKE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. RIGHT? AND IT REALLY IS PUSHING IT TO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. BUT IT'S SOON, RIGHT? DIRECTOR L DENZLER.
>> DO LIKE THE IDEA OF REVISITING THIS AT THE RETREAT IN MY OPINION AS JUST ONE PERSON ON THE BOARD I THINK THE ENDS REPORT ARE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM ALL OF THE OTHER EL REPORTS AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH SORT OF DIVING INTO. ALL OF THE OTHER REPORTS ARE WRITTEN AS JUST LIKE DISPROVING NEGATIVES MAKING SURE THAT YOU
HAVEN'T TOUCHED THE GUARD RATES BUS THESE ARE AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT, FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT ABOUT LIKE SUPERINTENDENT AND CABINET AND STAFF ACTIVITIES. AND I JUST THINK THAT THEY DID HE DESERVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ARE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH NECESSARILY, BUT DIFFERENT
ATTENTION AND DIFFERENT SORT OF CLAIRE INDICATINGS AROUND EXPECTATIONS THERE. I THINK THAT WE -- I CAN BE MISUNDERSTANDING WHAT WHAT WE HAD DECIDED AT OUR FEBRUARY WORK SESSION I KIND OF THINK WE LUMPED THEM ALL IN TOGETHER AND I JUST THROUGHOUT ON THIS WHO
PROCESS OF SEEING MORE MONITORING REPORTS AND DIVING INTO EM THEM I HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE THAT THE ENDS REPORTS ARE JUST SO FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT. >> THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT. IT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO ACHIEVEMENT. AND SO I AM -- DIRECTOR GEIGER.
>> I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. >> I WAS GOING SAY IT'S SEEMING LIKE MAYBE THE JULY RETREAT MAKES SENSE. IT'S ACTUALLY PRIORITIZING THEM TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. ESSENTIALLY IT'S AS SOON AS WE CAN AFTER THIS YEAR HAS ENDED. BUT DIRECTOR GEIGER.
>> AND I -- YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S QUOTE, UNQUOTE THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S INNING A PRACTICE P RAT TO LOOK BACK AT THE START OF ONE YEAR OF WHAT WE JUST DID ON THE LAST. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR A 12-HOUR
AGENDA ON THE 25th OF JULY. I THINK GIVEN THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE GIVEN ON THIS AND THAT THAT IS -- TENS TO BE A BETTER PLACE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. I AM ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT DOING IT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS WE ARE DOING HERE.
THAT IS -- THAT BE MY CONCERN ABOUT THE -- DOING IT AT THE RETREAT. THAT SAID, BEST DONE ILL THAN NOT DONE AT ALL. >> THE RETREAT SAY WORK SESSION IT HAS TO COME BACK TO A PUBLIC MEETING. SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> YEAH, SO HERE IS MY SUGGESTION. VERY SPECIFICALLY. I THINK AT THE RETREAT, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE INTERPRETATIONS AND THE INDICATORS OF COME POINT LINE AND THE RATIONALE. NOT EVIDENCE. BUT PART OF OUR AGREED UPON MONITORING REPORT SCHEDULE HAS
THE GLOBAL END STATEMENTS IN MAY ENDS ONE IN JANUARY AND ENDED TWO IN MARCH AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE DELIVER THOSE END REPORTS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ON THE MONITORING SCHEDULE WITH COMPLETE WITH THE EVIDENCE AFTER HAVING AGREED
UPON THE FIRST TWO SECTIONS OF THE TEMPLET IN THE SECTIONS CALLED INTERPRETATION JUST WHAT I INTERPRETED AS INTERPRETATIONS AND THE SECTION CALLED INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE. >> YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES A
LOT OF SENSE. AND I'LL TELL YOU, I HAVE STARTED SKETCHING OUT THE DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE RETREAT THAT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO TONIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO GET IT ON THURSDAY'S AGENDA PLANNING. BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING BOARD COMMITTEE LEADERS TO JOIN US, WE NEED TO BE COMMUNICATING OUT NO
THEM BEFORE PEOPLE DISAPPEAR. SO MY INITIAL THINKING THAT I WANTED TO SHERATON WAS THE MORNING WOULD REALLY BE HELD FOR OUR BOARD GOVERNANCE WORK. AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE WE DO OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PLANNING. BUT THAT COULD ALSO BE OUR
CONVERSATION AROUND THE INTERPRETATIONS ON THE ENDS. AND I THINK THAT CAN ALSO FIT IN THE MORNING SECTION OF THE RETREAT. THE REST OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE WAS THE BOARD COMMITTEE LEAD EARTH THAT WOULD BE BOARD
CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS FOR ALL OF OUR BOARD COMMITTEES, WOULD JOIN US FOR LUNCH. AND THEN WE WOULD GO IN TO CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON -- WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAD REACHED OUT TO JOELY JONES TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO DO A
LITTLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR COMMITTEE LEADERS AND US ON ELEVATING VOICES, KIND OF COMMON UNDERSTANDINGS ON HOW BOARD COMMITTEES OPERATE. SO WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM BEFORE WE GO INTO THE BOARD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES.
WHICH WE TYPICALLY DO IN JULY. AND THE MLO CONVERSATION THAT WAS PART OF OUR MOUTH. IN THE LAST MEETING. AND ALL OF THAT IS A PRETTY FULL DAY. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH STARTING AT 8:30 AND ENDING AT 4:30.
SO I THINK THE PROPOSAL HERE FITS INTO THE JULY RETREAT PLANNING. IF THAT FEELS APPROPRIATE TO EVERYONE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT MENTION THAT OUR SCHEDULE IS FULL AND WE HAD AN HOUR OF OUR TIME TONIGHT SCHEDULED FOR THIS, THAT IS NOW NOT BEING USE LYSED IN A HELPFUL WAY. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND
THAT DIRECTION IS GIVEN AT MEETINGS, BUT CLARITY IS ALWAYS AN OPTION THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRESIDENT. AND SO MY ASK MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE IN INSTANCES WHERE MAYBE CLARITY IS NEEDED TO REACH OUT AND SEEK OUT THAT CLARITY SO WE ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
EACH OTHER'S TIME. SO WE HAVE LESS MEETINGS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL OF STAFF TIME AND I WOULD REQUEST THE SAME RESPECT FOR US. >> OTHER DIRECTORS? DIRECTOR RYAN.
>> I DO -- I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. THAT I THINK THERE WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY AHEAD OF TIME, AHEAD OF FRIDAY WHEN EVERYTHING WAS POSTED. AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE LAST TIME, BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A REASON MISINTERPRETATION AND I
EXPRESSED AS MUCH EVEN WHEN I SAW IT THAT THAT WAS THE CASE. SO TAILLIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. IT'S HARD TO GUESS WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE COMING UP, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOME MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT. >> OKAY. DOES ANYONE WANT TO MOVE TO POSTPONE THE MONITORING REPORTS FOR ENDS 2 AND ENDS TO THE
JULY 25th BOARD RETREAT? ACTUALLY, THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY NOT APPROVING IT THEN. GIVE ME A MOMENT TO THINK. >> I THINK WE'LL TABLE THE DISCUSSION. >> WE ARE JUST GOING TO TABLE IT. >> UNTIL JULY 25TH. MOVE TO TABLE AGENDA ITEMS PEN
10.4 AND 10.5 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD RETREAT ON JULY 25TH WITH APPROVAL AT A LATER DATE AT DECIDED ON THE JULY 25TH SESSION. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR
CALLAHAN TO TABLE ITEMS 10.4 AND 10.5 TO THE JULY 25TH RETREAT AND FURTHER SCHEDULING AFTER THAT FOR THE FULL MONITORING. DOES THAT SOUND -- >> UH-HUH. >> RIGHT? OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> NO. >> ALL RIGHT. IT PASSED 6-1. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE ARE AT ITEM 10.6. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES.
WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES HELD FOR DISCUSSION, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTORS GEIGER AND DENZLER FOR THE UPDATE. >> WE'VE GOTTEN A GOOD UPDATE ON SB2623, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT. COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS DID
HAPPEN ON SOME OTHER BILLS THERE WAS THE SO-CALLED NO KINGS ACT. WHICH EXPANDED ELECTED OFFICIALS ON GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS CERTAINLY RIGHTS TO THAT COULD BE APPROACHED IN STATE COURT. THERE WERE CONCERNS AT CASB THAT
ABOUT THAT WOULD INCREASE POTENTIAL LAWSUITS AGAINST SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER LOLLA OFFICIALS THAT WAS DEFEATED IN THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
STRONG OPPOSITION AGAINST THAT FROM CASB I INFORMED THAT YOU OUR BILL ON THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS. NOT ONLY PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE, THE GOVERNOR ON THE LAST POSSIBLE DAY ACTUALLY SIGNED IT. AND SAID THANK YOU. AND COMPLEMENTED OUT THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.
AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. THERE IS A BILL, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME RIGHT NOW. REGARDING CHARTER SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT IN BOND ISSUES. THERE WERE A GREAT DEAL OF
CONCERNS ABOUT THE INITIAL PHRASING THAT THAT ESSENTIALLY REQUIRED SCHOOL BOARD TO PUT CHARTER SCHOOL BOND REQUIREMENTS AS A FIRST PRIORITY. I THINK THAT WAS MORE PHRASING ISSUE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. BUT THAT BILL HAS BEEN AMENDED
SUBSTANTIALLY AND BROUGHT TO A POINT AND THE DISTRICT WATTS COMPLEMENTED ON OUR WORK WITH CHART EARLY SCHOOLS AND OUR BONDS. THAT REQUIRES CONSULTATION IF A CHARTER COOL WANTS SOMETHING ON A BOND, THEY CAN COME TO US AND ASK FOR US TO PUT IT ON ANY BOND IF WE ARE ALREADY CONSIDERING
THE BOND. THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING THAT CTHATTED IN THAT BILL IT TACKED -- CHANGED IN THAT BILL IT TOOK AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY OF CSI SCHOOLS IN A DISTRICT TO GO TO THE BOARD AND DEMAND A BOND. THEY HAVE OTHER WAYS OF
FINANCING IT WAS LEFT TO THING. THE SESSION ENDS TOMORROW. WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE MAY COME IN MATERIAL OF WHAT WE WERE TRACKING, AS A DISTRICT, IT'S BEEN A RELATIVELY SLOW.
WE DIDN'T TAKE A POSITION ON A LOT OF BILLS EXEMPT THE WORK THAT WE DID ON OUR KINDERGARTEN READINESS BILL. ONE THING ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL ONE ALL DISTRICT IF THEY HAVE A LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE HAS TO HAVE A CHART SCHOOL
MEMBER ON IT. THIS IS NOT AN FOUR US RUDY LUKE HE IS HAS BEEN THERE SINCE BEFORE I WAS. WE ARE SAFE ON THAT AND WE HAVE RECENTLY ASSIGNED DIFFERENT PEOPLE, IT WAS A BUSY SESSION THAT NOT A LOT THAT AFFECTED
DOUGLAS COUNTY OREGON OUR SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR FINAL ITEM BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS. I'LL START WITH THE PRESIDENT REPORT.
WE HAVE AGENDA PLANNING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS THURSDAY. AND IT WILL BE AT E DCSD IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON. SO THAT'S A DIFFERENCE FOR EVERYONE. AS ALWAYS, ALL BOARD DIRECTORS
ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU CAN JOIN VIRTUALLY. AND IN ADDITION TO PLANNING FOR THE MAY 26th REGULAR MEETING, WE'LL ADD THE RETREAT ON THERE AS WELL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LOCATION FOR THE RETREAT. AND ALL OF THOSE DETAILS WORKED
OUT SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO OUR COMMITTEES. THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WAS NEEDED -- THAT NEEDED TO BE CANCELED TODAY. IT'S BEING RESCHEDULED. WE ARE HOPING IT WILL BE MAY 26th. PRIOR TO THE MAY 2 26th MEETING
LIKE WE HAD IT ON THIS ONE OF THE WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS THAT'S RESCHEDULED. DIRECTOR GEIGER AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR BOARD COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP. TEAMS THE CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS. AND EXEMPT FOR SAG, IT'S SUCH A
BUSY TIME FOR STUDENTS OCCUR STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP LEADERSHIP DID NOT ATTEND. BUT OUR SEE BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS, VICE CHAIRS ATTENDED. I AM SO THANKFUL.
IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION THE GOAL WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MOTION THAT WE HAD PASSED AT THE LAST MEETING ASK FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT. MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN NOW AND JULY. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS,
EACH BOARD COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW KEY BACKGROUND MATERIALS AND COMPLETE A SURVEY IN ADVANCE OF THEIR JUNE MEETINGS. I RAVED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT PRESENTATION AND REALLY ASKED EVERYONE TO WATCH THAT AS PART OF THE BACKGROUND.
WE ALSO SHARED THE SLIDES. WHERE THERE WERE MLO PRIORITIES AND CONVERSATIONS SO THEY RECEIVED ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO HOLD A FOCUSED DISCUSSION ON THE MLO WITH THEIR COMMITTEES IN JUNE. AND THEN TO PROVIDE STRUCTURE FEEDBACK.
THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US. WE SAID WE WOULD MEAT WITH THEM AGAIN IN JUNE AFTER THE LAST BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING HAPPENS SO WE NEED TO SCHEDULE THOUGHT JUNE MEETING AGAIN. JUST TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBRIEF WITH THEM.
TALK THROUGH THE NOTES. AND THEN THE COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP WILL BE INVITED TO JOIN US AT THE JULY 25TH RETREAT. FOR DEE DEEPER DISCUSSION OUR FC COMMITTEE WILL ALSO HELP THAT
POTENTIAL MLO FUNDING STRATEGIES. SO THEY ARE KIND OF TAKING ON THAT ADDITIONAL CASK AS WELL. THE PROCESS REALLY IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE WE ARE HEARING FROM A RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES ACROSS OUR COMMITTEES AND COMMUNITY. AND SOMETHING THAT THEY
MENTIONED IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FROM PRAYER YEARS IS WE DON'T HAVE THE M-BACK IN PLACE, WE DON'T HAVE THE MILL AND BLOND EXPLORE TORY COMMITTEE. US ASKING THEM TO COME TOGETHER. AND HELP ENGAGE WITH US IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE FEEL LIKE THERE IS A BIT OF COMMUNICATION GAB. I LIKE FORWARD TO HEARING THEIR FEEDBACK AND HE WILL EVALUATE OUR NEXT STEPS AS WELL. HUGE THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE MECHANICS AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS
OF OUR KNIT COMMITTEES AND PARTNERING WITH US IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK. I MENTIONED THE JULY 25th RETREAT UPDATE. AND MENTION STATE OF THE DISTRICT, REALLY IT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. IT'S RECORDED.
YOU CAN WATCH IT. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO SO. I ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY WITH DIRECTOR RYAN. SO IT WAS REALLY FUN TO BE ABLE TO CONGRATULATE OUR RETIRE SEES IT WAS A SPECIAL CEREMONY AND
THEN THE FINAL REMINDER IS GRADUATIONS START SO DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR R REGALIA IMAGINE THE OUT HERE AND CHECK FOR THE GA GRADUATIONS TO SEE WT
THE DRESS CODE IS ITS DIFFERENT FOR EACH ONE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ YOUR EMAILS THAT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PARKING PASSES AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARRIVE EXTRA, EXTRA EARLY THERE IS NOTHING MORE STRESSFUL THAN GETTING CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC AND AND IT'S HAPPENED PLAN TO ARRIVE HOURS
EARLY IF YOU CAN. GRADUATIONS ARE PROBABLY MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE THING THAT WE DO AS BOARD DIRECTORS. IT IS SO SPECIAL. TO BE ABLE TO SEE STUDENTS LOOK AT THEIR TEACHERS, AND LAKE THEY PUSH US, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WANT TO GET TO THEIR TEACHER AND
HUG THEM AND IT'S JUST SUCH AN AMAZING CEREMONY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL BE QUIET AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO VICE PRESIDENT CALLAHAN FOR YOUR REPORTS. >> NO REPORT. >> NO REPORT. OKAY. START AT THE I UNDERSTANDED END? ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T GET TO ATTEND THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY I WAS AT FOC. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I CARE FOR RETIRING. NICE FAREWELL MESSAGE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT YOU HAVE DONE
DEDICATED TOWARDS THIS DISTRICT AND YOU ARE STUDENTS I WILL GET EMOTION HE THE SO I WILL NOT SAY ANYMORE ABOUT IT. FOR FOC, IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD BUDGET PRESS TAKE, AND THEN THE PROPOSAL INFORMATION
FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THEY DID HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE JULY RETREAT. AND KIND OF WHAT WAS BEING ASKED AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW HELPFUL THEY FELT THE MEETING WAS WITH DIRECTOR MEEK AND DIRECTOR GEIGER. I THINK THAT WE REALLY EMPOWERED
OUR COMMITTEES THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE TWO OF YOU DOING THAT MEETING. AND EMPOWERING OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS BECAUSE THAT WAS REMARKABLE THE RESPONSE. THE OTHER MEETING THAT HAPPENED WAS MBOCK, IT MEETS QUARTERLY
AND SO AGAIN, IT WAS A REVIEW OF KIND OF WHERE THE THINGS ARE WITH BONDS, WHEN TO EXPEND A RESTLESS DUKES IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR PULLING OR DRAWING MORE BOND FUNDS, THERE IS TIMING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND I
WILL SWEAR YOU GUYS BUT I DID LEAVE OKAY NOTES EXPLAINING IT, BUT THAT'S ON THE HORIZON. AND YEAH, THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST ITEMS. THEY DIDN'T GET A MILL BOND OR
MLO PRESENTATION. SUPERINTENDENT KANE FELL ILL THE DAY OF THE PRESENTATION, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HE REVIEW THE MATERIALS SHARED FOR THE JULY MEETING. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RYAN.
>> I GOT TO ATTEND THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ART SHORE HERE AT LEGACY AND I MISSED OUT ON A TOUR OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUT I ARRIVED EARLY TO I BELIEVE IT WAS THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY I GOT TO CATCH MOST OF THAT AS WELL. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE.
WE SUBVERTED A POSSIBLE FIGHT BETWEEN TWO SCHOOLS BECAUSE CASTLE VIEW WAS LABELED AS D.C. AT ONE POINT MADE SURE THAT CHANGE HAPPENED TO STOP THAT RIVALRY. BUT IT WAS A GREAT SHOW. GOOD TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS ARE PUT OUT AND IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE DIFFERENT CLASSES AND
HOW THE TEACHERS APPROACH THEIR DIFFERENT ART PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR. WE WANT TO THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT. LRPC. THE BIGGEST THING WAS DISCUSSED
TODAY. TWO NEW MEMBERS BEING SUGGEST TODAY LRPC. LOSING A COUPLE OF MEMBER IT'S A WASH, WE HAVE NEW FOLKS COMING IN. IT SOUNDS LIKE IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT. THEN THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY I WANTED TO ADD THAT IT WAS VERY
APPARENT THAT I WAS NEW AND SUSAN KNOWS PEOPLE. BECAUSE I WASSING AT THE VERY END THEY WOULD HUG SUSAN AND GOING WHO ARE YOU. AND SO THAT WAS A FUN EXPERIENCE. I DID GO TOE LEGACY EVENT.
IT WAS GREAT WATCHING THE KID GET TO GO ON STRAIGHT INTO THE WORKFORCE AND. SEE THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT COMES THROUGH THE SCHOOL AND THE WONDERFUL THING THAT WE ARE DOING THROUGH CTE. >> DIRECTOR PARKER.
>> OKAY. OF I HAVE A SECRETARY UPDATE AND SO DURING THIS PERIOD THE BOARD RECEIVED 22 IT'S TEACHING COMMUNICATIONS. THE MOST PREVALENT TOPICS INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY AND DATA PRIVACY SPECIFICALLY AROUND I READY, DISCUSSIONS REGARDING
CLERK TILLING BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND ONGOING CONCERNS FOR SPECIFIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS. CURRICULUM AND TECHNOLOGY CONCERNS, I READY AND DATA PRIVACY. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN REGARDING THE USE OF I READY IN SCHOOLS TO CONSTITUENTS RAISED ISSUES REGARDING ITS GENERAL USE
AND TECHNOLOGY OPT OUT OPTIONS TWO OTHERS SPECIFICALLY CITED CONCERNS REGARD AGO YOU RECENT CLASS ACTION DATA PRAY HAVE I LAWSUIT RELATED TO THE PLATFORM. CELLPHONE TOLL POLL A ICON STITCH WE WANT ROOT WROTE IN SUPPORT.
AND TEN TECHNOLOGY OPT OUTS FOR I READY FOR MADE FOR CLEAR HE TECHNOLOGY OPT OUT PROCEDURES COLLECTIVELY BARRING AROUND AND PERSONNEL A CLUSTER OF COMMUNICATION ARRIVED IN EARLY MAY REGARDING TEACHER REPRESENTATIONS TWO CONSTITUTES AND REQUESTED THE DISTRICT
CONDUCT ANONYMOUS OR SECRET BALLOT ELECTION SURVEYS TO DETERMINE TEACHER SUPPORT FOR THE CBA A KOCH STINT WENT ADVOCATED FOR THE RETURN OF STRONG UNION REPRESENTATION FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS. >> EN AND THEN STUDENT SERVICES AND POLICY, TRANSPORTATION, A
CONSTITUENTS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR SPACE AVAILABLE BUS POLICY TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS. MENTAL HEALTH, A STUDENT EMAILED HIGHLIGHTED CURRENT ISSUES AND NEEDS WITHIN THE SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS. SPECIALIZED POLICIES CONCERNS WERE RAISED REGARDING THE EFFECT
CHANGE STUDENT POLICY AND OPPOSITION TO THE RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL EXPANSION. CALENDAR A STUDENT SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INNING
ARE YOU HAVE I TAKES HE HE WANT HAVE HAD, ENVY TAKES WERE RECEIVED AT PONDEROSA HIGH SCHOOL ON MAY 22nd AND AN EVENT FEATURING SHERIFF DARREN
M. REGARDING A CON CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE REACHED OUT TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS. AND INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH -- TWO REACH OUT FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH EACH DIRECTOR. FORMAL COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS A CON STRETCH WEAPON SEPARATED SIX
SEPARATE COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING ONGOING CONCERNS A CONSTITUENT FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT REQUESTING BOARD REVIEW AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND CORRECTIVE ACTION AND DUG LAPSE COUNTY FEDERATION TWO CONSTITUENTS REACHED OUT TO DISCUSSION EXPERIENCES AND INFORMATION NEEDS REGARDING THE D.C. FEDERATION.
PRAISES ISLANDS A CONSTITUENT SET A NOTE REGARD THAT GO IRRELEVANT KED INDICATION TO KINDNESS AND RESPECT. THAT'S THE SUMMARY. AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER I WENT TO A SCHOOL VISIT. SOARING HAWK WHICH WAS FUN BECAUSE I ACTUALLY GO THERE
EVERY OTHER WEEK AS A PARENT VOLUNTEER. BUT I WENT AS A BOARD DIRECTOR. AND I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A BOTTOM LEVEL OF THE SCHOOL MY KID IS IN KINDERGARTEN HE ONLY GO TO THE FIRST ROOM AND BACK IT WAS COOL TO GET A COMPLETELY DIFFERENCE EXPERIENCE I TOOK MY
KIDS KIDS TO MATILDA JUNIOR MUSICAL AT LONE TREE ELEMENTARY. IT WAS THE COOLEST ELEMENT MY SCHOOL PLAY I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. IT SOUNDS LIKE. THEY ARE LOSE FLAG TEACHER TO MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR BUT
WHOA, WAS I IMPRESSED AND WE LISTENED TO THE WHAT TILL DUH SOUND TRACK IN MY CAR ALL THE TIME. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS ONE, MY KIDS ARE NOW PASSIONATE ABOUT MATILDA. I WENT TO THE STATE OF DCSD THE
THAT'S THE THEATER I REPRESENT AND I GOT TO SEE MANY DIFFERENT TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES FROM THE FEEDER SCHOOLS THAT WAS COOL. I COULDN'T STAY FOR THE WHOLE THING I WAS THERE EARLY AND COMMUNICATED WITH TEACHERS. IT WAS AWESOME.
I WENT TO THE DCSD ART EXHIBITION FOR MILLED AND HIGH SCHOOL GOT A PERSONALIZED TOUR WITH MY KIDS. MY DAUGHTER HAVE VERY INTERESTING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL ART WHICH WAS FUN TO EXPLAIN. OUR HIGH SCHOOL ART ARE VERY
TALENTED BOTH T TECHNICALLY ANDI DON'T KNOW, CREATING FEELING AND EMOTION IN THEIR PIECES. I WENT TO THE TEACHER APPRECIATION AND INDIAN LANGUAGE COMPETITION AWARD, SUCH A FUN EXPERIENCE.
I WAS ASKED TO GIVE OUT AWARDS. I WASN'T PREPARED, I BROUGHT MY CHILDREN THEY CAME ON STAGE WITH ME. THE COMMUNITY WAS SO KINDED AND LOVELY TO MY FAMILY. AND SO IT WAS SO COOL TO SEE THE DANCES AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE NO
OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. REALLY IMPACTED. AND, YEAH, MAKING THEIR CULTURE A PRIORITY IT WAS AWESOME. >> IS THAT? >> YEAH, THIS IS IT. >> SO I AM GOING TO JUMP P BACK
IN REAL QUICKLYIST ACTUALLY A ABLE TO ATTEND THE SADDLE RANCH CARNIVAL TEAR WELL CARNIVAL IT'S ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS BEING CON SOL INDICATED AND THERE WAS SUCH A LARGE KRAUT THERE WE WALKED FROM MY HOUSE AND THEY HAD KID ROCK BAND PLAYING AND IT WAS A
WONDERFUL CELEBRATION. THERE WAS A TEACH THAT SHOWED UP THAT USED TO TEACH THERE. WHEN EVERYBODY LEFT THE DIRECT IN 2015 SHE CAME BACK TO CITY THE SCHOOL. IT WAS A DRAW AND POSITIVE EVENT
FOR THE COMMUNITY JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS WELL. DIRECTOR DENZLER. SINCE. >> I HAD THE PRIVILEGE A ALSO ATTENDING THE LEGACY AROUND SHOW HERE FOR THE HAD MILLED AND EYE COOLER I RECEIVED A WONDERFUL TOUR BY THE LOVELY LORI.
AND THE NEXT DAY I WAS ABLE TO VISIT MISS GENERAL JEN AND HER INCREDIBLE UNIFIED SUPPORTS PROGRAM AT TIMBER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SOME OF YOU ALSO VISITED I ATTENDED THE SUPERINTENDENT STATE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDENT TAKE AT PONDEROSA. IT WAS HER FIRST OF THE DAY AND
SHE DID GREAT AND DEBBY WAS GIVING HER SIGNALS AND RESPONDING AMAZE WLY I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE BEHIND THE SCENES ASPECT IT IS A TEAM EFFORT. I PRESENTED AS DOUGLAS COUNTY INITIATIVE.
WITH SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT SIT ON THE WORLD IT WAS SO INSPIRING IT WAS THE SAME TIME AS THE -- I THINK THE -- OH, THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GO TO THAT. BUT WE HAVE INCREDIBLE KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND SO INSPIRING, I ATTENDED THE STEM MEMORIAL WALK THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT WAS INCREDIBLE WE REMEMBER JOINED BY SHERIFF WEEKLY AND COMMISSION LADEN AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE FIRE CHIEF'S NAME BUT WE WERE JOINED BY HIM AS WELL AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY MOVING TO SEE THE STEM COMMUNITY AND RESILIENT OF
THAT COMMUNITY AND THAT SCHOOL. TOMORROW UP AM REALLY EXCITED GOING TO THE THIRD GRADE WAX MUSEUM PROJECT AT COPPER MESA. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, AND I WANTED TO ENTER THIS I CONTINUED TO MEECH WITH CONSTITUENTS THAT
HAVE VERY DIFFERENT PASSENGERS ON MINE SPECIFICALLY ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND IT WAS SUCH A GOOD REMAINED TORE ME OF SOMETHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED BY BEING ON THE BOARD AND THAT IS LIKE IN LIFE THERE ARE NO CARTOON VILLAINS IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SIGN TO LOG OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
CLOSE THE COMPUTER AND HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS OVER COFFEE WITH SOMEBODY YOU NEVER OTHERWISE WOULD HANG OUT WITH, LET IT BE THIS. THANK YOU. >> I GOT TO THE THUNDER RIDGE MAMA MIA MUSICAL AND SO I HAVE
BEEN LISTENING TO ABBA IN MY CAR. I ALSO ATTENDED THE INDIAN LANGUAGE AWARDS. AND THAT IS -- THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF LOCAL MEMBERS. WE HAD THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF OTHER BOARDS. TWO MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD
OF EDUCATION, THAT IS A COMMUNITY THAT'S VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. THEY WOULD LAKE -- THEY HAVE SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT I WILL BE WORKING WITH MR. WINDSOR ON ABOUT CERTIFICATE OF BENCH I LITERACY. IN THE VARIOUS INDIAN LANGUAGES, THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR I KNOW
MUCH MORE THAN I DID AT THAT TIGHT. I WINNOW TO THE ACRES GREEN 50 YEAR CELEBRATION AND CARNIVAL. HAND OUT SPECIFICALLY TO PRINCIPAL KRISTEN. THAT WAS AN AMAZING PROGRAM.
THEY HAD GOTTEN RESEARCH SVPs FROM 600 PEOPLE. OLD CLASSMATES WERE REUNITING. REMINDED YOU HOW MUCH OUR SCHOOL ARE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
HONESTERLY THERE WASN'T A LOT OF SADNESS EVERYBODY WAS THERE TO REMEMBER WHAT ACRES GREEN HAD DONE FOR THEM AND IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE PROGRAM. AND PEOPLE SEEMED VERY EXCITED. I WANT TO TAKE ONE MINUTE ON THE PERSEVERANCE SCHOLARSHIP THAT
WAS MENTIONED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. GO TO IT IS AT SOME POINT. THEY ARE WARRED FOR 14 SENIORS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED PERSEVERANCE. THAT KIND OF STORY IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT AND SOME OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE LIVED THROUGH
CIRCUMSTANCES NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO. BUT WHAT STRUCK ME THROUGHOUT IS ALTHOUGH YOU -- THEY TALKED TO SOME EXTENT ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD GONE THROUGH, OH, THEY ALL SPOKE AND EVERY ONE OF THEM TALKED MORE ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE GOING. AND WHAT THEY HAD INTENDED TO DO. AND WHAT THEIR PERSEVERANCE
MEANT TO THEM. WANTING TO BE A LAWYER I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK HER OUT OF THAT. VET THEIR CENTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AND MUSIC PEOPLE AND IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY TO SEE THE PARENTS, IT'S ALSO THE LAST DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING OF THE AREA.
SO ALL THE PRINCIPALS WERE THERE. MANY TEACHERS, MANY SPEAKERS, YOU KNOW, AND A COUPLE OF THE SPEAKER -- COUPLE OF THE KIDS HAD COUNSELORS SPEAK FOR THEM. MOST OF THE KID DIDN'T CRY ALL
THE COUNSELORS SOBBED ON THE STAGE BECAUSE OF WHAT THESE KIDS HAVE DONE, ANYBODY WHO TELL THAT YOU KIDS LACK RESILIENCE OR THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD NEEDS TO GO TO THAT AND SEE WHAT OUR KIDS DID. THEY WERE TRULY ASTONISHING AND I GOT TO SPEAK TO THEM. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS
THAT A REMAINDER JUNE 1st IS THE SCHOOLS GOLF TOURNAMENT. IT FUNDS THE PERSEVERANCE, SO AND AS THE BOARD CONTRIBUTES TO THAT, WE GET A FOURSOME. I EMAILED GOT ONE RESPONSE.
FROM COLLECT DREG TOUR MEEK, YOUR DEADLINE IS TOMORROW. IF U TO -- I KNOW. I IS SAW IT IF NOT THAT SPOT WILL BE FILLED WITH STAFF. WE HAVE GOVERNMENT HUSTLERS IN OUR STAFF. THEY WILL TAKE CARE IT WAS QUITE
WELL. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT I WILL EMAIL TOMORROW. I VISITED TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MOUNTAIN RIDGE AND CREST HILL TO TALK ABOUT THE MOVING SIX GRADE
TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. I SAID THIS ALREADY TODAY. WE CONSOLIDATED THREE SCHOOLS AND BUILDING TWO OTHERS WITH ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY CHANGES AND MOVED IF I HAVE -- SIXTH GRADE AND WHILE WE DID NOT BITE OFF MORE THAN WE CAN CHOOSE THIS IS NO WAY BUT TO SAY THERE WAS A
BIG MOUTHFUL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HOOP HIGHLANDS RAN. THE PRINCIPALS DID A GREAT JOB THEY HAD TO TIRE TEACHES, STAFFER, CREATE A PROGRAM AND RENOVATE AND REDO THEIR ENTIRE
BUILDING LAYOUT THERE IS AMAZING WORK BEING DONE AT THOSE SCHOOLS THINK SO THAT IS PLENTY. TULL. >> OKAY, DIRECTORS, WE ARE ABOUT AN HOUR EARLY FROM WHAT WAS SCHEDULED.
I AM GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION, AT THE END OF THIS UPDATE SECTION. WE ALWAYS SCHEDULE TEN MINUTES FOR THESE UPDATES. AT THE END. >> AND WE ALWAYS GO OVER. >> WE ARE RUNNING -- WE HAVE A TON OF EXTRA TAME, SPENDING THE TIME TONIGHT GIVING THE UPDATES IS HELPFUL BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW IN FUTURE MEETINGS WHEN WE ARE RILE TIGHT ON TIME, DO WE WANT TO STICK TO SAY 10-MINUTE SEGMENT. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IT'S ALWAYS A LOT BUSIER IN
MAY AND APRIL, MAO TIME. MAY TIME I THINK UPDATES ARE LONGER BECAUSE OF THAT. >> SINCE WE HAVE TIME, CLERK, YOU ARE WELCOME. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MY SECRETARY UPDATES. IF THAT IS SOMETHING OKAY.
IT IS A BIT OF A -- EXTENDED THE TIME OF MY UPDATE BUT I WANTED TO GET FEED BACK. >> I FIND IT VALUABLE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT AS LONG AS YOU ARE OKAY WITH THE WORKLOAD, IT'S A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO ELEVATE THE VOICE OF PEOPLE THAT EARLY MAIL IN. >> I THINK IT -- I LOVE THAT IT'S AN ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE SPEAKING TO THE EMAILS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. I WONDER IF THERE IS A WAY TO COLLAPSE SOME OF THE DETAILS
INTO CATEGORIES. SO THAT'S ALL. IT'S JUST. WE ARE A BIG DISTRICT AND GET LOTS OF EL EMAILS I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO TRACK THE NUMBER OF EMAILS WE ARE GETTING THE MAIN TOPIC IT'S HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT. AND I JUST WONDER IF THERE IS A
WAY TO COLLAPSE SOME OF THE CATEGORIES. I DON'T KNOW. >> YEAH. >> SAY IT AGAIN, DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS WAITING FOR THERE TO BE ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE WE GET THE BIG BLOW UP OF EMA EMAILS. >> WE DID BUT IT WAS A MEETING
THAT I DIDN'T, -- >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> I FEEL LIKE WE DID NOT TWO MEETINGS AGO WE HAD 55. YEAH, AND I GET ABOUT, I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT EMAILED WHEN YOU GOT LIKE 100S AND HUNDREDS. >> SO I AM HEARING WE'LL STICK
TO TEN MINUTES AND WE'LL ALL KIND OF SELF REGULATE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL WORK TOWARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RYAN. THAT THE BOARD ADJOURN. ROLL CALL IS REQUIRED DIRECTOR HAL CALIFORNIA HAPPEN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DEFENSE HER. >> AYE. >> DISTRICT CORE GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE, DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE.
>> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIR DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> THE MOTION PASSED 7-0 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ED IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 26th, THANK
YOU.