##VIDEO ID:ZNNNM_wDYlY## >> THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL. [ ROLL CALL ] PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE DCSD SPOTLIGHT. LOTS OF PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT. HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> OKAY, THANK YOU PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE SOME TIME IN EACH OF OUR MEETINGS TO CELEBRATE OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR AMAZING STUDENTS. TONIGHT, WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE STUDENT ATHLETES. WE HAVE STATE AND EVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS TO RECOGNIZE FOR FALL SPORTS. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT. GO DCSD. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE 5A BOYS GOLF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. GAVIN AND EMILIA COME UP HERE PLEASE. I LOVE TO HAVE DR. TEMPLETON AND WILL AARON McDONALD DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS. WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT YOUR GOLFING CAREER FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING MILESTONE FOR YOU. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU? MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH MY SWING SOMETIMES. I'M NEW. >> IT FEELS AMAZING. JUST BEING THE FIRST GOLFER FROM CASTLE VIEW TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT'S SOMETHING I ALWAYS DREAMED OF. HOPEFULLY, I CAN DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. >> AT CASTLE VIEW, WE'RE PROUD OF THE INCREDIBLE THINGS YOU DO ON THE GOLF COURSE. YOU'RE A YOUNG ATHLETE RELATIVELY. WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOUR FUTURE IS REAL ESTATE BRIGHT. MORE THAN OUR PRIDE IN THE THINGS THAT DO YOU ON THE GOLF COURSE, THIS INCREDIBLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP YOU TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS IN THE CLASSROOM. TAKING YOU'RE A REALLY TOUGH LOAD THIS YEAR. YOU'RE GETTING GREAT GRADES. YOU'RE A KIND, WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. YOU TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE AT CASTLE VIEW TOO. WE'RE PROUD OF THE GOLFER YOU ARE AND THE HUMAN BEING THAT YOU ARE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. WE'RE BEGINNING TO STAY UP -- WE'RE GOING TO STAY UP HERE AND DO A QUICK PICTURE. DIRECTOR MOORE IS HERE WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT. LET'S HAVE MOM AND DAD COME UP AND JOIN US. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. YOUNG MAN. REALLY PROUD OF YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE HAVING SCHEDULING THOSE GOLF LESSONS LATER FOR ALL OF US TO GET LITTLE BETTER AT OUR SWING. NEXT, WE WOULD LOVE TO RECOGNIZE SOME CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS. TWO OF MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PLACED IN THE SECOND 5A BOYS CROSS COUNTRY. FIRST WE'LL HAVE THEM JOIN US. PLEASE JOIN US UP FRONT, SECOND PLACE IN STATE, BEN ADAMS AND THE INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BENJI ANDERSON. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL HAVE PRINCIPAL ROB SEGLY JOIN US AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE OUR CROSS COUNTRY COACHES, JHONATAN DELVY AND ERIC SULLY. WE'RE SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. BEN AND BENJI, WE ARE PROUD YOU. WE LOVE TO HAVE YOU SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO COMPETE IN STATE AND TO MAKE IT WHERE YOU MADE IT TO. >> I GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY AT MOUNTAIN VISTA. TO GO ONE-TWO AT THE STATE MEET, IT'S SUCH AN PHENOMENAL FEELING. NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE THAT. SUPER GRATEFUL. >> IT WAS GREAT. SO THANKFUL FOR ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR HELPING ME. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE IT WITH BENJI AND HAVE SUCH A GOOD TEAM TO DO IT WITH. >> I'M GUESSING YOUR COACHES WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT YOU. ROB WOULD LOVE TO. >> THANK YOU. COACH JONATHAN, THEY WORKED HARD TO CREATE A PROGRAM FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. VERY PROUD OF THEM. BENJI AND BEN, PHENOMENAL, ONE-TWO. I WATCHED BENJI RUN FOR FOUR YEARS MOUNTAIN VISTA. JUST SUPER TALENTED KID. BOTH GUYS DO AMAZING THINGS ON THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE AND THE CLASSROOM. WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THEM. BENJI IS HEADED OFF TO NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY TO CONTINUE TO RUN. I KNOW HE'LL DO WONDERFUL THINGS THERE. BEN IS ONLY A SOPHOMORE. WE HAVE -- HE'LL BE BACK AT MOUNTAIN VISTA. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE'LL DO THE NEXT TWO YEARS. GREAT JOB. >> THAT'S AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. WE HAVE DIRECTOR GEIGER WITH YOUR CERTIFICATES. WOULD FAMILY MEMBERS LIKE TO COME JOIN IN? CONGRATULATIONS GENTLEMEN, WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT THE MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. COME ON UP, GIRLS. THIS TEAM NOT ONLY WON STATE BUT WAIT FOR IT, FIRST PLACE IN NATIONALS. HOLY COW. [ APPLAUSE ] WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU GIRLS. FIRST PLACE IN NATIONALS. THAT'S CRAZY. I GOT TO SEE YOU GUYS BRIEFLY AT ONE OF THE FOOTBALL GAMES RECENTLY. LOVE TO HAVE EACH OF YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS AN ATHLETE. >> MY NAME IS KEEGAN EDWARDS. THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME TO BE ABLE TO WIN STATE NATIONALS WITH THE BEST TEAM THE BEST TEAMMATES. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT. SUPER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. >> I'M GABBY. WINNING STATE AND WINNING NATIONALS WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE. WE PUT IN SO MUCH HARD WORK FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS OR THREE YEARS. WE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TOGETHER. JUST DOING IT TOGETHER WITH AMAZING TEAM. >> MY NAME IS JULIET. THIS IS IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO CAP OFF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREERS. I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN DO IT WITH THIS AMAZING TEAM. >> MY NAME IS ZOE BRANDT. THIS A CORE MERIT FOR ME. INWILL REMEMBER ALL THESE GIRLS AND HOW HAPPY WE WERE. >> I'M PEYTON ADAMS. I THINK THIS EXPERIENCE WAS REALLY AWESOME. IT WAS WITH THE BEST PEOPLE. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT ALL THE OTHER COACHES. THANKS FOR GETTING US A BUS TO STATE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M BRENDA. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE WITH THE TEAM EVER. ALL OF OUR HARD WORK PAID OFF. IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING TIME THIS SEASON. >> I KNOW YOUR PRINCIPAL AND YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I TRIED LACROSSE IN NINTH GRADE FOR ABOUT NINE MINUTES. IT DID NOT GO VERY WELL. MY DAD WAS PRETTY MAD BECAUSE HE BOUGHT A STICK. I COULDN'T DO IT. IT OF SO HARD. YOU GUYS ARE JUST AMAZING. >> THESE GUYS ARE EXTREMELY TALENTED AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TALENT MEETS HARD WORK. DON'T LET THEM FOOL YOU. CROSS COUNTRY IS A FALL SPORT. IT'S NOT JUST A FALL SPORT. THESE GUYS ARE RUNNING 300 DAYS A YEAR. THEY ARE UP IN THE MORNINGS IN THE SUMMER. THEY ARE FINISHING RUNS WHEN I'M COMING IN WORK IN THE DARK SOME DAYS AND PD DAYS. IT'S HARD TO FATHOM. IT'S A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM FOR BEING THE BEST GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY. CONGRATS. >> I WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD WE ARE OBVIOUSLY, MOUNTAIN VISTA, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I DID GET THAT BUS, PAYTON. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE REAL -- WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM BEING THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE NATION. EVERYTHING THAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED. ALL OF THE CREDIT, THESE GUYS WILL SAY THIS. TWO OF THE GREATEST COACHES IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SPORT. IN THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR SCHOOL, HE CAME TO BE OUR CROSS COUNTRY COACH. THESE TWO HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS JOB WITH WITH THE PROGRAM. I'M SO PROUD WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. THEY HATED WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THEM UP HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THEIR FACES, THEY'RE LIKE OH MY GOSH. THEY WANT ALL THE CREDIT TO GO TO THESE GIRLS. DESERVE IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE SO PROUD OF MOUNTAIN VISTA CROSS COUNTRY. VISTA NATION FOR LIFE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GIRLS, RUNNING IS SUCH HARD WORK. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. DIRECTOR GEIGER WILL GIVE YOU YOUR CERTIFICATES AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. IS PROUD OF YOU GUYS. THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. >> CONGRATS TO EVERYONE ONCE AGAIN. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 7. THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA. THE RECOMMENDATION IS BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVES THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIOR TO OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE CAN RECEIVE LEGAL DEVICE PURSUANT TO CRS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT AND RECENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPLAINTS. >> SECOND. >> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AROUND THAT? DIRECTOR MEYERS. >> MY QUESTION IS, SORRY, DIRECTOR MEEK. REGARDING ALL THE GANZY AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPLAINTS. IS IT A NECESSARY NEW INFORMATION UPDATE? IS IT BETTER TO WAIT LATER TO GO AND TALK ABOUT THIS? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING NEW? >> STAFF IS NOT GOING TO WEIGH IN ON THAT PAST THE MEMO THAT WE ALREADY SUBBED THE BOARD. >> I'M HAPPY TO GIVE MY RATIONALE. MY THINKING IS -- THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT. ONE IS THE LAWSUIT AND IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ON US GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CHECK IN ON THAT, I'M HAPPY TO EXPAND ON WHY I THINK THAT'S NECESSARY. THE OTHER IS IN THE NEWS AS WELL. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. I KNOW WE HAVE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT THAT TOUCH ON SOME OF THE CONCERNS. I REALLY WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO CLARIFY SO WE HAVE ALL THE WORDS DIRECTLY. DIRECTOR MEEK HAS MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD CONFERENCE WITH ITS ATTORNEYS TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS PURSUANT TO CR IS S24-6-4024B. REGARDING INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE STATUS OF PENDING LITIGATION RECENTLY IN NEWS ARTICLE. THE PENDING LITIGATION REFERENCED IN THE NEWS ARTICLES IS LITIGATION STYLE LACY GANZY VERSUS DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE1 AT ALL. PENDING IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 23-CV-01966. THE COMPLAINTS REFERENCED IN THE NEWS ARTICLE INCLUDES A 2022 STATE LEVEL COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND INVESTIGATIONS BY THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. LISTED ON THE OCR'S WEBSITE. PENDING INVESTIGATION CONDUCTLY IN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS REGARDING THE D.O.J.'S INVESTIGATION OF THE DISTRICT'S PRACTICES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE TWO OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ABILITY AND TITLE FOUR OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD CONFERENCE WITH ATTORNEYS TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON LEGAL QUESTIONS PURSUANT TO CRS2 CRS24-6-4024B. REGARDING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S INVESTIGATION OF DISTRICTS PRACTICES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE TWO OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT AND TITLE 4. PENDING LITIGATION STYLE, LACY GANZY VERSUS DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE1 ET AL. PENDING IN DISTRICT COURT OF COLORADO. NUMBER THREE, 2022 STATE LEVEL COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND NUMBER FOUR, FOUR INVESTIGATIONS BY THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, OCR LISTED ON OCR'S WEBSITE. >> SO MOVED. >> I SECOND. >> MOTIONED BY DIRECTOR MEEK. SECONDED BY GEIGER. ROLL CALL. [ ROLL CALL VOTE ] PASSES 6-1. WE WILL MOVE THAT TO RIGHT AFTER THE RECESS. WE'LL DO THAT ON ITEM 14. IF EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THAT. >> MAY I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO ITEM 14 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GROWTH AND DECLINE DISCUSSIONS SINCE THEY ARE RELATED BEFORE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WHICH WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF? >> SO, YOU WANT TO DO IT BEFORE THE RECESS? >> MY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO DO ITEM 14, WHICH IS THE NEW POLICIES REGARDING GROWTH AND DECLINE BEFORE THE RECESS. THEN RECESS AND THEN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN YOU CAN CARRY ON FROM THERE. THAT WILL BE MY ADVICE. >> DOES ANYONE WANT A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 14 TO ITEM 13 AND THEN MOVE 14 WILL BE RECESS AND 15 WILL BE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTIONED BY GEIGER. SECOND BY WINEGAR. [ ROLL CALL VOTE ] NOW WE NEED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> SECOND. >> GREAT. [ ROLL CALL VOTE ] PASSES 7-0. ON TO SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU AND TO OUR WONDERFUL STAFF. 2025 IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE STARTING A NEW YEAR. LAW ENFORCEMENT EAPPRECIATION DAY WAS ON JANUARY 9th. THANK YOU TO OUR INCREDIBLE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS CASTLE ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT, DOUGLAS COULD BE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND PARKER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE APPRECIATE OUR SROs AND ALL OF THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. THIS FRIDAY JANUARY 17th IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR OUR EDUCATORS. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT OUR EDUCATORS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THEIR CRAFT SO THEY CAN TEACH OUR KIDS IN AMAZING WAYS. IT'S GRADUATION DAY FOR STUDENTS AT EAGLE ACADEMY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE SOON TO BE GRADUATES. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY IS COMING UP ON MONDAY JANUARY 20th. OUR SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE. STUDENTS WERE MOUNTAIN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLS INTERACT CLUB RECEIVED THE YOUNG ROTARIAN CLEANUP CLUB OF THE YEAR FROM THE HIGHLANDS RANCH ROTARY CLUB. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE KIDS. THE LEGACY CAMPUS IS HOSTING ITS FIRST AUTOMATION EXPO. THIS THURSDAY JANUARY 16th FROM 3:00 TO 6:00 P.M. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND. YOU CAN DISCOVER ALL THINGS AUTOMATION, ELECTRICAL, CONTROLLED AND MANUFACTURED FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS. OPEN TO STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE CONTINENTAL LEAGUE MUSIC FESTIVAL WHICH I KNOW IS A FAVORITE EVENT OF ALL OF US, WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY JANUARY 21st AT 7:00 P.M. IN DENVER. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT. THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO LOVE TO HAVE A FANTASTIC EVENING OUT FOR A NIGHT OF OBSERVING JUST THE INCREDIBLE TALENT THAT OUR KIDS HAVE. THE NEXT PARENT UNIVERSITY WEBINAR WILL BE EMPOWERING YOUNG MINDS. NAVIGATING THE DIDN'T AM WORLD. THAT'S TAKING PLACE ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22nd AT 5:30 P.M. THE WEBINAR WILL FEATURE NICK THOMPSON WHO IS A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS. NICK WILL OFFER INSIGHT INTO BUILDING HEALTHY PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS AND WHAT PARENTS CAN DO TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN HAVE A MORE BALANCED AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH SCREENS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. JOINING NICK WILL BE OUR DCSD CHIEF OF STAFF WHO WILL BE PROVIDING INBIKE DCSD'S -- INSIGHT INTO DCSD'S LITERACY GUIDELINES. WE INVITE OUR PARENTS TO ATTEND AND ENGAGE WITH THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ENSEMBLE CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10th BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M., CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO AN INCREDIBLE EVENT. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST TIME IS OFFERING A SENIOR GOLD CARD TO DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS AGED 60 AND OVER. THE GOLD CARD OFFERS OUR SENIOR NEIGHBORS FREE ADMISSION TO MOST DCSD HOME ATHLETIC EVENTS AND MOST STUDENT FINE ARTS PERFORMANCES INCLUDING PLAYS, CONCERTS AND CHOIR PERFORMANCES. WE HAVE PROVIDED EACH OF YOU ON OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH OUR NEW BROCHURE FOR MORE INFORMATION. YOU CAN HELP US SPREAD THE WORD, THAT WILL BE GREAT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM TO ENGAGE WITH OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND BRING THEM IN THE SCHOOL. DCSD LEGACY CAMPUS PRO START CULINARY STUDENTS WON THE COLORADO EGG PRODUCERS REINVENTION COMPETITION. LEGACY CAMPUS STUDENTS WON FIRST AND SECOND PLACE OUT OF 28 TOTAL TEAMS. THE FIRST PLACE HAD THEIR BRUNCH ADDED TO THE MENU AT MORNING STORY RESTAURANTS THROUGH JANUARY 19th. WE HOPE TO HONOR THESE STUDENTS AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO RECENTLY WON COLORADO'S FIRST EVER SPLIT TOON 3 TITLE. MOUNTAIN VISTA IS HAVING A BANNER YEAR. RIGHT BEFORE WINTER BREAKING THE FOLLOWING DCSD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE COLORADO SPIRIT CHAMPIONSHIPS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STATE CHAMPIONS. MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL 5A ALL GIRL CHEER, CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, 5A COED CHEER AND ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL 5A PALMS AND JV COED CHAIR. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS SHOWING THEIR SCHOOL SPIRIT. THAT IS END OF TONIGHT'S UPDATES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR STUDY ACTION ITEMS. OUR FIRST STUDY ACTION ITEM IS VERY EXCITING. THIS SAG UPDATE ON THE CASB STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. >> IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. IT'S SO GREAT TO ENGAGE WITH YOU AT CASB. WE LOVED EVERY MINUTE. MAYBE AS YOU ARE INTRODUCING YOUR REMARKS, WHY DON'T YOU EACH INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR OUR LISTENING AUDIENCE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT SO YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE YOU HAD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE THAT WE ALL GOT TO HAVE AT CASB. I'M A SENIOR AT CHAPARRAL. >> MY NAME IS ALLISON, I'M A SENIOR AT CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. >> I'M A SENIOR AT PONDEROSA >> I'M A JUNIOR AT PONDEROSA. >> FIRST, WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I CAN SAY THIS ON BEHALF MY PEERS. THIS WAS AN MAKING OPPORTUNITY. WE SAW A LOT OF NEW PERSPECTIVES. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE DISTRICTS IN COLORADO THAT WE DON'T INTERACT WITH A LOT. SOME PLACES FUNCTION SO DIFFERENTLY FROM US, HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND DIFFERENT GROWTH HAPPENING. THIS WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP FOR OURSELVES AND SEE HOW IT MANIFEST IN OTHER PLACES. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO RUN THROUGH KIND OF WHAT WE AS STUDENTS WERE BUSY WITH AT THIS CASB CONFERENCE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BEDID WAS ADVOCACY ROLE-PLAYING. WE TOOK TURNS ACTING OUT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AS DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS. ONE OF THE PERSONS PEOPLE IN OUR GROUP, THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, WERE THE PARENTS. THEY HAD TO TAKE ON THE VIEW OF THE PARENTS. WE HAD AN ISSUE THAT WE ALL HAD TO DEBATE ON. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR ACTIVITIES. WORKSHOP ROTATIONS. WE KIND OF -- THE WHOLE CASB WAS CENTERED AROUND ADVOCACY AND HOW WE CAN BEST BE ADVOCATES FOR OUR PEERS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. WE TALKED ABOUT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, COMPONENTS OF ADVOCACY AS WELL AS HOW TO APPROACH ADVOCACY. WE ALSO DID BOARD MEMBER ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS EXTREMELY VALUABLE. WE GOT TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT BOARD PERSONNEL FROM AROUND THE STATE, DIFFERENT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS, FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE ALL FACE AS A STATE AND HOW WE CAN BEST BE LEADERS IN OUR OWN DISTRICTS. TO WRAP UP WE HAD KEYNOTE SPEAKER. HE TALKED ABOUT THE VALUE THAT WE HAVE IN UPLIFTING OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY. >> ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EXPERIENCE WAS DISCUSSIONED WITH BOARD MEMBERS. IT PUTS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR ME HOW MUCH YOU GUYS DO FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS MAKING THIS DISTRICT THE BEST IT CAN BE. LIKE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT OTHER DISTRICTS MIGHT NOT HAVE. HAVE SMALLER AND LESS STUDENTS. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE MOST INTERESTING WAS THIS ROUNDTABLE EXPERIENCE. IT WAS A NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND IT WAS MOSTLY EQUAL NUMBERS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DISTRICT FACULTY FROM ALL AROUND THE STATE. SOMETHING I FOUND TO BE REALLY INTERESTING WAS THESE NEW PERSPECTIVES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY HAVE EXPRESSIONING -- PRESSING ISSUES AND WE WANT TO THINGS TO SEE CHANGES ON. THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT HERE IN GARFIELD COUNTY AND CHERRY CREEK. WE HAVE SUCH A UNIQUE PLACE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT IS ALWAYS REFRESHING TO SEE POINTS OF VIEW. PERSONALLY, IT HELPED ME RECOGNIZE NEW THINGS THAT I LIKE TO SEE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP FOCUS ON. I THINK WE AS STUDENTS FROM THIS CONFERENCE LEARNED THAT WE HAVE A REALLY BIG VOICE IN OUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO HELP AND FOCUS ON MAKING SURE STUDENT AND OTHER GROUPS TRY TO UTILIZE THAT VOICE MORE. >> I KEEFE WANT TO PIGGY BACK WHAT ALLY SAID. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE EMPHASIS THAT DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS ON STUDENT VOICE. I MET WITH KIND OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND A LOT OF THEM WERE JUST STARTING LIKE OWN VERSIONS OF STUDENT ADVISORY GROUPS. I THINK THAT STUDENT ADVISORY GROUPS IS SOMETHING THAT I HOLD KIND OF VERY DEAR DO MY HEART. IT'S SOMETHING A PLATFORM THAT WE AS STUDENTS CAN USE TO TALK TO A LOT OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTOR THAT WAS COOL ABOUT CASB. WE GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF MEAL TIME, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TIME TO CONVERSE. >> AT CASB WE GOT TO TALK WITH OTHER STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS WITH THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM. THAT WAS REALLY EYE OPENING FOR ME TO SEE THE CONCERNS OF USING THEIR VOICE AND ECHO WHAT THEY SAID. WE HAVE SUCH GOOD RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS WHO USE THEIR VOICE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS KNOW OF THESE RESOURCES AND FEEL COMFORTABLE USING THEM. >> IT MADE ME REALIZE HOW MUCH IMPACT I DO HAVE AS A STUDENT HERE AT DOUGLAS COUNTY AND HOW EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT MY INTAKE AND MY FEELS AND BELIEFS AS A STUDENT. KIND OF SHOWED ME HOW SCHOOLS ACROSS COLORADO HAVE THE SAME THING. THEY AGREE WITH THEIR STUDENT AND THEY TAKE THEIR STUDENTS OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVES INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING LEGISLATION AND PASSING BONDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I'M SO GRATEFUL. >> WITH OUR REMAINING TIME, WE WANTED TO OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAVE ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCES OR ANYONE IN PARTICULAR OR JUST IN GENERAL. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING DOUGLAS COUNTY SO WELL. YOU GUYS WERE AMAZING. THIS WAS MY FOURTH TIME GOING TO CASB. THIS WAS OUR FIRST TEEM WHERE WE HAD STUDENTS THAT REPRESENTED DOUGLAS COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY BUT THANK YOU MOSTLY FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL THERE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS GREAT PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR ALL OF YOUR TAKEAWAYS. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING SO PREPARED AND SHARING THAT SO OPENLY WITH US. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES YOU TALKED ABOUT. THE FIRST ONE I HAD WAS REGARDING THE ROLE-PLAYING ACTIVITY YOU GUYS DID. I WAS CURIOUS WHAT YOU FELT WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING ROLE TO PLAY. PARENT, TEACHER, STUDENT OR BOARD MEMBER? BASED OFF WHAT YOU LEARNED DURING THAT EXPERIENCE, HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE THE NEEDS OF ALL? WHAT CONSIDERATIONS DO YOU THINK YOU MAKE NOW THINKING THROUGH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ROLES? >> DEFINITELY FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE THE BOARD MEMBER WAS KIND OF THE MOST DIFFICULT POSITION TO PLAY JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S OPINIONS AND TRYING FORM AN OPINION THAT FITS EVERYBODY'S NEEDS. I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY PUT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR ME IS THAT KIDS SAFETY AND MATTERS THE MOST. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT I PRITTIZED WHEN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS IS THE WELL-BEING OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS OVER EVERYTHING ELSE. I NOW YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT ROLE. >> BASED OFF THAT EXPERIENCE, WHAT SKILLS OR EXPERIENCES DO YOU THINK IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD? >> I THINK THAT JUST REALLY COMMUNICATION IS REALLY KEY IN A LOT OF ROLES. I THINK THAT WE TALKED A LOT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. I THINK THAT THEY JUST ENCOURAGED US TO HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD WITH OUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I THINK THAT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY ESSENTIAL KIND OF IN OUR ROLE TODAY IS HAVING AN OPEN MIND. I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING I TOOK AWAY FROM THIS CONFERENCE. THERE'S A TON OF ISSUES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSPECTIVES ON HOW WE SHOULD TACKLE THESE ISSUES. IF WE COME IN AN OPEN MIND AND WITH A LOT OF THESE THINGS, I THINK THAT HELPS US KIND OF BE MORE AWARE AND MORE OPEN TO OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES AND HOW WE SHOULD BEST GET THINGS DONE NOT ONLY AS A DISTRICT AS A STATE. AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE TO BALANCE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEEDS. JUST HAVING AN OPEN MIND IS REALLY ESSENTIAL AT THE BOARD LEVEL. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> I WAS GOING TO ADD ONE MORE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S IMPORTANT. IS CHILDREN IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. WHETHER THAT'S PARENT OR BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION. THESE ARE THE STUDENTS WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR AS A DISTRICT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE -- WE WERE ALL KIDS ONCE. BEYOND THAT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIDS NEED AND TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO PUT CHILDREN IN A PRIORITY. I THINK THAT'S BEST DONE BY HAVING SOME FORM OF EXPERIENCE WITH KIDS. I SAW THAT A LOT THROUGH THIS CONFERENCE TOO. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING SAG. YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. JUST LIKE YOU DID AT CASB. I THINK EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES WHY DIRECTOR MEEK AND I FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP. THEY'RE NOT ONLY A FUN GROUP AND THIS IS JUST A MINUTE REPRESENTATION OF THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE IN SAG. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> DITTO. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU AT CASB AND HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS OVER CONVERSATIONS AND DINNER AND BREAKFAST. WE HAD SIX STUDENTS ATTEND WE HAVE FOUR TONIGHT. WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD YOU HAVE FOR FUTURE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THAT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY? >> I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY U.S. JUST -- JUST BE READY TO LEARN. ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WITH US AND THE PEOPLE AROUND US. I THINK IF YOU GO WITH AN OPEN MIND READY TO LEARN AND READY TO CREATE RELATIONSHIPS, YOU WILL GET LOT OF THE CONFERENCE. >> DINNER WITH YOU ALL WAS FASCINATING. I WONDERED IF YOUR SPECIOUS MADE YOU THINK ABOUT HOW IN YOUR FUTURE LIFE YOU MIGHT WORK IN PUBLIC SCHOOL? IN SCHOOLS OR WHEREVER ELSE HELPS YOU BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT? >> I CAN TAKE THIS ONE. I THINK THIS EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY KIND OF LIFE CHANGING FOR ME. I'M GOING INTO SENIOR -- I'M A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. I'M LOOKING TOWARDS COLLEGE. I THINK THAT JUST LIKE THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN. I'M GOING INTO INTERNATIONAL POLICY RIGHT NOW. I'M THINKING ACTUALLY SWITCHING KIND OF MORE INTO LOCAL POLICY. JUST BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT IT'S SOMETHING DOUGLAS COUNTY, I SPENT MY WHOLE ENTIRE 12 YEARS IN, BEING ON SAGLY.  I SEEN THE IMPACT THAT OUR LOCAL KIND OF OUR LOCAL DISTRICT HAS ON OUR STUDENTS. IT'S BEEN SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. I SEE SO PREPARED TO GO. I DEFINITELY THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT PUBLIC POLICY, THIS IS REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO JUST KIND OF HOW REWARDING IT CAN BE TO MAKE IMPACTS IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND OUR STAFF. IT'S SUCH REWARDING FIELD THAT WE HAVE. >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR GOING AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS SO THEY COULD HAVE THIS GREAT EXPERIENCE. DIRECTOR MEEK. GET >> I WANT TO WEIGH IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. A LOT OF COORDINATION. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE REALLY ORGANIZED AND BROUGHT A GROUP OF STUDENTS AND THE AMOUNT OF COORDINATION THAT'S REQUIRED THAT WE AS A DIRECTORS REALLY COULDN'T HANDLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10. DISTRICT PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK PRESENTATION FOR 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 10 MINUTE Q&A. >> CERTAINLY A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. I'LL GIVE IT A GO. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU. IT'S ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT OUR FORMALIZED PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK DATA. YOU ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS DATA BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN IT WAS RELEASED UNDER AN EMBARGO. NOW THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FORMALLY APPROVE ALL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORKS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY. A COUPLE OF THINGS. PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK IS REALLY A PRODUCT OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2009. REALLY WHAT THAT OUTLINED IS THE FACT THAT THE STATE ANNUAL REVIEW OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING THE TYPE OF "Y" PLAN THAT EVERY SCHOOL HAS TO DO. IT'S A MISNOMER. EVERY SCHOOL HAS TO CREATE AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WHETHER YOU'RE HIGH PERFORMING MIDDLE, PERFORMING OR NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT. WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THIS. GUIDES THAT WORK AND PROVIDES A PARAMETERS BY WHICH PEOPLE CREATE THEIR PLANS. THE PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORKS IS BABILY THE -- BASICALLY THE STRUCTURE WHICH THE STATE COMMUNICATES. HOW THE SCHOOLS DOING IN PREPARATION TO THE STATE ASSESSMENT DATA. THAT'S GENERALLY SPEAKING WHERE IT COMES FROM. THERE ARE THREE BROAD INDICATORS, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, GROWTH AND POST-SECONDARY WORKFORCE FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. OUR SCHOOLS BASED ON THOSE INDICATORS THEY GET DATA AND THEY ARE RATED. BASED ON HOW WE PERFORM IN COMPARISON TO THE STATEWIDE DATA SAMPLE. IN TERMS OF THE THREE, THE STATE VALUES GROSS MORE THAN THE OTHER TWO. YOU CAN SEE THAT AS A PROPORTION. WHEN OUR PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH IS BETTER THAN ACHIEVEMENT WE GET MORE POINT FOR THAT. THE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE USED TO CREATE THIS PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK PRIMARILY COME FROM STATE ASSESSMENTS. GRADES 3-8 AND GRADE 11 FOR SCIENCE. IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE PSAT AND SAT. THAT'S COLLEGE BOARD SUITE. THERE'S DIFFERENT INDICATORS RELATED IT THINGS EXITING OUR PROGRAM. GRADUATION RATINGS, MATRICULATION RATES, DROPOUT RATES, THINGS OF INDICATORS OF THEM LEAVING OR GETTING READY TO LEAVE OUR SYSTEM. IT'S A WAY TO DETERMINE HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING IN REGARDS TO THOSE BENCHMARKS. THE POINT VALUES THE ASSESSMENTS ARE PUT THROUGH. WE GET POINT VALUES. THAT'S A RATING SYSTEM. THE GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, PEOPLE ALWAYS LAUGH WHEN I SAY THIS, GREEN IS GOOD. THAT'S THE COLOR SYSTEM. THE COLORS MATTERS ON THESE FORMS. THE HIGHEST RATE THAT A SCHOOL CAN GET IS PERFORMANCE. THE GREEN CATEGORY IS THE HIGHEST. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE START LOOKING AT SCHOOL-BASED DATA. THE GREEN IS THE HIGHEST WE CAN DO. FOR DISTRICTS THEY'VE ADDED ANOTHER CATEGORY. WHICH IS BLUE. BLUE IS BETTER. THAT'S THE ONE WE STRIVE FOR. IN TERMS OF OUR DISTRICT, OUR DISTRICT IS IN THE GREEN CATEGORY. WE'RE ACCREDITED. OUR TOTAL POINT VALUE IS 71.2. WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT DISTINCTION LINE. I WANT TO BE OVER THAT LINE. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS SO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OVER THAT LINE. WE STRIVE TO MAKE INROADS IN TERMS OF INCREASING OUR PERFORMANCE IN ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THE PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORKS DO TAKE THESE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS BREAK THEM DOWN, SMALLER. AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE REMAIN FORK, YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE THINGS ARE BROKEN DOWN IN TERMS OF OUR ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH AND POST-SECONDARY READINESS. IT'S FURTHER BROKEN DOWN BY LEVEL. WE CAN LOOK AT EACH LEVEL, WHETHER IT'S ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL, TO SEE HOW THEY WILL DO IF THEY WERE SUBMITTED AS THEIR OWN DISTRICT PERFORMANCE. I CAN SEE ACROSS THE INDICATORS OVERALL. AS WELL AS HOW WE DID ACROSS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. YOU HEARD ME COME TO THIS MEETING AND BRING THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN TERMS OF FOCUSING ON LITERACY. LOOKING AT OUR MATH PERFORMANCE, WORKING WITHIN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY. THAT WORK IS REALLY EVIDENT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK. IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK. BUT IT'S WORK WELL SPENT IN TERMS Y OF OUR PERFORMANCE. THIS IS A TREND OF OUR PERFORMANCE OVERTIME ON THIS PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK AS A DISTRICT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A GAP IN THE MIDDLE. THERE WERE SEVERAL YEARS THERE WHERE WE WENT ISSUED A PERFORMANCE FAMEWORK BASED ON NOT TESTING AND THE DATA. WE ARE CONTINUING TO STRIDE TOWARDS THAT POINT VALUE OF 74. HOW WE GET THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE ALL THE TIME. WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO KEEP MOVING THESE INDICATORS TOWARDS THAT MOVE. BLUE IS BETTER. THIS IS HOW WE COMPARE IN RELATION TO OUR NORMAL COMPARISON. OUR NEIGHBORS, SOMETHING WE DO PAY ATTENTION TO. WE DO WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE IN OUR AREA. ALSO NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STRIVING FOR. NOW ATTOR ATTORNEYING -- NOW TUG OUR ATTENTION TO SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK. AGAIN, GREEN IS GOOD. LOTS OF GREEN HERE. THE MORE AND MORE GREEN WE CAN GET THE BETTER FOR US. NOT INDIVIDUALLY SCHOOLS BUT ALSO FOR OUR DISTRICT. WE LIKE TO SEE THOSE OTHER PIES OR INSUFFICIENT DATA IN IMPROVEMENT GET SMALLER AND SMALLER. OUR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO NOT HAVE ANY YELLOW. THAT'S WHAT OUR PLAN IS. YOU CAN SEE OUR PERFORMANCE OVERTIME. YOU CAN SEE 2018 AND 19 AND THOSE PERCENTAGES. WE ARE NOW BACK AND ABOVE THOSE EPERCENTAGES -- PERCENTAGES PRIOR TO 2020. THOSE IMPROVEMENT CATEGORIES, WE'LL SEE A CHANGE IN THOSE EVEN FOR NEXT YEAR. SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS IN THE YELLOW CATEGORY. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. AT THIS TIME NOT BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE. BUT IT'S BASED ON PARENT EXCUSES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BECAME AN ISSUE FOR THREE SCHOOLS. FORTUNATELY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE REQUEST RECONSIDER PROCESS TO GET THEM BACK TO THAT GREEN LEVEL. ANOTHER THING WE DO PAY ATTENTION TO, WE ALL CELEBRATE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO LATER THIS SPRING. HOW MANY AWARD WINNING SCHOOLS WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM. THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE 40 AWARD WINNING SCHOOLS WHO THE STATES AWARD SYSTEM. 32 FOR JOHN IRWIN FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. WE HAVE THE DISCOVER DISTINGUISH IMPROVEMENT AWARD FOR ACADEMIC GROWTH. THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN CATEGORIES. WE DO HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT WON BOTH AWARD. WHICH IS GETTING MORE AND MORE COMMON. LET'S TALK CONTEXT. EVERY YEAR, THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK. THERE ARE CHANGES TO EITHER STANDARDS, ASSESSMENTS, THE POINTS, CUT SCORES OR JUST HOW THE STATE VIEWS THE PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK AS A WHOLE. THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION. ONE THING THAT WAS REINTRODUCED WAS THE SCIENCE TEST. C AMEMAS WAS REINTRODUCED. WE HAVE NEW SCIENCE STANDARDS. THIS NEW TEST IS ASSESSING THE NEW SCIENCE STANDARDS. WE ARE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT HOW OUR STUDENTS WOULD PERFORM ON THE NEW SCIENCE TEST. A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THIS ROOM IS THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE WITH CMAS SCIENCE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. STUDENT PARTICIPATION CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US. IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. MANY STUDENT AND PARENTS EXCUSE THEM FROM TAKING THE SCIENCE TEST. IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM THAT DATA. IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, AS LONG AS WE HAVE AT LEAST 16 STUDENTS TAKING THAT TEST, WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT DATA. THE OTHER MAJOR CHANGE FOR THIS LAST YEAR WAS COLLEGE BOARD HAS SHIFTED FROM A PAPER-BASED ADMINISTRATION OF PSAT AND SAT TO ONLINE VERSION. IT COMPLETELY CHANGED HOW IT'S ADMINISTERED. THERE'S PORTION OF THAT TEST IS ADAPTABLE. WHEN STUDENTS LOG IN AND THEY TAKE THE FIRST UNIT. IF THEY PERFORM WELL ON THAT UNIT, THEY GET HARDER QUESTIONS. IF THEY DON'T PERFORM WELL, THEY GET EASIER QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT UNIT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWED COLLEGE BOARDS TO REDUCE THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE TEST BECAUSE NOW IT'S ADAPTING TO THE PERFORMANCE. THEY NEED FEWER ITEMS TO TRULY JUDGE WHERE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IS. THIS NEW ONLINE TEST HAS IMPACTED PERFORMANCE. NOT ONLY IN COLORADO BUT NATIONWIDE. WE WERE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT. WE SAW THAT THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL FOR STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY IN MATH DROPPED AS A RESULT OF TAKING THE TEST ONLINE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE ACKNOWLEDGED TO THE POINT OF ADJUSTING THEIR CUT SCORES FOR THE PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHALLENGES THAT STUDENTS HAVE ON THAT ONLINE EXAM. OTHER THING THEY DID THEY CHANGED THE CUT SCORE FOR GRADUATION COMPETENCIES FOR MATH AS A RESULT STUDENTS TAKING IT ONLINE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING FROM THIS POINT FORWARD TO SEE IF THIS STUDENTS GETTING USED TO THIS ENVIRONMENT OR IS IT THE ASSESSMENT, ARE THERE DIFFERENT ITEMS BEING ASSESSED DIFFERENTLY FOR STUDENTS. THIS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. THIS IS THE FY YEAR TO -- FIRST YEAR TO LOOK AT THAT DATA. POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM PATHWAY WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED OF MATRICULATION. THE MATRICULATION INDICATOR LOOKS AT STUDENTS AND HOW THEY ENROLLED THE FALL AFTER GRADUATION. IT LOOKS AT WHETHER THEY ENROLLED IF FOUR-YEAR, TWO-YEAR, CTTE PROGRAM. THEY KEEP ADDING SUCH AS MILITARY SERVICE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW ONE. AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT HOW WE LOOK AT THAT. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK MOST ALL OF THIS DATA IS SUPER EXCITING. I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT. WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THAT ACCREDITED WITH DISTINCTION. JUST A QUICK QUESTION BETWEEN THE 23 AND 24 JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCES, THE POST-SECONDARY AND WORKFORCE READINESS FOR '23, IT SHOWED WE EARNED 69.2%. THEN IN '24 OF 65.9%. DO WE HAVE ANY REASONING WHY THAT WENT DOWN? >> YES. 100%. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. PART OF THAT IS THE SAT TEST. WE SAW DECREASE IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE SAW DECREASE THERE. THERE'S SOME OTHER INDICATORS THAT WE SAW SLIGHT DECREASE IN AS WELL. INCLUDING SCIENCE BEING INTRODUCED. NOW THEY ARE INTRODUCING SCIENCE WITH FEWER KIDS PARTICIPATING IN THAT. WE DIDN'T GAIN A FULL POINTS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE. THE GENERAL RULE OF THUMB AT DOUGLAS COUNTY IS THE MORE STUDENTS THAT TAKE THE FEST THE BETTER WE DO. THAT'S PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH SCIENTISTS. HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE PARENTS AND STUDENTS, IT'S REALLY ABOUT STUDENTS PUTTING PRESSURE ON PARENTS TO EXCUSE THEM. HOW DO WE WORK WITH THEM TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THE TEST. IT'S NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR DISTRICT. FEW KIDS ARE TAKING IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THE CUT SCORES WERE IMPLEMENTED WITH THIS NUMBER RIGHT? >> YES. >> DO YOU THINK THAT THE CUT SCORES THAT WERE DONE WERE SUFFICIENT? >> ACCORDING TO THE STATE, YES. THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE CURRENT DATA SET. THEY TOOK THE ACTUAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND REDID THE CUT SCORES TO CREATE THEIR BELL CURVE.   FOR US IT'S A DEEPER CONVERSATION TO SEE HOW STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY RESPONDING. I HAVE A SON AT HOME WHO TAKEN THE PSAT ONLINE. IT'S FASCINATING TO ASK HOW HE EXPERIENCED THE TEST DIFFERENT ON PAPER. IT'S A DIFFERENT BALL GAME IN TERMS WHAT PSYCHOLOGICALLY YOU'RE DOING DURING THAT TEST WHEN IT'S ONLINE VERSUS PAPER BASED. THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF IS THIS JUST A BLIP IN THE RADAR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THAT EXAM? >> IT AFFECTED ACADEMIC GROWTH AND POST-SECONDARY WORKFORCE READINESS. BOTH SCORES WILL BE IMPACTED? >> YES. >> I HAD TWO QUESTIONS. THEY ARE QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTANDS ABOUT THIS PROCESS. I APOLOGIZE IF YOU ALREADY SAID THIS IN YOUR INTRODUCTION OF THE PRESENTATION. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE LOOK AND SEE THAT 71.2% AND THEY EQUATE IT TO THE SAME THING GETTING A GRADE. THEY SAY THAT'S A GRADE OF C. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PERCENTAGE >> IN OUR SYSTEM IN COLORADO, OTHER STATES DO HAVE A GRADING SYSTEM WHERE THEY DO GIVE LETTER GRADES TO SCHOOLS. OURS IS ALL ABOUT THE NUMBER OF POINTS THAT WE CAN EARN. IN EACH CATEGORY, YOU CAN ONLY GAIN FOURTHS. BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT THREE QUARTERS IS REALLY THE GOAL. THAT MEANS THAT EVERY ONE OF YOUR STUDENT AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR SUBGROUPS IS MEETING STATE EXPECTATIONS. IT'S REALLY A HIGH BAR FOR US AS A LARGE ORGANIZATION TO GET TO THAT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS HOW MANY POINTS WE'RE EARNING ON EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT INDICATORS. NOT JUST ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BUT SPECIFICALLY, OUR STUDENT SUBPOPULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MONITOR. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET TO THAT POINT. >> WOULD YOU SAY 74% IS DISTINCTION? >> YES >> AN A PLUS WILL BE 74%? >> YES >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS FOLLOWING. >> YES. >> THEN FOR ALL OF THE NUMBERS THATTWE'RE SEEING DOES THIS INCLUDES CHARTER SCHOOLS? >> YES. IT INCLUDES ALL STUDENTS. >> THOSE ARE THE TWO. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR? >> I AGREE. I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICTS. THESE ARE GREAT SCORES TO HAVE. I'M ALSO ON BOARD TRYING TO GET TO THAT DISTINCTION LEVEL. IT SOUNDS LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE THINK IT IS A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND ARE YOU STILL IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE OF HOW TO GET HIGHER AS FAR AS PARTICIPATION GOES? ARE YOU GUYS HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT YOU YOU CAN THROW AROUND? >> YEAH. 100%. WE DO HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. ABSOLUTELY PARTICIPATION IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR CMAS SCIENCE. THAT'S WITHOUT QUESTION. WHEN WE LOOK AT THEIR PERFORMANCE AND WE COMPARE IT TO EVERY OTHER METRIC INCLUDING AP TESTING, WE DO KNOW THAT PARTICIPATION IS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, SPECIFICALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR WITH MOVING TO AN ONLINE VERSION OF THE TEST, WE KNOW THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS MOVING FROM PAPER BASED TO ONLINE. MANY STUDENTS SPEND A LOT OF TIME PREPARING. NOW WE'VE GOTTEN ONE YEAR UNDER OUR BELT, WE WANT TO SEE GOING INTO IN THIS NEXT SESSION IF STUDENTS HAVE ADJUSTED TO THIS NEW ONLINE ENVIRONMENT. WE HAD STUDENTS TAKE IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THEY CAN TAKE IT ON THEIR OWN. WE'RE SEEING THE DATA COME BACK VERY POSITIVELY. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING DATA THE FROM THE SPRING. WE KNOW THAT'S PLAYING A ROLE IN TERMS OF STUDENTS PERFORMANCE. I'M NOT JUST HERE BUT NATIONWIDE IN EMS OF -- IN TERMS GOING TO ONLINE TEST. >> JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT MR. REYNOLDS WAS SAYING ABOUT SCIENCE. DO YOU REMEMBER OUR PARTICIPATION RATE IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE? IT'S LIKE 40%? >> IN SOME CASES, MUCH LOWER THAN THAT. LIKE 10%. >> IMAGINE, THAT'S ONE GRADE LEVEL. 10% OF OUR STUDENTS AT A SINGLE GRADE LEVEL IMPACTED A HUGE PERCENTAGES OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SCORE. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST YEAR. SCIENCE WASN'T A FACTOR LAST YEAR. THAT IS REALLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR. IMAGINE THAT YOU'VE GOT 200 STUDENTS THAT IMPACT A QUARTER OF THAT HIGH SCHOOL SCORE. THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT. THAT PARTICIPATION PIECE IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL. THEY'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> DO YOU HAVE IDEAS AROUND HOW YOU'LL ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIPATION? IS THAT STILL BEING SORTED OUT? >> SO GLAD YOU ASKED. YES, WE ALWAYS HAVE IDEAS HOW TO IMPACT PARTICIPATION IN A BIG PART OF IT WILL BE WORKING ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AS THEY LOOK AT THAT DRAFT BILL. WE REALLY DO HAVE OUR HANDS TIED BEHIND OUR BACK. WHEN PARENTS OPT THEIR KIDS OUT, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. YET, IT ENDS UPKEEPING US FROM BEING ACCREDITED WITH DISTINCTION. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION AROUND. WE CAN TARGET THAT ONE SET OF ONE GRADE LEVEL OF STUDENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL, SCIENCE. THERE TRULY IS ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE CHANGE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> OUR EDUCATORS, TOP TO BOTTOM, PK, PEOPLE SITTING IN IN ROOM IN LARGE PART RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS NOTICED. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT LAST 3%, WE CAN APPROACH -- WE KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS THAT STRUGGLE MORE. THERE ARE FEW SCHOOLS THAT STRUGGLE MORE. IT APPEARS YOU'RE WORKING ON DISTRICTWIDE CHANGES AS WELL. CAN YOU TELL US LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FIRST TWO I MENTIONED? ARE THERE SCHOOLS THAT NEED MORE ASSISTANCE? NAME THEM OUT AND HOW DO WE APPROACH THE SCHOOL THAT MAY HAVE LOWER SCORES AND NEED ASSISTANCE. ARE THERE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS THAT NEED MORE ASSISTANCE? THOSE SOMETIMES OVERLAP. HOW DO WE GREASE -- ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES? >> STARTING IN THE FALL WHEN WE GET OUR ASSESSMENT DATA BACK, ALL OF OUR SCHOOL HAVE TO CREATE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN FOR HOW THEY INTEND TO ADDRESS THEIR CHALLENGES OR AREAS OF FOCUS. PART OF OUR WORKING STARTS IMMEDIATELY DURING THE SUMMER AND ENDS EARLY FALL TO WORK WITH SCHOOLS TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE KEY AREAS OF CONCERN WITHIN THE BUILDING. WHETHER IT'S A SUBJECT AREA, SUBPOPULATION, IT COULD BE A GRADE LEVEL. WHAT ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN HELP THEM WITH TARGETING. THE RESPONSE TO THAT COULD VARY DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION. WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME INTRODUCING A CORE READING PROGRAM AT OUR ELEMENTARY. THIS YEAR BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION HAS BEEN WRITING. THIS IS A WRITING CENTRIC TEST. WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST WAY TO APPROACH WRITING AND SUPPORT STUDENTS IN THEIR WRITING. OTHER PART IS TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. SEE WHAT ARE THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND CAN WE CREATE ADVANCEMENT AND INTERVENTION MODELS TO REALLY SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS HOLISTICALLY. FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT INTRODUCING A CORE PROGRAM IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN MA AFRICA -- MATRICULATING THROUGH A CORE REALING PROGRAM. THIS IS YEAR ONE WITH THAT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TO GIVE TEACHERS RESOURCES. MUCH OF THEIR TIME HAS BEEN SPENT COALLATING RESOURCES AND FINDING RESOURCES FOR THEIR CLASSROOM. WE ARE PROVIDING THEM RESOURCES SO THEY CAN SPEND TIME WORKING WITH THEIR STUDENTS. >> EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. THAT INCLUDES THE SEVEN OF US. I CAN'T TEACH. IF YOU NEED US TO GO INTO HIGH SCHOOLS TO YELL AT KIDS TO TAKE SCIENCE TESTS. IN A BROADER QUESTION, I KNOW WE CAN'T GO YELL AT KIDS. IS THERE MORE SUPPORT YOU CAN GET FROM THIS DIAS THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH THOSE PROGRAMS? ARE YOU WILLING TOLD US THAT? >> I WILL START. I'M SURE SUPERINTENDENT KANE WILL HAVE HER PERSPECTIVE. I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS THE VALUE. I THINK COMMUNICATING TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT, WE VALUE IT. CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS THAT WE VALUE THE INFORMATION. WE HAVE A MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT THAT TAL TALKS ABOUT HELPING STUDENTS REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. >> WE CAN DO RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT A TEST. WE CAN DO THAT KIND OF THING. WE VALUE THAT INFORMATION. WOULD THAT BE OF SOME ASSISTANCE IN HELPING -- I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR EDUCATORS THOSE ARE KIND OF MY THOUGHTS. >> ONE THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S PERFECT FOR US TO TESTIFY WHEN THERE IS LEGISLATION. I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WE COULD CONSIDER DOING. I THINK ALSO JUST TALKING TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SOMETIMES CHIP AWAY AT THE VALUE OF BELIEVING IN GOVERNMENT. BELIEVING IN SYSTEMS. I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE OPT OUT PHILOSOPHY THAT STARTED YEARS AND YEARS AGO. JUST USING OUR VOICE AND INFLUENCE TO SAY, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TASK THAT HAPPENS. WEDGE IN IT. WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE FOR OUR KIDS. I THINK USING OUR VOICE IN THOSE WAYS CAN BE REALLY POWERFUL. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING THAT QUESTIONS AND FOR SUGGESTIONS. I THINK A LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S TIMED WELL AND SIGNED BY ALL SEVEN OF YOU THAT WE COULD SEND OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW MUCH WE AS A SYSTEM VALUE KNOWING WHERE EACH AND EVERY STUDENT IS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FORWARD. YOU AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MOVING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR DISTRICT FORWARD. WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT GOOD DATA. THAT CAN BE HELPFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY JUST ABOUT THE VALUE THAT INFORMATION HAVE MORE INDIVIDUAL PARENTS AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND DELIVER ON THE GREAT PROMISE THIS WE HAVE. THANK YOU FOR SHOUTING OUT OUR EDUCATORS. BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZING AND 100% MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> ONE OTHER THOUGHT. I'M SURE DIRECTOR MYERS WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AT SAG AND GET THE STUDENTS IDEAS WHAT THEY MIGHT BE INFLUENTIAL IN PERSUADING THEIR PEERS. THAT WILL BE A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION THAT WE WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE. >> AS IT GETS CLOSE, I THINK I WILL BE INTERESTED EITHER IN CO-AUTHORING OR AUTHORING, I DON'T KNOW IF THE DISTRICT WANTS PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR US. I DO LIKE THE IDEA HAVING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IF EVERYONE IS GOOD WITH THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN TAKE A CRACK AT PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU. THE TIMING WOULD PROBABLY BE LATE FEBRUARY-ISH. IN ORDER TO GET IT SO IT'S IN FRONT WHEN THOSE DECISIONS IN FRONT OF PARENTS. THANK YOU FOR THE IDEA ON THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP. I THINK THAT THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE CAMPAIGNS IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS TO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INFORMATION FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FOR THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS AS WELL AS THEIR PROGRESS AS STUDENTS AND OUR DISTRICT'S PROGRESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. ITEM 11. ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS UPDATE FOR 15 MUSLIM PRESE -- 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION AND 15 MINUTE Q&A. >> CHIEF OF STAFF STEVE IS HERE TO INTRODUCE THE PRESENTER. >> GOING. MY COLLEAGUE, COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE HIS TEAM. SHANNON BINGEMAN, >> GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. WE HAVE HAD AN INTERESTING YEAR. ONE OF THE MORE VOLATILE ENROLLMENT YEARS. THIS IS A WONDERFUL LABORATORY FROM A SOCIAL STATISTIC STAND POINT TO WATCH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF THOSE YEARS. I WILL QUICKLY CYCLE THROUGH THE SLIDES AND PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS. IN GENERAL, WE ARE DOWN ABOUT 1%. I WAS FORECASTING ABOUT 1.4%. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. WE DID BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE. I'M GOING TO SEE A LOT OF REGIONAL DRAW TO DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. PULLING KIDS FROM ADJACENT DISTRICTS. CDE WILL BE RELEASING THEIR DATA ON THE 23rd THAT SHOWS WHERE STUDENTS MOVE AROUND IN OUR PART OF THE METRO AREA. I WILL BE REPORTING TO YOU THROUGH THE FOLKS THAT I REPORT TO. WE DID BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. OUR FORECAST WAS BASED ON LAST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE. ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL WERE DOWN AND ALL THREE LEVELS. IT'S NOT HORRIBLY VOLATILE. WE'RE DOING BETTER IN ELEMENTARY AS FAR AS THIS SLOWED DECLINE WE'VE HAD. THERE'S THAT .88% AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY DOWN. THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCOUNTING CONDITIONS EMBEDDED IN THIS DATA THAT R RECONCILE THE FORECAST SE THE BUDGETARY STANDARDS. EVERYTHING IS NOT GOING TO PERFECTLY RECONCILE. I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THIS GOES THROUGH AND BREAKS DOWN BY FEEDER. HOW WE'RE DOING BY FEEDER. OUR BEST PERFORMING FEEDER AS FAR AS RETAINING ENROLLMENT IS EAST PLANNING. WE HAVE SO MANY LARGE LAND DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE PUTTING MORE FAMILIES ON THE LINE. OUR TOTAL POPULATION IS GROWING VERY RAPIDLY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE HOUSING. OUR BIRTH COUNT IS ALSO INCREASING AND HAS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. BUT OUR BIRTHRATES ARE ACTUALLY DECLINING BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE BECOMING SMALLER. WE'RE GROWING HOUSING WISE. WE WILL GROW STUDENT WISE. WHERE WE HAVE MORE OF A STABLE HOUSING STOCK WE TEND TO DECLINE. HERE'S AN ASSESSMENT OF ACCURACY OF THE FORECAST. THAT'S WELL WITHIN STANDARD DEVIATION FORECASTING GIVEN THE RATE WHICH FAMILIES ARE MOVING AROUND WENT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS BASED ON SOME OF THE CHOICE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. THE RATE AT WHICH FAMILIES ARE MOVING BETWEEN THE CHARTER AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. ONE OF OUR CHARTERS DIDN'T MAKE ITS FORECAST. THAT HAD BEARING ON THE NUMBERS  WE EXPECT THAT NORMALIZE. AS FAR AS NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS MAGNET, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES HERE PROJECTED VERSUS HOW WE ACTUALLY CAME IN. FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE WITHIN 800 STUDENTS WHAT WE FORECAST. GIVEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY, WE THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. GIVEN SOME OF THE VOLATILITY THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. AS FAR AS OUR PROCESS, WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. WE UPDATE IN OCTOBER. WE PUT THIS OUT FOR REVIEW. HAD EVERYTHING OUT IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR CHOICE INDO. EXTENDED FOR CAPITAL PLANNING AND CAPACITY ANALYSIS. OUR STUDENT MOVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT IS TENDING -- WE'RE FORECASTING THAT OUR TWO NEW SCHOOLS WILL OPEN AS TWO ROUND FACILITIES. THEY WILL OPEN WITH TWO KINDERGARTENERS, TWO FIRST, TWO SECOND AND TWO THIRD. WE THINK THAT FORECASTING WILL BE VERY SOLID AS WE GO FORWARD. THEY'LL GROW IN THEIR FULL CAPACITIES OVER A FIVE OR SIX-YEAR PERIOD. WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH HOW THESE NEW AREAS ARE PICKING UP CHILDREN AND MORE MATURE AREAS ARE DECLINING LITTLE BIT. THAT KIND OF PLANNING HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE WERE A LITTLE OVER FORECAST AT THE CHARTER LEVEL AND UNDER FORECAST AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. THERE'S A WASH IN BETWEEN. WE TRY TO RECONCILE THAT. THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT AMONG THE DISTRICTS THAT HAD BIG CHARTER SCHOOL PERCENTAGES. WE'RE ABOUT 25%, SIX IS CLOSE TO THAT. SAME BEHAVIOR HAPPENS IN DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MA MARKET SHARE. WE DRAWN QUITE A FEW STUDENTS OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOUSING IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE IN THE DISTRICT. THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE A LOT OF THE NORTHEAST METRO AREA PSYCHO SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAE DROPPERS IN THE HOUSING 480 TO $550,000 RANGE. THIS JUST TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS. POST-PANDEMIC CHANGES. WE'RE GOING TO SEE PARENTS TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO A SCHOOL CLOSE TO THEIR WORKPLACE ON AN INCREASING BASIS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING MAGNIFY. THAT HAS RESULTED SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR RIDGEGATE SCHOOL WILL BE WELL POSITIONED FOR FAMILIES WORKING IN THE TECH CENTER THAT LOOKING FOR LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN DROP CHILDREN ON THEIR WAY TO WORK. SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE ATTRACTIVE. WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH NEW PSYCHO--SCHOOLS OPENING IN FALL. I'M BASEBALL -- I'M ABLE TO GUARANTEE TWO ROUNDS OF ENROLLMENT. AFFORDABILITY IS A CHALLENGE. THIS IS MEDIAN SALES PRICE FOR BOTH NEW HOMES AND RESALES. AS OF DECEMBER, WE WERE -- NOVEMBER, WE WERE SITTING 750. THE NEW HOMES WERE QUITE BIT MORE THAN THAT. SOME OF OUR POCKETS AND SOME OF OUR FACILITY VOIDS WE HAVE HOUSING BEING BUILT BY SOME OF THOSE BUILDERS THAT'SLESS EXPENSIVE THAN THIS. AS FAR AS OTHER SEGMENTS, TOWNHOUSES WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE UPPER LEFT IS A BITLESS. 566. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP US COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE NORTHEAST METRO DISTRICTS. OUR CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT AS FAR AS YOUNG FAMILIES MAKING DECISIONS IN THE METRO AREA ON WHERE TO LIVE IS BASED UPON THE COST OF A OUR HOUSING. LOWER RIGHT, OVERTIME AS WE HAVE SATURATED AND WE HAVE FEWER VACANT LOTS AVAILABLE, OUR MONTHLY HOME SALES FOR BOTH NEW AND RESELLS HAS MOVED DOWNWARD AS PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY BECOME MORE STABLE AND WE ARE BUILDING ON AVERAGE FEWER HOMES EVERY YEAR BUT STILL RELATIVE TO THE METRO AREA. WE'RE PUTTING AN ASTOUNDING AMOUNT IN HOUSING EVERY YEAR. AROUND THE DISTRICT, THIS IS WHAT'S FOR SALE AS OF DECEMBER. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS IN OUR FACILITY AVOIDS. A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE GOING TO SEE AVERAGE PRICE OF NEW UNITS. HISTORIC AND PROJECTED I CONTINUE TO PROJECT A STEADY DECLINE IN THE DISTRICT. THAT'S GOING TO BE BALANCED BY JUST THE SCALE AT WHICH THE TOTAL POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT IS INCREASING. WE GET JUST MORE AND MORE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. OUR BIRTHRATE CONTINUES TO GO DOWN. WE'RE BRINGING IN SO MANY MORE FAMILIES THAT IS OFFSETTING THAT A BIT. THERE ARE SOME ACCOUNTING ISSUES HERE WITH HOPE HAVING MOST OF ITS KIDS THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA AND LOW PERCENTAGE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. SOME OF THESE COUNTY CONDITIONS WILL CONFUSE US LITTLE BIT. YOU SEE ALL THAT QUALIFICATION ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAPHS. AS FAR AS AREA TO AREA, NORTH CENTRAL IS THE FEEDER AREA WITH SOME OF THE MOST DECLINE OVERTIME. THERE IS CHARTER VERSUS DCSD OPERATION. OUR CHARTER AVAILABILITY WILL INCREASE. THE CHANGE IN THAT CAMPUS IS INDICATED BY THIS GRAPHIC. THIS JUST GOES THROUGH FEEDER BY FEEDER. JUST TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE CONSTRUCTING A LOT OF NEW HOUSING, WE'LL SEE INCREASES IN PLACES WHERE WE ARE STABLE AND NOT THAT MUCH HOUSING IS BEING BUILT. CHAPARRAL FEEDER IS RELATIVELY STABLE. CHAPARRAL INCLUDES LOT OF THE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALONG THE 470 CORRIDOR. THOSE ARE -- THERE'S A LOT OF IT. THAT'S BRINGING IN SOME FAMILIES FOR AFFORDABILITY REASONS. PONDEROSA LITTLE BIT OF DECLINE THERE AND SEE THE INCREASE OF CHARTER LEVEL. THESE ORANGE BARS THAT IS REFLECTIVE. IS LEGEND, YOU'RE SEEING GENERAL TRENDING DOWNWARD. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE BOLSTERING OUR MARKET CHAIR AT LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE CHOOSING TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT ADJACENT DISTRICTS. BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF HOUSING STOCK IN THAT ATTENDANCE AREA, WE ARE TRENDING DOWN THERE. HIGHLANDS RANCH ALSO TRENDING DOWNWARD DRAMATICALLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL CATEGORIES. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DROPPING A BIT. SOME OF OUR AREAS HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OTHERS THE HOUSING HAS RETAINED ORIGINAL VALUE QUITE WELL. MOUNTAIN VISTA WE'RE SEEING A DECLINE. MOSTLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT LEFT IN THAT FEEDER. ROCK CANYON, YOU SEE THE EFFECT OF MERIDIAN AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE RICH GATE AREA. HOLDING ENROLLMENT UP IN THAT FEEDER. THUNDER RIDGE, WE INCREASED BECAUSE OF SOLSTICE AND STERLING RANCH. HERE, I'M REITERATING MY STATEMENT ABOUT HOW OUR NEW SCHOOLS WILL OPEN AT TWO ROUND AND GROW TO FULL CAPACITY. WITH THAT, I'LL BE DELIGHTED TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> WOULD YOU REMIND US WHEN YOU WERE FIRST HIRED BY THE DISTRICT TO START WORKING ON THESE DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES? >> FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO. PRIOR TO THAT, I HAVE HAD ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE DISTRICT OFF AND ONGOING BACK 30 YEARS. >> AS WE APPROACH THE GROWTH AND DECLINE, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF OUR PROJECTIONS. BOTH OVERALL AND IMPORTANTLY THE SCHOOL AT THE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL LEVEL. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT OUR PROJECTIONS FOR OUR ENROLLMENT AT THE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL LEVEL MEET THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS? >> THEY DO. WE HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE IN THIS DISTRICT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE POINT TO ABOUT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY REALLY LIKE. WHEN OF THAT MUCH CHOICE BEHAVIOR, THERE'S GOING TO BE VOLATILITY. THIS YEAR, WE SAW MORE THAT THAN ANY OTHER TIME. I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN YEAR-TO-YEAR. WE TRY TO MONITOR THAT BY LOOKING AT CHOICE APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO ENDING THE FORECASTING WINDOW. AMOUNT OF KIDS MOVE BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT. FROM A SOCIAL STATISTICS STANDPOINT, THIS IS AN INTERESTING LABORATORY. I THINK OUR DEPARTMENT HAS PUT QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT INTO COLLECTING REALLY GOOD DATA. I THINK WE DONE GOOD A JOB WE COULD GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES >> REGARDLESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL VOLATILITY PER YEAR, YOU ARE COMFORTABLE THAT OUR PROJECTIONS THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN THE HIGHLAND RANCH AREA IS BASED ON BOTH LONG-TERM TRENDS AS WELL AS TRENDS WE'RE SEEING STATE AND NATIONWIDE? >> IT IS. I'M FORECASTING SOME INTEREST RATE RECOVERY HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. I THINK THAT WILL MAKE SOME OF THE FORECASTING I MAY HAVE DONE THREE YEARS AGO LESS SEVERE. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MODERATE SOME OF THE HOUSING COST ISSUES. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MOON CHASING THE SUN AS THE HOUSING COST CONTINUE TO ESCALATE, DECLINE IN INTEREST RATE WILL HELP US FROM AFFORDABILITY STANDPOINT. THE RATE FROM A HOUSING COST, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP. >> THAT MEANS SMALLER FAMILIES, SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS PARTICULARLY AND STABLE HOUSING AREAS? >> ALL ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. AND MY MARKET TERRITORY. EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I'M ENGAGED WITH IS LOOKING AT THIS DECLINING ENROLLMENT ISSUE. THEY'RE OVER 5000 STUDENTS. >> IS IT OUR DISTRICT UNUSUAL. I KNOW YOU WORK IN OTHER DISTRICTS. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENCE IN GROWTH AND DECLINE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, TYPICAL OR IS THAT MAKE US UNUSUAL? HAVING MASSIVE GROWTH AND OTHER MATURE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT. IS THAT UNUSUAL? >> IT'S UNUSUAL FOR IT TO BE AS STRETCHED AS IT IS. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN GROWING AREA AND DECLINING AREA AND MAGNITUDE OF THE GROWTH AND DECLINE. THE FACT THEY ARE SO SEPARATED WE CAN'T TRANSPORT KIDS BETWEEN THEM. THAT'S WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE. IT'S THE GEOGRAPHY AND THE MAGNITUDE UP AND DOWN CHANGE IN ISOLATED AREAS. OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE I'M WORKING, LET'S SAY ANCHORAGE OR FAIRBANKS I'M LOOKING AT GROWTH AND DECLINE, LOT OF SCHOOLS WERE LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO EACH OTHER. IF THEY ARE MILITARY INFLUENCED, SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE MORE STABILITY THAN OTHERS. WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THE WILD WEST HERE AS FAR AS HAVING STABLE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE HOUSING STOCK IS AGED. WE'RE HAVING SMALLER FAMILIES COMING OUT OF THAT HOUSING. LOT OF THE MATURE HOUSING IN OUR NORTH CENTRAL AREA, A LOT OF HOMES ARE -- THAT'S A 48 TO $4500 A MONTH HOUSE PAYMENT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT DYNAMIC IS POTENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE PLANNING STAFF. I WISHED MR. COSGROVE WAS HERE HERE FOR ME TO FURTHER COMPLIMENT THE PEOPLE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN WHEN YOU CALCULATE A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL INTO YOUR PROJECTIONS? >> OUR CHARTER FORECASTING METHODOLOGY THE CHARTER SCHOOL GIVE US THEIR FORECAST. THEY KNOW THE MARK. THEY GIVE US THEIR MARKET SHARE. THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAM GOALS ARE. THEY GIVE US A FORECAST. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE LEHMAN IS A NEW SCHOOL, AS FAR AS HOW THAT MARKET IS GOING TO GEL IS A ALREADY VOL -- VERY VOLATILE ISSUE. WHENEVER A NEW CHARTER STARTS UP, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FORECAST THAT FIRST YEAR. MOST CHARTERS ARE RUNNING. THAT'S BEEN PRETTY EXISTENT OVER THE 30 YEARS THAT I MONITORED THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. MOST CHARTERS HAVE RELATIVELY STABLE ENROLLMENT. WE ARE GETTING TO SUCH A SATURATION STANDPOINT WITH ALL SCHOOLS IN ALL CATEGORIES. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WITH THERE ONLY BEING CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CHILDREN AVAILABLE THAT FORECASTING THAT IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT'S EVER BEEN IN THE PAST. THERE ARE 12 OR 1400 SEATS. THAT WILL HELP US WITH A LOT OF OUR FACILITY NEEDS AND THAT PART OF SOUTH PARK. AS WE GROW INTO THAT, I NO THAT SCHOOL WILL BE FULL. EIGHT OR TEN YEARS FROM NOW. IT'S GOING TO BE VOLATILE. IT WILL BE HARD TO PREDICT BECAUSE IT'S A SUBSET OF A SUBSET OF OUR ENROLLMENT. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> YOU DID. THAT WAS HELPFUL. THE BOARD RELEASED A POTENTIAL CHARTER SCHOOL TO CSI AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. I'M CURIOUS HOW THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH ENROLLMENT PREDICTIONS? I KNOW LIKE WHEN A CHARTER GOES TO CSI, WE SAW THAT ONE DROP. WE DON'T SEE THE STUDENTS ANYMORE. I'M CURIOUS FOR WHAT YOU SHOWED TODAY, I DON'T THINK IT INCLUDES OR PREDICTS? >> IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT CHART. >> WOULD THAT HAPPEN IF THE CHARTER IS APPROVE BY CSI, THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT ENROLLMENT PREDICTIONS? >> IT WOULD. THERE WOULD BE A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGH THE SCHOOLS IN THAT REGION BECAUSE CHARTER DROP PATTERNS TEND TO BE REGIONAL. THEY WILL BE COMPETING WITH OTHER CHARTERS IN THAT REGIONAL AREA AND COMPETING WITH 5 TO 8 NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA BECAUSE THE CHARTER DRAW PATTERN, FOR EXAMPLE, LEMAN'S RADIUS IS 8 OR 10 MILES. PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAD THE SAME DRAW PATTERN, LIKE THE ALEXANDER DAWSON FOUNDATION IN BOULDER COUNTY, THEIR DRAW RADIUS IS 12 TO 14 HOLY. T-- 14 MILES.THE CHARTER DRAW IT MORE REGIONAL THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN WHICH TENDS TO BE A ONE TO THREE MILE, ONE TO TWO AND A HALF MILE RADIUS UNDER THE SCHOOL IS WHAT OUR ATTENDANCE AREAS ARE. THAT IMPACT IF THAT SCHOOL BECOMES CSI.  WILL PULL KIDS FROM JEFFCO AND LITTLETON. THEY WILL BE COMPETING WITH SCHOOLS IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> STICKING ON THAT STATEMENT THAT YOU HAD IN THERE AROUND TWO ROUND ENROLLMENT. YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THAT. DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACT OF A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL. >> IT DOES NOT. I THINK THAT IF THAT NEW CHARTER CAME ONLINE, IT MIGHT CHANGE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THAT SCALE BY A YEAR OR TWO. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A DECIMATING EFFECT. AGAIN, I'M FORECASTING THAT WITHOUT THAT CSI. >> WHAT I HEARD WAS IT WOULD LIKELY IMPACT OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL. NOT JUST THAT REGION PER SE. >> CORRECT. >> IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO PREDICT WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE? >> IT IS. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE RIGHT ON OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARY, YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF OUT OF DISTRICT CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE SERVING, IT'S SIGNIFICANT. WITH THAT SCHOOLING ABOUT THE SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING BEING CLOSE TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISTRICT THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY, I THINK THAT THE DRAW OUT OF THE COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER AREA WOULD PROBABLY BE PRETTY STRONG WITH FAMILIES COMING TO THAT SCHOOL. WE WOULD HAVE TO REEVALUATE THAT ONCE YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> WHAT I'M CURIOUS. WHAT DATA WOULD YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT KIND OF EVALUATION SO THAT WE COULD WORK TOWARDS DOING OUR BOAST GET THE DATA THAT'S NECESSARY? SO WE CAN ACCURATELY PLAN? >> AN ACTIVATION DATE. FIRST DAY ENROLLMENT ESTIMATE AND THEN A TOTAL CAPACITY. THE NUMBER OF YEARS THEY EXPECT POPULATE ALL OF THEIR SEATS. THEN IF IT'S A SPECIALIZED CURRICULUM THAT CERTAIN FAMILIES MAY NOT ELECT, THAT WILL BE VALUABLE TO ME. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE, THEY LABEL TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. I WOULD ADD THAT IN GENERAL, WE DON'T ADD SCHOOLS TO OUR ENROLLMENT FORECAST UNLESS THEY ARE REAL. IN OTHER WORDS, UNLESS THEY ARE APPROVED THROUGH A CHARTER PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THAT PARENT DEMAND ELEMENT. OUTSIDE OF THAT WE DON'T INCLUDE THEM IN OUR NUMBERS UNLESS THEY BECOME REAL. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> JUST TO FOLLOW-UP TO THAT. IF WE OPEN A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL ON THE COUNTY BORDER, DO THAT HAVE THE SAME EFFECT WITH DRAWING ENROLLMENT FROM ANOTHER COUNTY? >> YES, IT CAN. >> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12. GROWTH AND DECLINE UPDATE FOR A 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 20 MINUTE Q&A. >> THANK YOU. LIKE TO THANK OUR WHOLE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR PUT TOGETHER ALL OF THAT INFORMATION FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. CHIEF OF STAFF AND I ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT GROWTH AND DECLINE UPDATE AND SPECIFICALLY THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT WITH INCREDIBLE AND IMMENSE FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION A NUMBER OF TIMES, FOR OUR LISTENING PUBLIC, WE WANTED TO FRAME THE ISSUE THAT WE ARE FACING. FIRST AND FOREMOST ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GROWTH AND DECLINE AND EACH DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING SCHOOL CONFIGURATIONS ARE ALWAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST ABOUT OUR KIDS. MAKING SURE EACH AND ENSTUDENT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY GETS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY REGARDLESS WHERE THEY LIVE OR MOVING TO. YOU SAW SOME OF THIS. INFORMATION IN THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. THESE ARE THE BIRTHRATES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY BY PLANNING AREA. THE NORTH PLANNING AREA IS IN THE ORANGE. IN THE HIGHLANDS RANCH AREA, WE SAW THE QUICKEST CLIMB OF CHILDREN ENROLLING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE MOST DRAMATIC DECLINE OF STUDENTS ENROLLING IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THIS BIRTHRATE EFFECT. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH MORE DRAMATIC IT IS IN THE HIGHLANDS RANCH AREA VERSUS OUR OTHER AREAS. AGAIN, IN THAT NORTH PLANNING AREA, WE HAVE REALLY 16 ELEMENTARY NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE KIND OF RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THIS ENROLLMENT DECLINE. THOSE 16 BUILDINGS HELD BILLION 10,000 STUDENTS BACK IN 2012. BY 2028 THAT NUMBER WILL BE CLOSER TO 6000 STUDENTS. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF BUILDINGS WHEN WE'RE SERVING ALMOST HALF THE STUDENTS AND HOPE TO PRESERVE AND OFFER ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DESERVE. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COST DATA. ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS SEEN THIS INFORMATION. THIS IS THE COST PER PUPIL IN OUR SMALL SCHOOLS VERSUS OUR THRIVING SCHOOLS MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS. THAT COST PER PUPIL DIFFERENCE INCREASES EVERY YEAR AND THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT FALL INTO THE SMALL SCHOOLS CATEGORY YESES -- INCREASES EVERY YEAR. AS A RESULT, TODAY IT'S ABOUT 8 TO $10 MILLION COST THAT'S COMING OFF THE TOP. THAT IMPACTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS ALL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. IT COST US ABOUT $20 MILLION A YEAR TO RUN ONE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT $17 MILLION MEANS IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR DISTRICT. WE JUST HAVE A QUICK COMPARISON ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN SCHOOLS ARE ALLOWED TO -- SCHOOLS IN AREAS FOR THAT MATTER -- ENABLE US TO AFFORD FOR OUR STUDENTS VERSUS WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE THAT ECONOMY OF SCALE. WHEN WE HAVE THRIVING SCHOOL, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER SO MANY MORE THINGS LIKE STEM OR WORLD LANGUAGE. FULL-TIME ART, MUSIC, P.E., ADDITIONAL ADVANCE ACADEMICS, LOTS OF SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT NEED INTERVENTION. WE HAVE THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN TEACHERS. THEY ARE REALLY ABLE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE EXPERTISE OF GROUP OF TEACHERS INSTEAD OF JUST AN INDIVIDUAL TEACHER WORKING IN A VACUUM. WE HAVE THAT SUPPORT FOR CENTER-BASED PROGRAMMING. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE PRE-K. AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING, WE'RE REALLY PLACING AN EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EACH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL BUILDINGS BEING ABLE TO OFFER A CONTINUUM OF SUPPORT NOT ONLY FOR PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH OR SIX GRADE BUT ALSO FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE KIND OF HAVE THAT ABILITY AND A THRIVING SCHOOL. WE HAD A WHOLE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETING. CHIEF OF STAFF HAS SPOKEN TO THE STAFF, TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 16 BUILDINGS. HE'S BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEM ALL. WE CALCULATED TODAY. IT'S ABOUT 9 HO 900 TO 1000 STAF MEMBERS. WE HAVE OFFERED VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON MEETINGS TO OUR PUBLIC WHERE ABOUT HALF OF IT IS US FRAMING THE DISCUSSION AND THE OTHER HALF HAS BEEN A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. WE'VE OFFERED RECORDINGS OF THOSE VIRTUAL SESSIONS. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO VARIOUS GROUPS IN HIGHLANDS RANCH FROM SENIOR COMMUNITIES TO THE HIGHLANDS RANCH METRO DISTRICT. THE HIGHLAND RANCHES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. ROTARY CLUBS, ETCETERA ABOUT KIND OF THIS DISCUSSION AND WHAT WE'RE FACING HERE. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR DISTRICT LEADERS. A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN OUR LEADERS AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL STAFF. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE THROUGH DEPARTMENTS. WE'VE CREATED THE NORTH PLANNING AREA ENGAGEMENT GROUP. THAT GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING REGULARLY TO START TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT THIS PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO THAN OVER TO CHIEF OF STAFF STEVE. WE WILL ANSWER THEY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND ALL OF THE MILLION AND MILLIONS OF EVENINGS HE SPENT ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT KANE.   HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE TREMENDOUS TEAM EFFORT STARTING WITH ALL AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. THE TIMELINE, THE BOARD HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE. JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, POTENTIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE WANT TO PUT OUT THIS TIMELINE AGAIN. IT'S A BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND GENERALLY WE'RE DOING IT. WE'RE THROUGH PHASE ONE. YOU HAVE THE CHECK BOXES HERE. WE'RE NOW IN PHASE TWO WHERE WE PRESENTING TONIGHT THE PROPOSED POLICY ON CRITERIA AND CONSIDERATIONS. THE GOAL WOULD BE, THESE ARE IMPLICITLY TENTATIVE UPDATES. AT LEAST TENTATIVELY, WE'D BE LOOKING AT APRIL 8th RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE BOARD ONLY ACTUAL SCHOOL PAIRINGS. THE BOARD WOULD VOTE ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON APRIL 22nd. THEN AFTER APRIL 22nd, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK HEADING UP TO AND WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE UP TO THE APRIL 8th MEETING AFTER APRIL 22nd AS THE BOARD APPROVES PAIRINGS OR ESTABLISHES PAIRINGS, THEN BOY, THAT'S REALLY WHEN THE WORK BEGINS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS TAKING CARE OF AS WE TRANSITION LEADING INTO AUGUST 2026. WHEN THE SCHOOL PAIRINGS TAKE EFFECT. THE PAIRINGS WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR. WE'RE CALLING THAT THE TRANSITION YEAR. THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD GO TO WORK, WORK WITH STAFFS WITH FAMILIES TO INTEGRATE THE TWO BUILDINGS THE PAIRED SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS WALK INTO A KICK BUTT ENVIRONMENT IN AUGUST 2026. THE POLICY WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. IT'S A POLICY SCBB AND POLICY SCBR. WHWHAT WE LIKE TO ESTABLISH IS A BASIS, STRONG FOUNDATION IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO READ THROUGH THOSE POLICIES AND ASSESS THEM, THERE'S ENOUGH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW TO HELP FURTHER AND INFORM THEM ABOUT THAT. THIS IS TOUGH. NO ONE WANTS TO DO THIS WORK. THE BOARD DOESN'T. SUPERINTENDENT DOESN'T. NO ONE WANTS TO DO THIS WORK. IT'S NECESSARY WORK AND THE WAY THAT WE MAKE IT EASIER NOT EASY, IS TO KEEP TALKING AND ENGAGING AMONGST OURSELVES WITH OUR STUDENT WITH THOSE 16 STAFFS WITH THOSE LEADERS, THOSE FAMILIES. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'VE BEEN LASER FOCUSED ON GETTING OUT AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TALK WITH EVERYONE TO PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION FOR Q&A AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. IN FACT, WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW AND THEN AGAIN ON THE 29th A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH COMMUNITY FAMILIES AND WITH STAFF TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE ABOUT IN THE POLICIES AND THE DATA THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND. WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO. WE FRAME THE POLICIES IN TERMS OF BOTH CRITERIA AND CONSIDERATION REGARDLESS OF THE PAIRINGS TO ACCOUNT FOR. THROUGH THE VARIETY OF MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD AND LOOKING AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES, WE STOLEN FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. BY IN LARGE, THESE TWO POLICIES ARE VERY DISTRICT COUNTY CENTRIC. PART OF THAT IS AGAIN NOT ONLY NATURALLY TALKING ABOUT CRITERIA AND ASSESSMENT OF CRITERIA FOR THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT BUT ALSO CONSIDERATIONS. THINGS THAT CONSTANTLY CAME UP IN OUR CONVERSATIONS OF HEY, LOOK OUT FOR STAFFING AMONG A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS. THINGS THAT REGARDLESS OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PAIRED, WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR. THE IDEA ONE, WE LAY THAT OUT IN THE POLICY FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. TWO, ONCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE, WE SUBMIT TO THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC AN ACCOUNTING NOT ONLY THE CRITERIA BUT THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR EACH PAIRING. AGAIN, BASED ON A LOT OF FEEDBACK AS WE SEE HERE, THE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN LARGELY CONSISTENT ACROSS BOTH STAFF AND FAMILIES. DIFFERENCES ARE INTERESTING. SUPERINTENDENT KANE ALLUDED TO, WE MET WITH EACH STAFF. WE SET UP FIVE MEETINGS WITH FAMILIES TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE A NORTH PLANNING ENROLLMENT ADVISORY TEAM GOING ON THAT INCLUDES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, VARIOUS DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND COMMUNICATION STAFF. WE ALSO WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS SET UP A NORTH PLANNING AREA ENROLLMENT ADVISORY TEAM MADE UP OF STAFF. TWO REPRESENTATIVES ONE CLASSIFIED ONE CERTIFIED FROM EACH OF THE 16 POTENTIALLY IMPACTED SCHOOLS. WE'VE TALKED WITH ALL BOARD COMMUNITIES AND PRESENTATIONS. NOT NECESSARILY IN TERMS OF THE COMMITTEES ABOUT THE POLICIES PER SE. OF THE SCHOOL PAIRING ISSUE AND EVERYTHING INVOLVING THAT. WHENEVER WE MET WITH STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE ASKED THEM TO COMPLETE A SURVEY. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE FRAMED UP, THEY HAD TO DO WITH THE CRITERIA THE PAIRING CRITERIA. YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT BASED ON THE VARIETY OF CONVERSATIONS WE HAD LEADING UP TO THOSE MEETINGS, WE KEPT HEARING AND KEPT SEEING SORT OF SOME HEAVY HITTERS IN TERMS OF CRITERIA. WE WANTED TO PUT THOSE IN FRONT OF OUR STAFF AND IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ASK THEM, DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? IS THIS A GOOD CRITERIA BEYOND TO WORK OFF OF.  IF SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT SEEING. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CRITERIA YOU WANT TO PROPOSE. LET US KNOW THAT. HERE ARE THE RESULTS. BLUE IS STAFF. RED IS PARENTS. BY IN LARGE, THERE'S CONSISTENCY. THERE'S SOME OUTLIERS. FOR EXAMPLE, STAFF THOUGHT THAT WALKABILITY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ARE IMPORTANT. PERHAPS, LESS IMPORTANT THAN OUR PARENTS. IF YOU LOOK AT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, OUR PARENTS THOUGHT THAT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS INSTEAD OF 40% CLIP, WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF IMAGINE THAT WILL BE THE CASE. THE PARENTINGS WE'RE SPEAKING WITH MANY OF THEM WERE IN SCHOOL WITH MUCH LOWER ENROLLMENTS. THEY DON'T WANT THEIR SCHOOLS TO CLOSE OR TO BE CONSOLIDATED. ENROLLMENT NECESSARILY WAS LOWER ON THEIR LIST. ALSO, WE'VE HEARD FROM MORE THAN A FEW PARENTS THAT SMALLER SCHOOLS ARE AWESOME FOR THEIR KIDS. THEY DON'T WANT THAT TO SHIFT. ENROLLMENT WAS LITTLE LESS ON THEIR RADAR. NEITHER STAFF NOR PARENTS THOUGHT THAT BOUNDARY INTEGRITY WAS REALLY WORTH MUCH CONSIDERATION. I SUPPOSE EVERYBODY DID THE MATH LITTLE BIT. BOUNDARIES BECOMES LESS RELEVANT. I WANT TO PUT THAT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC. BY THE WAY, THE SURVEY RESULTS TO INCLUDE THE NARRATIVES WHAT PEOPLE TYPED IN ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON GROWTH AND DECLINE WEB PAGE. WE PROPERLY REDACTED. EVERYONE CAN SEE THE SURVEY RESULTS FROM BOTH COMMUNITY AND STAFF. THE PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR PAIRING. I WANT TO PUT THIS UP AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC. IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THEM, WE CAN START TO DIG IN HERE. I WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF THEM. THE BOARD WILL KNOW THAT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE WAY THESE ARE -- A LOT OF THESE HAVE NOT CHANGED. BUT THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN FRAMED CHANGED LITTLE BIT. THEY ARE BETTER THAN THEY WERE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS. THAT'S A FUNCTION OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD. DATA. DATA IS KEY. THEY WILL BE APPLIED TO THE CONSIDERATIONS OF THE CRITERIA AS FAR AS THEY CAN. WE WANTED PUBLISH A GOOD CHUNK OF THE DATA THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AS WE LOOK AT POSSIBLE PAIRINGS. THERE ARE BIG UGLY SPREADSHEETS THAT SOME PEOPLE LOVE. THE VAST MAJORITY DON'T LOVE. HUGE KUDOS TO NOT ONLY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO I.T. DEPARTMENT WHO HELPED TO CONSTRUCT A VERSION 1.0 OF OUR DASHBOARD THAT REFLECTS A CHUNK OF THE DATA THAT WILL BE WORKING THROUGH. EVERYBODY CAN FIND THAT IN OUR GROWTH AND DECLINE WEB PAGE MARKET IF YOU COULD. I ASKED MARK TO CLICK ON SAND CORRECT. NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON I RANDOMLY CHOSE THEM. WE HAD TO CHOOSE ONE. THEY ARE THE NORTHERN MOST SCHOOLS. I JUST PICKED. THAT WAS IT. I WANT TO MAKE THAT 100% CLEAR. WE HAD TO CHOOSE ONE SCHOOL AND SAND CREEK WAS THE NORTHERN MOST. THAT'S WHY WE DID IT. ANYONE CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION ON HERE. INCLUDING FEEDER AREA, DISTANCE TO THE CLOSEST NEARBY SCHOOL CURRENT ENROLLMENT, PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. CURRENT EMPTY SEATS, NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS AS WELL. IF YOU HOVER OVER CURRENT CAPACITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SORT OF HAD A SINCE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DATA POINTS THAT FOLKS MIGHT STRUGGLE WITH AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT UNDERLIE THE DATA. WE WENT AHEAD AND ADDED SOME DEFINITIONS TO THOSE. AGAIN, THIS IS VERSION 1.0. BASE ON WHAT THE BOARD AND FEEDBACK FROM THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT TOMORROW AND WEEK OR SO AFTER THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY SHIFT AND OR ADD DEFINITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY RESPONSIVE TO BOARD AND RESPONSIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANKS, MARK. WHEN YOU CLICK ON A SCHOOL, CLOSEST NEARBY SCHOOL COMINGS UP. THE SECOND CLOSEST NEARBY SCHOOL ALSO COMES UP. YOU CAN TOGGLE BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN THE CLOSEST AND SECOND CLOSEST. IT WILL SHIFT THE DATA THE RELATIVE DATA TO INCLUDE THE PROJECTIONS. EVERY PAIRING HAS A PROJECTION NO SIXTH GRADE AND COMBINED PROJECTION WITH SIXTH GRADE. ANYTHING ELSE? >> I JUST ADD FOR OUR PUBLIC THAT THE REASON THAT WE CREATED THIS DASHBOARD IS WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS TRANSPARENT AND EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR PUBLIC TO BROWSE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AND TO LOOK AT SCENARIOS AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION SO WE'RE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WHAT THE DATA IS THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT POTENTIALS ARE. AS CHIEF OF STAFF SAID, HE DIDN'T PICK SAND CREEK FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON. YOU CAN PICK ANY SCHOOL IN HIGHLANDS RANCH. YOU CAN SEE THE NEAREST SCHOOL. YOU CAN MODEL A PAIRING WITH THE NEAREST SCHOOL.   YOU CAN MODEL A PAIRING WITH THE SECOND NEAREST SCHOOL. OUR PUBLIC HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT INFORMATION FOR THEMSELVES. WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR PLANNING TEAM AND OUR I.T. TEAM FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. AS STEVE SAID, THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN PUBLISHING SPREADSHEETS. >> AGAIN, ANYBODY WATCHING CAN GO TO OUR GROWTH AND CLIMATE WEB PAGE. IT'S PRETTY PROMINENT AND TOP HALF OF THE WEB PAGE. THE DATA, THE ENROLLMENT DATA IS BASED ON OUR LATEST ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. WITH SHANNON TOOK US THROUGH. WE GOT THOSE PROJECTIONS LATE IN DECEMBER PER NORMAL TIME. THE TEAM HAS DONE GREAT WORK INCORPORATING IT IN THE DASHBOARD. THE DATA AND THE DASHBOARD CAN SHIFT. WE CAN ADD. WE CAN MODIFY AS THE BOARD NEEDS AND THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A REASONABLE STARTING POINT AT MINIMUM. BRIEFLY TAKE YOU THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATION TIMELINE NOW MOVING FORWARD. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAVING THOSE ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN CONVERSATIONS, STAY TUNED FOR THOSE DATES. WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THIS AND TEE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES ACROSS-THE-BOARD. PTO, SAG AND WE WANT TO ATTEND BOARD COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WE HAVE. WE HIT ALL OF THEM. WE'RE CLOSE TO THAT TIME WHERE WE'LL HIT -- WE'LL TALK WITH EVERYBODY A SECOND TIME MOVING FORWARD. THOSE STAFF AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ARE GIVEN THE POLICY AND DRAFT POLICIES AND THE PUBLISHED DATA AND ANY OTHER CONVERSATION TO DATE THAT THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. WHAT QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR INPUT THEY HAVE. WHAT'S THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 11th. WE WANT TO PUBLISH CONSIDERATIONS AND PLANTS FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEES FOR EACH OF THESE, STAFFING IN PARTICULAR, YOU CAN IMAGINE WE'RE NOW GETTING CLOSE TO HIRING SEASON. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STAFF TO KNOW WHAT THE PROTOCOLS ARE GOING TO BE FOR STAFFING IN THESE SCHOOL PAIRINGS. WE'RE PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO THAT AND MARCH, WE WILL NOTIFY ALL 16 SCHOOL COMMUNITIES REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AHEAD OF THE APRIL 8th RECOMMENDATION. THE WHOLE IDEA THERE, WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY SURPRISED. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS TO VENT TO DO WHATEVER THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO DO TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THEIR KID SCHOOL BEING PAIRED. NO ONE WILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT IT. WE'RE WORKING ON THE POSITION THAT THE MORE YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE AND IT GETS LITTLE BIT EASIER. WE WANT EVERYBODY ADEQUATE TIME AHEAD OF THE APRIL 8th MEETING TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS AND ASK QUESTIONS. IN APRIL 2025, WE WORK THROUGH THAT. I'LL JUST SKIP TO APRIL 23rd. THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD TENTATIVELY VOTES ON THE SCHOOL PAIRINGS. WE'VE ACTUALLY NOW FINALIZED CLOSE TO FINALIZING HIRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEASONED PROFESSIONALS TO AUGMENT OUR HR TEAM WHO WILL GO INTO EACH OF THE SIX BUILDINGS IF IT'S SIX OR FOUR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE. EACH OF THE BUILDINGS TO LITERALLY SIT IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND TAKE QUESTIONS SEE IF PEOPLE ARE DOING OKAY, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AND TO DO THAT OVER THE COURSE OF TWO OR THREE DAYS. ANY STAFF MEMBER WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS WHO'S FEELING WHATEVER THEY ARE FEELING, HAS AN ABILITY TO TALK WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE DISTRICT AND GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AMONG OTHER THINGS. WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO FINALIZING THAT. THERE'S ALSO A PARENTS FAMILY AND ANALOGON THIS TOO. WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK REAL HARD TO CONTACT AS MANY PARENTS AS WE CAN POSSIBLY CONTACT FROM THOSE IMPACTED SCHOOLS TO SAY HOW YOU DOING. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FROM ENROLLMENT PERSPECTIVE OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE WORRY ABOUT. THROUGH THAT WEEK, EVERYBODY WHO'S IMPACTED. IT'S ALL ABOUT KIDS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. BOTH STEVE AND I ARE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THIS IS REALLY HARD WORK. I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING TOOL TO OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT THAT WE NOW HAVE. THAT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO NAVIGATE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK ON THAT. ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU TALKED ABOUT MEETING WITH ALL 16 SCHOOLS WITH THE STAFF. DID YOU INCLUDE ALL STAFF AT EACH ONE OF THOSE -- WAS EVERYBODY INVITED TO THOSE MEETINGS? >> YES. >> THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK WAS WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS I KNOW THAT YOU ALSO RECEIVED TOO, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK SOME CLARITY IS AS FAR AS THE STAFF GOES IN RETAINING OUR STAFF AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO OFFER POSITIONS TO STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING IT DIFFERENTLY THAN MAYBE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE METRO AREA? >> SURE. THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT ALL 16 STAFF HAVE HEAR. WE ARE GUARANTEEING EVERY IMPACTED STAFF MEMBER A COMMENSURATE POSITION WITHIN THE DISTRICT IF THEY WANT ONE. WE DON'T MEAN, HAY TEACHER, WE GOT A POSITION OVER HERE, THERE'S OUR GUARANTEE. WE'RE SAYING TEACHER TO TEACHER. WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN DO RIGHT THING TO DO. IT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO. WEB ABSORB ANY STAFF MEMBER FROM TEACHER TO CUSTODIAN TO PRINCIPAL. WE CAN ABSORB THOSE EMPLOYEES JUST BASED ON NATURAL ATTRITION ALONE. THAT'S BEFORE WE HAVE THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS OPENING UP IN SCHOOL YEAR 27 AND 28. IT COULD VERY WELL BE FOR MOST OF THE STAFF, IMPACTED. IT WILL LIKELY BE THAT IN THE PAIRINGS, SCHOOL B GOES TO SCHOOL A. STAFF FROM SCHOOL B WILL GO FROM SCHOOL A AND WORK WITH THE KIDS FROM BOTH SCHOOL A AND SCHOOL B WITH THE SCHOOL A STAFF. ANYONE WHO DON'T MAKE IT OVER THAT NEWLY PAIRED SCHOOL, WE HAVE SAID WE GUARANTEE A POSITION OTHERWISE IN THE DISTRICT. >> THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT TO ONE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE? >> I WOULD ADD, YOU ASKED ALLOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. AS SHANNON MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION, WE ARE IN UNIQUE POSITION WHERE WE HAVE MASSIVE GROWTH AND DECLINE IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS. IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT JOB GUARANTEE. THAT IS DIFFERENT. AT LEAST ANOTHER METRO AREA DISTRICT THAT I'M AWARE OF, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT KIND OF JOB GUARANTEE. AS IS ALWAYS WITH ALL OF US IN MY ADMINISTRATION, WE ARE REALLY DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF. YOU KNOW YOU GUYS HEARD ME SAY THIS. WHEN YOU TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS THRIVE. THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS WHICH IS STERVE STEVE AND HIS TEAM HAS BEEN SO THOUGHTFUL IN LOOKING AT HIRING HR PROFESSIONALS TEMPORARILY TO BRING IN AND MAKE SURE WE'RE CARING FOR STAFF. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WALKING THIS JOURNEY ALONGSIDE OUR FAMILIES. IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE JOURNEY ALONGSIDE PEOPLE. >> I WILL ONLY ADD THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DISPLACE.  POLICY IN THIS DISTRICT FOR NON-PROBATIONARY TEACHER. WE WILL BE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT POLICY. WE'LL BE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND ANY STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS IN THIS GUARANTEE. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> APOLOGIES UP FRONT. IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. I WAS TRYING TO GET NOTES. LOOKING AT ASSUMING THE HIGHLANDS RANCH FEEDER AREA, THE OLDEST FEEDER AREA, CORRECT? RANCH VIEW AND THUNDER RIDGE. I'M TALKING PARTICULARLY -- >> IF YOUR QUESTION WHAT'S THE OLDEST FEEDER AREA IN HIGHLANDS RANCH, HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL IS THAT WAS THE EARLIEST DEVELOPED FEEDER AREA. >> THUNDER RIDGE, RANCH VIEW AND CORRIDOR FROM WILDCAT THAT EEKS AROUND TO MOUNTAIN VISTA ALL THE WAY TO ROCK CANYON? ROCKY HITTERS. ARE THEY COMPLETELY BUILT OUT THERE. IS ALL THAT COMPLETELY -- >> IF YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN VISTA FEEDER WHICH INCLUDES BACK COUNTRY, THE MOUNTAIN VISTA FEEDER IN PARTICULAR IS COMPLETELY BUILT OUT. THAT FEEDER IS BOXED IF I GUESS FOR LACK EVER BETTER TERM. THERE'S NO ONE COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE TO BE PART OF THAT FEEDER. MOUNTAIN VISTA FEEDER IS DONE WITH DEVELOPMENT. THE THUNDER RIDGE FEEDER AREA, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL INCLUDE STERLING RANCH. MOUNTAIN VISTA IS THE FEEDER THAT'S SORT OF BOXED IN. >> I'VE BEEN UP THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES I WENT UP THAT WAY. IT SEEM LIKE HIGHLANDS RANCH HAVE MINIMAL MULTIFAMILY COMPARED TO WHAT CASTLE ROCK AND PARKER ARE PUTTING IN. I WAS GOING TO KIND OF MENTION THAT WITH GROWTH AND DECLINE. DO WE SEE MORE FAMILIES GOING TO A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THE DEPARTMENTS COMPARED TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? IT COULD BE, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT RENT IS TODAY. >> UNFORTUNATELY, NOT. I'VE DONE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING SURVEY IN THE DISTRICT AND CONCENTRATED ON THE 470 CORRIDOR. UNLESS A PROPERTY IS SUBSIDIZED, WE'RE NOT SEEING A SIGNIFICANT STUDENT IMPACT FROM IT. RIGHT IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE DISTRICT, WHERE 470 AND I-25 MEET, THERE ARE THREE LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THERE THAT HAS A HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT SUBSIDIZE THEM. THOSE ARE THE STRONGEST MULTIFAMILY GENERATORS IN THE DISTRICT. THERE'S ONE IN THE SEDALIA AREA. THERE'S THREE IN THE CASTLE ROCK AREA THAT GENERATE QUITE A FEW CHILDREN. FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE ONES IN THE 470 CORRIDOR ARE RELATIVELY LOW YIELD PROPERTIES. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> PART OF THE FEEDBACK OR THE INFORMATION OR THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENT THAT WAS MADE IN THE E-MAIL THAT I RECEIVED TODAY, THAT I READ TODAY, TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND THE QUESTIONS WHETHER OR NOT ALL THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND STAFF MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, THEY SUGGEST THEY'VE BEEN MORE INFORMATIONAL ON OUR PART PROVIDING INFORMATION TO PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE NOT DOING A LOT OF SEEKING FEEDBACK OR REALLY INPUT NECESSARILY ON OUR PROCESS. I WILL SAY THAT I BEEN TO SELF-OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I KNOW THAT WHAT I WITNESSED IS EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING MORE THAN HALF OF THE MEETING WAS SPENT SEEKING FEEDBACK. CAN YOU GIVE LITTLE INSIGHT EXACTLY HOW WE COLLECTED INPUT BACK FROM PEOPLE VERSUS PROVIDING OUR PERSPECTIVE? >> SURE. I'M GOING TO LET STEVE ANSWER THAT IN MORE DETAIL. THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE OFFERED HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 40% OR SO FRAMING THE ISSUE EXPLAINING WHAT'S GOING ON IN INDEED PROVIDING INFORMATION. WHEREAS 60% HAS BEEN QUESTION AND ANSWER AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING AND TAKE THAT FEEDBACK IN. EVERY SINGLE MEETING THEY'VE BEEN OFFERED A QR CODE ATTACHING TO THE SURVEY THAT CHIEF OF STAFF REFERRED TO EARLIER THAT IS NOW PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE. I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU HAD ABOUT 400 RESPONSES TO THAT SURVEY. I'LL LET YOU EXPOUND ON THAT IF YOU LIKE TO. >> ABOUT 200 STAFF AND 200 FAMILIES RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY. WHAT ALL OF YOU SAW IN THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE TALK, WE WORKED WITH STAFF. A LOT OF INFORMATION AND GOOD CHUNK PROBABLY 60%, 50 TO 60% WAS Q&A. YOU CAN IMAGINE ANY STAFF MEMBER IN THE NORTH PLANNING AREA IS GOING TO BE FOR THE MOST PART CONCERNED ABOUT KIDS. WE WANTED TO FRAME, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD. THIS IS ABOUT YOU AND WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE. OUR STAFF IS JUST INCREDIBLE. WE DID REFERENCE THE NORTH PLANNING AREA STAFF GROUP PA -- THAT HAS MET CUSTOM TIMES. WE MET FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE TOUGH STAFFING ISSUES. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. OUR FIRST MEETING, I DIDN'T SHOW THEM THE POLICY. I DIDN'T SHOW OUR CRITERIA OR CONSIDERATIONS OR CURRENT CRAFT. I JUST SAID, LISTEN, WE'RE IN A PAIRING SITUATION, WHAT CONSIDERATIONS DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT? FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, WE CHOPPED THAT UP. THEIR ANSWERS WERE CONSISTENT WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. WE WANTED THEM, I WANTED THEM -- I WANTED A FRESH TAKE FROM THEM, IS THERE SOMETHING WE'RE NOT SEEING OR THINKING ABOUT? THAT GIVES YOU -- WE DID THE SAME THING WITH THE MPA AS WELL. WE GET TO BETTER IDEAS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I'M JUST WONDERING DO YOU THINK 400 SURVEY RESPONSES IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO RECEIVE WHEN IT'S 6000 STUDENTS THAT ARE SERVED IN THAT REGION? >> WE HAVE ABOUT 200 STAFF. WE HAVE ABOUT 1100 STAFF MEMBERS THAT WITHIN THE 16 SCHOOLS. THAT'S ROUGHLY 20% GIVE OR TAKE. THAT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THE VARIETY OF Q&A. WE HAD GIVE OR TAKE S 6 OR 700 FAMILIES SHOW UP. 200 ANSWERED THE ESURVEY. >> I DIEHL AI REALLY DO APPRECIL THE WORK. I KNOW WE'RE DOING JUST A LOT OF WORK TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE RIGHT, NOT EVERYONE IS FOILING THE SURVEYS. MAYBE WE'RE AT A BENEATH NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING OF REALLY TRYING TO PUSH IT OUT. I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT IN THE NEXTS STEPS OR THE PROCESS >> PER OUR USUAL PROCESS, YOU DO FIRST READING OF A POLICY. THEN WE PUSH OUT A FORM FOR FEEDBACK ON THAT POLICY. NOT ONLY TO THE PUBLIC AND STAFF BUT ALSO IT GETS FORWARDED VERY SPECIFICALLY TO THE RELEVANT AND BOARD OF EDUCATION AND STAFF COMMITTEES. THAT WILL CERTAINLY HAPPEN ALONG WITH SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY REALLY CALLING IT OUT TO THAT HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY. EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD WITH HIGHLANDS RANCH ARE FAMILIES HAVE RECEIVED VIA TEXT. THEIR -- THEY'VE RECEIVED IT. THERE'S A MEETING COMING UP. THEN ANOTHER ONE MEETING IN AN HOUR. HERE'S A RECORDING OF THE MEETING IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. >> WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE FAMILY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ABLE TO LISTEN TO, WATCH AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS. THEY CHOSE, FILL OUT THE SURVEY. THIS OUR SECOND ROUND AND THEN IT'S BASED ON THE ACTUAL POLICIES. >> I'LL ADD THAT. OF IT STAFF -- AFTER IT STAFF MEETING, I BELIEVE THIS IS ACCURATE. EVERILY. MEETING PUSHED OUT SLIDE DECK TO ALL CAN STAFF WHO ARE THERE WHICH INCLUDED, I BELIEVE THE SURVEY CAN QR CODELY AS WELL. ON TOP STAFF PRESENTATION IS ON THE GROWTH AND DECLINE WEB PAGE WITHIN THE FAQ WHERE ANYONE -- I THINK WE'RE BALL MAXIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF CAN PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONVERSATION. WE ARE OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS DIRECTOR MEEK >> I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STAFF. THEY ALL SAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE GIVEN A PRESENTATION. I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD HAVE TO DO WITH LIKE THE VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS. WHAT DOES COMMENSURATE MEAN. IS THAT WRITTEN OUT ANYWHERE? CAN YOU SAY NOT ONLY AN EQUAL POSITION BUT SAY WITHIN A 5-MILE RADIUS OR 10-MILE RADIUS. ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE ANY MORE SPECIFITY THAT? QUESTIONS AROUND PAIRING IS HAPPENING. THERE ISN'T A PLACE IN THE SCHOOL GIVEN IT DIBS ON THAT. ON OUR FEBRUARY 11th. PERFECT. I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH MY LIST. ONELY. AROUND OPEN ENROLLMENT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ON THAT. I GUESS THAT'S ON THIS SLIDE TOO WHERE WE'LL LOOK AT OPEN ENROLLMENT. SAY YOU HAVE FAMILIES IN SCHOOL A. ARE THEY AUTOMATICALLY OPEN AND ENROLLED IN SCHOOL B IS SARK PAIRING WITH B? THOSE ANSWERS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE BEFORE THE PRELL APRIL DEADLINE. I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS AROUND WHETHER ANY EARLY RETIREMENT OPPORTUNITIES MAYBE HAPPENING. I SAID I HAVE NOT HEARD DISCUSSED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS ON THE TABLE >> WHAT WE HAVE SAID. DIRECTOR MEEK, THANK YOU THE QUESTION. THE DISADVANTAGED THOSE DURING THOSE MEETINGS. WE WANTED TO HAVE THOSE INITIAL IT CONVERSATIONS AND PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION POSSIBLE. WE DON'T CAN QUITE A HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES ARE ON THE TABLE. NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. WHENEVER UIGHUR THESE PRESENTATIONS AND DO Q&A, YOU'RE ALSO IN YOURLY HEAD WAS I CLEAR. TO YOUR POINT.   THAT PUBLICATION, ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 11th WILL LAY OUT WHAT THAT MEANS. >> I HAVE A VERY LONG LIST. I TRIED TO CONDENSE IT. THE LAST THING THAT I HAVE. IN THE PAST, IF YOU WERE OPENING A NEW SCHOOL, YOU HAVE A PLANNING YEAR. YOU'D HAVE A PRINCIPAL TEAM THAT WILL HAVE A WHOLE YEAR WHERE THAT WAS ALL THAT THEY DO. THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A WHILE IN OUR DISTRICT. I'M CURIOUS IT'S REALLY HARD FOR PRINCIPALS TO WORK FULL TIME IN THEIR SCHOOLS. >> I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PAIRINGS. YOU HAVE TWO PRINCIPALS WHO ARE STILL RUNNING THEIR SCHOOLS IN THIS ONE-YEAR TIME PERIOD WHERE THEY'RE A LOT OF PLANNING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE PAIR. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT THAT IS ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE WON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR UNTIL WE PUBLISH THE STAFFING PLAN. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST THIS YEAR'S WORK. THIS IS MOST LAST FIVE YEARS. I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR FIVE YEARS. I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH SUPERVISOR KANE ABOUT THIS. I APPRECIATE IT. FEW THING THAT I HEARD FEEDBACK THAT I THINK MIGHT HELP OUR COMMUNICATION. THE THING I LEARNED IS THIS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO JENNIFER COMMU--OVERCOMMUNICATE ON THIS . I WILL BE INTERESTED -- THE POLICY WE'RE ADOPTING IN TWO WEEKS IS NOT A POLICY FOR HIGHLANDS RANCH. IT IS TO HELP FUTURE BOARDS, LEARN FROM OUR PROCESS, AS WELL AS HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND WHEN THIS MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR SCHOOLS. WE'RE GOING TO SEE DECLINE IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS VALUABLE TO PUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE OUT TO OUR BROADER STAFF THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. WE CAN SEE IF THOSE PATTERNS HELP. I'VE. TOLD THERE'S TEACHERS IN OTHER PLANS WHO ARE WORRIED THAT WE'RE NEXT. I UNDERSTAND WE'VE DONE THE QUESTIONNAIRE. WE'VE GOTTEN GOOD FEEDBACK. IT WILL BE VALUABLE TO HEAR FROM TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. IN OUR MINDS, THAT WAS PART OF THE POLICY FEEDBACK STEP THAT GOES BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING. THAT POLICY FEEDBACK FORM QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BROADLY TO OUR ENTIRE STAFF, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF COURSE. SO THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS PARTICULAR POLICY IN TERMS OF THE CLOSER MORE -- I HATE TO SAY HAND HOLDING. THE CLOSER WALK ALONGSIDE YOU FEEBACK. FEEBACK -- FEED BACK. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT ONCE WE ARE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE AS A TEAM, MY ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE WILL HAVE NO DOUBT WE WILL HAVE 2020 HINDSIGHT AT THAT POINT. BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW WE SHOULD REFINE CERTAINLY THE POLICY BUT ABSOLUTELY THE SUPERINTENDENT FEEL TO BE MORE BROADLY OR TO CONTINUE TO BE BROADLY APPLICABLE. THERE WILL STILL BE THAT OPPORTUNITY ON THAT REFINEMENT END. BUT CERTAINLY, LIKE EVERY OTHER POLICY THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THIME PERIOD BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING. THIS A BIG PRIORITY FOR US. I LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. THEY ACTUALLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUMMARIZING SOME CONVERSATION TONIGHT, THEY HAVE ACROSS-THE-BOARD COMMUNICATION READY TO GO SO WE CAN SEND IT OUT LIKE TONIGHT IN ORDER TO TRIGGER THAT FORM AND THEN WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THAT FORM TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES IN OTHER WAYS. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT POLICY. >> I HAD UNPLEASANT CONVERSATION WITH COUPLE OF PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND. SUCH AS THE NATURE OF THIS BUSINESS. THE QUESTION THAT I GOT ASKED, LOT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS TALK ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR THE STAFF WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I GOT ASKED, IN THE END, WHO'S INVOLVED IN MAKING THE DECISIONS? YOU POINTED OUT THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE NORTH AREA PLANNING COMMITTEE ARE NOT LISTED ON OUR GROWTH AND DECLINE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO LIST IT BY PERSON. IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO SAY THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE'RE CONSULTING WITH. THERE'S A PERCEPTION BY SOME, I GOTTEN THE QUESTION HOW STUDENTS THAT HAVE KIDS IN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. IF SO, WHY IS HE MAKING THE DECISION. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE BREADTH OF THE CONVERSATION THAT GONE ON IN FORMULATING THESE. FOR SOME REASON YOU CANNOT OVER COMMUNICATE. THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT IS AS A NARROW CADRE OF PEOPLE AT THE TOP MAKING THESE CALL. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE BROADER AUDIENCE ABOUT WHO IS WE. >> CERTAINLY, THIS IS NOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SITTING IN THE SMOKE-FILLED ROOM MAKING THESE DECISIONS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY COLLABORATIVE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE STAFF TO INCLUDE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF SCHOOLS, OUR LEADERS IN THE HIGHLANDS RANCH AREA. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ON THE GROWTH AND DECLINE WEBSITE. WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO ADD TO THAT WEBSITE AND ADD FAQs. AS QUESTIONS COME UP WE DO. FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC OUT THERE, IF THERE'S A QUESTION OR SOMETHING YOU FEEL ISN'T CLEAR OR THAT YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT, PLEASE GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK. ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SO TRANSPORT. THIS DATA. OUR COMMUNITY CAN SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND LOOK AT SCENARIOS. SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ALWAYS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I THINK ABOUT A LOT IN MY PARTICULAR ROLE. I THINK YOU ALL THINK ABOUT IN YOUR ROLE. WOULD A REASONABLE PERSON WITH THE SAME INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THEM REASONABLY MAKE THAT DECISION? WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT DASHBOARD IS BE REALLY TRANSPARENT WHERE WE ARE SHOWING THEM THE PUBLIC THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH REALLY WELL CONSIDERED DECISIONS. >> THE STAFF COMMITTEE IS RELATIVELY NEW? >> YES. THAT COMMITTEE STARTED MEETING IN EARLY DECEMBER. IT WAS A THREE HOUR MEETING. WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK. THAT WAS ANOTHER THREE HOUR MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS. HAVEN'T QUITE DECIDED WHETHER THAT IMPROVES PAST MAY -- GROUP PAST MAY THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S AN INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL GROUP. THEE ARE FOLKS WHO SURVEY. ONE OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS WAS VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS GROUP. THE CONVERSATIONS ARE THICK. THE CRITERIA, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY. I SAID, WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS BULLET FOR A WHILE. DEPENDING ON HOW YOU FRAME IT COULD MINORITY THINGS. ONE OF THE TEACHERS MENTIONED, WHAT ABOUT POPULATIONS? POPULATIONS IS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IS A THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND. I DIDN'T HAVE A READY ANSWER THEN. TIME DRIVING HOME. I'M THINKING, POPULATIONS IS INTERESTING. IT CAN BE TOUCHY. BECAUSE POPULATIONS MIGHT MEAN LIKE BASED ON RACE. WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH THAT GROUP. WHEN WE GET INTO STAFFING, DIRECTOR MEEK YOU MENTIONED THOSE TIE BREAKERS. SCHOOL AXE GOES -- SCHOOL A GOES TO SCHOOL B. WE'RE HAPPY TO DIG INTO IT. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THAT GROUP. I SAID TO THAT GROUP, I SAID TO MPAE GROUP. THAT ISSUE IN PARTICULAR IS A 55/45. IRRESPECTIVE WHERE WE LAND. SOME PEOPLE WILL DISAGREE WITH IT. THAT JUST GIVES SOME SINCE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN ASKING IN THAT GROUP. SUPERINTENDENT KANE' KANE INSTI, WHEN YOU INVOLVED IN WITH THIS HARD WORK. SUPERINTENDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT GOT TO MAKE CALLS. >> AS FAR AS THE DECISION-MAKING OR LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATION GOES. WE HAVE PEOPLE INVOLVED FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT. INCLUDING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP INCLUDING SPECIAL EDUCATION, ADVANCED ACADEMICS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE. JUST ALL OF OUR BASE NUTRITION SERVICES, JUST ALL OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS HAVE REPRESENTATION ALONG WITH THAT LEADERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN THE AREA IN THE NORTH PLANNING AREA. THE DECISION NATION SCENARIO DISCUSSION WILL BE VERY THOUGHTFUL. WE ALSO AS STEVE MENTIONED OUR TIMELINE IS TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG OR COMMUNICATE OUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE IN ADVANCE OF US ACTUALLY MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. SO THAT THE COMMUNITIES AREN'T SURPRISED THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING. WE'VE SET ASIDE TIME FOR TALKING TO STAFF AND FAMILIES AND THE IMPACT TO COMMUNITIES IN ADVANCE OF THAT APRIL, FIRST APRIL MEETING. JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WALKING ALONGSIDE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. >> FIRST OF ALL, ALL THIS IS HELPFUL. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ON THE WEBSITE. I DO NOT MEAN TO OVERWHELM OUR HARD WORKING COMMUNICATIONS STAFF. SOME OF THOSE MAYBE HELPFUL TO ANSWER. I'M GETTING THOSE FROM THE PUBLIC. SECOND OF ALL, IF THE DAY BEFORE YOU START TELLING PEOPLE WHICH SCHOOLS IT WILL BE, YOU CAN WARN US SO I CAN START CHECKING MY E-MAIL AT MINT.  MID NIGHT. >> STARTING OFF, HOW HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT FAMILIES, HOW ARE THEY BEING TO HAVE INFORMED? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.   I SPOKE TO HRD M AND HOMEWORK. WE'RE GETTING OUT AS AS MUCH AS WE CAN THAT WAY. WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING THE DISCUSSION WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE. WE WILL BE CONSIDERING POSTCARD TYPE CAMPAIGN SO WE CAN GET TO FOLKS. ISN'T JUST PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE KIDS IN PSYCHOLOGICALS. -- SCHO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT REACH THOSE FOLKS AS WELL. >> WITH THESE PAIRINGS, HOW LONG DO WE EXPECT THE PAIRINGS TO SUSTAIN THIS COMMUNITY? WITHOUT HAVING TO DO FURTHER PAIRINGS THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT? >> THAT IS A REALLY GREAT QUESTION. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS OVERTIME WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES. CERTAINLY, OUR SHOPE THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY WILL BE A DECADE OR COUPLE OF DECADES. >> WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT STAFF AND POSITIONS. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT WE ANTICIPATE STAFF WILL KNOW WITH THOSE DECISIONS LOOK LIKE. I KNOW THERE'S A POSTING OF A STAFF PLAN FOR STAFF TO SPECIFICALLY KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES. WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL HAPPEN? >>   THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER WE RECOMMEND.  -- UNTIL WE ANNOUNCE WHAT THE SPECIFIC PAIRINGS LOOK LIKE. WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE IN BUILDING TALK TO INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS AS THEY KNOW TO ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM, CAREER PLANNING. >> THE YEAR, NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE THAT TRANSITION YEAR TO WHERE WE'RE STATUS QUO. BOTH BUILDINGS ARE STAYING OPEN. BOTH BUILDINGS ARE STAFFED. PART OF THIS TOO, IDENTIFICATION OF THE LEADER OF THE NEW BUILDING. MAKING THAT ASSESSMENT FIRST AND THEN WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OFF SEASON AS DIRECTOR MEEK, ALLUDED TO, WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT THE STAFFING REALITY GENERALLY IS GOING TO BE FOR THAT NEWLY PAIRED BUILDING. THERE'S A LOT OFEN GOING -- ONGG CONVERSATION. EVERY SPIRIT OF THE QUESTION, DIRECTOR THOMPSON, EVERYONE WOULD BENEFIT KNOWING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OBVIOUS, AT MINIMUM, GIVE OR TAKE FEBRUARY OF 2026. I THINK I HAD THAT RIGHT. EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A GOOD SINCE OF WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO LAND FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. >> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WHAT TIMELINE IS HELPFUL FOR TEACHERS TO BE AWARE. IS THAT SENSITIVE FOR TEACHERS THAT LEAVE THE DISTRICT. >> 100%. >> I KNOW THAT MULTIPLE DIRECTORS BROUGHT UP THE LETTER FROM DCF. THERE MIGHT BE SOME MISALIGNMENT AND PERCEPTIONS. IT MAKES ME WONDER IF WE ENGAGE DCF. MOVING FORWARD, A GOAL WE CAN HAVE ABOUT ENGAGES DCF IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. THEY DO REPRESENT OUR TEACHERS. ONE OF THE POINTS THAT DIRECTOR GEIGER BROUGHT UP ABOUT HOW THIS BROADER POLICY. THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE KNOW THIS. THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD POINTS. >> I WANT TO COMMENT AGAIN THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED EACH AND EVERY TEACHER IN THE NORTH PLANNING AREA. REGARDLESS OF THEIR ASSOCIATION. EVERY TEACHER HAS BEEN ENGAGED AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION STEVE AND TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. WE VALUE OUR TEACHERS SO MUCH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE TEACHER HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE REGARDLESS OF THEY'RE A MEMBER OF OR NOT A MEMBER OF. EVERY SINGLE TEACHER MATTERS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THEM ALL AN OPPORTUNITY. TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION, DIRECTOR THOMPSON, WE HAVE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN DISCUSSION AND GETTING FEEDBACK BOTH STEVE AND I HAVE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT. >> THE OTHER -- I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. THEY ARE MORE TOWARDS WHEN WE GET TO THE POLICY PART. LOOKING AT THIS CRITERIA. CAN YOU GUYS EXPLAIN HOW THIS CONSIDERS THINGS LIKE NOT INADVERTENTLY CAUSING NEW DISPARITIES ARE WE CONSIDERING EXPANDING TRANSPORTATION BOUNDARIES FOR THE IMPACTED AREAS? >> I BELIEVE TRANSPORTATION IS UP HERE. SORRY. DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. TRANSPORTATION IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG DEAL. THAT CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY PAIRING SPECIFIC. IT'S ON OUR RADAR. IT HAS TO BE. >> I WOULD ADD THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING OUR ROLLING BLACKOUTS. WE'VE BEEN DOING IN PRIORITY ORDER. WE HAVE PRIORITIZED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PARTICULARLY HIGHLY IMPACTED BY THE ROLLING BLACKOUTS. THOSE HAVE BEEN -- THOSE ARE BEING RESTORED AND HAVE BEEN RESTORED. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS TO INCREASE DISPARITIES THAT MAKE CAUSED BY ROLLING BREAKOUTS. WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO ROLL BACK ALL OF THOSE LONG BEFORE THIS GOES INTO PLACE IN SCHOOL YEAR '26 >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON, IF I MAY. THAT ISSUE CAME UP IN FEW OF COMMENTS FROM THE MO -- COMMUNIY SURVEY. DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR. >> FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING OUT STUDENT VOICES? >> THAT'S GOING TO BE PARTICULARLY S SINCE WE'RE WORKG WITH ELEMENTARY AGE KIDS, WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF KIDS. THE BEST DIRECT PATH IS THROUGH THE ADULTS. THEIR PARENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LEADERS AND STAFF MEMBERS. MAKING SURE THAT EVERY KID, EVERY KID IS TAKEN CARE OF. WE ALL WOULD AGREE THAT KID TYPICALLY WILL ADJUST WAY QUICKER THAN THE ADULTS. THERE WILL BE SOME KIDS WHO STRUGGLE MORE THAN OTHERS. WE'LL BE ESPECIALLY ATTUNED TO THOSE KIDS >> I WOULD ADD THAT PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR OF SOME OF OUR STUDENT FEEDBACK SURVEY, WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL. PART OF THE TRANSITION YEAR WE'LL DISCUSSING WITH OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING OUR KIDS. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR NEWLY PAIRED SCHOOL? WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE AS WE PLAN, HOW WE INVEST IN THAT NEWLY PAIRED BUILDING. LOT THAT WILL BE THE VOICE OF FAMILIES, KIDS, STAFF IN THEY WERES OF WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS? >> AS A MOM OF TWO ELEMENTARY KIDS, THEY ARE VERY INSIGHTFUL. SEEKING OUT STUDENT INPUT. NOT ONLY ON WHAT THEIR CONCERNS AND FEARS ARE SO WE CAN BE PROACTIVE. BUT ALSO IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, I WOULD RECOMMEND ENGAGING STUDENT COUNCILS AT THE SCHOOL >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THEY ARE AMAZING. >> I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR QUESTIONS AROUND THE GROWTH AND DECLINE THIS MEETING. AS AMENDED IN THE AGENDA, WE'LL TALK ABOUT POLICIES FCB AND FCBR, SCHOOL CLOSING CONSOLIDATATION AND RELOCATION. 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION IN15 MINUTE Q&A. >> THE BULK OR THE MEAT OF FCB ARE WHAT WAS ON THE SLIDES, THE CRITERIA, WOULD IT BE EASIER FOR ALL TO LOOK AT IT AND ARE YOU OKAY LOOKING AT IN THIS FORMAT? GRANDMOTHER PRESIDENT WILLIAM, DO >> PRESIDENT OPENS I'M OPEN TO DO THIS HOWEVER YOU WANT. >> PROBABLY THE Q&A WILL BE THE EASIEST, MORE OF A DISCUSSION FORMAT. START WITH DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTED TO INCLUDE IN THIS POLICY IS SOME OF THE PROSSES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ENGAGED IN THAT HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FACT THAT YOU MENTIONED IN HERE THAT YOU HAVE INFORMATION SESSIONS. THEY ARE IN-PERSON AND WE'VE BEEN DOING VIRTUAL OPTIONS. I WONDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE INCLUDING IN HERE. THAT INCREASES ACCESSIBILITY OF THOSE SESSIONS. ADDITIONALLY, IN THE STUDIES YOU GUYS HAVE CONDUCTED, YOU REFER HOPE AS STUDIES TO THEM AS STUDIES. I THINK, MAYBE SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DASHBOARD. I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED THE RESULTS. THAT'S A GREAT THING TO BE ADDING TO THIS POLICY. WE'RE NOT ONLY SEEKING OUT FEEDBACK AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THAT FEEDBACK LOOKS LIKE. I WOULD TALK ABOUT MAYBE WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT SEEKING OUT THAT FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROSS. IT'S VERY EXPLICIT FOR THE BEGINNING PHASE BUT MAYBE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE AS WELL. >> THOSE ARE GREAT FEEDBACKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE YOU THINKING THOSE COMMENTS OR THOSE SENTENCES BELONG IN THE FCB OR FCBR? >> I BELIEVE FCB. THIS IS A BOARD POLICY. IT'S A BROADER POLICY AND IT OUTLINES THE WHOLE PROCESS. YOU MENTIONED PIECES OF THOSE PROSSES LATER ON IN THE -- PROCESSED LATER ON IN THE DOCUMENT. WE'RE NOT ON FOR FCBR. BUT IMPLEMENT TAKING SHOULD BE ADDED TO THAT AS WELL >> SURE, THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER AND THEN DIRECTOR MEEK >> I AGREE WITH WHAT DIRECTOR THOMPSON SAID. I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE IN EVERYTHING PEOPLE. ONE OF THE THING WE LECHED -- WE LEARNED HERE, WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO EVERY STAKEHOLDER. PART OF THE ISSUE I SEEN, THIS POLICY DOESN'T REALLY SPECIFIC IT WILL SPELL OUT THAT WE CONSIDER THAT ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS GOING TO BE BEST INTEREST OF STAFF IS NOT HOW I WOULD PHRASE IT. WE'RE GOING LISTEN TO STAFF AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MAINTENANCE OF STAFF. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BIND THE FUTURE BOORS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE JOBS. TO GET LITTLE LAWYER IN THE WEEDS, FIRST, ON THE COMMUNICATION AGAIN, I FOUND THE FORMATION OF A COMMITTEE IN THE RELEVANT PLANNING AREA HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES. HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS. EPELLING OUT THAT IN THE FUTURE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN FORMING BROAD BASE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE IN THE AFFECTED AREA IS GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE THE FUTURE BOARDS. I THINK THAT'S A POLICY ISSUE. ABSENT AND EMERGENCY. SCHOOL CLOSURE. THAT'S THE KIND OF WEASEL LANGUAGE WE PUT IN AS LAWYERS. I DO THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT ABSENT AND EMERGENCY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE NEED LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT AN EMERGENCY IS. EMERGENCY COULD MEAN A LOT OF THINGS. I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT THE POLICY MAYBE SUSPENDED IF AN EMERGENCY OCCURS WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT THE ABILITY OF A SCHOOL OR BUILDING TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE IN EDUCATION. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LENGTHY. I DO THINK THAT THE DISTRICT, THE POLICY NEEDS TO SAY, WE'RE IN THE GOING TO THROW THIS OUT BECAUSE WE SAY THE WORD EMERGENCY. WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT SERIOUSLY. I THINK SPELLING OUT EMERGENCY WOULD MAKE DEGREE OF SINCE. I DON'T WANT TO OVERLOAD THIS POLICY. I THINK PUTTING IN FOR FUTURE BOARDS THAT THESE THINGS WORK. I THINK MAKES A DEGREE OF SINCE. I THINK THERE'S ROOM TO NOT MAKE THIS TOO BIG BUT TO TALK ABOUT. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS YOU DON'T NEED TO ADDRESS AN EMERGENCY AT ALL. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR PAUSE OR WHATEVER THEIR OWN POLICY THROUGH A VOTE. EMERGENCY DOESN'T NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AT ALL. >> THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION. >> IT FEELS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF WAY OUT. THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY OUT. >> I GOT THIS QUESTION ABOUT THAT MEANS. THE EXAMPLE THE STATE CUTS FUNDING BY LIKE $30 MILLION. POINT WELL TAKEN. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THE DRAFT POLICY. I THINK THERE'S JUST COUPLE OF THINGS I HEARD IN MY OUTREACH. ONE WAS INDIVIDUALS FELT LITTLE CONFUSED THAT WE'RE USING A TERM, PAIRING. YOU DON'T SEE THAT NOT POLICY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO CHANGE CONSOLIDATION INTO SCHOOL PAIRING. IT FELT LIKE A DISCONNECT. I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT I RECOMMEND AT THIS POINT. I WANTED TO RAISE THAT. TO ALLOW FAMILIES AND STAFF TO ADJUST TO SCHOOL CLOSURE. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BRING ANY INITIAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD REGARDING THE SCHOOL CLOSURE. NOWHERE IN HERE DO WE TALK ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE IMPACTED COMMUNITY. I DO THINK THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THOSE THAT I SPOKE TO. I'M NOT SURE WHERE OR HOW TO INCLUDE THAT. KIND OF ALSO MAKES ME THINK WHAT DIRECTOR THOMPSON WAS TALKING ABOUT INCLUDING THE STUDENTS. EQUITY IS THE PROCESS OF ENSURING FAIRNESS BY ACTIVELY INVOLVING AND CENTERING THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED IN THAT DECISION. STUDENTS ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. I THINK GETTING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, DO YOU THINK THAT GOES IN THIS ONE OR THAT GOES IN OUR POLICY? >> I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO INTO THIS ONE. HOW IT'S DONE MAYBE IS MORE DETAILED IN THE REGULATION. I THINK IT'S AN EQUITY ISSUE. THOSE ARE WHO IMPACTED BY A DECISION, WE WANT TO SHOWCASE THAT WE WILL WORK THEM. I DON'T SEE IT IN THE POLICY YET. >> IT IS. YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. IT IS IN THE POLICY. IT'S THE QUESTION DO WE WANT TO MAKE REFERENCE TO MINIMUM TO THE IT. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I DO SUPPORT THAT GOING IN THIS VERSION. WHILE THIS IS A MORE BROAD POLICY, I THINK THERE'S CERTAIN ELEMENTS WE WANT TO SHOW HAPPENS EACH TIME. THAT'S ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF THE PROCESS WORKED REALLY WELL THIS TIME. BEFORE WE GET THE R REGULATION, I DON'T KNOW IF THE INTENT IS FOR THE R TO GET UPDATED EVERY TIME WE HAVE TO REVISIT THIS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CRITERIA, THAT WAS INFORMED BY THE SPECIFIC HIGHLAND RAMP COMMUNITY. IS THAT A PROCESS THAT WILL HAPPEN EACH TIME AND UPDATE IT BASED OFF THE CRITERIA FOR THAT COMMUNITY? IF THE IDEA, YES, WE'LL UPDATE THAT POLICY EVERY TIME WITH THE CRITERIA SPECIFIC TO THAT COMMUNITY DESIRES ARE, MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN HERE AS WELL THAT OUR POLICY WILL BE UPDATED EACH SCHOOL PAIRING TO MAKE SURE IT'S SENSITIVE TO THE COMMUNITY IMPACTED. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION. CERTAINLY, WHEN WE LOOKED A THE -- R POLICY, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING REALLY CLOSELY IN HIGHLANDS RANCH RIGHT NOW WILL BE ABLE TO READ IT AND EXTRAPOLATE BASED ON THEIR SPECIFIC SITUATION. WE TALKED ABOUT DO WE INCLUDE KIND OF THE SPECIFIC TIMELINE NOW. WE DECIDED WE WERE BETTER OFF DOING SO AS IT WILL BE MORE TARTRANSPARENT FOR THE SITUATION NOW. AS A RESULT, THE -- R WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE IN. REALLY, IT'S LESS ABOUT PERFECT FORM THEMES OF POLICY AND MORE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOC -- GOING TO LOOK AT. >> DOES THE DASH R POLICY HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD? >> OUR REPRESENTATION BASED ON THE LAST PARAGRAPH IN THE FCB POLICY IS THAT THE FCB-R POLICY IS THE SUPERINTENDENT POLICY. THAT BEING SAID, THE BOARD ALWAYS HAS THE TOO LATE UPDATE Y TO UPDATE POLICY. 5 OR 10 YEARS, THE DISTRICT IS UNDERGOING THIS PROCESS IN A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY THAT IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW CURRENT POLICY, FCB AND SEE IF THERE'S UPDATES. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> I FEEL LIKE I ACTUALLY STATED IN OUR POLICY. R WILL GET UPDATED EACH TIME THERE'S A CONSIDERATION FOR CLOSURE. IS IN THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH? I SAW ALSO ON PROCESS ON PAGE TWO. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> REALLY QUICKLY. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. I THINK IT BELONGS IN THE OTHER POLICY. THAT'S THE BOARD POLICY. ORIGINAL, I WAS GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS SHOULD BE A SUPERINTENDENT POLICY. IF WE HAVE THOSE BROADER PARAMETERS THAT TALK ABOUT KEY CORE PROCESSES THAT YOU GUYS ESTABLISHED THIS TIME THAT REALLY SHOULD BE IN EACH PROCESS. THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE BOARD POLICY, I THINK THIS IS MISAPPROPRIATE TO STAY SUPERINTENDENT POLICY WITH MORE DETAILS. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> JUST COUPLE OF THINGS. FCB. SINCE THAT'S THE BROADER POLICY, I UNDERSTAND POLICY, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE REFER TO THE PUBLIC A POLICY TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. TO TAKING A LOOK AT FCB THAT BROADER POLICY, IN MY OPINION, SEEMS TO ME THAT INSTEAD OF ADDING ON AND MAKING IT MORE DETAILED, A LINKAGE TYPE. I KNOW WHEN I READ THROUGH AND I IF READ SOMETHING CERTAINLY AND I SEE LINKS, I CAN GO TO LINKS. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD THINK ABOUT LOOKING AT INSTEAD OF COMPLETELY ADDING WAY MORE TO FCB. I THINK OF DIRECTOR MEEK TALKED ABOUT PAIRINGS AND CONSOLIDATIONS JUST WONDERING -- YOU DID SEE FCB, SCHOOL CONSOLIDATATION IS PAIRING TWO OR MORE SCHOOLS, PAIRINGS IS TWO SCHOOLS. IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME THAT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WORDINGS. >> MAYBE WE NEED TO OUTLINE THAT DEFINITION. >> CLARIFY THE DEFINITION AS ANOTHER DEFINITION. WE DO HAVE PAIRING, WE HAVE CONSOLIDATION. >> CAN I ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICK. BOTH REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. I GOTTEN THIS QUESTION COUPLE OF TIMES. CONSOLIDATION IS MORE THE LEGAL TERM OF ART THAT EVERYONE USES. WE WANTED TO BRING OUR PROCESS IN LINE WITH THAT. WE HAVE BEEN USING PAIRING AND THE REALLY KIND OF SYNONYMOUS. THE QUESTION WHAT'S THE BEST BRIDGE FROM THE MORE COMMON WONDER THAT IS PAIRING AND LINKING IT TO CONSOLIDATION. REALLY GOOD POINT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING FCB AND FCB-R DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> YOU REALLY JUST WANT R TO BE ABOUT THE CRITERIA FOR THIS CERTAIN SCHOOL CLOSURE AND CONSOLIDATION. THAT WILL CHANGE WITH EACH CLOSURE CONSOLIDATION THAT WE CONSIDER. THEN THE BOARD POLICY WILL HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE THE PROS, THAT KIND OF THE IDEA YOU WERE THINKING? >> YEAH. THE KEY COMPONENTS. THE MAIN COMPONENTS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. WE'RE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WHERE STAYING STUDENT FOCUS IN THE DECISION-MAKING. WE'RE POSTING THE DATA. WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT. THEN YOU ADD IN THE REGULATION. IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT THE NEXT MOUNT THAT WE LOOK AT. >> THAT MAKES SINCE. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> A COUPLE OF THING ON FCB-R. I'M TRYING TO THINK WHERE TO PUT THEE. WE HAVE STATUS OF STAFFING. WE HAVE PRESERVATION THE INTEGRITY OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I THINK WE NED TO CONTINUE, THIS IS PERHAPS. THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE. MAYBE DIFFERENT. I THINK THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE PUT IN WHAT STAFF MEMBERS FEEL IS MISSING. WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER HOW SIGNIFICANTLY THIS IMPACTS STAFF. WHILE I THINK THAT CAN BE READ INTO ANY NUMBER OF THESE, I THINK THERE IS ROOM IN HERE TO KIND OF SPELL THAT OUT IN THE CRITERIA AND CONSIDERATIONS PROBABLY THESE ARE >>   REVERSE ORDER. THE CRITERIA SAYS THIS IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. ESTABLISHED PLANS FOR STATUS. THESE ARE THE IMPORTANT THING A THE TIME. HERE ARE THE IMPORTANT THINGS AT THIS POINT. THE WAY WE HAVE THAT READ. IN ADDITION TO THE THE CRITERIA ABOVE OUR WHAT WE DO IN SPECIFIC DUTIES. THE CRITERIA BELOW IS THIS WHAT MATTERS TO US THE MOST ALL THE TIME. AM I READING THAT RIGHT? [ INDISCERNIBLE ] [CAN'T HEAR] >> I THINK THERE'S ROOM PROBABLY IN THAT BULLET POINT TO EXPAND UPON WHAT D STATUS OF STAFFING MEAN. I DON'T THINK WE CAN FULLY GUARANTEE THAT NOBODY IS GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOB. I HATE TO SAY THAT. WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ON IT THIS TIME. JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE IMPORTANT, EVERY TIME WE DO THIS WE'LL THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WORK IN THOSE BUILDINGS. IT'S ABOUT KIDS. I AGREE WITH YOU. OUR MOST DIRECT CONNECTION TO KIDS ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS. THAT'SES NO THE HALLWAY. THAT'S THE PEOPLE WALKING IN IT. >> AGREED. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> MORE OF COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE DETAILED. I DO THINK THAT IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS ROUND OF PAIRINGS OR CONSOLIDATIONS COME BACK AND FEEDER AREAS HAVE TO BE MODIFIED, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOME FOLKS THAT JUST PAIRING AND CONSOLIDATED A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WITH THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOL. IF THAT DOES OCCUR, I THINK PART OF THE. PLANNING AND PLANNING AND ENGAGEMENT PROSS AFTER THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD DECIDES TO GO WITH. WE MAKE THAT DECISION. THERE'S GOING TO BE NEED TO BE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON WHAT OPTIONS PEOPLE WILL HAVE AND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE FEEDER AREA CHANGE. WE GET IT'S TO AFFECT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MAYBE THERE'S SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. FEEDER AREA MIGHT NEED CHANGE LITTLE BIT. >> DIRECTOR MOORE, YOU'RE DEAD ON. WE'VE GOTTEN ASKED THAT QUESTION PROBABLY AT EVERY STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEETING. WHAT WE SAID IS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT FEEDERS ARE REALLY COMPLICATED. IT'S ON THE FABLE WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL. IT HAS TO BE ON THE TABLE. TER-- THEY ARE REALLY COMPLICAT. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAN'T BE. DIRECTOR GEIGER MADE A POINT, EVEN ONCE WE DO THIS AS ENROLLMENT AS WE TEND TO SEE WHAT THE TRENDS LOOK LIKE IN ENROLLMENT VERSUS WHAT THE REALITY IS, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PROJECT AND WE KNOW WHAT THE REALITY IS GOING TO BE. LRPC FACE OTHER TOUGH BOUNDARY DECISIONS WHICH MIGHT CAUSE MORE ENGAGEMENT THAT NEED OCCUR DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS HONESTLY THE CONSEQUENCE OF A RAPIDLY GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT REACHED SOME MATURITY. AS THINGS EVOLVE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MANAGE ALL THE RESOURCES AND ASSETS AND STAKEHOLDER, YOU GOT TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS SOMETIMES. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS AS MUCH AS IT IS TO THE STAFF COMMUNITY. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I HEARD FOR FCB JUST REALLY QUICK SO THAT WE KIND OF GET THIS RIGHT. YOU GUYS HAD SOME REALLY GREAT ROBUST DISCUSSIONS. SPECIFICALLY TO FCB, I'M SUMMARIZING. THIS IS WHAT INHEARD. WE NEEDED SOMEWHERE IN THERE GENERALLY ADDRESS THAT THE BOARD HAS DESIRE TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS TO STAFF, HAVING THAT BE IN THERE SOMEWHERE. THAT IN THE DEFINITION OF SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION, WE CAN MAKE -- DRAW THAT LINE TO OUR TERMINOLOGY OF PAIRINGS. IN THE PARAGRAPH THAT DELEGATES AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT'S WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME REQUIREMENTS ABOUT THAT DASH R POLICY THAT WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE ENGAGEMENT INCLUDING ENGAGEMENT WITH MULTIPLE MONTH -- MODALITIES. THE REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSPARENT DATA SUCH AS A DASHBOARD. DID I HIS ANYTHING >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> WASN'T SURE I HEAR THE IDEA IMPACTED COMMUNITIES RECEIVE COMMUNICATION >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT'S FUNNY I WROTE IT DOWN AND I DIDN'T SAY IT. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WOULD EMPHASIZE THE STUDENT FOCUS APPROACH THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS, AND ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT ETCETERA. THE QUESTION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION I HAD EARLIER WERE CONSIDERING THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS. THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO NATURALLY HAPPEN. >> LET ME MAKE SURE I GOT THAT CAPTURED. I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYONE. >> DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE DASH R? >> I DON'T THINK SO, WE HAD PRETTY GOOD NOTES ON THE DASH R. THE BIG PRIORITY WAS MAKING SURE WE GOT THE FCB THE WAY THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WANTS. >> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS? GREAT. I'M GOING TO CUT OUR BREAK LITTLE BIT SHORT SINCE WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE DO A NINE MINUTE BREAK. 8:00 DEFINITELY, -- 8:20 WE'LL BE BACK. >> OUR NEXT ITEM, NUMBER 15 IS TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD CONFERENCE WITH THIS ATTORNEYS TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 24-6-4024B REGARDING NUMBER ONE, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION OF THE DISTRICT'S PRACTICES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE TWO OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ABILITY AND TOI -- TITLE 4 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. GANZY VERSUS DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL. NUMBER THREE, 2022 STATE LEVEL COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND NUMBER FOUR, FOUR INVESTIGATIONS BY THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS LISTED ON THE OCR ABSENTEE WEBSITE. >> SO MOVED. >> MOTIONED BY MEEK, SECOND BY MYERS. ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL. [ ROLL CALL VOTE ] THE BOARD HAS ISSUES TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'LL HOLD CONFERENCE WITH THE ATTORNEYS TO RECEIVE ADVICE ON LEGAL QUESTIONS. REGARDING NUMBER ONE, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION OF THE DISTRICT'S PRACTICES FOR A COMPLIANCE TITLE TWO OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY RIGHT. CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 23-CV, NUMBER THREE. 2022 STATE LEVEL COME COMMENT FILED WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND INVESTIGATIONS BY THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS LISTED ON THE OCR'S WEBSITE. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WILL BE JOINING THE BOARD IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS. SUPERINTENDENT ERIN KANE, GENERAL COUNSEL MARY KLIMESH. WENDY JACOBS, ATTORNEY FROM SIMPLE FARRINGTON, JOHN FARROW. JOHN EAGAN AND ATTORNEYS ASHLEY JENKINS. WE WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WILL RETURN. SORRY, AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DANNY WINDSOR. WE WILL RETURN BACK WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RESUMED. FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE MOVING ON IT ITEM 16. POLICY JKA USE OF PHYSICAL INTERVENTION AND RESTRAINT FROM OUR SECOND READING. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'M HERE TO EVENING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON POLICY JKA. THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF POLICY JKA. IT'S AN AMENDED READING. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT WAS POSTED FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW IN OCTOBER. WE ASKED FOR POSTPONEMENT TIME TO FURTHER GET FEEDBACK. MAY I GET SOME WATER REAL QUICK? I JUST RAN UP THE STAIRS. WE'RE HERE, I'M HERE THIS WITH COUNCIL KLIMESH TO GIVE YOU UPDATE TO POLICY JKA WHICH IS AMENDED AND THE FIRST READING OF JKA-R WHICH HAS BEEN AMENDED. WE COLLECTED FURTHER FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY RELATIVE THAT WAS POSTED ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA IN OCTOBER. I WANT TO REMIND BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A FEW THINGS AS WE REVIEW THE POLICY. THIS POLICY IS TRULY CENTERED AROUND STUDENT SAFETY. HOW WE HANDLE EMERGENCY IMMINENT THREAT SITUATIONS INV INVOLVING STUDENT AND ESCALATION. THEY RARELY HAPPEN. LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN A SITUATION INVOLVING PHYSICAL INTERVENTION OR RESTRAINT. PHYSICAL INTERVENTION AND RESTRAINT ARE NOT USED FOR DISCIPLINARY PURPOSES. THEY ARE USED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF SAFE. DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES ARE ALWAYS OUR FIRST -- WE ALWAYS UTILIZE DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES FIRST AS A WAY TO REDUCE STUDENT AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR. SOME OF THE DEPR DEREGULATION TECHNIQUES INCLUDES SENSORY BREAKS, VERBAL BREATHE DIRECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES, ETCETERA. THIS POLICY IS TRULY INTENDED TO PREVENT AND REDUCE SERIOUS INJURIES TO STUDENTS AND STAFF IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. WHAT ARE THESE KINDS OF BEHAVIORS? FOR EXAMPLE, PHYSICAL INTERVENTION MAY BE USED TO BREAK UP A STUDENT FIGHT AND SOMETIMES THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS OCCUR BUT RARELY IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. PHYSICAL INTERVENTION MAYBE USED TO STOP A DISREGULATED STUDENT FROM GOING INTO A DANGEROUS SITUATION OR WITH A PIECE OF DANGEROUS EQUIPMENT. YOU PHYSICAL RESTRAINT MAYBE USED IF A STUDENT APPROACHES A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION OR TRAFFIC. PHYSICAL RESTRAINT MAYBE USED IF A STUDENT IS A THREAT TO HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND DISPLAYING SELF-HARM BEHAVIORS, LIKE HEAD BANGING. SECLUSION MAYBE USED FOR PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE STUDENT WHO IS BITING, HITTING OR KICKING A STAFF MEMBER AND THAT STAFF MEMBER IS PREGNANT. IF THE STUDENT IS BIGGER, OLDER, ETCETERA AND STAFF ARE UNABLE TO SAFELY GET INTO A PHYSICAL RESTRAINT POSITION. THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW RARELY THE UTILIZATION OF RESTRAINT PHYSICAL INTERVENTION WILL BE USED IN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN INCIDENTS THAT HAVE UTILIZED RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST THAT REVIEW ALL INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVE PHYSICAL INTERVENTION, RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION. THERE'S VERY DIRECT OVERSIGHT MONITORING AND REPORTING THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE IN OUR DISTRICT. THIS YEAR, WE ELIMINATED THE UTILIZATION OF SECLUSION ROOM IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHY WOULD WE NOT ELIMINATE SECLUSION ALL TOGETHER? WHY ARE WE ELIMINATING SECLUSION ROOMS? HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE SECLUSION ROOMS ARE ELIMINATED. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SEWER ALL STUDENTS -- SURE ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE KEPT SAFE IN MOST IMMINENT EMERGENCY SITUATION. WE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SUPPORTS THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF NEEDS. WHAT YOU WILL SEE AND WHAT I REMINDED ALL OF YOU BACK WHEN WE REVIEWED THE POLICY IN OCTOBER, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF STATE LAWS THAT HAVE CHANGED IN THIS POLICY IS REFLECTIVE OF ALL OF THE STATE LAWS AND ALL OF THOSE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE I CAME IN OCTOBER, WE HAVE RECEIVED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK FROM MANY OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY, OUR DDCAC. DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL DO ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM ON TWO OCCASIONS. THEY WERE WONDERFUL ABOUT PROVIDING STAFF, MYSELF VERY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON THINGS THAT STAFF SHOULD CONSIDER IN TERMS EVISIONS TO THE POLICY. WHAT YOU WILL SEE THIS F REFLECTIVE THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM MEMBERS OF OUR MOUNT AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF THAT WORK IN OUR DISTRICT, ADMINISTRATOR, DIRECTORS AND ETCETERA. THEY SUPPORT THE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THIS SECOND READING OF PEOPLE JKA WAS LAST REVISED IN 2010. IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. THIS POLICY REFLECTS A COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL REVIEW AND WE CAN -- I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITH COUNCIL KLIMESH ON POLICY JKA. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS AND FOR REQUESTING ADDITIONAL TIME SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO MORE FEEDBACK. THANK YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE CONTEXT BEFORE WE GET STARTED. ONE QUESTION IN POPPED UP WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A DECREASE IN THE USE OF RESTRAINTS AND SECLUSION IN THE DISTRICT. I WAS CURIOUS WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE INTERVENTION THAT'S INCREASED? >> WHAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR IS MORE COMPREHENSIVE OF OUR STAFF. WE ALWAYS HAD TRAINING IN TERMS OF THE UTILIZATION OF RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION. WE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING AROUND DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES IN TERMS OF MANAGING DIFFICULT STUDENT BEHAVIOR. THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IN TERMS OF ADJUSTING ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI, USING SENSORY OUTPUTS AND INPUTS IN A DIFFERENT WAY ARE ALL DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TRAINED OUR STAFF IN IN TERMS OF THE DECREASE. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW LATER IN THIS POLICY, TALKS ABOUT THE EXCLUSION INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION. DO WE CURRENTLY -- WHAT IS THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR RESTRAINT USE, THROUGH TRANSPORTATION. DO WE HAVE A POLICY ON THAT? >> THAT WAS SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THIS PROCESS. YOU WILL SEE THAT THE POLICY NOW REFLECTS THAT ON THE NEXT PAGE IF YOU CAN KEEP GOING PLEASE. ACTUALLY ON THE PAGE AFTER THIS, THE THIRD PAGE. WE STATE THAT THE UTILIZATION THERE ARE SOME CASES RESTRAINT MAYBE NEEDED TO BE UTILIZED ON TRANSPORTATION. IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION PLAN. OUR TRANSPORTATION ARE TRAINED IN CPI AND UTILIZE C PAPERWORK I IUP -- CPI TECHNIQUES >>   WHAT IS THE REPORTING PROCESS FOR WHEN IT HAPPENS? >> IT'S THE SAME. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> I KNOW IN OUR -- THAT WE TALK ESSENTIAL DATABASE. I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD ALSO INCLUDE THAT IN THIS POLICY, JKA, ABOUT MAINTAINING A DATABASE AND THEN PROVIDING AN ANNUAL REPORT. I DO THINK THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL DUE TO THE TOPIC. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY STUDENT SAFETY, IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY OF THE BOARD AS WELL AS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. I KNOW WE CAN LOCK AT IT ON THE MONITORING REPORT. I DO WONDER ON AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING. >> IN ADDITION TO THE MONITORING REPORT? >> SO WE CAN GET MORE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT. WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN THE INCIDENT REPORT, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S COLLECTED. I KNOW THAT THERE'S INFORMATION THAT SENT TO THE STATE OF COLORADO. I THINK THEY CHANGED. THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. WE'RE. COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO SEE. I THINK IT WILL BE TRANSPARENT -- TRANSPARENCY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR PROCESSES WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE THE MOST IMPACTED. >> I'LL HAVE TO THINK ON THAT ONE. I THINK THERE'S TIME WHERE WE'RE ALREADY MONITORING IN OUR MONITORING REPORTS. COULDN'T WE HAVE EXTRA TAB OR LINK WHERE YOU CAN LINK TO THAT INFORMATION INSTEAD OF WHOLE ANOTHER PRESENTATION? >> IT COULD BE SATISFIED. WE CAN HAVE STATED.  IT WOULD BE SATISFIED BY A MONITORING REPORT. >> YES. >> ANY OTHER FEEDBACK? DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR HIGHER LEVEL SUPERVISION TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NOT A POTENTIALLY DISCRIMINATORY OR BIASED APPLICATION OF PHYSICAL INTERVENTION? THERE'S BEEN ALLEGATIONS IN OTHER DISTRICTS. I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS SETTLED CLAIMS THAT THEY USES SECLUSION AND PHYSICAL RESTRAINT IN A DISCRIMINATORY WAY. WHAT IS OUR PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING EVEN IN UNCONSCIOUS WAY? >> AS I THINK I SHARED IN THE PAST WITH THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE DEVELOPED THE POLICIES SO THAT THOSE PROCESSES ARE CONSISTENTLY APPLIED. NOT ONLY THE POLICY ITSELF BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT JKA-R, THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC PROCEDURES IN THAT WHAT IS A BOARD FILED POLICY. THAT THIS BOARD ADOPTS WHICH DICTATES VERY SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOLLOWED AND THE VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION CAN BE USED. ALL OF THOSE PROCESSES AND THE VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE INTERVENTIONS THAT MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN PRIOR TO SEE CANCELLATION AND RE-- SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IS PART OF AN EITHER TO ELIMINATE -- EFFORT TO ELIMINATE THE APPLICATION. >> LET ME REPHRASE IT. IS THERE A CONSCIOUS -- PEOPLE CAN BE UNCONSCIOUSLY BIASED. PEOPLE CAN APPLY A CLEAR PATTERN, MUCH MORE CLEAR POLICY. IT CAN BE IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES APPLIED IN A WAY THAT IS STILL DISCRIMINATORY. IS THERE A VIEW PROCESS, YEARLY AS WE GO BY, FOR SOMEBODY IN A HIGHER LEVEL TO LOOK AT THE DISTRICT WIDE, TO SAY HEY, TURNS OUT SECLUSION IS APPLIED MUCH MORE ON BOYS THAN GIRLS. WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS A BIAS OR THAT'S HOW THE APPLICATION WORKED OUT. I'M ASKING DO WE HAVE THAT HIGHER REFERRAL OF REVIEW. >> WE HAVE HIGHER LEVEL REVIEW ON I BELIEVE THAT ANTICIPATES A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW ON ALMOST EVERY POLICY. WE HAVE A REVIEW OF EACH INCIDENT OF RESTRAINT OR SECLUSION ABOVE AND BEYOND THE LOCAL SCHOOL LEVEL. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS CORRECTLY THAT ARE OUTLINED. >> IT TERMS OF HIGHER LEVEL REVIEWS. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MYSELF AS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO REVIEW THE DATA AROUND RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION THAT IS SUBMITTED AND OVERSEEN BY OUR BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR AS WELL AS OUR BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST WHO MONITOR EACH AND EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AROUND THE UTILIZATION OF RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION TO ENSURE THAT OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ARE BEING FOLLOWED AS PART OF THAT DATA REVIEW, WE DO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. DEMOGRAPHICALLY,ETH. , ETCETERA, IN TERMS OF OUR INQUIRY AROUND THE DATA AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THAT DATA. >> YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT FEWER THAN ONE PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SUBJECTED -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] RARE THE USE OF SECLUSION AND INTERVENTION. >> THAT IS CORRECT >> DO WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON -- FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE 277 INCIDENTS FROM LAST YEAR. I DON'T THINK IT WAS 277 KIDS. >> CORRECT. >> DO WE HAVE GOOD DATA ON WHAT -- ON WHICH KIDS ARE OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS AND OUR MOST OFTEN USED. WE USE THAT CORRECT OR TO ADAPT OUR INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE CHILDREN? >> EXCELLENT QUESTION DIRECTOR GEIGER. YES OUR SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OUR DATA DOES INCLUDE A REVIEW OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE MAYBE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF THE USE OF RESTRAINT ON THAT STUDENT. WHAT WE DO AS A DEPARTMENT IS THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH OUR BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST, OUR BEHAVIOR SUPPORT TEAM, OUR AUTISM TEAM, OUR PERSONAL EDUCATION COORDINATORS. WHEN WE SEE DATA LIKE THAT REFLECTIVE FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, WE COME TOGETHER AND PROBLEM SOLVE AROUND THE IEP PROCESS. WE ENGAGE IN THE IEP PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THE STUDENT IF WE NEED TO IT ADJUST CONSIDER PROGRAMMING ADJUSTMENT. THAT IS DONE THROUGH THE IEP SPECIAL EDUCATION PROSS. THAT'S COMFORTED TO OUR STUDENTED >> CAN YOU TELL ME IN GENERAL IS SECLUSION MOSTLY USED IN THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL OR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THAT BECOMES A DIFFERENT CONCERN THERE. IS THERE A PATTERN THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE SPECIAL NEEDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN CAN BE MORE DIFFICULT TO REASON WITH. >> OUR DATA WOULD INDICATE THAT THE UTILIZATION OF SECLUSION HAS BEEN USED MORE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAN AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. >> I HAVE A VERY STRIKING -- I WAS VISITING SCHOOL ON ANOTHER ISSUE. I HAD A STRIKING INCIDENT WHERE I SAW FIVE STAFF MEMBERS TRYING TO GET ONE THIRD GRADER FROM UNDER THE TABLE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS A SMALL NUMBER OF OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE REQUIRE A GREAT DEAL MORE OF OUR ATTENTION. >> THAT IS CORRECT. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY FACING AS A DISTRICT, THIS IS TRUE FOR MANY DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO IS MIER LEVELS OF PLACEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT THROUGH AN IEP DETERMINATION PROCESS, THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM A HIGHER LEVEL OF PLACEMENT. YET, THOSE PLACEMENTS ARE HARD TO FIND AND DON'T EXIST READILY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OUT OF DISTRICT PLACEMENTS ARE VERY LIMITED. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SOMETIMES WE ARE CHALLENGED WITH IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING A STUDENT THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED TO NEED THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF PLACEMENT IN THE INTERIM TIME PERIOD BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION. >> WOULD BE ABLE TO ESTIMATE FOR ME HOW MANY STUDENTS WE ARE CURRENTLY EDUCATING WHO ARE ON WAIT LISTS FOR A HIGHER LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE? >> PER THE DATA THAT I MOST RECENTLY REVIEWED IN THAT REGARD, I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATE NUMBERINGS OF STUDENTS IN THAT POSITION WILL BE AT ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO. >> THERE MAYBE A DOZEN CHILDREN THAT COULD USE CARE THAT IS DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE HERE. BUT THERE'S NO FACILITY AVAILABLE FOR THEM? >> WE GET NOTIFIED OF PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON OCCASION THAT CAN HELP THAT STUDENT TO TRANSITION TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WOULD BETTER MEET THEIR NEEDS. >> I KNOW YOU KEEP TRACK OF THESE TRENDS NATIONALLY AND STATEWIDE. IS THAT PARTICULARLY A CONCERN THAT PERSISTS WITHOUT THE STATE? >> YES. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> COMING BACK TO TRANSPORTATION. HOPEFULLY, I DIDN'T FORGET MY QUESTION. FOR JUST THE PROCESS. IF THERE'S A RESTRAINT USED ON A BUS, THERE'S AN INCIDENT REPORT THAT'S FILLED OUT. >> IT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL AS IT'S REPORTED CENTRALLY TO THROUGH OUR CENTRAL PROCESS FOR NOTIFICATION. >> WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING THE PARENT? >> THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. >> OKAY. CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION. HOW DOES IT WORK WITH CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION? >> SO, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE PROVIDED CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION WE SHOULD BE ADHERING TO THEIR SAME BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION PLAN AND HELPING TO SUPPORT. MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE TEAs OR ASSISTANCE THAT ARE PART OF THEIR TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCE TO AND FROM THEIR PLACEMENT. >> DO THEY ALSO DO THE SAME THE INCIDENTAL REPORT? >> THEY SHOULD BE. >> THEY SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THE SAME INCIDENT REPORT. ASSUMING IT WILL GO TO THE BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR. DOES THAT STILL GO TO CENTRAL IF IT'S CONTRACTED? SHOULD WE HAVE IN THIS POLICY UNDER REPORTING RESTRAINTS SECLUSION, IS SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COUNTS OR CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS OR CONTRACTED PROVIDERS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT LANGUAGE IS BETTER. >> WE LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT FEEDBACK. >> READY TO MOVE ON TO JKA-R. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAPTURE SO THAT WHEN THIS COMES BACK FOR A FINAL APPROVAL, WE'RE READY TO GO. ON JKA, THE REQUEST IS TO ADD SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION. WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO ACTUALLY BE CHANGED IN THE POLICY IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO FEEL COMFORTABLE? >> I THINK THE CENTRAL REPORTING. IT WOULD BENEFIT TO HAVE THAT MENTIONED HERE AS WELL AS AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD WHICH COULD BE SATISFIED BY MONITORING REPORT. DOESN'T NEED TO STATE THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD HELP. >> ADDING CENTRAL REPORTING TO JKA AND NOT ADDING TO THE POLICY BUT JUST REPORTING OUT ON THE MONITORING REPORT? >> YES. THAT WOULD BE FINE. >> THANK YOU. >> FOR ME IF >> WE'LL MOVE ON TO JKA-R, USE OF PHYSICAL INTERVENTION AND RESTRAINT FOR OUR FIRST READING. I GIVE IT THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY JUST IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE OF POLICY JKA. THE REGULATION JKAR IS OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF THE DEFINITIONS AROUND THE VOCABULARY, UTILIZED AND POLICY JKA AS WELL AS THOSE REPORTING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, THE NOTIFICATION PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, AND THE CENTRAL DATABASE ELEMENT. SO I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS. DIRECTER THOMPSON. >> OKAY. I APOLOGIZE IF I GO OUT O ORDER. I WAS WONDERING IF WE SHOULD HAVE A CONSIDERATION FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES, SO WHAT CONSIDERATIONS ARE WE MAKING FOR ANY TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IF NEEDED, WE'RE NOT ALREADY PROVIDED THROUGH AND IEP. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD LOOK, BUT I THINK A CONSIDERATION OF IT, JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT SECLUSION RESTRAINT CAN BE A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR A STUDENT. I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ON AND IEP OR A BEHAVIOR PLAN, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE USING SECLUSION OR RESTRAINT ON A STUDENT THAT'S NOT ALREADY HAVE A PLAN, IF THERE SHOULD BE CONSIDERATION BESIDE HAVING A PLAN AFTERWARDS, WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, IF A TEMPORARY PLAN, WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING. >> SO WE UTILIZE THE SAME REPORTING MECHANISMS FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT IDENTIFIED AS A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY. AND SO IN TERMS OF A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THAT STUDENT WOULD REQUIRE A BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION PLAN, ET CETERA, WE WOULD ENGAGE IN A PROBLEM-SOLVING TEAM PROCESS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK TO SUPPORT THAT STUDENT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE PARENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT SUPPORTS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO NEW TO THE PLACE FOR THAT STUDENT AND ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED TO HAVE IN TERMS OF FURTHER INFORMATION EVALUATION, ET CETERA. >> SO I WONDER IF WE NEED TO JUST STATE IT IN HERE, IF THE STUDENT IS NOT ON A BEHAVIOR PLAN, INCIDENT OCCURS, THAT IT WILL BE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW. SOMEONE'S GONNA STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OR IF STUDENT'S GONNA NEED ONE. OR A TEMPORARY SUPPORT PLAN, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE. I THINK MOST OF MY -- SO IN THIS POLICY, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE INCIDENT NOTIFICATION AND I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE REGARDING LIKE THE POST INCIDENT REVIEWS, LIKE JUST WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE WHAT THE COMPONENTS OF A POST INCIDENT REVIEW MIGHT LOOK LIKE. FOR EXAMPLE, WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT, DETAILS, OBVIOUSLY, OVER WHAT THE INCIDENT WAS, IF THERE SHOULD BE NEXT STEPS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DOCUMENTATION. AND SO I JUST WONDER IF WE NEED TO EXPLICITLY STATE THAT IN THE REGULATION POLICY OUTSIDE OF SAYING WE'RE GOING TO REPORT IT, BUT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE STEPS FOLLOWING IT AND KIND OF JUST OUTLINE JUST WHAT THAT PROCESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. >> SO AS PART OF THE UTILIZATION OF CPI AND ANYTIME THERE'S A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT INVOLVES RESTRAINT OR SECLUSION IN THE REPORTING PROCESS, THEN THERE'S ALSO WHAT'S CALLED A DEBRIEFING PROCESS AFTER EACH OF THOSE INCIDENTS, THAT'S OUTLINED AS PART OF THE TRAINING. AND SO THAT IS THE PART OF THE PROCESS THAT'S ALREADY EMBEDDED IN TERMS OF DEBRIEFING THE SITUATION, WHO'S INVOLVED, WHAT WERE THE AN SEED ENTERS TO THE SITUATION, WHAT TRANSPIRED AS A RESULT, AND THEN WHAT MIGHT THE TEAM DO TO DIFFERENTLY OR IN ADDITION TO MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT IS A PART OF THE OVERALL PROCESS FOR EACH INCIDENT. >> SO JUST HAVING THAT IN -- ADDING THAT IN HERE, SO IT'S IN POLICY THAT THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS SENIORS WHAT IT IS. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AS LONG, JUST BRIEFLY LIKE WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. THEN WE HAD UNDER DOCUMENTATION... >> I HAD A NOTE TO MYSELF AB ABOUT -- THAT, YOU KNOW, IT STATES IN HERE -- I JUST WONDER IF WE SHOULD SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'RE FILLING OUT THE INCIDENT REPORT, LIKE IF IT SPECIFICALLY NEEDS TO BE NAMED. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE LIKE FOR EVERY INSTANCE STAFF MUST DOCUMENT THE SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS OR CONDITIONS THAT CONSTITUTED THE EMERGENCY, WHY ALL OTHER ALTERNATIVES FAILED AND WHY A RESTRAIN OR SECLUSION WAS NECESSARY. >> YOU GUYS I'M SURE COME TOGETHER AFTER A CHILD IS RESTRAINED AND HAVE DISCUSSION BESIDE HOW IT'S HANDLED, I'M ASSUMING. >> YES. THAT IS CORRECT. >> SO THAT'S ALREADY -- >> YES. I WILL SAY AS WE KIND OF TRANSITION TO JKAE, THE ACTUAL REPORT FORM, THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF WHAT YOU JUST SUGGESTED, DIRECTOR THOMPSON, THAT OUR TEAM WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THE REPORT FORM, WHICH WOULD THEN HELP STAFF KIND OF MANAGE THE DATA ELEMENT OF EACH OF THOSE PIECES, AND SO I COULD TELL YOU THAT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY MAKE SOME OF THOSE REVISIONS IN THE REPORTING FORM TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE PROCESS. >> OKAY. SO DO WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD EXPLICITLY STATE THAT THE EXPECTATION IS TO FILL OUT THE REPORT -- THE INCIDENT REPORT? I KNOW -- I DIDN'T SEE IT EXPLICITLY STATED OTHER THAN WE'RE GOING TO DOCUMENT. >> OKAY, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> ACCORDING TO THAT POLICY. >> THANK YOU. THE. >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE FEEDBACK? OKAY. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 18, POLICY AJA-E INCIDENT STUDENT RESTRAINT FORM. THIS IS WHAT I WAS JUST REFERENCING IN TERMS OF THE STAFF TAKING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THIS DISCUSSION IN MAKING SOME POTENTIAL REVISIONS TO THE FIRST READING OF JKA-E. ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY REFLECTED ON THIS FORM THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE REFLECTED ON THE REPORTING FORM, IS WHETHER OR NOT STAFF HAS BEEN CPI TRAINED. THAT IS AN ELEMENT THAT WE INTEND TO INCORPORATE ON THE NEXT VERSION THAT WE BRING FORTH TO THE BOARD AS WELL AS WHAT WAS JUST SUGGESTED IN SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> AGAIN, THANK FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THE REGULATION HAS A CROSS-REFERENCE TO THE EXHIBIT HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I'M WONDERING WE JUST ADD THE CROSS REFERENCES TO THE EXHIBITS, IF SOMEONE CAN KIND OF GO BACK TO THE POLICY. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO REFERENCE THAT. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> ONE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS UPDATED FORM IS I THINK THAT IT IS DATA COLLECTION ESPECIALLY FOR CENTRALIZED DATABASE, ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE THE CHECK BOXES, RESPONSE OPTIONS. I LIKE THE INCREASE IN SOME OF LIKE THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT ALL OF THAT I THINK IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. ONE THING I LIKED ABOUT THE OLD FORM WAS THE OLD FORM HELPED WITH IDENTIFYING COMPLIANCE OF THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES. SO KIND OF LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE. SO MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE LIKE A SECTION FOR THE -- A FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS LIST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF NOTIFICATION HAPPEN TO PARENTS, THE MODALITY, THE TIMELINE, WENT STAFF MEETING HAPPENED, WHEN THE REVIEW HAPPENED, IF IT HAPPENED, THE IEP PLAN REVIEW... SO SOME OF IT IS BUT IT'S NOT EXPLICIT. SO I THINK WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AT HERING TO WHAT'S ASKED IN THE POLICY AND STATE LAW, JUST TO SHOW THAT LIKE IT WAS -- NOTIFICATION HAPPENED IN THE TIMELINE IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, THAT KIND OF STUFF. I THINK THAT WAS A STRENGTH OF THE OTHER ONE. I DO THINK THAT THE STAFF AND -- I KNOW YOU HAVE STAFF INFO AND STUDENT INFO SECTIONS WITH INJURIES AND STUFF, THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK AS ONE TABLE AND SAVE YOU GUYS SPACE IN A SHORTER FORM. THAT'S A MINOR FORMATTING FEEDBACK. BUT THE POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS, IS THAT AN ALL-I CONCLUSIVE LIST, OR DO THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO FILL IN OTHERS? >> THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO FILL IN OTHERS IF THEY SO NEED TO. >> SO IT'S HANDWRITTEN? IT'S ON THE COMPUTER? >>SPEAKER: IT'S ON THE COMPUTER. >> SO THEY HAVE A CHECK BOX AND THEN OPEN SPEAKS? >>SPEAKER: YES. AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT THINGS -- AND JUST THINKING FROM LIKE A PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS. THE EFFORTS AND ALTERNATIVES, WHICH I'M ASSUMING REALLY IS ABOUT WHAT RESTRICTIVE MEASURES WERE USED, RIGHT, THAT'S HOW WE'RE CAPTURING. THERE'S A LIST OF OPTIONS HERE, BUT I DO WONDER IF EXPANDING ON THAT LIST WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU SEE LOTS OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE AND DEALING WITH INCIDENTS, IT'S LIKE AN ADDITIONAL PROMPT FOR STAFF, THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO BE CONSIDERING. AND I THINK THAT OUR BEHAVIOR TEAM HEIGHT BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT LIST. AND AGAIN, JUST AS A BENEFICIAL PROMPT FOR STAFF. I DON'T THINK I THAT 1 IN THERE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE INCIDENT ALIGNED WITH WHAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED IN A BEHAVIOR PLAN, BUT THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO CAPTURE, CONSIDER WHERE THE IDENTIFIED TRIGGERS, YOU KNOW, DID IT HAPPEN ON IDENTIFIED TRIGGERS OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING NEW. YOU KNOW, A NEW TYPE OF PATTERN OR BEHAVIOR, TO COLLECT AND EVEN REFLECTION ON PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES MIGHT BE HELPFUL. WE HAVE IN THE MAIN POLICY THAT WE WILL PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD CHECK BOX TO ADD. AGAIN, JUST A COMPLIANCE PIECE. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS IF THERE'S MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF RESTRAINT -- I APPRECIATE THE LANGUAGE GOT ADDED IN THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, EVEN CONSECUTIVE, EVEN IF THEY FALL UNDER A MINUTE, IF IT'S CONSECUTIVE, WE NEED TO BE REPORTING THAT. BUT I THINK JUST BASED OFF THE WAY THE FORM IS, IT WOULD BE HARD TO LIKE REPORT IT IN THE FOUR MINUTE CURRENT FORMAT. SO I THINK WHAT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK. I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH OUR TEAM AROUND SOME POTENTIAL REVISIONS. THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF WHAT YOU JUST SUGGESTED TO US THIS EVENING THAT HAVE BEEN A PART CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE BEEN A PART OF OTHER DRAFTS OF FORMS. SO I THINK THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY REFLECT SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK IN THE REPORT. >> THANK YOU. IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE ALL THREE OF THEM TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER FOR TODAY. BECAUSE JUST LOOKING AT JKA BY ITSELF WITHOUT SEEING R AND WITHOUT SEEING WHAT DATA COLLECTION LOOKS LIKE, IT WAS JUST REALLY HARD TO FEEL SATISFIED WITH ONE POLICY, NOT BEING ABLE TO KIND OF REFLECT ON WHAT WAS IN THOSE LATER POLICIES. SO I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT TO HAVE ALL OF THEM HERE TODAY. I KNOW IT ALLEVIATED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OF THIS POLICY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AS WELL. I KNOW THAT FOR US, OUR BIGGEST THING IS, AGAIN, JUST ACCOUNTABILITY AS OUR ROLE AS BOARD MEMBERS, THAT WE HOLD OUR DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE, AND I THINK THAT THIS PROCESS WORKS AND ESPECIALLY REPORTING BACK ON THAT DATE I THINK IS -- WILL HELP CLOSE THAT GAP. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT. >> DIRECTOR... >> ONLY BECAUSE I FORGOT ASK THIS QUESTION EARLIER BUT I THINK IT'S RELEVANT HERE. TO BE CLEAR, THIS -- ALL OF THESE CHANGES, JKA, PARTICULARLY JKR AND THE FORM, THESE HAVE ALL BEEN VETTED WITH AND DISCUSSED WITH PARTICULARLY OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPERTS, WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF DEALING WITH A LOT OF THIS, CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATED WITH AND INTERACTED WITH STAFF TO HELP DEVELOP THESE POLICIES? >> SURE. SO THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MEETINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN MYSELF, AS I SAID, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LIZA MIRE, WAS STAFF THAT WORKED FIRSTHAND WITH THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND SO THEY HAVE -- THAT'S WHY WE NEEDED A COUPLE MONTHS, BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST ONE CONVERSATION. IT WAS MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND WE REALLY VALUE EVERY'S FEEDBACK THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP THE POLICY THAT BEST MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S TAKEN US TIME, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE MEETINGS, CONVERSATIONS, QUESTIONS, ET CETERA THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT LAYERS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY. I APPRECIATE IT. >> OKAY. >> I THINK WE'RE NOW -- SUPERINTENDENT. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. SO OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW WOULD BE TO PUT THIS OUT FOR -- WELL, THE JKA-R, JKAE HAVE NOT GONE OUT FOR FEEDBACK YET. JKA DID. BUT OUR PLAN WILL BE TO TAKE THESE BACK SO THAT THEY ARE ALL IN SECOND READING ON JANUARY 28th, SO I JUST WANT TO CHECK AND VERIFY THAT ARE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REASONABLE PLAN TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. WE'RE EXCITED TO IMPLEMENT ALL OF THESE CHANGES, AND I WANT TO THANK DA NELLE AND HER TEAM. WE HAVE A LOT OF INCREDIBLE EXPERTS IN OUR SYSTEM THAT HAVE DOCK STRAIGHTS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS -- DOCTORATES THAT HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO DANELLE AND HER TEAM. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. IN ORDER TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE MOVING ITEMS NO. 19 AND 20, BOTH SUPERINTENDENT MONITORING, OF COURSE, TO OUR NEXT MEETING. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY DURING OUR SHORT BREAK TO LOOK -- TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME ON THAT MEETING. AND SO IN ORDER TO SAVE US 45 MINUTES TONIGHT AND SHOW SOME APPRECIATION FOR THE STAFF WHO'S ALREADY BEEN HERE SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING PERHAPS SOMEONE WOULD BE WILLING TO -- >> DID YOU SAY 19 THROUGH 23? >> NO, JUST 19 AND 20. I THINK THE REST OF THEM QUESTION DO PRETTY QUICKLY. >> I WOULD SUGGEST 19 THROUGH 23, BUT I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION. I'LL MAKE YOUR MOTION. >> WELL, IT'S 19 AND 20 NOW. THEY GOT RENUMBERED. SORRY. SO 19 AND 20 FOR THE MONITORING REPORT SINCE WE ADDED IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SORRY. SO BOTH MONITORING REPORTS WE WOULD MOVE TO THE NEXT MEETING. SO I WILL MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS 19 AND 20 BOTH MONITORING REPORTS TO OUR JANUARY 28th MEETING. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> SO MOTION BY WILLIAMS, SECONDED BY GUYGER. GUYGER... >> CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION REAL QUICK. >> YES. SORRY. >> SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT, THAT BUT I ALSO DID SOME WORK ON THE MONITORING REPORT FOR THE Ns, EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF IT, SO I ACTUALLY PREPARED A DOCUMENT. I'LL JUST HANDED OUT THE DOCUMENT FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE, WHICH I THINK MIGHT HELP THE NEXT CONVERSATION, AS WELL. AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT FOR ALL THE WORK AND EVERYTHING, BUT THIS MIGHT HELP US EXPEDITE THE NEXT CONVERSATION, TOO. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH ROLL CALL AGAIN. GUYGER... >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MEYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINE DENVER. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE THOSE ITEMS TO THE 28th. SO NO. 21, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SELF EVALUATION GOVERNMENT 1.2. DIRECTOR THOMPSON DID THIS ONE, AND SO I WILL HAND THAT OVER TO YOU. >> THAT'S 1.9. >> 1.2 -- THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S UP ON THE BOARD. 1.2, YEAH. PERFECT. >> ALL RIGHT. SO PART OF OUR MONITORING PROCESS -- THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN DECEMBER, BUT THE MEETING WENT LONG SO WE BUMPED IT TO TODAY. SO GP1.2 IS THE JOB OF THE BOARD, AND SO THIS IS JUST ABOUT HOW THE JOB OUTPUTS OF THE BOARD FOR OWNERSHIP AND SHARE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND THAT WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE A LINK BETWEEN OWNERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL -- AND THE OPERATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WRITTEN GOVERNING POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THE BODICE LEVELS OF ALL ORGANIZATIONAL DECISIONS AND SITUATIONS. SO THAT'S OUR Ns. EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS, GOVERNANCE PROCESSES AND THE BOARD LINKAGE AS WELL AS SHARE SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE, FAVORABLE LEGISLATIVE IMPACT AND REVIEW MONITORING AND IMPROVISING ALL BOARD POLICIES. SO I HAVE MARKED THIS ONE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. THE PERIOD MONITOR WAS APRIL 2nd 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 3rd. BECAUSE IT WAS DATED FROM THE LAST MEETING. AND AGAIN THERE'S EVIDENCE OF THE LINK BETWEEN THE OWNERSHIP AND THE OPERATIONAL OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO OUR BOARD COMMITTEE LINKS, BE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PLAN FOR THE WRITTEN GOVERNING POLICIES AT THE BODICE LEVEL, LINKS TO ALL OF OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE BOOK THAT COVERS ALL OF THOSE AREAS, WHICH WE RECENTLY UPDATED AT OUR SEPTEMBER 24th, 2024 BOARD MEETING. WHICH IS A COLLECTIVE WORK THAT WE'RE ALL REALLY PROUD OF. AND THEN ASSURE ANCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WITH THE MONITORING REPORTS AS WELL AS OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION CALENDAR, WHICH IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING UP. AND THEN OUR PROCESSES LEGISLATIVELY, SO -- THAT WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THE DISTRICT LOBBYISTS AS WELL AS THE POSITIONS THAT THE DISTRICT TAKES AND ALL THAT IS MAINTAINED IN A SPREADSHEET THAT WE'RE ALL ABLE TO REVIEW AND SEE CURRENT STATUS. REVIEWING MONITORING, REVISING ALL BOARD POLICIES. SO I'VE -- AGAIN, IN COMPLIANCE. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR DISAGREEMENTS? >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. >> I'M SORRY. DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I WAS GOING TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE MONITORING REPORT AND THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE TALKING ABOUT THE JOB OF THE BOARD AND KIND OF OUTLINING THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AND MAKING SURE IT'S KIND OF KEEPING US IN OUR LANE OR TRYING TO, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. AND THIS WILL BE ON THE CONCEPT AGENDA AT OUR NEXT -- THE CONSENT AGENDA AT OUR NEXT MEETING. ON TO 1.9. >> 1.9 IS COST OF GOVERN NANCE. SO THIS ONE IS -- SORRY. LET ME SCROLL DOWN, THAT WILL WISELY IN OUR GOVERNMENT'S CAPACITY, -- GP1.1, SORRY. THE GOVERNING STYLE, EMPHASIS ON LEADERSHIP THAT PRODUCES BEST POSSIBLE END RESULTS FOR STUDENTS. SO FOR THIS ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN OUR GOVERNANCE CAPACITY, SO TRAININGS, OUTSIDE MONITORING ASSISTANCE WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETS, OUTREACH MECHANISMS AS WELL AS BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. WE ALSO HAVE A SECTION HERE ABOUT GOVERNANCE COSTS WILL BE PRUDENTLY MANAGED AND INOCCURRED THE BOARD'S DISCRETIONARY BUDGET TO ENSURE EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNANCE AND PART OF THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE HOW WE SPEND THOSE FUNDS INCLUDING THINGS LIKE BOARD OPERATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUTSIDE MONITORING ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS ONE-TIME EXPENSES. AND THAT WE WILL PUBLICALLY REVIEW, DISCUSS AND ADJUST AS NECESSARY OUR EXPENDITURES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, AND THAT THE PROCESS FOR ANYTHING IN OUR BOARD BUDGET THAT GOES OVER THE THRESHOLD OF $2,000. SO IF YOU RECALL THIS POLICY -- WE UPDATED IT IN SEPTEMBER. SO THE LAST TIME THAT WE REVIEWED THIS POLICY, WE WERE PARTIALLY COMPLIANT AND PARTIALLY THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD SOME OUTDATED LANGUAGE INCLUDING OLD DOLLAR AMOUNTS LISTED. AND SO WE UPDATED THIS POLICY BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA SHIFT FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AND THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OVERBOARD TO HAVE TO CONSTANTLY UPDATE THIS POLICY WITH NUMBERS. AND SO I HAVE US AS IN COMPLIANCE. SO THE MONITORING PERIOD HERE IS APRIL THROUGH JANUARY, AND OUR POLICY UPDATED IN SEPTEMBER. SO I CHECKED THIS AGAINST OUR CURRENT POLICY, AND SO I PROVIDED THE EVIDENCE FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, INCLUDING OUR PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETINGS, AGAIN, OUR CALENDAR'S IN HERE, OUR COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, SOME OF THE BUDGET EXPLANATIONS, THE FACT THAT WE DO AUDITS, OUR HAPPENEDBOOK, OUR FINANCIAL PLAN OF BUDGETS IS IN HERE. ALL OF THESE ARE LISTED AND LINKED. I WOULD SAY THE ONE THING -- OUR CURRENT BUDGET. SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED FOR QUARTER 1. SO THAT'S JUST PASTED HERE FROM QUARTER 1. THAT DEMONSTRATES, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE DOING THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, AS WELL. I WOULD SAY THE ONLY THING THAT JUST RECENTLY GOT IMPLEMENTED WAS AS OF JANUARY 2025 THOSE BOARD EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS OVER 2000, THAT ONE WE NOW HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS TO DO THAT FOR THE -- TO FULFILL THAT REQUIREMENT IN THE POLICY, SO I DID PUT IT AS COMPLIANT BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ARGUE PARTIALLY COMPLIANT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. IT'S JUST THE TIMELINE. AND THE PERSON THAT I COORDINATE THAT WITH IS FINALLY BACK. >> I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT? >> LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. >> YEAH. IT'S IMPORTANT, SO THERE IS A LOT OF LINKS. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I MEAN, I GUESS -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE HAD HEARD THAT ELECTION FEES MAYBE WEREN'T AS HIGH AS WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA BE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON DID REACH OUT. AND I'M GOING TO ADD AN AGENDA ITEM TO OUR NEXT MEETING JUST TO HAVE A QUICK CONVERSATION AS A BOARD TO KIND OF DISCUSS HOW WE WANT TO -- WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE -- YEAH. SO -- ALL RIGHT. SO ON TO ITEM NO. 23, THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PLAN. THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY UPDATES SINCE THE -- SINCE WE MET ON THE BOARD RETREAT. BUT THIS WAS ON OUR BOARD CALENDAR, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS THERE. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED THE INVITES FROM THE DISTRICT FOR US TO DO THE LIBRARY SESSIONS WITH OUR -- WITH ANOTHER BOARD DIRECT. AND THEN ALSO THAT THE FEBRUARY 10th IS STILL TENTATIVE, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE FEEDBACK HOPEFUL WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK FROM WIN CREST FOR A MEETING FOR US TO DO THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT STILL IS OPEN ON EVERYONE'S CALENDAR. AND IF IT'S NOT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. BUT IT IS BEING HELD TENTATIVELY PICKUP DON'T HAVE TO DO IT LIGHT IT IN VERY SECOND, BUT WE -- WE DON'T HAVE IT YET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE CONFIRMATION FROM WINCREST YET. SO -- >> AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE THIS WITH WINDCREST RESIDENTS WHEN WE GO. WE SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE OUR SENIOR GOLD CARD PAMPHLETS, WHICH LOOK AMAZING, COMMUNICATIONS. SO THANK YOU. >> YEAH. SO UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO UPDATE SINCE OUR LAST DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. >> I DEED. OKAY. SO THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO BOARD REPORTS. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 28th. WE ALSO HAVE A RETREAT PLANNED FOR JANUARY 25th. IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT RETREAT, AS I TOTALLY FLAGGED WE HAD -- THERE'S A CHOIR CONCERT THAT SAME DAY THAT STARTS AT 1:00 P.M. SO I AM GOING TO ADJUST SOME OF THE MATERIAL, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY BE MEETING FROM ABOUT 9:00 UNTIL NOON, JUST SO EVERYONE HAS IT ON THEIR CALENDAR. AND THEN AGENDA PLANNING FOR BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE THIS THURSDAY, JANUARY 16th. I DON'T HAVE A TON TO COVER BECAUSE WE WERE ON BREAK. I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. WE DID HAVE A LUNCHEON LEARN IN DECEMBER AFTER OUR -- AFTER OUR LAST BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING, BUT IT WAS ON GROWTH AND DECLINE SO WE PRETTY MUCH COVERED THAT TONIGHT, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH TO KIND OF RECAP THERE. AND THEN ALSO DIRECTOR GUYGER AND I WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR 2024 BOND VICTORY AT SUPERINTENDENT KANE'S HOUSE. SO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THAT. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT TURN-OUT. I THINK WE HAD, WHAT, 45, 50 PEOPLE. AND SO JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY DID. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH EITHER. TOMORROW IS PARTNERSHIP OF DOUGLAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S MEETING, WHICH I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GUYGER, FOR GOING. AND IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO GO, IT STARTS 8 AND A HALF HOURS FROM NOW. [ LAUGHTER ] AND THURSDAY FOC MEETING, SO I WILL BE ATTENDING THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S IT UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND RETREAT. SO I'LL HAVE UPDATES AROUND THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE. THANKS. >> GREAT. ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR MEEK. >> YEAH. I DON'T THINK I HAVE TOO MANY UPDATES. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ATTEND AS MANY SAC AND STAFF MEETINGS IN THE HIGHLANDS RANCH AREA, TRYING TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT CURRENT QUESTIONS ARE AND I'LL CONTINUE TO -- I'LL BE AT A MEETING TOMORROW MORNING PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT HOURS FROM NOW AS WELL AT THAT NEXT SCHOOL MEETING. GROWTH AND DECLINE VIRTUAL MEETING IS TOMORROW EVENING AT 6:00. SEWN COURAGING EVERYONE TO TUNE INTO THAT. IT'S WONDERFUL THAT I THINK THEY'RE RECORDED AND YOU CAN ALWAYS LISTEN IN LATER. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IN A FOUR-HOUR RETREAT REALLY ISN'T THAT SHORT. IT'S JUST SHORT FOR OUR BOARD. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I THINK THE GROWTH AND DECLINE COMMUNITY MEETING HAPPENED AFTER OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. AND THEN IT WAS A VIRTUAL MEETING. YOU ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE LUNCH AND LEARN. THERE WAS A SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING THIS LAST WEEK, LAST WEDNESDAY. AND I ACTUALLY -- I COULD USE HELP FIGURING OUT -- BECAUSE WE SIGN A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT FOR THOSE MEETINGS, WITH GOOD REASON BECAUSE SOMETIMES INFORMATION IS SENSITIVE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO EVERYBODY ABOUT SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT ARE COVERED, AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME GUIDANCE OR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT ON THAT. SO I'LL JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE. BUT IT WAS GREAT MEETING. THEY'RE ALWAYS REALLY GOOD. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. >> DIRECTOR MEYERS. >> DIRECTOR MEEK AND I ATTENDED YOUTH COMMISSION LEADERSHIP CELEBRATION LAST WEEK. ALL OF OUR YOUTH LEADERS ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY WERE THERE, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH COMMISSION, AND WE HAD MAYORS -- I THINK REPRESENTED EVERYWHERE, OF ALL OF OUR TOWNS. TOWN COUNCIL, COMMISSIONERS, DIRECTOR MEEK AND I WERE THERE AND THE KIDS JUST FIRED QUESTIONS AT US. SO -- AND WE HEARD FEEDBACK THAT THEY REALLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH US. >> DIRECT ARE GUYGER.  -- DIRECTOR GUYGER. >> I ALSO ATTENDED THE NORTH PLANNING -- ANOTHER NORTH PLANNING MEETING AT CREST HILL ON THE 11th OF DECEMBER. IT'S INTERESTING, YOU CAN SEE THE QUESTIONS START TO SHIFT FROM WHY DO WE NEED TO CLOSE SCHOOLS TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT, AND IS IT GOING TO BE MY SCHOOL. BECAUSE AT LAST MEETING I GOT ASSIGNED TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. ON THE 16th, I WENT TO VISIT ACRES GREEN AND EAGLE RIDGE. FASCINATING. VERY DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. A MILE AND A HALF FROM EACH OTHER. WITH VERY DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND VERY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY'RE APPROACHING THEM. SO I ENJOYED THAT VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO START TO JOIN DIRDIRECTER MEEK AND I WILL STAT JOINING THE ZACH MEETINGS. I DID A BOARD REPORT ON A MEETING FROM LAST WEEK. I WILL ONLY SAY WE THE KIND OF MEETING FROM THE TYPE OF PRESENTATION THAT LRC LOVES AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY NOT. IT CONTINUES TO CONFIRM THAT EVERYTHING WE'RE SEEING IN THIS DISTRICT IS BEING SEEN OFTENTIMES IN MUCH STRONGER WAYS THAN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND DENVER COUNTY, ABOUT THERE'S JUST NOT AS MANY KIDS AS THERE USED TO BE, AND THERE'S NOT GONNA BE AS MANY KIDS. THE BIGGEST GROUP IN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS GONNA BE 65 AND OLDER. WE'RE JUST GETTING -- THERE'S A REASON HRCA BUILT A SENIOR CENTER AND NOT A PLAYGROUND. SO I THINK THAT TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING I'VE DONE SINCE DECEMBER. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> THANK YOU. I DO ATTEND THE GROWTH AND DECLINE MEETING AT CREST HILL IN ADDITION TO THE ONLINE ONE I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK LATER, AND I'LL ATTEND THE ONE TOMORROW NIGHT, AS WELL. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO STAFF, THAT'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB PRESENTING AND HANDLING THE QUESTIONS AND THE COMMENTS AND WITH A LOT OF -- A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, JUST KINDNESS AND PATIENCE, THE WAY THEY ANSWER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS. AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED THAT HAS OCCURRED IS, YOU KNOW, SOME MEETINGS ARE QUICKER THAN OTHERS. NOT A SINGLE ONE HAS EVER GOTTEN DONE ON TIME. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE STAFF STAYS AROUND AND ANSWERS EVERY SINGLE QUESTION, EVEN SOME THAT COME UP AFTER THE MEETING IS OVER, AND THEY NEVER LEAVE UNTIL ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ARE DONE. SO THERE'S NO RUSH TO GET OUT OF THERE. NOBODY'S TOLD SORRY, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME. IT'S VERY, VERY WELL DONE. THE UNIT AND ALL OF THE STAFF, IMPRESSIVE. AND I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING HOW PEOPLE FEEL. I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH SOME OF THE LOGIC THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE RATIONALIZE THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS ON BUT I GET WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AND I GET IT'S AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE FOR FOLKS I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING AND ANOTHER SHOUT-OUT TO HOW MUCH WORK SHE DOES TO BE PREPARED TO HAVE THE PROPER PROSPECTORS THERE, TO PROVIDE THE DETAIL THAT THE GROUP NEEDS, THE GROUP DOESN'T NEVER LEAVE WITHOUT ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TO BE MADE, EVER. AND SHE DOES A GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR STAYING LATER THAN YOU HAD PLANNED. ONTO ITEM 27, ADJOURNMENT, DO I HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY GUYGER, SECOND BY TOMPTON. >> GUYGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> YES. >> MEYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE, WINE DENVER. >> AYE. >> PASSES 7-0. BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW ADJOURNED.