BUSINESS NEED THE APRIL 21, 2026 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR DEFENSE LEN. >> HEAR. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> HERE. >> THE AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> HERE. >> OKAY.
THE WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL MOVE TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. GRADE, THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE DCSD SPOTLIGHT.
SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME, EVERYONE. GOOD EVERYBODY, TONIGHT WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE SCHOOLS TO RECOGNIZE, BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE A REALLY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY PARTNER.
THE DENVER BRONCOS FOUNDATION WITH THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE -- WOULD THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE PLEASE JOIN ME UP FRONT. JURY AND BRAD AND DANNY WINDSOR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. I THINK BRAD IS RUNNING IN RIGHT NOW. LOOK AT THAT. TALK ABOUT ON TIME.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> WOW YOU CAN GOT A WHOLE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THAT'S PRETTY COOL. YEAH. OVER -- YOU ARE GOING TO GET ONE IN A MINUTE. OVER THE YEARS, THE DENVER BRONCOS FOUNDATION HAS SUPPORTED STUDENTS OF DCSD IN SO MANY
WAYS, FROM GRANT AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS AT OUR SCHOOLS, TO SAFETY EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS HELMETS AND EVEN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. OUR AEDs. THE YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE AED LOCATED AT LEGEND HIGH
SCHOOL, SAVED THE LIFE OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER. FROM AN OPPOSING TEAM IN EARLY 2025. ON BEHALF AFFUL AFTER US IN OUR SCHOOL DIRECT WE ARE SEE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND TO THE DENVER BRONCOS FOUNDATION AND
DANNY I AND BRAD HAVE A FEW WORD THEY WANT TOO SAY AS WELL. >> I NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A PHENOMENAL PARTNER SHIM. SUPERINTENDENT KANE SPOKE WITH THE HELMET INITIATIVE. ALL IN, ALL COVERED. DEPDEPENDING ON ENROLLMENT IT WS 25 TOP OF THE LINE HELMETS
CONTRIBUTED TO SOME SCHOOLS, 21 FOR SOME IN THE ENROLLMENT. ALL AROUND STUDENT AND AGENT RECEIPT PLAYER SAFETY. THE INITIATIVE IS JUST BEEN A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SHOWCASE THAT. IN TERMS SAFETY. AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE REITERATE AS WELL IS THEIR ADDITIONAL HELP IN LAUNCHING OUR FLAG FOOTBALL FOR OUR GIRLS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. SO THREE YEARS AGO THEY BEGAN A PILOT THAT LANDED FOR TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS AGO, WE FINALLY SANCTIONED OUR GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL. AND OF COURSE, DOUGLAS COUNTY
HAS THE TWO STATE TITLES FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA. WHICH IS RATHER EXCITING. [ APPLAUSE ] SO FROM OUR SPECIFIC DISTRICT ATHLETICS OFFICE I WANT TO SAY TO THE BRONCOS FOUNDATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND HELPING US TO
CONTINUE TO BE BETTER. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE VERY MUCH FOR LIKE TO ARCTIC THE SAME THINGS AS BRAD. A BIG PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS IS MAKING SURE THE STUDENTS FEEL CONNECTED WITH THE SCHOOLS. A BIG PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS HELP YOU MORE STUDENTS TO BE
SAFELY CONNECTED TO SCHOOLS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS, 120% OF OUR STUDENTS INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT ATHLETIC AND ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS DOING MULTIPLE THINGS. AND HAVING THE SUPPORT OF INCREDIBLE FOUNDATION SUCH AS YOURS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS BE INVOLVED IS SOMETHING WE GREATLY APPRECIATE. PARTNERSHIPS MEAN A LOT TO US.
THE AND IT'S SOMETHING WE TALK A LOT ABOUT AND THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT OUR BOARD HELPS US LEAD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT. BUT ALSO TAKES SOMEBODY STEPPING FORWARD TO DO THE WORK AND IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE
THINGS, BUT FIRST I HAVE TO SAY, THINK, WE ALL KNOW WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL NEXT YEAR. YES. GO BRONCOS. AND DIRECTOR GEIGER IS HERE FOR A PLAQUE. AND WE HAD LAKE TO TAKE SOME
PICTURES. >> THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. NOW WE GET TO RECOGNIZE
SOME OF OUR AMAZING SCHOOLS. WHO IS HAVE BEEN NAMED RAMP CERTIFIED SCHOOLS BY THE AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION. SO I WANT TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE, PLEASE JOIN ME UP FRONT, DR. KELLY SMITH, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, WELLNESS AND PREVENTION. THE OUR COUNSELING LEADS, RENE
COLLIE AND CANBY CRABBE AS WELL AS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT DANNELL HIATT I WAS LIKE THEY ARE COMING RIGHT? EXCELLENT. MISTAKES WERE MADE. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS PLEASE JOIN US UP FRONT.
CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. CHAPARRAL, HIGH SCHOOL. CLEAR SKY ELEMENTARY. LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL. MESA MIDDLE SCHOOL. NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY. PRAIRIE CROSSING ELEMENTARY. AND SAND CREEK ELEMENTARY. SO COME ON OVER HERE AND WHAT AN
AMAZING LONG LIST OF SCHOOLS. AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DR. SMITH TALK TO US ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT BY OUR AMAZING SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY COUNSELING TEAM. WE ARE HUMBLED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THIS REPRESENTATION OF OUR RAMP SCHOOLS. THIS ILLUSTRATES THE WORK THAT OUR LEAD COUNSELORS AND COUNSELORS HAVE DONE IN THE
DISTRICT AROUND COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY WORK WITHIN THE NATIONAL MODEL. THE AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR NATIONAL MODEL. THEY LOOK AT THEIR DATE EVERY YEAR. THEY DESIGN THEIR PROGRAMS. AND THEN THEY DELIVER PROGRAMS BASED ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT,
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING. THEY DEVELOP THOSE LESSONS, THEY DELIVER THOSE LESSONS. AND THEN THEY TAKE RESULTS AND ASSESSMENT ON THE LESSONS AND REPORT IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS DO THAT. WHAT SETS THIS TEAM THESE TEAMS AHEAD OF THAT IS THEY NOT ONLY
DID IT. BUT THEN THEY WENT OUT TO AN OUTSIDE EVAL S EVALUATION AGENCS IS THE RESULTS, THIS WHAT WELL DO BETTER THE NEXT TIME TO THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THEM, OUR
DISTRICT, OUR OR SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHICH IS INCREDIBLE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THAT HIGH-LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE WHICH I AM NOT SURPRISED. SO IT YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK, WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR RAMP DESIGNEES AND WE NOW HAVE, WE JUST COUNTED AGAIN, 12 RAMP
SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT AND ONLY 20 IN THE STATE. SO WE HAVE MORE THAN HALF OF THE RAMP SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. I CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE LOTS OF
CERTIFICATES FROM OUR DIRECTORS SO THEY ARE GOING TO COME AND ATTEMPT TO HAND THOSE OUT. AND WE WILL DO A PICTURE AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY I WANT TO SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM FOR THE KIDS IN THEIR BEST
AND HARDEST MOMENTS, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> SOME OF THE CHEERLEADERS IN
THE FRONT.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU, AGAIN. >> AND PRESS MEEK, THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE SPOTLIGHT CELEBRATIONS. GREAT, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR CLARK AND -- CLARK. CALLAHAN, SORRY. AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR DENZLER. THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. THE MOTION IS NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE, I WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO
SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE MANY IMPORTANT DATES AND MILESTONES IN APRIL. SUCH AS NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH. AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH. NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH. CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH.
AND DEAF HIS MONTH. AND WE HAVE A FEW WEEKS, APRIL 6-10th IS NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WEEK. APRIL 20th-24th IS OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL APPRECIATION WEEK. SO THANK YOU TO OUR BASE STAFF. APRIL 20th THROUGH THE 24th
IS ALSO PUBLIC SCHOOL VOLUNTEER WEEK. APRIL 1st IS PARAPROFESSIONAL APPRECIATION DAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR EDUCATION ASSISTANTS. APRIL 22nd IS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS APPRECIATION DAY. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WHEN WE GIVE OUR APPRECIATION TO
THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. AND APRIL 28TH IS SCHOOL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY. EIGHT DCSD STUDENTS WERE NAMED 2026 DANIEL SCHOLARS, THIS IS A CRAZY NUMBER. STUDENTS ARE SELECTED FOR THEIR
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER, LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL, KNIT TO HIM SERVICE AND ACADEMIC PROMISE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE OUTSTANDING DCSD STUDENTS. HANNAH KNIGHT FROM CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. ETHAN QUINTANA FROM CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL. GRACE GARDNER FROM HIGHLANDS
RANCH HIGH SCHOOL. CHARLOTTE RADCLIFFE FROM LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL. ISAAC FROM MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL. MICHELLE FROM ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL. ASHTON STAMP FROM ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND ALISON ALUMS FROM SKY VIEW ACADEMY. WHAT AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND WE'LL CELEBRATE THOSES CAN KNIT FUTURE, 33 DCSD TEACHERS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE 2027 COLORADO TEACHER OF THE YEAR A -RD WHAT. I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN.
33 OF OUR AMAZING DCSD TEACHERS HAVE DIDN'T NOMINATED FOR COLORADO TEACHER. YEAR. BEST OF LUCK TO THESE AMAZING EDUCATORS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE DCSD CLEAN UP WITH A 2027
COLORADO TEACHER OF THE YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2026 APPLE AWARD WINNERS. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN CELEBRATING THEM AT THE APPLE AWARDS LAST MONTH. THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD DIRECTORS WHO ATTENDED. I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT WENT.
IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING AND WE GOT TO DO IT HALF OUTSIDE IN APRIL WHICH IS REALLY CRAZE. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN CELEBRATING EVERYONE. WE CELEBRATED CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR BAILEY MORSE FROM KLUM CREEK ACADEMY. DEPARTMENT EDGE EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR, JANET MERRILL FROM
CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT. ELEMENTARY EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR TERESA LANE FROM LONE TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SECONDARY EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR KIMBERLY SIGMUN FROM PONDEROSA HIGH SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ADMIT STRAIGHTER OF THE YEAR JEN
OLDHAM FROM CLARK SPUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE'LL DO ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THOSE AMAZING PEOPLE. HE WITH WON'T DO IT EVERY TIME BECAUSE WE'LL NEVER GET THROUGH. BUT OUR TEACHERS ARE AMAZING, PONDEROSA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL
STUDIES TEACHERS AND ALUM DR. MARK THORN SON, WAS SELECTED AS THE WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HOLOCAUST EDUCATION. WAY TO GO, WHAT AN HONOR. CONGRATULATIONS TO ASPEN VIEW ACADEMY TEACHER KRISTEN LÓPEZ
WHO WAS NAMED MOST VALUABLE TEACHER BY THE COLORADO AVALANCHE. CONGRATULATIONS TO DCSD LEGACY CAMPUS STUDENTS WHO WERE NAMED GRAND CHAMPION AT HIGH ENERGY ROBOTICS SHOWDOWN.
HOSTING BY THE COLORADO ROBOTICS LEAGUE, THE REGULAR IS A CAMPUS TEAM WAS CALLED CHOPPED LIVER, AND RECEIVED A 500-DOLLAR SCHOOL GRANT. DCSD NURSE CONSULTANT AMBER NORWOOD AND DENISE SHORE PASSED THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR
CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL NURSES EXAM. THEY HAVE EARNED THE. >> CSN CREDENTIAL A PRESTIGIOUS DISTINCTION THAT REFLECTS THEIR HARD WORK AND DEEP COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL NURSING EXCELLENCE, THAT IS NOW HELD BY NINE DCSD SCHOOL NURSE CONSULTANTS.
23 STUDENTS WERE NAMED WINNERS AT THE CONTINENTAL LEAGUE ART SHOW LAST MONTH. YOU CAN ALL SEE WE HAVE AN ART SHOW GOING ON RIGHT NOW P THE 2026 DCSD EXPERIENCE SURVEY WINDOW IS OPEN THROUGH MAY 8TH. SO FAMILIES, STAFFS, AND MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVED SURVEY LINKS VIA EMAIL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEND REMINDERS AND ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO COMPLETE THESE SURVEYS, WHICH PROVIDE IMPORTANT DATA ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO EVERYONE PLEASE MAKE SURE TO COMPLETE YOUR SURVEY.
UPCOMING GRADUATIONS, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT HERE WE ARE. WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING GRADUATION SEASON. IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW SPRING BREAK HAPPENS AND THEN IT'S OVER. APRIL 20 -- EXCUSE ME, INFORMATION ABOUT GRADUATION
CEREMONIES CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. FRIDAY APRIL 21st IS THE LAST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY OF THE YEAR. I WILL BE PRESENTING THE STATE OF DCSD TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF IN EVERY FEED ORE THAT DAY. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
IT'S ONE OF MIAMI FAVORITE DAYS OF THE YEAR WHEN I GET SEE SO MANY OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF IN PERSON. SAVE THE DATES AND EVENTS. FOR THESE DATES, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL ART SHOW. SEE EXHIBIT "A" APRIL 22 THROUGH 29th RIGHT HERE OF THE THE BUS
RODEO IS APRIL 25TH AT PANNED ROSA HIGH SCHOOL. WHERE OUR BUS DRIVERS COMPETE WITH BUS DRIVERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AT AN ALL-DAY EVENT. IT'S THE COOLEST THING EVER. THEY COMPETE WITH LIKE PARALLEL PARKING A SCHOOL BUS BETWEEN TWO CONES WITH NO SPACE. I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT WITH MY CAR, SO I DON'T GET IT.
BUT THEY ARE AMAZING. SO THAT'S THE BUS RODEO. ELEMENTARY ART SHOW IS MAY 1-8TH HERE AT LEGACY THE STATE OF DCSD EVENT IS MAY 4th AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED AND I HOPE YOU'LL COME.
THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY TOY CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR AMAZING RETIRING PROFESSIONALS IS MAY 7TH AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS AND THEN WE HAVE A LEGACY CAMPUS SIGNING DAY AND RECEPTION ON MA. EL CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATING SENIORS WHO ARE SIGNING WITH EMPLOYERS.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER DISCOVERY CAMP IS JUNE 3 3-5 HERE AT LEGY AND THE PERSEVERANCE GOLF TURN ISN'T JULY 27 AT PLUMB CREEK GOLF CLUB AND FINALLY ANOTHER NOTE ON THE EXPERIENCE SURVEY. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE GET A
SURPRISE SO THIS YEAR'S SURPRISE WAS THE DATA THAT WAS COMING IN WAS FILLING THE DASHBOARD LIVE. AND MIXING UP WITH LAST YEAR'S DATA. REALLY AWESOME P SO WE HAVE TAKEN THE EXPERIENCE SURVEY DOWN AND PUT AN UNDER CONSTRUCTION PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE.
UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW HO* YOU TO FILTER LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR'S. WE ARE WORKING TO GET IT CORRECTED. THAT CONCLUDES MY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. L.[ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S WORTH CLAPPING. THE NUMBER OF CELEBRATIONS AND
HONORS IN OUR DISTRICT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, IT'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE AS USUAL. PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND THE BOARD VALUES HEARING FROM OUR
STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. EACH REGISTERED SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL BE ALLOTTED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. TO SUPPORT A RESPECTFUL AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND TO MODEL FOR OUR STUDENTS, THE CIVIL DISCOURSE WE EXPECT WE ASK
ALL SPEAKERS TO PLEASE ADDRESS COMMENTS TO THE BOARD. RATHER THAN TO STAFF, INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE MEMBERS OR GUESTS. KEEP REMARKS APPROPRIATE FOR A K-12 EDUCATIONAL AUDIENCE. AND REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSIONS OF ALL PERSONNEL MATTERS WHICH ARE
MORE APPROPRIATE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETING LAW, AND IF YOU WISH TO KEEP PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVATE, PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN YOUR COMMENTS.
JUST AS A REMINDER, BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RESPOND DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING. BOARD-RELATED MATTERS MAYBE I FOLLOWED UP LATER BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT OR OPERATIONAL MATTERS BY BEING REFERRED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY STUDENT SPEAKERS TONIGHT I BELIEVE. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VIRTUAL SPEAKERS THAT WILL START FIRST AND IN-PERSON SPEAKERS IF YOU WANT TO START MAKING YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE FRONT ROWS, IT DOES TAKE A BIT OF TIME TO MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN. FEEL FREE TO START COMING ON
DOWN. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD, ADJUSTER THE MICROPHONE SO THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY AND BEGIN WITH IDENTIFYING YOURSELF BY NAME AND WHETHER YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, OR A GROUP. AND I'LL CALL SPEAKERS THREE AT A TIME.
BUT I WILL START WITH OUR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. AND FIRST I HAVE KIM CAROL FOLLOWED BY LAURINE BOWL.
KIM CARROLL. >> HELLO. >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU, PLEASE
PROCEED. MS. CARROLL, ARE YOU ABLE TO HERE US? >> MS. CAROL YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS KIM CAROL. AND I LIVE IN PARKER.
BOTH OF MAY BOYS GRADUATED FROM CHAPARRAL. AND I READ THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS PROPOSING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE ALL WANT OUR SCHOOLS TO BE SAFE AND WE KNOW IT'S A MULTI-LALAYER LAYER APPROACH OF MY CONCERN IS THE COMMISSIONERS ONLY WALT TO GO PUT MONEY
TOWARDS A VERY SPECIFIC SECURITY IS SYSTEM, EVOLVE. AND SROs. THE SECURITY SYSTEM IN QUESTION EVOLVE HAS HAD MANY RED FLAGS HAD WHETHER I LOOKED IT UP. IT'S BEEN -- IT'S BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE FTC. THE F D.C.
IT NEEDS TO BE CALIBRATED JUST PERFECTLY OR IT'S EITHER GOING TO MISS A NIGHT LIKE IT DID ARIZONA AT A SCHOOL IN CENTRAL NEW YORK OR CAUSE A METAL LUNCH BOX TO COME ACROSS AS POSSIBLY A BOMB. WHICH IT DID HAPPEN TO A
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD. SO I HAVE HEARD THE COMMISSIONERS SPEAK PASSIONATELY ABOUT THAT THEY CARE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM PUT THEIR MONEY TOWARDS MORE PERSONNEL FOR MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING, OR FOR MORE PEOPLE TO DO THREAT ASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR -- TO OTHER STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR SCHOOL, THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO WANT TO HARM OTHERS IN THE SCHOOL OR THEMSELVES.
SO I WOULD PREFER THE MONEY GO TO SOMETHING MORE LIKE THE MENTAL HEALTH END OF IT. AS FOR SROs, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE THE ANSWER, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S A WAY TO BUILD COMMUNITY. SO IF THAT'S WHERE THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION AND THE BOCC CAN AGREE A LITTLE BIT, THEN I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SROs ARE ABSOLUTELY TRAINED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY, AND I -- EVERY STUDENT FEELS SAFE AND SECURE TO GO TO THOSE SROs.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. >> THANK YOU, MS. CARROLL. NEXT WE'LL HAVE LAURINE BOL FOLLOWED BY LIZ WAGGER IN, SHAWN BENSON AND LAUREN REELING. LAURINE BOL, IS SHE ONLINE?
>> GO AHEAD, MS. BOL. >> HI, MIME MY NAME IS LAURINE BOL SPEAKING ON BEHALF THE DOUGLAS COUNT CHAPTER OF FAIR AND HUNDREDS OF CONCERNED PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS. WE ALL WANT OUR SCHOOLS TO DELIVER OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION THAT ADVANCES THE BOARD'S GOAL OF ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE FOR EVERY CHILD. VALUES AND MORAL VIEW FORMATION BELONG TO FAMILIES. NOT TO REQUIRE TEXTBOOKS. DISTRICT POLICY IJ IS CLEAR, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS MUST BE APPROPRIATE, EQUITABLE, VIABLE, RESEARCH-BASED, STANDARD-BASED
AND RELEVANT WERE THEY MUST ADVANCE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, AND ANY AREAS OF POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY MUST BE IDENTIFIED AND JUSTIFIED. UNFORTUNATELY, THREE PROPOSED RESOURCES FALL SHORT OF THESE STANDARDS. HISTORY ALIVE, WORLD CONNECTIONS AND AMERICA THROUGH THE LENS DO
NOT FULLY MEET THE BOARD'S STANDARD OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. HISTORY ALIVE USES AN EXPERIENTIAL ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS SIMULATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION UNIT. SO STUDENTS CAN, QUOTE, FEEL CAPITALIST INEQUALITY WHILE
PROVIDING FAR LESS BALANCED EXAMINATION OF FREE MARKET OUTCOMES, OR THE DOCUMENTED HISTORICAL RESULTS OF 20th CENTURY COMMUNIST SYSTEM. AMERICA THROUGH THE LENS FRAMES U.S. HISTORY AS AN EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. THE THESE APPROACHES RISK
PRIORITIZING ONE'S INTERPRETATIVE LENS OVER THE CHRONOLOGICAL RIGOR PRIMARY SOURCES, AND FULL RANGE OF EVIDENCE OUR STUDENTS NEED TO DEVELOP INDEPENDENT CRITICAL THINKING. EVEN MERE CONCERNING IS I HEAR A COUNSELOR GUIDE AT THUNDER RIDGE
IT TRAINS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COUNSEL PIERCE ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, EMOTIONS, CONFLICT, PULLYING AND THE IMPACT OF DISCRIMINATION ON MARGINALIZED GROUPS. TEENS ARE NOT LICENSED THERAPISTS, THEY LACK THE TRAINING BEING SUPERVISION, MATURITY AND LEGAL SAFE YARDS
THAT PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS HAVE. THE DOCUMENTED RISKS INCLUDE INAPPROPRIATE OR INNING AT RACK ADVICE DURING CRISES, BREACHES OF CONFIDENTIALITY. GOSSGOSSIP VICARIOUS TRAUMA ON R THE QUOTE COUNSELORS AND DELAYED
ACTION TO TO REAL HELP ESPECIALLY FOR THE STU STUDENTST FACE THE GREAT I HAVE CHALLENGES, THESE MATERIALS WHILE WELL INTENTIONED DO NOT FULLY SATISFY POLICY IJ'S REQUIREMENT FOR APPROPRIATENESS AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. THEY BLUR CRITICAL PROFESSIONAL WOULDN'T ARE YOUS AND SHIFT
VALUES FORMATION AWAY FROM FAMILIES RESPECT. I URGE THE BOARD TO REVIEW ALL THREE RESOURCES AGAINST YOUR OWN POLICY STANDARDS, RETURN THE VALUES EDUCATION TO FAMILIES AND END SURE THAT DOWNING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN REMAINS IN THE PURVIEW OF QUALIFIEDED ADULTS,
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO IN PERSON WITH LIZ WAGNER, FOLLOWED BY SHAWN BENSON AND THEN LAUREN REELING.
MS. WAGNER. YES.
>> GOOD EVERYBODY, SORRY, I AM TARDY. I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FRONT ROW BUT I WASN'T WERE AM HERE THIS EVENING TO CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT GOVERNANCE. AS YOU HEAR FROM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN A SCHOOL BOARD ENTERS INTO A COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING AGREEMENT IT VOLUNTARILY GIVES AWAY SIGNIFICANT AUTHORITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO AN OUTSIDE LABOR UNION. IMPORTANT DECISIONS ABOUT TEACHER PLACEMENT, EVALUATION,
WORKING CONDITIONS, TRANSFER RIGHTS AND EVERYBODY HOW RESOURCES ARE USED BECOME SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION AND UNION APPROVAL. RATHER THAN BOARD DIRECTION. YOU WERE ELECTED. NOT THE UNION.
A CBA LOCKS THE DISTRICT IN RIGID ONE SIDES FITS ALL RULES THAT CAN TAKE YEARS TO CHANGE IT SLOWS DOWN INNOVATION, RIM LIST PRINCIPALS ABILITY TO BUILD STRONG TEAMS AND MAKES HARD TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO WHAT IS BEST FOR KIDS IN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS.
YOUR JOB IS TO GOVERN TRANSPARENCY AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS. AND TAXPAYERS. NOT TO DELEGATE CORE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS TO A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
VOTERS. YOU ARE EACH PUBLICALLY ELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY TO LET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU ARE NOT ELECTED TO HAND OVERCONTROL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO A PRIVATE ENTITY. I RESPECT OF THE I URGE TO YOU
REMEMBER WHY YOU WERE ELECTED. AND ALSO WHY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EXISTS. IT DOESN'T EXIST FOR ADULTS. IT DOESN'T EXIST TO BUILD SCHOOLS. IT EXISTS FOR ONE REASON, TO EDUCATE CHILDREN.
THE CHILDREN -- THEY DON'T BENEFIT FROM AN A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. THEY BENEFIT FROM A FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL
NEEDS. AND I WOULD ASK YOU WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT YOU ARE HOPING TO SOLVE POTENTIALLY IF YOU DECIDING TO WITH A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT? ARE YOU SOLVING FOR STEP AND LANE? OH, YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT. WHAT'S THE FINANCIAL COST TO THE STUDENTS OF THIS DISTRICT IF YOU
DO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND YOU DON'T PASS AN MLO OR A BOND. WHAT WILL THAT COST THE STUDENTS? AN EDUCATION. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CUT IF YOU CAN'T FUND.STEP AND LANE? WHO CARES ABOUT A STEP AND LANE
IF YOU CAN'T FUND IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER. >> 15 SECONDS REMAINING. >> YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR SOME MYTHS AND SOME FACTS AND IT'S A SALES PITCH AND ALL AT THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MS. WAGNER. NEXT WE HAVE SHAWN BENSON, FOLLOWED BY LAUREN REEL AND THEN JENNIFER IVERSON. MR. BENSON. THERE YOU GO I KNOW MIC ETIQUETTE I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE AND RECOGNIZE EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD INCLUDING SUPERINTENDENT ERIN KANE FOR PUTTING THE PHONE DOWN DURING THE ENTIRE MEETING LAST MOM THAT SIMPLE ACTION DID NOT GO UNNOTICED AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY THE LATEST POLICY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DIGITAL CRACK PIPE IN SCHOOL AS ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOLKIDS TO GET
THE DOPAMINE BETWEEN CLASSES AND PERMITS TEACHER TOES TO A EXCEPTIONS IN CLASS, BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE. IT ALSO ALLOWS EXCEPTIONS IN A STUDENT'S 504 PLAN. SO THE ADDICTS IN CHARGE CAN OVERRIDE THE DISTRICT POLICY AND THE SEVERELY ADDICTED NARCISSISTS CAN FILE PAPERWORK
FOR THEIR VERY OWN FAKE 504 PLAN JUST LIKE ALL THE FAKE SERVICE ANIMALS WE NOW SEE IN GROCERY STORES AND RESTAURANTS WATCH COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? THAT IS A VERY FAR CRY FROM A FULL-OUT BAN ON THE PHONES. I FEEL LIKE I AM SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS ABOUT THIS IN A ROOM WHERE NO ONE IS
LISTENING AT ALL. I WROTE AN ENTIRE ALBUM ABOUT THE DAMAGE THIS DRUG IS DOING TO HUMANITY BUT NO ONE IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS LISTENING EITHER. EVERYONE IS JUST NODDING THEIR HEAD WAITING FOR ME TO STOP TALKING SO THEY CAN ALL GET SAY, SHUT UP, SHAWN, WE LIKE OUR DRUGS. REMEMBER THIS MOMENT.
REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS ONE GUY HERE STANDING HERE TRYING TO SAVE OUR KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT BY TAKING THEIR DRUGS AWAY AT SCHOOL. WHEN, NOT IF, THE NEXT TEENAGE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HAPPENS, PROBABLY A SUICIDE, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS
ONE GUY HERE TRYING TO PREVENT IT. AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT TRAGEDY WILL BE LINKED TO THE DAMAGE DONE BY THESE STUPID PHONES. EVERYONE IS SO FOCUSED ON FAKE BULLYING, AKA CYBER BULLYING, THAT THEY DON'T SEE THE ACTUAL PROBLEM RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEIR FACE IN THEIR OWN HANDS.
THE SMARTPHONE. THOSE OF YOU WHO ENABLE THE CYBER BULLYING NONSENSE ARE THE SAME PARENTS GIVING YOUR OWN KIDS THESE PHONES WHERE YOUR SO-CALLED CYBER BULLYING OCCURS, WORDS ARE NOT VIOLENCE SKPAOEURB BULLYING IS NOT ACTUAL BULLYING, ASK ME HOW I KNOW. YOU CAN'T BULLY SOMEONE WITH
WORDS AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE STUPID PHONE THEN, PROBABLY SOLVED. THE DUMB, DUMB PARE PARENTSES WO GIVE THEIR KIDS THIS DRUG ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THEIR ADDICTION. BUT EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR A FULL-OUT BAN ON OUR SCHOOLS INCLUDING HIGH
SCHOOLS, YOU WILL BE CULPABLE. YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY BE CULPABLE. THERE WILL BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE IF YOU DON'T REMOVE THIS DRUG IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IT JUST TAKES ONE HIT, JUST ONE HIT AND IT MAKES YOU A STATISTIC. I KNOW, EARN THINKSES I AM OVERREACT AND SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND COMPLY.
BUT I CAN'T COMPLY WHEN I KNOW THE REASON WHY, NO ONE CAN EVEN LOOK YOU IN THE EYE. THAT DRUG IN YOUR HAND IS HOW WE DIE. YOU HAVE THE CHANCE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW TO BE ON THE CORRECT SIDE OF THIS ISSUING YOU WHEN VOTING ON THIS POLICY TONIGHT REMEMBER HOW MUCH BETTER THE WORLD WAS WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL BEFORE THIS DRUG EVER
EXISTED. >> IF I HAVE SEEN SECONDS. >> REMAINING. >> ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS THAT HILL I AM WILLING TO DIE ON AND WHAT DO I REALLY STAND FOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. BENSON, NEXT LAUREN REELING FOLLOWED BY
JENNIFER IVERSON AND THEN MATTHEW. >> GOOD EVENING. THE DFC WANTS EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTATION OVER EVERY
TEACHER THIS DISTRICT. MEANING THE UNION SPEAKS FOR ALL TEACHERS INCLUDE THOSE WHO DON'T WANT IT. THE DCF IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACH TEACHERS PARTNERING WITH THE N E.R.A. THE TWO LARGEST POLITICAL LOBBYING FORCES IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION, THE A FT SPENDS ONLY 36% OF ITS BUDGE EFFORT ON ACTUALLY REPRESENTING TEACHERS WHILE POURING $41 MILLION ANNUALLY INTO IN POLITICAL LIKEYING FOR DEMOCRATS. THE NEA EXPANDING BARGAINING BEYOND WAGES INTO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS THAT DON'T END ONCE
THE UNION SETTLES ITS CONTRACT THIS ISN'T A LABOR NEGOTIATION IT'S A POLITICAL PRANGS. SUCTION I KNOW THE BOARD FROWNS UPON CHERRY PICKING DATA LET'S TALK BUT HOT CCF PRESENTATIONS SLIDES FOR TONIGHT DO EXACTLY THAT. THE EVIDENCE ON SLIDE TEN ON
TEACHER SUPPORT FOR UNIONS IS A UNION SURVEY OF UNION MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF UNIONS. NOW, UNIONS PAINT A PICTURE THAT TEACHERS CAN'T GET FAIR WORK CONDITIONS AND PAY WITHOUT THEM.
BUT THIS COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN UP. TEACHER PAY HAS INCREASED 33% IN RECENT YEARS. WITHOUT A UNION. THE BOARD LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ARE ALREADY BEHIND SUPPORTING TEACHERS. THE DATA THAT THE DCF CHOOSES TO
TELL DOESN'T TELL THAT STORY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SERVE THE AGENDA. THE DISTRICT IS LOSE BE ENROLLMENT BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING ALTERNATIVES NOT BECAUSE OF ACADEMICS BUT BECAUSE OF VALUES AND EMBEDDING A NATIONAL POLITICAL LOBBYING
MACHINE INSIDE THE DISTRICT ONLY DRIVES THAT WEDGE DEEPER. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE FISCAL CHALLENGES THIS DISTRICT FACES. A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT LOCKS IN EVENS TRAIN JUSTICE OBLIGATION, HANDCUFFS THE DISTRICT AT THE EXACT MOMENT
THAT IT NEEDS FLEXIBILITY TO PRIORITIZE ITS DOLLARS THAT AMOUNT STUDENTS THE MOST. AND FINALLY, A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW OF THREE DECADES OF RESEARCH, FOUND THAT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING HAS EITHER NO EFFECT OR A NEGATIVE EFFECT
ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS THEM, I HAVE A LIST OF THESE STUDIES AVAILABLE. DCSD IS THE NUMBER ONE PERFORMING DISTRICT IN THE DENVER METRO AREA WITH A 93.6% GRADUATION RATE THIS. BOARD SHOULD BE PROTECTING WHAT'S WORKING.
NOT HANDING IT OVER TO A POLITICAL MACHINE THAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS MAKES STUDENT OUTCOMES WORSE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL HAVE JENNIFER IVERSON, FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW SO LACK AND THEN BILL HAYMAKER.
MS. INVERSON. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD MAKES MECHANICS AND SUPERINTENDENT CANE I AM JENNIFER IVERSON AND I REPRESENT DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS THIS EVENING. WE BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION A MATTER OF SERIOUS CONCERN. CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES THE
COMPANY THAT OWNS I READY. IS CURRENTLY FACING A FEDERAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. FOUR STUDENTS REPRESENTED BY THEIR PARENTS, ALLEGE THE COMPANY UNLAWFULLY COLLECTS AND SHARES SENSITIVE STUDENT DATA WITHOUT PROPER PARENTAL CONSENT.
THAT DATA CLOUDS NAMES, STUDENT' I.D.s, GRADE LEVEL, BEHAVIORAL INFORMATION, RESPONSES TO ACADEMIC QUESTIONS. AND IP ADDRESSES. ALLEGEDLY, TRANSMITTED IN REAL TIME TO THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE SUIT BRINGS CLAIMS UNDER THE
FEDERAL WIRE TAP ACT, SEVERAL PRIVACY ACTS AND A CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT. THE INDICATES IS ACTIVE IN FEDERAL COURTS AS OF APRIL 2026. CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AND ASSESSMENT PROVIDER SERVING MORE THAN 17 MILLION STUDENTS IN
GRADES K-12 DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. BEYOND IN LAWSUIT THERE ARE DOCUMENTED ETHICAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF I READY'S ASSESSMENTS. THE PLATFORM DOES NOT TEST PHONEMIC AWARENESS PAST SECOND GRADE YET IT CONTINUE SAYS TO
REPORT THAT SOLDER STUDENTS HAVE MASTERED OR TESTED OUT OF THAT SKILL. THIS IS DEEPLY PROPERTY ATTIC BECAUSE MANY STUDENTS DEVELOP FOUNDATIONAL READING SCHOOLS WELL BEYOND THE SECOND INDICATE.
TEACHERS AND PARENTS DESERVE ACCURATE DATA NOT THE A APPEARANCE OF IT. WE URGE THIS BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S RELATIONSHIP AND CONTRACTS WITH CRICK HUM ASSOCIATES AND TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING SERVED BY TOOLS THAT ARE BOTH TRUST WORTHY AND HONEST.
DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS HAS ALSO STOOD BEHIND AND BY THE EDUCATORS IN THIS DISTRICT. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED ALL MILL LEVEE OVERRIDES TO INCREASE TEACHER PAY AND BENEFITS. HOW WE TREAT TEACHERS REFLECTS
OUT SERIOUSLY WE TAKE THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN, TEACHERS ARE THE TOUCHSTONE OF PUBLIC ELSE INDICATION, SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE. CHALLENGE THEM AND THEN THEM ROO EVEN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THAT DEMANDING, DEEPLY SKILLED AND DESERVES GENUINE
RECOGNITION. D.C. P SUPPORTS OUR TEACHERS, AND WE ENCOURAGE THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND REQUESTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
NEXT MATTHEW SOLACK FOLLOWED BY BILL HAYMAKER AND THEN SARAH SPILLEN. MR. SOLACK. THE. >> HELLO I AM MATTHEW SOLACK A TEACHER THE LEGEND SHY OHIO SCHOOL AND A PROUD MEMBER OF
DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION. WELL, I EVER BEEN COMING BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS. ADVOCATING FOR THE RETURN OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. I HAVE WORKED ON COUNTLESS ELECTIONS TO GET FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
I HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST BAD IDEAS AND SUPPORT THINGS THAT MOVE US FORWARD IT'S FUNNY HOW EASY IT IS TO BREAK SOMETHING AND HOW HARD IT IS TO PUT THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER. DURING THE DARKEST TIMES OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND THEY WERE QUITE DARK AT TIME MY PERSONAL MANTRA WAS DO WHAT'S
RIGHT FOR STUDENTS. THAT WAS A DAILY WE MINDER OF WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WHEN IT WASN'T SO EASY TO SEE. WHY DID I STAY AND FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. WHY DID I NOT FLEE LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, WHY HAVE I PUT SO MUCH.
TIME AND EFFORT INTO PUTTING THE PIECES BAG TOGETHER. BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THIS PLACE BECAUSE YOU KNOW MY COLLEAGUES PUT THEIR STUDENTS FIRST BECAUSE I WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WILL GIVE THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS THE RESPECT AND VOICE THEY
DESERVE. YOU SHOULD WANT TO IMPLEMENT THEIR EXPERTISE. THEY ARE WHAT MAKE DCSD A GREAT PLACE FOR YOU ARE STUDENTS. WHEN THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE CLASSROOMS HAVE A SAY IN THEIR
WORKING CONDITIONS STUDENT' LEARNING CONDITIONS ALSO IMPROVE. TRUST THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME. TRUST THEM ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM A REAL VOICE AND DECISION MAKING. YOU'LL BE PROUD OF THEIR DEDICATION, AND INSPIRED BY THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WILL HELP REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE 14 YEARS AGO. LET'S WORK TOGETHER FOR OUR COMMON GOAL, OUR STUDENTS' SUCCESS, PLEASE HEAR OUR VICES, PLEASE REINSTATE COLLECTIVELY GAGGER AROUNDING. PLEASE AFTER 14 YEARS, I NEED TO
GET BACK AND FOCUS ON MY STUDENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE BILL HAYMAKER FOLLOWED BY SARAH SPILLEN AND THEN WENDY HYMES.
MR. HAYMAKER. >> THANK YOU, BOARD. AND FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS BILL HAYMAKER AND I AM A DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENT A PARENT OF TWO SONS WHO ATTENDED SCHOOL HERE AND I AM A RETIRED TEACHER FOR THIS DISTRICT. I WAS A MEMBER AND BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DOUGLAS
COUNTY FEDERATION AND I NOW SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF OUR RETIREE CHAPTER. I TAUGHT ELEMENTARY BAND AND ORCHESTRA IN THIS DISTRICT FROM 1982 UNTIL MY PROGRAM WAS CUT AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING WAS ELIMINATED HERE.
SO I HAVE SEEN THIS DISTRICT AT ITS BEST. AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN DID YOU GO LAS COUNTY SCHOOLS WERE SECOND TO NONE. WE ATTRACTED OUTSTANDING TEACHERS BECAUSE THIS WAS A PLACE PEOPLE WANTED TO WORK. SALARIES WERE COMPETITIVE, YES, BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT THERE WAS
RESPECT. TEACHERS AND STAFF HAD A VOICE. WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING STRONG SCHOOLS TOGETHER. THAT PARTNERSHIP MATTERED. IT CREATED STABILITY.
IT STARTED TEACHERS IN GROWING PROFESSIONALLY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT GAVE STUDENTS A RICH WELL-ROUND EDUCATION THAT THEY DESERVE. SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS IS NOT JUST CHANGE, IT'S BEEN DECLINED.
WE HAVE LOST SO MANY EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS. WE HAVE LOST PROGRAMS THAT INSPIRED STUDENTS. AND TOO OFTEN, EDUCATIONAL HAS BECOME POLITICIZED INSTEAD OF FOCUSED ON WHAT IS BEST FOR KIDS. THIS CAN BE TURNED AROUND.
WE KNOW WHAT WORKED BECAUSE WE HAVE LIVED IT. I URGE YOU TO RESTORE COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING. NOT AS A POLITICAL ACT WITH YOU AS A COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATION, RESPECT, AND STRONG SCHOOLS. FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, FOR
OUR COMMUNITY, AND FOR EVERY STUDENT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, MR. HAYMAKER. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE SARAH SPILLEN FOLLOWED BY WENDY HYMES
AND THEN HAILEY BURKE. MS. SPILLEN. >> GOOD EVENING ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS SARAH SPILLEN AND I AM ACTUALLY A SECOND GENERATION
DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATOR. MY CHILDREN ALSO NOW GO TO DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS, SO OUR FAMILY IS VERY INVESTED. I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND REALLY AT ONE SCHOOL. I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
BIT OF PERSPECTIVE ON A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING ON BOTH SIDES AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO NEED TO HEAR EVEN IF WE DISAGREE, THAT WE NEED TO HEAR
BOTH SIDES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT. FIRST, ALL OF THE OTHER MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE DENVER METRO AREA HAVE A COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING AGREEMENT, EXCEPT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY. AND SHARED IN SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO. -- SHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO.
CONSIDERING BOTH HIRING AND RETAINING HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATORS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY TURN AWAY NEW AND EXPERIENCED STAFF LOOKING FOR OPEN POSITIONS. SECOND, IN THE PAST 15 YEARS, THE PENDULUM HAS SWUNG BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND CONSERVATIVE
SCHOOL BOARDS. WITH EACH PENDULUM SWING, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED THAT AFFECT HOW AND WHAT STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT. MANY OF THESE CHANGES ALSO ERODED TRUST BETWEEN STAFF AND
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. A COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING AGREEMENT WOULD PROVIDE STABILITY THROUGH ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES AND WOULD BENEFIT BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF. FINALLY, EDUCATION HAS NEVER BEEN AN EASY PROFESSION. OVER MY ALMOST 20-YEAR CAREER,
THE WORKLOAD STATE REQUIREMENTS, CLASS SIZES, AND STUDENTS NEEDING SUPPORT HAVE NOT MADE THIS CALLING ANY EASIER. DURING STRESSFUL TIMES HAVING A PLAN WITH CLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND A VOICE IN DATE TO DAY CLASSROOM
HAPPENINGS, MAKES COLLABORATION BENEFICIAL FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE WHY WE ARE ALL HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU.
NEXT WENDY HYMES FOLLOWED BY HIGHLY, BUT AND THEN LORI NOT UN. >> GOOD EVERYBODY I AM WENDY HYMES AND I HAVE BEEN TEACHING FRESH THAN AND SENIOR ENGLISH AT LEDGE I WANT HIGH SCHOOL FOR FOUR GREAT YEARS AND COLORADO EARLY COLLEGES AT PARKER CHARTER SCHOOL BEFORE THAT.
I WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR TEACHER -- COLORADO TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND MS. KANE YOU SENT ME A LOVELY CONGRATULATIONS LENTOR SO THANK YOU. WHEN I HAVE COME HERE AS A MOTHER AS A TEACHER. WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED OUR YOUNG CHILDREN BACK TO COLORADO FROM TEXAS IN 2006, DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ESPECIALLY PARKER, WAS THE ONLY COUNTY WE WOULD CONSIDER TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF ITS GOOD AND NATIONAL REPUTATION IN THE U.S. FOR EXCELLENT EDUCATION. OUR OLDER SON WAS ABOUT TO START KINDY AND HIS EDUCATION AT LEGACY POINT AND THEN SAGEWOOD WAS POWER.
TO US WITH TWO TODDLER BROTHERS STARTING A FEW YEARS LATE EARLY. IN 2012, THINGS CHANGED. AND THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THEN ON THE NATIONAL NEWS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. OUR CHILDREN'S CLASS SIZES GREW. AND IT WAS A DETRIMENT TO THEM.
BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE ADD. THEY KEPT THEIR As AND ABOUT, GREATS THROUGH GRADUATION, ONE IN THREE WEEKS FROM PONDEROSA BUT HE WILLVILLE IT "A" AND "B" BUT IT DID COME AT A COST FOR YOU'LL IT. WE WORKED WITH OUR CHILDREN IN THE EVENING BASS THOUSANDS TEACH GUESSER NOT HAVE TIME TO ANSWER
ALL THE STUDENTS' QUESTIONS THAT DAYS BECAUSE THE WOULDN'T ONE TIME HAD BECOME LESS. I TEACH 175 PRECIOUS SOULS AT LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL. AND I ADORE THEM ALL. I HAVE 31 IN ONE CLASS, 34 IN
ANOTHER. 31 FR FRESHMEN, 34 SENIORS. ONE OF THE FRESHMEN CLA CLASSESS CO-TAUGHT BECAUSE HALF OF THE STUDENTS HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES, MOST PROFOUNDLY THE A.D.H.D. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 27 AND 34 STUDENT IN A CLASSROOM IS
SURPRISINGLY PERCEPTIBLE. ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WITH THE LEARN IS DISABILITIES WHEN A FEW, SICK, THE DIFFERENCE IS PROFOUND. THE ONE-ON-ONE TIME HAS BECOME LESS AGAIN. THE GRADE SAY GONE DOWN IN THE CLASSES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND FRUSTRATION LEVELS
HAVE GONE UP. I AM PRAYING THAT DCSD WILL HAVE THE EXCELLENT REPUTATION WHERE YOUNG PARENTS MOVING BACK TO COLORADO WILL CONSIDER NO OTHER COUNTY FOR RAISE AND EDUCATION THEIR STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE HAILEY BURKE FOLLOWED BY LORI NAUGHTON AND THEN LYDIA HAYES, MS. BURKE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HAL LEE BURKE AND I TEACH FOURTH GRADE AT BUFFALO RIDGE IN CAST PINES IF YOU HAVE
EVER STEPPED BY ON FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM YOU KNOW IT'S A WORLD FULL OF BOUNDLESS ENERGY, COMPLEX MATH PROBLEMS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST STARTING TO FIND THEIR VOICES SO TODAY I AM HERE TO USE MINE. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL FROM THIS ANGLE BUT I AM PREPARING
FOR A BIG CHANGE MY OWN LIFE I I AM ANNEX PICTURE PANT MOTHER WITH MY FIRST BABY GIRL DUE IN JUNE AND LIKE ANY PARENT, MY PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ENSURE A STABLE, SECURE FUTURE FOR MY GROWING FAMILY. HOWEVER THAT PERSONAL STABILITY IS DIRECTLY TIED FOR MAY
PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT. A COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING AGREEMENT ISN'T JUST ABOUT NUMBERS ON A PAGE IT'S ABOUT PREDICTABIITY AND PROTECTION, FOR AN EDGE INDICATE NEVER MY POSITION, IT MEANS KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT MY LEAVE LOOKS LIKE. HAVING GUARANTEED HEALTHCARE
SUPPORT AND KNOWING MY POSITION IS SECURE WHILE I STEP AWAY TO TAKE CARE OF MY CHILD A CBA MEANS HAVING ENFORCEABLE PROTECTIONS TO CARE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND KEEP SHOWING UP FOR YOUR STUDENTS WITH STABILITY AND DIGNITY. WHEN TEACHERS HAVE THE PE PEACEF MIND THAT I AFFAIR CONTRACT
GREENS WE CAN BRING OUR BEST SELFS TO OUR STUDENT WE ARE NOT DISTRACTED BY THE WHAT IFS OF MEDICAL COSTS OR THE UNCERTAINTY OF RETURNING TO WORK, WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE CHILDREN. I LOVE MY STUDENTS. AND I WANT TO BE THE BEST TEACHER POSSIBLE FOR THEM. BUT TO BE A GREAT TEACHER, AND A GREAT MOTHER, I NEED THE
STRUCTURAL SUPPORT THAT ONLY A FORMAL AGREEMENT CAN PROVIDE. I AM ASKING YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT BY SUPPORTING A FAIR COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING AGREEMENT, YOU ARE INVEST FIGURE A LONG-TERM HEALTH OF OUR CLASSROOMS AND THE FAMILIES THAT KEEP THIS DISTRICT RUNNING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. NEXT LORI NAUGHTON FOLLOWED BY LYDIA HAYES AND WHITNEY GRAB. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE
THE BOARD I AM LORI NOT UNA CASTLE ROCK PARENT TWO BOYS THAT GRADUATE FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY THIS SCHOOL. GO HUSKIES AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR TEN YEARS I AM A VETERAN 33-YEAR SCIENCE TEACHER. I HAVE BEEN IN THE FIELD A LONG TIME AND I'VE GOT FIVE YEARS
LEFT. BUT I AM STILL HERE SPEAKING HERE. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT FOUR CRITICAL ISSUES RETENTION, COMPETITIVENESS AND, PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND STABILITY. THAT WE NEED IN OUR DISTRICT. I COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PLACE
FOR TEACHERS WILL UP PROVE THESE CRITICAL ISSUES WE ARE NOT COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING METRO AREA DISTRICTS. THOSE NOT JUST A TALKING POINT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE
LOST THE BEST TEACHERS I HAVE EVER MET IN MY LIFE FROM MY OWN TEAM AND THEY HAVE GONE TO OTHER DISTRICTS. THE THAT HAVE WOKED OUT OFF YOU ARE SCHOOL AND LEFT AND IT'S HARD BREAKING BECAUSE I MISS THEM SO MUCH. THEY OFFER SIGNIFICANTLY -- SORRY, -- THEY OFF SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER PAN PAU AND WE ARE LOSING YOUNG TEACHERS LEAVING TEACHING ALTOGETHER DUE TO THE LACK OF STABILITY AND C COMPENSATION IN EDUCATION. WE ARE LOSING A GOOD ONE THIS YEAR. THAT'S LEAVING, THESE WERE STRONG EDUCATE THAT'S SUPPORTED STUDENTS AND CONTRIBUTED
MEANINGFUL TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. LOSING THEM IMPACTS NOT ONLY OUR STAFF MORALE BUT ALSO STUDENT LEARN AND CONSISTENCY. RETENTION IS DIRECTLY TILED TO COMPETITIVENESS. WHEN WE CANNOT OFFER ZOLL
SALARIES THAT MATCH SURROUNDING DISTRICTS WE CANNOT KEEP THE TALENTED EDUCATORS WE ALREADY HAVE LET ILONA TRACT NEW ONES AS A VETERAN TEACHER I BRING DECADES OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE IN MY CLASSROOM EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE EXPERIENCE MATTERS.
FROM MENTORING NEW TEACHERS FOR SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND FOR MAINTAINING HIGH INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY. EXPERTISE MUST BE VALUED AND MUST BE SUPPORTED IF DISTRICTS EXPECT EDUCATORS TO STAY LONG-TERM. FINALLY STABILITY IS ESSENTIAL.
STUDENT BENEFITS MOST WHEN THEY ARE CONSISTENT, EXPERIENCED TEACHERS IN THEIR CLASSROOM. FREQUENT TURNOVERS DISRUPT RELATIONSHIPS AND LEARNING AND SCHOOL CULTURE, WE ARE ASKING FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR A STRONGER
MORE TRANSPARENCIES TESTIMONY THAT SUPPORTS EDUCATORS AND ALLOWS TOYS REMAIN COMMITTED TO THIS DISTRICT. OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE. TO BUILD A STABLE, COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE TEACHERS CAN THRIVE AND WHERE STUDENTS ULTIMATELY SUCCEED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU ACCOUNT. NEXT WE HAVE LYDIA HAYES, FOLLOWED BY WHITNEY G R.A. G AND
SUSAN REMEMBER TON, LYDIA HAYES. >> I HAVE A CLOSE I DON'T WANT TO TOO CLOSE IF GET THE GERMS OTHER ON HERE, GOOD EVENING PRESS MEEK, MEMBERS OF BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE I AM LAID
REQUEST HAYES A 20-YEAR TEACHER AT IRON HORSE ELEMENTARY AND A PROUD DCSD PARENT. MY COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY IS DEEP. I AM THE MOTHER OF A 2020 CHAPARRAL GRADUATE WHO IS NOW A COMMISSIONED NAVEL OFFICER TRAINING TO FLY THE OSPREY.
I HAVE A CURRENT SENIOR AT CHAP WHO HAS BEEN CA CAPTAIN AND CO TAP TONIGHT IN THREE YEARS AND HEADED TO CU ON A PREMED TRACK IN THE FALL I HAVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAM A BET VALUE BAT OF THE BOOKS COACH AND A MENTOR TEACHER FOR A LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL
TUNED THROUGH LEGACY CAMPUS. I AM ALSO A TWO-TIME RECIPIENT OF THE AMBASSADOR AWARD FROM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR 2025 AND 2026. A RACIAL ARE YOU, I HAVE BEEN A CONSISTENT MEMBER OF TEACHER
CONNECT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND SERVE AS THE ELEMENTARY REPRESENTATIVE DO THE DC. F EXEC IT WAS BOARD I BROUGHT THIS BINDER TODAY THIS IS FROM THE FIRST EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CLASS I LOOK THROUGH DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A
UNION TRAINER 20 YEARS AGO. OVER AFTER EARNING TWO MASTERS DEGREES, ONE THAT ALLOWS ME TO BE A K-12 READING SPECIALIST THIS RESOURCE REMAINS ONE I CHERISH THIS IS WHAT IS UNION PROVIDES, HIGH LEVEL, PRACTITIONER-LEFT TRAINING THAT
DIRECTLY IMPACTS STUDENT LITERACY. HISTORICALLY, SOME IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE CHARACTERIZED THE UNION AS AN OUTSIDE FORCE OR EVEN AS THUGS I AM STANDING HEAR TONIGHT TO PUT A FACE AND A NAME TO A DCF MECHANIC. THE UNION IS NOT AN OUTSIDE
ENTITY. THE UNION IS THE STAFF. IT IS THE DEDICATED TEACHERS LIKE ME WHO HAVE SPENT TWO DECADES IN YOUR CLASSROOMS AND WHOSE OWN CHILDREN, THE NAVEL OFFICER AND THE PREMED STUDENT ARE THE SUCCESS STORIES OF THIS DISTRICT. I AM HERE TO URGE THE BOARD TO
RECOGNIZE THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. IN MY 20 YEARS HERE, I HAVE SEEN THAT A STRONG EDUCATOR VOICE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE STABILITY OF OUR SCHOOLS. I KNOW THE SACRIFICE OF EARNING TWO MASTER DEGREES JUST TO PROGRESS ON OUR PAY SCHEDULE AND I KNOW THE PEACE OF MIND THAT
COMES FROM HAVING PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION WHEN CHALLENGES ARRAYS. I AM ASKING THE BOARD TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE DCF FOR THREE CORRECT CAL REASONS, DO IT TO PROTECT EDUCATOR VOICE THE BEST DESCENSION IS FOR THE STUDENTS ARE MADE WHEN THE PEOPLE STANDING IT HE WHITE BOARD HAVE A FORM THE THE SEAT
AT THE TABLE DECKED DO IT TO RETAIN STAFF. WE ARE LOSING STEVEERS TO OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE LACK THE CBA. WE NEED TO GIVE THE NEXT GENERATION LIKE THE STUDENT I AM CURRENTLY MENTORING A REASON TO STAY HERE FOR 20 YEARS. JUST AS I HAVE. FINALLY, DO IT TO STRENGTHEN
STUDENT OUTCOMES AS WE SAY IN DCF. TEACHING WORK CONDITIONS ARE STUDENT LEARNING BEEN CONDITIONS WHEN BARGAIN FOR MANAGEABLE CLASS SIZE -- >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT WE HAVE WHITNEY G R.A. G POLLED BY SUES BE REMEMBER TONIGHT AND TOM. WHITNEY. >> GOOD EVENING I AM A CONCERNED
PARENT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY WHILE SOME CLAIM THAT ONLY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT CAN PROTECT TEACHERS, COLORADO'S TEACHER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND DISMISSAL ACT ALREADY PROVIDES STRONG STATEWIDE PROTECTIONS
THESE PROTECTIONS GO WELL BEYOND WHAT THE UNION CLAIMS THEY CAN DELIVER. UNDER THAT TEACHERS HAVE CLEAR DUE PROCESS RIGHTS, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO REPRESENTATION, AND
NONPROBATIONARY TEACHERS CANNOT BE DISMISSED WITHOUT JUST CAUSE AND SUPPORTING EVIDENCE. THE LAW REQUIRES A FORMAL HEARING PROCESS TO ENSURE FAIRNESS. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS MUST BE IN WRITING, GIVING BOTH TEACHERS
AND THE DISTRICT CLEAR ENFORCEABLE TERMS AND LEGAL CLARITY. TE C.T.A. PROTECT EACHERS FROM DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION, NONRENEWAL OR DISMISSAL CANNOT BE BASED ON A TEACHER EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENTS RIGHTS
FOR ANY DISCRIMINATORY REASONS. ADDITIONALLY THE LAW INCLUDES PLACE. PROTECTIONS TEACH EAR SIGN LITTLE REQUIRE MUTUAL CONSENT, ENSURING EDUCATORS ARE PLACED INS ROLES WHERE THEY ARE BOTH WAWANTED AND QUALIFIED TO SUCCE.
THESE PROTECTIONS EXIST IN STATE STATUTE FOR EVERY TEACHER IN COLORADO. UNION CONTRACT OR NOT. THEY SAFEGUARD GOOD TEACHERS WHALE STILL ALLOW DISTRICTS TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST.
THE FOCUS OF THE BOARD MUST REMAIN ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. NOT ALLOWING ADDITIONAL CONTRACTUAL BARRIERS THAT CAN MAKE IT HARDER TO PLACE THE BEST TEACHERS IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS. I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TOLL RECOGNIZE THAT IT.
E C.T.A. ALREADY DRIVERS MEANINGFUL PROTECTIONS FOR TEACHERS LET'S KEEP YOU ARE GENERAL I CENTERED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST. EXCELLENT INSTRUCTION AND SUCCESS FOR EVERY DOUGLAS COUNTY STUDENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT SUSAN RENDON AND, TOM, AND STEFAN. SUSAN. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND STAAL KANE. MY NAME IS SUSAN REMEMBER
TONIGHT AND AIM CONCERNED FOR OUR DOUGLAS COUNTY STUDENTS. >> CAN YOU ADJUST YOUR MIC. >> I AM HERE TO.
>> TO YOU FOCUS OUR DISTRICT'S EFFORTS ON WHAT IMPROVES STUDENT LEARNING EFFECTIVE TEACHING, STRONG CURRICULUM. ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES RATHER THAN ADULT LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE SOMETHING NOTHING TO DO WITH ACADEMIC SUCCESSFUL COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS ARE NOT ABOUT STUDENTS. THEY ARE CONTRACTS BETWEEN UNIONS AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT COVER TEACHER PAY, BENEFITS SENIORITY RULES, TRANSFER RIGHTS, EVALUATIONS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. THESE AGREEMENTS CONTAIN NO REQUIREMENTS TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
IN FACT, THEY OFFENSE PROTECT UNDER PERFORMING STAFF, LIMIT PRINCIPALS' ABILITY TO HIRE AND FIRE AND IMPOSE ONE-SIZE FISTS ALL RU RULES THAT IGNORE THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN. THE DATA HERE IN COLORADO MAKES THIS CLEAR.
OF THE TOP TEN HIGHEST PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE BASED ON ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY, GROWTH AND GARAGE WALES RATES. >> ONLY THREE HAVE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. IN CONTRAST THE BOTTOM TEN LOWEST PERFORMING DISTRICTS
SEVEN HAVE A CBA IN PLACE. IF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TRULY IMPROVED ACADEMICS WE WOULD EXPECT THE HIGHEST PERFORMING DISTRICTS TO BE HEAVILY UNIONIZED AND THE LOWEST PERFORMING ONES TO MOSTLY BE WITHOUT CONTRACTS. THE NUMBERS SHOW THE OPPOSITE. MANY OF OUR STRUGGLING DISTRICTS
HAVE HAD THESE AGREEMENTS FOR YEARS AND CONTINUE TO UNDER PERFORM WHILE TOP DISTRICTS SUCCEED LARGELY WITHOUT THEM. STUDENTS ARE NOT UNION MEMBERS. THEY DO NOT VOTE IN UNION ELECTIONS AND THEY DO NOT BENEFIT WHEN SENIORITY IS PLACED ABOVE MERIT.
OR WHEN INNING EVERYBODY TIFF TEACHERS ARE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS ABOUT ADULT WORKPLACE ISSUES. NOT ABOUT RAISING TEST SCORES, CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS OR PREPARING OUT OUR CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO REJECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE DISTRICT AND INSTEAD
PRIORITIZE POLICIES THAT PUT STUDENTS FIRST, NOT UNION CONTRACTS. OUR KIDS DESERVE BETTER THAN ADULT POLITICS IN THE CLASSROOM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR PUT KIDS FIRST. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE HAVE TOM FOLLOWED BY
STEFAN. AND THEN KARA SCHULTZ.
♪ EMMY SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD ♪ ♪ I'M A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD ♪ >> ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS ORDAINED MINISTER WITH A PULPIT
IN FRONT OF ME. I NOW TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT I WAS -- I AM A RETIRED TEACHER AFTER A CAREER TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS OFTEN MISCHARACTERIZED AS JUST MONEY GRAB AND PROTECTING TEACHERS AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS. AND I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU IS THAT'S NOT THE MAIN THING THAT IT IS ABOUT, IN MY EXPERIENCE.
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION PROVIDES IS HEY-QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE THEY OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF VERY MUCH-BASED COURSES THAT
MEMBERS CAN TAKE FOR FREE. WITH OPTIONS TO EARN GRADUATE CREDIT AND MOVE UP ON THE PAY SCALE. AND FOR LOW PAID TEACHERS THAT'S EXCELLENT. OR A LIFE SAVER IN SOME CASES THINK WE ALSO TRAIN TEACHERS TO
LEAD THESE COURSES AND TO TAYLOR THEN THE COURSES, TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT. INCLUDE RELICENSING FOR STATE RELICENSING.
IF YOU WANT TO ATTRACT -- AND KEEP EXCELLENT TEACHERS, GOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS AN EXCELLENT THING TO HAVE. EARLY IN MY CAREER, I TOOK SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES. AND I JUST AM GOING TO NAME A
COUPLE OF THEM THAT STICK WITH ME TO THIS DATE. AND I JUST WANT YOU IF YOU HAVE A SECOND TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TOPICS TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER IN TODAY'S CLASSROOMS. FOR EXAMPLE, STRATEGIES FOR
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. ADJUSTING YOUR LESSONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS. USING TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY AND
SAFELY IN THIS RAPIDLY-CHANGING A.I. WORLD IS NOT A JOKE. BULLYING. I MUST HAVE TAKEN THREE COURSES OVER 13 YEARS ABOUT ASPECTS OF BULLYING. >> 15 SECONDS REMAINING. >> AND I AM LAMB OUT OF TIME.
AND I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, IT'S ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN MONEY OR RIGHTS, KIND OF THING, PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EXAMPLE, IS WHAT KNITS TOGETHER A LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT WE HAVE STEFAN ARE WHAT FOLLOWED BY CAROL SHUTS AND
JANET. >> HELLO IT'S NICE TO SEE THE BOARD. MY NAME IS STEVEN, I AM I FOURTH YEAR TEACHER HERE. I TEACH GENERAL MUSIC, CHOIR, BANDS AND ORCHESTRA AT FLAG STONE ELEMENTARY. AS IN ALL JOBS THE MORE DIRECT
COMMUNICATION YOU HAVE WITH THE HANDS-ON WORKERS TO THE ADMINISTRATION THE BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT THAT JOB IS IN & THE OUTCOMES ARE. PROVIDING A WAY FOR MORE DIRECT INPUT INTO CONTRACTS, ALLOWS FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WORKING JOBS INSIDE OUR SCHOOLS TO STAY LONGER. STUDIES SHOW THE MORE
EDUCATIONAL WORKERS STAY IN THEIR POSITIONS, THE BETTER THE OUTCOME FOR THE STUDENTS AS THOSE STAFF SEE THOSE CHILDREN GROW AND CAN ADJUST TO THEIR NEEDS. AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS HAVING A MORE CONSIST ENDS FACE WHEN THEY WALK INTO SCHOOL. FROM THE OFFICE WORK WHO'S SHOW KINDNESS AND WARMTH TO STUDENTS
BEING TO PARENTS AND TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE EDUCATION ASSISTANTS THAT HELP STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE WITH THEIR NEEDS, THE INTERVENTIONALISTS THAT SEE OUR -- THAT SEE OUR LOW AND HIGH FLYERS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. OUR COOL YOU ARE IT AND I CUSS CUSTODIANS THAT KEEP EVERYONE
SAFE AND CLEAN AND THE TEACHERS WHO TEACH. SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS MORE SAY CAN MAKE EDUCATIONAL WORKERS FEEL MORE SEEN, HEARD, MORE APPRECIATED AND HELP THEM STAY. BACK IN OUR FIRST SEMESTER, ABOUT A MONTH OR SO BEFORE GRADING HAS TO START A DECISION
WAS HANDED DOWN THAT WE WOULD BE CHANGING TO GIVING GRADES BASED ON OUR STANDARDS AND PLOs, SOMETHING THAT MAKE SENSE. HOWEVER, THAT GAVE MY COLLEAGUES VERY SHORT NOTICE TO ADJUSTER. A CBA WOULD ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS IMPLEMENTED IN A TIMELY MANNER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL
YEAR WITH FULL NOTICE. PLEASE ALLOW US TO HAVE A CBA SO WE CAN ALL BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. THEY CAN WE HAVE KARA SCHULTZ
FOLLOWED BY JANET AND THEN PATTY ANDERSON. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. TONIGHT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE HOW A CBA THAT PARTNERS YOU, OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION, WITH DCF'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND STRETCH THENS OUR DISTRICT. MY NAME IS KARA SCHULTZ AND, IN
ADDITION TO BEING A PLS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SPECIALISTS IN THE DISTRICT I AM A TEACHER TRAINING FOR DCF'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASSES THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEAR CONSISTENTLY FROM TEACHERS THAT TAKE OUR CLASSES IS THAT THESE P.D. COURSES ARE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS, A FLICK AL TO THEIR
JOBS AND INCLUDE REAL TOOLS THAT THEY CAN START USING IMMEDIATELY WITH STUDENTS IN THE CLASS ROOM. THESE TARGETED PD OPPORTUNITIES TAUGHT BY OUR TEACHERS ARE WIN-WIN AND THEY ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT OF OUR DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION OF TEACHERS.
IN ONE COURSE I TEACH, WE NOT ONLY MEET THE STATE RELICENSURE REQUIREMENTS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, BUT WE CONNECT TEACHERS AND WE EXPLORING RESEARCH-BASED PRACTICES TO IMPROVE STUDENT A CHIEF. ADDITIONALLY TEACHERS CAN TRANSLATE THEIR LAST WORK AND
LEARNING INTO GRADUATE CREDIT. THIS IS HOW WE AS D.C. F INVEST IN OUR TEACHERS, MY SUCCESS IN LEADING D.C. F'S PD STEMS FROM THEIR SUPPORT FROM RECRUITMENT TO TRAINING TO MAY OWN ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITYS.
WE HAVE DONE GOOD WORK SINCE I JOINED DCSD. BUT WE COULD DO SO MUCH MORE IF WE COULD PARTNER CONSISTENTLY WITH YOU. YOU ARE OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION, YOUR INSIGHTS ARE UNIQUE AND WOULD COMPLIMENT OUR PERSPECTIVES.
WHEN WE EXPLORE TOGETHER THE ADOPTION OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. WE EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE A PARTNERSHIP THAT IS CLEAR AND CLACK TIFF IN THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TEACHERS. WHO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, AND MAKE DOUGLAS COUNTY THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT FROM WHICH MY CHILDREN WILL GRADUATE AND I HOPE TO RETIRE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT JANET FOLLOWED BY PATTY
SANDERSON AND THEN THOMAS MO MONSON. >> GOOD EVERYBODY MY NAME IS JANET. AND I AM A RETIRED ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF OVER 40 YEARS IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION, I RAISE FOUR KIDS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO VOTE NO TO CONTRACTING WITH D.C. FEDERATION OF TEACHERS UNION. TEACH EFFORTS WORK HARD AND DESERVE OUR SUPPORT. BUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED ISN'T JUST -- SORRY. I NEED TO TAKE MY GLASSES OF. ISN'T JUST SUPPORT, IT'S
FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN CONTROL. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION IS PART OF AMERICAN FETCH EFFORTS UNIT I DON'T PROMISING HIGHER PAY AND BETTER CONDITIONS BUT BEHIND THE PROMISES IS A DIFFERENT REALITY. MORE BUREAUCRACY, LESS FLEXIBILITY AND A GROWING LAYER
OF OUTSIDE INFLUENCE OVER LOCAL SCHOOLS I WORKED WITH SCHOOLS THAT CONTRACTED WITH UNIONS AND THOSE DO WHO DID NOT MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE HAPPIER WHEN WE WERE NOT UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE UNION. TEACHERS ALREADY HAVE TO MEAT EXPECTATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS, THE BOARD, THE STATE,
WHICH TAKES AWAY FROM ACTUAL MEETING THE NEED OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. BELONG TO GO THE UNION JUST ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF OUTSIDE INFLUENCE AND PRESSURE ON TEACHERS. TEACHERS TO NOT SAY BECAUSE OF THE UNION CONTRACTS THEY STAY BECAUSE OF SUPPORTED
ADMINISTRATE THAT'S TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AND DON'T MICRO MANAGE EVERYTHING THEY DO AND A POSITIVE COMMUNITY OF TEACHERS, STAFF AND, FAMILIES ALL WORKING TOGETHER. IN COLORADO, FINANCIAL LIMITS LIKE TABOR ALREADY CAP WHAT DISTRICTS CAN OFFER SO WHILE UNIONS PROMISE MORE MONEY, TEACHERS OFTEN SEE GAINS OFFSET
BY DUES AND CONSTRAINTS. IN A 2023 VOTERS APPROVED THE MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE THAT DELIVERED NEARLY 60 MILLION IN RETROACTIVE PAY AND BOOSTED TEACHER SALARIES BY OVER 9%. WHICH WAS A MAJOR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT ALREADY ADDRESSING COMPENSATION CONCERNS. THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT BEING
UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE UNION. THE INFLUENCE DOESN'T STOP AT CONTRACTS, IT EXTENDS INTO IDEOLOGY. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS UNION HAS TAKEN STRONG POSITIONS ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES SHAPING TODAY'S CLASSROOMS FROM DEI, AND CRT IN GENDER IDENTITY POLICIES
AND EXPANDING IN-SCHOOL COUNSELING, OFFENSE PUSHING THESE IDEOLOGISTS ON KIDS. THESE INITIATIVES ARE OFTEN INTRODUCED WITH LITTLE TRANS PARENT IS A AND OFTEN WITHOUT PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE OR CON END SENT. THE RESULT CLASSROOM ARE INCREASINGLY SHAPED BY POLITICAL AND SOCIAL AGENDAS, NOT JUST
ACADEMIC PRIORITIES. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT DISTRICTS WITH STRONG HIGHLY-FINANCED UNIONS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRESSIVE POLICIES SEE LOWER TEST SCORES. PARTICULARLY WITH CONTRACTS PRIORITIZING UNION BENEFITS OVER
SCHOOL FLEXIBILITY AND STUDENT LEARNING. IN THE -- >> FIFTH OWN SECONDS REMAIN. >> ENTIRE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS ARE FALLING BEHIND. THE D.C. FEDERATION AND THE AMERICAN TEACHERS FELT RAISE SUPPORT ONLY DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES AND DONATE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY TO THEIR CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING THE
SEVEN MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. THE CURRENT BOARD IN THE UNION BOTH SUPPORT THESE SAME EYED COMESES. >> PERHAPS. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS RAISES SEVERAL -- >> PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR STATEMENTS. THANK YOU. NEXT MS. PATTY ANDERSON AND
THOMAS MONSON. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVERYBODY. DIRECTORS, MY NAME IS PATTY ANDERSON AND I AM SPEAKING AS A PARENT OF A DCSD GRADUATE. AND TWO HIGH COOLERS AT
PONDEROSA HIGH SCHOOL. ALL HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSAL FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR SECURITY SYSTEM. I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS AND JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. FIRST OF ALL, THIS PROPOSAL IS TRYING TO 1068 A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN DOU DOUGLAS COY
THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT SKAT STOP I CAN EVENT SECOND DEGREE BY STAFF KNOWING THEIR STUDENTS. BETWEEN OUR AMAZING STAFF WE COUNTRY HAVE, THE TURNED SECURITY MEASURES I AM CONFIDENT IN THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF MY
STUDENTS. IN ADDITION HOW WILL THIS ACTUALLY WORK WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE DETAILS? YOU ARE LINING UP WATCH WE HAVE SEAT KUHN AT THIS LINES WHETHER IT'S AT A CONCERT OR EVEN OWN FOOTBALL GAMES, SOMETIMES, RIGHT IN AND THEN THE WIND *P WIND
PICKS UP THE SNOW COMES, NONE OF OUR -- AS FAR AS I SNOW, SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE SPACE FOR QUEUING TO KEEP THE STUDENTS WORK AND OUT OF CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY PONDEROSA HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE NO WAY OF KEEPING THOSE STUDENTS SAFE PRIOR TO
SCREENINGS IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SECONDLY, THEY ARE ASKING DCSD TO COMMIT TO NEW MONEY, NEW MONEY TO THIS IIS INITIATIVE WHE CANNOT PAY OUR CURRENT STAT COMPETITIVE WAGES, LATER TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE MYRIAD OF FINANCIAL NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT.
AND THE NEEDS FOR MORE LOCAL FUNDS BEFORE COMMITTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THIS INITIATIVE. WE MAID TO PAY OUR TEACHERS, WHEN THAT DESERVE. A BETTER WAY TO SPEND IN MONEY WOULD BE FUND OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS. YOU HAVE HEARD IT FROM ME BEFORE
OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS SAVED MY KID'S LIFE. YOU CAN SPEND MONEY ON TRAININGING SROs ON HOW TO HANDLE CHILDREN IN CRISIS. OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE DESERVE SROs TRAINED IN OUT TO HANDLE THEM.
PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A NEED. IN MY LAST FEW SECONDS I WANT TO GIVE A SOUTH HOW OUT ON OUR OF ALL WINTER PARTICIPANTS WINTER GUARD REPRESENTING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND WINTER PERCUSSION STUDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND
ESPECIALLY I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL WHO INVITED PONDEROSA AND CHAPARRAL TO PERFORM WITH THEM AND THEY WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THEIR DIVISION. SO GREAT JOB ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL STUDENTS OUT THERE PARTICIPATING IN A NOT SO POPULAR EVENT IN OUR SCHOOL LITTLE. THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU AND FINALLY THOMAS MONSON. >> GOOD EVENING.
AND -- GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT. THIS ALL CAME UP VERY SUDDENLY. SO I HAVE WRITTEN NOTES. I DIDN'T PUT THEM ON MY CELLPHONE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY -- THE -- I HAVE LIVED IN
DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT WENT THROUGH SCH SCHOOLS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY EAGLE RIDGE AND HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL I VOLUNTEERED IN MANY OF CLASSROOMS DURING THAT TIME. AND ALSO COACHED DIFFERENT
SPORTS BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, AND SOCCER. THE REASON I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT AND AGAIN, IT CAME UP VERY SUDDENLY, WAS I WAS LISTENING -- OR I READ AN ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THAT WAS ABOUT A
SPEECH -- WHOOPS. A SPEECH THAT WAS GIVEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BY JUSTICE CLARENCE TOM AS IT. AND AFTER READING IT. DID, AND A JUST READ IT JUST IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS I THEN ALSO WENT ON YOUTUBE AND
WATCHED THE ACTUAL SPEECH. AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. HE HAS A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAKES AMERICA DIFFERENT IN THE WORLD. AND BASICALLY BASED ON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS AND THE CONSTITUTION.
IT'S INTERESTS THAT JUST IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS SINCE I FIRST READ THIS SPEECH I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS AND FELLOW CONGRESS GANTZ AT CHURCH I GO TO. ALSO PLAYING GOLF WITH FRIENDS
AND I WENT TO A AN EVENT AT A LOCAL UNIVERSITY JUST LAST NIGHT AND THIS SPEECH CAME UP IN CONVERSATION AND I THOUGHT THAT'S AMAZING TO HAVE ALL PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE
CITY, THAT THEY WERE -- THEY FOUND AN INTEREST IN THIS SPEECH SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA GAIT THIS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND IT ALL CAME UP SO FAST THAT I HAVE NOT TALKED TO ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALL I AM DOING IS
SUGGESTING THAT IT'S SOMETHING FOR CIVICS CLASSES, HISTORY CLASSES, SOCKER STUDIES CLASSES, THAT WE CONSIDER GETTING THIS PROGRAM IN. I ALSO EXCEPTION IN THIS SPEECH AND I'LL LEAVE THESE SO YOU CAN -- IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THEM ALREADY OR LISTENED TO THE SPEECH, YOU'LL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RISEN TO IT. AND WHEN YOU ARE READING THIS. THIS IS THE SECOND BLACK MAN TO BE APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT. >> 152ND REMAINING. >> HE WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE
MOTHER. AND WE WANT TO COLLEGE AND BECAME AN ATTORNEY AND BECAME A GREAT SUCCESS SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. MONSON. AND THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS EVENING. THAT TAKES TO THE ITEM NUMBER 7,
ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEP, I AM REQUESTING TO PULL FROM CONSENTS 7.1 APPROVAL OF
CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL CONTRACTS BETWEEN DCSD AND ASPEN VIEW ACADEMY CHARTER STOOL. 7.2, APPROVAL OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN DCSD AND HOPE ONLINE CHARTER SCHOOL. 7.10 APPROVAL OF THE ADDENDUM ONE TO THE CONSULTANT AGREEMENT
FARNSWORTH CART THE ROCK CIP7.11 APPROVAL OF THE ADDENDUM ONE OF THE TO THE ARCHITECT AGREEMENT FOR THE SEE AIR MEDAL COOL A DIRECTION PROBLEM, 7.12 APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM THREE TO THE ARCHITECT AGREEMENT. HOLLIS AND MILLER LEGACY PHASE TWO. AND SEVEN-POINT -- THAT'S IT.
I CROSSED THIS ONE OUT. I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT BUT WE HAVE OVER TWO-PAGES OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT. DIRECT. >> JUST TO CONFIRM DID YOU PULL 7.13 ALSO?
NO. OKAY. OKAY THE REQUEST IS TO PULL 7.1, 7.2, 7.10, 11, AND 12.
OKAY. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS 7.337.9 AND
7.14 -- 13 THROUGH 7.20. AND YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT AT THAT AGAIN I AM HAPPY TO. >> SO MOVE. >> OKAY. DIRECTOR GEIGER. IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR
THOMPSON. THE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 7.3 THROUGH 7.9 AND 7.13 THROUGH 7.20.
THE MOTION IS NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE WILL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> NO. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER.
>> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> OKAY. SO IT PASSES 6-1. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE WILL TAKE UP THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA.
SO FIRST WE HAVE ITEM 7.1 APPROVAL OF CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN DCSD AND ASPEN VIEW ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY I WOULD LIKE TO GROUP THESE TOGETHER. SO START -- TO START OFF WITH I
FIRST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER A OF YEARS TO IMPROVE AND STREAMLINE THE WAIVER PROCESS. WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN AWARD WINNING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHOICE WITH OUR DISTRICT.
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THESE EFFORTS BEGAN IN 2018. AND IT RESULTED IN POLICY UPDATES THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED IN 2023. SO THESE EFFORTS ARE IMPORTANT. AND MY GOAL HERE IS TO ADHERE TO THE PROCESS. NO BOARD AND STAFF HAS PUT IN
PLACE I WANT TO POINT OUT I SUPPORT CHART AIR FAWN MY AND DO THE NO OBJECT AT THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS SEEKING WAIVERS OR TO THE GENERAL WAIVER CATEGORIES THAT ARE PRESENTED. MY CONCERN IS JUST WITH COMPLIANCE WITH BOARD FOLLOW IS A LBDR3. THE WAIVER REQUEST BEFORE US. SHOULD INCLUDE SUFFICIENTLY
CLEAR REPLACEMENT PLANS, PROCESSES, OR POLICIES THAT SHOW HOW THE INTENT OF THE WAVE POLICY WILL BE MET. AND THE SUPPORTING MATERIALS SHOULD BE COMPLETE AND UP ON TO DATE. SO I WANT TO NOTE THAT. >>> OF THE REQUESTED WAIVERS INVOLVE DISTRICT POLICIES THAT
WE VERY RECENTLY UPDATED. TO COME PLY WITH STATE LAW. SO FOR EXAMPLE, MANDATED REPORTING CHANGES. AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE REPLACEMENT PLANS, PROCESSES, ET
CETERA, IN THESE CONTRACTS ARE COMPLETE. THEY ARE FULLY COMPLETE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED MOST OF THOSE THINGS. MY STANCE IS JUST THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE POLICIES THEY ONLY
MATTER IF WE ARE FULL IAN FORCING THEM. SO I DID REACH OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT WHAT COULD BE A SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE JUST HAVE THESE LOOKING THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH LBDR3 AND ONE OF
THE SOLUTIONS WAS THAT WE CAN APPROVE THESE CONTRACTS CONTINGENTS ON THE SCHOOL SMITH A REVISE I HAD REPLACEMENT PLAN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD'S SPECIFIC CONCERNS. SHE DID WARN THAT CHARTER
SCHOOLS MAY FEEL THE BOARD IS OPPOSING UNREASONABLE CONDITIONS AND MAY APPEAL TO THE STATE WORLD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD WILL REVIEW AND CHOOSE TO AGREE WITH THE CONDITIONS OR OVERRULE THE LOCAL BOARD AND GRANT THE WAIVERS AS WRITTEN. AND SO WITH THAT DUALLY NOTES, THE ASK IS COMPLIANCE WITH
POLICY THE LIFT IS LIGHT. BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FOR CHARTER RENEWALS WE WRIST SEE IT THROUGH CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS THE ONLY AVENUE FOR ELEVATING IT.
WITH ALL OF THAT SAID I AM MOVING TO CONDITIONALLY APPROVE BOTH 7.1 APPROVAL CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN DCSD AND ASPEN VIEW ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AND 7.2 APPROVAL OF CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL CONTRACT
BETWEEN DCSD AND HOPE ONLINE CHARTER SCHOOL CONTINGENT ON THE SUBMISSION OF A REVISED REPLACEMENT MAN THAT ENSURES EACH WAIVER REQUEST ALIGNS LBDR3. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> I'LL SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR THINK TOP SON AND SECONDED BY DIRECT PARKER. A APPROVE CONTINGENT UPON -- I DIDN'T CATCH ALL THE LANGUAGE,
BUT AND WHEN THEN -- [SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME] >> A REVISED REPLACEMENT BALLOON THAT ASSURES EACH WAIVER REQUEST ALIGNS WITH LBDR3. >> GREAT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WE'LL EACH ONLY IT FOR DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION DIRECTOR DENZLER?
>> MAY I ASK WHAT YOUR MATERIAL CONCERNS ARE? >> YES. SO, AGAIN, FIRST I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THESE POLICIES HAVE -- MOST OF THESE POLICIES HAVE BEEN WAVED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SEASONED CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN
WITH THE DISTRICT AND SO, AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE JUST ELEVATING THE REPLACEMENT PLANS AND CONTRACT ALIGN WITH POLICY LBD3. AM HAPPY TO POINT OUT I DIDN'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I WAS PICKING ON ANY CHARTERS. BY POINTING OUT LIKE THE
DEFICIENCIES. SO I AM CHOOSING TO HIGHLIGHT THINGS LIKE THEIR UPDATED POLICIES THAT ARE IN THEIR REQUEST THEY WERE NOT IN THE REQUEST OF THE OTHER CHARTER CONTRACT THAT WE HAD TONIGHT THEY DID NOT ASK FOR THE AIM HAVE YOU PLACEMENT POLICY OR THE
SAME WAFERS. THAT DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY ALIGN WITH LAW. BECAUSE THIS PROCESS IS VERY LONG. AND CHANGES COULD HAVE HAPPENED AFTER THEY KICK STARTED THIS PROCESS. SO IT'S REASONABLE. AND ANOTHER PIECE IS THAT THERE
ARE RESPONSES THAT AREN'T PLANS AT ALL. THEY ARE JUST -- BUT YOU ALL SAW THE DOCUMENTS. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTION? DISCUSSION? >> SO WE ARE JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
>> WELL THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND THE POLICY. >> I AM SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR ALIGNMENT WITH LBDR3. >> YES. >> SO OUR CHARTERS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND NOT ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE NOT. IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE -- THIS IS OUR POLICY AND VOICING OUR
POLICY. >> SURE. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> CAN I GET OF SENSE OF HOW THIS AFFECTS THE TIMELINE FOR APPROVALS I THINK IT IS UNFAIR TO HAVE OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS WHO ASSUMED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
GAINED APPROVAL TONIGHT, BE SO UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHAT PLANNING FOR THE NEXT STEPS LOOKS LIKE? >> IT'S CONTINGENT APPROVAL JUST ASKING AFTER APPROVAL TONIGHT FOR THEM TO UPDATE THE REPLACEMENT PLANS AND SEND THEM
IN. >> ZOOM KANE IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD ADD? >> I WOULD ADD THAT I BELIEVE ESSENTIALLY THESE WERE CLERICAL ERRORS THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO GO CHECK 7,000 DIFFERENT THINGS AND AS DIRECTOR
THOMPSON SAID THESE ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE HAD THESE WAIVERS FOR A LONG SOMETIME SO STAFF HAS NEVER HAD ANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT. >> GREAT. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL A VOTE.
SO ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK.
AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.
AND I WILL MOVE TO ITEM WE HAVE .10, DIRECTOR THOMPSON. THE MOTION WAS TO 7.1 AND 7.2. TUTHANK YOU.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR 7.10. THE SO THIS ONE WAS THE APPROVAL ADDENDUM 1 TO THE CONSULTANT AGREEMENT FARNSWORTH, CASTLE ROCK, CIP ADDENDUM ONE AND I
PULLED THIS ITEM MAINLY TO PROVIDE CLARITY. BECAUSE THE ITEM DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF CONTEXT AND IT MAY RAISE THE SAME CONCERNS IN THE PUBLIC THAT I HAD SO I JUST WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT MY QUESTION WAS AFTER REVIEWING THIS ITEM.
AND THEN HOW THAT CONCERN WAS RESOLVED. SO FOR THIS CHANGE ORDER, THE ORIGINAL 24,500-DOLLAR CONTRACT I ASKED WHAT THAT WAS FOR AND WHY WE WERE BEING ASKED TO END *P EXPAND THE COACH THE CONTRACT BY OVER 400 PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF 100 -- TO
$131,500. THIS CHANGE PLACES THE CONTRACT IN A DIFFERENT THRESHOLD FOR COMPETITIVE PURCHASING PER OUR BOARD POLICY D.J. THEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUIRED TO BE A PART OF LIKE THE THAT THRESHOLD OUR SUPERINTENDENT RESPONDED TO MY QUESTION PROVIDED THE EXPLANATION THAT
THE INITIAL CONTRACT OF 24,500 WAS ESTABLISHED WITH FARNSWORTH TO ADDRESS EMERGENCY REPAIRS. THE ADDITIONAL COST IS FOR THE COMMISSIONING WORK AT FIVE REMAINING SCHOOLS. WHICH SHE HAD NAMED FOR US. FANS WOULDth IS A PREQUALIFIED VENDOR PERFORMING PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AND THIS EFFORT FELL UNDER NUMBER 2 OF THE SOLE SOURCE PROVISION IN THE BOARD POLICY D.J. SO OUR SOLE SOURCE ON MEANS THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN UNIFORMITY OR SATISFY CERTAIN TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO SEEK A
PRODUCT OR SERVICE FROM A SINGLE SOURCE, AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS IF THE SERVICE ISY ARIZONA PROFESSIONAL SERVE THAT'S REQUIRES A HIGH DEGREE OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SUCH AS ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OR EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING, LEGAL SERVICES, MEDICAL, ET CETERA, SO IT'S
SLIGHTS YOU WERE CLEAR WHILE IT CAN ONLY BE FARNSWORTH PERFECT SPECIFICALLY OR WHITE THE ORIGINAL SCOPE WAS NOT IN THE C THE FROM THE START IF THE FUTURE I WOULD FIND IT HELPFUL TO INCLUDE RELEVANT DETAILS IN THE COVER PAGES OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TO ALLEVIATE POLICY
CONCERNS. THE SUPERINTENDENT CONFIRMS IT ALIGNS WITH THE POLICY. I APPROVE TO ACCEPT THE PANEL I CAN PARTIALLY EXECUTED. >> SECOND. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR
THOMPSON, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR MEEK TO APPROVE ITEM -- THE -- TO APPROVE ADDENDUM ONE TO CONSULTANT AGREEMENT PARTNER FAH ILL OPEN OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM?
I'LL TAKE ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> NO. >> EXAMINE DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE.
>> IT PASSES 6-1. 7.11, DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IN AUGUST OF 2024, THE BOARD PASSED A BOND PLAN RESOLUTION AND THAT RESOLUTION STATES THAT IF PROJECTS OR PROJECT ELEMENTS
BECOME IMPRACTICAL OR COST PROHIBITIVE OR EXTENSIVE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE, ANY SUBSTITUTIONS OR ADDITIONS ARE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MILL BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND ARE TO BE THE PROJECTS CONTEMPLATE ED IN THE DISTRICT'S MASTER PLAN.
SO SOME OF THE ITEMS IN 7.11 AND 7.12. WHICH I AM COMBINING AGAIN TOGETHER. THEY MAY -- SOME ARE ALL OF THESE ITEMS MAY BE REASONABLE REFINEMENTS THAT BECAME NECESSARY AS EDUCATORS, STAFF, OR LOCAL REQUIREMENTS CLARIFIED.
ON THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF THE PROJECTS MY CONCERN IS THAT THE RECORD DOES NOT CLEARLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ORDINARY PROGRAMMING AND MATERIALLY ADDED SCOPE. SO THE AUGUST 2024 RESOLUTION ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY, BUT IT ALSO CONTEMPLATES BOARD OVERSIGHT
WHEN SUBSTITUTION OR ADDITIONS ARE BEING MADE. HERE THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDE LANGUAGE LIKE ADDED OWNER REQUESTED SCOPE, AND SUBSTANTIAL ADDED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS. WITH ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF THE ITEMS OF OVER
14 MILLION AND THAT'S BETWEEN BOTH OF THE ASKS AND THAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE ARCHITECT -- THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS LISTED IN THERE. AND SO FOR THESE MATERIALS BEFORE US STAFF INDICATED CONTINGENCY FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO SUPPORT THIS ADDED SCOPE.
AND SOME OF THESE ITEMS APPEAR TO BE ADDITIONS THAT READ MORE LIKE NEW PROJECT ELEMENTS OR SUBSTITUTIONS. RATHER THAN SIMPLE COST ESCALATIONS, AND THAT GOES WITHIN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED FOR THE BOND PLAN AND
THE MASTER CAPITAL PLAN FOR EXAMPLE THE LEGACY DESIGN, THAT ADDENDUM ADDS $500,000 FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES AND IT DESCRIBES ADDED OWNER REQUESTED SCOPE INCLUDING AND I AM GOING SAY IT WRONG A MEZZANINE, ADMIN AREA, A
CONFERENCE ROOM, AND MORE. AND THEN THE SIERRA AGREEMENT ALSO INCREASES THE COST OF THE DESIGN, BY 483,000. AND IDENTIFY APPROXIMATES EXPANDED RENOVATIONS, SITES, AND
SURF FIELD SCOPE THAT 2024 RESOLUTION REFERS TO EXCESS FUNDING BECOMING AVAILABLE THROUGH EFFICIENCIES, WHICH APPEAR DIFFERENT FROM SIMPLY DRAWING ON CONTINGENCY. SO IF CONTINGENCY IS BEING USED TO FUND ADDED SCOPE THEN I THE THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR
RECORD EXPLAINING WHY THE FUNDS ARE MAYBE FOR THE PURPOSE WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON WE REMAINING BOND PROJECTS AND WHETHER THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS REQUIRED BY THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN FOLLOWED. AGAIN I FEEL LIKE IT'S OUR JOB, AS BOARD LIAISONS THAT WERE ALSO ELEVATING THE COMMITTEE'S
CONCERNS AS WELL. THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE THE [ INAUDIBLE ] TENT THAT EVER RESOLUTION MAT HEATERS IT DID ANTICIPATE COST COULD CHANGE BUT ALSO CON DECEMBER PLATES OVERSIGHTS. WITH YOU'LL ALL OF THAT SAID I
MOVE TO POSTPONE ACTION ON THESE ITEMS AND DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO RETURN WITH DOCUMENTATION SUFFICIENT FOR BOARD REVIEW UNDER THE AUGUST 2024 BOND PLAN RESOLUTION INCLUDING OVERSIGHT
RECOMMENDATION, CONFIRMATION OF THE A PLAN AND THE DISTRICT MASTER PLAN THE. COST ESTIMATES AND THE IMPACT ON THE USE OF CONTINGENCY AND REMAINING BOND PROJECTS. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON. AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR PARKER. AND I WOULD ASK YOU JUST TO READ IT ONE MORE TIME IN ITS ENTIRETY. THE MOTION.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS DONE. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO POSTPONE ACTION ON THESE ITEMS AND DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO RETURN THEM WITH DOCUMENTATION THAT IS SUFFICIENT FOR BOARD REVIEW UNDER THE AUGUST 2024 BOND PLAN RESOLUTION. INCLUDING MILL BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION,
CONFIRMATION OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE BOND PLAN AND THE DISTRICT'S MASTER PLAN, SUPPORTING COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES AND THE IMPACT OF CONTINGENCIES AND I REMAINING -- ON THE REMAINING BOND PROJECTS. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
I'LL ELECTRIC DIRECTOR GEIGER GO FIRST. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HER DESIGNATE. THESE ARE DRAWINGS. AS I UNDERSTAND DRAWINGS COME FIRST. TRYING KNOW IF DELAYING APPROVAL
TO THIS SOME FUTURE LATER DATE WILL RESULT TO THE DELAY OF PROGRESS AT SIERRA? >> YES, OUR CHIEF OPERATOR OFFICER INFORMS ME THAT DELAYING THESE COULD DELAY THE PROGRESS AND THEREFORE POTENTIALLY THE OPENING AND IF I MAY, IF I MAY
ANSWER SOME OF THE CONCERNS WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? AND I AM SURE COO MILLETT WILL ADD TO IT. BUT THE STUDENT PROGRAMMING SCOPE THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE BOND HAS NOT CHANGED. WORSE SQUARE FOOTAGE WAS NEEDED
FOR THAT STUDENT PROGRAMMING. THAN ANTICIPATED WHICH MEANS THAT THE ARCHITECT'S SCOPE CHANGED BUT THE STUDENT PROGRAMMING IS -- THAT WE ARE BUILDING THAT WE COMMITTED TO TO IN THE BOND IS STILL THE SAME. AS WITH MANY OUR PROJECTS IN
THIS ECONOMY IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN ANTICIPATED AND JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING IN PARTICULAR, DIRECTOR THOMPSON MENTIONED A CONFERENCE ROOM, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THAT ALL OF THE ADDITIONS BEING ADDED AS PART OF REGULAR IS A PHASE TWO ARE FOR STUDENTS NOT FOR ADULTS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A PITCH ROOM, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM A PROS THE WAY FROM A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ALONG WITH PLUMB AND H-VAC. AND THAT ROOM PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER ACROSS
THOSE PROGRAMS, SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. BUT THESE ARE THE SPACES ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATE ED IN THE BOND. JUST MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAN ANTICIPATED WHICH DOES CHANGE THINGS FOR THE ARCHITECT. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEAH, SO I I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS ASK ISN'T BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH THE CHANGES. IT'S THE PROCESS THAT WAS FOLLOWED AND THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOLLOWED WITH IT.
WE HAVE IN OUR BOND PLAN A BIG CATEGORIES. LIKE LEGACY PHASE TWO EXPANSION. SO TECHNICALLY, ANYTHING CAN BE PUT UNDER LEGACY PHASE TWO EXPANSION. IF IT HAPPENS AT LEGACY, RIGHT? IT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT 6CTE PROGRAMS.
AND SO WHEN WE ARE LACKING AT THE CHANGES IN THIS, WHAT I AM ASKING FOR, IS CLARITY. HOW THIS IS DEFINED IN THE SCOPE AROUND THOSE SIX, THINGS THAT WERE NOT PROVIDED WHEN IT WAS PUT ON CONSENT AGENDA THIS WEEK. >> TO KEEP US MOVING ON THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT WAS HELPFUL. >> Reporter: ARE THERE OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD. DIRECTOR GE GOING. >> YOU WERE GOING TO MOVE TO A VOTE?
>> I WAS GOING GIVE A COMMENT. >> NO, YOU GO FIRST. >> SO I ABSOLUTELY HEAR THE REQUEST TO POSTPONE THESE ITEMS, I HAD NINE SAME QUESTION AROUND THE IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE SYSTEM AND ORGANIZATIONS.
MY THINKING IS I ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONCERNS, AND I THINK THE POSTPONING IT I FEAR IS WEIGHING HEAVILY ON ME FOR THIS DECISION AS WE ARE JUST TALKING THROUGH THE DISCUSSION HERE. DIRECTOR PARKER WERE YOU GOING TO SHARE ANYTHING?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE -- SO IT MIGHT POSTPONE, WE DON'T KNOW IT WILL POSTPONE, BUT IT MIGHT NOT. THE SCHOOL MIGHT NOT OPEN IN TIME. IF WE DO THIS? IS THAT WHAT WE ARE WORRIED
ABOUT? >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE SPOKE TO THAT A SECOND AGO I'LL LET YOU REITERATE. I. >> I HEARD WHAT SHE SAID. BUT WE OPTS HAVE ANY SPECIFICS WE JUST THINK IT MIGHT DELAY.
>> IT WOULD DELAY BY THE AMOUNT BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY GETS APPROVED. >> OKAY. >> SO, YOU KNOW. >> OBVIOUSLY. >> OKAY. >> AND THEN YOUR CONCERN IS JUST THAT WE DO KIND OF THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. AND THAT THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY
AND WE WANT TO BE REALLY TRANSPARENT. >> I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PROCESSES, YES. >> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO GET REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. >> AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE I SEE COO MILLETT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.
IS THAT APPROPRIATE? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTIONS THIS EVENING AND I DO WANT TO SHARE THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES THAT ARE A ATTORNEYED TOLL ON OUR MBOC WEBSITE THAT
SPEAK TO THINGS LIKE THIS THAT HAPPEN DURING THE PROCESS AND IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THIS WE REFER IF MULTIPLE PROJECTS HAVE GONE UP IN COST AND DECISIONS NEED TO BE MAKE ABOUT WHICH PROJECT TO USE THE HE CAN SETS
FUNDS. WHICH WOULD BE THE CONTINGENCY DOLLARS THIS PROJECT DELAYING ACTION THIS EVENING WILL IMPACT THE ABILITY TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS AND I RESPECT AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND I WILL DO A BETTER JOB IN PROVIDING THAT DETAILED INFORMATION.
>> IN FACT THE PRESENTATION IS BALLOON PLAN TODAY MARCH BOX THAT GOES INTO DID HE TILE ON APRIL 29th NO WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DID ARTICULATE IT WELL. WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE SCOPE OF THE WORK BEING DONE TO DELIVER
THE PROGRAMS. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE OPERATIONS TEAM IN JULY OF 2024, IDENTIFIED ROUGH SQUARE FOOTAGES THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE NEEDED TO DELIVER THE PROGRAMMING AT LEGACY AND AT SIERRA. AS WE GOT MORE INVOLVED IN THE
DESIGN, WE BROUGHT IN OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP WE RECOGNIZED THAT THOSE SQUARE FOOTAGES NEEDED TO INCREASE. WE HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT WITH MBOCK ABOUT THE NEED TO BRING
LARGER SIZED FACILITIES THAN WAS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. THE COSTS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVERYBODY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN COSTS FROM THE ARCHITECTS TO BUILD THOSE BIGGER SPACES. THE ARCHITECT'S ORIGINAL CONTRACTS DID NOT CONTEMPLATE
THE SIZE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE SIZE THAT WE ARE DELIVERING TODAY. THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO STUDENT PROGRAMMING. FOR EXAMPLE, AT SIERRA, WE REALIZED WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL COUNSELOR SPACE. WE NEEDED TO MAKE THE NURSE'S ROOM LARGER TO DELIVER THAT.
WE NEEDED A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT NEEDED TO BE -- BECAUSE WE ARE MODIFYING THE AHEAD MINUTE SPACE WHERE THOSE FACILITIES WERE, IT JUST GOT BIGGER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE GOT BIGGER. I APOLOGIZE DIRECTOR THOMPSON IF THAT WAS NOT MADE CLEAR IN THE
CONVERSATIONS AT MARCH BOX BUT I DO THINK THE M SPOCK AWARE THAT THOSE FACILITIES DID GET BICKER WHAT HEY MAY HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF IS THE ARCHITECT'S DESIGN FEES GO UP WHEN THEY DESIGN LARGER SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT'S HOW THEY PRICE THINGS THERE WAS A COST THAT'S INCURRED
FOR SIERRA WHEN WE THEY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY ON REPLACING THE GRASS INSTEAD OF GETTING A FULL LARGER WATER TAP TO IRRIGATE GRASS WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE CHEAPER TO PUT TURF INTEND OF BUYING THE FULL WALLER
TAP. THEY DID ENDURE DESIGN COSTS THAT I APPROVED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. THAT IS PARTS IT WAS AS WELL. IT WAS TO DELIVER A FIELD FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL I WILL BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE IS CONCERN THAT WE ARE NOT SPENDING THESE DOLLARS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN AUGUST OF 2024. BUT TO DELAY THIS EVENING AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE MY BOND DIRECTOR HERE, MARK, I'VE THE GO THE PRINCIPAL OF OUR OWNERS REPORT TIFF FIRM HERE THIS
EVENING. BECAUSE WHEN THE DIRECTOR SHARED HER VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, WE KNEW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO SEE THIS ACT ODD THIS EVENING AND ARE REPAIR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR -- THE ALIGNMENT OF
THIS WITH THE BOND PLAN. AND AGAIN, I WOULD REFER THE DIRECTORS TO THE ADDITIONAL OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE MBOCK TO GOVERN THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS. THAT ARISE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS. THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY AND AND DECISION NEED TO BE MADE AND WE CANNOT STOP PAYING THE ARCHITECT THIRD DEGREE EVENING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A VOTE. >> REAL QUICKLY.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER CONCERNS. SO LET US TAKE ROLL CALL. THE MOTION THE TABLE IS TO POSTPONE ITEMS 7.11 AND 7.12.
THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. SO I WILL CALL ROLL NOW WITH DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> NO. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> NO. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> NO. >> DIRECTOR MAKE, NO. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> NO.
>> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> NO. OF. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YES. >> SO THE MOTION FAILS 6-1.
OR 1-6. 6-1, BACKWARDS. WOULD YOU LAKE TO PUT ANOTHER MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 7.11 AND 7.12. >> SO MOVED -- >> A MOVE TO ADOPT 711 AND 12. >> SECOND. >> SO DIRECTOR GEIGER HAS MOVED AND DIRECTOR CALLAHAN HAS
SECONDED. A TO APPROVE ITEM 7.11 AND 7.12. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> IF I MAY. >> YES, DIRECTOR GEIGER FIRST AND THEN. >> I APPRECIATE COO MILLETT UNDERSTANDING OUR CONCERNS AND
UNDERSTANDING DIRECTOR THOMPSON'S CONCERNS I BELIEVE THE COVER SHEETS COULD BE KNOW DETAILED. I PERSONALLY FOUND THE A ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN 7.11 AND 7.12 TO YOU HAVE SUFFER FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS GOING ON AM TACKILY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE DELAYS IN DRAWINGS. THERE'S DANGER AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT, THAT ONCE WE GET INVOLVED WITH CONTRACTOR CHANGE ORDER CAN GET EXCESSIVE. WE GO GO BEYOND THAT I THINK IT IS THE JOB OF THIS BOARD TO KEEP OTHER EYE OUT FOR IT I DO NOT SHARE DIRECTOR TO HIM P ZAPS
CONCERNS ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES I BELIEVE THESE SHOULD BE ADOPTED AND I URGE STAFF AND EVERYONE ELSE TO GIVE US VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHY CHANGE ORDERS ARE OCCURRING. TO ME SEEING THAT WE INCREASED THE SCOPE FROM 8,000 SQUARE FEET TO 20,000 SQUARE FEET SEEM MORE THAN SUFFICIENT OF AN
EXPLANATION FOR ME. THAT'S WHY I AM TAKING THIS POSITION TONIGHT. DOESN'T MEAN I WILL TAKE THIS POSITION ON OTHER ONES IF I DON'T FEEL THE EXPLANATION SAYS ARE CLEAR. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GEIGER. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. I SAW YOUR HAND RAISED. >> AGAIN, THE CONCERN IS NOT
BUILDING WHETHER THE PROJECT IS IMPORTANT OR WELL INFORMED IT WAS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE OVERSIGHT OF IT BASED OFF THE MATERIALS WE RECEIVE TONIGHT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FULL BUDGET IS FOR LEGACY PHASE TWO? WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE BUDGET, WHERE THE BUDGET IT ASK AND HOW MUCH OVER WE WILL GO ON THE
BUDGE WET THESE ANTICIPATED ADDITIONS IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS BECAUSE THESE ARE, AS I MENTIONED, FUNDED BY CONTINGENCY. JUST THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR THOMPSON. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE?
THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO APPROVE ITEMS 7.11 AND 7.12. I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLL THINK DIRECTOR C CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DRESS DOOR GEIGER. >> WYOMING AYE. >> DIRECT FAR MIKE, HE AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> NO.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> NO. >> OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES 5-2. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT CONVERSATION. MOVING TORE FOREWARD MOVING INTO
THE JOINT MOTION AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 8, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO APPROVE AND MAYBE I'LL JUST ASK REAL QUICKLY IF THERE ARE ANY EDITS OR REVENGES NEEDED AND IF NOT, WE CAN TAKE A MOTION TO PACKAGE ALL OF THEM
TOGETHER. >> MOVE TO ADOPT THE MINUTES CONTAIN ED IN 8.1. >> SECOND. >> OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER. AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR THOMAS. TOLL APPROVE -- THOMPSON, SORRY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I SAID. TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 3rd, 26 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING THE APRIL 7TH, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING. AND THE APRIL 7TH, 2026 REGULAR WORK SESSION MEETING.
ANY DISCUSSION? >> JUST QUICKLY. THE QUALITY OF THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN GREAT. THAT'S ALL. >> AGREED. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU TO STAFF. THINK AND I KNOW IT'S MORE LABOR INTENSIVE, NOT REQUIRE ON THIS
SYSTEM ANYMORE. SO MUCH APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL CALL DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE, PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE.
>> MOTION PASSED 7-0. ALL RIGHT. STUDY ACTION ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE, ASKING SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE HAVE 20 MINUTES SCHEDULED FOR
QUESTIONS AND ACTION FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION. WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR 20 MINUTES.
>> GOOD EVENING DIRECTORS WE ARE READY TO GET STARTED. SO WE WILL JUST HAVE THEM QUEUE UP OUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE WILL GET-GOING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVERYBODY. AS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT I HAVE
A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP ROLLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. IN THE DISTRICT AND ONE OF THOSE IS OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM. AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAM AND SO WE ARE HERE THIS EVERYBODY TO GIVE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AN UPDATE.
IN REGARDS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY. THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS IN OCTOBER. AND WE PROVIDED ANNUAL DATE AT THAT TIME AS WELL AS SOME INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO A MONITORING REPORT THAT YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW LATER THIS EVENING.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, OUR DIRECTOR OF SAFELY AND SECURITY, WE ARE SO VERY FORTUNATE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE HIS EXPERTISE IN AND HIS PASSION, FOR REALLY SUPPORTING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS OF OUR
SCHOOLS, AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AND HE COMES WITH A WEALTH OF BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE AND HE IS KNOWN BOTH IN THE STATE OF COLORADO AND NATIONALLY FOR HIS EXPERTISE. SO HE DOESN'T ALWAYS PREFER ME TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHEN WE GET STARTED ON A CO-PRESENTATION BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS EVENING.
SO AS WE GET-GOING HERE, IN REGARDS TO OUR SLIDES. THIS IS ALIGNED TO THE GLOBAL
EDGE CASE ENDS SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY AROUND ENSURING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, SAFETY IS A PART OF OUR EXECUTIVE -- YOUR EXECUTIVE LIMITATION EL7 AND THERE IS A MONITORING REPORT LATER THIS EVENING IN WHICH YOU WILL REVIEW SOME OF OUR LATE A.
AND SO SCHOOL SAFETY IS A HIGH -- OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY ARE LEARNING IN A VERY SAFE, AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT. SO WE ARE GOING TO SHARE A FEW UPDATES IN THAT REGARD WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
JOHNNY. >> YEAH, FOR YOU THAT ARE NEW DIRECTORS, WE AS A TEAM HAVE DIVIDED SAFETY AND SECURITY INTO PRIMLY THREE AREAS, PREVENTION, HARDENING AND RESPONSE. PREVENTION IS WHERE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME. AND MOST OF OUR HUMAN CAPITAL. HARDEN IS WHAT WE DO TO MAKE THE
BUILDINGS AND CAMPUSES SAFE AND RESPONSE IS A TEAM EVENT WITH OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY TRAIN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR THEIR RESPONSE. AND THEN IN THE FALL, WE TRAIN OUR EDUCATORS FOR THEIR RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES. PARTNERSHIPS IS THERE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE YOU WOULD BELL A THAT SITS OVERALL OF US. >> ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON ENSURING OUR STUDENTS ARE FEELING THAT THEY
BELONG IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED. AND THAT WE HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THAT INCLUSIVE CULTURE IS REALLY PARAMOUNT TO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT REALLY ENTAILS ENSURING
THERE IS A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE AND CLIMATE. SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THAT OUR TEACH AND LEARNING IS INCLUSIVE IN THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE A VOICE IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ADDITIONALLY THAT ENGAGEMENT ELEMENT IS ALSO
VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SAFETY EARTHS. WE REALLY WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EDUCATORS AND STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WARREN GAMING WITH OUR FAMILIES. AND OUR STUDENTS AND THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVOLVEMENT
AROUND OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY, AS JOHNNY SAID, WE TALK ABOUT THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THOSE ELEMENTS OF STUDENT WELLNESS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE VERY ROBUST MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. AND THOSE TEAMS INCLUDE OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, NURSES, ADMINISTRATORS AND THEY ARE ALL VERY INVOLVED IN TAKING CARE OF
OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE USING PREVENTIVE APPROACHES TO EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS AND THAT WE ARE NOTICING WHEN THINGS ARE NOT QUITE RIGHT WITH A STUDENT AND TAKING ACTION IN THAT REGARD. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF
SYSTEM SUPPORTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, ANY TIME THAT THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF A THREAT, OR A SUICIDE CONCERN, WE HAVE A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PREACH THAT T INVOLVESES PRO TERMS, ADDED
MINUTE STRAIGHTERS, SAFETY SECURITY AND MENTAL LEG TEAMS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN WRAP AROUND SUPPORTS AND SERVICES AND IN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES TO SHEP SUPPORT THE SAFETY NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. >> FOR OUR SROs YOU GUYS KNOW
MOST OF THIS. EVERY TIE HIGH SCHOOLS AT LEAST ONE. SOME HAVE TWO, MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE ONE. AND THANKS TO TAXPAYER DOLLARS, BOCC MONEY WE HAVE THAT RANK THE
SRO COVERAGE FROM FIVE TO SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NOW DOWN TO TWO OR THREE. I HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO THIS SPRING TO GO TO ALL THE COOLS AND DO A SECURITY AUDIT. ALMOST AT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I AM AT THERE IS A POLICE
CAR PARK ED IN FRONT NOW WHERE THAT DIDN'T USE TO BE THE CASE, COMMUNITY IMPACT, THEY ARE VERY PROACTIVE, OUR SROs IN OUR FOUR JURISDICTIONS ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, AND ON THE TRAINING PIECE, WE HAVE DIAMONDBACK THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF NAS ROW IS OUR SRO ATLANTA. >> Reporter: DREW, THAT'S THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. HIS MAKE I NAME IS JAMES AND TRS SROs NATIONAL. OUR SERGEANT IS OUR PRESS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP
AND TRAINING, AND I HEARD SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS SAY THEY HOPE OUR OFFICERS GET TRAINED. THEY DO. AND NOT ONLY THAT WE TRAIN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WOMEN. SO WE HAVE A COMMITTEE WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER BUT IN OUR COMMITTEE, WE HAVE OTHER
DISTRICTS COME AND PRESENT TO US. WE OFTEN HEAR THAT OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS STRUGGLE TO HAVE THESE SORTS OF NUMBERS. AND THEY ARE JEALOUS FOR US HAVING OURS THAT'S COME THROUGH A LOT OF PASSAGES, THOUGH, WITH
MLO MONEY, BONDS, ESPECIALLY THE VOCC MONEY ALSO WELL TO HAVE 55SROs IN OUR DISTRICT AND 120 SECURITY SPECIALISTS, I LOVE GOING TO OUR ELEMENTARIES, WHERE OUR SECURITY SPECIALISTS THEY SIT UP FRONT, THEY ARE GREETING PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME IN.
IT'S FUN TO WATCH THEM INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS, KNOW THEM BY NAME AND THEN WHEN I SPEAK WITH THE PRINCIPAL, OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE THESE CAMPUS SECURITY PEOPLE TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE PRINCIPAL SO THE PRINCIPAL CAN MANAGE THE SCHOOL. AND THAT'S WHAT I AM SEEING. THEY ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
WE HAVE ALSO ADDED NIGHT SECURITY AT HEY SCHOOLS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE. WE HAVE SO MANY ACTIVITIES THAT RUN FROM 4-10:00 P.M., WE DIDN'T HAVE SECURITY THERE BEFORE. AND NOW WE DO. AND OUR PRINCIPALS LOVE HAVING
THAT FOR ALL THE AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. >> SO WE SAY IT OFTENTIMES AND I'LL JUST KIND OF REPEAT WHAT WE SAY AND JUST EMPHASIZE WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY TO HAVE THE INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE. WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
INCLUDING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT. IN TERMS OF TRAINING, JOHNNY ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF OUR TRAINING THAT. SROs ARE INVOLVED IN AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUS SECURITY SPECIALISTS.
WE DO HAVE ANNUAL TRAINING THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL AS ALL STAFF. THEY PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT TRAININGS SOME OF THAT IS THROUGH OUR MANDATORY ONLINE TRAINING MODULES AS WELL AS IN-PERSON TRAINING THAT HAPPENS BY OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM.
AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. IN TERMS OF OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND CAMPUS SECURITY SPECIALISTS AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING WE ALSO DO A MOM YOU WOULD OF TRAINING THAT'S FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING AND SERVING OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND
THE UNIQUE NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE AS WELL AS HELPING SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING TRAUMA ANXIETY RESPONSES, ET CETERA. AND IN TERMS OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS, OFTENTIMES I DON'T KNOW IF OUR PUBLIC RECOGNIZES THIS, AND THIS IS
JUST SUCH A HIGHLIGHT. WE DO HAVE A DISPATCH CENTER WINNOW OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT IS A SIS PATCH CENTER THAT WORKS 24 SHOWERS A DAY. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
SO THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AROUND COMMUNICATION, AROUND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES MANY OF US ARE INVOLVED IN VERY ACTIVE COMMUNICATION STREAMS IN REGARDS TO HIGHLIGHTS, AND
ENSURING THAT THE APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS ARE IN PLACE, IT'S A VERY -- WE DON'T OFTEN GET A FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP ALWAYS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING IN THAT REGARD. THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE IS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS EYES AND EARS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN OUR
SCHOOL COMMUNITY RELATED TO STUDENT SAFETY AND SO THOSE MECHANISMS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THEY ALSO INCLUDE SAFE TO TELL, WHICH WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ABOUT, OUR STUDENTS DO UTILIZE SAFE TO TELL.
AND ALSO THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS USE SAFE TO TELL TO ALERT US WHEN THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY ARE QUESTIONING OR WONDERING OR DON'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT WHICH REALLY APPRECIATE AND SOMETHING THAT WHERE HE ALWAYS WANTS TO REINFORCE IF WITH OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY INVESTMENT
AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT WE ARE VERY, VERY THANK OF THE AND APPRECIATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING A FEW DIFFERENT BALLOT MEASURES, THE 2024 BOND. $10 MILLION WITH THE BOND, IS
DEVOTED SPECIFICALLY FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, PHYSICAL SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES. AND SO YOU WILL SEE A LIST OF SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. THERE ARE AT TIMES WE VALUE SOME DISCRETION ABOUT WHAT WE SHARE PUBLICALLY. BUT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF REALLY ACTING ON EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. ADDITIONALLY THE 2023MLO PROVIDED US $6 MILLION THAT WENT SPECIFICALLY TO INCREASING SRO COVERAGE. IN OUR SCHOOLS AS JOHNNY ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT. AND CAMPUS ELEMENTARY CAMPUS
SECURITY SPECIALISTS AS WELL AS OUR EVENING CAMPUS SECURITY SPECIALISTS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE DID INCREASE A DISTRICT PATROL AND A SECURITY MANAGER THROUGH OUR MLO FUNDING AS WELL. SO, AGAIN, A HUGE THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORT.
ADDITIONALLY BEYOND OUR BOND INVESTMENTS WE DID HAVE THE 2018 BOND, AND PART OF THAT BOND THE $15 MILLION OF THAT BOND WAS DESIGNATED TO ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL SAFETY AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS AS YOU CAN SEE OUTLINED IN FRONT OF YOU, ADDITIONALLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
WITH ALLOCATE OUT OF THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUNNELED, AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION TO SUPPORT SAFETY AND SECURITY. THAT ALSO INCLUDES SAFETY AND SECURITY PERSONNEL, CAMPUS SECURITY SPECIALISTS NOT COVERED UNDER THE MLO INCLUDING OUR HIGH
SCHOOL AND OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL SROs THAT WE HAVE IF OUR SYSTEM THAT WEREN'T COVERED THROUGH THE MLO. SO YOU WILL SEE AN OUTLINE OF THE DETAILS IN THAT REGARD WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE.
IN IT, OF OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNER INVESTMENT. OUR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID PROVIDE $6 MILLION IN 20 MEANTIME PERIOD, TO SUPPORT PHYSICAL SAFETY AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS, AND THAT WAS AS A
RESULT OF AN AFTER THE UNFORTUNATE STEM TRAGEDY, THERE WERE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AT THAT TIME TOO WERE ASSEMBLEED TO REALLY DIG INTO WHAT WE COULD DO TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND SECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR BOARD THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOCATING THE $6 MILLION AT THAT TIME.
THAT FUNDING HAS BEEN FULLY EXPENDED. OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS THEY PAY 50% SHARE IN OUR SRO COVERAGE. FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THEY ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING ON AN BE ALL BASIS
FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. >> DANNELL YOU DISCOVERED SOME OF THIS STUFFER I'LL POINT OUT VAPE DETECTORS GOING IN ALL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, OVER 50% DONE, THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE LOOKING AT TRACK A, TRACK AS A SECURE KEYS GOING INTO THE SCHOOLS. WE FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD AN ANTIQUATED SKI SYSTEM BY NOW YOU HAVE TO SWIPE YOUR CARD AND WE'LL HAVE A RECORD OF WHO CHECKS IN AND OUT WITH OUR KEYS. THAT'S QUITE THE UNDERTAKING.
BUT WORTHWHILE. YOU MET HIM UPHEAVAL EARLY BALANCED THE ASSISTANTS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, DERRICK CHANEY RILE REALLY HELPED US LOOK AT STADIUM SAFETY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. IT WASN'T NECESSARILY HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY BUT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WERE HAVING VIOLENT
ACTS HAPPEN AT FOOTBALL STADIUMS. AND THEN I STUDIED IT NATIONALLY AS WELL. AND THERE WERE SHOOTINGS, FIGHTS, ET CETERA. IT WAS A TREND. BRAD AND DERRICK SPEARHEADED THIS. OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT NUMBERS
AGREED WITH THEM AND HELPED THEM ENFORCE IT AND IT'S ONE POLICY FOR ALL OF HIGH SCHOOLS THINK BEFORE NINE HIGH SCHOOLS, EACH HAD THEIR OWN POLICY. AND NOW WE ARE DOING CLEAR BAGS. WE ARE DOING NO REENTRY. DOING ALL OF THESE ARE OUT FRONT.
NO ALCOHOL, AND NO DRUG, NO DRUGS, FOOD, SPR DRINK, OR PETS BEFORE IT WAS JUST WALKING UP AND HOPING YOU GET IN. NOW WE HAVE ENFORCED THIS AT OUR THREE DIFFERENT STAYED JUMPS STS
IT HAPPEN SMOOTH THROUGH THROUGH OUR FOOTBALL SEASON. BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THIS -- OF THIS WE DID METAL DETECTORS WE HAD THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS PART
OF A TEAM AND 12 COMPANIES PUT IN. TWO OF THE TECHNOLOGIES CAME TO THE FOREFRONT WE TESTED BOTH OF THEM AND THE ONE THAT CAME OUT ON TOP WAS [ INAUDIBLE ]. IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT GAVE US A SINGLE UNIT. AND WE HAD DEMONSTRATIONS IN
FRONT OF OUR TEAM. IT WAS JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS THE TWO UNITS. WHEN YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT UNITS, THEY HAVE SOMETIMES HAVE TROUBLE SINKING UP. WHAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO AVOID IS YEARLY COSTS, SUBSCRIPTION COSTS. AND THESE WERE ONE-TIME SET UP. AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE
US SUPPORT. IF WE NEED THEM. WE HAVE TESTED THESE. IN DIFFERENT STEREOS. HE WE TEST THEM AT A FOOTBALL GAME. AT AN EVENT. WITH A LOCAL PARTNER. AND THEN HAVE TESTED THEN AT ONE OF OUR ON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS THINK AT THIS POINT WE ARE USIG
THEM IF WE NEED TO KEEP AN EVENT GOING IF THERE IS A THREAT. IT'S MORE OF A RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE TRAINED CAMPUS SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IF WE HAVE TO USE THESE WE ARE READY TO DO. >> THAT'S A PILOT FOR US AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PILOT AS
WE TEST HOW WE ARE UTILIZING IT IN THOSE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT JOHNNY MENTIONED. SO IN TERMS OF TIME, I WILL KEEP US MOVING. AS I SAID BEFORE, WE REALLY ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE EXPRESSIVE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
IN OUR COUNTY WE RERIGHTED LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT WE HAVE PARTNER SHEUZ THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCY AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IF OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTY, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR BROADER DOUGLAS COUNTY MUNT AT THIS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE.
IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. ARE JOHN DID I EYE HEIGHT OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY
COMMITTEE. AND HAGGLE OPPORTUNITY TO EN GAIN IN SAFETY RELATED TOPICS AND DISCUSSIONS IN TERM OF WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AND BE ALL TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INPUT AS WE WORK THROUGH THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS. WE HOSTED OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY FORUM AFTER THE EVERGREEN TRAGEDY AND IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY WHAT WAS ON THEIR MIND RESULTED TO SAFETY AND SECURITY. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU WERE EITHER THERE OR YOU LOG ED IN
ONLINE TO WATCH THAT FORUM. IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THAT. BECAUSE THERE IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THAT IS DISCLOSE BIDES THE PANELISTS IN TERMS OF SECURITY MEASURES AND EXPERTISE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HAD OVER 2800 VIEWS ON YouTube JUST FOR THAT FORUM AND THAT FORUM ALSO DID ALLOW US TO REALLY START DIGGING IN DEEPER IN MATERIALS OF SOME OTHER ASPECTS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE
UPON MOVING FORWARD. THAT INCLUDES OUR MENTAL HECK PREVENTION, FAMILY COMMUNICATION WE HAVE PROJECTS IN THE WORKS THIS SUMMER. THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR ENHANCE OUR SCHOOL, OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND GIVE PARENTS TOOLS AND SO FORTH. AND WE HAVE OUR I-5 EVENT THAT'S
SCHEDULED IN TWO HIGH SCHOOL THIS IS SUMMER THAT REALLY IS A FOCUS ON TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND RIGHT SAFE EVENTS SO LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH EXECUTIVE LIMITATION AND THE MONITORING REPORT DATA. THIS IS NOT NEW INFORMATION.
AND YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT IN TERMS OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE SURVEY RESULTS. FAULTILY EXPERIENCE SURVEY RESULTS, REALLY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOLS, FAMILIES FEEL LIKE THEIR STUDENTS ARE SAFE AT SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS FEEL LIKE STUDENTS ARE SAFE AT SCHOOL.
HOT OFF THE PRESS AND TO COME IN AN UPDATED MONITORING REPORT, WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO A FULL REVISION OF THIS MONITORING REPORT. IN THE FALL. IS WE WILL REFLECT OUR TLC C SURVEY RESULTS FROM OUR TEACHERS AND SO THAT DATA IS FOR YOU, THAT ISN'T REFLECTED IN THE
MONITORING REPORT THIS EVENING BUT IT WILL BE IN THE UPCOMING REVISION OF THE MONITORING REPORT AS WELL AS A DATA REVIEW OF OUR HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO HEALTHY SURVEY DATA. IT'S NOT PUBLIC ON THE DASHBOARD I CHECKED TODAY BUT WE HAVE SOME
OF THE DATE THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AND YOU WILL SEE THE PERCENTAGES OF OUR STUSTUDENTS WHO USUAL USUALLY OR DEFINITELY FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL IN TERM OF HIGH SCHOOL. AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. 94% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO RESPONDED AND WE HAD A VERY HIGH RESPONSE RATE FOR OUR
DISTRICT. THIS YEAR. USUALLY OR DEFINITELY FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT'S 93.5 PER. IN TERM OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S PROPOSAL AS YOU ALL ARE VERY WELL AWARE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID SEND A PROPOSAL FOR THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONSIDER. THIS INFORMATION THAT IS REFLECTED ON THIS SLIDE IS DIRECTLY FROM THEIR COMMUNICATION IN TERMS OF THEIR PROPOSAL. AND REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT INVESTMENT IN SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY AND THAT
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT. CURRENTLY THE PROPOSAL BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RIGHT NOW IS AROUND PRIMARILY ADVANCE ENTRYWAY SECURITY SYSTEMS. THE WORLD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPHICS THAT THEY HAVE SHARED, WITH YOU ALL AND WITH
US, IS THAT THEY ARE ARE COMMITTING TO $850,000. TO IMPLEMENT THE EVOLVE WEAPON DETECTION ADVANCE ENTRYWAY SECURITY SYSTEM. IN TEN OF OUR HEY SCHOOLS WITH AN ONGOING COMMITMENT AT
$713,000 FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AFTER THAT. AND SO THIS IS WHAT THAT PROPOSAL SPECIFICALLY ENTAILS IN TERMS OF IF THE HE ENTRY SYSTES THAT THEY HAVE SUGGESTED WITH EVOLVE THE TWO DUAL LANE ENTRY
DISTANCE A SINGLE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ENTRY SYSTEM A FOUR EXPEDITE BAG SCREENING SYSTEM IS A PART WHAT HAVE THAT PACKAGE AND PROPOSAL ENTAILS THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF THAT. SO TO HAVE A VISUAL IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN A
SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THERE IS A 50% LAST BOARD THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE PROPOSED FOR UP TO TEN SCHOOLS COMING AT THE COST OF $3 MILLION. FOR THE DISTRICT FOR JUST THE
EQUIPMENT ELEMENT OF THE SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE TRAINING. IN IT , OF OUR ANALYSIS THE ENTRYWAY -- IF I COULD HAVE JUST -- JUST TWO MORE MINUTES. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE'LL CRUISE THROUGH THIS. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT KIND OF ENTRYWAY SECURITY DETECTION SYSTEMS.
SO GO AHEAD, JOHNNY. >> SO BEFORE OUR SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETINGS I MEET WITH ALL FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARPARTNERS AND I EVER RUN THISY THEM. AND MY FORMER COLLEAGUES AT THE FBI. IF YOU HAVE AN ENTRYWAY SYSTEM, THAT IS A SEARCH FOR A WEAPON.
AND IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR A WEAPON, LAW ENFORCEMENT BEST PRACTICE IS THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST THAT AMOUNT SIX FORCE WAITING FOR IT. FOR US IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WE WOULD REQUIRE AN SRO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO STICK A 19-YEAR-OLD SECURITY GUY WITH NO
TRAINING THERE, THAT'S WHY WE -- YOU SAW THE NUMBERS, DANNELL PUT UP EARLIER, WE ARE WILLING TO PAY MONEY FOR SROs WE WOULD WANT SOMEONE TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH, EXPERT ED, USE OF FORCE, ALL THE STUFF BUT TO MONITOR
THAT -- THOSE TYPES IT OF LANES YOUR NEXT SLIDE, TALKS ABOUT THE COST. FOR DOING THAT. >> YES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL -- WELL, WE HAVE ARGUMENTS, WHICH I WILL PROBABLY LET YOU GUYS ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES. SO I'LL JUST GO TO THE COST ANALYSIS. AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE ASKED OUR BUDGET PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, TO ADEQUATELY STAFF WITH ARM PERSONNEL AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL WOULD BE ABOUT $9 MILLION FOR THE [ INAUDIBLE ] TEN SCHOOLS. >> AND OFFENSE TIMES -- WELL, THERE MIGHT BEING A QUESTION OF WELL, CAN'T THE SRO WHO IS
ALREADY WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ASSUME THAT RESPONSIBILITY? OUR SROs ARE ACTIVE IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING A SCHOOL DAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE STATIONARY SROs BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING
IN SUPPORTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF. >> MY UNDERSTANDING, DANNELL, IS THAT NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY CONSERVATIVE, BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS ARE OPEN IN FROM 6:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M., THREE SHIFTS, MOST LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY.
AND THAT'S WITHOUT ANY BREAK. >> YES, T THAT IS CORRECT W THAT WE DID ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH OUR LEADERS AND BE ABLE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT HAS RISEN ON THEIR HEADS AROUND THIS PROPOSAL THINK AND ENTRYWAY
WEAPONS DETECTION SECURITY SYSTEMS THESE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THEIR FEEDBACK TO THE DISTRICT. THE CULTURE AND PERCEPTION. THE FINAL CONSTRAINTS THE OPERATIONAL ELMS OF A VERY LARGE
COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND WORKLOADS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE INVOLVED. AND STUDENT WELL BEING. I WANT TO SAY WE ARE VERY -- OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE PHENOMENAL. AT REALLY DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN, EVERY DAY, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND AS JOHNNY SAID, WE INVEST IN THE HUMAN CAPITAL PIECE THE RELATIONSHIP PIECING THE CONNECTED THINKS PIECE, THE STAYING CURIOUS WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T SEE QUITE RIGHT AND OUR
ADMINISTRATORS ARE VERY PASSIONATE AROUND SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TOLL RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK AND DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK IS MOST BENEFICIAL IN THIS REGARD AND THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS. IN TERM OF ALTERNATIVE
CONSIDERATIONS FOR INVESTMENT IN SCHOOL SAFETY WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE IN OUR MINES ABOUT THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH ANOTHER BALLOT INITIATIVE, ET CETERA, THAT WOULD INCLUDE
MIDDLE SCHOOL VESTA BALLS THAT'S SOMETHING NOT CURRENTLY COVERED IN THE CURRENT BOND, INCREASING CAMERA. MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND INCREASING AND IN THE RULE SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR, LOTS OF CRITICAL CHALLENGES FOR CONSIDERATION AND WE ARE HAPPY
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BY THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU, MISS HIATT AND I WONDERED HOW YOU WOULD GET THROUGH THIS SLIDE DECK IT'S VERY, VERY DEFENSE AND HAS A LOT OF EXPRESSION I EVER INFORMATION ON THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
, SCHOOL SAFETY. DIRECTS ARE ANXIOUS TO ASK QUESTIONS, WE HAVE SCHEDULED 20 MINUTES FOR CONVERSATION. WHERE WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS BUT ALSO FORMULAE A RESPONSE BACK TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THAT PART OF OUR CONVERSATION TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY VERY MUCH ACKNOWLEDGE AND VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THEY SENT A PROPOSAL IN TO US. DURING THE TRANSITION, BETWEEN
BOARDS SO THEY HAVE BEEN PATIENT FOR US TO GET UP TO SPEED AS A NEW BOARD AND RESPOND TO THE PROPOSAL. WHICH IS REALLY TO -- THEY WANT TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADDITIONAL SORs FOR RURAL AREAS. AND THE PROPOSED ENTRY KAY SECURITY THAT WE WERE JUST
LOOKING AT. SOY UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE 20 MINUTES TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS, I WILL OPEN IT UP IF THERE ARE MAYBE WELL START WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY AND THEN GO INTO THOUGHTS AROUND THE
RESPONSE TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YOU IF AS ALWAYS FOR A WONDERFUL COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION THAT I FEEL ELEVATES THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM
UNDERSTANDING IT CLEARLY, THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IS $10 MILLION. AROUND THAT AMOUNT. NOT INCLUDING BOND AND INVESTMENTS OF THOSE ONE-TIME THINGS. SO TO DO ALL OF THE SERVICES, THAT ARE PROVIDED THAT YOU --
>> YOU MAY I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. IT'S 10 MILLION OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND AND ALSO INCLUDES THE MLO FUNDING IS IN ADDITION TO THAT 10 MILLION OF FUNDING. >> THANK YOU, I WAS TRYING TO PUT IN TO PERSPECTIVE THE
ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT ADDING THE SYSTEM WOULD BE MORE THAN NINE ILL PISTONS ILL I DON'T KNOW. MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT OUR CURRENT BUDGET IS. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I HAD A QUICK FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
WAS -- THAT HAPPEN END A PREVIOUS MEETING. WE HAD HAD A LETTER OF HOW TO RESPONSIBILITY TO THE TO THE COMMISSIONERS. DID WE SEND THAT AND DID WE RECEIVE A RESPONSE BACK?
I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IN. >> THE RESPONSE WAS SENT. IT WAS A LETTER FROM STAFF SAYING THE BOARD IS TRANSITIONAL PLEASE BE PATIENT AND IT WAS SENT TO YOU BOW BECOME IN
DECEMBER. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE TO THEIR PROPOSAL. IT SEEMS LIKE WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COST SHARING SOs I WONDER IF THERE IS A SENSE OF WHETHER THE BOARD THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS OPEN TO A PROPOSAL THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INVOLVE EVOLVE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT. >> YEAH, I THINK. >> SURE, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THEIR PROPOSAL PASS SPECIFIC TOY EVOLVE AND CAME AND PRESENTED
BENCH OUR DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND DIRECTOR CALLAHAN WAS THERE AND WHAT THEY PRESENTED WAS EVOLVE. THEY WERE THERE WITH THE VENDOR. I WANT TO BEING CLEAR IF YOU ARE DISTRICT WERE TO EVER IMPLEMENT SOME KIND OF SYSTEM THAT WE ARE
PAYING FOR JUST LIKE FOR STADIUM SECURITY IT WOULD GOING THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE I BELIEVE -- >> CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MIC,
PLEASE. >> WE WORK CLOSELY WITH FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR ARE SROs ET CETERA. HAVE ANY OF THEM COME AND RECOMMENDED ENTRY WAYMET THE DID HE PARTICULAR TOURS? >> NO. >> Reporter: HAS THIS DISCUSSION BEEN HAD WITH THEM? >> YES. >> OKAY.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY, MS. HIATT PROBABLY KNOWS, I EVER LOOKED THINK ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY HIGH-LEVEL INDEPENDENT RESEARCH THAT INDICATES THAT METAL DID HE TOKE ARES REDUCE VIOLENCE AT SCHOOLS?
>> JOHNNY I KNOW WE BREEZED THROUGH THE SLIDE BUT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS OUTLINED IN A SLIDE THAT WE DID NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT. AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EVIDENCE IS IT'S IN INCOME CLUNES I EVER IN
THAT REGARD. >> FINALLY. WE HAVE IT AT ONE SCHOOL IT'S STEM, CORRECT? >> CHARTER SCHOOL. YES. >> I HAVE BEEN THERE, SEE HOW IT WORKS I WILL POINT THIS IN THE WAY OF A QUESTION.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT IT DOES NOT CREATE A BOTTLENECK OR SLOW DOWN ENTRY. THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAW AS THEY SEARCHED EVERY KID WITH A FLUTE. >> IT DEPENDS ON THE SENSITIVITY
THEY DIAL IN AND THIS IS REGARDS TO ANY METAL DETECTION SYSTEM. HIGHER THE SENSITIVITY THE MORE BAG SEARCHES YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. AND THEN THE MORE BOTTLENECKING YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> WE HAVE APPRECIATED OUR STEM -- OUR STEM ADMINISTRATORS
AND LEADERS IN TERMS OF OBVIOUSLY THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH US AS A DISTRICT IN SAFETY AND SECURITY AND HAVE UTILIZED THAT SYSTEM AND WE LEARN FROM THEM. BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY R-7 AND -- RESPECT
THEM IN TERM OF WHAT THEY DECISIONS THEY HAVE MADE FOR THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE, $9 MILLION IN THESE TIMES SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
HAVE YOU AND YOUR TEAM GIVEN THOUGHT TO WHAT DID, WHERE THAT MON WOULD I COME FROM IF WE MOVE FORWARD. AND WHAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY NEED CUT TOLL FIND MINE MILLION DOLLARS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
QUESTION, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN, AND ACTUALLY THE TOTAL IS $12 MILLION. BECAUSE THE $9 MILLION WOULD BE FOR STAFFING. AND THEN OUR HALF OF THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE $3 MILLION. SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF $12 MILLION. JUST AS AS A REMIND PER, MORE
FOR THE PUBLIC THAN FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT AS WE LOOK TOWARDS 27-28. WE HAVE TO CUT $15 MILLION FROM OUR BUDGET, SO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL $12 MILLION WOULD
MANY WE ARE CUTTING ALMOST $30 MILLION FROM OUR BUDGET. WHILE I CAN'T GIVE YOU SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD BE CUT BY $12 MILLION. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. $12 MILLION IS EQUIVALENT TO 160 JOBS. WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT 160 STAFF
POSITIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS, TO SUPPORT AN ANNUAL $12 MILLION INCREASE SPEND ON THE GROUND THIS SYSTEM, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE. >> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> I AM READY TO MOVE TO THE
LETTER THAT WE WANT TO SEND BACK TO TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION. >> HAPPY TO START HAVING CONVERSATION ON WHAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LETTER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. DO YOU WANT TO START?
>> YEAH. I MEAN, I HAVE QUESTIONS, ABOUT EVOLVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WHILE I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO GO HELP US, THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE FOR OUR DISTRICT. THE EVOLVE PART.
AND SO INSTEAD OF ASKING QUESTIONS, I THINK WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD. ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO THE BOARD'S QUESTIONS HAVE GOTTEN ME TO FOR THAT POINT. I DON'T KNOW IN FIN ELSE IS THERE. >> THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PAST
AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. AND WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF PARTNERING ON SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY AND ABSOLUTELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I THINK THAT IS FRONT AND CENTER IN THE RESPONSE. ANOTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU ALL FEEL IMPORTANT.
DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, I HAVE HAD PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMISSIONER LAYTON ABOUT THIS. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS CARING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND
ADOLESCENTS AND THAT HE IS VERY, VERY DEDICATED IN BELIEVE THAT GO THIS PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGY WOULD HELP OUR SCHOOL LITTLE. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THIS IS A CASE WHEREAS MUCH AS I RESPECT COMMISSIONER LADEN I AM DOOMED TO DISAGREE.
WE CANNOT SPEND MLO OR BOND FUNDS ON THIS THAT WOULD BE SLIGHTING OUR PROMISE IS TO OUR VOTERS THIS IS 12 MILLION THAT HAS TO COME OUT OF OUR OPERATOR BUDGET THAT COMES FROM THE STATE. AND THAT MONEY MAY STAY FLAT THIS YEAR AND WILL ALMOST
CERTAINLY DID I DECLINE THIS YEAR AB SPENT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE. I WILL NOT SHARE OF THE AND TELL YOU WHEN 116ER AND STAFF MEMBERS AND SPECIAL ED AND BUS DRIVERS WE ARE GOING TO FIRE TO DO A TECHNOLOGY THAT I CANNOT FIND A
PIECE OF RESEARCH SAYS SAVES KIDS. WE NEED TO RESPOND CAME LIVER TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR INTEREST AND WE WANT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON SCHOOL SECURITY BUT AT THIS TIME, BOTH EFFECT AT THIS
POINTNESS AND BUDGET COULDN'T STRAINED MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO TAKE THEM UP ON THIS PARTICULAR OFFER. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN.
>> IN LIGHT OF THE SUN UNDER FIRST DEGREE COSTS OF EVOLVE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD DIRECT SUPERINTENDENT KANE TO DRAFT A LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONERS THANKING THEM FOR THEIR GENEROUS OFFER AND THEIR
COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL SAFETY. AND INQUIRE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO REDIRECT THE $3 MILLION TO HELPING TO FUND THE SECURE VESTIBULES IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND INCREASING
SRO COVERAGE FOR OUR MOST RURAL SCHOOLS. >> SECOND. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN MOVED AND
DIRECT OR GUYINGER SECONDED TO DIRECT A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF COUNT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> HE CHECK MY APOLOGIES I DID MY NAPKIN MATH BADLY I WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD. THE $3 MILLION IS NOT AN ONGOING
COST IT'S A MILLION AND A HALF BECAUSE A SUBSCRIPTION PLUS THE 9 MILLION. I WANT TOED TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T MISLEADING ANYONE, THANK YOU. >> JUST TO MAKE SURE THE 12 MILLION FOR STAFFING IS THAT ONGOING COST PLUS THE ONE AND A
HALF? >> IT'S 9 MILLION PLUS WON. IT'S A CORRECTION TO MY STATE EARLIER TO WHERE I SAID 12 MILLION. >> GOT IT THANK YOU A MOTION AND SECOND. OPENING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> I JUST DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO RECEIVE CLARITY ONTO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF REGARDING THE PROPOSAL. >> SO WHAT ARE YOU REQUESTING I
AM SORRY? >> I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BEFORE WE MOVED. >> SO I AM HAPPY TO ALLOW THAT TO BE PART OF OUR DISCUSSION FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE MOTION.
SO I THINK DIRECTOR THOMPSON'S REQUEST WAS WHAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? >> SURE, SO THE COMMISSIONERS VERY GENEROUSLY OFFERED IN ADDITION TO TO SAYING THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE THIS FOR TEN HIGH SCHOOLS, THEIR ADDITIONAL STATEMENT WAS THAT THEY WOULD
PROVIDE IT -- FOR ANY HIGH SCHOOL THAT WANTED IT. SO WE DID ASK OUR ADMINISTRATORS IF ANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS WANT THIRD DEGREE TECHNOLOGY. AND THEY ALL SAID THEY DO NOT. SO ALL WITH GREAT RESPECT AND
GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE COMMISSIONERS' OFFER. >> OTHER DISCUSSION? >> SEEING NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND TAKE ROLL CALL THEN UNLESS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DIRECTOR CALLAHAN READ IT ONCE MORE? NOT SEEING A REQUEST. I WILL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DRESS DOOR DEFENSE HER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, FOR THAT VERY EXCEPTION TIFF PRESS TAPINGS. PRESENTATION THE NEXT IDEA IS 9.2 DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION UPDATE. WE HAVE A 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 15-MINUTE Q&A.
SO THE FLOOR WILL BE YOURS.
>> HI. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE BEHIND ME SITTING HERE WHO CAME OUT ALSO.
MY NAME IS LUCY SQUARE, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION. I AM ALSO A THIRD GREAT TEACHER IN THE VICTORY AND HAVE BEEN FOR 20 YEARS. DCF IS THE UNION FOR BOTH CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE HAVE PROUDLY SERVED DOUGLAS
COUNTY FOR -- SINCE 1972. I HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND THAT LONG. WE REPRESENT OVER 1,000 MEMBERS AND CONTINUE TO GROW. MUCH OF THAT GROWTH HAS COME THROUGH GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO CONNECT WITH AND INFORM STAFF. SOMETHING THAT WE ARE HOPE TO GO
STRENGTHEN MOVING FORWARD. OUR MEMBERS ELECTION ANNEX EX-TOUGH BOARD, WE HAVE BUILDING REPRESEREPRESENTATIVES IN MOST R SCHOOL AS LONG WITH A DEDICATED LEADERSHIP TEAM AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE MONTH ARE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. SO OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM IS SARAH MESSMER. OUR SURPRISE SREZ. WE HAVE FIONA BOOMER OUR EFFECT
EXECUTIVE DIRECT TO HIM CHAD BRIAN AND ARIANA ARE OUR ORGANIZERS AND THEN OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD WHICH IS ELECTED BY OUR MEMBERS SO WARRENSBURG IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE AND TREASURER, I HE'S OUR TREASURE OUR. CINDY IS NOT HERE TONIGHT BUT IN
CHARGE OF OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. JULIE SHANK IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE. CHRIS IS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE. HUDSON CRAWFORD IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE AND LYDIA HAYES OUR ELEMENTARY KEPT TICH. JOSH OUR SPECIALS REPRESENTATIVE.
NADINE KLEIN THE ALTERNATIVE ED REPRESENTATIVE AND TOM OUR RETIRED REPRESENTATIVE. OUR MESSAGE TONIGHT IS REALLY SIMPLE. WE WOULD -- WE ASK -- WE ARE HERE TO SAY THAT COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING STRENGTHENS OUR SCHOOLS FOR STAFF, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TACK PAYERS.
IT'S A PRACTICAL WAY TO BUILD A STRONGER MORE STABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, OUR REQUEST IS STRAIGHTFORWARD WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION AS THE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF.
WE ASK THAT YOU BEGIN THE PROCESS TOWARDS ESTABLISHING A COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR THE 2026/27 SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE SEE SEE THIS AS A PRACTICAL NEXT STEEP TO CREATING MORE CONSISTENT AND COLLABORATIVE STRUCTURE MOVING
FORWARD. THE YOU MAY WONDER WHY WE ARE BRINGING THIS REQUEST TO THE BOARD. IN COLORADO THERE IS TO PUBLIC SECTOR COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING LAW THE DECISION TO RECOGNIZE BARGAINING REPRESENTS -- TO RECOGNIZE A BARGAINING
REPRESENTATIVE RESTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. IN MANY DISTRICTS AND PREVIOUSLY HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARDS HAVE CHOSEN RECOGNITION BECAUSE IT'S THE BOARD AMOUNTS STABILITY, THROUGH LEADERSHIP CHANGES, INCORPORATES EDUCATOR EXPERIENCE INTO DECISION MAKING. AND STRENGTHENS STUDENT OUTCOMES.
THERE IS ALSO A STRONG HISTORY HERE TO BUILD UPON. SO PRIOR TO 2013, DCF AND THE DISTRICT WORKED IN CLOSE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOR 40 YEARS. THAT WORK WAS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. INCLUDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
AND SERVED AS A MODEL FOR OTHER DISTRICTS. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT COLLABORATION IS POSSIBLE. WE SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME GOALS, MOST RECENTLY DCF AND THE DISTRICT WORKED TOGETHER TO PASS THE BOND AND THE MILL LEVEE. SHOWING OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING BUILDS ON THE HISTORY AND PROVIDES A MORE CONSISTENT STRUCTURE FOR THAT COLLABORATION MOVING FORWARD. REALLY THERE ARE THREE KEY REASONS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING NOW. FIRST, IS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN
TALENTED EDUCATORS. DISTRICTS ARE COMPETING FOR QUALIFIED STAFF AND PEOPLE CHOOSE TO WORK WHERE THEY FEEL RESPECTED, HEARD, AND SUPPORTED. THAT DIRECT LIP IMPACTS WHETHER THEY STAY. SECOND, COMPETITION IN THE METRO AREA. DOUGLAS COUNTS IS A NOT COMPETING IN ISOLATION, WE ARE
COMPETING WITH NEARBY DISTRICTS THAT ALREADY HAVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. WE ARE ALSO COMPETING WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS OUTSIDE OF EDUCATION WHO OFFER COMPETITIVE PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS AND THIRD, IS REALLY ABOUT PUBLIC TRUST. A FORMAL PROCESS IS MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE THAN
RELYING ON INFORMAL CHANELS, SHIFTING BOARD MAJORITYS OR BEHIND THE SCENES CONVERSATIONS BEING SO TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE ARE PRACTICAL REASONS TO ESTABLISH A MORE CONSIST END AND FORWARD-LOOKING APPROACH THROUGH COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING. >> I WILL NOW HAND IT TO FIONA.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. QUICKLY. JUST DEFINING AN EDUCATOR UNION SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S LOT OF MISS INFORMATION AROUND ABOUT US. SO UNION EDUCATOR UNIONS IS AN ORGANIZATION OF EDUCATORS THAT JOIN TOGETHER TO AROUND AROUND
PAY, BENEFIT WORKING AND LEARNING CONDITIONS AND STOOL POLICIES INNING TESTER OF EACH TEACH TRYING SOLVE PROBLEMS ALONE, A UNION GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO SOLVE ISSUE WITH THE COLLECTIVE VOICE THROUGH ADVOCACY. UNION MEMBERS ALSO GET ACCESS TO LIABILITY INSURANCE,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND A COMMUNITY OF FOLKS BEYOND THEIR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL. TO THAT END, WE'LL DEFINE COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING, WHICH IS A STRUCTURED PROCESS BETWEEN EDUCATORS AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, COVERING
COMPENSATION BEN GETS, HOURS, WORKLOAD, CLASS SIDES AND WORKING CONDITIONS AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND IT CREATES CLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT. REPLACES INCONSISTENCY WITH A TRANSPARENT FRAMEWORK, THERE IS A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENTS.
IN TERM OF HOW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WORKS, MEMBERS ELECT A PARK ANING TEAM, THE TEAM GATHERS STAFF INPUT FLEW SURVEYS AND CONVERSATIONS, THEN USES THAT INPUT TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL AND WORKS WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS TO CREATE A BARGAINING SCHEDULE.
THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER TO FORM A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT. THAT TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO UNION MEMBERS AND TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. BOTH TO VOTE ON IF IT PASSES IT BECOMES A MASTER AGREEMENT. FOR THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. IF IT DOESN'T, IT WILL GO BACK
TO -- THE TWO SIDES GO BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED TO GET IT THROUGH THE VOTES. THIS IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL HOW THIS WILL WORK. THIS IS HOW IT WORKED HERE. IT TRULY WAS A PARTNERSHIP. THE -- THERE WAS TEACHER
PRESENCE ON VIRTUALLY EVERY COMMITTEE. D.C. F IMAGINED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DISTRICT. SUCH MUTUAL RESPECT AND COLLABORATION THAT DC. F HAD A SEAT IN THE SUPERINTENDENTS CAN NET. CLASSIFIED NOTIONS WERE
CO-FACILITATED BY CERTIFIED FOLKS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHEN THE DIRECT LEADERSHIP CHANGED TO CBA, THERE WAS A MASS EXODUS OF EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS. TEACHERS AND CLASSIFIED STAFF HAD NO VOICE AND LITTLE RESPECT AND THINGS WERE DONE THIS
TOMORROW, WOULD NOT WITH THEM. EVALUATION SYSTEM CHANGED BECOMING AN INSTRUMENT HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE AND EASILY WEAPONIZED. PROCESS BIASED ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND MANY PEOPLE WERE FROZEN. ULTIMATELY, ALL THAT EVER IS TO SAY THAT DCSD WENT FROM A
NATIONAL RECOGNIZED DESTINATION FOR STAFF. TO ONE THAT EDUCATOR PREP PROGRAMS CAUTIONED GRADUATES TO AVOID AND I'LL PASS IT TO CHRIS.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO CLEAR UP MISS CONCEPTS TEACHERS UNIONS AND COLLECT IT TIFF BARGAINING HERE ARE THE FACTS IN DISTRICTS WHERE TEACHERS AND STAFF BARGAIN THEY ARE NOT FORCED TO JOIN THE UNION OR PAY DUES.
THE AOU UNION IS PAID UP OF EDUCATORS THEN THEY WERES NOT OUTSIDERS. UNIONS DO NOT EXIST TO DEFEND BAD TEACHERS. BUT TO DEFEND THE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF ALL TEACHERS AND STAFF. BARRING IS NOT JUST ABOUT PAY, COMPENSATION USUALLY ONLY MAKES
UP 10% OF THE TOPICS COVERED. IN A CBA, THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER TOPICS WE WANT TO BARGAIN OVER. INCLUDING WORKLOAD, CLASS SIZE, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATOR VOICE. SOMETIMES ANTI-UNION SENTIMENT COMES FROM THE FEAR OF STRIKES.
THE TRUTH, IS TEACHERS AND STAFF COULD STRIKE AT ANY TIME. WITH A UNION OR NOT. THE ONLY THING THAT PREVENTS STRIKES OR WORK STOPPAGES IS A CBA THAT INCLUDES A NO-STRIKE CLAWS, FOR THE DURATION OF THE
AGREEMENT. KNEW WE HAVE EXPLAINED EDUCATOR UNIONS AND COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING WE WANT TO BE BACK TO THE THREE A REASONS WHY WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT BARGAINING THE FIRST REASON IS ATTRACT AND RETAINING TALENTED EDUCATORS. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD
WORK OF ALL STAFF IN THIS DISTRICT. AS WELL AS OUR HIGHLY-INVOLVED PARENTS AND COMMITTED STUDENTS WHO HAVE MADE US ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN COLORADO. AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH, WE FACE REAL STAFFING PRESSURES. WE HAVE PL TPHRUPLT WAITING
TURNOVER AND IT COSTS MONEY THE LEARNING POLICY INSTITUTE ESTIMATES THE COST OF TEACHER TURNOVERS RANGES FROM 12,000 TO OVER 25,000 PER TEACHER. WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST STUDENT/TEACHER REQUIRE YOS IN THE METRO AREA. STRONG STUDENTS OVERCOME -- SORRY, STRONG STUDENT OUTCOMES
STILL DEPEND ON STABLE STAFFING. COMPETITIVE C COMPENSATION AND EDUCATORS HAVING A CREDIBLE VOICE IN THE DECISIONS THAT SHAPE THEIR WORK.
THERE IS STRONG EVIDENCE AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CAN HELP US WITH STAFFING PRESSURES THE COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF ONE OF THE STRONGER UN UNIONS IN COPP SUBJECT CONDUCTEDDED A STATEWIDE SURVEY INCLUDING FOLKS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY HERE IS WHAT THEY
FOUND. 82% OF COLORADO EDUCATORS SAID THEY KNOW SOMEONE WHO LEFT THE PROFESSION IN THE LAST PAST YEAR P 90% REPORT THEY WOULD PREFER OR ONLY WORK IN DISTRICTS WITH A CORRECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. EIGHT A% OF COLORADO EDUCATORS
BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE A LEGALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT EDUCATOR INFLUENCE MATTERS. AND UNIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. CEA REPORTED WHEN EDUCATORS HAVE INFLUENCE ON IMPORTANT SCHOOL DECISIONS AND LEADERSHIP, THAT
BUILDS TRUST. AND THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO STAY. CEA ALSO NOTED THAT EDUCATORS AND DISTRICTS WITH COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING AGREEMENTS REPORT HIGHER SALARIES. AND GREATER TRUST RESPECT, AND INFLUENCE OVER SCHOOL DECISIONS.
TURN IT OVER TO JULIE. >> THE SECOND REASON TO IMPLEMENT COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING IS THE METRO AREA COMPETITION WITH OTHER DISTRICTS OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS ALREADY
IN PLACE IN SEVERAL COLORADO DISTRICTS. THESE DISTRICTS BARGAIN FOR REAL DAY-TO-DAY ISSUES. BARGAINING IS A NORMAL TOOL. FOR SOLVING PRACTICAL SCHOOL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. THIS IS BEYOND PAY. AS WAS REFERENCED IN THE FACTS AND MYTHS SLIDE.
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING DISCUSSIONS ONLY HAPPEN ABOUT 10% OF THE TIME. EXAMPLES OF COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING INCLUDE SPECIAL EDUCATION WORKLOAD, P PLANNING TIME, LEAVE, CLASS SIZE, REPORT CARTS, AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR
ALL STAFF. THE STATE OF COLORADO IN DOUGLAS COUNTY EXPENSIVE PLACES TO LIVE. MANY OF OUR EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF FEEL REAL FINANCIAL PRESSURE. SOME. PHROEUFPLS WORK SECOND JOBS ON ARE LEAVE EDUCATION ALL TOGETHER
FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS A CBA CREATES A CLEAR PROCESS TO ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS FOR ALL STAFF IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTUAL IS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE COLORADO EDUCATORS EARN JUST 62 COMPREHENDS FOR EVERY DOLLAR
EARNED BY SIMILAR PROFESSIONALS. THE WORSE GAB IN THE GAMES, THE STARTING SALARY $59,914 THE MINIMUM LIVING WAGE IN THE STATE IS $68,473. WHICH IS A 24% GAP.
THE COST OF LIVING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS EVEN HIGHER. AT $75,973. NEXT SLIDE. AS FOR HOW WE STACK UP WITH OUR COMPETITORS, OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF LIKELY FACE THE GREATEST FINANCIAL STRUGGLES IN THE METRO
AREA. STAFF COMPARE SALARY SCHEDULES AND WORKING CONDITIONS ACROSS DISTRICTS. THEY ALSO COMPARE COMMUTE TIMES, AFFORDABILITY, AND A SENSE OF SUPPORT PROVIDED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THIS SLIDE COMPARES OURSELVES
WITH ANOTHER DISTRICTS. NOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT EDUCATION FUNDING IS QUITE HAMSTRUNG. WE ARE NOT HERE TO SAY THERE IS MORE MONEY THAN THERE SIMPLY ISN'T. WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW IS THAT FOLKS WHO WORK HERE FACE REAL FINANCIAL STRUGGLES AND THAT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COULD HELP GIVE TEACHERS AND ALL STAFF A VOICE IN TRYING TO ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO NADINE. >> SO WHY DOES THIS ALL MATTER?
STAFF CHOOSE DISTRICTS TO WORK FOR BASED ON BOTH SAY PAU AND WORKING DECISION SUCH AS VOICE, DECISION MAKING, WORKLOAD AND RESPECT. INFORMAL COLLABORATION WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE, SIMPLY IS NOT ENOUGH BY ITSELF. COLLECT TOUGHER BARGAINING CREATES A STABLE STRUCTURE TO
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES TOGETHER. NEXT SLY. WE HAVE COVERED COMPETITION BRINGING TO US OUR THIRD REASON TO IMPLEMENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NOW. THAT'S BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST IT HELPS MORE THAN EMPLOYEES
ESPECIALLY YOU WERE THE CONCEPT OF BARGAINING FOR THE COMMON GOOD. IT'S A STRAT STRATEGY WHERE EDUCATOR, STAFF, AND UNIONS JOINT TOGETHER WITH PARENTS AND OTHER STAKE HOLDER TOES BRING ABOUT CHANGE THAT BENEFITS NOT JUST EDUCATORS, BUT STUDENTS AND
THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM MORE STABILITY IN STAFFING, BETTER CONTINUITY, REASONABLE CLASS SIZE. AND BY PUTTING STRONGER STUDENT SUPPORT STAFFING ON THE BARGAINING AGENDA. PARENTS BENEFIT FROM THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
THAT COMES WITH COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING IN MOST DISTRICTS BARGAINING SESSIONS ARE PUBLIC, AND MANY UNIONS CONSULT WITH PARENTS ON BARGAINING TOPICS. TAXPAYERS BENEFIT FROM MORE PREDICTABLE PROBLEM SOLVING.
FEWER EXPENSE I HAVE NEXT IF I HAVE EFFECTS TURNOVER AND VACANCIES AND THAT CAN HAPPEN IN PUBLIC. IS IT OKAY TO CONTINUE? >> QUICK HAD. HE SUE HOW HARD IT IS TO KEEP TO THE TIME. >> I KNOW. >> I HATE TO CUT INTO OUR Q&
ACTUAL TIME. >> THIS IS ON SOLVING SCHOOL SYSTEM PROBLEMS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. WE HAVE OUTLINES THE THREE REASONS FOR I LOYAL COLLECT IT TIFF BARGAINING. NOW THESE COMMON OBJECTIONS ARE
MUCH LIKE THOSE SEEN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES IT TAKES TIME UP FRONT BUT CREATES A MORE ORGANIZED PROCESS IN WHICH EFFORTS REDIRECTED TO TO BE MORE EFFICIENT NOT DECREASE ASKED. SAVED TIME NOT LONG RUN DOES NOT MOVE THE BOARD APT AUTHORITY TO GOVERNOR SET BUDGETS RETAINS ITS
AUTHORITY THINK CAN REDUCE CONFLICT BY CREATING CLEAR RULES FOR PROBLEM SOLVE ASKING BELTER WORKING CONDITIONS DIRECTLY EXPECTED TO BETTER LEARNING CONDITIONS PUTTING THE FOCUS OUR STUDENT SAYS WHERE IT REALLY OUGHT TO BE. AND I'LL RETURN THE MIC TO LUCY. >> ALL RIGHT, I WILL JUST WRAP IT UP I NEAT THIRD SECOND SO WE
WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALREADY THAT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE GROUPS LIKE TEACHER CONNECT AND EMPLOYEE COUNSEL WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A VOICE WITH YOU. BUT IT DOESN'T REPLACE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BECAUSE WE WANT TO REPRESENT ALL JOB POSITIONS. SO WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THESE
STRUCTURES TO BE P PUT IN PLACE AND AGAIN, JUST ASKING FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE DOUGLAS COUNTY FEDERATION AS THE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE STARTING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THIS IS A REALLY A PRO STAFF, PRO STUDENT, PRO STABILITY DECISION, SUPPORTS EVERYONE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO PRESENT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES
SCHEDULED FOR US TO HAVE A Q &A AND I'LL GET US STARTED RIGHT A WAIL. WHO WANTS TO GO. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM NOT LETTING ANYBODY STEAL MY JOY ON THIS. I RAM SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE ARE IN
A POSITION AND POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I DID SOMETHING YESTERDAY -- >> ME TOO. >> I ENCOURAGED ALL OF US WHO ARE POLITICALLY ENGAGED TO DO I MET WITH SOMEONE NOT ONLY OPPOSED TO THE CBA BUT WHO IS REALLY OPPOSED HE WORKED
TIRELESSLY AGAINST ME EVEN BEING UP HERE TODAY WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE I REPRESENT TIM TOO. AND I MADE THE COMMITMENT TO HIM ONE I INTEND TO ON ARE ON NOW IS THAT I WILL ASK YOU TO ADDRESS TWO OF HIS QUESTIONS. I WILL HAVE TO TAKE TURNS BECAUSE WE ALL ASK ONE QUESTION AT A TIME HIS FIRST QUESTION AND
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION HE ASKED WAS REGARDING DCF APT MEMBERSHIP YOU COVERED IT IN THE PRESENTATION BUT HE ASKS HOW A CBA IS EVEN JUSTIFIABLE IF DCF LIKELY REPRESENTS LESS THAN HALF OF OUR LICENSED TEACHERS. I AM WONDERING IF SPEAK TO THAT
QUESTION FOR HE ME. >> I AM HAPPY TO HIM I HAVE NOTES IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT I REFER FOR NUMBERS AND THING. AFTER THE DISTRICT REFUSED TO ARGUE BAN DCF. BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AT THAT TIME DID EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD TO DISMANTLE US, THEY SINGLED OUT UNION REPS, THEY TOLD NEW HIRES THERE WAS NO
UNION HERE. CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE TEACHERS AND STAFF WORKED IN FEAR AND ISOLATION. TEACHERS AND STAFF HAD LIMITED ACCESS TO THEIR UNION. DCF MEETINGS COULD NOT HAPPEN AT SCHOOLS AFTER THE BELL RANGE OR BEFORE.
THE WORLD UNION BECAME A DIRTY WORD AND IT WAS COMPLETELY UNJUSTIFIED. HOWEVER, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THINGS HAVE CHANGED ADMINISTRATORS SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITHOUT US. BOARD MEMBERS UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE WE COULD ADD. THE ENVIRONMENT BECAME MUCH
FRIENDLIER AND WE HAVE DONE AN IMMERSE AMOUNT OF WORK TO BUILD OURSELVES BACK AS WE LITTLE BEFORE WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND MEMBERS NOW. AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW. THAT GROWTH REALLY EXPLODED IN THE LAST YEAR. INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND
ULTIMATELY, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE FOLKS WORKING HERE WHO DECIDED TO STAY HERE THIS YEAR, PENDING ON THE RESULTS OF A DECISION ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND THE BOARD ELECTION. SO I THINK THAT WHILE, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT THAT WE REPRESENT
LESS THAN HALF IT WAS ANNUAL HILL BATTLE WITH HEADWINDS TO GET TO THE PLACE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THERE IS TRUE ENTHUSIASM AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE PEOPLE THAT SPEND THEIR VALUABLE TIME COMING TOGETHER. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> AND SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD RESPECT THAT ENTHUSIASM. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING YOUR SECOND QUESTION. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT? DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. EARLIER TONIGHT WE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS LARGE NATIONAL POLITICS AT PLAY HERE. BUT WHEN I AM LOOKING OUT IN THE ROOM, ALL I SEE ARE TEACHERS AND MANY FACES THAT I RECOGNIZE THINK SO I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TO START WITH. ACTUALLY THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK I AM NOW PUTTING ON PAUSE BECAUSE I WANT TO BUILD TO TO DENZLER'S QUESTION. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HEADWINDS. DO YOU MIND JUST SHARING WITH ME WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
>> WHEN WE LOST CORRECTIVE BARGAINING WE LOST ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE USING DISTRICT EMAIL. WHICH IS A STREAMLINED WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH EMPLOYEES. GATHER PERSONAL EMAIL
INFORMATION, PERSONAL PHONE NUMBERS NOT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE WHO JUST WANTS INFORMATION. HAS BEEN CHALLENGING. SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST. >> WE ALSO HAD, YOU NOTION BUILDING REPS WHO WERE ACTIVELY DISCOURAGED FROM JUST HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES.
AND WE USED TO HAVE DCF MEETINGS AT SCHOOL BUILDINGS. THAT WAS LIKE LARGELY DISCOURAGED. GENERALLY A CULTURE OF FEAR AROUND DCF. AND TEACHER UNIONS. WHERE FOLKS FELT SINGLED OUT FOR
STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY FELT WAS WORKING SUPER WELL PRIOR TO 2012 AND 2013. >> WHAT POLICY PROHIBITS THE USE OF DISTRICT EMAIL AND -- >> THERE ISN'T ONE, WE HAVE JUST BEEN CONTINUALLY BLOCKED FROM USING IT.
>> AND ALSO AT STAFF MEETINGS WE WERE TOLD DIRECT THERE NOT TO BY ADMINISTRATORS. >> DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM OTHER THAN WORD OF MOUTH. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR GEIGER THEN DIRECTOR
CALLAHAN. >> I KNOW THE GUY SHE WAS TALKING TO. [ LAUGHTER ] >> HE DID NOT WANT ME HERE EITHER. BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS. WE HAVE INCREASED OUR SCORES, WE ARE ONE OF THE BEST SCORING DISTRICTS IN THE METROPOLITAN
AREA AND ONE OF THE BEST SCORING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. WHAT WILL A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT DO THAT WILL IMPROVE THAT? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND ONE I WAS PREPARED TO ANSWER SO I ALSO HAVE NOTES FOR THAT. DOUGLAS COUNTY IS AN AMAZING SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT IS ONE OF
THE TOP RANKING ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT THE TOP. THERE ARE TWO OTHER METRO DISTRICTS THAT ARE AHEAD OF US. CHERRY CREEK AND LITTLE TODAY. AND WHAT IF THE COMPETITIVE EDGE IS THE COLLECTING BARGAINING AGREEMENT. THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE.
YOU KNOW TO ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP I THINK GOES ALONGSIDE THIS IS YES, WE ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL ACADEMICALLY, AND ALSO THANKS TO THE -- QUITE FRANKLY THE HARD WORK OF OUR MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICTS, WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THE BOND AND MLO AND GET INCREASES.
THOSE DID NOT EVENING GET US ON PAR WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. SO THERE IS STILL A LOT TO BE DONE, WE ALSO STILL HAVE THE HIGHEST TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO AND WE ARE NOT AT THE TOP FOR STUDENT COUNSELOR RATIO SO THERE IS STILL ROOM TO IMPROVEMENT. AND TRULY, A CBA COULD BE THAT
COMPETITIVE EDGE. ALSO, I WOULD BEG THE QUESTION, HOW COULD GIVING OUR CLASSROOM EXPERTS HARM THAT EFFORT? >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE I AM GOING TO SAY IT, I RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THE FACES IN THIS ROOM.
THE IN PART, IN LARGE PART, BECAUSE THEY USED SHOE LEATHER NEXT TO ME TO PASS THE LAST MLO. AND THE LAST BOND AND I WILL BE AS BLUNT AS I CAN. NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN HEE TODAY OPPOSING THE UNION -- >> I WILL KEEP US MOVING,
DIRECTOR GEIGER. A SOME I. I WANT TO OTHER PEOPLE TO HAVE A CHANCE. DID GO DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. SORIANO I, IT'S A HORRIBLE JOB. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR FROM LISTENING
TO Y'ALL TONIGHT AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST THE TEACHER VOICE IS KIND OF FRONT AND FOREMOST I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD, WHAT ARE -- IF YOU COULD GIVE TWO OR THREE
IDEAS OR DESIRES THAT TEACHERS ARE EXPRESSING RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AND WOULD LIKE TO OUTSIDE OF A VOICE, WHICH I HAVE HEARD CLEARLY, BUT WHAT DO YOU FEEL
LIKE THE CLEANING TIFF BARGAINING AGREEMENT WOULD ELEVATE FOLLOW TEACHERS? >> I KNOW ONE OF OUR PUBLIC MINTS BROUGHT UP THE ELEMENTARY REPORT CARD THAT WAS CHANGED.
WE HAD JUST A MATTER OF WEEKS TO WORK WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK. NOT SAYING THAT WE WOULD TAKE OVER AT ALL. BUT I THINK JUST INCLUDING US MAKING THAT WORKLOAD MANAGEABLE WITHOUT IT BE AS FRUSTRATIONED
AND THE HOURS THAT WE PUT IN TO SOMETHING THIS CHANGED SO QUICKLY ON US IS SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING. >> THAT'S DEMONSTRATIVE OF A LARGER PROBLEM, WHICH IS THERE ARE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND INITIATIVES THAT GET ROLLED OUT.
WAYED REALLY INCLUDING US IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE. THAT THEN DIRECTLY IMPACT US. SO THAT'S GREAT EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES OR NEW THINGS THAT WAS A GOOD THING AND MADE PERFECT SENSE BUT WAS ROLLED OUT LIKE WEEKS BEFORE REPORT CARDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
>> WE HAD 15 DAYS. >> RIGHT. AND TOLL THAT END WE DO SURVEY OUR MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEY CARE ABOUT AND CONSISTENTLY, CLASS SIZE COMES UP AND WE REALIZE THAT CLASS SIZE IN SOME WAYS IS TIED TOLL
MONEY, BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DIRECT LIP I IMPACTS THE WORK OWED OF EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF BUT ALSO IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION OUR STUDENTS RECORD. I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT OUR
FOLKS ARE LOOKING TO DO, IS DO THEIR JOB THE BEST THEY CAN. AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE BARGAINING TOPICS IN A CBA. WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT OUR GOALS ARE ALIGNED WITH YOURS WHICH IS HAVING THE BEST STUDENT OUTCOMES POSSIBLE. >> I THINK ONE OTHER THING ON IS
KNOWING THAT ALL COLLEAGUES, ALL ELEMENTARY COLLEAGUES ARE WORKING UNDER THE SAME CONSISTENT EXPECTATION, SO IF IT IS REPORT CARDS AND THE AMOUNT OF STANDARDS OR PLOs THAT WE ARE REPORTING OUT ON IT'S THE SAME AMONG BUILDINGS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR LOCAL CONTROL AT
SCHOOLS TO BE TAKEN AWAY WE LOVE THAT TOO AND BEING INVOLVED IN OUR DECISIONS AT SCHOOLS, BUT THE SAME CONSISTENT IF THERE IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WHO TAKES OVER DURING THEIR PLANNING TIME TO COVER A CLASS, AND THEY GET EXTRA PAY FOR THAT. IF THAT HAPPENS ARE WE MEETING THE SAME EXPECTATIONS?
DO WE GET THE SAME TYPE OF PAY. I THINK JUST CONSISTENCY IN SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN SCHOOLS. BETWEEN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE. HIGH SCHOOL COULD GO ALONG AND JUST HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. >> DIRECTOR PARKER AND RYAN.
DO EITHER OF YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> IN YOUR OPINION, IF IT STOPS HERE AND NOTHING HAPPENS, WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN? >> WE WERE EXPECTING THAT QUESTION HERE IS WHAT I CAN SAY AS A VERY PASSIONATE TEACHER
STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU, PRESIDENT OF OUR UNION, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR WHAT IS NEXT. I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR OVER A DECADE. I REMEMBER THE DAY AT SCHOOL IN AUGUST, OF 2012 WHEN I REALIZED
THAT MY PAYCHECK WAS FROZEN. OR 2011. WITHOUT ANY COMMUNICATION. SO THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN VERY IMPACTFUL. WE ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. SO WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY, WE ARE NOT ENDING THE CONVERSATION. WE WILL KEEP ASKING, WE WILL
KEEP BUGGING YOU. OUR JOB IS THE BEST JOB EVER. AND IT IS ARE THE THE HARD EFFORT JOB EVER AND WE ARE OFTEN CRITICIZED OUR EX-TEAR IS QUESTIONS, OUR EXPERIENCE QUESTIONED. SO KNOWING THAT WE ARE VALUED, THAT WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY
SHOWING UP FOR OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL HERE MATTERS AND THAT WE HAVE THAT EQUAL RESPECT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR MORALE. THERE IS REAL ENTHUSIASM HERE AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO JUST
STOP. >> IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE THING WHEN IT HAPPENED IN 2012 AND '1. I FOE FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT WHO HUNG ON THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE WERE DOING. IN FACT, ANECDOTALLY BUT THIS IS
TRUE THE DOUGLAS COUNTY TEACHER OF THE YEAR WAS ACTIVE NOW OUR I DON'T KNOW LAST YEAR AND SHE LEFT. YOUR BEST ELEMENTARY TEACHER LEFT LAST YEAR BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T AFFORD TO STAY HERE AND WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY TIRED OF THE INCONSISTENCIES IN HER JOB. THAT SHOULD SCARE YOU.
>> THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH. IN OF A QUESTION. I SEE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS WHEN I LOOK OUT HERE. TEACHERS. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I SAT ON THE CABINET WHEN THERE WAS A UNION REP THAT SAT ON THE
CABINET AND I SAW HOW IT WORKED PREVIOUSLY. I AM NOT SURE WHAT YOUR VISION IS FOR HOW TO ENSURE REPRESENTATIVE TEACHER VOICE. AND MARTHA LOOKS LIKE BUT IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT STRUCTURE I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO
UNDERSTAND. >> YEAH. I THINK WHAT WE HAD IN PLACE BEFORE WAS WAS NOT BROKEN JUST CHARACTERIZED THAT BAY FOR WHATEVER REASON. THERE ARE MODEL INS THE METRO THAT WE CAN EMULATE.
AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THAT WORK BEST TO LUG LAS COUNTY IN SPECIALS OF SPECIFICITY NOT AS SPECIFIC AN ANSWER SURE LOOKING FOR, MAINLY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S UP TO BOTH THE DISTRICT AND OUR MEMBERS TO DECIDE THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SPACE OR OPPORTUNITY TO FORM THAT KIND OF IDEA. >> THAT'S A FAIR ANSWER. AND WE ARE -- LET'S SEE. DIRECTOR DENZLER I AM BACK TO YOU.
AND THEN DID I SEE DIRECTOR THOMPSON. OKAY. >> THE SECOND QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS ALREADY ASKED BUT I HAVE A THIRD. SO WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THIS CONSTITUENT, HE MENTIONED THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN HIS MIND AND I AM SURE IT'S A BELIEF THAT IS
SHARED AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ON OPPOSE UNIONS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS THERE IS A SAFETY ELEMENT MAY FATHER, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS MERCHANT MARINE ENGINEER THAT UNION WAS ABOUT LIKE WORKING CONDITION IN THE BOILER ROOM SO THAT HE WOULD STAY SAFE. TO MY MIND AND MAKE YOU CAN SPEAK MORE ON THIS THERE IS A
SAFETY ELEMENT HERE AS WELL. AND I AM WONDERING IF, YEAH, YOU CAN ADDRESS. >> YEAH, THERE IS A HUGE SAFETY ELEMENT IT WAS GREAT THERE WAS 40 MINUTES DEDICATED TO IT BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION. THIS IS A JOB THAT RARES A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SAFETY TRAINING OF ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS IN THE BUILDINGS AND I AM SURE THAT YOU CAN ALL ATTESTER TO GOING THROUGH THOSE THINGS. I THINK ULTIMATELY ONE OF THE QUESTION REASONS THAT EDUCATORS IN PARTICULAR JOINED THEIR UNION
IS FOR ONE, LIABILITY COVERAGE. BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN AND YOU DON'T PLAN FOR THEM TO HAPPEN BUT THEY DO, BUT ALSO, BUT YOU HAVE A SAY IN MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO USE THAT BY LEIABIITY COVERAGE, IE HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN SOME OF THE SAFETY DISCUSSIONS.
AND ALSO HAVING A VOICE IN TERMS OF ARTICULATING TO THE BOARD AND TO DISTRICT ADMIN WHAT IT'S LAKE TO BE IN A CLASSROOM AND SAY THAT WON'T WORK BUT THIS WILL. I THINK, YES, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROFESSION THAT SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY NOT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE BUT FOR
IT THE STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE TASKED WITH PROTECT AND TEACHING EVERY DAY. HE. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. AND AS THE TIMEKEEPER I AM SUPPOSED TO SAY TIME BUT ALSO OUR NORMS SAY WHEN WE RUN OUT OF
TIME, WE CAN ASK WHETHER WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE TIME AND TAKE MOTION TO EXTEND THE TIME THAT'S ACTUALLY IN OUR NORMS I SAW THAT RECENTLY AND I HAD A BYRD BOARD DIRECTOR REQUEST THAT. IS THERE A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE TIME?
>> I WANT TO HEAR WHAT DIRECTOR THOMPSON WANTS TO ASK. >> DO WE WANT TO EXTEND THE TIME OR JUST ONE MORE QUESTION? >> HOW MANY MORE QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE MORE? >> JUST YOU. GO AHEAD. >> ACTUALLY MY QUESTION -- THANK YOU, GUYS.
IT'S KIND OF DIRECTED FOR YOU, GUYS. SO I CARE WHAT THE TEACHERS WANT. AND I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE TEACHERS WANT IF THEY CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH E EACH OTHER ON
THE TOPIC? >> ARE THERE THOUGHTS ON WAYS TO SOLICIT THAT? OR ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN? IS THERE A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION. >> I AM CONFUSED IF WE -- I AM
NOT FAT WITH THE POLICY, PERHAPS STAFF CAN LET ME KNOW THERE AS I POLICY THAT RESTRICTSS OR SOME SORT OF -- I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE IS SOME LAW THAT RESTRICTS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE FORCING IT COME OUT OF PAYCHECKS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FEES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN'T DO THAT. I AM JUST A LITTLE LOST ON WHY THAT'S A RULE. AND HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT. >> CAN I SPEAK TO THE STATE LAW ON THIS? THERE IS A STATE LAW ON THE BACKED CALLED PROP LAW WHICH IS PASSED IN 2024, THAT PROTECTS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES RIGHTS
TO ORGANIZE. TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IT MIRRORS THE NATION LABOR RELATIONS ACT THAT SAID IT CAN'T BE DONE ON COMPANY TIME WHICH WE DID, IT IS ALWAYS AFTER SCHOOL AND I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT
THAT LAW HAS BEEN IN FORCE IN MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I HAVE BEEN IN THE HEARINGS REPRESENTING THE UNIONS. >> DO WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN UP THE ABILITY FOR STAFF TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER?
ON THIS TOPIC. >> I P THE CHALLENGE IS THIS IS INFO ONLY TONIGHT. ON THE AGENDA. SO I THINK THERE IS NOTHING PREVENTING US FROM YOU KNOW, BRINGING FORWARD ANOTHER AGENDA
ITEM WHERE WE CAN PASS A MOTION, BUT I WORRY ABOUT IT BEING AN INFO ITEM AND I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAVE CHALLENGED BOARD THAT HAVE ACTED WHEN AN AGENDA WAS AN INFO.
>> SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND THEN -- >> YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRACTICE THAT WAS GOING ON LONG BEFORE WE WERE HERE, WAS THAT CERTAINLY THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR MEMBERS USING DISTRICT EMAIL OR EACH OTHER USING DISTRICT EMAIL, BUT WE
WERE NOT PUBLISHING -- WE WERE NOT RELEASING THE DISTRICT EMAILS THE SPECIFIC DISTRICT EMAILS OF ALL STAFF OF THE. THAT'S BEEN OUR GENERAL POLICY. THE IDEA WAS IF WE DID IT FOR ONE GROUP WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR
ALL GROUPS THINK THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND CERTAINLY THE BOARD CAN DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO. >> DIRECTOR PARKER ANYTHING. >> I AM CONFUSED IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS NO POLICY PREVENTING
COMMUNICATION. YET THERE IS A VIBE. THAT'S PREVENTING. >> NOT A VIBE. >> NOT A VIBE. >> WE VERIFIED THAT LIKE THE WORD UNION WAS BEING FLAG ED IN EMAILS WE HAVE BEEN BLOCKED FOR SENDING THEM FROM OUR DCF EMAIL ADDRESSES. WE HAVE ALSO WHEN WE HAVE GONE
TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS ANOTHER SCHOOL BUILDINGS WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. THAT HAS BEEN VERY INNING KE6R9 HE WANT ACROSS BUILDINGS. FOLKS TELL US THAT AT THE DIRECTION OF DISTRICT AT MINUTE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE US THERE. TELLING YOU OUR EXPERIENCE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. >> DIRECT TO ARE GEIGER. >> I BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONE THAT SUPERINTENDENT AND HER STAFFER SHOULD HAVE SOMETIME TO RESEARCH. AND GET BACK TO US. THERE ARE POLICIES AND
TRADITIONS AND POLICIES IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND I THINK I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS AND WHAT POLICIES ARE.
I WILL BE DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT DO THAT. >> I SEE GENERAL HEAD NODS ON ALL OF THAT. ALL OF US COULD SEND QUESTIONS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE THINK WOULD BE RELEVANT LEGAL QUESTIONS, DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE. SO GIVEN THAT AND GIVEN THAT WE
ARE OUT OF TIME I THINK THAT WE ARE AT A GOOD POINT TO THANK ALL OF FOR YOU YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR ADVOCACY TONIGHT AND FOR ALL THAT DO YOU FOR OUR KIDS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING
US. [ APPLAUSE ] >> OKAY, WITH THAT I THINK WE ARE AT RECESS. OUTTA GENERAL DARK IT'S 8:13. SO WE'LL TAKE TEN MINUTES AND WE'LL BE BACK IN TEN MINUTES.
THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT THING WILL WITH HIM CHECK BACK ORDER, WE ARE RECONVENING FROM RECESS, OUR NEXT ITEM OUTTA GENE DA IS 9.4
THE MLO CONSIDERATION NEXT STEPS WITH A PEN TENNESSEE-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 15-MINUTE Q&A. SUPERINTENDENT KANE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. CFO THAT LIESER IS JOINING ME AS
WELL. LET'S SEE IF I CAN KEEP WITH MY TEN MINUTES. THIS IS A CONTEST WITH MYSELF. BECAUSE I AM LIVE THINK I AM THE WORST VIOLATOR OF OF THE TIME. OKAY.
SO WE PROMISED WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH MORE DETAILS ENVELOPES ABOUT WHAT WE RECOMMEND THE MLO BE USED FOR. AMOUNTS, IMPACT, TO TAXPAYERS, ET CETERA THINK SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
TONIGHT. I THINK STARTING WITH HOW SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED I WILL TRYING TO THROUGH IT FAIRLY QUICKLY. ANY TIME WE HAVE AN MLO DISCUSSION IT'S IMPORTANT TO START WITH HOW SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED. THEN MALE TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND NEXT STEPS AND WE DO HAVE AN APPENDIX WITH WITH THE SLIDE DECK THAT WE PREPPED
LAST TIME INCLUDING THE POLLING, ET CETERA. WITH START IS START WITH THE BOARD MENDS AND STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S WHAT IT IS MEDICAL IS FUNDING. TH-TZ FROM OUR STATE OF THE DIRECT PRESENTATION, FOR THE
PUBLIC THE SCHOOLS ARE FOUNDED THROUGH LOCAL TAX DOLLARS AS WELL AS STATE TAX DOLLARS WHEN WE COLLECT HERE LOCALLY WE GET LESS FROM THE STATE YOU CAN SEE THAT GRAPH ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO YOU THAT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS AS ASSESSED VALUES GO UP THE LOCAL TAKES PAYERS PLAY MORE
THE STATE OF COLORADO PAID LESS. ALSO WE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT OUR TAX IMPACT ON OUR CITIZENS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. IN 2013, OUR MILL RATE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT WAS 22.5 MILLS. TODAY EVEN WITH OUR RECENT
BALLOT INITIATIVES, IT'S 18.1 MILLS SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE -- THAT DECADE PLUS OF TIME, OUR TAX RATE DROPPED DRAMATICALLY. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO BE SO SQUEEZED.
THE 2023 MILL 11Y OVERRIDE WAS SPENT ACTUALLY AS PROMISED. WE INCREASED TEACHER AND STAFF PAY BY 9%. OR A LITTLE MORE THAN 9%. AND AS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HIATT AND MR. GREWSING PRESENTED EARLIER WE INCREASED SAFETY AND SECURITY AT OUR SCHOOLS EXACTLY
AS PROMISED I ALSO WALT IT MAKE SURE THAT I PUT UP THE 2024 BOND WITH THE Q R CODE WHERE OUR PUBLIC CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE WITH THE BOND. AND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE BY RING REGIONAND BY SCHOOL IT'S AN INTERACTIVE MAP. TO COMPARE THE FUNDING TO
SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND, AGAIN, THIS IS POST BALLOT INITIATIVES. WE ARE GETTING -- IT'S GETTING BETTER BUT STILL INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. THE BLUE REPRESENTS THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO UNDER THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT AND THIS COMPARES US WITH OUR PEER DISTRICTS. REMEMBER THAT BLUE COMES FROM
BOTH LOCAL TAXES AND STATE TAXES. SO TODAY IT'S A LITTLE MORE LOCAL THAN IT WAS STATE. WHEREAS A FEW YEARS AGO IT WAS MORE STATE AND LESS LOCAL. THE ORANGE IS THE DOLLARS PER STUDENT THAT WE RAISED THROUGH OUR MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE. IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS
ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS AND IT'S STILL MUCH LESS THAN MOST OF OUR PEERS. SO YOU CAN SEE MILL LEVEE OVER RIGHT AMOUNT PER STUDENT THAT'S THE BIGGEST DEFENSOR IN OUR FUNDING. AND HOW OUR MONEY IS SPENT ON
STUDENTS 82% OF OUR DOLLARS GO DIRECTLY INTO THE CLASSROOM FOR SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND STUDENT PROGRAMMING. THE GREEN REPRESENTS FACILITY AND OPERATIONS BUS DRIVERS, THAT KIND OF THING, GROUNDS KEEPERS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS RUNNING ELECTRICAL BILLS, ALL OF THAT STUFF.
AND THE SPWHRU WHAT PEOPLE TRADITIONALLY THINK OF AS CENTRAL A MINUTE, THAT'S SYSTEM-WIDE SUPPORTS LIKE HUMAN RESOURCES, BUSINESS SERVICES, I.T. ET CETERA. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION COSTS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS OUR TAXPAYERS TELL US IF YOU ARE
HAVING FUNNEL TROUBLE JUST REDUCE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE DONE THAT OVER THE YEARS. SO SIGNIFICANTLY THAT NOW 3% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ADMINISTRATORS SO THAT COUNT PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MYSELF, OUR TEAM, OUR DIRECT DIRECTORS 3% ARE CONSIDERED ADMINISTRATORS AND THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS
ABOUT FIVE. WE HAVE AN INCR INCREDIBLY LEAN CENTRAL AHEAD HIP STATION WHICH IS WHY WE LOOK LIKE OUR HAIR IS OTHER FIRE ALL THE TIME. AND THEN OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, SO, AGAIN, THIS IS THE TOTAL TAX RATE THAT OUR TAXPAYERS ARE
PAYING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY VERSUS THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE NUMBERS, THE RATINGS ARE BASED ON OUR TEST SCORES FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE DISTRICT IN THE METRO AREA BASED ON ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CHERRY CREEK IS NUMBER 4. I JUST HAD TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR MILL RATE HAS GONE DOWN OVER -- YEAR OVER YEAR, DESPITE OUR BALLOT INITIATIVE. EVEN THOUGH WE PASSED THE 2024 BOND, OUR MILL RATE HAS BEEN INCHING DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, SO ALL OF THAT IS, DID SETS THE CONTEXT FOR A PROPOSED 2 2026 MARCH LO WE ARE PROPOSING A MILL LEVEE OVER RIGHT THAT INVESTS IN BOTH TEACHER COME PEN TAKE AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
BOARD ENDS AND THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, INCLUDING ADDRESSING OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAIT LISTS WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY SIGNIFICANT AND PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND EYE NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL.
THESE ARE OUR HIGH-LEVEL PROPOSED INVESTMENTS FOR THE MILL LEVEE OVER RIGHT I WANT TO FIRST EXPLAIN TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC WHAT THE $12 MILLION IS ON THE STOP. SO OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS GET AN EQUAL PER STUDENT SHARE OF THE
MILL 11Y OVERRIDE THAT WE GET. AND SO FOR US THAT'S $12 MILLION DIRECTED IT CHART SCHOOLS THEY NEED TO GIVE YOU A PLANS HOW SHOW HOW THEY PLAN TO SEND THE MILL LEVEE OVER RIGHT DOLLARS ON
THE CAUSES OR SOME OF THE CAUSES ON THE BALLOT QUESTION. THE REST OF THE MONEY TAKING WELL MILWAUKEE MILLION OFF THE TOP. THE REST SAFETY AND SECURITY.
ANOTHER 1.5 MILLION WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT HELPS US WITH THE ADDITIONAL SRO COVERAGE IF THE COMMISSIONER COVER THAT ADDITIONAL SRO COVERAGE FOR RURALS IT WILL HELP US GET OUR EL MONDAY ARE YOU SCHOOL NUMBERS AND DOWN AND INCLUDES AN ANNUAL ALLOWANCE SIMILAR TO OUR LAST
MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE. THE SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM HAVE AN ALLOWANCE ON ANNUAL BASIS TO INVEST IN UPDATED CAMERAS AND THINGS THEY THEY'D T TIME GOES ON, COMPENSATION IS 4% INCREASE FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF TOO KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION AND
IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS BY FURTHER CLOSING THE GAP WITH THE MARKET. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THIS WOULD INVEST IN AN EXPANSION OF PATHWAYS, HE EFFECT SIFT EXISTING AND NEW TO IMMEDIE DEMAND.
WE HAVE STUDENTS ON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY WAIT LIST SEWS THIS WOULD MEAN ADDING CLASSES OF EXCITING PATH WAYS, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS AND INDUSTRY THAT ARE EXPRESSING A DESIRE FOR PATH WAYS THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE. THIS WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT IN
BOTH OF $4.2 MILLION. ANNUAL CURRICULUM INVESTMENT OF THREE HAD THE $3 MILLION WE OFTEN TAKE PARTICULARLY OUR NEWSPAPER AND I LITERACY CURRICULUM IS PRACTICE TISSUELY PAID FOR BY THE SCHOOLS THEM
SELFS AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEM THEN AND MEANT THAT THEY HAD UNACQUITABLE RESOURCES SOME HAD RESOURCES SOME OF THE BARE MINIMUM. WE TOOK IT OVER WHEN WE INVESTED IN THE SCIENCE OF READING AS
WELL ALSO NUMERACY WE TOOK THAT OVER CENTRAL LAY BUT NEVER BUDGETED YEAR OVER AREA TAKEN OVER WITH ONE-TIME MONEY SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ANNUAL BUDGET TO CONTINUE TO REFRESH THOSE RESOURCES AND LITERACY AND NUMERACIES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO RESOURCES, SPECIALIZED STUDENT PROGRAMMING, WOULD ESTABLISH AND ENHANCE OUR PROGRAMMING FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. AND HONESTLY, OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WAS LIKE, 16 MILLION WOULD BE GREAT AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, HOW ABOUT 5.6.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT EVERYONE NEEDS THAT ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS NEED IT TOOK A LOT TO NARROW IT DOWN THIS WOULD MAY FOR NOT ONLY ADDITIONAL CENTER OF BASED PROGRAMMING BUT SPECIAL SIZED PROGRAMMING. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE STAND-ALONE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING SO THAT WE ARE NOT SENDING STUDENTS OUT OF DISTRICT SO MUCH.
ATHLETICS AND ACTIVES IS AN INVESTMENT TO -- AGAIN AN INVESTMENT TO ENSURE EQUITABLE FACILITIES ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS. AND ADD ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTED WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND STUDENT PROGRAMMING SOMEONE MENTIONED
TONIGHT THAT ELEMENTARY MUSIC WAS CUT BACK IN 2012. THAT IS CORRECT. ELEMENTARY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WAS CUT AND THERE IS A LOT OF DEMAND TO BRING IT BACK. SO SOME WOULD RESTEER
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND INVEST IN THE TEAMING MODEL AND SUPPORT HAVING THAT TO HAVE DO A EXPRESSIVE SYSTEMIC A.I. IMPLEMENTATION. OUR COUNTRY IS THE TOP LINE AND THEN I WILL RUN OVER MY TIME I AM TRYING I AM SO CLOSE.
THE CURRENT IS THE TOP LANE AND THE GREEN IS IF WE DO -- IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET A FORE% INCREASE. THAT WOULD PUT OUR STARTING PAY ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLARS ABOVE JEFFCO ACTION. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR MAX SALARY IS ALREADY PRETTY WELL POSITIONED AND CERTAINLY WOULD BE REALLY WELL POSITIONED.
THAT'S THE MAX THAT'S THE MAX. 60% IN THE GENERAL SCHEDULE, 30% ON HARD TO HIRE -- SORRY, 53, 30, 17 SO WE WAIT THE STARTING
AND THE MAX SALARY BASED ON THE THREE SCHEDULES BASED ON THE PERSONAL OF STAFF THAT ARE ON THOSE THREE SCHEDULES THAT KIND OF MAKES UP OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE. IT'S BECAUSE THE TIMER WENT OFF, THAT'S WHY.
SO THE TACT IMPACT OF THE POTENTIAL MLO I DIDN'T CHANGE THAT TITLE TO 54 MILLION IT SHOULD SAY 54 MILLION. THE, AT THAT IMPACT OF A $54 MILLION MLO WHICH IS THE THIRD BULLET WOULD BE 33 ZEST PER 100,000 OF ARM VALUE.
OR AVERAGE OF 236 FOR AN AVERAGE HOME. I PUT 50 AND 54, BECAUSE I I REMEMBER IN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A $50 MILLION. THE LAST ONE WAS $66 MILLION MLO AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISERS AND
CFO DID THEIR CRUNCHING AND CAME BACK WITH THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ASK FOR 54 MILLION THAT'S WHO YOU ARE OUR SLIDE DECK RECOMMENDS BUT HE LEFT THE EM PA ACCOUNT OF 50 MILLION IN THERE. I WANT TO BE TRANS 90 THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PULLED. -- POLLED BECAUSE WE WERE
POLLING AN AVERAGE BASED ON WHAT WE THOUGHT OUR CAPACITY WAS AT THAT TIME BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO POLL THIS IMPACT. FINALLY, NEXT STEPS, NEXT STEPS WOULD BE WE WOULD ASK TONIGHT IF YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE A 2026 MLO, YOU KNOW,
LET US KNOW. AND THEN THESE ARE KIND OF SOME OF OUR KEY ACTIONS AND DELIVERABLES. AT THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE -- THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEAR TERM AND WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THE THE LONGER TERM AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I WAS SO CLOSE. ANY QUESTIONS.
>> VERY CLOSE. VERY CLOSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS ON THIS TOPIC INCLUDING POLLING. TONIGHT OUR GOAL IS TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WISH TO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTINUE TO
EXPLORE THE 2026 MLO. AND WHETHER WE WANT TO SPEAK TO SPECIFICITY IN THAT RESEARCH. BUT ALSO, ARE THERE OTHER IDEAS FOR UP GAME. PERHAPS BOARD COMMITTEES, ET CETERA. WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO JUST
OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION AND DO ONE QUESTION AND GET ARMED TO EVERYONE. WHO WANT IS TO GO FIRST?
YOU CAN COMBINE A COMMENT IF IT'S QUICK WITH A QUESTION. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE THIS IS NOT YOU AND Is FIRST GO AROUND OTON THIS. IT FEELS LIKE THIS RUNWAY IS A LITTLE BIT SHORT NEVER PART BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD THE MILL
BOARD EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE. INPUT LIKE IT EVERY HAD IN THE PAST. CAN YOU JUST UPDATE US ON WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ADVISE THE BOARD COMMITTEES AND WHAT YOUR FEEDBACK HAS BEEN FROM THEM.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THERE WE GO, FULL A FORGIVE ME FOR JUST A MOMENT WHILE I GET TO THE RIGHT SLIDE. WE HAVE GOT IN THE A FEN DICTION THE FEEDBACK IT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL LAST TIME CAN YOU
ADVANCE THE SL SLIDES FOR ME THY ARE JUST NOT GOING THINK I APOLOGIZE DIRECTOR GEIGER, BUT IT IS IN THE APPENDIX. I HAVE TALKED TO EVERY ONE OF YOUR BOARD COMMITTEES EXEMPT MBOCK BECAUSE THEY MEET QUARTERLY, SO I BELIEVE I AM ON
THEIR NEXT AGENDA AND YOUR -- I CAN'T DO IT, IT'S TEN SLIDES FROM HERE, YOUR BOARD COMMITTEES DID GIVE FEEDBACK ON THE PRIORITIES OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'LL HAVE TO GO WAY DOWN. YEP.
DOWN FURTHER, SORRY. IF I COULD ADVANCE THEM THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE.
>> ON THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE AT THE LAST MEETING I GAVE YOU THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD COMMITTEE SAYS ALL THREE OF THEY WERE WERE FAIR ODD WHAT THEY BELIEVE SHOULD BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR THE MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE IN ADDITION YOU ALL PUT A SURVEY OUT IN YOUR BOARD SHORTS PRESENTATION.
THAT WOULD ALSO ASK THE PUBLIC THOSE SAME ANSWERS. WE REVIEWED THAT DATA VERY CAREFULLY WHEN SELECTING THE PRIORITIES. THAT WE PUT FORWARD IN OUR PROPOSAL. IF MEMORIES SERVES THE DAC HAD
COMPENSATION AS NUMBER ONE. THE FOC NOT SURPRISINGLY HAD PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY RATED AS NUMBER ONE. LRPC I CAN'T RECALL WHAT THEIR
NUMBER ONE WAS BOW THOSE WERE PRESENTED LAST TIME. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO I UNDERSTAND THAT MBOCK MEETSES QUARTERLY I WANT TO ELEVATE THAT THEY HAVE OFFERED
TO MEET MORE FREQUENTLY IN ORDER TO SERVE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH BY THE BOARD SO THEY HAVE OFFERED THAT THEY ARE FLEXIBLE BEING WILLING TO MEET, NOT ONLY IF A RECOMMENDATION IS REQUIRED, AND IT'S TAME SENSE AT THIS BUT ALSO SOMETHING LIKE
THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE. JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> THE TEACHER PAY TO COME TO THE 4%, WE ARE WAITING THE STARTING MINIMUM SALARY FOR
DCSD, THE BUT THE REF OF THE DISTRICTS THAT'S THEIR ACTUAL MINIMUM RATHER THAN WEIGHTED BALLS WOE HAVEN'T TO INFO OR IS THAT WEIGHT TODAY THEM AS WELL? >> THE OTHER DISTRICTS TO NOT HAVE MULTIPLE SCHEDULES, THEY HAVE ONE SCHEDULE. WE HAVE THREE SCHEDULES. SO THAT'S WHY I WEIGHTED IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YES.
SO THAT'S ACTUAL MINIMUM BUT ACTUAL MINIMUM IS ACTUAL MINIMUM ACROSS THE BOARD? >> CORRECT. THAT'S THE ACTUAL STARTING SALARY ACROSS THE BOARD AND THEIR ACTUAL MAXIMUMS ACROSS THE BOARD. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN.
>> GOING BACK TO THE SPECIAL ED ITEM. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE -- YOU MENTIONED STAND-ALONE PROGRAMS. COULD YOU HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MANIES AND LOOKS LIKE? >> DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HIGH@DO
YOU WANT TO PEEK TO THAT? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING AUTISM PROGRAMMING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. WE HAVE FOUR PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW AND SO WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN
EXPAND NAG PROGRAMMING TO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS AND SO THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF PROGRAMMING NEEDS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. >> SINCE WE ARE ON THIS SLIDE,
THE CAREER AND TECH EDUCATION AT 4.2 MILLION. A THINK HAVE YOU ARE WITH THE POLLING THE QUESTION WAS AROUND THERE BE WEIGHT LISTS AND ASKING FOR FAVORABILITY. SO I SEE THIS IS SPEAKING TO BOTH NEW AND EXISTING CTE PROGRAMS.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY HOW MUCH OF THE 4.2 MILLION IS NEW VERSUS THE WEIGHT LIST FOR THE EXISTING PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. >> THERE IS A GOOD CHUNK OF RIGHT ICING TO BE EXCITING PROGRAMS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO EXPANDS THEIR PROGRAMMING AND WEIGHT LISTS SCHOOLS GET .25 FTE
FOR CERTIFIED STATE LEVEL PROGRAMMING INCREASE THAT TO 3.4 WHICH AFTERNOON LAY ALLOWS US TO INCREASE STAFFING, TO INCREASE CAPABILITY AROUND THAT. AND THEN ALSO INCREASE STAFFING THAT WOULD BE TOWARDS NEW PROGRAMS TO FUND THOSE START-UP PROGRAMMING. NOW THAT THE STATE HAS ACTUALLY LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY
HAVE START-UP FUNDS AT THE STATEWIDE PROGRAMMING WE COULD SELF-SUSTAIN PROGRAMS ANY NEW PROGRAM WE OFFER STAFFING AT WELL AS SOME START-UP COSTS. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> I ACTUALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. BECAUSE I AM -- IT'S STILL PRETTY ABSTRACT. EVEN LOOKING AT THE OTHER TABLE. AT LEAST SOME OF THE CATEGORIES. AND SO KNOWING THAT THAT NUMBER IS EXPLAINED BY AN INCREASE IN FTE, HELPS ME BETTER UNDERSTAND
WHY A SMALLER POPULATION IS GOING TO HAVE THAT MUCH MORE MONEY. WHEREAS WHEN I LOOK AT CURRICULAR INVESTMENT. I AM LIKE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT ISSUE KNOW, ALL GRADES AND SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT MIGHT BE A HIGHER NUMBER. SOY I GUESS MAYBE THE FEED BACK
IS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW IF WE WERE FUNDING FTE RESOURCES, WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. YES. YOU ARE CORRECT. WE ARE FUNDING FTE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. WE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY FUND, FTE
TALKING ABOUT SPECIALIZED STUDENT PROGRAMMING. AND STUDENT PROGRAMMING. I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR, THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. >> DIRECTOR TO DENZLER. >> I WANT TO PICK UP WHERE WE
LEFT OFF ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONVERSATION WITH THE $1.5 MILLION GOING TO SAFETY AND SECURITY AND IT SAYS TO COVER EQUIPMENT UPGRADES AND ADDITIONAL SROs. AIM SPRINGING THIS ON YOU SO DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU NEED KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. BUT WOULD THIS GO TOWARDS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, EXPANDING SROs? WOULD THIS BE ENOUGH TO RECOVER AN SRO IN EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR WOULD IT BE LIKE MORE OF THAT -- I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF I AM BEING CLEAR. >> IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THIS WOULD NOT COVER MORE THAN A
COUPLE OR A FEW SROs BECAUSE HALF A MILLION OF IT IS FOR SROs AND OUR SROs COST ABOUT 250,000 WITH START-UP COSTS THEIR ONGOING COSTS ARE LETS. AND SO THAT -- IT WOULDN'T COVER EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUST INCREASE OUR COVERAGE.
AND THEN I BELIEVE FROM THE BREAK OUT SHEET YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OTHER IS AN ALLOWANCE SO AS YOU SAW THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PRESENTATION, AND EVERYBODY IN YOUR RESPONSE BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ASKED ABOUT A CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL VESTIBULES AND
POSSIBLY 2SROs TO HELP COVER OUR RURAL SCHOOLS BUT THE OTHER THINGS ON THE LIST THAT THEY HAD UP THERE. UPGRADING CAMERAS THOSE AGE OUT OVERTIME. WE HAVE A GREAT SYSTEM ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
HAVING AN ANNUAL ALLOWANCE TO INVESTMENT IN THE CAMERA AS THEY AGE OUT AND ANOTHER THINGS YOU SAW ON THE LIST. DOES THAT HELP? >> YES, THANK YOU. I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ON THE SPOT BUT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT SROs BUT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> ON OOH QUESTIONS OR SHIFT TOWARD TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL DIRECTION OR MOTIONS? DO YOU EVER A QUESTION OR DIRECTION? DIRECTOR CAL TAN YOU CAN GET US STARTED. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MEEKS TO DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE 2026
MILL LEVEE. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED DIE DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR DENZLER TO DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROCEED EXPLORING THE DEVELOPING OF THE 2026 MILL LEFT OVER RIDE.
WITH THAT -- >> IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. >> SLUR. >> IT WOULD BE GREAT TO VERIFY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EXPLORE A $54 MILLION MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE VERSUS A $50 MILLION MLO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THANK YOU. >> IS THERE AN AMENDMENT OUT THERE. >> I'LL ACCEPT. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> PERFECT. >> NOW I WILL OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I AM WONDERING. HOW WE CAN ADDRESS JUST GETTING OUR COMMITTEES ONBOARD. SO WE ARE GOING INTO THE SUMMER.
THE TIMELINE OR THE RUNWAY SHORT. I TO WE NEED TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT TO REQUEST THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMITTEES? I DON'T KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS? >> SO WE CAN CONSIDER EXPANDING IT WHEN I WAS THINKING A MOTION I WAS THINKING ABOUT INCLUDE CAN YOU GOING FURTHER ENGAGEMENT. I WAS THINKING ABOUT MOTION JUST
FOR US AROUND OUR DISTRICT BOARD COMMITTEES AND HOW THEY MIGHT SUPPORT FURTHER ENGAGEMENT AS A SEPARATE MOTION. SO I WOULD BE OPEN TO INCLUDING IT IN THIS CURRENT MOTION UNDER
DISCUSSION OR PERHAPS THERE IS A WAY TO FOLD IT INTO A NEW MOTION AS WELL. GRILL A OPEN IT UP FOR OTHERS FOR THOUGHTS. >> I THINK IT SHOULD CHECK, SORRY, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE SEPARATE FOR CLARITY SAKE.
>> IT'S OPEN ON THE TABLE AND DISCUSSION WE CAN PASS AS MANY MOTIONS AS WE WANT IF WE FEEL LAKE WE NEED ADDITIONAL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE IS THAT THE BOARD OF ED DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROCEED WITH
EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A POTENTIAL 2026 MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE WITH AN APPROXIMATE RANGE OF 54 MILLION. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. OKAY. LET'S VOTE ON THAT SINCE IT'S
EACH AND ON THE TABLE AND WE CAN CONTINUE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL -- DISCUSSION? >> JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WHO IS LISTENING IN, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN? WHAT ARE WE ASK SUPERINTENDENT
KANE TO DO? >> SO IT IS AS BROAD AS -- WE HAVE NOT ARTICULATED THAT. I AM HAPPY TO SHARE AN ADDITIONAL OPTION THAT MAYBE WE COULD CONSIDER IF THIS ONE
DOESN'T PASS, ONE ADDITIONAL IDEA WAS TO MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ED DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROCEED WITH EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A WE PHONE THAT THE 2026 MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE WITH AN EXAMPLE COST OF 54 MILLION ALIGNED TO
PRIORITIES, INCLUDING STAFF COMPENSATION, STUDENT PROGRAMMING, SPECIALIZED STUDENT SUPPORTS AND SAFETY. AND TO CONDUCT FURTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RETURN TO THE BOARD WITH REFINED OPTIONS, INCLUDING SCOPE AND UP PARKS AND RECOMMENDED BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.
THAT WAS MAY INITIAL, LIKE OBVIOUSLY WE ALL COME TO THIS WITH OUR OWN ITEMS.
>> I'LL WITHDRAW MY WIMP EMOTION AND DEFER TO YOUR MUCH MORE THOROUGH ONE. GRILL A SECOND THOROUGH. >> DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT OR WITHDRAW IT. >> WITHDRAW IT. >> OKAY. >> SO WE.
ALL RIGHT. >> SECOND. >> PERFECT. >> ALL RIGHT. SO I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ED DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROCEED WITH EXPLORATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF A POTENTIAL 2026 MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE WITH AN APPROXIMATELY COST OF 54 MILLION
ALIGNED TO PRIORITIES INCLUDING STAFF COP PEP TAKE, STUDENT PROGRAMMING, SPECIALIZED STUDENT SUPPORTS AND SAFETY AND TO CONDUCT FURTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RETURN TO THE BOARD WITH REFINED OPTIONS, INCLUDING SCOPE, IMPACTS AND RECOMMENDED BALLOT LANGUAGE.
FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION. >> SECOND. >> OKAY. IT WAS MOVED BY DIRECTOR MAKE, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN A THINK NOT READING IT AGAIN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
CHANNEL. >> AYE. >> DEN HER. >> AYE. >> DR. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. WOULD YOU LAKE ME TO SHARE ANOTHER MOTION I WAS THINKING
MIGHT MAKE SENSE. MOVE TO DIRECT THE BOARD COMMITTEES TOLL PROVIDE TARGETED FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED MLO THROUGH ENGAGEMENT METHODS WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS INCLUDING WRITTEN INPUT, CHAIR CONSULTATIONS AND SURVEY
RESPONSES PRIOR TO JULY 25TH BOARD RETREAT, WHERE COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVES WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO BOARD DELIBERATIONS. >> SECOND. >> OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
>> PRESIDENT MAKE, MAY I ASK A QUESTION. >> YES. >> MAY I ASK WHAT THE EXPECTATION OF STAFF IS IN THAT REGARD? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEAT EXPECTATIONS? >> SURE. I THINK THE STAFF L LIAISONS WOD FIELD TO WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE
CHAIRS. TO ENSURE DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE DURING THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND I THINK COMMITTEE CHAIRS ARE THEN RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPILING FEEDBACK AND WORKING WITH US. AND IDEALLY JOINING LIKE AT LEAST THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
COMMITTEES JOINING THE JULY REAL ESTATE TREAT. SO WE CAN RECEIVE THEIR FEET BACK. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> ALL RIGHT, NO DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE.
>> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> STRONG AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> IT PASSED 7-0. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU. >> WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE SECTION. AS A REMINDER THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE AGENDA THAT FOCUSES ON THE BOARD'S GOVERNANCE ROELKE HOW WE SET DIRECTION, MONITOR PERFORMANCE AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY ON
BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE FIRST ITEM ON HERE IS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. WE JUST HAVE FIVE MINUTES SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT. FOR A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT TRANSPIRED SINCE OUR LAST BOARD
MEETING. WE HAD ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS ON FOUR TOPICS I GOTTA TELL YOU ENGAGING IN THE TWO-WAY DIALOGUE WAS REALLY POWERFUL. IT WAS A NEW APPROACH VERSIONS THE STUDENTS COMING AND PRESENTING TO US AT A FORMAL BOARD MEETING IT WAS A VERY
ENGAGING TWO-WAY CONVERSATION. DIRECTOR DENZLER I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE PREPARING MEMO. THAT WE CAN ALL USE FOR A DEBRIEF BUT I REALIZED IT WAS LAST NIGHT AND IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T WORK FOR TONIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD ADD TO OUR UPDATE.
>> I DID PRESENT AT OUR WORK SESSION ON APRIL 7TH. SO IF ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS MISSED THAT THEY CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT. BUT JUST BRIEFLY, THAT WAS A PRESENTATION IN THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AND THROUGHOUT MARCH.
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION SESSIONS THAT MET WITH LICENSED STAFF, CLASSIFIED STAFF AND SENIOR CITIZENS. OF COURSE, STUDENTS ARE A BIG PART OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, STAKE HOLDER GROUPS AND OWNERS, SO LAST NIGHT WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESS I HAVE TO SEE HOW THOUGHTFUL THEY WERE AROUND
DIFFERENT POLICIES. AND DIRECTIONS FOR THIS BOARD. AND I LACK FORWARD TO HOLDING MORE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SESSIONS AS 2026 ROLLS ALONG, INCLUDING I IMAGINE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSION TOPICS
AROUND THE PROPOSED MLO. >> I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP IF ANYONE ELSE WANTED TOES SHARE ANYTHING FROM LAST NIGHT. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO GO INTO DEPTH. BUT DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAD COMMENTS THAT P YOU WANTED TO MAKE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR OUR STUDENT LEADERS THOSE PRESENTATIONS WERE
FANTASTIC. WOMEN POLISHED. MY ONLY COMPLAINT IS I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR ALL OF THEM THAT I ONLY GOT TO HEAR TWO. I LIKED THE AWARD CEREMONY AT THE END. AND I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO STAFF FOR ELEVATING EACH OTHER IN THAT PRACTICE PROCESS.
WILL WE GIVE UPDATES TO KELLY. OUR OWN PERSPECTIVES LIKE WE DID LAST TIME OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? >> ILL LOVE ANY NOTES OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU TOOK, YES. >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND THE STUDENTS ARE SHARING THEIR PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL GET POSTED, YEAH.
WE'LL HAVE THOSE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I AM DEEPLY UP PREPPINGED WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE PRESENTATIONS THEY GAVE I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THE CABINET MECHANICS THAT ALSO ARRIVED YESTERDAY. I KEEP GETTING TO BE WITH MANSLAUGHTER HIATT AS@THAT'S
THINGS AND, THE STUDENTS GREATLY APPRECIATED THAT SHE HAD REAL WORLD QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FOR THEM. I NOT THE REST OF THE CABINET MEMBERS HAD EQUAL. I APPRECIATE. I THINK US SEEING THE STUDENT SECOND DEGREE IMPORTANT. I THINK VARIOUS CABINET MEMBERS ALSO HEARING FROM THE STUDENTS
IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT. >> SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. I WILL MOVE US ON TO ITEM 10.2, BOARD POLICY JICJA STUDENT USE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN SCHOOL. THIS IS A THIRD READING.
WE HAVE A 30 MINUTE DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR THIS. AND AS A REMINDER, IT BEING A THIRD READING WE HAVE HAD A FIRST AND A SECOND WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ON THIS T THE AGENDA PACKETS INCLUDES A COUPLE OF ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS
OF THE POLICY, LANGUAGE, THE ALTERNATIVE VERSION IS REALLY A DIRECT RESULT OF WHAT WE HEARD AT THE BOARD COMMUNITY MEETING WHEN WE MET WITH LICENSED STAFF AND STAFF AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND SO I JUST REEL WANT TO THEIR THE STAFF FOR
PREPARING THAT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER. >> SURE. IF WE MAY PRESIDENT MEEK, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR AND I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO LEVEL SET ST. FOR EVERYBODY
WE'LL BE QUICK AND THE PORTION OF THE TEAM THAT SHE MET LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WERE REALLY GOOD ENOUGH TO COME BACK TONIGHT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO YOU ARE SAW SOME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THINK DOING.
SO WE'LL BE REAL BRIEF. WHAT THE BOARD HAS IN FRONT OF THEM TONIGHT SAY REVISED STAFF, A REVISED STAFF RECOMMENDED JICJA TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE USE OF CDsAND LOCKER ROOMS AND OTHER PRIVATE SPACES THAT'S AN OUT GROWTH THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE
BOARD LAST TIME AND REALLY WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE BOARD ON THAT. WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE POLICY DRAFT. AS YOU MENTIONED. PRESIDENT MEEK WE HOPE THAT'S USEFUL FOR THE BOARD. HAPPY TO TALK WITH THE BOARD ABOUT THAT. AND JUST TO RE-PRESENT FOR THE
BOARD'S EASE OF REFERENCE AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S AS WELL. POLICY JICJA-R THAT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION POLICY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT POLICY THAT ACCOMPANIES JICJA THAT MAY OR MY IN THE BE IMPORTANT CONTEXT FOR THE BOARD AS THEY CONSIDER
JICJA. AND JIHA IS GOING TO BE REPLACED PRESUMABLY ONCE THE BOARD DECIDES ON JICJA. SO, AGAIN, WE WANT TO RE-PRESENT THAT FOR THE BOARD'S CONVENIENCE AND WITH THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BRIEF BEHAVIOR MATRIX.
>> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS AS WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN THIS WORK AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF, AND OUR SCHOOL LEADERS, IS REALLY ONE, DO THEY THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THE POLICY AND A BIG PART WHICH I THINK HAS
BEEN A DIALOGUE IS HOW DO WE SAY IF A STUDENT IS IN VIOLATION OR POLICY ARE BEHAVE YARDS, HOW DO WE GIVE GUIDANCE TO ENSURE THAT ONE, WE UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCE EVERY STUDENT IS GOING THROUGH AND & PROVIDE GUIDE AMOUNTS WE DO THAT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A BEHAVIOR
MATRIX WHICH IS IDENTIFIED AROUND KIND OF DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACHES HOW DO WE SUPPORT STUDENTS AT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL. IN PART OF MY 20 YEARS BEING IN NINE DISTRICT THERE HAS BEEN A GENERAL GUIDE THAT WE USE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO IF A STUDENT HAS ABLE PROP PROPERTY BEHAVIOR
WHAT COULD BE IF THE INTERVENTION OR SUPPORTS THAT WE WANT TO HELP OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES IF THERE IS A PROGRESSIVE FIRST OFFEND, SECOND, THIRD, OFFENSE WHAT WOULD THE GUIDANCE ABOUT ADDRESSING THEM TO HAVE CONSISTENCY ACROSS OUR 92
SCHOOLS WHIFF A GROUP THAT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW MEETS OUR BEHAVIOR MATRIX TEAM A MIXTURE OF A SINCE TO WANT PRINCIPALS AND DEANS AND PRINCIPALS GIVING US GUIDANCE ON REVIEWING THE POLICY, VIOLATION OF POLICY AND WHAT WOULD BE THE INTERVENTIONS
AROUND THAT. WE HAVE ALSO WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE SYSTEM THAT IF A STUDENT POTENTIALLY WOULD, YOU KNOW, VIOLATE THE CD'S POLICY AROUND THINGS, A BIG PART I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS WE ARE NOT HERE
TO JUSTIN MINUTE AND HAMMER STUDENTS. I THINK ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN WE SAY DISCIPLINE, IT REALLY IS AROUND HOW DO WE INTERVENE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE GUIDANCE OF WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE. SO WE HAVE SOLICITED 2350ED BACK
FROM THE PRINCIPALS IT WILL BE PROVIDING OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND DEANS THIS THURSDAY, TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AROUND WHAT POTENTIALLY WOULD THAT PROGRESSIVELY LOOK LIKE AND SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS SO, AGAIN, THIS PART WEEK WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE WILL ALSO THEN ON THURSDAY
GET FEEDBACK BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S DEDICATED PROCESS TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, ONCE WE HAVE GATHERED THE FEEDBACK WE'LL BRING IT THE BEHAVIOR TEAM THAT HAS DONE THIS IN PREVIOUS POLICIES AS WELL. THEY'LL WORK ON CREATING DRAFT GUIDANCE AND POTENTIALLY FIRST
OFFENSE, SECOND OFFENSE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND THEN REALLY DRAFT SOME LANGUAGE, WE WOULD THEN HAVE A CHANCE TO LACK AT THAT AS A SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THEN AS WE PUT GUIDANCE LIKE WE HAVE ON OUR REGULAR BASIS, WE WOULD THEN ROLL THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR -- ALL OF OUR DISTRICT LEADERS, SCHOOL LEADERS
SPECIFICALLY. IN OUR JUNE AND AUGUST PAIN TRAINING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT JUST A SHIP HE HAD WHAT HAVE THAT COULD LOOK LIKE THIS IS ONE LINE OFF OF OUR BEHAVIOR MATRIX TEAM THAT TALKS ABOUT THE DESCRIPTION OF BEHAVIOR, DEFINITION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HOW DO YOU INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IS THERE A TITLE NINE COMPONENT A FIRST OFFENSE, SECOND OFFENSE, THIRD OFFENSE IS. BIG REASON WHY WENT -- THIS IS SUCH A HELPFUL DOCUMENT, IS EVERY IS SITUATION DOES HAVE A NUANCE TO IT. I CAN TELL YOU I WAS JUSTER IN A SCHOOL MATTER OF FACT THIS WEEK
AND EVENING LAST WEEK AS WELL, AND WE HAD A STUDENT THAT WAS IN OWN OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WAS USING THE DEVICE AND HAPPENED TO BE IN THERE. AND A STUDENT GOT ON THE PHONE REAL QUICK. WAS PANIC GO AHEAD AND WE SAW THE LOOK GOING O IN THAT MOMENT.
THE STUDENT GOOD A MESSAGE SAYING THEIR DAD WAS RUSHING TO THE HOSPITAL. HOW YOU HANDLE THAT SITUATION VERSUS WHEN I WAS WALKING INTO ANOTHER CLASE STUDENT SNAPPING ANOTHER STUDENT THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE ALL SITUATION IN ONE PARTICULAR WAY WE GAVE IDENTIFIED BACK OUR NATURAL
PROCESS IS TO UTILIZE THE MATRIX AS GUIDANCE FOR THE SCHOOLS AND EVEN TALKED ABOUT WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE POLICY OR CAN WE CONTINUE TO USE THE GUIDANCE AS OF NOW THREE QUARTERS OF THE LEADERS GAVE GUIDE AMOUNTS IT'S HARDER TO OF IT LIVING IN THE POLICY BUT LOVE
TO CAN ARE TO UTILIZE THE BEHAVE YOUR INSTINCT AS A MAINSTAY ENGAGEMENT IN THAT. >> THANK YOU, DANNY. AND JUST FOR ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME, OR IN THE THEATER WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE PUBLIC A CUMULATIVE SLIDE DECK INCLUDING
ALL THE SLIGHTS THAT WE PRESENTED THROUGHOUT OF THE CONVERSATION IT'S AN EASY 1-STOP-SHOP IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT THAT. WITH THAT SAID WE ARE OPEN TO YOUR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR. SOLE WITH THAT I WILL OPUS UP TO QUESTIONS. AND COMMENTS. DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
DIRECTOR DEFENSE HER AND THEN DIRECTOR THOMPSON BE AND THEN DIRECTOR MEEK. HOT HO POTATO WITH THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I SO APPRECIATE THE EDUCATORS BEING HEAR AS WELL. AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO COLLABORATE ON THIS AND I SO APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK FOR MY PERSPECTIVE I KNOW THAT WE LIKELY HAVE HAVEN'T ACCOUNT FOR HE HAVE POSSIBLE SITUATION. THAT WITH I'LL RIDES AIM LOOKING FOR WARD TO CLERKING IN WITH THIS POLICY DOWN THE ROAD. I WOULD LOVE AND I AM SURE THIS IS IN THE WORKS BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR THERE TO BE SOME SORT OF
SENSE OF LIKE WHAT METRICS WE WANT TO TRACK OR HOW WE ARE GOING TO MEASURE SUCCESS WITH THIS. TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING FEASIBLE FOR OUR EDUCATORS AND FOR YOU ARE OUR STAFF. I HAVE CURIOSITY. IN THE HYPOTHETICAL WORLD WHERE
WE BANNED ALL CELLPHONES, DO YOU ANTICIPATE CHILDREN WOULD BE CYBER BULLIED? >> I AM SORRY, DIRECTOR DENZLER, AND YOU ARE PUTTING CHICKEN IN YOUR MOUTH WHEN I AM ASKING A
QUESTION I DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRST PART OF THAT QUESTION. >> I AM WONDERING IN THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OF OUR SEASONED EDUCATORS WOULD CHILDREN STILL BE CYBER BULLIED IF THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PHONES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY?
>> MY ANSWER IS YES, SADLY BECAUSE WE DO NOT CONTROL ALL ACCESS TO DEVICES AT ALL TIMES IN THEIR LIVES. AND THERE IS FREQUENTLY A NEXT SIS TO SCHOOL. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I AM ELEMENTARY.
BUT, YES. I KNOW AT OUR MORNING MEETINGS THAT KIDS TALK ABOUT CYBER BULLY BE HAPPENING WHEN THEY ARE GAMING. AND SO CYBER BULLYING IS NOT JUST A CELLPHONE UNFORTUNATELY SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE
STOOPED AT ALL BECAUSE I SEE IT WITH ELEMENTARY CHILDREN. >> SORRY I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO CUT OFF. ARE THERE ANYMORE RESPONSES TO THAT BEFORE -- OKAY. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE UPDATES FOR THE THIRD READING AND THEN THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS PROVIDED SO FIRST, THANK YOU. I LIKED THE WAY THAT THE FEEDBACK WAS INCORPORATED IN THE THIRD READING. AND ALSO PAIRING THE REGULATION
I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL CONTEXT TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE AND THE FUNCTION OF BOTH TYPES OF POLICIES. I AM ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO PAIR IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE IT DOES HELP US AND INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING.
SO THAT IS IT. >> THANK YOU. >> SO I QUICK QUESTION FIRST, ARE WE GOING TO NEED TO VOTE TO REPEAL JI C.J. AFTER WE VOTE IT'S AND SO I AM CURIOUS
PROCEDURALLY. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO TONIGHT. >> THERE WILL BE -- IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION FORMAL ACTION TO REPEAL THAT POLICY, IT COULD BE DONE THIS EVENING. THE BUT IT COULD ALSO BE DONE AT THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT BOARD
MEETING AFTER ACTION IS TAKE OWN THIS POLICY. >> OKAY. SO MY QUESTION, COMMENTS I GUESS. I WAS VERY MUCH IMPACTED WHEN WE HAD OUR ENGAGEMENTS WITH OUR
HIGH SCHOOL AND MID SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTEACHER, LICENSED TEACHERS. AND I HEARD VERY DIRECTLY WHEN CONSEQUENCES ARE APPLIED IT WORKS, THE POLICY. AND IT LACKS REALLY DIFFERENT SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.
AND WITH THE CURRENT LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, SAYING IT MAY RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION. I FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT ALREADY EXISTS IN SOME HIGH SCHOOLS. BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF WHAT
EXISTS CURRENTLY. THAT ARE MY WHY I ASKED FOR THE ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE AROUND CONSEQUENCES AFTER SPEAK TO GO ADVOCATES THEY FELT STRONGLY CALLING IT CONSEQUENCES AS OPPOSED TO HIS DISCIPLINE, YOU
ARE BEING REALLY CLEAR IN THE POLICY WHAT THE CONSEQUENCE ARE WHICH ARE IMMEDIATE. AND THEN IT BUILD TO DISCIPLINARY, A THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THE ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE. I JUST CHECK MAYBE WHAT ALL READ IS WHAT I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER
DISTRICTS HAVE DONE. JUST FOR FEEDBACK. TO SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. IN THE SPOIL ITSELF. IT SAYS FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE ABOVE PROCEDURES WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONSEQUENCES. FIRST OFFENSE, THE DEVICE WILL BE CONFISCATED AND HELD IN THE OFFICE UNTIL THE END OF THE
SCHOOL DAY. A VERBAL REMINDER OF THE POLL IS A WILL BE GIVEN. THE STUDENT MUST PICK UP THE DEVICE FROM THE OFFICE OFF SCHOOL. DETECTIVE OFFENSE THE DEVICE IS CON IF I STATE ASKED HELD IN THE OFFICE UNTIL A PARENT OR GUARDIAN PICKS IT UP. STUDENT WILL RECEIVE WRITTEN
WARNING PARENT GUARDIAN WILL BE IMPACTED THE STUDENT MAY LOSE THE PRIVILEGE OF TEMPORARILY ACCESSING THE DEVICE NO THE REMINDER OF THE SEMESTER. THIRD OFFENSE THE DEVICE IS CON WE STATE ASKED TURNED INTO ADMINISTRATION A DISCIPLINARY
REFERRAL WILL BE ISSUED AND THE STUDENT MAY RECEIVE DETENTION, IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION OR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION. THE STUDENT WILL LOSE THE PRIVILEGE OF BRINGING CDs TO SCHOOL. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I MIKE, IT'S IN THE POLL CERTAINLY IT'S VERY STRICT.
AND IT'S JUST CONSEQUENCES. WHERE IT CAN BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY. SO I AM JUST REALLY CURIOUS WHAT THE REACTION IS TO THAT LAN LANGUAGE. >> I CAN START AND THEN OBVIOUSLY -- SO IN OUR -- IN MY
RESEARCH, PRESIDENT MEEK, IF LOOKING AT OTHER DISTRICTS PARTICULARLY DISTRICTS CLOSE TO US. AND YOU MUST HAVE FOUNDING IN THAT I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T SEE DISTRICT POLICIES THAT WERE THAT PRO DESCRIPTIVE. WHAT WE DO SEE, THOUGH, AND TO
YOUR POINT, DIRECTOR MEEK, IS SCHOOLS PUBLISHING THEIR OWN GUIDANCE OR THEIR OWN POLICY AROUND COMMUNICATION DEVICES. I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT LEVEL OF PRECIPITATION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL BUT FAR MORE THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
SO IN ANY CASE I'LL LET -- >> IT'S BEEN A CONVERSATION I THINK WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND THINK I THINK A CHALLENGE THAT I THINK A LOT ABOUT NOT TRYING TO PUT TEACHERS IN A CASE WHERE THEY NAVIGATE DISCIPLINE IN THE IMMEDIATE COMPONENT THINK I THINK THAT CONSISTENCY IS THE CHALLENGE WHAT HAVE THAT LOOKS
LIKE. BUT HAVING TO NAVIGATE COP IF I SKATING A PHONE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING SOMETHING TO YOU DO YOU NAVIGATE THE DEMANDS AROUND THAT AND DOES IT CREATE CONFLICT IN THE CLASSROOM. WE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HAVE GUIDANCE WITHOUT PUTTING
POTENTIAL BURDENS ON THE TEACHERS TO NAVIGATE BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A UPON SO YOUR POINT IN HOW WE NAVIGATE THAT BUT LEADERS AND TEACHERS HAVE . HAVE THAT INFORMATION. >> THAT'S AM LIVE A REALLY GREAT THAT YOU BRING UP THAT UP.
WE HAD OUR OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM DOING PLANNING FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TOPICS WAS GIVEN THE DRAFT AND WHERE THE POLICY IS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WILL WE DO TO ENFORCE, SAINT BREAKING THE POLICY AS FAR AS THE DEVICES GO. TO WHAT OTHERS WERE TALKING ABOUT AND YOUR EXAMPLE A GRADUAL
PIECE, TALKING WITH THE PARENTS, WORKING THROUGH THAT AND WE -- THE TEACHERS CREATED THIS KIND OF GRADUAL PIECE THAT WE WOULD BE TIME DO AS A SCHOOL NOT JUST THE TEACHERS BUT THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE THE STEPS TO FOLLOW THROUGH. SO WE HAVE TAKEN THE STEPS NOT
KNOWING THIS IS WHERE BUT WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS I DISTRICT LEVEL BUT WE AS A BUILDING WERE DOING THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO BE RESPONSIVE AND WANTED THE TEACHER FEEDBACK AND HOW YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT AND WHAT DOES KIND ALL THE JOHN MISS YANKEE US
TICKS OF THAT LOOK LIKE TO DANNY AMOUNTS POINT REGARDING WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT SO IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM CLASS TIME AND PUT TOO MUCH ON THE TEACHERS AND SHARE THE LOAD IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICY. >> GIVEN WHAT JOHN WAS SAYING,
MAYBE PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU HEARD THAT INCONSISTENCY AND THAT HUNG FORE THAT, I HEAR THAT FROM OUR TEACHERS IS WE DIDN'T HAVE POLICY BACKING UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE. WITH THE POLICY IN PLACE, I DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL HELP IN
SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE THIS AND THIS AND THIS. AS A BRAND-NEW PRINCIPAL AT THUNDER REGGIE PUT IN PLACE THESE IDEAS AND SAID, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE I WANTED TO GO, BUT AS A NEW PRINCIPAL I WAS NOT GOING TO PUSH HARD ON IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE POLICY BEHIND ME. I HAD MY UNDERSTANDING OF
RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICE AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE STAFF THAT I HAD TALKED WITH SAID WE SHOULD GO. BUT WITH THE POLICY FROM ME THAT'S SUFFICIENT. THEN I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO WORK WITH MY STAFF ON WHAT IS THE RIGHT APPROACH TO USE FOR THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND IN A WAY THAT'S NOT BURDENSOME TO THE TEACHERS. BUT THAT'S STILL CONSISTENT AND I THINK IF WE LEAN ON THAT DISCIPLINE MATRIX, THAT WILL DO KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE LACKING FOR. IN MY OPINION AS ONE SPEAKER. >> SO I CAN'T SPEAK THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DO IN MY
CLASSROOM ALREADY. EXACTLY MAY POLICY. IT GOES HOME TO THE PARENTS THE PARENTS SIGN IT. AND THAT'S -- IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A BURDEN ON PEOPLE THE OTHER THING I NOTICE ONCE I HAVE TO DO IT ONCE OR TWICE, I DON'T SEE
ANYMORE CELLPHONES. I DON'T SEE HE AS IT A BURDEN. LAYING IT OUT THAT SPECIFICALLY, IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DOCKETS A PROBLEM AND I THINK THAT HAVING SPECIFICS LIKE YOU WERE SAYING HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S THERE.
THE SCHOOL ITSELF REQUEST CAN FALL BACK ABOUT ON IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. I BROUGHT MY PROP IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK, YOU NEED TO. LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM. IT'S A PROBLEM. WE HAVE MESSED UP OUR CHILDREN. AND SO I THINK THE MORE SPECIFIC
LIKE YOU WERE LINING OUT, IT WORKS IN MY CLASSROOM. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW DIRECTOR GEIGER WANTS TO SPEAK NEXT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK I HEARD FROM THE TEACHERS THAT THEY WANTED THE SPECIFICITY AND
THEIR LIFE WOULD BE EASIER IF THE BOARD WAS SAYING HERE IS WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE. BUT THAT WAS JUST WHAT I HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND THEN DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> YEAH, THE ONLY OTHER PLACE I WOULD WEIGH IN IS THAT I -- LIKE
A ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR SAID, WE BELIEVE OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HAVE THAT LIVE IN THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX RATHER THAN IN THE POLICY OUR STUDENTS ARE ALL DIFFERENT. IF WE HAVE SUPER BLACK AND WHITE WHAT ABOUT A STUDENT A
DISABILITY. WHAT ABOUT A STUDENT WHO HAS HAD A CRISIS? THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX GIVES OUR SCHOOLS ROOM TO THINK ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND NUANCED SITUATIONS WHEREAS THEY WOULD BE BREAKING POLICY IF THEY DID NOT
IMPLEMENT CONSEQUENCE X, Y, Z WITH A STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES WHEN PERHAPS THAT STUDENT DOESN'T HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, MATURITY LEVEL OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THERE IS A LOT OF NUANCE IN OUR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE STRUCTURE THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX THE WAY THAT
WE DO. AS GUIDANCE, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR THAT NUANCE OF OUR INDIVIDUAL KIDS. >> THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT KANE. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I WILL SAY JUST A AS HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER I
HAVE NEVER SPENT AS MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT A POLICY AS THIS ONE. IF I HAVE PROBABLY SPOKEN TO 100 STUDENTS ABOUT IT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO DIRECTORS FROM A DOZEN DISTRICTS OUTSIDE LOBBYIST CONTACT ME AND SPOKEN
TO THEM. I THINK I DISAGREE WITH DIRECTOR MEEK. I HAVE KNOW LOVED PUTTING CONSEQUENCES IN POLICY IT'S TOO RIGID.
IT BINDS OTHER LATER BOARDS AND FORMALIZES PROCESS THAT SHOULD BE MORE FLEXIBLE. I DO BELIEVE FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDENT WITH A HISTORY OF FOR THE KNOWLEDGING THE RULES ON
CELLPHONES MIGHT FACE A DIFFERENT CONSEQUENCE THAN A TUNED WHO HAS NEVER HAD A PROBLEM BEFORE AND TALKING TO HIS MOM BECAUSE NEED FIGURE TO OUT WHO IS GOING TO PICK UP LITTLE BROTHER. I BELIEVE WHAT I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, HOWEVER, AND WHAT I THINK I HAVE HEARD FROM TEACHERS, IS
THAT THIS HAS TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE PARENTS THAT IS THIS A POLICY DECISION FROM THE SEVEN PEOPLE WHO SIT HERE THINK I DON'T WANT KIDS PICKING SCHOOLS BECAUSE CREST HILL DOESN'T ENFORCE CELLPHONE
POLICY. ROLLED KIDS PICKING ENGLISH TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T FORCE THE CELL UPON POLICY IT NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED IN OUR TRAIN AND THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX AND THIS IS SERIOUS AND IT LESS DO FROM THE SEVEN PEOPLE MONTH MAKE THE FINAL DESCENSION HERES WE DON'T DO THIS VERY SOLVE.
MOST OF THE TIME WE TRUST YOU GUYS. THE STATE FORCED OUR HANDS ON THIS I READ THE HANK JUSTICE GENERATION AND I HAVE READ THE RESEARCH AND TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF AFTERNOON. TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS IN THE BELL TO BELL FOR HIGH SCHOOL BUT I
HAVE COME OFF THAT N PART BECAUSE I AM NOT ALLOWED TO IGNORE 504. OR SPECIAL ED. OR THAT KIND OF THING. I DON'T BELIEVE IN PUTTING CONSEQUENCES IN THE POLICY BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE I WANT EVEN
INVOLVED IN THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS THIS BOARD WANT THIS TO BE ENFORCED EFFECTIVELY, CONSISTENTLY AND IN EVERY AND EVERY SCHOOL. JO SPEAK FOR THE OTHER SIX PEOPLE UP HERE BUT I DON'T SEE
ANYBODY NODDING THEIR HEADS NO I AM FINE WITH LINK IT AT THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX NOW I WILL TELL YOU WE WILL WANT TO KNOW NOT LONG FROM NOW THAT IT'S BEING ENFORCED CONSISTENTLY AND WILL THROW OUT ONE STAT IN FLORIDA THEY HAD A STATEWIDE BELL TO
BELL ALL SCHOOLS. AND IT RAISED THE TEST SCORES FOR WHITE KIDS AND IT RAISED THE SUSPENSION LEVELS FOR BLACK KIDS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. WE'LL BE CONSISTENT AND BE CLEAR, AND WE'LL FOLLOW THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX NO MATTER WHAT
WE DECIDE HERE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD DISAGREES. IS IT HAS TO BE VERY CLEAR, THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> IF I MAY TRY TO BRIDGE THE GAP TO THE EXTENT THERE WAS A GAP TO BRIDGE I THINK WE ARE ALL
TALKING ABOUT FUNCTIONALLY SAME THING. THE WE ALL N NEED, TEACHER NEED, WE ALL NEED CERTAINTY ABOUT CONSEQUENCES AND PLAYS NOW THE DATA DID WE ASK THE STAFF AND
LEADERS ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY GIVEN IN POLICY 70% OF STAFF AND PRINCIPALS SAID THEY VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THAT. BUT IF YOU GO INTO THE COMMENTS THERE WERE A FEW COMMENTS OF SHOOT, WHAT ABOUT CONSEQUENCES WHAT ABOUT THAT, WHAT ABOUT THAT. TOTALLY REASONABLE ASK. AND SO WHAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATE
ORGANIZE HAVE CONTEMPLATED AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION, IS THAT FLEXIBILITY WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT THAT CERTAINTY WILL COME WITH CONVERSATIONS AT THE BUILDING. THROUGH THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX. AND THROUGH OUR PRACTICES THAT FLOW FROM THAT. SO ULTIMATELY.
EVERYONE WILL HAVE CERTAINTY AND MAY AT LEAST PUT A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, IT DOESN'T COME THROUGH. EXPLICIT CONSEQUENCES. IN THE BOARD POLICY. >> I JUST HAVE SOMETHING REALLY QUICK TO ADD. ONE CLARIFICATION. BELL TO BELL.
IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. TO ME. BELL TO BELL IS THE MINUTE THEY WALKED INTO THE SCHOOL UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. BELL TO BELL IS WHAT HAPPENS IN MY CLASSROOM FROM THE MINUTE THE BELL RINGS TO START FIFTH HOUR, UNTIL THE END OF FIFTH HOUR,
THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR PHONES SO THE CLARIFICATION I THINK THAT OF WHICH ONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS GIBB LIKE WHAT IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR PARENTS ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO PICK UP JIMMIE. DO IT DURING PASSING PERIOD NOT MY ENGLISH CLASS.
THE KID THAT NEED AT THIS I HAVE TWO DIABETIC KIDS MY CLASSROOM RIGHT NOW THEY KNOW THE SCOOP, IT'S IN THEIR POCKET, IN THEIR BACKPACK. THEY DON'T TOUCH IT. THIS IS THEIR ALARM GOES OFF OFF COURSE I WILL SAY LET'S TAKE CARE OF THAT. AS TEACHERS, WE KNOW THAT.
LIKE I THINK AS TEACHERS WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT KIDS THAT HAVE HE CAN STEP WAITING CIRCUMSTANCE THAT MIGHT NEED THEIR PHONE IN THEIR BACKPACK INSTEAD OF THIS A PHONE HANGER THINK THAT COMES DOWN TO TOUGHING YOUR TEACHERS
TO BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. I FOLLOW THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW I OPERATE TWO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A BELL TO BELL ABSOLUTELY
NO CELLPHONE LITTLE. AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAVE DONE IT. AND IT -- THERE ARE A LOT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FROM THAT CHOICE WE HAVE MADE AND SOME ARE POSITIVE AND SOME NOT SO MUCH. WHAT I KNOW IS THAT IT HAS
CREATED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT GRAND FUNDING TO PROVIDE TOOLS THAT HELP TO END ABLE IT THAT ARE JUST NOT AVAILABLE OR REASONABLE
FOR A DISTRICT THIS SIZE. THIS PROPOSAL MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENT -- AS SOMEONE WHO NEVER DID REAL WELL ON TESTS, I APPRECIATE SOME MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS.
AND WOULD LAKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REPEAL -- >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THIS A CHANCE TO SPEAK FIRST, THAT'S ALL BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION. SO DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU.
JUST FOR CLARITY I SO I KNOW THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX IS COMMON PRACTICE IN THE DISTRICT. DO YOU MIND JUST EXPLAINING HOW CONSEQUENCES ARE EXPLAINED TO STUDENTS USING THAT MODEL? >> I'LL START AND YOU JUMP IN.
PART OF THE PROCESS JUST IN GENERAL TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A FAMILIAR UNDERSTANDING, NOT ONLY WITH EXISTING ADMINISTRATORS BUT NEW ONES ARM THE CALLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. WE DO SAY MANDATORY ATTENDANCE DISCIPLINE, BULLYING PREVENTION TRAINING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR WE OFFER TWO SESSIONS IN JULY AND AUGUST AND ALL ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL AS THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS THAT DEAL WITH ANY TYPE OF INTERVENTION, DISCIPLINE, CONSEQUENCE-BASED WORK ACTUALLY COME TO THE TRAIN AND WE DO FULL-PLEDGED TRAINING AROUND ONE, DO WE UNDERSTAND IT. WHAT IS POTENTIALLY APPLICATION
OF IT LOOK LIKE AS WELL. AND SO ONE, WE WANT TO SNAKE SURE THERE IS A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. OBVIOUSLY AS WE HAVE NEW POLICY LIKE THAT, WE ACTUALLY WANT TO WALK THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AROUND THAT. I THINK A BIG PART IS THE PARTNERSHIP AS WE WORK WITH DR. KELLY SMITH AND TEAM WITH
OUR COUNSELORS IS AS WELL AS ODD MAIN STRAIGHTERS AS WE ARE INTERVENE IN THIS SITUATIONS UTILIZING A FELL PHONE MAY NOT BE THE ONLY THING YOU ARE NAVIGATING FORMER COUNSELOR FOR 15 YEARS AND NAVIGATING THE WORK.
IT'S ONE OF MANY THINGS GOING ON IN A STUDENT'S LIFE. ONE, LISTEN TO STUDENT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE WHAT IS GOING ON SO YOU ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY JUMP TO GO SAY WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE FOR THIS? FIRST AND FOREMOST IT'S LISTENING TO THE STUDENT THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE ADMIT MINUTE STRAIGHTER AS WITH A IS
WHOLE COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR SITUATION IS. FROM THERE IF THE TIME IS IN A CLASSROOM A TEACHER MAY SAY I NEED EXTRA HELP WITH THIS PIECE. AHEAD NAPE STRAIGHTER COUNSELOR COMES IN WORKS WITH THE STUDENT YOU WALK THROUGH THE NARRATIVE A STUDENT BEING BLATANTLY DEFIANT
WE WORK THROUGH SITUATION, A STUDENT HAVING A ROUGH DAY AND PARENT SAID I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY WE WORK THROUGH THAT PIECE AS WELL, THAT WHERE I THINK THE FLEXIBILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THIS THE STUDENT ISN'T THE FIRST THING THAT WE WALK INTO.
WE DO NEED TO ESTABLISH EXPECTATIONS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND LITTLE, EDUCATE AND PARTNER WITH A FAMILY AND PARTNER WITH A STUDENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR NEXT STEPS ARE TYPICALLY THAT FIRST STEP THAT WE TAKE IF IT'S REPETITIVE ISSUE WE -- YOU LEVEL THAT UP PIECE AND YOU WORK WITH THAT PIECE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF JOHN OR ANY
OF OUR TEACHERS OR ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO OF ONER ANYTHING. >> THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION IS HOW DOES EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING? IT START OF THE SCHOOL YOUR OUR STUDENTS GIVEN A LETTER THAT SLAINS THE CELLPHONE POLICY.
THEY READ THROUGH IT WE GO OVER IN IN OUR CLASS THINK THEY TAKE IT HOME, THAT PAPES SIGN IT CAN THEY SIGN IT. THEY BRING IT BACK. WE ARE TOLD AS TEACHERS BEFORE KIDS EVERYONE COME. IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE POLICY, INCLUDING THE CELLPHONE POLICY THINK WE ALL START THE
YEAR ON EQUAL FOOTING. >> THAT HE WAS WHAT I GO GO TO SAY TOO, THAT GOES HOME IN A LETTER IN MY SILL BUS THEY HAVE TO SIGN IT. REQUEST HE FOR REPRESENTATIVE CLARK. CALLAHAN. ACTUALLY, MY CONTACTS ARE DEAD. SORRY.
WHEN YOU THAT SAID IT PUT A LOT OF EXTRA WORK ON YOUR PRINCIPALS, T THE WAY I UNDERSTD WHAT IS LAID OUT IT DOESN'T GET TO THE PAINS PRINZE PAL NAME THE THIRD TIME. A YOUR SCHOOLS DOES IT GO TO THE
PRINCIPAL THE VERY FIRST INCIDENT? >> ON NOT TO GET INTO DETAIL THE STUDENTS HAVE TO PUT THAT I PHONE IN A POUCH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO A COMEDY SHOW OR CONCERT SO
THEY -- AND THE POUCH IS LOCKED. LIKE ALL OF THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY FROM ADMINISTRATORS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> I KNOW WE ARE OUT OF OUR ALLOCATED TIME.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DIRECTOR PARKER AND DIRECTOR RYAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
NO. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> OKAY. SO I KNOW I PUT OUT A LOT OF POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCE LANGUAGE, I HAVE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTION I WOULD LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION. WHERE IT SAYS SO USING THE
EXISTING LANGUAGE, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED, VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT SCHOOL OR CLASSROOM RULE ON STUDENT USE OF CDs WILL RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES AND POTENTIALLY DISCIPLINARY MEASURES, INCLUDING
TEMPORARY CONFISCATION OF Cs THE INTENT IS THAT IT WILL RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES. WHICH MAY LOOK DIFFERENT BASED ON DIFFERENT SITUATIONS BUT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES. >> AM I RIGHT YOU ARE JUST
REPLACING MAY WITH WILL? >> YES. AND ADDING CONSEQUENCES. >> SURE. YOU KNOW, SO RIGHT NOW IT SAYS MAY RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY MEASURES. I AM SAYING WILL RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES AND POTENTIAL DISCIPLINARY MEASURES OR
POTENTIAL DISCIPLINARY MEASURES. I AM JUST REALLY HUNG UP ON THE MAY. DIRECTOR DENZLER AND THEN DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I THINK MY ONLY -- I AM OF TWO MINDS ON ALL OF THIS.
I THINK MY CONCERN THERE IS THAT IF THERE IS AN INSTANCE WHERE A TEACHER OR ADMINISTRATOR FAILS TO GIVE A CONSEQUENCE FOR A POTENTIAL VIOLATION THAT COULD RESULT IN MY MIND IN EQUITY ISSUE AND SO YOU ARE SORT OF MARRIED TO THE IDEA THAT THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
CONSEQUENCE AND WHILE I THINK THAT IN A PERSON WORLD OR A DISTRICT WITH FEW YOU ARE STUDENTS THAT MAY WELL BE THE CASE I AM HAVING TO BALANCE MAY OWN PREFERENCE FOR HAVING VERY EXPLICIT CONSEQUENCES IN THIS POLICY AS A TEACHER I KNOW IT
WAS HELPFUL TO BE IT'S OUT OF MY HANDS I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE POLICY EVEN AS AN AH ADMINISTRAR IT'S OUT OF MY HANDS. THIS IS A DISTRICT WHERE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF AUTONOMY FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL SITES SO I WANT TO RESPECT THAT.
SO I SO APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTION BECAUSE I AGREE THAT IT IS SO HELP OF THE TO HAVE CONSEQUENCES SPELLED OUT AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WHERE I AM AT IS AND THIS IS AN IMPERFECT POSITION TO BE IN, BUT MY SORT OF PERFECT RIGHT NOW OR MAY LEANING WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE
POLICY WITH THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX WHICH SOME MAY FIND VAGUE AND THEN TO, AGAIN, MONITOR AND REVISIT THIS. WILL QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA ABOUT HOW IT WAS ABLE TO LAND. SO THAT'S -- YEAH. I THINK I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION
IN THE BEST WAY THAT I COULD AND THEN D DEPARTED FROM IT. >> I REALIZE WE ARE OVERTIME. SO DIRECTOR GEIGER AND THEN DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I -- I HAVE HAD MINE
CLARIFIED I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO AMEND. I TEND TO AGREE. MY THEME TODAY IS THAT I AM NOT AN EDUCATOR. NOT A BUILDING EXPERT. SO I TO SOME EXTEND TRUST MY COO ON CONTRACTS OF COURSE I AM NOT
AN EDUCATOR SO I TRUST THEM ON TEXTBOOKS, NOT A CLASSROOM TEACHER. OR A PRINCIPAL SO IN THE END I TRUST THEM ON DISCIPLINE. AND THAT'S AS CONSISTENT AS I CAN BE ON WHAT I BELIEVE I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU HAVE
SAID, DIRECTOR MEEK, I JUST AMITY POINT PENDING FURTHER EVALUATION, WILLING TO LEAVE IT TO THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX. I AGREE THAT SHALL PUTS A BURDEN ON EVERY CLASSROOM TEACHER. AND I'VE CONCERN ABOUT THAT. >> OKAY. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND THEN DIRECTOR PARKER DID INDICATE
THAT SHE HAD SOMETHING. >> I -- REALLY APPRECIATE THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE RECOMMENDING. PRESIDENT MEEK. I THINK I WANT IMPORTANT TO A POLICY LIKE THIS TO BE EFFECTIVE IT HAS TO BE ENFORCE ED IN A
CONSISTENT WAY. AND I THINK A CONSEQUENCE CAN BE A CONVERSATION. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PUNITIVE THING. IT CAN BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, REMINDING OF AND WHAT OUR POLICY IS.
WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE. AND IF THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, CONSISTENTLY, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE IMPLEMENTATION BREAKS DOWN AND AND WE WON'T BE EFFECTIVE. SO ARE WE DOING MOTIONS OR NOT
THERE YET. OKAY. >> YEAH. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND OUR AGENDA ITEM FOR A SET TIME SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE MEAT THAT TIME. >> MOVE TO EXTEND THIS DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER TEN MINUTES.
>> TEN MINUTES. SECOND, IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR PARKER. TO EXTEND OUR CONVERSATION TEN MINUTES. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER.
>> AYE. >> MEEK, IRE. PARKER. >> AYE. RYAN. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> GREAT 7-010 MINUTES. I WILL GO PARKER, RYAN, THOMPSON. >> OKAY. I LIKE THE SPECIFICITY.
THE SPECIFICS OF DIRECTOR MEEK'S QUITE LITTLE CHANGE. I LIKE THE FIRST ONE I LIKE THE OUTLINE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MATE BE TOO MUCH FOR A BOARD POLICY. I THINK THAT EVERYONE STUDENT IS DIFFERENT AND THERE MIGHT BE A STUDENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
STUDENTS THAT VIOLATE THE POLICY THE POLICY ALREADY ACCOUNTS FOR FOR F FIVE ON FOUR PLANS AND EMERGENCIES AND CRISES, I THINK IT MEETS TO BE WE NEED MORE
DIRECTION AND JUST THOSE THREE WORDS I THINK THAT CAN HE PRIDE VA. JUST A QUESTION THAT'S MY -- >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I HAVE NOT KEPT IT A SECRET THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING A POLICY THAT DOES ALLOW FOR THE USE OF CCELLULAR DEVICES CD'Ss AS WE HAVE THEM IN THE POLICY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF A HIGH SCHOOL DAY. I DON'T THINK THE BENEFITS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE IDENTIFIED OUT WAY THE NEGATIVE AFFECTS THAT SOCIAL TOLD ME I CAN'T AND THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE PREY THE ON OUR CHILDREN TO THE POINT THAT THEY HAVE LOST LAWSUITS OVER IT. BENEFIT FROM A POLICY THAT ALLOWS CHILDREN TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE DEVICES IN SCHOOL.
I TAKE SERIOUSLY AND I GOT HEATED AT OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT THIS BUT I TAKE SERIOUSLY THAT THIS ROLE IS ABOUT PROTECTING STUDENT EXPERIENCES, FREAKING THEIR SAFETY. AND IT IS NOT. TO HAVE ACCESS TO A DEVICE THAT
IS SET UP TO CONTROL THEIR BRAIN IF A WAY THAT IS NEGATIVE AND HAS BEEN FOUND SO BY A COURT OF LAW. THAT'S WHERE I WAS ALWAYS GOING TO LAND. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> JUST A COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE. SO I WOULD SAY THAT I FELT LIKE THE LIST WAS KIND OF BREACHING INTO OPERATIONS AND SO WASN'T IN OUR PURVIEW FOR BOARD POLICY THE
NEW PROPOSE THE LANGUAGE IS MORE BENIGN I DON'T KNOW IF I AM HELPING OR HURTING BY SAYING THIS, BUT CONSEQUENCES CAN BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. I AM SURE ANYBODY WHO IS LISTENING THAT MIGHT BE A BEHAVIOR HISTORY ILLINOIS UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SPEAKING ABOUT AND A CON QUEENS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A VERBAL REDIRECT.
AND SO I AM LESS CONCERNED ABOUT LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THERE WILL BE A CONSEQUENCE I THINK MORE CONCERN WITH THERE WILL BE A DISCIPLINARY ACTION THERE WILL BE A CONSEQUENCE PEOPLES REASONABLE BECAUSE IT IS ASKING
IF A STAFF MEMBER IS SEEING SOMEBODY OR SEEING A STUDENT ACCESSING A DEVICE OUTSIDE OF THE TIME THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO AT LEAST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> DIRECTOR RYAN YOU ARE NOT FOR THIS SO YOUR SUGGESTION WOULD BE LIKE A COMPLETE BELL TO BELL? OKAY. I DON'T AGREE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOU. >> YEAH, I EVER TALKED TO SO MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN IN DISTRICTS THAT
WENT WELL FOR BELL AND IT WAS -- IT WORKED. BUT THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND I THINK IT PAINS PLAN AND WORK TO GET THERE. AND I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE A BELL
TO BELL AT THIS POINT. OUR LICENSED EDUCATORS SAID TO US, BE BOLD, WE NEED THE BOARD TO PROVIDE DIRECTION IN THIS AREA. AND THAT JUST STUCK WITH ME. SO OTHER COMMENTS. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> SORRY.
I AM NOT OPPOSED NEVER TO A BELL TO BELL. I JUST THINK THAT RIGHT NOW, WE NEED LIKE TO BUILD GROUND BEFORE WE BUILD LAKE WALLS. LIKE WE NEED RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING. AND SO I THINK IMPLEMENTING THIS POLICY RIGHT NOW SEEING HOW IT
GOES, IF WE WOULD EVER DO THAT IT HAS TO BE GRADUAL AND I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO DO MORE WORK IN THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE CARES BUT THAT WAS MY FOLLOW-UP. >> I AM TRYING TO HELP US LAND THIS PLANE THINK SO WE WANT TO SEE DIRECTOR CALLAHAN.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE HEY MOTION AT THIS POINT. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE LANGUAGE THAT PRESIDENT MEEK HAS PROPOSED TO JICJA.
ADOPT OPTION 3. ON CONSEQUENCES AND OPTION 1 IN REGARDS TO THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF CDs IN LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS.
AND REPEAL POLICY JI C.J. >> ARE WE A LOUD TO DO ALL THAT IN ONE. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. I WILL SECOND THAT. AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR
ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION OR COMMENTS. >> IF I MAY, PRESIDENT MAKE, YOU ARE REFERENCING DIRECTOR CALLAHAN THE ALTERNATIVE VERSION OPTION ONE, OPTION THREE. IS IF OKAY IF WE BRING UP THAT VERSION JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT LANGUAGE LOOKS LIKE.
>> PLEASE. >> IT'S THE ONE THAT SAYS ALTERNATIVE ON IT. >> YEAH. WE CAN BRING THAT UP. >> THANK YOU. SO IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN, MR. BLARE. PLEASE. >> IT'S THAT YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED
AREA WHERE IT SAYS. MAY RESULT AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION. >> SO ACTUALLY, MR. BLARE IF YOU COULD BRING IT DOWN ALTERNATIVE ONE. IF YOU COULD HAVE THE HIGHLIGHT, THAT TOP HIGHLIGHT. SHOW UP WITH THE AT ONE, AL TWO.
PERFECT, PERFECT. YEAH. >> SO MY RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE WHICH I THINK IS IN THE MOTION RATE NOW, THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW WOULD SAY WILL RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES AND POTENTIAL
DISCIPLINARY MEASURES, INCLUDING TEMPORARY CONFISCATION. THAT WAS WHAT WAS PROPOSED, MAKING SURE THAT'S -- IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE. >> AND THEN FOR THE CONSEQUENCE
SECTION IT'S ALTERNATIVE THREE SO IF YOU WANT TO SCROLL UP. SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT. >> SORRY MR. BLAKE. >> YEAH. THAT'S SECOND HIGHLIGHT AND THEN THOSE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS I
SHOULD SAY. >> WE ARE GOOD THERE. THAT HIGHLIGHTED PORTION IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE AS TO LOCKER ROOMS, ET CETERA. AND THEN UNDERNEATH WE HAVE
THREE OPTIONS D3 ALTERNATIVE -- THREE ALTERNATIVES TO THE LANGUAGE. DIRECTOR HALLELUJAH CALLAHAN IF I HEARD YOU RIGHT, THE MOTION INVOLVES ALTERNATIVE ONE? >> AL ATTORNEY AT THIS THREE.
>> SOAR. >> I UNDER CONSEQUENCES AND THEN ALTERNATIVE ONE -- >> I AM SORRY IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO READ THE FLANK WITHIN. ALTERNATIVE LEVI LAYING OF THIS POLICY OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT, SCHOOL OR CLASSROOM RULE OR
REGULATION ON STUDENT USE OF CDs MAY RESULT -- OR WILL RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES. OR TEMPORARY CON IF I SEDATION OF THE CD CONFISCATED DEVICES
SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE STUDENT AND MAY REQUIRED A CONSULTATION WITH THE PARENT, GUARD GENERAL, STUDENT AND COOL PERSONNEL IF THE BUILDING PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE BELIEVES A STUDENT'S POSSESSION OR USE A CD MAY INVOLVED A VIOLATION OF THE LAW, THE BUILDING PRINCIPAL OR
DESIGNEE MAY ARE ALSO REFER THE MATTER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE SPOT USE OF CDs IN LOCKER ROOMS READS STUDENT USE OF C Ds WITH
CAMERA AND/OR VIDEO RECORDING CAPABILITIES IS PROCEDURE PICK HAD I BEEN AT THE TIME IN LOCKER ROOMIES, GARTH ROOMS OR ANY OTHER LOCATION WHERE SUCH USE COULD VIOLATE ANOTHER PERSON'S REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF
PRIVACY. >> OKAY. CLARIFICATION WHEN I SECONDED I WAS NOT REALIZING YOUR DISCUSSION WAS BOTH THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW AND THE AT LANGUAGE I THINK THE AT LANGUAGE REPLACES THE HIGHLIGHT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU MEANT THE WHOLE TIME. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING. YOUR MOTION WOULD REPLACE WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW THERE. WITH THE ALT THREE USING
CONSEQUENCES IN IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL AT SAME PAGE. IS THERE A COMMENT? >> FOR CLARIFICATION ARE WE
SAYING -- AM I HEARING THE YELLOW WARD UP THERE WOULD BE REPLACED WITH AT ONE IS THAT WHAT I HEARD IN. >> WITH AT THREE. IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, MY ORIGINAL INTENT WAS JUST KEEPING THE YELLOW AND NOT AOU USING THE
ALT SO IT WAS LESS. >> SO SORRY -- THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL SECTION ON LOCKER ROOMS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS THE
BOTTOM OF PAGE 2. ARE YOU BOT ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 2, SORRY IF I MAY DIRECTOR MEEK AND I TRADE REAL HARD TO MAKE IT AS CLEAR AS PASS AND I BELIEVE YOU FEEL MISERABLY. AND THAT HIGHLIGHTED PORTION I THINK AS YOU RETURNED PRESIDENT MEEK IS STAFF RECOMMENDED
LANGUAGE AS TO CAMERAS, ET CETERA, IN LOCKER ROOMS, ET CETERA. AND THE THREE ALTERNATIVE PIECES OF LANGUAGE GO TO THAT HIGHLIGHTED PORTION. SO THE IDEA IS THAT, YEAH, SAME THING WITH THE LANGUAGE ABOVE THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTION OF STAFF
RECOMMENDED AND THEN WE HAVE THE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER UNDERNEATH THAT. SO DOES THE BOARD NEED -- SO THE BOARD SEEMS FOCUSED ON THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION OR DO WE NEED TO MOVE UP? >> I THINK IT'S BOTH PORTIONS. >> GOT YOU. >> BOTH OF THE HIGHLIGHTED
YELLOW PORTIONS, LET'S TAKE ONE AT A TIME. >> SURE. >> HONESTLY, WHEN I MADE MAY ORIGINAL COMMENT I WAS FINE WITH THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW IF WE JUST MADE THOSE EDITS. >> IF YOU CAN MOVE IT UP PLEASE. >> I ACCEPT THAT.
>> FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> MOVE UP, MARK, SORRY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD TO THE ALT -- >> TO THE SECOND PART THAT YOU WANT TO MOVE TO. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR. BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOTION. THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 1.
WOULD BE ALTERED TO READ VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT SCHOOL OR CLASSROOM RULE ON THE STUDENT USE OF C Ds WILL RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES. AND POTENTIAL HIS DISCIPLINARY MEASURES, INCLUDE TEMPORARY CONFISCATION OF THE CDs,
THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD READ. NO A.M. LANGUAGE. OKAY? THUGS UP WITH MAY CO MOTIONER. AND THEN SCROLL DOWN YOU GET TO THE NEXT HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW
SECTION. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN'S REQUEST WAS TO REPLACE THE YELLOW SECTION WITH ALTERNATIVE TWO LANGUAGE ON THE BOTTOM. >> ALT ONE. >> OH, IT WAS ALT ONE, ORGANIZATION, ALT ONE LANGUAGE. WHICH READS STUDENT USE OF CDs
WITH CAMERAS AND/OR VIDEO RECORDING CAPABILITIES IS PROHIBITED IN LOCKER ROOMS, BATHROOMS ARE OR ANY OTHER LOCATION WHERE SUCH USE COULD VIOLATE ANOTHER PERSON'S REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY. THAT'S WHAT WOULD READ IN THE
LIE LATED YELLOW SECTION, CORRECT? >> THE IS THE BOARD OPEN TO COMMENTED ONS THAT? I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTEP. >> SURE. YES. >> I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ENGAGE IS ONE IS HOW DO YOU ACTIVELY MONITOR SOME OF
THE SAYING OF GOING IN AND LOOKING FOR PHONES IN BATHROOMS AS WELL AND NOT INTRUDING ON PRIVACY IS ALSO PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO NAVIGATE THAT'S WHERE IN OF THE YELLOW BANG LANGUAGE CAME IF THERE IS WRONGFUL US IT'S NOT JUST CELL FOE VIOLATION
THAT'S A LARGER ISSUE WE WOULD BE NAVIGATING IN DISCIPLINE. THAT WE WOULD WORK THROUGH. DISCIPLINE IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE. JUST WRONGFUL USE OF THAT PIECE IF I CAN HAVE OUR SCHOOL LEADERS SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL, TOO.
>> MY QUESTION IS JUST THIS VIDEO USE, COULD SOMEBODY TAPE AND THAT WOULD BE OKAY? WITHOUT A VIDEO RECORDING? LIKE AN AUDIO RECORDING? IT JUST SAYS VIDEO RECORDING. IF IT'S A PRIVACY ISSUE WOULDN'T
IT COVER BOTH? >> THE REASON I AM ADVOCATING FOR ALTERNATIVE 1 IS A THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT IT IS INAPPROPRIATE
TO BE IN A SITUATION PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND TO HAVE A CD OUT IN THAT SITUATION, BECAUSE IT CAN CREATE A FEELING THAT WILL OUT DEVICES
TODAY YOU DON'T NOTE WHAT SOMEBODY IS DOING WITH THE DEVICE. RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THOSE DEVICES OUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN A
VULNERABLE STATE. UNTIL THOSE SPACES AND SO THAT IS WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE USE ALT ONE LANGUAGE. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE NOT APPROPRIATE
PLACES TO HAVE THE CD OUT. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SUPER CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE HERE. STUDENT USE OF CDs WITH CAMERAS OR VIDEO, ET CETERA, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
DISTINGUISH FROM POSSESSION OF ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS STAFF WAS LIKE, ARE WE ASKING THEM LEAVE THEM ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK USE OF GETS TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE SUPPRESSED HEAR VERSUS
POSSESSION OF. >> IT YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. >> THAT'S THE DIAMONDBACK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IN THE -- IF I MAY, PRESIDENT MAKE. >> SURE. >> I KNOW WE ARE TIGHT. ONE OF THE RATIONALES FOR THE
STAFF RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE WAS SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, ADULTS GO INTO A GYM. IN A LOCKER ROOM AND THERE IS A SIGN IN THERE THAT SAYS DON'T TAKE PICTURES, ET CETERA. BUT WHAT YOU WOULD SEE VERY COMMONLY IS SOMEBODY WALKING INTO THE GYM MAYBE THEY HAVE
BEEN LISTENING TO AUDIBLE OR WHATEVER CASE MIGHT BEING OR LOOKING AT A WEBSITE JUST VERY INNOCENTLY. ANY LOCKER ROOM NOT TAKING ANY PICTURES WITH ANYBODY ELSE. AND SO WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS NECESSARILY SET UP OUR STAFF, IS TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MONITOR
ONE, THE POSSESSION OF IT BUT TWO, ASSESS WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IT? AND IF I HAVE IT OUT, JUST TO HAVE IS OUT IS THAT USE OR IS THAT JUST POSSESSION IN AND SO THAT IS WHY WE WE LANDED ON
LANGUAGE THAT WE LANDED ON. AND I THINK USE INTRODUCES A LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT. A BURDEN OF ENFORCEMENT. THAT COULD GET TRICKY AND RISEN I AM UP FOR OUR COLLEAGUES UP HERE HAVING A DIFFERENT TAKE.
>> YOU MENTIONED THAT CONCERN LTIME, TOO, STUDENTS HAVING IT OUT AS THEY ARE WALKING IN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. PHONES AWAY I AM GOING INTO THIS AREA. IT'S LIKE PHONES AWAY I AM GOING
INTO A CLASSROOM. I GUESS I LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, TOO, RIGHT. SO I THINK SORRY THIS HAS GONE ON A LOT LONGER AND DIRECTOR GEIGER, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT ASKED TO EXTEND THE TIME AND WE ARE WELL OVER THE TIME THAT WE ALLOCATED.
SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT -- IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. AND SO THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE. AND A SECOND. I AM GOING TO REITERATE -- YOU LOOK CONFUSED. >> I I FORGET.
>> I KNOW, THAT'S MY JOB IS TO REMEMBER THAT. SO THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE ALTERNATIVE JICJA POLICY WITH THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW AT THE BOT P OF THE FIRST PAGE REVISED
TO READ WILL RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES AND POTENTIAL DISCIPLINARY MEASURES, INCLUDING TEMPORARY CONFISCATION OF THE Cs, SCROLLING DOWN THE NEXT YELLOW SECTION IN THE MID PART
OF PAGE TWO. STUDENT USE OF CDs AND CAMERA ANDS ON VIDEO RECORDING CAPABILITY IS PROHIBITED WHERE THERE IS AN
EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY AND THE MOTION INCLUDES REPEALING POLICY JI C.J. THAT IS WHAT'S ON THE CABLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE -- >> SORRY, PRESS MEEK JUST TO CLARIFY, JIHA WOULD BE THE
POLICY THAT WOULD BE REPEALED. >> SORRY. >> I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE JI C.J. JI C.J. IS WHAT'S STRUCK IN OUR BOARD PACKAGE.
>> IT SAYS JIHA ON THE AGENDA. IT SAYS JICJ ON THE POLICY STRUCK OUT. YES. THOSE ARE. >> MAYBE PULL UP THE ATTACHMENT. >> SORRY, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. THAT SHOULD BE JIHA.
>> DIRECTOR STOMP JOB. >> STOP THOMPSON. >> SORRY. >> IF WE MOVE TO THE ALTERNATIVE ONE LANGUAGE, THAT WHAT THINGS, HOW NO TRANSLATES IN PRACTICE PRACTICE IS WE ARE MAUGHAN INDICATING IT'S PROHIBITED, BUT
LIKE SO -- YOU FIND OUT IT HAPPENS. BUT WE ARE NOT -- THE EXPECTATION IS NOT THAT WE ARE MONITORING BATHROOMS, THAT,
RIGHT? IS THOUSAND HOW WE INTERPRET HOW THAT MANIES. >> THAT'S A HOPEFUL NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD MONITOR THAT. HOPING IF IT COMES -- WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION WITH A STUDENT. BUT TO THAT POINT OF NOT SEEKING ADMINISTRATOR STAFF IN A REST
ROOM OR LOCKER ROOM TO TRY TO MONITOR THAT IS SOME OF THE WORRIES THAT WE WERE HAVING AS WELL. >> I JUST KNOW WHERE WE ORIGINALLY DIDN'T HAVE THIS LANGUAGE IN THERE THE RESPONSE WAS OH, IT'S COVERED IN ANOTHER POLICY.
BECAUSE IT WAS A VIOLATION. RIGHT? IF A STUDENT WERE DOING THAT. IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TRY VIOLATION, I DON'T THINK IN THE OTHER DID I I THINK IT'S IDENTIFYING THAT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED AND IT'S A PROBLEM, MAYBE I AM LOOKING AT THAT
INCORRECTLY. DIRECTOR H CALLAHAN. >> MY INTEND IS NOT WE ARE NOPE TOURING LOCKER ROOM OR REST RAMS I THINK INTERIM IMPORTANT TO HEY YOUNG PERSON CAN SAY TO ANOTHER
YOUNG PERSON OR ADMINISTRATOR EVERY TIME I AM IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND GETTING DRESSED, SO AND SO HAS THEIR PHONE OUT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. BUT IT MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE. AND THEY HAVE A POLICY OR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN POINT TO THAT SAYS LIKE, YEAH, LIKE YOU
CAN'T HAVE YOUR PHONE OUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING DRESSED. LIE LIKE IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. THERE IS A CLEAR POLICY TO POINT TO THAT PROVIDES AN ADMINISTRATOR SOME BACKING TO SAY LIKE, YEAH, WHOEVER, LIKE
YOU CAN'T DO THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> TO ME THIS IS GIVING COACHES, IT'S GIVING EVEN ELSE, THIS IS A BRIGHT ONE. THE COACH CAN SAY, IN THE LOCKER ROOM. GUIDES, NO PHONES.
ABSOLUTELY NO PHONES. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE CAUSE USING THEM TO DOLL YOUR MOM OR TEXT YOUR GRILL FRIEND WRONGFUL USE FOR ME ALLOWED A LEVEL OF INTERPRETATION THAT I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IN THIS PARTICULAR WAY, AND AGAIN, I
LEAVE IT TO YOU AS TO WHAT CONSEQUENCES COME. I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND IF SOMEBODY SAYS JUNE HAS HER CELLPHONE ON AGAIN YOU CAN SAY JUNE YOU KNOW THE RULES NO CELLPHONES IN THE BATHROOMS THAT'S JUST A NO.
AGAIN, WHERE THAT GOES FROM THERE, TRUST YOU GUYS. BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITHDRAWING A LINE AT THE BATHROOM AND THE LOCKER ROOM DOOR. >> GREAT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY LONG NIGHT FOR US. WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GO.
WITH THAT IF I DON'T SEE ANY STRONG OBJECTIONS THE MOTIONS IS ON THE TABLE I WILL CALL THE VOTE. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN? >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER.
>> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> NO. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I AM AN AYE. >> ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES 6-1.
THANK YOU ALL I KNOW IT'S LATE. -- >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME FOR THIS, FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. AND I HOPE THAT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS A STAFF MEMBER, DATA FROM OUR ADMIN'S ON BEHAVE TWO MAT MATRIXES AND IF S IS REALLY WORKING AND ARE WE BEING CONSISTENT ACROSS THE CONTRADICT.
AND I ALSO BELIEVE AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTEACHER WHO SEES KINDIES HAVING A BETTER PHONE THAN ME THAT WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I AM FEARFUL OF THE FUTURE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING. BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU
WERE ADAMANT ON A NO LAST TIME AND IN MY HEART, OH, YEAH. I WOULD REALLY LOVE THAT BELL TO BELL AS MY LAST CHILD GOES THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. BUT I DO -- AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AND MAYBE WE'LL GET THERE. BUT I DID HAVE A AGREEMENT WITH
YOU IN THAT ASPECT. BUT I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT I HAVE A -- I KNOW OF A SITUATION AFTER A CHILD HIGH SCHOOL BELL TO BELL FOR CLASS, SO DURING A PASSING
PERIOD THIS CHILD HOW OLD TEXTED SAFE TO TELL. NOT BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS BULLYING THEM, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.
AND THE SRO, AND THE COUNSELOR WAS ABLE TO HELP THIS KIDDO. AND SO SOMETIMES I THINK WE FOCUS ON ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS, BUT I THINK TOP THAT ONE CHILD, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEXT SAFE TO TELL, AND FOR THEM TO
GET THE HELP THEY NEEDED IMMEDIATELY NOT GOING HOME, TO AN EMPTY HOME, THERE'S ALWAYS ONYX ACCEPTING, RATE? BUT I DO TOTALLY AGREE. THERE IS A DANG WE ARE CELLPHONE
ANDS AND I LOVE THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU LAST TIME. >> LYDIA, THANK YOU. IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND EVERYONE UP HERE IS TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST CHOICE POSSIBLE. BUT I HAVE HEARD STRONGLY THAT
ATHE BOARD WANT TODAY YOUS TAKEA LOOK AT OUTCOME DATA, SEE IF IT'S WORK AND WHAT REVISIONS NEED TO BE MADE AND ALL OF YOUR TIME AND EFFORT HAS REALLY HELPED US LAND THIS DECISION SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE EVERYBODY. I KNOW IT'S LATE. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALL. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVE ON THE GROUND TO ITEM 10.3. BOARD POLICY IKF. GARAGE SITUATION REQUIREMENTS. WE ARE ADDING THE PERSONAL
FINANCE LITERACY TO THE POLICY THIS IS A SECOND READING. AND I WILL NOW ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES. SCHEDULED FOR THIS. SO ALL JUST OPEN IT UP IF THERE IS ANY FINANCIAL QUESTIONS AS A SECOND READING IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
HAVE QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED UPDATES TO BOARD POLICY IKF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. >> SO MOVED. >> MOVE. >> SECOND.
>> SECOND. >> I WILL GIVE IT DO DIRECTOR GEIGER AND DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. AS SECONDING THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED UPDATES TO BOARD POLL PEU IKF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. THE MOTION IS OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE, I WILL CALL ROLL, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. PACKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS THE
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FOR A 5-MINUTE DISCUSSION. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTORS GEIGER AND DENZLER FOR THE UPDATE. >> I HAD NOTES I CAN'T FIND THEM. BIGGEST NEWS IS THE SCHOOL FINANCE BILL HAS PASSED OUT OF
THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE MOVED TO THE ACCEPT AT APPROPRIATIONS BASED ON THE CALCULATIONS CURRENTLY LISTED, DOUGLAS COUNTY GETS A $13 MILLION INCREASE OVER LAST
YEAR. YOU CAN CALCULATE HOW FAR WILL HE ABOUT ROW IT IS. AS SOON AS IT CLEARS SENATE APPROPRIATIONS WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL CHASES GOES TO THE HOUSE WHERE THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE AMENDMENTS ON THAT. BOTTOM LINE IS THIS YEAR WE'LL
HOLD THE LINE ON MONEY. AND THE CAN HAS BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD ANOTHER ARE YEAR. KINDERGARTEN READ ASSESSMENT BILL PASS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AT SITTING ON THE GOVERS DESK IT WILL LIKELY BECOME LAW
WITHOUT THE GOVERN HE WERE'S SIGNATURE, I WILL NINTH EAR VETO NOR SIGN IT. JUST A SHOUT OUT TO REPRESENT I HAMRLIK, SHE AND HER STAFF HAVE MASSED. A BILL REQUIRING ALL KEEPS TO
TAKE MANDATORY CONCUSSION RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT TRAINING THAT HAS PASSED THE AN AND THE HUGHES HAS TO BE BACK TO THE SENATE FOR SOME CONCURRENCE BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO FACE ANY PROBLEMS SO THE COACHES GET MORE TRAINING ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND DEAL WITH
CONCUSSIONS, EVERYTHING ELSE, IS HELD UP WHILE THEY TRY GET TO THE LONG BILL AND ANOTHER FINANCE BILLS THROUGH. THERE HEY BE SOME LATE BILLS COME IN. BUT THEY'LL THEY'LL HAVE TO FIND MONEY AND THERE AIN'T ANY.
THERE IS THE SHORT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IF YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR BILL REACH OUT FOR ME. >> ANY QUESTIONS? OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'LL MOVE US FORWARD TO
ITEM 10.5. MONITORING REPORT EL7 SCHOOL SAFETY SECURITY AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL WELLNESS. WE HAVE A 10-MINUTE DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR THIS. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THIS MONITORING REPORT HAD A FIRST READING.
THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE BOARD USED PRIOR TO WHAT WE ALL AGREED TO IN FEBRUARY. WHERE THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY AGREED ON A NEW STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR MONITORING MOVING FORWARD. AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD AGREED THAT IT WOULD NOT
REQUIRE ANNUAL DATE TO THE MONITORING REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY IN THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING. AND I AM STRUGGLING WITH THIS BECAUSE HOW DO YOU MONITOR
SOMETHING THAT HASN'T LAKE OUR PROCESS IS WONKY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A BIT OF A CONFLICT. WE ARE DETERMINING COMPLIANCE BASED ON THE POLICY AND THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED NOT THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT.
WHILE THE REPORT WILL CHANGE MOVING FORWARD. OUR ROLE IS DETERMINE WHETHER THIS REPORTS REASONABLY DEMONSTRATES COMPLIANCE WITH EL7. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYTHING WE HAD AN IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION EARLIER THIS EVENING ON SAFETY AND SECURITY.
IN THIS AREA, AND THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NEW MONITORING CYCLE, UNTIL ONE HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO BE MONITORED IN SIX MONTHS. IN OCTOBER. SO I AM WONDERING IF THE BOARD WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION WHERE
THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT AND PRIOR REVIEW OF EVEN L7 MONITORING REPORT ON NOVEMBER 11th, 2025, AND THE EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION ON THE TOPIC TONIGHT. GIVEN THE BOARD'S TRANSITION AND
NEW TRUCK TRUER AND EXPECTATIONS AND THE BOARDS NOT REQUIRING REVISIONS WE'LL DEFER A FORMAL COME POINT LINE DETERMINATION UNTIL THE OCTOBER MONITORING CYCLE. THE BOARD EXPECTS THAT THE OCTOBER REPORT WILL BE ALIGNED
TO THE ADOPTED MONITORING FRAMEWORK. AND THAT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE WILL BE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT COMPLIANCE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER.
I'LL HOPE IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. THOUGHTS. >> I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR TO HIM THOMPSON'S QUESTIONS THEY REALLY HELPED EDUCATE THE NEXT VERSION OF THE EL7.
>> AGAIN, I STRUGGLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO MONITOR THIS ONE GIVEN IT ISN'T BUILT IN A WAY THAT WE SAID WE WOULD REVIEW IT. FOR COMPLIANCE. AND SO I STRUGGLED WITH WHAT
MAKES THE MOST SENSE. SO THAT WAS ALL I WOULD ADD. AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AND BELIEVE THAT IT WILL RESULT IN A BETTER REPORT IN SIX
MONTHS. OTHER DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IT'S TAKING ME JUST A SECOND TO PROCESS BECAUSE I THINK I WOULD HAVE STRUGGLED WITH A COME POINT LINE VOTE TONIGHT AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATING ONCE
AGAIN TO BE A NO. BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S BENEFICIAL AT ALL NOW I AM TRYING TO PROCESS MY OWN ETHICAL METER.
UNTIL SIX MONTHS I DO AGREE. >> I AM HAPPY TO RODE READ IT AGAIN. >> THE EVIDENCE WAS PRESENTED IN PUBLIC. I AM JUST PROCESSING.
>> APPROXIMATE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? BEFORE WE CALL A VOTE? DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> CAN YOU JUST SAY THE LANGUAGE ONE MORE TIME IN. >> SURE. SO MOVING THAT THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT AND PRIOR REVIEW OF EVEN L7 MONITORING REPORT ON NOVEMBER 11th, 2025,
AND THE EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION ON THIS TOPIC TONIGHT. GIVEN THE BOARD'S TRANSITION TO A NEW MONITORING STRUCTURE AND EXPECTATIONS, AND THE BOARD'S PRIOR DIRECTION NOT TO REQUIRE REVISIONS TO THIS REPORT, THE
BOARD WILL DEFER A FORMAL COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION UNTIL THE OCTOBER MONITORING CYCLE. THE BOARD EXPECTS AT THE OCTOBER REPORT WILL BE ALIGNED TO THE ADOPTED MONITORING FRAMEWORK. AND INCLUDE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT A CLEAR COMPLIANCE
DETERMINATION. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> OKAY. SO AS I AM THINKING THROUGH IT, I HAVE SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN HOW SAFETY AND SECURITY IS HANDLED IN THIS DISTRICT. AND SO I AM OKAY WITH THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT
INFORMATION. AND THAT REALLY THE CHALLENGE THAT I AM HAVING IS JUST HOW THE DATA IS BEING PRESENTED IN THE REPORT. SO -- >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR THOMPSON SEEING IN OTHER COMMENTS I WILL GO AHEAD -- JUST MAKING SURE THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS.
DEEP THINKINGS A A LOT OF DEEP THINKING ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE MOWING PASSES SEVENS-0. AND ONE MORE MONITORING REPORT. EL12 ON STUDENT ACCOMMODATIONS. AND WE HAVE TEN MINUTES SCHEDULED FOR THIS CONVERSATION. AS WE MOVE THROUGH EACH OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE MONITORING REPORT, THE BOARD WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INTERPRETATION IS REASONABLE AND THE EVIDENCE IS PROVIDE SECOND DEGREE SUFFICIENT TOLL PURPOSE REPRESENT COMPLIANCE THE PROCESS WE DISCUSSED IS WHETHER THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD HAS CONCERNS WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AND WITH
THAT, GIVE ME A MINUTE TO PULL OUT MY COPY SO I CAN FOLLOW ALONG AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
>> STARTING WITH EL12 MONITORING REPORT. START WITH ITEM NUMBER -- PAGES MAYBE. PAGES ARE CUT OFF. SO WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1.
AND THEN FROM ITEM 12.1, WE'LL GO 12.2. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH IT IN ORDER. WE'LL START WITH 12.1. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE
INTERPRETATION 12.1. SEEING NO HAPPENS. WE'LL MOVE FOR STEP TWO FOR DETERMINING EVIDENCE COME PLAINS. SO WITH THAT, DOES ANY DIRECTOR
HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE ITEM DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT EFFORT OF COME POINT LINE WITH THE CURRENT INTERPRETATION FOR ITEM 12.1? I SEE TWO HANDS.
NOT A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ITEM 12.2. FOR ITEM 12.2, THE REPORT SHOWS COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTIONS NOTED
FOR THIS SECTION. I'LL START WITH ASKING ABOUT ANY CONCERNS WITH INTERPRETATION
BEING REASONABLE FOR 12.2.
ALL RIGHT, 12.2. ANY CONCERNS WITH THE INTERPRETATION BEING REASONABLE? SEEING NONE, I WILL GO TO CONCERNS THAT THE EVIDENCE IS --
DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE ALTHOUGH THIS ONE DOES HAVE COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTIONS. ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? 12.2. NO. ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL TAKE US TO 12.3.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT 12.3, ARE THERE CONCERNS OF THE INTERPRETATION NOT BEING REASONABLE?
I SEE ONE. TWO. OKAY. NOT SEEING A JODY WILL GO TO THE EVIDENCE IS ACCEPTED AS
DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE FOR 12.3. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE THE EVIDENCE IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT BEING IN COME PLAINS. I SEE ONE.
OKAY. MOVE US TO 12.4. SAME QUESTION. IS THERE CONCERN REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE
INTERPRETATION FOR ITEM 12.4? NOT SEEING THAT, I WILL MOVE US TO DOES ANY DIRECTOR HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE ITEM DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT INTERPRETATION. I SEE ONE. CURRENTLY. NOT SEEING THE JODY WILL TAKE TO US 12.5. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THE
REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATION FOR ITEM 12.5.
NOT SEEING WITHIN MINNESOTA I AF DIRECTOR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE EVIDENCE WITH THE CURRENT INTERPRETATION FOR 12.5. SEEING TWO.
WE HAVE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH WITH THE MAJORITY NOT INDICATING A CONCERN WITH COMPLIANCE ON 12.1 TO THREE, FOUR, FIVE. ACKNOWLEDGING COMPLIANCE WITH
EXCEPTIONS NOTICED IN 12.2. AND I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MONITORING REPORT. AS DEMONSTRATING COME PLAINS.
>> MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MONITORING REPORT. >> SECOND. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER HAS MOVED AND CALLAHAN HAS SECONDED. THAT THE MONITORING REPORT -- THAT THE MONITORING REPORT HAS
BEEN ASSESSED AND DEMONSTRATES COMPLIANCE I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO IT'S IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS NOTED
IT'S COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS? >> ACTUALLY, THAT CAN CHANGE THE COMPLIANCE MOTION FOR SURE. >> OKAY. SO THEN THE MOTION IS THAT THE THE OPINION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT IT'S
COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS NOTED SHOULD BE CHANGED TO BEING FULLY COMPLIANT. OKAY. SO ARE YOU MOVING TO AMEND THE MOTION TOLL READ IT,. >> I WAS CLARIFYING WHAT THE MOTION WAS. >> I AM NOT SURE IT WAS READ THAT WAY. >> I -- MY MOTION WAS TO ADOPT
EL12 AS WRITTEN. WHICH INCLUDES THE EXCEPTIONS IN MY MIND. I WAS NOT -- I NEVER SAID IT WAS FULLY COMPLIANT. >> THANK YOU, THAT'S HELPFUL. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
DISCUSSION? I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE I WILL TAKE ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> OHIO. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER AYE. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> NO. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> NO.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES 5-2. AND WITH THAT WE ARE MOVING ONTO BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 11, BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS. WE ONLY SCHEDULED FIVE MINUTES FOR UPDATES TONIGHT. DURING AGENDA PLANNING, WE REALIZED DEVICE POLL BY SY MIGHT GO LONG IT WENT LONG. SO JUST TO BE REALLY SUCCINCT I
WILL JUST SHARE AS BOARD PRESIDENT AGENDA PLANNING WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY AT 10:30 A.M. AT LEGACY CAMPUS FOR THE MAY 12th REGULAR MEETING AS ALWAYS ALL BOARD DIRECTORS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ILL WILL OPEN IT UP TO VICE PRESIDENT IF
THERE IS ANYTHING. NOTHING. AND THEN I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY DR. EFFECT TOURS STARTING WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> JUST TWO THINGS, ONE MY APPRECIATION FOR SUPERINTENDENT COO MILLETT TO THE TOUR OF THE PROSED NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING THAT WAS VERY INSTRUCTIVE AND INTERESTING AND
I CANNOT NOT SPEAK UNLESS I TALK ABOUT THE TELL CELEBRATION OF CULTURES HEALED ORE ON THE 9th. IT WAS EXCITING. IT WAS A FULL HOUSE. I BELIEVE SIX OF THE DIRECTORS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND WHICH WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED THE FOOD WAS LOVELY THE DANCING BETTER.
>> DIRECTOR DENZLER ANYTHING ELSE? >> JUST TO ECHO DIRECTOR GEIGER'S REMARKS I WENT TO BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS. AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE MERIDIAN PROPERTY. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOUR SOME OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING AND JUST HAVE
REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED GETTING OUT TO SEE OUR AMAZING EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> THE NORMAL SECRETARY UPDATE WILL JUST BE IN THE BOARD
MINUTES. I EMAILED IT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. BUT WE HAD LOTS OF CONTACTS WITH LOTS OF THINGS. AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO TOUR TWO SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT "B" AND WENT TO THE EVENT OF THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURES AND THE DANCING WAS
GREAT AND, YEAH. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR RYAN. >> IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH. BUT I'LL JUST LIST WHAT HAPPENED 2LRPC SESSIONS THAT WE SUBMITTED UPDATES FOR. DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAD THEIR INTERNATIONAL BACK LARIAT
MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM FOR THE SOPHOMORES I GOT TO GO TO THAT. AND VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE STUDENTS MONTH IS VERY CONCERNED WITH KITCHEN SAFETY AND THAT WAS WONDERFUL. WE DID THE CLASSIFIED STAFF COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, THAT WAS
GREAT I TOURED STEM AND RENAISSANCE. WENT TO THE APPLE AWARDS. THE WANTED TO SHOUT OUT MY ALMA MATER,ALMAMATER LARKS SPUR WINNN AWARD. STATE OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE I
THINK FOR THE FOLKS THAT ATTENDED AND W PRESENTED AND CELEBRATION OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES WHICH WAS WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> CONGRATS TO OUR APPLE AWARD WINNERS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I
THINK I HAVE MISSED IT I WAS DISAPPOINTS BUD WE HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT. WAY IN ADVANCE TO THE SAME DAY. AND I WOULD JUST MENTION THAT F OFF. C MEETING. HEALTH AND DEN FIT COST WAS REALLY INFORM HITCH AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DRIVES COST.
HOW THE DISTRICT PROVIDE HELPFUL COVERAGE AND UNIQUE OPTIONS FOR STAFF. I'LL TRY TO SHARE THE PRESENTATION. >> THANKS FOR DOING THAT QUICK I. DIRECT TO ARE GEIGER ONE QUICK THING THE DATE OFF OUR LAST MEETING CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN
BOEBERT JOINED US FOR A TOUR OF THE LEGACY CAMPUS THREE OF US WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMETIMES TO GO WITH SHE ASKED RELEVANT QUESTIONS AND SEEMED INTERESTING IN WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AND TWO OF OUR AERONAUTICS STUDENTS CORNERED TO IT TALK ABOUT APPOINTMENTS TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. >> THEY WERE SO EXCITE.
YES. THEY WERE VERY EXCITED. >> WITH THAT ITEM 12 IS SECTION EXIT SESSION. CONSINA AN EXECUTIVE SESSION
PURSUANT TO CRS24 HAD THE 6-402 SUBSECTION FOUR, PARAGRAPH F, SUBTRAP ONE TO DISCUSS A PERSONNEL MATTER SPECIFICALLY TO MON OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AS IT RELATES TO BOARD POLICY EL5. DO I'VE MOTION TO GO INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PREVIOUSLY STATED PURPOSE? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN MOVED AND DIRECTOR GEIGER SECONDED THAT WE
GO INTO EFFECT EXECUTIVE SESSION. AS A REMINDER, THIS REQUIRES A 5% VOTE. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL. ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> GREAT. THE MOTION PASSES. 7-0. JOINING US IN ADDITION TO THE BOARD WILL BE SUPERINTENDENT ERIN KANE, WE WILL RECONVENE FOR
ADJOURNMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE LIVE STREAMING IS ENDING NOW.