>> ALL RIGHT, THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL DOLL, GEIGER. >> PRESENT. >> MEEK IS EXCUSED. MOORE IS RUNNING LATE. MYERS. >> HERE. >> THOMPSON. >> HERE. >> WILLIAMS, HERE.
AND WINEGAR IS RUNNING A FEW MINUTES LATE. WINEGAR IS NOW -- >> HERE. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THE REASON FOR THIS SPECIAL SESSION IS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ISSUES TO DISCUSS WITH ITS ATTORNEYS IN EXECUTIVE SECTION TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVISED ON SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS PURSUANT TO CRS24204B.
ROBBING LEGAL QUESTIONS AND CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION OF LITIGATION BY THE DIRECT AGAINST CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES LLC FOR ITS ALLEGED BREACH OF ITS CONTRACT WITH THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE1. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO IN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE
PREVIOUSLY-STATED PURPOSE? >> MOVE TO GO IN TO EXCESSIVE SESSION FOR THE PREVIOUSLY-STATED PURPOSE. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY MYERS. DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, ROLL CALL. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MOORE, HE'LL BE LATE. MYERS.
>> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAM, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> GREAT. WE'LL NOW BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WILL BE JOINING THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF INDICATION IN YOU CAN HE CAN IS HE HAVE SESSION, TIM MOORE WILL JOIN US LATE.
DANNELL HIATT, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, JACKIE MILLETT, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, KATIE VAN HORN, RISK DIRECTOR, MARY KAY KLAMESH, GENERAL COUNCIL, MARK NEEDER, OUTSIDE COUNSEL. WITH THE LAW FIRM OF THOMPSON
AND CO. OUT RESPECT TO STAFF THAT ARE NOT PARTICIPATING I AM EXCUSING THEM IN THE MEETING. STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE IN THE BOARDROOM AND THIS MEETING WILL NO LONGER BE LIVE
STREAMED.
>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> MOVE TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY WINEGAR. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. >> WINE WINEGAR, AYE. GREAT, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
SEE YOU BACK AT 5:00. >> ALL RIGHT, THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. GEIGER. >> PRESENT. >> MEEK IS EXCUSED. MOORE. >> HERE. >> MYERS. >> HERE.
>> THOMPSON. >> HERE. >> WILLIAMS, HERE. WINEGAR. >> HERE. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE IN TO THE DCSD SPOTLIGHT. WITH OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
DANNELL HIATT. >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF EDUCATION DIRECTORS AND EVERYBODY WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO START THE BOARD OF RECOGNITION EVENTS THIS EVENING.
SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO WISH SUPERINTENDENT KANE THE BEST AS SHE IS CURRENTLY IN FLORIDA CARING FOR HER MOTHER RIGHT NOW. SO I AM GOING TO AS I SAID, JUMP IN AND LEAD TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS. SO OUR FIRST RECOGNITION IS OF A
RECENT GRADUATE FROM DANIEL C. OAKES HIGH SCHOOL, WITH THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE -- WOULD THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE PLEASE JOINT ME UP FRONT. JASE RODRÍGUEZ, PRINCIPAL BRIAN SINGLETON, SCIENCE TEACHER NADINE KLEIN, AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS NICKY BALOO. ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS GOTTA KIND OF COME RIGHT HERE. OKAY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. JASE WAS ONE OF TWO STUDENTS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF COLORADO NAMED CHANGEMAKER OF THE YEAR.
BY YOUTH CELEBRATE DIVERSITY. JASE WILL BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AT THE YOUTH DELL BROUGHT DIVERSITY CHANGE MAKERS GALA ON SEPTEMBER 13th. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU GOT QUITE AN AUDIENCE HERE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> JAYCE WORKED JACE WORKEO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MEN OR PROGRAM WHERE CURRENT STUDENTS SUPPORT NEW STUDENTS IN THEIR TRANSITION TO D.C. OAKES COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, JACE AND OTHER OAKES STUDENTS CREATED THE
PHOENIX SOCIETY. PART CLASS, PART EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY, WHERE STUDENTS GAIN THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO TAKE PART IN RESTORE STIFF JUSTICE CIRCLES WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL. WOW, JACE, I AM GOING TO PASS THE MICROPHONE ONTO YOU AS I TOLD YOU, I WOULD. AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THIS HONOR AND RECOGNITION AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. >> HONEST ARE YOU IT'S AN HONOR THAT ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE ABLE DO CREATE THIS AND IT HELPS THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COME INTO OAKES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING IN TERMS OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT DEMONSTRATE. MS. KLEIN. OF. >> SO I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH JACE, AND STUDENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE PHOENIX CLUB. WHEN I READ NOTIFICATION FROM YOU CELEBRATE DIVERSITY THAT THEY HAD A RECOGNITION CALLED CHANGEMAKER OF THE YEAR, I
BROUGHT IT TO THE EXPERTS, THE PHOENIX CLUB. TO FIND OUT IF THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD OF ANY WORTH AND VALUE TO THEM. IF THEY THOUGHT ANY MEMBER OF OUR TEAM MIGHT DESERVE TO BE NOMINATED FOR THAT. AND ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY THEY SAID JACE NEEDS TO GET THAT. SO IT WAS MY HONOR TO FILL OUT
THE NOMINATION. AND I AM BEAMING WITH PRIDE THAT JACE WON. I KNEW YOU WOULD, THOUGH. IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. SO CONGRATULATIONS. >> JACE IS THE EPITOME OF WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY STUDENTS AT DANIEL C. OAKES WE TRY TO
GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLOURISH AND GO AS HIGH AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN AND IN EVERY WAY THAT IS WHAT JACE DID AT OUR SCHOOL. THE TWO THINGS THAT YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT, WERE TWO OF MANY THINGS THAT JACE HAS DONE FOR NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS AT OUR
SCHOOL, BUT THE STAFF. OUR FRONT OFFICE DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD SURVIVE AFTER JACE GRADUATED IN MAY. THEY HAVE MADE IT, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A HUGE LIKE ALL OF US, PLACE IN OUR HEART FOR JACE
AND EVERYTHING HE DID FOR OUR SCHOOL, FROM SMALL THINGS TO BIG THINGS, AND FOR ME, IT WAS JUST AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THAT PATH. AND I KNOW JAYCE IS GOING O AWESOME THINGS, SO THANK YOU. >> JACE, I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE YOUR WORK FIRST HAND, I WAS AT DANIEL C.
OAKES ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND I GOT TO SEE MISS NADINE WORKING WITH STUDENTS TO GET READY FOR THE RETURNING STUDENTS TO MEET UP WITH THEIR BUDDY STUDENTS. AND FOR THOSE YOU HAVE THAT DON'T KNOW DANIEL C. OAKES IS AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SO STUDENT FROM FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT
WHICH CAN SOMETIMES MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT NERVE RACKING GOING TO A SCHOOL AND YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE. THIS WAY EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE SUPPORT TOWARD GARAGE WEIGHING, TOWARD COMING IN. IT'S A SOME OF THE RETURNING STUDENT GET TO CAREER IT'S A CULTURE THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE
WHILE THEY THEY ARE AT SCHOOO AMAZING WORK. >> JACE, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE LEGACY THAT YOU HAVE LEFT AT D.C. OAKES. THAT'S COMMENDABLE. IT'S PHOTO OP TIME IF WE CAN GET COMMUNICATIONS UP HERE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN JACE IF YOU WILL DO ONE
PICTURE AND THEN ANY FAMILY THAT ARE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN THE NEXT PICK, THAT BE GREAT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT WE RECOGNIZE A SCHOOL WHO HAS BEEN NAMED A RAMP CERTIFIED SCHOOL BY THE AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION. CHEROKEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY.
WITH THE FOLLOWING -- WOULD THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE PLEASE POINT JOIN ME UP FRONT. PRINCIPAL JOSH MILLER, COUNSELOR JANE STEINER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS KRISTEN DRURY, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, WELLNESS AND PREVENTION, DR. KELLY SMITH.
AND DISTRIBUTE LEAD COUNSELOR RENE COLLIE. [ APPLAUSE ] SO CHEROKEE TRAIL IS ONE OF ONLY 10 SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO TO HOLD THE RAMP CERTIFICATION.
CHEROKEE TRAIL JOINS THREE OTHER CAN YOU GO LAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS, RED STONE ELEMENTARY. FRANKTOWN ELEMENTARY. AND SAGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO I AM GOING TO HAND THE MIC OVER TO OUR LEAD COUNSELOR RENE COLLIE AND OUR DIRECTOR OF
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND PREVENTION. DR. KELLEY SMITH TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A RAMP SCHOOL AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS MY PLEASURE AND JANE, I AM SO INCREDIBLY HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND JOSH WHO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING IN THIS EFFORT.
SINCE 2022, I REMEMBER JANE COMING UP TO ME WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALIGNING OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE NATIONAL MODEL. MEANING THAT WE HAVE DATA DRIVEN COUNSELING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT KIDS IN THEIR ACCESS TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. AND SHE SAID, WHY WOULDN'T WE DO
THIS? AND WHY WOULDN'T I RAMP? SO I REMEMBER THAT WITH JANE AND IT WAS SO FUN TO GO OUT TO CALIFORNIA THIS SUMMER AND CELEBRATE HER. SO JUST AN HONOR. I DO WANT RENE, WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFT AROUND OUR RAMP SCHOOLS TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. IN OUR DISTRICT. BUT I AM SO INCREDIBLY HONORED TO STAND HERE TODAY WITH YOU. AND YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED BUT YOU HAVE OPENED UP YOUR DOORS AND LET US TRY AND EXPERIMENT AND COME IN AND DO
THINGS. IT'S BEEN PHENOMENAL. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. SO RENE. >> THANK YOU. IT TRULY IS A CHALLENGE AS YOU HEARD FROM THE STATS TO RECEIVE RAMP. SO OUR SCHOOL SCHOOLS NOT OO SUBMIT 10-POINT ENDS SHOW THAT
THEY ARE DATA DRIVEN AND THAT THEY HAVE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES OF IMPACTING ACADEMICS FOR OUR STUDENTS WITHIN THEIR BUILT. THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE REMOVED SYSTEMIC BARRIERS, AND THAT THOSE -- THE REMOVAL OF THOSE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS HAVE DIRECTLY IMPACTED
STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT THEY HAVE TO TRACK THEIR TIME AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE EITHER ACTING WITH OR FOR THE STUDENT AT MINIMUM OF 80% OF THEIR TIME. SO THAT COMES TO SPEAK HOW JOSH HAS SUPPORTED JANE WITH ENSURING THAT SHE DOES HAVE THE TIME TO
DEDICATE TO HER STUDENTS, HELP ARRANGE AND MAKE SURE THAT HER PRIORITIES ARE WHERE THEY NEED TO HAVE STUDENT IMPACT. AND THEN IT REALLY WORKS AS A TEAM AND REALLY SPEEDS NOT ONLY TO THE -- SPEAKS TO NOT ONLY WITH THE TEAM IN CHAIR IDENTITY TRAIL BUT THE TEAM IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AS A WHOLE WE COULD DO
THE NOT DO THIS IT IS A DISTRICT AND WITHOUT THE DIRECT SUPPORT IN GENERAL, SO THANK YOU. >> I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, THESE GUYS HAVE COME TO ME QUITE OFTEN TO SAY ISSUE KNOW, HOW CAN WE HELP? WE ARE A FAIRLY IMPACTED SCHOOL. BUT REALLY MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS CERTIFICATION IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT THE LETTERS AND THE NAME, OR THE
CERTIFICATES, BUT IT'S THE SUPPORT OF OUR KIDS. AND FOR A LONG TIME, IT WAS JUST JANE AND I RUNNING THE SHOW AT CHEROKEE TRAIL WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE OUR KIDS WERE SUPPORTED AND HAD ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAD NEEDED. AND SO SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL TIME.
WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THE LATE VISIT OR ALL THOSE OTHER PIECES INVOLVED. ONCE WE HAD THE RAMP CERTIFICATION IT'S JUST A CELEBRATION OF WHO SHE IS AS A PERSON AND AS AUCOIN LOHR. I, YOU KNOW, I LOVE HER TO DEATH. I KNOW HOW MUCH SHE LOVES TO PUBLIC SPEAK AND SO I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO HER. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID. WHEN I WAS A BABY SCHOOL COUNSELOR STARTED 20 YEARS AGO. I STARTED IN ANOTHER STATE AND WASN'T UNTIL I MOVED TO DOUGLAS COUNTY ROUGHLY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, THAT I EVER THOUGHT THAT I
COULD HAVE THIS PARTICULAR ROLE AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR. AND THE DISTRICT RESOURCES AND A PRINCIPAL THAT SUPPORTED EVERYTHING SINGLE THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO TO HELP KIDS. I, AGAIN, JUST DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE. SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY WHO OVERTIME ADDED A SECOND
COUNSELOR TO OUR SCHOOL. THE IMPACT THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE HOPEFULLY IT LASTS AND HAS PLANTED SEEDS THAT WILL HELP THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. >> I DO ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT WE DID HAVE HEATHER BALOO WHO WAS ANOTHER COUNSELOR OF OURS, WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS TO HAVE TWO
COUNSELORS, EVERYBODY ELSE JUST COPIED US, PUTTING THAT ON RECORD. THANK YOU HEATHER IF YOU ARE WATCHING OUT THERE IN HOMELAND. >> AGAIN, WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF CHEROKEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALL THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS. THROUGH NOT ONLY OUR COUNSELING
PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO OF THE OTHER WORK THAT HAPPENS DAY IN AND DAY OUT THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR EFFORTS. SO WELL, WELL DONE, SUPER EXCITED FOR YOU. GLAD WE ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND WITH THAT, WE'LL DIRECTOR WINEGAR HAS A CERTIFICATE.
AND WE'LL DO A PICTURE. ANOTHER ROUND OF OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE, FOR CHARITY TRAIL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, IT IS TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE MEETING AGENDA, THE PROPOSED MEETING AGENDA HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS. THERE HAS BEEN A TECHNICAL GLITCH, HOWEVER, WHICH HAS CAUSED THE ITEM 9.1, THE STATE
TESTING AND LITERACY UPDATE, WHICH PROPOSED A 10-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 10-MINUTE Q&A TO NOT SHOW UP ON THE ELECTRONICALLY POSTED PUBLIC AGENDA. NO LESS THAN THE 20 FLOWERS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED MEET, SO AJINCA ITEM 9.1 HAS SINCE BEEN ADDED BACK TO THE ELECTRIC I
CANNILY POSTED AGENDA THIS MORNING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE AMEND AND/OR CONFIRM TONIGHT'S AGENDA TO INCLUDING 9.1, STATE TEST AND LITERACY UPDATE. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA HAS
MODIFIED. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY MORE. GEIGER AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, IRE. WINEGAR. >> AYE.
GREAT, PASSES 6-0. ONTO SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN FOR SUPERINTENDENT KANE THIS EVENING. SO THESE ARE SUPERINTENDENT SLASH DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. SO WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER. HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS AND
ACTIVITIES ARE ALREADY IN FULL SWING. AND WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THE FUN OF HOMECOMING SEASON. SEPTEMBER IS ALSO FULL OF MANY SPECIAL EVENTS, IMPORTANT AWARENESS HIGHLIGHTS, AND MILESTONES INCLUDING THE FOLLOW THURSDAY WILL MARK 24 YEARS
SINCE THE 9/11 ATTACKS OCCURRED. THE THIS IS NOW KNOWN PATRIOT DAY AND NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SIRENS TO REMEMBER THE 3,000 MEN, WOMEN AND, CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY IN
2001. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO OUR INCREDIBLE FIRST RESPONDERS, THOSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THOSE RIGHT HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY OUR FLAGS WILL
BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF TOMORROW. SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. WE ARE SHARING INFORMATION OUT IN OUR NEWSLETTER TO STAFFS AND FAMILIES. FOR EXAMPLE THIS SCHOOL YEAR ALL DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS STUDENTS IN GREATS SEVEN, NINE,
AND 11, CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE SIGNS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM. SIGNS OF SUICIDE OR SOS IT'S CALLED IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM USED IN SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. IT TEACHES STUDENTSES HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF
DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE IN THEMSELVES OR OTHERS AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO REACH OUT FOR HELP, USING THE ACT MODEL. ACKNOWLEDGE, CARE, AND TELL. WHILE WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES BEYOND THIS MONTH, FROM SEPTEMBER 15th TO
OCTOBER 15th. WE GIVE EXTRA RECOGNITION TO THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. OTHER ZEST DATES OF IMPORTANCE KEPT IS CHILDHOOD CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH. NATIONAL ARTS AND EDUCATION WEEK IS SEPTEMBER 14th THROUGH THE 20th. SEPTEMBER 8TH IS INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY. SEPTEMBER 16th IN NATIONAL I.T. PROFESSIONALS DAY. THANK YOU TO MARK BLARE AND HIS
INCREDIBLE TEAM. SECRETARY 17th, THE CONTUSION DAY AND CITIZENSHIP DAY. AND SUNDOWN ON SEPTEMBER 22nd, MARKS THE BEGINNING OF RASH SHAUNA. TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THE DOUGLAS COUNTY MARCHING BAND SHOWCASE IS
TAKING PLACE AT OUR HIGHLANDS RANCH STADIUM. WHICH IS WHAT USED TO BE HALFTIME HELP STADIUM. OUR GIFTED AND ADVANCED EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SESSION THIS THURSDAY EVENING.
COME HEAR FROM TWICE SESSION THE GURU AND AUTHOR EMILY MORE FACE A PLAYBOOK WORKSHOP AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11th AT 5:30 P.M. NOT NATIONS FOR THE 2026 APPLE AWARDS OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 15th,
THANK YOU TO THE FOUNDATION FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR HOSTING THIS EACH YEAR. COLORADO PROUD SCHOOL MEAL DAY IS TAKING PLACE ANOTHER@A OUR SCHOOLS ON SEPTEMBER 30th. LAST WEEK WE UNVEILED THE NAMING OF THE STADIUM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
THE STADIUM IS NOW ADVENT HEALTH STADIUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADVENT HEALTH FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. SO YOU HEAR OF THE FEW STADIUM NAME ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING. THE YOUTH CONGRESS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29th
FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 3:00 PAM AT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT LEGACY CAM PUT. THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP WILL BE HOSTING A BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATES FORUM ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9th, -- 29th, EXCUSE ME FROM 6:00 TO EIGHT CHECK P.M. AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS,
THERE FORUM WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE DCSD YouTube CHANNEL. JUST A REMAINDER THAT MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd IS OUR FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS WILL HAVE NO STUDENTS ON THAT DAY.
THAT CONCLUDES SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> GREAT BEING THANK YOU, ONTO PUBLIC COMMENT. TONIGHT THREE MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR EACH SPEAKER. WE ASK THAT REMAIN RESPECTFUL AND ADDRESS THE BOARD RATHER THAN GUESTS OR STAFF IN THE ROOM. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS
APPROPRIATE FOR A K-12 AUDIENCE IF YOU COULD JUST ADJUST THE MIC SO THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SPEAK WE'LL START WITH OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS FIRST AND THEN MOVE TO IN PERSON. WITH THAT JENNIFER AND THEN HOLLY M.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I HAVE CHALLENGE SOME OF YOU AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REMEMBER THAT YOU HAD YOU HAVE A DUTY TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. I HAVE ONLY SEEN A FEW OF YOU WISE TICE THAT CHALLENGE BUT I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY THE
ACTIONS OF BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MAJORITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. NOW, YOU WANT TO SUPPRESS THE VOICES OF OUR STUDENTS, BY MAKING THEM HAVE TO OPT IN TO THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY, RATHER THAN OPT OUT. IT IS NO SECRET WHY YOU WANT TO DO THIS NOW.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY EXPERIENCE SURVEY SHOWED THAT ONLY 63% OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND 51% OF BLACK STUDENTS FEEL SAFE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO RESULTS SHOW THAT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOL AND LGBTQ+ CHILDREN ARE
BEING PULL BULLIED TRIES TO FOUR FILES AS OPENS AS STRAIGHT WHITE STUDENT, COUPLE THAT WITH THE ANTI-TRANS LETTER, CHRISTY WILLIAMS, BECKY MYERS, KAYLE WINEGAR AND TIM MOORE SIGNED, AND IT'S NO WONDER YOU ALL WANT TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN QUIET. YOU HAVE CREATED A CULTURE OF
NORMALIZING TRANSPHOBIC BIGOTRY. I AM ALSO REMINDED OF HOW HARD OUR COMMUNITY HAD TO FIGHT YOU FOUR TO APPROVE THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE. YOUR OPINIONS OF AND FEELINGS TOWARDS MINORITY STUDENT HAS BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR. CULTURE STARTS AT THE TOP.
SO IT'S OBJECT SALUTELY NO SURPRISE THAT THE CULTURE DEW IN OUR DISTRICT IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR SUPERINTENDENTS BEHAVIOR WHICH WE LEARNED ABOUT AT LAST MONTH'S MEETINGS, I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE PASSIVE REGRESS AND I HAVE RETALIATORY BEHAVIOR ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS EXPERIENCED AT THE HANDS OF ERIN KANE, THIS IS
NOT BEHAVIOR WE BEFITTING OF THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF AN ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT FULL OF CHILDREN, IT'S SETS A BAD EXAMPLE AND PRECEDENT. THESE ARE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE RAISED BEFORE. EACH TIME I HAVE BEEN MET WITH DEFENSIVENESS AND HOLLOW ASSURANCES. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
LET ME REPEAT THAT BECAUSE YOU FIVE HAVE PROVEN TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE STILL NOT GETTING IT. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. YOU HAVE HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE ME WRONG OVER THE LAST YEAR. INSTEAD YOU HAVE PROVEN ME RIGHT. YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO PROTECT ALL THE
CHILDREN NOW DISTRICT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE PROVEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT. WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WORKING WITH CHILDREN WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING BUT DISDAIN AND CONTEMPT FOR THE ONES YOU HAVE NEVER TAKEN THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND. WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM
THESE STUDENTS? IS IT BECAUSE THEIR RESPONSES VERIFY EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR OVER A YEAR? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. HOLLY M. >> OKAY. WE WILL MOVE TOLL OUR IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS. BEGINNING WITH JENNIFER IVERSON,
JASON BAUER, AND THEN LACY.
[ INAUDIBLE ] >> SORRY, CAN YOU STOP FOR JUST ONE SECOND, I THINK THE MAAKE -- YEAH.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> NO PROBLEM. DO OVER.
[ INAUDIBLE ] [ INAUDIBLE ]
[ INAUDIBLE ] >> MORE IMPORTANTLY STUDENT THAT PARTICIPATE IN OPT-IN SURVEYS
ARE FROM FAMILIES WITH HERRON GAGEMENT LEVELS AND FEWER RISK FAR TOURSES, THIS CREATES A FUNDAMENTAL -- [ INAUDIBLE ] ALL
DUTY TO SEEK OUT THE COMPLETE PICTURE. ESPECIALLY WHETHER IT COMES TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN, IF YOU ONLY HEAR FROM STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS ACTIVELY SIGN PERMISSION SLIPS, YOU ARE LIKELY MISSING CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENTS EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY, FAMILY CHALLENGES, OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES.
THESE ARE EXACTLY THE STUDENTS YOU HAVE SWORN TO SERVE. YOU CAN HONOR PARENTS RIGHTS WHILE STILL MEETING YOUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO GATHER EVIDENCE-BASED EXPRESSIVE DATA. THOSE OF US WITH CONCERNS CAN EASILY REMOVE OUR CHILDREN FROM
PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE CLEAR OPT-OUT PROCEDURES ALREADY IN PLACE. SOME PARENT HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SURVEY'S CONTEXT, YOU ALL HAVE AN ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO FACE THE REALITIES OUR TEENAGERS LIVE.
BY GATHERING ANONYMOUS DATA. YOU ARE CONDITIONING YOURSELVES TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY WHEN OUR CHILDREN NEED HELP AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE ALL ELECTED TO DO. THE SURVEY INFORMS DECISIONS ABOUT COUNSELING SERVICES, PREVENTION PROGRAMS, SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND RESOURCE ALLEGATIONS. WHEN THERE IS INCOMPLETE DATA,
ILL INFORMED DECISIONS ARE MADE AND DCSD STUDENTS WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS URGE YOU TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT-OPT OUT -- 15 SECONDS REMAINING. >> YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENT WELFARE MUST BE IN
EVIDENCE, NOT ASSUMPTIONS, THIS COMMUNITY SOS IT TO ALL OF OUR LEARNERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHOSE VICE SRO*ESS MIGHT OTHERWISE GO UNHEARD.
>> THANK YOU. >> JASON. OKAY, LACY, ANDY JONES AND THEN WHITNEY GREG.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LACY I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF NOT CHANGING THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY. TO APT IN ONLY BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO TONIGHT DIRECTLY IMPACTS FAMILIES LIKE MINE.
CHRISTY WILLIAMS, LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. IT'S BEEN 873 DAYS SINCE ME AND MY CHILDREN FIRST CAME BEFORE THIS BOARD BEGGING THIS BOARD TO ADDRESS BULLYING AND HATE CRIMES IN OUR SCHOOLS. 873 DAYS. AND HERE I AM AGAIN. JUST LAST WEEK, I WAS BEHIND THE
SCENES IN-DEPTH SINCE BUT I AM SURE YOU ALL KNOW. TIED TO THE LAWSUIT THIS DISTRICT CREATED AND LET ME MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR. I AM NOT SCARED DCSD. OR OF YOUR ATTORNEYS AND THEIR BULLYING TACTICS. AND I AM CERTAINLY NOT SCARED TO
CALL OUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING TONIGHT. BECAUSE I AM THAT SINGLE MOM IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE ONE WORKING TWO JOBS, THE ONE RAISING KIDS, THE ONE SURVIVING WHILE THIS BOARD PLAYS POLITICS WITH MY CHILDREN'S LIVES, YOU SHOULD BE THE ONES ASHAMED, NOT ME.
AND NOW YOUR BIG IDEA TO MAKE THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY APT IN, FURTHER SILENCING THE VOICES OF THE VERY KIDS YOU HAVE ALREADY FAILED. BECAUSE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE SURVEY SHOWS. ONE IN THREE STUDENTS IN DOUGLAS COUNT SAY THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL.
THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL! BLACK LGBTQ+ AND DISABLES STUDENTS ARE BULLIED TWO TO FOUR TIMES THE RATE OF THEIR PEERS, NEARLY ONE IN 10 SKIP SCHOOL OUT OF FEAR. AND YOUR RESPONSE IS TO MAKE SURE FEWER KIDS SPEAK UP, FEWER PARENT SEE THE TRUTH AND THE BOARD KEEPS PRETEDDING
EVERYTHING IS FINE, CHRISTY YOUR YOUR POSED OPT-IN POLICY NOT ABOUT PROTECT KIDS IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR AND YOUR MAJORITY BOARD OF DIRECTOR. IT'S ABOUT SILENCING THE MOST VULNERABLE VOICES BECAUSE THEIR PAIN MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE AND REFLECTS POOR LOW THIS DISTRICT.
WHILE I WILL NOT BE SILENCED, I WILL NOT BACK DOWN, AND I WILL SEE THE DISTRICT IN COURT. BECAUSE OF LEADERS LIKE YOU. AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER I AM DONE WITH THE LIES. THE SECRECY AND THE POLITICAL GAMES IN NOVEMBER I FULLY SUPPORT MISS PARKER, MR. RYAN,
MRS. CALLAHAN, BRAD, AND VALERIE, BECAUSE THE COUNTY CAN HE SERVES LEADERS WHO PROTECT CHILDREN, NOT POLITICIANS WHO BURY DATA. SO TONIGHT HERE IS THE ASK OF ME, VOTE NO ON CHRISTY WILLIAMS' EXTREMIST POLICY CHANGE.
KEEP HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY INTACT. PROTECT OUR KIDS AND NOT YOUR POLITICS. UNTIL CULTURE WAR CIRCUS ENDS HERE. NOVEMBER IS COMING. ACCOUNTABILITY IS COMING. AND CHRIST ILL, KAYLE, BECKY AND TIM YOU CANNOT OPT OUT. SO I WISH YOU THE WEST AT
ELECTION, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS GONE. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. >> THANK YOU. ANDY JONES, WIT I DIDN'T GREG AND THEN ALISON RID WELL. >> GOOD EVENING.
MADAM PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, SUPERINTENDENT, KANE, WHEREVER YOU ARE AND, TO ALL OF THE STAFF. MY NAME IS ANDY JONES AND TONIGHT I SPEAK AS A PROUD CITIZEN OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. PROUD BECAUSE OF THE PROVEABLE AND DEMONSTRABLE FACT THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST PLACE IN LIVE NO
COLORADO. WHAT MAKES IT THIS WAY? WELL, FOR ONE, THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH AND FOR OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES. AS A CITIZEN WHO HAS WATCHED DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS THRIVE UNDER THIS BOARD AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AFTER THE FAILURE
UNDER THE MAJORITY PROGRESSIVE BOARD DIRECTORS DURING COVID, I LEARNED RECENTLY THAT OUR C MASS READ AND MATH PROFICIENCY SCORED TO 63.4% FOR READING, 55.5% FOR MATH, GREATLY SURPASSING CHERRY
CREEK AND JEFFCOS, THE DCS 202024/25 SATISFACTION SURVEY ECHOS THIS POSITIVITY. PARENTS REPORT THAT 84% TEACHERS CARE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS. 76% OF PARENTS AGREE THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE REPAIRED FOR THE NEXT LEVEL. AND 59% FEEL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
IS ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION VERSUS 26% WHO DON'T. STAFF SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS SHOW 83% SAY SCHOOLS ARE CLEAN AND SAFE, 84% SAY LEADERSHIP RESPECTS TEACHERS AND STAFF.
WITH 78% SEEING THIS DISTRICT ON THE RIGHT PATH VERSUS 8% WHO DON'T. I REPEAT THAT, 78% OF TEACHERS AND STAFF SEE THIS DISTRICT ON THE RIGHT PATH VERSUS 8% WHO DON'T. I WOULD LOVE TO WORK FOR AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS. BUT WHAT HAS ME PERPLEXED
TONIGHT IS THE FACT THAT THREE OF YOU CANNOT SEE AND FIND IT IN YOUR LEADERSHIP ROLL TO ACTUALLY VOICE PRAISE FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THIS STAFF, ALL OF YOUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, EVERY COUNSELOR AND SPECIAL NEEDS ANGEL, HAS ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
IT SEEMS THAT IF DIRECTOR MEEKS WANTS TO ACHIEVE YOUR ROLE OF SITTING IN THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND DIRECTOR GOING FORE THE TWO YEARS FOLLOWING, YOU MUST TEAR DOWN THE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS DISTRICT SO THAT YOUR FOUR UNION SUPPORTED CAN CATS CAN WIN IN NOVEMBER.
THAT IS CRAVEN AND ASSAULT TO GO ALL WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS LED TO MASSIVE SUCCESSFUL FOR THE THREE OF YOU HAVE IT'S OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING THAT YOU ARE PLAYING POLITICS FROM THE DAIS AND BEYOND NOTICE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING. SO TONIGHT I SING IT FROM THE
HILLTOPS AND FROM THIS MICROPHONE I AM PROUD OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND YOU SHOULD BE, TOO. THESE ACHIEVEMENTS STEM FROM THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAVE FOSTERED A DISCIPLINED WELCOMING CULTURE SINCE TAKING OVER IN 2022.
THEIR FOCUSED ON INCREASED READING SKILLS AND MAINTAINING SAFETY IS DIRECTLY BOOSTED EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES TO PRESERVE THIS LEGACY, I ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR COMMON SENSE DCSD CATS DA KEATON GAMBLE. DD CRAMER, MAX SMITH AND STEVE VEIL ENSURING TO ACHIEVE
EXCELLENT ARE EXCELLENCE FOR THE GENERATION TOSS DO. THANK YOU AND GO CAN YOU GO CO. >> WHITNEY GREG, ALISON RIDWELL AND JASON HERD. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS WHITNEY GREG, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
TONIGHT. I AM HERE TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO ADOPT AN OPT-IN POLICY FOR ANY STUDENT SURVEYS BEING ADMINISTERED IN OUR SCHOOLS. AS PARENTS WE DEEPLY VALUE THE ROLE OUR SCHOOLS PLAY IN CHANGE OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND WELL BEING.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT SURVEYS CAN BE USEFUL TOOLS FOR COLLECTING DAVE KATE A, UNDERSTANDING STUDENT EXPERIENCES AND IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE SUPPORT IS NEEDED. HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO ASKING CHILDREN PERSONAL OR SENSITIVE QUESTIONS, THERE IS A LINE WHERE
THOUGHTFUL BOUNDARIES NEED TO BE DRAWN AND PARENTS DESERVE TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE IT HAPPENS. AN OPT-IN APPROACH IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSITION. IT'S ABOUT COLLABORATION, ENSURING THAT PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED AHEAD OF TIME.
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE SURVEY CONTENT AND CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S PARTICIPATION. THIS LEVELING OF TRANSPARENCY HONORS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FAMILIES, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND REINFORCES THE TRUST THAT IS SO CRITICAL TO A HEALTHY EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
IT ALSO SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO OUR CHILDREN, THAT THEIR PRIVACY MATTERS. AND THAT DECISIONS INVOLVING THEIR PERCENTAGE INFORMATION AREN'T TAKEN LIGHTLY. IN TODAY'S WORLD, WHERE DATA IS COLLECTED SO EASILY AND SO
OFTEN, TEACHING OUR KIDS ABOUT INFORMED CONSENT IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT, IT'S NECESSARY. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OPTING IN DOES NOT MEAN WILL LOSE VALUABLE INSIGHTS. IN FACT, RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS WHAT THAT WHEN PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR GUARDIANS
ARE FULLY INFORMED AND CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE. THE RESPONSES TEND TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND RELIABLE. SO RATHER THAN LOSING DATA, WE ARE LIKELY TO GAIN WETTER DATA. COLLECTED WITH INTEGRITY, AND SHARED IN A SPIRT OF MUTUAL RESPECT.
SOME FAMILIES HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS OUR PERSONAL VALUES THAT GUIDE HOW AND WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO DISCUSS SENSITIVE TOPICS WITH CHAIR CHILDREN AND OPT-IN PROGRESS ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESPECTS THEIR DIVERSITY -- THAT DIVERSITY. AND AVOIDS A ONE-SIZE FITS ALL
APPROACH. AND INSTEAD EMBRACES THE IDEA THAT PARENTS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS ABOUT GIVING FAMILIES A VOICE. IT'S ABOUT SAYING WE RESPECT YOUR ROLE, WE RESPECT -- WE
VALUE YOUR INPUT, AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU NOT AROUND YOU. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING AN OPT-IN POLICY, FOR STUDENT SURVEYS. LET'S LEAD WITH TRANSPARENCY, PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND
STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU. ALISON RIDWELL, JASON HERD, JUDY PROGRAM
B R.A. MBURG. >> I WILL DO MY BEST NOT TO CROAK AT YOU I AM ALISON RID WELL AND HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE OPT-IN CHANGE TO STUDENT SURVEYS AS A MOTHER OF A TRANS CHILD AND THE AUTHOR OF THE LETTER BROUGHT IN TO
QUESTION EARLIER TONIGHT, I MUST START BY SAYING THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN TO THE FOUR-MAJORITY BOARD MEMBERS WHO SIGNED TESTIMONY. IT WAS IN PART DUE I DON'T YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT COMPELLED SPEECH WAS REMOVED FROM THAT DISASTROUS BILL. I WAS SHOCKED READ FROM A MINORITY DIRECTOR'S ONLY SOCIAL
MEDIA PAGE, THAT I, AS A PARENT, DO NOT MATTER. THAT I THOUGHTS CONSIDERATIONS AND OPINIONS ON MY OWN CHILDREN ARE SOMEHOW CLICHÉ. THE OPT-IN APPROACH PLANTS THE SEED OF PARTNERSHIP WE ALL WANT TO SEE BETWEEN PARENTS AND TEACHERS. INSTEAD OF USE THIS IS
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS, THIS DIRECTOR USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE A WEDGE FURTHER BETWEEN THE PARENTS AND STAFF. AND HE DID SO USING THE STUDENTS WE ALL LOVE AS THE HAMMER. THIS IS WHY I JOINED MANY IN
SAYING NO TO THE UNION SLATE. AND WILL BE VOTING YES TO THE COMMON SENSE OF KEATON GAMBLE, DIDI CRAMER, MATT SMITH, AND STEVE VEIL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JASON HERD.
JUDY, KELLY MAYER. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF DIRECTOR. THIS IS ON BEHALF OF STEVE VEIL, CANDIDATE FOR COMMON SENSE BOARD. I AM SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF, SO THIS IS HIS SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOARD
DIRECTORS, TRANSPARENCY IN EDUCATION IS NOT JUST A PRINCIPLE, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. WHICH SCHOOLS COMMIT TO FULL TRANSPARENCY, PARENTS GAIN A CLEAR WINDOW IN TO WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING, HOW THEY ARE BEING SUPPORTED AND WHERE CHALLENGES MAY ARISE. THIS CLARITY BUILDS TRUST,
REDUCES MISUNDERSTANDING AND CREATES A FOUNDATION WHERE EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES WORK TOGETHER TOWARD A COMMON GOAL WHICH IS STUDENT SUCCESS. THE WAY WE STRUCTURE THAT TRANSPARENCY MATTERS. TOO OFTEN SCHOOLS ADOPT AN OPT-OUT APPROACH WHERE
INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS ARE AUTOMATICALLY IMPLEMENTED UNLESS A PARENT ACTIVELY OBJECTS. BUT AN OPT-IN POLICY IS FAR MORE POWERFUL. OPT-IN ENSURES THAT PARENTS ARE INFORMED FIRST, ASKED FOR CONSENT, AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE PROACTIVE.
INSTEAD OF ASSUMING -- ASSUMING INVOLVEMENT, IT INVITES ENCOURAGES ENGAGEMENT CAREER THING A PARTNERSHIP RATHER THAN COMPLIANCE. PARENT WHO MAKE AN ACTIVE CHOICE TO PARTICIPATE FEEL OWNERSHIP NOT OBLIGATION.
THEY ASK MORE QUESTIONS. ATTEND MORE EVENTS. AND REINFORCE LEARNING AT HOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS. IN TURN, SCHOOLS GAIN STRONGER ADVOCATES, COLLABORATORS, AND STUDENTS SEE THAT THEIR EDUCATION IS A PRIORITY NOT JUST
IN THE CLASSROOM BUT IN THEIR FAMILY. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF STEVE VEIL, DCS B CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT-G. PLEASE VOTE FOR COMMON SENSE IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JUDY, KELLY MAYER, AND THEN
SVEN. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, I AM HOME TO PUT ON THE RECORD THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FRAUDULENT STERLING RANCH EXCEPTION. AND THE CRIMINAL CONCEALMENT THAT SUPERINTENDENT AARON KANE PERSONALLY EDGE NEARED.
THIS SCHEME WAS DESIGNED TO MASK STERLING RANCH'S STATUTORY NONCOMPLIANCE AND TO ILLEGALLY DIVERT LAND TO JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY. ALL WITHOUT MEETING COLORADO'S SCHOOL RAND DEDICATION LAWS. BY LAW, CRS328133 REQUIRES
SCHOOL SITES BE RESERVED OR DEDICATED AND CRS2232127 ALLOWS ONLY A SCHOOL BOARD TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR SCHOOL USE. STERLING RANCH NEVER SATISFIED IT'S 110-ACRE OBLIGATION.
AND NO LAWFUL DCSD DEDICATION EVER OCCURRED. YET SUPERINTENDENT KANE STEPPED IN TO COVER UP THIS VIOLATION PUCKING FORWARD AN ULTRA VIRUS ACT. BEYOND HER POWERS. THAT VIOLATES BOTH STATE LAW AND THE TAKINGS CLAUSE OF THE FIFTH
AMENDMENT. THIS BOARD HAS SEEN THIS PLAYBOOK BEFORE. IN 2014, UNDER PRIOR LEADERSHIP, DCSD SECRETLY BAILED OUT STEM SCHOOLS $2 MILLION BANKRUPTCY. WITH A FRAUDULENT 14.6 MILLION BOND. PUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT MEETING
STATUTORY SAFEGUARDS. THAT UNLAWFUL BAILOUT PRODUCED UNSAFE CONDITIONS THAT LED DIRECT -- THAT LED DIRECTLY TO THE MAY 7TH, 2019, STEM SCHOOL SHOOT BEING. SINCE 2014, DCSD HAS SILENCED
AND RETALIATED AGAINST MY WARNINGS. AND TONIGHT THAT SAME SILENCING CONTINUES. SINCE 2014, I HAVE SUBMITTED 17 INNOVATIVE CHARTER APPLICATIONS. ALL SYSTEMATICALLY DENIED. NOT ON THE MAY HAVE IT'S, BUT IN RETALIATION FOR EXPOSING THESE
COVER UPS. THE DCSD IS NOT PROTECTING STUDENTS OR PARENTS, INSTEAD IT IS PROTECTING FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL DEALS. AND HIDING BEHIND CLOSED-DOOR EXCEPTIONS. ON SECRETARY 29th, 2025, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT WILL REVIEW MY CASE.
BECAUSE THE CORRUPTION HERE HAS RISEN TO FEDERAL RICO CONSPIRACY. THIS BOARD, STERLING RANCH, JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY, CSI, AND THE DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOW FACE $7.6 BILLION IN LIABILITY
FOR YOUR COORDINATED ROLE IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ANTITRUST RICO CARTEL ENTERPRISE. SUPERINTENDENT KANE'S FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER THE FRAUD. THE PUBLIC DESERVES ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS BOARD MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP
ADVANCING JOHN ADAMS ACT ON ILLEGALLY OBTAINED LAND. CONTINUING FORWARD MAKES YOU COMPLICIT IN PERSONALLY LIABLE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. KELLY MAYER, SVEN, AND THEN CATH
HIS CATHERINE LEASE. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS MY NAME IS KELLY MAYER THE MOM OF MANY CURRENT AND FORMER DCSD STUDENTS THINK. I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I LOVE MY CHILDREN DEEPLY AND I KNOW
EVERY PARENT IN THIS ROOM SHARES THAT SAME FIERCE LOVE FOR THEIR KIDS. WE ALL WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN, WE GUIDE THEM THROUGH DIFFICULT PEER PRESSURE MOMENTS. THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SMOKING, DRINKING, THE PRESSURE TO FIT IN, WE ARE THERE WITH WHEN THEY
STRUGGLE WITH BODY I BELIEVE, WHEN THEY FACE BULLYING, WHEN THEY ARE NAVIGATING THE COMPLEX WORLD OF TEENAGE RELATIONSHIPS. WE HOLD THEM WHEN THEY ARE OVERWHELMED AND CELEBRATE THEIR VICTORIES BUTCH HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW AS PARENTS, WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE. WE CAN'T SHIELD THEM FROM EVERY
CHALLENGE THAT THEY FACE AT SCHOOL, WITH FRIENDS, OR IN THEIR OWN MINDS. WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE THEIR SCHOOLS -- MAKE SURE THEIR SCHOOLS HAVE THE RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THEM. WHEN WE ARE NOT THERE. THE HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY ASKS DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ABOUT EATING
HABITS, EXERCISE, MENTAL LEG, SUBSTANCE USE AND, YES, FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS, ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY. THE THESE AREN'T EASY TOPICS BUT THEY ARE REALITY OUR CHILDREN ARE ALREADY LIVING WITH HE HAVE SINGLE DAY.
THE DATA FROM THE SURVEY IS NOT JUST NUMBERS ON THE PAGE IT'S A FOUNDATION FOR SECURING GRANTS THAT DIRECTLY HELP OUR KIDS, GRANTS FOR DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. MILT THE HEALTH RESOURCES FOR STUDENT WHO ARE STRUGGLING, AGENT LET I CAN PROGRAMS THAT
BUILD CONFIDENCE AND HEALTHY HABITS. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION THAT OPENS DOORS TO THEIR FUTURES. STEM PROGRAMS THAT INNING SPARE OUR GIRLS TO REACH FOR THE STARS, WHEN WE SUPPORT THE SURVEY, WE ARE NOT JUST COLLECTING KEITA, WE ARE CREATING A PATHWAY TO RESOURCES
THAT WILL BE THERE FOR OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY NEED THEM MOST. REWE ARE EARN SURE OUR LOVE TRANSLATE TO REAL SUPPORT IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. OUR KIDS DESERVE EVERY ADVANTAGE. EVERY RESOURCE, EVERY
OPPORTUNITY WE CAN PROVIDE. THE THIS SURVEY HELPS MAKE THAT POSSIBLE THINK BUT ONLY IF WE KEEP THE OPT-OUT SYSTEM THAT INSURES THAT WE HEAR FROM ALL FAMILIES NOT JUST THOSE WHO ACTIVELY SIGN A PERMISSION SLIM. 94 PERCENT OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS USE THE OPT-OUT
MODEL. PLEASE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT OPT-OUT STRUCK TUSSAUD WE CAN CONTINUE SECURING VITAL RESOURCES FOR OUR CHILDREN. PLEASE PUT WHAT IS BEST FOR 61,000 STUDENT OVER A FEW VOCAL INDIVIDUALS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. VA SVEN, KATHERINE LEASE AND DIDI CRAMER. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> HELLO DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS I AM SVEN SHARPEN A FORMER STUDENT, GRADUATE THREAD YEARS AGO. I AM GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT LIFE IS LIKE FOR A STUDENT ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM WHERE THE DISTRICT DECIDE HOW THE CHILD IS
RAISED WHICH IS WHY I ADVOCATE FOR AN OPT-IN POLICY BECAUSE PARENTS DESERVE BETTER AND TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR KIDS. I WAS DRIVEN PRESCHOOL LEVEL ASSIGNMENTS IN FIFTH GRADE WITHOUT MY PARENT' CONSENT ONLY REASON THEY NOW KNOW IS BECAUSE I TOLD THEM. EVEN THOUGH I WAS SMARTER THAN
MY FIFTH GRADE CLASSMATES. BUT THIS CAME TO A HEAD WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD WHEN DID YOU GO LAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIALS OR JUST SCHOOL SO FIRMS IN GENERAL, DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO CHOOSE WHERE I ATTEND SCHOOL. AND I WAS FORCED TO ATTEND DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, NOT
FAR FROM HERE, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MY AUTISM DIAGNOSIS. THE AND I LOST OUT ON FOUR YEARS OF MY RELATIONSHIPS COMPLETELY UNDONE, IN AN ENTIRE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE THREATENED WITH MY FAILURE IF I
WAS NOT FORCED TO MOVE. EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT FAILING. I DID REALLY GOOD SOCIALLY. AND DUG ALASKA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS TOOK THAT FROM ME. THIS CAUSED SERIOUS DEPRESSION WITH SUICIDAL IDEATION AND FELT LIKE PLY LIFE DIDN'T MART.
PARENTS SHOULD BE RAISING THEIR KIDS. NOT SCHOOLS THESE COLORADO HEALTH SURVEYS INCLUDING A LOT OF INAPPROPRIATE TOPICS THAT CHILDREN SHOULD NOT LEARN ABOUT VEHICLE GENDER IDEOLOGIST, CHILDREN SHOULDN'T BE AS FAR AS TODAY PARTICIPATE IN THIS WITHOUT PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE.
LET ALONE CONSENTS OF I HAVE TRIED TO 90 SUPPORT FOR WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH BECAUSE OF DISTRICT POLICIES POLICIEST FEIGNED PEERS BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE ALL TRANS BECAUSE OF FREAKING SURVEYS LIKE THESE AS WELL AS THE SOCIAL HARDSHIPS THAT WERE ARTIFICIAL ARE YOU
CREATED THIS IS A HEALTH SURVEY THAT MUST AN OPT-IN AND HE I HE ENCOURAGE MAKING IN A OPT-IN. PARENTS NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING WITH THEIR KIDS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM. BECAUSE PARENTS HAVE THEIR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO RAISE THEIR
KIDS NOT SCHOOL BOARDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. KATHERINE LEASE AND THEN DIDI CRAMER.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KATHIE LEES I AM SPEAKING AS BOTH A PARENT AND A FORMER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE CHAIR AT BRANCH VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. SEVEN YEARS AGO RANCH VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL FACED A REAL PROBLEM. TOO FEW STUDENTS WERE
PARTICIPATING IN STATE TESTING. THEIR PARENTS WERE OPTING THEM OUT. THIS CAUSED BLIND SPOTS IN THE DATA. WITHOUT STRONG STUDENT PARTICIPATION STAFF COULDN'T SEE THE FULL PICTURE. AND THEY COULDN'T ADJUST INSTRUCTION OR RESOURCES. OUR STAFF STEPPED IN AND PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOOL TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
WITH HE CREATED A PLAN TO BOOST PARTICIPATION AND THANK OF COURSE I IT WORKED. THE NEXT ROUND OF TESTING, GAVE STAFF MORE COMPLETE DATA BECAUSE MORE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED. THIS WAS A WIN FOR EVERYONE. BECAUSE THE BETTER THE DATA, THE BETTER THE DECISIONS.
AND THE BETTER THE OUTCOME FOR OUR STUDENTS. EVEN AFTER SEVEN YEARS WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET STRONG PARTICIPATION IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS STATE TESTING. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION ABOUT STATE TESTING THERE IS A LINE PARTICIPATION IS IMPACTING DATA
QUALITY I ES OF C HAS, SCIENCE, EIGHTH EIGHTH GRADE. PARTICIPATION IS IDENTITY TO ANY TESTIFIED OR SURVEY, EACH OF YOU KNOWS THIS. ANYONE WHO HAS HEARD A PRESENTATION BY MATT REYNOLDS KNOWS THIS. THE PRESENTATION -- WE SHOULD NOT BE ADDING BARRIERS TO
PARTICIPATION OF KEY STUDENT SURVEYS. THE OPT-IN SYSTEM BARRIER IS TOO HIGH. MOVING TO AN OPT-IN SYSTEM TO THE HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY WOULD DROP PARTICIPATION DRAMATICALLY. WHY WOULD WE CLUES TO BLIND OURSELVES WHETHER IT COMES TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL
TUNEDS WHEN IT COMES TO INPUT ON MENTAL LEG, SUBSTANCE BECAUSE, AND SCHOOL CLIMATE. THE HKCS PROVIDES THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND WELLNESS DATA ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AT LITTLE TO NO COST TO THE DISTRICT. IT'S FINALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO DIMINISH A SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND WELL WITH RESPECTED RESOURCE THE STATE ALREADY PROVIDES.
I URGE YOU TO PROTECT DATA QUALITY AND STUDENT VOICE BY NAMING THE OPT-OUT SYSTEM, HE SHOULD WE SHOULD NOT CREATE BLIND SPOTS IN THE DATA WE DEPEND ONTO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DIDI CRAMER.
>> HI. DIDI CRAMER. THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW BUT I AM ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. TRANSPARENCY IN EDUCATION IS MORE THAN A PRINCIPLE, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
WHEN SCHOOLS ARE ONLY ABOUT WHAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING, AND HOW THEY ARE SUPPORTED, FAMILIES GAIN CLARITY. TRUST GROWS AND EVERYONE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR STUDENT SUCCESSFUL THE STRUCTURE MATTERS.
AND AN OPT-OUT SYSTEM ASSUMES PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. AN HADN'T OFF IN APPROACH ENSURES PARENTS ARE INFORMED, GIVE CONSENT, AND ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. THAT SHIFT BUILDS TRUE ENGAGEMENT, AND -- TRUE
ENGAGEMENT INSTEAD OF POSITIVE COME PLAINS. THE RESULT PARENT WHO CHOOSE TO BE INVOLVED, FEEL OWNERSHIP, NOT OBLIGATION. THEY HAVE ASK QUESTIONS, SHOW UP, AND REINFORCE LEARNING AHEAD
HOME. SCHOOLS IN TURN GAIN STRONGER PARTNERS AND THEIR STUDENTS THE EDUCATION PRIORITIZED BOTH IN SCHOOL AND IN THEIR FAMILY. AS I MOM OF KIDS IN THE DISTRICT. I BELIEVE THAT THE OPT-NO OPTION IS A WAY BETTER CHOICE, LASTLY I
ALSO JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATIONS LATE YOU ALL ON THE EXCELLENCE I MATH SCORES AND THE HUGE EM MOVEMENT FROM THE YEARS PRIOR, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA. I AM GOING TO PULL 7.4. WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF BOARD OF EDUCATION ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? WE CAN APPROVE THE CONSENTS AGENDA IDEAS 1.1 TO 1.3 AND -- SORRY, 7.1 TO 7.3 AND 7.5 TO 7.13. >> MOVE ADOPT SEVEN HAD THE ONE
THROUGH SEVEN HAD .3. AND 7.5 THROUGH 7.13. >> SECOND,. >> GREAT, MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY THOMPSON. GEIGER. >> AYE.
>> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> GREAT, PASSES 6-0. AND THEN I PULLED 7.4 ONLY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY ATTACH A NAME TO IT. AND I APPRECIATE BOTH DIRECTOR
WINEGAR AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON FOR REACHING OUT TO POINT THAT OUT. SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE ACTUALLY APPOINTED A PERSON. SO AT THIS POINT WE DID BOARD
ASSISTANTS SECRETARY INTERVIEWS, WAS IT LAST CHECK A WEEK AND A HALF AGO I THINK. AND IT WAS DIRECTORS MEEK, GEIGER, WINEGAR, AND ME AND, WE I THINK ALL WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WANTED TO BRING ON
SHAUNA MANNATOKEN AS THE ASSISTANT BOARD SECRETARY. SO I WOULD NEED A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. >> SO ARE WE APPROVING HER AS THE -- >> BOARD OF EDUCATION ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY MYERS. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> GREAT, PASSES 6-0 CONGRATULATIONS, WELCOME ABOARD.
AND DEBBIE, YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB STANDING IN THE GAME, TOO, SO THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT, THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVES THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR
MEETINGS HELD ON JUNE 10th AND AUGUST 19th. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YES, SO I WAS CHECK I THINK WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD POSTPONE THE APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 19 MINUTES. THE WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM, AND SO
THERE IS JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE EMITTED THAT ARE TYPICALLY INCLUDED IN OUR MINUTES, I AM HAPPY TO LIST THEM IF WE THINK THEY NEED TO BE LISTED I FIGURE IF WE JUST ADD IT TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WE COULD JUST HAVE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. >> YEAH, SO YOU'LL JUST PROVIDE THOSE TO THE DISTRICT.
>> I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT, YES. >> I WILL CHANGE IT AND SAY WE'LL WE'LL TAKE TWO DIFFERENT VOTES, ONE FOR THE JUNE 10th MEETING MINUTES AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE APPROVE THE JUNE 10th MEETING MINUTES. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MOORE, SECOND BY WINEGAR. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> GREAT, PASSES 6-0. AND THEN I WILL NEED A MOTION TO
TABLE OR POST POINT THE AUGUST 19th MEETING MINUTES UNTIL OUR NEXT SCHEDULEDDED BOARD MEETING WHICH IS OCTOBER. >> YEP, I MOVE TO POSTPONE THE AUGUST 19th MEETING MINUTES TO THE OCTOBER REGULAR MEETING. >> SECOND.
>> OKAY, MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY GEIGER. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE,. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. >> WINEGAR. >> AYE. GREAT PASSION SAYS 6-0. WE'LL MOVE INTO 9.1 STATE TESTING AND LITERACY UPDATES FOR
A 10-MINUTE PRESENTATION. AND A 15-MINUTE Q. AND A.
>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR DATA THIS EVENING. I AM GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE DATA DECK. AND AT THE END I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS IF WE DO HAVE IT. AS A REMAINDER, THE STATE'S ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, FOR STATE
ACCOUNTABILITY CONSISTS OF THESE ASSESSMENTS FOR C MASS, ELA, MATH, SCIENCE, P S.A.T. AND AS IT. AND THAT'S THE DATA THAT I WILL BE PRESENT IS TONIGHT. THIS IS A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT C MASS IS STANDS FOR COLORADO ACADEMICS STANDARDS OR WHAT'S BEING MEASURED.
C MASS STAND TO MEASURE OFF SUCCESS WHEN I USE THE ACRONYM CMAS IS STANDS FOR THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE ARTICLES THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WELL IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THE SPACE ONLINE FOR OUR PERFORMANCE.
I WILL GO THROUGH THESE THIS DATA IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. AVAILABLE IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ONE IS THE CMAS DATA ITSELF HAS RESULTS FOR 2025. BUT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF DASHBOARDS AVAILABLE FOR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE THIS IS A
SYSTEM BASED ON. THIS IS ENGLISH ART THROUGH GREATS 3-8. WE ARE THE GREEN BAR THE STATE IS THE RED. IT SHOWS OUR PERFORMANCE OVERTIME IN COMPARISON SON TO HOW STUDENTS MATRICULATE THROUGH AND GIVES COMPARISON TO THE STATE. PARTICIPATION DATE IS ON THE TOP.
WE TALK ABOUT PARTICIPATION DATA. AS PARENT OPT-INS AND OPT-OUT IS GUESS AS YOU WANT TO REFER TO THAT WE SEE OVERTIME IN GREATS 3-8 WE SEE A DECLINE IN
PARTICIPATION BASED ON PARENT OPT-OUTS MATH SAY SIMILAR TREND WHEN WE LOOK AT PARTICIPATION, YOU CAN ALSO SEE A SIMILAR TREND OF OUR PERFORMANCE OVERTIME. >> WHERE THE GREEN BAR IN THE STATE IS RED WE CONSISTENTLY OUT PERFORM THE STATE IN EVERY GRADE
LEVEL. THIS IS A SNAP SHORT OF OUR PERFORMANCE OVERTIME. WE TEND TO LIKE TO LOOK AT DATA IN MULTIPLE WAYS. THE STATE LOOKS AT MEAN SCALE SCORE AND LOOKS AT REAR VIEW RIDGE, WE LIKE TO LOOK AT PROFICIENCY TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT. THIS TRACKS PRO FIRST LEVEL OVERTIME. AND ALL OF THE GRAPHS YOU'LL SEE
ON THIS PRESENTATION YOU NOTICE NO 2020 AND 2021, ARE NOT REPRESENTED. IF YOU RECALL IN THOSE YEARS WE INTERRUPTED TESTING SYSTEM SO WE DID NOT HAVE DATA COMPLETE NO THOSE YEARS. THAT'S A 5-YEAR SNAPSHOT GOING
BACK INCLUDING 2019. YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL TREND. WE LIKE WALKING STAIRS AS YOU MOVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT YOU LIKE TO CLIMB STAIRS TO INCREASE PROFICIENCY, SO WE ARE HAPPY WITH THAT. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF DATA FROM THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK.
IT HAS SPECIFIC STUDENT SUBGROUPS THAT WE TRACK AND MONITOR AGO PART OF THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. OF COURSE, THERE IS ALSO STUDENTS, BUT WE HAVE FREE REDUCED LUNCH STUDENT, MINE OR AT THIS, MULTILINGUAL AND STUDENTS WITH AN IEP. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK THESE ARE
THE GROUPS THAT YOU SEE. THIS IS TRACKING MEAN SCALE SCORE OVERTIME. WE WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE AS YOU MOVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. WE WANT TO CLAIM STAIRS. WE ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE CLIMBING OF STAIRS AS WE MOVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN ALL OF OUR GROUPS, NOT JUST IN ALL STUDENTS. THIS IS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STEEPNESS OF THE STAIRS, AND I'LL REPRESENT IT IN A DIFFERENT DIAGRAM IN JUST A MINUTE. BETWEEN IF WE LOOK AT A FAVE-YEAR TREND BETWEEN 19 AND 2025, OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THOSE STAIRS BEING STEEP. THE STEEPER THE STAIRS THAT MEANS THE MORE GROWTH YOU HAVE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT
SUBGROUPS WE WANT TO SEE THAT STEEPNESS. AND I'LL REPRESENT THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT CHANGES OVERTIME. THIS IS OUR DATA FOR MATH. LOVE THIS AS A FORMER MATH TEACHER. I LIKE TO SEE OUR MATH DATA INCREASE. CONSISTENTLY ACROSS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT GROUPS. IT IS A NICE THING FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO SEE. THIS IS A DIFFERENT REPRESENTATION OF THAT SAME DIAGRAM. THIS IS LOOKING INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT YEARS TOGETHER. WE ARE COMPARING THE TWO YEARS. TO SEE WHAT IS THE RELATIVE GROWTH FROM OUR BASELINE YEAR OF 2019, TO 2025.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF OUR GROUPS, ACCORDING TO CDEs FRAMEWORK ARE INCREASING. ALL STUDENTS REPRESENTS THE SMALLEST INCREASE OF ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS. WHICH IS GREAT. IT REPRESENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND ALL GROUPS ARE INCREASING BUT WE ARE ALSO CLOSE
THAT GO GAP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS LIKE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH TO ALL STUDENTS. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE TO PAY ATTENTION TO. WE LIKE TO TRACK OVERTIME. COMPARATIVE DATA, WE ARE COMPETITIVE. THAT'S ONE THING WE ARE.
THIS DATA SAID OUR COMPETITORS AND WE HAVE A SET SET OF COMPETITORS COMPETITORS THAT WE LIKE TOO LOOK AT. THESE ARE THE ONES WE COMPETE FOR FOR FUNDING AND STUDENTS AND ALSO COMPETE ACADEMICALLY. SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WE ARE THE GREEN BAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE IS AS COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORS. THIS IS ALSO A SIMILAR COMPARISON, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT JUST OUR OVERALL PROFICIENCY BUT LOOKING AT OUR SUBGROUP PERFORMANCE BASED ON THE MEAN SCALE SCORE IN COMPARISON TO OUR NEIGHBOR. AGAIN, WE ARE GREEN IN THIS
DIAGRAM. SO WE HAVE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AND MINORITY STUDENTSES, YOU NOTICE THERE IS AN AS TER I CAN. NEXT TO FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH STUDENTS TWO CHANGES OCCURRED. WHEN IT CAME TO FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH STUDENTS, ONE, WE HAVE FREE LUNCH. NOW, IN OUR SYSTEM. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
MONITORING, WE ARE MONITORING HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE STILL SUBMITTING PAPERWORK, SHAUL STUDENTS ARE STILL QUALIFYING FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. THE NEXT THING WE DO, MONITOR IS WE ARE ONE OF 13 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT'S PILOTING MEDICAID AS A QUALIFIER FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.
SO THAT IMPACTS THE NUMBER OF FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH STUDENTS WHEN WE LOOK AT FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH NUMBERS OVERTIME, WE ARE MONITORING THAT. TO SEE ARE THEY CHANGING, AS THEY ARE GOING UP, ARE THEY GOING DOWN. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACT TOURS AT LIE,
WE LIKE IT CALL IT US BECAUSE THERE ARE CHANGES AS WE LOOK OVERTIME. THIS IS THE SAME GRAPHIC, NOW WE ARE ZOOMING IN ON MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND STUDENT WITH AN IEP. LOOKING AT MATH WE ARE THE GREEN BAR.
FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH FOR MAIN TOUR AT THIS STUDENT, WE ARE HIGHER THAN THE COMPETITION AND OUR COMPETITIVE DATA. AGAIN THIS IS MULTI LINK WAR LEARNSERS AND STUDENT WITH AN IEP.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF COMBINING THE PREVIOUS GRAPHS. THIS IS A COMPARISON TO OUR COMPARABLES. IT'S LOOKING AT HOW WE DID IN COMPARISON TO HOW THEY DID THE IF YOU INCREASE YOUR SCORE FROM
19 TO 25. YOU HAVE ALL POSITIVE VALUE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WORKS, A POSITIVE VALUE. IF YOU DECREASE FROM 2019 TO 2025, YOU'LL HAVE A NEGATIVE BAR VALUE. AS YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE STILL COMPETING AND TRYING TO OVERCOME 2019.
AND TRYING TO GAIN BACK SOME OF OF THE LEARNING FROM 2019. WE ARE THE GREEN BAR WHICH IS REALLY NICE FOR US TO SEE THAT. THAT GROWTH HAS CONTINUED FROM 2019 TO 2025. PRETTY UNIQUE FOR US TO SEE THAT ACROSS ALL OF OUR GROUPS, THIS
IS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ART A AND THE SIMILAR FOR MATH. AGAIN, REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS AS A MATH TEACHER TO SEE THAT WE HAVE GROWTH FROM 2019 TO 2025. ALSO WE LIKE TO SEE THAT THE BAR FOR ALL STUDENT ALTHOUGH IT'S
BREWING THE OTHER SUBGROUP BARS ARE GROWING AND GROWING QUICK REAR. THAT'S THE GOAL UP ALL STUDENT TO YOU CAN SEE CEASE BUT YOU WANT TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
THERE IS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT RACES AND ETHNICITIES SIMILAR SNATCH SHOP WE ARE LOOKING AT 2019 TO 2025 AS A FIVE-YEAR SNAPSHOT. I DID JUST SO PEOPLE HAVE A -- AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE END SIZE RELATED TO THIS GROUP.
I ADDED THE END SEWED BELOW SO YOU CAN SEE HE FROM MORE THAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE 87 STUDENTS THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE MOST RECENT BLUE BAR FOR 2205. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA YOU CAN LACK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF HOW MANY STUDENT ARE WITHIN EACH OF ONE THOSE SUBGROUPS, WE
WANT TO HAVE THE LARGEST GROUPS CANES FOR WHERE WE HAVE GAINS DO GROW. SO WHERE THERE IS THAT GAP WE WANT TO HAVE THAT INCREASED GAINS ACROSS OVERTIME. SO THIS IS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TREND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS MATH. AGAIN, WE LIKE TO CLIMB STAIRS
THINK WE LIKE ALL GROUPS TO CLIMB STAIRS. NO MATTER HOW WE PRESENT DATA IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ASPIRE TO. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PARTICIPATION IN THE PAST. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO LOOK AT WITH PARENT OPTS ARE OUT FOR ASSESSMENT, IT'S SOMETHING
THAT'S VERY REAL FOR US IN THIS WORLD. THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SETS THAT STANDARD AT 95%. AND THEIR STANDARD IS 95%, ONCE YOU GET FURTHER AWAY FROM 95% IT BECOMES HARDER AND HARDER FOR YOU TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS SO WE DO
MONITOR OUR PARTICIPATION OVERTIME. WHAT WE DO LIKE TO SEE IS IN COMPARISON TO 2019, WHEN THE MAJOR DISRUPTION TO LEARNING HAPPENED, WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THOSE NUMBERS AND IN MANY CASES IN MANY GRADE LEVELS WE ARE SEEING THAT. SO THAT'S ENCOURAGING FOR US.
OVERTIME. BUT WE ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING PARENTS AND EDUCATING PARENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DATA. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TWO ON. C MASS SCIENCE, A FEW YEARS AGO, OUR SAINTS TEST CHANGED YOU MAY RECALL WE ADOPTED NEW SCIENCE
STANDARDS FOR THE STATE OF COLORADO, THEN REIMPLEMENTED A NEW TESTING SYSTEM. THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF TESTING FROM GREATS 80, FIVE, AND 11 IT'S ONLY ADMINISTERED IN THOSE THREE GRADE LEVELS WE CAN SEE OUR PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO THE STATE AND TO EACH GREAT LEVEL.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE HERE IS OUR PARTICIPATION OVERTIME. PARTICIPATION IS REALLY IMPACTFUL HERE WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENCE. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE PARTICIPATING AROUND 20% IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. SO IT REALLY MAKES IT HARD FOR
US TO DRAW FIRM CONCLUSIONS BUT WE ARE STILL ACTABLE TO THE DATA WE STILL ANALYZE THE DATA WITH OUR SCHOOLS. MEETING GROWTH PER SEN TIMES THAT RED NUMBER, THAT 50%, THAT'S REALLY THE STATE STANDARD FOR WHEN YOU MEET THEIR EXPECTATION.
AS A LARGE SYSTEM SUCH AS OURS WE AT THE END TO REGRESS TO THAT 50th PERCENTILE. WE LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABOVE OR CLOSE TO IT. YOU HAVE PERIOD ME SAY GREEN IS GOOD WE LOVE SEEING THE GREEN ON
THIS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MONITOR OVERTIME. FOURTH GRADE IF YOU SAW SOME PRESS RELEASES FROM THE STATE, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED FOURTH GRADE AS BEING AN ISSUE CROSS THE STATE IN TERMS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH, WE WILL MONITOR THAT JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE STATE.
THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS ENTERED KINDERGARTEN DURING THOSE IMPACTFUL YEARS, AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE MONITORING OVERTIME. THIS IS MEETING GROWTH PER SEN TIMES FOR MATH. YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF OUR GRADE LEVELS ARE ABOVE THAT 50th PERCENTILE.
WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. STWR-PB TRANSITIONING TO HIGH SCHOOL THINK IT'S PST FOR NINTH GREATER, 10 FOR 11th, AND AS TO. FOR 11th GRADERS OUR SENIORS TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN STATE TESTING, THOSE ARE THE THREE
GRADE LEVELS WE MONITOR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID OCCUR. THE FAIRS ADMINISTRATION OF THE ALONE PARISIAN OF S.A.T. AND PSA IT. IT'S A BASELINE BECAUSE THE TEST
IS DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE. WE NOW HAVE AN ONLINE TEST SEMI ADAPTABLE TO STUDENT RESPONSES. YOU CAN SEE OUR PERFORMANCE, US VERSUS THE STATE AND OUR RELATIVE PARTICIPATION RATE WHEN STUDENTS TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL, YOU SEE THE
PARTICIPATION RATE JUMP. WHEN THEY MOVE TO P S.A.T. AND S.A.T. WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN HISTORICALLY OVERTIME. THIS IS OUR TREND TATE ON FOR OUR PROFICIENCY IN TERMS OF
OVERALL SCALE SCORE THAT DEMARCATION IS THE YELLOW AND BLUE. PAPER BASED BUT USE IT AS A REFERENCE POINT BUT IT IS A DITCHING ASSESSMENT. I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A SNAP SHOT OF PARTICIPATION YOU CAN SEE WE ARE NOW HOVERING AROUND THAT 85
TO 90% ACROSS THE BOARD. WHICH WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THOSE SAME STATE-IDENTIFIED SUBGROUPS IS WE ARE LOOKING AND TRACK THIS IS OVERTIME. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEAL ON THE GRAPH HERE THAT SOME OF THE SUBGROUPS ARE
DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED WHEN WE WENT TO AN ONLINE ADMINISTRATION, SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND ESTABLISH A NEW BASE LANE, WHICH WILL BE 2024, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING HOW OUR STUDENTS ADAPT TO THIS NEW REALITY. WE SAW SIMILAR TRENDS BACK WHEN WE WE MOVED TO CMAS YEARS AGO.
WHEN IT WENT FROM PAPER-BASED TO ELECTRONIC, WE SAW THE STUDENTS ADJUST,, WE SAW THE PROFICIENCY DROP WHEN THEY WENT TO THE ONLINE AND OUR STUDENTS RESPONDED. AND SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THAT HERE AS WELL.
THIS IS OUR TREND FOR MATH. OUR MATH DATA ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE WAS IMPACTED AND WE WERE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE OUR MATH SCORES FOR SURE. AND TAKING THE S.A.T. ONLINE, IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE MATH TEST. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME
FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET USED TO THAT TRANSITION. THIS IS OUR COMPETITIVE DATA, WHEN YOU LOOK AT S.A.T. SO WE HAVE EVIDENCE-BASED READ AND WRITING WHICH IS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS COMPONENT AND MATH YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COMPARE TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND ALSO OUT HOW
WE COMPARE WITH TOTAL MEAN STALE SCORE, SOMETHING WE DO MONITOR. GRADUATION COMPETENCIES IS ONE LENS WE TAKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE DATA. BECAUSE THE S.A.T. CAN BE USED BY STUDENTS TO QUALIFY AS GRADUATION COMPETENCY. WE HAVE A MENU OF OPTIONS THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM.
BUT WE DO TRACK THAT OVERTIME. YOU CAN SEE THAT I HAVE TWO BAR GRAPHS FOR 2024. THE REASON FOR THAT IS IN 2024, THE STATE NOTICED THAT THE DATA CHANGED, BECAUSE OF THE ONLINE ADMINISTRATION, SO THEY REFORMED
THEIR CUT SCORES. SO THAT'S WHY THERE ARE TWO GAR GRAPHS THERE, THERE IS ONE ON THE HISTORIC AND ONE ON THE NEW BENCHMARK. YOU CAN SEE THE DRAMATIC IMPACT ON BOTH ELA AND MATH. IN REGARDS TO WHEN IT MOVE ODD LINE. AND SO THE STATE RESPONDED TO THAT BY CHANGING CUT SCORES SO
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE MONITORED. SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORKS AND DISTRICT PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORKS WERE RECENTLY RELEASED. I'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE TO DIVE TYPE INTO THIS. BUT THIS IS OUR RELATIVE TERM FORM'S ON THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK.
IN COMPARISON TO OUR NEIGHBORS. LAST YEAR JUST AS A REFERENCE POINT, WE REMEMBER AT 71.2. NOW WE ARE AT 72.1. WHICH WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE ADDITIONAL GAINS IT'S A PRETTY MASSIVE THING TO HAVE THOSE GAINS SO WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND BY OUR STUDENTS.
SOME KEY TAKE AWAYS, JUST AS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT. ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ART AND MATH COMESES TO GROW OVERTIME. WE ARE HAPPY AND PLEASED WITH THAT GROWTH. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH IN OUR STUDENTS AND
INCREASING SCORES. BUT WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF INCREASE CONSISTENT OVERTIME. PAR PAYING AS PUBLIC COMMENT MENTIONED IS IMPACTING THE DATA IN CERTAIN GREAT LEVELS AND SUBJECTS, HARD FOR US TO DRAW FIRM CONCLUSIONS ABOUT OUR SCIENCE DATA.
JUST BASED ON C MAATTA LINE. BECAUSE WITH ONLY HAVE ONE IN FIVE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING. THE SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS ARE MAKING CHANGES IN REGARDS TO THE DIGITAL ADMINISTRATION OF P.S.A.T. AND S.A.T. MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT
THAT ARE FREE RESOURCES OR MADE RESOURCES. NOW ARE GEARED FORD DIGITAL ADMINISTRATION, LAST IS STUDENT SUBGREW PERFORMANCE, WENT TO CONTINUE TO NARROW OUR FOCUSED
AND LOOK AT FIRST BEST INSTRUCTION, BY AND LARGE THE BEST WAY TO HAVE INCREASED PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE BOARD IS PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS WITH FIRST BEST DIRECTION. WHEN THE TIDE RISES OWL BODES RICE.
OUR TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SPENT AGO LOT OF TIME ON UNIVERSAL BEST PRACTICES FOR INSTRUCTION. UNIVERSITY BEST PRACTICE IS IMPACTFUL FOR GROUPS THAT ARE VERY IMPACTED. THAT'S JUST BEEN OUR CONTINUED FOCUSED AND WILL BE CONTINUE TO BE OUR FOCUS AS WE CONTINUE TO
EXPAND BEST FIRST INSTRUCTION. TONGUE TWISTER. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN LITERACY. LIT SAY HAS BEEN A FOLK FOR US FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE ARE ADDING A ADDITIONAL SCREENING FOR READING RISKS STARTING IT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. IT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE NEXT
YEAR ACCOUNT THIS YEAR WE'LL BE DOING IT NO FOR KINDERGARTEN E SPRING. WE ARE REQUIRED TO ASSESS KIN KINDERGARTEN THE LAST 90 DAYS AND FIRST, SECOND AND, THIRD THE FIRST 90 DAYS, THIS YEAR WORE DOING THE SCREENING FOR
KINDERGARTEN IN THE SPRING BEING IT'S REALLY A CHANCE TO US TO TRAIN STAFF, GOOD CHANCE TO SEE WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF DOING THIS ADDITIONAL SCREENING. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT. CORE PROGRAMS, STILL BEING IMPLEMENTED, WE ARE IN YEAR FORE
FOUR, GETTING AWFULLY CLOSE TO A TIME TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL TO GIVE A REPORT ON THE FIVE YEARS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO REINVEST. SOME OF THESE CORE PROGRAMS WILL BE MAKING CHANGES IN THAT TIME.
WE ARE IN YEAR TOWARDS OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDY. SUDDEN I SINK, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HIGH-QUALITY STRUGGLE MATERIALS IS SOMETHING YOU MAY HEAR ME TALK ABOUT A LOT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO JUST EQUITY OF ACCESS AND PROVIDING ALL STUDENTS ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY MATERIALS SO WE ARE REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. WRITING, WRITING IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR US. CMAS IS WRIGHT INSENSITIVE. WRITING IS A VERY BIG COMPONENT OF THAT. WHEN I TOOK TESTS AS A KID, AND
I AM NOT TELLING KWHAULT YEAR, TOYED BUBBLE IN ALL OF MY ANSWERS. THIS TEST IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN THAT. STUDENTS ACTUALLY HAVE TO WRITE. THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES WHERE THEY HAVE TO WRITE PHOTOGRAPHS. AND SO WE ARE SEEING THAT WRITING CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA OF FOCUS.
IT'S DEALT TO IN ELA AND WE HAVE I WANT PLAYEDED WHAT'S CALLED SELF-REGULATED STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A INSTRUCTION STRUCTD TEACHING STUDENT TO READ AND WRITE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE ANOTHER. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT'S AN EVIDENCE-BASED READING APPROACH. AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE STUDENTS KIND OF THAT STRUCTURE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO WRITE. ESPECIALLY WITH THE TOLD IT MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE WRITERS. INTERCEPTION VISION IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE READ ACADEMY ACT THERE IS ALREADY APPROVED INTERVENTIONS. WE WANT TO SEE WHAT ALIGNS TO OUR CORE PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE AND WHAT
INTERVENTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. OUR CONTINUED FOCUS IS STILL UNIVERSITY BEST PRACTICE. YOU STILL NEED TO HAVE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO THAT, ON PROVIDE MORE STUDENT SUPPORT WHEREVER NEEDED THAT'S ONE OF OUR FOCUS AREAS. MOVING FORWARD. WITH THAT, I WILL BE ABLE TO
TAKE A BREATH AND TAKE QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS. SO NUMBER ONE, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND EDUCATORS AND EVERYONE WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENE REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT AT THIS COMPLETELY TRUST THAT WE ARE DISAGGREGATING DATA BEHIND THE SCENES AND GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT I WOULD ASSUME. >> YEAH.
ACTUALLY, DISAGGREGATING THE DATA IS A WONDERFUL THING IN COLORADO. IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION. THERE ARE DASHBOARDS BUILT ON CD'S WEBSITE. THERE ARE SPREAD SHE'S AVAILABLE. FOR US IT'S PART OF HOULT HOW WE DO BUSINESS, TAKING THAT DATA
BEYOND THE SCHOOL TERM FORM'S FRAMEWORK OF BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING, SO ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, WORK AND RESPOND RESPONSIBIE DESCRIBING FOR STUDENTS . >> I WANT I WANTED TO MAKE A T
AT THE LAST DAC MEETING YOU PRESENTED ALL YOU HAVE OUR SCORES AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THE -- ALL OF INFORMATION FOR UIP. AND TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, ABOUT THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. THERE WAS A QUESTION I BELIEVE THAT NIGHT THAT SOMEONE SAID, ARE WE GETTING AS MANY PEOPLE OR STUDENTS THAT FALL UNDER THAT BRACKET?
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU PULLED UP TWO YEARS AGO, BEFORE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD 100 OR SO MORE STUDENTS NOW THAN WE DID THEN. AND I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED BY THAT, TOO. SO JUST INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE UP HERE. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A PLEASURE TO HEAR THIS. AND I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, APPARENTLY THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO THINK ME STARING TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS MAKE ME AN EVIL POLITICIAN BUT I THINK IT'S PART OF MY JOB. YOU TALKED ABOUT STAIR STEPS, WE
HAVE I THINK, EXCELLENT STAIR STEPS OUR EDGE RELINQUISH. AND I THINK WE ARE MOVING FORWARD REAL WELL. EXCUSE ME. ON OUR MATH. IT SEEMS WE HAVE LEVELED OUT A BIT ON LANGUAGE ARTS. IS PART OF THAT IT'S JUST HARD TO GO FROM 90 TO -- IS IT HARDER
TO GO TO 92 TO 93. HARDER TO CONTINUE PROGRESS WHEN WE ARE DOING SO WELL? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF THAT. AS YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE YOUR MANIES SCALE SCORE, WHEN WE LOOK AT STAIR STEPS HERE, THE -- WE
ARE TALKING AN AVERAGE OF 30,000 STUDENTS. SO MOVING THE AVERAGE OF THAT MANY STUDENTS IS DIFFICULT. >> OKAY. >> AND SO THERE IS THAT EFFECT. A ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT CERTAIN SUBGROUPS LIKE FOURTH GRADE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE FEW GROUPS
ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE NORTH PERFORMING AS HIGH AS THEY WERE IN 2019. AND SO THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE VARIABLES THERE. AND WE ARE FOR SURE DIVING INTO LOOKING AT WHAT'S CAUSING US TO NOT CONTINUE TO GROW.
WHICH IS WHY WE ARE FOCUSING ON WRITING. IT'S SO WRITING INCENTIVE THIS TEST. THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE STAIR STEPPER IN GROWTH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR WRITING SCORES. WHICH BY FAR IS THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS TO DO. AND SO THAT'S PART OF OUR FOCUS
AREA LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IS HOW DO WE IMPROVE OUR WRITING SCORES. >> OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS -- HOW DO WE -- I MEAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT A RISING TIED LIFTS ALL BOATS AND WE HAVE TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY. WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS ON SOME OF
OUR DISAGGREGATED GROUPS. INCLUDING OUR STUDENTS WITH IEPs, THEY ALWAYS SCORE LOW AND IE Ps COVER A WIDE RANGE OF NEEDS IS THERE ANY PLACE IN THE STATE DOING BETTER THAN US
IN INCREASING NARROWING THAT GAP BETWEEN IEP STUDENTS AND OUR NONI NON-IEP STUDENTS? IS THERE ANYONE WE CAN LEARN ON FROM THAT OR ARE REALL STRUGGLING WITH THE CHALLENGES ON THAT? >> GREAT QUESTION. WE ARE CONSTANTLY SHAKING THE
TREE FOR OTHER DISTRICTS TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING IN TERMS OF IMPROVING SCORES. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH THAT WAS UP THERE EARLIER, WE DO HAVE REALLY GREAT GROWTH IN THAT
SUBCATEGORY. COMPARISON FOR OURSELF AND OTHERS DISTRICTS. BUT NO REST FOR THE WEARY, WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AND SUPPORT STUDENTS. YOU CAPTURED IT CORRECTLY THAT. CATEGORY IS A A SUCH A WIDE SPAT OF DIFFERENT STUDENTS, WE HAVE
TO CAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WITHIN THEIR OWN IEP. WE ARE RAP HAM WE MAKING PROGRESS BUT NOT SATISFIED. >> THIS YOU HAVE JUST A MINUTE IEPs NOT 504s. >> CORRECT. >> DOUBLE CHECKING ON THAT.
DO ARE TO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE OUR INCREASE IN MATH? THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. PART OF IS I KNOW WE WE ARE WG ON MAY MORE DISTRICT-WIDE SYSTEM FOR TEACHING SMOOTH THAT ARE STARTING TO PAY OFF OR IS THIS A BEGIN
BEGINNING OF A FRIEND? >> GREAT QUESTION. THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS IN PLACE, NOTHING CAN REPLACE BEST FIRST INSTRUCTION AND WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING IN ON THAT WITH A LASER-LIKE FOCUS. MAKING SURE THAT WE ATTEND ALL COMPONENTS OF RIGOR.
WHETHER I GREW UP IN MATHEMATICS IT WAS ALL ABOUT PROCEDURAL FLUENCY. HOW MANY OF YOU ALL SPENT HOURS DOING 60 MATH PROBLEMS A NIGHT. TRYING TO DRILL AND KILL. WITH OUR NEW STANDARDS THAT'S NOT THE CASE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS AND ARE ABLE TO APPLY THE MATH.
SO THE NEW MATH AS IT'S PHRASED IS DIFFERENT BALLGAME BECAUSE STUDENTS REALLY HAVE TO A TEND TO PRECISION. THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR REASONING. SO A BIG FOCUS FOR US JUST IN STRUCTURALLY, HAS BEEN WHAT REPRESENTS THAT BEST FIRST INSTRUCTION. WE DO HAVE CORE PROGRAMS THAT
HAVE BEEN I IMPLEMENTED SINCE 7 THAT'S A BIG HELP WHEN YOU HAVE COMMON RESOURCES THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PULL FROM THAT ARE ALIGNED TO THE STANDARDS. SO THAT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF OUR WORK, FOR SURE. >> OKAY. AND AILED ASSUME, AND THIS GOES BACK TO SOMETHING WE'LL SEE
LATER, THOSE CORE STANDARDS IS IT EASIER TO TEACH THOSE THE SECOND YEAR THAN THE FIRST? I AM READING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS? DO TEACHERS GET BETTING TEACHING THOSE ARE THE LONG THEY ARE HERE? >> YOU KNOW WITH PROCEDURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT, YES.
>> SO RECESSION MATTERS IN TERMS OF CMAS SCORES, CORRECT? >> 100 PERCENT. >> OKAY. AND HAVING MORE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS INN APPARENTLY INCREASES OUR -- INHERENTLY INCREASES OUR SKILLS. >> ACTION LAWSUITLY. YES. >> OKAY. >> WHAT'S GOING ON WITH EIGHTH GRADE?
DO EIGHTH GRADERS NOT WANT TO DO STUFF ARE PARTICIPATION NUMBERS IN EIGHTH GREAT, SCIENCE NUMBERS IN EIGHTH GREAT EVEN MATH NUMBERS IN EIGHTH GRADE ARE ON THE NOT WHAT WE MIGHT HOPE S THAT JUST THE CHANGER OF DEALING WITH 13 YEARS OLDS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
IT SEEMS TO BE NOT OUR ISSUE ALONE. ACROSS THE STATE IS A DECLINE. WITH HE KNOW THERE ARE PEER INFLUENCE WHEN IT COMES TO PARTICIPATION, AND WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS CAN INFLUENCE THEIR PARENTS ON THE DECISIONS TO TEST OR NOT TO TEST. THAT'S VERY, VERY REAL.
YOU KNOW, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE GETTING MORE INDEPENDENT, AND THEY SEE THAT IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE TRANSITION TO GO P.S.A.T. PARTICIPATION IS NOT A ONE-STOP SHOP IN TERMS OF WHY REASONS THAT PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND NOT PARTICIPATE.
THERE ARE TRENDS. I MEAN, I MIGHT SELF HAD AN EIGHTH GRADE DAUGHTER LAST YEAR THAT WAS PUTTING PRESSURE ON ME TO OPT OUT. I DID HAVE TO CLARIFY WHAT MY ROLE IN THE DISTRICT WAS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND SO THERE IS A VERY, VERY BIG PEER INFLUENCE ON THAT DECISION.
OUR SCHOOLS DO A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEIR PARENT COMMUNITIES TO SAY, WE REALLY WANT YOUR DATA. THIS DATA IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND TO US, AND IT'S HARD TO OVERCOME WHEN IT'S THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS IT. >> STATE LAW AUTOMATICALLY
ALLOWS OPT OUT OF THE SCIENCE TEST; IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S CALLED A PARENT EXCUSE THE. THEY HAVE TO ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION TO TELL US THAT THEY ARE OPTING OUT AND REFUSING TO LET THEIR CHILD TAKE THE TEST. >> OKAY. AND BECAUSE SO MANY ARE OPTING OUT IN EIGHTH GREAT WE ARE
LACKING OUR DATA? >> YEAH, IT'S MAKING IT HARDER AND HARDER TO DRAW FIRM CONCLUSIONS SPECIFICALLY IN SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT ARE HIGHEST HIT. IT'S NOT UNIVERSAL. SOME OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE BETTER PARTICIPATION THAN OTHERS. THERE IS A SCHOOL CLIMATE SITUATION THAT -- A FEEDER COMPONENT.
WE SEE FRIEND TRENDS WITHINT CETERA IT'S AN INTERESTING PHENOMENON. IT'S NOT SET IN STONE. WE SEE PARTICIPATION DOES MOVE FOR CERTAINLY SCHOOLS FROM YEAR TO YEAR. SO THERE IS A COHORT INFLUENCE. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND TO. OTHERWISE, WE ARE AT THE MERCY
OF STUDENTS THAT DO PARTICIPATE. >> OKAY. AND YOU KNOW I LOVE DISAGGREGATED DATA. LAST YEAR YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I THINK IT'S IN EIGHTH GRADE THAT THE MATH GAP BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS BECOMES REALLY SERIOUS AND THEN IT CLOSES. >> YEAH. >> IS THAT STILL WHAT WE ARE SEEING? >> YEAH.
IT'S A PRETTY TYPICAL TREND THAT WE DO SEE. AGAIN, IT MAKES IT HARD TO DRAW THOSE FIRM CONCLUSIONS BECAUSE EIGHTH GRADE THE PARTICIPATION JUST CAULDRON THERE. SO I WOULD HAVE TO DIVE INTO IT A BIT TO SEE IF THERE IS EQUAL PARTICIPATION BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS. >> UH-HUH.
>> AND SEEING IF THERE ARE INFLUENCES ON WHO IS ACTUALLY TAKING THE TEST. BUT THEIR THESE HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THAT GAP BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRL. >> LIKE 20% LAST YEAR. >> YEAH, PRETTY CRAZY. >> FORTUNATELY IT TENDS TO CLOSE IN EYE SCHOOL. >> YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT.
THIS AFFECTS OUR UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THIS IS THE BASIS FOR OUR UNIT FINE IMPROVEMENT PLAN. >> YES. >> THE DISSING A GATE AHEAD DATA WE ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THAT BY THE STATE, CORRECT? >> YES. >> AND CONSIDERING OUR IMPROVEMENT PLANS? >> YES. >> SO WHEN I ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO GET BETTER I AM JUST ASKING WHAT THE STATE
REQUIRES TO US DO, RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> OKAY. BUT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, EVERYBODY IS DOING A GOOD JOB. AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> THANK YOU. I AM SO GLAD WHEN YOU PRESENT
YOU MAKES IT COME IT A LEVEL THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND. AND I, TOO, WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT BUBBLED. FILLED IN BUBBLES BACK THEN. BUT I -- AS A TEACHER OF MIDDLE SCHOOL I -- AND ADMINISTERING TESTS I SAW LOTS OF WRITING
GOING ON EVEN BACK THEN. I APOLOGIZE I GUESS I HADN'T THIRD THIS BEFORE. THE UNIVERSITY BEST PRACTICES, CAN I MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT MAYBE THIS IS CONSISTENT EDUCATION OR METHODS THAT ARE PROVEN PROGRAMS THAT WERE KIND
OF STICKING WITH. AND NOT ADDING WHATEVER IS NEW OUT THERE. AND SO THAT IS DETERMINING THIS SUCCESS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? >> ABSOLUTELY GREAT QUESTION. YOU KNOW, THE EFFECT SIZE THAT WE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES. A BEST FIRST INSTRUCTION HAS A
LARGE EFFECT SIZE AND UP PROVEN STUDENT OUTCOMES AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A FOCUS AREA FOR US TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND THOSE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ALIGNED TO OUR STAN STKPWHR-RDZ. >> AND THANK YOU. THAT DID ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS I
HAD EARLIER WONDERING, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE MAKING US SO SUCCESSFUL. I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS IS PERSONAL OR AN OPINION, DO YOU THINK DO YOU THINK THAT OUR KIDS EVER FEEL THEY ARE OVER TESTED? >> GREAT QUESTION.
I AM SURE THEY DO. I AM SURE THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF THAT. WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR MIDDLE GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO TESTING. WE UNDERSTAND AND VALUE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. WE LIKE HAVING THE DATA. BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY TIME THAT YOU TEST IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM INSTRUCTION. THE. >> RIGHT. >> SO THERE IS THAT BALANCE
BETWEEN YOU KNOW, THE DESIRE TO HAVE THE DATA AND MAINTAINING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. WE KNOW FROM THIS LENS, THIS IS STATE AND FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. BUT WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE STATE TO SHORTEN EXAMS TO MAKE THESE EXAMS MORE CONCISE.
SO THAT DOESN'T IMPACT OUR INSTRUCTION AS MUCH. >> GOOD, THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENT SAYS THAT PARTICIPATE IN TESTING.
AS A MOM WITH A STUDENT THAT DOES NOT EN JOYCE, CMAS, FINDS IT A VERY STRESSFUL TIME DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BUT STILL PARTICIPATES WAS HAPPY TO SEE THEIR OWN SCORES AT THE END. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT APPRECIATION TOWARDS STUDENT.
I WANT TO START WITH TWO GENERAL QUESTIONS AND THAT IS MAINLY FOR THOSE LISTENING IN TODAY. THE FIRST ONE IS HOW TO PARENTS SEE THE DATA FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS? AND THEN FOR THAT YOU ARE STATEMENTS . >> GREAT QUESTION. THERE ARE MULTIPLE SATISFIES TO GET BOTH.
LET'S START WITH STUDENTS FIRST. LAST YEAR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAUNCHES A NEW ONLINE PLATFORM, FOR THEM TO SEE THEIR SCORES ONLINE. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. AND THEY FINALLY HAVE IT IN PLACE. SO THE DIRECTIONS FOR THAT WERE
MAILED HOME ALONG WITH THE PAPER VERSIONS OF THOSE TESTS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAILING ALL OF THAT HOME. IN THE NEAR FEW THEY ARE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS ONLINE SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING, AND FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY, WE ARE GOING TO GUIDE ALL OF OUR PARENTS TO THAT.
AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR STUDENT'S SCORES IN EARLY JUNE. IN TERMS OF THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, IT'S LOCATED IN A TWO LOCATIONS, ONE IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE, YOU CAN LOOK AT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORKS ON CDE'S WEBSITE YOU CAN SEE A GENERALLY OVERALL AND LOOK AT
THE RESULTS FOR CMAS ON THEIR WEBSITE. IT'S DISAGGREGATED BY SCHOOL, SUBGROUP AND SCHOOL AND SUBGROUP SO YOU CAN SEE THE PEARL FORM ANTS OVERTIME. >> THANK YOU. SO WE WERE ABLE TO LACK AT OUR SCORES IN JUNE AT THE CDE WEBSITE AND THAT WAS NICE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD KEEP
DOING IT OR IF IT WAS A ONE-TIME THING I AM GLAD THAT WILL STILL BE AROUND. AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED OUR LETTER BUT FOR ANY PARENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, YOU NOW KNOW THAT YOU CAN GOING TO THE WEBSITE TO SEE IT. PRETTY EASILY. SO NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED
TODAY, DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS? >> YES, IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD AND CHARTER TOGETHER. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. JUST A FEW FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESENTATION ITSELF. THE FIRST QUESTION ACTUALLY WAS
JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, WHEN DID CMAS GO ONLINE? >> SO ONLINE C MISHAPPED IN STAGES, BECAUSE THEY DID LIKE A HIGH PUT MERE. 20 ENOUGH FINE IS THE YEAR WE
HAD MOST OF ALL OF THE TESTING TOMORROW. CMAS IS COMPRISED OF SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES. 16 IS WHEN THING WERE FULLY IN PLACE TO LOOK AT THE DATE RAH.
>> I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF RULES AROUND TESTING ITSELF AND HOW IT'S CONDUCTED IN THE CLASSROOM ARE ARE THERE OCCAM INDICATIONS FOR CMAS TESTING FOR STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NEED A PAPER VERSION? >> GREAT QUESTION. SO MULTIPLE ANSWERS TO THIS ONE. THERE ARE A A COMMUTATIONS BUILT IN BECAUSE IT'S ONLINE AND THOSE
ON ACCOMMODATIONS SOME ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS AND THEN SOME ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE BASED ON A STUDENT'S OCCAM INDICATION LIST WITHIN THEIR IEP. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF A STUDENT REQUESTS OR REQUIRES A PAPER-BASED WE WE CAN OFFER TS
AN OPTION, THE STATE CHANGED THE LAW LAST YEAR WHICH WILL BE IMPACT TO FEEL THIS YEAR. THAT INSTEAD OF ALLOWING SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS TO DO PAPER BASED IT'S ONLY LAWABLE IF THERE TA REQUEST THROUGH ACCOMMODATION BUT IT'S STILL AVAILABLE. >> OKAY. WHAT ABOUT LANGUAGE OPTIONS? >> THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS
FOR LANGUAGES WITHIN CMAS. SPANISH BEING THE MOST POPULAR AND IMPLEMENTING OTHER LANGUAGES AS THONG AS THERE IS A LARGE ENOUGH SAMPLE SIZE TO CREATE THE TEST. BUT IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS GETTING THEIR INSTRUCTION IN THAT LANGUAGE.
THAT NINETEENS THEY ARE GETTING THEIR PRIMARY INSTRUCTION IN SPANISH THAT'S HOW IT'S AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. >> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND FOR PARENTS TO THAT ARE LISTENING IN TO KNOW THEIR OPTIONS OPTIOD YOU THEY CHANGE.
IT'S 33 ON MY WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, BUT I KNOW IT'S A DIFFERENT ORDER FOR YOU. I THINK IT WAS MAYBE LIKE 15 R.THE GRAPH THAT SHOWS US ACROSS SUBGROUPS COMPARED TO OTHER -- YES. I WANTED TO PUT THAT BACK ON THE SCREEN AGAIN. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> THIS IS REALLY GREAT. IT SHOWS SUBCUBES THAT WE HAVE GROWTH. WE ARE OUT PERFORMING OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US, WHEN IT COMES TO I WANTED TO THROW THAT
BACK UP THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A GREAT SLIDE. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU THROWING THAT AND COMMENT ON THE GROUND THAT SLIGHT BECAUSE THAT SLIDE IN PARTICULAR BASED ON OUR PERFORMANCE WE WERE SO PLEASED AND PROUD OF PROUD OF WHAT.
STILL LOTS OF WORK TO DO BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> I THINK IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING LIKE DISCUSSED EARLIER STAIR STEPS UP ACROSS SUBGROUPS THAT IS WHERE -- THERE IS THOUSAND WE GO FROM GREEN TO BLUE. WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FRAME
WORK, THAT'S THE AREA WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE MOST GAINS AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO PAY OFF OVERTIME AS WE CONTINUE THOSE STAIR STEPS UP. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD AROUND THE -- BEING, OH,
AROUND OUR SUBGROUPS. YOU KNOW, WE SEE IT -- A A AN INCREASE IN ALL STUDENTS AND AN INCREASE THIS YEAR, WE SEE THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR SUBGROUPS CARRY THE INCREASE THAT'S MY A STKAOUPBLGS AND THAT SLIDE WOULD
BE HELPER FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, YOU HAD IT ON FOR LATER ON ANOTHER SUBGROUP PRESENTATIONS CAW JUST TO SEE THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES. I CAN MAKE STRONGER ASSUMPTION BASED ON WHAT I SAW.
THAT'S IT FOR ME, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT'S AWESOME. MOVING TO ITEM 9.2. TURN OVER AND HIRING DATA. 10-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A
10-MINUTE Q&A. >> GOOD EVENING DIRECTOR ANDS IT UP FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE HR DEPARTMENT'S TURNOVER AND HIRING REPORT. FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA WE'LL
DISCUSS STAFF TURNOVER AND TRANSITION TO TO EXIT SURVEY A AND DISCUSS HOW WE DID HIRING AND ROW CUTE. PERSPECTIVE. FIRSTLY LET'S TALK ABOUT COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TURNOVER DATA. CD'S E TRACKS TURNOVER DATA AND TRACK IT BROADLY. INCLUDING TEMPORARY STAFF,
CHARTER STAFF AND IN ADDITION TO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE MERELY TRANSITIONED TO JOBS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEY TRACK IT OVER ESSENTIALLY A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS THE MOST RECENT DAYS AS A MESH UNDER OF HE DECEMBER 1, '2L
YOU CAN SEE OUR CDE TURNOVER IS DOWN. EXCUSE ME. OUR CDE TURNOVER IS DOWN THIS PAST YEAR. IN ADDITION WE ARE DOING BETTER THAN OUR DENVER METRO AREA PEERS. THIS NET TABLE SHOWS YOU HOW WE ARE DOING YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE 23-24 TIME FRAME OUR CDE TURN OVERATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 16% WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A WOULD% TURNOVER YEAR OVER YEAR WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE PARA PRO IF I FEEL SUBCLASS, WHICH WE ALL IT
E As IN OUR SCHOOL WHERE WE SAW AN IMPROVEMENT OF OVER 5 1/2% IN HE TURNOVER. MOVING INTO HOW WE DID COMPARED TO OUR DENVER METRO AREA PEERS. IN ADDITION TO OUR STATE AVERAGE. AS MR. REYNOLDS LIKE TO SAY
GREEN IS GOOD. DCSD IN ALL IN GREEN MEANING COMPARED TO THE STATE AVERAGE IN EACH SUBCATEGORY I I EMPLOYEE D.C. DCSD WAS BETTER THAN. THE YOU CAN SEE THE TURN
OVERRATE THIS YEAR WAS BETTER THAN THE DENVER METRO PEERS. AT THE TRACK TURNOVER DIFFERENTLY. WE DO NOT COUNT OUR CHARTER STAFF, TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES OR EMPLOYEES THAT SWITCH POSITION WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
GENERAL, OUR INTERNAL TURNOVER METRICS WERE STABLE OF COURSE WE REMAINED ABOUT THE 13% RATE FOR TURNOVER. WITH REALLY NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ANY PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, SUBCATEGORY OF EMPLOYEE GROUP. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND START
GETTING INTO EMPLOYEE EXIT SURVEY DATA. THIS PARTICULAR GRAPH IS A MEASUREMENT OF WHAT OUR MANAGERS AND LEADERS ARE TELLING HR WHEN ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES NOTICES THAT THEY ARE LEAVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THIS IS ANOTHER MEASURE OF
CONSISTENCY AREA OVER YEAR THE THREE OR FOUR YEARS YOU HAVE STUDIED THIS INFORMATION PERSONAL REASONS, RETIREMENTS, MOVING OUTSIDE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY REMAIN THE MAIN REASONS WHY STAFF -- SORRY, THE MAIN REASONS WHY MANAGERS ARE TELLING HR THEIR STAFF OF LEAVING THE
SCHOOL DIRECT. NEXT INTO THE HR SURVEY DATA. WHEREVER WE HAVE -- WHEREVER THE HR DEPARTMENT GETS NOTICE THAT AN EMPLOYEE IS LEAVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WELL PUMP OUT AN EXIT SURVEY TO THEM ASKING THEM WHY ARE YOU LEAVING AND IT'S A MULTIPLE CHOICE'S SO YOU CAN
IDENTIFY AS MANY REASONS AS YOU WANT. INITIALLY ASK THEM HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE JOB, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET CETERA. AND SO GET INTO THE LICENSED EMPLOYEES, WE HAD AGAIN ABOUT A 40% RESPONSE RATE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING LOWER NUMBERS OF
LICENSED EMPLOYEES REPORTING THEY ARE LEAVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE OF BENEFITS, SALARY, DISTRICT CLIMATE AND CULTURE. BUT WE CONTINUE TO SEE AND THIS IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE LAST SLIDE, IS THAT OUR LICENSED STAFF ARE REPORTING THEIR LEAVING FOUR YOUS SUCH A PERSONAL REASONS, FAMILY
REASONS, RETIREMENT, AND RELOCATION. THE IN TERMS OF SATISFACTION RANKINGS, THESE AGAIN REMAIN CONSISTENT YEAR OVER YEAR. OUR LICENSED EMPLOYEES ARE REPORTING YOU KNOW, SOME INCREASES IN SATISFACTION WITH THEIR POSITION.
WITH THEIR BENEFITS. WITH THE DISTRICT'S CLIMATE AND CULTURE. WE ACCEPTING SALARY. THE SATISFACTORY RANKINGS REMAIN
CONSISTENT. NEXT GETTING INTO CLASSIFY STAFF. 20 IF I 50% SO MUCH LOWER PARTICIPATION RATE. BUT THAT IS SAID WE ARE SEEING FEWER AND FEWER HE REPORT EXITING BECAUSE OF BENEFITS,
SALARY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. CLIMATE AND CULTURE. BUT, AGAIN, YEAR OVER YEAR, JOB OPPORTUNITY, CAREER CHANGE, TYPICALLY ARE THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR WHY OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF ARE REPORTING THEY ARE LEAVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND, AGAIN, I THINK PRETTY
SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW IN THE LICENSED EXIT SURVEY SATISFACTION RANKING, PRETTY CONSISTENT. MEASUREMENTS WE SAW AGAIN, INCREASED SATISFACTION WITH POSITION, SALARY, BENEFITS REMAIN CONSISTENT BUT OVERALL,
CLASSIFIED STAFF, YEAR ORE YEAR NOT TOO MANY DIFFERENCES. NEXT HIRING AND RECRUITMENT. THIS TABLE HERE WILL SHOW YOU A COMPARISON OF, YOU KNOW, HIRING IN 25, 26 COMPARED TO 24/25.
THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS, AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT. WE SAW FEWER EXTERNAL HAIRS, BUT MORE INTERNAL TRANSFERS OF DCSD EMPLOYEES MOVING POSES WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. OVERALL WE ARE ABOUT WHERE WE
WERE LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF OPEN VACANCIES, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 14 LICENSED POSITIONS STATE VACANT COMPARED TO 13 LAST YEAR. SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN CLASSIFIED WITH 127 CURRENT VACANCIES BUT OVERALL, LARGELY IN THE SAME POSITION.
HOWEVER THE JOB APPLICATIONS WE CERTAINLY MADE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. WE SEE ANOTHER 700 EXTERNAL LICENSED APPLICANT THIS IS PAST YEAR, IN ADDITION TO NEARLY A GAIN OF 1500 CLASSIFIED APPLICANTS YEAR OVER YEAR. AND WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY WITH
THAT BECAUSE THE HR DEPARTMENT TOGETHER WITH SCHOOL LEADERS AND THE DEPARTMENT LEADERS HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS PAST YEAR TRYING TO FILL CLASSIFIED VACANCIES SO WE ATTENDED TO SEVEN EXTERNAL JOB FARES, HOSTED THREE OF OUR OWN CLASSIFIED JOB THEIR FIST THAT PAST YEAR IN
TERMS OF AN HR PROCESS, SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE CLASSIFIED APPLICATION PROCESS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS OF APPLIES, ELIMINATE RESUME REQUIREMENTS, SHORTENED QUESTIONNAIRE AND HOPEFULLY AS THE WORK CONTINUE WELL FILLMORE AND MORE CLASSIFIED VACANCIES.
ONTO LICENSED HIRES, YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PIE CHART. THIS IS SHOWING YOU WHERE OUR MOST RECENT LICENSED DCSD HIRES REPORTED THAT THEY LAST WORKED. WE HAVE ABOUT A 70 PERCENT RESPONSE RATE FOR THIS QUESTION. AND TO BREAK IT DOWN, ABOUT 50%
OF OUR NEW LICENSED HIRES HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY LAST WORKED IN THE DENVER METRO AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT. 35% CAME FROM OUT OF STATE. AND THEN THE OTHER CAME FROM COLORADO, BUT METRO DISTRICT.
ANOTHER MAP YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. D.C. SD AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT TOGETHER WITH SCHOOL LEADERS CONTINUE TO RECRUIT ACROSS THE NATION. ANY STATE IN BLUE, WE HIRED A LICENSED EMPLOYEE FROM THAT STATE. DARK BLUE, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND ILLINOIS, ARE THE STATES
WHERE WE ARE SEEING THE MOST APPLY OF OUT OF STATE LICENSED EMPLOYEES. AND OUR AT LICENSE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW IT'S UP TO 87 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS WHICH I BELIEVE IS ASK A 15 PAR PAINT
INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR AND BETWEEN RECRUITING NATIONAL, LOCALLY, GOING TO JOB FARES WE ARE HAPPY TO GROW OUR OWN TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND FINALLY, JUST SOME FINAL POINTS OF DATE. WE ARE HIRING STUDENT TEACHERS. GOING TO LOCAL AND NATIONAL JOB
FARES, GRADS GRADS ARE COMING BACK TO TEACH. WE HAD 135 FORMER EMPLOYEES RETURN TO WORK IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS PAST AREA. AND LASTLY, TWO YEARS AGO, WE, YOU KNOW, JOB APPLICANTS AT A 22% RATE REJECTED WORKING AT
DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THE SALARY WAS TOO LOW AND THAT NUMBER IS DOWN TO 7% IN 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR TIME FRAME. THAT'S CERTAINLY A POINTS OF CELEBRATION AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE PRESENTATION I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAVE HOSTED A JOB FAIR LIKE AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS, ARE WE DOING THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS OR DOES IT MOVE? >> SO THAT'S A STATE LICENSED JOB FAIR, IT MOVES EVERY YEAR. BUT WE ALSO HOST OUR OWN DCSD
JOB FAIR. WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND IN ADDITION TOLL THE THREE CLASSIFIED JOB FAIRS THAT WE HOSTED OVER THE SUMMER. SORT OF A FINAL PUSH BRING IN CLASSIFIED CANDIDATES INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW DIRECTOR MYERS
AND DIRECTOR GEIGER AND I WERE AT THE NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION. AND YOU HAVE TALKED A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT PEOPLE RETURN TO THIS DISTRICT. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET THOSE PEOPLE BACK? OR IS IT -- ROLL WE DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL? >> WELL, FOR THOSE THAT ARE, YOU
KNOW, ATTENDING JOB FARES WE ARE CERTAINLY SPEAKING TO THEM AND TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IT IS TO WORK IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. OTHERWISE I HAVE MY DIRECTOR OF RECRUITING RETENTION JACK HERE, ANYTHING ELSE, JACK, THAT YOU
COULD ADD TO THAT RESPONSE SOME. >> I THINK A LOT OF FORMER GRADS -- A LOT OF FORMER GRADS REALLY WANT TO COME BACK. AND IT'S A FEATHER IN OUR CAP TO GET THEM BACK. BUT THEY REALLY DO WANT TO COME BACK AND BE PART OF THE SCHOOLS
THAT THEY ATTENDED. SO IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT'S -- THEY REALLY WANT TO COME BACK TO US AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON SALARY, THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER. >> GREAT. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LEFT THE DISTRICT TO WORK
IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT AND THEN RETURNED, ARE THOSE -- WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO COME HOME? >> SAY THAT AGAIN. >> THOSE WHO LEFT OUR DISTRICT, YES, TO GO WORK IN ANOTHER DISTRICT, AND NOW ARE RETURNING BACK TO DOUGLAS COUNTY.
HOW ARE WE GETTING THOSE PEOPLE BACK? HOPEFULLY IT'S THE GOOD REPUTATION THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THINGS ARE IMPROVING. CLIMATE AND CULTURE IS GREAT. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK OUR TEST SCORES ARE OUT OF CONTROL, SO IT'S GOOD. >> I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, AND I KNOW THAT MR. WINDSOR MAY WANT TO ADD, TOO, IS THAT DEFINITELY
WHAT FOLKS ARE SEEING UNTIL TERMS OF THE POSITIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS HAPPENING IN DID YOU LAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WOULD HAVE HAD OF MOUTH THROUGH NETWORKS WITHIN TEACHERS OR PROFESSIONALS, RIGHT, THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT AVENUE FOR
PEOPLE TO KIND OF RECRUIT AND TALK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND THAT ABSOLUTELY WHEN YOU TALK TO PRINCIPALS IN OUR DISTRICT, THEY WILL SPEAK OF EXAMPLES WITH FILLING DIFFERENT VACANT POSITIONS ABOUT FOLKS IN
THEIR OWN STAFF, WHO REACH BACK OUT TO A COLLEAGUE WHO MAY HAVE LEFT, BE AND HAS COME BACK BECAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE SCHOOL, THE COMMUNITY ARE JUST DIFFERENT. AND THEY SHARE THAT AND THAT'S
IMPORTANT AVENUE TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT AND HAVE PEOPLE RETURN BACK TO DOUGLAS COUNTY. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD HIGHLIGHT AND AWESOME. SO ANYWAY. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING IS -- EVERYTHING WE ARE HEARING FROM STAFF IS PRETTY GOOD NEWS, ALL
OUR SURVEYS SAY GOOD NEWS, OUR TURNOVER SAYS PRETTY GOOD NEWS. LET'S BE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE A LOT OF THIS HAPPEN, WE PASSED A MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE IN '23 TO INCREASE THE SALARY FOR OUR TEACHERS AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE
STANDARDS, THE REASONS FOR LEAVING BASED ON SALARY FELL OFF A CLIFF. I A NOT -- TEACHING IS AN ROW SAYING, IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE BUT THE FACT THAT WE PAY PEOPLE TO DO IT IN A REASONABLE WAY HELPS AND I THINK THAT WAS A MESSAGE THAT WAS CONVEYED BY
SUPERINTENDENT KANE THROUGHOUT THAT CAMPAIGN. AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THAT CAMPAIGNED IN PUBLIC, THOSE ON IN BOARD. UNDERSTOOD THAT SOMETIMES YOU ASK YOUR COMMUNITY TO RAISE TAXES TO GET GOOD THINGS.
WATCHING LIKE SLIDE NINE LOOKING AT -- IN 2022, 30 -- NEARLY 35% OF PEOPLE WHO LEFT SAID IT WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PAY THEM ENOUGH. AND FOR THAT TO FALL TO 7%, IS THAT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT? >> YEAH.
>> THAT'S DIRECTLY REGULAR TODAY THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY 10 STEPPED UP. >> WELL SAID. >> OKAY. AND THAT'S GREAT NEWS. THAT VERY MUCH IS. LAKE YOU SAID I ATTENDED THE NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION BY MOST MOMENT WAS SEEING A YOUNG MAN'S WHOSE PARENTS HAD BOTH REQUIRED
FROM THE DISTRICT. WORKED HERE THEIR ENTIRE CAREER, THERE DO SON CAME BACK HAVING SPENT 12 YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT. WHAT IS A STUDENT TEACHER FOR US, AND IS NOW HIRED AT HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH STOOL WHERE HIS MOM TAUGHT. >> GREAT STORY. >> TO WATCH THAT AND HIS ENTHUSIASM AND WATCH EVERYBODY
THAT DAY I THINK SPEAKS TO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE. TO WORK WITHIN -- I MEAN, THERE WERE CONCERNS. CLIMATE AND DISTRICT CLIMATE AND CULTURE WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST REASON FOR LEAVING IN '22. AND FOR THAT AGAIN TO JUST FALL
OFF A CLIFF IN '23, '24, AND '25, SPEAKS IT TO A LOT OF PROGRESS BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS WHAT, ASSUMING WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO A BIG SALARY RAISE WITHOUT GOING BACK TO THE VOTERS, WHAT IS A WAY TO CONTINUE THE PROGRESS?
WHAT IS -- I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS WITHOUT IN ANY WAY MINIMIZING THE GREAT PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE. SO DO WE HAVE PLANS TO HOW WE DO BETTER.
ONE THING WE ALWAYS LACK AT IN THE DEPARTMENT IS THE PERSONAL REASONS, 317. STAFF MECHANICS THAT REPRESENTED LEAVING FOR PERSONAL REASONS. WE WANT TO GET A HAND AND A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT THAT MEANS, AND WHY THEY ARE LEAVING
IN THOSE SORT OF NUMBERS. IN ADDITION TO, THAT NUMBER, CLASSIFIED, FIVE EARNED, 28 CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, LEFT IN 24/25. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT WE WANT TO -- WHERE WE THINK WE CAN MAKE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
ON RETAINING THOSE STAFF. SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY KIND OF IN BETWEEN MY -- WELL, AFTER MY FIRST DID A REORGANIZE IN MY HR DEPARTMENT AND PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BRAN NEW, WELL, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN HR.
BUT HE'S MAD THE MADE THE DO TRANSITION INTO EMPLOYEE RECESSION I HOPE THAT GENTLEMEN, HIS NAME IS MIKE LLOYDS, WILL BE ABLE TO REAL REALLY PUT A DENT INTO LISTEN TO OUR STAFF, LISTEN TO OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AND GET A BETTER PICTURE IN TERMS OF WHY
SOME ARE LEAVING, AND IF WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO LOWER THE NUMBER, 19.6, 18.6 AND KEEP GOING DOWN, THAT BE A WIN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
BOTH THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU ARE DOING. >> THANK YOU. >> DEPUTY SOUP HIATT. >> I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADD TO MR. CONDON IS ALWAYS WHETHER WE ARE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKING DECISIONS AROUND DISTRICT BUDGET
THAT HAPPENED STARTING IN KIND OF THE JANUARY TIME FRAME, ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS IS OUR TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE, RIGHT? OUR DISTRICT IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE DO OFFER A REALLY ROBUST BENEFITS PACKAGE TO OUR EMPLOYEES SO WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATING ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS AS WELL AS SUPERINTENDENT KANE ENGAGING WITH OUR TEACHERS AS SHE DOES ON A YEARLY BASIS, DURING THE APRIL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. MEANING SHE'S GETTING FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS AND REALLY
LISTENING TO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING THEIR NEEDS ARE. SO WHILE WE, OF COURSE, WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADJUST SALARY, THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY ALSO EVALUATING IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE TELLING US THAT
THEY WOULD LIKE TO US DO. THE. >> CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. WE STILL GOT FREE LUNCH, RIGHT? >> I THINK SO. >> AND FOR THOSE IN THE -- WE PROVIDE FREE LUNCH TO THE TEACHERS, RIGHT? >> YES. >> IS THAT A BENEFIT THAT THEY APPRECIATE SOME. >> OH, YES.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> OVERWHELMINGLY YES. >> OKAY. >> FREE FOOD IS FANTASTIC. >> THAT WAS A CREATIVE SOLUTION TO WHEN WE WERE LOSING STAFF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT THOUGHT PROCESS WENT ON AND EVEN THOUGH, HE WE HAVEN'T SAOFLD WE HAVE IMPROVED THE PROCESS, WE ARE CONTINUING
TO BE PREEIGHT I HAVE. >> THIEF OF STAFF. >> I BIG PART OF THAT PROCESS GROWING OUR OWN IT'S A HUGE PART
OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR STREAMLINE PATHWAY FOR OUR STUDENT. ALSO PROVIDE THE FIELD EXPERIENCES BACK HERE, WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT MEETINGS TO SET UP RESIDENCY PROGRAMS THAT ARE BUILT WITHIN DOUGLAS COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HELP
ESTABLISH THE CLEAR PIPELINE FOR THE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN FUTURE EDUCATOR PROGRAMS WHICH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE INVESTING OUR STUDENTS IS NOT BY CHANCE AND ALSO LEVERAGE THAT TEACHER PREP PROGRAM THAT'S A FREE FIFTH YEAR PROGRAM FOR
THE STUDENTS ACCESS HIGHER EDUCATION AS WELL TOO. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST AND ACTUALLY DEVELOP TRULY AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AS WE MOVED FORWARD AROUND FUTURE EDUCATORS AS WELL. >> I'LL JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT. THIS BOARD AND THIS
SUPERINTENDENT, AND BY EXTENSION THIS DISTRICT, MAKE A HUGE IMPRESSION WHEN WE CLOSE SCHOOLS AND WE TAKE CARE OF EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE WHO IS IMPACTED BY THOSE SCHOOLS. THAT'S NOT COMMON. THERE IS NO LAW THAT IS REQUIRING TO US DO THAT.
THERE IS NOTHING IN ANY POLICY OR PRACTICE THAT'S REQUIRING TO US DO THAT. WE ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR VALUE. AND TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, TO TRUMPET THAT. EXECUTE ON THAT THIS ROAR AND BEYOND, IS ONE HUGE WAY THAT WE
CAN CONTINUE THIS TREND. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> MR. WINDSOR I THINK -- CAN YOU JUST HELP ME I CAN KNOW THIS. OUR FUTURE EDUCATOR PROGRAM AS LEGACY, IS IT -- IS IT DIFFERENT
THAN THE ALTERNATIVE LICENSURE PROGRAM? SO OKAY, WE HAVE -- DOES THAT -- IS THAT A PROGRAM WE SEE A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE EXITING THEIR FIELD AND COMING IN TO GET THAT LICENSE TO GO INTO THE TEACHING FIELD? >> SO FOR OUR ALTERNATIVE
LICENSURE PROGRAM WE ARE SEEING THAT PIECE, THE FEW EVENING INDICATOR COMPONENT OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NOT ONLY A LEGACY WE HAVE IT AT A CUP OF OTHER SITES THROUGH HIGH SCHOOLS AND PATHWAYS TOO. BUT THEY REALLY ARE BOTH DIFFERENT KIND OF PATHWAYS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT I THINK FOLKS INTO THE TEACHING PRO
FICTION. MR. REYNOLDS AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH ALTERNATIVE LICENSURE PROGRAM AND A TEAM THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THAT AS WELL. AND BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE FROM THAT PATHWAY HOW DO WE ALSO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IS SUCCESSFUL FOR THOSE POTENTIALLY CHANGE THINK MAJORS TO ALSO MAKE
SURE THERE IS AN ACCESSIBILITY AND ARTICULATED AGREEMENTS WITH OUR EDUCATION PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. >> I THINK I REMEMBERED THAT WE WERE ON THIS BOARD WHEN WE WERE GETTING APPROVED THROUGH CDE TO HAVE HAVE THAT PROGRAM. OKAY, THIS IS JUST -- IS IT FREE?
I CAN'T REMEMBER. IT IS FREE, RIGHT? I KNOW GOING BACK TO SCHOOL CAN BE EVEN JUST TO GET YOUR ALTERNATIVE LICENSURE. AND I KNOW ONE OF THE POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND I HAVE WORKED WITH BRIAN ON
A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND AS BEING AN EMPLOYEE, A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR HR DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP. TEACHERS ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GET THINGS DONE FOR THEM. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS
CARE ABOUT OUR TEACHERS. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESIDENT PRESENTATIONF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR YOU, THERE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
POINT I FELT BROUGHT UP EARLIER BY DIRECTOR GEIGER IN OUR CMAS PRESENTATION ABOUT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND I WAS CURIOUS, WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE OR THE PROPORTION LOOKS LIKE CURRENTLY?
>> IN TERMS OF -- >> LIKE FIVE YEARS AND UNDER. WHAT PROPORTION OF OUR -- >> I WISH I BROUGHT MY -- I HAVE A HEAT MAP I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. LAST YEAR I KNOW WE SAID 12%, OF OUR RUNED START RUNED STA.
>> OKAY. THAT'S QUITE DIFFERENT THAN I BACK IN 2023. WHERE WE SAW AROUND 50 PEARLS OF STAFF. FOR FIVE YEARS. OR LESS IN THE DISTRICT. >> FIVE YEARS OR LESS. >> THE DISTRICT I THOUGHT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT I HAD TO GO BACK, I HAVE A HEAT MAP I CAN GIVE THAT YOU INFORMATION AT A
LATER DATE. >> OKAY. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT LOOKS BETTER NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED IN THAT CATEGORY. AND THEN FOR THE -- ALSO WITH THE YEARS OF SERVE US, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT WOULD
THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ILL AM CURIOUS IF THERE ARE TRENDS WHEN WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT FOR OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S RETIREMENT I CAN MAKE PROBABLY A SAFE ASSUMPTION OF THE YEARS OF SERVICE BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THERE ARE TRENDS BASED OFF OF YEARS OF
SERVICE AND THE REASONS THEY ARE LEAVING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MIGHT INFORM RETENTION STRATEGIES WHICH LEADS TO IN THE PAST I KNOW WE HAVE HAD A SLIDE ABOUT CURRENT RECESSION STRATEGIES AND ONE BROUGHT UP BY DIRECTOR GEIGER TONIGHT ABOUT THE FREE LUNCHES.
FROM THE STRATEGIES WE HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY WHICH ONES ARE STILL IN EFFECT? I GUESS OR DO WE HAVE NEW RETENTION STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING? >> YEAH, FREE LUNCHES IS ONE, OVER THE YEARS WE USED RERECESSION RETENTION
TYPE ENDS WHAT AM I MISS SOMETHING BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. THE 20% DISCOUNT FOR ANY EMPLOYEE. THERE IS ANOTHER -- A NUMBER OF OTHER PERKS AND THINGS THAT EMPLOYEES GET. MATT DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >> ONE THAT'S VERY INTERESTING
THAT SEEMS TO RESONATE IS PAYING FOR PEOPLE'S LICENSES. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE EXPLORED LAST YEAR. STARTING AT ALTERNATIVE LICENSURE PROGRAM BUT EXPANDED THAT TO PLAY FOR THE LICENSES FOR ALL THE STAFF THAT ARE LICENSED STAFF.
>> TUITION REIMBURSEMENT. SO -- >> THAT RUNS OUT QUICKLY. WE HEAR ABOUT THAT EVERY YEAR. >> YEAH. >> I WAS ALL WONDER BIG PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? IF WE HAVE DABBLED IN THAT, PROVIDING FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARN AREAS OF
GROWTH? OR IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. >> PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THERE IS A LOT THAT WE PROVIDE AS PART OF OUR STAFF. AND I WORK WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES INCLUDING DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSISTANTS SUPERINTENDENT ON
PROVIDING FOR THE STAFF. ANYTHING WE PROVIDE IS FREE OF CHARGE, GET THE ADDED BONE FUSS THEY CAN GET THEM STAYED APPROVED TO GET THE LICENSES AND THE CREDITS AS WELL. >> OKAY. AND THEN I NOTICED ON ONE OF THE
SLIDES THAT WE HAVE, IS IT LOOKS LIKE LESS STUDENT TEACH THESE YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. >> IT'S ABOUT THE SAME. YEAH. YOU ARE THINKING IN TERMS OF THE IN THE FALL OF 2025. >> I MIGHT BE CONFUSING THE
FIRST TWO STUDENT TEACHER SLIDES. SO ONE FOR FALL SAYS 18,. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> OKAY, SO THAT'S TOTAL FOR THE WHOLE YEAR AND SO WE WOULD EXPECT, GOT IT. THANK YOU. THAT HELPS . >> YES.
>> AND THEN RESIDENCE IS A DATA. I WAS CURIOUS, OUR NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. >> 71% TOTAL EMPLOYEE I RESIDENCY NUMBER FOR YOU, I DON'T HAVE TEACHERS. >> ABOUT THE SAME STILL. OKAY.
I KNOW WE HAD THAT MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT STAT. THAT STAYED THE SAME. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THEN FOR MY LAST QUESTION, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH HIRES RIGHT NOW ARE EAs.
IS THERE ANY EFFORTS LIKE KIND OF LIKE LIKE HOW YOU DID IT WITH BUS DRIVERS, CONCENTRATED EFFORTS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY AND BRING IN E AHEAD OFs WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO RECRUIT EAs, OUT THAT MAYBE 127
VACANCIES, 50 OF THOSE ARE EAs. SO WE WOULD GO TO -- WE GO TO JOB FARES. THESE OF AT DOUGLAS WORKS WE MOST IN THE CONTRADICT. SCHOOL LEADERS, PRINCIPALS ARE ADVERTISING VACANCIES IN THEIR OWN NEWS LETTERS, WE DO OUR BEST TO GET THE WORK OUT.
JUST HAPPENS TO BE A POSITION ACROSS COLORADO THAT'S HARD TO FILL WE SEE A GOOD AMOUNT OF TURNOVER. >> I KNOW IT'S COMMON FOR EVEN MOMS TO FILL THOSE REELS AT OUR SCHOOLS AND I WAS ALSO THINKING
ARE WE TRYING TO RECRUIT RECENT GRADUATES AS WELL AS LIKE A FIRST JOB OPPORTUNITY, I COULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD BE AMAZING IN THAT TYPE OF ROLE. >> ABSOLUTELY FROM AN HR PERSPECTIVE, MAYBE YOU HAVE
10EAs APPLY FOR ONE SCHOOL, MAYBE ONE GETS THE JOB. WE ARE TALKING TO THOSE OTHER NINE AND GOING, HEY, LIKE DO YOU WANT TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT A POSITION IN ANOTHER SCHOOL BEING MAYBE IT'S NOT IN PARK, OR CASTLE ROCK BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE HAVING THE COMMUNICATION WITH APPLICANT TODAY CONVINCE THEM THAT THERE
IS MORE THAN JUST ONE SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> OKAY. AND MY FINAL QUESTION ON THAT ONE, IS HOW IS OUR EVENING A PAY COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS? >> I HAVE OUR NUMBERS, OUR RANGES, I COULD GET YOU SORT OF
A MARKET ANALYSIS FOR EAs. IF THAT WOULD HELP YOU OUT. >> I DIDN'T ACTUALLY EXPECT TO YOU TO KNOW THAT OFF OF TOP OF YOUR HEAD I AM CURIOUS IN NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ARE HAVING MORE SUCCESS AND WHAT THEIR PAY MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF THEY ARE. I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THE CDE,
YOU KNOW, TURN OVER EIGHT DATA THAT'S OUR BEST METHOD TO COMPARE ER AS ACROSS DENVER METRO. AT 21.5. WE ARE THE LOWEST THIS YEAR AT LEAST IN TERMS OF TURNOVER. SO IF IT IS MONEY, THERE IS
OBVIOUSLY OTHER REASONS WHY THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, LEAVING THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. >> IF I COULD ADD A LITTLE. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ACTIVE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM. LEADERSHIP TEAM IN OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS ARE DOING A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB I THINK REACHING OUT LIKE YOU SUGGESTED IN TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WORD OF MOUNT PIECE, TOO. IN TERM OF KNOWING FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR
JOBS, ET CETERA. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS YEAR, OUR EA VACANCY NUMBERS ARE LESS THAN WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. WE HAVE A SYSTEM OF SUPPORT IN PLACE WHERE WE DO HAVE VACANCIES.
SO WE WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS DIRECTLY IN REGARDS TO WHAT THEIR VACANCIES ARE, AND HOW WE CAN PROVIDE SOME TEMPORARY SUPPORT UNTIL WE CAN HOPEFULLY FILL THOSE POSITIONS. IN SOME REALLY SPECIALIZED
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ALSO REQUIRES US TO CONSIDER CONTRACTING EA SERVICES AND SUPPORT. WE SO WE HAVE A HOST OF DIFFERET OPTIONS WE LOOK AT THROUGH THAT LENS. >> YEAH. IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT POSITION AND THE ER ADS THAT WE HAVE ARE ROCK STARS. I KNOW SPEAKING FROM MY OWN
KIDS' SCHOOLS, LIKE IT'S AMAZING, THEY ARE MAKES PEOPLE THAT COME AND FILL THOSE ROLES AND SO, YEAH, IT'S AN IMPORTANT POSITION. THANK YOU. >> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW THIS OFF YOUR HEAD. IF PARAPROFESSIONALS AND EVEN
As IS A POSITION THAT IS RESPONSIVE PRIMARY TO SALARY OR IF IT'S A CONDITIONS ISSUE. IT'S A HARD JOB. AND I THINK WE SEE THAT A CROSS DISTRICT, BUT IF WE COULD KNOW THAT A COMPANY MORE DOLLARS PER HOW ARE HERE OR THERE, MAKES A SMALL DIFFERENCE A BIG
DIFFERENCE. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE FOR HR TO CONTINUE TO RESEARCH AND LET US KNOW. >> WE ARE HOPING TO STUDY THAT EXACT ISSUE. AS THE YEARS GO BY. BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT IS AN AREA CLASSIFY IN PARTICULAR E.R.A. IF WE WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT MAKES THEM STAY, WHAT MAKES THEM GO. AND HOPEFULLY AS THE YEARS GO ON
WE CAN IMPROVE TURN OVER AND HERRING. >> GREAT. AND THEN I JUST THINK THERE WAS THE MONITORING REPORT ATTACHED TO IT AS WELL I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANYTHING THAT THE DISTRICT HAS OR ANY QUESTIONS
FROM DIRECTORS. >> YES, STAFF IS DEFINITELY OPEN TO ADDRESSING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO THE MONITORING REPORT SO MR. REYNOLDS HAS JOINED YOU MR. CONDON AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
ANSWER THOSE. >> I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS CONVERSATION WOULD BE NICE TO DO WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT. >> SO I I AM HAPPY TO -- WE CA-
CAN WE JUST PUT -- >> WE CAN DO THAT. >> THE OCTOBER MEETING. >> YES, WE CAN WAIT UNTIL SUPERINTENDENT KANE SHE WOULD PROBABLY VERY MUCH LIKE TO BE HERE. >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> TO WALK THROUGH IT. I WILL TELL YOU SHE PROBABLY JUST BASED ON THE LAST TWO PRESENTATIONS HER NOT BEING HERE
TO REALLY BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE CELEBRATION WITHIN IN OUR DATA SAY DIFFICULT THING FOR HER NOT TO BE HERE FOR. BUT IN TERMS IT WAS MONITORING REPORT I'LL TALK WITH HER ABOUT THAT. >> I'LL NOT DOWN TO MOVE IT FOR OCTOBER. THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. I THINK WE ARE GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TOED AND MOVE INTO RECESS. WHERE WE WILL COME BACK AT STEPH
25:00. . >> ALL RIGHT, THE MEETING OF THE BOARD IS BACK IN SESSION. WHERE WE WILL MOVE ONTO ITEM 9.3. STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE
DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENTATION POLICY FOR RESPONSIBLE USE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES TO A 10-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND THEN A 10-MINUTE DISCUSSION. >> GOOD EVENING.
DIRECTORS THANKS FOR HAVING US I AM JOINED TONIGHT IN THIS PRETAKE BY DR. KELLY SMITH WHO YOU KNOW. WHO IS NOT ONLY AN AWESOME PROFESSIONAL BUT HAS EXPERTISE ON WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY SO SHE HAS A FEW SHADES TO
TAKE YOU THROUGH, HE'S GREATER TIME SHE DOES IT, SO IF I CAN GRAB THE CLICKER. THIS IS OUR FIRST CONVERSATION
NERVE OF IT THE ROBUST STRATEGIC PLAN THE GOAL. STRATEGIC PLAN IS NOT CREATE A THOUSAND MORE BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT ARE NEW TO THE SYSTEM BUT BUILD ON THE REALLY GREAT WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ACROSS THE SYSTEM FOR YEARS. AND SO ALONG THOSE LINES, WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST AS A SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICES FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS BEEN HAD AT THE BUILDING LEVEL. ON A DAY-TO-DAY, HOUR TO HOUR BASIS. WITH OUR KIDS.
BUT FROM A DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, WE REALLY STARTED TO DIG INTO THIS LAST YEAR. AND, AGAIN, WE ARE JUST BUILDING ON THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE. OUR PHONES ARE INCREDIBLE.
AND AT NO TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY HAVE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND ABILITY TO EASILY COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS REALLY AROUND THE WORLD THAN WE DO NOW. AT NO TIME HAS INFORMATION BEEN SO DEMOCRATIZED AND SO ACCESSIBLE AS WE HAVE NOW.
IT'S AN ASTONISHING, ASTONISHING TECHNOLOGY, OUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW THAT. JUST AS TRUE AS WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS CAN MASTER THE DEVICE. HOW TO USE IT, WHEN NOT TO USE IT. WHEN TO USE IT. REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE GROWTH AND LEARNING.
WE ARE SHOWING AND DR. SMITH WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH IT, IS THAT SHE SOME KIDS AND REALLYE ADULTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOW TO USE IT AND THE IMPACTS OF EXCESSIVE USE. AND, AGAIN, AS PART OF THE
STRATEGIC PLAN THIS HAS TO BE A TK-12 CONVERSATION. WE SEE MORE PHONES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL. LIKEWISE, THIS HAS TO BE A SCHOOL AND HOME CONVERSATION.
BOTH SUBSTANTIVELY AND IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, IN TERMS OF BUILDING THOSE ARRIVING COMMUNITIES AND THRIVING SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE WAYS YOU DO THAT AND THIS BOARD AND THE DISTRICT HAS SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS LAKE THIS
ONE, WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT INVOLVE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF NOT ONLY GROWING THOSE THRIVING COMMUNITIES BUT AT LEAST AS TO THIS ISSUE NEW PARTICULAR, HELPING TO GROW BUY IN AS WELL AND THAT'S A HUGE DEAL ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
MAKING SURE THAT OUR POLICIES OR PRACTICES ARE SUSTAINABLE. SO WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE LEANED INTO THIS. AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS -- HAS BEEN A BIG CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF THIS. PART OF THAT AS PART OF THE
STRATEGIC PLAN WAS C T.O. BLARE. AND I VISITED A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS LAST YEAR, BROUGHT PIZZA, FREE FOOD AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH A VARIETY OF HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF REGARDING DIGITAL
LITERACY. INCLUDING PHONES, AND INCLUDED A.I. GREAT CONVERSATIONS, REALLY THAT YOU OF THE PER PER BEING SPECULATIVE WITH THE STAFF AND WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE IT WAS AWESOME. FOCUS GROUPS DURING OUR D IT. T DAYS THAT TALKED ABOUT AMONG
OTHER THINGS THE IMPACT OF ASSOCIATES MEDIA AND CELLPHONE AS IS WELL AS A.I. WE HAVE A DIGITAL LITERACY WEB PAGE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO GROW. THAT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES, FOR STAFF WHO NEED IT.
AGAIN K-12 CONVERSATION AND HOME AND SCHOOL CONVERSATION. THE STATE OF COLORADO HAS ALSO KIND OF LEANED IN. IN MAY THEY PASSED A BILL THAT THAT REQUIRE ALL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO POST EYE COMMUNICATION DEVICE POLICY BY JULY 1 OF 2206, NO REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE A RESTRICTION. JUST THAT WE HAVE A FORMAL POLICY THAT ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE. AND WE HAVE USED AND SHOULD USE
COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN THIS CONVERSATION, AT THIS LEVEL. BECAUSE IT'S TRULY THE TERM OF ART PER THE LAW. AND THE LAW DEFINES COMMUNICATION DEVICES PRIMARILY. AND BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T COME UP
WITH PRIMARILY DESIGNED IT'S A LITTLE WONKY THE WAY THAT'S PHRASED. THAT'S OUT OF STATUTE I JUST STUCK WITH THAT. CAN'T REALLY GO WRONG WITH THAT. PRIMARILY DEFINED AS CELLPHONES AND SMART WATCHES THAT ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING AND RECEIVING PHONE CALLINGS, SENDING AND RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES, ACCESSING THE INTERNET.
LAPTOPS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION INSOFAR AS THEY ARE USED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. SO SEPARATE AND APART FROM WHAT WE WERE -- WHERE WE WERE HEADED I SHOULD SAY AS A DISTRICT, THE STATE, AGAIN, STEPPED IN.
THE STATE IS NOT ALONE, WE'VE GOT 34 STATES THAT HAVE ADOPTED STATEWIDE DEVICE USE APPROACHES, BY THE WAY I PLUGGED IN THE DATA. INTO GEMINI AND GEMINI SPIT THIS OUT. IT TOOK ALL OF ABOUT TWO MINUTES THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME LESS I
45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO GET IT RIGHT. THAT'S BESIDES GETTING THE COLORS WHERE THEY ARE. SO COLORADO SORT OF LIVES IN THAT REQUIRED POLL AND ADOPTION. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STATES WHO HAVE TAKEN A HARDER APPROACH. MORE DIRECT APPROACH. FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION.
THREE ENCOURAGE LIMITING, ONE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER. SO COLORADO, AGAIN, IS SORT OF IN THAT FOR, HEY, WE JUST NEED A POLICY. OKAY? SO AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE ASKED A QUESTION, ONE QUESTION AS TO COMMUNICATION
DEVICES, CELL CELLPHONE BANS, IT WAS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, IN TERMS OF THE ANSWERS WE WERE LOOKING FOR. WE JUST WANTED TO GAUGE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY WAS IN TERM OF THIS CONVERSATION. WE HAVE FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC WHAT THAT QUESTION LOOKED
LIKE AND WE HAD THE ANSWERS WERE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAD A FIELD. SO IF FOLKS COULD -- OR PARTICIPANTS COULD GIVE THEIR SENSE OF ELEMENT TRY SCHOOL CELL FEN BANS, ONE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL. WE GOT A PRETTY INTERESTING DATA
SET. JUST WANTED TO GAUGE WHERE FOLKS WERE AT. BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE CONTINUE TO HAVE. A BIG CONVERSATION THAT CONTINUEED TO TRILL DOWN ON POTENTIAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES. WHAT WERE THOSE RESULTS. OPEN ENDED.
FOR A COMPLETE BAN BY STAKEHOLDER AT SCHOOL LEVEL. PARENTS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PARENT RESPONDED SUPPORTED A TOTAL SCHOOL BAN BY ABOUT 50%. STAFF BY ABOUT 45. AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS
THERE. NOTABLY AND OBVIOUSLY AS THE KIDS GET COLDER. THE SUPPORT FOR TOTAL BAN GOES DOWN, WE IMAGINE WHY. A THE LONG THE LINES WE HAD -- BY THE WAY WE HAD 3200 RESPONDENTS TO THIS QUESTION.
TO THE EXTEND THAT FOLKS DID NOT SUPPORT A TOTAL BAN THESE WERE THE MOST COMMON ANSWERS, ACCESS DURING LUNCHTIME. PASSING PERIODS, EMERGENCIES, THE EMERGENCE, THE SAFETY OF THE EMERGENCY CONVERSATION IS TO SAY THE LEAST A LAYERED ONE.
THAT ARE WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING WITH OUR FAMILIES AND STEPH. FOLKS SAID THEY HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO USE IT, MASTER IT, LET'S TEACH THEM THOUSAND DO IT AT SCHOOL. AND THEN PROBLEM IDENTICALLY,
KIDS USE IT AT SCHOOL FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES. SO A TOTAL BAN DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN THAT CONTEXT EITHER. THE SURVEY COMMENTS I READ THROUGH A TON OF THESE. SO WHAT I DID WAS I PROVIDED SOME OF THE DIRECT QUESTIONS. AND JUST CHARACTERIZED THEM WITH
THE DID HE SCRIPT TOUR TO THE LEFT OF THEM. IS OF IT IS A A BIG ISSUE, LOGISTICS. SO IF I WANT TO REACH OUT TO MY KIDS TO MAKE DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR PICK UP, THEY SHOULD HAVE A PHONE. OR HAVE IT AVAILABLE. SOME PARENTS WANT A FULL BAN.
LIKE THE COMMENTS SAID FULL BAN, NO EXCEPTIONS AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THOSE. THERE IS A CULTURAL HURDLE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES, A LOT OF KIDS BEING A LOT OF SCHOOLS, TEACHERS REQUIRE THE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO USE YOUR PHONES OR
LAPTOP. MEDICAL EXCEPTIONS, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG ONE, TOO, WHERE YOU HAVE A KID WHO IS TRACKING HIS OR HER DIABETES THROUGH A PHONE APP, WE PROBABLY DON'T
WANT TO LIMIT THEM. WE GET THE ZEITGEIST OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT, CELLPHONES WHERE THEY LANDED. AND SO WE JUST ASKED, BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE AGE FOR KIDS TO HAVE A PHONE.
A SMARTPHONE IN PARTICULAR. YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS THERE. OF OUT OF THOSE -- OUT OF THAT SURVEY, WE GOT COMMENTS, SAME THING, GAVE THE VERBATIM COMMENT AND CHARACTERIZED IT TO THE LEFT OF IT.
YOU'VE GOT KIDS WHO ARE -- SORRY, YOU HAVE STAFF WHO IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS ARE ENFORCING A PHONE BAN, WHO ARE BANNING DEVICES. BUT THEN THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR MAY NOT BE. THAT INCONSISTENCY CREATES AN ISSUE OBVIOUSLY.
SO, AGAIN, THAT CONSISTENCY NOT ONLY AT SCHOOL BUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. BUT THIS PARTICULAR TEACHER IN THAT SECOND COMMENT NOTICED, BOY, IN HER CLASS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CONSIST MAYBE IN OTHER CLASSES SHE STARTED TO SEE KIDS CONNECT MORE, JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE KIDS NOT TAKING OUT THEIR
PHONES AS READILY. FOMO IS A BIG DEAL. SO WHAT DO YOU DO IN SOCIAL ASSOCIATE MEDIA IS IN THE SAME BOAT. WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A KID WHOSE PARENTS SAY YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PHONE UNTIL "X" GRADE BUT EVERYBODY IN THEIR GRADE OTHERWISE OR THE MAJORITY OF THE KIDS OTHERWISE HAVE A
PHONE, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE. KIDS HAVE A SENSE THAT THEY ARE JUST TOO ADDICTED TO THEIR PHONES. GREAT COMMENTS FROM OUR
PROFESSIONALS, WITH THAT I HAND IT OVER TO DR. SMITH. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SO I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I LOVE. NEUROSCIENCE, WHO IS IN NEUROSCIENCE? YEAH.
SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DIGITAL LANDSCAPE WITH KIDS AND I WANT TO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IN THE PREMISE OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN, SO WE KNOW THAT CELLPHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA WERE DESIGNED FOR ADULT BRAINS NOT DEVELOPING BRAINS. I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT IN YOUR MINDSET AS I GO THROUGH SOME
SLIDES. WE KNOW THAT OUR STATISTICS SAY THAT TEENS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 7-PLUS HOURS DAILY ON SCREENS AND THAT IS EXCLUDING SCHOOLWORK. 971ST OF TEENS HAVE ACCESS ON A SUPPORT FINE AND 45% SAY IT THEY ARE ON IT ALMOST CONSTANTLY.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GRAPH THAT'S OUT OF JONATHAN HEIGHTS BOOK AROUND THE CRITICAL POINT OF THE TIME KIDS ARE ON SCREENS OR ON DEVICES IS THAT 2-HOUR SPOT.
OVER TWO HOURS WE SEE DECREASES IN SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL WELLNESS IN RELATED SYMPTOMS AROUND SUICIDE RISK AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS. AND BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING WHEN THEY ARE ON THEIR PHONE. SO THESE ARE PASSIVE SCROLLING, LOOKING AT THINGS THAT MIGHT T
INAPPROPRIATE. BUT THINGS THAT CAUSE THEIR SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL WELL BEING TO DID HE PEER YOUR EIGHT BASED THESE TWO HOURS OR MORE ON SCREENS BASED ON WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT.
A LOT OF RESEARCH ABOUT TWO HOURS A DAY LEADING DIRECTLY TO LOWER LEVELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE KIDS DOING TO DEVELOP THOSE FACT WAYS IN THEIR BRAINS. THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING IF THEY ARE ON PHONES. SO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE WERE
LITTLE AND WE WERE OUTSIDE PLAYING AND DEVELOPING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND EYE CONTACT AND BODY LANGUAGE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. THEY MAY BE MISSING THAT IF THEY ARE ON THEIR PHONES AND DOING SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S THIS PASSIVE SCROLLING ON PHONES. SO WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
IS THE PRESENTS OF THOSE PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT THEY LEARN THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAY WHEN THEY ARE GROWING UP. SO HERE IS ANOTHER CONVERSATION AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA AND MENTAL HEALTH. IT IS BEING LINKED TO HIGHER
RATES OF MENTAL DISTRESS, SELF HARM AND SUICIDE AMONG TEENAGERS. SO PROLONGED SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING LEVELS AND I THINK A LOT OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE. THE DOPAMINE HITS IN BRAINS, THEY ARE RAISING THE DOPE MANY LEVELS BECAUSE OF THE LIKES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY ARE BEING EXPOSED TO IN HIGHER
AND HIGHER RATES. IT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING KIDS' BRAINS TO LOOK LIKE PREADDICTED BRAINS. LIKE DRUGS. SO WHEN THEY ARE DOING MRIs OF KIDS' BRAINS OR ADOLESCENTS BRAINS THERE ARE LOOKING SIMILAR TO ADDICTED BRAINS.
BECAUSE IT'S THAT SAME PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY STAGGERING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE LITTLES, 50% OF KIDS MORE AND YOUNGER ARE ENGAGING WITH SMART PHONES REGULARLY AND THEN 8-12 RESPOND 4 TO 6 HOURS ON
PHONES OR WATCHING SCREENS AND WHAT WHAT WE ARE NOTICING IN OUR LITTLES, IS IT'S ACTUALLY CHANGING HOW THEIR BRAINS ARE BUILT. AND RESULTING IN THESE DELAYS OF LANGUAGE. THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING -- OR RATHER WHAT ARE THEY
NOT DOING WHEN WE ARE ON SCREENS THAT TYPICALLY DEVELOPING BRAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING AT THAT AGE BEFORE. NOW THE AMERICAN ACADEMY THE ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY IS SAYING NO SCREENS IT'S TWO IT'S THAT DEALT RAM THE TO ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG KIDS. THIS IS INTERESTING TO ME WHEN I READ THIS STUDY AND I HAD TO DIG INTO IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. NOT BEING A NEUROSCIENTIST. WHEN THE BRAIN, YOUNG BRAINS, DEVELOPING BRAINS ARE LOOKING AT SCREENS.
BRAINS, ENERGY IS TAKEN FROM SUGAR OR GLUCOSE AND WHEN SCREENS ARE ON A LOT, IT CHANGES THE WAY THAT THAT SUGAR IS METABOLIZED IN THE BRAINS AND IT SLOWS DOWN PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT. WHICH IS WHY YOU ARE SEEING IN SOME STUDIES THAT KIDS SOME HAVE
SMALLER FRONT OF THE LOBES WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ON SCREENS LONGER WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER. SO IT IS IN THE SCIENCE, IT DOES CHANGE NEUROPLASTICITY HOW KIDS GROW BRAINS AND IT'S SO IMPACTFUL BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR KIDS' BRAINS DON'T PAULIE
DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THEIR IN THEIR THIRD DECADE OF LIFE. THIS SHOWS THE LOWER LEVEL OF BRAIN MAT NEVER THESE MRI STUDIES AROUND THE AREAS OF THE
BRAIN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FRONT OF LOBE DOING THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND THE PLANNING THE THINKING ABOUT TASKS THAT PROBLEM SOLVING IF THEY ARE NOT GROWTH THE PATHWAYS AND GROWING THE BRAINS IT TAKES LONGER FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL. THAT'S ABOUT THE BRAIN. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. AND, AGAIN, THERE IS A BIG FAT TENTATIVE RIGHT UP THERE. BECAUSE THIS IS A CONVERSATION CERTAINLY BETWEEN SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND THE BOARD. IN TERMS OF POLICY ADOPTION OR
POLICY REVIEW AND ADOPTION. THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT DYNAMIC THAT WE ARE GOING TO GAUGE AS WE GO ALONG HERE, IS WHAT DO OUR STAPH AND LEADERS NEED. SO TO THE EXTEND THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS A POLICY MIDYEAR, GIVE OR
TAKE LET'S SAY NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME LEADERS AND WE HAVE ALREADY SURE SAID THEM ON THIS. WHO WANT TO ADOPT LIKE THE NEXT DAY. THE LEADERS ARE GOING TO WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST 1. JUST DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE AT.
AS A SYSTEM OR A SCHOOL. SO BY OCTOBER 10th. WE WANT A LOT OF STAFF INPUT AND THE WAY WE GET AT THAT IS REALLY TWOFOLD. ONE IS PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS FOUR OUR LEADER TOES TO TALK WITH OUR STAFF. AND WE'LL SURVEY THE STAFF AS
WELL. SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID WITH OUR LEADERS, AGAIN, IN TERMS OF BUY IN, SUSTAINABILITY, IF YOUR LEADERS AND YOUR STAFF ARE ONBOARD, THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE GAME RIGHT THERE. SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE FOSTERING OR HELPING TO FOSTER A REALLY ROBUST
CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR LEADERS AND STAFF, TO INCLUDE GETTING OUR INPUT FROM STAFF AFTER THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BY DECEMBER 2nd, WE ALSO ARE GOING TO TALK WITH OUR FAMILIES. BOTH THROUGH SURVEY, AND THROUGH
HOLDING VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH OUR FAMILIES. AND ALSO IN-PERSON MEETINGS, AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT TIMING AS WELL. SO THEN THAT GETS US TO GIVE OR TAKE NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY IN TERMS OF A POLICY REVIEW BY THE BOARD. AND THEN PREPARING AND
IMPLEMENTING. THERE IS A LOT TO ALL OF THESE BUT PROBABLY THIS IS GOING TO BE THE -- THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST THING, JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS READY, HAS WHAT ANY NEED, HAS SOCIALIZED THE NEW POLICY AND PRACTICE. WILL THEIR FAMILIES.
WITH THAT, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? >> WOW. THANK YOU FIRST AND FORE FOR. I THINK IT'S A HARDTOP I CAN BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE IS JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS. EVEN AT MY DINNER TABLE I HAVE TWO BOYS THAT ARE BOTH IN HIGH
SCHOOL NOW AND ONE IS VERY MUCH OF THE OPINION WE DON'T NEED PHONES AT SCHOOL. THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO HAVE THEM. IF YOU NEED TO GET AHOLD OF ME YOU CAN CALL THE FRONT OFFICE AND THEY CAN WALK DOWN AND GET ME AND THEN I HAVE MY OTHER SON WHO IS LIKE I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AWAY. I FIND IT QUITE FASCINATING, BUT
I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING FOR THE A POLICY. -THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKES. I KNOW JUST TALKING TO PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT, WHEN I HAVE DONE MY SCHOOL VISIT. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT VIEWS AND SOME THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION, I HAVE BEEN TO
SOME SCHOOLS WHERE THEY ALREADY SAY WE ARE NOT DOING PHONES AT SCHOOL. AND THEY WERE ALLUDED PLOY THE PARENT. THANK YOU, DR. SMITH IT'S JUST REALLY QUITE FASCINATING.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU. >> SURE. DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> AGREED. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS STATE MANDATED, I THINK IT IS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE A POLICY THAT THE DISTRICT IS PUTTING IN TO THE -- HAVE CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK -- I MEAN, I'LL NOT BE
ON THE DAIS WHEN POLICY COMES FOREVERTH BUT I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR A BOARD MEMBER WHEN MAKING THE DECISION IS HEARING ABOUT DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAVE THIS POLICY IN PLACE.
IT SOUND LIKE A THE LOVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS NOT JUST BAN THEM ALL. A LOT PASSING PERIODS, THERE WERE OPTIONS WHERE THEY SAY PUT IT IN A BOX WHEN YOU DID HE HAD TO CLASS. THERE SO MANY WAYS TO GO WITH IT. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR
ACTUAL STORIES OF SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS THAT HAVE IT. AND WHAT'S WORKED AND WHAT HASN'T. DEFINITELY GETTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS GREAT AT, STAFF IS ALWAYS GREAT AT GETTING THAT. VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS STARTING TO GET SOME TRACTION.
I HAVE HAD A PARENT ALREADY REACH OUT ABOUT FRUSTRATION OF CELLPHONE DISTRACTIONS IN CLASS. SO I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. DO YOU THINK BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE GLEANED FROM THE SURVEY AND FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE TALKING TO PARENTS AND KIDS ABOUT THIS, THAT IF THE DISTRICT WERE TO IMPLEMENT SOME POLICY
THAT'S MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN CURRENT PRACTICE, THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD BE MORE ACCEPTING OF IT THAN THE PARENTS? OR DO YOU THINK IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND? >> SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND LET ME ANSWER THAT IN PART BY HIGHLIGHTING SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO DO.
AND I WAS REMISS IN NOT TALKING ABOUT IT. SO UNTIL STUDENT INPUT IS GOING TO BE FASCINATING. SO WE ARE ALREADY ON OUR SAGA AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER AND THEN GOING TO HIT -- TALK WITH THEM AGAIN IN OCTOBER AND PROBABLY NOVEMBER AS WELL.
REALLY TO GAUGE WHERE AT LEAST THAT SUBSET OF KIDS ARE. BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DO MARK AND I -- SORRY, C T.O. BLARE AND I ARE GOING TO GO A SPATTERING OF HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TALK WITH KIDS ABOUT EXACTLY
THAT. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO HAVE? IF I AM A BETTING MAN, I SUSPECT THAT THAT EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH GETS IT. IT'S A MATTER OF HOW -- SO HOW
RETRICK STRICK TIFF IS YOUR POLICY. HOW MUCH REASONABLE FLEXIBILITY IS EXISTS WITHIN THAT POLICY. AND I AM NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF MY -- FRONT OF MY SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD. BUT I AM GOING TO TAKE A GUESS.
AND SAY THAT THE WHERE IT COULD LAND. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THESE -- I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION AND THIS IS A COMPLETE BAN. LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY ARGUABLY PRETTY HIGH NUMBERS FOR
THAT CONTEXT. IF WE ARE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT, WHICH WE WILL BE, AND WE ADDRESS THESE AMONG A FEW OTHER CONCERNS, I THINK WE CAN ALL AS A COMMUNITY LAND IN A PRETTY GOOD SPOT. TO INCLUDE OUR KIDS. >> I WOULD AGREE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IN A PERFECT WORLD, THIS WOULD BE AN EASY THEY CAN ARE THING TO MAKE A DECISION ON. BECAUSE I DO -- I DO REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE SCIENCE SHOWS US THAT IN MANY WAYS, THE
DEVICES ARE NOT HELPFUL TO DEVELOPING KIDS. HOWEVER, IN THE REAL WORLD, THEY ARE -- THEY HAVE BECOME THE PRIMARY WAY OF COMMUNICATION. IN ALMOST HE HAVE FACET, WHICH IS SADLY WHY WE SEE KIDS IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THEM NOW AND TEAMS LIKE THAT. AND I THINK, AGAIN, AGREE WITH DIRECTOR WINEGAR, WE WON'T BE HERE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY, HOWEVER, MY EXPERIENCE WOULD TELL ME THAT THE LOGISTICS OF THIS DOES MATTER.
AND THOUGHTFULLY PROCESSING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY. I LOOK AT SAFETY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE, THE FIRST RESPONDER IN ME SAYS, IF AN EVENT HAPPENS INSIDE
OF A SCHOOL, AND NOW WE HAVE 500 KIDS CALLING 911 AT THE SAME TIME. >> RIGHT. >> IT COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN THE SYSTEM. IT'S A -- IT WORKS AGAINST WHAT PEOPLE INTEND, RIGHT? DOESN'T ACTUALLY HELP FOR THE MOST PART. IT ACTUALLY HURTS.
USUALLY. HOWEVER WHEN YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE AND NOW TIME TO REUNIFY AND KIDS NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT PARENTS AND PAPERS NEED TO KNOW HEY, MY SON OR DAUGHTER IS OKAY. AND ALLAY THEIR FEARS. TALK ABOUT WE DON'T -- WHERE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP AND WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE PICKED UP AND
THOSE KIND OF THINGS IT'S AN INVALUABLABLE TOOL TO HELP PARENTS WITH THAT TO TIKE TA* TICK AWAY ALTOGETHER. HOW WE IMPLEMENT IT IF WE GO DOWN FOR SOMETHING MORE RESTRICTIVE THAT HAVE ONE NOW BEING THOUGHTFUL HOW WE MAKE A WIN-WIN SO THAT THE DEVICES ARE
SOMEHOW AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO -- BE USEFUL IN AN EMERGENCY THE RIGHT WAY BUT NOT OVERWHELM. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. >> POINT WELL TAKEN. THIS IS AS COMPLICATED AS A
LODGE MISS JUSTICE TICK THAT WHOLE FOMO DEAL. SOY WHAT DO YOU DO AS A PARENT WITH YOUR SIXTH GRADER WHO SAID YOU ARE NOT HAVING A PHONE UNTIL NINTH GRADE. BUT, AGAIN, ALL OF THEIR OTHER
FRIENDS HAVE ONE. NOT FROM A DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, BUT GOING TO THE HOME CONVERSATION, IS THERE A ROOM FOR A CONVERSATION TO SAY LET'S ALL COMMIT THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF KIDS CAULDRON GOING TO HAVE A PHONE UNTIL LET'S SAY NINTH GRADE. >> WE NEED TO BRING BACKFLIP
PHONES. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHICH, BY THE WAY, WOULD BE -- ARE CONTEMPLATED WITHIN THE DID HE DEFINITION OF THE LEDGE SLAY LEGISLATION, BUT POINT WELL
TAKEN. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS DISTRICT IS WE WORK VERY HARD TO BE LEADERS. WE WORK REALLY HARD TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF ISSUES. I AM NOT SURE THIS IS THE ONE. OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE MOVED FASTER THAN US ON THIS.
>> YEAH. >> BOULDER VALLEY, COMPLETE BAN. ACROSS THE DISTRICT, ACROSS THE BOARD 100 PERCENT. LITTLETON, A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE. CHERRY CREEK IS SCHOOL BY SCHOOL. I THINK OTHER DISTRICTS ARE LEARNING THINGS.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. YOU TALK ABOUT TOURING SCHOOLS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT TO GO TO OVERLAND HIGH SCHOOL. WHICH HAS A SPECIFIC -- A SPECIAL POLICY. ABOUT HOW THEY USE IT, I WOULD URGE YOU TO GO TO A SCHOOL IN
LITTLETON OR BOLDER VALLEY IT'S INTERESTS SLUG TO GO TO BOULDER VALLEY FOR MANY REASONS PUTS I BEAUTIFUL. TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE
DOING, I AGREE. DIRECTOR WINEGAR MADE THE DECISION REAL WELL. I AM NOT SURE THAT A SCHOOL AS BIG AS I STATE THAT A POLICY ACROSS THE BOARD IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. I HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS WHEN WE
HAD THE BOMB AND A AT PONDEROSA. THERE ARE IN PARENTS PARENTD THEM THAT THEIR STUDENTS COULDN'T HAVE THEIR PHONES WHEN EVERYBODY EVACUATED THEY HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THEM AND I HAVE MIGHT HAD EAR BENT AND
HEARD THEM FROM PARENTS WHO KIDS WERE AT STEM THAT HORRIBLE DAY. THAT CELLPHONE THEY WERE CONVINCED HELP SAVE THEIR CHILD'S LIFE. I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THIS, I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS WE MATE EXPLORE THAT IS TO
SEA HOW SOME OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, PART OF REASON WE HAVE CHARTER SCHOOLS IS FOR THEM TO OTHER TRY ON THINGS AND TO DID DO BETTER CAULDRON THAT THE WHOLE POINT? TALKING TO SOME OF THE MULTI-CLASS CHARTER SCHOOL, STEM AND BEN FRANKLIN, SKY VIEW AND
HOW THEY ADDRESS IT AND THEIR PROBLEMS ARE, THERE ARE ALSO ROOM FOR THAT EXPERIMENTATION TO BE DONE THERE. I AM GOING TO BE ON THE BOARD WHEN THIS POLICY COMES UP AND I HAVE TO THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. I THINK A CELLPHONE AT CHERRY
VALLEY, OR LASHES MIGHT BE MORE NECESSARY THAN ONE AT HERITAGE. OR ONE AT ONE OFF OUR HIGHLANDS RANCH SCHOOLS. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE AND I AM -- I AM SO TORN BECAUSE ALL
OF THE EVIDENCE SAYS THAT THESE THINGS ARE DANGEROUS TO OUR KIDS. THEY ARE ALSO MASSIVE TOOLS FOR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. I SAW A NEED CHEERED GENERAL THE OTHER DAY HE'S MAY AGE SAY -- I THINK MOST OF MY EMOTIONAL
FEEDBACK FROM THIS DEVICE. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY SUBTLE AND VERY NUANCED. ILL THINK WE HAVE TO RESPECT TEACHERS. ONE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH A.I. THIS IS OUR PRIMARY INTERFACE
WITH A.I. IN MOST OF OUR KIDS' LIVES AND IF WE TAKE THAT AWAY IN HIGH SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO BE THE NEXT STEP. I DON'T THINK MOST COLLEGES ARE TAKING THEM AWAY. I THINK ABOUT THIS A LOT AND I
HAVE 0 SOLUTIONS. AND I WON'T CLAIM TO HAVE THEM WHEN I AM ON THE BOARD IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY OR MARCH. I AM GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU GUYS AS EXPERTS. I AM GOING TO THINK VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. BUT I DO -- WILL TELL YOU THAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE BROADEST POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE ABOUT HOW
THIS WORKS. AND I HOPE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNERS HAVE SOME IDEA, ONE OF THE REASON WE BROUGHT THEM IN IS THEIR NATIONAL EXPERTISE SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE OPINING ON AS WELL.
I THINK WE COULD DO THREE BOARD MEET ON THE GROUNDS THIS. AND A LUNCH AND LEARN AND A DAY-LONG SEMINAR. WE WON'T HAVE THAT CHOICE, BUT I AT LEAST FOR MAY POINT OF VIEW AND THE FACT THAT WE TRY TO KEEP FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS UP TO
SPEED ON ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE YOU COME ON HERE THINKING YOU KNOW A LOT AND SPEND ABOUT A MONTH HERE LEARNING HOW LITTLE YOU KNOW. I THINK I AM ON THE SLOWER END OF YOUR TIMELINE. I WILL BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU I UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT.
WE ARE UNDER A CERTAIN STATE, VAGUE STATE LEGISLATION, THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THE LEGISLATURES MORE WELL CRAFTED POLICIES. BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT SLOW BUT CAREFUL. >> POINTS REALLY WELL TAKEN
DIRECTOR GEIGER. AND I WILL SAY, JUST IN HAVING READ A TON ABOUT EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HAVING TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE DISTRICT. YOUR COMMENTS, DIRECTOR MOORE'S COMMENTS AND AIM SURE ADDRESS
WE'LL GET OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I HAVE TO SAY, I LOVE WHERE WE ARE AT BECAUSE OF THIS CONVERSATION. A THINK NOT COMMENT ON THE GROUND CREEK OR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT WHERE THIS CAN FALL APART
REALLY FAST IS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE EXECUTION, AND IN THAT SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER WITH THAT KID IN FRONT OF THEM IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER WHOSE HAIR IS ON FIRE OTHERWISE SAYING, THIS IS ONE MORE THING THAT I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SAY
IN I AM NOT DEALING WITH IT. I HAVE A HUNDRED OTHER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. THAT'S WHERE THIS BREAKS DOWN, YOU SEE THOSE, THE NEWS IS REPLETE WITH THE STORIES AND OTHER CITIES. SO FOR US, TO TAKE THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD, TO CON DECEMBER PLATE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ARE WORKING THROUGH.
I THINK IS VERY MUCH GOING TO INURE TO OUR BENEFIT. NOT ONLY ONCE THE POLICY IS ADOPTED. BUT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
[ INAUDIBLE ] >> FAIR. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> IF YOU DO A POLICY AND IT DOESN'T WORK -- >> APARTMENT. I DID NOT WANT THIS TO BE THE LAST POLICY ON CELLPHONES. I WANT IT TO BE THE FIRST ONE.
BECAUSE 10 YEARS FROM NOW FOR ALL I KNEE WE'LL HAVE IMPLANTABLE. >> NO. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING ON IT. IT WON'T BE ME. BUT OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO WEAR GLASSES THAT HAVE THEM. THEY'LL HAVE IMPLANTS THAT MAY
CONNECT TO THE INTERNET. THAT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD. I WANT IT TO BE OUR FIRST AND WELL CONSIDERED AND MODIFIABLE AT EVERY POSSIBLE NEW TIME. >> TODAY POINT SMART WATCHES ARE PART OF THAT DID HE HAVE NEXT, THAT WILL BE ANOTHER LAYER. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> IF THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> SURE. >> TO THE NOTE ON GLASSS THAT DOES EXIST NOW. >> IT DOES. AND SO I KNOW -- >> AND SO I KNOW -- I AM PUTTING OUT THERE WE ARE THINKING ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY WHEN WE ARE
VISITING THIS POLICY, BECAUSE THESE ARE TOOLS FOR ACCESSIBILITY FOR MANY STUDENTS INCLUDING GLASSES, EVEN WITH STUDENTS WHO MAY BE HARD OF HEARING, GLASSES OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT REAL FEEDBACK ON CAPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, OVERALL WHAT I HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING ABOUT THE VALUE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR A COMMUNITY, IS THAT THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS NOT JUST ABOUT THIS POLICY. THIS PRESIDENT TAKE IS ABOUT THE WELL BEING OF OUR STUDENTS. AND HOW WE ARE RESOURCE TO
FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE SAW ON THERE THAT THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT EXISTS ABOUT DIGITAL LITERACY, RIGHT? AND IF I CLICKED ON IT. >> Reporter: I COULD SEE THERE IS A PARENT SECTION THAT BRINGS ME TO LINKS TO LEARN ABOUT MY OWN DEVICES OR HOW I CAN PROTECT
MY KIDS ON DEVICES, I SEE THAT WE HAVE A PLACE HOLDER FOR FUTURE PARENT MEETINGS ON THE TOPIC. I AM NOT SURE IF THAT WAS IN RELATION TO THE SURVEYOR GETTING FEEDBACK OR RELATION TO EDUCATION OR MAYBE IT CAN BE BOTH.
>> IT WILL BE BOTH. A VARIATION OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE GIVEN TO EVERYONE, YEAH. >> AND TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, THIS IS MORE THAN JUST HEY, THIS IS A POLICY. AND WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HAVING IN THE COMMUNITY I CAN SEE THE DISTRICT DO PSAs ON THE TOPIC. DOING LEARNING SENSES, WE KNOW THAT SOCIAL MEDIA BEING IF, MEANS WE HARRELL PROBLEMS ARE 24/7 DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT
DON'T HAVE THROUGH THE SCHOOL DAY. WHEN WE ARE MEET WITH THIS PARENTS ARE WE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE RESOURCES TO CHECK THE HAVEN'T'S DEVICES NOT TELLING A PARENT HOW TO MANAGE THE STUDENT BUT GIVING THEM THE TOOL NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES. I SEE A LOT OF SOLUTIONS THAT
CAN COME FROM THIS TYPE OF THINKING SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHEN I FIRST LIKED AT THE PRESENTATION CAME IN WITH AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE WERE LEANING TOWARDS A FULL BAN BUT THEN AFTER LISTENING TO YOU TODAY I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I WAS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT ENGAGE.
WOULD LOOK LIKE AND FEEDBACK PROCESS, I AM LIKE LET'S HEAR FROM EVERYBODY, THE GRAPHS -- IF THAT'S THE CASE, THE GRAPHS AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH.
IT WOULD BE MIGHT WHEN WE HEAR THE POLICY, THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS PRESENT THE POLICY, I AM SURE WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING DECISIONS BASED OFF OF CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE DISTRICT. AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE FIGURED OUT. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR FROM THOSE PRINCIPLES ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEIR SCHOOL
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING POLICIES IN THAT WAY JUST TO HEAR THAT IN REAL TIME FROM MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, I GUESS MAYBE ELEMENTARY SINCE WE ARE SAYING IT'S AN EARLIER PROBLEM NOW TOO. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT
I HAD, WAS REALLY ABOUT THE DATA AND THE SOURCE OF THE DATA FOR THE QUESTIONS SO THE QUESTION ON THE BAN, THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, WHAT SPECIFIC SURVEY DID THIS COME FROM? >> THIS CAME FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAY SURVEY. THERE WAS ONE QUESTION, QUESTION
12 THAT WAS OPEN-ENDED AND SO AS THOSE QUESTIONS CAME IN, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PARTNERS LOOK AHEAD ARED AT IT. EYEBALLED IT. A.I.'D IT AND SO DID I, YEAH. >> OKAY. DO WE HAVE THIS RAW DATA THEN?
>> WE DO. WE DO. >> I KNOW THAT I HAVE ASKED FOR THE RAW DATA FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN SURVEY I WILL MAKE THE REQUEST AGAIN TO GET THE RAW DATA. AND THEN, YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORKS YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND HOW THOUGHTFUL YOU ARE BECOME IN
THIS PROCESS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU BEING EVERYBODY. >> THAT HE WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, DR. SMITH. >> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO SAID AND MOVE INTO THE POLICY GOVERNANCE SECTIONS. OF THE AGENDA. WHERE OUR FIRST TOPIC WILL BE
THE APPROVAL OF STUDENT SURVEY PARTICIPATION, OPT IN AND OPT OUT AND USE. FOR A 5-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND THEN A 15-MINUTE DISCUSSION.
>> THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING I AM GOING TO PRESENTS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE SURVEYS THAT WE HAD AND THE CONTEXT ARMED THE SURVEYS. THE FIRST ONE IS HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY, THIS IS A SURVEY THAT IS A DESCRIPTION
FROM THEIR WEBSITE IS THE STATE APT MOST COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY FOR HEALTH AND WELL BEING, THAT IS OFFERED STATEWIDE. IT'S VOLUNTARY, ANONYMOUS AND ONLINE, THE CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT ON THAT ONE. IT'S ADMINISTERED AT SCHOOL, VIA A SECURE LINK, SO WHEN IT COMES
TIME FOR ADMINISTRATION, WE WORK WITH THE STATE AND THEY GIVE US SPECIFIC PARAMETERS OR HOW THIS SURVEY IS ADMINISTERED COMMUNICATION TOOLS, STRATEGIES FOR OUTREACH. WE HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATION WITH HIM REGARDING THE INSTRUMENT ITSELF. REGARDING THE QUESTIONS AND THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT VERSUS OF THIS SUFFER SAY WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT. THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS. FOR THIS SURVEY. AND IT'S REALLY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HEALTH-RELATED ATTITUDES
AND BEHAVIORS, THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS, IT'S ADMINISTERED EVERY TWO YEARS AND IT'S GENERALLY IN THE FALL OF ODD YEARS THINK SO 2025 IS THE YEAR. IT'S USUALLY DONE LATE FALL, EARLY WINTER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, IS THE TIME FRAME THAT WE TYPICALLY ADMINISTER IT.
OUR REGION, BECAUSE OF ON DISTRICT IS SO LARGE. OUR DATA IS CAPTURED AS REGION THREE. AND SO THAT DATA THAT'S PRODUCED FROM THIS SAWYER SAY SURVE ONLINE THROUGH STATISTIC REPORTS OR INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD WHICH IS LINKED THIS.
JUST TO GIVE SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL VERSION, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY, ALMOST 7900 RESPONSES TO LAST TIME WE ADMINISTERED IN 2023. THE TIME BEFORE THAT HAD ABOUT 4900 RESPONSES. IF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THAT PARTICULAR SURVEY, I HAVE LEAPINGED THE REPORT FROM 2021, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY SET UP, ORGANIZE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR ANALYSIS. THE SURE SAY RESULTS THAT COME FROM THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO, WE GET THE BENEFIT OF GETTING
THE REPORTS FROM THEM. BASED ON THEIR ANALYSIS. SO WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT THE RAW DATA. THEY GIVE US THE REPORTS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO. D P CSD STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THIS LAST SPRING WAS THE FIRST TIME TO OFFER THAT.
THIS REPRESENTS ONE OF THE ONLY OTHER SURVEYS WE ADMINISTERED LARGE SCALE FOR STUDENT. THERE ARE VARIETY OF LOCALS ABOUT, THROUGH WE DID LAST SPRING, IT WAS AN ONLINE SURVEY
DESIGN TODAY GATHER FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS BUT NOT JUST STUDENTS BUT STAKEHOLDER GENERALLY ON THEIR EDUCATION EXPERIENCE. WE SENT THIS OUT AS A LINK, IT
WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS RESTRICTED BASED ON HOW IT WAS ADMINISTERED. WE SENT IT OUT AND ASKED PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. IT WAS THE INAUGURAL ADMINISTRATION IN 2025. BUT WE PLAN ON DOING IT EVERY
SPRING AROUND THE SAME TIME. IT'S ORGANIZED AROUND TOSS TONIGHT INSTRUCTS OF CLIMATE, CULTURE BEING ACADEMICS, LEARNING AND PHYSICAL, SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. WE HAD TARGETED THE SAME KIND OF DEMOGRAPHIC. WHICH IS SECONDARY FOR THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION. WITH THOUGHTS ABOUT FUTURE ADMINISTRATION REACHING DOWN
INTO ELEMENTARY AS WELL. THAT P FUTURE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE ADMINISTER, SO THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF SOME BACKGROUND ON SURVEYS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED DATA AND USES, FROM THE THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY, THIS IS REALLY CAPTURED FROM THE
WEBSITE AND SPEAKS TO HOW WE LEVERAGE THAT DATA INTERNALLY. REALLY IT'S ABOUT AWARENESS OF HEALTH ISSUES BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES WE USE THAT DATA INTERNALLY AND USED EXTERNALLY BECAUSE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT BEING ONE AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT PROVIDES REGIONAL HEALTH DATA. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE LEVERAGES AND LOCALLY IT'S LEVERAGED. AND REALLY, IT'S INFORMING HEALTH POLICY AND AND HEALTH
PRACTICES IS WHAT WE EXAM THE DATA. ALSO COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO SHAPE THEIR DECISION MAKING ON THIS DATA. IT'S ONE OF THEIR DATA SETS THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO. THEY ALSO REF LEDGE THE DATA TO
WRITE GRANT APPLICATIONS OR TO ALLOCATE FUNDING TO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAY APPEAR ON THAT DATA. FROM OUR ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, USING FUTURE TENSE HERE THAT WE'LL BE USING THIS, WE'LL DISCOVER NEW USES FOR IT. WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE STEP
TODAY IMPROVE THE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BUILD OVERTIME AS WE CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THIS SURVEY AND UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT RESPONSES AND RESPONSE BEHAVIORS AND IDEALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BROADER REACH WITH THAT SURVEY TO GET MORE. WE HAD ABOUT 7,000 RESPONSES
BASED ON THE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS FROM PARENTS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS, WE WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND THAT. THE MORE EXPANSIVE WE GET WITH DATA SETS THE MORE IMPORTANT WE CAN BE WITH OUR DECISION MAKING. THE LAST THREE IS MONITOR KEY INDICATORS, YOU ARE SEEING THAT ON THE EXECUTIVE LIMB TAKE
MONITORING REPORTS AND OTHER REPORTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED ON MONITORING OVERTIME IS LOOKING AT THE DATA AND HELPING US INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING OUR PLANNING. AND SOME OF OUR ACTION STEPS MOVING FORWARD INCLUDING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. I AM VA I BELIEVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS YOU GUYS HAVE THEM. >> JUST REAL QUICK. SO THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY IS TAKE 10 DURING
SOMETIME DURING THE DAY IS IT DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHAT SCHOOL YOU ARE AT OR IS IT DONE ALL TAME. >> IT DEPENDS ON THE SCHOOL LOCATION. THEY WORKED 2KREBG9LY WITH H SCHOOL TO DETERMINE HOW THEY
WANT TO DO IT. THEY WORK WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS. OF THEIR SCHEDULE. >> OKAY. AND THEN THE DCSD ENGAGEMENT IS JUST DONE ON OVER AMOUNTS OWN TIME ESSENTIALLY? >> YES. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SEND OUT
AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN TIME. OBVIOUSLY IF STAFF IS TAKING IT DURING THE DAY MAKES US WONDER, BUT, YEAH, WE SEND IT OUT IN BROAD COMMUNICATION AND THEY CAN TAKE IT AT ANY POINT THIS TIME. WE LEAVE IT OPEN FOR A WINDOW OF APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. AND DID YOU CAN THAT WINDOW THEY CAN TAKE THAT SURVEY AT ANY
POINT IN TIME. WHETHER IT'S DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT, OR IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEREVER THEY WANT. >> GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOLLOW DIRECTOR WINEGAR.
>> COLORADO KIDS IS CURRENTLY OPT OUT. WHEN ARE PARENTS AWAY THAT THE SURVEY -- OR HOW ARE THEY AWARE THE SURVEY WILL TICK PLACE AND HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO OPT OUT OF IT. >> GREAT QUESTION. THE STATE GIVES US GOOD GUIDE RYNES FOR WHAT WE DO.
THIS HE PRO PISTONS THEY PROVIDE A TEMPLET. THEY SENT IT OUT OF PART OF THE COMMUNICATION TO THEIR STAKEHOLDERS. IN THAT LETTER IT DESCRIBES THE TURN, THE USES AND ALL OF THOSE SWORDS OF THINGS ABOUT THE SURVEY, THAT'S A TEMPLET THAT THE STATE PROVIDES. WITH INNING THAT COMMUNICATION, IT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
PARENTS TO OPT OUT. IT GIVES THEM CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THEIR TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THEIR INFORMATION IF THEY DON'T WANT THEIR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE, THAT'S ONE AVENUE THEY CAN EMAIL IN AND SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT THAT CHILD TO PARTICIPATE. AND WITH HE GET THOSE WHEN THEY ARE SENT OUT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> YOU SAID HEALTHY KIDS
COLORADO IS THE ONE WHO SENDS THE EMAIL? >> THEY PROVIDE US WITH THE COMMUNICATION, AOU USE IT, IT THEIR LETTERHEAD BUT COMMUNICATION THAT WE SEPTEMBER OUT. BACK TO THE QUESTION OF HOW IT'S ADMINISTERS OUR SCHOOLS KNOW
THEY HAVE A WINDOW HE HAVE THIS THE TIMING OF THE WINDOW THEY DECIDE TO ADMINISTER, THEY SEND IT OUT WITH THEIR COMMUNICATION, IT HAS THE LETTERHEAD THE FORMAT AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. >> SPENT OUT BY SCHOOLS . >> DOES IT INCLUDE THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED?
>> YEAH, WE INCLUDE A VERSION OF THE SURVEY. WHETHER IT'S MIDDLE COOL OFF HIGH SCHOOL. WE INCLUDE THE VERSION. OF WHAT WILL BE ASKED FOR THAT SPECIFIC YEAR. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> UH-HUH. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> WELL, THANK YOU, THAT HELPS ME. SO HE TO FOLLOW UP.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD COMMENDS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND THE VALUE OF THIS. ARE WE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN WITH ABOUT WHETHER THIS TEST WILL OCCUR? >> IN TELEPHONE OF WHEN -- >> WHEN IT'S ADMINISTERED HOW IT'S BEING, AND THAT THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO OPT OUT?
>> THAT'S PART OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT IS SHARED FROM SCHOOLS. DO YOU THINK THAT TONS TUESDAY TRANSPARENCY? AS AN OPINION? ARE YOU ASKING MY OPINION ON THAT? >> I'LL STEP BACK. DOES ANY KID HAVE TO TAKE IT? ISN'T THERE AN AUTOMATIC OPT OUT
FOR EVERY HIGH SCHOOL KID? >> THERE'S LAYERS OF THE OPT OUT PROCESS. SO WHEN STUDENTS GOING TO TAKING IT THEY CAN NOT FORCED TO TAKE THE SURVEY ITSELF. SO IF YOU ARE ADMINISTERING THE SURVEY IN LET'S SAY A CLASSROOM, THEY'LL GET A LOG IN TO LOG IN.
THIS DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER A SINGLE QUESTION. >> ARE THEY ABLE TO ANSWER AND QUESTION AND NOT OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES. >> OKAY. >> DO WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR OPT IN ON TESTING? I MEAN, THE IDEA IS THAT WE SHOULD REQUIRE OPT IN ON THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, DO WE HAVE THAT PROCESS OR HAS ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD ASKED BUT THAT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS? >> NO ONE FROM THE BOARD HAS ASKED ME ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, NO. >> OKAY. DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS? >> ABOUT WE MAKE A POLICY
DECISION? OKAY. AS AHEAD MINUTE STRAIGHTERS, WOULD IT BE IDENTIFIES TO HAVE TIME TO PLAN THE PROCESS BEFORE THE BOARD MAKES A DECISION? >> FOR BEING ABLE TO CREATE A SYSTEM, SO LET ME -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- >> THE ONLY KID THAT CAN TAKE IT ARE ARE THE PARENTS WHO AFFIRMATIVELY OPT?
WE HAVE TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM FOR FOR THAT WOULDN'T WE? >> WE WOULD BE DOING THE REVERSE OF WHAT WE ARE ASKING PARENTS TO DO. SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GETTING RESPONSES FOR WHO DOES NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE WE WOULD CHANGE THE QUESTION WHO FOR WHO DOES WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
THAT'S THE PROCESS AND WE STICK WITH THE SAME COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THE ALL RIGHT. >> WHAT HAPPENED IF WE HAVE KIDS WHOSE PARENT DISAGREE? >> WITH EACH OTHER? >> YES, I AM A DIVORCE LAWYER I HAVE PEOPLE WHO FIGHT ABOUT HAIRSTYLES. >> OH.
>> WHAT DO WE DO IF ONE PARENT SAYS YES AND ONE SAYS NO? >> I THINK WE WOULD DEAL WITH THAT LIKE WE DO WITH PARENT OPT OUTS OF ASSESS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SPACE NOW. IS THAT REQUIRES A PHONE CALL AND FOLLOW UP. WE SEE THAT NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT
CMAS WE SEE THAT RIGHT NOW. >> AGAIN, IS AN OPT-IN PROCESS MORE WORK FOR THE STAFF? >> THE PROCESS OF OPTING OUT WE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT OPTING OUT NO WITH DIFFERENT PARENTS. WE WOULD CHANGE OUR PROCESSES
BASED ON THE WISHES OF THE BOARD. >> HAS ANYBODY ON THIS DAIS ASKED YOU WHETHER AN OPT-IN PROCESS WOULD RESULT IN FEWER RESPONSES? >> I HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION, NO. >> DO YOU HAVE A POSITION ON THAT? >> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RESPONSIBILITY BASED ON AN OLYMPIC-IN OR OPT-OUT IT,. >> IF WE COULD NOT PUT
MR. REYNOLDS ON THE SPOT THEY WOULD BE GREAT. >> OKAY. I'LL ASK YOU THIS. YOU ARE YOU ARE AN ELSE CAKE, HAVE YOU STUDIED WHETHER OPT IN OR OPT OUT RESULTS IN MORE RESPONSES. >> NOT IN TELEPHONES OF A SURE SURVEY LIKE THIS, I HAVE LOOKED AT THEM ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF
THINGS BUT NOT A SURVEY LIKE THIS. >> WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE? >> IN OTHER WORDS OF -- -- THERE WAS NO OPT IN POSITION, IT'S NOT A FAIR COMPARISON WE DID IT ALL
AND THEN IT WAS VERSUS AN OPT OUT AND. >> AND THAT RESULTED IN FEWER RESULTS. >> YES. >> OKAY. AND YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT FEWER RESULTS ALWAYS BRING SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE DATA? >> SPECIFICALLY IN LEARNING, YES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
MR. REYNOLDS. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING. >> SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF CONSENT. SO IS THERE AN ASCENT THAT THE STUDENTS DO AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SURVEY. >> WHEN WE ARE STARTING SURVEY? >> UH-HUH. >> THEY DON'T FILL OUT A CARD OR ANYTHING. IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE THEY DON'T HAVE TO ARE PA IT'S AT ALL. >> OKAY. IS THERE LANGUAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SURVEY THAT LET'S THEM KNOW IT'S OPTIONAL?
>> YES. IS THERE ANY PROCESSES IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE WE LET THE STUDENTS STUDENTS KNOW IT'S OPTION THE. >> IT'S PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I WAS THINKING THROUGH SOME OF PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER
TODAY. LETTING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT STUDENTS DO HAVE MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE NO OUR CONVERSATION, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS CLEAR ABOUT
THE EVEN TEND OF THE AGENDA ITEM FOR TONIGHT. >> I WAS GOING TO GET TO THAT AS SOON AS EVERYONE HAD THEIR CHANCE. >> OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? >> THAT'S IT FOR ME, FOR MR. REYNOLDS SPECIFICALLY. >> OKAY.
>> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> I AM SORRY FOR POPPING ON THE LAST SECOND. WHEN STUDENT STARTS THE SURVEY. WHAT FIVE OF DEMOGRAPHIC
QUESTIONS ARE ASKED TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO CATEGORIZE THINGS LATER? I MAY BE CALLING IN FOR SUPPORT ON THIS ONE. THERE ARE GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS THAT PULLED EXPECT IN
ANY SURE SWAY BEYOND THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT. >> AGE,. >> GIVEN GRAPHICS THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE DASHBOARD. ANY FILLER IS IS A QUESTION THAT DESK THAT THEY ARE COMPLETED. >> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> THE STUDENT HAS ABILITY TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC THEY ANSWER. >> YES. >> SO THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE DEMOGRAPHIC. >> THAT'S ALL THE SELF REPORT. >> IT'S AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY, SO
WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO CHECK AGAINST. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. TO YOUR QUESTION, DIRECTOR THOMPSON, I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY, I
WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR DCSD ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO AND THE REASON FOLLOW THAT IS BECAUSE AFTER SITTING ON THE DAIS FOR FOUR YEARS THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME THAT WE
HAVE BUILDING HERE WHEN THIS HAS ADMINISTERED AND ALSO I SAW THE EFFECTS AFTER THE 20 -- AFTER WE WERE ELECTED IN 21 AFTER RECEIVED EMAILS AFTER WE WERE NEWLY SPORN IN. AND THE DISAPPOINTMENT FROM BOTH
PARENTS AND STUDENTS. I WAS HOPEFUL THAT WE COULD CREATE OUR OWN SURVEY WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHERE WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, MORE SPECIFIC FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND ONES THAT I FELT WERE LESS
SENSITIVE TOPICS THAT FAMILIES I GUESS REPORT AS WORRIED ABOUT HAVING. AND IS A THINK THAT WE HAVE DONE GREAT JOB WITH THE SURVEY THAT WE JUST RECENTLY DID. AND I AM RAILROAD SPROUT OF THAT WORK AND HOPE IT CONTINUE COZ.
AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BUILD OUT BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUESTIONS AND WHILE THERE IS AN OPT OUT, CURRENTLY THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO YES, WE SEND THE INFORMATION FOR THEM TO READ,
EITHER BECAUSE THEY GET INNING DONE DATED, MISS AN EMAIL OR THEY THINK BECAUSE IT SAYS HEALTHY KIDS THAT WE'LL ASK ABOUT DIET AND EXERCISE AND NOT NECESSARY HAD SEXUALITY AND FIREARMS.
WHEN THEY FIND THOSE THINGS OUT ARE SUPER DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY DIDN'T OPT THEIR KID OUT AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS HAVE ABILITY TO OPT THEIR KID INTO THIS SPECIFIC SURVEY. SO THAT'S WHY.
>> IS IT OKAY IF I ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION BEFORE WE GO INTO DISCUSSION? >> YEAH. >> FOR TOP THE INTENT IS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. AND THEN WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? >> SO THERE COULD BE A MOTION TO ASK THE DISTRICT TO DEVELOP AN
OPT IN TO HEALTHY KIDS THIS YEAR? >> TO DRAFT A POLICY? >> NO, NO POLICY JUST TO DIRECT THE STAFF TO DO AN OPT IN AROUND THIS POLICY. I MEAN, AROUND THIS SURVEY. >> I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION AND THEN I THINK THAT WILL HELP WITH OUR
DISCUSSION. I WILL OPEN IT UP AND COME BACK. >> DR. HE CAN TOUR WINEGAR. >> I DO APPRECIATE HOW THE DISTRICT HAS HANDLED THIS SURVEY. I APPRECIATE MR. REYNOLDS FOR ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
I DO FEEL LIKE THE DISTRICT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB MAKING THIS AS TRANSPARENT AS THEY CAN BE AN OPT OUT AND I THINK THEY HAVE DONE GREAT JOB. I AM OF THE POSITION THAT IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE
PARENTS TO HAVE IT BE OPT IN, JUST BECAUSE THAT IS ACTUALLY THEN CHOOSING TO DO THIS. IT IS YOU SURVEY. I FEEL DIFFERENT ABOUT ACADEMIC TESTING BUT WITH THE SURVEY, I FEEL LIKE IT MAKES MORE SENSE KIND OF LIKE A FIELD TRIP. YEP, LET ME SIGN THIS PERMISSION
RATHER THAN JUST ASSUME THE KID WILL DO IT UNLESS I SAY NO. ME PERSONALLY, I THINK THIS IS WHAT IS BEST FOR AND OUR PARENTS AND WE'LL STILL HAVE THE SURVEY, STILL GET THE DATE ACTUALLY THINK IT IS GREAT DIET A AND IT'S ICED WELL. DIRECTOR MORE WAS TELLING ME
ABOUT HOW WHEN HE WAS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY USED IT. I AM NOT AGAINST THE SURVEY ITSELF BUT I AM FOR PARENTS FEELING LIKE THEY ARE ACTUALLY CHEWING CHOOSING THE SURVEY RATHER THAN BEING IGNORANT TO AN E-MAIL AND NOT ACTUALLY HOPING
IT OR NOT REALIZING THAT THEY NEED TO READ ALL THE QUESTIONS, TRUSTING TOO MUCH, MAKE. SO ANYWAYS, I WILL MAKE THE FIRST MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TOLL DOLL -- >> YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO TALK FIRST AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A MOTION.
>> OH, I THOUGHT WE COULD DO DISCUSSION AFTERWARD. >> YOU ARE RIGHT, WE CAN DO DISCUSSION AFTER WAND. YOU ARE RIGHT, GO AHEAD. >> IS THAT OKAY. MOTION TO DIRECT TO HAVE TO ADMINISTER HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO
SURVEY AS AFTERNOON OPT IN OPTION. >> OPTION IN ONLY. >> HOLD ON I HAVE A MOTION I NEED TO GET A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SO MOTION BY WINEGAR, SECOND BY MYERS. NOW ONTO DISCUSSION.
>> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON THIS. I LITTLE THE DATA IS VERY VALUABLE. AND PHYSICALLY STILL HAD KIDS THAT WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL, GIVEN THE OPTION
OR NOT I WOULD WANT MY KIDS TO TAKE THE SURVEY PERSONALLY. I MENTIONED TO DIRECTOR WINEGAR THIS DATES BACK SEVERAL YEARS BUT WHEN I WORKED FOR THE SERVE SHERIFF AFTERNOONS OFFICE THIS DATA WAS VERY VALUABLE TO US WE USED IT TO LOOK AT TRENDS THAT
WERE OCCURRING AMONG ET CETERA ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLKIDS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL PROPOSE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME. TO MOVE THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL EDUCATION AWARENESS PROGRAM OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL -- OR EXCUSE ME, OUT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND BLEND IT WITH OTHER TRENDING ISSUES AT THE TIME. SOCIAL MEDIA. CELLPHONE USE, SECRETARYING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT ALL BECAME PART OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OPTIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLKIDS AND I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THAT DATA WAS USEFUL FOR US TO SEE WHERE KITS WERE REALLY GETTING EXPOSED TO STIFF IT WAS NO NO SIX ACCOUNT GREAT IT WAS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH. AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL I WILL
ALWAYS IT OUT THAT THIS SUBSAY WAS GOOD FOR THAT. I WANT TO POINT OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, DEFINITELY PROS AND CONS, SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE WAY IT'S BEING DONE, OTHER PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DONE DIFFERENT. I SENT THAT THERE IS SOME
CONFUSION ABOUT THE QUESTIONS. ASSUMING THE 2025 QUESTIONS ARE SIMILAR, SINCE THEY WERE COMPARING YEAR TO YEAR OR TWO YEARS TO TWO YEARS, I ASSUME
MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR. THERE SOME ASSUMPTIONS AND MISS INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT THE SURVEY MAY OR MAY NOT SAY. HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT
WE ARE HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US, WE HAVE HEARD BOTH SIDES ON THIS. THAT THERE IS A STRONG -- STRONGER PUSH THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS BE A
PARENT CHOICE VERSUS A STUDENT CHOICE. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO NOT SUPPORT THE PARENTS' RIGHT TO DECIDE. NOW I WANT TO POINT OUT I THINK THIS IS UNFORTUNATE. BUT ONLY 42% OF HIGH SCHOOLKIDS
TOOK THE SURE SAY, IN 2023. AND 35% OF MIDDLE SCHOOLKIDS. NOT A LOT OF KIDS TOOK IT TO BEGIN WITH. AND I THINK THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF MY KIDS WERE INVOLVED I WOULD WANT THEM TO TAKE THE SURVEY. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT
APPEARS TO ME AND MR. REYNOLDS IF I AM WRONG, THE DATA THAT IS CALCULATED THAT COMES BACK TO US IS TOTAL STATE DATE TOGETHER NOT JUST DOUGLAS COUNTY SURVEY DATA, CORRECT? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE ACTUALLY GET BOTH. IS. >> OKAY. WE GET A STAYED WIDE SNAP SHOP BUT ALSO REGION THREE REPRESENTS DOUGLAS COUNTY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> IT'S ALREADY CLEAR WHERE WE ARE BOTH WITH THIS BUT I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO EXPRESS A CONCERN. FIRST OF ALL I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED MORE EMAILS ON A SUBJECT THAT WAS LESS INFORMED. LITERALLY HAVE SOMEBODY TELL ME THIS WAS A MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT. THEY THINK WE ARE SPYING ON
THEIR FAMILY. FOUR OR I HAVE OF THE EMAILS WE GOT THINK THAT WE ARE USING THIS TO DIAGNOSE THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE TESTS. THE AND SO WHEN DIRECTOR MOORE TALKS ABOUT THE FEEDBACK FOR OPT OUT, FOR OPT IN, I DON'T TAKE
THAT WITH AS MUCH CERTAINTY I DO FROM HIM IT'S QUITE CLEAR IS THAT SOME PEOPLE CLEARLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. WHEN I GET WHAT ARE CLEARLY THE RESULTS OF SCARE E-MAILS I DON'T TAKE THEM AS SERIOUSLY AS OTHERS. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE WERE NOT
GOOD COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF OPT IN. THERE WERE ALSO GOOD COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF OPT-OUT PROCESS. I STAKE OFFENSE OF THOSE THAT CLAIM OPT-OUTLOOKS TRANSPARENT
IS A. WE SEPTEMBER THE INFORMATION TO THE PAYMENT PARENTS, WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY. EVERY PARENT THAT CARES HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT. SO THIS IDEA WE ARE GOING AND PARENTS AND LYING THEM TO THEM NOT BEING TRANSPARENT IS AN OUT RIDE, FLAT OUT LIE.
AND IT'S A LIE BEING TOLD TO SCARE PEOPLE. WE ARE TOLD OPT IS IN THE ONLY WAY TO GET ACCURATE RESPONSIBILITIES I AM NOT CONVINCED OF THAT. I WAS NOT PRESENTED OF ANY EVIDENCE THAT SAYS THAT. WHAT I WAS PREPPED, OF COURSE, WERE A LOT OF VERY PARTISAN,
POLITICAL POSITIONS FROM A LOT OF OUR STANDARD PARTY PARTISAN POLITICAL COMMENTERS. AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT TWO OF THE CANDIDATES SELECTED BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE IN HERE SUPPORTING OPT OUT.
THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN A POSIR OPT N THIS HAS BEEN A POSITION OF TO PARTY FOR SOMETIME. I WILL TELL YOU I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD NOW FOR TWO YEARS, I HAVE YET TO GET AN E-MAIL FROM A PARENT WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND OPT OUT. I HAVE YET TO GET INFORMATION FROM ANYBODY WHO SAYS OH, I
CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPT MY KID OUT. NOT ONE OF THOSE, MAYBE A DOZEN OF THE EMAILS WE GOT, HAD ANY EVIDENCE THAT SAYS THAT, I MOTORCYCLE BACK TO ONE OF THEM AND SAID, OH, I AM SORRY DID YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH OPT OUT AND HIS RESPONSE WAS, WELL, OF COURSE THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE
MY KID WAS IN THE DISTRICT. SO FROM MY POINT OF VIEW THIS WAS PUT ON RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION FOR SOME OTHER CLEAR REASONS. THIS IS LIKE PUTTING JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS LIKE PUTTING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON THE AGENDA. A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO LIT KLEE
AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT GOT ON THE AGENDA. THAT'S THE WAIT IT WORKS, YOU GOT FOUR HE VOTES. YOU GET DO THAT. I KNOW I HAVE TO PRESUME GOOD FAITH. I DON'T HAVE TO IGNORE THE EVIDENCE OF MY OWN EYES. TOO OFTEN OUR AGENDA IS USED FOR
PURELY POLITICAL PURPOSES. I THINK THE EVIDENCE, THE INFORMATION WE GET ON HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY IS VALUABLE. AND I THINK THAT REDUCING ANY OF THAT WILL ARM US. AND WILL PREVENT US FROM HAVING GOOD DATA.
I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR MANY PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD, BULLYING IS NOT A PRIMARY ISSUE. I HAVE RAISED MANY TIMES THAT HEALTHY KIDS SAYS OUR BLACK KIDS ARE BULLIED MORE, OUR TRANS KIDS ARE BULLIED MORE, THAT OUR GAY KIDS ARE BULLIED MORE AND I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT WHO WOULD RATHER JUST NOT HEAR THAT SUBJECT.
BUT WILL FOCUS ON THE ONE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE BROUGHT UP IS THEY ARE VERY OFFENDED THAT WE ASK ABOUT WHETHER OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. THAT WAS A THEME THROUGHOUT THE OPPONENTS. HOW DARE WE ASK THAT. IN 2023, 14% OF OUR GIRLS REPORTED THAT THEY HAD BEEN
INVOLVED IN A NONCONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONTACT. I THINK KNOWING THAT'S IMPORTANT. NOW THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO DEAL WITH THAT INFORMATION. ONE, IS FOR US AS A DISTRICT TO SAY CAN WE HELP WITH THAT? CAN WE PLAY A ROLE? ONE IS THE ONE THAT THIS BOARD
HAS CHOSEN CONSISTENTLY AND SAYS IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. THE THIRD THE ONE WE ARE DECIDING TODAY IS THAT'S NOT INFORMATION WE EVEN WANT TO HEAR ABOUT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GOVERN A STATE. I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO
SOMEBODY FROM CDE THIS WEEK. BECAUSE SILLY ME I WENT AND GOT MORE INFORMATION. SOMETIMES THAT'S VALUABLE. SHE TOLD ME ABOUT HOW THEY USE THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS ABOUT HOW THAT INFORMATION CAN HELP SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS GET GRANTS.
HOW THAT INFORMATION HELPS SHAPE FROM SEVEN DISTRICTS, STATE AGENCIES, HELP SHAPE POLICY. HELP SHAPE INFORMATION. HOW SHAPE LEGISLATION, AND IT IS FRUSTRATING TO ME THAT BECAUSE OF VIBES, WE ARE JUST GOING TO OPT OUT.
THIS WILL INHERENTLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION IF A KID OR A PARENT IS UNCOMFORTABLE, THERE IS EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO NOT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. I AM FASCINATED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE ONLY TIME AN 11th
GRADER HAS EVER HEARD ABOUT JOINED IDENTITY OR SEX ONLY COMES FROM THE HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY. FASCINATING THAT WE HAVE A COMMENTER WHO THINKS A HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY IS TURNING KIDS TRANS. THAT'S THE COMMENTS THAT YOU ARE CREDITING DIRECTOR MOORE.
AND I DON'T AGREE. I WILL BE AS HONEST AS I CAN ABOUT THAT. I WANT THE BEST INFORMATION. IF YOU DON'T LIKE HOW WE ARE EXPLAINING THE OPT OUT TO PARENTS, I AM FINE WITH MORE INFORMATION, FINE WITH CHECKING THEM OUT. NINE WITH MORE COMMUNICATIONS WHAT I AM NOT FINE WITH, IS A
CONSISTENT DECISION BY MAKES MEMBERS OF NO BOARD TO NOT BASE THEIR DECISIONS ON EVIDENCE BUT ON VIBES AND WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR. AND SO I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS POLICY. I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO ANNOUNCE IT ON I A FRIDAY AND VOTE ON IT ON A TUESDAY WITHOUT A WRITTEN POLICY, WITHOUT EVEN A MOTION.
THIS WAS SPRUPBS ON THE PUBLIC, ALTHOUGH CLEARLY NOT SPRUNG ON THE CANDIDATES. AND THAT BOTHERS ME. THIS IS THE THING WE DISCUSS WITH TIME AND DECISIONS AND WITH MORE INFORMATION.
THERE IS MORE WE COULD DO HERE. THIS IS PREMATURE BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE. AND FOR 2025 WE'LL GET LESS INFORMATION ABOUT HOUR KIDS THAN WE SHOULD AND I WILL ADMIT TO A FRUSTRATION ABOUT THAT. >> I ALL WANTS TO BE CLEAR THAT
I HAVE COMPLETELY ADVOCATED THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT OUR PERSONAL SURVEY. THAT THE DISTRICT DOES AROUND ARE AROUND -- I AM FINE WITH SOME OF THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL QUESTIONS. >> THE BULLYING QUESTIONS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE AND WE SHOULD DO THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T CONTAIN SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
THAT PAINTS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT'S MY POSITION. DIRECTOR MYERS. >> I THINK WE CAN ALL PROBABLY SAY FROM THE DAIS UP HERE THAT WE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY EMAILS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. THROUGHOUT MY FOUR YEARS, YOUR TWO YEARS.
BUT I WAS DEFINITELY AFFECTED BY A PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT THAT I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE DOUGLAS COUNTY HAD NEGLECTED TO INVOLVE A PARENT IN SOME DECISION MAKING WITH A CHILD TONIGHT. WITH A STUDENT. AT ONE TIME A STUDENT.
AND I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO REMEMBER THAT OUR SCHOOLS, THEY EXIST TO SURE OUR FAMILIES AND NOT TO REPLACE THEM. SO WHEN WE HAVE DISTRICTS OR STATE POLICIES ARE SURVEYS THAT MAYBE SEEM ON DECEPTIVE.
THEN THAT'S IN REGARD TO OUR CHILDREN' EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, THEY VIOLATE BOTH THE LEGAL FOUNDATIONS AND TRUST THAT EDUCATION MAKES POSSIBLE. A PARENT VOICE IS CRITICAL TO
STUDENTS NO ONE KNOWS KIDS MORE THAN THEIR PARENTS, I JUST WATCHED A PROGRAM THIS WEEKEND ON -- I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BUT TALKED ABOUT THIS VERY THING PARENTAL CHOICE AND ACROSS THE NATION, 70% OF
PARENTS WANT TO MAKE CHOICES FOR THEIR KIDS. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE HAD HEARD THROUGHOUT '21, '23 AND POPE. I NOT '25, IS THAT THEY FELT THAT THE KIDS THEY WERE EVEN COMING HOME AND EXPRESSING QUESTIONS THAT THEY WERE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH. ON THE SURVEY. SO I JUST -- I BELIEVE THAT THE COLORADO KIDS SURVEY HAS QUESTIONS THAT ARE TOO PERSONAL. THAT PARENTS -- PARENTS AND NOT
HAVING -- NOT TRANSPARENCY BEING WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY ON OPTING OUT. BUT DIRECTOR GEIGER I BELIEVE THAT PARENTS ARE OVERWHELMED. THEY ARE BUSY AND THEY JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION FOR THEIR KIDS AND THAT
AN OPT IN WITH PROBABLY BE AN EASIER -- IT'S YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE NEED THAT DATA. BUT I THINK THEY'LL BE MORE AWARE NOW OF WHAT'S GOING ON. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT'S ALWAYS THE KIDS WHO SUFFER THE MOST
WHEN WE GET IT WRONG. SO NEED GET THIS RIGHT. AND SO I FOR ONE AS A PARENT OF ADULT CHILDREN AND I AIM GRANT PARENT IT'S JUST IMPORTANT AS A PARENT THAT I AM ABLE TO DISCUSS
ISSUES WITH MY KIDS. WITH MY GRANDKIDS. AND I JUST BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME SENSITIVE QUESTIONS ON THERE THAT PEOPLE FOUND OFFENSIVE. PARENTS FOUND OFFENSE OFFENI
THINK THINGS CAME TO LIGHT IN 2021 WHEN YOUNGER KIDS WERE BEING ASKED ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY AND WE WERE ALL OF A SUDDEN ASKING PRONOUNCES T KNOW IF IT CAME OUT OF COVID, SOCIAL MEDIA, WHATEVER, BUT PARENTS WERE OVERWHELMED WITH
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THEIR KIDS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATA COLLECTION DOESN'T BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE WELFARE OUR KIDS. I THINK AN ANSWER WOULD BE TO OPT IN IT SOUNDS FROM
MR. REBEL IT'S NOT DIFFERENT WITH AN OPT IN OR OPT OUT. >> OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO START WITH
JUSTIFY THE IRON I OF THE EARLY PRESENTATION WHERE WE JUSTIFIED LIMITING DIGITAL USE IN THE SCHOOLS, USING DATA ON MENTAL HEALTH AND REMEMBER TECH TIFF AND RISK FACTORS I WANT TO KNOW THE IRONY IN THIS CONVERSATION
RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT I AM STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT DR. MOORE WAS GETTING AT, WAS I UNDERSTAND FIRST HAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF
WHAT OPT IN WILL DO TO THIS DATA. AND THAT THE DATA THAT IS COLLECTED THROUGH THE HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY, IS SUCH A VALUABLE TOOL. NOT ONLY FOR US BUT ACROSS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES,
ORGANIZATIONS, YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZES. IF HE ACCESS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES, DATA SHARING IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. AND THIS IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO TO
MAKE SOLID DECISIONS. AND I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE IMPLICATIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW BEING I WORK IN YOUTH VIOLENT PREVENTION AND WHEN KANSAS WENT OPT IN, WE LOST THE DATA. IT JUST DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. WITH HE CAN'T LOOK AT THE VERY
THINGS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING WHICH ARE RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IF WE CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE AND IF WE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE BASED OFF OF TRENDS WITH -- IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY AND STATE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T COMPARE IT, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DATA THERE.
SO IT'S JUST -- IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT THIS DECISION AND THE IMPLICATIONS BEHIND IT. IF YOU LACK AT THE HEALTHY COLORADO SURVEY DASHBOARD, AT LIKE COLORADO SPRINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE OPT IN THEY HAVE A MAP WHERE IT SHOWS DIFFERENT COLORS.
FOR THE DIFFERENT REGIONS, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY STUDENTS -- OR HOW MANY PHONED PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO SURVEYS IT'S WHITES. THE DATA JUST DOESN'T SECOND EXIST FOR COLORADO SPRINGS
ANYMORE. I AM WRESTLING WITH THAT IT. I AM ALSO HIS REMEMBER BEING. I AM LISTENING TO THE CONCERN. IF WE MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT, IT'S KIND OF AGAINST WHAT WE ARE
ALL I THINK CARE A LOT ABOUT, WHICH IS L A HAVING PARENT INPUT ON THIS DECISION. AND COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE DECISION. I WOULD FEEL BETTER IF WE OPENED UP THE FLOOR TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR INPUT ABOUT OPT IN OR OPT OUT FOR THIS SURVEY.
FROM OUR PARENTS, I KNOW A LOT OF THE EMAILS WE GOT THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE OF PARENTS THAT ACTUALLY EMAILED WITH STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN THE DISTRICT. SOY I THINK TO MAKE A DECISION WHEN WE KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS ARE SO GREAT THAT WE SHOULD
FOLLOW OUR TYPICAL PROCESS. WHICH IS INTRODUCE THE TOPIC, HAVE A CONVERSATION, ALLOW OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY. HEAR FROM OUR FAMILIES. HEAR FROM OUR STUDENTS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WAY DECISION, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT AN OPT OF IT IN PROCESS WOULD LOOK
LIKE IN OUR DISTRICT. WHAT KIND OF LIFT REAR ASKING TO STAFF TO SWITCH TO THAT PEGGED YOU HAD. IT COULD BE EYE LIGHT LIFT, IT CAN BE COMPLICATED NOT SURE YOU WOULD LIKE KNOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
A ADDITIONALLY A WONDER IT ASK THERE A COMPROMISE OR SOLUTION THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T PICKED OUT YESTERDAY? SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I KEEP HEARING; YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE VERY BUSY. WE ARE BUSY. I AM RAILROAD IS BEING TIFF IN
MY KIDS' SCHOOL AND I STILL SOMETIMES MISS A NEWSLETTER AND/OR I MISS A COMMUNICATION FROM A TEACHER IT DOES HAPPEN. MAYBE THERE IS A COMPROMISE TO THE OPT OUT PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT CAME TO MIND FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW IN
THAT'S I CAN PRACTICAL OR NOT. EVERYWHERE WE HAVE IT FULL OUT THE OPEN -- NOT OPEN ENROLLMENT, BUT THE -- I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLS. THE EXPRESS CHECK IN. ADDING THIS TO EXPRESS CHECK IN. I GET ASKED ABOUT OTHER
PERMISSIONS I CAN LIKE ABOUT PHOTO FUSE USE FOR NEWS AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A SOURCE THAT EVERY PARENT WILL SEE BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING THE CHECK-IN PROCESS, IS THERE A COMPROMISE THAT WE CAN COME TO THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT PARENT WALT
FOR THEIR KITS. AND PROTECT A DATA START NOT ONLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY BUT THE STATE AS WELL. >> THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR YARDS AFTER THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVE
ALREADY MISSED THAT DEADLINE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> BUT I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE OPEN TO THAT BEING ADDED I GUESS FOR THE 2027, BUT I -- THIS YEAR, WE ARE JUST TALKING -- WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE '25 HEALTHY COLORADO SURVEY.
AND THEN SO FOR THIS YEAR, -- >> AND SO FOR THIS YEAR, MAYBE THE SOLUTION COULD BE THAT WE INCREASE COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE OPTIONS TO OPT OUT. AND THEN LOOK AT A PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S A COMPROMISE. SO --
>> I JUST -- I MEAN, I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND WE TALK ABOUT AGE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION ALL THE TIME. MY DAUGHTER HAD TO HAVE A PERMISSION SLIP SIGNED SO SHE COULD WATCH APPROXIMATE. G MOVIES. SHE'S 10, THAT'S MOVIES LAKE "FROZEN" THAT SHE'S SEEN 20,000
TIMES, RIGHT? BECAUSE IN THE DISTRICT'S MIND THAT IS AGE APPROPRIATE. OR AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, WHATEVER. BUT, YET, WE HAVE ASKING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THINGS ABOUT SEXUALITY, FIREARMS, DRUG USES,
SEXUAL ACTION TILL. ALL SORTS OF THINGS. THAT IN MY OPINION ARE -- IS THAT -- TO ME THAT WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO ASKING A KID TO GET A PER SUBMISSION SLIP FOR A PG MOVIE. I JUST THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE AND APPROXIMATE FROM WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED SITTING ON THE WORLD. IN THE LAST YEAR, IS THAT IT IS -- IT IS -- I JUST -- I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT WHAT PARENTS FOR WANT FOR THEIR KIDS AND I RECOGNIZE THAT UNFORTUNATELY, IT WILL PROBABLY
AFFECT DATA AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT OUR INTERNAL ONE. WITH QUESTIONS THAT ARE MOBILE ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW. BULLYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> I HEAR -- I AM LISTENING AND I AM HEARING YOUR KENS CONCEI THOUGHT I HAD IT WRITTEN DOWN BUT I REMEMBER STATEWIDE IT WAS THERE WAS A QUESTION THERE, ABOUT FIREARMS AND IT'S 30 SOME%
OF STUDENTS STATE THAT THEY CAN ACCESS LOAD AND SHOOT A FIREARM WITHIN AN HOUR WITHOUT AN ADULT GIVING THEM PERMISSION. THAT IS A TERRIFYING STATISTIC. THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE WITHOUT THIS SURVEY. AND IT HELPS INFORM PRACTICE,
AND SECURITY AT OUR SCHOOLS TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION. JUST I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS BUT THE REALITY IS IS THAT WHILE ONE STUDENT -- IT MAY BE A NON-ISSUE FOR THERE ARE
MANY STUDENT IT IS AN ISSUE AND YOU WE NEED TO KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE AND THOSE ARE REALITIES IN THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> A COUPLE OF THINGS, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS.
AGAIN, ON THE CDPHA WEBSITE. WE CAN'T SEE THE QUESTIONS FROM 2023. WHAT WE SEE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONS. IN FAIRNESS IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE'S MUCH IN THE WAY OF
QUESTIONS REGULAR TODAY BULLYING. THAT THEY AGGREGATE INTO A RESULT THAT TALKS ABOUT THAT. MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS NONE THAT TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY. AT LEAST IN THE RESULTS. TO DIRECT OR GEIGER'S POINTS I
KIND OF GOT LOST A LITTLE BIT THERE WITH PART OF IT, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU ARE NOT INFERRING ME PERSONALLY THAT I STAND UP FOR OR WANT TO ENSURE KIDS
AREN'T BULLY OR MARGINALIZED GROUPS AREN'T PROTECTED FULLY. BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN PROTECTING EVERY GROUP, EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME. EASIER SAID THAN DONE. SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. THAT AFFECT SCHOOLKIDS.
THEN THEY BRING INTO SCHOOL. WHERE THE BEHAVIORS THAT OCCUR THAT CREATED THE PROBLEM DON'T -- OR DON'T ORIGINATE IN SCHOOL. STYLES THEY DO. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. WE ALL KNOW THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE LIMITATIONS ON OUR JURISDICTION TO WHERE WE CAN HOLD KIDS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THINGS THEY DO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
WHICH IS DIFFICULT. AND I THINK THAT THERE IS SOME DATA THAT PLAYS INTO THAT. I ALSO THINK CUTTING THROUGH ALL OF THE BS. I THINK WHAT I HEARD FROM ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM THE EMAILS. I CAN'T DISAGREE THAT I THINK SOME OF IT WAS MISGUIDED AND
MISINFORMED, DR. HE CAN TOUR GEIGER. DON'T DOUBT IT FOR A SECOND. BUT NOT ALL OF IT. WHAT I GLEAN SECOND DEGREE THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO DON'T TRUST THE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO THEIR KIDS.
WHETHER THAT'S NEIGHBOR OR REALISTIC OR NOT IS A WHOLE OTHER ARGUMENT I JUST CONCLUDE THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO TELL US. OKAY? NOW, I PERSONALLY LIKE I SAID, LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS, AND I THINK THEY ARE FINE. I WOULD WANT FA MY KIDS TO IS ANSWER THE SURVEY IF THE RESULTS
THAT I SEE HERE ARE WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS. MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX RELATED TO MIDDLE SCHOOLKIDS. IT'S TAYLOR TODAY HIGH SCHOOLKIDS ONLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THE RESULTS ARE CLEARED UP.
AND SOME FOLKS MADE THE CONCLUSION THAT THOSE QUESTIONS WERE BEING ASKED OF MIDDLE SCHOOLKIDS WHICH DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ACCURATE BASED ON THE RESULTS THAT I AM SEEING. SO TO BE FULLY FAIR, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE TERRIBLE QUESTIONS BUT SOME PEOPLE DO HAVE CONCERNS. AND I DO SHARE THE SAME CONCERN
AS DIRECTOR GEIGER AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND THE REST OF YOU ABOUT THE LOSING OF THE DATA. BECAUSE I TOLD YOU BEFORE, I THINK THE DATA IS VALUABLE. AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF DATA. I DON'T THINK IT'S OUT OF THE REALM OF LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE
WILL BE FEWER SURVEYS THAN THERE WERE BEFORE AND I WAS SADDENED THAT THERE WERE NOT BETTER RESULT ANYWAY. EVEN WITH WHEN WE WERE NOT TALKING OPT IN. BUT DESPITE WHAT I WANT TO SEE, FOR ME IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO
WHO IS IN CHARGE, IS THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG, WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE AND IT'S THE PARENTS IF PARENTS ARE SAYING TO US, OR THE ONES THAT HAVE SPOKEN OUT, A LOT OF THEM SAID, HEY, GIVE US THE CHOICE. SO WHETHER OUR KIDS TAKE THE SURVEY. AS MUCH AS I DO FEEL CONCERNED
THAT IT WILL CAUSE A LOSS OF DATA AND I DON'T WANT THAT, MY PRINCIPLE THAT I STAND ON IS THE PARENTS CHOICE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT I WANT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I AM TAKING THE POSITION THAT I AM TAKING. I ALSO AGREE THAT IF THE RESULTS
COME BACK AND THE BOARD THAT'S SITTING HERE FOR THE NEXT SURVEY IS UNHAPPY WITH THE RESULTS THEY CAN SIMPLY CHANGE IT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A TWO-YEAR LOSS OF DATA IF THAT'S WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE, WHICH I THINK WE PROBABLY WILL. BUT, YOU KNOW, TIME WILL TELL.
THEY CAN BE CHANGED. AND I DO AGREE WE GET MORE VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SURVEY, WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE THE SAME DEBATE ON THE QUESTIONS OF OUR OWN INTERNAL SURVEY OF THE PARENTS THAT DON'T WANT THEIR KIDS ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS TOO. TO YOUR POINT, DIRECTOR QUILL
WILLIAMS WE SHOULD JUST BE PREPARED THAT LEANING TOWARDS WELL, IF WE JUST DO OUR OWN SURVEY WE'LL BE HAPPY WITH IT AND PEOPLE WILL TRUST IT MORE, MAYBE THEY WILL. BUT I THINK THERE WILL BE A FAIR AMOUNT THAT WILL QUESTION IT AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE TO JUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT. BUT I JUST THINK IT COMES DOWN TO PARENT CHOICE.
AND I HATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PARENTS THAT DON'T TRUST, BUT THERE ARE, IT'S THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. THE AND TO IGNORE AND NOT LISTEN AND HEAR THAT THEY ARE SAYING, HEY, GIVE US THE CHOICE ON WHAT OUR KIDS GET ASKED. I MEAN, I WISH THAT WEREN'T THE
CASE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. AND I THINK THEY MATTER MORE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MOORE. SO I THINK WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH PARENT CHOICE IT'S JUST THE
PROCESS OF ABOUT HOW WE HEAR FROM PARENTS IS WHERE WE HAVE A DISCONNECT. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND SO I AGREE WITH YOU, IF A PARENT DOESN'T WANT THEIR STUDENT TO TAKE THEIR CHILD TO TAKE A SURVEY. ON ARE THAT I HIGH SCHOOL TORE
TAKE A SURVEY THEN THEY CAN NOT TAKE A SURVEY. IF I STUDENT WANT DOESN'T WAO SAY FAIR THEY SHOULDN'T DO IT. THAT'S PART OF RESEARCH AND SCIENCE AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED OVER TIME. WITH CONCEPT.
>> THE ONLY THING IS I THINK WHAT WE SEE NOW IS -- AT LEAST THE WAY I PERCEIVE THE WAY IT'S WORKING, IS THE PARENTS FIND OUT ABOUT THE FAIR BUT THE KIDS GET AND IT THE PARENTS DON'T KNOW
WHEN IT'S COMING OR THAT IT'S COME AND THE KIDS DECIDE AT THAT TAKE AND MOM AND TAPPED WERE NOT A AIR OF AND THAT'S WHAT I GLEANED FROM THE DISCUSSION. MAKE NOT ACCURATE. >> MATT EXPLAINED TO US THAT THE NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS GO OUT
DURING THE TIME WINDOW THAT THE SURVEY IS IMPLEMENTED WITH IN WE SCHOOL. IT'S TIMELY FOR PARENTS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT. AND SO, AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE JUST A DISCONNECT ON THE PROCESS.
WHICH I DO THINK WE COULD WORK THROUGH. AND I WOULD PREFER TO FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN JUST MAKE A DID HE GO SESSION TONIGHT AND THAT HAS MAJOR IMPLICATIONS, BECAUSE IMPLICATIONS ARE REALLY BIG. THIS GOES MORE THAN JUST A TWO-YEAR GAP.
WE ONLY TAKE THE SURVEY EVERY TWO YEARS, IF IT HAPPENS AGAINST, IF A COUPLE OF YEARS, WALL HAVE A FOUR-YEAR GAP WHERE WE DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THINGS. SO THERE IS THAT, THE OTHER PIECES, YOU KNOW, THE SURVEY, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED BULLYING
EARLIER AND I THE DASHBOARD IS NOT GREAT. IT'S NOT THE MOST USER FRIENDLY RESOURCE. I PREFER ACTUALLY DOWNLOADING THE DATA. AND THIN DOLL MY OWN FILTERS AND WORKING THROUGH IT. BUT SO IT IS KIND OF CONFUSING TO GO THROUGH THE DASHBOARD, BUT JUST BULLYING ALONE, THE
QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK ARE BULLY ARE OF THINGS LIKE IF IT'S HAPPENING AT SCHOOL. RIGHT [ WHEN IT'S HAPPENING AT SCHOOL, BEFORE SCHOOL. WHEN OUR A BUS, AFTER SCHOOL. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF QUESTIONS. THEY ARE SO HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE IT'S DIFFICULT TO THINK THAT WE WON'T HAVE THAT. BECAUSE, AGAIN, I AM JUST KIND OF LEANING ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND I HAVE THE MAP HERE.
IT'S IF IT'S OPT IN YOU DON'T T IN THE DATA. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ON THIS. I THINK WE COULD VERY MANY COME TO A CLAN AT THIS CONCLUSION WE ALL HAVE THE SAME UNDERLYING VALUES WHEN IT COMES TO THE
TOPIC AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MY PLEA TONIGHT OF THE BOARD. >> ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT I AM JUST GOING TO TAKE THE VOTE THEN BASED ON DIRECTOR WINEGAR'S MOTION.
THAT WAS SECONDED BY DIRECTOR MYERS. DO, DO YOU NEED CHARITY ON THE MOTION? >> CAN I MAKE A SECOND MOVE. OR SECOND MOTION?
I MOVE WE POSTPONE THE VOTE TONIGHT TO A FUTURE BOARD MEETING WHEN WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DISCUSSION. AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HEAR THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE PAROLE CHANGES FROM STAFF.
>> I SECOND THAT. MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY GEIGER, WE'LL TAKE THAT VOTE FIRST. GOING GIVING -- NO COUNSEL
KLAMESH, WHAT WHICH ONE DO WE FIRST? OKAY.
WE CAN HOLD.
[ INAUDIBLE ] >> I AM HAPPY TO TAKEN PIT FROM
ANYONE ON THE BOARD WHO KNOWS ROBERTS' RULES WITH RESPECT TO THE SECONDARY MOTION VERSUS THE FIRST AND I AM HAPPY TO LOOK IT UP AS WELL BUT I WOULD NEED A RESEWS TO DO THAT. >> WE WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO TAKE DIRECTOR WINEGAR'S FIRST. BECAUSE IT WASN'T AN AMENDMENT.
THERE IS AN AMOUNT THINK YOU TAKE THE AMENDMENT FIRST. AND THEN YOU GO TO THE PRIMARY. SINCE IT'S AN AMENDMENT THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. >> I WILL TELL THAT YOU AB AGREES WITH YOU. >> OKAY. THERE YOU GO, A.I. SAYS SO.
>> EXCUSE PLEA IS THAT WHAT A.I. CONFIRMS FOR US? [ LAUGHTER ] >> ACCORDING TO DIRECTOR GEIGER? >> THERE ARE THINGS IN WHICH I TRUST A.I. AND THERE ARE THINGS I DO NOT. ON THIS ONE AND I AM FINDING IT IN OTHER PLACES IS THE FIRST PRESENTED AND SECONDED MOTION. >> OKAY.
MY OPINION THEREFORE IS THAT THE FIRST MOTION SHOULD BE VOTED ON FIRST. >> THANK YOU. >> GREAT. WE'LL START WITH DIRECTOR WINEGAR'S -- DOES ANYONE NEED IT REPEATED. >> I THINK IT SHOULD BE CLEAR.
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TAKING MINUTES, SO I THINK WE SHOULD, VERY CLEAR FOR OUT NEW SECRETARY. >> DIRECT TO ARE WINEGARS WAS TO APPROVE AND DIRECT THE DISTRICT FOR AN OPT IN FOR THE 2025 HEALTHY KIDS COLORADO SURVEY. >> YES.
THAT'S ACCURATE. >> THAT WAS SECONDED BY DIRECTOR MYERS. GEIGER NO NEAR NO. >> MORE. >> YES. >> MYERS. >> YES. >> THOMPSON. >> NO. >> WILLIAMS, ARIZONA. >> WINEGAR, AYE.
>> PASSES 4-2. DO WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE SECONDARY. WE STILL HAVE TO. SO DIRECTOR THOMPSON'S WAS THAT WE WOULD MOVE TO TOY FUTURE BOARD MEETING TO DISCUSS AT THAT
TIME. SO. >> SECOND BAD I GEIGER YES. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> NO. >> MYERS. >> NO. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, NO.
BINE TKPWER, WINEGAR FAILSE TO IDEA 10.2 WHICH IS A 24/25 -- I AM SORRY, IS THAT THE 25/26, I DON'T KNOW WHY I WROTE THAT THERE. FOURTH QUARTER -- OH, NO, THAT'S RIGHT. IT IS 24/254TH QUARTER BOARD BUDGET REVIEW.
SO DIRECTOR THOMPSON I WILLED TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> SO WE JUST TYPICALLY HAVE THIS ON OUR AGENDA TO MATCH WHEN FINANCIALS HIT OUR CONSENT
AGENDA, JUST FOLLOWING THE PROCESS OF OUR BOARD CALENDAR. WE DID SPEAK AT LENGTH, IN THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE BOARD BUDGET. SO I ASK THAT WE STILL KEEP IT THE IT ON THE AGENDA SO WE FOLLOW OUR PROCESSES BUT I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO ADD.
IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD A QUESTION. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR THOMPSON? I THINK WE HAVE KIND OF HIT THIS ONE. OVER THE HEAD SEVERAL TIMES. I'M GOOD. I THINK WE ARE GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS. PRESIDENT REPORT NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OBJECT OCTOBER 7TH. AGENDA PLANNING FOR THAT MEETING WILL BE THIS COMING THURSDAY. AT 10:30 AT INVERNESS.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I TALKED ABOUT THE DAC MEET AND HOW WE DID A SPECIALIZED UIP, BE MEETING AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY FUN TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE DATA. I THINK THERE WILL BE DISCUSSING IT FURTHER AT THEIR NEXT MEETING AND THEN OFFERING THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION A RECOMMENDATION. I ALSO WENT WITH DIRECTOR MYERS TO THE GIFTED EDUCATORS MEETING THIS LAST WEEK, I THINK. AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE
EVERYONE THERE PART OF THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO THAT WAS GOOD. AND THEN ALSO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO MEN'S CHOIR FESTIVAL WHICH WAS HELD AT ROCK CANYON LAST FRIDAY. I THINK THERE WERE ABOUT 10 HIGH
SCHOOLS SO IT'S NOT JUST DOUGLAS COUNTY. BUT THERE WAS AT LEFT ONE FROM LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EVEN SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT ATTEND. I SAT IN THE BACK ONE OF MY SONS IS IN CHOIR SO I WAS ABLE TO
JUST SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO THEM SING AND IT'S QUITE REMARKABLE WHAT YOU CAN DO AND NBA BRINGING 10 HIGH SCHOOLS TOGETHER THAT HAVE NEVER WORKED TOGETHER. A TIME IN THEIR LIFE AND REAL GET TO DO WHAT THEY LOVE AND SO THAT WAS REALLY NEAT. SO I GOT TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU TO ROCK TAN CABRERA
BE I DON'T KNOW FOR HOSTING THAT THIS YEAR. AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO IN ORDER TO BE TRANSPARENT, AND SAY I AM GOING TO -- FOR AN AGENDA ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE FUTURE IS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T -- WELL, BACK
IN THE SPRING, THERE WAS THE CHASAS LETTER THAT WAS SIGNED AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO JUST DISCUSS TITLE NINE AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STATE LAW AND TITLE NINE AND JUST SEE WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING,
BECAUSE I KNOW JUST SURROUND -- SOME DISTRICTS HAVE TAKEN A POLICY, SOME HAVE NOT. AND JUST KIND OF WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF TITLE NINE ARE, SO JUST AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT THAT IS ALL I HAVE. DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> YEAH, I THINK AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION ON THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD. BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT MEN IN GIRL'S SPORTS, SO JUST ESPECIALLY IN COLORADO. SO INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT WILL GO. AND THEN AS FAR AS WHAT I HAVE
DONE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, IS I HAD THE MBOC MEET AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR THOMPSON FOR PROVIDING THE UPDATE ON THAT. MOSTLY WE INTRODUCE NEW MEMBERS, SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR VOTING YES ON CONSENT I THINK WE
HAD LAKE FIVE OR SIX, SO LAST NEW MEMBERS ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ON MARCH BOX ESPECIALLY WITH A NEW BOND STARTING UP AND THEY ALL GOT TO MEET THE NEW BOND DIRECTOR.
MARK AND HIS SERVICE DOG. I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME. TOBEY. YES. TOBEY. YEAH. SO THAT WAS GREAT. AND GOT THE REGULAR PRESENTATIONS ON MARCH LO SPENDING AND BOND SPENDING.
WHY THERE ARE PLANS FOR THE MONEY IT WASN'T LEFT OUR BANK ACCOUNTS QUESTIONED BECAUSE OF HOW INVOICING WORKS IT'S NOT INTERESTING YET BY STARTING TO GET MORE INTERESTED INTERG ABOUT THE BIG PROJECTS AND THE UPDATES ON THAT THAT THE BOARD
GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT AS WELL. THAT'S ABOUT IT. >> ALL RIGHT, I'LL START DOWN WITH DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO I'LL JUST KIND OF PICK UP WHERE DIRECTOR WINEGAR LEFT OFF ATTENDED THE M BOX MEETING IT
WAS A GREAT MEETING. I AM GLAD WE HAVE APPROVED THE NEW MEMBERS IT WAS DISIT UP ARE RUN TIFF TO NOT HAVE THEM AT THE MEETING SINCE WE WERE VOTING FOR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, ET CETERA, AND I WANT TO DO A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR OUR MBOC COMMITTEE
SWEAR STILT LOOKING FOR MEMBERS. IT'S IT IS A GREAT COMMITTEE. IT DOESN'T MEET THAT OFTEN. COMPARED TO SOME OTHER COMMITTEES IT'S REASONABLE IN THE ASK OF YOUR TIME AND YOU GET TO HAVE THE FIRST GLANCE AT ALL THE COOL THINGS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT. ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS WE HAVE TOURED OUR
SITES, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INVITATIONS TO GROUNDBREAKING EVENTS. AND SO, YEAH, IT'S A GREAT COMMITTEE. GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. GREAT QUESTIONS. AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LEARN
ABOUT HOW TAXPAYER FUNDS OR USED IN OUR DISTRICT. AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER DATES. SEEING IF THERE IS ANYTHING
WORTH MENTIONING FROM MY REPORT. NO. WE DID HAVE A DAC LIAISON AT THE MEETING AND IT'S NICE TO SEE NO OUR COMMITTEES ARE WORKING TO HAVE INNER COMMIT LEE SAY ON I
JUST MADE THAT UP. LAUGH. >> OF EXCITED FOR MOMENTUM BECAUSE IT'S A TIME COMMITMENT FOR THE MEMBERS THAT DO THAT AND THEY ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS, SO ADDITIONALLY, I ATTENDED THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETINGS, IT WAS A GREAT MEETING. A LOT OF EXCITING UPDATES TO START THE YEAR.
REALLY ENJOYED THAT. HEARD FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH TEAM AS WELL. I GUESS NERVOUS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM ALLOWED TO SAVE BECAUSE OF OUR DISCLOSURE AM I
ALLOWED TO DO A SHAPELESS PLUG OF A BOOK. JOHNNY DID WRITE A BOOK. >> YES. >> AND OH, NO, I WILL SAY IT WRONG. THE DEVIL I ONCE KNEW. DID I SAY IT RIGHT? YES.
AND IT'S A BOOK ABOUT A FAMOUS CASE WITH I SERIAL KILLER AND ANYWAYS, IT'S ON AMAZON. JOB I. LET'S SEE HERE.
WAS WE FALL DELEGATE THAT WAS LAST SATURDAY. IT WAS INTERESTING. I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BRING BACK, SO THE ONE VOTE IT WAS RESOLUTION EIGHT AND I THINK -- >> DID YOU GO IN PERSON? >> I PARTICIPATED ONLINE. >> OKAY.
>> ON THAT SATURDAY. AND LET'S SEE, I THOUGHT I PULLED IT UP SO I COULD READ IT. RESOLUTION EIGHT WAS ABOUT
ALLOWING AN OUT OF DISTRICT PERSON TO SERVE ON A BOARD. IT WAS INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT. BECAUSE OUR SMALLER DISTRICTS ARE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME FINDING BOARD DIRECTORS AND THE DISTRICT THAT BROUGHT IT UP, THAT HAS BEEN THE SAME GUY
SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR LIKE FOREVER. AND THERE IS JUST NOBODY TO STEP UP. WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY RURAL AND THE STUDENTS ARE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE THE RURAL AREA IT'S INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO THE CHALLENGES SOME OF OUR RURAL DISTRICTS ARE FACING.
THEY DID QUITE A FEW CHANGES TO THE RESOLUTION WHICH THEN WE ENDED UP TABLING IT FOR THE DECEMBER CONFERENCE. BECAUSE LIKE WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO OUR BOARDS TO GET THE BOARD'S OPINION AND I WOULD WANT LEGAL'S OPINION.
SO ONCE WE HAVE -- I HAVE A COPY OF WHAT THAT NEW RESOLUTION LOOKS LIKE WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING. AND ALL OF THAT. I'LL BRING THAT BACK FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SO. AND THEN FINALLY, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT YOU KNOW, DURING
AGENDA PLANNING WE DID TALK ABOUT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING WHERE WE HAVE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND LEARN A LOT MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND IT WAS MENTIONED THAT SPN WOULD BE THERE TO DO A WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD, WHICH HELPS A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF MY CONCERNS BECAUSE I WAS
CLARIFIED DURING THE LAST MEETING IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN UPDATE VERSUS WORK SESSION LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OCTOBER MEETING WHERE WE GET THE WORK SESSION AND ALSO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE DATA THAT THEY COLLECTED DURING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES . >> THAT'S THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER?
>> YES, THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER. 20 SOMETHING. >> 21st. >> THAT'S IT. AND I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SAG MEETING. AND THE UPCOMING SAG FORUM BUT
I'LL LET YOU SAY IT. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> FRIDAY IS THE HEROS GALA AT THE SEN 10 YELL AIRPORT THE DISTRICT HAS A TABLE THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR MARIJUANA
PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE COMMUNITY JUST GREAT FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS WE HAVE A TABLE THERE AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOING. THAT'S SATURDAY -- FRIDAY, ALSO I LEARN FROM MY D.C. YI MONDAY
MEET ON THE GROUND MONDAY THEY ARE A LUNCH AND LEARN WHICH IS THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE ON SEX TRAFFICKING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. SO I GUESS THEY HAVE GOT QUITE A LARGE TURN OUT AND SO I CAN POP IN FOR A BIT. AND HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON.
LET'S SEE, SAG MEETING MONDAY. AND SO I THINK I HAVE QUITE A FEW DIRECTORS THAT ARE COMING DIRECTOR MEEK IS OUT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OUR FIRST MEETING BESIDES OUR KICKOFF FORUM. A LITTLE CONCERNED, WE ARE DOWN
IN ATTENDANTS FOR OUR KIDS SHOWING UP. SO WE HOPE WE HAVE A GOOD TURN OUT MONDAY NIGHT. WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD LEADERS AND THEY HAVE GOT SOME GOOD ITEMS AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
WITH THINGS THEY HAVE IMPLEMENT ED IN THERE. AND THE KIDS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WANT TO DO. OF COURSE MONDAY, ON THE 29th. WE HAVE OUR SAG, OUR STUDENTS --
WELL, FIRST ALL DAY 9-3 THE YOUTH CONGRESS WHICH WILL BE AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. I -- WE HAVE LOTS OF OUR BOARD CABINET PEOPLE THERE BE THERE, WE'VE GOT -- HE USUALLY HAVE OVER 100 KIDS AT THIS AND WE ARE DOING JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORMAT.
AND I I FELT LIKE WITH OUR CONNECTIONS THAT WE MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS, THOSE ROUND TABLE ROBINS WENT GOOD AND SAG REALLY LIKED IT LAST YEAR, IN FACT, THEY ARE DOING TWO THIS YEAR. SO WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING
AT YOUTH CONGRESS WE HAVE GOING TO GIVE IT A SHOT. WE'VE GOT SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL PROGRAMS. DR. KELLY SMITH, TRANSITION FROM MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL. CAMBY CRAB. DCSD. OKAY. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE ELECTED
OFFICIALS, LIKE MAYORS, OTHER PEOPLE THAT WILL BE IN WITH THESE GROUPS. WE'VE GOT SAFETY AND SECURITY IT, PEER PRESSURE. NORMALIZING MENTAL HEALTH. CELLPHONE BAN, RESTORATIVE PRACTICE AND VAPING PREVENTION, WE JUST FELT THAT THIS MIGHT BE A NEW FORMAT FOR KIDS TO OPEN UP
AND HAVE VOICE WITH US A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN THAT NIGHT, FROM 6-8 WE HAVE OUR SAG CANDIDATE FOR UP THAT'S RUN JUST BY OUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE STUDENT-LED QUESTIONS. THAT'S ALSO AT LEGACY. IT'S FROM 6-8.
WE WOULD REALLY LAKE A GOOD ATTENDANCE. MR. BLARE HAS PUT OUT. WE ARE DOING PRINCIPAL NOTES, PEACH CHART, NEVER HEARD OF THAT. WEEK IN REVIEW, SOCIAL MEDIA. STAND ALONE EMAILS TO FAMILIES AND SHARE WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. SOLE THAT IS ALSO MONDAY THAT
NIGHT SEPTEMBER 29th. LET'S SEE, I GUESS THAT'S IT. AND SO OUR SAG MEETING AND THEN THE FORUM SO WE ARE GOOD ARE LACKING GOOD I THINK. THAT'S IT.
>> GREAT, DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I ATTENDED LONG-RANGE PLANNING I DID AN UPDATE ON THAT. SHORT VERSION WE ARE IN THE EARLY PROCESS ESTABLISHING
BOUNDARIES EL REPORT IF D 51. DID YOU A SURVEY ABOUT WHAT ISSUES THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT. IN TERMS OF FORMING THE BOUNDARIES, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF EARLY INFORMATION OUT OF THEM. THEY ARE REALLY GOOD IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MASTER CAPITAL LAN
MUCH MORE USABLE AND ACCESSIBLE ONLINE. AND HOW THAT WORKS IN WITH A LOT OF OUR OTHER ONLINE SYSTEM. I WENT TO THE CASB DIRECT MIGHT
GOES ON. THURSDAY THE 21st I WAS LATE BECAUSE I WAS IN COURT BUT THEY DISCUSSED A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH CASB AS ONE THING RELEVANT, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO BE MODIFYING THEIR
DUES STRUCTURE. THAT WILL RESULT PROBABLY IN A SMALL INCREASE TO US, IT WILL BE BASED ALMOST SOLELY ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT. SO BIGGER DISTRICTS WILL PAY MORE. NOT A GREAT DEAL, APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT OTHERWISE.
THAT WAS AT THE EPIC CAMPUS IN LITTLETON. WHICH IS THEIR -- >> LEGACY. >> WHICH IS THEIR LEGACY CAMPUS, IT'S NOT AS GOOD. [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT, I MEAN, FOR TRANS -- FOR CHANGING A CAR DEALERSHIP INTO A EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IT'S FAR NATING, AND I WILL SAY THE MOST
INTERESTING PART IS THAT THEY HAVE A RV RESTORATION PROGRAM OR WORK PROGRAM. THEY HAVE AN OLD RV PARK ED IN THE MARKING LOT. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN
ONE OR TWO SMALL BUILDINGS. THEY HAVE CRAM SMALL PROGRAMS AND IT WAS AN INTERESTING TOUR. IT WAS INTERESTING TO TALK TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE LOCAL AREA, IT WASN'T A GREAT TURN OUT. IT HELP TOWS HEAR ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING AND HOW
CASB WORKS AND I LIKE FORWARD TO BASS CASBY IN THE FALL EVEN IF IT'S NOT AT THE BROADMOOR AT LEAST FOR US. OH, THE PARTNERSHIP OF DOUGLAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S QUARTERLY MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 17th. IN THE MORNING.
DIRECTOR WINEGAR AND I USUALLY ATTEND THOSE AND WE WILL BOTH NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. DIRECTOR WINEGAR HAS ALREADY PLANNED TO BE OUT OF TOWN AND I HAVE TO ATTEND A FUNERAL. IT IS IN LASHES SPUR, SPUR OF
THE MOMENT BAR AND GRILL. AND POSTED BY THE TOWN. IF ANY OF YOU ON INTERESTED IN DRIVING TO LARK SPUR AT DECEMBER. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. >> IT STARTS MEET AND GREET AT
7:00. THAT'S WHEN YOU ARE GET YOUR COFFEE. 7:30 IS WHEN THE MEETING STARTS LIST ALWAYS INTERESTING, TEND TO BE A LOT OF LOCAL OFFICIALS THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET A BIG BUNCH AT THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT BAR AND GRILL OR NOT. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE
CONTACT -- WHO DO WE, DEB EEYORE -- >> SHAUNA. >> CONTACT SHAWN AND AND SHE WILL HELP YOU SCHEDULE THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO UPDATE RIGHT NOW THE. THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> THANK YOU, BASED ON MY WORK SCHEDULE AND MY CRAZY VIRUS THAT I HAVE HAD I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE LRPC OR SAFETY AND SECURITY. I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR GEIGER AND THOMPSON FOR ATTENDING THOSE AND FILLING IN FOE ME AT LEAST BEING THERE, BECAUSE I COULDN'T
TRUCK TO DO ANYTHING. AND HOPEFULLY I CAN REPAY THE FAVOR IF THAT BECOMES NECESSARY. I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO REPORT. THERE IS A SLIGHT BIT OF BREED OVER TO A PROJECT THAT THAT M
WORKING ON OUTSIDE OF WORKING ON A PROJECT MEMORIAL FOR KENDRICK STILL. HE DIED, STEM SCHOOL PENT TW*EPBT 19, HE WAS A HERO, HE DIED FREAKING HIS FELLOW STUDENTS AND THE STAFF THERE.
THE FIRST TIME IN NIGH CONTRARY I CAN EVER REMEMBER A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT WHERE THE STUDENTS FOUGHT BACK. BECAUSE THAT FOUGHT BACK KENDRICK AND A FEW OF HIS FOAL SEE STUDENTS WERE SHOT AND HE PASSED AWAY AND HE'S MAY PERSONAL ROW HERO.
BECAUSE HE IS I HAVE SERVED ON A COMMITTEE WORKING SINCE THE TRAGEDY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO THEM OFF YELLIZE KENDRICK IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION HIS FAITH, FAMILY, THE WAY HE LIVED HIS LIFE. AND SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
DEDICATED ROBOTICS LAB AT LEGACY TO KENDRICK AND THE COUNTY RENAME LOU SENT BOULEVARD TO KENDRICK CASTILLO WAY. WHICH IS ANOTHER BIG POSE PIECE OF THE ONGOING MEMORIALIZATION TO KENDRICK THE FINAL BIG PIECE IS A MONUMENT THAT WILL BE
INSTALLED IN CIVIC BREEN PARK IN HIGHLANDS RANCH SOMETIME HOPE HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF YEAR A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO IT. A LOT OF LOGISTICS ARE IN PLACE EXCITE TOLD TELL YOU WOULD MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN IT GOOD CLOSER
THAT BEING UNVEILED. ON A SIDE NOTE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HOPEFULLY ALL GROUPS IN COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER WHAT HE DID FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT HE DID THAT DAY. SO WE KNOW FORGET WHY HIS NAME
MATTERS. HE'S BEING SCARED FOR SAINTHOOD BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE LIVED HIS LIFE, I DON'T KNOW IF KILL HAPPEN BUT IT'S AMAZING HE'S A SPECIAL PERSON IN MY LIFE. AND ALWAYS WILL BE. SO I AM EXCITED TO TELL THAT YOU
THAT MEMORIAL, MONUMENT WILL BE INSTALLED LATER THIS YEAR OPEN H I. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE INTO THE LAST BIT FOR ADJOURNMENT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY BINE WINEGAR. >> SECOND. >> SECOND BY I MYERS.
>> GUY,ER. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. THOMPSON. >> AYE, WILLIAMS, AYE. WINE TKPWER, AYE. >> PASSES 6-0 THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF CAGE EDUCATION IS NOW
ADJOURNED.