THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. WE WILL BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON IS RUNNING A FEW MINUTES LATE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE STAND
FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. IT HAS MOVED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR RYAN THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. I WILL TAKE ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I. >> DIRECTOR DENZ LER. I. >> DIRECTOR GAMBILL.
>> I. >> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> I. >> THE MOTION PASSES 6-0. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL MOVE. AS THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSIDERATION OF THE MERIDIAN VILLAGE SCHOOL SITE, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL ONLY BE TAKEN ON THIS TOPIC THIS EVENING. PUBLIC COME MEN IS AN IMPORTANT PART. THE BOARD VALUES HEARING FROM THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
EACH REGISTERED SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOTTED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. TO SUPPORT A RESPECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS COMMENTS TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN TO STAFF, INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE MEMBERS OR GUESTS.
KEEP REMARKS APPROPRIATE FOR K12 EDUCATIONAL AUDIENCE INCH REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSIONAL OF ALL PERSONNEL MATTERS WHICH ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED
AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW. IF YOU WISH TO KEEP VIVE VATE, PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IN THE COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COP MEANT PORTION OF THE MEETING? AM WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTERS
SIGNED UP TONIGHT. PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALL, PLEASE COME FORWARD, ADJUST THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY AND BEGIN WHETHER YOU ARE SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL OR A GROUP.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH ERIC. EXCELLENT. GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM WITH SHAY PROPERTIES. WE WERE THE MASTER DEVELOPERS OF MERIDIAN VILLAGE WHICH IN
INCLUDES STEPPING STONE. I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT. THE MATERIALS THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKET DO A NICE JOB OF REALLY OUTLINING THE DECISION WHICH IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, WHICH IS WHETHER OR NOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IS NEEDED AND WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON THIS SITE. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, I WAS BACK HERE, I BEFORE THIS BOARD IN JANUARY, I GAVE A PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE THAT PRESENTATION IS IN YOUR MATERIALS. AND WHEN WE WERE HERE IN JANUARY, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WHEN MERIDIAN VILLAGE WAS
ORIGINALLY PLANNED IN THE EARLY 2,000. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTED THE BUILDING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE SITE WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS 50% DEVELOPED. HOWEVER, THE COMMUNITY IS NOW FULLY DEVELOPED AND THERE IS NOT A PLAN FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR
NOR THERE IS A NEED ON THAT SITE. AS HAS BEEN DETERMINED BYE-BYE THE STAFF AND THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO THEREFORE, WE SUPPORT THE BOARD TAKING THE ACTION THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, WIGS SURPLUS. AND ALSO, WHEN WE WERE HERE IN
JANUARY, YOU MAY REMEMBER WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR THIS SITE. THE ONE THAT APPEARED TO BE THE MOST INTERESTING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH A PREFERENCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. THE LAND THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY WAS ORIGINALLY FOR A
SCHOOL, AND ALTHOUGH, YOU ARE NOT MAKING A DECISION ABOUT LAND USE TODAY, WE DO IN COURAGE YOU THAT IF THIS IS AN OPTION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, THAT YOU ALSO PROVIDE, OR AUTHORIZE THE PROVIDING LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THIS EFFECT.
THE SITE WAS ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED FOR A SCHOOL, SO OUR AMIM IS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT BENEFITS NOT JUST THE PUBLIC BUT THE SCHOOL DISITSELF. AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT WITH PREFERENCE WITH
DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WE BELIEVE WOULD DO THAT. I WANT TO USE THE LAST FEW MINUTES OR THE LAST MINUTE OF MY TIME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THE DECISION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT REALLY, TO MORE THROUGH A COUNTY PROCESS
WHICH IS A LAND USE DECISION PROCESS AND SHAY HAS VERY LONG TRACK RECORD OF ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN MEANINGFUL WAYS DURING THE LAND USE DECISION. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT AT THE LAND USE DECISION STAGE YET, WE HAVE BEGUN ENGAGING WITH THE
PUBLIC. WE RESPONDED TO COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. WE ACTUALLY JUST LAST FRIDAY HAD A MEETING ON SITE WITH A NUMBER OF THE NEIGHBORS IN ORDER TO HEAR THEIR, IN ORDER TO HEAR THEIR COMMENTS, THEIR QUESTION ABOUTS AND CONCERNS. WE HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.
WE PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE REST OF OUR PROCESS. MY COLLEAGUES GUY WILL SPEAK TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE SKYE STEWART. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE SPECIALIZE INLAND USE ISSUES. WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. A LOT OF THAT TIME WORKING ACROSS THE METRO AREA IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SHAY. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE BOTH ASH THE SITE AND AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN GENERAL. RICK DID A FANTASTIC JOB OUTLINING THE THOUGHTS AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I AM HERE TO REITERATE THAT COMMITMENT TO SINCERE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AROUND THE LAP USE DECISION. WE OPERATE AROUND A MODEL OF WHAT WE CALL CIRCLES OF OUTREACH TALKING TO THE MOST IMPACTED NEIGHBORS FIRST AND BROADENING OUT TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO GET THE TOUCH POINTS THAT CAN HAPPEN IN A VARIETY OF WAYS
EVERYTHING FROM ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS TO SMALL GROUP MEETINGS TO COFFEES IN PEOPLE'S HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL CONVERSATIONS. AND REALLY THE MEET OF WHAT PEOPLE TEND TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE SEE COMING IN COMMENT IS AROUND THE LAND USE SPACE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORS AROUND THAT LAND USE PROCESS WITH DOUGLAS COUNTY IF YOU ALL MOVE FORWARD TODAY. I REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT ROBUST COMMUNITY IF THIS IS DEEMED SURPLUS AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BEN GIT THE EMPLOYEES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS. HAPPY TO ANY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANK YOU I HAVE MUCH FOR THE TIME. >> THANK YOU MISS STEWART. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TO BE AVAILABLE AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVING INTO OUR STUDY ACTION ITEM, WE HAVE ONE ITEM TONIGHT CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION DECLARING SURPLUS PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
IN OUR RESOLUTION. THIS ITEM ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER TWO RELATED ACTION, FIRST WHETHER TO DECLARE THE SITE AS SURPLUS PROPERTY BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND STAFF THAT THE SITE IS NOT
NEEDED WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE FOR THE SCHOOL PURPOSES AND SECOND, WOULD AUTHORIZE THE LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR PROPOSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON THE SITE. THE BOARD RECEIVED A PRESENTATION AS MENTIONED
EARLIER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE JANUARY 27th BOARD MEETING, THAT RESOURCE POSTED ON THE AGENDA FOR REFERENCE. AND AS A REMINDSER, THISSATION SPECIAL MEETING WITH THAT FOCUS, WE HAVE 15 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR
BOARD DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN IT UP. YES, SUPERINTENDENT? >> PRESIDENT, I WANT TO CLARIFY. MY FAULT BECAUSE I TOLD YOU TWO VOTES. YOU ONLY HAVE TO MAKE ONE VOTE. THE RESOLUTION INCLUDES BOTH THE
DECORATION AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE LETTER SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. >> THE LETTER IS PART OF THE RESOLUTION, SO IT IS ONE VOTE. >> THANK YOU. >> WITH THAT, WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION.
DIRECTOR, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION, THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION, SO JUST WE'LL OFFER COMMENTS NOW. DIRECTOR. I WANTED TO QUICKLY DISCUSS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN LONG RANGE
PLANNING COMMITTEE WHEN THEY SUPPORTED THIS, THE PORTION DECLARING THE SUR PLUGS. THE SURPLUS. WE -- THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS PRESENTED, WITH, FIRST OF AL, STUDENT PROJECTIONS
BASED ON US BUILDING THE NEW SCHOOL IN LONE TREE AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS ANOTHER BETTER SCHOOL SITE JUST NORTH OF THIS ONE. THAT THE -- THERE IS NOTHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR THE DISTANT FUTURE, THAT WOULD INDICATE THE NEED FOR A SCHOOL IN THIS SITE. IT IS ALSO NOT A GOOD SITE FOR A
SCHOOL. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THE PROCESS SUPPOSED TO WORK. THE DEVELOPER COMES TO US AS YOU ARE USING THE LAND. CAN WE FIND ANOTHER WAY FOR IT. THEN WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST USE FOR THAT LAND. IT IS NOT OUR JOB. ALTHOUGH, I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
I THINK THE HOUSING INITIATIVE IS A GOOD ONE FOR US, THAT IS A DECISION FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BUZZ THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT. IT THEY LOOKED AT THE HISTORY. THEY LOOK, AS I SAID, OTHER AREAS. THERE IS SIMPLY NOT A
PROJECTED SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN THAT AREA. AND US LAND FOR I DON'T KNOW HAZE OTHER. >> OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I WAS GAS TO SAY I APPRECIATED HIM EXPLAINING THE PROCESS, WHERE THE LAND DECISION ACTUALLY GOES TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NEXT AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE EMPHASIS ON THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, TOO. I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, SO TH THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING T AS WELL. ALL RIGHT I WILL ENTERTAIN MOTION THEN ON THE RESOLUTION.
>> MOVE TO ADOPT AS PRINTED IN THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR RYE DLAN THE BOARD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION DECLARING SURPLUS PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING LETTER
OF SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S CALL ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN? >> I. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER.
I. >> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES-0. ALL RIGHT. 6-0. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO US.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, FOR THESE SPECIAL MEETING PORTION OF THIS EVENING, THERE IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> MOVE TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. I THINK DIRECTOR DENZLER WON ON THAT ONE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT THE BOARD -- SORRY, THAT THE BOARD ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I. >> DIRECTOR PARKER? >> I. >> DIRECTOR RYAN? >> I.
>> ALL RIGHT. IT PASSES 6-0. THE BOARD NOW IS ADJOURNED. THE REGULAR WORK SESSION OF THE BOARD WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 P.M.
THANK YOU. >> REGULAR WORK SESSION OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY COOL BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW CALLED TO RECORD.
LET'S BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> HERE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> HERE. >> A QUORUM IS PRESENT. IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE STAND
FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF
AGENDA, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RYAN, THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I WILL NOW CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DRIPS HER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE.
THE MOTIONS PASSES 7-0. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 4 OUR WORK STUDY SESSION, BEGINNING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION UPDATE. WE HAVE A 20-MINUTE PRESENTATION, FOLLOWED BAY A 10-MINUTE Q&A. SUPERINTENDENT KANE I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> HE REQUEST, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, JACKIE MILLETT, ALONG WITH HER TEAM HERE FROM TRANSPORTATION AND JUST THANK THEM ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. IT'S ALL YOURS. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND DIRECTORS IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH
THE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES IN THE TRANSPORTATION ARENA. LET'S -- SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE AWESOME PECS.
AND MARK I WARNED YOU. I AM -- DON'T EMBARRASS ME IN FRONT OF MY TEAM, MARK. OH, THERE WE GO. THE LET'S START WITH OUR INDOMITABLE DONNA THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.
DONNA IS A SEASONED PROFESSIONAL. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLORADO STUDENT PUPIL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION SHE SERVES ON THE TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CTE, HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
AND TREMENDOUS JOB WITH HER. JOINING HER ARE THREE OF THE AREA TRANSPORTATION MANAGERS. BOB, JEFF AND, GENNARO WHO ARE HERE AS WELL. WITH OUR TRAINING MANAGER DAVID ROMERO IS HERE WITH SOME OF OUR TRAINERS WHO ARE ALSO US
TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. IT WAS MANDATORY FOR THEM. BUT SOME OTHERS ARE GIVING EXTRA DUTY. CHRIS SUTTON IS OUR FLEET MANAGER. HE AND HIS TEAM MAKE SURE THE VEHICLES KEEP RUNNING SAFELY. ALISON HARPER IS OUR COMPLIANCE MANAGER. THERE ARE A LOT OF RULES WHEN IT
COMES TO TRANSPORTATION AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT AND THIS TEAM DOES. IN ADDITION THAT TEN BUS BEHAVIOR HARRELLING SPECIALISTS. 50 NANCY TRANSPORTATION HE EDUCATIONAL A SINCE AT THAT. S. RIDING WITH THE BUS DRIVER, 13
COORDCOORDINCOORDINATORS AND SUS THAT ROUND OUT THE TEAMS THAT SERVE. THIS YEAR WAS $37.6 MILLION. AS YOU CAN SEE JUST OVER HALF OF
THAT IS PAYROLL AND BENEFITS, 30-PARTY TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS FOR $10 MILLION MORE, FLEET MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, 3 1/2 MILLION REMAINDER IS FUEL COMPLIANCE AND SOME UTILITIES. WE ARE HOPING NOT TO SEE THE
FUEL COSTS GOING UP BUT WE THINK WE MIGHT. NEXT SLADE, PLEASE. WHAT IS THE MISSION? IT'S TO DELIVER SAFE, DEPENDABLE AND EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS' SUCCESS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBLE RESOURCE MANAGE. AND FOSTER A CULTURE OF SAFETY,
RESPECT, AND PROFESSIONALISMS FOR THE STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. SO I MENTIONED WE DO HAVE SOME RULES. WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. WE ARE REGULATORY CONTROLS AND STANDARDS OUR OPERATIONS ARE
ANCHORED BY STRICT ADHERENCE TO STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES FROM CDE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND D.O.T. COMPLIANCE INCLUDING RIGOROUS DRUG TEST AND LICENSING WE HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNION THE ATU AND HAVE OUR OWN
DRIVER'S HANDBOOK WHICH HAS DISTRICT STANDARDS AND POLICIES WHICH WE MUST AHEAD HEAR TO. THESE PRINCIPLES ENSURE A SAFE, PROFESSIONAL, REGULATED ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR DRIVERS, OUR TEAs AND OUR STUDENTS. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE WONDERFUL CHILDREN THAT WE GET TO SERVE.
SO 80% OF OUR SERVICE IS TO OUR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. JUST UNDER 6200 CHILDREN ARE TRANSPORTED EACH DAY. ON ONE OF OUR 149 GENERAL EDUCATION BUSES, ONE DRIVER ASSIGNED PER ROUTE. WE HAVE AN AVERAGE THE 32
CHILDREN ON OUR BUSES. RANGES NONCDL UP TO 75 KIDDOS IN ONE OF OUR HIGHER DENSITY COMMUNITIES. 16% OF OUR TRANSPORTATION IS MANDATORY TRANSPORT UNDER 1200
CHILDREN PART OF THE MANNED MANDATORY TRANSPORTATION, EACH DAY ON ONE OF OUR 10025 ACTIVE FOURTEEN-PASSENGER BUS GOES, WE HAVE ONE DRIVER AND AT LEAST ONE FIRST DEGREE IT. EA ON THE BUSES TWO STUDENTS PER VEHICLE. AND IT RANGES FROM ONE TO UP TO
ABOUT A MAXIM OF FIVE. WE FROM PRIDE PROVIDE ATHLETIC TRIPS, BASE TRIPS, AND ADVENTURES AND THEN SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION PROJECTS. WE ARE TAKING KIDS FROM THE MERGED SCHOOLS AND BRINGING THEM
TOGETHER. TO EXPERIENCE THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENT. LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR STAFFING NEXT, AND WE'LL FLIP RIGHT THROUGH IT. DID I DO THAT? OH, I DID. DARN IT.
GOING BACK ONE, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SEASONS TEAM. 156 DEDICATED DRIVERS THE AVERAGE AGE IS 58 YEARS OLD. FOR A LARGE PORTION OF OUR TEAM THIS IS A SECOND CAREER. THEY HAVE COME TO US AFTER DOING AMAZING OTHER THINGS. WE ARE IMPACTED BY RETIREMENTS THINK WE DO SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF
RETIRRETIREMENTS AND FOLKS THATE TO US RELOCATE TO LIVE THEIR NEXT BEST ADVENTURE. WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR 13% WHICH IS LEAVE OF ABSENCE. FOR OUR TEAM. SO WE OBVIOUSLY NEED MORE DRIVERS THAN WE HAVE ROUTES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. SO LITTLE DEEPER DIVE INTO OUR
DRIVERS. WE HAVE 39 DRIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR OVER 11 YEARS, WHICH IS ABOUT 25% OF OUR TEAM. ABOUT 50% OF OUR TEAM IS NEW. WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE DID SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE
IN OUR BUS DRIVER AND TRANSPORTATION TEAM OVER THE COVID YEARS. WE HAVE NOT FULLY REBOUNDED FROM THAT. I AM HAPPY TO SHARE, HOWEVER, THOUGH, THAT AT 20 TO '4, '25 MARKET ANALYSIS CONFIRM THAT WE OFFER THE HIGHEST PAGE FOR
BUS DRIVERS IN THE REGION, THIS ENSURES THAT WE ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST QUALITY DRIVERS IN THE REGION HIRING IS A PRIORITY TO THE TEAM. THROUGHING THE FLEET I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PUN STUCK IN HERE.
IT'S RECRUIT. AND STAFFING. WE HAVE EXPEDITED THE PROCESS, I WILL GET INTO MORE DETAILS LATER. MODERNIZED TRAINING TO LOOK AT SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ONLINE AND HAVE A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF TRAINING CLASSES.
HISTORICALLY, WE HAD WAITED UNTIL WE HAVE NINE OR SO DRIVER APPLICANTS AND THEN STARTED A CLASS, WE ARE STARTING CLASSES RIGHT NOW WITH THREE DRIVERS BECAUSE WENT TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH THE CYCLE AND GET THEM OUT ON THE ROAD MORE QUICKLY. WE HAVE ALSO ENGAGED A HERRING, STAFFING LIAISON THEIR JOB IS TO
RECRUIT AND THEN INTERVIEW DRIVERS. WE HAVE DONE AN INTENSIVE HYPER LOCAL MARKETING EFFORT. IF YOU ARE OVER 40 AND IN THE DISTRICT, YOU RECEIVED A POSTCARD ASKING IF YOU ARE INTERESTING IN BECOMING A BUS DRIVER. WE PARTICIPATE IN INDUSTRY
EVENTS, BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS, COUNTY FAIRS AND OUR HIRING FARES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AGAIN, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT GUARDRAILS AROUND WHO CAN AND CAN'T BECOME A BUS DRIVER AND NOT EVERYBODY THAT APPLIES OR SHOWS SOME INTEREST CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
NEXT. SO WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING INCREASE THE PIPELINE? THIS IS JUST A HISTORIC RECORD OFF 2023 TO PRESENTS. OF THE APPLICANTS, INTERVIEWS AND GRADUATES. SO WE HAD A BUMPER CROP OF
APPLICANTS AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2023. WE CONVERTED 124 OF THOSE IN TO INTERVIEWS. BUT ONLY 31 ACTUALLY GRADUATED THROUGH. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE OP AT THIS MACED OUR PIPELINE, SEEING 88% OF HIRES THAT ARE MOVING YOU KNOW, NOKES ARE MOVING THROUGH. AND ACTUALLY GRADUATING. AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO ADD TO
THAT THIS YEAR. WITH 45 NEW HIRES AND COUNTING. WE HAVE SEEN A GAIN OF 23 DRIVERS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALSO LOST DRIVERS TO REAT THE SAME TIMER AND THEY HAVE JUST AGED OUT AND MOVED ON.
LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR ROUTES. OUR ROUTES, I SAY IT DIFFERENTLY I GREW OUT EAST COAST. DON'T LAUGH AT ME, NOT EVERY PROUD SAY ROUTE AND NOT EVERY ROUTE IS A ROUTE. WE'LL GET INTO THAT. NO, WE WON'T.
HISTORIC NUMBER OF OUR GEN ED AND SPED ROUTES. 164 ROUTES. WE HAD THE LATE BLUE IS OUR JENN ED OUTS AND DARK BLUE SPECIALIZED NEED ROUTES IT DIPED
TO A THROW IN 2023/24. WE ARE REBOUNDING NOT AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD LIKE TO REBOUND. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR THIRD PARTY ROUTES. BUT THIS GIVES YOU A HISTORIC PICTURE AND WE ARE ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE SEE AGO INCREASE IN THE GEN ED ROUTES
AND OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION. -- LOWERING OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION. THIS NEXT ONE DIGS IN MORE, ORANGE ARE THE ROLLING CANCELLATIONS, ORANGE IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE. IT'S IMPORTANT WHILE THESE PIE
PARTS ARE THE SAME SIZE IN 2023, 120 ROUTES AND TODAY 129 ROUTES. ORANGE, GEN ED. BLUE IS THE PORTION, DARK BLUE PORTION OF THE OUR GEN ED THAT WE DO NOT CANCEL. 2023 HE 7 1/2%, NINE OF OUR 69
ROUTES WE DID NOT CANCEL THE REASON WE DON'T CANCEL THOSE IS BECAUSE WE SAW A DECLINE IN ATTENDANCE WHEN WE CANCELED THOSE ROUTES THEY WERE VERY MUCH DEPENDANT AND WE IDENTIFIED AND SAID NO, WE ARE NOT SAN SELLING IS AUTHORIZE THE LIGHTER BLUE IS
THE MANDATORY TRANSPORTATION THOSE ARE ALSO NEVER CANCELED, YOU CAN SEE AS WE LACK TO TODAY, THEIR SIX OF OUR 85 GENERAL EDUCATION INDICATION ROUTES ARE NOT CANCELED THE OTHER ARE ON ROLLING CANCELLATIONS RIGHT NOW WE ARE CATCH SELLING FOUR TO FIVE ROUTES WHEN WE STARTED THE
SCHOOL YEAR IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING OTHER DRIVERS TO REDUCE THAT. IT IS A MOVING TARGET FOR US, WHAT ALSO IS NOT FACTORED IN IS ONE CHILD MOVING TO THE DISTRICT CAN CHANGE THE NEED FOR A ROUTE AND WE ADD A ROUTE BECAUSE OF
IT. WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE MAGNATE STOPS WHERE WE CAN GET MORE KIDDOS BOARDING AT ONE LOCATION AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ROUTES, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM CONTINUE SAYS TO EVALUATE. WE DO CHANGE BUS STOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
AS WE LOOK TO NEXT YEAR. WE ARE ANTICIPATE BEING 121, ADDING 12 ROUTES WHICH WILL, HAVE UNFORTUNATELY HAS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT CANCELLATIONS. THE COMMITMENT WAS MADE THAT
CHILDREN IN A CLOSED SCHOOL LOCATION WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK TO THE SCHOOL, GET ON A BUS AND BE TRANSPORTED TO THE NEW SCHOOL. THAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR THREE ROUTES. WHEN WE MOVED MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT THAT CESC SKATES THE ADDING OF ANOTHER SIX ROUTES TO
ACCOMMODATE THAT AND NEED THREE ADDITIONAL ROUTES BECAUSE SAND CREEK IS ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN EYE HIGH LAPS RANCH THAT SEEN CONTINUE DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND RELATED TO THE LATER BELL TIME. KIDDOS WERE NOT GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL UNTIL CLOSE TO 4:00. IT WAS NOT WORKING FOR FAINTERS
THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ADD THAT BACK IN TO ENSURE A THRIVING SCHOOL. WHAT WE DON'T NOAH, IS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NEW ROUTES WE NEED TO ADD FOR GROWTH OR SPECIALIZED EDUCATION NEEDS THAT WE JUST
SIMPLY DON'T KNOW. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FLEET NEXT. MOVING TO THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE DRIVEN BY SAFETY. ANOTHER PUN I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IS VERY FUNNY, SHE'S
VERY PUNNY. WE EXPERTLY MAINTAIN TWO DISTRICT FLEETS, TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT OUR BUS FLEETS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR WHITE FLOATS THAT ARE DRIVEN BY NUTRITION SERVICES, OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TEAM PRIMARILY. THROUGH PROACTIVE 90 MEMBERS AND DID DAILY SAFETY CHECKS THE TEAM
INSURES THE HIGHEST RELIABILITY FOR EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY VEHICLE. WE'VE GOT 100 -- EXCUSE ME, YEAH, 149 GEN EDUCATION BUSES, 125 ACTIVE SPECIALIZED EDUCATION BUSES AND 15 OVER THE ROAD BUSES.
THOSE OVER THE ROAD BUSES ARE REALLY WORK HORSES, THEY SERVE A LOT OF OUR OUTDOOR ED COMPONENTS. THEY ARE ABLE TO BE DRIVEN ON ROUGHER ROADS. THERE ARE 289 BUSS IN OUR
FLEETS. ANNUAL MAIN NEGLIGENCE IS REQUIRED, SO 12% OF OUR SPECIALIZED EDUCATION BUSES ARE IN FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, 27% OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION BUSES ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR -- BECAUSE OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. NEXT SLADE, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS THE AGE OF OUR FLEET. CDE HAS BEST PRACTICE THAT WE DON'T HAVE VEHICLES OVER 15 YEARS OUT ON THE ROADS. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THAT. BUT THEY ARE -- BUT ALL OF -- CDE COMMENT ODD THE FACT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR FLEET AND HOW WELL MAINTAINED IT IS.
EXCITED AND GRATEFUL TO OUR COUNTY FASHION PAYERS FOR APPROACHING THE BOND, 0-5. THOSE ARE THE BUSES WE HAVE SEEN COME ONLINE, PRIMARILY THROUGH BOND 2024 BOND FUNDING. SOME OF THOSE OLDER BUSES ARE
OUR OVER THE RAD BUSES THEY DO HAVE HAVE A LOT OF MILES THEM BUT ARE A WORK HORSE BUS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND WORK TO GET NEW BUSES. A NEW BUS COSTS OUTFITTED ABOUT 200,000 -- JUST OVER 200,000. WHERE ARE WE? JUST UNDER 200,000.
UNTIL YOU PUT THE GAS IN IT. AND THEN IT'S OVER 200,000, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR VEHICLES SAFE. THE SKILLED MECHANICS AND SHOP TEAM TACKLE THE DAILY CHALLENGE OF KEEPING OUR AGING FLEET SAFE
FOR OUR DRIVERS AND STUDENTS. AND IT IS AGING. WE'LL MOVE TO 3RD-PARTY TRANSPORTATION, WE CANNOT SUPPORT ALL THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. SO WE DO RELY ON THIRD PARTY. WE HAVE CONTRACT COMPANIES WHICH INCLUDE COLORADO TRANSPORTATION EXTRAS.
NOAH CARES, RIDES, HOP, SKIP, DRIVE, EVER DRIVEN AND VEE ACTUAL THE AVERAGE COST TO TRANSPORT EACH STUDENT USING THIRD PARTY IS $80 A RIDE.
WE SPEND $10 MILLION A YEAR ON 3RD-PARTY TRANSPORTATION, WE PROVIDE ESSENTIAL MANDATORY TRANSPORTATION FOR 325 STUDENTS, 225 OF THOSE ARE SPECIALIZED EDUCATION NEEDS KIDDOS AND THIS IS A FULL CALENDAR YEAR WHICH IS THE 173 REGULAR DAYS.
PLUS, 16 DAYS OF EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR. AND POTENTIALLY SOME SUMMER FIELD TRIPS FOR -- AS WELL FOR THOSE KIDDOS. THE MANDATORY TRANSPORTATION IS GOVERNED BY SOME FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND STATE
REGULATIONS. WHICH INCLUDE FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION. INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, EDUCATION ACT. MCKENNY VENETO WHICH REPRESENTS ANY UNHOUSED CHILDREN. AND EVERY STUDENT SUCCEED ACT WHICH IS OUR FOSTER CHILDREN. WE ALSO PROVIDE CTE
TRANSPORTATION, OUR CAREER TECH TRANSPORTATION WITH THIRD PARTY. AN INITIATIVE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT AND ONE OF THE REASONS I HAVE SO MUCH REGARD FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS CLIMATE AND CULTURE. AS WE MOVE ONTO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TRANSPORTATION TEAM IS CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON. THERE WAS A ROBUST PROGRAM BEFORE I KIND OF SHOWED UP ON
SCENE. AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. AND IT'S REALLY BUILDING EXCELLENCE THROUGH CONNECTION. THERE IS A LAUNDRY LIST HERE OF EVENTS AND ACTIVES, AND RECOGNITION EVENTS THAT WE DO TO TRY AND SUPPORT THE TEAM. WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD TO THAT LIST.
SOME OF THE NEW INITIATIVES THEY CAN'T GET RID OF ME I LIKE THEM SO I SHOW UP. QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THOSE CAN A CLIMATE
AND CULTURE NORMS WORKSHOP FOR THE LEADERSHIP TYPE THAT WENT OVER REALLY WELL. A NEW SPECIALIZED EDUCATION TEAM TO FOCUS THAT PAT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE T THE APPROACH
THE A BESTAPPROACH. WE HAVE CREATED ASSISTANT TRAINER POSITIONS WITHIN THE HIRING AND ASSISTANT T.E.A. TRAINER POSITION, THIS ALLOWS US TO -- NOT ONLY EXPEDITE TRAINING BUT GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR DRIVERSES AND OUR T.E.A.s FOR
CAREER ENHANCEMENT, LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. WE HAVE A BUS BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST FOR OUR GENERAL ED POPULATION AND ADDED BUS BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR SPECIALIZED NEEDS CHILDREN, WE HAVE LOOKED AT HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH EDUCATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE A
LITTLE BIT MORE, MAKE SURE COHESIVE MESSAGING IS COMING FROM OUR SCHOOLS TO OUR BUS DRIVERS. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM FOR LAST YEAR'S -- THIS IS -- IT'S CALLED THE BUS RODEO. AND IT WAS A FABULOUS EVENT. REALLY PLEASED OUR
SUPERINTENDENT WAS ABLE TO JOIN US THAT DAY, THIS IS WHERE WE COMPETE ACROSS THE STATE ONE YOU HAVE OUR BUS DRIVERS PLACED THIRD. A MECHANIC SECOND AND THE MECHANICS WON BIG TROPHY BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY PLACE IN THIS TOP TEN.
IT WAS A GREAT TEAM BUILDING EVENT AND HOSTED AT A DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR. ANOTHER PART INITIATIVE WE LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN AND I AM PLEASED WITH THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE THAT'S PUT ON BY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS THE GARAGE WAITING CLASS FROM LAST YEAR.
THERE IS FOUR PEOPLE GRADUATING TOMORROW. SO WE'LL GO CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S ROLES AND HOW WE HELP AND SERVE EACH OTHER. AND, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT
TO ME IS SHOWING UP AND ENGAGING THIS IS JUST PICTURES OF ME DOING THAT WITH TEAM WHICH IS CELEBRATING THE GREAT JOB THAT THEY DO. THAT IS MY PREPARED PRESENTATION. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. AND I'VE GET MAY PHONE A FRIENDS BEHIND ME.
>> IT IS VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO HELP SUPPORT THIS REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON A CRITICAL SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO FAMILIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES
DEDICATED TO Q&A TO HELP ENSURE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH DIRECTOR IF WE CAN LIMIT IT TO ONE QUESTION TO BEGIN WITH. AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. I HAD ONE QUESTION AND I DIDN'T SUBMIT IT IN ADVANCE I DON'T MAIN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT IF YOU NEED TO ANSWER AT A DIFFERENT TIME THAT'S FINE. I AM CONCERNED THAT NEW DRIVERS ARE BEING HIRED AT HIGHER PAY RATES THAN EXISTING DRIVERS OR
TRAINERS. WHICH I FEEL LIKE IS A MORALE PROBLEM CITED IN ONE YOU HAVE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION STAFF. DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT? >> SO THE HERRING STARTING SALARY IS BASED ON EXPERIENCE. JUST WITH ANY OTHER JOB WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. AND SO IF WE HAVE A DRIVER THAT
MAY BE NEW TO US BUT COMING IN THAT ALREADY HAS THEIR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE AND HAS EXPERIENCE, WORKING IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY DO START AT A HIGHER SALARY RATE BECAUSE OF THAT EXPERIENCE THAT THEY BRING IN. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH OUR CABINET MEMBER WHO -- BRIAN CONDON WHO LEADS THE RH DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT ARE WE BRINGING PEOPLE IN AT THE RIGHT LEVEL. AND I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE DRIVERS HAVE RAISED MY -- ELEVATED TO MY ATTENTION AND TO OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS
WE ARE -- THERE IS NOT -- THERE IS NOT A RANDOM SYSTEM TO JUST GIVE SOMEONE MORE THAN OTHERS. AND WHEN SOMEONE IS STARTED ABOVE THE MINIMUM, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE THEY ARE BRINGING TO THE TEAM WHEN THEY START. I ALSO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT THIS CAN BE CHALLENGING AND/OR FRUSTRATING TO EXISTING
TEAM MEMBERS. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU TO FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU
TO ALL THE DRI DRIVERS FOR ALL T YOU DO FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK MECHANISM THAT YOU GUYS USE TO HEAR FROM STAFF, HEAR FROM OUR DRIVERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY ARE HOPING TO IMPROVE IN CULTURE AND CLIMATE AND HOW DOES THAT INFORM
YOUR INITIATIVES THAT ARE SELECTED? >> SO WE HAVE HAD, AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY FRANK, OPEN DIALOGUE, AT THE TERMINAL VISITS. AND I DO HEAR SOME THINGS, I RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE SHARING THAT. AND I HAVE BEEN -- IT HASN'T
HAPPENED YET BUT AFTER I JUST FINISHED MY LAST QUARTER VISIT AT EACH OF THE TERMINALS AND I AM GOING TO DO A SURVEY OUT TO THE FOLKS, WORKING WITH HR TO PUT THAT SURVEY TOGETHER. IT WILL BE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS SURVEY.
HR MAY HAVE SOME INSIGHT BUT I WILL NOT. ONCE I SEE THAT I THINK I WILL LACK TO RESPOND. AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. I THINK WE HAVE REACTED TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD THIS YEAR. AS FAR AS EXPEDITED TRAINING WE
HAVE NEW INITI INITIATIVES THATE FROM BOTTOM AFTER FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OUT IN THE TERMINALS. SO I THINK ONE THING THAT I NEED TO COMMITMENT AND I WILL DO IT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL SO I MAKE SURE THAT I DO IT IS GET OUT AND RIDE ON THE BUS WHILE I WATCHED VIDEOS I HAVE NOT PHYSICALLY BEEN ON THE BUS AND THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT I KNOW I NEED TO DO. NOW I HAVE SAID IT HERE, TOO, GUYS, SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN CALL ME ON IT. BUT I DO THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE IN THAT AREA. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM LOOKING IN TO TO MAKES THAT WE GET THAT DIRECT, HONEST FEEDBACK. WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE WE DO GET, YOU
KNOW, THE SURVEY OF WHY THEY ARE GOING AND WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO. THERE WAS SOME INITIATIVES AND I TALKED TO MY PARTNERS ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN CHANGE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PAY IS WEIRD AND WE ONLY GET PAID ONCE A MONTH. SO THAT IMPACTS SOMETIMES PEOPLE
SAY, OH, YEAH, WE LOVE TO START. BUT I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG TO GET MY PAYCHECK SO WE LOSE PEOPLE IN THAT SPACE. BUT, YES, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THERE. ON THE FEEDBACK LOOP. BUT I TRY TO BE SAFE SPACE I TRY TO BE A SAFE SPACE IF THEM GIVE
ME FEEDBACK. >> AND JUST SO BOARD DIRECTORS KNOW WE RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO RIDE ON THE BUSES AS WELL AT OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS EVENT HELD RECENTLY. SO THAT IS SOMETHING OPEN FOR US AS WELL. OTHERS. DIRECTOR GOINGER? >> FIRST I WANTED TO THANK THE
BUS DRIVERS AND OTHER STAFF THAT CADE TO THE CLASSIFIED STAFF COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS NO THE SURE THAT WE HAD THEM BEFORE. AND WE GOT HONEST FEEDBACK AND I APPRECIATED IT VERY MUCH. I HAVE I HAVE BEEN TO THE BUS -- THE NORTH BUS TERMINAL
FACILITIES. LESS THANS LUXURIOUS. >> THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. >> ARE WE FINDING SPACE OR TIME TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT WORK SPACE FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION WORKERS? >> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO DO AND SOMETHING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.
SHE AND I ARE NOT HAPPY. WITH SOME OF THE WITH CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE A TERMINAL THAT THERE IS NO DRINK K.YOU CAN'T DRINK THE WATER FOUNTAIN IS COMPLETELY DUCT TAPED THE TOILETS ARE, YOU KNOW, ANCIENT AND FOR ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN HEIGHT. IT IS -- THE CONDITIONS I WILL BE VERY FRANK. WE HAVE INVEST ED IN THE PLACE THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN, AND THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE HAVE CHILDREN. WE HAVE NOT INVESTS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT AND THAT'S SOMETHING
WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. IT'S NOT NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT THERE'S JUST NOT BEEN FUNDING OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IMPROVED. SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I HAVE RECEIVED ALSO IS OUR TRAINING TAKES PLACE ONLY AT PONDEROSA. IN THE MOBILES OUTSIDE OF THE
HIGH SCHOOL. AND SOME DRIVERS COME FROM A DISTANCE. EVEN THOUGH WE MAY PAY MORE, BY THE TIME THEY PAY FOR THE GAS AND TIME TO GET TO ON YOU THE TO THAT ONE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET THE TRAINING. THEY HAVE LOST ANY INCOME THAT
THEY COULD HAVE HAD. SO IT'S AT MAT PERCENT OF HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WITH EXISTING FACILITIES AND RESOURCES THAT AVAILABLE TO US. >> I HAVE A QUESTION AROUND ROLLING CANCELLATIONS AND HOW WE
ADDRESS EQUITY ISSUES WITH FAMILIES. THAT REALLY HAVE THE LACK OF ABILITY TO GET THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL. HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT? >> AND I THINK OUR ATTEMPT TO IMAGINE THAT HAS BEEN SEEN -- WAS SEEN ON THE PIE CHART SLIDE AS WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER
OF NONCANCELED GENERAL EDUCATION ROUTES WHEN WE STARTED THE CANCELLATIONS WE HAD I THINK I BELIEVE IT WAS NINE THAT WE DID NOT CANCEL AND THAT WAS BASED ON ATTENDANCE AND WE ARE IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THE EDUCATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND WHEN THEY HAVE SEEN AND HAVE SEEN
ATTENDANCE REALLY DROP DOWN, WE HAVE 36 THAT WE DO NOT CANCEL AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THAT DATA. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN ADDRESS IT. SO WHEN WE KNOW MORE, GET MORE DATA WE DEFINITELY TRY TO NEVER
CANCEL THOSE GEN ED ROUTES. >> OKAY, WE HAVE 2 1/2 MINUTES LEFT FOR QUESTIONS. I WONDER IF DIRECTOR CALLAHAN, PARKER OR RYAN -- NO. OKAY. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> SORRY I AM DOUBLE DIPPING. JUST REAL QUICK, IS THERE A
MECHANISM OR SYSTEM BY WHICH WE ARE AUDITING AURA SURE THE QUALITY OF OUR THIRD-PARTY TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS? >> THAT IS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE JUST BEGUN AND DONNA HAS JUST STARTED THE PROCESS AND WE
HAVE A TEAM MEMBER ASSIGNED TO START DOING THE WORK. WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA TO SHARE WITH YOU BUT THAT'S A GOAL FOR US BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO SEE WHERE WE CAN BE IN THAT, BUT, YES. >> I WILL ASK A SECOND QUESTION
THEN. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS? YOU HAD MENTIONED WE HAVE RIGOROUS QUALIFICATIONS COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT I A LITTLE BIT. >> SO SPEAK. >> FIRST GETTING THE EXERCISER
SHALL DRIVER'S LICENSE WHICH WE DO PAY FOR THAT. IT'S L -- I HAVE A LOT -- I KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WORLD POLICE, COMMANDER WILL LAST AT ME. BUT AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR TRAIN AND THEN YOU BECOME AN F T.O. IT'S FIELD TRAIN AND YOU ARE OUT IN THE FIELD DOING THAT. ONCE THE DRIVERS GO THROUGH THE
WRITTEN TEST, SPENDS TIME WITH THE TRAINERS AND ARE RELEASED OUT ON TO THE BUSES. THERE IS A VERY DIRECT PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO. EVEN BEFORE THEY GET ON THE BUS. HE CAN WHICHING THE BUS, WALKING AROUND.
AND IF THEY DON'T DO ALL OF THAT YOU CAN FAIL BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE BUS, YOU GET ON THE BUS AND YOU ARE THE DRIVING PORTION OF IT. THERE IS RANDOM DRUG TESTING WHICH HAS IMPACTED OUR ABILITY
TO HIGHER PEOPLE, IT'S YOUR RECORD COMING IN IF YOU COME IN WITH ANY KIND OF A ALCOHOL VIOLATION OR IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY TICKETS YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBE IN THE PAL. WE ARE A REGULATED ENTITY AND CDE HAS BASE LANE RULES.
I MEAN, I JUST LEARNED YOU CAN'T EVEN BACK A BUS UP MORE THAN 20. IT'S CDE YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BACK UP A 14 PASSENGER OR A 33 PASSENGER OR 77 PASSENGER BUS MORE THAN 200 FEET. ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN
WOULD BE A FAILURE. THERE ARE STRICT RULES ABOUT WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE WITH BUSES AND CHILDREN ON THE BUSES. >> PERFECT TIMING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> AND WOULD YOU GIVE THEM A HAND. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING AND
WHAT I CAN'T OVERSTATE IS THE DEDICATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM THE FACT THAT THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT AND DO LOVE AND CARE FOR OUR KIDDOS. THANKS, GUYS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, ALL. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 4.2, ON POLLING AND MLO DISCUSSION WITH A 30-MINUTE PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY A 30-MINUTE Q&A. AT THE FEBRUARY 10th BOARD MEETING THE BOARD DIRECTED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXPLORE A
2026MLO THAT INCLUDED POLLING AND OTHER EFFORTS, WHICH WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS EVENING. AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> OKAY. WE'LL SEE IF I CAN ADVANCE THE SLIGHTS BUT IF I CAN'T I'LL JUST SAY ADVANCE, PLEASE.
OKAY, LOOK AT THAT I DID IT. [ LAUGHTER ] >> OKAY, SO THE GOAL OF TONIGHT IS THE -- MAINE GOAL IS TO SHARE THE POLLING RESULTS FROM THE PROPOSED 2026MLO. I DID INCLUDE MANY OF THE SAME
SLIDES AND GRAPHICS THAT WERE INCLUDED LAST TIME. MAINLY FOR TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC NOT TO KEEP GOING OVER AND OVER THE SAME INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. SO I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TOLL OUR POLSTER.
OKAY. SO AS YOU MAY RECALL IN THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO CREATE A A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING PLAN BASED ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDS AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL AS OUR MASTER CAPITAL PLAN. AND SO THIS WAS THE LONG-TERM
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING PLAN THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT IS LISTENING, OUR MILL RATES FOR OUR BOND HAVE BEEN PLUMMETING SINCE 2013 IN 2013 OUR MILL RATE
WAS 15 FOR A BOND NOW IT'S 5. LIKEWISE OUR MLO RATE HAS ALSO BEEN STEADILY GOING DOWNWARD. AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNT MLO THAT IS SPREAD OVER MORE AND MORE HOUSEHOLDS AND MORE ASSESSED VALUATIONS. SO BOTH OF OUR TAX RATES THAT WE
ARE IN CONTROL OF, HAVE GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. SINCE 2013. AND, IN FACT, THE IMPACT TO AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD DOLLAR WISE IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT WAS IN 2013 AND THAT'S IN TODAY'S DOLLARS. SO IF YOU INFLATION ADJUST IT
WOULD BE EVEN MORE DRAMATIC, WE HAVE TO GET THE TAX RATE UP A LITTLE BIT INTENTIONALLY TO GET OURSELVES TO WHERE WE CAN STABILIZE OUR TAX RATE, FUND OUR DISTRICT, FUND OUR STUDENTS, FUND OUR SCHOOLS, AND KEEP IT STABLE FOR ACTION PAYERS LONG-TERM. SO THAT IS WHAT THIS LONG-TERM
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IS ABOUT. IN THE FIRST STEP, IN THIS PLAN, IS A 2026ML O-FOR SOMEWHERE AROUND 4250 MLS MILLION DOLLARS. THIS IS THE BOND TAX RATE THE BLUE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT
HAS DROPPED SINCE 2013. AND I DID AN OVERVIEW OF SCHOOL TAXES WHICH YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAD THE INFORMATION. THERE WE GO.
THIS IS OUR TAXES JUST IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. THINK SO IN SPITE OF PASSING TAXI INITIATIVES, YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL TAX RATE IS STILL TRICKLING DOWNWARD. AND THIS WAS STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR A POSSIBLE
2026 MLO. THIS SUMMARIZES THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS BASED ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDS AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THIS IS THESE NEEDS ARE IN PART WHAT WE POLLED ON. WE ALSO GOT FEEDBACK ON THESE NEEDS FROM OUR BOARD COMMITTEES AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT LEADERS AND OUR CHARTER SCHOOL LEADERS
WHICH I WILL SHARE WITH YOU AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE POLLING. WITH THAT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE TODD VITALE TO GO THROUGH OUR POLLING RESULTS. SO TODD I WILL HAND IT TO YOU,
THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME
BACK TO -- IN FRONT BOARD TO SHARE THE LATEST RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY. I KNOW I ONLY HAVE 15 MINUTES SO I WILL MOVE VERY FAST THROUGH A VERY LARGE SURVEY BUT I KNOW WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AT THE END. LET ME JUST KICK IT OFF AT A
HIGH LEVEL TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NET OF THE RESULTS OF THE POLL WERE I THINK QUITE POSITIVE. IN A LOT OF FRONTS. BUT I AM GOING TO KIND OF KICK IT OFF, YOU KNOW, A CAUTIONARY NOTE AND END WITH A CAUTIONARY NOTE.
JUST TO SET THE STAGE, WE WENT INTO THE FIELD ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE INTERVIEWED 400 LIKELY VOTERS, MAPPED THAT TO THE EXPECTED TURN OUT IN NOVEMBER AND SAW WE ARE LOOKING A DIFFERENT TURN OUT PROFILE THIS NOVEMBER THAN PREVIOUS
NOVEMBERS. ONE THING THAT HASN'T CHANGED SINCE I HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH YOU ALL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE REMAIN IN A PRETTY PART SHANN POLL RISED ENVIRONMENT AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS FIRST SLIDE SHOWS. AS WE SET THE STAGE AND LOOK AT
THE ENVIRONMENT OVERALL HOUR PEOPLE FEELING ABOUT IT. YOU'LL NOTICE AS MUCH AS PEOPLE REALLY LOVE THE DISTRICT AND A REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. THERE IS STILL A PARTISAN ENVIRONMENT WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE DISTRICT.
THEY ARE STILL LOOKING THROUGH A FAIRLY PARTISAN LENS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE ANY DIFFERENT AS WE APPROACH NOVEMBER AND IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE POLITICIZED. THE VOTERS RIGHT NOW ARE DIVIDED ABOUT THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION. VERY PARTISAN ELEMENT TO THAT.
AND SO OUR KIND OF REPUBLICANS, OUR OLDER REPUBLICAN MALES BEING THE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECTION. WHEREAS REALLY THE INDEPENDENTS AND DEMOCRATS REALLY LOOKING QUITE POSITIVELY ON THE DIRECT.
KIND OF THE SWITCHING FROM A MORE PARTISAN DIVIDED ATTITUDES, MORE TOWARDS FOCUSING ON THE DISTRICT ITSELF. AND YOU CAN SEE EVEN GOING BACK TO 23, VOTE VERSE A REALLY GOOD OPINION OF THE DISTRICT. AND THAT IS ONLY IMPROVED OVERTIME.
AND SO INDEED, I THINK WE ARE IN A DECENT ENVIRONMENT AND UP THINK ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS REFLECTED IN THE POLLING. KICKING IT OFF, LOOKING AGENT
SOME OF THE APPROVALS FOR THE DISTRICT PEARS TO THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION. ONE THING YOU'LL SEE ACROSS THE BOARD IS THAT WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD, OR OTHER ASPECTS
OF THE DISTRICT, THE GREATS ARE QUITE GOOD ACROSS THE BOARD AND GETTING BETTER. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> YOU GOT IT. OKAY. AND SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT JOBA
PREVIOUSES. WE ASKED SIX OF THESE, WITH SUPERINTENDENT AT A +11. THE BOARD AT +3. THE LEGISLATURE WAS THE ONLY NEGATIVE BODY THAT WE TEST THERE HAD AT -15 THE TEACHERS UNION
+TEN. EVERYONE LOVES THEIR TEACHERS. +63 AND EVEN THE PRINCIPALS AT +38. A LOT OF THE GOODWILL TOWARD THE DISTRICT CARRIES OVER INTO QUESTIONS AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND MONEY
PROPERLY AND THAT'S REFLECTED HERE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT -- WE DRILLED DOWN AND ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE DISTRICT GRADE. SO WE ASKED THEM TO GIVE A GREAT OF "A" TO "F" ON THE DISTRICT OVERALL. AND DRILLED DOWN INTO A WHOLE
BUNCH OF SUBSETS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ON ALL OF THOSE FRONTS, YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT, BUT WE ARE REALLY DOING QUITE WELL. YOU CAN SEE EVEN IMPROVING OVER PRETTY HIGH MARKS IN 2022, WHEN WE -- I THINK WHEN YOU ALL
STARTED DOING POLLING AT ABOUT 45% A.B. THAT'S MOVED UP TO NOW 54% A.B. ON THE OVERALL SCORE FOR THE DISTRICT. SO TRENDING QUITE POSITIVELY AND
REALLY PROVIDING I THINK A PATH FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TOE AT THIS MILL IN '26. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE
TESTED A BATTERY OF SEVEN DIFFERENT SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE DISTRICT FROM THE QUALITY OF THE BUILDINGS, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, QUITE HIGH AT 71%, A.B. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY REFLECTING TO SOME DEGREE THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE BOND.
THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE SCHOOLS. QUALITY OF TEACHERS. QUALITY OF AGENT LETHAL AND I CAN EXTRACURRICULAR FACILITIES, ALL OVER 50% A.B. THE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT WERE
NOT ABOVE A 50% A.B. SCORE WERE CAREER AND TECHNICAL AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS AND SERVICES. BOTH STILL HIGH BUT NONETHELESS ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS BATTERY. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THOSE ARE IN FACT TWO
OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IN A POTENTIAL MILL BAM YOU THE QUESTION IS CAREER TECHNICAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, SO NEXT. LOOK AT THAT, IT WORKS BETTER. WHEN WE THEN ASK PEOPLE --
FOLLOWED UP AND GAVE THEM A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW THE DISTRICT NEEDS MONEY FOR. AND ASKED PEOPLE TO PRIORITIZE THAT SPENDING. AND SO IN THAT BATTERY YOU CAN SEE HERE, AND I THINK THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE CURRENT
DRAFT THE MLO PROPOSAL, FOCUSING ON WORKFORCE, DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER PAY, OF COURSE, IS AT THE VERY TOP IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS FINANCIAL LITERACY. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE MESSAGING SECTION. VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT.
AS WELL AS SPECIAL ED. AND SECURITY OFFICERS AT SCHOOLS ALL THE KIND OF IN THE TOP OF THAT BATTERY AND YOU CAN SEE AS WE GO DOWN THAT PRIORITIZATION.
NEXT OF THE SHIFTING TO THE BALLOT THE KEY QUESTION WE ASKED PEOPLE ON A $50,000,000.2700 PER 700,000-DOLLAR HOME VALUE OF THE CURRENTLY 55%.
THE SUPPORT 31% DEFINITE. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT. 45% AGAINST WITH 32% AGAINST. SO I THINK THE NET OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A PATH HERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IT'S A LITTLE LOWER. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT IN OUR -- I THINK THAT'S THE WRONG WAY THERE, OTHER DIRECTION. WHEN WE WENT BACK AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR CYCLES. BACK IN 2023, OF COURSE, WE HAD
A BOND THAT WE PUT FORTH IT TEST AT 48 AND ACTUALLY CAME IN AT A LITTLE BIT LESS AT 47. UNSUCCESSFUL THE 23 LEVEE, THAT ONE TESTED AT 49 AND THE
ELECTION RESULTS CAME IN AT 52. EXCEEDED A BIT. WHICH IS RARE. USUALLY YOU ARE YES, IT'S A MATTER OF HOLDING THE LINE ON YES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A CAMPAIGN AND 2024, WHEN WE PUT THE BOND FORWARD THAT WE TESTED OUR LAST POLL WAS AT 60% AND WE,
YOU KNOW, NAILED THAT IN TERMS OF THE CAMPAIGN SUCCESS, BUT ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REALITY IS VERY, VERY HARD TORQUE YOU KNOW, TO IMPROVE THE YES. AND SO WHEN I COME IN, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL AT 55 IT
LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS, IN FACT, A PATH THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LAYUP. AS YOU KNOW IN THIS CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, THERE IS A LOT OF SENSITIVITY ABOUT THE ECONOMY. WE ARE STILL IN A -- I THINK PROBABLY ENTERING MAYBE EVEN
MORE PARTISAN PERIOD HERE WHERE TO THE EXTENT IT BECOMES A POLITICAL FOOTBALL IT BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING. WHEN WE LOOK BACK IN '24, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD GOING FOR US IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD WASN'T, WAS I THINK IN CONSENSUS AND NOT A LOT OF ACRIMONY AT THAT POINT, THERE WAS DIRECTION
FROM LEADERSHIP TOWARD VOTERS SAY THERE IS AGREEMENT ON THIS AND IT'S PROPOSAL THAT WE CAN SUPPORT. I THINK TO THE EXTENT THAT VOTERS SEE THERE BEING CONSENSUS AND UNANIMITY AMONG LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS AND ABOUT THE APPROACH I THINK
THAT'S THE KEY TO BEING SUCCESSFUL IN '26. OKAY. NEXT ONE, WE ALSO DID A SERIES OF MESSAGE BATTERY AND SO AFTER WE ASKED OUR FIRST BALLOT WE THEN INTRODUCED RESPONDENT TODAY
A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND TOTAL WE ASKED -- GAVE THEM 11 PIECES OF INFORMATION AND THEN WE RE-ASKED THE BALLOT. GO TO THE NEXT ONE. IN GIVES US A ROADMAP AS TO THE
BEST MESSAGING TO USE OVERALL. AND ALSO IN A TARGETED WAY. OVERALL, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE BALLOT ABOUT THREE POINTS NET. AND SO UP AT 56, AFTER WE GAVE THEM MESSAGING NOT A TON OF
MOVEMENT BUT NOT SURPRISING IN THE SENSE THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED ABOUT THIS ALREADY HAVE OPINIONED ABOUT THIS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SMALL SEGMENT OF OUR VOTERS WHO ARE UNDECIDED IN & THEREFORE
PERSUADABLE. HOW TO GO ABOUT HOLDING THE LINE ON THAT 55% AND MAYBE TRYING TO SOFTEN SOME OPPOSITION TO IT. I THINK THAT'S THE PATH TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WHEN WE LAYOUT ALL THOSE
MESSAGES AND WE PUT THEM ON A GRAPHIC THAT ILLUSTRATES KIND OF RELATIVE STRENGTH. WE SAW THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY, A KIND OF A SUPPORT AROUND A COUPLE OF KEY MESSAGES
IN PARTICULAR. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PERSUADABLE GROUP WHICH IS 37%. THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT ISSUES MOVED THEM THE MOST. AND YOU HEARD ME REFERENCE THIS BEFORE.
FINANCIAL LITERACY, TEACH COMP. CAMPUS SECURITY AND THEN EVEN DISTRICT CUTS 25 THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS FRONT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SUCCESSFUL WITH SOME GROUPS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE. AFTER WE EXPOSED THEM TO THAT INFORMATION, WE LOOK AND SEE WHAT VOTERS WERE PERSUADED AND MOVED THE MOST YOU ARE LOOKING AT A RANKING OF THOSE VOTER GROUPS AND HOW THEY MOVED AND
WHO MOVED THE MOST. AND SO GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF AN INDICATION OF HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT COMMUNICATING TO VOTERS AND TARGETING VOTERS AND EDUCATING THEM ABOUT THE PROPOSAL IN EFFORTS TO DRIVE THE SUPPORT UP. SOME SOME CASES LIKE THE CASE OF
REPUBLICANS AND OLDER, YOU KNOW, MEN OVER 55 WHO TEND TO BE THE MOST RESISTANT TO THIS. IN SOME CASES -- IN THAT CASE WE ARE JUST TRYING TO SOFTEN THE OPPOSITION A BIT. WE WON'T GET THE MAJORITY OF THEM ON THE OTHER HAND, WE KNOW FROM PAST ELECTIONS THAT EVEN IF WE COULD JUST GET REPUBLICANS UP
TO 40% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, INDEPENDENTS AND THE DEMOCRATS MAKE THE UP THE DIFFERENCE THERE. WE CAN SEE WE'VE GOT HIGH SCHOOL-AGED KIDS. OLD EVERY MEN, LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC WORKING CLASS VOTERS. ALL OF THOSE ARE VOTERS THAT
INDICATED THERE IS MOVEMENT THERE AND WE CAN PERSUADE TEAM THIS BE MORE SUPPORTIVE. NEXT. JUST A LITTLE DISCUSS THE SLIDE. BUT -- SKITTLE SLIDE A LAYOUT OF WHICH MESSAGES WORK WITH WHICH GROUPS.
YOU CAN SEE WHILE WE MESSAGE MATCH SHOULDER YOU SOME OF THE OVERALL MESSAGE THING THAT ARE MOST EFFECTIVE. WE HAVE THEMES THAT WORK WITH CERTAINLY GROUP WHEN YOU MOVE INTO AHEAD CAMPAIGN PHASE IN A TARGETED WAY LOOK TO TARGET SOME
OF THE VOTER GROUPS FOR EDUCATION. NEXT. AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A -- THIS IS LEAVING OUT A CAUTIONARY NOTE. WE -- AS WE DID IN THE LAST POLL, BUT WE LAID OUT THE TWO STRONGEST ARGUMENTS IN 4 FOR AND
AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL. THE NET OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, YIELDS A FAIRLY COMPETITIVE HEAD TO HEAD. AND, IN FACT, A LITTLE LESS SUPPORT OVERALL WHEN WE ARE GOING TO PUT BOTH ARGUMENTS AGAINST EACH OTHER. ENDED ONE A 48% SUPPORT.
SO, AGAIN, NOT TO -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, I THINK THERE IS A PATH I THINK THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY THINK THIS ELECTION WILL YIELD EVEN MORE OF THE KIND VOTERS THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE UP A WINNING COALITION, YOUNGER
VOTERS, MORE EDUCATED VOTERS ALL MORE LIKELY TO BE A BIGGER PART OF THIS TURN OUT IN NOVEMBER THAN WE EVEN SAW IN THE LAST ELECTION. SO I THINK THAT BODES WELL FOR US, BUT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE ECONOMY AND BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE POLORIZATION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, IT'S
NOT -- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SLAM DUNK AND, IN FACT, IT'S A PRETTY COMPETITIVE. DIVIDED VOTER SET. WE WOULD NEED TO DO AS WE DID UNTIL '24. IF WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. I THINK PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, A SHARP CAMPAIGN TEAM TO REALLY
EXECUTE IN THE SUCCESSFUL WAY THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE. IN THE LAST ELECTION, I THINK -- I THINK THE NEXT ONE IS JUST A SUMMARY. ALL IN ALL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SURVEY.
I THINK I KIND OF LAID OUT THE TOP FINDINGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE I AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME ANYWAY. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO QUESTIONS.
>> I WILL FINISH OUT AND THEN WE'LL BOTH TEAR YOUR QUESTIONS. >> I THINK WE HAVE TEN MORE MINUTES ALLOCATED TO THE PRESENTATION TIME. >> WE DO. >> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY. SO THE STEPS THAT STAFF TOOK AFTER THE TALKING TO THE BOARD THE RAFT TIME IS WE WENT TO THE BOARD COMMITTEES TO GET FEEDBACK, WENT TO THE FISCAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE THE LONG RAIN PLANNING COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT MBOCK MILL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOT UNTIL APRIL 29th BUT WE ARE ON THE AGENDA. AND WE GAVE THEM THE SAME PRESENTATION ABOUT LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT. AS WE GAVE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND THEN WE COLLECTED FEEDBACK.
WE ALSO TALKED, OF COURSE, TO OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM WHICH IS ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT DIRECTORS. AND WE GOT FOOD BOOK FROM THEM. AND THEN LATE LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH THE CHARTER
SCHOOL LEADERS BECAUSE THIS IMPACTS THEM AS WELL TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK. WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON WAS -- WERE PRIORITIES THE LANDS I LIST OF THE NEEDS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS A 40 TO $50 MILLION MLO WILL NOT
GET ALL OF THOSE NEEDS WE NEED A SENSE OF PRIORITIZATION IN ADDITION TO TODD'S GREAT WORK. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD COMMITTEE FEEDBACK LOOKS LIKE. AND THE BLUE, NUMBER ONE, MEANS THAT'S WHAT THAT PARTICULAR GROUP RANKED AS THE NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY, LIKEWISE THE GREEN NUMBER TWO WAS THE SECOND PRIORITY I THINK AND IN THE CASE OF THE DAC, SECOND PLACE OR THIRD PLACE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT WAS A DEAD TIE. YOU DON'T SEE A 2 ON THE DAC. AND SO YOU CAN SEE HE THAT
COMPENSATION WAS ONE, TWO, OR THREE FOR ALL GROUPS. PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY NOT SURPRISING WAS SPOKE VERY MUCH TO THE FISCAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AND BUT YOU CAN SEE HE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAS NUMBER 2 FOR THE FOC AND THE
LRPC. YOU CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE FOR WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT VOLUNTEER IN YOUR COMMITTEES THINK ARE PRIORITIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN THIS IS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE DISTRICT LEADERS. AND THE CHARTER LEADERS AND THEN THE GREEN BOX OFF TO THE RIGHT.
IS THE AGGREGATED FEEDBACK OF ALL OF THEM. THE COMMITTEES AND THE DISTRICT LEADERS. KEEPING IN MIND THAT A LOT MORE DISTRICT LEADERS ANSWERED THE SURVEY THAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE SKEWED TOWARDS WHAT THE DISTRICT LEADERS WANT. THE OVERALL AVERAGE AND SO FROM
THE DISTRICT LEADERS STANDPOINT. NUMBER ONE, AND CHARTER LEADERS, TOO, NUMBER ONE IS COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION. NUMBER TWO WAS SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS. AND ANNUAL CURRICULAR INVESTMENT FOR OUR CHARTER LEADERS AND THAT WAS NUMBER 3 FOR OUR DISTRICT
LEADERS SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEIR RANKINGS ARE VERY SIMILAR AND SIMILAR TO THE BOARD COMMITTEES AS WELL AS TO THE POLLING. SO THERE IS A LOT OF COALESCING ESPECIALLY AROUND COMPENSATION, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION,
CURRICULAR INVESTMENT. A LOT OF CONSENSUS AROUND THOSE ITEMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ALSO ASKED YOUR BOARD COMMITTEE AS WELL AS DISTRICT LEADERS HOW THEY FELT FOR THEIR LEVEL FAMILIARITY WAS NOT ONLY WITH A POSSIBLE MLO BUT WITH THE
LONG-TERM SUSTAINSABLE FUNDING PLAN IN GENERAL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE FAMILIARITY WAS HIGH. WE ASKED HIM TO RANK ON A SCALE OF 1-10 HOW COMFORTABLE THEM. TEN IS I KNOW EVERYTHING AND ONE WAS I KNOW NOTHING, AND ALL THE OTHER NUMBERS WERE IN EN TWO, YOU CAN SEE THE MOST WAS AT AN
EIGHT, SO PEOPLE ARE FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION. GIVEN THEY TOOK THE SURVEY RIGHT AFTER THEY HEARD THE INFORMATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NEXT STEPS FOR US. WE WILL COME BACK ON APRIL 21
ARE THE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND RECOMMEND A VERY SPECIFIC MLO PACKAGE, INCLUDING DOLLAR AMOUNTS. WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDS BE ALLOCATED TO BASED ON ALL THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE RECEIVED AS WELL AS SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON
THE IMPACT TO OUR TAXPAYERS. WE WILL PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD ON APRIL 21st THAT'S A BASE MEETING WE WILL ASK THE BOARD TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT STAFF TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE. A 2026 MLO BASED ON ALL OF THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TO DATE AND THEN, OF COURSE, A FINAL DECISION WOULD NOT BE MADE BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION UNTIL AUGUST TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT. SHOULD THE BOARD DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE WILL EXPLORATION OF AN MLO, A LOT OF THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
WEEP WE'LL BE BUILDING AS WELL AS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. DOING A BALLOT INITIATIVE IS A HUGE COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF STAFF AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, FOR EXAMPLE WELL LOVE TO SEE OUR BOARD DIRECTORS TALK
TO THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEES AND PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR DISTRICTS. TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT FUNDING, WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS FROM ROTARY CLUBS TO CHAMBERS, ET CETERA. WHERE WE WILL BE GOING TO
PRESENT INFORMATION AND TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL BALLOT INITIATIVE AND LOVE -- THEY LOVE TO SEE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS THERE AS WELL. YOU'LL GET A SIGN UP SHEET FOR THOSE MEETINGS. THEY WILL START IN EARNEST OVER THE SUMMER.
THE P.T.O.s AND THE BEST TIME IS RIGHT WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS SO THAT THE INFORMATION WILL BE FRESH ON PEOPLE'S MINDS. WITH THAT, WE WOULD BOTH BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. VITALE AND
SUPERINTENDENT KANE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND BEGINNING THIS EXPLORATION PROCESS. AS WE ALL KNOW AN MLO IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IT REQUIRES. GIVEN THE FUNDS IT TAKES TO PUT ON THE BALLOT AND THE LONG-TERM
IMPLICATIONS THAT IT HAS FOR THE COMMUNITY. TONIGHT IT'S A WORK SESSION WE WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY KIND OF MOTION TODAY DIRECT WORK. SO REALLY THE NEXT 30 MINUTES IS ABOUT US ASKING QUESTIONS. AND GETTING MORE CLARITY AROUND
WHAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US. EACH INDIVIDUALLY. SO IF THE BOARD DOES DECIDE PLACE THE QUESTION ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AS SUPERINTENDENT KANE SAID, THAT MOTION WOULDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL
AUGUST. BUT THERE IS WORK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, AND SO, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, THANK YOU. WE HAVE 30 MINUTES FOR Q&A AT THIS POINT. AND I WILL JUST OPEN IT UP FOR
BOARD QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> TWO QUESTIONS. I'LL START WITH SUPERINTENDENT KANE. COULD YOU JUST TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT CHARTER SCHOOLS.
>> YES. ABSOLUTELY. ALL OF OUR MILL LEVEE OVERRIDES ARE SHARED WITH OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. BASED ON THE PERSONAL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THEIR SCHOOLS. SO OVERALL, ABOUT 24% OF OUR STUDENTS ATTEND A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL -- EXCUSE ME A CHARTER
SCHOOL IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THAT ISN'T COUNTING THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND HOPE ONLINE OUTSIDE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 24% OF OUR DID HE GO LAS COUNTY KIDS ATTEND A CHARTER SCHOOL. SO WE SHARE 24% OF THE MLO WITH THEM. TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT HAS LOOKED LIKE IN THE
PAST. THE CHARTERS HAVE TO TURN IN A PLAN TO THE DISTRICT THAT SAYS THIS IS HOW WE PLAN TO SPEND OUR MLO FUNDS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND THEN JUST VERIFY TO US THAT THEY HAVE DONE THAT.
TYPICALLY, MOST OF OUR PAST MLOS ARE AND WHEN I SAY PAST I MEAN BACK AS FAR AS 1989, OUR MLOs BALLOT LANGUAGE IS FLEX I BELIEVE SO WE HAVE NOT HAD TO WORRY TOO MUCH FOR OUR SAKE OR THEIRS. THE LAST MLO IN 2023 WAS NOT
FLEXIBLE. >> IT WAS VERY ADHERED TO 6 MILLION FOR SECURITY AND 6 MILLION FOR COMPENSATION INCREASES ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS GAVE COME PEN TAKE INCREASED EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WE GAVE ACROSS OUR STAFF. AND WE ENSURED THAT THEY WERE SPENDING THE MONEY ON AN SRO IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITY PORE ARE PRO POURS. FOR THIS TIME, LET'S SAY WE INVEST SO MUCH MONEY IN TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, OF COURSE ARE OUR CHARTERS WOULDN'T BE USING THE K8 CHARTERS WOULD NOT USE THEIR
SHARE TO INVEST IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO THE BALLOT LANGUAGE GIVES A LIST OF THINGS BUT FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS THIS HE JUST NEED FOR MAKE SURE THAT THEY COVER ONE OR MORE THE
ITEMS ON THE BALLOT. SAME WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. RED STONE ELEMENTARY IS NOT IMPLEMENTING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EVENING CHANGES. FOR THE VOTERS WE ARE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT. I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE OUT OF THIS $50 MILLION IF WE DO A
$50 MILLION MLO. $12 MILLION WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. >> I DIDN'T HAVE MY RULE FOR ONE QUESTION. WE'LL TIE TRI ONE AND CIRCLE BACK AROUND. WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT? DIRECTOR GEIGER.
>> I HAVE A POLLING QUESTION. IT FEELS TO ME LIKE ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE POLLING POSITIVELY AT THE START IS BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD ON THIS OVERTIME; IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> IS THERE THEN A DANG THAT WE
DON'T CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT GOOD FAITH THAT WE COULD LOSE OR FALL BECOME ON SOME OF THAT? >> SURE. I MEAN, I THINK CONFIDENCE IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE DISTRICT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO PEOPLE BEING WILLING TO SUPPORT.
WE KNOW OVER HALF OUR VOTERS DON'T HAVE ANY REGULAR CONNECTION WITH THE DISTRICT. AND SO IN THAT RESPECT, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THEY SHOULD GOING OFF OF, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE DISTRICT. THEY ARE MAYBE TAKING THEIR CUES
FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM DISTRICT PERFORMANCE AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE TRENDING POSITIVELY. SO I THINK YOU NEED TO KEEP UP THOSE METRICS. I THINK VOTERS WANT TO SEE CONSENSUS IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP. I THINK WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT, OR IF THERE WERE
TO BE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES IN EXECUTING ON THE PAST ASK, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE HERE, I MEAN, I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, COULD SLOW YOU DOWN, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT STANDS IN VERY GOOD
STANDING, VERY GOOD PLACE. >> DOES THAT THEN ARGUE FOR PROCEEDING, STRIKING WHILE THE IRON IS HOT? >> I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD THINK OF IT THAT WAY. I THINK THAT EVERYONE ELECTION CYCLE IS DIFFERENT. I DO THINK GOOD WILL TOWARDS LEADERSHIP AND TOWARDS THE DISTRICT IS HUGELY IMPORTANT AND
YOU HAVE THAT. TO THE EXTENT THAT RIGHT NOW THE DISTRICT IS FAIRING WELL IN TERM OF RATINGS. I THINK IN TERMS OF THERE IS CONFIDENCE VOTERS ARE SEEING YOU PASS THESE BEFORE. AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF
COMMUNICATION, THAT'S ALL HO MEN TESTIMONY WE GO WE CAN BUILD ON, AS I LOOK ACROSS ALL MY CLIENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY FOR TAX-RELATED MEASURE IS I THINK THIS WILL BE A BETTER YEAR THAN AVERAGE IN MATERIALS OF EXPECTED TURN OUT AND THE PRACTICE
PROFILE OF THAT TURN OUT I THINK TALL OF THAT PROBABLY BEARS, YOU KNOW, BEARS WELL FOR YOU. I THINK THE ONLY CAUTIONARY NOTE REAL SIT ECONOMY. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BIG MAC ROW VARIABLES IF PLAY. AND SO BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER
IS AN ETERNITY BUT RIGHT NOW YOU ARE WELL POSITIONED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF THAT IS WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO. >> IF I COULD JUST -- SORRY. IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT ANSWER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN DISCUSSING THE RESULTS OF THE POLLING, THAT WAS PERSUASIVE TO VOTERS IS THE
RETURN ON INVESTMENT. VOTERS ARE ABSOLUTELY ABLE TO SEE THAT WE SPENT THE 2023 MLO AND THE 2024 BOND THE WAY THAT WE SAID THEY WOULD AND THEY WERE ABLE IT SEE SPECIFIC OUTCOMES. SUCH AS SCORES CONTINUING TO RISE. AND TURNOVER DROPPING.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE POLL AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THIS IS NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION MORE THAN LIKE A COMMENT ON I KNOW I NEED TO A
DIVISION MOVING FORWARD. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES I CAN TELL THAT PRIORITIES AND THE WAY THAT STAFF VOTES, THAT'S PART PREFERENCE IN PART BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEED IS. HOW FUNDING WOULD ADDRESS THAT NEED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT'S ARTICULATED FROM THE SCHOOL LEVEL UP. HOW IS THAT NEED DEFINED BY OUR TEACHERS, OUR BUILDING LEADERS. AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENTS,
YES, WE AGREE COMPLETELY SO WE HAVE A GIANT SPREAD SHEET THAT HAS ALL OF THE NEEDS ARTICULATED IN THOSE VARIOUS CATEGORY AS CATEGORIES IALONG WITH THE PRICD TO NARROW OUR SPREADSHEET DOWN A GREAT DEAL. WHAT WE ARE DELIVERING ON
APRIL 20 20st IS A DETAILED LIST ON WHAT IS IN THE NEEDS AND BEHIND THEM AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. CABINET WE WERE WORKING ON IT TODAY. IT WILL COST YOU THE $25,000 A YEAR TO ADD UNIFIED SPORTS PROGPROGRAMMING TO THE ELEMENTAY
SCHOOL LEVEL OF THOSE ARE THE ARTICULATED NEEDS THAT ARE PUT IN AND HOW MUCH THEY COST INDIVIDUALLY. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> YEAH, THIS IS FOR SUPERINTENDENT KANE. BUT ALSO FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE LAST MLO.
I AM THINKING ABOUT THESE SORT OF PERSUADABLES, SOME VOTE, WE'LL NEVER REACH. AND I AM WONDERING IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT ARE THINGS THAT YOU -- THIS IS A KIND OF A META LEVEL QUESTION AND I KNOW EACH POLITICAL CLIMB APT@IS DIFFERENT AND EACH ASK IS DIFFERENT. BUT ARE THERE THINGS IN YOUR
EXPERIENCE LIKE -- THAT HAVE HELPED SWAY PEOPLE AGAIN FROM THAT SORT OF PERSUADABLE POOL? >> I THINK HONEST AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL. JUST TALKING TO TAXPAYERS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE. AND ALSO SHOWING THEM THAT
RETURN ON INVESTMENT OVER AND OVER. ONE EXAMPLE IS WE DO SINCE I ARRIVED IN 2022, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A MAIL TORE EVERY HOUSE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT IS AN ANNUAL REPORT ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT SHOWS PEOPLE ARE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE INVESTMENTS WHAT OUR SUCCESS SAYS HAVE BEEN, WHAT OUR CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO BE, AN HONEST, TRANSPARENT LOOK AT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND USE THAT KIND OF APPROACH WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND CHOO UNDID YOU GROUPS TO BE TRANSPARENT I ALSO
BELIEVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED US IN THE PAST IS HAVING THAT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. ESPECIALLY ACROSS INDEPENDENTS DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU ASKED OTHER BOARD DIRECTORS, TOO, DO ANY DIRECTORS SQUARE TO WEIGH IN.
DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I WALKED IN '18. I WALKED IN 2/22. I WALKED IN '23. I WALKED IN '24. SO DONE A BIT OF THIS. IT'S ONE -- THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO THE BOARD CANNOT TRULY
RIGHT NOW APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WORK IT IS FOR THE BOARD. OR FOR STAFF AS MUCH AS YOU THINK AND PEN THEN DWIGHT A BIT MORE. THINGS THAT HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST IS EXPANDING OUTREACH THINK
TALKING TO GROUPS THAT ARE NORTH NORMALLY THAT INVOLVED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE KEY AT ANY POINT IS FORMING A ONCE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN NO LONGER COMMENT. IS HAVING A STRONG CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO WORK TOGETHER. I THINK I SEE SQUINTING I THINK
I SEE MS. GILLSTRAP SITTING HALFWAY UP THERE. YOU ARE IN THE LIGHTS. WE HAVE IN THE PAST HAD THE BENEFIT OF HAVING HAVE VERY INVOLVED CITIZENS THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IS FINDING SOMEONE TO GO DO AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT STRIKE ME. GOOD SHOES, YOU HAVE TO KNOCK ON DOORS. >> I THINK ALL I WOULD AGAINST I WROTE DOWN TRANS TAINT IS A AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE TRANSPARENCY PIECE AND THAT BUILDS CONFIDENCE THAT STRUCK ME WITH THE POLLING RESULTS WAS THE LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN THE DISTRICT IS REALLY CONTINUING TO IMPROVE. WHICH IS REALLY NICE TO SEE. THE POLORIZATION PIECE IS THE POLORIZATION PIECE AND I THINK
THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME THAT IS TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AND PUBLIC AND OUT THERE AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS, I'LL KEEP US MOVING FORWARD. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM DIRECTORS?
>> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> YEAH. SO THE REASON WHY THIS IS SUCH A BIG ASK WE ARE NOT DECIDING IF IT GETS APPROVED WE ARE JUST DECIDE FIGURE IT GETS ON THE BALLOT. I LIKE THAT IDEA BECAUSE IT GIVES THE POWER TO THE PEEPING.
IT GETS THE COMMUNITY DECIDE AND GIVES THE COMMU COMMUNALITY A VE AND THE BIGGEST BARRIER WOULD BE THE COST. IT IS ON THE DISTRICT TO COMPLE,
CORRECT? >> SO THE COST THAT THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR IS THE LITERAL COST TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. AND THAT COST DEPENDS ON -- IT CAN BE AS MUCH AS 300,000, IT CAN BE AS LITTLE AS 100,000. DEPENDS ON WHAT OTHER ITEMS ARE ON THE BALANCE OUT AND WHAT OTHER KNEW MISS PALS ARE
SPLITTING THE COST OF THE ACTUAL BALLOT. THAT'S JUAN COST THE DISTRICT BEARS THE OTHER COST THE DIRECT BEARS IS REALLY AROUND STAFF TIME AND COMMUNICATIONS. TO SNAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S OUR PRIMARY JOB IS THAT TRANS PARENT IS A PIECE THAT PRESIDENT MAKE MENTIONED AND EDUCATING OUR
COMMUNITY. THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF IS ENTIRE SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. USUALLY THE CAMPAIGN IS STOOD UP BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH PROVIDE
EDUCATION, BUT ONCE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTES IN AUGUST IT'S THE CAMPAIGN THAT TAKES OFF FROM THERE. THAT VOLUNTEER OUR PERSONAL TIME AND ALL OF US DO IN DROVES.
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM DOES IN DROVES. BUT THE DISTRICT NO LONGER BEARS A COST AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> OKAY. IN AUGUST WILL WE KNOW WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE? >> YES, WE WILL FOR SURE -- WE SHOULD KNOW IN AUGUST. WE'LL GIVE YOU HONEST MATE ON
APRIL 21st BUT AGAIN A LOT OF SQUARE I CAN'T BELIEVES THAT WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW. >> OF COURSE, THANK YOU. >> ALL OF THE WORK OF THE STAFF THAT THAT IS TO BE DONE IS A
SIGNIFICANT COST ALL OF THAT PREP ROCK. DIRECTOR RYAN DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO. I THINK YOU HAD A SECOND DID HE QUESTION, DIDN'T YOU? OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. AND THEN I GET A TURN. I APPRECIATE HEARING WHAT OUR BOARD COMMITTEES SHARED.
I NOTICED WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP. AND I WONDER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON HOW WE CAN GET STUDENT VOICE AROUND THOSE PRIORITIES AND NEEDS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THE HONEST ANSWER IS THAT IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING WE WILL HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE SIR SUH VA I TO GET AN IDEA OVERALL OF WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE AT. BUT IT WILL BE CHALLENGE TO GO GET THE STUDENT VOICE BEFORE WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS FAR
AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT PRIORITIES ARE. THAT BEING SAID IT'S VALUABLE TO TALK TO THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN IT'S THE NEWLY CONSTITUTED STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT REACHING STUDENTS.
HOW DO WE TALK TO STUDENTS, HOW DO WE REACH STUDENTS, HOW DO WE HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND. HOW THE DISTRICT IS FUNDED AND WHAT THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS ARE. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD A -- SOMETHING YOU
SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE POLLING. IN THAT IN THESE NUMBERS, YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY ACCOUNTING FOR A -- WHAT HISTORICALLY HAS
BEEN PROVEN IN A MIDTERM ELECTION THAT THE PARTY IN POWER TYPICALLY SEES A DECLINE IN THAT IMPACT IS NOT IN ANY WAY BAKED INTO THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY LOOKED AT; IS THAT CORRECT? >> THEY ARE BAKED IN TO THE EXTENT THAT ALL OF OUR SAMPLE IS MODELED. SO WHEN WE CONTROL ALL OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES THAT WE NEED TO CONTROL TO GET THE SAMPLE REFLECTIVE OF AN ELECTORATE THAT WE HAVE MODELED SO WE HAVE MODELED A NOVEMBER
LECTOR AT AND THE MODELING FACTORS IN THAT DYNAMIC. AND SO WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENCES IN TURN OUT. SO WHEN YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, AN ON YEAR AND AN OFF
YEAR, A NONPRESIDENTIAL. THERE ARE SOME SHIFTS IN TERM OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS. WE KNOW IN A LOWER TURN OUT, WHICH THIS YEAR OR THIS NOVEMBER WILL BE A SLIGHTLY LOWER TURN OUT. I WOULD EXPECT, THAN A PRESIDENTIAL TURN OUT.
AND IN THAT T DYNAMIC WE EXPECT THAT I LOWER TURN OUT SLIGHTLY HIGHER EDUCATING SLIGHTLY YOUNGER, PROBABLY MORE PARENTS OF STUDENTS. I THINK THOSE DYNAMICS ARE BAKED INTO THESE NUMBERS. AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY REFLECTIVE OF THAT, AS WE GET CLOSER WE ARE CONSTANTLY REFINE
THAT GO TO MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THINGS THAT THAT WE ARE SEEING HAPPENING AS WE APPROACH NOVEMBER. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. AND SO OF THE MOST LIKELY ELECTORATE FOR NOVEMBER, AS OF MARCH, AND SO THAT ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION. IT IS BUILT IN. IT WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE ACCURATE AS WE GET CLOSER, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE WILL DO ANOTHER ROUND OF POLLING OVER THE SUMMER CLOSER TO THE
ELECTION WHERE WE POLL ACTUALLY BALLOT LANGUAGE BULL WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA AT THAT TIME I SUGGESTION SPEC THE LIKELY VOTER TURN ON THE DYNAMICS WILL SHIFT. WHICH MAY SHIFT -- WHICH MAY SHIFT HOW THEY RESPOND; IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WILL SHIFT, CERTAINLY ATTITUDES CHANGE AS TIME GOES ON, BUT ALSO WHO MAKES UP THAT ELECTORATE AND HOW MUCH DROP OFF WE SEE. TO WHAT EXPECTS INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE LESS OF THE MAKEUP.
WHICH IS ALSO WE TEND TO SEE IN MIDTERMS LETS TURN OUT FROM INDEPENDENCE, A LITTLE MORE TURN OUT RELATIVELY SPEAKING FROM THE PARTISANS. SO I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME OF THAT DYNAMIC. ALL THAT SAID, DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS INCREDIBLE TURN OUT NUMBERS. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE
DYNAMICS YOU ARE REFERRING TO ARE EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED IN OTHER PLACES. BUT DOUGLAS BECAUSE TURN OUT IS SO HIGH, I AM NOT EXPECTING IT TO BE DRAMATIC IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENCES THERE.
>> I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, ET CETERA. DO WE INTENDS TO OR HAVE A WAY TO EACH OUT TO GET FEATURE FEEDBACK. BOTH ON SUPPORT FOR THE MLO AND ON THEIR PRIORITIZATION AS WELL? >> YES WHAT WE DO TO RECEIVE
TEACHER FEEDBACK IS DRAIN THE APRIL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP DAY AS YOU MAY RECALL THE APRIL FOR THE NOW DIRECTORS THE APRIL DEVELOPMENT DAY IS A DAY IN I PERSONALLY GO VISIT WITH ALL OF THE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT. BAY TALKING TO ALL THE FEEDER
AREAS, AND COMMENTSES IT'S AN EXCITING DAY AND IT'S A CRAZY DAY, PARTS WHAT HAVE WE DO AND WILL DO THIS YEAR IS I TALK ABOUT THE MLO AND TALK ABOUT THOSE PRIORITIES AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY A SURVEY ON THE SPOT.
SO WE HAVE A QR CODE AND MAKE IT FUN THEY TAKE A SURVEY ON THE SPOT ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT A POSSIBLE MILL LEVY OVERRIDE ARE YOU PERSONALLY WILLING TO HELP? JUST A DIFFERENT TO GET A PER SPECIAL I HAVE TO HOW SUPPORTIVE THEY ARE. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS A VOTE PER
SE ON THE PRIORITIES. GUN THE THOR WILL BE RECOMMENDED TO YOU ALREADY BY THAT POINT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? MR. VITALE IF THE BOARD IS HE DEEXCUSE IT WO WANTS TO DO A FOLLOW-UP POLL WHICH IS OUR PROCESS IN WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GOING OUT. WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU SAW
IN THAT POLL THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO EXPLOSION FURTHER OR UNDERSTAND BELT ARE IN A SECOND POLL? >> I THINK THIS GAVE US A VERY CLEAR PATH. ON BEING OBVIOUSLY, AS AARON MENTIONED. , WE WILL PUT MORE MEAT ON THE BONE AS FAR AS THE BALLOT LANGUAGE.
ANY TIME YOU TRANSITION FROM A CONCEPT TEST TOLL TRUE BALLOT LANGUAGE, THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A VARIATION THERE AND OFTEN DROP OFF. WE'LL SEE. BUT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE IS THE KEY THING.
YOU WANT TO GIVE A READ AND MAKE A JUDGMENT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, BALLOT LANGUAGE NOT JUST ON A CONCEPT TEST. WE DID A GOOD JOB OF FRAMING THIS. AND GIVING THIS GROUP AN EARLY INDICATOR OF WHETHER THIS IS VIABLE.
BUT AS AARON MENTIONED TO MAKE THIS DECISION, LATER IN THE SUMMER, TO HAVE ANOTHER DATA POINT, ALSO THAT INCLUDES ANNUAL DATE IN THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. AND WHO KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'LL BE IN THE SUMMER. BUT IT WILL BE ANOTHER LOOK AT
THIS. AND WE'LL HAVE HARP ENDED THE TOOL A BIT IN MATERIAL OF THE PRECISION OF THE LANGUAGE AND SO FORTH ON THE BALLOT. >> OTHER DIRE DIRECTOR?
I AM HAPPY TO FILL THE TIME ON THE TOPIC. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK TEACHER VOICE STAFF, ALL STAFF VOICE AND STUDENT VOICE, ARE REALLY CRITICAL ELEMENTS THERE CLOSEST TO THE DANCE FLOOR.
SO I REALLY THINK EVEN IF WE CAN'T HAVE THAT THAT IN TIME FOR THE PRIORITY CONVERSATION, ET CETERA, IF WE CAN HAVE IT BEFORE MAKING ANY KIND OF FINAL DECISIONS AS TO WHAT WOULD BE ON THE BALLOT. IN AUGUST WOULD BE A REALLY
IMPORTANT ELEMENT FOR US TO HEAR SPEAKING AS ONE BOARD DIRECTOR. >> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. THE PRIORITIES ARE BASED ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDS THAT COME FREQUENTLY FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDS THAT OF COURSE, HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY INPUT BEFORE YOU ALL FORMED YOUR ENDS.
BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT OUT A BROADER SURVEY. AND WE CAN DO THAT SOON. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS. THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT
WENT INTO THIS A COUPLE OF DATA POINTS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR ME AS I REVIEWED THE DATA. I THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS HOW OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE OUR PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD TEACHERS. I THINK THAT THAT REALLY JUMPED OFF THE PAGE TO ME. AND THEN WHETHER IT'S THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT REVIEWED THE DATA. OR IN THE POLLING ITSELF, HOW
WELCOME PEN SAYING POLLS, I THINK THAT REALLY JUMPED OUT TO ME AND THEN I THINK I AM ALSO REMINDED DOUGLAS COUNTY IS STILL
COMPENSATING OUR TEACHERS AT THE LOWEST RATE RELATIVE TO OTHER MAJOR DISTRICTS AND I THINK THIS MILL REALLY PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. TO REALLY CLOSE THAT GAP.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE -- DIRECTOR PARKER. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT DETERMINE FIST WE DO A FIXED RATE OR A NOT FIXED RATE ON THE BALLOT INITIATIVE? >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS. WE HAVE PASSED A NUMBER OF MLOs SINCE 1989. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT OUR MILL RATE HAS CONTINUED TO GO DOWN, IS THAT THOSE MILLS ARE ALL FIXED AMOUNTS, SO WHATEVER IT
WAS THE DISTRICT WAS ASKING FOR IN 1989, WHERE THEY GOT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO DO IT. A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TODAY DOES NOT BUY WHATEVER THAT WAS. THOSE FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNTS DON'T ADJUST FOR INFLATION OR GROWTH. THEY REMAINED FIXED OVERTIME.
IF WE ASKED IF A FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNT AGAIN, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR GENERAL MILL LEVEE OVERRIDES AS INFLATION AS WE ARE IN FACTED BY INFLATION, THE PURCHASING POWER OF THAT FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNT WILL DIMINISH. OVERTIME. BUT THAT IS A CHOICE.
WE CAN ASK FOR A FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNT AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. WE CAN ALSO ASK IF A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN PUT A CAP ON FUTURE MILL LEVY OVERRIDES. SO UNDER THE LAW WE ARE CAPPED AT 28% OF THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT
FUNDING FOR OUR MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE AND SO WE CAN ASK OUR TAXPAYERS TO PROVIDE FUNDING UP TO THAT CAP AND THEN WE WOULD LOWER OUR MILL. AS THAT CAP IS REACHED. THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION. THAT'S THE SECOND OPTION THAT YOU MENTIONED.
WHEN WE POLL IN JULY, IT WILL BE OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE POLL TWO DIFFERENT BALLOT QUESTIONS. TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THE PORT LOOKS LIKE, AND TAKE IT FROM THEM. >> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH THIS ONE. FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 4.3. THE POTENTIAL CENTRAL OFFICE CONSOLIDATION. THIS ONE HAS A 10-MINUTE PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY A 15-MINUTE Q&A. AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS WORK
FORWARD. AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MY CAVEAT IS I MANAGED TO END THE LAST PRESENTATION WITH FIVE MINUTES LEFT I MAY NEED TO BANK IF TO ONE I WILL TRY REALLY HOARD TO GET THROUGH OF THEM THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW WE
LOOK AT AT FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE OKAY OKAY. I TO START WITH THE BOARD END SAYS AS A ALWAYS DO AND LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LEFT WHERE I CIRCLED IN ORANGE THAT THE RESULTS SHALL BE PRODUCED AT A COST TO
DEMONSTRATES GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES, NEXT. CON IS DAYS AND COST CUTTING EFFORTS WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS IN RECENT YEARS FOR MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT IS MORE FINANCIALLY VIABLE IN THE LONG-TERM.
BY TRYING TO LOOK AT ONGOING OPERATING COSTS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF ONGOING OPERATING COSTS AND HERE ARE SOME STEPS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, DON SOL DATED SCHOOLS WHERE ENROLLMENT DECLINED WHICH WILL RESULT IN THRIVING SCHOOLS, BETS ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS.
DUE TO ECONOMY OF SCALE AND THE REDUCTION OF ONGOING OVERHEAD EXPENSES SUCH AS ADMINISTRATION, ET CETERA. WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED THE STAFF IN THE CANTRELL BUILDING INTO OTHER OFFICE SITES. AND SOLD THAT PROPERTY TO CASTLE ROCK. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO RIGHT
SIDE OUR DISTRICT BY 27/28. BY ABOUT 15 MILLION IF ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR FUND BALANCE AT PRE-COVID LEVELS AND IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE PAY INCREASES THAT WE GAVE TO STAFF. AND WE HAVE RECOMMENDED A FUNDING PLAN TO PARTIALLY RESTORE AND AVAILABLIZE OUR TAX RATE.
WHILE ENSURING SUSTAINABLE FUNDING GOING FORWARD. AND THEN IN THE ORANGE I HAVE A QUOTE FROM THE MASTER CAPITAL PLAN IN AN EFFORT TO A REALIZE AT FOREMENTIONED COST SAVINGS THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY IDENTIFYING AND IMPLEMENTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROPERTY DISPOSITION. AND THE RELOCATION AND
CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICT FUNCTIONS AND PROGRAMMINGS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN TERMS OF CAN YOU GO LAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OR OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, WE ARE SPREAD ACROSS NINE LOCATIONS INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE AND ALL OF THE REST OF CENTRAL STAFF. AND HOW DID WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE SPREAD ACROSS NINE LOCATIONS? WELL, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT GREW REALLY, REALLY, REAL FAST. AS WE EXCEEDED CAPACITY AT A
CERTAINLY BUILDING WE GOT ANOTHER ONE. WE HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP WITH THE NINE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ARE. AND I ALSO INCLUDED WHO IS LOCATED IN THOSE NINE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE IS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE HAVE. IN TERMS OF OUR OPERATING EFFICIENCY GOING FORWARD. THE COST TO MAINTAIN THOSE NINE SITES IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. A LOT OF THOSE SITES ARE OLD. CLO MILLETT TALKED ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL. THE NORTHWEST, WHICHEVER
TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL. AND HOW OLD THAT BUILDING IS. THE CERTAINLY OUR WILCOX BUILDING IS VERY OLD. WE ALSO HAVEN'T PROPERLY MAINTAINED ANY OF THOSE NINE LOCATIONS. OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. AND I GOT A QUESTION RECENTLY FROM CASTLE ROCK THAT'S YOUR OWN
FAULT WHY DIDN'T YOU PROPERLY MAINTAIN YOUR BUILDINGS? THE ANSWER IS, WELL, WE HAVE TO PATS BONDS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES AND WE HAVE ALWAYS PRIORITIZED THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE OUR CHILDREN IN THEM AND THOSE ARE THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED.
THERE IS A LOT OF COST FOR STAFF TIME AND MILEAGE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN SITES. EVEN LOOKING AT MY CABINET TEAM WE ARE SPREAD ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT SITES JUST THIS TEAM AND THEIR TEAMS ARE ALL SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE SITES. THE INEFFICIENCIES OF HEATING,
COOL, C CUSTODIAL, FACILITY MANAGER, ET CETERA, ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND SOME OF OUR SITES THAT WE HAVE OVERFLOWED INTO ARE LEASED SITES. WHICH IS NOT GREAT FOR TAXPAYERS. AND, OF COURSE, THERE ARE VARIOUS WORK ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS WHEN YOU ARE SPREAD ACROSS SO MANY SITES. MOST OF WHICH ARE DETERIORATING
TO SAY THE LEAST. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IT'S A HABIT TO GO OVER THERE. SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR HEAD QUARTER EARLY BUILDING THE WILCOX BUILDING IN CASTLE ROCK, WHICH IS A BUILDING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN DOUGLAS COUNTY
FOR 27 YEARS AND COUNTING, AND I JUST PUT UP SOME OLD PICTURES TO MAKE US FEEL EVEN WORSE, BUT THE WILCOX BUILDING WAS BUILT ACTUALLY IN THE VERY LATE 1800s. IT BURNED DOWN AND WAS REBUILT IN THE EARLY 1900s THINK THE
BUILDING THAT YOU SEE TODAY IS BUILT AROUND THIS 1925 PICTURE IT WAS ADDED TO AGAIN IN THE '40s AND '50s. THE WILCOX BUILDING AS YOU KNOW FIRST HAND SINCE WE MOVED OUR BOARD MEETINGS HERE HAS A WHOLE VARIETY OF PROBLEMS. A LOT OF WHICH HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN A RECENT SURVEY BUT THEY WERE PROBLEMS THAT WE KNOW OF. AND SO I WON'T BELABOR THEM BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN OUR WILCOX BUILDING. THE NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE IS ANYTHING WE TOUCH, WE HAVE TO UPDATE EVERYTHING. SO IF WE TOUCH ANYTHING, WE HAVE
TO BRING THE WHOLE PLACE UP TO CODE. AND THAT'S INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE AND WE CAN'T PUT ANY MORE DUCT TAIL ON ANYTHING WE DON'T SAY AN ELEVATE THAT RELAYBLY GETS TO THE SECOND FLOOR,, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES ACROSS
THE BUILDING, NEXT SUPPLIES, PLEASE. I HAD TO PUT A PITCH FOR VAST THE ROCK. STHEPBTS A LETTER ENCOURAGING OUT TO MAINTAIN OUR LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN CASTLE ROCK. BECAUSE LOVE HAVING US IN DOWNTOWN CASTLE ROCK AND THEY
HAVE BEEN TRULY INCREDIBLE PARTNERS. ALL THE PARTNERS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE WILCOX BUILDING UP TO STANDARD AND HOW CASTLE ROCK COULD HELPFUL THEY
DID AN INDEPENDENT ESTIMATE THEY HAD THEIR ON CONTRACT CRAWL THE ROOF AND BASEMENT AND LOOK THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THEIR ESTIMATE WAS THE SAME AS HOURS, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE HAVE THE OPTION TO REPAIR AND
REFURBISH THE WILCOX BUILDING, YOU MAY AND ME DO WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS MINUTE AND EVERYBODY MOVES OUT NO, BUT EVERY MINUTE THAT WE WAIT WE GET CLOSER TO WHERE THERE IS THAT GO SOME WILL HAPPEN THAT WILL CAUSE YOU TO HAVE TO SHUTDOWN THE BUILDING THE 1-TIME COST IS 22 MILLION TO
BRING THE SPACE UP TO UP THAT STANDARD AND EXPAND IT ENOUGH TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF REPRESENTED SPACE . AND THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT ARE THE PARKING. WE HAD NOTHING TO OFFSET THE 22 MIGNON WE DON'T HAVE THAT
SITTING IN THE BANK. >>> WE HAD AT SAME FTE AND SAME PEOPLE AND MORE EFFICIENT UTILITIES AT THAT ONE BUILDING.
MAIN US THE RENTAL SPACE. WE LOVE BEING IN DOWNTOWN CASTLE ROCK AND THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL PARTNERS AND THE ADDED SPACE WOULD A L ALLOW US TO MOVD THE RENTED SPACE, CASTLE ROCK WAS VERY KIND AND THEY VERY MUCH WANT TO HELP.
BUT WHEN WE KIND OF REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHAT HELP WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT NUMBERS. IT WAS IN THE ONE TO $2 MILLION RANGE WHICH JUST REALLY DOESN'T TAKE A CHUNK OUT OF
$2,020,000,000. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. AS YOU ARE AWARE. THE OFFICE BUILDING MARK IS AT HISTORIC LOWS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVING AWAY OFFICE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SELL THEM.
THEY ARE TRULY OFFICE BUILDINGS EVERYWHERE. REALTORS TELL US THAT THAT MARKET IS GOING TO BEGIN RECOVERING AS COMPANIES ARE STARTING TO BRING REMOTE EMPLOYEES BACK IN HOUSE. THERE IS A BUILDING AVAILABLE IN MERIDIAN AND WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT A PICTURE OF IT THERE.
AND IT IS 140 SQUARE FEET, SO IT'S FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF WILCOX. WHICH WOULD ALLOW TO US MOVE CENTRAL STAFF, A LOT OF CENTRAL STAFF HAVE MEETING SPACE, SKILL STUDENT PROGRAMMING AND LEASE REVENUE. LIKE I SAID, THE MARKET IS AT AN
ALL-TIME LOW. AND AN OLD BUILDING LIKE WILCOX WILL JUST GET MORE EXPENSIVE OPERATE AND THE LONGER WE WAIT TO BRING IT UP TO STANDARDS THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT WILL BECOME. SO THIS IS A SECOND OPTION THAT IS ONLY AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE
HAVE IDENTIFIED A BUILDING THAT IS AT THE ABSOLUTE BOTTOM OF THE MARKET. AND SO THE COST, YOU CAN SEE I HAD TO MAKE THE MORNING MUCH SMALLER BECAUSE THE CONS ARE MUCH LETS. THIS IS FOR 140,000 SQUARE FOOT
BUILDING, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IT IS A FIXER-UPPER, SO THE 25 MILLION INCLUDES GETTING THE WHOLE BUILDING UP TO THE SAME STANDARDS THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TOLL HAVE THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR DISTRICT WHERE WE HAVE TO REPLACE, YOU, PARTS OF CARPET AT A TIME AND PARTS OF
DIFFERENT THINGS. THERE ARE MANY THINGS IN THE BUILDING THAT ARE STILL WORKING FINE. LIKE THE H-VAC UNITS BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DUCTWORK. WE HAVE HAD THE BUILDING COMPLETELY LOOKED AT. AND, OF COURSE, IT'S CHANGE. IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSOLIDATION, MOST OF OUR STAFF
WOULD BE -- MOST OF OUR CENTRAL STAFF WOULD BE UNDER ONE ROOF. AND WE WOULD HAVE ONGOING OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS. WE WOULDN'T BE A ILL TO JUST MOVE EVERYONE IN AND GET RID OF ALL OF THE OTHER SITES ALL AT ONCE. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PROGRESSION.
IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS ALL OF OUR NEEDS AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. IT WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN LEGACY REVENUE, SO PART OF THE STAFF THAT WE WOULD CONSOLIDATE IS THE STAFF THAT IS AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. WE HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT TEAM. I AM SORRY I DID GO OVER. THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM LOCATED AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. WE WOULD MOVE THEM IN THE NEW BUILDING FREEING UP SPACE AT THE LEGACY FOR ADDITIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMMING. WE WANT THAT BUILDING TO BE 100 PERCENT STUDENT PROGRAMMING
AND IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO LEASE THE SPACE RIGHT NOW 90% OF THE LEGACY CAMPUS SPACE IS USED INTERNALLY BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES AND MEETINGS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO THE LEASE OPPORTUNITY OF THAT BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT EXISTS IS TREMENDOUS.
THE NUMBER OF LEASES THEY TURN DOWNEY QUIETS TO ABOUT FOUR OR $500,000 A YEAR. SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO CON SOL DATE AND PROVIDE MEETING SPACE IN A BUILDING THAT IS NOT LIKE LEGACY CAMPUS, WE CAN CONTINUE TO LEASE MORE OF LEGACY CAMPUS, SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S ALSO A OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KITS. IF WE WERE TO BUILDING AND WE KNOW ABOUT BUILDING A NEW BUILDING BUILDING IS 600 GLASS A FOR REFISH BICK WIG 6383 A
SQUARE SEE THE. 180 A SQUARE FOOT SAY GOOD DEAL AND WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO OFFSET AT LEAST SOME OF THE COSTS AND OVER THE LONG-TERM PROBABLY ALL OF THE COSTS. I DID PUT SOME OF THE SOURCES HERE.
LATER ON IN THE SLIDE SHOW THE WILCOX PROPERTY ALONE WE HAVE NOT HAD IT APPRAISED BUT LOOKED A GUESS, CABLE ARELY EVALUATED AND THAT PROPERTY ALONE SHOULD RACE ABOUT $10 MILLION. LIKEWISE WITH THE WEST SUPPORT
PROPERTY WHICH WE COULD NOT PART WITH RIGHT WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SOLVE THE WAREHOUSE PART OF THE WEST SUPPORT PROPERTY. WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE OFF OTHER PROPERTIES. IN A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE CASTLE ROCK IS
DEVELOPING OUT THAT WEST SUPPORT PROPERTY WILL BE WORTH WELL MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COVER THE REST OF THE 22 MILLION. WE WOULD AOU THE PROPERTY REVENUE LIKE CANTRELL THAT WE HAVE BEEN USE TO GO PURCHASE BUILDINGS, ET CETERA.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR INITIAL PLAN IS TO CONSOLIDATE WILCOX STAFF INCLUDING ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED THE WEST SUPPORT CENTER STAFF MINUS THE WAREHOUSE, WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THE WAREHOUSE AT WEST SUPPORT
CENTER. INTO WEST SUPPORT WHILE WE ARE KEEPING WEST SUPPORT BUT NOT LONG-TERM KEEPING IT. SOUTH TERMINAL WHICH IS THE CASTLE ROCK BUS BARN IS WHAT I THINK OF IT AS OUR CENTRAL KIND OF MESSY LOCATION WITH ALL THE BUSES AND SECURITY AND OTHER
THINGS AND JACKIE'S HOME, WE WOULD CONSOLIDATE 84 STAFF FROM THAT AREA INCLUDING OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM. AND OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM ARE IN A VERY -- IT'S ALMOST A TEMPORARY BUILDING IT'S A VERY UNFORTUNATE BUILDING. SO TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM INTO
A BUILDING AND BUILD A TRUE DISPATCH CENTER THAT HAS ALL OF THE SAFETY ASPECTS THEY NEED WILL BE EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT. THE LEGACY CAMPUS AGAIN WE WOULD RELOCATE 65 STAFF FROM THERE. 24 STAFF FROM OUR INNING HAVE
YOU EVER NECESSARY CAMPUS AND VARIOUS OTHER STAFF. AT MOBILES THE TRUCK STAFF IS AT POINT ROSA IF WE VACATE A SUGGEST PORTION OF THE BUS PARTNER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
HAVE TRAINING MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED. ONCE WE MOVE THE FIRST PIECE THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE CONSOLIDATING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO DOWN THE ROAD. I PUT THE SOURCES OF THE IN ADDITION FUNDING BETWEEN THE WILCOX SITE AND A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER THE WEST SUPPORT
SITE WOULD MORE THAN COVER THE INITIAL COSTS. BUT THE REALLY IMPORTANT PART IS THE SAVINGS THE ONGOING COST SAVINGS. ON TERMS OF THE ONGOING COST
SAVINGS, ONE TO $2 MILLION A YEAR INITIALLY IN TERMS OF CUSTODIAL AND UTILITIES, ET CETERA. BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO SHED AND DISPOSE OF SITES. THAT SAVINGS WOULD INCREASE, WE WOULD HAVE FTE SAVINGS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT OPERATING AS MANY
BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO HAVE AS MANY TOUCH POINTS. WE ALSO WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE. AND. >> , I ALWAYS PUT STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT AT THE TOP. BECAUSE THE STUNT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD ADD TO THE WILL COULD BE CAMPUS WOULD BE AMAZING
IN TERMS SIX NEW REVENUE, WE WOULD RAISE ANOTHER FOUR TO 500,000-DOLLARS A YEAR THROUGH LEASING THIS SPACE BUT ALSO THE BUILDING COMES WITH LACED SPACE AND TENANTS IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I ACTUALLY UNDERSTATED THE
AMOUNT THAT THE CURRENT TENANTS IN THE LEASED SPACE RAISE IF WE JUST LEAVE THE TENANTS WHERE THEY ARE. I UNDERSTATED IT BY ABOUT HALF IT'S CLOSER TO 400 TO FIVE HOUND THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
C OO MILLETT REMINDED ME THAT I LOOKED THE CELL TOWER MONTHLY INSTEAD OF YEARLY IT'S 500 $5000 A YEAR IN NEW LEASES, THAT WOULD SAVE A GRAND TOTAL OF $4 MILLION A YEAR INITIALLY. AS YOU KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO CUT
15 MILLION THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL. AND THEN LASTLY, WE ABSOLUTELY ASKED THE PEOPLE. WE HAD 213 RESPONSES TO OUR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION SURVEY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUMMARIES
HEAR THE SUMMARIES ON THE RIGHT CAME FROM A.I. AND THE SUMMARY ON THE LEFT IS 73% WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSOLIDATION 19% WANT TO KEEP WILCOX AND STAY THERE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND 8% HAD OTHER SOLUTIONS LIKE WHY BBUY A BUILDINGS IN HIGHLANS RANCH A VARIETY OTHER OTHER SUGGESTIONS THE NEXT STEPS FOR US WOULD BE IF THE BOARD JUST A POINT BY CONSENSUS IS OKAY WITH THE STAFF CONTINUING TO EXPLORE
THIS OPTION THE BOARD OF EVENING CASE WOULDN'T HAVE A DECISION PT UNTIL THE ACTUAL PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD FOR THAT BUILDING. WHAT QUESTIONS CAN WE ANSWER? AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I WENT OVER.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS. THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. THIS IS A DIG THING UNDER CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE 15 MINUTES.
SCHEDULED FOR Q&A. SO LET'S JUST KEEP TO ONE QUESTION FIRST AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> SO FIRST IT IS STILL A LITTLE BUTTON CLEAR TO ME HOW THOSE TIMELINES PLAY OUT. AND THEN WHEN THE COST SAVINGS COME IN. I MEAN, IT WAS HELPFUL TO HEAR THE VERBAL EXPLANATION TONIGHT. BUT THAT WOULD BE HELP. I THINK I WOULD LIKELY VISUAL.
BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS WHAT ARE REWE ANTICIPATE ORGANIZE A QUESTION THAT'S ANSWERED IN THE NEXT PRISON TAKE THE VICE CHANGES SRA*EUPBGS TO THE COMMUNITY OF CASTLE ROCK FOR MOVING OUR LOCATION OUT OF THIS AREA?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. >> THERE ARE DISADVANTAGES FOR CASTLE ROCK. THEY ARE FULLY AWARE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING DOING THIS, WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WOULD THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I LISTED. DISCUSSIONS LAWSUIT WITH TOWN
COUNCIL IN PUBLIC SESSION IT'S DEFINITELY KNOWN OF THE THE BIGGEST THOSE CASTLE ROCK IS THE 9-5 WORKERS IN DOWNTOWN CASTLE ROCK THAT USE ALL OF THE BUSINESSES IN CASTLE ROCK FOR LUNCH, GOING OUT TO LUNCH AND THOSE THINGS BECAUSE DOWNTOWN CASTLE ROCK BUSINESSES NEED THAT
9-5 BUSINESS TO FILL IN FOR FOR THE NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS WHEN THEY ARE VERY BUSY, THAT'S THE BIGGEST LOSS TO CASTLE ROCK. THE OTHER CONCERN THAT YOU DIDN'T ASK ABOUT DIRECTLY BUT I THINK THAT I HAVE AND CASTLE ROCK HAS, IS THE PRESERVATION OF
THE WILCOX BUILDING. IT WAS IT THE ORIGINAL DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL THINK UNLIKE CANTRELL IT'S NOT A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED HISTORIC THERE IS A PLAQUE ON IT BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE TOWN OF THE CASTLE ROCK BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT BUILDING OR DO
WHATEVER, SO SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TALKED TO CASTLE ROCK ABOUT IS IF WE DO SALE THE PROPERTY. GO DOWN THIS PATH AND SELL THE PROPERTY. WE WOULD GET IT APPRAISED IN CASTLE ROCK WOULD GET THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL. I THINK THE MOST LIKELY PATH IS THAT CASTLE ROCK PURCHASES THE
PROPERTY FROM US. IN ORDER TO ENHANCE PARKING. BUT ALSO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WILCOX BUILDING, WHICH FOR US, AND FOR THEM, WOULD BE AN IDEAL SOLUTION.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> IN TERMS OF TIMELINES TO FOLLOW ON DIRECTOR THOMPSON. IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE CON SOL DAYS PLAN, WOULD YOU FORESEE
MOVING AT LEAST THE WILCOX PEOPLE IN 2026? >> CLOSE, BUT PROBABLY NOT. WE ARE PROBABLY TALKING -- WE VAGUELY IN OUR TIME LIE VAGUELY SAID WINTER OF, YOU KNOW, SO THAT COULD BE THAT JANUARY '27 KIND OF TIME FRAME.
CONSTRUCTION IS NOT MOVING SUPER FAST RIGHT NOW AND SO WE ARE -- WE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THOSE REFURBISHMENTS BUT THAT GIVES US TIME TO REALLY THOUGHTFULLY APPRAISE AND CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF THAT SITE
AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH CASTLE ROCK. I ASKED COO MILLETT IF SHE COULD GET IT ONE IN TWO MONTHS. >> I DON'T THINK WE CAN CLOSE ON THE BUILDING IN TWO MONTHS LET ALONE COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I WOULD UNDERSCORE DIRECTOR THOMPSON'S REQUEST ON THE TIMELINE I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. CAN YOU TALK TO -- YOU SAID THE FOLKS AT WILCOX IN THE --
SOMETIME IN THE WINTER, THIS COMING WINTER, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS THAT WERE MENTION ED IN THE PRESENTATION. WHAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE TOTAL TIMELINE FOR CONSOLIDATING ALL
OF THE SPACES THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY POPULATE THE NEW BUILDING? >> SO A LOT OF THAT DEPENDS. THE NUMBERS LISTED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THAT COHORT WOULD MOVE IN AS SOON AS THE BUILDING IS READY. WHICH WE HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER,
BUT NOT ALL. SO AS SOON AS THE BUILDING IS READY, THE COHORT -- KEEP GOING, GOOD JOB, RIGHT HEAR. THIS COHORT WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE IN SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BENEFIT -- THE BENEFIT TO LEGACY CAMPUS WOULD START TO TAKE PLACE AS SOON AS ALL OF THE FOLKS
MOVED IN. THE RENTAL BENEFIT. THE ADDING PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS, IF WE HAVE MORE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DOLLARS THROUGH AN MLO, ABLE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS. IF NOT WE CAN -- WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR A BOND OR MLO, BUT
IT WILL BE PREPARED FOR STUDENTS. THAT'S LEGACY. WILCOX WOULD BE COMPLETELY VACATED. AND READY TO SALE. THE REASON WEST SUPPORT WOULDN'T BE VACATED IMMEDIATELY, IS THAT WEST SUPPORT HAS OUR WAREHOUSE. THE NEW BUILDING -- THE -- IT'S NOT A NEW BUILDING.
BUT THE BUILDING THAT WE ARE LACKING AT CONSOLIDATING INTO DOES NOT HAVE A WAREHOUSE SPACE. SO WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS EVENTUALLY PRACTICE EVADE A WAREHOUSE SPACE ON THAT -- IN THE BUS BARN AREA, ONCE WE VACATED OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, SECURITY, AND THE OTHER TEAMS FROM THAT AREA, WE
WILL HAVE THE ROOM THERE TO ADD A WAREHOUSE WITH NUTRITIONAL SERVICES WHICH ALREADY HAS WAREHOUSE AND REFRIGERATION SPACE THERE AND THEN THE ONGOING COST SAVINGS THAT PROVIDES WOULD BE NOT ONLY IN FTE BUT THE WAREHOUSE FOLKS OVER HERE AND THE NUTRITION SERVICES WHICH ARE
OVER HERE, BOTH HAVE FLEETS OF VEHICLES AND DRIVERS. AND IF THEY WERE TOGETHER WE COULD CONSOLIDATE THE FLEETS AND VEHICLES AND THE MAN FOR YOU ARE THAT IT TOOK TO MOVE THING FROM PLACE TO PLACE. AND AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD HAVE THE WEST SUPPORT SITE VACATED
AND COULD SELL IT. SO IT JUST -- WE ABSOLUTELY WILL PROVIDE A TIMELINE. BUT THIS IS LIKE PULLING THE THREAD OF A SWEATER AS SOON AS YOU START PULLING IT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CORE ALL OF THE MILLIONS OF PIECES. SO WE ARE JUST IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE FULL SWEATER
PULLING PROCESS. BUT HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA IT WOULD BE OUR GOAL TO SELL WEST SUPPORT WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE HAVE TO LOOK ON THE@OUR TRANS TRANS TERMINALS AND LOOK AT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE MORE SUFFICIENT.
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY OR MAKE SURE THE UNDER 500 CENTRAL ADMIN STAVE WOULD BE MOVING IN TO THE NEW POE TESTI POTENTIAL OFFICE S WINTER OF NEXT YEAR SHOULD THIS PLAN MOVE FORWARD.
>> I SHOULD HAVE STA STARTED WIH THAT, THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> THESE ARE LESS QUESTIONS AND MORE JUST HIGHLIGHTING SHOVE AT THAT I THINK MAY HAVE GOTTEN BURIED IN THERE. THE EFFORT MAST CASTLE ROCK CAME BACK WITH IS MORE THAN WHAT WE
HE HAVE ESTIMATE THE; IS THAT NOT CORRECT? >> DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ADD IN. IT'S NOT EXACTLY AN APPLE TO'S CARE RESPONSE OUR EFFORT MAHWAS $20 MILLION, THEIR ESTIMATE WAS $17 MILLION PLUS ANOTHER TWO OR 3 MILLION FOR THE UNITS THAT WE
HAVE TO HAVE BLUES ANOTHER MILLION FOR FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE THERE IS BROKEN. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> EXCUSE ME, THEY DIDN'T -- AS WE SAT AND MET WITH THEM THERE WAS NO MONEY THEY PUT IN THEIR CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION THAT
HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE BUILDING. NO MONEY INCLUDED TO SPRINKLER THE ENTIRE BUILDING, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THEY DIDN'T BUT I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A LITTLE BIT. SOY WHEN I ASKED FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS DID YOU INCLUDE THIS,
THAT. WE GOT ABOVE -- I WALKED OUT WITH A MINIMUM OF 22 NOT EVEN GUARANTEEING THAT WE WOULD GET EVERYTHING. >> AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS WE SAID 22 IF WE KEEP WILCOX, 25 IF WE
BUY THE NEW BUILDING, BUT IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO 15 EVEN JUST SELLING THE WILL COULD BE BUILDING TO CONSOLIDATING INTO THE NEW. >> CORRECT. AND THEN THAT 15 COULD BE EARNED BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER WHEN WE SELL THE WEST SUPPORT PROPERTY.
WHEREAS WITH THE WILCOX OPTION, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO OFF-LOAD PROPERTY AND OTHER SPACES TO PAY FOR THAT 22 MILLION. >> THANK YOU. >> THE LARGEST WE COULD GET RAIL
TOX REALISTIC IS YOU JUST UNDER FOURTH SEVEN -- EXCUSE ME 37,000 SQUARE FEE. 27 NOW, WE WOULD ADD TEN. SO I THINK -- >> SO I COULDN'T HELP BUT SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO THIS AND THINK ABOUT THE MLO CONVERSATION
AS WELL. RIGHT? AND WHY DIDN'T WE MAINTAIN QUESTION CAME UP? AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS EARLIER, BUT I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE DAC PRESENTATION THAT YOU MAY ME
AND SOMEONE SAID WHY DID THE MILL LEVEE GO DOWN SO DRASTICALLY, THE MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE RATE. SO I THINK THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO TELL A STORY. RIGHT? ESPECIALLY CAREER RATING A CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
SO THE TIMELINE CAN AGREE MORE WITH THE TIMELINE, BUT ALMOST CONSOLIDATION PLAN IT'S REALLY COMPLEX. AS YOU ARE DESCRIBING OBVIOUSLY SO MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THIS AREA. AND IF THAT CAN BE PUT IN TO
SOMETHING LIKE A MASTER CAPITAL PLAN, YOU HAVE A CONSOLIDATION PLAN, RIGHT? THAT KIND OF DEMONSTRATES JUST HOW WE ARE, GOOD STEWARDS WITH -- AND I LOVE HOW YOU TIE THAT BACK TO THE END STATEMENT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO HELP EXPLAIN TO OUR COMMUNITY WHY DECISION LIKE THIS ARE BEING MADE. AND SO I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT AS I WAS SITTING HERE AND LISTENING. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND IT WILL BE HEART OF OUR DISTRICT PRESENTATION THE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO CON
SOL DATE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION THE SAME WAY WE CONSOLIDATED OUR SCHOOLS. AING TO A DETAILED CONSOLIDATION TIMELINE, THAT WILL TAKE US TIME TO PRODUCE, AND I WANT TO THROW -- I WANT TO THROW A LITTLE CAUTION OUT THERE THAT WE ARE ALSO BEING CAREFUL BECAUSE
WE DON'T WANT TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOBS SO WE JUST WANT -- WE ARE JUST TRYING TO BE REALLY AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT LONG-TERM IN TERMS OF CONSOLIDATION I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. >> SURE.
I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION, DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THIS IS KIND OF PRESENTED AS AN EITHER OR. THERE IS ACTUALLY A THIRD. THERE IS THREE OPTIONS. KEEP WILCOX AS IT IS I SUSPECT THE POSITION IS SIMPLY THAT
THAT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR EMPLOYEES. OR EFFICIENT FOR OUR DIRECT SO MANY IF WE SET THAT ONE ASIDE I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD RENOVATE WILCOX WITH 300 PEOPLE IN IT. AND DO THAT EFFICIENTLY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S EVENING A POSSIBILITY.
FEELS LIKE THAT BUILDING KIND OF TO BE RECONSTRUCT AND WOULD TELL ME IF I AM WRONG HAS TO GO DOWN TO STUDS AND SUBFLOORS AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'LL PUT 300 0 PEOPLE FOR THE YEAR WHERE WE DO THAT. >> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE STUDS. BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE MATERIALS
AND ALL OF THE STUFF THAT IS BURIED IN ALL OF THE PLACES. >> AND THERE IS ONLY WATER ON ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. >> AND AND A LOT OF THINGS. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WHERE WOULD WE RELOCATE THE STAFF THAT ARE CURRENTLY IT'S 133 STAFF CURRENTLY IN WILCOX.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GET CREATIVE AND WE WOULD, WE ARE VERY CAPABLE OF GETTING CREATIVE. WE WOULD BE SHOE HORNING PEOPLE INTO SPACES, YOU NO, WE HAD HAVE TO TAKE OVER SOME SPACE HERE AT LEGACY THAT COULDN'T BE RENT ODD ARE USED FOR A WHILE BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF THERE.
SHE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TEMPORARY REMOTE POLICIES THE. THERE WOULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WITH HE COULD DO. AND STAFF WOULD BE WILLING TO BE SUPER FLEXIBLE IF AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD WORK AT A DESK. THAT ISN'T ABOUT TO COLLAPSE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW,
IT DOESN'T SMELL AND THEY CAN USE THE RESTROOM AND ACTUALLY GET INTO THE RESTROOM. SO I THINK ALL THE STAFF AT WILCOX WILL BE WILLING TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE.
>> OKAY, SEEING -- ANY BURNING QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IT BUILDS ON WHAT DIRECTOR GEIGER SAID YOU MENTIONED EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION LIKE THE RISK OF SOMETHING GOING WRONG
THAT COULD CAUSE A SHUTDOWN OF THE WILCOX BUILDING, JUST QUICKLY WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE -- OR SOME EXAMPLES? >> SURE, THE HEAT AND COOLING SYSTEMS SEIZED TO WORK ALTOGETHER. THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OR WATER SYSTEM SHOULD OUT ALL TO
EVERY. OR A PROBLEM WITH THE FIRE SYSTEM WHERE IT COULDN'T SENSE FIRES MY MORE. ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE USE THOSE SAME EXAMPLES FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR MOSTER CAPITAL PLAN TALKING A LOT ABOUT A CAPITAL ISSUE THAT COULD HAPPEN THAT COULD CAUSE A SCHOOL TO SHUTDOWN. THOSE SAME CAPITAL ISSUES COULD
HAPPEN AT WILCOX AND CAUSE THE BUILDING TO SHUTDOWN FOR SURE AND DIRECTOR GEIGER, YOU ARE RIGHT, OF COURSE, OPTION -- YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN OPTION OF STATUS QUO THINK IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF HOW LONG IS STATUS QUO GOING TO LAST BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS T THAT CLOSE E
BUILDING DOWN. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND ALL THE WORK, THERE IS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS SO THANK YOU. >> MAY I ASK IS THERE ANY
BURNING OBJECTIONS TO CONTINUING DOWN THIS PATH UNDERSTAND AGO THAT WORLD HAS THE FINAL DECISION WITH THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT. >> I SEE NO BURNING OBJECTS. >> THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT BEING SO THIS ACTUALLY MOVES US INTO OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE SECTION OF THE MEETING.
WE'LL START WITH ITEM 5.1. POLICY GBEB. STAFF CONDUCT FOR FIRST READING. AS A REMINDER A FIRST READING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW PROPOSED POLICY REVISIONS, ASKING CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK BEFORE ANY FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION. SO NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN THIS EVENING. THE POLICY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT OUTLINES EXPECTATIONS FOR STAFF CONDUCT. INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL ETHICAL
AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POLICY THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS A SAFE PROFESSIONAL AND RESPECTFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH A FAVE-MINUTE OVERVIEW FROM STAFF. AND THEN FOLLOWED BY A 10-MINUTE
BOARD QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> YES, COUNSEL KLAMESH WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES TO THE POLICY. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. AND PRESIDENT MEEK. THIS POLICY IS COMING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION FOR FIRST READING, ESSENTIALLY TO ADDRESS A CHANGE IN THE POLICY REQUIRED SO THAT IT BECOMES CONSISTENT WITH REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE TO JLF AND JLF-R WE WOULD TODAY
REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE. LAST YEAR HOUSE BILL 251188 WAS PASSED AND IT MADE A CHANGE TO THE MANDATORY REPORTING TIMELINE BY WHICH MANDATORY REPORTS NEEDED TO BE MADE. SO THAT THE LANGUAGE NOW READS
IT MEANS -- IT NEEDS THOSE REPORTS NEED TO BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT NO LATER THAN 24 HOUSE. IN THE PAST AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE REVISIONS. THE POLICY RED THAT THE REPORT
NEEDED TO BE MADE IMMEDIATELY. AS A RESULT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE AND I THINK THEY WERE MADE IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 I THINK BY THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT
GBEB BE REVISED SO THAT IT WAS CONSIST HE WANT WITH CHANGES THAT WERE ALREADY MADE BY THIS BOARD. AND SO THESE POLICY REVISIONS THAT YOU ARE BEING PRESENTED WITH, ARE CONSISTENT POLICY REVISIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
MADE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER. AND SO THE REQUEST IS TO MAKE THE POLICIES CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE LAW REVISION AS WELL AS WITH JLF AND JLFR AND WITH THAT
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT THAT IS THE BASIS FOR THAT CHANGE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OVERVIEW. WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES FOR BOARD DISCUSSION THINK SO I'LL
OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. AS EVERYONE IS THINKING I WILL AAS A REMINDER CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS GOES OUT FOR COMMENT
AFTER A FIRST READING AND ALSO. AROUND THIS WOULD APPLY FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL, CORRECT? >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. AFTER EVERY FIRST READING, BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE DO PUT THE POLICY OUT FOR FEEDBACK. SO WE WOULD DO THAT PER OUR
USUAL PROCESS THINK OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW ALL BOARD POLICIES UNLESS THEY HAVE WAVED THEM AND SO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO MIDYEAR WAVE AND REPLACE OF A POLICY IF THEY WOULD LIKE. >> IS THIS A POLICY THAT WOULD
WAIVEABLE THEN BY CHARTERS? >> I HAVE NOT CHECKED THE CHART BUT MY SUSPICION IS THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF HAVING ALREADY BEEN PLACED ON NOTICE OF THE REVISIONS OF JLF. AND J HAD.
F-R IN NOVEMBER THAT THEY ARE ALREADY COMPLYING WITH THE POLICY THAT CONSISTENT WITH WITH POLICY CHANGE AND I DON'T FEEL WE HAVE ANY REQUEST FOR WA WAFE.
THIS IS GETTING INTO THE WEEDS ON THE REDLINE. IT'S [ INAUDIBLE ] KIT 70 MADE DUE TO DISABILITY. AND ADDITIONALLY NO REPORT IS REQUIRED FOR -- IF IT ARISES OUT
OUT OF CONCERNS DUE SOLELY TO DISABILITY. THOSE ARE COUNTER INTUITIVE TO EACH OTHER. AT LEAST IN MY READING? >> THE LANGUAGE I BELIEVE IS I WAS CONSISTENT END JLF AND JLF-R IF IT'S NOT "WEAK TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT IS, THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER THE ONE OF THE REASONS WE USED THIS LANGUAGE IS IT CAME OUT OF STATUTORY CHANGES I THINK THE POLICIES BOTH HAVE TO JUST --
ANOTHER THING THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS TO OPTION OPT OUT IS STAY LATE STILL APPLIED TO THEM IT. THE I BELIEVE THAT COMES STRAIGHT OUT OF STATUTE. >> THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION 78 AND I DO RECALL THAT I DID CHECK IT
AGAINST THE STATUTE. THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF WORDS THAT WERE ELIMINATED AT THE REQUEST TO HELP CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD BE READING THIS. BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL CHECK IT DIRECTOR RYAN, THANK YOU FOR ASKING. AND COMMENTING IN THAT REGARD.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> FOLLOWING UP BETWEEN THE POLICIES UPDATE ED IN NOVEMBER AND THIS ONE, WHAT DOES COMMUNICATION TO STAFF LOOK LIKE? >> THIS IS ALL PART OF OUR MANDATORY TRAINING.
AT THIS BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO WE WOULD ADJUST THE MANDATORY TRAINING FOR A CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT ACCORDINGLY TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW TIMELINE IS ON THERE. >> YEAH, I JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT AT THE TIME WE DID TRAINING THIS
PAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE HAD ALREADY UPDATED TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. AND OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH THE INDIVIDUALS UNTIL -- WHO WERE DEVELOPING THE TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE TRAINED CONSISTENT WITH THE CHANGE IN
STATE LAW. I HAVE JUST GOTTEN CONFIRMATION FA ASSISTANTS SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR THAT BOTH OF THESE POLICIES JLF, JLF-R AND GBEB ARE
NOT WAIVEABLE BY CHARTER SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. CAN YOU JUST REMIND US, OF ALL THE STAFF THAT GOES THROUGH MANDATORY REPORTING TRAINING, JUST AT A REMINDER. >> YES, EVERYONE THAT WORKS FOR
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO DO MANDATORY TRAINING, INCLUDING OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. AND OUR -- WE HAD 95% COMPLIANCE THIS PAST YEAR. I THINK IT WAS IN THE MONITORING REPORT. AT ONE POINT AND THE REASON IT'S 95% IS JUST THE STAFF COMING AND
GOING YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAD TO WATCH CATCH UP BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST BEEN HIRED OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION MIGHT BE. BUT WE DO ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF HAVE -- TAKE PLANT TORE TRAIN AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST FOR OUR PUBLIC, IT'S MORE THAN JUST READING SOMETHING, THEY HAVE TO
ACTUALLY TAKE QUIZZES TO SHOW RETENTION OF UNDERSTANDING BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART OF THE TRAINING. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM DIRECTORS? DIRECTOR DEFENSE REAR? >> AND I WOULD JUST ALSO ADD AS
AN EDUCATOR, PLANT TORE I REPORTER TRAINING IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAINING THAT YOU DO EVERY YEAR. YOUR LICENSE IS ON THE LINE FOR ANY VIOLATIONS OF IN THE MANDATORY REPORTING LAWS, SO IT IS INCREDIBLY SERIOUS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
EDUCATORS JUST LIKE CLICK THROUGH WITHOUT READING OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT PROFORMA IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS REALLY IMPACTED THE LIVES OF A LOT OF STUDENT IN A POSITIVE
WAY. FOR ANYBODY'S EDIFICATION LISTEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY BY LICENSED TEACHER AND STAFF. >> SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSS AND THE FEEDBACK ON THIS POLICY. THIS INPUT WILL HELP INFORM ANY REVISIONS BEFORE THE SECOND READING OF THE POLICY COMES BACK BEFORE US AT A FUTURE MEETING. WITH THAT WELL TAKE A 10-MINUTE
RECESS. IT'S NOW 7:05. SO WELCOME BACK AT 7:15. WE'LL WHERE HE CONVENE AT 7:15.
THANK YOU. >> WE WILL NOW REVON CONNECTICUT CONVENIENT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS NOW BACK IN
SINCE. NEXT ITEM IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS, FAVE .2 OUR DEBRIEF. THIS ITEM REFLECTS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BOARD'S GOVERNANCE WORK. OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECT CONNECTION WITH OUR OWNERSHIP AND TO ENSURE THAT THE
VALUES, PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE REFLECTED IN OUR DECISION MAKING. OVER THE PAST MONTH BOARD MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THREE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SESSIONS WITH CLASSIFIED STAFF. SENIOR CITIZENS, AND LICENSED
STAFF. THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DIRECT UNFILTERED INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE WE SERVE AND THOSE CLOSEST TO THE WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS. ATTACHED TO THE BOARD PAB HE HAD YOU HAVE DIRECTOR DENZLER'S SUMMARIES FROM THEY ARE CONVERSATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FOR
ALL OF HER WORK IF ORGANIZING THESE EVENTS WITH STAFF AND SUMMARIZING EVERYTHING FOR US TONIGHT FOR OUR CONVERSATION. THE PURPOSE FOR TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION IS NOT TO SOLVE OR RESPOND TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED BUT RATHER TO
REALLY REFLECT ON WHAT WE ARE HEARING. AND UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR PRINCIPLE STAKEHOLDERS VALUES ARE. AND CONSIDER HOW THIS INPUT SHOULD INFORM OUR ENDED, OUR MONITORING AND OUR FUTURE WORK AS A BOARD. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
SPECIFICS OF THOSE QUESTIONS, DO ANY BOARD DIRECTORS HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE SUMMARIES THEMSELVES? HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO RETHROUGH THOSE?
>> HUGE THANK YOU, THOSE WERE GREAT SUMMARYS THAT YOU CREATED DIRECTOR DENZLER SO WE HAVE 20 MINUTES. FOR OUR CONVERSATION AND GUIDE DISCUSSION I'LL WALK US THROUGH OUR TYPICAL ANALYSIS QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK AFTER WE HAVE THESE
ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE IN THE COVER PACKET AS WELL. BUT THE FIRST ONE REALLY BEGINS WITH WHAT KINDS OF INSIGHTS HAVE WE GAINED FROM THESE ENGAG
ENGAGEMENTS? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUMMARY DOCUMENTS AND GRATEFUL FOR THIS CONVERSATION. BUT KIND OF THE FIRST PIECE THAT CAME TO MIND WAS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME AROUND LIKE THE
CELLPHONE POLICY AND THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM BUS DRIVERS. AND THAT STAFF. LIKE WHEN WE WERE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ON POLICIES, LIKE HOW ARE WE BEING INTENTION TOLL MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT HAS
CONTACT WITH STUDENTS. OR AT LEAST GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ROW PROVIDE INPUT. >> I HAD IT'S SAME THOUGHT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE POLICY CONVERSATION. OTHER INSIGHTS?
DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I WOULD JUST SAY ON THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD, IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE POLICY, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE DONE AS MUCH DIRECT -- SOUGHT AS MUCH DIRECT INPUT ON
ANY POLICY AS WE HAVE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE POLICY AND WE HAVE MAINTAINED IMPORTANT INFORMATION EVERYONE, SAG, CLASSIFY STAFF, LICENSED STAFF SENIORS CITIZENS. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN OPINION AND I THINK MANY ARE INFORMATIVE. I DON'T KNOW THAT PART OF THE
ISSUE YOU IS TRYING TO COMMUNITY COMMUNIQUE ENGAGEMENT IN TO POLICY AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF OUR BEST EXAMPLES SO FAR. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> JUST, AGAIN, FOR THE EDIFICATION OF ANYBODY WHO MAY NOT HAVE READ THE SUMMARY, I
BELIEVE DIRECTOR THOMPSON IS REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE BUS DRIVERS HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE CELLPHONE POLICY WOULD BE -- THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE POLICY WOULD BE IMPLEMENT ODD BUSES SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO BOTH IMPLEMENT
A POLICY, A DEVICE POLICY WHILE THEY ARE DRIVING THE BUS. OR I GUESS WE -- OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO BOTH. THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, AND THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT MEMBER S-RG TIFF FOR ME PERSONALLY TO HEAR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT.
IT GOES TO SHOW THAT THE PEOPLE WE HAVE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS ARE DEEPLY THOUGHTFUL AND WANT TO DID A GOOD JOB AND FOLLOW POLICY AND ARE ASKING FOR GUIDANCE IN SOME OF THOSE SCENARIOS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT THAT THEY WERE ENGAGE ON THE GROUND THAT LEVEL. I THINK FOR ME, I WAS JUST
REALLY STRUCK BY HOW INVOLVED THE SENIOR CITIZENS WERE AND HOW MUCH THEY KNEW OF COURSE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS WERE VARYING DEGREES OF I DON'T KNOW, --
THERE IS WIDE RANKING VARYING DEGREES OF BRAN LAYER AT THIS, RIGHT? AT LEAST THE ONES WHO OPTED INTO COMING TO INTO COMMUNITY CONNECTION SECTION REALLY HAD GREAT INSIGHTS AND KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. IS THERE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT TO
REACH TO THAT KEMPES GRAPHIC. ALWAYS. IMPROVEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO IN EDUCATION AND ALL INDUSTRIES TO SOME EXTENT. BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND HOW CONCERNED THEY WERE ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT STRUCK ME WITH THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS THE LEVEL AND DESIRE TO LEARN MORE. WANT TO GO TOUR LEGACY CAMPUS, WANT TO GO SEE FIRST HAND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE OTHER PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY AROUND THEIR DESIRE
TO TO UNDERSTAND HOW A.I. AND TECHNOLOGY WORKS AND A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP FOR STUDENTS TO WORK WITH THEM. AND SO I THINK THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME AS WELL.
>> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO BE AT THE CLASSIFIED STAFF MEETING AND TRANSPORTATION HONESTLY WAS ONE OF THE MOST EYE OPENING PORTIONS OF THE CONVERSATION. NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE CELLPHONE POLICY BUT POLICIES IN GENERAL. THAT THE WAY POLICIES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN SCHOOLS DOESN'T
NECESSARILY TRANSLATE TO THE BUSES THAT THEN SERVE THOSE SCHOOLS. IT WAS VERY DISPARATE IMPACTS ON THE FOLKS THAT TAKE OUR STUDENTS FROM THEIR HOME TO THE SCHOOLS. WITH OUR POLICIES AND WHETHER THOSE ARE EVEN ENFORCED AND HOW THEY CAN BE ENFORCED ON THE BUSES AND THAT WAS RAISED
MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING AN ANSWER AND LEADING TO US AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE GOING FORWARD IS THAT WE HAVE FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT THAT THESE POLICIES ARE SUPPOSED TO EFFECT THAT CAN'T.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO ANOTHER PIECE THAT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT IS WHENEVER THE COMMUNITY ENGAGES WITH US TO PROVIDE US WITH FEEDBACK, WHAT DOES THAT COMMUNE CAUTION BACK LOOK LIKE. AND SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THE SUMMARIES THE
DEBRIEF, THIS CONVERSATION BUT ALSO BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT COMMUNICATION BACK. SO, YOU KNOW, COULD THIS LOOK LIKE MAYBE A LETTER FROM THE BOARD THINKING CLASS -- THANKING CLASSIFIED STAFF FOR PARTICIPATING SOMETHING THAT GOES OWL TO ALL THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED? THIS IS WHAT WE GOT FROM YOU GUYS?
AND THEN HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE LIKE FUTURE PARTICIPATION AND LIKE POLICY FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES THAT POP UP OR FUTURE CHANCES THAT WE HAVE TO TALK WITH THE STAFF. >> I LOVE THAT. AND I THINK REMINDING THEM HOW
TO ENGAGE IN THE POLICY PROCESS AS WELL, RIGHT? WHERE SOMETIMES WE MAY PUT IT OUT THERE BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO GO TO ACCESS IT SO WE CAN REMIND THEM THIS THE THANK YOU PROCESS.
ANY OTHER INSIGHTS IN GENERAL? DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT THAT -- AND WE CAN HOLD THE BULK OF THIS COMMENT OR THE IMPLICATION OF THIS COMMENT FOR MYSELF-EVALUATION REPORT. BUT I THINK HAVING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONSISTENTLY WOULD HELP WITH THAT FEEDBACK LOOP BECAUSE THEN WE ARE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THOSE CONSTITUENCY GROUPS AND SAY LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD LAST TIME AND HEAR HOOKER IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE ABOUT THAT AND HERE IS HOW WE HAVE CONTEMPLATED THAT AND HERE IS HOW WE ARE THINKING AND SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE THESE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT OR YOU KNOW, PREDICTABLE IN MATERIALS OF THE CYCLE. >> ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT QUESTION THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO ASK
OURSELVES ARE THERE CAUTIONS BUT HOW WE SHOULD GENERALIZE THIS INFORMATION? AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP, DO WE FEEL LAKE THOSE GROUPS OF REPRESENTATIVE?
I'LL LOOK AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS. THERE WAS A SERIES OF ENGAGEMENTS THIS AREA, MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAPPENED AND I FEEL LIKE THE FEEDBACK WAS PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THOSE ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES. BUT, AGAIN, THEY SELF-SELECT. PROBABLY AT SOME LEVEL. SO YOU ARE GETTING THOSE THAT ARE CHASING TO ENGAGE. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THOUSAND
REPRESENTATIVE THE GROUPS WERE? DIRECTOR LENS DENZLER. >> I THINK WE SAW IN THE LICENSED STAFF COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MEETING, THERE WAS A LOT OF REPRESENTATION FROM EYE FEW DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. SO TO YOUR POINT, THESE ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE SELF-SELECT INTO THIS PROCESS. AND SO I THINK THAT HAVING THAT PERSPECTIVE IS ALWAYS SUPER IMPORTANT. NEVERTHELESS THEY OFFER REALLY INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TO DISCREDIT ANYTHING THEY HAD TO SAY. BUT, OF COURSE, WE SHOULD BE
CAREFUL IN GENERALIZING, ALTHOUGH, I THINK FOR SOME GROUPS PARTICULARLY CLASSIFIED STAFF I FELT IT WAS A REALLY REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLASSIFIED STAFF WE HAD. IT WASN'T JUST ALL TRANSPORTATION OR ALL EAs SO I THINK THAT THAT FOR ME WAS PROBABLY THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE
GROUP. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> WE HAD CLASSIFIED STAFF I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS -- THE OUTREACH THERE WAS -- I THINK WE ARE RED SOX GOING TO HAVE TO GIVEN THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS AND THE NUMBER OF LICENSED STAFF THAT WE HAVE, WE SHOULD ALWAYS
EVERY YEAR EVALUATE HOW WE ARE RECRUITING THOSE, I WAS TOLD BY PEOPLE THERE THAT THE EMAIL WENT OUT LATE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET IT. THERE WAS -- THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE WITH A SPECIFIC AGENDA. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AND YOU
NEED TO HEAR THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT AS WE GO FORWARD PARTICULARLY WITH LICENSED STAFF, WE NEED TO LOOK AT BUILDING LEADERS AND THAT STUFF TO TRY TO IMPROVE. WE HAD A NICE SELECTION OF SECONDARY ELEMENTARY. I APPRECIATED THAT. BUT I AGREE THAT FINDING MORE
IMPROVEMENT AND THAT MAY BE AN AREA WHERE ADDITIONAL, WHERE MORE THAN ONE SESSION IS NECESSARY. >> I THINK PART OF WHAT DIRECTOR DENZLER WAS SAYING ABOUT MAPPING IT OUT AND -- THIS WAS A TRANSITION AREA FOR THE BOARD, TOO.
SO AS YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE NEW PEOPLE COMING IN. PEOPLE LEAVING. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON WITH THESE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND ONE OF OUR NEXT STEPS I THINK WILL BE PLANNING OUT THE NEXT SERIES OF ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES. AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE INPUT THAT WAS RECEIVED DO YOU FEEL LAKE THERE ARE CHANGES OR REVISIONS TO ENDS, THE ENDS POLICY IN PARTICULAR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD A
CHANCE TO THINK THROUGH THAT. PART OF WHY WE WRITE ALL OF THIS DOWN IS SO THAT WHEN WE DO SCHEDULE A SESSION TO REVISIT
OUR ENDS, WE HAVE ALL OF THIS READY -- READILY AT OUR FINGER TIPS. WERE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED FOR YOU OR RAISED FOR US AS A BOARD BASED ON THESE ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES? I WILL JUMP IN. I HAVEN'T SHARED -- OH, GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YES. SO I THINK WE GOT BASED OFF THE SUMMARIES AGAIN, NOT BEING THERE, A LOT OF REALLY HELPFUL
FEED BACK REMARKING POLICY AND DIRECTION OF THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO A LOT OF OPERATIONAL CONCERNS. AND SO I AM CURIOUS YOU KNOW, AND PRAISES, THERE WERE OPERATIONAL PRAISES AS WELL, AIM JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE
DISSEMINATION OF THAT AND WHAT OUR ROLE SHOULD BE WHEN WE ARE RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION IN THIS CAPACITY? >> I WILL SHARE THAT IT HAS BEEN REAL NICE TO HAVE SUPERINTENDENT KANE ATTEND MOST OF THESE
ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? NOT SURE ABOUT THE SENIOR CITIZEN ONE, DEFINITELY THE LICENSED AND CLASS FADE STAFF AND THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS WELL. IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING NOT TO GET OPERATIONAL FEEDBACK WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO EMPLOYEES.
WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHY SOME POLICY GOVERNANCE BOARDS DO NOT CONSIDER STAFF A PRINCIPLE STAKEHOLDER GROUP. BUT THE BOARDS, WHEN THE PASSPORTS HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, AND HAVE SAID IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM STAFF.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE PUT FORWARD REALLY NEED TO BE MORE ABOUT THE VALUES AND THE PRIORITIES AND THE ENDS, SO WE DON'T GET INTO OPERATIONS. BUT THEY WILL NATURALLY COME UP, AND THEN IT, ARCHIVED AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT NOW HAS ACCESS TO THOSE. AND SO MAYBE I'LL JUST ASK SUPERINTENDENT KANE HOW SHE HAS HISTORICALLY LOOKED ATROPHIED BACK THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, GONE IN TO THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL. >> YEAH, FOR YOU THAT QUESTION. I WOULD SAY FIRST OF ALL I TRADE
TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE MYSELF IN WITH THE QUESTION THAT WAS MOST LIKELY TO RESULT IN A LOT OF OPERATIONAL FEEDBACK. SO NOT THE CELLPHONE POLICY, BUT THE WHAT EXCITES YOU AND WHAT CONCERNS YOU? BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE COME
TO ENGAGEMENTS THEY HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ARE GREAT AND A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT THEY WOULD LAKE TO SEE LOOKED AT OR CHANGED I MAKE A GREAT NOTE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO FOLLOW POLICY KE. AND TO TAKE THEIR TO TAKE THEIR
CONCERNS THE RIGHT WAY THROUGH THE PRIN PRINCIPAL OF THEIR SCH, ET CETERA, BUT IT ALSO GIVES ME AN IDEA IF THERE ARE THEMES SO THAT I AM ABLE TO GO BACK AND REQUEST, YOU KNOW, CLARIFICATION FROM MY CABINET OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE BUT IT DO TAKE ALL OF
THOSE OPERATIONAL CONCERNS UNDERSTANDER CONSIDERATION. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AND I ALSO THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS TO KIND OF FILTER THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GETTING, TOO. RIGHT?
LIKE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONTINGENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SPEAK TO AT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MEETINGS. WHO DO HAVE OPERATIONAL CONCERNS. AND UNDERSTANDING THAT LIKE WE CAN VALUE INDICATE THEIR CONCERNS WITHOUT TAKING THAT ON
AS LAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SOLVE. IS IMPORTANT. SO YOU ARE RED SOX GOING TO GET PEOPLE WHO BRING UP OPERATIONAL CONCERNS. I AM VERY C CONSCIENTIOUS THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPERATIONAL CONCERNS AND BOARD GOVERNANCE. THE BOARD, AND PRESIDENT MEEK
COULD EXPLAIN THIS A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN I EVER COULD K I AS A BOARD MEMBER CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR PERSONNEL ISSUE. THAT'S NOT MY JOB TO FIX, YOU KNOW SOME OF THE ISSUES AROUND, WELL, I FEEL LIKE THIS POLICY S BEING PRELIMINARY I WANTED BY THIS PRINCIPAL BUT NOT THAT
PRINCIPAL. THAT'S NOT BOARD PURVIEW. WHEN WE SAY END STATEMENTS WE MEAN THE PRINCIPALS THAT GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING, AND HOW THE
REALITY TO THE ON THE GROUND SHOULD REFLECT OUR EN STATEMENT WHEN WE SAY END THOSE ARE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO MY EARLIER POINT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE IN THE INFORMATION AND UNDERSTAND WHAT FALLS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW AND WHAT DOESN'T.
IT COULD BE TEMPTING TO SAY THERE IS A GREAT FIX THAT WE CAN BRAINSTORM TOGETHER OF COURSE THAT'S NOT OUR ROLE. THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER INCREDIBLY CAPABLE CABINET AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY COOL DISTRICTS. THERE IS A BOTH AND I THINK IT'S
A COOL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE FEEDBACK LOOP. >> I KNOW STAFF APPRECIATE US BEING THERE AND CHECKING WITH THEM AND THE MORE WE CAN SERVE AS A BRIDGE EVEN WHEN OPERATIONAL ISSUES COME UP TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO
NAVIGATE THAT, THAT'S REALLY OUR ROLE. GOING BACK TO SOMETHING DIRECTOR GEIGER MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE POLICY AND US HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE LICENSE AND CLASSIFIED STAFF IN
THIS AREA. AND SO THOSE ARE DOCUMENTED AND YOU HAVE TO SAY, LIKE THE POLICY WE ARE LOOKING AT IN OUR NEXT MEETING AND THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT CAME THROUGH VERY LOUD AND CLEAR, BE FROM WHAT I
HEARD, I WAS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY HAD THE QUESTION TO ACTUALLY SOLICIT FEEDBACK ON THIS POLICY. AND THE ITEMS WERE CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS. CLEVER DISTRICT DEFINED CONSEQUENCES.
STRONG ADMINISTRATIVE BACKING. CLEAR COMMUNICATION TO PAPERS. AND ADD THAT ADAPTATION FOR EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY. WATCH AS A.I. SMART DEVICES, ET CETERA.
AND I HAVE BEEN LIKING AT DIFFERENT POLICIES AND AS ONE BOARD DIRECTOR I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE A POLICY EDIT FOR CONSIDERATION THAT ACTUALLY
LESS CONSEQUENCES THINKING OF IT AS CONSEQUENCES NOT DISCIPLINE. IN THE POLICY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME THROUGH. LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THOSE WHO WERE IN THE CLASSROOM. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK DIRECTOR CALLAHAN HAD BROUGHT
UP, YOU KNOW, THE SOMETHING THAT SNEAKS ARE SPEAKS TO CAMERAS AND VIDEO RECORDING CAPABILITIES BEING PROHIBITED IN LOCKER ROOMS, BATHROOMS AND OTHER LOCATIONS.
THOSE ARE AREAS PUT IN OTHER DISTRICT POLICIES ACROSS THE STATE. AND SOMETHING THAT I JUST AM AS ONE BOARD DIRECTOR ELEVATING MAYBE SOMETHING WORTH US CONSIDERING IN THAT POLICY. JUST OPENING UP THINGS THAT I
HEARD FROM STAKEHOLDERS. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER FEEDBACK FROM ANYONE ON THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> JUST CIRCLING BACK TO ENDS. THE ONLY THING I KIND OF WALK AWAY WITH, -- NOT ONLY THING BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM WALKING AWAY WITH IS, YOU NOTION OUR GLOBAL END STATEMENT TALKS ABOUT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTALISTS. AND FOR ME, THAT INCLUDES LIKE
THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND HOW CONTENT AND HAPPY OUR STAFF ARE. DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT MAKING IT MORE EXPLICIT? JUST SAYING THE IS THE ENVIRONMENT ENOUGH?
OR NOT. >> THANK YOU, WE ARE NOTED. AS WE WRITE-UP OUR DISCUSSION NOTES WE CAN INCLUDE THAT AS
WELL FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. >> AND I THINK WE ARE ABOUT OUT OF TIME ANY LAST COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
NO. OKAY, GREAT. THE NEXT -- OH, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> AT THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I PICKED UP THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR AN EDIT THAT INCLUDES CONSEQUENCES, LOCKER
ROOMS, BATHROOMS AND OTHER LOCATIONS. IS THAT -- DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? >> SO I AS ONE BOARD DIRECTOR RAISED THAT. IF YOU ARE FAILING LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LAKE TO SEE, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, INDICATE THAT.
FOR CONSIDERATION. SO IT LACKS LAKE A MAJORITY IN INDICATING INTEREST THAT THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT INTO A SECOND -- THIRD, THIRD READING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. ALL RIGHT.
SO MOVING IN TO OUR NEXT ITEM. BOARD GOVERNANCE RESOURCES. THIS IS MEANT TO HELP US -- ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DIRECTOR THOMPSON BROUGHT THIS IDEA FORWARD AROUND
WOULDN'T BE IT VALUABLE TO HAVE A RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO HELP EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BOARD MEETINGS AND HOW TO READ A BOARD AGENDA. SO I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO DRAFT UP A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS. FOR US TO REVIEW.
112 AND THE FIRST OUTLINES DIFFERENT BOARD MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES AND PURPOSE. AND WHEN FORMAL BOARD ACTION MAY OCCUR. THE DECKED PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON HOW TO READ AN AGENDA AND HOW ITEMS ARE STRUCTURE ED AND HOW E
PUBLIC CAN ENGAGE. THE A THIRD UNDERSTANDING AMONG NOT ONLY BOARD MEMBERS BUT THE COMMUNITY. AND IMPROVE CONSISTENCY IN HOW WE PLAN AND COMMUNICATE OUR WORK. THINK HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE GOAL OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON WHETHER THESE DOCUMENTS ACCURATELY REFLECT OUR PRACTICES. AND WHETHER THEY ARE CLEAR AND USEFUL FOR BOTH BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC. SO THE FIRST ONE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS TYPES OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES.
SO WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO JUST OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR EDITS. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> FIRST OFF THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S VERY APPRECIATED. AND I DO THINK THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE TO PROVIDING THIS AS A RESOURCE. THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. EVEN TO OUR STUDENTS. WHO ARE LEARNING ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS. I THINK THIS DOCUMENT WAS REALLY
HELPFUL BECAUSE IT HELPS CLARIFY I THINK AREAS THAT MAYBE ARE LESS CLEAR IN POLICY AND MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY THAT SOMEONE WOULD REVIEW THIS VERSUS READ THROUGH THE WHOLE POLICY AND TRY TO INTERPRET IT. I WOULD ASK THAT WE INCLUDE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AS AN ITEM.
AND I LIKE THE LIVE RECORDED -- LIVE STREAM RECORDED SECTION BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WE CAN OBVIOUSLY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RESPONSES. I KNOW THEY KIND OF REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE. BUT I WOULD ALMOST WONDER IF WE SHOULD ADD IN A COLUMN THAT
TALKS ABOUT HOW THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE. SO YOU KNOW, IN OUR -- YOU KNOW, IN OUR REGULAR MEETINGS WHERE ACTIONS ARE TAKEN THEY CAN PARTICIPATE THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT. OTHER TIMES THEY CAN PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH JUST SHOWING UP. AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
PIECE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF -- I MEAN, KIND OF COVERS IT A LITTLE BIT IN THAT SECTION. BUT I THINK WE COULD BE EXPLICIT IN THE COLUMN. SO THE AGENDA PLANNING FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE PUBLIC CAN COME TO THE AGENDA PLAN AND LISTEN. SOAR THE -- ANY OF THE EDUCATION
SESSIONS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. OTHER EDITS ON THIS DOCUMENT FROM YOU DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND THEN YOU DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I WILL SHARE THE SPACE. >> OKAY. DIRECTOR RYAN.
>> THIS IS REALLY NITPICKY. BUT THE EVENT ATTENDANCE SAYS IT'S TYPICALLY SUPERINTENDENT PLANNED. I THINK ALL OF MY EVENTS HAVE EITHER COME FROM THE PERSON THAT ARE RUNNING THE EVENT OR FROM DIFFERENT PERSON ENTIRELY THINK SOME OF THEM ARE SUPERINTENDENT PLANNED BUT MOST COMING FROM
WHOEVER IS HOSTING THE EVENTS. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER EDITS ON THIS DOCUMENT? SEEING NONE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> I JUST WONDER FOR THE -- ON THE SECOND PAGE. SO -- THE RETREATS IT SAYS GENERALLY, NO. GENERALLY, NO. I DO WONDER IF THE BOARD
LEARNING SENSE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE GENERALLY NO. I KNOW THAT TYPICALLY WE HAVEN'T RECORDED THEM. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WOULDN'T. OF THERE MIGHT BE I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE
GENERALLY, NO. I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO KEEP US FROM BEING ABLE TO OFFER IT. >> OKAY. LET'S MOVE TO THE SECOND DOCUMENT FOR ANY CLARIFYING
EDITS OR QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I THINK THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. IT TALKS ABOUT LIKE HOW PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS ARE DOING. WHEN WE GO ON TO THE SECOND
PAGE, IT TALKS ABOUT ACTION ITEMS AS AS IT'S LINE LIKE KIND OF -- I THINK IT'S SCROLLING DOWN A LITTLE BIT. YES, STUDY ACTION ITEMS. SO I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO VERY
CLEARLY AND SUCCINCTLY TALK ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF ACTION THAT WE TAKE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE TYPICALLY TAKE ACTION ONBOARD POLICIES. ITEMS THAT ARE NOT DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BY EITHER BOARD POLICY OR LAW.
OUR TASK ACTION RELATED TO THE OVERSIGHT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SO MONITORING, CONTRACT, THINGS LIKE THAT. I FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THESE ARE WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE ACTION
DONE ON. AND I THINK THAT WOULD PROVIDE CLARITY TY TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RULE OF -- ROLE OF THE BOAR. THEN I WOULD SAY THE ONLY OTHER PIECE AND I WILL BE VERY QUICK WOULD JUST BE AT THE BOTTOM,
THERE WAS LIKE THINGS GUIDING OR INFORMING HOW BOARD MEETINGS ARE FORMED AND ITS POLICY AND LAW LIKE HYPER LINK THAT GO AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COLORADO LATTE TALKS ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WE ALSO LINK.
>> ANY OTHER AREAS WHERE ADDITIONAL CLARITY OR REFINEMENT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. SEEING NONE, I WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK TO HOW WE MIGHT USE THESE RESOURCES TO BETTER SUPPORT
COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGE. I THINK YOU BROUGHT THAT UP EARLIER. I THINK LIKE OUR BOARD COMMITTEES COULD REALLY BENEFIT, RIGHT, FROM SEEING THIS AND UNDERSTANDING IT. I THINK THE TERMINOLOGY CAN FEEL OVERWHELMING WITH BUSINESS
MEETING, WORK SESSION, REGULAR MEETING, SPECIAL MEETINGS, RIGHT. ARE THERE OTHER SUGGESTED WAYS WE MIGHT USE THESE RESOURCES?
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I THINK THIS WOULD BE NICE TO ACTUALLY HAVE LINKED IN OUR AGENDA. SO WHETHER IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGENDA, LIKE UNDERSTAND HOW TO READ OR AT THE VERY TOP. JUST UNDERSTANDING HOW THE BOARD OPERATES AND RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IF THERE IS ONE PLACE
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PROBABLY LOOK ON THE WEBSITE RELATED TO OUR WORK, THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OUR AGENDAS. >> I THINK WE COULD EASY ADD HYPER LINKS AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA THAT TAKES THEM INTO THAT
THAT'S ONE IDEA, TOO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY -- ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON USE AND WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL TALK A STAB AT MAKING SOME EDITS, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING. AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO EVERYONE.
I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AN OFFICIAL POLICY THAT IT'S ADOPTED, I THINK JUST HAVING IT AS DOCUMENTS THAT HELP INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND HOW DO ENGAGE WITH THE BOARD AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE DO OUR WORK COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. JUST WONDERING ARE THERE ANY
OTHER ADDITIONAL GOVERNANCE RESOURCES THAT YOU THINK COULD BE HELPFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON ENGAGEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE HAD?
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I THINK WE COULD BUILD OUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OVERTIME AND THE WAY THAT UNDERSTANDING THE AGENDA IS SET UP, COULD BE HYPER LINKS TO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, RIGHT? SO LIKE IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ARE LINKING
PUBLIC COMMENTS, LIKE BUILDING PUBLIC COMMENT THEY CAN FIND THAT RESOURCE OR IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MONITORING FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE A FUTURE RESOURCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MONITORING. OR, YOU KNOW, THE -- JUST SOMETHING I THINK THAT LIKE OVERTIME LIKE JUST WE COULD ADD TO THIS TO MAKE IT MORE
COMPREHENSIVE. AND I FEEL LIKE WE LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE DISCONNECT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR AGENDA AND SO WE COULD ALWAYS ACTIVITY ADDRESS TIMES GOES ON. >> WELL, THANK YOU ALL.
DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I THINK ALONG WITH SOME POTENTIAL FUTURE USES COULD BE DISTILLING SOME OF THIS INFORMATION DOWN TO A SLIDE THAT WE COULD INCLUDE IN LIKE PUBLIC FACING PRESENTATIONS LIKE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW LIKE, FOR
EXAMPLE SENIORS CITIZENS ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO BOARD MEETINGS BUT NEVER NOT REALLY SURE WHAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE DECODING THAT, JUSTIN TILLING THIS DOWN TO A SLIDE THAT WE CAN USE IN THAT SLIDE DECK TEMPLET THAT WE HAVE COULD BE USEFUL. >> GREAT.
THESE ARE ALL REALLY GREAT IDEAS AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRAFT AND DEVELOP DOCUMENTS AS WELL IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE ARE AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. SO WITH THAT, WE ACTUALLY
FINISHED ON TIME THIS AGENDA ITEM SO WE ARE GOING TO GO IN TO THE BOARD AGENDA SETTING PRIORITIES ITEM. THIS ONE WE HAVE 30 MINUTES FOR THIS CONVERSATION. I SUMMARIZED EVERYTHING IN THE COVER SHEET. KNOWING THAT WE ONLY HAD 30
MINUTES TO GO THROUGH THE PRIORITY-SETTING CONVERSATION. I AM HOPING THIS CONVERSATION IS GROUNDED IN THE RESULTS OF THE BOARD PRIME OR TIE SAYING SURVEY. AND IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO HELP US ALIGN OUR LIMITED REMAINING
TIME THIS YEAR WITH THE HIGHEST BOARD PRIORITY WORK. BASICALLY, THE RESULTS SHOWED STRONG CONSENSUS AROUND A SMALL NUMBER OF POLICY ITEMS FOR NEAR TERM SCHEDULING. THERE WAS A LARGER GROUP OF PRODUCT MOSSER RAT PRIORITY ITEMS FOR FUTURE PLANNING.
WHICH MEANT THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR VERSUS BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SEVERAL ITEMS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEFORE WE REALLY ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT TIMELINE IS. RECOMMENDED FOR THEM. AND THE GOAL FOR THE
CONVERSATION IS REALLY TO JUST CONFIRM OUR PRIORITIES AS A BOARD. AND EVERY BOARD DIRECTOR HAS THE ABILITY TO SUBMIT AGENDA ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. WE DID THE SURVEY, IT'S BEEN SUMMARIZED. AND WITH THAT, BE I THINK THE COVER SHEET IS UP.
IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, I JUST COLOR CODED THE FIRST -- THE FIRST ONES IN WHATEVER COLOR THAT IS. THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE REALLY
MARKED FOR HIGH PRIORITY, MEANING TRYING TOE ADDRESS THOSE THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SO SUPERINTENDENT VERY KINDLY PROVIDED ALSO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO US AS TO WHAT RESOURCES ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE
ON ANY OF THESE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS. AND SO WE HAVE THAT. THE NEXT GROUP OF ITEMS ARE THOSE THAT WERE SCHEDULE IF CAPACITY ALLOWS OR EARLY FALL. THOSE WERE TWO THAT REALLY -- I
THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK THROUGH. SO WELCOME BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT IN JUST A MINUTE. THE GREEN-ISH ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE WERE THE ONES THAT REALLY WERE RECOMMENDED FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. AND I THINK WAITING FOR THE NEXT
SCHOOL YEAR TO SCHEDULE THOSE MAY BE NEEDED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WILL BE WITH AN MLO DECISION. UNTIL THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO IF YOU CONTINUE SCROLLING DOWN THE NEXT COLOR GROUP ON
HERE, IS THE DILIGENT TRAINING. AND THAT ONE I REALLY THINK HANDLING OUTSIDE OF BOARD MEETING TIME BASED ON THE RESPONSES WAS KIND OF THE RECOMMENDATION, AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
THE LAST ONES IN Y YELLOW, I THK WE NEED TO TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS EVENING. WILL STOP TALKING. ONCE WE GO BACK TO THE TOP ON THE HIGH PRIORITY O ONES TO ASK ARE THOSE ONCE THAT WE WANT TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SCHOOL YEAR? KNOWING THAT I BELIEVE THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID A FIRST READING COULD BE READY IN PLAY. AND THE SECOND READING IN JUNE. YES, DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AND I AM GOING TO BE THE
STUBBORN ONE HERE. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING CASES REGARDING PARTICULARLY TRANSGENDER ATHLETES, BUT ALSO ADDRESSES THE REACH OF TITLE IV IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT APPLIES TO TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
HOW IT APPLIES TO TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. WHETHER THEY -- WHAT -- WHAT EACH ADMINISTRATION HAS A RIGHT TO PROM YOU WOULD GATE ON THAT. MAY CONCERN AND I AM THE ONE WHO YELLED AND SCREAMED AND JUMPED
UP AND DOWN WHEN THIS WAS POSTPONED IN '24. MY CONCERN IS ANY CONSIDER ACES OF THOSE POLICIES IN THE TOP PRIORITY WHICH I AGREE ARE IMPORTANT POLICIES WILL BE CHALLENGING UNTIL THAT DECISION COMES DOWN. AND THERE IS NO WAY TO -- I
THINK IT WILL BE DOWN BY JULY. OR JUNE. I DISCUSSED THIS, I HEARD THIS DISCUSSED WHEN WE WERE IN D.C. AT NAS BY. AND THEY HAD ARE THEN I HAD A LATER DISCUSSION WITH THEIR
EXPERT, THEIR ARE KIND OF -- THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO OPTIONS OATH THE SUPREME COURT SAID TITLE IV SAYS IT PROHIBITS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. UNLIKELY. OR THE SUPREME COURT SAYS THAT TITLE IV REQUIRES CONSIDERATION OF SINGLE-GENDER BATHROOMS IN SPORTS. ALSO UNLIKELY BUT NOT UP POLLS ILL. AND THE THIRD AND I THINK IS
MOST LIKELY, MOST BELIEVE BELIEVE IS THAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL SAY TITLE IV DOESN'T APPLY. TO TRANSGENDER STUDENT IT'S NOT WHAT IT'S CONSIDERED TOUR AND NOT RELEVANT AND THAT IS THEN UP
TO EACH STATE AS TO WHICH WAY DOING. I THINK NOT KNOWING HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO ANYTHING THAT RIVERS TO TITLE IV IS DANGEROUS TO BE TOUCHING RIGHT BEFORE WE KNOW THE LAW. WE KNOW THAT THE CURRENT
REGIME -- EXCUSE ME, ADMINISTRATION, HAS DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS OF HOW THAT SHOULD APPLY. THAN THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING WHEN WE DRAFTED THOSE IN JULY -- JUNE OF 20 -- WHEN THOSE WERE DRAFTED IN JUNE OF '24. AND SO WHILE I DO NOT DENY -- I
AM THE ONE VOTE THAT SAID MODERATE PRIORITY NOT BECAUSE I DON'T CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THOSE POLICIES BUT BECAUSE MOVING TOO QUICKLY MAY RESULT IN US HAVING TO REWRITE THOSE POLICIES YET AGAIN. AND SO, I WANT THOSE ON OUR
AGENDA WHEN RATIONAL BUT I WANT THEM ON THE AGENDA WHEN WE ACTUALLY KNOW THE NATIONAL LAND CAME. >> OTHER DIRECTORS. DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND THEN DIRECTOR RYAN. >> PERSONALLY I AM FINE WITH REWRITING.
JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE. WE KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS IT'S A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW BASED OFF OF GUIDANCE BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, CORRECT? AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? >> IT IS VASTLY MORE COMPLICATED
THAN THAT. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GAVE GUIDANCE UNDER TITLE IV. THAT GUIDANCE WAS FOUND TO BE CONTRARY TO TITLE IV BY A COURT OF APPEALS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITHDREW THAT GUIDANCE, SUBMITTED DIFFERENT GUIDANCE THAT WOULD EMPHASIZE SINGLE H SEX BATHROOMS, ET CETERA. THAT'S THE GUIDANCE THEY ARE TRYING TO ENFORCE AGAINST JEFFERSON COUNTY AS WE SPEAK.
THE SUPREME COURT OPINION MAY OR MAY NOT SOLVE THAT ISSUE YOU. DEPENDING ON HOW NINE EXTRAORDINARILY DISPARATE JUSTICES RULE. SO WHILE THE GUIDANCE WE ARE GETTING FROM THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT COMPORT
WITH THE POLICIES THAT WE REVIEWED IN JUNE OF '24. ALMOST COMPLETELY OPPOSITE. AND, AGAIN, THE QUESTION THE SUPREME COURT MAY OR MAY NOT ADDRESS, IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS
CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS ANY AUTHORITY UNDER TITLE IV TO ADDRESS ANY OF THESE ISSUES. SO WHILE THERE IS GUIDANCE COMING BOTH WAYS, IN THE END, EXECUTIVE ORDERS DO NOT DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
THE SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO DETERMINATE LEAST TO SOME EXTEND WHAT IS GOING ON. AND I AM NOT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THIS IS MY POSITION AS AN ATTORNEY WHO IS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
BUT AS NOTICED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, REDRAFTING THOSE WOULD REQUIRE REVIEWING THE ALL OF THE CURRENT LAW AND THAT MAY ALL CHANGE IN JUNE OR MAY. DEPENDING ON WHO COMES FORWARD. THE POLICY THAT CAME BEFORE US IN JUNE OF '24 WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE
GUIDANCE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AND I CAN BE WRONG, BUT WHEN I WENT BACK AND READ THE EDITS IN THERE. GBAA AND GBC OBVIOUSLY MENTIONED TITLE IX. I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THE EDITS OF J.B. A AND AC CUT TITLE IX
OUT OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS REFERENCED IN THE OTHER TWO. SO IF IT MAKES SENSE, TOLL WAIT. UNTIL THE SUPREME YOUR RULES ON TITLE IX. IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO BRING OUT
THE EDITS OF J.B. A SINCE IT CUTS TITLE IX IN THAT. >> I WOULD CONCUR. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I FOLLOW YOU'RE SAYING WHICH TWO CUT TITLE IX OUT I NEED TO CHECK. >> AC AND J.B. A.
BECAUSE THEY ARE REFERENCED IN THE OTHER TWO THAT ARE LISTED. OFFICER CUT OUT FOR POSSIBLY HAVING CONFLICTING POLICIES AS I UNDERSTAND. >> YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT
WE KEEP THOSE TWO AS IMMEDIATE NEEDS. AND WAIT ON THE OTHERS UNTIL THE SUPREME COURT RULES, IS THAT WHAT I AM.
>> IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO COMMENT WITHOUT GIVING LEGAL ADVICE IN OPENING SESSION WHICH I DO NOT WISH TO DO THIS EVENING. THERE ARE OTHER IMPLICATIONS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DISCUSSED RELATED TO WHY THOSE POLICIES
WERE BEING REVISED. THIS EVENING AS WELL. SO WITH THAT SAID, I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY REASON TO RUSH TO REVISE THESE POLICIES, BECAUSE THERE WERE REVISIONS MADE TO ACACR1 WITH RESPECT TO
OBLIGATIONS IN PLACE UNDER STATE LAW. THOSE REMAIN IN PLACE. SO FOR PURPOSES OF WAITING IN MATERIAL OF WHEN THIS POLICY MAY NEED TO BE REVISED IN MY
OPINION, THERE IS NO REASON TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY. BUT I DO NOT WANT TO GIVE THE SPECIFICS REGARDING THAT IN OPEN SESSION. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN, WERE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND?
>> JUST A POINT OF ORDER. ARE WE LACKING -- ARE YOU -- ARE YOU LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS AROUND THE PRIORITIES FOR -- UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR? IS THAT THE OBJECTIVE? >> YEAH, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO
LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PRIORITY LIST AND THERE WERE REALLY THAT TOP GROUP THAT CAME IN, AS THE BOARD THROUGH A SURVEY, PRIORITIZING AS THOSE THEY WANTED TO SEE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THEN THE NEXT GROUPING KIND
OF GOES IN TO FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THAT HELPFUL? >> YEAH. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO AFFIRM WHAT KIND OF THE SURVEY RESULTS
OR REVISE THOSE? >> YEAH. SO WE ARE TRYING TO DECIDE ARE THERE ANY OF THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME IN THAT WE FEEL WE NEED TO FIT INTO OUR AGENDAS FOR THE REMAINING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN WAIT.
BUT SOME OF THESE IN THE YELLOW AT THE END, I FEEL LIKE T THERE ARE QUESTIONS AROUND THOSE THAT WOULD HELP US IDENTIFY TIMING ON THOSE. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I THINK OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I THINK MY SENSE IS
THAT THESE POLICY REVISIONS IN RED WOULD BE -- I THINK OUR TIME WOULD BE BEST SERVED TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CLARITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT PERHAPS TITLE IX WAS REMOVED. I JUST THINK THAT THERE IS SO MUCH OVERLAP OR THE POTENTIAL
FOR SO MUCH OVERLAP IN SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT I THINK AGAIN OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION SO WE DO THIS CORRECTLY. WE MAY WANT TO WAIT ON THOSE.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WOULD ARGUE THERE IS OVERLAP WITH THE POLICY THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY OUR LOCAL COUNSEL. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE QUITE A FEW POLICIES THAT HAVE CONFLICTING LANGUAGE. INCLUDING CONFLICTING DEFINITIONS, WHICH ONE OF MY
MAIN CONCERNS IS THE CONFLICTING LANGUAGE ON DEFINING WHAT IS HARASSMENT. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT IS AN INCIDENT, WHAT IS BULLYING, AND WHAT IS HARASSMENT. AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS ONE OF
MY PERSONAL PRIORITIES THAT I HOPE WE CAN ADDRESS THROUGH UPDATES TO THE POLICIES. SO I GUESS WHAT WOULD HELP ME IS HOW LONG -- OR HOW MUCH LEAD TIME WOULD STAFF NEED BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE STARTING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEY DO THEIR
BEHAVIOR MATRIX AND GIVE GUIDANCE TO BUILDING LEADERS AND MAKE THOSE UP DAYS, LIKE WHAT IS THE LEAD TIME THAT'S HELPFUL FOR STAFF SO IF THERE WERE CHANGES TO THE POLICY, TO HELP KIND OF CLEAN THAT UP, WOULD BE HELPFUL OR NEEDED.
BECAUSE IF WE ARE PUSHING THIS BACK I WORRY ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION SIDE. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE? >> I DON'T HAVE A GREAT RESPONSE TO THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS ALSO A
LOT OF WORK AND LEAD TIME FOR STAFF IN BRIEFS PAIRING AND DEVELOPING CHANGES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS LACKING FOR. SO ONCE THE CHANGES ARE MADE, WE WOULD DETERMINE HOW BEST TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
BUT I AM NOT SURE THAT RUSHING TO TRY TO HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE BY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR -- BY THE BEGINNING OF THE COOL YEAR IS GOING TO ALLOW TO US NECESSARILY DO IT REALLY WELL. IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A POLICY
APPROVED IN JUNE, FOR EXAMPLE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON, DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE CONCERNS, IDENTIFIED, WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE THERE ARE CONFLICTS? AND I DON'T NEED THEM NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO IT.
BUFFY THINK HAVING VERY DETAILED SPECIFICS CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR ADDRESSING THE PRIORITY ON HOW QUICKLY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO IF YOU HAVE THAT, THAT I THINK WOULD BE HAD HE BEEN ARE HELPFUL TO BRING FORWARD.
SO NOT A QUESTION JUST I THINK THOSE SPECIFICS ARE HELPFUL. DIRECTOR RYAN, I SAW YOUR HAND. >> AND I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE UNFEASIBLE TO DO AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION TO DISCUSS THE THINGS AT ISSUE HERE ON APRIL 21st AND EXPECT SOMETHING AT THE MAY MEETING. THAT WOULD BE TOO QUICK OF A TURN AROUND.
>> DID YOU? NO. I MEAN, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY LIKE IF WE FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING TO DEDICATE TIME TO THIS TOPIC, WE CAN SCHEDULE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
PART OF THE REASON THAT I BUILT OUT THE REST OF THE MEETINGS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, WAS TO GIVE US CLARITY ON THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO TAKE ON ANY NEW RESPONSIBILITIES ON TOP OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, WE HAVE IS PRIORITIES, BUT AS A BOARD, WE
HAVE THE ABILITY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING IF WE FEEL LIKE IT IS A PRIORITY. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> YEAH, JUST FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD RATHER DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN A
MEETING THAT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED. THAN HAVE AN ADDITIONAL NIGHT WHEN EVERYONE HAS TO BE HERE. SO THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ACCOMMODATE WHATEVER THE BOARD NEEDS, BUT THE TURNOVER, -- THE TURN AROUND AS DIRECTOR RYAN SAID BETWEEN APRIL 21st AND
THE MILES AN HOUR FEEDING IN MAY IS TOO FAST FOR A FULL LEGAL REVIEW. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> C HE CAN ME IF I AM WRONG, THOUGH, THE ASK WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY BE FOR A CHANGED DOCUMENT. IT WOULD BE WE ARE ALREADY HAD A FIRST MEET NOT NO CONSTITUTED BOARD. THE BOARD HAS ALREADY HAD A FIRST MEETING SO THE SECOND READING EXISTS. IF WE HAD EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN HAD THE POLICY AS IT EXISTED FOR THE SECOND RIEDELL FOR MAY, THAT GIVES US TIME IF WE NEED A THIRD MEETING FOR JUNE. DOES THAT DOES THAT FIX ANY PROBLEM WITH THOSE. >> SO THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THE FIRST READING WAS SO LONG AGO
THAT THE LAWS THIS BEEN REVISED SINCE THEN. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE BOA BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT HASN'T RECEIVED A FULL READING OF THE LAW BASED ON
THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS PULLING A FIRST READING FROM TWO YEARS AGO AND ASSUMING THAT IT STILL FOLLOWS THE LAWS. IN ADDITION AS COUNSEL KLAMESH REFERENCED, WE CHANGED DASH R POLICIES AT THAT TIME TOO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN FULL
COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS AS THEY WERE AT THAT TIME. THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE LEGAL REVIEW AS WELL AND I WILL LET COUNSEL KLAMESH ADD ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE T. >> WE ARE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW,
WORK ON LOOKING AT REVISIONS TO THIS POLICY. THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS, AS POINTED OUT BY INITIALLY DIRECTOR GEIGER, IT'S THE TIMING THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THAT FOR THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION. IN LIGHT OF SOME DECISIONS WHICH
ARE PRESENTLY PENDING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. AND SO I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A CONSIDERATION APPROPRIATE FOR THIS BOARD. AND THE DECISION WOULD BE
WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE TO WAIT. CERTAINLY IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED, TO LOOK AT REVISIONS WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL RECONSIDERATION OF THOSE POLICIES, AT SOME LATER TIME, WE
CAN LOOK AT THEM IN MAY AS A FIRST READING. BUT POTENTIALLY IT CREATES A SITUATION WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE OPERATING IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS TO ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR POLICIES.
>> DIRECTOR HALLELUJAH CALLAHAN. >> AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RULES WHAT -- HOW MUCH TIME WOULD IT TAKE TO THEN DO A FULL LEGAL REVIEW. >> YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
IT JUST DEPENDS. WE'LL BE PREPARED, CLEARLY THERE IS ALWAYS A VERY CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHATEVER THE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS MIGHT BE. AND I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THEY ARE LOOK LIE TO COME DOWN AT TE
END OF JUNE THE VERY END OF JUNE. AND THEN WE WILL BE LOOKING AT INTERPRETATIONS OF THOSE AND IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE IN OUR SCHOOLS IF ANY. AND THEN THAT TAKES TIME. IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH OTHER ATTORNEYS OUTSIDE COUNSEL
WHO WORK WITH US, ARE VERY BUSINESS AND I INVOLVED WITH OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE UPCOMING MONTHS, SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TAKING THE TIME TO WORK ON THESE POLICIES. BUT IT'S THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA AS WELL.
>> YEAH. SO THE ESTIMATES STILL STAND. THE ESTIMATES ARE TO -- THE ESTIMATES PROVIDED BY STAFF ARE TO DO A REVIEW IN THE LEGAL CLIMATE AS IT EXISTS AT THE TIME WE ARE DOING THE REVIEW. SO IF THE REVIEW IS DONE AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RULING, THE
REVIEW WOULD ENCOMPASS THE SUPREME COURT RULING SO THAT THE ESTIMATES AND THE TIME TURN AROUND TIME ARE STILL GENERALLY CORRECT. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE
THE ITEMS THAT INCLUDE TIGHT THE IX IMPLICATIONS TO SENT. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY RAISE OF HANDS TO SEE IF WE -- AND WHEN YOU SAY TITLE IX ARE ARE YOU
INCLUDING ALL FOUR? >> YES. >> JUST TO HELP GAUGE, DIRECTOR RYAN AND THEN I'LL ASK PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. >> I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG COUNTER. THIS IS ARE POLICY DIRECTLY RELATED TO STUDENT SAFETY. WHEN WE PUT EFFICIENCY OVER
STUDENT SAFETY I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE. AND THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN EFFICIENCY BEING CREATED BY A SUPREME COURT THAT NO ONE KNOWS HOW THEY WILL RULE ON ANYTHING AND THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN TRYING TO MAKE EFFICIENCY ON AN INEFFICIENT
ORGANIZATION DOESN'T MACE SENSE LES I WHEN THE CONSEQUENCE IS STUDENT SAFE I. THAT'S WHERE I FALL ON THIS. THAT IF WE HAVE TO, AMEND THESE AGAIN, THE FACT THAT IT COULD PROTECT STUDENTS IN THE MEANTIME, MEANS THAT IT SHOULD GET ONE FASTER.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> WE ALSO RECEIVED COMMUNICATION THAT EVEN WHEN THE WELL REVIEW OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED, THAT A MAY 12th READING WAS STILL DOABLE.
>> WE DID AND WHAT I HEARD WAS IT MAY NEED TO BE DONE ALL OVER AGAIN AT THE END OF JUNE WHICH I FELT WAS THE COUNTER. ATO OR THE PROPOSAL FOR WAITING. ANOTHER THING I HEARD IS THAT THE REGULATIONS ARE DOING WHAT
THE POLICIES ARE MAYBE NOT DOING, WHICH FEELS REALLY BACKWARDS AS WELL TO ME. SO THAT'S -- THAT FEELS BACKWARDS. I AM SORRY. >> IT WAS BACKWARDS. >> IN ORDER TO NOT CHANGE THE POLICY WE CHANGE THE REGULATIONS? SO NOW WE HAVE REGULATIONS IN
PLACE TO DO THE WORK OF THE POLICY. WITH THAT, I WANT TO ASK EVERYONE TO JUST KIND OF INDICATE WHERE YOU ARE THINKING. DOES THIS NEED TO MOVE FORWARD THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
KNOWING THAT CAN AND IT MAY NEED TO BE REDONE AGAIN. OR DOES IT WAIT UNTIL THE SUPREME COURT RULES AND THEN WE DO IT AT THAT POINT. SO MOVE THOSE FOUR POLICIES
FORWARD THIS CALENDAR YEAR SCHOOL YEAR, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE FEELING LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED. I SEE. DR. PARKER, ARE YOU THINKING --
>> ARE WE JUST TRADING THE PURPLE FOR THE PINK? >> WE HAVEN'T DONE THE PURPLE YET AT ALL. >> OKAY. >> WE ARE JUST TALKING PINK. >> IT'S HARD TO LIKE DECIDE. >> BECAUSE BULLYING PREVENTION AND EDUCATION IS ALSO STUDENT SAFETY. >> OKAY. >> CONCERN.
I DON'T KNOW. >> LET'S GO INTO THOSE, BECAUSE THERE IS JUST TWO IN THAT AREA. AND THAT MIGHT INFLUENCE AN OVER LAWN LIKE YOU ARE SAYING. THE SECOND GROUP THE SECONDARY PRIORITY ONES WERE THE POLICY
JICDE BULLYING AND THE WELL WILL HE VIEW OF POLICY KB. I WOULD LOVE FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BULLYING POLICY AND/OR POLICY KB TO
ADVOCATE AT THIS POINT. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
HAD EL REVIEW DONE TIMELY ON THE OTHER POLICIES, [ INAUDIBLE ] CAPACITY. >> SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY IF THE OTHER POLICIES DON'T HAPPEN IN THE TIME FRAME THAT'S BEEN
PROPOSED THEN I THINK THE CAPACITY IS PROBABLY INCREASED FOR STAFF TO DO A LEGAL REVIEW OF KB. >> AND CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY YOU FEEL THE LEGAL REVIEW OF KB
WOULD BE NECESSARY? I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE FULL BOARD TO UNDERSTAND.
>> I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO OPEN THIS CAN OF WORMS, BUT THE FIRST PIECE IS JUST -- I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT BASED OFF SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, THAT IS IN THERE, IT ALSO IS IN RELATION TO COLORADO LAW AND NEARLY TITLE IX CHANGES,
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THIS ONE IS ALSO COMPLICATED BY THAT LEGAL REVIEW MIGHT NOT EVEN BE POSSIBLE NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO SAY, WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT THE SUPREME COURT SAYS ABOUT SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE.
IT MIGHT INFORM GUIDANCE. >> WHAT ABOUT POLICY JICDE, BULLYING PREVENTION AND
EDUCATION AND MONITORING? >> CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ABOUT KBR REAL QUICK. KBR IS OPT OUTS, RIGHT? >> KBR WOULD BE THE REGULATION TO THE -- TRYING TO REMEMBER
WHAT THE FULL POLICY NAME IS FOR KB. IT'S -- >> I THOUGHT IT WAS PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PROCEDURE. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE OPT OUTS OF MATERIAL WHICH WOULD BE COVERED IN MY LAY UNDERSTANDING OF A DECISION THAT WAS MADE LAST
SUMMER. >> SO KB COVERS A LOT MORE THAN THAT. >> SURE. >> WE DO LIKE AN OPT-OUT SPECIFIC POLICY AS WELL. BUT THE DAC ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORWARD LOTS OF CONCERNS ON KB. AND HAD ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A
LOT OF DOCUMENTATION FROM THE DAC WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME REVIEWING THAT POLICY. THAT REALLY DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR A PRESENTATION ON.
SO IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING NOT TO BE IN LEGAL LIMBO, WHICH I THINK I AM SEEING FROM A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS UP HERE THAT FRUSTRATION ON POLICY LANGUAGE. THE BOARD DOES HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PASS RESOLUTIONS TO SEAS SAY WHAT THE
BOARD'S VOICE AND POSITION WOULD BE ON VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN A POLICY WHICH MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN THE INTERIM. THAT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE FOR CONSIDERATION FROM THE BOARD.
>> YOU HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH. ARE WE -- WE ARE IN LEGAL LIMBO, ARE WE OUT OF COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW? OKAY. >> JUST TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, NO, WE ARE NOT OUT OF COMPLIANCE. WE WOULD NEVER PUT -- BELT -- IF
THE BOARD APPROVED A POLICY THAT WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW WE WOULD BE RAISING RED FLAGS. SO WE ARE NOT OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
>> GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR PARKER. >> OH, OKAY. YES. I THINK WE ARE ALL PROCESSING.
I'LL DO THE HAND RAISING NOW ON THESE TOP POLICIES. WAITING UNTIL THE SUPREME COURT RULES TO ASK STAFF TO TAKE ON THE WORK TO REVIEW THE POLICIES AND BRING THOSE BACK TO US, SO I'LL ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND
IF YOU WANTS TO PRIORITIZE IT THIS CALENDAR YEAR. THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THANK YOU, I KEEP SAYING CALENDAR. THIS -- YEAH. >> I AM BACK TO THE PINK NOW
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE PURPLE. I AM NOT SEEING A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD ON THAT. LET'S ROOK AT THE PURPLE ITEMS.
AND THOUGHTS ON TIMING FOR THE PURPLE. ONE THING THAT I DID MARK ON SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES WERE THOSE THAT MIGHT LEND THEMSELVES TO RETREAT. TOPICS IN JULY. AND SO I JUST KIND OF THREW THAT
OUT THERE AS A ITEM AS WELL. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO THE REQUEST OF THE LEGAL REVIEW WAS TO SEE IF WE NEEDED TO GO BACK AND REVISE POLICY KB AND KBR TO MAKE -- YOU KNOW, IF
THEY WEREN'T IN COMPLIANCE. BUT THE OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IS WE COULD JUST REVISE THE POLICY AND REMOVE THE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE IN QUESTION. BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR THAT POLICY. SO THERE IS THAT, TOO.
I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE TENS OF FIRST SEEING IF IT NEEDED TO BE A PRIORITY OR NOT. BUT WE COULD JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING THE CHANGES SINCE THAT SEEMS TO BE A MOMENT HANDCUFFING US. AND GO BACK TO JUST TYPICAL
PRACTICE FOR WHAT A KB POLICY SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AND INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THE K.B. POLICY THAT IS THE INTEND OF THE POLICY. >> IS THERE A BOARD DIRECTOR THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON RED LANILANE LINING THE WITH DW POLY
THAT COULD THEN COME BACK TO STF STAFF FOR REVIEW? DIRECTOR THOMPSON YOU'LL TAKE THAT ON? TRACE A WAY TO BE EFFICIENT WITH
THE TIMING. >> I WOULD BE WILLING TO ASSIST DIRECTOR THOMPSON IF NEEDED. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT MAY COME BACK TO THE BOARD
BASED ON THE REDLINE -- THIS SCHOOL YEAR. BASED ON WHEN THE TIMING IS DONE WITH THE REDLINE AND THEN ASKING STAFF TO REACT TO THAT SUGGESTED LANGUAGE CHANGE. YES, SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> I WANT TO BE SURE I AM UNDERSTANDING. IS THE INTENT TO TAKE IT TO THE BOARD AFTER DIRECTORS GEIGER AND THOMPSON REDLINED IT AND AFTER STAFF HAS REVIEWED THEIR REDLINES? >> YEAH, OTHERWISE YOU TWO WOULD
PROPOSE SOMETHING TO THE FULL BOARD. THE BULL ARE FULL BOARD REACTS AND THEN ASK STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT. IS THE BOARD COMFORTABLE ASKING DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND THEN DIRECTOR GEIGER TO WORK TOGETHER TO REDLINE SOMETHING, GET STAFF FEEDBACK.
AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> ALL I WAS GOING ADD IS THAT OUR REQUEST WOULD BE A 2-WEEK TURN AROUND FOR STAFF TO DO THAT LEGAL REVIEW AFTER IT'S BEEN RED LINED. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL, THANK
YOU. >> OH, MAY GOODNESS WE HAVE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD AND WE ARE OUT OF TIME. BUT THANK YOU BOTH FOR TAKING THAT PROJECT ON. SEEING THAT WE ARE OUT OF TIME, I KNEW 30 MINUTES WOULD NOT BE
ENOUGH FOR THIS CONVERSATION. I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE NEXT GROUP. FUTURE PLANNING. SO THOSE ITEMS IN THE THIRD
COLOR GROUP OF GREEN, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIT UNTIL THE FALL TO ACTUALLY RESPOND TIME SCHEDULING OUT WHEN THAT WORK SHOULD BE DONE BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY.
THE REASON TO WAIT UNTIL THE FALL IS BECAUSE IF THERE IS AN MLO UNDERWAY, THAT DOES TAKE STAFF TIME. AND WE WON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT IS HAPPENING UNTIL WE VOTE? AUGUST. SO THAT WAS REALLY THE RATIONALE
FOR THIS GROUPING THAT WAS RATED AS MODERATE NEEDS. BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR REACTIONS TO THAT. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO HE WOULD LIKE TO ELEVATE
THE SCREENING UPDATE. JUST ANNUAL DATE ON THE SCREENING PROCESS SINCE WE DID START -- WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THAT THIS WE'RE AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANNUAL DATE AND AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SCREENERS WERE OFFICIALLY OR HOW THE SCREENING PRACTICE WEIGHS
WAS INITIALLY DECIDED THIS YEAR BY THE DISTRICT. WHILE I UNDERSTAND REVIEWING POLICY, MIGHT BE BETTER AFTER THE RULE MAKING IS DONE. IT WOULD BE NIGHTS TO HAVE ANNUAL DATE ON HOW IT'S BEING ROLLED OUT.
>> COULD THAT BE A POURED MEMO OR DOES IT NEED TO BE A PRESENTATION? FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE. >> I WOULD ACTUALLY REFER TO STAFF ON WHAT THE UPDATE WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> SORRY I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY
YOU WOULD -- >> SORRY, I WOULD REFER TO STAFF ON WHAT THEY FEEL ANNUAL DATE SHOULD LOOK LIKE. >> OKAY. THOUGHTS ON THAT SUPERINTENDENT KANE? >> AS WE WROTE IN OUR MEMO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO DO THAT UPDATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
AFTER THE SCREENINGS HAVE TAKEN PLAY PLACE SO WE CAN REPORT ON THE DATA. EITHER WAY WHEN IT'S A THEM ORO PRESENTATION IT'S STILL ABOUT 15 TO 20 HOURS OF STAFF TIME.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WOULD SAY OUT THINGS I HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THE MOST ON. CANDID CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT THE DYSLEXIA SCREENER THIS YEAR, PARENTS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE ASKING WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS IT? AND WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANY
UPDATE SO I MEAN, FAMILIES DON'T NOPE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE RECEIVED MEAN COMMUNICATION AS A PARENT. I KNOW MY KIDS ARE NOT IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I HAVE NO INFORMATION.
>> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> SO IN TERMS -- EXCUSE ME, THE COMMUNICATION THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO PARENTS AROUND THE SCREENING FOR A READING RISK, THAT WE IMPLEMENTED PRIOR TO SPRING
BREAK, OUR SCHOOLS DID SEND COMMUNICATION OUT TO THEIR PARENT COMMUNITIES WE PROVIDE A TOOLKIT TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL-BASED LEADERS WE REVIEWED THAT COOL KIT WITH THEM AT OUR LEVEL MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY.
AND IN JANUARY, I AM A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BY THAT OUR COMMUNITY HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM MATT AND I'S PERSPECTIVE THAT'S NOT FILTERED UP TO OUR LEVEL. THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. BASED ON WHAT YOU ARE HEARING
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. >> THAT'S OKAY. WE ARE ALREADY -- DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I WOULD SAY -- I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL I HAVE A KINDERGARTENER AND I DID RECEIVE COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL
KINDERGARTEN FAMILY BUT MY TOOK SON TOOK A SCREENER BEFORE SPRING BREAK I BELIEVE AND I GOT AN EMAIL THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY INDICATORS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING. SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO JUST HAVE THAT FEEDBACK SO CLOSE IN TIME. I WILL SAY MR. REYNOLDS NOT TO PUT OUT THE SPOT PRESENTED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AT THE DAGG MEETING ABOUT WHEN THE TRAINERS TOOK PLACE FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACH THESE PAST YEAR AND SOME OF THE LOGISTICS OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT BE THEY. TO HEAR. JUST A CELEBRATION HONESTLY FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR HOW THIS SORT OF ROLLED OUT AND HOW EXCITED ALL THE TEACHERS WERE BECAUSE I
REALLY APPRECIATED IT HEARING AT DAC AND THE PICTURES AND PICTURD TRAININGS I DON'T THINK IF THAT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO SHARE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AGAIN
SUFFICIENT. >> I DID HEAR THAT COMMUNICATION AT THE DAC DIRECTOR TO HIM P HAVING SOMETHING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR CELEBRATE ON THE GROUND THIS TOPIC. AND ACTUALLY, I WAS ASKING BOARD THEM OLD OR CELEBRATION. WHAT I AM HEARING ACTUALLY EVERYONE SAY IS THE BEGINNING OF
THE COOL YEAR FEELS LIKE A REALLY GOOD TIME TO DO ANNUAL DATE ON THIS TOPIC AND YOU WERE ELEVATING THAT. IS THAT WHAT I AM HEARING STILL IN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
SO I THINK WHAT I HEARD IS IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ELEVATE THE -- THAT ONE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THESE ARE STAYING ON THE PRIORITY LIST UNTIL WE -- >> NOT TO INTERRUPT BEING BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG OF A LIFT IT WOULD BE TO HAVE MR. REYNOLDS
PRESENT JUST THE THINGS THAT HE SAID AT DAC BEFORE THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, DON'T WANT TO PUT YORK ON YOUR PLATE BUT IF WE DID WANT TO AHEAD THAT BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR I WONDER IF WE COULD DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE THINGS
THAT WERE SHARED AT DAC. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DENZLER. THE FROM TAKE IS READY TO GO IS WHAT I AM HEARING BASE ON THE WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO DAC. OR DIRECT THORS KNOWING THAT WE
ARE NOW LOOKING AT EXTENDING THE 9:30 I WOULD TIME TO ADD SOMETHING THIS YEAR BY RAISE OF HANDS DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HEAR? I SEE A MAJORITY OF HANDS SAYING
YES, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HEAR THIS YEAR. SO I WILL LACK AT OUR SKIM YOU WOULDING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY PRIORITIZED. THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SO THANK YOU.
YES. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE 100 PERCENT SURE I AM UNDERSTANDING. SO THE DESIRE IS TO HAVE THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WENT TO DAC TO THE BOARD WHICH THAT'S VERY EASY TO DO. AS LONG AS THAT'S -- AS I HAVE THAT CORRECT?
>> YES. >> AND ALSO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HIATT JUST INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A VIRTUAL PARENT MEETING ON. >> APRIL 23rd FROM 5:30 TO 615 P.M. >> AND THAT INFORMATION WE WANT OUT IN THE WEEKLY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES THAT WE WANT TO THE
COMMUNITY LAST WEEK. >> WHAT WAS THAT DIRECTOR GEIGER? [ INAUDIBLE ] >> OKAY. YEAH, SO I AM THINKING LIKE A 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION AT ANNUAL COMING -- 15-MINUTE TOTAL, RIGHT?
TIME. AT ANNUAL COMING MEETING. THIS CALENDAR YEAR. SO OKAY. I HAVE ASKED FOR ITEMS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE PLACED ON A JULY RETREAT? THE BOARD COMMITTEE RECRUITMENT
PROCESS WAS ONE AND THEN DISCUSS THE BOARD PROCESS FOR ASSESSING MONITORING REPORT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT I FELT BOTH OF THOSE KIND OF LENDED THEMSELVES TO A JULY RETREAT? I DON'T KNOW IF BOARD DIRECTORS SEE OTHER ITEMS UP HERE THAT YOU
FEEL WOULD MAKE SENSE. OKAY, SEEING THAT WE ARE NOW WELL OVERTIME FOR THIS CONVERSATION I AM GOING TO END IT HERE. I WILL LACK TO BRING THIS BACK
AGAIN. FOR US TO CONTINUE. I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BOARD DIRECTORS IF YOU HAD PUT IN ANY OTHER REQUEST ON HERE FOR UPDATES TO POLICIES. IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO GET THE SPECIFIC. LIKE IF WE COULD SAY I THINK
STRIKE THIS WORD, ADD THIS WORD, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP THE FULL BOARD BETTER ASSESS THOSE AS WELL. WE ARE ALL EMPOWERED TO LOOK AT OUR POLICIES AND BRING BACK IDEAS FOR EDITS FOR THE BOARD
FOR CONSIDERATION AND SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO MOVE TO US OUR JECT AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE WE ARE FALLING BEHIND. >> I KNOW WE ARE FALLING BEHIND I JUST HAVE A OPERATIONAL QUESTION ON LIKE SO APRIL TO
JUNE, THESE REPORT -- HOW IS THAT IMPACTING OUR MALE GOES? IF THIS WAS PLANNED FOR APRIL TO JUNE THE PINK ITEMS? AND WE ARE NOT DOING THEM ANYMORE? >> OH, WELL, THE TWO MEETINGS THAT INCLUDED THE FOUR. >> YEAH. >> TOOK THOSE MEETINGS TO
10:00 EACH. SO NOW WE ARE BACK TO 9:30. >> THEY ARE JUST LESS. >> WE ARE BACK TO 9:30 ENDS ON THOSE TWO. >> OKAY. >> GOOD QUESTION. >> THANKS. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> JUST FOR FUTURE PRIORITY CONVERSATIONS, IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO INSTEAD OF DOING ONE PRIORITY RATING, TALK ABOUT TIME SENSE AT THIS AT THIS AND THEN PRIORITY. BECAUSE SOMETHING MIGHT BE A LOWER ARE PRIORITY BUT ONLY RELEVANT IN A CERTAINLY TIME PERIOD. THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER HELPFUL
WAY TO CONSIDER. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I AM VERY OPEN TO US ITERATING THIS PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT PRIORITIES AND FOR US TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO SCHEDULE THOSE. AND SO ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME AGO WELL. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AND I THINK MAYBE IT'S ASSUMED ALREADY, BUT JUST BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS PUT THE TIME FRAME AND -- OF THE
DIFFERENT TOPICS OF STAFF, HAD INTENTIONS TO PRESENT SOONER, AS PART OF THEIR TIME FOR AGENDAS THAT WOULD GO SOONER, RIGHT? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IF WE WERE SAYING WE WANTED ANNUAL DATE ON
LIKE THE BULL EYEING POLICY BUT MAYBE IT WAS ALREADY IN THE PLAN FOR STAFF TO PRESENT IT AT A CERTAINLY TIME THAT ACTUALLY FELL EARLIER THAN OUR PRIORITY DISCUSSION IF STAFF HAD PLANNED TO DO IT EARLIER IT WOULD HAPPEN EARLIER. LIKE WE ARE NOT TRYING TO SHAPE
STAFF PRIORITIES FOR PRESENTATIONS THROUGH THIS, IT'S OUR PRIORITIES THROUGH THIS, RIGHT? >> WAS IT HELPFUL TO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S FEEDBACK ON THE WORK REQUIRED, RIGHT, FOR THE DIFFERENT REQUESTS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AND
THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO IT IS 8:36. AND I BELIEVE WE ARE ON THE BOARD CALENDAR. 2026/27 CONVERSATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT KANE FOR PREPARING THE DRAFT CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR FOR OUR BOARD MEETINGS. TO HELP FOCUS OUR DISCUSSION REALLY DOES THE OVERALL NUMBER
AND CADENCE OF MEETINGS, THERE ARE 17 RIGHT NOW. AND I AM SUGGESTING TWO ADDITIONAL RETREATS. WHICH MAKES IT 19. APPROPRIATELY SUPPORT OUR GOVERNANCE WORK? OR DO WE FEEL ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED? ARE THERE ANY CRITICAL
COMPONENTS MISSING. YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE FORMALLY -- THE RETREATS FOR JULY AND SEMI JUST MENTIONED. AND THEN TONIGHT IS JUST ABOUT GIVING FEEDBACK. AND THEN A PROPOSED CALENDAR IF THERE ARE ANY EDITS WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
FOR ADOPTION. AND THEN THOSE BECOME WHAT WE CALL OUR REGULAR MEETINGS. RIGHT? WILL HE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD NEW MEETINGS IF WE NEED TO ADD NEW MEETINGS WHICH BECOMES SPECIAL MEETINGS. I HOPE THE COVER PAGE THAT I
CREATED WAS HELPFUL JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT. SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD. 2019, 2020, WE HAD 29 MEETINGS. AND THEN COVID HIT AND WE HAVE 36 AND THEN 38.
AND THEN WE REDUCED THAT DOWN TO 29, TO 25. 23. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR THERE WERE 18 THAT WERE APPROVED AS REGULAR SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS. THAT WAS THIS YEAR. AND I THINK WE'LL END UP WITH
ABOUT 23 ONCE YOU LACK AT ANY MEETINGS THAT WERE ADDED. AND SOMETIMES THOSE MEETINGS ARE THAT ONE HOUR MEETING BEFORE THIS MEETING, RIGHT? SO A MEETING DOESN'T MANY LIKE A FULL BLOWN MEETING. BUT THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN NEEDED TO
DO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD. I PURPOSEFULLY PUT OUR BOARD PRIORITIES CONVERSATION BEFORE THIS CONVERSATION. BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE TO DO THE CURRENT WORK, RIGHT? NOT TO TAKE ON NEW ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES. ALL THE TIME. THAT WAS MY REQUIRING NEW MEETING. DOES WHAT MAKE SENSE? SEE LOTS OF HEAD NODS. SO WITH THAT I WILL JUST OPEN IT UP.
FOR FEEDBACK ON THE CALENDAR. >> DIRECTOR -- >> DENZLER. ALL GOOD. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY PARKER. >> I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD FLAG MIGHT BE MY OWN
IGNORANCE, LOOKING AT AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, IF WE DO GO AHEAD, WITH AN MLO. I REALIZE ONLY THREE REGULAR BUSINESS NEED THIS GOES SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, BUT THERE ARE WORK SESSIONS AS WELL. I DON'T HAVE A SENSE WHAT THE
CAPACITY IS IF WE ARE ALSO RUNNING AN MLO. I AM FLAG THAT GO, THAT MIGHT BE A NON-ISSUE. >> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> A VERY -- LAKE NOT THAT RELEVANT BUT I WON'T BE AT THE
MARCH 9th MEETING I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS. BUT I AM A BIG PLANNER, SO. >> WELL, IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT. IT'S A BIG EVENT. LIKE A CELEBRATION.
SO THOSE ARE PLANNED FAR AHEAD. SO I MEAN, HONESTLY, I WOULD BE ADDING THREE MORE WORK SESSIONS REALISTICALLY. IT'S THE WORK THAT'S REQUIRED HISTORICALLY IT'S ALWAYS TAKEN THAT MUCH. BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD
MEETINGS IF WE NEED TO ADD MEETING. THE BUSINESS MEETINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN. RIGHT? IT'S THE WORK SESSIONS THAT REALLY HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THEM.
SO I WILL LET OTHER BOARD DIRECTORS SHARE ANY THOUGHTS AS WELL. AND THEN WE CAN MAKE PROPOSED EDITS IN NEEDED. ACTUALLY, LET'S GO BACK TO JULY RETREAT, FIRST. ARE YOU GUYS IN AGREEMENT THAT
WE WANT TO DO A JULY RETREAT? HISTORICALLY WE HAVE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WE INVITE OUR BOARD COMMITTEES, LEADERSHIP. IT PLAYS A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN US IDENTIFYING PRIORITY AND COLLABORATION. SO I AM ADVOCATING FOR A JULY
RETREAT AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DATES THAT WERE FLOATED ONE WAS THE JULY -- LET'S SEE. JULY 25TH. AND AUGUST 1st. CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT JULY 25th WOULD BE -- OKAY. SURE. MAYBE JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A JULY RETREAT.
I SEE CONSENSUS ON THAT. YES, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> IT LACKS GOOD AS PROPOSED. WHICH ONE, AUGUST 20 -- WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE JULY RETREAT DATE. >> YES. >> WE WERE GOING TO LOCK IT DOWN. DO YOU GUYS PREFER JULY 25TH OR AUGUST 1st? >> [ INAUDIBLE ] I PREFER THE -- >> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT.
>> ARE WE GOOD WITH JULY 25th. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL ADD THAT JULY 25TH AS A RETREAT. THE NEXT ONE HISTORICALLY, WE WILL HAVE A RETREAT IN DECEMBER. IT TYPICALLY IS GOOD BOARD
GOVERNANCE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO A YEAR. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE A DECEMBER RETREAT MAKES SENSE AS WELL. OKAY. >> AS LONG AS IT'S NOT THE SAME DAY CASB ENDS.
>> IT FELT LIKE CASB WAS TOO OVERWHELMING. ALTHOUGH IN THE PAST WE HAD DONE IT AT THE BEGINNING. ON A WEDNESDAY.
ARE YOU -- SO THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO DOING THAT. IF YOU GUIDES ARE GOOD WITH SATURDAYS, THEN IT'S HEAR AND LOCAL. AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOLDING IT WITH CASB OR
HERE. >> I THINK DECEMBER IS SUCH A HARD MONTH FOR PEOPLE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. CASB IS ALREADY YOU TAKE OFF AND IT'S NICE IN THAT SENSE. >> I REALIZE HOW EMOTIONALLY DRAINED I WAS THAT DAY.
I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST IS HARD. >> I AM KIND OF HEARING ADVOCACY FOR WEDNESDAY OF CASB. >> OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE -- >> NO, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST LIKE WORK. PEOPLE WHO HAVE A YORK JOB HAVE TO TAKE OFF.
ALREADY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SO TAKING ANOTHER DAY OFF IS HARD FOR PEOPLE WITH JOBS YES? NO? I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. IF I AM THE ONLY ONE I DON'T CARE, BUT -- IS IT EASIER IT TAKE A WEDNESDAY OFF? OR WOULD WE WANT A SATURDAY?
>> I PREFER NOT TO TAKE A WORK -- I AM BUSINESS ON THAT DAY FOR WORK. >> YEAH. >> ARE YOU OPEN TO SATURDAY? DBUTIT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE -- WEN LOOK AT OTHER DATES. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AROUND
CASB, WE CAN DO SOMETHING -- >> WHAT ABOUT JANUARY. >> JANUARY. >> JANUARY. I SEE SOME ADVOCACY FOR JANUARY. >> SATURDAY IN JANUARY.
ALL RIGHT. >> SOME REQUEST IN JANUARY? >> THE ONLY CONCERN IS THAT IS SPECIFICALLY CHRISTMAS BREAK THAT'S THE TIME OUR STAFF AND
CABINET ARE TAKING TIME. JUST OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR THE OTHER TEN PEOPLE THAT SIT HEAR FOR AN 8-HOUR RETREAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT IF THE JANUARY TAME FRAMEWORKS FOR HER PEOPLE. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
CONSIDERATION OF STAFF I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IN TERMS OF JANUARY IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHEN THE DATE WAS AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS OF STAFF WOULD BE IF ALL TEN CABINET MEMBERS NEED TO BE THERE. EIGHT HOURS ON A SATURDAY OR
JUST ME? IT'S IN JUST KNEE I DON'T CARE. >> HISTORICALLY IT'S TYPICALLY VERY GOVERNANCE HEAVY AND IT'S THE BOARD. IT HASN'T INCLUDED CABINET.
BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT TOPICS WE WANT TO ADDRESS OR COVER, BUT TYPICALLY IT IS GOVERNANCE RELATED, FOCUSED ON OUR WORK IN THE AND OF TIME WHY DON'T WE HAVE SHAUNA DO A DOODLE POLL IN JANUARY AND WE'LL WORK WITH SUPERINTENDENT KANE TO IDENTIFY
GOOD DATES. SOUNDING LIKE JANUARY MIGHT BE THE RIGHT TIME FOR SHOOT FOR. SO WOMEN HAVE ONE BOARD MEETING THAT MONTH. A RETREAT WORK SESSION MIKE MAKE SENSE IN JANUARY, IS THAT
SOUNDING GOOD TO EVERYONE? OKAY, SEE LOTS OF HEAD NODS. NEAR CHANGES, EDITS, SUGGESTIONS TO THE DRAFT CALENDAR BEFORE US THAT WILL COME BACK FOR A VOTE AT A FUTURE MEETING?
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THE ONLY THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS IF THE BOARD DOES PUT A BALLOT INITIATIVE IN AUGUST, I KNOW THIS IS -- JUST TRYING TO THINK IN ADVANCE, IF THAT MEETING DAYS WORK, FOR -- I KNOW
THIS IS REALLY POOR THINKING, IF WE HAVE NOT PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND IT THEN IT HAPPENS TO GET VOTED FOR. DO THE DATES WORK? >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. WE DON'T KNOW THE DEADLINES AROUND BALLOT CERTIFICATIONS UNTIL WE ARE PRETTY MUCH ON TOP
OF THE ELECTION, SO IT DOES GENERALLY NEED A SPECIAL MEETING IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE SOMEHOW THE DEADLINE IS NEVER ALIGN RIGHT WITH HONESTLY THEY DON'T ALIGN WITH TUESDAYS IN GENERAL. >> A SPECIAL MEETING IN AUGUST, RIGHT? >> I AM SORRY.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON'S QUESTION WAS ABOUT AUGUST. I WAS JUMPING TO NOVEMBER. IT WAS ABOUT NOVEMBER. >> IT WAS ABOUT NOVEMBER. SO SPECIAL MEETING IS THE BEST WAY TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE, UNCLEAR. OKAY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SUPERINTENDENT KANE? >> CTHANK YOU I WANT TO SNAKE SURE THAT I HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION FOR STAFF. SO SHAUNA WILL DO A POLL TO SEE WHAT DATE, WHAT SATURDAY WORKS IN JANUARY, THEY ALL WORK FOR ME. AND YOU PICKED JULY 25th FOR
THE JULY RETREAT; IS THAT CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SEEING NO OTHER SUGGESTED EDITS, THEN I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
AND THAT WAS HELPFUL TO GET THROUGH THAT. NEXT THE MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR A 10-MINUTE DISCUSSION. SO AS ATTACHMENTS WE HAVE THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN WE HAVE PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR 2026/27.
THIS DISCUSSION IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFLECT ON HOW OUR MONITORING SCHEDULE IS WORKING. AND TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR PRIORITIES, MEETING CAPACITY, AND EXPECTATIONS FOR HIGH-QUALITY REPORTS. THIS INCLUDES REVIEWING THE CURRENT YEAR'S TRACKING,
CONSIDERING ADJUSTMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC REQUEST AS WELL AROUND EXECUTIVE LIMITATION 7 REPORT. THAT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER AS A FIRST READING IN THE PROCESS WE USED TO USE,
WHERE THE EXECUTIVE LIMITATION MONITORING REPORT WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD. WE WOULD REVIEW IT, AND THEN IT WOULD GO BACK AND BE PUT ON A CONSENT AGENDA. THE REQUEST IS THERE A NEED TO
UPDATE THE FORMAT TO BE THE CURRENT FORMAT THAT WE ARE USING. BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE TARGETS, IT IS A REALLY EXTENSIVE REPORT. IF YOU GO TO THE NOVEMBER 11th MEETING. WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUT IT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. SO YOU COULD HAVE CLICK ODD IT EASILY.
IT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE REPORT. BUT DO WE WANT TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SPEND THE TIME TO ARE YOU DO THE REPORT TO BE IN THE CURRENT FORMAT THAT WE HAVE STARTED USING? SUPERINTENDENT KANE AM I FORGETTING ANYTHING OR WOULD YOU
LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? >> YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO ARIZONA SATURDAY A FEW THOUGHTS. THE REPORT WAS EXTENSIVELY DONE AND PRESENTED IN NOVEMBER AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING AND THEN THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD WAS IF
YOU ADD SAFE TO TELL DATA WELL TAKE IT BACK FOR ANNUAL OR DOWN VOTE AND THEN TRANSITIONS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. ON OUR PROPOSED MONITOR KEN SCHEDULE EL7. WE'LL BE FULLY UPDATED AND THE NEW FORMAT IN OCTOBER.
OUR RESPECTFUL REQUEST WOULD BE IN THE CASE OF EL7 IF WE COULD GET THE UP OR DOWN VOTE THAT WAS -- THAT WAS INDICATED IN THE NOVEMBER 11th MEETING THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL RATHER THAN US INVESTING 20-PLUS
HOURS TO COMPLETELY REDO EL7. WHEN WE ARE REDOING IT IN OCTOBER. THAT'S OUR REQUEST. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. >> SORRY EVE EL7 IS THE SAFETY D SECURITY REPORT. WE HAVE ON APRIL 21st AGENDA,
THE PRESENTATION ON SAFETY AND SECURITY AND THAT REPORT WILL BE POSTED ON THAT MEETING AGENDA. WE CAN KEEP IN THE SAME EXACT FOR HIM AT THAT SECTION I HAVES AND JUST GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL
UPON MORING PROCESS AND JUST LOOK AT IT AND DETERMINE COMPLIANCE BUT NOT ASK THAT IT BE REFORM ATED AND UPDATED TO TO BE THE EXACT FORMAT THE NEW
REPORTS ARE IN. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> SO IF THE BOARD BELIEVES TAKING THAT OLD MONITORING REPORT THROUGH THE NEW PROCESS WOULD RESULT IN STAFF REDOING IT ANYWAY, THEN THAT'S WHERE I AM
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. THE NEW PROCESSES VERSUS THE PROCESS IN PLACE BACK IN NOVEMBER WHEN THAT REPORT WAS PUT UP FOR CONSIDERATION, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE WOULD END UP IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO REDO THE WHOLE THING. IN I WAY. SO ANYWAY, THE CONSIDERATION WE
ARE ASKING FOR IS ANNUAL OR DOWN VOTE PER THE PROCESS THAT WAS IN PLACE WHEN THE REPORT WAS PRESENTED BUT NOT VOTED ON. OF COURSE, STAFF WILL DO WHATEVER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NEEDS.
>> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> JUST A APPOINTMENT OF ORDER ARE WE TAKING A VOTE ON THAT, ON SUPERINTENDENT KANE'S PROPOSAL TONIGHT? >> WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY VOTES TONIGHT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF APRIL 20 WITHIN THE. KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON SAFETY AND SECURITY, KNOWING THAT ANYTHING THAT THE PRIOR BOARD RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THAT EXECUTIVE LIMITATION IN NOVEMBER.
AND IN ESSENCE HOW DO WE WANT TO MANAGE THIS MONITORING REPORT. AND I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO THE CURRENT PROCESS. WITHOUT EXPECTING IT TO BE REFORMATTED AND REDONE. I MEAN, IT'S VERY WELL DONE.
IT HAS TARGETS IN IT. IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S UP TO THE BOARD IF THE BOARD FEELS LIKE THEY ARE WILLING TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE WITH THE WAY IT'S
PRESENTED? ESSENCE. I SEE ONE THUMB UP, THUMBS UP A COUPLE OF YEAH, LOOKS LIKE GENERAL CONSENSUS. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL CLEAR, THE EO WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
IT WILL LOOK LIKE IT DID BEFORE. I THINK IT HAS -- WILL HAVE NEW DATA. NO, NO NEW DATA. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BEFORE AND WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT WAS REALLY FROM BEFORE.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SO LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL AREA FOR MONITORING REPORTS, I
THINK THE QUESTIONS -- SO THIS IS -- THIS IS THIS AREA. SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THIS AREA'S SO THAT WAS THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE NEXT DOCUMENT IS THE PROPOSED ONE FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.
SUPERINTENDENT KANE, DO YOU -- WOULD YOU MIND JUST EXPLAINING DATE CHANGES, YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS SCHEDULE. >> ABSOLUTELY BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BEGIN WITH IT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL IS AS WE ARE DEVELOPING THE NEXT YEAR'S SETS OF MONITORING REPORTS IF WE WERE DOING IT BASED ON THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE ELs. THAT THE BOARD KIND OF HAS SET ASIDE. BUT JUST FOR CONSIDERATION BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WHEN THE EVEN Ls CHANGE THE MONITORING
REPORTS WILL CHANGE, TOO. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO GET THEM ALIGNED WITH THE NEW VERSION OF THE ELs. AND SO WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER HERE IS WE TRIED TO TIME EACH OF THE ELs WITH THE APPROPRIATE TAME OF YEAR WHERE WE WERE DOING WORK IN THAT AREA ANYWAY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE EL2 AND EL3 REGARDLESS TREATMENT OF STUDENT, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE A GREAT TIME TO SURE THE FAMILY AND STUDENT AND STAFF EXPERIENCE SURVEY DATA ALONG WITH THE OTHER SURVEY DATA WITH THE BOARD, SO THAT'S A
GREAT TIME TO HAVE THOSE ELs BECAUSE IT ALIGNS WITH THAT SURVEY DATA. SO WE JUST TRIED TO ALIGN THE ELs WITH THE TIME OF YEAR THAT THE DATA IS FRESH AND AVAILABLE AND BEING PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. SO, AGAIN, EL6 IS ABOUT
ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT ALIGNS PERFECTLY WITH OUR FRAMEWORK PRESENTATION IN JANUARY. EL7 ALIGNS WITH OUR USUAL CADENCE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IN OCTOBER. WE ARE DOING IT IN APRIL THIS
YEAR IN ADDITION TO HAVING DONE IT LAST OCTOBER IN LIGHT OF THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSIONERS. AND THEN COMPENSATION AND BENNETTS, ELA DOES ALIGN WITH THAT PRESENTATION, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO WE JUST TRIED TO LINE THINGS
UP AS NICELY AS WE COULD. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I JUST THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT'S THE ORDER OF THE ELs WITH THE MONTHS. OKAY.
>> SO I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING OUT THE TREATMENT OF STUDENTS AND STAFF BEING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WILL HAVE SURVEY DATA. WILL THERE BE DISAGGREGATION OF THAT DATA THAT WON'T BE
AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. I GUESS THE A THINK JUST CURIOUS IN THAT REGARD I AM HAPPY IT'S AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK WE MISSED THE HEALTHY KID SURVEY DATA BY LIKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO LACK AT THAT DATA EARLY IN THE YEAR AND THOSE EVERY OTHER YEAR TIMES WE'LL BE A TIME CAPTURE THAT DATA IN THAT EARLY TIME FRAME. BUT I GUESS I AM JUST WONDERING WILL WE HAVE THE SURVEY DATA READILY LIKE FULL YVETTEED AT THAT TIME? >> WE TIMED IT SO THAT WE WOULD
HAVE THE FULL SET OF DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU. THE DATA SET THAT'S AVAILABLE TO
US. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE EL1 THAT ACTUALLY IS A REPORT.
THAT IS TYPICALLY DONE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. IT'S A CATCH-ALL REPORT. THAT'S IN THE MONITORING BOO BOOKLET. I NOTICED THAT, SO.
>> I WOULD NEED AN EXAMPLE PROBABLY OF A GLOBAL EL. BECAUSE THE GLOBAL ER IS MEANT TO BE THE UMBRELLA FOR ALL OF THE OTHER ELs SO IF YOU APPROVED ALL OF THE OTHER ELs, THEREFORE, SO I CAN -- >> DOES IT GO INTO THAT MONITORING BOOKLET THERE'S ACTUALLY SAMPLES IN THERE OF HOW YOU DO IT.
IT'S NOT A SUPER EXTENSIVE ONE. IT'S JUST A CATCH ALL. >> SO WOULD IT MAKE SENSE JUNE FOR THAT ONE? >> YEAH. AT THE END. SO IT'S ONE THAT IS PERFECT AT
THE END OF THE CYCLE. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS ON THE MONITORING, SUPERINTENDENT KANE DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU ON THE MONITORING
CONVERSATION? JUST. >> JUST THE NEW ELs THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, THANK YOU. >> GREAT. ALL RIGHT. GOT THROUGH ONE ON TIME. THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS PUBLIC COMMENT INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
SO WE HAVE 15 MINUTES FOR THIS CONVERSATION. AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR GOVERNANCE PROCESS. PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMUNITY TO SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH THE BOARD. AND THIS DISCUSSION COMES ACTUALLY IN RESPONSE TO RECENT
FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING HOW PUBLIC COMMENT IS BEING USED AND HOW WE ENSURE A SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND CONSISTENT ENVIRONMENT. AND THE GOAL REALLY IS TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
AND DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CLARIFICATIONS OR ADJUST THES ARE NEEDED TO BETTER BALANCE OPEN EXPRESSIONS WITH THE APPROPRIATE MEETING DECORUM, WE HAVE RECEIVED LEGAL GUIDE AMOUNTS ON THIS TOPIC AND TO PROTECT ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE WE WILL NOT BE
DISCUSSING THE SPECIFICS OF THAT QUITE'S. IN OPENING SESSION OUR FOCUSES HOW WE AS A BOARD WANT TO SET EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PARTICULARLY AROUND TONE, CLARITY, AND CONSISTENCY.
WHILE OPERATING WITHIN THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. SO THE COPY OF THOSE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS THAT I READ, ARE ON THE SCREEN. THE THREE MINUTES IS HIGHLIGHTED JUST BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW,
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO MODIFY THAT. BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO OPEN IT UP. DOES THE CURRENT LANGUAGE
CLEARLY COMMUNICATE EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW PUBLIC COMMENT IS CONDUCTED? AND HOW WE WANT TO CONDUCT
PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I THINK IN LIGHT OF THE GUIDANCE THAT WE RECEIVED THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AT AND IT COVERS WHAT WE CAN. >> I AM SORRY, CAN YOU JUST SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME THINK I AM SORRY. >> GIVEN THE LEGAL GUIDANCE THAT WE GOT ON THIS I THINK THIS
COVERS WHAT WE CAN. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO I THINK WE HAVE THE OPTION TO -- AND I AM NOT SAYING THAT I
AM ADVOCATING FOR THIS OPTION, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPTION TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT TO ITEMS OUT ON THE AGENDA AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S WORTH ELEVATING THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED IN EMAIL HAVE BEEN -- ARE IMPORTANT. INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS ARE, NAMED. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ATTACKED. , YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE
INCIDENTS WHERE IT'S STAFF I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO SCRUTINY AND ALL OF THAT. WE KNOW AND EXPECT IT IN OUR ROLE. AND WHILE IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE
THINGS, DO WE INCLUDE IN OUR INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOOD DO QUORUM IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WHAT IS GOOD PRACTICE AND IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CDE DOES, THEY HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR BEST PRACTICE
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ELEVATE HEAR? AND SEE IF THAT'S ENOUGH TO HELP WITH THE SITUATION? OR DO WE NEED TO TAKE A NEW PRACTICE WHERE WE ARE LIMITING
IT TO THE AGENDA ITEMS ONLY? I WOULD PREFER FOR THE TO I WOULD LIKE THE STUDENTS TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO ANY ISSUE UNITED STATES WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE NIGHT NOT OTHERWISE
HEARD BUT WE CAN ALSO PROMOTE THE USE OF OUR EMAIL AND OUR OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. SO IT'S KIND OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S A LOW LIFT OR THE LEAST
RESTRICT IRESTRICTIVE TO REQUESE ETIQUETTE THROUGH REMARKS. >> SO DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC EDIT THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND?
AND AS YOU ARE THINKING -- ARE YOU READY? >> I THINK IT'S -- I WONDER WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING COMMENTS TO THE BOARD, IT COULD BE THERE. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE LANGUAGE IN THE CDE NOW THAT I THINK
ABOUT IT THAT MATE BE HELPFUL WITH THEIR GUIDANCE. LET ME LOOK. >> I GUESS I HAD SIMILAR THOUGHTS WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, -- WHAT WE CAN DO IS SMOKE OUT GUIDANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. AND THE INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS.
AND I WONDER IF DIRECT COMMENTS TO POLICY MATTERS. CONFINE REMARKS TO AGENDA ITEMS TO FOR WHICH THEY ARE SIGNED UP. THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE EXPLICIT IN THE POLICY CURRENT
CURRENTLY. WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, BE MINDFUL THAT THIS IS A K-12 EDUCATION SETTING WITH STUDENTS PRESENT. YEAH. I JUST WANT SURE IF THERE WERE SPECIFIC EDITS THAT OTHERS FELT
WOULD MAKE SENSE. WE CAN MAKE IT LONGER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE CAN SAY THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT CAN BE DEEPLY PERSONAL. AND AT TIMES DIFFICULT FOR MEMBERS. WE . ALL SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL
OF THE IMPACT THEIR WORD MAY HAVE. WE CAN HEADACHE MAKE IT LONGERD SATURDAY STATEMENTS LIKE THAT, JUST NOT SURE IF YOU ALL FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND THEN THOMPSON. >> I DON'T THINK MAKING OUR STATEMENT LONGER IS GOING TO CHANGE THE CALCULUS OF ANY OF THE -- OF ANY POTENTIAL SPEAKER. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY
WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE PLANNED TO SAY REGARDLESS OF OUR REMARKS PRIOR TO THAT. AND I THINK THAT IT -- AND I
THINK THAT I WOULD SECOND WHAT DRESS TOUR RYAN SAID AROUND LEAVING OUR STATEMENT AS IT IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED GIVEN THE LEGAL GUIDANCE WE RECEIVED.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I THINK WHERE MY CONCERN IS IS THAT THIS PUBLIC FORUM IS BEING USED TO CAUSE HARM. AND THAT IS -- THAT IS
PROBLEMATIC, RATE? THAT IS AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF THIS WHOLE FORUM TO BEGIN WITH. IT'S AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A PLATFORM TO BULLY STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND SO I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITHOUT ANY ACTION AT ALL OR AT LEAST AN ATTEMPT TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY TO BE THOUGHTFUL OF OUR STUDENTS AT MINIMUM IN THEIR
COMMENTS. WE HAVE HAD STUDENTS HARMED BY WHAT'S BEEN SAID IN THESE MEETINGS. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> PARDON ME I AM STRUGGLING WITH A HEADACHE. THERE WAS A SAYING THE BAD FACT MADE BAD LAW.
WE ARE ALL RESPONDING TO SOME COMMENTS AT ONE MEETING. WE HAD LIMITED COMMENTS AT THAT MEET TO GO JUST WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD SOMEONE ATTACK ONE OF OUR STUDENTS. WE ALSO WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD FROM THE PARENTS WHO RESPONDED
TO THOSE ATTACKS. WHICH I FOUND VALUABLE. THAT SAID, I HAVE SAT THROUGH I THINK MY RECORD WAS MEETING WITH OVER 89 COMMENTS. AND I DON'T RECALL ONE OF THEM
BEING PARTICULARLY OFFENSIVELY. SOME OF THEM WERE NOT TOO BRILLIANT. I AM CONCERNED WITH REACTING TO ONE SET OF COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD -- WHAT WE HAD I BEEN IT'S AND WHAT WE ADVISE ARE DIFFERENT THING, WE CAN SAY IT IS MOST HELPFUL IF YOU NOT MAKE PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IF WE DON'T CUT ANYBODY OFF FOR DOING THAT, THEN WE ARE NOT
VIOLATING ANYTHING ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT -- I THINK WE CAN MAKE PREFERENCES KNOWN IN OUR INITIAL STATEMENT. ALTHOUGH I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR CALLAHAN, I THINK PEOPLE COME IN HERE WITH AN AGENDA AND ARE GOING TO CARE. AND THE PERSONAL MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT DO ARE DECORUM OR COURTESY OR WELL BEING OF ANYBODY. BUT THEMSELVES. AND THAT'S HOW THAT PERSON IS GOING TO ACT. THAT'S THAT PERSON AS ACTED FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ON THE
BOARD AND BEFORE THAT. BUT PUTTING THAT ADVICE IN THERE IF IT HELPS OTHER MEMBERS TO CONTROL THEIR ACTIONS I AM FINE WITH THAT. BUT IT HAS TO BE ADVICE NOT A A PROHIBITION. >> I MEAN, WE DID HEAR FEEDBACK
FROM MULTIPLE PERSON SPECULATIVES AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T THINK WE WERE REACTING TO JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL. IT HAS BEEN MULTIPLE REQUESTS. WHICH IS WHY I PUT IT ON THE
AGENDA AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S WHAT WE CAN REQUEST. AS YOU SAID DIRECTOR GEIGER. AND I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY AGAIN, AS A BOARD, TO MAKE STATEMENTS AROUND VALUING STUDENTS AS WELL.
DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I AM SORRY I DIDN'T REDLINE THIS BUT DO I HAVE A PROPOSED EDIT. I DON'T THINK IT SOLVES ANY PROBLEMS. BUT MY PROPOSED EDIT WOULD BE O THE PART THAT BEGINS SORT OF THE
THIRD PARAGRAPH TO SUPPORT A RESPECTFUL AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT MY PROPOSED EDIT IS TO ADD AFTER ENVIRONMENT, AN M DASH, AND THEN I DID NOT A.I. THIS. AND TO MODEL THE KIND OF CIVIL DISCOURSE WE SEEK TO INSTILL IN
OUR STUDENTS. M-DASH, WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO. WE SEEK TO INSTILL IN OUR
STUDENTS. >> I SECOND THAT. >> RIGHT, I SEE HEAD NOT AS AN IMPROVEMENT. OKAY.
GREAT. WELL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC EDITS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE AT THIS POINT? I WILL SAY AS BOARD CHAIR AIM THERE TO SERVE THE BOARD. I AM WANT TO GO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMENTS ARE REFLECTIVE OF
THE BOARD AND HOW THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO FRAME PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THIS IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR US TO REVISIT AS WELL. IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET US MOVE FORWARD THEN. TO NEXT ITEM. WHICH IS BOARD SELF-EVALUATIONS. ALL RIGHT.
THERE WERE QUITE A FEW. THIS NEXT ITEM STARTS WITH THE BOARD APT GOVERNOR STYLE. AS A ROW MINDER THIS IS PART OF OUR REGULAR GOVERNANCE PROCESS WHERE WE REFLECT ON THE BOARD' PERFORMANCE.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR GOVERNS AN PROCESS POLICIES TONIGHT. THE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHEN OUR EFFECTIVENESS AS A BOARD.
SO IN PREVIOUSLY YEARS. WE WILL SCHEDULES OUT THESE SELF OF-HE VALUE WEIGHINGS OVER THE ENTIRE YEAR. THIS YEAR, THE PREVIOUS BOARD SCHEDULING DURING WORK SESSIONS
OR RETREATS, SO THEY ARE ALL KIND OF CLUMPED TOGETHER NOW WHICH IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH. AND WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO DO IT. MOVING FORWARD. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE ALL KIND OF COMING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
AND IT LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM PRIOR YEARS. WE HAVE FIVE REPORTS TO REVIEW THIS EVENING AND TO KEEP US ON SCHEDULE WE HAVE AT STRAIGHTED FIVE MINUTES TO EACH ITEM FOR EACH POLICY THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE BRIEF FEEDBACK, ASK ANY KIND OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS YOU
MIGHT HAVE OR IDENTIFY ANY AREAS WHERE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE NEEDED OF THE COMPLIANCE TO MAKE THAT COME COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION AT A FUTURE MEETING SO AGAIN, TONIGHT IS FOR FEEDBACK. WE WERE GOING TO BEGIN WITH GP1.1, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE
BOARD'S GOVERNING STYLE. AND DIRECTOR PARKER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK IN PREPARING THIS FOR THE BOARD. TO HELP US GO THROUGH FEEDBACK IN AN EFFICIENT MATTER I WANT TO GO DOWN THE LINE AND LET PEOPLE
ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE FEEDBACK. YOU ALL HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU. DIRECTOR GEIGER, DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU TO GO FIRST WITH ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON GP1.1. >> I WOULD LIMIT MYSELF TO
SAYING I THOUGHT THIS WAS WELL CONSIDERED. I BELIEVE THIS WAS WELL CONSIDERED AND WELL WRITTEN. I THINK GP1.1 IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR BOARDS TO PARTICIPATE IN.
BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO WANDER INTO OPERATIONAL. AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHEREVER WE ADDRESS THIS, THAT THIS BECOMES THE MOST IMPORTANT -- WELL, THAT WE ARE MOST AWARE THAT THIS IS A DANGER. AND SO I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR
PARKER POINTING THAT OUT. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I WOULD JUST ADD MY VOICE TO DIRECTOR GEIGER'S OBSERVATIONS I THINK THAT, YEAH, THIS IS WELL
CONCEIVED. >> WELL DONE. >> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS GOING FAST. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ALSO MEANT TO THANK ALL OF THE NEW BOARD DIRECTORS. BECAUSE THIS ISN'T EASY. BUT I THINK IT'S SUCH AN
EXCELLENT EXERCISE TO HELP US REALLY INTERNALIZE POLICIES AND ALL. AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU SPENT TIME ON THIS AND IN THE REVIEW AND, AGAIN, THIS ONE IS JUST SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS
OUR PHILOSOPHY ON OUR GOVERNANCE APPROACH. AND SO I REALLY -- THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS SOMETIMES IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THE EXAMPLE EVIDENCE ITEMS ADDED. I DIDN'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING
THAT WAS IN HERE. I JUST FELT LIKE SOME OF THE EVIDENCE MIGHT BE LACKING. BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> YES, I THINK IT'S WELL DONE, JUST TWO POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.
1.1.6, YOU SAY NONCOMPLIANT. >> BUT IT'S GREEN. >> IT'S COMPLIANCE SO I THINK THAT SHOULD SAY COMPLIANT AND ALSO 1.1.7 SAYS NONCOMPLIANT PARTIALLY. >> THANK YOU. >> JUST I THINK -- >> I WAS JUST CHECK FIGURE YOU WERE READING IT.
>> I DID. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. YOU DID A REALLY NICE JOB WITH IT. THERE IS JUST VERY SMALL. BOARD MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND REGULAR AND SPECIAL
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. SO WE DO HAVE POLICY AROUND THAT. LIKE WHAT OUR ATTENDANTS SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AND IT -- WE ARE C COMPLIANT BUT IT MIGHT BE THEY HAVE. TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACTUAL ATTENDANCE RECORDS FOR THAT IS
ALL I WILL SAY FOR THAT. >> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON 1.1? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE INTO -- AND, AGAIN, THIS WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN A FUTURE MEETING.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS 1.2. WHICH FOCUSES ON THE OVERALL JOB OF THE BOARD. AND I BELIEVE DIRECTOR DENZLER DID THIS ONE. IN ORDER TO SHAKE THING UP I
WILL ASK CORRECT TOUR THOMPSON TO GO FIRST ON 1.2. AND THEN WELL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE AGAIN WITH ANY FEEDBACK. FEEDBACK ON 1.2. KIND OF THE SAME PROCESS WE JUST
WENT THROUGH. WITH GIVING FEEDBACK. THIS ONE WAS ON THE JOB OF THE BOARD AND IF YOU NEED A MINUTE THAT'S TOTALLY FINE, TOO. AIM HAPPY TO JUMP IN FIRST.
>> NO, I DON'T HAVE FEEDBACK. ON THIS ONE. THERE'S A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH IT. AND THAT'S HELPFUL. >> CAN YOU JUST TALK -- >> SORRY. THERE WAS A LOT OF EVIDENCE
INCLUDED WITH IT WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL. AND I THINK AT MINIMUM, WE COULD ADD IN SOME HERE HYPER LINKS THAT WAY IF A COMMUNITY RESIDENT OR RESIDENT WANTED TO VERIFY ANY IT WAS IT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER
FOR THEM TO FIND. BUT THERE IS A LOT THERE. RIGHT? SO LIKE I WOULD SAY MONITORING REPORTS, THERE IS JUST ONE LINK TO WHERE TO FIND THE MONITORING REPORTS, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE LIKE I THINK HELPFUL THING. OTHER THAN THAT, I APPRECIATE
THE WORK DONE. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> YES. AND IT'S INCREDIBLY THOROUGH AND I THINK I CAN TELL THAT YOU WERE PROBABLY AN AMAZING TEACHER TO HAVE BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST ORGANIZES DEFINITELY MORE ORGANIZED THAN THE ONE I DID AND VERY VISUALLY EASY TO GO
THROUGH. I THINK IT'S GREAT. >> YEAH, GREAT JOB. >> YEAH, I LIKE THE FORMAT OF THIS ONE QUITE A BIT. AND I LIKED HOW YOU KIND OF MODELED IT AFTER THE MONITORING
TABLES, RIGHT? WHERE YOU KNOW, THE CRITERIA THE EVIDENCE AND THE COMPLIANCE STATEMENT, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS -- I REALLY APPRECIATED READING THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT EVERYONE TOOK. IN DOING THIS SELF-EVALUATION.
AND WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF KIND OF TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO DO IT AS A BOARD MOVING FORWARD, WE MIGHT TAKE BITS AND PIECES OF HOW DIFFERENT BOARD DIREDIRECTORS CHOSE TO DO IT. BUT I AM ALWAYS THE EVIDENCE FAN.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT FORMAT. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> THE ONLY 1.2.4, I WOULD POINT
OUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE -- THE ONLY PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED THROUGH COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TO GET FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. AND ATTEMPTING TO I THINK DURING THIS MONITORING PERIOD WAS WHEN
I WAS ON THE L-RACK. AND SO PARTICIPATION IN THAT IS I THINK PART OF ALSO WHAT WE DO. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT REPORT. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> JUST ONE THING I WANT TO POINT POUT, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE PARTIALLY COMPLIANT ONES IS THAT LIKE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BE MORE COMPLIANT, LIKE THAT PHRASE BECAUSE I I FEEL LIKE TS IS MORE THAN COMPLIANCE YOU ARE HELPING US ELEVATE THE BAR ON SOME OF THESE AND SO THAT'S REALLY APPRECIATED.
BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS MADE, YES, THAT IS A BETTER WAY TO LOOK AT IF WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS POLICY SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> YEAH, HE WOULD LOVE TO ECHO THAT, THE PURPOSE OF THESE IS
NOT TO CROSS THE BOX AND SAY, LOOK, WE ARE COMPLIANT IT'S TO SAY HOW CAN WE APPROVE OUR PROCESS AND YOU DID A REALLY NICE JOB THROUGHOUT ARTICULATING THAT SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE, WE WILL
MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS GP1.3. WHICH OUT LANES THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT. AND DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS ONE. DOES ANYONE WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO
GO FIRST FOR FEEDBACK? DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I THINK ALSO WELL CRAFTED. I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL IN
THE INSTANCES WHERE YOU INDICATE COMPLIANCE JUST TO KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. IF SOMETHING APPLIES. I WILL NOTE, I THINK 1.3.1 BEING COMPLIANT KIND OF IS OUT OF SYNC WITH THEN 1.3.1, NOT IN
COMPLIANCE, SINCE IT KIND OF ADDRESSES THE ISSUE THAT'S RAISED IN THAT NOT IN COMPLIANCE PERIOD. SO MAYBE WE ARE ALSO NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH 1.3.1. >> DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? >> IT DOES.
>> YEAH. >> DO YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT, DIRE DIRECTOR RYN DIRECTOR PARKER ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE? >> NO I THINK WE ARE JUST DOING IS UP I'VE GOOD JOB, EVERYONE. NO, I DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFIC FEED BACK.
EXCEPT FOR GOOD JOB AND I LIKE YOU DID INCLUDE EVIDENCE, EVERYONE DID, EXEMPT FOR ME, SO GOOD JOB ON THAT. >> YEAH, I JUST K KIND OF HAD TE SAME THOUGHT WITH THE COMPLIANCE
RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD, LIKE WHAT DO WE WANT TO LAND ON. LIKE PARTIALLY TO HIM MIND, COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS. NOT IN COMPLIANCE, KIND OF TALKING THROUGH THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
YOU WOULD PLANT ON THE GROUND A SIMILAR AGREEMENT ON HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT. WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE AS A BOARD, WE ARE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION. IT'S NICE SEEING IT DONE IN DIFFERENT REPORTS TO HELP ME THINK WHAT MY OWN THOUGHTS WOULD BE ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS REPORT
AND I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. DETECTIDIRECTOR DENZLER. >> IN, I APPRECIATE THAT 1.3 IS KIND OF AN ODD ONE. I THINK THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT ARE LIKE REALLY
DIFFICULT TO LIKE EVALUATE WITH EVIDENCE. IS SOUND COUNTERINTUITIVE YOU CAN READ THESE AND BE LIKE HOW DO I SHOW THAT? THAT'S SORT OF THE CHALLENGE SOME OF THESE SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IT WAS LIKE KIND OF OVERWHELMING FOR ME TO GO BACK THROUGH LIKE
PAST BOARD MEETING MINUTES AND THINGS ARE THINGS LIKE THAT AND TRYING TO FIND THE EVIDENCE AND SEE REALLY HAPPY THAT DILIGENCE SEEMS TO BE WORKING AND LIKE I KNOW WHERE TO FIND THOSE THINGS. ARE FROM SOME OF THE THINGS FROM LIKE DECEMBER 2024 I HAD TO KIND OF HUNT FOR YOU IT WAS IT WAS
ALL FINE SO, YEAH, WITH THAT SAID JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I THINK THE REVIEW ON 1.3.5 AND POINTING OUT SOME OF THOSE
CONCERNS, MAY REFLECT A NEED TO REVIEW THE LANGUAGE OF 1.3.5. TO FULLY ESTABLISH WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE OF HOW THEY ARE SET, WHEN THEY ARE CHANGED, WHAT
MODIFICATIONS THE PRESIDENT THAT IS THE AUTHORITY FOR MAKE WHAT MODIFICATIONS SHOULD NOT BE MADE WITHOUT AGREEMENT OF THE REST OF THE BOARD AND I FEEL THINK PART OF THE THE ROLE OF THESE MONITORING REPORTS IS TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THAT LANGUAGE IS SPECIFIC. AND SO I MIGHT LOOK AT EITHER NOW OR AT SOME OTHER TIME SOME
S'MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT -- WHAT IS THE AGENDA SAID WHEN IT CAN BE CHANGED, ET CETERA. >> SO WHEN WE GET TO THE AGENDA PLANNING MONITORING REPORT IN THE NEXT CYCLE WE ACTUALLY MADE A LOT OF EDITS TO OUR GP
POLICIES BASED ON SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT HAD BEEN RAISED BUT, YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT THAT YOU ARE HIGHLIGHTING THAT. DIRECTOR THOMPSON DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE? >> I LOST MY THOUGHT.
I DO THINK -- I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT EVIDENCE ATTACHED. AND I AM HAPPY TO HOPE WITH FINDING THAT. SOME EXAMPLES BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO MOVE IN THE PRODUCTS.
RELATED TO IT. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED WAS THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN WE JUST WATCH THEM BACK-TO-BACK WITH THE FIRST MONITORING REPORT WE REVIEWED. ELSE ARGUE THAT THEY ARE
DIFFERENT BECAUSE ONE IS LOOKING AT THE FULL BOARD AND ONE IS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT RULES, SO THAT DOES MAKE SENSE TO ME EVEN THOUGH SEEING THEM BACK-TO-BACK IN THIS MOMENT FEELS REDUNDANT ON SOME OF THE TOPICS I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT, I WANT
TO BRING UP IS, IF WE ARE FIND OUR SELFS NOT IN COMPLIANCE OR PARTIAL COP PLAINS FINDING THE BOARD IN NONCOM PHRAOEURPBS OR PARTIAL COMPLIANCE MAYBE THESE SOMETHING WE SHOULD COP SEWER SSOMEWHERE SO WE ARE THINKING
ABOUT OUR SUGGESTIONS NOT WAITING IN THE NEXT YEAR TO THINK ABOUT IT, RIGHT. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR ACTIONS FORWARD SEWING THAT WE WERE NOT IN COP MINES AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING ABOUT IT.
>> WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENT. IT'S A NEW DOCUMENT IT JUST ISN'T FILLED OUT YET BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH THIS. BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S A FRONT AND BACK, AND IT GIVES THE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
ONCE THESE ARE APPROVED THAT CONTENT GOES INTO THAT DOCUMENT. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> SOMETHING I MEANT TO FLAG EARLIER AND COMPLETELY FORGOT. AND 1.1 -- SORRY, 1.3.1.2, IS
NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEN IS 1.3.1-FOUR C PLATE? >> RED ME LOOK THAT UP.
THE PRIOR COMMENT, THE HIGHER THE -- LIKE THE POLICIES ARE KIND OF NESTED. >> RIGHT. -- >> THEY ARE BOTH FOUR DIGITS.
>> I THINK YOU CAN BE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH 2 AND COME 90 WITH 4, BECAUSE 4 IS SPECIFICALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE POINTED OUT ISSUE WITH E SUPERINTENDENT IT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS STAFF.
>> OH, OKAY. >> ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON THIS ONE. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK ON THAT. THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS I THINK
DISTRIBUTION TOUR RYAN DID GP1.4. OTHER BOARD OFFICERS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO GO FIRST WITH FEEDBACK ON
THIS ONE? I WILL VOLUNTEER TO GO FIRST ON
THIS ONE. DIRECTOR RYAN I REALLY APPRECIATED THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU INCLUDED IN HERE. AND GOING BACK AND LACKING AT THE DATES AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS ACCURATELY REFLECTED. AIN HERE. IT ARE AGAIN IT LOOKS DIFFERENT
IN DIFFERENT REPORTS, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT I FELT LAKE YOU DID A NICE JOB WITH PROVIDING THAT KIND OF EVIDENCE TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANCE. AND THAT WAS REALLY ALL THAT I WOULD ADD.
AIM GOING TO GO TOLL MY RIGHT DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> NICE JOB, IT'S SUPER THOROUGH. DIRECTOR DENZLER AND THEN DIRECTOR GEIGER.
>> I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. DIRECTOR GEIGER, ANYTHING? >> I THINK IT TAKES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COURAGE TO POINT OUT THAT EXTRAORDINARILY ACTIONS
WERE TAKEN AND THOSE RESULTED IN SOME PROBLEMS, AND I APPRECIATED THE HONESTY. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> NOT REALLY A COMMENT ON THIS REPORT. BUT JUST CURIOUS YOUR GUYS'
THOUGHTS JUST ABOUT IN THE PAST WHEN WE WERE DOING THESE WE KIND OF CAME TO HOW DO WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE WERE COMPLIANT AND NONCOMPLIANT DO WE WANT TO SAY WE ARE PARTIALLY COME COMPLIANT DO WE WANT TO SAY WE ARE DOING WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTION I SEE SOME OF THAT
GETTING MODELED AS WELL IN THIS BASED OFF THE MORE RECENT CONVERSATIONS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE OKAY WITH THE VARIATION? OR DO WE WANT TO KIND OF STREAMLINE BEFORE WE TAKE THESE TO A VOTE WHAT LANGUAGE WE WANT TO USE AS A BOARD?
>> I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR RESPONSES TO THAT? EARLIER I I HAD SAID AT A FUTUE MEETING. >> ON. >> OH, OR. >> I NO, BECAUSE WE REPORT HAD THAT CONVERSATION AS A BOARD AND I THINK YOU'RE RAISING SHOULD WE
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE VOTING AT A FUTURE MEETING. >> BECAUSE I AM NINE WITH NOT COMPLIANCE, PARTICLE THAT AND COMPLIANCE, THOSE ARE NICE THREE LEVELS I PREFER THAT OVER
SESSIONS. BECAUSE I FIND THOSE [ INAUDIBLE ] TAKE PERSONAL OFFENSE TO IT JUST SAY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK. >> I ALSO NOTE WHEN I WENT THROUGH I CHANGED EVERYTHING TO EXCEPTIONS INITIALLY PUT PARTICLE SHALL COMPLIANCE. >> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE USING FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT MONITORING IT
MAKES COMPLETE SENSE. MAYBE THAT'S PREFERRED BY EVERYONE. >> I THINK PARTIAL COMPLIANCE SEEMS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD THE PREFERRED THING I AM FINE WITH CHANGING IT. >> IT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. IT'S NEW FOR MONITORING WE
RECALL DOING COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS. I DON'T HAVE SUPER STRONG FEELINGS. PARTIALLY COMPLIANT WORKS FOR ME FOR NOW. UNTIL WE SCHEDULE A TIME. DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE?
>> THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING STREAMLINED FOR THE A LEAST THE VOTE FOR THE MONITORING. OKAY. >> DIRECTOR PARKER, DID YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR DIRECTOR RYAN? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. I THINK THAT TAKES US TO OUR LAST SELF-EVALUATION OF 1.9
INVESTMENT IN GOVERNANCE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS REPORT. AND WHO WOULD LAKE TO VOLUNTEER TO GO FIRST, ON YOUR ZONE, SURE. >> SO I GOT A LITTLE -- I WASN'T
SURE IF I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE POLL THAT GO WE JUST DID ON THIS ONE OR IF IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE NEXT ONE. BECAUSE WE ARE KIND OF -- WITH WE ASKED FOR IT ON -- BEFORE BEFORE TWO BUT DIDN'T GET THE RESULTS AFTER PREFERENCE IF WE
WANT TO INCLUDE IT I'LL ADD IT. THAT'S ALL. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S -- I WOULDN'T ASK FOR IT. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET THE DATE RANGE. I DON'T THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING A NEW CYCLE. AND I THINK NOT PUTTING -- I WOULD RATHER HAVE IT IN THE NEXT ONE. BECAUSE THIS IS RETROSPECTIVE. WE DON'T TRULY KNOW A LOT OF ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE POLL AND THAT KIND OF STUFF ON THIS. SO I FEEL LIKE NOT HAVING IT IN THIS REPORT AND SAVING IT FOR
THE NEXT REPORT STICKS WITH HOW WE DO THIS LOOKING BACK. >> OKAY. JUST A PREFERENCE EITHER WAY. I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT BUT THOUGHT MAYBE IT WOULD BE PREFERRED. >> OTHER FEEDBACK ON 1.9?
BEYOND DIRECTOR TO THOMPSON'S ON FEEDBACK AND YES. I THINK EVERYONE IS RUNNING OUT
OF TEAM. UNDERSTANDABLY SO. WHAT TIME IS IT? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, -- YES, DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> ALL RIGHT SO I WILL NOT INCLUDE IT IN THIS ONE BUT ONE THOUGHT THAT I DID HAVE, THAT I MIGHT MAYBE JUST PAIR IT WITH QUARTER FOUR BUDGET REVIEW. IS SO WE HAVE BUDGET CATEGORIES
THAT ARE JUST STANDARD. THEY ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE. BUT THEN OUR POLICY WE HAVE CATEGORIES BASED OFF LIKE THE FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD. AND SO I WAS THINKING OF GOING BACK AND LIKE CODING BASED OFF THE FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD. SORRY I WAS THINKING ABOUT GOING
BACK AND CODING WHAT'S WRITTEN IN OUR POLICY WHERE THINGS FALL TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF YOU LIKE HOW ARE OUT BUDGE IS SPENT WITHIN THAT POLICY SO I WAS THINKING I WAS GOING TO DO THAT AS A REPORT AND THEN MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD INCLUDE IN THE FUTURE MONITORING OF THIS POLICY.
>> IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ON THAT SOUND LIKE A GREAT PROBLEM. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE HELPFUL AS WE LOOK AT NEXT YEAR'S BOARD BUDGET THAT MIGHT BE A REALLY NICE ANALYSIS THAT CAN HELP US THINK ABOUT THAT FORWARD PLANNING AS WELL AND I KNOW THAT'S ON OUR
CALENDAR IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THIS MONITORING REPORT. -- OR SELF-EVALUATION WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 5.13, LEGISLATIVE UPDATES.
WE HAVE TEN MINUTES DIRECTOR GEIGER SAID HE MAY NOT NEED THE FULL TEN MINUTES. BUT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL COMPLIMENTS TO [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR HER UPDATE AND CONSULTING WITH DIRECTOR DEN DENZLER. EVERYTHING IS ON HOLD WHILE WE
WORK OUT THE BUDGET. THE J.B.C. CHOSE THE MORE OPTIMISTIC VERSION OF WHAT THEY THINK THE AGAIN HE HAD MIGHT BE.
THE CURRENT PLAN AS OF 9:30 IT COULD BE DIFFERENT BY TEN THERE WILL LIKELY NOT BE ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT THIS YEAR WHICH REQUIRES KICKING A LARGE NUMBER OF BUDGET QUESTIONS DOWN THE ROAD TO NEXT YEAR.
WITH SOME HOPE WE WILL AT LEAST HAVE SOME PREDISABILITY ON THAT BUT THERE ARE STILL DID I DEBATE AGO GREAT DEAL, A GREAT NUMBER OF THINGS. OUR BILL HB1035 REVISING KID GART THEN READINESS REQUIREMENTS
HAS PASSED THE HOUSE AND SENATE. IT IS SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK WHERE EITHER HE CAN VETO IT, SIGN IT, OR LET IT BECOME LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE. THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST LIKELY RESULT AT THIS POINT DUE TO SOME SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS DONE BY OUR LOBBYIST REPRESENTATIVE HAMRLIK
AND HER STAFF AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER BILLS WE ARE MONITORING. THERE IS A NEW BILL ON PRIORITIES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO BONDS. WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT VERY CLOSELY, CASB IS PROPOSED A
LARGE NUMBER OF MODIFICATIONS TO THAT BILL. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE WHO BELIEVE IN THAT WHO ARE VERY STRONG ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO WE ARE TRYING TO WORK VERY STRONGLY WITH THEM. WHERE THAT BILL WILL GO IT'S
HARD TO TELL. SENATE BILL 20 SWIX 135 WHICH IS THE SO-CALLED RAISE THE CAP. ON TABOR IS STILL UNDERGOING SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSION BEFORE IT GETS TO ANY KIND OF A VOTE.
AND THAT'S A REFERRED MEASURE THAT WOULD THEN GO TO THE VOTERS. TO SAY ITS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED TO SO VASTLY YOU WERE ESTIMATE THE CASE. A OF PEOPLE WHO CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT EDUCATION STILL HAVE
CONCONCERNS ABOUT HOW IT'S PHRAD AND HOW THE ABILITY WOULD WORK AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THAT I SUSPECT WILL BE TOLL LAST DAY OF THE LEGISLATURE. BEFORE WE KNOW A LOT OF THAT. OR LOBBYISTS AND KAZ BY ARE
TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT AND HAVING AN IMPACT ON IT WE ALL KNOW THE SCHOOL FINANCE SYSTEM IN COLORADO IS BROKEN. WHETHER THIS IS A RATIONAL WAY TO APPROACH IT IS STILL OPEN TO A GREAT DEAL OF QUESTION.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR GEIGER? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND KEEPING UP WITH THE SLEDGE SLATE I HAVE SESSION, WE KNOW IT'S --
>> I WILL HAVE -- THERE WILL BE A CASB L-RACK MEETING FRIDAY. I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION IF ANYTHING INFORMATIVE COMES OUT OF THAT. I WILL EMAIL. >> I KNOW CASB USUALLY DOES AN END OF YEAR RECAP, THAT'S OPEN FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
>> YES. >> WE WILL MAYBE KEEP AN EYE OUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN FIT IN TO YOUR CALENDAR, THEY ARE HELPFUL THAT MUCH ACTUALLY TAKES US TO THE VERY LAST ITEM THE BOARD PRESIDENT REPORT. I JUST HAVE A FEW REMINDERS. THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP
PRESENTATIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 20th. SO IT'S THE MONDAY BEFORE OUR TUESDAY MEETING IN TWO WEEKS. AND IT REALLY IS AN EXPECTATION TO BE THERE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BE THERE. THEY ARE REALLY COUNTING ON US.
THEY WILL DO ROUND TABLE CONVERSATIONS. AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REALLY LIKE THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE HELP THESE STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE IS HEARD AND IT'S IMPACTING US AND THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR DEBRIEF AT
THE BOARD MEETING AS WELL. SO THAT'S ON APRIL 20th. WE HAVE GRADUATIONS COMING UP. IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S GRADUATION TIME COMING UP. I CHECKED OUR SIGN UP I THINK WE ARE PRETTY MUCH COVERED FROM THE BOARD PERSPECTIVE NOW. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SIGNING UP
FOR THOSE. I THINK THERE WAS ONE LARGE COME COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL THAT JUST HAD ONE BOARD OF DIRECTOR. THE OTHER -- YEAH. >> DOUGLAS COUNTY. >> I SIGNED UP FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY. SO WHAT I WILL ASK IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT THE
SIGN UPS IN THE -- AND THE SCHOOLS COUNT ON US TO SHOW UP OR NOT SHOW UP. THEY NEED TO KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE OR NOT BEING THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE PRINTING THEIR MATERIALS IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE AFTER YOU DO YOUR ONE LAST LOOK PLEASE EMAIL SHAUNA AND LET HER KNOW.
CHANGING ANYTHING THAT IS ALREADY IN THERE. I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. WE HAVE A BOARD COMMITTEE APPRECIATION NIGHT THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED ON MAY 18th. WHERE OUR BOARD COMMITTEES ARE INVITED. SO HOLD THAT DATE.
AND DETAILS SHOULD BE ON YOUR CALENDAR. THE BOARD RESOURCE GOOGLE DRIVE IS READY TO BE POPULATED. SO THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE GOING IN THERE SHORTLY. AND OUR NEXT REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING IS TUESDAY,
APRIL 21st. SO WITH THAT, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, BEFORE THE BOARD, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER THAT THE BOARD ADJOURN.
I WILL NOW CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECT CONTRACT TOUR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. THE MOTION PASSIONS 7-0.
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.