>> THE MAY 26, 2026 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> HERE. DIRECTOR PARKER.
>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> HERE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> HERE. >> ALL RIGHT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[ NO AUDIO ] >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE WILL START WITH ITEM 3 DCSD SPOTLIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, DIRECTORS, AUDIENCE. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR IS WRAPPING UP. I ALONG WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CABINETS MEMBERS HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING GRADUATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S TRULY A REMINDER OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF CLASS OF 2026 AND WISH THEY BELIEVE THE BEST. THIS EVENING WELL LIKED TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE 25-26 LEADERS DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS COHORT. SO IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE COME JOIN ME UP FRONT. THIS YEAR WE HAD 40 PARTICIPANTS. AND I KNOW NOT ALL OF THEM COULD
BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THOSE OF YOU WHO COULD BE. COME FOUND. THE LEADERS WAS LED BY ALISON RAUCH OUR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, IN ORDER TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE
DISTRICT'S MINUTES, OPERATIONS, AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. THE CLASS IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN BECOMING MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN SCHOOL DISTRICT AFFAIRS. AND ADVOCATES FOR DCSD. THE COHORT MET EIGHT TIMES AND WAS WAS ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE
DISTRICT'S FINANCES, SAFETY, SECURITY, HOPE ENROLLMENT. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, CURRICULUM AND MORE. THANK YOU FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP FOR PRESENTING. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT
THAT EXPERIENCE HAS HAD FOR YOU. >> HI I AM REBECCA MÁRQUEZ, I WAS SUPER COMMITTED TO THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. MY DAUGHTER ELEANOR.
THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH WE LEARNED ABOUT. YOU GET TO SEE THE INNER WORKINGS OF HOW THINGS HAPPEN. I WOULD SAY THE MOST INTERESTING TO ME WAS HOW A SNOW DAY IS DECIDED. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I AM BRIANNA ANNENBERG, I HAVE TWO LITTLES.
SO I HAVE A NOW TO BE THIRD GRADER, OH, MY GOODNESS. AND THEN A SOON TO BE PRESCHOOLER. AND SO THEY ARE COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE? HOW IS IT BUILT? WHERE IS IT GOING AND THAT ALL WAS ANSWERED AND MORE AND JUST
LEARNING THE CARE, DEDICATION, DECISION MAKING. STRUCTURE ALL OF IT GOING INTO IT. THERE IS SO MUCH AND TO BE ABLE TO SNARE THAT MORE IN-DEPTH WITH OTHERS IT'S TRULY EYEOPENING. AND TO BE KNOWING THAT MY CHILDREN ARE GOING ON THAT PATH IS UPLIFTING.
SO THANK YOU. >> NICOLE CAHOOTS SEN, I HAVE A KINDERGARTENER AND SAME, LITTLES, YOU WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I WAS STUDENT MANY, MANY, MANY MOONS AGO. A LOT OF EYE OPENS OF WHAT DO
THEY DO, I WORK IN A JOB LIKE ARE WE HAVING A MEETING OR EMAIL SO ARE THEY DOING THE SAME THING? THE MOST INTERESTING THING WAS SEEING THE ELECTRONICS BILL PASSAGE, I AM GOING TO SAY THAT WRONGFUL POLICY.
GET THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION DEVICES. >> COMMUNICATION DEVICES FROM KIND OF MID STRIDE TO THE END. IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING. PRETTY EYEOPENING BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE ALL GOING TO MUDDLE THROUGH TOGETHER. >> HELLO, I AJAX LYNN, ALSO A
KINDERGARTEN MOM. SO JUST SUPER EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT IN GENERAL AND I THINK THE MOST INTERESTING AND COMPLICATED PART WAS SCHOOL FINANCE AND BUDGET. >> HELLO MY NAME IS GREG FISHER, I CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR KIDS IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS MY WIFE WORKS AS A SOCIAL WORKER HERE IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND I ALSO HAVE MY EDUCATOR LICENSE BUT HAVE NOT DONE THAT IN 15 YEARS AND BUT I HAVE WORKED PREVIOUSLY IN PUBLIC POLICY INCLUDING ELECTED OFFICE SO THIS WAS A NICE CHANCE TO TAKE SOME EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND AND START LEARNING MORE WHAT'S
HAPPENING LOCALLY IN THIS AREA. >> HI THERE I AM LAURA WARNER AND I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO KIDS WHO HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY AND I HAVE ONE MORE. AND DURING COVID I BECAME A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER KIND OF BY CHANCE AND I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
DISTRICT THAT MY KIDS HAVE BEEN IN. AND THE PART THAT I FOUND THE MOST INTERESTING I THINK WAS LEARNING ABOUT THE LEGACY CAMPUS AND ALL THE CTE OFFERINGS IT'S VERY INTERESTING. AND VERY COOL. >> HI, RANDY, I HAVE TWO IN THE DISTRICT. RIGHT NOW HIGH SCHOOL AND ILL ELLE.
ARE YOU. AND REALLY IT'S JUST JUST ABOUT GETTING IN THE GAME NOT SITTING ON SIDELINES UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN HAYES JOB TO DO BUT UNDERSTANDING HOW THE JOB GETS DONE WITH A LOT OF KIDS IS IMPORTANT.
COMING FROM A SMALLER DISTRICT OF 10,000 STUDENT. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET PLUGGED IN AND MEET PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA. >> I AM CATHERINE WILLY WITH TWO STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND I AM A GRADUATE FROM HIGH
LANES RANCH HIGH SCHOOL AND NOT TELLING YOU THE YEAR. I HAVE BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE OF OUR COMMUNITY, TOWNS, AND
CITIES. THAT WAY JUST MAKE DECISIONS. >> MATT ROSARIO. I HAVE A DAUGHTER AT CIMMARON,
SIXTH GRADER, WHEN I ORIGINALLY SIGNED UP FOR THIS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT HE CAN JUST LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES, I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS WAY MORE THAN I WAS EXPECTED. THIS IS AWESOME. I WILL ECHO WHAT MANY HAVE SAID ALREADY, IS THAT IT WAS JUST REALLY AWESOME TO LEARN HOW MUCH GOES INTO WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
BIGGEST TAKE AWAY I COOK FROM THE WHOLE EIGHT TIMES THAT WE HAVE MET IS THAT YOU YOU GUYS AE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AND IT'S INCREDIBLE THE JOB YOU ARE DOING, SO KUDO. >> I AM LYNN, SON WILL BE
FINISHING FOURTH GRADE THIS THURSDAY. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD NO IDEA HOW EVERYTHING INTERTWINED IN THE DISTRICT BUT IT WAS FASCINATING TO FIND OUT HOW EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER. BECAUSE I HAD NO CREW. THE THING THAT REALLY JUST TOOK
MY BREATHE WAY IS WHAT IS IN THIS BUILDING. GROWING ENOUGH MY VERY, VERY SMALL TOWN WE ONLY HAD TWO CLASSES AND IT WAS WOOD SHOP AND IT MECHANICS OR SOMETHING. SO SEEING THIS WAS HUGE.
WITH EVERYTHING CAN BE DONE IN A DISTRICT, YOU HAVE BUILT SUCH A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. IT BLEW MY MIND. THANK YOU. >> HOLE, EVERYBODY, I ANDY ALLEN I HAVE A DAUGHTER AT ROXBOROUGH GRADUATING KINDERGARTEN ON THURSDAY, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IN TWO YEARS HER AND HER BROTHER WILL BE GOING TO THE NEW SCHOOL IN STERLING RANCH, SUPER EXCITED THAT WE PASSED THAT LAST YEAR. SUPER INTERESTING TO LEARN ABOUT THE FINANCES I HAD NO IDEA HOW THAT WORKED WHEN WE MOVED TO COLORADO, ARE WE WERE TOLD DOUGLAS COUNTY, SCHOOLS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, NOW WE ARE HERE
AND LIKE RANDY SAID JUST WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AND UNDERSTAND WHERE MY CHILDREN'S FUTURE IS GOING TO BE. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THEY SPEND A FRIDAY A MONTH IN THE MORNING WITH US FOR A FEW
HOURS AND A HUGE THANKS TOO YOU AND YOUR CABINET AND SO MANY DIRECTORS WHO COP IN AND EXPLAIN ALL OF THE THINGS IN THEIR WORLDS TO EVERYBODY. TO SHOWS THEIR EXPERTISE AND
PASSION MY FAVORITE THING IS THIS CLASS EVERY YEAR WE GET TO HEAR FROM ALL THE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THE DISTRICT AND DOING AMAZING THINGS FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF, THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU. >> AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND ALISON AS WELL.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENGAGING WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND FAMILIES AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WOULDN'T TO ENGAGE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL AND WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR THAT. AND I KNOW ALISON AND I WOULD
LOVE TO HAVE SOME FUTURE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PLANS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES MAYBE TO HELP WITH FUTURE PLANS. BUT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND FOR SPENDING ALL OF THAT TIME WITH US AND ALISON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THE CLASS.
SO HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYONE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND ALISON WILL BE HANDING YOU OUT CERTIFICATES. AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE PRESIDENT MEEK COME DO A PICTURE
WITH US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, YOU GUYS, THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S
RECOGNITIONS. >> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE ARE ONTO ITEM NUMBER 4, ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT MOVED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY CORRECT TOUR RYAN THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AGENDA. THE MOTION IS NOW OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, I WILL CALL ROLL.
DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECT TO TOUR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. MOVING ONTO SUPERINTENDENT
REPORTS. >> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD DIRECTORS FOR CELEBRATING WITH US FOR THE CLASS OF 2026 GRADUATION CEREMONIES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THERE IS STILL A FEW MORE TO COME. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR GRADUATES. WE HAVE GRADUATES THAT ARE GOING
TO COLLEGE, ENTERING THE WORKFORCE, SERVING IN THE MILITARY, OR TAKING A GAP YEAR TO TRAVEL AND SEE THE WORLD. SEE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING GRADUATES PROFILES AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ON OUR WEBSITE AT WNBA DO THE
DCSDK-12.ORG/GRADUATION, WE HAVE A FEW MORE CONGRESS GRACES COMING UP THINK DANIEL C OAKS IS THURSDAY MAY 28TH. PLUMB TREE ACADEMY IS A FRIDAY MAY 29th AND EAGLE ACADEMY IS A FRIDAY JUNE 5TH.
SEVERAL SCHOOLS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WITH PERFORMANCE AWARD, WE HAD THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZES THESE SCHOOLS DURING THE STATE OF DCSD EVENT IN EARLY MAY. IN TOTAL, OUR SCHOOLS RECEIVED 42 AWARDS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 26 MISSY MARTIN SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
EACH STUDENT RECEIVED A 3,000-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE MISSY MARTIN SCHOLARSHIP HOPE FOUNDATION, CRYING AGUILERA FROM ROCK CANYON. MILAN FROM CASTLE VIEW. JOSHUA FROM DIG LAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. JANESSA MANUEL FROM UPON ROSA
HIGH SCHOOL. AND KASPER FROM MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL. THING NATURAL MERIT STOP OR SHIP CORPORATION RELEASED THE NAMES OF WINNERS IN THE ANNUAL NATIONAL MERIT COP CZAR SHILL PERHAPS, INCLUDING SIX FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT,
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE OUTSTANDING DCSD SCHOLARS. CARTER FITZGERALD FROM MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL. [ INAUDIBLE ] ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL. AIDEN MCCOLLUM FROM MOUNTAIN VISTA. KAYDEN ZONE ALSO FROM MOUNTAIN VISIT TESTIMONY.
HANNAH FROM ROCK CANNON HIGH SCHOOL. AND INNING. OUT OF 100 NOMINATIONS KHLOE FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WAS NAMED THE 2026 OUTSTANDING COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AHEAD BOULDER. CLEARY WILL RECEIVE A WITHIN
THOUSAND DOLLAR ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS. AT CU BOULDER. CONGRATULATIONS TO ROCK CA BE ON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE BEE I DON'T BEBÉ ON CANAMED THE OUTSTANDINGY LOAN TREE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAIN
VISTA ACADEMIC -- IT DECATHLON WIN WHO WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THE COMPETITION CONSISTED OF TESTS ACROSS TEN DIVERSE SUBJECTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOBBY G. AWARD WINNERS.
CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL'S PRODUCTION OF THE ADAMS FAMILY TOOK HOME TWO AWARDS INCLUDING OUTSTANDING ACHIEVE IN THE LIGHTING DESIGN AND OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN. ADDITIONALLY SKY VIEW ACADEMIES
PRODUCTION OF BIG FISH A SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. DOUGLAS COUNTY SELECT AS A 2026 NATIONAL GOLD STAR SCHOOL BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS THE NATIONAL GOLD STAR SCHOOL PROGRAM RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE-LEVEL
SCHOOLS WHERE LEARNING COMMUNITIES WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO FOSTER CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ENSURE STUDENT SUCCESS. CONGRATULATIONS GVA. STEM SCHOOLS HIGHLANDS RANCH STUDENT WAS NAMED THE 2026 ALL
PRESIDENT CHALLENGE WINNER AT THE SKATE AND REGIONAL LEVELS. HE WILL BE PRESENT IS HIS NARRATIVE ON COGNITIVE INTERFACE FOR AN SECTION I BELIEVE A.I. EVERYONE THAT IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE ON JUNE 8th OF HE BUILT HIS PROTOTYPE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND LEARNING
DISABILITIES TO INTERACT WITH EXISTING A.I. TOOLS THAT ADAPT TO HOW THE MIND WORKS. THIS SUMMER DCSD WILL ONCE AGAIN PARTNER WITH WITH THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE IN I-5 TRANSPORTATION AND ROAD SAFETY EVENTS.
SO SAVE THE DATES. ON SATURDAY JUNE 13th, THERE WILL BE AN EVENT AT CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL. AND ON SUNDAY JULY 11th AT CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. DETAILS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S WEBSITE. NEXT WEEK DCSD NUTRITION
SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN SERVING FREE SUMMER LUNCHES IN OUR COMMUNITY. FIND LOCATIONS AND TIMES ON THE NUTRITION SERVICES WEBSITE. AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> GREAT, THANK YOU.
THERE IS ALWAYS SO MANY TO CELEBRATE. MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS -- AND THE BOARD VALUES HEARING FROM OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. YOU WILL BE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TO SUPPORT A RESPECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND MODEL TO STUDENTS CIVIL DISCOURSE WE EXPECT, WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS COMMENTS TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN TO STAFF, INDIVIDUAL
AUDIENCE MEMBERS OR GUESTS. KEEP REMARKS APPROPRIATE FOR A K-12 EDUCATION AUDIENCE AND REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSIONS OF ALL PERSONNEL MATTERS WHICH ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS.
ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAWS AND IF YOU WISH TO KEEP PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVATE, PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN YOUR COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RESPOND DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING.
BOARD-RELATED MATTERS MAY BE FOLLOWED UP BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT AT A LATER TIME AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS WILL BE REFERRED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AURA APPROPRIATE FALL -- FOR APPROPRIATE FOLLOW-UP. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICANTS --
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY RENAISSANCE P.K.-12 CHARTER SCHOOL. AND ACTUALLY WE ONLY HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THAT. WE DO NOT HAVE MY OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE HAVE ONE STUDENT WHO I BELIEVE IS IN PERSON TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT. SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN. AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE STUDENT, WE WILL MOVE TO THOSE WHO WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE. AND THEN FINISH UP WITH THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT YOU CAN JUST
MOVE ON DOWN NOW BECAUSE IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE FRONT ROW AND THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM DOWN HERE. SO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD, ADJUST THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY AND BEGIN WITH IDENTIFYING YOURSELF BY NAME.
AND WHETHER YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, OR A GROUP. AND WE ARE STARTING WITH OUR STUDENT SPEAKER KHLOE SCHUMACHER. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS KHLOE SHOE MAKER SPEC SPEAK ON BEHALF OF RENAISSANCE
SECOND DARE I SCHOOL. HAVING GONE THERE SINCE KINDERGARTEN I HAVE WATCHED THIS COMMUNITY GROW AND I CAN PERSONALLY SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM IS EXTRAORDINARY. WHILE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION HAS US CONFINED TO DESKS, RENAISSANCE TAKES US OUTDOORS TO TEST OUR THE THEORY IN THE FEEL.
OUR SCHOOL IS DEFINED BY CREW. ORIGINATING FROM OUR MOTTO, WE ARE CREW, NOT PASSENGERS BY KURT HAWN. WE LIVE THIS ON OUR DAILY LIVES THROUGH OUR EIGHTH GRADE VOYAGES AND SOLOING TO MAKING A CIRCLE OUT OF OUR TENTS FOR A TOWN. TWO, OUR EVERY DAY INTERACTIONS
IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU KNOW EVERYONE'S NAME AND TEACHERS KNOW YOU EXACTLY FOR WHO YOU ARE. IN MY HISTORY CLASS WE DON'T JUST LISTEN TO LECTURES, BUT OUR TEACHERS HELP US LEAD OUR OWN DISCUSSIONS. AND MY BIOLOGY CLASS WE DON'T JUST READ ARTICLES, BUT WE GROW OUR OWN PLANTS TO TEST OUR
HYPOTHESIZE. I DREAM I'VE WORLD WHERE EVER KID, NOT ONLY FINDS A COMMUNITY, BUT A CREW. RIGHT NOW THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAIT LIST THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE RATE. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, FOR EVERY STUDENT SITTING IN A RENAISSANCE CLASSROOM TODAY, THREE MORE ARE WAITING OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN. THAT MEANS THAT HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING THE CHANCE FOR A SUPPORTIVE CREW. RATHER THAN GETTING TO LIVE IT, THEY HAVE TO WATCH IT. IT THESE KIDS CAN HE SERVE THE RIGHT TO BE TREATED LIKE HUMAN BEINGS NOT STATISTICS, NOT JUST NUMBERS AND RENAISSANCE PROVES
THAT EVERY SING THE DAY. ON OR CAMPUS YOU ARE MORE THAN A NUMBER. YOU ARE SOMEONE. THIS PROGRAM DESERVES TO GROW. MORE STUDENTS DESERVE TO GO TO A SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE SEEN AND VALUED AND SUPPORTED BY NOT ONLY TEACHERS BUT THE STUDENTS. I SURGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON OUR EXPANSION TO THE RENAISSANCE
CREW. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT WE'LL MOVE TO THE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. FIRST WE HAVE CRYSTAL.
ARE YOU ONLINE? >> WHEN YOU ARE READY, GO AHEAD
AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> ALL RIGHT, WELCOME BACK TO YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MEGHAN BOW.
SHE'S NOT ONLINE. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE KIMBERLY G R.A. N.
>> I WONDER IF YOU CAN GET HER ON THE PHONE AND HOLD IT UP TO THE MIC. IF THAT MIGHT WORK. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE MAIN AND I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
JACQUELINE. [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> WE ARE NOT HAVING A LOT OF LUCK WITH THE ONLINE CALLERS.
LET'S SEE, ALIGN [ INAUDIBLE ]
WE'LL GO TO IN PERSON AND TRY COMING BACK TO ALIGN, WE'LL START WITH OUR FIRST IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTER. VANESSA. >> HI, I AM VANESSA.
I AM -- GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT WEARING TWO DIFFERENT HATS. DURING THE DAY I AM LUCKY TO BE THE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST AT RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL HELPING TEENAGERS NAVIGATE THE COMPLEXITIES OF COMMUNICATION
AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SETTING. BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY I AM THE PROUD PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN INCLUDING A FIRST GRADER AND INCOMING KINDERGARTEN AT RENAISSANCE EXPEDITIONARY MAGNATE SCHOOL. RIGHT NOW MY SON ATTENDS AN
ELEMENT TRY SCHOOL WHERE THE MATH DOESN'T WORK. ONLY ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE FAMILIES WHO WANT TO ENROLL THEIR KIDS CAN ACTUALLY SECURE A SPOT. WE ALL WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS, PAY INTO THE SAME SYSTEM BUT TWO OF US WILL BE TOLD NO BECAUSE I'VE LOTTERY DRAW. THIS IS THE REALITY THAT PLAYS
OUT EVERY ENROLLMENT SEASON LEAVING FAMILIES DISAPPOINTED AND OUR COMMUNITY FRACTURED. IT BY EXPANDING OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL TO INCLUDE A PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE WE ARE NOT JUST ADDING CLASSROOMED WE ARE BUILDING CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY. THIS EXPANSION OFFERS THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS,
PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF, MANY BENEFITS, INCLUDING THE EASE OF TRANSITION FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY SCHOOL. A SHARED VISION AND COMMUNITY STABILITY. WE KNOW THE JUMP FROM PRIME TROY
SECONDARY SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE MOST IT HARD FOR KIDS. IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO GROW ENOUGH A CONSISTENT SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. WE CAN SOLIDIFY AND STRENGTHEN OUR SCORE VALUES AND OLYMPIC ON HIM AT THIS MISS IRE EXHIBITION AIR I LEARNING PING.
KNOWING THEY HAVE HAD CREW THROUGH AIR EL R ELEMENTARY SCH. NO MORE 1-3 GAMBLES WE CAN PROVIDE A GUARANTEED PATH FOR RENAISSANCE FAMILIES THROUGH KINDERGARTEN TO GRADUATION. I SEE THE POTENTIAL OF OUR CREW EVERY DAY.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE HEART TO WELCOME YOUNG STUDENT INTO OUR CREW, AS PARENT WE HAVE THE NEED FOR THE TYPE OF EDUCATIONEN AND ENVIRONMENT THAT RUN SENSE SECONDARY SCHOOL HAS TO OFFER. ARE THOSE OF US IN THE RENAISSANCE FAMILY SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY, KNOW THAT WE ARE CREW NOT PASSENGERS.
OUR WISH IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD TO THE DIVERSE AND AMAZING CREW THAT WE HAVE AND TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE MORE OF THE MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN OUR MISSION AND NBA OUR SCHOOL. IF LET'S MOVE FORWARD ON THE PATH, TO MEETING THE DEMAND OF
OUR COMMUNITY AND JOINING THE RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL FAMILY. AS WELL AS PROVIDED OUR STUDENTS WITH A CONSISTENT, COHESIVE MISSION THROUGHOUT THEIR GRADE SCHOOL YEARS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT MELISSA ENGLAND. >> GOOD EVERYBODY, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MELISSA ENGLAND AND I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF THE RENAISSANCE COMMUNITY WHO WEARS MANY DIFFERENT HATS. I AM A FORMER RSS AND RECOMMENDS
PARENT, FORMER RENAISSANCE EXPEDITIONARY MAGNATE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE AND CURRENT RSS TEACHER. MY RENAISSANCE JOURNEY BEGAN 13 YEARS AGO WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I SAT IN A PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE FOR OUR SECOND GRADE DAUGHTER OUT OF PURE KINDNESS HER TEACHER SUGGEST WE HAD LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.
SHE SUSPECTS OUR DAUGHTER WAS GIFTED AND NEEDED SOMETHING MORE. A CLOSE FRIEND RECOMMENDED REMEMBER SAINTS I KNEW WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY SCHOOL DO YOU RECALL LOOKED LIKE AND HOW RARE IT WAS WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I
TOURED RENAISSANCE. I FELT THAT SPARK THEN WE LEARNED ABOUT THE LOTTERY AND OUR HEARTS SANK OUR ONLY HOPE WAS OUR SON WHO WAS ENTERING KINDERGARTEN, HE GOT -- IF HE GOT IN HIS SISTER WITH WOULD EIGHT A SIBLING PREFERENCE SPOT FOR THIRD GRADE, WE WENT FOR IT.
I STILL REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS WHEN THE EMAIL ARRIVED. MY SON WAS N SOON AFTER MY DAUGHTER WAS, TOO. IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE WHEN I DROPPED OFF THE DEPOSIT CHECK AT RENAISSANCE. BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION I KNEW EXACTLY HOW LUCKY WE WERE.
WE HAD WON'T EDUCATION LOTTERY. THAT WAS 13 YEARS AGO. TODAY PARENTS ARE STILL RIDING THAT EXACT SAME EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER NOW, IT'S EVEN HARDER TO GET A SPOT. THE A ANXIETY HASN'T CHANGED BUT DEMAND HAS SKYROCKETED AT A
RECENT MEETING THE GRANDMOTHER OF A SIXTH GRADER ASKED ME IF I HAD ANY PULL TO GET THE YOUNGER TWO CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN OF HERS INTO HE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT HITS FROM EVERYWHERE. PARENTS ARE HAND RINGING
CHILDREN'S FUTURES, PRAYING FOR LUCK. EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION SHOULD NOT REQUIRE A GOLDEN TICKETS. EXPANDING RENAISSANCE IS NOT JUST ABOUT ADDING CLASSROOMS IT'S ABOUT ANSWERING THE CALL OF HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES SEARCHING FOR WHAT WE FOUND 13 YEARS AGO. EXPANDING RENAISSANCE WILL ALLEVIATE THE DESPERATION AND
TURN ANXIETY OF A LOTTERY INTO THE PROMISE OF A SPOT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ZOE. >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ZOE AND I AM A 2025RSS GRADUATE. ARE I ATTENDED THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. ALL DCSD SCHOOLS. BUT RENAISSANCE STUCK OUT TO ME AS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND CHARACTER BUILDING.
JOINED RENAISSANCE WHAT WAS A JUNIOR DESPITE BEING THE NEW KID I WAS NEVER CONSIDERED AN OUTSIDER I WAS WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS AND EXCITED HEARTS. MY PRESENCE WAS ACCEPTED AS IF I HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE. I AS FELT I BELONGED AT RENAISSANCE AND I KNOW I STILL DO.
NEW STUDENTS ARE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN OPPORTUNITIES AND MEMBERS OF OUR CREW. SINCE GRADUATING I SPENT LAST SCHOOL YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, I STILL FIND MYSELF SEARCHING FOR THAT COMMUNITY THAT RENAISSANCE PROVIDED ME.
EXPANDING THE SCHOOL WOULD ALLOW SO MANY MORE STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THE COMMUNITY AND THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT THAT RENAISSANCE OFFERS. THIS SCHOOL CULTIVATES AN ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED ON POLITICAL THINKERS, PROBLEM SOLVERS AND HARD WORKERS THE TEACHERS AND
STAFF HAVE SHAPED MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLD AND THEIR POSITIVE INFLUENCE MADE ME INTO WHO I AM TODAY. THEY HAVE INSTILL ED IN ME A LOVE FOR LEARNING, FOR DEFENDING WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT. AND FOR INCLUSIVELY ABOVE ALL. THAT SPIRT OF CREW OF BELONGING
AND CONNECTION IS WHAT D DEFINES RENAISSANCE. ALONG WITH THAT IT GIVES STUDENTS THE FREEDOM AND THE RESOURCES TO LEAD. IF THE STUDENT BODY HAS AS AN IDEA WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THE TEACHERS AND STAFF TO MAKE OUR VISIONS A REALITY. THAT EMPOWERMENT ALONG WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO MAKE THEIR DREAMS FEEL TANGIBLE AND LIKE THEY CAN TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. RENAISSANCE TAUGHT ME THAT I CAN DO HARD THINGS THAT I SHOULD ALWAYS STAY CURIOUS. AND THAT COMMUNITY IS IS VITAL TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR WORLD. THE TWO YEARS THAT I SPENT AT
THAT SCHOOL WERE THE HAPPIEST YEARS OF MY LIFE THUS FAR. AND THE VALUES AND ENERGY THAT EXIST WITHIN THOSE WALLS IS SO RARE. AND ANY STUDENT WHO HAS THE PLEASURE OF EXPERIENCING THAT IS SO FORTUNATE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT AMY STEVENS. >> GOOD EVENING I AM READ ON THE GROUND BEHALF OF TRISHA McNAUGHT AN SHE'S AN INTENTS
TO ENROLL SUBMISSION FOR THE RENAISSANCE PRE-K-5. WHEN WE DECIDED TO MOVE TO WOW FROM TEXAS TO BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER, RENAISSANCE SECONDARY WAS OUR FIRST A-HA MOMENT COMPLETELY EMBODYING THE HOLISTIC VERSION OF EDUCATION I DIDN'T KNOW WAS POSSIBLE MY SON
IS AN INCOMING FRESHMAN AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WAS A FANTASY DRIVING US TO COLORADO AS A REALITY. WE ALSO HAVE A PRESCHOOLER AND ARE THRILLED FOR HER TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS APPROACH. TO LEARNING FROM THE VERY START. MY SON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
CRITICAL THINKER, SOMETIMES REFERRED AS THE ATTORNEY WHICH -- WHICH IS IS NOT A FIRE I WANT TO STIFLE. ESPECIALLY IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF OUR WORLD TODAY. HE HAS BEEN A HIGH-ACHIEVER, PERFORM,, CONNECTOR SPIN VADER WHO SOUNDS LIKE GREAT QUALITIES
AS AN ADULT BUT CAN BE DISCOURAGES IN A TYPICAL CRASS ROOM SHEDDING MY HOPE IS EN SANS WILL REIGNITE A PASSION FOR LEARNING STICKING WITH HIM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE I AM CERTAIN IF WE HAD HAD ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAMMING AT AN EARLY EDUCATION HIS FIRE WOULD BURN MUCH BRIGHTER I HOPE MY DAUGHTER
DOESN'T EXPERIENCE THE STRUGGLE OF FITTING HER PAIN INTO A BOX AT A TISK AND TEAM HER FIGHT LIT THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE PRE-K THROUGH FIVE AT RENAISSANCE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
NEXT BRITTANY PEERS. THAT IS EVERYONE THAT IS FOR IN PERSON. I'LL CIRCLE BACK TO ZOOM. IN CASE WE CAN CONNECT WITH
INDIVIDUALS, FIRST CYSTAL.
CAN SHE CALL YOU AND READ OVER THE PHONE. ON THE MIC MAYBE. THAT'S A ALTERNATIVE. >> SURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ONCE YOU HAVE SOMEONE, GO AHEAD AND JUST ANNOUNCEMENT. >> CHRIST, CAN YOU HEAR US? >> YES, I CAN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. PLEASE PROCEED.
>> YEP. >> PERFECT. OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE MYSELF. HI, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED IN CASTLE ROCK FOR 2 1/2 YEARS I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. WHEN WE MOVED TO CASTLE ROCK MY SON WAS JUST ABOUT TO TURN 1. SO HE'S ALMOST 3 1/2 NOW. HE IS INCREDIBLY ACTIVE BOY. HE LOVES TO RUN AND JUMP AND
CLIMB AND JUST CONSTANTLY MOVE. SITTING SPOIL LONG PERIODS OF TIME IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM. HE CURRENTLY ATTENDS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY BECAUSE HE EXPERIENCES SENSORY OVERLOADS. BUT MOVEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY HELPS HIM REGULATE AND LEARN.
A CLOSE FRIEND OF MIND WHO USED TO BE A TEACHER RECOMMENDED EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING TO US BECAUSE SHE FELT IT WOULD WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THE WAY HE LEARNS AND EXPERIENCES THE WORLD AS A PARENT, I DO NOT WANT TO FORCE MY CHILD INTO AN EDUCATIONAL AT THE TIMING THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT HITS NEEDS, I
WANT HIM TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CURIOSITY, MOVEMENT, EXPLORATION, HANDING-ON LEARNINE ENCOURAGED INSTEAD OF DISCOURAGED. I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO IS 19 MONTHS YOUNGER THAN HIM AND SHE IS FOLLOWING HIS FOOTSTEPS AND
IS VERY CRAZY AS WELL IN A GOOD TYPED KIND OF WAY I HOPE SHE FOLLOWS IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AND BENEFITS FROM THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR MY FAMILY SPECIFICALLY IS ACCESS. WE LIVE IN CASTLE ROCK, BUT WE ARE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL. AND OPEN ENROLLMENT CAN ALREADY
FEEL REALLY DIFFICULT AND UNCERTAIN. I HAVE A CLOSE FRIEND, ANOTHER CLOSE FRIEND WHOSE DAUGHTER IS STARTING WITHIN GARDEN THIS AUGUST AND SHE WAS HOPE TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL AS WELL. BUT WHEN SHE WENT TO DO THE WAIT LIST IT WAS SO LONG AND SHE LOST
HOPE AND HAD TO CHOOSE ANOTHER OPTION. HEARING THAT, REAL MADE ME NERVOUS FOR MY OWN FAMILY'S FUTURE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EXPANDING FUNDING FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING PROGRAMS NO WOW NOT ONLY HELP MY CHILDREN BUT SO MANY OTHER FAMILIES SEARCHING
FOR AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT THAT BETTER SUPPORTS DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES AND NEEDS. SO THAT IS HOW I FEEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN.
NEXT KIMBERLY. >> YES, PLEA DO. [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> I AM GOING TO HAVE YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD NOW. >> OKAY. YOU CAN SAID. >> OKAY. HELLO. I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF MY NAME IS KIMBERLY JOHNSON. I AM JUST COMING TO YOU GUYS TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
K-5 EXPANSION OF RENAISSANCE. AS A MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN, FINDING A SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT FEELED SAFE, SUPP SUPPORTIVE AND ALIGNED WITH OUR FAMILY'S VALUED INNING ASK INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT KNEE THINK OUR DAUGHTER ALREADY A PART OF RENAISSANCE COMMUNITY
IT'S BEEN THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF ANY SCHOOL WE HAVE ENCOUNTER AHEAD CROSS MULTIPLE STATES AND CITIES. THAT WE HAVE LIVED IN AS A MILITARY FAMILY. SORRY TO HEAR MY KIDS. BUT THE SENSE OF FAMILY ENCOURAGEMENT AND PASSION WITHIN THE ENTIRE RENAISSANCE COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN LIFE CHANGING FOR OUR DAUGHTER. WE RECENTLY SUBMITTED AN INTENT TO ENROLL FOR OUR SON, BEAR, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HIM BEING A PART OF THE VERY FIRST KINDERGARTEN CLASS SOMETHING THAT OUR FAMILY IS TRULY EXCITED ABOUT. AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR OUR
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TO ENROLL AND LATER OUR YOUNGEST SON, EXPANDING RENAISSANCE WOULD NOT ONLY BENEFIT MY FAMILY PE PERSONALLY BUT ALSO MANY OTHER FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY LOOKING FOR A STRONG EDUCATIONAL EDGE ENVIRONMENT WITH THEIR CHILDREN -- WHERE THEIR CHILDREN CAN GROW ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY FROM EARLY AGE
THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FAMILIES LIKE OUR CONSISTENCY AND COMMUNITY MATTER DEEPLY. HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHILDREN TO REMAIN IN ONE CONNECTED SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS HELPS BUILD STABILITY, FRIENDSHIPS, TRUST WITH TEACHERS
AND STAFF AND A STRONGER SENSE OF BELONGING. AS A PARENT THAT CONTINUITY IS INVALUABLE OF I BELIEVE THE EXPANSION HE NEXT THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING COMMUNITY SUPPORTING K-5 EXPANSION WOULD CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE FAMILIES
TO ACCESS A SCHOOL THAT THEY BELIEVE IN AND WANT TO INVEST IN LONG-TERM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERATION AND DEDICATION TO THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. I SINCERELY HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE THE RENAISSANCE K-5 EXPANSION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE HAVE JACQUELINE. >> HI JACQUELINE, YOU CAN BEGIN
WHEREVER YOU ARE READY. >> HELLO. >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> OKAY. IT'S SO WEIRD WITH THE DELAY WATCHING THE LIVE VERSION. SO I WASN'T QUITE SURE. HI, MY NAME IS JACKY AND I LIVE
IN SAY DALTON YEAH, COLORADO THE MOTHER OF TWO SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. AND WE ARE NOT PART OF THE RENAISSANCE FAMILY BUT I HAVE HEARD SUCH GREAT THINGS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT A NEW SCHOOL. AND AN EXPANSION SUCH AS THIS
ONE FOR RENAISSANCE BECAUSE IT'S A NEW WAY OF THINKING OF IT'S NEW IDEAS. IT'S SOME WAYS OF CLAP RATING. AND ROCK CLIMBING AND DRUMMING ARE BILL VALUES TO US AND OUR
FAMILY. AND AN EXPANSION WOULD ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO POSSIBLY ATTEND. SO I AM ALL FOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS HE EXPANSION. IT'S NEEDED.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE HAD ONE LAST ONLINE CALLER ELAINE.
>> WE CAN EASILY DO THAT AGAIN. >> HELLO. YOU ARE HEAR IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. >> CAN YOU HEAR US? >> I CAN. YOU ARE OPEN TO SPEAK NOW.
>> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. HELLO I AM HERE FOR THE SECOND YEAR TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF RENAISSANCE THE. I AM DOING THIS BECAUSE I LOVE THE PREMISE BEHIND EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING MODEL AND FEEL WE NEED
MORE OF THIS ENVIRONMENT, EXPERIENCE AND, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. MY GOOD FRIEND KNEW THAT -- WHAT SHE WAS LOOK FOR WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR HER DAUGHTER TO GO TO SCHOOL. SHE DID ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS EARLY AND WAS BLESSED TO GET INTO -- GET HER DAUGHTER INTO RENAISSANCE EXPEDITION AIR I
IMAGINE NATURAL SCHOOL FROM THE START. WHEN HE WITH MET I GOT KAO*T GET OVER THE AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN AT THE SCHOOL AND I KNEW THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I W I WANT FOR OUR FAMILY AS WELL MY DAUGHTER IS GOING INTO SECOND GRADE IN AUGUST. LAST YEAR WE WERE ON THE WAITING
LIST OF I BELIEVE ABOUT 175 STUSTUDENTS AND WE DID NOT GET . THIS YEAR WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET IN. THIS MEANS MY DAUGHTER WILL BE BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THE CREW AND I WILL TOO. IT ALSO MEANS I WILL BE DRIVING A MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS A DAY ROUND TRIP TO BRING HER TO HER SCHOOL AND BACK.
NEXT I'LL SHARE MY FRIEND'S BEAUTIFULLY ITERATED WORDS WHICH EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY I AM WILLING TO COMMIT TO THAT DRIVE. QUOTE, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS SCHOOL, CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GROWTH ARE NOT TREATED AS EXTRAS THEY ARE AT THE CORE OF EVERYTHING THE
SCHOOL DOES. IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT TEACHES CHILDREN NOT ONLY TO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY, BUT HOW TO BECOME KIND, CAPABLE, GROUNDED HUMAN BEINGS. STUDENTSLEARN LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND A TRUE GROWTH MINDSET.
THEY ARE TAUGHT HOW THE TO WORK TOGETHER, EVEN WHEN THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE OR NATURALLY GOT A LONG, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT LIFE SKILL. THE ENVIRONMENT IS CALLING COHESIVE AND DEEPLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHILDREN SPEAK KINDLY NO TODAY ONE ANOTHER AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER. THERE IS A SENSE OF EMOTIONAL SAFETY YOU CAN FEEL THE MOMENT
YOU WALK IN. IT FEELS LIKE A COMMUNITY. EVERYONE KNOWS THE PARENTS, THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY. MY CHILD GOES TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY WITHOUT FEAR, RESISTANCE ORANGER SITE I BECAUSE IT ALWAYS FEELS SAFE LIKE AN TENSION OF HOME FOR HER. AND SHE GOES ON.
HE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THE STAFF SUPPORTS CHILDREN BY GROWTH AND SETBACKS, CHILDREN ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN A LOVE AND SUPPORTIVE WAY. THEY ARE GUIDED TOWARD WHERE THEY WANT AND NEED TO BE WITH ENCOURAGEMENT INSTEAD OF SHAME. ACADEMICALLY, THE GROWTH I WITNESSED IN MY CHILD HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL. I HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENT NOT ONLY ACADEMIC
ABILITY BUT IN REASONING, CONFIDENCE, PROBLEM SOLVING AND EXECUTION. SHE'S LEARNING HOW TO THINK, LEAD HERSELF, AND ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD AROUND HERE THE SCHOOL IS SHAPING YOU SHO*EUPG CHANGE CERTAINLY ACADEMY LICK I CANNER EMOTIONALLY, SOCIALLY AND AS A PARENT I CANNOT ASK FOR MORE. WOW, RIGHT.
I HEARD THIS YEAR -- I HEARD THIS YEAR'S WAITING LIST IS 205 STUDENT. >> I HAVE TEEN SECONDS REMAINING. >> 72% WERE NOT ADMITTED. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEMAND. I FEEL TOSS NOON I ALWAYS I REMEMBER HOW IT FELT. BELIEVING ME WHEN I SAY I WISH
THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSER AND OUR HOME SCHOOL WHICH IS THREE MINUTES AWAY WAS MORE LIKE THIS. BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE YEARS AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> SO THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS EVENING. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 7. ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR PARKER.
>> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY DR. EFFECT TOUR CALLAHAN. THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE MOTION IS NOW OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE I WILL MOVE US INTO ROLL CALL DIRECTOR CALLAHAN.
>> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEKS, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 8.
WE'LL MOVE TO 8 ADOPTION OF THE JOINT MOTION AGENDA WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 12, 2026 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE REGULAR
BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES, THE VERSION THAT STATES UPDATED. >> GREAT. LET'S HAVE A SECOND AND WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR TOP THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RYAN THAT THE BOARD
APPROVE THE MAY 12th 2026 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES OPENING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. AND IN CASE ANY DIRECTORS DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE UPDATE, WE LOOKED AT THE PRIOR ONE, THERE WERE JUST A COUPLE OFS OR ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION THAT WAS MOVED FROM
THE ACROSS THE BOARD. INTO THE MINUTES FOR I THINK THREE ITEMS THAT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY DESCRIPTION.
IT'S JUST WENT OUT TO THE BOARD. JUST COULD YOU JUSTICE THE FORMAT FROM AT CROSS BOARD SEEMS LIKE A NICE WAY TO ADD MORE DETAIL TO SOME OF OUR BUSINESS ITEMS THAT WE ARE VOTING ON AND SO THAT'S THE CHANGE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
SEEING NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLL. SO WE'LL START WITH DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. AND NOW WE ARE IN TO OUR STUDY ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 PROPOSED
BUDGET. INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S MATERIALS IS A MEMO FROM THE FISCAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS WELL OUTLINING BOTH ITS SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND SEVERAL LONG-TERM FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE CONTINUE OUR PLANNING WORK.
THIS ITEM PROVIDES THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED BUDGET, A ASK QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS BOTH THE MEET NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. AS A REMINDER, WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING.
AND WE HAVE THAT SAME PRESENTATION BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO STAFF TO WALK US THROUGH IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES ON THAT. WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES SCHEDULE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND 20 MINUTES FOR Q&A. SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> YES, CFO WILL BE UPDATING OUT THE PROPOSE THE BUDGET INCLUDING ANSWERING A QUESTION THAT CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING AND I HAVE WITH ME THE BUDGET DIRECTOR DREW. DREW PHELPS. HE'S GOING TO BE HELPING ME ANSWER SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO THIS IS THE SAME SLIDE DECK THAT YOU HAD LAST TIME. SO I AM NOT GOING TO TO SPEND TIME GOING THROUGH THE DECK AGAIN. IF SOMETHING WAS UPDATED ON THE SLIDE WE DID NOTE ON THERE THAT IT HAS BEEN UPDATED SINCE LAST
TIME THAT YOU SAW THE INFORMATION. I AM NOT ABLE TO CLICK FORWARD. THANK YOU. GOT IT. OKAY. SO I AM GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE QUESTION THAT WE HAD LAST TIME. SO DIRECTOR THOMPSON HAD A GREAT
QUESTION AROUND THE PIE GRAPH LAST TIME THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A GOOD ANSWER AT THE TIME. SO THANK YOU APPROXIMATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS BACK AND ADDRESS THAT. SO THERE'S THREE THINGS T THAT E ADDRESSING THIS QUESTION, THE QUESTION LAST TIME WAS ON THE
PREVIOUS -- LET'S SEE. ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WE TALK ABOUT THAT THERE IS A INCREASE OF 4.8 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND. THE QUESTION WAS, WHEN WE TOOK THIS GRAPH AND ADDED THE NUMBERS
TOGETHER, IT DID NOT EQUAL A $4.8 MILLION INCREASE FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE PRESENTED THIS PIE GRAPH. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST THING IS THIS SLIDE IS TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND ONLY.
THIS GRAPH IS THE COMBINED GENERAL FUND. SO IT IS NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IT IS THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. WHICH MEANS THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT FUND, THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION FUND AND THE TRANSPORTATION FUND ALONG WITH THE GENERAL FUND. SO THESE ARE MORE THAN JUST THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WE ONLY GENERATE THIS GRAPH DURING THE ADOPTED BUDGET TIME.
BUT THE 4.8 MILLION IS TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE FROM THE FINAL REVISED BUDGET. TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES. AND THEN AS WE DUG INTO THIS, IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JUST EVALUATE WHAT WE WERE PUTTING INTO THE GRAPH OVERALL.
SO DREW AND I INNING TEAR AT THE TIME SOME OF THIS FROM A PREVIOUS DIRECTOR IT WAS I GOOD STUNT TO DIG IN AND SEE WHAT WE WERE REALLY INCLUDED IN THE GRAPH IT WASN'T JUST THE COMBINED GENERAL AS IT'S LABELED BUT IT WHAT IT SOME SOME ITEMS
BUT NOT ALL ITEMS FROM THE GRANT FUND. IT'S JUST THE TRUE GENERAL FUND ITEMS IF YOU ADD EVERYTHING ON THE GRAPH IT EQUALS THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE DISPLAYED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. IT'S A CLEANER WAY DO IT AND DID
NOT CHANGE -- IT BARELY CHANGED THE P*ERPBLGZ IT'S A MUCH BETTER PRESENTATION. THOSE WERE THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU. AND WE ARE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECTOR THOMPSON WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING REGARDING FOR C'S WORK AND MEMO. I REALLY APPRECIATED THEIR MEMO. AS ALWAYS THIS DO AN EXCELLENT
JOB PROVIDING THAT. WE CAN JUST INTO THE QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO OUR FOC FOR THE MEMO THEY PROVIDED TO THE BOARD I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE HAS A
HAD BEEN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT. IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, ONE, THEY GIVE US THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
HOW THINGS LOOK IT THE FUTURE AND WHO YOU ARE NEEDS ARE AND I THINK THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOWING IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE FOC HAS DONE IN THE PAST. AND I FEEL LIKE WE SEE SOME MORE DETAIL IN THIS VERSION, AND I
THINK THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN IS REALLY CLEAR AND HELPFUL YOU BUT I AM ALSO SITTING IN THOSE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE VERY RECEPTIVE FEEDBACK IF YOU FIND THIS HELPFUL, IS THERE A SHIFT IN WHAT THEY PRESENT THAT WOULD BE HELP. TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THEY LOOK
FOR THAT FEEDBACK CONSISTENTLY AND IT MIGHT NOT BE AN ANSWER THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT BUT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE RETREAT THIS SUMMER WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> I FOUND THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL TO BE REALLY HELPFUL, FOR SURE. I DON'T HAVE ANY SUGGESTED
CHANGES OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDITS OR ANYTHING. PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS FEEDBACK. >> AND THEN I KNOW THAT STAFF HELPED WITH SHAPING THIS AND, SO JUST SHARING SOME APPRECIATION BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS
ANOTHER COMPONENT OF TRANSPARENCY. AND BEING ABLE TO POST THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE, I APPRECIATE THE F OFFEND C AND I
APPRECIATE THE WORK DONE BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. MY ONLY COMMENT ON THE FOC IS THEY PROBABLY UNDER STATE THE RISK FOR NEXT YEAR. AS A LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT IN A NUMBER OF MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT.
AND THERE IS DEEP AND CONTINUE CONCERN WITH THE EXPERTS AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, INCLUDING LEGISLATORS. THAT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WHICH ESCAPED A LOT OF ONE-TIME FUNDS IS NOT REPEATABLE.
THAT THE RELATIVE SMALL INCREASE THAT WE GOT AND WAS GIVEN ACROSS THE STATE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MATCHED NEXT YEAR. AND THAT WITHOUT A STRUCTURAL CHANGE TO HOW WE FUND SCHOOLS IN
THIS STATE, IT PROBABLY AT LEAST A SUBSTANTIAL RISK THAT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WOULD NOT JUST BE LOWER BUT SUBSTANTIALLY SO AND SO AS WE BUDGET AND AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR FUNDING LEVELS AND OUR CHALLENGES AS WELL AS OUR
CONTINGENCY FUNDS. WE AS A BOARD HAVE TO BE REASONABLY ASSURED THAT COME NEXT YEAR, THESE SEVEN PEOPLE MAY BE FACING A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION. AND IT WILL TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF
REVIEW AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEM. AND ANYBODY WHO HAS READ THIS BUDGET KNOWS VERY CLEARLY, ANY SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN OUR BUDGET, MEANS DECREASING EMPLOYEES. THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE TO REALLY SAVE MOUNTAIN YOU CAN COMES IN
AND TALK ABOUT NEEDLE THIS IS AND A LITTLE OF THAT, BUT IF THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL NEED TO CUT THE BUDGET THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE. SO I APPRECIATE THE HONESTY AT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE CFO AND FROM THE FOC. I AM TRYING REEMPHASIZE THAT
THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YES. SO YOU KNOW I WAS REVIEWING THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AND THERE IS A PAGE THAT I
STRUGGLE TRANSLATE INTO NUMBERS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO TALK B SO ON PAGE 20 AND THIS IS JUST BREAKING DOWN THE PER PUPIL EXPENSE BY -- THIS IS LOOKING ALEX PENALTY TRUES. BY DEPARTMENT. SO WHAT WE SHOW IS THE PER PUPIL
AMOUNT. THE PERCENT OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, THEN WHAT THAT TOTAL EXPENDITURE LOOKS LIKE FOR EACH OF THOSE LIKE BROAD CATEGORIES. AND FOR MAY, I HAVE RILEY HARD TIME TRYING TO IT TRANSLATE THE PER-PUPIL AMOUNT TO THE ACTUAL
PENSION AT THIS TRUE AMOUNT. SO HOW WOULD I BE ABLE TO CONVERT -- SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF I AM LOOKING AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACTION BUDGET, WHICH THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS ADDED AN EIGHT OF THE PER PUPIL AMOUNT.
WHAT NUMBER AM I MULTIPLYING THAT AGAINST TO KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE? >> GOOD EVENING, DIRECTORS. I ACTUALLY AM THE ONE THAT DOES THIS WHOLE PART OF THE SECTION. SO I CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT PRETTY WELL. THIS IS THE COMBINED GENERAL
FUND AGAIN, SO 13, 14, 205. AND THE PER PUPIL AMOUNT IS JUST THE TOTAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT OF WHAT WE ARE EXPECTED FOR OUR SO JUST ENROLLMENT. WE HAD A NUMBER OF 42,059 OF
NEIGHBORHOOD STUDENTS SO EACH OF THOSE NUMBERS BREAKS DOWN INTO -- WE TAKE WHAT IS THE BOARD'S TOTAL BUDGET IS AND DIVIDE IT BY THAT PUPIL AMOUNT OF 42,059. AND THAT'S HOW WE GET TO THESE PERCENTAGES AND THAT'S CATEGORIES. >> OKAY. SO I WOULD DO 42,059 STUDENTS
TIMES EIGHT AND I WOULD SEE MY IT -- THE BOARD BUDGET? >> YES, THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY WHAT YOU WOULD BE EXPECTING FOR THE BUDGET. >> OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT DOING THE PER PUPIL IS REALLY HELPFUL IN TERMS
OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU GUYS CALCULATE A LOT OF THINGS WHAT'S THE PER PUPIL EXPENSIVE SUBTHING, I WONDER IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE FOR PUBLIC FACING WOULD BE BETTER JUST TO HAVE THE NUMBERS OR AT
LEAST SOMETHING THAT STATES HOW SOMEONE COULD FIND VALUE WHAT NBA WHAT IS STATE ODD THIS PAGE.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. SO I WILL ASK ONE. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE TARGETED FUND BALANCE LEVELS AND REALLY WHAT IS THE MULTI-YEAR FISCAL
STABILIZATION PLAN FOR ONCE WE HIT THE TARGETED FUND BALANCE LEVEL. I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ASKING VOTERS
TO SUPPORT US POTENTIALLY WITH AN MLO. SO BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT I THINK IS REALLY HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. JUST ZAG STARTING DID HE BEGINNING BEFORE COVID HIT WE
WERE AROUND 3 TO 4% FUND BALANCE TO EX-PENALTY DID I TRUES DURING COVID WE HAD A LOT OF ONE-TIME FUFUNDS THAT CAME IN PLUS VACANCIES WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FILL. WE TRIED AND THE EMPLOYEES WERE NOT OUT THERE TO HIRE DURING
THAT TIME THINK SO DURING THAT TIME PE PERIOD WHICH IS HIGHER N IT REALLY SHOULD BE. SO WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THAT EFFORT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO STRATEGICALLY SPEND
DOWN THAT FUND BALANCE ON OUR KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS NOW, THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD BE GOING. SO WE HAVE SPENT IT DOWN TO 9%. 7% IS WHERE WE ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND NEXT YEAR THAT WILL BE AT 5%. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
NUMBER TO WATCH. WE HAVE OTHER FUND BALANCE AMOUNTS BUT THIS IS THE UNASSIGNED PORTION SO THIS IS REALLY OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. THIS HAS HELPED US NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE CUTS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD TO MAKE, WE ARE ABLE TO
HAVE -- WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME HARD TIMES. WE ARE ALL INTERNING DECLINING ENROLLMENT. WE ARE ALL HAVING TO RIGHT SIZE OUR ORGANIZATION AND, MAKE SOME CUTS WHERE WE HAVE NOT HAD TO IN MANY YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN A GROWING STATE AND GROWING
POPULATION OF STUDENTS. SO THIS IS HAS LOTT LOUD US THE ABILITY TO DO THIS CAREFUL AND I THOUGHTFULLY AND NOT JUST MAKE CUTS TO OUR BUDGETS WE ARE
GETGETTING REALLY CLOSE ONTO WHE WE CAN, THREE PARISIAN, THIS IS SOME SAVINGSS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP ON FOR FUTURE THINGS LIKE DIRECTOR GEIGER WAS TALKING ABOUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET WILL LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR OR FRANKLY FOR THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS. WHAT THE STATE OVERALL BUDGET LOOKS LIKE WHAT FUNDING WILL BE LIKE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IF WE CAN PASS MAYBE SOME FUTURE BOND INITIATIVES FOR A TPUPGDZ OF SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE. SO GETTING REALLY CLOSE THAT SPOT WHERE WE HAVE TO RIGHT SIZE
THAT BUDGET. WE ONLY HAVE PART OF EQUATION UNDER CONTROL, THE REVENUE, WHICH IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE OUR LEGISLATURES. WE CAN INFLUENCE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL WHAT
THAT NUMBER IS. WE DID THIS BY CONSOLIDATING, CONSOLIDATING THE THREE SCHOOLS IN HIGHLANDS RANCH WE NEED TO LACK AT THIS GOING FORWARD. WE NEED TO WE ARE LOOK AT
SITE-BASED BUDGET WHICH IS NOT NONDISCRETIONARY MONEY THAT GOES INTO OUR SCHOOLS WE BUILT THOSE SITES-BASED BUDGETS DURING A TIME DURING A TIME OF INCREASING ENROLL. T WORKED THIS NBA THAT ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT OF DECLINING ENROLL.
WE ARE WORK THIS IS NEXT YEAR DILIGENTLY TO SEE DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT ALLEGATIONS GOING TO OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE COMMITTED TO CUTTING. 10,000,005,000,000 NEXT YEAR. THAT WILL BE OUR MINIMUM WE ARE LOOK AT CUTTING.
WE ALSO NEED TO WATCH THIS AS WE GET READY TO SELL OUR SECOND TRANCHE OF BONDS HERE IN JULY. IS YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT RESOLUTION IN JUNE, THIS ALSO AFFECTS OUR RATINGS WITH THE PHIL AND MOODY AS THEY LOOK AT
THE FUND BALANCES AND DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF RATE QUESTION GET ON SELLING BONDS. WE ARE STILL IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT BUT TIMES AFTER THIS NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE IN A SPOT RIGHT
SIZE. >> DOESN'T TO SAY SOMETHING SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION. PART OF THE YA STRATEGY IN GETTG RIGHT SIZE SECOND DEGREE THE CON SOL GAMES OF SIX SCHOOLS ALONG
WITH LOOK LOOKING AT CONSOLIDAG CENTRAL ADMIN AND WE HAVE TO CUT THAT 5,000,010,000,000 FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR DISTRICT. IN ORDER TO GET TO THE PLAY WHERE WE ARE FULLY RIGHT SIZED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. >> WHEN SHOULD THE BOARD SEE VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND ASSUMPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES MOVING FORWARD. DO YOU SEE THE BOARD BEING ENGAGED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS
IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THAT TIMELINE. >> I WOULD SAY YOU'LL SEE IT OVER THE NEXT YEAR. IT WILL BE A YEAR FROM NOW. FROM WHEN WE DO THE 27-28 PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT ACTUALLY
LOOKS LIKE. BUT, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE SPENDING THE BETTER PART OF THE WINTER DEVELOPING WHAT OUR PLAN WILL BE. WE ALSO WILL HAVE A LOT MORE CLARITY BY THEN ON EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION
WILL BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT SITUATION. THE LAST PIECE THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE IS THAT OUR RESEARCH AGENT HANOVER IS CURRENTLY DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT FOR US ON OUR
SITE-BASED BUDGETS, AS CFO IS IS LIKE NEVER REFERENCED WE DON'T HAVE THE LIGHT BALANCE GIVEN DECLINING ENROLL IN THE OUR SCHOOLS SO THEY ARE DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT BALANCE COULD AND SHOULD BEING. SO WE'LL KNOW THE RESULTS OF
THAT SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL KIND OF COME TOGETHER IN THE WINTER. >> IT, OTHER QUESTIONS, DIRECTOR GEIGER AS WE LOOK AT RIGHT RITE SIZING BOTH IN OTHER WORDS IT OF
THE DIRECT OVERALL AND SITE-BASED BUDGETING. HOW MUCH -- HOW ARE WE TALK TOURING BUILDING LEADERS ABOUT THIS? I ASSUME THEY KNOW SOME MAY BE
COMING THAT WOULD LEAD TO, I MEAN, DO WE EXPECT A TENDENCY FOR BUILDING LEADERS TO INCREASE THEIR RETENTION DO WE KNOW HOW THEY WILL RESPOND THAT AND DO WE HAVE BUILDING LEADERS LOOKING AT WHO MIGHT NEED TO BE CUT NEXT
YEAR. >> YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE A BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE. THAT IS VERY ENGAGE ODD THE SITE-BASED BUDGET AND ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT. WE NEED ON A YEARLY BASIS TO TALK ABOUT VARIOUS DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT'S OUR CORE GROUP
THAT WARREN GAUGING WITH TO SAY HERE IS IS THE ANALYSIS WE ARE DOING WITH HANOVER AND THE RESULTS OF THAT AND GET THEIR PROFESSIONAL INPUT ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THEIR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS LIKE THEM. I THINK THERE IS A LOT REALLY
GOOD DETAILED INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM THAT GROUP WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH PRINCIPALS AS A WHOLE. WE HAVE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM HE MEETINGS, WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS COMING AND WE TALK ABOUT LEGISLATION. THIS WON'T BE A SHOCK TO THEM.
AND THEY DO SEND US EMAILS AND GIVE US INPUT. WE HAVE EN TKPWHAEULGD A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. THE CARRY-OVER ASPECTS OF THAT YOU ARE BUDGET AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM.
THEY ARE UNDERSTANDING THOUGH PLAY A PART OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE INTO THE FUTURE, WHAT THEY THAT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH TOGETHER AND DOING IT AS A TEAM. >> ARE ANY TEACHERS INVOLVED IN THE GROUPS? >> WE HAVE NOT HAD TEACHERS INVOLVED IN THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE -- THERE IS SO MANY PIECES AND PARTS TO THE BUDGE OVER THE ALL. NOW, WHETHER THEY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US MORE THAT. >> YEAH. I THINK FROM BUDGET STEERING
COMMITTEE WE DON'T HAVE TEACHERS THAT PARTICULAR OF AHEAD EXPLAINERS GIVING FEEDBACK LOOKING AT SITE-BASED BUDGETING, HOWEVER ON A VERY GRANULAR LEVEL AS WE ARE BUILDING PROGRAM AND BUILDING LOOKING AT STAFFING, OFFERINGS, T THOSE ARE REGULAR CONVERSATIONS' MY STRAIGHTERS
ARE HAVING WOO TEACHES THROUGH LEADERSHIP TEAMS, DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, ET CETERA, THEY ARE HAPPENING ON A REGULAR BASIS AND A LOT OF IT HAPPENS JUST AS THE -- FROM A SECONDARY STANDPOINT AS THEY LOOK AT COURSE OFFERINGS AS YOU HEAD INTO NOVEMBER OF CERTAIN SCHOOL YEARS AS THEY START OFFERING
THAT. IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THE BUDGET REPRESENTS THOSE OFFERINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND THAT'S AGAINST K-12 OTHERS AS WELL. >> WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES
DIRECTORS. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. I WOULD ADD THAT SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN DECLINING EN ROLL FOR HIM A WHILE OUR SCHOOL LEADERS ARE USE SAYS TO RIGHTSIZING THIS IS A PROCESS THAT GOES ON EVERY YEAR IN THE SCHOOLS, IT MIGHT BE
A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING THAN IT HAS BEEN BUT EVERY LEADER HAS TO SIT DOWN WITH THE BUDGET AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND THEY ARE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHICH POSITIONS ARE STAYING AND
WHICH POSITIONS NEED TO BE DISPLACED THAT'S BEEN A CONVERSATION IN OUR SCHOOLS EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR QUITE A WHILE.
DIRECT TO THOMPSON. >> IS THERE A PROCESS BEFORE WE CONSIDER FTE POSITIONS WE'LL FREEZE EXPENDITURES LIKE TRAVEL OR HOW FOOD IS SPEND OR HOW MUCH MONEY IS SPENT ON FOOD, LINK LIKE THAT. ARE THOSE CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAPPEN OR NOT?
>> I THINK IT'S ALWAYS PART OF A CONSIDERATION, BUT WHEN 85% OF YOUR BUDGET IS PEOPLE, IT'S HARD NOT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT FTE. I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE RESEARCH AND GET MORE INFORMATION USING HAND OVER, I
THINK THIS CONVERSATION WILL BECOME MUCH MORE CLEARER IN THE FUTURE. >> TO DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WANTED TO POINT OUT THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE SAVINGS THAT WERE
REALIZED THIS YEAR FROM CUTS. AND THE NUMBER IS STILL REALLY BIG, RIGHT? FOR CONTINUED CUTS. AND SO YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT'S LOOKED OVERTIME LIKE EVERYBODY WITH THAT SIZABLE AMOUNT, IT'S STILL -- WE DIDN'T
FIELD LIKE WE DID A DENT AND IS THAT LIKE -- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD THINK IS GOING TO END UP HAPPENING? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT NUMBER WHATEVER THE DEFICIT LOOKS LIKE. BUT IF -- I WOULD ASSUME THAT -- LET ME THINK HOW TO WORD THIS. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE AS
HIGH AS IT WAS BASED OFF THE CUTS THAT WERE MADE THIS YEAR. SO ARE WE EXPECTING THAT NUMBER TO FLUX MORE OR -- I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S WORKING YEAR OVER YEAR. >> WE HAVE STAYED PRETTY CLOSE TO THE CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND THAT IS MY EXPERIENCE OF
WHERE I HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT IN THIS POSITION. SO WE HAVE STAYED VERY CLOSE TO THAT BUDGETED AMOUNT AND WE HAVE TIED CONTROLS OVER THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT OVERSPENDING. AGAIN, IT'S THAT REVENUE SIDE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF UNKNOWN INTO THE FUTURE.
ACTUALLY A BIG UNKNOWN INTO THE FUTURE. THERE IS SO MUCH STILL TO HAPPEN WITHIN AS THE NEXT -- WE JUST FINISHED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AS THAT ONE STARTS UP THAT GETS MORE CLEAR AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF RESEARCH, WE NEED
TO DO THIS SMART AND NOT QUICKLY. AND SO I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WE ARE GOING SEE WHAT THAT CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS LOOKS LIKE AS SUPERINTENDENT KANE MENTIONED. THAT'S -- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE DONE THAT, SO A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IS GOING TO
COME IT ABOUT AS WE ACTUALLY START C CONSOLIDATING THOSE SCHOOLS EXAMINE SEEING WHAT STAFF HAS DOUBLED UP AND WHAT IS NOT. WE HAVE 4.2 MILLION BUDGETED RIGHT NOW FOR JUST THOSE EXTRA STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE ARE
BRINGING OVER TO HELP WITH THAT CONSOLIDATION, AS WE ARE PROTECTING THOSE JOBS NO ONE YEAR SO IT WILL BE GOING TO BE REALLY KILLING SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD AND AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION FROM HANOVER, WE ARE STILL EARLY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS GOING
LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR. WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT NOT FAST. >> WE ARE OUT OF TIME S THERE A MOTION TO EXTEND OUR TIME? >> I WOULD MOVE TENSIONED THE TIME TWO MINUTES. >> TWO MINUTES?
THERE IS A MOTION BY DIRECTOR RYAN TO TENSIONED FOR TWO MINUTES, IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER SECONDED. DIRECTOR CAL HAPPEN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> MEEKE, AYE. >> PARKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. AND PASS YOU SAID AYE?
PASSES 7-0. TWO MINUTES. >> FRUIT ON TRY NOT TO FORGET ME QUESTION. TRYING TO SHAPE THE QUESTION BETTER THE PLAN USED SAVING SECOND DEGREE 20 MILLION PLUS
FUND BALK USED TO COVER THE INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO FOR ME I AM ADDING THOSE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER AND SAYING THAT'S KIND OF THE DEFICIT FROM THE INCOMING REVENUE.
THAT WE ARE USING TO FUND NEXT YEAR. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SAVINGS. SO ANY NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, THOSE SAVINGED WILL BE USED TO OFFSET THE USE OF FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? AND SO I DON'T KNOW IT JUST FEELS TO ME LIKE THAT NUMBER IS
A LOT BIGGER THAN THAN THE LAST NUMBER RECEIVED WHICH I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LAST TIME. >> THANK YOU, I UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION BETTER NOW. THAT 20 MILLION SAY HODGEPODGE OF THINGS. SO WE HAVE HAD -- WE ARE JUST
GETTING TO WHERE OUR VACANCY SAVINGS IS REDUCE. WE ARE BETTER TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS BETTER THAN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT, VACANCY SAVINGS IS STARTING TO GO AWAY. BUT WHAT WE WERE DOING AS WE HAD THOSE VACANCY SAVINGS WHICH
THERE WAS SOME IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THAT WE CONTINUE TO CAPTURE THAT SAVE AND GOES YOU USE A ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SYSTEM WAS GET LOOK IT NEEDED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. SO WE ARE TIME -- SINCE THEY
WERE USED FOR ONE-TITIME EXPENDITURES WE ARE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE THOSE GOING FORWARD AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CUT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE INTO THE SYSTEM, IT IS ONE-TIME EXPECTS AT THIS TRUES THAT WERE NOT PUSHING INTO THE FUTURE. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CUT TO
AN ONGOING THING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE INVESTED IN ON A ONE-TIME BASIS, THAT'S PART OF THE 20 MILLION. PLUS WHAT WE DID THIS TIME AROUND WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF POSITIONS SPECIFICALLY IN THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
BUDGET, THAT WE CONTINUE TO POST AND BUDGET FOR. THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FILL. SO INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO BUDGET FOR THOSE ITEMS AND NOT BE ABLE TO FILL THEM, WE PULLED THOSE BACK AND SAID WE ARE JUST GOING TO NOT BUDGET FOR THOSE POSITIONS RIGHT NOW AND WALL
CAPTURE THAT SAVINGS IN THAT $20 MILLION SEWS THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT AGAIN INTO THE FUTURE. OR THINGS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO CUT ON ON AN SO GOING BASIS AND ONE TIME IN NATURE OR POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT FILLED FOR QUITE A WHILE AND WE JUST PULLED
THEM OUT OF THE BUDGET. [SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME] >> REDUCTION OF ONGOING EXPENDITURES IS REALLY HOW THAT IS. >> YEAH. >> THAT HELPS. >> OKAY. I WILL MOVE US FORE WATT THEN BY THANKING FOUGHT PRESENTATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE
BUDGET. AS ARE YOU HE REMINDER BISTATE STATUTE WE ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AT OUR NEXT AND FINAL REGULAR MEETING. WHICH IS ON JUNE 9th IN TWO WEEKS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION THAT TAKES US INTO ITEM NINE-POINT TWOS, SCREEN FOR READING RISK OVERVIEW. WITH A 10-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 10-MINUTE Q&A. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> MATT REYNOLDS WILL DO THIS PRESENTATION. AND GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AN OVERVIEW WITH YOU. I AM GOING TO GIVE CONTEXT TO THE OVERVIEW. AND WHERE THE REQUESTS CAME
FROM. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AS PART OF AN OVERVIEW -- HE LOCKED ME OUT. THERE WE GO, BACK IN MARCH AS PART OF THE NORMAL PROCESS OF
THE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE I PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THIS IS ONE COMPONENT OF OUR UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT MAN AND YOU CAN SEE OUR MAJOR IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES THERE. THIS ADDITIONAL SCREENING IS PART OF ONE OF OUR MAJOR IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES AND THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE MARCH
UPDATE. SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT I WANTED TO PROVIDE, THAT THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN 2025. WHICH IS 25200, THIS IS A TIMELINE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, IN REGARD TO WHEN THIS LAW GOES FULLY INTO EFFECT. AND THAT'S REAL THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR, SO RIGHT NOW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY IT BE ABLE TO TRY AND EXPLORE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS. SET THE STAGE FOR US TO REALLY FULLY IMPLEMENT THE LAW WHICH
IT'S REALLY INTO EFFECT. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT THAT GOES WITHIN THIS LAW. AS WITH ANY LAW THAT'S PASSED, THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO IT. , CREATE RULES, UPDATE THEIR PROCESSES AT THE STATE FLOW DATA
COLLECTION THOSE ARE ALL THINGS HAPPENING T ADDITIONAL CONTEXT IS THEY ARE ALSO REVIEWING THEIR ASSESSMENTS THAT WE GET A PROVED TO USE. THIS IS PART OF THE CONTEXT NOT JUST THEIR INTERIMS BUT ASSESSMENTS USED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL SCREEN THINK THAT WINDOW IS FAIRLY LARGE IT RUNS
FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER WHEN THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACTUALLY DOES THEIR APPROVAL. WE ARE WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH TO SEE WHAT DECISION THEY MAKE IN REGARD TO THE ASSESSMENT AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'S THE RULES AND THEN THE REPORTING AND A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN REGARDS
TO THE LAW ITSELF. AS FOR US, WE HAVE SEVERAL PHASES FOR IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL SCREEN, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PHASE ONE. WHERE WE ARE LOOKING STRICTLY AT DOING THE SCREENING FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS IT WAS OUR
OPPORTUNITY TO PHASE IN SCREENING FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS TO LEARN, TODAY DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR STAFF. AND YOU'LL SEE SOME UPS OF THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. TO REALLY TRAIN NOT OWN THE TEACHERS SELFS BUT LITERACY
SPECIALISTS APART OF THE SCHOOLS WE DID THAT IN THE SPRING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LAW. ER WE ARE TRYING TO BE AD OF IT BUT ALSO ALIGNED TO THE LAW AND DID THAT IN THE LAST 90 DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL GOT OUT. PHASE TWO IS NEXT CALL WE'LL AHEAD ADDITIONAL SCREENING FOR
OTHER GREAT LEVELS WHICH IS FIZZ THROUGH THIRD THAT HAPPENS IN THE FALL. THE LAW HAS KINDERGARTEN SOME THE FREAK AND THE REST IN THE FALL. WE ARE ALIGNING WITH THAT WITH FULL IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR, A FEW CONTEXT
ITEMS FOR THAT PARTICULAR BILL AND OUR APPROACH. SO SOME OF THE THINGS EARLY SCREENING IS REALLY BENEFICIAL IF YOU ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO HAVE EARLY SIGNS OF READING RISK, IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THEM EARLY AND PROVIDE
TARGETED INTERVENTION THEY WERE MORE LIKE TOY REACH GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE KEY BENEFITS. ONE KEY COMPONENT OF THIS IS IF THIS LAW, ALTHOUGH SEPARATE, HAS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE READ ACT. WHICH EARLY SIT LITERACY LAW SO
PART THE CONTEXT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS HOW DOES THIS ADDITIONAL SCREENING FALL INTO LINE WITH THAT ADDITIONAL LAW, WHICH IS THE READ ACT. AND SO THAT'S PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AND WAITED WITH BAITED BREATH WITH THE STATE FROM TODAYY WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE, OUR SCREENING PROCESS, WE ASSESS STUDENTS ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS. SPECIFICALLY THOSE CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSLEXIA. WE ARE SCREENING FOR LETTER NAME, LETTER SOUNDS, THINGS LIKE THAT WE ARE DOING ADDITIONAL
SCREENING. IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE CORE PROGRAMS AND OUR APPROVED INTERIM ASSESSMENT. AND REALLY THAT PURPOSE IS TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS EARLY, AND PROVIDE THEM INTERV INTERVENTIOE IT'S NEEDED.
A FEW THINGS WE DID, WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT IF INSTRUMENTS THAT WERE IN USE PRIOR TO THIS LAW BEING PASSED. AND SO WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASKED THEM OF THE MENU OF OPTIONS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING, WHAT WAS THE PREFERRED INSTRUMENT THAT THEY WANTED. WE HAVE A COMPANY OF THEM
LISTED, THE LITERACY TASK AND DIBBLES, WE ALSO HAVE THE MISSISSIPPI HIS DECK I CAN'T SCREENER WAS BEING USED IN OUR SCHOOLS. THAT SCREENER IS ONLY FOR K-1
AND THIS IS FOR K, ONE, TWO AND, THREE. THE PRINCIPALS MADE THE CHOICES. WE MAY HAVE NO NOT ON CHOICES IN THE FUTURE AS THE STATE DECIDES WHAT IS APPROVED.
WE ARE WAITING FROM THE STATE TO SEE. WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT PART OF READING STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A BIG COMPONENT FOR THIS YEAR.
WE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS IN REGARDS TO WHAT THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY FULLY IMPLEMENT. BUT WE ALSO TOOK IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY AS A LEARNING YEAR. IT'S ALL ONE THING TO SAY YOU ARE GOING DO IT ON PAPER, BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE, HOW ARE THE TEACHERS RESPONDING. HOUR THE STUDENTS RESPOND AND SO THIS YEAR WAS ALL ABOUT LEARNING ON THAT FRONT. WE PROVIDED KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS TWO DAYS, WE PAID FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE TRAINED ON THE
INSTRUMENT ITSELF AND ALSO THE DATA ANALYTICS AND HOW TO RESPOND TO IT. THIS NEXT FALL WE'LL KICKOFF BY DOING SIMILAR TRAININGS FOR GRADES ONE, TWO AND, THREE. THOSE TEACHERS AS WELL. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS IS REALLY THE FUN PART.
THE TEACHER TRAINING, WE BROUGHT TEACHERS TOGETHER REGIONALLY TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THEM AND YOU CAN SEE THEM REALLY ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION. IT WAS ONES TO FEEL SEE THAT MANY TEACHERS REAL ENGAGED AND EXCITED ABOUT DOING THIS WORK.
HERE ARE SOME PICKS NICE TO SEE THE SMILES, ANY TIME YOU ARE ON YOU ASK TEACHES TO DO SOMETHING ADDITIONAL YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE RESPONSES, THEY HAD POSITIVE RESPONSES I WANT I WILL NOT READ ALL THE QUOTES BUT WE WANTED TO YOU TO SEE IT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND
LEARN MORE FROM THE TEACH EXPERIENCE OF THIS SO WE CAN LEARN HOW BEST TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR THEM WHEN THE LAW TAKES FULL EVENING. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SLIDES THAT HAS THEIR FEEDBACK
WHICH IS GREAT. WE PROVIDED PRINCIPALS WITH A TOOLKIT FOR COMMUNICATION FOR THE PARENTS OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WHEN WE DID THE SCREENING IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEND A COMMON MESSAGE OUT SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE
IS, WHAT THE TIMELINE WAS. WE ALSO PROVIDED SUPPORTS, LINKS AT THE BOT FOUL PARENTS LINKED IN THE COMMUNICATIONS TO SAY HERE IS THE RESULTS AND HERE SARE HAVETHINGS THAT WE ARE DOIE
IS WHAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME. WE HAD AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH IT I SUGGEST YOU DO. YOU HEARD FROM OUR EXPERTS IN REGARDS TO ALL THINGS WITH THIS SCREEN. THAT WAS SNAG WE DID. ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOO L LOOKING FORWAO NEXT EVERYBODY EXPANDING IN TO GRADES ONE, TWO, AND THREE IN THE FALL DOING IT WITHIN THE FIRST 90 DAYS BUT WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE STATE THIS IS
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE CAN THE WNBA THE STATE BECAUSE THEY ARE ASKING FOR US FEEDBACK IS WE ARE ASKING THEM FOR FEEDBACK IN RECORDS TO THE NEW LAW BEFORE IT FULLY TAKES INTO EFFECT. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THINGS TO COME. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. THIS IS SIMILAR AT THAT DAC, DENZLER WAS THERE THE PAINS PALS DID A GOOD JOB SPEAKING TO AND AND EXPLAIN AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. WITH THAT WILL OPEN IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I KNOW THAT 90-DAY WINDOW DOES ALLOW FOR LEEWAY. EXCUSE ME. ARE WE -- I DON'T KNOW IF THE SCREENERS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OR ARE -- YEAH, TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR LIKE LEARNING LOSS THAT
HAPPENS OVER THE SUMMER? I DOUBT THAT WOULD MAYBE SCOUT RESULT. IS THAT SOMETHING FAMILIES SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THEIR KIDS MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING COME UP ON THEIR SCREENER BECAUSE IT'S NOT BECAUSE ABOUT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN PLAYING ALL SUMMER I DON'T THINK IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> CERTAINLY. THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE GEARED TO MEASURE CERTAIN SPECIFIC SKILLS FOR STUDENTS YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING MAYBE SOME OF THAT LOSS AND THAT WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA. AND UNDERSTAND THE THAT THIS IS ONE PIECE OF THE BODY OF EVIDENCE FOR STUDENTS AND SO IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST
LOOKING AT ONE SPECIFIC TEST. BUT THERE MAY SOMEBODY LEARNING LOSS OVER THE SUMMER, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE FULL BODY OF EVIDENCE FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND BELLER. >> IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU ARE YOUR KINDERGARTEN DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE YOU WHEN THEY TOOK THE SCREENING THIS PAST SPRING BUT MAYBE IN THE FALL, THERE MIGHT
BE SOMETHING THAT THE TEACHER WANTS TO GO OVER. NAS NOT A CAUSE FOR CONCERN? >> 100 PERCENT, THAT'S PART OF THE COMMUNICATION ONE ASSESSMENT DOES NOT A WHOLE FUTURE MAKE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT THEM
TO BEING LOOK AT THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY TO SEE IF THIS IS AN ABERRATION OR THE STUDENT LEARNING. >> GREAT, THANKS. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. WHAT PROPORTION OF OUR SCHOOLS CHOSE DIBBLES VERSUS LITERACY TESTS? I WOULD SAY THE VAST MAJORITY SELECTED LITERACY TESTS WE HAVE SOME OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS ON THE GRANT. WHO ARE ALREADY USING DIBBLES AS PART OF THAT GRANT.
AND SO THEY ARE PARTICIPATING AND USING THAT. BUT BY AND LARGE, MOST OF THE SCHOOLS ARE USING THE LITERACY TEST. >> OKAY. I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SAY THAT I WAS DISAPPOINT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS HOPING FOR A VALID AND RELIABLE TOOL, ONE THAT'S
VALID AND RELIABLE AGAINST OUR DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS. NOW MOVING THAT ASIDE, YOU HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IT IS NONDIAGNOSTIC. IT'S SUPPOSED TO IDENTIFY READING RISK. AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSLEXIA.
DEPENDING ON IF YOU ARE USING DIBBLES OR NOT. FOR FAMILIES THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING IN, YOU KNOW, GETTING A DYSLEXIA DIAGNOSIS IS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND THE FACT THAT THE DIRECT IS
OFFERING THIS SCREENER TO HELP IDENTIFY THAT RISK AND PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS AS NEEDED IS SUCH A BIG DEAL. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND AS LONG AS YOUR STUDENT IS RECEIVING THE READING AND
LITERACY SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED, THAT DIAGNOSIS BECOMES LESS VITAL OR IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE HELPFUL OBVIOUSLY FOR A VARIED REASONS BUT GETTING THE NEEDS THAT ADDRESSED IN SCHOOL IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK TOWARDS EFFORT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE REFINEMENT. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY KINDERGARTENERS WE CAUGHT?
DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK YET ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS NEW SET OF SCREENING PROVIDED US WITH NEW INFORMATION AND ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS WE HAVE MAY HAVE HELPED? >> GREAT QUESTION. THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR WORK MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE THE RESULTS TO BE ABLE
TO LOOK AT. AND NOW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS THROUGH THE LENS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS TELL US IN TERMS OF A STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE. IT'S NOT ONE SINGLE TASK THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. IT'S A MULTIPLE TASK AND SO PART
OF THE COMPLEXITY IS IF A STUDENT DOES WELL, ON THREE OF THE TASKS BUT NOT ONE, WHAT DOES THAT TELL US VERSUS A STUDENT WHO DOES WELL ON JUST TWO OF THOSE TASKS AND SO PART OF OUR WORK MOVING FORWARD IS LEARNING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS DATA IS TELLING US.
AND ALSO WE WE INCORPORATE IT INTO THE BODY OF EVIDENCE IT'S NOT CLEAR TO US RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE IDENTIFICATION, PART OF IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH THE STATE. WHEN THE STATE COMES OUT WITH CLEAR CALLS ON THEIR APPROVED ASSESSMENTS THEY'LL HAVE GUIDELINES AND CUT SCORES FOR
EACH DIFFERENT ASSESS AND THE EACH DIFFERENT TASK THAT WILL TELL US WHETHER IT'S AT RISK VERSUS NOT AT RISK, THAT IS SOMETHING COME FROM THE STATE AS WELL. >> HOW DOES THAT ASSESSMENT FOLLOWING THE STUDENT THROUGHOUT
OUR DIRECTOR IF THE STUDENT LEAVES THE DISTRICT? >> FOR US, WE KEEP THAT DATA THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE STUDENT'S G BODY OF EVIDENCE AND THAT FOLLOWS AS PART OF OUR "Q" FILE HOW OTHER STATES AND DISTRICTS RECEIVE IT
I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT FOLLOWS THEM IN OUR SYSTEM. >> WHEN DOES THE STATE'S DATA WITH THE CUT SCORES COME OUT? LIKE WHETHER IS THAT ANTICIPATED? >> SO THE FIRST STEP IS GOING TO BE THEM APPROVING ASSESSMENTS. WHICH IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN JUNE AND OCTOBER.
THEN ONCE THEY HAVE APPROVED ASSESSMENTS THEY'LL START DOING THE RULE MAKING IN REGARDS TO HOW WE HANDLE THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND THE CUT SCORES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING BEFORE THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR. WHEN IT GOES FULLY IN TO
IMPLEMENTATION. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THE UPDATE. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO ITEM
10.1. CONSIDERATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY RENAISSANCE P.K.-12 CHARTER SCHOOL. WE HAVE 5-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND 20-MINUTE DISCUSSION SCHEDULED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE JUST
JUMPING STRAIGHT TO DR. STEWART SPEAKING OR IF MR. MOSER IS PRESENTING ANYTHING? >> YES, MR. MOSER WILL BE PRESENTING. >> IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET DOWN THE STAIRS. >> JUST TOOK A MINUTE. >> SORRY. AND IT'S DARK. OKAY.
THANK YOU. >> GOOD TO GO, THANK YOU, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN THERE ARE SLIDES IN THE BEGINNING THAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL FORMAL RECOMMENDATION, JUST TO WALK
THROUGH AGAIN THE STEPS OF OUR PROCESS FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR YOU AS A BOARD TO SEE THOSE STEPS THAT WE DO TAKE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BUT THIS IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION THIS YEAR. JUST AGAIN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE,
CHARTER SCHOOL ACT OF COLORADO REQUIRES THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RECEIVE AND REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND IN THE VENT THAT THE BOARD SAYS WE ARE NOT TAKING APPLICATIONS THAT IS ACTUALLY A DENIAL AND IT WILL GO TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR REVIEW.
SO WE DO AS A DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WELCOME HIGH QUALITY CHARTER APPLICATIONS, GOT WORD ANNUALLY THERE TWICE I JUST NOTICED THAT. SO BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1st AND APRIL 1st, AND WE DID THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL. WE DID RECEIVE ONE APPLICATION
AGAIN JUST CONSISTENCY AND THE REASONS AND THE NAMING OF WHAT WE ARE DOING, IF RENAISSANCE CURRENT 6-12 HAD THE SPACE OF THEIR CURRENT LANDER THEY WOULD HAVE SUBMITTED AN EXPANSION APPLICATION TO THE DISTRICT TO EXPAND PROGRAMMING ON THEIR
CURRENT LAND SITE. BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SPACE YOU HAVE HEARD THAT WORD EXPANSION, THEY ARE EXPANDING THE PROGRAMMING, BUT BY DEFINITION OF OUR POLICY AND DEFINITION OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE TALKED TO OTHER AUTHORIZEERS AROUND THE STATE, THAT IS A NEW CHARTER APPLICATION. BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE
GRADES AND DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE SPACE TO USE THAT LAND THAT THEY ARE ON THE ON RIGHT NOW TO EXPAND. IT'S ANEW SCHOOL OR NEW CAMPUS THAT'S AN ARM OF THAT CURRENT SCHOOL.
THAT'S THE ONE APPLICATION WE HAVE. IT'S PRE-K-5 TO. MY KNOWLEDGE AND TALKING TO THEM AND THE CAPACITY REVIEW IS NOT SOMETHING IN YEARS ONE AND TWO AND I THINK IT COMES IN YEAR THREE IS WHERE THEY WANTED TO DO THAT. BUT THEY DID HE HAVE FLIGHT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT PUT IN THE APPLICATION -- OR PUT IN THE
APPLICATION AT THIS POINT. SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ADD THAT AGAIN. AS ANOTHER LAYER OF PROGRAMMING DOWN THE ROAD. WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IF IT WASN'T THERE AT THE START. THEY DID PARTICIPATE IN THE CAPACITY INTERVIEW WITH THE FUEL
CART TEAM AND THAT WAS ALSO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FOC. LRPC AND THE DAC ON THAT REVIEW TEAM. WE HAD A HOLISTIC DEBRIEF AS A TEAM AFTERWARDS ON APRIL 22nd, THE PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY THE APPLICANT ON
MAY 12th. AND ALSO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, OPPOSITION AND YOU HAD PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO HERE THIS EVENING ALREADY TODAY. AGAIN, THE COMPONENTED ARE STANDARD. YOU'LL SEE THESE EVERY ONE OF THE RUBRIC PIECES THAT WHEN A
CHARTER APPLICATION COMES IN. THE CART TEAM ACTUALLY LAS A TOOL THAT WE USE A RUBRIC, A STANDARD RUBRIC TO EVALUATE EVERY SENSE OF THAT THAT'S LISTED THERE. EVERY ONE THOSE SECTIONS MEMBERS OF CART ACTUALLY SIT AND GO THROUGH AND READ THE
APPLICATION, THE MEMBERS OF THE FOC DAC AND LRPC LOOK THROUGH THEIR LENS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND PULL ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN TO MAKE A SOLID RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BRING TO CAB NOTE TRANSFORM INTO A STAFF RECOMMENDATION WHEN YOU RECEIVED
ALREADY. APRIL 16th I MET WITH THE FULL DAC TO RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. EVERY MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE RECEIVED THE FULL APPLICATION. AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND THEN PROVIDE FEEDBACK THROUGH THE DAC LIAISON WHO WAS ON THE CART TEAM TO THE TEAM AND HELPED US MAKE THAT STAFF
RECOMMENDATION. THE PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY WAS AGAIN MAY 12th. TONIGHT WE ARE AT PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO. THE PUBLIC COMMENT STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL BE GIVEN AND THEN IT IS UP TO YOU AS A BOARD TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY. WE HAVE SUBMITTED BOTH OF THOSE
RESOLUTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATIONS AFTER WE GIVE THE IT RECOMMENDATION. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MOSER? >> OKAY. SO ON WITH THE RECOMMENDATION
FROM STAFF. WHAT HAPPENED, MARK? THERE WE GO. SO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS TO CONDITION LAY PROVE THE APPLICATION FOR RENAISSANCE PRE-K-12 CHARTER SCHOOL WHICH IS
THEIR PRE-K CAMPUS THE LETTERS OF INTEREST WERE SUBMITTED ABOVE THE PROJECT OPENING. SO THERE IS A PROJECTED OPENING, THERE IS A BREAK EVEN NUMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS 372. THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY WE NEED THAT MANY STUDENTS TO BE FROM HIM I VIABLE. THEY HAVE SUBMITTED ABOVE THAT
IN OTHER WORDS OF LETTERS OF INTEREST THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO THE -- TO US, THAT WAS VERIFIED DURING THE CAPACITY INTERVIEW WHERE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED WAS WHO ON THE TEAM VERIFIES THE AUTHENTICITY AND ACCURACY OF THOSE LETTERS OF INTEREST, STATING THAT THEY WILL BE THERE. THAT WAS STATED THAT WE HAVE THAT EVIDENCE AND WE ARE
PREPARED TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE SAID THEY WILL BE THERE. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WORKS, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, IF YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THEN YOU HAVE THE INTEREST AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN A BUDGETS. YOU DON'T HAVE THE INTEREST
NUMBER OR ABILITY I CAN TO MAKE AN ECONOMICALLY SOUND BUDGET IN THE SPRING THE 2025 THE FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AND THE BOARD WAS THAT AN APPLICATION WOULD BE WELCOME IN THE FUTURE WHEN THERE WAS DEMONSTRATION OF DEMAND THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED.
BASED ON THAT -- AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED THESE AS WELL. SO THE -- IN THE VENT THE BOARD DOES APPROVE THE APPLICATION, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING MILESTONES AND CONDITIONS, I DON'T WANT TO READ THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THEM, THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IN THE PAST. IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF LEHMAN ACADEMY THE MOST RECENT, YOU'LL SEE THESE THINGS. YOU WANT TO SEE A -- OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ABOVE AND BEYOND, WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE ATTRITION, WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERY STUDENT WHO SAYS I AM -- ILL LOVE TO GO THAT
SCHOOL OR SOME A PARENT THAT SAYS I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MY CHILD GOING TO SCHOOL WILL KNOW SHOW UP DAY ONE TO ENROLL. WE WANT THOSE METRICS BUILT IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCURATE NUMBERS AND REPRESENTATION. THIS GOES ARE CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE PROVISIONS ON ZONING, DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOL WILL HAVE TO DO ANYWAYS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO. THE POINT OF THESE IS TO HELP GUIDE THEM AND WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL AS THEY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, OBVIOUSLY
AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IT ON AN APPLICATION THAT WE DO NOT THINK WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO USE THE DISTRICT'S OPEN ENROLLMENT
TOOL AS WE GET INTO THAT OPEN ENROLLMENT BEFORE THE A? THE FALL OF 27, WE WANT TO SEE THOSE.
WHERE ARE THE STUDENT APPLYING FROM, WHAT SCHOOL ARE THEY CURRENTLY. WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS? WE CAN GET A GOOD PICK OF THAT. AND IT HELPS US. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO OBVIOUSLY IN THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY APPLICATION. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE SNUBS ARE MOVING BECAUSE THEY DON'T USE OUR TOOL.
THIS HELPS US USE OUR OWN TOOL SO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE IMPACT, WHERE THE KIDS MOVING FROM AND HAVE A GOOD PICTURE OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS MOVING. I AM ALREADY OVERTIME. BUT, AGAIN, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THINGS THAT WE KNOW THEY WOULD NEED AND
THINGS THAT THEY HAVE PRETTY MUCH ALREADY IDENTIFIED THEY WOULD NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN AN OPENING. AND NOW IT'S FOR YOUR DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, DIRECTOR
THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. NOW DO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH THESE -- THE LETTERS OF INTENT. SO WHETHER IT'S -- WHAT IT MEANS WHEN IT'S VERIFIED VERSUS NOT VERIFIED? AND THEN -- LET'S START THERE. >> THANK YOU. SO LETTERS OF INTEREST AND
LETTERS OF [ INAUDIBLE ] TENT WE USED THEM INTERCHANGEABLY A LITTLE. BUT IN REALITY, SO BY LAW IN COLORADO THE COLORADO CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT THAT SAYS A DISTRICT CANNOT VERIFY THOSE LETTERS OF INTEREST OR INTENT UNTIL THERE IS AN APPLICATION A CONTRACT IN
PLACE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SAY, TELL US THOSE EXACT STUDENT NAMES, WHAT SCHOOL ARE THEY IN WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? WHAT AGE ARE THEY? WHAT GRADE ARE THEY APPLYING TO? WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL THERE IS A CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH THE SCHOOL.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT WE A USE OUR TOOL AND NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY VERIFY. SO WE CAN VERIFY THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE HARDEN ROLLMENTS AT THAT POINT. >> THANK YOU, THAT'S HELPFUL.
THE 1 150% OR 1.5 TIMES THE OPENINGS IS DUE IN JANUARY. THAT WOULD THEN BE JUST BEING SUPER CLEAR THE VERIFIED LETTERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THROUGH THE OPEN ENROLLMENT TOOL. >> IN JANUARY OF '28 IT, LET ME MAKE SURE. >> '27. >> '27?
>> I DON'T KNOW IT OPEN. >> LET'S SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THAT, LET ME GO BACK. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. MARK, CAN YOU HELP ME GET BACK. >> YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE DATES
TMEMORIZED? >> I KNOW. ONE CLICK. THERE WE GO, THANK YOU. KEEP GOING. YES.
SO WE ARE ASKING THIS ONE IS, THEY ARE NOT USING OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AT THAT POINT. BUT WE ARE ASKING THEM TO ACTUALLY VERIFY THOSE AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION THAN JUST WE'VE GOT 72 PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY WANT TO BE IN KINDERGARTEN. GOT 37 PEOPLE WHO WANT -- WE ARE WE ARE ACTUALLY SAYING GIVE US
MORE EVIDENCE THERE, THIS ONE IS NOT USING OUR TOOL. THIS SCHOOL -- THEY ARE NOT IN THE SYSTEM TO BE OPENING UP. SO WE ARE SAYING, WE WANT TO SEE SOME TRACTION YOU SHOULD BE AT
THAT POINT WHERE WE ARE LOOK AT THAT. >> I AM GOING TO TAKE TURNS. OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR GEIGER. AND THEN DIRECTOR CALLAHAN.
>> SO AS I READ THIS, THE FIRST TIME THE DISTRICT WOULD BE ABLE TO CONFIRM STUDENTS WOULD BE THAT DECEMBER 1, 2027 DEADLINE? >> CORRECT. BECAUSE THE OPEN ENROLLMENT TOOL WOULD OPEN NOVEMBER 1st AND THE SCHOOL DO WOW ACTUALLY --
THEY WOULD WORK WITH EM THIS. WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM AND SAY LISTEN YOU GOTTA BE REALISTIC WITH US IF YOU ARE NOT RED ON OPEN IF THERE IS ANY DELAYS, ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST. THIS DISTRICT HAS SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE WORKED WITH A CHARTER SCHOOL AND SAID PUSH IT. MAYBE YOU ARE NOT SEEING THE
NUMBERS THAT WE WANT. THE LAST THING WENT TO DO IS OPEN UP AN OPEN ENROLLMENT AND SAY ON NOVEMBER 1 OF THAT YEAR AND PUT YOUR NAME AND SAY I AM COMING AND FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AND THAT NOT TO COME TO FRUITION. NOW, IT STILL COULD HAPPEN. WE HAD THAT IN THE LAST LEHMAN.
THEY ENDED UP LEASING A CHURCH SPACE AND THEY MADE IT WORK. AND THEY GOT THROUGH THAT. AND NOW THEY ARE FLOURISHING. BUT, YEAH, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SAY, PUT YOUR NAME IN THIS SYSTEM AND I AM SAYING HERE IS
MY ENROLLING. >> BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE WOULD THEY HAVE BROKEN GROUND BY THAT TIME? >> A YEAR -- 18 MONTHS IN ADVANCE? I WOULD HOPE, FOR SURE. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> COULD YOU TALK US THROUGH THE
SHIFT FROM THE LAST TIME RENAISSANCE HAVE APPLIED TO NOW WHY THE SHIFT IN RECOMMENDATION? >> THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY STRONG APPLICATION.
IN MANY YEARS THE BIGGEST SHIFT LETTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAMILIES THAT DEMONSTRATE A BUDGET THAT WORKS. THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT IN THE LAST APPLICATION CYCLE AND THEY DO NOW.
>> DIRECTER THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU, STILL ON TOPIC. LAST YEAR WE SAW COMMUNICATION THAT STATED THEY HAD 239 LETTERS OF INTENTS. AND WHEN APPLYING, YOU KNOW, A
FORMULA THAT'S PRETTY WIDELY ACCEPTED, THAT WOULD TRANSLATE TO APPROXIMATELY 16 STUDENT ENROLLMENTS. AND SO WITH THAT REALITY, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT I COULD JUST DOUBLE THAT NUMBER TO HAVE AN
ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY ENROLLMENTS THESE LETTERS OF INTENT MIGHT ACTUALLY PRODUCE? >> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR INFORMATION THE OR STATE-LEVEL RESEARCH ON THAT SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY THERE ISN'T.
AND IT'S MORE OF A FEELING OR A -- IT'S MORE OF A HISTORICAL CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE FROM AUTHORIZERS WHO HAVE DONE THIS. A LOT OF DISCUSSION HINGED IN YEAR AGAIN ON DOES THAT
REALLY -- IS THAT THE SAME BROAD SPAN FOR A CORE KNOWLEDGE CLASSICAL SCHOOL. WHERE THERE IS A NUMBER OF THEM. OR IS THIS TYPE OF SCHOOL THAT IS REALLY I NICHE PROGRAM THAT'S A HIGHLY SELECTIVE PROGRAM THAT YOU HEAR THE PASSION OF THE PEOPLE WHO ENROLL ARE THEY MORE
LIKELY TO SAY THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT I AM COMMITTED TO AND WILL DRIVE AN HOUR TO GET THERE. BECAUSE THIS ALIGNS WITH MY FAMILIAL, YOU KNOW, ASPIRATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER DO THIS. I GUARANTEE NOT EVERY ONE OF THOSE WILL SHOW UP. I CAN GUARANTEE. I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY JOB ON IT. BUT I WOULD GUARANTEE NOT EVERY ONE OF THOSE SHOW UP WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RATIO WILL BE. THE CART TEAM AND STAFF FELT
BETTER HAVING A HIGHER NUMBER BEING SUBMITTED THAN NOT EVEN THE NUMBER TWO OPEN. >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I REALIZE THOSE MILESTONES AND CONDITIONS ARE CREATED BASE ON THE EXPERTISE OF OUR DISTRICT,
LIKE THESE IN ORDER TO HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL, THESE ARE MILESTONES AND CONDITIONS THAT MEET TO BE MET. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SCHOOL ISN'T ABLE TO MEET THOSE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE COSTS IT, RISKS,
JUST WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? >> I APPRECIATE IT. CAN I DEFER TO GENERAL COUNCIL KLAMESH. >> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. AND I FIRST WANT TO STATE THAT I AM REALLY JUST RESTATING WHAT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT.
I AM NOT PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE HERE IN PUBLIC SESSION BUT ESSENTIALLY ONCE THE CONTRACT IS ENTERED INTO WITH A CHARTER SCHOOL, IN ORDER TO -- IF THERE WERE A REASON FOR NEGATING THAT RELATIONSHIP, YOU WOULD NEED TO
GO THROUGH THE STEPS THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT AS WELL AS IN THE CHARTER CONTRACT. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT WOULD INCLUDE NOTICE OF A BREACH OF THE CONTRACT. BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
THOSE CONDITIONS. SO IF A CONDITION IS NOT MET, THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERED A BREACH OF THE CONTRACT. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH NOTICE OF BREACH. GIVING THE CHARTER SCHOOL WHICH IS TYPICALLY PART OF A CONTRACT
OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THE DEFICIENCY AND THEN THERE IS A DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS THAT IS ALLOWED FOR IN THE CONTRACT AND THAT IS ALSO TYPICALLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT. IF, IN FACT, THAT RESOLUTION PROCESS DOESN'T RESOLVE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHARTER SCHOOL AND A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AUTHORIZER, BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR JUNCTURE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CONDITIONAL CONTRACT, IT IS STILL CONSIDERED A BINDING CONTRACT AND THE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERED THE
AUTHORIZER. AT THAT JUNCTURE, AFTER -- IF DISPUTE RESOLUTION FAILS, THERE WOULD BE A TERMINATION HEARING BEFORE THE DISTRICT'S BOARD OF EDUCATION, IF THERE WAS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESOLUTION, IF THAT FINDING IS UNFAVORABLE TO
THE CHARTER SCHOOL, IT CAN BE APPEALED TO THE IT CD EVEN, TO THE STATE BOARD. THAT'S A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.
>> TOUGH ANY QUESTIONS DIRECTOR PARKER? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. OKAY. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN OUR LAST MEETING THAT I JUST STILL AM HAVING A HARD TIME RECYCLE. IS THE FACT THAT WITHIN THE
2027, 2028 SCHOOL YEAR WE ARE MOVING SIXTH GRADE AND SO THE WAIT LISTS WE HEAR ABOUT IN PUBLIC COMMENT WHILE VERY REAL AND WHILE I AM HEARTBROKEN THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO RENAISSANCE MAGNET. CAN YOU REMIND US JUST FOR OUR
OWN EDIFICATION, LIKE, SIXTH GRADE IS MOVING, DOES THIS THEN POTENTIALLY OPEN SPOTS UP IT AT REMS? >> I CAN, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I LOOKED AT THE NUMBER THIS IS MORNING ACTUALLY.
SO I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY AT THE RENAISSANCE ELEMENTARY MAGNATE SCHOOL. KINDERGARTEN HAS A WAIT LETS OF 70 STUDENTS. AND THEN AS YOU GO UP 3219, 17, 22, TEN, 23. THIS IS HISTORICALLY BEEN WHAT
WE HAVE SPINE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE WAIT LIST AT KINDERGARTEN AND THEN NOT SOMAS THEY GO UP IN THOSE GRADE LEVELS. AS WE DO, I THINK I WOULD LET ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF CLASSROOM SPACES THAT WOULD OPEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT IF SIXTH GRADE MOVES UP. THERE WILL BE ROOM TO TAKE SOME OF IT THAT DEMAND AWAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TYPICALLY IF YOU HAD TO LOOK AT JUST REAL NUMBERS YOU ARE PROBABLY TALKING TWO TO THREE CLASSROOMS.
IT ALSO COULD BE DEPENDENT UPON HOW SPECIALS REACH SUIT OUGHT INTO SOME OF THOSE CLASSROOMS AS WELL. YOU ARE BEING 4260 STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE OPEN SPACE WITHIN THAT FACILITY WHICH COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE CLASSROOMS DEPENDING UPON HOW THE NUMBERS FALL WITHIN EACH OF THOSE
CLASSROOMS AND THEIR ENROLLMENT. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. >> DIRECTOR PARKER, ARE YOU READY? >> I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE SO UP IN THE AIR.
ESPECIALLY SEEING THAT WE ARE MOVING TO SIXTH GRADE. AND SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT I AM STRUGGLING WITH THAT. >> DIRECTOR RYAN AND THEN DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> LOOKING AT THE BUDGET THAT
WAS PROVIDED, IT'S BASED ON 450 STUDENT NUMBER. >> THERE ARE TWO. FULL EN ROM. AND EXPECTATION BUDGET. THERE'S TWO THAT'S SUBMITTED. >> OKAY.
THE 450 OBVIOUSLY LAYS OUT THE -- THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND THEN THE 372 IS PAIRED BACK TO THIS IS WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE AND STILL BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE?
>> YES. THERE ARE NOT LETTERS OF INTEND THAT CLOSE TO 450. WE ARE AT 408. >> RIGHT. AND SOME OF THAT IS FIRST GRADE IS 96 LETTERS OF INTENT. WE HAVE AT LEAVE THE WAY THE BUDGET IS WRITTEN, THERE IS A 72
STUDENT LOAD THAT THEY CAN TAKE IN FIRST GRADE SO THAT TAKES 24 OFF THERE SO SITTING 380. THAT'S STILL ABOVE THE 370 AM S THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE GIVING US THIS RECOMMENDATION? >> I MEAN, IT WAS DEFINITELY PLAYED IN. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET,
IT WAS -- WE ACTUALLY AFTER THE CAPACITY INTERVIEW, THE INITIAL BUDGET THAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS INCLUSIVE OF BOTH SCHOOLS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE FINANCE -- FOC AND DISTRICT FINANCIAL PEOPLE ON THE TEAM CAN WE GET ANOTHER BUDGET SEPARATED
OUT THAT'S JUST THE NEW SCHOOL WE CAN SEE WHAT EXACTLY IS THERE. AND THE -- YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT PLAYED OUT IN THAT CONVERSATION WAS, AGAIN, BASED ON JUST THAT SCHOOL, JUST THOSE BASE MINIMUMS AND ALSO THE, YOU KNOW, THE HOPEFULLY NUMBERS.
AND ARE THEY ABLE TO DO THAT WITH ECONOMICALLY VIABLE SITUATIONS. WITHOUT ANY REDUCTION IN PROGRAMMING. AND WITHOUT ANY IMPACT FOR STUDENT SAFETY. AUTHORIZE THE BIG CONSID CONSIDERATIONS.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> HE JUST BAY ME A NEW QUESTION. AND I WILL GET TO MINE. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT CONTINGENCY BUDGET, RIGHT? SO THEN I'LL REACH THE NUMBERS AND THAT MEANS THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE MUSIC THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE PE.
THEY ARE CONDUCT INTERVENTIONISTS, BUT THE REALITY IS IS THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE BOTH BUDGETS COMBINED. SO FOR YOU THIS THEY DON'T ACTUALLY -- HOW DOES THAT WORK? IF THEY DON'T REACH THE NUMBER THAT THEY ARE AT BUT THEY CAN USE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS OF
THAT COMBINED BUDGET TO SAY, WE ARE STILL VIABLE? >> YES, THAT'S MY -- YES. THEY CAN SHARE MONA CROSS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE ASKING, CAN THEY SAY, HEY, WE NEED INFLINFLUXF FROM OUR EXISTING FUND BALANCE
THAT WE CAN HELP DO SOME IMPACT HERE. YES, THEY COULD DO THAT. >> OKAY. >> IT COULD IMPACT OUR CURRENT CHARTER SCHOOL AND WHAT IT'S PROVIDING IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH NUMBERS AT THE NEW LOCATION? IT COULD.
IF THEY ARE HAVING THE COMBINED BUDGET AND TRYING TO STAY VIABLE TO OPEN. >> YES, IF THEY ARE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE SAME BUCKET, THEN, I MEAN, I GUESS MAYBE. I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO.
I DON'T WANT THEY WANT TO. >> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY US WANT THAT. >> EXACTLY, TOTALLY. >> I WOULD RATHER IT BE SUCCESSFUL. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I THINK MORE JUST LIKE A COMMENT THAT I AM SORT OF TRYING TO VERBALLY PROCESS MY FEELINGS
WITH AND MORE THAN A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW WE JUST HEARD THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE FAMILY AND THAT WE HAVE HAD TO CONSOLIDATE SIX SKILLS NONZERO CHANCE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CONSOLIDATE MORE AND THAT IS JUST -- I FIND MYSELF STRUGGLING A BIT.
I GET THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SAME POTS OF STUDENTED NECESSARILY I GET THAT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME POTS OF MOUNTAIN IT'S JUST THAT DOWN THE ROAD IF THERE IS A STUDENT PAIRING PROPOSE ED IN MY DISTRICT, MY CONSTITUENTED WILL LOOK AT ME A PROVING A CHARTER SCHOOL AND THEN CLOSING
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME WITH THAT. I NOSE THERE IS NOTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I GET THIS THAT THESE ARE SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T DON'T UNDERSTAND THE INTRICACIES OF THIS IT'S HARD TO WORK THROUGH. NOT REALLY I QUESTION BUT I
THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT ARE ON IN OF MY CONSTITUENTS MINDS. >> DIRECTOR GUYSER. >> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THEM A MOTION, I HAVE ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO RENAISSANCE AND THEY ARE OKAY WITH THESE CONDITIONS?
>> THAT'S NOT CLEAR IN THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE GO TRUE LINE BY LINE OF THE RUBRIC AND GIVE THEM INFORMATION AND SAY IN, THERE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROVISIONS RELATED TO THIS, PROVISIONS
RELATED TO ENROLLMENT NUMBERS PROVISIONS RELATED TO LAND ACQUISITION, PROVISIONS RELATED TO THOSE THINGS. THE ACTUAL DATES AND NUMBERS HAD NOT BEEN FLESHED OUT BY STAFF AT THAT POINT WHEN THEY GAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THEM. WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT IN THE PAST WE HAVE NOT SAID HERE IS
THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE IN THERE. AND BUT HOLISTIC PIECES THAT SAID HERE IS WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. >> THIS IS IN ESSENCE IF WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN, A LOT OF IFS, THIS IS THE TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT POSITION
FOR RENAISSANCE FOR THEIR EXPANSION? >> THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN WOULD REQUIRE THESE PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CHARTER CONTRACT. >> SO THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THE DISTRICT TO GO -- >> NO ROOM FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON
THOSE CONDITIONS. >> MADAM PRESIDENT I WOULD MOVE THAT WE EXTEND THE TIME FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC BY 15 MINUTES. >> I SECOND. >> OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR
PARKER. SORRY I AM TIRED. TO EXTEND 15 MINUTES. I'LL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MIKE, AYE. PARKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. THOMPSON. >> AYE. ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT IT PASSES 7-0 AND SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY 17 MINUTES BECAUSE WE STILL HAD A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT JUST -- DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. I THINK YOU WERE NEXT. >> COULD YOU TALK US THROUGH WHAT RENAISSANCE'S OPTIONS WERE -- WOULD BE IF THE BOARD
WERE TO DENY THIS? IT. >> I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION. IF THE BOARD DID HE KNIGHT NEWS THIS, WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO NOTIFY CDE,
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THEN THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE DENIAL, RENAISSANCE, WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL THE DECISION TO CD'S E. AND THEN IF CDE COULD DECIDE TO OVERRIDE THE DECISION OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND POTENTIALLY SEND IT BACK TO THE BOARD, OR THERE MIGHT BE CERTAIN DIRECTIVES PROVIDED. >> AND AS A FOLLOW-UP, WOULD RENAISSANCE ALSO HAVE THE TOPS
MOVE TO CSI IF THEY SO CHOSE TO? >> THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUST MOVE TO CSI IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT MAINTAINS EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE
ITS CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO IN ORDER FOR RENAISSANCE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPLY TO OR TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AUTHORIZATION TO C CIV CSI WE WOULD HAVE TO RE
THE EXCLUSIVE CHARTERING AUTHORITY OF OUR DISTRICT IN ORDER TO DO THAT. FOR THEM TO DO THAT. >> SO THE RISK THAT THE -- IF THE BOARD WERE TO DENY THIS, THE RISK IS THAT THEN THE STATE
BOARD OVERRULES US AND THEN THEY WOULD BE GRANTED AUTHORIZATION; IS THAT CORRECT? >> I DON'T BELIEVE THE STATE BOARD CAN UNILATERALLY AUTHORIZE. IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION AS I
UNDERSTAND IT FOR A DECISION AS CDE WOULD RULE. THERE IS A DIRECTIVE TO SEND IT BACK TO THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR CONSIDERATION. I AM ASSUMING WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS. I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACT SPECIFICS OF HOW THAT WOULD WORK
ANY JUNCTURE. >> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. PUBLIC COMMENTER LAST MEETING TALKED ABOUT FOX CREEK HAVING AN EL LIGHT PROGRAM AND NOW THAT SCHOOL IS BEING COMBINED WITH ACRES GREEN.
DO WE KNOW IF SILVER SPRUCE ELEMENTARY WILL HAVE AN E LIGHT PROGRAM? >> IS EL PROGRAMMING TRANSITIONING FROM FOX CREEK INTO SILVER SPRUCE? AND WILL THEY BE CONTINUING DOING EL PROGRAMMING THERE?
>> YEAH, I THINK THERE IS SOME DIFFERING OPINIONS AROUND KIND OF FOX CREEK. THEY ARE ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR MODEL SCHOOLS FOR EL ACROSS THE NATION ACTUALLY. AND SO THEY ACTUALLY RUN A GREAT EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING PROGRAM. I THINK THERE IS FUN COMPETITION, THAT'S THERE WHICH IS ALWAYS HEALTHY AT THE SAME
TIME THEY RUN A VERY HEALTHY EL-BASED PROGRAM WHERE THEY HOST A NUMBER OF SITES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. TO ACTUALLY SEE THE SCHOOL AND SO THAT IDEA OF HE HAVE L LIED I COULD LIST OTHER SCHOOLS THAT DON'T MAYBE GO FULL BORE AS FOX CREEK, BUT FOX CREEK AND/OR SILVER SPRUCE WILL BE AN EL
SCHOOL MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> WE HAD CONCERNS THAT CAME IN AND IT WAS ADDRESSED BY THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AS WELL. THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CONCERNED THAT OPENING A NEW CHARTER AND
DECLINING ENROLLMENT FEEDER AREA, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE WHOLE DISTRICT IS EXPERIENCING DECLINING ENROLLMENT. THAT IT WOULD HARM NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. AND DO YOU MIND EXPLAINING WHY THAT'S NOT A FACTOR BEING PRESENTED CURRENTLY? >> SURE.
I CAN DO SOME. AND THEN I'LL HAVE THEM FILL IN AS NEEDED. THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT IN COLORADO EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THIS CANNOT BE A CONSIDERATION FOR DENIAL OF A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS OR OTHER SCHOOLS.
THAT IT YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS CHARTER SCHOOL TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT WILL HURT OR TAKE AWAY ENROLLMENT FROM OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. >> SO I JUST -- CAN YOU FOLLOW UP ON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT?
LIKE WHY -- WHY THAT LAW DOES THAT? RIGHT, LIKE WHAT IT'S PROTECT WITH PARENT CHOOSE AND ACCESS TO -- >> EXACTLY. >> JUST LIKE YOU ARE SAYING. COVER IS AN OPEN ENROLLMENT STATE. OUR DISTRICT IS AN OPEN ENROLLMENT STATE.
PARENT CHOICE IS A VALUABLE PIECE OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND OUR STATE AND OUR DISTRICT. AND IF A DISTRICT WERE TO SAY, WE DON'T -- WE WILL ALWAYS SAY, THAT THAT GOES AGAINST SOMETHING THAT WE DO NORMALLY, OR THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING THAN WE OFFER THEY COULD EASILY JUST NEVER
ALLOW FOR INNOVATION, NEVER ALLOW FOR OPPORTUNITY AND THEN ALLOW IT FOR CHOICE. >> PART OF THE CHALLENGE NOW DRAW WHAT DIRECT DER DON HER WAS GETTING AT MARIJUANAD WHO CHOOSE
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ARE LOSING CHOICES DO TO CONSOLIDATION. WE HEARD THAT IN ISLANDS RAP OF AREA. WE BELIEVE IN PARENT CHOICE AND
HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE CHOICES THAT ALL PAINTED WANT TO MAKE AND IT'S TRICK KEY AND CHALLENGE AND THIS I THINK THE WAY THE LAW READS, YOU KNOW, QUESTION APPROVE IT BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS CURRENTLY, BUT
MAYBE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. HOW TO BALANCE CHOICE FOR ALL MARIJUANAS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMMENT. LOOKING AT OPEN ENROLL.
27% OF STUDENTS ARE IN CHARTER SCHOOLS. 11% CHOOSE A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. SO ALMOST 40% OF OUR FAMILIES CURRENTLY CHOOSE A SCHOOL OTHER THAN WHERE MY ADDRESS SAYS I SHOULD GO. AND SO THAT'S REALLY A BIG NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
FAMILIES. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I DO BELIEVE THAT WE APPROACH IT'S TIME FOR A MOTION ON SOMETHING. AT THIS TIME I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, APPROVING
P.K.-5 CHARTER SCHOOL WITH THE PROVISIONS A THROUGH K AS SUBMITTED IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FROM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. TODAY ADOPT RESOLUTION WITH THE CONSOLIDATION -- OR CONSIDERATIONS. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION
AND I SEE SINCE DIRECTOR GEIGER YOU MADE THE MOTION, WE'LL START THERE. AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER TO DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED LAST YEAR. THAT I EXPRESSED LAST YEAR. OR THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED HERE. OBVIOUSLY I WOULD LOVE IF THEY
CAME IN WITH 600 LETTERS OF INTENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS NOW. THE THINGS THAT BALANCE ME TOWARDS SUPPORTING THIS ARE ONE, I THINK THE CONDITIONS ARE APPROPRIATE I UNDERSTAND THAT WE COULD LEAD TO LITIGATION AND HONESTLY IF THIS WAS A NEW
CHARTER, NOT ONE THAT WE HAD WORKED WITH FOR YEARS I WOULD HAVE MORE CONCERNS. I THINK IF THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT OPENING THIS THAT WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RENAISSANCE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN PROBABLY WORK WITH THEM TO RESOLVE THOSE.
PART OF THIS IS JUST THAT I MADE A COMMITMENT LAST YEAR WHEN I TURNED DOWN -- WHEN I VOTED AGAINST RENAISSANCE, I SAID GET ME PROOF. IT THEY CAME BACK WITH PROOF. IT'S NOT WHAT I MIGHT HOPE FOR. OR WHAT I MIGHT WISH, BUT I DON'T GET TO WAVE MAGIC WANDS THEY CAME BACK WITH ENOUGH
LETTERS OF INTENTS TO START A SCHOOL. I DON'T FIND -- I MEAN, THERE IS A DOWNSIDE HERE. WORST CASE SCENARIO EVERYTHING GOES TO PIECES AND WE LOSE WHAT IS NOW A FUNCTIONING EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD SCHOOL IN RENAISSANCE. BEST CASE SCENARIO IS REWNBA HE PROVIDE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OF A
TYPE ARE SCHOOL THAT IS UNUSUAL. IT PROVIDES AN UNUSUAL AND SPECIAL INVOLVEMENT. I AM BIASED SOMEWHAT BECAUSE I KNOW A KID WHO WOULD NOT HAVE SUCCEEDED IN ANYTHING BUT AN IT THIS KIND OF LEARNING AND I HAVE BEEN TO THAT SCHOOL AND SEEN THOSE KIDS SUCCEED.
IT'S NOT A PERFECT IT APPLICATION. I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T. I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T HAVE MORE LETTERS OF INTENT. WITH THE CONDITIONS AND CAREFUL
CONSIDERATION AND THE RELATION SHIP THAT THAT WE HAVE THIS GROUP I AM PERSUADED IT'S TIME TO TRY. >> DIRECT DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GEIGER FOR THOSE COMMENTS FOR ME WHERE I AM SITH RIGHT NOW IS JUST
HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCHOOL BEING ABLE TO OPEN SUCCESSFULLY. AND SO THINKING THROUGH OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE -- WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION WITH
CONDITIONS BUT I THINK ABOUT WHO WILL BE IMPACT BY THE DECISION TODAY AND BY THE SUCCESS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO OPEN AND THAT'S THE FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO BE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL. LEASH WHAT ALLUDED TO BEFORE
USING THE OPEN ENROLLMENT TOOL THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HIT TO BE HE THOSE ON THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE FAMILY OPEN ENROLL IF THE SCHOOL DOESN'T OPEN THE FAMILIES ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THAT. AND FAMILIES THAT MIGHT MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE LIVING, FAMILIES MIGHT MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS. BASED OFF ANTICIPATION THAT AN APPROVED CHARTER SCHOOL IS GOING TO OPEN AND HOW DO WE ALSO TRY COMPENSATE FOR THE FACT THAT -- I MEAN I DEFINITELY -- I AM
CONCERNED I AM THINKING THAT WE HAVE A PROVISION IN THE CONTRACT THAT TALKS ABOUT COMMUNICATION PLANS TO INTERESTING PARTIES THINK SO THOSE THAT HAVE THOSE LETTERS IN, THOSE ARE TINNED TO GO ENROLL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING COMMUNICATED WITH EVERY TIME A MILESTONE COMES DUE.
HEY, WE MET THE MILESTONE. OR WE DIDN'T MEET THE MILESTONE AND THIS IS OUR PLAN. THAT WAY AT LEAST THERE IS A GOOD LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION HAPPENING TO THE FAMILIES IMPACTED EITHER POSITIVELY AS YOU MENTIONED OR COULD BE
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED IN THEY DON'T MAKE THE NUMBERS. >> REAR AND THAT YOU GOES, ARE YOU SUGGESTING AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS? >> I WOULD SAY -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE IT IN THE RESOLUTION OR JUST NEEDS TO BE A MOTION, MAYBE TO STAFF TO INCLUDE IN THE CONTRACT, OR IS PUT IT IN THE RESOLUTION AS A CONDITION DOING THAT.
>> IF I MAY. I BELIEVE IT'S BEST IN A RESOLUTION AND I WOULD ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT
SECTION. >> SIOUX KANE. >> YOU YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF CHOICES YOU CAN ADD IT AS A
BULLET IN THE RESOLUTION. DIRECTOR THOMPSON YOU WANT TO HAVE A PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE SCHOOL TO NOTIFY ITS COMMUNITY AN EMAIL LIST DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? OF COMPLIANCE AND IT'S A PLAN
FOR CORRECTION WITH MILESTONES. >> IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THEY HAVE ALREADY PLANNED JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. >> I WOULD ASSUME AS MUCH AS WELL. IF YOU WANT IT AS PART OF THE THAT IT'S AN OPTION, IT C COULDE
A SEPARATE MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO PUT SUCH EYE THING IN THE CHARTER CONTRACT. BUT THAT'S A TOTAL TWO MOTIONS AND ASK THERE A PREFERENCE? >> I PROPOSE WE ADD A SECTION "L" THIS FITS IN THE CONDITION
IS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL MAINTAIN UPDATES WITH ANYONE WITH A LETTER OF INTENTS OR INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR COMPLIANCE SECTIONS AFTERNOON-K.
>> DIRECTOR CLARK DO YOU ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AHEAD IN THE. OKAY I WILL TRY TO RESTATE THE MOTION ON THE TABLE AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION.
THERE IS A MOTION TO WE HAVE TO VOTE TO AMEND. THERE IS A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO IT APPROVE THE RENAISSANCE P.K.-12 CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION WITH WITH
CONDITIONS TO INCLUDE AN ITEM "L." THAT IS TO REQUIRE THE CHARTER CONTRACT TO REQUIRE THE CHARTER TO NOTIFY ITS COMMUNITY AND
EMAIL DISTRIBUTION -- AN EMAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST OF ITS COMPLIANCE WITH EACH MILESTONE S THAT COMPLETE WITH WHAT -- >> I THINK COMPLIANCE OR LACK THEREAFTER. >> IT'S PLAN FOR CORRECTION IF IT DOES NOT MEET A MILESTONE. OKAY.
SO THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. THERE WAS A FRIENDLY AGREEMENT HERE SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND WE'LL VOTE ON THAT. DIRECTOR RYAN? >> SO MY CONCERNS ARE TIED TO
THE STUDENTS AND PARTIALLY WHAT DIRECTOR THOMPSON SAID, IF THIS DOESN'T PAN OUT. THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE SIGNED UP FOR A SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT END UPCOMING IN TO FRUITION
OR IF IT DOES IT CLOSES THAT IS A TRAGEDY FOR THE KIDS ESPECIALLY IF THEY COULD NOT THEN EASILY GET INTO RREMS OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. THE PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING IS ONE OF NUMBERS. 372 IS THE BREAK-EVEN NUMBER THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.
THE ONLY BUDGET THAT LAYS OUT JUST FOR THIS SCHOOL AS FAR AS I HAVE IS A 450 STUDENT ALLOCATION. THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN ANY OF THE LETTERS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN. THAT IS NOT -- WE HAVE ONE FOR K-12. >> YEAH, SO RIGHT NOW I WILL
ASK -- LET'S VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSSION THAT MUCH SINCE THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. >> SORRY. >> THAT'S OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO BACK INTO DISCUSSIONS, WE ARE MOTE VOTING ON AMENDING THE RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE THAT ADDITIONAL ITEM. I WILL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE.
>> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> NO. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT, SO IT PASSES 6-1. NOW WE ARE DISCUSSION THE
RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN AMENDED. >> WE ARE ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF TIME. >> I MOVE TO EXTEND. >> HOW LONG? >> 15 MINUTES. >> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. SO ARE IT'S BEEN MOVED BY
DIRECTOR PARKER. SECONDED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER. TO EXTEND 15 MINUTES. I'LL CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> NEIGH. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE.
>> DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> PASSES 6-1. SO WE ARE IN DISCUSSION ON THIS. YOU GUYS ARE GIVING ME WORK TONIGHT. OKAY. SO DIRECTOR RYAN, PLEASE --
>> SORRY THAT WAS MAY CONFUSION AND IT WAS IN MY HEAD. THE ONLY BUDGET THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FOR THIS SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY IS THE 450 STUDENT ALLEGATIONS. DIRECTOR THOMPSON POINTED OUT APTLY THAT, IF FOR SOME REASON
THE 372 IS NOT MET AND THE BOARD ALLOWS THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A CONDITION OF THIS, THE SCHOOL COULD PUT SOME OF THE FUNDING COMING FROM THEIR 6-12 TOWARD THOSE. HOWEVER, THAT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THOSE STUDENTS. THAT IS NOT A GOOD RESULT.
I WOULD IMAGINE FROM HERE. THE ISSUE THAT I AM RUNNING INTO, IS THE 40-60 NUMBER THAT WE JUST GOT FOR SPOTS OPENING UP AT REMS. CEMENT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE APPLICATION.
THAT THOSE OPEN SPOTS ON THE WAIT LIST COULD PULL FROM THESE LETTERS OF INTENT. THAT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION THAT WE ARE USING THE WAIT LIST AS A REASON TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE FOLKS AVAILABLE. WITH THE MOST CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. WHICH IS ASSUMING THAT ALL 408
ARE ACCOUNTED FOR, TAKING AWAY 40 PUTS US BELOW THE 372. THAT'S 368. THAT'S THE MOST CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE NEED TO PULL SOME NUMBERS OUT OF THERE WHICH IS AT LEAST 24 FOR THE FIRST GRADE THAT THEY CANNOT ACCOMMODATE WITH THE CAPACITY.
THAT THEN PUTS IT IT -- SORRY, I HAVE MULTIPLE -- AT 344. THAT, TO ME, IF 372 IS BREAK EVEN, MEANS SCHOOL CLOSURE.
IT I DON'T SEE HOW WITH SIXTH GRADE MOVING WORK AN ASSUMPTION THAT OPENS UP 40-60 SPOTS THAT, COMING IN BELOW 372, BASED ON THE MOST CONSERVATIVE OF ESTIMATES AND THE ONE THAT I
THINK IS MORE REALISTIC, MEANS THAT THERE IS A VIABLE SCHOOL. EVEN WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE THERE. THAT IS THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE. IS THAT 408, DESPITE BEING ABOVE 372 IS NOT ENOUGH GIVEN THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT THIS APPLICATION LIVES IN.
WHICH IS INCLUDING THE WAIT LIST OF REMS. SO THAT IS WHERE I AM SITTING ON THIS. >> OTHER DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> QUESTION FOR GORDON. THE LETTERS IT WITH THE GREAT LEVELS, IS THAT FOR THE ANTICIPATED YEAR THAT THEY ARE GOING TO OPEN? IT. >> SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT IT AGAIN?
>> THE BREAKDOWN OF THE LETTERS OF SAYING "X" AMOUNT WILL BE IN FIRST GRADE OREGON MADE UP THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS FROM THE LETTERS, IT IS THAT THEY ARE WILL BE IN FIRST YEAR THE -- GRADE THE YEAR THE SCHOOL OPENS?
>> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YES. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> YEAH, I THINK THIS IS JUST REALLY COMPLICATED AND A COMPLEX ISSUE AND I HOPE FOR THE EDIFICATION OF ANYBODY LISTENING IN AND THE BROADER PUBLIC, IT IS REALLY COMPLEX AND IT IS NOT A
SIMPLE CHOICE. I THINK THAT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE LIKE HOW OUTSTANDING THE PROGRAM LIKE AT RENAISSANCE TRULY IS. AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE INCREDIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AS WELL. I THINK THAT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE
SAID THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ARE INCREDIBLE AS WELL. IT'S NOT A REASON WHY I AM, YOU NEGOTIATION GOING TO VOTE THE WAY THAT I AM. BUT I JUST WANT TO -- EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET A FANTASTIC EDUCATION AT RENAISSANCE AND GET A FANTASTIC EDUCATION AT ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS AT DOUGLAS COUNTY AS
WELL I THINK I AM PERSUADED BY THE ARGUMENT THAT IT I THINK WE HAVE A DUTY TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR FAMILIES TO OFFER CHOICES. I THINK WE HAVE A DUTY TO RENAISSANCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. AND I PERSONALLY AM KIND FALLING ON THE SIDE AFTER THE PREVIOUS WITH CONDITIONS.
I THINK THAT IT CREATES A BETTER PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL. I AM HOPEFULLY THAT YOU SUCCEED. I WANT YOU TO SUCCEED. I WANT YOU TO BE THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT NEED YOU. BUT, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE. AND I THINK THAT ANYONE WHO
TRIES TO DISTILL THIS INTO JUST LIKE A PAY OR ANTI-CHARTER NARRATIVE WILL BE WAS DRASTICALLY MISSING THE POINT. I HOPE WITHIN ALL OF THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THESE COMPLEX ISSUES AND A LOT TO THINK ABOUT HERE AND A LOT OF VOICES THAT MATTER.
AND THAT ULTIMATELY I THINK WE ARE ALL DOING OUR BEST TO SERVE THE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT AND AM SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO EVEN CARES NOW EVEN ENGAGE IN THIS WORK. >> THAT WAS SO WELL SAID. REAL QUICKLY. DIRECTOR -- MR. MOSER, DOES
DIRECTOR RYAN'S CALCULATION IN CONSIDERING ALL OF THOSE OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR THINKING AT ALL? >> ME? I WOULD SAY -- >> MAYBE A BETTER WAY TO ASK THIS DID THE CART COMMITTEE
CONSIDER ALL OF THESE OTHER FACTORS IN THEIR ANALYSIS? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I AM GETTING AT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THE CART COMMITTEE DEFINITELY HAD MEMBERS, THE DIRECTORS OF -- FROM OUR FINANCE TEAM HAD
MEMBERS OF FOC AND ALSO HAD OUR CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTANT. THEY LOOKED AT THE SUBMITTED 5-YEAR ANTICIPATED BUDGETS FOR 450. THEY LOOKED AT THE COMBINED SCHOOL OF PRE-K-12 AND LOOKED AT THE SEPARATE BUDGET AND IN EACH
OF THOSE SCENARIOS, THEY FELT THAT THE BUDGET WAS ECONOMICALLY SOUND WITH THE LETTERS OF INTEREST SUBMITTED. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND THEN DIRECTOR PARKER. >> I WOULD JUST SECOND
EVERYTHING DIRECTOR DENZLER JUST SAID. I THINK THAT WAS REALLY WELL SAID. THE OTHER THING I THINK -- I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS IT TAKES CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES TO GATHER
THESE LETTERS OF INTENTS. AND SO WHEN A SCHOOL IS DEDICATING RESOURCED TO GATHERING THOSE LETTERS, THEY ARE UNABLE TO DEDICATE THOSE RESOURCES ELSEWHERE AND SO AS
SOMEBODY WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. YOU ARE LOOKING TO REACH A CERTAIN POINT AND THEN YOU STOP BECAUSE GOING OVER THAT -- THERE IS A COST -- THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY COST ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT AND SO I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR RYAN'S POINT THERE AND I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE OTHEI WOULD PUT FORWARD THAT THERE ARE
VERY LIKELY MANY OTHER FAMILIES THAT ARE INTERESTED AND THE SCHOOL MADE A DECISION TO NOT DEDICATE MORE RESOURCES TO GATHERING THOSE SIGNATURES. >> THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR PARKER. >> YEAH, JUST HOW DO WE KNOW THE 372 NUMBER IS REALISTIC WITH THE CHANGES OF THE DISTRICT IN THE SIXTH GRADE?
WITH DIRECTOR RYAN'S NUMBERS AND THE CART TEAM DID ASSESS IT AND THEN THE DOCTOR -- DIRECTOR CALLAHAN IS SAYING LIKE MAYBE SOMETIMES YOU STOP AT 372 BECAUSE YOU GOT THE NUMBER THAT YOU NEEDED. LIKE HOW DO WE KNOW THE
REALISTIC PICTURE. THE FIRST PROVISION SOMETHING THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE SCHOOL SHOW EVIDENCE OF AT LEAST THREE PUBLIC TOWN HALLS WITHIN FIVE-MILE RAID JUST PROPOSED SITE. INCLUDING ATTENDANCE LOGS, ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF AND CART AND I THINK FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE WAS THAT WE WANTED TO SEE MORE OF A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUT LIKE DIRECTOR CALLAHAN WAS SAYING IT'S HARD FOR A CHARTER APPLICANT TO
DRUMMOND AS MUCH SUPPORT AS THEY WOULD LIKE THEY CAN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT AND WE CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THE SCHOOL WILL BE. SO WE ARE KIND OF IN THIS LIMBO AREA FROM BOTH SIDES. DOES THAT ANSWER THAT? >> YEAH. I GUESS. AND THEN PRESCHOOL, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE SOME HISTORY IN PRESCHOOL
LICENSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO THE BUILDING THAT THEY ARE FINDING IS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE PRESCHOOL IN JUST THREE YEARS IN THE NUMBERS ARE WITH THE PRESCHOOL INCLUDED EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT UNTIL YEAR THREE WHEN I
LOOK AT THE APPLICATION. THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE PRESCHOOL AND SO HOW DOES THAT WITH NOT KNOWING WHAT A LOCATION IS, NOT KNOWING WHEN THE PRESCHOOL -- OR PRE SCHOOL COMING IN THREE YEARS, HOW DO WE NAVIGATE THOSE THINGS? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IN THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY PROVIDES THAT THEY'LL SUBMIT APPROXIMATE FLOOR PLANS TO THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILD HIGHED ENSURING PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS MEET SQUARE FOOTAGE, EGRESS, SANITATION THAT'S A CONCERN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE READY FOR THAT. >> AND IT HAS TO BE BY
JANUARY 15th 2028 BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO OPEN A PRESCHOOL FOR THREE MORE YEARS. IS THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO COVER THEIR BASES? >> THE -- SO FROM -- THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT KINDERGARTEN. THROUGH FIVE. BUT WHEN I SAW THAT PRESCHOOL
WAS INCLUDED LATER IN THOSE PROJECTED YEARS. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED DURING THE CAPACITY INTERVIEW, IS YOUR INTENT TO OPEN A PRESCHOOL? AND WHEN WE KNEW THAT IS YES, WE WOULD RATHER GOT AHEAD OF THAT NOW. RATHER THAN HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH FOR AN EXPANSION APPLICATION AT THAT POINT TO
THEN ADD PRESCHOOL AND HELP THEM GUIDE THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF ENSURING THAT T THEIR INTERESTING ADEQUATE FOR PRESCHOOL IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO DOWN THE LINE. >> DIRECTORRED WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES LEFT AND I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT KANE WANTS TO SAY
SOMETHING AND THEN WELCOME BACK. >> I WILL GO FOUR QUESTIONS BECOME I COULDN'T GET EVERYONE'S TENSION. DIRECTOR MEEK YOU ASKED IF WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIRECTOR RYAN'S CONCERNS AND I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR IT MOSER SMOKE ON BEHALF OF CAR. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN CABINET,
WE HAD THAT EXACT SAME DISCUSSION. AND AT THE END OF THE KAY, WE CONCLUDED THAT WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE OVERLAP IS BETWEEN BETWEEN T THE REPORT
EMS WAIT LIST, WE ASKED THEM TO GET LETTERS OF INTENT INDEPENDENT FROM THE REMS WAIT LIST WAS THIS VERY DISCUSSION. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CONCERN AND SAY THAT KED WETTED
AND TALK IN CABINET WE LANDED ON RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THERE IS THAT OVERLAP I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. >> TOUCH THAT'S VERY HELPFUL THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I DID ONE MORE PIECE OF MATH WHICH GIVEN THAT MAY NOT FACTOR
INTO PEOPLE'S DECISION, BUT I DID DO THE DIFFERENCE IN EX-PEN EXPENDITURES VERSUS REVENUE FOR THAT 372 NUMBER BASED ON THE 4050 THAT WE GOT NOT SCHOOL IT IS A DIFFERENCE OF $819,936. THAT'S ABOUT 12% OF THE BUDGET
THAT'S GIVEN TO US IN THAT 450. THAT IS LARGE. FOR IT. THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT IN THE APPLICATION IN THE BUDGET THAT WERE PROVIDED FOR K-12. HOW THAT WOULD COME ABOUT. THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDED JUST FOR THE SPECIFIC
SCHOOL SO I DID WANT TO GIVE THAT NUMBER AND IT GROWS YEAR TO YEAR, BUT THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THE BUDGETING WAS BASED ON THE SCHOOL GROWING. >> THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE 2 1/2 MINUTES RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE WAITING TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
DIRECTOR -- OKAY. GO. DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND THEN GOING FAST. >> IT'S NOT A QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, DEMAND IS OUR BIGGEST
CONCERN. THAT WE KEEP HAVING AT THE TAIL. I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE JUST WEREN'T HEARING FROM POTENTIAL FAMILIES AT THE FIRST HEARING. AND THE -- WE HEARD FROM FAMILIES AND I AM NOT SPEAKING ABOUT, WE HAVE HEARD FROM FAMILIES, WE KNOW THE FAMILIES THAT GO TO THE SCHOOL LOVE THE SCHOOL I AM NOT SPEAKING TO
THAT. I IT'S JUST WANTING TO SPEAK TO THE CURRENT DEMAND. WE REALLY DIDN'T HEAR FROM ANY PEOPLE IN THE HEARING TODAY OR BY EMAIL THAT WANT TO BE ENROLLED THAT ARE A PART OF
THOSE LETTERS. >> DIRECT DOOR GEIGER LAST YEAR WHEN I VOTED AGAINST THIS I RELIED ON THE CART TEAM. I HAVE NEVER OPEN AID CHATTER SCHOOL IN THE END I HAVE TO SIT UP HERE AND MAKE DECISIONS ON
THINGS THAT A P NOT AN EXPERT AT. LAST YEAR WHEN I VOTED AGAINST THIS I SAID WHAT CONDITIONS, THAT WERE REPEATED. AND I RELIED ON THE EXPERTISE OF THE CART TEAM BECAUSE I KNOW THE CART TEAMS QUESTION HAS OPENED SCHOOLS AND SUPERINTENDENT HAS OPENED SCHOOLS I KNOW THAT
RENAISSANCE HAS OPENED SCHOOLS. IN THE END I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WHICH IS WHY THE CONDITIONS EXIST BUT NOT BEING A CHARTER SCHOOL EXPERT I WILL RELY ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL EXPERTS TO HELP ME THROUGH THE PROCESS, I THINK THOSE CONDITIONS MAKE STONES ME BECAUSE THEY MAKE -- BECAUSE IN
THE END. I HAVE TO TRUST SOMEBODY AND IT'S THE EXPERTS ON CART THAT I CHOOSE TO TRUST. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS. I HOPE THAT NONE OF THEM ARE REAL. BUT IF THEY ARE AND THEY BECOME RELEVANT, THEN YOU ALSO ALL KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THESE
CONDITIONS. >> AND I HOPE RENAISSANCE IS HEARING WE WANT THE SCHOOL TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND WE ARE JUST STRUGGLING WITH THAT DECISION. SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL A VOTE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> DO YOU MIND JUST CLARIFYING HOW CONSENSUS IS REACHED WITH THE CART. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE -- LIKE THE BUDGET WAS -- THE NUMBER OF LETTERS, AND MEANS THAT THE BUDGET WAS FINE. HOW WAS THAT CONSENSUS REACHED?
IS THAT A VOTE -- ON EACH ITEM OR COMPONENT OR RUBRIC ITEM? >> ABSOLUTELY. THE WAY WE RUN OUR PROCESS IS THAT WE AGAIN, HAVE SMALL GROUPS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO EACH OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE APPLICATION.
THOSE LETTERS A-WAS IT "J" I THINK "L" MAYBE IT MIGHT LINE UP WITH YOUR RESOLUTION PROS THINK SO SMALL GROUPS THREE THROUGH, WE THEN HAVE OPEN FORUM DISCUSSION, WE HAVE THAT AFTER THE CAPACITY INTERVIEW AS WELL, EVERYONE VOICES STRENGTHS AND
CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED MORE INFORMATION AND THAT'S WHEN IT CAME UP IN THE CAPACITY INTERVIEW, COULD WE SEE A BUDGET JUST FOR THE ONE NEW SCHOOL. CAMPUS, NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE EXISTING. YES, WE ASKED FOR THAT THEY WILLINGLY SUBMITTED THAT.
THOSE THINGS ARE ALL TALKED ABOUT AND THE CONSENSUS ASPECT IS THAT EVERYONE DOES A BLIND AFTER THAT WHOLE WORK SESSION WE HAVE A FULL SPEND ABOUT FIVE HOURS PUT THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. AND THEN EVERYONE IN THE ROOM KIND OF GIVES THEIR LIGHT OF DISCUSSION. AND THEN WE DO A BLIND JUST
APPROVE OR DENY VOTE. AFTER THAT IF THERE IS ANY -- IF IT'S NOT CONSENSUS HE RU REVIEWED ALL OF THOSE, LOOK AT THOSE IF NICK ANYTHING IS NOT CONSENSUS WE ASK FOR ANOTHER CLARIFICATION AND DISCUSSION, WE GO THROUGH AGAIN AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER BLIND VOTE.
IT WAS 100 PERCENT OF CONSENSUS AFTER THE SECOND ROUND. >> GREAT. I WILL REMIND US WHAT THE MOTION IS. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE AMENDED RENAISSANCE P.K.-5
CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS DIRECT TORE TKHRERPBS. >> AYE. >> AYE. DIRECTOR MEEK? >> AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> NO. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> NO.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I RECOGNIZE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, I JUST WHEN COMPARING THE ADVICE THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR, AND TRYING TO APPLY THE SAME STANDARD CONSISTENTLY
ACROSS TWO YEARS, I AM JUST REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THAT. AND I APPRECIATE EFFORT OF STAFF TO TRY TO HELP WITH THAT. I AM JUST NOT THERE. SO IT'S A NO. >> OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES 4-3.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE A -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND THE PRESENTATION AND WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TAKE A 15-MINUTE BREAK.
1-5. SO WHAT TIME WOULD THAT BE? IT IS -- >> 7:51.
>> COME BACK AT 7:51. >> WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 10.2, POLICY BGE. FIRST READING. AND BGE IS THE POLICY PROCESS
BOARD RETENTION OR DELEGATION OF DISTRICT POLICY. AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A FIRST READING. IT PROVIDE THE BORE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW PROPOSED UPDATES, ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK BEFORE ANY FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION.
THEREFORE WE ARE FOR THE TAKING ANY ACTION ON IN THIS EVENING. WE'LL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW FROM STAFF AND GO INTO BOARD QUESTIONS. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, POLICY BGE IS THE
POLICY THAT IDENTIFIED WHICH SPECIFIC POLICIES HAVE BEEN RESERVED TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR AUTHORITY. IT INCLUDES ALL OF THE POLICIES WHICH ARE -- WHICH THE BOARD NEEDS TO MAINTAIN AUTHORITY TO PASS OR TO APPROVE OR TO
GENERATE AS REQUIRED BY LAW. AND IT ALSO IDENTIFIES THOSE POLICIES WHICH HAVE BEEN DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. THIS LIST IN THE FORM IT'S IN WAS FIRST GENERATED IN NBA 2019, IT WAS LAST UPDATED IN THE
DECEMBER OF 2023. WITH RESPECT TO THE POLICIES AND COORDINATING THIS CHART TO THOSE POLICIES THAT ACTUALLY ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE YOU'LL SEE THAT BOARD, THOSE POLICIES WHERE
THE BOARD HAS MAINTAINED THEIR AUTHORITY OVER THAT POLICY ARE IDENTIFIED AS BOARD FILE POLICIES. AND THOSE POLICIES WHICH HAVE BEEN DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ARE TYPICALLY IDENTIFIED AS SUPERINTENDENT FILE POLICIES.
AND IN SOME INSTANCES THE SUPERINTENDENT FILE POLICIES ARE CONSIDERED IN OTHER VERNACULAR AS LIKE THE REGULATION OR IT MIGHT BE AN EXHIBIT WHICH SUPPORTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BOARD FILE POLICY.
BUT IN OTHER INSTANCES WE ACTUALLY HAVE BOARD FILE POLICIES WHICH HAVE A BOARD FILE POLICY WHICH IS ALSO A REGULATION TO THE POLICY. SO THERE IS THERE ISN'T REALLY A CLEAR DELINEATION BETWEEN BOARD
AUTHORIZED -- OR BOARD MAINTAINING AUTHORITY OVER POLICIES AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS AUTHORITY OVER THE REGULATORY PROVISIONS, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE IN ALL INSTANCES. THE REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE REFLECT POLICY CHANGES
SINCE THE LAST REVISION IN DECEMBER OF 2023. IN SOME INSTANCES, THE REVISIONS REFLECT THE ADDITION OF POLICIES. FOR EXAMPLE, JICJA THE STUDENT USE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN
SCHOOL WAS RECENTLY PASSED BY THIS BOARD. THAT IS ADDED TO THIS CHART. JICJA-R IS A REGULATION, I BELIEVE THE POLICY ITSELF DESIGNATES THAT A REGULATION WILL BE DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE CHART AND PRESENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY CABINET. AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS FCB, SCHOOL CLOSURE CONSOLIDATION AND RELOCATION WAS A POLICY PASSED BY THIS BOARD SINCE DECEMBER OF
2023. THE REGULATION, THE REGULATORY IMPLEMENTATION WAS DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT BY THAT POLICY. AND THAT'S FCB-R. IS INCLUDED ON THIS LIST AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE
REVISIONS SIMILAR TO THAT. THE OTHER MAIN REVISION TO THE POLICY, REALLY IS WITH RESPECT TO FORM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ASSIST THE READER WITH LOOKING AT THIS CHART. AND THAT WAS TO ADD THE NAMES OF
THE SECTIONS TO THE POLICY IN EACH INSTANCE. IN THE HOPE OF ASSISTING THE READER IN KNOWING THAT SECTION "A" FOR EXAMPLE, IS FOUNDATION AND BASIC COMMITMENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE ARE SECTIONS A-L IN THE
DISTRICT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT'S POLICIES WHICH REFLECT GENERALLY THE CONTENT AREA OR THE SUBJECT MATTER AREA OF THAT SECTION OF POLICY. AGAIN SOX "I" RELATES TO INSTRUCTION, SEX "J" RELATES TO
STUDENTS, "G" RELATES TO PERSON SELL MATTERS AND THE GOAL HERE WAS TO IDENTIFY THOSE SECTIONS SEPARATELY. AT THE TOP OF THE SECTIONS TO IDENTIFY THE BOARD AUTHORITY LIST AND THE SUPERINTENDENT
AUTHORITY BOARD AUTHORITY AS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE CHART. AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AUTHORITY IS ON THE REPORT SIDE OF THE CHART. WITH THAT I' HAPPY TO WE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> FOR YOU THAT OVERVIEW. WITH THAT I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, I'M ALSO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION, I THINK THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. AND WE ARE A POLICY GOVERNANCE
BOARD, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DO DELEGATE MUCH. POLICIES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THOSE ARE THE POLICIES ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. IT'S HELPFUL SEEING THE NEWER
POLICIES ADAPTED ADDED TO THIS AS WELL, DIRECTOR THOMPSON I THINK YOU WERE GETTING READY TO ASK A QUESTION. >> SO THIS -- IS IT SAFE TO SAY THIS DOCUMENT IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE AS A RUNNING LIST OF ALL POLICIES IN THE DISTRICT?
>> IT REPRESENTS ALL POLICIES WHICH HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF EDUCATION AND AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL GOING BACK IN TIME. WHEN THIS WAS LIST WAS FIRST GENERATED IT WAS GENERATED IN 2019 ACTUALLY, BY CASB WHEN THEY
WERE DOING AN AUDIT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY. THEY SUBMITTED THIS LIST TO THE DISTRICT'S I BELIEVE A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE OR THE DISTRICT -- REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICT'S BOARD RELATED TO
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW THE POLICY SHOULD BE DIVIDED BASED UPON THEIR REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S POLICY AT THE TIME. >> I AM JUST GOING TO CALL OUT
THE PINK ELEPHANT, WHAT'S THE SAYING GO, I HAVEN'T USED IT BEFORE IN CONVERSATION. JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, POLICY AGE IS NOT CURRENTLY LISTED. IN THIS. THAT'S BEEN ON THE DISTRICT
WEBSITE FOR MANY YEARS. YEAH, SO WHEN WE WERE DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE A POLICY THAT'S BEEN PASSED BY THE BOARD, I AM KIND OF STRUGGLING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE WEBSITE HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, THERE IS
NOT LIKE A RUNNING DOCUMENT LIST THAT I WAS EVER PROVIDED WHEN I GAME A DIRECTOR OF EVERY POLICY THAT EXISTED IN THE DISTRICT WITH IT -- WHEN IT WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED. I KNOW WE STARTED TO TRACK POLICY DOINGSES AND REVISIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOCUMENTS,
WHICH IS HELPFUL. BUT FOR POLICY "A" I HAVE GONE ON THE WAY BACK MACHINE AND THAT POLICY EXIST ODD THE WEBSITE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S AN ADOPTED
POLICY WHEN IT'S EXISTED FOR SO LONG, THE RECORDS -- AND THERE'S NO VIDEO OF MEETINGS THAT DATE BACK THAT FAR.
THIS IS A BOARD FILE SO IT'S ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT A POLICY THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE LISTED HERE UNDER BOARD AUTHORITY. OR DOES THE BOARD FEEL LIKE THIS IS A POLICY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON AND DECIDE IF IT'S A BOARD POLICY.
>> TO HELP EXPLAIN FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE FOR THE FOLLOWED ALONG. THERE ARE CURRENTLY -- THERE IS A POLICY THAT IS LABELED AS "H" ON THE DISTRICT POLICY SITE. AND HAS EXISTED THERE. AND I THINK THE CHALLENGE HAS
BEEN WHEN THE DISTRICT DID ITS AUDIT IN THE MOVE TO A NEW ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED. AND SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE DO NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM. BUT I DO THINK HAVING A REVIEW OF "H" POLICIES, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE A
IT. U AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REVIEW THOSE POLICIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE UP-TO-DATE IN A PLACE THAT THEY NEED TO BE. ITI HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY LOOKING T
DIFFERENT DISTRICTS' "H" WELL IS AS AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE REALLY WELL DONE AND THAT COULD BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR TO US LOOK AT. AND THINK THERE IS AN "H" POLICY
THAT IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND SHOULDN'T BE ADDED TO THIS DOCUMENT IS WHAT I AM HEARING. OKAY. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS ON
THIS? I HAD A QUESTION AND I THINK IT WAS ANSWERED BUT IT'S JUST BEEN SO BUSY. LIKE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EVER HAVE A BOARD MEET ON THE GROUND A TUESDAY AFTER A HOLIDAY WEEKENDS. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO STAFF. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND SO I APOLOGIZE IF I HAVE AN
ANSWER, THE A.D. POLICY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION POLICY, THAT SAYS RESERVED FOR FUTURE POLICY, I REALLY THOUGHT EVERY DISTRICT WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE A POLICY THAT'S A.D., THAT LISTS ITS MISSION STATEMENT.
AND IN ADDITION, THERE IS LIKE OTHER REQUIREMENTS, LIKE IT HAS TO HAVE SAFETY IN THE MISSION STATEMENT IN SOME WAY, I AM JUST WONDERING IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD FLAG AS A PRIORITY FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
WHOEVER. YOU CAN ANSWER. >> IT'S BEEN ON OUR RADAR THAT YOU ALL NEED TO PASS A POLICY AD. OUR ADMISSION STATEMENT BEING POSTED ON THE WEBSITE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE STATUTE.
BUT WE DO NEED TO -- WE DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER A POLICY A.D. THAT FORMALIZES THE DISTRICT'S MISSION STATEMENT DO YOU HAVE POLICY A.D.D. WHICH IS THE -- WHICH ADDRESSES SAFETY DIRECTLY. BUT POLICY A.D. SHOULD BE THE
MISSION STATEMENT. >> YEAH, AND I THINK THE MISSION STATEMENT ITSELF IS REQUIRED TO HAVE SAFETY WITHIN THE MISSION STATEMENT. SO I DO THINK US FLAGGING THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. THAT'S HELPFUL.
OTHER QUESTIONS P DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEAH, SO I THINK WE NEED TO REMOVE FEH. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES REREPEALED BECAUSE IT WAS COMBINED WITH ANOTHER POLICY.
THAT WAS LIKE SUPERVISION CONSTRUCTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> IS IT FH OR FEH THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO? OKAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> FEH IS LISTED ON THIS DOCUMENT, BUT WE REPEALED THAT BACK IN JANUARY BECAUSE IT WAS COMBINED WITH -- WHEN WE WERE UPDATING THE D.J. POLICIES. >> THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER FOR
ALL OF US. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, WHEN
ANY OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ARE CHANGED, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THE BOARD? EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN DELEGATED, WHEN AND HOW IS THE BOARD INVOLVED?
>> WHEN WE DO MAKE CHANGES, WE HAVE MADE A GROUP OF CHANGES EVERY FEW MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS OR SO I'LL PUT IT IN MY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES BUT IT'S PROBABLY CLEANEST TO JUST DO IT ONCE TEND OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR TO TELL YOU WHAT'S BEEN UPDATED. >> IS THERE A PREFERENCE?
I PARTLY WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHEN IT'S CHANGED JUST SO I KNOW LIKE A CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE, BUT -- OKAY. >> YEARLY FEELS TOO -- ONE,
SOMEWHAT OVERWHELMING FOR ME TO GO THROUGH. TWO, THINGS CAN GO ON FOR A WHILE, NEED OR COULD POSSIBLY NEED REVIEW, I WOULD LIKE AT LEAST QUARTERLY. >> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. >> AND I KNOW WE HAD THE KB
POLICY FLAGGED AS A POTENTIAL POLICY. I THINK DIRECTOR THOMPSON HAD VOLUNTEERED TO LOOK AT THAT. AND AS WE WERE TALKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL
PUSHING POLICIES THROUGH AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN PEOPLE ARE CHECKED OUT AND NOT REALLY ABLE TO WEIGH IN, SO JUST FLAGGING THAT FOR SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS?
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO NOT ON THIS, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE UPDATED THE CELLPHONE POLICY IT LOOKS LIKE THE OLD ONE IS STILL ON THE WEBSITE. JUST DOING A QUICK CROSS-REFERENCE. JUST A HEADS UP. >> WE NEED TO YOU SPEAK UP.
>> WE REVEALED IAHA WHEN WE ADOPTED THE POLICY IT'S STILL LISTED AS A POLICY ON THE WEBSITE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CATCH.
>> GREAT I THINK WE ARE AT TIME IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE ON THIS WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO OUR NEXT ITEM WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO PUT EVERYONE TO SLEEP, IT'S LOOKING AT OUR EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS AND IT'S A FIRST
READING. SO THIS ITEM REALLY CARRIES FORWARD FROM OUR FEBRUARY 17th WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD ON MONITORING. AND THE STAFF HAD DONE A REDLINE
REVIEW OF THE E.L. POLICIES, EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS. AND AS A REMINDER, IT'S A FIRST READING. AND TONIGHT PROVIDE THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE E.L. POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN
REDLINED BY STAFF AND ASK QUESTIONS, GIVE ME A MINUTE TO POWELL BY DOCUMENT WHICH ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH PRETTY THOROUGHLY THIS WEEKEND. AND YOU HAVE IT ON THE BOARD PACKET AS WELL.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> JUST FOR CLARITY, THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS, SO WE HAVE THE COVER PAGE, WE HAVE THIS DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS STAFF REVISIONS AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER DOCUMENT THAT SAYS REVISED POLICY BOOK. IS THAT THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE --
>> YEAH. >> OKAY. >> THANKS FOR CLARIFYING. THE LAST DOCUMENT YOU MENTIONED IS THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE E.L. POLICIES. BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED. THE REDLINE DOCUMENT OR THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STAFF, BASED ON THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDED UPDATES TO THE E.L. POLICIES. SO I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT ONE THAT'S OPEN. IF YOU DON'T MIND SCROLLING DOWN A BIT TO E.L. ONE. YEAH.
SO THIS IS THE REDLINE DOCUMENT THAT WE'LL LOOK AT IT'S NICE THIS IS FALLING OFF THE LAST ITEM. THE LAST ITEM ARE THE POLICIES THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF.
WHEN THEY THINK DISTRICT POLICIES. THESE ARE OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE POLICIES THAT GUIDES THE BOARD. RIGHT? AND ITS WORK. THESE THE POLICIES THAT WE DELEGATE, WE DELEGATE THE E.L.s TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND IN RETURN FOR DELEGATING WE
MONITOR THEM. RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE DELEGATE IT OR NOT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE E.L.s ARE ABOUT. AND I BELIEVE THE BOOKLET, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF, WERE PROVIDED BUT I THINK THAT CAME IN TODAY. AND I THINK WE HAD IT PREVIOUSLY BUT IT WAS RESENT TO US WITH THE STAFF'S RATIONALE FOR THE REDLINE, YES.
>> SO THE STAFF PROVIDED REDLINES AND A RATIONALE FOR THE REDLINES THROUGH LEGAL MEMO BACK ON FEBRUARY 12th FOR THE FEBRUARY 18th WORK SESSION AND THEN WE IT -- THE BOARD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND ASK
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS THEM. SO THAT WAS THE FEBRUARY 18th 1h WORK SESSION. >> ALL RIGHT. AND SO THAT LEGAL MEMO SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOADED WITH THE ITEM JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE THAT INFORMATION AGAIN. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. AND THAT'S MY -- THAT'S ON ME.
I DID NOT ASK TO HAVE THAT LEGAL MEMO POSTED TO MAKE IT EASILY AVAILABLE. SORRY. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IF WE CAN JUST HAVE CLARITY WHEN IT'S BLUE OR RED, LIKE WHOSE REVISION IS IT. >> YEAH.
BLUE WAS OUR RECOMMENDED REVISION TO THE HE WANT L POLICY AND RED IS THE DISTRICT'S REVIEW. AND RECOMMENDATION BACK TO US AND SO THIS IS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE DOCUMENT AND I AM
FEARFUL THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW IT. GIVEN THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BUT WHAT ILL LIKE TO DO IS MAYBE JUST WALK THROUGH IT QUICKLY. IT'S NOT MEANT FOR US TO VOTE ON TONIGHT. AND WE DO WANT TO HAVE A SECOND READING.
WE WANT TO GET THESE IN PLACE NOT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT USES, RIGHT? FOR ALL OF THE MONITORING. SO MAYBE THE EASIEST THING I'LL JUST WALK US THROUGH QUICKLY.
REALLY THE CHANGE WAS THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE WAS TO THE TITLE. AND AND I PROVIDED SOME QUESTIONS BACK AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE MAY WANT TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE
POLICY GOVERNANCE EXPERT WEIGH IN JUST BECAUSE THERE IS REASONING FOR THE WAY IT'S TITLED. AND CHANGING IT TO GENERAL PARAMETERS OF LIMITATIONS REALLY IT CHANGES KIND OF THE INTENT OF
THE UMBRELLA POLICY OF E.L. 1s. AND SO I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ACTUALLY SEND THIS OUT JUST FOR A IT -- A POLICY GOVERNANCE REVIEWED. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE US CHANGE SOMETHING THAT INADVERTENTLY
CREATES CONFUSION. ARE WE DOWN THIS ONE ALREADY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP AS A POTENTIAL WE HAVE RESOURCES IN OUR BOARD BUDGET. SPECIFICALLY FOR INVESTING IN
OUR GOVERNANCE AND THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD PROBABLY BEING A SMART THING FOR US TO DO. THAT'S E.L. 1, REAL WE STAFF RECOMMEND THAT GO WE CHANGE THE TITLE. I HAVE CONCERNS WITH CHANGING
THE TITLE. I'LL KEEP GOING AND YOU GUYS INTERRUPT IF -- E.L. 2 REALLY -- DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT OR
WALK THROUGH THE EDITS? >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON -- >> SURE. >> E.L. 2. >> GO FOR IT. >> WHAT IS THE THINKING BEHIND THE ADDITION OF THE LAST PHRASE IN 1.1?
AND HOW DO WE DEFINE THE DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT? I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PHRASE. I KNOW WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH WE CAN'T STOP ALL BULLIESING ALL --
BULLYING ALL THE TIME AND THE LINE GETS DIFFICULT WE HAVE POLICIES THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO BE DISCIPLINED FOR ACTIONS OFF THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. SO I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE DRAW THAT LINE AND HOW THAT PARTICULARLY -- IS THAT LANGUAGE REFLECTED, BY STATUTE
IS IT A RECOMMENDATION, IS IT A POLICY THAT THIS COMES FROM. >> I AM ALSO LOOKING AT THE MEMO AT THE TIME HERE. IT COULD BE REFINEED TO REFLECT
THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEXUS TO THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. WOULD BE ONE DAY WAY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT YOU ARE RAISING DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I AM AFRAID THE PHRASE -- LITERALLY THE WORD "IN" MAY LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THINGS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE BUT
HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS INSIDE OUR EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. >> THIS LANGUAGE WOULD BE INTERPRETED CONSISTENT WITH OUR POOL POL IS AS AND LIKELY THE LANGUAGE COULD BE CHANGED TO REFLECT THE EXACT SANG LIDGE USED IN OUR POLICIES RELATED TO
THE JURISDICTION FOR HARASSMENT. >> I THINK THAT BE A BETTER -- JUST A BETTER THOUGHT PROCESS IS MY THOUGHT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. >> SO DIRECTOR GEIGER CAN YOU RESTATE --
>> IN REFERENCE TO LEFT. 21.1, THE LAST PHRASE, THE CHANGED PHRASE IN THE DISTRICT'S EN CHARACTER ENVIRONMENT. I THINK THAT FAAKES CAN BE MODIFIED TO DEAL WITH OUR POLICIES THAT ADDRESS ACTIONS
THAT OCCUR OFF OR OUTSIDE OF THE DIRECT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT BUT WHICH WHICH HAS A NEGATIVE AND DANGEROUS AFFECT TO OUR STUDENTS INSIDE THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. LULLYING HARASSMENT WITH THE SIGNIFICANT NEXUS TO THE DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT NOT COMING ONE THE MOST BRILLIANT FREEZING RIGHT NOW BUT IT HAS TO BE BROADER THAN THE CURRENT WAY IT'S PHRASED. >> SOUNDS LIKE LEAD COUNSEL HEARD THAT.
OTHER QUESTIONS WITH E.L. 2. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WANT TO SECOND THAT. IT SHOULD BE REMOVED BECAUSE IF IT CAN HARM THE WELFARE OF
ANOTHER STUDENT THEN WE DO ACT. THAT COULD BE BULLYING, IT COULD BE PHYSICAL ALTERCATION, SO -- >> OKAY OTHER, COMMENTS ON E.L.
2. >> I AGREE REMOVING IT IS THE CLEANEST, HARASSMENT PERIOD. >> RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL K.GO AHEAD. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THE BOARD ALLOW US TO GO RESEARCH WHAT OUR OTHER POLICIES SAY
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR BULLYING AND HARASSMENT JUST BECAUSE THE STUDENTS HAPPEN TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT IN ALL SQUARES, AND ALL PLACES OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, DURING THE SUMMER ON VACATION, LIKE WE -- THERE HAS TO BE SOME
KIND OF NEXUS ARGUMENT, SO LET US FINE RIGHT WORDS. TO WHERE IT IMPACTS THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON OUR OTHER POLICIES. >> THAT WOULD -- IT ALSO FALLS UNDER THE WORD RE REASONABLE ITS
CAPTURED THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS PORE MIT STUDENT TO BE WITHOUT. AND THEN REASONABLE I REASONABLE CAPTURES IT I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASON TO EXPECT A POLICY TO REACH OUTSIDE OF THE DEFINED POLICIES AND SO. >> THAT BE COVERED THROUGH THE
INTERPRETATION IS WHAT I AM HEARING. REASONABLE. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. I KNOW E.L. 2.1 WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE DELETED. PERMIT PARENTS, GUARDIANS, TO BE WITHOUT ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS TO HAVE THEIR
CHILD DIAGNOSED. IT WAS JUST MOVED. OKAY. IS IT TO T T THE ACCOMMODATION ?
NO, THAT WAS FACILITIES. >> LOOKS LIKE THE MEMO SAYS BECAUSE 2.2 CAPTURES STATE FEDERAL LAW BOARD POLICY THAT ALSO WOULD TPAURPLD THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY DURING THE COURSE OF THIS CONVERSATION WE RECEIVED A MEMO THAT I AM NOT SURE WE WERE BE READING INTO THE
RECORD. >> DID IT SAY CONFIDENTIAL. >> I WASN'T READING OUT OF IT. >> THAT'S GREAT. VERY HELPFUL. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT
ONE, WE'LL LOOK AT E.L. 3. TREATMENT OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. I NEED TO CROSS-CHECK THE RACKS
AT FOR NUMBER 5. RETALIATE AGAINST ANY STAFF MEMBER IN VIOLATION OF DISTRICT POLICY OR STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S
SOMEWHAT CIRCULAR, WHEN YOU START SEEING WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW POLICY AND OUR VALUES, OUR VALUES ARE NOT ABOUT FOLLOWING POLICY IT'S HIGHER LEVEL. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> YEAH, THERE IS A -- AGAIN, I WON'T READ IT, OF COURSE, BUT
THERE IS AN ENTIRE PARAGRAPH ADDRESSING THAT DELETION IN THE LEGAL MEMO THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. >> WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO SCHEDULE ANNEX EXCEPTION AT SOME TIME WHERE WE COULD ASK FOR
LEGAL, YOU KNOW, CLARIFICATION AND IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS RATIONAL BEHIND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT MAKES IT HARDER TO TALK ABOUT. SO I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT SCHEDULING A TIME, YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE CRINGE I KNOW. WITH THAT. BUT THAT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE CONCERNS. YES. >> IF I MAY SUGGEST, SO AS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THEM PERHAPS WE CAN FLAG THE SPECIFIC ONES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT IN
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WAY WE HAVE LIMITED THE SCOPE TO NOT BE THE ENTIRE THING ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO SO FAR I AM HEARING E.L. 3.5. >> YEAH, SOY AM JUST THINKING IT
MAY BE MORE EFFICIENT TO SCHEDULE THAT SEPARATE TO THIS MEETING. AND WORK ON GETTING THAT ORGANIZED. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE ARE BOTH TO FIND TIME. BUT WE ARE GOING TO FIND TIME
JUST DEDICATED TIME TO DO ANNEX EXCEPTION TO WALK THROUGH THIS. AND I THINK IF THERE ARE POLICY GOVERNANCE PHRASES OR TERMS I
CAN REACH OUT TO EXPERTS IN THE AREA TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNS THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
IF THERE ARE OTHER EDIT YOU WANT TO TODAY CALL ATTENTION TO I'LL GO THROUGH IT QUICK THERE ON FLAG FOR THE RESEARCH. BUT I WILL SEE LIKE E.L. 4 IS SUCCESSION AND REALLY THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE. E.L. 5 WAS THE COMMUNICATION
WITH AND SUPPORT TO THE BOARD. AND, AGAIN, LIKE MONITORING DATA. AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS MAKING IT MONITORING REPORTS. BUT THE REALLY LIKE POLICY GIVEN'S WE CAN ASK MONITORING DATA AT ANY TIME.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MONITORING REPORT. LIKE THERE ARE SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY WITHIN POLICY GOVERNANCE THAT I THINK JUST WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE ARE MAKING EDITS AND CHANGES.
SO COMMITMENT TO ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. YEAH. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS TO A FUTURE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AROUND POLICY
GOVERNANCE MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IN THIS? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SO DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND WHO WAS SECOND? RYAN. ALL RIGHT.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND DIRECTOR RYAN. >> MAY I MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. JUST THAT WE TABLE THIS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL SUBMIT HIGH-PRIORITY RATIONALE QUESTIONS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT
PRIOR TO THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS LISTED AS AN INFO ITEM AND SO WE WEREN'T PLANNING TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO TABLE IT. NOW THAT I AM THINKING ABOUT THAT. WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
DO. SUPERINTENDENT KANE DID YOU HAVE -- >> YEAH, IF STAFF IS -- WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO RESEARCH AND OBJECT TIN A POLICY GOVERNANCE EXPERT OR PERHAPS IF YOU HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOMEONE THAT WE CAN OBTAIN WE ARE HAPPY TO PUT THE EXECUTIVE
LIMITATIONS, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM REVIEW THAT AND GIVE US THEIR THOUGHTS. SO THANK YOU. >> THAT'S SOUNDS GREAT. AND JUST FOR CLARITY. THESE EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AND NOT THE REVINS
THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, BUT WE HAVE E.L.s IN PLACE THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR YEARS. AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CHANGING THEM APPROPRIATELY. SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO RUSH THAT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET IT DONE IMMEDIATELY.
BUT, YES, I DO HAVE EXPERTS IN THIS AREA. THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US THE KIND OF GUIDANCE THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO AIM GOING WITHDRAW MY MOTION.
>> YEAH, IS THAT SMOCK. >> DO I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING. WHOEVER YOU CHOOSE AS -- >> CHOICE WE'LL JUST -- >> SECOND THE WITHDRAWAL. >> I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. >> AND THEN JUST FOR CONSIDERATION, ACROSS THE BOARD
I NOTICE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STAFF REVISIONS WILL NARROW THE SCOPE WITHIN POLICY OF THE LAW. AND THEN I THINK SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS IS ACTUALLY LIKE IS OUR BARE MINIMUM THE LAW, IS OUR BARE
MINIMUM SOMETHING ELSE. SO JUST KEEPING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU REVIEW. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT WITH THESE ARE ABOUT VALUES NOT COMPLIANCE. LIKE THE POLICIES THAT THE DISTRICT PUTS IN PLACE AROUND COMPLIANCE, IS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT THAN THE VALUE STATEMENTS THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM. OKAY. WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE SURE I AM CLEAR ON THE TO DOS.
WE ARE GOING TO FIND A TIME TO SCHEDULE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ONCE WE HAVE PROVIDED STAFF TIME TO LOOK AT ANY CLARIFICATIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE STAFF TO LOOK AT AND WE WILL HAVE FOOD BACK
FROM POLICY GOVERNANCE EXPERTS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATION ASKING JUST OPEN LEGAL QUESTIONS. >> I AM SORRY, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE FIRST PART OF YOUR STATEMENT SCHEDULE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION
ONCE STAFF HAS HAD TIME TO DO WHAT? >> DIRECTOR DENZLER SAID WE NEED I CAN TO MATURE THAT WE REACH OUT IF THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH SAY REMOVING IN THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT OR WHATEVER THE PHRASE WAS. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING HAVE, DIRECTOR DENZLER?
>> I WAS SUGGESTING THAT WE AT LEAST RAISE THE HIGH PRIORITY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE OR THE RATIONALS THAT WE NEED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO THAT TO HER EARLIER POINT WE DON'T SPENT EXECUTIVE SESSION GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT. SO I -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT FORM THAT TAKES, I JUST WANT STAFF TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE
WHATEVER WE GO OVER IN EX-TOUGH SESSION AND HAVE IT RATHER NARROWLY TAPERED. >> IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO PREPARE REDLINES BASED ON INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS SO THAT'S WHERE I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IS EXPECTED OF STAFF. BECAUSE WE CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER
QUESTIONS WHICH I BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE ANSWERED AN EXTENT I HAVE LIST OF QUESTIONS. BUT I AM NOT SURE THAT WE SHOULD BE REDLINING BASED ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL COMMENT AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL COMMENT. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM TRYING TO ASK FOR CLARITY ON WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS OF STAFF.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR DOING THAT. I -- YOU ARE RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATION AROUND THOSE. AND THAT MAKES SENSE, THANK YOU. FOR CLARIFYING THAT. DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> I STILL WANT TO RESPECT THE REQUEST ABOUT SCOPE. AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S IT -- WE ARE GETTING REVISIONS MAYBE WE ARE FLAGGING THE ONES THAT WOULD NEED CONVERSATION. AS A CONSIDERATION IF THAT'S HELPFUL TO KIND OF LIKE NARROW
DOWN THE FOCUS, THAT'S ALL OR IF WE FEEL LIKE THE FULL DOCUMENTS FROM THE BOARD BASED OFF EXPERT FEEDBACK I AM FINE EITHER WAY JUST TRYING TO FIND COMPROMISE. SO. >> SO MAYBE IT'S HELPFUL -- I DID A THOROUGH REVIEW AND SENT A
LOT OF QUESTIONS. MAYBE IF ANYONE FELLS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO FLAG, THEN YOU REACH OUT TO ME AND LET ME KNOW AND THEN WE CAN FLAG THOSE. SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE EDIT, BECAUSE YOU ARE
RIGHT, LIKE FAMILIES, THAT'S THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY, RIGHT? IT WAS A PERFECT REDLINE EDIT, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH IT. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT COMMENT ON DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND PRESIDENT MEEK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST HAVE KIND A LIST OF THE E.L.s THAT ARE REALLY CONCERNS ABOUT. SO SO FAR I HAVE HEARD 2.1.1. E.L. 3.5. THAT'S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL RATHER
THAN CONSTANTLY GRABBING THE ENTIRE ELEPHANT AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO LIKE KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN OR WE WILL PROBABLY END UP CONTINUING TO PUSH THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. >> AND I THINK PART OF THE
CHALLENGE, IT'S BEEN GRADUATION WEEK AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN RUNNING REALLY HARD. AND STAFF AS WELL AS BOARD MEMBERS. SO I WILL TAKE ON LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND DOING A LITTLE
FURTHER RESEARCH WITH THE LEGAL MEMO THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN PREVIOUSLY. AND LOOK FOR EXTERNAL EXPERTISE AROUND AREAS WHERE I FEEL LIKE THIS RECOMMENDATION REALLY IT --
I THINK THE BOARD WILL ENGAGE THE CONSULTANT, YEAH, ON THAT. AND HAPPY TO WORK WITH SUPERINTENDENT. ANYONE ELSE YOU WANT TO HAVE ENGAGE ED IN THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE ON MONITORING REPORT E.L. 9, BUDGETING, WE HAVE 15-MINUTE DISCUSSION ON THAT. AND REALLY BEFORE WE BEGIN, THE REVIEW I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS REFLECTED IN THE
REPORT. RELATED TO THE MONITORING FRAMEWORK THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH IS A TERM THAT IS USED IN OUR FRAMEWORK THAT WE ARE COPYING.
I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS STRONG ALIGNMENT FOR THE AGREED UPON MONITORING STRUCTURE THE INTERPRETATIONS CLEARLY DEFINE AMBIGUOUS TERMS. INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE ARE
MUCH MORE SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE. EVIDENCE IS GENERALLY WELL ALIGNED TO INDICATORS. I DON'T THINK IT'S PERFECT, BUT I THINK IT HAS COME A LONG WAY. WITH HOW THEY MATCH UP.
AND SOME TREND DATE WAS INCLUDED, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. AND IT CERTAINLY REFLECTS MORE OF A SYSTEM'S-BASED APPROACH. IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AND@AND COMMEND THE STAFF AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK TO DEMONSTRATE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR BUILDING TRUST. I AM READING ARTICLES IN THE DENVER POST ABOUT BOARD BEING
LAX AND NOT DOING OVERSIGHT AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE CAN LOOK AT THESE REPORTS AND SAY THAT WE ARE NOT FOCUSED ON OVERSIGHT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO FOR ME TO JUST OPEN IT UP AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING OTHER
AREAS THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AS COMMENDATIONS BEFORE WE JUST GO THROUGH THE COMPLIANCE PROCESS. ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WOULD WANT TO HIGHLIGHT?
ALL RIGHT. I GUESS -- OH, DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT STAFF'S WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN THIS VERY ITERATIVE PROCESS, I NO THERE HAVE THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS OF DEEP FRUSTRATION WITH JUST TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT FORMAT OR THE RIGHT INTERPRETATION OR THE RIGHT
EFFORT, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK AND I WANT TO THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ENGAGING WITH US AS WE FIGURE THIS OUT. AND AS WE ITERATE THIS PROCESS. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW IT CAN BE REALLY CHALLENGING FOR A STUFF
TO GET USED TO FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND CHAL CHALLENGING FOS TO SUNDAY WHAT IS A MONITORING REPORT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? IT'S MORE CHALLENGE TO GO INDICATE TO OUR T STAKEHOLDERS Y THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WHY THE JOB OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS TO
PROVIDE OVERSIGHT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THIS IS A WAY THAT WE DO THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND EFFORTS AND KNOW KNOW THERE HAS BEEN REALLY LATE NIGHTS AND JUST A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IN.
I CANNOT BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT WORK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY. >> IT'S CLEARLY EVIDENT A LOT OF WORK AND TIME HAS GONE INTO THE REPORTS. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UP FRONT AND I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT KANE YOU HAD MENTIONED IN THE PAST EVEN LIKE MAYBE USING A CONSULTANT TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE HOURS THAT GO INTO THIS. AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I THINK I'LL BRING UP WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BOARD BUDGET WHETHER
THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT COULD HELP STAFF IT IN IT LIKE MINIMIZING THE LOAD AND PROVIDING YOU KNOW BEING SUGGESTED SUPPORTS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK
ABOUT. THE HOURS OF WORK THAT GO INTO THIS ARE SEEN AND APPRECIATED AND WE DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THAT SO JUST TO REMIND YOU, AS WE MOVE THROUGH EACH OF THE ELEELEMENTS AND THE MONITORING
REPORT THE BOARD WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INTERPRETATION IS REASONABLE FIRST THAT'S STEP ONE AND, THEN WHETHER THE EVIDENCE PROVIDE SECOND DEGREE SUFFICIENT TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE AND WE'LL DETERMINE WHETHER A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD THAT IS CONCERNS IF SO
I WILL STATE THOSE CONCERNS. JUST FOR THE RECORD AND WE CAN THEN KIND OF GO INTO CONVERSATION FOR THOSE. SO WE WILL START WITH EVEN LEFT 9 MONITORING REPORT ON
BUDGETING. AND PAGE THREE, WE HAVE THE OVERALL STATEMENT.
AND THEN WE START WITH NUMBER NONE ONE. SO PLEASE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATION. AND AS A REMINDER, THE MAJORITY
TO OPEN DIALOGUE. CUT ONE IS NEGLECT REVENUES EXPENSES AND CARRYOVER FUNDS, SEPARATION OF FUNDS, CAPITOL AND OPERATIONAL ITEMS, CASH FLOW AND SIGNIFICANT BALANCE CEMENT ITEMS AND DISCLOSURE OF PLANNING
ASSUMPTIONS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATION. FOR NUMBER 1. ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONCERNS AROUND THE EVIDENCE FOR ITEM 1. DOES ANY DIRECTOR HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE ITEM DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF COME POINT LINE WITH THE CURRENT
INTERPRETATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF INDICATORS FOR NUMBER 1. ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 2. WHICH IS ON PAGE TEN. DOES ANY BOARD DIRECTOR HAVE CONCERN REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE
INTERPRETATION FOR ITEM 2?
>> I AM GOING TO MOVE US FORWARD THEN TO -- DOES ANYONE HAVE CONCERN FOR THE EVIDENCE OF ITEM 2. RAISE YOUR HA HAND.
OKAY, I WILL MOVE US FORWARD. TO ITEM 3 ON PAGE 14. DOES ANYONE -- PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATION OF ITEM
THREE. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANY DIRECTOR HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE ITEM DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT
INTERPRETATION. OKAY. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR A MOTION ON THE BOARD ASSESSING E.L. 9,
BUDGETING AND IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 2 OF OUR DOCUMENT HERE, IT KIND OF HAS THOSE KEY OPTIONS. AND SINCE WE DID NOT IDENTIFY
ANY CONCERNS, I THINK DOES ANYONE WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT THE BOARD HAS ASSESSED E.L. ANYONE NOBODY BUDGETING AND FINDS IT TO BE COMPLIANT. >> SECOND. >> SO THAT WAS MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR
CALLAHAN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THAT A HAND?
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEAH, JUST -- I JUST STRUGGLE WITH -- I AM GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT I AM STRUGGLING WITH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE, YEAH, THERE IS A CHALLENGE WITH THE EVIDENCE AND IT'S SIMPLE FIXES,
RIGHT? THE EVIDENCE IN HERE FOR IS LIKE SOME OF THE BUDGET STUFF IS LIKE INCLUDING EVIDENCE OF -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM NOT MIXING UP, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO READ IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE ACTION DOCUMENT.
BUT LIKE THE USE OF FUND BALANCE. WE PASSED MORE THAN ONE RESOLUTION LAST YEAR REGARDING FUND BALANCE BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE INCLUDED IN HERE. IT DISMISSES THE ONE THAT HAPPENED IN JANUARY. THAT'S JUST BLATANTLY MISSING. AND SO WE ARE FINE WITH THIS. WITH MISSING INFORMATION.
AND I -- YOU KNOW, I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL AND I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT HERE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE USING EXCEPT FOR RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT AS WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A VOTE. AND IT JUST FEELS WOO ERRED AND OFF. IT'S A SIMPLE FIX THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ADDED.
HERE IT IS. >> I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT KANE, WHEN THERE ARE SIMPLE, LIKE A MISSING LEAVING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO, YOU KNOW, MODIFY OUR PROCESS TO JUST MAKE SIMPLE
CORRECTIONS. I GUESS THAT'S SOME FOR US TO DISCUSS -- I KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS ON JULY 25TH AT THE RETREAT AND I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> SO IF THE BOARD IS AGREEABLE TO US POSTING SOMETHING AT THE LAST MINUTE BASED ON QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED MONDAY AT NOON WE ARE HAPPY TO MAKE S SIMPLE FIXES BUT YOU HAVE CONCERNED
ABOUT TRANSPARENCY OF APPROVING A DOCUMENT THAT WAS POSTED AT THE LAST MINUTE. SO, YEAH, JUST TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO US DO AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND CERTAINLY I WOULD ALSO ADD IF I MAY, I AM SO SORRY, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE MAKE NOTE OF EVERY -- OF ALL THE FEEDBACK
THAT YOU AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON GIVE TO US, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT MONITORING REPORT TAKES ALL OF THE FEEDBACK IN TO CONSIDERATION.
>> OKAY. OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR. >> GEIGER. >> GEIGER. SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. THAT E.L. 9, MONITORING REPORT
HAS BEEN ASSESSED AND IS COMPLIANT ALL GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLL. CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DID DEN HER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. PARKER. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> BECAUSE I KNOW IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, SO AYE. >> THAT WAS AN AYE? ALL RIGHT. SO IT PASSES 7-0. AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE PROCESS AGAIN IN JULY. AND MY HOPE WAS OUR EXTERNAL POLICY GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT COULD HELP US AS WELL. TALK THROUGH PROCESSES THAT THEY HAVE SEEN, WHAT'S WORKED. YOU KNOW, WAYS THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS. WITH THAT I THINK WE ARE ON E.L. E.L.10.
I HAVE TOO MANY DOCUMENTS. E.L. 10 IS ON THE SCREEN, MAYBE. THAT'S E.L. 1. >> I'M PROBABLY LATE TO MAKE A
SUGGESTION BUT ANOTHER WAY TO CORRECT REALLY SIMPLE MISSING LEAVING OR TYPO TYPE THINGS WOULD BE TO HAVE YOU ALL A PROVED MONITORING REPORT WITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADDITION OF
X, Y, Z THAT WE WOULD ADD FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER APPROACH. JUST FYI. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO THANK YOU. E.L. 10 IS FINANCE ADMINISTRATION.
IT'S A LITTLE LONGER. THAN THE THREE BULLETS AND, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTINUED PROGRESS IN THIS.
WE AGREED UPON THE STRUCTURE AND THE INTERPRETATIONS ARE CLEAR, THROUGH AND TESTABLE. MEASURABLE, STRONG USE OF EXTERNAL VALIDATION, TREND AND COMPARATIVE DATA WERE INCLUDED.
SHOWING HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER METRO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IS VERY HELPFUL CONTEXT. I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT OUT AND I THINK THE MORE WE CAN DO THAT, IN OUR MONITORING REPORTS IT REALLY HELPS US WITH CONTEXT WHEN IT'S APPLICABLE.
TREND IN COMPARATIVE DATA WERE INCLUDED SHOWING THOUSAND WE COMPARE TO OTHER, I JUST SAID THAT. APPENDICES B-D ARE REALLY HELPFUL GIVEN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AROUND TRANSPARENCY, AUDITABLE.
AND GOVERNANCE OVERSIGHT. STRONGER ALIGNMENT BETWEEN INDICATORS AND EVIDENCE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WOULD WANT TO CALL OUT ON THIS
ONE? ALL RIGHT. SO STARTING WITH HE E.L. 10, WE HAVE ITEM 1. I DON'T HAVE THIS ONE ALL
NUMBERED SO ANY -- RAISE YOUR HERRERIN HAND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERROGATION FOR ITEM ONE. KEEP FINANCIAL RECORD THAT ARE INCOMPLETE AND INACCURATE,
LACKING TRANSPARENCY AND OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH GENERALLY RECOGNIZED PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING. SEEING NO HANDS. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE CONCERNS AROUND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THAT.
THREE HAPPENS, FOUR HANDS. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP. LET'S HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON WHAT SPECIFIC EVIDENCE IS MISSING. UNCLEAR OR INSUFFICIENT.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SO SOME OF THIS HAS TO CIRCLE BACK TO US. BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THIS MONITORING REPORT. AND A LOT OF THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED IS FOR OUR AUDIT FOR
THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, SO IT ENDED IN, YOU KNOW, JUNE 2025, AND THIS MONITORING REPORT IS MAY 2025 THROUGH MAY 2026. AND SO THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED IS ABOUT A PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND DOESN'T GIVE A SNAPSHOT OF
ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED FROM THAT AUDIT TIME STAMP ON. I MEAN, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE. BUT THE AUDIT IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF EVIDENCE ACROSS THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A CHALLENGE.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T JUST WAIT FOR AN AUDIT TO DECIDE OR DETERMINE IF IT'S -- IF IT'S FOLLOWING POLICY, AND IF, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT CONTROLS ARE IF PLACING, I THINK THAT THERE IS A PROCESS AND CONTROLS THAT ARE IN PLACE, AND THAT THAT SHOULD BE WHAT WE
ARE ALSO SEEING SUPPLEMENT AUDIT INFORMATION. >> SO WHAT I AM HEARING IS THE AUDIT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THE RIGHT EVIDENCE MECHANISM GIVEN THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THE AWED SIT TAKING PLACE VERSUS THE TIME OF THE MONITORING PERIOD.
SO YOU ARE FINE, THOUGH, WITH LIKE THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS EVIDENCED FOR THAT PERIOD? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM -- >> IT AGAINS WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EVIDENCE FOR, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF TIMES THE AWED SIT
REALLY DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE FOR -- OH, MY GOSH IT GOES ACROSS ISSUES, BUT BUT IF IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD ENDS THE WAY EXPENDITURES ARE HAPPENING. IF THERE IS TRANSPARENCY.
HOW FUND GOES ARE BEING USED AND RECONCILED IS BEING USED -- THE AWED SITTING USED AS EVIDENCE BUT THAT IGNORES EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENED THIS A YEAR SO FAR BECAUSE IT'S ONLY TELLING US WHAT THE AUDIT FOUND FROM A SAMPLE SO LIKE INNING GO AHEAD I
DON'T THINK THE DISTRICT IS FLYING BLIND ALL YEAR LONG I THINK THERE ARE CONTROLS IN PLACE AND THAT THOSE MIGHT BE THE APPROPRIATE METRICS THAT ARE SUPPLEMENTING. MAYBE THE TIMELINE IS NOT GOING TO ALWAYS BE PERFECT. THE AUDIT TAKES TIME TO COME OUT
AND TIME FINALIZED BUT I THINK THERE IS A COMPROMISE THAT NEEDS TO BE REACH TODAY THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT. >> ARE FROM ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT SOMEBODY WOULD HIGHLIGHT. SORRY, DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I THINK TRYING TO UNDERSTAND DIRECTLY WHAT DIRECTOR THOMPSON
SAYS AND WHAT'S MITTING, I AM QUITE SURE THAT WITHIN OUR STAFF THERE IS MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY RECONCILIATIONS, REPORTS, ET
CETERA. THIS RELIANCE ON A THIRD PARTY IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT. I, TOO, WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED JUST A MENTION OF WHAT WE DO INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR RECORD ARE COMPLETE, WHO WE HAVE IN CHARGE OF THAT.
THAT KIND OF THING, EVIDENCE I AM QUITE SURE EXISTS BUT WHICH IS NOT PRESENT ED IN HERE. SO SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERNAL POLICIES THAT WE HAVE FOR KEEPING OUR RECORDS STRAIGHT, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THE AUDIT I ASSUME WE ALREADY HAVE MOST OF THAT STUFF.
AM I CORRECTLY SUMMARIZE THIS IS TO SOME EXTENT, THERE DIRECTOR THOMPSON? THANK YOU. >> SO I HEAR THE CONCERN. RAISE YOUR HAND TO SEE A
MAJORITY IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THIS AS EVIDENCE NOT COMPLYING TO THE INTERPRETATION. AT THIS TIME. TWO HANDS, I SEE CONFUSION.
SO -- YES, GO AHEAD. >> SORRY. SORRY. I AM -- I AM STILL PROCESSING THIS CAN I JUST CLARIFY ONE MORE TIME. I KNOW DIRECTOR GEIGER JUST DID IT. SO IS YOUR CONCERN IT'S A PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT IS FOR THE WRONG -- IT'S THE WRONG TYPE OF EVIDENCE FOR THE WRONG TIME
PERIOD? >> BOTH. >> YEAH, I GET THE TIME PERIOD PIECE FOR SURE, JUST BECAUSE AUDITS ARE SO FAR IN REARS AND FEELING LIKE THERE COULD BE MORE CURRENT EVIDENCE THAT WOULD
DEPOSIT STRAIGHT COMPLIANCE. DOES THIS FEEL LIKE MAYBE IT'S COMPLIANT WITH EX WITH EXCEPTIOR THIS IDEA GIVEN THAT THERE ARE
OTHER PIECES OF EVIDENCE AS WELL? BEYOND THE AUDIT.
I SEE, SO -- RAIDS YOUR HAND IF IT'S COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS.
WE'LL HAVE IT AS COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR ITEM 1. SO ITEM NUMBER 2, NEGLECT TO MAXIMIZE REVENUE ONTO WHICH THE DISTRICT IS OR MAY BE INNING TOTAL. LOOKING AT THIS ITEM. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A
CONCERN REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATION. ALL RIGHT. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE ITEM DOES NOT
PROVIDE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT INTERPRETATION. FOUR, FIVE, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION WHO WOMANEDS TO GO
FIRST. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I DON'T SEE MUCH DISCUSSION OF HOW WE ARE MAXIMIZING REVENUE AT ALL IN THE EVIDENCE BEING PROVIDED. I SEE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS BUT THEN THE AUDIT IS REFERENCED. BUT, AGAIN, THAT'S THE TIMING WISE DOESN'T REALLY TELL US CORRECTLY WHERE WE ARE AT. THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH IT.
>> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THE INTERPRETATION ON TITLE SPECIFICALLY RIVERS TO GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS. BUT THE EVIDENCE TALKS ESSENTIALLY GENERALLY ABOUT WHAT WE GET FROM THE STATE.
NOT IN ANY WAY TO MINIMIZE THE WORK OF CFO OR THE SUPERINTENDENT THROUGH CASE TO INCREASE OUR MONEY WE GET FROM THE STATE. AGAIN, I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO KEEP AN EYE OUT
FOR WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE APPROPRIATE GREATS, I BELIEVE THERE ARE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE BUT THERE IS NO INDICATION OF WHO DOES THAT, HOW WE DO THAT, HOW WE SEARCH FOR THAT. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE -- FUNDS IS A BROAD TERM.
GRANTS ARE THE REIMBURSEMENTS. AGAIN, I ASSUME WE DO THIS. BUT THERE IS NO MENTION OF IT ANYWHERE IN THE INDICATORS IN COMPLIANCE TO THE EVIDENCE. >> DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR ALL OR RESPOND INDIVIDUALLY? INDIVIDUALLY. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> I JUST HAVE A BROADER
COMMENT. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE TIMING ET CETERA OF THE EVIDENCE. AND PERHAPS I AM BEING OVERLY CONCERNED BUT GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, HAVING A MONITORING REPORT LIKE
THIS BE APPROVED WITH EXCEPTIONS IMPLIES THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS FOUND FINANCIALLY THAT THE -- LIKE THE -- SO THE PART THAT'S WITH EXCEPTIONS IS THAT THE BOARD FELT THE DATA WASN'T SUFFICIENT OR THE RIGHT TIMING
OR WHATEVER. VERSUS THAT THERE WERE ACTUAL FINANCIAL VIOLATIONS OF ANY OF THESE E.L.s, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THAT CONCERN. MY REQUEST, MY SUPER RESPECTFUL REQUEST WOULD BE PLEASE LET US
TAKE NOTE ALL OF THIS FEEDBACK ON THE TIMING AND THE DATA BEING PROVIDED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEXT MONITORING REPORT, WHICH I THINK IS TIMED BETTER, BASED ON THE MONITORING SCHEDULE THAT WE PUT OUT, THAT WE CAN TAKE ALL THAT FEEDBACK
INTO CONSIDERATION, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION, HOPEFULLY MY COMMENT MADE SENT. >> IT DOES MAKE SENSE. I ALSO -- IT'S CHALLENGING WHEN THE PROCESS IS THE PROCESS, BUT
I THINK WE CAN WRITE OUT WHAT AN EXCEPTION WAS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A VIOLATION HAS BEEN FOUND, RIGHT? SO WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET TO THE END AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR HOW TO HANDLE THAT.
IN A SENSE AT THIS WAY GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. WHAT I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT WAS ITEM NUMBER 3, SO I NUMBERED THE CHECKMARKS, BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER FOR ME.
THE THIRD ONE DOWN UNDER INDICATOR. AND I MEAN -- NUMBERED NUMBER THREE DOWN TO EVIDENCE. TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF ALIGNED AND MATCHING. IT REALLY IS JUST A LIST OF ACTIVITIES INSTEAD OF MEASURABLE
REVENUE OR OUTCOMES AND IT'S REALLY ACTIVITIES WHICH ISN'T REALLY OUTCOME. >> I AM SORRY, DID I MISS US MOVING ONTO NUMBER 3. >> THE THIRD CHECK MARK DOWN UNDER NUMBER 2, SORRY.
THAT'S JUST MAYBE A FORMATTING RECOMMENDATION I WOULD HAVE IS LIKE INSTEAD OF CHECK MARKS SAY 1, 2, 3, NUMBER THE K5EU9ERS AND NUMBER THE EVIDENCE IT'S EASIER TO FOLLOW.
SO THAT WAS -- AND I KNOW SO MUCH WORK IS DONE AND I THINK THAT YOU COULD BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE SOME IN MORE CONCRETE WAY. IT'S MORE THAN JUST ATTENDING.
IT'S LIKE OUTCOMES. SO THAT WAS MY THINKING. ON THIS ONE. SO AT THIS TIME, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE ITEM 2 IS COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS OR --
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE OTHER PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT COULD EXIST IS AN INDICATION THAT WE ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. IN -- COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTIONS MEANS THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD HAVE -- DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE ARE THINGS HAVE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER IT MEANS
THAT THERE WERE THINGS NOT DONE CORRECTLY SOPHIE POINT OUT IN LACK OF EVIDENCE AS TO, FOR EXAMPLE, GRANTS, I DON'T MEAN THAT I DON'T INTEND TO MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OR ANYTHING HAS BEEN DONE WRONG I INTEND SAY THERE IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT I LIKE, SO I WOULD
VOTE FOR IN COMPLIANCE. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I IMAGINE THAT -- >> YEAH. >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SORT OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH MANY OF THE ITEMS IF NOT ALL -- WELL, NOT ALL, BUT MANY OF THE ITEMS.
THE -- ANOTHER FINDING WE CAN MAKE IS THAT THIS IS INSUFFICIENT FOR US TO MONITOR THIS E.L. RATHER THAN INDICATING COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANTS OR COMPLIANCE WITH SESSIONS I AGREE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WE DON'T HAVE
MONITORING REPORT. I WOULD IMAGINE WE ARE THINK BUT I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION BASED ON THIS. IF THERE IS A WAY FOR US, TO SAY THAT WE CANNOT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED, MAKE A DECISION ON COMPLIANCE.
SO. >> SO IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 2 AGAIN, WHAT WE CAN SAY IS WE HAVE -- THE BOARD HAS ASSESSED AND REASONABLY INTERPRETED THE BOARD' VALUES, THAT'S STEP ONE.
WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING LAST TIME. BUT WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE THINK THIS IS US SAYING THAT WE ARE READING THROUGH THE INTERPRETATINGS BUT WE ARE NOT FEELING LIKE WE ARE ABLE TO GET.COM MINES LEVEL WITH THE
EVIDENCE. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO CONSIDER LET'S WALK THROUGH EACH ONE QUICKLY AND SEE IF THAT FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT APPROACH FOR US TO TAKE. SO I'LL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER
3, MAINTAIN A GENERAL FUND BALANCE ENCOMPASSING ALL CLASSIFICATIONS THAT IT IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND BOARD POLICIES THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 3, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATIONS.
AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE MAYBE FOLLOWING ALONG FEELING LIKE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS YOU ARE AS YOU ARE READING THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT INTERPRETATIONS, INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE, AND FEELING LIKE, YES, THIS IS A
REASONABLE INTERPRETATION. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATION AS IT'S WRITTEN. NOT SEEING ANY I WILL MOVE US TO
ITEM NUMBER 4. EXPEND FUNDS BEYOND THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE BUDGET. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATIONS, INCLUDING INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE.
FOR THIS ONE. SEEING NONE -- RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU -- OKAY. NUMBER 5, NEGLECT TO FOLLOW STATE LAW. PLEASE RAIDS YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING THE
REASONABLENESS OF THE INTERPRETATION FOR NUMBER 5. OKAY.
NUMBER 6. SEEK ANY LOAN WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE BOARD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH THE REASONABLENESS OF NUMBER 6. OKAY.
LIKE I SAID THIS IS A LONG ONE. NUMBER 7, ALLOW THE UNTIMELY PAYMENT OF PAYROLL ACCOUNTS, DEBTS AND OTHER FISCAL OBLIGATIONS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE INN
DEPUTATION. NO, THAT WAS NUMBER 7. NUMBER 8. PERMIT FINANCIAL PLANNING, THAT
OMITS CREDIBLE PROJECTION OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE INTERPRETATION OF THIS ONE.
JUST ONE. PERMIT PLAN THAT GO ENDANGERS THE FUTURE YEARS OR IGNORES THE BUILDING OF ORGANIZATIONAL
CAPACITY. RAISE YOUR HAND FIST YOU HAVE CONCERNS AROUND THE INTERPRETATION OF THIS ONE. I'LL KEEP GOING. NUMBER 10, NEGLECT TO ARRANGE FOR THE ANNUAL AUDIT.
CONCERNS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS THE END OF THAT ONE.
IT APPEARS WE GOT THROUGH IT WITH A LEVEL OF FEELING LIKE E.L. 10 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION MONITORING HAS REASONABLY INTERPRETED THE BOARD'S VA VALU.
IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER. THAT THE BOARD HAS ASSESSED EL 10 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND FIND IS THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS REASONABLY INTERPRETED THE
BOARD'S VALUES. ALL RIGHT. E.L. 1. IS FINAL ONE FOR TONIGHT. >> DON'T YOU NEED TAKE ROLL CALL? >> SORRY. THANK YOU. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
SO DISCUSSION, THANK YOU. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEAH, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE I NOTE. I STILL THINK THAT THERE ARE -- THERE COULD BE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INTERPRETATION. NOT SIGNALING IT BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE
IT'S JUST LET'S GET THE EVIDENCE MATCHED TO WHAT'S THERE AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP IT WAS TOO AUDIT HEAVY SOME OF THOSE INTERPRETATIONS SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DIRECTOR GEIGER AND
THEN DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> ALL RIGHT. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> YEAH. I THINK IT WAS JUST MORE OF A BROADER MORE GENERAL COMMENT. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE
CONCERNS AROUND SOME OF THE EVIDENCE. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE AUDIT TIME FRAME. AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT IF AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF POLICY GOVERNANCE. I THINK MY CONCERN WITH SOME OF WHERE OUR CONVERSATIONS AROUND
THESE MONITORING REPORTS HAVE GONE, IS THAT I THINK WHEN WE START HYPER -- THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT ANY OF THESE CONCERNS ARE ILLEGITIMATE. WHEN WE GET REALLY, REALLY BY
WUITE WEEDS ON WE CAN HAVE HAD PIECE OF DATA DID YOU BUILT. AND I NOT NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIT. THIS IS A MORE BROAD COMMENT. WHEN WE GET CAUGHT UP INTO THESE THINGS THAT ARE EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO PARS, I THINK WE RISK LOSE AGO LOT OF CREDIBILITY THAT WITH WE RELY TO CARE YOU I OUT OF THE WORK OF THE BOARD. THIS THIS IS A BROAD COMMENT AND LIKELY TO BE DISAGREEMENT WITH THIS COMMENT. I THINK THAT I WOULD JUST
ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN EVERY ARE -- WHEN EVERY HILL IS WORTH DYING ON, WE FORE IF FIT THE CREDIBILITY WE NEED WHEN THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE YOU WE MUST
ADDRESS. WE START LOOKING LIKE WE ARE HUNTING FOR ISSUES. AND THEN WHEN THERE ARE LEGITIMATE ISSUES WE LOSE THE MORAL HIGH GROUND AND I JUST WON TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE ARE NOT EXPENDING OUR GOODWILL AND
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL BANK ACCOUNT THAT WE HAVE WITH STAFF. ON THINGS THAT WE KNOW THIS LINK WAS MISSED. OR Y YOU KNOW, THIS BULLET POINT WAS MISSED. OR YOU KNOW MAYBE THIS IS WORDED WEIRDLY AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I AGREE WITH THIS INTERPRETATION,
ALL OF THIS IS IMPORTANT. BUT I WANT JUSTIFY CAUTION US AGAINST LOSING CREDIBILITY ON THINGS THAT MATTER WHEN WE ARE FIGHTING OVER THINGS THAT DON'T. >> THANK YOU.
>> I DID WANT TO COMPLIMENT VERY MUCH STAFF ON ON APPENDIX "B" "C" AND "D", NOT RESPONDED TO CONCERNS THAT WE HAD LISTED ON AGENDA ITEMS, THEY ALSO RESPOND
TO SOME CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED IN OTHER DISTRICTS. REGARDING OVERRELIANCE ON CERTAIN CONTRACTORS TO HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF TRANSPARENCY WITH
SPECIFIC NUMBERS DOWN TO THE 26 SENTS. ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE PUBLIC THAT THIS INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL FROM HAVING READ REPORTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT IS NOT UNIVERSAL.
I KNOW THAT "B" "C" AND "D" ARE A GREAT COOL OF WORK BUT I GREATLY APPRECIATE PARTICULARLY IN OUR BOND SPEND THAT GO THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MONEY. >> THANK YOU, DIRECT TO BE
GEIGER. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> I THINK THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY DIFFICULT AND I WANT TO REFRAME THEM AS WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE. WHILE I THINK THAT WE HAVE HUGE ASSETS OF PEOPLE ON THE BOARD
THAT TAKE AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF TIME. READING LINE BY LINE THINGS, TO CATCH TOTALLY REASONABLE OVERSIGHT. AND I THINK WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM AND INSTEAD OF LACKING AT IT LIKE, OH, STAFF, YOU NEED TO DO THIS, THE BOARD CAUGHT
THIS, SEEING IT AS LIKE WE ARE EACH OTHER'S ASSETS. AND WE CAN LOOK AT THINGS AND FIND THINGS, WE ARE AN EXTRA SET OF EYES BUT ALL OF US THINK THAT THE DISTRICT IS SO AMAZE AND GREAT. AND SO WITH THE -- IF THERE IS
TENSION. I WANT TO JUST REMIND ALL OF US THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE. WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STUDENTS AND WE ALL THINK THE STAFF IS DOING AMAZING. AND I WISH THAT SOMETIMES THE THINGS THAT WE FIND WOULD BE NOT
OH, YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG. BUT, THANKS FOR CATCHING THAT AND I THINK THAT REFRAME COULD BE REALLY JUST HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU, DIRECT. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AND NO DISRESPECT, DIRECTOR DENZLER I THINK THAT'S THE WRONG
FRAMING HERE, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US, INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO POINT OUT HERE ARE THE THINGS WHAT A THAT WE ARE DOING WELL, HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE UPON. HAVING MORE ROBUST DATE AND ALL OF THAT STUFF IS, I WOULD IMAGINE WITH THE WAY THAT OUR
DISTRICT, IS OUR PERFORM ANTS NUMBERS, THE WAY THAT OUR DISTRICT COMES ON OUT IF WE HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IN THERE, IT IS A EASY WAY FOR US TO IT OUT THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AS A DISTRICT. AND MISSING THAT INFORMATION MAKES IT SEEM TOO TODAY SOME FOLKS WHO WOULD FRAME THINGS
INCORRECTLY AT MAYBE HIDING THE BALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT AROUND MONITORING. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT IT'S A FAILING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE STUFF OR THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW
NEGATIVE, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION THERE. THAT IS A WAY FOR US TO SAY, HERE IS WHERE OUR DISTRICT IS DOING REALLY WELL. HERE ARE THE VERY SMALL PLACES THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE UPON, BUT WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION, IT IS A GAINING HOLE.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DELEGATED DWIGHT KUYT A BIT OF AUTHORITY TO THE DISTRICT AROUND THE BUDGET WITH OUR UPDATES TO OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. SUCH AGO POLICY D.J. TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT WE SHOULD
HAVE STRONG ONER MONITORING IN THOSE AREAS I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT IT WAS ALSO A POINT THAT DIRECTOR GEIGER MADE BEFORE HE CAST HIS VOTE I BIG SAYING NOW WE EXPECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IN
MONITORING. I AGREE T THE APPENDIX ITEMS WEE FANTASTIC, I WISH THE DATES MATCHED THE DATE OF THE REPORT THERE IS ONLY TWO MONTHS OVERLAP, SO, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NITPICKING, I THINK IT'S WRONA BELIEVE TO EXPECT THE DATA THAT IS BEING PRESENTED
MATCH THE TIMELINE FOR A REPORT. HOW YOU POLICY GOVERNANCE WORKS IS THROUGH MONITORING. I DON'T THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE FEEDBACK. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS WORKING OUT THE STRUCTURE TO GET TO THE
PLACE THAT WE NEED TO BE. >> I AGREE WITH EVERYONE, EVERYONE IS RIGHT IN WHAT THEY WERE JUST SAYING IN THAT I AGREE. BUT CLEARLY WE NEED SUPPORT.
IN THIS AREA AND THE DISTRICT HAS TRIED TO DO MONITORING FOR YEARS NOW AND WE HAVE GOTTEN TO A STRUCTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT WOULD WORK. AND I DON'T KNOW I DON'T WANT THE STAFF WASTING TIME.
TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T MEETING THE MARK. THERE IS A WAY WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THESE JUST READ ARE REDLINED AND THEN SENT BACK. YOU HAVE EXACTLY THE WAY IT
SHOULD WORK READY TO GO. FOR THE NEXT ROUND, IF THIS WERE WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK, TELL HAVE SPENT TEN, 15 MINUTES ON ALL OF THESE MONITORING REPORTS. THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO
SPEND ALL OF OUR TIME LOOKING BACKWARDS AT PERFORMANCE OR EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS NEED TO BE PHAO*EUGZ MAXIMIZING OUR BOARD TIME LOOKING FORWARD AND HAVING GENERATIVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE VALUES AND WHERE WE WANT TO
GO AS A DISTRICT. SO I THINK SOME ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU SNOW, IT A CLASS, ARE THERE CLASSES THAT WE CAN TAKE, TO ME THE MOST EXPEDIENT THING
THAT WE COULD DO IS JUST HAVE MONITORING REPORTS REDLINED BY AN EXPERT. THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, IF YOU JUST DO THIS, IF YOU ADD THAT, IT'S ALL GOING TO WORK. AND WHEN THE BOARD GETS IT NEXT,
I THINK IT SHOULD GO MUCH, MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAT WAS JUST ONE AREA THAT I THOUGHT WE COULD TAKE ABOUT WHEN GET TO THE BOARD BUDGET DISCUSSION. WHETHER THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I THINK IT WOULD SAY STAFF. A TREMENDOUS A TIME TRYING TO
GET WHAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING FOR. WHEN IT COMES TO EVIDENCE MATCHING INDICATORS. AND SO TO TO ME THAT SEEMS LIKE A HUGELY EFFECTIVE INVESTMENT IN OUR GOVERNANCE IS INVESTING IN
THAT AREA, BECAUSE IT IS A CORE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL BOARD, NOT JUST POLICY GOVERNANCE BOARDS, POLICY GOVERNANCE BOARDS THEY HAVE A STRUCTURE. LIKE THIS IS WHAT NO ONE ORING LOOKS LIKE.
OTHERS OTHER BENEFIT FROM HAVING I STRUCTURE I HAVE BEEN RACKING MY BRAIN THINKING HOW DO WE MINIMIZE THE TIME ON STAFF BECAUSE IT MINIMIZES OUR TIME IN THESE MEETINGS. THAT'S ONE IDEA THAT'S OUT THERE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO
TALK THE MOTION WAS TO ASSESS IT HAS HAVING A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION I WILL CALL ROLL CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DENZLER. >> AYE. >> GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, IRE.
DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. RYAN. >> AYE. >> PASSES 7-0. >> TOM THE SON. >> AYE. >> THAT GETS US TO OUR LAST MONITORING REPORT WHICH IS
GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CONSTRAINT. AND IT IS IT A VERY SHORT ONE.
WE HAVE JUST THE OVERALL ARCHING STATEMENT. SO DOES ANYONE DISAGREE THAT WE HAVE A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION? RAISE YOUR HAND.
E.L. ONE, THE GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CONSTRAINT. DIRECTOR -- YEAH. >> SO THE VERY FIRST ONE IS THAT
BEING COMPLIANT WITH ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS, AND I AM JUST STRUGGLING WITH THAT ONE BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT WOULD BE A DOUBLE DING. >> IT WOULD BE WHAT? >> LOOK A DOUBLE DING, LIKE IF YOU ARE GETTING -- YOU ARE NOT COMPLIANT IN ONE AND NOW YOU ARE
GETTING MARK TODAY THAT GUN IN A GLOBAL ONE. >> OVERALL I FEEL LIKE THIS ONE IS NOT INTERPRETED THE WAY IT'S MEANT TO BE INTERPRETED. IT IS MEANT TO STAND-ALONE FROM
ALL OF THE E.L.s. AND SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY NOT WORTH SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON UNTIL WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL PG CONSULTANT CAN HELP WITH THAT.
DOCTOR RYAN. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR I THINK THE INTERN TAKE IS REASONABLE AND I GET THAT IT WOULD BE A DOUBLE DING BUT I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO IT MEASURE IT BASED ON THE OTHERS BECAUSE THEY ARE CAPTURE -- THEY CAPTURED EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE. >> IT'S MEN TO CAPTURE
EVERYTHING NOT CAPTURE ED IN ALL THE OTHER E.L.s, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SPORES SUPPOSED TO WORK WORK. IT'S NOT THEY WANT TO BE A COLLECTION OF ALL THE E.L.s IT'S MEN TO CALM TRUE EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T CAPTURE ED IN OTHER E.L.s WHICH IS AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE PHILOSOPHY PIECE OF IT.
IF HAS NOT CLARITY I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO WAIT. I DON'T THINK THIS WAS EVEN GOING TO BE MONITORED INITIALLY. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ADDED TO THE LIST. AND SO I THINK THIS ONE HAS A
LOT OF QUESTIONS WHERE IT'S PHILOSOPHICAL AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OR I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS. AS TO HOW THIS EL SHOULD WORK.
MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE JUST TO TALL THIS E.L. BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO OTHERS.
ANY COMMENTS? ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD? >> CAN I JUST CONSIDER A CLARIFYING INDICATION. FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE IF I WERE
THE SUPERINTENDENT READING GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CONSTRAINT NUMBER ONE LIKE HOW DO I KNOW THAT'S SUPPOSED TO CAPTURE THINGS THAT WERE -- JUST FROM THE WORDING, I WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO CAPTURE THINGS THAT WERE NOT CAPTUREED FROM ALL OF THE OTHER
E.L. REPORTS. IS THAT PART OF YOUR -- >> THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST WORTH WAITING. >> OKAY. >> PHILOSOPHICALLY THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TODAY WORK IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT ISN'T
KNOWN TRACK PERFORMANCE AGAIN ON WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY TRACKED. IT'S THERE TO TRACK ANY OTHER AREAS THAT FALL WITHIN THIS UMBRELLA STATEMENT THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO BE CAPTURE ZEROED PRIOR
E E.L.s. >> WHEN I WENT THROUGH THIS, WHEN I DID IT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION. I THOUGHT IT MATCHED THAT. IF THE ISSUE IS THAT THIS IS TO
CATCH -- DON'T DO OTHER STUPID THINGS. I DIDN'T READ IT THAT WAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE READ IT THAT WAY. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THEN WITH GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CONSTRAINT IF THAT'S HOW WE ARE GOING INTERPRET IT. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS COME BACK
HERE AND ASK WHETHER OR NOT WE AS A BOARD HAVE PHRASED IT IN A WAY THAT'S REASONABLE. IT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WRITE AN EVIDENCE THAT SAYS WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE STUPID. SO I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT I
THINK STAFF PUT TIME INTO THIS, I JUST THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS PUT TIME INTO THIS. AND AGAIN, IF THIS IS -- IT MAY BE THAT WE DO NOT REALLY HAVE TO DO E.L. 1 AS A MONITORING REPORT BECAUSE THIS IS JUST --
THOUSANDS YOU SHOULD RUN A DISTRICT. BUT I DO BELIEVING THAT I IF THS IS NOT -- I RAIL RED SOX ALWAYS CAN HE OFFICER TO PRESIDENT MEEK ON POLICY GOVERNANCE IT'S NOT MY AREA, BUT I DON'T FIND THIS INTERPRETATION TO BE
INAPPROPRIATE. WITH THAT SAID, I THE THAT IS CLEARLY A STATEMENT OF BROAD PURPOSES. LOOKING AT EVERYTHING ELSE, IS
THIS A SEE MONITORING REPORTS 2-10, I NEVER READ IT THAT WAY AND TIN TERRITORY THAT WAY. I FOUND THIS INTERPRETATION TO BE REASONABLE. I THINK THE EVIDENCE TO THE EXTEND THAT IT'S PRESENT SECOND
DEGREE SUFFICIENT IF NOT ILL LUMINOUS BECAUSE, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PROVE DIDN'T DO SOMETHING THAT QUOTE, UNQUOTE. IS NOT UNLAWFUL.
IF THIS IS DON'T DO THIS STUFF OR DO THINGS WELL, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS AFTER WE APPROVE EVERYTHING ELSE, OVERALL ARE WE SATISFIED WITH ALL THE MONITORING?
THAT'S WHERE I AM CONFUSED. >> IT IS KNOWN COME LAST. IT IS MEANT TO COME AT THE VERY END OF THE CYCLE TO TO ALLOW TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DATA. IT'S A VERY LOOSE ONE BUT IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE INTERPRETED AS A
SUMMATIVE REPORT ON ALL OF THE E.L.s. SO -- AGAIN -- DIRECTOR RYAN. >> SO I MEAN, I THINK WE ARE GETTING INTO THE E.L. NOW WITHOUT EVERYBODY MAYBE A BOARD MAJORITY AGREEING.
I WOULD MOVE TO FIND THAT -- >> TALKING TO. >> IS IN COME POINT LINE WITH THE EXCEPTIONED NOTED THAT WOULD BE MY TO MOTION. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> WE CAN DISCUSS.
SO CURRENTLY THAT IS HOW IT IS. PROVIDED TO US COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONED. SO IS THERE A DISCUSSION?
DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO HAVE WITH EXCEPTIONS ON IT. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO DOUBLE DING. >> OTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK -- SO I SEE CONFUSED
LOOKS. MAYBE LET ME PHRASE. I THINK WHAT I AM HEARING IS DIRECTOR THOMPSON IS SAYING YOU ALREADY DING ODD A DIFFERENT E.L. AND INCLUDED IT HERE IT FEELS LIKE IT IS CALLING IT OUT TWICE.
IS THAT WHAT YOUR POINT WAS? YEAH. >> IN THAT CASE MAY I MAKE A FRIENDLY MOTION? >> SURE. >> OR AMENDMENT RATHER TO JUST -- >> LET'S JUST KEEP IT DISCUSSION. MAYBE JUST DISCUSS WHAT YOUR IDEA IS WHICH MIGHT GIVE US A HINT.
>> THEN I WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO JUST VOTE THIS IN COMPLIANCE. SINCE THE EXCEPTIONS WERE NOTED IN OTHER E.L. REPORTS. >> EVEN THOUGH THE DOCUMENT ITSELF SAYS -- LIKE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CA NONE CRUMB
FOR ME WOULD BE. THAT WE NOW HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT IS SAYING ONE THING LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTIONS.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO RULE IT IN COMPLIANCE AND DUA WAY WITH THE EXCEPTIONS WHICH I THINK LOOKS ODD AS WELCOME THIS IS BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
THERE IS A MOTION AND I THINK IT WAS SECONDED BUT I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. SO -- >> MY MOTION. >> IT WAS YOUR MOTION. >> I MOWED DIRECTOR -- >> MY MOTION -- >> EXCUSE ME DIRECTOR RYAN AMOUNTS MOTION I APOLOGIZE.
>> SORRY. SO WE ARE IN DISCUSSION. I AM INCLINED TO JUST APPROVE IT AS SUBMITTED AND IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE APPROVING WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BASED ON
RATIONALE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD OR HOW TO INTERPRET THIS. AND UNTIL WE ALL GET SAME PAGE, THEN WE CAN INTER RED IT DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE. AND WE ARE NOT DOING THAT TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I AM LEANING. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING EDITS EARLIER. LIKE IN THE MOMENT IF IT'S A SMALL EDIT. I FEEL LIKE WE COULD REQUEST A SMALL EDIT WITHIN THE APPROVAL.
>> WHIP AT PREVIOUS. >> YES. >> THAT WILL ALLEVIATE MY CONCERN, LIKE I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE THE PATH WE MOVE FORWARD WITH. I DON'T WANT IT, THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK ON BUT I ALSO WOULD HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME, AGAIN, VOTING YES BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR. BUT IF WE CAN MAKE IT ADJUSTMENT
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT A PIECE OF DATE IS MISSING AND THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE IN THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REASONABLE FOR THE PROCESS. >> DIRECTOR RYAN.
>> I THINK IT'S REASONABLE AS PRESENTED. THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOWING. >> LET'S VOTE ON IT, THEN. SO THE MOTION THAT IS ON THE TABLE IS THAT WE ACCEPT THE E.L.
1 MONITORING REPORT ON GLOBAL EFFECT EFFECTIVE CONSTRAINT AS PRESENTED COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS. I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER AYE.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR WRY RAYA AN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> NO. >> SO IT PASSES 6-1.
>> ALL RIGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING WE'LL MOVE TO STEP .7. BOARD SELF EVALUATION AND AS A REMINDER, TONIGHT THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER FORMAL COMPLIANCE DETERMINATIONS FOR THE GOVERNANCE PROCESS SELF-EVALUATIONS PREVIOUSLY
REVIEWED IN APRIL. AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE SELF-EVALUATION REPORT RELATED TO BOT BOARD COMMITTEE PRINCIPLES AND STRUCTURE THAT DIRECTOR GEIGER CREATED IF DIRECTOR GEIGER WILL NOT BE AT OUR NEXT MEETING SO WE
WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THESE BEFORE EVERYONE, SINCE HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THAT. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR REVISIONS TO THE SELF-EVALUATIONS THAT WERE ALREADY REVIEWED ON APRIL 7TH.
GP1.1, 1.2. 1.3, 1.4, AND 1.9, IF THERE IS NO EDIT OR CHANGES TO THOSE REPORTS WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT THE BOARD APPROVE
SELF-EVALUATIONS FOR THOSE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVED GUY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE BOARD'S SELF SELF-HE HAVINGS SAYS 1.2, 133, 14-POINT AND
1.90. >> AND 1.7. >> 1.7, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. WE ARE NOT APPROVING THAT ONE JUST DOING A FIRST LOOK. SEEING NEW. >> CHANNEL. >> AYE. >> DENZLER.
>> AYE. >> GEIGER AYE,. >> MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IRE. THAT PASS SAYS 7-0 W THAT I WILL ASK DIRECTOR GEIGER FIRST, THANR
CREATING THE SURVEYS AND GETTING THOSE OUT THERE AND WRITING THE REPORT. SO DO YOU WANT TO JUST OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND THEN WE'LL GO ON.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE FAR TOO KIND OF I JUST BORED YOUR SURVEYS FROM LAST YEAR. THERE IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH GETTING RESPONSES, GETTING -- THERE IS A BOARD -- THERE IS A STAFF LIAISON QUESTIONNAIRE, THAT LAST YEAR
HAD ONE RESPONSE AND, THIS YEAR DID NOT GET SENT BECAUSE I HAVE MISS COMMUNICATION MY PART I BELIEVE THERE IS ROOM FOR IN GP TO BE BETTER DONE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MORE INNING PUTH FROM STAFF LIAISONS
I TAKE THAT ON MYSELF. THERE IS A VALUE TO STAFF LIAISON FEED BOOK. AND HOW THE COMMITS ARE OPERATING. ANOTHER THING I EMPHASIZE AND I ASSUME ALL SAW TESTIMONY IS THAT
WE HAVE A CONTINUING NOTE FROM OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THAT THERE IS A PERCEPTION OF A LACK OF FEED BACK A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING
LISTENED TO. EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED, THAT THEY ARE BEING LISTENED TO. THIS IS AT LEAST THE SECOND YEAR THAT THIS HAS BEEN RAISED WE HAVE IN THE PAST RELIED ON A SOMEWHAT INFORMAL PROCESS ABOUT BOARD LIAISONS GOING BACK AND
SAYING, THANK YOU. I THINK AT THE RETREAT ON THE 25TH WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION TO BE SURE TO HOW THE BOARD OPERATES. I KNOW LRPC.
BUT THE ISSUES PARTICULARLY WE REPORTED FROM DAC AND SOMETIMES FOC, THAT THEY ARE NOT SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING LISTENED TO. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS IT'S NOT UNIVERSAL, BUT IT IS A CONTINUING CONCERN.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN THING I CAME FROM. WE GOT GOOD RESPONSES EVERY MEMBER OF THE DAC RESPONDED. THEY WERE QUITE PROUD OF THAT. SO I THINK WE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK. FROM THOSE BUT IF ANYBODY HAS A BRIGHT IDEA OF ABOUT HOW WE CAN
MAKE OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS MORE AWARE OF HOW WE LISTEN TO THEIR INPUT, I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS THAT ON THE 25TH OF JULY. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I APPRECIATE ITED THE BOLD
PRINTS AS WELL. AND I WOULD JUST STATE THAT LIKE WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN OUR RETREAT BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WE KEEP TABLING, ADDRESSING IT, UNTIL A CERTAIN DATE IS PART
OF THE PROP. ELEVATED QUESTION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE BOARD BUT WE ARE WAITING FOR A CONVERSATION AT THE REFEET AND THAT'S BEEN ONGOING SINCE JANUARY. AND SO JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION. IT HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED TO BE ADDRESSED AND HOPEFULLY FIGURING OUT A STRUCTURE WILL BE A SOLUTION. >> I KNOW IT'S A CONCERN WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP AS WELL. IN THE PAST.
AND WE DID A RESOLUTION THIS YEAR TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT WE HEARD. AND PART OF THAT RESOLUTION SAID WE WERE GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM IN THE VERY FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR. AND TALK THROUGH HOW THEIR FEEDBACK WAS USED AND SO IT WAS REALLY INTENTION IN THAT WAY.
KIND OF HOPING THAT WILL HELP THEM BETTER SEE HOW WE ARE LISTENING AND ADHERING SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO ST. COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR FEEDBACK
TO BE SEEN OR HEARD. AND THAT KIND OF. >> OFTEN TIME I AM PRESENTED WITH QUESTIONS THAT I AM NOT PERMITTED TO GIVE DIRECTIVE. IT REALLY NEEDS TO COME FROM THE
FULL BOARD AND WE PROBABLY NEED SPACE IN OUR UPDATES. SO WE CAN BE TIMELY IN RESPONDING. >> OKAY. SO I THINK IN BOARD AGENDA PLANNING THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE INTENTIONAL WITH.
WITH DEDICATING TIME. BUT WE ALSO DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE QUESTIONS DURING AGENDA PLANNING TIME EITHER. BECAUSE OF THE CYCLE. SO COMMITTED TIME COULD BE SOMETHING REALLY HELPFUL AND I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S HELP TO
FEEL HAVE THE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME SO WE HAVE TIME TO PROCESS BEFORE TALKING ABOUT THEM BEFORE A BOARD MEETING. AND OUR BOARD -- WHAT'S THE FORM CALLED THAT WE FILL OUT FOR -- THE BOARD -- NO, THE FORM AFTER
WE GO TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND FILL OUT THE FORM AND WE SHARE UPDATES FOR OTHER BOARD DIRECTORS THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD AVENUE FOR POSTING THE QUESTIONS RIGHT AWAY.
BOARD DIRECTOR UPDATES, THANK YOU. >> OTHER THAT I ASK YOU TO ACCEPT G PERIOD OF TIME 1.7. >> I WAS ALSO STRUCK BY LIKE NEARLY THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE FILLED OUT THE SURVEY. THE RESPONSES WERE FAIRLY
SIMILAR AND CONSISTENT AND I THINK IN THE NEXT CYCLE OF THIS ONE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A TABLE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOW LIKE THE TREND DATA AS WELL. ACROSS QUESTIONS. BUT WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
VOTE ON THIS ONE TONIGHT, IF WE WANT TO DO THAT OR WAIT UNTIL NEXT -- THE NEXT MEETING. >> I WOULD MOVE ADOPT GP1.7. >> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RYAN. TO ADOPT GP1.7 AND 1.6 BOARD COMMITTEE PRINCIPLES AND GP1.7 BOARD COMMITTEE STRUCTURES BOARD SELF EVALUATION, ANY FURTHER
CONVERSATION ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE. I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> IRE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, AYE. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE.
AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT SO THAT PASSES 7-0. ONE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT IS SHARING THE SURVEY RESULTS WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE A SURVEY
AND NOT SHARE WITH THEM THE RESULTS. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN ALSO DO. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT TAKES US TO 10.8. THIRD QUARTER BOARD BUDGET REVIEW. WE HAVE A 10-MINUTE DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR THIS.
THE DISCUSSION PROVIDE THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW CURRENT GOVERNANCE-RELATED EXPENDITURES, DISCUSSING ANTICIPATED END OF YEAR COSTS AND IDENTIFY ANY REMAINING BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DIRECTOR TREASURER THOMPSON. OR DO YOU WANT ME TO WALK THROUGH THIS. >> I THINK WE COULD MAYBE GO
THROUGH THE BILLETS ON THE TOPICS FOR DISCUSS THAT WOULD BE THE MOST MEN. UNLESS THERE ARE GENERAL QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT THE DOCUMENT. >> THAT SOUNDS GREAT. DO YOU WANT KNEE START OR ARE
YOU GOING TO START? >> ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT -- SO THINGS WE COULD TALK ABOUT FOR THIS YEAR APT BULLET STILL INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION -- OH, MY GOSH I AM TIRED.
INCLUDING POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE AT THE CASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED REGISTRATION COSTS SO I KNOW THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD. AND IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHO IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. >> I SEND A REMINDER OUT TO
EVERYBODY, SENT EVENth AND 12th IS THE CASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. I KNOW DIRECTOR GEIGER MENTIONED BEING INTERESTED. I WANT BE INTERESTED.
I HAVE A PLACE TO STAY IT WOULD JUST BE INDIVIDUAL REFERENCE STATION FEE. ARE OTHER DIRECTORS INTERESTED IN THAT CONFERENCE? HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA FOR IT? THAT'S WHERE THE DELEGATE
ASSEMBLY IS HELD AND ALL OF THE RESOLUTIONS ARE DEBATED AT THAT EVENT. SEEING NO MORE INTEREST IN THAT.
YEAH. OKAY, SO YOU CAN CONTINUE, DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> ALL RIGHT.
AND REASON WE ARE BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE ON OUR LINE ITEMS JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S BEING BROUGHT UP AS A BULLET POINT VERSUS JUST REACHING OUT TO SEE WHO IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.
CONSULTANT SUPPORT COST WITH BOARD CONSIDERATION WITH A FUTURE MLO ELECTION. AND, AGAIN, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE COSTS. AND WOULD COME OUT OF THE BOARD BUDGET.
SO -- >> THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. HISTORICALLY IN 2023, AND 2022. TWO AND THREE. THREE AND FOUR. THE LAST TWO, YES. CYCLES. THERE WAS MLO CONSULTING FEES.
CONSULTANTS HAVE HELPED THE DISTRICT WITH POLLING AND MESSAGING, AND VOTER SENTIMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS DURING THAT FADES ONE CYCLE OF PREPARING AND JUST FROM
FEEDBACK, DIRECTOR CALLAHAN AND I HAVE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS. DIRECTOR GEIGER AND I MET WITH THE BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS. OUR BOARD COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP. AND THERE IS A FEELING THAT MAYBE WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND AND
NBA SOME OF OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH COMMITTEES AND LOOKING HISTORICALLY THERE WAS MONEY SPENT FROM THE BOARD BUDGET ON THESE. AND A REQUEST FOR A QUOTE HAS
GONE OUT AND IDEALLY WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WE COULD PUT TOWARDS THAT. IF THE BOARD IS AGREEABLE TO THAT. THEN IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE TWO BOARD DIRECTORS JUST VOLUNTEER TO HELP REVIEW.
PROPOSALS AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, BE PART OF THAT SELECTION PROCESS. FIRST OFF, MAYBE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO INVEST ARE THERE ANY BOARD DIRECTORS INTERESTED IN
PARTICIPATING IN THE REVIEW. >> ALL RIGHT. NICE. DIRECTOR DENZLER AND DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. VOLUNTEERED FOR ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS.
WHAT'S NEXT ON OUR LIST. >> IF YOU HAVE IT OPEN IT CAN BE -- >> IS IT THE LIVE STREAMING. >> BOARD MEETING LIVE STREAMING AND TECHNOLOGY. >> OKAY.
>> BOARD MEETING, LIVE STREAM AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT COSTS. >> THIS IS AN AREA THAT I FEEL LIKE DEJA VU. A YEAR AGO WE WERE HAVING THIS EXACT SAME CONVERSATION. EXACT SAME REQUEST.
AND I THINK EVERYONE IS SEEING THE COST AND THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH DAC. I JUST WONDER LIKE THERE'S ONLY FOUR MEETINGS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
THAT ARE IN PERSON MEETINGS. AND MIGHT IT MAKE SENSE TO DO A PILOT FOR FOUR MEETINGS AND THEN ASSESS OUR SACKS DIALING INTO THE MEETING? ARE PEOPLE FINDING USE IN THE LIVE STREAMING?
YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WONDER IF IT MAKES SENSE TO DO AN RFQ SO IT'S NOT TAKING STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES. IN SEEING WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
I JUST KNOW IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING REQUEST. IF I WAS A L LIAISON TO DAC, THE ZACH REPRESENTATIVES ASKED ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. AND SAID THIS WOULD BE A HUGE HELP FOR US TO CONNECT.
SO I AM JUST WONDERING DOES AN RFQ LOOKING FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT, NOT ASKING STAFF TO GIVE UP THEIR EVENINGS, REARRANGING THINGS, WOULD THAT
MAKE SENSE? >> YES. >> I HEARD ONE QUESTION. DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> YEAH, TO ECHO DIRECTOR CALLAHAN'S YES, I THINK BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A LONGSTANDING REQUEST AND BECAUSE
DAC WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN WE BROUGHT THEM SOME OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AT THE LAST DAC MEETING, I THINK AT LEAST COMMITTING TO PILOTING THIS IS A GOOD FAITH SHOW OR DEMONSTRATION THAT WE HEAR THEM, AND WE TAKE
THEM SERIOUS BECAUSE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, STATUTORILY REQUIRED. WHATEVER THAT WORD IS. BOARD COMMITTEE AND THAT WE DO WANT ZACHS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DAC MEETINGS. SO I THINK THAT AT LEAST PILOTING SOMETHING WOULD BE A
SHOW OF GOOD FAITH. AND AMERICA OUR THE IMPACT THERE -- MEASURE THE IMPACT THERE BEFORE WE COMMIT TO ANYTHING LONG-TERM. >> DO I HAVE TWO BOARD DIRECTORS THAT WOULD WORK TO GET THIS DONE? WORK WITH STAFF TO DO THE RFQ.
GET IT OUT. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> P IS THE DAC LEAD ON. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND WERE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THE BUDGET LIST FOR US TO
LOOK AT? >> ANY OTHER ANTICIPATED GOVERNANCE OR BOARD OPERATION EXPENDITURES, IF WE COULD JUST CIRCLE BACK THAT THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE CONVERSATION IN THE PAST ABOUT TECHNOLOGY EXPENSES
HAVE ALSO INCLUDED ASSISTIVE DEVICES OR WAYS TO MAKE OUR MEETING ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE LIKE HARD OF HEARING, FOR EXAMPLE. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT GETTING LOST IF WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS
WORK. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A HUGE COST. WE HAVE HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH FEEDBACK. I AM HAPPY TO DEFER TO THE TECH TEAM ON THE BEST SOLUTION, BUT SOME WAY THAT WE ARE OFFERING SUPPORTS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE
IN PERSON. WE HAVE HAD EMAILS ABOUT PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR US. WE STRUGGLE TO HEAR EACH OTHER SOMETIMES AND, SO -- >> DIRECT ON TOUR TRY OTHER HE AN. >> WE DON'T DO CLOSED CAPTIONING RIGHT NOW ON THE LIVE TREATMENT?
OR DO WE. >> YEAH. >> YES, WE DO DO CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE STREAM. >> LIVE STREAM. >> YOU CAN TURN ON TRANSCRIPTS ON THE LIVE STREAM. RIGHT? BUT WE PAID FOR A VERY SPECIFIC SERVICE. IS HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT.
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE TRANSCRIPTED ARE MORE ACCURATE. VERSUS WE CAN'T JUST PUT LIVE TRANSCRIPTS ON THE SCREEN.
>> IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A POURED I BELIEVE DEVICE THAT CAN BE CHECKED OUT OR THERE ARE LIKE OPTIONS TO HAVE AN APP THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND THEN IT WILL JUST GIVE THEM THE LIVE TRANSCRIPT FROM WHATEVER IS BEING SAID ON THE MIC FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT.
>> SO HAS RESEARCH BEEN DONE ON THAT ALREADY? DO YOU KNOW? >> UH-HUH. THERE HAS BEEN STEPS. >> SO WHAT DO YOU SEE IS THE NEXT -- >> IF WE GET THE OKAY TO JUST MAKE THE CALL -- I MEAN, THE COSTS HAVE COME ACROSS REASONABLE.
AND EVEN IF WE GO DOWN TO JUST A DEVICE TO HELP WITH AMPLIFYING SOUND, IS ONLY A COUPLE OF HUNCH I THINK A DEVICE AND I THINK JUST TWO DEVICES OR SOMETHING WOULD BE REASONABLE. BUT IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE TRANSCRIPT, WHICH IS EVEN MORE
ACCESSIBLE. RIGHT? AND WOULDN'T REQUIRE CHECK IN AND CHECK OUT OF DEVICES MAYBE A QR CODE THERE HAS BAN LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AIM HAPPY TO DEFER FOR WHAT THE TECH TEAM THINKS IS BEST AND JUST KEEP THE COSTS LOW. >> WOULD YOU LAKE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT WORK? >> YES.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT? >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATION OFFICER TELLS ME THAT THE LIVE STREAMING IS CAPED BY HUMANS LIVE.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. >> SO CAN WE PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN THEN? SO NOW WE CAN DURING MEETINGS PUNT A LIVE -- THEN THAT WOULD BE THE -- YEAH. >> SO ON THE YouTube YES,
WE'VE GOT LIVE CAPTIONERS THAT WE HIRE THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS THAT WE'VE GOT ABOUT A 30-SECOND LAG WHEN -- FROM THIS MEETING TO YouTube. SO IF WE PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN THERE IS A 30-SECOND LAG.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> TALK IN THE MIC. >> I WAS JUST ASKING, YEAH. IF IT'S BEING RECORDED WHEN THE -- IF IT'S ON THE SCREEN THE DELAY WOULD ALSO BE ON YouTube.
LIKE IT WOULD EVEN NOW? I DON'T KNOW IF I AM -- THE DELAY WOULD CANCEL ITSELF OUT. AM I THE ONLY ONE NOT MAKING SENSE? THAT'S WHAT I AM NERVOUS ABOUT. >> WHERE IT GOES IN THE 30 SECONDS.
>> IS IT BEHIND US THAT IT'S -- YES, IF WE ARE RECORDING -- >> 30 SECONDS BEHIND. >> Reporter: COULD WE MAYBE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF THAT HELPS WITH ACCESSABIITY ON WHAT IS REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE?
>> SO FROM STAFF STAND POINT WHEREVER WE HAVE AN ACCESSIBILITY REQUEST FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER, WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO ACCOMMODATE THAT SO WE MIGHT HAVE A ASL TRANSLATOR IF E
HAVE THAT REQUEST WE ACCOMMODATE WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT REQUEST THAT I AM AWARE OF. BUT THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU ARE ASKING US TO SPECIFICALLY RESEARCH A DEVICE THAT YOU PUT IN YOUR EAR, I AM SURE WE CAN
LOOK INTO IT. WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT REQUEST AT A BOARD MEETING OTHER THAN AT WILCOX WHERE IT WAS HOARD TO HEAR -- WHERE THE BOARD HAD A HARD TIME HEARING EACH OTHER. >> WE DON PROVIDE A'S FOR PEOPLE TO SUBMIT A REQUEST.
IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER LEGISLATORS THAT MEET THERE IS AN'S FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST ADDRESSING IT. THERE MAY NOT BE A STRONG NEED MAYBE IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE
HAVEN'T HAD ANNIE INDICATION OR OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO REQUEST IT. >> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE A REQUEST. CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? >> BEFORE A FORM IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ON THE BOARD PAGE TO YOUR POINT SO WE CAN ADD THAT.
BUT ANY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT, A TOWN HALL, SOMETHING IN PERSON, WE DO HAVE OUR -- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH DEPARTMENT IT IS, BUT THEY HAVE THOSE -- WHAT ARE THEY -- >> THE CULTURE IT, THE CULTURE AND -- THAT DEPARTMENT.
BUT THEY HAVE THOSE DEVICES AVAILABLE, THEY HAVE INTERPRETERS AVAILABLE. SO IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FORM IS LINKED OFF THE BOARD PAGE. >> WERE THERE MY ITEMS?
>> YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER -- >> YES. >> SO THE ONE THAT I WAS GOING TO RAISE, I WOULD LIKE GET APPROVAL TO WORK WITH SUPERINTENDENT KANE. ON THE ON THE PG CONSULTING ANYN KIKINDS OF RESOURCES THAT MIGHT HELP US BE MORE EFFICIENT,
EFFECTIVE, SAVE STAFF TIME, SAVE US TIME? HE WOULD LIKE TO WORK MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WITH SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
ANY OTHER UPDATES ONBOARD BUDGE THAT'S YOU WANT TO SHARE? >> I DON'T THINK SO. >> IT'S GETTING LATE SO WE ARE GOING TO WRAP UP SOON. 10.9 IS LEGISLATIVE UPDATES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTORS GEIGER AND DENZLER FOR THE UPDATE. >> I AM SURE THAT YOU ALL READ IN-DEPTH THE REPORT FROM OUR LOBBYIST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT CHANGED THIS YEAR, SO I WILL NOT BORE YOU A GREAT DEAL. OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN -- THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO EDUCATION ASSESSMENTS, ONE OF WHICH WE PRESSED FOR. THERE IS A INTERESTING GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS CREATED A LOT
OF THIS IS STILL PENDING IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNOR SO THE VETO PEN MAY COME OUT ON SOME OF THESE, THERE ARE GRANTS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CRADLE TO CAREER GRANT PROGRAM. WE'LL HAVE TO I GUESS LOOK AT
THAT. THERE IS A BILL THAT ESSENTIALLY DUPLICATES FEDERAL DISCRIMINATION ACTS, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, INTO STATE LAW. HOW THAT WILL BE INTERPRETED AND
WHAT THAT MAY MINA ADDITIONALLY IS YET TO BE KNOWN THE IDEA BEING THAT AS THERE IS A BELIEF THAT THE FED ARE NOT ENFORCING THAT. THAT THE STATE MAY NEED TO STEP N HOW THEY DO THAT, AND WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO COME.
FROM IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. OUR COACHES WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE ADDITIONAL TESTING CLASSES ON THE AFFECT OF CONCUSSIONS, THAT'S A REPRESENTATIVE HAMRLIK BILL. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE DONOR DID SIGN OUR BILL ON
KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENTS. ONCE THE GOVERNOR DECIDES WHAT HE IS GOING TO SIGN AND NOT SIGN. THE BIGGEST ISSUE OF COURSE WAS THAT WE MANAGED TO GET TOGETHER THIS YEAR TO HAVE A BUDGET THAT
WAS REASONABLE. AND KNOCK THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT NEXT YEAR. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE ITEM 10.10 BOARD MEETING SUPPORT SYSTEMS. SO AS THE BOARD KNOWS, THIS YEAR MARKED -- THIS YEAR MARKED THE DISTRICT'S TRANSITION TO A NEW GOVERNANCE SUPPORT PLATFORM.
INCLUDING THE MIGRATION OF HISTORICAL AGENDAS, MINUTES, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, PUBLIC RECORDS, ALL WENT INTO THE DILIGENT SYSTEM, A HUGE LIFT. A HUGE THANK YOU TO STAFF. AND TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
BOARD TO REFLECT ON HOW THAT SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING DURING ITS FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, DISCUSS ANY KIND OF ACCESSIBILITY OR SEARCHABIITY OF HISTORICAL RECORDS, IS IT WORKING, IS IT NOT WORKING?
IDENTIFY ANY ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS OR GOVERNANCE NEEDS RELATED TO TRANSPARENCY, ORGANIZATION, AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO BOARD MATERIALS. AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT STAFF IS DOING. TO IMPROVE THE ORGANIZATION AND
HISTORICAL FILE MIGRATION DURING THE WHOLE TRANSITION PROCESS. AND HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP WITH A SUPERINTENDENT KANE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE OR IF YOU JUST WANT THE BOARD TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION. NO, OKAY. HAS ALL THE -- COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY WHETHER THERE IS STILL A MIGRATION TAKING PLACE OR DO WE FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
MIGRATED. >> SO WE INITIALLY MIGRATED THE BOARD CONTENT AND PAEBGTS, SO ONE SINGLE PDF CONTAINING THE YOU WOULD AGENDA ITEMS PERCENTAGED INTO 1PDF I HAVE
DOWNLOADED ALL THE INDIVIDUAL AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE OLD SYSTEM AND IN THE PROCESS OF RENAMING THOSE AND MAKING THEM ACCESSIBLE. PDF FILES SO THAT WE CAN UPLOAD THEM AS INDIVIDUAL FILES. SO I HAVE GOT ABOUT THREE YEARS WORTH OF BOARD MEETINGS
ACCOMPLISHED RIGHT HOW AND CONTINUE TO GRIND THROUGH THOSE OTHER ONCE. >> THANK YOU. I'LL JUST -- >> JUST TO ADD TO THAT. IT'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 13 YEARS.
THAT MR. BLARE IS MIGRATING ONE YEAR AT A TIME. >> IT'S A HUGE LIFT OBVIOUSLY THINK 8600 FILE.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS THERE WAS AN AUDIT PROCESS WHEN EVERYTHING WAS MIGRATED OVER WILL THERE BE AN AUDIT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE 13 YEARS OF FILES -- I AM CURIOUS WHAT THAT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE. >> I WENT THROUGH EACH MEETING ONE BY ONE AND DOWNLOADED ALL THE SEPARATE A -- ALL 8600 FILES FROM EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAD IN THE OLD SYSTEM.
>> IT'S NOT LIKE A RUN OF -- RUN A PROGRAM AND IT DOES EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT, YOU ARE DOING IT ONE BY ONE? MAKING SURE DID. >> I RAN A SCRIPT PER MEETING TO PULL DOWN ALL OF THE ATTACHMENTS AND THEN CONFIRM THOSE WITH THE AGENDA, YES. >> OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.
I'LL OPEN IT FOUND OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> CAN YOU -- SORRY, I WASN'T SURE I UNDERSTOOD THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT LIKE THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN DONE OF -- I MISSED THAT PART, WHAT WAS DONE FOR THREE YEARS OF BOARD MEETINGS? >> SO, YEAH, THE FILES CAME DOWN
THE FILE NAMES NEED TO BE CLEANED UP SO THAT LABELED WITH THE MEET THEY GO CAME FROM OTHERWISE THEY GET LOST WHEN YOU DO A SEARCH. SO I AM RENAMING ALL OF THOSE FILES AND THEN I HAVE TO MAKE EACH PDF ACCESSIBLE ONCE I GET THROUGH WITH THOSE THEN I HAVE TO UPLOAD THOSE INTO NEW FOLDERS
INTO THE DILIGENCE SYSTEM. >> OKAY. >> I AM WONDERING WHY THIS PROCESS IS STILL -- THE REALITY IS SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MATERIALS ARE HARD TO ACCESS AND I MEAN, I WAS EVEN TRYING TO
LOOK UP STUFF RELATED TO THE LAST CHARTER CONTRACT AND I COULDN'T FIND THE DOCUMENT F YOU DON'T KNOW THOUSAND SEARCH IT OR IF THE TERM DON'T MATCH LIKE YOU ARE MENTIONING IT CAN BE REALLY HARD TO FIND IT. SO I AM WONDERING CAN WE JUST HAVE ACCESS TO THE OLD SYSTEM FOR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS UNTIL
IT'S IN THE PLACE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE. >> WE ALTHOUGH NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THE OLD SYSTEM BUT I HAVE THREE YEARS COMPLETED AND I CAN START UPLOADING THOSE TOMORROW SO THAT LAST THREE YEARS OF BOARD MEETINGS HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL ATTACHMENTS AVAILABLE
TO YOU SO IT'S EASIER TO SEARCH AND FIND THAT THOSE GRANULAR ITEMS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. >> AND JUST IF I COULD ADD THE WAY THAT -- AND I THINK I PUT THIS IN MY UPDATES, BUT MAYBE I DIDN'T. THE WAY THAT IT'S ORGANIZED, IS BY BOARD MEETINGS SO THERE IS A
FOLDER FOR EACH BOARD MEETING. AND INSIDE EACH BOARD MEETING FOLDER ARE THE ATTACHMENTS THAT HAVE THAT BOARD MEETING DATE ON THE FILE NAME AS WELL. SO THAT WHEN YOU DO A SEARCH. FOR A DOCUMENT, LIKE A CHARTER APPLICATION, OR WHATEVER, WHEN
THOSE PDFs COME UP AS A RESULT OF THAT SEARCH IT WILL SHOW THE ACTUAL DATE OF THE MEETING. IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE ATTACHMENT IS AND THEN THEY ARE EASY TO FIND BY MEETING AS WELL. THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT MR. BLARE IS SIT SETTING UP AND HE HAS THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND HE IS
TRYING TO GO BACK ALL WAIT TO IS IT 2012, MR. BLARE WHEN THE NEW ESP SYSTEM STARTED OR 2008? >> 2008. >> 8. SO THAT'S WHAT HE IS SETH UP AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE OLD SYSTEM WON'T -- WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO
HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FILES THROUGH THE OLD SYSTEM. >> I AM NOT TRYING TO NOT DEMONSTRATE APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, I DO LIKE THE NEW SYSTEM. I THINK ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT
HAVE EXIST ED IN THE CALENDAR MOVING FORWARD, IT WORKS REALLY NICE. I I CAN LIKE THE WAY I CAN GET A LETTER THERE IS A LOT OF REALLY NICE BENEFITS IT VISUALLY LOOKS NICER BUT IT IS EXTREMELY
TIME-CONSUMING TRYING TO FULFILL MY ROLE WHEN I AM PREPPING FOR MEETINGS BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME FINDING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE OLD CALENDAR AND BEING ABLE TO JUST PULL UP THE CALENDAR IN THE TIME FRAME AND CLICK DIRECTLY ON THE ITEM. SOMETIMES IT'S IN THE ORIGINAL PDF.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT IN THE ORIGINAL PDF. PLUS YOU ARE SCROLLING THROUGH TONS AND TONS OF AGES. YOU KNOW, OFTEN TIMES A RESOLUTION IS NOT IN THERE. SO NOW I AM CLICK TO GO ANOTHER PAGE TO FIND A RESOLUTION TO COME BACK TO TRY TO FIND A PRESENTATION THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. IN THERE, IT'S JUST -- IT IS -- IT IS JUST NOT VERY USER
FRIENDLY AT ALL. >> I UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FIXING. >> YEAH. >> HIS INITIAL APPROACH WAS TO DO AN AGENDA PACKET AS 1PDF THAT HAD EVERYTHING IS NBA IT WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. NOW HE IS CREATED A SYSTEM WHERE HE HAS EVERY SING ALLERGEN DA
ITEM AS A SEPARATE PDF SO THAT YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO PLOW THROUGH 300 PEJA AGENDA PACKET. SO THAT'S WHAT HE IS TRYING TO FIX. BUT HE NEEDS A MINUTE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE REST OF THE YEARS BUT HE HAS THE LAST THREE.
LIKE A CALENDAR YOU CAN LOOK AT A FOLDER STRUCTURE AND SEE A DATE AND CLICK ON THE MEETING DATE AND SEE AS SEPARATE FILES THE AGENDA AND EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL ATTACHMENTS AS SEPARATE FILES AND THEN THROUGH THE SEARCH ENGINE YOU CAN FIND
THEM AS WELL BUT I AM NOT ADDRESSING YOUR QUESTION I THINK. >> I WANT TO MICK SURE. THE PAST THREE YEARS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US VERY SOON. AND THEY WILL BE LOADED IN THE
PUBLIC FILE BOARD MEET AGO AGENDA ARCHIVE FOLDER SO THAT WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT FOLDER, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND FIND IT THE WAY YOU ARE DESCRIBING IT. WHICH SHOULD BE EASIER. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> I AM AFRAID THE ITEMS THAT ARE PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE THAT ARE ATTACHED TO AGENDAS? >> NO. ONLY THE PUBLIC-FACING ITEMS WILL BE LISTED. >> SO HOW DO WE ACCESS THE FILES
THAT WERE NOT PUBLIC FACING? >> IS THAT A CRICKET? >> WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT OFFLINE. >> THAT'S GREAT. 11 MORE MEETING THIS YEAR. AND SUMMER.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN START THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE IN PLACE. I MEAN, IT'S A MASSIVE PROJECT. SO IF YOU ALL HAVE OTHER LIKE QUESTIONS OR IDEAS OR THOUGHTS,
YOU KNOW, PLEASE SHARE. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET THE RECORDS WHERE WE NEED THEM TO BE FOR THAT PROCESS. IS THAT OUR SIGN THAT WE REALLY NEED TO WRAP UP? THE CRICKETS ARE OUT TONIGHT. >> THEY ARE OVER IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO I AM GOING TO MOVE US TO OUR VERY LAST ITEM. BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS. AND WE HAVE TEN MINUTES SCHEDULED FOR THIS.
FOR THE BOARD PRESIDENT REPORT, AGENDA PLANNING WILL TAKE PLACE THIS THURSDAY AT 10:30 AT LEGACY CAMPUS FOR THE JUNE 9th REGULAR MEETING AS ALWAYS, BOARD DIRECTOR ARE I WANT RIGHTED TO INVITED TOAPPROXIMATE PARTICIPAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, JUNE 9th
IS OUR FINAL MEETING OF THE YEAR. THE JULY 25TH BOARD RETREAT IS THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING AFTER THAT. AT THE JUNE 9th MEETING WE WILL UPDATE OUR REGULAR MEETING SKETCH TOWEL INCLUDE A DECEMBER RETREAT DATE THAT WE DO NOT
LIST, WE NEED TO GET THE DECEMBER DATE ON THERE. I ALSO WANT TO GO IN AND LOOK AT EVERY DATE TO MACH MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NOT A HOLIDAY WEEKEND THAT IS LIKE -- I WILL LOOK AT THOSE DATES JUST ONE MORE TIME.
YEAH. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME TWEAKS AND I WILL PUT THAT ON THE JUNE 9th AGENDA FOR US TO READOPT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING ON THE WEEKEND, IT'S A HOLIDAY. RIGHT, TOO.
THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR WORKING AS WELL. ON THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. EXAMINE GIVING UP YOUR FAMILY TIME, STAFF, FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO A TRY TO AVOID THAT IF WE CAN MOVING FORWARD. I ATTEND THE STUDENT TERRIFIC
MARKETPLACE. WHICH WAS AMAZING. I HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES NOW AND IT'S A GREAT EVENT. THE BOARD COMMITTEE APPRECIATION EVENT ALSO TOOK PLACE. AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO THANK OUR BOARD COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS.
AND OUR BOARD LIAISONS. GRADUATIONS COME AT THE PERFECT TILE OF YEAR TO REMIND ME WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. THEY ARE AMAZING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES AND TO EACH OF OUR EMPLOYEES. ON LIFT OUR EMPLOYEES SHOULD
FEEL SO PROUD AT THOSE GRADUATIONS AND SEEING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IT'S A JOB WELL DONE. SO WITH THAT, I THINK VICE PRESIDENT REPORT MAY GO AWAY IN FUTURE AGENDAS.
UNLESS YOU OBJECT. AND I WILL GO DOWN THE DAIS AND WE HAVE SEVEN 1/2 MINUTES. I THINK WE STARTED HERE LAST TIME, SO DIRECTOR GEIGER.
>> THE GRADUATIONS, AT THE VENDOR YUM THE ONLY GRADUATION I DID THAT NO OTHER DIRECTOR ATTENDED WAS E DCSD THIS WAS THEIR FIRST GRADUATION, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. THE BEST STUDENT SPEECH I HEARD
ALL SEASON, WE ARE MEETING OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE. I ENJOYED THE BIG ONES BUT SOME OF THE SMALLER ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL GRADUATIONS ARE A JOY. >> SEVEN MINUTES TO GO DIRECTOR DENZLER.
>> I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND MANY OF THE GRADUATIONS AND CHAP AND UPON DOUGH WHICH WERE BOTH VERY COLD. I WAS REALLY LUCKY TO GETTING TO TO THE WAX MUSEUM THE THIRD GREAT WAX MUSEUM AT COPPER MESA
WHICH WAS REALLY CUTIE GOT TO GO TO THE LEGACY CAMPUS VERY AWARD WHICH WAS REALLY NEED JUST LIKE SO COOL TO HONOR THESE SENIORS THAT HAVE LIKE SO MUCH WORK EXPERIENCE.
THE VALLEY VENDORIUM WAS AMAZE AND JUST HONOR TO TO GET TO GO TO SO MANY GRADUATION SAYS. HOPE ONLINE THAT I HAD HEARD RAVE REVISES OF BEFORE SAVES SO AWESOME FOR ALL OF THOSE HOPE KIDS TO FINALLY SEARCH OTHER IN
PERSON FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT ACHED IS IT WAS GREAT. >> DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU PRESIDENT MEEK ON YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HELPING US CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE MLO AND
THE LEADERSHIP YOU HAVE ZONE THERE. I THINK WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE I I WAS REALLY STRUCK IN THE GRADUATIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTENDS, LEGEND,
RENAISSANCE, HOPE ONLINE, FORGETTING ONE, RENAISSANCE. AND JUST THE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE GIVE YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT IS I JUST THINK SO IMPORTANT AND I THINK THE GRADUATIONS REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF EXCEL POLICE IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A REALLY POWERFUL THING THAT WE OFFER HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. >> DID YOU SAY VALE? >> I DIDN'T KNOW. >> VALE THE FIRST GRADUATION, THAT WAS VERY COOL.
ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR PARKER. >> YES, I WENT TO GRADUATIONS AS WELL. BUT I AM GOING TAKE PIE TIME TO DO THE SECRETARY REPORT. SO IT WAS AMAZING AND WONDERFUL AS EVERYBODY SAID, BUT THIS IS THE SUMMARY. SO BETWEEN MAY 12th AND 25TH, 2020 THERE WAS 12 COMMUNICATIONS
WITH THE COMMUNITY PARENTS AND STAFF. AND I PUT THEM IN FOLLOWING CATEGORIES SCHOOL EXPANSION AND AGREEMENTS. WE RECEIVED THREE MESS INNINGS FROM PARENTS IN FAVOR OF RENAISSANCE EXPANSION. TWO MESSAGES FROM STAFF AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS SUPPORTING THE CBA AND DCF AND ONE COMMUNITY
REQUEST FOR AN ANONYMOUS TEACHER SURVEY REGARDING CBA SUPPORT. POLICY AND OTHER CONCERNS THERE WERE TWO MESSAGES FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARD ON THE GROUND GOING CONCERNS WITH THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE POLICY ALONGSIDE TWO NOTES REGARDING POTENTIAL REVIEW
OF ONGOING MATTERS THAT THE DISTRICT IS ADDING, CURRICULUM, CULTURE, ONE PARENT REACHED ON YOU THE WITH REQUESTS AND REQUEST FOLLOWING UP REGARDING THE USE OF I READY CURRICULUM AND RACISM AND PREJUDICE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND THEN STAFF C COMPENSATION, E
STAFF MEMBER REQUESTED A FORMAL REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON THE SCHO SALARY SCALE OF ASST PRINCIPALS ALL HAVE BEEN LOGGED AND ONE THING IS I AM DOING PERSONALLY IS I WANTED TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW THAT I ILL HAVE PUBLIC RECORDED OFFICE HOURS VEE OTHER ZOOM ON A MONTH HAD I ROTATING SCHEDULE BASED WHEN COOL SAO*L IS IN SESSION TO ACCOMMODATE ALL WORKING PARENTSS AND RESIDENTS.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE WILL BE ON THE ARE SIGNATURE. MY FIRST ONE IS THURSDAY. MAY 28TH 8:00 TOM TO 9:00 A.M. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RYAN. >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE I HAD A PERSONAL TRAGEDY ANY ME MY LIFE AND THE
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT WAS AMAZING. MISTAKERRING OF SOME DUTIES WAS VERY WELCOME AND THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS IT SUPPORTED ME I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. ATTENDED C.B. SHOULDN'Ts
GRADUATION WHICH IS WHERE DIRECTOR PARKER AND I GRADUATED FROM. SHE WAS INTERESTING TO GO THERE. I HAD A LONG PERIOD OF MY LIFE WHERE I WAS OBSESSED WITH BILLY
JOEL SO THAT WAS A WELCOME THING. BUT THAT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. AND I WENT TO THE WILDFIRE EXPO AT PONDEROSA. A GROUP OF STUDENTS AS PART OF A CLASS PRESENTED MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WILDFIRES AND HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THEM. MY DAD WAS A FIREFIGHTER AND SO
IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO GO THERE AND ANOTHER FOLKS THAT WERE PRESENT WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT RUN A HELICOPTER IN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN RESPONSE TO WILDFIRES WHO WAS WHO WAS THERE AND HEARING HIM TALK WAS AWESOME AS WELL. I WOULD RECOMMEND WHEN IT'S PRESENTED NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE IT WILL BE, SOMEONE -- YOU ALL
SHOULD GO. YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY, IT'S GREAT. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR RYAN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT WITH US. AND ILL LIKE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT TO THANK DIRECTOR,
PRESIDENT MEEK FOR HER LEADERSHIP. IT IS WELL NOTED HOW MUCH THAT YOU HAVE SUPPORTED THIS BOARD AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD TO HELP US DO OUR ROLE BETTER SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS YEAR WAS HARD BECAUSE I
THII IDID NOT GET TO DO AS MANY GRADUATIONSING DUE TO MY WORK SCHEDULE BUT I DID GET TO ATTEND MY LOCAL ONE SO FAR AND IT'S A REALLY NICE TREATY THINK IT'S AMAZING HOW STUDENTS PUT ON THEIR GRADUATION EVENTS AND RUN
THE SHOW IT & IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF WORK, AND STRUCTURE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THAT POS POSSIBLE. STAFF SHUT PAT THEMSELVES ON THE BACK FOR ANOTHER AMAZING GRADUATION SEASON NO OTHER MEETINGS EXEMPT FOR THAT I DID ATTEND OUR APPRECIATION DINNER
FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS IT WAS A NICE SHOWING AND EVENING, SOME REALLY FUNNY CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. IT'S FUN TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER IN THAT CAPACITY. AND THEN ALSO I THINK IT ELEVATES OUR APPRECIATION FOR
ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE. IT WAS A NICE TREAT. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THAT'S IT. SHORT AND SWEET. >> 102ND TO GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB, YOU GUYS.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, AGAIN, OUR LAST NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ED IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 9th. AND THERE BEING THERE NORTHER BUSINESS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> MOVE TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR GEIGER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CALLAHAN.
THAT THE BOARD ADJOURN. DIRECTOR CALLAHAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR DENZLER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> AYE. DR. EFFECT TOUR PARKER. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR RYAN. >> AYE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> MOTION PASSES 7-0. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, EVERYONE.