>> ALL RIGHT, THE MEETING. BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALLS, GEIGER. >> HERE. >> MEEK. >> HERE. >> MOORE. >> HERE. >> MYERS. >> HERE. >> THOMPSON. >> HERE. >> WILLIAMS, HERE. WINEGAR. >> HERE.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF THE LEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ALL RIGHT, MOVING IN TO THE DCSD SPOTLIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> OKAY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WE HAVE A PACKED HOUSE TONIGHT. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING TWO STUDENT WHO HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION. LET'S START WITH STEM SCHOOL HIGHLANDS RANCH STUDENT CITI STING.
SIDE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT' ENVIRONMENT YOUTH AWARD. WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME UP FRONT ALONG WITH STEM HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL RYAN, MID SCHOOL PRINCE MAURA RITTER AND TYLER SORRY.
SO SORRY, SIR. AND DCSD SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR BETH CHURCH. LAP LAP. >> HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THE PRESIDENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH AWARD RECOGNIZES OUT
STANDING ENVIRONMENT STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS DEVELOPED EYE K-12 YOUTH. CONGRATULATIONS. DOCUMENT TO TELL US ABOUT THE AWARD AND ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT WON THE AWARD, PLEASE. >> HI, EVERYONE, I AM A SENIOR AT STEM SCHOOL HIGH LANES RANCH. FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU EACH
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR RECOGNIZING ME WITH I AM SO THANKFUL. PROJECT DEER STARTED A A SIMPLE IDEA CREATING A HAVE I VEHICLES TO PREFECT ANIMALS AND FROM COLLISIONS SO GREAT TO HAVE SCENE I GO ROAD. OUR DEVICE IS BEING AT THAT TIME
TED AND IT'S A DEVICE THAT USING MACHINE LEARNING AND THERMAL IMAGERY TO KOREAN ON-BOARD VEHICLE DEVICE THAT ANYONE CAN PUT ON THEIR CAR. WE ARE HOPING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS EVERYONE CAN WITH ONE OF THESE IN THEIR CAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I AM ONLY ABLE TO GET THERE BECAUSE OF EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE, I WANT ONE. >> FIRST AWFUL, I WANT TO HONOR ANY VETERANS THAT ARE OUT HERE. HAPPY VETERANS DAY TO EVERYBODY.
[ APPLAUSE ] THESE ARE MOMENTS THAT I REALLY LOVE AS PRINCIPAL. WE ARE HERE TO HONOR S I.D. DHI. I WANT TO TESTIMONY YOU ABOUT HER FIRST, AS A SENIOR THEY HAS
A 4.51GPA RIGHT NOW. THAT'S A PERFECT 4.0 UNWEIGHTED GPA SHE'S EARNED STRAIGHT-As THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. COMPLETED 18 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES THINK ENROLLED IN I THINK FOUR MORE RIGHT NOW,
RIGHT? AND A NUMBER OF C ECORSES AS WELL SHE'S AN AMAZING STUDENT BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT. YOU HEARD HER TALK ABOUT, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN AMAZING I GOTTA TELL YOU AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO WATCH THEY STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HER AND A GROUP OF
HER PEERS AND SHE TOOK LEAD ON THIS. THEY STARTED BY ENTERING THE SAMSUNG COMPETITION, WON THE STATEWIDE COMPETITION AND WENT TO NATIONALS AND FELT LIKE WE COULD DO BETTER. CAME BACK, RETOOLED IT CU BOULDER'S LAB THROUGH AN
INTERNSHIP SHE WAS DOING THIS. THE THING THAT I LOVE AND APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU NEVER GAVE UP YOU CONTINUED TO REFINE AND IMPROVEMENT. CONTINUED IN INNING HE STRAIGHT THAT'S FANTASTIC, SO ALSO, JUST MISS RITTER UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT
ABLE TO BE HERE SHE GAVE ME A COUPLE OF WORDS TO SAY. MISS RITTER IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT ALSO SIDDHA'S SIXTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER WHEN SHE MET SIDDHA IN SIXTH GRADE SHE KNEW
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THAT YOU WERE SPECIAL. SHE BELIEVED DEEPLY IN WHAT SHE WAS LEARNINGS, CURIOUS DILIGENT AND NEVER AFRAID TO SPEAK UP. WHETHER TO ASK A QUESTION, ADVOCATE FOR HERSELF AND CLASSMATES, DEFEND HER ITEMS. IT WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO
SAY SHE KEPT ME ON MY TOES. MISS RITTER CONTINUES, SHE REMEMBERS THINKING BACK THEN THIS YOUNG WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND TODAY SEEING HER HONORED WITH THIS AWARD SHE CAN SAY ABSOLUTELY YOU HAVE. SIDDHA, YOUR DEDICATION, VOICE AND HEART HAVE TAKEN YOU FAR.
BUT SHE KNOWS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. YOU MAKE ALL OF US SO PROUD. NOT JUST AS EDUCATORS BUT AS PEOPLE, WHO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING YOU GROW OVER THE YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS. THINK. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I AM JUST HERE TO SUPPORT.
CONGRATULATIONS, THAT'S A VERY PRESS TAJ US AWARD, CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ONE MORE ROUND AFTER PLOWS TO SIDDHA. WE ARE RODE REALLY PROUD-YOU. DIRECTOR MEEK IS BEHIND US AND WILL GIVE YOU YOUR AWARD AND
THEN WE'LL DO SOME PICTURES. >> HOW ABOUT IF WE GET MOM AND
DAD UP HERE. COME OFF. [ APPLAUSE ]
[ APPLAUSE ] >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> OKAY. NEXT WE GET TO RECOGNIZE AT OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, THIS TAME FROM HIGHLANDS RANCH. SPECIFICALLY THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. THUNDER RIDGE SOPHOMORE ANDREW
DIENER, RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE GOLD AWARD. ISSUED BY THE WHITE HOUSE FOR MANY HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. COME ON UP HERE, ANDREW. AMAZING. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ANDREW, YOU ARE IN YOUR
SECOND YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? AND YET WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU -- THAT LAST COUNT, YOU HAVE MORE THAN 440 VOLUNTEER HOURS ACROSS 15 ORGANIZATIONS, AND 22 COMMUNITY EVENTS. THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE BEEN DOING SERVICE FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. IT ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS A CUB SCOUT. NOT A LOT OF SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND I BECAME A BOY SCOUT AND
KEPT DOING SERVICE AND I JUST WANTED TO GO FURTHER AND I HELPED OUT AT MY LOCAL SCOUT CAMP AND EVEN IN CALIFORNIA, AT THEIR CAMP. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, BEEN DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S BEEN RAILROAD RESRARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT MORE
SERVICE. SERVICE. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE? >> I HAVE TO SAY IT'S THE SCOUT CAMP IN CALIFORNIA GOING AS A SCOUT AND GETTING TO HELP OTHER SCOUTS. LEARN THEIR OWN SKILLS AND GET THEIR MERIT BADGES, IT'S BEEN QUITE A FULL SIR THE JOURNEY. >> WE ARE SOW PROUD OF, THANK
YOU SO MUCH. YOUR PRINCIPAL COULDN'T BE HERE BUT ASSISTANTS PRINCIPAL DANNY WINDSOR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF. >> I GET TO EMBARRASS YOU A BIT. I DON'T KNOW MY FRIEND GREAT HERE BUT I KNOW AS FAR AS ACTUALLY THE VOLUNTEER AWARD AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE HONOR THAT
IS, WE TALK ABOUT SERVICE AND BEING A PART. COMMUNITY TO DEDICATE THAT MANY HOURS IT WAS, WHAT I LOVED HEARING WAS YOUR PASSION ABOUT DOUR DESIRE TO DO MORE AND MORE AND A WAY TO SERVE AS WELL, TOO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM A FAMILY AS WELL, TOO, I WANT TO THANK YOU YOUR FAMILY FOR HAVING THAT AS SOMETHING AND INSTILLED
IN YOUR HEART AS WELL, TOO, AS A COMMUNITY AND I KNOW AS FAR AS SPEAKING TO YOUR PRINCIPAL AS WELL, TOO, SHE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO LEAD THE CHARGE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SEE WHAT IT MEANSES TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE HONOR AND I GET TO STAND NEXT TO YOU FOR SUCH AN INCREDIBLE AWARD THAT
YOU EARNED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MEEK, FROM OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION IS OVER HERE TO GIVE YOU AN AWARD.
AND THEN WE'LL DO SOME PICTURES.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR TODAY, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVES AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MOTIONS. I WILL START WITH THE FIRST. SO I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA BY CHANGING ITEM 12.6 TITLED RESOLUTION TO EXTENDING EXISTING
CHARTER TERMS FOR HIGH-TERMING FOR CHARTER AND POLICY LBDR-1 FROM AN INFO SACKS ITEM AND REPLACING IT WITH INFO ONLY TO REFLECT WHAT WAS FINALIZED DURING AGENDA PLANNING ON OCTOBER 23th ALIGNING WITH OUR
POLICY 1.3.32 WHICH IS THAT THE AGENDA WILL BE FINALIZED AT THE END OF THE AGENDA PLAN BUYING THE PRESIDENT. POLICY GP15 -- ONE BUILT 5.3.3 THAT THE AGENDA AND PACKET PRESENTATIONS THAT REQUIRE ACTION ARE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS AT LEAST FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO A MEETING.
GP1.3 1.3.1 THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO LEAD THE BOARD SO THAT THE BOARD'S PERFORMANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH ITS OWN RULES AND POLICIES. AND THAT THOSE LEGITIMATELY IMPOSED ON IT FROM OUTSIDE THE
ORGANIZATION. >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION THAT? >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> THAT WAS JUST A LOT. WOULD YOU MIND BREAKING DOWN ONE
MORE TIME FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. >> SO ONLY MOVED FOR 12.6 SO FAR. AND, AGAIN, IT'S TO UPDATE THE ITEM FROM INFO AND ACTION TO INFO ONLY. THE TO ALIGN WITH POLICY.
AND WHAT WAS DECIDED AT AGENDA PLANNING. >> DIRECT DIRECT TOUR MEEK. >> CAN I HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT IT WAS AT AGENDA PLANNING INFO ONLY. >> AND HOW IT CHANGED. >> AT . >> I WAS THINKING THAT IT WOULD
ALSO REQUIRE A POLICY CHANGE. IF THAT WERE THE CASE IT NEEDED A FIRST AND SECOND READING, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE JUST PROCEDURALLY RESOLUTIONS. THE SAME -- WE HAVE ALWAYS VOTED ON RESOLUTIONS THE SAME NIGHT IN WHICH THEY ARE PRESENTED.
SO I STUCK WITH PROCEDURE AND AS I SAID I ANTICIPATED THERE WOULD BE UPDATES TO A POLICY WHICH IS WHAT I SAID BECAUSE I WAS ANTICIPATING THAT. >> SO YOU CHANGE IT FROM INFO
ONLY TO AN ACTION ITEM? >> I DID. >> WHICH IS WHAT EVERYONE AGREED ON. ISN'T THAT OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO PER POLICY ONCE IT'S SET? >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> WELL, THE PRESIDENT CAN SET THE AGENDA, SO IF SHE DEEMS THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE AN ACTION ITEM
I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY ALLOWED. AND MY UNDERSTANDING AT AGENDA PLANNING WAS ALSO THE REASON IT WAS INFO ONLY BECAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A POLICY CHANGE. IT WAS -- IT WASN'T REALLY SET IN FIRM AS AN INFO ONLY. IT WAS MORE DISCUSSED AS, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS A POLICY CHANGE.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I WAS THERE HONESTLY. >> I WAS AT AGENDA PLANNING, I PRESSED BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS SUBJECT?
FOR IT TO CHANGE AT 4:00 ON FRIDAY FOR ME TO GET THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION THE FINAL PROPOSED RESOLUTION AT 1:20 YESTERDAY IS NOT HOW WE SHOULD GOVERN. WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE
A BIG ISSUE. AND TO SWITCH IT TO A RESOLUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT IS NOT PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL 26 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. IS NOT WHAT WE AGREED TO, IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY, IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR
PROCEDURES. I THINK THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IS IT TO DISCUSS IT TODAY. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND THEN SET IT OVER FOR A FURTHER REVIEW. WE HAVE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN HEAR NOT JUST FROM THE PEOPLE HERE, BUT FROM THE ENTIRE CHARTER COMMUNITY.
I TOOK WHAT WE DID AT AGENDA PLANNING AT YOUR WORD. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL FRIDAY AT 4:00 THAT EVERYTHING CHANGED. AND I WILL JUST CONTINUE TO SAY THAT IS NOT HOW PUBLIC OFFICIALS SHOULD DO THEIR WORK.
>> ANYONE ELSE, DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE RESOLUTION WAS LEGAL ARE YOU REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE IT WAS PLACED ON THE PUBLIC AGENDA? >> NO.
>> AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A PUBLIC AGENDA THAT'S NOT LEGAL ARE YOU REVIEWED COMING TO THE BOARD? >> I FEEL LIKE WE HONOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WHEN THEY REQUEST TOLL VALUE AN AGENDA ITEM, WHICH EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT
BACK IN OCTOBER, WHEN I INITIALLY HAD SET THIS FORWARD, THAT THIS WAS COMING. AND THAT A CHARTER SCHOOL HAD LEGAL TEAM LOOK AT IT, AND THAT IS WHAT I AM PUTTING ON THE
AGENDA. DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD A RESTLESS LINE THAT HASN'T BEEN LOOKED OVER BY STAFF AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST THAT AN IDEA HAS CHANGED BEFORE -- BETWEEN BEFORE IT'S POSTED AT ALL.
THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. AND WE ACTUALLY DID GET THE RESOLUTION ON FRIDAY. IT HAS BEEN AMENDED AND HAS HAPPENED BEFORE BEFORE ME. AND SO I DON'T THINK ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE IS UNUSUAL.
TO WARRANT TAKING IT OFF IN MY OPINION. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, I STATED THE POLICIES. I AM HAPPY TO STATE THEM. BECAUSE I HAD JUMPED UP TWO TIMES TO GET OUT OF A PHOTO
OPPORTUNITY AND WAS I AGENTS BIT OUT OF BREATH. AGAIN, JUST REFLECTING ON WHAT DIRECTOR GEIGER STATED BOTH IN AGENDA PLAN AND AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WE HAD BEFORE AGENDA PLANNING REGARD THIS IS ITEM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN JUST PRESENTED AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESENTATION TO HEAR FROM
THE CHARTER, WHICH I AGREE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. IF THEY ARE ALWAYS ISSUE THAT IS WITHIN THE BOARD'S PURVIEW. SO THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE TONIGHT IS THAT THIS MOTION IS AROUND JUST THAT IT'S MOVING TO AN ACTION ITEM.
THIS ITEM STAYING ON THE AGENDA, I AM FINE WITH, IT'S JUST THE ACTION PIECE. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> THE USE OF A RESOLUTION
REALLY ISN'T APPROPRIATE FOR US TO SET POLICY ANYWAY. A RESOLUTION IS MEANT FOR AN EMERGENCY ACTION, FOR A ONE-TIME OCCURRENCE, BUT NOT TO SET THE
ONGOING OPERATIONAL PROCESSES THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND HONESTLY, THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO JUST PUT INTO A RESOLUTION THAT YOU ARE PUSHING THROUGH WITH ONE CONVERSATION. THAT IS NOT HOW WE DO BUSINESS.
THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO BUSINESS. IT'S NOT HOW OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE PROCESS WORKS AND IT'S NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE LEAST. AND IT'S PRETTY DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THIS WAY AND PUSH IT THROUGH THIS WAY.
I AM TOTALLY FINE WITH AN INFO ACTION. -- AN INFO AGENDA ITEM SO THAT WE AS A BOARD CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL. BUT TO RAM ROD SOMETHING THROUGH AS AN ACTION ITEM IS PRETTY DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY
AND TO THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS. >> YEAH, I DON'T -- I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S A CHANGE TO POLICY, AS I SAID. AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T -- I -- I DIDN'T DO A FIRST AND SECOND READING.
SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL CALL FOR THE AMENDMENT TO 12.6 FROM AN INFO ACTION TO INFO ONLY.
SO THE QUESTION IS ARE WE GOING TO AMEND THE AGENDA? MOTION BY THOMPSON. SECOND BY GEIGER. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO REFLECT WHAT WAS AGREED TO AT AUSTRALIA AGENDA PLANNING.
AYE. >> MOORE. >> I THINK I WOULD LIKE -- I WOULD LIKE TO GO IN TO THE FULL DISCUSSION AND AT LEAST MAKE SOME SORT OF A DECISION SO I AM GOING TO SAY NO. >> MYERS.
>> NO. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, NO. THINK WINEGAR. >> NO. >> SO THAT FAILS. WHAT'S THE SECOND AMENDMENT. >> I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO
CLARIFY THAT THE ITEM 12.7 TITLED PRESERVING FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS, IS A DISCUSSION ONLY ITEM. NOT A FIRST READING OF A POLICY CONSISTENT TO WHAT WAS FINALIZED AGAIN AT AGENDA PLANNING. AND THEN, AGAIN, CITING POLICY
INCLUDING GP1.0, 1.5.3.2. 1.3.1, N RBSL1.0, WHICH THIS PROCESS AND HAVING THIS AS A FIRST READING BY A SUPERINTENDENT LINKAGE. >> SECOND.
>> OKAY, MOTION BY THOMPSON. SECOND BY GEIGER. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I THINK I JUST WANTED TO PRINT A POLICY AND SHOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I PUT FIRST READING ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER, BUT IT IS NOT.
IT IS IT WAS OF -- IT WAS MEANT FOR DISCUSSION AS WE HAVE NOT TD ABOUT. LET'S SEE WHAT ANYBODY ELSE HAS NO SAY. DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> CLARITY ARE WE CHANGING THE TITLE OF THE AGENDA OR -- >> NO. >> WHAT DID YOU -- DO YOU JUST WANT CLARITY ON WHAT WE ARE
DOING FOR THE AGENDA ITEM? >> YEAH, BECAUSE THE ATTACHED ITEM STATES THAT IT'S A FIRST READING OF A POLICY. AND IT'S NOT A FIRST READING. >> OKAY, SO YOU WANT IT TODAY GET IT OUT THERE THAT IT'S NOT FIRST READING, IS THAT YOUR AMENDMENT? OKAY.
OF THE. >> SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THAT. DOESN'T SAY FIRST READING IN THE AGENDA THOUGH. >> I THINK I WAS JUST VERY
CONFUSED WHAT THIS WHOLE TOPIC WAS GIVEN THAT ANYONE LOOKING AT IT, IT SAYS FIRST READING ON SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A DOUGLAS COUNTY POLICY, BUT LISTS A WHOLE DIFFERENT DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE POLICY. WHICH LOOKS PRETTY DANG SLOPPY
AND EMBARRASSING. SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE REFLECT THAT THIS IS NOT A FIRST READING OF A POLICY, BUT JUST A DISCUSSION SO MAYBE THERE IS A WAY TO -- I DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT'S STAMPED ON THERE FIRST READ AND IT LOOKS LIKE A POLICY. >> I THINK WITH HE JUST KEEP IT AS IS WHEN IT COMES UP WE JUST DISCUSS IT. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT CHANGE
YOU WOULD WANT TO IT. AS FAR AS AGENDA ITEM GOES. >> I THINK YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE TITLE. I AM TRYING TO THINK WHAT TO CHANGE IT TO TO MAKE IS EXTREMELY EXPLICIT THIS IS NOT A
FIRST READING. WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY OPEN THE ATTACHMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF HAS A RECOMMENDATION. IT'S OBVIOUS L.I WOULD THINK STAFF DID NOT SEE THIS OR THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN THE WRONG DISTRICT WAS LISTED THROUGHOUT
IT. >> NO. SORRY, GO TO RECOMMENDATION. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHANGE THE TITLE TO SAY DISCUSSION ONLY AND THEN CHANGE THE NAME OF THE ATTACHMENT TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE EXAMPLE POLICY. SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT
YOURS. HOPEFULLY THAT'S HELPFUL. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. OKAY, SOLE EXAMPLE POLICY. AS THE ATTACHMENT AND CHANGE IT TO DISCUSSION ONLY.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> SO THAT WAS A MOTION BY GEIGER AND SECOND -- SORRY, MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY GEIGER. TO CHANGE 12.7 TO DISCUSSION ONLY, WITH THE POLICY ATTACHMENT
CHANGING TO EXAMPLE POLICY. ROLL CALL GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSES 7-0.
AND THEN WITH ALL OF THOSE AMENDMENTS, YOU THE A NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MOORE, SECOND BY
WINEGAR. GEIGER. >> NO. >> MEEK. >> NO. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> NO. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE.
>> PASSED 4-3. WE'LL MOVE IN TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TODAY IS VETERANS DAY AS MENTIONED EARLIER. MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ONCE AGAIN OPENED THEIR DOORS TO VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATED THEM DURING SPECIAL EVENTS AND
ASSEMBLIES. THIS MORNING I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING I EVENTS AT CIMMARON MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE WAS ACTUALLY A VETERAN FROM WORLD WAR II PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT. HE MUST HAVE INNING LISTED WHEN HE WAS 12, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE, BUT IT WAS AMAZING.
IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND FOR STUDENTS TO HEAR FIRSTHAND ABOUT THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCES HERE IN DCSD, AND RIGHT HERE IN THIS AUDIENCE, WE HAVE VETERANS WHO ARE ALUMNI,
STAFF FAMILIES VOLUNTEERS AND MORE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANYONE ON STAFF OR IN THE AUDIENCE WHO IS A VETERAN TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED ON VETERANS DAY.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR GREAT NATION AND FOR MAKING OUR FREEDOMS POSSIBLE TODAY. THERE ARE MANY OTHER DATES OF IMPORTANCE IN NOVEMBER,
INCLUDING NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS MONTH. OUR CAREGIVERS ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF FAMILIES, FROM PERSONAL CARE TO EMOTIONAL CARE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. CAREGIVERS ARE SELFLESSLY POURING INTO THOSE AROUND THEM.
NOVEMBER 3rd-7th WAS NATIONAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST WEEK. NOVEMBER 17th THROUGH 21st IS AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK. NOVEMBER 19th IS NATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY. THIS INCLUDES OUR PARA PROFESSIONALS, OFFICE STAFF,
CUSTODIANS, BUS CHRISTS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, SCHOOL NURSES BEING MAINTENANCE RUE CREWS AND SO MANY MORE AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM HERE IN DCSD. NOVEMBER 21st, IS ALSO NATIONAL SUBSTITUTE EDUCATOR DAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING SUBS.
ON OCTOBER 22nd WE HOSTED A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT AT HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL A NEW AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAM WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND OFFERED THERE. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION WORK BEGIN AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DIRECTOR GEIGER FOR HIS ATTENDANCE.
THIS THURSDAY, WE WILL HOST A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR PHASE TWO OF THE LEGACY CAMPUS. ALSO THANKS TO OUR TAXPAYERS PASSING THE BOND. THE IN EARLY 2026, WE WILL HAVE MANY MORE GROUND BREAKS INCLUDE COSMETOLOGY AT DUG AS COUNTY
OHIO SCHOOL A BUILDING EXPANSION AT SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND, OF COURSE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR TWO NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN RIDGE GATE AND STERLING RANCH. AND SPEAKING OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE REASON THAT OUR SCHOOLS IN RIDGE GATE AND STERLING RANCH ARE NOT YET
UNDER CONVICTION IS THAT WE DID NOT RESPOND TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO DO THE BUILDING PLANS PRIOR TO RUNNING THE BOND, WE WAITED UNTIL WE HAVE TAX PAY AIR PREVIOUS. WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO CREATE THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND PLANS FOR THOSE BUILDINGS AND THEN GO THROUGH
THE PERMITTING PROCESS. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY DIGGING DIRT. CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS TO IT THE MANY DCSD SCHOOLS, PROGRAMS, AND PRINCIPALS, WHO WERE NAMED WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP IN THE 2025 COLORADO PARENT FAMILY FAVORITES CONTEST.
WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING THE WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP AT THE DECEMBER 16th BOARD MEETING. AN IMPRESSIVE 18 ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EARNED THE A.P. CAPSTONE DIPLOMA DURING THE 24/25 SCHOOL YEAR. THE A.P. CAPSTONE DID I FLOW A
PROGRAM HELPS STUDENT DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING, RESEARCH, COLLABORATION AND PRESENTATION SKILLS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WINNERS. GREAT DAY TO BE A JAG. SEVEN DCSD SCHOOLS WERE RECENTLY NAMED SOME OF AMERICA'S
HEALTHIEST SCHOOLS BY THE ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHIER GENERATION THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HEALTH ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES SCHOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES AND PRACTICES, TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND LIFE-LONGWELL BEING. SCHOOLS CAN BE RECOGNIZED IN
NINE HEALTH-RELATED TOPIC AREAS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS: CLOVERLEAF, HOME SCHOOL IN RICHMOND. LARK SPUR ELEMENTARY. MOUNTAIN VIEW. RENAISSANCE EXPEDITIONARY MAGNATE SCHOOL. Y SEE ERA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SOARING HAWK AND TRAILBLAZER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS TO MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL'S YEARBOOK ADVISER NATALIE BARNARD. NATALIE WAS NAMED THE 2025 YOU WERE I ADVISER. YEAR BY COLORADO STUDENT MEDIA
ASSOCIATION. NATALIE RECEIVED 14 NOMINATIONS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT LETTERS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING NATALIE AT THE DECEMBER 16th BOARD MEETING. ON OCTOBER 22nd, DCSD NUTRITION SERVICES, HELD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TASTE OF DCSD EVENT. THIS IS A FUN OPPORTUNITY FOR A
COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER. AND TRY SOME OF THE FOODS SERVED IN OUR SCHOOLS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM. BECAUSE PROPOSITIONS LL AND MM PASSED, OUR FREE LUNCH FOR ALL
STUDENT. WILL DON'T INTO THE FUTURE. ON OCTOBER 23rd THE ANNUAL CAREER PATH EXPO TOOK PLACE AT OUR DCSD LEGACY CAMPUS. WE HAD NEARLY 1,000 ATTENDEES, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY
COMMITTEE AND THE FOUNDATION FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR MAKING THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. NOW, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE THAT STARTING IN DECEMBER, BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BOARDROOM IS
NO LONGER ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC. AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE WILCOX BUILDING HAS CHALLENGES WITH INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESSIBILITY AND RELIABILITY, ELEVATORS, ET CETERA, IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND MORE
COSTLY TO MAINTAIN AND ITS STATUS AS A HISTORICAL BUILDING MEANS THAT ANY TIME THAT WE TOUCH ANYTHING IT IS A TREMENDOUS PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY RIP APART EVERYTHING IF WE TOUCH ANYTHING. SO THERE ARE FEW IMPORTANT
THINGS TO NOTE AS WE SET UP SHOP TEMPORARILY TO HOUSE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE DCSD YouTube CHANNEL. HOWEVER, OUR COMCAST CHANNEL 25 IS HARDWIRED TO THIS ROOM, SO WE
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHOW BOARD MEETINGS ON CHANNEL -- EXCUSE ME, CHANNEL 54, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I SAID. AND WE'LL BE SURE TO PUT A NOTE ON THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN CLICK A QR CODE TO SEE THE LIVE STREAM ON THIS YouTube. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR
GRACE AS WE MAKE YET ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSITION IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE DEVELOPING PLANS TO ADDRESS OUR CHALLENGES HERE AT WILCOX IN A WAY THAT IS COST EFFICIENT FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND HONORS OUR HARD WORKING CENTRAL STAFF BY RECOGNIZING THAT LIKE OUR SCHOOL BASED STAFF
A COMFORTABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT IS CRITICAL. FINALLY, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, THE STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF OUR DISTRICT, I WANT TO THANK YOU OUR OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS TO THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. ALL OF OUR BOARD DIRECTORS VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME FOR A DIFFICULT AND SOMETIMES
THANKLESS JOB. AND DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES DEBATE, DIALOGUE AND COMPROMISE OFTEN RESULT IN BETTER OUTCOMES. AND THIS BOARD IN PARTICULAR ALL OF YOU, HAVE PUT SO MANY THINGS ASIDE TO MAKE CHALLENGING AND
DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAVE SET THIS DISTRICT UP FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS AND SUSTAINABILITY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAVE SET OUR KIDS UP FOR BRIGHT FUTURES. THE GREAT AND DIFFICULT WORK THAT ALL OF YOU ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND OUR STUDENT. TOGETHER, ALL OF YOU VOTED FOR AND SECURED CRITICAL FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS, ALLOWING US TO INVEST IN SAFETY, EVERYBODY FOR HIM CRITICAL MAINTENANCE, ADD CTE PATHWAYS, ESPECIALLY THE TRADES AND TO BUILD THE FIRST NEW SCHOOL SINCE 2010.
YOU ALSO UNITED TO MAKE THE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE SCHOOLS, TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY FOR STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES, WELL INTO THE FUTURE. TEACHER AND STAFF PAY HAS INCREASED BY ALMOST 25% AND OUR DISTRICT HAS RETURNED TO THE TOP
PERFORMING SPOT IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE, WE APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ]
AND THAT CONCLUDE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING INTO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT BEING PUBLIC COMMENT, TONIGHT ONE 1/2 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR EACH SPEAKER, PLEASE REMAIN RESPECTFUL AND ADDRESS THE BOARD RATHER THAN GUESTS OR STAFF IN THE ROOM.
PLEASE ALSO KEEP COMMENTS APPROPRIATE FOR A K-12 AUDIENCE. AND ADJUST THE MIC SO THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU. WE WILL START WITH OUR STUDENTS, THEN MOVE TO VIRTUAL, AND THEN TO IN PERSON.
SO OUR STUDENTS, I HAVE OLIVIA FELTNER. MY A JONES AND MICAH BEACH. OLIVIA. OKAY.
MAYA JONES. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY OUTSIDE? MICAH BEACH. MR. BLARE, ARE THEY ONLINE BY
CHANCE? >> OKAY, WE'VE MOVE TO VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, WE'LL START WITH ROBIN D APAN, TIFFANY BAKER AND THEN
CARRY. ROBIN. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD.
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] >> THEY REJECTED THIS KIND OF DIVISIVE RHETORIC TO PUSH IT THROUGH NOW IN YOUR LAST MEETING, IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN, IT'S ABOUT ADVANCING AN AGENDA WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
THE CHARTER EXTENSION ITEM IS EQUALLY CONCERNING YOUR YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE SWING LONG-TERM CHANGES TO HOW THIS DISTRICT OPERATES IN YOUR FINAL DAYS WITHOUT COLLABORATION, OVERSIGHT, OR PUBLIC TRUST. THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE LEADERSHIP THE VERY VALUES MANY
OF YOU CAMPAIGNED ON. A RESPONSIBLE ILL BOARD WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT ONCE A MAJORITY BECOMES A LAME DUCK, IT SHOULD REFRAIN FROM MAJOR POLICY DECISIONS UNTIL THE NEWLY-ELECTED BOARD IS SEATED. THAT'S HOW YOU MAINTAIN INTEGRITY AND HONOR THE WILL OF THE VOTERS.
THIS PATTERN OF RUSHING POLICY THROUGH AT THE LAST MINUTE WITHOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS EXACTLY WHY OUR DISTRICT FACES SO MUCH DIVISION AND DISTRUST. THIS LEGACY YOU HAVE CREATED OF POOR LEADERSHIP, THAT THE NEW BOARD WILL NOW HAVE TO REPAIR. NOW BECAUSE OF THIS BREAKDOWN
STERLING RAN SEARCH AT LIVING OF LOSING LAND THAT WAS ALWAYS MEANT FOR DCSD. I HOPE THE NEW BOARD AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP WILL SHOW UP ON YOUR COMMUNITY AT THE NOVEMBER 18th COMMISSIONER'S HEARING AND BEGIN REBUILDING THE TRUST THAT IS BEEN LOST, THANK YOU.
>> TIFFANY BAKER. CARRY. MIKE COUPLE OF TIFFANY BAKER. >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO THE CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD AND PREPARE TO WELCOME NEW MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO SHARE A BRIEF MESSAGE OF
THANKS. AND I HOPEFUL REQUEST. THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF DIVISION, LAWSUITS, LEADERSHIP CHANGES, AND POLICY DEBATES. BUT UNDERNEATH IT ALL, I THINK MOST OF US STILL SHARE THE SAME GOALS, EXCELLENT SCHOOLS, OPEN
COMMUNICATION AND TRUST IN OUR LEADERSHIP. TO THE OUTGOING BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AS YOU FINISH YOUR TERM I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU HONOR THE VALUES YOU CAMPAIGNED ON. INNING TELLING PRETTY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
BY NOT EXTENDING CHARTER RENEWALS TO 10 YEARS RIGHT BEFORE THE NEW BOARD TAKES OFFICE. AND TO THE NEW BOARD, I HOPE YOU'LL LEAD WITH COLLABORATION, INSTEAD OF CONFRONTATION, KEEPING STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES AT THE HEART OF EVERY DECISION.
IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER, DOUGLAS COUNTY, CAN BE KNOWN NOT FOR ITS CONFLICTS BUT FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO GREAT SCHOOLS, AND UNITED COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU, CARRY, MIKE KEMP,
JENNIFER WILLIAMS. CARRY, ARE YOU THERE? >> THIS IS MAKE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD,. >> EXCELLENT. I WANTED TO OPEN BY ECHOING A
THANK YOU TO THE OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO YOU HAVE MADE TO THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND HAVE TRULY ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN THAT TIME. SO THERE IS SIGNIFICANT GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATE AS WE LACK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THE
NEW BOARD MEMBERS. WITH REGARD TO THE, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HERE I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND NOT AS A MEMBER OF ANY COMMITTEES OR DOUGLAS COUNTY STAFF. AND WITH THAT, WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE CHARTER
SCHOOLS, -- OR THE RENEWALS, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP THAT AT FIVE YEARS IT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO DO A LOT BETTER PLANNING WITH REGARDS TO FACILITY NEEDS, IT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO BETTER MONITOR
STUDENT ENROLLMENT. AND TREND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AS THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT SHIFT AND THE INTEREST IN CHARTER SCHOOL WAXES AND WANES, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO REVISIT WITH THESE CHARTER
SCHOOLS, ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE. AND HOW THEY CAN BEST WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO CREATE THIS EXCELLENT NETWORK OF SCHOOL CHOICE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. KEEP THE RENEWAL PERIOD AT FIVE
YEARS. JUST SO THAT THE DISTRICT CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE A STRONG SCHOOL CHOICE. >> THANK YOU. JENNIFER WILLIAMS. CLARK CALLAHAN, JENNIFER
PINEGAR. >> CLARK CALLAHAN AND THEN JENNIFER PINEGAR. >> HELLO THIS IS CLARK CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING I AM SORRY I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON I JUST FINISHED BOARD MEETING FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS HERE IN DENVER.
MY NAME IS CLARK CALLAHAN BOARD MEMBER ELECT FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WILL BE SWORN IN SOON BUT TONIGHT I AM SPEAKING AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A CHARTER SCHOOL EDUCATOR. I SPENT TWO DECADES IN PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, MOST OF THAT TIME AS A PRINCIPAL OR EXEC DIVE FREQUENT DOOR.
AND I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE RENEWAL PROCESS. THAT'S WHY I WAS A LARGED TO TO LEARN THAT THE CURRENT BOARD OF EDGE CA US IS PROPOSING 10-YEAR RENEWAL TERMS FOR ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS UP FOR RENEWAL. WHEN CHARTER SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED IN COLORADO IN 1990 THEME THEY WERE BUILD ON THE
GRAND BARGAIN, GREATER AUTONOMY, IN EXCHANGE FOR GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY. A 10-YEAR CONTRACT BREAKS THAT BALANCE. ACADEMIC RESULTS CAN HISTORY, SEEMEDDER SHIP CHANGES, AND FINANCES CAN FLUCTUATE DRAMATICALLY IN THAT TIME.
ACROSS COLORADO AND THE NATION, FIVE-YEAR TERMS ARE CONSIDERED BEST PRACTICE FOR HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS. THIS MODEL THE MAINTAINS TRUST AND ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC OVERSIGHT.
10-AREA TERMS WEAKEN THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RISK ERODING PUBLIC TRUST OF COURSE GIVEN THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF THIS PROPOSAL, I RESPECT OF COURSE I THAT INCOMING BOARD MEMBERS BE INCLUDED IN DISCUSSIONS OF THIS SIGNIFICANT.
IN EYE FEW WEEKS WE'LL SHARE POINT FOR GOVERNING THIS DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU. >> AND DECISION OF THIS MAGNITUDE. >> JENNIFER PINEGAR, GENIE RUSH, CALI WOLF. JENNIFER, ARE YOU THERE? >> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME. >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> IF YOU WANT TO WEAKEN PUBLIC
EDUCATION, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? FIRST YOU CONVINCE AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ARE A PROBLEM. YOU TELL THEM THAT THEIR CHILDREN'S TEACHERS ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED. YOU MAKE THEM AUSTRALIA FRAYED OF THEIR CHILDREN'S CLASS MADE BY SEEING REPEATEDLY THAT THEIR DAUGHTERS ARE IN DANGER THEN YOU TELL THEN THE ONLY PLACE THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE IS A CHARTER
SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT WELCOME THOSE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. THE MORE PARENT BELIEVE YOU THE MORE THEY ENROLL IN CLASS COOL SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ARE FORCE TODAY CLOSE OR CONSOLIDATE THEN YOU SIGN A CONTRACT THAT RENEWS THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR THE NEXT DECADE THINK AM A ASSERTING ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE BAD? I AM NOT.
I TABLING A STEP BACK AND SEEING THIS PUSH AWAY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS UNINTENTIONAL A STUDY BY THE NATIONAL SENT STORE CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABIITY AND NETWORK FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION SHOW THAT 25% OF PUBLIC CHART EARLY SCHOOLS CLOSE WITHIN FIVE YEARS. THIS CONTRACT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, NOT FINANCIALLY, AND NOT
PRACTICALLY. DIRECTOR MOORE I HAVE SEEN YOU BE REASONABLE I URGE TO YOU CONSIDER THE CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHEN CASTING YOUR VOTE WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY FINAL POINT I HAVE WATCHED YOU'LL SEND HATEFUL THEMING IT'S TO CHILDREN IN ON KWHOUPB A INCLUDING PRESENTING THIS COPY AND PASTE GO AHEAD SPOEU WHEN A GROUP OF ADULT IN POSITION OF POWER
REPEATEDLY FEAR MONGER ABOUT KIDS TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT IS A PROBLEM. IT'S NOT APRON I AM WILLING TO IGNORE, WHEREVER I HEAR SOMEONE BEING SO LOUD ABOUT HATRED I WILL BE THERE BEING LOUD ABOUT LOVE EVERY TIME. IT WAS DRAW MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WHO LOVE IS THE ONLY
FORCE CAPE BELIEVE MAKING AN ENEMY A FRIEND, SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE NOT THE ENEMY. FOR YOU YOUR TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. GENIE RUSH, CALI WORLD AND KIM CARROLL. >> CAN YOU HEAR KNEE?
>> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> AM I ON THE PHONE OR ON THE ZOOM? >> YOU ARE ON THE PHONE. >> LIKE MY TELEPHONE? >> YES. >> SO I NEED TO TURN THE VOICE UP? >> NO, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> I THINK I HAVE DOUBLE I AM ON THE ZOOM ON THE COMPUTER. AND I AM ALSO ON MY PHONE. WHICH ONE DO I TURN THE SOUND OFF ON? >> TURN IT OFF YOUR SOUND ON YOUR COMPUTER. >> ON THE COMPUTER.
NOW CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN. >> I AM SO SORRY. I HAD TROUBLE. I THOUGHT WE WERE ZOOMING IN LIKE YOU COULD SEE ME. >> NO, YOU ARE FINE, GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. THE GENIE RUSH, COLORADO SPRINGS.
I KNOW I AM NOT IN YOUR DISTRICT BUT I WANT TO REREAD YOU A PART OF THE EMAIL I SENT YOU. TODAY IS VETERANS DAY. AND I WANT TO FIRST SAY, THANK YOU TO VETERANS WHO HAVE PASSED
ON AND WHO ARE ALIVE. WHO SERVED OUR VERY COUNTRY. ALSO, I WANT TO SAY WHILE THEY ARE OUT FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM, EVERYWHERE WE CAN WE GO, OUR
CHILDREN ARE BEING ATTACKED IN EVERY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY. AND IT'S VERY DEAR TO MY HEART AND MY FAMILY. I A P NOT HERE TO ATTACK LGBTQ CHILDREN, TRANS CHILDREN,
WHO CAN NOT HELP WHAT IS BEING TOLD THEM NOW I WILL READ THEM YOUR A SCREEN DA ON YOUR WEBSITE STATES YOU HAVE KEY ITEMS YOU IT OUT ACTED I BELIEVE EXCELLENCE. >> 15 SECONDS REMAINING. >> APARTMENT? >> YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS.
>> OKAY. WHAT DO I DO? I AM LOSING MY TIME. >> IT YOU HEAR KNEE. >> I AM SORRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CALI WOLF. KIM CARROLL. THE AND LAURI WRIGHT.
KELLY WOLF. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> QUESTION. GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING, DIRECTORS. MY NAME IS CALI WOLF AND I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT AS A PARENT OF HERITAGE ELEMENTARY. ONE OF THREE HIGH LABORATORYS RANCH SCHOOLS SET ON CLOSE IN 2026 FOLLOWING THIS BOARD'S VOTE.
WE WERE TOLD DECLINING ENROLLMENT WAS THE REASON. EVEN THOUGH HERITAGE CONTINUES TO PERFORM AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, EARNING BOTH THE JOHN ERWIN SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE AND GOVERNOR'S DISTINGUISHED IMPROVEMENT AWARDS FOR CONSECUTIVE YEARS. WE WERE TOLD THAT ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE WASN'T CONSIDERED IN THAT DECISION, AND THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE. I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I SEE HE A DOUBLE STANDARD. CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH STRONG PERFORMANCE ARE BEING OFFERED 10-YEAR RENEWALS BEING EXTENDING SOME CONTRACTS, ALL WAY TO 2040.
A DATE THAT FEELS HARD TO EVEN IMAGINE. WE HAVE ALL SEEN HOW QUICKLY DEMOGRAPHICS CAN SHIFT AND SINCE BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE TAXPAYER FUNDED WHY SHOULD CHART HE IS GO MORE THAN A DECADE WITHOUT REVIEW OF ENROLLMENT. GOVERNANCE OR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WITH
BE CLOSED FOR THOSE VERY REASONS. REGULAR RENEWAL CYCLES OR IN THE A BURDEN THEY ARE SAY SAFEGUARD. THEY MAKE SURE SCHOOLS STAY ACCOUNTABLE AND TRUE TO THEIR MISSION. THIS BOARD MAJORITY CAMPAIGNED OWN THEY GO ITTY TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. ON VALUES OUR COMMUNITY EXPECT
EX-SO SEE RE NEXT NOWED YOUR DECISION UP TO YOUR FINAL VOTES THINK SO I ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT IT SENDS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ARE CUTE NEWSED WHILE CHARTERS OPERATE UNCHECKED. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL STUDENT SAYS AT ALL SCHOOLS, THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU.
>> KIM CARROLL. LORI WRIGHT. AND MAURA WILLIAMS. KIM, ARE YOU THERE? >> YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN. GO AHEAD. >> HI, MY NAME IS KIM CARROLL, AND BOTH OF MY SONS GRADUATED FROM [ INAUDIBLE ] I'M RETIREE,
A TAX PAYER AND A SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. WHICH INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. I AM SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE 10-YEAR CONTRACTS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. WHAT I IS A SCHOOL BOARD -- WHY AS A ASKED BOARD WOULD YOU WANT TO AHEAD DID I INDICATE YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO EVERY SO CHARTER SCHOOLS, THEY ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND RECEIVE TAXPAYER MONEY, THIS DECISION TO AWARD 10-YEAR CONTRACTS TAKES AWAY THE BOARD'S OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY. A SCHOOL BOARD IS ELECTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT LIVE UP TO THE
EDUCATION AND FISCAL STANDARDS OF THAT DISTRICT. WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING WILL TIE THE HANDS OF FUTURE BOARD. AND MAYBE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE INTENDING. THROW A MONKEY WRENCH INTO THE GEARS AND HIGH TAIL IT OUT. LEAVE THE CLEAN UP FOR FUTURE
BOARDS. IF ONE OF THE 10-YEAR CONTRACTED CHARTERS FAILS, YOU COULD POSSIBLY OPEN UP THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD, AND EVEN YOU PERSONALLY TOLL FUTURE LAWSUITS. THIS TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM CLASSROOMS.
WHY WOULD A PARENT WANT TO SEND CHAIR CHILD TO A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT HAS LESS OVERSIGHT THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. PLEASE VOTE NO, THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. LAWYER A WRIGHT. MAURA WILLIAMS. KATIE BURTON. LORI, ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM HERE, CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD HE CAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS LORI WRIGHT I LIVE IN STERLING RANCH AND I HAVE TWO KIDS IN DUG LAND COUNT SKILL DISTRICT A THINK HEAR TO URGE YOU NOT TO APPROVED THE PROPOSED 10-YEAR CHARTER CONTRACTS EXTENSIONS WE HAVE HEARD THE TALKING POINT THAT THIS RESOLUTION PROTECTS EXISTING CONTRACTS FROM FUTURE BOARDS THAT MIGHT BE, QUOTE
BEING UNFRIENDLY TO CHARTERS. BUT FROM THAT FRAMING IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM IT'S NOT ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN OR IMPROVING SCHOOLS IT'S ABOUT CHILDING CERTAIN OPERATORS FROM DEMOCRATIC OVERSIGHT. THE ITEM THAT A SITTING BOARD SHOULD HAND COULD HAVE FUTURE LEXED OFFICIAL BECAUSE THEY NEAT ASK HARDER REQUEST HE IS ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE OPPOSITE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IT'S NOT PROTECTION IT'S ENTRENCH. WE HAVE BEEN FOLD RECOGNIZE COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY I REVIEWS CONTINUE. THERE IS NO HARM IN A 10-YEAR TERM BUT THOSE REVIEWS ARE NOT THE SAME THING AS A CONTRACT RENEWAL PROCESS. THEY DON'T ALLOW THE BOARD TO ADJUST TERMS, REVOKE WAFERS ON
ARE REQUIRE NEW STANDARDS IN PROPERTIES ARISE. IF THE BOARD'S HANDING ARE TIED FOR A DECADE OVERSIGHT IS UP BOLL AND I CANNOT SUBSTANTIVE. SUPPORTERS CLAIM THAT LONG-TERM CONTRACTS OF BEST PRACTICE NATIONALLY FOR HIGH-WE HAVE PERFORMING CHATTERS ABOUT YOU THAT IS MISLEADING EVENING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERS SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS RECOMMENDS
FIVE YEAR TERMS AS THE BEST PRACTICE. PRECISELY TO PRESERVE LEVERAGE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 10-YEAR RENEWALS ARE RARE BECAUSE THEY LIMB NOT THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL AN AUTHORIZER HAS THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE IMPROVEMENT OR CHANGE AT HER NEWELL LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT
TIMING THIS IS BEING RUSHED LOU DURING AN OUTGOING BOARD'S FINAL MEETING AN ACTION THAT BINDS GOES THE HANDS OF THE INCOMING BOARD BEFORE THEY EVEN SWORN IN THAT'S AN ABUSE OF PROCESS AND PUBLIC TRUST. THE CHART EFFORTS CAN AND SHOULD THRIVE WHERE THEY SERVE -- >> THANK YOU. MAUER WILLIAMS, KATIE BURTON HOLLY M.
MAURA, ARE YOU THERE? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME. >> WE CAN,TH. >> OKAY. I THINK A RESIDENT IN STERLING RANCH I AM HERE TO FIRST THANK THE BOARD FOR WORKING TO HOLD THE STERLING RANCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR
AGREEMENT THAT 110 ACRES OF LAND WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR A DCSD NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. AND TO URGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO SO TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY. NOT PROTECTING THAT LAND REMOVES CHOICE FROM COMMUNITY. WHEN DEVELOPING PRY TO MAKE THE 110 ABLERS ARE LAND AVAILABLE
FOR ANY SCHOOL, NEIGHBORHOOD, CHARTER, OR DISTRICT CHARTER THIS HE AT THAT MAKE WAY CHOICES THE COMMUNITY WANTS NEIGHBORHOOD-RUN SCHOOLS AND I ASK THE BOARD TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. I ALSO IN THE SPUR I HAVE IT'S OF SPEAKING ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE RESOLUTION -- OR THE
AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THE 10-YEAR EXTENSION TO CHARTER SCHOOLS BLAKE MANY SAID BEFORE IT'S AGAINST BEST PRACTICE AND HAMSTRINGS THE NEW BOARD, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. KATIE BURTON, HOLLY MILLION DOLLARS. JESSICA WOOD. KATIE, ARE YOU THERE?
>> I AM. >> GREAT, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS KATIE BURTON A DUG CLASS COUNTY RESTLESS TENT AND AARON OF THE TWO CHILDREN. A POSE BOTH AGENDA ITEMS ADD THE LAST FRIDAY. FIRST, THE 10-YEAR CHARTER SCHOOL EXTENSIONS. YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
STATE QUOTE, DCSD SUPPORT AND EMBRACES ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS PROPOSAL DOES THE OPPOSITE ALLOWING 20 CHARTER SCHOOLS TO EXTEND CONTRACTS WITHOUT PERFORMANCE REVIEWAL YOUR PRIORITIES ALSO SUPPORT LOCAL
DRIVEN -- LOCAL RESIDENT-DRIVEN ELECTIONS THIS WAS ADDED ONE WEEK AFTER VOTERS CHOSE A NEW BOARD WITH A DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 24th THE DAY THEY ARE SWORN IN THIS BYPASSES THE ELECTION YOU CLAIM TO VALUE. EVALUATE CHARTER SCHOOLS CASE BY CASE, NOT THROUGH A RUSHED BANK
HE HAD POLICY. SECOND THE TRANSGENDER ATHLETE RESOLUTION, YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY EMPHASIZE PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS, EDUCATORS, GUARD GENERALLY FAMILIES BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADDED WITH NO COMMUNITY INPUT OR PARTNERSHIP. AND WHO SAYS IT BETTER THAN A STUDENT.
ONE SAID, QUOTE, WE HAVE REAL ISSUES IN HIGH SCHOOL, BULLYING, RAMS, TRANS ATHLETES ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. THIS POLICY TARGETS VULNERABLE STUDENT AND CREATES ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS WHILE THE REAL ISSUES GO UNADDRESS THE IT'S A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM THAT
DOESN'T EXIST IN OUR SCHOOLS. BOTH ITEMS CONTRADICT YOUR STATED VALUES AND IGNORE LAST WEEK'S AMOUNTS ELECTION RESULTS. RESPECT YOUR PRIORITIES RESPECT THE VOTERS AND PLEASE VOTE NO ON BOTH. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HOLLY M, JESS COULD WOOD.
TAMMY OVERACRE. HOLLY ARE YOU THERE? >> YES, I AM HERE. THANK YOU. I AM SPEAKING ON PRESERVING FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS. BY ALLOWING BIOLOGICAL BOYS AND GIRLS ONLY SPACES WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS -- OR SHOULD I A
PROGRESSING TOWARD THE IDEA THAT INNER IDENTITY TRUMPS EMBODIED REALITY. THIS IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY APPEALING TO A CULTURE THAT HAS ALREADY DETACHED MUCH OF ITS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL SENSE FROM OBJECTIVE OR NATURAL CATEGORIES. IF OUR STAY CAN CHANGE ANY TIME OUR FEELINGS DO.
EN WHO ARE WEEING EVERYTHING REALLY DIFFERENCES AS BOYS AND GIRLS ARE MEANT TO COMPLIMENT NOT COMPETE. THE WORLD DESPERATELY NEEDS STRONG MEN AND WOMEN WHO KNOW WHO THEY ARE, IT'S A KNOWN FACT THAT DOUGLAS COUNTY QUALIFIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH OR INCLUSIVE AT THIS GRANTS TIED TO DIVERSITY AND ANTI-FULLYING INITIATIVES.
EXCUSE ME. WHICH MAKE MONEY OFF OF OUR CHILDREN'S INSECURITIES. THIS BUBBLE WHISPERS THAT THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH AS THEY ARE. THE TRUTH IS THEY WERE ENOUGH BEFORE THE WORLD EVER TOLD THEM WHO TO BE. WITH THAT IN MIND I WOULD LIKE FOR THE SIT AND IN BEING BOARD
MEMBER TO REVIEW AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. WHAT OBJECTIVE CRITERIA DOES THE DISTRICT USE TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN SEX-SEPARATED SPORTS TEAMS? TO YOU DOES THE DISTRICT PLAN TO UPHOLD FAIRNESS AND SAFETY STANDARDS FOR FEMALE ATHLETES WHILE REMAINING IN COMPLIANCE
WITH FED THE TITLE NINE REQUIREMENTS. WHAT WRITTEN POLICY OR PROCEDURE DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE TO EVEN SURE THAT PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED BEFORE A STUDENT WHO IS BIOLOGICALLY MAIL SEEKS TO PARTICIPATE IN GIRL'S SPORTS. AND WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR STUDENTS WHO HOLD TRADITIONAL OR RELIGIOUS VIEWS
ON GENDER. >> THANK YOU. >> JESSICA WOOD. TAMMY OVERACRE. DANIELLE JESSICA, ARE YOU THERE? OKAY. AMIE OVERACRE.
DANIELLE, CHRISTINE HARRIS. TAMMY ARE YOU THERE? >> I'M CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING. SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND BOARD OF DIRECTOR I AM TAMMY OVERACKER AN ACTIVE FOUNDATION MECHANIC OF DCSD CHARTER SCHOOL.
I SPEAK TONIGHT TO AGENDA ITEM 12.6 WHICH INCLUDES A RESOLUTION TO ALTER THE CURRENT CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL PROCESS. AS A TRAINED FOR THE IS A RESOURCE SCIENTIST I SEE QUALITY DATE TO GUIDE DECISION MAKE AND I REMAIN OPEN TO NEW MEASURES THAT COULD PROVIDE STREAMLINED POLICY. DESPITE THE LIMITED TIME,
PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS, WERE PROVIDED TO RESEARCH THIS RESOLUTION, IT WAS EASY TO FIND THAT DCSD IS ALREADY ADHERING TO BEST PRACTICES. AS DESCRIBED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS. AND THE COM LEAGUE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.
BUT I DON'T MIND ASKING COULD WE STILL USE THIS RESOLUTION? IN MY VOLUNTEER CAPACITY AT MY CHARTER I HAVE SEEN DETAILED LEVEL OF WORK REQUIRED AND TIME PENT INTO PREPARE FOR OUR CHARTER RENEWAL. DURING THIS TEDIOUS PROCESS, I THOUGHT MY GOODNESS, ARE SCHOOL HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS NOW.
AND WE STILL HAVE TO PROVE THAT WE'VE GOT THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS? HOWEVER, WHEN I REFLECT OUTTA TOWN MY THAT A CHARTER SCHOOL INHERENTLY PROVIDES I RECALL THE WHY? WE ARE THE STEWARDS THE PUBLIC DOLLARS AND NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT TO TAXPAYERS. WE COMPLETE THIS TEDIOUS WORK
FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF USING PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS TO OPERATE A SCHOOL MORE INDEPENDENTLY TRANS THAN A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL AS OVEN A HUMBLY REQUESTED OF BOARD OF DIRECTOR COURSE TABLING THE RENEURAL THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING. >> THANK YOU.
DANIEL -- DANIELLE. CHRIS TEEN HARRIS, LAURINE LAUR. DANIELLE? OKAY, CHRISTINE AIR HARRIS, LAURINE BOWL. WHITNEY GREATER ARE YOU THERE, CHRIS 19. >> I AM THERE CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU TO THE CURRENT BOARD FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU NOT APPROVE THIS 10-YEAR EXTENSION FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION
WORLD WHERE THIS MAKES SENSE THE ASK TO YOU TABLE THE MOTION. AND LET THE INCOMING BOARD CONTINUE WITH PROVIDE THE GREAT EDUCATION IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.
LAURINE BOWL, WHITNEY GREG AND THEN MARTHA CARVER, LAURINE, ARE YOU THERE? >> YES, I AM HERE. GREAT, GO AHEAD. >> I AM LAURINE BOWL, LEADER OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY OF FAIR. FAIR SAY NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION, COMMITTED TO
CHALLENGING THREATS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES IN IDENTITY-BASED PRACTICES WHICH INCLUDES DCSD'S PRACTICE OF PRIORITIZING THE FEELINGS OF BOYS. WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE GIRLS, OPEN FAIRNESS, PRY IS I AND SAFETY OF GIRLS. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, I HAVE HEARD STORIES OF BOYS PEEKING
OVER THE WALL OF BATHROOM STALLS AND HOOT AND HALLERING, AT YOUNG GIRLS WHILE USING THE TOYOTA LED AND MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS WHO DON'T WANT TO PLAY SPORTS ANYMORE BECAUSE BOYS ARE IN THEIR LOCKER ROOMS AND WHEN THE PARENTS GO TO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO COMPLAIN, THE PRINCIPALS THROW UP THEIR HANDS AND SAY
THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE OF STATE LAW. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND HOW MUST THESE GIRLS FEEL? THEY DON'T IS HE ANY ADULTS OTHER THAN THEIR PARENTS DEFENDING THEIR RIGHT TO FAIRNESS, PRIVACY AND SAFETY. TO THOSE GIRLS I WIRE TO REASSURE THEM THAT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE ARE WORKING TO SECURE THEIR RIGHTS AS OUTLINED IN TITLE 9. BY GATHERING PA I THINK TINGESES TO PUT THIS VERY ISSUE ON THE BALLOT IN 2026. THERE MOST ASSOCIATE CERTAINLILYING IS SOME THAT THEY
CAN DO FOR DCSD THE FEEL MAY HAVE ATHLETES AND PRESPECIAL THEIR RIGHTS TO PRIVACY. I WANT TO THANK BOARD PRESIDENT WILLIAMS FOR BRINGING FORWARD EXAMPLE POLICY J.J. K. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WHITNEY GREG, MARTHA CARVER AND, THEN HOLLY HORN.
FIT ANY, ARE YOU THERE? >> I AL HERE, THANK YOU HEAR ME. >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> FIRST I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SINCERELY THANK OUR FOUR ACTING BOARD MEMBERS, YOU STEPPED UP WHEN LEADERSHIP WAS UNCERTAIN, AND YOU LED WITH STEADINESS TRANSPARENCY AND
HEART. YOU KEPT OUR SCHOOLS FOCUSED ON WHAT TRULY MATTERS. OUR STUDENT FOX, THAT THIS COMMUNITY SOS YOU DEEP GRATITUDE. NOW, TO THE CURRENT AND INCOMING BOARD MEMBERS. LET'S BE CLEAR, THIS COMMUNE I
EXPECTS LEADERSHIP THAT LISTENS, ACTS WITH INNING KEG THEY GO WRIT AND I REMEMBERS WHO YOU SERVE. WE WILL BE WATCHING YOU. WE WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS AND, YES, WE WILL HOLD YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE. ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT A THREAT, IT'S A PROMISE TO OUR CHILDREN.
AS WE LOOK FORWARD WE MUST ALSO LOOK OUT WARD. TO INNOVATION, TO OPPORTUNITIES, TO WHAT WORKS. CHARTER SCHOOLS, WHEN DONE RIGHT, ARE A SHINY EXAMPLE OF THAT, THEY BRING CREATIVITY, FLEXIBILITY AND HEALTHY
COMPETITION THAT CAN LIFT EVERY SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT. CHARTER SCHOOLS REMIND US THAT APPROXIMATE YOU BE BIG EDUCATION SHOULD NEVER BE ONE SIZE FITS ALL. EVERY CHILD DESERVES A PATH THAT HELPS THEM SUCCEED. TO OUR ACTING BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADY HANDS.
TO THOSE NEWLY ELECTED REMEMBER WE ARE NOT HERE TO TEAR YOU DOWN BUT HOLD YOU ACCOUNT ACTION BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES DESERVE NOTHING LESS. >> THANK YOU, MARTHA CARVER AND THEN HOLLY HORN AND THEN WE'LL
MOVE TO IN PERSON, MARTHA, ARE YOU THERE?
>> ME. >> YES, WE CAN HERE YOU,. >> THIS IS MARTHA CARVER WITH GREATER GRAND PARENTS FOR KIDS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE DISCUSSION ON POLICY J.J. K. PRESERVING FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS. THIS TITLE IS APPROPRIATE. AS THESE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST
ISSUES IN GIRL'S SPORTS. FAIRNESS. TITLE NINING IN WAS STARTED IN 1972 TO ALLOW GIRLS THE RIGHT TO PLAY ON A SEX-SEGREGATED TEAM WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE BOYS. THIS LAW HAS HAD A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON GIRL'S SPORTS WITH A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF GIRL ATHLETES. PRIOR TO TITLE 9 THERE WERE FEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS WITH MINIMAL SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES NOW OPPORTUNITY AS BOUND WHEN BOYS PARTICIPATE IN GIRL'S SPORTS THERE AN UNFAIR COMPETITION BEING RESULTING IN
GIRLS LOSING A SPOT ON A TEAM. DECREASING THEIR CHANCE OF ADVANCEMENT TO FINALS. AND REDUCING THEIR CHANCE FOR AWARDS. MEDALS RECOGNITION SCHOLARSHIPS RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER BENEFITS OF PLAYING ON A TEAM.
SAFETY, EVERY STUDENT SHOULD EXPECT A CERTAINLY LEVEL OF SAFETY WHEN WAR PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THIS POLICY WILL PROTECT GIRLS FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL, PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES WHICH GIVE ADVANTAGE TO THE BOYS. BOYS HAVE BIGGER MUSCLE MASS AND STRENGTH. LARGER AND STRONGER BONES, A
HEIGHT ADVANTAGE AND INCREASED BONE DENSITY AND INCREASED CARDIOVASCULAR CAPACITY WHICH PLACE GIRLS EIGHT HIGHER RISK FOR INJURY. THE GOAL SHOULD BE TOE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO SO ALL ATHLETES CAN CODE, THRIVE AND BENEFITS FROM SPORTS. PLEASE PASS THIS POLICY IN THE
FUTURE FOR SUPPORT GIRL'S SPORTS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> HOLLY HORN. WE'LL MOVE TO IN PERSON.
WE'LL START WITH KRISTA I THE AM GUESSING KRISTA GILSTRAP. AND THEN JENNIFER IVERSON, AND THEN DAVE AND.
>> -- ACTUALLY MR. BLARE HOLLY MESS IT ME AND SAID SHE IS ONLINE. ALL RIGHT.
HELLO. >> YES. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I REMEMBER SITTING IN THIS VERY ROOM FEBRUARY 2022 AS THE DISTRICT WAS IN CHAOS AND ANDRA BROWN WARNED THE DANGERS OF THE DEATH SPIRAL. THANKFUL YOU HEEDED HER WARN AND CORRECTED COURSE OVER THE PAST
FOUR YEARS YOU HAVE RESTORED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE DECREASED CHEECHER TURNOVER AND MUCH NEEDED UPGRADES TO OUR SCHOOLS, ALL OF THIS HAS SET DCSD ON A PATH FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS AND THERE IS NO DOUBT YOU HAVE LEFT THIS DISTRICT BETTER THAN WHEN YOU FOUND IT. I WANT TO THANK YOU THANK THE
FOUR YOU FOR WHO BEING YOU SAID GO AHEAD WHEN I VELOCITY THE TO YOU YOU PUT KIDS KIDD FIRST. AND HOW NO ONE IS PERFECT AND I AM SURE YOU HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT DO DIFFERENTLY BUT AT THIS FOR BEING PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY THAT I COULD ALWAYS TRUST TO MAKE THE DEFT DECISION YOU GO AHEAD WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD. I AM SURE THERE ARE SCOFFS AT
THAT COMMENT FROM BOTH SIDES OF OUR POLITICAL DIVIDE WHICH JUST CONFIRMS YOU ALL KEPT STUDENT THE FOCUSED AND NOT THE WHIM OF THE EXTREMES. I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY TOUGH AT TIMES SO I WANT TO SAY HOW DEEPLY THANKFUL AIM FOR YOUR SERVE DISSACRIFICE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AFTER SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE
HAVE HEARD TONIGHT IT APPEARS OUR COMMUNITY IS CHOPPING WE BIT TO GO BACK TO THE CIRCUMSTANCE UNITED STATES OF THE PAST OUR KIDS DID HE EVERYBODY BETTER THAN THAT. DESERVE LEADERS WHO WILL HAVE THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS AND PUT THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENT FIRST. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CHARTER VERSUS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL OR GIRLS VERSUS TRANS GIRLS, THERE IS A WAY FOR OUR DISTRICT TO
HONOR EACH STUDENT AND THEIR NEEDS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENT FELL SAFE, REPORTED AND WELCOME IN OUR BUILDINGS. THE CHOICES IS UP TO TO YOU ON THE INCOMING BOARD CONTINUE THE THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS ON REACTION AT THIS VISIT THE DEATH SPIRAL I HOPE YOU CHOOSE THE KIDS THANKS GUYS. >> THANK YOU. JENNIFER IVERSON.
DAVE. AND THEN MATT SMITH. >> I WANT [ INAUDIBLE ] COUNTY PARENTS THIS EVEN. DIRECTOR WILLIAMS IS PROPOSING A
SIGNIFICANT LAST-MINUTE CHANGE TO CHARTER SCHOOL OVERSIGHT. WITH ONLY 5-DAYS NOTICE THIS RESOLUTION WOULD GAIN AUTOMATIC 10-YEAR RENEWALS TO EVERY SCHOOL -- CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT STANDARD REVIEW NO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OR FINANCIAL THAT BILL.
OVERSIGHT PROTECTS, COMMUNITIES AND TAXPAYERS ALIKE. THIS PROPOSAL RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND REMOVES TRANSPARENCY THAT WE ALL RELY UPON. SCHOOL CHOICE SAY PARENTAL RIGHT THAT THIS BOARD HAS FOUGHT TO DEFEND.
AND THE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF THOSE PARENTS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, FROM SCHOOLS THEY HAVE CHOSEN SHOULD NOT BE SO EASILY DISCARDED. STRONG CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPALS INCLUDE RESPONSIBLE STEWART SHIP
AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE COMMUNITY. PARENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THEIR SCHOOLS IMMEDIATE STANDARDS, TAXPAYERS DESERVE FISCAL OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY. AND NO OTHER SCHOOL -- NO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE HAS ABDICATED THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE DEGREE THAT THIS RESOLUTION
PROPOSES. RERESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO TAKE TABLE THIS RECKLESS RESOLUTION SO THAT CHARTER RENEWALS ARE MET WITH THE PROCEDURE DELIBERATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT ARE STANDARD IN OUR STATE AND THAT DCSD EXPECT. FROM THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THESE
CONCERNS. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DAVE. MATT SMITH, CINDY JENSEN.
MATT SMITH. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE I CAN HEAR WE HAVE A SHORT TIME I FROM TIME TO TIME WAIL GET TOYOTA RITE TO IT. THANKS FRONT FOUR OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS. FOR GETTING RID OF CORY WISE AND SET SOMETHING DISTRICT ON A PATH
FOR COMPLETE SUCCESS I WILL COMMENT TO A COMPANY THINGS TONIGHT AND I WANT TO START WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL EXTENSIONS. I THINK RIGHT NOW FROM RESEARCH THAT I HAVE DONE TODAY THE LONGER TERMS THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS CAN GET ON THEIR EXTENSIONS THEY'LL GET BETTER
TERMS ON THE LOANS AND ALLOW MORE FUNDS TO GO DIRECTLY TO STUDENT AND STAFF THAT'S IMPORTANT WITH THE NEW BOARD COMING IN THERE HAS BEEN A LOT THE COMMITMENTS MADE TO THE UNION, AND SO THESE DOLLARS, THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THOSE IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND IN FRONT OF CHILDREN. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT TEACHERS HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED ESPECIALLY AT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOVING TO A 10-YEAR EXTENSION WILL MAKE THIS MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO GET MORE FAVORABLE TERMS. MOVING ON IT THE NO BOYS IN GIRL
SPORTS THIS IS NOT BECOMING, YOU KNOW, SUCH A CONTROVERSIAL THING IT'S NORMALIZED RIGHT NOW. I JUST SAW ON THE NEWS ANOTHER DAY THE OLYMPICS ARE MOVING TO BAN BOYS FROM COMPETING IN GIRL'S SPORTS IT ONLY MAKES SENSE I CAN TELL FULL TALKING TO A LOT OF VOTERS THROUGHOUT THIS ELECTION KEEP IN MY ON MY RACE
IT WAS DECIDED BY I 3600 VOTES AND I WAS PAINT AS THE MOST EXTREME PERSON OUT THERE. ON THIS ISSUE. SO I DO ASK THAT AT LEAST YOU CONSIDER THE PUBLIC'S VIEW ON THIS. ESPECIALLY VALERIE AND SUSAN, BRAD I KNOW YOUR STANDS YOU WANT
BOYS IN GIRLS SPORTS AT THAT TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CINDY JENSEN. BOB MARSHALL AND THEN TONY RYAN.
>> HI I AM HERE TO STRONGLY REQUEST A BAN ON BIOLOGICAL BOYS PARTICIPATING IN BIOLOGICAL GIRLS SPORTS. THERE ARE INHERENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL MALES AND BIOLOGICAL FEMALES A BOY FEELING THINKING SAYING OR EVEN BELIEVING HE IS A GIRL DOES NOT CHANGE HIM INTO A BIOLOGICAL GIRL.
THAT INDIVIDUAL STILL HAS THE D NA AND ALL INNING PARENT PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BEING MALE. THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT BOYS PLAYING ON GIRL'S SPORTS TEAMS IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT FACTS. TRUTH, AND FAIRNESS. WHEN SCHOOLS IGNORE THIS REALITY
AND ALLOW BOYS TO COMPETE AGAINST GIRLS, IT IS DEMEANING, UNFAIR AND DANGEROUS FOR GIRLS. AND DENIES GIRLS THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND EXCEL IN COMPETITIVE SPORTS. SPORTS TEAMS OFTEN SHARE PRIVATE SPACES LIKE LOCKER ROOMS,
BATHROOMS AND HOTEL ROOMS. BOYS SHARING THESE SPACES DEPRIVES GIRLS OF PRIVACY. SPORTS TEAMS PARTICIPATION BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SEX IS NECESSARY TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS MAINTAIN OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO
DEMONSTRATE THEIR STRENGTHS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES, IT ALSO PROVIDES GIRLS OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE RECOGNITION, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER BENEFITS. GIRLS HAVE A RIGHT TO SAFETY, AND PRIVACY. AND NOT BE FORCED TO ALLOW BIOLOGICAL BOYS INTO THEIR
PRIVATE SPACE AS A CONDITION OF PARTICIPATING I STRONGLY SUPPORT A BAN ON BIOLOGICAL BOYS PLAYING ON BIOLOGICAL GIRL'S SPORTS TEAMS. THANK YOU. >> BOB MARSHALL, TONY RYAN,
BRADEN PILLS. >> THANK YOU, DID. >> SORRY. >> WHICH -- SORRY, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> BRADEN. >> MR. MARSHALL, YOU WILL BE AFTER BRADEN. GIVE PIE ONE SECOND. GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MECHANIC OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE EVERY STUDENT IN OUR SCHOOLS DESERVE TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS IS NOT JUST ABOUT COMPETITION, IT'S ABOUT TEAM WORK, DISCIPLINE, CONFIDENCE AND COMMUNITY. WHEN WE EX-CLUE TRANSGENDER
STUDENTS FROM PLAYING ON THE TEAMS THAT MATCH MAYOR JOINED IDENTITY WE SEND THEM A PAINFUL MESSAGE THAT WHO THEY ARE IS SOMEHOW WRONG OR LESS VALID. THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE DOUGLAS COUNTY WANTS TO SEND. TRANSGENDER STUDENT ARE ALREADY AT A HIGHER RISK OF DEPRESSION,
ANXIETY AND PULL BULLIES, STUDIES SHOW WHEN THEY ARE INCLUDED IN AFFIRMING ENVIRONMENTS LIKE BEING ALLOWED IT PLAY SPORTS AS THEMSELVES, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT IMPROVE DRAMATICALLY. THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUEX COLLUSION CAUSES DEEP HARM WE
OFTEN HEAR CONCERNS ABOUT FAIRNESS, BUT FAIR PLAY EXISTS WITH ALL STUDENT ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT OF THE COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION ALREADY HAS POLICIES AND GUIDELINES IN PLACE TO
ENSURE BALANCE WHILE PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL STUDENT. OUR SCHOOLS SHUT FOSTER UNDERSTANDING VERSUS ADDING NEW RESTRICTIONS EVERY CHILD THAT STAND OZZIE FIELD, RUNS ON A TRACK OR JOINS A TEAM IS LEARNING LIFE-LONG LESSONS ABOUT COURAGE, PERSEVERANCE AND
COOPERATION. TRANSGENDER STUDENT SUDDEN SHOULD NOT BE DECE -- AND A SENE OF BELONGING. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> BOB MARSHALL.
TONY RYAN, KURT THOMAS. >> YEAH, THANKS, SO 90 SECONDS, I GUESS THAT'S ANOTHER PROMISE MADE, PROMISE BROKEN FROM WHEN YOU CALL CAME IN JUST LIKE MAKING BOARD MEETINGS BORING AGAIN. THE BEST PART OF THIS LAST ELECTION FOR ME WAS I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD HAVE TO COME TO MY
MORE INNING SIGN ABOVE. EO ELECTIONS BUT HERE WE ARE. DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN. YOU ALL DO CAME IN LET'S REMEMBER, ENGAGING IN SHADE ION ETHICAL AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT. THAT WAS NOT TRANSPARENT. CONDUCT THAT COST THE DISTRICT
MILLIONS. YOU WANT TO GIVE A 10-YEAR EX-TOMORROWS ALL CHARTERS. DO YOU JUST REMEMBER JUST THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE AIR ACADEMY IN CENTENNIAL WENT UNDER FINANCIALLY AND NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT. YET YOU WANT TO BE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT EXTENDS 10 YEARS OUT AND ABDICATE YOUR
RESPONSIBILITIES. THAT'S INSANE. THEN IN THE DARK OF NIGHT TOO YOU SLAM IN A POLICY WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ON TRANS GIRL'S IN SPORTS. BUT YOU WERE SO SLOPPY YOU TOTALLY LIFTED IT AND DIDN'T EBEL TAKE OUT THE DISTRICT IT WAS FROM.
I WOULD HOPE STUDENTS WOULD BE DISCIPLINED IN DCSD FOR THAT KIND OF HORRIBLE PLAYED RIDGE AND SLOPPY SOMEONES THEIR WORK. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO REMEMBER CROMWELL'S COMMENT TO THE PARLIAMENT. >> 15 SECONDS.
>> IS THERE A SINGLE VIRTUE NOW REMAIN'S WRONG UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU IS THERE NOT ONE VICE YOU DO NOT POSSESS? TAKE AWAY THAT SHINING BOBBLE THERE AND LOCK UP THE DOORS AND IN THE NAME OF GOD GO. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> TONY RYAN. KURT THOMAS.
BROOK BURNSTEIN. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. UP TO START OFF BY THANKING COMMUNITY HERE IN OUR DISTRICT FOR BELIEVING IN ME, AND GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT
THEM FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. HERE ARE SOME THING I AM EXCITED FOR AS A DIRECTOR THIS ON THIS BOARD. FIRST, I AM EXCITED TO START VISITING SCHOOLS. AS A QUESTION-12 GARAGE WAFT THE DISTRICT GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THE SCHOOLS THAT I GREW UP IN AS SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP TOS ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THEY
ARE FACING IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT MANY OF US GET. I AM EXCITED TO WORK WITH SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND TAP TODAY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT EVERY CHILD IN THE DISTRICT AND ALLOWING THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE THE NEARLY 30% OF KIDS WHO TOLD US THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY DO NOT BELONG AT SCHOOL ARE ABLE TO FIND A COMMUNITY THAT GIVES THEM THAT SENSE OF BELONGING. I AM ALSO EXCITED TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR THE STUDENT IN OUR DRILL ON OUT HOW TO CONDUCT ONESELF IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP. AN ELECTED POSITION IS ONE THAT
SHOULD BE BEHOLDEN TO THE KILL OF THE DISTRICT YOU ARE ELECTED TO SERVICE AM HOPEFUL THIS BOARD REMEMBERS THEIR ROLE TODAY AND SERVES THE ELECTORATE. AS I SEE IT THE BOARD HAS THE OPTION TO SHOW STUDENTS HOW TO ACT IN THE FACE OF DISAPPOINTMENT. WHEN THAT DISAPPOINTMENT RESULTS FROM THE VOTES OF PEOPLE THAT
YOU ARE ELECTED TO SERVE. I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO THOSE VOTERS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. KURT THOMAS. BROOK BURNSTEIN, KELLY MAYER.
KURT THOMAS. KURT THOMAS. >> MY NAME IS KURT THOMAS I AM A
29-YEAR RESIDENT THE CASTLE ROCK AND PARENTS TO THREE DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES. I AM ALSO THE GRANDFATHER OF A FUTURE D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT. I WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF BIANCA SMITH AN INVOLVED PARENT TO KIDS CURRENTLY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
GOOD EVENING, DIRECTORS, A TAKES ARE TAXPAYER I AM CONCERNED TO EXTEND CHARLESER SCHOOL RENEWAL CONTRACTS FROM FIVE TO 10 YEARS. THIS CHANGE IS FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE. DISTRICT LEADERSHIP HAS REPEATEDLY IDENTIFIED DECLINING
ENROLLMENT, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITHOUT NEW DEVELOPMENT. FINANCIAL CHALLENGES LEADING TO CLOSURE OF SEVERAL HIGH-PERFORMING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THIS PROPOSAL COMMITS PASSION PAYER PER FEW PAUL FUNDS
FOR CHARTERS SCHOOLS FOR TWO US AS LONG WITHOUT REQUIRING THEM TO SHOW SUSTAINABLE OR GROWING ENROLLMENT. IF DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS REASON ENOUGH TO CLOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS IS SHOULD BE REASON TO HOLD CHARTER SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE GRANTING THEM LONGER CONTRACTS.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY MEANS APPLYING THE SAME STANDARDS TO EVERY SCHOOL. NOT CREATING SPECIAL RULES FOR A SELECT FEW. BY SORT SUPPORTING THIS CHALLENGE DCSD LEADERSHIP SIGNALS THAT IT VALUED CHARTER
SCHOOL FAMILIES OVER NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES. CHARTER SCHOOLS SHOULD CONTINUING FOLLOWING THE STANDARD FIRE-YEAR RENEWAL AND VERIFIED ENEVOLD THINK DATE TO JUSTIFY RENEWAL. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> BROOK BURNSTEIN.
KELLY MAYER, IKO BROWNING. >> I AM BROOK BERNSTEIN. MY BRO BREAUX NOUNS ARE SHE, THEY. A THINK THE INCOMING PRESIDENT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY PRIDE.
I HAVE TWO TRANSGENDER SONS. AIMED 23 AND HE WANT 25. I AM HERE TODAY WAS GOING TO BE REQUESTING TABLING THE PROPOSED POLICY BUT REALIZING NOW THAT IT IT WAS JUST A PLAGIARIZED, WE'LL USE MARSHALL'S LANGUAGE,
PLAGIARIZED POLICY FROM DISTRICT 49 AND NOT EVEN APPARENTLY REVIEWED OR UNDERSTOOD FROM A LITIGATION STAN ARE STAND POINT, LITIGATION PREVENTION STANDPOINT. IT IS FRAUD. THIS IS A BAD POLICY. I WOULDN'T SUPPORT ANY POLICY, BUT ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE THIS.
THE FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ASSUMING THAT BOYS ARE INHERENTLY MASTERFUL OVER GIRLS AND HAS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE IF YOU ARE OUT TO PROTECTION THE GIRLS, BUT YOU ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST TRANS MALES, THEY -- BY THEIR
PRESUMPTION A TRANS MALE IS NOT A WORRISOME COMPETITION IF THEY WERE TO PARTICIPATE IN BOY'S SPORTS. SO THERE IS A CONTRIBUTION IN THE LOGIC FOR THEM THE OTHER THING IS JUST HOW YOU ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
FIGURE IS OUT THE BIOLOGICAL SEX VERSUS CHROMOSOMAL SEX OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND COME UP IN DIFFERENT WAYS, YOU ARE PLANNING ON CONDITIONS PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS. TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS. DO YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITIES OF PROTECTING MEDICAL RECORDS UNDER COLORADO LAW AND HIPPA?
DO YOU INTEND TO START THIS -- OKAY. I'LL SEND A LETTER. >> KELLY MAYER, IKO BROWN, CARRY BEAUMONT. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS KELLY MAYER AND I AM VERY FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE TWO ITEMS
OUTTA GENERAL J.J. JK A NEW SPORTS SAFETY POLICY S THE ISSUING YOU YOU ARE CLAIMING IS NOT AN ISSUE MENTIONED IN ANY SURVEYS. OF STUDENT, PARENTS IS, NOR STAFF. MY 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO IS MY EIGHTH CHILD TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL IN THIS DISTRICT, I TOLD HER THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
RIDICULOUS. SHE SAID WE HAVE ISSUES IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SUCH AS BULLYING, AND RACISM, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS AN ISSUE WITH TRANS STUDENTS SO STOP ATTACKING MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND FIX THE ACTUAL ISSUES THAT EXIST. ELECTION NIGHT SHOWED US THAT THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE. THAT IS WHY THEY DID NOT VOTE FOR THE OTHER SLATE THAT MADE THIS THEIR ENTIRE PLATFORM. ELECTIONS MATTER. I AN CONCERNED ABOUT THE I CAN'T KENTA ITEM EXTENDING CHARTER RENEWALS TO 10 YEARS OR MORE,
THAN INCREDIBLY IRRESPONSIBLE. SO MUCH CAN CHANGE IN A DECADE. THIS COULD COST THE DISTRICT SO MUCH FINANCIALLY. IF ANY OF THOSE SCHOOLS GO UNDER AND THE FACT THAT YOU THREW THIS ON THE AGENDA WITH NO NOTICE FEELS INCREDIBLY UNDERHANDED. I HAVE NO DOUBT IN THIS WILL BRING A LAWSUIT I JUST WONDER IF THAT LAWSUIT WILL HOLD YOU
PERSONALLY LIABLE ONCE YOU ARE OFF THE BOARD. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IKO BROWNING, CARABAO MONTES.
JEREMIAH GAINSY. >> ON HE BOARD I AM MAKE O'BROWNING AND I AM A PARENT, TAXPAYER, I'VE GOT TWO KIDS IN DUG L LALAS COUNTY SCHOOLS, ABOT
A PARENT FOR THE LAST THEIR YEARS AND I LOVE THE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE MY KIDS HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH THE THUNDERSER RIDGE SCHOOLS, IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR BOTH KIDS. SO MY CONCERNS TODAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE US BACK TO OUR
OUTGOING BOARD DIRECTOR STARTED I LEG TODAY INTEGRITY TRANSPARENT AND I AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS FOUNDATIONAL VALUESED YOU HAD IT ALL OVER YOUR LITERATURE TRANSPARENCY DOING THINGS IN THE OPEN NOT IN SECRET.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS STAYING ACT FOR OUTCOMES. KEEPING CHART ARE SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE. NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUTCOMES. KING THE BOARD ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUTCOMES, THIS CHANGE PROPOSED CHANGE IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF TRANSPARENCY OR ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO YOU HAVE A CHOICE HERE. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO STAY TRUE TO YOUR STATED FOUNDATIONAL VALUES OF TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRITY, OR YOU CAN BETRAY THOSE VALUES AND PROVIDE A
10-YEAR REACCREDITATION FOR THE HIGHER PERFORMING CHARTERS. A LOT CAN CHANGE IN 10 YEARS. WHO KNOWS WHERE THINGS WILL BE IN 10 YEARS, WHO KNOWS WHERE INFORMATION WORK WILL BE IN 10 YEARS I URGE TO YOU STANDS TRUE TO YOUR FOUNDATIONAL VALUES THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF INTEGRITY SHOW IN INTEGRITY ANY YOUR FINAL MEETING.
THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. CARRY BEAUMONT. JEREMIAH GANSEY, NEVIA GANSEY.
SORRY, IS CARRY BEAUMONT HERE? >> HOLE HE. MY FAMILIARLY HAS LIVED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SINCE 2001. WE HAVE RAISED THREE CHILDREN IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND OUR YOUNGEST IS NOW A
SENIOR. TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. DOUGLAS COUNTY VOTERS SPOKEN ON YOUR TRANSGENDER POLICY OF HATE AND THEY SOUNDLY REJECTED IT. AS I WAS THINKING OF WHAT TO SAY TONIGHT I REALIZED THAT THE CURRENT MAJORITY MEMBERS DO NOT
CARE ABOUT KIDS WHO ARE TRANSGENDER. YOU ARE PERFECTLY FINE WITH THEM BEING BULLIED AND HARASSED AND HURT SO MANY I CAN'T PLEAD THAT ISSUE YOU. I KNOW, MY KID SUFFERED IT. IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS. HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TAXPAYER LARS YOU
WASTED ON LAWSUITS IN ORDER TO FURTHER FOUR PERSONAL AGENDAS, CLEARLY YOU WON'T CARE WHEN THERE ARE LAWSUITS BECAUSE OF YOUR TRANSGENDER HATE BAN. THAT IS IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAWS. YOU ALSO DON'T CARE THIS IS A NON-ISSUE, YOUR HATRED HAS CREATED THIS PROBLEM.
THAT DOES NOT EXIST. I THOUGHT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, YOU'LL CARE WHEN THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED THAT GIRLS WILL BE HARASSED AND BE TARGED OF MISS GENDERING AND HATE. YOU ARE A BIT TALL, LET'S HAVE A LOOK IN THOSE PARTICIPANTS. MORE ON THE MUSCULAR SIDE WE
CAN'T BE TOO SURE, HAVING STRANGE ADULTS LOOK INTO THEIR PARTICIPANTS NOT TRAUMATIZING AT ALL? WHO WILL MON ARE ON THE BATHROOM AND LOCKER ROOMS? WHO WILL BE CHECKING TO BE SURE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT PARTS? MAYBE OR NOT, YOU DON'T WANT THIS FOR YOUR DAUGHTER. OR YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JEREMIAH GAINSY. JEREMIAH, NEVIA GANSEY. AND KIA GRIFFIN.
>> HOLE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD I STAND BEFORE TO YOU SPEAK ONCE MORE ABOUT OUR CONTINUED BATTLE. YOU BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY YOU HAVE CREATED IS EQUAL AND INCLUSIVE, BUT YOUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT STILL ALLOW FOR PREJUDICE AND PRISON TREATMENT. IN SCHOOL STUDENTS NEED TO BE EDUCATED NOT JUST SLAP ODD THE WRIST WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING
WRONG. THINGS LIKE RESTROOM ACCESS AND NONCONTACT SPORTS SHOULD KNOWLEDGE BE RESTRICT BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SEX. A QUALITY FOLLOW ISSUED PROTECT STUDENTS OF ANY RACE, GENDER OR SESSION TO THE FULLEST EXTEND. I HAVE MANY CRITICISMS BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE IN THE WRONG PLACES.
AND YOUR IDEAS OF EQUALITY AND SHALLOW ARE UNTRUTHFUL. TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM ASK YOU DON'T JUST HEAR MY WORDS LISTEN TO THEM THINK THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE FROM MY TOP OF THE AND YOUR LACK OF SACKS MAY NEVER BEING PICKS SCARS ON MY SOUL, BRUISES AND CRACKS THAT NO
AMOUNT OF THEIR PAY, MEDICINE OR TAME WILL HERE HEEL EVENING AS I STAND BEFORE YOU LIVING AND BREATH AND SPEAKING I HAVE LOST MY LIFE. I WILL FOREVER BE CONFLICTED AND FEEL OUTED BY MY EXPERIENCE AT YOUR SCHOOLS. AND WHILE I HAVE GROWN STRONGER AND MATURED, I AM HAUNTED BY A PARANOIA I CAN NEVER BREAKAWAY FROM.
I HOPE WITH THE ARE DECENT RERECOLLECTION OF STAFF WE PAY SEE MORE ENFORCE OF QUALITY IN YOU ARE I DON'T SCHOOLS, LIKE ME, THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THOSE WALLS WHO ARE PROBABLY TARGETED JUST FOR BEING WHO THEY ARE. KNOW THAT YOU -- AND IF YOU ARE
TO CONTINUE WORKING IN SCHOOLING OR ADMINISTRATIVE THREE PIECES OF ADVICE, OPEN YOUR EYES, LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE AND SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU.
>> NEVIA GANSEY. >> HOLE DOUGLAS COUNTY MY NAME IS NEVIA GANSEY AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME INS I HAVE BEEN UP
HERE, AND I HAVE NO INTENTION ON DEMEANING YOU, BUT EXPLAINING THE DAMAGE YOU WILL DO IN AND REMINDING YOU WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR WHEN YOU RAN FOR YOUR SEAT. THOUGH I AM NOT A BOARD MEMBER, OR A COACH, I WORK AS A TEACHER FOR GRADES KINDER THROUGH SIX AND PLAY A SMALL ROLE IN THEIR EDUCATION BUT I KNOW THAT I CARE
AND LOVED EVERY ONE OF MY STUDENTS LIKE MY OWN. AND WITH PRO TEXT THEM COMES ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR NEEDS AND PERSONALITIES. AND IT IS ONE OF MY OPINION ROLES TO TAKE AND MAKE EVERY STUDENT NO MATTER THEIR JOINED, RACE OR RELIDGE YOU WOULD FEEL COAL WITH HIM INCLUDED AND SAFE.
PERSISTENTLY USING THESE MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT YOUR ALL OF THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM STUDENTS LIKE SPORTS, FOR TRANSGENDER GIRLS, THE SAFE SUPPORTS POLICY SEPARATES AND ISOLATES STUDENTS. THIS ONLY CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT OF INEQUALITY AND DEMONSTRATES THAT STUDENT SH*U SHOULDN'T PLAY
OR BE AROUND OTHER STUDENT BECAUSE OF THEIR JOINED OR BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANSGENDER. IT CREATES A BIAS OVER STUDENT AND CAN CREATE INSECURITY AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. A STUDENT'S INTENTION BEHIND PLAYING SPORTS IS TO OF FUN OR BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE SPORT NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HURT OTHER PEOPLE OR USE THEIR STRENGTH AGAINST OTHERS.
IT IS AN UNREALISTIC NARRATIVE THAT YOU HAVE PUT ON TRANSGENDER STUDENT RATHER THAN SUPPORTING THEM LIKE YOU SHOULD OR CLAIM YOU GUYS DO ALL YOUR STUDENT. SPORTS IS FOR ALL STUDENT TO ENJOY NOT JUST FOR GROUP -- NOT JUST THE GROUPS OF KIDS YOU GUYS FAVOR.
EQUAL SUPPORT, OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCES ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS AND IS THEIR CIVIL RIGHT GOING TO YOUR SCHOOLS SCHOOL AUNT STUDENT DESERVE TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF BEING A PART OF A STEAM. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> KIA GRIFFIN, LACY GANSEY, LORI HAMILTON. >> HOLE MY NAME IS KIA GRIFFIN. FIRST AND FOREMOST LIKED TO HEADACHE THIGH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THE DEVOTION AND FIGHT MY FAMILY. FOR ALLOW RUDE AND COACHED HATE
TO BEING FORM AGAINST CHILDREN JO RACE, JENNER AND DISABILITY IN SCHOOLS IS WRONG AS A UNITED STATES VETERAN I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANT OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR ALL, I WOULD LIKE AT THAT ADD THAT BEFORE THIS PRESIDENCY THAT TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS WERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR FREEDOM. YOU AND YOUR FREEDOMS. AND WRONG BECAUSE THEIR
TEMPORARY CHANGING DID NOT CHANGE THEIR DEVOTION AND CA IRRELEVANT FOR FIGHTING FOR YOU ALL. NEAR TUNED REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, IDENTITY OR DISABILITY SHOULD BE UNFORTED AND FURTHER TRAUMATIZED BY SCHOOLS TARGETING REGULATIONS THAT THAT ARE CONSTANTLY FORCING DISCRIMINATION, DISPLACEMENT AND LEAVING ROOM FOR HARASSMENT.
TOWARDS THESE MINORITY GROUPS OF STUDENT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RESPECT ALL AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE CARED FOR AND THAT EVERYONE IS SHOWN THAT THEY ARE THEIR BOARD USES CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS SPIN CLUES I HAVE BASED THINK AND NOT HATRED, INTENTIONAL BIAS AND DEEP ROOTED HATE AND THE BELIEF THAT
INDIVIDUALS ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU ARE THE PROBLEM WHEN IT'S THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY SPIN 12 I WOULD AND I PUSH AHEAD GENE DA OF ONE-SIDED POLITICAL VIEWS AND NOT ACT FACTS, STATISTICS TO MAKE ALL STUDENT AND FAMILIES BE SEEN AND LETTER. I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN WHAT KISS CRIMINAL NATION CAN DO TO A FAMILY. YOU DID IT TO MINE. AND ONE FINAL QUESTION, WHERE
WERE YOU WHEN MY FAMILY NEEDED THAT PROTECTING WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON? THANK YOU TO THE NEW BOARD AND, HOME YOU GUYS CAN CONSIDER THE REAL EFF EFFECTS IT POOR LEADERP CAN DO I DON'T YOU ARE FAMILIES AND YOUR COMMUNITY. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD BEING MY NAME IS LACY GANSEY. AND I AM GOING START BY PROBABLY SHORT EARNING MY SPEECH TO SAY THAT IT IS UNBEARABLE TO STAND HERE AND WRAP YOUR CHILDREN'S HANDS TREMBLE WHY THEY TELL THEIR STORY TO A BOARD THAT NEVER RESPITE PHONES YEARS I
HAVE STOOD AT THIS PODIUM BEGGING FOR YOU TO PREDICT MY CHILDREN, MY BIRACIAL CHILDREN. WHO WERE BULLIED, HUMILIATED AND IGNORE ED IN YOUR SCHOOLS. YOU HAD THE POWER TO STOP IT. YOU HAD THE EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU CHOSE SILENCE, OVER COURAGE. TONIGHT WITH YOUR FINAL AGENDA, YOU SHOWED US EXACTLY WHO YOU
ARE. YOU SLIPPED ON TO THIS AGENDA A CRUEL DISCRIMINATORY RESOLUTION AIMED AT TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. CHILDREN WHO HAVE VERY FACED ENOUGH. YOU PUSHED A CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANSION MEANT TO LOCK YOUR IDEOLOGY IN PLACE LONG AFTER VOTERS REJECTED YOU. 10 YEARS, LET'S GET REAL.
YOU ARE USING YOUR FINAL MOMENTS IN POWER TO HURT MORE CHILDREN. THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP IT'S SICKNESS THAT IS HATE, DISGUISED AS POLICY. SO HEAR ME CLEARLY. MY CHILDREN SUED YOU. I EXPOSED YOU. AND WE THE COMMUNITY WE REPLACED YOU.
BUT BUSCH TONIGHT IS ALSO ABOUT TOMORROW. TO MY CHILDREN, DO YOU SEE IT NOW? DO YOU SEE HOW THEY DIDN'T JUST ATTACK BIRACIAL IT CAN LIKE YOU? NOW THEY ARE ATTACKING TRANS KIDS TOO. THIS IS WHAT HATE LOOKS LIKE. WHEN IT HIDES BEHIND RULES AND TITLE. THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK WITH AN RAH A GENERAL DARK BREED
DIVISION AND CAL CALL IT VALUES BUT LOVE, TRUTH AND JUSTICE OUT LAST EVERY ONE OF TEAM I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU AND FOR EVERY CHILD THEY TRY TO ERASE UNTIL MY LAST BREATH. TO THE NEW BOARD, CONGRATULATIONS AND I I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> LORI HAMILTON, SAM HAMILTON, MEG FURLOUGH. >> LORI HAMILTON TWO KIDS DAMAGE GRADUATED FROM LUG DASS AUNT I AM IN FAVOR OF YOU MIGHT NOTICE
WE ARE NOT CONSTANTLY HAVE TO FIGHT BIOLOGICAL FEMALES OUT OF MEN'S SPORTS. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WOULD BE PUTTING THEMSELVES AT A HUGE DISADVANTAGE. THE BODIES ARE DIFFERENT A MAN'S BODY DURING A TESTOSTERONE
DRIVEN BUBE IS A SHUT NOT BE COMPETING AGAINST WOMEN AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ARE COMPETITIVE IF WE WEREN'T WITH WANT TO GO COMPETE AND WIN SCHOLARSHIPS AND GO TOE STATE AND WIN THE ACCOLADES THEY WOULD BE DOING INTRAMURAL SPORTS WHICH IS AN ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THAT MUCH MEN AND WOMEN AREN'T
SEPARATED IN EVERY AREA OF COMPETITION NOT IN CHESS, MATH, SPEECH AND DEBATE ALL KINDS OF THINGS WHERE BODIES DON'T MATTER BUT IN SPORTS BODY UNITED STATES DO MATTER. I DID FENCING IN COLLEGE AND MY ARM WAS FIVE INCHES SHORTER THAN MY COMPETITORS THERE WAS NO WAY I SHOULD REACH THAT TARGET AREA
FAIRLY AGAINST A MAN. WOMEN'S SPORTS WERE CREATED SO WOMEN WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO COMPETE FAIRLY, IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD MARCH FOR WOMEN TO TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE FAIRLY. AND JUST PLEASE TRY TO KEEP SPORTS FAIR IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
>> SAM HAMPTON, MEG FURLOUGH, JULIE WATKINS. AND GOOD EVENING BOARD I AM SAM HAMILTON AND I AM FOR PRESERVING THE FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS RESOLUTION.
I LIKE FOR RUN HOWEVER SLOW IT IS, SO HERE IS A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE BOSTON MARATHON. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1897, IT IS THE OLDEST ANNUAL MARATHON IN THE WORLD. UNDER RULES FROM THE -- OF THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION, WOMEN WERE EXCLUDED FROM
PARTICIPATING. HOWEVER, IN 1972, BECAUSE OF TITLE 9, A WOMAN'S DIVISION WAS CREATED AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO COMPETE. SO I WAS CURIOUS, I ASKED GROG WOMAN HAD-HAVE BEEN THE
MARATHON, YES, WOMEN HAVE BEEN WINNING THE BOSTON MARATHON OUT RIGHT IN THE WOMEN'S DIVISION SS IT BECAME OFFICIAL IN 1972. HOWEVER, NO WOMAN HAS EVER WON THE OVERALL COMBINED MEN AND WOMEN'S RACE ILLEGAL MEN TYPICALLY FINISH 10 TO 15
MINUTES AHEAD OF ELITE WOMEN DUE TO PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES. NOW, THERE IS SOME PHENOMENAL FEMALE ATHLETE. SO MAYBE THAT WILL CHANGE SOME DAY. BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW BIOLOGICAL MALES IN GIRL'S SPORTS THAT WILL ROB GIRLS OF
RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE COMPETING AGAINST THEIR PEERS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MEG FURLOUGH. JULIE WATKINS, CHRISTINA GILES.
>> GOOD EVENING. YES, DOUGLAS COUNTY, NOT D49. I WANT TO TAKE THIS FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS DIRECTOR MOORS, MYERS, WILLIAMS AND, WINEGAR, REGARDING THE LEGACY YOU LEAVE BEHIND THIS DISTRICT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT ONE MARKED BY INTEGRITY,
TRANSPARENCY, ACC ACCOUNTABILITE OR KEEPING POLITICS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HOLDING DAISY CHAIN MEETINGS THAT VIOLATED COLORADO'S HOPING MEETINGS LAWS RESULTING IN A COSTLY LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DISTRICT. WRONGFULLY TERMINATING
SUPERINTENDENT CORY WISE A 25-YEAR EDUCATOR AND LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY. WHICH, AGAIN, LED TO LEGAL ACTION AND MORE FINANCIAL LOSS. PRIORITIZING POLITICAL FAVORS SUCH AS GRANTING A SPECIAL TREATMENT TO PARENT ELIE REND LITTLE FOR JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY.
PUTTING DISTRICT LAND AND VEERED PROVED SCHOOL PROJECTS AT THE RISK. ALLOWING A POLITICALLY CHARGED GRAND PARENTS GROUP INTO THE COOLS FOR A CHRISTIAN NATIONIST STORY TIME. ALLOWING OUR CORRUPT COMMISSIONER TO CAMPAIGN FOR HIS FAILED POWER GRAB AT A BOARD MEETING.
FAIL TO GO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR ACT ON A SERIOUS AND WELL DOCUMENTED RACISM ISSUES IN OUR SCHOOLS LEAVING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FEELING UNHEARD. AND, AGAIN, EM BROIL THE DISTRICT IN ANOTHER LAWSUIT. WHILE SOME MAYA PLOWED FOR YOU PLACING A BOND AND ML OFF.
ON THE BALLOT ENSURING BASIC FUND AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR SCHOOLS IS THE BARE MINIMUM. TO BE EXPECTED OF YOU. ESPECIALLY GIVEN YOUR DECISIONS TO COST THE DISTRICT. GOOD RIDDANCE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> JULIE WATT COUNTRY, CHRISTINA
GILES, NICOLE MAX UN. >> I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF [ INAUDIBLE ] BOW SHE JUST SHOWED UP AND I WELL READ HER WORDS, GOOD EVERYBODY BOARD MEMBERS, I WISHING I COULD BE THERE TONIGHT BUT I AM GRATEFUL TO THE CHANCE TO HAVE MY WORDS
READ INTO THE RECORD. AT A NEWLY LERKED BOARD MEMBER, I FELT MIXED EMOTIONS READING TONIGHT'S AGENDA. MY FIRST CONCERN WAS TRANSPARENCY. THAT ITEMS MIGHT BE ADDED ON MAJORITY ODD IN THE LAST MINUTE WITHOUT THE PUBLIC HAVES A WHATNESS TO R WEIGH IN. WHILE PUBLIC COMMENTS IS HAPPENING TONIGHT IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO HONOR THE ROYALSES OF THOSE WHO REACH OUT THROUGH EMAIL OR OTHER MEANS. EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE HERE, IT WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT MY ATTENTION THAT WHEN FOUR OF YOU WERE NEWLY ELECT INCOMING DIRECTORS YOU WERE I FEEL THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN
DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS THAT SHAPE THE DISTRICT'S DIRECTION. IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT THE SAME RESPECT AND OPPORTUNITY BE EXTENDED TO THE NEWLY-ELECTED MEMBERS WHO WILL SOON JOIN YOU, I TRUST THAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I ALSO SEE HOW THE AGENDA TOUCHES ON TOPICS THAT WERE
DIVISIVE DURING THE LEX AND SOMETIMES FEEL DIVISIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. ULTIMATELY, WHATEVER ACTION YOU TAKE TONIGHT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO CHOOSE TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY IN THIS MOMENT. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT THE VOICE OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY VOTERS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CHOOSE UNITY OVER URGENCY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LISTENING. >> CHRISTINA GILES, NICOLE MAX DOS ON KATHY BOYAR. >> HE CHRIS CITY A GILES IN HARPER HIGHER TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION THE 10 INFORM YEAR AGREEMENT.
AND THE BAN ON TRANS CHILDREN IN SPORTS. FIRST ILL LIKE TO SAY THE REMOVING OVERSIGHT ON HOW PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF FAR FISCAL IMPORTANT AND TRANSPARENCY THE TAXPAYER DESERVE NO HO TO YOU THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT AND TO NOTE SCHOOLS THATTER SPENDING OUR CHILDREN TO ARE RECRUITING THE HIGHEST
QUALITY EDUCATORS, PAYING THEIR TEACH EARS PROM RATLEY AND THE SCHOOLS ADHERING TO SAFE I, HEALTH AND EDUCATION STANDARDS IN MATERIAL OF TRANS BAN I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. I AM A TRIPLE BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN SPECIFICALLY A PEDIATRICIAN. I HAVE PROVIDE YOU WITH THREE HARMS EXPRESSING THE VIEW
PINPOINTS OF MEDICAL COMMUNITY UNTHE LITERATURE FROM SPORTS MEDICINE JOURNAL THAT CONCLUDES CURRENTLY THERE IS NO DIRECT OR CONSISTENT RESEARCH SHUG SUGGESTING TRANSGENDER FEMALE INDIVIDUALS OR MALE INDIVIDUALS A AN HAVING ETIC INDIVIDUAL A IN THE STAGE OF THEIR TRANSITION AND COMPETITIVE SUPPORTS POLICIES PLACES REINSTRUCTIONS ON STANCE GENDER PEOPLE NEED TO
BE RAILROAD ASKED AND REVISED THIS IS LESS THAN PUNISH WORKS ISSUE THAT IS A FAKE DULL DOOR WAR ISSUE DID HE TRACHEAS FROM EEL ISSUE EDUCATION AND HE HAD HAD. THIS A AMOUNTS TO ADULTS BULLYING ALREADY MARGINALIZED CHILDREN. NCAA SPREAD HARLEY MAKER GO AHEAD HE KNEW OF FEWER THAN 10
TRANS GUNNEDDER ATHLETES OVER 500,000NCAA STUDENTS. THAT'S .00002% LIKE 40s. HOW MANY TRANSGENDER ATHLETES ARE THERE IN DOUGLAS COUNT ANY SPORTS PARTICIPATION IS IMPORTANT TO STUDENT, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND ALL SHOULD BE ALLOWED AND ENCOURAGED TOES PARTICIPATE.
THANK YOU. AND I HAVE MY ARTICLES HERE. >> NICOLE MIXON, KATHY BOYER,
SAMMY WHEELER CLAUSE. NICOLE. >> I AM KATHY BOYER JUST TO CLARIFY. >> OKAY. >> INTEGRITY ILL. TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY.
THOSE ARE THE VALUES YOU OUTGOING DIRECTORS RAN AND WERE ELECTED ON. YOU ARE TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH A POLICY THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST TRANS KIDS THAT YOU COPIED AND PASTEDED FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT WITHOUT EVEN BOTHER TO GO CHANGE THE NAME. A POLICY THAT THE VOTERS JUST REJECTED LAST WEEK. A POLICY THAT WOULD OPEN THE DISTRICT UP TO LAWSUITS.
IT COULD IMPACT THE DIRECT STANDING WITH CHASAS THE OFABIITY OF ALL INDICATES IT DELAY THEIR SPORTS THE TROPIC WAS MANUFACTURED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. IT ISN'T A LOCAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. YOU AND YOUR COHORTS HAVE NEVER
GIVEN A SINGLE EXAMPLE OF THAT BEING A PROBLEM HERE. JUST LET THE KIDS PLAY. IN EIGHT SEASONS OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, MY KIDS NEVER ONCE CHANGED IN A LOCKER ROOM. DO NOT PASS POLICY J.J. K. THEY DIDN'T. ALSO, I LIVE AROUND THE CORNER
FROM ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT'S BEING CONSOLIDATED IT'S A SLAP IN THE FA US TO THOSE FAMILIES TO GRANT A BLANKET 10-YEAR APPROVAL TO CHARTER SCHOOLS WHILE NEIGHBOR SCHOOLS CLOSE THEIR NO DATA TO SUPPORT THEM IT DOESN'T AGAIN BENEFIT THE STUDENT, THE PARENTS OR THE TAXPAYERS. WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY.
WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY. WHERE IS THE INTEGRITY. DO NOT PASS THIS RESOLUTION. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SAMMY WHEELER CLUES, ALISON RID WELL, KAREN
JEFFERSON. >> GOOD EVENING. THOUGH I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER, -- THOUGH I AM A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE ON DAC, I AM HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF
TONIGHT. AND I AM HERE REGARDING THE POLICY FOR THE EXTENSION OF A 10-YEAR CONTRACTS WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS? THERE IS NO RAY WAY TO HOLD SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE WITH A 10-YEAR CONTRACT. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ARE
EVALUATED ON A REGULAR BASIS. BUT THIS WOULD MEAN THAT IF A CHARTER SCHOOL HAD ISSUES OR STUDENTS OR PARENTS WHO MAY HAVE CONCERNS, DECLINING ENROLLMENT, FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. LACK OF DATA FOR 10 YEARS, DCSD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE
ISSUES AS THE CHARTER SCHOOL HAS A 10-YEAR CONTRACT. WHAT HAPPENED TO ACCOUNTABILITY? THIS IS UNREASONABLE. AND UNFAIR TO OTHER SCHOOLS. IN DOUGLAS COUNTY IT IS CREATE A DOUBLE STANDARD.
LISTEN TO DCSD PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TONIGHT. THIS TIME, DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE YOU DID LAST SPRING WITH STERLING RANCH AND J.A. A AND NOT LISTEN TO THE PARENTS. YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS
COMMUNITY AND TAKE AWAY THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE. PLEASE REFER THIS POLICY FOR LEGAL REVIEW. WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER LAWSUIT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. ALISON RID WELL.
CAKAREN JEFFERSON, THOMAS MONSO. >> MY NAME IS ALISON RIDWELL AND I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY A HARDY THANK YOU TO THE 40 OUT GOING MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. YOU WORKED HARD FOR THIS
DISTRICT, AND YOU WILL BE SORELY MISSED. WHAT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY IS THE INSISTENCE OF THE THREE MINORITY MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO HARM CHARTERS THAT ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT EDUCATION COMMUNITY. NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL BEST
PRACTICES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS QUOTE, LOW HAD-HER FORMING SCHOOLS MAY BE OFFERED SHORTER TERM, HOWEVER HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOLS ARE TYPICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE FULL CHARTER TERM WHICH IS OFTEN 10 YEARS. UNQUOTE. ALLOWING CHARTERS TO ALIGN WITH
NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES WILL PROVIDE STABILITY TO PARENTS, STUDENT, AND TEACHERS ALIKE. DCSD HAS THE OLDEST AND HIGHEST PERFORMING CHARTERS IN THE STATE. YET OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE LONGER TERMS THINK IT MAKES NO SENSE. FINANCIALLY HEALTHY, WELL
GOVERNED, HIGH PERFORMING CHARTERS SHOULD BE REWARDED NOT RESTRICTED AND CERTAINLY NOT USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS. >> KAREN JEFFERSON, THOMAS
MONSON, PALSY ANDERSON. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KAREN JEFFERSON, CASTLE ROCK. HAVING BEEN A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER I KNOW THAT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PLEASE ALL PEOPLE AT ONCE, SO THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.
I AM GLAD TO SEA THAT YOU CHANGED THE AGENDA ITEMS. BECAUSE SPRINGING IT ON THE LAST MINUTE, IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO GOVERN AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. WELL-RUN ORGANIZATIONS WANT TO HELP TRANSITIONS TO THEIR
COLLEAGUES WHO FOLLOW THEM SO THAT THE ORGANIZATION CAN CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IN A NOT SO FUN FACT A 10-YEAR CHART AIR PREVIOUS WOULD BE HAMSTRINGING THEM FOR 10 YEARS OBVIOUSLY. AND A NOT SO FUN FACT ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS IS THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT KIDS FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION. A LOT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. AND THINKING ABOUT THE TRANS ATHLETES, IF THERE WERE 100 STUDENTS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS, THAT WERE TRANS ATHLETES, THIS WOULD BE .1%. IF THERE WERE ONE STUDENT,
THAT'S .001%. THAT'S NOT A LOT OF KIDS TO BE FOCUSING THIS MUCH VITRAIL AND UNKINDNESS, AND GENDER CHECKS, NOT ONLY ARE THEY TRAUMATIC, BUT THEY ARE ICKY. EVEN THE ONE IN A MILLION
OLYMPIAN BRUCE JENNER. DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO LIVE THEIR AUTHENTIC LIFE UNTIL THEY WERE AN OLD PERSON. DON'T PUT THAT ON OUR KIDS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THOMAS MONSON.
PATTY ANDERSON. STEVE KINKAID. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. THANK YOU TO THE OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS TO YOUR WORK OVER THE YEARS.
LYLE TO SPEAK REGARDING GIRL SOFT SPORTS AND ALLOWING BIOLOGICAL MALES TO PARTICIPATE IN GIRL'S SPORTS I HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO WENT THROUGH DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS. P AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS AT THAT TIME. OUR COUNTRY'S FOUNDING PROTECTED
A CITIZEN'S RIGHT OF CHOICE. ALSO PROTECTING CITIZEN FROM THE HARMFUL CHOICES OF OTHERS. WHEN THE BIOLOGICAL MALE WHO HAS TRANSITIONED TO A FEMALE CHOOSES TO PARTICIPATE IN A GIRL'S SPORT, HE OR SHE HAS MADE A
CHOICE. HE, SHE, COULD STILL PARTICIPATE IN BOY'S SPORTS, BUT CHOOSES TO PARTICIPATE IN GIRL'S SPORTS. A GIRL, BIOLOGICAL GIRL, DOES NOT HAVE THAT CHOICE. SHE EITHER HAS TO GO AHEAD AND
PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS OR NOT PARTICIPATE AT ALL. SO HE IS -- SO THAT TRANSITIONING PERSON HAS TAKEN AWAY THE RIGHTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL. THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES TO THEM. THEY EITHER CHOOSE TO A IN THE GIRL' SPORT OR THEY DO NOT
PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS. HOW IS THAT FAIR? >> 15 SECONDS REMAINING. >> PERSONALLY, WHILE I MAY NOT AGREE WITH CONCERNED FLUIDITY, I ACCEPT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S CHOICE IN THEIR BEHAVIOR ARE IS THEIR CHOICE AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T IMPACT OTHERS.
HOWEVER, MANY YOUNG WOMEN WOULD BE AFFECTED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ABBEY ANDERSON. STEVE COIN CADE, ZACHARY [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VETERANS OF OUR COUNTRY. I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS DISTRICT SINCE 2011. AND NOW I HAVE A GRADUATE, A SOPHOMORE, AND A FRESHMAN. I AM NOT SURPRISED BUT I AM
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED BY THE OUTGOING DIRECTORS ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT WILLIAMS, IN A BLATANT ABUSE OF PROCESS TWO NEW ITEMS WERE ADDED TO THE AGENDA APPARENTLY TO BE PUSHED FORWARD FOR A VOTE ON THE PRESS' FINAL MEETING. THIS IS NOT TRANSPARENCY. THIS IS NOT ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT'S A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERMINE PUBLIC TRUST. THIS IS AN INSULT TO EVERYONE WHO VALUED HONEST GOVERNANCE. IN REGARDS TO THE CHARTER RESOLUTION, OVER THE YEARS I HAVE WATCHED SEVERAL CHARTERS COME ONLINE OFTEN WITH GRAND
CLAIMS ABOUT THEIR PHILOSOPHY AND HOW THEY ARE PRODUCED MORE ADVANCED ON HIGHER ACHIEVING STUDENTS BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL THAT HASN'T PROVEN TRUE. MY NBA MY FEEDER AREA MATH TEST SCORES ARE CONSIST LIVE HIGHER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WHEN STUDENTS FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS ENTER HIGH SCHOOL THERE IS NO NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE.
CREATING A 10-YEAR BINDING CONTRACT REMOVES ACCOUNTABILITY, INVITES POTENTIAL LEGAL CHALLENGES AND HARMS STUDENTS WHO ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. WE ALREADY SEE STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT OF CHARTERS WHEN THEY REALIZE THEIR NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MED BUT AS
NEIGHBOR HOOD SCHOOLS FEEL. CHARTER ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED REGULARLY IF YOU PROCEED TO WNBA THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT IT FOREVER BE A ATTORNEY OUR YOUR LEGACY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> STEVE KINKAID. ZACHARY.
LYNNAE A DOTSON. >> THANK YOU. SO I AM HERE A LOCAL WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE WHO MADE THEIR VOICES RESOUNDINGLY HEARD LAST WEEK'S ELECTION TORQUE ALLOW -- TO ASK
YOU TO AHEAD HERE TO YOUR OATH OF OFFICE. AND NOT PASS THIS SHADE SHADY BAD HALF PAYING IS A GRANTING A 10-YEAR CONTRACT IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS,
THE PARENTS, OR THE COMMUNITY I CHALLENGE TO YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS BEST SERVES THEM ALLOWS BAD A BEING TOURS OPERATE IN THE SHADOWS SWEAR THEY ARE FAR FANSES, FINANCIALSES AND SAFETY MID HID POINT NEXT DECADE. WOULD YOU EAT AT A RESTAURANT
THAT WAS ALLOWED TO GO INFECTION SPREE FOR 10 YEARS? WOULD YOU RIDE A CITY BUS THAT'S BEEN DRIVING FOR 10 YEARS WITHOUT A MAINTENANCE CHECK? YOU WOULDN'T. I WOULDN'T I I WOULDN'T PUT MY KID ON THAT BUS OR GIVE THEM FOOD FROM THAT RESTAURANTS BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TELLING DOUGLAS COUNTY FAMILIES TO DO.
THIS IS A PURELY POLITICAL MOVE MADE TO CIRCUMVENT THE DREAM DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSE THE SERVES THE COMMUNITY, I URGE YOU TO MAKE YOUR BEST CASE, BASED ON ITS MERITS AND LEAVE IT FOR THE
INCOMING BOARD TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ZACHARY, LYNNAE A, JULIE
WATKINS. >> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS ZACHARY, I WAS A DCSD STUDENT FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE PRESERVING FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS DISCUSSION. THE MAIN PREMISE OF THE EXAMPLE POLICY TEXT IS THAT IF TRANS GIRLS WERE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN
GIRL'S SPORTS THEY WOULD IS BE SHAWNLY DISPLACE GIRLS ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH. THIS PREMISES COMPLETELY UNTRUE. DATA FROM 2011 TO 2020 SHOWS THAT WHEN TRANSGENDER YOUTH ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY, THE ONLY RESULT IS THAT MORE WOMEN AND GIRLS NOT FEWER, ARE PLAYING SPORTS.
TOP END ESTIMATES CLAIM FEWER THAN 100 TRANS ATHLETES OUT OF FORE 500,000 PNEUMONIA COLLEGIATE ATHLETES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. I WOULD CHAMPION EDGE EVERY OUTGOING MECHANIC OF THE BOARD TO POINT TO ONCE SINGLE TRANSGENDER ATHLETE IN THE DCSD OR EVEN IN THE STATE OF
COLORADO. NOTICES A REAL ISSUE FACING OUR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE NOT A REAL PROBLEM AND IT'S A WAIT OF TIME FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSS, IT'S ABOUT THE PERSECUTION OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT MAKING THEM TEAM LIKE THEY DO NOT BELONG NO OUR SOCIETY. BITS DID HE TRYING PROVING THEM OF THE SPORTS OF SCHOOL PORTS
THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT. COMMUNITY, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SELF DEVELOPMENT. ANYONE WHO SPENT FINAL DID OR KNOWS TRANSWOMEN AND GIRLS KNOW THEY ARE NOT GREATER RISK OR DANGER TO ANYONE AROUND THEM THAN ANY OTHER GIRL THE DISCUSSION SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TIME SLOT.
AS MANY ZOOS HAVE EDGES INNED I ALSO FIND THE LAST-MINUTE CHARTER SCHOOL EXTENSION ITEM SIMILARLY DIS DISTASTEFUL I HOPU WILL HIS 10 YOUR COMMUNITY TONIGHT AND NOT PUSH THROUGH THE ITEMS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> LYNNAE JULIE, SAMUEL. >> MY NAME IS LYNNAE A DUG LAND COUNTY PARENT OF FOUR AND I SERVE ON THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE. THOUGH THE COMMENTS I HEAR TONIGHT ARE MAY OWN HE CAN
FENDING WHICH THER SCHOOL CONTRACTS UP TO 10 YEARS IS FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE UP AND REMOVED ACCOUNTABILITY. THE CURRENT FIVE INFORM YEAR RENEWAL PROCESS ALLOWS FOR REVIEW BEFORE COMMITTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS LONG-TERM. MAJOR FISCAL OR STRUCTURAL CHANGES LIKE THIS NORMALLY INVOLVE STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
AND DATA REVIEW. NONE OF THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT WEATHER CHARTERS ARE GOOD OR B BAD IT'S ABOUT PROCESS AND SUIT STARSHIP A DECADE-LONG COMMITMENT TIES THE HAPPENS OF FUTURE BOARD AND OUR TAXPAYERS AND IGNORES HOW ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL
REALITIES CHANGE. THE 5-YEAR SYSTEM WORKS, DISMEMBERS THING IT IS RECKLESS THE RECENT SCHOOL CLEARING OUR WHILE DIFFICULT ARE NECESSARY AND THE NEST ABOUT OF STUDENT DIFFERENT ENROLLMENT AND RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS WHICH MAKES THIS EVEN HARDER TO JUSTIFY. HOW COULD ANYONE HAVE KNOWN 10
YEARS AGO WHICH SCHOOLS WERE ON THE LIST TO BE CLOSED? YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OUR DISTRICT HAS CHANGED AND YOU ARE STILL PROPOSING TO LOCK IN CHARTER EXTENSIONS FOR AN ENTIRE DECADE. NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS DO NOT OPERATE UNDER THE SAME CONTRACTS THEY CAN BE CLOSED, CONSOLIDATE
DIED VERY TRUERED AS AS NEEDED THIS BLOWS PROPOSAL GUARANTEED SHARPER PRACTICE HE TEX TO END REECE EARLY LET'S BE HONEST THIS ISN'T ABOUT KIDS ABOUT GIVEN CHARTERS THE UPPER HAND TO OVERTAKE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND ADVANCE AN AGENDA. DOING THAT ON THE BACKS OF CHILDREN IS UNCONSCIONABLE. DO THE RIGHT THING, ON YOUR WAY
OUT. AND TABLE THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> SHOW OUR KIDS THE VALUE OF -- >> JULIE WATKINS, SAMUEL. TAMARA SCHULTZ.
>> THIS TIME IT'S MY WORDS FOUR YEARS AGO I WAS ONE OF THE LOSING CANDIDATES IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION HE WANT I WANTED TO BELIEVE THAT THE FOUR WHO WON ALSO WANTED WHAT WAS BEST FOR THE DISTRICT. THEY JUST HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS THAN I DID. I HOPED THAT THEIR KIDS FIRST SLOGAN ACTUALLY MEANT SOMETHING. BUT FOUR YEARS LATER, IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT IT WAS NEVER ABOUT
THE KIDS. IT WAS ABOUT THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND CONTROL. THE RESULT HAS BEEN COSTLY. NOT ONLY IN DOLLARS, BUT IN TRUST. THE ILLEGAL FIRING OF SUPERINTENDENT CORY WISE, THE WATERING DOWN OF THE EQUITY POLICY THE MULTIPLE LAWSUITS AND
FEDERAL INVESTIGATES INTO ISOLATION AND SOLUTION PRACTICES, AND RACISM, THE ATTACKS ON THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, THE BACKROOM DEALS MADE WITH LOCAL POLITICIANS SENT A MESSAGE THAT POLITICS MATTERED MORE THAN PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE PAINFUL STORY OF JEREMIAH
GANSEY AND THE SUBSEQUENT LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR EVEN PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE ISSUE SHOWED HOW DEEPLY STUDENTS CAN BE HURT WHEN DISTRICT LEADERSHIP FAILS OUR MOST VULNERABLE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS IS REAL. EDUCATORS DISRESPECTED AND DEMORALIZED.
A COMMUNITY DIVIDED. AND STUDENTS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. BUT AS WE TURN PAGE TO A NEW CHAPTER, I AM HOPEFUL. HOPEFUL THAT OUR NEW BOARD DIRECTOR WILL RESTORE INTEGRITY, HUGHUMILITY AND FOCUS KIDS.
KIDS FIRST SHOULDN'T BE A SLOGAN IT YOU HAD SOMEBODY A PROMISE THE DISTRICT DELIVERS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SAMUEL. TAMARA SCHULTZ. JENNA PRESTON. >> SO WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
WE ARE CLEARLY IMPACTING THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I AM PRESIDENT OF DISABILITY STRONG DEMOCRATS COLORADO WHICH IS THE FASTEST GROWING COUNCIL IN THE COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE HAVE THE BIGGEST LOBBY DAY IN COLORADO HISTORY AT THE CAPITOL EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND WE HAVE VIOLATED THE -- WE HAVE THE ANDREW V DOUGLAS COUNTY ACT OF 2012 TO CONTEND WITH. WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS TRYING TO CREATE A MORE AXLE I BELIEVE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND BY PURSUING
THIS 10-YEAR CHARTER REAUTHENTIC SAYING KASE PROCESS WE ARE SAYING DISABLED STUDENT ARE PAYING -- WE ARE PAYING DISABLED STUDENT LITTLE MIND IN MATERIALS OF WHAT WE ARE LETTING THEY WANT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SOCIETY.
THAT IS APPALLING AND INSULTING AND FRANKLY I AM INCREDIBLE DISAPPOINT BOWED IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU WERE LEARNED ANYTHING SINCE 2012. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> TAMARA SCHULTZ. JENNA PRESTON, CARE A KAISER
COCHRANE. >> OLD, EVERYONE, I AM TAMARA SCHULTE, I HAVE HAD TWO KIDS IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY
JOB. AND YOU DID A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT'S NOT SO POSITIVE I KNOW YOU ALSO WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT FAIRNESS IN GIRL'S SPORTS. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT BOYS
PARTICIPATING IN GIRL'S SPORTS AND EVEN THOUGH A FEW BEFORE ME HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S SUCH A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE TRANS GIRLS I GUESS THAT'S A TERM FOR IT.
THE THING; IT'S STILL GIRLS AND BOYS. HAVE THEIR SEPARATE SPORTS AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR GIRLS TO COMPETE AGAINST BOYS. MY DAUGHTER WAS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE. SHE TOLD ME JUST TODAY, MOM, I NEVER WOULD HAVE PARTICIPATED IN
SPORTS IF I KNEW A BOY WAS ALSO GOING TO PARTICIPATE. I KNOW THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THE TEAM. THERE IS A LOT OF GIRLS THAT MIGHT BE CUT OUT. NO MATTER HOW STRONG AND ATHLETIC A GIRL MAY BE, THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A BOY THAT'S REALLY BETTER.
THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS. SO I SUPPORT FAIRNESS AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER GOING FORWARD WITH THIS, THANK YOU. >> JENNA PRESTON, CARRY KAISER
COULD BE RAN, JULIE GOODEN. >> I AM DR. JENNA PRESTON A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST THAT WORKS WITH OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY HERE IN COLORADO. TODAY IS MY SON ALSO A 10S A SCHOOL HERE IN DOES LAS COUNTY
TODAY IS VETERANS DAY A DAY TOO HONOR THOSE WHO SERVED IT'S ALSO MY 19th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOY MY HUSBAND WHO IS A RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER INSTEAD OF TAKING TIME TO BE HOME AND REFLECT THOSE WHO SERVED HONORABLY I CHOSE TO HIM DO HEAR TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY DISWE LIFE AND DISAGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD'S CHOICE TO FORCE A
LAST-MINUTE VOTE THAT COULD IMPACT A GENERATION OF STUDENTS. I AM ALSO RUNNING FOR YOU BE PUBLIC OFFICE HERE IN THE STATE A DECISION DRIVEN BY MOMENTS LIKE THIS WHERE IN MY OPINION, ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THIS COUNTY AND DISTRICT HAVE LOST THEIR WAY, CREATE MORE TRAUMA, MISUSE
THEIR POWER, AND STOPPED FOCUSING ON THE REASON THEY WERE ELECTED TO SERVE. WE NEED ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SERVE WITH HONOR, INTEGRITY AND DISMINUTE. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ROLE MODELS FOR THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY THEY SERVE. MAY WE ALL TAKE TIME TO REFLECT THIS EVENING ON THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHEN FAMILIES WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE IN OUR MILITARY AND SHOW US WHAT TRUE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE IS LIKE, I LIVE BY A MOTTO, LEAVE BETTER THAN YOU POUND IT. THIS DOES NOT MEAN GRAB EVERYTHING ON YOUR WAY OUT AND MAKE MORE WORK FOR THOSE THAT COME AFTER YOU. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS WITH THE INCOMING BOARD
AND TODAY SHOWS US WHY THE COUNTY CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH I WISH THE FOUR OUTGOING MEMBERS PEACE AND GRATITUDE, CLARK, TONY, AND KELLY I NO YOU WILL SERVE WITH HONOR AND GRATITUDE OUR STUDENTS ARE COUNTING ON YOU, THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> KERRY KAISER COCHRANE, JULIE GOOD EN, JEANINE CROOKS. >> I AM CARRY KAISER COULD BE RAP A PARENT OF A DOUGLAS COUNTY STUDENT AND HERE IN ON HIM SINCE TO THE PROSED FILING PRESERVING FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS. THIS IS HIGHLY OFFENSIVE IF THE
LANGUAGE USED TO ATTACK TRANSGENDER NONBINARY AND GENDER NONCONFORMING YOUTH AND SAY PLAINLY AN EFFORT TO CODIFY TRANSPHOBIA INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS TYPE OF POLICY DOESN'T JUST HURT THE GENDER NONCONFORMING STUDENTS THAT IT BE TIPPED TED TO HARM IT HARMS ALL ATHLETES, SPORTS ARE MORE THAN JUST GAMES THEY ARE TEACH LEADERSHIP, TEAM
WORK, SELF-RESPECT, AND INNING POLLUTION. EVERY STUDENT DESERVE A CHANCE TO LEARN THOSE LESSONS AND BALLOON TO A TEAM THAT MATCHES WHO THEY ARE. THIS WILL DO MORE HARM TO STUDENT THAT FOLLOW THE POLICY. HOW DO I KNOW THAT IN MY OWN CHILD WAS BULLIED AND ATTACKED BY DISTRICT PARENTS, FOR HOW
THEY PRESENTS AS A NONBINARY INDIVIDUAL. THEY ARE ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH BUT DUE TO HOW THEY LOOK, TALL, STRONG, SHORT HAIR, NO MAKEUP, PLAYING ON A GIRL'S SPORTS TEAM THEY WERE INCORRECTLY SINGLED OUT AT MALE AND BULLIED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHY DO THEY NEED THIS POLICY IN ARE RUNS ARE FOOTBALL PLAYERS LINING UP TO JOIN THE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM? EVEN ONE? IT'S FAIRLY EVIDENT WE DON'T HAVE MANY TRANSGENDER FEMALE AGENT LIST IN LUG DOUGLAS COUNTY ANYWAY EVEN AT THE NCAA THE NUMBER IS .0002% BEING!
TOUR WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE NATION AND GLOBAL STAGE, THIS IS A FABRICATED PROBLEM. TO DISTRACT FROM THE REAL ISSUES WE ALL FACE. PLEASE STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT TRULY MATTER TO DOUGLAS CAN'T I STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS. INCREASING TEACHER STALL IS A
>> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JULIE GOODEN AND THEN JEANINE CROOKS.
JULIE. >> GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT KANE I AM SPEAKING AUSTRALIA MARIJUANA NOT A AS CHAIR OF THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE THE LET ME REMIND YOU WHAT DAC IS AND MY IT MATTERS. UNDER COLORADO LAW, DAC PARTLY EXISTS TO INCREASE PARENT
ENGAGEMENT IN OUR DISTRICT. TO GIVE VOICE TO THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN DCSD. OUR ROLE ISN'T JUST ADVISORY, THE LEGISLATOR CREATED DAC BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED COMMUNITY VOICES ARE ESSENTIAL TO GOOD GOVERNANCE. WHEN POLICIES AND RESOLUTIONS
MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT ENGAGING DAC WE LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, WHEN JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY WAS APPROVED WITHOUT MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INPUT THE BACKLASH MADE ONE THING CLEAR PEOPLE 20 UNHEARD AND HE CAN COLLUDED THAT'S NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE, THAT'S REACTIONARY BEGAN YOU GOVERN AS
THE COMMENTING UP HERE SAY LOAN NOT ENOUGH IT'S ONE H WAY COMMUNICATION THAT HAPPENS AFTER DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHAPED IT DOESN'T TAP CAPTURE THE VOICES OR THE THOUGHT ARE THOUGHTFUL CLAN RAISE POSSIBLE AND MAKE TOLDER ENGAGED EARLY. IT'S WHAT BUILT TRUST AND
STABILITY. TAKES MORE TIME BUT LEADS TO BETTER OUT COME AND STROGER PUBLIC CONFIDENCE. DAC WANTS TO PARTNER WITH THE BOARD AND CHAMPION POLICIES THAT REFLECT TRANSPARENCY, INCLUSION AND GENUINE COMMUNITY SUPPORT I AM ASKING TO YOU BRING DAC AND THE PUBLIC BACK INTO THE PROCESS BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE NOT
AFTERNOON. AND PLEASE KNOW THE EXPECTATION OF MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INPUT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT BOARD BECAUSE LIMITING THE VOICES OF THOSE YOU SERVE SAYS FAR MORE ABOUT YOU THAN ABOUT THOSE WILLING TO ENGAGEMENT THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JEANINE CROOKS.
CHAD COURSE AMY. >> WOMEN' SPORTS WERE CREATE TODAY GIVE FEMALE ATHLETE A FAIR FLAILING FIELD BECAUSE BIOLOGICAL MALES AND FEMALES HAVE DIFFERENT PHYSICAL BASELINE TRAINS WOMEN RETAIN KEY ADVANTAGES FROM PUBERTY.
GREATER BONE DENSITY, MUSCLE MASS, LUNG CAPACITY IS STRENE THE THEY ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS ON PAPER TRANSLATE THERE HARDER SPRITZ, HARDER LIST AND LONGER ENDURANCE, I'LL USE MY NIECE, SHE'S SHE'S 6'2". PLAYED VOLLEYBALL FOR DART NEXT
COULD ANNIHILATE ANYONE ONE OF US WITH JUST ONE HERE SPIKES THAT'S THAT STRONG BUS WHEN THE TRANS ATHLETE IDEA WAS FIRST PROPOSED SHE SAID IT WAS BAD BECAUSE OF DALE DANGER IT POSES TO FEMALE ATHLETE THINK EVENING WITH HER SIZE, HER STRENGTH AND HER ACCURACY. SHE KNEW SHE COULD SHE COULDN'T
AND SHOULDN'T COMPETE AGAINST MALES BECAUSE THAT MADE IT A DIFFERENT SPORT. WOMEN FOUGHT FOR DECADE TODAY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, FOR MEDALS, FOR RECOGNITION, AND THAT PROGRESS DEPENDS ON MAIN TABLING FAIR SEX-BASED COMPETITION. UNTIL SCIENCE CLEARLY SHOWS THE
TRANSITION ELIMINATES MALE PUBERTY ADVANTAGES THE FAIR APPROACH IS TO PROTECT GIRLS IN WOMEN'S CATEGORIES AS THEY ARE. INNING CLUNE MATTERS. BUT FAIRNESS MATTERS TOO. THE SOLUTION ISN'T WHO ERASED DO, TO HE RACE THE FEE MATE COME GORY IT'S TO FIND POLICIES TO
INCLUDE EVERYONE WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE I OBJECT THEY GO PRETTY. WOMEN'S SPORTS NOT PREJUDICE THAT'S PROTECT THE FEE FEMALE STUDENTS AND DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT THAT'S WORTH DEFENDING JUST AS A IF. YI MILE THERE ANYBODY A TINY BIT IN NCAA OVER 900 CHAMPION SIS AT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY TRANS STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU. >> CHAD COX. AND THEN AMY. >> GOOD EVERYBODY I AM CHAT COX
FATHER OF FIVE IN DOES LOS ANGELES COUNTY SCHOOLS I FIND IT SHAMEFUL THAT THIS BORE MAJORITY CLASS CHOSEN TO PUSH A PARTICIPATE. , FEAR-FUELED ATTACK ON TRANSGENDER CHILDREN. CHILDREN WHO ALREADY FACE ENOUGH IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT ADULTS AND POWER TURNING THEM INTO A POLITICAL TARGETS, LET'S BE
CLEAR THIS ISN'T ABOUT FAIRNESS IN SPORTS, IT'S ABOUT CONTROL. IT'S ABOUT PUSHING A FALSE NARRATIVE, BUILT ON FEAR, IGNORANCE AND BIGOTRY. FOR FOUR LONGS YEARS YOU HAVE SAT OTHER THE DAIS AND DONE NEXT TOKING IN TO CONFRONT THE REAL WELL DOCUMENTED RACISM THAT HAS HARMED STUDENTS OF COLOR IN THIS
DISTRICT. BUT NOW IN YOUR FINAL HOURS, YOU SUDDENLY FIND YOUR PASSION TO POLICE KIDS' IDENTITIES. THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP, THAT'S COWARD US DRESSED IN POLICY. AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH YOU ARE TRYING TO SLIP THROUGH ANOTHER AGE LODGE CAT DRIFT A
POLICY THAT SHIELDS PUBLICALLY FUNDED CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 10 YEARS. 10 YEARS OF NO OVERSIGHT, 10 YEARS WHERE STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES I WANT EPs AND LEARNING DIFFERENCES COULD FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS WHILE YOU LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
YOU CALL IT SCHOOL CHOICE BUT IT'S NOT CHOICE WHEN PARENTS CAN SEE THE TRUTH WHEN STANCE PARENT IS A IS BARRY. IT'S CORRUPTION PLAIN AND SIMPLE. YOU ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO EVERY STUDENT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT HATE GETS A MIKE PHONE AND COMPASSION GETS SILENCED AND I CAN TELL YOU FOR FACT, I HAVE NEVER YET AS A GAY MAN MET A
TRANSGENDER PERSON AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING THEM BUT I HAVE MET RACISM AND BIGOTRY AND FOUR OF THEM SIT ON THIS BOARD AND I AM THANKING GOD THAT YOU ARE GONE TONIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> AMY. >> GOOD EVERYTHING. THIS EVENING I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE VETERANS IN THE ROOM AND IN OUR COUNTRY THAT SERVED
INCLUDING MY HUSBAND. DCSD FORMALLY HAS AS A HOLIDAY MARTIN LUTHER KING'S DAY, PRESIDENTS DAY. THE FOURTH OF JULY. JUNETEENTH, WHAT'S NOT OFFICIALLY A HOLIDAY AS
DEMONSTRATED BY US ALL BEING HERE, IS VETERANS DAY. I FIND THAT KIND OF INTERESTING. AS WE SIT UP HERE TONIGHT AND DISCUSS SOCIAL ISSUES, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK A VETERAN FOR GIVING US THIS RIGHT TO DEBATE.
I WANT TO THANK A VETERAN FOR GIVING US THE RIGHT TO HAVE THIS DIALOGUE. MAY MAY NOT COME EYE TO EYE, BUT SOBER MINDS WILL HOPEFULLY FRIDAY PREVAIL. AND SO FOR THAT, I THANK A VETERAN.
FOR GIVING US THIS RIGHT IN OUR GREAT NATION TO CIVILLY DEBATE IDEAS. AND HOPEFULLY, GETTING TO CENTER WILL PREVAIL. ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK THE 40 THAT HAVE SERVED. I WELCOME THE NEW FOUR THAT WILL BE SERVING. AND I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD THAT THIS BOARD WILL CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING SUCH AS JUNIOR ROTC. I FIND IT VERY USEFUL FOR KIDS.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVING INTO THE ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS 9.1 THROUGH 9.17. DO I HAVE A MOTION CONCERNING CONSENTS AGENDA? >> SORRY, I HAVE TWO MOTIONS AGAIN. CONCERNING CONSENT AGENDA.
>> DID YOU JUST WANT TO PULL A COUPLE OFF OF CONSENT. >> SO TWO MOTIONS, ONE MOTION HAS MULTIPLE -- THEY BOTH HAVE MULTIPLE ON THEM. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> WHAT'S THE FIRST ONE? >> POINT OF INFORMATION. SO TO PULL ANYTHING, IT DOESN'T TAKE A VOTE. YOU JUST CAN PULL IT. ANY OF US CAN. >> CORRECT. THESE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MOTIONS. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. SO I MOVE TO REMOVE ITEMS 9.2,
THE APPROVAL OF THE MONITORING REPORT. 9.3, APPROVING OF MON FORTH REPORT BL4. 9.7 THE APPROVAL OF OURSELF EVALUATION BOARD SUPERINTENDENT LINKAGE. AND 9.16 APPROVING OF GOVERN ANTS PROCESS HANDBOOK.
FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND TOLL TABLE THEIR CONSIDERATION TO A FUTURE REGULAR BOARD MEETING. AS IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS UNDER GP1.5. AGENDA PLANNING NORA LINE WITH GP1.1 WHICH IS GOVERNANCE STYLE.
AND I AM HAPPY TO EXPAND FURTHER IN DISCUSSION. >> CAN I GET WRITTEN VERSION OF THE AGENDA I GOT COUNTRY HAVE ALL THE PAGES. CAN YOU GIVE ME THE NUMBERS AGAIN PLEASE. >> YES. 9.2. AND 9.3.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE THE ELs, THREE AND FOUR. 9.7, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF OURSELF EVALUATION BOARD SUPERINTENDENT LINKAGE, WHICH IS THE BSL. AND THE 9.16, APPROVING OF GOVERNANCE PROCESS HANDBOOK.
>> THANK YOU. >> YOU WANT TO TABLE THEM FOR ANOTHER MEETING IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. >> IN. >> YESSING REMOVE THEM FROM CONSENT AND I AM HAPPY TO EXPLAIN. >> I THINK PROBABLY THE EASIEST THING TO DO STAKE THEM OFF CA SENT AND TALK ABOUT THEM INDIVIDUAL.
>> I I DID LOOK IT UP, ABOUT WHETHER TO JUST REMOVE THEM. OR JUST DO A FULL BUCKET LIKE WITH THE HEY, I WANT TO REMOVE AND PUSH TO A FURTHER MEETING. AND I AM HAPPY TO EXPLAIN IF THAT'S HELPFUL RIGHT NOW. THAT'S PRACTICE. >> SURE. >> OKAY.
SO IN MY WORK THIS WEEK, I CAME ACROSS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GP1.5 WHICH IS AGENDA PLANNING IN THAT AGENDA PLANNING, SECTION, IT SAYS THAT THE BOARD WILL ATTEND TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND CAN HE FINES THOSE ITEMS ARE ITEMS DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT YET REQUIRED BY LAW ARE CONTRACT
TO BE BOARD AFTER PROVED. AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. CONSENT AGENDA IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT WHO HAS AUTHORITY FOR THE DECISION. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DELL BAIT TODAY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND THEN WE PUT THEM ON CONSENT AGENDA FOR BLOCK APPROVAL. HOWEVER, CONSENT AGENDA SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR BOARD WORK. I FURTHER REFERENCED SOME POLICY GOVERNANCE GUIDE LIKES.
THINGS LIKE MONITORING REPORTS AND BOARD POLICY ARE BOARD WORK NOT SUPERINTENDENT WORK. THEY ARE PART OF THE JOB'S INSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND AND NOT GET DELL GAME IT'S NOT A MECHANISM FOR OUR GOVERNANCE RESPONSE ORDERS TO APPROVE ANY OF OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, ACTIONS
WITHOUT DISCUSSION. I AM GOING TO AGAIN -- AGAIN, OUR POLICY STATES, THAT CLEARLY AS WELL. ONCE I SAW THAT, I WAS LIKE, OH, NO. I CANNOT CONTINUE TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THESE ON CONSENT
AGENDA WITHOUT BRINGING UP THIS CONCERN I THINK THIS IS RELEVANT FOR FUTURE BOARD DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE MOVE WITH THIS MOVING FORWARD BUT MY REQUEST TONIGHT IS THAT WE REMOVE THEM. DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH ONE OFF OUR CURRENT POLICIES.
>> WHY NOT JUST TAKE THEM OFF AND VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY THIS EVENING? >> THAT IS AN OPTION, THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING I AM ASKING IN OTHER IS TO REMOVE AND IN MY SECOND MOTION TO REMOVE A COUPLE
OF OTHER O ONES AND VOTE ON THEM TONIGHT THE REASON WHY I WAS TRYING TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT OUR TIME AGENDA TONIGHT, IT'S A VERY FULL AGENDA. AND SO IF WE MOVE ALL OF THESE ITEMS INTO DISCUSSION, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE DONE IN A REASONABLE MA'AM OF
TIME. MY SECOND MOTION I AM HAPPEN ON I TO EXPLAIN THOSE ARE TWO TIME SENSITIVE ITEMS, ONE IS A POLICY. WHICH DOES NOT BELONG ON CONSENT AGENDA. BUT IT IS TIMELY. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. AND THAT'S JUST THE LOCATION OF BOARD MEETINGS.
SO I FEEL LIKE THAT IS RELEVANT FOR TONIGHT. AS WELL AS APPROVAL OF ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE -- FOR BUNCH OUR COMMITTEES, WHICH I THINK IS TIMELY IT SHOULD AB PROVED TONIGHT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE OUR COMMITTEE WAITING YET ANOTHER BOARD MEETING TWO TIMELY ONES I
HAVE -- WILL BE MY SECOND REQUEST FOR TONIGHT. THE ONES THAT WE COULD TABLE FOR A FEW MEETING I FELT. APPROPRIATE TO MOVE ON. >> THE POLICY GOVERNANCE SENTENCE THAT YOU ARE SAYING
THESE ITEMS CAN'T BE ON CONSENTS FOR IS IT THE ONE, 1.5.4? THE BOARD WILL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THOSE ITEMS DELEGATED FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT YET REQUIRED
BY LAW ON CONTRACT TO BE BOARD APPROVED AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE IS THAT THE WAY YOU ARE READING THAT. >> YES. >> MY QUESTION, THOUGH, IS THAT THESER THE ONLY ITEMS OR THE USUAL ITEMS ON CONSENT? >> THAT IS ALL OUR POLICY SAYS,
BUT THEN WHEN I RETURNED POLICY GOVERNANCE, HANDBOOKS A LOT OF CARVER WRITINGS, IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT BOARD SHOULD NOT PUT ON CONSENT AGENDA THESE TYPES OF ITEMS. AND I AM HAPPY TO QUOTE FROM
MULTIPLE READINGS IF IT'S NECESSARY. >> THAT'S FINE IF THAT'S HOW YOU INTERPRET IT. FOR ME TONIGHT I THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO VOTE ON THESE AND GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY. BUT IF THEY ARE TURNING INTO SOMETHING WE ARE HAVING LONG
DISCUSSIONS ON THEN I AM FINAL TABLING. THEM MAYBE JUST REMOVE THE ITEMS MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO REMOVE THE ITEMS FROM CONCEPT THAT YOU WISH TO REMOVE FROM CONSENT AND THEN WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND WE GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYONE THINKS ON THAT.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> YEAH CONSIDERING I THINK I AGREE THAT REMOVING THEM FROM -- WELL, WE NEED TO REMOVE THEM FROM CAN P CONNECTICUT SENT, BUT MAYBE PUT THEM AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT AFCON SENT. SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE
ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO GET LOU AND THEN BASED ON THE TIMING OF OUR EVENING, IF IT'S MIDNIGHT AND WE STILL HAVE SIX MORE AGENDA ITEMS TO GO, WE COULD THEN MOVE TO TABLE THEM TO A FUTURE MEETING.
>> TWO ARE THERE ARE TWO THAT ARE TIME SENSITIVE. >> OKAY. >> IF THERE IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> I THINK DIRECTOR MEEK YOU ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE JUST MOVE ALL OF THEM TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING AND THEN IF TIME ALLOWS, THEN WE WOULD VOTE ON ALL OF
THEM BUT FOR SURE DOING 9.17 AND ALSO 9.4, WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WE COULD JUST DO RIGHT AFCON AFR CONSENT I THINK. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE 9.2, 9.3,
9.7, AND 9.16 TO THE END OF OUR MEETING AND THEN 9.4 AND 9.17 WE WILL TALK ABOUT RIGHT AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE REST OF THE NUMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION THEN
TO APPROVE 90.1, FIVE, 60, 9.8 THROUGH 915? >> DO WE WANT TO AMOUNTS THE ACTIVE MOTION? >> WE NEED TO RESOLVE HER MOTION. >> THERE IS NOT A MOTION. >> I DID.
>> I MOVED. >> THERE WE THEY WANT SECOND. YOU ARE CORRECT, THANK YOU. I SO MOVE TO ADOPT THOSE ITEMS FOR TONIGHT. >> ARE YOU APPROACHING THE OTHER
ONES THAT WHIFF DONE? WE HAVE PULLED ALL THE OTHER? >> I MOVE TO ADOPT THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PULL BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. >> GREAT, MOTION BY GEIGER DID DO I HAVE A SECOND.
>> SECOND. BY WINE QUARREL. >> GEIGER AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS,. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. >> WINEGAR, AYE. >> PASSES 7-0. AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LETS TALK ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE MILL BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP RECOMMENDATIONS NO
THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR. DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THAT? >> MOTION IT TO A MOVED MBOCK THEM RECOMMENDATION. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY BINE TKPWER, SECOND
BY GEIGER. GUY,ER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, IRE, WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSED 7460. LASTLY THE APPROVAL OF THE REVISION TO BOARD POLICY BE
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LOCATION. >> A MOVE TO ADOPT 9.17 REVENGE OF BOARD POLICY SCHOOL MEETING LOCATION. >> MOTION BY GEIGER BEING SECOND BY WINIER. >> COULD WE HAVE DISCUSSION.
>> SORRY, DISCUSSION. >> JUST A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY WHY WE HAVE A BOARD POLICY THIS WAY. I KNOW THAT IN OUR SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES IT WAS CLARIFIED I DON'T KNOW I DON'T
KNOW IF WE WANT TO GIVE ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTACH IT TO THE POLICY. THANKS. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE? >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. BECAUSE WE NEEDED THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS LOCATION THIS WAS JUST A
MINOR CHANGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS WITHIN BOARD POLICY. AND IT'S RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. THANK YOU. >> WHY IS THE EMERGENCY THAT WE NEED TO DO TONIGHT? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION DIRECTOR THOMPSON IT'S URGENT TO
DO TONIGHT BECAUSE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. >> AS THE MOVER I WANT TO POINT
OUT OUR CURRENT WILCOX IS NOT FULLY ACCESSIBLE. AND ONE OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS REQUIRES ACCESSIBILITY. THIS BUILDING IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. IS A PROBLEM. AND YOU WILL SEE ME LATER ON AS
I HAVE FOR A DECADE NOW, SHAY THAT WE NEED TO PUT MONEY IN THIS BUILDING I KNOW WHY IT HASN'T BEEN IN THE LAST TWO POPPEDS FOR VERY GOOD REASONS THE TIME HAS COME OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS REQUIRE ATTENTION. THEREFORE I URGE YOU TO ADOPT
9.17. >> ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE A VOTE UNLESS THERE IS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE NOT A STRUCTURAL CHANGE TO POWELL IS A.
AND SO I AM AN EYE AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. >> WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSED 7-0 MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES I HAVE SEPARATED THE MINUTES OUT BY DATE, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THERE
WERE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS SO THE FIRST ONE THAT I WILL TAKE I
WILL TAKE A VOTE ON -- OH, WHAT IS IS THIS? AUGUST 19th. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVAL
THE MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 19th? >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY WINEGAR. >> SECOND. >> SECOND BY THOMPSON, GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE.
WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSES 7-0. AND THEN I HAVE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETING AND REGULAR MEETINGS BOTH HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9th. DID I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING
THOSE MINUTES FOR THOSE TWO MEETINGS. >> MOVE TO ADOPT. >> SECOND, HE MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY WINEGAR. >> GEIGER AYE. >> MEEK. >> I ABSTAIN. >> MOORE. >> AYE.
>> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSES 6-0. AND THEN THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES HELD AND THE -- SORRY. JUST THE MEETING MINUTES ON
OCTOBER 7TH. DID DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THOSE? >> MOVE TO ADOPT. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY THOMPSON. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE.
>> WILLIAMS. >> AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSES 7-0 AND LASTLY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING MINUTES FROM BOTH THE SPECIAL MEETING AND REGULAR MEETINGS HELD ON OCTOBER 21 THE. DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THOSE MINUTES? >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND, MOTION BY GEIGER BEING SECOND BY THOMPSON SONIC GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASS SAYS 7-0. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE
STATE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARY FOYER 20-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 10-MINUTE REQUEST. AND A. WELCOME. >> HI, I AM BOB, HONOR TO LEAD DIG DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARIES I AM GREAT FOR ARE. FOR YOUR SERVICE. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE AMOUNT
OF HOURS THAT YOU PUT IN. WE PARTNER WITH YOU ROUTINELY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PROBABLY THE BEST WAY I CAN PARTNER WITH YOU THIS EVENING IS TO BE BRIEF. [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS THAT PUBLIC LIBRARY HOW WE ASSESS THE IT AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOOD. THIS IS OUR REPORT CARD TO YOU.
WE TAKE A THOUSAND RANDOM SAMPLE OF A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY EVERY QUARTER AND WE ASK THEM TO SCORE US. AND WE USE NET PROMOTER SCORE I'LL LET YOU LOOK IT UP IT'S USED THROUGHOUT INDUSTRY. NET PROMOTER MEANS YOU CAN THAT GET A -100 TO A +100. WE ARE A 90.
90 IS NOT AN A. IF IT WERE A GREAT IT WOULD BE 99.9. WE HAVE ACTION TILL CARDS IN 85% OF THE HOUSES.
[ NO AUDIO ] >> WITH DOUGH A GALLOP Q12 SAYING HOW ENGAGE IN THE STAFF. THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS AWAY FROM WHAT IS BEST IN THE INDUSTRY WITH GALLOP.
WE GOT A LITTLE ROOM TO WORK TO GET THOSE THREE PERCENTAGE APPOINTMENTS UP THIS NEXT YEAR. WE ARE THE LOWEST, WE HAVE SORT OF THE LEAN EFFORT AND MOST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR BUDGET IN TERMS OF STAFF. 48 PARISIAN OF OUR BUDGET IS USED ON STAFF. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PEERS
ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE, -- ON OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE ARE MIDDLING IN TERMS OF OUR SUPPORT. WHICH DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BAD WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE SPOT. IN TERMS OF SUPPORT. WHAT SOUR BUDGET THEY ARE YE, $45 MILLION, FEW MILLION.
2 MILLION SETTING ASIDE FUTURE CAPITAL AND 38% IS JUST OPERATIONS MONEY FOR US. WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT OPERATIONS MONEY? ONLY FOUR THINGS. WE OPERATE WHAT I CALL THE CLASSIC LIBRARY AND I IN YOUR MINDS THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY EASY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S ABOUT 78% OF THE MONEY. 431 HOURS EVERY SINGLE WEEK. THAT WE ARE OPEN ACROSS THE COUNTY. PROBABLY THE ONLY GROUP THAT HAS MORE HOURS AND MORE WAYS AND AFFECT MORE PEOPLE THAT I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM RIGHT NOW.
12% OF OUR BUDGET IS JUST YOUTH AND FAMILIES WITH HE REGARDED THE SINGLE MOST HONORABLE THING WE DO IS TO HELP KIDS GET READY FOR SCHOOL. AND THEN EIGHT PARISIAN. ABOUT 800 TO 900 GROUPS THAT ARE MEETING AT OUR LIBRARIES EVERY SINGLE MONTH THAT EVENT IS
HOSPITALITY FUNCTION IS SMALLER AND THEN WE DO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, WE HAD TWO LIBRARIANS THAT MEET WITH BUSINESSES ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT ARE LOOKING TO BE ENTREPRENEURS, THEY CAN DO BUSINESS PLANS, RESEARCH PROJECTS. WE'LL HELP BEAM GET GEDs, HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS IF THEY CAN'T
DON IT IN THE CONVENTIONAL WAY. WE HAVE SORT OF 2% OF OUR BUDGET JUST DOING A ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. SO ALL OF THAT, I TOOK 20 MINUTES DOWN TO MAYBE THREE. SINGLE BIGGEST QUESTION AND YOU CAN MULL IT OVER IN WHETHER YOU
ARE SERVING IN THIS ROLE OR YOU ARE A SIT 10 AND YOU WANT TO GET AHOLD OF ME LATER, HOW CAN WE PARTNER BETTER WITH YOU AND HOW CAN WE DO THIS FOR THE BENEFIT ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CITIZENS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY.
WE ALL KNOW WHO WE SERVE. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER ONE, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPEDITIOUS MANNER OF THIS. AND TWO, FOR THE INFORMATION. THE RECENTLY LEXY KNOW BOTH SIDES USED YOUR LIBRARIES AS MEETING ROOMS.
>> YEP. >> I ADMIRE THE LIBRARIES, YOUR FACILITIES ARE EXCELLENT. YOUR PEOPLE ARE BETTER. I HAVE BEEN IN A NUMBER OF THESE ENVIRONMENTS FOR A LOT OF REASONS. DIRECTOR MOORE AND I USED IT FOR MEETING SPACE FOR MEETING WITH YOUNG PARENTS.
AND IN RIDGE GATE -- OR STERLING RANCH. THE THANK YOU. ALL ALL I CAN SAY. OUR STUDENTS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LEARN TO READ IN YOUR LIBRARIES. AND THAT MATTERS SO MUCH TO US. AND I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE YOUR LIBRARIES AS WAYS TO REACH OUT TO FUTURE STUDENTS. TO REACH OUT TO FAMILIES AND TELL THEM WHAT WE DO. I ALSO ADMIRE BLUNTLY YOUR ABILITY TO FAIRLY CONVINCE THE VOTERS THAT YOU NEED THE TAX DOLLARS THAT YOU GET.
I THINK YOU MAKE -- I THINK YOU DO AN EXCELLENT JOB PROMOTING WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COUNTY AND LIKE HOW THE CITIZENS RESPOND. DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARIES ARE JEWELS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BY THE WAY, I FLIPPED THROUGH
ONE SLIDE QUICKLY. WE BOTH ARE IN STERLING RANCH THROWING DIRT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ONE ANOTHER. [ LAUGHTER ] >> YES. >> AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BOTH HAVING NEW LIBRARY THERE AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS MAKING A I GROUP OF CUSTOMERS FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APOLOGIZE THAT IT MADE YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAD TO BE SO BRIEF. WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR GUYS' IDEAS ABOUT PAR PARTNERING WITHE
DISTRICT? >> TO DATE THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING WE DO THAT FLIES UNDER THE RADAR IS THAT WE PURCHASE MOST PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTED ARE SILOED. YOU BUY RESEARCH COOLS TOOLS WE BUY RESEARCH TOOLS THE VENDORS LOVE IT.
THEY DOUBLE DIP. WE BUY IT YOU WORK WITH US SO EVERY STUDENT ON ENROLLMENT HAS ACCESS TO THOSE TWO THEY REAL ESTATE TILL $800,000 A YEAR IN YOUR BUDGET THAT DOESN'T MOVE THE NEEDLE AS FAR AS YOU NEED TO
MOVE THE NEEDLE BUT IT'S REAL MONEY WHEN YOU GET INTO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER TOGETHER TO SAVE THE TAXPAYER. SO THAT PIECE. AFTER THAT, IT WARMS THE HEART TO THINK ABOUT BATTLE OF THE BOOKS. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO BATTLE OF THE BOOKS AND WATCH YOUR STUDENTS MAKE ALL OF US
LOOK LIKE OUR AT THIS TIME LITERACY EFFORTS NEED TO BE -- BAR NEEDS TO BE RAISED A BIT, COMMUNITY WHO COMMANDS BOOK AFTER BOOK AFTER BOOK. YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF READING SKILL I UNDERSTAND THERE IS MATH AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER PIECES OF LITERACY,, YOU
JUST KNOW THAT THE GENERATION THAT'S COMING UP NEEDS TO -- IS GOING TO TEACH US A THING OR TWO WHEN THEY CAN DO THAT, THAT PIECE AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM THOR THE TWO BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS THAT I THINK ABOUT IN PARTNERSHIP.
>> THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT YOU ATTACHED TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS I DO WONDER WHAT THAT MEAN CHASE LOOKS LIKE BETWEEN THE LIBRARIES AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND OUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. >> THE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS WE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK IN
OUR LIBRARIES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ABOUT 75% OF THAT OUR STUDENTS NOT ONLY ARE THEY ACTIVE IN SCHOOL THEY ARE ACTIVELY IN SERVICE ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT'S PROBLEM FOR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
TO SHOW THEIR VOLUNTEERISM, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I THEY ARE DOING IT, THEY DO A GREAT JOB FOR US AND OTHERS. >> WHETHER TOMBS DO BLY LIBRARY IS ORIGINALLY FROM COLORADO I REMEMBER VISITING LIBRARIES WITH
MY GRANDMA AND HOW WHAT AMAZING THEY ARE IN COLORADO AND DOUGLAS COUNTY IS NOT DIFFERENT THEY ARE AMAZING SPACES. I MEAN, I KNOW THERE IS MULTIPLE NEWER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AND THERMAGE COME SPACES AND FUNCTIONAL SPACES. >> DIFFERENT FROM THE LIBRARIES
THAT I ENDED UP GROWING UP WITH IN A DIFFERENT STATE. I LOOK I CAN THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE WE CAN ANNUALLY HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT WE OFFER THE COMMUNITY AT THIS AND STUDENTS THAT STAFF. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
>> SORRY, DIRECTOR MEEK. >> YES, I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THE PRESENTATION. OUR BOARD WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PLAN. BRIEF IN THE NEXT, I DON'T KNOW, HALF HOUR HOPEFULLY. WHERE WE INTENTIONALLY ENGAGE
WITH STAKE HOLDERS. WITH FEEL VALUE SITTING WITH OUR BOARD AND TALKING ABOUT PHONE THAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING TOGETHER? >> TOLD DO THAT IN A HEARTBEAT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH TONIGHT. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD ANOTHER VEHICLE OF COOPERATION THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS PERHAPS HAVING SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS OR ADMINISTRATORS VOLUNTEER FOR STORY TIME IN THE
LIBRARIES TO START TO BUILD THOSE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. BETWEEN OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR LIBRARIES. THAT WAS ANOTHER REQUESTED THAT WE HAD. >> SHAMELESS PLUG, 165,000
ATTENDEES FOR THE STORY TIME EVERY SINGLE YEAR. >> YEAH. >> YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY. >> YEAH. >> HOW DO YOU DO THAT? >> JUST COME. NO NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM. WHICH IS A RECESS.
IT IS 7:35. SO WE WILL COME BACK AT 750. >> TO OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE 11.1 EXTRA TEAM I BELIEVE PLAN INITIATIVE DEVELOPMENT AN
IMPLEMENTATION POLICY FOR RESPONSIBLE USE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES. SORRY SORRY. STOP. SORRY.
JUST KIDDING. WOW. >> I AM IN FAVOR OF EXPEDITIOUS. SORRY WE'LL INSTEAD DO POLICY JLF SECOND READING REPORTING
CHILD ABUSING SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> THANK YOU. DEPOSIT EYE SUPERINTENDENT HIATT WILL GO OVER THE EXTREMELY MINOR CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. YOU THREW ME FOR A MINOR LOOP THERE. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> THIS IS THE LAST MEETING I DIDN'T ERASE IT. THIS IS SECOND READING FOR POLICIES JLF AND JLF-RESPECTING CHILD ABUSE. SO AS A REFRESHER, WE ARE MAKING REQUIRED CHANGES TO THESE POLICIES BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE NEW LAW
HOUSE BILL 251188. CHANGES TO MANDATORY REPORTING LAWS. THE NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1st, 2025. WE BROUGHT THE FIRST READING OF THESE POLICIES TO YOU AT THE OCTOBER 7TH BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.
AFTER THE DISCUSSION AT THIS BOARD MEETING WE ALSO SENT OUT A COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FORM. WE HAD 10 RESPONSES SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A WRITTEN RESPONSE FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
THEMES FROM THE FEEDBACK INCLUDED SOME CLARITY -- NEEDED CLARITY IN LANGUAGE. THERE WAS SOME CONTRARY UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE NEW LAW. AND SOME TYPOGRAPHICAL ADJUSTMENTS AND SOME POSITIVE SUPPORT. SO BASED ON THIS FEEDBACK, AS
WELL AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FEEDBACK FROM THE LAST MEETING WE MADE THE FOLLOWING REVISIONS SINCE THE FIRST READING OF BOTH OF THESE POLICIES. SO POLICY JLF, AS YOU CAN SEE, ON THE SCREEN, WE ALIGNED THE
FIRST PARAGRAPH TO ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE STATUTE. WE ALSO ADDED THE CROSS-REFERENCE AS SUGGESTED BY THE BOARD. AND WE ALSO CLEANED UP SOME OF THE PRIOR REFERENCES. SO THAT HAS -- THOSE WERE THE
ONLY CHANGES TO POLICY JLF. SCROLL. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WITH POLICY JLFR, WHICH
IS A BOARD FILE. THERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL CHANGES. ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, SO I'LL WAIT UNTIL WE CAN PULL UP JLFR.
SO FOR ITEM NUMBERED 7, WE DID ADD INFORMATION SUGGESTED AROUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. TO NUMBER 7. WE ALSO CLEANED UP THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE
1, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE JUST REVIEWED ON POLICY JLF. WE DELETED LANGUAGE UNDER ITEM 10 AROUND ACTS OF TEACHER OR OTHER SCHOOL OFFICIALS NOT BEING CONSIDERED CHILD ABUSE. AND ADDED LANGUAGE REQUIRING
REPORTS IF SCHOOL OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEES COMMITS CHILD ABUSE. THIS WAS SUGGESTED BY THE BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING. WE ADDED LANGUAGE TO PROCEDURES, THE PROCEDURE SECTION CLARIFYING THAT D.H.S. CAN TAKE A CHILD IN
TO CUSTODY WITH A COURT ORDER. WE ALSO CLARIFIED AT THE BOTTLE U PAGE 2, THAT OBLIGATIONS TO REPORT CANNOT BE DELEGATED AND A REPORT SHOULD BE MADE EVEN IF THEY KNOW ANOTHER REPORT HAS BEEN FILED. THIS WAS SUGGESTEDDED BY THE BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND WE CHANGED CLASS THREE MISDEMEANOR TO CLASS TWO MISDEMEANOR IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 4. THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE REFLECTER ED IN THE
SECOND READING OF THE POLICY. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES OF THE POLICY AND EXPLANATION. I WANTED TO ELEVATE JUST ONE THING THAT I HEARD AFTER OUR READING. OUR FIRST READING FROM JUST
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY RESTLESS DEFENDS. THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE IN JLFR. SO IT STATES THE OBLIGATION TO REPORT SUGGESTION SPEC AHEAD BECAUSE OR NEGLECT ONLY APPLIES
TO ABUSE OR HE NEXT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL LEARNS ABOUT WHILE ACT IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY. I INTERPRETED THIS THE WAY I THINK IT'S INTENDED HOWEVER I DO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEING MISINTERPRETED. SOME ARE MISINTERPRETED THIS TO
MEAN THAT STAFF ONLY HAVE A DUTY TO REPORT IF THE ABUSE OCCURS WHILE THEY ARE ON DUTY OR ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. AND THAT IS KIND OF EXCEPTIONAL LANGUAGE, MEANING THAT IF THEY ARE NOT IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AND NOT SUPPOSED TO
REPORT. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ARE IN INTERPRETG IT THIS WAY. I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER MAYBE CHANGING THE ORDER OF THE SENTENCE SO AS
MANDATED REPORTER, INCIDENTS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL LEARNS ABOUT WHILE ACTING IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY MUST BE REPORTED. AND MAYBE THAT WILL HELP THE COUNSEL FUSION THAT LIKE IS HAPPENING IN THAT FIRST
SENTENCE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION, I AM LACK BEING AT COUNCIL KLAMESH RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF JUST THE LEGAL ELEMENT OF THAT SUGGESTION. COUNSEL KLAMESH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE LANGUAGE RECOMMENDED BY
DIRECTOR THOMPSON IN ANY WAY DIMINISHES THE STATEMENT OR THE IMPACT OF THAT STATEMENT OR MEANING OF THE STATEMENT. IN THE STATUTE WHICH REQUIRES OR OBLIGATES STAFF MEMBERS TO REPORT ABUSE AND NEGLECT WHILE
ACTING AS A RESULT OF LEARNING OF SOMETHING WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN ACTING IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITIES. SO I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE YOU WITH REVISING IT AS YOU HAVE SUGGESTED. >> OKAY. AND AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS CLEAR, BUT JUST DUE TO THAT IT
MIGHT BE HELPFUL. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESTATE IT OR SEND IT. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ALL OF US IF YOU COULD RESTATE THAT. >> OKAY. AS MANDATED REPORTERS, INCIDENTS
OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL LEARNS ABOUT WHILE ACTING IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY MUST BE REPORTED.
THAT'S IT, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I MOVE TO ADOPT JLF WITH THE
A ENDMENTS PROPOSE THE LANGUAGE. >> SECOND. >> ARE WE STAKING TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS FOR JLF AND THEN JLF-R.
>> THEY REVISION IS TO J.F. L-RESEARCH. >> I CHANGE MY MOTION TO ADOPT JLR AND JLF-R ARE STATED.
>> HE SAID THEM BOTH. >> NICKELS WANT TO SAY IT I MISSED THEM UP A MOVE TO ADOPT JLF AS WRITTEN. AND JLF-R WITH THE AMENDMENTS STATED BY DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THERE WE GO. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY
MAKE. GEIGER. >> OF COURSE, AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR AYE. PASSES 7-0. MOVING ONTO PROPOSED REVISIONS
TO POLICIES D, JUST AND, FEH. >> CFO IS ON HER WAY UP TO TALK ABOUT D, J, AND FEH. >> HELLO AND THANK YOU.
>> AS WE DO WITH ALL POLICIES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH FINANCIALS, THEY DID GO TO THE FISCAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THERE IS ALSO ONE STATEMENT AROUND BOND THAT WE HAVE ADDED TO POLICY DJ. AND THEREFORE WE DID TAKE THAT
TO THE MAIL BOLLED BOND OVER OUT COMMITTEE ALSO. THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS AND VERY MINOR WORDING CHANGES THAT WERE MADE AS A RESULT OF THOSE REVIEWS. SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO UP THE THRESHOLD OF THE PURCHASING
POLICY FOR DJ. THERE ARE A LOT OF PURCHASING THINGS THAT COME TO THIS BOARD. AND BY INCREASING THEM, WE ALLOW YOU ALL TO FOCUS ON THOSE REALLY MEANINGFUL LARGE PURCHASES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO MAKE AS A VERY LARGE ORGANIZATION.
THIS ALIGNS US WITH GOLD BOULDER, DENVER AND ACADEMY 24 THRESHOLDS. MOVING UP JUST A LITTLE IN THE POLICY. SO YOU'LL SEE PROPOSED CHANGES IN RANGES.
ENDING WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR THAT REMEMBER HOLD THAT HAS TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. WE USED TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION SECTION THAT HAD HIGHER THAT HERB HOLDS ON THOSE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF CONSTRUCTION. WITH THESE HIGHER THRESHOLDS WE
NO LONGER NEED A SEPARATE SECTION FOR CONSTRUCTION, SO THAT WOULD BE STRUCK. UNDER BIDDING GUIDANCE ON THE NEXT PAGE. WWE HAD A SECOND IN THERE THAT ALLOWED THE DIRECTOR OF
PROCUREMENT TO OVERRIDE SOME OF OUR BID AND PROPOSAL POLICIES. THEY NEVER DID. BUT WE DON'T NEED THAT. THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS IN HERE FOR SOLE SOURCE AND SINGLE-SOURCE TYPE PURCHASES. THAT MIGHT CHANGE HOW WE RUN
THAT BIDDING PROCESS. BUT THEY DON'T NEED ANOTHER REASON TO OVERRIDE THAT. SO WE ARE STRIKING THAT FROM -- PROPOSE STRIKE THAT GO FROM THE POLICY. GOING DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER UNDER AUTHORIZATION OF CHANGE SWORDS, THIS WAS IN A SEPARATE POLICY.
THIS WAS WHAT WAS SITTING IN POLICY FEH. WE CAN PUT ALL OF THOSE PROCUREMENT THINGS IN TO ONE POLICY AND DON'T HAVE TO GO SEARCH FOR WHERE WE HAVE OTHER THRESHOLDS NOTED WE ARE SUGGEST TO GO PULL THAT IN TO THIS
PROCUREMENT POLICY. AND WE ARE ALSO RAISING THOSE JUST SLIGHTLY. ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE ADDED
A SECOND AROUND BOND FUNDED PROJECT TIMING AND AUTHORIZATION. SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE BOND. SO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED A WHOLE BOND PLAN THAT OUTLINES ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS. SO AS WE ARE DOING THOSE -- AS WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE BOND PROJECTS, IF THEY
REQUIRE ACTION TO PROCEED BEFORE THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, THAT WILL RESULT IN A DELAY OF WORK OR HARDSHIP OR COSTA VOID -- OR COST SAVINGS AVOIDANCE, THIS GIVES US
AUTHORITY TO KEEP THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD ON SCHEDULE. SO IT DOESN'T GET MORE EXPENSIVE TO US OR DOESN'T DELAY WORK SO WE CAN'T OPEN FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL MERE FOR INSTANCE. BUT ALL OF THOSE COMES BACK WITH DOCUMENTATION FOR THE NEXT BOARD
MEETING. BUT SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS BECAUSE THINGS MOVE SO FAST IN THAT CONSTRUCTION WORLD. EVERYTHING ELSE IS IS MINOR WORD REVISIONS ON THIS ONE. IF WE GO TO POLICY FEH, WHICH IS
VERY SIMPLE TO GO THROUGH. THIS IS WHERE THE CHANGE ORDER -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> THIS IS WHERE THAT SAT YOU HAD TO LOOK FOR IT IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE CHANGE ORDER THAT REMEMBER HOLES WERE VERSUS OTHER PROCUREMENT CHANGES.
WE ARE PROPOSE TO GO STRIKE THIS POLICY. AND I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, I WONDER IF AT THE NEXT MEETING WE SHOULD ALSO
INCLUDE OUR POLICY WHERE WE -- I AM FORGETTING THE ACRONYM FOR IT MOMENT BUT IT'S BG1 OF THE BGs, WHERE WE DELL BAIT POLICIES EITHER AS BOARD -- BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT ONE NEEDS
UPDATING BASED OFF OF NEW POLICIES AND REMOVED POLICIES. AND IF THIS POLICY IS MOVED IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEANED UP. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A CADENCE WHERE WE REVIEW THAT POLICY ONCE
A YEAR TO CATCH IT UP BASED ON WHAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS DONE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR IF THAT STILL WORK, WE CAN DO THAT OR WE CAN CHANGE IT EVERY TIME. >> DO WE NEED THE ADD THE
LANGUAGE THAT WE UPDATE IT EVERY YEAR. >> IT IS OUR INTENTION TO UPDATE BG-E WHICH IS A POLICY THAT CHARTS THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. I DO NOT THINK THAT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING MAY BE AT APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THAT. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE PLAN TO DO IT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. OUR PAIR WITH THAT. WHEN WE REVIEW THIS AGAIN. THANK YOU. DO YOU MIND JUST CHECK I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE POLICY,
THE FIRST ONE -- >> D.J. >> THIS IS ALL OVER THERE. >> DO YOU MIND JUST GIVING SOME POINTS OF FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM THE FOC REGARDING POLICY? >> YEAH, THEY WERE ASKING AROUND THE THRESHOLD SPECIFICALLY. AND DOES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
AND DOES THAT DECREASE THE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE BOARD. I RESPONDED BACK TO THAT AND SAID THAT I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE IT HELPS YOU ALL TO FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANT ITEMS SINCE WE ARE SUCH A LARGE DISTRICT. AND NOT GET BOGGED DOWN WITH
DETAILS OF EVERYTHING SO WE ARE 500,000, WHICH IS A LOT OF SPEND. AND REALLY HELPS YOU TO JUST SPENDS TIME THAT'S NEEDED ON THOSE LARGER ITEMS AND GIVE US THAT CRITICAL FEEDBACK ON THOSE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY. THE OTHER ONE SUGGESTION THAT
THEY HAD, WAS ON THE LAST PAGE OF DJ. SINGLE AND SOLE SOURCE NUMBER ONE -- NO, RIGHT THERE.
THEY ADDED THE WORD MATERIALLY AND IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE GIVING THE SUPERINTENDENT SOME ABILITY TO MAKE JUDGMENT CALLS THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY IT'S MATERIAL AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
THOSE WERE TWO THINGS THAT I GOT FEEDBACK. >> YEAH, CAN CAN YOU ALSO MENTION THE QUICK -- THE STUDY THAT YOU GUYS DID LOOKING AT THE LAST YEAR'S WORTH OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND WHAT IMPACT THE
POLICY WOULD HAVE HAD HAD IT BEEN -- HAD IT READ THIS WAY? >> HAPPEN TO DO THAT. IF WE WERE APPROVING ALL VENDOR SPEND OVER 500,000, INSTEAD OF A MILLION IT WOULD PUT THE NUMBER
OF ITEMS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IN HALF. AND IT WOULD TAKE OFF THINGS LAKE DOMINO'S PIZZA. ARBITER TRUST PAY, WHICH IS OUR EVENT WORKERS.
BENEFIT PLANS. SMALL THINGS THAT YOU GUYS I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT. YOU WOULD FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE OUR THIRD PARTY TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS. HOP SKIP DRIVE.
QUEST LUMEN. VOYA, WHICH IS OUR BENEFITS. SO REALLY THE HIGH-DOLLAR SPEND THAT GOES FROM 3.4 MILLION DOWN TO 1 MILLION. AND WE CUT THE NUMBER OF ITEMS
IN HALF THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT. >> SORRY YOU CAN MY MIC WASN'T ON. SO ONE OF THE SECTIONS WAS BOND-FUNDED PROJECT TIME AND AUTHORIZATION, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, HOW OFFENSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OCCURS, WHERE A
DECISION IS NEEDED AND A BOARD MEETING IS TOO FAR OUT. >> WE EXPECT IT TO BE VERY RARE, BUT IT COULD HAPPEN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DELAYING THE OPENING OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEED TODAY THAT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. >> SO JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE,
IT MIGHT BE THAT WE NEED TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE FOR STEEL. WELL IN ADVANCE RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL WE REALLY NEED THE STEEL, BECAUSE IT WILL BE SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE AT THAT TIME. SO IT MIGHT BE THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> THAT'S A HELPFUL EXAMPLE. SO KIND OF JUST BUILDING ON THE -- ONE QUESTION THAT CAME FROM THE FOC AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME TRANSPARENCY THAT IS SHIFTED THROUGH THIS POLICY CHANGE AND SO I WONDER IF THERE ARE OTHER
IDEAS OR THOUGHTS ON HOW WE COULD COMPENSATE FOR THAT WITH THIS CHANGE. >> I MEAN, ALL OF THIS SPEND IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE TO EVERYONE THAT WANTED TOES LOOK THROUGH THAT. AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE IT BY VENDOR.
PHYSICAL THERE ARE OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT WOULD INCREASE THAT THANS PARENT IS A WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTION. >> APPRECIATE THE CLARITY. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS.
THE ISSUE OF TRANSPARENCY, I AM NOT SURE REVIEWING A DOZEN CONTRACTS. CREATES ANY VASTLY MORE TRANSPARENT ITEM. I DO READ ALL OF THEM. WHICH IS NOT THE FUNNEST THREE HOURS OF MY QUESTION, BUT A CUP
CUP OF COURSE THINGS JUST ABOUT TRANSPARENT AND COMMUNICATION I WINTER IF WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT IN BOTH THE BOND FUND PROJECT TIMING SOX, AND THE SOUL SOURCE SECTION THAT WE PUT IN THAT IF
EITHER ONE THOSE COMES INTO EFFECT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMUNICATE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT THAT HAS COME INTO EFFECT. I THINK A SIMPLE EMAIL. BUT TO SAY, BY THE WAY, WE JUST SPENT 5 MILLION ON STEEL BECAUSE
NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE 6 1/2. SO DID HE IS WHAT THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN GET TERRIBLE EXAMPLE FIRE ALARMS, IS THIS PLACE AND WE'LL HAVE TO SPEND THAT OTHER THAN THAT, I APPRECIATE THIS WORK AND I THINK THAT IT'S A STEP
FORWARD. I ALWAYS WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT BUT, PART OF THE TRANSPARENCY IS NOT JUST THAT IT COMES TO US IT'S THAT IT'S ON THE BOARD AGENDA SO THAT PEOPLE CAN REVIEW IT. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT READ OUR CHANGE ORDERS I EXPECT
THAT'S SMALL. I DON'T WANT TO GO B BACK AND FORTH ON THIS. FOR A BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET THAT'S A REASON NUMBER. IF WE HAVE TO USE THOSE EXCEPTIONS, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE CLEAR WHEN IT HAPPENS. >> THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY PART OF THE TRANSPARENCY WILL IT BEING ON THE BOARD OF AGENDA, IS THAT IT'S REALLY PUBLIC, SO I THINK IT IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO ALL OF THE SPENDING THROUGH THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE ON -- IT'S JUST A GOOD THING TO PROMOTE. AND I JUST WONDER IF THERE ARE WAYS TO PUSH THAT SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A TOOL THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND SECONDLY, THIS REDIRECTS COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD FROM THE FOC CORRECT? >> IT DOES. >> AND THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SEE THE REDLINE AND THE LATEST VERSION BEFORE IT COMES BACK FOR SECOND. >> YES. >> OKAY. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> JUST A THOUGHT, THAT COULD BE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE POLICY WHERE PEOPLE COULD REFERENCE AND SEE ALL PURCHASES, JUST A THOUGHT THAT STAFF HOW OLD SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WILL BE MAINTAINED AND IT'S AVAILABLE HERE WHATEVER.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MOVING ONTO MONITORING REPORT EXECUTIVE LIMITATION, 7, SCHOOL SAFETY SECURITY, AND SOCIAL,
EMOTIONAL WELLNESS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS IS A VERY LONG MONITORING REPORT. SO WE AREN'T GOING TO GO THROUGH IT.
PAGE BY PAGE. BUT CERTAINLY, WE ARE OPEN TO YOUR FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS, INCLUDING IF YOU FEEL LIKE FOR THE FUTURE, SOME OF IT IS ACTION ARE EXCESSIVE. SO WE CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE THAT FEEDBACK AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HIGH AT IS HEAR
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL AS MR. REYNOLDS AND I. >> MAYBE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC YOU COULD SKIM THROUGH IT. >> SURE. >> JUST SKIM WITH THE
HIGHLIGHTS. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN SCROLL THROUGH IT. SO JUST START SCROLLING, PLEASE. PAST ALL THIS AND WE'LL GET TO KIND OF -- JUST FOR THE PUBLIC THERE ARE 14 ITEMS IN THIS EXECUTIVE LIMITATION, SO THE
REASON THIS REPORT IS SO INCREDIBLY LONG IS THAT EACH OF THOSE 14 ITEMS IS BROKEN OUT WITH THEIR OWN -- WITH THEIR OWN TARGET AND EVIDENCE, ET CETERA. SO MR. BLARE, IF YOU COULD KEEP SCROLLING. THIS IS THE EXAMPLE FOR NUMBER
ONE AND THERE IS A COMPLIANT STATEMENT FOR NUMBER ONE, WHICH GIVES THE STAFF INTERPRETATION OF NUMBER ONE AND THEN WE HAVE THE TARGETS, THE RATIONALE FOR THE TARGETS, AND THEN THE ACTUAL EVIDENCE.
SO IN THIS CASE OUR EVIDENCE IS THAT DRILLS ARE COMP COMPLETED D WHAT THAT COMPLETION LOOKS LIKE. SO LIKE WAYS, WITH NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER 3, ALSO HAS TARGETS AND SO IF YOU COULD SLOW DOWN HERE, THIS IS JUST RECORDS OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS, SO THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE SHOWING THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO
OUR STUDENTS. THEN OF COURSE THE SURVEY DATA THAT GOES WITH THAT QUESTION.
AND NUMBER FOUR. HOPEFULLY THIS IS HELPFUL AS WE ARE SCROLLING THROUGH I AM HIGHLIGHTING BIG AREAS OF DATA.
>> ONE THING YOU MAY NOTICE WITHIN THIS ONE. CERTAINLY ELEMENTS, WHERE THEY ARE ALIGNED TO OTHER EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS. LIKE IN THIS CASE, NUMBER FIVE, WHERE IT SAYS NEGLECT TO PROTECT DIRECT PROPERTIES AND ASSETS
THERE IS A WHOLE EL SECTION. EL11 IS ALL ABOUT AS CESC PROTECTION, YOU SEE DUPLICATIVE DATA WHERE YOU SEE OVERLAP WITH A STATEMENT WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR MONITORING REPORT AND A SEPARATE MONITORING REPORT
THAT HAS SIMILAR LANGUAGE. LIKEWISE NUMBER 6, WHICH TALKS ABOUT CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION. THAT ALSO SHOWS UP IN EL2. THAT'S ANOTHER SECTION OF THAT PARTICULAR EL. AND THEN FOR FINANCIAL, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON NUMBER
10, ARE ALSO PART OF E LEFT 9 AND 10, THE BUDGETING AND FINANCE. YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF SAME DATA POINTS. BECAUSE IS LANGUAGE IS SIMILAR.
>> DISTRICT TOUR MEEK. >> NOW THERE HAS BEEN KIND OF ONE CYCLE OF GOING THROUGH THE NEW POLICY LANGUAGE. ARE YOU THINK WILL GO MIGHT BE WAYS TO SIMPLIFY SO THAT THERE ARE NOT THOSE KIND OF REDUNDANCIES. >> YES, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ALL
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH FEEDBACK ON THE ELs, MAYBE FOR YOUR RETREAT OR LATER, WHATEVER YOU THINK IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE, BUT WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE WE THINK ELs ARE BASED ON THE EVIDENCE DATA.
WE FINDING THAT WE ARE USING THE SAME DALE FOR THIS ONE, THIS ONE AND THIS ONE. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO COMBINE, SIMPLIFY OR ELIMINATE A FEW. >> AND ONE CYCLE HAS BEEN TRULY HELPFUL FOR US AS WELL.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS. AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR MEEK FOR YOUR QUESTION. THAT ADDRESSES ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ABOUT KIND OF THINKING THROUGH LIKE THE STRUCTURE OF THE MONITORING REPORT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR REVIEW AND THEN ALSO ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE I THINK EVEN WITHIN THE ZONE REPORT WE ARE SEEING DUPLICATE DATA OR DUPLICATE INFORMATION.
PROBABLY PART OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS WE ARE LOOK AGO THE WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE THE ELs TO MAKE IT WORK BETTER MAYBE EVEN THINKING THROUGH SOME OF THE LIKE THE ELEMENTS OF THE REPORT ITSELF, LIKE WHAT LEVEL OF INTERPRETATION SHOULD WE BE SEEING BASED OFF OF THE DATA THAT IS PRESENTED HOW ARE WE
INTERPRETING THAT. IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION AND A GOOD TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD AS WELL TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE A GREAT STRUCTURE FOR THESE, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE GN SIMILAR FEED BACK AND IT'S GOOD
FOR US ALL TO FIND THAT HAPPY PLACE, A LOT OF INPUTS AGAIN. BUT CURIOUS ABOUT OUTCOMES OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW TOO, TOYING FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE FIND THOSE DATA POINTS THAT ARE -- THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN FOR EVIDENCE AS WELL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS GOING THROUGH IT, THINKING THROUGH, WHAT LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IS REALLY NECESSARY TO MONITOR A REPORT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN STAFF TRAINING WOULD BE LIKE AN EXAMPLE, LIKE X-% OF STAFF HAVE
BEEN TRAINED ON MANDATORY TRAININGS DO WITH NEED A REPORT. DO WE NEED AT THAT LEVEL OR NOT. IS IT TOO MUCH. SHOULD BE IT MORE BROAD I THINK THOSE ARE HELP. CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING.
THAT'S IT NOT REALLY DIRECT FEET BACK BUT HELPFUL. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> UNINNING ONE OF THE THINGS IS HOW [ INAUDIBLE ] AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REFERENCED IN
HERE. I WENT THROUGH IT QUICKLY THAT'S INFORMS OUR SECURITY OFFICERS MENTION AND IT'S A SUCCESSFUL POLICY WE HAVE. REFERRING TO THAT AS A DATA SOURCE, HOW MANY REPORTS DO DID WNBA GET THINK HOW ARE THEY ARE INVESTIGATED WOULD BE INTERESTING PIECE OF INFORMATION
FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE. >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE ARE TAKING NOTE OF THAT. WE HAVE THAT DATA SO THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> KIND OF A BENEFIT OF USING THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE TREND DATA RIGHT?
WE DON'T HAVE TRENT DATA WITH THE SURVEY WE JUST LAUNCHED. I LOVE THAT IDEA I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. >> ME TOO. >> THIS REPORT WITH SAFE TO TELL DATA WILL NOT SHOW UP ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, BUT WILL SHOW UP
ON THE REGULAR AGENDA PRESUMABLY NOT FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION BUT JUST TO GO THROUGH IT IF I HAVE THAT CORRECT. >> WE CAN HAVE THE POLICY GOVERNANCE QUICK SOMETHING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MOVING ONTO THE COMMUNICATION -- SORRY, THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION PLAN. DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I AM SO EXCITED. MR. BLARE, CAN YOU ACTUALLY CLICK ON THE LINK FOR THE
WEBSITE. SO ON OUR BOARD OF ED WEBSITE, THERE IS NOW A LIVE PAGE WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PLAN. AND SO JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE WHAT THIS IS. URGE ARE UNDER OUR GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE THE BOARD ACTUALLY HAS THREE JOBS, ONE IS TO CONNECT WITH OUR KPWHUPB AT THIS, THOSE THAT WERE MAKING DECISIONS ON THEIR BEHALF, SO CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY, CREATING POLICY. AND THEN THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE. THIS IS OUR CHECKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF THIS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PLAN WHICH THE BOARD HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE WEBSITE HERE, THE GOAL OF OUR COMMUNITY
CONNECTIONS PLAN IS TO CONNECT WITH WE WERE, ENSURING THAT WE ARE HERE FROM -- WE ARE HEARING FROM REPRESENTATIVE VOICES. TO BE TRANSPARENT, TO BE INTENTIONAL. AND REALLY TO TRY TO STAY FOCUSED AT THE BOARD LEVEL AS
OPPOSED TO DIPPING INTO OPERATIONS. AND SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR OUR PLAN. AS YOU SCROLL DOWN, THE WAY THE PLAN WORKS, IS WE HAVE COMMON QUESTIONS. THAT THE BOARD ASKS OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND OUR VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, TTHOSE ARE LISTED OUT. THOSE QUESTIONS ARE UPDATED ANNUALLY. AND THEN AS YOU CONTINUE TO SCROLL DOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE PRIORITY GROUPS THAT WERE
TARGETED FOR THIS YEAR. SENIOR CITIZENS, MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. TALKING ABOUT EXTERNAL ONES IN OUR COUNTY. ALUMNI, RERENT GRADUATES, STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP. EDUCATORS. ALL OF THESE GROUPS.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR TIMING LOOKS LIKE FOR THOSE, SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE UP STUDENT ADVISORY NOVEMBER 17th AND MARCH 30th. NOVEMBER 17th IS COMING UP VERY SOON.
WITH OPENER A CALL WITH THE STUDENTS THEY ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THE BOARD AND CABINET JOIN THEM IN ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATIONS. WE MAID TO GET FIVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WANT TO BE AT THAT ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION. AND SO I AM HOPING WE CAN LAND
ON THAT TONIGHT I WILL COME BACK TO THAT IN A MOMENT. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE SCHEDULE WORKS, IF YOU KEEP SCROLLING DOWN, IF YOU CLICK UNDER RESOURCE DOCUMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE 2025 AND GOING BACK TO THE PRIOR TO TOWARDS WHERE ACTUALLY LINKS TO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THOSE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. SO YOU CAN SEE UNDER 2024/2025 FEEDBACK, IF YOU CLICK ON CHARTER, GOVERNING BOARDS YOU
PROBABLY ALL REMEMBER WHEN WE MET WITH THE GOVERNOR BOARDS FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SEE AN ANALYSIS THAT WE HAD 39 CHARTER SCHOOL ATTENDEES REPRESENTING 15 OF OUR 17 CHARTER SCHOOLS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT WERE UNABLE TO BE THERE. BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS PRETTY REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CHARTER COMMUNITY. AND MEETING WITH THEM. AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO SCROLL DOWN IT KIND OF HAS THE QUESTIONS AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD.
BUT IN ESS ESSENCE, JUST LOOKINT THE OVERALL SUMMARY, PEOPLE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS IN PLACE BETWEEN OUR BOARD AND THE CHARTER GOVERNING BOARDS. WHAT'S GOING WELL, THEY FELT LIKE THE CHARTER RENEWALS WERE
GOING WELL. AND THE WAIVER PROCESS HAS IMPROVED. THEY FELT DISTRICT COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT FROM DEPARTMENTS WERE PRAISED. COLLABORATION BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD AND CHARTER SCHOOLS HAD BEEN STRENGTHENED. CHARTERS FELT MORE CONNECTEDDED
AND INCLUDED. AND AREAS TO IMPROVE. PUBLIC EDUCATION ON WHAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE AND HOW THEY DIFFER FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. IEP COMMUNICATION AND PROCESSING COULD BE SMOOTHER, DESIRE FOR
MORE DIRECT INTERACTION WITH OTHERS. THEY WERE VERY EXPLICIT IN THE FEEDBACK AND THIS IS HOW IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT AND ON THE WEBSITE AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HEARD WHEN WE HAD THAT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY. SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE LIST,
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE LOTS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. AND WHAT WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM STUDENT GROUPS. WHEN WE MET WITH THEM. I REALIZE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT IS NOT UP HERE. AND I WANT TO THANK SHAUNA FOR ALL OF HER WORK GETTING THIS
BUILT OUT. BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT. BUT I DID REALIZE I BELIEVE I HAD NOT GIVEN HER THAT DOCUMENT YET. AND I THINK THAT'S MISSING FROM OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL INTERACTIONS. BUT I REALLY JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS ONE OF
OUR PRIMARY JOBS AS A BOARD. IT'S TO CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PER SPECIAL STITCHES. NOT ALL BOARDS DO THIS. THIS IS IMPRESSIVE THAT WE HAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO REALLY
INTENTIONALLY ENGAGING IN TWO-WAY DIALOGUE. A LOT OF TIMES BOARDS JUST REAL RE LIE ON PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB IN TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, HEAR
WHAT THEIR VIEWPOINTS ARE AND TONIGHT WE HAD THE LIBRARY CONVERSATION AND, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD MAY BE A TYPE OF BOARD THAT IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON OUR ROTATING THREE-YEAR PLAN THAT WE UPDATE
EVERY YEAR. SO I TALKED A LONG TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN SEE WHAT WE HEAR AND WHAT WE HAVE HEARD AND I THINK JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
>> GREAT JOB BUILDING OUT THE WEBSITE, IT LOOKS GREAT. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE SUCCESSES THAT THIS BOARD HAS HAD. DIRECTOR MEEK [ INAUDIBLE ] AND I THINK PUBLIC APPRECIATES TO A
GREAT EXTENT -- I THINK AS WE BUILD OUT FEET BACK WE'LL LEARN MORE. JUST THIS WEEK 14-YEAR MEMBER OF THE LRPC NOTED SINCE HIS CHILD GRADUATED HE DOESN'T GET DIRECT EMAILS ANYMORE AND HE THINK
RECENTLY -- PARENTS OF RECENTLY GRADUATED KIDS MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING GROUP TO REACH OUT TO. THAT'S A SEPARATE GROUP. FORMER PARENTS I THINK ARE A DIFFERENT GROUP THAT WE MAY FIND A WAY TO REACH OUT FOR AND BE ENGAGED WITH. AND THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN
INFORMED AND CONSTITUENT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA ABOUT WHO WE CAN TALK TO AND HOW WE CAN GO. AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK. I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT PERHAPS HRMD. AND I THINK THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THAT WE CAN ALSO COMMUNICATE WITH. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE -- MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I THINK THE
FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING, THE COMMUNICATION WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING IS EXCEL PLAYER I AND I THINK THIS DISTRICT SHOULD BE PROUD OF IF. THOSE OF YOU WHO WORKED ON IT BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD AND WHILE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD DESERVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF
CREDIT. >> SO I NEED FIVE NAMES TO GET BACK TO THE STUDENTS FOR NOVEMBER 17th FOR BOARD MEMBERS. THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND WANT TO ATTEND THINK WE HAVE OUTGOING
BOARD MECHANICS, INCOMING. NOT YET SWORN IN MEMBERS BUT I THOUGHT WE -- DIRECTOR MYERS MUST BE THERE TO BE RECOGNIZED NO ALL OF HER WORK WITH THE STUDENTS.
BUT WE JUST KIND OF NEED TO FIGURE OUT FIVE NAMES. >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SOME OF THE NEWLY-HE LONGED BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE. I KNOW, I THINK DIRECTOR GEIGER AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON YOU GUYS
WERE INVITED. I THINK TO ONE RIGHT BEFORE YOU WERE SWORN IN. IT'S ON. SORRY. IN ANY WAY, SO, YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME
MEMBERS SO I AM FINE STEPPING ASIDE IF THERE ARE ANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS. [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> DIRECTOR MEEK, WHAT'S THE A DATE AGAIN? [ INAUDIBLE ] >> IT'S MONDAY NOVEMBER 17th. >> LET ME CHECK. ALL RIGHT. I WILL -- I WILL TRACK YOU ALL DOWN AND WE'LL GET FIVE NAMES TO SEND TOMORROW.
SO THANK YOU. >> SO ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT ONE? DIRECTOR MEEK. ALL RIGHT. ONTO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SELF-EVALUATION 1.8 CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 18th
BILLIONth TIME. DIRECTOR GEIGER I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING AND TAKING IN FEEDBACK ON THAT ONE. I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE IT
IS. [ INAUDIBLE ]
[ INAUDIBLE ]
[ INAUDIBLE ] >> I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S
FEEDBACK AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE REACHED A POINT THAT WE CAN ADOPT THIS AND THEN WE WILL REVISE IT. AND THEN WE WILL REVIEW EXACTLY HOW THE IMPLEMENT IT IN THE FUTURE.
>> DIRECTOR MAR. >> LET'S MOVE TO ADOPT COMPLIANCE REVIEW GP1.8. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MOORE, SECOND BY GEIGER. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE.
>> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSES 7-0. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ONTO OUR CHARTER SCHOOL PRESENTATION, RESOLUTION TO EXTEND EXISTING CHARTER TERMS FOR HIGH
PERFORMING CHARTERS. WITH MEDICAL CORTEZ. AND COMPANY. IS THERE A CLICKER OR -- IS THERE ONE UP THERE? >> THERE IS ONE UP HERE. >> OKAY, GREAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. HAPPY VETERANS DAY. IS THAT BETTER? YEAH, HAPPY VETERANS DAY. THANK YOU TO ALL THE VETERANS
OUT THERE WHO HAVE SERVED IT'S REMARK TO ME AFTER LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENT HOW UNINFORMED OR MISINFORMED THE PUBLIC STILL IS ABOUT WHAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE
PUBLIC COMMENTERS LEFT, MOST. THEM, BEFORE THEY COULD HEAR SOME FACTS AND SOME ACTUAL DATA. REGARDING CHARTERS. ON HAVEN'T BEEN UP BEFORE THIS BOARD IN --
>> I AM SORRY, MR. CARS AT THE WE WILL ASK YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MAKE IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR. >> IT'S REMARKABLE, YOU NO HE GO, I HAVEN'T BEEN UP HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE YOU. AND IT'S THE SAME 15 OR SO
COMMENTERS JUST DIFFERENT TOPIC. SO I WANT TO COMBAT SOME OF THE -- I WANT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE -- AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL SPEAK TO SOME OF THE FALSEHOODS THAT WERE SPOKEN ABOUT. YEAH. THIS IS WHAT I AM WAITING FOR.
THANK YOU. SO WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOL TERMS. IS THIS M MY CLICKER? DO I HAVE A BACK BUTTON TOO? I AM GOING TO SKIP FORWARD TO
UNTIL VIDEO CAN WE PLAY THE VIDEO? CAN YOU PLAY THE VIDEO ON -- YES, THAT ONE. SHOULD BE SOMETHING DOWN AT THE
BOTTOM. IT'S IN THE POWERPOINT. IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE BLACK BOX, NO, NOT THERE. RIGHT THERE.
OKAY, WELL, I WILL -- THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT'S ALSO UNFORTUNATE THAT THE UPDATED PRESENTATION THAT WAS SENT TO THE DIRECT YESTERDAY DIDN'T GET POSTED IN TIME. MAYBE I'LL GO TO PAGE 10. THIS IS THE REASON WE ARE HERE -- THE REASON WE ARE HERE
IS BECAUSE -- THE REASON WE ARE HERE IS BECAUSE DIRECTOR RAY, WHO USE TODAY SERVE ON THIS BOARD, WHEN WE WERE UP HERE CHALLENGED THE EXCELLENCE WATTS UP HERE FOUR YEARS AGO FOR OUR RENEWAL HAD THIS TO SAY.
I SAID I KNOW I HAVE TALKED TO MR. WINDSOR ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND I OFTEN FEEL LIKE OUR SCHOOLS LIKE YOU THAT HAVE SHOWN EXCELLENCE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DIFFERENTIATE THE RENEWAL PROCESS, QUITE CONTINUE HE HAVELY, I THINK FOR US TO MAKE
YOU GO THROUGH EVERY FIVE YEARS WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THAT ON QUITE HONESTLY. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU COULDN'T HEAR HIS WORDS ON THE VIDEO BUT IT WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE WHEN HE SAID IT A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN HE SAID THAT. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY, THIS IS FRANKLY LONG OVERDUE. BUT I WILL GO AND I'LL START
WITH A LITTLE QUICK OVERVIEW ON CHARTERS. THE FIRST CHARTER COOL? THE COUNTRY WAS OPENED IN 1982. TODAY THERE ARE OVER 8,000 CHART IN THE COUNTRY. APPROXIMATELY 270 IN COLORADO. DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS SOME OF THE LONGEST TENURED CHARTERS IN
EXISTENCE. THE OLDEST CHARTER IN THE STATE 1993 IS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. ONE FROM '94. TWO FROM '97. OUR SCHOOL CHALLENGE EXCELLENCE IN 2002, AMERICAN ACADEMY IN 2005. NORTH STAR IN 2006.
EVEN THE NEWEST CHARTER IN THE COUNTY IS IN ITS EIGHT THE YEAR. STATEWIDE 15% OF THE STUDENTS ARE IN CHARTER SCHOOLS. BUT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY 25% OF THE STUDENTS ARE CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS. DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS SOME OF THE
LONGEST TENURED SCHOOLS? THE STATE AND REALLY IN THE COUNTRY. DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST PEARL PERFORMING IF SCHOOLS IN THE STATE AND
COUNTRY. EIGHT OF THE TOP IF I HAVE 30 BY A KIM DIFFERENT MEASURES ARE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. DUG HAS COUNTY HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMINGS CHARTERS IN
THE STATE. THERE ARE THREE CORE PRINCIPALS THAT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATE OF CHARTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE LAYS OUT FOR FOR AUTHORITIERS TO FOLLOW.
THESE ARE BIG HEADING THAT HAVE SOME INFORMATION BELOW IT. ONE IS MAINTAIN HEY STANDARDS, SECOND IS UPHOLD SCHOOL AUTONOMY AND THE THIRD IS PROTECT STUDENT AND PUBLIC INTERESTING MINIMIZING ADMINISTRATIVE AND
COMPLIANCE BURDENS IS ONE THOSE. KEY PRINCIPLES. THE DIRECT CAN AND SHOULD APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
BECAUSE IT IT'S ALMOST A REQUIREMENT FOR A DISTRICT AS AUTHORIZER TO ADHERE TO THESE PRINCIPLES. SAUCE ME I WILL SHARE PAPERWORK
THAT WAS IN THE UPDATED PRESENTATION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN IN RECEIPT OF IT VIA EMAIL I WILL PUT THIS
TOWN AND HAND IT TO YOU.
SORRY FOR THAT THIS WAS SENT YESTERDAY AT 4:00, SHORTLY AFTER 4:00 AND IT DIDN'T GET POSTED. BEFORE I GET INTO THE RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT, AND I HEARD IT FROM THE -- SOME OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS ABOUT NATIONAL
BEST PRACTICES. AND THE MAIN ENTITY, THE GOLD STANDARD ENTITY FOR CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZES, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT -- I MEAN, I
EMAILED THE WEBSITE TO SHAUNA, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE CAN PULL TUMMY JUST EMAILED IT TO HER. BUT WHEN WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT FROM THEM IS THIS PAGE THAT I JUST HANDED BUT BUT NACSA DOES
POST BEST PRACTICES FOR CHART EXPERTS HAVE BEST PRACTICES FOR NEW CHARTERS, AND THEY HAVE BEST PRACTICES FOR HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTERS. AND THIS PAGE, WHICH YOU ARE LOOKING AT, HAS NACSA
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY ON HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTERS. AND ON THE SECOND BULLET POINT, IT SAYS CLEARLY SPELL OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTERS TO GROW OR REPLICATE. EXAMPLES AND I AM JUMPING AHEAD, SO I DON'T HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING, EXAMPLES OF THIS
INCLUDE LONGER TERMS, LESS FREQUENT FINANCIAL REPORTING, LESSONS TENSE I HAVE SITE VISIT AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF THIS LIGHTER ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN IS FREEING UP MORE OF THE AUTHORIZER'S TIME TO RESPOND ON STRUGGLING SCHOOLS THAT NEED IT.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION FROM THE OFFICE, THE SCHOOL CHOICE, CHOICE PROGRAMMING OFFICE AT THE DISTRICT ABOUT WHAT BEST PRACTICES ARE. BUT IT IS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND BEST PRACTICES ARE FOR
LONGER CHARTER TERMS. FOR HIGH-PERFORMING HE CHART EXPERTS LONG-TENURED CHARTERS. THERE IS -- YOU KNOW, AS EVIDENCE OF WHAT NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES ARE, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS A LIST THAT YOU ARE IN RECEIPT OF.
THAT HAS ALL 50 STATES. AND IT HAS ALL 50 STATES AND IT LISTS THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN EACH STATE, IT LISTS THE INITIAL -- THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR INITIAL TERM, AND THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE RENEWAL TERM. AND PHYSICAL -- AND IT'S SORTED FROM MOST CHARTERS TO FEWEST CHARTERS. AND THE VALUE OF DOING THAT, IS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOLS AT THE TOP NAMELY
CALIFORNIA TEXAS FLORIDA ARIZONA, MICHIGAN, NEW YORK, OHIO MINNESOTA COLORADO THE TOP 10. AND YOU ARE AFFORDED BY THOSE STATES THE MOST DATA AND THE LONGEST -- THE MOST HISTORY.
AND SO YOU HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE SCHOOLS OR LOOK -- EXCUSE ME, LOOK AT THOSE STATES AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEIR POLICIES ARE WITH RESPECT TO LONG TENURED CHARTERS. AND EVERY -- OUT OF THE TOP 30,
OUT OF THE 30 STATES WITH THE MOST CHARTERS. 24 OF THEM, HAVE RENEWAL TERMS LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS. AND IT'S REALLY SEVEN IN CALIFORNIA, AND THE REST OF THEM ARE 10 TO 15. AND A LOT OF THEM, COLORADO
INCLUDED, HAS NO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. SO I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE NACSA, WHICH IS FOR CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS. YOU ARE ALSO HOLDING SOMETHING THAT SAYS THAT LAYS OUT MODEL
LAW. LET ME FIND IT. THAT LAYS OUT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS MODEL LAW FROM 2020. AND QUOTING SOME OF THAT FROM
THEIR PHONE HE WANTS 9H AND 9D UNDER ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF STRONG CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW AND I AM QUOTING, AUTHORIZERS MUST HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO VERY LENGTH CHARTER RENEWAL CONTRACT TERMS BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND
OTHER ISSUES. ALSO FROM THAT RUBRIC, STATES SHOULD PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A DIFFERENTIATE THE PROCESS, EXACTLY DIRECTOR RAY'S WORDS, FOR REMOVAL OF HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS,
INCLUDING STREAMLINED OR EXPEDITED RENEWALS WITH EXTENDED TERM TO FOSTER HIGH-QUALITY GROWTH BY GIVING PROVEN SCHOOLS MORE AUTONOMY AND PLANNING SECURITY. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THIS BOARD IS ALMOST REQUIRED TO
SUPPORT THIS BASED ON NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES OF BOTH THE AUTHORIZER AND THE -- THE THOSER MODEL AND THE CHARTER SCHOOL MODEL. MOVING TOOT RESOLUTION I WAS HEARD A LOT OF HIS INFORMED
PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO MONITORING. OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY NOTHING IN THAT REGARD CHANGES. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, AND THE PUBLIC HERE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF IT, WE GO -- HAVE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT AND DO MORE REPORTING, I BELIEVE, THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, WE HAVE ANNUAL REVIEWS
AND OUR DIRECTOR AND SOME OF THE OTHER CHARTERS THAT ARE HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE, CAN TELL YOU ABOUT IT. WE HAVE ANNUAL REVIEWS, WE HAVE ANNUAL SITE VISITS, WE SUBMIT FINANCIALS, WE SUBMIT TEST
SCORES. WE DO MORE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING DATA FOR YOU ALL TO OVERSEE, I BELIEVE, THAN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. REGARDLESS, NOTHING IN THE RESOLUTION CHANGES THAT, WHETHER
THE TERM IS EXTENDED OR NOT. THE RESOLUTION SIMPLY MAKES THE EXTENDED TERM AVAILABLE AS' OPTION, ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ARE HIGH HER ARE PERFORMING AS DEFINED BY THE STATE IN A RUBRIC THAT YOU HAVE SEEN.
ALL THE RESOLUTION DOES IS MAKES THIS OPTION AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE CHARTERS. THEY CAN OPT IN OR THEY CANNOT OPT IN. NONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES FROM US FROM A REPORTING STANDPOINT. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS OR ANNUAL VISIT OR FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE OR ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE PROVIDED BISTATE LAW, REQUIRED BISTATE LAW. NONE OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ALLEVIATED AS PART OF THIS RESOLUTION. MOREOVER, NONE OF THE RIGHTS OR REMEDIES OF THE DISTRICT, AS
AUTHORIZER TO CRACK DOWN ON A CHARTER THAT STARTS FLAGGING ON PERFORMANCE OR FLAGGING ON FINANCIALS, NOTHING CHANGES IN THAT REGARD. EVERY RIGHT AND REMEDY THAT YOU HAVE TODAY, YOU WILL HAVE AFTER
THIS RESOLUTION PASSES IF THIS RESOLUTION PASSES. THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION, I DON'T THINK THE AMENDMENT WAS ACTUALLY POSTED BUT JUST FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF
ANY DOUBT, THERE WAS A MINOR CHANGE REDLINE THAT WAS SUBMITTED AGAIN YESTERDAY. THAT WOULD -- THAT SAYS THAT THE CHARTERS WILL STILL PERFORM THEIR 5-YEAR RENEWAL FROM THEIR LAST CHARTER TERM NOT JUST MIDYEAR OF THE 10 YEAR, BUT AS
IF THE EXAMPLE OF CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE, OUR CHARTER WE WOULD HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR ROUGHLY. WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT. SO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMENTING THAT YOU WILL HAVE NO
OVERSIGHT FOR 10 YEARS WE WON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON FOR 10 YEARS, THAT'S LUDICROUS. YOU HAVE EVERY REPORTING MECHANISM AFTER THIS RESOLUTION AS YOU HAVE TODAY.
THE RATIONALE FOR THE EXTENSION, NEW CHARTERS IN COLORADO GET FOUR-YEAR TERMS, IT'S CRAZY, CRAZY, THAT CHARTERS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 20, 25, 30 YEARS, ARE ONLY GETTING A 5-YEAR TERM. NOTHING IN STATE LAW PREVENTS
LONGER TERMS. THERE THOSE MAXIMUM, ONLY A MINIMUM. NOTHING IN DCSD POLICY OR PROCEDURES SAYS REMOVAL TERMS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE YEARS.
MUCH THE RIGHTS OFF REMEDIES AND ALL CHARTERS JUST LIKE THEY DO NOW, WHETHER THEY OPT IN OR OPT OUT OR CHOOSE NOT TO OPT IN. ALL CHARTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND PRESENTATION HE HAVE FIVE
YEARS, JUST LIKE THEY CURRENTLY ARE. 3RD-YEAR TERMS BECAUSE IT WOE COINCIDES WITH THE LEANTH OF THEIR MORTGAGE I FINANCE HOTELS FOR A LIVING I ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED, THIRD
QUESTION OUT OF MY MOUTH WHEN I TALK TO A THEY NEW HOTEL SOME FINANCE DO COURTYARD BINARY YACHT COMES TO TO ME I SAY HOW LONG IS YOUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IN HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THE COURTYARD BINARY YACHT NAME IF THEY TELL
ME FIVE YEARS I CAN'T DID HE HAD THEM 10-YEAR DEBT. THE FINANCING COMPONENT OF THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY -- IT'S KEY. IT'S OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE BECAUSE THE SHORTER TERMS ARE ACTUALLY HAMSTRINGING CHART
EFFORTS, VIS-A-VIS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, AND MAKING THE COST OF OUR CAPITAL MORE EXPENSIVE. IT'S SHORTER TERMS IN SOME CASES, ARE ACTUALLY COSTING CHARTERS MONEY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THAT'S MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND ON TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS AND
STUDENTS. LONGER TERMS PROVIDE CHARTER NEED STABILITY IN A FLUNG WAITING COMPLIMENT CAPEN SRAORPLT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. WE HAVE SEEN THAT. LONGER TERMS PROVIDE CHARTER IS ABILITY TO MARKET STABILITY TO PROTECT PARENTS, FAMILIES, STUDENTS TEACHERS.
I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE A KEY COMPONENTS END OF CHARTERS AND OUR STABILITY. FINALLY AUTONOMY IS THE ESSENCE OF CHARTERS ONE OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES IN UPHOLDING CHARTER AUTONOMY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORIZER.
IN CONCLUSION CHART NURSE DOUGLAS COUNTY ARE THE HIGHEST PERFORMERS, THE LONGEST TENURED AND SOME OF THESE CHARTERS ARE ON THEIR FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EVEN EIGHTH CONTRACT. EIGHTH, 5-YEAR CONTRACT.
I THINK OLDEST WOULD BE COMING UP ON THEIR EIGHTH. NOTHING IN STATE LAW OR DISTRICT POLICY THAT PREVENTS THIS. PREVENTS AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER CONTRACT OR LONGER TERMS. THE SCHOOLS HAVE EARNED THIS.
YOU'VE GOT THE HIGHEST WE HAVE PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE SAY. WE ARE A VALUED PIECE OF THE EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. AND YOU KNOW, AS DIRECTOR RAY SAID, I MEAN, WE -- IT'S ALMOST A SHAME THAT WE ARE EVERYBODY
HAVING TO ASK FOR THIS IT FRANKLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE ALREADY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT YOU TOOK TO BE HEAR. >> YEAH, SURE. LAST SPRING, AT SOME POINT,
CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE, WE WERE UNDERTAKING A FINANCING DO AN EXPANSION AT OUR SCHOOL. AND I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW IT FIRST STARTED BUT WE REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT AND INDICATED THAT WE WOULD BE
INTERESTING IN SECURING A LONGER TERM. THAT RERECENTLY FINANCED THAT MATURED IN 2029 I BELIEVE. AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A BIT OF FINANCING TO FINANCE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AS OUR FINANCIAL INVESTMENT BANGER OR FINANCIAL ADVISER ORGANIZATION, THIS CAN TELL YOU ABOUT. WE KNEW SECURING A LONGER TERM WOULD PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF FINANCING, AND WE
APPROACH THE DISTRICT AND I HAD A -- I REACHED OUT TO MR. MOSER INITIALLY I THINK. SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND DANNY WINDSOR WITH OUR DIRECTOR,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LIZ DUGAN AND EXPLAINED THE REASONS THAT WE WERE TRYING DO THIS. WE WERE ADDING 125 NEW STUDENTS AND WE WANT THE MARKET STABILITY TO NEW STUDENTS THE FINANCING COMPONENT WAS THE MAIN PIECE OF IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND MARKET TO
STUDENTS AND SAILY BE THIS CHARTER WILL BE HERE A LONG TIME WE HAVE BEEN HEAR 22 YEARS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE HERE ANOTHER 10. I MEAN, WE DID, AND WE WERE TOLD
I'VE GOT AN EMAIL THAT MR. MR. MOSER. YOU KNOW, NO. AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT EMAIL I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU, I EMAILED THE BOARD LAST NIGHT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT EMAIL, BUT YOU KNOW, STATE LAW WAS
MISQUOTED. NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE WAS MISREPRESENTED OR BEST PRACTICES WAS MISREPRESENTED. HE PUT IN THE MEMO THAT WE WERE SPEAKING A 25 YEAR TERM, I HAD NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT A 25 YEAR TERM.
I KNOW LIZ OUR EXEC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DUGAN WOULD LOVE TO DO A BOND FINANCING A 30-YEAR BOND FINANCE TO GO FINANCE OUR FACILITIES, BUT THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, HASN'T BEEN ON THE TABLE. SO WE WERE BASICALLY TOLD, NO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT EVER MADE IT TO
THE BOARD LEVEL FOR REVIEW. BUT I MEAN, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A BOARD DECISION. NOT A OFFICE CHOICE PROGRAMMING DECISION THINK AND I DON'T KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW IF -- I DON'T KNOW YOU ALL KNEW ABOUT IT
AT ALL AT THE TIME. YEAH, I FELT LIKE WE WENT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. WE COMPLETED OUR FINANCING. AND THEY BOTH TERMINATE SO THE ONE THAT WE JUST FINISHED, WE
CLOSED ON ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO. THAT PIECE MATURES IN 2029. SO THAT ENDED UP BEING FIVE-YEAR DEBT. NO SUPER ATTRACTIVE. BUT IT HAD TO CO-TERMINATE OR MATURE WITH THE PREEXISTING DEBT.
WILL A LONGER TERM I'LL LET MATT TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIALS, WEST LAKE WE WENT THROUGH THE RIGHT CHANNELS AND WE JUST GOT -- WE JUST GOT SHUTDOWN. >> SPEAKING OF CAN WE INTRODUCE EVERYBODY PLEASE. >> YEA, SURE. THIS IS MOTTO MERE ARC I'LL LET
YOU GIVE HIM OR LET HIM GIVE YOU HIS BONE IDENTIFIED BUT MATT WORKS TO CHOICE ADVISERS AN INVESTMENT BANK THEIR FINANCED A TON OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOLS MAKE. LIZ DOUG A AN OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE BRAINS BEHIND THE OPERATION.
AND THIS IS KARLEEN CLARK WHO IS A LONG PRACTICING CHARTER SCHOOL ATTORNEY IN COLORADO AND THE ATTORNEY FOR CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE. >> I GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. >> SURE, YEAH.
DIRECT. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> NORMAL PROCESS WE HAVE CHART VERSE A RENEWAL AND THEY CAN NEGOTIATE THEIR TERMS AT THAT TIME. WHAT IS YOUR REASONING FOR WANTING IT TO DO IT THIS WAY AND HAVE AN AMENDMENT AND OFFER IT UP FOR ALL OF OUR CHARTERS INSTEAD? >> WELL, I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL
ALL THE CHART VERSE EARNED IT WHETHER THEY CHOOSE TO EXERCISE IT SHOULD THE RESOLUTION PASS IS UP TO THOSE BOARDS. AND THOSE BOARDS WOULD HAVE TO PROACTIVE TAKE ACTION. I AM OF THE OPINION THAT MOST PROBABLY WILL.
YOU KNOW, THE REASON THAT WE ARE DOING IT NOW IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF IN THE LAST TWO YEARS TO GIVE ME A LOT OF COMFORT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- I MEAN, WE BARELY HAVE A CHARTER-FRIENDLY -- YOU
KNOW, DISTRICT STAFF RIGHT NOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND WITH RESPECT TO THE LANGUAGE ON LBD THAT GOT MANGLED FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.
YOU THOUGH, WE WERE HERE I WAS AT A MEETING, BUT WE WERE BEFORE WE AS CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE WERE BEFORE THE BOARD ABOUT OCTOBER LAST YEAR. SOMETIME IN THE FALL LAST YEAR WITH NONAUTOMATIC WAIVERS.
AND THE THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD THAT WILL CONTINUE ON THE BOARD. ALL VOTED AGAINST THEM. WHICH WAS INTERESTING. SOME OF THE SAME BOARD MEMBERS I BELIEVE HAD VOTED FOR THE EXACT
SAME LANGUAGE, FOR NONAUTOMATIC RENEWALS FOR AMERICAN ACADEMY. I KNOW SAVES THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE BECAUSE WE COPIED AND PASTED SOME OF THE LANGUAGE FOR OUR NONAUTOMATIC WAVE WAIVERS. FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
WEBSITE. I WISH WE WEREN'T HERE, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SCHOOL CHOICE HAS BECOME A POLITICAL HOT BUTTON ISSUE. IT'S DOING A TREMENDOUS DISSERVICE TO CAN IT AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS AND
ADMINISTRATORS. THAT -- ON. >> OKAY, THERE IS THIS WAR. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE. AND IT'S OVERDUE. >> ANY QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR
THOMPSON. >> MINE ARE ACTUALLY FOR SUPERINTENDENT FIRST. JUST POINT OF INFORMATION. I JUST THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND HOW WE GOT HERE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVEN THE
HISTORY AS WELL. DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AND VET IT SO THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S
LEGALLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE CANNOT PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE IN THIS SETTING, BUT WE DID PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH WAY LEGAL MEMO. EXPRESSING WHERE WE THE ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION IN A LEGAL M MEMO. >> I MEAN, IT IS YOUR DUTY TO ADSURPRISE THE BOARD AND YOU HAE GIVEN US ADVICE AND WE HAVE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE.
I HAVE TO SAY, MR. CORTEZ, WE HAD NEARLY 70 PUBLIC COMMENTERS HERE TONIGHT. AND WE WELCOME PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES. WE SIT HERE AND WE LISTEN AND WE MAY AGREE OR DISAGREE. BUT IT'S NOT OKAY TO BE
DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS THEIR VIEWPOINTS. >> WELL, I AM NOT -- IF I MAY, I WASN'T DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS THEIR VIEW POINTS I WAS -- >> PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT THE DIRECTOR. LET HER ASK HER QUESTION AND THEN ANSWER IT, YOU HAVE SHOWN YOUR DISRESPECT TO US AND TO THE FOUR ELECTED MEMBERS, DO NOT DO
THAT AGAIN, PLEASE. >> I JUST -- I FEEL LIKE THERE HAS BEEN DISRESPECT TOWARDS OUR STAFF. THE WAY YOU HAVE PHRASED THINGS. AND I JUST -- THIS WORKS WHEN WE
SHOW RESPECT. WHEN WE RESPECT THE PROCESS. WHEN WE RESPECT EACH OTHER. DURING AGENDA PLANNING, WHEN WE MAKE AN AGREEMENT. THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR POLICIES. THE RESPECT THAT WE HAVE TO OUR
STAFF. NOT ONE OF US WAS ELECTED BY 10. AND THAT'S WHY WE SIT HERE AND WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND I JUST THINK THIS HAS FELT VERY DISRESPECTFUL SO FAR. AND I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE
TO PUSH SOMETHING THROUGH THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR SYSTEM. WHEN FOUR YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PURCHASE OF THE LEGACY CAMPUS, THAT APPROVAL HAPPENED BEFORE THE BOARD -- IT WAS DURING THAT
TRANSITION TIME AND THE NEW BOARD WHO CAME IN HELD ANOTHER MEETING TO REAFFIRM THAT. BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO PUSH THROUGH BIG CHANGES AND DISRESPECT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO TONIGHT I AM GOING BACK TO PHYSICAL THIS IS GOOD POLICY, IT'S GOOD POLICY. IT'S WORTH TAKING THE TIME TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE AND BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, AND NOT PUSHING SOMETHING THROUGH BUT WE HAVE
RECEIVED ADVICE THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN BE DOING TONIGHT, AND WE SHOULD BE TALKING OUR TIME, AND MAKING A THOUGHTFUL DECISION ON IT. SO I JUST HAD TO IF WE COULD JUST H RESET THIS CONVERSATION
WHERE WE ARE NOT BEING DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS STAFF, TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK WE CAN HAVE A MUCH MORE FRUITFUL CONVERSATION TONIGHT. >> SURE. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T MANY TO BE DISRESPECTFUL SO I AM SORRY THAT
YOU TOOK IT THAT WAY. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I MEAN, SO I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID TONIGHT, AND I DO AGREE THAT WE DO HEAR A DIVISION IN
THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. UNFORTUNATELY, I DO FEEL LIKE THIS AGENDA ITEM HELPED FAN THE FLAMES OF THAT DIVISION. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE OFTEN, YOU KNOW,
SHED IN A LIGHT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE. THE OTHER THINGS, THOUGH, THAT I HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT, WAS THE COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT FOLLOWING APPROPRIATE PROCESS AND DUE DILIGENCE, THAT THEY HEARD -- WE
HEARD EVEN CHARTER EXPERTS SPEAK ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WE HEARD THE ARGUMENT OF THE PRIVILEGE OF SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I AM LISTENING AND I AM HEARING THE CONCERNS THAT WERE SHARED,
THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EMAILED. I HAVE REVIEWED IN GREAT DETAIL. IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TRY TO PROCESS ONE A FEW DAYS, TIME. WE DID NOT KNOW THIS WOULD BE AN ACTION ITEM UNTIL THE PUBLIC SAW
TTHE AGENDA POSTED LATE IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY. IT AND THAT THAT DOESN'T SET US UP FOR SUCCESS IN IT COMES MAKE A DECISION OF THIS LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE CHARTER SCHOOLS, IT'S
NOT -- THAT ARE NOT HERE. TELLING US IF THEY WANT THIS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ON BEHALF OF OTHERS. SO I DON'T EVEN HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT EXTENSIONS BECAUSE I JUST
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH WHEN EXTENSIONS ARE APPROPRIATE AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS. I MEAN, I DID LOOK AT ALL OF THE RESOURCES YOU SENT. INCLUDING THIS CHART. WHICH I THINK IS NICE TO SEE
CONTEXT OF HOW OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE EXTENDED, THE LENGTHS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN OTHER STATES, I THINK THAT THAT'S HELPFUL CONTEXT. THE ONLY CHALLENGE FOR ME WOULD BE NOW I WOULD TO GO IN HERE AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE LAWS ON THE RENEWAL PROCESS AND THE
ACCOUNTABIITY PIECES THAT HELP WEIGH THOSE DIFFERENT TIMELINES. SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS DECISION. AND I WANT TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN A VOTE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO HAVE TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY TONIGHT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO CHANGE MY VOTE. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM MAKING THAT SUPER CLEAR. AND THAT'S ON TOP OF SOME OF OUR OWN CHALLENGE THAT THIS REALLY CIRCUMVENTS LIKE DISTRICT
POLICY, OUR PROPER PROCEDURES AS A BOARD. THE PUBLIC PROCESS. AS IT WAS ARGUED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF THINK SHOULD BE F FULLY VASE VETTED BY STAFF, IF FULL, THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK,
ACTUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THIS COULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN OUR CHARTERS SCHOOLS AND BRING MORE PEOPLE OVER THAT THRESHOLD OF UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE. I WILL STOP THERE. SO OTHER DIRECTORS HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> THANK YOU, MILES. I HAD QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS WHICH YOU ANSWERED DURING THE PRESENTATION I UNDERSTAND THAT IT -- IN THE 10 YEARS, YOU STILL HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WAS ONE
OF MY CONCERNS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE CLARIFY ONE THING AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT KANE OR PRESIDENT WILLIAMS, BUT I BELIEVE THIS TOPIC WAS TO BE BROUGHT UP IN OCTOBER AND WE WEO MOVE IT UNTIL NOVEMBER.
I THOUGHT WE HAD A CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED. AND SO OUT OF COURTESY, BEING ASKED TO MOVE WE MOVED IT TO NOVEMBER. SO IF THIS HAD K.CONVERSATION HAD HAPPENED IN OCTOBER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY MORE OF JUST SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK
ABOUT THAT'S AMONG THE BOARD THT WE TALKED ABOUT. I WANT TO DELAY IDENTIFY, MR. WINDSOR ARE WITH LOOKING AT 25% OF STUDENTS IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS? EFFECT CORRECT? THAT'S BEEN FOR QUIET A WHILE NOW RIGHT? 25% OF STUDENTS ARE IN OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SO PER A PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, A -- IT WAS MADE VERY -- OR SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE DECLINE IN THE DISTRICT, AND I HAVE KNOWN THIS AND I AM A PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHER. I HAVE NEVER TAUGHT IN A CHARTER SCHOOL.
BUT I HAVE BEEN 25 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL. AND I LOVE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. BUT THE THING ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS IS THAT IT'S JUST -- I STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CHOICE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND I AM SORRY I LOST A BIT OF MY WITH THE 25% AND DECLINE IS DECLINE CORRECT? IT'S HAPPENING. I WILL TELL YOU JUST FROM BEING ON VACATION AND BEING OVERSEAS, I HEARD IT THERE. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW THAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE CHARTER
SCHOOLS ARE TAKING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THINK DECLINE IS DECLINE, IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S CAUGHT -- IT'S A WORLDWIDE POPULATION IS DECLINING. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN GO THERE THAT OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. NOW, WITH THE, YES, WE HAD SOME OUTRAGE WITH EMAILS AND PUBLIC
COMMENT TONIGHT. CORRECT. WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE IN SUPPORT OF EXTEND OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. TALKING ABOUT DISRESPECT. DIRECTOR MEEK, PLENTY OF THOSE EMAILS WERE DISRESPECTFUL TO US AS A BOARD.
PLENTY OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE DISRESPECTFUL. I HAVE WATCHED FACES THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. AND SO WE ALL NEED TO LEARN COMMON COURTESY. AND I AS ONE BOARD MEMBER CHOOSE
NOT TO DISCUSS OR BEING LITTLE A BOARD MEMBER FROM THE DAIS IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, I DO THAT BEHIND THE SCENES. AND I AM GOING THERE THAT WE HAVE LOST SOME OF OUR COMMON COURTESY.
ANY NO MATTER WHAT I HAVE SEEN IT. AND SO I DON'T SEE THE DISRESPECT THAT DIRECTOR MEEK SAW FROM YOU TONIGHT. I THINK IT IT WAS JUST QUESTIONING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THIS DISTRICT. NOW, WITH THE OUTRAGE THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH -- THROUGH EMAILS
AND PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I AM JUST GOING TO BE BLUNT, IT APPEARS THAT I WOULD BE AFRAID THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WOULD HAVE BOARD THAT'S COMING IN THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE FAVORABLE TO OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND I AM ALSO AFRAID OF THAT. YES.
I AM ALSO AFRAID OF THAT. SO BECAUSE IN THE PAST, AND THEY -- WE HAVE HAD BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT FAVORABLE TO OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. THESE ARE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE WHY ARE WE NOT HONORING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND OUR
CHARTER SCHOOLS? I DON'T GET THAT. I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT TEACHES IN A CHARTER SCHOOL. AND I UNDERSTAND I LOOKED THROUGH EVERYTHING, PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S NOT A RARE TO HAVE A 10-AREA EXTENSION.
I AM IN OP SIX TO THAT. NO, WE WERE NOT BEHIND THE SCENES TRYING TO THROW SOMETHING UP HERE FOR OUR LAST HOO-RAH BEFORE WE WALKED OUT THE DOORS. THAT'S FOOLS. NO, THAT'S FALSE. THAT'S FOOLS.
I AM TELLING YOU TO ME THIS IS NOT A BAD THING TO SECURE FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL GOING TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO HIGH-PERFORMING. ALL OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS.
THAT'S GOT TO BE SAID SOMETHING FOR OUR DISTRICT. >> WELL, AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE IT TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT THAT'S MORE ABOUT MISS DUGAN. A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I AM SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL. BUT SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I MEAN, SOMEBODY SOME COMMENTER
SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKEN INNING STUDENT, NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. IN FACT, WE THE MOST RECENT BUDGET STUFF, CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY -- CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY PAYING A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH AMOUNT
OF THE SPED COSTS. DISTRICT. VIS-A-VIS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. WE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING MORE THAN OUR SHARE IT'S BEEN INCREASED. BUT OUR INCREASE WAS BIGGER. ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS OUR INCREASE WAS BIGGER.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THE REAL -- THE REAL THING THAT GAVE ME -- THAT UPSET ME, ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS JUST -- THE OUTREACH IS NECESSARY BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL DON'T GET CHARTERS. THEY THINK THAT WE ARE PRIVATE,
THEY THINK THAT WE ARE NOT PUBLIC. THEY THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE OVERSIGHT. I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYBODY THAT THINKS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY GO READ A CHARTER CONTRACT. I MEAN, WE HAVE -- IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH ACCOUNTABILITY WE HAVE IN PERFORMANCE AND TRANSPARENCY.
I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE -- PEOPLE WERE CLAIMING THAT THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY THAT WELL BE LIKE GOING -- GO LOCK OURSELF NAYS ROOM FOR 10 YEARS AND COME BACK OUT AND TELL YOU HOW IT WENT. IT'S JUST NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. AND I MEAN, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENTERS ARE SAYING STUFF THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. >> MY QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AND I DON'T INTEND TO HAVE AN EXTENDED COLLOQUY WITH YOU, SIR. BECAUSE, OF COURSE, YOU THINK MY
OBJECTIONS ARE THE WORDS YOU USED LUDICROUS AND CRAZY. I DO NOTE, A COUPLE OF THINGS, FIRST OF ALL, TO BE CLEAR, THE FINAL VERSION THAT YOU WANT US TO ADOPT TODAY, WAS FIRST SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD AS
4:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AND THAT CORRECT, SIR? >> WALK IT WAS SUBMITTED FRIDAY AND THERE WAS LIKE A -- TWO LIKE A SENTENCE ADDED. I MEAN -- [ INAUDIBLE ] SHE DID THE DOCUMENT. IT'S -- I MEAN, IT'S A TWO-PAGE
DOCUMENT. >> IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND, SIR, THAT AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD SEE IN ADVANCE, WELL IN ADVANCE MAJOR CHANGES TO
HOW WE ADMINISTER THE DISTRICT? >> DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? >> I MEAN, I WOULDN'T CONSIDER THIS A MAJOR CHANGE, I CONSIDER THIS A CHANGE -- I CONSIDER THIS A CHANGE THAT IS IN LINE WITH
NATIONAL AND STATE BEST PRACTICES. IT'S IT REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE VERY MUCH OTHER THAN THE TERM OF THE CHARTER. NOTHING ELSE CHANGES. OTHER THAN TERM OF THE CHARTER. THERE IS NO REDUCTION IN RIGHTS
OR RESPONSIBILITIES. THERE IS NO REDUCTION IN REPORTING. EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY AS IT IS TODAY WITH A LONGER TERM. WHICH PROTECTION THE AUTONOMY AND STABILITY OF CHARTERS.
>> YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID THAT THIS IS ABOUT HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTERS. THIS, OF COURSE, THE LIST INCLUDES EVERY SINGLE CHARTER IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, CORRECT? >> NO. THAT'S NOT TRUE. >> WHICH ONES ARE HE CAN CLUEDED? >> HOPE ONLINE. >> HOPE ONLINE, OF COURSE. >> BUT, MINE, --
>> NO, I UNDERSTAND YOUR ANSWER, SIR. I KNOW I CREATE THE NACSA POLICIES FOR HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTERS. NUMBER ONE, DEFINE HIGH-PERFORMING BEYOND ACADEMICS ALSO CONSIDERING FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES. AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY,
SIR? >> YEAH. >> BUT THE REVOLUTION DEFINES HIGH-PERFORMING BASED ON SOLELY ON THE PERFORMANCE ON STANDARDIZED TESTING, CORRECT? >> NO. WHERE IS THE RESOLUTION REFERRED TO HIGH HER FORMING AT ANYTHING
BUT MAINTAINING THEIR CURRENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON THE CMAS. >> NO. THAT'S -- >> THE REFERENCE WAS TO HIGH PERFORMING BASED UPON THEIR STATUS FROM THEIR UIPs, THAT
WERE TURNED IN AND THEIR RATING BY CDE. AND WHICH INCLUDES FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL, AND PERFORMANCE ON STATES STANDARDS. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT THE RESOLUTION SAYS. >> THE RESOLUTION ALL IT SAYS IS
HIGH P PERFORMING. >> RIGHT, WITHOUT DEFINING IT AND YOU EXPECT US AS A BOARD TO ACCEPT YOU AS THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION AND THE PERFECT PERSON TO DEFINE WHAT IS HIGH PERFORMING CORRECT? >> NOT AT ALL. YOU CAN GO TO THE CDE WEBSITE AND GO TO SCHOOL VIEW.
I MEAN, YOU CAN DID. >> I HAVE BEEN ON SCHOOL FEW SIOUX FOR ALL OF THESE. PULLED THE NUMBERS RAOEUTZ OFF THAT THAT'S ONLY BASED ON TESTING AND REVIEWS IT'S NOT BASED ON, FOR EXAMPLE, ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES. OR FINANCIALS. IT'S NOT WHAT'S ON THERE, SIR.
THAT'S THE NUMBER YOU CHOSE TO USE. AM I WRONG? >> THAT'S THE NUMBER LISTED ON YOUR LIST OF CHARTERS. THAT'S THE NUMBER YOU CHOSE,. >> THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT'S LISTED OUR FINANCIALS ARE REVIEWED BY THE DISTRICT EVERY YEAR.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. SIR, BUT THEY ARE NOT DONE SO PUBLICALLY. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT AN ELECTED BOARD, I GUESS I SHOULD JUST ASK THIS BASIC QUESTION. DO YOU BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO SPEND PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD OCCASIONALLY BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO FUND
THEM? >> WE ARE. >> I NOTICE NUMBER 3, AVOID MAKING ANY DECISIONS AUTOMATIC.
CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC 10-YEAR EXCEPTION FOR ALL BUT HOPE ONLINE CORRECT? >> NOT AT ALL, IT'S NOT AT ALL AN ALL DECISION IN THE CASE, IT'S BE A DECISION TO EXTEND THE
CHARTER BUT ALL OUR OF REPORTING AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT ARE STILL IN PLACE AND CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE EVEN WITH A 10-YEAR EXTENSION OF ITS EXISTING CHARTER WILL BE BEFORE THIS BOARD IN 12 OR 13 MONTHS DOING AN INTENSIVE HIGH-STAKES
REVIEW. YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OUR PERFORMANCE. >> AND THEN YOU WILL GET A SEWELLING WE CHOOSE TO REVIEW, ANAND A AUTOMATIC 10 YEARS. NO DISCRETION. NO DISCUSSION. >> Reporter: WHOEVER SITS ON THAT BOARD, WILL EITHER SAY YES
AND YOU GET AN AUTOMATIC 10-YEAR DISCRETION OR NO. IS THAT HOW YOU VIEW THIS RESOLUTION WORKING, SIR? >> IT WILL BE AUTOMATIC IF, IF, IT'S CONDITIONAL. IF WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE
LEVEL HE OF PERFORM THAN WE HAVE IN THE APARTMENT PAST. IF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STARTS TO CLAG. THAT IS AN ISSUE MAKES US NOT HIGH PERSONAL FOLLOWING. ALL THE RIGHT AND REMEDIES THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE REMAIN IN
PLACE. >> ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS OR IN CHARTER CONTRACT THEY ARE REQUIRED UNDER YOU THE CHARTER CONTRACT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO PERFORM THOSE. SUBMITTING QUARTERLY FINANCIALS, AN YOU FINANCIALS, ANNUAL AUDITS AND THOSE ARE REVIEWED AND THOSE ARE -- THOSE HAVE A STANDARD
UNDER THE CHARTER CONTRACT AND THE DISTRICT DOES AN ANNUAL REIN ACCORDANCE WITH STATUTE AND EVALUATES THE DISTRICT ON A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING THOSE AND I JUST MENTIONED THERE IS OPERATIONAL, GOVERNANCE,
FINANCE, THE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARD FROM THE STATE AND THEIR PERFORMANCE CMAS AND ANOTHER TESTS THINK THOSE ARE ALL UNCOMPASSED IN THE CHARTER CONTRACT. THE SCHOOL HAS TO PERFORM UNDER THOSE ANNUALLY AND HAS TO FILE
REPORTS RELATED TO THOSE. AND THE DISTRICT IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE AND I BELIEVE DOES, IN THIS DISTRICT SOME. DISTRICTS TEND TO NOT DO THAT REGULARLY.
THERE IS AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE WHERE SECURE STAFF DOES AN EVALUATION AND IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL. THAT'S JUST THE ANNUAL ONES, THERE ARE SITE VISIT AND OTHER EVALUATIONS THAT TYPICALLY COME WITH THE RENEWAL AND WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT MEETING WHAT IS IN BOTH NACSA AND THE ONES, CCR30188, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A REPLICATION OF MOST OF WHAT'S IN NACSA. THE REGULATION, WHICH HAS SOME OF THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT TALKS
ABOUT A HIGH-STAKES REVIEW. SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY INCLUDING A SITE VISIT, AND OTHER ITEMS TO DO A DETAIL REED REVIEW. THE COOL WOULD CONTINUE IF THEY ARE NOT FAILING UNDER THOSE
THINGS, IT'S A CONDITION THE GRANT. THAT'S WHAT WE INTENDED AND THE RESOLUTION I BELIEVE SAYS THAT THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT WHICH IS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NACSA RECOMMENDATION A FIVE-YEAR OR LONGER TERM WITH A PERIODIC 5-YEAR REVIEW, HIGH-STAKES
REVIEW FIRST OF ALL THE RECORD HIGH STAKES IS NOT IN HERE THE STANDARD FOR THE REVIEW IS NOT IN HERE AND ITS NOT HIGH STAKES IF WE CAN'T DENY THE SCHOOL. BUT, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOU THINK MY CONCERNS ARE LUDICROUS AND CRAZY AND RIDICULOUS. AND SO I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE A
COLLOQUY. I AM JUST GOING TO END MY QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR SUPERINTENDENT KANE. WHAT DO WE DO CURRENTLY? LIKE IF WE HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL FAILING AND LET'S SAY YEAR ONE, OR YEAR TWO, OR SOMETHING IS
HAPPENING, WHAT IS THE DOES THE DISTRICT DO CURRENTLY? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. IF WE HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IS EXTREMELY UNDER PERFORM AND WE HAVE SOME UNDER PERFORMING CHARTER SC CHARTERS E
OFFER HELP AND SUPPORT IN HELPING THEY GIRL THEIR PERFORM'S UP HIGHER AND COME IN AND THIS EM WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE DON'T FORCE IT, THOUGH. WE OFFER OUR ASSISTANCE. THE ONLY REMEDY THE DISTRICT WOULD REALLY HAVE IS TO GO TO A
RESERVATION WHICH IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY, WE HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE THAT I AM AWARE OF. AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS IF I MAY. ONE, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAVE EXPERIENCE, EX-ENDS TIFF
EXPERIENCE AS A CHARTER SCHOOL LEADER AND SYSTEM LEADER AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR AMERICAN ACADEMY BUT ALL THREE OF OUR BUILDINGS WERE ON 30-YEAR BOND FINANCING, EVEN THE ONE THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2008. ADDITIONALLY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ON THE SPED COSTS.
THE SPED COSTS HAVE GONE UP ON THE COSTS OF SERVING OUR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT SPECIAL NEEDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION AND REPLACEMENT AND A WHOLE NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS HAVE ABSOLUTELY GONE UP. AND THE WAY THAT WE DOLL THAT
MATH IS WE TAKE THAT TOTAL, OUR TOTAL COST OF SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT SPECIAL NEEDS, WE DIVIDE THAT BY THE STUDENT COUNT, TOTAL STUDENT COUNT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEN WE APPLY A PER-STUDENT NUMBER TO OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS,
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY HAVE ENROLLED AND THE DISTRICT TAKES THE REST OF IT, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE ENROLLED. SO THERE ISN'T A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- THERE WASN'T AN INCREASE ONLY FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN INCREASE IN COSTS.
AND THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY, WELL, I AM GOING TO HAVE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR ADDRESS THE RENEWAL PROCESS. REALLY QUICK. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM OUR CHARTER SCHOOL LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT OUR DISTRICT IS NOT CHARTER FRIENDLY.
SO JUST AS SOMEONE WHO, AGAIN, RAN A CHARTER SCHOOL FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD -- ENJOY AHEAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CHARTERS AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THAT AND WE WORK VERY COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER. SO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR WOULD YOU MIND TALKING
ABOUT THE RENEWAL PROCESS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS FOR OUR HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTERS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. THERE WAS A STATEMENT IN SPECIFICALLY THAT'S ON HERE ON THE SLIDE IN PARTICULAR THAT MR. MILES BROUGHT UP AS WELL. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD
SOME GREAT DEAL OF CONVERSATION ON. WE HAVE TRIED TO OUTLINE IN OUR PROCEDURE MANUAL THE RENEWAL PROCESS AND TIMELINES, ET CETERA, ONE OF THE COMPONENTS WE TRIED TO DO IN THAT FEEDBACK WAS ACTUALLY MAKE IT LESS CUMBERSOME FOR OUR STAFF. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT CHARTER
SCHOOLS THAT WERE IN GOOD STANDINGS WHICH YOU WERE ELUDING TO. WHICH WOULD GO THROUGH TWO RENEWAL CYCLES, WHICH WOULD BE 10 YEARS WORTH OF ANNEX DISTANCE. TO ASK FOR LESS DATA FROM THEM, LESS PAPERWORK, ET CETERA. AND THAT REVIEW PROCESS TO HONOR, I THINK, OBVIOUSLY SOME
OF THE SUCCESS WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL SO WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TRIED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BASED OFF OF THE QUOTE THAT YOU MENTIONED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS TO LOOK AT THOSE PARTICULAR STANDARD AROUND ACADEMICS, GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL HEALTH
AS OUTLINED IN LBD1. >> YEAH. I MEAN, ONE THING THAT I -- AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE THING -- AND I KNOW, A BOARD OF CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE, AND I AT THAT YOU CAN TO SOME OTHER
CHARTER BOARDS AND OTHER CHARTER LEADERS. OUR CHARTER LEADER, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERY OTHER CHARTER LEADER THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED SEEING US BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THIS RESOLUTION OR THIS INITIATIVE. REGARDING LIKE REDUCING THE
BURDEN BECAUSE IT'S A LOT FOR THEM. AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE LESS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF THEIR TIME. ONE ADVANTAGE OF -- AND WE DIDN'T DO THAT, WE JUST LEFT ALL OF THE REPORTING, INCLUDING THE FIVE-YEAR PERFORMANCE REVIEW, THE SAME.
IT ONLY CHANGED THE TERM BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS AND IT SAYS IT IN. NACSA STUFF AND I READ IT, IT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO SMOKE OUT SCHOOLS THAT WERE UNDER PERFORMING. YOU KNOW SOCKER HE IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING
TO WE HAVE A TEACHER OUR BOARD, IF I HAVE GOT A STUDENT IN MATH CLASSES GETTING LIKE 97s ON EVERY TEST, LIKE I DON'T TEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT STUDENT TRYING TO GET THEM TO GET 99s OR 100s ON THE TEST. I WANT TO SPENT MY TIME FOCUSED
ON STUDENT THAT'S GETTING A SIX TESTIFY HELPING THAT STUDENT GET UP TO SPEED RATHER THAN TRYING TO MAKE THE STUDENT THAT'S GETTING A 97 LIKE GET AN A, GET AN ACTUAL-DCSD +.
ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES TO THIS DO YOU HAVEN'T TO DO A NEW CONTRACT. YOU ARE SAVING DOCUMENTATION TIME. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> SO FIRST, THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH THAT JUST OCCURRED ESPECIALLY WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER. AND YOUR ATTORNEY I A APOLOGIZE, THANK YOU. AND I AM NOT A CHARTER EXPERT I
AM NOT EXPECTED TO BE A CHARTER EXPERT IN ORDER TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE. AND AND THAT IS PART OF WHY OUR ESTABLISHED PROCESSES ARE TO ENSURE THAT STAFF KEEPS US WELL INFORMED. AND SUPPORT ED IN THIS ROLE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, KEEPING THIS HIGH LEVEL, WE DID HAVE CLARIFICATION OUR STAFF AND LEGAL HAD NOTHING DO WITH THIS RESOLUTION BY VOTING TO THIS WE ARE FEVER DUTCH.
TAN OUTSIDE SOARED THEIR STAFF AND THEIR HIRED ATTORNEY I WANT TO BIG SURE THAT I CLEAR UNDER OUT GOVERNANCE MODEL AND COLORADO STAFF STATUTE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AS THE BOARD' ONE EMPLOYEE REMAINS OBLIGATED TO IMPLEMENT ONLY, YOU KNOW, THINGS
THAT POLICIES RESOLUTIONS DIRECTIVES, THAT ARE LAWFUL AND ADMINISTRATIVELY FEASIBLE. OUR BOARD DIRECTIVE, CANNOT, SHOULD NOT OVERRIDE STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT LINKAGE
POLICIES, THAT MAKE CLEAR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ACT AT IS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL TERM FORM WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF LAW AND ETHIC ASKS SHE'S NOT TO BE CARRIED OUT UNLAWFUL OR NONCOMPLIANT DIRECTIVES. ADDITIONALLY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL'S PRO TERM DOUBT IS A TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT OPERATES
WITHIN COME POINT LINE OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAW IF WE ARE LOOKING AT A RESOLUTION THAT COULD POE STEP VEIL CONFLICT WITH THAT, INCLUDING CONFLICTING WITH OUR OWN INTERNAL PROCESSES, THEY ARE REALLY BOUND TO THE LAW
FIRST. WITH ALL OF THAT SAID I STILL AS A BOARD WOULD LIKE TO WORK OUT A SOLUTION THAT FOLLOWS A ROOT PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WELL ENVELOPED ON THIS. THAT ALIGNS APPROXIMATE OUR POLICY OR WE ADJUST POLICY IF NEED BE AND STATE LAW.
AGAIN, WE CAN DEBATE POLICY PREFERENCES, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, HELPFUL CONVERSATION TO HAVE. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. BUT KEEPING THIS AT THE HIGH HE FEEL LEVEL POSSIBLE WITH THE FUNCTION OF THIS AGENDA ITEM SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE,
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO EVERYBODY'S CONTEXT AND THOUGHT PROCESS ON THIS, AND I WILL SAY
A COUPLE OF THING. FIRST, MAYBE I WAS NAIVE, I DID NOT REALIZE HOW DIVISIVE THE CHARTER TOPIC APPARENTLY IS.
I I DID LOOK AT AND I STILL DO LOOK AT CHARTER SCHOOLS, JUST LIKE I LOOK AT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF PARENTAL CHOICE. KNOWING THAT MOST CHARTER
SCHOOLS SPECIALIZE USUALLY IN AN AREA OF EDUCATION OR SKILL BUILDING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A PARENT OF A CHILD OR CHILDREN SEEK OUT AND THAT'S WHY THEY GO THERE. BUT THE CHOICE IS -- IT'S AN
OPTION FOR A PARENT. DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR KIDS OR WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN, WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. BUT I DID NOT REALIZE HOW APPARENTLY DIVISIVE THIS TOPIC
WAS. I HAVE LIVED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR ALL OF MY ADULT LIFE AND I DID NOT REALIZE. I WILL SAY IN LOOKING THROUGH THE RESOLUTION AND READING THE STATUTE, AND READING THE LEG GUIDE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED AND READING THE POLICY, I CAN'T -- I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN THE LAW, BUT I HAVE READ A LOT OF STATUTE IN MY TIME. I CAN'T SEE ANY VIOLATION OF LAW IN THIS POLICY.
THERE IS A THE OPENNESS DIDN'T DICTATE THAT I DON'T SEE BEING IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW. AND I DON'T SEE A CONFLICT IN OUR POLICY, THERE IS A CONFLICT
IN OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE THAT WE USE, THE STATUESES. CLEARLY THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED, BUT I DON'T -- READING THROUGH THE POLICY, THERE IS -- I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND IF
SOMEBODY SEES IT AND POINTS IT OUT I'LL STAND CORRECTED THAT SPECIFIED THE 5-YEAR TIMELINE ON A RENEWAL. THAT SAID, IF I READ THE
RESOLUTION CORRECTLY, SIR, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY THIS FOR ME. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WHAT IT'S ESSENTIALLY SAYING IS THAT YOUR CHARTER SCHOOL IS IN -- HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR LAT MEET TWO MATERIALS?
>> DO I HAVE THE RESOLUTION OR DOES SOMEBODY ELSE PICK THAT UP? >> I AM REFERRING TO THE CONTEXT OF IT. >> GO AHEAD I AM LISTENING. >> YOU CAN FIND OF FOLLOW ME ON THIS. THE RESOLUTION AS IT'S PRESENTED TO US, SAYS THAT IF YOUR CHARTER
SCHOOL IS IN THE PERFORMANCE CATEGORY, WHICH IS A STATE -- A COLORADO STATE CATEGORY OF LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE. LIKE ARE THAT'S LIKE IN THE MIDDLE.
THERE IS A LOW PERFORMANCE -- OR UNDER PERFORMING CATEGORY. A PERFORMANCE CATEGORY. WHICH MEANS YOU ARE AHEAD STANDARD OR ABOVE AND THERE IS A HIGHER CATEGORY. >> DID NO. NO. ALL THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CHARTERS THAT ARE ON THE ELIGIBLE LIST
ARE IN THE HIGHEST CATEGORY. >> THE ONE TITLE PERSON FORM ANTS PLAN IS THE HIGH THE CATEGORY. >> I OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. SO IF YOU IF YOU ARE LOOKING ON PAGE ONE OF THE RESOLUTION, THE -- I AM GOING TO I AM GOING
PARS OUT THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO THIS SO I REALLY UNDERSTAND IT. SO IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN NATION FOR AT LEAST SEVEN C CONSECUTIVE YEARS, THAT MEANS YOU WOULD BE IN YOUR SECOND RENEWAL PERIOD.
THEN WHEN YOUR SECOND RENEWAL COMES FOUND A THIRD RENEWAL, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY EXTEND TO A 10-YEAR INSTEAD OF FIVE. >> NO, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF YOU ARE -- GUESS IF WE SCROLLED
DOWN TO -- NOW DO I HAVE THIS CONTROLLER? >> NO. -- IF YOU GO TO THE EXHIBIT -- CAN YOU GOING TO THE EXHIBIT FOR ME. HEAHERE IT IS, LET'S TAKE CHALLE
TO EXCELLENCE. OUR CURRENT CHARTER EXPIRES IN '27, WHICH IS JUNE 30, '27. IF THIS RESOLUTION PASSES WE WOULD BE EXTENDED TO 2037. OUR CURRENT CONTRACT REQUIRES US
TO DO A PERFORMANCE REVIEW IN LATE '26, EARLY '27 AS PART OF WHAT WOULD BE THE STANDARD RENEWAL PROCESS. CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE WITH -- >> WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS IS
EACH ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS WOULD AT LEAST -- I KNOW THEY ARE ALL CORRESPOND THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LEHMAN GLASGOW. BUT YOU WOULD IN YOUR -- YOU WOULD BE IN YOUR -- YOU WOULD BE -- IN ORDER FOR A SCHOOL TO QUALIFY UNDER THIS RESOLUTION, THEY WOULD BE -- THEY WOULD BE
IN THEIR SECOND RENEWAL PERIOD. AND IN THEIR SECOND FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL PERIOD. >> CORRECT. >> AND WHEN THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD RENEWAL PERIOD WERE TO COME DUE INSTEAD OF REAPPLYING
AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL, IT WOULD BE RE -- IT WOULD BE NO APPLICATION PROCESS IT WOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC 10-YEAR RESOLUTION ON TOP OF THAT. >> THE REEDGES EXTENDS THE CHARTER TERMS, THERE WOULD STILL BE THE PROCESS OF HIGH
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW RIGHT. WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS IS THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS THEN WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE A RENEWAL THAT ABE 15 YEAR BEFORE ANOTHER RENEWAL APPLICATION? >> NO. THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT -- THAT'S
ACTUALLY NOT QUITE RIGHT. BECAUSE. >> THAT'S ACCURATE. >> WELL, NO. >> FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR INITIAL CONTRACT. >> YEAH, SO -- >> IT'S 15 TOTAL YEAR OLDS. >> YEAH, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY BEING CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE WOULD BE FOUR YEARS
INTO THEIR CURRENT -- IF YOU WOULD TO CALL TAILLIGHT A 15-YEAR -- >> WHAT I AM SAYING IS THE LAST TIME THAT ANYBODY WOULD HAVE REVIEWED A RENEWAL APPLICATION FROM THE TIME OF THE -- OF A
RENEWAL UNTIL THE TIME THAT YOU WOULD DO IT AGAIN UNDER THIS RESTLESS CUSHION, WOULD BE 15 YEARS. >> NO. IT'S STILL FIVE YEARS BEING IT'S ALWAYS FIVE YEARS. EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE BEFORE THE BOARD DOING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.
WILL CALL IT JANUARY, WE DID IT IN '22. WE DO IT IN '27. 30 TO. AND THEN IN '37, WE WOULD DO IT AGAIN, BUT IN '37, THERE WOULD BE A DECISION ON THE NEW TERM.
>> JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THIS. SO THEN ABOUT, -- BECAUSE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT OVERSIGHT THINK AND I REALLY DO UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING AT WHERE THEY ARE CONCERNED IF IT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING OR WHATEVER IT IS. I'M NOT EVEN SURE I UNDERSTAND IT IT. SO I WANT TO SNAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND IT.
OKAY? SO CURRENTLY, EACH CHARTER SCHOOLS BY THE POLICY, IS OR THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE OFFICE OF CHOICE, DOES A REVIEW OF EACH CHARTER SCHOOL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WHAT IS THAT ANNUAL REVIEW CONSIST OF. >> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ANNUAL. >> YEAH, THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING, I MEAN, FINANCIALS,
THEY LOOK AT EVEN DOWN TO OUR PARENT SURVEY RESULTS. THAT WE DO ANNUALLY. THEY COME IF A SITE VISIT, CHECK OUR SAFETY PROCEDURES. I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO UNTIL A 5-YEAR. >> OKAY. TEACHER RETENTION AND EVERYTHING.
SO THEN UNDER THIS RESOLUTION, AT FIVE YEARS. YOU WOULD DO THE -- YEAH, THE -- YEAH, THE -- THE -- THE REVIEW
AND THAT WOULD BE TO THE BOARD. >> YES. >> WE STILL WOULD BE UP HERE EVERY FIVE YEARS. >> WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF COMING TO THE BOARD FOR THAT IF IT'S AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL ANYWAY? I AM NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT -- I LIKE THAT DO YOU THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE IS.
>> IT'S JUST A MORE FORMAL CHECK IN AND IF THE AUTHORIZER NAC IS. A RECOMMENDS A COMPREHENSIVE 5-CLEAR REVIEW. THEY STILL RECOMMEND A COMPREHENSIVE 5-YEAR REVIEW.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US IN THIS RESOLUTION NO TO THE CHANGE THE ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WITHIN OUT OF OUR WAY TO NOT CHANGE THE ACCOUNTABILITY. AS MUCH AS PEOPLE LIKE LIZ WOULD LIKE TO LESSEN HER BURDEN A BIT WHICH I UNDERSTAND. >> RIGHT. >> ALL THE ONE-YEAR REPORTING THAT WE DO, STAYS THE SAME.
ALL THE 5-YEAR RECITATION WEST DO WELL BE UP HERE WITH WHAT A CALL THE DOG AND PHONE SEE SHOW ANSWERING QUESTIONS, TELLING BUT HOW GREAT WE ARE. DOING A VIDEO PRESENTATION.
>> I STILL THINK I AM DOING THE MATH RIGHT. IF YOU RENEWED -- IF YOUR RENEWAL COMES DUE IN 2027 FOR CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> IT MEANS YOU WOULD HAVE
BEEN -- YOU WOULD HAVE KNITTED AN APPLICATION IN 2022. >> CORRECT. >> AND IF THIS -- IF WE PASS THIS RESOLUTION, YOU WON'T HAVE
TO SUBMIT ANOTHER APPLICATION UNTIL 2037. THAT WILL HAVE BEEN 15 YEARS. >> SINCE BETWEEN APPLICATIONS. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> RIGHT BEING BUT DOESN'T GET REVIEWED. YOU KNOW, OFFICIALLY REVIEWED.
>> AND JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, I -- THE REASON THAT THIS WASN'T JUST LIKE EVERYBODY GETS EXTENDED TO 2036, IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE STAGGERED MATURITIES. I MEAN, I AM TALKING HOW I THINK OF THE WORLD IN CAPITAL MARKETS
TERMS THINK BUT STAGGERED MATURITY. SO NOT EVERYBODY IS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD FOR THEIR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW THE SAME YEAR YOU WOULDN'T WON WANT TO BE RENEWING 18 CHART NURSE THE SAME YEAR.
THIS IS STAGGERED STILL JUST REFLECTIVE OF THE WHAT CURRENT MATURE IS AS CURRENTLY ARE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR MOORE, I THINK YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE NOT SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THE CONFLICT IN POLICY RIGHT? THAT MIGHT PROHIBIT THIS. THE HIGHEST GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CONSTRAINT THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT, IS THAT SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO IMPLEMENT ANY
PRACTICE, OR POLICY OR ANYTHING CONSIDERED TO BE UNLAWFUL. WE HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS UNLAWFUL. AND ACTUALLY, I THINK THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS AN UNDERSTANDING
THAT ANY TIME ANYTHING THAT IS PLACED ON A BOARD AGENDA, IT'S LAWFUL AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> I DON'T WANT TO VIOLATE ANY
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S -- UNLAWFUL I DON'T BELIEVE IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD. >> WE AS ABOARD COULD MOVE TO RELEASE A PUBLIC SUMMARY OF THAT LEGAL ANALYSIS REGARDING THIS SITUATION.
IT'S UP TO US, WE COULD RELEASE THAT. BUT I THINK THAT IS WHERE I AM HAVING CONCERN IN THAT I HAVE BELIEVE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WELL BE PUTTING OUR SUPERINTENDENT IN A PLACE IF
THIS IS PASSED THAT I DON'T THINK SHE COULD MOVE FORWARD IN IMPLEMENT IT. THIS IS WHY THINGS TAKE TIME. I FEEL LAKE THERE IS A LACK OF CLARITY AMONG THE BOARD AS TO WHAT THIS IS SAYING AND HOW IT
WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. AND SO I JUST -- I THINK WE HAVE OPTIONS. I THINK WE CAN RELEASE THE LEGAL SUM RIFF THE LEGAL ANALYSIS.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION, I THINK WE COULD MOVE TO FORM THAT COMMITTEE THAT WOULD WORK TO CREATE THE NEXT ITERATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE MORE CLARITY WE HAVE OPTIONS. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE AT A POINT
WHERE WE THEY'D TO BE REALLY CLEAR AND MAYBE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IF WE NEED TO TALK THROUGH THE LEGAL MEMO. AND TALK THROUGH EVERYTHING IN A LEGAL IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION,
SO MAYBE THAT'S AN OPTION AS WELL. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> WELL BEING I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR MY PERSONALLY, I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH SOME OF THE OPINIONS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED BY THE PRISONERS, I THINK
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS VERY CHARTER FRIENDLY, OUR STAFF IS VERY CHARTER FRIEND FRIENDS ARE YOU. LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION AS IT IS. IF THERE ARE CHARTERS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO KEEP THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT AS IS AND PROTECT IT AS
IS, AND THEREFORE EXTEND IT TO THIS 10 YEARS, TECHNICALLY 15, BUT 10 YEARS FROM EXPIRATION, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO GIVING THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
SO I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOTION AND GET IT GOING. LEAD I CAN TO MOTION TO APPROVE 12.6, RESOLUTION, TO EXTEND STARTER TERMS FOR HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTERS -- LET'S SEE.
WITH THE RESOLUTION AS POSTED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY WINEGAR AND A SECOND BY MYERS. DISCUSSION. DIRECTOR GEIGER.
>> MAYBE I AM CRAZY AND I HAVE BEEN CALLED LUDICROUS BEFORE. I THINK PROCESS MATTERS. WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE HAVE A DUTY TOLL TELL THE
PEOPLE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND TO TELL THEM IN ADVANCE AND TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO ADDRESS IT. WHEN WE TELL PEOPLE IN AGENDA PLANNING IT'S JUST GOING TO BE INFO AND THEN PEOPLE ON FRIDAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ACTION,
AND IN WE DON'T GET THE FINAL RESOLUTION UNTIL 4:00 THE DAY OF THE BOARD THAT IS POOR GOVERNANCE. ONE MAIN QUESTIONS COMING IN TODAY THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS WHY ARE WE DOING IN THIS IN SUCH A HURRY?
I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY MR. CORTEZ BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE ME OR DIRECTOR TO HIM P SOAR DIRECT TAR MERE ON FUTURE DIRECTOR CALLAHAN OR DIRECT FEWER DOUBLE DEFENSE HER OR FUTURE DIRECTOR RYAN OR FUTURE DIRECTOR PARKER. AND YOU ARE FREE AS A CITIZEN AS A CHARTER BOARD DIRECTOR TO NOT LIKE ALL OF US.
BUT I WILL NEVER BELIEVE THAT THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T LIKE THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION IS WHY WE SHOULD RUSH POLICY. AND I APPRECIATE THAT I MAY BE ONCE AGAIN, HOWLING AT THE WIND HERE TO PREFORMED DECISION, BUT
I WILL SAY AS I SAID IN AN EMAIL TO MR. CORTEZ TODAY, THERE HAVE BEEN LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS RAISED HERE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT OUR STANDARD 5-YEAR PROCESS IS CORRECT. THERE ARE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHETHER SOME OF OUR HIGH-PERFECT FORMING SCHOOLS AND I WILL ADDRESS THAT IN A MINUTE, SHOULD GET LONGER EXTENSIONS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE. AND HAD I BEEN ASKED I WOULD HAVE ENGAGED IN THAT. I WAS AT TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS LAST WEEK. WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING FOR
SOMEBODY WHO HAS NOW NOU BEEN CONDEMNED FROM THE SPEAK'S PODIUM AS BEING ANTI-CHARTER. I TALK TO THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND GUESS WHAT, UNNONE OF THEM HAD BEEN CONSULT ODD THIS
BECAUSE, OF COURSE, IT WOULD LOOK BAD FOR YOU TO COME IN AND JUST SAY YOU GET THE 10-YEAR EXTENSION. I DISAGREE THAT THE DEFINITION OF A HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL IS JUST THAT YOU MAINTAIN YOUR CURRENT PERFORMANCE RATING
BASED ON THE CDE SCORES. SOME OF OUR HIGH -- EVEN ON THIS LIST OUR HIGHEST PERFORMING SCHOOL I BELIEVE IS AT ABOUT 92 AND A HALF PERCENT. THE LOWEST PERFORMING BY THE
DEFINITIONS DIFFERENT IN THE RESOLUTION, IS 30 POINTS BELOW THAT. CUES EXCUSE ME, 25 POINTS BELOW THAT. WE ARE LUMPING A LOT OF SCHOOLS ALTOGETHER HERE. SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS, DIFFERENT RESOURCES, MAY HAVE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE WE
ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM ANY KIND OF SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW FOR 13, 14, 15 YEARS. THE AND IF IT GOES DOWNHILL, THE ONLY RESPONSES WE'VE GOT TO DO THE REVOCATION PROCESS.
WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. OUR COMMUNITY AND AS LUDICROUS AS YOU THINK THEIR OBJECTIONS ARE OUR COMMUNITY HAS A VERY CLEAR ASSESSMENT ON THIS. THEY WANT TO WAIT AND LISTEN TO THIS.
THE I WILL COMMIT NO MATTER HOW LITTLE YOU THINK OF ME, THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS QUESTION, I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. I THINK THERE IS ROOM, AS EACH CHARTER COMES UP FOR THE RENEWAL TO GIVE EXTENDED RENEWALS TO
SUCCESSFUL CHARTERS. I WOULD BE WILLING TO COMMIT THAT IN TWO YEARS, WHEN I WILL STILL BE HERE NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU DISLIKE THAT. THAT I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE HAS BASED UPON THEIR
EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, DESERVES SEVEN OR EIGHT A 10-YEAR EXTENSION. I COMMIT TO TALK TO THE REST OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL COMMUNITY, WHICH DIDN'T HAPPEN BEFORE THIS RESOLUTION CAME UP. ABOUT WHAT CHALLENGES THEY FACE
WITH OUR RENEWALS OR THEY CAN BE MADE MORE TREATMENT LINE OR IF OUR CURRENT REPORTING PRACTICE PROCESSES ARE TOO MUCH BUT WHAT I WILL NOT DO IS BIND THE HANDS OF NEXT SEVEN SCHOOL BOARDS, 14 YEARS IS SEVEN ELECTIONS.
AND I DO NOT SHARE YOUR DISDAIN FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD, I DO NOT SHARE YOUR DISDAIN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AFTER THAT, OR THE SCHOOL BOARD AFTER THAT, OR THE SCHOOL BOARD AFTER THAT AND I WITH WILL NATURAL TAKE THE DECISION OUT OF THEIR HANDS WHEN I CANNOT PREDICT THE FUTURE.
AGAIN, I MAY BE ONCE AGAIN HOWLING INTO THE WIND, IF I HAD SEEN THIS RESOLUTION IN OCTOBER, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION. BUT I DIDN'T. IF I HAD SEEN IT AT AGENDA
PLANNING, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION. BUT I DIDN'T. IF I HAD SEEN IT BEFORE 4:00 YESTERDAY, WE COULD HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION. BUT NOW IT'S A RAILROAD, AND I AM DONE WITH IT.
>> TO BE CLEAR THE RESOLUTION THAT IS UP IS THE ONE YOU HAD ON FRIDAY. NOT THE ONE PRESENTED YESTERDAY. >> WHICH ONE ARE WE VOTING ON? I AM CONFUSED NOW. >> THE ONE THAT'S ATTACHED. >> ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
WHICH IS NOT THE LATEST VERSION. THAT WAS SUBMITTED. OKAY. SO SINCE I AM TALKING I JUST REALLY WANT TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR, WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, IS THAT THE
EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT TERMS FOR ALL OF THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS, IS ESSENTIALLY A RENEWAL FOLLOW EVERY CHARTER SCHOOL LISTED THAT OPTS IN. AND CONDUCTING CHARTER RENEWALS VIA RESOLUTION CIRCUMVENTS THE
RENEWAL PROCESS, NOT ONLY IN OUR POLICY, BUT IN STATE LAW. THIS SAYS WHERE THE UNLAWFUL PART COMES IN. AND SO I JUST NEED US TO BE REALLY CLEAR WHAT WE ARE VOTING
ON. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD IS ASKING FOR MORE LAWSUITS BY RUSHING SOMETHING THROUGH WHICH, AGAIN, IS A VIOLATION OF OUR
FIDUCIARY DUTIES AS ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. >> SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO AN ATTORNEY AS ONE DIRECTOR TO HAVE HIM LOOK AT THIS. BECAUSE I WAS -- I JUST WANTED
TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION TO MAKE SURE AND WHILE I TOTALLY -- I THINK THAT YOU CAN GET -- I MEAN, BRAD YOU ARE -- DIRECTOR GEIGER, YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY AND THERE ARE PEOPLE AND ATTORNEYS THAT YOU KNOW, GO ON BOTH SIDES
OF TOPICS AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THE ATTORNEY THAT I SPOKE WITH HAD NO ISSUES AND FELT LIKE EVERYTHING WAS ABOVEBOARD. >> AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AND YOU ARE ASKING -- SO -- WE ARE SITTING UP HERE AND WE ARE
TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS AS A BOARD AND WHAT I HAVE ACCESS TO IS NOT THAT DOCUMENT. >> RIGHT. >> WHAT I HAVE ACCESS TO STATES OTHERWISE. AND AGAIN, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO HAPPEN TONIGHT?
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU ON THAT POINT, THAT ATTORNEY IS NOT THERE TO REPRESENT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT. SO WE DO HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO -- I THINK IT WAS A POINT THAT DIRECTOR WINEGAR WAS TRYING TOTO GET TO.
I WANT TO POINT OUT I SEE THIS IS OPTIONAL FOR OTHER CHARTERS S TO OPT IN. BUT THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE TO SHAPE THIS RESOLUTION. I KNOW THAT I HAVE A TON OF ADDITIONAL LEGAL QUESTIONS, MYSELF, INCLUDING THE
IMPLICATIONS OF LIKE RIGHT SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION ABOUT CONTRACTS, AND WE ALREADY HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE THAT HAVE REVISIONS FOR RENEWAL AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF US PASSING A RESOLUTION THAT COULD CHANGE THE WAY A CONTRACT IS WRITTEN VERSUS WHAT IS IN THE
CONTRACT ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY DO REVISIONS FOR THOSE CONTRACTS. AND IS IT EVEN THE SAME FOR EVERY CHARTER SCHOOL? I MEAN, IT IS VERY, VERY COMPLICATED AND HUGE. AND SO AGAIN, LIKE JUST CONCERNS ALL AROUND.
AND THAT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS, AGAIN, IS THAT IF THE LEGALITY IS IN QUESTION BEFORE STAFF CAN IMPLEMENT THIS, RIGHT, THAT HAS TO BE GET RERESOLVED. SO WHAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FEAR
EARLIER, WHAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT IS THAT WE HAVE NOW GOT A COMMUNITY THAT'S ELEVATED AND DIVIDED OVER THIS. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT LEGALITY IS BEING QUESTIONED. THE PROCESS IS BEING QUESTIONED. PROBABLY CAN'T EVEN BE
IMPLEMENTED. AND THEN A NEW BOARD IS GOING TO COME IN AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? LIKE IT GETS KILLED? ALL OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS, ARE ERODED NOW. NOW NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. THE COMMUNITY IS ALREADY UP IN ARMS. LIKE BACK IS THE PATH FORWARD
ACTUAL BIG GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHERE IT'S PRODUCTIVE WHERE WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND SERVING AS GOOD AUTHORIZERS TO OUR CHARTCHARTERS AND SUPPORTING OUR CHARTERS IN A MAY THAT'S MEAN MEANINGFUL AND WHAT THIS COULD ACTUALLY TURN INTO.
JUST ELEVATING THAT. THIS JUST CIRCUMVENT OURS ESTABLISH POLICY, RENEWAL PROCEDURES IT SET A PRECEDENT THAT SIDESTEPS PROCESS AND ACCOUNT PLEADED. I BELIEVE IT WILL EXPOSE US TO UNNECESSARY RISK. AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE FULL YVETTEED AND REVIEWED.
APPROPRIATE PROCESS. NOT RUSH THE. ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. >> DIRECTOR MOORE.
>> BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I TENDED TO LIKE DIRECTOR MEEKS THOUGHT PROCESS OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET SOME LEGAL ADVICE ON THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION ABOUT LAWFULNESS. I'VE READ THE BRIEF THAT WE
RECEIVED OF US OF STATUTE I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON THE LAWFUL QUESTION. ARE WE EVEN ALLOWED TO DO THAT
BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES TONIGHT? OR NO. >> WE DON'T HAVE TO.
>> I NEED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO CHECK THE OPEN MEETINGS ACTION. >> I BELIEVE WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE WITHOUT MOTIONING IT UP AND APPROVAL OF BY 2/3 OF THE BOARD'S MEMBERSHIP.
>> OKAY. >> DID YOU NEED A COUPLE OF MINUTES OR -- WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 5-MINUTE RECESS AND WE'LL BE BACK. >> SO KLAMESH HAS GONE TO LOOK AND WE CAN MOTION, WE FIRST HAVE TO MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO
CONSIDER GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND THEN IF THAT PASSES BY A MAJORITY, THEN WE WOULD VOTE ONGOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WHICH WOULD HEN HAVE ON PASS BAY 2/3 MAJORITY.
ALL RIGHT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO CONSIDER GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING LEGAL ADVICE ON SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS PURSUANT TO C
CRS2464024B? REGARDING WHETHER THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BEING CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CHARTER SCHOOL TERMS IS LAWFUL AND CONSISTENT WITH DISTRICT POLICY.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA AS CITED. >> SECOND. >> OKAY, MOTION BY MEEK, AND SECOND BY GEIGER. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE.
>> AYE. >> MYERS. >> NO. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE.
>> WILLWILLIWILLIAMS. NO. WINEGAR. >> NO. >> ALL RIGHT, SO THAT PASSES 4
4-3. SO -- SORRY. SO THE A SCREEN DA HAS BEEN AMENDED. >> NOW WE WILL CONSIDER. >> NOW WE WILL CONSIDER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION H HAS ISSUESO DISCUSS WITH ITS ATTORNEYS IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS PURSUANT TO CRS24-6-4024B. REGARDING WHETHER THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BEING CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CHARTER SCHOOL TERMS IS LAWFUL AND CONSISTENT
WITH DISTRICT POLICY. >> I SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY GEIGER. SECOND BY MEEK. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> NO.
>> THOMPSON. >> WHICH IS WILD. AYE. >> WILLIAMS, NO. WINEGAR. >> NO. ALL RIGHT.
THERE WERE FOUR. YEP. NO, FOUR FOR GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THREE NOT. SO NOW WE ARE BACK TO THE RESOLUTION WHERE I HAD A MOTION
BY WINEGAR AND A SECOND BY MYERS. ANYMORE DISCUSSION? BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE. ALL RIGHT.
GEIGER. >> NO. >> MEEK. >> CAN YOU READ THE MOTION ONE MORE TIME? THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE REGULAR LONGS TO EXTEND EXISTING CHARTER TERMS FOR
HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTERS WITH THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION. >> NO.
>> MOORE. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] PARTS OF THE RESOLUTION I LIKE, PARTS OF THE
RESOLUTION I DON'T LIKE. I DON'T CONQUER WITH THE ISSUE OF LEGALITY, BUT WITHOUT MORE
DETAIL, I CAN'T REALLY WEIGH IN ON THAT PART, SO -- NO.
>> MYERS. >> YES. >> THOMPSON. >> NO. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> IT FAILS 3-4. ALL RIGHT.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> ONTO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH WAS THE PRESERVING FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS. SO AS YOU KNOW, LAST MEETING WE
HAD A AN AGENDA ITEM THAT REQUESTED TO GO IN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK ABOUT THIS TOPIC. AND THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH VOTES TO GO IN SO I SAID THAT I WOULD
PUT FORTH A DISCUSSION. AND WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK THE POLICY FROM D49, I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT DOWN THERE AND THAT IS
WHAT IS ATTACHED TO OUR AGENDA. SO I JUST WANTED TO OPEN IT UP WITH THAT AND THEN I JUST HAD A FEW POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS ILL BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECTION YOUNG WOMEN IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THIS INCLUDES THEIR RIGHT TO COMPETE ON A FAIR PLAYING FIELD AND ACCESS SAFE SEX-SPECIFIC SPACES, LIKE LOCKER ROOMS AND OVER NIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS. THE STATE OF COLORADO AND CHASAS HAVE IMPLEMENTED POLICIES THAT ACTIVELY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
FEMALE ATHLETES BY ALLOWING BIOLOGICAL MALES TO COMPETE IN GIRL'S SPORTS AND ACCESS PRIVATE SPACES. THESE STATE POLICIES VIOLATE TITLE 9 AND THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAWS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND JEOPARDIZE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO START AND THEN I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP. I GUESS MY HOPE IS WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A FULL 30-MINUTE DISCUSSION. I SUPPOSE ON THIS, BUT IS THAT THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS THAT
WILL STILL BE HERE NEXT MONTH AND THEN THE ON ON COMING MEMBERS WILL TAKE A GOOD LOAD AT NOT NECESSARILY THIS EXACT POLICY BUT MY HOPE IS THAT YOU DID SURVEY AND DISTRICT AND
TALKED TO OUR PARENTS ABOUT THIS VERY TOPIC BECAUSE I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND I DO THINK THAT DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE -- WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT
SPECIFIC TIMES THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPENED. BUT IT HAS AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T MAKE A STAND ON THIS. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THANK YOU. IT IS NOTE A SURPRISE TO ANYONE
THAT I SUBSTANTIALLY KISS AGREE WITH MANY OF THE THINGS YOU SAID. SEE, HERE IS THE THING I AM NEARLY 63 YEARS OLD. THAT MEANS WHEN I WAS BORN IT WAS A RECEIVED TRUTH THAT IT WAS TWO DANGEROUS TO HAVE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SAME SCHOOLS WITH
WHITE PEOPLE. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, IT WAS A RECEIVED TRUTH THAT GAY PANIC AND THAT IT WAS JUST TOO WRONG TO HAVE GAY PEOPLE IN THE SAME LOCKER ROOMS WITH STRAIGHT
PEOPLE. SO WHEN I HEAR THAT THIS IS A DANGER, ALL I HEAR IS THE ECHOS OF WHAT I HAVE HEARD IN THE PAST. AND I WILL NEVER EVER SUPPORT THAT KIND OF BIAS.
EIGHT PEOPLE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THIS POLICY TONIGHT. NOT ONE OF THEM ACKNOWLEDGED THE HUMANITY OF TRANS GIRLS. EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED THAT THEY WERE PEOPLE WHOSE CONSIDERATIONS OR WHOSE WELFARE MATTERED. AND THAT BOTHERS ME.
I WILL TELL THE PUBLIC, THAT THE EMAILS I GOT WHILE SOME WERE CONSIDERED, OTHERS CONTAINED LANGUAGE ABOUT TRANS KIDS, THAT IS DESPICABLE.
AND THE WOMAN WHO EMAILED US TODAY, AND ATTACKED A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT, BY NAME, WE RECOGNIZE YOU. I CAME ON THIS BOARD TO MAKE OUR
SCHOOLS A SAFER AND MORE WELCOMING PLACE FOR EVERYONE. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE BACKGROUND THAT I HAVE HAD. AS AN ADDITIONS, I GREW UP IN SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE OUR SEGREGATION WAS SO SUCCESSFUL WE
MOVED OUR ONLY SUBSTANTIAL MINE ON THEIR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO WHAT WE CAN COMPLETELY CALL THE RES. THEIR MAY BE ROOM AT THE OLYMPIC LEVEL TO TALK ABOUT SUBTLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BETWEEN
THOSE BORN MALE AND THOSE ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH. I DON'T THINK THOSE MATTER A GREAT DEAL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND DO NOT BUY THAT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL, TRANS GIRL IS AND HOW A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL THREAT TO
EVERY OTHER WOMAN THAT EXISTS. I WAS LITERALLY TOLD THIS WEEK THAT ALLOWS TRANS GIRLS THIS COMPETE IN AGENT 11 I CANS THREATENS THE RIGHT FOR WOMEN TO VOTE. I RESPECT THE WORK WOMEN HAVE TO
DO TO TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY. I SIMPLY DO NOT AGREE THAT ALLOWING A TINY NUMBER OF TRANS KIDS AND IN DOUGLAS COUNTY I THINK IT'S 0 TRANS KIDS TO COMPETE IN ATHLETICS PUTS THEM
AT RISK OF COURSE I LOVE THAT WE TALK ABOUT HOW THEY COULD BE INJURED. I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD CONCERNED ABOUT ATHLETIC INJURIES FROM SAME-GENDER SPORTS. ON A FOOTBALL FIELD WE HAVE DEFENSIVE ENDS WE HAVE ONE WHO
IS 6'6", 310 POUNDS. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT BOY CONSTITUTES RISKS TO ANOTHER BOYS ON THE FIELD. THERE IS ALWAYS A GENETIC DIFFERENCE. FOR 13 YEARS, CHASAS HAS ALLOWED THIS. AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT
IT'S CAUSED ANY OF THE HARMS YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE UP. I HAVE MET WITH TRANS KIDS. WHICH IS I THINK MORE THAN SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING TO HURT PEOPLE. THEY ARE NOT PREDATORS.
OR ANY OF THE OTHER DESPICABLE THINGS THAT EMAIL PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME. THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO LIVE. THE REASON THAT CHASAS EXISTS IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE RULES TO COMPETE ACROSS DISTRICTS.
AND THAT BY JOINING CHASAS, WE AGREE TO THOSE RULES. AND TO SOME PART THOSE RULES ARE MADE 14 MILES THAT WAY UNDER THE GOLDEN DOME. YOU MAY NOT LIKE THOSE RULES. IT'S BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY
WHO DON'T WANT TO LIVE UNDER THOSE RULES. BUT IF WE MAKE THAT DECISION AT THIS POINT, OR SOME LATER POINT, THEN ESSENTIALLY WE TELL EVERY KID, THOSE IN eSPORT, THOSE IN CHESS, THOSE IN FOOTBALL, THAT
THEY DON'T GET TO COMPETE IN THE STATE. AND THAT'S A BAD DECISION AND IT HURTS WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE. PHYSICAL THERE ARE FEMALE ATHLETES WHO HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE IN THEIR LOCKER ROOMS WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. I DON'T CARE WHY. ONE OF THE FASCINATING THINGS IS
THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WROTE TO ME AND SAID, I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE IN MY LOCKER ROOM. I UNDERSTAND HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT WAS. THAT WAS WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE OUT TRANS PEOPLE. LOCKER ROOMS ARE ARE NOT FUN PLACES. AND IF WE HAVE A STUDENT OR AN
ATHLETE WHO IS UNCOMFORTABLE IN A BATHROOM WHO IS UNCOMFORTABLE FOOTBALL A LOCKER ROOM FIRST OF ALL I BET IT'S OUR TRANS KIDS. IF A PERSON COMES TO US AND IS I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, A COME DOGS HAVE TO BE MADE.
THE FOR EVERYBODY. YOU NO HE WHO I DON'T SEE IN HERE TALKING ABOUT ATHLETIC FAIRNESS? I HAVE NEVER NEVER SEEN A COACH IN HERE I HAVE THEY HAVE 19 SIGH WOMAN'S SPORTS COME IN AND SAY
SAVE US FROM THE OVERWHELMING FLOOD OF TRANS GIRLS. I HAVE TALKED TO FEMALE ATHLETES AND HIGH STOOL STUDENTS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ONE OF THEM RAISE THIS ISSUE. IT'S AN ISSUE FOR ADULTS. AND I GUESS IF WE CAN WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER IT'S
AN ISSUE FOR YOU ADULTS AND WHETHER IT'S A BIG DEAL WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION. AND FOUR PEOPLE RAN 100 PERCENT ON THE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT TRANS KIDS KNOW THEY ARE NOT SAFE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THEY
ARE NOT WELCOME IN OUR SCHOOLS. BEFORE YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT CARING ABOUT SAFETY, I WILL REMIND YOU, THAT IN THE FALL OF '23, IN THE SPRING OF '24, WE BUSTED OUR BEHINDS TO CREATE A
COMMUNITY DERIVED BULLYING PLAN. AND ON THE DAY IT WAS TO BE APPROVED, FOUR OF YOU TABLED IT NOT BECAUSE IT WAS A BAD PLAN, BUT BECAUSE POLITICAL OPERATORS SAID IT DID TOO MUCH TO PROTECT TRANS KIDS. SO DO NOT COME TO ME AND SAY YOU
ARE ABOUT PROTECTING PEOPLE. THAT VOTE IS ON THE RECORD. I HAVE MADE MY PEACE THE NEW BOARD WILL COME IN AND THEY MADE
THEIR THOUGHTS CLEAR AND GUESS WHAT, THEY WON. I I WILL LISTEN TO EVERYBODY IF YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT WILL MAKE EVERYBODY COMFORT BELIEVABLE IN LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS I WILL LISTEN TO EVERY MEN OF IT BUT IF IT INVOLVES POSTING SOMEBODY OUTSIDE A BATHROOM TO
QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY IS PIEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE, I WILL SAY NO. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT, DIRECTOR GEIGER. YOU KNOW, WE DIFFER ON THE TOPIC
IN THAT I AM A FATHER OF WHO DAUGHTERS, AND TO ME, AND MOST ADULTS WHO TAKE A BIGS POSITION ON THE ISSUE, THE FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS AND THE PRIVACY
OF THE LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS, ARE ALL JUMBLED TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IN THEORY, AND I HAVEN'T GONE INTO A SCHOOL TO SEE IF THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CASE, BUT MY KIDS TELL ME THAT TAILLIGHT
WOULD BE THE CASE IN THEIR OPINION, THAT IF A TRANSGENDER GIRL WANTED TO CHANGE IN A GIRL'S LOCKER ROOM OR USE THE GIRL'S BATHROOM, NOTHING CURRENTLY PREVENTS THAT FROM
OCCURRING. HOW OFTEN IT ACTUALLY OCCURS IS UP FOR DEBATE. HERE LOCALLY. BUT I THINK WHAT WE SEE NATIONALLY ARE EXAMPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT MAKE YOU WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T END UP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM LOCALLY. AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT. LIKE GEEZ, I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME KINDS OF ISSUES. BECAUSE BY THE TIME THEY ARE AT A CRISIS STAGE NOW THEY ARE A PROBLEM. AND YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE
AVOIDED IT. NOW, THAT SAID, I DON'T HAVE A BIAS TOWARDS ANY CHILD, MALE, FEMALE GAY STRAIGHT TRANSGENDER. NONBINARY NO. I DON'T CARE. LOVE THEM ALL.
APPRECIATE THEM ALL. I WANT THEM ALL TO FEEL AS WELCOME AND INCLUDED AS POSSIBLE. AND THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED SOCIAL ISSUE THAT HAS TURNED INTO A VERY VOLATILE POLITICAL ISSUE. THE PROBLEM IS WE AS A SCHOOL
BOARD, WHILE WE ARE ELECTED AND SO THE POLITICAL ANGLE IS WITH US ALL THE TIME, WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SOCIAL ISSUES, THE SAFETY ISSUE, THE FAIRNESS ISSUE, AND THE PRIVACY ISSUE. AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE
ANSWER ON THE RIGHT SOLUTION. MAYBE I AM NOT SMART MUFF TO COME UP WITH THE ANSWER. I JUST KNOW WHAT IS THE WRONG SOLUTION AT LEAST IN MY FAITH AND IN MAY PROTECTIVE -- PROTECT, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT --
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY THIS IS THE WRONG LOGIC, BUT AS A DAD OF TWO DAUGHTERS, I HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED A THE MY DAUGHTERS AS MORE VULNERABLE IF I HAD A SON I AM NOT SURE I WOULD SEE IT THAT WAY I ALWAYS
THOUGHT MY DAUGHTERS WERE VULNERABLE AND I THOUGHT IT IS MY JOB TO DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO PROTECTION THEM. FROM THOSE VULNERABILITIES AND AND I THINK FRINGE AMOUNTS THEIR PRIVACY IS WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THE
TOPIC. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THERE ARE INSTANCES WHEREBY LOGICAL MALES AND FEMALE SPORTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS HAVE RESULTED IN INJURIES AND THINGS OTHER PLACES THAT THEY ARE
UNFORTUNATE ASKING. AND SOME PEOPLE MAY LOOK AT THOSE KIDS THAT WERE INJURED AS VICTIMS, A NO, MA'AM NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE OR NO. BUT THAT'S HOW SOME PEOPLE VIEW IT. AND SO HOW DO YOU PREVENT THAT? IS IT FAIR, IS IT SAFE?
BUT I AM BACK TO THE PRIVACY ISSUE. I DON'T CONDONE HARASSMENT. DISCRIMINATION. MAKING ANY KIDS FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE. I WANT EVERY SINGLE KID TO GROW UP AND BE WHO THEY WANT TO BE AND FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO THAT AND THRIVE THAT WAY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT IT'S COMPLICATED WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS. AND IT SEEMS TO BE THAT AND THE PRIVACY ISSUE, THE COMMON SOLUTION THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN
MANY, MANY PLACES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY WAS WELL, IF THE CHILD CHOOSES TO IDENTIFY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THEY CAN JUST USE THE FACILITY OF THEIR CHOICE. AND I GET THE LOGIC BEHIND THAT TO A DEGREE. BUT IT CREATES A WHOLE OTHER PROBLEM WITH PRIVACY.
WHICH I STRUGGLED WITH AND I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH IT MY KIDS ARE NOW GROWN AND OUT OF COLLEGE. WELL, ONE OF THEM IS, ONE WENT BACK. BUT SHE'S AN ADULT NOW. BUT MOST OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ARE NOT ADULTS. THEY ARE STILL JUVENILES, THEY
ARE STILL TECHNICALLY NOT ADULTS. THEREFORE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. NOT SAYING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SOME SAY OR KNOW OR WILL KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. BUFF AT THIS STAGE, WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE TO PROTECT THEM. AND PROVIDE FOR THAT PRIVACY. MAYBE THIS POLICY ISN'T -- AND THERE ARE I WILL ADMIT. IF YOU LOOK AT MY NOTES HERE, THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THIS POLICY.
THERE IS LANG WITH WILLING IN THE POLICY THAT GOD BEYOND THE CONTINUE TELL HOW WE SHOULD BEHAVE AND HANDLE THE PROBLEM AND BECOMES MORE MORE DEVICE AND I HAVE OPINION 80ED I DON'T LIKE THE DIVISIVE AND OPINION 80ED LANGUAGE YOU CAN LIMIT SOME OF
THE LANGUAGE IN HERE TO JUST THE CONTEXT OF HOW WE PROTECTION KITS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. MAYBE THIS IS NOT THE EXACT LIGHT RANGE WITHIN BUT I THINK IT'S THE START OF THE CONVERSATION AND I THE THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO COUNTY KNOW I WON'T BE ON THE BOARD TO
PARTICIPATE BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I RESPECT YOUR OPINION AND I RESPECT YOUR OPINION AND YOURS AND YOURS AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S OPINION. AND I RESPECT ALL OF THESE CHILDREN AND MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH UNTIL CHOICE OF WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY
WANT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WE I TREAT PEOPLE I WILL ALWAYS RESPECT THEM. AND AND APPRECIATE THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE AND NOT JUST THEM BASED
ON THEIR SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY. THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT IS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS TO ME IS THEIR CHARACTER HOW THEY LIVE THEIR LIFE AND WHAT DO TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE IF THEY DO THOSE THINGS THEN I WILL THINK THEY ARE AWESOME. IF THEY ARE BAD AND DON'T DO THO*ES THINGS I DON'T CARE WHAT THE OTHER STUFF IS I WILL JUDGE
THEM BASED ON THEIR CONDUCT AND CHARACTER WHEN I WILL ALWAYS DO THAT MUCH I DON'T WANT WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER INTO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO JUST CONSIDER THE FACT THAT.
THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF TITLE 9 WAS IMPLEMENTED TO PROTECT FEMALES IN FEMALE SPORTS. THAT'S HOW I INTERPRET THE ORIGINAL CONTEXT OF TITLE 9. IT'S BEEN REINTERPRETED AGAIN AND MORE TIMES THAN I KNOW.
BUT AT LEAVE IT'S BEEN WRITTEN AND INTERPRETERRED AT LEAST TWICE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. IT'S COMPLICATED FOR US TO INTERPRET AND KNOW WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO BUT I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE UTE THERE WHAT HAVE A POSITION IT ARE STRUGGLING WITH
THE SAME CONTEXT. TO YOUR POINT, DIRECTOR GEIGER, WHAT'S REALLY THE PROBLEM WHERE I -- I CONSIDER THE PROBLEM, IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES TITLE
22, WHICH DEFINES HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION WHICH DEFINES WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY NO TO. RIGHT? REALLY IS WHAT LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO SAY NO. IF WE THINK SOMETHING ISN'T PROPER WHEN IT COMES TO PRIVACY OR SAFETY.
IT COMPLICATES MATTERS AND I DON'T THINK -- I DON'T THINK, BUT MAYBE I AM WRONG, I DON'T THINK IT -- THAT CONCERN WAS CONSIDERED WELL ENOUGH BEFORE THE STATUTE WAS PASSED OF BUT THE STAFF STATUTE DAYS BACK TO R
2,009 AND AMEND ED IN 2022. OR 2023 TO TAKE EFFECT IN 2024. WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE STABLED THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND IT WAS OVER THE CONCERN ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE
LAW THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE 2009 LAW AND CHASAS I BELIEVE BASES IT'S POLICY AND IT'S CHANGED THE POLICY THAT IT DID HE HAVE SEVERAL CAREERS AGO BASED ON THE TWO UNTHINE CRS.
IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT IS OUR STATE LAW AND IT'S COMPLICATED FURTHER BECAUSE OF WHAT HE WITH MAY OR MAY NOT BELIEVE IF I DISAGREES, YOU ARE RIGHT I DISAGREES WITH THE STATE LAW ON THAT.
NOT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION I WANT MORE THAN EMPHASIS ON PRIVACY, SAFETY AND FAIRNESS TOO, AND THAT PART IS MISSING FROM. STATUTE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RECONCILE THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I WILL END ON THE FACT THAT I AM
AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL KIDS AND I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR PRIVACY, SAFETY, FAIRNESS FOR ALL SEXES AND ALL GENDERS, RIGHT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, I KNOW IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL WE
WILL NOT DO THE RIGHT THING AT SOME POINT AND WE WILL END UP WITH A CHILD I SHOULDN'T SAY WE WILL HE COULD END UP WITH I A CHILD OR CHILDREN THAT ARE INJURED OR HURT OR SUBJECT TO INVASION OF PRIVACY THAT WE COULD HAVE SPRINGED. I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO CITY
THAT HAPPEN. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY VICTIMS OR ANY KIDS HURT. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> I JUST WANT TO CONQUER WITH DIRECTOR MOORE, COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
AND JUST THAT I THINK IT IS TOO BAD THAT THIS POLICY PROBABLY WILL END AFTER THIS MEETING AND NOT CONTINUE FORWARD. IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. ESPECIALLY HAVING TWO GIRLS IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT WELL, ONE THAT WILL BE IN THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT SOON, SHE'S ONLY THREE. BUT JUST I WOULD HAVE SO MUCH MORE SECURITY IN KNOWING THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A POLICY IN PLACE FOR SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHERE THERE IS A
BIOLOGICAL MALE WHO IS IN A SPACE THAT SHE FEELS SHE'S VIOLATED. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AMAZING STAFF RIGHT NOW THAT TALKED IT CASE BY CASE, IT'S JUST GETTING THAT SENSE OF SECURITY THAT I
WISH WE COULD PROVIDE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON OR DIRECTOR -- >> I ALSO CONQUER WITH DIRECTOR MOORE. DIRECTOR WINEGAR.
AND AS A TEACHER, A MOTHER, I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THIS, BUT AS A CHRISTIAN, I CANNOT BE UNKIND TO ANYONE. I DON'T CARE THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, I DON'T CARE THEIR GENDER, I DON'T CARE WHATEVER IT'S NOT
APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO BE UNKIND TO ANYONE. AND I HAVE HAD TRANS KIDS IN CLASSROOMS, I HAVE HAD GAY KIDS, I HAVE HAD GAY FRIENDS. AND I WOULD NEVER THINK TO TREAT THEM ANY OTHER WAY EXCEPT AS A
HUMAN BEING. THE ONLY OTHER THING I -- I DO -- AM WORRIED ABOUT IS THE THINGS THAT COME WITH WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH OUR TRANS CHILDREN -- GENDER CHILDREN, IS THAT I THINK AT A POINT OUR OTHER KIDS, ESPECIALLY GIRLS IN
LOCKER ROOMS, IN SPORTS, HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN -- IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE AND I KNOW IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE DIRECTOR GEIGER JUST TO EVEN BE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, BEING
IN THE LOCKER ROOM PERIOD. IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE AT MY AGE THINK BUT I AM SAYING I JUST THINK THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS TAKEN CARE OF AND AS A TRANS CHILD I WOULD HOPE THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT
OUT OF RESPECT OR CAN WE NOT MAKE ON A COME DAYSES AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR MAYBE THE GIRLS IT DOES BOTHER AND IF AND I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE OF EMAILS AND SOME E-MAILS OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS OF INCIDENTS IF DOUGLAS COUNTY BUT UNTIL THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS YOU MUST USE POLICY KE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT, THEN WE CAN'T -- WE ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW EVERYTHING AS A BOARD YOU NEVER KNOW
EVERYTHING AS A BOARD SITTING UP HERE. SO YOU -- YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT GETS BROUGHT UP THROUGH THE PROCESS TO THE BOARD, WE ARE UNAWARE OF THOSE THINGS AND WHEN WE GET AN EMAIL AS A BOARD MEMBER, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT THE
STARTING POINT IS WITH THE BOARD. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE RESPECTED. AND TAKEN CARE OF. >> DOCTOR THOMPSON. >> OKAY.
SO FIRST, I WANT TO SPEAK TO ANY STUDENT OR YOUNG PERSON WHO IS LISTENING, YOU MATTER. YOU ARE WORTH I. YOUR DIGNITY MATTERS. AND YOU BELONG HERE. SO PLEASE DON'T ALLOW THE STRUGGLES OF OTHERS TO DEFINE YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TOLL MY FELLOW BOARD DIRECTORS FOR RECOGNIZING TRANS CHILDREN ACTUALLY EXIST TONIGHT. I FEEL THAT WAS A REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND VALUE DATING PREACH TO TAKE WHILE SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE TOPIC THE
SO THE TITLE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS PRESERVING FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORTS. AND SINCE THAT IS THE TOPIC THAT WE ARE ON, I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS. SPORTS ARE NOT JUST GAMES. THEY PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING. THEY BUILD SPOKE SKILLS AND TEAM WORK, IMPROVE SELF IMAGE AND LINKED WITH STRONGER ACADEMICS AND LATER CAREER SUCCESS. STUDENT ATHLETES, HE HIS GIRLS ARE MIKE LIKELY TO ENROLL IN A.P. COURSE WORK THAN THEIR NONAT LIMB I CAN PIERCE AND
SPORTS ALSO BENEFITS SCHOOL CULTURE. SO HIGHER ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION, IS LINKED TO SAFER SCHOOLS AND FEWER DISCIPLINARY ISSUES, INCLUDING SUSPENSIONS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
I FOR KNOW THERE IS RHETORIC ON PROTECTING GIRLS THAT FUCUSES IS FEARS NOT SOLUTIONS AND THERE ARE SOLUTIONS AND I OUT WANT TO AT SOME OF THE OTHER THREATS TO INCLUDING LACK OF ABSCESS,
FUNDING AND OUTDATED BELIEVES BS THAT GIRL AS NOT AS ATHLETIC AS BOYS. OUR SCHOOL ALREADY WORK WITH STUDENT IS TO ENSURE OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS AND SAFETY. OUR LEADER TASKED WITH FINDING
OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAW. THERE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT DON'T RESORT TO EXCLUSION. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A BROADER PATTERN THAT WE SHOULD ALL CONSIDER. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR YEARS GIRLS WERE PUSH AHEAD WAY FROM THINGS
LIKE AND SCIENCE WHEN CAREER RATE AHEAD CHIEF. GAPS THINK WHEN GIVEN ACCESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT, GIRLS NOT ONLY CAUGHT UP THEY BEGAN TO OUT PERFORM THEIR MALE PEERS. AND THE SAME STORY APPLIES TO ATHLETICS. DESPITE BEING LABELED WEAK OR
UNFEMININE, FEMALE ATHLETES HAVE CONSISTENTLY BROKEN THROUGH STEREOTYPES AND BARRIERS TO PROVE OTHERWISE. I PERSONALLY REJECT RHETORIC THAT LOWER AGENT LIT I CAN STANDARD BY GIRL BY PORTRAYING THEM AS FRAGILE. I FEEL THAT THE REAL AND ONGOING
THROAT TO GIRL'S SPORTS INCLUDE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE MENTIONED ACCESS FUNDING AND PERCEPTION. AND I THINK THAT IF THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT AS A BOARD, AND FOR OUR INCOMING BOARD DIRECTORS MOVING FORWARD, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO REALLY UNDERSTAND FROM DISTRICT STAFF, FROM ATHLETICS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD, ADDRESSING WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I DIDN'T REALLY PREPARE ANYTHING I WAS LISTENING BUT I THINK WHAT I HEARD IN EVERYONE IS WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE. I HEARD THAT THAT WAS THE COMMON DESIRE. AND I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS HOW. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? RIGHT. IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A
GIFT IN THAT WE HAVE -- I AM PRETTY SURE IT'S 17 YEARS WHERE WE HAVE ACCOMMODATED TRANSGENDER ATHLETES IN SPORTS. SO WE HAVE 17 YEARS OF DATA.
OF US DOING THIS. SO I THINK THERE IS PROBABLY BEEN LESSONS LEARNED. I THINK WE CAN TALK TO STUDENTS. THINK BOTH OF MY DAUGHTERS WERE ACTION LEASE. AND I TALKED TO MY OLDEST ABOUT THIS AND SHE'S LIKE, MOM, ANYONE IN THE LOCKER ROOM CAN MAKE YOU
FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. LIKE OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE EVERYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE NO MATTER WHAT. AND IT -- AND I BELIEVE FOR 17 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK
WITH INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE. FOR WHATEVER REASON. IF THEY ARE FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR POLICIES ARE ABOUT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, THERE AREN'T BARRIERS, YOU KNOW, SO
INSTEAD OF STARTING WITH A POLICY I THINK YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE WHO ARE CLOSEST AND WE LISTEN TO OUR STUDENTS AND WE LISTEN TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR ATHLETICS. LIKE YOU HAVE CONVERSATION AND
HAVING THIS LONG HISTORY, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING NEW. RIGHT? THIS HASN'T JUST APPEARED. IT'S BECOME ELEVATED IN RETRENTT YEARS FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TOLL REALLY LEAN IN TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND LEARN FROM
EVERYONE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THERE ISN'T UNFAIR COMPETITION OR AN UNFAIR COMPETITION COULD BE LACK OF ACCESS FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE. SO IT'S COMPLEX, BIKE WE HAVE SAID ALREADY. AND I THINK INSTEAD OF STARTING WITH A POLICY THAT FEELS PRETTY
DIVISIVE AS A STARTING POINT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE APPROXIMATE EXPERIENCE IN ACCOMMODATING EVERYONE AND SEE WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE. AND WORK FROM THAT. >> I TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT AND I HOPE THAT THIS BOARD DOES CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND
HAVE CONVERSATION. I THREW UP A POLICY BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE ANOTHER DISTRICTS AND PLACES THAT ARE CREATING POLICY AROUND THIS. AND SO I GENUINELY HOPE THAT THIS BOARD CONTINUES THESE
CONVERSATIONS. AND MOVES FORWARD WITH TRYING TO PRESERVE FAIRNESS AND SAFETY SOME SPORTS. I THINK THAT'S IT THERE. UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT.
ONTO THE FIRST QUARTER BUDGET REVIEW. [ LAUGHTER ] >> NO, NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO -- DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> SO FORTUNATELY, THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR HOW MUCH OUR ELECTION FEES WILL LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR. I FOLLOWED UP WITH STAFF AND
FOUND OUT WE ACTUALLY GET THAT NUMBER TOTAL IN JANUARY. AND THAT'S AROUND THE TIME THAT IT IS DUE. ADDITIONALLY, I DID HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND WE WERE LACKING AT FOR THE COST OF CASB THIS YEAR.
I HONESTLY I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF STAFF WAS ABLE TO RESPOND TO ME BECAUSE WE DID GET A THE LOVE EMAILS THAT CAME IN SO I DON'T REMEMBER IF I HAVE SEEN IT COME THROUGH. BUT THE REASON I HAD ASKED THERE
IS AN UPCOMING CONFERENCE. IT'S FOR NSBA, IT'S FEBRUARY 1st THROUGH 3rd. AND THE DEADLINE FOR EARLY -- TO SIGN UP EARLY AND SAVE IS NOVEMBER 14th. AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS
PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE NATIONAL CONFERENCES IN THE PAST. THIS IS PARTICULARLY ONE THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. I I AM NOT SURE ABOUT OTHER BOARD DIRECTORS OR INCOMING BOARD DIRECTORS ON DURING THAT TIME BUT I WANTED TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT UP WHILE
WE ARE LACKING AT OUR BUDGET AND THINKING ABOUT IF WE HAVE THE RESOURESOURCES THERE TO ALLOCATR ATTENDANCE. IF THERE ARE ANY THOUGHTS. >> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ALL
BUDGET SO CLOSELY. I AM ACTUALLY BEING SERIOUS. ANYONE ELSE? GRADE. THANK YOU. ONWARD. HOLD ON. >> I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO TABLE THIS. >> HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A RECOMMENDATION SO WE HAVE 9.2, 9.3, 90.7 AND 9.16. THE FIRST TWO ARE BOTH ELs. EL3 AND EL4. I AM GOOD WITH MOVING THAT ALONG
WITH THE GOVERNANCE PROCESS HANDBOOK TABLING IT UNTIL THE NEXT MEET ON THE GROUND HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. ESPECIALLY THE GOVERNANCE PROCESS HANDBOOK WE TALKED AGAIN TONIGHT ABOUT CHANGING SOMETHING AROUND THE AGENDA PLANNING WHAT GOES ON CONCERT VERSUS NOT I
THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD NOT TO APPROVE THAT. THE ONLY ONE THAT I WAS CONSIDERING THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE ON IF WE ARE READY TO DO THAT WOULD BE THE B ON. E SELF-EVALUATION BOARD SUPERINTENDENT LINKAGE JUST BECAUSE I DID IT AND SO IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE THAT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, THAT I COULD BE THERE
TO ANSWER THEM. BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE THERE OTHERWISE. >> 9.7? >> YEAH, 9.7. >> THANK YOU.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE TALK ABOUT 9.7 AND THEN WE CAN TABLE THE REST AFTER WE TALK ABOUT 9.7. >> I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
[ INAUDIBLE ] >> YES, GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> SUPERINTENDENT LINKAGE.
GREAT. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY WINEGAR DISCUSSION DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. SO I HAVE BEEN DIGGING IN POLICY
GOVERNANCE. AND REGARDING THIS MONITORING REPORT, WE HAD A DISCUSSION DURING OUR WORK SESSION IN OCTOBER. AND DURING THE CONVERSATION THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LETTER WAS REFERENCED. AND THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT
HOW WRITING THAT LETTER, WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE TASK. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR. THE SUPERINTENDENT IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE BOARD FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE, THAT'S IT'S NOT THE OTHER WAY
AROUND. WHAT HAPPENED IS THE LETTER ENDS UPSETTERRING OR INTERPRETING BOARD'S COMPLIANCE. AND IT BLURS THE LINE AND IT'S NOT IN HER PURVIEW TO TELL THE BOARD IF WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS POLICY IT'S IN HER PURVIEW TO SUPPORT IT WITH FACTS
AND FOR US TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. THERE IS IN THE A MISSTEP OF THE SUPERINTENDENT I THINK SHE WAS TRYING TO FULFILL AN ASK THAT WE HAD. AND I THINK THAT WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE BEING TOLD THAT
IT WAS AN UNCOCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. AND IT MAKES SENSE. THE POINT OF OUR PERSONAL MONITORING REPORTS. AND SO, AGAIN, I THINK PROBABLY
SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE FACT DOCUMENTATION COULD HAPPEN. I THINK IT WOULD ALSO ALLEVIATE IF THE SUPERINTENDENT DOES HAVE TO WRITE A LETTER OR PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD MAYBE RESULT IN THE BOARD FINDING OURSELVES IN
NONCOMPLIANCE SO SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO FIND THE HAPPY ME MEDIUM. I DON'T THINK THIS IS READY YET BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECTIFY THE CHALLENGE THAT'S HERE. >> SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE NEW BOARD WOULD MAKE THOSE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THROUGH THE
OCTOBER 17th OF '25. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND LEAVING THIS ONE AND GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT YOUR BSLs AND AS A BOARD, CHANGING ANY FUTURE SELF
EVALS. >> I AM JUST WORRIED ABOUT US PUTTING OUR SUPERINTENDENT IN A POSITION WHERE SHE'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY THAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW. LIKE WE HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS SPECIFICALLY SHE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO INTERPRET THE GOVERNANCE
POLICIES AND SO LIKE WE ARE PUTTING HER IN THAT PREDICAMENT. AND I THINK THAT IT COULD BE FIXED. >> SORRY TO PUT YOU IN THAT SPOT. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY AS I
UNDERSTAND IT WITH WE WERE TRAINED ON POLICY GOVERNANCE I WAS -- FROM MY PERCEPTION I WAS DIRECTED TO DO SO TO WRITE THAT MEMO. AND BUT ONE OPTION YOU HAVE IS TO ELIMINATE THE MEMO.
>> WE COULD ELIMINATE THE MEMO. SO IF WE WANT TO JUST AMEND IT AND THEN OR ANY REFERENCE TO IT. SO WE CAN C DELETE THE MEMO FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN ALSO
ANY REFERENCE TO IT. AND THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THIS AS A BOARD YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT IT. >> I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK WORKS, I STILL -- MY ONLY THING IS JUST PROCESS LIKE
THERE'S FACTS THAT COULD BE PRESENTED THAT WE COULD THEN WEIGH OUR COMPLIANCE ON AND SO THAT'S ALL WE JUST HAVE ALL THE FACTS IN THIS VERSION. SO THAT'S ALL. BUT I APPRECIATE THE CAM COMPROMISE.
DIRECTOR GEIGER SINGE ARE SINCE YOU MADE THE MOTION WOULD YOU ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT TO TAKE OUT THE MEMO AND ANY REFERENCE THEREOF. >> I TAKE THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND ACCEPT IT. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT AS A SECOND? >> YEAH, THAT'S FINE. >> OKAY.
GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> NO. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE.
>> PASSES 6-1. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> I REALIZE IT'S VERY LATE BUT I WAS HOPING THAT THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THE ELs BECAUSE THEY WERE ON CONSENT AGENDA AT THE BOARD'S REQUEST. BECAUSE THEY -- WE HAD ALREADY
DONE ALL OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND THOSE ELs AND SETTLED WITH WHERE THAT WAS, SO THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST IS THAT IF IT IS POSSIBLE, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO HAVE US REDO THEM, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT I THINK
THAT WE HAD SETTLED AT A PLACE WHERE WE HAD AGREED THEY WERE READY TO FOR CONSENTS AGENDA I WAS HOPING TO TRUST GET THEM DONE. >> THOSE WOULD BE -- >> 9.2 AND 9.3. >> THE EL3 WAS TREATMENT OF
STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND EL4 WAS SUCCESSION. >> I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT AGENDA ITEMS 9.2 AND 9.3. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY
WINEGAR, ANY DISCUSSION? >> I LIKE I AM IN A BIT OF A PREDICAMENT BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE I WOULD PREFER TO FIRST ADDRESS
WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST WONDERED IF -- SO PROCESS
WISE, WE WENT OVER THE EL AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ADDRESSED ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME. AND MADE DETERMINATIONS WITH THE BOARD A TOSS WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO APPLY THE FEEDBACK TO THE CURRENT YEAR'S REPORT AURA PLAY IT FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S REPORT. AT LEAST AS I UNDERSTOOD THE
LAST MEETING. SO THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FEEDBACK OVER AND ABOVE WHAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST MEETING, IN WHICH CASE I AM HAPPY TO JUST TABLE IT AND REDO IT IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD
WOULD LIKE. >> I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. SO GEIGER. >> EWE.
>> MEEK. >> YEAH, I GET THE -- IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS CONVERSATIONS AND EVERYTHING. AND WE WERE AT A POINT WHERE THERE IS TRANSITION HAPPENING AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS COMING ON.
AND I THINK JUST MOVING FORWARD AT THIS POINT, SINCE PRIOR CONVERSATIONS HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED, PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE SO, AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON.
>> NO. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSED 6-1. AND THEN WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO TABLE THE APPROVAL OF GOVERNANCE PROCESS HANDBOOK. >> I MOTION TO TABLE 9.16,
APPROVAL OF GOVERNANCE PROCESS HANDBOOK. >> I SECOND. >> THAT WAS MOTION BY WINEGAR, SECOND BY GEIGER. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE? GREAT. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS.
>> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSES 7-0. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE IN TO OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS.
OUR FIRST TOPIC, THOUGH, IS GOING TO BE THE REFLECTION ON THE OCTOBER TENT ONEst BOARD MEETING, SO ALL JUST GIVE A QUICK RECAP. WE DID START WITH A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL
NEGOTIATIONS AROUND SAFETY AND SECURITY WITH A POST I BELIEVE CONTRACT OR A POSSIBLE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. AT THAT TIME WE HAD NOT RECEIVED
THAT PROPOSAL AND SO WE WENT IN TO EXCESSIVE SESSION TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY ITEMS. THEN WE CAME BACK IN AND WE HAD OUR REGULAR MEETING, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BOARD COMMITTEE,
OUTREACH, WHERE WE DISCUSSED SOCIAL MEDIA. AND I KNOW COMMUNICATIONS IS WORKING ON THAT FOR THE FUTURE. WE HAD SAFETY AND SECURITY FORUM DDEBRIEF.
WHERE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT -- SORRY IT'S LATE. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HIATT CAME AND SPOKE TO US ALONG WITH SECURITY HEAD OF SECURITY JOHNNY. THAT WAS GREAT. VERY INFORMATIVE AND TOLD US
THAT WE ARE RIGHT ON TRACK DOING THE RIGHT THINGS FOR OUR KIDS. WE HAD A QUICK DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CASB PRESENTATION PLAN AND WE -- BECAUSE THE BOARD IS GOING TO PRESENT ALONG WITH SUPERINTENDENT KANE ABOUT THE
CON IS DAYS OF SCHOOLS, AND SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE PROCESS UPDATES WHICH ARE GOING TO BE A CONTINUAL DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT BOARD. AND THEN WE DID THE BSLs WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
AND 1.8 WHICH WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS PLAN WHICH WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. AND THEN WE HAD A VERY LONG DISCUSSION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THAT WAS THE AGENDA, AND I'LL
LET ANYBODY WAY WEIGH IN FROM T. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I WILL ZONE A I THOUGHT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY BRIEFING WAS -- IT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE DETAILED THAN I HE CAN APPROXIMATE GO AHEADED AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. I THINK IT WAS EDUCATION TO US, I KNOW THAT IT WAS EDUCATION TO
THE NOW FUTURE DIRECTORS THERE D LEARNED A GREAT DEAL WITH IT I WANT TO THANK SAFE. PLEASE PASS THAT ON EVERYBODY. I THOUGHT THE DISCUSSION ON THE EXTRA DEALING I CAN PLAN GOD VERY DIRECT AT TIMES AND WE'LL
CONTINUE TO HAVE WHAT I HOPE ARE VERY DIRECT AND FRUITFUL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THE STRATEGIC PLAN WORKED AND HOW IT GOVERNS US GOING FORE WALLED I LOOK FOREWARD TO THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GENERALLY GOOD MEETING.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEP, I AM EXHAUSTED I WILL ECHO DIRECTOR GEIGER'S COMMENTS THINK. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> A COUPLE OF LOOSE ENDS THE.
THE BOARD GOT A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. IT WASN'T ON OUR AGENDA AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT AND WITH A NEW BOARD COMING
IN IT FEELS LIKE THAT SP RESPONE FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE NEEDS TO WAIT I WANTED TO ELEVATE THAT POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND AGREE. >> I ALSO THINK AN IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION WE TALKED ABOUT PHONE SHALL DISCUSSIONS MOVING FORWARD YEAH. >> BUT WE HAD NOT HAD ANY INFORMATION THAT POINT. >> RIGHT. >> THE STRATEGIC PLAN CONVERSATION AS WELL AND I KNOW WE MENTIONED MAYBE HAVING SOMETHING AT THE RETREAT ON
THAT, BUT I AM NOT SURE IF THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ARE. I KNOW WE HAVE AGENDA PLANNING HAPPENING THURSDAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO ELEVATE THAT AS A POTENTIAL AGENDA TOPIC FOR THE RETREAT AND IT'S ALWAYS
GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING THINK SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY FEASIBLE OR NOT. BUT KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE IN THE PLAN. AND WHAT THE ROLL OUTLOOKS LIKE AND THAT HIGH-LEVEL CONVERSATION IS KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. SO MAYBE I AM JUST TEEING THAT
UP FOR THURSDAY' A GENERAL DA PLANNING CONVERSATION. WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS TO FALL ON THE RESTRAIGHT OR AT A FUTURE MEETING. BUT THOSE ARE THE OTHER ONLY OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THAT RETREAT.
>> DIRECTOR MORE. >> I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT BASED ON THE LENTOR WE DID REEF FROM THE COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THEIR PROPOSAL.
NOT THIS CURRENT EXACT BOARD, BUT THE DUG AS COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL BOARD ARE OF EDUCATION, JUST RESPOND TO THAT IN A FINALLY MANNER, I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME TIMELINESS TO TO
WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AND I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR HOW WE WANT TO RESPOND. BUT THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE PARTNERSHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN STRONG AND IMPORTANT AND I THINK WITH A TIMELY RESPONSE, SOME
INTERACTION AND TALKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT THOUGHT PROCESSES THAT I THINK THAT WE COULD -- THIS GROUP WILL EVENTUALLY, I DO BELIEVE, COME TO SOME GOOD RESOLUTION OR -- TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THEIR PROPOSAL, I DON'T KNOW THAT OPPORTUNITY LOOKS LIKE. BUT I THINK TIMELINESS WILL BE IMPORTANT. >> ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. >> WE'LL MOVE IN TO PRESIDENT
REPORTS. SORRY, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> I AM SO SORRY, I AM NOT -- MY BRAIN IS NOT MOVING VERY FAST. WOULD THE BOARD OF EDUCATION LIKE ME TOLL RESPOND ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT TO THE COMMISSIONS' LETTER TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR OFFER AND LET
THEM KNOW THAT THE BOARD IS IN TRANSITION AND THAT AS SOON AS IS REASONABLY POSSIBLE THE NEW BOARD WILL COME UP TO SPEED AND CONSIDER THE MATTER AND GET BACK TO THEM? >> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO RESPOND.
AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THE CONUNDRUM WITH THE TIMELINESS, BECAUSE NEW BOARD DIRECTORS WON'T BE SWORN IN UNTIL DECEMBER. SO YEAH. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING CALLED ON
DECEMBER 2nd, FOR THE SWEARING IN OF INCOMING BOARD DIRECTORS. A VENTURE DA PLANNING FOR THAT MEETING AND ALONG WITH THE RETREAT AGENDA IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13th AT 10:30.
DIRECTOR MEEK AND GEIGER THOMPSON, I I FEEL AWKWARD WRITING YOUR RETREAT AGENDA, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ONE OF YOU WANTS TO KIND OF STEP UP AND TAKE THAT ON. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE THEY.
HELPFUL. I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHERE I NEED TO BE. >> I WAS PLAINING ON ATTEND AND I KNOW WE SPORADICALLY ATTEND THINK I THINK EVERYONE WHO CAN ATTEND CAN PARTICIPATE. >> I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE IT'S NICE TO HAVE A SOMETHING TO SHOW AND AN OUTLINE AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT TIMES
AND IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL TOPICS OR WHATEVER. BUT IT'S NICER TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW. >> OKAY. >> SO IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO TAKE THAT ON, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> I AM HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER. >> OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I ATTENDED THE DAC PATHWAYS EXPO. IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GREAT. A TON OF STUDENTS WERE THERE. I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER, SHE'S
REALLY IN TO AVIATION. BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WALK AROUND AND TALKING TO STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT. I TALKED TO ROCK CANYON, I TALKED TO PONDEROSA. JUST DIFFERENCES WITHIN THEATER.
HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESSFUL THOSE KIDS THEY ARE AMAZING. THERE'S THAT. AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE LOAN TREE RURAL AUTHORITY
MEETING. THEY WILL NEED A NEW DIRECTOR. CURRENTLY I SIT, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE AFTERWARD. BUT MAKE SURE WHOEVER TO KEEP THAT ON THEIR LIST OF PEOPLE. AND THEN IF YOU CAN JUST REACH OUT TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHICH DIRECTOR WILL BE TAKING MY
SPOT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO THAT THEY CAN GET THAT PERSONAL ON THE LIST. I LOOK FORWARD, I HAVE A COUPLE -- I HAVE A COUPLE MORE SCHOOL VISITS COMING UP THAT I
AM EXCITED TO FINISH OUT ONE OF THEM BEING SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL I AM EXCITED TO SEE THE WORK ON THE BOND THAT HAS PASSED AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE GOING ON.
UNFORTUNATELY I AM GOING TO NOT PARTAKE IN ANY EVENING EVENTS SO I CAN BE HOME WITH MY FAMILY AND ANYTHING THAT COMES UP ON AN EVENING I WILL NOT BE ATTENDING. SO ONTO MY CLOSURE ON BUT FIRST TODAY I HAVE TO SHOW WHAT THE
DISTRICT GAVE EACH ONE OF THE BOARD DIRECTORS. THESE BOXES WERE MADE BY ROCK CANYON STUDENTS. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. I WILL GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT
CRYING. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TOLL THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THIS DISTRICT. I COULD SIT UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BUT THE TRUTH IS, BE I
SIT UP HERE MAYBE TWO DAYS A MONTH. YOU GUYS ARE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT'S TO TEACHERS, IT'S TO LUNCHROOM ASSISTANTS BEING IT'S TO OUR BUS DRIVERS. EVERYBODY WHO IS PASSIONED BY
OUT CHILDREN AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO FOR THIS DISTRICT. I NETWORK IS NOT DONE AND YOU GUYS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. SORRY I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO CRY. >> THERE WAS NO CHANCE YOU WERE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS.
>> I KNOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE LOST A VOICE ON THIS BOARD, PLEASE STAY ENGAGED. EMAIL THE BOARD. COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THINK COME TALK TO THESE DIRECTORS.
THE ONES THAT ARE INCOMING AS WELL. DON'T BE DISCOURAGES I WILL BE ENJOYING SOME MUCH-NEEDED TIME WITH MY FAMILY. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR.
>> I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES BUT DO I HAVE THREE MORE THINGS TO ATTEND OR I GUESS TECHNICALLY FOUR IF YOU COUNT OUR LAST DECEMBER 2nd MEETING. I WILL BE AT THE LEGACY PHASE TWO GROUNDBREAKING IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT? YEP.
GROUNDBREAKING AND THEN FOC ON THURSDAY AND MBOC ON AT THIS BELIEVE IT'S THE 25th. BUT THIS MONTH. SO I DO HAVE SOMETHING I WROTE FOR MY LAST MESSAGE TO SAY GOODBYE I WILL NOT LOOK AT ANYONE SO I DON'T CRY AND I
PROMISE IT'S NOT TOO LONG. FIRST OFF I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY AND MY HUSBAND REID FOR SINGLE PARENTING OUR KIDS FOR THE MANY EVENINGS AND EVENTS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MY TWO DAUGHTER CHARLIE AND LILY FOR SHARING THEIR MOM MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK AND MY PARENTS CRAIG AND KAREN FOR THE MOUNTAIN OF HELP
THEY PROVIDED IN BABY-SITTING AND CAMPAIGNING FOR SCHOOL FUNDING. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE SITTING UP HERE WITH ME ON THE BUYSES ESPECIALLY THOSE A I CAMPAIGNED WITH. THESE PAST FOUR YEARS ARE IS BEEN TOUGH WORK BUT FRUITFUL AND APPRECIATE THE CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED THANK YOU
TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AIR KAREN KANE AND ALL STAFF AND THE RESILIENCE IS A AND LOVE AND THEIR THAT EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE HAS FOR THE STUDENT IN DOUGLAS COUNT IS A UNMATCHED I WANT TO THANK OUR PARENT FIST COMMUNITY FOR THEIR MOUNT MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF INVOLVED INCLUDING VOLUNTEERING AT OUR SCHOOLS OR
OUR KPHUPT ARE COMMITTEES OR ENDING IT OUR SPORTS GAMES, CAREER FARES OR PERFORMING ARTS SHOWS. ALL OF THESE DIPPING SYSTEM. PEOPLE PLAYED A HUGE PART IN WHERE WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO TO TODAY. THAT IS LIST OF WHAT WE PUT
TOGETHER I AM GLAD DIRECTOR WILLIAM DIDN'T SO I CAN. BACK IN FEBRUARY 2022 WE UP POLICE A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR TEACHERS THAT BET AIR LINED WITH OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY WE ALSO INCREASED TEACHER PAY BY 2090% FOR LICENSED STAFF AND ARE NOW
IN A MORE COMPETITIVE RANGE TO PAY OUR FEATURES WHAT THEY DESERVE AND OUR TEACH HE WERE TURNOVER 20 FROM 20% TO 15%. IN AUGUST 2203, WE OPENED THE LEGACY CAMPUS IN LONE PRO VEE TRIEDING 13 DIFFERENT CAREER PATHWAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT AND SAVING OUR FAMILIES OVER $20 MILLION IN CONCURRENT
ENROLLMENT TUITION. IN AUGUST 2023, AS WELL, OUR COMMUNITY PASSED -- OR NOT IN AUGUST, BUT OUR COMMUNITY DID PASS MLO THAT NOT ONLY ALLOWED US TO AFFORD GOOD TEACHERS BUT ALSO ALLOWED TO US STAFF SECURITY SPECIALISTS IN OUR SCHOOLS WHICH HAS PROVIDED MORE ASSURANCE OF SAFETY FOR OUR
PARPARENTS WHEN TRUSTING THEIR CHILDREN TO US EVERY SCHOOL DAY. IN AUGUST 2024, OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND OUR BRIDGE PROGRAM IN PARKER MOVED OUT OF THE DOUBLE WIDE TRAILERS AND NBA AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OF PARDON MER INTO A BUILDING MUCH BETTER SUITED AND LOCATE TODAY THEIR NEEDS.
AND AS A BOARD, WE REEVALUATED OUR BOARD ENDS AND CAME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP MUCH SIMPLER FORWARD THINKING END GOALS THAT I BELIEVE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AGREES WITH. ALSO FOUR YEARS AGO, OUR BUS ROUTES WERE HAVING TO BE COULDN'T SECOND DAY OF DUE TO DRIVER SHORTAGES AND FAMILIES
WERE HAVING TO SCRAMBLE TO FIND WAYS TO GET THEIR KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL. AND OUR STAFF SAW THIS FRUSTRATION AND IMPLEMENTED THE ROLLING BLACKOUT SKETCH TOWEL GIVE FAMILIES THAT BILLED AND WE WERE HAVE FULL RUNNING SCHEDULED BY NEXT SEMESTER WENT THROUGH
THE FIRST TIME OF CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS AND TOUGH DECISIONS IN EVALUATING DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND A LOT OF HARD WORK IS BEING DONE AROUND THAT. NOVEMBER 2024 OUR COMMUNITY PASSED A BOND. ALLOWING US TO ADDRESS IMPORTANT CAPITAL NEEDS IN OUR SCHOOL
BUILDING AND BUILD TWO NEIGHBOR SCHOOLS IN GROWING AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT AND THOSE SCHOOLS WILL OPEN IN AUGUST OF 2027. IN 2019, BEFORE OUR SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED FOLLOW THE COVID LOCKDOWNS, DOUGLAS COUNTY'S COLORADO STATE PERFORMANCE
FRAMEWORK SCORE DROPPED DOWN TO 66.9%. OUR CMS SCORES FOR THE MET OR EXCEEDEDDED WERE AT 56% IF ENGLISH AND 46 FOR MATH. NOW THANKS ON OUR AMAZING STAFF OUR AMAZING PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS OUR MOST RECENT
PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK IS AT 71%ER WITH ONLY THREE-POINT AWAY FROM ACCREDITED WITH DIGS OTHER, AND CMAS SCORES INNING DRESSED FOR MARKET TO 55% AND FOR ENGLISH TO 63%. THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISH THAT I HAD
I COULD POINT OUT. THE MAIN MISSION I THINK I WANT TO SAY TONIGHT IS WE ARE LEAVING YOU AN AMAZING SCHOOL DISTRICT. PLEASE DON'T MESS IT UP.
>> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> I CAN'T TOP EITHER OF THOSE. >> JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TRY. >> I KNOW I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GIANT BOX OF KLEENEX WAS FOR EARLIER, NOW I DO. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> BUT YOU ALLOWED ME TO JOIN YOU ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS AN -- IT WAS A -- IT'S ONE OF THE MOST TREMENDOUS HONORS OF MY LIFE. AND MAY PROFESSIONAL CAREER TO WORK WITH YOU AND LEARN WITH
YOU. I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL. THE OWED AHEAD RIDGE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU ARE THERE DOING IT. THERE WERE A LOT THINGS I THOUGHT I KNEW THAT I DIDN'T AND I HAVE LEARNED A TREMENDOUS DEAL ABOUT EDUCATION AND SCHOOL
FINANCE AND A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS I HAD BEFORE JOINING THE BOARD. I REALIZED I WAS COMPLETELY OFF BASE AND I AM GLAD I GOT TO LEARN IT FROM THIS PER ARE PER PERSPECTIVE AND WITH ALL OF YOU I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL FROM YOU.
YOU ARE ALL REMARKABLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. TO THE STAFF, YOU GUYS ARE BAD A AS ASSS. YOU ARE AMAZING WHAT YOU DO DAY IN AND OUT THE WAY YOU TAKE CARE OF THESE KITS, YOU TAKE THEM IN
TO SCHOOL SAFE AND SEND THEM HOME SAFE EVERY DAY. AIM PROUD OF FOR YOU THAT. YOU ARE REMARKABLE IN SO MANY WAYS DESPITE ALL THE CRITICISMS THAT WE HEAR SOME ARE FAIR SOME ARE NOT IT'S NOT THE POINT THE POINT IS THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD
THINGS THAT WE FORGET TO TALK ABOUT THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND DO ACCOMPLISH AND DIRECTOR WINEGAR TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THOSE THERE WERE SO MANY IMPORTANT THING THAT GO YOU THINK NOTICED AND UNDISCUSSED AND UNRECOGNIZED THAT YOU ALL DO. IT IS ONE GIANT WELL-OILED
MACHINE. AND YOU DO A REMARKABLE JOB AND YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT YOU ALL PUT IN. THE LEADERSHIP, EFFORT, THE WORK
YOU PUT IN EVERY SINGLE DAY. NIGHTS, WEEKENDS I KNOW YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE EVEN WHEN YOU ARE OFF, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR AN ISSUE YOU DEAL WITH IT AND NOBODY EVER KNOWS HOW MUCH TIME YOU PUT IN BEHIND THE SCENES BUT I THINK WE KNOW THAT NOW. AT LEAST I DO FROM WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF YOUR TEAM. AND YOU REALLY ARIANA AMAZING TEAM. IT UP. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT WAS TO GET TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO BE A TEACHER IN THIS COMMUNITY WHEN WE MOVED HERE IN '93.
I LOVE DOUGLAS COUNTY AND WE MOVED HERE FOR OUR KIDS TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE REPUTATION THEY HAD. AND THEN TO KNOW THAT I WANTED TO TEACH IN THIS DISTRICT, AND GO BACK IN TO EDUCATION AT 40,
AND I STAYED AT MY SCHOOL THE WHOLE TIME. RANCH VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL BALLS IT WAS JUST SUCH A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE PEOPLE THAT I
HAVE MET, THAT I HAVE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH, I LOVE COMING INTO THIS BUILDING. AND HOW KIND PEOPLE ARE. AND HOW GOOD THEY ARE TO US AND THE RESPECT THAT WE GET WHEN WE
COME IN HERE. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT I WAS IN THIS POSITION THAT YOU GET THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY KNOWS YOU, SOMETIMES YOU ARE -- YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK TO YOU IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST KNOWING THAT
AND HEARING PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT YOU DID A JOB THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. AND NOT VERY THANKFUL AND, OF COURSE UNPAID. SO BUT THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY, I WAS RETIRED I GOT
PAID FOR THE TEACHER PART. CHRISTY I DON'T EVEN GO A DAY WITHOUT TALKING TO HER. SHE'S LIKE ANOTHER DAUGHTER. KAYLEE IS TOO. I TALK TO HER ON A REGULAR BASIS. TIM, HE'S TOO BUSY.
BUT I KNOW I CAN EVEN CALL DIRECTOR GEIGER, WHEN I NEEDED TO. AND I WORKED WITH SUSAN ON SAG, BE SO THEY'LL HAVE THAT REPLACEMENT FOR SAG. THE AND I I WAS ON DCYI AND I
MISSED A MEETING DUE TO HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF A SICK GRAND CHILD WHICH WILL BE WHAT MY LIFE WILL BE NOW TRUE RETIREMENT GET TO GO WATCH BY GRANDCHILDREN. GETTING TO KNOW VALERIE ON DAC AND THEN COMING IN ON THE BOARD. MY GOODNESS, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH OUT THERE THAT IS A
BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT IS KNOWN IN THIS STATE, UNTIL & IT IS KNOWN NATIONWIDE FOR WHAT WE DO. THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THREE THINGS THAT I TELL MY CHILDREN
AND ARE DIFFICULT, THEY REQUIRE COMMUNICATION AND COMPROMISE. THE FIRST THING IS MARRIAGE. THE SECOND THING IS CHILDREN AND THE THIRD WAS BEING A TEACHER. THE AND NOW I HAVE TO ADD BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THAT LIST. BE READY.
IT IS NOTHING LIKE YOU THINK IT WILL BE. AND SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH NO PEOPLE. THAT GOT YOU TO RUN AFTER YOU ARE UP HERE FOR A WHILE AND YOU GO, YOU LIED.
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. SO AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOU GUYS THAT ARE EMPLOYED. JEEZ, I WAS THE LUCKY ONE. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT KANE. DANNY, I JUST STILL USE YOUR THE CHILDREN QUOTE. I MEAN, I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED KIDS
AND TEACHING, BUT THEY ARE JUST -- THEY STIMULATE YOU. AND I JUST LOVED VISITING THE SCHOOL AND MEETING THE PRINCIPALS. AND SO GOODBYE TO A BEAUTIFUL, GREAT CABINET. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
I HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE MANY MORE OF THESE NIGHTS. BUT, I MEAN, I GUESS OUR -- WHAT WAS OUR LONGEST, 2:00. OKAY. 2:00. AND THAT -- I DON'T DO THAT WELL AT THIS AGE. I WANT TO GO TO BED. ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COMMUNITY, PEOPLE OUT THERE IT, CORY, ALWAYS WALKS ME TO MAY CAR. AND JAMES, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS HERE FOR US. I JUST RESPECT AND LOVE THE JOB YOU DO FOR US.
SO THANK YOU. >> NOW DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> BOY, LOOKING AT MY LIST OF WHAT I DID THIS LAST MONTH. I DID A REPORT ON LRPC. THEY ARE DEEPLY IN THE START OF
FIGURING OUT THE BOUNDARIES ON 50 AND 51. THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK. AND IT'S NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD. BUT IT WILL GET DONE. I VISITED PLATTE RIVER ACADEMY AND SKY VIEW LAST WEEK, BRILLIANT DISCUSSIONS THINK
SMART PEOPLE DOING GREAT JOBS FOR OUR KIDS, I LOVE THAT VERY MUCH. IF YOU MISSED DIWALI YOU MISSED A HECK OF A PARTY THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME AND THERE IS A BAD VIDEO OUT THERE OF ME DANCING REALLY BADLY.
BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND BECOME I THINK THEY ARE VERY MUCH BECOMING A COMMUNITY AND I THINK THEY'LL WILL INFLUENCE OUR SCHOOLS FOR A LONG TIMING WOMEN TALKED ABOUT CAREER PATH. I CAN TALK ABOUT FOR FIVE HOURS.
AND I TALKED TODAY WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE AND I HAD A GREAT TIME. I WANT TO POINT OUT I WENT TO THE TASTE OF HIGHLANDS RANCH OUR NUTRITION SERVICES. JENNIFER FIVER, RIGHT IN HER PEOPLE ARE ASTONISHING, WE DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.
AND AS WE KNOW, HUNGER IS AN ISSUE. EVERYBODY IN OUR COUNTY. AND THERE ARE KIDS EVERY DAY THERE ARE DOZENS OF KIDS WHO WAKE UP AND THE BEST PART OF DATE IS THE FOOD WE FEED THEM. AND THAT IS SO SPECIAL AND THOSE
PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL. I WAS THE OWN ONE THAT WENT TO HIGHLAND LAN RANCH FOR THE NEW MECHANIC THING AND I LOVE DIGGING A SHOVEL. I HOPE YOU'LL BE WITH ME AT LEGACY THURSDAY. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LINK
US. STILL COME COT GROUND BREAKING ON 50 AND 51, YOU CONTRACTED TO IT. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THERE AND TALKING TO YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS. I HAVE SERVED WITH YOU AS L LIAISONS. AND PROBABLY NOBODY HAS DISAGREED ON SOME SUBJECTS MORE
PASSIONATELY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAN I HAVE. THERE ARE -- I WILL POINT OUT TWO THINGS. IF WE HAD NOT VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PUT THE BOND ON THE BALLOT AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAD QUESTIONS, IT WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED. AND WE ARE CHANGING LIVES
BECAUSE ALL SEVEN OF US DECIDED IT WAS NECESSARY. AND I KNOW YOU PAID A POLITICAL PRICE FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. THE HARDEST THING I HAVE DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE BECAUSE I DIDN'T
GIVE BIRTH TO MY TWO KIDS, IS MAKING THE DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE SCHOOLS. AND I LIVE IN A WORLD OF CONFLICT. AND THAT 3-MONTH PERIOD, WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, THE FACT THAT WE DESPITE DIFFERENCES
ON THAT SUBJECT AND MANY OTHERS THE FACT THAT THE SEVEN OF US CAME TOGETHER, AND STOOD IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC, AND MADE THOSE DECISIONS, OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE FAILED TO DO THAT RIGHT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T ACHIEVE IT IN COMMITTEE. AND WHATEVER ELSE I HAVE
DISAGREED WITH ANY AND ALL OF YOU ON, THE FACT THAT WE CAME TOGETHER ON PARTICULARLY ON THOSE TWO TOPICS, WAS VITAL THINK AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL WORK ON THAT.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS AN AWKWARD UPDATE BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE. >> IT'S WEIRD. >> SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PARENTS FAMILIES STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE VETERANS. THANK YOU.
I THEY CANS A REALLY NICE TIME TO REFLECT THAT WE ARE ALL UNITE UNITED BY COMMON VALUES INCLUDING COURAGE, INTEGRITY AND LOVE OF COUNTRY AND THAT IS EMBODIED BY THOSE WHO SERVED. QUICK ON ON UPDATES.
WE HAD THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING WHICH WAS FAN AS IT IT CAN WE HEARD FROM THE HEAD OF SECURITY FROM DENVER SCHOOLS AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAYS IS JUST HOW UNIQUE SAFETY LOOKS FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT. THE CHALLENGES THEY SEE IN DENVER ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE CHALLENGE THINGS WE SEE IN
DOUGLAS COUNTY. I JOIN THE LAST SAG MEETING HERE STUDENT PIN YOU THE ON A VARIETY I OF TOPICS INCLUDE SAFETY, TREMENDOUS CELLPHONE POLICY, IT WAS A FANTASTIC MEETING.
I SAW DIRECTOR GEIGER THE DIWALI I HAD A BLAST I BROUGHT MY FAMILY THIS YEAR TO THE VENT. I WENT TO IT LAST YEAR AND IMMEDIATELY REGRETTED I HADN'T BROUGHT MY CHILDREN AND SO THIS YEAR I WAS SURE TO DO SO. AND IT WAS A BUNS OF TIME. AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT I GOT TO PARTICIPATE.
AND BE A PART OF IT. AND BRING MY FAMILY TO BE A PATH OF IT. THE PATHWAYS EXPO WAS AMAZING THANK YOU DAC AND STAFF FOR PUTTING ON AN EXCEPTIONAL EVENT. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE NOW.
IT HAS GROWN SO MUCH. STUDENTS NOT ONLY WERE THEY SHARING ABOUT THEIR MAJOR BUT SELLING ON US. OR SELLING TO US WHY IT'S THEIR PROGRAM AT THEIR SCHOOL WAS THE BEST. AND STUDENTS ARE TALKING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY REALLY BELIEVE IT. THAT WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY I
BROUGHT MY CHILDREN TO. THEY ARE VERY YOUNG, BUT I BRING THEM EVERY YEAR AND ACTUALLY THIS EVENT MY SON REMEMBERED BEFORE IT WAS TIMING AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO THAT THING, MOM? AND IS HE THIS YEAR ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF COURSE, WAS
THE FLIGHT SIMULATOR AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO HAVE HIGH COOLERS WORK WITH THEM AND TEACH THEM AND GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU CAN'T START TOO LONG TO EL TRY BUILD THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR FUTURE. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT
OPPORTUNITY AS A PARENT AS WELL. I ATTENDED A FEEDER CHOIR EVENT AT LEGENDS WHERE THE CHOIR DIRECTORS FROM THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS COME TOGETHER FOR THIS FULL-DAY WORKSHOP AND BRING ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS TOGETHER AND LEARN MUSIC TOGETHER AND THEN THEY ALL DO THEIR OWN PEARL PERFORMANCE IS IT FEELS A BLAST. I SAW DANNY THERE AND IT WAS THE HAYLEY THIS WEEKEND FOR MYSELF.
IT WAS AN AWESOME THING AS A MOTHER TO SEE YOUR SON GET TO BLOOM LIKE THAT HE WAS JUST SO EXCITED TO BE THERE AND BE A PART OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T OFTEN GET TO OTHER SEE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITH HIM. AND SO IT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL.
THERE WAS A BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PRESENTATION THAT OCCURRED DURING THIS TIME THAT I COMMITTED TO GOING TO AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTENDS EVERYBODY THOUGH I HAD EVERY INTENT TO. DUE TO A WORK CONFLICT. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I
HAD EVERY INTENTION TO GO I KNOW IT WAS ON VIDEO I SHOULD REACH OUT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE RECORDINGS BECAUSE THOSE PRESENTATIONS ARE BEYOND IMPRESSIVE AND I STILL FEEL BAD I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR IT THIS YEAR. AND THEN FINALLY, I DO WANT TO YOU KNOW, BRING UP SOME OF YOUR
SENTIMENT DIRECTOR WILLIAMS THAT I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE BOARD MOVING FORWARD IS CHARGED WITH BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALL VOICES. ESPECIALLY DESCENTING VOICES AND IT IS A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW TO
HEAR THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WON'T FEEL REPRESENTED I TAKE THAT TO HEART. WE ARE CHARGED WITH A BIG TASK ON HOW WE WILL FILL THAT GAP. THANK YOU DIRECTOR MOORE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO GROW ALONGSIDE WITH YOU. IN THIS ROLE, SO THANK YOU, IS , IT YOUR SERVICE, DEFINITE KNOW HOW MUCH WORK IT IS AND I HOPE THAT YOU GET TO ENJOY TOMORROW.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I WILL START WITH HAPPY VETERANS DAY AS WELL. I MISSED OUT ON THE CELEBRATIONS TODAY. SO THOSE ARE ALWAYS REALLY AMAZING AT OUR SCHOOLS. SO -- I'LL JUST MENTIONED A COUPLE OF UPDATES THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD TOUCHED ON YET.
SO LAST WEEK I WENT TO THE ARROW WOOD 25TH ANNIVERSARY. IT'S JUST SO AMAZING TO BE IN THE SCHOOLS AND TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS. TO SEE ALL THE FAMILIES THE
COMMUNITY, THE INTENTIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE EVERYONE FELL FEEL REALLY INCLUDED. IT WAS GREAT, IT WAS WONDERFUL I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE I WENT TO THE COMMUNICATION DEVDEVICES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCL DISTRICT MEETING THAT WAS HELD
IN THIS ROOM. THERE AS A LOT OF VERY DIVERSE BRIEFS PPERSPECTIVES IN OUR DIST WHICH DOES NOT SURPRISE ANYBODY I AM SURE. THE VIRTUAL FORUM, DO YOU KNOW THE DATE OFF OF TOP OF YOUR HEAD? IT'S NOVEMBER 18th.
SO THAT WILL BE A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY FOLLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN WEIGH IN WITH SOME OF THEIR IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES AND THERE IS A SURVEY OUT RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE COMING UP. AND AND AGAIN ANOTHER CONVERSATION WHERE IT'S COMPLEX IN TRY TO NAVIGATE THAT IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. WHICH IS REALLY WHY WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF AVENUES SO REPRESENTATIVE VOICES ARE HEARD AND THEN WE GET TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT WON'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. SO THOSE ARE MY UPDATES. I THINK WHAT I WHAT I WANT TO
SAY TO OUR COMMUNITY IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH ANY OF US UP HEAR IT'S A LOT OF WORK. AND YOU TAKE TIME AWAY FROM YOUR SPOUSE, AND YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR FAMILY, AND YOU KNOW, I
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU THE OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. WHETHER WE ALIGNED ARE OR DID NOT ALIGN ON DIFFERENT ISSUES YOU WORKED HARD AND WERE
BRINGING VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES TO THE TAIL. I THINK WHAT MAKE SAY CON FIT DENTALLY MOVING FORWARD IS, YOU KNOW, THAT DESIRE TO BRING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN AND HEAR ALL PERSPECTIVES WILL CONTINUE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL
FOR THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I WAS SO EXCITED TO SHARE THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PLAN. THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THAT PLAN, IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING OUT AND NOT LISTENING JUST TO ONE GROUP, BUT REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP DOING. I JUST THINK OUR COMMUNITY FOR -- THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR BUILDING IN THIS BOARD ENOUGH TO PASS THE MILL AND BONDS WHICH I
THINK HAVE CRITICALLY HELPED PUT STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO SET US UP. FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS. AND THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT IS REALLY, REALLY MEANINGFUL. AND IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD
AND I AM EXCITED TO BE CONTINUING, YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ME FOR ANOTHER UP CAN THE OF YEARS, BUT WHALE LEADERSHIP MAY CHANGE, OUR MISSION AND OUR VALUES REMAIN CON SAINT AND THOSE ARE END STATEMENTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO WORK
TOWARDS AND NO MATTER WHOLE IS SERVING ON THE BOARD, THAT'S REALLY OUR CONSTANT MISSION AND VISION IN WHAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS. SO I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. >> THANK YOU. I WILL NOT LET DIRECTOR GEIGER
DOING -- I WILL LET DIRECTOR MYERS ADJOURN. >> MOVE TO ADJOURN. >> AND THEN DIRECTOR. >> SECOND. >> SECOND BY WINEGAR. ALL RIGHT, MOTION BY MYERS, SECOND BY WINEGAR. GEIGER. >> AYE AND WITH THANKS. >> MEEK.
>> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> NO. AYE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS. >> AYE. >> WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSED 7-0 THE MEETING IS NOW
ADJOURNED.