##VIDEO ID:xEYxmLqNnFY## >> THE ME OF THE BOARD OF THE CAME EDUCATION NOW CULLED TO RECORD, ROLL CALL. >> GOINGER. >> PRESENT. >> MEEK. >> HERE. >> MOORE, HERE. >> MYERS, HERE. >> THOMPSON. >> HERE. >> WILLIAMS, HERE. WINEGAR. >> HERE. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE DCSD SPOTLIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD NEWS BE BAD NEWS, THE GOOD THROUGHS IS WE HAVE SOME AMAZING SCHOOLS TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT AND TO CELEBRATE. THE BAD NEWS IS WE HAVE SO MANY. WE ARE DOING THIS RUNNERS UP BY REGION AND THEN THE WINNERS BY REGION. I AM NOT GOING MAKE YOU TALK BECAUSE IF I LET EVERYBODY TALK WE'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT. YOU ARE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING OF COURSE EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I AM REALLY -- I REALLY EX-AM EXCITED WE GET TO TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR AMAZING SCHOOLS, BECAUSE YOU ALL DO SUCH AMAZING WORK AND IT IS SO GREAT TO SEA YOU BEING RECOGNIZED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO FOR TONIGHT, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR SCHOOLS WHO WERE NAMED 2024 FAMILY FAVORITES WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP FROM COLORADO PARENT MAGAZINE. FOR EACH SCHOOL OR PROGRAM NAMED A WINNER OR RUNNER UP, JUST SO ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE PROVIDE YOU GO WITH A BANNER TO BE DISPLAYED PROUDLY ON YOUR SCHOOL BUILDING. OUR AMAZING O&M DEPARTMENT WILL INSTALL THOSE FOR THE CHARTERS WOMEN DELIVER THE BANNERS CONGRATULATIONS AFTER BREAK AND YOU CAN PUT THEM WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE FORM PRINCIPALS WHO WERE NAMED A WINNER OR RUNNER UP, YOU WILL RECEIVE A BLACK THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED INSIDE THE SCHOOL. LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS IS A BIG DEAL. EACH YEAR COLORADO PARENT ASKS FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THEIR FAMILY FAVORITES CONTENT, FINALISTS ARE VOTED ON BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND BEFORE YOU ARE THINKING, YEAH, THIS IS LIKE 10 PEOPLE VOTING ON WHATEVER THEY LIKE. IT'S NOT. THEY HAD OVER 46,000 VOTES CAST. FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF COLORADO. AND DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CLEANED UP. WE HAD 30 RUNNERS UPS AND 18 WINNERS. AND, AGAIN, THIS IS A STATEWIDE CONTEST. SO WE JUST ABSOLUTELY CLEANED UP. YOU GUYS DEFINITELY DESERVE THE RECOGNITION BECAUSE YOUR FAMILIES LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. HERE WE GO, RUNNERS UP, FOR THE PARKER REGION. I WILL HAVE CHRISTIAN TRULY AND DIRECTOR OF CHOICE PROGRAMMING GORDON MOSHER COME UP FIRST AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE PARKER SCHOOLS. AND PRINCIPALS JUST COME ON UP WHEN I ANNOUNCE YOUR SCHOOLS AND AUDIENCE LET'S HOLD OUR APPLAUSE UNTIL EVERYBODY IS STANDING UP HEAR. RUNNERS UP, FAVORITE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FRONTIER VALLEY ELEMENTARY. FAVORITE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, NOT SURPRISINGLY, KIRSTEN HALL FROM FRONTIER VALLEY ELEMENTARY. FAVORITE PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, NICK FROM MAMMOTH HEIGHTS, SORRY, NICK. FAVORITE CHARTER ELEMENT WHERE I SCHOOL AND FAVORITE CHARTER MIDDLE COOL THE LEHMAN ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE. FAVORITE CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH STAR ACADEMY. FAVORITE CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. HEN DRAW FROM NORTH STAR ACADEMY. FAVORITE PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL, CIMMARON MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND FAVORITE PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CHRIS ZIMMERMAN FROM CIMMARON. LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL, FAVORITE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GREG FROM CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL. AND FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM. PONDEROSA MUSTANGS WHO WERE IN THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR. AND THAT CONCLUDES -- THAT IS OUR RUNNERS UP FOR PARKER, SO LET'S GIVE OUR PARKER SCHOOLS A GIANT ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] AND DIRECTOR WINEGAR AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATES HERE AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PRINT. >> SPECIFIC, CONGRATULATIONS PARKER SCHOOLS. [ APPLAUSE ] OKAY, RUNNERS UP FROM THE HIGHLANDS RANCH REGION, HE WE'LL HAVE E DOSS JOHN GUTIERREZ AND IAN WELLS COME UP HERE AND DIRECTOR OF CHOICE PROGRAMMING GORDON MOSER YOU MIGHT AS WELL HANG OUT UP. YOU HAVE SCHOOLS EVERYWHERE. FAVORITE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TRAIL BLAZE ORE, FAVORITE MAGNETS ELEMENT R LOAN TREE. FAVORITE PRINCIPAL MINUTESY FROM LONE TREE ELEMENTARY. FAVORITE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. ANDY ABNER FROM ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL. FAVORITE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, STEM SCHOOL HIGHLANDS RANCH. FAVORITE STARTER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, RYAN FROM THE STEM SKY HIGH LAPS RANCH. COME UP RYAN, FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM THE HUNTER RIM GRIZZLIES. FAVORITE TRADE SKHRAOEUL HANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL. HOW ABOUT A BIG APPLAUSE FOR OUR SCHOOLS IN ISLANDS RANCH. THE DIRECTORS WILL GIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE. WE HAVE DIRECTORS MEEK AND GEIGER. AND WE'LL DO A QUICK PICTURE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT UPSET CASTLE ROCK REGION, I WILL HAVE AARON McDONALD AND MR. MOSER COME ON BACK UP. FAVORITE MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. RENAISSANCE ELEMENTARY MAGNATE SCHOOL. FAVORITE MAGNATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, TRINA HAND FROM HEN SANS ELEMENTARY. FAVORITE PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL MESA MIDDLE SCHOOL. FAVORITE PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JARED NICHOLSON FROM MESA MIDDLE SCHOOL. FAVORITE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. FAVORITE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL. FAVORITE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL AMY STEWART FROM RENAISSANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL. FAVORITE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM SAGE CANYON ELEMENTARY'S PACE PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT A GIANT ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE AMAZING PROFESSIONALS FROM CASTLE ROCK. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GREAT AND, WE HAVE DIRECTOR IS MEYER AND MOORE TO GIVE YOU YOUR CERTIFICATES. >> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO YOUR CASTLE ROCK SCHOOLS. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE THE FAMILY FAVORITES WINNERS, SO I AM GOING START WITH ISLAND RANCH REGION, IAN WELLS COME UP O STARTING WITH -- YEAH, IAN WELLS COME ON UP. OUR FAVORITE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STATEWIDE IS STONE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY. FAVORITE PRINCIPAL IS SHOCKINGLY IS MICHELLE FRENCHY FROM STONE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL, RANCH VIEW AND FAVORITE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCE PAM AARON AT RANCH VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. FAVORITE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, THUNDER RIDGE AND SEAN PATT PATTERSON. FAVORITE SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM. THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL UNIFIED. AMAZING. I JUST GOT TO VISIT. FAVORITE CHARTER ELEMENTARY, CHARTER MIDDLE. AND FAVORITE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. SKY VIEW ACADEMY. AND PAULA HARRISON, PAULA HARRISON FROM THE SKY VIEW ACADEMY WAS THE FAVORITE CHARTER ELEMENTARY PRECIPITATION PAL. SO CONGRATULATIONS. FAVORITE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND FAVORITE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ALSO FROM SKY VIEW ACADEMY YOU. JAVIER COME ON UP. SKY VIEW REALLY CLEANED OVEN I THIS ALSO GOT FAVORITE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, SO REALLY GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HIGHLAND'S RANCH SCHOOLS. AND DIRECTORS GOINGER AND MEEK WILL GIVE YOU ALL OF YOUR CERTIFICATES. >> ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS HIGHLANDS RANCH. OKAY, WINNERS FROM THE CASTLE ROCK REGION, COME ON BACK UP, AARON McDONALD. NOW, THIS ONE IS THESE TWO ARE EXTRA SPECIAL. SO HERE WE GO. FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AND FAVORITE CHEER PROGRAM ARE BOTH FROM THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS. TO OUR KIDS AND OUR COACHES AT DOUGLAS COULDN'T I HIGH SCHOOL. COME ON, ALL THE KIDS COME ON. OH, NOW WE ARE TALKING. WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU KIDS, CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE GOING SQUASH IN FOR A PICTURE. YOU GIRLS DO PICTURES IN YOUR SLEEP, YOU GOT THIS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT'S RIGHT. HERE WE GO, WE'LL DO THIS. I'LL DO IT TOO. >> A QUICK CHEER TOO. >> OH, BY ALL MEANS. >> LET'S GO HUSKIES. LET'S GO HUSKIES. LET'S GO HUSKIES. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT, HOW MUCH FUN WAS THAT? OKAY. NEXT I'M GOING INVITE UP EDOSS DAN McMINIMEE AND DIRECTOR REX CORE AND KATIE WINDSOR FROM THE FAVORITE TRAIT SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. THE DCSD LEGACY CAMPUS. AND PRESIDENT WILLIAMS HAS YOUR CERTIFICATE. OH, I HEAR REX IS GOING TO DO A CHEER FOR US. LET'S GO -- YEAH, YEAH, THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. >> ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, LEGACY CAMPUS. OKAY. NOW I GET TO DO A BIG WHEW. THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS FOR COMING OUT UPON THIS RECOGNITION, THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> RECOMMENDATION IS THE BOARD ACCEPTS THE AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION. >> A MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MEEK, SECOND BY GEIGER. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK,. >> AYE,. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MAYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSES 7-0 ITEM NUMBER SIX, SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALREADY IN DECEMBER. WITH WINTER BREAK FAST APPROACHING AND WENT 25 WE'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO THAT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WE ENJOY SEEING OUR STUDENT HAVE FUN OVER WINTER AND HOLIDAY I'MED EVENTS. MANY SCHOOLS ARE PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS SUCH AS FOOD AND GIFT DRIVES TO HELP FAMILIES IN DUG CLASS COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE DIFFERENCE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKE IN THIS WORLD. DECEMBER 2nd WAS NATIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION DAY. AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF AND TEACHERS. WE TRULY VALUE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION FAMILIES. AND WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL, OF COURSE, FOR OUR STUDENTS. PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING STAFF WHO RECENTLY SHARED THEIR EXPERTISE AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GIFTED CHILDREN'S ANNUAL CONVENTION. THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS ON NATIONAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVED 200 PRESENTATIONS FROM OVER 800 PROPOSALS FOR CONVENTION. 14 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FROM DCSD WERE SELECTED TO PRESENT 13 OF THOSE SESSIONS TO OVER 2,000 PAR PAPS WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF OUR DCSD STAFF FOR THIS NATIONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THEIR EXCELLENCE IN SERVING OUR NEURODIVERSE ADVANCES AND GIFTED LEARNERS. >> THES CON IS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK. WE WANT TO WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK. THIS IS LIKE THE ASS SUPER BOWLR OUR THEATER STUDENT WE HAD SO WE WOULD LIKE IT TELL THEM BREAK A LEG. NOT LITERALLY. UUPCOMING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FR SPIRIT ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE DENVER COME SEA UP DECEMBER 12th-14th. GAME DAY CHEER ON THURSDAY, REAR CHOO CHEER AND FRIDAY AND POMS ON SATURDAY. A HUGE CON CONGRATULATIONS TO MOUNTAIN VICE IT AT THAT'S GIRL'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FOR WITHIN US FIRST PLACE IN NATIONALS. AMAZING. THEY DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SKWA*EP WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING THIS. WE'LL BE IN ORLANDO IN APRIL. SO GO GOLDEN EAGLES. THE LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL TITANS MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. WE HAVEN'T HAD A TEAM IN THE STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 2008. SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF OUR LEGEND TITANS. THEY -- IT WAS A REALLY CLOSE GAME MY HUSBAND AND I ATTENDED UP IN FORT COME ONCE IN THE STADIUM. WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT AND ENJOYABLE GAME. HOWEVER, CHERRY CREEK DID PULL OFF THE WIN. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR. WE HAD SOME OF OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BANDS REPRESENTING DCSD INCREDIBLY WELL IN THE 9 NEWS PARADE OF LIGHTS ON DECEMBER 7TH. WAY TO GO TO DOUGLAS COUNTY, MOUNTAIN VISTA AND THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MOUNTAIN RIDGE AND RANCH VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS IF THEIR GREAT PERFORMANCE. THE LEG AT THIS TACK PLACE ON DECEMBER 4th. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED. THERE WERE A THOUSAND ATTENDEES. AMAZING. SO MORE AND MORE OF OUR FAMILIES ARE LEARNING ABOUT LEGACY CAMPUS AND THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEIR STUDENT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. THE FRIDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK, THE FOUNDATION FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS PROVIDED OUR EIGHTH GRADERS WITH A CHANCE TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AS THEY PREPARE FOR HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION, THIS YEAR'S EIGHTH GRADE CAREER EXPO OFFERED STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PATHWAYS AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS AND ENGAGE WITH OVER 40 COMPANIES TO EXPLORE CAREERS IN FIELDS SUCH AS BANKING, REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION, HEALTHCARE, HOSPITALITY, AND MORE. ALMOST 1700 STUDENTS FORM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THIS GREAT EVENT. TOMORROW IS COLORADO GIVES DAY. SO WE HAVE TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR THE FOUNDATION OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS. THEY WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. AS THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR SCHOOLS. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION BEGINS DECEMBER 17th. WITH COLORADO NOW HAVING UNIVERSAL PRE-K. WE ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILIES OF LITTLE ONES TO PER A PARTICIPATE IN PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION. TWO THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AND TWO CASTLE BAND STUDENT WERE CHOSEN TO MARCH IN THE MACY'S DAY PA TRADE. KATHERINE WHITMORE THE ONLY FLUTE PLAYER FROM COLORADO, AUDRA MARIE AND AUSTIN GORMAN SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM FOR BEING IN THE MACY'S DAY PARADE. PONDEROSA GOT THEIR FIRST EVER STATE TITLE AT THE CHASAS SPONSORED EVENT TODAY. FOR THE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. SO CONGRATULATIONS. UPCOMING EVENTS THE NEXT SPECIAL EDUCATION FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TALK WILL TAKE PLACE VIRTUALLY TOMORROW DECEMBER 11th AT 4:30 P.M. THE FOCUS WILL BE ON AUTISM SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THE NEXT GROWTH AND DECLINE COMMUNITY MEETING IN HIGHLANDS RESEARCH IS TOMORROW FROM 6:00 TO 7:00 P.M. AT CREST HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL MEETING TAKING PLACE ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18th ALSO FROM 6:00 TO 7:00 , DETA DETAILSES AD REGISTRATION LINKS CANNED FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. D.C. OAKS GRADUATION. CONNECTICUT TO THE CLASS 2024 THE LAST CLASS OF 22. >> I WANTER BREAK IS DECEMBER 20th THROUGH JANUARY 6th AND LEGACY CAMPUS AUTOMATION EXPO WILL BE THURSDAY, JANUARY 16th, FROM 3-6, WE ARE OFFERING A PARENT UNIVERSITY ON EMPOWERING YOUNG MINDS AND A HALF GATE THE DIGITAL WORLD. WE VERY MUCH ENCOURAGE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ATTEND, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22nd, FROM 5:30 TO 6:30 P.M. WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A MINUTE NAVA LOT TODAY EACH SPEAKER. LOSE REMAIN RESPECTFUL AND ADDRESS THE BOARD RATHER THAN THE GUESTS OR STAFF IN THE ROOM. KEEP COMMENTS APPROPRIATE IF A K-SELF AUDIENCE. WE'LL START WITH THE REMOTE COMMENTERS HOLLY MARCH. ROBIN WEBB AND, COLIN LARSON. HOLLY M. OKAY. ROBIN WEBB. COLIN LARSON AND THEN MEG FURLOUGH. MEG FURLOUGH. THEN MARK BASICALLY AND THEN STEVEN PECK. MEG FURLOUGH, GO AHEAD. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT AND THE POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURES OF HIGHLANDS RANCH I RECOGNIZE THESE ARE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT DECISIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR MANY FAMILIES. AND ONNESS THAT THEY ARE BEING MADE WITH THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE DISTRICT IN MIND. AS A FAMILY THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THESE CLOSURES AS WELL AS A TAXPAYER I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DECISION TO ALLOW JOHN ADAMS CHARTER SCHOOL TO BYPASS THE D.C. DS APPROVAL PROCESS AND BE RELEASE TODAY CSI. THIS RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENT SAY. PARTICULARLY WHEN IT APPEAR THE INTEREST OF A SINGLE POLITICALLY INFLUENTIAL PARENT ARE BEING GIVEN MORE WEIGHT THAN THE NEEDS AND VOICES OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THE VOTERS IN THE AREA OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED THE BOND TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN STERLING RAN THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VOCAL IN THEIR DESIRE IF A LONG TIME THE TIMING AND URGENCY OF THIS REQUEST AFTER THE BOND APPROVAL RAISES SEVERAL RED FLAGS IT'S TROUBLE TO GO NOTE THAT A PARENT WITH CONSIDERABLE POLITICAL INFLUENCE WAS PUBLICALLY DISCUSS THIS GOES VOTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE IT WAS EVEN OFFICIALLY ON AGENDA. THIS RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND THE INNING THEY GO READY OF THE DID DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. FOR THE MANY PARENT IMPACTED BY SCHOOL CLOSURE THIS IS DECISION FEELS LIKE A BETRAYAL. I URGE THE BOARD TO RESTORE THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST BY ENSURING THAT JOHN ADAMS CHARTER SCHOOL FOLLOWS THE SAME APPROVE PROCESS REQUIRES OF EVERY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >> MARK BAYSLY, STEVEN PECK AND THEN DEAN FOREMAN. >> STEVEN PECK, DEAN FOREMAN AND MICHAEL WHAT ROY. STEVEN PECK, ARE YOU THERE. >> YES, I AM HERE. >> GREAT,ING GO AHEAD. >> I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AGENDA IDEA TO RELEASE JOHN ADAMS A ACADEMY TO CSI. I STRONGLY URGE THAT THE BOARD VOTE TO RELEASE. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING SCHOOL WITH GREAT PARENTAL REPORT. IT OFFERS CLASSICAL EDUCATION CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE IN NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE BOARD WILL HEAR MANY STATEMENTS BOTH SUPP SUPPORTINGA OPPOSING RELEASE TO CSI YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL CONTROL. ABOUT THE VIRTUES OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND THAT DCSD IS A FAIR AUTHORIZER. LET'S CUT IT THE CHASE AND CALL THIS WHAT IT IS, THIS IS A HIGHLY POLITICAL VOTE TONIGHT THAT WILL BREAKDOWN LIKELY BIPARTISAN LINES. PHYSICAL RELEASED, TO CSI JOHN ADAMS WILL ENJOY THE FREEDOMS DENIED TO DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND THE STUDENTS THEY CROUCH. IT'S A THREAT, THE SCHOOL A THREAT TO THE OLD ORDER WHICH IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING TONIGHT. I URGE THE BOARD MEMBERS TO VOTE TO RELEASE THE CSI AND I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD MEMBERS TO NOT DELAY. THERE WILL LAKE LIKELY BE CALLED TO SLOW THE PACE DOWN AND TO KICK THIS OUT MONTHS INTO THE FUTURE. THAT IS AN OLD TACTIC. AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO TAKE A VOTE TONIGHT TO RELEASE, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. P DEAN FOREMAN, MICHAEL McCOY AND, SYLVIA ARC. DEAN FOREMAN. MICHAEL McCOY. >> I A PARENT OF FOUR SCHOOL ON, THAT ATTENDS JOHN ADAM ACADEMY ANY EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. I TAUGHT JUNIORS AT THAT SAME CAMPUS FOR TWO YEARS I FEEL LIKE I CAN SPEAK TO THE VALUE AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT THIS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PROVIDES FOR THE SCHOOLERS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY MISSION IS TO DEVELOP SERVANT LEADERS YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SELF GOVERNING, RELY APT, HAVE YOU EVER TUG AND WISE TO THEN THEM THEY PROVIDE EACH SCHOLAR FROM KIN GAR TONED 12th GRADE WORKS A LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION, GROUNDED IN THE CLASSICS, AND IT'S SUPPORTS OF FOUNDATION THE PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH OUR COUNTRY WAS ESTABLISHED THIS IS IN THE A SCHOOL BECAUSE ODD EYEDOLOGIST IT'S HELPING ITS SCHOLARS FIND AND SEEK TRUTH. THAT WAY NEVER NOT TAUGHT WHAT THEY THINK BUT HOW TO THINK. IT PROVIDES A REMARKABLE EDUCATION THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENT WHO WANT TO ATTEND IT'S A FREE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. AND IT'S A TYPE OF EDUCATION USUALLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE WEALTHY THAT CAN AFFORD TO PUT THEIR KIDS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. JOHN ADAMS PROVIDES THE AIM LEVEL OF EDUCATION, SAME STRONG LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IN THE CLASSICS THAT THESE FOR THAT REASON WE ASK YOU TO RELEASE THE SCHOOL TO CSI. >> SILVA VIA ARC, JENNIFER PINEBAR AND KRISTEN WHEEL AN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY OPPOSITION TO THE RELEASE OF JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TO CSI. STERLING RANCH IS CONSISTENTLY AND EMPHATICALLY STATE THEY DON'T WANT TO CHARTER SCHOOL IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WHAT'S PARTICULARLY TROUBLING IS THAT VERY FEW RESIDENTS WERE AWARE THIS VOTE WAS IMMINENT OR THAT THIS SCHOOL WAS EVEN BEING SCARED CONSIDERED FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL DAYS AGO. THE TIMING AND PROCESS OF THAT PROPOSAL ARE DEEPLY PROBLEM AT HI. LAST MONTH OUR COMMUNITY PASSED A BOND MEASURE WITH A PROMISE OF INVEST INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ALLOWING JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY TO GO AROUND THE STANDARD CHARTER APPROVAL PROCESS ERODES THE TRUST THAT WE HAVE BUILT AND COMMITMENT WE HAVE MADE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY WOULD RECEIVE TAX-PAYER DOLLARS WITHOUT THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AND RULES THAT OTHER SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICTS HAVE TO HAVE. THIS ISN'T FAIR TO ANYONE. APPROVING THIS REQUEST WOULD SET A PRECEDENT THAT WILL NO DOUBT RIPPLE OUT IN HARMFUL WAYS FAR BEYOND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ONLY IN FAVOR OF THOSE WHO HAVE POWER, INFLUENCE AND MOUNTAIN. PLEASE DENY THE RELEASE OF JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JENNIFER PINEGAR, KRISTEN AND LOGAN O'BRIEN. JENNIFER. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GEIGER, THOMPSON AND MEEK FOR YOUR WORK INSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS ACTION STORES A QUALITY EN GAMES AND IS WELCOMED IN THE DISTRICT. YOU ARE A BASTIAN OF COMMON SENSE AND COMPASSION. TO ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A BASTIAN IS ITS DEFINE BILLION DOLLAR OBJECTION FAR LANGUAGES AS FORTIFICATION OR BARRIER AGAINST ATTACKS. THE REST OF YOU HAVE DONE REPEATEDLY RATHER THAN ADVOCATING FOR AND PROTECTING STUDENTS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY STUDENT YOU A A A THEY CAN THE. FIRST IN TITLE NINE AMENDMENTS AND NOW YOUR DELAY IN THE AFRICAN STUDIES COURSE WHAT DO THEY BOTH HAVE IN COMMON? MINORITIES YOU WOULDN'T PROTECT LGBTQ+ STUDENT AND NOW YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT LETTING STUDENT LEARN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY. HERE WE HAVE AN ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD COMPRISED OF WHITE PEOPLE TELLING THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENT OF THE DISTRICT THAT THEY ARE UNSURE IF THEY CAN APPROVE A COURSE THAT TEACHES ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE. TELLING STUDENT OF COLOR THAT THE OTHER COURSES CONSIDERED NEED NOD FURTHER DELIBERATION, BY MYERS, WILLIAMS AND WINEGAR AND MOORE, ONLY THIS COURSE. WHY? WHY WOULD THE TITLE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES GIVE ANYONE PAUSE FIN PARENTS WHO DON'T WANT WHAT STUDENTS TAKING COURSE MEANING COMPLETELY OPTIONAL CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE. FRANKLY, I AM SICK AND TIRED OF WHITE CHRISTIAN ANALYSIS I FELTS TAKING AWAY PARENT P CHOICE FROM THE REST OF US BASE ON THE YOUR STRING PURITANICAL WEES THEY ARE NOT YOUR CHURCH, OR POLIGHT TAL TRAINING SITES EIGHTH STOP FORTING YOUR RACE PITCH. HOME PHONE BRA AND PLANS PHOBIA TO MY CHIRP CAPS SCHOOLS, KEEP YOUR MORAL FAILINGS TO YOURSELVES APPROVE THE COURSE. >> KRISTEN WHY LAND, LOGAN O'BRIEN AND THEN ANYTHING AS HERNANDEZ. KRISTEN. >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME HE? >> YES, WE CAN, GO AHEAD. >> HI. I AM SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE. MY FEELING IS THAT IT'S AN ESSENTIAL STEP TOWARDS ENRICHING STUDENT' UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THIS COURSE OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. NOT JUST FOCUSING ON THE STRUGGLES AND CHALLENGES. BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICA AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT -- AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO EVERY ASPECT OF SOCIETY. INCLUDING ARTS, SCIENCE, TOLL PICKED AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. STUDENT GAIN A DEEPER NUANCED UNDERSTANDING. THIS FOSTERS CRITICAL THINKING EMPATHY AND A SENSE OF SHARED HISTORY AMONG ALL STUDENT. SUPPORTING THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE. IS NOT ONLY AN INVESTIGATION IN EDUCATION EQUITY BUT ALSO AN INVESTMENT IN FUTURE THAT VALUES THE RICHNESS OF OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY. IF YOU ON YOUR TIME. >> LOGAN O'BRIEN, NICHOLAS HERNANDEZ AND DARCY SHOWNING. LOGAN. >> ALL RIGHT, DARCY. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN, GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON. MY NAME IS DARCY, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL INITIATIVES FOR THE COLORADO GOP. I APOLOGIZE THAT I AM HERE REMOTE AS YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR I AM AT MY DAUGHTER'S LAST CHEER CHEERLEADING EVENT FOR THE YEAR. MY SON AND DAUGHTER GO TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND WE HAVE VERY LITTLE OPTION IN EL PASO, DOUGLAS, SURROUNDING COUNTIES AS FAR AS CLASSICAL EDUCATION GOES THIS, SCHOOL IS DEFINITELY A CLASSICAL SCHOOL. THEREFORE IT SHOULD BE -- IT SHOULD GO THROUGH CSI. BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY IS ANYBODY WHO IS STANDING UP HERE TONIGHT AND SAYING THAT THIS IS RACIST OR, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE EQUITY IN THE SCHOOLS, THERE -- EVERY STUDENT IS INCLUDED IN EDUCATION AT PRESENT AND AS A DIRECTOR SPOT COLORADO GOP. WE ARE NOT RACIST. WE ARE COMMON SENSE, I AM NOT A TRANS PHONE, I AM COMMON SENSE, I DON'T WANT A MENTALLY ILL BOY URINATING NEXT FOR MY DAUGHTER. AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TRAIL THE FORCED RACISM BY JENNIFER IN THE LAST SET OF COMMENT IS WHY WE NEED MORE CHART THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE NORMAL PEOPLE LIKE ME, THE PEOPLE WHO WON THE LAST SET OF ELECTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY, WE ARE NOT IN THE MINORITY. AND. [SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME] WE ARE IN THE MINORITY IN COLORADO. SO PEOPLE LIKE ME WE LACK FORWARD TO THE SCHOOL BEING BUILT SO OUR CHILDREN HAVE REASONABLE OPTIONS SHELTERED FROM THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE. THANK YOU. >> I HEAR DEAN IS NOW ONLINE; HE THERE, MARK? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL START WITH LINDA WHITE, STEPHANIE AND GENERAL CA WOOD. LINDA. >> I AM LINDA WHITE THE FOUNDER OF GRANT PARENTS FOR KIDS AIM HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD GRANTING A C ISN'T I RELEASE FOR JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY. CHARTER SCHOOLS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ALL OF THEM CURRENTLY THE CLASSICAL ONES HAVE LONG WAITING THEM THIS NEW CHARTER WOULD PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS WAITING FOR ATTEND ONE THE CHARTER SCHOOL IINSTITUTE WAS CAREER LIGHT AID THE WITH COLORADO LOPING SLAY TRUE AND OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS IT HAS PROVEN TO BE AN EXCELLENT AUTHORIZER. CSI HAS AUTHORIZED 45 CHARTER SCHOOLS ACROSS COLORADO WITH MORE THAN 20,000 STUDENTS IN THEIR SCHOOLS. WHEN I RAISED MY KIDS, THERE WERE NOT MANY OPTIONS REGARDING SCHOOL CHOICE. IT WAS A ONE-SIZE FITS ALL. ISN'T IT WONDERFUL THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS CAN OFFER PARENTS THE OPTION TO SELECT AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION SUCH AS JOHN ADAMS THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR CULTURAL, MORAL, AND ACADEMIC NEEDS. AMERICANS LOVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE. THAT'S WHY THERE IS SUCH A VARIETY OF SE CEREAL ON YOUR GROCERY STORE SHELVES. MANY PARENTS WANT THAT SAME FREEDOM OF CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION. I URGE YOU TO AUTHORIZE A CSI RELEASE TO GIVE PARENTS THE CHOICE FOR THEIR CHILD TOLL ATTEND A SCHOOL LIKE THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY. THANK YOU. >> I THINK WE'LL CALL THE STUDENTS NEXT. I AM SORRY. WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES. >> LAY SAY LEGAL AND MAX. >> GOOD EVENING, OUR NAMES ARE SALEM SHERMAN AND MAXWELL WE ARE STUDENTS AT CHAPARRAL EYE SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK THANK YOU TONIGHT. >> WE ARE HEAR FOR ADVOCATE WEIGHTING HONORS CLASSES STARTED NEXT FALL RED ROW ACTIVE TO FALL 2023 AND BEYOND TO BETTER REFLEX THE EFFORT AND RIGGER THESE COURSES WE THAT HAPPENED WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZE ROW ACTIVE BECAUSE IT'S BEGINNING OF OUR FRESHMAN YEAR WE SHOULD BEING ABLE TO START OUR HONORS GRADES FROM THE START FROM A POLL WE TOOK INCLUDING CHAPARRAL, LEGEND, WE HAD 80 RESPONSES AND 98.8% OF THE RESPONSES SAID THAT HONORS CLASSES SHOULD BE WEIGHTED. >> MOST STUDENTS OUR AGE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR TAKING HONORS COURSES OUR FRESHMAN YEAR. AS THAT IS THE YEAR MOST HONORS COURSES CAN BE TAKEN. WHERE LITTLE A.P. COURSES ARE OFFERED FOR THE FRESHMAN YEAR AT CHAP RED HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE FIVE HONORS COURSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. BUT ONLY ONE FULL YEAR A.P. CLASS THIS, CAUSED MOST OF OUR ADVANCED STUDENTS TO MAKE MANY HONORS COURSES. AS HONORS STUDENTS WE CAN SPEAK FOR OURSELVES AND OUR PEERS SAYING THAT WE SPENT COUNTLESS LATE NIGHTS WORKING ON EXTRA HOMEWORK AND PROJECTS. >> IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR OUR DISTRICT TO MAKE GRADES 9-12 RETROACTIVE TO FALL 2023 BECAUSE BY THE TIME THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED THEY WOULD BE JUNIORS MAKING US STILL HAVE A YEAR LEFT IN HIGH SCHOOL. IT WOULD MAKE OUR FULL TRANSCRIPT WEIGHTED RATHER THAN JUST SOME PORTION. >> IN CONCLUSION, WEIGHTING HONORS CLASSES RETROACTIVE TO 2023 IS SAY STEP TOWARDS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND MAKE THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY TAKING HONORS COURSED FEEL RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE BOARD ADDRESSES IT. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] STEPHANIE, CHESS CA AND, THEN JUAN. STEPHANIE. >> ALL RIGHT, JESSICA WOOD. >> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CHARTER RENEWAL FOR D.C. S MONTESSORI. OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN PART OF THE D.C. S MONT SORRY COMMUNITY FOR NINE YEARS NOW. WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AND HAVE EXPERIENCED EACH LEVEL OF THE SCHOOL TODAY. FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE FORM AT. MONTESSORI CHILDREN WE MAIN WITH THE TEACHER FOR THREE A THREE-YEAR CYCLE. THEY HAVE TOO ESTABLISH UNDERSTANDING AND TIME TO PIVOT IF SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING AND IT HAS TIME TO BUILD TRUST. IT'S TRUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CHILD, SCHOOL AND FAMILIES. MY CHILDREN PRESENT DIFFERENT STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES. DCS MONTESSORI AND IT'S A STAFF HAS FOUND A WAY TO GUIDE EACH CHILD TO BE THEIR BEST SELF AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND BEGIN TO CONSIDER OUR OLDEST CHILD'S JOURNEY IN TO HIGH SCHOOL, IT HELPS US APPRECIATE THE EXCEPTIONAL ENVIRONMENT THAT DCS MONT STORY PROVIDES. FOR ALL OF ITS STUDENT. EXPERIENCED TENURED TEACHERS, CARING STAFF AND EXCEPTIONAL ADMINISTRATION MAKE A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, DCS MONTESSORI WILL BE TOUGH TO BEAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> ALL RIGHT REMEMBER JUAN, CRISTHIAN AND THEN LINDSAY JORDAN. SORRY. WE'LL DO STEPHANIE FIRST. >> HI. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE CAN YOU GO LAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE SMOOTH. AND I AM A RESIDENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH I LIVE OUTSIDE YOUR DISTRICT I AM HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL AND OPPORTUNITIES IT BOO BRING TO FAMILIES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. AS A PRODUCT OF A CHARTER SCHOOL EDUCATION MYSELF, I CAN ATTEST FIRSTHAND HOW THE EDUCATION PROVIDED ME WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE. HE HAVE CHILD DESERVES ACCESS TO A SCHOOL THAT NURTURES THEIR TALENTS AND HELPS THEM THRIVE. FOR MANY FAMILIES, THIS MEANS HAVING ACCESS TO DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL MODELS THAT REFLECT THEIR VALUES AND MEET THEIR CHILDREN'S UNIQUE NEEDS. THIS CHARTER SCHOOL WOULD EXPAND THOSE OPTIONS, PROVIDING MORE FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY IN UNDER DESERVED AREAS. THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE A QUALITY EDUCATION TAILORED TO THEIR NEEDS. SCHOOL CHOICE IS ABOUT A QUALITY AND INCLUSION AND INSURES THAT ALL FAMILIES REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR LOCATION CAN SELECT EM CHARACTER PATH THAT BEST SUPPORTS THEIR CHILDREN. BY SUPPORTING THIS CHARTER SCHOOL THE BOARD HAS THE CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE ITS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION DIVERSITY. AND IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO LEARNING. AS OUR COMMUNITIES GROW, SO DO THE EDUCATION D DEMANDS OF THE RESIDENTS. ALLOWING JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY TO PROCEED WITS A APPLICATION WOULD ADDRESS THESE EVOLVING NEEDS. THIS DECISION WOULD NOT ONLY BENEFIT DOUGLAS COUNTY BUT ALSO PASS I IMPACT SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WHERE ACCESS TO CLASSICAL EDUCATION REMAINS LIMITED. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE. >> THANK YOU. JUAN, CRISTHIAN AND THEN LINDSEY JORDAN. >> JASON AND THEN DUANE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN STERLING RANCH FOR LOCAL FIVE YEARS WHILE MY KIDS ARE ATTENDING -- ATTEND A CHARTER SCHOOL, WE SUPPORTED THE BOND AND ARE EXCITED FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN 2027. I URGE THE BOARD TO DENY JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY TO BYPASS POLICY AND SUBMIT DIRECTLY TO CSI. OUTSIDE THE CHARTER CYCLE AND HAVE NOT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION OR SHOWN DEMAND. CIRCUMVENT THIS IS SETS A PROCESS FOR FOR THOSE THAT DON'T ALIGN WITH GOALS. STRONG CLASSICAL EDUCATION. LIKE LEHMAN AGENT I. THE 20 WENT SIX LAUNCH DATE SUGGESTS SITES IN STERLING RANCH ARE ALREADY IDENTIFIED, RAISING QUESTION ABOUT WHY RESIDENTS WERE NOT INFORMED SOONER. TRAFFIC IS ANOTHER CONCERN. ADDING A NONNEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WITH THE MAJORITY OF STUDENT COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF STERLING RANCH AND IN AN AREA THAT ALREADY HAS AN INNING AHEAD QUESTION ROAD SYSTEM WILL FURTHER STRAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. STERLING RANCH SUPPORT FOR THAT CHARTER SCHOOL RAISES CURRENTS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ESPECIALLY GIVEN THEIR LACK OF SUPPORT FOR 5A AND 5B OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS DURING THAT TIME RESIDENTS WERE MISINFORMED THAT DCSD DOESN'T WANT THE LAND AND A LIBRARY WAS TO BE BUILD. ONE ACADEMY FOUNDER IS METRO DISTRICT THREE. ANOTHER SPOUSE METRIC DISTRICT TWO AND A RESIDENTS FROM STERLING RAN AFTERNOON SUPPORT PRESIDENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE CONFLICT. IT LACKS TRANSPARENTLY AND INTEGRITY AND HERE THEY ARE TRYING AGAIN TO GET THE CHARTER THROUGH AVOIDING DCSD POLICIES. DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS A WE'LL ESTABLISHED POLICY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG CHARTER SCHOOLS IF THE ACADEMY SEEKS TO BENEFIT FROM LOCAL RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT PROCESS. IF NOT THEY NEED TO PURSUE ANOTHER COUNTY THAT A LINES WITH THEIR GOALS IF CONCLUSION I ASK THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE FACTS, CONSIDER THE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON YOU ARE COMMUNITY AND DENY THE REQUEST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JUAN. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS JUAN. I AM A RESIDENTS OF CASTLE ROCK. I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU TO SAY A FEW THINGS. WE ARE A COUNTRY OF CHOICES, WE CAN CHOOSE WHERE TO WE GO AND SHOP GROCERIES. WE CAN CHOOSE WHERE TO -- SORRY. WHERE WE DO BUSINESS WITH. I AM REMINDED OF THAT EVERY DAY AT THE BANK I WORK WITH. WHEN OUR SON COMES AND SAYS, JUAN, I CAME HERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOUR PRODUCTS ARE BETTER. I AM GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE HAS BETTER PRODUCTS. HOWEVER, THAT SPIRIT IT'S OF CHOICE IS NOT PRESENT WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOLS VERY OFTEN. MANY OF US ARE JUST TIED DOWN TO THE SCHOOL THAT WE GET A SIGNED BASED ON WHERE WE LIVE. AND THAT RIGHT TO CHOICE IS ENOUGH. IN THAT SPIRIT I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT YOU GUYS RELEASE -- THAT YOU GUYS RELEASE THE REQUEST TO THE STATE SO THIS CHARTER SCHOOL CAN GET A PROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> CRISTHIAN. >> HOLE, I MA'AM CRISTHIAN BLEVINS AND I LIVING IN STERLING RANCH. GOOD EVENING CHAIR WILLIAMS. DIRECTOR GREER. DR. MEEK, DIRECTOR MOORE, DIRECTOR THOMAS. AND DIRECTOR MYERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY I MOVED TO STERLING RANCH FIVE YEARS AGO HOPING TO START A FAMILY AND RAISE MY KIDS IN THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT'S WHY I AM HERE TO TESTIFY TO SUPPORT THE RELEASE OF AUTHORIZATION FOR JOHN ADAMS CLASSICAL TO THE INSTITUTE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY AND BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR OUR FAMILY AND IT'S AN ADDED PLUS NATURAL CHARTER SCHOOL PROVIDES CLASSES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. PLEASE GIVE CHILDREN IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL THAT IS SO WELL KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH STANDARDS AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE FAMILIES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY AND FOR GIVING OUR FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SENT OUR KIDS TO A SCHOOL OF CHOICE. THANK YOU. >> LINDSEY JORDAN AND THEN DUANE. >> GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY, I AM DR. LINDSEY JORDAN. I ALL RESIDENTS OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SINCE 2014 I HAVE THREE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. WE HAVE SPANNED ABOUT SEVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ONE CHARTER SCHOOL. EVERYWHERE FROM PRESCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL AND I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY'S CHARTER BEING RENEWED. MY EXPERIENCE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN POSITIVE OVER ALL, I HAVE NOTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY. BUT WHEN PICKING A SCHOOL FOR MY THIRD CHILD, WHO IS A WINGARD NEVER AT WORLD CAM WAS WE LIKED THE POSITIVITY AND COLLABORATION WITH FAMILIES AND OPTIONS FOR CHASING. LANGUAGE EXCELLENCE WAS A FEW. I WILL SAY THIS ON REFLECTING WHY I WOULD COME HERE TODAY AND STAND IN FRONT OF YOU ALL NERVOUSLY NOT A PUBLIC SPEAK, I WOULD SAY THAT I KNOW MULTITUDE OF FAMILIES BOTH FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN MY AREA THAT, HAVE STARTED AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND CHOKE EN WORLD CAMPUS TO SWITCH THEIR CHIRP TO WORLD CAMPUS. ONE OF THESE FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR THEIR CHILD WAS STRUGGLING AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. SWITCHED TO WORLD COOL PASS AND IS NOW IS A STUDENT AT COLORADO EARLY COLLEGE ON WHICH IS A HIGH-ACHIEVING A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AREA I EL VIKINGS IT'S ONE OF THE TESTIMONIES THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> DUANE. >> GOOD EVENING AND IF YOU. I AM HERE FOR ADVOCATE NO JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY TOY BE RELEASED TO CSI. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY I WAS REAL IMPRESSED WITH THEIR CURRICULUM AS YOU HEARD EARLIER HOW THEY ACTUALLY TEACH HISTORY, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THEY USE BOOKS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HONE IN ON I HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT. STUDENT ARE HOPING BOOKS, HIGHLIGHTING, WRITING NOTES AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MY KIDS DIDN'T REALLY EXPERIENCE TOO MUCH. FURTHERMORE, JOHN ADAM ACADEMY PRODUCES REALLY GOOD STUDENTS, GOOD CITIZEN AND GREAT LEADERS. THEY ARE VERY MATURE WHEN THEY COME OUT OF JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY AND I I HAD ALSO HEARD THAT THEY CALL THEIR STUDENTS SCHOLARS. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GOOD NAME FOR THEIR STUDENTS. AS YOU HEARD EARLIER TOO, WE ARE HERE FOR FREE CHOICE, EVERYONE LIKES FREE CHOICE AND MY DAUGHTERS WHO LIVE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, JUST I ALSO HAD MY FIRST GRAND CHILD THIS YEAR AND I KNOW THERE ARE MORE COMING AND I WOULD LIKE FOR MY DAUGHTERS AND GRANDKIDS TO HAVE THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY GO AND WHOSE WHO WILL BE TEACHING THEM THEIR EDUCATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MEGAN SILVERTHORNE, SUSAN BECKMAN AND, THEN KEVIN JOHN. >> WE'LL MOVE TO SUSAN BECKMAN AND KEVIN JOHN. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR WILLIAMS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO DOUGLAS COUNTY. TO THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND OUR FAMILIES. I AM SUSAN BECKMAN THE ENTITLEMENT DIRECTOR OF STERLING RANCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. STERLING RANCH HAS BEEN THE BEST-SELLING MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY IN THE DENVER METRO AREA FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED ZONING FOR 12,050 UNITS WHICH MEANS WE WILL BE OVER 36,000 RESIDENTS AT FUMBLED OUT. WE ARE A GROWING AND THRIVING COMMUNITY. WITH LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES AND WE HOPE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE. THE PRESIDENT OF STERLING RANCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HAS PREVIOUSLY SENT A LETTER TO SUPPORT THE RELEASE OF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JOHN ADAMS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER. I HOPE YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR PACKET. IF YOU DO NOT, I HAVE COPIES FOR THIS. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE LETTER IS THAT IT REFLECTS THE STERLING RANCH'S COMMITMENT TO CLAN RAT WITH THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY THROUGHOUT THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE APPLICATION PROCESS. TO FIND A SUITABLE SCHOOL SITE PARCEL WITHIN THE STERLING RANCH DEVELOPMENT. THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF K-12 PROPOSED SCHOOL FACILITY. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPECIFIC DISCUSS YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE FAMILIES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. >> KEVIN JOHN, MARTHA CARVER AND LOWELAURA LEE WRIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD, MY NAME IS KEVIN I AM THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING FOR STERLING RANCH. MY WIFE AND I ARE ALSO RESIDENTS OF HIGHLANDS RANCH. WE AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ARE ENTERING THE STAGE IN LIFE WHERE WE ARE BEGINNING TO HAVE KIDS. AND WHILE MANY OF US ARE ORIGINALLY FROM COLORADO, WE DIDN'T USED TO LIVE IN DAG LAS COUNTY. WE CHOSE TO LIVE HERE. OVER LIVING IN PLACES LIKE DENVER FOR MANY YE REASONS BUT E PRIMARY ONE IS THE ABILITY FOR OUR FUTURE FAMILIES TO HAVE A STRONG EDUCATION, ONE THAT SETS THEM UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE WORLD. INCLUDING ABILITY TO CHOOSE A CLASSICAL EDUCATION, I MYSELF HAD A CLASSICAL K-12 EDUCATION IN GENERAL JEFFERSON COUNTY AND WE IN CAN GO LAS COUNTY WANT TO PROVIDE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FAMILIES I URGE THE BOARD TO VOTE FOR CHOICE AND FREED NUMB OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THANK YOU. >> MARTHA CARVER. SORRY. MEGHAN SILVERTHORNE. MEGHAN AND THEN MARTHA. >> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HEAR YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT I WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE BOARD AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE RELEASE TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE OF THE JOHN ADAM ACADEMY. AND I RECALL WHEN I WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE BOARD, SENT TOUR KEITH KING CAME TO US AND HE SAID, I HAVE THIS EARLY COLLEGE CHARTER DOWN SOUTH AND I WOULD LOVE TO REP INDICATE THAT UP HERE. WE SAID, GREAT BEING DO YOU PLAN TO AUTHORIZE WITH US? AND HE SAID WELL, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH CSI AND WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THAT AND WE TRIED TO PERSUADE HIM IT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL SO WE SAID WE'LL SET IT UP FOR YOU AND WE RELEASED HIS SCHOOL TO CSI AND IT WAS SUCH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE THAT INDEPENDENT AUTHORIZER THAT WORKED WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE. I THOUGHT THAT WENT REALLY WELL. AND AFTER I LEFT THE BOARD, THE ASCENT CLASSICAL ACADEMY WAS REAL ESTATE RELEASED AND THEY ARE A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER. I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOUR EXCLUSIVE CHARTERING AUTHORITY OF COURSE YOU STILL RETAIN THAT. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT. BUT I THINK THERE ARE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT MAYBE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT SCHOOL THERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THE MISSION OF THE SCHOOL IS A GREAT ONE. AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THAT POWER TO OPEN THAT UP FOR THAT SCHOOL AND FOR THOSE CHILDREN AND THOSE FAMILIES WHO WANT TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT, THANK YOU SO FAR VERY MUCH IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, MARTHA CARVER, LAURA LEE WRIGHT AND THEN LANAI A DOTSITH. >> HI, MY NAME IS MARTHA CARVER AND I AM A RESTLESS KEPT OF DOUGLAS COUNSEL I I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE RELEASE FOR JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL PROPOSE TODAY STERLING RAN THINK THEM CHARTER SCHOOL IS PLANNED FOR STUDENTS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND ALSO FOR PART OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND WILL PROVIDE MORE SCHOOL CHOICE IN CLASSICAL SCHOOL OPTIONS TO PARENTS. FOR YOU ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF PARENTS AND I HOPE YOU APPROVE THE RELEASE AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR BEING ATTENTIVE TO PARENT MS. THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE A.P. COLLEGE BOARD COURSE THAT'S UP IF APPROVAL THEM DEMONSTRATES YOUR COMMITMENT TO PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY OVER ISSUES I TRUST YOU HAVE HAD TIME TO REVIEW THE COURSE AND WILL MAKE A DECISION THAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. LAURA LEE. >> GOOD EVERYTHING. MY NAME IS LORI WRIGHT I AM A RESIDENT IN STERLING RANCH AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AREA. I AM HERE FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSED CHARTER AND RELEASE TO CSI FOR JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY. THE STATED GOAL OF DOUGLAS COUNTY'S CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE PARENT THE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE PROCESS BY WHICH THIS COMPANY HAS ATTEMPTED TO GAIN ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN STERLING RANCH IS THE ANTITHESIS OF THAT GOAL. RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH THE STANDARD CHARTER PROCESS THEY PULLED POLITICAL STRINGS RESULTING A BOARD MEMBER UNILATERALLY MACE THIS IS IDEA ON THE MEET AGO AGENDA TO RELEASE THIS TO CSI I AND MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY OPPOSE THE RELEASE OF JOHN ACADEMY A'S ACADEMY FOR FOUR MAIN REASONS, FIRST, THE CSI AUTHORIZATION PROCESS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE TRAPS PARENT AND COMMUNITY INPUTTED THE PROPOSED CSI PROCESS ALLOWS FOR ONE COMMUNITY MEET TO BE SET AT A TIME AND DATE POINT SRAO*EPBT FOR THE APPLICANT SCHOOL NO REQUIREMENT THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS BE HEARD NOR A REQUIREMENT LOOT COMMUNITY BE NOTIFIED WITH MY SPECIFIC PRIOR NOTICE OF THE PERIOD TIME AND PLACE OF THE MEETING BY CONTRAST. DCSD PROCESS ALLOWS FOR TWO NUMBER LICK HEARS IN WHICH COMMUNITY MEMBERS PROVIDE COMMENT. SECOND, THE CSI AUTHORIZATION PROCESS IN THIS CASE UNDERMINES THE WILL OF THE PUBLICIST TO HAVE -- TO HAVE A PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IN STERLING RANCH TODAY'S REQUEST IS DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO ACCELERATE THE APPROVAL TIMELINE TO THE SCHOOL CAN OPENED BEFORE THE PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL PRO EFFECTED TO OPEN IN YOU WOULD 27 SIPHONING STUDENTS AND PRECIOUS RESOURCES AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THE COMMUNITY JUST VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO APPROVE A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU. >> I'LL SEND AN EMAIL. FOR YOU YOUR TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] >> LANAI A DO THESITH, ROGER KLINE, AND -- >> I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF LYNNAE DOTSON WHO HAS A SICK CHILD AND A AM DR. SAMMY WHEELER CLUES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT, I STRONGLY URGE TO DENY THE RELEASE OF JOHN ADAM ACADEMY THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE. APPROVING THE REQUEST WOULD UNDER MINE THE TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TAX PAYERS HAVE MADE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. LAST MONTH, VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED A BOND BUILT ON THE PROMISE OF INVESTING IN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. MANY OF US WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR YEARS TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. ALLOWING THEM TO BYPASS THE REGULAR. ALLOWING A COMPETING CHARTER SCHOOL TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE THE NEW SCHOOL IN THE SAME DEVELOPMENT EVEN OPENS ITS DOORS JEOPARDIZES THAT INVESTMENT AND BETRAYS THE TRUST OF VOTERS. THIS DECISION IS ESPECIALLY OFFENSIVE WHEN CONSIDERED ALONG SIDE DCSD'S RECENT EFFORT TODAY ADDRESS DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURES HOW CAN WE ASK FAMILIES TO LOSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WHILE PAVING THE WAY FOR A CHARTER THAT WILL FURTHERY ROLLED ENROLLMENT AND STRAIN RESOURCES? MOREOVER, JOHN ADAMS CAME WITH -- GAIN ACADEMIC AUTOMATIC ACCESS TO MILL LEVEE EQUALIZATION FUNDING. >> ROGER, CASEY, HEIDI. >> THANK YOU, BOARD FOR HEARING ME TONIGHT. MY NAME IS ROGER KINDER I LIVE IN STERLING RANCH. I AM HERE TO URGE CONGRATULATIONS RELEASE TO CSI FOR THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE BOND THAT JUST PASSED AND HOW THAT WOULD UNDERMINE A SCHOOL COMING TO NORTH EAST -- EXCUSE ME NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS CHARTER SCHOOL HAS NO WAY GOING TO IMPACT THAT. THIS IS JUST A CHOICE. IT'S AN EXTRA CHOICE. OUR COMMUNITY IS THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITY IN THE STATE. AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL IN THAT AREA BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. AND THIS GIVES US A CHOICE, IT GIVES US A CHOICE OF HAVING A SCHOOL THAT WILL BE A K-8 AT LEAST AND MAYBE K-12 EVENTUALLY. WHERE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO PLANS TO OF PUTTING A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THAT AREA THIS WOULD HELP WITH THAT ALONG THE WAY. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO RELEASE THIS TO CS I WANT SO WE CAN GET IT MOVING, THANK YOU. >> KATHY, HIDE AND I THEN VICTORIA. >> ME GOOD EVENING. BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE. MY NAME IS INDICATING LEASE, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RELEASE OF A CHARTER SCHOOL FROM DCSD OVERSIGHT TO THE CSI. THIS MOVE BYPASSES ESTABLISHED PROCESSES UNDERMINING LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY. RELEASE THIS IS CHARTER SCHOOL TO CSI A STATE LEVEL UNELECTED BOARD DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS THE DRIPS MEDICALS OF LOCAL CONTROL. EVEN TODAY ON YOUR CONCEPT AGENDA, THIS BOARD OUTLINES LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WITH THE MAJOR EMPHASIS OF LOCAL CONTROL. THE CSI BOARD IS NOT ELECTED BY DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. WHY WOULD THIS BOARD RELINQUISH IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND ALLOW A STATE-LEVEL ENTITY TO GOVERN A SCHOOL WINNER CONTRADICT IT'S AN AT THIS TIME CAL TO YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL. DCSD HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE OF CHARTERS. AND A CHARTER ENVIRONMENT. INTEGRAL TO THIS IS A ROBUST CHARTER APPLICATION PROCESS. THAT ALL OF THE CHARTER EXCEPT FOR THE ONE REFORMERS PASSED. HAVE GONE THROUGH. I AM NOT ASKING YOU TO REJECT THIS CHARTER IT'S PROBABLY FINE. I AM ASKING YOU TO HAVE IT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS GONE THROUGH. I URGE CONGRATULATIONS UPHOLD THE POLICIES, PLEASE HONOR YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY, DO NOT ALLOW THIS CHART TORE BYPASS OUR DECADES' ESTABLISHED PROCESS, THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S GREAT TO HE SAY YOU I AM INVOLVED IN POLITICS A LOT BUT INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATION MOVEMENT I STARTED GETTING INTERESTED BECAUSE MOVE CHILDREN'S EXPERIENCE IN BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T A GOOD FIT THINK EYE GIRL THIS DYSLEXIA AND THE OTHER LEARNING ISSUES AND COULDN'T GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED WHEN I SEARCH TODAY OTHER OPTIONS I COULDN'T FIND THEM. AND SO THAT'S HOW I GOT INVOLVED IN STARTING A CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL MOVEMENT. I WAS ON THE FOUNDING BOARD OF GOLDEN VIEW CLASSICAL ACADEMY OUT IN GOLDEN AND THEN HELPED BUILD THE ASCENT CLASS CAM NETWORK. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THE FIRST TIME I WALKED INTO GOLDEN VIEW, AND THE CLASSES HAD STARTED I NOTICED THE KIDS LIT UP. THEY JUST LOVED LEARNING. THEY LOVED WHAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING. AND IT WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIBE THAN I GOT AT MY KIDS' SCHOOL AT THE TIME. WE TRIED TO OPEN ONE UP IN BOULDER DIDN'T WORK OUT THINK SO I MOVED THEM DOWN TO DOUGLAS COUNTY AND NOW I HAVE FOUR KIDS AND THEY ALL LEARN VERY DIFFERENTLY. MY OLDEST ONE WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM IN I A MINUTE WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL ALL WAY THROUGH. MY 15-YEAR-OLD HAS GONE IN AND OUT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. AND SHE'S AT VALOR NOW AND THEN MY LITTLE ONES ARE IN SEVENTH GRADE AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BUT DO HOME SCHOOLING IN THE MORNING IT'S A CRAZY SMORGASBORD OF STUFF TO SCHOOL THEY LEARN DIFFERENT AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER GIVING THIS CHOICE TO OTHER FAMILIES IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GIVE KIDS A DIFFERENT WAY, I A DIFFERENT CHOICE IF THEY DON'T LEARN AT A CERTAIN STYLE. AND SO I SEE ALL UPSIDE TO ADDING MORE OPTIONS, THERE'S PLENTY OF SEATS, PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THIS SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >> VICTORIA, SUSAN REMEMBER TONIGHT AND THOMAS MONSON. >> HI, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS TORY AND I AM HEED TO ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD DEEPLY SHAPE OF THE FUTURE OF STERLING RANCH AND FAMILIAR FAMILIES LIKE MY MINE I AM JUST SHY OF 30 PLANNING TO GET MARRIED SOON AND STERLING RANCH IS THE PLACE THAT I DREAM OF CALLING HOME BUT A CRITICAL FACTOR IN OUR DID HE AND I THINKS ONE THAT MADDERS TO COUNTLESS FAMILIES THE EDUCATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR FUTURE CHIRP, THAT'S WHY I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU TO LET JOHN ADAMS EXACTLY PROCEED WITH THEIR CAM ACTION PROCESS IT HAS THE PHONE NO 20,000 RESIDENTS A LOT OF FAMILIES AND A LOT OF KIDS AND A LOT OF H DIVERSE NEES WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING IS ISN'T ABOUT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS IT'S ABOUT GIVING PARENT A CHOICE IN HOW THEIR CHIRP ARE EDUCATOR AND RIGHT NOW STERLING RANCH LACKS A K-12 OOPS ROOTED IN CLASS CHANGE EDGE CASE A PROVEN TIME HONORED APPROACH FOSTERING CRITICAL THINKING STRONG CHARACTER AND A LOVE LEARNING I WANT MY FUTURE CHILDREN TO GROW ENOUGH A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN THRIVE WHERE THEIR EDUCATION ISN'T ONE SIZE FITS ALL BUT A THOR TAD IRRELEVANT STEP CHALET CLASS CALL SCHOOL CHART SCHOOL WITH PRO STRIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL FAMILIES WHO VALET WELL ROUNDED EDUCATION, RANCH HAS THE CAPACITY FOR MULTIPLE SCHOOLS THIS IS THE PERFECT MOMENT TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR CHOICE AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND MAKE STERLING RANCH A COMMUNITY THAT VALUE NO, SIR THE JUST GROWTH BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROSS WISELY, THANK YOU. >> SUSAN REMEMBER TONIGHT, THOMAS MONSON, KEVIN BAN >> GOOD EVENING. I AM -- I TOO AM HERE THIS EVENING ASKING THE BOARD TO RELEASE THE JOHN ADAMS CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION TO THE COLORADO CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE. MANY YEARS AGO MY TWIN DAUGHTER ATTENDED THE VERY FIRST CHARTER SCHOOL IN HIGHLANDS RANCH. PLAT RIVER ACADEMY. THE YEAR WAS 1997. DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS WERE OPERATING ON A YEAR ROUND SCHEDULE WITH 40 DIFFERENT TRACKS, BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS WERE OVERCROWDED. I WAS IN A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE MY TWIN CARTERS NEEDED TO BE IN SEPARATE CLASSROOMS BUT WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WITH THIS -- THIS MEANT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ON DIFFERENT SCHOOL SCHEDULES. I HAD A CHILD HOME ON BREAK FOR 26 WEEKS OUT OF EACH YEAR WITH VERY LITTLE TIME OFF IN COMMON FOR FAMILY VACATIONS. DURING THIS TIME I HEARD OF A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL OPENING UP THAT CAN FOLLOW TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CALENDAR WITH TWO CLASSES PER GRADE WE WERE SO FAR FORTUNATE TO BE ADMITTED TO THAT SCHOOL. PLAT RIFF ACADEMY TRULY CHANGED OUR LIVES. THANKFULLY THIS SITUATION WOULD NOT REPLICATE ITSELF TODAY. BUT I MENTION IT TO ILLUSTRATE THAT THERE COULD BE A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT A CHARTER SCHOOL CAN BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING A CHILD'S LEARNING STYLE, AND THE PROPOSED CURRICULUM. CHART HE SCHOOL DUES NOT THREATEN PUBLIC EDUCATION. CHARTER SCHOOLS ENHANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT CHARTER SCHOOLS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND I EVENING CONGRATULATIONS RELEASE THE JOHN ADAMS CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION TO THE CSI. THANK YOU. >> THOMAS, KEVIN AND BRENDA. >> I AM TOM MUNSON A DECENT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY AND LONE TREE FOR 39 YEARS I HAVE THREE GROWN CHILDREN THAT ATTEND SCHOOLS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AFTER LIVING -- AFTER LIVING HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS, I WAS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING WHERE A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OUR FAMILY ATTENDED WHO HAD JUST RECENTLY MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAD A CONVERSATION AND I SAID WHY DID YOU MOVE FROM -- THEY LIVED IN SOUTH DENVER THEY GO AHEAD WE LOOKED AROUND AT ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE FOUND THAT WE THOUGHT DOUGLAS COUNTY OFFERED THE BEST EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN. SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAD MOVED. SO I THOUGHT, OH, GOOD I MADE A GOOD CA DECISION, I HAVE TO ADMT THAT OUR THREE GROWN CHILDREN HAD GREAT EXPERIENCE AT DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS BUT TWO OF THEM OUR YOUNG EVIDENCE ATTENDED OPENER ROLED AT ARAPAHOE HIGH SCHOOL. I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS WHY THEY DID THAT. BUT THEY HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO OPENER ROLE OUR KIDS SO THAT THEY COULD FIND THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. I BELIEVE LYNN AT THIS SAY FUNDAMENTAL PROTECTION GIVEN TO US BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WEBSTER DICTIONARY DEFINES THAT LIBERTY IS THE POWER OF CHOICE. FOR THESE REASONS I ASK THE BOARD TO GRANT RELEASE TO CSI FOR JOHN ADAM ACADEMY THE A SCHOOL NAMED FOR ONE OF OUR COUNTRY'S FOUNDERS AND SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> KEVIN VAN WEAVING, BRENDA, AND THEN LYNN MOFFETT. >> GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS. KEVIN VAN VANWINKLE STATE CEPTD SOON TO BE COMMISSIONER IT OPPORTUNITIES OUT. MOSTLY TONIGHT HERE AS A DAD OF TWO CHARTER KIDS MYSELF. AND HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL UNDER PROPOSAL AND RELEASING IT TO CSI BECAUSE PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR ALTERNAALTERNATIVES AND CLASSICL EDUCATIONAL IS IS AN INCREDIBLE IMPORTANT OPTION AND SHOULD BEING PART OF THE GROWING STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY IN NORTH WEST DOUGLAS COUNTY AND AS A KATIC SPEAK FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR PARENTS AND KIDS TO HAVE THAT OPTION AND FOR THE KIDS IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR EVERYONE, BUT IF IT IS RIGHT FOR YOUR KIDS. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE OPTION. IT YOUR PART WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR KPHAUPBL AT THIS LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FURTHER. >> BRENDA, HLINKA, KIM GILM GILMARTIN. ALL RIGHT. LYNN MOFFETT. >> GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS I AM LYNN MOFFETT I HAVE BEEN A FOUR-YEAR RESIDENT OF STERLING RANCH. FIRST AND F FOREMOST 5A PASSED N NOVEMBER FOR EVERYBODY THAT VOTED IN THE ROOM, FOR YES, APPRECIATE THAT. BEFORE I START, ONE, DOES NOT PRECLUDE ANOTHER. I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER THAT. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT WITH SOME PEOPLE THINKING THAT EXPEDITING ONE PROCESS WOULD HURT ANOTHER. THAT AT BUILT OUT OUR COMMUNITY WILL HAVE OVER 12,000 HOMES, RIGHT NOW WE ARE OVER 2500 HOLES, WE ARE CLOSING 45 HOMES FOR PER MONTH. A SIGNIFICANT AND GROWING PROBLEM LAYING WITHIN OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKIDS. THE RAPID GROWING COMMUNITY AND OUR POPULATION OF STERLING RANCH ARE GOING TO REQUIRE MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IN 2027 BY THE TIME THE FIRST PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS BUILT IN STERLING RANCH WE'LL REQUIRE ANOTHER SCHOOL. THE FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT THE MULTIPLE EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS PUBLIC AND CHARTER. IT ALLOWS PARENTS CHOICE. BOTH PRESENTS, COMPELLING EDUCATION ARTICLE TURN TIFFS ARE REGULATED BY AND -- AND RECOGNIZED AND ACCEPTED GOVERNOR BODIES. I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A CHOICE OF EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVES AND RELEASE THE PROPOSED JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY APPLICATION. TO THE CSI FOR AN HE CAN SPEED YEP PROCESS AND INSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE STERLING RANCH CAN REMAIN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR SCHOOL AS WELL AS PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE CHOICE IN CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. THANK YOU. KIM, -- >> GOOD EVENING. I AM SPEAKING HEAR TONIGHT NOT ONLY AS A CO-FOUNDER OF FOUR CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS IN COLORADO BUT AS A MOM OF THREE CHILDREN WHO HAVE ALL THRIVED IN CLASSICAL EDUCATION THROUGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, LIVING IN SOUTH JEFFCO I PRIORITIZED FINDING THE RIGHT SCHOOLS FOR MY KIDS. DRIVING DAILY TO GOLDEN TO A CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL THAT OPENED IN 2015 AND THEN LATER TRANSFERRING TO A CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF SCHOOL CHOICE. IT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO FIND THE BEST FIT FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S UNIQUE NEEDS. AND I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR TUITION-FREE OPTIONS LIKE THESE. AND A KNOW HUNDREDS. FAMILIES WHO CHAIR CHARLOTTE THEIR THAT GRATITUDE I HAVE RESEARCH THE THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY MODEL AND VISITED THEIR SCHOOLS, SPENT TIME WITH THEIR FOUNDERS AND EDUCATORS AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS CHARTER WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION TO COLORADO, DOUGLAS COUNTY AND STERLING RANCH TONIGHT'S VOTE IS NOT ABOUT CHOOSING BETWEEN A CHARTER OR A DISTRICT-RUN SCHOOL. WE CAN HAVE BOTH. IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING AN ABUNDANCE OF OPTIONS TO MEET DIVERSE NEEDS OF LEARNERS. AND LASTLY, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVE ODD THE BOARD OF A CHARTER AUTHORIZED BY THE CHART SCHOOL INSTITUTE. I CAN ATTEST TO THEIR RIGOR AND QUALITY. A CHARTER SCHOOL REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION UNDER CSI MUST INSURE THE CURRICULUM ALIGNS TO COLORADO ACADEMIC STANDARDS SERVED ALL STUDENT, PROVES FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND DEMONSTRATES STRONG PARENT THE DEMAND. THIT IS NOT BYPASSING YOUR POLIY AND OPPORTUNITY SET A PRECEDENT YOU WILL STILL RETAIN EXCLUSIVE CHARTERING AUTHORITY. I URGE CONGRATULATIONS VOTE YES ON THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MY NAME IS ASA. >> SORRY. >> IT'S OKAY, I GET IT THINK IT'S FINE. I AM A PROUD FATHER AND RESIDENT OF STERLING AN RANCH. I AM HERE TO YOU REMEMBER CONGRATULATIONS APPROVE. INCLUDING MY COMMUNITY. AS A PARENT, MY TOP PRIORITY IS INSURING MY CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION. LIKE MANY FAMILIES IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTY, WE HAVE WATCHED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS GROW QUICKLY. WITH NEW FAMILIES MOVING IN AND OUR SCHOOLS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ACCOMMODATE THIS GROWTH. WHILE THE EXISTING SCHOOLS IN THE AREA ARE DOING THEIR BEST. THE REALITY IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AN ADDITIONAL OPTION TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS CHARTER SCHOOL REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS TO PROVIDE PARENTS LIKE ME WITH THE CHOICE. EDUCATION NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL AND HAVING MORE OPTIONS EMPOWERS FAMILIES TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR THEIR CHILDREN WHETHER IT'S FOCUS INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, SMALLER CLASS SIZES OR CURRICULUM THAT EMPHASIZES CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THIS CHARTER COOL BRINGS MUCH NEEDED DIVERSE TOY TO THE EDUCATION LAND TAPE REQUEST OUR RING, NORTH WEST DUG LAP CAN'T IS A VIBRANT AND GROWING AREA FILLED WITH FAMILIES DEPOSIT LIE INVEST ED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S SUCCESS BY APPROVING THIS CHARTER SCHOOL THE PROPOSED SCHOOL WITH ALLEVIATE OVER CROWDING AND INSURE MORE PENALIZED ATTENTION, AND FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVER CHILD HAS THE CHANCE TO THRIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR DEAD INDICATING AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL. >> GOOD EVENING BOARDS MEMBERS. I AM A PROUD PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER NEAR DOUGLAS COUNTY TONIGHT I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO RELEASE THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY CLASSICAL CHART HE SCHOOL APPLICATION TO CSI. THIS REQUEST IS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND NONCONTROVERSIAL. BY RELEASING THE APPLICATION, YOU ALLOW THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE TO CONDUCT ITS REVIEW PROCESS, THE STEP COSTS THE DISTRICT NOTHING BUT MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FOR FAMILY IN OUR COMMUNITY SEEK MORE EVERYONE CABLE CHOICES. DOUGLAS COUNTY KNOWN FOR EDGE CARRIAGE EXCELLENCE AND EDGE POWERING PARENT. APPROVING THE RESLICE A SIMPLE WAY TO UPHOLD THE VALUES AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR AOU COMMUNITY DIFFERENT EFFORT. PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW THE PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD. THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY DESERVE THE CHANCE TO EXPLORE EVERY OPTION AVAILABLE TO MEET THEIR DIVERSE NEEDS, THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT REQUEST. >> JOINED I JENSEN, DON CALDWELL. LORI, I WILL THESE IN UNONE UP. [ INAUDIBLE ] SINCE I JOHNSON. >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING. I AM CINDY JENSEN AND I AM A GRANDPARENT OF TWO DUG HAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS ASK AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE BOARD NECKS GRANT THE CSI RELEASE BEING REQUESTED FOR JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. ALL OF THE CURRENT DOUGLAS COUNTY CLASSICAL SCHOOLS HAVE LONG WAITING LISTS AND REFLECT A NEED NO MORE. I WOULD ALSO TIKE TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS I HAVE REGARDING THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE AND THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING DISCUSSION ON IT. SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS OF THIS COURSE HAVE EXPRESSED IN VIDEOS VERY BIASED POLITICAL PRO MARXIST AND -COMMUNISTS BELIEFS NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS, OUR ELECTION SYSTEM, ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BEING RACIST AND MUCH MORE. ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS DR. ROBERT PATTERSON, ASSURES UP IN A VIDEO THAT WOULD WHEN THE CURRICULUM WAS REVISED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND CONTROVERSIAL PORTIONS INCLUDING PRO YEAR THEORY TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGIST, PRO MARXIST BELIEFS ADMIRATION FOR PEOPLE LIKE ANGELA DAVIS, UNLEARNING WHITENESS AND WIFE PRIVILEGE ABOLISHING PRISONS AND MANY ADDRESS WERE PREMOVED FROM THE CURRICULUM. THAT WOULD THESE PORTIONS ARE EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE AND STILL INCLUDED. WHILE I FULLY SUPPORT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CURRICULUM IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS I CANNOT SUPPORT A CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDES THESE KINDS OF ONE-SIDED VERY BIASED AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES AND REQUEST IT NOT BE APPROVED. THANK YOU. >> DON CALDWELL. LORI, KYLEN MUSE. >> GOOD EVENING I AM DAWN CALDWELL MY FAMILY AS LIVED IN HIGHLANDS RANCH FOR 20 YEARS AND OPENEDDED IT HIGHLANDS RANCH PUBLIC SCHOOLS I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR C ISN'T I. NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GOOD SCHOOL, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT CHOICE BUT BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT DO YOU IT THROUGH THE EXISTING CHARTER SCHOOL RULES. MY ISSUE IS WITH HOW IT GOT ON THE AGENDA AND ALSO THE EXPEDITE TO GO AN ENTITY THAT HAS NO LOCAL AUTHORITY. I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I HEARD THE BOARD AND THE SCHOOL DID NOT FOLLOW THE RULES AND PROCESSES THAT YOU HAVE FOR GETTING THINGS ON THE AGENDA, THAT DOESN'T BUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY. I AM KEVE CONCERNED WITH THE BOD EVEN GIVING IF EXCEPTION, IS IT LEGAL, WHY WOULD WE DO THIS? WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO SURE COMPANY DID HE WANT IS IT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, WEAPONS, WHAT? AS AN OUTSIDE PERSON I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS IS BEING REQUESTED. AND WHY IT'S BEING SHOVED THROUGH. UNBEKNOWNST TO MOST PEOPLE ON THIS AGENDA. STERLING RAN S SLATED TO HAVE A NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL WHEN WE BUILT -- WHEN WE APPROVED THIS BOMBED AS A TAX PAYER I SAID ABSOLUTELY LET'S DO IT AND TO FIND THAT WE'LL HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL SHOVED THROUGH WITHOUT ANYBODY'S COMMUNICATION, DOESN'T BODE WELL. THE SCHOOL SAYS THAT THEY ARE BUILD ON TRUST AND LEADERSHIP. BUT THIS IS NOT. -- THIS IS NOT TRUTHFUL LEADERSHIP I AM VERY CONCERNED. THANK YOU. >> LORI, KYLEN MUSE AND KELLY MAYER. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME LORI I AM A RESIDENT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY AND THE PARENT OF TWO DCSD STUDENTS. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY SUPPORT FOR A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES. WHEN I WAS KPHRAO*EPB COMPLETING MY TEACHING TRAIN HE GO I WAS TAUGHT MIAMI STUDENTS LEARN BEST IN THEY COAL WELCOME WHEN THEIR CULTURE IS VALUED AND REFLECTED IN THE CLASS IN THE SCHOOLS IS AND IN THE COMMUNITY. THESE STUDENT ENGAGE WITH THEIR EDUCATION AND HAVE GREATER ACADEMIC SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO OFF ARE A COURSE THAT WILL PROVIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO A GROUP OF STUDENT SAYS THAT WERE OFTEN UNDER RENT IN THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE COURSES THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE. OPPORTUNITY THAT HAVE TAKEN A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES HAVE TATED THIS COURSE HAS MADE THEM FEEL VICTORIOUS RATHER THAN VICTIMIZED UPLIFTED RATHER THAN OPPRESSED ARGUMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT THIS MATERIAL MAY BE TOO DIFFICULT TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS AN A.P. TEACHER I CAN SPEAK TO HOW STUDENTS RISE TO THE RIGOR. AS A PARENT, I CAN STATE THAT I WANT MY CHILDREN TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GRAPPLE WITH COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. I WANT THESE IDEAS TO OCCUR IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. SO THAT WHEN THEY GET TO COLLEGE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE CULTURE SHOCK OF HAVING A PROFESSOR PRESENT THESE IDEAS TO THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME. THERE IS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT REGARDING PARENT CHOICE AND STUDENT CHOICE. REMOVING AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES FROM THE OPTIONS OF COURSES LIMITS THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT' CHOICE, ASK YOU TO APPROVE THIS COURSE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> KYLEN MUSE, KELLY MAYER AND JENNIFER IVERSON. >> KELLY MAYER. >> GOO GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE. MY NAME IS KELLY MAYER BEING BUT TONIGHT I AM SPEAKING FOR THE ORGANIZATION DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS. D.C. P IS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATED BY THIS BOARD MAJORITY. TWO RECENT ISSUES. THE PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL RELEASE TO CSI, AND THE DELAY IN APPROVING THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE UNDER SCORE THIS TROUBLING TREND. IN BOTH CASES, DECISIONS APPEAR DRIVEN BY POLITICAL AGENDAS. RATHER THAN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS, AND OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT LEADERSHIP. IT IS AN ABDICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY. OUR STUDENTS AND VOTERS DESERVE BOLD, TRANSPARENT LEADERSHIP FOCUSED ON THEIR NEEDS. NOT ON SPECIAL INTERESTS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JENNIFER IVERSON. CALI WOLF, AND VALERIE MOSES. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE DYSLEXIA SIMULATION AT YOUR RETREAT. I EMPATHIZE WITH THE STRONG EMOTIONS YOU MUST HAVE EXPERIENCED, BEING UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A SHORT TIME ALLOWS SPACE IF A CONNECTION WHEN ADVOCATING FOR THE STUDENTS WHO DEAL WITH THAT UNCOMFORTABLE REALITY ON A DAILY BASIS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY HEART WAS LIFTED WHEN I READ THESE WORDS FROM YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY STATEMENT. DCSD BELIEVES THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE STATE TO SUPPORT LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AN EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES SUCH AS DYSLEXIA AND FUND ALL LEARNERS BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. WE ALSO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR EARLY SCREENING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATION, I'M KATERS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS. I AM HOPEFUL THAT OUR STATE REPS WILL FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF THESE STRUGGLING READERS. AND PASS THE STATE WIDE DYSLEXIA SCREEN NEVER THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SEASON. I WAS ALSO QUITE DELIGHTED TO READ IN THAT SAME DOCUMENT THAT DCSD SUPPORTS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION OPTIONS AND SCHOOL CHOICE. DCSD RESPECTS THE ROLE OF THE PARENT, GUARDIAN TO DECIDE WHICH HIGH-QUALITY OPTION WILL PROVIDE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR STUDENT. THAT PRECISE WORDING OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE. THAT HAD SOME PUSH BACK IN THE LAST MEETING. I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S EFFORTS IN RECOGNIZING THE ROLE EACH ADULT IN THAT STUDENT'S LIFE PROVIDE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CALI WOLF, VALERIE MOYES AND DR. REMMY RUMMEL ACTUAL. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS CALI WOLF AND I AIM PARENT IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SYSTEM. I AM HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COURSE. AND TO URGE THIS BOARD TO APPROVE IT URGENTLY AND UNANIMOUSLY FOR OUR STUDENTS. THIS COURSE COMPLETED A RIGOROUS TWO-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM IN OVER 40 STATES INVOLVING MORE THAN 15,000 STUDENTS. WHO DESCRIBED THE COURSE AS TRANSFORMATIONAL. SAYING IT IMPROVED THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND GAVE THEM A NEW FOUND PRIDE IN THEIR AS SENATORS. OTHERS SAID IT GAVE A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HUMANS HAVE IN COMMON VERSUS WHAT THEY DON'T. MY PLEA TO THIS BOARD IS SIMPLE, DROWN OUT THE MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE OF GROUPS WHO CLAIM TO CHAMPION LIBERTY. BUT ARE JUST TRULY THREAT PED BY BLACK EXCELLENCE AND THE DECENTERING WHITE SUPREMACY. LET'S FOR THE FORGET THIS IS AN ELECTIVE COURSE, THEIR CHILDREN DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT UNLESS THEIR HAIR FEAR IS ROOTED IN THE IDEA THAT EVENING THEIR OWN CHILDREN MIGHT SEE THROUGH THE LIES AND LEARN THE TRUTH. AS A PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT, I REFUSE TO TAP BY AS BLACK AMERICANS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS OR THOSE OF ANY HISTORICALLY UNDER REPRESENTED GROUP ARE ERASED. AS AN INDIGENOUS PERSON I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW FINING. A COURSE LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TO ME HAD IT BEEN ABOUT MY PEOPLE. I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CLASS FOR OUR BLACK STUDENTS, FOR OUR COMMUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND FOR OUR DEMOCRACY AS A NATION DIVIDED. WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER UNTIL WE RECONCILE AND LEARN OUR NATION'S TRUTHS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> VALERIE MOSES, DR. REMMY RUMMEL AND KELLY DIXON. >> GREETINGS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE. MY NAME IS VALERIE MOSES I AM A TEACHER AT HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TWO STUDENTS APPROACHED ME THEY SAID THEY REPRESENT AID GROUP OF STUDENTS AND THEY SAID THEY REALLY WANTED AN A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN COURSE AT THE SCHOOL. I TOLD THEM HONESTLY I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO PROPOSE A NEW COURSE THAT I WOULD DO WHAT I COULD. UP FORTUNATELY THOSE ORIGINAL STUDENTS WHO CAME TO ME TWO YEARS AGO HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED BUT EVERY YEAR SINCE THOSE FIRST TWO STUDENT AS PREACHED ME, I HAVE HAD STUDENTS COME TO ME AND SAY CAN WE GET AP AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT OUR SCHOOL. I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS THE YEAR THE COURSE FINALLY HAPPENS FOR OUR DOUGLAS COUNTY STUDENTS. THE COURSE WOULD PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY NOT ONLY HISTORY BUT ALSO LITERATURE, AND ART AND CULTURE AND EVENING DATE ANALYSIS THROUGH A LENS THAT WOULD BROADEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD. ONE THING I ALWAYS EMPHASIZE WITH MY STUDENT IS THAT THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE ISN'T ABOUT THE ANSWERS YOU THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE. IT'S ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU DARE TO ASK. AND THE DISCUSSIONS THOSE QUESTIONS INSPIRE. THIS COURSE CURRICULUM DOES NOT TEACH AN AGENDA. IT TEACHES CRITICAL THINKING. IT'S A CLASS -- IT'S MORE THAN AFTER ADDITION TO THE CURRICULUM, IT'S AN INVITATION TO CURIOSITY, TO EMPATHY, TO I WANT LEX TROUBLE GROWTH, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE DO NOT CLOSE THE DOOR ON THIS VITAL PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. ONE THAT OUR STUDENT IS THEMSELVES HAVE ASKED FOR. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DR. REMMY RUMMEL. KELLY DIXON. AND THEN MEGHAN BURCH. >>> GOOD GOOD EVENING I AM DR. REMMY RUMMEL A PARENT AND LONG-TIME CITIZENS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. I URGE CONGRATULATIONS APPROVE THE COLLEGE BOARD ADVANCE PLACEMENT AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES. THIS COURSE DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH DOUGLAS COUNTY'S POLICY S A. DID. B EDGE CABLE EQUITY I WOULD LIKE TO REMINDS YOU OF A CONVERSATION THIS BOARD HAD IN MAY OF 2023 REGARDING DR. SCOTT PAGE'S ORGANIZATIONAL EQUITY RESEARCH. A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF YOUR CONVERSATION RESULTED IN THE THE ADDITIONAL OF COG AT THIS CAN I VERSE AT THIS, TO POLL A S D.B. A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IS A UNIQUE PARENT-PERMISSION BASED ELECTIVE PATHWAY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT TO EXPLORING COGNITIVE, AND IDENTITY DIVERSITY THIS, COURSE UTILIZES SMITH SOAP GENERAL AND SEMINOLE RESOURCES AND IT HAS BEEN VETTED IF YOU ARE THOROUGHLY THROUGH COLLEGE BOARD APPROVAL PROCESSES LAST YEAR THE EDGE EQUITY ADVISE TRY COUNCIL FORMALLY ADVISE YOU TO INSURE COURSES SUCH AS THIS. EXPLORING MULTIPLE PERSON SPECULATIVES IS AN EVENT TAILLIGHT WON'T HE WANT WHEN SERVING 62,000 STUDENT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEAN INTO A PARENT'S RIGHT TO PERMIT THEIR CHILD TO EXPLORE COURSES SUCH AS A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDY. IES AS PARENT RIGHTS ARE PARAMOUNT. AP COURSES PROVIDE PATHWAY TO A COLLEGE CREDIT AND TUITION SAVINGS FOR OUR FINANCIALLY THIS IS A REPORTED POINT OF PRIDE ADDRESS MILLIONS OF TUITION DOLLARS OR SAVED EACH YEAR IN DASS LAWS COUNTY ALONE, PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR FULL CON STRETCH WEDNESDAY I OUR STUDENT AND FAMILIES DESERVE THE CHOICE AND OPPORTUNITY SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE LICENSE OF EDUCATION EQUITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> KELLY DIXON. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM A DCSD PARENT AND TAX PAYER AND I AM HERE TO I PREMIER CONGRATULATIONS APPROVE THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE. CLAIRE BROWN, CLARK, VIRGINIA RANDOLPH, CLAUDETTE CO BIN IF YOU FRONT WHOA THEY ARE THE ONLY THING YOU SHOULD BE DOING TONIGHT IS APPROVING THE A.P. COURSE. AND THEN YOU SHOULD REFLECT ON WHY THESE NAMES REPORT EASILY CALLED TO MIND FOR YOU. IT THIS COURSE HAPPENS BOX THROUGH MULTIPLE COURSE OF VETTING AND ELECTIVE AND A SIGN LINES WITH BOARD'S EQUITY POLICY AIMING TO INCREASE EN CAME IN DIVERSITY CALLS TO DELAY OR NOT APPROVE ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND NOT BASED IN FACTS, EDUCATION EX-TIEGS OR ANYTHING BUT AN AGENDA ON HIMMING FROM OUTSIDE NUMBER WHAT I I ASKED WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AND RECEIVED A NO ONE ANSWER, THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE HAVE HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS BOARD LACKING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. YET BRING NOTHING SHOEURPBLT OF POLITICS AND FEEDING AN OUTRAGE MACHINE THAT DOES NOTHING TO HELP THE STUDENT OF THIS DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY MINORITY GROUPS ESPECIALLY THOSE TARGETED FOR BULLYING AND HAS RAM HAS STUDENTS HIGHLIGHTED ROOM IN VERY SPOT. APPROVE THE COURSE AND LEASE MOVE TO OTHER DISTRICT BUSINESS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MEGHAN, BUT, JULIE WALT SON AND GINA. MEGHAN BURCH. >> GOOD EVENING I AM MEGHAN BURCH A DCSD PARENT I AM HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES CLASS. I THINK IT'S EXCITING THAT THIS COURSE WAS SO HIGHLY REQUESTED BY STUDENT AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. MY HOPE TONIGHT IS THAT AS YOU ARE CONSIDERING APPROVAL FOR THE COURSE ACCOUNT THAT YOU ARE ALSO CONSIDERING YOUR IMPACT OF POSTPONING I WANT A APPROVAL. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS COURSE WAS WEAPONIZED AGAINST THIS BOARD AND THIS DISTRICT, WITH EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS USE A FEW KEY WORDS AND PHRASES SUCH AS CRITICAL RACE THEORY, OPPRESS OR, IDEOLOGIES, WHAT MUST OUR EDUCATORS THINK WHEN WHIPPED UP OUTRAGE RESULTS IN THEIR INTEGRITY AND EXPERTISE BEING DISMISSED? WHAT MUST OUR EDUCATORS THINK WHEN THE DISTRICT'S OWN PROCESS FOR APPROVING NEW COURSES IS SO EASILY SIDELINED? WHAT MUST THE BLACK STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT THINK WHEN A COURSE HIGHLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE IS SEEN AS SOMETHING NEFARIOUS WHEN THEY COME INTO THIS BOARDROOM TELLING BUT THEIR EXPERIENCES OF RACISM IN THEIR CLASSROOMS? DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, LAST MONTH YOU SAID THAT YOU ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS BOARD DIRECTORS TO DO DUE DILIGENCE IN REGARDS TO CONCERNS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THIS COURSE. WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS AND PARENTS SHARE EXPERIENCES OF RACISM IN THE CLASSROOM EITHER IN DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOLS OR WITH THE DIRECTOR IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM, DO WE APPLY THE SAME DUE DILIGENCE? I HOPE TONIGHT THIS COURSE WILL BE APPROVED. I HOPE TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOR SELF-REFLECTION OF THIS BOARD. AND YOUR OBLIGATION TO THE STUSTUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JAIL I WATKINS, JEAN ARC JEREMY A. >> I AM JULIE CAT WINS A DCSD PARENT AND VOLUNTEER AND SERVE ON THE EQUITY ADVISORY COUNCIL I THINK NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THEM TONIGHT I HERE TO RECEIPTS EX-EXPERTS FOR SUPPORT FOR. DIRECTOR WILLIAMS NOTED THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COURSE ALIGNS WITH OUR EQUITY POLICY BEFORE MAKING A DECISION TO APPROVE THIS COURSE. AS AN ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF DID DCSD, THE EAC SERVES TO SUPPORT AN & ADVISE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SKILL BOARD ON ISSUES RELATED TO DIVERSITY BEING EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND THEREFORE OFFERS THE FOLLOW TO HEN DIRECTOR WILLIAMS AND ANOTHER BOARD DIRECTORS IN THEIR DECISION MAKING TONIGHT. FUL WITHIN BOARD TOLL IS A A D.B. THE SCHOOL BOARD COMMITS TO QUOTE ESTABLISH AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE TOWN SURE ALL STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY REMEMBER MEMBERS FEEL SAFE AND VALUED BY INCREASING AND EMBEDDING A THEN I TICK AND RELEVANT LEARNING STUNTS AND EXPERIENCE IT ALSO COMMITS THE SCHOOL BOARD TO, QUOTE BEING EMPOWER EDUCATORS AND STAFF TO CREATE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL STUDENT, STAFF AND, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL SAFE AND VALUED IN ORDER TO PROMOTE STUDENT ACADEMIC GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT AND DEVELOP STUDENT CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVE, SKILLS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR POST SECONDARY SUCCESSFUL THIS COURSE MEETS THE BOARD' COMMITMENT TO THE DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHENS THE SHARED COMMIT. TO INCREASING AND EMBEDDING THE AUTHENTIC LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENT. THE BORDEN OF CAME US SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE STUDENT AND STAFF HAS EM POERPLD WOULD THE ABILITY TO STEP FORWARD AND ASKING FOR THESE PROGRAMS THIS IS CHOICE IN ACTION AND SHOULD BEING COMMENTED. RUNNING OUT OF TIME SO I WILL SAY THE SCHOOL BOARD NEEDS DO THE RIGHT THING AND APPROVE AT DEFENSE OF A.P. AFRICAN MEN STURDIES, THANK YOU. CLAP CLAM. >> GINA, JEREMIAH, AND THEN SADIE LEVINE. >> GOOD EVENING I AM GINA. I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE APPROVAL OF A.P. AMERICAN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HEARD ABOUT THIS COURSE IS THAT IT IS ALIGNED WITH A POLITICAL AGENDA. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRICULUM THE COURSE DRAWS ON HISTORY, LITERATURE, SOCIOLOGY AND THE ARTS. FOCUSING ON THE DIVERSE EXPERIENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS. THIS COURSE IS NOT ABOUT PROMOTING A POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. RATHER IT IS ABOUT EXPANDING ALL STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE, THEIR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND THEIR APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF AMERICAN HISTORY. TO DENY STUDENT THIS IS KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING, IS TO CENSOR WHAT THEY LEARN ABOUT OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. AS A TEACHER LIBRARIAN, I AM ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS, IDEAS, AND UP LEX TROUBLE FREEDOMS. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES GIVES STUDENT A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY WHILE YOU FEELS GIVING AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT RECOMMENDATION IN THE CURRICULUM. IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A.P. EUROPEAN HISTORY, FOR EXAMPLE, WITHOUT DEBATE. BUT NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES. DENYING STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO TAKE AP AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES WOULD NOT ONLY LIMIT THEIR EM CHARACTER EXPERIENCES IT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE THAT CERTAIN HISTORIES AND CULTURES ARE LESS WORTHY OF STUDY. THIS WOULD DO A DISSERVICE TOWER STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JEREMIAH GAINSY, SADIE LEVINE, JENNIFER EWING. >> SATURSADIE LEVINE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SATU SADIE LEVINE ANI I'M PROUD DOUGLAS COUNTY TEACHER I HAVE TAUGHT IN DOG LAS COUNTY FOR 323 YEARS SERVED AS A PVS, A TEACHER AND A LITERACY SPECIALIST. AND I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE AT HIGH LAPS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL AND EVENTUALLY OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS IN DUG LOS ANGELES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. MY NUMBER ONE REASON FOR SUPPORTING A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IS CENTER -ED AROUND STUDENT CHOICE OPPORTUNITIES STUDENT AT HRHS HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN HAVING THE CHOICE TO EXPLORE THE COURSE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES. WHICH PROMPTED ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AT HIGHLANDS RANCH SAL, FAMILY MOSES TO PROPOSE THE ADOPTION OF THE COURSE. ALL A.P. COURSES ARE OPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS AND REQUIRE PERMISSION ALLOWING FOR BOTH STUDENT AND PARENT CHOICE IN THE PROCESS FOR REGISTERING. I ALSO BELIEVE AMOUNT P AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE DCSD EQUITY POLICY WHICH STATES, AND I QUOTE, THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AIMS TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY AND I QUOTE, INSURING ALL STUDENTS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE CURRICULUM. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JENNIFER EWING, AMY, MARVIN LYNN. >> I AM SICK, SO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER EWING, I AM A TEACHER AT OHIO LANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY DESIRE FOR THE ELECTIVE OR OPTIONAL A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES TO BE ALLOWED. FOR NEXT YEAR. AS A TEACHER AND PARENT, I WANT MY SON AND OTHERS TO HAVE AS MANY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE. I FEEL THIS COURSE WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, STUDENTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS CLASS. BY APPROVING IT WE HONOR THEIR VOICES AND PROVIDE A VITAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. MOREOVER, THIS DECISION IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEAD. IN PREVIOUS YEARS OUR DISTRICT HAS FACED CRITICISM ALONG THEMES OF RACE AND EQUITY. LET'S REWRITE THAT NARRATIVE. OUR DISTRICT POLICY PROMISES AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE THAT INSURES ALL STUDENTS FEEL VALUE AND HAVE ACCESS TO THEN TICK AND DIVERSE LEARNING EXPERIENCES. DENYING THIS COURSE UNDER MAINS THAT COMMITMENT. OTHER DISTRICTS LIKE CHERRY CREEK OFFER THIS COURSE. HIGH LAPS RANCH IS JUST A CAPABLE IF NOT MORE SO OF MAKING THIS COURSE A SUCCESS. LET'S LIVE UP TO OUR VALUES AND GIVE STUDENTS THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JAMIE, MARVIN LYNN, KATE MUSE. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE. WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT STUDENTS IN DCSD SHOULD BE TAUGHT HOW TO THINK, AND NOT NECESSARILY WHAT TO THINK. WE CAN ALL AGREE HOPEFULLY THAT TEACHING AMERICAN'S HISTORY IN ITS ENTIRETY IS CRUCIAL TO TEACHING THE UGLY PART ABOUT SLAVERY, JIM CROW LAWS, AND POSSIBLY CONTINUED RACISM IN OUR SOCIETY FOR OUR PEOPLES. WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WELL AS IS THAT SOME BOARD MEMBERS HAVE STATED THAT EXPERTS SHOULD WEIGH IN ON THIS COURSE. WHO ARE THE EXPERTS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY? WHO ARE THE EXPERTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY? AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER PROSING THE CLASS ABOUT HISTORY AN EXPERT. THERE IS AN ENTIRE UNIT IN THIS COURSE CALLED INTERLOCKING SYSTEMS OF A PRESENCE THAT CREATE -- WHICH TALKS ABOUT CREATING UNEQUAL OUTCOMES. OTHER TOPICS IN THIS COURSE INCLUDE THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY WHICH IS STRAIGHT HI MARXISM. THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PARTY, WHICH WAS STARTED BY THREE PERSONS WHO ARE VERY TIGHT WITH THE VENEZUELAN MARXIST DICTATOR NICHOLAS MADURO, IT TALKS ABOUT NICOLE HANNAH JONES, 1619 PROJECT. WHICH FOCUSES ON DECENTERING WHITENESS. AND THERE ARE OTHER TOPICS WITH THAT I DO HOPE THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THIS COURSE AND ANY OTHER COURSE PROPOSED OR CURRENTLY IN D.C. DS SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >> MARVIN LYNN, KATE MUSE AND BRIANNA RANGER. >> GRATE GOES SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE INCLUDES COMPANIES I SCHOOL BOARD I GREET YOU AS A DCSD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT PARENT. AND A MECHANIC OF THIS COMMUNITY. A NEW MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND I REFLEX THE GROWING DRY COYOTE VERSE AT THIS OF THIS COMMUNITY. I AM ALSO AN EDGE INDICATER BEING SCHOLAR AND AN EXPERT AND IN FACT,. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I HAVE SPEND THE LAST 32 YEARS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, AND I HAVE ALSO SERVED ON A SCHOOL BOARD. SO AS AN EXPERT, I HAVE CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON THE WORKING LIVES OF EDUCATORS OF COLOR AND WHAT I KNOW IS THAT TEACHERS WHO ARE EFFECTIVE AT PRODUCING LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO THOSE STUDENTS, AND THEY ARE COME WE TENT INSTRUCT HE INSTRUCT TOURING WHO MAKE THE CURRICULUM RELEVANT TO HAVE LIVES OF THOSE STUDENT GOOD TEAM WORKS NOT ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS WITHOUT THE AID OF GOOD CURRICULUM THE A.P. COURSE ON AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IS SUCH A TOOL. WHEN WE DON'T TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE CAN I VERSE THAT SHAPED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WE DO THEM A DISSERVICE, ONE OF MY SON I HAVE THREE. ONE WORKED IN CASTLE ROCK THIS SUMMER AT A SUMMER CAMP AND ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS HE HAVE ASKED BY SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH IF HE WAS A SLAVE. HE WAS ALSO REVVED TO AS A MONKEY. THESE STUDENTS HAVE NO CONCEPT OF WHEN SLAVERY TOOK PLACE IN THE U.S. AND THEY WERE SPOUTING THING THAT THEY HAD HEARD ON TELEVISION. OF COURSE, I WAS OFFENDED BUT I WAS MORE THAN CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS IF THOSE STUDENT GO OUT INTO THE WORLD SPOUTING THOSE BELIEFS WHAT WILL HAPPEN? I AM REALLY CONCERNED. SO WE HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO THE WELL BEING AND EDUCATION OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND IS A RESULT I WOULD SUPPORT THIS COURSE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] QUITE MAYS, BRIANNA RANGER, MEDIAN. BRIABRIANNA. WHETHER OR NOT. >> GOOD EVENING DIRECT TOUR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT CRITICAL ISSUES I IMPACTING OUR STUDENT, THE INADEQUATE BUDGET FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS, THE LACK OF PLANT STORY TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATORS ON TWICE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS. AND THE ABSENCE OF TRANSPARENT DATA ON DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES. AS A MOTHER OF A TWICE EXCEPTIONAL FIRST GRADER A GIFTED SIX-YEAR-OLD WITH AUTISM AND A.D.H.D. I HAVE HAD H TO NAVIN DATE SYSTEMIC COMPARE YEARS TO SECURE THE SUPPORT MY SON IS LEGALLY ENTITLED TO. $15.3 MILLION WAS APPROVED IN THE BOND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND YET IT APPEARS TO BE GROSSLY INSUFFICIENT. THE MAJORITIES ALLOCATED TOWARD CAPITOL PROJECTS AT THAT WHILE IMPORTANT FAIL TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE MAJORITY OF SPECIAL I'M INDICATION STUDENT THOSE WITH MILD TO MODERATE NEEDS THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. WITHOUT SUFFICIENT RESOURCES, THESE DIVERSE STUDENTS FACE GREATER DISCIPLINE AIR I ACTIONS INSTEAD OF THE SUPPORT THEY REQUIRE AND ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS NEED MATT HANDS TORRE TRAINING ON TWICE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT TO PRO SLIDE THEM THIS SUPPORT. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS A TROUBLING LACK OF TRANSPARENT AND I IS SUSPENSION AND DISCIPLINARY DATA FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. COMPLETE ACCURATE DATA, TRAPS PARENT IS A AND EFFECTIVE OVER SITE ARE ESSENTIALLY THINK TO UNCOUGH AND ADDRESS THE SYSTEM HE CAN INEQUITIES AS THEY OCCUR TO IS STOP HARMFUL PRACTICES THAT DISABLE THE DISTRICT'S MISSION AND VISION TO HE RIDE SAY AN EDGE CARRIAGE FOUL DAYS THAT ALLOWS EACH STUDENT TO REACH INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL AND MAXIMIZE THE POTENT THAT HE HAVE STUDENT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MEDIAN, BOB MARSHALL. SCOTT SH SH. >> WHEN YOU TEACH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY YOU ARE TEACHING A STORY OF RESILIENCE, OF EXCELLENCE, OF INNOVATION, AND OF FORGIVENESS. YOU ARE TEACHING COURAGE IN A WORLD THAT REJECTS YOU AT EVERY TURN. YOU ARE TEACH TRIUMPH IN A SYSTEM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO BREAK YOU. AND THE COURAGE TO TREE EIGHT CULTURE ANYWAY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THERE IS A PAUSE IN THIS COURSE BECAUSE YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMFORT OF LIKELY THE WHITE STUDENTS THE WHITE FAMILIES POTENTIALLY THE WHITE TEACHERS. BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY WHEN YOU ALL DON'T THINK THAT THOSE WHITE INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT IDENTIFY AS THE OPPRESS TOUR BUT IDENTIFY AS SOMEONE WHO WOULD HAVE FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE. AND IT'S VERY DISHEARTEN TO GO ME THAT UNTIL COURSE IS OPTIONAL BECAUSE THE HISTORY AND THE EXPERIENCE WAS NOT OPTIONAL FOR MY ANCESTORS SO I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU PRETEND THAT IT IS OPTIONAL FOR YOU. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS I ESSENTIALLY INSURING THAT YOUR STUDENTS WILL NOT BE PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT THEMSELVES IN A WORLD THAT INEVITABLY AWAITS THEM. WE ARE IMMOVABLE. WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SO IF THEY ARE NOT READY TO BE RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE SUPPORT SUPPOSED TO DOS ENGAGE WITH DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO HAVE A DEFICIT IN HOW THEY TEACH THEIR STUDENTS. I WILL END WITH THIS. AS THE CE OFF OF THE EPITOME OF BLACK EXCELLENCE? MAN SHIP I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE UNDER REVIEW OF THE GREEN BOOK I IN ADDITION MIFFS YOUR ACTIONS AND INACTIONS ON THIS COURSE WILL DEFINITELY BE A PART OF YOUR HISTORY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> BOB MARSHALL. SCOTT SHAMS GLYNN. GREGORY KING. >> I DIDN'T HEAR, WAS I CALLED? >> YEAH. >> WE ONLY GOT 90 SECONDS SO I WANT TO QUICK BECAUSE I HAD TO CUT THINGS DOWN I BROUGHT THREE COPIES OF A BOOK THAT I HAPPENED OUT TO THE PREVIOUS BOARD I KNEE GEIGER THOMPSON AND MOORE DID KNOW SO WE HAND THAT THEM TO THEM THEY ARE THESE WERE BOOKS THAT RUBY BRIDGES GOES TO SCHOOL MY TRUE STORY PART OF THE SAME USUAL SUSPECTS THAT WANTED TO BAN IT. AND SO I GOT IT, I READ IT, AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT THE HELL ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I WANT TO THROW OUT REAL QUICK, ON THE JOHN ADAMS SCHOOL, I HAVE BEEN LISTENING AND I WOULD HOPE YOU ALL WOULD FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE I AM HEARING QUITE A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS BY THE BOARD BEING TAKEN OUTSIDE OF PROPER PROCEDURES AND AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND COULD BE REVERSED ON THE DECISION MAKING IF SUCH DECISIONS HAD BEEN MADE OUTSIDE OF THIS BOARDROOM. SINCE I ONLY HAVE 90 SECONDS, WE ALSO HAD THE ISSUE THAT WHEN THIS BOARD GOT ELECTED AT LEAST THE MAJORITY YOU SAID I WERE YOU WERE GOAL TO MIKE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS BORING AND AND YOU WOULDN'T CUT PEOPLE OFF TO ONLY 92ND BECAUSE OF THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BUT YOU ARE DOING IT TODAY BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU NEEDED TO GET YOUR WORK DONE WHY DID YOU NEED TO C CUT US OFF BUT DECIDE TODAY PUSH BACK ON DOING YOUR OWN HOMEWORK LAST MONTH. WHAT IN THIS CURRICULUM DO YOU OBJECTIVE? I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD LOOK. I DID. I DON'T MIND ANY OBJECTIONABLE. NOTHING. THE IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY INTERESTING MATERIAL IF YOU ACTUALLY SIT HAD AND READ IT. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD POINT TO WHAT MAKE YOU WANT TO DECIDE AND WHAT YOU DID OVER THE LAST MONTH TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THE CURRICULUM? THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SCOTT SH SHAMBLIN AND THEN GREGORY KING AND THEN BRENDA. >> GOOD EVEN. DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MY NAME IS SCOTT SHAMBLIN I REPRESENT MYSELF. LAST TAME HE WAS HERE I HAD A NICE LITTLE LOVE LETTER WRITTEN ABOUT ME AND I LIKED WHAT I READ. SO I AM BACK. TONIGHT I AM HERE TO REQUEST THAT YOU RELEASE THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE. THIS SIMPLE ADMINISTRATIVE STEP ALLOWS THE APPLICATION TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE EVALUATED BY THE STATE SHORESSERS IT COSTS THE DIRECT NOTHING AND INSURES FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE MORE EDUCATIONAL CHOICES PLEASE RELEASE THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY APPLICATION TO CSI TO HONOR THE COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY AND EMPOWER PARENTS TO CHOOSE WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR CHIRP. DIFFERENT CHILDREN HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS. PARENTS ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS THROUGH SCHOOL CHOICE. AND GOING TO A DITCHING SCHOOL. IF THEY WANT TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO. AND I HOPE TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS ALLOW THAT. THAT AND YOU SUPPORT PARENTS AND CHILDREN. AND NOT THE P.T.A. I DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER 30 SECONDS OF CONTENT SO I'LL OUR TIME. BUT THANK YOU. >> GREGORY KING. >> HI. I LIVE IN STERLING RANCH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL CHOICES THROUGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. LET ME BEGIN WITH THE STORY ABOUT MY YOUNGEST SON. MY 31-YEAR-OLD SON SUFFICIENTS FROM A SERIOUS MENTAL ILL THAN STASTART HAD HAD MISS SOPHOMORE YEAR IN SKY OHIO AND IT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FINAL TO FUNCTION IN A REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL. HOWEVER THANKS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF OPTIONS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MY SON WAS ABLE TO TRANSFER IS A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS WHERE HE GOT THE TREATMENT HE NEED AHEAD LONG WITH I HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, AFTER HIS SUCCESS THERE HE WAS TRANSFER TO WARREN CHART HE SCHOOL WHERE HE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED WITH REST OF HIS SCHOOLS FROM HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. HIS ATTENDANCE AT BOTH SCHOOLS ONE FUNNED THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT NO ADDITIONAL COST STORY HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DO WITH PROPOSED PROGRAM AT JOHN ADAMS CLASSICAL ACADEMY IT DOES ILLUSTRATE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SCHOOL CHOICES BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS HELP MY SON BE SUCCESSFUL. SO IN CONCLUSION, I SUPPORT THE CHOICE OF THE CHARLESSER SCHOOLS AND -- SORRY. IN CONCLUSION I SUPPORT THE CHOICES CHARTER SCHOOLS PROVIDE AND SEE A NEED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM JOHN ADAMS CLASSICAL ACADEMY IS A PLANNING TO OFFER. AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE START OF THE A SCHOOL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, I THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD CHOICE. THANK YOU. >> BRENDA. >> HI, THANK YOU, I AM BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING ME TODAY I AM THE MOM TO TWO LITTLE BOYS AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF READY COM A SCHOOL CHOICE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION I AM HERE PRIMARILY AS A MOM I LIVE IN SOUTH JEFFCO I LOOKED FOR SCHOOLS FOR MY SON AND THEY WERE ALL OVER END ROLLED AND I COULDN'T GET OFF THE WAIT LIST TO BE BE'S ORGANIZATION TO PARENT. THERE ARE PARENT LISTENING IN RATE HOW TO THE MEETING HOPING THAT YOU WILL AUTHORIZE THIS HIGH TAILLIGHT QUALITY CHART SCHOOL AND RELEASE IT TO CSI. MY WORK AT READY COLORADO I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH CSI, THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLY HIGH-QUALITY AUTHORIZER ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. I VISITED OVER 20CSI SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE AND THEY WORK HAND IN HAND WITH COMMUNITIES TO INSURE LOCAL COMMUNITY VOICE. AND THAT THAT SCHOOL IS DESIGNED WITH AN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE EXPERTISE THAT CSI CAN BRING AS AN AUTHORIZER AND THIS IS IN NO WAY A CRITIQUE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY OTHER AT ALL CS CIVIL DIFFERENT AND THEY SPECIAL EYES IN THIS AND THEY SET UP SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS MEANING THE STUDENT ARE SUCCESSFUL. AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS TO INSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT EVEN REACHES THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ALL SCHOOLS OF CHOICE. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL MOVE TO IDEA NUMBER NINTH ADOPTION OF THE CONCEPT AGENDA. DO I HAVE -- SORRY. HOLD, PLEASE. >> WE WILL GIVE A MOMENT FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO EXIT IF THEY CHOOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE PRESENTERS DOWNSTAIRS THAT ARE ALSO READY TO COME UPSTAIRS. WITHOUT OBJECTION COLE WE'LL TAKE A QUICK 5-MINUTE RECESS. >> THE WELL PARTICULARS IS WE APPROVE DO I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. >> MOVE ADOPT. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER BEING SECOND BEE GAIN GEAR. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK, AYE. >> MYERS, AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE,. >> WILLIAMS. AYE. WINE DER, AYE. PASSES 7-0. MOVING ON THE TO ADOPTION THE JOINT MINUTE. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE ORDER OF EDUCATION APPROVAL THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 19TH. DO I'VE A MOTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MOORE, SECOND BY MYERS. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSES 7-0. MOVING ONTO STUDY ACTION ITEMS NUMBER 22, THE CHARTER REMOVAL PROCESS REVIEW. >> OUR DIRECTOR FROM OUR CHOICE OFFICE GOR GORDON MOSER WILL BE PRESENTING. >> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME OF YEAR TO SPEND TIME HERE WITH YOU GUYS AND GO THROUGH A PIECE -- SOME PIECES OF OUR REMOVAL PROCESS. PROVIDE SOME GOOD, SOLID DATE. HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE SOME AFTER THE TOO MUCH LITTLE AND THE BOARD DOCUMENTS. I DO WANT IT HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN OUR PROCESS AND -- THAT WE HAVE CHOPPINGED THIS YEAR, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNICATION WITH CHARTER LEADERS AND FEEDBACK FROM BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE TOOK INTO K.TOOK INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD WE HAVE IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH, THIS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS DO A SHORT INTRODUCTION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE EACH OF THE STOOL LEADERS COME UP, THERE IS A TIME SO I'LL GIVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AT THE BEGINNING THERE WILL BE EYE TIME FOR THE LEADER OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO DO A SHORT PRESENTATION AND THEN YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES OF PRESENTATION IN THERE. SO ALL INTRODUCE THE SCHOOL. GIVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND WE'LL GO THROUGHOUT HIS I WON'T DO THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH ONE THE SAME PREFACE APPLIES TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS. JUST ONE REVISION I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS YEAR BASED ON SOME CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH CHARTERS AROUND SOME OF OUR MORE LONG ESTABLISHED AND SUCCESSFUL CHARTER SCHOOLS AND HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE THAT PROCESS FOR OUR REMOVALS. AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST AT LEAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE MOVED TO MORE NORMALIZED ANNUAL SITE REPORT THAT HAS A VERY FORMAL FEEL TO IT. A VERY GOOD LOOK INTO THE PIECES OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZATION THAT MATTER IN A RENEWAL IN TERMS OF FINANCE OPERATIONS. ACADEMICS AND GOVERNANCE AND SO WE LOOK AT THOSE FOUR AREAS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH TWO OR MORE RENEWAL CYCLES. THAT WOULD BEING A 10-YEAR -- 10 YEARS WITHOUT MY NAME OR ISSUES OR WITHOUT ANY BIG CONCERNS IN OUR ANNUAL REVIEWS BEING WE MOVE IT A TIERED REMOVAL WITH THEM OF REQUIRING THEM TO SUBMIT LESS TO US IN THEIR APPLICATION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ON THOSE TWO SCHOOLS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH FOR US A VERY LONG TIME, HAVE HAD CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS OF AUTHORIZATION, WE REQUIRED THEM TO SUBMIT LESS TO US. IN A FORMAL PRESENTATION PACKET. SO I THINK THAT WAS FAVORABLE. I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT IN TWO OF OUR LONGER STANDING SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH TWO REMOVAL CYCLES HAVE A FAIRLY LENGTHY REMOVAL APPLICATION PACKET THE ELEMENTS ARE THE SAME BUT A SHORTENED VERSION TO THE LONGSTANDING SCHOOLS BUT THEY STILL GO THROUGH THE METHODS FOR RETPHAURLDZ. YOUR PACKETS THAT WE PRESENT TO THE BOARD WE DID GO THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING LAC LOOKING PERFORM. THE UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN, TALK WITH LEADERS AROUND WHAT WORK ARE THEY DOING, HOUR HE MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON STAFF, COMMUNITY, STUDENT DATA ALL OF THOSE PIECES WHAT ARE THEY DOING. OPERATIONS LOOKING AT AGAIN WHAT IS THE GOVERNANCE, WHAT THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING, FINANCIAL REVIEWS, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REVIEW, WE USED TO ONLY DO THAT IN THE RENEWAL SO OVER FIVE YEARS, WE DO KIND OF A NICE COLOR CODED PICTURE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT IF US CAL BENCHMARKS WE REQUIRE FOR THE CHARTERS TO SUBMIT. WE DO THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASE I NOW AND IT PROVIDES A BETTER LONGITUDINAL VIEWS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KIND OF GUESS ON WHERE THINGS ARE OVER TIME. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THOSE FINANCIAL BENCHMARKS ARE. AND WE CAN STEP IN AND ASK QUESTIONS TO SEE MORE DATA IF NEEDED. RENEWAL APPLICATIONS ARE THERE, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORKS ARE THERE FROM EACH YEAR. THE P CURRENT SCHOOL CORRECT AND THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REVIEW. WE DO AN EXTERNAL REVIEW WHERE WE HIGHER A CHARTER SCHOOL EXPERT. FROM OUR CONTACTS AROUND THE STATE THAT PERSON GOES IN AND SPENDSES ABOUT A HALF A DAY WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL, DOES INTERVIEWS OF STAFF, STUDENTS, EVEN SOME BOARD MEMBERS. AND WORKING THROUGH THAT WORK. SO WE ARE PRETTY PROUD OF THE PROCESS WHAT WE DO FOR OUR CHARTER RENEWALS, HOPEFULLY YOU SAW DATE THAT THAT WE HAVE THERE THE EXTENSION REVIEW TEAM. MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE WE DO A PREPRESIDENT TAKES TO CAB IN THE HEAR THEIR FEEDBACK AND MOVE FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION. FOUR SCHOOLS FOR RENEWAL THIS YEAR ARE GLOBAL DILL HI ACADEMY, YOU CAN SEE THE INFORMATION THERE, PLAT RIVER ACADEMY. WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY MONTESSORI SCHOOL THOSE ARE OUR SCHOOLS, SO THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WENT THROUGH THE TIERED PROCESS YOU CAN SEE BY YEAR OF OPENING THERE, PLAT RIVER AND, D.C. MONTESSORI THOSE HAVE GONE THROUGH TWO OR MORE RENEWAL CYCLES, AND HAVE HAD NO ISSUES WITH OUR ANNUAL METRICS AND OUR ANNUAL SITE REVIEWS SO THEY DID PRODUCE A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE RENEWAL PACKET. OUR RENEWAL PROCESS IS A MULTI-MONTH PROCESS STARTING BACK IN THE EARLY SPRING, IT'S A LINED TO CHARTER SCHOOL LAW IN COLORADO. IT'S ALIGNED WITH STATE STATUTE, BOARD POLICY AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS. WE CONDUCT THAT FORMAL VISIT HE HAVE YEAR, AN ANNUAL VISIT WHERE MYSELF AND ALSO KRISTEN SCHMIDT ONE OF MY STAFF COORDINATORS WHO FANTASTIC I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. GO OUT AND SPEND A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME SITTING WITH THE LEADER AND VISITING AND GOING THROUGH A FORMAL CHECK BOX LIST AND TALKING THROUGH HOW DO YOU DO THIS. TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS HOW HAS THIS BEEN WORKING GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM. THE EXTERNAL REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WE WANTED TO SAY ON THAT OTHER ONE WITH STAYING IN POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERS WITH OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, AT OUR CHARTER DISTRICT LEADERSHIP MEETING WE HAVE A D.L. IT. MEETING DISTRICT LEER SHIP MEETING EVERY MONTH. IN THE AFTERNOON OF THAT MEETING I MEET WITH THE CHARTER LEADERS FROM EACH CHARTER SCHOOL SO A MONTH WILL YOU BASIS WE INVITE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF. IF THERE ARE NEW THINGS AROUND GRANT MANAGEMENT OR KIN GUARD 10 READINESS ACTED. OR FILL IN THE BLANK. WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, DONNA TALKING THROUGH HOW THE CD70 LOOKING FOR AUDIT PRACTICES FOR VEHICLES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT THEY ARE USING WE STAY IN A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM IN THAT ASPECT. THE EXTERNAL EXPERT WAS THERE, DID THE OBSERVATIONS THIS IS SOMETHING I STARTED TWO YEARS AGO. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE HAVE A -- WE HAVE 20 CHARTER SCHOOLS BUT 17 BOARDS. OF THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE SCHOOL THAT HAS THREE, ONE SCHOOL THAT IS TWO. I GO TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS, BOARD MEETINGS. NOT -- THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT 17 OF THOSE MEETING SO I SCHEDULE A TIME AND I SHOW UP AND JUST HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH THEIR BOARD. EACH ONE OF THOSE. I LOVE COMING TO THESE BOARD MEETINGS AND BEING HERE WITH YOU, BUT IT'S ALSO FUN TO GET OUT AND MEET WITH THOSE BOARDS OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND HEAR THEIR QUESTIONS. PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND GIVE ANY INFORMATION THAT I CAN ON THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE DIRECTOR ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT PROCESS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I STARTED DOING TWO YEARS AGO AS WELL. OUR FINANCE TEAM PRODUCES THE ANNUAL FISCAL HEALTH SUMMARY AND WE REVIEW EVERYTHING IN THE AUTHORIZING BENCHMARK, YOU'LL SEE THE NAME IT USED TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. NOW YOU'LL SEE THE NAME IN OUR CART PRESIDENT TAKE WHEN HIS THEY DO THOSE AND IT'S ON A MONTHLY BUSINESS THAT'S WE HAVE BENCHMARKS WHERE CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE TO GO IN AND WE AS AN AUTHORIZER SEE DID YOU DO THIS? DID DO YOU THIS? WHAT IS THE COMPLIANCE PIECE ON THAT? DID YOU SUBMIT YOUR QUARTERLY FINANCIALS, DID YOU DO ALL OF YOUR FIRE DRILLS? DID YOU DO PILL IN THE BLANK THINK THAT'S OUR COMPLIANCE PIECE ON THAT. NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING AN ANNUAL REVIEW, WE ARE DOING A MONTHLY REVIEW OF THEM AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND MY STAFF DOES A FANTASTIC JOB HELPING WITH THAT. IN OUR PARTNERSHIP OF OVER SITE. BIG DECISION PROCESS HERE. WE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT TRAN PARENT PROCESS USING FISCAL GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORKS TO HAVE THAT MARRIED-BASED RENEWAL DECISION, STARTING BACK IN SEPTEMBER. THE APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED TO OUR TEAM. WE DID THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VISIT IN OCTOBER. ALL THE OUR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY JOHNNY DOES A SECURITY VISIT. WITH EACH ONE OF THEM GOES THROUGH AND HAS A CHECK LIST WHERE WE VERIFY ALL OF THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. IN THE BUILDING CONCERNS. LOOKING AT HOW DO THEY DO THE WORK THAT WE PICTURE IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND TRANSFER IT OVER TO OUR CHARTER PARTNERS. THE SUPERINTENDENT CABINET REVIEW IS IN NOVEMBER. RECOMMENDATION IS THEIRED HERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER, REMEMBER WE ARE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TODAY. THERE WILL BE NO VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION YOU'LL DO THAT IN JANUARY. IF YOU APPROVAL THE RENEWAL OF THE SCHOOLS WE MOVE INTO CHARTER CAN THE NEGOTIATION PHASE. WHERE COUNSEL KLAMESH WORKS WITH THE COUNCIL FROM THEIR SCHOOLS, WE'LL BUILD A CHARTER CONTRACT TOGETHER. AND PUT THAT IN PLACE FOR YOUR REVIEW OF THE FIRST SCHOOL WE'LL DO A RECOMMENDATION FOR AGAIN IS HAVE THEM COME UP. THEY'LL DO A SHORT PRESENTATION YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION IN YOUR BOARD DOCS I'M HAVE A 10-MINUTE QUESTION AND ANSWER. ALL IT WERE IT OVER TO THEM AFTER I BREAK THE RECOMMENDATION, THE REMOVAL RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS THAT THE CONTRACT BETWEEN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PLAT RIVER ACADEMY BE REMOVED FOR A PERIOD OF FAVE YEARS. AGAIN, COLORADO STATUE PROVIDES THESE FOUR THINGS. THESE ARE ARE THE REASONS UNDER LAW. THAT A BOARD CAN CHOOSE TO NONRENEW A SCHOOL. AND SO WE HAVE ANALYZED THOSE AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THAT THERE WAS NO ISSUES IN THESE FOUR AREAS. THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED BY COLORADO STATE STATUTE FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL TO BE RENEWED. A RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF IS A 5-YEAR RENEWAL. WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY GO ON A 5-YEAR OR A 0-YEAR RENEWAL WE DON'T HAVE A LONGER PERIOD THAN THAT OR A SHORTER IT'S ZERO OR FIVE THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS SUPPORTED BY BEST PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND ALSO BY CSI. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PLATT RIFF ACADEMY. >> I THANK YOU, GORDON. OKAY. HELLO DIRECTORS. AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND THE CABINET FOR DCSD. AIM ALAN McQUEEN THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT PLATT RIVER ACADEMY AND WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT PLATT RIVERTON. WE OPENED WITH OUR COMMISSION BECAUSE OUR WORK HAS ALWAYS POINTED OUT -- AT OUR MISSION SINCE THEN 97. WE CONSIDER THAT OUR NORTH STAR AND IT'S HOW WE MAKE DETERMINATIONS AS TO WHAT DECISIONS WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE SCHOOL IN. IN 2015 WE DID A REBRANDSING, REVEALIZED THAT THIS MISSION STATEMENT IS THE MISSION STAGE OF ALL SCHOOLS, SO WE THOUGHT THERE IS MORE SPECIAL ASPECTS OF PLATT RIVER AND WE SET I'M TAGLINE. >> THE KNOW AND GROWS EVERY LEARNER. WE ARE A SMALL SCHOOL BUT WE TAKE OUR RIGOR AND ACADEMICS VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD IS KNOWN BY THE ENTIRE STAFF AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF. DURING THAT RE-BRANDING PROCESS WE DEFINED GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THE PACKET SO I'LL LET YOU READ THROUGH THEM BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, WHAT MAKES PLATT RIVER ACADEMY SPECIAL IS THAT WE FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING. WE ARE A VERY TIGHTKNIT COMMUNITY. WE ARE REALLY A FAMILY. WE HONOR THAT TIPS, WE DO WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR QUITE SOMETIME AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE KIDS, THE STAFF, THE PARENT MOVE AT THIS AND IT'S VERY SPECIAL. WE WOULD WELCOME YOU TO COME JOIN ANY OF OUR CORE KNOWLEDGE SREPS OR VETERANS DAY EVENT OR ANY OF THE DAILY ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO WE FOCUS DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD, YOU'LL SEE THROUGH OUR VIDEO PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE VERY ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT KIDS HAVE OTHER AREAS THAT THEY NEED TO SHINE IN. WE SPENDS TIME AND ENERGY FOCUSING ON THOSE THINGS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KYRA PRATT. THANK YOU ALAN AND DIRECTORS. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMICS AT PLATT RIVER BUT BUT MY 20th YEAR IN EDUCATION AND 20th YEAR IN A CHARTER SCHOOL. I AM VERY PASSIONATE TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP HERE ON BEHALF OF PLATT RIVER AND SPEAK TO THE GREAT WORK THAT WE GET TO DO. LIKE ALAN MENTIONED WE REALLY DO PRIDE OURSELF ON MANY ASPECTS OF BEING A UNIQUE SCHOOL OF CHOICE. WE REALLY STRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE STABILITY AND RETAIN OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF. WE ARE A COMMUNITY, WE ARE A FAMILY THAT WORKS TOGETHER TO REALLY KNOW AND GROW THE WHOLE LEARNER. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WITH INTERVENTIONS, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, DIFFERENTIATION AND REALLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF EVERY STUDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALONG SIDE PAEURPTZ, WHICH IS HUGE. WE VALUE STAFF, AND WE ARE A VERY HIAK I CAN RIGOROUS ORGANIZATION. AND WE THRIVE ON THAT. WE WANTED TO PRESENT CONGRATULATIONS OUR ACADEMIC PROGRESS MONITORING DATA BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW WE KNOW AND GROW HE HAVE LEARNER AT PLAT RIVER. AND MEETING OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AT AND BASED ON THEIR AREAS OF STRENGTH BUT ALSO ON THEIR AREAS OF GROWTH. WITH THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR READING DATA SHINES. ALONG WITH OUR MATH DATA IT'S EXCITING TO WATCH HOW STUDENTS MOVE ALONG AND PROGRESS NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT ONE SCHOOL YEAR BUT THEIR WHOLE PROGRESSION AS A STUDENT AT PLATT RIVER ACADEMY. LIKE ALAN MENTIONED EARLIER IN OUR PRESENTATION, WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW AND GROW EVERY LEARNER AND WE ARE A LEADER IN ME SCHOOL AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE FOSTER THAT EVEN IN OUR COMMUNITY COMES TO THE TABLE WITH STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS. AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO HIGHLIGHT THAT EVERY STUNT, EVERY MECHANIC OF OUR COMMUNITY REALLY CONTRADICTS TO THE POSITION OF THE PUZZLE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY GREAT. SO LEADER IN ME IS NOT ONLY THE ACADEMIC GROWTH BUT IT'S REALLY TRULY GROWING THE WHOLE CHILD. >> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PLAT RIVER ACADEMY PRIDES ITSELF ON IS OUR PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND OUR LEVEL OF VOLUNTEERISM. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 310 FAMILIES, WE DO ASK 40 HOURS OF EACH FAMILY. WE CAN'T REQUIRE IT, BUT WE DO SHARE THE RESEARCH THAT SHOWS HOW IMPACT. AN EDGE GAMED PARENT IS FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN. BUT THE CHILDREN OF THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR NUMBER OF HOURS. WE ARE BACK FROM KIND OF THE COVID ERA. AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. WE HAVE 99% OF OUR FAMILIES THAT REPORT THAT THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERED AT LEAST ONE HOUR AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 47% WHICH IS DOWN, FROM WHAT IT ONCE WAS BUT 47% OF FAMILIES THAT NEED AT LEAST THE 40 HOUR INCREMENT. AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER STATISTICS ON THAT, WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE WELL OVER 100, EVEN 200 HOURS A YEAR. WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THEY DO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. BUT YOU'LL SEE PARENTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY WORKING WITH KIDS, DOING CROSS WALKS, RUNNING OUR LUNCH PROGRAM. IT'S A -- IMPRESSIVE WHAT A COMMUNITY THAT COMES TOGETHER WILL PULL OFF. WE'LL MOVE TO A VIDEO IN INTEREST OF TIME. SO WE PUT TOGETHER OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS AROUND THE THEME OF I LOVE P RESEARCH A. AND IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOW TOGETH. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE YOU AND OUR EMPLOYEES CHOOSE YOU'LL HEAR FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDER CHICAGO WHAT I THEY LOVE P R.A. >> IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE, ACADEMIC LIT SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE, YOU CAN'T MISS THEM. PLATT RIVER HAS WON NEWS RUSS SCHOOL EXCELLENCE A ART THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF THE OPPORTUNITY REFLECT ON THE COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE TO INSURING CHIRP RECEIVE THE HIGHEST EM INDICATE AS POSSIBLE P R.A. IS COMMITTED TO MORE THAN A HIGH STAND CALF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. PLATTE RAVE'S CORE VALUES REFLECT A COMMIT TO THE THE STUDENT, INTEGRITY ROOM, RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPASSION. THE FOUNDATION OF IT ALL IS LOVE. KIDS LOVE P R.A. >> WE LOVE P R.A.! >> HE LIKE ALL THE TEACHERS. AND HOW THE SCHOOL IS SO BIG I LIKE ALL THE ROOMS IT'S REALLY NICE. >> IT'S REALLY SAFE AND THEY TRY GET KIDS, THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES. >> I LIKE P.R.A. BECAUSE THE TEACHERS ARE NICE AND THEY HAVE GOOD BOOKS AND GOOD CURRICULUM. AND FUN KNOWLEDGE EVENTS. ♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪ >> THE CURRICULUM IT REALLY GOOD THEY PUSH ME PAST MY ZONE OF COMFORT. >> I LIKE HOW THEY DO EVERYTHING AND HOW IT'S SO ORGANIZED. AND I LIKE THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST A MESS. IT'S NOT -- I LIKE HOW IT'S ORGANIZED AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. >> I LIKE P.R.A. BECAUSE BULLYING ISN'T ALLOWED AND IT'S IT JUST TEACHES KIDS MORE OF A LESSON THAN OTHER SCHOOLS. >> WHILE THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS LOVE PLATTE RIFF ACADEMY THE SCHOOL IS NOTHING WITHOUT THE PARENTS FROM HELPING WITH CARPOOL CROSSING DUTY, TO ASSISTING WITH HOT LUNCH. TO SERVING AS CHAPERONS FOR FIELD TRIPS TO VOLUNTEERING TIME FOR TEACHERS AND AIDS AND MUCH MORE PARENTS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE MOVE THIS CULTURE AT P.R.A. >> HERE IT'S A VERY TIGHTKNIT COMMUNITY, WE ARE SMALL AND EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY. IT'S -- I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST A FAMILY. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE AN INSTITUTION. BUT IT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY. >> I REALLY LOVE THE COMMUNITY. THE SUPPORTIVE PARENTS. WE ALSO HAVE GREAT KIDS. THE CAMARADERIE BETWEEN STAFF MEMBERS AND OTHER TEACHERS. >> THEY ALWAYS SHOW INTEREST IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY PARTICIPATE. I THINK EVERY FAMILY PUTS IN AT LEAST 40 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS AND THAT'S TRUTH TO OUR SUCCESS. >> WITHOUT THE PARENTS THERE TO SUPPORT US AND SUPPORT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE SCHOOL, WE WOULDN'T MAKE IT. THEY ARE EVERYTHING TO THIS. >> I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS WE KNOW THAT OUR KIDS ARE GETTING TOP-NOTCH EDUCATION FROM ADMINISTRATORS FROM THE TEACHERS THAT CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS' SUCCESSFUL AND THEIR EDUCATION AS MUCH AS WE DO AS PAPERS. >> ITKIDS WHO HAVE GRADUATED LOE TO COME BAM. LIKE MICHAELA BEND WHO SAID THE SCHOOL HILL ALWAYS MEAN SO MUCH TO HER. >> THE SENSE OF FAMILY WAS GREAT. I GREW UP WITH THESE PEOPLE. I WAS HERE QUESTION-89 YEARS OF ME I LIFE I KNEW EVERYONE. THE TEACHERS ARE GREAT AND I REALLY LIKE THE ACADEMICS THAT I GOT HERE. THAT CONCLUSION OUR PRESENTATION DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH I LOVED THE VIDEO. >> THEY ARE SO CUTE. >> DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> FIRST AFTER, THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> IT'S GREAT TO GET UPDATES. ONE OF MORE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IS FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING. I AM CURIOUS HOW DO YOU TRACK THAT IN YOUR SCHOOL? >> SO WE DO STUDENT SURVEY DATA TWICE A YEAR. AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT DOLL THE CHILDREN FEEL THAT PARENT -- OR ADULTS IN THEIR LIVES RESPOND TO THEIR REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE, DO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE FRIENDS, DO TTHEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN MAKE NW FRIENDS, WE SEE THAT DATA AND THEN OUR SACK REVIEWS IT HE HAVE YEAR AND IN THAT PROCESS WE'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE BOARD ABOUT THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED TO WORK ON. ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GET A COUNSELOR FOR OUR K-3 AGE STUDENTS. THEY -- THE KIDS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE AND MAINTAIN FRIENDSHIPS AND IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT EVERY CHILD HAS AN INNATE ABILITY TO DO. AND SO WE DEFINITELY WORK ON THAT. THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO THE MIDDLE YEARS. CELL PHONES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE DAYS. AND KIDS ARE NOT ALWAYS KIND TO EACH OTHER. AND SO WE WORK WITH THEM TO -- IN PERSON AND OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS. AND HOW THEY CAN FORGIVE OTHERS AND MOVE FORWARD AND THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT LESSONS THAT GO ALONG IT IN OUR S.E.L. CURRICULUM THAT MATCH THAT MUCH LEADER AND ME TOUCHES ON THAT QUITE A BIT. IT'S ACROSS THE WHOLE SCHOOL I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE STORIES ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER SOCIAL ELEMENTS THERE. BUT WE ALSO WORK VERY HARD ON MAKING SURE THAT KIDS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF KINDNESS AND WORKING TOGETHER AND MAKING AND MAINTAINING FRIENDSHIPS. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. PLATTE RIVER IS ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM MY HOUSE I DRIVE PAST THROUGH YOUR SCHOOL ZONE ALMOST EVERY DAY. AND I CERTAINLY SEE YOUR VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE. IT SEEMS TO ME EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR. I LOVE YOUR GARDENS. BY THE WAY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> IT'S MY LOCAL SCHOOL AND I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS WHO LOVE IT. AND I AM GOING WARN YOU I WILL ASK THIS QUESTION OF ALL FOUR CHARTER SCHOOLS TODAY BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO USE THIS AS AN TURN TO LEARN, YOUR PERCENTAGE OF STUDENT WITH A 504! HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT. BUT YOUR PERCENTAGE OF SPECIAL ED KIDS IS SUBSTANCELILY LOWER CAN YOU EDGE STATE INDICATE ME AS A RELATIVELY NEW BOARD MEMBER DO YOU THINK THERE ARE STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT MAKE IT HARDER TO ATTRACT. BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IF THE KIDS THAT YOU HAVE. ARE THERE ISSUES IT MAKE IT HARDER TO ATTRACT SPECIAL EDUCATION KIDS? OR TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE RESOURCES? THIS IS NOT MEANT AS A CRITICISM I AM JUST TRYING TO LEARN. >> LET ME START WITH THE DATA. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED THAT -- AND I HAVE IT HERE. IS WHEN OUR NUMBERS WERE PRESENTED, THEY REPRESENT -- THEY WERE COMBINED FOR BOTH THE MAIN CAMPUS AS WELL AS OUR HOME SCHOOL. AND OUR HOME SCHOOL THAT'S PARENTS AS THE TEACHER OF RECORD. AND SO IEPs ARE PUT ON PAUSE. SO AS YOU BREAKDOWN -- I'VE GOT ANOTHER SHEET HERE FOR YOU ALL. BUT AS YOU BREAKDOWN THOSE NUMBERS YOU'LL SEE IT IS A SLIGHTLY -- >> SOME HIGHER. >> SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN YOUR ORIGINAL REPORT. BUT WE INVEST A LOT INTO INTERVENTIONS AND I WILL LET YEAR ARC SHE'S NEW BUT SHE'S SEEN IT AND SO I THINK THERE IS A REASON THAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. BUT AIM GOING TURN IT EVERY TO YEAR A. >> YEAH. AND WE APOLOGIZE WE COULD HAVE BROUGHT MORE COPIES OF THAT FEEL FREE TO PASS IT AROUND. WHY WHILE I AM NEW TO P.R.A. TOS THAT DIRECTLY WE COURSE RESORBS IT IS WHAT A CULL OUR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES TEAM. MAKE SURE THAT WE GO BACK TO THE MISSION AND OF KNOWING AND GROWING EVERY LEARNER REGARDLESS OF PLAN, 504, GT SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE REALLY DO POUR INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE AT. UNDERSTANDING AND HAVING A BODY OF EVIDENCE OF WHAT THAT STUDENT REALLY NEEDS TO THRIVE AND BE SUCCESSFUL AND ACCESS THEIR EDUCATION, AND ACCESS OUR CURRICULUM DIRECTLY WITH THE CORRECT SUPPORTS. HAD IN IT COMES TO KIND OF RECRUITMENT OR HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING REALLY CLEAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND PERSPECTIVE PARENTS AROUND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER. WE REALLY MAKE SURE IN OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT SESSIONS AND THROUGH OUR MARKING THAT WE ARE REALLY CLEAR AROUND WHAT OUR PROGRAM OFFERS. AND THEN WHAT SUPPORTS WE HAVE IN PLACE TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE SO I HOPE THAT HELPS A. BIT. LIKE ALLEN MENTIONED OUR DATA LOOKS DIFFERENT JUST BECAUSE OF OUR HOME SCHOOL THINK SO I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT. AT ANY POINT IF YOU GUYS WOULD WANTS MORE ACTION STORES THAT. I KNOW THAT GORDON HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP HIM AND KRISTEN, THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH US TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT ACCURATE DATA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS DOES HELPFUL WE GET WHAT WE GET. BUT I APPRECIATE LIKE I SAID I AM JUST TRYING TO LEARN. >> COME BY, COME VISIT THE GARDEN. >> YOU'LL GET A CALL THIS STEM THEY ARE. >> WE WOULD LOVE IT. >> ESPECIALLY AS CLOSA YOU ARE BUT NOT AT 8:15 OR 3:15. >> I KNOW BETTER THAN TO BE THERE AT THOSE HOURS. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I WAS CURE WHAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS THAT ARE HOME SCHOOLS ACROSS GRADE LEVEL LOOKS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST IN HOME SCHOOLING WE WENT FROM ONE TWO A WEEK THURSDAY, FRIDAY PROGRAM. NOW WE ARE TUESDAY, THURSDAY, WOMENS, FRIES, EACH OF THIS IS 18 STUDENT PER GRADE LEVEL. THE TUESDAY, THURSDAY PROGRAM IS NEATLY SCHOOL THE WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY PROGRAM IS ABOUT 2/3 FULL. SO IT'S -- THERE IS CERTAINLY AN UPTICK IN -- WE DO OFFER TWO DAYS A WEEK WHICH IS UNCOMMON IN THE AREA BUT IN LINE WITH OUR MISSION. WE WANT A REGULAR RUSS ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT IT'S A PORTFOLIO OPTION THAT REALLY WORK WELL FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILYS THAT NEED IT. WE HAVE SOME FAMILIES THAT HAVE KIDS IN OUR BRICK AND MORTAR FIVE DAY A WEEK AND OTHER KIDS ARE IN OUR HOME SCHOOL PROGRAM. IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF SOCIAL ANXIETY BASED THINGS, AGENT RELATE I CANS JUST THEIR INTEREST. WE ARE PERFORM, ABOUT BUSINESS TRAVEL SCHEDULE THINK THEY NEED A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. WE JUST MAKE IT PASS AND I BELIEVE IT ALIGNS WITH WHO PLATTE RIFF ACADEMY IS. >> I HAVE SO MANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS BUT I WANT TO BE COP SIZE I WAS GOING ASK ASK WHAT KIND OF SUPPORTS DO YOU OFF FORE HOME SCHOOL WITH ACCESS TO INTERNET OR COMPUTERS, BUT -- >> YEAH. >> I GILLS LET'S YOU ANSWER THAT BECAUSE AIM CURIOUS. >> THEY COME IN AND THE TEACHERS PROVIDE THE CURRICULUM AND THE DIRECTION INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DAYS THEY ARE THERE IT, K-2 ONLY COMES ONE KAY A WEEK. -- K-2. THE TEACHERS PROVIDE STUDENT TO REVIEW THE PARENT ARE TEACHER OF RECORD FOR CRAP SCRIPTING THEY LIST ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM. WE PROVIDE STUDENT WHEN IN SCHOOL CHROME BOOKS AND iPADS. THERE IS INTERNET ACCESS THERE. THE TEACHERS PROVIDE FEEDBACK BUT DON'T GRADE. >> I ENJOYED RUING LOU YOUR IP. AND AND SCORES. AND I AM CURES JUSTICE WHAT WOULD YOU HIGHLIGHT ON HOW YOU ADDRESS LITERACY ESPECIALLY EARLY SITLY K-3. >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THAT. >> WE ARE I THINK TENSION THE OF BEING HE CAN POLICE WIT OUR INSTRUCTION AND FOLLOWING STANDARD AND CORRECT SEQUENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT SUPPORTS STUDENTS AS THEY DEVELOP. I WOULD SAY WE ALSO SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT OUR DATA. THROUGHOUT A SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE REALLY INTENTIONAL AND PURPOSEFUL WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TIME AND OUR EARLY RELEASE TIME. IN FACT, EVERY DAY THAT WE HAVE FOR EARLY RELEASE IS DEDICATED TOWARDS STUDENT DATA. AND THEN IT TRANSITIONS INTO HOW DOES THAT CORRELATE WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL DATA. SO WE ARE VERY DATA DRIVEN AROUND HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING WHEN THEY ARE PERFORMING AND MAKING SURE WHAT WE NEED THOSE NEEDS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND YOUR TIME TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU, GUYS. S. >> SO OUR NEXT SCHOOL, GREAT WE HAVE THEM ALL HERE. OUR NEXT SCHOOL IS GOING TO PULL ON HEART STRINGS, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR THESE YOUNG STUDENT SPEAKING IN FLUENCY IN MANDARIN AND FRENCH AND SPANISH IT WOWS ME EVERY TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL SPEAK IN THAT LANGUAGE IF THEY DO YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A CLUE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHICH WOULD BE FANTASTIC. GLOBAL VILLAGE ACADEMY. IS AND ASK ONE OF OUR NEWER SCHOOLS, WENT THROUGH THE FULLER PROCESS AND WEREN'T ON THE TIERED PROCESS, COLORADO AGAIN HAS THESE MATERIAL PIECES IN PLACE. THAT ARE THE GROUND NOD NONRENEWING A CHARTER AND AFTER OUR ASSESSMENT AND AFTER THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A FULL 5-YEAR RENEWAL BASED ON NONE OF THESE CONDITIONS BEING MED THAT WE SEE AT THIS TIME. I'LL IT WERE IT OVER TO THE DRAGONS. >> GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I AM STACY, BUT THE PRINCIPAL OF GLOBAL VILLAGE ACADEMY ANY DOUGLAS COUNTY AND AM HAVE WITH ME A GROUP OF REMARKABLE STUDENTS AND ALUMINA HERE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AT OUR INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZED AND UNIQUE DIVERSE LEARNING SCHOOL GVA. TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT STUDENT WHO EMBODY THE HEART OF OUR MISSION, BEGINNING WITH MR. ZACH SCHNEIDER AND A LADIES AND GENTLEMEN A LARSON BOTH SECOND GRADE NURSE OUR MANDARIN VILLAGE. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> I LIKE LEARNING CHINESE BECAUSE IT'S [ INAUDIBLE ] [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> I LIKE THIS SCHOOL IT HAS FRENCH, SPANISH, CHINESE, -- >> I AM SORRY,. >> I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS. >> AND NEXT WE HAVE HENRY AND JADEN LOW HE IS ESCOBAR, FOURTH GRADERS IN OUR FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAM. SPEAK SPEAKING. >> WHAT MAKES CORE GREAT ACADEMY UNIQUE, IT'S MORE THAN JUST A SCHOOL. IT'S A UNIQUE SCHOOL, WHY? IN GBA WE LEARN TWO LANGUAGES FRENCH AND ENGLISH. WITH 50% OF OUR CLASSES IN EACH LANGUAGE. THIS HELPS US BECOME STRONG THINKERS AND GLOBAL CITIZENS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS WE DO IS INTERNATIONAL DAY. WHERE WOULD HE LEARN ANOTHER COUNTRY'S CULTURE BEING EXPLORE ITS TRADITIONS, EAT ITS FOOD AND DANCE ITS DANCES. >> NEXT ELENA. AND ELLA. SIXTH GRADERS IN OUR SPANISH VILLAGE. >> ONE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE AT GBA THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO TAKE THE [ INAUDIBLE ] TEST IT'S A TEST THAT CERTIFIED THAT YOU ARE BILINGUAL INTERNATIONALLY. AND IT IS A TEST FROM SPAIN AND APPROXIMATE IT PROVES FLAW ENDS I. I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO LEARN FROM TEACHERS THAT ARE ALL VERY NATIVE SPEAKERS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. I HAVE HAD A TEACHER FROM MEXICO, PA RAW, MEXICO, AND COLUMBIA. SPEAK SPEAKING. >> WHAT SPECIAL MEMORY DID THAT YOU HAVE YOU FELT PROUD OF BEING BILINGUAL. TO GRADUATE FIFTH GRADE THE JUNIORS LITERACY 10 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN OUR CAPSTONE PROJECT FOR MY HOURS I TUTORED MY MOM'S CO-WORKERS 25-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER I MADE MY OWN SLIDES AND TUTORED HER EVERY MONDAY FOR AROUND A MONTH AND A HALF. HAVE SHE WAS VERY THEIR TO FEEL ME HELPING HER IT HELPED HER WITH HER JOB. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> AND FINALLY, OUR LAST PRESENTER IS BAILEY WHO IS CURRENTLY A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT AT SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A PROUD GRADUATE YOU ARE OFF GVA D.C. PROGRAM. SPSP[ SPEAKINGFOREIGN LANGUAGE K >> HI, I AM LAY BAILEY WHEN I STARTED THERE I KNEW ALMOST NO SPIN,. >> I WHEN I STARTED I HAD TROUBLE. EVERY DAY MISS BUSH WALK MAID TO CLASS BECAUSE I WAS HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME I AS I GOT OLDER AND MADE MORE FRIENDS IT GOT EASIER BY ILL ARE THE TIME I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE I HAD MADE A BUNCH OF FRIENDS AND WAS IMPROVING IN MY SCHOOL WOK EVERY DAY. NOW IN SIERA MIDDLE SCHOOL I AM IN THREE DIFFERENT AHEAD VALUESED CLASSES. ENGLISH, SPANISH, MATH, AND SPANISH HONOR TWOS IN CHAPARRAL HEY SCHOOL. I WOULD NOT HAVE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE IN ANY SAD VANCEED CLOUT GB SR*FPL ACTUALLY NOT SPAN. GV. PREPARED ME FOR THE NEXT STEPS IN NIGH ACADEMIC LIFE. AS THEIR WORDS EXPRESS REREMIND US WHY THE RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER CONTRACT IS OWE END HE SHAME. NOT JUST FOR THE STUDENTS OF TODAY BOUGHT GLOBAL SIGNED OF TOMORROW. >> WHO ARE WE. >> AND WHAT ARE WE? >> RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE I BELIEVE AND READY TO LEARN. GO DRAGONS. [ APPLAUSE ] SO. >> SO AS WE ENTER INTO OUR TIME FOR QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS WE WE RELEASE THEM TO GO HOME? >> I CAN JUST SARAH AM OVERLY IMPRESSED AND YOU HAVE LEFT ME WORDLESS WHICH DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN OFTEN. >> YES. GREAT JOB ALL OF YOU THINK JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE SAT DOWN JUST AS STUDENTS THAT WERE ASKED BY THEIR TEACHERS TO BE A PART OF THIS, IT'S A VERY HIGH HONOR AND WE WENT THROUGH A LIST OF LIST OF QUESTIONS, THEY SELECTED THE QUESTION THEY WANTED TO ANSWER AND CAME UP WITH ALL OF THEIR OWN RESPONSES. SO I DID HAVE A LOT TO SAY BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY ANY OF IT BECAUSE THEY EXPRESSED THAT IN THE ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS. SO WE ARE RAILROAD SPROUT. >> GREAT JOB ALL OF YOU. >> I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HOW PREPARED GUYS WERE AND YOUR BRAVERY AND SHARING WITH US, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THAT GIVES US A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF HOW YOUR SCHOOL IS. AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING I AM ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER THIS. IT WAS ALWAYS SPECIAL AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> NOT TRYING FOR RUSH YOU. >> AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO TELL US THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY ALREADY? [ INAUDIBLE ] [ LAUGHTER ] [ INAUDIBLE ] >> I DIDN'T PAY HER TO SAY THAT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THEY ARE STILL GETTING DRAGON HEARTS. THEY KNOW IT. GUY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. I AM STILL SHOCKED BY A SEVENTH GRADER TAKING A HONORS TWO SPAN YOU ARE. THAT'S AWESOME. GREAT JOB. >> AND CAN I SAY IT JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THAT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL. THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR KIDDOS TO CONTINUE THEIR LANGUAGE STUDIES AT A LEVEL THAT IS MORE CLOSE TO WHAT THEY REALLY NEED. THEIR TEACHERS WOULD TELL YOU THEY REALLY NEED TO BE IN A.P. SPANISH. BUT BECAUSE OF THE MATURE CONTENT, THEY SLIDE DOWN JUST A COUPLE OF LEVELS BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH OUT AND GO THROUGH THOSE A.P. LEVELS HERE IN SHORT TIME. SO WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT ADMINISTRATIVE COUNSELING TEAMS TO WORK WITH. >> WE'LL START WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> GO. >> IS IT TRULY MONO LINGUAL HUMAN BEING I AM IMPRESSIONED AND HUMBLED BY WATCHING YOUR STUDENTS. YOU ARE UP WITH OF THE MOST DIVERSE SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT. DO YOU A MARVELOUS JOB WITH YOUR KIDS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU DO TO HELP RECRUIT AND PROMOTE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT TO COME TO YOUR SCHOOL? >> WE PROMOTE AND RECRUEL ALL STUDENTS AND SO WE INVITE STUDENTS OF ALL BACK GROUPS. TO COME TO OUR SCHOOL. THE WAY THAT WE DO OUR RECRUITING IS WE VALUE LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS. MOST RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH A PACE CENTER. AND HELPING THEM TO PROVIDE CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S REALLY HOW WE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT I CAN'T WE DO. WE INVITE KIDS TO COME IN AND SEE IT AND BE A PART OF IT. HE HAVE MONTH WE HAVE RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO COME IN. KIND OF VALUE A HAVE A TASTE OF WHAT AN IMPRESSION CLASS LACK LIKES AND TALK ABOUT OUR SCHOOL. I NOTICE THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PERSONAL IS HIRED THAN WHAT'S WORD ODD THIS DOCUMENT. OUR PERCENTAGE IS UP OVER 12%. AND TYPICALLY -- I HEARD MR. MOSHER PLAINING HOW IT WORKS RESPECT TO KIDS I SHARED ALL STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ENROLL IN OUR SCHOOL. WE SERVE MOSTLY MILE AND MODERATE NEEDS BECAUSE OF THE RIGOR OF OUR PROGRAM. HAIR NEEDS, SELF SELECT OUT OF OUR PROGRAMS. IT IS RARE BUT ON OCCASION WE'LL WORK WAY DISTRICT TO FIND A MORE SUITABLE PLACEMENTS FOR STUDENTS THAT MIGHT SAY MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF NEED THAN WE CAN SUPPORT IN THE BUILDING. >> THANK YOU. I AM BETTER INFORMED. >> THANK YOU. >> CAN I TELL YOU ONE MORE THING. >> PLEASE. >> MY TEACHER WOULD BE MAD IF I DIDN'T. ONE OF THE PERCENTAGES THAT I SHARED WITH YOU IS HOW MANY MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNERS WE HAVE. THAT IS AT 10%. THAT IS BASED ON SELF-REPORTING OF WHAT THE HOME LANGUAGE IS BUT THEN TODAY MAKE SURE THAT I SHARED WITH YOU IS 100 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE HOWELL ARE MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNERS SO THAT SHOULD ARE PERSONAL SHOULD BEING MUCH HIGHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE BAIT OF OUR SCHOOL WITH YOU WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE CONGRATULATIONS ONE OF OUR INTERNATIONAL DAYS WE ARE ACTUALLY CELEBRATING HAITI THIS FRIDAY. AT 8:30 AND 10:10 A.M. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME AND SEA A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE TO THIS ONE WELL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE SCHEDULE SO YOU CAN ATTEND ONE OF OUR FUTURE INTERNATIONAL DAYS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AGAIN. >> GREAT PRESENTATION,. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT'S THE FULL OF TWO LANGUAGE DUAL MISSIONER PROGRAMS THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN A BIT. SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A REHEARSED SPEECH. I CAN TELL YOU I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE WAS THERE WITH ME THE CHANCE EAST CONS LAST FROM LA WAS AT GLOBAL VILLAGE ACADEMY AND STA STANDING WITH THREE OTHR PEOPLE FROM BEIJING AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THESE FIRST GRADERS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE NO IDEA THEY WERE NOT FULL NATIVE SPEAKERS. IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING THOSE HAWKS WINNOW PROGRAMS AND OUR DULY MISSIONER ONES ARE JUST TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SO I WANTED TO SAY IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. THE NEXT ONE IS OUR SECOND IMMERSE SCHOOL AND THAT WOULD BE WORLD END ENCOMPASS ACADEMY. AGAIN FULL REVIEW ON THE EXACT SAME METRICS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE IS IN THE PACKETS. AFTER GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING IN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS A FULL 5-YEAR RENEWAL BASED ON NO CONDITIONS BEING MET THAT WE SEE FOR NONRENEWING A CHARTER. TURNING IT OVER TO PRINCIPAL BETHANIE MERKLEY. >> GOOD EVENING I AM BEST ANY MERKLEY IT'S PRINCIPAL OF WORLD COME AS ACADEMY AND I HAVE KYLE GLAVINE OUR BOARD PRESENT WITH ME AS WELL. >> HELLO. >> WE WANTED TO SPEAK CONGRATULATIONS THIS EVENING BUT WE THOUGHT THE WORDS WOULD BE MORE POWERFUL COMING FROM OUR STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE BROUGHT BOTH SOME CURRENT AND FORMER WORLD COME AS ACADEMY STUDENTS AND HAVE GRADUATED AND NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL TO SHARE SOME OF THAT YOU ARE THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCE AT WORLD CAMPUS ACADEMY SO FIRST UP WE HAVE HARPER MURPHY WHO IS GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW SHE EXPERIENCES THE MISSION AND VISION OF WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY IN ACTION EVERY DAY. >> GOOD EVENING AIM HARMER MURPHY I CHOSE WORLD CAMPUS SO I CAN CONTINUE LEARNING FRENCH I ENJOY LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE IT'S BEEN AN IN-CLASS EXPERIENCE AND IMMERSIVE FRENCH CLASS IN THE MORNING I ENJOYED THE MILES AN HOUR PROGRAM WITH MY TEACHER MADAM ERA BEFORE SCHOOL WE PLAYED BENCH GAMES AND HAD FRENCH DISCUSSIONS I ADVANCE TODAY FRENCH TWO HOW AND ENJOY WATCHING SHOWS AND MOVIES AT HOME IN FRENCH. ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW ABOUT WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY IS A HOW THE SCHOOL SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED BY ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH GIFTED PROGRAMS WITH THE GIFTED TOWARD 80ER MISS PARKER SHE'S ADVOCATED TODAY ME IN BUILDING PLANS THAT APPROPRIATELY CHALLENGE ME WITH MY TEACHERS SHE'S BEEN A GREAT COACH TO ME IN ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. SOME OF MY FAVORITE EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN DOING GAMES AND PUZZLES WITH THE OTHER GIFTED KIDS EVERY OTHER WEEK I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR WORLD CAMPUS ACADEMY AND ME TEACHERS AND ALL THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES I HAVE HAD OVER POT PAST FOUR YEARS THANK YOU FOR LISTENING FOR MAY STORY. >> THANK YOU HARPER WE HAVE A STUDENT SUCCESS PROFILE AT WORLD CAMPUS ACADEMY WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS DOCUMENT TO LOOK AT WHERE DO YOU WANT OUR KIDS TO BE WHEN THEY LEAVE THE SCHOOL. WHAT STRAIGHTS DO WE WANT THEM TO HAVE. WHAT DO WE WANT THEM TO DO. WHAT DOES A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT AT WORLD CAMPUS ACADEMY WILL BE LIKE. I HAVE BROUGHT TO FORMER STUDENTS AS WELL TO SPEAK TO THEIR EXPERIENCE AT WORLD CAMPUS AND HOW THE STUDENT SUCCESS PROFILE HAS SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS IN HIGH SCHOOL. >> GOOD EVENING I AM JASMINE AN ALUMNI OF WORLD CAMPUS ACADEMY. I AM CURRENTLY A SOMETIMES AT DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. AND I BELIEVE THAT WORLD CAMPUS HAS PREPARED NO HIGH SCHOOL BOTH WITH A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THEY -- I FEEL LIKE WORLD CAMPUS ACADEMY IS A VERY UNIQUE AND HOW IMPORTANT WIDE THEY ARE THAT ALSO HELPS ME HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND HELP NEEDS FEEL LIKE I HAVE A HOME IT'S NOT JUST A SCHOOL BUT ALSO A HOME AND A PLACE THAT HI LIKE I CAN GO TO. WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY HELP MAID DEVELOP MY CHARACTER. IT PEP MIGHT CHARACTER DEVELOP AND BECOMING MORE SELF AWARE THAT LIKE OF MYSELF VALUES. THEY HELP ME TO REALIZE THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE OVER COME LIKE THESE STRUGGLES OF MANNERS. AND BE VERY POSITIVE ALL THE TIME. THAT & GAIN THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO DO THAT. >> I AM MATTY CARLOS I AM AN ALUM IN A OF WCA AND CURRENTLY GO TO COSTAL VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. I AM A -- ONE OF THE STUDENT THAT GRADUATED WITH A VERY HIGH GPA AND I CURRENTLY AT CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL HAVES A 4.1GPA I LEARNED THAT ACADEMICS NOT ONLY ACHIEVING As OR ALL Bs BUT LEARNING TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF IN KNEW WAYS AND I FEEL NO THE CURRICULUM AT WCA CHALLENGED ME TO BE A BETTER PERSON NOT ONLY ABOUT TO BE A BETTER STUDENT THAT ALLOWED ME TO LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS. DIFFERENT TEACHERS AND A ADAPT TODAY A PROBLEM SOLVING MIND SET THAT A HAWES ALLOWS ME TO USE MY COUGAR VALUES AS HE WE CALL THEM CURIOSITY, HUMILITY, ATOP MY, CAREFULNESS AND JUST BEING A LEADER. I THINK WITHOUT WCA I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE HEAR WHERE I AM TODAY. AND THE REAL WORLD WHAT I LEARNED SO VALUABLE IN HEY SCHOOL. THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE VERY IMPRESSED BY WHAT WE ALL HAVE ACHIEVED ALL OF THE OTHER LUM NIGH HAVE SPOKEN ON. THIS PREPAREDNESS WE FEEL WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD HAVE MADE IT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. LIKE MY FRIENDS JAZZ ANY SPOKE ON THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE WITH ALUMNI AND PEOPLE STILL AT WCA. WE FEEL THAT NOT ONLY THROUGH ACADEMICS AND CITIZENSHIP WE FEEL THAT OUR COMMUNITY STRENGTHENS OUR CHARACTER AND ALLOWS US TO GROW AS PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING. >> WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT IT LACKS LAKE INSIDE OUR SCHOOL. ♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪ >> THIS IS THE SCHOOL AND IT'S NOT ONLY JUST A SCHOOL TO LEARN, ARE THE IT'S SAY SCHOOL TO HAVE FUN. AND RAY SCHOOL TO DO OTHER THINGS AND LEARN DIFFERENT STUFF THAT YOU ARE NOT ONLY JUST FOCUS ON THE GROUNDS ONE THING. >> WE WANT TO CREATE GLOBALLY COMPETENT WORLD IS A SENSE CAPABLE OF GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES LOCALLY AND GLO GLOBALLY. >> WHEN THEY ARE SO YOUNG EVERYTHING IS SMALL. FOR THEM. BUT THEN WHEN YOU SHOW THEM MORE, THEN THE WORLD BECOMES MUCH BIGGER AND SO THEY ARE MOBILE EXCITED NOW. >> YOUR WORLD NOT JUST HERE AT WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY IT'S NOT JUST IN CAST ROCKETS JUST MOST HERE IN COLORADO IT'S L LIT AL LITERALLYLET ENTIRELY WORLD. >> GLOBAL COMPETENCY IS ACTUALLY A SKILL THAT IS RELATIVELY CONTEMPORARY. I DON'T KNOW MANY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THAT GLOBAL COMPETENCY AS ONE OF THE PILLARS THEY ARE FOCUSING ON. >> THEY HAVE SO MANY FESTIVAL THINGS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL. >> DANCE. >> THANKS GIVING. AND MOTHER'S DAY. >> MARTY BRA ARE GRAYS. >> MY FAVORITE CELEBRATION THAT WE DO HERE IS PROBABLY THE CHINESE NEW YEAR BECAUSE IT'S A BIG OLD PLAY. >> MORE COUNTRIES. >> SO THERE IS SPANISH, FRENCH AND CHINESE. I AM LEARNING CHINESE. >> I AM LEARNING SPANISH. >> I AM SPEAKING FRENCH. >> VERY IMPORTANT I BELIEVE TO LEARN THOSE SKILLS AT AN EARLY AGE. >> THE PRIMETIME HAD TONALLY LANGUAGE IS THOSE NEWBORN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS. >> THEY ARE MAKING MORE BRAIN CONNECTIONS FOR SURE. >> PARENTS ARE ALWAYS SURPRISED HOW MUCH THEY KNOW IN JUST THE FIRST FEW WEEKS. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS REALLY STRUCK ME IS HOW MOTIVATED THE STUDENTS ARE HERE. >> HAVING THAT STRONG ACADEMIC FOUNDATION YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION. >> WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN MY FIFTH GRADE CLASS SO THEY ARE DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO DISCUSS TOPICS THAT ARE EVEN SOMETIMES HARD FOR ADULTS TO DISCUSS. >> ICE MELTS AND BECOMES FLOWING LIQUID WATER AGAIN. >> THEY SEE THEIR FRIENDS WANTING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THIS INSTILLS HAD IN THEM A DESIRE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SOMEWHERE WHERE STUDENTS HAVE THAT INTEREST THIS THEIR OPEN GROWTH. >> THIS SCHOOL IS UNIQUE TO MAKE A PERSON WELL ROUNDED PERSON. NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING IS TO HAVE LIFE SKILLS WE CAREER AT A SOCIAL CONTRACT TOGETHER IN EACH AND EVERY CLASSROOM. >> THE TEACHER APPOINTMENTS TO SOCIAL CONTRACT. IS THIS HOW WE WANT TO BE TREATED. AND THEY DIDN'T EVER MAKE FUN OF ME. THEY GET EDUCATION ON BULLYING INTERACTING WITH ONE ANOTHER. BALANCING STRESS, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO CREATE NOT ONLY GLOBAL SILL SENT BUT KIND CITIZENS. >> THEY ARE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. HELPFUL TO ONE ANOTHER. >> AND I THINK THAT AWARENESS THAT THERE IS MORE TO THE WORLD THAN JUST THEMSELVES HELPS THEM TO START TO EMPATHIZE MORE. >> YOU ALWAYS WELCOME. AND THE TEACHERS WILL THEN YOU WITH ANYTHING. >> EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE SCHOOL, IS LIKE MY FAMILY MEMBER. I LOVE THEM. >> COME TO WCA. >> COME TO WCA. ♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪ >> BEFORE WE KISMET OUR STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THEM? >> ACTUALLY I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHEN YOU WENTS TO HIGH SCHOOL, WERE YOU ABLE TO -- DID YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU STARTED THERE? THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO MAYBE PASS SOME OF THE FIRST LEVELS OF BANG LANGUAGE IF THAT IS WHAT YOUR CHOICE WAS. >> I WOULD SAY YES BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST WENT INTO HIGH SCHOOL I WAS TABLE TO -- MY FIRST INITIAL THOUGHT WAS TO IMMEDIATELY GO INTO FRENCH ONE I WAS LIKE IT WILL BE AN EASY "A." BUT I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR ME TO GO TO INTO A FRENCH TWO CLASS WHEN I HAVE TAKEN BEFORE AND I THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL THAT I ALREADY HAD THE FOUNDATION TO BUILD UPON. SO, YEAH. I THINK IT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH US. IT IS VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM ALUMNI. AND I HOPE THAT STAFF GET TO HEAR THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND FEEDBACK I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR STAFF TOO HEAR AS WELL. >> DIRECT FOR GEIGER. >> I THINK I AM LEARNING TO ASK THIS QUESTION BETTER. IF A PARENT WHO IS INTERESTED IN YOUR FASCINATING PROGRAM, I DID JUST -- EVERYTHING I READ ABOUT THAT JUST MAKES ME HAPPY. IF A WITH A CHILD WITH MILD TODAY MODERATE NEEDS IS INTERESTED IN YOUR PROGRAM HOW DO YOU TALK ABOUT THE SUPPORTS THAT YOU PROVIDE AND WHAT YOUR SPECIFIC CURRICULUM AND MINUTE AT THAT TIME CAN PROVIDE IF A STUDENT WITH THOSE NEEDS? >> YEAH, SO WE HAVE AN AWESOME SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM AT WORLD COMPASS IF WE -- I MEAN, THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE UNIQUE TO WORLD CAMPUS BUT IF THERE IS A STUDENT COMING IN ON AN IEP WE SET DOWN WITH THEM AND LOOK AT IT AND LOOK HOW WE WILL NEED THE NEEDS OF OUR IEP AT OUR SCHOOL IF THEY ARE JUST INTERESTED AND HAVEN'T COMMITTED WE HAVE HAD OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY SPECIAL EDUCATION BEFORE THEY CAN COME IN WE HAVE AN AWESOME MTSS PROGRAM AS WELL. WITH BEHAVIOR SUPPORT, WE HAVE A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST ON SITE AT WORLD COMPASS IN ADDITION TO MAILED, MODERATED SPECIAL EDUCATION STEVENNER SPEAK LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, O.T. WE WELCOME ANYONE TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT SOUR PROGRAM IS LIKE SPECIFICALLY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YEAH. >> I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR ENROLLMENT YOU WANT TO INCREASE ENROLL. IN P.K. GROW IN THAT AREA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY POINTS THAT YOU WANTED TO TOUCH ON WITH THAT. >> YEAH, SO WE MADE A DECISION OVER THE SUMMER ON INCREASE OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. SO WE TOOK A SECOND CLASSROOM IN OUR SCHOOL AND OPENED IT UP TO ADD A PUSH PRESCHOOL AND YOU DO THAT OVER THE SUMMER NOTICE THE QUITE FULL. WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE FULL THIS YEAR, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO EVEN GET A GOOD NUMBER OF KIDS UNTIL IT OVER THE SUMMER. ABOUT YOU WERE EXCITED TO CONTINUE GROW U P.K. IT'S A NEED IN THE DISTRICT. AND WE GET THEM INTO THE SCHOOL, THEY GET TO BE INVESTED IN THE SCHOOL. IN OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS WHILE WE HAVE A TEACH WHO FETCHES SPANISH AND DOES THAT WITH THEM THEIR MINUTES A DAY IT'S JUST A TASTE WE ARE DOING A THREE-WEEK SEGMENT ON MEMBERS RUN THEY GET EXPOSURE TO THAT. WE ARE DOING A COUPLE OF WEEKS THIS AREA ON FRENCH SO THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TRY THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND SEE WHICH ONE THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN FOR IN KINDERGARTEN. >> YOU HAD A SOLID RESPONSE RATE TO YOUR PARENT SURVEY. >> YEAH. >> AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, TOO, BECAUSE YOU GOT IT ACROSS GRADE LEVELS PRETTY CONSISTENTLY. THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. I DEFINITELY DEMONSTRATED -- IT DEFINITELY DEMONSTRATED THAT COMMUNICATION IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR YOU GUYS, COMMUNICATING TO PARENTS AND THEM BEING IN THE KNOW OF THEIR STUDENT ARMS ACADEMIC SKPROG HOW TO GET INFORMATION FROM YOU GUYS SO THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO REVIEW. NO QUESTION, JUST A COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, SO WHEN I TOOK THIS JOB ALMOST A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO I GUESS, I NEVER RIP THE WORD MONTESSORI OR RENAISSANCE AS I GOT TO NOW. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORDS THAT I WAS CONSCIOUSLY LOOKING AT WAS MONT SMONTESSORI AND SPELLING IT IT'S BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE MONTESSORI METHODS AND EDUCATION AND I LOVE MEETING WITH JEREMY JOHNSON THE PRINCIPAL DOWN THERE AND HE DOES A GREAT JOB EXPLAIN TO GO ME THE NUANCES OF THIS UNIQUE PROGRAM WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE IN OUR PORTFOLIO. THE RENEWAL RECOMMENDATION BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. ALREADY IS THERE US 5-YEAR REMOVAL TO PLACE FOR THE D.C. MONTES STORY SCHOOL BASED ON CRS THERE IS NO RECOMMENDATIONS NO NONRENEWAL. ALL IT WERE IT OVER TO MR. JOHNSON. >> DIRECTORS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SECOND US I HAVE WORKED WITH BOARDS FOR STEPHEN YEARS IT'S NOT EASY TO DO WHAT YOU DO. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OF COURSE, AARON THIS IS MY FOURTH TIKE I THINK BEING IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD AT THIS LECTURN, SO I WILL INSTRUCT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT I'LL TALK AS MUCH AS YOU WANT ME TO TALK. BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE DCS MONTESSORI YOU COME ON A TOUR. ANY PARENT AT OUR SCHOOL SAYS THEY SPENT 90 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS. THERE IS NO WAY I CAN PRESENT CONGRATULATIONS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AND UNIQUELY. AFTER ADULT LIVING OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE ARE HELPFUL THAT THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN US AND PITCHES IS NOT REALLY ABOUT WHERE YOUR CHILD IS TODAY. IT'S ABOUT WHERE THEY WILL BE AT A 25-YEAR-OLD ADULT. MONTESSORI IS REALLY ABOUT -- IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT DOING THINGS IN A DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE WAY. THERE IS A TON OF RESEARCH ABOUT DEVELOPMENTAL APPROPRIATENESS. AND SO THAT KIND OF GUIDES US TO WHAT WE DO. OUR I'VES ARE UP HERE, THEY ARE TO LOVE LEARNING, THEY ARE TO BE EDGE GAMED IN PASSIONATE AND SELF MOTIVATED AND CONFIDENCE, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, RESPECT SELF, OTHERS AND ENVIRONMENT. CRITICAL THINKERS AND LEADERS THOSE ARE NOT NEW. >> EVEN YOU HEARD TONIGHT COULD TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. WE JUST GO ABOUT THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY. MONTES SORE IS A ABOUT DEVELOPING HUMANS, HUMAN LEARN BEST AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT CHILDREN ARE FOSTER ED IN TO ACHIEVE THOSE OUTCOMES. WHEN OUR STUDENTS LEAVE THESE AIMS ARE WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT. WHEN WE START, THEY ARE WHAT PARENPARENTS AND TEACHERS TALK T WHEN THEY LEAVE IT'S WHAT OUR STUDENTS GIVE US FEEDBACK ON. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SAY. HANDS-ON LEARNING DEVELOPMENTALLY A PROP RAM ACTIONS ARE ABOUT STARTING WITH KIDS, WE HAVE A LARGE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. WE START AT THE AIM OF THREE. WE BELIEVE EDUCATION STARTS AT THE AGE OF THREE. OF COURSE THEY ARE THERE ARE MONTESSORI SCHOOLS THAT GO DOWN BELOW THAT. D.C. MONTES SORE IS A THE MONT STORY SCHOOL IN LAG DASS COUNTY REA TRACK PEOPLE A FROM ALLER ON THE COUNTY BUT HEAR THERE PARENTS ON A LEG BASIS THAT MOVED INTO THE CASTLE PINES AREA SPECIFICALLY TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR PROGRAMMING. PART OF THAT IS A COMMUNITY. WE ARE FOCUSED ON ENHANCED SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. MEANING KIDS NEEDS TO BELONG. PARENT CAME IN AND SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT BEING IN THE SAME CLASSROOM FOR THREE YEARS AND TALKING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A TEACHER THE STUDENT, AND A PARENT THAT'S MUCH DIFFERENT WHEN YOU HAVE THE SAME TEACHER AND SAME RELATIONSHIP OVER A THREE-YEAR-OLD PERIOD OF TIME. A LOT OF COLLABORATION, ACROSS AGE LEVELS AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP EMPATHY. AND ALSO LEADERSHIP SKILLS NO MATTER WHAT YOUR ACADEMIC TALENTS ARE. IT'S SELF PACED WITHIN THE STANDARDS, IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED. THOSE THINGS ARE COMPLICATED TO DO. I WON'T TELL YOU MONT SORE IS A EASY TO ACCOMPLISH AND DOING IT WELL TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S WHY I AM STILL THERE, SIX TEAMS YEAR LATER IT'S CHALLENGE TO GO DO IT WELL. AND SERVE KIDS THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO. THAT TAKES WORK ON STAFF. PROBABLY MY BIGGEST APPOINTMENT OF PRIDE. I HIRED ALMOST EVEN ON MY ADMIN TEAM THE YEAR THAT I WAS HIRED 16 YEARS AGO. THEY ARE ALL STILL THERE. EVEN THAT'S ON MY TEACHER STAFF THAT WASN'T THERE 16 YEARS AGO ARE PEOPLE WE HAVE TRAINED IN HOUSE. REGROW OUR OWN PEOPLE. FROM A PRESCHOOL STANDPOINT WE HAVE SEVERAL DIRECTORS ON CAMPUS, WE HAVE LOTS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. BUT EVERYBODY HAS THIS MONTESSORI CERTIFICATION WHICH IS ANOTHER YEAR WORK FOR A TEACHER ON TOP OF ALREADY BEING A STATE CERTIFIED TEACHER. AND SO LIKE CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVEN IN TRAINING 1256, FOUR STAFF THAT ARE ALREADY SITTERRED ON WORKING ON THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO THE CLASSROOMS. ADMIN AND IN HOUSE CURRENTLY. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRAINING TEACHERS THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT I BELIEVE IN INSIDE OF SCHOOLS. IS MAKE REPLACEMENT EASY WHEN WE LOSE A TEACHER MOST OF THE PEOPLE THE TEACHER REPLACING THEM IT'S SOMEBODY THAT'S ALREADY A PART OF THE SCHOOL ALLOWING US TO FOSTER A CONSISTENT AND COLLABORATIVE CULTURE WHIP OUR COMMUNITY. ACADEMICS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SCHOOL BUT UNIQUE BECAUSE THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. AND THEY ARE THINGS THAT DON'T ALWAYS MATCH UP TO HOW EDUCATION NORMS CHANGE OUTSIDE OF THE MONTESSORI ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THE CURRICULUM ITSELF IS NOT DYNAMIC RIGHT AT THE YOUNGEST I'M LEVEL IT'S STATISTIC IN OTHER WORDS, KIDS ARE PROGRESSING THROUGH A SEQUENTIAL CURRICULUM BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS OVERTIME. NOT NECESSARILY BENCHMARKED AGAINST STANDARDS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO STANDARDS WE PROVIDE A LOT OF TESTING. COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS ON NATIONALLY NONA SYSTEMS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN AT LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE THIS INCREASES IN MATHEMATICS ESPECIALLY IN EVEN LA GROWTH ALMOST 23%. WHERE OUR POURED PAYS MOST ATTENTION TO THE ACADEMICS IS AT THE END ROUTE LACKING AT OUR EIGHTH GREAT STUDENTS GRADUATE PRODUCT OUR SCHOOL AND GOING TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEY PERFORM VERY WELL BY THAT POINT. INCLUDING BEING SEEDS AT THE ACADEMIC GROWTH RATE THAT SAGE LEVEL. I AM MUCH MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE GUY I DON'T LIKE TALK THIS IS MUCH AND HAVING PEOPLE BEHIND ME I THINK NOT I WANT ACTING WITH IS NOT GOOD IF ME NOT EASY FOR ME TO DO. SO I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A QUESTION. AND I AM PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY DIALOGUE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL IS TSOMETHING THAT I CAN ANSWER I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME AND I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT AND I HAVE A MUCH DIFFERENT PRESENTATION THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. >> ACTUALLY, THIS IS GREAT. AND I THANK YOU FOR ADDING IN THAT FINAL PARAGRAPH ABOUT HOW KIDS ARE PREPARED FOR HEY SCHOOL WHEN THEY LEAVE YOUR SCHOOL WITH THAT DIFFERENT MET YOU THE OF LEARNING. >> JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE AFTER THAT MOST PARENTS TELL US WHEN THEY THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOLS IS THEY ARE NOT DOING A LOT. MONT STORY IS DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENT STUDENT THAT CAN PROBLEM SOLVE IT FOR THEMSELVES THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING DECEPTIONS SINCE THEY WERE THREE YEARS OLD THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR CHOICE MAKING ARE ALREADY MADE UP. A LOT OF TIMES WHATEVER IS BEING PROVIDED AT HIGH SCHOOL IS THE STUDENT STEROID TAKE ON. DOESN'T MEAN THATTER ALL STRAIGHT-ACTUAL STUDENTS OR FANTASTIC PERFECT, THEY ARE ALL GENERALLY GOING TO BE FANTASTIC HUMAN BY COMING THROUGH A MONTESSORI. THAT'S OUR GOAL. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> FOR YOU THE PRESENTATION I HAD A QUESTION. SO WE HAVE A COPY OF THE UIP FROM 22-23. AND I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT A STATUS UPDATE ON THE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES THAT YOU OUT LINED INCLUDING THE READ BEING CURRICULUM. I SEE HERE SOME OF THE WRITING RESOURCES THAT WERE NOTED. AND THEN MATH I WANT INVESTIGATIONS. >> SO, AGAIN, IN MONTESSORI CONTEXT, RIGHT, THE CHILD IS IN THE SAME CLASS RAM FOR THREE YEARS, HE WE TALK ABOUT CHANGE IN TERMS OF CURRICULUM. IT DOES TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME. FIRST GRADERS WERE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR CURRICULUM NORMS NEGLIGENCELY THE FOLLOW YEAR, WE ARE NOT WITHOUT CONTEXT BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED IN A CURRICULUM MANDATE. WE HAVE IMPROVED A LOT OF THE WAYS THAT WE MONITOR AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. SO ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE HAVE CHANGED IS THAT ITCH AT THE TIME OF LOOKING AT LIKE SUMMATIVE BASE AHEAD SYSTEMS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WE ARE TRYING TO DO DATA CENTERS EVERY FEW MONTHS WITH STUDENTS ALONG WAIT SO WE CAN INTERVENE AND TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF I WANT INVESTIGATION WORK A WE ARE DOING INSIDE THE SCHOOL. PHONE US ON THE GROUND MEETING THOSE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE QUOTE, UNQUOTE, UNDER BRIEFS FORMING. I WOULD ARGUE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT READY FOR THAT YET. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MONTESSORI WORKS, RIGHT? WE ARE NOT TRYING TO HURRY KIDS ALONG. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE AND SERVE THEM AS A HUMAN. SOMETIMES WE ARE WORRIED MORE WHETHER THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO BELONG. THOSE W WILL HELY RIEDELL. THAT'S A PARENT CONVERSATION, DIALOGUE COMMUNICATION ASPECTS AND WE DON'T STOP WORKING ON ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE HAVE TRANSFERRED IDEA OF THE HOW RAPIDLY WE ARE INTERVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM WHICH IS ALSO REUSE A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND CURRICULUM. SO TAILLIGHT CAN BE COMPLICATED TO MEASURE THAT CHANGE WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WE HAVE ADD AHEAD DAP TIFF ASSESSMENT SO WE ARE LACK AT THIS A ON A MORE CONSISTENT CASES B, DOES THAT ME ACCEPTS? >> YES. IS THERE ADDITIONAL STAFF. >> TRIPLE THE INTERVENE STAFF. WE ARE ALREADY SELF PACED WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. SO KIDS ARE MOVING AT THEIR PACE. THE WHOLE CLASSROOM DOESN'T MOVE TOGETHER. WE TALK ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR TEACHERS TO ASK STUDENT TO BE INDEPENDENT AND WORK ON THINGS, SO IF THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON THAT CAN COME ALONG AND HELP IN A ASSIST IN THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE SELF PACING. IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW MUCH CONTROL YOU GIVE STUDENTS THAT'S A BIG PART OF MONTESSORI SIDS KIDS HAVE CHOICES THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN CHOOSE TO NOT READ OR NOT DO MATH THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE EITHER BUT IF THEY ARE RUNNING INTO STRUGGLES YOU WANT TO UP CONVENIENT WITH ADDITIONAL DOESN'T WITH HE HAVE OVER ZETA BULLS ON STAFF FOR A VERY SMALL SCHOOL COMPARATIVE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. >> YEAH. HAVE DIRECT FOR GOINGER MONT STORY PHILOSOPHY IS PERFECT FOR MILD, MOD RAM, EDUCATION KIDS GIVING THEM TIME TO DEVELOP. AND THAT KIND OF THING WHEN A PARENT COMES CONGRATULATIONS AND SAYS WHY WOULD THIS WORK FOR MY CHILD WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS, HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE THAT TO THEM? >> IT'S THE SAME WAY WE WOULD DESCRIBE IT FOR ANYBODY AND THAT IDEA THAT IT'S SELF PACED. AND THAT IDEA THAT IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT IS HAVING AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN, RIGHT? WE ARE GENERALLY DOING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD ALREADY. SO SYSTEMICALLY THERE NEEDS ARE NATURALLY MEANT WHIP THE CLASSROOM. BUT THEY DON'T LOOK DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE EVEN DAWES THINGS INDIVIDUALLY. IT'S COMMON THAT HIGH PERFORMERS IN THIRD GRADE THAT ARE SITTING AND TALKING WITH A FIRST GRADE AIR CROSS FROM THEM. THEY ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUT ABLE TO SOCIAL SIDES WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME. THE STUDENT FEELS NORMALIZED IN THAT ENVIRONMENT BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S ALREADY BUILT FOR THAT. THAT SAID, RIGHT, ALLOWING A STUDENT TO FUNCTION AT THEIR OWN PACE, RIGHT, DOES MANY SOMETIMES THAT THE STUDENT MAY NOT WANT TO GO AS FAST AS THEY NEED TO GO IN ORDER TO MAKE PROGRESS. AND WE HAVE A FULL SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFER. WHEN PEOPLE COME ON OUR TOURS THAT'S SOMETHING WITH HE TALK ABOUT WE ARE NOT LACKING AT IT ANY DIFFERENT. WE HAVE A PROCESS WE NEED EVERY SIX WEEKS WITH EVERY STAFF MEMBER WE ARE GOING THROUGH APARTMENT. WE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HOW CAN WE IMPROVEMENT THE EDUCATION FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL CHILD. BUT, OF COURSE, FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, THEY NEED MORE THAN JUST THAT. SO THE INTERVENTIONS LOOK THE SAME. BUT FOR THE PARENT, RIGHT, IT'S ABOUT THAT THEIR STUDENT DOESN'T LACK ANY DIFFERENT THAT MANY ANOTHER STUDENT BECAUSE WE ARE ALL WORKING ON INDIVIDUAL PLANS. IT'S IT YES, MA'AM IS ATTACK TRIV. WE GENERALLY GET A LOST PARENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OUR SCHOOL. >> WHAT DOES THE RECESSION RATE LOOK LIKE FROM WHEN THEY FIRST ENTERING TO OUT. >> IT'S STRONG, WE ARE NATURALLY BUILT SO THAT WE DON'T REPLACE OLDER STUDENTS. WE HAVE FIVE OTHER ELEMENTARY CLASS CAMS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT POPULATION IS AROUND SIX WHEREAS WE START SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE WHERE WE START AT 60 STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN AND THAT'S SUPPORTED BY RESEARCH IN MONTESSORI THATTING YOU CAN'T REPLACE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THOUGHT IT TAUGHT AT THE YOUNGER AIM LEVELS FOR AN OLDER STUDENT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T REPLACE THOSE POSITIONS IF NEVER AVAILABLE. THERE IS ESTABLISHED NUMBERS. SORRY. WE REPLACE THE STUDENT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CHARTER SCHOOL WOULD. SOMEHOW I AM MISSING THE QUESTION MISS THOMPSON. >> , THAT WAS HELPFUL. IT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS I GET WHAT YOU ARE GET AGENT AND HELPED ME JUST BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. >> YOU ARE ENROLLMENT IS A SUDDENLY COMPLICATED BECAUSE I'VE CLASSROOM THAT I DON'T HAVE JUST A CLASSROOMS THAT HAVE FOUR THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENT, WE'VE CROSS ALMOST WITH FOURTH, SEVENTH AND SIXTH GRADING. THERE IS FLUCTUATION ONCE SOMEBODY IS IN THEY STAY. IF WE END UP PULLING A SECOND GRADER BECAUSE THERE IS AN OPENING IN A CLASSROOM THAT'S THE NEXT PERSON THAT ROLLS OFF SO I END UP WITH LARGER NUMBERS A AT DIFFERENT GRADE LEVEL AND THEY MAP FEST DIFFERENTLY OVER TAME. >> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANKS FOR ALL OF SCHOOL LEADERS THAT CAME UP AND PRESENTED ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN WHO CAME UP AND SHARED SOME OF THEIR LEARNING WITH YOU. AGAIN REMEMBER THERE IS NO VOTE TONIGHT THIS IS ALSO INFORMATION FOR YOU IN YOUR ASSESSMENT AND WE'LL TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY WHERE YOU'LL VOTE ON RENEWALS AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALL BEFORE YOU ALL IDENTIFY YEAR RENEWALS FROM OUR STANDPOINT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OVER ALL? >> NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 27 WHICH IS A RECESS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A 13-MINUTE RECESS TO BRING US BACK AT 8:45. >> THE LORD ARE BOARD THINK EM INDICATIONS NOW CALLED BACK TO ORDER. MOVING TO THE STUDY ACTION ITEMS THE FIRST IS YACHT 28 THE PROPOSED CHART SCORE RELEASE TO CHATTER SCHOOL OR CSI. WE WILL START ELIE REYNOLDS FOR THE JOHN ADAMS CLASSICAL ACADEMY. AND I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE TERRY HEAR WITH YOU. RIGHT? >> I DO. >> AWESOME. >> A GEOFF YOU THE GOING USE THIS CLICKER HERE. FIRST AWFUL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT AND IT YOU FOR HEARING OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF OF LONG TESTIMONY FROM A LOT OF SUPPORTERS FOR THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY. I WEAR LOTS OF HATS IN THE COUNTY TO BE CLEAR I AM HERE AS A PARENT INITIATING A CLASSICAL CHART SCHOOL UNTIL MY NEIGHBORHOOD. JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A K-12 CHARTER SCHOOL AND LIKE ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS, IT WOULD BE TUITION FREE AND OPEN TO ALL STUDENT. ALSO WE WOULD PLAN ON OPENING FALL OF 2026. WHICH IS A BIG REASON THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY ON THIS TIMELINE. WE ARE SEEKING A RELEASE TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE. THE REASON THAT WE ARE SEEKING THE RELEASE AND THE TIMING IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY WITH CSI NEXT YEAR. WE UNTIL BOARD IS PRO CHARTER SCHOOL AND PRO CLASSICAL CHART HE SCHOOLS. WE ALSO REALIZE THIS BOARD HAS A TENDENCY TO FLIP AND OFTEN TIME WHEN THIS BOARD DOES FLIP. IT CAN BECOME NOT CLASSICAL CHARTER FRIENDLY. AND THAT WOULD PENDULUM SWING REALLY IS RISKING OUR CHILDREN AND MY CHILD WHO I WOULD SEND TO THIS SCHOOL. AND SO I AM LOOKING FOR A STABLE AUTHORIZER LIKE CSI. WHERE ALL THEY DEAL WITH IS CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE THE ACTUAL MAKEUP, THEY ARE BIPARTISAN AND NOT ELECTED. SO THE ELECTIONS DO NOT AFFECT THE MAKEUP OF THAT BOARD OR WHERE THEY SIT ON CHARTER SCHOOLS. THIS IS MY WHY. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ME AND MY HUSBAND AND MY LITTLE ONE TEDDY WHO LIVES IN STERLING RANCH. RIGHT NOW MY CHILD GOES TO PRIMROSE AND READY TO GO INTO PRESCHOOL AND SO I STARTED TO LOOK AROUND AT WHERE I WAS GOING SEND MY CHILD. AND WHAT I FOUND IS THAT THE CLASSICAL ACADEMIES THAT I KNEW THAT I WAS INVESTED IN THAT I WANTED TO SEND MY CHILD THAT I WANTED TO CHOOSE AS A PARENT, THAT MY CHILD WOULD HAVE THAT CHOICE, WERE EITHER OVER ENROLLED OR HAD RAILROAD LONG WAIT LIST AND MY CHILD WEEK LIE WOULD LOSE OUT ON THAT OPPORTUNITY. MY OTHER WHY IS THAT I DO LIVE IN STERLING RANCH AND THERE ARE NOT SCHOOLS IN STERLING RANCH RIGHT NOW. ALSO FOR CLARITY, I DID VOTE YES ON THE BOND MEASURE AND I AM SO EXCITED THAT MY NEIGHBORS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IN STERLING RANCH AND I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT MUCH BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT JUST LIKE I WILL GIVE MY NEIGHBOR A CHRIS FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLED I HOPE THEY WOULD GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CLASS CAKING EDUCATION FOR MY CHILD SO THE GOVERN'S OF OUR BOARD THAT WE WILL BRING BEFORE CSI IS A MAKEUP OF MYSELF, ROGER AND DUANE, WHO ARE THREE STERLING RANCH RESIDENTS. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT. AS WELL AS LINDA WHITE, WHO MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHO LIVES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AS WELL. THE LOCATION OF OUR SCHOOL IS IDENTIFIED IS NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY OR AS YOU HAVE HEARD ME MENTION STERLING RANCH. WE BELIEVE THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS OUT THERE. AND VERY LITTLE CHART HE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THIS RADIUS SO WE BELIEVE THAT CLASSICAL CHARTER EDUCATION IS REALLY A DESTINATION SCHOOL. AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME EVERYBODY OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF DUG HAS LAS COUNTY FOR THOSE SCHOOLS AND WE HOPE TO SERVE SOUTHWEST NEVER SON COUNTY AS WELL AS NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS IS A LOCATION SUPPORT LETTER. WE ALSO YOU HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPER EARLIER, OR REPRESENTATIVE. DEVELOPER AS WELL AS JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WE HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER TO FIND A SITE WITHIN STERLING RANCH. THIS WAS IMPORTANT WHEN I WAS TRYING FOR FIND FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS TALK TO PAPERS THAT THEY NIGH WHERE THE LOCATION WOULD BE. AND SO THIS IS A COMMITMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO FIND A SITE WITHIN STERLING RANCH I HAVE KIND WENT OVER THE NEEDS OF CLASSICAL EDUCATION AND THE MODEL THAT THERE IS NOT ONE OFFERED IN THE AREA. DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENT IS STRONGLY SUPPORT SCHOOL CHOICE AND I HAVE POLLING TO GO OVER AN END THINK THAT WILL SHOW YOU THAT. BUT ULTIMATELY RECENT POLLING OF DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS FOUND THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FAVORABLE TO THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS AT IF I HAVE ZEST%. AND I DO HAVE A FACT SHEET THAT I CAN HAND AROUND THAT WAS DONE BY OUR POLLING FIRM THAT WILL OUT LIE LINE THE DIFFERENT FAVORABLE SCHOOL CHOICE MODELS T WE POLLED. THIS IS THE OVERALL POLL THAT WE DID WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ALMOST 70% OF PARENTS ARE -- OR RESIDENTS FAVOR SCHOOL CHOICE. REALLY ONCE AGAIN WHILE WE REALIZE THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY. WE ALSO THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE POLLED FROM THE LARGER COUNTY SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT YOUR RESIDENTS AND ULTIMATELY YOUR ELECTORAL ARE SUPPORTIVE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS. THE CLASSICAL MODEL EDUCATION WHICH I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE CLASSICAL ACADEMIES WITHIN DIG LAS COUNTY. REALLY CONSIST OF THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE AND THAT FREEDOM COMES FROM REASON, SO IT'S MORE TEACHING KIDS HOW TO THINK AND NOT WHAT TO THINK. THERE IS CORE KNOWLEDGE OR SHARED KNOWLEDGE AND THEN THE CLASSICAL PIECE WHICH IS REALLY LEARNING FROM GREAT BOOKS AND PHILOSOPHERS. THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND INSTILLS THE WESTERN AND AMERICAN TRADITIONS. OUR NEXT STEPS IS THAT AFTER TONIGHT WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE -- WE WOULD GET THE RESOLUTION TO RELEASE FROM YOU ALL. WE WOULD THEN GO TO CSI. AND AT CSI THEY HAVE A RIGOROUS APPLICATION PROCESS AND ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD DO WHIP YOUR CART PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT CSI. ONCE AGAIN, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROCESS FITS NOT ONLY OUR TIMELINE BETTER BUT ALSO THE PREDICTABILITY FOR OUR KIDS. OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A CHARTER FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ENTITLED THAT THE SCHOOL IS AROUND. AND SO I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YET I WILL HAVE TERRY DO HER PRESENTATION FOR CS. AND I THEN I WILL COME BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL. >> ALSO BOARD CHAIR WOULD YOU LAKE ME TO HAND OUT THIS POLLING FACT SHEET NOW? >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> GIVE THEM TO RON A. >> I AM TERRY LEWIS THE EX-TECH I HAVE DIRECTOR OF COLORADO CHART HE SCHOOL INSTITUTE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT CSI IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE HEAR FOR YOUR RENEWAL PRESENTATIONS I THE A FOUNDER OF PLATTE RIFF ACADEMY I HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY IT'S NICE TO BE HOME. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CS. AND I KIND OF OUR PROCESS. AND WHO WE ARE. OUR MISSION IS TO -- WE ARE A STATEWIDE AUTHORIZER, THE ONLY ONE IN COLORADO. WE SEEK TO FOSTER HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICES THAT SERVE ALL STUDENTS. SO CSI WAS CREATED IN 2004. AND WE OPENED OUR DOORS IN 2005. TO TWO SCHOOLS THAT WE APPROVED. AND THE REASON CSI WAS CREATED WAS TO CREATE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND PATHWAY TO FOR AUTHORIZE. WE ALSO HAVE A FOCUS ON INNOVATIVE MODEL AND WE'LL BE RELEASING ACTUALLY A GUIDEBOOK ON HOW WE REALLY PROMOTE AND FOSTER INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS. SO WHERE ARE OUR SCHOOLS? WE HAVE 45 SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE. OVER 20,000 STUDENTS. WE ARE IN 23 TOWNS AND CITIES. AND WE HAVE 17 EDUCATIONAL MODEL. SO, AGAIN, REALLY A PLEASURE FOR LISTEN TO THE RENEWAL PROS TAKES AND TALK ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL MODEL. AND THE IMPACT IT'S HAD ON THEIR COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE IN COMMUNITIES ALL OVER COLORADO. FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO STEAMBOAT SPRINGS TO GRAND JUNCTION, TO WE HAVE A -- THE ONLY CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S LOCATED ON THE UTAH MOUNTAIN RESTLESS VAGUE THE ONLY CHARTER SCHOOL IN COLORADO THAT'S ON TRIBAL LAND AND WE DO AUTHORIZE THAT SCHOOL AND WORK WITH SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA AS WELL. TRULY ALL OVER THE STATE. DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES RURAL BEING RESORT, REMOTE COMMUNITY IS AND THEN URBAN AND SUBURBAN. SO THIS THING CALLED EX-CLOSE YOU HAVE CHARTERING AUTHORITY IS VERY UNIQUE TO COLORADO. AND WHEN -- IN 2004 WHEN CSI WAS CREATED PART OF THAT STATUE INCLUDED EXCLUSIVE CHARTERING AUTHORITY. WHAT THIS MEANT WAS THAT DISTRICTS COULD EARN THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. IF THEY EARNED IT, THAT MEANT THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO MACK A DECISION IF THEY WANTED TO AUTHORIZE THAT SCHOOL OR RELEASE THAT SCHOOL TO APPLY TO CSI. NOW IN THE EARLY DAYS BECAUSE AS I WAS A FOUNDER P PLATTE RIFF YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW OLD I THINK ACTUAL IN THE EARLY DAYS OF CSI THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT HAD EC ACTUAL. THERE WERE BUT MANY DISTRICTS HAD TO EARN THAT YEAR AND YEAR AND THEN THE LAW CHANGED IN ABOUT 2008, 2009 ONCE YOU GOT ECA YOU COULD RETAIN IT UNTIL SOMEONE CHALLENGED IT. IS UP 72 SCHOOL DISTRICTS OUT OF 178 HAVE ECA. THE VAST MAJORITY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE EXCLUSIVE CHARTERING AUTHORITY F A SCHOOL WANTS TO APPLY TO US OR A DISTRICT WANTS THE SCHOOL TO APPLY TO US. THEY HAVE TO RELEASE THE SCHOOL AND THAT'S THE DECISION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THAT DISTRICT. THERE ARE 45 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT AUTHORIZE AND WE ARE IN 17 DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. IN THOSE DIFFERENCES SOME AUTHORIZE THEIR OWN SCHOOLS. HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY WE AUTHORIZED TWO SCHOOLS AND THAT'S ASCENT CLASSICAL AND COLORADO EARLY COLLEGE, BOTH OF PART OF NETWORK WHICH IS THE COMMON REASON WHY SCHOOLS CHOOSE OR TRY TO COME TO CSI. BUT, AGAIN, ULTIMATELY IT'S A DECISION OF THE DISTRICT TO REREELS THEM. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO APPLY. WHAT DOES OUR NEW SCHOOL APPLICATION PROCESS LOOK LIKE. WE START WITH ORIENTATION. WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE APPLICANT UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE CHARTER APPLICATION END TAILS. FIRST THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ECA. DO THEY NEED TO GET A RELEASE. AND THEN SECOND, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS APPLICATION IS GOING TO INVOLVE. SO WE DO HO HONOR GENERAL TAKE,E TRY TO CUT. IZE IT, IS AND SO WE DO BOTH ONLINE TRAINING AND THEN IN-PERSON TRAINING. WE FOCUS WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW. WE HAVE A SPRING CYCLE IT WOULD BE DO IN FEBRUARY AND THE APPLICATION IS DUE IN MARCH. JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU BECAUSE IT'S IN STATUTE THERE IS A COMPLETENESS CHECK AND APPLICATION REVIEW. IN OUR REVIEW, WE BRING IN EXTERNAL REVIEWERS IF THE MODEL IS UNIQUE. OR IF IT REQUIRES TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. THE SCHOOL ON TRIBAL LAND WE HAD TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN STATE LAW, FEDERAL LAW AND TRIBAL LAW. SO IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD EXPERTS COME IN. WE ALSO AUTHORIZED A SCHOOL THAT IS SERVING MOSTLY STUDENTS ON THE SPECTRUM. 70% OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE ON IEPs AND WANTED TO SMITH MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT ENTAILED AND WE BRING IN EXPERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ALSO AUTHORIZE MICRO SCHOOLS. AND SO WHEN THE FIRST MICRO SCHOOL CAME TO US WE SAID WE BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT WE REACHED OUT TO AUTHORIZERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND GOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN AUTHORIZING MIKE ORE SCHOOLS APPLICATION REVIEW MEANS THAT WE BRING IN EXTERNAL REVIEWER IT'S NOT JUST OUR STAFF. THEN WE CAN THROUGH THE REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT WHAT WE DO THERE IS WHAT IS IN THE AM CHANGE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON. WE GO BACK TO THE APPLICANT. YOU NEED TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON X, Y, Z AND THEN WE HAVE A CAPACITY INTERVIEW. AND WE INTERVIEW THE APPLICANTS THAT INCLUDES THE BOARD. THE SCHOOL LEADER, IF THAT PERSON HAS BEEN CHOSEN. ANY OTHER STAKE HOLD THEIR MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO THAT FOUNDING. THEN THEY DO A BOARD PRESENTATION, THEY COME TO OUR BOARD AND DO A BOARD PRESENTATION. AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, THE COMMUNITY MEETING WE REALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO REMEMBER AS A STATEWIDE AUTHORIZER WE ARE IN COMMUNITIES THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE IN. SO WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT LIVE IN ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE BUT WENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT COMMUNITY VERY WELL. WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY IN PERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY MEAT TO GO MEET PARENTS AND MEET PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT THAT SCHOOL THERE. THEN WE HAVE A REVIEW TEAM RECOMMENDATION. CSI BOARD ACTION. AND THEN WE GO INTO YEAR ZERO. AND WE HAVE A VERY RIGOROUS YEAR ZERO. WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS ONCE YOU HAVE THE APPROVAL, AND THEN YOU HAVE A CONTRACT SIGNED YOU GO INTO YEAR ZERO SOME SCHOOLS DO MORE THAN ONE YEAR ZERO. SOMETIMES IT TAKES THEM TWO YEARS TO KIND OF GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. STATEMENTS WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH YEAR ZERO. THEY HAVE TO DO AN EXIT RAMP THEY TOO MANY GET THE FACILITY THEMED. THEY COULDN'T REACH WHATEVER MILESTONE WE MIGHT HAVE FOR THEM. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL TO ENSURE THAT THEY'LL BE SUCCESSFUL. BECAUSE IT'S ONLY UNTIL THE STUDENT'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST APPROVE A SCHOOL OR HAVE A SCHOOL OPEN THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR STUDENTS. THERE IS OUR TIME LINE. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LETTER OF INTENT. TO WE TAKE BOARD ACTION. AND THEN WE GO INTO AS I SAID, THE YEAR ZERO. HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS. OUR SCHOOLS. DIDN'T WANT TO OVERWHELM YOU WITH TOO MUCH INFORMATION, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT CSI. >> THANK YOU, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HEARD PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND NOT ALLOWING FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. DO YOU ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY INPUT AT THOSE MEETINGS? >> YES. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. YES. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND SO IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS WE DO THIS. HAVING DONE MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS MYSELF. WHEN WE GO OUT THERE, WE -- OR TO WHATEVER COMMUNITY IS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHO THE APPLICANTS ARE, WHO THE PARENTS ARE, WE WANT TO INTERACT WITH EM THIS. WE WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THEM IN ADDITION TO THAT WENT IT MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND W CS CIVIL. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO AUTHORIZING ENTAILS, HOW WE HOLD THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABLE. WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE WHAT THE SCHOOL -- THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AN AUTHORIZER DOES. WE ARE NOT JUST AN AUTHORIZER OF APPROVED SCHOOLS OR OVER SEE SCHOOLS WE ARE ALSO THE LOCAL EDUCATION -- WE ARE THE L E.R.A. WE ARE THE LEA FOR OUR SCHOOL WHAT IS DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KELL SPECIAL EDUCATION, MULE LINGUAL LEARNERS, GT. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HE HAVE STUDENT IN THAT SCHOOL IN OUR 45 OF OUR SCHOOLS, HE'S THAT'S UNUSUAL IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY AT STAYED WIDE AUTHORIZERS, MANY STATEWIDE AUTHORIZERS THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER STATES THAT DO IN THIS WAY THEY DON'T HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITYS THAT LEA RESPONSIBILITY IS ON THE SCHOOL. BUT HERE IN COLORADO, THEY CHOSE TO MAKE THE STATEWIDE AUTHORIZER ALSO THE L E.R.A. SO WE ARE THE L E.R.A. WE ARE THE SFA. THE SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY. WE ARE THE FISCAL AGENTS ALL THE MONEY FLOWS THROUGH US, WE ARE THE AUTHORIZER AND WE ARE THE AU. AGAIN, MANY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT FALL TO A DISTRICT. FALL TO STATE CSI WHICH IS NOT TRUE IN MANY PLACES. >> CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE. >> SURE. >> WHOOPS I WENT FORWARD. LET'S SEE. >> SLIDE SIX, YEAH. PERFECT. >> THIS ONE? >> YES, THAT'S THE ONE. >> OKAY, THERE YOU GO. >> SO IT SAYS YOU TAKE BOARD ACTION AND THEN THE SCHOOL -- THE YEAR ZERO AND THEN THE SCHOOL OPENING HAPPENS WHICH YEAR ZERO COULD BE ONE OR TWO YEARS WHATEVER IT IS AT THAT POINT. WHAT THINGS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THAT FIRST YEAR OR THAT YEAR ZERO? >> GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC MILESTONES AND DEPENDS ON THE APPLICANTS ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT ARE IMPORTANT, ONE WENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE VIABLE IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT. SO END ROLE. IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE TRACKING ENROLL. WE ARE TRACKING THEIR FACILITY. WE ARE TRACKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THEIR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE. THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE, THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO OPEN THEIR DOORS AND BE SUCCESS. SO WE MEET WITH THEM, AT LEAST ON A MONTHLY BASIS. AND WE WILL HIRE CONSULTANTS TO WORK OUT A FACILITY ISSUES AS WELL. WE MAY NOT HAVE THE THAT THAT CAN DO FACILITIES WE BRING IN CONSULTANTS TO WORK WITH THE APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE YOU FACED IF YOU ARE GETTING A FACILITY THAT NEEDS RENOVATION AND THE AM CAM SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO ONLY TAKE $200,000 TO REP STRAIGHT THAT FACILITY. AND ACTUALLY YOU BRING IN A CONSULTANT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT SUPPORTS US SAYING, NO, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COST YOU MORE THAN LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR BULLET? AND SO WE ARE FRA TRACKING THAT, MAKE SURE WE CONNECT THEM WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS SO THEY ARE PREPARED. BUDGET IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE CLOSED EIGHT SCHOOLS IN THE LAST NINE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN THERE. AND MOST OF THEM AROUND FINANCE. SO IT DOESN'T DO ANYONE ANY GOOD TO OPEN A SCHOOL THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL FINANCIALLY. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THE FIRST IS IT TYPICAL FOR C CI TO PRESENT TO A BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THIS CONTEXT? >> GREAT QUESTION AND VERY TYPICAL I DO THIS QUITE OFTEN I GO OUT AND TALK TO BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE. TALKING TO DISTRICT BOARDS ABOUT WHO WE ARE. I TALK TO SUPERINTENDENTS. I HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING WITH A SUPERINTENDENT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES A TRANSFER LOOK LIKE TO CSI. AND THIS PERSON IS WELL VERSED IN CHARTERS BUT STILL DOESN'T WORK WITH CSI DAY IN, DAY OUT SO I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY THAT I WILL WORK WITH DISTRICT BOARDS, AND SUPERINTENDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE, AND WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER WITH OUR DISTRICTS. >> OKAY. SO JUST LOOKING AT YOUR CHART UP THERE. SO THIS CHARTER SCHOOL THE JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY, THEY HAVE DONE THE APPLICANT ORIENTATION. NO? >> NO. >> OKAY. >> THEY HAVE NOT. >> AND THEN TYPICALLY -- WHAT IS THE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW -- WHAT STAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, PERSONAL, BUT WHAT ARE MAYBE THE PERCENTAGE OF CHARTER APPS THAT ARE DENIED BY CSI. >> WE HAVE AN APPROVAL RATE ABOUT 50%. >> WHAT ARE THE TOP REASONS FOR DENIAL? >> THE APPLICANT IS NOT PREPARED EITHER YOU KNOW, TO PRESENT A PLAN THAT IS THE STRONG EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT WILL SERVE ALL STUDENTS AND BE FINANCIALLY VIABLE. THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY STRESS IS THAT THIS -- THAT'S -- NOT SO MUCH THAT WE ARE AGNOSTIC TO SCHOOL MODEL THAT YOU SERVE ALL STUDENTS WELL. CSIs HAVE HIGHER THAN DISTRICT AS CROSS THE STATE. THERE ARE REASONS BEFORE AT THAT BUT WE HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE SERVING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF [ INAUDIBLE ] STUDENT, THE EXPECTATION IS IF YOU ARE COMING TO CSI YOU WILL SERVE ALL STUDENTS. >> AND THEN FOR YOU MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY MEETING. I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETING AS WELL AS WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR DEMONSTRATING THAT THERE IS A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY? >> SO GOOD QUESTION. SO JUST LIKE A DISTRICT AUTHORIZER WOULD DO IS LOOKING AT LETTERS OF INTENT. IN TERMS OF LETTERS AND SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL. AND DETERMINING THAT OF COURSE YOU NEED TO HAVE WAY MORE LETTERS OF INTENT THAN YOU DO SEATS AVAILABLE FOR THAT FIRST YEAR BECAUSE NOT ALL PARENTS DECIDE TO SEND THEIR STUDENT THERE. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU ARE AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PAPERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS SCHOOL IS GOI GOING TO PROE AND WHAT THE AUTHORIZER IS GOING TO PROVIDE IT'S BOTH ENDS IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND BOTH. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> I WAS WONDERING WHAT ARE SOME OTHER REASONS THAT SOME SCHOOLS CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH CSI INSTEAD OF BE WITH THEIR DISTRICT. >> GREAT QUESTION. WE AUTHORIZE SCHOOLS IN RURAL AREAS. THE REASON BEING RURAL COOL DISTRICT DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CREATE CHARTERING OFFICE, WE ALSO AUTHORIZE SCHOOLS IN DENVER METRO DISTRICT THAT IS VERY LARGE. BUT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO NOT HAVE A LARGE CHARTERING OFFICE. SO WHAT I HEAR FROM DISTRICTS WHEN THEY DECIDE TO RELEASE IT'S TO SAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY POINT TO OVERSEE SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'S ONE REASON THAT A DISTRICT MAY WANT TO DO IT. SCHOOLS ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE IS LOTS OF DIFFERENT REASONS. ONE REASON FOR A SCHOOL AS I SAID IS A NETWORK. OR THEY INTEND TO BE A NETWORK. THEY INTEND TO LIKE WILD FLOUR FLOWER MONTESSORI STARTED IN AURORA AND INTENDED TO GROW TO OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE SUCH AS GRAND VALLEY AND D51. THEY HAD THAT INTENTION. EVEN THOUGH AT THAT TIME. THE OTHER THING IS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW INNOVATIVE MODELS AND WHAT IT REQUIRES FOR OUR STAFF TO REALLY BE PREPARED TO AUTHORIZE A COMPLICATED SCHOOL IS SOMETHING THAT SOME DISTRICTS SAY WE JUST DON'T HAVE. AND I CAN TELL YOU SOME OF OUR INNOVATIVE MODELS IT REQUIRES US TO BRING IN EXPERTS THAT MAYBE A DISTRICT SAYS WE JUST WOKE BE ABLE TO DO. AGAIN, PROSPECT ACADEMY IS A A GREAT EXAMPLE THAT'S SERVING MOSTLY STUDENTS ON THE SPECTRUM. WHILE THAT KIND OF A SCHOOL AND THAT SCHOOL MODEL DOES EXIST IN OTHER PLACES IN COUNTRY RICH. IT DOES NOT HERE IN COM. IT'S HIGHLY UNUSUAL. SAME THING WITH THE SCHOOL THAT IS SERVING STUDENTS ON THE UTAHE MOUNT UTE RESERVATION IT EX-SIEVE FIST OTHER STATES NOT HERE IN COM. SO CSI HAS BECOME A PLACE WHERE SCHOOLS ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO IF THEY HAVE UNIQUE MODEL. >> THANK YOU. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS IS THERE ANY WEAPON FOYT A SCHOOL FIRST GOING THROUGH THEIR DISTRICT AND THEN GETTING RELEASED TO CSI? OR IS THAT STEP -- DO YOU NOT SEE THAT -- ESPECIALLY IF THEY KNOW THEY WANT TO BE A CSI SCHOOL OR WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ON THAT? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. DISTRICTS DO IT DIFFERENTLY. THERE WAS A TIME WHERE UP WITH OF THE LOCAL DISTRICTS HERE IN THE DENVER METRO AREA CHOSE TO DO A SIDE BY SIDE WHERE THEY WERE REVIEWING AN APPLICATION AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE. AND THEN THEY WERE LETTING THE APPLICANT DECIDE AT THE END. THEY NO LONGER USE THAT PRACTICE. BUT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF STAFF WORK. WE HAVE WORKED WITH DISTRICTED WHERE THEY RELEASE BUT THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE REVIEW TEAM. THEY CAN BE PART OF IT AND ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT THE APPLICANT IS DOING. WE HAVE HAD REPORTING BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE MOUs OF ALL DIFFERENT SORTS WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION. AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN NOT JUST THE REVIEW, THAT'S IMPORTANT. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE APPLICANT IS IN THE REVIEW. WHAT THE ULTIMATE DECISION IS. AND THEN YEAR ZERO. WHAT YEAR ZERO. MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THEN AFTER THE SCHOOL IS OPEN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ENROLLMENT. FINANCES, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ALL THE ANNUAL REVIEW REPORTS THAT WE DO THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AS WELL. THEY ARE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS BUT WE GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AWARE OF THAT. IF THEY ARE INTERESTED. AND SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS CHOOSE NOT TO BE INTERESTED. THEY RELEASE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE PART OF COMMUNITY BUT WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ELSE. SO VARIES FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT DOESN'T APPLY IN THIS SITUATION. AS FAR AS WE KNOW JOHN ADAMS ISN'T PART OF A NETWORK. DOUGLAS COUNTY CERTAINLY IS NOT A COUNTY THAT IS GOING TO SAY WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE CHARTER SCHOOLS, RIGHT? WE HAVE PROBABLY THE MOST ROBUST CHARTER SCHOOL REVIEW AND SUPPORT SYSTEM IN THE STATE. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH ME ON THAT? OR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM? >> YEP, I THINK DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS DONE A FINE JOB AFTER THOSING, GIVEN THIS I AM A FOUNDER OF PLATTE RIVER ACADEMY, I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT POINT THAT OUT. THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A STRONG AUTHORIZER. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE ISSUE IS. WHEN APPLICANTS CHOOSE FOR A RELEASE. >> AND JOHN ADAMS ISN'T THE TYPE OF SCHOOL THAT WE ARE NOT CAPABLE OF HAPPENING. WE ARE ALREADY HANDLE THAT KIND OF CLASSICAL EDUCATION, CORRECT? >> YES. YOU HAVE CLASSICAL EDUCATION AND WE AUTHORIZE ASCENT CLASSICAL. >> I END THAT. THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SAID ABOUT WHY CSI GETS INVOLVED NONE OF THOSE APPLY SO FAR IN THIS CASE. AM I CORRECT? >> I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS SCHOOL -- THIS APPLICANT IS CHOOSING TO REQUEST A RELEASE BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF THE AUTHORIZING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND I STRESS THAT EVERY TIME I SPEAK TO A BOARD. BECAUSE THAT'S OFTEN THE QUESTION I'LL GET. IS ROLL WE NOT A GOOD AUTHORIZER. ARE WE NOT DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? I JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN PARK COURTS I. IT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT I AM SAYING. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE APPLICANT SAYING WE ARE NOT HERE TO JUDGE. >> I AM -- THE THING I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL NIGHT IS WHY NOT US? IS THE QUESTION I KEEP ASKING. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SITUATION WHERE A SCHOOL CAME DIRECTLY TO CSI PURELY BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE THE POLITICS OF THE DISTRICT THAT IS EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZING AGENCY? >> THERE MAY BE POLICIES THAT THE DISTRICT REFUSES TO WAVE THAT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL MIGHT HAVE ISSUE WITH. BUT, AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO GET A RELEASE FROM THE DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. OVER HERE. >> HELLO. >> THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US. YOU HAD SAID WAY MORE LETTERS OF INTENTS ARE REQUIRED THAN SEATS. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT FOR WHAT THAT CUT OFF IS? >> NO, AND THE REASON WE DON'T, AGAIN, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION THE COMMUNITIES ARE SO UNIQUE, IF WE ARE -- WE HAVE SMALL MONTESSORI SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOCATED IN A COMMUNE THE ACCIDENT A SMALL COMMUNITY A RURAL COMMUNITY OR RESORT COMMUNITY. WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF VIEWING LETTERS OF INTENT THAN WE WOULD IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. DENVER METRO AREA WE MIGHT HAVE A HIGHER BAR. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO INSURE THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE ENOUGH STUDENT IN THAT SCHOOL TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SOMETIMES THE SCHOOL IS JUST GOING TO OPERATE AS A VERY SMALL SCHOOL. WE HAVE MANY SMALL SCHOOLS. SO IT IS A MATTER OF THE APPLICANT AND WE DO TRY TO CUSTOMIZE OUR APPLICATIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT REQUIRED NUMBER IS SOMEWHAT SUBJECTIVE. DEPENDING ON SITUATION FOR THE SCHOOL. >> YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK WHEN WE WERE TALKING -- I GO BACK TO THE UTE MOUNTAIN UTE APPLICATION BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE. AND THEREFORE EVERYTHING WE DID ABOUT THAT APPLICATION WAS UNIQUE. AND IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THOSE THAT LIVED ON THE RESERVATION, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY FELT ABOUT HAVING A SCHOOL ON THEIR TRIBAL LANDS, IT WAS DIVIDED INITIALLY. SO IT WAS A MATTER OF US GETTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMMUNITY. AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WOULD THE EXPECTATIONS WERE FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND SO IT STARTED OUT VERY SMALL. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT OUT EXPECTATION AROUND LETTERS OF INTENT WERE DIFFERENT THAN A SCHOOL OPENING IN FORT COLLINS, SHALL WE SAY. >> I THINK YOU HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT -- >> UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT I DIDN'T MAKE IT HERE. >> THERE WERE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT LOOK LIKE AND THE PROCESS. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE OPERATE HERE IN OUR DISTRICT WHERE. WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE PART OF OUR BOARD COMMITTEES. THAT ACTUALLY SIT IN ON THAT PROCESS. SO THEY ARE WEARING IN ON THE DECISION MAKING AT SOME LEVEL IN THAT THEY ARE REVIEWING IT AND THEY AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER PART OF THAT WHAT & WEIGHING IN IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S EXACTLY THE SAME WITH YOUR REVIEW PROCESS, OR AM I MISSING SOMETHING? >> LET ME CLARIFY IS THE QUESTION DO WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND THE COMMUNITY MEAT SOMETHING. >> NO, JUST PART OF OUR -- I THOUGHT YOU WERE RAISING YOUR HAND. PART OF OUR WE HAVE MECHANICS FROM OUR DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE. LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE. OUR DIFFERENT BOARD COMMITTEES WHICH ARE MADE UP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE REVIEW PROCESS. I AM -- I DON'T THINK YOUR PROCESS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT. CORRECT? >> I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT BUT ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE HAVE NINE BOARD MEMBERS. AND IN STATUTE IT REQUIRES THAT THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE. WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS LIVING IN ALL DIFFERENT COMMUNITY AS CROSS THE STATE. AND SO MOST OF THE TIME WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER THAT IS UNTIL THAT REGION OR IN THAT AREA. AND WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER, FOR INSTANCE, THAT LIVES IN CARBONDALE AND A SCHOOL IN CARBON DALE. SO IT'S A MATTER OF OUR BOARD IS CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITIES. BUT, NEW YORK IT'S DIFFERENT THAN YOUR PROCESS SOUNDS LIKE. >> AND THEN I THINK THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION, I THINK. I HAVE BEEN ALSO RACKING MY BRAIN TRYING TO THINK WHY? BECAUSE WE ARE NOT -- THIS -- WHAT WE ARE DECIDING TOP IT'S NOT ABOUT DECIDING ON PROVIDING CHOICE AND OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE DECIDING ON SHOULD THAT WHOLE OPPORTUNITY GO THROUGH OUR DISTRICT PROCESSOR SHOULD IT GO THROUGH CSI THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DECIDE. AND I REALLY ONLY HEARD TWO REASONS WHY. ONE BEING FEAR THAT THE BOARD BY DYE FAMILIAR I THINKS PLAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. SEWS THAT'S A FUTURE CONCERN. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I HEARD WAS EXPEDITING THE PROCESS AND I DON'T HAVE CLARITY TO WHAT THAT MEANS, DID WE HEAR THAT EARLIER? >> FOR ELIE, YEAH. >> JUST TO CLARIFY WE AS A BOARD AND MYSELF AS A PARENT AM NOT ASKING THE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL. I WANT TO GO TO CSI. THAT'S A CHOICE THAT THE BOARD AND ME AS A PARENT HAVE MADE BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I WANT MY AUTHORIZER TO BE. AND I THINK THAT WAS A BIG PART OF WHAT TERRY WAS SAYING IS THAT HE HAVE SCHOOL MAKES THE DECISION BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AND ULTIMATELY IT IS ABOUT CHOICE AT THE END OF THE DAY. BECAUSE I AM A PARENT ASKING FOR THE CHOICE TO BE AUTHORIZED THROUGH CSI. YES, ONE OF THOSE THE REALITY IS IS THAT I AM FEARFUL IF THE BOARD AND THE BOARD SWITCHES AND THE STAFF SWITCHES THAT MAYBE IT IS NOT A CHARTER-FRIENDLY CLASSICAL CHARTER FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT OR AN AUTHORIZER. WHAT IF I WANT A WAIVER THAT MAYBE THE CURRENT BOARD WOULD AGREE WITH, BUT IN A FUTURE WOULDN'T. BUT DO I THINK THAT THE STABILITY AND THE BIPARTISANSHIP AND THE NONPOLITICAL PIECE OF CSI IS REALLY APPEALING ESPECIALLY TO PARENTS. I AM ASKING YOU AS A PARENT TO HAVE THAT CHOICE. AND THEN THE PIECE ALSO I THINK THE SECOND QUESTION I AM NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED THAT PART. >> THE EXPEDITING THE PROCESS IS WHAT I WASN'T END SOMETHING. >> I THINK THE CONFUSION AND WHAT CAME FROM SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS EVERYBODY MAY OWN NEIGHBORS THAT I HAVE HAD TO CLAIRE FAY IT'S NOT I CAN PA DIETING THE PROCESS IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT LIME TIMELINE THAN YOUR DISTRICT PROCESS WHILE YOUR DISTRICT PROCESS HAS CERTAINLY WINDOWSES THIS IS O OUTSIDE OF FOR US IT'S JUST IN LINE WITH THE UP COMING AREA AND I DON'T OUR APPLICATION GOES FOR CSI IT'S NOT EXPEDITE ANYTHING IT'S ACTUALLY JUST IN LINE EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE THE APPLICANT ORIENTATION AND TO GET THE RELEASE. AND THEN THE BIGGEST THING FOR US IS WE NEED TO WORK ON LETTERS AND INTENT. BUT WE CAN'T WORK ON LETTER SAYS OF INTENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMBINE OF CART BEFORE THE HORSE SCENARIO WE CAN'T WORK ON LETTERS OF INTENT APPROXIMATE IT HAVE THE RELEASE AND THE BUY IN FIRST SO WE NEED ADEQUATE TIME TO GET THOSE LETTERS OF INTENT ON CSI. >> SINCE YOU ARE THERE, HAVE YOU HAD' OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OUR CHARTER LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT TO HEAR FROM THEM ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AS BEING PART OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILY AND I JUST AM CURIOUS IF YOU HAD' OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT? >> YEAH, I AM INCREDIBLY PLUGGED IN TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. AND I THINK YOU HAVE DONE GREAT JOBS. OR A GREAT JOB WITH A LOT OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. BUT I ALSO AM VERY AWARE OF WHERE SOME SCHOOLS HAVE NOT FELT THAT MAYBE WAIVERS HAVE BEEN APPROVED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR AND HE'S REALLY WHAT HAS LED ME TO LOOKING AT CSI. WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS I WANTED TO SEND MY KID TO ASCENT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE DISTRICT AND LATER NEED A RELEASE IF WAS IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR ME. WHAT I MODELED IS CSI IS THE FIRST ROUTE I WOULD LIKE TO GO FOR THE SCHOOL. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> I AM NOT SURE TO EACH -- WHO THIS GOES, BUT I JUST WANTED -- I KNOW ONE THING ABOUT EXPEDITING, AND I HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE. I THINK I HAVE HEARD IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN 18-MONTH BUILD PROCESS, COULD BE. LOOKS LIKE THAT'S QUITE EXPEDITED. >> IN TERMS OF BUILDING THE FACILITY? >> YEAH, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN IN 2026. >> I HAVE NO RECEIVED THE APPLICATION SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL THOSE DETAILS. >> I THINK THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD. >> CAN I. >> GO AHEAD. >> I THINK THAT ONCE AGAIN, I THINK EXPEDITED IN COMPARISON TO YOUR PROCESS BUT NOT IN COMPARISON TO A CSI PROCESS. WE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AND TERRY PLEASE CHIME IN BUT WE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TOO TOMORROW TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OUR BEFORE WE GET TO OUR YEAR ZERO AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO OPEN. I MEAN, THAT IS SHOOTING FOR THE MOON IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY HICCUPS THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY IS IT'S JUST THE CSI PROCESS TIMELINE NOT YOURS. >> OKAY. AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS. AS THE BOARD SECRETARY, I HAVE READ THROUGH EVERY EMAIL, WORD FOR WORD. SO I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS IN THOSE EMAILS. FOR ONE THING, AND I -- AND I DO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS FIRST ONE BUT MAYBE FOR CLARITY TO OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY IS THE INCREASED TRAFFIC STUDIES OF INCREASED -- THERE IS JUST TALK OF INCREASED STUDIES BECAUSE IT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL. BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SCHOOL I AM ASSUMING BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT BUSED, PAIGES TAKING CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY HOW THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF? >> YEAH, I THINK THERE IS ADEQUATE ROADS AND CHECKING ROADS IN STERLING RANCH NOW TO SERVICE THAT. WE FIRST NEED TO FIND WHAT PIECE OF LAND IT IS. TO AB ABLE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT LAND. BUT THAT WOULD BE IN OUR APPLICATION ARE INDICATION TO CSI. JUST LIKE IT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU ALL. BUT WITH YOU ARE WE FIRST NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND IT IS IN TERMS RANCH BUT WE WILL IDENTIFY THAT IN THE PROCESS. >> WELL, AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM BEING FAMILIAR WITH THIS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES DO STUDIES. >> CORRECT. >> SO I AM GOING ASK A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS WHICH ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ADDRESS AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY. ACCORDING TO THE JOHN ADAM SCHOOL. AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ANSWER THIS. EXTREME IDEOLOGY, POLITICAL AGENDA, YOU ARE ALIGNED WITH HATE GROUPS G4 KIDS, APPLE SHEPHERD. MOMS OF LIBERTY, MAGA TIES. YOU REFLECT AN ANTI PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE JOHN ADAMS IS WHAT I AM A ASSUMING. IF Y ADDRESS THAT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND A JOHN ADAMS CLASSICAL EDUCATION AND WHAT I READ TODAY AND LEARNED KNOWING WHAT A CLASSICAL EDUCATION IS I KNOW SOME OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE THAT. SO MAYBE YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT SO THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL AGENDA. AND I AM GOING TO LET YOU ADDRESS THOSE -- ARE WORDS THAT CAME DIRECTLY OUT OF EMAILS THAT I RECEIVED. >> YEAH. I THINK IRONICALLY WE ARE STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SCHOOL TO NOT BE A PLACE OF POLITICS AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE RELEASE. FOR CSI. I DON'T THINK I NEED TO GIVE YOU MY, YOU KNOW, WHO I VOTED FOR IN THE LAST ELECTION. AND I WON'T ASK ANY OF YOU THE SAME OATH EARLY. I THINK THAT'S ONCE AGAIN THE REASON THAT WE HAVE CHOICE. AND THE WAY THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, -- I CAN TAKE MY CHILDREN WHERE I WANT THEM TO GO. I THINK ULTIMATELY A CLASSICAL EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE RIGHT FOR PARENTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THAT TRADITIONAL AMERICAN LEARNING. IF THEY ARE LACKING FOR LEARN ABOUT THE FOUNDING FATHERS, YES, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PLACE FOR YOU. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT PHILOSOPHERS AND YOU WANT TO HAVE SCHOLARS AT THE END OF THE DAY WHO ARE GOING TO BE UP STILL AND HAVE GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD CLASSICAL LEARNING, WHICH IS REALLIES TAKING SCREENS AWAY AND TEACHING KIDS HOW TO LEARN AND NOT WHAT TO LEARN, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MY CHILD. THERE ARE MANY OTHER PARENTS IN STERLING RANCH THAT WANT THE SAM. AND THAT'S WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT CHOICE, I VOTED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. AND I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THE PARENTS THAT WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILD THERE. AND I AM JUST ASKING FOR THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO SEND MY CHILD TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU. I HOPE OUR COMMUNITY HEARS THAT AND I'LL PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT IT TOMORROW. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> THANK YOU. TWO QUESTIONS, ONE FOR YOU, MRSS SOME IDEA OF OTHER COMMUNITYS THAT HAVE JOHN ADAMS CLASSICAL SCHOOL SAID EITHER IN COLORADO OR, YOU KNOW IN, OUR GENERAL PROXIMITY TO COLORADO THAT WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH JUST TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT CURRICULUM STUFF? >> SO WE DID SET UP A WEBSITE THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT WHICH IS JOHN ADAMS DUG CO. YOU CAN LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM AND WHAT ABOUTS HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER JOHN ADAM SCHOOL THAT COMES FROM CALIFORNIA AND WE MET WITH THE TEEN WAS ON TONIGHT, HE WASN'T ALLOWED SOMEHOW ALLOWED TO BE IN ON THE MEETING. BUT HE WAS TRYING TO COME TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THAT SCHOOL AND HOW IT WAS FOUNDED THAT WEST WE ARE TAKING THE IDEAS THAT THEY ARE STARTED INITIALLY A K-60 AND THEN WENT TO A K-12 AND WE'LL HAVE A STAIR-STEP MODEL IN OUR APPROACH AS WELL SO WE CAN FOCUS ON GETTING LETTERS OF INTENT FOR THAT K-6. AND WE WILL HAVE GOOD MENTORS IN THEN IN JOHN ADAMS AND CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND KNOW HOW TO BE A FULLY FUNCTIONING K-12. SO WE WILL WORK WITH THEM. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THEIR SCHOOL INS IN CAL. >> IN COME TO FRUITION IT WOULD THE FIRST OF ITS KIND? COLORADO. >> CORRECT. >> MANSLAUGHTER LEWIS OF THE 45 SCHOOLS THAT YOU FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM OVERSEE CURRENTLY. HAVE HAD ANY THAT HAVE -- ANY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED UNHAPPINESS WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF CSI. HAVE ASKED YOU FOR DO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT OR SPECIAL RELATED TO THEIR SCHOOL THAT'S IN THEIR JURISDICTION BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THINGS WERE GOING. >> NOT AT ALL. >> POT TIFF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT AND END CAN YOU REMEMBER OUR SCHOOLS TO DO IT AND IF ANY DISTRICT HAD A CONCERN, WITH ANY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, WE HAVE OPEN TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT ALL TI TIMES. WE WANT TO MICK SURE THERE IS MUCH TRANSPARENCY BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE GEOGRAPHIC AND DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL NOT JUST CSI. THOSE THREE PARTIES. ONE THING. TODAY ADD QUICKLY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE I WAS THERE. WE OFTEN PITTED CHARTER SCHOOLS AGAINST THE DISTRICT SCHOOL. THAT ONE WAS BETTER THAN ANOTHER AND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NO BETTER THAN DISTRICT-RUN SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT-RUN SCHOOLS ARE NO BETTER THAN CHARLES CHARTER SCHOOLS THEY ARE JUST DIFFERENT. AND I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THAT TODAY ABOUT AUTHORIZING, WE ARE NOT HERE TO JUDGE AUTHORIZING IN A DISTRICT. IT'S AN OPTION AND PATHWAY FOR SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. BUT THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION, WE DON'T HAVE THAT FEELING AT ALL. ON AUTHORIZING FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION WITH OUR STAFF WITH THE CART PROCESS, SO IF CHARTER SCHOOL COMPLETES THE CART PROCESS, GOES THROUGH THE APPLICATION AND CART PROCESS AND GO THROUGH THAT. AND GET STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. COMES TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD DECIDES NOT TO AUTHORIZE THAT SCHOOL. CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WELL, WE DID THAT JUST LAST YEAR. WE HAD THREE SCHOOLS APPLY AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED ONE SCHOOL AND DID NOT APPROVE TWO SCHOOLS. SO IF THE SCHOOL DOESN'T GET APPROVED. THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THE OPTION TO GO WE'VE UP THEIR APPLICATION SO THAT THEY NEED WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE FIRST TIME AROUND. WHIP OUR CART PROCESS WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BEFORE THEY GET TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IF THEY TRULY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMPLE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LETTERS OF INTENTS OR THEY DON'T HAVE SOLID FACILITY PLAN OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. WE USUALLY WORK WITH THAT APPLICANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO KIND OF TACK ANOTHER YEAR TO BEEF UP THEIR APPLICATION AND COME BACK. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PATHS. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, DIRECTOR THOMPSON? >> I THINK THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT ON QUESTION TO ANSWER I'LL TRY IT AGAIN, THOUGH. CAN YOU THINK OF AN INSTANCE OR DO WE KNOW OF AN INSTANCE IT WAS STAM RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF A -- THROUGH THE CART PROCESS THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL. TO BE AUTHORIZED FOR THE DISTRICT BUT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SAID NO? >> NO. I CANNOT THINK OF A TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED BUT I AM NOT AWARE OF ALL THE TIMES SO ONLY THE FEW THAT I HAVE BEEN SUPERINTENDENT. BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT WHILE I WAS SUPERINTENDENT. >> I I KNOW I CAN ASK LEGAL QUESTION BUT I AM CURIOUS WHAT THE LEGAL HI SAYINGS WOULD BE FOR A VALID CAGE DID. >> BEING TURNED DOWN. >> YES. >> I CAN ANSWER THAT IN GENERAL TERMS I THINK COUNSEL KLAMESH WILL TRUST ME TO GET THIS ONE IN GENERAL TERMS. IN GENERAL TERMS IF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TURNS DOWN A CHARTER SCHOOL, THAT CHARTER SCHOOL HAS THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THAT DECISION TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO REMAPPED IT. PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. IF THE CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD -- IF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DENIES AGAIN THEN IT CAN BE REMANDED AGAIN TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR A -- FOR A DECISION. >> TWICE. >> SO THEY CAN BOW GAC TO THE DATE BOARD IF THE BOARD AGREES THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE APPROVED. OR AT LEAST GET REVIEWED AGAIN, THEY CAN SENT IT BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND AT THAT POINT THEY HAVE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT. >> CRÉME. YEAH. >> MY LAST QUESTION FOR STAFF IS IT YOUR PERCEPTION THAT THE TIMELINE THAT IT WOULD BEING QUICKER FOR CSI OR WITH US? >> I HAVE OUR TIMELINE IN FRONT OF ME FROM OUR WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE HAS THE DECISION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVING OUR DENYING THE APPLICATION HAPPENING ON ME MAY TO SEVENTH. YOU WENT THROUGH FAST I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME. >> IT IS ABOUT THE SAME MAO MAY OR JUNE. >> CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT? IS THE PROCESS AS THOUGH -- TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THOUGH, YOU COULDN'T CURRENTLY APPLY, CORRECT? >> TO MEET THE MAY DEADLINE? >> THE INTEND TO SIX MIT IS DUBAI JANUARY 15th. SO A CHARTER SCHOOL WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN AN ATTEMPT TO SUBMIT BY JANUARY 15th AND THEN THE APPLICATION WOULD BE DUE BETWEEN -- BY APRIL 1st, NO LATER THAN APRIL 1st. NO IT IS NOT AT ALL TOO LATE TO APPLY FOR THE SPRING IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE ASKING? I AM SORRY. >> NO, I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU COULD LIKE FOR THIS YEAR IT'S CLOSED. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY TO APPLY. >> SO YOU WOULD APPLY JANUARY -- YOU WOULD PUT IN YOUR INTENT JANUARY 15 OF 2025. SO IN LIKE FOUR WEEKS. AND START THAT APPLICATION PROCESS IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AND IT WOULD BE DUBAI APRIL1st. AND A DECISION WOULD BE MADE ME 27, 2025. WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE SAME AS DR. LEWIS LAID OUT SO PERHAPS I AM MISSING SOMETHING I APOLOGIZE. >> NOPE. I'LL JUST ---YEAR-OLD MY TIME. >> OKAY. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OURS OR DIFFERENT THAN THE DISTRICTS IS WE HAVE A SPRING THAT'S SIMILAR, SPRING CYCLE. WE HAVE A SUMMER CYCLE AND THEN WE WAVE TIMELINES FOR CYCLES FOR APPLICANTS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE TO HOLD AN APPLICANTS IN A BAD POSITION OR HOLD THEM HOSTAGE IF A SCHOOL DRAKE HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ABOUT A RELEASE, WE ARE FLEXIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE A ROLLING APPLICATION PROCESS. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO. >> I HAVE JUST QUESTIONS FOR ELIE. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. WHAT IS THE -- HOW MANY STUDENT ARE YOU HOPING TO SERVE? >> SO WE TALKED ABOUT A STAIR STEP APPROACH. SO AT FUMBLED OUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AROUND 700 AT K-12. BUT WE'LL INITIALLY HAVE AROUND 390 IS WHAT WE'LL SHOOT FOR. FOR THE K-6. >> AND THEN COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF YOUR FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS AND MANAGING K-12 EDUCATION? >> AS THE FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS WE ARE NOT MANAGING K-12. WE ARE JUST THE FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS, BRINGING THE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATIONS ALL. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WE'LL HELP CLERK THE LETTERS OF INTENTS AND I THINK IN THE LETTERS OF INTEND PROCESS WE ARE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. WHO LIVE IN STERLING RANCH AND WHO LIVE WITHIN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SO WE WILL HELP GET PARENTS INVOLVED AND KNOW ABOUT THE SCHOOL. >> OKAY. AND THEN HAVE YOU CONDUCTED ANY MEETINGS OR OUTREACH YET IN STERLING RANCH? JUST BASED OFF OF WHERE YOU ARE AT NOW. >> YES. SO WE HAVE -- ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE -- YOU HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS TONIGHT IN STERLING RANCH. THAT THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPLICATION. I THINK IT FAR OUT WEIGHED PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WANT THE APPLICATION. THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE WE HAD TO TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORS. LIKE I SAID IT'S A -- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO KIND OF THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE SCENARIO HE HAD TO TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND ASK THEM TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION FOR RELEASE. BUT IT'S ALSO COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THE RELEASE. DOUGH WE DON'T QUESTION HAVE THE DETAILS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEAT THAT GO WE DO PLAN TO HAVE. >> SO THE -- FOR EXAMPLE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED TODAY WHAT WAS THE MODE THAT THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION? >> I INDIVIDUALLY CALLED AND HAVE PUT MAY HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS PROJECT. >> ALL RIGHT. AND THEN -- JUST MAKING SURE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD LISTENS WHILE WE WERE PRESENTING. I ACTUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR STAFF I'LL LET YOU GO, SUSAN, I DON'T WANT TO HOG THE MAAKE. >> YEAH, I THINK ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT OF SUPPORT WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL. AND TO HAVE A CHOICE. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND US THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON. WE ARE VOTING ON WHETHER WE BELIEVE IT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO AUTHORIZE THE SCHOOL INTERNALLY. OR WHETHER WE WANT TO RELEASE THAT AND SO I JUST -- I FEEL LIKE THERE IS SOME CONFUSION. BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ADVOCATING FOR THE SCHOOL AND THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE SCHOOL IT'S ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHAT'S BEST. I JUST WANT TO REMIND US ABOUT A YEAR AGO, LATE NOVEMBER WE MET WITH ALL OF OUR CHARTER LEADERS, WE HAD A WONDERFUL ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AROUND HOW IS IT WORKING? WHAT'S WORKING WELL? WHAT COULD WE DO BETTER? I THINK MAYBE TIM WASN'T THERE, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE, WAS PART OF THAT I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT MAY NOTES BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS VERY RELEVANT TO THIS CONVERSATION AND BASICALLY WHAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED DECEMBER 7 THINGS THE PASS BIFF WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD. THEIR INCLUSION AND INTEGRATION IN THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO READILY AVAILABLE ACCESS TO SAY EIGHTH GRADE EXPO. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FAMILY. THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT. THE FLEXIBILITY AND FEEDBACK. THE QUALITY OF SERVICES. THEY REALLY LOVED IDENTIFYING WITH THE HIGH-ACHIEVING DISTRICT. WHICH BOOSTS THEIR REPUTATION ALIGNS WITH THE SHARED GOALS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. AND LASTLY, THE SUPPORT FOR CHARTER LEAD DISCUSSER THINK WE HEARD MR. MOSHER SAY THAT HE MEETS REGULARLY WITH THE CHARTER LEADERS AND SO LIKE IN MY MIND I AM SITTING HERE THINKING WHAT WILL BEST SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE REASONS WHY THAT'S BEING REQUESTED TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILY. AND YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I THINK WE PUT TO REST THE EXPEDITED PROCESS. THERE ISN'T AN EXPEDITED PROCESS, WE HAVE THE SAME TIMELINE ESSENTIALLY. THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH. SO I REALLY THINK THE ONLY AREA IS, YOU KNOW, FEAR THAT THE BOARD COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. THINGS MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT. AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS FROM OUR CHARTER LEADERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT. AS WE HAVE MET WITH THEM. AND WE TOOK THEIR FEEDBACK AND EVERYTHING. SO THIS IS MORE JUST A COMMENT, JUST TO REMIND US OF ALL OF THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN TRYING DO TO WORK EXTREMELY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A PERCEPTION THAT, YOU KNOW, BY MOVING IT OUTSIDE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO HARM TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THE -- THOSE TALKING POINTS OR OUT THERE AS WE ARE EVALUATING THIS AND THINKING THROUGH IT. >> AND I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS AT ALL ANYBODY SAYING THAT WE ARE HORRIBLE. THAT IS NOT THE MESSAGE I AM REACHING TONIGHT. I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OR CHARTERS THAT HAVE PUT FORT WAVES. THERE THAT THE THERE HAS BEEN AY CLEAR DIVIDE WHO IS OR IS NOT APPROVING THOSE WAVES F THIS BOARD WAS OF A DIFFERENT GROUP, THEN SOME OF THOSE MAY NOT HAVE PASSED AND I THINK THAT TAKES AWAY CHARTER AUTONOMY WHICH I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION, I DO HAVE A COUPLE AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE I COULD VOTE ON THIS. SO I AM NOT SURE -- I AM SORRY. YEAH. >> SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I HEAR WE ARE FEARFUL THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND THAT OUTWEIGHS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GO TO EIGHTH GRADE EXPO. OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS OUR HIGH SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND SPORTS. LIKE WE HAVE AN AMAZING DISTRICT WHERE WHEN A CHARTER IS PART OF THE FAMILY, THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I AM ADVOCATING FOR. I AM AH AHEAD VOLU AHEA AHEAD AS IN DOUGLAS COMPANY I SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH ABOUT A QUARTER ATTEND CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT'S WHERE I AM ADVOCATING AND LEANING AND I JUST WANT TAD THAT THE TABLE. >> DIRECTOR WILLIAMS CAN I RESPOND TO THAT. >> SURE. >> I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND I THINK WE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING I AM NOT SAYING THAT THIS BOARD I AM FEARFUL OF THIS BOARD NOR THE STAFF I THINK THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB THAT'S VERY EVIDENT BY TONIGHT. AND I AM NOT FEARFUL OF THE FUTURE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AUTHORIZER WHOSE SPECIALTY IS CHARTER SCHOOLS AND I HAVE SEEN WAIVERS COME TO DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT REPORT ALWAYS ACCEPTED AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO ONLY DEALS WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND ULTIMATELY THE SAME FEELING YOU HAVE ABOUT PROTECTING KIDS IN THE DISTRICT IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT CHOOSING THIS CHOICE FOR MY CHILD. AND THE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT WANT THIS CHOICE SO TO ME IT IS ABOUT CHOICE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> OWE. >> SO WE JUST PATS A BOND TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN STERLING RA RANCH. IF THIS IS GOING THROUGH OUR CART PROCESS AND I NEED TO HAVE MATE THOUGHT PROCESS CORRECTLY IF THIS IS GOING OUR OUR CART PROCESS AND DEMONSTRATED THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT THIS, THE NEED ALL OF THAT LINED UP. I WOULD THINK THAT THE BENEFIT OF THEM BEING THROUGH OUR CART PROCESS IS WE WOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE YOU NUMBERS AND ENROLLMENTS AND MAKE DECISION REGARDING THE STERLING RANCH SCHOOL THAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD. IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL SERVING 700 STUDENT, 390 OF THEM BEING K-FPBLGT-6 I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT OUR PLANS IN STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY TO BUILD A SCHOOL IF WE SENT THIS TO CSI WE HAVE LOST THAT COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE LOST AN ABILITY TO KNOW. IS THAT CORRECT? ARE THERE THINGS I NOT THINKING OF OR UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY? >> I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR DR. LEWIS IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF TRANSPARENCY THE DISTRICT COULD HAVE IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT. BECAUSE I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE DETERMINE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL BUDGETS AT A CERTAIN TIME AND THE VISIBILITY OF WHAT STUDENT ARE LEAVING SO WE KNOW HOW TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS BUDGET I JUST REALLY PILED ONTO YOUR QUESTION RATHER THAN ANSWERING IT. >> THAT'S OKAY. >> SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD REQUEST. HE WOULD HAVE AS MUCH TRANSPARENT AS AS YOU WANT FROM CSI STAFF TO DOUGLAS COUNTY THAT'S NOT A QUESTION. SOMETIMES THE SCHOOL WILL DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT AND ACTUALLY SHARE ACTUAL NAME AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WAS A SCHOOL -- CSI SCHOOL LEADER AND WE TOOK A LOT OF DENVER KIDS AND SO I SHARED OUR ENROLLMENT LI LI LISTS WITHR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE STUDENTS THAT WERE DOUBLE ENROLLED. IT WASN'T TO ANYONE'S BENEFIT. IT WASN'T TO MY BENEFIT AND IT WASN'T TO DPS'S BENEFIT ZONE A SCHOOL CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THAT LEVEL IF THEY SO CHOOSE BUT WE DO HAVE MOUs AND AGREEMENTS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SHARE ENROLLMENT INFORMATION FOR THOSE REASONS THAT YOU JUST CITED. THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU NEED TOPPED FOR YOUR OWN BEEN BUDGETING AND YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN TERMS OF CAPPING ENROLLMENT, CAN'T REALLY CAP END ROLE. BUT THE FACILITY CAN CAP END ROLE. THE FACILITY ITSELF MAY ONLY HOLD SO MANY STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A 20,000 STUDENT OR 20,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS IN THAT BUILDING. BUT CAPPING ENROLLMENT YOU WERE TALKING KIND OF ABOUT MACK BEING SURE THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH STUDENTS FOR PARTICULAR AREA. COULDN'T REALLY DO THAT OTHER THAN IF EVEN IF YOU APPROVE THE CHARTER. >> OKAY. DIRECTOR MOORE AND THEN CAN WE LOOK AT THE RESTLESS LUKE. >> I'LL SAVE MY COMMENT FOR AFTER WE LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION. >> OKAY. >> CAN I ASK TWO QUESTIONS. >> SURE. I WALKED INTO THIS THINKING WE HAVE A YES, NO QUESTION. WE AUTHORIZE, WE RELEASE OR WE DON'T. YOU SEEM TO BE TELLING ME THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME COMPROMISE THROUGH M.O. Us AS PART OF OUR RELEASE, AM A HEARING THAT CORRECTLY? >> YEAH, YOU CAN RELEASE AND THEN YOU CAN DEVELOP AN MONTH. OU, WHEN WE CONTINUE MONTEZUMA CORTEZ WE DID IT AT THE SAME TIME. WE HAD AN MOU. THAT WAS VERY CLEAR FROM WHAT THE DISTRICT EXPECTED FROM US. WE HAVE DONE IT WITH A.P. S AND OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL THIS IS WHAT THEY EXPECT AND AND SIGNED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND CSI AND WE ABIDE BY THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT A RELEASE SAY SEPARATE RESOLUTION THE MOU IS RAILROAD CLEAR ON WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE. >> SO WE COULD DRAFT IF WE HAD MORE TIME AN MOU THAT SAYS YOU WILL CONSULT WITH US -- CSI WILL CONSULT WITH US ON THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS CSI WILL PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION REGARDING WHICH STUDENT WE CAN MAKE END ROLE. PROJECTIONS? WE ARE BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL OUT THERE I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION TO HAVE. NOWHERE IN HERE IS YOU COME BACK TO TALK TO US. RIGHT? IF WE GRANT A BLANKET RELEASE, YOU GO OFF. RIGHT? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US. AND WITHOUT THIS MOU. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE SCHOOL COMMUNICATE WITH US, CORRECT? >> NO, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT. AND I WOULD SAY REALLY CLEARLY, THOUGH, THAT THE MOU WOULD BE COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY NOT APPROVAL. >> I UNDERSTAND. THE FINAL APPROVAL AUTHORITY LIES WITH CSI. BUT WE WOULD SAY IF YOU APPROVE THIS, THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE FEEL ARE APPROPRIATE TO HELP OUR DISTRICT. IN THE END IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT, OR WHAT YOU WANT OR WHAT I WANT, IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS, RIGHT? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. >> I. >> AS THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZING AUTHORITY OUR DOUBT IS A TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE KIDS, RIGHT? NOT THE FOUNDERS OR ANYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> I ASSUME THAT'S YOUR SAME GOAL? >> YES, IT IS. >> AS WELL. BUT IF I BELIEVE AS ONE VOTING MEMBER OF THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZING AUTHORITY, THAT WOULD THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITH AN MOU, THE THOREAU DESCRIBEDS US WITH MORE INFORMATION AND PERHAPS PROVIDES MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND JOHN ADAMS TO LIKE GO TO OUR CTE. OKAY? ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THIS, I DON'T KNOW ADAMS GOES OFF AND IS A SEPARATE AUTHORIZER. ALL OF THOSE KIDS LOOSE ACCESS TO OUR 40 MILLION-DOLLAR LEGACY CAMPUS. RIGHT? OKAY. >> SO I WANT TO CORRECT SOMETHING. >> WE HAVE A $40 MILLION LEG ARE YOU CTE PROGRAM THAT HAS ENROLLMENT WITH DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOLS, CORRECT? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH YOUR CHARTERS BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR CHARTERS ARE BY LAW ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITH DISTRICT SCHOOLS. >> I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. IF THEY WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL THAT'S ONE THING. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY EARLIER THIS SEEMED LIKE OUR STUDENTS COULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN VALUE CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. THAT'S NOT CORRECT. >> IF THEY WANT TO FRAY FOOTBALL. >> YES. >> WHAT AIM SAY SIGNIFICANT -- I AM SAY IS WE HAVE CREDITED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT THAT WE ALLOW CHARTER STUDENTS AND OTHERS TO ATTEND. IF THEY ARE AUTHORIZED THROUGH CSI, THAT OPPORTUNITY IS GONE. ABSENCE AN MOU, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? >> I AM GOING TO JUST -- I THINK THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE THAT KIND OF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS ONCE AGAIN I AM GOING TO GET BACK TO THE FACT THAT IT'S CHOICE. PHYSICAL A PARENT LIKE MYSELF WANTS TO ENROLL IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND? TERMS RANCH OR COYOTE CREEK BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY FEEDER SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY AND I WANT MY CHILD TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE THINGS AT LEGACY CAMPUS THEN I WHILE CHOOSE THAT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR CHILDREN AT THE END OF THE DAY THOSE CHILDREN HAVE PAPERS. AND THIS IS ABOUT PARENTAL CHOICE FOR THE CHILDREN. SO FOR ME, I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, AND IF I AM CONCERNED THAT MY CHILD OR OTHER -- AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT'S THE GREAT PART ABOUT CHOICE. >> LET ME JUST YANKEE YOU HAVE -- I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE FROM A CSI PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR SCHOOLS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP AND THEY DO WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICT FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS. AND THEY PURCHASE SERVICES THAT THEY DO, OUR SCHOOLS WORK CAN WITH LOCAL DISTRICTS ALL THE TIME TO ACCESS SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT DISTRICT CAN PROVIDE. THERE ARE MORE TYPICAL ONES THOUGHT PROBABLY THINK OF, FOOD SERVICE, TRANSPORTATION, ANOTHER SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT THEY HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THEY HAVE A PURCHASE SERVICE AGREEMENT. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. -- SORRY. DIRECTOR MEEK. >> JUST ONE OTHER THING I DO FEEL LIKE I NEED TO PUT ON THE TABLE THERE. ONE OF THE -- ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW IS GROWTH AND DECLINE IN OUR DISTRICT AND SO YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE M.O. U IDEA WHERE WE UNDERSTAND WHERE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM IF THEY CHOICE IN, YOU KNOW FORK ALLOW US TO PLAN AND OPERATE. I MEAN, PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW WITH HAVING TOO MANY SCHOOLS IN CERTAIN AREAS IS BECAUSE OF CHOICE. IT IS BECAUSE WE PUT MORE SCHOOLS THAN WE NEEDED ALL ON TOP OF' AREA. AND RIGHT NOW WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. IN STERLING RAP OF AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW PUTTING ANOTHER SCHOOL THERE. THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS HOW DO WE ACT RESPONSIBLY AS A BOARD KNOWING IT'S OUR JOB TO CARE ABOUT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE IMPACT. IT'S OUR JOB FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM I AM ASKING STAFF IS THERE AN M.O. U THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE WHERE WE WOULD GET CERTAIN DATA TO HELP US MITIGATE THE CHALLENGES INSTEAD OF EXACERBATING THE SAME A EXACT CHALLENGES THAT THIS WE ARE TRYING TO DOLE WITH RIGHT NOW. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO CAREER' A MOU AS DIRECTOR GEIGER STATED THAT WOULD HAVE WHATEVER THIS BOARD'S REQUIREMENTS ARE IN MATERIALS OF TRANSPARENCY OF ENROLLMENT, ET CETERA. I AM UNCLEAR ON THE TIMELINE. OFF WHAT THOUGHT ARE MIGHT LOOK LIKE GIVEN THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING TONYAN FITS POSSIBLE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT MAKING IT CON AT THIS POINT GENT ON AN MOU I AM NOT SURE HOW THAT USUALLY LOOKS WHEN CS HI GOES THROUGH THAT PROS S BUT PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU NEED FROM US. >> YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW, YOU ARE THE ONES RUNNING THE WHOLE GROWTH AND DECLINE PROCESS AND YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION FOR STAFF AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A TIMELINE BY WHICH THIS HAS TO BE DONE TONIGHT. I AM JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAKE RESPONSIBLE CHOICES FOR THIS 60,000 PLUS STUDENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT AND DO IT IN A WAY WHERE WE ARE HONORING CHOICE AND OPTIONS BUT WE ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR -- WHAT WHAT WE ARE TASKED TO DO. >> I APOLOGIZE I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION. YES, AT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION STAFF CAN CERTAINLY GO DRAFT SOME KIND OF M.O. U THAT WOULD GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF TRACKING STUDENT END ROLE THINK. I THINK THAT WOULD BE OUR -- THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST THING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE. I APPRECIATED THE SUGGESTION OF A TRAFFIC STUDY. AS WELL AS THAT SAYS USEFUL INFORMATION TOFFEE THINK ENROLLMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IN TERMS OF STAFF AND INFORMING OUR GROWTH AND DECLINE PROCESS. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION AND I APPRECIATE ALL THIS I AM HERE TAKING IT ALL IN FOR A BIT. THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS COMING TO MIND I SAW A LOT OF THIS IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND HEARING SOME OF IT FROM US AS WELL AND I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE FOR US TO THINK THIS THROUGH THIS WAY BEING BUT TO MACH A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE A CHARTER SCHOOL OR IN THIS CASE ALLOW A WAIVER SO THEY CAN APPLY TO THE OTHER EMPTY AT THIS THAT THE LAW ALLOWS THEM TO APPLY TO, IT -- I HAVE A SENSE THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE LEGAL FOR US OR LAWFUL FOR US TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON US WHICH G.LET'S SAY FOR INSTANCE A CHARTER SCHOOL WERE TO COME TO US AND THEY NEED ALL THE CRITERIA. THEY HAVE CHECK THEY SHOW PROPER AMOUNT OF DEMAND, RIGHT? IT WOULD -- IT FEELS LIKE IT WOULD BE HI PROP BY IT HURTS US IN SOME WAY SO WE ARE SAYING NO. IT FEELS LIKE THAT MIGHT NOT BE LAWFUL FOR US TO USE THAT AS A DETERMINING CRITERIA. >> I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE MOU. THE M.O. U WOULD BE TO GIVE US DATA SO WE CAN UTILIZE WHAT IN OUR PLANNING PROCESS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF AN MOU. >> THE OTHER THING THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN WE TAKE ABOUT GROWTH AND DECLINE THESE ARE NOT MUTUALLY INCLUSIVE ISSUES. THE CHALLENGE WE FACE IN ONE GEOGRAPHICAL PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTY IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO WHAT TODAY WHAT WE HAVE IN STERLING RANCH WHICH IS NOW THE FAST EFFORT GROWING PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. AT THIS POINT. I MEAN, I REMEMBER DURING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT FIVE ACTUAL. THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT STERLING RANCH REALLY HAS ENOUGH STUDENT ALREADY FOR MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL. YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT HIGHLANDS RANCH HAS ROUGHLY 100,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HIGHLANDS RANCH. MORE I BELIEVE. AND THEY HAVE 18 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. STERLING RANCH AT FUMBLED OUT WILL BE 33 OR AT THIS TIMER 33 . IF JOHN ADAMS ACADEMY GOES THROUGH THE PRACTICE VICE IS AND IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO BRING THROUGH TO TRUE SIX IT WOULD BE TWO. NOW, AGAIN THAT, DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THIS DISTRICT WOULD DO LATE OR DOWN THE ROAD. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE A COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS. THAT WOULD IN IN I WAY NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE A SCHOOL FULL OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKIDS IN STERLING RANCH IN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME. THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT. >> MR. BLARE CAN WE PULL UP THE RESOLUTION? IS THAT POSSIBLE. SO THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION. >> HYPOTHETICALLY, HYPOTHETICALLY IF THIS SCHOOL OPENS IN TERMS RANCH WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE PRESENTED TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD THAT IMPACT BE FOR US? STERLING RANCH? IF THE FINAL LINE FOLLOWS THE FALL OF 2026 SOME. >> WE SAW A GROWTH I HAVE TO PREPPING IT UP. SO FORGIVE ME. GIVE ME A MOMENT IF YOU WOULD. SO THAT I CAN QUOTE WHAT THE GROWTH WAS LAST YEARLY. SO HANG ON. >> OKAY, SO THE K-6 POPULATION IN STERLING RANCH FROM 23 TO 24 UP CREASED BY 122 KIDS. IF THAT GROWTH RATE CONTINUES, AT 122 KIDS A YEAR. THEN IF TERMS OF THE IMPACT, WE WOULD -- OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD PROBABLY OPEN WITH IN ADDITION HOPING BETWEEN 40600 STUDENT. SO THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH STUDENT IN STERLING RANCH AT THAT TIME THAT ARE PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN TERMS RANCH WHAT WE CANNOT PREDICT IS WE DO KNOW THAT 24% OF OUR STERLING RANCH STUDENTS DO ATTEND CHARTER SCHOOLS, JUST LIKE IS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE REST OF OUR DISTRICT. AND A NUMBER OF THOSE FAMILIES WOULD LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE END ROLLED IN COYOTE CREEK FOR THE SAKE OF CONTINUITY FOR THEIR FAMILY. I AM NOT -- BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO PREDICT. I WILL SAY IN THE LONG RUN. STERLING RAP OF BEING AT FUMBLED OUT. THERE CERTAINLY WILL NEED TO BE MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL IN STERLING RANCH IN THE LONG RUN. FOR THAT FUMBLED OUT. >> I AM TRYING TOO FIGURE OUT HOW OUR CURRENT TIME LIP SHIFTS WITH THIS TIME IN OPEN 2026 DO WE OPEN A SMALLER SCHOOL, DID WE DELAY BUILDING A SCHOOL IN STERLING RANCH? >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER WHAT WITHOUT KNOWING IF THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD. IN THE HYPOTHETICAL. IN THE SHORT RUN, WOULD WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OPTIONS LIKE THAT? PERHAPS, BUT IT DEPENDS IF THEY END ROLE 390 STUDENTS AND HALF OF NOT FROM STERLING RANCH THAT WOULD HAVE ONE IMPACT VERSUS 390 STUDENT THAT ARE INSIDE STERLING RANCH HE HAVE WE WOULD HAVE TO GAME WHAT WOULD WE DO A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THERE AND OPTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO MITIGATE ANY SNOW POTENTIALLY IMPACT MATE BEING OPENING WITH FEWER STUDENTS BUILDING A SMALLER SCHOOL OR PUSHING IT OUT A AREA ALL IS THOSE THING ARE POSSIBLE. THERE THOSE WAY TO TELL WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHERE THOSE STUDENT WOULD BE COMING FROM. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU GUIDE DON'T HAVE ANY INTENT TO ENROLL OR NOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER TO END ENROLLS, I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW IF THE FOUNDERS HAVE ANY ACCEPTS OF 390 STUDENT THAT LIVE IN STERLING RANCH. 390 STUDENTS FROM THAT ENTIRE REREGION THAT WOULD BE PEACES TT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO ANSWER. >> OKAY OF COURSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM IN STERLING RANCH SOLSTICE IS SERVED OUT THERE. LIKELY THOSE KIDS WILL FEED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AS WELL OR CHOOSE THIS OPTION. AND IN OUR PRESENTATION WE CAN TALKED ABOUT TARGETING NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY AS WELL AS SOUTH JEFFCO. I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION HERE THERE ARE THREE OF THE WHEREAS STATEMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MEYER YOU WERE THE THEREFORE. CAT GORY JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE AUTHORITY IF IT'S YOU WERE THE THEREOF VERSE BEING IN THE WHEREAS. THE THREE I WANT TO MOVE DOWN ARE FIFTH, SIXTH AND EIGHTH WHEREAS STATEMENTS. MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT THE LAY ARE LAND AND THAT THAT GOES UNDER THE THEREFORE. THAT WE WOULD HAVE AUTHORITY TO COME IN AND THEN THE SIXTH ONE, BEING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN STERLING RAP OF OR NORTH AND WEST OF THERE. THAT TALK ABOUT ALL THE THEME THAT CSI WILL GUARANTEE BEFORE APPROACHING THE SCHOOL. AUTHORIZE THE AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD MIKE. >> SO WHEN REVIEWING THE OTHER RESOLUTIONS, WHEN WE RELEASED CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE PAST, THEY USUALLY START WITH THE REASON OR THE LOGIC FOR THE -- FOR RELEASING THE AUTHORIZATION OF IT, SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE ALL WERE SENT INFORMATION ON THAT. LITTLE HISTORY LESSON I AM SURE I CAN PULL IT BACK UP IF I NEED TO. THERE WERE REASONS FOR IT. AND SO I AM TRYING TO THINK I THINK WE NEED A REASON IN THE OWES LUKE THAT SHAPES WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. AND I THINK ALSO IT WILL HELP CLARIFY THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME SPAIN PAGE ON MARTHA REASON IS, I FEEL VERY CLOUDY ON IT. >> THINK, DIRECTOR WYNEGAR. >> WOULD THE REASON BE WHEREAS THE JOHN ADAM CLASSICAL CHART HE SCHOOL WOULD PREFER TO BE A COLORADO CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE -- INSTITUTES ECA. BE UNDER THEIR -- JUST BE AUTHORIZED. WHAT IS OUR REASON? >> WELL, I KIND OF -- MY REASONING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYONE ELSE; BUT I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE VERY INTENTS ON BEING A CSI SCHOOL AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES TO MAKE THEM GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS JUST FOR THEM TO BE ASKED TO BE RELEASED AGAIN. WHEN THEY WANT TO BE A CSI SCHOOL. THAT'S MY I THINK IS COVERS THEIR REASONS. THEY WANT IT. THEY DON'T THINK DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT A GOOD FIT FOR THEM THEY THINK CS CIVIL A >> THIS IS GOING TO SET A PRECEDENT AND WHICH CAN ENCOURAGE OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS TO THAT COULD BE A FRAG THINK APPROACH TO OUR APPROACH. AND I AM NERVOUS FOR THAT SPECIFIC REASON. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> IT'S CLEAR TO ME AND I THINK WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME THOUGHT PROCESS IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ICED TO THIS TIME OF REQUEST. AND I GET THE SENSE MOST OF US DON'T LIKE THE REASON WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND I CONCUR WITH THAT TO SOME DEGREE, HOWEVER, TO THEIR I NIBBLE ARGUMENT FOR THEIR REASON EVERYBODY IN SOME OF THE EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT THIS TOPIC. THE POLITICAL POSITION. PERSON SENDING THE EMAIL DICTATED AND THEY WERE VERY CLEAR ABOUT HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THIS SCHOOL WHETHER IT'S APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED. AGAIN, TO DIRECTOR MEEK'S POINT, MANY OF THESE EMAILS WERE BASED ON HOW FELT ABOUT THE SCHOOL NOT THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE DECISION WE HAVE IT MAKE IF YOU READ THOUGHT LINE THEIR POLITICAL PER SITUATION A CERTAIN PART OF THEIR LUM WAS HEY LATE ED IN THEIR EMAIL. AND THAT TYPE OF CONCERN COULD PLAY OUT IN THE FUTURE IF THE BOARD DIDN'T SHARE THOSE POLITICAL IDEOLOGISTS, I DON'T SEE THIS AS A POLITICAL ISSUE. A THINA THINK -- I ON HIM NOT SI LOVE THE REASON BUT I UNDERSTAND IT. THE STATUTE ALLOWS FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL TO BECOME A CHARTER SCHOOL TWO WAYS. ONE IS THROUGH US, THE ST STATUE IS VAGUE ON WHETHER A RATIONALE OR REASON IS REQUIRED HOW HAVE IT DOES ALLOW IT I HAVE TO ASSUME THE LEGISLATURE WHEN THEY MOTORCYCLE THE STAFF DOUBT IT DID IT TO OPEN AND CONDUCT EDUCATION BUSINESS. IT DIDN'T STATE THAT THEY HAD TO PROVIDE A REASON THAT IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT GRANTED THE RELEASE HAD TO LIKE THE DESCENSION I THINK THE LEGAL SLAY LEGISLATURE INTENDED FOR MORE THAN ONE WAY TO DO THIS YOU FELT LIKE IT'S A PROBLEM FOR US TO JUST SAY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO A PROVE BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THE REASON. SO FOR ME I HAVE ALREADY STATED HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT. IF WE ARE GOING TO SAY NEW YORK WE HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG SUBSTANTIVE BASIS FOR IT A VERY OBJECTIVE BASIS. NOT SUBJECTIVE. THE REALITY IS, IF THIS SCHOOL BETS BUILT AND PLACED IN STERLING RANCH. I DON'T SEE A DOWNSIDE TO THE CHOICE OR THE CAPACITY THAT IT RPROVIDES OUR OWN PRACTICE JOKES FOR ROXBURGH SHOW THAT IN FIVE YEARS THE ROCK BORROW ELEMENTARY, THE TWO SCHOOLS THERE THE I WANT MEDIATE AND THE PRIMARY WILL BE OVERCAPACITY. SEWS THERE IS THAT WOULD TO CONSIDER. MORE LOGISTICS TO CONSIDERING THAN JUST HOW IT PAY IMPACT THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IN TERMS RANCH AND I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT IT MAKE A DECISION THAT IMPACTS OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE TRYING GET BUILT FOR VERY GOOD REASONS. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE BASED ON THE RIGHT REASONS NOT BASE ON THE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS. >> DIRECTOR WYNEGAR. >> AM I OKAY IT MAKE A MOTION THEN OR DO WE STILL WANT TO DO -- >> YEP. >> DO YOU WANT WANT TO ADD YOUR AMOUNT. >> THOSE THREE -- I WOULD LIKE I SAID FIVE, SIX, AND EIGHT, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY ADDITIONS THAT I WOULD HAVE MOVING. >> LIKE I PERSONALLY DO NOT FEEL PREPARED ENOUGH TO EVEN TAKE A VOTE. I AM STILL SO MANY OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AND POINT OF CHARITY THAT I NEED. THAT I WOULD AT LEAST THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IN THE RESOLUTION. AT LEAST ONE SIDED ROPE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN COME TO KIND OF LIKE AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT OUR REASON WOULD BE TO RELEASE. WHICH I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WITHOUT MORE RESEARCH, MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROCESS. I FEEL FEEL BETTER I KNEW THAT YOU MET WITH OUR STAFF TO LEARN ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND MET WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT. I MEAN, WE WE WOULD A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WE RELEASED TO CSI BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT OF POLICY AND THE BOARD DID RELEASE THEM TO CSI WHEN THAT CAME UP ON. I KNOW I WOULD PREFER YOU GUYS APPLY THROUGH US. AND FOR REASONS AND QUESTIONS I STATED EARLIER. BUT ALSO JUST US DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE. BUT AS COMPLETE AS WE CAN MAKE IT. I THINK IS HELPFUL. >> I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS ADDITIONS BUT IF YOU WANT TO ADD WHEREAS JOHN ADAM ACADEMY WOULD LIKE TO APPLY THROUGH THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE TO HAVE STABILITY UNTIL THEIR ENDEAVORS I AM FINE WITH THAT. BUT I DON'T -- I DON'T -- >> CAN I WEIGH IN ON THAT? >> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PART THAT SAYS WHEREAS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN YOUR AMENDMENT TO CHANGE TO THEREFORE. WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT CSI. I DO THINK IT WOULD BE DUPLICATE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE LETTING YOU KNOW OUR PROCESS AND THEN EXACTLY WHAT WILL BE EXAMINED BY CSI IN THAT PROCESS. >> THIS WAS JUST MORE ABOUT YOUR REASONING OF WANTING TO GO TO CSI NOT ABOUT THE CSI PROCESS. IF WE -- IF -- IF WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING THAT SAYS THAT THEY ARE CHOOSING TO DO THAT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A -- I THINK YOU SAID STABLE -- FROM YOUR VIEW, I AM FINE TO ADD THAT. BUT -- DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> TO BE CLEAR IT SEALS LIBEL WE DO NOT -- LIKE THE MAJORITY IS REJECTING THE IDEA OF AN M.O. U THAT PROVIDES US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED IT PLAN S THAT WHERE WE ARE AT? WE ARE JUST ACCEPTING THIS RESOLUTION, NOT GOING TO DELAY IN NOT GETTING AN MONTH. OU. NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WE JUST GOING ONE DAY WAKE UP AND SEE HOW MANY OF OUR KIDS IS GONE IS THAT WHERE WE ARE AT? >> I PERSONALLY THINK IF THEY CAN OPEN WITH THIS NUMBER OF STUDENT AND THERE ARE THIS MANY PARENT THAT DO INTENT TO ENROLLS, I THINK THEY CAN BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. >> IN NO WAY -- THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS AND APPARENTLY I AM NOT VICE XPRESS MYSELF WELL, OBJECTION? >> WE WILL NOT KNOW -- ONCE YOU FOUR VOTE TO DO THIS THEY WILL BE GONE FOREVER, THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BEING REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE WITH US AGAIN. IT'S THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SCHOOLS THEY COME FROM. WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS THEY COME FROM. HOW MANY ARE JEFFCO, HOW MANY OUR DOUGLAS THAT BECOMES A BLACK HOLE AND THERE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY THAT CSI ABSENT AN MOU WILL NOT PROVIDE US WITH THAT INFORMATION AND THAT THE SCHOOL HAVE NO INTEREST IN COOPERATING WITH US ON THIS. WE COULD DELAY IT AND SO WE CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND PLAN AROUND AND SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THE KIDS COME FROM SO WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN PLANS THAT'S HOW I PREFER TO MAKE THIS PROCESS, BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT THERE IS A MAJORITY HERE THAT SAYS WE WOULD PREFER TO BE IN THE DARK. I'VE GOT TO SAY I OBJECT TO THAT PROCESS. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> SO ON FACE VALUE, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER THAT HAVING AN MOU THAT SUPPLEMENTS THIS AGREE TO TRANSPARENCY AND INFORMATION SHARING IS NOT A BAD THING. WOULD IT IF WE WERE TO -- IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD CONNECT WITH THIS IN SOME FORM. I ASSUME. IF WE WERE TO PASS THE AMENDED RESOLUTION AS WE ARE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH LANGUAGE ABOUT A SUBSEQUENT M OFF. U THAT WOULD COME WITH THAT. WOULD IT DELAY ANY OF THE PARTS OF THE PROCESS? >> ABSOLUTELY -- >> WOULD CSI REQUIRE THAT MOU TO BE -- OR THAT MOU RESOLUTION IN ORDER FOR YOU TO MOVE FORWARD IN I DON'T PROCESS? IT'S REALLY FOR DR. LOUIS. >> WE DON'T REQUIRE THE MOU TO COME FIRST. >> OKAY. >> AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I TAKE SOME EXCEPTION TO THE FACT THAT WE WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE UNLESS WE HAD AN MOU. BECAUSE WE WOULD COMMUNICATE AND WHATEVER EXPECTATIONS THE DISTRICT HAS, WE DO COMMUNICATE AND WANT THAT TRANSPARENCY. I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH CSI AND THE LOCAL DISTRICT. SO AN MO SUCH HELPFUL THAT & WE CAN DO THAT AFTER THE RELEASE. BUT IT IS OUR EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WILL SHARE INFORMATION. >> OKAY. >> SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS YOU WOULD TELL US WHERE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM AS PART OF THIS PRAPROCESS? >> BY LAW WE CAN'T GAVE NAMES OF STUDENT UNLESS THE SCHOOL CHOOSES TO SHARE THAT. BUT THE SCHOOL CAN SHARE KIND OF IN TERMS OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. WE CAN'T GIVE ADDRESSES AND NAMES AND THEMES LIKE THAT. IF THAT'S H HELPFUL IT IS HELP FORM MOST DISTRICTS TO UNDERSTAND THE ENROLLMENT OF THE CSI SCHOOL. THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW WELL THEY ARE PERFORMING OF THE CSI SCHOOL AS WELL. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE. >> I AM WONDERING WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE US INFORMATION THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL HAS THIS MANY STUDENTS SIGNED UP THAT CURRENTLY GO TO SCHOOL "X." THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, 10 KIDS ARE COMING FROM COYOTE CREEK AND FIVE KIDS ARE COMING FROM BEN FRANKLIN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE IS THAT LEVEL ALLOWED OR IS THAT TOO CLOSE TO IDENTIFIABLE STUDENT INFORMATION? >> YEAH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. IN DEALING WITH THIS FOR 30 YEARS NOW IN CHART EARLY SCHOOLS THIS IS A COMMON QUESTION THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ASKED. HAD YOU TAKING 20 FIFTH GRADE HE HAD ARE TWO KIDS FROM FIRST THROUGH FIFTH. YOU KNOW, SO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT. BUT IT IS OKAY TO DO AND YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO LIKE A ZONE OR GEO GRAPHIC AREA. WHERE YOU CAN SEE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM. IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I DON'T THINK A SCHOOL WOULD TO BE THAT BUT ANYTHING THAT WOULD IDENTIFY THE STUDENT WOULD BE OF CONCERN. >> I WOULD ALSO SAY DIRECTOR GEIGER, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS A DARK HOLE AND THAT WE WOULD DISAPPEAR AFTER TODAY THAT'S NOT THE CASE I LIVE IN THIS COUNTY I AM COMMITTED TO IT. AND I THINK YOU WOULD OFTEN HEAR OF US TALKING ABOUT HOW WE COULD CREATE A PARTNERSHIP JUST BECAUSE I AM ASKING FOR A CSI RELEASE DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T WANT A RELATIONSHIP TO THE DISTRICT I JUST WO DON'T WANT IO BE THE AUTHORIZER. >> SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HAVE AN MOU THAT HAS TRANSPARENCY IN ENROLLMENT? >> I THINK I WOULD FIRST ASK FOR THIS RELEASE AND THEN I WOULD BE WILLING TO COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND LOOK AT WHAT THE MOU WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN I WOULD HAVE TO TALK WITH TEAR ON SPECIFICS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE. JUST BECAUSE OF THAT CLARITY THAT I WOULD NEED FOR HER TO RELAY. >> CAN I ALSO ADD THAT THE MO Us THAT WE ARE ARE BETWEEN CSI AND THE DISTRICT NOT THE SCHOOL. AND SO WHAT IS LEGALLY ALLOWABLE WE WILL AGREE TO. BUT WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT. BUT THE MOU IS BETWEEN CSI AND THE SCHOOL DRIBBLE. NOT THE SCHOOL. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> WE BROUGHT UP A FEW CONCERNS AND I DO APPRECIATE THE ATTEMPTS TO FIND WAYS TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THE OTHER AREA THAT I AM STRUGGLING WITH IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAVE RELEASED AUTHORIZATION, IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS AND RIGHT NOW THIS IS LIKE A CONCEPT OF A SCHOOL. THIS IS AN IDEA THAT WE ARE RELEASING. I FEEL LIKE EVEN WHEN WE ARE PRESENTED WITH TONIGHT COULD CHANGE TOMORROW AND I THAT'S JUST ANOTHER AREA WHERE I AM JUST LIKE I JUST FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. IT'S NOT AN ESTABLISHED -- THERE IS NOTHING ELSE BESIDES THAT POWER POINT TONIGHT THAT TELL IS US ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. AND IT'S -- IT IS VAGUE. AND SO WE ARE RELEASE THIS IS VAGUE CONCEPT TO ANOTHER AUTHORIZER. AND I JUST -- THE WHOLE THING FEELS KIND OF WEIRD AND STRANGE TO ME. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE EVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT RELEASE CONCEPTS OF AN IDEA OUT. >> DIRECTOR WYNEGAR. >> I MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO ALLOW J.A. TO SUBMIT TO CSI. AS AN AS SUBMITTED BY PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. >> MOTION BY WYNEGAR. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> SECOND BY MYERS. GEIGER. >> NO. >> MEEK. >> YOU KNOW, MY VOTE IS ALWAYS BASED ON WHAT I BELIEVE IS BEST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND AT THIS POINT MY VOTE WOULD BE NO. >> MOORE? >> I AM YES. >> MYERS. >> YES. >> THOMPSON. >> PREEMPTIVELY RELEASE THIS IS CHARTER UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY I WAS ESTABLISHED AUTHORIZATION PROCESS WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR INSURING DUE DILIGENCE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALIGNMENT WITH LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES. IT DISMISSES THE FACT AND REMOVED THE VOICE OF 60 PARISIAN OF OUR VOTERS WHO SUPPORTED FUND TO GO BUILD A PUBLIC STOOL IN STERLING RANCH IT BYPASSES THE DISTRICT'S OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN A CONSTRUCTIVE REVIEW, COLLABORATE WITH THIS CHARTER AND VALUE INDICATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. IF WE DID DENY THIS RELEASE IS IT ALLOWS TO US FULL IF YOU ARE OUR OBLIGATION TO STUDENT, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY INSURING ANY I ANYBODY TIFFS IN A THOUGHTFUL AND WELL COORDINATED WAY. SO NO. >> I AM AN AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSES 4-3. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, ALL. MOVING TO ITEM 29. THE SCHOOL YEAR 24-25 PROPOSED MILL LEVEE CERTIFICATION. >> GOOD EVENING. I HOPE TO MAKE THIS QUICK FOR YOU ALL. SO HERE TONIGHT TOLL BRING BEFORE YOU THE MILL LEVEE CERTIFICATION WHAT THIS IS IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR. IS ANNUAL PROCESS HE HAVE DECEMBER BY LAW YOU ARE ASKED AS A BOARD TO CERTIFICATE THE MILL WHICH IS THE PROPERTY TAX RATES. THAT WILL BE ASSESSED AND ARE THEN CERTIFIED TO BE COLLECTED IN THE FOLLOWING CAT DER YEAR. SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BECAUSE WITHOUT DOING THIS TONIGHT, WE ARE UP ABLE TO COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES. SO I AM GOING TO FIRST HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHOOL TAX LEVEES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. WALK THROUGH THE BASIC CAN CHASE FOR OUR GENERAL FUNDS AND OUR BOND REDEMPTION. SHOW YOU THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP THE ACTION REQUESTED WHICH IS FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT THAT CERTIFICATION BY APPROACHING THE RESTLESS LAWS TONIGHT. SO WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHOOL TAX BILLS HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE LARGEST ONE IS THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT. THIS IS THE LOCAL SHARE OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM FORMALLY GETTING TO OUR PER PUPIL REVENUE, THIS IS A FIXED CONTACT RATE OR MIXED MILL. MEANING THE AMOUNT THAT WE LEVEE IS SET TO THE RATE ANNUALLY. AND THAT DOLLAR VALUE WILL CHANGE ANNUALLY. UNTIL RATE OF 27 MILLS IS SET BY THE STATE WE DON'T CONTROL THAT RATE LOCALLY. THE NEXT CATEGORY WE HAVE ARE OVERRIDES. DIDDOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRIT HAS SIX SEPARATE OVERRIDES ADDING UP TO 139.7 MILLION. WITH THAT MOST RECENTLY ONE BEING THE 2023 MILL LEVEE OVERRIDE THAT OUR VOTERS PASSED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO FOR $66 MILLION. SO THOSE DID NOT IS UP SET AS IN THEIR BALLOT LANGUAGE THEY WOULD EXIST IN PERPETUITY UNLESS THE VOTERS AT THE BALLOT SAID TO REVOKE THOSE AND SO EVERY YEAR WE CERTIFICATE THOSE SAME AMOUNT TO CONTINUE. THEY HAVE ALL FIXED DOLLAR MILLS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY YEAR THERE IS NO INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT. NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. WE COLLECT THE SAME DOLLAR VALUE AND THE TAX RATE WILL CHANGE DEPENDING UPON THE SPECIFIC YEAR. THE NEXT TYPE OF SCHOOL TAX BILL IS BONDS REDEMPTION, THIS IS HOW WE PAY OFF THE BONDS ON THE GENERALLY ALLEGATION BONDS THAT ARE APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS. SO AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE HAVE JUST PASSED 5A FOR $490 MILLION. WE WILL BE PRICING $270 MILLION TOMORROW MORNING. 7:30 A.M. UP IN DENVER. AND THAT BOND REDEMPTION IS TO PAY OFF THAT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF BONDS THAT ARE SOLD. AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS A ABATEMENT ALLOWED BY STATUTE FOR THE DISTRICT'S PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF PRODUCT TAX AS BAITED AND REFUND BAD I COUNTY GIVING TO US AS A DOLLAR AMOUNT BY THE COUNTY WE DON'T REALLY DO ANY CALCULATIONS ON THIS OTHER THAN JUST PASS THROUGH WHAT THE ASSESSOR TELLS US TO DO. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE CALCULATION. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A FIXED MILKER SO A FIXED PROPERTY TAX RATE, YOU TAKE THAT RATE MU MULTIPLY T BY OUR ASSESSED VA VALUATION, TE ASSESSED NOT THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. DIVIDE IT BY A THOUSAND THAT GETS YOU THE PROPERTY TACK SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE 27 MILLS TO COLLECT 285 MILLION IN SCHOOL FINANCE ACT PRODUCT TAX FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S THE LOCAL SHARE OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM FORMULA. AND THEN YOU JUST DO THE REVERSE MATH FOR OUR MILL LEVEE OVERRIDES. WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE WANT TO COLLECT SO YOU TAKE THAT AMOUNT REQUIRED, DIVIDE IT BY THAT ASSESSED VALUATION. WHICH IS ABOUT $10.5 BILLION. AND MULTIPLY THAT BY A THOUSAND, IF WE USE THE 2023 OVER RIDE AS AN EXAMPLE. WE TAKE THE $66 MILLION, DIVIDE IT BY 10-POINT ALMOST 6 BILLION MULTIPLY IT BY A THOUSAND AND THAT'S THAT GETS A TAX RAID OR MILF 6.241 FOR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION IN YEAR 2025. BOND REDEMPTION IS A TYPE OF FIXED DOLLAR MILL LEVEE. BECAUSE WE CERTIFY AMLY BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THAT COMES DUE IN THAT NEXT YEAR, SO WE HAVE A BEST PRACTICE THERE IS ACTUALLY POLICY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON DEBT. TO MAINTAIN 12 MONTHS OF OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR THE UPCOMING CALENDAR YEAR IN RESERVE. SO WE WANT TO INSURE THAT IN ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME. THERE IS THAT SUFFICIENT RESERVE TO COVER THE UPCOMING YEARS' PRECIPITATION APPROXIMATELY AND INTEREST PAYMENTS IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL AT THE END OF A FISCAL YEAR, JUNE 30th, YOU WOULD SEE A LARGE BALANCE BECAUSE THIS IS SET BY CALENDAR YEAR. AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS IS COMMIT TO WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE VOTERS, WHEN FIVE ACTUAL WAS PASSED. ABOUT NOT RAISING THE TAX RATE FOR THE BOND REDEMPTION MILL. AND SO WE'LL BE HOLDING THAT FLAT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THE 5.204 MILLS WHICH IS THE TAX RATE WE HAD ASSESSED IN 2023 FOR COLLECTION 2024. AND THAT WILL COVER OUR OUTSTANDING PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST PLUS ANY ADDITIONAL PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST OFF THE SALE OF FIVE ACTUAL. SO THIS IS WHAT I AM BRINGING FORWARD CONGRATULATIONS AS THOSE RECOMMENDED LEVEES FOR YOU TO CERTIFICATE THIS EVENING. SO I'LL JUST PUT A COMPARISON FOR THREE YEARS FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THAT HISTORY. THAT TOP LINE IS THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT WE TECHNICALLY HISTORICALLY HAD A CREDIT THAT I AM NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT WAS SET BY THE STATE. SO IT'S REALLY THE TOP LINE MINUS THE SECOND LINE WHICH IS ON. GETS YOU THAT NET MILL LEVEE AMOUNT THAT IS THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT MILL. OUR TOTAL OVERRIDE YOU'LL SEE OUR DECLINING .275 MILLS FROM THE MEYER YEAR THAT'S BECAUSE AS OUR POPULATION GREECE WITHIN DUG LANDS COUNTY THE COUNTY ITSELF AND THERE IS NOW CONSTRUCTION, WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN BEING ABLE TO LOWER THE TAX RATE. BECAUSE THAT INCREASES THE OVER ALL PROPERTY EVEN IF YOUR INDIVIDUAL HOMES NORTH BEING RESATURDAY WE COUNT NEW CONSTRUCTION EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE HAVE AT BASEMENT. THE AMOUNT SET OVER A YEAR AGO. THE TOTAL TAX RATE THAT WE ARE RECOMMEND THAT GO YOU PASS IS DECREASE BUYING APPROXIMATELY .4 MILLS. AND SO THE ACTION REQUESTED TONIGHT IS THAT YOU CERTIFICATE THE RESOLUTION AT THAT POINT I'LL THEN SEND OFF THE LETTER THAT IS ACCOMPANYING YOUR PACKET TO DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES AND I'LL SUBMIT ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND ACTUALLY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THIS YEAR AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS OTHER ON THAT? >> THE DEPARTMENT P LABOR? >> NO, LOCAL, SORRY I AM TIRED IT'S LATE. DOLE A. I GUESS THAT'S A DIFFERENT ACRONYM. >> OKAY. >> YES, THERE ARE NEW REQUIREMENTS I JUST DON'T HAVE DO CDE FORMS THIS YEAR. >> BEING ON. I WAS TRYING FIGURE OUT. >> DEPARTMENT OF LOLLA FAIRS. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING CLEAR ON THIS. >> THE RECOMMEND SEDATION THAT REAPPROVE THE MILL LEVY. DO I'VE MOTION CONCERNING. >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY WINEGAR. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, ARIZONA AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. ONTO ITEM 30 WEIGHTED HONORS RECOMMENDATION FOR A 20-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 20-MINUTE Q&A SUPERINTENDENT KANE. I JUST WANT TO SINCE SUPERINTENDENT DANNY WINDSOR IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS -- TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS STAFF POLICY, THIS IS A SUPERINTENDENT FILE POLICY. BUT WE WANTED TO BE SURE TO FOLLOW-UP WITH THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THIS RECOMMENDATION CAME FORWARD FROM OUR STUDENTS. I WOULD LIBEL TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR STAYING SO INCREDIBLY LATE WHEN YOU ALL HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE. >> DR. PAIGE WE LOVE YOUR GLASSES. >> YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THOSE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT'S WHAT HE WEARS ON A DAILY BASIS, SO GOOD EVERYTHING. BOARD OF DIRECTORS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU TONIGHT. I WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE SOME AMAZING COLLEAGUES THAT I HAVE NEXT TO ME HERE. AND SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE DR. CHRIS PAIGE, HIGHLAND RANCH HIGH SCHOOL PRECIPITATION PAL. DR. GINA PEOPLE TEMPLETON PANS PAL OF CASTLE VIEW COULD I ISLE SCHOOL AARON McDONALD, EFFECTIVE DIRECTOR. AND DAN McMINIMEE WHO HAS THE LONGEST TITLE IN THE DISTRICT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS FOR PATH RAY WAYS CHOICE AND ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING AND A HUGE THANK YOU FOR MATT REP END OUR LEARNING SERVICES AUTHOR IN THIS PROCESS, THAT'S SPECIAL DAY TODAY. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A LONG NIGHT BY WILL TELL YOU THIS IS A HUGE CELEBRATION ABOUT OUR KIDS. AND REALLY THIS TONIGHT IS ABOUT PROVIDE'S BE DATE TO WHAT SUPERINTENDENT CAIN SAID AN UPDATE TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT FILE FOR POLICY IKF. -R-4 AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY ABOUT I AM TALKING ABOUT WEIGHTED RATES AND THE EXCITING PART OF THIS NIGHT IS I'LL START REALLY BRIEFLY AND SAY THIS JOURNEY STARTED FOR ME 18 YEARS AGO WHEN I JOIN THIRD DEGREE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMING FROM CHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAVE DONE WEIGHTED GRADES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH NUMEROUS STUDENTS AND ALWAYS WOULDN'T HEARD I CAME TO DOUGLAS COUNTY WHY DIDN'T WE WEIGHT GRADES FOR KIDS IN ON HONORS AND WHAT WAS THAT IMPACT ON THE STUDENT AROUND COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AS WELL AS SCHOLARSHIP AND DID THIS PUT OUR STUDENTS AT A DISADVANTAGE WHAT THEY WERE A PAYING TO GO TO COLLEGE. WHICH WE HAVE AT LEAST 80% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE APPLYING TO GO TO TWO OR FORE YEAR COLLEGES WE GROUNDED THIS CONVERSATION IN REALLY ABOUT STUDENTS. AND DOES THEM -- GIVE THEM THAT SAME LEVEL OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. WHEN THEY ARE APPLYING AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET STALL OR SHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS, WE KNOW CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN IN THIS DISTRICT UP AND WITH THE THINGS IS WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FRIEND ABOUT THIS WORK. AND VERY JUST OP MOST CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A LOT PERSECUTIVE TO THEM I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. DAN INCOME MINUTE ME TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE AGAIN GAME. THIS HAS GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS IN THIS DISTRICT. BUT OUR STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP CAME TO US LAST YEAR TALKING ABOUT THE HONORS GRADES WHICH THEN BECAME RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED AND EN CAGE GAME THIRD DEGREE WORK BUT WANTED TO BRING UP DAN TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU BOARD OF ED APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERSATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 17 YEARS. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. BUT WE WANTED TO START WITH WHAT BROUGHT US HERE TONIGHT AND THAT IS THE BACKGROUND WAS THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP CAME CONGRATULATIONS LAST YEAR AND THEY ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS THEY WANTED US TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT WEIGHTING HONORS COURSES. THEY RECOMMENDED A 4.5 SCALE. AND THEN THEY SHARED THAT THEIR HOPE WAS THIS WOULD END CURLING STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE RIGOROUS COUCOURSES IN THEIR JOURNEY IN R SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE BEGAN THE CONVERSATION LAST SPRING WITH HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS JUST PRELIMINARILY ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE KIND OF SAT ON THIS. THIS IS COME BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL PRINTS PALS AGAIN MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE. IT IS ALWAYS BEEN SHOT DOWN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PRECIPITATION PAL LEVEL, PRIMARILY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, FIRST OF ALL THERE WAS NO INSURANCE THAT THE COURSES THAT WE WERE OFFERING FOR HONORS WERE SIMILAR ACROSS FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. AND SECONDLY, THEY WANTED TO INSURE THAT THE RIGOR OF THOSE COURSES WAS MORE THAN THE REGULAR COURSE. SO WE ENGAGE IN A PROCESS HOW DO CCOULD WE GET THERE TO IS INSURE THOSE THINGS WERE HAPPENING. IN SEPTEMBER WE HAD AN ALTERNATIVE LEVEL MEETING LOOKING HAT AT THE CURRENT POLICY. LOOKING A AT A DRAFT POLICY INCLUDING THE DISCUSSION OF HONORS IN 44.5 AND A COURSE UNIVERSE WHAT WOULD BE THE COURSES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT IF WE DON'T WENT DOWN THIS TRAIL OF WAITING HONORS COURSES THE OTHER PIECE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS IN THE CURRENT POLICY IT IS ASK TALKING ABOUT CONCURRENT END ENROLLMENT COURSES AND WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THOSE AND YOU TO FOLD THEM GOO THE DISCUSSION AS WELL. IN OCTOBER, WE HAVE WENT TO HE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL AND DAY PRESENTATION WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND/OR TEACHER LEADERSHIP TE TEAMS AND HAD INDICATION WITH THIS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY IS AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND PUT LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEN WE ASKED THEM SURVEY QUESTIONS TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WERE IN TERMS OF WEIGHTING HONOR COURSES AND CONCURRENT ROAM. COURSES EXITS. WE HAVE SHARED WITH YOU ALL OF THE STAFF SURVEY RESULTS IN THAT DATA IT WAS AROUND 175 PEOPLE. THAT'S MISLEADING BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE REPRESENTING THEIR DEPARTMENT. >> BIGLY ENOUGH IN DUAL ENROLLMENT OR CTE CLASSES 17 OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE TOOK A LACK AT DP IT. 5.2. USING VARYING WAYS OF IDENTIFYING COURSES WHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON IN THAT DISTRICTS IS NOT A CONTINUAL PROCESS ACROSS ALL OF THEIR SCHOOLS. BUT WHERE EACH SCHOOL MAKES A DECISION WHAT THENED TO WEIGH IS WHAT I FOUND WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION. ALL THAT INFORMATION IS IS SHARED WITH YOU AND I AM SURE YOU TOOK A LOOK AT IT. THE OTHER THING WE DID IS WENT BACK AND THERE WAS A MEMO FROM 2017 THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF WEIGHING GRADES AND SCHOLARSHIP AND APPLICATIONS, WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS IN THE AM SITUATION PROCESS MOST SCHOOLS DOWN CARE THEY UNWEIGHT THEM AND REWEIGHT THEM ACCORDING IT I FORMULA. WE FOUND OUR STUDENTS WOULD HAVE A DISADVANTAGE IS IN THEY APPLIED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY GENERALLY WILL TAKE WHATEVER THE GPA IS. THEY DON'T TAKE A LOOK AT IS THIS WHEATED OR UNWAITED. THEY DON'T UNWEIGHT THEM. THEY HAVE JUST SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE A -- OUR CUT OFF FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SCHOLARSHIP SAY 4.0. YOU HAVE A 3.9. IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE HONORS WEIGHT ED IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S TOO BAD IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN FOR. SO WE FOUND OUT THE DISADVANTAGE FOR OUR STUDENTS WAS AROUND THE SCHOLARSHIPS NOT NECESSARILY WITH APPLICATION PROCESS TO GET INTO THE COLLEGE. AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE THAT'S WHAT THAT BORE OUT THERE. SO I AM TURN THIS IS OVER TO AAERIN TO TALK THROUGH THE RESUS OF THE SURVEYING THAT WE DID. THE TWO WE ARE GIVING YOU IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE THE STAFF RESULTS THAT WE TAME TO AND ALSO THE STUDENT RESULTS AND SHE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE PRINCIPALS PERSPECTIVE THERE AND WE HAD A MEETING AS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WEIGHED IN TO GET TO A FINAL RECOMMENDATION. >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. SO ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WAS JUST ON THAT SURVEY WAS WHAT THEIR ROLE WAS SO YOU CAN CITY QUITE A BIT OF THE RESPONSES FOR THE DISTRICT WERE FROM THAT CLASH ROOM LEVEL. OR FROM THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS WHICH IS FANTASTIC. AS WELL AS THE SAME. WE GOT TO GO TO THE STUDENT ADVISE GROUP AND WE GOT TO GET A WEIGH IN FROM THEM SINCE THEY WERE THE ONES WHO ORIGINATE THIRD DEGREE TO US LAST FREAK. WE ASKED IF THEY REVIEWED THE SPOIL BECAUSE IF WE ARE ASKING THEM FEEDBACK ON THE POLICY WE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD READ THE POLICY BEING YOU CAN SEE A MAJORITY YES, THEY DID ACTUALLY HOPEFULLY READ THAT POLICY. AS FOR THE FIRST ONE TALKING ABOUT A.P. AND I.B. COURSES BEING ON A 5.0 SCALE, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY I MEAN ALL STUDENTS AGREED WITH THAT. BASED ON THE DATA THAT DAN SHOWED US AS WELL. IS THAT IS VERY CON GREW HE WANT TO WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS HAVE AS WELL AND SO OUT OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES 88 PER AGREED WITH THAT. THAT IS ALREADY IN THE SUPERINTENDENT FILE. AND SO THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT CLAIMING BUT WE WERE WANT TO GO GET FEEDBACK ON THAT. SO YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT ABOUT 12%, DIDN'T EVEN WANT A.P. AND I.B. WEIGHTED AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT PERCENT INTO CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD. THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE QUESTIONS FOR THE CAREER TECH ED. PATHWAY. AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT YES, AS THE CURRENT POLICY STATES. SOMETHING DID EXPRESS ADDITIONAL WANT TO GO EXPAND THAT TO ANY AND ALL CE OR DUAL END ROLE. COURSES AND SO, AGAIN, THAT WAS OUR VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD DEFINING WHAT WOULD THOSE CTE COURSES LOOK LIKE OR THAT DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FROM WHAT THE CURRENT POLICY SAYS OR WHAT IF IT COULD BE EXPANDED UPON AND SO THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HONORS COURSES AGAIN THE STUDENTS DID COME FORWARD. IN THE SPRING LAST YEAR. AND HAD REQUESTED THE 4.5 AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAD PUT UP ON THE SURVEY. AND SO RESOUNDING NUMBER OF STUDENTS AS WELL AS STAFF DID AGREE WITH THAT POWER IF THE FIVE FOR THE HONORS CLASSES. WHERE IT GETS TRICKY IS WHAT HONORS CLASSES DOES THAT ENTAIL. SO DO WE LOOK AT ANY AND ALL HONORS CLASSES, OR DO WE LOOK AT CORE HO HONORS CLASSES OR DO WE HAVE CRITERIA FOR THOSE HONORS CLASSES THAT GUFF IT THAT 4.5 WEIGHT. THIS, AGAIN WAS A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION AMONGST OUR HIGH SCHOOL LOADERS AND THE STAFF THAT WHEN WE DID EVEN GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS FOR FOR SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT WE HAD. THIS WAS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENT AS WELL AS THE STIFF SAID THINK WHAT WE DID BELIEVE SHOULD BE WEIGHED IN THAT'S THE STAFF AND STUDENT RESPONSES WE TALKED ABOUT FUTURE WORK AS WELL FOR THAT WEIGHTED GRADE TASK FORCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR SET CRITERIA. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT A TO HAVE BEEN FORCE MOVING FORWARD FOR ANY POSSIBLE APPROVED WORSED THAT WOULD BE HONORS MOVING FORWARD. IN TERMS OF THE TIME LIE FOR HI TIMELINE FORIMPLEMENTATION WE CN LAND THE PLANE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PRECIPITATION PALS AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE IT TO CABINET AND AGAIN, VERY ROBUST PASSIONATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT HI FLIP MEN TAKE OF WHETHER OR NOT WE LOOK THE IMPLEMENTING FALL THIS COMING 2025 AND MOVING FORWARD. OR WOULD WE RETROACTIVE THE CURRENT STUDENT SAYS THAT WOULD BE CURRENTLY THE FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS THEY CAN YEAR WOULD BE SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS AND SENIORS, AGAIN A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION. AND LOTS OF OPINIONS ON THAT. AND I WILL SAY, IN REGARDS TO THE STUDENT PEACE TO THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN THE CONSENSUS OF GIVE US THOSE CREDITS AS YOU HEARD FROM PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EARLIER THIS EVENING. AND WE ASKED AS THE LAST QUESTION, JUST THAT PROVIDING THAT 2350ED FEEDBACK DOESN'T MET THE CHANGE WOULD BE BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHERE THE FEET BACK WAS GOING. >> WE PROVIDED CURRENT POLICY. WE PROVIDE THE DRAFT CHANGES CONGRATULATIONS AND WE ALSO PROVIDED WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE COURSE POSSIBILITIES. THE THIRD IDEA THE COURSE POSSIBILITIES WE ARE STILL WORKING ON AS YOU KNOW WE ARE MOVING INTO THE COURSE REQUEST PROCESS WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND SO WE WANT TO GET THAT LIST TO HIGH SCHOOL PRINTS PALS SO THEY CAN SHARE THAT WITH THEIR STUDENTS AROUND WHICH COURSES ARE GOING TO BE WEIGHTED AND WHICH COURSES ARE NOT AND I THINK WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE THAT BACK OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS. >> SO ONE OF THE PARTS THAT ERIN ALLUDED TO WAS ABOUT AND AGAIN WITH WE REALLY HAVE APPRECIATE THIRD DEGREE PARTNERSHIP WITH BET REMEMBER AMENDS AND HIS TEAM HOW CAN WE VALUATE COURSES. ONE OF THE PARTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING MOVING FORWARD IS OBVIOUSLY OUR CURRICULUM COUNSELS HAVE BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE FOR OUR SYSTEM BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON CREATE A TASK FOR WHEREAS YOU CAN SIGH WE'LL HAVE FOUR MEMBERS FROM OUR OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'LL REVIEW THE COURSES ARE TRULY HONORS COURSES AND UTILIZE THE POKED WHO ARE TEACHING THIS PARTICULAR WORK THAT HAVE THE CONTEXT FOR THIS WORK, AND AGAIN WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MATT'S TEAM TO PA SILL THAT CONVERSATION IN THERE AS WELL THIS IS A WAY TO VALIDATE WE SAY SOMETHING AS HONORS WE REALLY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO VA PACK DITCHESSERS BE ABLE TO HAVE -- WEIGH IN ON THAT PARTICULAR WORK AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEAN INTO OBVIOUSLY THE WORK THAT REALLY APPRECIATE MATT'S TEAM HAS DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN PARTICULAR AROUND PRIORITY LEARNING OUTCOMES, REALLY HAS HELPED US IDENTIFY THOSE PRIORITY STANDARD THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WHIP THE SYSTEM. AND HOW DO WE CLIP 80 THOSE THINGS BEING TAUGHT ACROSS OUR SYSTEM TIME LINES FOR THAT PIECE AGAIN WE WERE GATHERING NAMES THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO ERICA MACENAUER DIRECTOR FOR CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT AND MATT REYNOLDS AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PULL THE TASK FORCE TOGETHER IN JANUARY. AND THEN AGAIN HAVE THAT READY TO ROLL FOR FALL IMPLEMENTATION. SO FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS AND LOOKING AT THE POLICY, IF YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE MIND CLICK ON THAT IKFR LINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WITHIN THE PARTICULAR POLICY WE TRY TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WAS IN RED AS SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE POLL SAY THAT WE HAVE UPDATED SO IN PARTICULAR HERE YOU SEE HONORS IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN CALLED OUT TO A 4.5 SCALE, 3.5. 2.5 AND THEN AGAIN, WEIGHTED FORMATS YOU DON'T GET A ADDITIONAL WEIGHT FOR A -- IN A CLASS THAT'S SAME THE IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT OF THAT WE ADDED. CE WITH AN ASTERISKS WHICH IS DOWN BELOW PAYING SPECIFICALLY WHICH SAYS DEFINE ED IN NUMBER FIVE INCOME IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST BULLET IN THERE WHERE WE ADDED A.P. AND I.B. AND IB GET GETTING RID OF THE EA LANGUAGE WHY WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT CLASS ANY IB COURSE HAS THE 5.0 WEIGHT AND CREATE MORE CLARITY THAT LAST BULLET ON THE SLIDE IT'S DEFINING THE HONORS COURSE WORK. SO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WORK WITHIN COURSE GUIDES THAT DEFINE SPECIFICALLY WHAT AN HONORS COURSE IS SUCH AS DESCRIPTIONS, WEIGHTED CREDIT, ET CETERA, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENTS REASON THE TIMING WAS IMPORTANT THE LEAD EARLY TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE GETTING COURSE GUIDE READY TO GO OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT ALREADY. WE'LL BE DOING EDUCATION AS SOON AS WE COME BACK FROM BREAK AND TALKING ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY START REGISTERING FOR CLASSES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA WE WANTED TO SNAKE SURE THAT WAS ACCESS HE'S I BELIEVE AND HIGHLIGHTS IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'LL BE WEIGHTING CORE HONORS CLASSES AS WELL AS WORLD CLANG I BELIEVE LEVEL THREE AND ABOVE. AND AGAIN THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED WHIP OUR COURSE GUIDE SO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. IF YOU CONTROL DOWN FURTHER THIS IS ON NUMBER FIVE IN PARTICULAR. THIS TIES INTO THE CONCURRENT ENROLL. CTE AND DUAL ENROLLMENT PATHWAYS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT A CTE CLASS THAT IS ALL A CONCURRENT END ROLE. OR DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS THAT IS TIED TO A SPECIFIC PATHWAY THAT IS KIND OF THE COURSE MASTER THAT DAN WAS TALKING ABOUT IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE THAT IDENTIFIED IT WILL BE SHARED WITH OUR PRECIPITATION PALS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE DEFINED PATHWAYS, COURSES THAT WOULD BE WEIGHTED CREDIT AND ATTA A 5.0 AND LASTLY NUMBER EIGHT IN PARTICULAR THAT DELLS WITH SCHEME YOU WOULDING AND SO IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE OUR PREVIOUS SCHEDULE WE HAD IT TALKED ABOUT STUDENTS HAVING A CHANCE TO MACK A CHANGE FOR DROP OUGHTS WITHIN THE FIRST STEP DAYS OF SCHOOL GOES BEING THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE USED TO BE ON A 1-7 OR 1-8 DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND NOW WE ARE ON A MODIFIED BLOCK SCHEDULE. THAT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE THIS POWER WEEKS INTO THE SEMESTER AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF SCHOOL BUT IDENTIFYING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER. THAT THAT WAS THE MAIN UPDATES WE MADE TO THE POLICY IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION. AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE HERE THIS IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE MADE FOR UPDATES WITHIN THE POLICY. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS A HUGE DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HONORING OUR STUDENT IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK DIRECTOR MYERS, DIRECTOR MEEK HAD A CHANCE TO IS HE THE EXCITEMENT OUT STUDENT, TALK TO ANY STUDENT ABOUT THIS PIECE IN OUR SCHOOLS IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM WHICH I THINK IS A HUGE HANK GAME WANT TO GO GIVE A TON OF CREDIT FOR SUPERINTENDENT KANE FOR ADVOCATING FOR THE KID IT'S A HARD CONVERSATION BUT MEANS A LOT THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL AS OUR CABINET TEAM IN THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL. LAST BUT NOT LEAST AROUND THE RETROACTIVE SIDE ARE SIDE OF THINGS ON THAT LAST BULLET POINT IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ACTIVE FOR ALL NINTH AOU 12 FROM THE GRADERS STARTING NEXT YEAR. THE CONVERSATION WE ARE GOING TONE GAUGE WHERE STAFF AND FAMILIES MORE. WE ARE NOT TALKING RETROACTIVE. WE HAVE GREAT LEADERS THAT CAN SPEAK TO THE PASSIONS ARM THAT AS WELL. THAT WAS A GOOD LAUGH DR. TEMPLETON AND SO WE DO HAVE OUR LEADER HERE TO OBVIOUSLY MAKE AVAILABLE CONGRATULATIONS WITH ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THESE ARE TWO OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEADERS I WANT TO THANK FOAM FOR THE CANDIDATE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE. THE ONE THING THAT I WILL TELL YOU THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GO TO OUR LEVEL MEETINGS IN PARTICULAR. YOU'LL FIND PASSIONATE EM INDICATORS THAT WANT TO DO RIGHT BY THAT YOU ARE THAT AND STUDENT AND THANK YOU FOR THEIR ADVOCACY WITH THAT BEING SAID WE'LL JUST OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN THE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. "A" TO BEING HERE SO LATE BUT ALSO "B", FOR DOING THIS WORK, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS, LONG BEFORE I WAS SITTING ON THE BOARD. LIKE WHEN ARE THEY GOING IT WEIGHT OUR HO HONOR CLASSES GROG UP UP AT MY SCHOOL WE WEIGHTED HONOR CLASSES SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADVOCATING FOR THE SKIDS KIDS SO THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER SUCCESS AFTER HERE AT LEAST APPLYING AFTER HERE. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I WANT TO START WITH THREE SHOUT OUTS FITTER OF ALL TO THE STUDENT STUDENT WHO TOOK THE POLL, DIDN'T READ THE POLICIES BUT STILL HAVE STRONG OPINIONS. AND I ALSO GOTTA APPRECIATE THE 12% OF TEACHERS WHO 4.0 WATTS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND SHOULD CONTINUE FOREVER. GOTTA ADMIRE THE CONSISTENCY EVEN 20 IN 2024 IT WAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK. IT WASN'T SOMETHING YOU HAD TO DO OR THAT'S IT WAS SOMETHING OUR STUDENTS WANTED AND FOR YOU WOULD AFTER YOU WHO I KNOW DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO. TO PUT IN THE TIME TO DO THE SURVEY, TO FIND OUT WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR KIDS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT STAFF. AND THIS IS WHAT WHAT REFLECTS A GREAT STAFF I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT MUCH I WILL BE FASCINATED, IF YOU WANT TO STREAM THE DISCUSSION ABOUT RETROACTIVITY. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SELL A COUPLE OF TICKET AND GET SOME OF THIS BACK. I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF THIS AND I THINK IT'S FASCINATING. YOU DON'T NEED MY APPROVAL TO DO IT I WOULD BE FASCINATING TO SEE WHAT YOU DO. I AGREE THIS IS NOT A BOARD POLICY. THIS IS A SUPERINTENDENT POLICY. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE LOOP 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME. YOUR DEDICATION TO MAKING SURE THAT NOT JUST -- I MEAN, HONESTLY, THIS ISN'T GOING TO CAUSE ANY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KIDS TAKING AN HONORS CLASS BECAUSE IT'S WEIGHTED OR NOT HONORS KID PROBABLY TAKEN ON ORS CLASSES BUT IF IT ENCOURAGE FIVE MORE KIDS TO TAKE AN HONORS CLASS THAT'S FIVE KIDS WHOSE LIVES MAY BE CHANGED IF IT GETS OUR KIDS MORE SCHOLARSHIPS OR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAT AIR GREAT DEAL AND THE FACT THAT YOU PUT IN THIS LEVEL OF TIME, AND THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL, JUST AS A BOARD MEMBER AND I AM QUITE SURE I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, WE ARE A STOP,ED AND IMPRESSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE MADE GOOD PRACTICE X-RAYSES AND DECISIONS I ASSUME THE DECISION ON RETROACTIVITY WILL BE BASED ON ARM B WRESTLING AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> THANK YOU I KNOW IT'S LATE. THANK YOU FOR STAYING HERE. THE STUDENT AHEAD VISIT TRY GROUP IS GOING TO BE THRILLED. YOU KNOW. THIS GOES GOING TO BE VERY MEANINGFUL FOR THEM. TO SEE THEIR WORK COME FOUL CIRCLE. SO THANK YOU. I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT. MY ONLY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE THE RETROACTIVE PIECE SO I WILL JUST STAY TUNED SO THANK YOU. >> DRESDIRECTOR MYERS. >> DITTO AND THANK YOU, A LOT OF HARD WORK. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU, GUYS. I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A DOWNER. I DO -- >> DON'T. >> SO I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC. THE WAY THAT WE PREACH THE OUT TO STUDENTS AND THAT WE HEARD STUDENTS THAT THE STUDENTS LED THIS INITIATIVE. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION ON THE TASK FORCE. I AM LEVEL WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. I AGREE WILL DIRECTOR GEIGER THAT THIS WILL ENCOURAGE STUDENT, I THINK TO TAKEN ON ORS COURSES. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT HONORS CLASSES ARE MORE DIFFICULT AND THAT WE DON'T WANT TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR GPA. I DEFINITELY -- I SHARED IN THE CONCERNS I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A BOARD MEETING ABOUT MAKE SURE OUR HONORS CLASSES ARE STANDARDIZED AND THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW THE RIG TOUR OF CROSS CLASSES IS ESTABLISHED. >> Reporter: AND SO I MEAN BEING I SEE THAT WE ARE DOING CORE CLASSES. NOT SURE HOW YOU GUYS ARE EVALUATING. WHAT MAKES SOMETHING AN HONORS CLASS OR WHAT THOSE PROMPTERS ARE I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT. THE OTHER THING IS I WONDER IF WE'LL BE TRACKING DATA? OF THE LAST CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS ABOUT IT IMPACTING ACHIEVEMENTS. NOW THE CLASSES ARE WORTH MORE POINTS. AND SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A REDUCTION IN STUDENT ACHIEVE. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THERE IS ANY DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT I HAVE NOT DONE RESEARCH. I GOOGLED REAL QUICK AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS BIAS BUT IT'S NOT VALID SOURCES SO THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION DO HE WE PLAN TO TRACK IT TOE SEE THE WHAT IMPACT IS. SCHOLARSHIPS IS GREAT. THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING DATA POINT. >> THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU SUPERINTENDENT KANE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WHOLE IDEA OF RIGOR THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONTINUOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AROUND THAT ALL OF US ARE TALKING TO ABOUT THAT IDEA ABOUT WHAT DOES RIGOR REALLY LOOK LIKE AND I KNOW WITH THE WEIGHTED GRADE TASK FORCE, THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THEIR FOCUSES IS THAT ALIGNMENT PIECE. TALE REALLY TALK ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT PAELS, AS FAR AS TRACKING IS CONCERNED WE DID PREDATE A LOOKING AS WELL AND WENT BACK LIKE AT OUR SCHOOL WE HAD THE RECOMMEND STAR THE 10 KIDS THAT COOK C ECORSES SHE WAIT WEIGHTED THEIR GP ARTICLES ON TO THEIR LEVEL IN THE CLASS WHILE THERE WAS' IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY IMPACTED THEM WHEN IT CAME TO THINGS SUCH AS SCHOLARSHIPS. MR. WINDSOR'S EXAMPLE OF THAT IDEA A KID 3.97 VERSUS POWER IFR FOR I APOLOGIZE OR SHIP WE SAW THAT AMOUNT OF GAIN FOR EVERY KIT. JUST ABOUT A PUT TWO. NOTHING CRAZY, WE LIKE THAT% PIECE AS WELL. IT DIDN'T WATER DOWN GPAs BUT SHOWED US FUNDAMENTAL DAY WHAT THE KID LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE DO AND THE THINGS AND THE BARRIERS GETTING CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIPS AND ADMITTANCE INTO COLLEGES AND MANY OF THEM WERE ABLE TO REPORT BACK OUT THAT SOMETIMES IT WAS JUST A SMALL GPA FLUCTUATION AND IN HE HAVE SINGLE CASE THIS ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE HELPED THEM GET INTO THE AREA IN WHICH THEY WANT THE TO. >> THAT WAS A GREAT POINT TO RREEMPHASIZE I WANT GREETED CLASSES TO. IT HELP MOOD HE I HIT OVER A THRESHOLD HOLE FOR A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP IT WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE TO HAVE THE EXTRA POINT I SEE VALUE IN THAT COMMENT BUT THEN ALSO THE REMIND ARE THERE WAS TENTHS OF THE POINT OF THE OVER ALL GP THAT THAT IT INFLUENCES THAT'S HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU. >> CAN I ADD ONE PART NOT ONLY JUST THE COP ORS WE TALK ABOUT THE DEFINED PATHWAY COURSES FOR STUDENTS AROUND CE IN PARTICULAR STUDENT GETTING WEIGHTED CREDIT FOR THAT THE AREA ACCOUNT BE ARE ON STUDENT THAT ARE TAKING HIGH-LEVEL COURSES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA BECOMES OPENS UP ACCESS FOR ALL TO HAVE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT IMPACT AS WELL TOO. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE HAVE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB, TWO GREAT EXAMPLES OF PROVIDING PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING ON PATHWAY STUFF AND AS SHE WAS WAITING SO THANK YOU. BUT ABOUT CREATING THESE OPPORTUNITIES NOT JUST FOR WHAT WE DEFINE FROM AN HONORS SIDE OF THIS WHICH WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY INCREASE THE RIG TOUR BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING COLLEGE PREPARATORY CLASSES IN THESE PATH WADE ALSO GET HONORED FOR THAT PARTICULAR WORK SUCH AS, YOU NO, IF IT'S TALKING ABOUT OUR COSMETOLOGY STUDENT THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR WORK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HONOR MORE STUDENTS FOR THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT THAT THEY DO AS WELL, TOO. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU GUIDE MAKE AN EXCELLENT TEAM. GOOD JOB. YOU LAID SOME GROUND WORK THAT WILL REALLY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR FUTURE YEP RANGES OF STUDENTS, ABOUT SIX YEARS TOO LATE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> FOR MY KIDS. SO I WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUNISH SOMEBODY FOR THAT. BUT -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW, RIGHT. EXCELLENT TEAM WORK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, NOW MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 31 AT PROVE THE OF COURSE PROPOSAL A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES. AND I WILL OPEN THE DISCUSSION WITH SAYING THANK YOU FOLLOW ALLOWING ME THE LAST THREE WEEKS. I KNOW NOT EVEN AGREED WITH THAT DECISION BUT IT ALLOWED ME TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD BUT ALSO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY DIG INTO THE CURRICULUM FAR MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT AND I WAS GRATEFUL TO DO THAT. BECAUSE I DID I DID LEARN A LOT AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE COURSE THAT WAS BANNED FROM CERTAIN STATES I CAY NOW AFTER RESEARCHING AND LEARNING THAT THAT HAS BEEN REVISED AND MODIFIED AND DOESN'T INCLUDE SOME OF THE CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS THAT WERE IN THERE INITIALLY SO THAT WAS HELPFUL FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. AND LEARN, SO I AM GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO DIRECTOR MYERS. >> SO. >> SO ALL I WANT TO DO IS CLEAR UP A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING. LIKE PRESIDENT WILLIAMS TALKED ABOUT. THROUGH THE OVER 120 E-MAILS I BELIEVE WE GOT CLOSE TO 150. THERE WASN'T ANY UNDERLYING ANYTHING GOING ON AND TOLL ACTUALLY RESPOND TO ONE OF OUR COMMENTERS TONIGHT, YES, DID I OPEN THAT. AND I LOOKED AT EVERY PAGE OF IT AND I WORKED WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE CRICK LUCK. JUST LIKE I READ THAT NOVEL. THAT WAS A LOT EASIER. BUT MAYBE I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS AS A SCHOOL BOARD MECCAS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE DO CONDUCT WITH OUR OPENERS. AND WE LOOK AT VALUES AND PERSPECTIVES AND HEARD IT TONIGHT IN PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE GOT IT THROUGH EMAIL AND WHAT OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO CHOOSE THE MATERIALS THAT PROVIDE THAT RICH EDUCATION. SO IT IS OUR JOB TO QUESTION EVEN THE EXPERTS. AND I WAS REMINDED OF THAT DURING A SERVICE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN MY PASTOR SAID, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. SO YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK AND YOU ARE GOING HAVE TO LOOK AND STUDY. SO I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT EXPERTS TONIGHT. AND WE ARE NOT DOING OUR DUE DILIGENT IF WE ARE NOT TALKING OR QUESTIONING SOME THINGS. AND THE LAST THING THAT WE HEARD A LOT OF TONIGHT IS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TEACH OUR KIDS HOW TO THINK NOT WHAT TO THINK. AND I AM JUST GOING TOIL, I DISAGREE. THERE IS A PART OF EDUCATION THAT YOU DO HAVE TO TEACH STUDENTS WHAT TO THINK, YOU HAVE TO GIVE HELP THAT FOUND DOG THT HE CAN NOT BE TALKED ARE IT OUT HOW TO THINK. IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT IN ADDITION FOUL DAYS OF ANYTHING I DON'T CARE IF IT'S READING MATH, WRITING OR WHATEVER. WE DO HAVE TEACHERS HAVE TO THINK THEM WHAT DO THINK AND WE CAN OPEN UP THAT DOOR. THE ONLY THING BOY, WHAT A LOT OF WEIGHT ON THIS TEACHER. AND I KNOW SHE'S STILL IN THE ROOM. TO YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A SUPER PORE FARM ANTS, YOU KNOW. SO ANYWAY, BUT I THINK YOU ARE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. AND I AM GOING TO BE EXCITED TO HOW THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO COME OUT AND IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING CURRICULUM, VERY INTERESTING TOPICS. AND SO I WAS QUITE COMPLETE PLEAED TO READ EVERYTHING SO THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR WINE DIDDER AND THEN DIRECTOR MOORE. >> I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AT THE RETREAT TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT. AND I REALLY LIKED THE POINT THAT DIRECTOR MEEK BROUGHT UP WAS THAT THERE WAS AN APPROVAL PROCESS WE HAVE FOR OUR COURSES AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GET BETTER LOOKED AT TO CATCH THIS BEFOREHAND. AND I WAS HOPING SUPERINTENDENT KANE COULD MAYBE TOUCH ON THE CURRICULUM ADVISORY COUNCIL AND I KNOW THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO US LIKE LAST YEAR, BUT JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT THAT COUNCIL DOES AND IT'S INVOLVED IN THE COURSE APPROVAL PROCESS. >> SURE. ACTUALLY I AM GOING TO DEFER THAT QUESTION TO CHIEF LEARNING SERVICES OFFICER MATT REYNOLDS. AS HE RUNS OUR CURRICULUM ADVISORY COUNCIL. >> GOOD EVENING OF COURSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. SO WE STARTED THE CURRICULUM AHEAD VISIT ARE YOU COIN SILL LAST YEAR. AND THIS YEAR WHAT THEY ARE ASSISTING WITH IS THEIR REVIEWING BOARD POLICY AND ALL THE REGULATIONSING AND EXHIBITEDS THAT GO WITH THAT. TO LOOK AT YOU ALL HAVE THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY OF APPROVING THE RESOURCE ASKS COURSES THAT COME CONGRATULATIONS. IWE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING A NOVELS AND FREQUENT BOOKS ANDREVELREVELATIONS AND REMOVING THOSE AND THEY WILL MAKE SUGGESTIONSING SO TO YOUR POINT THEY'LL STEP DOUSE THAT. ANOTHER THING THAT THEY WILL HELP DOUSE IS WE HAVE NUMEROUS RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT OUR SPREAD SHEET AFTER PROVED RESOURCED. THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER MANY YEARS, WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT ARE OLD. WE HAVE HISTORY BOOKS IF FROM THE SATURDAYs THAT ARE MISS BEING SIX PRESIDENTS WE HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT THAT MEANS TO HAVE A VERY AS THAT'S THAT OLD IT'S BOARD APPROVED BUT HOW DO WE HANDLE SUCH THINGS THEY'LL HELP US WITH THAT, IN TERMS OF COURSE PROPOSALS. THIS DO NOWITZKI DON'T WEIGHT IN ON THAT THEY CAN BE TASKED TO DO THAT IN A FUTURE YEAR. >> DO YOU MIND SHARING WHO MAKES UP THE COUNCIL? YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE UP NAMES JUST TYPE OF PEOPLE ON THEM. >> WE HAVE TWO PARENTS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, TWO STUDENTS. AND WE HAVE TWO ADMINISTRATORS ALONG WITH DISTRICT STAFF. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IS WE HAVE FOR GETTING COURSE AS PROVED WE HAVE JUST THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM AND THEN WE HAVE ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR AP. AND THE UP WITH FOR A.P. SEEMS A LITTLE LESS ROBUST. CAN YOU JUST SHARE WHAT I WYOMING THAT COULD. >> YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR PATHWAYS FOR COURSES AND YOU WILL ALL GET A FIFTH. NOW THAT HONORS ARE NOW WEIGHTED. BECAUSE WE'LL DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR WHAT MAKE AROUND HONORS COURSE AN HONORS COURSE AND WE'LL USE THAT TO EVALUATE COURSES BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE REALLY FOUR. WE HAVE A STANDARD COURSE PROPOSAL. THESE ARE COURSES THAT ARE DEVELOPED UP TERMLY BASED ON A TEACHER APT IDEA OR SCHOOL'S IDEA OF INTRODUCING A NEW COURSE AND OF SEEN THOSE BEFORE AND THOSE COURSES WE HAVE A PROCESS TO INSURE THAT IT'S MAPPED TO ACADEMIC STANDARDS. SO THAT PROCESS ASKS VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM BUDGET TO GO RESOURCES TO TEXTBOOKS. TO STANDARDS ALIGNMENT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FORM THE REVIEW PROCESS TO THAT FRONT. OTHER THREE THAT IS A CAVEAT TO OTHER 31 IS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, SO WE HAVE A SEPARATE PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THOSE APPROVED BY THE STATE. AND SO THERE IS A SEPARATE PROCESS AND SEPARATE PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THERE CAN IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING APPROVED. WE WOULD NOT WANT TO OFFER UP A TECHNICAL COURSE AS A STAND ALONE FITS NOT APPROVED BY THE STATE. WE DON'T W WANT CALL IT CAREER D TECHNICAL IF IT'S NOT APPROVED. WE HAVE TO ENGAGE AND AGREE ON A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH AN INS TALK LIKE A PERHAPS ROW COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR US TO OFFER THAT. SO IT HAS TO COME WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE INSTITUTION. THE LAST WHICH YOU ARE TOUCHING ON IS A.P. WE KNOW IN ORDER FOR US TO OFFER A.P. THERE ARE CERTAIN STEPS WE HAVE DO IN ORDER FOR US TO TIE AN A.P. TITLE ON A COURSE. THERE IS A COURSE AWED THOUGHT WE HAVE TO PERFORM. THERE ARE SEPARATE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THAT. WE EVALUATE THOSE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. A TEACHER OFFERING THAT CLASS HAS TO GET SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR THAT CLASS. WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THE RESOURCES DITCHING. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REORES LIST FOR RECOMMENDED RESOURCES THAT GO ALONG WITH COURSES. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS. NOW ALL OF THEM FIT UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA OF A PROCESS WE JUST ASK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, SO ON THE BOARD DOCKS THAT YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE FOUR COMPLETELY SEPARATE DIFFERENT PROCESSES. BUT WHAT THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK THAT ARE DIFFERENT TO DEFEND ON THE GROUND WHETHER IT'S CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. CONCURRENT END ROLE. A.P. OR SOMETHING THAT WE GENERATE TERMINALLY WE ASK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE PROCESS BY WHICH THEY SUBMIT, AN APPLICATION DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. IF THEY START FILLING OUT THE FORM AND SAY THIS IS IF ZIPPING THEM ON A DIFFERENT PATHWAY. WE ARE INVESTED IF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SO WE CAN EVEN OFFER THAT COURSE IF IT'S A.P. WE HAVE TO EVALUATE CAN WE EVEN OFFER THIS COURSE. ACTUAL P AFTER CAP AMERICAN STUDIES HAS BEEN A PILOT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND SO THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAVE SEEN FULL HI FLIP MENTATION OF THIS COURSE NATION WIDE NOW THAT WE HAVE SEEN THE ASSESSMENTS STANDARDS A LINE AND P TUNNEL ALL RIGHT I IN COLORADO, THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE GUARANTEED TRAPS OFFICER CRED THOUGHT GOES TO OUR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGE WHICH THERE ARE 12 OF THOSE RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH ROBUST IS PROBABLY THE WRONG WORD TO USE I THINK WHAT I MOMENT WAS THERE IS LESS REVIEW FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS IT LOOKED LIKE MOSTLY PRINCIPAL IS WHICH IS TOTALLY POINT, JUST A THOUGHT I HAD WAS MAYBE INVOLVING COMMUNITY INPUT IN IT. WOULD HELP PREVENT THIS OUTSIDE PEOPLE BEING LIKE, OWE WHAT, IS THIS NEW COURSE THAT SHE WANTS BEEN LOOKED AT WE CAN ACTUALLY POINT TO THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED AT JUST A THOUGHT FROM ME NOT SAYING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED ADD JUST A THOUGHT I HAD WHEN IT CAME TO APPROVING THIS. THAT WOULD VERY MANY HAVE BEEN ABOUT NICE TO REFERENCE. I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR WILLIAMS AND MYERS, I THINK AFTER GIVES TIME TO REVIEW THIS COURSE. IT DOES DO A GREAT JOB. IT'S AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSE AND THERE IS A LOT MORE RIGOR AND EXPECTING OF INCLUDING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND PROVING YOUR APPOINTMENT. NOT SO MUCH ABOUT INNING DOCK IN SO I DID APPRECIATE BEING -- HAVING THAT NOT NECESSARILY REALIZED BUT THIS IS TRUE AND I -- YEAH, JUST APPRECIATE GIVING THE TIME AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT COURSE FOR OUR KIDS AND DCSD. THANK YOU MR. REYNOLDS. >> A COUPLE OF THINGS TRY NOT TO DUPLICATE TOO MUCH HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LOOK BACK AND I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE ADULT CAREER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ADVOCATING FOR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH THAT PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK MISS MOWS FACE ALL OF HER HARD WORK ON THIS. FOR LISTEN TO GO THE STUDENT THAT ASK FOR THIS THE MARK I'VE GOOD LEADER TAKES THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND WHEN THEY ASK FOR THINGS HAVING INPUT THAT'S GOOD YOU RUN WITH IT EVENING IF IT'S DIFFICULT. YOU DO IT ANYWAY. SO I DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR TAKING THIS THING TO THE FINISH LINE AND GOING HARD WITH IT. YOU KNOW, I HATE THE FACT THAT WHEN WE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL TIME ON THIS, SOME OF THE PERSPECTIVE OR PERCEPTION IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T AGREE WILL THE -- THAT WE MAYBE DIDN'T IDENTIFY WITH THE RACIAL COMPONENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS OR SOME OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS. THAT REALLY WASN'T THE CASE. AND I HATED THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE TAKE AWAY BECAUSE THAT WASN'T WHAT MYSELF INTENDED OR ANYBODY THAT ASKED MORE TIME WANTED TO CREATE THAT PERCEPTION I REALLY WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A COURSE THAT KIDS WILL GET TO CHOOSE. BIG PROPONENT OF CHOICE AND I ADMIRE THAT WHAT I HAVE HEARD OVER THIS LAST 14 DAYS SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING GIVE OR TAKE THE NUMBER OF DAYS THERE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, ALOFT AND I HAD A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO WANT THEIR KIDS TO TAKE THIS COURSE. AND SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL. SO WITH THAT, I FULLY SUPPORT ADD THIS IS COURSE AND I WANT TO AT THIS FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> OKAY. SO FIRST KAYLE THANKS FOR BRINGING UP THIS PROCESS AND BRINGING UP MATT. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION RELATED TO THIS, WAS WHEN WE WERE DOING COURSE APPROVALS, WHAT CONSIDERATIONS ARE MADE ABOUT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE HONORS AND A.P. COURSES LIKE IS THAT PART OF THE FORMULA FOR THE APPROVAL PROCESS. LIKE HOW STUDENTS CAN ACCESS IT, WHAT SCHOOLS THEY ARE HAPPENING AT? THAT'S JUST -- >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WHEN YOU OFFER A COURSE IN A BUILDING, IT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN OFFERING JUST A SINGLE COURSE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S TRAINED AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THE INSTITUTE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS COURSE. GENERALLY, WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND. WE LOOK TO EXPAND OUR PATHWAYS FOR KIDS AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE A.P. THAT WE KNOW THAT INSTITUTIONS CERTAINLY UP INSTITUTIONS WILL GRANT CREDIT BASED ON THE SCORES OF THAT AND EXAMS. TO EXPAND ACCESS BASED ON THEIR PROGRAMMING AND I WILL GIVE THEM ALL THE CREDIT IF THE WORLD FOR DOING THAT, WE ALSO ATTEND OUR STAFF NATASHA HAS DONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS ATTENDING CONFERENCES ON HOW WE MAKE THIS MORE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS. AND WORK WITH OUR STU SCHOOL LEADERS TO FIND SOLUTIONS WITHIN THEIR SCHEDULE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THESE COURSES. BUT WHEN WE GO THROUGH A PROPOSAL, THAT'S NOT OUR OBJECTIVE. BECAUSE WE KNOW MORE GOES INTO THAT THAN JUST HAVING IT. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S IN THE WHAT OF THE EVERY SCHEDULE AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH SCHOOLS ABOUT THE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE MASTER DECEMBER TOWEL BE ABLE TO OFFER COURSES IT HAS TO BELIEVE AVAILABLE FOR US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THANK OUR SOMETIMESES, BOTH THERE THE PAST AND CURRENT. THAT HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THEIR LEARNING IT WAS REALLY ADMIRABLE AND IT'S AWESOME THAT WE HAVE SCHOOLS. THAT PROVIDE A WELCOMING BE SRAORPBLT FOR STUDENTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN AT VELOCITY INDICATE FOR COURSES, AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MRS. MOSES OUR COMMUNITY IT FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUPPORTIVE STAFF THAT FOCUS STUDENT AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MISS MOSES AS WELL, TIM. I BELIEVE IN PROCEED TRYING STUDENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION. THAT ARE FLEX THE DID I SILVERS VERY WELLS AT THIS OFF YOU ARE HISTORY AND LIKE WE HEARD THIS OFFERS HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY. OUR FULL BOARD SUPPORT THIS IS COURSE WILL DEMONSTRATE THE EQUITY INNOVATION AND THE PREPARATION OF THE STUDENT AS INFORMED AND ENGAGED CITIZEN AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I HAVE FROM THE FIRST MOMENT SUPPORTED THE APPROVAL OF THIS CLASS, IT SEEMS FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT THIS HAS BEEN RESOLVED I HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE MY MOTIVES HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW I REACH THIRD DEGREE DECISION. WHEN WE ARE ELECTED WE ARE NOT MADE GENIUSES. NOR ARE WE CREATED EXPERTS THINK EVERY ONE OF US HAS TO DECIDE TO WHO TO LISTEN TO WHEN WE MAKE THEY THESE DECISIONS. FOR ME I RELY ON EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE AND I AM FACING IT IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. WHEN EXPERIENCED TEACHER LIKE MISS MOSES COMES TO US AND SAYS THIS IS A CLASS THAT MATTERS. THAT I CARE ABOUT THAT. WHEN THAT CLASS IS THEN REVIEWED BY 16 OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND THEY AGREE IT'S APPROPRIATE, THAT TO ME SEEMS PERSUASIVE AT THE VERY MINIMUM. WHEN THAT IS THEN REVIEWED BY DR. CHRISTOPHER PAIGE, PRINCIPAL OF THE AREA. AND JOHN GUTIERREZ A 31 YEAR EDUCATOR AND ERICA MASON OR DIRECTOR OF KRILL TPHROUPL SEVEN YEARS AND MR. REYNOLDS WHO HAS BEEN OUR SERVICES OFFICER FOR THREE YEARS AND AGREE THIS CLASS APPROPRIATE I FAIL TO SEE WHY THAT WASN'T CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. I UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO RUNNER STAMP BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR POSITIONS. THE MOST POINT DISAPPOINTED I WAS IN THE PEOPLE THAT ATTACKED THIS IS THAT SHOWED NO RESPECT FOR OUR EXPERTS, DISTRICT, OR PROCESS. THAT IS THEIR RIDE RIGHT I WILL NEVER LIMIT ANYBODY'S RIGHT TO WRITE ME AN E-MAIL I WILL READ EVERY ONE OF THEM BUT IF YOU ARE COMING AT ME WITH DISDAIN FOR THE EXPERTS THAT WORK IN OUR DISTRICT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERSUASIVE TO ME AND I WILL PUSH BACK SO I WANT TO TELL YOU THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, I SEE DR. PAIGE, I SEMIS MOISES AND I SEE THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS DECISION. AND I AM GOING TO BE THE ONE WHO SAYS, YEAH, I AM GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU. AND IT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME THAT PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT WHO HAVE THE EAR OF SOME MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD DON'T TREATMENT YOU WITH THAT RESPECT. JUST OVER 100 PARENTS AND CURRENT AND FORMER TEACHERS AND DUG CLASS COUNTY CITIZENS WROTE TO THE BOARD IN FAVE OF THIS CLASS. I DON'T THINK EVERY EDGE CA CHARACTER DECISION SUDDEN BE BASED ON POPULARITY BEING I THINK THE FACT THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE CARED THAT MUCH ABOUT THIS SHOULD INDICATE THAT NO MATTER WHAT ELSE YOU HEARD IN HERE FROM THE DAIS OR THE MALE MAILS OR FROM PUBLIC COMMENT -- EMAILS OR PUBLIC COMMENT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY WHO CARE THINK OUR EDUCATORS ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND SUPPORT THIS PROCS I AM NOT HERE TO LECTURE I AM HERE TO SAY YOU SHOULD END BECAUSE YOU DON'T READ MY E-MAILS. THAT 100 PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID, LISTEN TO THE EVENING CHARACTER EXPERTS. AND SO MR. BARNES AND DR. PAIGE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WORKED ON THIS IN THOSE 16 PRINCIPALS AND MISS HARPER UNDERSTAND THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO CARE BILLION DOLLAR THIS ISSUE WROTE TO ME AND SAID THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE MAKING THE CALL. I AM EXTREMELY GLAD WE ARE TEACHING THIS CLASS BECAUSE IT WILL FORCE OUR SOMETIMES MONTHS CHOOSE TO TAKE IT TO CONFRONT SOME OF THE DIFFICULT HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. I COME FROM PEOPLE WHO OWNED AND ENSLAVED OTHER HUMANS I AM NOT PROUD OF THAT FACT BUT I WANT EVERY KID IN OUR SCHOOLS TO KNOW THAT THAT HAMMED. I KNOW THIS CLASS IS TAUGHT WELL BY GOOD TEACHERS WHO WILL PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO FORMULATE THEIR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE CURRENT AND THE FUTURE AND I TRUST OUR TEACHERS TO FAIRLY GUIDE THEM. THIS IS ABOUT CHOICE. THIS IS ABOUT SAYING THAT WOULD IF YOU WANT YOUR KID TO LEARN HARD THINGS WE WILL GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY. I EXPECT HE HAVE PARENT WHO LOOKS AT THIS CLASS WIDE MAKE A HARD DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR FOR THEM AND I SUSPECT LOTS WILL AND THAT WILL OCCUR BECAUSE PEOPLE STOOD UP FOR IT. I REMAIN CONCERNED THAT SOME -- THAT THE LESSON SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LEARNED IS THAT THEY HAVE SPECIAL ACCESS TO THIS BOARD. THE AND THAT THEIR WISHES AND DEMANDS NO MATTER HOW UNREASONABLE, AND SOME OF THE EMAILS I GOT WERE REASONABLE AND MANY I GOT WERE SIMPLY RANTS AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS GOING TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE SPECIAL ACCESS TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THIS DELAY, WHETHER IT WAS DONE IN GOOD FAITH OR NOT, CONVEYED A MESSAGE THAT THIS WAS IN THE AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. WE HAVE HEALING TO DO TO FIX THAT, WE NEED TO TELL MECHANICS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT, WE CARE ABOUT THEM, ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN, THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME THAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO COME HOWLING. WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL SICK A TWITTER MOM ON ONE OF OUR TYPE OF FIRST THEY SAY ANYTHING LIKE THE WRONG THING. WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT AND THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS ACROSS NO BOARD. ALL I CAN SAY IS WHEN THEY COME FOR OUR EDUCATORS, THEY ARE COMING THROUGH ME FIRST. AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE RESOLVED THIS ISSUE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE A GOOD 7-0 VOTE. I HOPE THE STUDENTS WHO LEARN FROM THIS HAVE A BETTER LIFE BECAUSE THEY DID. THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME. AND SO I HE COURAGE ALL OF OUR I BEEDUCATE ILLINOIS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SUPPORT FOR YOU EVERYWHERE IN THIS DISTRICT AND BY DAIS THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK MR. BARNES, THANK YOU FOR I DON'T THINK WORK DR. PAIGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THIS MATTERS. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEFLY. JUST TO RECAP THE BOARD RECEIVED ABOUT 10 OR SO E-MAILS WITH QUESTIONS, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHAT PROMPTED US TO TAKE IT OFF THE AGENDA. THE AND ALLOW CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS MORE TIME TO RESEARCH. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE EACH OF YOU EXPRESS THE RESEARCH THAT YOU DID. I DID ASK FOR A Q&A SO THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TRANSPARENCY. ON ANSWERS. TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED. AND UNFORTUNATELY I MEAN, NOTHING NEW IS POSTED ON THE AGENDA AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS FOR THE COMMUNITY. I RESPECT TAKING TIME AND TRYING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT I AM NOT SURE WE DID IT AT A SUFFICIENT LEVEL. TO WHAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. BECAUSE I STILL THINK YOU HAVE MISINFORMATION THAT WILL CIRCULATE. WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THINGS IN WRITING. SO YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, I AM JUST TRYING TO REFLECT ON HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER. MOVING FORWARD. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION AT THE RETREAT AROUND ACTUALLY SPEAKING UP AND ASKING FOR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT'S OUR POLICY. AND ACTUALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS. AND THEN MAKING A VOTE ON IT. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T HONORED THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN THAT FORCED US TO TAKE THIS OFF THE A YEP DA. ALL WE HAVE SAID IS FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT. SO I DIDN'T HAVE THE CONCERNS WITH IT TO BEGIN WITH. P I AM LOOKING FORE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS TO SAY NO, THIS IS NOT ABOUT TEACHING CRT. NO, THIS IS NOT ABOUT OPPRESS ORS AND THE OPPRESSED. WE HAD SPECIFIC QUESTIONS COME IN. AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THOSE IN A REALLY TRANSPARENT MANNER. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN I FEEL LIKE WE ASK FOR THINGS AND THEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND SO I THINK WE MAID TO LEAD INTO TRANSPARENCY TO AVOID HIS INFORMATION SWIRLING AND IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING TO SEE THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY AND I STRIVE THAT THIS HAS CAUSED ON YOU ARE COMMUNITY AROUND AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT'S AN AMAZING CHOICE FOR FAMILIES. AND STUDENTS. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RECEIVED ALMOST 150 EMAILS I THINK. SINCE THAT BOARD MEETING. ALL OF THOSE WERE SUPPORTING IT EXCEPT IF A THINK TWO. THERE IS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE CLASS AND AT THE SAME TIME I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT TO REST CONCERNS THAT CAME IN THAT FORCED US TO TAKE THIS OFF AGENDA AND YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR EDUCATORS AND EVERYONE THAT WOULD DID ALL OF THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WITH GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. THAT WE HAVE. AND BRINGING IT FORWARD. AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT WORK. AND I WILL BE THE FIRST TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE A.P. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE. >> SECOND. >> SECOND BY MOORE. SO MOTION BY MEEK, SECOND BY MOORE, GEIGER. >> PROUDLY AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MIKE. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. >> WINEGAR, AYE. PASSES 7-0. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE INTO THE POLICY GOVERNANCE SECTION OF OUR MEETING. SUPERINTENDENT MONITORING REPORT ON EXECUTIVE LIMITATION FIVE. COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT TO THE BOARD. >> I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT WE ARE HAPPY TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE AGENDA IF EVEN IS FEELING TOO FRIED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT MONITORING REPORTS. SO I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD OFFER THAT UP TO YOU ALL. >> I MEAN, I THINK AHEAD A MINIMUM IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD ALL STAFF SHOULD GO HOME. I DON'T THINK STAFF IS NEEDED NECESSARILY. >> I AM FINE MOVING IT. IF WE HAVE TIME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A WORK SESSION THE FIRST IN JANUARY. IF WE JUST MOVE IT TO THE JANUARY MEETING I AM OKAY WITH THAT. >> I OFFICIALLY MOVE TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION TO THE WORK SESSION IN JANUARY. >> MOTION BY GEIGER. >> SECOND. >> SECOND BY WINEGAR, GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SELF EVALUATION GOVERNANCE PROCESS 1.2 THE JOB OF THE BOARD. WHICH DIRECTOR THOMPSON DID. SO I WILL HAND IT OVER CONGRATULATIONS.