[Music] Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Welcome. Uh it is Tuesday, September
23rd, 2025, 9:30 a.m. We'll call our regularly scheduled board meeting to order. Thank you everyone. Board colleagues, great to see you here in person and those on screen. Superintendent Dr. Stubblefield to all of our staff. Uh and to any guests that are with us both here in person and
online. Welcome. Good to see you all um this morning. So um we'll get started with our meeting as we do at every board meeting. Um, and before I continue, if anyone needs uh language interpretation in Spanish or in a different language,
we have uh interpreters available this morning. an interpreter for a different language this morning. Please let one of our staff persons know um and we'll make sure that we have live interpretation for you this morning. So, we'll review our board norms and
protocols. We agree to respect differences of opinions in making decisions for the district to follow best practices in managing the superintendent and the management of the board itself. to stay on task when conducting business for the district, including while at board meetings. To never surprise the superintendent or
each other when conducting official business of the district, to read these norms at the beginning of each board meeting and at board workshops as a reminder of how to conduct our meetings, and to continually selfcheck to determine if we are following our norms when conducting district business. Again, welcome. Good to see everyone.
Um, thank you for joining us. With that, Miss Smith, would you please do a roll call? >> Yolanda Clark. Yolanda Clark, present. >> Randy Lopez, >> Randy Lopez, present. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. present. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page present. >> Rachel Russell.
>> Dr. W. >> Dr. W present. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Smith. Um, next, is there a motion to approve today's regular agenda? >> So move. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion?
>> Hearing none. Smith. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Brandy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milley Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell. >> Rachel Russell. Yes. >> Dr. Win. >> Dr. Win. Yes.
>> Thank you. Thank you, board. All right. We're going to jump right into our agenda. First up, again, one of my favorite portions of our meetings. We have our recognitions and awards. Uh would invite uh Dr. Jones um to the podium. Good morning, Dr. Jones.
>> Good morning, President Lopez. Good morning, board of education. Good morning, Dr. Stubblefield. I am very privileged to be able to present our employees of the month. I'm going to see if I can get that to
present for us. Here we go. Our first employee of the month that we will recognize is Hanvieier. He is an instructional co. They are an instructional coach at Wut High School
as nominated by Carolyn Hmel. Mr. Irakose has been an outstanding support in our classrooms at Wand dot. As an alum, he brings passion and purpose to every interaction. He greets
every student, no matter the class size, and puts even the most nervous ELLL learners at ease with his calm, respectful demeanor. He anticipates classroom needs, assists seamlessly, and shows a clear dedication to becoming an
educator himself. His thoughtful reflection and eagerness to learn makes him a role model for students and a true asset to our school. He is welld deserving of district recognition. Let's give him a nice round of applause.
Thank you. He is our classified representative. Our certified representative is Maggie Bender. Maggie [Applause]
Bender is an instructional coach at Eugene Wearir Elementary School as nominated by Rihanna Brownley. It's with great excitement that I nominate Maggie Bender for employee of the month. As an instructional coach, she goes above and
beyond to support both teachers and students. Maggie brings a positive solution focused attitude to everything she does. Whether she's co-planning, modeling lessons, or leading PD, she also takes initiative with schoolwide
goals, data analysis, and planning that truly moves the work forward. Maggie's heart, leadership, and commitment make a big difference every day. She's more than deserving of this recognition. Once again, I present to you the employee of
the month, certified Miss Maggie Bender. >> Good evening board presfield. So great to see you. Dr. Sarah Lucero, assistant superintendent of student services. I'm excited to present the first student of the month of the school year. Our first one I would like for us
to give to Kalia Lig Ligins who is only four and was a little Here we go. but is ready to take on the world. Yes, there we go. >> You got it. She was nominate nominated
by principal Maxwell for her outstanding positive behavior. This year she is a student at Earl Watson and alongside with her brother, although they were in different classes, relied on each other for support. This year her brother moved to kindergarten and she was really
stepping forward with confidence and maturity maturity and becoming a true role model. We are so excited watching her grow into such a caring and confident inspiring student. She's so much joy. Let's give it up for Kalia
and present. She has her family with her. Good job, girl. [Applause] >> Okay, for elementary UI Castell Martinez
[Applause] Urmy is a student at Stonyport North. She was nominated by her teacher, Mrs. who is in the audience with us for her positive behavior. She is a true Stony
Point North superstar with all her positive attitude and excitement and desire to learn. But one thing you should know about her, when she grows up, she's going to own her own business and it's going to be fashion. And luckily for her, she has four sisters to
practice with. One who's at Washington High School and who her family wouldn't let her skip school to come today. But with her she also has her mother and her father and her teacher is present. So let's give it up for you and Amy middle school. We have Levi Ramasale.
[Applause] Levi, he's a sixth grader, but he already knows what it means to be a gentleman. He has learned early in life from his family, if you respect others, they will respect you back. And so, he
was nominated by his teacher, Miss Miller, who is in the audience as well, for his positive behavior, wanting to help others, and have empathy. He is a quiet force of positivity among his peers. He's often there to help others. When I asked him, "How do you remain so
positive at school?" He said by his friends, "It's important to be around the right people who are positive. He wants to go to school, but he also wants to play football and possibly at the Chiefs." Let's give it up for Levi. Last but not least, she is a force to be
reckoned with. Our high school student at Washington High. Let's give it up for Raidie Johnson. [Applause] When I say she is a force, I mean it on
so many levels. She's so sweet, so positive, but get her on the wrestling match and she is ready to go. She got fifth in the state last year and she's come back this year for first. She is She is in our ROC. She is in the
Kittyhawks Honor Society. She is not only in it, she's the president. She has a 4.1 weighted GPA, ranking fourth out of 265 students while excelling in college level classes. She Yes, she is
truly an athlete in track and field, crossing country, and as you know, wrestling. She's been a team captain. She's been part of president of JAG KC. She's been part of our restorative justice program. The question is, what is she not? Our superintendent student advisory council, Kansas future teacher
of the year. Yes, you heard that. She's going to go to school at Baker to study early childhood. So, let's get her a contract now. Give it up for Thank you for honoring. >> Thank you. And just a reminder, while
Mr. Simmons comes forward. Um, we'll take a brief break and take a photo with all of our employees and students of the month and their families and staff. So, don't go don't go anywhere. Um, we'll take a quick break after this next recognition and make sure we take photos. And family, please make sure you
take your photos as well. >> Good morning, Mr. Simmons. >> Good morning, sir. Good morning, Board President Lopez, Vice President Russell, board members, Dr. Stubblefield, our superintendent, staff and colleagues who are watching online and present. We are finally finally after a few delayed uh
opportunities ready to acknowledge our spring scholar athletes. Uh the athletes that we are acknowledging today uh did one of two things. They either were voted for their all-state teams or they participated in their state level athletic event. So we'll get started with our first scholar. As a junior she
qualified for in for state track 5A and three events in the 100 200 and long jump from Harmon Amaya Garcia. The head coach at for the girls team at Harmon is Talia Baker. Next up, Next up for the Schlaggel track
team, we have a few young ladies being recognized today. The first one finished seventh in the 300 meter hurdles, but also broke the school record in 300 meter hurdles last year as a junior, Sayia Sykes. Go onhead, girl.
>> Says Sykes was also a part of the young ladies 4x1 team at Schlaggel that qualified for state. So we have those young ladies with us today, Sia Sykes, who we just called. We also have freshman Lauren Newton and junior Naomi Taylor.
Also upon that team that is not here today are Lauren Newton and Sayia Sloan. And then the head uh girls track coach at Schlaggo is Caitlyn Miller. Washington High School has a couple of
young ladies qualify for state. Um Kylin Lawrence Nichols is not here today. She qualified. I'm sorry. See, I should have had someone telling me about the presentation. Uh oh. Let's try. It's not moving. Sorry about that. Give me one second.
Try. There we go. Sorry. I apologize. Let me go through the pictures of our our young scholar athletes. Sorry about that, ladies. So, back to Washington. Uh, Kylin Lawrence Nichols. qualified in the 200 and the
400. She is not here because she graduated and she is participating on the track team and enrolled at Pit State University. Here with us is freshman who qualified and finished in eighth place in the 100 meters, freshman Corey Currant.
The Washington head coach is Kim Kimberly Rollins. [Applause] The summer ladies track team sent a couple young ladies down to the state meet as well. Um, senior Michaela
Patrick is not here. She qualified in the triple jump. We do have with us today qualified as a junior in the shop hood, Zen Jackson. [Applause]
And the Sumar girls head track coach is Chariss Wesson. and the shot hook coach is Justin Baker. The summer boys team um Samir Moore could not make it today because he is participating in track at UMKC. But this gentleman had capped off a wonderful
high school career in track and field by placing third in the triple jump and he was the state champion in the long jump. boys head coach is Jeff Wright and the jumps coach is Milton Henry Jr. The last group we will recognize today
is our Sumar Academy girls soccer team. They are represented by five young ladies who um served on this team that not only finished as the Metallark Conference champions but also had an undefeated regular season. So a great accomplishment for those young ladies
last year. making the all state team as a freshman 5A honorable mention Paulina Perez. We had several young ladies make the second team um for FA. Sophomore Anadi Agari,
[Applause] freshman Abby Roblo, sophomore Mia Terasus. [Applause] And we are pretty confident that this ya last young lady did something that no
other young lady in KCKPS history has done. And that was voted to the first first team all state team for 5A floor Vidal. And the Southern Academy girls team is coached by Megan Schmidt.
Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for our all state participants in the spring sports. Great job, ladies. Thank you. If you'll I'll give us a quick 10-minute recess while we take photos with our um stu scholars and employees and families.
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[Music] All right. Um, thank you uh for letting us celebrate our scholars and our employees. Always a great moment when we
get to celebrate our scholar, our scholar athletes and employees of the month. So, we'll continue with our agenda board. Next on our agenda is item two um our community comment. As a reminder, our policy is online. Um, anyone is welcome to sign up for community comment. Please just contact
our board clerk, Mrs. Smith, um, no later than the Monday noon before the board meeting to make sure that you are on the agenda. Um, and she'll confirm all details with you. Um, first on the agenda, we have Miss Emma Bran. I don't see her here. Is Miss Emma
online? Can you hear me? She's online. Okay. I don't hear her either. Um, okay. Um, so next, um, m, the next comment board, um, was asked if we could do that after the library presentation since it's concerning the library. So, Mr. Shrader, I do see you here. We'll hold
off on your comment until after the presentation from the library. Thank you. Um, okay. And again, as a reminder, everyone is welcome to give comment to the board. Um, just make sure you sign up with our board clerk um, to do so. The next board
will continue with our agenda. Next up is number item four, our consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve today's consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. Miss Smith. Roll call,
please. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell. >> Rachel Russell. Yes. >> Dr. Win. >> Dr. Win. Yes. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you, board. Next item. Agenda item item uh five is the organization of the board. Uh Miss Smith, will you please pass out um the election slips? And just for the record, u Miss Clark
and Mr. Milin will submit um their votes directly to Miss Smith so that they can be read out out loud as well. Just one moment. Yolanda Clark has voted for Rachel Russell, the vice president. Wanda
Brownley Page has voted for herself. Rachel Russell has voted for herself. Randy Lopez has voted for Rachel Russell. [Music] Dr. Wyn has voted for Wanda Brownley
Page and Mr. Milin has also voted for Wanda Brownley Page. >> Okay. Thank you, Miss Smith. Thank you, board. Um we will um table the the next election for the next regularly scheduled board meeting.
So, we'll continue with our agenda. Next is item six. Um we will have a couple of reports uh from our library. First, we'll welcome up Miss Laura Hunt, our director of libraries. Good morning. >> Good morning, Mr. Lopez, members of the board, Dr. Stubblefield. Thank you so
much for having me here today. Uh, let's see. I find my presentation. There we go. Okay. So, today I'm going to talk to you a little bit first about summer reading and then about the main library project. But I didn't want you to miss out on the summer reading funds since we wrapped up
at the end of August. So you can see from our statistics in this slide that we have seen increases um over the last two years um from 2023 to 24 and then 24 to 25. I am um sure that some of those
increases are just still responses rebounding from COVID as people start to get back into their normal habits. Um, so that's a good sign that people are still continuing to use the library and participation is growing. And then I just wanted to share a couple of fun
photos with you. Um, we have our baby butterflies in the top left, which that was actually in anticipation of our butterfly festival, which was just this last Saturday, September 20th. So, I'll have some adorable photos from that to share. And then um these other programs that occurred over the summer um
Turner's foam party, art workshop with the Nelson, exotics are us. I just love that photo of those kids looking at that armadillo. We always have lots of great programs for kids and families and adults at our library branches. So check out our events page to see all the cool
things that are happening. We also have um a lot of partnerships. So our GED graduation ceremony is a partnership with Maid men. We graduated 54 um well we had 54 GEDs this year and then we had nine attend the graduation ceremony which we hold at the main library so
their families can come and watch them receive their GEDs. And then the organization for community preservation was a summer camp that visited and they do um they actually had a theme of the 1980s. So they got to kind of look at all this old 1980s technology and were I
hear very amazed at some of the stuff that they saw. the VHS tapes, the the cassette tapes, the microform machines, and a very old floppy disc, which I hear they were not impressed with. None of us were imp impressed with the floppy discs, I guess. So, moving on to main library.
So, I'm going to talk a little bit about the current needs, the history, and some funding options for this project. And I wanted to go through this just because I know not maybe there are some new board members or maybe it's been a while since this happened or for the public to kind of get a brief history of what has happened and what the current situation
is at Maine. So our current situation at Maine is that it's our oldest building in the system. Um not much has changed in 60 years. So you can see the photo on the right there is actually a photo of where
our current um conference room spaces are on the first floor and it looks very much the same except for we put some glass rooms in that that back corner. Um and really only the first floor was meant to be a public library and of course it was designed for a 1966
library not for a modern library. It's second floor was actually administration for the library and the third floor was district administration. So, and then our technical services department who actually process our books, they do um they put the labels on, they do the cataloging, they were in
a totally separate building. But then when the district administration moved here in 2010, all of the library administration, which is myself, the assistant director, um HR, finance, moved up to the third floor. technical services came over from that other
building and went to the third floor and we've added departments since then like marketing and IT um and then the second floor became our Kansas room with our history collection and we expanded the public service uh section of the library to be kids and AV on that second floor.
So because of this, it's it's not it's difficult because it hasn't really been designed for a modern library which has kind of been retrofitted into existing spaces and the building layout really limits our ability to provide those modern services. Uh for example, it's difficult to get electrical and data um
beyond just the walls and the columns because the floor is concrete which makes it solid, but it also makes it hard to run cabling into other areas of that space. Uh let's see. So then some current needs. Um you are all
probably familiar with some of these needs, but when we worked with SAP, we really honed in on what staff and the public were saying were very important. So you'll see these categories um also in their presentation. One um need that
we assessed was better sighting. So for example, we have our parking in the back and so patrons park in the back. they can park on the street, but if they park in the lot in the back, they sometimes think they can come in the back door, which is a staff entrance, and so they're they there's not great signage back there. They kind of wander around
wondering where to go. Um the view from the front, if you're coming in from the front, it doesn't look like a library. We've heard people say that it looks like it maybe is a post office or some other like very official government building. And then even when you walk in through the doors, it's it's kind of confusing as to where you go. For
security, our sight lines aren't great. So on the first floor, you've got a really big um work staff workspace in the middle of the building. So no matter where you put a staff member, you can't see very many areas of the building. So there's not great sight lines there. There's very tall stacks. On the second
floor, the the departments are siloed, so it's hard to communicate between them. There's a restroom that's down a hallway, which doesn't have any staff eyes on it, so we do have some issues there with security. And then we have really poor access control in the building, so there's just a lot of different keys. Um, we don't use key
cards for most of the entrances. So, it becomes challenging with who can get access to what. Um, sometimes our our LEOs can't even get from one space to another and need to be let in with by staff. Of course, our elevator is old. It can't handle like a pallet of books. It's not big enough for that. And we
need a lot of ADA updates as well. So, for our physical updates, we really need to look at where our restrooms are located. There's no restroom on the first floor. Um, there's only one ADA accessible restroom. the second floor restrooms are not accessible. So things like that. And then finally like functional updates. Our support
services. You'll probably hear us mention admin and support services. And administration is like I said like myself, the assistant director, HR, finance, and then our support services are those individuals who order the books, who process the books, our
marketing, our IT training, all of those kind of back of the house functions that support the functioning of the library. So right now those are very um dispersed there. There's a lot of them on the third floor, but especially with technical services, you got some of it happening on the first floor, some in
the basement, some on the third floor. So there's just a lot of um adjacencies that really need to be improved there. So that was an overview of just our current needs and things that could be better in our building. And then I'll just go through quickly a history of the
project for those of you who maybe don't remember or who weren't here for that. The board of education approved adding two mills to the public libraries levy to save for updates for main library and other capital projects. That was back in 2015. And then from 2019 to 2020, there
was a an assessment done on the facility and inefficiencies were identified such as aging systems and outdated design, not conducive to modern library services. And that was updated in 2020 because of the pandemic that got delayed. In 2024, the main library project was
included in that bond issue, but it didn't pass. And so, the library was removed from the second bond issue, and 1.5 of the library's two mills were transferred over to the school district to support those projects. And now today, May of 202, well today, not today, but May of 2025, SAP was
selected to do another update to just double check and make sure the numbers were still correct, get updated cost, confirm the community needs, and then also look at potential use of tax credits in this project. And now to today, um, SAP will present
some options for moving forward with the project. So, you'll get to see those right after this presentation. But before they get started, I wanted to just give you some sense of where we are with funding. So, due to that two mill increase and um some fiscal um
conservativism over the last several years, we have a total library capital fund and cash balance as of 7125 of that number there, 40 almost 48 million. and then the 0.5 mills per year going
forward will bring us about $680,000 a year going forward. So with just this we potentially could fund most of the options listed um in SAP's presentation
but there are some other options if the board would like to look at it if we didn't want to draw from that totally or if we wanted to do some different um payment methods. So one option if you should choose to go this way would be you could dedicate 38 million of that
fund for the project. That leaves behind 5 million in capital and 5 million in reserves for emergencies and then apply half of the half of a mill. So that's 0.25 mills per year toward a lease purchase for the remainder of the cost
of the project. So if we dedicate 38 million and then do that half of a mill toward a lease purchase, the total available for the project is in that right column. So you can see it goes 10 years is 40.3 million and 20 is 41.6 million. So that's one option with just
lease purchase for partial cost if you wanted to do it that way. And then another option is to use a lease purchase agreement for the entire cost. And so in this table you'll see that that is calculated by the project size. So 36 million if you do different loan
amounts. So 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, those would be the payments per year. And of course the bigger the project size and the shorter the term with 7.12 million being the the largest payment there. So, the advantage of this approach is that it keeps the library's
cash balance um where it is and allows us to make payments over time and then potentially we could grow more money in that fund as we keep that money in. But, of course, there would be interest payments on that. So, that would be, you
know, something to weigh. But, like I said, with uh our cash balance currently, we already have enough um for most of those options that you're going to see after this. Okay, so that is what I have for you today. Do you have any questions for me before we move on to SAP's presentation
or would you like to do the whole thing and then get questions? >> Um, one question. >> Yes, Miss Brownley Page. >> In one of the other presentations, we talked about tapping into the historical society and possibly using some keep
some things but try to get funding from them. Is that still a consideration? >> Yes. And you'll see that more of that in SAP's presentation. They have the um overall cost for different options and preserving tax credits will be reflected in the total cost of the project.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you board. Additional questions for Miss Hunt. Now, is there a motion to accept um the library director's report this morning? >> So moved. >> Second.
>> Moved and seconded. Any questions? >> Smith. Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell. >> Rachel Russell. Yes. >> Dr. Win. Yes. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you, board. Thank you, Miss Hunt. Next, we'd invite uh Mr. Brad McKenzie to the podium uh from SAP Architects. And good morning. Uh thank you for joining us today. >> Thank you. Good morning, uh board president Lopez, Dr. Stubblefield, and board members. Um I am Brad McKenzie
with SAP Design Architects. Um we are going to talk to you today about the four approaches that we have developed over the past three months. Um to kind of give the board some options for how to proceed for a 21st century library at the main branch. Um I got to kick click
the right button here. Um before I do that, we we do just want to set the groundwork for this. Talk a little bit about schedule. Um, so we've gone through all the community engagement, the stakeholder meetings. Um, we've done all of our physical analysis. Um, we did
a previous presentation about a month ago on all of that information and and then we're going to be presenting the options today. Um, after this meeting, we're going to be compiling all of the data we have collected and provide you guys a printed and digital report that
has everything um, inclusive in it. We hope to have that out to you late next week. Um and then we will continue to meet um and be available for questions to help you guys make a decision. Um this is a quick schedule we put
together. Um our meeting today is on the very left of that. Um if the board uh has the information they feel they need to make a decision in October um and then proceeds with the RFQ process um for the design team and CMR. uh fast
forward could probably begin construction in early 2027. Um and that's kind of what we've based some of our numbers on. So looking at the square footage analysis, um I think we touched on this last time,
but um after looking at the usage of the current library, the population, the library service, looking specifically at the main branch and looking at um some standards, we use the Connecticut State Library standards. Uh we need about 69,000 square feet of library space.
That's just a library. That's not counting the uh central admin offices. Um and that's just some um some data there from the standards and the target of 69,000 ft for the library. Then if we add into that the central admin, the processing, all of that, that's another
27,000 square ft. So we feel that you guys need a target of about 96,000 total square footage to get the 21st century library and a functional um administration facility. So then we look at the existing building. Um it is 75,000 ft which
includes the basement. Right now there are offices in the basement which we feel should not be in the basement. Nobody wants to be well maybe some people do but it's not very healthy to be in a in a dark basement with no sunlight. So, there are some programmatic things that could go in the
basement and that's going to be something that once you guys make a decision and um we or whoever the design team is starts working on this, we may be able to recapture some of that basement space, but to be consistent in all the options, we've excluded the basement and the square footage.
So, uh Laura did a great job of talking about uh some of the engagement and why we're here. um what we need. I'm not going to go through all of this information. I want to point out two things that she didn't mention with the existing building. Um actually three things we talked about. The bones of it
are really good, but there are several code issues with the building that would need to be addressed. Um one of which would be significant. The building would have to be fully sprinkled. There are a variety of other things. Um and we touched on a lot of them in our previous report. Um she talked about the security
and and feedback. There's some ADA concerns. So, um, we definitely have a need at the main branch and, um, hopefully we're going to give you guys enough information on how to proceed. Um, these are the the topics that Laura touched on a little bit. Um, whenever we
started developing um, these approaches, we're like, okay, so what are some of the key things that are issues with the current um, branch and how can we address them? So we identified the siding which she talked about and it includes the green space and and different exterior elements, the way the
building fronts the street. Also security which she talked quite a bit about. Uh the physical condition. Um one of the things that um is also important to keep in mind is the energy efficiency. When that building was built and when it was renovated um the energy
codes of today did not apply. So it's not a very energyefficient building. and you'll see how in some of the options that we're going to discuss that can be better addressed than others. Um functionally um there's a lot of issues functionally with library right now. She
touched on a lot of that. Um the historic fabric right now um everything that's there um is good and the question is how much of that do we want to preserve? and then of course budget. And if you look at these um these six bars, that horizontal line is kind of where
we've established the benchmark of where we are today. Um so one of the other things to think about is whenever we started looking at these options, one of the concerns was well as we expand the building, we're going to lose on-site parking. So we
started looking at okay, so what parking is available? There's street parking out front front which is um used quite a bit. That's where I usually park when I go to the library. Um, and there's the other parking garages in the area. Um, there's also been discussion in the past
from the UG about getting some of the land to the east. There's nothing's been finalized, but it's been a discussion. So, that's why we've kind of dashed that in with a circle. And then one of the things we're thinking, we know there's a development going at the corner. We have no idea what that's going to be, but
maybe there's an opportunity to park there as well. But I think the the key takeaway here is with this being an urban library, there is a lot of available public parking around the area that can be utilized. So depending on how the board wants to look at the
library and available parking, are we comfortable with making most of the parking in the adjacent public spaces or is on-site parking um an important factor? um the the historic tax credits was brought up. Um and that is a a big
factor in all of this. Um we will have two approaches that take advantage of the tax credits and two that don't and we'll talk about pros and cons. Generally the process for this is whatever we do we have to submit to the landmarks board for approval. Um if it
is um pretty straightforward and they can they have the ability to approve it is my understanding. Um, if it is not, then they would pass that on to Shipo. So, for example, if we're looking at ignoring the tax credits and gutting the building or if we're going to demo the
building, they would not be able to approve it. It would go to Shipo, which is the State Historic Preservation Organization. Um, based on the state laws, they're not likely to approve that type of thing either. Um, so then if it if that's not approved, then it goes
back to um the local um the local jurisdiction. So essentially the UG would have to go through a process of public hearings and all this to make a decision that there is no feasible and prudent alternative and allow for the building to be demoed or the historic
fabric to be ignored. So there is a process there. Um the reason why that's important is because that impacts the time frame of everything and we'll talk about that in just a second as well. Um so each of the four options we have will have a a unique timeline. Um, and some
of them, um, the timelines can overlap, but we'll talk a little bit about that when we get to the schedule. The tax credits, if you choose to take them, are a 40% to the construction of the renovations of the existing building. The tax
credits do not apply to additions. They apply only to renovations in the building. The other thing to keep in mind is if you do choose to take advantage of the tax credits and you do future work in the building, those costs also get a 40% tax credit as long as you
maintain the historic integrity of the building. Um, so now the costs that we used, um, we budgeted a little bit of money for the basement, $75 to $100 a square foot in certain options just because there's going to be a sprinkler system that has
to be installed. The renovations we're budgeting $250 to $300 a square foot. Um that could be a little bit more if we go with the total gut and uh renovate option. And then new construction at $450 to $475.
So where did those numbers come from? Those aren't arbitrary. Uh what we did is we looked at some recent construction costs for library projects. Um and then we escalated that cost out to the first quarter of 2027. So assuming there are no um significant
economic changes and inflation go crazy like it did a couple years ago, we feel pretty comfortable that these numbers um will will provide what we need. And I'm not going to say they're padded. Um but I think that they're generous enough that we may be able to come in a little
bit under these numbers, but we didn't want to short change you guys and and shoot low and then find out later that we don't have enough money. So these are the budget numbers we've used. And again to be consistent, we've used them across all the options. Um, one of the things the budget does
not include is temporary relocation. So depending on which option, and we'll go over that, you may have to relocate the library and or the administration. And that could come at a cost because you have to find a place, you have to make the place ready for a library, all
that. So there is a cost there. And there's way too many variables in what that is for us to include a budget for that, but we just want you to be aware that that is a cost that'll have to be considered. Um the other thing that we did include
is what's called soft costs. Those are the costs for things like design fees, permitting, uh surveying, um your FFN, so all of the the shelving for the books, the furniture, all that stuff that's not part of the construction cost, um but is what's called soft cost.
We included that $9 million for each scenario. That's about $100 a square foot. Again, we don't feel that it's a bloated number, but it's generous enough that it should cover everything. All right, now to the meat of the presentation, the approaches. We have
four approaches. Um, approach A is the rehab with addition. B, alteration additions that does not take into account tax credits. C is demolish and rebuild. D is repurpose the current building and have new construction. So, we'll talk about A first. Rehab with tax
credits. So, that's renovating the existing top three floors and building addition on the back of the building to get the total square footage. Um, this is going to be the least cost. It's about 36 to $39 million. You can see over on the right of this, um, that's a
savings after tax credits of around $6.5 million. Um, so you get those tax credits for all the renovation work in this option. So the attributes to this, this is again this is just a very diagrammatic plan. This may be close to
what could ultimately be done or maybe not, but this is just an option. Uh we could put the addition on the back. Again, takes out a lot of the parking. We give you a new identity on the east. Um it could potentially give you an east entrance and maybe a drive off the east depending on how we can work that out
with the UG. It does give you a little bit of flexibility with how to make the entrance facade a little bit better. Um, and it could um enclose the west side so that it's an employee entrance and service entrance. Um, again, this is just kind of a
massing image of it just to show kind of contextually where it would go. The pros, you take advantage of the tax credits, you maintain the character. Um, you get to change the elevation a little bit of the main entrance if you if you decide to do that. It does improve the security of the service area and
employee parking. Um, and uh, the temporary relocation could be reduced a little bit because you could build the addition before you move stuff into it. The cons, this is the least functionally ideal of the options. This because we're
maintaining the historical character of the building, it is going to be the the least improvements functionally for the library, but it is also the least expensive. Um the energy efficiency is not fully addressed. Um and so it will have higher operation costs and it will
have off-site public parking. Um when we get to the end of these four options, they're all going to be displayed together with the little bars at the bottom so we can kind of compare and contrast each of the options to one another. Um option B, alterations and addition without tax credit. So this
basically means we can completely gut the building, do things to the exterior if we want to. a little bit more cost 45 to47 million. Again, another potential diagram. This may not be what it turns out to be, but this is an idea. Gives you a new north identity, which I know a
lot of people have asked for. The front of the building does not look like an a library. So, this could address that. Um, you could expand that edge so that it it's more of an urban frontage. Um, you can get some green space to the south. Um, it would uh be a little less
parking. Um, we could have uh an addition to the north and the south. We could reskin which could help with um energy efficiency. And then on the interior, it takes care of a lot of the current problems with the building for programmatic um issues.
Pros and cons, you could have a new identity on Minnesota, which would be pretty cool. You get a lot more flexibility in the interior safety and security is improved. Um the uh investment in the current building infrastructure remains. So you're taking
advantage of the bones that you have. Now the cons, you don't get the tax credits in this option. Therefore, it's a little more expensive. Uh temporary relocation would be required probably almost from the get-go because you're getting the entire building. Um it would not be uh approved by Landmarks and
Shipo. So you'd have to go through that process we talked about earlier. Um and the governing body would have to make the the decision on that. Um demolish and rebuild option C. Uh basically 96,000 square feet of brand new construction. You see the price there 53
and half to $56 million. Obviously no tax credits. Um again this could be a million different layouts. Um this is just one that we kind of picked. Um obviously you'd have a new identity. Um a completely 21st century library. We
could still identify that plaza at the corner um to give homage to to what's there now, but we could also have an east entrance and we could have a rooftop green space um since there is limited green space on the property. It could be programmable rooftop green space. Um one of the things we looked at
is when we demo we could maybe get access into the basement for parking. We think that could work. Um you could expand the drive through so that the current parking is not quite as awkward. So you can access it from both both directions. So uh there's some good features of that option. The pros it
would address the side issues. Um it would reduce the verticality of the building which makes it more efficient to operate. Um you don't have the physical constraints of the current structure. So there's a lot of flexibility in the design and flexibility in operation once it's built
and it gives the library a new identity. Cons, there's no tax credit. It's the most expensive. You do have the additional demo costs of about a million dollars that you don't have with the other options um which is included in the budget. It's likely the longest
schedule of all um and you would obviously have to completely relocate everything while this is going on and have to deal with the uh preservation uh issues. So that would add to the schedule. Um option D that would be to repurpose the existing building and
basically build a new library only building. Um, and that's not quite the least expensive, but um, it's one of the least expensive options. So, you'd basically be repurposing the existing building to to to be the admin, and we would make the admin function a whole
lot better. Um, we could rehab the first floor to be meeting spaces. Um, so they would still be public spaces, but they wouldn't just be walk-in library spaces. The second floor would essentially be for future growth unless we decided to expand some program. But the thought at
this point is the the second floor would just be for future. The admin would stay on the third floor except tech services that would move down to the first floor. Then we'd build a new library and all of your library functions would go in there except for large meeting spaces which would be in the existing building. Um
and then this would still give you an enclosed service yard in the back. potentially we could have employee parking in the basement. So, the pros, it retains the historic character, you get the tax credits. Uh, in this situation, we don't think there
would be any need for temporarily relocating. Um, because you could completely build the library, move all that over, and most of the renovation we think could happen while admin is still in the building. Um, you get a brand new energy efficient
library. um it does not take advantage of the energy efficiency in the current building. So you would still have that because you're maintaining the historical integrity. Um and um again, we're taking up all on-site parking the way this is is looking. Again, that
could change depending on how we uh are able to work with the UG. So this is a quick um schedule of all of these options. Um, and I want to point out this uh lighter green line for options A, B, and C. That's a timeline for
finding and remodeling a temporary relocation for the library and admin. That would have to a would have to happen for options A, B, and C. Um, we think the timeline for all these getting started is is relatively similar. The
similar the unknown is how long the planning, commissions, and landmarks would take. that could push the schedules for option uh B and C. And it looks like I've got option C labeled as option B. I apologize for that. The third one is supposed to be option C
with the demo. Um option C would be the one that takes the longest amount of time to build obviously because you've got to add a couple months for demolition and all new construction is going to take a while. Um so that's kind of a a schedule for the for the four
options together and then kind of a summary of them. uh option A rehab and addition you can see the bars at the bottom. Option A certainly improves sighting and security. It will make some improvements to the physical condition but it doesn't take into account um the
energy efficiency problems that we have and there are certainly some limitations because of what we have to maintain. Um so it helps functionally but it's still not the most functional. Obviously, it takes advantage of historic tax credits and is the most economical. Option B
does a pretty good job with sighting and security because we're not taking tax credits. You get a little bit better physical condition because you can make some uh energy efficiency improvements. Functionality, it's a little better than a not ideal, but it's certainly better.
Completely ignores historic um character of the building. Budget-wise, it's a little more than A, but it's not the most expensive option. Um obviously option C checks all the boxes. Um we didn't put security at the maximum just because there is a perceived security
issue just because of the location of it. Um and with some of the transient population in the area. Um I don't know how legitimate of a security issue it is, but it is perceived. So it's important to keep in mind. Um but it checks all the boxes other than historic
and it's really expensive. Um, option D, uh, does a good job with, uh, sighting and security for the new construction. Physically, it's great. Again, we're maintaining the character of the existing building, so there are still some energy efficiency limitations. Functionality,
it's almost as good as option C, but not quite. Um, and it does maintain the historical integrity and is your second most economical option. And I think that's it. Are there any questions about There's a lot of information.
>> Thank Thank you, Brad. Appreciate the presentation. Um I see there are some questions. So start with Miss Brownley Page. Folks online, uh Miss Clark, Mr. Milin, if you do have a question, um I'll be monitoring my screen, just raise your hand. Miss Brownley Page. >> Okay. Does your any do these plans
include if there's we were at Shiny Mission for a meeting and there was severe storm and instead of moving to a certain location they pull down these screens and all this stuff and they said we were protected. So in terms of severe
weather, tornado, what have you, do these plans include because you were saying you didn't want to do anything to the basement. So, if there's a tornado, what does a person do? Or do you have a special plan that's already included
that you just didn't tell us? >> Right. So, uh we actually have probably done close to 100 safe rooms in our firm. So, we're very um attuned to how to do safe rooms. We've done them in libraries and schools all over the
state. Um we didn't specifically include it because we haven't really got to that level of detail of design. um it would add about 25 to 30% um to the cost for that specific area. A lot
of times what we'll do in libraries um is we'll make like a meeting room a safe room. Um we could have the existing building analyzed to see if the basement would qualify. The problem is a true ICC 500 safe room, you can't have a building
collapse on it and people not be able to get out of it. So realistically, basements are they may be safer than being on the first floor, but they're not technically safe rooms because you can't get out of them. Um, unless we make other accommodations. So that is something that if if we're selected as
your D design team, we would certainly want to talk about is a safe room in the building. >> Okay. Well, I was just surprised you didn't include it because that is a safety issue. And why wouldn't it be included in the cost so that we can look at the whole picture? I'm just asking
>> and that's a very good question. Um, there's a lot of factors into how you do a safe room. Do you make a safe room that is designed just for the occupants of your building? Do you make it a community safe room? Do you get FEMA funding for it? There is FEMA funding available oftent times for safe rooms.
And so there's there's a lot of factors that will dictate how big your safe room needs to be. Uh, is it open after hours? Again, if it's open to the public, then it has to have an exterior access to it. it has to have certain signs. So, there's a lot of variables to it. Um,
but let's just say we're we're making one of the meeting rooms um a safe room and it's uh 2,000 square ft. We would add uh 25 to 30% to the cost and I think we could fit that into our budget without any problem. >> So, are there any laws when making a
building, you know, this is Kansas, >> right, >> that would mandate you'd have to have something? Currently the only laws apply to educational facilities. So a school is required to have a safe room that uh accommodates all the occupants of the
building. Libraries do not currently require that. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Okay, >> Mr. Milin and then M. Russell. >> Yes, sir. Let me get off mute. Thank you for your presentation as very thorough and informative. I just have two points
or maybe a question now. C is the only one that uh call rec calls for a total demolition. That correct? >> Correct. >> And you stated in your presentation that is the most expensive one,
>> but it's the best one. Correct. >> Uh best is relative. Um >> it does check all the boxes. Yes. But yes, it is also the most expensive. >> So it's the most efficient way to go is C. >> Correct.
>> Okay. Now also on C there is a tax there is no tax credit. Correct. >> Correct. Because you're you're demolishing the existing building that provides those tax credits >> and the other three there are >> uh not option B. Option >> B tax credit as well.
>> Correct. Option B would be ignoring the tax credits. So you're getting rid of some of the historical features of the current building but you're keeping the bones of the building. >> Okay. So that I'm just that's for clarity for me to understand and it was good presentation. So one C is total
demolition and other three is basically rehabbing or renovating in some form shape or fashion with a lot of as sister Miss Paige just said some of the extremities that need to be improved can
in the different levels. Correct. >> Correct. And if you look at next to the last page of the presentation, it has a summary and at the top it tells you which ones have tax credits and which ones don't. Um, and yes, that is correct. The A, B, and
D would be renovations to different levels of the existing building. >> Okay. Thank you very much. >> You're welcome. >> Thank you, Mr. Milin. Or I'm sorry, Miss Russell. I don't think we look alike but um
one thing that I wanted to clarify. So on that second to last page, uh option D, um the repurpose existing, could you use tax credits to repurpose the
existing in addition to the new construction or are you kind of looking option D is no tax credits at all? >> Yeah, and I just noticed that we didn't put with tax credits on there. Okay, >> that option does >> with or without
>> it does you can use tax credits for the renovation work to the current building. The tax on option D >> on option D is in dog but they don't apply to the new construction just to the renovation work and that is included in the costs
>> in the budget. Okay. I just wanted to clarify that. And then um I don't see Wayne, but I'm sure you may be able to answer this question. Going back to um Mrs. Pa's question about uh the safe
room space. that is something that we would put in the RFQ as a part of our process for both CM and for the design element if that was something that we wanted to pursue.
>> Um, >> is that how that works or does it get down or do you get all the way down? I guess I'm trying to balance what we're saying, the money we have versus what we know for sure what we want. Like if we're saying we want a safe room, but we
only have >> 30 million >> to repurpose or whatever, like would you need to know that on the front end or would that be on the back end? >> I think the reason you would want to include that in the RFQ is to make sure that the teams show that they are
knowledgeable in how to do a safe room. So if that's important, I think it would it would be an important factor. I think as far as budget goes, again, the safe room is such a small square footage of the total project that I think we could make it fit within the budgets that you
have. It's not going to add like $4 million. >> Well, you said 20 to 30%. And that was my question. Is it 20 30% of the full budget or is it 20 30? You said something about the space and that's if we want a safe room this size that
square footage would be 20 to 30% more than the rest. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Thank you. Uh Dr. W. >> But just as Thank you. As you said, you could with with knowledge absorb it
within the current fees. >> Yes, I feel confident that we could. Yes. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. you, Miss Clark. >> Thank you. My question um that I have is a little bit a little bit off. So, on option C, when it talked
about basically demolishing and rebuilding, is there anything that we could add to the building that while tax credits do not apply, but is there anything that we could add to the building that funding or grants would then help with? So, I'm
just thinking about all the other rebuilding that we're doing um and just wanting to maximize the potential of the building if that were an option. >> Well, that's a good question. I am not a grant expert.
>> Okay. Um Miss Clark, I'm not a GL grant expert either, but um technically, yes. But I also will tell you um as um a public entity, we would not want to
commit to anything more than the dollars that we have because that then puts the district um makes the district responsible for it. So, if that were going to be the option, it would delay the project until we actually had the
dollars at hand because we wouldn't want to put the district in a uh financial situation where we couldn't we didn't have the dollars to pay for it, if that makes sense. >> Okay. Thank you. I recognize my question was a little bit out of the box. So, thank you so much.
>> So, I guess I'm going to come Sorry. >> Go ahead. I'm going to come back to that because I just want to clarify because I know that we have members of the foundation board here as well. So, what the foundation has agreed to do for up
to 20 million once we made a decision is to go out and ask philanthropy for those dollars. How does that play a role into what Miss um >> no Laura, sorry I was trying to remember
her married name but I couldn't remember it. Sorry. Um into what the funding options that she presented. How does that then play a role there? >> So L please chime in. So if the board
collectively decided that's the direction they wanted to go, it would basically delay the project until the amount was raised. Um because we don't have the dollars
on hand. If the um foundation um for whatever reason um like if they raised it quickly then that's it just depends on when the money is actually. So there's no option that allows us to move forward and still
accept dollars from the foundation board. >> The board collectively financially wanted to take on the risk that whatever the difference is that that the foundation would raise it in time of the project because if the project and I
foundation I'm I'm I'm just really stating facts here. I'm not. >> But I'm saying in a real in a in a optimistic world, we went we know that there's 48 million available. If we
left 20 in the reserves and said, "Hey, our intent is to keep this in the reserves. The foundation board is able to raise the 20 mil if we went the lease purchase option because it's not due up all upfront. Then we could supplement
the dollars that the foundation raises with the reserve dollars. Is that that's where I guess I'm trying to >> Yes. No, that's what I'm saying. Absolutely. But the board would have to know and understand if for some reason the foundation never raised it,
>> then we would take the monies out of the reserve. Yes. Well, no, the reserve there's a gap because we like if we had 58 million, we would be able to say, "Yep, and we'll swing it and whatever the foundation provided, that's fine. If they didn't, we know we would lose it."
But if you just have 20 if we we had to have the total amount before we can completely cover it because if we don't, you're going to have to allocate it from somewhere else or have a plan for it. So we only have 47 million and you have to
remember that's for capital projects and operations as well. So it's just you are financially um taking a greater risk. Um and if the foundation had the 20 million now you
could totally jump into it. But you there's a $10 million when you look at the um amount that we have on hand and the most expensive was it 57 million? there's a $10 million gap. So, we would we would be operating on a $10 million
gap. And then, not to get into some other details, but financially it organizations are just like individuals, there are some risk there for like credit rating and those kind of things because we're committing to something that we actually don't have
dollars for. So, our looking at Brad, our Moody ratings and those all of those things could potentially be impacted if we don't actually have the dollars on hand. >> I guess I'm still confused how >> I think I can. Yeah. So, I think what Dr. Stubblefield is saying is that the
the whatever money the foundation raises doesn't increase the available budget for the project. It will just supplement what we have. So, like you're saying, >> that's what I thought I was saying. >> Yeah. So if you're if you have if you put 30 million toward the project and we have another 17 million in reserves, we
can still commit to the $47 million project. If the foundation raises that money, then that would go toward the project. If they can't, then we would dip into those reserves, but we have the total available in reserves. We just can't say, "Oh, we have 47 million, but we can raise 20 million, so really we
have 67 million." Because we don't. >> And I don't think that's what I was saying either. I thought I was saying like we have the amount based on what you showed. >> Um, >> and that can be used to supplement. That is correct. >> And I I was just clarifying we don't have the amount for the most expensive
the one Yolanda asked about. We do not have 57 million. That's what we don't have enough reserves to cover is that's what I was saying. I was >> That's also the option that probably won't get approved either. So I'm good with that. I just wanted to clarify
>> my understanding. Thank you. >> Okay. >> But Yolanda asked about the 57 million. That's the only That's what I was trying to clarify for Yolanda. Yeah, >> Mr. >> And thank you for that cuz we want to make sure. We said we're going to be transparent. We also said we're going to
use and be responsible with the funding that we do have. And I appreciate you saying that because money is tight and people want to make sure we spend it properly. They also want to make sure we remember that we're being taxed if you
live here. And nothing against anybody who doesn't, but you got a limited amount of people paying for this. And they're being tax, tax, tax. So, we want to remember that. So, I appreciate the discussion because we need to make sure
that we're doing it in a responsible way. And we do need improvements. I'm a library fan. Grew up with it. But I also want us to be mindful that people are struggling. >> Mr. Milin.
>> Yes. Thank you. Uh, President Lopez. This is good conversation as long as it I don't want to miss this. Maybe I have missed it. I haven't, but uh you all mentioned the cost there will be a cost of
education. So my question is where are the funds that are to be allocated for the cost of taking care of the temporary location? Where are those funds going to be generated fund and what I don't like to use the word pool
but what where I thought superintendent was going to on that line saying that so where are those funds going to come from to take care of that because there will be costs and we don't know you cannot put a a a a clamp on it or a definite number on it uh am I
saying that right on the temporary cost because we don't know how long it's going to be if we are to renovate or totally demolish so So >> help me with that question. >> Okay. So and Lauri, you can come back for it. My understanding is depending on
the uh project you select, there are some options like we do have some district facilities. So depending on what what and where it's uh the temporary location is decided upon
um it may or may not have uh significant costs. Um but and then we also would just have to use those same funds unless Laura has a different option. >> Okay. Which same funds? That's that's my question. Where I mean aren't they
aren't they blanketed or something earmarked for to use for that the temporary? >> I can speak to that. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah. No problem. So depending on which option we go with and how much is left in reserves, we we would want to be um
as you know conservative as possible when trying to find a space. So we would want to first look for properties that the district maybe already has access to u maybe buildings that have space. We would want to look at some different options for um staff working in different locations that we already own. They could work out of different
libraries. our materials handling would really be the bulk of the um space that we would need because those are the individuals who take the materials in and process them and then send them back out to branches. So, it kind of has to be like a mail room sort of situation. So, we wouldn't need a lot of space. I'm
not anticipating that that would be millions of dollars um for that to for just to work out of a temporary space, especially if we're able to use an existing space either within the district or within the library. Um, if we did want to look at other options, like for example, having some public
space temporarily um, at a storefront, we we can do anything from maybe renting space to even just having maybe like a holds locker where people can pick stuff up or, you know, so that also varies in terms of cost. And then um, we have been pretty conservative with our budget over
the last several years um, in anticipation of this project. And so I feel pretty confident that our budget could also absorb some of that cost, our operational budget, not just the capital fund budget. So if we did need to, you know, pay for some, um, different
solutions, um, we could do that. >> Dr. W. >> Thank you. Uh, Dr. Dville, let me ask you a question that I think may add some clarity for Mr. Milin. the library funds or the library funds.
Anything dealing with the library come out of the library funds? Are any district funds allowed to address any library issues? That is strictly USD500. >> Yeah, Brad is shaking his head. No, we
really try to keep them separate. And I'll let Brad address. >> And I asked that because I think Mr. Mr. Milin was kind of thinking I don't know what he was thinking but hopefully he was the question he was asking where
they come where they going to come from they've got to come from the library funds >> they would and we we do our absolute >> that's what I'm asking >> that's what I'm not what I'm thinking that's what I'm asking where the funds coming from >> I got you Mr. smiling. I got you. >> Okay. Thank you. I know what I'm thinking.
>> Expenses attributable to the library, they have to come from the library fund. So whether we in the past we may have done maintenance with district personnel on a library building, but then the library is invoiced for those expenses.
So we always separate those. >> Thank you. That that's the point I think I was I think I know he needed clarity >> before you walk off and it might be a Greg question. Um so it was mentioned to potentially use
district facilities. Those are district assets that fall underneath the district's balance sheet, not the libraries balance sheet. Is there a transaction that has to take place in order for us and I know we're in a
unique situation, but I'm asking because it just was brought up related directly to money because if we use a district facility, then that asset no longer belongs to the district in my head on the balance sheet. It now belongs to the library. So, what can you just explain
that? >> So, a couple things to separate there. There's one there's the funding and expenses that must be attributed to specific funds. So if we have at risk expenses, they have to come out of the atrisisk fund. If we have library expenses, they have to come out of the
library fund. That's different than assets that the district owns. And the library is a department of the district. So all of our property is owned by USD500. So you may I I'm sure Mr. Gohane has
some guidance on if we would want to have some sort of anou or something in place that just lines out how that would take place. But the use of it, I don't see that being any different to let the library use it than any community member
that uses our facilities or if we have a building uh one school that is utilizing another's gym for an event. It's all kind of coming. >> Okay. Thank you. And I my last question um is going to be uh
and it I lost it. It's okay. It's okay. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um thank you Brad and team Laura and team. Um a lot of information board a lot of information to receive. Um I know it's
we asked you all to do a lot of homework in a short amount of time. Um, so this has been really helpful and a really helpful conversation I think for the board. Um, at this time we'll pause um with that um information.
We'll ask Mr. Shrader to come up as he has a comment community comment specific to the library board and then um we'll break for an executive session um and then continue with the agenda. >> Uh thank you. Um, my name is Jim Schrader. I'm here with my colleague
Roslin Brown. Uh, thank you for letting us speak after this presentation, which was a really good presentation. Um, but together Roslin and I are co-chairs of the community-based KCK advisory committee for a 21st century library. As
well, we are both members of the governing board of the KCK uh public library foundation. So over the last decades uh the foundation has been providing supplemental funding uh and financial support for certain KCK library uh programs and functions. And
for the last three years, the advisory committee has been actively working with the library and district staff to get the main library replaced with a library that truly is able to address our community's needs going into this 21st century. Uh we first would like to
acknowledge our superior library staff whose performance has consistently been one of the strengths highlighted by library users. They have persevered uh despite working conditions downtown that are far too often inadequate, even
unpleasant and sometimes unsafe. Uh second, we appreciate the work of this board. um what you have done guiding the work of the public library and the school district, shephering our community's tax dollars wisely and successfully in order to meet essential
community needs uh and interests. So, in your deliberations that are going to be coming forward, uh our advisory committee and the public library foundation make the request that you weigh carefully all of these factors. The goal has to be that we create a
public-f facing new facility that one library user envisioned with these words, a true downtown beacon where people feel welcome, safe, comfortable, and connected. We know firsthand that the staff and
administration of the KCK library are ready to expand and enrich our community's library experience. So, we encourage you as the board to be bold, imaginative, and courageous in bringing this vision to fruition for all of us here in KCK. It's time to break ground
and provide our community the 21st century library that that all of us need and deserve. Um, and I will add that we don't feel that that means that it has to be all new, but what faces the public needs to look and feel brand new. uh
what what the public now sees downtown is 1966 and they don't see a library. So the the answer has to be something that appeals to the library, appeals to funders as we
move forward uh and and addresses the needs and desires of this community. So >> if you have any questions, any of you, any of the public, Roslin and I are always willing to talk. Uh so please reach out and for the public uh if you
need to reach us uh just contact uh Laura Hunt the director of public libraries and she'll get us connected. So thank you if you have any questions for any of us at any time. So thank you very much. >> Thank you Mr. Shrader Roslin Brown. Thank you Miss Russell.
>> I remember my question but I'm not going to dive into my question. Oh >> sorry. >> Thank you. I love to hear myself. Um, can we add the deed to the downtown library on the next agenda item? I know that um as we pursue options, we will
also need to um reflect on the the requirements of that deed. And I believe that one component of that did involve educational components from like I remember seeing it a long time ago. And so just making sure that as we look at options, we also
um look at the deed of the library and make sure that that stays at the top of mind. >> Great. >> Thank you, Miss Russell. We'll definitely make sure that that's uh added. Miss Clark, >> hello. Thank you for the public comment. I really, really appreciate it. Um Mr.
Lopez, maybe we need to say out loud what our next steps are. I don't know if that comes from you or from our presenter. Yeah, we'll do that after our executive session. Um there's some things we've got to discuss. >> Got it. Thank you. >> Thank you for that reminder though, Miss Clark. >> Um okay, so um and Miss Clark, Mr.
Milin, you should have the Zoom link for the executive session. Just play please make sure that you log out um or are muted um from the general open session um when you join that. Um and um I do see on and thank you Miss
Smith for the reminder there. Um, is there a motion to accept as anformational item the main library project update update as submitted? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions?
>> Miss Smith. Thank you. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell. >> Rachel Russell. Yes. >> Dr. Oh yeah. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you board. Okay. Um board. Is there a motion to recess to executive session for attorney client um consultation with the for consultation with the attorney on matters which would be deemed privilege in the attorney client relationship under coma to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohine,
Dr. Prim, Dr. Jones, Mr. Hansford, Dr. Selena Swillick, Brad McKenzie, Justin Roth, Steve Potter, Kristen Mcparen, Laura Hunt, Sam Moore, Doug Clemens, Miguel Martin. I think that's it. >> You sure? >> I think that's it. Half the room is
coming with us. Um, and Miss Smith, I sent you the email with the names of folks so easier for track. Um, >> second >> for >> Sorry, for um 20 minutes going in at 11:10. So move >> second.
>> Moved and seconded. Any questions? Right. Miss Smith. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Mil Jr. >> Robert Milan Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell. >> Rachel Russell. Yes. >> Dr. W.
>> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. And board will be meeting in the east wing or right next door? 333. >> Which one? >> 3 I think 330. >> 333. us. >> Doug, tell us which one works. >> Thank you.
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Miss Clark, Mr. Milin are online with us. Okay, so we'll go ahead and start. >> Yes, we are. >> Great. Thank you. >> Yes. >> Um All right. Motion to return to open session, please. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Miss Smith. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes.
>> Randy Lopez. >> Randy, yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell. >> Rachel Russell. Yes. >> Dr. Win. All right. Thank you, board. So, we are on agenda item eight, uh, board updates
and approval board. These have come before us at least once, um, and are being recommended for approval today. Um, first on the agenda, it's recommended the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education approve the contract with Kafari as submitted by Dr. Cook,
executive director, director of early childhood, Miss Lisa Walker, and Dr. Stubblefield. So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions on this item for discussion? Hearing none. Miss
Smith. Roll call, please. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milley Jr. >> Millet Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell. >> Rachel Russell. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, next item board. It's
recommended that the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education approve the ratified agreement with the National Education Association, KCK, for the 2025 2026 school years as submitted by Dr. Jones and Dr. Stubblefield. >> So moved.
>> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? I'll just ask one quick question. Do we know when this will all be processed? and um >> um retro and um increases will be
reflected on the October 15th uh >> and 30th. So, >> okay. >> Can you clarify that >> the increase will be on the 15th, correct? And retro will be on the 30th. >> The 30th of September.
>> October. October. By the end of October, they'll have retro increases will definitely be on the 15th. Retro at the latest will be the 30th. >> Okay. And I want to repeat it back to you. On the 15th of October,
the updated increases will be reflected on paychecks. By the October 30th, paycheck, retropay will be paid out. >> That is correct. Okay. Thank you. I just
want to make sure for the record and for anybody listening that we all are on the same page. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Question, >> Mr. Milin. >> Oh, sorry. >> For my clarification, the retro goes back to when >> it goes back to the start of the
>> or or is it Go ahead. I'm sorry. >> It goes back to the start of the fiscal year. Now, everyone that's on that agreement, they're not necessarily 261 day employees. Everything really officially starts for July the 1, July 1st to June the 30th,
>> depending on their start day. For teachers, it's the first day that they came back, which was August 5th or something. So, yes. >> Okay, thank you for that clarification. >> Thank you. Additional questions? Um, just thank you to all the the team and
everyone involved in uh getting to this point in the process. So, I just want to give a shout out to everyone who's been a part of this um and to help us get to this. So, thank you to everyone, including board members, staff, um and uh representatives from the union, teachers, and other staff. Miss Brantley Pageige,
>> I I have a comment. Is it possible because there's still some confusion from some people about their start dates and where they're on the scale. Is it possible to review that or send something out? So I will say if there
are people who are confused they should contact HR because individual like we both could be on a teaching contract but I have 10 extra days. So that's different from the general the general information is on the website. If someone is confused or don't think is
accurate they should contact HR and they can tell them about theirs specifically. >> Okay. So they need to contact HR because I'm getting calls from time and people aren't clear. >> So I just want to be clear that what's on the website is last year's
>> for the last one that 2425 because >> not not for that. >> No, she's asking about their start date. She asked about start date >> that you were asking about. And then on the scale once the scale is updated, >> it's not about the start date. Some
people are still saying she >> some are ahead of them and how can I be here and then they get ahead of me. So I just thought maybe >> so I'll let Greg address that but if they have questions they should contact HR. >> The short answer is they should contact HR. You're you're talking about somebody
who says I'm not placed correctly on the salary schedule. Yeah, that's an individual question for each teacher. If they've got a concern about where they're placed, they just need to contact HR and find out whether they're >> Now, is any particular person they need to talk to or if they call >> that's
>> someone will refer them to the right person? >> Aaron Watkins. That's who they should reach out to. Aaron Watkins. >> Aaron. >> Aaron Watkins. >> Okay, gotcha. And the scale online will be updated. Okay, thank you. Yeah, but this to just to be clear,
>> that's unfair. >> The the the dollars in the scale have changed based on the new contract, but the scale itself has not changed. >> They everybody moves on the scale, but the scale is still the same. It's just has different dollar number, >> but their placement question is related
to the current negotiated. And I feel like Mr. Jones already has an understanding of what's happening and there's some miscommunication somewhere on the whatever we're pushing people to them but I think before people get there they want to look at the scale to make
sure they're understanding the movement because I think part of it has to do with what's added to the base and what's added on the step and so I think that's once the scale is posted it will help >> some of that >> and we couldn't technically post the
scale until you all approved it. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Milin, you had a question. >> Well, I left my hand up and I thank Miss Paige for pushing that a little further. >> Uh, you all kind of answer doc the superintendent answered my question
because there has been some confusion. That's why I present that question about the retro date because it goes back and forth and it's not clear clear to a lot some employees. I've been getting as feedback as well. So, thanks for letting us know who to contact when people have
these questions to make sure that their start date and they're treated fairly though. So, that's the question. So, thank for diving into that question a little bit further. Uh, I'm glad it it's it's handled. Thank you. >> Thank you. Additional questions,
comments? Hearing none. Again, thank you everyone. Miss Smith, roll call, please. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell.
>> Rachel Russell. Yes. Apologies. >> Thank you. Uh, next we'll dive into agenda item nine, board. Um, we will have an update and report um regarding our Kansas assessment. I see Dr. Conrad coming to the podium. Good afternoon, Dr. Conrad.
>> Good afternoon, Board President Lopez. Um, rest of the board, Dr. Stouble field. So, uh, our our state assessment results were delayed a bit this year because of a standard setting. Uh, but they were approved by the state board of education
a few weeks ago. Uh, we have the data and we want to emphasize that we have sent out this information to parents uh through their buildings. Uh so all all buildings have been provided this information so that uh parents can access uh their scores uh via the kite
parent portal. And so I want to walk through that first on how parents can gain access uh to see their score reports their their student score reports. Uh and so there is a website and we have uploaded all of the guardian
emails the the primary guardian we've uploaded uh their email into the parent portal. Uh so the parents can go to this website and enter their email address. They can then get started and they will
be sent a code in their email uh that we have on file in infinite campus um and use that code to go ahead and download reports uh to see their students information. When a parent logs in they will be able to see all their children associated
with them in the household and we have uh wherever they are the primary guardian we have submitted that and associated with the parent uh they could see all reports that students have uh taken throughout the
school year uh including if they uh take any of the mini assessments andor the interim assessments. We did provide somewhat of a outline. The state actually provided this that parents can uh or schools can send out
to parents uh to help them understand how best to access the parent portal. Uh and we've also included some frequently asked questions uh for parents and guardians uh to be able to access these reports.
If at any time uh they are struggling to get in, they can contact their their building uh the school that their child attends uh and receive assistance there on how to update their email address andor
um get the parent uh the guardian email that's on file so they can type in the correct one. Now we've also gotten the results back uh and so we have a comparison. This is a baseline year for us for the entire
state where this is a new assessment. It's on a new scale. So our previous scale, your scores could range from um 220 to 380. On the new scale, the scores range from 400 to 700.
The proficiency categories have also adjusted slightly. And so your category 2 has adjusted down a bit. And so this is uh ELA uh proficiency and we can see here the orange line is
the percent of students that were listed in uh performance levels three and four and we can see how that has adjusted for the 24 25 school year which is the blue line. The bars at the bottom represent the
difference between the two. So you can see in third grade we had almost a 10% difference in performance level and that shows up on on the lines above it. And so you can see that uh 2023 was close to 15% proficient
and 2425 we have about 25% proficient and that difference is in this bar. So you see fourth grade didn't change as much. Neither did sixth grade or seventh grade. But we did see changes in proficiency in third, fifth, eighth,
and 10th that were a bit more significant. We also have a comparison between 23 24 and 2425 um and kind of how it displays. The reason I wanted to include this chart is because 2425 the new cuts they tried to
stabilize a few of their proficiency cuts. uh over uh grades. You see the 23 24 there is a larger amount of students that are in performance level two in 20
in fourth grade. Uh we saw that dip. Everybody saw this dip. Um not really a dip, an increase in level two. And in the new assessment they tried to even that out a bit more. Uh so there was less confusion around how students were
performing year overyear. math proficiencies. Uh we see and this of course was statewide. In third grade we actually saw the inverse where we had uh less students proficient and so that was actually a decrease and that shows
up on the bar chart below that you actually see it going down. Uh and again this was statewide. And then every other grade level you see that there was an increase of our students that were classified as proficient
uh across the grade levels. So the proficiency cuts uh what the state was seeing with external data points and what we were seeing internally as well is that high level twos actually were uh achieving the
outcomes that we would anticipate uh they would achieve on ACT on graduation rates on post-secary success uh they were seeing the same trends and when they set the cut scores uh they instructed all the teachers
Typically there's three rounds and in that final round they instructed the teachers to uh take into consideration external data points which included NAPE which included ACT uh which included some of our proficiency or our atrisisk screeners and with that u they did
adjust the cut to incorporate more students that previously would have been level two into the new level three category. And so uh this was our baseline data. Uh so we can take this data and we can use it moving forward to look
longitudinally. Uh we are not uh we were told by KSD that these two things really the old test and the new test should not be connected together. Uh and so we are seeing this as a break in our data and moving forward this will be our baseline
so that we can track progress over time. So what questions do we have? >> Thank you Dr. Conrad. Open up for questions. I have a question. Looking at the scores, then what's our plan? How do we get our scores to go up more? And what
are we going to do for English and math to get that done? What are we going to do as a district? >> I think that's a fantastic question and typically we have those quarterly board reports that we bring you on the activities, the things that we are doing
to improve that. Uh I believe that our first one is scheduled for December 9th, >> whatever the December meeting is. December meeting is >> but in general u Miss Paige is similar um when I think you all approved um that
for us to go it was in the end of the week. Couple of things that um the diploma plus team and the instructional teams are doing. They are doing the walkthroughs. All of the schools still have their school improvement plans with their targets. Um and those walkthroughs
with that um lift is what we're calling the tool. They're um making sure that we are um in conjunction with our KISSA goal um implementing our um highquality instructional materials with Fidelity.
They also continue to implement MTSS um to support and supplement that. But we'll have the specific correlation details around the things that we're doing at that meeting. But there was some um initial information included in
the end of the week. And Mr. Hansford, I don't see Dr. Fernandez floor. Is there anything that you want to add you can add to that with what the teams are doing? Uh so in addition to the lift uh instrument that Dr. Stolefield mentioned
um there is also um as you know we are implementing uh high quality instructional materials at every um at every grade level now um working in um CKA and the elementary and I ready math at this point. So, we've done some a lot
of professional learning uh the beginning of this year to uh ensure high quality instruction in the classrooms as well as we'll be using um the formative assessments uh that accompany those uh those materials as well as our district
benchmark assessments to track students uh mastery of uh our priority standards that are outlined in our um guaranteed viable curriculum documents. And so, those are online. So there's a lot of work currently. Our focus right now currently is on high quality instruction
in raising those outcomes for students. >> And I asked that because I don't know if they informed you. You and I are on the academic committee and we're supposed to be having a meeting in October. So we need to be able to show parents
these scores and what we're doing. as well as we're still having an issue with student attendance and that does affect how they score. They need to be here. At the conference we just went to, they
pushed that over and over about one after co well they were stopping coming before CO and now that CO is over, we still have a lot of people who aren't coming to school. So, what do we do to get our attendance up and to get keep
kids involved and excited about going to school? So, those are some things we need to be able to cover and to explain what we're doing and what we need them to do. So, I didn't know if you were aware and I know we need to get together
and talk to be prepared so when the parents do come, >> we can share in October what's going on. >> Yeah. >> Yes. and we'll be sure that we have I know Dr. Fernandez Flores's team we'll have tons to to bring to that meeting to be able to share at that time.
>> And I will just add a couple of things. Um our attendance did improve um last year when we looked at um the data and we shared that at convocation but um Mr. Mr. Hansfer is aware I I share with him the dates and then the two of you can
get together and so we'll share it there and then we'll share it globally at the um December meeting. >> Yeah. >> Or both of them. >> And I know we did go up but you still want to get >> right. >> We need to be higher, right? >> What do we need to do? And how do we get
us community parents all working on the same page? >> No, we I completely agree that. And then I I had a question, Mr. Conrad. I don't know if I heard you correctly that you said you couldn't use last year and this
year's data that someone some organiz >> KSD, the state department of education. Yep. >> That just seems absurd because you have to be able to show >> but it's a different the cut scores are different and the tests are different.
So what they're saying is like so if you compared it, it looked like in some areas we had a 10% increase of students who went to level two or three or and so they're saying when you look at that is
not true. But what it is factual is with the new cut scores, there were students previously who we were saying weren't um meeting level two or three or four that should have been included in that in that. So that's why this year is baseline is what they're like they're
like look at this as a fresh start and so next year when they take the test you'll be comparing apples to apples while there's some similarity they changed the test so it's not you really can't compare the two and that's
>> no I know that's what they said I I don't agree with that but that's what they said that's all you can do. >> Okay. >> Thank you >> Russell. Um, thank you for this report and thank you. Um, I was thank you for also
including the parent part. Um, I would like to maybe recommend that we go back to our EDS and ask. This was the first time that I had heard about it. Um, I'm quick on my feet, so I did it. It was simple. So, you kudos that it was simple and easy.
>> Um, and my kid is just so great. Um but I guess my question is uh the data that's in the kite parent portal is different than the data that's in so when I look at the cap assessment on
infinite campus the scores are different and so what it what would what would be the difference between what it says 2425 cap here versus what it says on kite portal why would there be a difference Um I'
I'd have to see the difference to troubleshoot that. >> Okay. >> Um so >> that's fine. That's fine. We we can talk about that offline. But I do want to say that that is that that is a differentiation. And so that may be something that we need to also follow up should be >> but in preparation for the academic
committee. I want it would be great if we also so a following up to make sure that information was shared with the appropriate people and then b the second part is could we potentially do some type of communication around have you access the parent portal to understand I
appreciate the document when you click on the progress report it pops it up it shows what one two three four so like it isn't like people can't understand it and so just kudos to you all for finding it I'm not excited about it being another platform, but um
I'm grateful for the accessibility and just the information that it does provide. Thank you. >> And Mr. Lopez, I have one more question. What about that grandparent or that older guardian who doesn't have the technology skills? How do we help them?
They want to be a part. They want to help their child and maybe I can't do all of that. So, what are we offering for them? a a paper version can be printed by the school. So, if they request a paper version, the school can log in uh they can print out that form
and hand it to the guardian. >> And is that on there as well? I don't remember reading that that if I'm not computer literate that I can request a paper version because >> that's what we're asking the schools to communicate directly to the uh primary
caregivers, guardians, and families. I do want to clarify, Miss Paige, and I know there are grandparents who are the primary guarded parent, but if they are not that person, we can't provide it to. >> No, no, I get that. I'm just saying if someone legal documentation, I'm not
just saying any >> No, no. I was just clarifying in case somebody else. >> Yeah, we would want them to. We just don't want anybody to come in. But if they have the documentation, I need some help. Who's helping me? the schools and the schools will communicate that
directly. Um, and we'll make sure that they do that. The EDS of schools will make sure that when the the schools send out here's to kite information if you don't have technology or would prefer a paper copy, they'll let them know who to contact at the school. Yep.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Any additional questions, comments? Thank you, Dr. Conrad. >> Thank you. >> Okay, next board. um communications. We'll hear from our superintendent, Dr. >> I'm going to be quick. Just a few
things. First, um I do want to share that um there will be a trade partners meet and greet at Sumar um hosted by Macau and Gordon. Um this is this event will allow local trades to meet with them to
discuss the Sumar High School edition and they will introduce the project and help you navigate the bidding process. Food will be provided. It is this Thursday, um, September 25th from 11 to 1 11:00 a.m. to 1 pm. I do have hard
copies to share with board members, so you can share, but I know they've made intentional contact with different trades groups um um for people, local people to have an opportunity to bid on those projects. The other things that I
have um are this is just um October 1st, we just added this. We will be at New Stanley at 2:30 for the staff at New Stanley to provide information about boundaries and the possible impact um for that community. And then that
evening beginning at six o'clock pm we will uh have um the same and similar information for the family and community members specifically in the new Stanley or in that area. So that um we'll be available. Uh the new Stanley principal
is communicating directly with all the stakeholders regarding that. >> Um >> I'm sorry what was the date again? next Wednesday, October 1st. Then October 4th, next Saturday, we will be is that next Saturday? We will be um
participating in the Silver City parade. Um so any staff member who wants to join us, just let Edwin know, but all of our schools um that are in that community typically uh participate. So we're looking forward to a good time. We also
will that evening be attending the NAACP Freedom Fund um banquet. Um we do have a table. If uh board members, if you have not let Miss Downey know that you are attending, please let her know so we don't give your seat away. And um
finally, October 6, um we will the board will be hosting a listening and learning session here um at district office. We will start communicating details out about that as well. And last thing I just want to say, Arrowhead is back in
their building. I did visit with them this morning. They're excited to be back. We just want to thank everyone again. Um, all of Doug's team, um, Kansas City, Kansas Community College, um, actually Karen, um, Martinez who
made sure that they had lunch every day. And we appreciate the flexibility of the staff and all of the district personnel that went out every day to help with um dismiss I mean arrival dismissal and lunch and everything in between. Just want to say thank you and again thank
you to the Arrowhead community for being so flexible. >> Thank you Dr. Stubblefield. Um I'll also be brief. Um just following up on Miss Clark's question regarding the library. Great information today. Um the next time that the board will discuss um the
library will be at the second October meeting which is October 28th um where we will bring back additional information um and have further discussion on the library and potential next steps um regarding the the library. So thank you for that question Miss
Clark. I just wanted to circle back or close that loop and say that that will be the next time the board will discuss um any next steps or action steps with the library. Um, also just quickly I do want to say um I attended last week the
artist mentorship making waves symposium where um lunchon where they actually highlighted the school district. This was an international lunchon where they had folks from across the the the the globe and across the country come and learn about um art as a as a form of um
working through mental and behavioral health um issues that are going on um with especially focusing on youth. Um and they had, if you remember, Enrique came and and provided um an update and played the his uh his instrument for the
board at a board meeting last year. um and he he talked about the pilot program that they had here at KCKPS. So, I thought it was really great to see and hear KCKPS um lifted up uh on an international scene um with folks from that were there from Paris and other
other countries um learning about what we're doing here in Kansas City and Kansas City Kansas public schools was highlighted. So, I thought that was great. And then I'll just um end with uh I just want to give a shout out only because I see um his social media quite a bit. But Coach Cam over at Washington doing some amazing things building that
football program up and building up those young men um and those scholar athletes. Um thank you coach and thank you to all of our coaches who give a ton um of their time and their talent and be are more than just coaching the sport that they're coaching but are mentors to
our scholars in our community and building relationships. So, thank you, Coach Cam, for all you're doing. Um, and to all of our coaches who are doing an amazing job um, out in our community and with our scholars, but he's doing a great job building up that football program over there. So, um, congratulations to all of those scholar
athletes. We'll open it up to any other board members. Miss Russell, >> I will just keep my, uh, remarks brief as well. Um, I just wanted to continue to thank the community for showing up to, uh, the sports. Um, it's been great
to see uh alumni. It's been great to see uh the cheerleaders, the bands, the dance all over social media really bringing back school spirit. Not to say that it's been gone, but it's something about this season has been really,
really exciting. Um, but I also want to remind our families and our parents um that like we also have a responsibility to make sure that our kids are on their best behavior at these activities. I don't want our district to get to a point where we have to make some hard
decisions. Um, and so just having those conversations and reminding students about behaviors at these activities is so so important so that we don't have to make decisions based on the behaviors of some. And so, um, while there's lots of
excitement and a lot of really great fun things going on, just really want to echo and say out loud that I really, really hope that our community can put a stop to some of this fighting and the inappropriate comments and all of those things that are currently happening at
some of our games. So, um, that's my comments for now. Thank you. Oh, I also wanted to say, uh, happy Hispanic Heritage Month uh, to recognize that. I am surprised that I beat you to it, but um and then just gratitude for everyone that showed up to the boundary committee
meetings. Um if you were unable to attend, there is a great recording. Make sure you watch it, complete the survey, all of that. So, um not that I had to beat you to it. I'm reflecting on what I said. Sorry. Thank you. >> Do you know when the survey is how long
the survey will be for boundary committee? >> Till next Wednesday, October 1st. And then the committee will reconvene on October 14th. Yes. 16th. One of those days that week. Yes. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. And I did say it at our last board meeting. So, >> Miss Brownley Page,
>> I again would like to thank Arrowhead Middle School, our family, the kids, the staff, the administration. Uh I went out there three or four days and they were working. Some people may have thought it was just playtime. They worked and they
worked extremely hard and it wasn't easy for them to have to go through what they went through last year and then come back. So they showed a lot of endurance, hard work and they worked and just they need to be commended for what they did
and our kids as well. And then I had a chance as a legislator to go and attend a health forum and bill 340. It's a federal grant that provides assistance with medical help and with
pharmacies for urban and rural areas. They're trying to get rid of it on the federal level. And we just need people to write to their representatives, their congressmen, because they're going to bring it up in January when we go back.
And they do provide medicine for people who need it, who are struggling to pay for it. And they also offer uh they have some health clinics where you can go in and get assistance. So people need help. People are struggling. Some of us we don't have to worry about
that. But there are a lot of people who are struggling to pay for their medical care. So if you get an opportunity to go to a forum and visit with your representatives or any town halls, whatever, let them know that you support keeping the bill because it's not a
state fund. It's a federal fund that's supporting it and we need some help. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Brownley Page. Mr. Milin. >> Yeah. I just be brief to all. I just want to I'm I'm thankful that I was had opportunity to attend a cube conference
and uh it was very beneficial in a lot of aspects but one that really stands out is one of one of the board members I I do believe they were from back east or Chicago or Detroit areas. She stressed that uh the connection with the parents
and the students and the ch and excuse me and the and the board is very important in the district. Uh you all and I I'm very I'm I'm I'm happy and elated that we do the listening and learning. I think we do two or three. Uh we cannot do too many of them. uh it
might be time consuming sometime it might be costly but you know where where things are costly and beneficial you have to sacrifice and what I want to say is this I got something from it because she said the connection with the students and the
students have graduated and like Miss Paige said the older parents and the grandparents it takes all of us you all to work together in a cohesive way and uh Miss Russell stressed about uh not to be on a soap box about
uh attitudes and and frustrations and things that happen uh on the outside but it stems through all of us and goes from the parents to the teachers to the community the grandparents. So saying that the community listening sessions
are very important and very beneficial and you we will see positive you'll see positive uh uh uh uh uh results when we do that. So I just want to commend us as a as a district to continue to do that and I take it lightly and let's stay on
the forefront to invite to let us know to let the community and the parents know what we're doing. we care and what you can do as well to help that child when you send that child to school every morning. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Milin. Um, and then you just uh I just remembered, thank you,
Miss Russell, for reminding me as well or just uh remember our board retreat coming up on the 29th. Um, and that should be on your calendar from 2 to 6:00 p.m. at uh MVP Law. Um, so if you have any questions, let us know. But the um retreat is on the 29th. I hope to see
you all um board members there in attendance. Um and the agenda has been shared with everyone. So agenda items are um out for you as well. Dr. Selefield, >> I did um forget to mention that this afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 the um art
department will be hosting Beyond the Classroom their reception if anyone if you haven't already received an invitation. It's a great event and they display lots of student art and that's today um in the east wing. >> Thank you. Okay. Thank you board. Um
next would entertain a motion to recess to executive session for consultation with the attorney on matters which would be deemed privilege in the attorney client relationship under KMA to include Dr. Stolefield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Prim, Dr. Jones, Mr. Hansford for five minutes going in at 12:40. It's
>> all moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Miss Smith, >> Yolanda Clark, >> Randy Lopez, >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Rhonda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes.
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>> Robert Milin Jr. >> Jr. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Brownley Page. Yes. >> Rachel Russell. >> Rachel Russell. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you board. Thank you staff. With that, have a great day and rest of your week. Meetings adjourned. Heat. Heat.
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