Okay. I'm gonna call this meeting to order. I wanna, a, thank everyone for your patience this evening. I'm sorry that we're a little late getting started. To start the meeting, I'm gonna invite up Doctor. Torres to, make an announcement about translation services. Good evening. Hello. I am your interpreter for this meeting. I will interpret everything that is said by all parties without any additions, omissions, or explanations while conserving the tone and register of the original message. If I need a clarification or repetition, I may interrupt and ask for it. Please speak in short segments and allow me a moment to interpret.
Thank you to everyone, for joining us this evening. Lisa, would you please call the roll? Kearls. Here. Foley. Here. Board. Here. Jackaway. Here. Hendricks. Here. McGee. Here. Cortez. Here. Lisa, am I correct in recalling that there are currently no outstanding action items? We have not had anyone sign up for public comment this evening. So the first item on the agenda is the District Advisory Committee report. I would invite Chantae Carey up to give the report. Welcome. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Chontae Carey, interim chair of the District Advisory Board.
Today I would like to take two minutes of your time to discuss what is a great leader. There are four things a leader possesses. Integrity, vision, communication skills, and adaptivity. A great leader leads by example, shows courage and accountability, builds trust through transparency and empathy. They have strong, strong ethics, can clearly communicate a vision, and inspires others to work hard towards it. A great leader actively listens, provides constructive feedback, a sense of belonging, and shows genuine interest in their team.
They can adapt to change, backs bounce back from setbacks, and are honest about shortcomings. She is she delegates effectively, encourage professional growth within her board. She is transparent, consistent, and gives credit where credit is due. She is superintendent doctor Jennifer Collier. On behalf of the district advisory board, we would like to take this time to honor you. Friday, it was national superintendent day. We could not get a hold of you due to your, your work duties, But we would like to thank you. Thank you, miss Gary.
I also just wanna publicly say thank you so much. That is so kind of you all. I really appreciate, that acknowledgement. I learned a long time ago, people don't have to be kind and when they are, they don't have to be kind to you and so I deeply appreciate, that recognition and celebration of my leadership and I just appreciate you all for being a part of Team KCPS. Thank you. The chair recognizes Doctor. Collier for the superintendent's report. Alright, so this evening, we have several items that we wanna cover under the superintendent's report. The first will be several announcements,
that I will walk us through in just a moment. And then we also annually love to celebrate the various cultures that are represented across our district. We know we just recently celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month and the culmination of that is our Si Se Puede presentation. And so, throughout that month, our students and staff were celebrating and we had students that entered the art contest. So tonight, we'll have an opportunity to, find out more about, our winners of the Si Se Puede Presentation Art Contest. And so we're looking forward to that as well.
And then finally, we'll have the Policy one point two CCR Task Force Presentation. And that's College and Career Readiness. That's CCR, that's what that stands for. Okay, so for the announcements for the evening first, and this is super exciting, we're excited to announce that four KCPS schools have been selected among the first participants in the Starlight's Disney Musicals In Schools program. Those four schools are Garfield Elementary, Carver Dual Language School, Gladstone Elementary and Phyllis Wheatley Elementary. So beginning this winter,
these schools will embark on a seventeen week musical theater residency. Receiving free performance rights, education support materials and guidance from two teaching artists. Their journey will culminate in May with their first ever musicals performed on the stage at Starlight. This program is a remarkable opportunity for our students to explore creativity, collaboration, and performance. And we can't wait to see our students shine on the stage and celebrate their hard work and imagination. So congratulations to those four schools and I believe there was a total of five schools selected. So the fact that KCPS got four of those slots is amazing and so we
can't wait to see what our students do this spring. And we'll be sure to share, those dates with our community so if you're wanting to come and support, you can. The next we wanna acknowledge our KCPS Vendor Fair. Thank you to all the local businesses who joined us at the KCPS Vendor Fair that was hosted at Manual Career and Technical Center on November 6. The event brought together our Operations Department and our construction partners to discuss upcoming bond and maintenance projects. They were able to share presentations and explore new ideas for collaboration.
The fair was an important step in building strong partnerships as we move forward into an exciting new era for Kansas City Public Schools. And a special thank you goes to the DLR Group, Hollis and Miller Architects, JE Dunn Construction, McCownGordon Construction, and Navigate Building Solutions for their support and their leadership. Next, we want to acknowledge the Lincoln Prep Soccer District Championship. KCPS Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Blue Tigers fought valiantly in the district championship but just falling in a tight three-two match against Van Horn High School,
one of the state's top teams. Lincoln Prep finishes the season with a record of fourteen five two, highlighted by the upset of the year, a semifinal victory over previously undefeated Northeast High School. We're proud of Lincoln Prep for their resilience and championship run, Northeast High School for their dominant one loss season, Paseo Academy boys for their toughness and grit, and then East High School for their quarter final fight against Van Horn. KCPS soccer showed heart, skill, and determination across the board. So congratulations to all of our athletes for representing our district with pride.
And then on at on the k the Prep KC Math Relays front, KCPS students shine at the Regional Math Relays, bringing home 55 awards and the District Championship trophy. Lincoln College Preparatory Academy claims school champion for the eighth year with Kidwell Fletcher winning the Sigma marathon and a $500 scholarship. Lincoln Prep Middle School also won five of eight individual events and placed first in the escape room. Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts earned six individual awards and third in the
escape room. East High School scored a geometry medal and Northeast Middle School placed an ACT pre alpha and Dear Data events. Two KCPS students earned $650 scholarships for KU summer engineering camp and the event was more than a competition for our kids. It was a celebration of their curiosity, their perseverance, and their joy of learning. So, way to go all of our KCPS students that participated in this event. And as a part of our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, I'm pleased to share,
the winners of our twenty twenty five Si Se Puede Art Contest. So I welcome now Ms. Zandra Winfield Jones to the podium to take us through our program and to present our amazing student artist. Good evening, Board Chair Cortez, board members, Doctor. Collier and everyone in the room as well as online. My name is Zandra Winfield Jones. I am the manager of Student Experience and this evening, I wanna present to you our four winners from our twenty twenty five Si se puede contest. Alright. So just a little about the contest, Si se puede,
which means it is possible. You can do it. I can do it. To start this school year off, we did a little marketing. Just like last year, I solicited support from communications, so shout out to the team for all of the social media posts and, newsletters and everything that they did to support and share the word. I also went to all of the schools and spoke with staff, students in the cafeteria, support of our family liaisons, as well as our mentor site based coordinators to share in their newsletters. Likewise, we also had the support of, TalkingPoints, which is a platform that we use to push out information as well.
This year, I solicited support from all across, not just the department. So, thank you to all the many individuals that were a part of the scoring committee within the district here at the BOE as well as the school as well as at the schools. So the rubric, how do we make a decision? Creativity, effort, originality, personality. And really we like to pay attention to the messages that the students share as it relates to why they drew their pictures. Tonight, we will be acknowledging our four winners with $100 Visa gift cards. And the four pictures that you see up there are just the runners up that
didn't quite make the cut, but their submissions were very, very amazing. So first up, we have miss Sofia. Sofia hails from Glassstone Elementary. Come on, girl. She said, I'm shy. I'm shy. You got it, girl. Hello. My name is Sofia Ramos, and I attend in Glasson Elementary. I'm in third grade. And what inspired me to do my drawing is all the food and music. And my ancestors were in, are in Mexico. And, I like all the food. And Thank you. Do you have any family members that would like to come up as well?
Family? The art teacher. Oh. Thank you. Alright. And next up, we have miss Valerie Rodriguez all the way from JA Rogers. Come on down. Hello. My name is Valerie Rodriguez, and I, go to JA Rogers Elementary School. I got I decided to draw this artwork because they had a topic about a woman, which also is a part of my culture. I wanted to say thank you to my mom for always encouraging me in the afternoon saying you can do it. I also want to say thank you to my biggest sister for for beginning my
June junior no. I forgot the word, but I wanted to say thank you. And family, any staff from Rogers? Alright. And next up from Lincoln Middle, we have miss Jaslyn James. Come on down. My name is Jaslyn James, and I am representing Lincoln Middle School. My inspiration for my artwork was to bring to light the achievements and cultural contributions of Hispanic history. Any family, staff from Lincoln? And this last student, even before we read her, written narrative, the picture spoke volumes,
so I introduced to you Miss Jennifer Acosta. Come on down. Yeah. Hi. Good night. I am Jennifer Acosta Lorenzo. I'm representing Central High School. My artwork, I draw a woman carrying a daily responsibility. What experience my me to draw this woman was my mother, who is an example to me. She carries so many responsibilities and always Okay. And she always have she always has a smell smile on her face. And that's what I said.
No matter how heavy the burden you care, you can overcome it. You. But Jaslyn and any staff from Central and Jaslyn? Baby. Baby Jay. And that concludes our Si Se Puede presentation. Thank you, guys, for participating. Thank you for listening. Thank you very much for shepherding this whole process to our students, to our families, to our teachers and staff who make this all possible. Thank you for inspiring us tonight. Si se bueno. Congratulations to all of our winners.
What a wonderful way to celebrate culture and, and the gifts and the talents of our students. They are amazing and we are so proud of each and every one of you. And thank you, families, for being with us tonight to help us celebrate. This is wonderful. And staff. I see quite a few staff members. It's so good seeing you all here at the board meeting. And thank you all for the work that you do each day to encourage our students and to really pour into them. At this time we're going to move into our, policy presentation for the evening. And so we're looking now at Policy one point two,
our Career and College, College and Career Readiness Task Force. Good evening. And before I get started, let's do another round of applause for our Si Se Puede Art Contest winners. Holy cow, that was powerful. And throughout this presentation, you will see that yes, we can, My name is Victor Aguilar and I'm the Officer of Post Secondary Access and Student Success. And I'll be joined by our Director of College Access, Ms. Joyce Winn Hernandez. Before all that, let me, let me greet you guys. Board Chair Cortez, Board, Superintendent Collier, Cabinet, my bad. Today is, this first section here is part one. I got excited,
my apologies, I got excited after that last one. We love you Victor. Appreciate you, thank you. So this is part one of the College and Career Readiness Task Force, Post Secondary Readiness. Postsecondary access is rooted in the foundational policies of our district. Equity Policy zero point zero clearly states that it is the responsibility of the school district to provide each student the necessary supports to achieve their highest potential. And that educational equity is the intentional allocation of resources, instruction and opportunities according to need. Also,
we are guided by Forward Policy 1.2. All scholars will graduate college and career ready, empowered to choose their path to a successful future. On the screen, you see that eighty five percent graduation. This year is Kansas City Regional data. I'm proud to say that Kansas City Public Schools is over 88%, but it took laser focus to get there. Post secondary access and student success is laser focused on that 51% college enrollment rate. Our work is to ensure that we grow that number, that we open access for each and every one of our students.
And by doing that, see that 13% college attainment rate, we're gonna increase that number also. Post secondary Access and Student Success, the PASS department for short, is a marriage between academics, guidance and support. And we do this through ACT Prep, FAFSA support, one on one post secondary advising, advanced placement and dual credit courses at each and every one of our campuses, the Early College Academy, and partnerships with UMKC, UCM, and MCC and numerous others. Why is this work important? It's important because having a college degree
increases lifetime earnings, lifetime income by 39%. Now imagine what that will do for our families and imagine what it will do when they come back to our community. Nothing but greatness. Here's our work. So we said that schools similar to Kansas City Public Schools are about 51%. We're slightly above that, but we have a way to go. But what we do know is that 51% of KCPS graduates are attending a post secondary institution. But this work is fickle. We are at the mercy of politics and policy. And a prime example is school year '24,
where you see a slight dip. That year, they rolled out, the Department of Education rolled out a better FAFSA. We quickly found out it wasn't better. Not only was it three months late, but the system itself was full of bugs and issues for our families. But nonetheless, this past year, we bounced back, and we're gonna keep improving that number. The last four years, we have put several things in place to make sure that we improve that number. And '23 was year one of our College Access Specialists. College Access Specialists, raise your hand, please. That's him right there doing the work,
putting those boots to the ground. In '24, we submitted a GEAR UP application. And in February '25, we launched the Postsecondary Access and Student Success department. So in February '6, we'll celebrate one year of this department. At the end of the day, this is what the work is for, is our babies, our students. Aramaris is a senior at Southeast High School who told us that she lost her mother during the COVID pandemic, And she lost her way when it comes to her education. Didn't know what she wanted to do until she found our Grow Your Own program,
our teacher education program, which involves dual credit classes. And now, her plan is to graduate high school, attend a post secondary institution, and come back to KCPS and be an ESL teacher. Ms. Cassanique Brown, a senior at Lincoln and a student at Metropolitan Community College through our Early College Academy. She's also a first generation college student. In May, she will graduate with her high school diploma and her associate's. In the middle there, you see students from Southeast High School, who through our College Act Specialists had the opportunity to go on a college tour
of Northwest Missouri State. And while there, they saw themselves on that campus. And they came back excited and pumped and completed their FAFSA and their scholarship applications. That's the work of post secondary access, is opening doors for our students. So So not only do we open doors, we also try to break down barriers. And one of those barriers is 44% of high school students, these are student athletes, are off track for NCAA college and career readiness benchmarks. But we're breaking down that barrier, and we'll call up Ms. Joyce Wynne Hernandez to come on up and tell you exactly how we're gonna break
down that barrier. Thank you, Victor. My name is Joyce Wynne Hernandez. I'm the director of college access. And a shout out again to my college access specialist and to our GEAR UP team members who are here. We cannot do this important work without them, and we cannot do this important work without these tools. The special tools that I wanna talk about are Honest Game and Xello. They are new to our district this year, and I wanna explain why we're using these tools. As Victor mentioned, we don't wanna disappoint our families. And we need to make sure that we fill in any gaps for our scholar athletes. No matter what route they select,
a two year or four year institution, we want to make sure that they can play at the next level and attend school at that level. For Xello, this is a powerful tool that impacts all of our seniors. I wanna show you this number. We have worked with nearly 70% of our senior class, and I'm an old school, classroom teacher. And I'm encouraging my staff to assign homework. So you can see that the average usage is three, logins per student. That's because they have to complete their FAFSA, apply to colleges, and seek out scholarships. And this is an important tool so we can track and monitor our students,
so that we can also increase that number of 51% college enrollment. An important partner, and as I mentioned, they're here this evening, is GEAR UP. Our reach in the middle school, this is how we connect with those students and families. So this is a seven year partnership and we started with the seventh grade cohort last year, now they're eighth graders. We they had an activity, this week. I think, board member Ford attended. And they were able to connect with different careers and, different college representatives. And what do they provide? They provide things like STEM curriculum for our teachers so they can talk about careers
and colleges at an early age. They are taking our students to out of state and local college campus visits and providing, daily activities like tutoring for our students. And again, having those early conversations. Oh, I also want to mention that GEAR UP is aptly named gaining early awareness and readiness for undergraduate programs. And that is their mission. Another new partnership is KC CAN. And this is a network which connects us with other groups that are like minded. And they work primarily to improve first generation college going numbers and with low income
student families. And the most impressive, takeaway that we have is that they have placed staff members in our buildings. So now we have twice as many staff to tackle, this number. Because we want to see improved lives for our students and that they walk away from KCPS with solid post secondary plans. I promised I was gonna show some data. And here's some data. So I started in school year '20, and you can see our early numbers and how they have grown. UmKC is an important four year partner with us, and each year we are growing those numbers.
My staff started in school year '22, and you can see the progress that we have made. Current year, we have increased those numbers over 200%, and I hope to report to you one day three digit numbers. We work in tandem with others in our department. So besides holding hands with our students and families and making sure that they apply to colleges, we want to make sure that they are prepared for university life. And how do we do that? We make certain that they participate in dual credit courses. This is a KCPS number, 76%. Seventy six percent of students who participate in dual credit courses will go on to
enroll in college. That is a powerful number. And you can see at the bottom row, we have this chart of how many students are participating in our math academy. This gives access to students to take courses like calculus and college algebra to make sure that they are prepared for any STEM pathway. And you again, you can see the growth of those numbers, with 782 enrollees. And I remember when that number was just 40. I've heard board members and our superintendent talk about, KCPS as a destination district. And I can see why. This these are all three programs,
dual credit and our early college academy programs. So you can see how that number has grown. Our families and our students find this a very popular feature. Another menu item if you don't wanna earn an associate's degree is you can take some courses at UMKC. You can also see our numbers for early college academy if our students wanna participate in HVAC. That seems like a small number, but it's a limited amount of slots that we have. And next year we'll have six more slots and, I'm sorry, six slots and we hope to fill those all with KCPS students. Here's the work, of college access.
Our staff are growing these numbers each year. Students apply to college, students are accepted to college, students visit colleges, and that exposure is important. But what's most important are the scholarship dollars and the financial aid that our students complete. Because we know that making college affordable is a great predictor for our students to enroll and persist in college. Here's another sample of our data and how we are really intentional about making sure that we get as many awardees from each of our high schools. So I'm really proud of the college access specialist and their work.
And we have more staff, so we're hoping for more awards. And then this is my final slide. Again, every family in KCPS is not just measuring, the finish line as high school graduation. They want to see a plan for their students and we are helping them. So with our GEAR UP partner, you can see they've started in 2025 and collecting those numbers. And we see those numbers growing, they impact our summer school, and again, support us as we, aid our students in their post secondary pathways. And with that, I'll turn it over to Mr. Aguilar. Doctor. Carr, at the very beginning of the year,
said our rallying cry for this coming school year is boots on the ground. And on October 11, we were exactly that. FAFSA was launched this past year on October 1. And on October 11, we hosted our FASFA frenzy. And here's the cool part about it. Not only are we building relationships with our students and with our families, we did it in six different languages. I wanna give a shout out to Doctor. Torres because I gave her a call and I said, Language access, I need you guys out there. And they provided interpreters for English, Spanish, Swahili, Kenya Rwanda, Burmese and Arabic.
Like Doctor. Collier said, post secondary access to student success is boots on the ground. Our goals, goal one is to increase dual enrollment by 20%. That's our Early College Academy program. Goal two is to increase dual credit enrollment by 20% from four twenty five students to five zero nine students. Goal three is to increase FAFSA completion by 3%. Goal four is by the end of school year '26, is that 85% of our seniors will create and utilize Xello. And Goal five is to increase our post secondary enrollment district wide by 3%. And I'm proud to say that the work of post secondary access,
Goal one and Goal two have been matched, have been met and exceeded. Goal three, goal four, and goal five will also follow that same path of being met and exceeded. But really, the work of goal three, goal four, and goal five takes the rest of the year and really all summer. So by the time summer rolls around, we'll have met goal three, goal four and goal five. Recommendation for continued or improved effectiveness is to continue partnering with GEAR UP and others to engage our middle school students. The earlier we can get to our students and start talking to them about post
secondary options, the better. We wanna fully implement Xello, increase access to advanced courses at each and every one of our sites. We want to initiate the KCPS framework for post secondary success at all grade levels. And we want greater engagement with all of our stakeholders. But we can't have that greater engagement unless they know of the great things happening within post secondary access. And we have to do that through marketing, marketing, and marketing and ensuring that each and every one of our stakeholders are aware of all the great things happening within post secondary access. We're also looking to increase collaboration between our department,
the counseling department and registrars on Xello usage. And we want to strengthen partnerships with local colleges and organizations to create even more pathways. But post secondary access is not without its challenges. Fear and hesitation is rampant among our undocumented and mixed status families. We all know what's going on out there. And that's the harsh reality of it. Also, there's barriers being put up by elimination of diversity scholarships. We know that there is a shortage of teachers throughout our nation, where, well, in dual credit classes, we feel it even more so. And also, there's increased student interest.
As we increase student interest in dual credit classes, it comes at a cost. But let me tell you, the benefits outweigh the cost. Joyce mentioned that if you take a dual credit class in Kansas City Public Schools, 76% of those students will step on a post secondary campus the following fall. And also, through the work of the dual credit programming, we're saving family close families close to half $1,000,000 paid for by KCPS. And by investing in dual credit programming, we are investing directly in our students' future,
helping them earn college credit, reduce debt, and transition more successfully into post secondary education. And, Lord, here is my ask, our ask. Help us identify and secure potential funders to support the effort of strengthening and expanding our dual credit programming. And you can do that by contacting us at passkcpublicschools dot org, and together with the Educational Foundation, we'll put those dollars to work with our dual credit programming. And as Zandra said, as our students showed, si se puede. Thank you, and we're open for questions. Thank you, Mr. Aguiar and Ms.
Wynne Hernandez. I'm going to start to my left. Tricia? I actually don't have a question. I just wanted to thank you and your entire team and all the partners that you pull on it pull in on this effort. Our kids are worth every single cent we spend on programming to set them up for success, and so I just love seeing these, increases and data that we're reaching every year from our students. Thank you. Monica. Hi. I just had a few quick questions. Are are we also finding out, like, we're at the 51% as far as students that enroll in post secondary. Are we also I'm assuming we're also tracking,
you know, those that are in trade schools and things of that nature. Are we also, asking or tracking, like, if students opt not to pursue, kind of post secondary educational goals? I can answer that question. So we use two methods in tracking that data. The first would be the National Student Clearing House data. So we are able to identify where students, land. We know what schools they attend. It takes some time. Typically, we get that information in December, because it takes time for the universities to inform the Clearing House.
And then we also get that information with one hundred eighty day follow-up after they graduate. And and I'm happy to report that, more of our students are attending two year and four year institutions than they are reporting directly to employment. So that's that's a huge gain for KCPS. Okay. One of my other, with the use of the program Zillow, when when are students encouraged or maybe expected to enroll using that software? I mean, is that something that starts freshman year? With the GEAR UP program, does it even start earlier? Just curious. So our plan right now is to work directly with seniors Okay.
And bring into the fold the other students as well. So we're focusing on seniors, but there has been, some traffic with juniors and underclassmen. The goal is that maybe we, perhaps use this at an earlier age at, like, the eighth grade or ninth grade when we're tracking the, ICAP with our individual college and academic plans for our students, so that we can, just gain consistency and the students become familiar with the tool. Also kind of along those same lines, how does the system, like, is it integrated or work with kind of some of the other systems that, you know,
like, that the students are already interacting with? Because obviously you don't need just another question. Yes. So that's one reason I think that we pursued using this tool. So it does work with our SIS program, our infant our Infinite Campus, and it also, is integrated with Honest Gate. So it it makes it a terrific, tool for our staff to use. Okay. Alright. Thank you. Thank you so much for the presentation. Jamaica. Thank you for the presentation. I always appreciate your energy. And by the side that you just gave, you were probably anticipating that I have a lot of questions. I don't.
I sent some in earlier, but I do have a few that came up as you were talking. So, as I looked at the information with the historical information, I I appreciate the information about what's happening nationally. But I would really like to see the data about what we've done historically. So there are some things that are mentioned in the national data that have been, monitored or measured that they're reporting on. Do we collect that same data for our students, and do we have any of that information? If we don't have it right now, that's fine. That's a great answer, but I just like to know if we do. No.
We do. We'll definitely provide that on Friday update to you guys. Thank you. Hold on. I'm trying to get better about asking questions in a more concise way. So, I also noticed that the schools, that Central and Southeast High School, have extremely low first time UMKC enrollments. Central has actually is expected to go down, and Southeast is kind of the same, and I think they had four. And then I saw an increase in Lincoln from over one year from 18 to 36 or 38. And so I'm just wondering, do we have information about our students being enrolled in other colleges or universities that
may explain that data? And if not, do we understand why, we are having such a hard time with students enrolling in those programs from those schools? So we do have some of that data to share. I think the full one eighty 180 follow-up also explains how many students have gone on to the military, how many have chosen, other, you know, options like maybe joining, the unions to learn a trade, so we can provide that. I think there are a number of reasons. I I would say that our students, are getting more support now with the the addition of KC Can Upward Bound.
So we have partners in place, and we just think more staff to support students as they as and sitting down with them in the, one on one post, secondary advising is going to increase those numbers. I think, greater access to dual credit courses and the new launch of different things like the UMKC classes, they're gonna see themselves in those settings because they have those classes. I would love to see some data that demonstrates the effectiveness of those programs. And are those programs new or have they been in existence for a while with us? I can't speak on all of the programs,
but we can provide them Friday afternoon as well. And my last question, because I know I've done two already. Just a second. So on the the page that had, what it is you all do with, like, the staff and student engagement, education field trips, all those different things, for student workshops, academic curriculum, the two I just mentioned, and student participants, we saw a decrease in the numbers of those from the previous year to this year. And so I'd like to know, do we have an explanation or a thought as to why? You're talking about the GEAR UP numbers. And so our GEAR UP program launched in 2025 and also,
continued into the summer school where we had a lot of traction. And so that explains some of those numbers. We're still in progress. I promise you those numbers will grow. I I was figuring it was still in progress. I just wanted to make sure that I was thinking correctly. Thank you. Tanisha. Thank you. I also appreciate your presentation. I love this topic so much. So thank you. Just clarification. I'm trying to understand the staffing that we have specific to post secondary access. So every high school has a Casey Kean rep and then also a post secondary education specialist. Is that correct?
Or are there other staff that are also approved? Few other staff. Okay. We have some upward bound, partners too. But we have a, college access specialist in each of our buildings. Okay. And then we also have a KC Can, college and career adviser now as well. Okay. So I'm I'm thrilled. Yeah. I got a special Christmas gift, with twice the amount of staff to support our students and families. Perfect. And then my last thing is just a follow-up request for information. I understand the finances are a challenge, that we've talked about for a while now. I really would just like to better understand our investment as it relates to post
secondary, access and success. So if there's something that you could share that would summarize what we've invested in resources and staffing and tools that we use so I can kinda better understand what that might look like for us moving forward. And we can provide them a Friday update too. Yes. I figured that would be an Aaron thing. So that's what I was looking at. Sorry. Thank you. Brittney? Thank you for the update. I really appreciate it. I do not have any questions. My colleagues did a good job of asking some questions that I wrote down. But just to comment, I'm interested and I'm very excited to see you guys again to hear,
about the feedback on Xello. It sounds like a really good program that we can use, on data and tracking where our students go. So I'm really excited and our investment in the program. Josh? Yeah. I echo my colleagues. Compliments. I I this is a topic that gets me really excited. I was one of those, first generation college kids. I remember, graduating college and being afraid of graduating high school and being afraid of, like, what college would be like. I I didn't have an experience with that. And I'm curious as we think through our students, many of them come from a similar, kind of experience, how are we helping them on that college visit side of things?
We I know you just talked about how many staff you have, but the experience of taking a student from their high school and getting them at a university, walking through those dorms, connecting with students who might be just one or two years older than them is so critical to helping them being able to see themselves and then the representation that goes along with that. But I also recognize your staff is limited. Parents aren't always available during the daytime to take off of work, to take a student there. Student may not even have transportation to get to a school or even feel confident when they get there.
So what are we doing to help connect those dots? Because I do think that's a really pivotal aspect of this. Thank you for that question. So there are a variety of strategies that we are using. One of those, things that we are attempting to do is to work with our partner, the Alliance for Decision Education. And they are creating a tool for us to use, in surveying our students, especially after they visit college campuses. And they're also building out something for us so that students as they are visiting the campus the campuses are also, adding on reflections about possible career opportunities for themselves.
The other thing that we, are, taking advantage of is working in collaboration with, like, the curriculum department and with our counselors so that, the summer bridge programs, any other opportunities, parent engagement events, we are present. And we connect with, families and students that way. But do we provide any, like, actual like like physical transportation? Like, do we get are we able to actually help put them on a bus, take them there, do anything like that? One of the things that our GEAR UP partners because I I got a limited budget, board member Jackway. But one of the things that we do is our GEARUp partner,
they transport our parents and take them to college campus visits. So that is why I'm thrilled, and I'm glad you asked that question because that's something pretty unique. Okay. Corey's gonna come and speak. Miss Hall's gonna see. Hi. Good evening. How are you all doing? Good. My name is Corey Hall, and I'm the director of the University of Kansas GEAR UP program in Kansas City, Missouri. Yes. We do provide those services. For example, we just did a big one maybe, two weeks ago with, Northeast Middle School. They do a wellness Wednesday. So we took all of the eighth graders out of the building and took them
to UCM for the day, with our GEAR UP chaperones. So we do things like that. We have done smaller trips. Central Middle School, just yesterday, actually, took a group of about 30 kids to Johnson County Community College. So, yes, we do do those things. I do know that the, College Access Specialists, they do those things as well. So when we're able to put together trips, to put students in a bus or even a charter bus, we have done charter buses, and we would love to do more charter buses. There you go. Alright.
And so, it it does work, and it and we do do that. Even with GEAR UP, we actually even do trips out of the state. So, we will be taking some students to Florida, in another month so they can actually tour, South, South Florida University and do some ro underwater robotics. So yeah. Mhmm. Yes. And I just wanted to add that for each of our high schools, we attempt to take, students, to five to seven different college campus visits. One follow-up. Two follow ups. I'll start with Trisha. I just wanna shout out one of the students in the photo, and I won't use their name for privacy, but they did Legislative Advocacy Day last year.
And so if you're watching, shout out to you. And then I do have a question, speaking of legislative advocacy, is there something your department might advise those that would like to support, ongoing efforts to pass tuition equity. For those that are unaware, students that are undocumented across the entire state of Missouri have to pay out of state tuition. So though KCPS is not tracking which students are or aren't undocumented, students across the metro may be facing that barrier when they're trying to access college. So college is expensive, but it's enough. But if you're paying out of state even though you've lived here your whole life,
that can be a barrier. So is there something we might share with community members? Obviously, we as a committee can talk, but I just wanted to open that up to your invitation call to action. Prior to, this most recent administration, we did conduct research on which states, did allow for undocumented, students, college students who receive financial aid and scholarships at their institutions and so we did compile that list. We'll have to go back and see which of those still have those same policies after, you know, these most recent executive orders. But once we update that,
we can share that, with you. And then what we'll also do is we'll make that list available to our college access specialists so that, as you said, Missouri, puts up some additional barriers, hardships financially, but we can, help our students apply to those colleges in those in those other states. So we'll get that updated and out. Okay. I have another follow-up question, and this is actually, about, the programming and the equity of it. So, I have noticed, and I brought this up when we did graduations, that dual enrollment and ECA are really concentrated in our signature schools,
whereas CTE is usually concentrated in schools like Central and Southeast. And so I'm wondering, what we are doing to either, address the equity there or to demonstrate that there is equity there and that students are just making different choices. One thing that we did not mention is that for the first time in the history of ECA, UMKC, we have representation from each and every one of our high schools. And we do that by really marketing the opportunities, is telling our kids in our neighborhood schools, here's this great option. So one of those options is working with, our counseling department. We have several students who say they wanna graduate early.
Well, don't graduate early. Have you heard about the Early College Academy at UMKC? So those are the opportunities that we have for our kids, and we'll we're trying to really market that to our neighborhood schools. So it's it's easy to get the kids from Lincoln Kitchen Paseo, but we're gonna make sure we do that exactly for our neighborhood schools. I asked that question not just because of what I saw in graduation, but I've had three students who talked to me about, having wanted to enroll in that program but having to drop out. And so or opt out. And so I'm just wondering, like, is there something a barrier that our students have that's preventing them from taking advantage
in these other schools, versus it just being that students are making different choices? And do we have data, on Our students and their choices to demonstrate that either we are not able to recruit them or they're not able to stay in the program or what's going on there so we could improve it? Yes. Thank you for that question. So, just to be clear, our students who are going on to the dual enrollment programs, they are enrolling in college. And so they have to qualify as college students as any, traditional graduate would. And so,
often times for a sophomore at the end of their year, they have to have a high enough ACCUPLACER that a high school graduate would have going into their junior year in order to go into the ECA program. So what we're doing, to be more intentional is we're, analyzing what are those barriers to your point, whether it's the ACT for UMKC, ACCUPLACER for MCC. We're setting up, boot camps just like we do for ACT prep. We will provide those additional supports to students so that we open up more opportunity for those who desire to access those programs.
Thank you. I have one last question and then I know that there's another presentation. So, you made the ask of board that we engage folks about potential funding for dual credit programs. And just today, I was having this conversation with funders, and one of them asked me this question. When do most of the colleges that our students attend give credit for those dual credit courses? There was talk to me about, you know, kind of is it a high number? Is it a medium number? Is it a low number? Of schools that accept that credit? Because that's kind of a it seems like a circular conversation,
out in the marketplace, so it's nice to have some accurate information. So let me introduce our post secondary coordinator, Andrew Urban, to you guys. Evening, everyone. I could say that with the courses that we select, we choose from Core 42, so those are decided by DESE. They, along with the Department of Higher Ed, they package certain courses together and they say these are gonna be transferable pretty much anywhere that you go. So each state has their own core curriculum, but, overall, they are almost universally transferable. So we don't have fringe classes. We're not picking ones that we know are gonna be only counting as electives.
We're looking at ones that we know are gonna actually transfer. So it's been pretty consistent. Terrific. Thank you for that. Sure. Like, it's, I think that's the most frequently frequent question I get about funding, so that makes it very clear. Thank you very much. I think we're gonna move to part two. Thank you. Very quickly, give a shout out to our Early College Academy team, Ms. Calhoun and Ms. Peters. Raise your hand, please. Thank you to all of our staff that are here. Now we have part two of the CCR task force. That was just that was a college focus. Now we're going into the other part.
I think there were some questions about this part we just hadn't gotten to again. So I wanna present Doctor. Wayman Irvin, our school improvement officer for secondary, and Doctor. Christopher McNeil, our director of career and technical education. Good evening, board Madam President, Randy Cortez, superintendent, doctor Collier, members of the board. This is CCR task force part two. We're gonna focus on workforce readiness. My name is doctor Wayman Irvin. I'm the school improvement officer for secondary. I am joined by Doctor. Christopher McNeil, who is also the director of career technical education. Our presentation today,
will focus on the CTE program, and also measuring its effectiveness. As with all of our, programs, especially with CTE, we are grounded in board policy zero point zero, and that is to make sure that we are providing providing the necessary supports to achieve, his or her highest potential. Also, board policy 1.2 that all scholars will graduate with college and career readiness. And, we're also embedded in blueprint twenty thirty, our teacher plan, and increase our high school graduation rates and also increase our market value assets.
For our program, Kansas City has a comprehensive, CTE program, but it is not a standalone just for our high schools. It is a k through 12, comprehensive approach. As you can see, in elementary, we have our, Project Lead the Way classes along with robotics. We we add to that in middle school with career aspiration. But it changes in high school where we have two programs. So at nine through 12, they can take CTE courses. If they want to go into a more specialized area to earn, industry recognized credentials, they'll have the, ability to to attend manual tech.
The College and Career Readiness Task Force was established. And in this task force, they focus on equity and access. And from this, there was four priorities that was, established to make sure we reach those cost of career readiness goals. And that's in post secondary planning, college career pathways, market value assets, and industry and community partnerships. And for our equity and assets, we we look at manual career tech. This is more of our industry recognized credentials. Like, specialized programs where our students can can receive those certifications.
These are the courses that we have. The auto collision, the, auto tech, the the constructions, the EMT prep, the water management. Also, with equity assets, in our comprehensive high schools, these are the pathways that we have in our high schools right now. You have business and entrepreneurship in all of our high schools. In our grow your own, education pipeline, you see it's at Central, Northeast, Paseo, and also at Southeast. At this moment, I will turn it over to doctor Meinan. Alright. I feel like I just saw y'all. Good seeing you again.
Again, Chris Meinan, what an absolute treat and pleasure. Board court, board chair, Cortez, doctor Kahlia, the amazing superintendent, and the board overall, and, and the cabinet folks, and everybody getting shout out. Everybody getting shout out. I will be remissed. I will be remissed if I didn't recognize the most amazing crew to have the opportunity to serve alongside every single day. So if you are part of a career in tech ed, please stand and just wave your hands in the air. We even have a couple, alumni, water management students who came in, who are graduates, who's currently employed with the water department.
Listen, for, for a person like me, I'm Peacock proud. So hopefully you had an opportunity to kinda experience our mini, kinda, display workshop out there where you saw all of our students really highlighting amazing things they're doing every single day. It's not it's not, I'm just I'm I'm super excited. So and, again, they just it was a long day for them. They stayed and said, hey. We're gonna come back. And, man, I'm just I can't even be able to tell you how full my heart is. Alright. So let's get to the CTE rationale. So expand the CTE, pathways and equitable access kinda helps strengthen, student engagement and post secondary, success, and we'll talk a little bit more about that.
Again, those market value assets, our goal is that our 2030 goal of our students will graduate with at least one market value asset. And then other research, suggests that achieving state benchmark validates our quality of programmings, securing funds. It demonstrates the the district's commitment to student success in career and tech ed. Alright. So let's get to the data. Right? So this first slide I'm gonna talk to you about is I wanna do some some level setting and give you some some some key terminology. Right? So I'm a say two terms. One is gonna be a CTE participant, other one's gonna be CTE concentrator. So a CTE participant is a student that have taken one one or more courses
in different pathways. Right? So they kinda cast in a wide net and they're kinda exploring this. I'm putting my feet in in, in business and I'm a learn a little bit about robotics. Right? Then the other student is called the concentrator. Those are the students that take a deep dive, and so they take two or more courses, sequence of courses in a given pathway. Here's what I wanna kinda show here. If you kinda see over that that three year trend data, you'll see a couple different things. One, you'll see a overall, CTE, participation has significantly increased year over year over year, And then equally, kinda that is gonna be those participants. Those who kinda take that deep dive. And so that's a significant number because,
again, we're casting a wide net because sometimes, hey, I thought I wanna be a business major, and I got into it, and accounting is really tough, but I, you know, but I have a artistic lens, so I'm a go jump over to multimedia. Right? And so that's not uncommon, but I absolutely love those numbers. The next piece I just wanna talk about here is our, underrepresented, student population. So these are the students whose gender is less than 25% of the overall, industry population. Here's what that means. And so you see students, young ladies in construction or, young men in, the nursing field. And so you can kinda see year over year, we've been climbing in that number and that's one of those indicators.
And that happens because of these wonderful people behind me in in terms of recruiting. We create an, an environment where every student can see themselves in future careers. And I'm just and and it's it's really, really cool to see in terms of one of those indicators. The next piece we're gonna talk about is this four year graduation rate. Here's what I wanna kinda talk to you about, is that kinda the research really shows around what career intake ed is really all about and how it impacts students. So here's what this is saying here. And so you got the CTE, concentrators and then it's measuring, their their graduation percentage rate against kinda Kansas City Public Schools,
kinda the non CTE concentrators. What you're seeing here is that their level their their graduation rate is significant. And so what it's saying is the students who who participate not only participate, but concentrate in CTE programs, they, they have higher graduation rates or and and they they have a a level of success in rural product. The next piece is that post secondary placement rate. That's what, miss Joyce and, was was talking about, mister Aguilar was talking about in terms of what students do after they graduate. So positive post secondary placement rate means that you're either going to, going to the two year, four year college,
you enter into the military, or you enter into the workforce. And so again, I always like my sweeper frame is always that career and tech ed is for everybody. Right? So whether you going off to college, whether you're going directly into the workforce or military, we wanna prepare our students for that success. This graph here shows that our we're measuring ourselves against the state. Right? So CTE, students compared to the state. And so if you could see us in those key indicators, us compared to the state, we're doing we're, doing a bit a bit better. And so that's one of those pride points that I wanted to highlight there. The next piece, I wanna kinda talk about our goals here.
So goal one is is that, we wanna increase, a market value asset attainment by 75% in those CTE courses. Goal two is gonna be increase the number of CTE pathways at the comprehensive schools. We wanna have at least four pathways at each comprehensive school. And then goal four is really around just kinda meet and exceeding those performance levels, those career and tech performance levels, that the state aligns to us, particularly looking at the IRCs earned, those non traditional students enrollment, the four year graduation rate, and their post, post secondary, placement rate. So let's let's talk through our our progress towards,
meeting those those goals. Right now, so at for goal one, at that, we are at eighty five percent of our students who graduate, with a market value asset for this year. Currently, today, we're at seventy six point eight percent of our, our CTE concentrators at Mabel, who has those market value assets. And, again, we're just right at that that, that fall semester, not completely over. And so we're we're definitely, fully, will know that we'll kinda hit that goal. Number two is that, every KCPS, will have at least those, at least four pathways. And so right now, we're nearly we're getting close to that to that goal,
meeting that goal. We have one school which is Southeast that only has three, and so we need to add a pathway there for the equity so at least have those four pathways. And then, we have met and exceeded those performance levels in '24 and '25 that's, that's presented to us for the state. The reason why we don't have the the the new, state adjusted performance levels is because it's not out there, so we had to use what what data points we had available for us. And then finally, I wanna kinda talk about our our points of pride. Couple things, and and again, it is shout out to because everybody was doing it. Shout out to my most amazing team.
Wait. This stuff doesn't happen in a vacuum. Here's here's what we wanna talk about our points of pride. Number one is that we were able to secure $1,300,000 in state grant funds for new construction for CTE program. Number two, we we're able to because of our CTE expansion and because of the absolute support and leadership of doctor Collier and everybody else in the board, and, we're able to expand our CTE program. And so we were able to get those two additional points for, CTE expansion. And then we wanna really highlight kinda that partnership. This doesn't happen success doesn't happen in a vacuum, and so is our our partners. And and I could I'll be talking all day if I listed every partner who
partners with us, whether it's Ford or the water department. But we wanna highlight kinda this new program that we launched this year. It's our, KC Future Builders Project. And so that's really focused on getting our students engaged in this eighteenth And Vine, building project, and it's in partnership with City of Kansas City, Black KC and JE Dunn. And then finally, man, we're so excited that we, we hosted a two it was a joint venture, so let me give you shout outs to everybody. Well, I can't shout out everybody, but just kinda the key leaders in that piece. Well, I I think I see missus Mabian back there, real world learning manager, so she she partnered with us to get that off. And then we have mister John Howe for the foundation.
I don't see him, but he was there and kinda help us put that together. So we had a two day event where we really talked about the the opportunities, and really engaged our community to say, hey. If we dream about what world class state of the art destination CTE program would look like, what, you know, and and we wanna have some conversation, to how how we can make that happen. And so that two day summit was there. Alright. So, I'm almost I'm almost there. It's always hard to be that that anchor of of the presentation. Everybody looking like, hey, brother. Like, just just keep this thing moving. Alright. So the next piece is around just that, the increase.
Our recommendation for continuing and improving effectiveness, one is really, to increase, CTE teacher staff and funding out allocations. For us, it is, you know, in order for us to be able to expand our reach overall, again, as you see, year over year over year, we've been trying to be a good steward of our resources, and our data shows that if you give us the resources, it will impact students positively. The other piece is that, man, we just need, some additional coordinators to really support the school. We have very limited coordinators to support all of our schools. So, again, we have a it's a k 12 initiative, and so we wanna be able to, have the luxury of having those coordinators in every school.
I don't know who I'm looking at. I'm just I'm looking at myself. The next piece is, we wanna be able to embed the, core academic into Emmanuel Tech. So here's what we find across the state and kinda nationwide. We're able to really leverage. If we have those core inside of maybe we can embed those math and ELA, credits inside of it, and that would allow students to even dive a little bit deeper. I kinda looked at, we we we saw some of our colleagues, Herndon in particular. They have that math and, ELA embedded, and so they allowed the students to be there for the entire day. Challenges, that's a little small,
but let me highlight just a few. One is really around just the equity of credentialing. That's what mister Aguilar was kinda talking about is that although Kansas City Public Schools does a fantastic job, we will educate anybody who comes to the door and give them a world class education. However, the credentialing aspect sometimes is that challenge. And so those credential agencies don't allow us to to be able to get them those credentials. They can do the work, but they need to have the paperwork to better show that as well. Other pieces that we we have, we're looking at just our ability to, open up programming. So if you look at certain programs that are kinda anchored in certain schools, so particularly you think about schools like,
East and their agriculture program, Those students at East are are the ones that can only access the program. So looking at how we can get them, engaged in there. And then overall, kinda that teacher teacher recruitment, it is hard to get kinda industry people in. And then just the high program cost of our CTE programs. They are expensive programs. They do extremely well, do, well for students, but they are, an expensive program. Alright. Next steps. It's a big slide, so I'll kinda go to the highlights piece. We want to, boost our, MBA, completion rates, and so we will do that by expanding those internship industry recognized credentials and client
connect project entrepreneurial experiences and dual credit embedded inside CTE pathways. Next piece is that we wanna be able to expand our CTE, programs. And so, man, if you give me an opportunity, I will have pro program for you, program I will have so many programs. Because, again, I truly believe in it. It's not just something I'm talking about. If you look at the data in terms of those CTE concentrators, the overall output, what they do after they graduate is significant. And and then finally for us is that we wanna continue to to align and look at our performance targets to make sure that we hit no state performance levels so we can continue with the continued funding and and grow.
And that the state looks at us very favorably because we are pretty phenomenal. Any questions? I'm sure there are none, but I will look to my right and start with Mr. Jackaway. No questions, but, shout out to you. Thank you so much for your leadership around all of this. This is really exciting thinking about the direction that our students are going, and, thanks for your honesty around some of the barriers that we still have to address to continue to make sure that all of our students have, yeah, everything they need for that. Thank you, sir. Britney? I have no questions, but I do want to thank you and your team.
During the Missouri School Board Conference, Emmanuel had a table there and I got to meet with the HOSA students. Hey, guys. And staff, amazing students and staff. I hear, kids in my neighborhood, sixth and seventh grade, already excited to go work and learn at the CTE program. So thank you for all the work that you do in empowering our kids to go out there and make their dreams come true. Thank you. Jamaica? You know I'm a fan of yours and a fan of CTE. I go to manual often and have been able to see the program, so I appreciate that.
But I do wanna say with this presentation, what I really appreciate is that we have a benchmark we're comparing ourselves against where I can see how we're doing, in comparison to other folks. So I see that this program is actually producing the results that we wanna see. So I wanna thank you for that, and thank you for making a presentation so complete that I have no additional question. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Don't don't clap yet. You know, she gonna come up with something. Thank you for the thoroughness of the presentation. I really appreciate it and love all the things that are happening there. The one question I'm gonna ask,
and I ask it every time you give a presentation, is what is our engagement with the labor community as it relates to our CTE programs? We have some very strong apprenticeship programs and things like that here in Kansas City of several unions. And I think particularly with the passage of the bond and their support of it, this is another opportunity for us to really engage them and have them make some of these investments, either in our existing programs or or make sure we have some participants in their programs. So can you give me an update,
hopefully, update on what's happening as it relates to our engagement with the unions? Yes, ma'am. That's an absolute great question. So our, our construction program is we, we're in partnership with the Carpenters Union, so that's one of our our our pieces. We actually use our curriculum there. Other pieces that as we're to your point, kind of that CTE summit was really our opportunity along with the vendors for it to really pull in those laborers those labor unions and all those different, trade areas. And so I'm happy to say that, pretty much all of the the trade industries, we're able to either visit with them and we're working to try to partner with
them in unique ways. And so we're actually building them out and figuring out, okay, how can we get our students inside of those pipe fitters, welders, laborers union, all of those sort of things. And so I have one of my a a part of kinda that KC Future Builders project is really that engagement around that. So I will what I will what I will tell you is is that I will be able to give, the board a line by line, company by company, union by union, what they we already engaged with them, how we're gonna engage with them, and how they're gonna partner with us in terms of opportunities for our students moving
forward. So that's that's something that we're we're definitely doing. Alright. Glad to hear that and look forward to that update. Yes, ma'am. Trisha? I do have a question, but, all great things. Outside of the data in the slide on, underrepresented CTA concentrators with CTE concentrators, which I understood was based on gender norms within industries, are there other groups that are underrepresented? I'm thinking multilingual learners, students with diagnosed learning disabilities, etcetera. Are they do we have data on that? That's something that we we definitely need to track. So I will say this. And so I don't have those specific data points. It's something that kinda the the the state tracks or kinda measured us against,
but I can say this. One thing I'm a a a super proud point for me is is that when we look at our student I'll just say this. I wanna invite you to, I want to invite you all to manual tech. I want you to push inside the classrooms, and I want you to see that KCPS in its totality, with all this all this different, students and, they're represented at Manual Tech. And so and we, as much as possible, don't, limit or prevent our students' access to our programs. And sometimes it is it is challenging to make sure,
like, okay, how do I figure out how to be able to create a safe environment so far? Our senior parents student who's a part of culinary arts, it is, alright, man. We're going, you know, getting with mister Fuchs and and try to figure out how we can make sure that he had quality program. And so that's definitely something that we'll track. But, again, that is a pride point for us in terms of when you come in our school, you'll be able to see that all students have access to programs in meaningful ways and have meaningful experiences, but that's definitely something we need to track more. Thank you. I did wanna provide a brief shout out to Cardinal Cafe.
I know that we've, received presentations on them before. Last time, I shared on my personal socials that I was going. I ran into a KCPS alum and her mom who was never even at Manual Tech, but they were just there hanging out. So I think our community likes to see, all the great things happening there. And so when we invite people to show up, they definitely do, so I wanted to include that. And then I just do have a brief question on, you mentioned this on the challenge challenges slide, Doctor. McNeil, but how are we currently determining which programs are offered at which school? Because my daughter is at Lincoln taking the biomedical course, and she's so surprised that she loves it because she's,
like, a literature classics novels gal, and so that's completely out of what she thought she was really into. And so I'm just curious to hear how we're currently deciding which program is in which school. Yeah. So so what we are what we're trying to do is that we kinda have those those core anchor programs at each school. The other piece is that each each every other year, we have to engage in what is called a common local needs assessment. And so we look at the overall industry trends, and it it matches that with the student overall interest, piece. And so we put those programs there. Obviously, for me, I would love to again, if you if y'all give it to me.
I will have every program at every school, and it will be amazing. So that's kinda how we approach that. Thank you both and your entire team for all of the work you do for our students. Hey. Thank you for the gift of your time. We do have one more question. Okay. Nicole was hating, but she did it too early. I have a follow-up. You know you was clapping first. But this is a good follow-up, not necessarily about the presentation. I've had some folks who are in leadership and unions who have reached out to me over the last couple of years about partnering with, KCPS. And I told them, hey. Contact the district, but nothing has come through. So who should I be sending them to if they're interested in partnering with us to
do CTE? Chris McNeil. C McNeil at KC Public Schools. I will send them to you. Yes, ma'am. That's number one. Going once. Yep. Thank you very much for your time and for both the enthusiasm and the strength that you and your team bring to our CTE program. Thank you. Thank you very much. The next item on the agenda, is the Board Treasurer's Report. Ms. Curls. Giving Erin an opportunity to come up. So she got the clicker. Yeah. Alright. So this is our summary of revenue, expenditures, and fund balances,
And this is based reflects the approved, FY 2026 initial budget that was approved by the board on 06/11/2025. As of October, we have a deficit because our year to date income is lower than our expenses so far. Reserve fund balances are used to pay KCPS daily operations obligations until the tax revenue distributions begin, next month, hopefully, depending on if they make any other changes. Our local income, which, makes up about half of our budget,
mainly comes from property Jackson County property tax income. Jackson County sends tax bills to property owners in October. Although, I don't think I got mine. Majority of the tax revenue, is distributed in December and January. For FY26, KCPS establishes an operating tax levy. This for a 4.8599 to support the district's operations. In addition, debt service levy of point six one, was established in support of the GO bond, principal and interest payments,
that we passed back in April. Year to date local collection is from the delinquent, property taxes, prophecy tax, sales tax, earnings on deposits and grants from college access, math academy, digital learning, CTE, early childhood, nursing services, student support, middle college, evening academy, and literacy for all programs. Year to date county revenue collection is from stock insurance, revenue from state assessed, railroad and utility tax will be distributed in March and the fines will be distributed
in June. As for our state year income, year to date collection is due to the basic funding formula, education funding formula, transportation revenue, and charter school sponsor fees. State basic state why is that always stated? Okay. Basic state aid is, projected to increase by approximately 2,000,000 due to including the school district membership in the formula calculation. In addition, charter schools share in KCPS local tax revenue decreases due to allocated tax levy in
for capital projects. Federal income is our second largest source of income. Year to date Federal collection is from, Child Nutritional Services, local food, schools, breakfast and lunch program, Perkins grants, Head Start, VOCA, Missouri Aware, and E Rate programs. And then we have the representation on the pie chart. So next we have our expenditures. The graph shows it by expense class. Salary and benefits is always our largest portion of that expense budget, and we're at currently at 22.6%.
Majority of KCPS salaries and benefits expenses are for certified staff. Services and materials are currently at 32.52%. Payments were made primarily for instructional services, communication and technology services, legal and other professional services, student transportation, property liability insurance, facilities repairs and maintenance, utility, general and technology supplies, textbook, and, child nutritional services, food supplies. The capital outlay is currently at 108.85%
due to the ongoing facilities capital projects including building intercoms, HVAC, roofing, and auditorium. In addition, the capital projects including HVAC and roof roofing funded from the operating capital projects fund and not completed by sixthirtytwenty twenty five were carried over into this year's budget and the budget adjustment will be reflected when we do our amendment one budget approval. And then we have here the pie chart representation of those expenditures. Next we have our cash and investments.
In October 2025 there were two securities that matured. These securities were purchased during the month of January, for $19,400,000 and have an average rate of 4.2%. Securities matured October 15 and October 31 for a total value of 20,000,000. So the interest earned was $598,478 Next we have our Certificate of Participation which was the one bond that the district
took out. And we have the proceeds from that bond are currently invested in Bank of Oklahoma with an average interest rate of 4.2. As of October 31, interest earned was about at 1,800,000.0 with a total capital projects expenditure of 16,300,000.0 leaving a balance of $84,000,000 Next is our general obligation bond that the District has taken out. We've taken out about 60,000,000
of the 424,000,000. And so here we have the breakdown of, those expenditures by school. And that's the continuation of that one. Proceeds from the Go Bond are currently invested also invested in Bank of Oklahoma with an average interest rate of 4.2%. And as of October 31, the interest earned is 88,974 for a total capital expenditure and total capital expenditures of 6,800,000.0,
leaving a balance of 54,300,000.0. So next we have, the general obligation bond portion that is for the charter schools, and that we just sold earlier this month at a at a premium with a total purchase price of 50,500,000.0. The net bond proceeds after insurance cost, of $683,820 is 49,000,860 16,000 and change. Were there any questions about any of that?
My colleagues? No? Thank you very much for the report. Alright. And I just want to note, thank you for breaking apart all of those different layers on the bond issuances. Okay. I know it had some length, but I think it's helpful to really keep separate. Okay. The next item on our agenda are committee reports. First I'm gonna turn the floor over to Josh Jackway for Government Relations. Thank you. Yeah, the big thing we're working on is our Advocacy Day coming up January 27. I'm excited to share, that we will have information going out tomorrow on how you can sign up.
I know all of you have been clamoring about how you can get in because space is limited. We're only taking two buses this year. You heard that right. Only two buses. We can only take about a 110 people, so space is limited. It does come with a t shirt and a meal. So get yourself signed up starting tomorrow. And then I'm also excited that, my colleague Trisha is gonna be the one running point for our committee on organizing all of that. For those of you who didn't know, she has a background in advocacy, has spent a lot of time in Jeff City, maybe more than some of our electeds, and I'm really excited to have her,
helping coach and lead out our our parents and community members who are coming along with us. Very briefly I'm going to go next to Ms. Kearls for just a very brief update on Finance Committee. Yeah, so the only thing I'm wanting to update the rest of my colleagues on is, we had we went over a draft of our financial audit and our compliance audit. And so those, hopefully finalized versions will be coming at our next meeting. Do we are we voting on the next meeting?
Depends on whether the feds issued their Yeah. So we may only talk about we may only have a final version of our financial audit at the next meeting. The financial audit, we can vote on. We're waiting on the OMB, Office of Management and Budget, to issue the final, compliance for the compliance report. Yeah. So, so yeah. For our next, our December meeting, we'll vote on that. And then we're still waiting on the feds for the rest of it. So thank you. And everything's right now is on track.
So yay. I'm gonna turn the floor over to Ms. Ford for the Policy Committee. Alright. So earlier this week the Policy Committee met and we formally adopted our four committee priorities that are gonna guide us between now and March 2027. Those four priorities are developing a clear and transparent process for updating board number policies, Two, creating a two year policy review schedule for our board member policies. Three, conducting a comprehensive review, update, and mapping of board policies.
And four, strengthening community engagement and education around our policies. During our meeting, we begin working through a set of questions for each priority that is gonna help us develop a full work plan between now and March 2027 and, including clarifying the problems that we're trying to address, what success looks like, what supports are needed, and then when each priority should be tackled. We reached consensus that our first area of focus, our first priority will be building the process for updating board member policies since that
process establishes foundation is in place, we'll move into some of the other areas that I just named. The committee also reviewed policy FF and discussed the request to rename Richardson Early Learning Center. Information about this request and the relevant policy was shared with, the board in advance. So hopefully, you all got a chance to review that either in email or through the forms in your binder. So at this time, I'll turn it over to Doctor. Davis to provide some additional context on the request and after that we'll share what
the committee's recommendation is relative to that. Alright. Good evening everyone and to, everyone in the audience and online. So the, the board of directors has the sole responsibility for the selection and adoption of names of buildings. And once a building has been named, that name remains until a future board, decides to change it. So not only the renaming of buildings, but also any portion of a building such as an auditorium, a gymnasium. It all must come through the board. The board has sole,
discretion over any names or renaming. In this specific, circumstance, a written request was sent to doctor Collier in alignment with policy FF. Any request for renaming must go to the superintendent that is then turned over to the policy committee, which then is turned over to the, full board for approval to create a naming committee. So in alignment with the policy, a naming committee made up of, numerous stakeholders, teachers, staff, community leaders in the building that's most impacted, including a board member,
will actually go out and do the work of engaging, other community stakeholders and generating support to later bring a final recommendation back to the board in a presentation, during a board meeting for the board's consideration and approval for the renaming. And so, tonight, you will be asked to, approve the renaming committee just so that that committee can move forward to, do its work. So I'll go ahead and read the motion and then if there's any questions it'll come out in that process. Is that okay? Oh,
got it. I'm sorry. I thought it was right now. Got it. Okay. Perfect. Yeah. Okay. Thank you for those updates and and and miss Ford will speak a little bit more when we get to the actual motion during the regular business. Okay. The next item on our agenda is the regular business, and I'm gonna turn the floor to Doctor. Collier. This evening, we have nine regular business items. Our very first is the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City. The administration recommends approval of the group medical and dental coverages with the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City. KCPS is self funded and the district share in health insurance coverage from 01/01/2026 to
12/31/2026 will increase by approximately 6%. The cost of $28,300,000 for medical and $1,300,000 for dental for an estimated total of $29,600,000 will be funded from the operating fund. Thank you Doctor. Collier. Is there a motion to approve the group medical and dental insurance coverages with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City for $29,600,000 is there a motion to approve this? So moved. Second. Motion has been made and seconded to approve the group medical and dental insurance coverages
with Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City. Is there any discussion or are there any questions on this motion? Lisa, please call the roll. Perls? Yes. Foley? Yes. Board? Yes. Jackaway? Yes. Hendricks? Yes. McGee? Yes. Cortez? Yes. The motion is adopted. Doctor. Prollier. Okay. Our second business item is the request to create naming committee for the renaming of Richardson Early Learning Program. Demonstration requests approval to create a naming committee to to begin engagement with Richardson Early Learning Center parents, staff, and community for the purpose of soliciting feedback and support for the name change of
the Richardson Early Learning Center when it relocates to the New King Empowerment Campus in the school year '27 in in school year '27. In alignment with policy FF facility names, the naming committee will include two parents, two teachers, the head start director, and two area community representatives from the sub district in which the school will be located, and one member of the board of directors. The board of directors will be represented by the area board member or a designated alternate. The deputy superintendent will serve as a non voting facilitator of the committee.
The Deputy Superintendent and the Head Start Director will convene the committee. The public will be given thirty days to submit names to the committee. And names for the committee's consideration must be submitted in writing to Doctor. Darrell Davis at the following email address, dedaviskcpublicschools dot org. After completing its engagement, the committee will bring a final representation, a final presentation back to the board along with a recommendation. The board will receive input from the committee but the board will make the final decision. Thank you, Doctor. Collier. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna read the motion and then,
after we make the motion and a second, turn the floor over to you for a little bit more explanation if you want to. Okay. Or not. That was for everything. Okay. Is there a motion to approve the recommendation of the superintendent of schools that the board of directors grant permission to establish a naming committee to consider renaming the Richardson Early Learning Program at the new King Empowerment Campus? So moved. Seconded. Motion has been made and seconded to approve the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools to grant permission to establish a naming committee to consider renaming the Richardson Early Learning
Program at the new King Empowerment Campus. Is there any discussion or are there any questions on this motion? Do you want to just note the recommendation of the Policy Committee? Yes. The, the recommendation of the Policy Committee is to move forward with creating this naming committee To do all that Doctor. Collier just said. Are there any questions or is there any discussion? So is it like it since it said the area board member, so I think that's my area. Maybe miss Kendricks. Yeah. Yeah. And so that's what we were trying to clarify. Because it's gonna be in King,
like, at the King Empowerment Center. So that's my district. Okay. So I so am I I mean, there's a I mean, we're clarifying. Does that that mean I'm responsible for it, or since it's currently in Jamaica's district, she's responsible for it. Or you could post it to it. Yeah. It seems like You can share it with my family. I just want clarity. I think it's I think it's where it's going. That's where it not where it's coming from. Okay. Yeah. It says that we're we're the school we located. Okay. Alright. So thanks. And and so does that mean I'm responsible for the rest of this process?
No. Okay. No. Doctor Davis will lead. Oh, okay. He will facilitate the process. She's on the committee. Okay. That's okay. He's like, alright. No more assignment. Your mom was like, oh, look. I I did play the bond. Okay. Alright. Thank you. Are there any other questions for discussion? If not, Lisa please call the roll. Kearls. Yes. Foley. Yes. Board. Yes. Jackaway. Yes. Kendricks. Yes. McGee. Yes. Cortez. Yes. The motion is adopted. Doctor. White. Okay. Our third business item is EverDriven Technologies LLC. The administration recommends approval of the second amendment to the agreement with EverDriven Technologies that
provided alternative transportation services in school year 2425. The contract amount increased from 1,500,000.0 to $1.926863.0.44, an increase of $426,163.44 dollars and funded from the fiscal year twenty five operating fund. Thank you, Doctor. Collier. Is there a motion to amend the agreement with EverDriven Technologies for alternative transportation services increasing and not to exceed amount by transportation services increasing and not to exceed amount by $426,863.44
bringing the new total to $1,926,863.44 dollars for the twenty four-twenty five school year. So moved. Second. Motion has been made and seconded to amend the agreement with Everdriven Technologies LLC for alternative transportation services during the twenty four-twenty five school year. Are there any questions or is there any discussion on this motion? I actually have a question for Ms. Thompson. Will these expenditures be accrued into the prior fiscal year or will they be on this year's financials? They will be on this year's. It's too late.
Okay. You know? I just I just want to confirm what our practice was. Thank you. This is because, we are covering that contract so we can make that payment because it went over last year. Right. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Lisa, please call the roll. Carls? Yes. Foley? Yes. Board? Yes. Jackaway? Yes. Kendricks? Yes. McGee? Yes. Cortez? Yes. The motion is adopted. Doctor. Prollier. Okay. Our fourth business item is LaChicollis. The administration recommends approval of the agreement with Logicalis for the purchase of an additional Windows device and equipment.
In addition to the transition to Apple devices, KCBS is partnering with Logicalis to refresh Windows devices for staff, eSports equipment to support competitive and collaborative eSports programs, and the career and technical education equipment to enhance hands on learning experiences in specialized fields. These purchases align with the KCPS long term vision for a technology rich learning environment that fosters creativity, collaboration and academic rigor for both students and teachers. The contract amount is $570,385.4
and will be funded from the Operating Fund. Thank you, Doctor. Collier. Is there a motion to approve the agreement between KCPS and Logicalis for the purchase of windows, devices and equipment at a total cost not to exceed $570,385.4 So move. Second. Motion has been made and seconded to approve the agreement between KCPS and Logicalis. Is there any discussion or are there any questions on this motion? I have a question. For the as we're transitioning to Apple, that's what we said we were doing.
And I know Apple doesn't vibe with everything. So is that why we are still having Microsoft or having, spinning there? Because we have some programs or something that does a job with Apple. That's correct. Mostly legal and business and finance are heavy in Excel and Microsoft products, so that's why. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Are there any other questions? Lisa, please call the roll. Kearls? Yes. Foley? Yes. Ford? Yes. McEachern? Yes. Hendricks? Yes. McGee? Yes. Cortez? Yes. The motion is adopted. Thank you, Doctor. Cartwright. Okay, our fifth business item is Ferrell Gas LP.
The administration recommends approval of the third amendment to the agreement with Ferrell Gas to provide school bus propane, LPG, or fuel supply for fiscal year twenty six. The not to exceed contract amount of 700,000 will be funded from the operating fund. Thank you, Doctor. Collier. Is there a motion to amend the existing three year agreement with Ferrellgas for Propane LPG fuel supply with a not to exceed amount of $700,000 for the twenty five-twenty six school year? So moved. Seconded. Motion has been made and seconded to amend the existing three year agreement with Ferrellgas.
Is there any discussion or are there any questions on this motion? Lisa, please call the roll. Kearls? Yes. Ford? Yes. Foley? Yes. Jackaway? Yes. Hendricks? Yes. McGee? Yes. Cortez? Yes. The motion is adopted. Doctor. Collier? Okay. Our sixth business item is School Smart KC Grant. The administration recommends approval to accept the literacy grant from School Smart KC. KCPS will receive funding of $8,813,206 long night over a four year period to provide tutoring support for students in grades
k through third at King Elementary. SchoolSmart KC remains committed to supporting local students, families, and schools by focusing on funding strategies that address student literacy growth. This partnership will provide support will provide and support essential, will provide support to increasing grade level literacy achievement across the district. Thank you, Doctor. Collier. Is there a motion to accept the School Smart Kansas City grant in the amount of $813,206 to be disbursed over a four year period from July 2025 through June 2029?
So moved. Seconded. Motion has been made and seconded to accept the SchoolSmart Kansas City grant in the amount of 813,206 for the school years from July 25 through June '29. Are there any questions or is there any discussion on this motion? Lisa, please call the roll. Ms. Kearls? Yes. Coley? Yes. Ford? Yes. Jackaway? Yes. Hendricks? No. Oh, yes. McGee? Yes. Cortez? Yes. The motion is adopted. Doctor. Proyer? Okay. Our seventh business item is Apple Incorporated. The administration recommends approval of the agreement with Apple Incorporated for the purchase of Apple
products. This purchase will refresh faculty devices, supplement the current stock of iPads, refresh computer labs at secondary sites, and provide shared classroom sets of Styli for students. Anybody know what that is? Alright. Y'all y'all good. Okay. Apple Penz. I told them I said, I'm just gonna say Apple Penz. Okay. The district is finalizing its full transition to Apple devices across all instructional settings. This transition aligns with our long term vision for a technology rich student and teacher learning environment that supports creativity, collaboration, and academic rig rigor.
The contract amount of $1,787,931 will be funded from the Operating Fund. Thank you, Doctor. Collier. Is there a motion to approve the agreement between KCPS and Apple for the purchase of Apple products in a total cost not to exceed $1,787,931 So moved. Seconded. Motion has been made and seconded to approve the agreement between KCPS and Apple for the purchase of Apple products. Is there any discussion or questions on this motion? I actually do have a question.
What is the I guess, life of an Apple, like a standard Apple product that we are issuing? Is it anticipated that I mean, because they start stop supporting stuff usually before the equipment actually goes bad. I mean, so what are we anticipating? Yeah. So we were on a five year refresh. Now we are gonna be able to be in a three year refresh. And the reason you wanna be in a three year refresh is because you get a they're worth about 25% of their original value and salvage that we get back as a credit when we buy a refresh.
So, we've been leaving a lot of money on the table over the years because we just work until they, you know, fail. Five years, six years, seven years, there's people who had had a PCs around here for a long time. Mhmm. So it gets us in a refresh cycle and saves us about 25% on our on our device purchase. And do we Are we also on that cycle for like the board things or do we just do it until the end of our terms? No, everybody's gonna get a new device every three years. That's We've been working real hard on that for the last couple of years to get all the old ones done and the new ones in the cycle.
So, once a quarter, and we keep track of, you know, the ones, right? So you've approved many of these, right? So this will be yet just another phase and in three years we can refresh. Okay. So every but it's every quarter. So, like, we'll be I'm just trying to figure out how often are we gonna get these requests related to Apple equipment. Like, do you anticipate the last one for two years probably. Okay. Depending on our loss rate. Right? Oh, okay. But, yeah. And do we over procure for the anticipated loss or,
like, new Things coming in mid year or that kind of thing? Yes. Okay. And about what percentage do we, like, over procure? Well, we're going on a loss rate of about $250,000 a year for devices that either get lost, stolen, or disappear. Okay. So we've baked that in, and that's what some of this is from last year. Okay. Alright. Thank you. Is that your question? I appreciate that. I I do have a question for you. Just come right back, please. We we Josh and I visited the DAC meeting to invite folks to advocacy day and share an update there.
And there was an update that left parents that I spoke to with questions around consideration for a loss fee or something like that to have parents buying in when they need to replace, iPads that have been misplaced. And so could you just speak very briefly to what that was? Because I think quite a few parents were, last question. To the point where $250 300,000 a year we're having to come up with out of our operating fund to replace devices. There are companies that offer a $20 insurance policy that we take out as an IT fee. We're like one of the only districts that doesn't do that now.
So, we're talking to the parents, the students, through town halls. I've been to all the deck principal meetings, teacher meetings, whatnot. And we're gonna do that for an entire year. The feedback has been more positive than negative. The $20 is more inexpensive than what all the other districts around us charge. So, we're still finalizing it, we're still doing the community engagement before any final decisions are being made. Okay. If you have any feedback, please let me know offline and I'll incorporate it. Perfect. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Are there any other questions or discussion?
Lisa, please call the roll. Carls? Yes. Foley? Yes. Ford? Yes. Jackaway? Yes. Hendricks? Yes. McGee? Yes. And Cortez? Yes. The motion is adopted. Doctor. Collier? Okay. Our eighth business item is Zoom Transportation Services, LLC. The administration recommends approval of the first amendment to the master services agreement with Zoom Transportation Services. KCPS has experienced significant growth in student transportation demand since the 2023 RFP process with original estimates for routes, tiers, and ridership, that was exceeded by a wide margin.
This amendment aligns services with increased ridership, updates our contract language, realigns operating days and reporting requirements, and adds a dedicated field trip fleet and drivers. It authorizes Zoom drivers to operate KCPS owned vehicles and includes excess rate provisions. The amendment to the contract will increase the student transportation costs by approximately $1,900,000 and will be funded from the Operating Fund. Thank you, Doctor. Collier. Is there a motion to amend the existing transportation contract with Zoom Transportation Services
in the amount of $1,900,000 So moved. Seconded. Motion has been made and seconded to amend the existing transportation contract with Zoom Transportation Services. Are there any questions or discussion on this motion? Ms. Kentis? I just wanted to say $1,900,000 seems like a lot of money. However, I really appreciate the fact that we are able to say that this is because of ridership increases, which means more people are trusting us to be able to get their kids back and forth to school. So kudos to administration for vetting and selecting Zoom as our transportation service when we
were going through the hectic everybody's upset about transportation period. So thank you for that. And even though 1.9 feels like a lot, I'm still gonna say yes. It is a significant increase in ridership and it's positively impacted our attendance as well. And so, that's a great benefit. So it does come at a cost. Any other questions or comments? Lisa, please call the roll. Kearls. Yes. Foley. Yes. Ford. Yes. Jackaway. Yes. Hendricks. Yes. McGee. Yes. Cortez. Yes. The motion is adopted,
Doctor. Collier. Okay, our final business item for the evening is Navigate Building Solutions LLC Second Amendment. Administration recommends approval of the amendment to the agreement with Navigate Building Solutions to provide comprehensive project management services. This amendment adds task order number three for operating maintenance projects, support for playground, roofing, and parking lots, and the task order number four for the additional support for district wide investments under the general obligation bond projects. Navigate Building Solutions serve as the primary liaison between architects, engineers,
contractors, and other consultants advocating for KCPS' interest in quality, timely, and cost effective design and instruction. The not to exceed total contract amount of $200,005,050,759 dollars will be funded from the Operating Capital Projects Fund for $1,775,497 and general obligation bond for $275,262 Thank you, Doctor. Collier. Is there a motion to execute a second amendment to the existing agreement with Navigate
Building Solutions for comprehensive project management services totaling $2,050,759 So moved. Second. Motion has been made and seconded to approve the second amendment to the existing agreement with Navigate Building Solutions for comprehensive project management services. Are there any questions or comments on this motion? Lisa, please call the roll. Kearls? Yes. Foley? Yes. Ford? Yes. Jackaway? Yes. Kendricks? Yes. McGee? Yes. Cortez? Yes. The motion is adopted.
The next item on our agenda is the consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve the items on the consent agenda numbered F1 through F25? So moved. Is there a second? Second. Lisa, please call the roll. No, wait, it is moved and seconded to approve the items on the consent agenda. Lisa, please call the roll. Kurls? Yes. Foley? Yes. Board? Yes. Jackaway? Yes. Kendricks? Yes. McGee? Yes. Cortez? Yes. The motion is adopted. One quick note, I know that there are new action items coming out of this evening because I
heard a lot of we'll put it in the Friday updates. And what I wanna make sure that we do, Lisa will compile those, in cooperation with, Nicole Follier White and her team and send those out to the folks who, have items. Please review and return those so that we can make sure that the information you're expecting is the information that you get. With that, we will adjourn. And just a quick reminder to all who have, had the fortitude to make it to this hour, and who are with us online that the next board meeting is not until December
17 and it is an on the road board meeting at Harold Holiday Montessori School.