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e e e good evening I call this meeting to order at 6:21 p.m. uh directors present tonight are director kler director degrees and
director R which means we have a forum thank you to our interpreter AST would please share the interpretation instructions with our participants and then we can turn on the interpretation function the first business in order is the approval of the agenda directors or
there any proposed changes to the agenda see there are none do I have a motion to approve the agenda as presented I move that we approve the agenda as presented have a second I second all in favor say I I motion
passes our next agenda celebrations and updates by our superintendent Dr anac good evening um great I know we have a skeleton crew tonight so we have a couple of Bo directors have had conflicts certainly
our senior leadership team is similar um I Know Chief Platt uh will be joining us for the policy section she had to get to a conference tonight um and we'll be zooming in I know we've got some topics related to finance want everybody to know that Chief Shakin knew she was
going to be out these dates long before she was even hired by the district so um I just I know got a skeleton care but we have some really important work tonight so grateful that everyone's here um forum is here so this week for updates and celebrations and I would add one
more thing rrio and Jonathan we we've revised some of our Tech Systems so we're hoping that this works we have some complex um Tech tools we're going to try to use tonight and so a little bit of Grace and a lot of gratitude for all the work that went into this this
week trying to dial as s that are so um that's all going on in addition this week we are celebrating and recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month Hispanic Heritage Month is a month-long celebration of Hispanic and Latino history and culture for tonight's superintendent updates and celebrations
we're going to do something a little different and much longer than my usual District updates we're going to do that in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month Latino and Hispanic students make up 57% of the student population in the ran for school district Latino and
Hispanic students are our majority population and when we consider the many contributions of Latino and Hispanic students staff and families there is much to be grateful for Latino and Hispanic student staff and families create a school district that is multilingual where the majority of
students are bilingual bilingual and support schools to host cultural events and celebrations like dios MOS Dios moros F gloral performances and um student leadership opportunities in groups like hoses Latinos at the Sal
high school Hispanic and Latino students have been high school valedictorians salutatorians and have been awarded prestigious scholarships like the Daniels and veter scholarships celebrating excellence in academics leadership and community service Hispanic and Latino students have been important leaders for our district and
clubs and activities members of teams that have competed in state championships and represented the vent work schools throughout the region State and Country if we were only to celebrate the cultural contributions of Hispanic and Latino students so we would also fail to
see the areas where we as a district must do more to ensure in particular hispan Laing Student Success our historic and our most recent student data shows that Hispanic and Latino students lag behind their white peers and academic achievement and growth
Hispanic and Latino students are also over represented in disciplinary incidents underrepresented in advanced academic coursework underrepresented underrepresented in school activities like sports Music Theater and clubs we
know from our data that Hispanic and Latino students and their families experience more incidents of racism in our schools and communities than do white students additionally a critical component of Student Success is the opportunity to learn from teachers and staff who reflect your lived experiences
despite the remarkable we have in our schools and our communities because of Hispanic and Latino students and families we do not have that same diversity reflected in our teaching and and administrative staff Hispanic and Latino heritage month is a wonderful time to acknowledge the
cultural and historic contributions of the Hispanic and Latino community in our district our Valley our state and our country but at the same time if we fail to acknowledge and address the challenges Latino and Hispanic students face in our school district and our community our celebrations can be distri
ractions from the reality of their lives and experiences our District's new 5year strategic plan has a number of commitments identified as priorities and initiatives that will address the address some of the challenges Hispanic and Latino students face we will
strengthen high quality teaching through effective coaching and other supports for teachers we will align and strengthen instructional practices to support emerging bilingual students we will ensure School culture and climate is Equitable inclusive and representative of our student students we will strengthen Recruitment and
Retention practices to support and sustain a talented staff that is reflective of the diversity of our students and community and we will commit to auditing our operational budgetary and policy practices to support Equitable outcomes for all students additionally we will continue
to partner with latino students families and Latino serving organizations to listen and learn from their experiences in our schools importantly we will follow Latino students and family leaders who push us on policies and best practices last year Hispanic and Latino
students and families participated um who participated in the equity advisory Council provided critical content for board policies including our Equity diversity inclusion and anti-racism and Safe Haven policies we followed the recommendations and pushes and the board
did as well adopting the proposals as board policy in addition to cultural celebrations happening across the district we wanted to take time tonight to hear again and center the voices of Latino and Latino students who participated in that work last year we want to honor their experiences
recognize their leadership and continue as a leadership team um to listen so I want to start tonight by sharing a video that student leaders recorded last spring it's short it's about four minutes it's available on our website but I don't know that everyone's gotten
a chance to see it and especially tonight it felt like something we needed to lift up um our director of student Family Services Kelly Medina directed the video so many thanks to her and it was edited by our bilingual communication specialist Christina Bargas so big thanks to Christina R and
Jonathan figured out how we can show it tonight so we're gonna jump over to that so let's tune in um for part one of our celebration tonight and then part two involves some special guests working with the different members of EAC was very helpful because all of them
really cared can tell it was a group that was invested in this I was very interesting perspective because this work is so important because St will feel say we want to Aspire to
paent you button [Music] for [Music] second keep rolling because we can definitely share this video more broadly because I know we have some guest [Music]
leing the process involved a lot of drafting and um revising the policies another part was working with the different members of that's working
okay the process involved a lot of drafting and um revising the policies another part was working with the different members of EAC was very helpful because all of them really cared and you could tell it was a group that
was truly invested in this I would say that it was a really interesting time for me none of this matters if we aren't like if students aren't feeling safe I know that I was able to prioritize my learning and my future
goals because I felt safe and so knowing that other people didn't I it sort of put it into perspective because like this is so important because students will feel safe and want to um aspire to future
goals most important part for me was the making families and students feel more welcome in our schools I love that because my parents and my my Grands parents are immigrant families and I've seen them struggle I'm glad that I've
made even if it was a small imp I'm glad that I made that the most important part for the safe haven policy besides the actual policy and the great benefits that it will have um I think is the implementation I think that is probably
one of the most important parts because the policy can only be as good as it is rather implemented are enforced um and I think being able to get everyone on the same page whether it's students teachers staff members or community members and
telling them about them will really help increase that or make that impact greater I think that there were a lot of important components and I think the biggest thing was that I realized that overarchingly I'm was a part of a
community in a school district that cared about that in the first place and that was willing to prioritize it because you're not going to be putting like all this devotion and action into doing something this impactful if
you don't like truly back it and if that's not really a that doesn't align with your values in the past I've seen that some policies create a need for more policies but I really hope that this policy is concrete and helps our students and families feel
more welcome in the school district long term I think Safe Haven will help a lot of newcomer families I think it will lead to really having an integration of Latino voices ultimately it has given a
lot of people exposure to it and it's really interesting because more people are becoming conscientious of the fact that it's not only important but it's something that's there and capable of actually making change um we're
gonna and we have um we've reached out to some of our student leaders who've moved on and I can see that esmera has joined us and so we have a couple of questions again want to Center the voices of our students it looks like um maybe Eric is online as well awesome so
we're so excited to welcome back es Al DTE and Eric Vasquez um would love for you both and I wonder if es you can go first and then Eric when we get you on um we can hear from you as well but I guess we have about three questions for each of you and the first is if you
could tell us first of all just hello and um what you've been up to since graduation how has your transition been to college what's going well and what's difficult hello can you guys hear me yeah awesome awesome thank you well hello
everyone my name is Esmeralda albera D I am currently studying in New York at Cornell University and glad to be back in the space it's been a while um I have
been since graduation well over the summer I was um I have been on campus ever since essentially we graduated um and I have been working um taking classes over the
summer and yeah now I've started thanks esala Eric how about you what have you been up to um how has your transition been to college what's going well what's difficult uh can are you guys able to
hear me you gotta so um my transition has been very difficult I was I don't think I was prepared for the rigor that this school has uh but I think that being here this
summer has helped accustom me but it's been very interesting in the sense that I have gotten to explore different um I guess areas of interest and I think I'm leaning more towards
economics and maybe I might choose to change my major it's I don't know I like that about college that we got the we get the opportunity to explore our interest and yeah than well our next question we have asked you to
come back to the Roaring Fork schools to join us and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month can you share a few words about What hispan Hispanic Heritage Month means to you at this particular point of your life and in your education
um was a question for me yeah sure Eric why don't you go first this time then we'll go to es all right um being Hispanic is I guess it has been very important for me in the sense that the values and the culture that I grew up with are what uh
help me um uh succeed in the process of college applications and it it is helping me now in the sense of my work ethic and I'm just very proud to be
Hispanic and I hope that I could keep exploring my culture and discover my identity here at College thanks s Esmeralda um can you share a few words about What Hispanic Heritage Month means to you at this
point in your life and education I think more than anything it serves as a as a reminder of sort of where I've come from um not only have do I come from a Hispanic background but I also come from a place where
um the My Hispanic background has had to develop in a different way being Hispanic in the ryf fork Valley is an incredibly interesting thing because there are a lot of people who um you you can feel connected with
in in a different way and so um this I think Hispanic Heritage Month is just reminding me of um of where I've been in that process and um how I can then take the the sense of belonging that I felt
there um in into other spaces such as um campus here thanks for okay last last question I'm gonna set this one up sorry as are interpretting okay so I want I want to set this one up a little
bit so you you saw that we shared the video that you helped make last year after the board adopted the safe haven policy we shared it tonight um during this board meeting um as part of our celebration of of Latino and Hispanic Heritage Month because in addition to
appreciate appreciating the cultural richness that the Hispanic and Latino Community contributes to the ren Fork Valley we also wanted to Spotlight the challenges Hispanic and Latino students and families face and what we're doing as a district in Partnership and following the lead of Hispanic and
Latino students and families to address those challenges so from the question is from your perspective what accomplishments should the Roaring Fork schools celebrate in terms of addressing those challenges and perhaps even more importantly what are the issues that we
still need to address and what do we need to do better to better honor and support our Hispanic and Latino students maybe as will start with you this time and then go to a I'd say that the district is doing a
lot of um really focusing on being cognizant of the situation as it is and I think that's incredibly it's like one of the first steps um like recognizing that um you know you said the statistic
how many many like the population that is Hispanic um and and the the steps that um some of the steps that are needed to to be taken to um address what
that um what comes with with that sort of population um I I really love that you guys um do recognize student leadership it's um it's how I got involved and I think that's a really amazing
component that um has I've seen it work incredibly well um also you guys talked about the equity diversity inclusion and anti-racism policy I think that the work um that the
EAC did on that um is was was amazing and I think continuing to implement things such as those um are going to be really beneficial in future um in terms of um things that can
be can help bridge any sort of gaps that there are I think under representation in advanced courses would be something that I I think would be crucial to address because I I recognize the importance that my participation in
those courses um I recognized the importance that had on my on my future education um a lot of what I believe got me here is my ability
to strive for more in those courses but then led me to strive for more in college for example and and and that and yeah I think that's valuable how about you what um should we be celebrating and what what pushes what
do we need to do better um I think that we should celebrate uh like as morala said I agree with her the fact that it's being recognized and that there is a problem and that there have been efforts to
address that given problem um in terms of representation in advanced courses and extracurriculars I think that to improve that first we need to look at the family of a
Hispanic F like my bad to look inside of a family um that is Hispanic because most of the time being lowincome um students tend to look for jobs to support their families and that takes up
a lot of their time depriving them of the high school experience uh which would be being involved in extracurriculars or taking on challenging courses like AP courses and I believe that providing
families with more opportunities would really increase that representation um but the safe him policy was a good step in the right direction because it protects immigrant
families and that itself increases representation really appreciate everything you both are naming and I'm hearing you lift up student representation better Partnerships with families additional
resources to support families to support their students hearing about student leadership hearing about that representation in extracurriculars and academic Advanced academic coursework and also hearing from you now and hearing again as I've watched the video again um push us to like the policies
are nice but only as good as we can Implement and so also hearing that from you both so thank you um I know it's late in New York but wondering if we could open the floor really to the board members for a moment before you both sign off um to see if they have any
questions or comments thank you thank you both to Eric and as M for your time congratulations we're so proud of you we're so grateful for the opportunity to have you here today in celebration of this important um month that this board
and past boards have been so committed to making sure that we um not only need Center students but that we're working towards a common goal of making sure every student in our schools are successful on behalf of the board and for myself as a graduate of the district
as well and we wish you all of the best at this school year and we hope that you guys are very successful and we welcome you back anytime this is your homework and I'll just add that thank you the both of you for being such great
role models for others in our district to emulate you set the bar high and you are great at inspiring others so thank you for that great work and the best of luck and I think you've made your own luck so
so I think it will be the best of who you are maybe not the luck so thank you thank you so much thank you ER thank you so much it's so inspiring to continue to learn from you both take care thank you guys have a
wonderful night thank you thanks s and that concludes our superintendent updates and celebrations the next in order is a health insurance program update presentation let's jump in and I want to make sure this is right so I have um my
thoughts kind of organized in terms of providing this update on our health insurance program and some concerns that we have so want to make sure that the board is aware of where we are we're shifting wholeheartedly into finances um and employee benefits so during the late
spring uh some late spring of 2024 summer and early fall The Roaring for school district's internal operational teams of human resources and finances reviewed our District's first year of implementation of a self-insurance health plan
uh as they were closing the books on this plan so the findings from that review include that the district underestimated the true cost of the self- insurance plan both in terms of capacity to administer the funding needed to the funding required to
implement the plan without significant financial risk so in order to address this the district needs now to consider a midyear pivot back to a managed insurance plan in order to mitigate risk and potential Financial losses any
option at this point whether we pivot to a managed plan or stay with our current self- insurance plans uh will require additional funding above and beyond what we budgeted for in 2425 and most likely above and beyond
what we have in available unallocated fund balance reserves um above the minimum fund balance required by The District's policy so the team is projecting now that losses this year could be anywhere from $4 to $6 [Music]
million so the purpose of this superintendent report today is to um with a great deal of gravity to provide the Board of Education and our community with an overview of how we got here where we are right now what our decision- making process is before we
come to you for Action what our options are and then our next steps so I'm going to go back a little bit in history before the fall of 2023 so before last school year our employee health insurance for you know we have an we staff about 800 full-time employees
about a, if you include part-time um employees as well our employee health insurance was delivered by managed care plan through the nonprofit trust CBT this meant that we had limited options of how benefits were structured and how
we could minimiz costs annually what we experienced was that CBT increased costs sometimes sign signicantly without much District control but it also meant that the price tag of that Healthcare fully eliminated any Financial Risk to The
District in anticipating ongoing increases to cedt plan costs the district's two over two years ago established a health insurance advisory committee to explore alternative options this committee worked for over two years and ended with a recommendation that the
Roaring pork schools switched to a a self-insured health plan that was brokered by an organization called think Health this plan had the potential to minimize overall cost but required that we carefully manage options and that we also purchase stop loss insurance as
part of our plan to minimize but not fully eliminate Financial Risk this year this past spring and summer as our teams began to close the books or reconcile payments for our first year of Self Insurance um our team Catherine practor with help from former CFO Shan impelling
began to identify concerning Trends regarding very high expenses related to our medical services and the care that we were receiving additionally as our new Chief Financial Officer Christy Shakin took office in mid August she and I began to try to make sense of existing
contracts and we're we spent a lot of time reviewing how our self insurance plan was set up for 2425 and what we uncovered was was concerning and the headlines here are that um I put C Shannon Christy and I and additional team members have
identified is that um first we underestimated what was needed in regards to the plan management and plan Administration um the roll out of the plan a year ago in the summer of 2023 was not smooth for employees um nor were
the first few months of last school year it was very difficult for for team members to shift to new plans of care and understand what was covered what wasn't what what providers they had and really make that transition um we also underestimated the
true cost and we did not integrate future risk with the way we calculated premiums for this school year um so where we're at right now is that we believe that if we don't do something immediately we estimate that losses could far exceed what was budgeted and
what currently exists in our unallocated general fund balance and and and very frustratingly this is subject to change increase or decrease based on really the medical services and claims we utilize by our staff right now so it's really difficult to pin down
precise numbers of where we're at and what and we're estimating a lot of potential risk and and what's also very difficult about this moment is we're coming and and starting a process to examine a potential alternate option but
even that will require significant midyear investment from waren Fork School District beyond what we've budgeted and most likely Beyond that we have available in unallocated reserves um I want to let you know that we are not um doing this on our own so
Christy shoin our new CFO has worked diligently to provide us an alternate pathway and we believe that we have an option to minimize our risk and lessen to some degree the amount of money that we need to invest this year and that that option is to move back to a managed care plan through CED effective January
1st 2025 to craft a plan going forward to make sure that we are understanding the parameters the concerns the risks um and make sure that no stone has been left unturned we have um retained an a pretty
strong team to support us in our decision-making and Analysis it includes our our war Force School District General Council it includes a team of lawyers who are uh Ben U specialist and employee benefits especially in the public sector it also includes um
consultation with an Actuarial consultant who's going to help us try to pin down our numbers of usage um we are also uh working closely and communicating closely with McMan and Associates who you all know as our district Auditors um uh that that do our
financial auditing and we're leaving on some of our um supporters including Shannon Pand who's a former warin for school district CFO to work through this um we have also as we've become more aware of this concern explored other man
care providers Beyond C cedt but thus far none have been able to provide a plan that could launch as soon as January first with comparable costs so we want to we want to present you with the projected cost of these options and explain the broad decision-making
process that we've launched in partnership with roaring for School District employees um this process the decision-making process will take place in take um will take place in two phases so I think this is really important for our board to understand of how we're
going to analyze where we are and make um timely decisions so last week on Thursday September 19th we launched a broad decision-making process through our representative leadership structures so we're really leaning here on the certified classified and administrative
interest based bargaining teams um to to make sure that we're representing employee voice we're leaning on those leaders and those representative processes so phase one we'll explore if the district should continue this school year with our self insurance plan or if
we should pivot midye back to a managed care provider phase two will explore options to cover costs for 2425 and Beyond as as I've mentioned either option is going to cost more than what we bued for this whole year the phase one decision making
process is going to include um a bunch of steps including um last week we shared a video with staff um that went through this this slide deck we are hosting uh Q&A sessions we refined some of these processes today with certified
IB but we'll be offering question and answer sessions with Chief chaoin and I um we've shared out a staff Google form to collect feedback from staff their concerns and questions um we're working with all those representative leadership
teams to to better understand all those questions and um I would say you know when the video was Shar with staff about a week ago we've already we've received I think last time I checked about 65 incredibly thoughtful helpful responses to the Google form um yesterday and
today as we launched certified and classified IBB we discussed this issue and the decision-making process with interest space bargaining leaders this decision to stay or to Pivot midyear is um we are targeting the October 23rd board meeting as the
deadline where Administration will come before the board and make a recommendation to the Board of Education regarding our 2425 health insurance plan and a potential midyear pivot so the timeline for this decision-making process is between now and October 23rd
and the reason that's the timeline and it is fast is because the option to Pivot mid year has that will disappear if we wait longer because if we decide to Pivot on October 23rd essentially the first week of November we'd have to move
into open um in order to have everything ready by January 1 so that is why the timeline is what it is if we waited we don't actually have a decision to make we lose the option um so that's phase one of decisionmaking phase two is really going to look at how we pay for
this um either option so to to move into phase two we're going to reconvene our health insurance advisory committee it will include leadership from certified classified and admin IBB and the team will explore and prior PR ize and recommend options for how we address the
increased cost of employee benefits for the school year and Beyond uh director kenberg has committed to joining this advisory committee so the board will be represented on that team as well and the kinds of things that we're hoping to do with phase two is bring forward options
of how we can pay for these increased costs and have the team um prioritize those those areas again we haven't budgeted for these expenses and we're going to have to figure out where that money is coming from so considerations might include utilizing our available fund balance and reserves which would
mean additional deficit spending for the 2425 school year it could um explore things like increasing some of the plan details like co-pays or deductibles um and it could also include things like postponing or reducing or eliminating District initiatives or
projects in order to reallocate funding to cover the cost increasing our employee health insurance premiums is one way that we could address the deficit but we will recommend that all increased costs for the 2425 school year come from the
district and not from our employees um the health insurance advisory Council will work their the timeline for phase two is October November to recommend options for addressing the deficit we will bring those recommendations to the board of education for approval again because these expenses were not covered
in our 2425 budget we will discuss where they will come from what our priorities are and then we bring that forward in amended budget this next slide shows our current best estimated comparisons of the increases and premiums that are required
to address the Financial Risk either by appropriately funding our current plan or by switching to CBT midyear uh again I want to really underscore that we are committed to doing everything possible to ensure that the District covers the increased cost for 2425 not employees
and so I want you to see this as a comparison of what we believe um the costs are but to remember that the the way we hit the total Premium cost is a a combination of employee funding and District funding that this is not all on
the employee to cover um it's so this this shows a comparison to the current cost of premiums the projected cost of the self-insured think health plan if we were to appropriately fund that plan and then then the cost of
a comparable CBT plan for January to June it's really difficult to truly assess the cost for think health because we don't know the cost of our Medical Care from August to December and we still have to include in August to December the claims that we've received
this Summer that we're receiving now like medical bills we're receiving now for services that happened last school year so It's Tricky um but these are our best estimates of what we need to increase premiums by in order to offset Financial risks to the district these numbers have been reviewed by our
legal teams by our Actuarial Consultants so that they were to make sure that they were reasonable comparisons um so that we could bring those forward for consideration and I'll name that right now um because of this comparison Administration believes that it would be
in the best interest of the school district to Pivot to CBT mid year it would eliminate the uncertainty of the think Health Plan and set us up for a more stable and predictable plan moving forward I want to really make it clear that this is our best thinking right now but this decision- making process over
the next couple weeks is critical and we have to take the time to hear more from employees and from the Board of Education I want to really uh highlight the fact that this past year for health insurance and the transition to self- insurance has not been easy for our
staff um our staff members have had to navigate a new system new providers and new coverage we do know that it has worked really well for some of our employees um and it's been incredibly difficult for others we also know and I I know I'm speaking very high level and
about about numbers and systems but but truly the health and the health and well-being of our employees and their families is most likely the most important priority in their lives um this is incredibly personal for the 800 full-time staff members who are eligible
for health insurance um this hits right at the core of most of our employees and fam's values this is a critical component of employee well-being and we've got to get this right so next
[Music] steps able to forward this I wonder Jonathan if you can get us to the next slide not working um so next steps uh thanks perfect we detailed a number of next steps to move forward phase one
decision making again for the Board of Education this will culminate in a formal re recommendation to you all if the October 23rd meeting an important component of this process is communication with the public we have a responsibility to ensure transparency around the fiscal well-being of our
organization with our community and the taxpayers the public discussion starting that process is happening tonight this is it and we will continue to update the board and the community throughout the fall during our Board of Education meetings in addition to launching the
district decision making process we're still working to understand the financial impacts of the 23 24 school year and Health Plan we're still trying to get clarity on our 2425 contracts and we're still trying to accurately project the true costs of plans that again are
dependent entirely on employee usage a factor that's incredibly difficult to project this decision decision making process requires us to sit with uncertainty and that is really hard it is important though that we bring this issue to employees to the board of education and the public right now even
though there is still gray area in order to work transparently and collaboratively towards a timely solution and I want to just situate this a little higher in our 2429 24 through 29 strategic plan we have five key priorities students first rigorous
instruction for all operational excellence Student Center Partnerships and thriving team this work in this issue has underscored the need for us to strengthen operational excellence and it underscores a crucial component that
must be in place for a thriving team this is a challenge that's hitting us right at our key priorities and I want to reassure the board and our staff in our community that it will receive it is receiving and it will continue to receive our utmost attention and focus I want to State again that the
health and well-being of employees is one of our highest priorities the goal of providing health insurance is to ensure that all employees have access to Quality accessible and affordable healthcare if our staff are happy and healthy then the learning environments that teams create are better for student
achievement and well-being which is our ultimate goal as a district this is a lot of information and we're incredibly grateful for the employees and leaders and IBB reps who have taken an incredible amount of time in just the last couple days to listen to learn to ask questions and to lean in
with pushes and recommendations this past week and even up into this afternoon when we made the decision to move forward with phase one I spoke with IBB leaders from every team and without any pause every single one of them engaged wholeheartedly with the issue
and didn't hesitate when asked to represent their teams in this process and I'm incredibly grateful for their leadership and their collaboration during a really difficult moment um this is really difficult work this is tough news um I think we're all still trying to wrap our brains around
it and make sure everybody understands the gravity of the situation um and I'm incredibly frustrated that it is taking our focus in part away from supporting um our incredible students their well-being and their learning and their growth but we know that employee
well-being is a critical component of Student Success and that we have to get that right in order to move forward and we are deeply committed to finding a way through this quickly transparently and in collaboration with more for School District employees in the Board of Education I am confident um especially
after conversations the last couple days was certified and classify IB with board members that we can find a way through this that we can identify reasonable and rational solutions to move us forward um keeping employee wellbeing at the center and organizational Financial stability
and integrity in place we owe it to our students our staff and our community to get this right so to your question that was a lot each board member will now have two minutes to share comments or ask
questions we will begin with director uh first of all Dr Paul I wanted to just um applaud uh the thoroughness of the plan that you've taken time to get in place already and also that just the
honest honesty and ownership and for pray me that's not looking behind us looking forward I appreciate that a lot um it's like that quote with uh where if you get on the wrong train take the first stop and if otherwise the return
trip gets more and more expensive so for as much as we are on wrong train right now we are obviously planning to get off at the first stop and I appreciate that I was wondering if you could um just summarize a little bit more I know that you roll this out in a full day
conversation with IBB today could you just share with me some of the responses that you were getting from teachers and what uh what that looked like and maybe what you learned from what you put today sure you know I I would say today and yesterday are classified and I would I would often prer to theor in the roomal
B um for additional information I think there's a couple themes that we're hearing right now from staff and these were echoed and certified be and and classified yesterday I think first and foremost um there are concerns about what happened how do we get here and how
do we make sure this doesn't happen again so I think in a lot of ways um it has undermined trust in our operational systems and teams and we hear that theme in the feedback I think another theme that we're hearing is um you know kind
of around the process and one Clarity people really want to want access to information and details and to be able to compare um and have accurate information to really analyze the options in front of us and so receiving really helpful feedback in the Google
forms and conversations of how folks would like to see information shared what kinds of comparable information would be helpful um you know because we're also hearing about about different details that matter to folks in terms of the priorities that that are that occur um I
would say another theme of what we hear is and and you heard it echoed and and the information I shared is that folks really feel it incredibly unfair if employees salaries or contributions to premiums take a hit this year um because
of this and so that has shown up a lot too is that you know we're happy to work on this but like it should not be on the backs of 2425 salaries I think there's also a question that we heard today of like and what's the implication for 2526 and what are we looking at there and heard from um
employees that they wanted more information about what we could project into 25 26 so that was really helpful um I'm trying to remember I remember had four kind of key themes and I guess the last I think is just really the personal nature of this and and the stress that
this causes for some of our staff and I think there's a lot of worry about both that the personal concerns what does this mean for my paycheck and I think when folks can step away from that then there's a whole another um kind of Title Wave of concerns what does this mean for the district and the financial stability
of the district if we're looking at these kind of potential losses that we didn't budget for that we don't have in unallocated reserves and so I think that's the other theme is what is the what is the financial impact to the district as whole so that those are kind of I would say right now the kind of organization of the theme and then
certainly today with certified IBB we we got into some more tactical work about um their pushes and recommendations even on how we've structured phase one of wanting more information um some more kind of man like mandatory hey every school
employee needs to zoom in on a on a 10-minute overview to really understand the gravity of this um so we were we were refining some of the phase one information sharing processes today that uh stack will hear more more about on Friday just in terms of a Cadence of meetings and
information I if there's anything I miss directed maybe the only other thing I would add is there was some concern from staff at IB about what would be the long-term Fallout from such a thing from
this problem that we're compressing at this point with our health insurance and what does that look like in the future as far as is retention raises and trust and Trust was a definite thing that was brought up
today in IBB how can we trust us as a district moving forward because we have they have lost trust in our financial system as a district I had another question as well
you mentioned I think it just centers around how do we avoid this in future that a little bit and listed those third party contractors legal team Actuarial consultants and then some expert help from within our community what of those
was in place when this was decided you know I would say we've always had general counsel we were not using general counsel to review contracts with related to our health insurance um I would say we also were not um enlisting
the support of our Auditors at that that time um and so I would say to be honest looking back at last year we weren't using any of those experts we are absolutely using them now um and you know making sure that we're taking the
right steps that we're communicating the right information but those weren't in place and then just really quick to mention this that we receive regular updates before the action item on the 23rd is when it's to reinforced important that is to us as the board we
can keep us in the loop with every step and not just make it the 23rd next time we hear about it and then also just my own perspective um strongly supporting funding this in any way this year that does not impact future income salary
benefits and preparing to look at difficult options around that but falling heavily on or not some backers I would I would also add that I um checked in with director kenberg earlier today on this and we were
discussing the need for at least the foreseeable future having a standing board agenda item that is an update from Chief Shakin on finances and I think some of this came from conversations we had in finance committee Monday of meeting to make sure that the board is closer to the work um starting at our
next meeting so you will have more and director bber is really supportive of that so you will hear some regular updates from choin until we feel like we got enough and that might last quite quite a long time so thank you yeah
Titan thank you for all your time today Dr Cole with the IB I have a couple questions I would like to ask um not so much questions but things to see if they could be presented to both the board and maybe for this IBB session that is
coming up that I think would be helpful for people to have this the first one would be if we look at the from what you presented what the cost is of the current premium to the cedt comparable plan if you could for those employee
employee plus staff employee plus children employee plus family if we're talking 800 people that were insured can you say how many of the 800 fit in each of those categories it' be very helpful for us to see what that increased cost would be in that sense then with that
cost being calculated I would also want from the conversation that we had about this stop gap insurance if we Chang to CBT in January if we get a a cost figure on what we think that stop gap insurance would be if we were to change in
January and I can send these to you in a email if you want I another one would be you talked about this um the run on cost for after the year ends I would be interested to know I think we've talked about this there would be a
runon cost if we stay through June 30th with big help and if that can be clarified whether or not there would be a run on cost that would help us TR to decide which is the best plan also and then Additionally the part
about the um that accurate that budget that you're going to rework that will show what was the project the budget what is the actual budget what is where we think we're going to be if that can be all annotated out and then the last one would be
um also annotate how much would insurance would have cost us for two years if we were to stayed with CBT versus what we did end up budgeting for or where we are so if we can say this is
the total cost that we're projecting after two years to be able to think he like this will be where we think two years will be toal budget what would that total budget have been if we had stayed with CBT for those two years because I think when we're looking at these losses which seem super high I
think is inflated if we compare to what would have happened if we had stay CBT versus that what we actually budgeted for take Cal so I think while it's astronomical at this point I think it can be less the thought of what that
would have been if we had just been uh thank you spr Cole um we had this conversation on Dat so you know I think that our push then was really to make sure that um we we're clear with the solutions that we need to look at at
this point in time um I will say that I think the 4 to six million um I think it would be helpful to know what we you know to director T's question um what is the amount that we
as of today know that we are already passive um you know I think that it would be great to know like if we are uh what is the deadline for us to know the number for the summer um you know when how soon can we have that
information I think that would be for decisions um and I also think that it would be helpful in your upcoming presentation to talk about what we budgeted for and what that looks like for us now um I did have one question um
you mentioned that you've received about 65 responses and I was wondering what is the number of responses that you're expecting to have prior to our decision making that's a great question you know I don't I don't know if we have a
set number is hard because I think there are a a large number of employees who who are kind of disengaged from the issue and that came up today with in space bargaining the certified team and and a push from from that team saying
you need to get closer in front of them instead of an email with an optional click into a video and so you know that that what I heard from certified IBB and what we're planning to do is push in a video that says really need you to look at this like this is going to have far
routin implications um to the way our our district financials work and the way we think about um the funding we have available to do all sorts of things and so next week we have a district um early release Wednesday and so what we've agreed to do um based on the
recommendations from certified IBB is that Chief dcoin and I will push in with an all staff kind of 10-minute explaining kind of a very high level here's the overview we really need you to engage look at the slide deck look at the we now have an employee web
page with all this information with a live frequently asked questions document to really nudge people to say we really need you to lean in here um so I would love to see the Google form responses increase after that after we really say like hey we really need you to lean in
this is a big deal and we don't want there to be a change later and this was really helpful to hear today folks worried that the changes that are coming if we do decide to Pivot are going to we want people to have been brought along with the decision making and not be
caught off guard and so you know I don't know if there's a total number we don't have a target of percentage of what we'd like to hear and I think at the end of the day the hope is that folks understand and aware of the issue understand the implications as much as
can be articulated that they have their questions answered and that they know where to go to share concerns and questions and that could be the Google form it could be talking to your IBB rep whether that's your classified certified or admin IBB rep it could be sending an email to me it could be showing up at
frequently or um an online FAQ session or Q&A session with Chief sh coin and I so I don't know that we have a target number on what responses would be right um because there's a lot of ways people can engage and so um and I also think it's fair that some employees are like I
don't yall make the decision I trust that the employees are represented through IBB um and they you know whether or not people want to lean in here I just want to make sure they at least understand the headlines so I don't know that we have a targeted number but I will name that um of the responses that
we've received so far so far they are incredibly thoughtful incredibly um targeted they really demonstrate a staff that is leaning in and has really helpful pushes and needs Clarity on specific things and so I've been really
grateful for those so far how many staff members are you representing there are 800 full like about 800 full-time staff members um that are represented and we're the way we're doing this is through their IBB represent like Representatives I just take back on that
and one other thing that happened today was that with this meeting that's on Wednesday that's going to be given out to all staff prior to that we're going to re an ID on Tuesday and at that reconvention before that happens Dr Co is going to be sending out an all staff
email on Friday that's going to mention please talk to your IB rep so that they can bring information and questions you have to the IBB session that we have on Tuesday that will then inform the
Wednesday feedback to the staff so I'm not part I so I you know defer to you guys on those conversations um I will they'll ask and push you guys to make sure that if there is conversation happening so I think do strategy sending
out an email on Friday make can sure that everyone is aware but I think our IBB reps can refer people to the for and I also think that it's important for us to be able to show proof that we have with community and with staff that this is something that we we are all clear as
a board that it's really important and pivotal that people are aware and is right in front of them and so if we are able to get a number I would appreciate it I think it would make me as a board member feel that we've done we've been thorough to have some sort of
expectation on Outreach to staff and also have engaged with community enough um but I do think that it's something that we should consider of you know po accountability of ourselves I think that is how you build trust and I think it's
important for us to be able to show proof that we've had we've made a clear commitment to engage and to get feedback from our staff thank you you know I would I would I appreciate that push
and you know that what I really want to be able to bring on October 23rd is web it um is Clarity for the board on where our employees stand and that I'm so grateful for this District's push on
making sure that we had this year functional running classifi certified IBB teams because this is exactly the kind of moment where we need them and we representative leadership um and so the goal is that on the 23rd even if um it's
not all aligned with the recommendation that we bring to the board I think it's really important that we all understand how employees are feeling about this whether it is we're all aligned or we're not and who is why um I think that is critical information for us all to have
before we make this decision directors we will now have five minutes for open discussion um um I did want to just one more thing that um you know our board meetings are obviously open to the public we want to invite times to be able to come before us to speak and share their thoughts and
concerns um I think it's incredibly important for us to make sure that we're getting those dates um and you know like it you've mentioned already I think it's important for us as the board to um be kept in the look in that if some of us are able to attend I think we should um
but I do think it'd be great for to be like some mass email maybe the one that you send out on Friday to include all of those stes to include board meetings to include uh response comment form for the board um you know as much as we're able
to communicate how you can connect with us how you can connect with the superintendent and the team your IBB rep maybe even putting their information on there their email I think all of that really important for us to try to do any my colleages have any questions
or I really appreciate RoR that that much and I will full disclosure in the first email that went out I did list every board meeting and said this is another Avenue to share information in public comments so I did share the 25th I think it's the 11 it's not the 11th it's the
9th and the 23rd as moment that we would really like our staff if they would like to have this time to join public comment but I will continue to share that as another form thank you so much M we welcome members of the public who have signed up to address the board
there are zero there are there is one speaker signed up tonight the board allows 45 minutes for public comment to respect the time of all four present speakers are to limit their remarks to 3 minutes or less reminder to all speakers to uphold our procedures for public comment we ask you to thoughtful and
constructive with your comments and thank you in advance for sharing your feedback members of the public who wish to share their views with the board may also do so in writing at any time for this evening's public comment we have oh
sorry we received zero written comments and there's one speaker Happ so evening members of the board I'm really happy to get to come up here again and to speak with you all my name is k Gonzalez and I'm a prni from the r
for school district and a parent organizer foras in my position I able to connect the parents and students who are part or have been a part of the right for school district through these interactions our goal is to empower individuals to be
well informed about the school systems they are part of and use their power to ensure that their students are successful and are successful in school we are part of a community where 60% of the roing fork school district is
composed of Latina Latino students yet on average Latin Latino students are two gr levels behind in important subjects such as math English I recently in September the preliminary performance Frameworks for the district was released our district our district
Dro in ratings from being cized and Federated institution to now being considered a district district under priority Improvement five out of the 14 schools in our district are now labeled as schools that required Improvement that
is a 14% decrease from the previous year if we look at the semas 202 results we see that when it comes to math only 10.7 of left students in the grades 3rd to 8th grade met or exceeded expectations that means that 89.3% of
students are not up to grade level in math if we look at English and writing only 15.7 of Latina Latino students can read and write at Great level 84.3% of Latino students cannot read or write at grade level this as I'm
sure you agree is completely unacceptable in science we see that only 26.9% of all fifth graders and 24.7% of all ath graders are up to academics Academia standards as a school
district how can we move forward if this is our [Music] reality and parent leaders demand the district including the superintendent and members of the board create and Implement plans that will address three key issues areas that are impacting Latino students among most we demand a
plan that will eliminate the academic Gap in the r for school district we demand a plan that will transform and increase that parent engagement and we demand a plan that ends are recruiting hiring and retaing teachers and administrators that refle the student [Music]
population these demands are necessary to ensure that all students including Latino students are provided with the high quality Equitable education in the district each of these PS need to lay at the necessary timeline goal metrics resource allocation and Community
feedback to be successful our schools are failing our students to Preparing them for Life After K3 12 schooling it is time for change thank you for your time P fast one on every Wednesday night at night fize thank you
K I would like to make a motion if we could please before we get to the consent agenda move the resolution for um the resolution for honoring Hispanic or latinx Heritage Month be moved upior
to the consent agenda I make a motion to move the resolution on sorry oh I second great thank you that's second have vote vote yes
Dr i r FR thank you okay you yeah uh so the next for the next business in order is action on the board of education resolution honoring Hispanic orl next heritage month do I
have a motion to approve the Board of Education resolution honoring Hispanic or nextage month I move that the board approve the Board of Education resolution honoring Hispanic herat next Heritage mon that presented I have a second
second we'll now have two minutes discussion for each board member we will begin with director I would just like to say I'm happy that as a district we are taking the time
to celebrate and honor Hispanic in my next heritage month I appreciate the efforts that have been being made in schools to through announcements through some kind of activity in the morning to show
that we are honoring our majority minority population that we have in our schools and that it is important that we look at what the latinx
community brings to our schools and how it is a asset to our schools and so I think it's very important that we are honoring and making this resolution you wanted to express appreciation for the
student leaders who took time to allow us to Center their voices in this conversation and the time that our district has been taking um to better understand the work that is laid out in front of us and um the enthusiasm with which leadership address those
challenges and I in honor of the celebration um my Heritage and our guests I'm going to speak in Spanish uh for [Music]
[Music] [Music] [Music] in much SL to school so I'm going say in English for everyone else but I was just saying thank you to our our families who are
here tonight our wonderful alumni who are here tonight and our current high school students um because it's incredibly important to be able to celebrate um and to honor not only our culture and our heritage but also to have a resolution that calls for
implementation of comprehensive plan in every District school to to celebrate this month and to be able to be seen and feel belonging in our schools and how it's just incredibly uh important for us to and for me especially
to have this be a success of this board and to be part of this board five years ago it didn't seem like this was a possibility and I appreciate the opportunity to um work with both this board and cbard as we have worked
towards resolutions and proclamations really working towards making sure that every student feels see feels value feels like they belong soas um is that okay or yeah do we have to vote first no oh want
discuss okay director Ramirez director de frus hi director see just it does I don't think it includes
everything does it oh maybe it does okay okay [Music] [Music] [Music] SP [Music]
[Music] [Music] for for [Music] for for [Music] thank you okay we're going that okay that's it the next business in
order is approval of the consent agenda which includes team Personnel minutes from our 911 board meeting and policies a ea KDE GB J R A jrc regulations acr1 acr2 and acr3 and repeal of current
regulations acr1 directors are there any items that you would like to pull off the consent agenda for a separate discussion and both hearing none do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda I move that the board approve the consent agenda as
presented do I have a second second directores hi director Tyler hi director Ramirez hi the next business in order discussion on first read policies GB GF gbg gbi
gbj GCE GCF GCO n GB e GDs and second policy AC each board member will have two minutes to share comments or ask questions we will begin with um I see again can he that are
following strong recommendations from uh State partners and I just wanted to focus for a second on gbgt and note that I was going to actually ask how you all felt on policy
committee and and the head and staff um since the CDC elective bargaining contract is newer right this is sort of one of the first policies that comes up against it with what's in and what's out and who's in and who's out and I was just interested in getting feedback from
you on how you feel um that went and whether further communication or input is necessary for many stakeholder groups great question um you know I would say we think that this is probably this
policy will probably come up in classify IBB and potentially admin IBB and how it relates to those employee groups um you know it's what's really important about this policy and I think is is really those first two sentences that changes
right that this board policy is now really only applies to non-certified staff because it is baked into the contract and so what we were striving to do here was make that clear um in that first line and then also align the
policy changes that the board approved when this moved into the contract for all staff and that that really has to do with that second comment you can see about after employee as you six days um I anticipate you know classified IBB and
admin IBB are still identifying their interest for the year and what they want to work on so this could come up again um it certainly came up in certified IBB as a like hey I don't know that we hit it quite right I don't think we nailed it in the contract and we did not have
time I think to finalize whether certified IBB today would continue to Grapple with it I think um we weren't tot you know there's a side of us it's definitely like hey it's in the contract we're not touching that for three years and then there's also always the
opportunity to say all of us think that we need to work on this and can do that and so I think that's to your question the jury still out I think it it could come back up for discussion through IBB with any of our employee
groups this year and remind me of the sort of the workflow of bringing those options up there's a a sequence of you bring it to us to check and remind me where we landed on that yeah so I think what would what would happen is in order for based on
the uh collaborative bargaining agreement with certified so let's just think about certified what would need to happen is that the entire IBB team would need to agree that we are going to go back into a contractual um clause and revise it and
so that would include the board members who are on IBB you know agreeing conention to that with admin with uh Stu all agreeing that we're going to work on this and if so then we would have a committee that works on alignment of language and then if we all reach the
solution that we felt was better contract we would bring forward to the board andou to approve that would then be attached to the contract so that's how we adjust for midyear changes now if classified or admin IBB decid to tackle
this and say hey we want to work on on the PTO policy for our employee groups then they would work through the class the classifier admin IB process and come out with agreements that would also come for the board to alter this policy so you would
see it again um if this you know if any staff through any staff group with admin um would like to make a change to this it will come back to you in the form of an outcome from classified or admin IBB or an outcome from certified IBB in the
form of anou to the contract does that help yes okay so the only kind of additions we're seeing right now are just clarifying that process and the role that it plays to those different um employee groups you got it and there you know there was the part of the reason this came up yep is that clarification
of who this applies to and also there was a push from you know casby did a a review ours is very different than what state statute says in in terms of what is required from employee time off and we wanted to include has recommendation
for you to see that what we have developed and has been created over many years of inter B bargaining is more generous than what is required by State Statute and so we actually in the end decided not to substantially change anything in alignment with the casby recommendation because it's not as
generous towards employees and yet we still need all the state statute requirements dor I also don't have too many comments on these policies is it was very much statute from casby but one thing I did
want to bring up it was on GBF the ferally mandated family and medical leave I just want to say that I appreciate that the district has decided to knock go with the casby suggest in there on family lead being
only one or two only one of the two members of a family who has um who are a a family member in a stous who are both employed that they would get one 12 week and I appreciate that we've got to say that both of them qualify for 12 weeks I
think that's important to show that we support and care for our family we so I appreciate that thank you we did have just some followup on ACA it looks like there's a note on there about our toolkit for
supporting gender expansive a non-conforming student I don't see it listed on the bottom or as something that I you know I think if we have an relases to it there should be something in
there ACA that's a second we you know it's it's typically like an internal protocol and Tool I don't know that we reference that in policy and we could we absolutely could I think if it exists and it's
something that we are saying that we have procedures it might be worthy think it'll keep it up A2 should be a thought I think we should at least consider it um the other one was on GD
GBF and gbi and I couldn't remember which of them it was we did have a conversation about the CBI and making sure that it was a national um can you or Chief plat maybe speak to that I just want to make sure that during this
meeting we share what we learned in our research since our policy committee you bet and I Chief plot I'd love to kick this to you because that question was does the the criminal history record information pull National
Data yes can everyone hear me yes good evening everyone thank you um every single background check that we run it's run by both databases Colorado database
and federal database so that's CBI and FBI and then there was actually think we have director we will now have five minutes for open discussion and you have any other questions or comments ask guess that's it we'll move on thank
you so much thank you the next business in order is updates and appreciations we will begin with director pay I would just like to say thank you
for the IBB committee today who met spent what was that eight hours discussing having important conversations difficult conversations I appreciated how the
group was able to come from a place of respect and how at the same time there was a lot of ownership taken and want to thank you Dr Cole for the ownership that you've taken in our financial burden that we're looking at
right now and being transparent about the state that we're in and how we've gotten here and I also want to just say thank you to the IB because in addition to the time that they spent
today we're asking now next week for them to have a couple different days where they're coming back for a couple hours at a time and in addition to that all the time for IBB discussions that really didn't get to happen for what was scheduled in the agenda for what IBB was
wanting to cover and which will now need to happen at a later time so it's just a lot of extra leg work on top of their already busy days so I appreciate all the time that was spent do do sub plans
arrange family plans to be able to be here [Music] today um updates I remotely on the phone met with the Labor Relations Committee last week I appreciated the flexibility there um just to listen in some of the
planning that went into communicating these difficult topics around health insurance and I know that they had some priorities which they PW for the moments so we could address this um in a cohesive manner going forward um and then I just wanted to offer an
appreciation for director Ramirez of the last few months of just working so hard um through your leadership showing the best parts of our district to so many stakeholders elected representatives and for your insistent thoroughness on policy committee and the thoughtfulness
that we all benefit from so I appreciate that okay for an update um on September 15th I was really lucky to have the opportunity to um be in a conversation inate conversation
with um the get this WR US Forest Service and usdaa representative um for Washington or for our nation I guess um from Washington
and um I was really appreciative of wers Workshop the city of one of colado parks and Parks Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the invitation I think was incredible opportunity to talk about the benefit that we receive as a school
district um for all of the services in getting kids outdoors and for our conversation today in the work session I you know I think the outdoors conversation is is hot and heavy right now and I appreciate the opportunity to work with some of these partners that
are really diligent and trying to to find programming and ways to get our kids outside and I think the more that we are able to get all of our schools outdoor ucation and have experiences
whether it's rafting or hiking or biking or even schi like I just so appreciate all of the partners and all of the nonprofits and um the funds that make it possible for our kids to be outside and
be outdors um we also had a sta housing master plan interview session and I appreciate that um Chief B made an effort to make sure that we had one representation there I went really well it looks like we hired someone um or in
the conversation of hiring someone and I appreciated the opportunity to make sure that we as a board had representation in that conversation um because it is the master plan for housy for our future for the future um we also had our ribbon cutting which
was so great and I'm so appreciative of the opportunity to um be there to be there with director after to um be able to see our project at completion and like the picture came
up too the groundbreaking just so much work that's been done um th far thank you to our team thank you to FCI thank you to everyone who's worked on it um I'm like going through my calendar for things I just remember that on Friday the 13th we had the governor here which
is really awesome to be able to have him visit metwood um and to have him um see the all the work that we've put in to make sure that our staff has housing and that we are able to show that we're
being proactive um to the issue that all of our staff face so thank you to the governor and his team for making it possible for him to stop by and thank you to um Chief Shon for
the and Cole for um being thoughtful being intentional um making sure that our finances with the stct are transparent that we're being very clear as soon as we see a problem being able to bring it forward to try to find
solutions to it it's something that I think this for Treasures we really appreciate the opportunity to be direct to have Clarity to have Solutions and to work together and we hope that um we have a solution to that you know in the
coming month but I appreciate the team's diligence and I cannot that ever enough because it does mean a lot um and then I just I guess I'll just say thank you to um director kolenberg who's not here tonight because her baby
has a birthday but um I kind of like sometimes when she's out or she's traveling I step in a little for her and I'm never not surprised by the amount of work a board chair takes on and um you
know I think that that is something that um few people know how to do and do it well and um director kenberg has been such a a core leader for all of us in the district um both supportive and coaching and
helping and um I really appreciate the opportunity to work alongside her okay any other updates the team I would just like to reiterate we talked today with the education
foundations and they were talking about first of all they came and that was a great presentation that they we got to see what they're doing and great things for our community so thank you to all three education foundations and the fourth one that it's our own district one but for all the work they do in each
of our communities and as you were talking about the outdoor education I got a chance to go on the sixth grade outdoor education trip with carbonel middle school and it really is an amazing education for everybody involved
and lots of times it might be asked like well what do you do and what is it that's learned from it you're losing the classroom time but the insight that are obtained with three days of that intense the intense conversations
and interactions and executive skills that are shown or not shown during that time that just get so much insight to the teacher that is super important for the rest of the year and the relationships that are buil is just a very foundational aspect and I wanted to
say thank you do you um room for covering I can't think of the right word to use in front of her mirror director for covering while I was gone
for both um the interviews with our housing and for being a dur cutting ceremony so I miss those two but so thank you yeah just from the board thank you to the foundations like director said it was really a great opportunity to meet with them today and to sit down
talk about what we're all doing and how we can all continue to work together and collaborate um as we Center students and student achievement and success and the and teachers in the classroom so thank you to the foundations for all the their
work for our schools and for the time they took today to meet with them okay if there is no further business and if there's no objection the meeting will be adjourned it is 8