[A. Call to Order]
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>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
IT IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 6:00 O'CLOCK AND WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> ALL RIGHT. IT'S MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT TIME.
TODAY, WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS.
THEY ARE: SUCCESS FOR ALL, SAFE HEALTHY AND CARING ENVIRONMENT; EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS AND POSITIVELY ENGAGED AND INFORMED COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
[B. Approval of the Agenda]
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE [NOISE] TONIGHT'S AGENDA?>> IT WAS MOVED BY TRUSTEE SCARLET,(PHONETIC) SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN (PHONETIC) TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
>> EXCELLENT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[C. Superintendent's Report]
I THINK THE FIRST THING IS, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN HERE REAL QUICKLY AND CONGRATULATE THEM AND LIST THEM ALL OUT.[OVERLAPPING] WE COULD DO THAT FIRST.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START WITH MIKE HANSEN, (PHONETIC) THE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR.
MIKE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TODAY START US OFF.
>> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO? WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET CODY IN HERE AND WE'LL DO THE [INAUDIBLE] REAL QUICK.
>> YOU'RE BREAKING UP. YOU SOUND LIKE CHARLIE BROWN.
>> CHARLIE BROWN'S TEACHER. [LAUGHTER].
YOU CAN JUST LINE UP RIGHT IN THE FRONT, HERE.
>> THAT'S PERFECT. JUST LINE UP STRAIGHT ACROSS. THERE YOU GO.
>> WE NEED TO HAVE THIS [INAUDIBLE].
>> WE HAD A CONNECTION ISSUES WITH ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR HANSEN, SO IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S ALREADY POSTED BUT WE'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>>I'M THE ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE NORDIC TEAM.
>> WHY DON'T WE GO DOWN THE LINE. [INAUDIBLE] WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU.
JUST SHOW YOUR NAME AND TELL US WHAT GRADE YOU ARE IN.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FEEL IS MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] IS THAT WHEN YOU TAKE KIDS WHO ARE, ALL ABILITIES, ALL KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SKIING AND EVERYBODY GETS TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.
EVERY INDIVIDUAL GOAL IS THE TEAM GOAL [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S REALLY ABOUT SKILL-BUILDING AND HAVING FUN [INAUDIBLE].
SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS [INAUDIBLE]
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ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WERE DOWN.[INAUDIBLE] ONE OF OUR TOP PERFORMANCES WERE [INAUDIBLE].
>> YOU GUYS DID GREAT THIS YEAR.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. IT WAS REALLY COLD.
[INAUDIBLE] AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO [INAUDIBLE].
>> WELL, THANK YOU KATIE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BEING SUCH A GREAT COACH, YOU TOO DAN.
YOU GUYS DID A TREMENDOUS JOB THIS YEAR AND YOU SHOULD REALLY BE COMMENDED FOR BEING SUCH GREAT COACHES FOR THESE KIDS.
I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THEM.
YOU GUYS HAVE A TOUGH JOB BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME AMAZING SKIERS AND YOU HAVE BRAND NEW SKIERS.
HOW YOU FIND THAT BALANCE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAYS TO COME.
THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR YOU GUYS TO COME HERE AT 6 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU-ALL TAKING THE TIME, [INAUDIBLE] SO ALL OF YOU GUYS, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. [LAUGHTER]
>> [BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE].
>> HEY, GUYS, COME AND SPREAD OUT ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
THERE YOU GO. SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT.
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>> MR. CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] HOW IS THE STAFFING SITUATION ARE WE [OVERLAPPING] SO FAR SO GOOD?
>> YES. WE JUST GOT FULLY STAFFED.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING.
THE PEOPLE WE HAD OUT TODAY, IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD THAT A MONTH AND A HALF OR A MONTH AGO WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN BIG TROUBLE, BUT WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO UNFORTUNATELY ARE OUT SICK TODAY, BUT DUE TO PEOPLE WE'VE GOT HIRED AND HAD THEIR HELP AND WE SETTLED THAT.
>> I GOT TO SAY TRUSTEE ZUNG WAS GIVING A TOUR TODAY AND I [INAUDIBLE] ON THIS JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET LUNCH [LAUGHTER].
I GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU BROUGHT A GREAT SHIP.
I JUST WAS SO IMPRESSED, HOW YOU HAVE THE FOOD SET OUT THAT IT'S SAFE, IT'S IN A PACKAGE DEAL.
WHAT I'VE GOT, I GOT THE HUMMUS WITH THE VEGGIES. IT WAS AMAZING.
THE WHOLE OPERATION SEEMS TO WORK REALLY NICELY.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IT. THANK YOU.
>> THE STUDENTS HAVE REALLY BEEN [INAUDIBLE] THEY MAKE IT, THEY COME THROUGH AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF GETTING IN AND OUT, KEEPING THAT DISTANCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
>> JUST SO WE COULD SPEED THIS ALONG, THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT, DID ANYONE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU SAW IN THERE? TRUSTEE TESKE, TRUSTEE MEAD, ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE DISTRICT LEADERS' REPORT?
>> IT'S OKAY. I'M STILL GETTING INTO THE TRUSTEE ZUNG THING.
I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SEWER DISTRICTS OR THE SEWER UPDATE.
>> WELL, DIANA IS HERE. DIANA, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND MAYBE ANSWER TRUSTEE ZUNG'S QUESTIONS?
>> MY MAIN QUESTION WAS I WAS INTERESTED IN HEARING WHY THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO FORM A SEWER IMPROVEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] FACILITIES DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE ZUNG.
I DON'T HAVE A FULL BACKGROUND, IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE TO OFFER IS THAT IT WAS ATTEMPTED.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE RESIDENTS DID TRY AND IT FAILED.
THEN, SINCE MY TIME, AND WE'VE COME ALONG, WE NOW HAVE A SEWER OPERATOR AND WE ARE PROPOSING, DEFINING THAT AREA OURSELVES RATHER THAN THIS, I HAVE SEEN.
>> TRUSTEE ZUNG MAYBE OFFLINE, TRUSTEE SCARLETT AND I CAN TALK TO YOU.
WE'VE HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU UP TO SPEED ON THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE DISTRICT LEADERS' REPORT?
>> TRUSTEE SCARLETT LOVES TALKING ABOUT THE SEWERS [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S WHY I SAID WE'LL TAKE IT OFFLINE BECAUSE IT COULD BE HERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
I KNEW WHERE THIS WAS GOING [LAUGHTER].
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>> I'M CURIOUS. DID WE LOSE KATE ALTOGETHER?
>> YOU'RE THERE? OKAY. WE CAN'T SEE YOU IN THE ROLL [INAUDIBLE]
>> THAT'S OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON FROM THE DISTRICT LEADERS' REPORT AND I THINK THE NEXT THING YOU HAD WAS COVID UPDATE.
>> YES. TRUSTEES [INAUDIBLE] ELAINE CHAPMAN SUPERINTENDENT [NOISE] WE WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE A COUPLE OF UPDATED ITEMS SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
400-410 OF OUR STAFF WERE VACCINATED THROUGH THE TETON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE SECOND OF THAT VACCINE WILL BE EITHER THIS WEEKEND OR THE NEXT WEEKEND.
THAT'S ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE STAFF THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE STAFF THAT WERE VACCINATED IN ANOTHER STATE OR COUNTY.
WE ESTIMATE THAT WHEN YOU ADD THOSE IN PLUS THE STAFF THAT HAD BEEN VACCINATED, WE ARE ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF OUR STAFF, WHICH IS REALLY REMARKABLE.
A HUGE THANKS TO THE TETON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE EFFORTS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S EXCITING FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE PUSHING SURVEILLANCE TESTING AND AN ADDED COMPONENT IS THAT BEGINNING THIS SPRING BREAK, WE ARE GOING TO SEND HOME THE TEST FOR STUDENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK PARENTS TO VOLUNTEER TO TEST AND WE'LL SEND 20 PERCENT OF THE TESTS HOME WITH A NOTE, JUST RANDOMLY SELECT STUDENTS.
SO A STUDENT WILL PROBABLY BE ASKED TO TEST TWICE BETWEEN SPRING BREAK AND THE END OF THE YEAR AND IN THAT WAY WE CAN CIRCULATE THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CATCHING ANY CASE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
THROUGH THAT EFFORT OUR NURSES AND JULIE NASH ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THOSE PROCEDURES UP AND IN PLACE TO BEGIN.
JUST WANTED TO UPDATE, OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, OUR BUILDING STAFF HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY FOCUSING ON THE CHANGE IN SCHEDULE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL BEGINNING APRIL 12TH.
A LOT OF FURNITURE IS COMING BACK TO THE BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE GETTING THOSE SPACES READY FOR THE STUDENTS.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE TENTS RETURN SO THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISTANCE FOR LUNCH AND CLASSROOM.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES TO PREP SO WE'RE EXCITED TO TAKE THAT ON AND WELCOME THE KIDS BACK FOR FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COVID UPDATE UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T COVER.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COVID UPDATE?
>> SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE TESTING ATHLETES? [INAUDIBLE]
>> WELL, WE HAVE NOT BEEN TESTING THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT IN CLOSE CONTACT BUT WE CAN.
THE SPRINGS SPORTS JUST STARTED ON MARCH THE 8TH.
WE CAN CERTAINLY CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM THAT WE DID WITH OUR WRESTLERS AND OUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS.
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE IN THE SPRING? WE HAVE GOLF, TRACK.
>> THEY ARE ALL OUTSIDE SPORTS.
WE DIDN'T TEST THE SKIERS THIS YEAR.
>> RIGHT. WE ONLY DID WRESTLERS AND BASKETBALL PLAYERS.
>> TRUSTEE MEAD WERE YOU THINKING THAT WE NEED TO TEST THE GOLFERS, TRACK, AND SOCCER?
>> WELL, OF COURSE, I THINK THE MORE KIDS THAT CAN BE TESTED THE BETTER.
I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM BUT IF WE CAN TEST MORE KIDS WE'LL TEND TO CATCH MORE OF THE ASYMPTOMATIC KIDS.
>> MAYBE YOU AND MIKE COULD CHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY? [OVERLAPPING]
>> DID WE EVER GET ANY FOLLOW-UP FROM DR. RIDDELL? I KNOW THAT KIND OF STARTED THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THERE WAS A NOTE FROM HIM ABOUT POTENTIAL TESTING.
DID WE EVER GET ANY FOLLOW-UP FROM THEM?
>> THANK YOU. CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] AND TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] .
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I FOLLOWED UP WITH DR. RIDDELL.HE HAD INITIALLY CONTACTED ME A FEW WEEKS AGO TO SEE IF WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE STATE-SUPPORTED SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.
I SAID YES, PLEASE SEND ME DETAILS.
HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE ANY FROM THE STATE, SO THAT'S WHY OUR NURSES AND JULIE NASH DECIDED WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR OWN TESTING PROGRAM, WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
SO SOON AS I HEAR FROM HIM, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
HE SAID, WHEN I LAST COMMUNICATED WITH THEM, THAT THINGS WERE GOING A LITTLE SLOWER THAN PREDICTED SO WE'LL NOT WAIT.
>> FIRST I WOULD WANT TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE GOING TO START A MORE FORMAL SURVEILLANCE TESTING PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE GOING PROVIDING THE POOR PARTS WITHIN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO HELP.
IT'S AN EXTRA MITIGATION MEASURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PLACE.
I WAS CURIOUS IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO.
ACTUALLY, DID YOU SAY WHEN WE WERE STARTING THAT?
>> WE'LL SEND HOME TESTS BEFORE SPRING BREAK [OVERLAPPING] LASTLY AT SPRING BREAK.
>> THEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO REPORT THOSE NUMBERS? IDEALLY, IT WOULD BE PER SCHOOL, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT'S DIFFICULT TO RELEASE, HOW WILL WE REPORT THOSE?
>> SURE. CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] , WE WILL TRY TO REPORT THEM BY SCHOOL BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO.
WHAT WE GET BACK FROM GOLF IS JUST A LIST OF NAMES.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE OF YOUNGER ELEMENTARY-AGE KIDS, THEIR PARENTS CAN USE THEIR PARENT EMAIL ADDRESS.
BUT WE NEED THE [INAUDIBLE] TO SETUP THE ACCOUNT WITH A STUDENT NAME, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY INDICATE THE BUILDING.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH BOTH TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE CAN GET THAT.
BUT IT MAY JUST BE THAT IT'S OVERALL GROUP BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE STAFF GO TO THE ROOM AND SAY, THIS IS AN [INAUDIBLE] KID, THIS IS A [INAUDIBLE] KID, THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL KID.
SO IT WOULD BE AN EARLY SENSE OF LABOR.
BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THEN IT'LL GIVE US A FEW WEEKS TO SORT IT OUT.
>> I'M IN BEIJING EARLY TO MAKE SPREADSHEET. WHAT'S THE [INAUDIBLE]? [LAUGHTER]
>> THERE IS A HUGE ECHO ON MY [INAUDIBLE].
I WOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND CAUGHT IN THE DATA TOO BUT [INAUDIBLE].
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE JUST SAID. [LAUGHTER]
>> SHE WOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN SOMETHING ABOUT THE DATA, BUT I MISSED THE WORD ABOUT THE DATA.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CONNECTION BUT WE'RE ACTING LIKE CRAZY.
>> IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU MUTED IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING, AND THEN ADD IT ON WHEN YOU'RE TALKING.
I BELIEVE TRUSTEE TESKE THAT YOU WERE SAYING TO BE CAREFUL WITH CUTTING THE DATA TO FIND IN SOME SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO VIOLATE HIPAA BY REPORTING DATA BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE SO SMALL. DID I GET THAT CORRECT?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT PARENTS MAY OPT OUT IF THEY THINK THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED.
>> WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE CONNECTIONS. IT'S HORRIBLE.
>> ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON CODE? ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON. THIS IS A FUN ONE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND ADD TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT GOVERNANCE MEETING, IS DOING A EDUCATION MOMENT FOR THE BOARD, SO BOARD EDUCATION.
WE ARE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, BUT THE BOARD BEING EDUCATED TONIGHT.
WHAT THESE WOULD BE IS 30 SECONDS TO TWO MINUTES OF JUST ASKING EDUCATED ON SOME TOPIC THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
IT CAME UP AT OUR LAST MEETING.
THERE WERE SOME ACRONYMS BEING USED THAT A LOT OF US HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT OR PRIMARILY ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A PREP WAS.
[LAUGHTER] I HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN LECTURED ON IT NOW SO I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT.
HOPEFULLY THIS WON'T TAKE AS LONG NEXT MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE HAD COME UP WITH WITH THIS IDEA OF JUST HAVING SOMEONE LIKE AJ, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AJ EVERY TIME, BUT JUST TO EDUCATE US ON SOMETHING REALLY QUICK.
TONIGHT I ASKED AJ, "HEY, WE HEAR THE WORD FIDELITY ALL THE TIME.
TEACHERS LOVE TO USE THE WORD FIDELITY, THE ADMINISTRATORS ALL USE THE WORD.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN THEY'RE SAYING FIDELITY?"
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I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AJ AND WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES.>> YEAH, THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR AND TRUSTEES, AGENT [INAUDIBLE] , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIDELITY WITHIN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING.
PUBLISHERS, WHETHER IT'S A RESEARCHER, OR AN INTERVENTION, OR A CURRICULUM RESOURCE, OR INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, PUBLIC [INAUDIBLE] FOR A CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT ARE SAYING THAT NEEDS TO BE THAT THEY [INAUDIBLE] INTERVENTION TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH, AND THE DEGREE OF FIDELITY AND DEGREE TO WHICH YOU FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS STRUCTURED PROVIDED BY THOSE PUBLISHERS.
MAYBE IT'S NOT PUBLISHERS, MAYBE IT'S JUST SOME RESEARCH DEVELOPER ON SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY.
SO THE TIGHTER YOU ARE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE MORE FIDELITY IS YOU HAVE, AND THE MORE EXACT ADDRESS OR EXACTLY WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, THE [INAUDIBLE] OF THEM.
I GUESS A LITTLE MORE INTERROGATION BRAND IS SOMETIMES, FIDELITY WITHIN EDUCATION CAN GET A BAD REP BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS LESS FLEXIBILITY.
YOU HAVE TO IMPLEMENT INTERVENTION, LET'S SAY SOMETHING LIKE [INAUDIBLE] IN OUR DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTED THESE MANY TIMES A WEEK WITH THIS STUDENT TEACHER RATIO, WITH EACH [INAUDIBLE].
THERE'S LESS FLEXIBILITY WHENEVER YOU HAVE TIGHT FIDELITY.
YOU NEED MORE FLEXIBILITY TO [INAUDIBLE] LESS FIDELITY.
THE LAST PIECE I'VE ADDED IS, AS YOU COMPROMISE FIDELITY, YOU MIGHT HAVE LESS CONFIDENCE THAT THAT INTERVENTION IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT MAYBE PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THAT INTERVENTION CAN PROVIDE.
>> THAT WAS EXCELLENT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND YOU DID IT LIKE IN LESS THAN 60 SECONDS SO THAT IS EXACTLY [INAUDIBLE].
>> IT'S NOT EASY FOR ME. [LAUGHTER]
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR IT. WE'LL TRY TO DO THOSE.
IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR ONE, LET GILLIAN NOW AND SHE WILL FIND ONE FOR US.
I THINK HE ALREADY HAVE ONE LINED UP FOR NEXT MONTH ALREADY SO WE'LL JUST DO THOSE EVERY MONTH.
JUST A FUN LITTLE BOARD EDUCATION MOMENT.
>> CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] , WE'RE DOING A SOUND CHECK WITH EITHER TRUSTEE TESKE OR TRUSTEE LEEDS SO WE COULD SEE HOW THE ECHO IS.
>> I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR YOU, JUST SAY THE ECHO IS STILL THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE ON OUR LIST WAS THE REGION V BOCES PRESENTATION.
THAT'S DAN MEYER. DAN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S ON TODAY. OH, HE IS ON.
BUT JUST TO SPEED THINGS UP, DAN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR REGION V BOCES.
I AM THE BOARD MEMBER FROM OUR BOARD THAT IS ASSIGNED TO THAT BOARD.
JUST SO YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS,13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE HAVE ALL JOINED TOGETHER IN ONE BIG BOCES.
REGION V BOCES HAS A REALLY BAD NAME, I KEEP BUGGING THEM TO CHANGE THE NAME BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER REGIONS, IT'S THE ONLY ONE.
I LIKE TO ASK HIM, WHERE THERE IS REGION I THROUGH IV, AND THEN THEY DON'T EXIST.
I THINK AT ONE TIME, THEY DID.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] , WHICH IS HERE IN THE VALLEY, WHICH IS THE ONLY RESIDENTIAL FACILITY THAT REGION V HAS.
DAY SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED IN A FEW DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH OUR STATE, BUT ALSO DAN RUNS, AND HE HAS PRINCIPALS AT EVERY ONE.
THE BAD THING ABOUT REGION V BOCES IS THEY DO NOT GET FUNDED THROUGH THE SCHOOL MODEL.
THEIR MONEY HAS TO COME THROUGH MOSTLY CONTRACTS.
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET, THEY CHARGED BACK TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OR IN SOME CASES DISTRIBUTE FILE SYSTEM, CONTRACTUAL AMOUNT FOR TAKING THAT KID INTO THE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY IN PARTICULAR.
THEN THEY SUPPLEMENT SOME BY MILL LEVIES.
WHAT THEY ASKED FOR AN ACE AND THE YEAR IS 0.2 MILLS, AND EVERY YEAR WE GIVE THEM THE 0.2 MILLS.
THAT'S ONE WAY THEY SUPPLEMENT.
IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT GROUP TO RUN BECAUSE DAN HE HAS A VERY TOUGH JOB AND THAT HE HAS TO COMPETE WITH US TO HIRE PEOPLE, TEACHERS, AND NOW HE HAS TO HAVE PEOPLE TO BE IN ALL OF THE LODGES EACH NIGHT, AND HE CAN'T PAY THE SAME SALARIES AS WE CAN BECAUSE HE GETS FUNDED THROUGH CONTRACTUAL AMOUNTS, NOT THROUGH THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION.
DAN IS AMAZING, HE'S A REALLY GREAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
HE HAS TO GO TO ALL 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND GIVE THE SAME SPIEL.
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SO WHAT I PROMISED HIM TONIGHT WAS WHERE HE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL THE POWERPOINT, IT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU EARLY.UNLESS YOU HAVE MAJOR QUESTIONS, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ASK DAN, WHO COMES ONCE A YEAR, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS TO HOW HE IS SPENDING YOUR 0.2 MILLIMETERS, OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW HE SPENDS.
WE DO PLACE SOME CHILDREN WITH HIM SO THOSE ARE CONTRACTUAL AMOUNTS, AND USUALLY JULIE HANDLES MOST OF THE THING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS FOR DAN, HE'S AVAILABLE.
BUT OTHERWISE, REALLY DON'T VOTE ON HIS MILL LEVY UNTIL MAY.
IT'S ALWAYS 0.2. ANY QUESTIONS [OVERLAPPING]?
>> DAN, IT'S TOO BAD, YOU USE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE FOR EFFICIENCY.
>> NO, THAT'S TRUE. THEN THERE'S DAN RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.
NOW, [INAUDIBLE]. THEY STILL THERE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DANNY? BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THE [INAUDIBLE] FASCINATING, HOW IT IS OPERATED, HOW OLD ARE DAY SCHOOLS HERE? THEY HAVE A SCHOOL CALLED HAYDEN PEAK IN EVANSTON.
THERE IS A SCHOOL IN GLEN ROCK.
THERE'S A DAY SCHOOL IN HUDSON THAT HASN'T SERVED REALLY WELL BECAUSE IT CONSERVES LAND.
THERE'S ONE IN GREEN RIVER AND ALL THOSE ARE DAY SCHOOLS NOT RESIDENTIAL BUT RUNNING THE RESIDENTIAL, [INAUDIBLE] IS FASCINATING AND HOW HE PULLS THAT OFF.
PROBABLY IF THIS WAS 1978 AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE THEY WOULD'VE PICKED TETON COUNTY TO PLACE A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY.
I THINK IT COULD BE [INAUDIBLE] CHEAPER IN A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY.
IT'S A TOUGH COMMUNITY TO HIRE PEOPLE IN.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, DAN, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU CAN TELL I WAS LEADING NOT SAYING ANYTHING. [LAUGHTER]
>> JIMMY, YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS WE [INAUDIBLE] LIKE OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM WITH PSYCH SERVICES, WE'RE STARTING TO GROW OUT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES, SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY.
WE KNOW ACROSS THE STATE THAT NEEDS ARE HIGH.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCTIONS AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LISTEN TO OUR MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES IN ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF OTHER SERVICES.
WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP MORE SERVICES THAT COULD BE UTILIZED BY DISTRICTS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO LAST YEAR, BUT COVID REALLY INTERRUPTED IT, WAS TO REALLY START GETTING MORE OF OUR MEMBER SUPERINTENDENT SPECIAL ED DIRECTORS FEEDBACK ON SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT FIND BENEFICIAL.
I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN THE OTHER DAY, OFFERED SOME IDEAS THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE BOX, BUT DEFINITELY LETTING [INAUDIBLE] OUR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE AND COLLABORATE, LEARN FROM TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> PPP, LEARNER FOR PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN.
BUT YOU DIDN'T GET CARES FUNDING OR YOUR FUNDING AND I'M WONDERING, IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE OR WHAT WOULD, I'M JUST CURIOUS?
IT'S A DEFINITION OF LEA, LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY.
FEDERAL DEFINITION SAYS WE CAN BE AN LEA.
NOWHERE IN THE STATE STATUTE DOES IT SAY THAT WE'RE NOT AN LEA.
RIGHT NOW, NEXT YEAR I'M WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF LEGISLATORS TO GET THAT CHANGED.
I HAVE A DRAFT STATUTE THAT COULD JUST BE IN A REAL QUICK AMENDMENT THAT WOULD GIVE US LEA STATUS IN A NON-COMPETITIVE MANNER TOWARDS THE DISTRICTS WHERE WHEN STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS COME IN, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE WITHOUT TAKING ANY RESOURCES FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE AFTER, BUT THERE'S FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT COME IN.
ANYTIME MONEY COMES TO THE STATE, THE STATE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE TO US BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AN AVENUE BECAUSE OF OUR DESIGNATION.
WE'RE SET UP TO BE [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S ONE THING I COULD GET CHANGED IN THE NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DAN? [INAUDIBLE] , ANY QUESTIONS FOR DAN?
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>> WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE STUDENTS' SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REPORT.
ARE THEY IN HERE? THEY ARE ONLINE.
[D. Reports and Items for Discussion]
>> NEXT MEETING. [NOISE] I STARTED WITH [INAUDIBLE] MILESTONES WE HAVE ACHIEVED SO FAR THIS YEAR.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE DOWN IS THAT WE HAVE TOURED SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, RANGING FROM ALTA TO SCHOOLS HERE IN TOWN.
ANOTHER THING IS WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ONE OF THESE AS THE [INAUDIBLE] CENTER AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY AS WE SAID IN THE LAST MEETING, WE'VE REESTABLISHED THE PICKUP FROM THE RECYCLING CENTER TO THE SCHOOLS.
THERE USED TO BE A QUITE BIG DISCONNECT THERE JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, A LOT OF THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF COVID BUT WE FEEL THAT'S BEEN A PRETTY BIG MILESTONE AND JUST BY DOING THAT, WE ALSO GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE RECYCLING CENTER.
OBVIOUSLY THIS PROJECT WAS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THINGS ON THE SCHOOL SIDE.
BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO IN THE FUTURE MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR THE RECYCLING CENTER AS THEY HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND MANPOWER TOO, IS WHAT WE HAVE HEARD.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MORE GOES WITH THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, BUT I JUST REALIZED I FORGOT TO ADD SO, SOFIA I CAN DO THE NEXT SLIDE NOW FOR ME.
>> YEAH OF COURSE. SO IN OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE WE HAVE OUR ADDITIONAL PLANS AND WE REALLY ARE FOCUSING ON NOW RE-EDUCATING THE STUDENTS.
WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET.
WE'RE HOPING WE COULD SURROUND IT AROUND EARTH DAY WHICH HAPPENS IN APRIL, AND HOPEFULLY, WE COULD SEND OUT SOME VIDEOS TO THE SCHOOLS, MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME FUN ACTIVITIES, COVID SAFE OBVIOUSLY.
THEN OUR NEXT STEP IS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START APPLYING FOR THE SPECIFIC GRANTS THAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE QUALIFY FOR.
WE JUST WANT RECYCLING COLLECTION TO BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR THE STUDENTS WHO DO THEM FOR THE CUSTODIAL STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN AMAZING THROUGH ALL THIS, AS WELL AS THE AMAZING TEACHERS WHO TAKE THIS ON ALMOST EVERY DAY.
THEY'RE AMAZING AND WE JUST WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP THEM.
JUST ADDITIONALLY, WE SEE A LOT OF WASTE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AT LEAST FROM THE MARKERS THAT THE TEACHERS WRITE WITH ON THE WHITEBOARDS AND WE FOUND OUT THAT CRAYOLA ACTUALLY COLLECTS THE WASTED MARKERS FOR FREE, SO IF WE COULD SEND THEM OFF, THEY GET RECYCLED AND REMADE INTO OTHER MARKERS, WHICH I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE, BUT IT'S A BIG STEP IN OUR WASTE REDUCTION AS A WHOLE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SURE.
THEN THE POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT; COCA COLA, WE WOULD WRITE UP THE GRANT THIS YEAR.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SENT OFF NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE DID MISS THE TIME CYCLE.
BUT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SPONSOR A UNIFORM SET OF BINS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING BECAUSE THEN OUR CURRENT BINS WILL STILL BE USED IN SOME PLACES.
BUT WE CAN ALSO START PUTTING THOSE BINS ONTO THE TRAVEL BUSES.
AS WE SAID EARLIER THIS YEAR IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE SPORTS STRIPS NEXT YEAR WHEN HOPEFULLY ALL THIS IS OVER.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE THERE ON THE TRAVEL BUSES AS WELL.
THE MICRO-GRANT IS STILL HIGH UP ON OUR LIST.
IT'S A GOOD RELIABLE GRANT THAT WE ALSO QUALIFY FOR, AND THEN THE PEPSICO RECYCLING IMPACT FUND ISN'T TIED DIRECTLY TO THE CONTAINERS.
BUT INSTEAD WOULD HELP US WITH LABELS AND THE VISUAL CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR [INAUDIBLE] SOFIA?
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>> [INAUDIBLE] ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOSH OR SOFIA? THANKS FOR THE COMING IN AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT ONE.
THANK YOU. WE'RE UP TO [INAUDIBLE] WITH YOUR FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. [INAUDIBLE]
>> [INAUDIBLE] AM I ANY BETTER NOW.
>> NO, YOU'RE FINE. [LAUGHTER] NO, [INAUDIBLE].
[LAUGHTER] GO AHEAD. NOW WE CAN SEE YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KRISTEN.
>> OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. [LAUGHTER]. GO AHEAD.
>> OBVIOUSLY FINANCE [INAUDIBLE] , WE'VE BEEN ON KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON LEGISLATIVE SESSION, JANINE IS DOWN THERE.
THERE'S A VARIOUS AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT BILLS THAT ARE COMING ACROSS RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK CHAIRMAN [INAUDIBLE] PROACTIVE THINKING IN THE MARCH 24TH WORKSHOP WAS SMART.
JUST WE WAIT SEE WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW.
WE DID RECEIVE OUR INSURANCE RENEWAL FOR NEXT YEAR.
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT ARE INCREASES ONLY TWO PERCENT, WHICH I THINK I'M GOING TO RUN THOSE NUMBERS, IT WAS ABOUT A 13,5000 IF WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE WAY THAT OUR POLICE ELECT INSURANCE FOR NEXT YEAR, SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
THEN JUST WAIT AND SEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] OR TRUSTEE SCARLETT, YOU'RE BOTH ON THAT COMMITTEE.
>> I'M VERY PLEASED THAT HEALTH INSURANCE IS SOMEWHAT TO PERCENT INCREASE.
>> IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OR WHY IS IT? IS IT THAT WE'RE GETTING SICK?
>> A CROSS THE BOARD THE WAY THAT WILLIS TOWERS, WATSON OR WEPT CALCULATES OUR INCREASE.
THEY LOOK AT OUR PAPERLESS RATIO.
OUR PAPERLESS RATIO FOR LAST YEAR CAME IN OR THIS YEAR IS COMING IN ABOUT 85 PERCENT, AND THEN THEY REMOVE THE HIGH DOLLAR CLAIMS, WHICH GETS US DOWN TO ABOUT 75 PERCENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE SCALE, IT'S ON PAGE 3 OF THAT RENEWAL DOCUMENT, THAT PUT US AT A FOUR PERCENT INCREASE.
THEN WILLIS TOWERS WATSON, THEIR BOARD CAME IN AND DECIDED TO BUY DOWN ALL RATES FOR WEPT PARTICIPANTS BY TWO PERCENT THIS YEAR.
ACROSS THE BOARD, THE WEPT PROGRAM PERFORMS VERY WELL SO THEY DID BY DOWN RATES.
OTHERWISE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT A FOUR PERCENT INCREASE, WHICH WAS STILL FAR LESS THAN WHAT I WAS EXPECTING US.
OUR INCREASE IS DUE TO OVERALL HEALTH COST ESCALATION.
OUR CLAIMS RATIO IS ACTUALLY QUITE LOW.
>> OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON.
>> SO KRISTEN, IT WAS NOT DUE TO CLAIMS, IT WAS DUE TO HEALTH CARE COSTS INCREASE?
>> THE NEXT ONE ON THERE IS OTHER REPORTS.
DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE OTHER REPORTS? ANY COMMITTEES OR LEAVE ON, ANYTHING YOU COULD [INAUDIBLE] ON IT? OH, YES, TRUSTEE TESKE.
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A TRY, I DON'T HOW GOOD THE SOUND WILL WORK.
BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE TURMOIL THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING.
WE ARE CERTAINLY UP FOR A LOSS, NOT AT A LOSS OF BILLS THAT ADDRESS SCHOOL FUNDING DOWN HERE.
SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE BEEN, I'LL SAY PIGEON-HOLED TO THE SIDE.
ONE IN THE HOUSE, WHICH IS ON 173 AND ONE IN THE SENATE WHICH IS SENATE FILE 143.
I WILL JUST SAY THAT SENATE FILE 143 IS A DISASTER FOR TETON COUNTY.
I HAVE WRITTEN A NOTE, BILL AND GILLIAN WORKED WITH ME TODAY ON IT TO SENATOR [INAUDIBLE] .
WE HAVE GOT TO GET THIS BILL OFFLINE.
THE OPENING COMMENT THIS MORNING AT THE SENATE ED COMMITTEE, WHICH BY THE WAY, THEY WOULDN'T PICK ANY TESTIMONY, THE OPENING COMMENT WAS, WELL, THIS IS JUST A PROXY BILL AND CASE WE CAN'T AGREE UPON THE HOUSE BILL.
BUT PROBABLY THE BEST RAMIFICATION OF THIS BILL IS IT ELIMINATES THE [INAUDIBLE] AS A COST-OF-LIVING INDEX.
IT ALSO HAS AN IMPACT ON CLASS SIZES,
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TRANSPORTATION AT 90 PERCENT.THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. I WILL JUST TELL YOU, AND MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS ON A PUBLIC MEETING.
BUT IT'S VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO BECAUSE THEY HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND [INAUDIBLE].
THREE OF THE FIVE MEMBERS HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH EDUCATION BEFORE.
SO THEY SIT THERE AND THEY HAVE DISCUSSION AMONGST THEMSELVES AND THERE'S REALLY NO ROOM TO TRY AND PULL THEM BACK AND SAY, "HEY, THAT'S NOT OKAY." SOME OF THE OTHER R TOPICS THAT ARE ON THE CUT LIST ARE TUTORS, INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITATORS.
TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT ELSE IS ON THAT LIST.
HANG ON ONE SECOND HERE, LET ME PULL SOMETHING UP.
[INAUDIBLE] DECREASE AS ADMINISTRATOR BASE PAY, ALPHA INSURANCE WOULD BE A REIMBURSABLE.
SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT THEY MAY ALLOW US TO INCREASE OUR CASH RESERVES TO 25 PERCENT BASED ON THE FACT THAT WITH SOME OF THE NEW CARES MONEY BE THAT MIGHT BE COMING IN, THAT WOULD ENABLE US THEN TO GENTLY MOVE INTO SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS COMING FORWARD.
SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IS BETSY WAS FOLLOWING HOUSE BILL 63, WHICH WAS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD.
IT WAS REALLY ON THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.
THAT BILL FAILED BECAUSE, AND BETSY, MAYBE YOU CAN CHIP IN HERE, BUT THE FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN IT REALLY WEREN'T INTERESTED AND I THINK PLAY NICE WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF ED TO BE THE GOVERNING BODY OVER EARLY CHILDHOOD.
THERE'S THINGS OUT THERE LIKE ALLOWING FOR A SPED SAVINGS ACCOUNT, WHICH IS CRAZY.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY IS ACTIVITIES.
ANOTHER ONE IS HOUSE BILL 177 WHICH IS WE CAN'T HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I DON'T THINK, WITHOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF A CIVIC BILL.
IF YOU READ THE BILL CLOSELY, IT REALLY DICTATES PRETTY MUCH WHAT OUR CIVIC CURRICULUM WOULD LOOK LIKE.
ANOTHER THAT'S BEEN INTERESTING, AND ON THE SURFACE, IT DOESN'T IMPACT US BUT I WOULD JUST THINK ABOUT IT, IS THERE'S A BILL GOING ROUND TO ALLOW GILLETTE TO BECOME ITS OWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.
I HAVE TO SAY I'VE MET WITH A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ON THE FLOOR, A LOT OF DIFFICULT DISCUSSION, AND IN THE END, IT [LAUGHTER] WHAT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE DIDN'T HEAR THE LAST OF YOUR SENTENCE.
YOU SAID IN THE END, WHAT? [INAUDIBLE].
>> IT PASSED THROUGH THE SENATE.
[OVERLAPPING] SO IT WAS ON ITS WAY TO [INAUDIBLE].
>>WE ONLY HAD [INAUDIBLE] SEATS.
>> SENATE FILE 115 DEALS WITH PEOPLE TEACHER CONTACT TIME, WHICH I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, SPENDING MORE TIME IN SCHOOL.
THIS WOULD ALLOW SENATE FILE 130 IS ON CHARTER SCHOOLS.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT BILL IS [INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE]. [BACKGROUND].>> IT'S MOVING FORWARD [NOISE] TO THE HOUSE WHICH WILL ALLOW EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANOTHER ONE THAT'S REALLY WEIRD IS SENATE FILE 138, WHICH WOULD HAVE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES TO DETERMINED OR STATE THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION AND HAS NOT COME FORWARD YET.
ALL IN ALL, THERE'S A TON OF BILLS, PARTICULARLY IN HOUSE, THERE'S 264 BILLS AND 16 JOINT RESOLUTIONS, SO KIND OF CRAZY.
>> ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] .
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>> ASSUMING THEY HAVE MORE CHOICE OF THE DAYS THEY ATTEND, BUT ALSO PROVIDES
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THE TEACHER THE ABILITY TO WORK IN SMALL GROUPS LIKE WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.[01:13:55]
THOSE SHOULD BE BUILT INTO THE EXISTING SYSTEMS, KEITH, OR THOSE PROVISIONAL STANDARD [INAUDIBLE]>> TAKE ANSWERED. BUT JUST A GENERAL COMMENT.
IN HOSPITAL 173 THERE IS DISCUSSION.
THERE'S THAT 85 PERCENT RULE AND THEY ARE CHANGING THAT TO A 75 PERCENT RULE TO BE A FULL-TIME STUDENT, WHICH COULD WORK REALLY RIGHT INTO THIS PLAN THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE INTERNSHIPS AND ALL.
I THINK THAT'S A SILVER LINING COMING FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
BUT TO ASK A QUESTION, WHAT WOULD A TYPICAL DAY BE LIKE?
>> A TYPICAL DAY WOULD LOOK LIKE THE PRE-PANDEMIC, BUT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
>> LONGER MEANING? ARE YOU TALKING FIVE MINUTES OF CLASS?
>> YEAH. IF I'M LOOKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I WOULD SAY.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE TOO FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY DO, BUT DEVELOPMENTALLY, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL ONE, I THINK FOREVER WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
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BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE WAY WE ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.WE'RE PROPOSING POTENTIALLY BETWEEN AT AROUND 8:45 NOW COMPARED TO 8:54.
THE CLASSES WOULD GO FROM 65 TO 70.
WE WOULD STILL BE HAVING OUR BREAK BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND SESSION.
WE WOULD STILL PROBABLY MAINTAIN TWO LUNCH SHIFTS AS OPPOSED TO THE THREE WE HAVE NOW, GO BACK TO [INAUDIBLE] TRADITIONAL LUNCH SYSTEM JUST FOR MANAGEMENT.
WE WOULD IMPLEMENT OUR CLUBS AT THE END OF THE DAY AS OPPOSED TO THE PERIOD BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER HOW THAT LOOKS.
ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL SHIFTS, SO WHY THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE, IS THAT WE WANT TO BUILD IN SOME CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS AND CLUBS AS OPPOSED TO JUST MAKING ALL THE PROGRAMMING OPTIONAL.
SOME OF THAT PROGRAMMING CAN BE CLUBS, IT CAN BE SPORTING ACTIVITIES, IT CAN BE OTHER THINGS FOR KIDS TO EARN SOME CREDITS IN A CREATIVE WAY.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
WE'VE MADE THAT VERY MUCH SUITED SO [INAUDIBLE] THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET HELP.
NOW, THEY STILL WOULDN'T DO THAT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BUILD IN SOME [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAMS. BECAUSE I WANT [INAUDIBLE].
I WANTED THEM [INAUDIBLE] INTO HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REDESIGN OUR CLUBS PROGRAM AND MAKE THAT MORE ACCOUNTABLE, BUT ALSO ALLOW KIDS SOME CHOICE TO TEACH THEM POST-SECONDARY SKILLS AND WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO TO GET HELP, THEY CAN STILL DO THAT.
I REMEMBER THE FLEX PERIOD JUST BEING A LITTLE FUZZY.
>> YEAH, FUZZY. IT WAS LIKE A [INAUDIBLE].
>> YOU KNOW WHAT WAS FUNNY? IT WAS FUNNY FOR ALL OF US.
THE KIDS FIGURED IT OUT REALLY QUICK.
THAT'S WHAT WAS FASCINATING TO ME. THEY ALL GOT IT.
>> THEY TAKE ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN THEY JUST LEARN WHERE TO GO NEXT.
[LAUGHTER] SUDDENLY, THEY START FALLING INTO A CYCLE.
SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS, WE WOULD ALL [INAUDIBLE] FLUX FOR FRIDAY, IT'LL BE THOSE PEER TUTORING PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A LIFE PROGRAM WE PUT IN THE CYCLE.
EVERY JUNIOR AND SENIOR START WRITING THEIR COLLEGE ESSAYS, FILLING OUT APPLICATIONS.
IN A SCHOOL WITH [INAUDIBLE] IT'S VERY IMPORTANT [LAUGHTER] BUT THESE PROGRAMS DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
SO WE NEED SOME FLEXIBLE SLOTS INTO DAYS [INAUDIBLE].
BUT I AM ADVOCATING FOR MORE TEACHING AND MORE LEARNING AND A LITTLE BIT EXPANSION OF [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL.
PROBABLY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PROBABLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW SOME OF THOSE NUTS AND BOLTS WORK.
>> DR. CHRIS, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I JUST LOVE THIS CONVERSATION.
I JUST LOVE THAT WE'RE FINDING SILVER LININGS IN A PANDEMIC AND WE'RE TRYING TO THINK AHEAD AND I JUST ENJOY THIS CONVERSATION.
I ESPECIALLY LIKE YOUR IDEA ABOUT FRIDAYS.
I LIKE THAT INNOVATION FRIDAY IS MEETING UP WITH HIGH-IMPACT FRIDAYS AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF MAKING THE DAYS LONGER.
MY BIG QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT IS OUR ROLE? DO WE VOTE ON THE SCHEDULE OR THIS IS SOMETHING YOU DO ON YOUR OWN? WHICH PART IS POLICY AND WHICH PART IS ADMIN? DO WE HAVE ANY ROLE IN THIS AND DO YOU HAVE TO GET SOME FINAL SAY FROM US TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THIS?
>> TYPICALLY, DAILY SCHEDULES ARE SITE-BASED, MR [INAUDIBLE].
>> HOWEVER, I'VE LEARNED LONG AGO THAT WHEN YOU CHANGE A MASTER SCHEDULE, SOMETIMES THINGS CAN START CONNECTING AROUND POLICY, PEOPLE, AND LIKENESS.
THAT ISN'T ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY.
WHAT I'D SAY, THOUGH, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME DIFFERENT THOUGHTS IF YOU MOVE THROUGH A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
NOT FOR ME, JUST THAT THE COSTS CHANGE.
STAMP AND RATIOS MIGHT CHANGE AND POLICY IN TERMS OF GRADUATION CREDITS, WHICH IS PART OF OUR POLICIES AT THE BOARD LEVEL.
IN THIS CASE, FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AT LEAST, THERE'S NO MAJOR CONNECTION TO THOSE.
GENERALLY, AS A HIGH SCHOOL GOES THROUGH THE SCHEDULE CHANGE PROCESS, WHICH WE DID THE [INAUDIBLE].
THE LAST ONE WE WENT THROUGH WAS 2016.
THAT'S WHEN WE WE WENT THROUGH OUR [INAUDIBLE] TOO.
WE NEED TO INTERPRET ALL SETS BEFORE WE DO THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY IMPLICATIONS WHEN YOU CHANGE THINGS SO MUCH.
CREDIT [INAUDIBLE] LANDS, [INAUDIBLE] LANDS FOR A TEACHER.
THAT PROCESS REALLY LANDS ON WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT MASTER SCHEDULES, IS IT'S NOT JUST THIS ONE OR THIS ONE.
IF YOU TRULY STUDY MASTER SCHEDULES, THERE ARE A DOZEN DIFFERENT TYPES.
THERE ARE AMAZING DIFFERENT TYPES OUT THERE.
REALLY, AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL TO REALLY DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL IN TERMS OF A SCHEDULE BASED ON THE POPULATION AND THE AGE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE STUDENTS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE [INAUDIBLE] , THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS TO CONSIDER AND THAT'S WHY AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL, AT LEAST IT IS IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS
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BEFORE MOVING TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGE.>> I ASSUME SHOULD YOU AND MATT WILL WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND COME UP WITH A PLAN.
IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU NEED OUR BLESSING, JUST LET US KNOW.
I WOULD ASSUME YOU NEED TO KNOW SOON BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO START SCHEDULING AND SO WE'LL HELP IF YOU NEED US.
I JUST FIND IT GREAT THAT YOU'RE COMING UP WITH LOTS OF IDEAS, BUT I'M JUST ONE BOARD MEMBER.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE ELSE THINKS ABOUT THIS CONCEPT [INAUDIBLE] THOUGHTS.
>> WELL, I WILL SAY THAT I SAID IT LAST JUNE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO SHIFT IF THIS PANDEMIC WAS THE NEEDED EVENT TO SHIFT EDUCATION FORWARD.
BECAUSE EDUCATION WAS NOT WORKING FOR EVERYBODY.
IT WAS A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL, AND THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
SO FOR MOST OF THE PANDEMIC, I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR THAT AT LEAST OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO TAKE IT AND RUN.
>> ONE IMPORTANT POINT I DID THOUGHT I MENTIONED IS IT IS SOME DATA THAT I DID WANT TO SHARE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME INNOVATION FRIDAYS AND IF WE LOOK AT SAY, 13 FOR THE YEAR, THAT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF THE FRIDAYS.
[INAUDIBLE] 28-30 PRODUCTS. LET'S SAY YOU DID 30.
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND [INAUDIBLE] , WE HAVE TO REACH CERTAIN HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONS, THAT'S 1100.
IF WE ADD A FEW MINUTES AND THEN APPLY BACK IN, AND IF WE COULD SECURE THOSE 13 FRIDAYS [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT 1100 PRE- PANDEMIC.
SO THE BONUS HERE IS THAT IF STUDENTS COME IN ON FRIDAYS, LET'S SAY THEY ALL WANTED TO NEED SUPPORTER AND ENRICHMENT BY THE WAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF 88 ADDITIONAL HOURS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PRE- PANDEMIC FOR VERY SMALL GROUPS OF STUDENTS WHO NEED IT.
SO ONLY THOSE WHO NEED THE ENRICHMENT [INAUDIBLE] TO CONSIDER AT ALL.
>> [INAUDIBLE] WILL TAKE YOUR LEAD AT BACK TO SCHOOL.
WHAT IS YOUR ADVANCE ON ALL THESE?
>> IT SOUNDS GREAT. I SPENT TWO YEARS ON THE DRAFT 2 SCHEDULE, WORKED WITH FLEX, THOUGH, AT THE END OF THE DAY IN THE DAY, I THINK FLEX WORK.
THE ISSUE WITH FLEX WAS BECAUSE THE KIDS HAD TO BE SOMEWHERE.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE MORE KIDS IN YOUR ROOM THAN YOU COULD REALLY WORK WITH EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE KIDS WERE NEEDING INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION, BUT THEN THERE WERE TOO MANY KIDS AND NOT QUITE ENOUGH TIME.
I'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THIS FRIDAY. THEY HAVE JUST LOVED IT.
ONE SAID THAT COMING UP ON SEMESTER, THE ONLY REASON THAT SHE HAD SO MANY KIDS PASSING BUT SHE WAS WORRIED EARLY ON THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE FAILING.
ONCE WE WENT TO HAVING THIS EXTRA HELP ON FRIDAYS AND THE KIDS WERE COMING IN, THEY WERE SAYING THAT, "HEY, I NEED THAT EXTRA TIME.
I NEED THAT ONE-ON-ONE." SO IF WE CAN WORK SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN, I THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE THE FLEX HAS ITS BENEFITS BUT IT WAS NEVER FOR ME PERSONALLY.
I WAS ALWAYS SOMEWHAT FRUSTRATED WITH IT BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION TO KIDS.
BUT I THINK WITH A FRIDAY SYSTEM LIKE THIS WOULD BE GREAT.
IF YOU WORK OTHER THINGS INTO THE FLEX, HONESTLY, THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE FLEX.
WE HAD IT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE THIS MAJOR EXODUS OF KIDS WHERE THE KIDS WOULD CALL MOM AND SAY, "MOM, JUST EXCUSE ME FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON AND THEY WOULD BAIL." IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT BACK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE EXAMPLE THAT DR. CHRIS HAS GIVEN THIS THOUGHT, YOU NEED TO GET OWNERSHIP FROM KIDS SO THEY'RE NOT JUST SAYING, "OH, WELL, WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THE HALF-HOUR EARLY," BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET A BENEFIT FROM THAT, WHETHER [INAUDIBLE] .
THE INDIVIDUAL HAS HELPED OR WHETHER IT'S THE CLUBS AND SOME SORT OF ACADEMIC OR CREDIT-BEARING TIME.
I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PIECES TO GET OWNERSHIP FROM THE KIDS.
>> OKAY. BUT BOARD, I HATE TO CUT THIS SHORT, BUT I WANT TO GIVE MR. [INAUDIBLE] SOME EQUAL TIME HERE ON THIS TITLE.
>> I DON'T NEED EQUAL TIME. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES.
MATT HOELSCHER, PRINCIPAL OF JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I APPRECIATED A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. CHRIS AND THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AROUND OUR SCHEDULING AND OUR POSSIBLE SCHEDULE CHANGES.
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IN FACT, I REMEMBER A CONVERSATION AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO ADVOCATE THAT I FOLLOW SUIT IN THE FOUR-BY-FOUR BLOCK SCHEDULE.I TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW IF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS CAN REALLY DO 90 MINUTES OF CLASS." [LAUGHTER] WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS SINCE THEN ABOUT SILVER LININGS AND THE BIG PICTURE.
I REMEMBER TRUSTEE CARLIN SAYING, "THE GOOGLE EARTH VIEW," I GUESS, OF THIS YEAR.
ONCE WE REALLY GOT PAST THE INITIAL SHOCK OF THE FALL, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS BOTH AS THE STAFF, FORMALLY, DURING OUR FRIDAY MEETINGS AND ALSO JUST AROUND THE WATER COOLER.
I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT OUR BIG TAKEAWAYS ARE THAT FOUR CLASSES AT A TIME FOR A MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENT IS REALLY NICE.
IN TERMS OF THEIR CANVAS PRESENCE, OF HAVING TO MANAGE FOUR CLASSES AT ONCE VERSUS SEVEN PLUS THE FLEX.
THE LONGER BLOCKS OF TIME HAVE EQUALED MORE DEEPER INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
I'VE SEEN GREAT THINGS WITH THAT INSTRUCTIONALLY, AND IT CREATED DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STUDENT TO THE TEACHER QUICKER BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TIME.
STUDENTS DID BETTER WITH THAT LONGER BLOCK OF TIME THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
I SEE TEACHERS DO REALLY NICE JOBS TAKING STRATEGIC BREAKS IN THE CLASSROOM.
I WAS IN A MATH CLASS THE OTHER DAY AND HE HAD A FOUR-MINUTE TIMER AND HE SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FOUR-MINUTE BRAIN BREAK IN THE MIDDLE CLASS." KIDS WERE UP. SOME KIDS WERE JUGGLING.
TEACHER HAD A DRONE. THEY'RE FLYING A DRONE.
[LAUGHTER] FOUR MINUTES LATER, THEY WERE DONE AND THEY WERE BACK AND THEY WERE FOCUSED AGAIN ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE LESSON. IT WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE.
I THINK WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT NOT EVERY STUDENT NEEDS THE SAME SCHEDULE.
SOME STUDENTS ARE REALLY THRIVING IN THIS MODEL, OTHERS ARE NOT, AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT, AND SO HOW CAN WE MEET THAT BALANCE? WE TRIED TO DO THAT WITH SUCCESSFUL SLIDE AND THEN OUR FRIDAYS ALSO OF BRINGING STUDENTS IN THAT NEED THAT EXTRA TIME. MOVING FORWARD.
HOW CAN WE CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FLEXIBILITY INTO OUR SCHEDULE NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY ON OUR FRIDAY TIME? A BIG QUESTION FOR US WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD FOLLOW SUIT WITH THE HIGH-IMPACT FRIDAYS OR A DIFFERENT MODEL FOR FRIDAY.
WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER FRIDAYS ALSO, HOW WE CAN STRUCTURE THAT DIFFERENTLY WHETHER IT'S IN THE NINE O'CLOCK TO 3:45 TIME PERIOD AND STRUCTURING THOSE DIFFERENTLY OR TRULY MOVING TO FOLLOW SUIT WITH THE HIGH-IMPACT FRIDAYS.
[LAUGHTER] ONE THING I DID LIKE ABOUT THE DROP TWO SCHEDULE WAS THAT IT ROTATE IT.
IF WE WERE TO REPORT WITH A FOUR-BY-FOUR BLOCK, WE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO ROTATE THE CLASSES.
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE OF SEEING A STUDENT AT FOURTH PERIOD FOR 90 MINUTES VERSUS THE FIRST PERIOD.
ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THE DROP TWO WAS THAT FLEXIBILITY OF SEEING KIDS AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY.
THEY RESPOND VERY DIFFERENTLY AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THAN THEY DO AT 3:30 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAVING A FOUR-BY-FOUR ALSO CREATED AN EXTRA CLASS FOR KIDS.
THAT'S BEEN REALLY NICE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IN THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WERE INTO.
WE FEEL THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
LIKE THIS YEAR, WE STARTED GUITAR, AND WE DIDN'T WANT AS MANY KIDS IN CHOIR CLASS SINGING BECAUSE OF COVID AND SO WE SAID, "WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? LET'S PLAY A GUITAR." THAT'S ABLE TO BE HAPPENING WHEN WE HAVE EIGHT CLASSES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR VERSUS SEVEN.
A NICE TAKE AWAY OF THIS IS THAT EVEN LAST MARCH WHEN WE WENT TOTALLY REMOTE AND THEN INTO THIS YEAR, WE REALLY WORKED ON OUR CANVAS PRESENCE AND HAVING A CONSISTENT PRESENCE ACROSS THE SCHOOL AND STANDARDIZING OUR CLASSES' LOOK ON JUST THE CANVAS PLATFORM ITSELF.
GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM BOTH STUDENTS AND FROM PARENTS [NOISE] THAT THEY NOTICED THAT.
ALSO BEHAVIORALLY, OUR DATA HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED.
OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE HALF OUR POPULATION IS COMING AT A TIME, BUT WHAT COULD BE OUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT? ONE IS THAT WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM LOCKERS THIS YEAR.
WE'VE ALLOWED STUDENTS TO USE THEIR BACKPACKS IN CLASS.
IT'S CREATED A LOT LESS HALLWAY CONGESTION.
STUDENTS ARE NOT ASKING TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM AS MUCH TO GO TO THEIR LOCKER BECAUSE THEY FORGOT SOMETHING OR WANTED TO CHECK THEIR PHONE.
[LAUGHTER] THEY HAD EVERYTHING WITH THEM.
EVEN THAT SMALL THING HAS BEEN A REALLY NICE TAKEAWAY.
THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION WE HAVE ON BEHAVIORAL LINE IS CLUBS.
A LOT OF STUDENTS IN A RECENT SURVEY SAID THAT THEY
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DISCOVERED SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THEMSELVES DURING THEIR AT-HOME DAYS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.THEY'RE REALLY INTO ART OR THERE'S GOING TO BE COOKING OUT.
THEY DISCOVERED SOMETHING ABOUT THEMSELVES.
SO HOW CAN WE CREATE CLUBS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT MEET THAT? THAT WE HAVE THOSE HOOKS AND KIDS THAT, "HEY, I CAN DO THIS THING THAT I'M INTO, I CAN DO IT AT SCHOOL," AND THAT'S COOL.
WE'VE EVEN STARTED AN ANIME CLUB THIS YEAR FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE INTO DRAWING AND ART.
THEN I THINK THE BIG QUESTIONS MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE THE FRIDAYS.
ALSO, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION AROUND HOW CAN WE STRUCTURE MATH, ESPECIALLY IN 6TH GRADE, TO BE ALL YEAR LONG FOR STUDENTS.
WE NOTICE IN OUR DATA, YOU'RE IN OR YOU'RE OUT.
THAT'S A LOW POINT FOR US AND SO WE THINK THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING TO PULL THAT OFF AND TO HAVE STUDENTS IN 6TH GRADE BE ENROLLED IN MATH IN A FOUR-BY-FOUR ALL YEAR LONG.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE FOUR-BY-FOUR AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I THINK WE'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AFTER 4TH QUARTER TO REALLY CEMENT THAT OPINION ONCE THE FULL STUDENT BODY IS BACK, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LEANING AT THIS POINT, IS CONTINUE WITH THE FOUR-BY-FOUR BLOCK.
I GUESS AT THIS POINT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR MR. TRUSTEE, THANKS.
FOUR-BY-FOUR CONTINUE ON [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU MEAN FOUR-BY-FIVE? IS IT FIVE DAYS A WEEK INSTEAD OF JUST FOUR DAYS A WEEK?
>> WE CALL IT THE FOUR-BY-FOUR BECAUSE THEY TAKE FOUR CLASSES AT A TIME FOR FOUR QUARTERS.
>> THEY'RE ALWAYS ENROLLED IN FOUR CLASSES.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS FOUR-BY-FOUR BECAUSE WE'RE DOING FOUR CLASSES.
>> I HAD A TEACHER ASKED ME THAT SAME QUESTION, YEAH.
>> OKAY. LOCKERS. ARE WE GOING TO PULL THEM OUT? IS THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION OR ARE WE KEEPING THEM?
>> AT THIS POINT WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL THE MAP THAT IS IN THE MASTER PLAN OF THE [INAUDIBLE] IN TERMS OF FLOORING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH THE FULL STUDENT BODY OF THAT MANY BACKPACKS IN THE CLASSROOM AND FINDING SPACE FOR THOSE.
>> LET'S SEE, THE OTHER THING I GOT IS CELL PHONE TROUBLES.
WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT SOME WAY TO SEAL CELL PHONES IN CLASS.
OR IF THEY'RE CARRYING WITH THEM, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
>> WE'VE SEEN FAR LESS BEHAVIORAL CURLS FOR CELL PHONES WHEN THEY'RE TAKING THEM IN THEIR BACKPACKS THAN WE DID WHEN THEY HAVE THEM IN THEIR LOCKER.
THERE WAS A PULL TO LEAVE CLASS TO GO CHECK THE PHONE.
NOW OUR PROTOCOL IS THAT WHEN A STUDENT ENTERS THE CLASSROOM, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY ON THEIR PERSON, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THEIR BACKPACK.
IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT LOOSE AND WE'LL TIGHTEN THAT UP [INAUDIBLE]
>> I WENT TO A SHOW ONE YEAR AGO AND THEN THEY JUST PUT ALL OUR CELL PHONES IN THESE LITTLE MAGNETIC SEAL THINGS AND THEN THEY GIVE THAT BACK TO YOU AND YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR BACKPACK.
YOU HAVE NO ACCESS TO IT UNTIL THEY UNMAGNETIZED IT AS YOU LEAVE.
>> MIGHT ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THOSE.
>> THAT'S WHAT MADE THE PUSH AND IT'S OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE COULD.
>> WE INSTITUTE A SMALL THINGS LIKE IF A STUDENT HAS A CHRONIC ISSUE WITH THEIR CELL PHONE AND THEY TURN IT IN THEN EITHER TO THE OFFICE OR TO TEACH IN A BOX AND THEN THEY CAN'T HAVE IT IN THE ENTIRE TIME.
>> I THINK I ACTUALLY DID THAT.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE CROWD, JUSTIN CARLIN.
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORD THIS, BUT I THINK I TALKED TO SOMEBODY EARLY ON AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT BECAUSE OF THE INDEPENDENT LEARNING DAYS WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE AT HOME THAT THEY WERE SEEING THAT HOW STUDENTS REALLY HAD BEEN USING TEACHERS AND FAMILIES, OR MAYBE PARENTS TOO, BUT TEACHERS AS CRUTCHES WITHIN SCHOOL AND ARE YOU SEEING MORE INDEPENDENCE OR MORE ABILITY TO BEING [INAUDIBLE] THINKERS OR MOVE THROUGH WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM INDEPENDENTLY OR WAS THAT JUST HYPOTHETICAL?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY HARD DATA ON THAT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT HAS ENFORCED TO BE MORE INTERDEPENDENT AND WE'RE SEEING THAT ALSO WITHIN IN CLASS.
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I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. I WAS IN A MATH CLASS YESTERDAY, WAS AN EIGHTH-GRADE MATH CLASS AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE THING, THIS IS A NICE FORWARD IS THAT SOME STUDENTS HAD BEEN ABLE TO DOUBLE UP IN MATH FOR ADVANCED MATH STUDENTS.AS AN EIGHTH-GRADE MATH CLASS WITH FOUR EIGHTH-GRADERS, TWO SEVEN-GRADERS, AND TWO SIX-GRADERS IN THE CLASS.
THE TEACHER HAD CREATED MASTERY PATHS WHERE THEY NEEDED TO PASS A CERTAIN LESSON BEFORE THEY CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, AND THE STUDENTS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WERE WORKING ON IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR CLASS.
THERE'S ALL AROUND THE SAME [INAUDIBLE] BUT THEY ARE ALL INDEPENDENTLY AT DIFFERENT PLACES BECAUSE THE TEACHER DETERMINED THAT THAT SOME STUDENTS WERE REALLY DILIGENT AND UNCONSCIOUS AT HOME AND GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE LESSONS AT HOME, OTHERS WERE NOT AND SO HE'S CREATED THIS PATH OF INDEPENDENCE.
THEY OUGHT TO GET TO THE SAME POINT, BUT ONCE THEY REACH THAT POINT AND THERE MIGHT BE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE ADVANCING.
IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE, I THINK IT'D BE A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU
>> MR. [INAUDIBLE] , MY QUESTION FOR YOU.
HIGH-SCHOOL IS 1,100 HOURS. WHAT'S MIDDLE SCHOOL?
>> I DON'T KNOW. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A DAYS.
>> 900, IT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS.
I GUESS MY BIG QUESTION IS, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? IF SCOTT GOES TO HIS SEVEN CLASSES YEAR LONG, SO NOT DOING SEMESTER, HE'S DOING SEVEN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, BUT YOU'RE DOING SEMESTER FOUR-BY-FOUR.
WILL THAT WORK? DO YOU GUYS NEED TO BE COORDINATED IN ANY WAY OR CAN YOU BE ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM THAN HE'S ON?
>> WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON THE SAME SYSTEM MAINLY DUE TO PASSING AND A FEW SHARED STAFF.
WE'VE MET ALREADY ABOUT THAT A MONTH AGO, YESTERDAY.
WE'RE TRYING TO IRON OUT THOSE ISSUES THAT HAVE KEPT US ON THE SAME EXACT [INAUDIBLE] SCHEDULE FOR YEARS.
> BUT YOU COULDN'T FIGURE OUT IF YOU DECIDED TO STICK TO YOUR FOUR-BY-FOUR AND HE DECIDED TO GO WITH A SEVEN, DROPPED TWO OR WHATEVER.
>> GIVE US TIME TO FIGURE AND WE'LL THAT OUT.
BUT YES, WE COULD BE ON A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE.
>> I JUST HAVE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ALSO.
THE SAME AS DR. PEREZ, IT'S HARD TO FIND SILVER LININGS IN A PANDEMIC, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A FUN CONVERSATION TO HEAR ALL THESE POSITIVES OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I THINK THE EVERYBODY KEEPS COMING BACK TO TRUSTEE CARLO AND TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL AND GETTING THIS WAS THE MODEL.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE FINDING NEW WAYS OF LOOKING AT HOW TO DO THIS.
I JUST LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST HAVING MEETINGS AND FINDING NEW WAYS TO INSTRUCT AND BETTER WAYS.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I WOULD AGREE.
IT'S ACTUALLY THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE WITH THE STUFF.
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION OR TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE, DO ANY OF THESE CHANGES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCLUDE HAVING A VIRTUAL DAY? I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR BOTH YOU AND DR. [INAUDIBLE].
YOU BOTH MENTIONED THAT SOME STUDENTS ARE THRIVING IN THIS HYBRID MODEL AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE DATA, BUT ABOUT YOU THINK IT'S HALF OR 25 PERCENT OR 10 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS REALLY THRIVE ON THAT.
>> I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DATA WORKSHOP IN TERMS OF PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT HOW WELL OUR STUDENTS WERE DOING WHEN COMPARED TO EVEN THEIR SCORES A YEAR AGO.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER OF HOW MANY ARE THRIVING, HOW MANY ARE NOT.
I HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PARENTS ON BOTH SIDES AND THE ESTIMATES IS A GOOD NUMBER.
I CAN SAY IT'S 50,50, BUT I THINK OUR DATA BACKUP IS THAT WE'RE DOING OKAY.
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>> A REASON NOT TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE PODS.
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MAYBE PODS ARE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IF IT RESULTS IN KIDS BEING WELL BEHAVED, AS YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT, AND DOING PRETTY WELL.IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER?
>> YOU MISSED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE CHALLENGED WITH PROBLEM-SOLVING, MAYBE YOU GET THE STUDENT YOU DON'T SEE, BUT AT RECESS.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME DEFINITELY BENEFITS.
WHEN YOU THINK OF SILVER LININGS, MAYBE WE DO A HYBRID, AND MAYBE SOME OF OUR RECESSES ARE POD-BASED, AND MAYBE THEN WE HAVE SOME GRADE-LEVEL RECESSES.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE OF [INAUDIBLE] , BUT WE NEED TO LOOK CRITICALLY AT THAT, AND AGAIN, THINK OF THE OPPOSITE.
WHAT ARE WE LOSING A LITTLE BY HAVING THE PODS WHICH ARE REALLY SMALL? THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT ON THEM.
>> I WOULD AGREE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK, AS TRACY SAID, LOOK AT CRITICALLY.
I'LL SAY ONE BIG CON IS WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO SOCIALIZE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASS WITH THAT SMALL GROUP.
I WOULD SAY 90 PERCENT OF STUDENTS, OR NOT 99, WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GET RID OF THE POD CONCEPT.
SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT CRITICALLY AND SEE [LAUGHTER], AT THIS POINT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE 75 PERCENT REDUCTION RIGHT NOW IN BEHAVIOR FOR ALL-AROUND BEHAVIORS, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE UPTICK THAT THE STAFF ARE STARTING TO IDENTIFY LIKE SIBLING ARGUMENTS.
THEY'VE BEEN IN THOSE CLASSES TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME, AND THEN THEY'RE STARTING TO PECK AT EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU.
THE LAST ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION IS WE HAD HAD A SPECIAL MEETING.
WE CONTINUED THIS ITEM, OR WE JUST DIDN'T EVEN DISCUSS IT.
IT'S ONLY ON HERE. IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM, MORE TO ASK THE BOARD.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY INTEREST IN EITHER HAVING A SPECIAL MEANING OR PUTTING THIS ON A REGULAR MEETING IN THE FUTURE? IT DID NOT APPEAR THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSH [LAUGHTER] OR A LOT OF INTEREST IN CHANGING ANYTHING WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHEDULES FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
BUT IF THERE WAS ANY PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER THAT WANTED TO SEE US TAKE SOME ACTION ON THIS OR HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT FOR THE FUTURE OR WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION NOW.
BUT FROM WHAT I HEARD OUR LAST SPECIAL MEETING, AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FOR MOST PEOPLE, EVERYBODY'S PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THE CURRENT SCHEDULE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT WITH EVERYONE HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION, SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE ELEMENTARY ALONE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE ON TO ACTION ITEMS. CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SYNTHETIC FIELD REPLACEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT YOU, DR. CHAPMAN?
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO REPLACE THE FIELDS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SAVING FOR THIS PURPOSE.
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WE'RE A REC DISTRICT, AND AT THIS TIME, WE FEEL LIKE THE FIELDS ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.[E. Action Items]
THEY HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR LIFESPAN.WE'VE DONE OUR BEST, BUT IN ORDER TO REMAIN A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO USE THE FIELDS, THAT WE NEED TO GET THEM REPLACED.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT SUBJECT, AND SO WE FEEL RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO GO AHEAD AND GET BIDS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
>> IF BIDS COME IN WAY HIGHER THAN WE THOUGHT, WE CAN ALWAYS REJECT ALL BIDS AND JUST SAY THAT DIDN'T WORK.
[LAUGHTER] WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.
>> QUESTIONS ON THIS ISSUE, OR COMMENTS.
I KNOW, TRUSTEE SCARLETT, YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER.
DID YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING WITH US?
>> I KNOW THAT SEVERAL COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT DO THIS TYPE OF WORK.
I THINK THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS IT WAS LITTLE NORTH OF 1,100,000 TO REPLACE ALL THREE FIELDS.
>> THERE'S THREE? I THOUGHT THERE'S TWO?
>> THERE'S THREE FIELDS. THERE'S TWO DOWN THERE AND ONE OVER HERE.
>> FOOTBALL FIELDS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> ALL THREE FIELDS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> OKAY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
>> THIS RESERVED [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT HAS BEEN RESERVING [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] ALL THREE FIELDS, AND THEN CONTINUE OUR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE PARKS & REC ON THE TWO SOCCER FIELDS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO BILL, WOULD WE DO ALL THREE? BECAUSE THE FOOTBALL FIELD ISN'T NEARLY AS OLD AS THE TWO SOCCER FIELDS.
[OVERLAPPING] I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM.
>> I THINK, FOR ECONOMIES OF SCALE, IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE DID ALL THREE ALL AT ONCE.
I KNOW THAT THEY RAN SOME TESTS ON IT AND IT IS WEARING DOWN.
>> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO, TRUSTEE TESKE, YOU COULD PUT IT IN THE RFP.
THE FOOTBALL FIELD IS A SEPARATE OPTION, SO IF IT COMES INTO EXPENSIVE, WE CAN DROP THE ONE AND JUST DO THE OTHER TWO, AND COME BACK AND DO THE FOOTBALL FIELD WITH A DIFFERENT RFP, LIKE THE NEXT YEAR. TRUSTEE MEAD.
>> WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S BEEN RECEIVED IN THE REC DISTRICT BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH IN THE REC DISTRICT RIGHT NOW TO PAY FOR THIS.
COULD WE TAKE THAT OUT OF RESERVE? HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO FUND THAT?
>> TRUSTEE MEAD, WE HAVE 600,000 IN RESERVE ALREADY AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL, AND THEN WE REQUESTED THAT THE REC DISTRICT FUND THE REMAINING 600,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 22.
THE REC DISTRICT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THAT NEXT THURSDAY, THE 18TH.
THAT TAKES US UP TO 1.2 MILLION, WHICH IS THE ESTIMATE FOR THE ENTIRE REPLACEMENT.
>> OKAY. TRUSTEE GINGERY, MIKE HANSEN REPORTING IN THAT THE FOOTBALL FIELD IS ONLY ONE YEAR NEWER THAN THE SOCCER FIELDS.
>> THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME, BUT TRUSTEE TESKE MAKES A GOOD POINT.
IF IT COMES IN A HUGE AMOUNT, WE COULD DROP THE FOOTBALL FIELD OFF AND WAIT A YEAR UNTIL WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE MONEY.
BECAUSE IF THESE BIDS COME IN MUCH HIGHER THAN THE 1.2, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] HOW OLD ARE ALL THE FIELDS? I FORGET. FIFTEEN YEARS?
>> I'LL ASK MIKE. MIKE, IF YOU COULD TEXT ME THE ESTIMATE OF HOW OLD THE FIELDS ARE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE TRUSTEES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO START AND STAGGER THESE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PARKS & REC [INAUDIBLE] THEM ALL SUMMER, AND SO THEY FEEL A LOT TRIMMER.
SO WE HAVE TO STAGGER IT AND COMMUNICATE REALLY WELL WITH THEM.
THEN ALSO, WE'RE HOSTING GRADUATION, JUNE 5TH.
DR. [INAUDIBLE] , OUR [INAUDIBLE] OFFICER, HAS INDICATED THAT PROM AND GRADUATIONS CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE CLASS.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE OUTSIDE ANYWAY BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FIT IN THE GYMNASIUM ANY LONGER.
SO ONE OF THE IDEAS IS TO USE ONE OF THE FIELDS.
WE WOULD START AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, OR AT LEAST STAGGER AS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE SURE PARKS & REC AND OUR GRADUATION CAN MOVE FORWARD.
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MIKE HANSEN SAYS THEY'RE 13-YEARS-OLD. THANK YOU, MIKE.>> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ZOOM? IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM, RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.
[F. Consent Agenda]
[G. Communication]
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>> DUE TO A SURVEY LIKE THAT, I'M A LITTLE WORRIED,
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I'M A LITTLE SAD THAT THERE WASN'T MORE COMMENT BY OUR BOARD ON IT.BUT I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR TAKING THE TIME AND THE EFFORT TO SURVEY THE STUDENT BODY.
I ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD THEM FOR THEIR GREAT AND CIVIC BEHAVIOR THAT THEY'VE MODELED BY DOING THIS, BECAUSE THAT WAS BETTER THAN OUR BOARD'S BEHAVIOR AT THE LAST MEETING.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. [NOISE]
>> [OVERLAPPING] ACTUALLY I WANTED TO SAY THE SAME THING AND I WAS HOPING THEY COULD STILL HEAR IT.
MAYBE THEY'LL HEAR THE RECORDING, BUT ANY OTHER [OVERLAPPING].
>> ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD? WE WILL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SCHEDULING, AND TOPICS.
I HAVE ONE TOPIC JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND, AND THE TOPIC WAS LOGO, AND I TALKED TO MIKE HANSEN THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THIS, AND SO IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT I'LL TRY TO HAMMER DOWN AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WE WANT TO DISCUSS.
SOME OF ITS CONTROVERSIAL AND SOME OF IT IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL.
THE ONE PART THAT'S NOT REALLY THAT CONTROVERSIAL IS BRANDING, WHERE WE GET THE SAME BRANDING ACROSS ALL THEIR SPORTS.
WHAT YOU WILL NOTICE WHEN YOU GO TO A LOT OF THE MEETS, THE OTHER TEAM SHOW UP, AND THEY ARE VERY ORGANIZED.
THEIR UNIFORMS, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW WHAT TEAM THEY PLAY FOR.
[LAUGHTER] WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH DIFFERENT COLORS AND SOME OF OUR TEAMS HAVE THE LUCKY BRONCS SOMEHOW, MR PARROT'S OLD HEAD [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] ON.
OUR NORDIC TEAM COMPETES IN THE COLOR BLUE, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT, THEY SHOW UP IN BLUE, WHICH IS THE CLUB.
I KNOW WHY THEY DO IT, IT'S THE CLUB COLOR, AND SO IT'S JUST EASIEST FOR EVERYONE TO DO BLUE.
SO ONE THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS, A,
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SHOULD WE TRY TO WORK TOWARD TRYING TO HAVE A CONSISTENT COLOR SCHEME, TRYING TO HAVE A CONSISTENT LOGO, AND JUST TRYING TO BUILD THAT RIGHT FOR THE BRAND TYPE OF CONCEPT THAT WE'RE ALL THE SAME.THE OTHER THING THAT HAS COME UP, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DO THIS, BUT I'LL JUST THROW IT OUT THERE, AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR.
SHERIDAN AND CODY ARE BOTH BRONCS, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, AND THEN WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT COLORS, THERE'S QUITE OF OTHER FEW HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE COMPETE AGAINST THAT OR ORANGE AND BLACK, WHICH MAKES IT REAL INTERESTING WHEN WE GO TO COMPETE SOMETIMES, WHEN WE GOT THE SAME COLORS.
IT MIGHT BE A FUN PROJECT, MAYBE FOR OUR STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS NEXT YEAR THAT, SHOULD WE LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH COLORS.
DO WE NEED MAYBE A DIFFERENT MASCOT? THOSE AREN'T ONES I WAS REALLY LEANING TOWARD, BUT REALLY WHAT I WAS LEANING TOWARD IS TRYING TO GET CONSISTENCY BETWEEN OUR SPORTS SO THAT WE LOOK LIKE, WELL, YOU SEE LANDER'S SHOW UP, YOU KNOW YOU'RE PLAYING LANDER.
WHEN PINEDALE SHOWS UP, YOU KNOW YOU'RE PLAYING PINEDALE.
WHEN WE SHOW UP, I'M NOT SURE WHO YOU'RE PLAYING, OUR COLORS ARE DIFFERENT, OUR MASCOT'S DIFFERENT.
[NOISE] HARD TO TELL WHO WE ARE.
IT'S JUST A FUTURE TOPIC THAT I THINK MAYBE WE WANT TO DISCUSS, AND MIKE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN ON IT.
HE'S BEEN A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH SOME OF OUR COLORATION OF OUR DIFFERENT UNIFORMS, AND I THINK IT JUST HAPPENS OVER TIME.
WE BUY ONE UNIFORM AND THIS TEAM STICKS WITH THIS, AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO CODY OUT HERE, AND ALPINE DOESN'T EVEN REALLY HAVE UNIFORMS. THEY ALL CHOOSE THEIR OWN COLORS THEY WANT.
IS THAT A TOPIC THAT ANYONE WISHES TO DISCUSS? I'M NOT EVEN THINKING IMMEDIATELY.
IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR NEXT YEAR, SO IS THAT SOMETHING ANYONE ELSE HAS EVER NOTICED, OR HAS THAT EVER BEEN A CONCERN?
>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE CHAIR, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE PUT OFF TILL NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE STILL IN A PANDEMIC, AND WHILE IT MAY BE FUN TO TALK ABOUT IT, I THINK IT'S REALLY SMALL POTATOES COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE FACING WITH BUDGET CUTS AND OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE BEFORE THIS BOARD.
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SCHEDULING, OR TOPICS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL REVIEW THE MEETING REAL QUICK.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH HOW THE MEETING WAS RUN, ANY ISSUES TONIGHT?
>> MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK I'VE STATED MINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED BECAUSE WE WENT FOR A LONG TIME DOING WEBEX AND IT WORKED FINE.
TONIGHT HAS BEEN REALLY WONKY, REALLY BAD.
ECHOING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MY CONNECTION, IF IT'S THE DISTRICT'S CONNECTION, IF IT'S A STREAMING SYSTEM, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY BAD.
>> I DO LIKE HOW WOULD YOU KEEP MEETINGS ON TIME.
SOMETIMES I DO FEEL A LITTLE RUSHED, SOMETIMES.
I GUESS ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BECAUSE THE STUDENTS LEFT THEN CAME BACK, AND [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTING ME, THANKING THEM VERY MUCH FOR DOING THE SURVEY AND TAKING THAT TIME.
I ALSO WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU AS WELL, AND FULLY RECOGNIZE HOW EVERYONE'S FEELING, AND THE UNCERTAINTY, AND NERVOUSNESS ABOUT COMING BACK TO SCHOOL BOTH FULL-TIME OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
I WILL SAY THAT I DID LOOK AT A LOT OF THE SCIENCE AND IT'S ABOUT MIXED AS FAR AS THE SIX AND THREE [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING TO THREE TO SIX AND EVEN IF CDC RECOMMENDS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WHILE WE'RE IN LOW COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATES, WHICH WE ARE NOW.
ANYWAY, I GUESS I WANTED TO JUST THANK YOU GUYS, AND KNOW THAT I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S HARD CHANGING THOUGHT WHEN YOU'VE BEEN SO USED TO KEEPING THE SIX FEET DISTANCE AS WE TALK.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DATA AND OTHER SCIENCE THAT SHOWS THAT I THINK IT'LL BE FAVORED, AND I THINK, ADI, BECAUSE I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT I WAS ONLY GOING TO SUPPORT PROVIDING THE COHORTS IF
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WE BROUGHT A SURVEY OF TRUSTING POWER IN PLACE THAT I THINK IT WILL BE AN EXTRA LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR EVERYONE, AND THAT MAY BE EVEN THE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE SIX FEET SPACING BECAUSE I WAS AT HIGH SCHOOL TODAY, AND MANY OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THAT YOU'RE NOT SIX FEET AWAY ALL THE TIME.[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE MASK.
>> ALL RIGHT. ADVANCED PLANNING.
ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVANCED PLANNING? ALL RIGHT. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. [BACKGROUND] SECOND?
>> [OVERLAPPING] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[OVERLAPPING] ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
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