>> [BACKGROUND] YES, BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE I JUST PUT MY FINGER ON.
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>> [NOISE] I WILL GO AHEAD AND START.
OUR MEETING ACTUALLY STARTS AT SIX TONIGHT, BUT FROM 5:00-6:00 WE ARE DOING A LISTENING SESSION TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS TO OUR LONG-TERM FACILITIES STRATEGIC PLAN.
BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO IT, THERE'S SOME EXPLANATIONS AROUND THE ROOM, BUT TONIGHT IS DIFFERENT BOARDS THAT SHOW ALL THE DIFFERENT IDEAS FROM A TO E. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE PROMPT ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, FIELD HOUSE IDEA.
WE HAVE SITE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE STADIUM, WE HAVE THE BUS BARN MAINTENANCE BUILDING, WE HAVE THE WILSON'S SECURITY VESTIBULE, AND WE HAVE THE VOCATIONAL REMODEL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH, AND THEN OF COURSE, OVERARCHING ABOVE ALL THESE IS HOUSING.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR FACILITIES PLAN.
WE WOULD WELCOME PEOPLE TO WALK AROUND, LOOK AT THE BOARDS, IF YOU NEED TO.
ALSO, ALL OF THIS IS ONLINE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT.
UNDER A [INAUDIBLE]. IF YOU THINK YOU COULD JUST PULL UP THE VERY FIRST BOARD JUST HAS THE LIST ELEMENT THING.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE [INAUDIBLE].
THIS EVENING IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY PRIORITIZED.
WE ARE STILL VERY MUCH AT THE INITIAL STAGE.
WE'VE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE REVENUE POSSIBLY COME FROM FOR SOME OF THESE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES, WE'VE HAD VERY PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, NONE OF THESE ARE ACTUAL ARCHITECTURAL FINAL DESIGNS.
THESE ARE JUST PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS OF WHAT COULD POSSIBLY FIT IN EACH AREA AND WHAT MIGHT BE THERE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM AND YOU HAVE SOME DETAIL, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION AND [INAUDIBLE] JUST IN CASE, BUT REALLY THESE ARE JUST VERY PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS.
WE'LL TAKE COMMENT ON BOTH THE ZOOM AND HERE IN PERSON, AND WE WOULD ASK YOU TO STAY AROUND THREE MINUTES AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF PLANS THAT WE'VE HAVE COME UP WITH SO FAR.
IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD ADD.
IF THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.
IF THERE ARE COST-SAVINGS, IF THERE ARE REVENUE SOURCES THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.
THE PRETTY WIDE OPEN DISCUSSION OR LISTENING SESSION IT'S FOR YOU TO GIVE COMMENT AS THE PUBLIC AS TO WHERE YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY A HARD STOP AT SIX O'CLOCK.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO START THE MEETING AT SIX.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON, BUT WE HAVE A FULL HOUR.
BOARD MEMBERS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO ADD BEFORE WE STARTED? ANYTHING I FORGOT. SEEING NONE, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, DID YOU WANT TO GIVE ANY OVERVIEW BEFORE WE STARTED?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] AND TRUSTEES.
CHAIR [INAUDIBLE], I THINK YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF SUMMARIZING.
THE ONE THING I WOULD WANT TO CLARIFY IS THAT WITH THESE PLANS, THESE ARE A VERY PRELIMINARY DRAWING.
WITH REGARD TO SPECIFICS, ROOM SIZES, OR SPECIFICATIONS, ALL THAT WILL COME AT A MUCH LATER DATE.
THESE ARE JUST GENERAL CONCEPTS TO REFLECT TO, AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN GET A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WE BELIEVE OUR NEEDS MAY BE.
I THINK WITH YOUR EXPLANATION AND SINCE THESE PLANS HAVE BEEN PUBLIC FOR A WHILE AND THEY'RE ALL POSTED AROUND THE ROOM, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY FINE JUST TO GO AHEAD AND [INAUDIBLE]
>> ANDREA MAYBE WE COULD START ON ZOOM FIRST.
IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO.
ANYONE HERE IN THE ROOM WOULD LIKE [INAUDIBLE] PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> YES. COME ON UP. JUST COME UP HERE TO THE LECTURE.
>> HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MOLLY [INAUDIBLE] AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SWIM COMMUNITY,
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WHICH SURE IS ANYTHING ELSE COMING? [LAUGHTER] I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME INPUT ON THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS BUILDING, ON THE BRONX ACHIEVEMENT BUILDING.THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER DESIGN SHORT-SIGHTED BY LEAVING OUT A 24 YARD POOL.
THE JACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY HAS OUTGROWN ITS SINGLE POOL, WHICH SUPPORTS THE JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SWIM AND DIVE TEAM, JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS TEAM, TCSD ELEMENTARY PE SWIM LESSONS, YEAR-ROUND USA SWIM CLUBS, YEAR-ROUND ADULT MASTER SWIMMERS, SWIM LESSONS, KAYAKING CLUB, WATER AEROBICS.
OTHER CLASSES SUCH AS LIFE GUARDING, RECREATIONAL SWIM FOR FAMILIES AND OPEN LAP SWIM.
ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS COMPETE FOR TIME AND SPACE WHICH TETON COUNTY DISTRICT PROGRAMS, PUSHING OUT OTHER PROGRAMS WHEN THEY'RE IN SEASON FOR SIX MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
THE NEED FOR POOL TIME CONSTRAINTS, THE GROWTH OF ALL SWIM CRIB PROGRAMS IN THE VALLEY.
GCST POOL WOULD RELIEVE PRESSURE AND GIVE HIGH SCHOOL, AND GIRL'S MIDDLE SCHOOL SWIM TEAM A HOME.
BE AVAILABLE FOR TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PE CLASSES, AND COULD BE RENTED OUT FOR USA SWIM CLUBS, MEETS, AND OTHER EVENTS.
JACKSON IS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL FOR A SWIM AND DIVE PROGRAM IN A STATE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THEIR OWN POOL.
A 24 YARD POOL WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE MOST INCLUSIVE PART OF THE ATHLETIC BUILDING BEING UTILIZED FROM GRADES K THROUGH 12 IF YOU INCLUDE PE, SPECIAL EDUCATION, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS, NOT TO MENTION SWIMMING IS A YEAR- ROUND SPORT.
SWIMMING IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, WYOMING IS AMONG THE STATE WITH THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF ACCIDENTAL DROWNINGS.
DROWNING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE BY TEACHING KIDS TO SWIM.
IN A LANDLOCKED STATE LIKE WYOMING, THAT REQUIRES POOLS AND POOL TIME FOR KIDS.
SPORT CAN KEEP PEOPLE FIT AND ACTIVE WELL INTO THE GOLDEN YEARS.
SWIMMING IS GREAT FROM MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS AS WELL.
A TCSD POOL SHOULD BE COUPLED WITH A HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS SWIM PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY, JACKSON IS THE ONLY [INAUDIBLE] HIGH-SCHOOL IN WYOMING THAT DOES NOT HAVE A BOYS SWIM TEAM.
THE YOUNG MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE CHOSEN SWIMMING AS THEIR SPORT ARE FORCED TO SWIM FOR PINEDALE SWIM TEAM 80 MILES AWAY.
THEY TRAVEL, COMPETE AND POST TIMES FOR PINEDALE.
FOURTEEN USA SWIM CLUBS, LOCAL KIDS QUALIFIED THIS YEAR 2021 IN THE TOP FIVE FASTEST TIMES IN THE STATE OF WYOMING, HOSTING 52 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
SEVEN OUT OF THE 14 ARE BOYS POSTING THE INDIVIDUAL TIMES IN 32 EVENTS, BUT THEY WILL NEVER SWIM AS BRONX.
ALSO FOUR OUT OF THE 14 KIDS, 13 OF THEM ATTEND TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
IF FUNDRAISING IS NEEDED FOR COACHES, EQUIPMENT, FOR A BOYS TEAM, THE COMMUNITY IS READY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, INCLUDING ADDING AN EQUIVALENT GIRLS TEAM, INDOOR TRACK OR SOFTBALL TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE 9.
WE BELIEVE THAT NOT ADDING A 25 YARD POOL TO THE BRONX ACHIEVEMENT BUILDING WOULD BE A HUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY ON MANY LEVELS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TOWN OF JACKSON PARTNER UP TO HELP FUND AND RUN THE FACILITY.
ALSO, CONSIDERING COLLABORATION WITH PRIVATE PARTNERS TO ASSIST WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND YEARLY MAINTENANCE COSTS.
THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD FINALLY HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME.
THE POOL COULD BE UTILIZED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, SIMILAR TO HOW PINEDALE RUNS THEIR ATHLETIC CENTER.
TETON COUNTY DISTRICT ALREADY HAS A PARTNERSHIP, WITH TETON PARKS AND REC TO USE THE CURRENT POOL FOR THE GIRLS SWIM TEAM.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT AN ARTICLE RUN ON MONDAY INSINUATING THE SWIM COMMUNITIES/PARENT RECOMMENDED PROJECTS WERE ASKING FOR OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS, THIS IS NOT ACCURATE.
TO CLARIFY, WE ARE ASKING FOR A 25 YARD POOL KNOWING THAT THE COST OF AN OLYMPIC POOL IS NOT REALISTIC.
IT WOULD BE VERY SHORT-SIGHTED TO BUILD THIS AMAZING ATHLETIC COMPLEX THAT WOULD SUPPORT
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ATHLETICS IN OUR DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT 15 TO 20 YEARS AND NOT INCLUDE THE SPORT OF SWIMMING.THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I WAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR LOCAL SWIM COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TO THAT? [LAUGHTER]
>> [INAUDIBLE] THE WRESTLING COACH, THEN A PARENT OF A STUDENT HERE.
THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, I THINK IS A FANTASTIC IDEA.
AS I SAID IN MY EMAIL I SENT TO THE BOARD, I DON'T VIEW THIS AS A LUXURY.
IT'S JUST KEEPING US ON PAR WITH OTHER SCHOOLS OF OUR SIZE.
THE WAY THAT THEY'VE DRAWN IT UP, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT THAT YOU GUYS WOULD TAKE THIS COLUMN.
THIS TIME LOOKING AT ALL THE FACTORS, FOR US TO GET 6-7 MORE CLASSROOMS IN THERE, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE ABSOLUTELY NEED.
WE'VE GOT TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOL NOW THAT HAVE TO TAKE ALL THEIR SUPPLIES INTO A CLASSROOM, TEACH A CLASS AND THEN GATHER ALL THEIR STUFF UP, MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THIS WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE ASSET FOR US TO HAVE THOSE CLASSROOMS AND THEN HAVE THAT SPACE THAT WE CAN USE FOR MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
BEING INVOLVED IN THE WRESTLING PROGRAM HERE, I CAN ASSURE YOU FOR US TO GO TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PRACTICE IN THE LUNCH ROOM THERE DOES NOT HELP US BUILD THAT ACTIVITY.
WHICH I KNOW THAT YOUR EDUCATION, YOU GET THOSE CLASSROOMS TO ME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON PAR.
AS THE YOUNG LADY SAID THERE, WE'RE ALSO THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THREE OR FOUR THAT DOESN'T HAVE A WRESTLING ROOM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO FOR US TO CONTINUE TO COMPETE WITH OUR COMPETITORS ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ON THIS FACILITY WOULD BE GREAT FOR US IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THESE PRELIMINARY IDEAS AT THIS POINT.
BUT I JUST CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH FOR US AND OUR SPORT HOW IMPORTANT THIS BASE WOULD BE.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE TO WALK FROM THE HIGH-SCHOOL OVER THE MIDDLE-SCHOOL FOR PRACTICE.
WHEN WEATHER'S GOOD, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
BUT WHEN IT'S NASTY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DRIVE OVER THERE, AND THEY CAN'T RIDE WITH ME, IT'S SO BAD.
THERE'S THAT TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
BUT WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH, COME ON.
>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING CO-OPERATE SPEAK.
IT'S LIKE I WAS UP HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO CELEBRATING SUCCESS FOR OUR GOLF PROGRAM.
I'M RYAN ALLEN, I'M THE GOLF COACH OF JACKSON HIGH HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN THE COACH FOR THREE YEARS.
FROM THE PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ACHIEVEMENT CENTER.
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TO BECOME THE BEST THEY CAN BE, I'M ALL ABOUT IT.
IF ANYBODY KNOWS ME, KNOWS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
ONE THING, ABOUT THE GOLF PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK WITH, WE DO NOT REALLY HAVE AT HOME.
WE HAVE NO BUILDING THE PATENTS IN, NO GOLF COURSE.
WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE GOLF COMMUNITY HERE IN JACKSON OF THE PRIVATE COURSES IN TOWN.
THEY ALLOW US TO GO OUT PRACTICE AT CERTAIN TIMES DURING THE SEASON.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THESE PEOPLE.
THEN WE'RE FOREVER INDEBTED TO THESE COUNTRY CLUBS AND THEIR BOARDS AND THEIR MEMBERS FOR TAKING A SECOND.
BUT IT'D BE FANTASTIC FOR US TO HAVE OUR OWN SPACE AND TO US TO HAVE OUR OWN HOME.
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO NOT BEING IN THE BROCK ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, BUT FOR US TOO EXCITING TO SEE GOLF ANYWHERE ON THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND OTHER PRELIMINARY WHEREVER THEY ARE.
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, AND I TOLD MY TEAM ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME, WAS ABOUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEN I TOOK UP THIS PROGRAM THREE YEARS AGO, I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF WANTING TO HAVE OUR OWN INNER FACILITY.
THEY TOLD ME I'M CRAZY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT CONFINED LAND.
WELL, WE HAVE LAND. TCS DEALING.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT ON THE LOCKER ROOM THAT IS BEING BUILT RIGHT HERE,
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I BELIEVE RIGHT HERE IN PRELIMINARY DRAWING, TO HAVE OUR OWN SPACE.WE HAVE AN INDOOR SPACE, WE HAVE A HOME.
WHEN IT RAINS AND WE'RE IN SEASON, WE CAN GO PRACTICE INDOORS.
WHEN IT'S NASTY ALL WINTER, WE HAVE A SPOT WHERE WE CAN GO PRACTICE IN THE WINTER IN ORDER TO BUILD OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND GET THEIR GAME A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
JUST TO HAVE THAT PLACE WHERE WE CAN CALL A HOME WOULD BE REALLY HUGE.
I'M ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF THIS LOOKS, BUT WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT SPACE, AND ALSO TO FUNDRAISE FOR THAT SPACE.
I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT. THAT THING WE GET IT DONE.
>> YEAH, AND THE SWEATER, SORRY.
>> [OVERLAPPING] RIGHT BACK LEFT CORNER WE CAN HAVE [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> THERE'S THE CEMENT COLOR IS THE LOCKER ROOMS AND THEN JUST DIRECTLY NEXT TO IT IN THE GREEN BOX WOULD BE WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO IN THE PROPOSAL IS TO DEMOLISH THE GRANDSTANDS RIGHT HERE.
THE LOCKER ROOM FACILITY AND THE GOLF TREATY, THESE ALL ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE.
LIKE I SAID, WE JUST WANT A HOME.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS A PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> TRUSTEES, STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M JOEL RAVEL, I'M HERE WEARING TWO HATS.
FIRST AS A PARENT OF CHILDREN IN THE STUDENT ATHLETES HERE, FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, PARTICIPATING IN MULTIPLE SPORTS AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THESE FACILITIES WOULD BE FANTASTIC FOR THEM.
OUR DAUGHTER ON THE TENNIS TEAM HAS NOWHERE TO PLAY, WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS INCLEMENT, NOWHERE TO PRACTICE INDOOR TRACK, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, ET CETERA.
JUST AS A PARENT, I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS FACILITY.
SECONDLY, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE YOUTH FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION HERE IN TOWN.
WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARKS AND REC TO MANAGE THEIR PROGRAMS OR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ALSO PARTNER FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO HELP IT ON TOURNAMENTS AND FUNDRAISERS, ET CETERA.
WE REPRESENT A LITTLE OVER 200 FAMILIES.
HERE IN JACKSON HALL, WE HAVE MORE THAN 200 PLAYERS PLAYING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
PROGRAMS, WE RUN DOZENS OF PROGRAMS FROM CAMPS TO CLINICS, TO LEAGUES, BOTH AT THE RECREATION AND THE TRAVEL LEVEL.
WE HAVE A RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE PROGRAM, I THINK RELATIVE TO THE OTHER SPORTS AND WE OFFER 100 PERCENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ANY FAMILY THAT ASKS FOR IT.
THE SINGLE GREATEST CHALLENGE FOR US PUTTING ON OUR PROGRAMMING IS FACILITIES.
WE HAVE THE COACHES, WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE THE PARENTS, WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE'RE WELL-SUPPORTED BY CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLE TO GET FACILITIES.
WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO GET FACILITIES, WE TYPICALLY HAVE AT LEAST 20 CHILDREN ON A COURT, IF NOT 30 OR 40 IN SOME INSTANCES.
OUR ACCESS TO THOSE FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES DOESN'T START UNTIL 6:15.
SO TYPICALLY, WE'RE RUNNING WELL INTO THE EVENING ON SCHOOL NIGHTS WITH SOME OF THE YOUNGER CHILDREN.
ANY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES TO CARRY OUT OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY OVER 200 FAMILIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, COME ON.
>> I THINK YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW WHO I AM, BUT I'M HIDING THE PRIDE AND I'M HERE FOR TWO REASONS.
I'VE GOT TWO STUDENTS, HINTS IN THE DISTRICT AND ONE IS A WRESTLER.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE ACHIEVEMENT CENTER.
I FEEL LIKE THE WRESTLING COMMUNITY COULD REALLY UTILIZE A NEW SPACE.
MY DAUGHTER, SHE IS IN WRESTLING SINCE THIRD GRADE.
SHE WRESTLES ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND AS I
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ECHO EVERYTHING COACH RYAN [INAUDIBLE] SAID ABOUT JUST NEEDING A PLACE TO CALL HOME FOR THE WRESTLERS TO GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL.I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TO GET THIS ACHIEVEMENT CENTER FOR ALL THESE KIDS FOR WHATEVER SPORT THEY ARE IN.
THE SECOND, OF COURSE, MY SKATE PARK EXPANSION.
I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND JUST SEEING WITH THE BUS BAN SITUATION, IF IT WILL IMPACT AT ALL BE THE DESIGN.
NO. OKAY. GREAT. THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AS ALWAYS FOR HAVING US HERE.
>> CHAIR, [INAUDIBLE] RESPOND TO ONE UPDATE.
ID HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AT SEEKING ALL THE CLASS.
I WAS JUST IN CONTACT RECENTLY WITH STAN.
IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT THAT THEY DIDN'T CONSIDER THE APPLICATION IN OCTOBER, EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT FILED THE APPLICATION IN MAY.
THEY DIDN'T APPROVE IT IN OCTOBER, BUT THEY SHOULD BE ON THE DECEMBER THE 8TH BOARD MEETING WE'RE CONVULSIVE.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE THAT DONE.
THEN I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE PRELIMINARY DESIGNS.
[OVERLAPPING] IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH, IT DOESN'T IMPACT PROPOSED EXPANSION.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
>> I RECENTLY ASSUMED THE ROLE OF HEAD OF MECHANIC FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
I CAME ON MARCH AND I FEEL THAT IN THAT TIME I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW OUR OPERATION PRETTY WELL.
I HOPE TONIGHT I CANNOT SERVE AS A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THEM.
WITH THE LIMITED TIME I HAVE, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IS JUST COVER SOME OF THE PRIORITIES AND WE SEE AS FAR AS A NEW BUILDING FOR US.
I'LL DO THAT WITH FIRSTLY COVERING SOME OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW.
THEN HIGHLIGHT ON HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO OUR OVERALL OBJECTIVE, WHICH IS TO GET KIDS SAFELY TO SCHOOL ON TIME EVERY DAY.
AS WE OPERATE IN THIS TIGHT SPACE THAT WE'RE IN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF LEAKING ROOFS AND SPOTS ARE LEAKING, INSULATION BECAUSE OF IT HAS BECOME DEGRADED AND THAT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP LEVEL 1 AT A REASONABLE CLIMATE.
SOME OF THESE CONCERNS ALSO MOVE ON.
AS THESE BUSES GET LARGER AND THE COMPONENTS ONLY GET MORE COMPLICATED, WE'VE HAD TO TAKE ON A LOT MORE EQUIPMENT TO SERVICE THE BUSES, EQUIPMENT JUST TO MAINTAIN THE BUSES.
THAT EQUIPMENT HAS LED TO REALLY MAKING TIGHT CONFINES INSIDE OF THE BASE MAKES IT HARDER FOR US TO WORK.
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR BUMPS AND BRUISES TO OCCUR FROM SNAGGING ON DRAWERS OR TRIPPING OVER EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT MITIGATING THOSE HAZARDS.
I REALLY FEEL THAT WAY, BUT JUST IN THE TIGHT SPACES WE'RE WORKING IN, THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT NO MATTER WHAT.
ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS ALL TRANSLATES INTO IS EVEN AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT A GOOD NUMBER OF OUR 47 BUSES DOWN AND THEY'RE DOWN FOR PRETTY SERIOUS ISSUES.
WITHOUT THE SPACE TO WORK ON THEM ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IS STAGGER THEM IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP, WHICH THEN IS GOING TO EXTEND THE TIME IN WHICH OUR BUS OVERALL DOWNTIME, HAVE BEEN LENGTHENED OUT.
SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS OR THINGS THAT I THINK CAN BE MITIGATED PRETTY EASILY WITH JUST SOME MORE SPACE, AND HAVING THE AVAILABILITY OF MORE INVENTORY, HAVING SOME PLACES WHERE WE CAN KEEP OUR TOOLS.
AS THE SEASONAL TOOLS MOVE IN AND OUT, SOME TOOLS WE NEED TO KEEP OUT OF THE COLD AND PUT INTO A NICE WARM AREA.
HAVING SHUT PLACES TO DO THAT WOULD HELP A LOT WITH THIS.
AS WE MOVE INTO TALKING ABOUT WHAT A NEW SHOP WOULD LOOK LIKE, ALL OF THOSE DETAILS CAN BE WORKED OUT, BUT THE BIGGEST ONES IS THIS.
WE HAD THE SPACE TO OPERATE IN, WE COULD THEN TRANSLATE THAT INTO MEETING OUR OBJECTIVE MORE FREQUENTLY WITH LESS DOWNTIME.
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? YES? COME ON UP.
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>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TONIGHT.
WELL, I JUST TRAVELED TO GILLETTE LAST WEEKEND FOR THE FOUR A SWIMMING AND DIVING.
>> WASN'T YOUR DAUGHTER STUDENT OF THE MONTH?
>> MY DAUGHTER. ABSOLUTELY. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] YES.
SHE'S A DETERMINED LITTLE THING.
WE TOOK 11 KIDS TO THE SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WE COMPETED AGAINST LARAMIE, SHYAM, CASPER, SUBLET, HUGE SCHOOLS.
WE HAD 11 GIRLS THERE AND WE FINISHED SEVENTH, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL.
THESE KIDS WORKED SO HARD, AND THEY'RE UP AGAINST THESE HUGE SCHOOLS WITH A LOT OF HEADS.
I THINK LARAMIE HAD 44, THEY QUALIFIED JUST FOR STATE.
WE SENT 11, OUR SWIM TEAM IS 42.
HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A POOL FACILITY FOR THESE KIDS TO COMPETE, PRACTICE, ACHIEVE, WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL SWIM COACHING STAFF IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS BUILDING WILL BE COMPLETED LONG AFTER MY DAUGHTERS GRADUATED, BUT THESE KIDS HAVE THE DRIVE AND THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST SCHOOLS THAT ARE HUGE.
THEY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THEY NEED, WE JUST NEED MORE TIME AND MORE POOL SPACE.
THE FACT THAT IT COULD BE A MULTI-USE FACILITY WAS FANTASTIC, AND THIS TOWN REALLY NEEDS IT.
FIGHTING FOR SWIM LESSONS, AS MS. ROBERT SAID, ALL THESE ARE GREAT REASONS AND SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB, BUT THIS COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS THAT EXTRA POOL FOR US TO BE COMPETITIVE IN OUR FOUR A SITUATION, AND SWIMMING AND DIVING BECAUSE WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM, AND FANTASTIC COACHING STAFF. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, REBECCA. ANYONE ELSE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING?
>> [OVERLAPPING] CAN I ALSO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS [OVERLAPPING] TO THE BOARD, BEFORE IT ENDS TONIGHT.
THAT'S ALL I WAS GOING TO ASK, IF WE COULD DO THAT. CAN WE TO DO THAT NOW.
>> WHERE'S IT GOING TO GO? [BACKGROUND]
>> I'M ALWAYS THE KEEPER OF THOSE THINGS.
>> WHILE MOLLY IS DOING THAT, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WHAT ELSE THIS EVENING? MOLLY, CAN WE ASK YOU SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS?
>> WHEN YOU SAID 25 YARDS? I DON'T KNOW POOLS, WHAT'S THE [INAUDIBLE] A 25 YARD AND OLYMPIC POOL -[OVERLAPPING]
>> WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHERE OLYMPIC GOT INTO THE CONVERSATION, AT LEAST ON MY EMAILS WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE BOARD AND [OVERLAPPING]
>> [LAUGHTER] THE PARKS AND REC POOL IS A 25-YARD POOL.
THERE'S ONLY 150 METER POOL, WHICH IS AN OLYMPIC-SIZE POOL.
I THINK THE OLYMPICS PEOPLES SWIM IN THERE - [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE POOL YOU'RE PROPOSING WOULD LOOK JUST LIKE THE ONE [OVERLAPPING] WE SEE AT THE REC CENTER.
>> WELL, A 50 METER POOL WOULD BE THE MOST AMAZING THING.
YOU'D BE ABLE TO HOST STATE EVENTS HERE AS SHE WAS SAYING, REALLY STEP UP THE GAME.
REALISTICALLY, I'M AWARE THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
[LAUGHTER] SO, A 25 YARD POOL IS WHAT MOST THESE KIDS COMPETE IN AROUND THE STATE, AND WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
NOT TO MENTION AGAIN FOR PE CLASSES, BED, REHABILITATION.
AGAIN, THIS POOL, FOOTBALL PLAYERS COULD BE USING IT FOR THEIR INJURIES.
I MEAN, IT WOULD GO SO MUCH FURTHER THAN JUST THE SWIM AND DIVE TEAM, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT AND AGREE, NEEDS TO HAVE TIME TO GROW.
THEY ARE IN A FOUR A, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
2016, 2017 BUMPED UP TO FOUR A, AND THEY ARE COMPETING WITH [INAUDIBLE] COMPETITION AROUND THE STATE.
THE USA SWIM CLUB THIS WEEKEND IS HOSTING A TWO-DAY MEETING PINEDALE WITH A 130 KIDS AROUND.
REALLY OUR PORTION OF THE STATE, NOT ACROSS, BUT LANDER IS BRINGING A CHILD, A JUNIOR, WHO WAS AT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS THIS SUMMER.
THERE ARE GREAT SWIMMERS AROUND THE STATE AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE AND HAVE ALL OF OUR LOCAL SWIMMERS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, WE NEED ANOTHER POOL.
NOT TO MENTION, THE SWIM AND DIVE PROGRAM WILL FLOURISH.
JUST 10 YEARS AGO, LACROSSE WASN'T EVEN IN THIS VALLEY.
NOW LOOK AT IT. IF YOU GIVE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT, IT WILL COME UP.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THANKS, PLEASE CARRY ON.
>> HI, I'M TIFFANY. [OVERLAPPING] WE HAVE HEARD AND MAYBE YOU'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AND PERHAPS YOU HAVE,
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BUT WE HAVE HEARD THAT SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE PUT IN WHAT I'D ASSUME IS A 25-YARD POOL, IT WAS ABOUT $28 MILLION PRICE TAG IN ADDITION TO THE COST OF THE BUILDING.>> I HAVE NOT. THE ONLY RESEARCH THAT I HAVE, WHICH I WAS TRYING TO GET FROM MAYBE YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS INVESTIGATED, AND IT WAS TOO MUCH.
ONE PERSON QUOTED ME EIGHT MILLION FOR A 25 METER POOL, ANOTHER PERSON QUOTED ME WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT 30 MILLION.
THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I FEEL LIKE I WAS BROUGHT TO ATTENTION ABOUT THIS BUILDING.
SO, WE'VE BEEN SCRAMBLING TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
>> I WILL TRY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT THOUGH, HOW'S THAT?
>> THAT'D BE GREAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> [OVERLAPPING] CHAPMAN, WHAT WAS THE NUMBERS SOMEBODY JUST BUILT A SCHOOL.
>> ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY DID A RFP, AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A 50 METER POOL, AND THAT'S LARGER FACILITY, BUT IT WAS CLOSE TO 30 MILLION, AND THEN THE OPERATIONAL COST IS THE HUGE EXPENSE, AND OUR PARKS AND REC ESTIMATED, A MILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT THEY SPEND ANNUALLY ON THE OPERATIONS, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE SENSE OF THE POOL.
THE SAME DISTRICT THAT I ASKED ABOUT, THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 500 AND 750 THOUSAND OPERATIONS.
>> YES. THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE OPENING THIS CONVERSATION UP ABOUT A WORKING TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE OR THE TOWN.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE KEY OF THE SWIM TEAM, EVEN THOUGH I'M SUPPORTING EVERYTHING, EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING AS WELL.
I THINK ALL SPORTS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS BUILDING.
THAT THIS MIGHT BE A SITUATION WHERE EVERYONE HAS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND MAYBE THE TOWN SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY, THE SCHOOL SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY.
MAYBE IF WE PULL A LITTLE MONEY FROM EACH ALONG WITH PRIVATE DONORS AND FUNDRAISING, THEN WE CAN GET THERE.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION MAYBE THAT I MYSELF DIDN'T HAVE OUR NUMBERS, BUT THERE ARE MORE HARD NUMBERS TO BE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO RAISE 8 MILLION OR DO YOU NEED TO RAISE 30 MILLION? THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU MS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ONE THEY WANTED TO HAVE COME BACK UP? DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MISSED? ANY THOUGHTS, ANY QUESTION THEY HAD AND WANTED TO SHARE? OKAY. SEEING NONE.
>> THERE WASN'T ANYONE ELSE THAT WISH TO SPEAK.
ASK OUR STUDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DID YOU GUYS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS AND DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS AS TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED?
>> [LAUGHTER] CAN'T BE ONE UP THERE.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY FROM A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE, THAT I SEE IN MY PEERS A LOT OF PASSION FOR ATHLETICS, AND I THINK THAT SOMEWHERE TO CENTER THOSE ATHLETICS IT'S NOT WITHIN THE SCHOOL COULD BE SUPER BENEFICIAL AS TO WHAT SPORTS THAT WOULD INCLUDE.
MY SAY IS BIASED BECAUSE I'M A HOCKEY PLAYER AND I OWN A HOCKEY RINK [LAUGHTER].
>> HAVE ALWAYS YOU BY [INAUDIBLE] HOCKEY RINK [LAUGHTER]?
>> I PRACTICE AT 5:45 EVERY MORNING, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE RINK.
I UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE OF THE OTHER SPORTS [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] I UNDERSTAND, SIR.
>> MY CALLING, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA PERSONALLY, I DO SWIMMING FOR THE JACKSON HOLE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.
I'VE SEEN THE STRUGGLE OF GETTING THERE AND HAVING TO LEAVE EARLY EVERY DAY AND DEFINITELY THE POOL.
EVERY YEAR THERE'S MORE AND MORE SWIMMERS SO EVERY YEAR [INAUDIBLE] GETS MORE AND MORE CROWDED, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM NOW, BUT I'M SURE WE ALWAYS MANAGE TO FIGURE IT OUT.
ON THE SUMMER I SUPPORT THE SWIMMING POOL, BUT I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE VARIOUS SPORTS IN ONE BUILDING.
>> WE ARE LUCKY TONIGHT TO HAVE OUR HEAD MECHANIC AND COLBY HERE.
ANYONE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BUS BARN, ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS THEY NEEDED?
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>> I'LL JUST MAKE AN EDITORIAL COMMENT.
>> AFTER TOURING THE BUS BAN, IT IS VERY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THERE'S A STRONG MOVE [LAUGHTER].
>> I WOULD SECOND THAT BASED ON MY TOUR.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DOING OVER THERE.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
>> IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD, THANKS.
>> MR. CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, I KNOW WE WERE VERY HIGH UP ON THE LIST OF NEEDS FOR THE STATE FACILITIES COMMISSION WITH A BUS BARN.
HAVE WE GOT ANY INKLING OF WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE MONEY AVAILABLE TO PUT INTO THAT PROJECT?
>> ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO ASK THERE CHARLOTTE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING ON THAT. CHARLOTTE?
DIANA HURJA AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH LANCE JOHNSON AT SFD, AND A COUPLE OF THEIR STAFF.
WE'RE WAITING FOR A REPORT FROM THEM AT THIS TIME, I WAS HOPING WE WOULD HAVE IT BY TONIGHT.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR BUS BARN FACILITY IS AT THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST FOR THE STATE.
WE ARE NOT ON THEIR LIST FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT IF WE START WORKING WITH THEM THIS COMING APRIL, SO APRIL OF 2022.
WE WOULD START WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RECOGNIZING THAT THEY'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED US AS A HIGH NEED.
IT'S UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR 2022, BUT THEN WE WOULD BE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE.
HAVING DONE THE PRELIMINARY WORK WITH THE STAFF SFC TO BE ABLE TO BE PUT ON A RANK LIST.
IS THERE MONEY? I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION BUT IN TERMS OF THE NEED AND THEN WORKING WITH SFC TO GET THIS PRIORITIZED AT MOVING FORWARD, THERE DID SEEM TO BE A WILLINGNESS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WELL, THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 80 MILLION DOLLARS.
I'M HOPEFUL WHEN I HEARD RUMBLINGS THAT THEY MAY BE MINING DARK COAL UP IN JULY.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FUNDING FAST FOR FACILITIES USED IS GENERATED FROM COAL LEASE BONUSES, SO IF DEMAND FOR COAL GOES UP THEY START MINING MORE.
THERE WILL BE MORE MONEY AVAILABLE BUT LIKE I SAID, THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS 80 MILLION DOLLARS AND WE CERTAINLY ARE GOING TO START CRUSADING FOR GETTING AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THE NEXT GO-ROUND.
I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO TRYING TO GO FOR PART OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
>> WHAT MIGHT BE REALLY HELPFUL TO ME.
IF YOU HAVE A REALLY BAD DAY AND YOU'VE GOT WATER RUNNING INTO THE BUILDING BECAUSE A LEAKY ROOF, TAKE SOME PICTURES OF IT.
[LAUGHTER] I'M SERIOUS. I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE SOME PICTURES AND SHOW THE POOR CONDITION OF THAT BUILDING, I THINK IT MIGHT REALLY GO A LONG WAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY [INAUDIBLE] ANYTHING ELSE [INAUDIBLE] WINDOW [INAUDIBLE]
>> TAKE SOME PICTURES OF THE BUSSES IN THERE WHERE YOU CAN'T WALK IN FRONT OF IT OR BEHIND IT BECAUSE THEY GO FROM WALL TO WALL.
THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT REALLY SHOW THE NEED.
>> MR. CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, AND CHARLOTTE.
CAN WE GET PAID BACK BY THE STATE IF WE START WITH PRELIMINARY PLANS?
>> I ASKED THAT THE OTHER DAY WE HAD THE MONTHLY CHAIR MEETING.
I WAS ASKING OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND THEY ALL GAVE ME HORROR STORIES OF NO.
THE ADVICE I GOT WAS DON'T GET OUT AHEAD OF THE STATE.
TOMORROW I'M HAVING LUNCH WITH DANDOCS DATA.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAINTAIN THAT 80 MILLION AT LEAST TO 2025,
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FOR EACH YEAR HAVING 80 MILLION.THE BUS BARN MAYBE WOULD BE GREAT IF IT COULD BE IN THE SUPPLEMENT ON 2022, BUT THAT'S CUTTING CLOSE.
BUT IT'S VERY REALISTIC IN 2023 BUDGET TO GET THE BUS BARN.
>> AWESOME, TIMES DOES FLY [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MORE MINUTES.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE WE TAKE A BREAK UNTIL WE START AT 6:00.
BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE TO WANDER AROUND AND LOOK AT ALL THE BOARDS AND TAKE A LOOK AND MAYBE JUST INDIVIDUALLY CHAT WITH TRUSTEES.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE LITTLE LESS COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN PUBLIC, BUT WE WILL WANDER AROUND FOR 15 MINUTES AND CHAT WITH US INDIVIDUALLY IF YOU'D LIKE.
[B. Call to Order]
>> [NOISE] MAY I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND I'LL ASK YOU TO JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OR OUR VISION OR OUR MISSION.
I WILL READ OUR VISION TONIGHT.
OUR VISION STATEMENT IS; ''AS A PREMIER DISTRICT, OUR VISION IS TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT IS PREPARED TO SUCCEED IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD''.
WITH THAT, I WOULD TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
[C. Approval of the Agenda]
IS THERE IS A SECOND?>> IT'S MOVED BY TRUSTEE TESKY AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ME TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE AGAINST? WE MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[D. Superintendent's Report]
SHE'S STARTING WITH THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION REPORT.>> YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] AND TRUSTEES.
THIS EVENING, I HAVE JENNIFER JELLEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE EXCITING UPDATES AS WELL AS SHARE SOME OF THE FUNDRAISING GOALS THAT THE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, JENNIFER?
>> CHAIR [INAUDIBLE], TRUSTEES, HI.
I'M JENNIFER JELLEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW ME.
I THINK IT'S REALLY HAPPY NEWS TONIGHT AND I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THIS YEAR'S TOTAL FOR ALL BILLS, FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS $116,360, THAT'S A NEW RECORD FOR US.
[APPLAUSE] IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
THAT INCLUDES A RECORD-BREAKING 70 PERCENT MATCH ON THE FIRST 30,000 THAT WAS RAISED.
HUGE THANKS TO THE CORE CHALLENGES AND TO EVERYONE WHO GAVE.
THE GOOD THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT MONEY IS THAT IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT ALL 10 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS THE NEARLY 3,000 STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
FOR ALL THE PRINCIPALS AND VICE-PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE HERE, PLEASE APPLY, [LAUGHTER] PLEASE PUT YOUR GRANT APPLICATIONS IN.
THAT MONEY IS FOR YOU, IT'S TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS AND YOUR CLASSES AND YOUR SCHOOLS.
ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT REALLY QUICKLY THAT IS SPONSORED BY ONE OF OUR ALL-BILLS DONORS WAS A NEW PROGRAM CALLED CUBS CARES.
YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FREE CHILDCARE FOR YOUNG MOTHERS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY CAN APPLY AND HAVE CHILDCARE THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SO THAT THEY CAN GRADUATE ON TIME AND GO ON TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN COLLEGE.
I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT THE FACT THAT WE HAD JUST LAUNCHED THE 2022 [INAUDIBLE] SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
PLEASE GET YOUR APPLICATIONS IN EARLY PLEASE, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS YEAR, WE EXPECT TO GIVE AWAY SOMEWHERE AROUND $700 OR $750 THOUSAND IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
THIS INCLUDES SEVERAL NEW SCHOLARSHIPS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, INCLUDING THE RYLEE MCCOLLUM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND THIS IS A GREAT STORY.
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THIS SCHOLARSHIP WAS FOUNDED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO NEVER MET RYLEE OR HIS FAMILY, HE READ ABOUT HIM IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.HE WAS SO INSPIRED BY RYLEE'S LIFE THAT HE CONTACTED US AND OPENED THIS FUND, THAT'S REALLY AMAZING.
WE ALSO HAVE A NEW VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDED BY LYNN PRICE IN HONOR OF FOSTER AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
A NEW BRIAN CHAMBERLIN MEMORIAL GOLF SCHOLARSHIP, NOT THE GOLF COACH JUST STILL HERE, THAT IS FOUNDED BY RAY CHAMBERLAIN, BRIAN'S FATHER.
A VERY EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE WITH A CAREER PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS FROM THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN EITHER THE TETON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR THE JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S A FULL RIDE IN COLLEGE INCLUDING ALL LIVING EXPENSES IN RETURN FOR THREE YEARS WITH EITHER ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
LOTS OF EXCITING THINGS ARE GOING ON, WE HAVE SOME BIG FUNDRAISING EFFORTS COMING UP.
THE WAY WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING THOSE FOR ANYBODY WHO MISSED OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THROUGH ALL BILLS WILL BE THROUGH OUR ENROLL LETTERS TO THE STANDARD CAMPAIGN, THAT'S KICKING OFF PRETTY SOON HERE.
THE BEST PART OF IT IS THAT YOU WILL SEE A SHORT VIDEO WITH SOME OF THE KIDS FROM THE DISTRICT READING YOUR LETTERS TO SANTA, BUT ALSO DR. CHAPMAN HAS CREATED A LETTER TO SANTA ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT WITH THE WISH LIST FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE NEEDS.
WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL WATCH THAT [LAUGHTER] AND HELP MAKE YOUR WISH COME TRUE, THAT'S IT.
WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR CHIPPING IN AND CONTRIBUTING AND SPREADING THE WORD. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'RE HELPING TO COORDINATE THE FRANK BACKERS AND WITH SOME OF THE PTOS AND HELPINGS THEM A LITTLE BIT WITH THEIR FUNDRAISING, COULD YOU GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT A LITTLE BIT?
>> YEAH. THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS WE SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ONLY RAISE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE'RE AWARE THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT ARE ALSO TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FRANK BACKERS, IS INTERESTED IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, THE POTS ARE FUNDRAISING FOR THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WHAT WE DO IS WE OFFER SOME ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE WILSON PTO NEEDED SOME HELP WITH MANAGING A LARGE DONATION THAT CAME IN.
WE HANDLE THAT, WE ADMINISTER THE DONATION ON THEIR BEHALF AND HOLD IT AS A DONOR-DESIGNATED FUND.
WE DO A LOT OF COORDINATION, SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THEIR FUNDRAISERS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN WHATEVER WAY THEY NEED IT.
>> ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU GUYS, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
>> YES. THANK YOU CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE PROMPT.
ACTUALLY, MIKE HANSEN OUR ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR WILL BE INTRODUCING.
>> THANKS [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, I RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR STATE CHAMPIONS.
THESE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE AS STATE CHAMPIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THE PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE EVENT [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> THANKS, I ALWAYS LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND BRAG ON THE KIDS FOR SURE.
I WAS JUST THINKING SITING THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT STORIES THAT I GET EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRETTY LONG PROGRAM THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF.
IT'S JUST FUN TO WATCH THE KIDS MATURE.
I GOT TO RUN WITH BOTH OF THEM AS EIGHTH-GRADERS AND THEY BOTH CAME OUT AT DIFFERENT WAYS.
THEY'RE BOTH SCALABLE KIDS IN EIGHTH GRADE BUT MASON IS JUST THAT STORY OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS THAT PASSION, IN THE BEGINNING, HE JUST GETS BETTER AND REAL STEADY PROGRESS TO WHERE NOW AS BEST RUN IN THE STATE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEKEND.
KATE WAS A STAR IN THE BEGINNING, BUT IT TOOK HER A WHILE TO FIND THAT PASSION, SHE FOUND IT LAST SPRING AND TRUCK, DOMINATED THE TRACK, THEN CAME OUT THIS FALL AND DOMINATED IN THE FALL.
IT'S REALLY COOL HOW AS AN ADULT I GET TO WORK WITH KIDS, SO MANY DIFFERENT KIDS GOT.
I WONDER HOW MANY I'M UP TO NOW.
HOW THEY HAVE THESE SPECIAL STORIES WHETHER IT'S IN A CLASSROOM OR OUT OF THE RUNNING COURSES OR WHATEVER, THAT, WHEN THEY FIND THAT PASSION, WHETHER IT WAS REALLY EARLY OR WHEN IT WAS LATE TO SEE THEM BLOSSOM INTO THE RUNNERS THEY BECOME TODAY.
IT'S REALLY COOL, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE COME WITH THEIR DRESS CODE AND WE JUST GOT HIM OFF THE TRACK, STINK, AND COLD OUT THERE.
[LAUGHTER] THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE GOING TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR THIS REGIONAL RACE.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THEM OFF TO THE SEVEN STATES AROUND US AND SHOW ABOUT WHAT WYOMING CAN DO.
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ONE MORE AS THEY'RE THE TOP RUNNERS IN THE STATE? THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THESE TWO WHILE WE'VE GOT THIS.ELICIT KATE, BY THE WAY, I THINK IT'S THE BIGGEST SIGNING WE'VE HAD.
OUT OF OUR PROGRAM, KATE JUST SIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO TO RUN AND FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
RIGHT NOW, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS RANKED NUMBER THREE TEAM IN CROSS-COUNTRY.
[APPLAUSE] I CLEANED UP THE SECOND WEEK.
MASON IS WORKING WITH A FEW TEAMS, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, GONZAGA, A BUNCH OF TOP 10 TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL.
WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES OVER.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING [OVERLAPPING]
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I SAW BOTH OF YOUR RUNNERS AT STAY.
[INAUDIBLE] THE BASE AND YOU JUST UNBELIEVABLY FAST.
IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN KATE RUN, SHE'S JUST A FORCE.
IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE SHE'S RUNNING AND SHE'S JUST LIKE MOVING.
[LAUGHTER] THERE'S NO ONE BEHIND HER.
YOU KEEP THINKING LIKE MAYBE SHE GOT LOST BECAUSE [LAUGHTER] THEY'RE BEHIND HER FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU STAND THERE WAITING AND THEN NOBODY'S COMING.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT MR. BRAZIL DOES? HE CREATES A TEAM.
THE WORK THAT HE PUTS IN EVERY WEEK COMING UP WITH THEIR TRAINING, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO EACH WEEK, INDIVIDUALIZING IT FOR EACH STUDENT, AND THE LEADERSHIP.
HE TAKES HIS OLDER RUNNERS AND KATE AND SARAH AND [INAUDIBLE] WAS A LEADER OF THIS YEAR AND [OVERLAPPING] JC.
THEY WERE THE LEADERS. THEY'VE REALLY TAKEN CHARGE OF THEIR TEAMS AND IT MAKES HIM WITH ALL HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THEY RUN THOSE TEAMS. THE KIDS DO AND THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT IT.
IT'S VERY FASCINATING TO WATCH THEM TELLING EACH OTHER FOR THE RACE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND ATTACK AND THEY DO.
IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE GOT TO GET ANGRY KID COMING UP HERE.
I GUESS THEY'RE IN LINE FOR THAT [OVERLAPPING]
HOW WOULD YOU COACH MR. BRAZIL? IT'S SO EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE.
YOU GET A DIFFERENT SET OF GREAT RUNNERS.
I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN THINGS MOVE THAT FAST IN DEMAND.
>> THE NEXT ITEM TO ROUND UP THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT IS ACTUALLY THE DISTRICT LEADER'S REPORT.
IF ANY TRUSTEES HAVE QUESTIONS, I KNOW RESPECTIVE LEADERS WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND.
>> ANYONE? IT'S LIKE WE'RE GOOD.
>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO STUDENTS SCHOOL BOARD REPORTS.
[E. Reports and Items for Discussion]
>> THANK YOU CHAIR GINGERY, AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR HAVING US TODAY.
LAST TIME WE SPOKE TO YOU, WE'D FOUR KEY IDEAS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AS OUR PROJECT FOR THE YEAR.
TODAY, WE'VE NARROWED THAT IDEA DOWN TO ONE, THE ONE WITH MOST IMPORTANCE TO US.
THIS BEING TO CREATE AN ONLINE DATABASE FOR CAREER MENTORSHIP AS WELL AS GRADUATE TRACKING.
>> LOOKING AT WHAT OUR AIMS IN THIS PROJECT ARE, AND WHAT PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS AS A BROADER OVERVIEW.
THIS WAS THE PROJECT ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE, I THINK WE SAID SHORTEN THE GAP BETWEEN A PASSION FOR AN AREA AND THE CAREER ACCOMPANY IT.
WE ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO CREATE A LARGE DATABASE OF CONTACT INFORMATION OF PEOPLE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO.
WE ARE OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE FOR STUDENTS, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ABOVE, TO CONTACT THEM AND GET VALIDATION FOR THEIR PASSION, IN A CAREER, FIELD OF STUDY, OR WORK PROFESSION.
>> EVERY YEAR, OUR TCSD GRADUATES TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE STATE AND BEYOND THE STATE TO ATTEND COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, AND VARIOUS CAREERS, ALL AROUND THE WORLD IN ALMOST EVERY PART AND INTERNATIONALLY.
BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OUR GRADUATES COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO US FOR TWO PURPOSES.
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THE FIRST ONE IS VERY SIMPLE, IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE GRADUATES TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWS TO HEAR FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR CHALLENGES AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.WE HAVE CONSTANTLY HEARD HOW THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY IS VERY PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEM MORE AND CONNECT THEM TO OUR CURRENT HIGH SCHOOLERS.
SECONDLY, THIS ALLOWS THE CATALOG FOR VARIOUS CAREER AND COLLEGE GROUND, TO WHERE THESE STUDENTS END UP IN THEIR FIELDS AND THERE MAY BE JOBS.
IT ALLOWS OUR CURRENT HIGH SCHOOLERS TO CONNECT TO THEM AND FIND INTERESTS THAT THE GRADUATES HAVE GONE INTO THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY LEARN FROM.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, CREATED BY ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, MS. TISI, [OVERLAPPING] AND IT'S THE GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT.
WE WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO USING THAT AS A RESOURCE MOVING FORWARD.
>> I'M JUST BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT, WE ARE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THE GRADUATE TRACKING INTO A LARGER DATABASE SO THAT AS STUDENTS GRADUATE AND MOVE TO A CAREER OR A FIELD OF STUDY IN COLLEGE, THEY CAN COME BACK AND MAKE CONTACT WITH STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE ANY CONTACTS IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY OR WORLD, OR DON'T KNOW ANYONE IN THAT FIELD OF STUDY.
JUST INCORPORATING GRADUATES INTO THE DATABASE AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE JACKSON OR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AFTER THEY GRADUATE.
>> THESE NEXT STEPS THAT WE WILL BE OUTLINING ARE SPECIFIC TO THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WITHIN OUR DATABASE.
THE FIRST BEING TO CREATE AN ONLINE SURVEY FOR STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY TELLING US WHICH SPECIFIC CAREERS OR PROFESSIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS ONLINE DATABASE.
WE WOULD LIKELY LIKE TO KEEP THIS SURVEY ANONYMOUS TO PROMOTE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RESPONSES, AS WELL AS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWERING HONESTLY.
THE SECOND STEP WE WILL TAKE IS CREATING A LIST OF CAREERS, TAKING THE INFORMATION, THE DATA FROM THE [INAUDIBLE], PRIORITIZING WHAT STUDENTS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
THEN ADDING IN PROFESSIONS THAT WE THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL AND BENEFICIAL FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO.
THE THIRD STEP THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO IS ACCOUNTING FOR EXISTING RESOURCES LIKE KAREN AND JESSICA ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT, NOTICING THAT THERE IS CTE, THERE IS JHHS ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT.
THERE IS THE WORK-BASED LEARNING THAT MS. TISI HAS ALREADY CREATED, THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO.
BUT ENSURING THAT OUR DATABASE IS DIFFERENT, AND NOT REPETITIVE WITH WHAT STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE.
THEN THIS FOURTH STEP, WHICH WOULD BE FILLING IN THE GAPS, LIKELY THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP OF THAT, REACHING OUT TO LOCAL THROUGH THE PHONE, PEOPLE WHO WE WOULD THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE ON THIS DATABASE, PEOPLE WHO WE WANT THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF, WHO WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THIS INITIATIVE.
THEN THIS OUTREACH STEP, WE WOULD LIKELY ACHIEVE NOT ONLY THROUGH EMAIL AND CALLING PEOPLE DIRECTLY, BUT THEN ALSO AT SCHOOL EVENTS, AT SPORTS EVENTS, AT CLASS REUNIONS, ENSURING THAT THESE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THIS DATABASE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN IF THEY WANT TO.
>> THEN JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE MET WITH MS. TISI EARLIER THIS WEEK, SHE GAVE US A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.
SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE SAME GAP BETWEEN PASSION AND CAREER.
>> THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT LAYS OUT THESE FOLLOWING STEPS, LOOKING TO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THIS FOLLOWING MONTH.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUSTIN AND KARLA?
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A COMMENT.
THIS PROJECT ALIGNS 100 PERCENT WITH OUR VISION BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL EVENTUALLY ALLOW US TO SEE IF WE REALLY DID DELIVER ON OUR VISION STATEMENT THAT EVERY STUDENT IS PREPARED TO SUCCEED IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. MY ONLY COMMENT IS I THINK THAT THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY PUT A LOT OF WORK AND THOUGHT INTO IT.
I HAD REALLY PUT TOGETHER SOME GREAT STEPS WHICH I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT IF YOU FIND YOURSELF QUIBBLING YOUR THOUGHTS, [LAUGHTER] MAYBE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME PROGRAM OR SOMETHING FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO INITIATE SOME IDEAS ABOUT THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
NOT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS REALLY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THEIR CAREERS,
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BUT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO THAT JUST ENCOMPASSES ALL LEVELS OF THE DISTRICT.WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER].
>> IF WE MANAGE TO BRING IN AND PROVIDE CAREER DAY, MORE DIVERSE PROFESSIONS LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A FIELD OF STUDY OR SOMETHING, MAYBE A LITTLE MILE EXPANDING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS FAR AS AFTER-HIGH SCHOOL, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> YEAH. IT COULD BE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I GUESS WHEN I WAS READING THIS, I WAS LIKE, THIS IS SO COOL, AND HOW COULD THEY BRING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
OTHER KIDS JUST TO GIVE THEM SOME EXPERIENCE OR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR MINDS EXPANDED BEYOND FIREFIGHTER, ASTRONAUT, AND SCHOOL TEAM.
>> ALSO ONE OF THE MAIN BENEFITS OF HAVING THESE ONLINE SURVEYS AS OUR FIRST STEP, IS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY OPEN IT UP TO LOWER SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE I KNOW SOME STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE EIGHT-YEARS-OLD, THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED, SO GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THIS STUDY AS WELL.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> NICE JOB. [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU'RE UP TO A FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [INAUDIBLE].
>> I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] [BACKGROUND]
>> TO BE HONEST, I'VE BEEN GETTING IT ALL DAY.
BRIEFLY, THE FRONT-END BUDGET UPDATE IS POSTED.
THERE'S NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY THERE.
BIGGER THAN THAT, WE HAVE OUR FEDERAL FUNDS UPDATE, AND THEN THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY CHANGED AT THAT PRESENTATION IS THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES WITH THE ARPSO3 FUNDS.
WE'VE BROKEN THAT OUT TO BE ITS OWN PRESENTATION AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO [INAUDIBLE] WHO IS OUR GREAT MANAGER TO WALK THROUGH THOSE SLIDES.
>> [LAUGHTER] IT LOOKS LIKE SHE ABANDONED YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GIVE YOU THIS UPDATE ON ARP.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FINAL AWARD FOR TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS $3,906,906.
JUST QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO REVIEW THE TIMELINE.
THE APPLICATION OPENED ON THE 10TH.
OUR SMART START PLAN, WHICH YOU HAVE REVIEWED MULTIPLE TIMES AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION, AND SO THAT HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND THERE WILL BE A SURVEY FOR STAKEHOLDER INPUT POSTED THIS EVENING AFTER THE BOARD MEETING.
THEN, IN ADDITION, ATTACHED THERE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT IS THE DRAFT.
WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED IT YET, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE BOARD, AND ALL THE EDUCATORS FOR DEVELOPING THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
BUT WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS FOR AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THAT'S AROUND OUR EDUCATIONAL FOCUS AREAS, AND I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
THEN JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT APPLICATION IS DUE ON THE 24TH, AND WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY BASICALLY INCUMBENT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2024.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE THESE FUNDS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT STRATEGICALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO USE THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS THEY'RE TRANSITIONING BACK INTO POST-COVID EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
>> CAN YOU REMIND US, IF I RECALL 20 PERCENT OF THESE FUNDS NEEDS TO BE USED FOR LEARNING LOSS RECOVERY?
>> CORRECT. A MINIMUM OF 20 PERCENT IS REQUIRED, AND INSIDE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, IF YOU GO IN THERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A PLACE FOR US TO CITE THE RESEARCH AND THE EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS AND OUR SUPPORTS THAT WE'LL BE USING AROUND LEARNING LOSS.
IT DOES EXPAND INTO ALSO CREDIT RECOVERY, SO THEY'VE ALSO INCLUDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REACH OUT TO STUDENTS WHO ARE EITHER GRADUATING OR HAVE JUST GRADUATED AND MIGHT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THAT TRANSITION TO THEIR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
>> I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT THIS MONEY WAS NOT EASY FOR WYOMING TO COME BY.
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WYOMING HAS A VERY UNIQUE EDUCATION FUNDING SYSTEM, AND IT CREATED A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND A LOT OF HEARTACHE AT THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF ED LEVEL.WE OWE MANY THANKS TO OUR TWO SENATORS WHO I WON'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID, BUT THEY WERE CERTAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR FREEING UP THESE FUNDS, BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OTHER ISSUES IN THE SENATE UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT OF ED ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS FOR WYOMING SO THESE FUNDS COULD GET RELEASED.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID.
>> THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST THE TIMELINE OF STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK GROUPS AND THE PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND UPDATE YOU ON THIS TONIGHT AND THEN IN DECEMBER.
GILLION IS GOING TO BE ASKING FOR INPUT FROM THE SAC COMMITTEE AS WELL AS AJ AND KAREN, AND MYSELF, ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INPUT IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED.
YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF THAT IN THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS TONIGHT.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO FUND A LOT OF THOSE NEEDS THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE IDENTIFIED.
IN ADDITION, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE TCEA STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS POSTING A SURVEY TONIGHT FOR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
STAKEHOLDER INPUT IS REQUIRED FOR BOTH THE SMART START PLAN AS WELL AS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND WE ARE THEN INTEGRATING THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT FOR THE ARP FUNDS INTO OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
IT'S A MULTI-STEP PROCESS, BUT LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL TO GIVE US SOME MORE INPUT AROUND OUR PRIORITY AREAS.
THE NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU, ANDREA, IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR INPUT AROUND.
THIS IS WHAT TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN AND REALLY REVIEWING OUR DATA.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THESE AREAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE INPUT AROUND AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO FINE-TUNE THE SPECIFICS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OBVIOUSLY THE LEARNING LOSS, JANINE AS YOU SPOKE TO THE 20 PERCENT SET-ASIDE.
ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCELERATION AND RECOVERY, WHICH IS THE CREDIT RECOVERY PIECE THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT, AND ADDITION TO ACADEMIC SUPPORTS THAT CAN GO FROM SUMMER SCHOOL TO EXTENDED DAY AND REALLY ANY OTHER AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
THE FAMILY COMMUNITY CONNECTION IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE THESE FUNDS AND THAT REALLY IS EXPANDING OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH PARENTS, NOT ONLY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION, BUT ALSO HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACTS THAT THIS COVID INTERRUPTION HAS POTENTIALLY MADE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH OUT TO THEM, INCLUDING PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS TETON LITERACY, TETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, MANY OTHER NON-PROFITS AND I WOULD NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE LIST IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REACH OUT AND ALSO SUPPORT THEM SUPPORTING US.
THEN THE SAFETY ISSUES, WHICH IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF OUR FACILITIES AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
WE'VE HAD VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PREVIOUS FUNDING THROUGH GEAR AND CARES.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY BIG PIECE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND OUR STAFF AND THAT IS AROUND SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF OUR STAFF.
THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH COMING OUT RIGHT NOW AROUND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT DIFFERENT NEEDS THEY ARE, SO I WILL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION IN DECEMBER.
>> LET ME QUESTION. I KNOW TONIGHT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE THAT HELPS YOU WITH YOUR APPLICATION SOMEHOW, SO I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THE APRSO3 DRAFT PLAN AS PRESENTED? ANYONE IN THE ROOM HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? IF YOU DO, JUST RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND AND WE WILL CALL ON YOU.
>> KIM, CAN YOU HEAR US? HELLO. WE'LL MOVE ON.
I'VE GOT TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR APPLICATION THAT WE TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE ARE DONE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL BRING FORWARD MORE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
ONCE AGAIN, THERE WILL BE TWO STAKEHOLDER INPUT SURVEYS THAT CHARLOTTE WILL BE POSTING TONIGHT, BRAND INPUT AND SO WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU IN DECEMBER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. ANY MORE INFORMATION FROM THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE?
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>> DID YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WCONLINE REPORT, CRYSTAL?
>> INFORMATIONALLY, THIS IS THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DIVISION AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THEY COME OUT WITH THIS ANALYSIS EVERY TWO QUARTERS, THE SECOND QUARTER AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS A PIECE OF DATA THAT PLAYS DIRECTLY INTO OUR RCA.
THEY TAKE SIX QUARTERS TOTAL TO CALCULATE OUR RCA EACH YEAR IN THE MODEL, AND IT'S THE SECOND AND FOURTH QUARTER OF THE THREE PRIOR YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR RCA, IF YOU GO ACTUALLY DOWN, ANDREA, TO THE THIRD PAGE, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE RIGHT AT THE TOP AT 165 PERCENT OF THE COMPARATIVE COST OF LIVING INDEX.
THERE'S THREE INDEXES, THE STATE OF WYOMING USES, THE HEDONIC INDEX, THE WYOMING COST OF LIVING INDEX, AND THE [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE].
THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE URGING THE LEGISLATORS TO KEEP IN THE MODEL AND KEEP USING THIS EVERY YEAR.
THE HEDONIC INDEX LOOKS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THIS.
IT USUALLY BRINGS US DOWN TO ABOUT 120 PERCENT, WHICH WOULD BE A MASSIVE DECREASE IN FUNDING FOR TETON COUNTY.
I LIKE TO POST THIS INFORMATIONALLY JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN KEEP TABS ON WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTY, YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY HOUSING IS BY FAR THE LARGEST FACTOR IN OUR INDEX.
>> ANDREA, CAN YOU GO TO THE LAST PAGE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE THE RENT LISTED.
>> THERE ARE OVER HERE, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE.
HERE WE GO. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RENTS ARE PRETTY HIGH. I CAN TELL YOU [OVERLAPPING].
>> IS THAT 500? IS THAT WHAT THEY GOT THERE?
>> TEN PERCENT YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
>> OFTENTIMES, THIS DATA IS LAGGING BEHIND WHERE THE ACTUAL RATES ARE.
WE'RE ON PINS AND NEEDLES A LITTLE BIT WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE NEW OWNERS OF WORKPLACES DO, AS YOU ALL MIGHT RECALL, THE LAST TIME WHERE A PLACE DID A LARGE RENT INCREASE, THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT DROVE OUR SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM ABOUT 136 PERCENT TO 165.
IF THERE IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE RENTS AT WORKPLACE, THEN WE EXPECT THIS NUMBER TO INCREASE.
ALSO, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, I WAS BLANK ON THE NAME OVER BY STAPLES.
WE JUST POSTED A ONE-BEDROOM, THEY'VE ALREADY INCREASED THEIR RENTS.
WE HAVE A ONE-BEDROOM AVAILABLE THAT WE'VE SENT OUT TODAY.
IT'S 547 SQUARE FEET FOR 2,395.
[LAUGHTER] IT JUST SEEMS TO KEEP ESCALATING, WHICH DRIVES THIS NUMBER UP, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT MAKES US STAND OUT IN THE REST OF WYOMING.
BUT IF WE CAN KEEP THIS INDEX IN OUR MODEL, WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
>> JUST A PIECE OF INFORMATION.
IF YOU'RE TALKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND YOU WANT TO SHOW THEM HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING IN WYOMING, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY FIVE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF WYOMING THAT YOU'LL REALIZE THE WCLI.
ALL FIVE OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE THE ONLY RECAPTURED DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE STATE, SO IT'S A TWO CONGRESS DISTRICT AND TWO SUBLET DISTRICTS AND US THAT ARE ALL RECAPTURED DISTRICTS, AND THE WCLI IS THE INDEX THAT'S USED.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT GILLETTE HAS NOT BEEN IN A RECAPTURE DISTRICT.
>> SO THERE ARE ONLY FIVE RECAPTURES NOW?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL LIKE TO POINT OUT IN ADDITION TO THIS INFORMATION TOO IS OFTENTIMES WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS INDEX AND TAKING THIS OUT OF THE MODEL, IF THEY WERE TO TAKE THIS OUT OF THE MODEL, OUR CURRENT RECAPTURE AMOUNT FOR THIS YEAR IS $23 MILLION WE'RE SENDING BACK TO THE STATE.
IF THEY WERE TO REDUCE US TO THE HEDONIC INDEX, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 120, THAT AMOUNT WOULD EASILY DOUBLE OR MAYBE EVEN TRIPLE.
WE ARE PAYING OUR WAY, I GUESS, AS YOU SAID.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO OTHER REPORTS, AND SO THE EXCITING THING TONIGHT, NOT TO TAKE AWAY THE THUNDER OF THE AUDIT THAT'S COMING LATER, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS THE ONE TIME THIS YEAR THAT WE REALLY GET TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, SO VERY EXCITED.
>> IT'LL BE, I GUESS, ROUGHLY LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES.
>> YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THAT LONG.
MR. CHAIR AND TRUSTEES, OUR PRINCIPALS ARE EXCITED TO SHARE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS WITH YOU ALL.
THE WORK REALLY, AND THIS IS EVERY YEAR FOR THAT MATTER, BUT IT STARTS BACK IN APRIL AND MAY, WHERE YOU START LOOKING AT THE YEAR'S DATA, START PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
PRINCIPALS PUT A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
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AS WELL AS THE BEGINNING WITH THEIR BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAMS, WITH THEIR OTHER TEACHERS WITHIN THE SCHOOL TO ESSENTIALLY IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF MOST PRESSING NEED, AND WHAT ARE THE MOVES INSTRUCTIONALLY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS.ANDREA, YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WAIT, I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT UP THIS ONE VISUAL. THERE'S A LOT OF INFO HERE.
WE USED THIS AS A STARTING POINT LAST YEAR.
FAR LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU SEE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ANNUAL GOALS, WHICH THOSE BUCKETS TEND TO STAY PRETTY CONSISTENT FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
BUT THE DETAILS OF THOSE ARE WHAT USUALLY GETS UPDATED EACH YEAR.
THE REASON WE WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU IS WE'RE REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORTS IN JUST ALIGNING FROM STRATEGIC PLAN, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND EVEN TO PRINCIPAL AND TO A LESSER EXTENT, TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESSES SO THAT WE'RE ALL GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
A THEME THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WAS ALL SCHOOLS HAVE SOME DEGREE OF EITHER AN MTSS AND PLC GOAL AND AN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GOAL.
NOW WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN THOSE AREAS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY TO MEET THEIR OWN BUILDING NEEDS, BUT YOU'LL SEE THOSE SIMILARITIES.
I THINK THE LAST PIECE I WANT TO SHARE, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, NOT JUST THE PRINCIPALS AND THE TEACHERS FOR DOING ALL THIS WORK, BUT KAREN AS WELL.
KAREN WANAMAKER DOES A LOT OF WORK ON THE BACK-END.
THERE'S A LOT OF DATA PREPARATION MEETINGS, PREP-TEAM PROBLEM-SOLVING, COACHING WORK, IN ADDITION TO STUFF LIKE SUBMISSION TO THE STATE PREP TO THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS AND SO ON.
ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT SHE SHARED FROM LUIS CRUZ WAS, WE REVIEW THIS AS A K12 TEAM LAST YEAR, WHY SOME SCHOOLS WITH LATINO STUDENTS BEAT THE ODDS AND OTHERS DON'T.
THE MAGIC'S NOT IN THE PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THERE ARE MANY GOOD ONES.
THE MAGIC OCCURS WHEN SCHOOL FINDS THE BEST PRACTICE AND STICKS WITH IT.
THE BIG MESSAGE WAS WE TRY HARD TO NOT PICK ANOTHER NEW SHINY OBJECT, ANOTHER BIG INITIATIVE TO GO IN A NEW DIRECTION, BUT REALLY DO THINGS LIKE PLC, MTSS INSTRUCTION, JUST DO THOSE BETTER AND DO THOSE WELL.
I THINK YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF THAT FROM THE PRINCIPALS IN THEIR PLANS.
EVERYONE, WE SHOULD GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE TRYING TO STICK TO THREE MINUTES PER SCHOOL.
THE NON-VISUAL FAM OUT THERE, YOU MIGHT MAYBE PRINT OUT YOUR CV AND GET A NON-VERBAL GESTURE.
[LAUGHTER] WE CAN LOOK OVER IT.
MAT, IF I CAN GO OUT AND GET MY [INAUDIBLE].
I THINK THE FIRST PERSON IN THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK IT'S ARTHUR AND JENNA.
>> [INAUDIBLE] AND SCHOOL BOARDS, JENNA BECK, PRINCIPAL OF ALTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU.
I WANT TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FOCUS AREA, AND IT'S REALLY ALIGNING YOUR CLASSROOM AND PLC EXPECTATIONS TO THE RIGOR THAT WE SEE IN THE WY-TOPP ASSESSMENT.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOMS IS, KIDS ARE DOING IT, ARE ABLE TO SHOW PROFICIENCY IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEN WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT TRANSLATE TO THE WY-TOPP, AND SO THAT'S OUR FOCUS AREA.
YOU GUYS CAN READ OUR ACTION STEPS AND OUR INDICATORS FOR SUCCESS.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT OUR SCHOOL.
I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR STAFF.
I'M PROUD OF OUR ABILITY TO RETAIN OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS, AS WELL AS OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT.
I WAS ABLE TO HIRE A NEW PARA THIS FALL, WHICH SEEMS TO BE VERY DIFFICULT SO I'M PROUD OF THAT.
I'M ALSO REALLY PROUD OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ED SERVICES AND OUR IC.
IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN SUPPORTING US IN MOVING FORWARD AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.
ANOTHER ADDED ITEM I'D LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT IS OUR COUNSELING COLLABORATION WITH TETON BEHAVIOR THERAPY.
WE'VE HAD FIVE, SIX COUNSELORS IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND SO LAST YEAR WE PARTNERED WITH TETON BEHAVIOR THERAPY, AND THIS YEAR WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM AGAIN.
WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ELLIE FINNEGAN.
SHE'S ACTUALLY AN ALTA ALUMNA.
SHE'S DOING AN AMAZING JOB AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT COLLABORATION, AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT OUR CONTINUED GROWTH ON OUR PLC WORK AND THE LEARNING THE NEW LEARNING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
ANITRA ON THE OUTLINE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS WITH SOLUTION TREE, SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT THAT WE MIGHT NEED HELP WITH OR WE DO NEED HELP WITH, IS REALLY THAT GIFT OF TIME.
WE NEED TIME TO COLLABORATE, WE NEED TIME TO PLAN OUR DIFFERENTIATION TO HELP PREP FOR OUR MULTI-AGE CLASSROOMS, TO COLLABORATE BETWEEN THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND ALSO TO USE OUR CURRICULUM RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY.
THESE ARE THE MAJOR STRESSORS THAT I SEE IN TEACHERS IN HERE AND SO, IF I HAD A WISH LIST, TIME WOULD BE AT THE TOP.
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>> HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN THE PRINCIPAL THERE NOW?
>> IS THAT REAL? OH, WONDERFUL.
>> I CAN REMEMBER [INAUDIBLE] YOU DID A POWERPOINT IN YOUR VERY FIRST YEAR AND YOU PUT UP ALL THE TRADITIONS OF ALTA ON THE POWERPOINT AND YOU TOLD THE PARENTS, "THESE ARE ALL YOUR TRADITIONS.
I WILL SUPPORT YOU IN ALL THESE, BUT THAT'S NOT MY JOB.
MY JOB IS EDUCATING YOUR CHILDREN."
>> I JUST THOUGHT THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST POWERPOINTS I'VE EVER [INAUDIBLE]
>> EXCEPT THIS [INAUDIBLE] WHEN YOU CAME IN AS THE PRINCIPAL AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'VE HAD SO MUCH LONGEVITY THERE, YOU'VE JUST DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB THERE.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
NEXT. MR. CHAIRMAN, BRING YOUR REPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE TIME TO TALK WITH YOU TODAY.
I'M ANITRA JENSEN AND I AM THE PRINCIPAL AT BOTH KELLY AND MORAN.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THEM AS ONE BECAUSE THE THREE OUTLYING SCHOOLS, AS JENNA MENTIONED, WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPROVING BIG IN EDUCATION AND THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR KIDS READY TO GO FROM OUR SMALL SCHOOLS TO THE BIGGER SCHOOL.
THINK ABOUT BEING ONE OF 13 AT MORAN AND GOING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE AND NOT ONLY IS IT A CULTURE SHOCK, BUT IT'S ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL SHOCK BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCES.
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WITH BOTH KELLY AND MORAN IS MAKING SURE THAT STUDENT IMPROVEMENT, STUDENT LEARNING IS ACHIEVED THROUGH OUR PLC PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR PLC PROCESS IDENTIFIES THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT WE'RE MONITORING STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THAT PLC PROCESS WHICH IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THEM AND STOP A UNIT WE NEED TO AND SAY, "HEY, WE HAVE SOME KIDS NOT GETTING IT.
WE NEED TO STOP HERE AND TAKE TIME TO HELP THEM GET ON BOARD." THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.
WE ARE FOR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, REALLY LOOKING AT IMPROVING OUR SCORES ON WY-TOPP AND NOT THE K2 ISN'T IMPORTANT, BUT 3-5 IS JUST MUCH LARGER TESTING FOR THE KIDS.
THE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS USING THE FALL, THE SPRING, SORRY.
NO, NOT THE SPRING, THE WINTER AS A CHECKPOINT TO SAY, "HOW ARE WE DOING KNOWING WHERE WE NEED TO BE? ARE WE THERE? IF NOT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?" ANOTHER THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GET BETTER AT DOING DATA PROTOCOLS.
THE TEACHERS HAVE STARTED LEARNING HOW TO USE THE BASEBALL CARD SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THEIR STUDENT DATA AND GET A BIG PICTURE OF THEIR STUDENT DATA.
THAT'S KELLY AND MORAN IN A NUTSHELL.
CELEBRATIONS, THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GET A FIRST-GRADE TEACHER, CATHERINE BENNETT MOVED FROM K1 TO JUST FIRST GRADE AND WE'VE HIRED MACKENZIE HEATER TO BE OUR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.
WE HIRED TERESA [INAUDIBLE] TO BE OUR SECOND AND THIRD-GRADE TEACHER AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THREE PART-TIME [INAUDIBLE] AT KELLY, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 50 KIDS OUT THERE.
ONE TEACHER TOLD ME SHE FEELS LIKE IT MIGHT BE KIND OF LIKE A CRUISE SHIP JUST IN THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE TO HELP DEAL WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING THAT.
AT MORAN, THE BIG CELEBRATION IS THAT WE HAVE THE SAME STAFF.
ANOTHER CELEBRATION IS THAT THIS YEAR, WE SPLIT THE SPECIALS FROM KELLY AND MORAN IF THEY USED TO ALL COME FROM JACKSON.
THIS YEAR, THESE SPECIALS FROM COLTER ARE GOING TO MORAN.
GOT TO KEEP MY SCHOOL STRAIGHT.
I'VE HEARD TEACHERS AND KIDS AND PARENTS TALK ABOUT HOW REFRESHING IT IS TO HAVE THAT NEW ENERGY COMING WITH THESE SPECIALS.
I SIT IN ON KIDS CLASSES UP THERE AND MS. SCARLETT BURBANKS GOT THOSE KIDS SINGING AND DANCING AND MAKING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OUT OF PIZZA BOXES, SO DEFINITELY A HAPPY PLACE TO BE AND THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF YOU AND ALL THE HELP THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR US.
THAT'S KELLY AND MORAN, STUDENT IMPROVEMENT AND CELEBRATIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> QUESTIONS FOR ANITRA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE]?
>> [INAUDIBLE] ANITRA, YOU SAY ON THE SCHOOL'S HEART ROLE THAT WE HAVE UP HERE, THAT THE PROFICIENCY GOAL IS 85 PERCENT OF STUDENTS REACHING PROFICIENCY.
HOW FAR ARE YOU FROM THAT AFTER LAST YEAR? DO YOU EXPECT TO REACH THAT BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OR BY SEMESTER?
>> BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO THIS IS BASED ON WY-TOPP AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
I CAN LOOK IT UP, BUT I BELIEVE WE WERE SOMEWHERE AROUND 73 PERCENT, SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE MORE ALIGNED AND HELP OUR KIDS THROUGH OUR INSTRUCTION.
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>> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, IT SEEMS LIKE GOING THROUGH THESE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY COMMON THREAD THROUGH ALL OF THIS THAT OUR KIDS AREN'T THAT MAYBE THEY DO WELL ON THEIR LOCALIZED TESTING, BUT WHEN THEY GET TO THE WY-TOPP, THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY, SO YOU WILL SAY ONE OF YOUR ACTIONS STEPS IS TO WY-TOPP MODULE, IT'LL BE USED AS FORMATIVE AS [INAUDIBLE] TO MONITOR STUDENT UNDERSTANDING SO YOU'RE TRYING TO GET KIDS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO TAKE THE WY-TOPP?
>> CORRECT. THEN ALSO WITH THE WY-TOPP BLUEPRINT, GETTING TEACHERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE BRIDGES PROGRAM, IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING IN THERE NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS NOT A PRIORITY STANDARD FOR US AND SO SPEND TIME, LOOK AT THE BLUEPRINT AND SEE WHERE THE BIGGEST THING FOR THE BACK IS, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR THOSE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE END OF THE YEAR TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
>> DO I NEED TO GO. THANK YOU.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] [NOISE].
[INAUDIBLE] IN CHARGE OF [LAUGHTER] DOES IT COME UP AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? [BACKGROUND]
>> OUR THREE MINUTES HAS NOT STARTED YET.
I WON'T MAKE VISUAL CONTACT WITH YOU, AJ, SO I'LL HAVE A VISUAL CLUE RIGHT THERE.
>> BUT I MENTIONED YOU; YOU'RE THE PRINCIPAL FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND YOU'RE [INAUDIBLE] ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT COLTER?
>> WE DON'T SAY THAT. SHE'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF COLTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M BO MILLER. I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF COLTER, AND THIS IS ANITRA, AS YOU KNOW, [LAUGHTER] THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS PRESENTATION.
AJ ACTUALLY EITHER STOLE MY THUNDER, I'M JUST GOING TO PROVE THE ALIGNMENT; BUT ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU SAID, I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT NOW.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE GOALS ARE, AS AJ POINTED OUT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHANGE, AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON PLCS, MTSS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, [INAUDIBLE] IS OBVIOUSLY THE HIGH-STAKES DATA POINT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I THOUGHT I WOULD USE OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THESE GUIDING IDEAS.
AJ AND I DIDN'T, IRONICALLY, COLLABORATE ON THIS ALIGNMENT OF FOCUS AREAS.
I'LL START WITH UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION, ULTIMATELY REFERRED TO AS TIER ONE, THAT IS WHAT TEACHERS TEACH AND DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT A GVC IS IN PLACE, THEN WE JUST BUY A RESOURCE, AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
IT'S FAR MORE COMPLEX, AND IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK THAT PRINCIPALS, EDUCATIONAL STAFF, TEACHERS CAN PUT THEIR ENERGY TO.
THERE IS HIGH DEGREE OF ALIGNMENT WORK BETWEEN SCHOOLS, WITHIN SCHOOLS, WITHIN PLCS, BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN ELEMENTARY TEAM, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT ALIGNMENT.
ONE EXAMPLE, AND IT'S A HIGH LEVER EXAMPLE, IS THAT WE HAVE TEACHER TEAMS DO ON CONTENT WORK.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT IN THE ELEMENTARY; THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON VIRTUAL FRIDAYS.
THAT IS NOT A SMALL CHANGE TO THE SCHEDULE.
WE GENERALLY TALK ABOUT THE GIFT OF TIME; THAT HELP US MAKING VERY GOOD USE OF THE TIME; THEY'RE MEETING FOR TWO AND HALF HOURS ON THOSE DAYS.
TEACHERS HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF DEFINING UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION; IT IS COMPLEX WORK.
WE HAVE A MATH TEAM AND THE ELA TEAM.
SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IS DEFINING WHAT AN ELA AND A MATH BLOCK LOOK LIKE, WHAT GOES INTO IT, AND THEN ARE WE DOING IT WITH THE BEST OF STRUCTURAL STRATEGIES? THAT'S WHERE MONEY IS, AND THAT'S WHAT THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR COLTER IS: COLLABORATION.
I DO VERY MUCH LIKE THE PHRASE, "SHARED LEADERSHIP" AS WELL, AND THAT'S WHERE PLCS COME INTO PLAY.
>> THIS YEAR, IN ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS, WE SET OUR OWN PROFESSIONAL GOALS.
ONE OF MY PROFESSIONAL GOALS WAS PLC BECAUSE IT'S AN AREA THAT I'VE DEFINITELY HAD TO STRENGTHEN.
FORTUNATELY, WE WERE CHOSEN TO BE IN PART OF THE COHORT, THAT IS AND NEXT COHORT THROUGH WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT PLCS.
FOUR MEMBERS FROM THE SCHOOL AND MYSELF HAVE HAD TWO DAYS OF TRAINING, AND THE WHOLE TEAM OF THE PLC IS TAKING IT FROM WHERE WE WERE, WHICH WITH COLTER WAS GOOD.
WE WERE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT WE [INAUDIBLE] AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
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SO IT'LL BE ALIGNING OUR PLC MORE WITH UNITS OF STUDY, IT'LL BE ALIGNING IT MORE WITH GOVERNING DATA, THAT'S INFORMATIVE DATA THAT WE CAN THEN MOVE ON TO CHECK STUDENT IMPROVEMENT.THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT WILL BE COHESIVE THROUGH COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, WHICH WE'LL USE THE DISTRICT COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, BUT ALSO TEACH OUR DIFFERENT COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.
THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK WE'LL BE DOING WITH PLC.
>> TO BEGIN WITH, WE TALKED TO STUDENTS A LOT ABOUT GROWTH MINDSET, AND YOU ALL HEARD THAT PHRASE HOPEFULLY.
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PHRASE.
FOR EDUCATORS, THE PHRASE THAT WE USE IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
BUT IT'S THE SAME THING, AND THAT'S WHAT ANITRA IS SPEAKING TO WITH PLCS.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT MTSS FOR YEARS.
I USED TO SAY WE HAD THE GOLD STANDARD, AND THAT'S ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND THIS CAME OUT OF THE SWIFT WORK AND SOME OF THE CAPSTONE WORK WITH THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AS WELL AS JUST GENERAL COLLABORATION AMONG THE ELEMENTARY TEAM.
WE SAW A NEED TO IMPROVE THAT SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT LIKE ALL OF THIS IS DEFICIENT; IT'S TAKING GOOD TO X OR GRADE, OR PERHAPS TAKING NEW RESEARCH AND APPLYING IT, OR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW ARE NOT THE STUDENTS FIVE YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE NEED TO DO THIS.
THE CONTEXT IS SHIFTING CONSTANTLY.
ONE OF OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS, WHICH IS WELL UNDERWAY, WE PLANNED A LOT LAST YEAR, WITH A LOT OF READYING, WITH A LOT OF AIMING, AND NOW WE'RE FIRING, AND THAT IS TAKING MTSS SYSTEM AND INTEGRATING WITH PLCS, AND THAT GETS BACK TO COLLABORATION.
INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS MTSS CORE TEAM MEETING AND MAKING DECISIONS, YOU HAVE THE MTSS TEAM MEETING WITH THE PLCS, MAKING COLLABORATIVE DECISIONS.
I'M WAY OVER, SO [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
THERE'S A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS.
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING OUR INITIATIVES.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO, AS AJ SAID, THE SHINY AND NEW.
I WOULD SAY ALSO, THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT AROUND SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS ARE WORKING WELL IN THIS DISTRICT.
THOSE OF YOU WHO WORKED HERE 5, 8, 10 YEARS AGO CAN CONTRAST IT TO NOW, WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION, FOOD SERVICE, TECH, HIRING HR, THINGS WORK NOW.
THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ELL PROGRAM AS WELL.
WE ADDED A TEACHER AT JACKSON, VERY MUCH NEEDED.
WE JUST ANTICIPATE A POSTING FOR THE HIGHEST SCORE; APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WITH THAT, AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
I WAS COUNTING WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE SIDE, FIVE CURRENT SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATORS ARE GRADUATES OF THE TCSD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
YOU ALL STARTED THAT FIVE-YEARS AGO.
THAT AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE, AND DEFINITELY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GO ON.
THANK YOU. YOU-ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US?
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR PRINCIPAL MILLER? [OVERLAPPING]
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION AROUND UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION.
WHAT PART OF THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION IN THAT TIER 1?
>> NOT SURE ABOUT ENTRY POINT ON THAT QUESTION; IT'S PRETTY BROAD.
SO IF I DON'T SPEAK TO IT, LET ME KNOW.
THE UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION DOES NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF THEM.
SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING, IT MIGHT BE THIS TIGHTEN LOSE CONCEPT.
WE HAVE DISTRICT ALIGNMENT, AND WE HAVE PACING GUIDES FOR TEACHERS TO GIVE AN ASSESSMENT WITHIN A THREE-WEEK WINDOW, FOR INSTANCE, OR GIVE THE SAME ASSESSMENT.
YET WE ALSO NEED PLC; NOT TEACHER AUTONOMY, IT'S TEAM AUTONOMY, PLC AUTONOMY.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IN DEFINING, WHAT CAN PLCS OF AUTONOMY WITH, COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, AND WHAT'S OUR COMMON DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS? THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
I WILL SAY THIS RUNS THROUGH A LOT OF THE ELEMENTARY WORK RIGHT NOW IS MANGERS [INAUDIBLE] DIFFERENT SCHOOL THAN ALTER ELEMENTARY.
WE NEED TO HAVE A UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION DISCUSSIONS AND PROGRAMMING THAT SUPPORTS EVERYONE'S NEEDS.
WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE OUTLINE SCHOOLS.
I APPRECIATE JEN'S COMMENTS AND I AGREE WITH HER.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE DIFFERENCES.
I HAVE NO IDEA IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
>> MR. MILLER, WE TALKED ABOUT INTEGRATING THE PLCS AND MTSS.
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT?
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>> [OVERLAPPING] WE'RE NOTHING AT RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT JACKSON ELEMENTARY, AND HERE WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT WHERE WE LAUNCHED IT.
OUR LAST MEETING OF OUR FIRST CYCLE IS TOMORROW.
IT IS VERY OPERATIONAL, AND SO FROM A TEACHER'S LENS, INSTEAD OF ATTENDING A MEETING THAT THEY'VE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING TO A STUDENT OR A GROUP OF STUDENTS.
THE ANTECESSORS GOES TO THE PLC MEETING.
WE PAUSE THE PLC WORK, AND IT IS MTSS MEETING.
WE START ANALYZING UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION.
WE ASKED FOR WHOM THIS IS WORKING OR FOR WHOM IS NOT WORKING.
WE'RE REFERENCING LIKE THE CONTENT WORK THE LA BOX AND THE MATH BOX.
WE'RE MAKING SURE WE ALL HAVE THAT SHARED UNDERSTANDING.
WE MIGHT SURFACE LIKE THESE FOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT DOING WELL IN THIS MATH CONCEPT.
WHAT IS THE AGENDA TEACHER NEED TO DO? WHAT CAN THE MTSS SYSTEM DO? ARE WE MISSING ANY RESOURCES? VERY TANGIBLE OUTCOMES ARE ARISING FROM THOSE MEETINGS, AND IT MIGHT BE AS SIMPLE AS LET'S GET THIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE THIS PART OF THE BRIDGES RESOURCE THAT GET YOU THAT OR GELA MIHO, OUR MOUTH INSTRUCTIONAL COACH MIGHT JOIN A TEACHER, AND DIG DEEP ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE.
FINALLY ANOTHER COMMON THREAD IS NOT ENOUGH TIME.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR ACTUALLY STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING VERSUS GALAXIES? ARE WE SPENDING ENOUGH TIME ACTUALLY ON THE KIDS VERSUS PLC MEETINGS?
>> YES, THE PLC TIME, THE COLLABORATION TIME DOES NOT HAPPEN AT THE EXPENSE OF STUDENTS.
IT HAPPENS DURING A DESIGNATED PLANNING OR PREP TIME, FOR INSTANCE IT'S AFTER SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GONE.
YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE AGENDA IS RIGHT THE PRECIOUS RESOURCE IS TIME SO WE'RE VERY PURPOSEFUL IN HOW WE CHOOSE TO USE THAT TIME.
THE NET GAIN IT GETS TO STAYING FOCUSED, AND MEANING CHOOSING A HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS, AND NOT DO SOME OF THIS OTHER STUFF THAT'S FUN AND BUT SUPERFICIAL.
I THINK FOR NEXT YEAR'S MASTER CALENDAR FOR THE DISTRICT, WE CAN THINK REALLY CAREFULLY ABOUT.
I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT STRUCTURE TO GIVE TEACHERS THE TIME THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR INSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF THE OUTCOME, AND WEIRDLY ENOUGH, IT MIGHT COMMENT, LOSING A FEW INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, BUT THE MINUTES WE DO HAVE WOULD BE BETTER USE.
I KNOW IT'S IT WAS STRANGE THING TO SAY, BUT IT'S PLANNING AND PREP TIME FOR TEACHERS, AND EDUCATORS TO COLLABORATE IS ESSENTIAL.
>> GOOD EVENING TEACHERS AND TRUSTEES.
ACTUALLY IT'S TO COULD ASK THE PRINCIPAL OF JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NEW PLANNING ON HOW IT CARRIED OVER FROM LAST YEAR'S WORK.
LAST YEAR WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT OUR WORK AS STAFF AND THE STUDENTS, AS WE KNOW IN A COVID YEAR, OUR GOAL WAS TO SURVIVE.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE REFLECTED BACK ON THE YEAR WE REALLY FELT LIKE WE DIDN'T JUST SURVIVE, WE THRIVED AND SAW A LOT OF GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR CELEBRATIONS UP THERE.
THE FIRST BULLET WHEN IT SAYS MET EXPECTATIONS.
THAT IS THE WYOMING REPORT THAT WE WERE ONLY GRADED IN TWO OF THE FOUR AREAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE LONGITUDINAL GROWTH DATA, BUT JS DID MEET EXPECTATIONS, AND BOTH THE ACHIEVEMENT AND ELP, WHICH WAS GROWTH FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S REPORT PART.
WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOME URGENT FACTS THAT HELPED WITH PLANNING AND PUTTING TOGETHER A TREATMENT PLAN FOR THIS YEAR.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SPEND MOST OF MY THREE MINUTES TALKING ABOUT AS OUR THREE GOALS.
THEY'RE ALL ALIGNED TO THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN.
I MEAN, WE AREN'T SUPER ALIGNED TO THE TEAM BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE THINGS I'M GOING TO SAY ARE PRETTY REDUNDANT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM SOME OTHER SCHOOLS.
OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS AROUND PLCS.
WE'VE HAD ROBUST PLCS AT JES, SINCE I'D BEEN THERE, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK AND THE GROWTH OUR TEAMS HAVE SHOWN.
OUR EDGE THIS YEAR WITH PLCS IS THAT WE ARE ENDING A CYCLE, AND WE HAVE THIS DATA ON A PARTICULAR STANDARD OR STRATEGY WE'VE STUDIED, MAKING SURE THAT THE KIDS WHO AREN'T THERE YET AS A RESULT OF THAT CYCLE,
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WHAT'S OUR PLAN FOR THAT? IT'S NOT LIKE CYCLES OVER NEXT TOPIC.ALSO ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE KIDS WHO HAVE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. WHAT'S OUR PLAN TOO? THINKING MORE DEEPLY AT THE END OF A STUDY, WHAT DO WE DO NOW FOR STUDENTS AND WHAT DO THEY NEED? A MASSIVE GOAL, WE HAD AT JES THIS YEAR IS AROUND EQUITY-BASED MTSS, WHICH STANDS FOR MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
THIS WAS BORN OUT OF OUR WORK LAST YEAR, AND CONTINUING INTO THIS YEAR WITH THE SWIFT ORGANIZATION, AND ALSO FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THE CARE AFTER FUNDING AROUND HIRING, AND MTSS INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.
THREE CHAMBERS IS A DISTRICT COACH THAT IS DEFINITELY SUPPORTING THE WORK AT JES.
IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT BONE, AND NEEDS TO SHARE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT COULTER.
THE CHANGE THIS YEAR IS REALLY JUST AN EVOLUTION OF AN MTSS PROCESS WHERE WE MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS, AND RESPOND TO IT ACCORDINGLY.
OUR SYSTEM IN THE PAST, WHICH WORKED VERY WELL FOR MANY YEARS, WAS SITTING DOWN WITH OUR CORE TEAM, AND REALLY LOOKING AT STUDENTS WHO ARE GETTING AN INTERVENTION AND ARE THEY MAKING PROGRESS.
BUT WE REALIZED THAT WE'RE MISSING A KEY PIECE OF THIS.
WE NEED TO FLIP THAT CONVERSATION, AND START WITH OUR STUDENTS DOING AN UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
IS IT WORKING FOR THEM OR NOT, AND HOW DO WE RESPOND FROM THERE? WE HAVE A TIME IN A DAY, 35 MINUTES EACH DAY IT'S CALLED WIN TIME FOR WHAT I NEED, AND SO A TANGIBLE PRODUCT OUT OF THIS MTSS WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS ENGAGE IN, WHICH WE CALL DATA ROUTINES, IS FINDING AND MAKING GROUPS FOR STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR PROGRESS, AND THEIR DATA SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THIS WIN TIME, IT IS PLANNED AND PURPOSEFUL, AND MONITORED WORK THAT WE'RE DOING SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADJUST IT BASED ON HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE RESPONDING.
THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR AS AN AVERAGE SCHOOL, AND CONTINUING TO BUILD OUR WORK AROUND STUDENT EMPOWERMENT, AND STUDENT ORGANIZATION STRATEGIES AND THIS SHARED LAYERING ON COLLABORATION STRATEGIES.
ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS BOWL IS A SHIFT IN OUR ESL MODEL.
AGAIN, THANKS TO CARES FUNDING AND YOUR SUPPORT, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL ESL TEACHER IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WITH THAT EXTRA STAFFING WERE ABLE TO SHIFT THE MODEL.
IN PAST YEARS, OUR MODEL HAS BEEN PRIMARILY PULL OUT SO STUDENTS LEAVE THE CLASSROOM, AND GO TO A DIFFERENT CLASSROOM FOR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.
NOW OUR MODEL IS HOW STUDENTS RECEIVE PUSH AN INSTRUCTION, WHICH MEANS THEY GO IN AND ACHIEVE GOALS INTO THE CLASSROOM.
THE ESL TEACHER GOES INTO THE CLASSROOM, WORKS WITH THAT CLASSROOM TEACHER TO BEST SUPPORT LANGUAGE LEARNER NEEDS.
IT'S CALLED A HYBRID BECAUSE SOME OF OUR FARTHEST FROM LANGUAGE LEARNERS MAY ALSO NEED THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO SOME PULL OUT SMALL GROUP.
OUR LAST GOALS FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH GOAL.
WE WANT TO INCREASE STUDENT FOR AGENCY ON BY TOP BY 20 PERCENT.
OUR SPECIFIC CONTENT AREAS ARE MATH AND WRITING.
AGAIN PIGGYBACKING OUTPUT WE TALKED ABOUT, HAVING THE CONTENT TEAM WORK ON VIRTUAL FRIDAYS HAS PROVEN TO BE A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR THE MATH AND WRITING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AT JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THAT CONSTANTINE IS FIGURING THINGS OUT, FUNDING IT UP WITH SOME SCHOOL DISTRICT WIDE AGREEMENTS THAT WE THEN CAN BRING BACK TO JES AND BRING TO LIFE THERE.
THAT IS JES IN A NUTSHELL, ANY QUESTION?
>> [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS DAN ABRAHAM, PRINCIPAL AT MUNGER.
>> I'M CARRIE VARGA, PRINCIPAL AT MUNGER.
>> YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, I THINK EVERYONE HAS SAID THAT.
THAT'S A SIMILAR THING FOR YOU TO HEAR.
BUT I WANT TO START US IN CELEBRATIONS AS I'VE COME INTO MUNGER THIS YEAR, IT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING.
I'VE BEEN LISTENING A LOT AND LEARNING A LOT.
THE CELEBRATIONS WE FOUND TO START THIS YEAR OFF AND THEN GET INTO THE WORK AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR THE REMAINDER YEAR.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE USE THE TERM L1 AND L2 A LOT IN MUNGER, L1 REFERS TO A STUDENT'S FIRST LANGUAGE, L2 IS THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE LEARNING.
WE ARE UNIQUE IN THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN OUR BUILDING IS A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNER.
I AM A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNER.
SO LET'S CARRY ON. DID YOU HEAR HER ANNOUNCEMENTS? THEY'RE MUCH BETTER THAN MINE, [LAUGHTER] BUT WERE WORKING ON THAT.
I'VE GOT SOME TASKS TO DO. IT'S A STRUGGLE.
[LAUGHTER] A VERY CLEAR CELEBRATION FOR US, OUR L1 ENGLISH STUDENTS ARE MEETING OUR BENCHMARKS ACHIEVEMENT ON THE WAEA, SO BASICALLY OUR SCHOOL REPORT CARD.
WHEN IT COMES TO MATH, WHEN IT COMES TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS, WE ARE MEETING OUR EXPECTATIONS AT OUR 3, 4, 5 GRADE LEVELS THAT ARE MEASURED TO Y TOP.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS, CLOSING THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAPS THAT ARE L1 SPANISH OR L2 ENGLISH STUDENTS ARE ALSO MEETING THOSE BENCHMARKS,
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SO AS A SCHOOL, WE ARE FINDING THAT SUCCESS.ONE EXAMPLE AT THE LOWER GRADES WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON THAT'S 3, 4, 5.
WE'VE MADE A REALLY TARGETED EFFORT IN GRADES K1 AND 2, I THINK OUR FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WORK, OUR STUDENTS ARE BEGINNING LEARNING TO READ AND THEN PROGRESSING THROUGH GRADES K1, 2.
OUR KINDER TEACHERS REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS LAST YEAR AND SAW GREAT GROWTH AND A BIG DECREASE IN OUR STUDENTS IN SOME BELOW BASIC SCORES AROUND OUR FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS.
OUR YEAR-OVER-YEAR FIRST GRADE CLASSES ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH THERE, WHICH HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT.
EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, WHICH AT MUNGER IS 42 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL, SO NEARLY HALF THE SCHOOL IS CLASSIFIED AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER, 85 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS DID SHOW GROWTH FROM YEAR-OVER-YEAR, AND IN GRADE 1 AND GRADE 4 WE ARE MEETING THAT ACCOUNTABILITY BENCHMARK AND WE WANT TO PUSH TOWARDS ALL GRADES MEETING THAT BENCHMARK.
IF YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, OUR FRIDAY CONTENT TEAMWORK HAS BEEN, I THINK IT'S SO VALUABLE SEEING OUR TEACHERS BEING ABLE TO INTERACT BOTH WITHIN OUR SCHOOL AND WITH TEACHERS IN OTHER SCHOOLS TO BOTH FIND PERSPECTIVE AND TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO OUR UNIQUE CHALLENGES AT MUNGER AND HAS BEEN A HUGELY HELPFUL TIME.
THERE'S A CHALLENGING DAYS FOR EVERYONE.
I HAVE A FIRST GRADER AT MUNGER, SO IT'S A CHALLENGING DAY FOR OUR HOUSEHOLD HAVING THE STUDENT AT HOME, BUT IT'S A VERY VALUABLE TIME AND HE WANTS TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR SURE.
>> THEN TO CONTINUE ON WITH SOME CELEBRATIONS, WE ARE FULLY STAFFED WITH SPANISH LITERACY PARAPROFESSIONALS.
THAT MIGHT NOT COME AS A BIG CELEBRATION, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY IS A HUGE CELEBRATION BECAUSE IT GOES INTO OUR WORK.
ANDREA, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE WORK BEING ACHIEVEMENT PROBABLY.
AS NOTED IN OUR BRIEFING LAST WEEK, WE HAVE A GAP BETWEEN OUR L1 ENGLISH AND OUR L1 SPANISH STUDENTS.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SPANISH LITERACY SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE DEMONSTRATING NEED WITH SPANISH LITERACY SKILLS, WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE NOW, SO IT'S VERY EXCITING.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR WITH MAKING OUR MTSS SYSTEM MORE SYSTEMATIC, MEANING WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA MORE CLEARLY AND THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT TWO LANGUAGES.
WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE? WHAT DO THEY NEED IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE? THEN ALSO, WITHOUT THE HELP OF [INAUDIBLE] DIANA BUDGE, SHE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH DIBELS AND AMPLIFY THROUGH DELL, WHICH IS OUR SPANISH LITERACY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.
WE ARE PART OF A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS RIGHT NOW WHERE THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FACULTY, THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY DATA AS IT RELATES TO SPANISH LITERACY, AND SO WE'RE GETTING DATA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME SO THAT WE CAN MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS.
>> AT LEAST WARRANT A QUICK THANK YOU AS WELL ON THE HIERARCHIES.
I SEE HITHER SITTING OVER THERE.
SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FIELDING THREE PHONE CALLS A DAY FOR ME FOR I FOUND THE PERSON, THEY'RE INTERESTED, THEY'RE COMING IN, THEY'RE PRUDISH, THAT'S SO HELPFUL.
JUST A CONNECTION BACK TO THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
OURS SPANISH LITERACY PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF IS ALMOST ENTIRELY STAFFED BY VERY RECENT, AS IN LAST JUNE OR A YEAR AGO JUNE HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OUR OWN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL ADDITIONS TO OUR STAFF AT MUNGER.
IT'S BEEN REALLY AMAZING TO HAVE THOSE COME BACK TO SCHOOL.
WHEN THEY FOUND OUT I WAS THERE, THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO COME THERE, I FEEL GREAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, HITHER, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE NEED TO STAND UP ON OUR FINAL VOICE.
>> OUR PLCS ARE REALLY OUR DRIVER OF CHANGE.
WE HAVE BOTH TALKED ABOUT OUR UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE BOTH DETERMINING AND SOLIDIFYING WHAT IS OUR UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION AND THEN RESPONDING TO STUDENT NEEDS IN AS REAL TIME AS POSSIBLE.
CARRIE AND I ARE IN EVERY SINGLE PLC WITH A WONDERFUL COACH IN NEIDA MENDOZA, WHO IS IN EVERY SINGLE PLC WITH US AS WELL.
WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC COACHING SUPPORT, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING SUPPORT FOR THOSE TEACHERS TO REALLY PUSH ON THOSE PLCS BEING HOW WE'LL GET THIS WORK DONE WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE A LITTLE CHANGE IN MASTER SCHEDULING AS WELL TO INCLUDE WIN TIMES, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT FROM TRACY.
WE NOW HAVE A DEDICATED BLOCK OF TIME, BOTH FOR ENRICHMENT, INTERVENTION, THE EXTENSION OF OUR 201 EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS.
IT'S BEEN A VERY HELPFUL TIME FOR US TO CAPTURE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
OUR ELP FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, WORK WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR.
ANOTHER THANK YOU, YOU ADDED ANOTHER DEDICATED EL TEACHER.
BETH EASTMAN CAME DOWN FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY TRANSFERRED DOWN.
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SHE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL ADDITION AS WELL.THE HIGH SCHOOL IS STILL MAD AT ME, BUT THEY WILL GO OVER IT.
[BACKGROUND] THE POINT THERE FOR US WAS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR ELD EFFORTS, SO BOTH PROVIDING AND PULL UP ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS.
WE'VE HAD, I THINK NINE NEWCOMER STUDENTS THIS YEAR, WE HAD ANOTHER FAMILY INTERVIEW TODAY FOR MORE STUDENTS JOINING OUR SCHOOL.
WE HAVE DEDICATED ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TIME FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN THEIR SMALL GROUP SETTING AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE DOING PUSH IN EL SERVICES PLUS MANY OF OUR CLASSES THROUGHOUT OUR WAIT TIME.
IT REALLY WANT TO WORK ON INCREASING OUR ACADEMIC LANGUAGE, TAKING STUDENTS FROM THOSE BASIC INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS INTO THAT COGNITIVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE WORK AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY EXTENDING OUR EL SERVICES THIS YEAR.
THAT'S WHERE OUR WORKLOAD IS LIKE THIS YEAR.
I DIDN'T PUT OUR SPECIFIC NUMBER OF THE GOALS.
I SAW ON THE FORMAT AFTERWARDS.
I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'D LIKE THE PERCENTAGES.
I THOUGHT OF DOING AS A FOURIER. THAT'S FOR THE REP.
>> THAT WOULD BE GOOD, DAN. I'VE HAD IN MY NOTES THAT I WANTED YOU TO EXPLAIN YOUR PERCENTAGE [LAUGHTER] FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOALS AND IF YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW, IF YOU JUST PROVIDE IT TO US, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
>> I'LL DO THAT. YEAH. I FEEL LIKE.
>> THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, MR. CHAIR. I WASN'T LOOKING AT THESE SLIDES.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US AND THERE WAS ONE CHART WHICH SHOWED AMONG THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2021, ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRESS, THAT'S AT THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD-AND-HALF PERCENTAGES IN THERE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS FIRST, IT WAS 61 PERCENT AND SECOND WAS 27 PERCENT.
>> YEAH. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL.
LET'S SAY FIRST GRADE, 61 PERCENT; 61 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS STUDENTS OF THE OVERALL POPULATION MET THEIR YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH GOAL.
STUDENT ENTERS IN THE PLCS THAT INTRODUCED IN MUNGER, THEY HAVE AN INITIAL LANGUAGE SCREEN WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SET AT, HERE'S YOUR INITIAL LANGUAGE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEVEL VIA WE HAD AN ACCESS TO THE MEASURE WE USE.
EACH YEAR THERE'S AN EXPECTED MEASUREMENT OF GROWTH.
PART OF MY OWN CALCULATION FOR ELP ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IS, ARE THEY MAKING ENOUGH GROWTH EACH YEAR? THEY'RE MOVING TOWARDS FLUENCY IN THEIR FINAL YEAR.
ESSENTIALLY, BY THE TIME THEY FINISH AT MUNGER IN 5TH GRADE, HEADING AT 6TH IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ARE THEY REACHING THAT ENGLISH FLUENCY LEVEL?
>> BUT GOING BACK TO THE 61 PERCENT, IS THAT FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 1ST GRADE? ARE THEY A COHORT?
>> YES, YEAR-OVER-YEAR COHORT.
YES. KINDERGARTEN, THE 1ST GRADE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE THEY'RE ARE INITIALLY GOING TO BE SCREENED IN KINDERGARTEN AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE THEIR FIRST ROUND OF ACCESS TESTING AT THE END OF KINDERGARTEN COMING INTO 1ST GRADE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DAN?
>> DAN, I THINK I'VE HEARD THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, BUT AS MANY OF KNOW, ONE OF THE FOCUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE JOINT EDUCATION COMMITTEE THIS YEAR IS ON K3 READING AND PARTICULARLY K3 READING ASSESSMENTS.
DO YOU TEST YOUR STUDENTS BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH?
>> RIGHT NOW, YES. WE HAVE OUR DIBELS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN, HAS ALREADY HAPPENED ON A YEARLY BASIS, AND THEN LIKE CARRIE TALKED ABOUT IDEL, WHICH IS A COROLLARY MEASURE BY THE SAME COMPANY, THAT IS [INAUDIBLE]
>> DID ZACK ALLOW YOU TO DISCERN WHETHER THE ISSUE IS READING OR LANGUAGE?
>> WE CAN USE THAT TO BOTH IN A STUDENT'S NATIVE LANGUAGE, THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE DETERMINE, ARE WE SEEING THOSE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS GAPS THAT ARE BOTH HOLDING YOU BACK THERE AND MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE THAT BRIDGE AND LANGUAGE TRANSFER FROM THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE INTO THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE.
IT IS USUALLY HELPFUL DATA AND I THINK YOU HEARD CARRIE TO ELL'S PARTICIPATION IN THAT STUDY.
I THINK IT'S MASSIVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACTIONABLE DATA IN BOTH LANGUAGES, AND TEACHERS CAN LOOK AT BOTH LANGUAGES AND KNOW WHETHER COROLLARY WOULD MAKE SENSE IF THEY CROSS.
>> THEN BEYOND THOSE SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, WE ALSO HAVE OUR DISTRICT COMMON ASSESSMENTS AND LITERACY THAT ARE IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH THAT HELP STUDENTS [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR. GINGERY, TRUSTEES, DR. CHAPMAN, SCOTT MCDOWELL, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I IMAGINE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY.
[LAUGHTER] YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL.
LET'S TRY AND TALK ABOUT MY SLIDES. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE GAVE YOU THE HIGHEST SCORE FOR YOU'RE THE SHORTEST.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JEN AND I.
[LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] I HAVE TO REMEMBER NEXT TIME TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE SLIDE READY.
[OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND] I DO
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WANT TO LEAVE SOME TIME FOR THE NOTES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.I WILL SAY AS I WAS SITTING THERE [INAUDIBLE] MY PHONE NOTES AS I CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED BY LEADERSHIP OF TCSD, AND I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 10:00 AM AND SEVERAL MEETINGS TODAY WITH KAREN AJ, ALL THE PRINCIPLES IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
SOLUTION TREE WAS HERE DOING A PD WITH US.
I HAVE TO SAY LISTENING TO EVERYONE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AT OUR SCHOOL AND HOW UNIQUE WE ALL ARE, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET LOOSE AND TIGHT BETWEEN ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITH 3,000 KIDS.
IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE WHO YOU HAVE HERE.
I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE A JOB, THANKFUL TO BE AT WILSON.
IF I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS THAT I FEEL ARE CELEBRATIONS AND GO ALONG WITH OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR WHICH WERE REQUIRED UP TO, WE HAVE ACHIEVEMENT, WE ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, PLC.
THINGS THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT, FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE TEAM, HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE STAFF.
I THINK WE ARE MORE EFFICIENT AND STRONGER BECAUSE OF WHAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, I THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS BETTER BECAUSE OF WHAT WE LEARNED.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE THREE CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT I DO BELIEVE LEAD INTO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATION, AND COLLABORATION.
WE'RE NOT PERFECT IN ANY OF THOSE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A COMMON INVESTMENT.
WE'RE ALL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AND TRYING TO BE BETTER AND BETTER.
WE'RE GETTING BACK TO SOME OF OUR TRADITIONS THAT WE DIDN'T SEE LAST YEAR.
I STILL HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED MANY OF BECAUSE OF COVID.
WE HAVE BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF THINGS THIS FALL AFTER SCHOOL, CLUBS, ROBOTICS, AND DIFFERENT THINGS FEELS GOOD.
I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE FOR THE STAFF TO JUST BRING THAT CONSISTENCY AND BACK TO NORMAL.
I FEEL LIKE A HUGE HIGHLIGHT I WOULD SHARE IS THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER ARE READING INTERVENTIONISTS AND OUR COUNSELOR, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN COLLABORATIVE WITH THE STAFF AND THEY WORK WELL AND THEY DO GREAT THINGS BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE REALLY EVOLVED INTO ANOTHER LEVEL THIS YEAR.
WE'VE REALLY TAKEN THE STEP FORWARD WITH HOW THEY ARE INCORPORATING THEIR WORK INTO WITH THE TEACHERS, WE'RE REALLY ADDRESSING TIERED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTS FROM TIER 1 THROUGH TIER 3.
THAT TEAM, WHICH IS A CORE PART OF OUR MCS TEAM ARE JUST TAKING COLLABORATION TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE.
ONE I HAD WAS STAFFING. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ALL THAT.
I WILL SAY IT'S BITTERSWEET, I DON'T MIND BEING THROWN INTO A SECOND-GRADE ROOM FOR AWHILE AND GETTING KID CONTACT TIME INSTEAD OF DOING THE LAPTOP.
IT DOES MEAN THAT OTHER THINGS FALL TO THE SIDE.
I THINK IT'S NORMAL TO BE READY TO JUMP IN SOMEWHERE AND HELP, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A ISSUE WHICH YOU ALL KNOW.
FIGHT TO PICK ONE OF THEIR BIG CHALLENGE.
I THINK IT'S ALSO WHAT JEN AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID AND THAT IS TIME.
I LOOK AT THAT AS LIKE THERE'S LESS TIME TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW WE COULD CALL CONVERSATIONS MEETINGS, BUT I HESITATE TO THAT, I DON'T LIKE MEETINGS AND I LIKE SHARING THINGS OUT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE MEETINGS.
HOWEVER, THE BIG WORK THAT WE DO ARE REAL CONVERSATIONS.
THE PLCS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HAVING DEDICATED TIME FOR THAT FEEL LIKE TEACHERS ARE WORKING HARDER THAN THEY EVER HAVE.
OUR STAFF IS, PARIS, EVERYBODY.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE TIME TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND ACTUALLY TAKE OUR SYSTEM DEEPER.
I FEEL LIKE WE DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
I THINK WE ADDRESS STUDENT NEEDS.
I THINK WE ARE VERY GOOD AT DOING WHAT'S EXPECTED AND REQUIRED AND GETTING THE JOB DONE.
I DO FEEL THAT WE ARE UP AGAINST A TIME LIMIT OF BEING ABLE TO GO DEEPER AT TIMES AND HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS AND CHANGE.
THAT WOULD BE MY BIG CHALLENGE THAT I SEE FOR OUR ACTION STEPS AND OUR GOALS AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT, MAYBE I SHOULD SAVE IT UNTIL AFTER THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS GET DONE, BUT YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB.
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU DO IS BRAG ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU DO.
YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS, UNSUCCESSFULLY, I DARESAY.
BUT AS WE NOW HAVE SECURITY, THUS CAN BE ALL SAID, EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS OR ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE GETTING THEIRS.
PEOPLE GET TRAPPED THERE UNTIL THEY GET LET IN.
WHAT A PRIME OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE SOME A SING OF FLIP CHART OR SOMETHING THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN YOUR SCHOOL.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE FORCED THERE, TO STAY THERE, [LAUGHTER] THEY CAN READ ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING.
I REALLY MEAN THAT. I MEAN, IT JUST WOULD BE SUCH A TRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO BE BRAGGING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
>> I APPRECIATE MDC, YOU KNOW I'M A RULE FOLLOWER.
IF YOU TELL ME THREE MINUTES, I REALLY TRIED TO HOLD TO, BUT IF YOU SAY 30S,
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TALK ALL ABOUT WILSON AND GOOD THINGS, I'LL DO IT. [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] ANY OTHER QUESTION?>> CHAIR GINGERY, TRUSTEES, THANK YOU.
MATT HOELSCHER, PRINCIPAL OF JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I HAVE TWO AMAZING ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, JAMES HOWELL AND HOLLY VOORHEES-CARMICHAEL.
I GUESS, LET ME PIGGYBACK ON WHAT JANINE TRUSTEE WAS JUST SAYING IN THAT, I GUESS, L WILL BRAG THAT I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD MAYBE A SYSTEMS APPROACH FROM ALL THE ELEMENTARIES WHICH WILL ONLY BENEFIT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I ACTUALLY WAS IN THE PLC MEETING THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.
IT REALLY IS A SYSTEMS APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING HERE NOT ONLY WITH OUR PLC PROCESS, BUT AVID, AND SOME OF THE BIG INITIATIVES THAT YOU HAVE SUPPORTED.
THAT WILL ONLY BENEFIT MIDDLE-SCHOOL, OF COURSE, AND THEN INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S A HUGE CELEBRATION. THAT'S NOT ON HERE BUT I GUESS, I WAS STRUCK BY THAT AFTER LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUES.
SOME OF OUR CELEBRATIONS, LAST YEAR WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR, BUT WE ACTUALLY DID REALLY WELL.
AS PRINCIPAL PODUSKA SAID, IT WASN'T JUST SURVIVE, LET'S THRIVE.
SOME OF OUR CELEBRATIONS ARE AROUND OUR DATA POINTS.
WE DID REALLY WELL IN ELA AND READING, WE ARE ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE IN ALL THREE GRADES, SEVENTH, EIGHTH GRADE MATH, WE'RE ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.
SCIENCE, WE ALWAYS ARE NUMBER 1 OR 2 IN THE STATE.
REALLY, OUR HYBRID MODEL OF INSTRUCTION WAS A HUGE CELEBRATION FROM LAST YEAR, WHERE WE TOOK SOME OF THOSE LEARNINGS INTO THIS YEAR.
SOME URGENT FACTS THAT WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, OUR SIXTH GRADE MATH SCORES USED TO BE AN AREA OF A CONCERN FOR US, AND WE PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES INTO THAT THIS YEAR.
EVERY SIXTH GRADE STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN THE FULL YEAR OF MATH FOR 90 MINUTES OF BLOCK PER DAY.
THAT'S A LOT OF RESOURCES, PERSONNEL INTO THAT AREA.
THEY'VE BEEN JUST DOING A REALLY NICE JOB ON THAT PLC PROCESS OF DIALING IN THOSE STANDARDS IN SIXTH GRADE.
WITH AN EIGHT PERCENT ELP RATE, PRINCIPAL ABRAHAM WAS TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT OF ELP RATE.
THAT'S AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR US WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR.
THEN EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T DO PRETTY WELL IN SOME OF OUR CELEBRATIONS, STUDENTS THAT WERE IN THAT BELOW BASIC CATEGORY AROUND LIGHT UP, DID NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF GROWTH AS THEIR PEERS DID IN LAST YEAR DOING THE LIGHT UP.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? SOME OF OUR GOALS, WE DO HAVE A SMART GOAL AS ALL THE SCHOOLS DO.
WE HAVE A MATH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GOAL.
INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
THEN WE HAVE A SCHOOL ELP SMART GOAL.
I GUESS, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THOSE INDIFFERENT ITERATIONS.
I'D ASKED JAMES AND HOLLY TO SAY, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN A DAY-TO-DAY PRACTICAL MIDDLE SCHOOL FOCUS AREA? OVER TO JAMES.
>> [INAUDIBLE] SO I COULD STAY UNDER THE THREE MINUTES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS AND A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AVID BEING ONE OF THEM, AND AVID EXCEL.
BUT TWO THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT THAT DIRECTLY IS A PART OF OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS ARE INCLUSIVE DESIGN FOR LEARNING, AND OF COURSE, OUR PLCS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH ALLISON POSEY, THANKS TO JULIE [INAUDIBLE] WHO'S AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR TO FOCUS ON INCLUSIVE DESIGN.
THIS TEACHER DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS ALL THREE OF OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS.
IT'S REALLY TIGHTLY ALIGNED TO OUR PLC PROCESSES.
THEY SUPPORT OUR MATH GOAL AND OUR ELAS TEAMS, IT CREATES EQUITY AND ACCESS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE NEURO DIVERSE AND OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
OUR FOCUS WITH ALLISON IS ON STUDENT LEARNING AND DESIGNING TIER 1 INSTRUCTION THAT TAKES BARRIERS AWAY TO OUR LEARNING.
WHEN WE THINK OF BARRIERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, WE BRAINSTORM WHAT MIGHT THOSE BARRIERS BE? IT COULD BE ENGAGEMENT, IT COULD BE BACKGROUND, IT COULD BE LEARNING STYLE.
THEN WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE TEACHERS, WITH ALLISON AND OUR CO-TEACHERS, TO THINK ABOUT WAYS TO DESIGN INSTRUCTION THAT TAKES THOSE BARRIERS AWAY SO THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN LEARN.
OUR SECOND AREA OF FOCUS IS ON PLCS.
WE JUST STARTED OUR THIRD COHORT, YOUR WDES.
ACTUALLY, I THINK YEAR 6 AND GOING INTO PLC SUPPORT THROUGH WDE.
COHORTS 1 AND 2, OUR FIRST TWO COHORTS, ARE CONTINUING TO GROW THEIR BOOK STUDY THAT IS FOCUSED ON RTI AND TIER 1 INSTRUCTION OR WHAT THEY SAY IS PREVENTION.
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THIS LEARNING IS ALIGNED AGAIN WITH OUR ALLISON POSEY WORK.WE CONTINUE TO ASK THE PLC QUESTIONS, HOW WILL WE RESPOND WHEN SOME STUDENTS DO NOT LEARN? HOW WILL WE EXTEND THE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY PROFICIENT? WE'RE BUILDING SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS TO ANSWER THESE REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
AS LEADERS OF THE SCHOOL, MATT, JAMES, AND I ARE ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NOT ONLY WITH ALLISON POSEY BUT WITH THE PLC WORK.
IN FACT, TODAY, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF US THAT WE'VE SPENT SOME TIME WITH SOLUTION TREE, CONTINUING TO LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT PLCS IN OUR SCHOOL.
THIS LEADS TO THE MTSS WORK THAT JAMES HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING IN SCHOOL, AND HE'LL [INAUDIBLE]
>> IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BOOTS ON THE GROUND EFFORT THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR.
AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE ON A HYBRID MODEL WITH STUDENTS COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY OTHER DAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE LARGER GROUPS AND VICTIMS OF COVID HAD BEEN OUR STUDENTS THAT EXPERIENCED POVERTY AND OUR STUDENTS THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE A HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING.
VIA MTSS PROCESS, USING DATA TRIANGULATION, TEACHER RECOMMENDATION, WHAT WE DID IS BEGIN BRINGING IN STUDENTS ON THEIR OFF DAY.
WITH STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL EVERY OTHER DAY, WE ARE BRINGING MOST OF THESE STUDENTS IN EVERYDAY.
THIS GAVE THEM THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY, IN SOME CASES, SIT IN THE CLASSROOM, REPEAT A LESSON FOR THE SECOND TIME, AND RECEIVE MORE INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION THAN THEY'VE EVER RECEIVED BEFORE.
MANY OF THESE STUDENTS, I HELP ALL THE BEHAVIORALLY AND HORMONALLY CHALLENGED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
[LAUGHTER] MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ALSO HAVE STRUGGLED ACADEMICALLY THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS.
SOME OF OUR CELEBRATIONS AND SUCCESS STORIES OF THESE STUDENTS IS THEY HAVE THEIR BEST YEAR LAST YEAR.
LET'S WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND THAT ONE IN A VERY DIFFERENT MODEL OF INSTRUCTION.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE TRANSFERRED A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM SUCCESS SQUAD, AS WHAT WE CALLED THAT MODEL LAST YEAR IS WE ARE BRINGING STUDENTS IN FOR SUCCESS SQUAD ON THOSE OFF DAYS, INTO WHAT WE'RE CALLING COLD FRIDAYS WHICH ARE HIGH IMPACT FRIDAYS THAT WE ARE OBSERVING SIMILAR TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE PER SEMESTER.
ONE OF OUR WONDERINGS, ENTERTAINING THAT MODEL THAT I JUST EXPLAINED, IS WHAT WOULD MORE OF THOSE LOOK LIKE? WE HAVE HAD SOME FANTASTIC FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF ON OUR COLD FRIDAYS, WHICH PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT.
FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT REQUESTED TO COME TO COLD FRIDAY, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AN OPTIONAL DAY FOR THEM.
BUT TO MIMIC THE SUCCESSES OF SUCCESS SQUAD, WE DO HAVE MANY STUDENTS THAT COME IN AND GET THAT SIMILAR INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION AS THEY WERE.
AGAIN, ONE OF OUR THOUGHTS IS, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO INCREASE THOSE DAYS, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS DONE IN THE FUTURE.
I DO REALLY LIKE A QUESTION MORE IN THE MTSS REALM THAT TRUSTEE MEAD ADDRESS WH4EN SHE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN MTSS AND PLCS.
OUR EPIPHANY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BASED ON A LOT OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE HAD IN THIS HYBRID MODEL, AND WE REALLY DETERMINED THAT THOSE PLC LEADERS ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE MTSS TEAM AND THEY'VE HAD A DUAL ROLE.
WE HAVE MTSS EVALUATION, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR EXPERTS IN THE ROOM TO DO AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT EVALUATION THAT WAS NOMINATED FOR THE TEAM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR PLC TEAM THAT WE LET GO BACK TO THEIR PLC DISCIPLINE AREAS, SUBJECT DISCIPLINES, TO BE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE ALL OF THE TIER 1 AND TIER 2 INTERVENTION THAT WE HAVE.
THOSE ARE ACTUALLY DUAL-PURPOSE GROUP THAT HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL GO ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> SUMMIT. BEFORE I GO INTO THIS PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU OUR NEW MOTTO FOR OUR FOCUS AREAS HERE, AND THAT IS, SAFE, POSITIVE, CONSISTENT, AND PREDICTABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR AND TO THIS YEAR IS OUR EQUITY-BASED MTSS SYSTEM.
STARTING WITH THE SUPPORT FROM SWIFT, WE BEGAN WORKING ON OUR TIER 1 BEHAVIORAL MTSS PROGRAM.
THROUGH THAT AND THE RESEARCH THAT WE DID, WE LEARNED THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, INSTRUCTIONALLY OR BEHAVIORALLY, IS A SAFE, PREDICTABLE, POSITIVE,
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AND CONSISTENT ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN AND FEEL SAFE AND ABLE TO LEARN.WE IDENTIFIED KEY CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS AND SCHOOL-WIDE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR PROGRAMMING, AND HAVE BEEN TEACHING THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND MEASURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEM.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FULL IMPLEMENTATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR AS MEASURED BY OUR IMPLEMENTATION SURVEY, AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH KATIE AZEVEDO, WHO IS PART OF THE SWIFT INITIATIVE INTO THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO EXPAND INTO TIER 2 AND TIER 3 TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE ON THE SLIDE, TRYING TO KEEP IT UP IN THREE MINUTES.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMEONE? I DO WANT TO SAY JUST A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IS THAT WE HAVE 46 STUDENTS THAT ARE SUMMIT STUDENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 25 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO COME OVER TO PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST ONE OR MORE CLASSES.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BACK AND FORTH THAT REALLY GIVES OUR STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS GET TO COME IN AND SEE OUR GRADE SCHOOL. QUESTIONS?
>> THANKS, CHAIR. [INAUDIBLE] CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE TIERED FIDELITY INVENTORY IS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TWO TIMES A YEAR?
>> THE TIER FIDELITY IS TIER 1, TIER 2, TIER 3.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TALK ABOUT IT FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH.
THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL TRIANGLE, WHICH IS BEHAVIOR.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FOCUSING ON TIER 1.
THE FIDELITY INSTRUMENT IS A RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUMENT THAT WE DID TO COLLECT DATA BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS EFFORT TO SEE WHERE WE WERE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE WHERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPANSION OF OUR PROGRAM.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. THEN WE WILL TAKE A BREAK.
HELLO EVERYONE. WE WILL MAKE THIS BRIEF.
WELL, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE NERVOUS.
[LAUGHTER] I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR.
IT'S NOT ALL INCLUSIVE, BUT THE CORE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVED FILE THAT YOU HAVE HAS MORE DETAILS.
THE FIRST THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE I INTRODUCE LAURA AND ANNIE, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, SOME OF US ARE STILL WONDERING," WHO ARE YOU?" HERE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE FANTASTIC. WE'RE REALLY DOUBLE DOWN THIS YEAR ON A COUPLE OF THINGS AS A RESULT OF COMING OUT OF LAST YEAR.
THE TIMING OF THESE TWO THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
RESETTING OUR SCHOOL-WIDE BEHAVIOR SYSTEM IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
WE SEE A NEED FOR THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
WE CAN CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND I THINK OUR STUDENTS COULD ACKNOWLEDGE AS WELL.
THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR OUR STAFF TO CONNECT AUTHENTICALLY AND HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH KIDS IN THIS ERA THAT WE'RE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
IT'S BROKEN DOWN SOME TEACHING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN SOME OF OUR DATA.
BEHAVIOR SYSTEMS IN OUR SCHOOL ARE GOING TO BE AN EMPHASIS FOR A WHILE AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
THE SECOND PIECE IS, THERE'S A REAL FOCUS ON STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ABOUT 45 TEACHERS WHO ARE EITHER ENGAGED IN PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, ED, OR WHAT WE CALL MODERN CLASSROOM LEARNING, BD.
THIS REALLY FOCUSES ON THE KID FIRST AND REALLY TRYING TO RE-FORM THOSE AUTHENTIC LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH KIDS IN AN AUTHENTIC PROJECT-BASED HANDS-ON WAY.
REALLY TRYING TO GO BACK TO SOME OF THE BASICS TO ENGAGE OUR KIDS AND GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING AGAIN, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF LAST YEAR.
I'M GOING TO HAVE ANNIE AND LAURA EXPLAIN SOME DETAILS ON SOME OF THE PROCESSES ON THIS AND THEN I'LL CLOSE WITH SOME FACTS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.
>> [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERS OF BOARD [INAUDIBLE] ASSISTANT FROM [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL.
EXCITED TO BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT TRANSITION, ESPECIALLY MOVING FROM THE YOUNG KIDS UP TO BE OLDER STUDENTS [LAUGHTER] IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO BUILD AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND IT'S A WHOLE NEW SCENE.
I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE I STARTED WORKING WITH SCOTT AND LAURA WHEN WE STARTED TO SIT DOWN AND AS A PAIR AS WELL TO TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS THIS YEAR, WHEN THE IDEA OF A GOAL TARGETING
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BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING WAS THROWN ON THE TABLE, THAT GOT ME REALLY EXCITED.THAT'S AN AREA I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEAR FROM OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS FROM OUR TEACHERS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS FIRST GOAL HERE IS REALLY A PAIR.
IT ALIGNS WELL WITH WHAT SIMON'S WORKING ON.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT'S DONE ON THE HIGH-SCHOOL OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REFRESHED AND RE-INTRODUCED, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF COVID.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW, MYSELF INCLUDED, STAFF MEMBERS, AS WELL AS A LOT OF NEW STUDENTS THAT HAVE ONLY EXPERIENCED THE HIGH SCHOOL AFTER COVID.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS GOAL REALLY FOCUSES ON SAFE, PREDICTABLE, COMMON EXPECTATIONS, FOR EVERY LEADER ACROSS THE BOARD.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS TO THROW OUT THERE IS, WE PUT TOGETHER A LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S WORKING REALLY HARD AND WE WORKED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO TARGET THIS GOAL.
IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON RESETTING OUR SCHOOLWIDE FRAMEWORK.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE IS WE HAVE CREATED AND WE ARE IN THE FINAL PROCESSESS OF THE GETTING STUDENT INPUT AND VOICED A MATRIX THAT CAN CLEARLY COMMUNICATES OUT WHAT THE BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS ARE IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS.
IN THE CLASSROOMS, IN THE PARKING LOTS, IN THE HALLWAYS, IN THE COMMON SPACES, AND EVEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT IS EXPECTED THERE.
THE IDEA IS REALLY TO BE PROACTIVE AND TEACHING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIOR SKILLS, NOT ALWAYS REACTIVE, WHICH WE ARE SOMETIME.
THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT I'LL THROW OUT THERE IS WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD WITH OUR STUDENTS SUPPORT TEAM THAT'S MADE UP.
WE'RE SO LUCKY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS ALL COMING TO THE TABLE WITH DIFFERENT SKILLS AND DIFFERENT EXPERTISE, AND PUTTING ALL OF THOSE TO GOOD USE.
WE'VE REALLY STARTED AUDITING OUR CURRENT PRACTICES.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS THIS EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR, LEARNING NEEDS OF ALL OUR STUDENTS? AS WELL AS TRYING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT PROGRAMS WE CAN DEVELOP TO REACH ALL STUDENTS.
THEN USING OUR DATA TO IDENTIFY INTERVENTIONS AND INTENSIFY LEVELS OF SUPPORT THAT ARE NEEDED FOR FEWER STUDENTS THAT ARE EQUALLY BORN AS WELL.
THOSE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THIS WORK, IS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO LOOKING AT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AUTHENTICALLY.
SCOTT TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WE NEED TO WORK ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL AS HOW TO REINFORCE, AND BEHAVIORS ARE GOING WELL.
HOW ARE WE ACKNOWLEDGING POSITIVE BEHAVIORS? THEN HOW WE CAN BE CONSISTENT TO RESPONDING TO BEHAVIORS THAT AREN'T EXPECTED OR NEED TO BE RETAUGHT ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.
SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED IS HIGH SCHOOLERS HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATES.
THEY HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS THAT THEY BALANCE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S SEVEN DIFFERENT TEACHER EXPECTATIONS AND SEVEN DIFFERENT WAYS TEACHERS CAN RESPOND.
WE WANT TO BE AS CONSISTENT AS WE CAN TO MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER AND MORE SUPPORTIVE.
I'M GOING TO TURN OVER LAURA TO ADD ON THE SECOND PART OF THIS ROLE.
>> I JUST THINK THAT [INAUDIBLE] I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION PIECE OF THIS.
WE THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB HISTORICALLY HAVING ACADEMIC DATA, ATTENDANCE DATA, AND USING THAT TO DRIVE SOME INTERVENTIONS AND PROGRAMS, BUT THINKING ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR PIECE, WE IDENTIFIED THAT AS A WHOLE AND WE DID HAVE A GREAT CONSISTENT SYSTEM AROUND COLLECTING BEHAVIOR DATA.
LOOKING AT THAT OR HAVING THAT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT, WE WE'RE WORKING AS A TEAM TO HELP DEVELOP INTERVENTIONS IN NEXT STEPS FOR STUDENTS AND FOR DEVELOPING TIER 1 INSTRUCTION AS WELL.
WE'VE HAD TWO PRETTY DISRUPTED SCHOOL YEARS, WE HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF NEW STAFF MEMBERS AND WORKING ON THIS WHOLE REFRESH OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR THIS TIME, SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON, ALONG WITH THAT, BUILDING CONSISTENCY IN OUR COLLECTION OF BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM DATA FROM TEACHERS AROUND BEHAVIOR AND WITH WORKERS.
WE'LL WORK WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND WE WILL DO CLASSROOM WALK-THROUGHS, HAVING A CONSISTENT SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DATA THAT'S REALLY COMPARABLE AND RELIABLE.
THEN JUST BEING ABLE TO STRENGTHEN OUR SYSTEM WITH THE STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM, WITH ACADEMIC TEACHERS ON A TIER 1 LEVEL OF USING THAT ACADEMIC ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIORAL DATA TOGETHER AS WE DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
>> IN CLOSING FOR ME, JUST A FEW WORDS OF THANKS TO REALLY APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A FLEXIBLE HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE FLEX FRIDAYS, EVERYONE KNOWS WE HAVE 13 OF THOSE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK WE'RE GOING ON OUR FOURTH HERE SOON.
IT'S ALLOWED FOR A TREMENDOUS ASSISTANCE FOR KIDS.
WE CAN DOUBLE DOWN ON FRIDAYS AND ALSO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ED HEALTH.
WE WILL HAVE SOME FUTURE STAFFING NEEDS IN THE FUTURE.
WE ARE EXPECTED TO GROW, AS YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR AGAIN BY 40 OR 50 KIDS.
WE GREW OVER 100 THIS YEAR. WE ARE FULL.
[LAUGHTER] RESHAPE THE CONSIDERATIONS ON SPACE AND CLASSROOMS.
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I KNOW IT'S A COSTLY ENDEAVOR.REALLY RESHAPED THE COMMUNICATION ON THAT.
ALSO A BIG ONE TO CLOSE IS, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'RE LEADING WITH SOME DATA, WE'VE HAD 28 NEW CERTIFIED STAFF MEMBERS.
JUST THINK ABOUT THAT CULTURALLY.
I THINK WHEN I TAUGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IN THIS ROLE STARTING IN 2008, I THINK MAYBE WE ADDED MAYBE TWO TEACHERS A YEAR.
WE'RE STARTING TO TURN FOR A LOT OF OBVIOUS REASONS, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE TEAM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, GILLIAN'S LEADERSHIP.
IT'S BEEN NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR NEW STAFF ACCLIMATED AND SUPPORTED, AND THAT PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE CONSISTENT BOARD LEADERSHIP, AND SUPPORT.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD, AND WE TALKED ABOUT STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS AS WE GROW AS A HIGH SCHOOL.
>> HOW MANY TEACHERS DO YOUR AMOUNT, SCOTT?
>> IT'S 63, 64 CERTIFIED, 80 PLUS SUPPORT, FRONT OFFICE, BUT IT IS A STRIKING STAT, KAREN.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WITH THAT AND HEATHER, LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT DATA, WE WERE LOOKING AT ADDING THAT TO OUR SI PLAN.
I JUST ASKED A RANDOM QUESTION WHEN I WAS LIKE, "HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WE HIRED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS?" THAT'S PROBABLY GET YOU OFF GUARD A LITTLE BIT, THAT MAYBE YOU REMEMBER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD JUST ONE OR TWO PER YEAR.
IT'S DEFINITELY TURNING A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND I CANNOT BE CLEAR ABOUT WHO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE WHO WE'VE ATTRACTED, WHO WE'VE GOT AN APARTMENT FOR, [LAUGHTER] WORKING PHONES.
HEATHER, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WAS PROVEN.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND VERY APPRECIATIVE.
>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND GET STARTED ON WHAT CHRISTINE ROBERTSON.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO TO STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, YOU GUYS NEED TO GO AND WORK ON IT A LITTLE MORE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] WE'LL GET BACK TO IT.
THE NEXT STEP IS OUR HOUSING STRATEGIC PLAN WITH CHRISTINE WALKER FROM NAVIGATE, LLC.
TONIGHT SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.
>> THANK YOU. CHAIR GINGERY AND TRUSTEES, CHRISTINE WALKER.
WE HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION.
IT'LL BE MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
>> TONIGHT'S FOCUS IS THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.
ANDREA, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE'LL GO PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THIS.
THE PURPOSE IS JUST TO REVIEW THE PROCESS.
TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN CHALLENGES AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH A PROCESS, STARTED WITH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, THEN LOOKED AT HOUSING NEEDS AND THE DEMAND.
TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.
THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WHICH HAS ALREADY STARTED, IS REALLY REVIEWING SOME OF THE DISTRICT PROPERTIES IN EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD HOUSING ON THOSE, AND THEN ALSO COSTS TO DEVELOP THOSE PROPERTIES.
THEN IN JANUARY, A STRATEGY PRIORITIZATION.
REALLY THE DISTRICT IN REVIEWING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, IS THAT REALLY THE DISTRICT'S IN AN ENVIABLE POSITION TO ADDRESS ITS EMPLOYEE HOUSING NEEDS.
YOU HAVE ALIGNMENT OF BOTH STAFF AND BOARD AND THROUGH ALL LEVELS OF THE DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE LAND. YOU HAVE SOME GREAT PARTNER AND THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION TO HELP ACCESS FUNDING.
YOU HAVE INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE.
YOU HAVE EXISTING HOUSING INVENTORY, WHICH HELPS WITH UNDERSTANDING SOME LESSONS LEARNED ALONG THE WAY.
GOODWILL IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE CREATING A PLAN TO ADDRESS YOUR HOUSING NEEDS. WE CAN MOVE ON.
COMMITMENT IS REALLY JUST SET A GOAL.
ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS IS TO INVEST IN CREATING
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AN INVENTORY OF SUITABLE HOMES FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AT ALL LEVELS, IS THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT IN CREATING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH I'D SAY IS NOT COMMON WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'LL HELP YOUR PATH FORWARD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO ADDRESS YOUR HOUSING NEEDS.
LOOKING AT THE LAND, I WANTED TO JUST LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY.
I MIGHT WANT TO WALK UP TO THE BOARD HERE AND TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THEM.
THIS IS JUST TO GIVE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF ABOUT HOW MANY UNITS COULD BE DEVELOPED ON FOUR SPECIFIC PARCELS THAT REALLY ARE AVAILABLE AND SUITABLE FOR EMPLOYEE HOUSING.
WE LOOKED THE MUNGER MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE TETON VILLAGE SITE, JACKSON ELEMENTARY, AND THEN ALSO THE JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
YOU'LL LOOK AT THE KEY PIECE HERE IS JUST AN ESTIMATE OF THE UNITS PER ACRE THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED ON THE PARCEL.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE NOW BECAUSE I'LL LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THEM.
WITH THE MUNGER MOUNTAIN SITE, HAVE A LOOK AT THIS 6.1-ACRE PARCEL, AND ESTIMATED THAT THERE'D BE ABLE TO BE ABOUT EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE ON THERE.
JUST AS AN EXAMPLE IS THAT THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS LOOKING TO DEVELOP HOUSING ON THE SLOPING FOUR-ACRE PARCEL.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 6.4 UNITS PER ACRE.
THOSE ARE THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH, TWO CAR GARAGES.
ALSO, TRUSTEE MEADE WAS ASKING A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS COMPARED TO SCHWABACHER.
I JUST QUICKLY LOOKED UP THE ACRES THERE, 2.2 ACRES THERE, AND THEY HAVE ABOUT FIVE UNITS PER ACRE.
LOOKING AT EIGHT IS ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT WE PUT ON SCHWABACHER.
THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND LOOKING AT THE TETON VILLAGE'S PARCEL.
IT'S PART OF THE EXAMINED FROM THE EXPANSION ON THE TETON VILLAGE.
BUT IT'S LOCATION AT TETON VILLAGE WHERE THERE IS LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY, TALLER BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED THERE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT CLOSER TO 40 UNITS PER ACRE THERE.
AS A COMPARISON, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT SAGEBRUSH APARTMENTS EARLIER.
THERE ARE ABOUT 45 UNITS PER ACRE THERE SO THIS WOULD BE A PRETTY TALL BUILDING OUT AT TETON VILLAGE.
THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES AND WHY TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THESE ARE TOO LOWER DENSITY LINING.
JUST BEING TALL ABOUT HOW THEY DESIGN WOULD BE PLANNED FOR THAT SITE.
THEN NEXT ONE IS THE JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE.
[INAUDIBLE] IT'S LIKELY THAT THEY'LL BE ONE CYCLE, THE OTHER TO MAINTAIN SOME OF FIELD OUT THERE.
WE COULD EITHER LINE GENE STREET OR LINE WILLOW, THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME ACRE DISTANCE.
LOOKING IN THAT AREA WOULD BE ABOUT 12 UNITS PER ACRE, MORE OF A TOWN HOME CONFIGURATION LIKELY.
THEN GOING ONTO THE JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE.
LOOKING AT THIS AREA, I DEVELOPED FOR ITSELF WEEKS AGO AND LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY THAN THE JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE.
IN GENERAL, LOOKING AT THE FOUR PARCELS COULD BUILD ABOUT 200 UNITS, AND THAT WOULD BE A MIX OF OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL PRODUCT AND REALLY WOULD GO LONG WAYS TO STABILIZING THE EMPLOYMENT BASE FOR THE DISTRICT.
I THINK JENNIFER LEFT IN THE EVENING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IS REALLY A STRONG ALLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND JENNIFER IS JUST AMAZING AND JUST WORKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP WITH ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS.
THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE SNAKE RIVER SPORTING CLUB, WHICH IS THE ONE PERCENT REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX COLLECTED AT THE SALE OF HOMES THAT ARE SOLD IN THE SNAKE RIVER SPORTING CLUB WITH 1.5 OF THAT, THAT IS PASSED THROUGH THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WHICH I ALWAYS WANT TO SAY THE FUND FOR PUBLIC LAND BECAUSE I WORK FOR THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND FOR
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SUCH A LONG TIME THAT [LAUGHTER] I'M ALWAYS JUMPING TO THAT.I NOTICED THAT I PUT THAT IN THE REPORT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THEY ARE PURSUING A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GRANTS, FOR SOME PLANNING OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN ALSO A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IN ORDER TO HELP BRIDGE THE FUNDING GAP TO BUILD SOME HOUSING.
THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY AND CHAIRMAN GINGERY YOU DID A GREAT PRESENTATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TAXING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR FACILITIES PLAN.
THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THIS, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE EXCISE TAX WITH, I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, IS THAT THERE'S JUST A LAG IN COLLECTING THOSE FUNDS.
NOT ONLY RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM THEM AND THEN COLLECTING THE FUNDS OR PAYING AN ADDITIONAL FEE TO DO SOME TYPE OF REVENUE BOND IN ORDER TO ACCESS THOSE CENTER.
BUT THERE COULD BE SOME COMBINATION IN ACCESSING PHILANTHROPIC DONATIONS, PAIRED WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDING WEALTH.
THEN THERE'S A NEW FUND THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED FROM THE TETON BOARD OF REALTORS, WHERE IT'S A VOLUNTARY FEE AT TRANSACTION THAT ONCE THERE'S A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE AND SOME SCHEMATICS, WOULD BE ABLE TO GET ON THEIR LIST AS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT SELLERS AND/OR REALTORS COULD DONATE.
THIS IS IN THE DOCUMENT THAT I GAVE YOU.
THE DIFFERENT DOLLAR SIGNS GIVE A BIT OF AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE THAT THE FUNDING WOULD BE.
I JUST WANTED TO PULL OUT OF THIS IS THAT WITH PROVIDING HOUSING, THERE'S ALSO SOME REVENUE SOURCES FROM EITHER SELLING THE HOMES OR RENTING THE UNITS, AND THEN TYPICALLY USED FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RENTAL PRODUCT, ONES YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SECURE SOME LONG-TERM DEBT WITH ONE OF YOUR PARTNERS AT THE JACKSON TETON COUNTY DEPARTMENT.
THEN ALSO RENTAL REVENUE COULD BE UTILIZED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE UNITS THAT ARE CREATED THERE.
[INAUDIBLE]. I'M NOT GOING TO GET THE TERM RIGHT.
>> MAJOR MAINTENANCE. THAT'S RIGHT.
THEN OWNERSHIP PRODUCT, YOU'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE HER FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN ALSO THE HOME OWNERS WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] OPERATION.
WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> CHRISTINE, HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT JUST PASSED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS OR LOANS UNDER THAT?
>> I'VE BEEN MOSTLY LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
THERE IS SOME MONEY FOR ESTABLISHING THOSE AND A LOT OF FUNDING INTO EXISTING PROGRAMS, BUT THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES WITH SEPARATING OUT SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTIES AND ACCESSING SOME POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT WAY.
>> I JUST HEARD SOMETHING ON NPR ABOUT HOUSING THE NAME OF THE STRUCTURE PLAN.
I DIDN'T CATCH THE WHOLE THING THAT MIGHT BE A SOURCE OF SOME OF.
>> IT'S HISTORIC LEVELS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE FUNDING HOUSING.
IT'S THEN PRIMARILY IN THEIR TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW MONEY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FALL IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CATEGORY THERE.
THOUGH, DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE.
I JUST STARTED TO LAY OUT IN YOUR REPORT, JUST THE STAFF FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.
CAN WE GET USED TO SEEING THIS BECAUSE THIS WILL BE PART OF THE EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTIES AND IT JUST PLUGGING IN WHERE THERE'S DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE INTERNALLY AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRACT NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO MOVE OTHER FACILITIES FORWARD.
I THINK YOU'RE IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME EXISTING RESOURCES CONTRACT OUTSIDE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP HOUSING.
AS IF YOU'RE MOVING ALONG FASTER WITH PROJECTS, ADDITIONAL CUSTODY WOULD LIKELY BE NEEDED.
THE DISTRICT HAS 18 EMPLOYEE HOUSING UNITS RIGHT NOW,
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11 ARE AT SCHWABACHER AND THERE ARE SEVEN RENTAL UNITS.WHAT THIS HELPS IS, THERE ARE SYSTEMS IN PLACE ALREADY AT THE DISTRICT FOR DEDUCTING FROM PAYROLL FOR THE BRAND JUST ALL SYSTEMS WORK TO SELECT PEOPLE TO RENT.
IT'S REALLY BE BUILDING UPON THOSE PROGRAMS AND LEARNING SOME LESSONS ABOUT DEVELOPING OWNERSHIP PRODUCT AND THE RENTAL PRODUCT THAT'S BEEN RECENTLY DEVELOPED.
BASICALLY, YOU'RE NOT STARTING FROM GROUND ZERO, YOU'VE GOT A BASELINE.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
THEN THIS IS JUST REALLY TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY SENTIMENT AND THE GOODWILL THAT THERE IS IN THE COMMUNITY BOARDS, THE DISTRICT.
THERE'S A STRONG UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS IN THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL IN ACCESSING SOME, BOTH PHILANTHROPIC DONATIONS AND SOME PUBLIC FUNDING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
YOU ALSO INTERNALLY HAVE A REALLY STRONG COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WITH SOLID PUBLIC RELATIONS, WHICH WILL BE IMPORTANT AS YOU'RE DEVELOPING PROPERTIES.
THEN YOU'RE CREATING A STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS WILL CREATE A CLEAR GUIDE TO MOVE FORWARD REALLY IN A THOUGHTFUL AND EFFICIENT MANNER.
IT ENABLES CREATING A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH IS JUST THE LOCATION TYPE OF UNITS, 10-YEAR, ET CETERA, ON EACH OF THE PROPERTIES, WHICH WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR FUNDRAISING.
THEN ALSO CREATE SOME TRANSPARENCY TO ALL YOUR STAKEHOLDERS.
NOW THE CHALLENGES, THERE AREN'T AS MANY, WHICH IS GREAT.
I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE TIMEFRAME TO DEVELOP.
IT TAKES A WHILE TO JUST GO FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION.
THEN WE'RE IN A VERY VOLATILE CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT, WHICH I WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN JUST CREATING A FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE SELECTION PROCESS.
STARTING WITH THE TIMEFRAME TO DEVELOP OR ANDREAS.
ANDREAS, LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME? [LAUGHTER].
I JUST LAID OUT THIS IS BASED ON FACILITIES TIMELINE.
I INTEND TO LAY IT OUT IN THE SAME MANNER [INAUDIBLE], PROPERTY EVALUATION AND THEN PLUS ESTIMATING AS WELL.
THEN SIX MONTHS FOR DESIGN AND ABOUT 12 MONTHS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF JUST A TYPICAL TIMELINE FROM SETTING UP AS EVALUATION, DESIGN, AND THEN CONSTRUCTING FOR EACH PARCEL THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED.
IT'S LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE PARCELS AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO STAGE DEVELOPMENT OF EACH OF THOSE PARCELS.
THEN, THE CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST REALLY HIGH OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THERE WILL BE A FINANCIAL SUBSIDY IN ORDER TO CREATE HOMES THAT DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO EITHER RENT OR TO PURCHASE.
THERE IS REALLY A SHORTAGE OF SKILLS AND DEPENDABLE LABOR, WHICH MEANS THAT SUBCONTRACTORS ARE CHARGING A PREMIUM.
THEY'RE OFTEN BROUGHT IN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE REGION.
THE BIGGER DEVELOPERS BRING THEM IN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE REGION AND PROVIDE HOUSING IN STAGES OF HOW THEY SEQUENCE THEIR CONSTRUCTION.
COVID IS REALLY STILL CREATING A LOT OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND LABOR DISRUPTIONS.
PROJECT I'M WORKING ON UP IN BOZEMAN.
IT'S LIKE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PAVE LAST WEEK AND THEIR CREW CAME DOWN WITH COVID AND SO THEY HAD TO SHUT DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS.
NOW WE'RE HOPING WE CAN PAVE BEFORE IT GETS TOO COLD.
KEEP HAVING THOSE CHALLENGES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN AND LABOR.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS MODULAR OR PENALIZED.
THERE'RE EVEN ACTUALLY LASER PRINTING HOMES NOW, WHICH IS JUST INSANE WITH CONCRETE.
>> WE NEED TO GET THEM INVOLVED.
EXACTLY. WHAT WE'RE FINDING THOUGH IN BUILD MODULAR AND PANELIZED, THE LIKELIHOOD OF REDUCING CONSTRUCTING COST, YOU COULD FIND SAVINGS OF ABOUT 10 PERCENT MAXIMUM.
OFTEN TIMES THOSE SAVINGS IN CONSTRUCTION ARE EATEN UP IN JUST SHIPPING AND OTHER THINGS.
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IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY.BOY, I TELL YOU WHAT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE PANELIZED SYSTEMS AND MODULAR ARE ON THE VERGE OF BEING ABLE TO SCALE, BUT THEY'RE NOT QUITE THERE AND THEY'RE NOT VERY CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH MAKES IT REALLY CHALLENGING, BUT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
THIS IS ONE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, EXPLORING A LITTLE BIT MORE WHETHER EMPLOYEE HOUSING MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE TOWN AND COUNTY PERMITTING PROCESSES.
IF IT'S NOT [LAUGHTER] THERE IS A STREAMLINE PROCESS.
FORTUNATELY FOR EMPLOYEE HOUSING.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THEN JUST MAINTAINING COMMUNITY SENTIMENT.
IT'S OFTEN A BARRIER WHEN DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY WHEN DEVELOPING WHERE THE DESIRE TO DEVELOP IS HIGH DENSITY AS POSSIBLE ON THESE PARCELS.
MOVING ON TO THE SECTION. THE DEMAND FOR DISTRICT HOUSING FAR EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY OF AVAILABLE HOMES AND THAT'S REALLY NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CREATE A PROCESS TO SELECT WHO EITHER PURCHASES OR RENTS A HOME AND THAT IS TRANSPARENT, FAIR, AND ACCESSIBLE.
BY ACCESSIBLE, I MEAN, BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE IT'S AVAILABLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT AS POSSIBLE AND THAT THE PROCESS IS VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
IF WE MOVE ON TO RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE PRIMARY TAKEAWAY WAS TO USE DISTRICT RESOURCES TO DEVELOP HOUSING AND THERE IS NOT A NEED TO PARTNER BUT THERE ARE MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT WANTS TO BRING IN A PARTNER FOR.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE FOR IMMEDIATE FUNDING, OR CAPACITY TO DEVELOP A PRODUCT.
IT COULD BE FOR ADDITIONAL OR MORE SUITABLE LAND TO DEVELOP ON.
IT COULD BE TO DIVERSIFY THE OCCUPANTS, OR EMPLOYEES FROM VARIOUS BUSINESSES INSTEAD OF JUST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.
THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S PROBABLY MOST RELEVANT WOULD BE A PARTNER TO BRING CONSTRUCTION AND DEBT FINANCING.
BUT THE DISTRICT HAS SKILLS, HAS THE EXPERTISE, HAS THE LAND, HAS THE CAPACITY IN ORDER TO DEVELOP WITHOUT BRINGING IN A PARTNER.
THERE ARE NO GAPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE.
>> EXCEPT FOR MONEY. [LAUGHTER]
>> EXCEPT FOR MONEY, BUT YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RAISE IT.
THEN THE OTHER THING WOULD BE TO JUST OPTIMIZE DISTRICT PLAN WHEN BUILDING OTHER FACILITIES TO LOOK AT INCORPORATING HOUSING WITH EVERY NEW FACILITY.
EACH NEW FACILITY IS GOING TO GENERATE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE.
HELPS YOU KEEPING UP WITH THE NEED THAT YOU'RE CREATING.
THE OTHER THING, IT REALLY CAN HELP CREATE A CULTURE OF INCORPORATING USES SO THAT IF THERE'S HOUSING THAT'S CLOSE TO OTHER DISTRICT USES, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MORE FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE.
THEN THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE, IS TO CONSIDER SOME TYPE OF MASTER LEASING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHILE DEVELOPING THE HOUSING.
THAT IS IT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF MORE SLIDES, I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE DISTRICT PROPERTY VALUATION, THE BALKAN SCALE MODELING WOULD LOOK AT SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
IF WE CAN JUST GO TO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES.
BASICALLY JUST GIVING A VICINITY MAP, GIVING A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT LOCATION, WHO YOUR TARGET MARKET IS, MIXED TENURE AND MIX OF OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL.
THEN THE NEXT SLIDE I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE.
THIS IS WHAT A BALKAN SCALE MODELING IS TO SEE HOW MUCH CAN FIT ON A PROPERTY BASICALLY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT.
THEN THIS WILL GIVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT SOMETHING WILL LOOK LIKE. GREAT.
>> CHRISTINE THIS WAS EXCELLENT.
EACH ONE OF THESE JUST EDUCATIONAL AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN NEEDING AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOROUGHNESS.
IT'S A VERY EXCITING PLAN TO PUT TOGETHER FOR US.
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>> THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTINE? [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CHRISTINA, I GUESS, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS WE CAN PUT ON THE DATING CHART, SOME [INAUDIBLE] I FULLY EXPECTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE BECAUSE THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS, I WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO SEE OPPORTUNITY FOR RENTAL.
WE'VE GOT 14 UNITS, I DON'T KNOW IT JUST FEELS TO ME LIKE THAT PARCEL HAS A LOT MORE CAPACITY THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
>> I THINK IT'S CLOSE THE TOP, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
>> IF I REMEMBER THE SURVEY CORRECTLY, PEOPLE WANTED TO BE IN TOWN.
>> WE HAVE THIS PRIME PROPERTY AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING 14 UNITS OF IT.
>> I THINK THIS WHOLE AREA IS AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
JUST NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH WANTS TO BE LEFT OPEN FOR FIELDS AND OTHER USAGE THERE.
YOU'RE ALSO PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES HERE ON THIS SIDE, MORE THAN THIS SIDE, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE HIGHER DENSITY AND THESE ARE HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT'S GENE STREET. EXACTLY. BUT HAPPY TO LOOK AT CREATING A DELTA PROJECT AND USING MORE LAND.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT DELAYED AND CHAT A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.
>> IT JUST FEELS LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE, LET'S OPTIMIZE AS MANY UNITS AS WE CAN GET IN THERE.
I UNDERSTAND OPEN SPACE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU IF I WERE TO OWN ONE OF THOSE, I DON'T THINK I'D WANT THAT FIELD IN MY BACKYARD BECAUSE OF ALL THE PARKING AND TRAFFIC AND STUFF THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE COMING TO THE EVENT.
I WAS PUSHING HARD BUT I LIKE THE GENE STREET IDEA.
I HAD SEEN THAT YEARS AGO WHEN PAM SHAY WAS SUPERINTENDENT.
SHE'S DONE LIKE A MAP ONE TIME OF AN IDEA AND I LIKE THAT CONCEPT OF JUST PUTTING HOUSES ALONG GENE STREET.
WHEN YOU KEEP THE ATHLETIC FIELDS BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT ON ATHLETIC FIELDS TOO BUT I SEE YOUR POINT.
IF YOU'RE DOING IT, MAYBE DO THE WHOLE THING AND MAKE ALL THE HOUSING BUT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SMALLER, THE GENE STREET IDEAL.
I'D SEEN SHE HAD SHOWN ON ONE TIME UP, SOMEBODY HAD DONE A MOCK UP ABOVE IT.
IT WAS THROUGH THE NURSING IDEA OF THIS.
IT WAS INDIVIDUAL UNITS JUST DOWN THAT STREET AND THEN WE HAD FENCE.
THERE WERE FENCE BETWEEN THOSE ATHLETIC FIELDS.
>> ON GENE STREET, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN GO TWO STALLS BECAUSE ALL THOSE MANSIONS DOWN THERE ARE NOW TWO STORIES.
>> AGAIN, IF WE'RE DOING LIKE WHAT [INAUDIBLE] DONE AND [INAUDIBLE] FISH IS DONE, WE DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO.
>> JUST LIKE I SAID, IT JUST FEELS LIKE SURVEY SAID THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, LET'S OPTIMIZE IT AND GET THE MOST WE CAN OUT OF IT.
>> MR. CHAIR I'D LIKE TO REITERATE JUST THE [INAUDIBLE] POINT AS WELL.
THAT'S ONE THING I NOTICED THAT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS MORE [INAUDIBLE] OPTION TO BE, JACKSON ELEMENTARY AND THAT THE SURVEY IN REGARD, I THINK IT WAS ZERO PERCENT WANTED TO LIVE OUT IN TETON VILLAGE.
THEN I THOUGHT THE RESULTS ARE THERE'S SOME ISSUE WITH THE DEED RESTRICTION THERE AS FAR AS [OVERLAPPING]
>> [LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO GET US WHERE WE ARE.
I'M RELUCTANT TO SIGN UNDER THE FACT THAT WE DON'T NEED A PARTNER.
DEVELOPING HOUSING IS NOT OUR EXPERTISE.
>> I GUESS, HAPPY TO EXPLORE THIS IN A MORE DENSE CONFIGURATION.
MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THE FIELD WAS DESIRED TO BE KEPT.
HAPPY TO DO THAT AND ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, AS FAR AS BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE SURVEY DATA,
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THERE WASN'T A DESIRE TO LIVE OUT AT TETON VILLAGE AND THERE WAS A STRONG DESIRE TO LIVE IN THE TOWN OF JACKSON.IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO BUILD A HIGHER DENSITY SOMETHING IN TOWN PLUS A LITTLE BIT EASIER IN SOME WAYS TO GET ENTITLEMENTS BECAUSE THE TOWN'S GOING UP.
GREAT. THAT'S WONDERFUL FEEDBACK.
>> [OVERLAPPING] YOU HAD A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE.
IT SEEM LIKE I WAS WONDERING HOW THAT WOULD SPINE WITH FUNDING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
I GUESS THAT SCHEDULE ISN'T POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS.
>> YEAH. THE FUNDING WOULD HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE.
BEFORE BEGINNING AND STRUCTURED.
I AGREE, I THINK IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE SPOT.
IT WOULD PLAY INTO WHICH PROJECT PRIORITIZES OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE ISN'T AS LARGE OF SCULPTURE SALE TO GO FIRST SO THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THIS TIMELINE.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MORE COMPLEX, HIGHER DENSITY, I WOULD ADD PROBABLY ANOTHER [INAUDIBLE] TO THAT.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED A LINE FOR FUNDING IN GENEROSITY.
>> VALUATION FUNDING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION. [LAUGHTER]
>> OR FUNDING AND DESIGNING AT THE SAME TIME.
>> AFTER DOING THE PROJECT EVALUATION TO PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BEGIN THE FUNDING, THAT IS SIX MONTHS TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE ENOUGH COMFORT LEVEL TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTING.
HOW'S THAT? I THINK THE PRIORITY WOULD BE STARTING A LITTLE BIT ON A SMALLER PROJECT IN ORDER TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE UPDATE ON THE JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT.
IS JOE HERE? THERE'S JOE. PLEASE TELL US THERE'S A DOOR.
[LAUGHTER] ALL WE WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE A DOOR?
>>MEANING MR. CHAIR? [LAUGHTER].
>>I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT THERE'S NOT A DOOR [LAUGHTER].
>>JOE BOLTON, OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION PROJECT.
MR. CHAIR, NO, THERE IS NOT A DOOR YET.
UNFORTUNATELY ON THAT END, AS TOUCHED ON IN THE HOUSING PRESENTATION, THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT HAS REALLY BEEN HURTING US.
SUPPLY CHAIN, MOSTLY FOR THE VESTIBULE, ALUMINUM AND GLAZING FOR GLASS IS REALLY WHAT'S DELAYING US IN THE FRAME.
WE CAN GO DOWN TO THE SECOND PAGE, PLEASE.
THIS IS THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
WE JUST RECEIVED THE NEXT APPLICATION TO PUSH THIS THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER RECENTLY.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN THIS YET.
BUT THEY ARE RELATIVE TO INSTRUCTION COMPLETE.
THEY ARE ON CHECK FOR BILLING.
WE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID FOR ANY WORK NOT DONE YET.
COUPLE UPCOMING CHANGE ORDERS.
I BELIEVE ONLY TWO OF THOSE WILL AFFECT THE DISTRICT.
MOST OF THOSE ARE MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND THE ONES THAT ARE BEING MADE BY THE DISTRICT ARE GETTING SHARED WITH THE STATE.
THEN ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
THE SECURITY VESTIBULE, AS STATED, HAS BEEN DELAYED ONCE AGAIN, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF PROCUREMENT.
AS I SAID, ALUMINUM GLASS HAS BEEN THE BIG RUN.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A COUPLE CONSTRUCTABILITY ISSUES, WHICH FAVORS THE CONTRACTOR A LITTLE BIT.
THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED TO NEARLY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
PROCUREMENT HAS BEEN ON SOME BIG KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND REFRIGERATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO START UP THE KITCHEN.
CLASSROOM ADDITION OBVIOUSLY STILL SLATED FOR START NEXT SPRING OR LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING, AND FLOORING HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS EVERYTHING YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD. IS THERE ANY QUESTION?
>> WE APPRECIATE IT. YOU GOT YOUR KEYWORD THE OTHER DAY [INAUDIBLE]
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>> ON THE ENTRY VESTIBULE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE READY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK?
>> THAT MR. CHAIR. THAT'S CORRECT.
>> ABOUT BY 11.22, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE?
WE DID JUST RECEIVE AN UPDATED SCHEDULE FROM THE CONTRACTOR TODAY I BELIEVE.
I CAN GET THOSE NEW DATES TO YOU.
>>DO WE HAVE A MITIGATION PLAN FOR ENTRY? THAT'S IN THE SNOW ON THE ICE GOING THROUGH THE ALLEY, THROUGH THE GYM DOOR?
>> YES, WE ARE WORKING ON ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS.
SCHEDULED COMPLETION DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY CAN START USING IT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HOPE THAT THEY CAN USE THAT WITHOUT GLASS OR DOORS AND HAVE ICE STILL FLOW THROUGH THAT AREA BEFORE COMPLETION.
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS TO GET THAT OPEN.
>> WHAT'S YOUR GUESS ON THAT? ON THE COMPLETION OF THAT IN THE KITCHEN?
>> THE KITCHEN? SHOULD BE, LET'S SEE.
I BELIEVE THEY CAN START USING IT AFTER THANKSGIVING.
IT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
THEN SO REALISTICALLY, THEY'LL START USING IT AFTER THANKSGIVING.
THERE WILL BE SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS TO GO THROUGH AFTER THAT TIME, BUT IT SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL AROUND THEN.
>> WHAT'S YOUR ESTIMATE ON THE VESTIBULE?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, THE VESTIBULE WAS MUCH HARDER TO LOCKDOWN BECAUSE OF THE PROCUREMENT ISSUES.
ALUMINUM IS, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR MOST OF THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> DOORS AND THE STORE FRONTS.
FOR THE TWO DOORS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SECURITY ENTRANCE, THE TWO DOORS TO THE LEFT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS STUDENTS FLOOR GOES THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE DOUBLE DOORS, NOT NECESSARILY THE VESTIBULE ITSELF.
THEN AT THE GLASS ON THE VESTIBULE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR JOE?
>> I WAS JUST SAYING THANK YOU.
[F. Action Items]
>> WE MOVE ON TO AUCTION ITEMS AND WE'RE ONTO THE FY 21 FINANCIAL AUDIT.
>> BUT HOLD YOUR HORSES [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER].
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR FINANCIAL AUDITORS.
>> AS I'VE BEEN AT THE MEETING AND I HEAR THE COMMENTS, MY PRESENTATION IS GETTING SHORTER AND SHORTER.
[LAUGHTER] I PROMISE YOU THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SHORTEST REPORT YOU'VE EVER HEARD.
YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE EITHER SAYING THAT GUY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HE TESTED THIS YEAR OR YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT WAS THE GREATEST REPORT EVER.
>> WE SAID THAT WHEN WE MET YESTERDAY.
>> JUST TO BEGIN WITH THIS IS GOING TO BE LARGELY ANECDOTAL.
WE WILL COVER A COUPLE OF NUMBERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
EVERYTHING ELSE TONIGHT IS TALKED ABOUT THE PRESENT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD.
BUT THIS IS COMPLETELY BEHIND US.
THE BOARD HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
IF THERE'S ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, FIRE AWAY, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM, IF NOT ME KRISTEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO.
JUST A FEW NUMBERS TO BEGIN WITH.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT JUST RECENTLY, ARE $93 MILLION.
THAT IS A BIG NUMBER FOR THIS DISTRICT.
THAT'S NOT THE GROSS NUMBER, THAT'S THE CAPITAL ASSETS LESS HOWEVER MUCH THEY'VE DEPRECIATED.
WE'VE REALLY GOT ABOUT A $150 MILLION WORTH OF ASSETS, BUT THE NET IS 93.
THE OTHER BIG NUMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE ENTITY WHITE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS THAT LIABILITY THAT YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT.
THE $40 MILLION IN RETIREMENT THAT THE STATE IS RUNNING FOR YOU.
I'LL BRING THAT UP QUICKLY JUST TO SAY, WE STARTED AT 79 PERCENT FUNDED FOR THAT $40 MILLION PLAN.
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WE WENT DOWN TO 69 TWO YEARS AGO.WHOEVER'S MANAGING IT, THE ECONOMY, WHATEVER'S HAPPENING IS WORKING IN YOUR FAVOR WITH THE PENSION PLAN AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT.
CASH. CASH FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS IS ABOUT $24 MILLION.
OF THAT $24 MILLION, 15.2 BELONGS TO THE GENERAL FUND, 4.3 BELONGS TO THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUND, 4.3 BELONGS TO THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
THEN ABOUT 117 THOUSAND IN THE RACK DISTRICT AND THE GRANT FUNDS.
THAT'S WHAT THE NET INCOME LAST YEAR OF ABOUT $1.1 MILLION FOR THE FOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS COMBINED.
WE ACTUALLY WENT IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AND BUILT UPON FUND BALANCE, WHICH REALLY IS PRETTY CLOSE TO CASH IN THE FUNDS AS WELL.
I WILL TALK VERY QUICKLY ABOUT THOSE.
PROPRIETARY FUNDS ARE SUPPOSED TO OPERATE LIKE BUSINESSES.
YOU'VE GOT THE LUNCH FUNDS WHERE THE FOOD SERVICES ON, AND WE'VE GOT THE CHILDCARE FUND NOW.
THE FOOD SERVICES FUND HAS ASSETS OF ROUGHLY $301,000.
THAT'S A VERY HEALTHY NUMBER FOR A PROPRIETARY LUNCH FUND.
HAVING SAID THAT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE AT ALL LAST YEAR.
MONEY IS COMING FROM DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, FEDERAL SOURCES, AND WHATEVER FEES YOU CHARGED FOR THE LUNCHES.
LAST YEAR, THAT WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN FOR TEACHERS.
THAT'S A VERY HEALTHY YEAR GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL DIDN'T KICK IN.
CHILDCARE FUND AGAIN, AND THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW PROPRIETARY FUND AND A NEW BUSINESS-LIKE FUND.
WE ARE GETTING PROPERTY TAXES NOW, AND THEN WE GET TUITION FROM PEOPLE THAT USE IT.
BUT IT STILL WENT THE WRONG DIRECTION.
IT ONLY HAS A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $2,000 RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE AS A BUSINESS-TYPE FUND, WE DON'T WANT TO GO NEGATIVE.
WITH A 76,000 DOWN TO TWO, WE WOULD GO NEGATIVE PRETTY QUICKLY NEXT YEAR WITH NO HELP FROM THE DISTRICT OR SOME OTHER FORM OF FINANCING.
STUDENT ACTIVITY FUNDS AT JUNE 30TH HAD $494,000.
[INAUDIBLE] YEAH, PLEASE. THAT'S THE NUMBERS FOLKS.
YOU RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THAT MEANS IF THE TEACHERS, STAFF GO IN AND GET A SET OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH I'M DAMN SURE THAT KRISTEN WOULD GIVE YOU.
IF YOU READ THEM, YOU CAN RELY ON THEM AS A FAIR REPRESENTATION OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE DISTRICT AND THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES.
THAT IS MY JOB AS THE AUDITOR.
>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY JOB IS, IS TO COME IN AND SAY, YEAH, THESE NUMBERS THAT CHRISTIAN AND THEIR STAFF PUT TOGETHER, YOU CAN RELY ON THOSE NUMBERS AND I CERTIFY THAT.
IT'S MY OPINION. AS FAR AS THE SINGLE [INAUDIBLE] THIS YEAR AND THIS WAS A CRAZY YEAR, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
THE BIGGEST PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR HAD TO DO WITH THE VARIOUS COVID PROGRAMS AND THE FEDERAL MONEY WE RECEIVED.
THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT IT IS WE WERE GETTING MONEY BEFORE WE EVEN KNEW WHAT THE PROGRAMS WERE, BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT THE RULES WERE AS FAR AS SPENDING THE MONEY.
AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE SINGLE AUDIT ITEMS THAT WE LOOKED AT.
THE OTHER ONE WAS THE FOOD SERVICES PROGRAM.
EVEN THE FOOD SERVICES PROGRAM WAS AFFECTED BY COVID BECAUSE GENERALLY, AND I'M GOING TO USE SOME NUMBERS HERE,
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WE OPERATE UNDER THE 10.555, WHICH IS THE LUNCH PROGRAM WITH ITS OWN SET OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, FREE AND REDUCED, ET CETERA.WE OPERATED THAT WAY FOR TWO WEEKS THIS YEAR AND THEN THEY SWITCHED TO THE 10.559 PROGRAM WHICH IS THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WAS SERVED UNDER.
THESE WERE REALLY MOVING TARGETS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THE FOOD SERVICES PROGRAM AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE COVID-RELATED GRANTS.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
I WOULDN'T SAY I USED A GREAT DEAL OF FLEXIBILITY, BUT I DID USE SOME COMMON SENSE.
GENERALLY, WHEN WE HAVE A GRANT, THERE IS ONE PERSON AND ONE PERSON ONLY THAT APPROVES EVERYTHING.
IF I DON'T SEE THEIR INITIALS ON THE PURCHASE ORDER OR THE INVOICE, IT'S A FINDING.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE CONTROLS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SPENT CORRECTLY.
THIS YEAR WE ALLOWED THE HEAD OF MAINTENANCE TO ORDER SOME SUPPLIES FOR CLEANING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN GETTING COMPUTERS AND BEING ABLE TO BROADCAST CLASSES TO STUDENTS THAT WERE HOME-BOUND.
THERE WAS JUST NO WAY WITH THE MONEY COMING IN LIKE IT DID THAT ONE PERSON COULD DO EVERYTHING.
AGAIN, USING COMMON SENSE, WE HAD NO FINDINGS IN EITHER OF THE PROGRAMS. THE ONE THING I WOULD HAVE A FINDING ON IS IF THE MONEY WAS SPENT INCORRECTLY AND I SAW NO INSTANCES.
WE PULLED A LOT OF INVOICES, SOME, NO INCIDENCES WHERE IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COVID FEDERAL PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW TO BE USED BY THE SCHOOL.
IN THE FOOD SERVICES, ALL OF THE APPLICABLE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM CRITERIA WERE FOLLOWED.
WE'VE GOT THE SAME ONES AS WE HAD LAST YEAR, BUT WE GOT RID OF OVERSPENDING THE BUDGET.
WE HAD THE FINDINGS SEGREGATION OF DUTIES.
I HAD ONE OF MY YOUNG EMPLOYEES ASK ME ABOUT THE SEGREGATION OF DUTIES TODAY BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP BY ONE OF HIS BUSINESS MANAGERS, WHICH SENT ME TO A TIZZY AND I RAILED FOR ABOUT FIVE OR 10 MINUTES AND THEN SAID YOU PROBABLY NEED TO HEAR THAT.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT GUYS AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS NOTHING THAT ANYBODY IN THE BUSINESS OR OFFICE IS DOING WRONG.
IT'S WE JUST DON'T HAVE A STAFF BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE AUTOMATIC CHECKS. THIS IS IN THERE.
LIKE BILL SAID LAST YEAR, ITS PROBABLY NEVER GOING AWAY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S JUST A REMINDER TO YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE CHECKS.
BE AWARE. THE OTHER FINDING HAS TO DO WITH GOING FROM THE CASH BASIS OF ACCOUNTING TO THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING.
NOW, THAT'S IN THERE AGAIN, BUT KRISTEN HAS ALREADY SAID, I WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND I WANT TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET RID OF THAT COMMENT.
WHAT SCHEDULES ARE WE NOT PROVIDING YOU THAT WE SHOULD BE? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AND LET'S GO THROUGH HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING YOU WHAT YOU NEED AND HOPING WE CAN GET RID OF THIS SOMEDAY.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> I HAVE A COMMENT. NICE JOB.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT DONE IN NOVEMBER.
>> YOU KNOW SOMETHING? YOU THANK HER BECAUSE SHE HAD THE WHIP ON ME.
>> WELL, SEE HOW THE WHIP [INAUDIBLE].
>> THERE WAS NO WAY IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE DONE IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
THERE'S LOTS OF SITUATIONS AND I'LL BE TRUTHFUL WHERE, HEY, WE GOT TO GET THESE FINANCIALS DONE, SO WORK THE WEEKEND AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ON MONDAY.
SHE WAS IN THE OFFICE COMPLETELY REVIEWING 480 EMPLOYEE FILES ON THE FINAL WEEKEND TO MAKE SURE THAT PRIOR DATES AND WAGES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE
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CORRECT ON THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A MESS UP WHEN WE TRANSITIONED FROM SOFTWARE UNLIMITED TO SKYPE.IT CREATED REAL PROBLEMS. THE FACT THAT I HAD A CLIENT THAT WAS WILLING TO SPEND HER WHOLE WEEKEND GETTING THOSE READY SO ON MONDAY MORNING WE CAN PLUG THE NUMBERS INTO THE FINANCIALS, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY.
>> VERY CONSCIENTIOUS AND THAT PROVED IT.
I WORK WITH [INAUDIBLE] THE MOST, BUT I KNOW THAT HER WHOLE STAFF BEHIND THE SCENES IS REALLY WORKING TO HELP US GET IT DONE IN TIME FOR THIS NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTION? ANY QUESTION. IT'S PROBABLY MURPHY.
>> ON THE CHILDCARE FUND, BETWEEN THE TUITION AND THE PROPERTY TAX AT POINT 2 THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY TAX, WILL THIS EQUAL R AT SOME POINT WHERE WE WILL BE BREAKING EVEN?
>> [INAUDIBLE] NUMBER FROM OUR BUDGET A YEAR AGO, WE ACTUALLY HAD MUCH OF IT.
IT SEEMS WE HAD $85,000 [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S REALLY WHAT SUPPORTED THAT DEFICIT OF $71,000.
THE SNAG THAT WE RAN INTO WITH COVID IS THAT [INAUDIBLE] WERE HOME, WE WEREN'T TAKING IN THE TUITION.
YES, WE DID OPERATE AT A DEFICIT.
THAT' HAD ALREADY BEEN COVERED [INAUDIBLE].
I EXPECT THE CHILD FARE FUND TO EVEN OUT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO OPERATE AT SURPLUS, BUT WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO GIVE IT A BREAK-EVEN STAND POINT.
ADRIAN AND I HAVE A CONVERSATION AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH SAP? HOW CAN WE REDUCE COSTS? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? THE BIGGEST THING BOTH IN THE FOOD SURPLUS FUND AND THE CHILD FAIR FUND IS COST OF [INAUDIBLE].
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE.
>> WHOEVER GOT RID OF THE SNOWSTORM THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, I APPRECIATE THAT. [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER]
>> AM GOING TO SLIP OUT IF THAT'S OKAY.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO APPROVE THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 1 FINANCIAL AUDIT, DATED JUNE 30TH, 2021 AS [INAUDIBLE].
WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AUDIT FOR JUNE?
>> IMAGINE THAT. WE MOVE TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL AUDIT.
ALL THOSE FOR APPROVAL, SAY AYE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] NICE JOB, CHRISTIAN.
>> WE MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE WYOMING ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.
SUPERINTEND CHAPLAIN, IF YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE.
>> THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE], MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE WYOMING ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, WE DEVELOP A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY PLATFORM, IF YOU WILL, THAT ARE BROUGHT IN THEM THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS IS A VERSION THAT I PRESENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SAME CONCEPT OR TAKE THIS CONCEPT AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC OR FOCUS ON THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF [INAUDIBLE] OR ALTERNATIVELY, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST AN AWARENESS FOR YOU AND YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU REALLY NEED TO ADOPT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
YOU HAVE SOME OPTIONS HERE THE WYOMING SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION ALSO HAS VERY SIMILAR AND THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER AS WELL.
THERE'S SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT NORMALLY, IN NOVEMBER, WE DISCUSS.
THAT'S WHY THIS IS ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES.
>> BOARD, THE CONCEPT HERE WAS, WELL, EVERYONE IS A PARTICIPANT AND IT'S NOT TELLING YOU IS IF YOU DON'T WRITE MOST OF THESE FOR THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
THE OTHER PART IS THEY'RE VERY BROAD AND IT HELPS US TO HAVE FOCUS AS WE GO DOWN TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT WE HAVE A GAME PLAN THAT THIS IS AS
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A BOARD THE ITEMS THAT WE SUPPORT.IF ANYONE IS SPEAKING ON OUR BEHALF, THEY HAVE SOME GUIDANCE FROM US AS A BOARD.
THE REASON I THINK WE LIKE THESE, IN PARTICULAR, THEY'RE VERY BROAD AND OPEN, SO THEY DON'T GET TOO SPECIFIC, I GUESS, IS WHAT I WAS SAYING.
>> ANY THOUGHTS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO ADOPT THESE OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR DISCUSSION?
>> I WOULD PROBABLY EVOLVE THEM.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN CHARGE OF THAT AND BRING THEM BACK IN DECEMBER FOR US?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN PULL IT OFF BY DECEMBER, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO DECEMBER?
>> [OVERLAPPING] JANUARY. WE MAKE IT JANUARY.
>> OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS TO JANUARY?
>> MOVE THE ITEM OF ADOPTING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE WHO FAVOR SAY, AYE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I WILL WORK WITH SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO WORK WITH US, JUST GIVE ME A CALL.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS CONSIDERATION TO PURCHASE A NEW GRANDSTAND AND PRESS BOX STRUCTURE TO PACKAGE USING MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
LONG EXPONENTIAL ENDING, A PACKET, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE READ.
BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE [INAUDIBLE] WALK US THROUGH THIS OR [INAUDIBLE] GOING ALONG.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY [OVERLAPPING].
>> ALL RIGHT. I WAS TRYING TO HELP SOMEBODY.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU DO HAVE PLENTY OF INFORMATION.
IN SUMMARY, WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO HERE IS THE GRANTING OF PRESS BOX NEED TO BE REPLACED.
MANY OF THEM OF UNKNOWN AGE THAT WERE QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME ASSETS, IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR THEM THAN TO MOVE THEM.
THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERSIZED.
THEY WERE BUILT FOR HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION OF SOMEWHERE 450 TO 500 STUDENTS.
WE ALREADY KNOW WE EXCEED THAT.
>> ACTUALLY SINCE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO STATE FOR FOOTBALL. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS USE MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING BECAUSE WE HAVE IT AND IT'S INTENDED FOR THIS PURPOSE TO PURCHASE THE STRUCTURE OF THE CROSSWALKS AND THE BLEACHERS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $650 THOUSAND.
THEN WHAT WE WILL DO IS TOMORROW, ADVERTISE OR ACTIONS ADVERTISED TODAY, AN RFP FOR THIS STRUCTURE AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 30TH, THOSE WHO WOULD COME IN FOR DECEMBER 10 OR 8, WHEN OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE WILL HAVE THE CONTRACT ON FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
THE REASON WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND USE THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING TO PURCHASE THE STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE OF THE SLOT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
WE'D LIKE TO GET THESE DONE IMMEDIATELY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A DONATION TO DO THE LABOR ALREADY AND THE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION POTENTIALLY, RECORD STRICT, COULD ALSO REFUND THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE DOLLARS, WE COULD USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THE PLAN WOULD BE TO TEAR DOWN THE EXISTING BLEACHERS OF PRESS BOX AND MOVE THEM TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIELD.
SO THEY'D BE ESSENTIALLY FROM THE 20 YARD LINE TO THE 20 YARD LINE AND WITH HALF BUILT IN STORAGE SO THAT THE SHADES THAT HAVE MIRACULOUSLY POPPED OUT, [LAUGHTER] IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS COULD BE REMOVED.
THE SOCCER AND LACROSSE LIST FOLKS THAT HAVE THINGS STORE, WE COULD THEN HAVE A SPACE, THEN A REALLY CLEAN STRUCTURE.
WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GET THIS GOING AND HAVE THE CONTRACT IN PLACE FOR DECEMBER SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS FINISHED AND FINALIZED IN THE SUMMER.
>> HOW MUCH DOES IT MAKE YOUR MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW.
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67, 1.67 MILLION A YEAR.>> HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT?
SO IF I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE AGREEING TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THE MATERIALS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN DECEMBER WITH THE ACTUAL CONTRACT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE BUYING IT FROM YET.
SO WHERE DOES AUTHORIZING YOU TO START MOVING FORWARD? YOU'LL COME BACK IN DECEMBER WITH WHOEVER YOU FOUND A SELL IT TO YOU.
SO THEN YOU COULD SIGN A CONTRACT, AND THEN THEY CAN START MOVING IT TOWARD YOU WITH THE HOPE THAT IT SHOWS UP BY MAY TO START CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME MONEY FROM DONORS TO ACTUALLY BUILD IT.
>> ONE PART, G JOHNSON WAS GOING TO PROVIDE THE LABOR TO BUILD IT [OVERLAPPING] AS A DONATION.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, [INAUDIBLE].
>> SO ARE WE CAN GET HANG UP THOUGH.
I MEAN, TO ME, YOUR FIRST PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE AVAILABILITY, RIGHT? ARE WE GOING TO GET HANG UP IN THIS BID PROCESS THAT WE DIDN'T GO TO THE CHEAPEST PERSON VERSUS THE MOST AVAILABLE? I HOPE NOT.
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING MORE THAN ONE BIDDER.
>> MR. CHAIR, [OVERLAPPING] SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ANYTHING ABOUT LOCKER ROOMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT THIS POINT, THIS IS SOLIDLY THE STRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE PRESS BOX.
>> THANK YOU. IT REALLY IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE FOOTBALL GAMES THIS YEAR, THANKFULLY.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE FOOTBALL GAMES NEXT YEAR IF WE DON'T DO THIS, RIGHT?
>> YES. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE] WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BOATS ON THEM.
>> IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THE REPORT DEFINITELY INDICATES THAT AS WELL.
THEY SERVED A REALLY GREAT PURPOSE AND NOW WE'VE JUST FAR EXCEEDED THAT.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO, AS TRUSTEE, NEED ALLUDED TO THE MASTER PLAN OF THE MACINTOSH, [INAUDIBLE], AND JUST THIS CAMPUS AREA.
WOULD LOVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT IN THAT POSITION.
WE'RE REALLY JUST TAKING CARE OF THE IMMEDIATE NEED, AND WE HAVE A VIABLE FUNDING SOURCE.
I'M ALSO GREW THAT OUR GENEROUS DONATION OF THE LABOR FROM JUDY JOHNSON.
THEY MIGHT BE BUSY AND DECIDE WE CAN MAKE THIS MONEY INSTEAD OF DONATE $65 THOUSAND WORTH OF LABOR.
SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT FISH ON THAT BOAT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THE FULL AMOUNTS FOR THE SUPPLIES IN HOPES THAT WE'LL GET DONATIONS TO OFFSET THAT LATER.
IF WE APPROVED THE AMOUNTS, DOES THAT HINDER THE ABILITY TO RACE FUNDS? BECAUSE, THERE'S NOT A PERCEIVED NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE AMOUNTS.
I'M WONDERING IF WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NON-ABRASIVE CAPACITY.
COULD WE GO TO MATCH OR SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW. DID YOU LIKE THAT [OVERLAPPING]?
>> MY CONCERN IS DEPLETING THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUND AND THEN GETTING NO DONATIONS.
THEN NOW WE NEED MAJOR MAINTENANCE DONE.
[LAUGHTER] WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
>> IT'S CERTAINLY A VALID CONCERN.
IT DIDN'T HAVE A BACKUP OF THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUND.
WE DO BELIEVE WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THERE'S SO MUCH LOVE FOR MACINTOSH STADIUM WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM BONE STEAK ON SATURDAY, THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND SUPPORT FOR IT, AND YOU'D HAVE A STATE TWO TIMES BACK TO THAT STATE CHAMPIONS IN SOCCER.
OUR ECCENTRIC TEAMS, OUR TRACK TEAMS, THEY'RE ALL SO STRONG, THAT THIS IS SUCH A NICE REVIEW, I BELIEVE, AND JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE] AND MIKE HANSEN WHO HAVE OUTSTANDING CONNECTIONS.
THEY BELIEVE WE'LL GET THESE DONATIONS.
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>> COULD WE APPROVE SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE A MATCH OR SOMETHING OR I DON'T HOW TO DO [OVERLAPPING] IT WORKS.
>>I THINK WE WENT [OVERLAPPING].
>> AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'RE PUT UP THE REST OF THE MONEY, [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME LEVEL OF COMMON HERE.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GRAIN LIKE THIS AND GET DISCOVERING.
IT IS OWN BLACK HOLE OF STUDENTS ARE NORTH.
IT MAKES YOU THINK TWICE ABOUT BEING A TRUSTEE WITHOUT LIABILITY.
WATCH A MAN TAKE A BALANCE BY ABOUT EIGHT INCHES.
[LAUGHTER] AND THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT CRUMBLES.
>> LET'S TAKE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE?
>> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> COULD BE. [OVERLAPPING] DOES IT.
>> WHERE'S MY MOTION? [OVERLAPPING]
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF [BACKGROUND] IT [LAUGHTER].
>> THANK YOU FOR SENDING A RESPONSE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] THAT SINCE YOU DON'T WANT THE [OVERLAPPING] MOZART, [INAUDIBLE]
>> YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR CONCERN.
>> IN MY MIND, THE WAY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE STADIUM PROJECT IS THE LOCKER ROOM AND THE PROJECT WOULD BE ALL DONATIONS IN ORDER TO START THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY BACK.
>> THIS IS 650 WAS KIND OF WHAT MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS.
IN ORDER TO START PHASE 2, WE HAVE TO GET BACK OUT OF THE HOLE AND THAT TO CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT PHASE.
THAT WAS I HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OF DR. CHAPMAN HAD, BUT THAT WAS MY THOUGHT PROCESS.
>> MY COMMENT IS SIMPLY THAT, IN MY OPINION, MASH MACKINTOSH STADIUM IMPROVEMENTS, COMPARED TO THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO LIKE THE BUS BAR, AND THE SECURITY VESTIBULE, POTENTIALLY THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND I WAS A LITTLE LOWER PRIORITY AND I DON'T WANT US TO GET PUSHED INTO DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO MACKINTOSH STADIUM IN A PARTICULAR PRIORITY BECAUSE OF THE MATERIAL ISSUES.
I WILL PROBABLY VOTE FOR DOING THIS.
BUT I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA THAT GETTING PUSHED INTO DOING THE LOCKERS AND THAT SORT OF THING WHEN REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR BUS BAR IN THE MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS, THAT 4.6 MILLION ESTIMATED FOR MACKINTOSH STADIUM IMPROVEMENTS.
IT SEEMS TO ME IT COULD BE BETTER USED FOR OTHER PRIORITIES AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN PRIORITIZED YET.
BUT MAYBE WE'LL COME UP WITH THIS BEING THE TOP PRIORITY.
BUT I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF GETTING IN FINANCE SWITCH INTO THAT BY STARTING OFF WITH THIS.
THAT'S BASICALLY JUST MY COMMENT BUT AND PERHAPS A FORECAST OF THINGS TO COME.
>> TRUSTEE MEAD, I THINK I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU.
RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE LOCKER ROOM PROJECT.
WE'RE DOING THE STRATEGIC FACILITIES PLAN SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ONE-OFFS LIKE THIS, THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IN A STRATEGIC MANNER.
I WILL VOTE FOR IT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY REASON.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO DO THIS SMALL PART OF THIS, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SEEN AS THAT WE JUST GREENLIT THE ENTIRE REMODEL OF MACKINTOSH STADIUM, ALL ON AGREEING TO DO TODAY IS TO ORDER MATERIALS FOR THE STANDS AND POTENTIALLY FOR THEM TO BE BUILT.
BUT THE REMAINDER OF THAT PLAN STILL IS OUT THERE.
THIS IS WHY I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING.
I DON'T WANT DONORS TO DICTATE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR LAND.
I THINK IT'S GREAT WHEN PEOPLE DONATE MONEY.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THERE ARE OTHER USES OF OUR PROPERTY IN PRIORITIZING AND THAT WAS HOPEFULLY THE NEED FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE, BOARD, ARE DIRECTING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR PROPERTIES RATHER THAN DONORS.
I AGREE WITH WHAT THE DIRECTION TRUSTEE MEAD'S GOING.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO GET THIS DONE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT IT TO BE SEEN AS THAT WE'VE GREENLIT THE REST BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, I AM NOT AT THIS TIME IN FAVOR OF THE LOCKER ROOM PLAN.
>> ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENT, TRUSTEE CARMEN?
>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I FELL INTO THAT CAMP AS WELL.
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I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND AS SOON AS I HEARD ABOUT THE SAFETY AND I FELT ABOUT THEIR LIABILITIES OF SCHOOL, ETC.THAT IS REALLY WHY I'M FOCUSED ON THE BLEACHERS, LIKE I'M IN NO WAY, IS THAT MEAN THAT I'M STEPPING OUT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN COSTS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE TUSKEGEE, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOVE?
>>MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF NEW GRANDSTAND AND PRESS BOX STRUCTURE PACKAGE AS PRESENTED WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS DEEMED NECESSARY BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE TUSKEGEE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SCARLET TO APPROVE PURCHASE, OF NEW GRANDSTAND AND PRESS BOX STRUCTURE PACKAGE.
ANY DISCUSSION FURTHER, TRUSTEES UP.
>> COULD I OFFER IN A MINUTE? I THINK TALKING WITH JENNIFER JELLEN WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, THAT SHE WANTS DIRECTIONS FROM US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING DONATIONS.
CAN WE ADD THAT TO THE [INAUDIBLE]?
>> I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO PUT THAT UP HERE IN [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THOUGHT THAT SHE NEED A DIRECTION, LOST [OVERLAPPING] THE NATION.
>> IT APPEARS THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT HAS BEEN DENIED BY THE MOTION MAKER.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT WITH TETON COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU JUDGE HENRY. THIS IS A REVISED AGREEMENT FOR THE FIELDS AND FACILITY USE WITH TETON COUNTY PARKS AND REC.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
IT WAS FIRST APPROVED IN 2009 AND THEN AMENDED IN 2012.
WE WERE A BIT OVERDUE IN TAKING A LOOK AT THIS STEVE ASHWORTH AND ANDY BERNSTEIN WERE TERRIFIC TO WORK WITH.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2022, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON THAT WE WANTED TO WORK ON THIS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NOW RAN OUT THE FIELDS AND THAT IN THE CLASS PARKS AND REC HAD RENTED OUT.
THE PHASE THAT DON'T CHANGE IS THAT PARKS AND REC WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH US ON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND MAINTAINING THE FIELDS THAT THEY CURRENTLY DO.
THE LAST PAGE I'M GOING TO READ HAS A MAP OF THAT.
THEY ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE RESTROOMS. THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT SUBJECT TO MINOR MODIFICATIONS DEEMED NECESSARY BY LEGAL COUNSEL.
THEN WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK ON APPENDIX A.
APPENDIX A WILL BE A VERY DETAILED OUTLINE OF WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS OF MAINTENANCE FOR EACH OF THE FIELDS, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING IN THE PAST.
SOME OF THE FIELDS ARE REALLY COMPETITION READY AND THEN OTHERS ARE MORE PRACTICE OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES THAT DON'T HAVE THE SAME STANDARD OF CARE.
APPENDIX A WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN APPROVED A LITTLE MORE FREQUENTLY BY THE ADMINISTRATORS, WHICH WOULD BE ME AND STEVE ASHWORTH.
WE REVIEW APPENDIX A MORE AS A FLUID DOCUMENT THAT WE WOULD BOTH MUTUALLY AGREE UPON, BUT THE USE AGREEMENT IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AN UPDATE SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TRANSITIONING.
WE REALLY NEED TO BE WORKING ON THAT NOW SO THAT WE CAN TAKE OVER THEIR RENTAL AGREEMENT BEGINNING IN JANUARY.
>> QUESTION. [INAUDIBLE] GET STARTED?
>> THE EAST PRACTICE FIELD, WHICH IS THE FIELD EAST OF COULTER.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
>> IT'S NEVER BEEN PART OF THAT [INAUDIBLE] IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S.
>> I KNOW, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS LACROSSE AND A LOT OF COMMON USE OF THAT FIELD.
IS THERE A REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T ADD THAT?
>> WELL, AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE?
>> BASICALLY THE WHOLE THING [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL.
>> YEAH. I MEAN, THEY'VE ALSO TAKEN CARE OF OBVIOUSLY THE SCHEDULE.
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>> I JUST THOUGHT I'D NEVER MADE SENSE TO ME.
WHILE THE [INAUDIBLE] MAINTAINING THAT.
>> COUNTY DOESN'T FEEL THAT FIELD IS SUITABLE FOR THAT DOESN'T MEET WHAT THEY CONSIDER THEIR SERVICE LEVELS.
THEY HAVEN'T MAINTAINED IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A LOT OF WORK TO HAVE BROUGHT IT UP TO A CERTAIN LEVEL.
THAT WAS WHY THE HECK OF THE AGREEMENT PASSED.
>> WE BASICALLY WANT [OVERLAPPING]
>> BASICALLY THE ONLY GROUPS, ONLY SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] CURRENTLY USE IT IS COULTER FOR PE CLASS, THE GENERALIZATION.
THEN IT GETS RENTED OUT BY LACROSSE AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY USER RENTAL WHEN THEY DO THAT THROUGH LOSS [OVERLAPPING]
>> MY OWN QUESTION WAS WHY DO WE [INAUDIBLE] HAVE THEM ALSO JUST MOW IT IS I SAID THAT'S THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THEIR EXPENSE [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK TO ADD THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT APPENDIX, I BELIEVE.
>> I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE JUST COMBINING THEM TOO.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE FACILITIES USED TO DO? IS THERE A MOTION?
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO A PERIOD OF FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT WITH TETON KELLY, PARKS, AND RECREATION AS PRESENTED SUBJECT MATTER MODIFICATION STATE WITH UNNECESSARY BY A LITTLE BIT.
I'VE JUST REMEMBERED I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS ONE.
I WILL RECUSE MYSELF, AND NOT VOTE ON THIS.
>> MR. CHAIR, I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT THIS AGREEMENT ALSO KNOW APPLIES TO THE SWIMMING POOL, AND REC CENTER.
IT PROVIDES FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME IF I DIDN'T [INAUDIBLE] THAT SWIMMING POOL.
I ASSUME THAT THERE IS A DISCUSSION INSPIRE THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN SWEDEN TEAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS AN FX. I SEE IT THAT RIGHT?
>> WE DO HAVE A VERY WORDY INCLUDING THAT THE HOURS DIDN'T CHANGE, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE PRIORITY.
WE AGAIN HAVE OUR SWIM COACH, AND BY CANSON HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN PARKS, AND REC.
THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE MEDICINE THAT.
>> NEXT ONE IS THE SMART START PLAN.
I'LL JUST EXPLAIN SOME OF THOSE, AND THEN ALTERNATIVE OR TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WHEN WE FIRST GIVE THIS BARN SPIRIT PLAN BACK IN AUGUST, AND YOU GOT TO MEETINGS.
WE SAID WE'D REVISIT IT EACH MONTH JUST IN CASE WE NEEDED TO BE FLEXIBLE, AND RESPOND TO CHANGES, AND ALSO OFFER TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN EACH MODULE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FLEXIBLE, AND RESPONSIVE.
THE IDEA THIS MONTH, TWO THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON.
ONE IS TRISKY CARLIN HAD ARTICULATED THIS VERY WELL BACK WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING IT IN AUGUST.
I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF CONSENSUS ON A LOT OF WHAT HARLAN WAS SAYING WAS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PARENTS AT LEAST THAT TO SEE THE FACE STAY AT LEAST THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND PARTICULARLY 5-11 YEAR-OLD TO OBTAIN VACCINATION STARTING TOMORROW, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, I THINK I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT'S LOCATED PROBABLY THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH I THINK.
WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THAT, AND THEN THE SECOND SHOT WOULD BE MID-DECEMBER.
THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IT TAKES ABOUT TWO WEEKS FOR EFFICACY AFTER THE SECOND SHOT SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF DECEMBER.
THE CONCEPT WAS THAT BY THE END OF DECEMBER, PEOPLE WHO HAVE WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED WOULD HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THEN THE QUESTION STARTED TO BECOME WHAT HAPPENS ON JANUARY ONES, AND PARENTS AND STARTED TO ASKING, AFTER CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE'LL MASK WILL BE REQUIRED.
THE ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT'S OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME IS THAT THE TOWN HAS AN ORDER IN PLACE, COUNTY HAS AN ORDER IN PLACE.
THE TOWN ORDER PLANKTON SCHOOLS THAT ARE WITHIN THE TOWN COUNTY, WHAT ARE APPLYING IN THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY.
THAT THEIR ORDER ENDS ON DECEMBER 31ST.
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ONE IDEA WAS FOR US TO LET PARENTS KNOW THAT IT IS OUR INTENT, AT LEAST AS OF JANUARY 1, THAT THE REQUIREMENT FOR FACE COVERINGS WOULD GO AWAY.>> YEAH. I THINK, THEY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO, AND THAT WOULDN'T BE UNTIL JANUARY 1, BUT AT LEAST WE WOULD BE MAKING THAT DECISION NOW, PEOPLE WERE FULLY AWARE OF IT.
THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT WE NOT DO ANYTHING TONIGHT, AND WE REVISIT THIS DECEMBER, TALKED ABOUT IT'S MORE ON DECEMBER POSSIBLY.
BUT AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER CHRISTMAS BREAK, AND THERE WAS SOME IDEA THAT AT LEAST MAYBE WE SHOULD START THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT SO THAT WE ARE ALL DISCUSSING THE RIGHT.
THERE WAS ALSO A CHANGE [OVERLAPPING] IN QUARANTINE.
BUT FOR THE QUARANTINE, AND THEIR PARENTS HAD HAD SOME QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DECIDING, COORDINATING.
THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ADDED JUST SO PARENTS, THOUGH HE UNDERSTOOD THAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LIKE BURWICK GETS LOOKED AT FOR QUARANTINE.
THOSE ARE THE IDEAS BEHIND US AGAIN, WE DON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TONIGHT.
IT'S FINE TO LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE THE ORDERS ARE STILL IN PLACE FROM THE COUNTY AND TOWNS.
NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED, ALL THAT CHANGES.
WE CAN CERTAINLY REVISIT THIS IN DECEMBER.
[INAUDIBLE] THIS CHAPTER. YOU WANT TO ADD A THING?
>> I THINK WHEN I'M JUST READING THROUGH THE POTENTIAL CHANGES, IT INDICATED NOT I'M NOT SURE THAT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT IT WOULDN'T SAY IN THIS PLANET THAT AFTER WINTER BREAK, MASK COULD BE OPTIONAL BUT WE WOULD FOLLOW THE TOWN, AND COUNTIES LEAD.
THAT'S ONLY IF THEY REMOVE IT FROM THE TENTH DAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS OUT THERE TOO.
IT WOULDN'T BE AN R-SQUARED TERM HAPPEN.
LET'S SAY WE WILL STILL FOLLOW ALL HEALTH ORDERS FROM STATE COUNTING TOWN.
THEY RE-IMPLEMENTED IT THEN IT WOULD BE REIMPLEMENTED WITH US TOO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DID WITH OUR SMART STARTUP.
WE WERE JUST MAKING THE STATEMENT THAT WE WILL LEARN FOLLOWS ORDERS THAT COME DOWN ON HOME.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN.
IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, EVEN IF WE'RE STILL IN THE BRAND, AND THE TOWN TO TOWN, AND YOU DECIDE THEY WANT TO GET RID OF THEIR MASK MANDATE FOR WHATEVER REASON, PROBABLY SALES TAX REASON.
NOW PEOPLE WEARING MASKS IN SCHOOLS.
>> CHAIR GAVE YOU TRUSTING ME, WE ELIMINATED THE CRITERION OF ORANGE AND RED, AND INSTEAD JUST TOOK ALL THAT OUT, AND SAID WE WILL FOLLOW TOWN, COUNTY, AND STATE HEALTH ORDERS.
THEN THE TOWN OR COUNTY OR THE STATE HAS ITS HEALTH ORDER.
WE WOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT, BUT IF NOT, WEARING MASKS WOULD BE OPTIONAL.
>> WHAT DATA ARE WE BASING ANY CHANGES ON?
>> TRUSTEE MEAD, CHAIRMAN GINGERY.
I WOULD SAY, I WAS RELYING ON THE VACCINATION DATA AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 5-11-YEAR-OLDS TO BE VACCINATED.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL DATA, WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS THAT ARE VACCINATED.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE MORE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THAN WE DO IN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
HOWEVER, WE'VE HAD NO FULL CLASSROOMS QUARANTINED THIS ENTIRE YEAR VERSUS WE'VE HAD SIX IN ELEMENTARY.
WE HAD A FEW MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS QUARANTINED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AN ACTIVITY.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE SOME OF THE KIDS WERE VACCINATED AND SOME WEREN'T, IT REDUCED THE TOTAL EXPOSURE IN THE BUILDING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, BUT A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS.
WE SEE THE OPPOSITE TREND IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE DO HAVE TO QUARANTINE MORE BECAUSE THE STUDENTS
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HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR VACCINATION, OR THEY DON'T HAVE PROOF OF POSITIVE ANTIBODIES, I THINK I'M SAYING THIS RIGHT, OR PREVIOUS COVID.I WOULD SAY THAT'S PART OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE RELYING UPON.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS PONDERING IS, IF THE TALLYING OF THE STATE OR THE TOWN CHANGED THEIR HEALTH ORDER ANYTIME SOON, I DIDN'T WANT TO CALL IN A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, OR WAIT BECAUSE I KNEW WE'D HAVE PARENTS SAYING, OR THE STAFF SAYING WHY HAVE YOU ADJUSTED.
THAT I WAS TRYING TO [INAUDIBLE] AND BE LESS, SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE.
I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WOULD HELP.
THAT SAID, NONE OF THESE WOULD TAKE WAITS UNTIL JANUARY 1ST.
IF WE'RE NOT READY TO DO THIS NOW, THAT'S OKAY TOO.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING FOR US TO BE TALKING ABOUT AND THINKING ABOUT AND ALSO RESPONSIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN OUR PRIME ALL LONG AND IT WILL REALLY HELP US WITH OUR ERP APPLICATION BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT AND WE HAVE BEEN EVERY SINGLE MONTH WE'RE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT.
THAT SAID, WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS TO DO IS FINE.
BUT THAT WAS MY THOUGHT PROCESS AND THAT'S THE DATA THAT I WAS RELYING UPON.
>> I'M JUST [INAUDIBLE] TO PRESENT IN [INAUDIBLE] IF THERE ARE THESE VACCINATION CLINICS AND IF WE CAN GET SOME DATA OUT OF THEM AS TO HOW MANY LITTLE KIDS ARE GETTING VACCINATED.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD PUT US IN A MORE VIOLENT POSITION BASED ON THE DATA.
THEY SAY, "WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF MASKS." I FEEL LIKE UNLESS WE HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.
EVERYTHING I'VE READ HAS SUGGESTED THAT COVID MAY BE ON THE OUTS.
BUT OUR EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR WAS THAT WE CLOSED SCHOOL BEFORE THANKSGIVING BECAUSE OF THE HALLOWEEN OUTBREAK AND THEN, IT GOES ON FROM THERE.
IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE TO BE CHANGING THIS.
WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MONTH, WE COULD FIGURE OUT, I SUPPOSE HOW MANY, SMALLER 5-11-YEAR-OLDS ACTUALLY GET VACCINATED.
OTHERWISE, WE COULD HAVE VERY BAD OUTBREAKS AMONGST THEM.
>> WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT BEFORE WE START [INAUDIBLE] ALISON, DID YOU WANT TO GIVE A COMMENT?
>> YES, PLEASE. ALISON [INAUDIBLE] I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR PROPOSING THESE CHANGES TO THE SMART START PLAN BECAUSE TO ME IT SHOWS A REAL EVOLUTION OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BY RECOGNIZING PREVIOUS INFECTION AND OUR NATURAL IMMUNITY.
I THINK THIS WILL ULTIMATELY HELP KEEP KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM INSTEAD OF BEING UNNECESSARILY QUARANTINED AT HOME.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT REMOVING ANY MASK MANDATE OVER AND ABOVE THOSE IMPOSED BY THE TOWN AND COUNTY. YOU TOUCHED ON IT.
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHANGES WON'T GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY WITH THE TOWN AND COUNTY MANDATES, AS YOU'VE SET IN PLACE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT ALMOST SEEMS DISINGENUOUS TO WAIT ANOTHER SEVEN WEEKS BEFORE THESE CHANGES TAKE EFFECT.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
>> CHAIRMAN GINGERY, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT COUNTY CHAPLAIN. THANK YOU.
I'M JESSE, AFTER HEIDI AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THESE PROPOSED CHANGES AS SUPERINTENDENT CHAIRMAN WAS THINKING THROUGH THIS.
I RESPECT THE THOUGHT PROCESS YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.
I THINK CROSSING OUT A LOT OF THAT COLOR-CODING EXCESSIVE WORDS.
AS A PARENT, IT CLARIFIES THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
I CAN SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM IN TERMS OF THE COUNTY HAS DECIDED XYZ.
NOW I DON'T HAVE TO GO AND RESEARCH WHAT'S A SCHOOL DOING.
IT'S LIKE NOW I KNOW I CAN MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE COUNTY.
I THINK CROSSING OUT A LOT OF THAT STUFF AND ALL THE COLOR-CODING.
[LAUGHTER] THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
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THANK YOU FOR MAKING THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES.I THINK GOING WITH THE COUNTY JUST CLARIFIES THINGS FOR PARENTS, PROBABLY FOR YOU GUYS TOO LIKE YOU'D SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
ALSO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF NOTICING, RECOGNIZING NATURAL IMMUNITY, IN TERMS OF ANTIBODY TESTING, AND PREVIOUS COVID INFECTION.
THANK YOU ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ZOOM? NO? WE'LL BRING THE MATTER UP TO THE BOARD.
WHAT IT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION?
>> CHAIR GINGERY. [LAUGHTER] WELL, I JUST WAS WONDERING BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF THE CHANGE AND [OVERLAPPING] MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE QUARANTINE PIECE.
WE CAN MAYBE TAKE TRUSTEE MEAD'S LEAD AND JUST SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING VACCINATED.
THE COUNTY MANDATE'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, IF IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT FAMILIES AS MUCH.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT PIECE AGAIN.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? WE CAN SPLIT THIS INTO MULTIPLE MOTIONS IF WE WANT TO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE SMART START PLAN AS TO PAGE 5, UNDER QUARANTINE ORDERS?
>> YES I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT ACTION.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MEAD.
THE CHANGE IS THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT ARE LOOKED AT FOR QUARANTINING.
IT INCLUDES NOW PROOF OF VACCINATION, POSITIVE ANTIBODY TEST FOR COVID DIAGNOSIS WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT TO THE SMART START PLAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE FOR [INAUDIBLE] TO THE OTHER PARTS?
>> I WOULDN'T MOVE THAT WE CHANGE OUR MASKING ORDERS AS PRESENTED OR WE TAKE AWAY THE COLOR CODING AND JUST SAY WE MATCHED THE TCSD.
TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL FOLLOW TETON COUNTY AND STATE HEALTH ORDERS.
>> IT'S BEEN NOTED BY TRUSTEE SCARLET AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PESKY TO ADOPT ALL THE OTHER CHANGES THAT WERE PROPOSED.
WERE YOU SAYING, AS OF JANUARY?
I ASSUME THE STATE ORDERS ARE GOING RUN UP TO DECEMBER 31ST.
THEY'LL JUST DROP OFF AT THE SAME TIME.
IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN JANUARY 1ST, THAT'S FINE.
>> IT WAS YOUR MOTION TO ADOPT ALL THE OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED AND THOSE OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, WILL GO TO EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2022; IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>> THAT'S FINE. CAN I GIVE MY REASONING?
>> I GIVE HATS OFF AND A LOT OF CREDIT TO COMMISSIONER BARREN AND COMMISSIONER RAMPSTEP THAT REALLY BROUGHT FORWARD THIS ISSUE.
WHEN I WATCHED THE INTERVIEW, I WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT THEY DID GET DR. RIDDLE AND JORDY PALM TO SIT IN FRONT OF THEM AND ACTUALLY ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WATCHING THAT INTERVIEW, I BELIEVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REALIZES THAT THE CURRENT TETON COUNTY LEAVE US MASKED IN PERPETUITY.
I THINK THE TETON COUNTY EVERYONE'S RECOGNIZING THAT US GETTING TO 1.7 CASES PER DAY IS NOT REALISTIC.
MY INTENTION FOR THIS MOTION IS THAT THIS JUST BRINGS US FORWARD AND LETS THE FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO GET VACCINATED AND WE CAN GO WITHOUT MASKS JUST LIKE THE OTHER 47 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF WYOMING OR CERTAIN NEIGHBOR OVER [INAUDIBLE] AND I THINK IT'S JUST TIME THAT WE START RECOGNIZING THIS AND MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE [INAUDIBLE] AS PROPOSED BY TRUSTEE SCARLET? [OVERLAPPING].
>> I SAW THAT SAME INTERVIEW AND I COMPLETELY TOOK IT THE OPPOSITE WAY, BILL.
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I FELT LIKE THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO DIMINISH THE EFFICACY OF THE TEST THEY'RE BEING GIVING IN TETON COUNTY LIKE AS IF THE TEST RESULTS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE.BUT THAT BEING SAID, THE COUNTY VOTED NOT TO CHANGE WHAT IS IN PLACE AS OF NOW.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT MISSION ON THE COUNTY.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR VISION STATEMENT, BUT ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC RULES IS SAFE, HEALTHY, AND CARING ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE HELPED A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AS OUR GOAL AND OUR MISSION.
THE COUNTY IN THE TOWN DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT.
WHEN I LISTEN TO THEM SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE MOSTLY THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT SALES TAX REVENUE SO THEY CAN PROVIDE MANY OF THE AMENITIES WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN, WHICH I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH, BUT WE ARE DIFFERENT AND WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE COVID VIRUS.
I THINK THIS JUST COMES DOWN THE ROAD TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
UNLIKE US, AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE VOTED TO DO THIS WORK TO MAKE THE DECISIONS WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH COVID.
FOLLOWING TETON COUNTY, AND STATE HEALTH ORDERS, I THINK, TAKES THAT AWAY BECAUSE IT WILL LEAD THE PUBLIC TO BELIEVE THAT WE DON'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE WHO MAKES THOSE DECISIONS.
I THINK THAT IS NOT DOING OUR OBLIGATION AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
>> OTHER DISCUSSION. FIRST INTENSITY.
>> THE PROBLEM IS FROM SMALLER COMMUNITIES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET FROM RED TO ORANGE TO YELLOW TO GREEN, LIKE BILL SAID, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE THERE.
IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS IN PLACE THIS PAST SUMMER, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING MASKS IN JULY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> OTHER DISCUSSION. [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEES.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, I'D BE IN FAVOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS STARTING JANUARY 1, BECAUSE IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN THE TEXT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT ADDRESS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS VACCINES [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH, IT'S IN THE MOTION NOW.
>> THAT'S WHY I ASKED HIM VERY SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE IT'S WRITTEN IN THE MOTION HERE, [LAUGHTER] SO I WAS MAKING SURE THAT HE WAS AGREEING THAT ALL THIS LANGUAGE THAT HE'S DELETING WOULD NOT BE DELETED UNTIL JANUARY 2022.
I HAD THE SAME CONCERN TO THAT TRUST ME.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING HIM SPECIFIC.
ANY THOUGHTS ON TRUSTEE MEADES HAD SUGGESTED WAITING UNTIL DECEMBER TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, SINCE IT WON'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, WAITING TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE FROM VACCINATIONS COMING IN.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT IDEA FROM TRUSTEE MEADES?
>> HERE'S MY ONLY CONCERN [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THAT.
>> THEY WON'T GIVE A STATISTIC HOW MANY OF OUR TEACHERS ARE VACCINATED.
>> SURE. BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT.
YOU COULD ASK THEM HOW MANY 5-11 YEAR-OLDS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, AND THAT'S A DATA POINT YOU CAN USE WITHOUT KNOWING SPECIFICS.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY, ALL OF THOSE 5-11 YEARS-OLD [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL, BUT IT'LL GIVING YOU A [INAUDIBLE].
THE OTHER PART I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY SAW THAT ONE ARTICLE I SENT.
THEY THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE GETTING THEIR VACCINATIONS NOT THROUGH MASK CLINICS LIKE ADULTS DID, BUT THROUGH THEIR PEDIATRICIANS.
I ASSUME THEY'LL FIGURE OUT SOME WAY OF GETTING STATISTICS FROM THE PEDIATRICIANS TOO, BUT 60 PERCENT OF PARENTS HAVE SAID THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT THROUGH THEIR PEDIATRICIAN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TALK DIRECTLY TO THEIR DOCTOR BEFORE DEALING WITH THE 5-11 YEAR-OLDS. THAT WAS INTERESTING.
>> I THINK I READ THE VACCINATION CLINIC COMING UP IS SOLD OUT, SO THAT MAY GIVE US IN A DAY OF THAT,
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AND IT MAY GO VERY WELL.AGAIN, GOLLY, WE HOPE IT DOES.
I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH US GIVING UP OUR AUTHORITY, BECAUSE LOCAL CONTROL IS LOCAL CONTROL EVEN WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US TO MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION ABOUT IT.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TRUSTEE SCARLET'S MOTION TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE AS PROPOSED, GOING INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2022, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR WHO ARE THOSE AYES. I JUST PUT SOME PAINT.
IT'S SIX TO ONE WITH THE TESTING IN IN THE OPPOSITION.
[G. Consent Agenda]
[OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE PERIOD OF THE CONSENT FOR THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.>> JUST SO IT'S ON THE RECORD, THAT'S TO WHAT WE ARE APPROVING.
IT'S THE APPROVAL OF THE STAFF CONSIDERATIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 13TH, THE APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 13TH, THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 27TH, THE EXECUTIVE MEETING OF OCTOBER 27TH, THE CHECK REGISTER, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT, AND THE APPROVAL AND THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS SUB-LEASE AGREEMENT, THE APPROVAL OF THE COLLEGE BOARD PURCHASE ORDER, AND THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL.
I GUESS THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON CONSENT.
>> CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION?
>> WHAT'S CPI AND DBI ON STATEMENTS ON THE STAFF CONSIDERATIONS?
>> NO. THAT'S IF TRAINING ON APPROPRIATE FOR STATE EVOLVES FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED YOUR LICENSE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHAT THE ACRONYMS STAND FOR? DO YOU KNOW?
>> CRISIS PREVENTION INTERVENTION.
>> CRISIS PREVENTION INTERVENTION. WHAT ABOUT DBI? [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] WHAT IS DBI?
>> THAT'S PRICE DONE BEFORE WE GET THE RELEVANT CONSTANTS.
>> AJ, WE'LL HAVE TO GO EVACUATE YOUR EDUCATIONAL MOMENTS.
>> CAN WE HAVE AJ PREPARE US AN ACRONYM OR GLOSSARY?
>> WE CURRENTLY BID IT IN [INAUDIBLE] BUT BEFORE NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE GOOD TO HELP. [LAUGHTER]
>> ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
>> I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WHAT WE JUST APPROVED WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT. [APPLAUSE]
>> [OVERLAPPING] THEY'RE STUCK WITH US FOR A WHILE NOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE LACK OF FUSION.
>> IS THERE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA?
[H. Communication]
ANYONE WISH TO HAVE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? THE THINGS THAT WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.>> THOUGH WE ARE PLAYING SICK FOOTBALL, FRIDAY AT THREE O'CLOCK AND IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING AT WAR MEMORIAL.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NEAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET TO PLAY THERE.
>> IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD? ANY PEER EDUCATIONS FROM THE BOARD?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IT'S LATE AND I'M TIRED, SO I'M NOT GOING ARTICULATE AS WELL, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET THIS OUT THERE ON THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT IN DECEMBER, I THINK IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY IN DECEMBER, WE'RE HAVING CONSISTENT PEER EDUCATION MEETING WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH YOUTH, PARTICULARLY SOME OF THE SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TO ATTEND.
THE COMPONENT IS GOING TO BE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, BUT BEING AS POSITIVE ADULT ROLE MODELS, GATHERING SOME COMMON LANGUAGE AND USING COMMON LANGUAGE AND TECHNIQUES SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROTECTED FACTORS FOR CHILDREN
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WHO AFTER WE'VE ALL FACED THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, THAT'D HELPS THEM MOVE THROUGH.>> IF YOU ALL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SYSTEMS OF EDUCATION, THERE'S A LOT OF THE BIG SPORTING ORGANIZATIONS HAVEN'T BEEN.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME OF THEM ATTEND SO THAT THEY ARE COLLABORATING IN TEAMING WORKERS.
>> MR. CHAIR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK OUR STUDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR STEPPING IT UP.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T MEAN TO CONTINUE THIS TOO LONG, BUT I REALLY LOVED THE PRESENTATION OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
BUT ONE THING HAIR ALLUDED TO WAS WITH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THERE ARE, WHETHER THAT THERE ARE REFUNDS OR THE KERAS FUNDS OR WHEREVER.
THAT FAMILY INVOLVEMENT OCCASION IS ONE THE ELEMENTS OF THAT.
OVER THESE MANY YEARS, THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, THIS IS THE MOST ALIGNED I HAVE HEARD THE SCHOOLS TO BE SO FAR AS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PARADE.
BUT ONE THING I DON'T THINK WE'RE HEARING ENOUGH IS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX A LITTLE BIT ON, BECAUSE WE WON'T BE MAKING HEADWAY, REALLY SLOW HEADWAY.
I HAVE TO SAY THINGS THAT ARE MUCH BETTER THAN WHEN I FIRST WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD 13 YEARS AGO AND I THINK WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WAYS CREATIVELY TO INVOLVE PARENTS.
BECAUSE AGAIN AND AGAIN HE WOULD HEAR PRINCIPLE IS SAYING, THERE'S FAMILIES THAT CAN'T HELP HER.
DON'T HAVE THAT HOUSEHOLD TO BE ABLE TO HELP.
I THINK WHAT CAN PUT KIDS OVER THE LINE IS HAVING FAMILIES THAT CAN.
MAYBE WE HAVE TO TRAIN THEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEIR CHILD.
MAYBE THAT'S A NEW THING THAT SCHOOLS DON'T GENERALLY DO BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT AND THINK ABOUT DOING BECAUSE WE SEEM TO BE CHIPPING AWAY AT THINGS SLIGHTLY, BUT MAYBE THAT THERE'S NO SILVER BULLETS, BUT THEN IT MAYBE THAT THAT WOULD REALLY HELP IF WE COULD GET MORE PARENTS INVOLVED ABOUT THEIR KID'S EDUCATION. [OVERLAPPING]
>> ESPECIALLY IN THAT THE TEAM HAS TO MANAGE.
>> MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOME PR BOARDS, SO IT'S ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTS FOR BOTH OF THEM.
>> WAYS THAT WE COULD HELP THEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEIR CHILD.
WHETHER IT'S GETTING BETTER IN ENGLISH, WHETHER IT'S UNDERSTANDING HOW SCHOOLS WORK, WHETHER IT'S UNDERSTANDING HOW JOBS ARE GOING TO WORK AFTER SCHOOL, ALL THAT STUFF.
SEEMS TO ME THAT AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, PERHAPS EXPANDING OUR SCHOOLS BEYOND JUST OUR KIDS MIGHT BE A WAY TO SEE REAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M HOPING WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN FUTURE.
>> IT TURNED THE TABLES AS WELL AND SAY THAT WE ALSO COULD PUT IN THAT PROCESS HOW EDUCATORS CAN LEARN FROM THE PARENTS WHAT BEST SERVES THE STUDENTS.
BECAUSE IT IS A THREE-TIER STOOL AND IT'S GOT ALL THE EQUAL BALANCE.
>> IS THAT SOMETHING AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING, MAYBE IS THAT TOO SOON, CHAIRMAN?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE TOO SOON. [LAUGHTER]
>> MAYBE A JANUARY MEETING, MAYBE A DISCUSSION ON FAMILY INVOLVEMENT MIGHT BE ALL GOOD.
>> IT IS INTERESTING. I'LL JUST THROW OUT.
IF YOU SEE A LOT OF FAMILY INVOLVEMENT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THE PARENTS GET IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE PARENTS REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE ELEMENTAL LEVEL.
THEN AS YOU SLOWLY JUST MOVE THROUGH THE SCHOOL, YOU SEE LESS AND LESS.
JUST AS I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO, MAYBE IT WAS PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING IT OVER ZOOM AND I DID IT THE ONES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN I COULD SEE THE SIGN-UP SHEET, IT WAS A GOOGLE SHEET AND MULTIPLE TIMES DOES GO INTO A CLASSROOM COMING FROM ONE SIDE OF IT.
SOMEHOW YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK A LOT OF IT'S THROUGH THE TEACHER PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES.
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MAYBE THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'LL ACQUIRE IT, BUT SOMEHOW REQUIRING THE PARENTS TO ENGAGE WITH THE TEACHERS AT LEAST ON A SEMESTER BASIS.SOME MANNER IN WHICH THERE'S SOME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND PARENT.
>> WE USED TO HAVE A TON OF ITEMS. WE'D GIVE THEM THREE TICKETS FOR THE DAY AND SAY, DO SOMETHING.
>> THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO DO.
>> BECAUSE IN YOUR CHILD, WHAT SHOULD YOU BE DOING?
>> WHERE YOU REALLY SEE THOSE, [LAUGHTER] IT'S DONE A LITTLE BITS.
[LAUGHTER] AT 34 YEARS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HANDLING PARENT CONFERENCES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU DEFINITELY, THE INVOLVEMENT DROPS AND EVAPORATES.
>> EVEN THOUGH FOR THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE WAY THAT I COMMUNICATE IT AS A PARENT WITH TEACHERS IS A LOT OF AND RUN WELL GOING FLUID CONVERSATION THROUGH EMAIL AND OTHER MEANS THAT TRIES TO ANSWER THAT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I'VE MOVED THROUGH TO ADJOURN.
>> I'LL JUST DO IT AND THE FAMILY INVOLVES IT RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER] BUT THEY'RE LATE, THEY'LL SEE ANYWHERE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
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