>> CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. 
          [A. Call to Order]
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IF YOU CAN JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.FIVE OF US HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AND THEN TRUSTEE MEAD AND TRUSTEE TESKE ARE ON FX. 
          NEXT ITEM IS HEARING ONE OF OUR VISION STATEMENTS AND WE'LL DO VALUES TONIGHT. 
          AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE VALUE STUDENTS, WE VALUE TRUST, KINDNESS, AND RESPECT. 
          WE VALUE CHALLENGING STANDARDS. 
          WE VALUE FAIRNESS AND EQUITY. 
          WE VALUE RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE, AND WE VALUE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT. 
          I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. 
          [B. Approval of the Agenda]
          >> I VOTE TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. PRESENTED. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> SO MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. 
          ALL THOSE FOR APPROVAL, SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. WE'RE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. DR. CHAPMAN. 
          [C. Superintendent's Report]
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIR GINGERY, TRUSTEES, GILLIAN CHAPMAN, SUPERINTENDED. 
          I HAVE TWO VERY EXCITING CELEBRATIONS. 
          ONE IS ACTUALLY A THANK YOU TO THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          THEY RECENTLY CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STUDY IN THE WILSON AREA. 
          [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] THANKFULLY, THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONDUCTED A TRANSPORTATION STUDY IN THE WILSON CORRIDOR AND REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT AROUND WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON HHR ROAD FROM 40 TO 35, AND THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED AND THEN CONSIDERATION OF HAVING A SAFE CROSSING TO THAT AREA BY 2023. THANK YOU TO YDOT. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] BEFORE YOU GO ON, DOES EVERYONE OKAY WITH THE BOARD, DR. CHAPMAN REASSIGNED THE LETTER TO [INAUDIBLE] . 
          JUST THANKING HIM FOR DOING THE STUDY FOR IT, THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? 
          >> THE SECOND CELEBRATION. 
          THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION ANNUALLY OPENS UP A NATIONAL AWARD CALLED THE MAGNA AWARD. 
          I JUST RECKON YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE. 
          WE HAVE WON NOW THREE TIMES. 
          ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID, NEVER THE BRIDE. [LAUGHTER]. 
          EXACTLY. ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID, NEVER THE BRIDE. 
          WE GOT RUNNER-UP AGAIN. 
          EACH TIME WE HAD SUBMITTED OUR CREST PROGRAMMING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THEN LAST TIME FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE WON FOR AS WELL IS THE FLEX FRIDAYS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND PROVIDED THAT TARGETED INSTRUCTION FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. 
          ALTHOUGH I WOULD PREFER TO BE THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE RUNNER UP, AND THAT REWARD WILL BE PRESENTED AFTER THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN APRIL. 
          >> WE GOT TO FIND BETTER CONNECTIONS WITHIN NSBA. 
          [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S OUR PROBLEM. 
          >> THAT'S THE FACT OF THE PROBLEM.[LAUGHTER] 
          >> IT MEANS NO GOOD. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> YOU WOULD THINK WE'D GET THE GRAND PRIZE WITH ALL THE CONNECTIONS HERE. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT THIS WAY, KEITH. 
          BUT JOHN SAID TO ME AT OUR LAST NSBA BOARD MEETING. 
          HE SAID, "IT'S VERY ODD, BOTH MY WIFE AND I WORK FOR JANINE." [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THANK YOU TO DR. [INAUDIBLE] FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN MAKING THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL, AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE AWARD WINNING PROGRAM, BUT FOR ALL THE GREAT VALUE IT BRINGS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER TO THOSE. 
          >> I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE HEATING ISSUES? 
          >> YES. I'D LIKE TO ASK DEANNA TO DO THAT. 
          [00:05:07]
          >> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES, DEANNA HARGER. 
          YES, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH TWO HEAT PUMPS IN THAT SCHOOL. 
          BASICALLY, THE EQUIPMENT IS AT THE END OF ITS LIFE AND THEY'RE VERY HARD TO SERVICE. 
          IN RESPONSE, WE HAVE SINCE THEN PUT IN TEMPORARY HEATING IN THOSE TWO CLASSROOMS IN THE HALLWAY, AND WE'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO GET THOSE HEAT PUMPS GOING. 
          WE'VE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL, SO THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE REPLACE THOSE. 
          BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST A MONTH TO GET THE REPLACEMENT PUMPS IN AND INSTALL. 
          THEN JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT THE EQUIPMENT IN THAT BUILDING IS GETTING LESS AND LESS RELIABLE BECAUSE IT'S AT THE END OF ITS AGE, SO IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE'LL HAVE FOR YOU NEXT MONTH, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE BEING VERY AMBITIOUS AND JUST GOING THROUGH AND REPLACING ALL THOSE 32 SO THEY'RE MORE RELIABLE. 
          >> DEANNA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW FOR THE IMMEDIATE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THE COMFORT OF THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS MOVING FORWARD ON HOW TO GET FIXED? 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. BROUGHT IN TEMPORARY HEATERS TO BOTH OF THOSE CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE TWO TEMPORARY HEATERS, AND WE'RE SEEING IF WE CAN MAINTAIN BY RUNNING THOSE HEATERS 24-7 IN THOSE ROOMS TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURES UP TO AROUND 70, AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH SCOTT MCDOWELL TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. 
          IF WE AREN'T SUCCESSFUL WITH THE HEATERS WE HAVE, WE'LL REPLACE THOSE WITH LARGER HEATERS. 
          >> THANKS. ANYONE ELSE ON THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT SEE ANYTHING IN THERE THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS? WE'LL MOVE ON TO EDUCATIONAL MOMENT. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES. 
          >> AND AJ, YOU READ YOUR POWERPOINT IT'S WAY MORE THAN 30 SEC. 
          >> I KNOW. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] I NEED GRACE ON THIS ONE. 
          >> [BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING] IT LOOKS LENGTHY. 
          >> I TRULY WILL TRY TO BE SUCCINCT WITH IT. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] NO, TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. TAKES TIME [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] TIME TO TIME. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> WHAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS, WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS COMING IN AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          INSTEAD OF TALKING JUST ABOUT WHICH GRANT IS HOW MUCH AND WHEN, WE SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE WITH THAT. 
          WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR, WHERE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GOING WITH A LOT OF THESE DOLLARS. 
          THE MAJOR THING I WANT TO OPEN UP WITH IS TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE NEXT SHINY INTERVENTION, THE NEXT GOOD CURRICULUM PROGRAM, OR THE NEXT ONLINE SOFTWARE BUT REALLY WE WANT TO INVEST IN DOING WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, BUT DOING IT MUCH BETTER, TAKING IT TO A LARGER SCALE AND REALLY INVESTING IN THE CAPACITY OF OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          YOU'LL HEAR THAT THEME THROUGHOUT. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT KAREN TO START OFF WITH SOME OF THE SURVEY RESULTS. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION AJ AND I WILL TRY TO SPEAK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          >> I WAS TEASING. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> I DO HAVE A LITTLE CAVEAT WITH THIS AND THAT IS PART OF THE IRP AND SO3 FUNDS REQUIRES STAKEHOLDER INPUT. 
          EVERY TIME WE COME UP HERE AND WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU AND THE PUBLIC, IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DOCUMENT THAT WE ARE REALLY REACHING FAR AND WIDE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH INPUT ON DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AS POSSIBLE. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, LAST TIME WHEN I WAS HERE, I WAS SHARING WITH YOU THE DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS. 
          WE SENT OUT A SURVEY AND HERE ARE THE RESULTS AS OF A WEEK AGO. 
          THIS IS THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT HAVE RESPONDED. 
          THEY WERE ASKED TO BASICALLY REVIEW 14 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND PRIORITIZE THEM IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE US TO SEE OUR FOCUS FOR THESE FUNDS. 
          >> I LIKE THAT ONE BOARD MEMBER RESPONDED. 
          >> I KNOW. 
          >> IT'S LIKE SINGLED OUT ONE. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> YOU'LL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WOULD LIKE [LAUGHTER] TO COMPLETE THIS. 
          ALTHOUGH I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE A IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT AS WELL. 
          HERE IS THE NEXT BATCH [LAUGHTER] 
          >> NO ONE HAS THE CORRECT ANSWER. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> BASED UPON THAT, THESE ARE THE TOP FIVE AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR FOCUS AREAS THAT THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EMBEDDED IN OUR PROGRAMMING, WHICH AJ WILL TALK MORE ABOUT. 
          MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS SURPRISING, IS THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL WELLNESS FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS STAFF. 
          [00:10:04]
IN ADDITION TO REALLY IDENTIFYING RESOURCES TO SUPPORT AT RISK POPULATIONS. 
          THAT'S BASICALLY THE GIST OF THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION. 
          IN ADDITION, YOU'LL SEE THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD CAPACITY, AS WELL AS RESOURCES TO SUPPORT PARENTS AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. 
          I KNOW KATE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO BEFORE AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND THAT SUPPORT THROUGH THE USE OF THESE FUNDS. 
          IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, AFTER AJ PRESENTS THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANKS. 
          >> BOILING THIS ALL DOWN. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT STAKEHOLDER IMPACT SURVEY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH CABINET. 
          WE'VE HAD K12 PRINCIPAL MEETING BEFORE BREAK TO REALLY START THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS, THIS IS ALMOST REDUNDANT TO PREVIOUS SLIDE, OUR BIG FOCUS AREAS LINE. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE STUDENTS MOST AFFECTED BY COVID. 
          WE WANT TO ACCELERATE A LEARNING WHERE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME LEARNING LOSS. 
          DOING THAT THROUGH BUILDING TEACHER AND LEADER CAPACITY ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN THERE. 
          I DO WANT TO CALL OUT [INAUDIBLE] PD. 
          THERE'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE THERE AND THAT OUR TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TIME. 
          WE'RE BLESSED WITH THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN RUN A BUNCH OF PD ON THE WEEKENDS AND SIX O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 
          SOMETIMES THAT WORKS, BUT IN SMALL PIECES. 
          WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE AND BUILD THAT INTO THE ACTUAL SCHOOL DAY, BUILD THAT INTO PLCS, BUILD THAT INTO THE ACTUAL CLASSROOM. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY NOT JUST STUDENT, BUT STUDENT AND STAFF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL NEEDS. 
          THEN THE PARENTAL COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS. 
          I'M READY FOR THAT NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW, GIVING YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL TO THOSE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF SLIDES, WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT? THIS FIRST PART PROBABLY DOESN'T COME AS A SURPRISE. 
          THIS PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN UP HERE WHETHER WE WERE GETTING THESE GRANT FUNDS OR NOT. 
          ONE CONTINUOUS INVESTMENT IN THE PLC PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH BOTH WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ED AND SOLUTION TREE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ED ALSO PARTNERS WITH SOLUTION TREE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS ESPECIALLY WILL CONTINUE THESE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS PARTNERING DIRECTLY WITH SOLUTION TREE SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT AROUND PLCS. 
          INSTEAD OF JUST GOING TO A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT A FEW TIMES A YEAR, CAN WE HAVE SOME OF THEIR REPS COME IN TO PROVIDE BUILDING LEVEL SUPPORT, SET IN SOME OF OUR PLCS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. 
          ONE THING THAT WE STARTED DOING THIS YEAR, WHICH WE WANT TO CONTINUE IS DISTRICT IN BUILDING LEADERSHIP SUPPORT AROUND WHAT DOES PLC IMPLEMENTATION MEAN FOR THE PRINCIPAL, FOR THE DISTRICT LEADER AS WELL. 
          ANOTHER THING WE PROBABLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT I PROBABLY BRING UP I FEEL LIKE EVERY FEW MONTHS I THROW THIS PLUGIN HERE WHICH IS INTEGRATING, I CAN USE THESE ACRONYMS NOW BECAUSE OF THE ED MOMENT, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          [LAUGHTER] INTEGRATING MTSS AND PLCS INTO A CONTINUOUS PROCESS. 
          I THINK OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF IT ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, IS AVOIDING THAT SITUATION WHERE STUDENTS WHO NEED AN INTERVENTION DO AN INTERVENTION OVER HERE WITH SEPARATE STAFF, THEN YOU GET YOUR CORE INSTRUCTION OVER HERE WITH YOUR CORE TEACHER. 
          THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE, BUT HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS. 
          WE NEED THE CORE PLANNING AND EVERYONE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE, PROVIDE A MORE CONTINUOUS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THAT THE INSTRUCTION IS VERY COMPLIMENTARY. 
          WE WANT TO DO A LOT OF THAT THROUGH SOLUTION TREE SUPPORT, THROUGH INTERVENTIONISTS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING TYPE OF SUPPORT. 
          THOSE TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS HELP BRIDGE THOSE GAPS BETWEEN THOSE TWO SYSTEMS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO KEEP INVESTING IN. 
          >> AJ, WHILE HE'S TRANSITIONING, WOULD YOU JUST GIVE A BRIEF FOR THE FOLKS ONLINE WHAT PLC IS? 
          >> YEAH, PLC IS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. 
          THE EVEN SHORTER VERSION OF THAT IS TEACHERS COLLABORATING AROUND STUDENT LEARNING AND ADJUSTING INSTRUCTION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YEAH. STARTING TO MOVE IN, GETTING A LITTLE MORE PRECISE NOW. 
          THOSE ARE THE BIG FRAMEWORKS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE SHARE DATA WITH YOU-ALL THE REALITY I MEAN, WE KNOW WE SEE OUR OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT GAP. 
          WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS BETWEEN OUR HISPANIC AND NON-HISPANIC STUDENTS. 
          THAT IS A LARGE, SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT IS THE LANGUAGE LEARNING FACTOR. 
          WE WANTED TO INVEST A LOT IN IMPROVING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY OF OUR SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IN BETTER MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS AND OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. 
          KEEP GOING SIMILAR TO THAT. 
          WE KNOW THIS THINGS, VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON EARLY LITERACY, 
          [00:15:03]
WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT AND REALLY EXPAND THAT, MAKE THAT A FOCUS K-12 WITH MORE JOB-EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING SUPPORTS TO GET NOT SO MUCH MORE CONSISTENT, BUT GO DEEPER AND YEAH, I GUESS MORE CONSISTENT WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AROUND LITERACY INSTRUCTION. 
          FINALLY, WE MIGHT HAVE TALKED TO AS WELL, WE ADDED ADMIN HERE AS WELL, THE REASON I WANTED TO REALLY MAKE A CONNECTION IS THERE'S NOTHING NEW THERE NECESSARILY. 
          A LOT OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES WITHIN AVID, ESPECIALLY WRITING ORGANIZATION AND READING. 
          THOSE ARE SAME INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON WHEN WE SAID WE'RE FOCUSING ON LITERACY INSTRUCTION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THERE'S ALREADY A VEHICLE THERE TO EXPAND ON. 
          WE GO TO NEXT SLIDE. 
          MOVING LITTLE MORE PROGRAMMATIC NOW, DO WE HAVE THAT SPECIFIC GRANT FOR EXTENDED DAY PROGRAMMING, WE'VE ALLUDED TO THIS BEFORE WITH K-8, WE JUST WANT TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF AFTER-SCHOOL ON-SITE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVIDED AT OUR ELEMENTARY AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY. 
          THIS RELIES HEAVILY ON COMMUNITY PARTNERS HELP TO ORGANIZE A LOT OF THE PROGRAMMING, AND IT RELIES ON A LOT OF OUR STAFF TO STAFF THAT. 
          BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT SOMETHING WHERE WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT 90 TO 110 DAYS OF AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING NEXT YEAR AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THAT MATTER. 
          THERE'S SOME PILOTS IN WORKS THE SPRING BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN BUILD FROM AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          CURRICULUM WORK, GVC, ANOTHER ACRONYM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE OUR MOST RECENT ONE, GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM. 
          ONE THING I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED WHEN WE COVERED THIS AT THE MOMENT WAS GVC WORK IS IT NEVER ENDS, IT'S NOT DONE. 
          WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS EVERY YEAR YOU WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR WORK DATA, LOOK AT YOUR STUDENT ASSESSMENT DATA, LOOK AT ACT DATA, AND REFLECT ON WHERE DO WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN OUR CURRICULUM. 
          DO WE NEED TO GO DEEPER ON CERTAIN TOPICS? CAN WE GET FASTER? DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PACING AND ORDER? THAT'S THE WORK WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THOSE ANSWERS WAY BETTER THAN US. 
          IN CASE SOME AT WORK AND AFTER SCHOOLWORK TIMES TO AT LEAST PROVIDE THOSE EDITS, TO PROVIDE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          FINALLY, WE HAVE SEL/ MENTAL HEALTH HERE. 
          THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SEPARATE PRESENTATION IN ON OF ITSELF OF JUST SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND STAFF AND STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS IN HERE ARE, WE HAVE EXPLICIT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM IN AT LEAST IN OUR K-8 SCHOOLS. 
          IT'S SECOND STEP AND FLOURISH. 
          FLOURISH IS FIVE GRADES, FIVE THROUGH EIGHT. 
          SECOND STEP IS REALLY THE CURRENT MATERIALS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY OUTDATED. 
          THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF UPDATES. 
          THIS GIVES US A CHANCE TO READ THEM. 
          THE SECOND STEP, MATERIALS RESOURCES, THERE'S A LOT OF ONLINE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE IT EASIER TO USE, THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF THAT. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH MORE, NOT JUST PD, BUT REALLY SIDE-BY-SIDE SUPPORT TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AROUND TEACHING SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING TYPES OF CONCEPTS. 
          THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S ALSO THE NEED TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          THERE'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO DOING A EXPANDING THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES THAT WE MAY BE MORE EASILY ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MIGHT HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? 
          >> NO, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS REALLY BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH STEERING COMMITTEE THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS AND SUPPORTING MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PART OF, AND THIS REALLY ALIGNS WITH A LOT OF THE AGENCIES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          CONTINUE TO BE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WE GO OUT. 
          THAT'S SUPPORT IS FIRST STEP. 
          >> WE'RE GETTING THE UPSIDE, WE'RE GETTING THERE. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. 
          THEN THE PARENT AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS? ONE PIECE OF THIS WILL INCLUDE INCREASED PARENT CAPACITY AND INVOLVEMENT AND CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORTING THEIR STUDENT'S LEARNING. 
          THIS WILL LIKELY LOOK A LOT LIKE PARENT UNIVERSITY CONCEPTS, PARENT NIGHTS WHERE THERE ARE SPECIFIC TOPICS IN WHICH WE WANT TO HELP PARENTS BETTER HELP THEIR STUDENTS. 
          AS FAR AS THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF THAT, WHAT WE DO AT WHICH GRADE LEVEL, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO FIGURE OUT, BUT THAT'S A STRUCTURE THAT WE WANT TO USE. 
          THESE NEXT TWO, PRINCIPAL MILLER WORKING WITH A DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, GOT SOME INPUT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR OF AN IDEA THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WHICH IS A PARENT OUTREACH COORDINATOR, BUT REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FULL-TIME POSITION THERE TO SUPPORT A LOT OF PARENT OUTREACH, PARENT COMMUNICATION TYPES OF EVENTS, 
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WORK, SERVICES, BUT NOT JUST LIVING ALONE THERE AS ONE PERSON, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS WELL AS HAVE SOME SMALLER EXTRA DUTY CONTRACTS FOR AT LEAST ONE STAFF IN EVERY BUILDING TO ESSENTIALLY SERVE AS A TEAM. 
          THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE FULL-TIME, BUT THEY TAKE THAT ADDED ROLE OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT, PARENT OUTREACH. 
          NOW, AS I SAID, YOU HAVE A TEAM THERE, A DISTRICT-LEVEL TEAM THAT'S FOCUSED ON PARENT OUTREACH, BUT ALSO MEETING THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUAL PARENTS BASED ON THE GRADE LEVEL. 
          TALKED ABOUT EXTENDED DAY ALREADY SO I WON'T BRING THAT UP AGAIN. 
          PRACTICE K EXPANSION. 
          THIS IS WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. 
          YOU ALL MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT WHEN WE RUN OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THIS AT LEAST DATES BACK FIVE YEARS. 
          I KNOW IT'S FURTHER THAN THAT. 
          USUALLY RUN OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR FOUR WEEKS, END OF JULY, EARLY AUGUST, AND THE TETON LITERACY CENTER RUNS A PRACTICE K PROGRAM. 
          THEY USE OUR FACILITIES, BUT THEY ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE THE CURRICULUM AND RUN THE PROGRAMMING, WE PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION. 
          IT'S FOUR WEEKS. 
          IT'S GETTING OUR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS READY FOR KINDERGARTEN. 
          THEIR CURRENT CAPACITY HAS BEEN ABOUT 60 STUDENTS. 
          OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE'D LIKE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE JUST ABOUT EVERY KINDERGARTEN STUDENT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM IF THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE AND FURTHER INCREASE THE EMPHASIS ON EARLY LITERACY SKILLS AS WELL IN THAT. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE TETON LITERACY CENTER'S SUPPORT WITH THAT. 
          THEY'RE VERY MUCH ON BOARD FOR THE EXPANSION. 
          [NOISE] THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST THE BEST PRACTICE AS WELL AS GRANT EXPECTATIONS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THE BEST PRACTICE, BUT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO AS WELL. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS, NOT JUST HOW WE'RE SPENDING THESE DOLLARS, BUT ALSO EITHER THE SAME DATA POINTS THAT WE REFLECT ON, ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. 
          THINGS LIKE WY-TOPP, DEBILS, AND OTHER BENCHMARK SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS WE'LL USE TO CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE. 
          ANOTHER BEST PRACTICE THAT'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT AND JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THESE GRANTS ARE A DEGREE OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN MONITORING AND UPDATES AS WELL. 
          IF WE SAY WE BELIEVE IN THE PLC PROCESS TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND OUTCOMES, IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND OUTCOMES, IT'S ALSO MEASURING, ARE WE IMPLEMENTING PLCS WELL, YES OR NO? ARE WE IMPLEMENTING MTSS WELL, YES OR NO? THAT IMPLEMENTATION OR FIDELITY MONITORING IS A BIG PIECE THAT WILL HAVE CONTINUE TO COLLECT DATA AROUND. 
          >> THE NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY JUST TO SUMMARIZE. 
          ONCE AGAIN WE HAD THE BENEFIT OF UTILIZING THE GOVERNOR'S MONEY, THE GEAR MONEY, AND A LOT OF OUR CARES FUNDS TO SUPPORT IMPROVING THE AIR QUALITY AND REALLY GETTING IN THERE AND MITIGATING THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WHEN WE FIRST WENT OUT IN MARCH 2020. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF OUR APPLICATION, WHICH IS WHY IT'S ON THIS SLIDE, AND THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SO3 FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO FINISH UP OUR AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          DEANNA AND/OR CHARLOTTE CAN ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS FOR OUR PUBLIC PRESENTATION, SO WE WANTED TO ADD THAT IN AS WELL. 
          KEEPING NOTES IT'S NOT REALLY A MOMENT BUT IT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THEN JUST THE LAST ONE, YOU'VE SEEN THIS TIMELINE BEFORE SO I WON'T BELABOR MUCH. 
          I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP FOR ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER INPUT WHICH WILL BE ON THE WEB PAGE AS WELL AS OUR FIRST DATA REPORT TO THE STATE AND TO THE FEDS IS IN FEBRUARY OF 22. 
          WILL GIVE US A GREAT BASELINE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          >> JASMINE TESKE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 
          >> I HAVE A COMMENT, MR. CHAIR. ONE OF THE FOCUS OF THIS INTERIM FOR THE JOINT EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN EARLY LITERACY. 
          AS I RECOGNIZE THESE EXTRA MONIES WILL BE SPENT BY 2023-2024, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE PUSHING TO CONTINUE TO FUND SOME OF THIS EARLY LITERACY WORK AFTER THESE EXTRA FUNDS ARE GONE, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TAKE AND PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER WHERE WE'RE REALLY KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT WE'RE TRULY SPENDING ON EARLY LITERACY SO THAT WE HAVE A GOOD SPRINGBOARD TO USE TO SOLICIT CONTINUING FUNDING OF THESE EFFORTS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD POST-COVID DOLLARS. THANK YOU. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, TRUSTEE SCARLETT. 
          >> MR. CHAIRMAN, HOW DOES EACH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT FALL INTO THIS? 
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I'M VERY CONCERNED AS WE COME OUT OF THIS AND WE TAKE OUR MASKS OFF THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN YOUNGER GROUP THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE, AS MY MOTHER WHO WAS A SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST HAS ME MODELING LANGUAGE BECAUSE I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE TALK. 
          HOWEVER, IS THAT INTER-SOCIAL, WHERE DOES THAT FALL? 
          >> I'LL MAKE TWO CONNECTIONS WITH THAT, MAYBE THREE, [LAUGHTER] SORRY. 
          WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT THOSE ELL OR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, WHEN WE SAY THE WORD ELL, I THINK WE DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND WE THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE A NATIVE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND ARE LEARNING ENGLISH. 
          THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, THAT INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH IS IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE LEARNING SPANISH AS WELL ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THE COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES, THE TALKING AND CONVERSING TYPES OF STRATEGIES THAT ARE THERE. 
          THAT'S ONE PIECE. ANOTHER CONNECTION WOULD BE, MAYBE THIS IS THE ONE I'LL EMPHASIZE, IS REALLY ALSO THE PLC PROCESS AS WELL. 
          THOSE STRUGGLES THAT ARE VERY REAL, THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO ARE THE TOPICS THAT OUR PLCS ARE FOCUSING ON. 
          HERE'S THE DATA, HERE'S OUR SECOND-GRADE KIDDOS, AND HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 
          HERE'S THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET, BUT HERE ARE THE LANGUAGE CHALLENGES THAT ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF THEM MEETING THOSE STANDARDS. 
          INSTRUCTION ALLY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AND WHAT DO WE NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS TO HELP THOSE KIDDOS REACH THOSE STANDARDS. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY TOPICS THAT ARE COMING UP IN PLC WORK, ESPECIALLY WHENEVER WE'RE FOCUSING ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS TOPICS, SOCIAL STUDIES TOPICS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          I GUESS I'LL ADD TOO, THE THIRD ONE TOO IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LITERACY INSTRUCTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITERACY IN SPANISH AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITERACY IN ENGLISH AS WELL. 
          SURE, THERE'S A HUGE EMPHASIS IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN ENGLISH, BUT LITERACY INSTRUCTION APPLIES TO BOTH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE DUAL IMMERSION PROGRAMMING AS WELL. YEAH. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU STARTED WITH WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE NEXT SHINY THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE CAPACITY OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING WELL, I APPRECIATED THAT. 
          THAT'S A GOOD FOCUS. I LIKE THAT YOU HAD THE SURVEY THEN YOU HAD YOUR FOCUS AREAS. 
          PARTICULARLY, I REALLY LIKE THE PARENT OUTREACH. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND THE PRACTICE K, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD EXPAND THAT PRACTICE K. ALL GREAT IDEAS, JUST EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE THAT YOU TOOK YOUR FOCUS AREAS AND YOU REALLY FLESHED IT OUT. 
          THOSE ARE SOME EXCELLENT IDEAS SO I'M VERY EXCITED. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> CAN I SPEAK CHAIR GINGERY? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> I ACTUALLY WASN'T GOING TO MAKE THIS COMMENT, BUT THEN WHEN CHAIR GINGERY JUST SAID, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE PUT A FOCUS ON A FAMILY OUTREACH COORDINATOR BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY LIVES [OVERLAPPING] AND I THINK IT'S MORE EQUITABLE TO SAY FAMILY. 
          >> YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> SIR, THANK YOU. 
          >> I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. THANK EVERYONE, THANKS TRUSTEE. 
          >> ANYTHING ELSE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? 
          >> I AM DONE. THANK YOU. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO STUDENTS' SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REPORTS. 
          [D. Reports and Items for Discussion]
THAT'S FOR COLIN AND SARAH. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. 
          WE'D LIKE TO START WITH TAKING NOTE OF THE FACT THAT WE RECEIVED 224 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RESPONSES TO OUR SURVEY AND 372 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT RESPONSES TO OUR SURVEY. 
          WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK DR. CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] FOR SENDING OUT THE SURVEYS TO THEIR DISTINCT STUDENT BODIES. 
          >> I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY POINTS, THE INFORMATION WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT INFORMATION. 
          THE HEADLINER THAT I WANTED TO START WITH WAS THIS QUESTION. 
          WE BASICALLY ASK THE STUDENTS, WOULD OUR PROJECT TO BE HELPFUL? WE ALSO EXPLAINED WHAT IT WAS. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT 60 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS RESPONDED, "YES, THE SERVICE YOU'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US." THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HELP OUR PEERS. MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SOME NOT ESSENTIAL BUT REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT 
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INFORMED THE REST OF HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. 
          THESE ARE FOCUSING ON HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL WE GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE. 
          HOW PREPARED STUDENTS FEEL FOR THE REAL WORLD IF THEY PLAN TO WORK IN COLLEGE AND HAVE AN INTERNSHIP? YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT LINED OUT. NEXT SLIDE. 
          >> WE CAN'T QUITE SEE FROM THERE. 
          CAN YOU JUST GIVE US THE WHOLE SLIDE? 
          >> YES. 
          SORRY ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE PICTURES THEN. 
          >> JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          >> THE PLURALITY SAID THEY'RE SLIGHTLY PREPARED FOR THE REAL WORLD AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THEN IT WAS SPLIT PRETTY MUCH ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT, WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SAYING THEY WERE MORE PREPARED, VERY PREPARED OR REASONABLY PREPARED. 
          THEN ALMOST 65 PERCENT SAID THEY WOULD WORK IN COLLEGE BUT A THIRD OF THEM ARE ALSO UNSURE WHETHER THEY WOULD WORK IN COLLEGE. 
          THEN WE HAVE INTERNSHIPS SPLIT PRETTY MUCH 50/50, YES OR NO, AND ON OTHER ASIDE SPLIT 50/50 BETWEEN YES AND UNSURE, WHETHER THEY'LL HAVE AN INTERNSHIP IN COLLEGE. 
          MOVING ON TO NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S OKAY. 
          THESE ARE THE COLLEGE RELATED FIELDS AND THIS DATA IS REALLY SMALL. 
          BUT JUST TO SHOW WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS WE PULL THESE OUT AND USE THEM IN OUR DATABASE. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR THE MAJORS IN COLLEGE. 
          THE STUDENTS, HOPEFULLY ALUMNI FROM JACKSON, WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO IN THESE DIFFERENT MAJORS, GOING DOWN THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE IN OUR DATABASE, AND 17 PERCENT WANT TO STUDY PSYCHOLOGY, WHICH I COULD'VE GUESSED BUT THAT WAS HIGHER THAN I EXPECTED. 
          MOVING ON. NON-COLLEGE RELATED FIELDS. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND OF OUR THREE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET RESPONSES FOR. 
          THESE LINED OUT A LITTLE MORE SPORADICALLY, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HOLD THE TOP RESPONSES OF WHAT STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN AND TRY AND FIND PEOPLE IN THOSE CAREERS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A COLLEGE DEGREE AND USE THEM AS MENTORS. 
          MOVING ON TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SURVEY AND HOW THEY INFORM US. 
          WE LEFT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SURVEY A LOT MORE OPEN-ENDED BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS MIGHT NOT HAVE AS IN-DEPTH GRASP OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          BUT I THOUGHT I'D JUST START, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WERE HAPPIER ON AVERAGE. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, [LAUGHTER] ALL THE SIX SAID THEY WERE HAPPIER. 
          ALMOST 70 PERCENT OF THEM ALSO SAID THAT OUR RESOURCE WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THEM. 
          THE PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY, WHICH THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE SELECTION BIAS, WHO SAID THEY WERE GOING TO WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, WENT UP FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, ONLY A LITTLE BIT, THOUGH. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE END OF THE SURVEY RESULTS OR SOMETHING. 
          >> RECENTLY, WE HAD A MEETING WITH MS. ROOKS WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE AVID PROGRAM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND DR. KARIN WADLEY WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE INTERVIEW PROJECT. 
          THROUGH OUR READING, WE REALIZED THAT WE BOTH HAVE SIMILAR AIMS. HOWEVER, THE AVID PROGRAM IS MORE DENSELY FOCUSED ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE MS. ROOKS WORKS UP IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY ARE INTERVIEWING ALONG WITH THE HELP OF THE INTERVIEW PROJECT. 
          THEY'RE INTERVIEWING PROFESSIONALS AND ADULTS AND THEN THEY'RE PUTTING THAT ON THE AVID PAGE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          THAT WAY, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS CAN GO ON TO PAGE, NOT JUST AVID BUT ANYONE, AND LOOK UP THE INTERVIEWS AND BEGIN TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE PROJECT AND WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR DATABASE. 
          WE WOULD BE HELPING THEM BY DOING THE INTERVIEWS AND THEN IN TURN, THEY WOULD BE HELPING US BY PROVIDING US WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND THE INTERVIEWS AS WELL. 
          THIS WOULD HELP US BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO KEEP THEIR OWN WEBSITE AS IT IS ALREADY THERE. 
          BUT SINCE THEIRS IS MORE DENSELY FOCUS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE WANT OUR DATABASE TO BE A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE WANT TO LET THEM HAVE THE INTERVIEW. 
          IN THE HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INTERVIEW AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, SINCE THEY'RE STILL PRETTY YOUNG, HAVE A HARDER TIME REACHING OUT TO ADULTS. 
          IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THEM TO START TO GET A SENSE THROUGH VIDEOS. 
          ON OUR DATABASE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LINK THAT WOULD ALSO LINK TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND VICE VERSA. 
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LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD BE DOING THE INTERVIEWS, BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE COLLEGE MAJORS AND THE CAREERS THAT WE RECEIVED THE MOST FEEDBACK THROUGH OUR SURVEYS. 
          >> CAN I JUMP IN FOR A SECOND? WE HAD A REALLY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH MS. ROOKS AND DR. KARIN WADLEY. 
          BUT JUST A LITTLE POINT IS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE FOCUSED MORE ON, YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE TO DO CAREERS AND THE CAREERS THAT YOU DO NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE TO DO, WHICH LEAVES US WITH A THIRD OF OUR DATABASE WHICH IS ALUMNI IN COLLEGE STUDYING A MAJOR, AND THEY PROBABLY WILL HAVE FEWER CONTACTS IN TOTAL. 
          AS THEY REACH OUT FOR PEOPLE FOR INTERVIEWS THAT WILL HELP THEM CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS, WE WILL STILL BE DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE SIDE FOR THOSE COLLEGE MAJORS AND THE CAREERS COLLEGE RELATED AND NOT COLLAGE RELATED THAT ARE EXTRA AFTER THEIR CONTACTS. THANKS. 
          >> NEXT PAGE. MOVING FORWARD, ONCE WE CREATE OUR DATABASE, WE WANT TO SPLIT IT INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          THE FIRST ONE BEING THE COLLEGE MAJORS THAT WE RECEIVED THE MOST ENTHUSIASM AND THE MOST FEEDBACK FROM OUR SURVEYS. 
          THE SECOND ONE BEING PROFESSIONS THAT DO REQUIRE A COLLEGE EDUCATION. 
          THE THIRD ONE BEING PROFESSIONS THAT DON'T REQUIRE COLLEGE EDUCATION SUCH AS TRANSPORT OR REAL ESTATE. 
          >> NEXT PAGE. 
          >> ONCE AGAIN, OUR DATABASE IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE THESE THREE SECTIONS. 
          THE FIRST BEING PRIORITIZING THE TOP 10 COLLEGE MAJORS THAT RECEIVED ENTHUSIASM FROM OUR SURVEYS. 
          THIS IS A LIST OF THE TOP 10 IN TERMS OF WHAT THE STUDENTS WHO ANSWERED THE SURVEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY WANT TO MAJOR IN IN COLLEGE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT MAJOR IN THESE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES AND ADD THEM TO OUR DATABASE. 
          HOPEFULLY, I'LL PUT IN OUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON OUR DATABASE SO THAT STUDENTS CAN THEN REACH OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY. 
          THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE TOP 10 CAREERS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES THAT RECEIVED ENTHUSIASM. 
          ONCE AGAIN, NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO DOCTORS OR TEACHERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND POTENTIALLY OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY, EMPHASIZING ALUMNI FROM JHHS TO THEN ALSO INCLUDE THEIR CONTRACT INFORMATION ON OUR DATABASE. 
          THIS IS ALL DATA THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR SURVEYS. 
          >> THIS IS ALSO THIS FINAL EMPHASIS INFORMED BY THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER CONSISTS WHICH WAS MORE OPEN-ENDED SO WE READ IT THROUGH THEIR INDIVIDUAL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GROW UP? A LOT OF THEM WERE LIKE, "I WANT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE," BUT WHAT THAT MIGHT END UP TRANSLATING TO DOWN THE ROAD IS, "I WILL BE IN SPORT PSYCHOLOGY OR AN INJURY CARE PREVENTION." WE CAN USE THAT TO ADJUST AND TWEAK WHAT WE GOT FROM THEIR SCORES. 
          >> THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL DISCUSSED WHEN WE LOOK MOMENTARILY AT THE TIMELINE. 
          BUT ONCE AGAIN, ONE OF THE MAIN STEPS MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW FOR US IS REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT FIT THESE CATEGORIES, EMPHASIZING ALUMNI FROM JHHS. 
          MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE REGARDING THIS THIRD CATEGORY OF OUR DATABASE, PROFESSIONS THAT RECEIVED ENTHUSIASM THAT DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE A COLLEGE DEGREE. 
          THESE ARE THE TOP 10 THAT RECEIVED ENTHUSIASM. 
          THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS A SMALL TEMPLATE OF THE CHART THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY FILLING OUT WHERE YOU SEE THE NAME OF THE PERSON, THEIR PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION, OR THEIR MAJOR IN COLLEGE, AND IT FULFILLS ONE OF THE TOP 10. 
          THEN OUR JHHS ALUM, THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEN IF THEY CONFIRM TO CONSENT OR NOT. 
          THE MAIN WAY WE PLAN OF REACHING OUT IS THROUGH EMAIL. 
          THEN FINALLY, MOVING TO THE LAST SLIDE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, LOOKING AT OUR TIMELINES, THE THINGS IN YELLOW, WE FULFILLED IN DECEMBER. 
          THEN LOOKING AT 1C, SOMETHING WE'RE ENGAGING IN RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IDEA THAT YES, THE CHANCES THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME CONTACTS THAT WE CAN THEN SEAMLESSLY PUT INTO OUR DATABASE BUT WE PLAN TO ALSO DO A LOT OF THAT WORK OURSELVES KNOWING THAT WE WON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS ON THE DATABASE. 
          THEN SUBSEQUENT STEP COMING UP, THIS IDEA OF ACTUALLY MAKING THE DATABASE AND CREATING THEM. 
          >> QUICK POINT BEFORE WE CONCLUDE. 
          THOSE 10 FROM EACH CATEGORY TOTALING 30 IS WHERE WE'RE STARTING. 
          WE THINK THAT WE COULD MOVE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE FOR THAT, BUT WE END UP AT TIME. 
          WE END UP AT SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE OVER THE PROJECT, TO CONTINUE OUR WORK. 
          AFTER THAT POINT, WE'LL DEFINITELY ADD MORE. 
          THE GOAL WAS NOT 30, THAT'S THE STARTING POINT FOR CONTACTS. 
          IT CAN REALLY COVER LOTS OF INTERESTS EVENTUALLY. 
          TRUSTEE TESKE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 
          >> NO. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU, GUYS. 
          YOU GUYS ARE DOING A REALLY, REALLY NICE JOB ON THIS. 
          COULD YOU PLEASE GET ANDREA THE SLIDE SO THAT THEY CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY, SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER HANDLE ON YOUR DATA AND STUFF? 
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          >> THEY'RE IN THE BOARD NOW. 
          >> THEY ARE? WHERE? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 
          YOU'LL HAVE IT IN A SECOND, JANINE. 
          >> THE SURVEY LINKS THEMSELVES ARE ALSO, I THINK, LIVE FROM OUR LAST SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTATION AND WE COULD GET THOSE UNDER AS WELL, FOR THOSE UPDATED DATA, BECAUSE THEY CAN STILL TAKE THE SURVEY. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. IT JUST UPDATED. THANK YOU. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS EXCELLENT, COLIN. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE'RE ONTO FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. 
          TREASURER TESKE, DID YOU WANT TO GIVE A GRAND INTRODUCTION TO KRISTEN? 
          >> WELL, WE MET, AND WE TALKED ABOUT LOTS OF STUFF AND SOME OF THE COVID PLANNING AND STUFF THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT. 
          >> THAT'S QUITE THE INTRODUCTION. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> KRISTEN IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE WELLNESS PLAN AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. TAKE IT AWAY, KRISTEN. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE WELLNESS PLAN WHEN WE GET TO THAT ACTION ITEM, I DON'T HAVE IT UNDER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BUT IT IS POSTED. 
          THE FIRST DOCUMENT I'LL HAVE ANDREA PULL UP IS A FEDERAL FUNDS UPDATE. 
          THIS IS THE SAME UPDATE THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD FOR A WHILE. 
          WE'VE UPDATED THE SECOND PAGE. 
          ANDREA, IF YOU'LL GO UP TO THE SECOND PAGE. 
          THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF ALL OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT HAVE COME IN SINCE COVID BEGAN. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EACH ONE OF THESE POTS OF MONEY HAS DIFFERENT RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, AND A WHOLE NEW SET OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED. 
          THE STATE HAS ALSO INCREASED THE DETAIL LEVEL OF THE REPORTS. 
          IT JUST ENCOMPASSES AND SHOWS YOU EXACTLY HOW WE'RE DOING THIS, HOW WE'RE INCORPORATING IT. 
          THE PRESENTATION THAT AJ AND SARAH GAVE EARLIER REALLY FOCUSED ON THE ESSER III FUNDS. 
          I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THE CLSD MONEY THAT WAS IN THERE, THAT'S AN ONGOING. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $50,000 IN THAT BUT THAT'S AN ONGOING, COULD BE UP TO A MILLION OR 1.2 MILLION, I THINK. 
          BY THE TIME ALL IS SAID AND DONE, PROBABLY THE ECF BEAR/ERATE FUNDS ARE FUNDS YOU HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT. 
          THIS IS REALLY AROUND TECHNOLOGY, HOWARD AND CHARLOTTE APPLIED FOR THESE FUNDS. 
          THE 224,000 IS FOR HOTSPOTS. 
          WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET UPDATE YOU'LL SEE THAT UNDER THE BUSINESS OFFICE WE'RE OVER THAT BUDGET LINE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING HOTSPOTS TO THAT LINE. 
          NOW THAT THIS MONEY HAS BECOME AVAILABLE, ONCE WE SUBMIT AND WE GET THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE HOTSPOTS IT WILL GO AGAINST THAT EXPENDITURE LINE, SO THERE IS A BIT OF JUGGLING WHEN IT COMES TO THESE. 
          THE ESSER III MONEY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE TO BEAR FUND, SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE COMMUNICATIONS LINE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          WE'RE CODING SOME ITEMS THERE UNTIL WE CAN ACTUALLY REQUEST THE ESSER III MONEY. 
          IT JUST GIVES YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          [LAUGHTER] ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> I JUST HAVE A REAL QUICK QUESTION. DOWN THERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, IT SAYS THERE'S NO PRIVATE SCHOOL SET ASIDE. 
          ON SOME OF THESE, ARE WE HAVING TO DO PRIVATE SCHOOL SET-ASIDES FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY? 
          >> WE DID ON THE ESSER I FUNDS, AND I BELIEVE THE GOVERNOR'S MONEY, THE GEER GOVERNOR'S MONEY, THE 1.6. 
          BOTH OF THOSE HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, THEY REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT FOR ESSER II AND ESSER III WHICH IS HELPFUL. 
          THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, I THINK THEY HAD SOME NEEDS AND THEY DID HAVE SOME EXPENDITURES. 
          IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT ALMOST MAKES OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF THE OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND WE CAN'T ACTUALLY CLOSE OUT THE GRANT UNTIL THEY GET US THEIR REPORTING. 
          THAT MADE IT CHALLENGING FOR US. 
          IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE CAN GO QUICKLY LOOK AT THE BUDGET UPDATE IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE TWO LINES, OTHERWISE, WE CAN MOVE ON. 
          YOU CAN SEE HERE UNDER THE BUSINESS OFFICE, WE'RE AT 151 PERCENT, AND THEN DOWN BELOW UNDER COMMUNICATIONS, SAME THING, WE'RE AT 334 BUT WE SHOULD SEE BOTH OF THOSE LINES COME BACK DOWN ONCE WE CAN REQUEST THOSE FUNDS. 
          THE PROPERTY RENTAL YOU'LL SEE IS OVER, THAT'S FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT THE STATE CAME IN AND WE PAID THAT LEASE WHICH WE HAVE CORRECTED THAT ISSUE NOW. 
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ANDREA, IF YOU WILL GO TO THE CAPACITY AND SUITABILITY DATE. 
          THESE ARE THE FUNDS TO THE BOARD HAS SET ASIDE FOR CAPACITY, SUITABILITY, AND HOUSING. 
          THIS IS AN UPDATE THAT SUPERINTENDENT CHAIRMAN ASKED ME TO PROVIDE TO YOU JUST TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS MONEY, HOW MUCH WE HAVE, AND WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          >> YOU SENT THAT OUT THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLIER TODAY. 
          >> WHAT'S THAT? 
          >> YOU SENT THIS OUT EARLIER TODAY? 
          >> I THINK IT WAS MONDAY I SENT IT OUT, YEAH. 
          >> I SAW IT IN MY EMAIL. 
          >> WELL, I'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS AS WE GO THROUGH. 
          THERE'S NOT A LOT OF UPDATES. 
          IT DOESN'T CHANGE VERY OFTEN. 
          THEN THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT I'LL REVIEW IS THE REC DISTRICT APPLICATION. 
          THIS IS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST TO THE REC DISTRICT. 
          THIS IS OUR DRAFT, AND STILL VERY MUCH WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          SINCE I HAVE POSTED THIS WE'VE HAD A COUPLE MORE CHANGES WE'RE GOING IN AND WE'RE REFINING WHAT THIS REQUEST MAY BE. 
          WE'VE PREPARED THIS AS WE BELIEVE THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE US TO. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE LINES I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. 
          >> I WENT THROUGH THEM ALL AND IT WAS ALL GREAT, BUT WHAT I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WAS THE VERY LAST PAGE. 
          IT JUST SAYS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 500,000. 
          I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT WOULD BE. 
          >> THIS BOARD AND THE REC DISTRICT BOARD HAVE BOTH TALKED ABOUT STARTING TO SET ASIDE MONEY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF RECREATIONAL BUILDINGS, RESOURCES IN THIS DISTRICT. 
          THIS IS NOT EARMARKED FOR ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT, BUT IT IS A SET-ASIDE SIMILAR TO THE TURF SET ASIDE TO START IMPROVING SOME OF THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          >> EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? DID EVERYONE GET A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS? IT LOOKED LIKE MOST OF THE SCHOOLS WERE ALMOST ALL THE SAME YEAR TO YEAR AND THEN YOU SAW THE CHANGES WITH THE MAINTENANCE IN THE, I THINK THERE WAS ONE FINAL PAYMENT ON BUILD THE TURF FIELDS, LIKE 200 GRAND OR SOMETHING. 
          >> THAT'S ACTUALLY TO START SETTING ASIDE [OVERLAPPING] FOR THE NEXT TURF REPLACEMENT. 
          >> YOU'RE THINKING AHEAD. 
          [LAUGHTER] I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. 
          [OVERLAPPING] WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THINK AHEAD. 
          >> WE ALSO MOVED A COUPLE OF THE PRIOR APPLICATIONS AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE GROUNDS CARE AND THE ACTIVITY CUSTODIAN INTO THE FACILITY'S REQUEST. 
          IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE TO BE THERE. 
          >> WELL, THAT'S EXCELLENT, GOOD JOB. 
          >> THANKS. 
          >> WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING REQUEST ON THAT LIST. 
          WHEN DO WE VOTE ON THIS, IS THIS JUST OUR DRAFT THIS TIME, AND NEXT MONTH YOU NEED US TO VOTE ON IT? 
          >> YES. I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF EMAILS AND A COUPLE OF CHANGES SINCE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LIKE I SAID LAST WEEK, BUT YOU WILL VOTE ON THIS IN FEBRUARY. 
          THE REC DISTRICT HAS A MEETING IN JANUARY, SO IF THEY DON'T CHANGE THEIR CALENDAR OR CHANGE ANY OF THE WAYS THAT THEY ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL VOTE ON THIS IN FEBRUARY. 
          IF SOMETHING CHANGES AT THAT MEETING, YOU MAY NOT BE VOTING ON THIS IN FEBRUARY. 
          BUT WE'LL KEEP THAT AS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I THINK WE'RE IN A PRETTY COMFORTABLE PLACE WITH THAT AT THE MOMENT. 
          >> OKAY. OH, GO AHEAD. 
          >> CHRIS, WHAT'S THE PROJECTED MAX REVENUE RUBBING YOUR CRYSTAL BALL THE REC DISTRICT CAN GENERATE? 
          >> I THINK THE MAX IS SOMEWHERE AROUND TWO MILLION A YEAR. 
          >> THAT'S THE NUMBER WE'RE WORKING? 
          >> I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, ON ALL OF THOSE SCIENCE SCHOOL ONES, EACH OF THE ELEMENTARY SCIENCE SCHOOL. 
          ARE WE FUNDING ENOUGH FROM DIRECT DISTRICT TO PAY IT IN FULL BECAUSE AT ONE TIME WE WERE HAVING KIDS COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY? DID WE FINALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE KIDS DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH ANY MONEY? 
          >> YES, WE REVISED THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 
          >> AWESOME. OKAY. 
          >> WE'RE PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT ON THAT. 
          >> THAT'S EXCELLENT. 
          >> DURING COVID NOW THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, SO THAT'S PART OF THE RETURNED FUNDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          BUT WE HAVE KEPT THAT APPLICATION AS IS SO THAT IF THE OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE AGAIN, ALL OF THE KIDS CAN DO THAT. 
          >> THAT HELPS. 
          >> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? 
          >> THAT'S IT. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTEN? THANK YOU. 
          >> OKAY. WE'RE UP TO JOE BOULTON. 
          JOE BOULTON'S NOT HERE, IS HE ONLINE OR IS DEANNA PRESENTING? 
          >> IT'S ME AGAIN, DEANNA HARGER. 
          JOE IS OUT, WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, 
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SO I'M JUST GOING TO FILL IN FOR HIM AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT. 
          I WILL JUST ADD, HE ATTACHED HIS MONTHLY REPORT, I JUST WANTED TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE SCHEDULE. 
          THE SECURITY VESTIBULE, THE SCHEDULE HAS CREEPED ANOTHER MONTH. 
          WE ARE SCHEDULED OR THEY ARE FORECASTING TO BE DONE THE 24TH OF JANUARY. 
          THEY ARE 75 PERCENT COMPLETE, SO WE'RE ON THE HOME STRETCH BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. 
          WE DID GET THE TEMPORARY ENTRANCE UP AND RUNNING, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GO IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. 
          KITCHEN REMODEL, THAT HAS REACHED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION THAT WE TURNED THAT OVER OR THEY TURNED THAT OVER TO THE DISTRICT ON THE 3RD OF JANUARY. 
          THAT WAS A SUCCESS AND I ACTUALLY DO WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT, THEY WORKED HARD, CENTURY AND THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON THROUGH A LOT OF BAD WEATHER TRAVELING TO GET THAT TURNED OVER TO THE DISTRICT, SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. 
          THEN THE CLASSROOM EDITION WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO START 22ND OF FEBRUARY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START THAT A MONTH EARLY. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO START ERECTING STEEL ON MONDAY, SO THEY START A MONTH AHEAD SCHEDULE ON THAT WHICH IS NICE TO HEAR. 
          THEN OF COURSE THE FLOORING REPLACEMENT IS COMPLETE. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WE HAVE 11 CHANGE ORDERS AND THAT'S A BUDGET. 
          IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF THOSE I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR DEANNA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE'RE UP TO REC DISTRICT DISCUSSION. 
          >> IT'S THE REC DISTRICT REQUEST. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WE GO BACK TO THE AGENDA. 
          WE TOUCHED ON ALL OF THE TOPICS HERE. 
          THE $300,000 FOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WAS A NUMBER THAT WAS THROWN OUT IN ONE OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS. 
          RIGHT NOW, I FEEL WE REALLY DIALED IN AND SORTED WHAT THOSE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS MIGHT BE FOR NEXT YEAR, WE PUT IN 100,000 UNDER THE FACILITY'S TAB AND THEN THE 500,000 FOR THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT COVERED. 
          WE'VE PRIORITIZED PLAYGROUNDS AS REQUESTED. 
          THE TCS D1 DISTRICT BECOMING PART OF THE TCS D1 BOARD, I BELIEVE YOU ALL WE'RE GOING TO VISIT WITH SARAH ON THAT. 
          >> WHERE ARE WE AT? I SAW THE NUMBER IN THERE AND I JUST FORGOT WITH TRANSITIONING FROM THE PARKS AND REC TO US HOW MUCH IS THAT COSTING? 
          >> IT'S NOT COSTING US ANYTHING, BASICALLY [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> INSTEAD OF GIVING IT TO THEM. 
          >> WE'VE REQUESTED IT WITHIN OUR APPLICATION. 
          IT'S UNDER THE FACILITIES TAB. 
          THEY REQUESTED 130,000 FOR MAINTENANCE OF FIELDS IN THEIR APPLICATION FOR APPROXIMATELY THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          MIKE HANSEN AND I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT ALL THREE YEARS. 
          WE MOVED THAT INTO OUR APPLICATION, AND THEY WON'T BE REQUESTING IT IN THEIRS. 
          >> EXCELLENT. WELL, THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> TRUSTEE MEAD? 
          >> YES, MR. CHAIR, WELL I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A LOT OF NEEDS, I THINK THIS BOARD NEEDS TO PRIORITIZE WHAT IT WANTS TO DO IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER WE WANT TO BUILD THE BRONX ACHIEVEMENT CENTER. 
          BECAUSE REC DISTRICT FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED ALL ACROSS THE STATES TO REALLY BUILD BRICK AND MORTAR AND NOT JUST APPLY TO PROGRAMMATIC APPLICATIONS. 
          IT SEEMS OUR BOARD REALLY NEEDS TO DISCUSS WHAT EXACTLY WE WANT TO DO, BECAUSE 500,000 WILL BE FINE, BUT IF YOU COULD HAVE TWO MILLION DOLLARS HERE THAT YOU COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY YOU COULDN'T TIE IT. 
          YOU PROBABLY COULD GET SOME REVENUE BONDS TO START BUILDING A FACILITY LIKE THAT. 
          I WONDER IF WE CAN HAVE A TIME THAT OUR BOARD GETS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS FUNDING. 
          I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS AN EXPECTATION THAT THE RECREATION DISTRICT, JUST FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WOULD A BRONX ACHIEVEMENT CENTER BE. 
          WE COULD THINK ABOUT GETTING MOVING ON ONE OF THESE CAPITAL FACILITIES PROJECTS PRIOR TO POTENTIALLY HAVING SPENT TAX MONEY, WHICH MAY BE FIVE YEARS OFF. 
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          >> EXCELLENT POINT. WE VOTE ON THIS NEXT MONTH, SO MAYBE WE'LL SET ASIDE, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO BOTH, VOTE ON THIS, AND ALSO TALK ABOUT OUR PRIORITIZATION. 
          IN PARTICULAR, THAT 500,000 [OVERLAPPING] ADDING TO IT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT 500,000. 
          NOW, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. 
          >> WE MOVE ON TO JENNIFER JELANI, PRIORITIZING PROJECTS FOR FUN, FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          CHAIR GINGERY, I'M SUBBING FOR [OVERLAPPING] . 
          [OVERLAPPING] SHE WAS INVITED TO A EVENT THIS EVENING WITH THE DONOR AND FELT LIKE THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO. 
          BUT SHE DID PROVIDE ME ABOUT THE DETAILS SUMMARY. 
          A VERY GENEROUS ANONYMOUS DONOR THAT FORWARDS SHOULD CREATE THE JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AWARDS. 
          THESE CASH AWARDS ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING OF WORTHY FAMILIES WHO ARE FACING CHALLENGES. 
          THE GIFTS ARE UP TO $18,000 PER FAMILY, AND PAID OVER ONE YEAR AND IT CAN BE USED FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE FAMILIES' WELLNESS. 
          THE WINNING ARE NOMINATED BY THE TCSD STAFF AND ALSO BY THE STAFF OF TETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES. 
          A TOTAL OF 48 OF OUR FAMILIES WERE SELECTED FOR $18,000 EACH, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THIS YEAR'S AWARD TO $864,000. 
          THE DONOR LIKE THIS TO BE AN ANNUAL AWARD AND INVITES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN SUPPORTING LOCAL FAMILIES BY DONATING THROUGH THE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          I KNOW THESE FAMILIES THAT WERE NOMINATED ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND AS ARE WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY GENEROUS DONOR. 
          THE SECOND UPDATE IS THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS LAUNCHED A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT THE REFRESH OF MACINTOSH STADIUM. 
          THIS WILL RUN THROUGH HOMECOMING 2022. ANYONE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THESE EFFORTS AND THE TEAMS THAT USE MACINTOSH SHADE CAN DONATE AT THE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC, ANYWAY, I'LL POST IT [LAUGHTER]. 
          WE'RE ALSO OFFERING NAMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN SPONSORING SPECIFIC SECTIONS. 
          PLEASE CONTACT JENIFER WITH THE FUND FOR PUBLIC AND ANYMORE INFO. 
          FINALLY, THE 2022 TETON COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSES THIS FRIDAY AT 5:00, SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL SENIORS ACROSS THE VALLEY TO GET THEIR APPLICATION IN RIGHT AWAY. 
          ANY STUDENT NEEDING EXTRA HELP YOU CAN CONTACT, THE FUND. 
          WE'LL SET UP A TIME TO MEET WITH THEM ONE-ON-ONE. 
          AT THE FUND STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING AND LORINE CRABTREE HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, HELPING KIDS SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION. 
          THIS YEAR'S AWARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND $700,000 AND INCLUDE A NUMBER OF NEW SCHOLARSHIPS, INCLUDING FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          BUT IT'S A REALLY GREAT YEAR TO BE A SENIOR AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR SENIORS TO APPLY. 
          THAT'S THE END OF THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION'S UPDATE. 
          >> WELL, THAT'S JUST AMAZING, WOW. 
          >> I KNOW I WAS HAPPY TO STEP IN. 
          >> MR. CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR ANONYMOUS DONOR WHO'S DONATED $18,000 [APPLAUSE] 43 FAMILIES. 
          >> HAVING NO OTHER REPORTS, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS, TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK, AND WE'LL COME BACK AND START IN ON ACTION ITEMS, AND THE FIRST ONE IS OUR SMART START PLAN. 
          TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK. 
          >> NEXT ORDER. 
          WE ARE ON ACTION ITEMS NOW. 
          [E. Action Items]
THE FIRST ACTION ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE SMART START PLAN. 
          FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, FOR TWO YEARS NOW, WE HAVE HAD A SMART START PLAN. 
          THE SMART START PLAN IS HOW WE OPERATE UNDER COVID. 
          WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT EVERY MONTH AT EVERY BOARD MEETING TO CHANGE IT IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES DICTATE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 
          AT THIS MEETING, IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 
          THERE'S BEEN SOME SUGGESTIONS, ONE SUGGESTION WAS REQUIRING MASKS AT CUBS AND GRIZZLIES AT THE DAYCARE PROGRAM AND THAT ONE CHANGE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN REQUESTED. 
          THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I THINK IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS NO 
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LONGER ACCEPTING POSITIVE ANTIBODY TEST RESULTS, SO WE'LL NEED TO DISCUSS THAT. 
          THOSE ARE TWO SUGGESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL QUITE TALK ABOUT FACE COVERINGS GENERALLY TOO, BETTER NOT OR SOMEONE WANTS TO DO OR TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          THEN WE'VE GOTTEN A TON OF E-MAILS ON TESTS TO STAY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT ABOUT TESTS TO STAY TONIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE EMAILS PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED. 
          FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT TESTS TO STAY IS, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT THE STATE CAME UP WITH. 
          NORMALLY, IF UNVACCINATED CHILD HAS TO QUARANTINE, IF THEY COME INTO CONTACT, FOR FIVE DAYS. 
          HOWEVER, UNDER THE TESTS TO STAY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE IF THEY COME EVERY DAY AND THEY COME HERE TO ACTUALLY THE DISTRICT OFFICE THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. 
          I KNOW BILL'S BEEN OUT HERE HELPING AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OUT THERE EVERY MORNING. 
          THEY TEST THEM AND IF THEY TEST NEGATIVE, YOU GO ON TO SCHOOL AND IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, YOU GO HOME QUARANTINE. 
          SO THAT'S THE TEST TO STAY PROGRAM. 
          THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH IT. 
          A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM PARENTS? WE'LL CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT FACE COVERINGS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE PLAN. 
          BUT TONIGHT, WE WILL START WITH DR. CHAPMAN. 
          SHE'S GOING TO GIVE US A QUICK REPORT ON HOW THINGS WENT THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 
          DR. RIDDELL IS ON. 
          DR. RIDDELL IS GOING TO TALK TO US. 
          JODIE POND, THE DIRECTOR OF TETON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH IS ON. 
          SHE'S GOING TO TALK TO US AND DR. BEAUPRE IS ON AND HE'S GOING TO TALK TO US. 
          SO, THOSE FOUR PEOPLE ARE ALL GOING TO TALK. 
          THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION UP HERE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT BOTH HERE IN PERSON AND ON WEBEX AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE THROUGH THE SMART START PLAN. 
          HOPE I'VE COVERED IT ALL. 
          SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. CHAPMAN TO GIVE US A SHORT REPORT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR GINGERY AND TRUSTEES, I WOULD SAY THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING THE VERY BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN UNDER EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AND WE ARE NOT UNIQUE IN THE WORLD. 
          EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR COUNTRY AND OTHER COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME KINDS OF CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE. 
          I BELIEVE OUR STAFF ARE DOING THE ABSOLUTE BEST TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EDUCATED EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          NORMALLY, OUR ABSENCES FOR STUDENTS, NOT ON FRIDAYS, WHICH HAVE A GLOBALLY VERY HIGH ABSENTEE RATE. 
          BUT NORMALLY, OUR STUDENT ABSENCES ARE AVERAGING SIX TO EIGHT PERCENT. 
          FOR THE PAST EIGHT DAYS, WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING 18 TO 20 PERCENT OF STUDENT ABSENCES. 
          WHILE THAT IS HIGH, I ALSO LOOK AT IT THE OTHER DIRECTION. 
          WE HAVE 80 PERCENT OF OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL AND 80 PERCENT IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN 0 PERCENT IN MANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO WHILE I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A 100 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, I'M ALSO PLEASED TO REPORT WE HAVE 80 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, AND THOSE 80 PERCENT OF STUDENTS, GIVEN THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, THOSE STUDENTS ARE HEALTHY AND THE STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED OR POSITIVE ALREADY, THEY ARE STAYING HOME. 
          ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST COVID ABSENCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS, A STUDENT MAYBE ABSENT, SO I DON'T WANT TO IMPLY THAT THOSE WERE ALL COVID-RELATED. 
          STAFF ABSENCES ARE NORMALLY AVERAGING ABOUT 6 PERCENT. 
          FOR THE LAST EIGHT DAYS, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 10 PERCENT. 
          SO AS I REVIEW THE DATA AND RECOGNIZE HOW DISRUPTIVE THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN ON EDUCATION WORLDWIDE, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE IN SCHOOLS AT ALL AND I KNOW THE INKS AND THE STRESS THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED. 
          YOU CAN FEEL IT WHEN YOU'RE IN TOWN, YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE GROCERY STORE AND YOU CAN FEEL IT IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          OUR STAFF ARE DOING THEIR BEST. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON OUR TEAM TO PERFORM. 
          SUCCESS 2022 HAS BEEN OUR END GAME FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE ALL BEEN HERE AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT A 100 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT READERS, MATHEMATICIANS, WRITERS AND OUR GRADUATES ARE LIFE-READY. 
          LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY, WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. 
          SOME DAYS, WE'RE JUST DOING OUR BEST TO BE THERE AND TO DO OUR BEST. 
          SO, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT 
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OUR EDUCATION AND THE ACADEMIC SIDE IS SUBSTANDARD, BECAUSE IT IS NOT. 
          HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL EVENT THAT'S IMPACTING KIDS AND STAFF, WE ALL BRING VARIOUS LEVELS OF STRESS. 
          WHILE WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO MITIGATE THAT AND THERE'S A FUTURE ACTION ITEM ON THAT AGENDA IS TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT STRESS FOR STAFF. 
          IT'S THERE AND IT CERTAINLY IS A CHALLENGE FOR US TO DELIVER THE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION WE EXPECT. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKE I SAID, HAVING EVEN 80 PERCENT OF OUR KIDS AND 90 PERCENT OF OUR STAFF ON SITE EVERY DAY, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CELEBRATION FOR US. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE, THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE LEADERSHIP THAT'S ON THE CALL WILL BE PRESENTING HERE SHORTLY. 
          IT WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING GUIDANCE. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE RESPONSIVENESS. 
          WHEN WE CALL, THEY PICK UP. 
          DR. HARRIS, [LAUGHTER] HE E-MAILS AND CALLS AND ACCEPTS OUR PHONE CALLS ON HER CELL PHONE. 
          SHE EMAILS EVERY DAY, PROFESSOR ALICE, OUR LEAD NURSE. 
          I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT KIND OF SUPPORT. 
          TRUSTEE MEAD CONNECTED ME WITH SOMEONE IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHO TRANSFERRED ME TO THE SUPPLY PERSON. 
          WE HAVE 4,000K IN 95S AND A SHIPMENT OF A 95 MASS COMING, SHOULD BE HERE BY BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. 
          SOME OTHER PPE EQUIPMENT. 
          MAJORITY OF THE TESTING AVAILABLE IN WYOMING, HAS COME IN TO TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A NEED AND WE'RE USING IT AND WE'RE ASKING FOR IT. 
          I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH GREAT SUPPORT. 
          JUST A LITTLE DATA ON OUR TEST TO STAY PROGRAM AS TRUSTEE GINGERY EXPLAINED. 
          APPROXIMATELY, 11 PERCENT OF THOSE TESTED ARE POSITIVE. 
          WE CALL THEM IF THEY'RE POSITIVE WITHIN 15 MINUTES BEFORE THEY GO TO SCHOOL AND THEN THE STUDENTS ARE INVITED BACK TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT A FALSE POSITIVE. 
          THE STUDENTS THAT COME BACK TO CONFIRM THAT IT'S NOT A FALSE POSITIVE HAVE BEEN VALIDATED AS POSITIVE VIA ANOTHER TEST. 
          ON THE CUE TEST, APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT OF THOSE TESTED ARE POSITIVE. 
          LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. 
          >> WHAT WAS THE CUE TEST? 
          >> A CUE TEST IS DONE IN SCHOOLS FOR SYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS. 
          AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD TESTED 431 INDIVIDUALS WITH CUE TESTS AND AS OF YESTERDAY, A 191 TESTED AND STAYED. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT? 
          >> ALL RIGHT. DR. RIDDELL, I THINK YOU'RE ON THERE. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR GINGERY. 
          THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT. 
          BEFORE I GET GOING, I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY ENJOYED THE STUDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENTATION IN PARTICULAR THEIR SURVEY ABOUT CAREERS. 
          I MUST SAY I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT NOT A SINGLE STUDENT WANTED TO BE A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER. 
          [LAUGHTER] I CAN IMAGINE WHY THAT WASN'T JUST THE NUMBER 1 THING ON THE LIST. 
          [LAUGHTER] BUT HERE I AM AND I GUESS I WILL CARRY ON. 
          THE MAIN ISSUE I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO REQUIRE MASKS IN SCHOOLS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A VERY FRAUGHT CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO BE CONSIDERING AT THIS POINT. 
          I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT MASKS CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COVID MITIGATION, BOTH FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FOR COMMUNITIES. 
          MY CHILDREN, WHO ATTEND THE SCHOOLS, CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS AT SCHOOL AND IN OTHER INDOOR SETTINGS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CDC. 
          AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I CONTINUE TO REQUIRE MASKS IN MY MEDICAL PRACTICE. 
          IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT, HOWEVER, THAT MASKS ARE NOT A PANACEA AND CLEARLY MASKS ALONE ARE NOT GOING TO END THIS PANDEMIC. 
          THERE ARE TOOLS TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER STRATEGIES. 
          PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE STRATEGIES IS VACCINATION, FOR WHICH EVERY STUDENT IS OF AN APPROPRIATE AGE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT NOW TO GET VACCINES FOR 5 - 11 YEAR-OLDS HAVE NOW BEEN AVAILABLE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. 
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AS OF THIS WEEK, 698 OF THOSE IN THAT AGE GROUP IN TETON COUNTY HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED. 
          WE FIGURE THAT'S ABOUT 43 PERCENT. 
          BOOSTERS ARE NOW COMING AVAILABLE FOR 12 -15 YEAR-OLDS, AND THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT MEASURES THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN TAKE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          OTHER STRATEGIES LIKE ISOLATION, TESTING, DISTANCING, AND VENTILATION, ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SCHOOLS AND TCSD NUMBER 1 SHOULD CONTINUE TO EMPLOY ALL OF THOSE. 
          I'VE SAID THAT AN ORDER FROM ME MANDATING MASKING IN SCHOOLS IS HARD TO JUSTIFY STRICTLY FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE WHEN I'VE NOT ALSO MANDATED THEM IN OTHER PUBLIC INDOOR PLACES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN ARE AT LOWER RISK FOR SEVERE DISEASE IN ADULTS. 
          ALTHOUGH OUTBREAKS OCCUR IN SCHOOLS, MULTIPLE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT TRANSMISSION WITHIN SCHOOL SETTINGS IS TYPICALLY LOWER THAN OR AT LEAST SIMILAR TO LEVELS OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. 
          INDEED, THE DATA SUGGESTS THAT STAFF-TO-STAFF TRANSMISSION IS MORE COMMON IN SCHOOLS THAN TRANSMISSION FROM STUDENTS TO STAFF, STAFF TO STUDENT, OR STUDENT TO STUDENT. 
          THAT SAID, I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL REASONS TO REQUIRE MASK IN SCHOOLS FROM AN EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IS FAR HIGHER RIGHT NOW THAN WE HAVE SEEN AT ANY POINT IN THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS AGAIN, ASKING PEOPLE TO MAKE SOME SACRIFICES AND TO LIMIT SOCIAL CONTACTS. 
          BUT SCHOOL IS ONE FORM OF SOCIAL CONTACT THAT'S TOO IMPORTANT TO MISS. 
          I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IN-PERSON LITERATE LEARNING WITH MASKS IS FAR SUPERIOR TO VIRTUAL LEARNING. 
          SEVERAL CONTACT TRACING STUDIES HAVE SHOWN LIMITED STUDENT-TO-STUDENT TRANSMISSION IN SCHOOLS WHEN A SUITE OF PREVENTION MEASURES INCLUDING MASKS ARE EMPLOYED. 
          MASKS ARE ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT CAN DECREASE THE CHANCE OF HAVING TO ISOLATE OR QUARANTINE MORE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OR EVEN CLOSE WHOLE CLASSROOMS OR SCHOOLS. 
          MASKS CAN MAKE THIS TEST TO STAY PROGRAM MORE SUSTAINABLE WITH MANPOWER AND RAPID TESTING SUPPLIES ALREADY QUITE LIMITED. 
          NOW IS THE TIME, I BELIEVE, FOR US TO BE USING EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO KEEP AS MANY KIDS IN SCHOOL AS POSSIBLE AND MASKS ARE ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THOSE TOOLS. 
          THEY WORK BEST WHEN BOTH THE PERSON POSSIBLY TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS AND THE PERSON EXPOSED ARE WEARING THEM. 
          THEREFORE, AS A PARENT AND PEDIATRICIAN ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN IN GENERAL, I SEE AMPLE REASON FOR A TCC NUMBER 1 TO REQUIRE MASKS IN SCHOOL. 
          THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          I BELIEVE JODIE POND AND PAUL BEAUPRE ALSO HAVE SOME REMARKS. 
          BUT AFTER THEY ADDRESS YOU, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. 
          >> JODIE? 
          >> YES. THANK YOU, TRAVIS. 
          GOOD EVENING, CHAIR GINGERY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, JODIE POND, TETON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          ANDREA, I SENT A SLIDE THAT I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD SHARE EITHER ON THE SCREEN. 
          YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          I HAD OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS YESTERDAY RUN THIS SLIDE AND THIS IS BY AGE GROUP WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE BASED ON THE CENSUS, AND THIS WAS THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS THROUGH NEW YEAR'S. 
          AS WE HAD BEEN REPORTING IN THE COMMUNITY, OUR 20 -24 YEAR-OLDS, WHICH ARE COLLEGE-AGED STUDENTS THAT WERE HOME AND OUR 25 - 34 YEAR-OLDS, WHICH MAKE UP A LOT OF OUR SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS REALLY WERE OVER-REPRESENTED. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN WERE ABOUT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE OR UNDER. 
          IF YOU'LL SCROLL DOWN, THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, AND I WILL UPDATE THIS WITH ANOTHER WEEK OF DATA FOR YOU. 
          BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PERCENT CHANGE IN SCHOOL-AGED CASES FROM THE PREVIOUS SEVEN-DAY PERIOD WAS 320 PERCENT. 
          YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT MAPS OUT ON THIS GRAPH. 
          WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THOSE CASES GO UP ON FULL-AGED CHILDREN. 
          THE STATISTIC THAT DR. CHAPMAN TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF YOUR POSITIVITY RATE, BOTH ON YOUR TEST TO STAY PROGRAM AT 11 PERCENT, AND ON THE CUE, WHICH WOULD BE SYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS, SO YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT HIGH ABOUT 11 PERCENT AND 20 PERCENT POSITIVITY RATE, THOSE ARE CONCERNING IN TERMS OF WE ARE MISSING PEOPLE THAT ARE POSITIVE, THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE IN GENERAL AROUND FIVE PERCENT. 
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WHEN WE'RE SEEING HIGHER NUMBERS, ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND 17 PERCENT THIS WEEK, WE ARE MISSING A LOT OF THE CASES. 
          I TOO ECHO ALL OF TRAVIS' REMARKS AND AGREE WITH HIM AROUND MASKING IN SCHOOL, MASKING IN GENERAL IN THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO ASKING PARENTS TO CONSIDER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO TO GET YOUR CHILD A VACCINE. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TO TALK TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN. 
          ALSO BOOSTERS ARE AVAILABLE AND WE ARE DOING SHOT SILVERBACK AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. 
          I KNOW THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKLOG RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF GETTING IN, BUT WE WILL GET YOU IN EVENTUALLY, SO THAT'S ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT MITIGATION STRATEGY. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOUR SCHOOL NURSES FOR THEIR HARD WORK. 
          I THINK THEY'RE WORKING UNDER THE BREAKING POINT AS A LOT OF US ARE, WHETHER THAT'S IN HEALTH CARE OR SCHOOL NURSES ON THE FRONT LINES. 
          WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET SOME HELP THROUGH THE NATIONAL GUARD IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ALL OF YOU. 
          LET'S SEE. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE TEST-TO-STAY PROGRAM, WHICH I THINK NEEDS TO BE HEARD. 
          TEST-TO-STAY IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM THAT STUDIED AT THE CDC OVER THE LAST YEAR IN VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
          THEY DID LOOK AT IT, IT IS EVIDENCE-BASED, HOWEVER, THAT IS A MASK-TO-MASK SITUATION. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE ONE CHILD WEARING A MASK AND ONE CHILD NOT WEARING A MASK, NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL PROTOCOL ON TEST TO STAY, WYOMING DID MODIFY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER MASK ORDERS CURRENTLY. 
          BUT IN ORDER FOR THAT PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN FIDELITY TO A RESEARCH THAT WORKS, IT'S MASK TO MASK FOR TEST- TO -STAY. 
          I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT. 
          ALSO JUST IN GENERAL HOW CONFUSING ALL THE DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS ARE, WHETHER YOU'RE VACCINATED OR BOOSTED OR FULLY VACCINATED AND WHETHER YOU ARE MASKED OR NOT MASKED, I THINK IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THE SCHOOL NURSES. 
          THEY'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB OF GETTING THROUGH FIGURING OUT WHICH KIDS ARE QUARANTINED AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY. 
          I'LL LET PAUL GO NEXT AND TRAVIS AND I WILL STAY ON FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          >> DR. BEAUPRE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. 
          I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE DR. CHAPMAN AND THE BOARD FOR KEEPING THE SCHOOLS OPEN DURING THIS REMARKABLY CHALLENGING TIME. 
          I DO WANT TO REMIND ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE CALL THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THE OMICRON VARIANT. 
          IT IS THE PREDOMINANT VARIANT NOW IN TETON COUNTY. 
          IT IS A DIFFERENT ORGANISM THAN WHAT WE'VE DEALT WITH IN THE PAST. 
          IT IS EXQUISITELY INFECTIOUS. 
          THE HOSPITAL CURRENTLY HAVE 54 STAFFS THAT ARE UNDER QUARANTINE. 
          LIKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE ARE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 
          HOWEVER, WE ONLY HAVE FOUR PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH OMICRON OR WITH COVID. 
          IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH EITHER THEMSELVES OR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE THE VIRUS. 
          THANK GOODNESS, IS NOT TRANSLATING TO OVERWHELMING HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          THE OTHER GULLIVER OF HOPE THAT I CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE AHEAD OF US IN THIS, SURGE WITH OMICRON, SUCH AS SOUTH AFRICA, ISRAEL, AND SOME OF THE NORDIC COUNTRIES, 
          [01:20:03]
IT SPIKED VERY QUICKLY AND IT IS DISSIPATING EQUALLY FAST. 
          I REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT BY EARLY FEBRUARY OR MID-FEBRUARY, WE SHOULD BE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THREE OF YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING. 
          DR. RIDDELL, CAN I ASK YOU TWO QUESTIONS, SIR? ONE WAS YOU PREVIOUSLY PRIOR TO TONIGHT HAD BEEN NOT RECOMMEND THEY HAVE MANDATE. 
          ACTUALLY, IN YOUR EDITORIAL LAST WEEK IN THE JACKSON NEWS AND GUIDE, YOU SAID A MANDATE WAS NOT JUSTIFY AT THIS TIME. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE NOW RECOMMENDING A MANDATE. 
          >> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A NUANCED POINT THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN AND PERHAPS NOT SUCCESSFULLY. 
          THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME ANOTHER SHOT HERE. 
          WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN MY NEWS AND GUIDE EDITORIAL AND CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IS THAT A PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER FROM ME IS NOT CURRENTLY JUSTIFIED AND THAT IS LARGELY BASED ON WHAT DR. BEAUPRE DESCRIBED, WHICH IS WE ARE AT LEAST IN OUR COUNTY SO FAR, ARE NOT SEEING SIGNIFICANT SEVERE DISEASE GOING ALONG WITH THIS SURGE. 
          I'LL POINT OUT THAT, THAT IS NOT THE CASE ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND AS A WHOLE, WE ARE EXPERIENCING RECORD HOSPITALIZATION RIGHT NOW. 
          I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT THE OTHER SHOE WILL DROP HERE BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH THAT VERY CLOSELY. 
          I THINK THE DISTINCTION HERE IS WHAT INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES CAN CHOOSE TO DO TO ALLOW THEM TO FUNCTION IN SPITE OF THIS REMARKABLE SURGE. 
          WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY WAS FROM EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT AS A MEANS OF KEEPING KIDS IN CLASS AND KEEPING SCHOOLS OPEN, I THINK THERE'S AMPLE REASON THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD COULD JUSTIFIABLY REQUIRE MASKS. 
          IF I FELT THAT THERE WAS A STRICT PUBLIC HEALTH REASONS TO DO THAT, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD CHOOSE TO DO INDEPENDENTLY. 
          BUT I THINK SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE OF AN ARGUMENT OF KEEPING SCHOOLS OPEN, KEEPING STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS, AND PERHAPS LESS OF AN ARGUMENT RIGHT NOW OF SEVERE DISEASE AND HOSPITALIZATION. 
          I THINK THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING THAT DECISION FALLS TO YOU AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          >> DR. RIDDELL, MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, IF WE DIDN'T MANDATE AND REQUIRE MASKS, HOW LONG SHOULD THAT STAY IN PLACE? 
          >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AS WELL. 
          I AGREE WITH DR. BEAUPRE. 
          IT APPEARS THAT THIS IN OTHER PLACES HAS BEEN A RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED SURGE. 
          I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE SAME WILL BE TRUE HERE. 
          I THINK PROBABLY AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO WOULD BE TO PUT AN ORDER IN PLACE UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND REVISIT IT. 
          I THINK THERE'S A CHANCE THAT BY FEBRUARY AROUND THIS TIME WE'LL BE IN A BETTER PLACE. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR. RIDDELL, DR. BEAUPRE, OR DIRECTOR POND? 
          >> IN MY READING, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THIS CRIME SURGE, THEY HAD BEEN SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT CLOTH MASKS REALLY DON'T HAVE FIDELITY IN REALLY USING MEDICAL BRAVE MASKS, PARTICULARLY PAYING 95 OR SOME OTHER SURGICAL MASK. 
          I'M CURIOUS IF WE WERE TO REINSTATE A MASK MANDATE FOR PERIOD OF TIME. 
          WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF CHILDREN WEARING CLOTH MASKS VERSUS MEDICAL GRADE VERSUS KN95. 
          ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE ON THAT? 
          >> SURE. I CAN SPEAK ON THAT. 
          I THINK WE'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT NOT ALL MASKS ARE CREATED EQUAL AND THAT SOME MASKS OFFER BETTER PROTECTION THAN OTHERS. 
          THE MOST PROTECTIVE BEING MIDDLE GRADE RESPIRATORS, THE TRUE N95 MASKS THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SPECIFIC FIT TESTING TO ENSURE IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU. 
          MOVING DOWN THE LINE, THERE'S PERHAPS DECREASING EFFICACY WITH LESS FILTERING MASKS. 
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EVEN AMONG CLOTH FACE MASKS, I THINK THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF EFFICACY DEPENDING ON THE MATERIAL AND THE DENSITY OF THE MATERIAL. 
          WHEN WE AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAVE MANDATED MASKS, WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO WADE INTO THAT DEGREE OF REGULATION MANDATING A SPECIFIC TYPE OF MASK. 
          I THINK WITH OMICRON, IT'S REASONABLE TO BE RETHINKING THAT TO SOME EXTENT BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. 
          I BELIEVE A LOT OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT CLOTH FACE MASKS BEING USELESS ARE A LITTLE BIT OVERBLOWN. 
          THAT WAS THE STATEMENT THAT WAS RATHER FAMOUSLY MADE BY MICHAEL OSTERHOLM. 
          HE IS A INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. 
          HE HAS A POPULAR PODCAST AND HE'S CALLED CLOTH FACE MASKS. 
          LITTLE MORE THAN A FASHION STATEMENT, THAT IS BASED ON A REPORT FROM HIS ORGANIZATION CALLED SEED WRAP. 
          I CAN ACTUALLY SHOW YOU THAT REPORT. 
          I HAVE IT UP. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION. 
          I'M I ALLOWED TO SHARE MY SCREEN HERE? LET'S SEE. I GOT TO GO TO SYSTEM PREFERENCES. 
          OH BOY, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. 
          [LAUGHTER] IN THEIR REPORT, DR. OSTERHOLM REFERS TO THERE IS A CHART WHICH HAS BEEN FAIRLY WIDELY CIRCULATED AND IT'S A MODEL OF WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE PERSON WHO HAS COVID IS WEARING A CERTAIN TYPE OF MASK AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS POSSIBLY EXPOSED IS WEARING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MASK. 
          IT'S THIS TWO-SIDED GRID. 
          WHEN BOTH PEOPLE ARE WEARING NOTHING, YOU ASSUME TRANSMISSION WILL OCCUR IN 15 MINUTES AND THAT'S IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE GRID. 
          IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE OPPOSITE CORNER OF THE GRID WHERE BOTH PEOPLE ARE WEARING FIT TESTED N95 RESPIRATORS, YOU CAN GO 25 HOURS STANDING FACE-TO-FACE AND NOT EXPECT TO BE INFECTED. 
          ON THAT GRID IF PEOPLE ARE WEARING WHAT THEY DETERMINED TO BE TYPICAL CLOTH MASKS, WHICH I THINK IS HARD TO DETERMINE. 
          BUT BASED ON THEIR ANALYSIS, IF BOTH PEOPLE ARE WEARING TYPICAL CLOTH MASKS, THE EXPOSURE TIME BEFORE IT EXPECTED INFECTION GOES FROM 15 MINUTES TO 26 MINUTES. 
          I THINK WHEN THOSE DATA ARE PRESENTED IN THAT WAY, 26 MINUTES FEELS LIKE A REALLY, REALLY SHORT TIME, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY 77 PERCENT LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES. 
          TO ME, 77 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR RISK OF GETTING INFECTION IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT IN CONCERT WITH A SUITE OF OTHER MEASURES THAT WE'RE TAKING, IT'S 77 PERCENT BETTER THAN NOTHING. 
          TO ME EVERY LITTLE BIT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTION? TRUSTEE SCARLETT? 
          >> YEAH. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 
          THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE TOGETHER 6-8 HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK, DEPENDING ON ACTIVITIES. 
          HOW IS REQUIRING A MASK JUST IN THE SCHOOLS FOR THAT TIME-FRAME GOING TO HELP FIGHT THE SPREAD? WHEN THERE IS NO MANDATE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THEIR OWN HOMES, INCLUDING THEIR PLAYGROUNDS, AND INCLUDING HOCKEY PRACTICE. 
          HOW IS THIS GOING TO STOP IT? 
          >> THE POINT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I SEE JUSTIFIED FROM A COMMUNITY SPREAD STANDPOINT. 
          THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUSTIFIED FROM A KEEPING SCHOOLS OPENED STANDPOINT. 
          IF YOU CAN KEEP STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE GATHERING FROM TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS, THEN YOU CAN SLOW DOWN THE SPREAD AMONG THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE JUSTIFIABLE GOAL. 
          BY SUCH A RULE. 
          >> LOOKING AT THE DIALOGUE THAT MAJORITY PROVIDED, THE MASS MAJORITY OF THE INFECTIONS RIGHT NOW, IT'S GROUPED, THE 20-40 YEAR-OLDS. 
          YET THE BARS ARE OPEN, THE TRAMCAR IS PACKED AND THERE'S MASSIVE SPREAD GOING ON ALL OVER THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I'M STRUGGLING, POINTING OUT, TO THE LEAST, ALL THE STUDIES SHOW CHILDREN ARE THE LEAST IMPACTED BY THIS. EVEN OMICRON. 
          I'M STRUGGLING WHY IT JUST HAS TO BE THAT 6-8 HOURS TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS OPEN, YET EVERYONE ELSE IS GATHERING EVERYWHERE AND IT APPEARS COVID IS SPREADING, PACING IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          [01:30:02]
I'M STRUGGLING JUST SAME WAY IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THIS IS IMPACTING KIDS' EDUCATION. 
          >> THAT IS PRECISELY WHY I HAVE NOT SINGLED OUT SCHOOLS AND HAVE NOT MANDATED MASK IN SCHOOLS MYSELF. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS A DECISION THAT SHOULD BE MADE BY THE LEADERS OF OUR EDUCATION COMMUNITY, FOR OUR EDUCATION COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T SEE THIS AS AN INTERVENTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. 
          I SEE IT AS AN INTERVENTION FOR THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN LEVELS OF EDUCATION. 
          >> ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          >> TWENTY TWO MONTHS AGO, I WAS SITTING NEXT TO DR. BEAUPRE IN THE TOWN COUNCIL AS THIS WHOLE THING BEGAN AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 
          WE ALL AGREED TO TWO WEEKS TO FLATTEN THE CURVE. 
          HERE WE ARE ALMOST THREE YEARS INTO THIS THING, STARTING OUR THIRD YEAR AND WE'VE GOTTEN OMICRON. 
          NOBODY'S HOSPITALIZED. 
          AREN'T WE STILL TRYING TO GET TO HARD IMMUNITY? ARE WE TRYING TO STILL GET INTO THIS CRAZINESS THAT'S HAVING MASSIVE IMPACTS IN OTHER AREAS THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TALK ABOUT. 
          THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SURGEON GENERAL MONTH AGO JUST ISSUED A MENTAL HEALTH WARNING FOR OUR KIDS. 
          WHERE'S THE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER WITH MENTAL HEALTH? 
          >> WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY'S MENTAL HEALTH STATUS? I HAVE NOT HEARD YOU SPEAK ONCE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT THE SURGEON GENERAL ISSUED A MONTH AGO, OUR MENTAL HEALTH WARNING. 
          >> I'M ABSOLUTELY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS IN OUR NEEDS AND RISK ASSESSMENT. 
          NOTED AS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS. 
          I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S APROPOS TO THE DISCUSSION OF MASKS IN SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. 
          >> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND APROPOS TO MASKS, PERIOD. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR FINALLY COMING AND ADDRESSING US, I DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR EITHER DR. BEAUPRE, DR. RIDDELL OR DIRECTOR POND? 
          >> ONE REASON DR. RIDDELL GAVE FOR USING MASKS IS THAT IT WOULD HELP WITH THE TEST TO STAY PROGRAM, WHICH WE KNOW HAS BEEN ON AND WE HAVE BEEN USING IT IF EXPOSURE HAS BEEN BETWEEN UNMASK INDIVIDUAL AND ONE WHO IS MASKED. 
          I GUESS IF WE DO IMPLEMENT A MASK MANDATE, I WAS INTERESTED IN WHAT JODIE SAID ABOUT THAT PROGRAM BEING BETWEEN MASKED INDIVIDUALS. 
          WOULD YOU RECOMMEND STILL IMPLEMENTING THE TEST TO STAY OR ONLY IN CASES WHERE SOMEONE ISN'T WEARING A MASK? BECAUSE IN THE PAST, I THINK IF BOTH PEOPLE WORE A MASK, THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE, WHICH HELPS GET THE KIDS IN SCHOOL AND RELIEVE THE BURDEN OF BEING TEST TO STAY [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PRECISE DETAILS OF THE TEST-TO-STAY PROGRAM, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE MASKED OR UNMASKED IS PART OF THE PROTOCOL. 
          IT'S VACCINATED OR NOT VACCINATED AND PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED DO NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE. 
          IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED WHO ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TEST TO STAY PROGRAM. 
          MY POINT WAS THAT TEST TO STAY IS A VERY RESOURCE-INTENSIVE PROGRAM AND REQUIRES A LOT OF TESTING MATERIAL WHICH ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY NATIONALLY AS WELL AS LOCALLY RIGHT NOW AND THE FEWER CONTACTS WE CAN CREATE BY DECREASING SPREAD WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, HOPEFULLY, THE MORE SUSTAINABLE THAT PROGRAM IS OVER TIME. 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD IF YOU ARE MASK TO MASK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE EITHER. 
          >> RIGHT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION MEANS JEAN. 
          >> YES. 
          >> TEST FOR TESTING. 
          >> MR. CHAIR, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR INABILITY TO GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED. 
          WHAT CAN WE DO TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE OF THESE CHILDREN VACCINATED AND TAKE AWAY THAT ISSUE? BECAUSE I HAVE GREAT CONCERN NOW BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE BEEN RECEIVING IN TERMS OF, I'LL SAY ALMOST THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST KIDS THAT AREN'T VACCINATED AND THAT REALLY BREAKS MY HEART TO THINK ABOUT HOW SOME OF THAT'S GOING ON. 
          [01:35:01]
WHAT CAN WE DO TO EXPEDITE THE VACCINATION PROCESS? 
          >> WE'RE AT MASK CAPACITY. 
          >> I AGREE. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I'M SORRY. TRAVIS, WERE YOU GOING TO ANSWER A QUESTION OR DID YOU WANT ME TO? 
          >> I THINK IT'S TIME WE HEARD KATE. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> GO AHEAD, KATE. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT MASK CAPACITY FOR THROUGHPUT ON BOTH OF OUR KID'S CLINICS AND OUR ADULT CLINICS. 
          WE HAVE VERY HIGH DEMAND AND WE'RE MOSTLY USING VOLUNTEER VACCINATORS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR OVER A YEAR. 
          I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HIRE VACCINATORS IN THE MOST RECENT COUPLE OF MONTHS JUST BECAUSE THERE'S LACK OF NURSES OUT THERE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          WE DO HAVE NATIONAL GUARD COMING IN TO HELP US IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. 
          I THINK WE'VE ASKED FOR SIX NATIONAL GUARD. 
          IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING AS MANY VACCINATIONS AS WE CAN WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, WE JUST HAVE GREAT DEMAND AS USUAL IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR BOOSTERS, WE ARE PRIORITIZING. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE A FIRST DOSE PERSON, WE WILL GET YOU IN. 
          BECAUSE THAT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO GET A FIRST DOSE VERSUS A THIRD DOSE AT THIS TIME. 
          DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE AND THIS IS JUST AS EVERYBODY SAID, AN ONGOING, AND THE RULES KEEP CHANGING ABOUT VACCINATION AND BOOSTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO EVERY DAY THERE'S SOMETHING NEW FOR US TO UNWIND AND FIGURE OUT AROUND VACCINATION. 
          >> I'LL UP MR. CHAIR. 
          >> GO ON. 
          >> WHY DID WE STOP ALLOWING THE ANTIBODY TEST AND LOWER THE VACCINATION? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN CAN'T GET VACCINATED BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD COVID RECENTLY, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY PRETTY HIGH IN ANTIBODIES. 
          WHY DID WE QUIT ALLOWING THAT AS ONE OF THE SCREENERS I'LL CALL IT? 
          >> DO YOU KNOW DIRECTOR POND, I THINK IT WAS THE CDC. 
          >> YEAH, I DO. I BELIEVE THAT WAS BECAUSE DELTA WAS NOT ENSURING INFECTION WITH OMICRON IS WHAT I BELIEVE THAT THE CDC HAD DECIDED ON THAT AND SO A RECENT INFECTION WITH DELTA DOES NOT HELP YOU IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE EXPOSED TO OMICRON SO THAT'S WHY THE CDC CHANGE THAT NUANCE ON THAT PIECE. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTION? WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD HANG AROUND BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION AT THE END IF YOU HAVE TIME. 
          IF NOT, WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND. 
          >> BOARD, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEALTH [LAUGHTER] ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO SAY, BEFOREHAND? TRUSTEE CARLIN. 
          >> I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION IN BOARD SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN. 
          I'M LOOKING AT THESE CHARTS AND THIS GOES FROM JANUARY 1ST TO JANUARY 7TH, THE BOTTOM ONE. 
          NOW WE ARE THREE DAYS INTO THIS SCHOOL WEEK. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT JANUARY 1ST TO JANUARY 7TH IS LIKELY HOLIDAY SPREAD AND TRAVEL BECAUSE WE WEREN'T IN SCHOOL VERY LONG WHEN THIS DAY IT CAME OUT SO IT WOULD BE MORE THE END OF LAST WEEK AND THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK THAT WOULD PROBABLY GIVE US MORE OF AN OUTLOOK OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW ARE WE SEEING AN UPTICK ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY? I MEAN, ARE WE SEEING THAT INCREASE IN THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BACK IN SCHOOL? 
          >> THANK YOU I CAN AGREE. 
          TRUSTEE CARLIN, WHEN I LOOK AT THE DATA THAT'S PRESENTED, IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE AGE GROUPS INCREASE PROPORTIONATELY SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE WONDERINGS THAT I HAD AS WELL. 
          BUT FOR SURE THAT JANUARY 1 TO JANUARY 7 IS OUR FIRST WEEK BACK. 
          WE HAD STUDENTS BEGINNING ON JANUARY 3RD, AND OF COURSE, FRIDAY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          I WOULD ASSUME A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE HOLIDAYS. 
          [01:40:05]
WHEN I'M LOOK AT STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY COVID ON THURSDAY THE 6TH WE HAD 216 STUDENTS OR 7.73 PERCENT THAT WERE INDICATED AS COVID, AND ON MONDAY WE HAD 238 OR 8.52 PERCENT. 
          THEN TUESDAY WE HAD 235 OR 8.41 PERCENT, I DON'T KNOW, IF WE HAVE WEDNESDAY DATA BECAUSE IT TAKES US A LITTLE BIT TO CALL THE PARENTS AND FIND OUT WHY THEIR STUDENT IS ABSENT. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAD NON-COVID STUDENT ABSENCES THAT ARE HIGH. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, LAST THURSDAY, INSTEAD OF 0.73 PERCENT OUT PER STUDENT COVID, BUT WE HAD 13.46 PERCENT OUT FOR STUDENTS NON COVID. 
          THAT SAME TREND IS HOLDING ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHERE WE HAVE 8.52 FOR COVID ON MONDAY, 12.21 PERCENT NON-COVID, AND AN 8.41 PERCENT STUDENT COVID YESTERDAY, AND 10.81 PERCENT NON-COVID. 
          >> DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? 
          >> JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION, THANKS MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          YOU SAID IT'S A COVID. 
          ARE THOSE COVID POSITIVE OR IS IT COVID POSITIVE PLUS QUARANTINE PLUS? WHAT DOES COVID MEAN? 
          >> YES. 
          >> IF A KID WAS SENT HOME FROM CLASS BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPOSED BUT NOT COVID POSITIVE, THAT COUNT AS A COVID POSITIVE? 
          >> YES. IT COULD BE THAT THEY'RE HOME BECAUSE THEIR SIBLING TESTED POSITIVE. 
          WE WOULD CODE THEM UNDER STUDENT COVID POSITIVE. 
          >> THAT WOULD BE TWO, THAT SIBLING AND THE STUDENT. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          NORMALLY WE KILL A LOT OF LEEWAY AND LET YOU TALK FOR QUITE AWHILE. 
          TONIGHT, WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR AGENDA AND IT'S ALREADY ALMOST EIGHT O'CLOCK, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY. 
          IF YOU START GOING ON FOR QUITE AWHILE, DON'T BE OFFENDED IF I ASK YOU TO WRAP UP, BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD 32 PEOPLE THAT NIGHT AND IT TOOK ABOUT TWO HOURS. 
          [LAUGHTER] IT'S JUST 32, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY, BUT JUST TRY TO BE AS SUCCINCT AS YOU CAN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND HOLD EVERYBODY TO ABOUT A MINUTE TONIGHT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHERS, WE'VE GOT A WHOLE ANOTHER ISSUE TONIGHT THAT A LOT OF PARENTS ARE ON, THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THIS ONE. 
          BUT A LOT OF PARENTS ARE ON HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL CALENDAR AND FLEX DAYS AND SO WE NEED TO GET TO THAT ONE TOO. 
          WE'LL START HERE IN THE ROOM. 
          IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT? PAUL WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH, SURE YOU CAN. GO AHEAD UP THERE. 
          >> JUST A QUICK THING THAT I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN FIND VALUABLE. 
          I THINK THIS IS REFLECTED IN MISS JODIE PAWN'S DATA, BUT IT'S WORTH RESTATING FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE. 
          I SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS DISINCENTIVIZE FROM TESTING, EVEN IF THEY KNOW THEY COULD HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. 
          THIS COULD BE A FUNCTION OF FINALS COMING UP. 
          THEY ONLY MISS A WEEK OF SCHOOL OR JUST, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE IT. 
          IT'S NOT WORTH IT. I'M NOT THAT CONCERNED ANYWAY, I WON'T GET THAT SICK. 
          I SEE THAT A LOT. 
          I THINK WHEN LOOKING AT THE OTHER DATA, IT'S WORTH TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS PROBABLY, EVEN IF THEY THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE COVID AREN'T GOING TO GO GET TESTED BECAUSE IT'S JUST A HUGE HASSLE IN THEIR LIVES. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          >> THANK YOU AND THAT WAS EXCELLENT. 
          THAT WAS 30 SECONDS. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> EXACTLY THERE WAS A GOOD MODELING. 
          EVERYBODY WOULD GET HOME. IT'S GOING TO BE OUR ROLE MODELS. 
          >> YOU LIKE HOME. 
          >> GO AHEAD. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. 
          MAYBE I CAN HAVE FOR TWO MINUTES. 
          ONE, I'VE CUTE LITTLE GIRLS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE ALL NIGHT [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR ADI BURRELL WHO WAS SITTING HERE ALL NIGHT WAITING TO SPEAK AND SHE HAD TO GO TO BED. 
          THIS IS FROM HER. 
          "HELLO, MY NAME IS ADI BURRELL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK HERE. 
          AFTER BREAK, I GOT QUARANTINED AND NOW I'M QUARANTINED AGAIN. 
          I CRIED FOREVER ABOUT BEING QUARANTINED WHEN I WAS HEALTHY. 
          IT'S UNFAIR. 
          I FELT LIKE I WAS SINGLED OUT FOR MAKING A CHOICE NOT TO WEAR A MASK. 
          A CHOICE YOU LET ME HAVE. THANK YOU. 
          IT'S NOT FAIR TO HAVE KIDS WHO WANT TO LEARN AT SCHOOL STAYING HOME. 
          I DON'T WANT TO SIT AT HOME WITHOUT A HOMEWORK OR SCHOOL. 
          [01:45:03]
I LET MY EMOTIONS OUT LAST WEEK. 
          I FEEL UNINCLUDED, ISOLATED, UNABLE TO LEARN IN SCHOOL AND SAD. 
          I MISS MY FRIENDS WHO ARE AT SCHOOL AND NOW I'M QUARANTINED AGAIN, UNLESS I TEST EVERY DAY. 
          IT FEELS LIKE I'M BEING PUNISHED. 
          AGAIN, I HAVE BEEN SENT HOME WITH NOT A LOT OF HOMEWORK. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          MY TEACHER SAID DISCRIMINATION IS BAD AND WE SHOULDN'T TREAT PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY. 
          I WANT TO BE IN SCHOOL AND NOW I FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO WEAR A MASK TO STAY IN SCHOOL. 
          NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. 
          THIS IS MY OPINION AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY ARE WE SENDING HEALTHY KIDS HOME? THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. THANK YOU." 
          >> WHAT GRADE IS ADI AT? 
          >> FOURTH. 
          >> THANK YOU. JESSICA, DID YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO GIVE? 
          >> JUST NOT TO TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT IS OUR GOAL HERE? IS IT FLATTEN THE CURVE OR MAKE THE CURVE DISAPPEAR? BECAUSE IF OUR HOSPITAL NUMBERS ARE LOW, PEOPLE HAVE A DESCENT EVERY WINTER. 
          WHAT IS THAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS TO GET ZERO PEOPLE SICK FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. 
          I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PARENTS SAY, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN COVID AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET COVID. 
          EVEN MY OWN MOM WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO GET IT, AND SHE GOT HER VACCINATIONS BOOSTERS, ALL THAT. THAT'S GREAT. 
          BUT REALITY IS THERE ARE GERMS, PEOPLE GET SICK. 
          WHAT IS OUR BASELINE BOWL HERE TO FUNCTION, TO TAKE THE MASKS OFF, TO LIVE NORMAL AND HAVE GERMS AND YES, PEOPLE GET SICK. YOU STAY HOME. 
          MY SON WAS HOME ALL WEEK LAST WEEK, NOT WITH COVID, JUST A REGULAR COLD. 
          I HAD TO KEPT HIM HOME, AS THE PARENT, RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO RIGHT BECAUSE GERMS GO AROUND, IT HAPPENS. 
          MY QUESTION IS LIKE, FLATTEN THE CURVE, MAKE THE CURVE DISAPPEAR. 
          WHAT IS OUR GOAL THAT'S REALISTIC HERE? I THINK WE NEED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE AND TO HAVE SOMETHING MEASURABLE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU JESSICA. ANYONE ELSE HERE IN THE ROOM? ANYONE IN THE ROOM? ALISON DID YOU WANT TO TALK? 
          >> NO, THANK YOU.. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT OFF IN THE ROOM AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO WEB APPS. 
          >> WE HAVE KATIE KNOWLES. 
          >> KATIE. 
          >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 
          >> GO AHEAD. 
          >> I APOLOGIZE I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO PUT THE VIDEO ON. 
          >> THAT'S OKAY. 
          >> BUT MY NAME IS KATIE KNOWLES. 
          I'M A FAMILY PHYSICIAN IN TOWN. 
          I'VE BEEN PRACTICING FAMILY MEDICINE HERE FOR OVER NINE YEARS. 
          I WORK IN A SMALL PRIVATE PRACTICE AND I'M A MEDICAL STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL AS WELL AND I SEE PATIENTS THERE. 
          MY HUSBAND IS A REGISTERED NURSE. 
          HE IS EMPLOYED BY ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL AND WE HAVE TWO LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE TWO AND FIVE, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY TOUCH BASED ON A CONVERSATION BETWEEN DR. DOW AND CHAIRMAN SCARLETT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND WHAT WE HAVE REALLY LEARNED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS, WHAT'S BAD FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH IS BEING OUT OF SCHOOL, AND THAT FIVE DAYS IN-PERSON IS WHAT'S BETTER NOT ONLY FOR THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, BUT FOR THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND IN MANY CASES, PHYSICAL SAFETY. 
          I THINK THAT THE TOP PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE KEEPING SCHOOL OPEN, FUNCTIONING IN-PERSON, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          I'M SLIGHTLY BIASED BECAUSE I'M IN A TWO WORKING PARENT FAMILY AND MY CHILD WILL BE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT I THINK IF YOU CAN TRANSLATE THE IDEA THAT THAT IS THE BEST THING FOR OUR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, YOU DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO KEEP SCHOOL OPEN AND IF IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS THAT REQUIRES MANDATED MASKS, DO IT. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY REASON NOT TO DO IT. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS COMING FROM A MEDICAL PROVIDER. 
          I DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY OFFICE REQUIRES MASKS. 
          IT'S JUST SECOND NATURE. 
          WE LIVE IN MASKS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. 
          YES, I HEARD DR. CHAPMAN SAY YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO GET A SHIPMENT OF 4,000 KN95. 
          AWESOME. THEY'RE BETTER THAN THE OTHER MASKS, 
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OFFER THEM TO ALL OF THE CHILDREN. 
          BUT I JUST THINK THAT WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO KEEP SCHOOL OPEN, IT SHOULD BE THE BIGGEST PRIORITY AND IF TEMPORARILY THAT MEANS MASK MANDATE. I'M ALL FOR IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? 
          >> YES, WE HAVE MARK JACKOWSKI. 
          >> MARK. GO AHEAD. 
          >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 
          >> WE CAN 
          >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN. 
          MY NAME IS MARK JACKOWSKI. I'M AN ATTORNEY. 
          I ADDRESSED THE BOARD ON JANUARY 1ST, WHO'S MY INTENTION NOT TO SAY ANYTHING THIS EVENING UNTIL I HEARD WHAT DR. RIDDELL HAD TO SAY. 
          I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THE QUESTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN EITHER ASKED NOR, ANSWERED IS, WHY AND HOW WOULD THE INFECTIVITY RATE FOR STUDENTS BE EFFECTIVE IF CHILDREN WERE MASKED FOR 6 TO 8 HOURS PER DAY AT SCHOOL AND UNMASKED FOR THE REST OF THE TIME? I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE AN ANSWER FROM DR. RIDDELL AND A REAL ANSWER, NOT SOME PLETHORA OF LATITUDES, BUT PUT THAT QUESTION TO HIM AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT HE CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER IT. 
          AGAIN, THAT HAS NOT BEEN ASKED. 
          IT HAS NOT BEEN ANSWERED. 
          THERE'S NO FACTUAL BASIS ON THIS RECORD FOR YOU, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO IMPOSE A MASK MANDATE. 
          THANK YOU. I RESPECT THE BOARD AND I APPRECIATE ITS TIME. 
          >> THANKS MARK. NEXT. 
          >> YEA. 
          >> AGAIN, WE APOLOGIZE YOUR EMAILS FOR ALL MESSED UP THIS MORNING. 
          I THINK WE GOT IT STRAIGHT OUT, BUT THANKS FOR HAVING PATIENCE WITH US BUT GO AHEAD TRENT DOYLE. 
          >>THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. 
          MY NAME IS TRENT DOYLE THIS IS ABOUT TURNOVER KINDERGARTNER AND THE DISTRICT, AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR REINSTITUTED THE MASS MANDATE. 
          I THINK I HEARD IT THE SPECIAL MEETING ON JANUARY 1ST FROM THE BOARD TRUSTEES THAT WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING IT THAT THEY WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE LOCAL HEALTH EXPERTS. 
          THEY WERE RELYING UPON THEIR GUIDANCE. 
          I THINK THIS NIGHT WE HEARD WHAT THE LOCAL HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS. 
          I THINK I HEARD THAT THEY RECOMMEND MASKING FOR ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. 
          IN MY MIND, IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR ISSUE WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT THE KIDS IN THE HELP IN THAT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. 
          I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO HEAR THE BOARDED EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THIS. 
          NOW, IN LIGHT OF WHAT WAS EXPRESSED PREVIOUSLY, I THINK WE HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS TO PROVIDE EXPERTISE TO INFORM US AND BE CURIOUS TO HEAR HOW WE, AS A BOARD WOULD SUBSTITUTE OUR JUDGMENTS FOR THERE. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM, YOU. 
          >> THANKS, MR. DOYLE. NEXT [BACKGROUND] ELISA. GO AHEAD. 
          >> HEY YES. THIS IS ELISA STEPHENS. 
          I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK. 
          I'M A PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER AND TELL MY HUSBAND'S A NURSE TO ECHO WHAT NOISE JUST SAID. 
          WHAT I SAW AND WHAT THE LITERATURE SHOWS US IS THAT SCHOOL NEED TO STAY OPEN AND KIDS NEED TO STAY IN SCHOOL. 
          THIS IS PROTECTIVE TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH THE CHILDREN MOST AT-RISK LAST YEAR AND THE FIRST YEAR WHEN KIDS WERE OUT THAT I SAW IN THE ADOLESCENTS THAT I TREAT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS, DUE TO PROLONGED QUARANTINES AT HOME. THANKS SO MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE HAVE GLORIA CORSER. 
          >> GLORIA, GO AHEAD. 
          >> HI, AM GLORIA CORSER HERE. 
          I ALSO WAS NOT PLANNING TO SPEAK, BUT AFTER LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOLKS AND SOME CONVERSATION WITH THEM, I COULDN'T STAY QUIET. 
          I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO WAS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT LAST YEAR AND GRADUATED. 
          I HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT I'VE BEEN HOMESCHOOLING, BUT I'M CONSIDERING SENDING HER TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN SEVENTH GRADE THIS FALL. 
          I FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM HERE THAT FOR SOME REASON SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T SEE. 
          OR FOR SOME REASON SOME PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO IGNORE. 
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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS THE FACT THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THESE KIDS NEED TO WEAR MASKS TO KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN. 
          EVEN DR. RIDDELL SAID, THIS IS NOT ABOUT COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. 
          THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING SCHOOLS OPEN. 
          WHAT WE HAVE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN, IS WE HAVE ALLOWED TWO YEARS INTO A PANDEMIC TO HAVE A, PROTOCOL FOR CHILDREN THAT IS BEING PROVEN DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. 
          CDC THEMSELVES SAY THAT THE CLOTH MASKS, WHICH MOST KIDS ARE WEARING ARE NOT AFFECTED, ESPECIALLY AGAINST OMICRON. 
          THIS IS COMING FROM THE CDC. 
          JODIE POND IS QUOTED TODAY IN THE PAPER CLIPPED. 
          "IF YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH OMICRON VACCINATED OR UNVACCINATED, YOU'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO BECOME POSITIVE". 
          SHE SAID, "NOBODY IS BEING SPARED AT THIS POINT". 
          THE TEST TO STAY PROTOCOL IS OBVIOUSLY USELESS. 
          IT'S DISCRIMINATORY. 
          I THINK THERE WAS WHAT? ALMOST 200 TESTS DONE ON THESE KIDS WHO NEED THE TEST TO STAY AND I THINK WHAT WAS IT? ONLY 11 WERE POSITIVE. 
          YOUR RESOURCES ARE BEING USED TO TEST HEALTHY KIDS. 
          YOU'RE HAVING PEOPLE TELL YOU, WE MUST KEEP MASKS ON THESE KIDS SO WE CAN KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN. 
          WHEN YOU'RE A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER IS ACTUALLY SAYING, THIS IS NOT ABOUT COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, IT'S ABOUT KEEPING SCHOOLS OPEN. 
          THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS THAT IT'S THE POLICY THAT'S WRONG. 
          IT'S THE SAFE START PROTOCOLS THAT ARE WRONG. 
          BECAUSE, THEY ARE ASKING CHILDREN TO BEAR THE BRUNT AND PARTICIPATE IN AN ACT OF THEATER? YES. IF YOU PUT AN N95 MASKS, BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE KIDS HAD THEM PROPERLY FITTED THEN YES, WE MAY SEE SOME LIMIT, BUT EVEN SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN SAID THAT WHAT WAS IT ALMOST DOUBLE? THE ABSENCES ARE NOT EVEN COVID RELATED THEIR JUST ILLNESS. 
          WE JUST HAVE THIS JESSIE OFF TO HEIDI SAID IT AS WELL. 
          I WILL STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH DR. KNOWLES WHO SPOKE YOU USED TO BE OUR DOCTOR AND THE OTHER PERSON WHO SMOKE SPOKE? YES. I ON ONE HAND, I AGREE THAT KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          BUT SETTING A BAR OF ASKING THEM TO WEAR A MASK THAT HAS PROVEN TO BE RELATIVELY STATISTICALLY, NEGLIGIBLY IRRELEVANT IS JUST SILLINESS. 
          LET'S ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. 
          IS THAT THIS SAFE OPENING, COVID FUNDING THAT IS RELATED TO THE SAFE OPENING IS WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS. 
          WE CAN KEEP THESE KIDS IN SCHOOL WITHOUT ASKING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS UNIVERSAL MASKING THAT IS PROVED TO BE INEFFECTIVE. 
          LOOK AT JACKSON HOLE, WE LITERALLY HAD OLYMPIC ATHLETE LEVELS OF MASKING AND VACCINATION AND WE ARE TOP IN THE COUNTRY FOR ILLNESS. 
          WHY WOULD WE KEEP DOING THE SAME THING? SORRY, I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I'M AT A POINT WHERE I WANT TO SEND MY KIDS BACK TO PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUT I WANT TO SEE SOME SANITY. 
          THANK YOU, BILL SCARLETT FOR ASKING QUESTIONS THAT SEEM SANE. 
          A FEW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS I'M SORRY, I SHOULD CALL YOU ALL OUT, BUT IT'S LIKE THE ACADEMY AWARDS AND I CAN HEAR THE MUSIC PLAYING. 
          I THINK I'M OUT OF TIME. GOOD LUCK WITH THIS DECISION. 
          PLEASE. BE THOUGHTFUL, BE SANE AND MAKE SOME SOUND DECISIONS ABOUT THIS. 
          >> THANKS GLORIA. ANYONE NEXT? 
          >> WE HAVE MICHELLE. 
          >> MICHELLE, GO AHEAD 
          >> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 
          >> YES. 
          >> OKAY. 
          HI. THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT TONIGHT AND OPEN TO DISCUSSION. 
          WELL, GLORIA PRETTY MUCH SAID IT ALL. 
          [LAUGHTER] I AGREE WITH JESSE; TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC SUPPOSEDLY STARTED, MY KIDS AND I, WE DIDN'T TRAVEL ANYWHERE FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          THEY WERE INTO SCHOOL THREE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS BREAK, THEY BOTH CAME HOME, SAME DAY, TEMPERATURES OF 104 AND 106. 
          WHAT DID I DO? I KEPT THEM HOME. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT MOST PARENTS ARE CHOOSING TO DO WHEN THEIR KIDS ARE SICK. 
          BACK THEN, DID WE KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY KIDS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR SICKNESS? I'M SURE THERE IS NO WAY OF TESTING THAT, OR HOW MANY KIDS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE FLU. 
          THIS HAS TO COME TO AN END. 
          WE'VE HAD ALMOST TWO YEARS OF MASKS, AND WE'VE HAD SEVEN DAYS IN SCHOOL OF NO MASK; SEVEN DAYS. 
          THE WHOLE TEST TO SAY THING, I THINK, IS COMPLETELY DISCRIMINATORY. 
          EVEN OUR HEALTH OFFICER IS SAYING VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED CAN BOTH TRANSMIT AND GET THE VIRUS. 
          SO WHY ARE WE BEING DISCRIMINATORY TOWARDS THE CHILDREN THAT ARE UNVACCINATED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> THANKS, MICHELLE. NEXT. 
          >> WE HAVE HEATHER SMITH. 
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          >> HEATHER, GO AHEAD. 
          >> HI, THERE. MY NAME IS HEATHER SMITH, AND I AM A PARENT OF A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT HERE AT JES. 
          I'M ALSO A LAWYER AND A NON-PROFIT EXECUTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IN MY DAUGHTER'S CLASS TODAY, THERE WERE JUST EIGHT STUDENTS. 
          OF THOSE EIGHT STUDENTS, THREE OF THEM WERE NOT WEARING MASK, AND THE OTHER ONES WERE. 
          THOSE NUMBERS ARE REALLY STRIKING, AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE. 
          THE KIDS ARE USED TO WEARING THEIR MASK, AND IT'S REALLY NOT IMPEDING THEIR EDUCATION BY ASKING THEM TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE VERY USED TO. 
          AFRAID OF THESE MEDICAL CONCERNS ABOUT WANTING TO KEEP MY KID, FIRST OF ALL, NOT EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS AND NOT AT HOME SICK. 
          I'M ALSO A SINGLE PARENT, AND THESE SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE REALLY PROBLEMATIC. 
          THIS IS A REALLY SIMPLE WAY TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS OPEN, AND I WOULD URGE THE TRUSTEES TO REALLY FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF THE PARENTS WHO HAVE TALKED TONIGHT ABOUT THEIR VERY REAL CONCERNS AND FOLLOW THE MEDICAL ADVICE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS A MEDICAL ISSUE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, HEATHER, NEXT. 
          >> WE HAVE LEA BAMBA 
          >> LEA, GO AHEAD. 
          >> I WANT TO TALK WITH THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS SOME BULLSHIT. 
          >> LEA, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CIVIL. 
          CAN YOU BE CIVIL? BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T BE CIVIL, YOU CANT TALK. 
          >> SORRY. I'M HER SON. HELLO, AGAIN. 
          >> I'M IN FIFTH GRADE AT WILSON. 
          >> I'M IN FIFTH GRADE AT WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          TO BE HONEST, THE PAST SEVEN DAYS [BACKGROUND] WITHOUT MASKS, I HAVE SEEN A LOT PEOPLE GET COVID, LIKE MY PARTNER, RIA, ALMOST 99 PERCENT SURE GOT COVID. 
          PEOPLE AROUND HIM WERE NOT WEARING MASKS. 
          I JUST THINK THAT WEARING MASKS WOULD REALLY HELP. 
          I CAN'T TALK, SORRY. 
          >> OKAY. YOU ARE ALL DONE THERE? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. THANK YOU. 
          >> THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. 
          >> NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT THAT DOESN'T APPEAR. 
          WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP TO THE BOARD. 
          BOARD, IF WE COULD PARSE THIS A LITTLE BIT. 
          MAYBE THIS WOULD BE THE EASIER WAY TO DO THIS, WE COULD BREAK THIS INTO PIECES IF YOU WANTED TO. 
          THERE WAS A SUGGESTION ABOUT REQUIRING MASK AT CUBS AND GRIZZLIES DAYCARE. 
          DOES ANYONE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT FOR A MOMENT? 
          >> SURE. 
          >> GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE CARLIN. 
          >> I WILL JUST SAY, BEING A MEMBER OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY THAT CUBS AND GRIZZLIES, AT THIS POINT, IS THE ONLY CHILDCARE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE AT LEAST THEIR STAFF TO WEAR MASKS. 
          THE YOUNGEST KIDS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE VACCINATED, AND SO IF THERE IS AN EXPOSURE, THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC QUARANTINE, AND THEN FAMILIES ARE LEFT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THEIR KIDS HOME AND NOT AT WORK. 
          I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AT THAT AGE LEVEL AND THAT EDUCATION LEVEL, IT IS MASK REQUIRED, AT LEAST FOR STAFF. 
          >> ARE THERE THOUGHTS ON THE PRE SCHOOL? TRUSTEE MEAD, GO AHEAD. 
          >> YEAH. BETSY, YOU MAY KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I. 
          OUR AGENDA TALKS ABOUT EMPLOYEES AND CHILDREN OVER THE AGE OF TWO; IS THAT A REASONABLE CUTOFF FOR CHILDREN? 
          >> YES. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT 2-3 IS A LITTLE BIT HIT OR MISS. 
          ONCE THE KIDS ARE THREE, THEY REALLY WEAR THEM WITH PRETTY DECENT FIDELITY, MOST OF THEM. 
          TWO TO THREE IS A LITTLE BIT A HIT OR MISS. 
          BUT THERE ARE TWO-YEAR-OLDS THAT WEAR THEIR MASK ALL DAY LONG, AND IF THEY HAVE A GOOD FITTING MASK, AND THEY'RE USED TO IT, YEAH. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
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          >> THE OTHER CONCERNS; THERE WAS A FEW DIFFERENT ONES. 
          AT GRIZZLIES, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM; AT CUBS, THERE MAY BE THE ISSUE THAT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE MAY NOT BE WORKING THERE IF THEY'RE FORCED TO WEAR A MASK. 
          SO YOU RUN THE RISK OF NOT HAVING A NURSERY. 
          I'LL JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE. 
          [BACKGROUND] TRUSTEE TESKE. 
          >> I TRULY SUPPORT STAFF HAVING TO WEAR THEM. 
          EDDIE, WHO'S 16 MONTHS NOW, HAS BEEN TESTED TWICE BECAUSE STAFF CAME DOWN WITH COVID, AND WASN'T MASKED. 
          I THINK ABOUT LUKE THOUGH, WHO JUST TURNED THREE LAST WEEK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE'D KEEP A MASK ON ALL DAY. 
          >> WHAT IF IT WAS JUST STAFF HAS TO WEAR A MASK THERE, AND THE KIDS ONLY AT GRIZZLIES? BECAUSE AT GRIZZLIES, IT'S 3-4? 
          >> YEAH, I THINK SO. THAT'S THE PRESCHOOL AGE KIDS. 
          >> SO MAYBE AT CUBS, THE KIDS DON'T, THE STAFF DOES; AND AT GRIZZLIES EVERYBODY DOES. THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? [BACKGROUND] 
          >> THERE MIGHT BE SOME TRAINING THAT THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO WITH THE KIDS. 
          >> WITH THE THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS, MR. CHAIRMAN, BEST FOR THE KIDS. 
          >> MAYBE NOT WITH THE KIDS, BUT JUST, SAY THE STAFF.? 
          >> JUST THE BEST EFFORTS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE KIDS TO BE PUNISHED. [OVERLAPPING] YEAH. I MEAN, JUST USE COMMON SENSE. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE THING IS COMING DOWN TO THIS COMMON SENSE. 
          >> I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR STAFF. 
          WHAT WAS A POLICY FOR CUBS AND GRIZZLIES PRIOR TO LIFTING THE MASK MANDATE? 
          >> MASK. 
          >> MASKS [OVERLAPPING] THEY WERE. THE KIDS WERE ALL USED TO WEARING MASKS. 
          >> YES. 
          >> YEAH. 
          I KNOW SOME OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS THAT INSTITUTED MASKS LATER ON IN THE PANDEMIC AND THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS THAT HAD BEEN WEARING A MASK FROM BEGINNING THEY JUST STARTED OFF ANYWAY. 
          >> WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO WITHOUT? NOTHING? SOMETHING? TRUSTEE ZUNG? 
          >> YEAH. I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT MANDATING MASKS FOR THE STAFF AT LEAST AND THEN IF YOU KEEP IT OFTEN FOR KIDS ALTHOUGH BUILD THE ENVIRONMENT THEM FOR AND HANG ON, BACK ON THAT ONE. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] I THINK THAT IT'S BEST BE BRANDED. 
          BILL SAID THAT THE BEST EFFORT WE CAN SAY, THOSE CUB KIDS THAT ARE OLDER ONES. 
          >> CUBS ARE THE LITTLE ONES, GRIZZLIES ARE THE PEACEFUL ONES. 
          >> GRADE SCHOOLS AND PRESCHOOL WHEN I SAY. 
          >> THEY MAKE SENSE. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> BUT [LAUGHTER] IF WE HAD IT BEFORE THEN WE'D JUST GO BACK THROUGH IT AND WE WORK ON OUR BEST EFFORTS. 
          AS WE SAID BEFORE, THEY'RE LITTLE KIDS IF YOU JUST WORK WITH THEM AS YOU CAN FOR THE BEST OUTCOME THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE. 
          >> DOES ANYONE WANT TO REQUIRE STAFF TO WEAR A MASK? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] WE CAN TRYING TO GET THE BEST OUTCOME THAT I CAN. 
          TRYING TO GET A THREE-YEAR-OLD TO DO WHAT I WANT THEM TO DO. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> OKAY. THERE'S CONSENSUS. 
          THE KIDS BEST EFFORTS STAFF NEEDS TO WEAR MASKS. 
          IF THE GROUP CUBS A GROUP. 
          >> YES. 
          >> WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE THE SMART START. 
          THERE WAS ALSO THIS SUGGESTION THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN THE SMART START THAT WE NO LONGER ACCEPT POSITIVE ANTIBODY TEST RESULT, AND MY UNDERSTANDING I CAME DOWN FROM THE CDC. 
          I'LL IGNORE THAT IF IT MEANS. 
          [LAUGHTER]. 
          DR. CHAPMAN, WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? 
          >> THAT WAS THE CHANGE FROM THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CDC CHANGED THEIR GUIDELINES WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALLOWING IT FOR A SHORT TIME. 
          IT HAS SINCE CHANGED THAT, AND SO A POSITIVE ANTIBODY TEST CANNOT BE SUBMITTED TO AVOID THE QUARANTINE. 
          >> ALL WE'RE DOING IS CONFORMING OUR PLAN TO WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD TO DO BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? 
          >> YES. 
          >> OKAY. THEN THE THIRD THING WAS TEST THE STAY. 
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LET'S TALK ABOUT TEST THE STAY. 
          >> I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TEST THE STAY. 
          >>YOU PARTICIPATED. YOU WERE A. 
          >> MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          >> PARKING ATTENDANT. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] I HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION FOR OUR NURSING STAFF. 
          [LAUGHTER] THEY ARE UP THERE AT 11 BELOW ZERO, WITH THESE YOUNG CHILDREN TRYING TO FULFILL OUR START SMART PLAN, AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE, AND THE EFFICIENCY AND THE WAY THIS ALL WORKED, AND IT'S COLD. 
          99 PERCENT OF PARENTS WERE GETTING THE CONCEPT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T THINK THE TEST TO STAY REALLY WORKS LIKELY THAT JUST FROM SOME OF MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE ANTIGEN TEST. 
          I WOULD HAVE SEEN PEOPLE ON DAY 0 SHOW A SYMPTOM, ON DAY 1, THEY GET THEIR TEST, ANTIGEN TEST, IT COMES BACK NEGATIVE, THE SYMPTOMS CONTINUE. 
          ON DAY 3, THEY GET ANOTHER ANTIGEN TESTS AND IT COMES BACK POSITIVE. 
          IS IT REALLY DOING WHAT IT SHOULD? THE BIG THING I'VE LEARNED IN THIS WEEK, PARENTS, STUDENTS CALL IT, IF YOU'VE GOT A RUNNING NOSE, IT'S TIME TO STAY HOME. 
          I KNOW, AS PARENTS HAVE DONE, ARE GUILTY OF DOING THIS, TAKING THE KID TO SCHOOL WHEN HE HAS A RUNNING NOSE BECAUSE HE'S TAKING THEM. 
          DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          [LAUGHTER] FOR THIS SAKE, LEAVE YOUR KID. 
          WELL, YEAH, WE BELIEVE YOU. 
          IF YOU HAVE A RUNNING NOSE AND IF YOU'RE A STUDENT, IF YOU HAVE A RUNNING NOSE OR SORE THROAT, JUST STAY HOME FOR FIVE DAYS AND THAT'LL DO MORE TO PROTECT US THAN THE MASK OR AN ANTIGEN TEST WILL DO. 
          IF WITH THE TEST TO SAY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO IT OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. 
          I DO THINK IT IS A LITTLE HARSH TO ONLY SINGLE OUT KIDS THAT ARE UNVACCINATED AND UNMASKED IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          >> BUT UNDER THE RULES, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IF WE DIDN'T DO THE TEST TO STAY IN YOUR UNVACCINATED, YOU HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR FIVE DAYS. 
          WHAT THE TEST TO STAY IS DOING IS TRYING TO KEEP UNVACCINATED KIDS IN SCHOOL BY DOING THIS PROGRAM. 
          WHAT WE SAW IN A LOT OF THE EMAILS, PEOPLE WERE EXPLAINING TO US, IT WASN'T THAT SOMEONE'S AGAINST VACCINES, THEY JUST CAN'T GET THE VACCINE. 
          THEY CAN'T GET AN APPOINTMENT. 
          I MEAN, THE OVER AND OVER THE EMAILS WERE SAYING AND THEY HAVEN'T MADE A LOT OF SENSE. 
          PEOPLE WERE SAYING WHEREAS, MY KID'S A KINDERGARTNER, IN DECEMBER, WE WANTED TO WAIT TO SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYED OUT BEFORE WE DID IT, AND THEN WHEN WE DECIDE TO GO GET THE APPOINTMENT, THERE ARE NO MORE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE UNTIL FEBRUARY AND ANALYZING. 
          EXCEPT SMITH WAS DOING AND THE OTHER DAY, I GUESS IF YOU GO TO SMITH'S, A LOT OF KIDS WERE HEADING OFF TO SMITH'S BUT PUBLIC HEALTH PRETTY MUCH IS JAMMED UP. SO IT WASN'T LIKE PEOPLE. 
          THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY DO WANT TO GO GET VACCINATED. THEY JUST CAN'T GO. 
          THEN THERE WAS A BUNCH OF EMAILS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE THE PEDIATRICIAN SAYING, PLEASE DON'T VACCINATE YOUR CHILD HERE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOUR CHILD JUST HAD COVID LIKE A DAY OR TWO BEFORE AND SO YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO IT. 
          THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT, BUT [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> BECAUSE DIGITAL RESOURCES, WE ONLY CAN DO IT HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. 
          >> RIGHT. 
          >> IT PUTS A REAL BURDEN. 
          THE WILSON FAMILIES, THE HAWTHORNE FAMILIES. 
          [LAUGHTER] LIKE THE OUTLINE SCHOOLS, EVEN COMING FROM JACKSON ELEMENTARY, IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. 
          I WISH WE HAD THE RESOURCES THAT WE COULD PUT PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE. 
          >> WHICHEVER EVERYBODY WANT TO DO WITH THE TEST TO STAY. [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> LET THE EXAM, GO AHEAD. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I GUESS I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK IT DEPENDS WHAT WE DECIDE ON THE MASK IS I FEEL IT'S A LITTLE BIT LINKED TO THE TEST TO STAY. 
          THE TEST TO STAY IS BASED ON TWO. 
          WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO TEST TO STAY OF EVERYONE'S SPOUSE [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> IS THAT WHAT I'VE HEARD DR. CHAPMAN? 
          >> THAT'S WHAT JODIE SAID, BUT SOMEONE SAID. 
          ACTUALLY, CHAIRMAN NEIGHBORING BROTHER OR HAVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANSWER THAT. 
          >> JODIE POND, ARE YOU STILL ON? THE STATEMENT JUST WAS THAT IF EVERYBODY'S WEARING MASKS, WE NO LONGER HAVE TO DO ANY TEST TO STAY. IS THAT ACCURATE? 
          >> YES, CHAIRMAN GINGERY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IS ACCURATE. 
          I CONFIRM THAT WITH JANET EARLIER IN THE EVENING, AND JUST DOUBLE-CHECKING MY TEXT FROM HER, 
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MASK TO MASK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE. 
          THEREFORE YOU WOULDN'T AFTER HAVE TEST TO STAY. 
          >> EVEN VACCINATED, WE WOULD JUST STOP DOING ALL THE QUARANTINES? 
          >> UNVACCINATED EITHER. 
          >> UNVACCINATED EITHER. 
          SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYMORE QUARANTINES THEN, IF WE'RE DOING THE MASK. 
          >> IF YOU'RE MASK TO MASK, THERE IS NO QUARANTINE. 
          IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE DID PRIOR TO THE WINTER BREAK. 
          >> TRUSTEE BRUMSTED, DID YOU ADD SOMETHING? 
          >> NO, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME POINT AS RUSTY AND SAM, WHICH WAS THAT IF WE GO BACK TO HAVING EVERYBODY MASK, THAT SHOULD THEN DO AWAY WITH THE TEST TO STAY, IF WE CAN SORT THAT IN. 
          >> TRUSTEE TESKE, I APOLOGIZE I WASN'T LOOKING UP, SORRY. 
          >> MR. CHAIR, I AM VERY NERVOUS ABOUT HOW FREE PEOPLE ARE WITH SHARING WHICH CHILDREN ARE VACCINATED AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS REALLY FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AND IT HAS BEEN MADE. 
          I HAVE HAD PARENTS CALL ME AND COMPLAIN THAT TEACHERS ARE ASKING THE QUESTION. 
          ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO QUIT ISOLATING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VACCINATED AND NON-VACCINATED WE SHOULD BE DOING BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT. 
          >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          >> TRUSTEE MEAD. 
          >> MR. CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS NOT MYSTERIOUS. 
          IT HAS BEEN THE CASE THAT WITH MASK TO MASK EXPOSURES, THEY WERE NOT QUARANTINED. 
          NOW WE'RE BACK IN THAT BOAT BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO GO TO VOLUNTARY MASKING, AND PEOPLE ARE FEELING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. 
          THIS BOARD DOESN'T SEEM TO LIKE TEST TO STAY, BUT UNLESS YOU WANT TO VOLUNTARILY QUARANTINE YOUR CHILD, TEST TO STAY AT LEAST GETS YOUR CHILD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN SCHOOL. 
          BUT AS TRUSTEE ZUNG AND TRUSTEE BRUMSTED SAID, IF WE DO MASK TO MASK, WE CAN AVOID ANY ALLEGATIONS OF DISCRIMINATION. 
          BY THE WAY, THAT DISCRIMINATION DOESN'T COME FROM US. 
          IT COMES FROM THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND CDC, SO I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD MASK UP AGAIN. 
          IF IT'S ONLY FOR TWO WEEKS, IF IT'S ONLY TILL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, THEN IT ELIMINATES THE REQUIREMENT OF HAVING ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT MR. SCARLETT WORRY ABOUT DOING THIS WORK AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, A PRETTY SIMPLE WAY TO RESOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THANKS. 
          >> TRUSTEE MEAD, IS YOUR PROPOSAL, I'M LOOKING AT TWO WEEKS, THAT PERHAPS THE MASS GO ON STARTING TOMORROW AND GO THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE 26TH, THAT PERHAPS WE WOULD COME BACK ON WEDNESDAY THE 26TH AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE WOULD GET RID OF THE TEST TO STAY PROGRAM. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? 
          >> WELL, I SUPPOSE THERE ARE TIMES IN THE SCHOOL DAY WHEN MASKS AREN'T WORN, LIKE LUNCH. 
          THERE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO GET EXPOSED WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A MASK ON. 
          BUT IF THEY HAVE A MASK ON, WE MAY NOT BE IN THE BOAT WHERE WE'RE HAVING 120 PEOPLE OR WHATEVER, TRYING TO GET TEST TO STAY. 
          >> MAYBE THE TEST TO STAY WILL JUST BE STILL THERE, JUST LESS PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE LOCK. 
          >> I THINK SO. 
          >> I THINK JODIE HAD SOMETHING MORE. 
          >> DR. POND, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE? 
          >> YEAH. 
          I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. 
          IT'S PRIOR TO WINTER BREAK. 
          IF THE KID WAS A POOR MASK WEARER, SO 80 PERCENT OF THE DAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR MASK ON, THEY COULD STILL BE QUARANTINED AND SO THE NURSES DO SCOPE THAT OUT. 
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THEN ALSO DON'T FORGET THERE'S COMMUNITY EXPOSURE. 
          SOMEBODY COULD BE EXPOSED IN THE COMMUNITY AND BE UNDER QUARANTINE WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EXPOSURE DURING SCHOOL. 
          THE TEST TO STAY WOULD, AS YOU MENTIONED, IF YOU WERE ALL MASK TO MASK, THERE MIGHT STILL BE SOME TEST TO STAY, BUT THEY WOULD BE MUCH SMALLER MANAGEABLE NUMBERS. 
          >> BACK TO THE 68 HOURS A DAY. 
          >> I THINK WHAT TRUSTEE MEAD WAS SAYING, FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE COME BACK WEDNESDAY THE 26TH AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          WHAT DOES ANYONE THINK OF THAT? 
          >> TRUSTEE BRUMSTED, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? 
          >> YEAH. PERSONALLY, I'D RATHER SEE IT GO TO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING RATHER THAN TWO WEEKS. 
          IN OUR PAST EXPERIENCE WITH CASE LEVELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I JUST WONDER IF IN ONE WEEK WE'RE SEEING A CHANGE, WHICH ISN'T ACTUALLY LESS THAN A WEEK. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND CONSENSUS, [OVERLAPPING] FIND CONSENSUS. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WELL, WE'D GO ALL THE WAY TO THE NEXT MEETING. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> TRUSTEE ZUNG, COULD YOU DO TWO WEEKS? 
          >> I AGREE WITH ALAN AND I THINK DR. RIDDELL AND DR. BEAUPRE MENTIONED EXPECTING THE SURGE TO LAST TILL FEBRUARY. 
          I THINK TWO WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THE SAME EXACT CONVERSATION, SIMILAR DATA PROBABLY. 
          >> TRUSTEE CARLIN? 
          >> I TEND TO AGREE IF WE'RE GOING DO IT PROBABLY TILL THE NEXT MEETING MAKES THE MOST SENSE. 
          GIVEN WHAT THE MEDICAL PEOPLE WERE SAYING, I THINK WE HAD HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS DISCRIMINATION ISSUE AND SO IF WE PUT MASKS ON, THAT ELIMINATES MOST OF THE DISCRIMINATION. 
          IF WE CONTINUE A SMALL TEST TO STAY FOR THOSE KINDERGARTNERS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY GREAT AT WEARING MASKS OR HIGH SCHOOLERS OR WHATEVER, THEN WE HAVE A SMALL PROGRAM AND IT HELPS KEEP THEM IN. 
          AT THAT POINT, WE KEEP EVERYBODY IN SCHOOL. 
          I THINK THE TEST TO STAY PROGRAM IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO HELP KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL, BUT A LOT PEOPLE ARE WRITING US ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AND I, FOR ONE, DON'T WANT TO DISCRIMINATE. 
          >> THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, IS IT FEBRUARY 9TH? 
          >> CHAIR GINGERY, WHILE YOU'RE COUNTING THAT, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM PRINCIPLES THAT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS WEARING YOUR MASKS APPROPRIATELY FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR CUBS AND GRIZZLIES PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HARD FOR A YOUNG CHILD TO WEAR A MASK AND SO THE TEST TO STAY, WHILE IT IS LABOR-INTENSIVE, IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE AN OPTION AVAILABLE. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WE WEREN'T SAYING TO GET RID OF IT. 
          [OVERLAPPING] WE JUST SAID WE MAY HAVE LESS PEOPLE COMING POTENTIALLY. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY, BUT THE APPROPRIATE MASK WEARING, THAT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO QUARANTINE AS AN ISSUE. 
          >> THAT'S MY OTHER QUESTION IS. 
          I JUST THINK ABOUT WHO MONITORS HOW THE MASKS ARE BEING WORN. 
          >> I THINK THE NURSE QUIZZES THE KID. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> NO, I THINK IT'D BE IDEAL. 
          [LAUGHTER] YOU ASK THE KINDERGARTNER, "DID YOU WEAR YOUR MASK ALL DAY?" I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ANSWER. 
          TRUSTEE SCARLETT, I GUESS IT'S TO YOU. 
          >> A YEAR AGO, WE HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHERE WE WENT TO FOUR DAYS OF SCHOOL FOR TWO WEEKS. 
          WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND WEEK. 
          I WOULD RATHER SEE US CONTINUE ON THE PATH WE'RE ON FOR ANOTHER WEEK AND SEE IF WE GET THROUGH THIS SEARCH BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER REASON TO CONTINUE THIS IN TWO WEEKS. 
          THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER REASON TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, AND THEN THEY KNEW THE OMICRON VIRUS. 
          KIDS AREN'T GETTING SICK AND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEVELS ARE LOW. 
          IF THE ICU IS FULL AND THE PRIMARY CARE UNITS WHERE STAFF WITH COVID PEOPLE, I'D BE MAKING THE MOTION TO MASK. 
          BUT TODAY, ALL I KNOW OF WE'VE HAD ZERO OF 
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OUR CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT GET HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID. 
          HAVING A 6TH GRADER, THAT KID DOESN'T WEAR HIS MASK, EVER. 
          I KEEP TELLING PULL IT UP OVER HIS NOSE AND HE KEEPS SAYING, "I TRIED, BUT IT JUST KEEPS COMING DOWN." HE'S PROBABLY ON THE QUARANTINE LIST. 
          I WOULD PREFER THAT WE STAY THE COURSE AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IN ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO BECAUSE THIS OMICRON THAT'S COMING UP IS NOT A DANGEROUS VARIANT. 
          PEOPLE AREN'T DYING AND PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING HOSPITALIZED. 
          >> TRUSTEE TESKE? UP? 
          >> I'M CERTAINLY NOT A MASK SUPPORTER FOR LOTS OF REASONS. 
          I THINK IT REALLY IS DOING OUR CHILDREN HARM. 
          I THINK THEIR INABILITY TO SEE PEOPLE'S EXPRESSIONS AS SOMEONE THAT'S PROBABLY DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF YOU BECAUSE I'M HARD OF HEARING. 
          MASKS, MUFFLE VOICES, CREATE HEARING ISSUES. 
          I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          AFTER LISTENING TO DR. RIDDELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          I DO THINK THAT THE CASELOAD IS EXTREMELY HIGH, BUT EVERYTHING I'VE READ SAYS, THIS IS LIKE A BAD COLD. 
          WE DIDN'T MASK KIDS BECAUSE THEY HAD A BAD COLDS AND I GUESS JODIE, A QUESTION I HAVE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT. 
          MAYBE DR. RIDDELL CAN ANSWER IT IS, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DELTA, ONE OF THE INDICATORS WAS A TEMPERATURE, SO WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THOSE TEMPERATURE MACHINES THAT THE KIDS COULD WALK THROUGH AND ACTUALLY GIVE US SOME INDICATION IF THEY HAD A TEMPERATURE OR NOT, IS THAT NOT A SIGNAL IS? 
          >> DR. POND ARE YOU STILL WITH US? 
          >> I'M STILL WITH YOU. 
          YES, WE'RE NOT SEEING AS MUCH OF THE FEVER. 
          IT'S THE CONGESTION, SORE THROAT, THAT AT LEAST IS IN THE MORE MILD CASES, BODY ACHES NOT SO MUCH THE COUGH ANYMORE AND AGAIN THESE ARE IN MILDER CASES AND THAT WOULD BE MORE IN THE VACCINATED POPULATION THAT I'M SPEAKING OF AND THEN FOR UNVACCINATED, THAT IS NOT TRUE. 
          IT IS NOT MILD. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. 
          >> MR. CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] TRUSTEE MEAD. 
          >> YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO FIND CONSENSUS TO MR. DARROW WHEN I SUGGESTED TWO WEEKS. 
          I'M FINE TO MASK UP FOR ANOTHER MONTH AND TRY TO CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO TEST TO STAY, BUT I STILL THINK THAT'S A VALUABLE PROGRAM RATHER THAN HAVE KIDS QUARANTINED AT HOME, WHICH WE KNOW THERE ARE BETTER OFF AT SCHOOL AND IN ADDITION, HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP ENOUGH STAFF TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN. 
          I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER GOAL THAT WE HAVE, IS KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL AND KEEPING ENOUGH STAFF TO KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL, SO I'M GOING FOR THAT MR. CHAIR. 
          >> OKAY. 
          LET'S DO THIS. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> ONE POINT AND IT'S COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN IN COMMENTS AND STUFF. 
          THE ISSUE IS NOT THE SEVERITY OF THIS ILLNESS, THE ISSUE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A QUARANTINE REQUIREMENT IF YOU TEST POSITIVE. 
          REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU FEEL, YOU HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR THOSE FIVE DAYS. 
          ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE TESTS IN OUR SCHOOLS WILL KEEP MORE KIDS AND MORE STAFF IN OUR BUILDINGS AND KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN. 
          THAT'S HOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE THING. 
          IT'S NOT AT THE SEVERITY. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH REASON, IT'S SIMPLY KEEPING YOUR DOORS OPEN. 
          EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, SO I THINK WE GET IT. 
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LET'S LOOK AT THIS. 
          HOW ABOUT WE DO TILL THE 26 WITH THIS TWO WEEKS FROM NOW AND THEN WE COME BACK TOGETHER THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SEE HOW WE'RE DOING AND SEE IF IT MADE AN IMPACT, ESPECIALLY ON THE TEST TO STAY, REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS DOWN AND WE JUST GO FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE 26. 
          EVERYONE'S SUPPORT THAT? SINCE WE'RE DOING THAT, POTENTIALLY, WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO DO THE [INAUDIBLE], ALONG I GUESS. 
          WILL SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I THINK THE MOTION WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE SMART START PLAN TO REMOVE THE POSITIVE ANTIBODY TEST RESULT AND TO HAVE MASSIVE CUBS AT GRIZZLIES AS CAN BE DONE. 
          I HOPE YOU GUYS HAD A BETTER WORD FOR IT. 
          THAT'S FEASIBLE. WHAT DID YOU SAY? [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> BEST EFFORTS? 
          >> BEST EFFORTS AND THAT EVERYONE WOULD MASK UP AT ALL OUR SCHOOLS UNTIL THE 26. 
          WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER ON THE 26 AND WE'LL RE-EVALUATE WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND OUR SMART START PLAN TO REMOVE THE ANTIBODY TEST RESULTS TO ENCOURAGE BEST EFFORTS OF CUBS AND GRIZZLIES FOR THE CHILDREN AND TO REQUIRE MASKS IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS FOR EMPLOYEES AND STAFF UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26TH, AND THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THAT NIGHT TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT YOU OR JUST TO RE-EVALUATE THE WHOLE SMART START PLAN. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? 
          >> MR. CHAIR. 
          >> TRUSTEE MEAD. 
          >> GIVEN THE TRANSMISSIBILITY OF THE OMICRON, IT SEEMS LIKE WE OUGHT TO INCLUDE VISITORS. 
          >> YES. YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          EVERYBODY COMING INTO THE SCHOOL. 
          ANYBODY COMING INTO THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE MASKED. 
          I SHOULD'VE SAID THAT. 
          >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 
          >> THIS SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 26, SIX O'CLOCK. 
          >> EVERYBODY AVAILABLE? 
          >> YEAH, I JUST LOVE IT. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> IT WAS 6:1 WITH KATE MEAD OPPOSED. 
          >> OH NO THAT CANT. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> NEEDED TO ASK. 
          >> I WAS JUST SLOW IN UNMUTING. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] I'M SORRY. 
          ALL SEVEN OF US VOTED FOR IT [LAUGHTER] ALL SEVEN. 
          ALL SEVEN VOTED FOR IT. 
          WE'RE DONE WITH THAT ISSUE FOR THIS EVENING. 
          WE WILL MOVE ON. 
          THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH TONIGHT IS A FIRST-WEEK POLICY ON THE FOOD SERVICE PROCUREMENT REGULATION. GO AHEAD. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIR GINGERY. 
          THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STATE IN FOOD SERVICE AND IS A FIRST READ SO IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES THAT WE'D LIKE TO BE MADE, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. 
          IT WON'T COME BEFORE THE BOARD UNTIL THAT MARCH BOARD MEETING AS A SECOND READS, WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO SO. 
          ESSENTIALLY, IT CHANGES THE FINANCIAL LIMITS FOR PURCHASES AND THEN ADD REFERENCES THE GOAL TO BUY DOMESTIC PRODUCTS FOR USE IN MEALS AS A PRIORITY. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS TO DR. CHAPMAN ON THAT AND DID EVERYONE GET A CHANCE TO READ THAT ONE? LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING FROM 25 - 50 AND ALL THE DOMESTIC STUFF WILL BE DELETED. 
          >> THIS IS THE FIRST READ, RIGHT? 
          >> YES, IT IS THE FIRST READING. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT? I SEE NONE. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ON FIRST READ POLICY, EFAB- R FOOD SERVICE PROCUREMENT REGULATION. 
          >> SO MOVED. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> WE MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ON FIRST READ POLICY EFAB-R. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WE WILL CONSIDER THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          CONSIDERATION ON SECOND READ OR IN SECOND READING OF, 
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LET'S SEE, JLCC, COMMUNICABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE, DR. CHAPMAN. 
          >> THANK YOU CHAIR, WE READ. 
          THIS IS THIRD READING ON THIS ONE AND THIS WAS AGAIN RECOMMENDED FROM THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. 
          IT ESSENTIALLY TALKS ABOUT EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOLS DUE TO PANDEMIC AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES. 
          IT'S BEFORE YOU AS A SECOND READ VERTICAL. 
          >> ANY QUESTION FOR DR. CHAPMAN? EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT AGAIN? I THINK IT'S THE THIRD TIME WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT BECAUSE I THINK WE SENT IT BACK FOR SOME MORE REVISIONS. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING POLICY JLCC, COMMUNICABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 
          THAT'S ACUTE [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> SORRY. 
          >> I GOT TRUSTEE TESKE, SHE'S GOT MY BACK. 
          >> I'LL SECOND IT. 
          >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE SECOND READ POLICY, JLCC, ALL THOSE FOR APPROVAL SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL OPPOSED? AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          WE ARE UP TO CONSIDERATION DRAFT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. 
          TRUSTEE TESKE AND DR. CHAPMAN SAT DOWN AND CAME UP WITH THESE. 
          I THOUGHT THEY THERE WERE EXCELLENT. 
          THEY REALLY WERE WELL-DRAFTED, SHORT, SWEET TO THE POINT. 
          IT ALMOST LOOKED LIKE A PAGE WE CAN ALSO HAND THE LEGISLATOR TO SAY THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATED IT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR TRUSTEE TESKE OR FOR DR. CHAPMAN ON THIS? DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES? CAN YOU SEE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO ADD, THOUGHTS? 
          >> MR. CHAIRMAN? 
          >> YES? 
          >> THE ONLY THING TRUSTEE TESKE AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND ME, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES IN NOTIFYING OUR MEETINGS AND POSTING THAT IN THE LOCAL PRESS. 
          CAN WE ONCE AGAIN ASK TO HAVE THAT ARCHAIC SYSTEM ENDED, IT'S TAKING US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT AWAY FROM OUR KIDS. 
          I THINK PUBLIC [NOISE] HAS MORE THAN AMPLE PLACES TO SEE OUR NOTICES ONLINE AND POST IT IN OTHER PLACES. 
          >> THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, I'M HAPPY TO PURSUE IT BUT YOU KNOW, BILL, I'M HAVING A MIND BLANK BUT I THINK SOME OF THAT HAPPENED ALREADY. 
          >> A LITTLE BIT. 
          >> I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT BUT I THINK SOME OF THAT HAS HAPPENED. THANK YOU FOR THE IDEA. 
          >> TRUSTEE MEAD. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. 
          >> I JUST WONDERED IF SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN HAD A ROUGH NUMBER ON HOW MUCH WE SPEND FOR LOCAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BECAUSE FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE WE GOT TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS TO KEEP THEM GOING. 
          OTHERWISE WE JUST WON'T HAVE THEM AT ALL. 
          >> CHAIR GINGERY AND TRUSTEE MEAD, WILL HAVE TO RUN IT AGAIN. 
          WE HAVE RUN THIS BEFORE, BUT I HONESTLY WE CAN'T REMEMBER SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO TAKE A GUESS AT IT BUT WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. 
          >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANKS. 
          >> I THINK TRUSTEE TESKE IS CORRECT. 
          I THINK THEY'VE MADE SOME CHANGES A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS NOW THAT JUST HAVE TO BE PUT ON A WEBSITE. 
          OTHER THINGS LIKE MINUTES STILL HAVE TO GO ON THE PAPER AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND SALARIES ALWAYS HAVE TO BE LISTED IN THE PAPER. 
          BUT THEY DID COME UP WITH QUITE A LIST OF THINGS THAT JUST HAVE TO BE ON THE WEBSITE. 
          DID ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? DID I ASK A FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT? WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? ON WEBEX? 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER ONE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY DEBTS PRESENTED. 
          >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. WE MOVE ON. 
          >> CONSIDERATION OF THE WORKFORCE WELLNESS PLAN. 
          >> THE STATE CAME BACK AND ALLOTTED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GEAR FUNDING. 
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GEAR IS THE GOVERNORS RESERVE OF THE SRA, THINK ROUND ONE OR ROUND TWO FUNDS. 
          IT'S ABOUT A $106,000. 
          THIS MONEY IS INTENDED TO BE A WORKFORCE STABILIZATION GRANT. 
          THIS IS OUR PROPOSAL ON HOW TO USE THESE FUNDS AND ALSO HELP SUPPORT OUR STAFF WITH MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND OVERALL HEALTH. 
          I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. 
          [LAUGHTER] IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING. 
          WE'RE OFFERING $250 REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY EXPENSE THAT A STAFF MEMBER. 
          THIS IS OPEN TO ALL STAFF MEMBERS. 
          IT'S A FLAT RATE AMOUNT FOR ANY STAFF MEMBER THAT SUBMITS A RECEIPT. 
          WE'LL HAVE THEM UPLOAD A RECEIPT OF THEIR EXPENSE, WHETHER THAT BE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SESSIONS OR POSSIBLY A MASSAGE OR WHATEVER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH, EMOTIONAL HEALTH REASON THAT THEY GIVE, THEY HAVE TO UPLOAD A REASON AS WELL AS A RECEIPT. 
          IT'LL BE A REIMBURSEMENT UP TO $250. 
          >> ARE WE GOING TO BE A LITTLE PICKY ABOUT THE REASON? 
          >> I'LL BE REVIEWING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. 
          [LAUGHTER] I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY APPLY TO MENTAL, PHYSICAL, OR EMOTIONAL HEALTH FOR SURE. 
          I'VE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF REQUESTS THAT I'VE DENIED. 
          JUST AS A PREEMPTIVE WITH YOU ALL [LAUGHTER] 
          >> NOW I'M ALL CURIOUS. 
          WHAT WAS [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> ONE REQUEST WAS FOR RETAIL THERAPY. 
          [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> I WON'T MENTION NAMES. 
          >> BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUSH BACK EVEN THOUGH [LAUGHTER] SURPRISE. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT THAT PRETTY. EXCEPT YOU. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> HAPPENS EVERY DAY. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT QUESTION FOR KRISTEN WITH HER IRON FIST OF DENIAL. 
          [LAUGHTER]. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE? OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? 
          >> SOME DO. 
          >> MR. CHAIR, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE TCSD WORKFORCE WELLNESS PLAN. 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE WORKFORCE WELLNESS PLAN AS PRESENTED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. 
          THAT'LL BE A GOOD THING. 
          CONSIDERATION OF MARTIN LANE EASEMENT REQUEST. 
          [OVERLAPPING] I HAVE THE WRONG THING IN FRONT OF ME. 
          ALL RIGHT, GUYS. 
          I GUESS WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT APPLE COMPUTERS AND HOW IT'S COMING UP. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES, CHARLOTTE REYNOLDS AND HOWARD MCINTYRE, I PRESENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A NEW APPLE LEASE FOR DISTRICT, MACBOOK AIRS AND IPADS FOR STAFF AND STUDENT USE K12. 
          THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED OUTLINES THE MAJORITY OF DETAILS. 
          IN AN EFFORT TO EXPEDITE THIS PRESENTATION, JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY QUICK HIGHLIGHTS. 
          THE CURRENT LEASE EXPIRES NEXT YEAR, SO WE'RE COMING TO YOU A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 
          HOWEVER, PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE RECEIVED, AND KRISTEN REPORTED ON EARLIER, WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL GRANT MONEY TO PURCHASE NEW DEVICES NOW. 
          THIS MONEY HAS TO BE EXPENDED BY JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR, OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE TO RETURN THAT MONEY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, BY SELLING BACK DEVICES EARLY, WE BASICALLY HAVE A HIGHER RESIDUAL VALUE IN THE DEVICES RATHER THAN IF WE WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR. 
          I WOULD NOTE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY OFF THE FOURTH YEAR OF OUR CURRENT LEASE. 
          HOWEVER, THAT PRICE WILL BE OFFSET HOPEFULLY IN LARGE PART BY THE RESIDUAL VALUE OF THE DEVICES, AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THOSE GRANT FUNDS. 
          HOWARD WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH APPLE THAT IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO SHIP THE DEVICES BY DATE THAT WE DETERMINE, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MEET THAT JUNE 30TH GRANT DEADLINE, WE CAN CANCEL THE ORDER WITHOUT PENALTY. 
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WHILE THEY WON'T GUARANTEE THEY ARRIVE BY JUNE 30TH, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THEY ARE CONFIDENT THEY WILL. 
          BUT IF THEY DON'T, WE CAN CANCEL THE ORDER. 
          IT WOULD RESULT IN THEM RETURNING THE GRANT MONEY. 
          WE ALSO CONSIDERED A STAGGERED LEASE PROGRAM WHICH BASICALLY WOULD ALLOW US TO STRUCTURE A LEASE WHERE EACH YEAR WE LEASE NEW DEVICES SO INCOMING FRESHMEN WOULD HAVE NEW MACBOOKS THAT THEY WOULD KEEP FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. 
          IF THE BOARD HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF THAT, WHICH MAY BE COMPLICATED, HOWARD CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          LASTLY, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING PROCEEDING WITH A FOUR-YEAR LEASE. 
          WE DO HAVE THE OPTION TO DO A THREE-YEAR LEASE. 
          HOWEVER, A THREE-YEAR LEASE WOULD INCREASE THE PER-YEAR LEASE AMOUNT, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THE TECH BUDGET FOR THE NEXT THREE FISCAL YEARS OVER THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY SET ASIDE FOR LEASES. 
          WITH THAT, MR. MCINTYRE AND I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS, AND HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY FURTHER DETAILS. 
          >> I SAID A REAL QUICK QUESTION. 
          THIS ALL SOUNDS GREAT, SUPER. 
          MY DISTINCTION, I KNOW IT COULD COST A LITTLE MORE MONEY, BUT I WAS FAVORING THE THREE-YEAR LEASE JUST FOR LONG-TERM BECAUSE I THOUGHT DR. CHAPMAN DID A NICE JOB LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THAT OUR FRESHMEN, IF IT'S FOUR YEARS, THE KID GETS IT, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS A SOPHOMORE OR A SOPHOMORE JUNIOR OR SENIOR, AND THEN THEY'RE GRADUATING, THEIR LAPTOP THING GOES TO A FRESHMAN. 
          THAT FRESHMAN IS GETTING A LAPTOP THAT'S FOUR YEARS OLD COMING INTO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THE IDEA WAS MAYBE WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE FOUR-YEAR CYCLE AND GO WITH A THREE-YEAR CYCLE FOR BOTH THE LAPTOPS AND THE IPADS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY. 
          MAYBE THAT'S MORE FOR YOU, HOWARD. 
          I KNOW IT WOULD COST MORE MONEY, BUT WOULD THAT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO GO TO THE THREE-YEAR? 
          >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN ON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE THE LAST COUPLE OF LEASES EVEN THOUGH WE DID A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT. 
          THIS YEAR WE'RE HOPING TO RENEW UP TO THREE. 
          YOU CAN GET A BETTER SELL-BACK PRICE. 
          THE RESIDUAL VALUE IN THE DEVICES DROPS OFF AFTER THREE YEARS. 
          THREE IS ACTUALLY A GOOD WAY TO GO. 
          THE LEASE AGREEMENT, HOWEVER, CAN BE PAID OFF EARLY OR IT CAN BE PAID OFF IF YOU WERE TO GET THAT HIGHER SELL-BACK PRICE AFTER THREE YEARS, YOU COULD USE THAT MONEY TO PAY OFF THAT FOURTH YEAR. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> OH, SO GO AHEAD AND DO THE FOUR-YEAR PERIOD AND THEN WE COULD DECIDE THREE YEARS FROM NOW TO PAY IT OFF EARLY AND DO IT THREE YEARS ANYWAY? 
          >>THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> MR. CHAIR, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE DO WITH THIS ROUND. 
          THE ONLY REASON STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING FOUR-YEAR LEASE WAS RECOGNIZING THERE WOULD BE A BUDGETARY IMPACT. [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SAYING FOUR YEARS. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HOWARD AND CHARLOTTE? OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL ENTERTAIN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE? 
          >> BOARD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THIS ONE? IT'S A LONG MOTION AND YOU SEE AT THE END OF THE MOTION YOU GOT TO SPECIFICALLY STATE WHETHER IT'S A THREE-YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR. 
          SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE GOING WITH THE, OR AT LEAST THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THE FOUR YEARS. 
          >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPLE REFRESH LEASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,753,366.87 WHICH WILL BE OFFSET BY THE EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUND GRANT AND THE PROJECTED DEVICE BUYBACK PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO PAYING OFF THE CURRENT LEASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $466,762.50. 
          I FURTHER MOVE TO ENTER INTO A FOUR-YEAR LEASE FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL EXPENDITURE OF $451,132. 34. 
          >> I SECOND IT. VERY GOOD JOB [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] 
          >> MR. CHAIR, NEXT TIME I WILL MAKE SURE MY SUGGESTION MOVES TO BE SHORTER [LAUGHTER] 
          >> NO. EXCELLENT MOVE, EXCELLENT. 
          >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE APPLE. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT, 
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          >> MR. CHAIR. 
          >> YES TRUSTEE TESKE, YEAH. 
          >> IS THERE ANY NEED TO PUT IN THE CONTINGENCY THAT HOWARD OUTLINED THAT IF THE DEVICE HAS WORKED HERE BY, THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD BE NULL AND VOID? 
          >> HOWARD, DID YOU WANT US TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? 
          >> IF WE WERE TO PASS THIS, WE WOULD THEN PUT THE ORDER IN THIS WEEK, THEY CURRENTLY NEED THAT TIME FOR THE IPADS IS TWO MONTHS. 
          EVEN IF IT WAS FOUR MONTHS, WE WOULD STILL BE WITHIN OUR LIMIT FOR EXPANDING THE MONEY. 
          FOR THAT REASON, I'M NOT TERRIBLY CONCERNED, BUT YES, WE CAN ADD THAT INTO THE PROPOSAL. 
          IF IT LOOKS LIKE THE DEVICES WORK TO NOT SHIP FOR SOME REASON IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THE MONEY, WE CAN ALWAYS CANCEL THAT PART OF THE ORDER. 
          >> HEADS UP IF YOU NEED TO ADD ANYTHING UP IN THIS MOTION. 
          GOOD. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] CONTINGENT UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE DEVICES PRIOR TO A CORPORATION DAY. 
          >> THAT GOING TO BE HELPFUL. THEY WANT APPLE ON GUARANTEE. 
          THEY'LL ONLY GUARANTEE A SHIPPING DATE. 
          >> MR. CHAIR, IT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE. 
          IT CAN BE DIRECTIVE TO STAFF THAT IF WE FEEL THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ARRIVE IN TIME, STAFF IS DIRECTED TO CANCEL THE ORDER, IF YOU'D PREFER NOT TO INCLUDE IT IN THE ACTUAL MOTION. 
          >> WHAT IF WE STICK WITH THE SAME MOTION. 
          >> OKAY 
          >> ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 
          >> THANK YOU FOR NOT MAKING YOU READ THAT AGAIN. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> ALL OF THOSE IN APPROVAL SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THOSE OPPOSED? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LET'S TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SITTING INTO TWO HOURS. 
          >> WHERE ARE WE GOING? 
          >> I THINK WE'RE UP TO MARTIN LEE EASEMENT REQUESTS. 
          >> I'VE ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WE HAD IT LAST MEETING, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE A, WOULD IT AFFECT OUR LEASEE, AND IF SO, DID WE HAVE TO PAY HIM ANY MONEY OR REDUCE HIS RENT? NUMBER 2 QUESTION WAS, DOES ANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOAL ABOVE GROUND THAT WOULD IMPACT THE ABILITY TO PUT THE PATHWAY AND AT A LATER DATE, AND I THINK THERE WERE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER [LAUGHTER]. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHARLOTTE. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES, CHARLOTTE REYNOLDS, [OVERLAPPING] AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, THIS WAS BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH. 
          IN THE TIMES OF LAST MEETING, I WAS ABLE TO GET ANSWERS TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT JOHNNY ZIEM FROM THE TOWN OF JACKSON IS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          BEFORE I DO HAND IT OVER FROM MR. ZIEM, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT SARAH [INAUDIBLE] AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR CURRENT LEASEE THROUGH HIS REPRESENTATIVE, DISCUSSED AT LENGTH WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, POTENTIAL IMPACTS. 
          THE DETAILS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE CURRENT LEASEE. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM HIM IN TERMS OF HOW THE TOWN'S TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT MAY IMPACT HIS LEASE. 
          I WILL KNOW IN SPEAKING TO MR. ZIEM THAT THE TOWN IS ANTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION OCCURRING IN BASICALLY TWO PHASES, WITH EACH PHASE LASTING APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS, AND THAT THAT SCHEDULE WILL BE SOMETIME IN LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL. 
          IT WOULD BE AS LONG AS ALL OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD IN WHICH THAT 34 CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT IS NEEDED IS A TOTAL OF FOUR WEEKS, ESSENTIALLY. 
          BUT WITH THAT, I CAN CERTAINLY HAND IT OVER TO MR. ZIEM SO HE CAN ADDRESS YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. 
          >> JOHNNY, HOW ARE YOU? 
          >> I'M GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JOHNNY ZIEM, PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE TOWN OF JACKSON. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          >> I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION THAT THE BOARD HAD FROM THE LAST MEETING WAS, IS THERE INFRASTRUCTURE ABOVE-GROUND? WILL IT AFFECT IN ANY WAY OUR ABILITY TO BUILD A PATHWAY THERE SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE? 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YES, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'LL BE ABOVE GROUND. 
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MOST OF IT WILL BE IN A CONTROL PANEL THAT WOULD HAVE THE CONTROLS FOR THE PUMP. 
          IT'S NOT BIG AT ALL. 
          IT WILL SET IT AS FAR TO THE ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER OF THE EASEMENT. 
          THIS EASEMENT IS SHARED BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH LOT NINE, AND IT WILL NOT AFFECT ANY POTENTIAL INSTALLATION OF A PATHWAY IN THE FUTURE. 
          I'VE TALKED AT NAUSEAM WITH BRIAN SCHILLING, COUNTY PATHWAYS COORDINATOR, AND TYPICALLY, THE PATHWAYS, MR. SCHILLING HAS BEEN PUTTING IN IS ABOUT 10 FOOT WIDE, WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO PUT LIKE A 13 FOOT WIDE PATHWAY IN THEIR OWN WORK, AND MOST LIKELY. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY INDICATION THAT THIS WILL PREVENT THE ABILITY TO PUT IT IN A PATHWAY, NOR WOULD I OR THE TOWN WANT TO TAKE AWAY THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EXISTING EASEMENT WITH OUR REQUEST. 
          I THINK MOST SURELY WE CAN FIT A PATHWAY IN THERE. 
          >> WHAT WERE THE OTHER QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAD FROM LAST MEETING? GO LESSOR'S BLESSES. OH, YEAH. 
          >> JOHNNY CAN ANSWERS THAT. 
          THAT WAS MORE CHARLOTTE ANSWERING THAT. 
          SHE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THE LEASEE. 
          >> TRUSTEE BRUMSTED. 
          >> YES. 
          >> QUICK QUESTION. I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY, IF NOT UNDER SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY. 
          >> THE WELL ITSELF WOULD BE IN THE EASEMENT. 
          IN ESSENCE, WE WOULD BE DRILLING A WELL. 
          IT'S THE SAME PROCESS AS SOMEONE DRILLING A WELL ON THEIR PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY EXCEPT IT'S A BIGGER WELL, IT'S A BIGGER CASING AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE UNDERGROUND. 
          THEN BASICALLY, WE PROBABLY DRILL THAT FARTHEST TO THE EAST OF THE EASEMENT AND THEN WE'LL RUN A PIPE FROM THE ACTUAL WELL THROUGH OUT OF THE EASEMENT ONTO THE TOWN PROPERTY, WHICH PUTS US IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT TO GET INTO THE CREEK. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, NO, I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAILS THIS LATE AT NIGHT ABOUT FRAZIL ICE AND ANCHOR ICE FORMATION. 
          I SERVE ON THE FLAT CREEK WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN JACKSON AND I'VE BEEN REALLY INVOLVED IN FLOODING ON FLAT CREEK FOR VERY LONG TIME. 
          THIS SECTION IN PARTICULAR IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE PATHWAY THAT COMES THROUGH THERE. 
          OVER THE YEARS, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW THE PATHWAYS AROUND TOWN HAVE GOTTEN EVEN MORE USE, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. 
          BUT AT NIGHT WHEN IT FREEZES AND PEOPLE ARE STILL USING IT AND FALLING ON ICE, FALLING IN WATER, IF WE DON'T GET OUT THERE IN TIME TO CLOSE THE ACTUAL WHOLE PATHWAY, IT BECOMES A REAL BIG SAFETY ISSUE. 
          I ORIGINALLY WAS TRYING TO GET AN EASEMENT FROM MR. CHARLIE SANDS ON BERGER LANE. 
          I'VE TRIED MULTIPLE PROPERTIES ON BERGER LANE. 
          THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL INTENT TO COME THROUGH THAT WAY. 
          WE COULDN'T GET THOSE EASEMENTS SO WE JUST MOVED UP TO MARTIN LANE TO SEE WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE. 
          THIS ALSO ACTS AS A WAY TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY. 
          SCHOOLS PROPERTY HAS FLOODED IN THE PAST AS WELL AND FROZE. 
          ALL IN ALL, IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT PUBLIC HEALTH AND CITY. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ZIEM? THANKS FOR STICKING WITH US SO LATE TONIGHT, MR. ZIEM. 
          >> I'M USED TO IT. 
          [LAUGHTER] TWENTY SEVEN YEARS OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. I'M GOOD. 
          >> TRUSTEE SCARLETT. 
          >> HOW WAS OUR NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE SEWER USE AGREEMENT. 
          >> FOR THE MUNGER MOUNTAIN? 
          >> YEAH, FOR THE TOWN. 
          >> WE ARE WAITING FOR THE TOWNS LEGAL COUNSEL TO PROVIDE AS AN UPDATED DRAFT AGREEMENT. 
          ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT, WORK IS GIVEN TO RESPOND TO THEIR PROPOSE AMENDMENTS. 
          >> WE SAID WE'LL BE DOING A PRETTY BIG FAVORITE TO 
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THE TOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          >> MR. ZIEM, CAN YOU TALK TO LEAH ABOUT CAREER LAW? 
          >> I KNOW IT'S IN THE WORKS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THESE THINGS. 
          >> TRUSTEE MEAD HAS A QUESTION. 
          >> NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, IT'S A COMMENT. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS WHEN WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE LEFT. 
          LET'S SEE, MAYBE PROBLEMATIC. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT PUT US IN BREACH OF HIS LEASE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF SARAH'S ANALYZED THAT WITH ANY CARE, BUT THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN TO ME. 
          >> JOHNNY, SO YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TILL FALL AND YOU ANSWERED ALL OUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT, WOULD IT HURT YOU IF WE WAITED UNTIL FEBRUARY TO ACTUALLY APPROVE IT ONCE WE HEAR BACK FROM THE LEASEE. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. IT WOULDN'T. 
          WE'RE REALLY FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF WHEN WE WANT TO TRY AND GET THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND I DON'T EXPECT IT TO TAKE VERY LONG. 
          IT'S USUALLY DONE IN STAGES AND GETTING PARTS RIGHT NOW FOR WELLS IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT APPARENTLY TAKES A LONG TIME. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT IN PHASES. 
          WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE AND OUR GOAL IS TO TRY AND GET IT IN BEFORE NEXT WINTER SO WE CAN PREVENT FLOODING OF THE PATHWAY AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE A PROBLEM. 
          >> I WOULD MOVE TO TABLE THIS MATTER TILL THE NEXT MEETING OR UNTIL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE LESSEE. 
          >> OKAY. THAT SEEMS REASONABLE. 
          YOU WANT A SECOND THAT? 
          >> I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          >> MR. ZIEM, YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK TO THE FEBRUARY MEETING. 
          YOU'VE ANSWERED OUR QUESTIONS FOR US. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANKS JOHNNY. 
          >> ALRIGHT. MOTION TO PUT THIS OFF TO FEBRUARY NIGHT TO MAKE SURE WE GET AN ANSWER FROM THE LESSEE. 
          IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? SAY, AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> SOUNDS GOOD. 
          WE MOVE ON TO FORCE GRID AND CONTRACT AMENDMENTS. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES, DEANNA HARGER, FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. AS YOU KNOW AND I AM PAINFULLY AWARE OF THE JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT SCHEDULE HAS BEEN DELAYED FOR MANY MONTHS. 
          I'M NOT HAPPY TO BE HERE A SECOND TIME HIGHLIGHTING THAT FOR YOU. 
          BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A CONTRACT FROM A UNIT FOR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE SO THAT WE HAVE HIS SUPPORT AND VALUE THAT HE OFFERS TO THIS PROJECT UNTIL IT IS FINISHED. 
          THAT IS THE QUESTION. 
          >> THERE'S AN EXISTING CONTRACT IS 48,450. AND [INAUDIBLE] HELPS US. 
          THEY WORK FOR US. 
          THEY'VE HELPED YOU AND US WORK BETWEEN THE STATE OF WYOMING WITH LANCE, WITH THE CENTURY OF THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THEY REPRESENT OUR INTERESTS. 
          WE PAY THEM 48,450. 
          THIS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS IS GOING TO ADD 21,400. 
          NOW THE NEW SUM WILL BE 69,850. 
          IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? 
          >> MR. CHAIR, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          JUST ONE QUICK NOTE TO THAT. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST VALUES THAT IT'S HELPFUL FOR ME AND I THINK THE DISTRICT IS THAT HAVING HIM ON SITE AND LOOKING AT QUALITY CONTROL OF THE WORK AND SURE EVERYTHING'S DONE. 
          >> SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS USEFUL TO US? 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR DEANNA ON THIS ISSUE? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] . 
          >> SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          >> SURE, TRUSTEE TESKE.. 
          >> WHEN I READ THE DOCUMENT THAT SAYS AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENT, MAYBE I'M NOT READING IT RIGHT. 
          I GO DOWN TO PARAGRAPH THREE AND IT SAYS, "PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS PROPOSAL DATED DECEMBER 30TH, 2021, WHICH IS ATTACH BLAH, 
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WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 33,000 AND THEN IN PARENTHESES IT'S 21,400, I'M CONFUSED. 
          >> LOOKS LIKE A TYPO. 
          >> THEN IS HEREBY APPROVED. 
          THAT DOCUMENT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. 
          >> MR. CHAIR AND TRUSTEE TESKE, I BELIEVE THAT IS A TYPO. 
          THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REVISIONS TO THIS AND I BELIEVE THAT BOTH WRITTEN AND NUMERIC VALUES DON'T MATCH. 
          LET'S PROPOSE I WOULDN'T NEED TO CORRECT THAT, THE 21,400 IS THE CORRECT AMOUNT FOR THE AMENDMENT. 
          >> WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND MAKE SURE IN YOUR MOTION, YOU SAY THAT THE DOCUMENT WILL THE AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF 21,400. 
          >> WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY?  [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] NOT TO EXCEED 21,400 AND THE DOCUMENT WILL BE CORRECTED TO REFLECT THAT THAT'S PRESENTED. 
          >> EXCELLENT, PERFECT. 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT, ALL THOSE AGREE, SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL OPPOSED. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALRIGHT. WE'RE UP TO WHITE GLOVE CONTRACT. DEANNA. 
          >> MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES, DEANNA HARGER, FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, I HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, AN AMENDMENT TO THE WHITE GLOVE CONTRACT. 
          THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT HAS LOST SIX CUSTODIANS THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          IN RESPONSE, WE HAVE BEEN USING WHITE GLOVE TO CONTINUE MEETING OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE AND REQUESTING WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WITH THAT I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. 
          >> IT'S A THREATENING WORLD. 
          >> TRUSTEE BRUMSTED. 
          >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I NOTICED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE EXISTING CONTRACT INCLUDES WILSON, BUT THE AMENDED DOES NOT? IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> MR. CHAIR AND TRUSTEE BRUMSTED, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          WE MADE A CHANGE FROM THEY WERE SERVICING WILSON AND WE MOVED THEM TO MUNGER. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY QUESTION FOR DEANNA? 
          >> TRUSTEE TESKE, SORRY. 
          >> MR. CHAIR, I SENT A NOTE TO SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN AND ASKED HER, WHAT'S THE OFFSET? WHAT ARE WE SAVING WITH THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE NOT HIRING AS A RESULT OF THIS CONTRACT? 
          >> MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE TESKE, THE ANSWER IS IT DEPENDS. 
          PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T FIND CUSTODIANS AND SO THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE LOST SOME WERE OUT ON LEAVE.IT APPEARS LIKE THE EQUIVALENCE SHOULD ONLY BE A SAVINGS. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN WE OPENED MUNGER MOUNTAIN FOUR YEARS AGO, WE DID NOT HIRE ADDITIONAL CUSTODIANS, OR WE DIDN'T ALLOCATE, WE MOVED THEM FROM JDS AND COULTER TO GO TO MUNGER. 
          AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE INCREASED THE FLOOR FACE BY 77,000 SQUARE FEET THAT THE CUSTODIANS REQUIRED TO PLEAD. 
          WE DID NOT HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF. 
          WE JUST MOVED THEM. 
          WE'RE BEHIND ANYWAY AND NOW LOSING SIX CUSTODIANS ABOUT OUR WATCH. 
          >> I WILL JUST ADD ONE EDITORIAL COMMENT. 
          TO ME IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT WE INCREASED WAGES WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET STAFF. 
          >> YEAH, I AGREE. 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE THE MOVE. 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE WHITE GLOVE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NOT TO EXCEED $300-2400 AS PRESENTED WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE LOCAL COUNSEL. 
          >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE WHITE GLOVE CONTRACT AMENDMENT. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN APPROVAL SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
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WE'RE NOW UP TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I BELIEVE THE BOARD WAS WANTING TO MOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOVE TO THE ACTIVE AGENDA [OVERLAPPING]. 
          THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ONES LIKE I HAVE CONSIDERATION OF THE 2022, 2023 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR WITH FLEX DAYS. 
          IT DOESN'T REALLY DESCRIBE IT VERY WELL IN THE STAFF REPORT. 
          THE DAYS ARE WRONG IN HERE IT SAYS 12 AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 10. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 12, IT'S 10. 
          WHY DON'T WE START WITH DR. CHAPMAN AND THEN IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS PROPOSAL CAME FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS. 
          MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS COME OFF AND THEY CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING. 
          >> THANK YOU CHAIR GINGERY. 
          THE FLEX DAYS ARE AN IDEA THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THIS YEAR HAVE FLEX DAYS. 
          THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS MORE BECAUSE OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES. 
          WHAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMPLISH IS THE SAME THING K-12. 
          THE VALUE OF THE FLEX DAYS FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF IS APPARENT THAT IT GIVES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STAFF TO COLLABORATE, TO WORK ON THEIR PLC, TIME, TO WORK ON THEIR UNITS. 
          IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DAY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOR OUR STAFF. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE ABLE TO START THE PRESSURE AT THE TIME SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A SMALL GROUP AND EVEN ONE-ON-ONE INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED IT. 
          THE HIGH SCHOOL, A LOT OF THE TIMES THE KIDS AREN'T REQUIRED TO BE THERE, BUT THEY GO BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST. 
          WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO MIRROR THAT. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE ELEMENTARY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE ANGST OF PARENTS IN HAVING ANOTHER DAY OUT OF SCHOOL. 
          WE DO, HOWEVER, PROVIDE CREST, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM THAT STUDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR. 
          WE WOULD ALSO OPERATE IN SMALL CONSTRUCTION FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL ASK BILL MILLER WHO CO-DATES THE ELEMENTARY TO SPEAK. 
          THIS IS AN IDEA THAT THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES REALLY ADVOCATED STRONG BEFORE. 
          I WOULD LIKE ASK BILL TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL WHAT THE ENVISIONS THIS LOOKING LIKE. 
          AND DR. SWENTOSKY CAN ALSO JOIN HIM BECAUSE HE COORDINATES A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS AS WELL. 
          MAYBE WE'LL HAVE BOTH OF THEM. 
          >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AND CHAIR AND TRUSTEES. [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> ORIGINAL PLAN. 
          >> FINE. YEAH. 
          >> TO KICK OFF. MR. CHAIR AND TRUSTEES. 
          DR. CHAPMAN REALLY SUMMARIZE THIS PRETTY WELL AS FAR AS WHAT WE WERE THINKING FROM A K5 LEVELS SPECIFICALLY. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> I'M THINKING. 
          >> YEAH. WELL, I'M GOING TO READ SOME OF THAT [LAUGHTER] AND YOU'RE LAUGHING. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHER COLLABORATION, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          I THINK A LOT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, IT'S HARD TO FIND THAT TIME TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE PRODUCTION. 
          I DO WANT TO BACKTRACK. 
          I TALKED PREVIOUSLY TOO, IS WE DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT ANYTIME YOU RUN A FRIDAY PROGRAM LIKE THIS, IF IT'S A VIRTUAL FRIDAY, IF IT'S AN EARLY RELEASE PROGRAM. 
          SOME SCHOOLS DO, SOME DISTRICTS DO FOUR-DAY WEEKS. 
          WE DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT HAS PROS AND CONS AND THERE ARE CONS WITH THAT THAT SOME PARENTS WOULD BE EXPRESSING. 
          WE FELT LIKE THE PROS DO OUTWEIGH THE CONS THOUGH, TO FIND TIME FOR THIS COLLABORATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THINK OF ONE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS 34 YEARS AGO AND GOING BACK FURTHER THAN THAT, OUR DISTRICT, AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS, HAD SOME OTHER OPTIONS ON THE TABLE LIKE HAVING SUBSTITUTES COVER A LOT OF TEACHERS TO ENGAGE IN COLLABORATIVE TIME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S JUST PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT TIME AND SPACE FOR TEACHER COLLABORATION AND PD WITHOUT ASKING OUR TEACHERS TO DO STUFF AT NIGHT AND ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          WANT TO ADD TO THAT? 
          >> YOU'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS A PLANNING. 
          I MIGHT JUST SUM IT UP. 
          IN SUMMARY, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, THE PROS AND CONS. 
          THE PRO IS COLLABORATIVE TIME TOGETHER, WILL BE SHARPER IN THE CLASSROOM, WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE. 
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THE DOWNSIDE IS LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, AS WELL AS DR. SWENTOSKY MENTIONED, IS MORE THAN AN INCONVENIENCE THE CHALLENGE IT POSES TO PARENTS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS OF ELEMENTARY KIDS. 
          WE GET THAT. KNOWING ALL THAT WE DID RECOMMEND FIVE ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S CALENDAR AS LONG AS WE COULD COMMIT TO CREST AND WE CAN. 
          [NOISE] I DON'T WANT TO THROW THE TALON, BUT ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN FIVE. 
          FIVE IS WONDERFUL. YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM ELEMENTARY TEAM, I THINK IN TWO BOARD MEETINGS AGO WHEN WE PRESENTED, HOWEVER, USING THOSE DAYS, IT TENDS TOO MUCH WE'LL TAKE SOME OF THE THING FIVE AND 10 FOR SURE. 
          THANKS FOR THAT CONSIDERATION. 
          I WOULD SAY IT'S WHAT THE ELEMENTARY TEAM WAS THE CATALYST ON WAS SAYING TO THE TO THE SECONDARY AREAS AND TALKING TO THE CHAPMAN AS WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE THIS GO AROUND. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAD INITIATED HEY, LET'S DO FLEX DAYS. 
          I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A COLLABORATIVE K12 BUY-IN AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE BRUMSTED. 
          >> IN THE SECONDARY, A PORTION OF THESE DAYS ARE USED TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS. 
          I'VE HEARD FROM TEACHERS IN THE SECONDARY, HOW VALUABLE THOSE DAYS ARE THAT THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT TIME THAT THEY CAN REALLY GRAB THAT KID WHO'S FAILING THE CLASS OR FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY NEED THAT EXTRA HELP. 
          SUPERINTENDENT DEFINITELY MENTIONED THAT, IF YOU'VE HEARD OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING PROBABLY ADD SOME DIRECT INSTRUCTION FOR CERTAIN GROUPS OF KIDS OR? 
          >> YEAH. I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT AS POSSIBILITY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION FIGURED OUT. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY WE HAVE THE STAFFING THERE. 
          HOMEROOM TEACHERS DO THE ZOOM SESSION AND ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING. 
          THEN A LOT OF THE INTERVENTIONS IN SPECIAL ED TEACHERS, EL TEACHERS AND ETC, THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR THAT SMALL GROUP WORK. 
          WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE THEM LIKE SECONDARY. 
          I THINK SECONDARY IS AN ON-SITE FACE-TO-FACE. 
          IF WE CAN GET IT, IF WE CAN SET UP ZOOM WITH THAT, IT'S SLIGHTLY LESS EFFECTIVE AT, I WOULD SAY A SMALL GROUP THAT ONCE A WEEK, BUT THAT'S WHAT OUR VISION IS. 
          IT'S NOT FLESHED OUT, IT'S NOT A TIGHT YET THAT, THERE'S A DIRECTION. 
          >> CHAIRMAN, TRUSTEES, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT TOO, THAT OUR ELEMENTARY STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PARAPROFESSIONALS AND INTERVENTIONISTS THERE, THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A REGULAR WEEK TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT THAT ULTIMATELY OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          THAT SERVICE BECOMES VERY MUCH DEPENDENT ON FRIDAYS, WHEREAS WE'RE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE WEEK. 
          >> A LARGE AMOUNT OF PARENTS DO PREPARE FOR INTERVENTIONS, THEY'LL BE VISITING THE PRESS. 
          THAT WOULDN'T BE THE OTHER INTERVENTIONS TEACHERS. 
          >> TRUSTEE ZUNG. 
          >> I HAVE A MEMORY THAT LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THAT THERE WAS THE ADDITION OF A FEW MINUTES ON TO THIS SCHOOL SCHEDULED TO MAKE UP FOR THAT LOSS CLASSROOM TIME. 
          IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? 
          >> TRUSTEE CARLIN, THE STATE BOARD OF ED HAS ADJUSTED THEIR MINUTES AND WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE SCHEDULE WITHOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL TIME DURING THE WEEK. 
          >> YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S SURPRISING. 
          I WOULD HAVE GOT THIS THREE YEARS AGO. 
          THESE DAYS WOULD COUNT AS INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS. 
          >> I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSAL. 
          [LAUGHTER] MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S 10 DAYS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, THERE'S SEVEN DAYS OF THE MIDDLE-SCHOOL, ZERO AT ELEMENTARY. 
          MIDDLE SCHOOL IS GOING TO GO TO 10 AND ELEMENTARY IS GOING TO ADD 10 AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE AT 10? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> THE ELEMENTARY ONLY TAKES FIVE. 
          >> IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO FROM FIVE TO 10, MIDDLE SCHOOL GOES FROM 7 TO 10, AND THE HIGH-SCHOOL STAYS AT 10. 
          >> YOU GOT IT. 
          I ACTUALLY THINK THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE 12 THIS YEAR. 
          IS THAT RIGHT, DOCTOR FISK? 
          >> WELL, THAT WAS WHERE I GOT CONFUSED BECAUSE WHEN I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE 12 OFF, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 10, THEN LIKE WAS THE HIGH-SCHOOL LOSING TWO? [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> ALL RIGHT 
          >> HERE'S MY PROBLEM. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> I'LL JUST BE BLUNT. 
          I'M THINKING, AND I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED TRUSTEE SCARLET'S RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BEGINNING. 
          [LAUGHTER] THIS JUST ISN'T FLUSHED OUT. 
          IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH, BUT NOBODY'S THOUGHT IT THROUGH. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S TWO PARAGRAPHS HERE. 
          YOU TOLD ME WHAT CREST STANDS FOR. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS. 
          [03:20:02]
IT'S COMMUNITY RECREATION ENRICH STUDENT'S TIME. 
          I MEAN, I'VE LEARNED THAT. 
          THAT'S ABOUT ALL I LEARNED ON THIS. 
          MAYBE YOU GUYS NEED SOME MORE TIME TO GO THINK THIS THROUGH AND FLUSH THIS OUT. 
          BUT LET'S TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PARENTS. 
          WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY FROM A LOT OF PARENTS. 
          I SPENT HOURS THAT SEEMED LIKE RESPONDING OVER AND OVER TO PARENTS THAT WERE REALLY UPSET OVER THIS. 
          I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT IN FEBRUARY, WE GOT TO DO SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BECAUSE PARENTS ARE JUST REALLY UPSET AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FOR WHATEVER IT SAYS. 
          IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? DID ANYONE STICK WITH US TONIGHT? 
          >> WE GOT ONE RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD. 
          >> DR. NOYES, GO AHEAD. 
          >> HI, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND SPEAK AGAIN BRIEFLY. 
          I WOULD BE OPPOSED TO ANY FLEX SLASH VIRTUAL SLASH PARTIAL DAYS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL. 
          I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL FOR THINGS LIKE JOB OR TRADE OR INTERNSHIPS DURING A HALF A DAY THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          BUT FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND WE KNOW THAT ANY VIRTUAL LEARNING IS SUB-OPTIMAL. 
          WE KNOW THAT IN-PERSON MATTERS FOR AGAIN, NOT JUST ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT THEIR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          IN MY EXPERIENCE TALKING TO PARENTS WHO HAVE KIDS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL RIGHT NOW, IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT THEY GET IS LIKE AN HOUR OF ZOOM WITH THEIR TEACHER AND THEN THE REST OF THE HALF-DAY IS THE PARENTS STRUGGLING TO GET THEIR SIX-YEAR-OLD TO DO WORKSHEETS. 
          BASICALLY THE COMMENTS I HEAR FROM PARENTS IS THAT IT'S A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. 
          I THINK THAT THERE ARE SCHOOLS ACROSS THIS NATION THAT ARE CONTINUING WITH FIVE DAYS IN-PERSON LEARNING, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE FAILING OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BY PROVIDING THIS HALF-DAY SLASH FULL DAY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          I THINK IF OUR JOB AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL IS TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, THAT NEEDS TO BE THE TOP PRIORITY AND FIVE DAYS IN-PERSON WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. 
          MY OTHER MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THIS WOULD JUST POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE INEQUITY IN OUR CHILDREN'S STAGES. 
          FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE MONEY, THEY CAN HIRE A TUTOR, THEY CAN HIRE A BABYSITTER THAT CAN DO SUPERVISED ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES. 
          BUT FOR FAMILIES WITHOUT RESOURCES, WHO MAY BE THEY BENEFIT FROM THE CREST PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS FULL DAY INSTRUCTION WITH A TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM. 
          THEIR KIDS ARE WATCHING TV ALL AFTERNOON, AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I TALK TO THESE KIDS AT MY OFFICE EVERY DAY. 
          THEY'RE NOT GETTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, THEY'RE NOT GETTING ACADEMIC STIMULATION, AND THEY'RE UNSUPERVISED BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO WORK. 
          I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE COULD EVER JUSTIFY THE INEQUITY THAT THIS WOULD CREATE IN THE LONG RUN, AND JUST THE LACK OF EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS. 
          NOW, THERE MUST BE OTHER WAYS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FORM OF RETREATS OR THE OCCASIONAL IN-SERVICE DAYS. 
          I MEAN, I WISH SOMEONE WOULD GIVE ME A HALF-DAY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN MY CAREER. 
          BUT YOU WORK AROUND THE STANDARD SCHEDULE TO FIT THOSE THINGS IN. 
          >> THANK YOU DR. NOYES. 
          ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THERE WASN'T ANY IN THE ROOMS. FORD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS TO GIVE THEM SOME MORE TIME TO FLUSH IT OUT? DO YOU WANT TO DEBATE IT TONIGHT? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? 
          >> I WOULD MOVE TO CONTINUING IT UNTIL NEXT MONTH. 
          >> I WOULD SECOND THAT. 
          >> BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT. 
          WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT. 
          >> ALRIGHT. 
          >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL OPPOSED? WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE SO THAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS KNOW WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO SEE? TRUSTEE CARLIN. 
          >> WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS BASED ON THAT LAST PUBLIC COMMENT IS, FOR ME, THERE WAS A MENTION OF MAYBE WE NEED IN-SERVICE DAYS. 
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FOR ME THAT WHAT THIS IS, THAT THERE'S JUST ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. 
          I GUESS MAYBE CLARIFYING THAT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOCUSED ON THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PIECE, BUT REALLY ONE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY IN-SERVICE THING. 
          >> YEAH, IT MAKES SENSE. 
          ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING MAYBE, TRUSTEE TESKE. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO TELL PARENTS THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOT REALLY LOSING HOURS OF EDUCATION. 
          >> GOOD POINT. 
          >> CREST IS TO ME ACTIVITIES AND FUN THINGS. IT'S NOT REALLY. 
          WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN THE DAY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE, AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THE WEEK. 
          IT'S CONFUSING TO ME. 
          >> ANY ONE ELSE? TRUSTEE MEAD. 
          >> YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IS EXPECTED OF PARENTS TO DO WITH THAT. 
          IT SAYS THE CAPACITY FOR CREST IS 250 STUDENTS. 
          WELL, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE REST, THE 750 OTHERS? ARE THE PARENTS GOING TO HAVE TO GET DAYCARE FOR THEM? I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT VERY WELL AND I'M REALLY NOT INCLINED FOR US WHEN WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR SUCCESS 22 TO TALK ABOUT HAVING LESS DAYS OF SCHOOL FOR A FIVE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S CRITICAL TIME FOR THEM. THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT MATTER WAS CONTINUED. 
          [F. Consent Agenda]
WE'RE NOW UP TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I WOULD POINT OUT ON THE VERY FIRST CONSENT ITEM ON APPROVAL OF STAFF CONSIDERATIONS. 
          THERE'S ONE IN THERE. 
          IT'S AN APPROVAL FOR TREVOR DAYTON TO HAVE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE, AND THERE WAS ALSO A DENIAL OF O'RYAN BELORADO TO HAVE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE. THAT'S [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> ONE OTHER THING ON THERE. 
          >> I SAW THAT. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> THAT COLLEAGUE. 
          >> I LOVE IT. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO WE HAVE THE STAFF CONSIDERATIONS, THE EXECUTIVE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 8TH, THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 1ST. 
          CHECK REGISTER APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE ORDER FOR PLUMBMASTER, A PURCHASE ORDER FOR TK ELEVATOR, A PURCHASE ORDER FOR A WEB PLATFORM AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL AND ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT I JUST SAID ON THE VERY TOP THERE. 
          DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT TO DATA? [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL THOSE FOR APPROVAL SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          [G. Communication]
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT FROM ANYONE THAT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD. 
          I GOT QUITE A LOT OF EMAILS, I TRIED TO RESPOND AS OBJECTIVELY AS I COULD. 
          [LAUGHTER] YOU NOTICE THERE WAS A FEW THAT I ANSWERED. 
          I SAID I'M ANSWERING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT I MADE SURE ALL OF YOU KNEW THAT PLEASE ANSWER YOURSELVES TOO. 
          I TRY TO PERSONALIZE THEM AS MUCH AS I CAN AND MAKE THEM NOT JUST COOKIE RESPONSES. 
          I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TODAY, I THOUGHT I WAS ALL DONE, THEN WAS ALL THE ONES THAT CAME IN ALL OPPOSED TO THE FLEX DAYS THAT STARTED POURING IN THIS AFTERNOON. 
          COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD. GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE SCARLETT. 
          >> CHAIR, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          REC DISTRICT BOARD IS MEETING NEXT WEEK. 
          I'M GOING TO CIRCULATE A PROPOSED AGENDA TO TRUSTEE CARLIN FOR THAT AGENDA AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE'RE MISSING. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING OUR VOTE TONIGHT. 
          CHILDREN CURRENTLY QUARANTINED WITHOUT SYMPTOMS CAN RETURN TO SCHOOL TOMORROW WEARING A MASK, CORRECT? 
          >> SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          >> CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED WITHOUT SYMPTOMS FOR NOT WEARING A MASK, 
          [03:30:03]
REMEMBER THE OLD ORDERS? IF THEY PUT ON A MASK, ARE THEY ABLE TO RETURN TO SCHOOL TOMORROW, WITHOUT HAVING TO TEST IF THEY'RE WEARING A MASK? 
          >> IT DEPENDS. 
          >> OKAY. WE NEED TO FLUSH THAT OUT. 
          IF OUR GOAL IS TO GET KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL, I THINK THOSE KIDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AS LONG AS EVERYBODY'S MASKED, AND THEY'RE SHOWING NO SYMPTOMS. 
          >> POTENTIALLY. IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE, THE TEST TO STAY PROGRAM AND THE CONTACT THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS. 
          BECAUSE THE EXPOSURE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. 
          SO THAT IS WHY I'M SAYING IF THEY COME TOMORROW AND THEY'RE EXPOSED, THEY WILL BE FINE. 
          >> SO IT SEEMS IF THEY'RE WEARING A MASK, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON YOU ARE MASKING. 
          AFTER SPRING BREAK, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BOARD RETURN TO REGULAR MEETING ORDER WHERE WE ONLY TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON IN THIS ROOM. 
          I'M NOT SAYING I'M TURNING OFF THE WEBCASTS. 
          I KNOW THERE'S TIMES WHEN THE CHAIRMAN CAN APPROVE, BY OUR POLICIES, ABSENTEE WEB CAMS FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY AT YOUR APPROVAL. 
          BUT I THINK WE NEED TO START RETURNING BACK TO REGULAR ORDER. 
          FINALLY, WE TRUST THE TRUSTEE TALKED LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE STORIES OF TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS CIRCLING THEIR KIDS, ASKING FOR A SHOW OF HANDS WHO'S BEEN VACCINATED AND WHO HASN'T. 
          I BELIEVE WE HAVE POLICIES. 
          WE HAVE POLICIES WITH JLLL. 
          I THINK THAT IS THE HEALTH POSITION OF ANY STUDENT IS A CONFIDENTIAL MATTER BETWEEN THEIR PARENTS AND ON NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS OF THE SCHOOL NURSE AND HEALTH OFFICIALS AND OTHERS THAT NEED TO KNOW WHAT SHOULDN'T BE ASKED IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          THAT'S MY LIST OF STUFF. 
          >> ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. 
          >> I THINK THERE WAS A LONG LIST, WE SAW THEM ALL IN THERE. 
          [INAUDIBLE] REVIEW OF MEETING. 
          I'M SORRY, IT WAS SO LONG, I APOLOGIZE. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT GOVERNANCE LAST WEEK THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A LONG MEETING THAT HAD A LOT TO GET THROUGH AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SPEED MEETINGS UP. 
          I THOUGHT THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS GOOD TONIGHT AND PEOPLE WERE SUCCINCT AND TO THE POINT, AND THAT WAS HELPFUL. 
          A BIG THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE MEAD. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US TO GET TO CONSENSUS. 
          I REALLY LIKE TO SEE US VOTING 7 TO 0 ON THINGS AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP US GET THERE. 
          YOUR IDEAS WERE VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON REVIEW OF MEETING? 
          >> ACTUALLY, JUST SOMETHING FOR OUR FUTURE MEETINGS, HOPEFULLY YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM KRISTEN WALKER NEXT TIME BECAUSE I WAS DISAPPOINTED AND I GOT PUSHED BACK AND SO I HOPE IT DOESN'T DELAY THIS. 
          >> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT GOVERNANCE TOO. 
          THERE WAS WAY TOO MANY THINGS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA, AND KRISTEN ACTUALLY WAS THANKFUL THAT WE WERE MOVING IT BACK. 
          WHAT KRISTEN WAS GOING TO PRESENT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SO ACTUALLY, IT TURNED OUT WELL FOR HER TO WAIT TILL FEBRUARY TO PRESENT. 
          SO IT JUST MADE SENSE. IT WAS FITTING WITH HER SCHEDULE, IT WAS FITTING IN WITH OURS. 
          THAT DOES REMIND ME, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT. 
          >> WITH ME ACTUALLY HERE, SINCE WE'RE MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, COULD WE? 
          >> NO, LET'S JUST DO THE ONE. 
          >> LETS JUST DO THE ONE ON THE 9TH. 
          >> SHE STILL NEED SOME TIME TO WORK OUT WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO, SO WE TOLD HER SHE COULD HAVE FEBRUARY 9TH. 
          BUT WE DO NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JANUARY 18TH. 
          WHAT TIME IS THAT MEETING ON? 
          >> 4:00 PM. 
          >> 4:00 PM. IT IS HERE IN THIS ROOM. 
          COMMISSIONERS WILL BE HERE, THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL BE HERE. 
          WHAT THE PLAN WAS, WAS THAT DR. CHAPMAN WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR LONG-RANGE FACILITIES PLANS, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT SO THAT THEY'RE UP TO SPEED ON EVERYTHING, AND THEN A DISCUSSION POTENTIALLY JUST TO GET THEM EDUCATED ON THE ISSUES. 
          MAYBE SOME DISCUSSION AS TO, OUR RD TO GET ON THE SPOT, POTENTIALLY DISCUSSION ON REVENUE BONDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          OTHER THAN WELL, LET ME START THERE, 
          [03:35:02]
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING VERY SPECIFIC ON THE LONG-RANGE FACILITIES OR ON THE HOUSING THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DR. CHAPMAN SAYS OR THAT WE SAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THEN IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT ITEM THAT WE NEED TO BRING UP WITH THEM? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHAT THEY DO IS WE JUST GO DOWN A LIST OF CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. 
          IN THE PAST, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SIDEWALKS, THAT WE CARE ABOUT. WE MIGHT BRING UP GREGORY LANE WITH THEM AND JUST ASK THEM WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS ON THEIR BEHALF. 
          WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO GET TO GREGORY LANE? WE BUG THE COUNTY ABOUT MAIN STREET AND WILSON ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS FROM THE BRIDGE, FISH CREEK OVER TO THE SCHOOL. 
          MAYBE WE CAN BUG THEM ABOUT THAT AGAIN. 
          WAS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAT WAS REAL PRESSING THAT WE SHOULD BRING UP WITH THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN? 
          >> I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING. 
          >> NO, I DON'T NEED THIS, SO I THINK IT'S MOSTLY GOING TO BE THAT. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WELL YOU CAN BRING UP THE SEWER AND SEE WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE SEWER AGREEMENT. 
          >> YEAH, AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT EXTENSION. 
          >> WE WILL BE HERE IN THIS ROOM, JANUARY 18TH. 
          >> BOTH THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY HAVE ASKED IF THERE'S A VIRTUAL OPTION. 
          WE BELIEVE ONE OF THEM HAS A MEETING AFTER THAT AT 6:00 PM 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> IS THAT OKAY? 
          >> NOT PREFERABLE. 
          >> BILL, SAID NOT PREFERABLE. 
          THE REST OF US ARE FINE.[OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ADJOURN. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE. 
          >> WE COULD FIND USE FOR ANOTHER 10 MINUTES. 
          >> WITH THAT, SECONDED TO ADJOURN. ALL OF THOSE WHO APPROVE SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL AGAINST. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THANKS, FOR THE MEETING. 
          [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.