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>> [BACKGROUND] WE WILL BRING THE BOARD BACK TO ORDER.
[A. Call to Order]
IT IS THREE MINUTES AFTER SIX O'CLOCK.TRUSTEE GINGERY, PLEASE LEAD US.
>> TRUSTEE DORNAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ OUR MISSION VISION STATEMENT? SOME OF THOSE ITEMS.
WE VALUE STUDENTS, TRUST, KINDNESS, AND RESPECT CHALLENGING STANDARDS, FAIRNESS AND EQUITY, RESILIENCE, AND PERSEVERANCE AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE MY PREROGATIVE OFFER A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR A GOOD FRIEND WHO MOST STUDENTS AND TEACHERS KNOW AS MR. STAR, WHO PASSED AWAY.
HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF KIDS IN WYOMING, EMPLOYMENT MICHIGAN STATE, HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK.
THANK YOU. OKAY, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[B. Approval of the Agenda]
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR MAY 10TH, 2023 AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ZUNG TO APPROVE THE AGENDAS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, DR. CHAPMAN.
[C. Superintendent's Report]
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS ALREADY MAY 10TH AND SOME STUDENTS STAY AT MONGER MOUNTAIN, TOLD ME THEY ONLY HAD, I THINK 24 DAYS LEFT.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IS THE WORST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR ME.
BUT THE KIDS SEEM TO BE SOMEWHAT EXCITED ABOUT IT.
[LAUGHTER] BUT IN OUR VISITS, WE'RE ALSO HONORING AND CELEBRATING OUR STAFF AND WHILE IT'S A SMALL TOKEN OF THANKS AND APPRECIATION, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE DO FEEL APPRECIATED BY NOT ONLY OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BUT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STUDENTS, AND COLLEAGUES, WE BECOME A BIG FAMILY.
WE ARE CARING FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES AS LIKE A FAMILY.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT AND GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING STAFF WHO WORK HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY.
FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK IS GOING WELL, AND IT'S ALSO TODAY IS NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSE DAY.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT, JULIE NASH OVERSEES OUR NURSES AND THEY ARE TERRIFIC AND DONE SO MANY GREAT THINGS RECENTLY WITH OUR STUDENTS IN REALLY CREATIVE WAYS OF ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE HEALTHY AND OUR STAFF ARE HEALTHY AS WELL.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS IN THE WORKS AND I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP THAT THAT TEAM UNDER JULIE'S DIRECTIONS.
THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT.
IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, I'M SURE THE DISTRICT LEADERS WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD JUST SAY THE WILLOW TOO, IS REALLY THERE'S A WHOLE REPORT FROM BEING ON THERE, BUT IT LOOKS GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S BEEN OVER, DRIVEN BY, BUT PROBABLY A WEEK WAY.
IT LOOKED LIKE THAT THEY COULD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LANDSCAPING LOOK LIKE AND THEY HAD A FORCE FROM FARM FOR THE SIDEWALKS.
BUT THEY WERE HOPPING, I GOT TO SAY THAT CONTRACTOR, I DRIVE BY EVERY DAY TO DROP LISA OFF AT SCHOOL AND THERE IS ALL THESE PEOPLE ON-SITE, TONS OF PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THERE WAS NOT A DAY THEY WEREN'T OUT THERE WORKING.
>> YEAH. THEY THEY GOT IT DONE ON TIME.
THEY'RE A GREAT CONTRACTOR AND OFFERING HEIGHTINGS THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CONTRACTOR WE CAN USE AGAIN.
IT LOOKS REALLY NICE AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOUR NICE UNITS FOR SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT A LOT, BUT EVERYONE COUNTS AND SO HERE'S FOUR UNITS THAT DOESN'T REALLY COST US THAT MUCH TO BUILD THESE, SINCE WE USE THE TRAILERS.
THE BEST PART OF THE WHOLE THING IS IF YOU DRIVE BY JACKSON ELEMENTARY RIGHT NOW AND YOU LOOK OUT, THERE'S NO TRAILERS,
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[LAUGHTER] IT'S GREAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, NOT TO HAVE TRAILERS AND THEY HAULED AWAY THE OLD CONCRETE AND IT JUST LOOKS REALLY NICE NOT TO HAVE ALL THAT THERE.>> ANYBODY ELSE? I KNOW MR. HARL ISN'T HERE TODAY, BUT I DID NOTICE THAT THOSE CLASSES THAT HAVE 80% OR HIGHER ON THEIR WIPE OUT SCORES GET TO THROW A PIE IN MR. HARL'S FACE.
I WOULD LIKE MR. HARL RECOGNIZE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES GOT 80% HIGH. [LAUGHTER] FORMS AND SO WE WOULD [INAUDIBLE].
OUR NEXT REPORT AT THE LAST MEETING OR FOLLOWING PRETTY QUICKLY RIGHT AFTER THE LAST MEETING, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DID A RESOLUTION AND OUR OWN DR. CHRIS IS A NEW MEMBER OF A STATE BOARD OF ED, AND SO I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S THE STORY HERE?
CHAIRMAN SCARLETT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME ITEMS THAT I'M ACTUALLY IN PROCESS OF LEARNING MYSELF, BUT I THINK IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO CATCH UP VERY QUICKLY ON.
I HAD MY FIRST STATE BOARD MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO IN RIVERTON AND ALSO A SECOND ONE LAST NIGHT VIA ZOOM.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE WYMAN STATE BOARD MOVING FORWARD IS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE WYOMING STATE STANDARDS AND IN SIMPLIFICATION TERMS, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS AND I'LL WORK ON CUTTING THAT DOWN.
BUT THE GOAL IS FOR A COMPLETE STATE REVIEW OF ALL STATE STANDARDS IN SERVICE OF TRYING TO REDUCE THE LOAD " FROM A TEACHER PERSPECTIVE." RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ACROSS THE STATE AND THAT INCLUDES TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SCHOOL BOARDS AROUND THE VOLUME OF REQUIRED STANDARDS PER STATE BOARD THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION.
THE CORE OF THIS DOCUMENT REALLY EXPLAINS A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE STEPS AND REALLY WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.
I TRIED TO SUMMARIZE IT THE BEST I COULD AS OF TODAY.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE IS THAT DISTRICTS ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE STANDARDS THAT ARE PART OF STATUTE IN CHAPTER AND OUR STATE STATUTES.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHICH ONES CAN BE REDUCED AND WHICH ONES SHOULD STAY.
THE LANGUAGE OF STANDARDS AREN'T CHANGING, JUST THE VOLUME OF THEM.
THE GOAL HERE IS TO GIVE DISTRICTS MORE AUTONOMY TO TEACH THE STANDARDS THAT'S RIGHT FOR THEM LOCALLY.
ALSO, OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE MORE ENRICHMENT AND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO TEACH KIDS THAT AREN'T JUST STANDARDS-BASED, BUT ALSO MORE APPLICATION, HANDS-ON AND COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING.
IN TERMS OF OUR DISTRICT, SWITCHING HATS FOR A MINUTE.
THE IMPLICATION TO US ACTUALLY IS A NICE CONNECTION.
THE WORK WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT AJ IS REALLY SPEARHEADED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE WITH PLCS.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY PARTS OF A PLC STRUCTURE IS TO PRIORITIZE STANDARDS SO YOU DON'T HAVE THIS OVERWHELMING VOLUME OF STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TEACH AND ATTACK, BUT SHRINK IT SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT TOGETHER.
YOU'RE NOT OVERWHELMED BY SO MUCH.
FROM A TEACHER LANDS THAT CAN BECOME CUMBERSOME IN BURDEN, REALLY OVERWHELMING.
THE GOAL OF THE STATE BOARD AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATE REALLY MATCHES WELL WITH OUR DISTRICT PRIORITIES AROUND PLC WORK.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE CORE COMPONENTS THAT PLC WORK IS NARROWING THE FOCUS AND ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO DO THAT TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND HAVING DATA TO SUPPORT THAT.
THEY'RE VERY COMPLIMENTARY FROM A STATE'S ENDS AND FROM A LOCAL ENDS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. CHRIS OR COMMENTS?
>> MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
DO YOU FEEL THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON TEACHING RATHER THAN MAYBE REPORTING FOR THINGS THAT CREATE ADDITIONAL WORK FOR TEACHERS.
>> IN REGARDS TO REPORTING, THE REPORTING PIECE IS DON'T CHANGE MUCH FROM A TEACHER LENS.
WHAT CHANGES IS WHAT YOU ARE FOCUSING ON IN TERMS OF YOUR PLC FOCUS STANDARD.
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RIGHT NOW FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU LOOK AT, I CAN SPEAK THE SECONDARY MORE SPECIFICALLY.THERE ARE SO MANY MATH STANDARDS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TEACH THEM ALL TO A DEGREE OF EXCELLENT TEACHING.
WE CAN RUN THROUGH THEM, WE CAN GET FROM POINT A TO POINT Z.
BUT ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB THE STANDARDS AND PUSH THE MOST CONTENT COVERAGE VERSUS DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE WANT TO GO DEEPER VERSUS JUST TRYING TO COVER EVERYTHING.
ONE THING I DID GO TO MENTION TOO IS LINKEDIN HERE, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR DISCRETION AS THE PROFILE OF A GRADUATE, THAT'S HUGE WORK FROM THE STATE BOARD RIGHT NOW, AND IT HAS A LOT OF MOMENTUM ACROSS THE STATE.
IT ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF MOMENTUM IN OUR JACKSON OHIO HIGH-SCHOOL PEOPLE LIKE READING THAT DOCUMENT AND MAKE SENSE TO THEM, AND THEY SEE HOW IT CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT KIDS.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT THE PROFILE AND DOCUMENT OR THE PROFILE-R GRADUATE THE LANGUAGE AND IT IS VERY UNDERSTANDABLE, GRAVE AS EDUCATORS CAN MAKE THINGS CONFUSING.
THIS ONE PAGER DOES A GOOD JOB TO REALLY SHOW YOU THE GOAL.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S BEING LOST BECAUSE OF THIS?
>> THERE ARE SOME EDUCATOR COMMENTS AND THE FEEDBACK SESSIONS GOING ON NOW THEY'RE VERY WORRIED ABOUT LOSING MAYBE SOME SIGNIFICANT STANDARDS THAT THEY BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT.
ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE REDUCTION IS NOT TO ELIMINATE THE STANDARDS THAT DISTRICTS WANT TO TEACH, BUT TO BRING IT DOWN TO WHAT'S ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED FROM THE STATE BOARD LENS, SO A DISTRICT CAN ALWAYS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IF IT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.
BUT THEY DO WANT DISTRICTS TO HAVE SOME CONFORMITY ON CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT ARE AGREED UPON.
>> AS SOMEONE WHO'S SERVED ON COMMITTEES FOR STATE STANDARDS FOR YEARS AND YEARS, I KNOW THAT ONE PURPOSE OF THEM IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S TRUSTEE POINT OUT, NOTHING IS LEFT OUT, AND A LOT OF THESE DECISIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
MORE IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS, THAN TO LEGISLATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
I'M HOPING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THESE DECISIONS ARE MORE RELATED TO THE CLASSROOM THEN TO THE OFFICE.
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
THE PROCESS THAT THIS IS GOING THROUGH NOW TAKES INTO ACCOUNT TEACHER VOICE BY FAR MORE THAN OTHERS.
THE COMMITTEES THAT, AND SET UP IN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ARE IN THE COMMITTEES.
EVERY TEACHER, VOICE AND INPUT IN ANY CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING.
FROM AN ADMIN BOARD LEVEL OR SIMPLY TAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPROVING WHAT'S COMING FROM THE LOCAL SITES.
>> HOW ARE THE FINAL DECISIONS MADE? I MEAN, WELL, WILL THERE BE A DOCUMENT STATEWIDE THAT PEOPLE CAN DISCUSS OR?
>> AFTER ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'LL GO INTO WDE WILL PUT OUT THE PROPOSED STANDARD REDUCTION.
THAT'LL GO THROUGH ANOTHER FEEDBACK CYCLE AND REVISIONS, AND THEN THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE STATE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION. SORRY TO TAKE THAT.
HOW CLOSE ARE THE STATE STANDARDS TO THE CORE STANDARDS AND DC?
>> LIKE THE SCIENCE STANDARDS, THE NATIONALS.
WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
FOR EXAMPLE SOCIAL STUDIES THAT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, THEY MIRROR THE NATIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS.
SCIENCE STANDARDS MIRROR THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS, WHICH ARE NATIONAL, ENGLISH STANDARDS GENERALLY MARRIED THAT, ELA STANDARDS AND COMMON CORE, THEY ARE MORE NATIONAL.
THERE'S SIMILARITIES, BUT WYOMING DOES HAVE SOME OF THEIR OWN VERSIONS OF THOSE STANDARDS DO, SO IT'S A MIX. THANK YOU.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE REGULAR UPDATES FROM JAPAN [INAUDIBLE].
>> BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY VALUABLE TO HAVE THAT INPUT, ESPECIALLY A CHANCE FOR LOCALS TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON.
BECAUSE IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S A SECRET ROOM DOWN IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING THAT GET TOGETHER AND DESIGN THESE VERY LARGE DOCUMENTS WITH LOTS OF WORDS AND GRAPHS AND CHARTS.
>> I WILL SAY JUST IN THE PARTY COMMUNISTS.
ME BECOMING A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD AND LEARNING IS ON THAT BOARD,
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AND SEEING ACTUALLY THE DIVERSITY OF BELIEFS OR OPINIONS ON THAT BOARD IS A HEALTHY THING.I WAS ACTUALLY I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A NEGATIVE COMMENTS, BUT SURPRISE TO REVERSE TO MY MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD AND SEEING WHO I WAS WORKING WITH.
THE VALUES OF THE BOARD ARE VERY DIVERSE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT HELPED THAT AS WELL.
[D. Reports and Items for Discussion]
>> HI. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR, AND TRUSTEES.. SAY WE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR PRESENTATION.
>> ARE THE PERSON THAT USUALLY ANDREA, SHE'S OUTSIDE TODAY, SO IT MAY NOT.
>> DID YOU MEMORIZE IT [LAUGHTER]?
>> ARTERIAL PROGRAM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE WILL CONTINUE THAT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE ON.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ESTABLISHING WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CHARGE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES, THAT WE KEEP CONTINUE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GOING TO THE MIDDLE-SCHOOL.
OUR BIGGEST IDEA RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
I KNOW FERNANDO KNOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT, WOULD BE GIVING IT KEY CLUB AND NHS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH A BIG GROUP OF STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WHO COULD CONTINUE.
WE HOPE TO EXPAND THIS TO OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANKS. WELL, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
>> THAT IS A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR SWEATSHIRT ON.
>> THAT'S I WENT TO SCHOOL [LAUGHTER].
>> [INAUDIBLE] WERE YOU GOING TO DO IS?
>> I'M GOING TO LARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THE TUTORING THAT WE SEEM A SUCCESS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NOW IT'S GROWING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT.
>> WELL, AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK WITH ALL YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
FOR NICOLE AND JESSICA, WE HAVE THESE AND WE'LL GET FERNANDEZ CARD AND GIVE IT TO HER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE].
[2. Fiscal Management Committee May 2023]
>> [LAUGHTER] FINANCIAL FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT. [INAUDIBLE]
>> I'LL INTRODUCE THE TOPIC WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE MONEY THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE [INAUDIBLE] NOT TO BUDGET COMPENSATION PACKAGE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS INCREASING THE COST OF LIVING INDEX, READING THAT REPORT WHERE 167 WITH HOUSING BEING 228 PERCENT OF THE STATE AVERAGE WHICH I THINK WE ALL KNOW BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT CONFIRMED WITH SOME NUMBERS AND [INAUDIBLE]
>> YES. THE WYOMING COST OF LIVING INDEX IN THE ECONOMIC REPORT THAT I POSTED OR DOCS THAT RCA THAT'S BUILT INTO OUR FOUNDATION GUARANTEE, THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM AND IT'S AN AVERAGE OF TWO QUARTERS PER YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT THE ACTUAL REASONABLE COST OF LIVING BEING AROUND 168 PERCENT IN TETON COUNTY, THE BOARD APPROVED THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE WITH 168 PERCENT SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE WYOMING COST OF LIVING INDEX CATCH UP TO THAT.
FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022 THE COST OF LIVING INDEX WAS AT 167 SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US THAT IT'S STARTING TO CATCH UP.
LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU ALL APPROVED WIDE CLASS AS AN INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT.
ONCE WE STARTED DOWN THAT PATH AND STARTED MOVING SOME MONEY,
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WE GOT A CALL FROM OUR BANK SO TRUSTEES AND CHER SCARLETT CAME IN, WE TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT OF OUR BANK AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BETTER RATE WITH THEM.THEN WITH EITHER WAY CLASS WHERE WYOMING GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT FUND IS OFFERING US AND PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND OUT WAS THE TRANSITION OF THE SALE OF THE BANK AND THE CHANGE OVERALL ABOLISH SYSTEMS SO WE HAVE INCREASED LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE [LAUGHTER] AND THERE WILL BE KEEPING HER FRIENDS WITH [INAUDIBLE].
>> LOCAL. DID YOU BRING UP LOCAL?
>> LOCAL. WE CAN TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE BUDGET UPDATE.
I APOLOGIZE, I USUALLY PUT IT IN A PDF AND I DIDN'T GET IT THERE THIS MONTH.
I'M SURE IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN IT ONLY BECAUSE THAT COMPUTER PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE EXCEL ON IT SO I'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
OUR FRONT-END BUDGET UPDATE IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
LAST YEAR WHEN YOU APPROVE THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE YOU APPROVED TO COME OUT OF CASH RESERVES TWO-AND-A-HALF MILLION THIS YEAR FOR THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE, AND THAT ACTUALLY HASN'T HAPPENED.
WE'VE RECEIVED MORE REVENUE IN THE YEAR THAN WE EXPECTED.
WE'RE PIECING TO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY COME OUT OF CASH RESERVES FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE SEEING CASH RESERVES DECREASE BY THE 1.5 MILLION THAT YOU APPROVED FOR THE TECH LEASES SO WE'LL SEE THAT GROW THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS WE DON'T HAVE A LEASE BUDGETED IN OUR TECH BUDGET.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST NEWS ON THE FRONT-END BUDGET.
THE OTHER ONE, THE PRELIM FY 24 BUDGET.
I THOUGHT THAT THESE TWO SHEETS, THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES ARE GOOD ONES TO GO OVER.
THIS YEAR IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN FEBRUARY, THE STATE CHANGED THE WAY THIS REIMBURSEMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN SO THEY'VE PULLED IT OUT OF THE FOUNDATION GUARANTEE AND IT'S OFF TO THE SIDE.
THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED ANY OF THE CRITERIA FOR THIS REIMBURSEMENT, IT'S JUST SEPARATE NOW FROM THE FOUNDATION GUARANTEES.
YOU CAN SEE I ADDED A LINE THERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE QUITE SEVEN-AND-A-HALF MILLION.
WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE'VE FINISHED OFF OUR RECORDING FOR THIS YEAR, BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR RECAPTURE AMOUNT INCREASES TO 80 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
>> MIGHTY DROP, $80 MILLION OF RECAPTURE NEXT YEAR. WHAT WAS THE RECAPTURE?
>> FIFTY. IF WE WERE USING THE SAME FORMULA TO CALCULATE IT FOR NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE 73 MILLION BUT BECAUSE THEY'VE PULLED THE SPAT OUT, IT JUST LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SO OUR RECAPTURE IS 80 MILLION, BUT THEN THEY'RE PAYING US BACK THIS FEBRUARY REIMBURSEMENT SO IT'S REALLY 73 MILLION APPLES THIS YEAR.
>> LOOKING AT INTERESTS FISCAL YEAR, THIS YEAR 150 BUDGETED 1.24, THAT'S DUE TO INTERESTS RATES INCREASING?
>> YES. THIS IS JUST MY DRAFT, I WANTED TO SHOW WHAT NEXT YEAR IS LOOKING LIKE.
SO THIS YEAR I THINK WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 600,000.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE SAW INTEREST RATES START TO INCREASE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
SO FOR NEXT YEAR, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT BUDGET BEING $1.2 MILLION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LAST MONTH WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
>> THEN BELOW THAT LINE IS INTEREST ON SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
WHY WOULD THAT WON'T BE THE SAME IF THE INTEREST RATE IS GOING UP?
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I DIDN'T CAPTURE THAT ONE IN.
THE INTEREST ON SCHOOL DISTRICT FRONT IT'S A WEIRD EXTRA LINE, BUT I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
>> WHERE IT SAYS SPECIAL DISTRICT PENALTIES AND INTERESTS, I'M GUESSING THAT'S JUST A SHOT IN THE DARK?
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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO REALLY COMMIT.>> TYPICALLY WHAT I DO FOR SOME OF THOSE REVENUE NUMBERS THAT I'M REALLY UNSURE OF IS I'LL DO A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FOR REVENUE.
LAST YEAR THAT DIDN'T WORK FOR THE DISK OR THE VEHICLE FEES SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A GAMBLE.
WHEN WE TRY AND GET A HOLD OF THE TREASURER TO SAVE, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON US? THEY DON'T HAVE IT EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE GUESSING AS MUCH AS WE'RE GUESSING BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO COME IN AND PAY THE PROPERTY TAXES LATE MAYBE IN LATE JUNE.
LOOKING AT THE MOTOR VEHICLE FEES, IT JUST SEEMED AS THOUGH WE WOULD BE GETTING SOMETHING ELSE FROM THAT BUT THAT'S JUST TO GET BEST GUESSES.
>> IT IS COMPLETELY RELIANT ON HOW MANY CARS WERE PURCHASED THAT YEAR.
IF I HAD TO GUESS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT, WITH INTEREST RATES RISING THAT MAY IMPACT VEHICLE SALES AND MAYBE GOTTEN TO TETON COUNTY.
>> IS IT THE VEHICLE SALES OR THE REGISTRATION OF THE TOPIC?
>> BUT IF THE INTEREST RATES ARE HIGHER, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT BUYING AS MANY VEHICLES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS GOOD WORK.
I THINK ITS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
NOT SURE IF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE ARE LESS FORTUNATE.
>> THANKS. THE LAST DOCUMENT IS THE MILL LEVY ASSESSMENT AND THIS IS INFORMATIONAL.
YOU GUYS WILL BE REVIEWING IN VOTING ON MILL LEVY'S TONIGHT.
JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THIS YEAR IS ASSESSED VALUE IS AND WHAT THE VALUE OF THOSE MILLS IS, THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THOSE MILLS VERSUS WHAT THEY'LL BE NEXT YEAR.
OUR ASSESSED VALUATION IS INCREASING ANOTHER 800 MILLION NEXT YEAR TO $4 BILLION COUNTYWIDE SO THAT THEN DRIVES UP THE VALUE OF EACH OF THOSE MILLS.
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR BUDGET LADY? THANK YOU, CRYSTAL.
>> OTHER REPORTS. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.
THE FIRST ONE IS AN UPDATE ON THE OUT-OF-AREA STUDENT POLICIES, AND THE SECOND READ WILL BE IN JUNE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ADDED PROOF OF RESIDENTS REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE A DEED OR A LEASE AGREEMENT.
WE ALSO ADDED SOME STATEMENTS THAT IF RESIDENCY CAN'T BE VERIFIED, THEN THE NON-RESIDENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNENROLL AND ENROLL IN THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE COUNTY WHERE THE STUDENT RESIDES, AND THEN A STATEMENT ABOUT IF THERE ARE FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT LOCAL RESIDENCY, THAT WE COULD REQUIRE THAT THEY REFUND THAT MONEY OR PAY THE TUITION.
THEN ALSO, IF A TETON COUNTY RESIDENT ALLOWS THE USE OF THEIR ADDRESS FOR FRAUDULENT PURPOSES, THEY MAY ALSO BE LIABLE FOR THE TUITION PAYMENT.
ALSO, JUST DRAPING THE ANNUAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE OUT-OF-COUNTY OR OUT-OF-STATE ADMISSION MUST BE COMPLETED ANNUALLY.
THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO ACTION FOR YOU TONIGHT.
THAT'LL BE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER NEXT MONTH.
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
>> DR. CHAPMAN, WE DID RECEIVE SOME CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS POINT.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT KEPT COMING WAS HOW WILL THIS IMPACT OUR PROPERTY TAX?
>> WE STARTED REMOVING THE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T LIVE HERE.
>> TRUSTEES, AS A REMINDER, IF A STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THEIR FORMAL OR OFFICIAL ENROLLMENT COUNT DAY IN OCTOBER, THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES FUNDING FOR IT.
IT'S REALLY HAD AN IMPACT ON THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS FUNDING.
IF A STUDENT JOINS AFTER THAT OFFICIAL DATE, THEN WE TECHNICALLY DON'T GET FUNDING FOR THAT STUDENT UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR.
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>> THE PROPERTY TAX BILL IS THE SAME REGARDLESS.
THIS ISSUE WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS DOESN'T IMPACT WHAT WE EACH HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR PROPERTY TAXES.
>> CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE CORRECT.
THE NEXT ITEM, TRUSTEES, IS I'D LIKE TO HAVE DEANNA HARGER AND CHARLOTTE REYNOLDS PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DEANNA AND CHARLOTTE WORK ON QUITE A BIT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO MAINTAINING AND ENSURING THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR AND TRUSTEES, DEANNA HARGER, FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
TO BEGIN, WE'RE REVIEWING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
I WANTED TO GO OVER AND HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS, REVIEW A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND THEN I'LL TAKE YOUR LEAD AS FAR AS HOW MUCH YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
TO START, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS A DOCUMENT FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY.
WE MAKE PROJECTIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT IT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WE HAD A LOT OF UNEXPECTED EQUIPMENT FAILURES AND REPLACEMENTS NEEDED AND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.
THINGS LIKE THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE TIMING AND, OR SOME OF THE PRIORITIES ON THE PLAN.
YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE EVERY YEAR A LITTLE BIT.
THE NEXT THING I WANT TO GO THROUGH IS JUST REVIEW, IN GENERAL, THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
TO START, THE DISTRICT RECEIVES ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS, AND, AGAIN, THESE ARE GENERAL NUMBERS, NOT EXACT, IN MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FACILITIES.
THAT FUNDING COMES TO US IN THREE CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST ONE IS CALLED REGULAR MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
THESE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED TO REPAIRING OR REPLACING EXISTING ASSETS.
THE NEXT CATEGORY IS 10% SECURITY.
BASICALLY, OUT OF THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS, 10 % OF THAT FUND THAT WE GET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS PUT IN THIS CATEGORY AND IT'S RESTRICTED TO MAKING REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS OF SECURITY ASSETS.
BUT THEN WITH THOSE FUNDS, YOU CAN ALSO ADD ASSETS AND NEW ITEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR OR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE USED OUR 10% SECURITY FUNDS TO BUILD THE VESTIBULE AT THE JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE LAST CATEGORY IS THE 10% ENHANCEMENT FUNDS.
THIS CATEGORY IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE OF THE USE OF THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH ARE ASSETS THAT THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO BUILD THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE DESIGN STANDARDS BY THE STATE ARE SET.
THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE SOME ENHANCEMENTS AND A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES ARE THE DAVEY JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM AND THE REC CENTER CONNECTOR.
WE BUILT SOME STORAGE AND AN OFFICE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S CONSIDERED AN ENHANCEMENT, OUR SYNTHETIC TURF, COUPLE OF THE LANES ON THE TRACK AT MACINTOSH STADIUM.
THEN DOWN AT MONGER, WE BUILT THE PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS PATHWAY OR PATHWAY UNDERPASS AT MONGER, THE SEWER LINE, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME RECENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, AND THEN THE PLAYGROUND, WE EXPANDED THE SIZE OF THE PLAYGROUND A LITTLE BIT.
THE LAST COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IS THE REGULAR MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUND.
YOU CAN USE THE FULL MILLET TO DO REGULAR MAJOR MAINTENANCE, BUT THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES WHERE THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS OR THE ALLOWANCES OCCUR.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVES THE FUNDING QUARTERLY, AND THIS WAS A CHANGE A FEW YEARS BACK.
WE RECEIVE OUR TWO MILLION DOLLARS OVER FOUR QUARTERS.
I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE BOARD THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE BEEN CATCHING UP ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
WE'VE BEEN SPENDING AGGRESSIVELY.
BASICALLY, THE MESSAGE IS WE'VE BEEN SPENDING AGGRESSIVELY AND WE'VE BEEN SPENDING MORE THAN WE RECEIVE.
WE'VE BEEN SPENDING MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2021, WE EXPENDED ROUGHLY $2.7 MILLION.
THEN WE PROJECT AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE WILL EXPEND ABOUT $3.5 MILLION.
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AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE FUND BALANCE HAS GONE DOWN.JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, IN 2019, WE HAD A $4.7 MILLION BALANCE IN THE FUND.
AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE PROJECT WE'LL HAVE $1.7 MILLION IN THE FUND.
THAT GIVES YOU A REFERENCE OF WHERE WE ARE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS ON OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THAT IS WE'VE REPLACED THREE ROOFS.
WE'RE FINISHING UP THE JACKSON HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL ROOF, WE'VE DONE WILSON AND WE'VE DONE A COULTER ELEMENTARY.
THEN THE PLAN TODAY THAT'S BEFORE YOU INCLUDES A PLAN FOR REPLACING THE ROOF AT ALTA AND BABY JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH THEY ARE IN NEED OF.
WE'VE REPLACED FLOORING THROUGHOUT TWO SCHOOLS AT WILSON ELEMENTARY AND AT THE JACKSON HALL.MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THE PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE'RE MOVING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO REPLACE THE FINISHES BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN REPLACING A LOT OF BACK OF HOUSE COMPONENTS, EACH BACK COMPONENTS, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.
JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, THE HEAT PUMPS AT WILSON.
WE WENT THROUGH AND REPLACED ALL THE CLASSROOM HEAT PUMPS, THE INNER VENTS AT KELLY AND MERON WE'VE REPLACED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS LIKE ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS, WATER HEATERS.
THERE'S MUCH MORE. A LOT OF BACK OF HOUSE.
WE'RE GETTING IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
THE SUMMARY AND THE STORY THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT THROUGH THIS CAREFUL PLANNING AND THROUGH THIS SPENDING WE'RE STARTING TO TURN THE CORNER ON SPENDING A LOT ON COSTLY CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE STARTING TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND MOVE TOWARDS STRATEGICALLY PLANNED, REGULAR MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT TURN.
THE RESULT OF THIS, WHICH THE SUMMARY DOCUMENT SHOWS IS THAT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WE SEE THAT END OF FISCAL YEAR FUND BALANCE START TO GO UP.
WE CAN TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS A LITTLE BIT AND BE A LITTLE MORE STRATEGIC AND GET THAT FUND BALANCE UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THIS YEAR, FY24, WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN A MINUTE, WE'RE HAVING TO MANAGE OUR CASH FLOW VERY CAREFULLY.
PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE, AS I SAID, WE RECEIVE OUR FUNDING OVER FOUR QUARTERS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY LIMITED ACCESS INTO THE SCHOOLS.
WE GET ALL OF OUR PROJECTS DONE THE FIRST-QUARTER OVER THE SUMMER WHEN STUDENTS AREN'T IN SESSION.
TO DATE, OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO MAINTAIN A ONE MILLION DOLLAR BALANCE IN THIS FUND, BUT FOR FY24, THE PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY, BRINGS OUR BALANCE BELOW A MILLION DOLLARS DURING THAT FIRST QUARTER.
WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP COMPLETING THESE PROJECTS DURING THAT CRITICAL CONSTRUCTION SEASON WHILE SCHOOL IS OUT OF SESSION.
THEN AFTER THAT CONSTRUCTION SEASON, WE'LL LET THAT BALANCE COME BACK UP AND ACTUALLY GO A LITTLE BIT PAST THAT ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S THE PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY.
ONE LAST POINT ON THAT IS WE'RE BALANCING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A BALANCE IN OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUND FOR UNEXPECTED REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS, BUT WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE STATE THAT WE'RE SPENDING.
WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR BUILDINGS AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND SPENDING THAT MONEY.
IT'S A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
AS WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR '24 IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT IS BEFORE YOU, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO YOU TODAY, ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GO [INAUDIBLE], CHARLOTTE.
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED.
HOW MANAGING THE CASHFLOW AND TAKING THE JD BOUNCE DOWN BELOW [INAUDIBLE], IS WE ARE TAKING ONE OF THESE POTS OF MONEY IS [INAUDIBLE] SO THIS PLAN TO SHOW TAKING $1.1 MILLION INVESTMENT FUND, TO GET THESE DIFFERENT SUPPORTER AND IMPLICATIONS OF THAT ARE THAT 10% FUNDING WE CAN ONLY REPLENISH IT WITH $200,000 A YEAR, IT'S RESTRICTED, SO THAT IS THE TRADE-OFF AND BALANCING THAT BUDGET AND SO IN THIS PLAN SO SHARP THAT YOU CAN GO.
>> YOU WILL JUST MAKE A REAL PIT STOP [INAUDIBLE] FY20 UPDATES JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED TO
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DATE SO JUST GREP THROUGH WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] THE OTHER PAGE.>> THIS IS OUR PLAN FOR FY24, AND ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT WE HAVE IN FACT, FOR MANY OF THESE ATTEMPTS AND YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING IN YELLOW IS HOW WE'VE NATIVE STACK CASHFLOW.
THERE'S THAT $1.1 BILLION THAT WHERE THE VEINS BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE ENHANCEMENT CATEGORY AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TAKING PROPOSING TO TAKE OUT OF THAT FUND.
THAT WAS REALLY JUST ASKING DUMB.
IT WASN'T ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT.
>> PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND ALL THE SHEATH WITH YOU, REALLY WANTED TO TAKE YOUR LEAD AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
LET ME KNOW. IF YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW TO PROCEED.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS AMAZING.
IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THE CIP IT'S SO NICELY LAID OUT.
IT'S NICE TO SEE WHAT'S YOUR CHAIR AND EXPLAIN THE FUNDING EXTREMELY WELL.
>> FINE. UNDERSTOOD. I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOU. YOU HAD A GOOD PLAN.
ALL THE PROJECTS SHE HAD ARE GREAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK.
>> I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE GINGERY, ABOUT ALL THE HARD WORK AND I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH IT.
IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE COMPANY SAYS, MY FEW QUESTIONS ARE HOW, ONE WITH MALICE HAVING HOUSING AND PROPOSED TO HAVE HOUSING, AND US RECEIVING MONEY FROM THE STATE, IS THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE WILL HAVE IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT HOUSING ZACH COVERED BY ANY MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE STATE OR IS THAT GOING TO BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINED FROM FUNDING SOURCES? THAT'S ONE QUESTION I HAD.
WE CAN USE MAJOR MAINTENANCE TO REPAIR AND REPLACE.
COME ON, TEACHER, JUST HOUSING, BUT THAT WOULD NEED TO COME OUT OF THAT 10% ENHANCEMENT.
WE'RE LIMITED TO $200,000 A YEAR OF AVAILABLE FUNDS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSION BECAUSE AS WE EXPAND OUR INVENTORY OF HOUSING, WILL HAVE TO DO SOME CAREFUL PLANNING TO SEE WHAT WE WILL NEED TO RESERVE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE UNITS.
>> THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT IS IN THIS PLAN? JUST THINKING BACK AT WHAT WENT ON THIS WINTER AT MONGER WITH BOILER AND THE WATER SOFTENER.
IS THAT PART OF THIS PLAN TO ENSURE WE DON'T HAVE BOILER ISSUES AND HAVING WATER SOFTENER DOWN THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SPECIFICALLY REGARDING MONGER AND HOT WATER CONDITIONING SYSTEM, WE WILL ACTUALLY BE BRINGING SOME PROPOSAL FOR YOU FOR SOME FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THAT PROJECT THAT GO A LITTLE BIT BEYOND MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND CHARLOTTE AND I WILL BE BRINGING THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION NEXT MONTH.
IT'S NOT EARMARKED HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT DEPENDING ON DECISIONS, THE BOARD MEETING NEXT MONTH.
ALSO, FABULOUS THAT WE'RE CATCHING UP ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
OR DO YOU SEE US HAVING ANY OTHER MAINTENANCE THAT'S GIVING DIFFERED WHILE WE ARE PUTTING FOCUS ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR ARE WE ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT NEW EQUIPMENT WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE AND FIXING SO NOTHING ELSE GETS BEHIND.
>> THANK YOU. WE STILL HAVE SOME CATCH-UP, DO YOU? I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE INTO IT IN THIS PLANET, BASICALLY WHAT WE CALL THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPE OF OUR BUILDINGS.
WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON ROOFS AND WE'RE BALANCING THAT WITH INSIDE EQUIPMENT AND SUCH FORTH.
BUT SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS, THE ENVELOPES ARE IN POOR REPAIR, SOME WINDOWS.
WE'LL HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC IN PLANNING THAT THOSE WILL ALSO BE COSTLY.
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THINGS WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS.THAT'S FAB, I THINK IS WORKING WELL AND I THINK WILL SERVE AS WELL AS FOR JUST CHIPPING AWAY AT IT.
MAYBE INSTEAD OF DOING AN ENTIRE BUILDING, I'M BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE PLANNING IS SETTING ASIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, JUST AREN'T MOVING ON THOSE EXTERIOR ENVELOPES AND OTHER ASSETS LIKE THAT.
ROLLING THROUGH THAT LAST CONTINUING TO CATCH UP ON THE INSIDE, WE WILL IN ABOUT ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REGULARLY SCHEDULE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE GOAL IS TO PAINT EVERY FIVE YEARS TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS LOOK GOOD, TO DO OUR FLOOR FINISHES EVERY 15 YEARS, TO SPEND MONEY ON REPLACING BELTS AND MOTORS AND BACK-OF-HOUSE THINGS.
OUR RELIABILITY GOES OUT AND EXTENDS THE LIFE OF THOSE ASSETS AND THOSE NUMBERS AND THAT PLAN IS STARTING TO FALL INTO PLACE 26, 27, WHEREVER IT'S PLANNING GOING FORWARD CAN BE A LOT MORE STRATEGIC.
>> IT SOUNDS THE ENHANCEMENT FUND, HE SAID, IT'S THE MOST FLEXIBLE, DISADVANTAGED BESIDES ARE THERE ANY THINGS YOU SEE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON THAT NOW.
SINCE WE'VE USED IT ON BASICALLY MAINTENANCE, THAT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY SUFFER.
>> THAT'S EXCELLENT QUESTION. WE SPENT SOME TIME DISCUSSING THAT.
I SAID WE HAVE ABOUT $3.2 MILLION IN ENHANCEMENTS NOW THAT WE NEED TO RESERVE SOME FUNDS TO MAINTAIN.
WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE BALANCE WE HAVE NOW AND WHERE THOSE ASSETS ARE IN THEIR LIFE BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE NEW, LIKE THE TURF THAT TRACK, MONGER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NECESSARILY EARMARKED FOR THAT ENHANCEMENT FUNDS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
OVER THE NEXT ONE OR TWO YEARS, WE'LL LET THAT FUND BALANCE COME BACK UP.
THEN IF SOMETHING COMES UP THAT'S UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW, WE'LL HAVE A HEALTHY BALANCE.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A REALLY BASIC QUESTION THAT IS, HOW DOES THE STATE DETERMINE WHAT MONEY THEY'RE GIVING US? DO THEY GET THE SAME AMOUNT TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR?
>> NO, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION TO THE WAY MAJOR MAINTENANCE IS FUNDED IS PARTLY ON HOW MANY SQUARE FEET YOU HAVE, HOW MANY ACRES OR PROPERTY YOU HAVE.
THEN IT ALSO DOES HAVE A PIECE ON ENROLLMENT.
THAT PIECE, KRISTEN COULD EXPLAIN MUCH BETTER THAN ME PROBABLY, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW MANY STUDENTS, HOW MANY CLASSROOMS YOU HAVE, AND IT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR FUNDS.
HOW MANY BUILDINGS AND LAND YOU HAVE AND THEN LET YOUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS AND IT COMES TOGETHER IN A FORM.
>> CAN YOU SEE THAT AMOUNT GOING UP IN TIME TO COVER WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT?
>> YES. I WILL SAY THAT IN MY LIMITED EXPERIENCE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND MY PEERS, FACILITY MANAGERS, THROUGHOUT THE STATE, IT IS THE GENERAL OPINION THAT MAJOR MAINTENANCE IS UNDERFUNDED THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR BUILDINGS TO A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE DEGRADING FINISHES, DON'T HAVE ROOF STARTING TO FALL APART, THAT THEY NEED TO INCREASE THAT FUNDING.
FOLLOWING THAT LOGIC, I'M NOT THAT OPTIMISTIC.
THAT IT WILL INCREASE ON ITS OWN WITHOUT SOME PROBABLY HELP FROM INCENTIVE OR URGENCY FROM THE DISTRICTS.
I HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE STATE, BUT THERE'S A FEELING OUT THERE THAT WITH THE FUNDING WE HAVE IT, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC IN JUST MAINTAINING WHAT YOU HAVE.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY BALANCE THESE FUNDS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE JUST TO REPLACE IT IS ALMOST EASIER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STATE AND TO REPAIR IT AND MAINTAIN IT.
I SHOULD ADD TO THAT. I DON'T CONFUSE YOU, IS THAT, THAT HAS THAT FUNDING IS PARTLY BECAUSE THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE LIKE BELTS, IF YOU JUST NEED TO TUNE UP YOUR CAR, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE NOT REPLACING A MOTOR, THAT JUST ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, OIL CHANGE, THAT TYPE OF THING.
THAT ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
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NOT MAJOR MAINTENANCE.THEY GIVE US MONEY FOR OPERATIONS.
THEN MAJOR MAINTENANCE HAS THIS CATEGORY WHERE IT'S ALMOST REPAIR AND REPLACE.
I THINK THAT DISCUSSION THAT I JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT WHAT FUNDING NEEDS TO BE INCREASED SO THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN THINGS WELL, IT'S PARTLY I SHOULD HAVE REFERENCED OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
>> OUR NEXT REPORT, TRUSTEES, IS A BRIEF UPDATE FROM JENNIFER JELLEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. WELCOME JENNIFER.
>> MR CHAIR CHRISTINE, HEY EVERYBODY.
I'M DELIGHTED TO SHARE SOME VERY HAPPY NEWS WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.
THAT IS THE LAUNCH OF FOREVER SCHOOLS, WHICH IS A THREE-YEAR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE LONG-RANGE GOALS OF THE DISTRICT AND ALSO TO HELP ADDRESS SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT HAVE ARISEN.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN WORKING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SOME SPECIFIC LARGE PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE BRONCO ACHIEVEMENTS CENTER, DISTRICT HOUSING.
ON OUR END, WE'RE WORKING ON THINGS LIKE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHES, READING RECOVERY, ALL GREAT PROGRAMS. THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THAT IN VERY GENERAL TERMS IS ABOUT $64 MILLION.
OF THAT, ABOUT 32 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH THIS BET.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS THAT ARE WORKS.
FOREVER SCHOOLS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THAT BIG PUZZLE.
IT'S REALLY AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $14 MILLION TO ENSURE THAT EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS HAS THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE.
THIS INCLUDES VERY GENERALLY AT 4 MILLION FOR DISTRICT CAPACITY PROJECTS LIKE BRONCO ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, ANOTHER 3 MILLION FOR HOUSING INITIATIVES, AND THEN 7 MILLION TO START AN ENDOWMENT.
THIS WILL BE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FIRST ENDOWMENT.
THAT ENDOWMENT SUPPORTS ALL AMAZING PROGRAMS LIKE FEEDING THE WHOLE, WHICH IS THE DISTRICTS FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM, READING RECOVERY, THE GENE CALLED SMITH CHILD WELLNESS FUND, AND THE DISTRICT'S NEW DENTAL PROGRAM, LOVE YOUR TEETH.
IN THE COMING MONTHS, I'LL BE SHARING A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TO ALL OF YOU, SO BE PREPARED.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT INITIATIVE AND IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SEE THESE ALL AROUND.
I'VE LEFT SOME FOR YOU GUYS BY THE DOOR.
PLEASE TAKE ONE, READ ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN. LEARN ABOUT IT.
JOIN US IN SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IT'S ALL VERY IMPRESSIVE AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE IN MY TENURE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD HOW THE FUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS GROWN AND IS REALLY SUPPORTING AND BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL AND IN SUPPORTING BIG OVERALL PROJECTS AND RATHER THAN LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE.
ANYWAY, IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO HELP MAKE THE THINGS YOU GUYS WANT TO DO POSSIBLE.
THIS IS ALL DRIVEN BY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH AND BEING GLAD TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU.
>> I'LL JUST ALSO ADD I'VE BEEN SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR THE UNEMPLOYED EDUCATION SINCE I GOT ON THIS BOARD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING WITH JENNIFER AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN AS WELL.
VETERAN, WELL-SUPPORTED AND VERY EXCITING.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
>> I JUST GOING TO THROW OUT MY TWO CENTS.
OUR DISTRICT IS BEYOND TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M SURE METRONIC COUNTY HAS AN ENDOWMENT OF THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I'M VERY PLEASED THAT YOU'RE TAKING THAT BIG STEP TO ENDOW THE FUTURE.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT.
THERE'S SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT LIE OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC FUNDING THAT WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THEM AND KEEP THEM GOING.
PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT AN ENDOWMENT IS TO SECURING THOSE PROGRAMS AND THEIR FUTURE. THANK YOU.
>> REBECCA NEEDS A MINUTE. I JUST HAVE TO SAY A VERY GOOD JOB ON YOUR SALARY SHEET APPLICATION.
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>> YES. SORRY. YES, READY FOR ACTION ITEMS.
>> ACTION ITEMS. IS EVERYBODY OKAY ON THE BOARD OR YOU MIGHT TAKE.
>> YOU WANT TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES BREAK? SEVEN TO EIGHT MINUTES, DOES THAT SOUND OKAY?
>> SURE. [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]
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>> THE GREATER PART IN THE SESSION, KRISTEN.
[E. Action Items]
>> YES. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE AND THE SUMMARY OF CHANGES LAST MONTH.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE LAST MONTH IS DRAFTING WHAT THE EMPLOYEE PORTIONS OF THE PREMIUMS LOOK LIKE, WHICH IS NO CHANGE TO CURRENT PREMIUMS AND THAT MEANS THAT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS TAKING ON THE EXTRA EXPENSIVE $1.4 MILLION FOR THE INCREASE IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE.
WE HAVE THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
WE'VE DRAFTED THE COMPENSATION PACKAGES WAY AND THEN HEATHER, SEAN, AND I AND [INAUDIBLE] TOURED ALL THE BUILDINGS AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND HAD EMPLOYEE MEETINGS AT EACH PLACE TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE, WHAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES WERE, AND HOW WE'D BE DRAFTING THIS FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW TONIGHT.
LIKE I SAID, THE BIGGEST CHANGES ARE RIGHT HERE ON THIS MEDICAL BENEFITS PART FROM LAST MONTH.
EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE THERE'S A COUPLE OF MINOR TYPO CORRECTIONS THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE THEN, BUT THAT'S IT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR GOING TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.
I'VE HEARD ONLY POSITIVE COMMENTS BACK.
THEY REALLY APPRECIATED HEATHER AND YOU GUYS SEEM TO REALLY EXPLAIN IT WELL.
I THINK EVERYBODY REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
IT'S A LITTLE SCARY MAKING CHANGE, BUT MOST PART, ALL I'VE EVER HEARD, IS POSITIVE COMMENTS BACK AND MOST OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH YOU GUYS PRESENTING VERY WELL.
>> SURE. I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO HEATHER, SEAN BECAUSE MY PRESENTATION FOR THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN HERS.
[LAUGHTER] HE ADDS A LOT OF POSSESS THAT I DON'T.
[LAUGHTER] WE WERE ALTERNATING AT FIRST AND THEN SHE DID ONE AND I DID ONE AND I WAS, YOU SHOULD DO THEM ALL [LAUGHTER]
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR KRISTEN?
>> ONE MORE THING. KRISTEN, WE HAD TALKED AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT A TWO-STEP INCREASE POTENTIALLY FOR THE NON-ADMINISTRATIVE.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE DO TONIGHT THROUGH THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE DO LATER WHEN WE APPROVE THE BUDGET IN JULY?
>> THE STAFF INCREASES ARE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE FISCAL IMPACT.
I HAD PLANNED ON DRAFTING THE TWO-STEP INCREASE FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF, NON-ADMIN CLASSIFIED STAFF, AND THE ONE-STEP INCREASE FOR ALL OTHER STAFF.
THAT IS HOW I PLAN TO PRESENT THE BUDGET AND YOU WILL HAVE THE DRAFT NEXT MONTH WITH A FINAL APPROVAL IN JULY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP, I BROUGHT IT UP LAST MEETING.
THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY PUSH-BACK.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THAT IT MEANS YOU GET YOUR WORK FOR IT.
I WAS JUST MAKING SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT KRISTEN WAS GOING TO PROBABLY WRITE IT THAT WAY AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS COMFORTABLE.
>> THAT PRE-LIM BUDGET THAT I SHOWED EARLIER DOES INCLUDE THAT, THOSE ESTIMATES.
>> OPEN IT UP FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
BY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE REMOTE OR USE THE RAISED HAND FUNCTION ON WEBEX? WE WILL ASK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PERSON TO STEP UP FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL ADDRESS THE RAISED HANDS ONLINE.
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM CHARACTERS,
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COME FORWARD AND PRESS COMMUNITY INPUT.ANYBODY ONLINE? SIMPSON HAND RAISED.
>> NO MORE COMMUNITY INPUT? COMMUNITY INPUT IS CLOSED.
>> LET'S SEE. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1 FISCAL YEAR '24 COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU SIR. MOVE BY TRUSTEE CARLIN AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ABRAMS. THIS MUST BE IN FISCAL YEAR '24 COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED.
>> I WILL COMPLIMENT TRUSTEE ZUNG AND THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO RUN THAT COMMITTEE THIS MONTH.
[LAUGHTER] BY COMPLIMENTS, AND KRISTEN, AND HEATHER, BRAVO.
THIS HAS BEEN THE SMOOTHEST ONE, I THINK IN SEVEN YEARS. WE VOTED ON THIS.
>> REALLY TRUSTEES, IT'S THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUGGESTIONS, AND WHEN YOU INTERACT WITH FOLKS AND THEY HAVE SUGGESTIONS AND YOU LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THAT, THAT REALLY HELPS GUIDE OUR EFFORTS.
I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GIVING US THE PROMPTS TO MOVE THESE THINGS FORWARD.
>> THAT'S GREAT. WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION HAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
CONGRATULATIONS. [LAUGHTER] NEXT ITEM ON THE ACTION ITEM, CONSIDERATION OF WYDOT REQUEST FOR REDUCED SEWER CONNECTION AND MONTHLY FEES.
>> TRUSTEES, LAST MONTH, WE HAD WYDOT WAS HERE AND THEY HAD SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO WAIVE OR REDUCE THE CONNECTION FEES, AS WELL AS REDUCE THE MONTHLY USE FEE.
WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION.
WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO WORK ON THAT.
THANKS TO TRUSTEE ZUNG AND OUR CHARLOTTE REYNOLDS AND DEANNA HARGER AS WELL AS MATT OSTIC.
WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL COST, THE ANALYSIS THAT MATT OSTIC PROVIDED FOR US.
FOR THAT, I THINK IT MIGHT JUST BE EASIER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR TRUSTEE ZUNG OR WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD IS [LAUGHTER].
>> STRESS EXAM. YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY MAYBE I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE MATT'S LETTER, WHICH WAS GREAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MATT WITH RENDEZVOUS FOR PUTTING THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
LAST TIME I THINK I ASKED THIS, I SAID I REALLY WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE NUMBERS TO SEE.
I THINK THAT SOME OF THE POINTS THAT HE MAKES INCLUDE THE ACTUAL COST FOR OUR SYSTEM.
AS HE SAID LAST MONTH THAT WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE SYSTEM.
TRYING TO COMPARE IT TO OTHER SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTY IS A LITTLE BIT COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES.
I THOUGHT SOME OF THE NOTABLE ITEMS HAD TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL COST FOR OPERATIONS DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ERUS YOU COUNT.
EITHER IT'S THE 18 THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING IT, THE MONTHLY COST PER ERU IS $1,350.
WE'RE CURRENTLY CHARGING $178 [LAUGHTER] BASICALLY, THE DISTRICT IS SUBSIDIZING THE REST OF THAT MAINTENANCE COST UP TO, WHAT WAS IT? $207,000 A YEAR, WHICH IS COMING OUT OF OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE FINAL WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS 10% OF IT,
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WHICH COULD BE USED FOR A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE A VERY LONG LIST [LAUGHTER].FOR THE CONNECTION FEE, I APPRECIATED HOW HE SEPARATED A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
TO ME, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO GO WITH OPTION B, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SYSTEM DESIGNING INITIAL CONSTRUCTION COST, WHICH I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, CAME OUT OF THE STATE FUNDING.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT UPSIZE NAME.
SHE HAS 535,000 FOR THAT CAME OUT OF DISTRICT FUNDS TO UPSIZE THAT NAME.
THEN I'M FOOLISH TO NOT INCLUDE REHABILITATION LONG-TERM ITEMS AS WELL, WHICH IS ANOTHER 2.6 MILLION.
THEN, LOOKING AT THAT CONNECTION FEES, IT RANGES FROM PER ERU $178,000 TO CONNECT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY CHARGING $600 TO CONNECT DOWN TO $13,000 TO CONNECT.
YOU LOOK AT THE REAL COSTS AND THE NUMBERS, IT'S HARD TO REDUCE THOSE.
[NOISE] YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR MY OPINION [LAUGHTER].
BUT I GUESS THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, WE AS A BOARD CAN MAKE A CHANGE TO THE NUMBERS THAT WE CHARGE.
IF WE WANT TO SAY, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO CONNECT, THAT MAYBE THEY NEED TO BE LOWER, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THAT AS AN INFORMED DECISION, REALIZING THAT WE WOULD BE SUBSIDIZING THE COST OF THE SYSTEM.
THE OTHER THING HIS NUMBER SHOW ALSO IS THAT THE MORE CONNECTIONS YOU HAVE, THE MORE ECONOMICAL THE SYSTEM BECOMES.
US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR PRIMARY MISSION THAT WE READ HAS MORE TO DO WITH EDUCATING STUDENTS AND HAVING GOOD FACILITIES FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT NOT GOING OUT ENCOURAGING OTHER PARTS, OTHER USERS IN THIS END, OR THAT END OF THE COUNTY TO CONNECT TO A SEWER SYSTEM TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF MATT NEEDS TO COME UP.
>> COME UP THEN. QUESTIONS FROM ANDREW.
>> I DON'T HAVE. I THINK THE ANALYSIS WAS GREAT.
WE INCLUDED THE INFLATION AND THE 20-YEAR LOOK AHEAD.
>> YES, THANK GOD FOR MATT [INAUDIBLE] ENGINEERING.
I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THE NUMBERS I PUT TOGETHER ARE ASSUMING THAT THE SEWER IS GOING TO OPERATE AS ITS OWN ENTITY.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER FUNDS OR SLUSH FUNDS OR ANY RAINY DAY ACCOUNT DISTRICT MIGHT HAVE TO PULL FROM.
I SET THIS UP THINKING IT'S GOT TO STAND ON ITS OWN TWO LEGS.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT I PUT TOGETHER INCLUDES SOME COSTS THAT THE DISTRICT'S NOT PAYING IT ALL RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW THE DISTRICT'S ONLY PAYING THE BILLS AS THEY COME IN AND THEY'RE PAYING A LOT OF BILLS.
THEY COME IN AND THEY GET A LITTLE CHECK FROM WYDOT FOR THE SEWER USE BUT THEY DON'T REALLY ISSUE A BILL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE SCHOOL'S SEWER USE.
BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT S S PICKING UP ALL THE BILLS AND WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY MONEY AWAY FOR EMERGENCIES OR REPLACING THINGS.
THE FIRST FEW YEARS WHILE THE SYSTEMS WAS BRAND NEW AND NOTHING BREAKS DOWN BUT THINGS START WEARING DOWN, THE COST WILL START INCREASING.
I MOSTLY LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT COST CATEGORIES.
WE MADE THAT INTO AN EQUIVALENT MONTHLY FEE.
THEN I LOOKED AT UTILITY COSTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOW MUCH WATER WE PUMP IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOW MUCH POWER WE'RE USING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ASK OUR GENERATORS.
THAT WAS ONE COMPONENT. AND THEN THE THIRD COMPONENT WAS RECOUPING THAT INVESTMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN THE SYSTEM AND STARTING A BUDGET TO REPLACE IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR YOU WANT ME TO GO WITH THIS? [LAUGHTER] BUT OBVIOUSLY WYDOT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME LOWER FEES AND THE NUMBERS DEFINITELY SHOW THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHORT-TERM WINDOW, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO JUSTIFY LOWERING THE FEES.
BUT IF WE CAN GET MORE CONNECTIONS ON THE LINES, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A LOT MORE CONNECTIONS AND EVERYBODY PAY THAT MONTHLY FEE,
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HELPS OUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.ONE THING WYDOT ASSUMED BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS NELSON ENGINEERING HAD WITH ME WAS THAT A THREE-BEDROOM HOUSE WOULD BE 1.5 ERUS.
I DIDN'T WRITE UP THE INITIAL RULES AND REGS FOR THIS SYSTEM, BUT THERE'S LITTLE BIT CONFUSION THERE.
BUT THEY ALSO BUDGET FOR ENOUGH FLOW FROM THAT ERU TO EASILY COVER A THREE-BEDROOM UNIT.
I THINK ONE DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, ANYTHING UP TO A THREE-BEDROOM HOUSE ONE ERU, AND THAT WOULD KNOCK DOWN THAT BILL FOR WYDOT BY A THIRD, SO 50%.
>> QUESTION MORE FOR TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE].
>> JUST SO I CAN FOCUS ON WHAT WE SHOULD DECIDE TONIGHT.
I SEE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDOING OUR FEE STRUCTURE COMPLETELY.
BUT WE'D HAVE TO PUT IT UP FOR 45 DAYS COMMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO REWRITE THE RULES OF LETTING FEE SCHEDULE OUT INTO THE NEWSPAPER AND ALL THAT STUFF.
IT HAS TO HAPPEN. WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR EVERYONE.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO JUST DEAL WITH WYDOT TONIGHT AND I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION FOR SARAH [INAUDIBLE].
CAN WE GO OUTSIDE THE RULES AND MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR ONE USER AND SAY, YEAH, THOSE ARE THE RULES, THOSE ARE THE FEES.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF REWRITING THEM.
WE KNOW THEY NEED TO CONSTRUCT SOON, SO CAN WE JUST DO AN EXCEPTION TO OUR RULES AND GIVE THEM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DEAL THAN CURRENTLY IS IN PLACE OR THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE IN THE FUTURE? THEY'RE GOING TO BE THESE UNIQUE ANOMALY YEARS FROM NOW WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO LOOK BACK AND GO, "WHY DOES WYDOT HAVE DIFFERENT FEES THAN EVERYONE ELSE?" WHICH IS FINE. I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS.
WERE WE GOING TO ADOPT NEW RULES? WHICH IF WE STARTED THAT, NOT GOING TO BE THE NEW RULES WITH THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE, BUT AGAIN, LIKE THREE-BEDROOMS IS ERU WITH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THE EARLIEST WE'D BE ADOPTING THAT IS PROBABLY JULY, AUGUST, WHICH IS BEYOND THEIR CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
SO I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION JUST FOR WYDOT AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT, WYDOT, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THE O&M THAT WE SAID THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE RULES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WAIVE THE CONNECTION FEES OR YOU'VE GOT TO PAY THE CONNECTION FEE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT IN PARTICULARLY AS TO JUST WYDOT.
>> I GUESS MY IMPRESSION WAS TONIGHT WE WERE JUST CONSIDERING WYDOT'S REQUEST AND THIS IS A PRECURSOR TO POSSIBLY CHANGING THE FEES IF WE WANTED TO.
THIS KIND OF LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD CHARGE MORE NOT LESS.
WHETHER WE WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT, THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
WHATEVER THIS IS CALLED. OUR FEE STRUCTURE, IT DOES INCLUDE A PROVISION TO JUST LOST IT EITHER WAIVE ALL OR PART OF THE CONNECTION FEES AND I THINK IT SAYS FOR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO DECIDE WHAT THAT IS.
I GUESS WE COULD DECIDE THAT THIS IS AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE.
>> BUT THERE'S NO PROVISION FOR REDUCING THE O&M FEE.
>> WHATEVER WE'RE CHARGING NOW IS WHAT WE CHARGED THEM FOR THAT.
BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TONIGHT TO VOTE TO EITHER WAIVE THE CONNECTION FEE COMPLETELY OR REDUCE IT.
I WOULD SAY IN LIGHT OF THAT FACT WYDOT, THERE'S AN EXISTING MOU, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WYDOT REGARDING SEWER CONNECTIONS BECAUSE FROM THE INCEPTION WYDOT HAS BEEN A PARTY TO THIS.
>> BUT I THINK YOU HAVE THE ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE TO YOUR AGREEMENT WITH WYDOT AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH WYDOT.
>> I GUESS BACK TO YOU TRUSTEES ON WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO?
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DO WE WAIVE THE CONNECTION FEE? [LAUGHTER]>> I GUESS I'M MORE INCLINED TO JUST KEEP THE CONNECTION FEE AND OUR MONTHLY FEE AS IT IS AND CHANGE THE ERU DEFINITION TO ONE PER 100 UNITS FOR THREE-BEDROOM.
>> WE CAN TELL WYDOT, "HEY, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR RULES, SO GO AHEAD AND PLAN ON IT."
>> BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
YOU GOT TO PAY THE CONNECTION FEE AS IS.
YOU'VE GOT TO PAY THE O&M AS IS.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE OUR RULES AS TO WHAT AN ERU IS, BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE APA PROCESS AND WE'LL GET THAT DONE SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
>> OKAY, I'M SORRY. YES, I COULD GET THAT TO WORK IF YOU MADE THAT DECISION NOW AND THEN THE BOARD CHANGING [INAUDIBLE].
AND, AGAIN, I WOULD THINK THAT ANY CHANGE IN [INAUDIBLE] THE REPORT.
>> MR. [INAUDIBLE], WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THINGS WILL BE COMPLICATED IN THE FUTURE IF YOU GRANT WYDOT A SPECIAL DEAL JUST RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, HOW LONG IS THAT DEAL GOOD FOR BECAUSE I THINK A BETTER SOLUTION IS WE CAN STILL CHOOSE TO LOWER OUR MONTHLY FEE, BUT MAYBE NOT COMMIT TO IT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THE ONE-HOUSE ERU THING HELPS THEM A LOT.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT PLANNING ON AN EXTRA FEE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE AN EXTRA COST ANYWAY.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? CAN I TAKE A STAB AT SUMMARIZING? WHAT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [INAUDIBLE].
THE CONNECTION FEE IS 6,600 AND THE MENTAL USE FEE IS 178 FOR THE ONE ERU AND WE WILL RECOGNIZE THREE-BEDROOM UNITS AS ONE ERU.
IS THAT RIGHT? IS IT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
>> THE MOTION WOULD BY BE TO CONSTRUCT [INAUDIBLE] SARAH COULD WORK TOGETHER TO BRING US BACK OR TO START THE PROCESS TO MAKE A RULE CHANGE.
NOTICE WE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE PAPER FOR 4-5 DAYS AND BRING THAT BACK TO US IN 4-5 DAYS.
THAT CHANGES TO THE RULES, CLEARLY DEFINED THAT AN ERU IS DEFINED AS ANY UNIT UP TO THREE BEDROOMS.
>> THAT WOULD BE NOW A MOTION.
THAT WE'RE DENYING [INAUDIBLE] BELIEVE TO CHANGE ANY OF OUR FEE STRUCTURE AT THIS POINT.
OKAY, THAT MIGHT BE A SECOND MOTION THAT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH MR. AUSTIN TO BRING BACK IN THE FUTURE A FEE STRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE [INAUDIBLE] BASED ON THIS WORK HERE.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS IT JUST GOES UP.
[LAUGHTER] TECHNICALLY I DON'T AGREE WITH [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER]
>> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE AND THEN I'LL OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANKS MATT.
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WHO CARE TO DISCUSS THIS TOPIC, THIS AGENDA ITEM. ANYONE IN THIS ROOM? ANYBODY ONLINE? PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL CLOSE IT, BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.
>> TRY A MOTION IF THAT'S OKAY [OVERLAPPING].
I WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO BEGIN THE PROCESS TO CHANGE THE RULES AND SPECIFICALLY CHANGE THE RULE THAT AN ERU IS DEFINED AS A UNIT UP TO THREE BEDROOMS. THAT'S THE MOTION.
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>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE GINGERY AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ZUNG TO DIRECT STAFF TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF ONE ERU TO MEASURE [OVERLAPPING] TO A UNIT THAT IS UP TO THREE BEDROOMS. THAT WILL BE COMING UP.
>> HOPEFULLY THEY DO THE NOTICING.
WE WOULD SEE IT AGAIN IN JULY.
>> THIS ISN'T PART OF MOTION, BUT THEN WE WOULD INFORM WIDE OUT OF OUR DECISION AND THAT WOULD HELP THEM MAKE THEIR PLANNING.
I THINK MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS CORRECT THAT WE COULD MAKE THIS ONE SMALL LITTLE CHANGE IT'LL GREATLY BE BASED ON SOME OF THEIR ANSWERS.
>> WE'LL TRY TO DO THE DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO DIRECT STAFF TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF ONE ERU TO A UNIT WITH UP TO THREE BEDROOMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSE? IT'LL PASS UNANIMOUSLY EXCEPT FOR [INAUDIBLE].
RECREATION DISTRICT, CONSIDERATION OF TCSD 1 RECREATION DISTRICT FOR 0.9 MILL LEVY REQUESTS.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES AND THE RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN THE 0.9 MILL LEVY AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THEY HAVE REVIEWED THE REQUESTS AND I'M DETERMINED THAT THE 0.9 KEEPING THAT CONSISTENT WOULD MAINTAIN THEIR LONG RANGE AND SHORT RANGE PLANS AND SO THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU FOR THE SAME MILL LEVY REQUEST AS CURRENT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS DR. TOM? OTHER COMMENT? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MILL LEVY'S REQUEST FOR A 0.9 MILL AS PRESENTED? ANY COMMENTS ONLINE? THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WHAT'S THE LOAD BOARD?
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1, DISTRICT MILL LEVY REQUEST OF 0.9 MILLS AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ZUNG TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1 RECREATION DISTRICT MILL LEVY REQUEST OF 0.9 MILLS THAT'S PRESENTED.
DISCUSSION? I'M SEEING NONE. YES.
>> MR. CHAIR, I THINK I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I WAS AT THE RIC DISTRICT MEETING AND WE DID HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION AND THERE WAS SOME APPETITE TO GO TO A POLE MILL AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD JUST STICK WHERE WE ARE.
THE TENSION OF A BOWL NOW IS MAYBE TO PUT SOME MONEY ASIDE TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, BUT THAT AT THIS POINT THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO INCREASE PEOPLE'S TAXES ANYMORE THEN.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> THAT'S PASSED. CONSIDERATION OF HOT SPRINGS, EARLY CHILDHOOD PASSED THIS 0.1 MILL LEVY REQUEST.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEES AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION THIS SUPPORT FOR OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM AND IT FUNDS THE DIRECTOR SALARY, AS WELL AS RESOURCES AND MATERIALS THAT ARE USED BY ALL THE PRESCHOOLS BEFORE STUDENTS GET TO KINDERGARTEN AND IT STRIKES, SO WE RECOMMEND CONTINUING THIS MILL LEVY REQUEST AT 0.1.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE ROOM ABOUT THE HOT SPRINGS PAST [INAUDIBLE]?
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IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE? PUBLIC COMMENT. HOW ABOUT CLOSE? BACK TO THE BOARD.>> MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE AND HOT SPRINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD TO BOOST THIS 0.1 MILL LEVY REQUEST HAS BEEN SENT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE ABRAMS, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE DORNAN.
HE APPROVED THE HOT SPRINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD THOUGH C IS 0.1 MILL LEVY REQUESTS AS PRESENTED.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY MAYBE I'LL PUT UP MY EARLY CHILDHOOD HAPPEN THAT THERE IS A TREND ACROSS THE STATE TO HAVE KINDERGARTEN LIAISONS OR SCHOOL DISTRICT LIAISONS TO OTHER EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS WITHIN A COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK ALEX HAS BEEN SAID IN THIS POSITION MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS AND OF COURSE WITH THE PANDEMIC IT STARTED OFF A LITTLE SLOW.
IT'S REALLY GOTTEN A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND IN LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A GATHERING OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROVIDERS AND TEACHERS AND KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS FOR BIG ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION.
IT WAS ABOUT 50/50 OR ABOUT 30 PEOPLE THERE DISCUSSING THE TRANSITION INTO KINDERGARTEN.
I KNOW KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS ARE BEING SUPPORTED TO COME INTO PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS AND OBSERVE AND VICE-VERSA SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS SOME AUTONOMY, BUT THAT THERE IS SOME COMMON LANGUAGE AND SOME COMMON THINGS GOING.
THE SMELL IS BEING USED REALLY WELL FOR THE COMMUNITY IN PREPARING YOUNG CHILDREN TO ENTER IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE HOT SPRINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD BOTH IN THIS 0.1 MILL LEVY REQUESTS AS PRESENTED.
>> ANY OPPOSE? AWESOME. NEXT SLIDE OF CONSIDERATION OF REGION 5.1 MILL LEVY REQUEST.
>> I'M SORRY TRUSTEE OR CHAIR SCARLETT, YOU SKIPPED CWC..
>> I'M SORRY. WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT.
CELEBRATION OF CWC PLUS IS 0.15 MILL LEVY REQUESTED.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES THIS IS MAINTAINING A 0.15 MILLS FOR CWC BASIS.
WE'RE ADDING A NEW PATHWAY FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, IT'S HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM AND THAT TEACHER WILL BE LOCATED AT SUMMIT INNOVATIONS AND WILL BE OPEN TO ENROLLMENT FROM JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PATHWAY AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE 0.15 MILL LEVY REQUEST.
>> QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE ROOM? ANYBODY ONLINE? LET'S MOVE THEN TO THE BOARD.
>> MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CWC BOTH IN THESE MILL LEVY REQUEST OF 0.5 MILLS AS PRESENTED.
>> SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARLIN, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ZUNG TO APPROVE THE CWC.
NOW LET ME REQUEST OF 0.15 MILLS THAT'S PRESENTED. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
NOW, CONSIDERATION OF REGION 5.1 VERSUS MILL LEVY REQUESTS.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEES. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAN MAYOR, DOES AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD AND THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ATTACHED AND DAN IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT THE TRUSTEES HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT LETTER AND INFORMATION.
THE REGION 5, BOTH THESE BOARD.
OUR BOARD CHAIR ALSO SUBMITTED A LETTER ENCOURAGING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO INCREASE THEIR MILLS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT C BARBIE,
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REGION 5 VERSUS LOCATIONS.WITH THAT, I WILL DIFFER IF YOU WANT TO ASK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAYOR ANY QUESTIONS OR HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> QUESTIONS FOR MR. MAYOR, [INAUDIBLE]? YES.
>> IS THIS TO KEEP THE MILL A LITTLE BIT SAME, OR ARE YOU RATING IT OR?
>> CHAIRMAN SCARLETT, TRUSTEE DORNAN.
REGION V BOCES HAVE REQUESTED TO INCREASE TO 0.2 FROM 0.15.
ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO NOT INCREASE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND A DECREASE IN POTENTIALLY NOT LEVY ANY MILLS FOR THIS BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MAYOR, THAT I THINK WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WOULD GENERATE THE SAME FUNDING THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR LONG-TERM PROJECTS.
>> YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ALTERNATIVE.
BECAUSE STUDENTS THAT MAY ATTEND AT REGION V BOCES ARE ON AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONAL PLAN OR AN IEP, WHICH IS A DOCUMENT THAT SPECIFIES WHAT SERVICES AND SUPPORTS A STUDENT NEEDS.
IN GENERAL, IF A STUDENT IS ATTENDING, C BARBIE INSTEAD OF OUR SCHOOLS, IT MEANS THAT THAT STUDENT HAS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE STAFF AVAILABLE OR THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT STUDENT NEEDS.
CURRENTLY, WE CONTRACT WITH C BARBIE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
THE STUDENT GOES TO C BARBIE, AND ALL OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY C BARBIE AND THEN THEY BILL US FOR THOSE SERVICES.
BECAUSE THE STUDENT HAS AN IEP, THE SERVICES ARE 100% REIMBURSED BY THE STATE.
THE ALTERNATIVE THAT I THINK WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND REDUCING THE MILLS BECAUSE THE TAXES HAVE GONE UP SO MUCH BY REDUCING THE MILLS.
THERE'S NO BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYER AND INSTEAD OF SENDING SO MUCH MONEY OUT OF TETON COUNTY, WE'RE KEEPING IT HERE.
INSTEAD OF THEIR CURRENT RATES, IF THEY CHARGED A PERCENTAGE ON TOP OF THAT FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE.
THAT'S 100% REIMBURSED BY THE STATE.
SO IT DOESN'T COST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE TAXPAYER THROUGH THE MILL LEVY ANYTHING.
IT ENDS UP BEING REIMBURSED FULLY BY THE STATE.
AN INCREASE IN THE COST FOR A STUDENT TO ATTEND C BARBIE IS PREFERABLE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
THEN INCREASING OR MAINTAINING THE MILLS.
>> I WAS TRYING TO PROBABLY JUST TALK TO CHAIRMAN AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL.
>> WELL, MINE WAS ACTUALLY FOR MR. MAYOR.
DURING THIS, I GUESS WHAT I'M THINKING THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME FROM TETON COUNTY TAXPAYER PERSPECTIVE.
I'M WONDERING IF ONE DISTRICT WENT THAT ROUTE, BUT YOU HAVE THE BOCES V BOARD IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE FROM MANY DISTRICTS.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT? C BARBIES, C RVS, BOTTOM LINE, AND IN WORK.
>> REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE GAINING THE APPETITE FROM INDIVIDUAL BOARD.
LOOKING AT THAT INCREASE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY LIMITED IN OUR OPTIONS OF WHAT THOSE FUNNY PLACES ARE.
WE WANTED TO SEE BECAUSE THAT IS AN OBVIOUS CHOICE.
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AND THEN THE PRESENTATION YOU CAN SEE AFTER SIX YEARS OF EVERYBODY WOULD CONTRIBUTE.LIKE THAT, WE COULD GET THIS DONE.
WE'D ACTUALLY LOOK AT BARBIE, EVEN CC, THE MILL LEVY GOING FORWARD BECAUSE MOST OF OUR ALL OTHER OPERATIONS ARE RUNNING [NOISE] INTO BLACK.
WE HAVE SOME MAJOR UPDATES THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT HAD BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A WHILE.
IF WE DO NOTHING, IT'S $12 BILLION WE ESTIMATE.
I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS.
WE WILL GO BACK AND DISCUSS WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF OUR BOARDS.
WE HAVE ONE BOARD THAT WILL TAKE IT TO A PUBLIC FORUM AND LET ME PRESENT IT TO DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
WE HAVE OTHER PORTS WE'RE SAYING, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO RAISE THOSE MILL FUNDS.
WE DO HAVE A MECHANISM THAT WE COULD THROUGH FEES, CONCEIVABLY.
LOOK AT THAT. WHAT WE'D WANT TO DO IS GAIN CONSENSUS BECAUSE WHERE WE STRUGGLE IS WHEN EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN IDEA OF HOW IT SHOULD WORK.
EVEN WITH SOME STATE AGENCIES WERE DEALING WITH, THEY HAVE AN IDEA HOW IT WORKS.
AT THE END, IF EVERYONE CAN MOVE INTO THAT.
THIS APPROACH ALSO WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE SKILL SET WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEMAND AND THE STATE FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND COMMUNITIES TO USE OUR SERVICES.
WE'RE NOT EXCLUSIVELY SERVING OUR MEMBERS.
HOW DO THEY PAY THAT SHARE OF THOSE FACILITY COSTS OF THAT USE? I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WE REALLY DISCUSSED THAT WOULD MAYBE EQUALIZE THAT TO SOME DEGREE IF WE COULD PUT THOSE FACILITIES FEES ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENT CONTRACTS.
NOT JUST OUR MEMBERS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE ON THE HOOK, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM FOR ALL THOSE FACILITY FEES, WHEN WE'VE REALLY BEEN SERVING THE STATE FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE OF THOSE NEEDS AND IN THE BYLAWS AND THEN THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE FOR BOTH CVS, THAT'S APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE LOOKED INTO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT.
I DO THINK THERE'S A PATH FORWARD IN THAT, AND I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT AND SEE WHAT OTHER MEMBERS THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL JUST BE EASIER FOR US TO DO THAT.
BUT I THINK REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS ENDS UP WE'D LIKE THE IDEA OF THE FACILITY FEE, ESPECIALLY FOR NON-MEMBERS.
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECAPTURING THOSE DOLLARS.
>> JUST SO I GET THIS CLEAR. IF WE DON'T LEVY A MILL OR WE CONSIDERED THAT A NON-MEMBER AND THEN WE WOULD PAY A HIGHER FEE, BUT THEN IT'S ALL REVERSED BY THE STATE. [NOISE]
>> IT IS. I WOULD MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU OFFICIALLY PUT THAT VOTE IN.
IF IT'S ACTUALLY IN JULY, MAYBE WAITING ON THAT TO SEE WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE BOARD, WE MAY HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND THEN COULD COME BACK.
REALLY, WE WERE SEEKING THAT APPETITE BECAUSE OUR BOARD IS VERY MIXED ON THIS.
WE HAVE SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO DO NOT THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
I'LL BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH YOU.
THERE ARE SOME THAT WOULDN'T MIND, TAKE IT TO THE BOARD AND HAVE IT CONSIDERED.
I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH FEEDBACK TO TAKE THAT BACK AND SAY, MAYBE THERE'S THIS WAY AND WE CAN GO AND GET OTHER FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO DO THAT.
>> THEN THE LEVIES ARE DUE IN JUNE.
>> I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF NOT SURE WHO TO DIRECT THE QUESTION TO YOU HERE.
IF BOCES V WENT WITH THE OPTION OF RAISING THE STUDENT FEES, THAT IS REIMBURSABLE 100% BY THE STATE.
ALSO INCREASING THAT FEE TO WHERE THEY CAN BEGIN THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHECKBOOKS, BUILDING THAT UP.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE THE STATE WOULD THEN START CUTTING THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR IEPS AND NOT REIMBURSE THAT FULL AMOUNT THAT'S BEING REQUESTED?
THAT'S NO, I DO NOT SEE THAT WOULD BE CUT AT ALL.
THE TOTAL COSTS. I DON'T KNOW A WAY WHERE THEY COULD CAP THAT AMOUNT.
IF WE WERE TO VOTE TO REDUCE OR REMOVE THE MILL LEVY FOR BOCES V, IS THERE ANY DISRUPTION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEIR FUNDING MECHANISM OR WOULD THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO RAISE THOSE FEES AND NOT SEE THE DISRUPTION TO FUNDING?
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>> THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE PATH FORWARD BECAUSE EVERYONE'S MAKING THOSE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS, IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN DISTRICT CHOICE.
WE CAN AWAIT TILL EVERYBODY MAKES THE DECISION AND THEN WE KNOW THAT BOTTOM LINE IN AUGUST AND THEN WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
THERE WE DO OUR BEST ESTIMATES BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT.
IT COULD BE A DIFFICULT TRANSITION.
[NOISE] I SAID, WE HAVE A DISTRICT WHO'S ENTERTAINING HALF OUR MILLS AND WE HAVE SOME WHO ARE ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS AS YOU.
>> ONE OTHER QUESTION, WHAT IS THE APPETITE OF YOUR BOARD TO RAISE YOUR FEES TO WHERE THE STUDENTS AND IEPS THE STATE WOULD OFFER HIGHER REIMBURSEMENT? BUT AS YOU GO HIGHER FEES.
>> I HAVEN'T BROUGHT THAT BACK.
I SAID THAT WHEN WE WERE DEBATING HOW WE WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO OUR INDIVIDUAL BOARDS.
IF A MAJORITY OF BOARDS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
WHAT WOULD BE THOSE ALTERNATIVES? WE WOULD GO INTO THAT FEE.
I THINK WE WOULD STRUCTURE IN A WAY THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY, WE WOULDN'T KEEP THOSE.
WE WOULD USE THOSE FEES AND THEN CONTINUE TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO FUNDING IS WHAT WE WOULD DO.
>> MR. MAYOR, BUT I DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
>> SURE. WOULD YOU DO JUST A TWO-MINUTE HISTORY LESSON FOR US, LIKE YOU DID WITH ME THIS MORNING? THIS WAS REALLY A GOOD STUFF.
>> BILL EVER TALKED TO ME BEFORE I MENTIONED.
WHEN WE WERE KIDS, C BARBIE WAS VERY DIFFERENT.
>> WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> THERE WAS A GROUP OF PARENTS THAT GOT TOGETHER HERE IN JACKSON.
THEY HAD SOME STUDENTS WHO HAD PRIMARILY PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
AT THOSE TIMES, 1970S, THERE WAS TOUGH FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
THEY CREATED A SEPARATE SCHOOL TO DEAL WITH THIS.
OVER TIME, SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE GOT VERY GOOD AT DEALING WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE REALLY WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANYMORE.
OVER TIME, C BARBIE HAS TRANSFORMED IN SERVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDENTS, AND A LOT OF TIME AS STUDENTS WE'RE SERIOUSLY EMOTIONAL CD, WHICHEVER.
THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY WITH IN THE CLASSROOM, DISRUPTIVE.
THIS HAS BECOME A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY HERE IN JACKSON.
THOSE BUILDINGS BEING THERE SINCE THE LATE '70S, EARLY '80S THEY'RE OLD.
THEY WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR HOW WE WOULD DESIGN TODAY WITH CHILDREN.
THERE'S A LOT OF HIDDEN CORNERS.
IF YOU GO TO THE SHERIDAN GIRLS SCHOOL, THEY'VE DESIGNED EVERYTHING.
YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE SO YOUR PEOPLE AREN'T HIDING AND JUMPING OUT.
ANYWAY, SO IT'S A POOR DESIGN IS WHAT I WAS SAYING.
POOR DESIGN AND IT'S NOT REALLY WELL BUILT AND THERE'S A SCHOOL THERE AND EVERYTHING.
OVER TIME I DON'T REMEMBER REACHING FIVE OF THOSE [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S NOT FIVE OF THEM BY THE WAY, THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY SHOULD CHANGE THEIR NAME BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FOR OTHER ONES.
WHEN BETSY GETS ON THE PHONE ONCE A MONTH AT 08:30 AT NIGHT TO TALK TO THE 13 OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
THERE ARE SIX PRINCIPLES ON THERE AND DAN AND ALL HIS STAFF, IT'S A INTENSE MEETING BECAUSE 13 PEOPLE ESSENTIALLY TRIED TO RUN THIS THING.
DAN DOES AN AMAZING JOB AND THE STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB.
HE HAS REALLY GOOD PRINCIPLES, REALLY GOOD TEACHERS.
BUT HE INHERITED A SYSTEM THAT IS INHERENTLY NOT A GREAT SYSTEM BECAUSE IN 2004 WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER WITH THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, NO ONE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE BOCES PROGRAMS. THE STATE DOES NOT GIVE THEM ANY FUNDING.
WHERE WE GET FUNDING BASED ON ADM AND ALL OF THAT AND WE GET OUR GUARANTEED AMOUNT, THEY GET NONE OF THEM SO THEY HAVE TO FIND REVENUE WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE, THEY HAVE DAY SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE STATE.
THEY WANTED GLEN ROCK, WANTED GREEN RIVER, WANTED HUDSON.
SPRING RIVER, DID I SAY? ANYWAY, AND DAY SCHOOLS ARE THERE, THAT'S WHERE YOU COME DURING THE DAY UNTIL THEY RUN OUT.
IT'S A TRUE SCHOOL FOR THOSE AREAS.
THEN WE HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY HERE.
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ONE OF THE BIG CONUNDRUMS IS, IS THIS THE BEST LOCATION FOR A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR KIDS WHERE THE HOUSING COSTS ARE SO MUCH? OR IS THIS BETTER LOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE? THE BOARD SPENT A LOT OF TIME DEBATING THAT AND DECIDED NO, WE WANT TO STAY IN JACKSON.FINE. NOW THEY HAVE TO FIND A WAY HOW DO YOU REPAIR THESE BUILDINGS.
HOW DO YOU UPDATE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SO OLD? I MEAN, IF YOU'VE GONE OUT AND TAKEN A TOUR, CERTAINLY ARRANGE THAT AND YOU CAN WALK THROUGH ALL THE BUILDINGS, THEY'RE TOUGH BUILDINGS.
DAN'S OFFICE HAS THIS WEIRD FIREPLACE IN THE MIDDLE.
ONLY ONE TIME I WAS TOLD NOT TO.
>> JUST SIT THERE, BUT THE FIREPLACE IN HIS OFFICE.
THE PROBLEM IS HOW THEY COLLECT REVENUE IS SO INTERESTING.
A SCHOOL DISTRICT SENDS A CHILD TO C BARBIE A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY.
THEY'RE THERE FOR A WHILE, POTENTIALLY YEARS TO C BARBIE.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS COMPENSATED ENOUGH MONEY, MOVES ON TO C BARBIE.
THE MONEY FOR THAT CHILD IS THERE.
THEY GET THE MONEY FROM THE STATE THROUGH THE REIMBURSING, BUT THEY ALSO TAKE DFS KIDS.
YOU GET DFS KIDS, THESE ARE KIDS THAT COURT-ORDERED TO BE THERE AND THEY PAY A TOTALLY DIFFERENT RATE.
THEN TO FIND MORE REVENUE THEY ASK THE 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ALSO THE PROPERTY TAX.
I'M FINALLY GETTING TO THE POINT OF THE STORY.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS WHERE IT GETS REALLY WEIRD.
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT WHAT A 0.2 WILL GIVE YOU.
WHEN WE DO A 0.2, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
WHEN BIG TINIER PINEDALE DOES A 0.2, A LOT OF MONEY MORE THAN US.
FREMONT 14, THEY DO 0.2, NOT VERY MUCH.
>> WHATEVER THEY DO, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOW AMOUNT.
LET'S SAY WE'RE ALL DOING 0.2 BECAUSE I USED TO ARGUE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD AT LEAST 0.2.
IF ONE DISTRICT IS DOING 0.2, WE ALL DO 0.2.
BUT THEY ALL DO DIFFERENT AMOUNTS. THEY'RE ALL UP AND DOWN.
THAT'S THE CONFUSING PART AND THE REALLY STRANGE PART IS EVERYONE SAYS, WELL, YOU PICK YOUR MEMBERS AT LEAST 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALL MEMBERS.
WHAT IS THE VALUE YOU'RE GETTING FOR BEING A MEMBER? BECAUSE TETON COUNTY IS NOT A MEMBER, BUT THEY SEND THE MOST KIDS THERE.
HERE'S THE TETON COUNTY SENDING THE MOST CHILDREN THERE BUT THEY'RE NOT EVEN A MEMBER AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCOUNT BUT SUPERINTENDENT EXPLAINED VERY WELL, WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT DISCOUNT, IT'S THE STATE PAYING THE BILL.
IT'S THIS WEIRD SYSTEM THAT THEY INHERITED.
HE DIDN'T REALLY HE CAME INTO IT HE'S DEALT WITH IT AS BEST AS HE CAN.
BUT IT'S A COMPLICATED SYSTEM.
I THINK WE NEED TO PHASE OUT THE PROPERTY TAX AT SOME POINT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS SAYING TONIGHT, YOU KNOW NOW WE'RE AT 0.15, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE ASKING POTENTIALLY FOR 0.2 AND THEY WOULD USE THAT EXTRA HALF FOR FACILITIES AND THEN THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS JUST GO TO ZERO.
I WOULD MAKE ME THROW OUT MAYBE A COMPROMISE THERE A LITTLE BIT.
MAYBE WE GO TO 0.1. 0.1 WOULD STILL KEEP THEM.
COMING FROM TETON COUNTY, THAT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER THAN THE 13 MEMBERS WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING.
BECAUSE 0.1 MEANS ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH ASSESSED VALUE.
I DON'T THINK PAYING FOR THE NEW FACILITIES THROUGH PROPERTY TAX AND PARTICULARLY DISPROPORTIONATELY IS THE WAY TO GO.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY TO FIND THE FUNDING TO REBUILD THIS FACILITY OUT THERE.
IT'S A WONDERFUL FACILITY. WE ALL LOVE IT.
IT'S PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT BE SUCCESSFUL BUT I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THE AVENUE OF INCREASING PROPERTY TAX TO IMPROVE FACILITIES.
WE HAVE TWO OF OUR STUDENTS THERE.
I MADE SURE THEY'RE RESIDENTIAL DAY STUDENTS.
DAN AND HIS STAFF DO A GREAT JOB AND HE HAS PRINCIPLES THAT THE DAY SCHOOLS IN HUDSON,
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IN GREEN RIVER, IN EVANSTON, AND GLEN ROCK, THEY ALL DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB.I MEAN, IT'S DEALING WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND SO IT'S A GREAT INSTITUTION TO KEEP AND TO FOSTER.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIND A BETTER WAY OF FINANCING IT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY AS IT IS, I DON'T THINK IT'S SUSTAINABLE.
I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK TETON COUNTY TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACILITY THAT SERVES 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> PLUS SOME. I WOULDN'T COMPLETELY GET RID OF THE MILL, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE SAFE TO GO DOWN AT 0.1 AND TALK TO THESE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ABOUT COMING UP WITH A DIFFERENT FINANCING FOR HOW THESE THINGS ALL BEING PAID FOR.
BUT THEN WILL WE BE LEAVING THEM IN THE LURCH?
>> I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE BEING LEFT IN THE LURCH.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE FEES.
WE'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE AFTER THESE CONVERSATIONS, I'M GOING TO PINEDALE TOMORROW NIGHT, I WAS IN GREEN RIVER.
I'VE ALREADY STARTED FLOODING THAT WITH A FEW DISTRICTS.
I WOULD ADD THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH SOME REPRESENTATIVES, A FEW SPECIAL ED DIRECTORS AND I TO TALK ABOUT THIS, TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT TRUSTEE GINGERY SAID.
IS THAT WE NEED TO FIX THIS I MEAN, BE HELPFUL IF YOU JUST REPEATED WHAT YOU SAID TO THIS REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
HE SAID IT WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FIX.
I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE A TEMPORARY WHERE WE'RE NOT CUT COMPLETELY LOOSE SO WE CAN GET EVERYBODY A CONSENSUS TO GO TO MORE OF A FEE STRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UTILIZING THAT MECHANISM, MAYBE COMBINATION, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY FIGURE THAT OUT AND WE'LL BE TAKING THAT TO THE BOARD WHEN WE COME BACK.
I'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT FROM OTHERS, YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE TO EXPRESS THAT.
>> YOU HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
I CAN DEAL WITH ANY OF THEM. I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND IT.
>> I'M WAITING UNTIL AFTER WE MAKE A MOTION, BUT I HAVE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
AS EVERY ONE OF YOU KNOWS ONCE YOU GET ON THE BOARD, IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET UP TO SPEAK.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HISTORY AND YOUR PERSPECTIVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH OF THIS AND HAVE A REAL UNDERSTANDING, SO THANK YOU.
THEN THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY, BUT I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE AS, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE FEE STRUCTURE THING FOR 24 HOURS, REALLY, LIKE A WAY TO GO, BUT I ALSO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN PULL THE ROAD OUT.
I MEAN, I COULD SUPPORT LOWERING THE MIDDLE 2.1 AND THEN PHASING IT OUT, I THINK JUST THE IMMEDIATE CHANGE AND TO GETTING RID OF THE MILL ALTOGETHER.
I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT THAT'S THE MOST PRUDENT THING TO DO FOR C BAR B.
BECAUSE THEN IF WE STAKE HERE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO START PHASING OUT AND THINK ABOUT THAT.
THEN THAT ALSO GIVES PLAYING TO FIRE TO FIGURE OUT THE FEE STRUCTURE IN THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT'S FINE.
>> I HAVE ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION.
>> THE NON-MEMBER COMMUNITIES WHICH SEND THEIR STUDENTS, DO THEY STILL RECEIVE FULL REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE?
>> THEY DO. THE ONLY WHERE THE FUNDING MECHANISM CHANGES AS A TRUSTEE, GINGERY MENTIONED, IS WHEN WE GET WORKPLACE KIDS, THE FS KIDS AND OUR BOARD GAVE US CLEAR DIRECTION TO NOT TAKE LESS AND WE DEMAND ON ANY PLACE WHERE EVERYONE PAYS FULL RIGHT NOW, AND THAT HAS BEEN ABOARD DIRECTIVE THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALL STATE AGENCIES [INAUDIBLE].
EVEN NOW, WE'RE CORRECTING THAT PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE.
BUT YES, BACK TO THE BOTTOM LINE, EVERYBODY IS FOLDING UNREIMBURSED.
THAT'S WHY METRONA SAYS CHARGES WHATEVER. WE'RE GOING TO PLACE.
I WORRY ABOUT THE LITTLE DISTRICTS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE
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THE RESERVES ALWAYS TO BE ABLE TO DO A HIGH PLACEMENT.BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO MODIFY THAT BECAUSE AS STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS SYSTEM NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET A PLACEMENT BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL REASONS FOR THE SMALLEST OF THE DISTRICT.
IF THAT'S A BARRIER, WE NEED TO FIX THAT BARRIER FOR OUR SMALLER DISTRICTS, TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND WE WOULD SEARCH FOR A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENT ON ALL OF IT? ANYONE ONLINE FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REDUCTION OF THE REGION BY BOTH THESE MIDDLE-LEVEL REQUESTS FROM 0.15. TO 0.1 MILS AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GINGERY TO APPROVE THE REDUCTION OF THE REGION'S FIVE MOOC MILL LEVY REQUEST FROM 0.15 MILS TO 2.1 MILS AS PRESENTED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD?
>> CHAIRMAN SCARLETT, TRUSTEE GINGERY, THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY LESSON ON THAT.
HEARING ABOUT THESE STUDENTS, THEY'RE PROBABLY OF SUCH HIGH NEED FOR SO MANY COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I LIKE THE MOTION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED HERE, AND TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING LEFT IN THE LURCH.
IT IS ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS OUT THERE, WHICH NOW CAN BE TAKEN BACK TO THE BOARD AS WELL.
BUT THEY REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER FUNDING METHODS AS WELL AND TAKE ACTION ON THAT TO ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MY ONLY COMMENT IS I HOPE, TRUSTEE GINGERY, YOU CAN GO IN FRONT OF SOME OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES AND SHARE YOUR STORY AND IT WOULD HELP THE STATE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT ACTION ITEM.
CONSIDERATION OF STARTING DATES FOR THE 24 25 AND 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDARS [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GETTING REQUESTS, BUT SOME PEOPLE REALLY PLAN AHEAD.
WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE IS THE START AND THE END DATE OF THE SCHOOL CALENDAR, NOT NECESSARILY THE START AND THE END DATE FOR STAFF WE HAVEN'T PENCILED IN.
WE DON'T HAVE THE IN-SERVICE DAYS AND THE FLEX DAYS BUILT IN THERE YET.
ALSO, IN BOTH THESE CALENDARS, OUR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE 187 DAYS.
THE STATE REQUIRES ONLY 185 DAYS, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE TWO DAYS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, BUT I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL TO GET THEIR INPUT.
BUT THE STARTING POINT IS THE START AND THE END DATE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
BOTH CALENDARS REPRESENT AN AFTER-LABOR DAY START BECAUSE LABOR DAY IS VERY EARLY IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? SUPERINTENDENT? YES.
>> [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE A QUESTION.
LOOKING AT THE END DATE, AND, A CURIOUS QUESTION WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO HAVE THE END DATE EARLIER IN JUNE? JUST CURIOUS.
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[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] THIS IS THE ONLY REASON I'M ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.>> THERE'S ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. THINK ABOUT JUNE.
WHEN IT'S COLD, THERE'S NOTHING TO DO OUTSIDE.
IT'S RAINING. YOU CAN'T GET OUT AND HIKE VERY MUCH.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S WARM TO BEGIN OUT AND CONTINUOUS THING.
[LAUGHTER] WHEN YOU HAVE TO SEND YOUR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL EARLY IN AUGUST 13TH OF AUGUST, 14TH OF WEEK OF AUGUST, YOU MISS OUT ON A LOT THAT GOES ON HERE IN JACKSON.
I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
[LAUGHTER] YOU WILL BE IN CONFLICT WITH MY CONTENT [LAUGHTER] THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS START AFTER LABOR DAY.
NOW HERE IS WHAT WE LOSE, I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
HERE'S WHAT YOU LIVED. THERE ARE SOME THINGS DOWN AT UW THAT HAPPENED IN BANDCAMP.
BANDCAMP IS THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE.
THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS AROUND THE STATE THAT HAPPENED IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE, OR THIRD WEEK OF JUNE, WHEREAS IS THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS GET TO, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE LATE GETTING TO BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN SCHOOL.
BUT IT'S JUST AN EXTRA FEW DAYS IN JUNE AND I'D MUCH RATHER GO DEEP INTO JUNE THAN GIVE UP MY BEAUTIFUL LAST WEEK OF AUGUST.
THAT IS [INAUDIBLE]. IS THERE A CUT POINT TO THIS?
>> I WOULD ADD TO USE THE LANGUAGE OF THE STUDENTS TO ADD ON TO THAT, TO ELABORATE.
BUT I WOULD ADD THE CHALLENGE FOR OUR ATHLETES IN THE FALL, THEY ARE STARTING AUGUST REALLY EARLY.
IF YOU HAVE A FALL ATHLETE, YOUR KIDS ARE HERE AND THEY'RE BASICALLY WORKING.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND IS, OUR LATE START WITH THREE WEEKS OR TWO WEEKS, SOMETIMES LATER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN WYOMING.
THAT'S REALLY TWO TO THREE WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION THAT OUR KIDS MISS OUT ON.
THE AP EXAMS ARE SET BY THE COLLEGE BOARD, AND SO THOSE ARE SET IN MAY.
WE'RE ALREADY REALLY EARLY AND THEN WE LOSE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION.
THE ALTERNATIVE, YOU COULD GO EARLIER, BE OUT, OR LEAVE EVERYTHING THE SAME, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, WARM AUGUST AS IS AND REDUCE SPRING BREAK BY A WEEK.
>> MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] BILL, THAT'S SUCH.
>> TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, I ASKED ABOUT THE SHORTENING SPRING BREAK.
MY FIRST [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE TO CHECK SPRING BREAK.
>> I DID THE SAME THING WHEN I STARTED. IT WAS LIKE TWO WEEKS.
[LAUGHTER] I NOTICED THIS ONE DOES HAVE TWO WEEKS FOR CHRISTMAS. THE NEXT YEAR.
>> YES. IT CAN BE PRETTY CHALLENGING DEPENDING ON WHERE IT FALLS.
WE TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT IT IS A LONGER BREAK.
IT'S TOUGH TO BRING PEOPLE BACK FOR A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF OR JUST GENERAL DISCUSSION?
>> A QUESTION FOR SCARLETT, BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT AND IT'S TWO DAYS IN JUNE AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE ATTENDANCE AND WHAT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST TWO DAYS? I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAW.
>> BECAUSE MAYBE THEY GET OUT ON THE SECOND FRIDAY, OF JUNE.
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WELL, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW SOME HISTORY.
>> THIS IS A REALLY EARLY LABOR DAY, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S AROUND STARTING ON THE SEVENTH, AND THAT DOES MAKE IT REALLY QUITE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THIS IS STARTING ON THE 2ND OF JUNE.
>> THAT WAS GOOD TO ASK. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, TIME TO OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MAYBE NICOLE AND JASMINE WANT TO COMMENT ON THE CALENDAR.
TO LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THEIR CLASSMATES.
[LAUGHTER] ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY ONLINE? THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE START AND END DATES FOR THE 2024, 2025, AND THE 2025, 2026 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDARS AS PRESENTED.
>> THIS IS MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ZUNG TO IMPROVE THE START AND END DATES FOR THE '24, '25 AND '25, '26 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDARS AS PRESENTED.
>> I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT [LAUGHTER].
>> MR CHAIR [OVERLAPPING] I WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE ON, I WOULD SAY MORE TO YOUR THOUGHTS, IF IT WASN'T SUCH AN EARLY LATE TODAY, THAT SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER, FROM THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> NO OPPOSED. JASMINE AND NICOLE.
IF YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE OFF, LET'S TAKE OUR TEAM, I KNOW YOU HAVE STUDIES TO DO.
OR YOU CAN SIT HERE AND ENJOY. JUST LET YOU KNOW.
LAST ACTION ITEM, CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL REQUESTS TO ASSESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM AN EMPLOYEE AS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> ANY MOTION? THAT'S BEEN SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GINGERY, TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM AN EMPLOYEE AS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
SO FAR THREE FOR THE ADULTS, GINGERY AND CHAIRMAN SCARLETT, JOHNSON KNOWS THE MOST.
[F. Consent Agenda]
>> MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I CONSENT AGENDA.
ONE, APPROVAL OF STAFF CONSIDERATIONS AND REPORT APRIL 2023.
TWO, APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE MEETING MINUTES, OF APRIL 12TH, 2023.
THREE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 12TH, 2023, REGULAR MEETINGS.
FOUR, APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 2023 CHECK REGISTER.
FIVE, APPROVAL OF CAMPUS ADVANTAGE SERVICE AGREEMENT.
SIX, APPROVAL OF SOLUTION TREE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
SEVEN, APPROVAL OF THE '23, '24 ESY-RELATED SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION WITH GRANTS STEPS.
EIGHT, APPROVAL OF SMART START PLAN.
NINE, APPROVAL OF GRAND TETON FLOOR AND WINDOW COVERINGS CONTRACT TO REPLACE FLUORINE AT THE [INAUDIBLE].
TEN, APPROVAL OF GREEN WAY PAINTING CONTRACT FOR INTERIOR PAINTING AT THE DANCEHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
ELEVEN, APPROVAL OF ROAD ACT CONTRACT FOR A PARTIAL RE-ROOF DAVY JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
TWELVE, APPROVAL OF RODIN CONTRACT TO REROUTE THE ALTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIRTEEN, APPROVAL OF SNAKE RIVER MEP TO REPLACE HEAT PUMPS AT WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
FOURTEEN, APPROVAL OF FIREPROOFING AND ENCLOSING SPACE UNDER NEW BLEACHERS.
FIFTEEN, APPROVAL OF LETTER AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SIXTEEN, APPROVAL OF BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL.
SEVENTEEN, APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA.
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>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ZUNG, THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ONE THROUGH 17 AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> MR. CHAIR OF TRUSTEES, WITH THAT APPROVAL, UNDER THE STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS AND REPORTS, I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE, WITH THAT MOTION AND APPROVAL.
THE JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE BENNETT LIEBERMAN, AND THEN HE WILL BE MOVING HERE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND WILL BE JOINING US IN AUGUST AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AS A VETERAN PRINCIPAL WITH 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HARLEM.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S MOST PROUD OF IS THE INCREDIBLE GRADUATION RATES AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE ATTENDANCE FOR THEIR GRADUATES, AS WELL AS A ROBUST CAREER AND TECH ED PROGRAMMING THAT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE HIGH WAGES FOLLOWING SCHOOL.
WE'RE REALLY DELIGHTED TO WELCOME BEN AT LIEBERMAN.
ALSO, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL POSITION WILL BE SANDRA SANDERSON, AND SHE HAD A VERY BUSY DAY, IN ADDITION TO BEING THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, SHE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATIONS IN SPANISH, AND SHE WILL COORDINATE THE DISTRICT EL SERVICES, AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO BEING AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
THOSE ARE THE TWO NEWEST ADMINISTRATORS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SANDRA AND BENNETT.
>> EXCITING NEWS. WHEN DOES DR. CHRIS START THIS NEW ROLE?
>> IT DOESN'T GET SUMMER ANYMORE, DOES IT?
>> NO, HE DOES NOT. [LAUGHTER].
>> SORRY. [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL TO TURN [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] AND IT WOULD BE NICE.
>> THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION SUPPORT,
[G. Communication]
WE RECEIVED FIVE LETTERS SINCE THE LAST MEETING ABOUT OUT OUT OF COUNTY, SURVEY EMAILS, AND THE WEBSITE OF IT.>> I'M SORRY I SKIPPED RIGHT THROUGH IT, I'M GOING TO ADD IT MYSELF.
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED, SO TO THE NEXT ONE.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? YES.
>> I'LL JUST SAY I TAGGED ALONG THOSE ON THOSE TEACHER APPRECIATION OUTINGS, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DOES THIS AMAZING DEAL WHERE THESE YOUNG CHILDREN COME IN AND TELL HER WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WHAT'S GOOD WITH THE SCHOOLS.
I LEARNED A LOT. I TOLD THEM I WOULD IMPLEMENT ALL OF THESE POLICIES [LAUGHTER].
AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE NEED TO VOTE.
[LAUGHTER] THAT IS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST ONE, THE MORAN.
THEY WANTED PIZZA EVERY DAY AND THEY WERE OBSESSED WITH FACILITIES.
THEY WOULD TELL US WHICH PARTS OF THE FACILITIES THEY THOUGHT SHOULD BE IMPROVED AND THERE WAS A WHOLE DISCUSSION.
WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING WITH BALLS AT THE BASKETBALL THING AT JACKSON ELEMENTARY, IT GOES OVER THE UP REFUGE FENCE AND YOU CAN'T GET THE BALLS BACK, SO THEY WANT US TO PUT A FENCE IN, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A TALL OR A GATE OR DOOR.
IT WAS A DOOR. IT ONLY HAS TO BE AS HIGH AS A KINDERGARTENER.
[LAUGHTER] THEY ARE ASKING FOR A SMALL DOOR, THAT KINDERGARTENER COULD GET THROUGH TO GO IN AND RETRIEVE THE BALLS THAT GO OVER [LAUGHTER].
[02:20:04]
I SAID THAT IS NO PROBLEM [LAUGHTER].THE PRINCIPLES DESK WILL GET RIGHT ON THAT AND BUILD THAT NICE LITTLE DOOR, THAT'S VERY SMALL.
MY FAVORITE WAS WHEN WE WERE AT MORAN, NO IT WAS AT KELLY.
THEY WANTED US TO MOVE THE FENCE THERE, THAT WAS FUNNY.
FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL EVERYBODY WAS OBSESSED WITH FENCING THEY WANTED US TO MOVE THAT FENCE BECAUSE THE BOYS TAKE UP TOO MUCH ROOM AT RECESS [LAUGHTER] AND THE GIRLS NEED MORE ROOM AS THE BOYS WERE TAKING UP TOO MUCH ROOM.
WHICH I WAS ALREADY TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH [LAUGHTER] AND CERTAINLY REMEDY THAT SITUATION, SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT.
>> YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE FIELD TRIPS.
>> YEAH THEY WANT MORE FIELD TRIPS.
>> FIELD TRIPS ARE HIGH PRIORITY.
>> AND THE BEST PART IS I GOT TO REPORT BACK TO TEACHERS ON THE ABILITY AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, WHICH WASN'T THAT GREAT.
>> IT WAS A SMALL CLASS SIZE [LAUGHTER].
MY STRATEGIES YOU GET AT [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT THEY'RE EATING THEM AND SO THEY CAN'T REALLY GET ALL THAT SQUIRRELING, SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH SUCKERS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO TALK AND CRAZY WITH SUCKERS, WHICH EITHER FROM ANY YOU CAN THINK OF THE HIGH SCHOOL [OVERLAPPING]
>> I BECAME FUNNY, BUT I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THE SUPERINTENDENT TAKES THE TIME.
THOSE KIDS REALLY LIT UP THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS SITTING WITH THEM, ASKING THEM WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS.
SHE ASKED VERY SERIOUS QUESTIONS TO, DO YOU FEEL SAFE IN YOUR SCHOOL? IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR PEOPLE'S RESPONSES TO-, SHE HAS A WHOLE LIST OF QUESTIONS.
VERY LEGITIMATE, VERY GOOD QUESTION.
I SHOULDN'T MAKE TO MUCH FUN OF THIS BECAUSE THE KIDS REALLY ENJOY; ESPECIALLY OLDER AGES, THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT.
WE MET WITH SOME FIFTH GRADERS AND THEY WERE REALLY THOUGHTFUL, AND SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE DOING A LOT MORE OF THAT.
I THINK THEY WERE REALLY GOOD ABOUT ASKING THE PARENTS WHAT THEY THINK TEACHERS AND THEN WE'D ASK THE STUDENTS, HOW ARE WE DOING? AND CLEARLY WE'RE NOT DOING WELL WITH THE PIZZA.
>> I ENJOYED THE VISITS AS WELL.
I THINK THE KEY INGREDIENT IS SUGAR [LAUGHTER] ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS.
TEACHERS WOULD TELL THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEM [LAUGHTER].
>>I WAS CRAZY WHEN I WAS A KID.
THEY GAVE ME A BUNCH OF SUGAR THAT [LAUGHTER].
>> ONLY HAPPENED FOR 30 MINUTES THOUGH [LAUGHTER].
>> I APPRECIATE TRUSTEE GETTING RID OF SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND EVERYBODY'S PATIENTS AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW THE DISTRICT RUNS, AND IT IS QUITE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND IT WILL CONTINUE I KNOW.
I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SIT HERE AND PARTICIPATE.
>> DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SCHEDULING AND PROFITS TRUSTEE SAM.
>> I WOULD LIKE AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO- WE NEED TO GET STAFF TO WORK ON OR TO BRING TO THE BOARD HOW WE CAN TRANSFER OUR LONGER MOUNTAIN SEWER, WHICH I'VE TAKEN ON FROM YOU AS MY PET PROJECT TO THE COUNTY, WHICH I THINK IS THE ENTITY THAT'S BETTER SUITED TO RUN THAT SYSTEM.
AND OUR INTENT AND UPSET NET WAS TO GIVE IT OVER TO A SEWER DISTRICT AND OTHER ENTITY TO RUN.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FORWARD WITH.
>>SO IN THE COUNTY GUIDE, SUGGESTS STAFF FORMAL LETTER.
>> BE NICE, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING AND BE AN ACTION ITEM FOR US.
A LETTER, JUST A VERY SIMPLE LETTER SAYING, WE OWN THE SEWER LINE [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> FOR THE CHAIR TO SIGN, SO IT'S COMING FROM OUR BOARD CHAIRMAN TO THEIR BOARD CHAIRMAN.
THEN THAT WAY THEN THE STAFF HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION FROM BOTH BOARDS THAT TO GO AHEAD AND START MOVING FORWARD WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO AN EFFECTIVE TRANSFER THAT BENEFITS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT ALSO BENEFITS THE HAWK ISLAND AND HAVOC COMMUNITY.
THAT SEWER LINE IS IT'S MORE USEFUL TO MORE PEOPLE.
[02:25:01]
>> BUT I THINK A VERY SHORT LETTER, GOOD TECHNIQUE REPAIRED BEYOND THE ACTION ITEM NEXT MEETING FOR US TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR.
>> I THINK THE NEXT ITEM IS REVIEW OF THE MEETING.
>> YEAH READING IT'S PRETTY EFFICIENT.
>> THE CLOCK STILL 12 [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU ALL, YOU ALL DO AN EARNEST AMOUNT OF WORK IN BETWEEN MEETINGS AND IT DOESN'T GO RECOGNIZED EITHER IN SMALL COMMITTEE GROUPS OR WITH ALL OF THE ASSIGNMENTS AND IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
ADVANCED PLANNING. NOTHING. YEAH, NEXT,
[H. Advanced Planning]
WE GOT JUNE 8TH SUMMIT INNOVATION, SCHOOL GRADUATION AND THEN JUNE 10TH AND THAT WILL BE OUT HERE IN THE STADIUM, CORRECT? NOT BACKED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL INSURANCE BUREAU. YES.>> ONE QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION, WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE THAT I KNOW.
BUT FOR SUMMIT, NO GOWNS FOR THE BOARD.
>> OUR ROBES. WHATEVER THEY ARE.
>> OKAY. FOR THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE ITEM LEFT.
>> I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
>> YOU TOLD ME TO GET IT GOING [INAUDIBLE].
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.