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[A. Call to Order]
THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.>> TONIGHT, STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS, SUCCESS FOR ALL, SAFE HEALTHY AND CARING ENVIRONMENT, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS AND POSITIVELY ENGAGED IN INFORMED COMMUNITIES STRATEGIC PLANS.
THAT, THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[B. Approval of the Agenda]
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, BUT YOU HAVE SIX AND SEVEN OF CONSENT ON TO ACTION ITEMS.
>> I PROBABLY BOTH. I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
>> THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED INTO THE AGENDA WITH THE STATED CHANGES OF MOVING CONSENT ITEMS 6 AND 7 ONTO THE ACTION ITEMS. AS ITEMS NUMBER, I GUESS BE ACTION ITEMS 8 AND 9?
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ADDITIONS OR CHANGES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? THE AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[C. Superintendent's Report]
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. THIS IS AN EXCITING WEEK.
MAY 6 THROUGH 10 IS THE NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ALL RESPECT AND APPRECIATE AND HONOR OUR TEACHERS ALL THE TIME.
BUT NATIONALLY, THIS IS THE WEEK THAT'S DESIGNATED.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE A STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND ADVISORY COUNCIL IN EACH OF THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I PULLED STUDENTS IN MY STUDENT LEADERSHIP GROUP AND ADVISORY COUNCIL ON WHAT THEY LIKE BEST ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.
ONE SAID THEY HELP US LEARN EVEN WHEN WE DON'T WANT TO [LAUGHTER] ANOTHER STUDENT SAID THEY SUPPORT US WHEN THINGS ARE HARD.
THEY ARE NICE, THEY ARE KIND, THEY MAKE LEARNING FUN, AND THEN ONE STUDENT SAID, I PRETTY MUCH ONLY LIKE THE FIELD TRIPS [LAUGHTER].
IT'S ALSO SCHOOL NURSE APPRECIATION DAY TODAY.
I POSE THE SAME QUESTION TO MY STUDENTS ABOUT SCHOOL NURSES, AND THEY SAID SCHOOL NURSES ARE AWESOME.
THEY GIVE US BAND-AIDS WHEN WE NEED THEM AND SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN WE DON'T.
I LIKE LAYING DOWN IN THEIR OFFICE SO I CAN TAKE A BREAK FROM THINGS. THEY ARE NICE [LAUGHTER].
A HUGE APPRECIATION FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOL NURSES.
REALLY, ALL OF OUR STAFF AND I KNOW IN EACH OF THE BUILDINGS, THEY HAD CELEBRATIONS THIS WHOLE WEEK.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION.
THE NEXT ITEM, I'M GOING TO HAVE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR MIKE HANSON CELEBRATE THE NEXT TWO.
>> SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES.
DECA IS AN ACTIVITY WE ACTUALLY JUST STARTED TWO YEARS AGO, LET BY OUR TEACHER PAM DAVIDSON, AND WE HAVE PARKER HARRISON AND GABE CANTOR HERE AS WELL, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP.
THEY JUST WENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND YOU'VE SEEN GABE MANY TIMES, AND I'LL TURN OVER TO PAM TO TALK MORE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
>> THANK YOU. WE STARTED DECA LAST YEAR.
IT IS A CO-CURRICULAR ORGANIZATION FOR EMERGING LEADERS WITHIN BUSINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MARKETING, ANYTHING SURROUNDING THAT.
IT PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO SHOWCASE SKILL SETS THAT THEY'VE LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM AND PUT THOSE INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
SO PARKER, LAST YEAR, DID DECA AS WELL TOO, AND I THINK HE SWEET-TALKED GABE TO JOINING THIS YEAR.
GABE HUNGED OUT SOME WITH US LAST YEAR AND DEFINITELY JUMPED IN FULL FORCE THIS YEAR.
BUT THEY JUST DID TREMENDOUS AT OUR STATE COMPETITION.
THEY HAD HIGHEST SCORES IN THE MARKETING EXAMS RESPECTIVELY.
WE JUST GOT BACK FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
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THERE WAS OVER 23,000 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THERE FOR DECA.COUNTRIES THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS LIKE GERMANY, TURKEY, CHINA, WAS THERE.
THESE TWO GUYS GOT FIRST IN THEIR EVENT, SO I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED.
YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM THEM.
>> THANK YOU. DECA IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED.
PARKER, AS MISS STEVENSON SAID, BROUGHT ME INTO IT.
I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE A LOT MORE BORING THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.
YOU GOT TO GO, SIT, TAKE A 100 QUESTION MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ON MARKETING AND EVERYTHING SURROUNDING THAT.
AND YOU GOT TO SIT THROUGH THAT.
BUT THEN AFTER THAT, YOU GET TO DO SOMETHING, AN EVENT CALLED ROLL PLAY, WHICH IS PARKER AND I SIT.
WE SIT DOWN AND WE GET A SHEET OF PAPER THAT HAS A SCENARIO.
IT SAYS YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING OF SO-AND-SO COMPANY, SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
YOU HAVE HALF AN HOUR TO PREPARE A THOROUGH 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION TO A PANEL THAT JUDGES ON WHAT YOUR IDEAS ARE AS A GROUP.
AND FOR ME, THAT'S A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE NOT ONLY AM I TESTED ON MARKETING CONCEPTS AND BUSINESS CONCEPTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I ACTUALLY GET TO GO AND I GET TO APPLY THOSE CONCEPTS AND I GET TO SOLVE DIFFERENT REAL WORLD PROBLEM WITH THREE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS THAT COMPANIES CAN ACTUALLY USE AND THAT I CAN LEARN FROM AS I MOVE FORWARD INTO MY CAREER THROUGH THE REST OF MY LIFE.SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS FOR ME IN TERMS OF THE COMPETITION ITSELF.
>> AND TO ADD TO THAT, A BIG PART OF IT FOR ME WAS GETTING TO GO, LIKE MISS STEVENSON SAID, THERE WERE 23,000 PEOPLE THERE.
SO GETTING TO GO AND MEET PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR AGE AND INTERESTED IN THOSE SAME THINGS AND ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF BUSINESSES AND GETTING TO DO THAT NETWORKING WAS REALLY VALUABLE FOR ME.
>> THEY DO A FUN LITTLE ACTIVITY, I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO SHOW.
EVERY STATE OR COUNTRY MAKES A PIN THAT REPRESENTS THEIR STATE.
IN WYOMING, THE STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGED TO CREATE THE PIN AND THEN IT'S VOTED ON.
THIS YEAR, IT'S A LITTLE COWBOY BOOT WITH THE HAT, AND THE DECK OF SYMBOL IS THE SPUR THAT SPINS.
SO IT WAS A HOT ITEM ON THE MARKET.
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S OREGON'S NIKE JORDAN SHOE [LAUGHTER].
SO TO SEE PEOPLE NEGOTIATE, BUT I THINK JUST AS ALMOST JUST AS MUCH, ALMOST JUST AS MUCH AS THEM WINNING FIRST.
I CAN'T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS IS UNTIL YOU'RE THERE AND YOU SEE MAGNITUDE OF IT.
BUT THE THING I LOVE EVERY YEAR IS WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT GO THAT ARE VERY SHY AND BASHFUL AND DON'T TALK OR COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL.
AND WITHIN A MATTER OF A FEW DAYS JUST DOING A LITTLE ICEBREAKER NETWORKING ACTIVITY WITH PIN TRADING LIKE THIS, THEY JUST LOST THEM AND COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL.
SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE THIS WEEK AND ONE OF THEM, I WAS JOKING SHE WAS MY NEGOTIATIONS MANAGER BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME I WAS NOT DOING VERY GOOD AT THE PIN TRADING MYSELF.
SO SHE WAS MY MANAGER REPRESENTING ME.
THESE GUYS JUST DID TREMENDOUS AND Y'ALL SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
>> OUR NEXT ACTIVITY GROUP IS THE SPECIAL OLYMPIANS.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, BUT THEY JUST GOT BACK FROM THEIR STATE GAMES AND I BELIEVE CASPER, AND THEY'VE HAD SOME GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, SO WE'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AS WELL.
>> TRUSTEES, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE PRINTED VERSION OF THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT, SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE ANY OF THE DISTRICT LEADERS TO RESPOND TO.
>> ANY QUESTIONS DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT? YES.
>> IT'S NOT A QUESTION BUT JUST TO COMMENT.
I WAS READING THE LEADER'S REPORT YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FAMILY BREAKFAST AT WILSON ELEMENTARY THIS MORNING, SO I WENT ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I GOT TO SEE THE NEW SECURITY VESTIBULE WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED BY TRUSTEE GINGERY AND I WAS EQUALLY IMPRESSED.
IT WAS FUN TO SEE ALL THOSE FAMILIES PARTICIPATING.
>> CHAIRMAN, THE VESTIBULE IS AMAZING.
BUT WHAT'S MORE AMAZING WHEN YOU GO TO WILSON IS THE MEGALOMANIA PRINCIPLE WE HAVE.
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[LAUGHTER] THERE IS A MURAL OF HIM. IT'S SCARY.YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER AND IT IS A FULL GROWN MURAL THAT THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS MADE UP THE PRINCIPLE. IT'S AMAZING.
IF YOU GO OUT TO LOOK AT THE NEW VESTIBULE, YOU GOT TO GO AROUND THE CORNER.
MY UNDERSTANDING HE'S ALSO FORCING THE MUSIC TEACHER TO WRITE A SONG ABOUT HIM.
[LAUGHTER] THE PE TEACHER'S BEEN FORCED TO CHANGE ALL THE NAMES OF THE GAMES TO SOMETHING THAT RHYMES WITH SCOTT.
[LAUGHTER] WE REALLY NEED TO INVESTIGATE WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, VESTIBULE IS AMAZING, AND THE OFFICE IS AMAZING AND YOU WALK IN THE DOOR, IT'S REALLY WELL DONE.
I GUESS FOR SECURITY REASONS, IT'S GREAT, BUT ALSO AESTHETICALLY, THEY DID A REALLY NICE JOB.
>> ANY OTHER? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. THAT WAS VERY GOOD.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR EDUCATIONAL MOMENT AND TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO OF OUR TEACHERS, COLLIN BINKO IS GOING TO REPRESENT PERFORMING ARTS AND HANNAH HORIGAN IS GOING TO REPRESENT FINE ARTS.
BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY DO THEIR PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE RUTH MARAN AND PARTNERS AND JESSICA JOBAIR, THEIR BOARD CHAIR IS ALSO HERE.
WERE IT NOT FOR THIS LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH PARTNERS, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT OUR FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMMING WOULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT IS.
THIS IS ONE OF MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO US AND IS LONG STANDING AND ENDURING.
WITH THAT AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, [OVERLAPPING] HAVE THEM COME ON UP.
[LAUGHTER] YOU BROUGHT THE CREW?
>> WE JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU GUYS [OVERLAPPING] JUST TO HONOR OUR 30 YEARS OF COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP.
THIS IS MADE BY ABBY HAFRAF, WHO'S PROBABLY BEEN PARTNER OF OURS FOR ABOUT 28 YEARS HERSELF.
WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS COLLABORATION FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE AMAZING TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS WHO INTEGRATE PROJECTS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH RUTH AND, AS WE ALL KNOW, QUALITY ARTS EDUCATION INSIDE THE CLASSROOM IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS STUDENTS WITH MATH, WITH SCIENCE, WITH READING, WITH EXPLORING, WITH LEARNING MORE, AND SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DISCOVERING HIDDEN TALENTS IN THE ARTS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT A DEEPER LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> IT IS TRULY BRINGING LOCAL ARTISTS INTO THE CLASSROOM TO SERVE AS NOT ONLY A ROLE MODELS POTENTIAL JOB, BUT JUST ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS ABLE TO INFLUENCE THEIR CREATIVITY.
AS WE KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN ENGAGE CHILDREN INTO WHAT THEY'RE STUDYING, THE MORE THEY LEARN, AND ONE OF THE FOUNDING PARTNERS OR BOARD MEMBERS, THIS WAS STARTED IN 2004.
>> THIRTY YEARS AGO, A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE CULTURAL COUNCIL AT JACKSON HOLE, MYSELF, SUPERINTENDENTS AT THE TIME, WE GATHERED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE TO MAKE SURE THE ARTS STAYED ALIVE AND WELL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT THE LOCAL ARTISTS WHO WERE BEING CALLED UPON TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME WOULD IN FACT BECOME PAID FOR THEIR TIME SO THAT WE WEREN'T OVERDOING IT, BUT VOLUNTARY REQUESTS, AND A SPECIAL THING I FEEL THAT CAME OUT OF IT AS I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, PEOPLE LIKE LIBBY LITZCRUZ WHO JUST CAME IN AND HANNAH, THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS EITHER ARTIST OR LIBBY WAS OUR DIRECTOR FOR A LONG TIME, IT WAS SO IMPACTFUL TO THEM THAT THEY BECAME CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
WE HAVE AN ART TEACHER, AND WE HAVE LIBBY DOING FULL HOLDINGS SIGNUPS, SO JUST TO INFLUENCE AND WE WERE STUDIED, GOSH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, TIME FLIES, [INAUDIBLE], HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAD A STUDY AND WE WERE SELECTED TO BE IN THE STUDY, AND WE WERE UP AGAINST MINNESOTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
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AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WERE DEEMED A PROMISING ARTS PROGRAM AND THEY WERE RIGHT BECAUSE THAT [INAUDIBLE] ALIVE AND WELL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP.[INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] I WONDER IF I CAN PUT IT IN MY [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER].
>> I THINK ALL OF US ON THE BOARD APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND THOSE OF US WITH KIDS IN SCHOOLS HAVE EXPERIENCED IT REALLY CLOSELY AND SOON TO HAVE GRAND-KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS.
>> AND THE ALPHABATE DANCE [LAUGHTER].
>> SO COLLIN BINKO, HANNAH HORIGAN ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, SO TAKE IT AWAY TO YOU.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I AM CURRENTLY THE CHOIR DIRECTOR AND GUITAR DIRECTOR AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NEXT YEAR, I'LL BE MOVING UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO TAKE OVER BAND, CHOIR, ORCHESTRA, AND GUITAR UP THERE, AS WELL AS SERVE IN A MUSIC DEPARTMENT HEAD ROLE FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE WERE ASKED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ART AND THE MUSIC AND CERTAINLY, IT'S LIKE PARTNERS IN THE STRONG ART.
WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, THERE'S EQUALLY STRONG MUSIC HAPPENING BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE SCHOOLS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO K5, WE OFFER GENERAL MUSIC, WHICH VARIES BY AGE AND BY SCHOOL, BUT IT'S GENERALLY AROUND 50 MINUTES ONCE A WEEK.
OUR K5 MUSIC TEAM IS CLINTON WEAVER, EMMA BITTNER, JENS GADE, AND ROBIN CLOSSON.
THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND TIME IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND TO SEE IT, AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
WHEN WE JUMP TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE I COULD SPEAK THE BEST FOR, WE HAVE A TON OF EXCITEMENT AND A TON OF MOMENTUM AROUND THE PERFORMING ARTS AND AROUND MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE OFFER CHOIR, WHICH IS LED BY MYSELF, BAND, WHICH IS LED BY PETER CLOSSON, ORCHESTRA LED BY VINCENT GUTWEIN AND THEN VINCENT AND MYSELF SPLIT A GUITAR PROGRAM.
TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE WHERE THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING IN THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I CAME TO THE DISTRICT THREE YEARS AGO FROM BOSTON, AND IN MY CHOIR AT THE TIME, WE HAD 45 KIDS ROUGHLY SIX, EIGHT.
NEXT YEAR, WE'RE PROJECTED AT 172 STUDENTS IN OUR CHORAL PROGRAM. IT IS AWESOME.
WE ARE SEEING THAT SAME LEVEL OF RETENTION FROM SIXTH GRADE WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE A MUSIC.
THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, THE RETENTION RATES HAVE SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF.
BAND IS GOING FROM 128 TO 164 NEXT YEAR, AND ORCHESTRA IS GOING FROM 78 TO 96.
THERE IS A TON OF MOMENTUM, A TON OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THE MUSIC, AND IT CERTAINLY TAKES A FULL TEAM EFFORT BETWEEN ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE HAVE A TON OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THERE.
IN THE CHORAL PROGRAM, WE SENT STUDENTS TO OUR AREA ALL STATE, WHICH WAS A SIXTH, SEVENTH GRADE FESTIVAL AND A SEVENTH, EIGHTH GRADE FESTIVAL.
WE HAD 12 STUDENTS EACH TIME REPRESENT JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE STARTED A CAROLING TRADITION THAT I HOPE CONTINUES IN TOWN SQUARE AND DID A BUS TOUR OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH OUR KIDS CAROLING.
I'M GOING TO SEND TON OF FUN THANK YOU TO THE PRINCIPALS THAT ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE A SELECT CHOIR, WHICH MEETS BEFORE SCHOOL TWICE A WEEK, AND THEY WERE FEATURED AS GUEST MUSICIANS AT THE JACKSONVILLE CHORALE HOLIDAY CONCERT AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHICH WAS ANOTHER GREAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT FOR OUR SELECT CHOIR.
ORCHESTRA ALSO IN EIGHTH GRADE PARTICIPATES IN STRING FEST AT WAC HALL AND WITH GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, ZACHARY SINGER IS OUR CURRENT DIRECTOR, AND HE LEADS CHOIR BAND, ORCHESTRA, AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC, WHICH IS GOING TO BE CHANGING INTO A GUITAR CLASS NEXT YEAR WITH THE HOPE OF RECAPTURING STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE TAKEN MUSIC IN THE PAST AND THEN HAVE LEFT THE PROGRAM.
THIS, I HOPE WILL SERVE ANOTHER ENTRY POINT TO RE-ENGAGE STUDENTS IN OUR MUSIC PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE A PEP BAND, A STRING CLINIC THAT HAPPENS IN OCTOBER SOUTHWEST DISTRICT FESTIVAL FOR BAND ORCHESTRA AND ALL STATE FESTIVAL FOR BAND, ORCHESTRA, AND CHOIR.
THIS YEAR AT ALL STATE, OUR ORCHESTRA RECEIVED A SUPERIOR RATING, WHICH IS THE TOP RATING, AND THAT CERTAINLY IS THE HARD WORK OF THE KIDS, BUT ALSO THE HARDWORK MR. SINGER AND THEN MR. GUTWEIN WHO HAS BUILT THE ORCHESTRA PROGRAM HERE, CERTAINLY CANNOT GO WITHOUT PRAISE IN HIS EFFORTS.
WE ALSO, THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, DID A MUSICAL FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NEXT YEAR, I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT INTO A 6, 12 MUSICAL AS WE LOOK TOWARDS REVIVING OUR DRAMA DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD 50 STUDENTS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES FRO 6-12, EVERYONE FROM 12 GRADERS AND HIGH SCHOOLERS ACTING AS
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STUDENT DIRECTORS AND TAKING LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THAT, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC TO SEE THEM HELP DEVELOP THE YOUNGER STUDENTS AND GROW THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.THAT CERTAINLY, LIBBY WOOD WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN, AS WELL AS MATT.
AND THEN MISS CHAPIN, KATHERINE CHAPIN, AND KENDALL SALEM ALSO DIRECTED IN THAT MUSIC ALONG WITH MYSELF.
A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IS HAPPENING NOT JUST IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WE'RE PULLING IN MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THERE'S AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM HAPPENING AT WILSON, LED BY CLINTON WEAVER, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH TETON MUSIC SCHOOL TO START A BEFORE STRINGS PROGRAM AT COLTER.
BY ALIGNING OURSELVES WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, REALLY FOCUSED ON HELPING OUR KIDS.
AMANDA HAS BEEN GREAT AT TETON MUSIC SCHOOL.
WE HOPE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAMMING NEXT YEAR TO A AFTER SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM AND EXPAND AFTER SCHOOL STRINGS OUT TO MORE SCHOOLS.
REALLY BY GETTING THESE KIDS PLAYING INSTRUMENTS EARLIER, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL THE WAY THROUGH AS WE LOOK TOWARDS MAKING A HUGE ROBUST PROGRAM.
WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH OFWAAR FOR THE MUSICAL.
GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH SUPPORT OF LAURA WANNICK HAS BEEN COMING IN AND HELPING WITH ORCHESTRA, CATHEDRAL VOICES AND LAURA HUCKIN HAS BEEN SUPPORTING US AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
THEN WE ALSO ARE MEETING WITH ALL OF THE MUSIC EDUCATORS AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN MUSIC EDUCATION THROUGH COLBY MITCHELL AND SYSTEMS OF ED TO ORGANIZE EVERYONE IN A WAY THAT WE CAN BE MOST BENEFICIAL TO OUR STUDENTS.
I'M UP HERE AND HAVE A QUICK SECOND BEFORE I TURN OVER TO HANNAH.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO PUBLICLY THANK OUT SOME PEOPLE WHO GO UNBANKED, BUT HELP OUR PROGRAMS IMMENSELY.
MIKE PATTON AND HEATHER PARKS, SUSAN JONES, AND LAURA HUCKIN HAVE ALL ACCOMPANIED FOR OUR VARIOUS CONCERTS FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEIR TIME IS SUPER VALUABLE AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM.
PEARSON BEASLEY HELPED OUT, GAVE UP HIS TIME.
HE'S THE SOUND ENGINEER AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS TO HELP US DO SOME THE MUSICAL AND THEN WILLIE, BROOKS AND ANDY MAHONEY AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS ALSO HELPED FACILITATE THE USE OF THAT SPACE FOR OUR WINTER CHORAL CONCERT, WHICH WAS A HUGE HIGHLIGHT THIS YEAR.
AND THEN AMANDA FLASHBACH AND LAURA HUCKIN, BOTH WITH CATHEDRAL VOICES AND TETON MUSIC SCHOOL, HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING SUPPORT AND HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN TO FINDING WAYS THAT THEY COULD HELP SUPPORT AND GROW OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS. FINALLY, APRIL 9TH COMING UP AT JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS HOLTERS END OF THE YEAR CONCERT.
APRIL 14TH, 15TH, AND 16TH IS A TRIO.
WE HAVE BAND GOING FIRST CHORAL CHOIR GOING NEXT AND ORCHESTRA.
THAT IS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL COMBINED CONCERTS.
APRIL 23, WE HAVE MUNGER'S CONCERT OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL, AND THEN THE 29TH, THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION AT WILSON.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THE COMMUNITY GROUP OR ALL OF OUR SCHOOL GROUPS UTILIZING OUR WONDERFUL AUDITORIUM AND USING THAT GREAT INVESTMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT THERE.
I'LL TURN OVER TO HANNAH, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM TO THE BEST THAT I CAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND MUSIC.
>> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT AND YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTING THE ARTS AND HELPING US.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM IN SCHOOL, WE'LL SEE WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
>> I'M HANNAH HORIGAN, ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHERS, AND I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE A QUICK OVERVIEW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR PLC, HOW WE CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT ON STATE ART, AND THERE'S ALSO A VIDEO AS WELL.
CURRENTLY AT JACKSON HOLE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE 855 STUDENTS OF THOSE 201 OF THEM CURRENTLY TAKE ART DURING THE DAY.
THERE ARE THREE TEACHERS AT JACKSON HOLE HIGH SCHOOL, SHANNON BORREGO, AMY LOUGHRY, AND MYSELF, HANNAH HORIGAN.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SHARING TWO CLASSROOMS AND WE'RE EDUCATING ABOUT 23.5% OF THAT POPULATION.
ART DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OFFERING A VARIETY OF DIVERSE COURSES.
WE HAVE ART 1, 2 AND 3, AP CERAMICS 1 AND 2, SCULPTURE, 3D ART AND PHOTOSHOP.
WE ALSO JUST STARTED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS A CHAPTER OF NATIONAL ARTS HONOR SOCIETY, WHICH SHANNON BORREGO IS THE ADVISOR OF THAT.
AS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, WE HAVE BUILT DESIGNED AND ALIGNED OUR CURRICULUM.
WE HAVE SHOWCASED STUDENT WORKS IN VARIOUS PLACES.
ONE COLLABORATIVE HIGHLIGHT WE HAVE, WAS THIS YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS THE TEAM TAKEOVER AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, THAT INVOLVED THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE WERE CROSS CURRICULAR WITH MUSIC AS WELL AS DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THERE.
WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN ALIGNING FOR NEXT YEAR FOR DECEMBER 2024, AND WE'VE ASSEMBLED THE STUDENT BOARD FOR THAT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS WE'RE COMBINING DRAMA WITH IT THIS YEAR, MUSIC, AND CULINARY AS WELL AS THE ARTS IN THE NATIONAL ARTS HONOR SOCIETY.
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THAT IS ALIGNING WITH THE RIDE INITIATIVE.AS A TEAM, WE'RE CELEBRATING A NEWLY ACQUIRED ART SPACE, THE CURRENT EMPTY SHOP ROOM FOR 2024-2025.
WE'LL BECOME THE CERAMICS AND SCULPTURE ROOM AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT SPACE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE, SO WE THANK YOU GREATLY FOR THAT.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE GRATEFUL AND SUPPORTIVE OF ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY PARTNERS.
THEY ARE REALLY GREAT HELP AND WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR ENRICHING OUR CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'VE HOSTED A SCREEN PRINTING ARTIST THIS YEAR AT PAPERMAKING WORKSHOP, WHICH SUPPORTED THE LAND TRUST, AS WELL AS SHANE BARNHART AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ALWAYS HELPS US WITH OUR RAKU FIELD TRIP.
THEN WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ARTS.
THE NATIONAL ARTS HONOR SOCIETY EXHIBITS THERE AND THIS YEAR THEY EXHIBITED A STUDENT LED EXHIBITION THAT COMBINED WITH THE LAHAINA STUDENTS IN HAWAII, AND THERE WAS INTERPRETED POETRY BY STUDENTS CERAMICS 2 AND ART 2 CLASSES.
THE WILDLIFE MUSEUM ALSO SHOWCASES THE K-12 EXHIBIT, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL MAY HAVE SEEN AT SOME POINT EVERY YEAR WITH THE THEME THAT'S UP THERE AND IT'S SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THAT TIME AND SPACE.
WORKING WITH PUBLIC ARTS IS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT HONOR THAT WE HAVE.
ONE PROJECT ON THE DOCKET IS THE PEDESTRIAN.
TUNNEL THROUGH TO MUNGER, THAT'S COMING UP.
THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR REACHED OUT FOR A NEW CAR WRAP FOR TIA STANTON AND OUR SRO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE PHOTOSHOP CLASS HAS BEEN BUSY DESIGNING THAT ONE, WE'RE DOWN TO TWO FINALISTS, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A NEW WRAPPED VEHICLE.
THEY'RE DOWN TO TWO, SO WE'LL SEE.
THE STUDENTS WILL BE PAINTING LITTLE LIBRARIES AROUND TOWN.
LOOK AT THE FRESH COAT OF PAINT WHEN YOU GRAB A BOOK AND THE ARTS HAPPY TO COLLABORATE BOTH WITHIN OUR BUILDING.
SOME EXAMPLES ARE OUR COLLABORATION FOR THE TASK COLOR WEEK.
THE ART CLASS HAS MADE THE DECORATIONS FOR THE DANCE AT THE CENTER.
CULINARY AND PHOTOSHOP ARE COMBINING FOR REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE WITH SMALL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS.
ONE DID PRODUCT AND THE OTHER ONE WAS DOING PACKAGING AND LABELING.
LOSE THE VIEWS COLORING SHEETS DONE BY ART 1 AND THE PURE ART CLUB WE COMBINED WITH COURSES TO CREATE NOSO PATCHES.
THEN I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE STATE ART, AND THEN WE HAVE THE VIDEO MADE BY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT STATE ART IS.
WYOMING STATE ARTS SYMPOSIUM IS A CHANCE FOR STUDENTS ACROSS WYOMING TO SHOWCASE THEIR ART.
WYOMING IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE UNION THAT HOLDS SUCH AN EXCLUSIVE AND UNIQUE EVENT THIS YEAR, 67 WYOMING HIGH SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED AND 4,721 WORKS OF ART WERE ON DISPLAY, AND YOU'LL GET A VIEW OF THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE VIDEO.
THE STATE ART EVENT HAS 25, 2D PIECES AND 25, 3D PIECES WHICH WIN CONGRESSIONAL HONORS AND ONE PIECE FROM EACH COUNTY IS SELECTED BY THE FIRST LADY.
THEN 25% OF ALL THE PIECES ON DISPLAY WILL RECEIVE A BLUE RIBBON.
TO HIGHLIGHT HOW JACKSON HOLE DID THIS YEAR, THE SCHOOL WAS AWARDED 40 BLUE RIBBONS.
TWO OF OUR STUDENTS HAD CONGRESSIONAL HONORS, ANNA BROWN AND LOGAN HARDER, AND THEN TWO OF OUR STUDENTS WERE ALSO AWARDED THE FIRST LADY AWARD THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, ANNA BROWN AND MAGGI HOFFMAN.
STATE ART IS AMAZING WAY TO SHOWCASE THE WORKS OF ALL THE TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL WYOMING STUDENTS.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT AT THE COUNTY LIBRARY.
IT IS CURRENTLY HANGING RIGHT NOW WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE RIBBON SUBMISSIONS.
THAT IS UP NOW AND IT IS UP THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY, THAT WE WILL HAVE A FORMAL OPENING ON MAY 24TH FROM 5:00-6:00 ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SEE THAT GALLERY OPENING, AND WE WILL BE SENDING A FORMAL NOTATION TO THE BOARD FOR THAT.
AGAIN, LIKE COLIN SAID, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ARTS.
WE ARE SO THRILLED TO HAVE ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND HERE'S THAT VIDEO.
>> WYOMING STATE ARTS SYMPOSIUM IS A CHANCE FOR ART STUDENTS ACROSS WYOMING TO SHOWCASE THEIR ART WORK.
25, 2D PIECES AND 25, 3D PIECES WIN A CONGRESSIONAL AWARD.
A PIECE OF ART FROM EACH COUNTY GETS THE FIRST LD AWARD, AND 25% OF ALL PIECES SUBMITTED GET A BLUE RIBBON.
>> STATE ART TO ME IS THE COME AND SEE OTHER PEOPLE'S WORKS OF ART,
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ESPECIALLY CERAMICS, BECAUSE I'M INTO CERAMICS AND GETTING ITS BURDEN.>> TO ME, STATE ART MEANS TO EXPERIENCE MY FRIENDS WORK AND EXPERIENCE FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK AND SEE HOW THEY EXPRESS.
>> I CAME TO SEE EVERYBODY'S ART BECAUSE IT'S REALLY COOL, AND I ALSO WANTED A BREAK.
>> I WANTED TO SHOW MY NEXT PIECE OF WORK, AND ALSO TO SEE THE HARD WORK AND MET ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN WYOMING CAN PUT INTO THEIR ARTWORK AND TO SEE WHAT BEAUTIFUL THINGS WE GOING TO PRODUCE AT SUCH YOUNG AGES.
>> I COME TO STATE ART TO LOOK AT EVERYONE'S ARTWORK AND GET IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR, SO I CAN BETTER MY WORK AND I CAN MAYBE GET A BLUE RIBBON NEXT YEAR.
>> WHILE AT STATE ART, SOME THINGS THAT WE DO ARE WORKSHOPS, ACTIVITIES LIKE PICTIONARY, STILL LIFE DRAWINGS, AND OPEN MIC, AS WELL AS A BANQUET WHICH HAS AN AWARD CEREMONY AND A DANCE ACTOR.
>> MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT STATE ART WAS PROBABLY MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND GAMES LIKE TRYING TO EXPERIENCES AND SEEING EVERYBODY'S ART AND SEEING HOW TALENTED EVERYBODY IS IN THE STATE.
>> MY FAVORITE PART WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER WYOMING AND ALSO REALLY LIKED ALL THE BANQUETS AND THE DANCE AND ALL THE WORKSHOPS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO STATE ART. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU, FOLKS. [APPLAUSE]
>> QUESTION SIR FROM THE BOARD.
WHEN YOU GO TO CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON, DC, THERE IS USUALLY AN EXHIBIT OF ART FROM KIDS FROM EACH STATE.
IT CHOSEN FROM THE STATE ARTS.
>> THERE WAS 25 SELECTED WORKS SELECT ONE THAT GOES TO WASHINGTON AND THEN THREE THIS YEAR, I THINK THEY'RE HAVING HANG IN CHAN HAD A STUDENT THAT HE IN CHAN.
>> I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU.
HANNAH HANNAH, YOU MISSED BRINGING THIS WEEK SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
BUT I WANTED TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT MANY ACADEMIC THINGS.
I THINK IN SOME WAYS, WE'VE GONE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO REALLY MOVING TOWARDS STEM RATHER THAN HEARING MUCH ABOUT STEAM, WHERE THE ARTS LOT IT.
I'M REALLY DELIGHTED TO HEAR YOU BOTH TALK ABOUT MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE COME TO THE LIBRARY.
>> DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU'RE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> I HEARD YOUR NUMBERS ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HOW IS IT BEING SUSTAINED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL? DID YOU SEE A FALL OFF OR DOES THE NUMBERS SUSTAIN OR?
>> CURRENTLY, WE DO SEE A FALL OFF, BUT LOOKING HISTORICALLY AT NUMBERS AND KNOWING BUILDING PROGRAMS NEED TO START AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL.
NEXT YEAR, WE'RE HOPING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE.
RIGHT NOW THROUGH BAND ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR, 80% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN THAT SIX, SEVENTH GRADE BUBBLE WITH THE MOST IN SEVENTH GRADE.
WE'RE HOPING IN TWO YEARS TO SEE THIS BIG INFLUX.
BUT AS WE WORK TO ALIGN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND THINGS LIKE HAVING CONCERTS TOGETHER OR SIX 12 MUSICALS OR EXPERIENCES WHERE IT'S NOT MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC, BUT IT'S TCSD MUSIC.
AS WE SHIFT THAT THINKING, WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THAT INCREASE CONTINUE TO INCREASE UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> IN ONE PART YOU MAY OFF LIKE SIX JOBS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY YOU FOR EACH OF THOSE?
>> IDEALLY, AS NUMBERS INCREASE.
TO MODEL WHAT THE OTHER STATES AND DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA ARE, AS THOSE NUMBERS INCREASE IT BE FANTASTIC TO HAVE A SECOND MUSIC TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> ANSWER COULD HAVE BEEN YES.
>> IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, DO THAT.
>> BUT I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WROTE THIS PROGRAM.
OUR KIDS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND THANK YOU.
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>> JUST ONE GENERAL. I KNOW MR. DORNAN WOULD BE VERY PROUD.
HE JUST HOSTED 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS TRIP JESSE HOSPITAL BAN TO DISNEY.
TRYING TO MAKE THAT DEFICIENT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT? SCHOOL BOARD CAN TAG ALONG.
>> IT'S FANTASTIC GROWING UP HERE, I WAS FORTUNATE IN '81 WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE TO MARCH JACKSONVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND IN DISNEYLAND WITH MR. DORNAN HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE CULTURE HERE.
THEN HE FIRED UP THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 2000S WITH THE P TRIPS.
DISNEY WORLD WENT TO DISNEY RANDOM.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW HAS ME REALLY EXCITED.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NINTH GRADER NEXT YEAR THAT'S VERY EXCITED.
>> IT'S MORE THAN ANY OF US IT'S REALLY THE KIDS HAVE TAKEN THIS PROGRAM AND THE KIDS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THERE'LL BE A CULTURE IN A COMMUNITY AROUND THIS WHERE THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND BE THEMSELVES.
WE PROVIDE THE THE KIDS TAKE AND SO IT ALL BACK.
>> COMPLIMENTS TO THE CLAWSANS.
>> THANK YOU. THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT FOR THE CP.
[D. Reports and Items for Discussion]
[INAUDIBLE].>> CECILY IS VERY BUM THAT SHE CANNOT MAKE THE LAST ONE.
SHE'S AT HER SISTER'S GRADUATION.
IT'S ONLY IT WASN'T A GOOD ENOUGH EXCUSE.
>> GET STARTED WITH THIS ONE LAST PRESENTATION, GO OVER OUR PAST AND WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
THEN OUR NEXT STEPS FROM THERE.
SO QUICK RECAP OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR.
WE HAD A MASSIVE DATA COLLECTION PHASE.
WE MET WITH TEACHERS AND BOARD MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, AND EVERYONE.
WE GAINED DATA FROM EACH OF THOSE GROUPS FROM STUDENTS FROM TEACHERS AND FROM EVERYONE, AND WE SYNTHESIZE OUT AND SHOWED OUR LAST FEW BOARD MEETINGS, SOME OF OUR BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT.
OF COURSE, AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
LAST STEP OF THAT WAS TO SYNTHESIZE THAT INTO OUR FINAL PRODUCT.
>> THIS IS THE FINAL GRAPHIC CREATED WITH THE HELP OF AN AMAZING ACTUALLY PHOTO STUDENT ON MS. MORGHAN.
WILL KING HELP US CREATE THIS AMAZING GRAPHIC? KEEPING WITH THE WYOMING BOARD OF EDUCATIONS PORTION GRADUATE THE FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES OF LEARNED CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
THEN THROUGH OUR DATA COLLECTION AND THROUGH OUR BIG SPREADSHEET OF INPUT WE GOT FROM PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND THINGS, TRY TO REDEFINE THEM AND PERSONALIZE THEM FOR TETON COUNTY.
THEN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU HAVE THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES AND THEN THREE MAIN STEPS FOR TETON COUNTY IN THOSE.
THEN FROM THERE, HOPEFULLY, SOME ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT WE CAN USE THIS AS KIND OF A GUIDELINE FOR WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE IN SCHOOLS.
WHY THESE FOUR AREAS? I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE SAID WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE WYOMING TO GRADUATE AND WE SAID, WE DON'T WANT THIS.
BUT THE THING IS, IS IT'S A SOLID DOTS FOUR SOLID CONCRETE AREAS FROM WHICH WYOMING COULD LOOK AT STUDENTS, AND THEY COULD SAY, HEY, THESE ARE FOUR AREAS WHERE WE SEE POTENTIAL IN STUDENTS AS THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL AND AS THEY GO ON TO THEIR CAREERS IN LIFE.
BEYOND. AND SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER HOW WE HAVE ADAPTED EACH OF THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES AND PERSONALIZED THEN TWO TETON COUNTY TOURS FEES HERE.
THE WYOMING PORTRAIT OF THE GRADUATE PUTS A LEARN ACTUALLY IF YOU WANT TO STAND THIS PHONE FIRST ONE IS LEARN.
THE WYOMING PORTRAIT OF THE GRADUATE PUTS A BIG EMPHASIS ON WHAT OF LEARNING.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THESE CREDITS IN THESE THESE CARRICULUMS AND ALL THESE THINGS TO ACTUALLY GRADUATE AND GET YOUR DIPLOMA IN HIGH SCHOOL.
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BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS THE HOW.HOW ARE WE TEACHING STUDENTS TO GAIN THAT MINDSET TO GAIN THE CURIOSITY AND GAIN THE WILL AND THE PASSION FOR LEARNING.
BECAUSE THE THING IS THE WORLD NEEDS LIFELONG LEARNERS.
LEARNING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CONTINUE ON WITH YOU AS YOU GO ON INTO YOUR CAREER AND AS YOU LEARN TO WORK IN A JOB OR RUN A BUSINESS OR WHATEVER YOU DO FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY LEARNING.
IS THAT'S THAT FIRST CATEGORY? THE NEXT ONE IS WORK.
THE WYOMING PORTS OF THE GRADUATE AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY PRACTICAL GUIDE ON THIS.
PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE MONEY, PEOPLE NEED TO WORK.
BUT THE THING IS IS THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE IN YOUR CAREER, THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE IN YOUR LIFE EXTEND JUST BEYOND HOW YOU MAKE MONEY.
YOU'RE BOUND TO FACE DIFFERENT ACADEMIC CHALLENGES, DIFFERENT PERSONAL CHALLENGES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DIFFERENT INTERPERSONAL CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE, AND LEARNING TO WORK WITH OTHERS AND COMMUNICATE AND LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND WORK THROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES IS CRUCIAL.
THE NEXT PART. THIRD PART, IS CONTRIBUTION.
THE FIRST OBVIOUS PART OF CONTRIBUTION IS VOLUNTEERISM.
THINGS LIKE CLUBS OR COMMUNITY SERVICE OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE THING IS IN JACKSON, WE HAVE A SUPER STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE THIS TIGHT KNIT COUNTY, THIS VALUE WHERE WHETHER IT'S IN OUR SCHOOLS THEMSELVES IN THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, OR THE TOWN, WE HAVE THIS COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR STUDENTS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS BUILDING THIS COMMUNITY TOWARDS CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S THIS CLICHE. STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE.
BUT THE THING IS OUR STUDENTS HERE IN TETON COUNTY ARE THE FUTURE OF TETON COUNTY.
BY SEEING OUR STUDENTS WORK THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL TO IMPROVE TETON COUNTY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO PAY BACK LATER ON.
I THINK AS FAR AS ALL THE CATEGORIES, THIS IS THE THING THAT REALLY SETS US APART.
IN JACKSON, WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS FROM THE OUTDOORS, BEING ABLE TO DO WINTER SPORTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALL THOSE THINGS TO CULTURAL EXPERIENCES.
WE RECENTLY HAD AN EVENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH KASKALA GETTING THOSE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, HELPING OUT WITH OTHER THINGS BEYOND THE VALLEY, WHETHER THAT'S THE WIND RIVER RESERVATION OR OTHER AREAS, BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE AND THRIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE HERE AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST HOPES FOR OUR FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OFF OF THAT, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PAST SUCCESSES OF TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE AS STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO SOME FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
NOW OBVIOUSLY, NOT ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, NOT ALL OF THESE HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT THERE ARE IMAGE, A FRAMEWORK AROUND SOME OF OUR IDEAS AND SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS AS WE MOVE DOWN THIS PATH OF ACHIEVING GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVED THIS PORT TO GRADUATE.
IN TERMS OF LEARN PAST SUCCESSES, I MEAN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT A LOT OF ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN COVERING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEARS ARE CTE CURRICULUM.
WHEN YOU HAVE THESE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AND ALL THESE THINGS BUILT AROUND STUDENT AGENCY, IT REALLY HELPS DEVELOP THIS INDEPENDENCE IN THIS MOTIVATION TO HELP LEARN AND TAKE INITIATIVE THERE.
NEXT THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE WORK THAT JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN DOING WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BASED GRADING SYSTEM BY BEING ABLE TO SEPARATE OUT ABBOTS OF WORK AND THE ACTUAL GRADING SYSTEM, AND THE LETTER THAT YOU GET.
YOU THIS DEVELOPMENT OF A MINDSET WHERE IT'S NOT JUST DO I KNOW THE CONTENT, BUT IT'S AM I ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARDS IT? AM I ACTIVE LEARNING.
THE LAST THING IS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, WE'VE HAD THE FLEXUS.
THERE ARE PROS. YES, THERE ARE CONS.
YES, DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLERS HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT, BUT IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK TO BUILD AGENCY WITHIN OUR DAILY SCHEDULE TO SAY, I NEED HELP HERE.
I WANT TO DO THIS AM I TO HELP IMPROVE MYSELF IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO I'M GOING TO GO TAKE THESE ACTIONS.
AS FAR AS FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES GO.
THE FIRST ONE OF WHICH IS A LOT OF THE WORK
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THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH DOCTOR CRISP AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS TO HELP DEVELOP THESE COMPETENCIES.WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING THE MOTIVATION AROUND LEARNING AND THESE HABITS, THOSE COMPETENCIES ARE GOING TO BE CRUCIAL AROUND ACTUALLY BUILDING THOSE HABITS.
THE NEXT THING IS PERSONALIZATION AND CHOICE.
WHEN WE TALK TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE THINGS THAT MOTIVATE THEM ARE BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE AND HAVE PERSONALIZATION AND IN WHAT THEY DO ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.
WHETHER THAT'S THE ABILITY TO MAYBE CHOOSE ONE OF THEIR SPECIALS ON TOP OF THE SPECIALS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE DURING THE WEEK, OR IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, HAVING DIFFERENT PATHWAYS OF GRADUATION, SOMETHING WE MENTIONED ALL THE WAY BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
HAVING THAT PERSONALIZATION IS SOMETHING THAT HELPS STUDENTS BUILD MOTIVATION IN SELF AGENCY IN LEARNING.
THE LAST THING IS AN IDEA WE HAD TO CREATE A UNIFIED PORTFOLIO.
THE CTE DEPARTMENT IS VERY BIG ON THESE PORTFOLIOS, WHETHER IT'S IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, ALL THE CODE WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OR PHOTOSHOP HAVING DIFFERENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT YOUR PORTFOLIO.
BUT BEING ABLE TO READ HIGH SCHOOL WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE PROUD OF A UNIFIED WEBSITE, DOCUMENT, WHATEVER IT IS, WHERE YOU CAN SAY, THIS IS THE EVIDENCE I HAVE OF WHAT I'VE DONE IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY SUCCESSES.
SOMETHING I CAN LOOK BACK ON AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S REALLY HELPED ME GROW, AND BECOME A LEARNER, AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
>> SLIDE, PLEASE. THEN WE HAVE WORK.
PAST SUCCESSES HAS BEEN THE WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM WITH MARY TESS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING THAT, WHICH IS A PERFECT INTERSECTION OF CARD AND SOFT SKILLS.
THERE'S BEEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE AND HELPED TEACH CLASSES OVER AT POULTER.
THERE'S BEEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE AND INTERNED AT PHYSICAL THERAPY PLACES.
IT'S A HUGE RANGE OF OPTIONS AND REALLY VERY STUDENT ORGANIZED.
THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THEMSELVES OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND WHERE THEY WANT TO GO IN THEIR OWN SCHEDULE.
THAT'S BEEN REALLY AMAZING TALKING TO THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT, WHICH INCLUDES CECILY.
SHE LOVED HER TIME WORKING WITH THE RADIO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE MAIN THEMES OF PERSONALIZATION AND CHOICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HAS BEEN HUGE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE STUDENTS WE SAW AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE LIKE.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO LEARN AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND STUFF.
THEN AS YOU GET OLDER IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHEN WE TALK TO THEM, THEY'RE LIKE I REALLY WISH I COULD START GETTING TO SOMEWHERE WHERE I COULD SEE WHERE I'M GOING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL OR AFTER COLLEGE, OR, LIKE, IF SOMEONE'S GOING THROUGH.
LIKE A TECHNICAL COLLEGE OR SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO LEARN A SPECIFIC SKILL.
I'D LOVE TO GET A HEAD START IN THAT.
AS FAR AS FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, EXPANDING THAT WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESS AND THEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT CREDIT AND USE IT TOWARDS A PATHWAY TO GRADUATION.
SOMETHING WHERE IF YOU ARE GOING TO A SCHOOL FOR WELDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU CAN TAKE PART OF YOUR SCHOOL DAY GO LEARN HOW TO WELL KIND DEVELOP YOUR SKILL AS A PART OF YOUR SCHOOL AND GETTING READY FOR THAT COLLEGE LEVEL EDUCATION.
>> THE NEXT CATEGORY IS CONTRIBUTION.
I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO SPLIT THIS UP IS INTO TWO CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST HALF OF THIS IS CONTRIBUTION IN THE SENSE OF HELPING OTHERS IN CONTRIBUTION IN THE SENSE OF BUILDING COMMUNITY.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S THIS PROGRAM.
THE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PROGRAM, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN AROUND FOR I BELIEVE DECADES IN HELPING TO CONTRIBUTE FOR, THE DISTRICT THAT HELPED TO BUILD THIS SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
THERE'S THE NUMEROUS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, CLUBS LIKE ROTARY, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, KEY CLUB, ALL THESE CLUBS WHICH ALLOW STUDENTS TO GAIN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER WAYS OF HELP THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE PERFORMED.
THE LAST THING IS A BENT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY COOL TO SEE PARTNERS THEMSELVES HERE TODAY BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE THE A STUDENTS RUNNING WATER QUALITY TESTING OUTSIDE OF HIGH SCHOOL OR OUR ENGLISH CLASSES, BRINGING IN LOCAL AUTHORS AND POETS INTO CLASSES AND HELPING TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS AND CONNECT WITH THE LOCAL WRITING COMMUNITY.
I KNOW OUR ANATOMY CLASSES AND BIOMEDICAL CLASSES HAVE BROUGHT IN LOCAL DOCTORS FROM ST.
JOHN'S AND OTHER AREAS TO HELP LEARN ABOUT MEDICAL DEVICES OR GIVE GUEST LECTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, CREST STAYS AT OUR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BRINGING IN COMMUNITY PARTNERS FROM ACROSS TOWN TO TEACH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND ENCOURAGE STUDENTS BEYOND THE STANDARD CURRICULUM.
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I WAS AT THE SCIENCE FAIR,
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MUNGER MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.WE WENT AS A ROBOTICS TEAM, BUT OTHER GROUPS WERE THERE TOO.
OTHER PEOPLE WHO I GUESS, DID SCIENCE IN THE LOCAL AREA WERE THERE.THAT HELPED BUILD THAT CONNECTION AT MUNGER.
FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE TO EXPAND ON THAT SUCCESS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS SOME OF THOSE LESS FOCUSED AREAS.
THOSE AREAS WHERE WE TRADITIONALLY DON'T BUILD CONNECTIONS AS MUCH AS WE DO IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS, THINGS LIKE HUMANITIES, OUR HISTORY CLASSES, EVEN FURTHER WITH ENGLISH CLASSES, OTHER AREAS LIKE THAT WHERE TRADITIONALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH CONNECTION WITH THE REST OF THE COUNT.
THAT LEADS TO LESS MOTIVATION TO ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IF YOU CAN'T CONNECT IT TO WHERE YOU ARE AS A COMMUNITY.
THEN THE NEXT AREA OF THAT IS THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
YES, WE HAVE A SINGLE SCIENCE FAIR THERE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY HERE TO BRING IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP BUILD THAT SENSE OF CONTRIBUTION.
ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ONE SCHOOL COMMUNITY EVENT, WHICH IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND EVERYONE ALL ASSEMBLED ON THE FIELD RIGHT THERE AND TAKE ONE MASSIVE PHOTO AS THE DISTRICT.
FOR ME, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU SEE A LOT OF THIS WORK DONE AS A SCHOOL, AS A CLASS, AS A GRADE, BUT SEEING THAT COME TOGETHER, I KNOW MR. BINKO WAS UP HERE A MINUTE AGO TALKING ABOUT UNIFYING THE MUSIC PROGRAM BETWEEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
A LOT OF THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO BUILDING THIS SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
LAST THING IS BEING ABLE TO USE OUR CLUBS IN WHAT WE HAVE IN EXISTENCE AS A ROUTE TO PROMOTE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY ITSELF.
WHETHER THAT'S OUR SUSTAINABILITY CLUBS, OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER CLUB IN OUR SCHOOL, EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY AND PUTTING AN EMPHASIS ON THAT IS CRUCIAL TO BUILDING A SENSE OF CONTRIBUTION.
>> THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE TO THRIVE.
THIS LOOKS LIKE HOW DO STUDENTS FIND SUCCESS IN THE PARTS OF THEIR LIFE THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO DO.
NOT IN SCHOOL, MAYBE NOT AT WORKERS THROUGHOUT DAILY LIFE, HOW DO YOU THRIVE.
THIS INCLUDES BUSINESS AND FINANCE CLASS, WHICH HAS HELPED WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY AND MATURITY AND TEACHING KIDS VERY PRACTICAL SKILLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED AS SOON AS THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS HAS BEEN PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING AND INTERNSHIP.
STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY HAS BEEN MASSIVE.
THEY'VE STARTED A FULL SCHOOL WIDE DRIVE ON A WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN TRACK HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING AS FAR AS SUSTAINABILITY GOES.
IF YOU SWITCH YOUR WASHER TO A MORE WATER SAVING ONE, YOU CAN GET SOME POINTS.
IF YOU TURN YOUR LIGHTS ON, YOU GET MORE POINTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, STUDENT GOVERNMENT IS A GREAT PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND HOW TO REALLY START PROJECTS AND GAIN MOMENTUM.
AS FAR AS FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, JUST INCREASING THOSE OPTIONS FOR VOLUNTEERING AND INTERNING IN THE COMMUNITY.
CERTAIN SCIENCE CLASSES LIKE THE GREATER YOSON SCIENCE CLASS HAVE WORKED WITH WEED AND PEST TO HAVE EXPERTS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN TAKE SOME SPECIFIC STUDENTS OUT AND ACTUALLY GO PULL IN BASIC SPECIES OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTHS, THINGS THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY.
THEN ALSO, AS FAR AS A BIG EMPHASIS ON THAT PORTFOLIO OR A SENIOR PROJECT OR SOMETHING WHERE KIDS CAN REALLY FIND A PROJECT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND BEGIN TO WORK ON SOMETHING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE REALLY REALLY SUPPORT.
IN HISTORY OF CLASS, THERE'S A BIG ISSUE WITH PARKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
MISS KATCH WAS LIKE, HEY, I'LL GLADLY HELP WHEN YOU GUYS IF YOU GUYS WANT TO START A PROJECT AND TRY TO GET PARKING ON THE POLICY AGENDA, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SAME THING THAT SENIORS AND EVEN BELOW THAT WHERE STUDENTS CAN FIND SOMETHING THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND REALLY START WORKING TOWARDS IT AND KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A PROJECT AND HAVE A GOAL IN LIFE AFTER ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT.
I THINK THE MAIN THING FOR THRIVE IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAMINATED SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE CENTER IT SAYS MAKE SURE EVERY GRADUATE IS LIFE READY.
THE MAIN THING FOR THRIVE AND OUR PORTRAIT AS A WHOLE IS TO GET A GRADUATE LIFE READY, YOU HAVE TO BRING ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL CLOSER TO THEM.
OWNERSHIP, INTERNSHIPS, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
IF WE CAN GET STUDENTS WORKING HARDER AND MORE ON THEIR OWN EARLIER, THERE'S A LOT MORE EXCITEMENT FOR WHAT COMES NEXT.
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>> THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHERE DO WE GO? THE THING IS WHEN WE CAME HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE SAID THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS PORTER GRADUATE TO JUST BE A POSTER THAT WE HUNG UP ON THE WALL.
I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF MAKING A POSTER.
THE THING IS THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US IS MAINTAINING THIS MOMENTUM, BEING ABLE TO APPLY THIS PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE AND KEEP IT GOING FOR YEARS TO COME.
THAT COMES DOWN TO OUR FUTURE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND OF THIS PORTRAIT BECOMES A FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE BOARD TO MAKE DECISIONS AND TO HOLD PROJECTS, OTHER IDEAS THAT HELP PUSH TOWARDS THIS GOAL.
THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE JUST GAVE, THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.
SUGGESTIONS. THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING HERE. OUR TIME IS UP.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO.
BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT FUTURE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CAN DO.
OUR HOPE IS THAT WITH THE HELP OF THE BOARD IN OUR FUTURE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE CONSTANTLY GROWING IN ALL THE CATEGORIES.
SHORT TERM WISE, I THINK WE HAVE GREAT FOUNDATION BUILT FOR OUR FIRST CATEGORY FOR LEARNING.
DR. CHRIS GAVE A EDUCATOR MOMENT A COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS AGO ABOUT HIS WORK WITH THE RIDE PROGRAM AND DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES AND THIS PLAN THAT'S ALREADY IN MOTION FOR THAT FIRST CATEGORY.
BUT THE PLANNING PROCESS, THE ACTIONABLE ITEMS NEEDS TO START FOR THE OTHER THREE AREAS FOR HOW STUDENTS ARE GOING TO LEARN TO WORK THROUGH THEIR CHALLENGES, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN TO THRIVE IN JACKSON IN HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND.
THAT COMES DOWN TO GETTING ON THE PLANNING AND IN THE LONG TERM, IMPLEMENTING THOSE CHANGES AND MAKING THIS PORTRAIT OF REALITY.
AS A BOARD AS ASSUMED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE REALLY HOPE THAT THAT BECOMES REALITY.
WE JUST WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARDS?
>> I APPLAUD. I AM CECILY WHO'S NOT HERE.
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING HER. WELL DONE.
I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW YOUR TIME COMMITMENT ON THIS? WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR SCHOOL YEAR FOR YOU TO COMMIT? THIS IS SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS TO GRADUATE? WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?
>> TIME COMMITMENT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS.
AS FAR AS THIS GOES, BEING A SENIOR.
I THINK AS A SENIOR, WE'RE LOADED UP WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM COLLEGE APPLICATIONS TO, YOU KNOW, OUR GENERAL SENIOR COURSE LOAD AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IN REALITY, THIS WAS IF I HAD TO MAKE A GUESS, SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF A FEW HOURS EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
BUT FOR US, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ABOUT THE TIME COMMITMENT AND THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN WAS NOT THE NUMBER OF HOURS, WHETHER BIG OR SMALL, BUT IT'S THAT CONSISTENCY.
IT'S COLLECTING DATA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WORKING ON SYNTHESIZING DATA AND COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE AS A BOARD, CAN BE PROUD OF.
I KNOW IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE BOARD HAS HAD STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS STARTING IN JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND TRUTHFULLY, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO GET INTO THE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD PROGRAM, BUT TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN AN EVEN GREATER LEVEL OF COMMITMENT INTO THIS PROJECT.
BECAUSE WITH DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OR DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME AVAILABLE, YOU CAN DO SO MUCH MORE.
>> IT'S A LOT OF TUGGING ON BENNETT'S EAR TO ME IN THE MORNING LIKE TESTING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT YEAH, AS FAR AS TIME COMMITMENT, IT'S A LOT OF.
I REALLY I THINK I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS A POSITION BEFORE.
I HEARD ABOUT THE INTERVIEW LAST YEAR, AND I THINK IT WAS THE SAME FOR CECILY AND GOD.
INSTANTLY. I WAS LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING.
I THINK AS TIME COMMITMENT GOES, LIKE, I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS OR ANYTHING, AND I THOUGHT IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR ME.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IN MEETING WITH BENNETT AND GETTING MISS CHAPMAN TO GET A BUNCH OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LINED UP FOR US AND, TO GET THE PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND SO MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE AND
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THINGS LIKE OUR TIME COMMITMENT WAS AT TIMES LIKE THIS IS A LOT, BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WORKING TO HELP US WITH THAT.OUR TIME COMMITMENT WAS, SUBSTANTIAL, BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT PUT IN PROBABLY MORE HOURS THAN WE DID TO HELP US ACTUALLY ACTUALIZE WHAT WE WANT TO DO AT THE BEGINNING OF YEAR OR SO.
BUT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, I THINK I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF GABE AND CECILY AS WELL.
THIS HAS BEEN SO AMAZING TO BE INVOLVED IN SUCH A BIG THING.
I THINK YOU KNOW COMING OFF OUR PRESENTATION AND OF OUR PROJECT, LIKE MORE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN ANYTHING WE CAN HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE FOR US, AND I THINK WE'LL BE VERY POSITIVE IN THE FUTURE.
>> WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE HOW YOU'VE REPRESENTED YOUR CONSTITUENTS WITHIN TETON COUNTY, BUT ALSO HAVE GONE OUT AND REPRESENTED TETON COUNTY REALLY WELL ACROSS THE STATE.
THAT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT ALWAYS COMES UP WITH THE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING ALL THE FEEDBACK ABOUT AMAZING OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE.
AS YOU HEAD ON TO YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE TO TAKE A LONG LET'S KEEP THE.
IF WE HAVE ESPECIALLY WHICH WE'LL GET.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREAT. GOOD LUCK NEXT YEAR.
TRUSTEE ZUNG IS ONLINE. I'M NOT SURE.
YOU WANT TO HEAD US UP OR JUST GO STRAIGHT TO KRISTEN?
>> I'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT TO KRISTEN.
THANKS, KRISTEN, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING.
>> NO PROBLEM. I WOULD SAY, THE HARDEST PART OF GETTING UP HERE AFTER YOU GUYS EVERY MEETING [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN WHAT I DO.
I HATE THE WORST SLOT ON THE AGENDA [LAUGHTER]
>> IF YOU GUYS NEED TO GO, I KNOW THERE'S AP TEST AND STUFF GOING ON, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT OFF.
>> WE WILL START WITH OUR CURRENT BUDGET UPDATE. I'M SORRY [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S NOTHING TO NOTE HERE.
WE JUST HAVE THE SAME ITEMS, THAT TRANSPORTATION LINE.
I THINK THAT BUS WILL COME OUT OF NEXT YEAR, BUT WE WON'T SEE THAT MOVE UNTIL JULY.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, I'D LIKE TO GET INTO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
>> AS WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE CONVERSATIONS AND LOOKING FORWARD TOWARDS THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO GO THROUGH WHAT OUR REVENUES ARE LOOKING LIKE, AS WELL AS WHAT THE EXPENDITURES ARE LOOKING LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO YOU HAVE THE THREE HIGHLIGHTED NUMBERS HERE IN GREEN.
WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY JUST A NET OUT OF WHAT OUR FOUNDATION GUARANTEE WILL BE NEXT YEAR.
WE DON'T GET THOSE NUMBERS UNTIL THE PRELIMINARY 100 COMES OUT FROM WE, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE YET.
LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T GET IT UNTIL AFTER OUR BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN JULY, BUT I'VE DONE SOME INITIAL ESTIMATES ON WHAT THAT WILL BE.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE JUST LIKE ALL A NET TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE AT FOUNDATION.
RECAPTURE AMOUNT WILL LIKELY BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 82 MILLION, BUT FOR NOW, I JUST NOTED THE NUMBERS.
>> KRISTEN, THERE WAS A LINE ITEM ON THE FUND 10. HAVE WE GOTTEN THERE YET?
>> THE FUND 10 EXPENDITURES OR REVENUE?
>> FUND 10 REVENUES, IT WAS INDIRECT COSTS.
>> INDIRECT COSTS, IT'S BASICALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT WE CAN CHARGE OUR GRANTS.
ANY FEDERAL FUNDS, EVERY YEAR I FILL OUT AN APPLICATION FOR INDIRECT COSTS.
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THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT GOES INTO THAT, BUT BASICALLY, IT'S A TRANSLATION OF ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND WE CALCULATE WHAT THE INDIRECT COSTS WILL BE.I'M FORGETTING THE TERMINOLOGY AT THE MOMENT.
THERE'S TWO RATES THAT WE GET, AND THOSE ACTUALLY WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR.
I HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT WHAT THE SECRET TO THAT FORMULA IS, BUT AS I DIG INTO IT MORE, I'M GOING TO TRY AND MAKE SURE I REPEAT WHATEVER I DID THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT ALMOST DOUBLED THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS THAT THOSE INDIRECT COST RATES APPLY TO ALL OF OUR ESSER GRANTS.
EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN ESSER GRANT, IT MIGHT BE 6%, WE GET TO TAKE OUT AS A CREDIT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, LIKE THE BUSINESS OFFICE OR OTHER AREAS THAT ARE WORKING ON THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY PAYING PEOPLE FOR OUT OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS.
>> I SEE. IT LOOKS WEIRD TO ME ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THAT COSTS.
YES. WE DO SEE A BIG INCREASE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THOSE ESSER FUNDS.
WE WERE ABLE TO PULL MORE BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAN WE HAVE IN PAST YEARS, BUT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT DECREASE BACK DOWN AS THE ESSER FUNDS EXPIRE.
>> TOTAL REVENUE ANTICIPATED FOR NEXT YEAR IS ABOUT 65.5 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE FY25 PRELIMINARY BUDGET NUMBER.
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OF HOW ARE WE DOING THE SALARIES WITH THE BENEFITS AND THEN ALSO MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR OPERATIONS.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE ON THE EXPENDITURES PAGE, THIS IS AN EXERCISE I DO EVERY YEAR.
I LOOK AT OUR REVENUE, I ANTICIPATE WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE, AND THEN THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I DO.
I CAN TELL THAT THERE'S AN ERROR ON THIS PAGE.
UNDER SALARIES THAT IT SAYS 39,193,206, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE TOTAL.
I'LL FIX THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OPERATIONAL INCREASES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT I HAVE THE CALCULATION THERE FOR TOTAL COMPENSATION, INCREASES 2.2 MILLION AND ALL OF THAT IS IN SALARIES.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS COMING IN FROM THAT FUND 62.
THIS IS A REFLECTION OF ONLY THE GENERAL FUND, SO THAT INCREASE TO TOTAL COMPENSATION IS ACTUALLY 3.2 MILLION ONCE WE ADD IN THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN FROM THE MEDICAL BENEFITS FUND.
THEN AS WE GET DOWN INTO SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENTS IN MY UPDATE LAST MONTH, I NOTED THAT INSURANCE, WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THOSE RENEWAL NUMBERS.
WE DO EXPECT A SMALL INCREASE THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE, SO THAT'S STILL AN UNKNOWN.
UTILITIES, WE BASE THOSE ON ACTUALS FROM THIS YEAR.
WE'RE PACING ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, BUT THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE.
SOME OF THESE IN BETWEEN WILL CHANGE AS WELL, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THEM.
I THINK TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF RENEWING THE CONTRACTS THAT WE WANT TO RENEW AND EVALUATING ALL OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE USE.
THAT NUMBER MAY GO UP OR DOWN A LITTLE BIT, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE RENEW AND WHAT COMES IN FROM ESSER, AS WELL AS THE TRANSFERS.
YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S THE SUBSIDY THAT I HAVE PLUGGED IN THERE RIGHT NOW FOR FOOD SERVICE.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD SERVICE MORE COMING UP INTO THE NEXT MEETING.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SMALL INCREASE UNDER THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASE IN THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACT, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME FLEXES FOR THE SEWER OPERATOR AGREEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, DECREASED A LITTLE BIT.
WE FOUND SOME EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO INCREASED THAT NUMBER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL OPERATIONAL INCREASE IS ABOUT 500,000 WHERE THE TOTAL COMPENSATION INCREASE IS 3.2.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET?
>> LAST MEETING, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU'RE GOING TO CALL MATT OR YOU ALREADY TALKED TO MATT WILLMARTH.
YOU GUYS SEEM TO HAVE DIFFERENT ESTIMATES, AND THEY WERE DIFFERENT BY A LARGE NUMBER.
WERE YOU ABLE TO CHAT WITH MATT AND FIND OUT WHY HIS NUMBER IS DIFFERENT THAN YOUR NUMBER?
>> NO. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT EXTENSIVELY IN THE LAST CALL GROUP.
WE HAVE ABOUT VIRTUAL MEETINGS A MONTH.
ALL OF THE MORE VETERAN BUSINESS MANAGERS ARE SAYING TO THE NEW BUSINESS MANAGERS, DON'T COUNT ON THIS NUMBER, DO THE CALCULATIONS YOURSELF.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ASSUMPTIONS ARE.
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IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO GET THOSE, AND IT'S NOT JUST ME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS, IT'S EVERY BUSINESS MANAGER IN THE STATE.AS SOON AS I FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT DISCREPANCY IS, I'M HAPPY TO BRING IT BACK, BUT HISTORICALLY, IT'S NOT BEEN EASY TO FIGURE OUT WHY HIS NUMBERS DON'T MATCH OUR NUMBERS.
>> THE REASON I WORRY ABOUT IT IS I'M SURE MATT, THAT'S THE SHEET THAT GETS SHOWN TO EVERYBODY.
THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT EVERYBODY IS ASSUMING RECEIVED.
WHEN THEY'RE DOING DIFFERENT STUDIES AND PARTICULARLY ON THE [INAUDIBLE] THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER.
ASSUMING WE'VE KNOWN ALL OF THESE POTENTIALLY, BUT LATER AT LEAST, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS, IT'D BE NICE IF BUSINESS MANAGER GROUP GOT TOGETHER WITH MATT WILLMARTH, EXPLAIN TO HIM, HEY, THIS IS CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE HERE.
YOU'RE SENDING OUT NUMBERS THAT AREN'T CLOSE TO WHAT IS IN REALITY.
I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS TONIGHT OR NEXT MONTH WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET.
BUT JUST LATER THIS SUMMER, IT'D BE NICE.
IF YOU NEED US TO CHAT DIRECTLY WITH [INAUDIBLE], WE CERTAINLY CAN BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S PROBLEMATIC THAT WE'RE ALL STARING AT A NUMBER RIGHT AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION GOING, WHAT DO WE GET? THEN THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING, FINDING OUT WHERE MATT IS COMPUTING HIS NUMBERS DIFFERENTLY.
>> WE GET BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN MATT AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE, AND THEN SHE DEFERS TO THE STAFF AT WDE.
MATT WILL OFTEN SAY, WE GET OUR NUMBERS FROM WDE, WE GO TO WDE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY TYPICALLY USUALLY KNOW WHERE THEY GET THEIR NUMBERS FROM.
>> I'M SURE SHE DOESN'T ADMIT THAT WAY [LAUGHTER]
>> CARE TO RESTATE THAT [LAUGHTER] BASIC PHONE CALLS, YOU DON'T TALK LIKE THAT [BACKGROUND]
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I ACCEPT THAT.
>> I WILL TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
IF NO MORE QUESTIONS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, WE CAN MOVE ON JUST TO THE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE IS DRAFTED AND POSTED FOR YOUR REVIEW.
COUPLE OF CHANGES, THE MEDICAL BENEFITS PAGE.
THIS IS A NEW PAGE THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY WE'VE PRESENTED THEM IN THE PAST, JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN STRUCTURE.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS THINKING, WHAT DID I DO? IT'S GOOD.
HEATHER AND I, AND HEATHER KOCUBINSKI, WE HAD TWO CIGNA REPS AND WE ALSO HAD TWO HUB REPS. WE WENT OUT AND VISITED EVERY SCHOOL AND DID OPEN ENROLLMENT MEETINGS ALL WEEK LAST WEEK.
WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF THAT SHOWED UP AND ASKED THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY NEEDED TO.
HOPEFULLY, EVERYBODY'S FEELING GOOD ABOUT THIS TRANSITION.
WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, BUT THOSE MEETINGS WENT PRETTY WELL.
WE UPDATED ALL OF THE PAY MATRICES IN THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE TO REFLECT 174% RCA.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 174% RCA, THIS IS IN COMBINATION WITH THE CHANGE TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THAT 3.2 MILLION INCREASE IN COMPENSATION THAT I REFERENCED IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
THEN THERE'S MINOR CHANGES ON THE EXTRA DUTY CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE ASSIGN THIS AND HOW WE ALIGN IT TO THE REST OF THE COMPENSATION.
AS WE ADDED THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE OUR PERMANENT SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, THAT'S OUR PERMANENT HUBS THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS WAS THAT THOSE PAY RATES NEVER CHANGE.
WE ACTUALLY TIED THAT TO THE FIRST STEP OF THE TEACHER MATRIX SO THAT WHEN THE TEACHER MATRIX IS INCREASED, SO IS THE PERMANENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST RATE.
IT FLEXES AT THE SAME RATE AS SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS IN COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
>> ON THE PAY MATRICES, GOING FROM 168-174?
>> I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS THAT, SOME PEOPLE SEE THE 168 AND 174, THEY SUBTRACT [INAUDIBLE] TO MATCH THAT PERCENTAGE.
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CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US ONE MORE TIME [INAUDIBLE], WHY THEY DON'T SEE THAT REFLECTED ON THEIR ACTUAL SALARY?>> YES. BECAUSE THE 168% REGIONAL COST ADJUSTMENT IS BASED ON THE BASE SALARY.
IF YOU TAKE YOUR CURRENT SALARY AT 168%, AND DIVIDE THAT BY 1.68, YOU GET YOUR BASE, AND THEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 174%, 1.74, THAT'S YOUR NEW SALARY.
YOU DON'T INCREASE 168 SALARY BY 6% TO GET TO THE 174.
THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE WERE HISTORICALLY APPLYING THE RCA IN THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR YEARS BEFORE WE MADE THIS ADJUSTMENT, AND IT GOT US WAY OUT OF THAT.
OUR PAY MATRICES WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE DIVIDE BY THE CURRENT MULTIPLIED BY 174, 1.74.
IT ENDS UP BEING ABOUT A 3.21, I THINK WAS THE CALCULATION PERCENT INCREASE FOR MOST PEOPLE.
THEN WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR THE STEP INCREASE OF 1.3%.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WILL SEE ABOUT A 4.6% INCREASE.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT EXPLANATION.
I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THAT'S THE FINAL QUESTION [INAUDIBLE].
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, AT THE COMPENSATION MEETING WE HAD, A TEACHER TESTIFIED ABOUT THAT ONCE YOU GET TO 20, THEN IT DOESN'T INCREASE ANYMORE.
AT THE TRUSTEE MEETING, AFTER THE MEETING I STOOD AROUND AND TALKED TO THAT TEACHER QUITE A WHILE.
WE WERE DEBATING AMONGST OURSELVES ON THE WHY WE DO THIS.
IS THIS A POLICY DECISION? YOU GOT HIGHER PRICE TEACHERS TO INFER US THAN TO LEAVE US.
>> WHAT'S THE POLICY DECISION BEHIND IT? B, IS IT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING AS A POLICY CHANGE?
>> I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ASKED IT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT'S NOT NOTED HERE THAT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP.
I ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE PAY MATRICES AND I UPDATED THEM TO ALL BE 1.3% BEYOND STEP 20, AND THAT IS DRAFTED IN THIS COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T NOTE THAT.
THE REASON THAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE IT IS BECAUSE IN THE MODEL, WE'RE FUNDED LESS FOR A 20-YEAR TEACHER THAN WE ARE FOR ANYBODY UP TO THAT.
THE MODEL CHANGES LITTLE THINGS.
THEY TWEAK THINGS OR CHANGE THINGS, AND SO IT WAS ALWAYS, 1.3% WAS THE AMOUNT OF OF A STEP THAT WAS IN THE MODEL.
THEN WHEN THEY GOT TO 20, THEY CUT IT IN HALF.
NOW I'VE CHANGED THAT TO EXTEND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TEACHER MATRICES.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THE TEACHER'S NAME BUT YOU CAN MAKE SURE HE KNOWS THAT.
>> YES. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT I THINK I HAVE AN EMAIL ABOUT IT.
>> NOW, THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR A FEW YEARS WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 20 YEARS.
CAN WE DO IT RETROACTIVELY SO THERE'S A MODICUM OF FAIRNESS IN IT?
>> I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THAT WOULD BE.
I CAN TAKE A LOOK AND DO AN EVALUATION AND SEE WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
ANYONE WHO IS LIKE, LET'S SAY THEY'RE ON A STEP 22 NOW, THEY WOULD GET THE FULL ADJUSTMENT, SO THEY'D GET THE ADDITIONAL STEP INCREASES.
THE STEP THAT THEY'LL BE ON NEXT YEAR IS FULLY ADJUSTED, BUT THEN IF YOU WANTED TO GO RETROACTIVE, LIKE IF IT HAD BEEN THAT WAY THE LAST TWO YEARS, THAT'S WHERE I'LL HAVE TO DO A DIVE.
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THAT SITUATION.
BUT I CAN DO AN ANALYSIS OF THAT AND THEN I CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU MAYBE NEXT MONTH AND SAY THIS IS WHAT THE COST OF THAT WOULD BE.
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. IT JUST SEEMED REALLY UNFAIR. PEOPLE STAYED.
THEN THE OTHER THING, YOU SPOKE REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT 3.21 OR $3.2 MILLION INCREASE IN TOTAL COMPENSATION AS A REVENUE SOURCE.
HOW ARE WE PAYING THAT OUT TO TEACHERS?
>> WELL, THAT'S THE $3.2 MILLION INCREASE TO COMPENSATION, THAT'S THE FIRST EXPENDITURE ON THAT LINE.
THAT'S IN PAYROLL, SO THAT'S THROUGH THE PAY MATRICES.
THAT'S WHAT THE TOTAL INCREASE TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS WILL BE.
>> MY EARS DON'T GO AS FAST AS YOU SPEAK.
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COULD YOU RE-READ THE FORMULA, PLEASE?>> IF YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE INCREASE IS, IT'S 1.68/1.74.
>> WELL, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE BASE.
THAT JUST GETS YOU TO THE PERCENTAGE.
>> WE START OFF WITH BASE TIMES
>> WELL, THE BASE IS 100%, SO TO GET TO THE BASE.
SO LET'S SAY YOUR SALARY IS $85,000, YOU DIVIDE BY 1.68 AND THAT GETS YOU TO 100%, WHICH IS THE BASE.
THEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY WHATEVER RCA YOU WANT TO GET.
THIS COMPENSATION PACKAGE IS PREPARED WITH A 1.74, AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU YOUR NEW SALARY.
>> CAN STEPHEN PRANK COME UP AND TRANSLATE?
>> THE STEP 1 MINIMUM, I CALCULATED THIS OUT.
WE'RE TAKING THAT TIMES 1.74, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES. DID YOU GET TO THAT BASE NUMBER AS YOU WOULD STEP 1, LANE 1?
>> STEP 1, LANE 1, BUT I TOOK THAT NUMBER DIVIDED IT BY 168.
>> THAT'S OUR STEP 1, LANE 1, THAT'S NOT THE STATE BASE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT.
>> THE STEP 1, LANE 1, BUT THAT WAS THAT BASE, BUT THAT'S 100%.
>> THAT'S A STEP 1, LANE 1 BASE, YES.
THEN WE TAKE DIVIDE 1.74 UP TO THE 68,000 CHANGE.
DID YOU GET THAT? NO? IT'S CONFUSING?
>> THE MORE I HEAR IT AND THE MORE THAT I CAN SEE IT ON PAPER LIKE THIS, THE MORE IT MAKES SENSE.
IT DOES TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME [INAUDIBLE].
>> I SURE CAN. I THINK I PUT IT IN THE LAST UPDATE.
>> AFTER THE MEETING, YOU GAVE AN [INAUDIBLE].
>> THE CHANGE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN [INAUDIBLE].
>> IT'S 1.06/1.68 [INAUDIBLE].
>> WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE EXPENDITURES, GOING BACK TO WHAT TRUSTEE MEAD HAD MENTIONED, SALARIES, IT'S NOT 39,193,206.
WHAT IS THAT NUMBER SUPPOSED? YOU WERE SAYING THERE'S A NUMBER.
>> WHY THAT NUMBER IS WEIRD IN THERE.
BUT IT'S NOT 39. I DON'T KNOW.
>> JUST SEND OUT A CORRECTED COPY OF IT.
>> THE INSURANCE IS IN GREEN BECAUSE I REMEMBER READING THAT WE'RE STILL GETTING THE BIDS.
>> ACTUALLY, THAT NUMBER IS RIGHT.
I'M SO SORRY, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING.
THOSE ARE THE ACCURATE NUMBERS.
OUR SALARIES ARE GOING TO BE 39 MILLION.
>> THEN BENEFITS WILL BE 16-9 FOR 56,164 TOTAL.
>> OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WOULD INCREASE OF 2.230.
>> BUT WE HAVE $1 MILLION COMING IN FOR BENEFITS FROM THE MEDICAL BENEFITS FUND.
SO THE ACTUAL COST OF BENEFITS IS GOING TO BE 17-9 FOR A TOTAL INCREASE OF 3.2.
THAT'S LIKE A ONE-TIME THING THAT WE'VE DONE JUST THIS YEAR, SO I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BUT YES.
>> CAN WE GOING BACK TO THE INSURANCE SAYING UNDER THE EXPENSES, THAT'S IN GREEN BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A BID BECAUSE YOU EXPECT MORE BIDS? TRANSFERS.
>> THAT'S THE FOOD SERVICE SUBSIDY.
WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SO FOOD SERVICE COMING YOUR WAY OVER THE NEXT MONTH?
>> IS IT REQUIRED BY THE MODEL THAT YOU'RE AN ENTERPRISE OR BE JUST AS A POLICY, YOU TRY TO KEEP IT AS A PRICE ONE.
>> IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE MODEL.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE MODEL THAT FUNDS FOOD SERVICE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S AN ENTERPRISE BECAUSE WE DON'T GET FUNDING IN THE MODEL.
I DON'T THINK OUR AUDITORS WOULD LIKE IT IF WE BROUGHT FOOD SERVICE INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
>> IT'S NOT AN AWFUL THING THAT WE SUBSIDIZE IT.
I ASSUME MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FORCED TO SUBSIDIZE THE ENTERPRISE FUND OF FOOD SERVICE.
>> BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CHARGING.
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>> YES. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF WYOMING THAT IS NOT SUBSIDIZING FOOD SERVICE AND EVERYBODY STRUGGLING WITH THIS BECAUSE THE SUBSIDIES CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND FOOD COST CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND LABOR IS A STRUGGLE EVERYWHERE.
>> THAT'S POTENTIALLY ONE THAT WE COULD TELL OUR LEGISLATORS, HEY, YOU NEED TO AMEND THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL, YOU NEED TO PUT NOT ALL OF IT, BUT SOME MONEY.
IT'D BE INTERESTING IF YOU'RE THE BUSINESS MANAGER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WHICH IS FROM EVERYBODY ASSUMES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN OTHERS.
BUT WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER IN THE MODEL WERE FUNDED SOMETHING TO SUBSIDIZE FOOD SERVICE IF EVERYBODY IS STRUGGLING WITH THIS.
>> THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF INITIATIVES OVER THE YEARS.
THE FIRST LADY ACTUALLY TOOK THIS ON AND TRIED TO GET FUNDING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE SAYS IT'S THE FEDERAL LEGISLATURES PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S THE USDA FOOD PROGRAM.
THEN SUPPLEMENTING OR SUBSIDIZING THE USDA FOOD PROGRAM WHEN THEY THINK THE USDA FOOD PROGRAM SHOULD BE PAYING MORE.
IT GETS BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT THERE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ADD THAT INTO OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR SURE.
>> KRISTEN, WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO START CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'VE GOT BIG BUCKS FOR THAT.
I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT IN THE BUDGET.
>> THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
WHEN YOU SEE THE WHOLE BUDGET, IT'LL BE DRAFTED NEXT MONTH AT MEETING.
THAT WILL INCLUDE OUR FUND 31, WHICH IS OUR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND.
WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WE OPERATE IN THE DISTRICT.
ONE IS FUND 20, WHICH IS OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, THAT'S ALL OF OUR GRANTS.
WE HAVE FUND 62, WHICH IS THE INSURANCE THAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE, BUT THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S COMING IN.
WE HAVE FOOD SERVICE, WHICH IS FUND 50.
FIFTY ONE IS CUBS THAT'S OUR CHILDCARE.
WE HAVE 31, WHICH IS CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, 29, WHICH IS MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
>> I'M MISSING ONE. [LAUGHTER]
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A TEST ON THIS.
>> WOULD WE START SEEING ONGOING COSTS AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE GOT LEFT FOR THE PROJECT REPORTS?
>> YES. ONCE THOSE PROJECTS START, I BELIEVE IAN AND CHARLOTTE WILL BE GIVING YOU MONTHLY UPDATES ON WHERE THOSE PROJECTS WERE.
I KNOW YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN WE BUILT MUNGER, BUT WE HAD SOMEONE COME AND PRESENT AND SAY THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET.
YOU'LL START GETTING THOSE FROM IAN AS WE PROGRESS.
>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, KRISTEN. LOOKING AT THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
JUST TO LEARN, IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE 2021, AND DOES THAT ALL COME FROM THE STATE?
>> NO. WHEN YOU SEE THERE, WHEN YOU GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT.
AS YOU SEE, THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE 2021.
THE CONTRIBUTION RATES HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE 2021.
THE STATE, THERE'S A WHOLE BOARD THAT SUPPORTS THE WYOMING RETIREMENT ORGANIZATION, AND THEY VOTE WHETHER OR NOT THE FUND IN ITSELF IS SUSTAINABLE.
THERE'S A CONVERSATION HAPPENING NOW AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A YEAR, ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE WYOMING RETIREMENT SYSTEM AREN'T GETTING A COLA COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
IF YOU RETIRED 15 YEARS AGO, YOU'RE GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU RECEIVED THE DAY YOU RETIRED.
AS WE START GOING DOWN THAT PATH WITH THE WYOMING RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET IT TO 100%.
I THINK THE LAST TIME I SAW THE NUMBERS, IT WAS AT ABOUT 92% FULLY FUNDED, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING TOWARDS LONGEVITY.
COVID DESTROYED THE WYOMING PENSION, AND SO THEY'VE REALLY BEEN MAKING UP FOR THOSE LOST RATES, THE LOST INTEREST FROM COVID ON PENSION.
I THINK THIS YEAR OR MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, THEY HOPE TO GET IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS,
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AND THEN START TO BUILD TOWARDS THAT 100%.I THINK THEIR MOST RECENT ACTION WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO PROVIDE A COLA TO ANY WYOMING RETIREMENT PEOPLE UNTIL THEY WERE AT 100%.
BUT THEN IF YOU DO A COLA, THEN YOU'RE BRINGING IT DOWN BELOW 100%.
WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION AS THE BUSINESS MANAGER GROUP, WHY ISN'T THE GOAL AT 102% SO YOU CAN START PROVIDING THE COLA? NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTION RATES, I THINK THIS IS WHERE THIS BOARD, YOU HAVE TO DECISIONS THAT YOU CAN MAKE.
WE CURRENTLY MAKE ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS AS THE DISTRICT FOR THE TWO TO THREE, WE CONTRIBUTE 14.94% TO THE EMPLOYEES PENSION AND THEY CONTRIBUTE 3.68.
SOME DISTRICTS DO THE EMPLOYEE PAYS THE 3.68 AND THE 5.57 AND THE EMPLOYER PORTION IS COVERED BY THE DISTRICT.
THAT IS ANOTHER FLEXIBILITY, I THINK FOR OUR STAFF.
THE CURRENT CONTRIBUTION IS 18.62, THEY CONTRIBUTE 3.68.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT RETIREMENT UNTIL THEY GET CLOSE TO RETIREMENT.
BUT THIS IS SUCH A GREAT BENEFIT FOR OUR STAFF, AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN HUMAN RESOURCES OF REALLY EDUCATING PEOPLE BECAUSE HAVING YOUR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTE 14.64% TO YOUR RETIREMENT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER THE COURSE OF A 20 YEAR CAREER, 25 YEAR CAREER. THAT'S A GREAT BENEFIT.
>> I AGREE. COLUMN 1 THAT'S WITH EMPLOYEES PUTTING IN AND THAT'S OF THEIR PAY WAGES.
IS IT ALL WAGES? IF SOMEONE PAGE 21 EXTRA DUTY THEY RECEIVE RETIREMENT ON THAT AS WELL?
>> CORRECT. THEN THE DISTRICT IS PAYING COLUMN 2 AND IN COLUMN 3.
COLUMN 2, WE'RE PAYING 5.57% OF WHAT THEY PUT IN AT 3.68%?
>> OF THEIR TOTAL SALARY, 5.57 OF THEIR TOTAL SALARY.
COLUMN 3 IS EMPLOYER PERCH PORTION WE'RE PUT IN 9.37 OF THEIR TOTAL SALARY.
>> FOR A TOTAL OF 14.94, THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTES 14.94% OF THEIR TOTAL SALARY INTO THEIR RETIREMENT.
>> NOW, WHEN SOMEONE PARTICIPATES IN IT, IS IT THEY ARE RIGHT AT 3.68 OR CAN SOMEBODY SAY, NO, I'M NOT READY TO PATE AT THAT LEVEL.
I CAN ONLY BE ONE. THEY REQUIRE 3.68%.
THANK YOU. THAT IS A REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON COMPENSATION?
>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE YOU GO TO IT.
JUST TO TRUST THE NUMBER 1 COLUMN, USED TO NOT BE THERE.
IT USED TO BE, IT WAS JUST TWO AND THREE.
IT WAS THE EMPLOYEE COLUMN AND THE EMPLOYER COLUMN.
ALL EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE OF WYOMING BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND, SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S COUNTIES, IT'S TOWNS, IT'S SPECIAL DISTRICTS, IT'S STATE OF WYOMING.
THAT NUMBER 1 COLUMN, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY.
THAT HAS TO BE THE EMPLOYEE MOST PAY THAT SECOND COLUMN, TOO, BUT THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE SKIN ON THE GAME.
THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER 1 COLUMN CAME FROM ONLY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
I DO KNOW A BILL PASSED THE SESSION THAT GOES INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR THAT CHANGES A BUNCH OF THESE.
>> CHANGES IN OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES NOT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> BUT YOU'RE IN THE SAME SYSTEM.
THEY PULLED OUT LIKE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, I THINK, AND THEY CALLED THEM OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE BILL.
>> YOU'RE IN THE SAME SYSTEM? YEAH.
>> THAT'S WEIRD. IF SOMEONE DECIDES NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 3.68, ARE WE STILL PERSIST PARTICIPATING IN THE 14.9 BOARD?
>> LET'S SAY I DECIDED I CAN'T AFFORD THE 3.68%?
>> THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY.
>> CHAIRMAN, MORE OF A QUESTION FOR YOU, CRISTO WE'RE NOT REALLY AT 174 YET. STATE REIMBURSED.
WE DO THIS WITH THE CONCEPT, AND WE JUST DID IT THE LAST TIME WITH THIS WHOLE GREEN THAT IT CATCHES UP TO US.
PART THAT ALWAYS SCARES ME IS IT DOESN'T.
THE DIFFICULT PART WOULD BE I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF US ARE PREPARED TO
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EVER HAVE A MEETING WHERE WE SAY WE'RE GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION.THAT WOULD BE A TOUGH MEETING. HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE THAT THE STATE WILL CATCH UP WITH US SO THAT WE'RE NOT DANGLING OUT THERE BY OURSELVES?
>> WELL, THE WYOMING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DIVISION JUST PUBLISHED THEIR MOST RECENT REPORT AND IT SET OUR COST OF LIVING AT 174.
IF THEY REMAINED WITH THE SAME METHOD FOR CALCULATING A REGIONAL COST ADJUSTMENT, IF OUR COST ADJUSTMENT STAYED FLAT AT 174, WE WOULD EVENTUALLY CATCH UP, IT WOULD TAKE PROBABLY THREE YEARS.
WHAT'S MORE AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS COULD COME IN.
WHAT WOULD BE GREAT IS EVERY OTHER COMPONENT IN OUR MODEL ARE ADM AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES.
THEY DO THE PRIOR YEAR OR A THREE YEAR AVERAGE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER FOR CALCULATING SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS.
THEY DON'T DO THAT WITH THE RCA.
BUT THAT WOULD BENEFIT US GREATLY BECAUSE IF THEY DID A PRIOR YEAR OR A THREE YEAR AVERAGE, WHICHEVER WAS HIGHER, THE SAME WAY THAT THEY DO THE ANALYSIS IN THE REST OF THE MODEL.
>> THEY DON'T DO IT THAT WAY, HOW DID THEY DO IT?
>> THEY DO SECOND AND FOURTH QUARTER OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. YEAH.
>> WHERE DID THEY COME UP WITH THAT?
>> IT'S TO DRIVE IN THE HIGH INFLATION JUST DRIVES BEHIND AND WE'RE JUST MATCHING WHAT THEY DID IN DECEMBER.
WE'VE TRIED THE LEGISLATURE AND WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AND MAYBE ABOUT CHANGING THAT.
IT'S THE HIGHER OF MOST RECENT QUARTER OR THREE YEARS AVERAGE BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS IF WE ALL OF SUDDEN START GOING DOWN.
WE WANT TO DRIVE AS WE'RE GOING DOWN.
>> THE FARM WORKS AGAINST THE WAY IT IS, BUT IT WOULD WORK FOR US.
>> THAT'S WHY THEY DID THE ADM THE WAY THAT THEY DO IT.
THEY THEY MADE THE SAME CHANGE WITH THE ADM, SO THAT DISTRICTS, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IF YOU LOST SOME OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES, LOST A BUNCH OF STUDENTS BECAUSE MAYBE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEPRESSION, THEY WENT AND GET A HUGE BUDGET CUT RIGHT AWAY.
IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THE CALCULATION.
IF WE WERE GOING TO PROPOSE A CHANGE LIKE THAT, THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR TO DO IT.
>> MR. CHAIR, WHEN YOU SAY DECREASE, WHEN HAS THERE BEEN SEEN A DECREASE? WAS LIKE A RECESSION?
>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY IN NO WAY WE SAW SOME INFLATION.
THE DRIVER, I CHRIS PASSED THIS OUT LAST MONTH, OR YOU CAN GO ON A WEBSITE AND GET IT AND YOU CAN GET IT'S THE HOUSING NUMBERS THE THING.
>> THAT HOUSING NUMBER IS BASED ON RENTS.
BUT WITH BASED ON PURCHASE PRICE, IT WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER.
>> LUCKILY, FOR THE GENE TESKI, THEY'RE NO LONGER USING VICTOR AND DRAKES NUMBERS TO DO IT.
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT OUR NEWSPAPER HAD RENTAL RATES FOR OTHER AREAS.
THEY WERE JUST LOOKING IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND GENE FIGURED THAT OUT.
>> ANY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPENSATION?
>> YES. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
COULD AN EMPLOYEE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY HE OR SHE PUT INTO THE POT FOR RETIREMENT WITHOUT THE MATCHING OR THIS IS EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION BY THE EMPLOYER?
>> THIS IS YOUR WYOMING RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
THESE RATES ARE FIXED, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PLAN CALLED A 457, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO EDUCATION.
IT'S A PLAN THAT WE AS EDUCATORS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO, IT'S LIKE AN IRA, AND THAT THE EMPLOYEE THERE'S A MAXIMUM AND ANNUAL MAXIMUM TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
BUT WE OFFER A MATCHING IN OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
IT'S $34 TO EITHER 457 OR THE HSA WITH THE HSA CONTRIBUTION THAT NOW WE'RE MAKING IN JULY.
SOME PEOPLE WILL WANT TO MOVE THAT TO THE 4507, BUT YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE A LOT MORE TO THE 457 IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO ENHANCE YOUR RETIREMENT BENEFIT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR RECOMMENDING [INAUDIBLE]
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I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE MILL LEVIES LATER ON IN THIS MEETING.
THIS IS A QUICK ANALYSIS OF FY23, FY24 AND NOW FY25 ASSESSED VALUATION.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE CURRENT MILL LEVIES THIS BOARD HAS ASKED FOR THE COUNTY ON A COUPLE OF THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION HERE AND WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
YOU GUYS EACH HAVE A PRINTOUT, A LITTLE CHEAT SHEET THAT I THOUGHT YOU COULD HOLD ONTO AS YOU START MOVING THROUGH THE AGENDA AND LOOKING AT THOSE.
>> WE'LL SEE YOU. OTHERS AGENDAS?
THE SECOND READ ON THE POLICIES THAT YOU LOOKED AT FROM APRIL.
THAT WAS THE FIRST READ, SO JUNE 12 WILL BE THE SECOND READ.
AT THIS MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A SHORT UPDATE.
NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE BBB AND THE BBB POLICIES.
BUT KBDB DOES HAVE SOME ADDITIONS TO IT, AND THESE ARE BASED ON ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE DARK BLUE FONT ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THIS POLICY IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLARIFY TO BE FAIR.
THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION BILL WRITTEN BY THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME POLICY.
WE DO HAVE TO HAVE IT IN PLACE BY JULY 1.
WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO GET THEM ANSWERED AND WE'RE HAVING VARIOUS EMPLOYEE GROUPS REVIEW THIS AS WELL TO PROVIDE INPUT.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'RE SOME CONSTERNATION ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS AND WHAT CONSTITUTES A CHANGE IN A STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR THAT WOULD CAUSE A SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE TO ALERT A FAMILY.
SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD IN TERMS OF HEALTH SCREENING AND CAN A PARENT OPT OUT OF ROUTINE HEALTH SCREENINGS.
DOES THAT REQUIRE A WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM PARENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU AND BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THOSE BLUE BONDS ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AND WE HAVE UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW.
AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A FINAL VERSION, BUT WE'RE STILL TAKING INPUT OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SUPERINTENDENT? YES.
>> SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, IS THE ORIGINAL DRAFT SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE STATE AND THEN ARE WE ALLOWED TO MAKE CHANGES OR WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE BASIC RULE PRINCIPLES.
>> CHAIR SCARLETT AND TRUSTEE DORNAN, THE ORIGINAL DRAFT, THE LEGISLATURE SENT OUT THE DRAFT BILL OR THE FINAL BILL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.
IT SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE BY JULY 1.
THE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY DOESN'T CONTEMPLATE THE POLICY.
WE TOOK THAT BILL AND WE DRAFTED A POLICY BASED ON THAT BILL.
THEN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND ADAPTING AND TAKING A LOOK AT IT.
THERE'RE SOME THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FINAL BILL.
IT SAYS, IF A PARENT IS AGGRIEVED, THEY THEY CAN SEND A COMPLAINT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BE REVIEWED AND THAT IS A POSTMARK AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS 14 DAYS TO REVIEW IT FROM THE DATE OF THE POSTMARK.
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IN THE BILL.
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WE DID NOT ADD THAT THAT WAY BECAUSE IT SEEMS AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT APPLYING THIS, WHAT I REALLY SAY TO A PARENT? THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT.YOU HAVE TO MAIL IT TO ME, ELECTRONIC VERSION OR SOMEONE DROPPING IT OFF AT THE OFFICE.
THAT SEEMS LIKE AN UNREASONABLE BURDEN.
WE DID NOT INCLUDE THE EXACT LANGUAGE FROM THE STATUTE BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN 2024 AND BEYOND THAT WE WOULD EXPECT SOMEBODY TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE MAIL THAT GOES THROUGH SALT LAKE CITY AND THEN GETS ROUTED BACK.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE SAYING TO A PARENT, I'M NOT TAKING THAT.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WE DO HAVE SOME LOCAL CONTROL AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE STANDARD SET BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
IN THIS CASE, THE STANDARD IS ACTUALLY, LET'S SEE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY ACCEPTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
>> THE NEXT ITEM I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY UPDATE ON BEFORE IAN COMES UP.
I KNOW WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS FOR OUR MOST COST EFFECTIVE REMEDY STUDY TO BEGIN.
THIS IS TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS THE APPROVAL THAT THE STATE FACILITIES COMMISSION GRANTED AT THE END OF MARCH MEETING THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MOST COST EFFECTIVE REMEDY STUDY.
THEY HIRE CONSULTANTS, THEY COME UP.
THE REVIEW OUR CAPACITY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY REVIEW OUR DRAFT PLANS, AND THEY SAY, YES, THIS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE REMEDY.
THAT'S MY EXPECTATION, AT LEAST.
THEN FROM THERE, WE'RE REALLY GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE FUNDING PROCESS.
I THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN A LOT FASTER.
IT'S NOT, BUT I FOLLOWED UP WITH DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL FACILITIES DIVISION, SHELBY CARLSON.
SHE INFORMED ME TODAY THAT THEY BELIEVE THE CONSULTANT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED, BUT THEY WILL BE OUT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, BEGINNING OF JUNE.
I URGED HER TO TRY TO SPEED THIS UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE WANT OUR CONSULTANTS TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE TOURING THE HIGH SCHOOL WHILE WE HAVE FULL CAPACITY, WE HAVE SENIORS IN PLACE BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE REMEDY STUDY IS GOING TO FALL WOEFULLY SHORT BY 215, 20 STUDENTS.
WE'RE PUSHING THAT ALONG A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A TINY CRUNCH AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME OUT AND TOUR AND SAY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE OUR SENIORS ARE GONE.
>> WELL, WE COULD WITHHOLD THE PULL FROM OUR SENIORS?
>> I THINK THAT'S AN AWESOME IDEA.
[LAUGHTER] I'LL BUY YOU LUNCH.
>> WITH THAT, WE'LL HAVE PROJECT MANAGER IAN WOLFE COME UP AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY. THANKS, IAN.
>> THANKS, CHAIRMAN AND TRUSTEES.
THE PROJECT TEAM FOR THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY MET LAST WEEK TO DISCUSS THREE PROPOSED LAYOUTS THAT DUBE MULDER HAD PUT TOGETHER FOR US.
AFTER DISCUSSING THEM, YOU WEIGH IN THE PROS AND CONS, THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WE DECIDED TO PRESENT TO YOU JUST BASED ON I THINK IT MEETS SOME OF COLBY'S CONCERNS OF BEING TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE EXISTING BUS STORAGE, THE BACK AND FORTH, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MORE COST EFFECTIVE OPTIONS BASED ON THE MINIMAL SITE WORK AND ADDITIONAL PAY HAS TO BE DONE.
THE OTHER TWO, ONE OF THEM WAS PUSHED FARTHER OUT INTO THE OUTFIELD TO THE SOFTBALL FIELD AND TURNED AT AN ANGLE.
IT PUT IT ABOUT AS FAR AWAY FROM BUS STORAGE AS POSSIBLE AND THEN JUST UTILIZED A LOT OF THE REAL ESTATE BASED ON THE LAYOUT.
I THINK THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR COLBY WOULD HAVE BEEN.
THEY PRESENTED ONE THAT WAS MARRIED UP TO THE EXISTING FACILITY, BUT BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL SITE WORK AND PAVEMENT, AS WELL AS IT WOULD DIRECTLY INTERFERE WITH BEING ABLE TO OPERATE WHILE THEY WERE DOING CONSTRUCTION.
THIS WAS THE LAYOUT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH.
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>> MR. CHAIR, AND HOW ABOUT LANCE JOHNSON? WHAT DOES HE THINK ABOUT THIS? ARE THEY GOING TO SUPPORT THIS?
>> YES. THE GROUP THAT MET LAST WEEK WAS MYSELF, COLBY, CHARLOTTE, GRANT, DIANA, CHRIS MOLDER AND LANCE WAS THERE.
LANCE WAS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS.
>> JANE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> YEAH. I JUST HAD QUESTION, SOME COMMENTS, I GUESS.
THANKS, IAN, FOR SENDING ME THE OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU CONSIDERED.
I LIKE THAT WHEN YOU COME INTO THE DISTRICT FACILITY OFFICE, YOU'LL LOOK STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE BALL FIELDS.
I HOPE THAT THIS SHADED BEIGE, I GUESS IT IS OR LIGHT ORANGE, PATHWAY IS DISTINCT, THAT'S NOT JUST PAINT ON THE ASPHALT, BUT SOMETHING LIKE IF WE COULD AFFORD SOME STAMPED CONCRETE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO IT REALLY STANDS OUT AS A SAFE CROSSING FOR THE BUS EMPLOYEES TO CROSS OVER TO THEIR BUSES EVERY DAY, TWICE A DAY.
THE PLANTS FOR GREGORY LANE INCLUDE A PATHWAY THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO OUR DRIVEWAY.
RIGHT NOW, THEY SHOW IT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR DRIVEWAY.
WITH THIS LAYOUT, IT'D PROBABLY BE BETTER TO COORDINATE WITH THEM AND HAVE IT COME ACROSS ON THE SOUTH SIDE SO THAT IT COULD CROSS STRAIGHT OVER TO THE BALL FIELDS AND THE PATHWAY THAT GOES AROUND THE BALL FIELDS WITHOUT PASSING IN FRONT OF THAT PARKING AREA.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TRY TO INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT MORE PARKING BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING QUITE A BIT OF PARKING, I THINK WITH THIS LAYOUT THAT SERVES THE BALL FIELDS ALONG THAT CURVE DOWN BY THE CONCESSION STAND AND STUFF.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD LAYOUT AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK DUBE MULDER FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE PARKING, THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION EVALUATING ADDITIONAL PARKING IN OTHER AREAS TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF PARKING THAT THIS WILL CREATE.
>> GREAT. I LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OPEN FIELD LEFT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR A LACROSSE FIELD, BUT IT'S NICE.
ANYTHING TO DO SOMETHING BACK THERE?
>> YES. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. WHEN IT WAS KITTY CORNER AND IT WAS THE OTHER PROTECT THAT SHOWED IT TO US ORIGINALLY.
WE WEREN'T MESSING WITH THE PARKING.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED, A, WHY ALL THE IN AND OUT OF THE THE BUS YARD HAS TO CHANGE.
RIGHT NOW YOU APPROACH FROM THE FRONT.
NOW IT'S COMING FROM THE SIDE, AND YOU'RE ADDING THAT ONE.
THEN AM I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THIS TO TRUSTEES. I'VE JUST SAID IT.
ALL THE PARKING THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR AROUND THAT CURVE AND COMING IN.
ALL THE PARKING FOR FOOTBALL GAMES AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE DISAPPEARING.
>> CORRECT. WITH ALL THREE SCHEMATICS, THIS ONE HAD THE LEAST IMPACT THE.
>> FIRST ARCHITECT WE HAD BECAUSE THEY HAD A DESIGN THAT DIDN'T DO THIS THAT WE DIDN'T LOSE ALL THIS PARKING.
>> THEIR ORIGINAL DESIGN SHOWED THE BUILDING AT A 45 SLID BACK AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY STRAIGHTENED OUT THE ROAD.
BUT ONE OF THEIR OTHER SCHEMATICS DID THE SAME TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE ROAD, IT REMOVED THE PARKING AND THEY JUST BASED ON STRAIGHTEN OUT THE ROAD.
>> JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IT APPEARED BEFORE THE BUILDING WOULD FIT ON THAT SOFTBALL FIELD, NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE HAVE TO TAKE AWAY ALL THE PARKING.
I'M NOT GETTING. WHY WE'RE LOSING ALL OF THAT.
>> I THINK PART OF IT IS TO MINIMIZE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THIS FACILITY.
>> I DON'T REALLY CARE HOW FAR I'M GOING AS TO WALK.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS TO GET RID OF ALL THIS PARKING.
>> TRUSTEE GINGERY AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECT, THAT WAS A VERY BRIEF JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU COULD DO.
THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T DO ANY EVALUATION OF THE SITE.
I THINK YOU PAID MAYBE $10,000 FOR THAT RENDERING.
IT LACKED A LOT OF THE SPECIFIC DETAILS THAT ARE NEW ARCHITECTS THAT WERE AQUIRED THROUGH THE PROCESS FOUND.
>> I'M JUST NOT GETTING WHY WE'RE LOSING ALL THE PARKING.
I I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS DESIGN.
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LOSING ALL THAT PARKING AT A FOOTBALL GAME, BASEBALL GAME, ACROSS, PEOPLE AT THE SKATE PARK.JUST NOW WHEN I CAME IN TO PARK, THERE WAS NOWHERE TO PARK TODAY.
THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF PARKING.
IT'S JUST BEING REPLACED BY BY LIKE JUSTICE ZUM JUST POINTED OUT, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PUT A FIELD THERE.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY ALL THAT PARKING HAS TO DISAPPEAR THERE AROUND THE CURVE, WHY THE PARKING HAS TO DISAPPEAR.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY JUST CAN'T KEEP ENTERING INTO THE BUS.
PARKING AREA FROM THE DIRECTION THEY'RE COMING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I ASKED TO CHANGE.
I I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE CAN WALK AN EXTRA 20 FEET.
I I WOULD VEHEMENTLY ARGUE THAT WE GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MAD TO COME TO A FOOTBALL GAME AND SEE THAT WE TOOK AWAY ALL PARKING JUST TO PUT IN SOME BRASS.
>> ONE OTHER SECOND THOUGHT TO THIS, WE'RE ALSO SHIFTING THE ENTRANCE TO THE STADIUM SO THAT PEOPLE ARE PARKING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT SUMMIT INSTEAD OF OVER HERE.
THIS SIDE WOULD BE STRICTLY FOR VISITORS AND ALSO TO ENABLE THE AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY STAFF TO GET IN AND OUT.
WE'RE TRYING TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF CONGESTION IN PARKING.
BUT YOUR POINTS WELL TAKEN AND I'M SURE THAT IAN WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SOLUTION.
>> I MEAN, THAT WORKS IF YOU ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY TO PAVE THE SUMMIT PARKING LOT AND EXPAND THE SUMMIT PARKING LOT LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
BUT THEY HAVE TO WORK HAND IN HAND.
YOU CAN'T JUST GET RID OF ALL THIS PARKING AND SAY TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, HEY, AND THEN WE'LL BUILD THIS OTHER PARKING LOT SOME OTHER DAY.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO, LIKE, AND THEN WALKING FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY USED TO HAVE A NICE PARKING LOT HERE.
I WOULD UNDERSTAND IT IF YOU NEEDED IT FOR THE BUILDING.
I LIKE, OH, WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF THE PARKING BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAS TO FIT THERE.
AGAIN, I'M JUST STARING AT A PICTURE HERE.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY PURPOSE IN REMOVING THE PARKING, OTHER THAN WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
I HAVE NO REASON WHY THE PARKING HAS BEEN REMOVED.
IT'S AS GREEN HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH IT, BUT AS TRUSTEES I SAID, NOT ENOUGH GREEN TO PUT A FIELD OR SOMETHING THERE.
I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD GO BACK TO THE ARCHITECTS AND TELL THEM PUT THE PARKING BACK IN. WE NEED THAT PARKING.
>> YES. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.
ON THE VERY LEFT OF THE RENDERING TO THE LEFT OF WHERE THE BUSES ARE, THERE'S A STRIP OF PARKING.
IS THAT A PARKING THAT WE CURRENTLY HOW IS THAT PARKING?
>> WERE THE BLACK BUILDINGS ARE?
I THINK. THAT IS AT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE WHERE THE NEW FACILITY IS GOING TO BE, SEE THAT IT'S FENCED OFF.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT ALL OF THAT SPACE DURING THESE IMPORTANT GAMES COULD BE USED FOR PARKING? IS YOUR PLAN WAS THE PLAN FOR I MEAN, YOU SEE THE INGRESS GRASS INSIDE AND NOW THE BUILDING, BUT THERE'S TONS OF SPACE THERE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT TRUSTEE GINGERY IS SAYING, BUT THERE'S TONS OF PAVEMENT THERE? COULD THAT SPACE WITHIN THAT FENCED AREA BE USED FOR EVENT PARKING?
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN OPERATIONAL QUESTION BASED ON, SECURITY AND ISOLATING EVERYTHING.
I I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF THAT WAS THE DECISION, YES, IT PROBABLY COULD, BUT I ALSO ASSUME YOU WOULDN'T WANT VEHICLES.
IF YOU'RE STORING A FEW BUSES IN THERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE FACILITY, I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP IT ISOLATED FROM THE PUBLIC.
>> THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I THINK THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL PARKING ADDED WITH THIS LAYOUT LIKE AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE CURVE, AND THEN ALSO THE FENCING ON THE NORTH SIDE, IT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE, COULD HUG THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE BUS BARN, AND A WHOLE ANOTHER ROW OF PARKING COULD BE PUT BACK IN THAT OPEN FIELD AREA BACK THERE.
LOOKING AT THE PARKING WE HAVE, IT'S ALL ANGLED, SO I THINK WITH THE 90 DEGREE PARKING THAT THEY SHOW HERE, WE COULD GET THE PARKING SPACES BACK.
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THEN I BELIEVE THAT THE SUMMIT PAVING IS SCHEDULED.I THINK WE APPROVED THAT BUDGET IN THE REC OR MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT LATER IN THE REC CENTER OR REC DISTRICT FUNDING.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS MAYBE AN KNOWS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS SUMMER, I THINK.
I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO VIENNA. IT IS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.
>> MR. CHAIR, BEING THE CONTRARIAN THAT I AM, WE LIVE IN A TOWN OF SUSTAINABILITY.
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
WE HAVE THE START BUS, WE HAVE THE BIKE PATHS.
WE HAVE EVERY ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET PLACES WITHOUT DRIVING THEIR CARS.
FOR ME, I WANT LESS BEAUTIFUL TETON COUNTY LAND MADE INTO PARKING LOTS AND STORAGE FACILITIES IF YOU [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER]
>> WE'LL LOOK INTO THIS FOR YOU. THANK YOU.
>> IT'S 8:00 O'CLOCK. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 10 MINUTES, STRAIGHT YOUR LEGS.
WE STAND IN RECESS 10 MINUTES.
[E. Action Items]
IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYONE ON THE BOARD, RECOMMEND WE MOVE A COUPLE OF ACTION ITEMS UP TO THE TOP.THOSE ARE ITEMS 3 AND 4, THE REC DISTRICT MILL LEVY REQUEST AND NUMBER 4 THE REC DISTRICT GRANT APPLICATIONS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THOSE UP, JUST FIRST AND SECOND SO IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE YOU CAN MAKE COMMENT OR WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM, THEY'RE ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MUCH LONGER.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL MOVE INTO CONSIDERATION OF TCSD NUMBER 1 REC DISTRICT 1.0 MILL LEVY REQUEST.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. THE RECREATION DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD REVIEWED ALL THE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, AND IT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD INCREASE THE MILL LEVY FROM 0.9 TO 1.0 AND THAT THE REC DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD FELT LIKE THAT WAS ENOUGH OF A SMALL INCREASE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE RECREATIONAL ASPECT OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM IS, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
>> QUESTIONS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DR. MAYO OR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REC DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
>> MR. CHAIR, THE INCREASE, PEOPLE ARE [INAUDIBLE] A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY OF HOW PROPERTY TAXES ARE IMPACTING THEIR DAILY LIVES.
LOOKING AT THIS SHEET, THAT'S A ROUGHLY $538,000 INCREASE IN COLLECTION IF I DID MY MATH RIGHT, IF I DIDN'T PLEASE CORRECT ME.
WHAT IS THE COMPELLING REASON THAT WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL $538,000?
>> CHAIR SCARLETT, TRUSTEE ABRAMS, THE SECOND SHEET ARE THE REQUESTS THAT CAME IN AND THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT HERE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AKA, THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER.
WE HAVE $16.5 MILLION FROM SPT FROM 2022 AND THAT 16.5 MILLION IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, ALREADY HAVING A VALUE ENGINEERED THAT FACILITY DOWN, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT CLOSER TO 21.5 MILLION, I BELIEVE.
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THE PURPOSE HERE IS TO CONTINUE TO PUT SOME FUNDING ASIDE FOR THOSE OVERAGES BECAUSE WE FRANKLY CAN'T VALUE ENGINEER IT DOWN ANYMORE.THE REASON IT'S GONE FROM 16.5 MILLION IS THAT ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS IN 2020, 2021, AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE GONE UP 23% ANNUALLY.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A FAIRLY GOOD ESTIMATE AND THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER WAS DESIGNED AND CONTEMPLATED THAT IT WOULD BE A RECREATIONAL FACILITY FOR COMMUNITY USE.
I'M SURE THE OTHER REC DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY WANTED TO CLARIFY IF I MISSED SOMETHING THERE.
>> I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO VOTED AGAINST INCREASING IT AND THE REASON IS FROM 2023 OUR 0.9 MILL LEVY WAS WORTH $2,917,949.
THAT SAME 0.9 IN FISCAL YEAR 25 ASSESS VALUATION WILL BE 3,701,617 SO $800,000 INCREASE WITHOUT CHANGING THE MILLHOUSE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FAIR TO STAY WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES TO ME.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTY IN THIS TOWN ARE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING.
NOW THEY'RE PAYING FOR REC DISTRICTS.
GOD BLESS OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO OWN PROPERTY IN THIS TOWN BUT CAN'T AFFORD IT.
BUT YOU CONTINUE TO PILE ON TOP OF PROPERTY TAX, WHICH IS JUST COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS.
I JUST PAID MY SECOND HOUSING LEVY.
I JUST THINK WHEN WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $800,000 IN JUST TWO YEARS, JUST BECAUSE THE ASSESSED VALUES HAVE GONE UP IN THE TOWN, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO RAISE IT.
>> THE SECOND ITEM WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON IS ACTUALLY APPROVING ALL THE REQUESTS.
AT LEAST STICK WITH WHAT TRUSTEE MEAD SAYING 0.9, 3.6.
WHEN WE GET TO THE SECOND ITEM, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO FILE? WHEN YOU GUYS AT THE REC DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, DID YOU RECOMMEND THE EXPENDITURE OF THAT FULL FUR MILLION OR IS THERE OPTION B IF IT WAS 0.9 AS TO WHAT WE WOULD FILE WITH THE 3.6?
>> WE WILL BRING UP DIRECTOR MATT THAT CAN EXPLAIN THIS.
>> BUT AT OUR MEETING, WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE NUMBERS.
>> THE IDEA OF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ONE POINT WAS THAT IF THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER WAS PIECING BEHIND, WE COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR SLOTTED FOR THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER.
IF THEY MOVED IT OR IF Y'ALL MOVED IT TO THE 1.0, THERE WOULD BE MORE MONEY TO SET ASIDE FOR THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER.
THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE 1.2 MILLION THAT WAS GRANTED FOR THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER LAST YEAR, A MILLION DOLLAR HERE, AND I THINK I BELIEVE THERE WAS 70,000 THE YEAR BEFORE.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO CROSS ANYTHING OFF.
>> IT WOULDN'T PUT AS MUCH INTO THE BAC.
>> THERE WOULDN'T BE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO PUT INTO THE BAC NECESSARILY AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THIS YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED LATER ON IN THE YEAR.
THERE MAY BE A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER ALLOCATE IT WOULD JUST BE A SMALLER AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT ALL OF THESE REQUESTS COULD STILL BE APPROVED AT THE 0.9.
>> IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, BUT THE REQUEST BASED ON A 0.9.
WE JUST ADDED IN CONVERSATION TO INCREASE IT TO A FULL MILL TO BRING IT TO THIS BOARD.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I GET POINT 0.9.
IF YOU DO THE 0.9, STILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING EVERYBODY'S ASKED FOR,
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WE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE MORE PUT INTO THE BAC AT THIS POINT.I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THAT BECAUSE TRUSTEE SAY SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE?
>> NOT OTHER THAN JUST HAVING THE CASH AVAILABLE FOR OTHER NEEDS?
>> IF I UNDERSTAND THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE BOARD COMPARED TO WHEN THE DESIGNS WHERE FIRST PLANS WERE FIRST INITIATED.
IS IT THERE A MECHANISM THROUGH THE STATE WHERE WE COULD GET SOME LOAN? IF IT WOULD WAS THAT AN OPTION, DID WE EXECUTE ON THAT? THEN OVER THE YEARS AS WE ARE COLLECTING THESE PROPERTY TAXES WE PAY THAT LOAN BACK?
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER? I CAN ANSWER.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU IN A NUTSHELL.
WE GOT A LOAN ON THE APARTMENTS.
>> WE WERE DENIED A LOAN ON THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER BECAUSE WE HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED TO DO ALL THE CLASSROOM WORK OF THE STATE.
SO THEY WERE WAITING FOR OUR MERCER APPROVAL FOR THAT MONEY TO GET ACCESS TO A LOAN TO FUND THE SPAT DOLLARS.
>> IT DOES. THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY ONCE WHEN MIKE MERCER IS DONE.
>> THEN WE CAN ALWAYS GO THROUGH THE REVENUE PROCESS, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> TRY IT. WE WERE DENIED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PORTION OF THE BET WAY COMES IN.
>> YOU ALWAYS CAN DO THAT, WAIT TO THE SPAT MONEY FILLS YOUR AT THE BOTTOM OF PRO THAT IS THE INFLATION GOES GET YOUR MONEY TO BID.
>> WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT ON [INAUDIBLE].
>> CAN YOU STEP UP THERE SO JANE CAN HEAR YOU?
THIS IS SLIGHTLY UNRELATED TO THE CHANGE FROM 0.9 MILL TO 1 MILL.
BUT THIS IS THE END OF MY SIXTH YEAR IN THE JACKSON HOLE ROBERGROK PROGRAM.
FOR SIX YEARS, OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN FUNDED ALMOST IN ITS ENTIRETY BY THE REC DISTRICT FUND.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DISTRICT TO THE BOARD FOR MAKING THIS A REALITY FOR THE ROBOTICS TEAM AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
I HOPE THAT THE TEAM CONTINUES TO BE FUNDED AND THAT THIS RECREATION DISTRICT STAYS STRONG, SO THANK YOU.
>> WE CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT. WHAT IS THE?
>> CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1 RECREATION DISTRICT MILL REQUEST OF 0.9 MILES.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED SECOND TO APPROVE THE REC DISTRICT REQUESTS FOR 0.9 MILLS.
>> CHAIRMAN SCARL DOES THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE RAISE GO UP WITH THE RISE IN THE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT? IT'S GOING UP NATURALLY ANYWAY.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE 0.9 LEVY THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE C DISTRICT, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> IT'S UNANIMOUS 0.9. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THE CONSIDERATION OF TCSD NUMBER 1 REC DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 25 GRANT APPLICATIONS.
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I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE BREAK THIS DOCUMENT INTO THREE SECTIONS.>> THE YELLOW SECTION IS THE COMMUNITY.
THE PEAK SECTION IS THE PARKS AND REC.
THEN THE BLUE SECTION IS THE TCSD.
THE TCSD REQUEST WE ALL APPROVED THOSE IN THE MARCH MEETING? THOSE THOSE REQUESTS.
THOSE ARE THERE I'D BREAK THAT INTO ITS OWN SECTION, THE TCSD AND WE'LL JUST HEAD OFF WITH THAT AREA AND DISCUSS THAT FIRST.
THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DIRECTOR HANSON'S HERE, WE CAN DRILL DOWN INTO ANY SPECIFIC NUMBERS.
DO YOU HAVE JUST ON THE TCSD AREA? IT'S HARD TO READ.
>> MR. JANSEN, I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGES FROM 24 REQUESTS OF 25 REQUESTS WITH INFLATION, THERE'S INCREASED NEEDS.
>> WE SUGGESTED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS BASED ON THE ENROLLMENTS AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. FOR THIS YEAR'S REQUEST.
>> WINTER SPORTS WAS THE BIGGEST ONE, AND THEN INCLUDING SOME OF THE ESSER GRANT POSITIONS WERE THE BIGGEST CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE BIG ONE IS CLUBS WENT FROM 100,000-665, IS THAT REPLACING THE MONEY WE LOST BECAUSE ESSER WENT AWAY? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE?
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. DIRECTOR MAYO.
>> THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS ON THAT TAB IN OUR APPLICATION.
THE TCSC CLUBS REMAINS AT 100,000.
IT'S ALL ON THE SAME LINE, BUT I'LL GO THROUGH IT WITH EACH DETAIL.
THAT'S THE MONEY THE ADMINISTRATORS CAN APPLY FOR IN THE YEAR SO THAT IF THEY HAVE A NEW CLUB OR A NEW SPONSOR THAT WANTS TO START SOMETHING NEW AND TRY IT OUT, THERE IS A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING BASED ON ADM THERE.
THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS A BIG PORTION OF THAT.
I THINK THE FINAL NUMBER THERE IS 458,000, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SO IT'S ALL IN THAT ONE LINE. WE CAN PULL UP.
>> HERE'S MY MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
>> WE'VE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS GOING INTO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FROM ACHIEVEMENT CENTER.
THE OTHER ONE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART IS THE $200,000 GOING INTO RESERVE FOR THE SYNTHETIC FIELD REPLACEMENTS.
>> BUT DO WE NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN PARTICULARLY THE MOTION ON THE SCHOOL SECTION TO DIRECT KRISTEN, BECAUSE IT'S LESS THAN THE ONE THAT YOU TAKE THAT OUT OF THE BROCK ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE LESSER AMOUNT.
>> WE'RE FINE WITH THIS. [OVERLAPPING]
IT WAS ABOVE A MILLION THAT WAS GOING TO GO SO IT'LL BE ANYTHING EXTRA.
>> WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANY OF THIS.
>> MAY YOU GO TO THE FIRST PAGE ON THIS, AND THE OTHER ONE? THE OTHER ONE THAT IS POSTED ON THE SUMMARY?
>> GOOD. YOU'RE EXCITED. [LAUGHTER]
>> YOU CAN SEE THE OPENING FROM BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR IS 916,000.
THAT'S OUR CARRYOVER AMOUNTS FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR, OUR ANTICIPATED CARRYOVER AMOUNT.
THE 4.1 MILLION IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AT THE ONE MILL LEVY, BUT YOU CAN SEE IF THAT COMES DOWN TO 3.7, IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 400,000.
BUT GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT PAGE, ANDREA.
IF WE PAY ALL THE GRANTS THAT ARE LISTED ON THAT PAGE AT 3.7 MILLION, WE WOULD HAVE 1.3 MILLION LEFTOVER TO CARRY OVER TO NEXT YEAR.
THAT NUMBER, WE LIKE TO HAVE BE AT LEAST 500,000 JUST FOR CASH FLOW PURPOSES, BUT REDUCING IT BY THE 400,000 JUST BRINGS IT TO 900,000 STILL.
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THE CARRYOVER BALANCE IS STILL FINE APPROVING EVERYTHING AS IS.IT JUST IMPACTS THE CARRYOVER AND THE CASH FLOW.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. THE 200,000 FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE FIELD REPLACEMENT, THAT'S ONE ITEM THAT WE'VE BEEN SAVING MONEY ESSENTIALLY FOR THE DAY THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
IS THERE OTHER ITEMS, AND COULD WE GET A REPORT AT SOME POINT TO KNOW WHAT OUR BALANCE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THAT SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF AN ITEM? [OVERLAPPING]
>> AFTER WE REPLACED THE FIELD, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR, I BELIEVE, THAT WE PUT $200,000 ASIDE FOR BROCK ACHIEVEMENT CENTER AS PAYOUT.
>> THEN WE GENERATE INTEREST OFF OF THAT MONEY?
>> THAT GETS TRANSFERRED IN FROM [INAUDIBLE] CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTS.
WE CAN REVIEW A REPORT ON THAT.
>> THE FIELD LIFE IS 10 YEARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE TCSD APPLICATIONS? DO YOU WANT TO MOVE INTO PARKS & REC? THEY HAVE TWO THINGS, THE COMMUNITY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OF $40,000 TO SUPPORT THEIR, WHAT'S THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM?
>> I THINK IT'S JUST CALLED THE COMMUNITY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
>> THERE YOU GO. THEN THE OTHER ITEM, TETON COUNTY PARKS & REC REQUEST, IT WAS $32,500 SPLIT OF THE TENNIS COURT RESURFACING.
THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS FOR THE PARKS & REC.
>> MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE ARE, I THINK, SCHEDULED TO BE RESURFACED 1ST OF JULY.
I'M SORRY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON PARKS & REC, OR THOSE ARE PRETTY GOOD? THE COMMUNITY APPLICATIONS.
MOST OF THEM ARE FOR $5,000, A COUPLE OR LESS.
>> ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S INTERESTING ON HERE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, TETON AVALANCHE, INC FOR 4,680.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A BASKETBALL ROADWORK.
>> BASKETBALL. THAT'S THE NEW AAU BASKETBALL PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM SELLS BEING AVALANCHE.
>> LIVING CAREER, AND SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IMMEDIATELY YOU THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH AVALANCHE.
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
>> A LOT OF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, A LOT OF SUMMER PROGRAMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE COMMUNITY?
DOES THE ADVISORY BOARD IS 5,000 LIKE THIS SPECIAL NUMBER?
>> EVERYBODY HAS ASKED, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE GUY I ASKED YOU FOR 4,077.
>> MY FAVORITE DIDN'T MAKE THAT.
HORSE WARRIOR, YOU SEE IT'S COMING FOR $1,778.32. [LAUGHTER]
>> BY THE TIME WE ROUNDED THEM UP AFTER THEY LEFT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D ASKED FOR YOU? [LAUGHTER]
>> TO CLARIFY, 5,000 IS THE MAX.
HENCE WHERE TETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES REQUESTED 15 AGAINST THE FIVE MAX.
>> WHY ARE THERE SO MANY THAT JUMP FROM ZERO TO AS MUCH AS 5,000? DID THEY HAVE OTHER FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR? DID THEY HAVE FUNDING FOR SOMEWHERE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> FOR ONE, EVEN NON-RELATED DIDN'T MAKE A FISCAL YEAR '24 REQUEST? THAT FIRST COLUMN IS FISCAL YEAR '24.
>> SO THE LITERACY CENTER, FOR INSTANCE, NEVER ASKED FOR MONEY FOR US THIS YEAR?
>> WE'RE IN FISCAL YEAR '25 AND THEY DIDN'T.
>> RIGHT. AVALANCHE STARTED OUT AT ZERO?
>> IN FOOTBALL, THEY SUBMIT THERE.
>> THEY SUBMITTED IT. THEY SUBMITTED ALL THEIR FINANCIAL REPORTS.
THEY JUST DIDN'T REQUEST MONEY FROM THE PREVIOUS.
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>> IT SAYS ZERO. THEY JUST DIDN'T REQUEST MONEY FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THEY ARE NOW REQUESTING IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
>> WELL, SOMETIMES ORGANIZATIONS, THEY MISSED THE DEADLINE OR THEY WERE UNAWARE, OR MAYBE THEY STARTED A NEW PROGRAM LIKE AVALANCHE.
IT'S A BRAND NEW PROGRAM FOR SOME OF THEM.
>> THERE ARE SOME RULES AROUND THE GRANTS SO THAT YOU CAN'T PAY FOR STAFFING, WE CAN PAY FOR EQUIPMENT.
THERE'S THINGS THAT STILL UP THERE THE WAY THEIR BUDGET IS ROLLING OUT, BUDGETS MIGHT NOT BE.
>> ONE OF THE NEW ONES GRANTEE TIME, THERE'S A FESTIVAL CAME IN, PLUS IT'S SOME MONEY FOR OUTREACH TO SOME LARGE STUDENT GROUPS THIS WINTER, BUYING UKULELES FOR A GREAT UKULELE PLAYER THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND SPEND A DAY WITH THE KIDS TEACHING THEM HOW TO UKULELES.
>> WELL, I GET HOW THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THESE COMPETITIONS, BUT THE PARTNERS NEED 5,000 SUDDENLY?
>> YEAH. BUT WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THAT MONEY? I'M GOING TO GO ASK THEM.
>> IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT WAS REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT TAKING IT UP.
>> IT WAS GETTING KIDS OUT AND LOOKING TO BIRD'S.
>> LISA STANFORD? [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH, THAT'S IT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IS LISA ONLINE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> AS THEY COME IN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> [INAUDIBLE] REQUEST [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING]
>> JUST VERY QUICKLY. [OVERLAPPING]
[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] EAGER TO PARTNER.
THIS IS A START UP, I KNOW I'M A NEW BIRDER, THANK YOU, COVID, THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT BIRDING IS IT CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE ANYTIME WITH MINIMAL RESOURCES, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE TRULY ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT REALLY DOES GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, THINK ABOUT THE CREATURES THAT MIGRATE BETWEEN HERE AND MEXICO, WITH L'ESCALA BEING 30% OF OUR POPULATION, I LOVE THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S NEW, IT'S A START UP.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A HOME AND WE'RE PARTNERED WITH SO MANY FABULOUS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY, INCLUDING WITH LIBBY AND THE AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS WITH THE FEATHERS SPINS ETC THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING, BUT IT REALLY EXPANDS POSSIBILITIES.
IT ALSO EXPANDS POSSIBILITIES INTO SO MANY OF OUR EXISTING LOCAL NON-PROFITS.
EXISTING PARTNERS INCLUDE, OF COURSE, JACKSON WELLS SCHOOL DISTRICT, TETON RAPTOR CENTER, THE WILD FOUNDATION, THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, THE ELK REFUGE, IT'S CRAZY COOL.
IT IS A STARTUP, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO YOU FOR HELP IN GAINING TRACTION TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS THAT CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO SO MANY EXISTING PROGRAMS. WE DON'T WANT TO START A NEW NON-PROFIT.
THAT IS THE LAST THING THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REALLY EXPAND PROGRAMMING POSSIBILITIES THAT CONNECT PEOPLE, STUDENTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH NATURE IN A REALLY MEANINGFUL WAY THAT CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO ON THE GROUND ACTION BEYOND THIS EVENT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S A START UP AND YOU'RE TAKING A RISK, AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE IT BRILLIANT.
I'VE GOT A LONG HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY OF DOING REALLY FUN, FABULOUS, INTEGRATED EVENTS THAT INCLUDE YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING THAT ENGAGES STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN STEAM POSSIBILITIES.
[02:30:03]
SERIOUSLY, YOU CAN DO BIRDING WHEN YOU'RE DOING ANYTHING ELSE AS JUST ONE MORE ENHANCEMENT.BUT IT REALLY DOES CONNECT PEOPLE WITH NATURE AND OUTDOOR RECREATION IN A VISCERAL WAY.
I'M THRILLED AND I'M SO DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SPEAK TO YOU BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SITTING IN THIS MEETING, AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU, [LAUGHTER] YOU GUYS TOO BECAUSE I DON'T COME TO MANY SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
I'M SO AMAZED AND IMPRESSED WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL COMMITMENT AS BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO WITH JUST HOW THIS TIES OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
GRATEFUL AND THANK YOU, AND I WILL QUIT TALKING BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ALREADY OVER TIME.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE GRANT APPLICATIONS.
>> YES. CHAIRMAN, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1 RECREATION DISTRICT, FISCAL YEAR '25 GRANT APPLICATIONS AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1 REC DISTRICT, FISCAL YEAR '25 GRANT APPLICATIONS AS PRESENTED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, CONSIDERATION OF TCSD NUMBER 1, FISCAL YEAR '25 COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
I BELIEVE KRISTEN PROVIDED A THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE COME UP.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTIN OR STAFF? SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THE APPROVAL OF THE TCSD NUMBER 1 FISCAL YEAR '25 COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED.
PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY ONLINE. WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.
>> MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1, FISCAL YEAR '25 COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED SECOND TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1, FISCAL YEAR '25 COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED.
>> JUST A HUGE THANKS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THE CHAIR, AND EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON THIS TO MAKE A NUMBER FOR IT.
I CAN TRULY APPRECIATE THERE EVERYBODY.
>> JANE, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT?
>> NO. I WAS GETTING READY TO VOTE.
>> SHE'S ALREADY GOT A HANDLE ON IT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE TCSD NUMBER 1, FISCAL YEAR '25 COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAY NO. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SELECTION OF PREMIER GREEN CLEANING FOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES. DIRECTOR REYNOLDS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, CHARLOTTE REYNOLDS, PRESENTING TONIGHT SO THAT DIANNA ON HER BIRTHDAY CAN HAVE A BREAK FROM THE PODIUM.
[LAUGHTER] AS THE BOARD WILL RECALL, THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM THE APRIL 17TH MEETING.
BASICALLY, HOPEFULLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO PREMIER GREEN CLEANING, AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR REYNOLDS? YES.
>> LAST ONE, I'M GOING TO ASK TO CONTINUE, AND I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP.
SUCCESSFUL BIDDER IS $200,000 OVER THE OTHER BIDDER, THERE HAD BEEN SOME COMMENTS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME NEGOTIATIONS TO BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN AND MY FIRST QUESTION,
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WERE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS SUCCESSFUL? DID YOU BRING IT DOWN SOME? THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD AT THE TIME WAS, THE CONTRACT WAS REFERENCING THE PROPOSAL OF PREMIER AND THEIR PROPOSAL SAID THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES WOULD NOT BE GETTING BACKGROUND CHECKS POTENTIALLY FOR 45 DAYS SO THEY WOULD BE IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR 45 DAYS PRIOR TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK.I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT GOT RESULT ALSO.
THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS FROM LAST MONTH.
CERTAINLY, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE GINGERY.
WE DID NEGOTIATE WITH PREMIER AND WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THE PRICE DOWN, AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE DOCUMENTATION, THE DIFFERENCE IS APPROXIMATELY $115,000 DIFFERENCE.
IN TERMS OF THE BACKGROUND CHECKS, THE CHALLENGE WITH THE BACKGROUND CHECKS IS NOT OF OUR DOING OR THE BUSINESS IS DOING, IT'S SIMPLY HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK.
A COUPLE OF THINGS BY NOTIFYING THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER NOW, THAT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET STARTED WITH HIRING AND SELECTING OR TO START THAT BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS, WHICH TAKES 4-6 WEEKS.
ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO HIRE AND HAVE PEOPLE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS, SO THAT TIME LAG IS NOT UNIQUE TO PREMIER.
ANOTHER BENEFIT OF PREMIER IS THAT BY HAVING A SUPERVISOR ON SITE, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STILL IN THE BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS IN THE SCHOOLS UNSUPERVISED, MEANING, WITHOUT APPROPRIATE SUPERVISION WITH THE ADDED NOTE THAT THE CREWS WORK OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE ENGAGING TO STUDENTS AS WELL.
THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE FACTORS THAT WE CONSIDERED IN AGREEING TO PROVIDE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF A WINDOW TO HAVE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS COMPLETED.
NOTING THAT THAT 45-DAY TIME PERIOD, WE WILL BE WELL PAST THAT WHEN THEIR EMPLOYEES START WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS AFTER SCHOOL STARTS IN SEPTEMBER.
WE SHOULD BE WELL BEYOND THAT TIME PERIOD.
>> YES. IF THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED, WHEN WOULD THEIR FIRST DAY BE?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR REYNOLDS?
>> WE'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS CONTRACT. PLEASE COME UP.
TRY TO LIMIT IT TO THREE MINUTES.
WE HAVE AT LEAST A LITTLE ALONG WITH THE VERDICT. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> YES, SIR. MR. CHAIR SCARLETT, BOARD.
I AM THE OWNER OF WHITE GLOVE PROFESSIONAL CLEANING.
I'M ALSO A FATHER OF TWO THAT ATTEND THESE SCHOOLS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER A FEW THINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AS I WROTE A LETTER TO YOU THAT ADDRESSED, I THINK A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WERE AT HAND FACING THIS VERY LARGE AND COMPLEX CONTRACT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT AS FAR AS AWARDING THE CONTRACT IS THE FACT THAT A NEGOTIATION HAS BEEN MADE AFTER THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN CLOSED.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE LEGALITY ON THAT.
WAS THAT NOT EXTENDED TO BOTH PARTIES THAT BIDDED FOR THE CONTRACT? NUMBER 2 IS THAT PREMIER WANTS TO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY MADE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTRACT BEFORE EVEN.
YES, THE BACKGROUND CHECK AS A PARENT, LIKE I STATED, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE IN ANY WAY TO HAVE PEOPLE WITHOUT BACKGROUND CHECKS IN OUR SCHOOLS AS SOMEBODY THAT IS IN THE SCHOOLS AFTER HOURS.
I CAN STATE THAT YES, THERE ARE STILL CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AFTER HOURS.
THERE ARE TEACHERS WITH CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THERE WHILE THEY'RE STILL WORKING.
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE CHILDREN COMMUNITIES OF RESTROOMS. THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS AFTER HOURS.
ALSO IN THEIR CLAUSES, PREMIER ASKED TO NOT RECEIVE PENALTIES FOR THEIR CONTRACT, WHICH IS IN THE CONTRACT, THEY ASKED FOR GRACE PERIOD.
THEN THEY ALSO SAID THAT IF WE GET MORE PENALTIES THAN WE LIKE, WE'LL JUST QUIT.
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WE'LL GIVE YOU A 30 DAY NOTICE AND QUIT.ME AS THE OWNER OF WHITE GLOVE, WE'VE AGREED TO THE CONTRACT AS IS.
WE'VE NOT PUT ANY CLAUSE IN ASKING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO GIVE US ANY GRACE ON THOSE.
WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ON SITE ALL BACKGROUND CHECKED.
WE DON'T EVEN PUT EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLL UNTIL THEY ARE BACKGROUND CHECKED.
SO I USUALLY HAVE TWO OR THREE THAT ARE IN WAITING THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THEN THE LAST CONCERN THAT I HAD BASED ON THE CONSISTENCY OF CLEANING WAS THAT THE NUMBER OF STAFF ON APPENDIX E FOR THE PROPOSAL STAFFING PLAN.
IT SEEMS THAT NIGHTLY THEIR STAFF IS GOING TO CHANGE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF WORK, THE SCOPE OF WORK PRETTY MUCH REMAINS THE SAME FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
I WOULD HAVE TO ASK FROM CLEANING THE SCHOOLS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS AND EVEN WITHOUT A CONTRACT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
I KNOW THAT IT TAKES A CONSISTENT STAFF TO BE THERE ON A NIGHTLY BASIS TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
WITH ALL THOSE IN CONSIDERATION, ALSO, IF WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BID AMOUNT, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THAT, $160,000.
PREMIER IS ASKING FOR ALL THESE CONTINGENCIES AND ASKING THE TAXPAYERS, MYSELF TO PAY EXTRA FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU. WE'RE BACK TO THE BOARD.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENTS? BOARD, TIME TO DECIDE.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF PREMIER GREEN CLEANING FOR THE DISTRICT CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 WITH THE TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED 948,700 AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF PREMIER GREEN CLEANING FOR DISTRICT CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 WITH THE TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $948,700 AS PRESENTED. DISCUSSION.
DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEIR CONTRACT WITH WHITE GLOVE WAS THE PAST YEAR OR YEARS, THEN WHAT WAS IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD TO PAY ADDITIONAL? WERE THAT RIGHT? WE HAD A CONTRACT WHERE THERE ADDITIONAL FEES THAT WE PAID THAT MIGHT BE THE SAME, ABOVE OR LESS THAN WHAT IS WE'RE GOING ABOVE WHAT WAS BID HERE FOR THIS CONTRACT?
>> THANK YOU. CHAIR SCARLETT AND TRUSTEE ABRAMS, WE DID.
WE HAD A SUMMER ISSUE WHERE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WASN'T WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED OR CONTRACTED FOR.
IT WAS RIGHT UP TO THE TIME WHEN SCHOOL WAS STARTING AND SO WE DID HAVE TO CONTRACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND AGENCIES IN ORDER TO GET THE SCHOOLS CLEANED, SO THEY WERE READY TO OPEN FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THE SECOND ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HAD IS BASICALLY THE NIGHTLY SUPERVISION.
THE CURRENT PROVIDER DOES NOT HAVE ONSITE SUPERVISORS, SO OUR STAFF ENDS UP MANAGING THE CONTRACT AND SUPERVISING THE CONTRACT.
THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH, FRANKLY, AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF CHANGING IS THAT THE PREMIER HAS ONSITE SUPERVISORS AS WELL AS A MANAGER.
THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN COST THAT OUR EMPLOYEES AREN'T PICKING UP THE SLACK OR OUR DAILY CUSTODIANS WHEN THEY COME IN AND THE BATHROOMS HAVEN'T BEEN CLEANED APPROPRIATELY OR SOMETHING HAS BEEN LEFT UNDONE, THEN OUR DAILY CUSTODIANS HAVE TO PICK THAT UP.
THERE IS A COST TO IF WORK ISN'T DONE THE NIGHT BEFORE, THEN OUR DAYTIME STAFF HAVE TO PICK UP THAT SLACK.
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SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST.>> MR. CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, ISN'T THAT THEIR JOB TO CLEAN UP THE DAYTIME STAFF?
>> CHAIR SCARLETT, TRUSTEE MEAD, ABSOLUTELY.
HOWEVER, WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH A VENDOR FOR NIGHTTIME ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE DONE TO START THE DAY.
IF SOMETHING WAS LEFT UNDONE AND KIDS ARE IN AND THE TEACHERS IN, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SEND IN OUR DAYTIME STAFF TO FIX WHATEVER HADN'T BEEN DONE WHILE THE KIDS ARE THERE OR THE STAFF WERE THERE.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, WHO EMPLOYS PREMIER NOW THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM IN THE COUNTY?
>> IT'S ATTACHED IN THE PREMIER RESPONSE.
LET ME PULL THAT UP. I'M ASKING THE CHURCH [INAUDIBLE]
>> TRUSTEE. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, THE LIBRARY, LET'S SEE.
THE ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, COMMUNITY ENTRY SERVICES.
SEVERAL LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PROVIDED REFERENCES.
WE'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH PARKS AND REC REGARDING THEIR EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
VIANA, IS THERE ANYONE MISSING?
>> MR. CHAIR, THAT WILL BE NO.
MOSTLY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE TIME LAG IS NOT UNIQUE WAS THE STATEMENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE TRUE OF ANYBODY CONTRACTING WITH US.
IF YOU'RE IN THE SCHOOLS, YOU NEED A BACKGROUND CHECK.
I GET THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT FOR THEIR FIRST EMPLOYEES, POTENTIALLY.
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH CLEANING COMPANY YOU'RE HIRING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF ROTATING STAFF.
IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS.
HAVING PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR UP TO 45 DAYS, I THINK IT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC.
I ALSO THINK GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH PREMIER, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE THE SCOPE OF WORK TO THE PRINCIPALS.
WHEN I'M GOING BACK AND LOOK THROUGH A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE PRINCIPALS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT SOMETHING THEY'RE SEEING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY IN THE CONTRACT FOR THAT TIME PERIOD OR FOR THAT SPECIFIC THING. THAT'S A CONCERN.
IT'S ONE WAY TO MAYBE HAVE A MORE FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEXT PROVIDER THAT EACH PRINCIPAL HAS A COPY OF THAT SCOPE OF WORK.
THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONTRACTOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING OR WHATEVER.
I'LL JUST STATED THAT. I I I DISAGREE WITH THE ITERATION OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I WAS THE ONE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE I RODE MY BIKE OVER EVERY DAY TO LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE STATE OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION WHERE WHITE CLIFF WAS TOLD NOT TO CLEAN UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE, THE CONSTRUCTION WAS TAKING LONGER AND DM DID THE RIGHT THING.
SHE WAS LIKE MY GOSH, SHE'S COMPLAINING, SO I BETTER DO SOMETHING AND THEY BROUGHT IN A DIFFERENT DEAL.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT REALLY WENT DOWN AS WE ALL REMEMBERED IT.
THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE I THINK BRICE GOT BLAMED FOR SOMETHING THAT REALLY WAS JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION.
SINCE THAT PERIOD, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE'S BEEN A WORSE AND WORSE RELATIONSHIP THAT APPEARED.
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IS THE HAVING PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT BE BACKGROUND CHECK.I THINK THAT'S A LIABILITY ONLY ISSUE.
I'D LIKE THAT TAKEN OUT OF THE CONTRACT, THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
IT SOUNDED LIKE BRICE IS ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
HE DOESN'T PUT THEM ON THE PAYROLL.
I WOULD ASSUME PREMIER WILL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT TOO.
I DISAGREE THAT BEING IN THE CONTRACT.
THAT'S BAD WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO PULL OUT THAT CONTRACT AND GO SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID IT WAS OKAY TO ALLOW THESE PEOPLE INTO IT THERE THAT DID HARM TO A CHILD POTENTIALLY.
FOR THAT, I I'M JUST SIMPLY A. I ALSO THINK WHETHER YOU HAVING A BAD RELATIONSHIP OR NOT, $200,000 A LOT OF MONEY.
THAT'S FINE. I GET IT I GET SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO GO WITH THE HIGHER BID, BUT 200,000 IS A BIG CHOICE SO I'M GOING TO.
IT'S PROBABLY SARAH. THIS WAS AN RFP, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, CORRECT?
>> THAT ENABLES US TO NEGOTIATE WITH HOWEVER WE WANT DOESN'T DOESN'T AFFIRM BID?
>> YES. UNLIKE THE RFP PROCESS ALLOWS SPECIFICALLY TO CONSIDER OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OTHER THAN JUST PRICE, AND ALSO ALLOWS AN RFP SPECIFICALLY WHEN THAT LANGUAGE IN THE RFP PLUS TO NEGOTIATE PRICE AND OTHER FACTORS IN CONSIDERING.
>> THEN THE WHOLE SUPERVISOR THING.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING PREMIERS PUTTING SUPERVISORS IN FROM WHAT DR. CHAPMAN SAID.
PRICES CONTRACT WAS GOING TO LET US SUPERVISE.
I STRUGGLE WITH THAT PIECE BECAUSE THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO IT TO A REAL BAD.
HE SAID SHE SAID DEAL WITH US SUPERVISING CONTRACT WORKERS WHERE WE SHOD THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO CONTRACT BASED SO WE DON'T HAVE TO.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT PRICE DIFFERENCE.
BUT DOESN'T THAT ALSO PUT US IN A LOT OF LIABILITY TOO.
>> THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT THIS CONTRACT IS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICES CONTRACT.
THESE EMPLOYEES OF THE CLEANING COMPANIES ARE NOT EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT.
AS YOU RECALL, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO YOU ACTUALLY MOVED TO AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACT CLEANING SERVICES, BUT THAT WAS THE ENTIRE INTENT OF THAT MOVE WAS TO MOVE AWAY FROM HAVING CERTAIN CUSTODIAL STAFF EMPLOYEES TO THEN BE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW UNDER INDEPENDENT CONTRACT TESTS, THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT THE IRS, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL LOOK AT WHEN CONSIDERING WHETHER A PERSON IS TRULY AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR AN EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE AN EMPLOYEE.
MUCH OF THAT IS THE DIRECTION CONTROL ABILITY TO DIRECT.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF MEMBER DIRECTING AND MANAGING AND SUPERVISING, I HAVE TO SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT LINE OF AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
>> MY FINAL QUESTION IS ABOUT BACKGROUND CHECKS.
HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THE RECORDS OF THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND WHO'S BEEN APPROVED AND HOW DO WE MONITOR THAT?
>> THANK YOU. BOARD CHAIR SCARLETT, I'M HEATHER SHAW, HR MANAGER.
WE DO MAINTAIN BACKGROUND RECORDS.
THEY CANNOT REMAIN FOR STATUTORY REGULATION IN AN EMPLOYEE'S FILE.
WE DO HAVE TO KEEP THOSE SEPARATE AND LOCKED AND MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES.
WE ALSO HAVE TO WHOEVER IS REVIEWING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND OBTAINING THOSE FROM THE STATE HAS TO HAVE THEIR OWN BACKGROUND CHECK.
IN ORDER TO BE CLEARED TO REVIEW THOSE, AND SO ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT FALL UNDER THAT SEPARATE BACKGROUND CHECK HAVE AUTHORITY TO VIEW THOSE.
>> ON THIS CONTRACT BASIS, HOW DO WE HOW DO YOU KNOW? BECAUSE I ASSUME YOU'RE THE ONE REVIEWING THEM? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THESE CONTRACT WORKERS HAVE FULL BACKGROUND CHECKS.
DO WE KEEP A RECORD OF THOSE ON SITE?
>> I DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF ANY CONTRACT WORKERS AT THIS TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COULD BE?
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>> I DON'T THINK THIS DON'T HAVE TO STATE BUT I JUST WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT LEGALLY.
BUT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FOOD SERVICE.
THAT IS THOSE FOLKS WILL DEFINITELY BE IN THE BUILDINGS WITH STUDENTS, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO RESOLVE OR SET SOME POLICY OR WHATEVER? BECAUSE IT SEEMS THIS IS HOW CERTAIN THINGS WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE TO GET EMPLOYEE OR GET PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK WITHIN THE BUILDINGS, AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE PROBABLY THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS CLEARLY IS AN ADMITTED CONSEQUENCE OF THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION AND THEN COME UP AGAIN.
>> THANKS. ZUNG. ANYTHING ELSE? JENNIFER ZUNG.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I GUESS I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE BACKGROUND CHECK, AND IF THE CONTRACT SAYS 45 DAYS AND THEY START JULY 1ST, WON'T THEY HAVE TIME TO GET THE BACKGROUND CHECK BEFORE THEY STARTED AND CAN THAT BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CONTRACT? CAN WE MAKE THE MOTION CONTINGENT ON THAT BEING REMOVED? I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M ASKING THIS TO.
>> SHERIFF SCARLETT, TRUSTEE ZUNG, IT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT IN APPROVING THE CONTRACT MAY 8TH FOR JULY 1, THAT SHOULD GIVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY.
IF ANY OF THE STAFF HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR BACKGROUND CHECK, THEY DON'T WORK.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN.
>> JOE, ASKING YOU A QUESTION.
WERE YOU SAYING THAT THE CONTRACT SHOULD JUST HAVE ANY REFERENCE THAT BASICALLY JUST SAY BACKGROUND CHECKS MUST BE COMPLETED?
>> PRIOR TO WORKING AND NOT ANY REFERENCE TO THE DAYS?
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE 45 DAYS BETWEEN NOW AND JULY 1.
IT SHOULDN'T BE A REASON WHY THEY COULDN'T COMPLETE ALL OF THEM BEFORE THE CONTRACT STARTS BEFORE SERVICES START?
>> THANKS, JOE. ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING NONE.
>> JEFF, AM I ALLOWED TO SPEAK? NO. THIS JUST PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SELECTION OF PREMIER GREEN CLEANING FOR DISTRICT CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 WITH A TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $948,700 PER, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO.
>> IT WAS FOUR THREE AND POSITIVE TO PREMIER. MOVING ON.
I BELIEVE WE ARE ON CONSIDERATION OF HOT SPRINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD BOCES 0.1 MILL LEVY 0.15 REQUEST.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. THIS IS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD BOCES LEVY STAYING THE SAME AS IT CURRENTLY IS FOR 0.1.
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> HOT SPRINGS BOCES IS THE ENTITY THAT THE FUNDING IS COLLECTED THROUGH AND THEN RETURNED TO THE DISTRICT.
>> OH, SORRY. IT FUNDS OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM, PUBS AND GRIZZLIES, AS WELL AS PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND CONNECTION BETWEEN ALL OF THE INDEPENDENT EARLY CHILDHOOD AND CARE EDUCATIONAL CENTERS IN THE VALLEY, SO THAT WHEN STUDENTS DO TRANSFER TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE A STRONG CONNECTION WITH THE FAMILIES AND THE FAMILIES KNOW WHEN THE KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT AND ALL THOSE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING.
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>> I JUST TRYING TO GET US THERE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, WHO'S ON [INAUDIBLE]? THEN JUST CURIOSITY, HOW MUCH DOES HOT SPRINGS HOLD OUT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE? THEN HOW MUCH I ASSUME MORE THAN $400,000.
I GET THAT FROM PEOPLE PAYING FOR THE KID.
BUT OTHER THAN THE 400,000 FROM THE MILL LEVY AND PEOPLE PAYING, WE DON'T CONTRIBUTE ANY OTHER FUNDS, DO WE?
>> SHERIFF SCARLETT, TRUSTEE AMBRIF WE START WITH THE FIRST QUESTION.
I BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IS $10,000.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS THE STAFF OR STUDENTS THAT WHOSE CHILDREN ATTEND, THEY DO PAY A PORTION.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS SUPPORTING THIS.
>> DID WE SUBSIDIZE THAT SLIGHTLY OR IS IT FAIR MARKET NOW?
>> IT'S IT'S BELOW MARKET AMOUNT.
THEN IT'S TAKEN OUT OF EMPLOYEES PAYCHECKS.
THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT FOR THEM AND IT'S ENABLES US TO KEEP THE COSTS DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SENDING OUT BILLS AND INVOICES AND TAKING IN PAYMENTS, AND IT ENABLES US TO KEEP THE COST.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. SCARL, IS IT JUST US IN OXFORD, OR ARE THERE OTHER COUNTIES THAT BELONG TO THE BOCES TOO?
>> THERE ARE OTHER COUNTIES, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY.
>> WE DO QUARTERLY FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
IT IS. IT REALLY IS A PATH PASS THROUGH.
IT'S SEVERAL OF THE SAME FACES THAT I SEE ON THE BOCES 5 BOARD.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SIDE COMMENT.
BUT I HAVE SEEN A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND THE PROGRAM THAT I WORK IN SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS SINCE ALEX HAS BEEN THE LIAISON.
I THINK IT'S REALLY BEEN HELPFUL, AT LEAST IN THE PROGRAM THAT I'M PART OF, AND THEN I WAS ALSO, LAST SPRING AND THERE'S ONE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHICH I PROBABLY NEED TO SIGN UP FOR IS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY MEETS WITH THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS OVER DINNER AND DISCUSSES, TRANSITION.
>> YES. IT REALLY DISCUSSES, WHAT THAT TRANSITION SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND WHAT EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPECTS AND WHAT KINDERGARTNERS EXPECT.
IT REALLY HAS BUILT SOME NICE RELATIONSHIPS AND THEN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER FOR THE EMPLOYEES IS HUGE DEAL.
>> THAT'S BEEN A NICE SUCCESS.
>> THAT'S ALL ATTRIBUTED TO ALEX.
SHE JUST HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND HER KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND THE CONNECTIONS AND HER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
SHE JUST HAS SUCH A NICE STYLE ABOUT HER.
THAT REALLY THE SUCCESS IS ALL CONNECTED TO ALEX.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE 0.1 MILL LEVY REQUEST FOR THE HOT SPRINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD BOCES, PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT. CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> MR. CHAIR, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE SPRINGS CHILDHOODS BOCES 0.1 MILL LEVY REQUEST AS PRESENTED.
>>IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE HOT SPRINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD BOCES 0.1 MILL LEVY REQUESTS AS PRESENTED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> MR. CHAIR, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN OFFER THIS TO THE STAFF TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I WISH I COULD OFFER MORE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GREATER NEED THAN WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR, IT'S A GREAT START.
SEEING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SAY AYE
I BELIEVE THE NEXT ONE IS THE CWC BOCES.
THIS IS THE CWC BOCES AND IT'S CURRENTLY AT
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0.15 MILLS AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REMAIN AT 0.15 MILLS.THIS IS THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH CWC.
IT FUNDS THE CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT CLASSES THAT WE HAVE.
IT ALSO FUNDS TWO TEACHERS FOR NEXT YEAR IN OUR SOME CAREER TECH PATHWAYS.
THEN IT'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT THAT WE FUND ANY HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR ENROLLMENT AND TESTING.
I BELIEVE THAT'S JUST A BROAD OVERVIEW THAT WE'RE NOT SEEKING AN INCREASE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE HOME SCHOOLING PIECE AGAIN, OF WHAT THIS IS FUNDING WITH CWC?
>> WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW THAT HOME SCHOOLED CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME PROGRAMMING THAT WE PROVIDE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR ACTIVITIES.
THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT CLASSES.
IF THEY'RE TAKING A CLASS THAT CWC OFFERS AND THEY'RE ATTENDING THAT CLASS, WE PAY FOR THEIR TUITION AND WE REIMBURSE THEM FOR THAT.
OR IF THEY'RE TAKING ANY SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENT MAYBE FOR AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT IS REIMBURSED THROUGH CWC BOCES MILL LEVY.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CWC BOCES MILL LEVY REQUESTS OF 0.15 MILLS? PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE CWC BOCES MILL LEVY REQUEST OF 0.15 MILLS AS PRESENTED.
>> A MOVE SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CWC BOCES MILL LEVY REQUESTS OF 0.15 MILLS AS PRESENTED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, THIS IS THE REQUEST FROM REGION 5 BOCES.
DIRECTOR DAN MAYO IS HERE PRESENT, AND HE ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION FROM THE REGION 5 BOCES BOARD.
CURRENTLY, IT'S 0.1 MILLS, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING A 0.05 MILLS.
WITH THAT, I'M SURE THAT DIRECTOR MAYO OR I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR FOR DIRECTOR MAYO? COME ON.
>> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU.
CHAIRMAN, I WILL JUST STAND FOR QUESTIONS.
I'VE BEEN UP HERE GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING MULTIPLE TIMES.
ANNUALLY, WE MAKE THE REQUESTS FOR MILL FUNDS.
THE PACKETS THERE I DID INCLUDE MONTHLY UPDATE, INCLUDING THOSE TO GIVE MORE UPDATES RATHER THAN THE YEARLY ROAD TRIP I TAKE ATTENDING VARIOUS BOARD MEETINGS.
TRULY, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, I CAN EXPLAIN WHAT WE USE THE MILL LEVIES FOR.
ITS PRIMARILY FOR FACILITIES, AND THAT SORT OF THING TO OPERATE.
MORE OF OUR EFFORTS ARE SUSTAINED AND STAFFING BY THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE.
I HAVE GOOD NEWS TO REPORT OUR EFFORTS IN WORKING WITH DFS HAVE PAID OFF.
WE HAD A HUGE INCREASE TO THOSE FUNDING, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SORELY NEEDED FOR ALL THE FACILITIES AND THAT WE JUST FOUND OUT AND WE'LL BE WORKING THAT INTO OUR BUDGET.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES TO ENSURE THAT OUR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRICTS.
WE NEED TO UTILIZE THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE MEMBER AND NON MEMBER DISTRICTS. THANKS.
>> I KNOW IT'S 13 MEMBER DISTRICTS? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IF I ASK YOU HOW ALL THERE MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS IN EACH COUNTY.
BUT CONSISTENTLY, IF WE'RE DOING 0.05 WAS ABOUT $200,000.
IF WE ARE DOING 0.1, IT'S $400,000.
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I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MUCH DO THE OTHER 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING ESSENTIALLY THE SAME OR ARE WE BELOW, ABOVE? WHERE ARE WE?>> YOU WOULD BE ABOVE JUST BECAUSE YOUR MILL LEVY GENERATES A LOT MORE.
WE HAVE DISTRICTS THAT CONTRIBUTE HALF A MILL, THE MAX THAT THEY CAN BEFORE THEY GO OUT AND THAT BRINGS A FRACTION, 14,000, $20,000, JUST BECAUSE THE ASSESSED DOLLARS.
>> WE'RE ON PAR WITH YOUR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT?
>> YES. WE'RE AND RELATIVELY SPEAKING, YEAH.
>> NEXT. THEN I GUESS MY SECOND QUESTION IS, I KNOW YOU GOT YOUR ROOFING PROJECT IN THE CITING OF A SCHOOL.
ANY MOVEMENT ON, ANYTHING WITH THE COTTAGES?
>> I'M WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS TO GET SOME SCHEMATICS DRAWN UP AND STARTING TO JUST REALLY MOVE FORWARD AND TO GET MOVING ON BREAKING GROUND AND STARTING TO MOVE ON THOSE PROJECTS AS WE ARE JUST TAKING THOSE NEXT STEPS.
THE HARD PART IS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IN THE PAST, WE DON'T HAVE THE SCHOOL FACILITIES COMMISSION, SO IT'S US.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT SLOWS US DOWN, THIS IS OUR OWN CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO HIRE ARCHITECTS, FIND ARCHITECTS NOW, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
OUR PLAN IS TO MOVE FORWARD TO START WORKING ON MAKING THOSE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, WHATEVER WE GENERATE.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT FUND RAISING OPTIONS AGAIN, TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT AND SELECTING ARCHITECT AND MAKING PLANS, GOING OUT AND VISITING OTHER FACILITIES.
I THINK WHATEVER WE DECIDE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DFS PER GOVERNING.
I HAVE BUMPED DAN FOR YEARS OVER THIS AND BOB KAREN SCHMIDT, WHO'S THE HEAD OF DFS ABOUT THIS ON THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE WAS A LITTLE RIDICULOUS.
>> IT IS AND I THINK IT'S A BIG CHANGE FOR A LOT OF FACILITIES WHO HAVE NEEDED THAT FINANCIAL LIFT.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY DAN DID SOME OF THAT HEAVY LIFTING BECAUSE DFS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF OUR BOCES 5 MEETINGS AND HEARD FROM THAT BOARD AND FROM DAN AND I THINK THEY HURT US.
>> MR. MAYO, I LEARNED JUST TODAY THAT YOU'RE ELIGIBLE NOW FOR GRANT FUNDING?
>> LIMITED GRANT FUNDING, YES.
>> LIMITED GRANT FUNDING, DO YOU HAVE PLANS FOR THAT?
>> WE ARE WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO PURSUE GRANTS.
ANY GRANT THAT APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR WE ASK.
THERE'S STILL HOW THE DEFINITION WORKS.
SCHOOL DISTRICT VERSUS LEA? REALLY MAKES THAT A LITTLE BIT TRICKY, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE GRANTS.
AGAIN, WHEN WE DID THAT, IT WAS NEVER I THINK THERE'S A NOTION THAT WE WANTED TO GO AFTER FUNDS THAT DISTRICTS MAY BE SECURING AND THAT WASN'T OUR GOAL.
OUR GOAL WAS TO LOOK AT NEW OR DIFFERENT FUNDING THAT WE MAY BE LIMITED TO THAT PEOPLE MAY BECAUSE OF OUR DESIGNATION.
WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT GRANTS, AND IT'S MORE RIGHT NOW WORKING ON THE CLARIFICATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN GO AT, WHICH ONES WE CAN? WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WORKING ON JUST THE IDENTIFYING.
BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY PUT THE EFFORT IN TO PURSUE ANY GRANT WRITING TO HELP BRING IN MORE REVENUE FOR OURSELVES.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU COULD DO THAT DESIGNATED BY THE LEGISLATURE?
>> YES. WE WERE DESIGNATED AS AN LEA FOR CERTAIN THINGS FOR CERTAIN PROVISIONS, I GUESS THAT OR BRINGING A COURT CONSORTIUM OF DISTRICTS THAT WOULD THEN CHOOSE NOT TO A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE PERKINS FOR VERY SMALL DISTRICTS WHERE THAT'S VERY LIMITED FUNDING.
WE COULD BRING A CONSORTIUM, WHICH THEY MAY BE DOING.
WE'RE ALSO ALLOWED TO DO THAT, BUT THEN THE DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE TO FOREGO.
WE WERE NOT REALLY INTO BRINGING CONSORTIUMS IN THAT WAY.
WE WANTED TO FIND MAYBE GRANT FUNDS THAT DISTRICTS DIDN'T HAVE AN APPETITE GOING AFTER, BUT THEY'RE STILL ASSIGNATION CALLING YOURSELF AN LEA TO BE ABLE TO GO AFTER THOSE FUNDS, THEN WE COULD GO AFTER THAT BECAUSE WE CAN BE DESIGNATED AS AN LEA FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES FOR FUNDING, ACCORDING TO FEDERAL LAW.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON WHERE WE APPROPRIATELY SHOULD WE GO APPROPRIATELY SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
>> SAYS THAT REALLY NICE TRUST TO ME, BUT FOR YEARS, IT WAS HARD TO GET TO THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE WORRIED.
>> WELL, I AND I WENT TO THE LAST SCHOOL DISTRICT THING AND CASPER.
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PEOPLE ARE ALL NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I KNOW MOST OF US HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.
CHRISTY ABRAMS, CHRISTY DORNAN MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, MAYBE IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE INVITED OUT AND MAYBE WE COULD COMMENT TO YOUR.
>> YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME OUT AND VISIT, OUR STAFF WOULD LOVE TO HAVE VISITORS OUT THERE.
I THINK THE MORE WE CAN TELL OUR STORY AND SHOW WHAT WE DO AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, IT JUST HELPS US IN THE LONG RUN.
>> MR. CHAIR, DAN, I KNOW THAT IF WE MAKE THIS CHANGE FROM 0.1 MILL DOWN TO 0.05 MILL, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25.
SO IT'S SOME TIME BEFORE THAT MONEY COMES IN.
YOU'RE NOW ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS.
YOU HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS POTENTIALLY EVEN RAISING FEES THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE STATE REIMBURSES 100%.
IF WE WERE TO REDUCE THIS, DO YOU SEE THAT REDUCTION OF FUNDING THAT WOULD COME FROM THIS MILL LEVY BE MADE UP? ARE YOU PLANNING TO RAISE FEES TO GET THE STATE TO FUND YOU AT A HIGHER LEVEL?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I THINK IT'S A VERY MULTIFACETED ANSWER.
I THINK WE'RE TAKING GOING AFTER EXPANDING WHATEVER OUR OPTIONS THROUGH GRANT FUNDING WAS ONE APPROACH.
WORKING WITH THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE FUNDING SOURCES LIKE WORKING THROUGH DFS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING APPROPRIATELY REIMBURSED FOR THE COSTS THAT ARE THERE.
I KNOW WE'RE HAVING SOME ONGOING MEETINGS TO EVEN LOOK AT.
JUST EVEN MAYBE ON THE EDUCATION SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON HOW TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS UTILIZE THE FEES IF WE RUN INTO THAT SHORTAGE.
I THINK WE WANT TO COVER AS MUCH.
IT'S REALLY A FACILITIES RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND SO WE CAN DO THE FACILITIES.
EVERYTHING FACILITIES IS REALLY THE BIG CHALLENGE OF HOW CAN WE HAVE THAT FUNDING AND START A PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT FUNDING COMING IN CONSISTENTLY.
THINK EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE.
IT'S JUST THAT WOULD YOU COME UP WITH $3,040 MILLION OR HOW DO YOU? BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MAYBE DIFFERENT LOANS OR GRANTS OR DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT.
WE'RE JUST INVESTIGATING THEM AS WE GO AND LOOKING AT THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST OUR FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED IF WE CHOOSE SO IF THE BOARD CHOOSES SO.
NOT SURE HOW TO CLEARLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY EVERY AVENUE TO BE ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY GET OUR WE SEE OURSELVES AS A STATE FACILITY.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE MORE EQUITY IN THE CONTRIBUTION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO UTILIZE OUR SERVICES, AS I'VE TESTED OR I'VE REPORTED BEFORE, BUT DON'T MAYBE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE FACILITY FEES AS MUCH AND WE'RE CHANGING THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE BUILD OUR FEE STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AND DFS MET THE CHALLENGE AND THEY RAISE THEIR FEES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE FACILITY ISSUES AT HAND, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND PURSUE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES.
WE'RE NOT COMING TO DISTRICTS IN THIS WAY AND WE HAVE A MORE SECURE FUNDING FOR THOSE FACILITIES, I WOULD SAY, PRIMARILY.
>> THANK YOU. I GUESS MY ULTIMATE QUESTION IS IF THIS FUNDING IS REDUCED TO YOU THROUGH THIS LEVY.
HOW IS IT GOING TO IMPACT YOUR OPERATING OPERATIONS? MY CONCERN IS.
IT'S THE LONG TERM FACILITY NEEDS THAT WE HAVE THAT CONTINUE TO GROW.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS PLAYING THIS CATCH UP, AND WE'VE JUST GOT SO FAR BEHIND THAT IT NEEDS A PRETTY INTENSIVE INTERVENTION.
I THINK DAY TO DAY WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
IT'S THE BIGGER ISSUE OF HOW DO WE WANT TO FUND THIS LARGE PROJECT TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CURRENT DEMAND OF THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE.
I DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR YOU FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> AS FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.
WE KNOW, THROUGH ALL THE YEARS, WE DO VALUE THAT.
THIS IS BECOMING ONE OF MY HOBBIES IS TO ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS [LAUGHTER] 13 OF THEM.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE. APPRECIATE IT.
[03:20:04]
>> OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON OC FIVE REQUEST.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE REDUCTION OF THE REGION 5 MILL LEVY REQUEST FROM 0.1 MILES-0.05 MILES AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO REDUCE THE REGION 5 BOLEVY REQUESTS FROM 0.1 MILES-0.5 MILES AS 0.05 MILES AS PRESENTED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY HI? ANY OPPOSED TO SAY NO?
IT WAS SIX IN FAVOR, ONE AGAINST.
I WAS NOT SURE HOW TO WORD THAT, BUT.
>> NEXT ACTION ITEM EIGHT APPROVAL OF MANAGED IT NETWORK SERVICES AGREEMENT.
>> THAT WAS A MEETING I CAN JUST ASK YOU.
IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, WE'RE EXTENDING ALBERT K 12 FOR ONE MORE YEAR FOR $374,000.
I MISSED THE LAST MEETING AND I APOLOGIZE.
WHAT HAPPENED I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING AN RFP AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH SOME FUNDING, AND WE COULDN'T DO IT.
NEXT YEAR, WILL WE BID THIS OUT. THAT CURIOUS.
>> MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE GINGERY.
YES. WE WILL START THE RFP PROCESS FOR MANAGED SERVICES PROBABLY THE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER TIME FRAME SO THAT WE JUST HAVE TO HELP OUR RATE CONSULTANTS ALONG TO GET US TO AN EARLIER RFP.
BUT YES, WE WOULD BE BIDDING THE WHOLE THING BACK OUT AFTER THIS ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I NEED.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT. THE IT NETWORK SERVICE AGREEMENT.
>> CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE MANAGE IT NETWORK SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH K12 NOT TO EXCEED $374,610.
>> SECOND TO THE IT CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE. ANY POSE?
>> NEXT, APPROVAL OF CARPETS PLUS PURCHASE ORDER TO INSTALL FLOORING AT JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. BIRTHDAY GIRL.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES.
I HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A PO TO INSTALL CARPET AT THE JACKSON HOLE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I THINK I'LL JUST STAND FOR QUESTION.
>> I ACCEPT. A GOOD QUICK QUESTION.
I WAS OUT OF WILSON THE OTHER DAY AND WHAT DEFINITELY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, I HAD BEEN THERE A WHILE, AND ALL THE CARPET WAS GONE AND THAT SURPRISED ME.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WE PULLED OUT ALL THE CARPET IN WILSON ELEMENTARY.
BUT SCOTT AND I HAD A CONVERSATION, WELL, NOT SCOTT BECAUSE SHE WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE GIVING ME THE TOUR THAT DAY AND WE WERE SITTING THERE LOOKING AT IT AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT SAVED YOU A LOT OF MONEY BY NOT HAVING CARPET AND LEAVING IT ON CONCRETE UNDERNEATH.
I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO DO IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OR NOT, BUT WAS THAT A CONSIDERATION AT LEAST AT THE ALTA ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP REPLACING THE CARPET.
THEN I HEARD WAS THAT WILSON ELEMENTARY DECIDED TO PULL THE CARPET OUT AND IT'S ALL CONCRETE NOW.
IT SAVED US CONSIDERABLE A LOT AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE'D NEVER HAVE TO REPLACE THE CARPET AGAIN.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS AND SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO ALTA.
I THINK THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S MOSTLY YOU'RE JUST DOING THE ADMIN OFFICE AND SOMETHING ELSE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE GINGERY.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE GONE IN AND WE HAVE MADE A CHANGE IN OUR STANDARD SPEC FOR OUR HALLWAYS AND CORRIDORS TO REMOVE CARPET AND GO TO A HARD SURFACE.
AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS LIKE A NEWER SCHOOL,
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MUNGER, THEY DID POLISHED CONCRETE IN THE CORRIDORS.WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THAT'S WHAT WE DID OUT AT WILSON, WE REMOVED ALL THAT OLD CARPET IN THE CORRIDORS.
WE STILL DID CARPET IN THE CLASSROOMS, BUT WE WENT TO THE HARD SURFACE IN THE CORRIDOR.
IT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND CONTINUING TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROPOSE.
I'M WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS, AND THEY SEEM FAVORABLE TO US AND IT'S A LOW MAINTENANCE FLOOR.
AT ALTA, THE THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SHAW, WHICH IS OUR PREFERRED SPEC, AND VINYL TILE HAS COME INTO A LARGER USE IN SCHOOLS SINCE I DID A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE STUDYING THAT.
I HAVE CHANGED MY RECOMMENDED FLOOR FINISH FOR CORRIDORS FROM PULLING UP CARPET AND DOING POLISHED CONCRETE ON A FLOOR SLAB THAT WASN'T POURED AND PREPPED FOR EXPOSED FINISHED FLOOR TO VINYL PLANK FLOORING, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN THE CLASSROOMS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S THE PRODUCT THAT I PROPOSE AND I'M RECOMMENDING WE INSTALL IN THE CORRIDORS OF ALTA.
>> WONDERFUL. THAT'S ALL I WAS CURIOUS OF.
HAVE YOU READ ABOUT THE OFF GASSING OF THOSE VINYL PLANK FLOORING WE'RE SEEING, AND THAT THING.
I THINK IT'S NOT REALLY VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY PRIMARY STUFF TO MAKE AND IT OFF GASES. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE MEAD.
I ABSOLUTELY DO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FCS.
THEY'VE SHARED LITERATURE WITH ME AND THEY'VE DONE GREAT STRIDES IN REDUCING THE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THOSE.
THE VINYL PLANK FLOORING, AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, WHAT I DO LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT YOU LAY IT DOWN AND THEN YOU HAVE WEAR AND TEAR IN A CERTAIN SPOT, YOU JUST PEEL IT UP AND PUT DOWN A DIFFERENT PLANK.
I DO CONSIDER THOSE THINGS, AND I THINK THE LONGEVITY OF THE FLOOR, THAT'S GOOD.
I ALSO THINK WITH INDOOR AIR QUALITY, THERE IS OFF GASSING, BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT A HARD SURFACE, THE MORE WE CAN GET IT IMPROVES OVERALL INDOOR AIR QUALITY BECAUSE IT REDUCE MOLD, IT REDUCE ALL THAT STUFF COMING IN.
I LOOK AT IT AS OVERALL IMPACT.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT? MAKE A MOTION, KEITH.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CARPET PLUS PURCHASE ORDER NOT TO EXCEED $137,690.48.
>> HAS BEEN MOVED, AND SECONDED.
APPROVED CARPET PLUS PURCHASE ORDER NOT TO EXCEED $137,690.48 AS PRESENTED.
>> AND OPPOSED? NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[F. Consent Agenda]
THERE'S NOW EIGHT ITEMS. ONE, APPROVAL OF STAFF CONSIDERATIONS AND REPORTS WE MADE 2024.TWO, APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 2024 CHECK REGISTER.
THREE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 17TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.
FOUR, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 23, 2024 SPECIAL MEETING.
FIVE, APPROVAL OF THE TCSD NUMBER ONE SMART START PLAN.
NUMBER 6, APPROVAL OF JADE'S HEATING AND PLUMBING PURCHASE ORDER TO INSTALL AND EXHAUST FAN IN JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY CLASSROOM.
SEVEN, APPROVAL OF BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL.
EIGHT, APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION?
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> AND OPPOSED? PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[G. Communication]
ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. COME ON UP.INTRODUCE YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? ANYBODY ONLINE? PUBLIC COMMENT CLOSED.
>> OH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY RAISED HER HAND.
IT'S MICHELLE I DON'T KNOW THE LAST NAME.
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>> POPULATED, IT'S LATE. MICHELLE ROOKS.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE STEP AND THE 174% RCA.
JUST THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT'S BEEN TAKEN TO HELP STAFF UNDERSTAND THE INSURANCE.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THE COMPASSION FOR TEACHERS AND HELPING US UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT DECISION THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO? GREAT. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD, WE RECEIVED 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 LETTERS, SOME ATTACHMENTS.
I KNOW WE'VE ALL READ THOSE LETTERS.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD.
DISCUSSIONS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SCHEDULING AND TOPICS.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THE TENNIS PROPOSAL.
WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS IN 2021, WHERE WE CREATED A MASTER PLAN OF PROJECTS, AND PROBABLY, I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO TO ADDRESS THE TENNIS IS TO CRACK OPEN THE MASTER PLAN, START REVIEWING IT PROBABLY AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE SENIOR BACK IN THE SCHOOL NEXT FALL.
WE CAN START GOING THROUGH THAT LIST AND MARKING OUT OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP ON THE LIST AND CHANGES, AND ADDITIONS AND THAT WILL NEED TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT EVERYBODY.
WERE YOU GOING TO INDICATE THAT BACK TO THEM.
>> I SENT ONE BACK TO COACH MATTHEWS.
I'M NOT SURE I SENT IT BACK TO DORNAN TO ANSWER.
>> SHE SENT BEAUTIFUL LETTER. THANK YOU.
>> I'LL JUST LET HIM COMMUNICATE.
>> I'LL COMMUNICATE THAT AT THE GRAND.
>> I'M SORRY, CHAIR SCARLETT. I MISSED THAT.
WHEN DID YOU WANT THE REVIEW OF THE MASTER PLAN? WHAT MONTH? WE HAVE IT. WE'RE READY.
>> YOU'RE READY. I WOULD SAY THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
EVENTUALLY, MAYBE IN NOVEMBER.
>> IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SHORTER MEETINGS.
>> YES. WE ALL LIKE SHORTER MEETINGS.
>> FUTURE PLANNING. ANYTHING ELSE? ADVANCE PLANNING, REVIEW MEETING?
>> NOT AS LONG AS THE LAST ONE.
>> NO, WAIT A SECOND. WE'RE 15 MINUTES EARLIER.
>> I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
>> NOW EXCITEMENTS, ADJOURNED.
>> BYE.
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