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Waldorf Steiner perspective. And uh I

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lately in terms of adolescent spiritual

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60% of them um don't believe that

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the world of the young today is, to be

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that that really disturbs me because I

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for people like Obama And there's this sense of hope that happened at that

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appropriate? What do you think?

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Christian, can you put yourself back on

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>> book of a book that we're not going to

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study tonight. [laughter]

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and and didn't believe in God, went to

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Catholic school and was, you know, not

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what's that threshold for a teenager?

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cynicism? For instance, in Waldorf

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knowledge of, you know, what is

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historical epic or something. But what

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AI chat bots for kids.

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10year-old suicide in the school in the

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the video game that if he does himself

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just balance, right? I love the idea of

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that good, you know, like I think in

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wins over evil. But I'm also like seeing

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opposite of cynical. like he just thinks

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everything works out great all the time.

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believe everything I hear and read and

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see on the internet. Sorry, I'm in the

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something a teacher can do? I don't

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when the students see these human beings

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modeling in their lives these um events

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that happen um that that lives more

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instructions, but when they live it in

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situations through the stories that are

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being told as well as how we bring the

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create situations for them to problem

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solve, right? Like they they have an

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experience and they have to navigate and

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things and keep working at it. That's

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why the handwork is so important. That's

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why the, you know, the perseverance and,

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oh, you know, you missed the stitch 10

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rows back. Are you going to live with

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that mistake? Are you going to rip it

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with or not? You know, so giving them

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those skills in in that practical little

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piece then helps them transfer those

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thoughts and skills um to other things.

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something that that just kind of a

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memory that just kind of came to my

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mind. Um I was in college when Sudoku

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really kind of became big and and so I

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was like, "Oh, okay." So I started doing

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these Sudoku puzzles and it's a logic

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game. It's not a math game. It's a logic

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game. If this is true, then this must be

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true. And I noticed as I practiced those

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puzzles and that way of thinking, I was

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able to in in some of my coursework and other situations in my life, my

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brain was thinking if this is true, then

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that is true. If this is true, then that

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is true. Um and and it was really I I

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think it's just being in my early 20s

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and then you know this new skill that I

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was developing and and so I don't know

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that it felt related. I don't know how

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it relates to what we're talking about,

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but it just kind of [laughter]

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that's where my thoughts went.

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>> Logic is important. Shander talks a lot

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about logic. I think I might need to

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tune out here real fast because I'm

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being I'm being needed as you can hear.

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Um, someone someone wants me. So, I'll

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be I'll be voting by by raised hand

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emoji and I'll be listening.

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>> Okay. Thank you, Christian. That that's

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really a really good thought for

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discussion. Um,

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>> I just wanted to say I think our biggest

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struggle with teenagers will be that

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like we're raising a generation of

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snowflakes. I feel like that can't

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handle hard

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that that everything has come so easy to

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them in their life. They don't have

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>> I use the word snowflakes. It's loaded,

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[laughter]

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>> you know,

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>> loaded.

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I guess like um they're like I just feel

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like they

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everything comes too easy to them these

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days and they don't know how to

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persevere through a lot of things and do

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the hard work that life requires

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sometimes to get good results.

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>> I think part of that also is having that

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one onone experience with other people.

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I have a child that's in this

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demographic and the other day they came

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to me and they just sat down and they

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drew me a picture of the entire social

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dynamic of the lunchroom and it was

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absolutely fascinating and like I've

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known most of this like I I went to

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middle school. I know how it is.

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[laughter] Um but she was just so

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enamored with it and she

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was having that experience and learning

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from it. And I think a lot of the time

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when we have kids isolated from each

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other or from a community, they're not

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given the opportunity to do that. And I

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think you can isolate kids to a certain

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extent up until about that 9-year

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change. [clears throat]

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>> And then that necessity for community

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and for the broader world view to come

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in is what they need. And sometimes

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that's not pleasant.

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>> No, that's sometimes it is pleasant and

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sometimes they get a chuckle out of it.

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but they have to go up against their

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peers.

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» Thank you. That was just really a great

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discussion. Um our board capacity

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building this this month. Um we have

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we're working on a board governance

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framework and Sarah kindly has put this

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all together and is starting the process

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of it. It will cover how we um work with

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uh director evaluation, our board goals

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and charter compliance. Then we're

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putting some questions in that

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compliance document and I mean in that

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document, that framework and we're

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putting questions that we want to ask

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oursel about the director and about our

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goals and about charter compliance for

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our board. And um we're still working on

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it. It's just it's just new and it's on

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our

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um

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and Sarah, did you give did you send

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that to everyone or just Carol and I?

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>> I've just sent it to the two of you

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because I wanted to run it by you guys

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first.

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>> We're going to work on I just want you

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to know it's in the works and we're

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looking through it and writing it and uh

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we will be talking about this at our

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upcoming board retreat. So I I put a

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date together for our board retreat. Uh,

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I'm proposing that we work on um on our

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retreat for June 6th from 9 to 2 pm or

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from 11 to 4 p.m. Um, we'll have an

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intensive more intensive Steiner study

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review of the past year, setting goals

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for our next year, approving budgets and

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policies to start in the fall, setting

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goals and evaluation process for that

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for the director. So, I all of this is

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in the works. So, I just want you to

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know that it's happening. We'll send it

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out when we have the framework a little

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more clearly put together and um and

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written, but I just want you to know

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that we're doing that as a board and

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getting ready for our board um retreat.

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So, it um we're planning to Were we

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going to do this in person, Carol, or

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online? How are you?

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>> I think I think the board retreat would

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be great in person if if we can. Um,

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obviously we have a few people that

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might need to still zoom in. Um, but

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anybody that could gather in person

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would be super helpful for

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>> Yeah, I think that would be nice.

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>> Um, I don't think that the board needs

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to solidify the date um until May. If

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the board is comfortable setting that

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next month, then that's fine. So, we

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wanted to give everybody plenty of time

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to check your calendars, check your

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commitments, and and give everyone

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plenty of time. Um,

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>> I just have a commitment. I'm I'm doing

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a training for the Honeycomb Cottage

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School for a week in June. So, I have a

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commitment already. So, earlier in June

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would be better for me if we could do

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that. So, just look at your calendars

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and and keep that in mind coming up.

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>> There will also be so there there will

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be a significant amount of documentation

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and like the budget for next year. Um

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and the budget will be a lot more

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complicated than we did in this um

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pre-operational year. So there'll be a

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lot of pieces um to to discuss and and

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work through and make sure that

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everything is ready. So having that time

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to kind of sit and counsel together. Um

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it will be an open public meeting and

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people are welcome to come um to

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whatever location. I'm hoping that by

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then we might be in our Provo location

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um or we can still continue to use the office here in ORM. So those are

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some options for that. The board will

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also need to set the calendar I mean for

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the the August board meeting date and

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then in August you set the calendar for

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the whole year. So those are some of the

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other pieces in that.

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>> Yes. So I will be in California the

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first week of June.

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>> Okay.

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>> Until the 8th.

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>> Sorry.

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>> That's all right.

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>> We have a family reunion that's not

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negotiable.

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» All right. So, we'll just keep everyone

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just keep looking and if you could tell

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me maybe other days in June that would

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work for you. That's a Saturday, I

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believe, that we set that June 6th.

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>> Um, let's start it in an email thread so

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that everybody can

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>> Yeah.

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>> can discuss that.

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>> If you could set that up for me, Carol,

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that would be great.

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>> All right. Um, as far as our public

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comments, I don't know that we have any

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that that are that we have public

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comments that are that are planned. So,

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we'll move on to review of the minutes

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from our previous meeting and we'll need

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to vote on those minutes. Um do we need to go through them since

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we sent them later or do you have did

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anyone get to read those before you they

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came tonight? Do you um tell me if you'd

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like to have time to review those or can

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we do go to the vote? Carol, what do you

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think?

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>> Vote until Marta is here.

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>> Oh, Marta, that's right.

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>> We can do a quick recap. That would be

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great because I

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>> Okay, Sarah, let's Yeah, if you could do

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a quick recap for us of the meeting

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notes from the 17th and the 26th.

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>> Yes. So, on the February 17th, we had a

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Steiner study by CJ about the long

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spring birth to age 21. Susan

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talked to us about charter board

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university chapter 13.

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We had a charter amendment proposal to

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we needed to submit a charter amendment

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requesting to open and provoke district

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due to options in Alpine district being

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too expensive for the school.

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We had a proposal to edit the gut bin

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board bylaws to remove the public

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relations officer and set the minimum

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number of board members at seven. Alicia

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Milligan was had filled out the

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application to join the board as a

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voting member and she was approved.

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There was a summary of board duties and

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Oh, do you have a comment or just

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waving? Hi.

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>> She was waving. I think just making sure

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she's part of us now.

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>> My husband also walked in, so I just

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>> Hello.

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>> Sorry.

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>> Okay. Sorry. There was a summary of

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board duties and qualifications that

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have been emailed to the board. We had a

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building report by building report by

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Clint. The calendar was delayed. We were

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going to do that in the next board

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meeting as well as the policy review.

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However, we did go over the draft of the

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contract for pre-operational deaf

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pedagogy and that was reviewed and

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approved. And then we had an admin

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report by Carol where she went over

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marketing and enrollment, the CSP grant,

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the hiring update and website update.

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And then we had a finance committee

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meeting update from Marta and she had

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met with Red Apple and learned about the

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system and ensured that we were on track

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for spending.

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» Okay. Thank you, Sarah. Um I think we'll

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delay the vote on those minutes then and

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we'll move to our

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>> Do you want me to read the second

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meeting then?

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>> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, I

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>> Okay. There was also February 26 where

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we had an additional meeting for the

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month. Um we approved a calendar there.

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was some discussion. We had a we

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approved the draft for the public

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comments policy, discipline policy and

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school fees. They were sent to the

539
00:22:11,919 --> 00:22:13,520
review and there was some discussion. We

540
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,840
approved those. Um we also approved the

541
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,840
salary schedule and we had an admin

542
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,789
report on the CPS grant.

543
00:22:24,799 --> 00:22:26,559
Okay.

544
00:22:26,559 --> 00:22:29,440
All right. So Carol, are we ready? Can

545
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,120
we move to the building update with

546
00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,559
Clint right now even though we don't

547
00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:34,240
have Marta or what shall we do?

548
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,520
>> Clint hasn't joined yet. Um it's CSP not

549
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,120
CPS by the way. Sarah [laughter]

550
00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,760
>> thank you Carol. It's been a long day.

551
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:44,640
>> Okay.

552
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,520
>> Um Clint isn't here to give an update.

553
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,600
There really isn't any additional

554
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,200
update. Um we are still on hold until

555
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,559
they um let us know of a date that they

556
00:22:56,559 --> 00:22:59,120
would like to get together to sign. Um,

557
00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:01,200
so we're still not able to publish that

558
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,000
information. Um, we are still answering

559
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,159
parents questions who contact us,

560
00:23:06,159 --> 00:23:07,679
assuring them we do have a building.

561
00:23:07,679 --> 00:23:08,960
It's a legal thing that we can't

562
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,039
disclose the full location, but also

563
00:23:11,039 --> 00:23:12,960
assuring them of our transportation plan

564
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,679
to use school buses and the UTA passes

565
00:23:15,679 --> 00:23:17,120
and and make sure that everybody has

566
00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:21,280
equitable access to our location. So,

567
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:22,960
um, we're doing the best we can. We do

568
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,000
have um that that's all I'm going to say

569
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:26,960
about the building because the other

570
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,159
things start getting into other things

571
00:23:28,159 --> 00:23:29,760
that I'll tell you guys later unless you

572
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,400
want to move to the um admin report

573
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:33,440
right now.

574
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,360
>> I think we should move to the admin

575
00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:36,159
report.

576
00:23:36,159 --> 00:23:40,320
>> Okay. So, let me pull that up. Um I

577
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:41,440
don't think we're going to need the

578
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,919
closed session tonight. Um that's really

579
00:23:43,919 --> 00:23:47,600
all there was about the building. Um if

580
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,640
you guys have um questions, I wouldn't

581
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,400
delete it yet, Sarah. Um because if

582
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,240
Clint joins later and you guys have

583
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,320
questions for him, um you might move to

584
00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,640
do that at that point. So this meeting

585
00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,080
is going to be a little bit messy as we

586
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,559
shuffle things around. [laughter]

587
00:24:02,559 --> 00:24:06,400
Um so the admin report um I have

588
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,159
submitted the charter amendment

589
00:24:08,159 --> 00:24:11,679
application and the we should be able to

590
00:24:11,679 --> 00:24:14,080
get on to the April 9th agenda for the

591
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,840
state charter school board. The

592
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,080
application included a request to

593
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,640
relocate to Provo School District, our

594
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,240
change in the bylaws to clarify the

595
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,240
board officer descriptions and remove

596
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,039
the PR position. Um the articulation

597
00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:28,720
agreement with Wasatch Charter School,

598
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,760
their board has um approved and and

599
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,200
signed that as well as ours. So um we

600
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,880
are proposing that with the state

601
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,679
charter school board. Um, we also

602
00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:41,360
included updating the language in our

603
00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,279
charter agreement to reflect Waldorf

604
00:24:43,279 --> 00:24:46,480
inspired per our trademark agreements.

605
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,520
So, I'll be attending the board meeting

606
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,840
for Wasatch tomorrow night just to make

607
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:53,760
sure they have all of their questions

608
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,480
around the articulation agreement um

609
00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,240
answered as well as um attending the

610
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,120
meeting on April 9th. Um, so on April

611
00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,520
9th, I don't know that they will ask us

612
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,360
any questions, but they might ask us

613
00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:08,720
questions about that. So, I plan on

614
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,200
being there. Um, if there is a board

615
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,240
member, it doesn't have to be an

616
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,080
officer, but if a board member would

617
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,360
like to also join that meeting when they

618
00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,240
post their agenda, we should be able to

619
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,240
tell around what time will be on the

620
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:23,360
agenda. So, we shouldn't have to be

621
00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:25,679
there for the whole day. Um, they do

622
00:25:25,679 --> 00:25:28,880
also have Zoom access if um, a board

623
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:33,200
member wants to join remotely. So, um,

624
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,880
that's just my request. I don't need an

625
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,400
answer right now. Um, but I will let you

626
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,080
know as soon as I know what their agenda

627
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:44,559
is going to be and what time. Um, I'll forward that in an email if anybody

628
00:25:44,559 --> 00:25:46,640
would like to join me, unless anybody

629
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,720
wants to tell me for certain that you

630
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,720
would like to join me right now.

631
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,559
>> Carol, are they do they usually start at

632
00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:54,320
seven for their board meetings? Is that

633
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,440
like a common time?

634
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,440
>> Their board meetings are all day because

635
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,799
they're dealing with things for the

636
00:25:58,799 --> 00:25:59,840
whole state.

637
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,240
>> Okay. Um so like this is the the same

638
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,320
type of board meeting where we got our

639
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:05,919
application approved where we all went

640
00:26:05,919 --> 00:26:08,080
up and um had the discussion with them

641
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,880
in their board meeting. So um it's that

642
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,640
kind of thing. But we won't have to be

643
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,520
there the whole day. The agenda gets

644
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,279
posted and there's time blocks for

645
00:26:17,279 --> 00:26:19,919
certain things. So we should probably be

646
00:26:19,919 --> 00:26:24,000
there 30 minutes before we're scheduled

647
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,240
and it might go a little bit later. Um

648
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,320
but being there within that time block.

649
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,880
Um, and so we it should be like no more

650
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,279
than a two-hour commitment.

651
00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:34,880
>> I had one more question that came up

652
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,880
this week in my brain.

653
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,039
>> Is there a way to do a charter articul

654
00:26:39,039 --> 00:26:41,120
or an articulation agreement with a

655
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,760
homeschool group like with Honeycomb

656
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,840
>> because it's from one state school to

657
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,039
another? So it has to be um and the

658
00:26:49,039 --> 00:26:52,480
rules the rules around it is from um

659
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,720
another because it's a charter amendment

660
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,279
for both us and for Wasatch and it's a

661
00:26:57,279 --> 00:26:59,520
part of our charter agreements. Um and

662
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:00,400
it has to be

663
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,240
>> it's a charter issue.

664
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,600
>> Yeah. Um and so it's just a way for

665
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,679
charters of similar programs to be able

666
00:27:07,679 --> 00:27:08,720
to work together.

667
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,240
>> Okay.

668
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,760
>> Unfortunately that's the nature.

669
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,720
Um, so the next thing is our U our CSP

670
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,960
grant update. Um, just letting the board

671
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,080
know that we have been sent our capacity

672
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,559
interview time for April 16th from 11:00

673
00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:27,440
a.m. to 2 p.m. Our five employees that

674
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,679
we have, myself, the registar, the

675
00:27:29,679 --> 00:27:31,520
faculty head, the dean of students, and

676
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,120
the dean of pedigogy will be in

677
00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,279
attendance there. We're all studying up

678
00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:37,840
on that document to be able to answer

679
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,679
questions. Um, and we also will have the

680
00:27:41,679 --> 00:27:44,320
board officers there. Um, that will be

681
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,080
eight people. We've also invited Alicia

682
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,559
Milligan as a voting member. That keeps

683
00:27:48,559 --> 00:27:50,480
us from having a board quorum and having

684
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,200
to post it on a public meeting website.

685
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:54,799
Um, but it still gives good

686
00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:58,159
representation for the CSP grant and

687
00:27:58,159 --> 00:28:00,080
those that will be a part of overseeing

688
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,720
that. Um, we won't know the results of

689
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,000
the grant until April 22nd. We also feel

690
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,840
really really good about this

691
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,679
application.

692
00:28:09,679 --> 00:28:14,240
Any questions about the CSP grant?

693
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,360
>> I'm gonna have to get a substitute

694
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:16,799
teacher if I go,

695
00:28:16,799 --> 00:28:18,159
>> but I can do that.

696
00:28:18,159 --> 00:28:19,520
>> Okay. [clears throat] It would be it'd

697
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:20,799
be really great if you can make that

698
00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:21,039
work

699
00:28:21,039 --> 00:28:22,880
>> on a Thursday. I just looked at

700
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,240
>> Yep. It is Thursday um from 11 to 2 p.m.

701
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,200
So,

702
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,640
>> okay.

703
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,240
>> Um Okay. So, marketing update. We have

704
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,720
billboards that are live. Um, and we get

705
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,039
a lot of people, we get at least one to

706
00:28:37,039 --> 00:28:38,720
five people reaching out to us every day

707
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,880
saying, "I saw your billboard." Um,

708
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,960
we've I had a lady call me last week

709
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,960
saying, "Oh my gosh, what do you mean?

710
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,120
There's a Waldorf High School in Utah. I

711
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,880
just saw your billboard." Unfortunately,

712
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,880
her student is in 11th grade, but she is

713
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,080
super excited that we um have a presence

714
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,399
and she um plans on on spreading the

715
00:28:56,399 --> 00:28:58,399
word. So, um, look for our billboards

716
00:28:58,399 --> 00:29:01,120
along I-15 and State Street from Lehigh

717
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,159
to Spanish Fork. Um, and we're getting,

718
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:05,360
like I said, we're getting those

719
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,919
contacts. We also have a billboard

720
00:29:07,919 --> 00:29:10,240
planned for the exit leading to our

721
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,120
school site. The first two weeks will

722
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,120
still be kind, it start, it goes live, I

723
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:19,520
think, um, April 6th. And um so the

724
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,520
first two weeks before we get the final

725
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,600
word of yes, we can publish the site,

726
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,520
it'll just be like our other billboards,

727
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,440
but it's a digital billboard. So as soon

728
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:28,880
as we get permission to publish the

729
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,600
site, that billboard will have an arrow

730
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,720
saying come to our building today. So

731
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,880
we're hoping that that will also um

732
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,200
build momentum. We're also working on

733
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,360
consistent social media campaigns. We're posting pretty much every day um

734
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,679
and some consistent things throughout

735
00:29:45,679 --> 00:29:48,159
the week. We've been circulating flyers

736
00:29:48,159 --> 00:29:49,520
throughout the communities and

737
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,120
businesses and public places. Everything

738
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,799
from Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain

739
00:29:52,799 --> 00:29:55,520
down to PAC. Um, at least once a week,

740
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,279
we have someone from the office going to

741
00:29:57,279 --> 00:29:59,279
these different locations to update

742
00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:02,080
flyers and and keep the word out. We've

743
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:03,840
also been posting events on our website

744
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,960
calendar and getting our website. My the

745
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,880
office team has been doing some amazing

746
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,880
work to update the website. Um, so I'd

747
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,720
encourage the board to go take a look at

748
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,520
it. Give us feedback as we're, you know,

749
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,600
trying to push all of this stuff out.

750
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,440
Um, if there's something that's missing,

751
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,840
you notice a typo, just send me an email

752
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,200
and we'll make sure that those get

753
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,760
fixed. But also, please have patience as

754
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,760
we're doing this on top of everything

755
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,679
else. But the website is is coming

756
00:30:29,679 --> 00:30:32,559
together and is um we're trying to make

757
00:30:32,559 --> 00:30:34,320
it as as easy as possible and as

758
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,480
informative as possible, as well as

759
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:40,799
Waldorf as um inspired as possible. Um,

760
00:30:40,799 --> 00:30:43,120
so the season is also starting for

761
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,240
farmers market booths. We have an event

762
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,640
every Saturday for the next three weeks.

763
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,559
Those events are on our calendar on our

764
00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:54,480
website. This coming Saturday will be in

765
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,799
Springville at the little herb shop

766
00:30:56,799 --> 00:30:58,880
there next to Maglebees on the upper

767
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,600
floor. And so um, that's where we start

768
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,279
out. the April 4th, we will be at the

769
00:31:05,279 --> 00:31:08,159
University Place small um in their

770
00:31:08,159 --> 00:31:11,279
little garden space there with a booth.

771
00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:16,559
And then um we have a booth at the um at

772
00:31:16,559 --> 00:31:23,279
BYU on the 11th of April. It's a um

773
00:31:23,279 --> 00:31:24,960
it's for the homeschool community. It's

774
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,039
specifically resources and information

775
00:31:27,039 --> 00:31:29,600
for homeschool families with the Utah

776
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,240
Fitzall. Um so we have anformational

777
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,520
booth there on that Saturday. Um

778
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,279
traditionally in the past the events

779
00:31:37,279 --> 00:31:39,360
like this that we have been able to

780
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,919
attend have really increased our numbers

781
00:31:41,919 --> 00:31:44,720
and we're anticipating large upticks in

782
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,320
our applications and enrollments

783
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,120
especially after that homeschool event

784
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,720
at BYU um to see those numbers change.

785
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:57,519
Then we have um throughout this season,

786
00:31:57,519 --> 00:32:00,320
we might be emailing board members um

787
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,240
with a request to help us run booths

788
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,960
throughout the summer. Um especially in

789
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,120
July when a number of us will be in

790
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,519
training for the high school um

791
00:32:09,519 --> 00:32:12,720
certification for Waldorf. Um we are

792
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,840
also our freshmen will uh not our

793
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,320
freshmen, our sophomores will still be

794
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,039
required to make up their freshman 32

795
00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:22,960
hours. when you spread that over three

796
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,360
years, it's very doable. Um, but we will

797
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,600
also be offering our sophomores the

798
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,320
opportunity to start banking some of

799
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,159
those work hours by helping us with

800
00:32:32,159 --> 00:32:34,159
booths throughout the summer. So, they

801
00:32:34,159 --> 00:32:36,159
will always have a supervisor from the

802
00:32:36,159 --> 00:32:38,640
school with them at the booth. Um, and

803
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,320
they could get eight hours knocked out

804
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,039
in one day to tell people, "This is why

805
00:32:43,039 --> 00:32:44,559
I'm excited to be a student at Azure

806
00:32:44,559 --> 00:32:46,880
Fields." Um, so that is one option that

807
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,880
we'll be talking to the families about.

808
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,640
Um we're still continuing to do school

809
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:54,080
visits with junior highs. One of um so a

810
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,559
couple weeks ago I had a dad call me

811
00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:59,760
from um John Hancock and he said that

812
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,039
his teacher had um suggested us as a

813
00:33:03,039 --> 00:33:05,519
high school. He knew nothing about Azure

814
00:33:05,519 --> 00:33:07,519
Fields and just wanted information. So

815
00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:09,039
as I was telling him about our program

816
00:33:09,039 --> 00:33:10,159
and the things that we're going to be

817
00:33:10,159 --> 00:33:12,480
offering, he said numerous times, "Oh my

818
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,039
gosh, it's too good to be true. Really?"

819
00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:16,960
And he applied immediately. So that was

820
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,919
our first ninth grader who applied. Um

821
00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:22,799
and they're super excited to be a part

822
00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:24,720
of our community and are spreading the

823
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,720
word there as well. Um so these efforts

824
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,120
are bringing things in slowly but but

825
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,200
they are working. Um Scholola has still

826
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,080
been very helpful. I feel like we would

827
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,080
be so much farther behind if they

828
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,600
weren't continuing to guide us through

829
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,000
best practices as we navigate these

830
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,799
marketing efforts. They remind us of

831
00:33:44,799 --> 00:33:46,559
best practices in communications so that

832
00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:47,919
we don't fatigue our families with

833
00:33:47,919 --> 00:33:50,159
sending too many notifications. They

834
00:33:50,159 --> 00:33:54,640
help us write um emails and campaigns

835
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,240
and um requests for interviews and and

836
00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:59,519
setting up all of these things. They're

837
00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:02,320
helping us find lists of um marketing

838
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,039
venues that we can um reach out to. What

839
00:34:05,039 --> 00:34:06,720
are the local newspapers or local

840
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,520
podcasters? Um they have been a huge

841
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,440
support. They're also helping us make

842
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,079
sure that our families are contacted um

843
00:34:14,079 --> 00:34:16,639
in a quality way. So I we still feel

844
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:19,440
like they are are very worth it and have

845
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,440
been very helpful

846
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,960
um in in our progress. Um we are

847
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,440
planning some at at Scholar Suggestion,

848
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,200
we're planning park meetups for the

849
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,720
founding cohorts, those that have

850
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:33,359
already applied, saying, "Hey, come and

851
00:34:33,359 --> 00:34:35,919
meet the other families that are going

852
00:34:35,919 --> 00:34:38,159
to be a part of our school." Um, and

853
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,119
we'll do those at local parks before we

854
00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:42,639
have access to our building and then we

855
00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:44,320
can do things at our building site.

856
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,720
We've also been asking these families to

857
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:48,560
hostformational cottage meetings with

858
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,119
their friends and neighbors. Um, and so

859
00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:53,440
we're, you know, we're encouraging that

860
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,520
kind of participation.

861
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,079
Um, we had a cottage meeting. I don't

862
00:34:58,079 --> 00:34:59,119
remember if I mentioned this, but we had

863
00:34:59,119 --> 00:35:02,079
a a virtual cottage meeting uh last

864
00:35:02,079 --> 00:35:04,480
week. Yeah, I think it was last week.

865
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,800
and seven of the of the at that point 10

866
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,280
families that had enrolled um attended

867
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,200
that event and got their questions

868
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,440
answered and are super excited to be a

869
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,320
part of the school. Um so that was

870
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,599
working really well. Now the difficult

871
00:35:21,599 --> 00:35:23,599
any questions on marketing before I move

872
00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:26,710
on.

873
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:32,560
Um when um when people phone, do they get you,

874
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:33,520
Carol?

875
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,480
>> Usually. Um so we have an office phone

876
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:41,750
and um really easy number 3854561122.

877
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,280
Um they can text or they can call and um

878
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,440
it's sitting just there on the desk in

879
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,839
the office and so generally I'm there to

880
00:35:49,839 --> 00:35:52,079
answer it. Sometimes it's the registar,

881
00:35:52,079 --> 00:35:53,280
sometimes it's someone else in the

882
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,240
office. Um, but they they talk to one of

883
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:59,280
us and most of the time it is me.

884
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:03,349
>> And um,

885
00:36:03,359 --> 00:36:05,520
and how many children are enrolled so

886
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:06,160
far?

887
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,240
>> That's my next getting to. Okay.

888
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:09,440
>> Yes, that's my next piece. That's what

889
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,119
I'm getting to. But I wanted to make

890
00:36:11,119 --> 00:36:12,400
sure that all the marketing questions

891
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,390
were answered first.

892
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,680
» Okay. Enrollment. This is a little bit

893
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,680
more of a difficult conversation. We

894
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,680
have 12 students who have turned in

895
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,200
applications. Five of those are nth

896
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,640
graders and seven of them are 10th

897
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,040
graders. Um like I said, seven of those

898
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,599
families attended our cottage meeting um

899
00:36:33,599 --> 00:36:35,359
and are are really excited about our

900
00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:40,640
program. Um the lottery date is next

901
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,520
Friday, April 3rd. Um each of those

902
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,200
families will immediately be sent.

903
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,680
Here's how you enroll. You're accepted.

904
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,680
Um after that lottery date, we're just

905
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,440
in open enrollment until our spots are

906
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,160
filled. Um, so they're technically going

907
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,000
to the bottom of the wait list, which is

908
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,119
the top of the weight list because

909
00:36:57,119 --> 00:36:58,960
there's no one ahead of them and and

910
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,640
they just immediately get turned around

911
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:06,800
with um invitation to um enroll. Um

912
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,599
our break even number to be able to open

913
00:37:09,599 --> 00:37:13,200
in the fall is 125. So um if we have

914
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,839
less than 125 students, we don't have

915
00:37:15,839 --> 00:37:18,960
enough funds to run our program. We are

916
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,320
supposed to have 75% of that by the end

917
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:26,160
of March and we are obviously a lot

918
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,440
behind with only 12. Um I did have a

919
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,160
conversation with Betty Amanz from the

920
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:33,920
state charter school board to give her

921
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:39,760
our progress report for March. Um the number that she had when I talked to

922
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,800
her two weeks ago um was eight students

923
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,359
enrolled. So, we're already, you know,

924
00:37:45,359 --> 00:37:49,040
continuing to increase. Um, they will be

925
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,960
discussing us in that April 9th meeting,

926
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:52,480
which is why I want to be there in

927
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,960
person and I plan on taking our latest

928
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,680
enrollment numbers. We have two farmers

929
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,920
markets events, which usually have

930
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:02,800
really good results. Um, so I'm hoping

931
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,920
that we have enough movement that we can

932
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,079
show that our efforts are starting to

933
00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:11,200
pay off and we are increasing those

934
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,440
numbers. So, if we can show that

935
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,320
significant enrollment over the next few

936
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,640
weeks um and get 125 students by the

937
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,359
second week of May, then the board will

938
00:38:23,359 --> 00:38:26,400
be confident in approving us in June to

939
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:30,000
open in the fall. Um if we don't meet

940
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,560
those numbers by the second week of May,

941
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:37,119
um depending on how close we are, um we

942
00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:40,000
they if we're getting really close, um

943
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,839
the last day that they have to approve

944
00:38:41,839 --> 00:38:44,000
us to open in the fall is June 30th. So

945
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,160
if they think like we can it meet it in

946
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:51,200
the four months of of May, then um then

947
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,480
we might be able to get that little

948
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,480
extension. If we're too far away from

949
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,000
that and our numbers aren't changing

950
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,720
enough by the efforts that we're doing,

951
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:00,880
then um the conversation turns to what

952
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,440
if we defer? So, I've been talking with

953
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,680
Jeff at Red Apple of what does deferring

954
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,000
for a year look like? Um we do have

955
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,839
contingency plans for that. We also feel

956
00:39:11,839 --> 00:39:14,640
like now is not the time to move forward

957
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,800
with those contingency plans, but

958
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,280
continue with our marketing efforts. Um

959
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,520
especially as the needle is starting to

960
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,960
rise. Um we've gone from one applicant

961
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,839
every couple of weeks to three to four

962
00:39:27,839 --> 00:39:29,920
almost an applicant a day. Um

963
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:31,280
>> well and also we haven't been able to

964
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,359
advertise the location yet which is a

965
00:39:33,359 --> 00:39:34,720
big issue. I think

966
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:37,040
>> I and I think that once we are able to

967
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,680
fully publish and have a party and um I

968
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,280
think as soon as we're able to we have a

969
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,320
party at that location saying hey here's

970
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:49,200
our location come and meet with us and fill out your application right now.

971
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,200
So, so I think once we're able to engage

972
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,119
in that way, we'll also see some

973
00:39:53,119 --> 00:39:56,880
movement. So, um it is we're in a space

974
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,680
of difficult conversations, but it's not

975
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,560
in a space of hopelessness. It's not in

976
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,960
a space of um we don't think you're

977
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,599
going to work out.

978
00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:10,000
I have a question. I saw a petition for

979
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,760
including seventh and eighth graders. Is

980
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:13,680
that one of the contingency plans to

981
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,000
hopefully get intendance like numbers

982
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:22,000
where they need to be? that is um the second most um frequent question

983
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,440
that we get is when we can add that

984
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,480
seventh and eighth grade. Um and so we

985
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,440
did listen to our community and we did

986
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:31,760
everything that we could to to vet that

987
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,640
process out. So um talked to the state

988
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:36,720
office, the um state charter school

989
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:38,480
board and and looked at all of the

990
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,560
options. We tried to get as many people

991
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:44,160
on that list as possible. Um the answer

992
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,200
is that that decision is dictated by um

993
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,839
the state legislature in the law as well

994
00:40:49,839 --> 00:40:52,800
as board rule and it is a two-year

995
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,880
process to add those grades. Um so the

996
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,160
absolute cernest that we could possibly

997
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:04,079
do that is to add one of those grades in

998
00:41:04,079 --> 00:41:07,280
our second year of operation as a small

999
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,760
expansion which would be one grade level

1000
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,880
less than 100 students. Um, part of me

1001
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:16,319
feels like we go ahead and try for that

1002
00:41:16,319 --> 00:41:18,560
a little bit. Um, especially if our

1003
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,640
numbers are able to increase like we

1004
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:22,560
want them to, the decision would be, are

1005
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:23,839
we going to add eighth graders or

1006
00:41:23,839 --> 00:41:25,680
seventh graders in that second year?

1007
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,200
Where do we have the most interest? So,

1008
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,920
we need to still collect information

1009
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,560
from our community on that. The deadline

1010
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,680
for that application is July 1st, I

1011
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,640
think. um they will review that request

1012
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,440
in August and then we have that school

1013
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,000
year to work on getting those

1014
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,920
enrollments for that extra class that we

1015
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,920
will be adding in our second year. So

1016
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:49,599
our second year would be adding 11th

1017
00:41:49,599 --> 00:41:51,680
graders in addition to seventh or

1018
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,800
eighth, whatever we choose. Um if we do

1019
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,720
both of them together, it's a large

1020
00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,960
expansion and it's pretty much the same

1021
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,319
process as our original application to

1022
00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:05,200
be a charter school. Um, so it would be

1023
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,880
like filling out the full application

1024
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:08,319
and sending it into the board. They

1025
00:42:08,319 --> 00:42:10,000
approve those I think in February,

1026
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,920
sometimes March. Um, and then you have

1027
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,119
your pre-operational year um before you

1028
00:42:15,119 --> 00:42:16,960
implement that change to make sure that

1029
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:18,400
you can get the enrollment for those

1030
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,480
classes. Um, so it and it also sounded

1031
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,200
like there there's no exception to this

1032
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,480
as well as um a feeling from the board

1033
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,000
especially since our enrollment numbers

1034
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,280
are so low at this moment. um why don't

1035
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:37,040
you prove that you can execute the plan

1036
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,680
that you originally came to us with um

1037
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:41,599
before you try and change things is kind

1038
00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:45,119
of the feeling. So it feels like um even

1039
00:42:45,119 --> 00:42:46,800
though I think we might try adding

1040
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,480
seventh grade in the second year

1041
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,760
especially if our numbers look good um

1042
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,800
but they probably won't accept a large

1043
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,240
expansion until our fourth year of

1044
00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:01,839
operation. So um that process would be

1045
00:43:01,839 --> 00:43:04,480
in our third year we would start that

1046
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,760
application um it would get approved in

1047
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,200
the spring of our fourth year in order

1048
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,280
to be effective in our fifth year.

1049
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:14,480
>> That's a bummer.

1050
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:14,800
>> Yeah,

1051
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:15,680
>> it is.

1052
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,400
>> And and just circumstance of when we

1053
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,960
started we had a direct feeder with one

1054
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,720
of our schools and in the interim like

1055
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:26,480
starting

1056
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:26,880
program

1057
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:28,319
>> we lost that. So

1058
00:43:28,319 --> 00:43:30,160
>> yeah. Are you talking about MSA?

1059
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:30,880
>> Yeah.

1060
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,800
My kids go to that school and I'm

1061
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:34,640
like, "Okay, do I homeschool?" Cuz what

1062
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,240
choices do we have? We have to put them

1063
00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:38,480
into a random public school for two

1064
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:41,280
years and then like hopefully Anyways,

1065
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,119
>> and and one of the things with our our

1066
00:43:43,119 --> 00:43:45,040
current ninth graders is that some of

1067
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,839
those students um that had to then go to

1068
00:43:47,839 --> 00:43:49,920
a different school to fill in the gap

1069
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,400
are now less interested in changing

1070
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:53,280
again. So,

1071
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,040
>> yeah, of course. Yeah. Because it's like

1072
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:56,880
another big change, right? Those like

1073
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:58,880
truly hard

1074
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,319
Exactly. Exactly. So that's part of the

1075
00:44:02,319 --> 00:44:05,839
unfortunate truth and and so part of us

1076
00:44:05,839 --> 00:44:07,280
it feels like it would be completely

1077
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,079
logical to say but we're feing filling

1078
00:44:10,079 --> 00:44:11,760
this need in our community.

1079
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,160
>> Yeah. And like arguably like I know like

1080
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:15,440
if we're really dealing with like law

1081
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,200
and legislation that takes a lot of time

1082
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,359
to change. So maybe it's like totally

1083
00:44:19,359 --> 00:44:22,480
just wasting our breath here. But I

1084
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:25,200
think that almost seems like the most

1085
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:26,720
natural place to scoop up a lot of

1086
00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:28,800
people really fast is to do the seventh

1087
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,240
and eighth grade piece and then maybe

1088
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:31,920
pick up 11th grade. That's just my

1089
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:32,640
opinion.

1090
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:33,040
>> Yeah.

1091
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,960
>> But um so that is that is what it is.

1092
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:37,359
That's

1093
00:44:37,359 --> 00:44:39,680
>> honeycomb has a seventh and eighth.

1094
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,520
>> Oh, does it? Okay. Well,

1095
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,680
>> I'm teaching seventh next year.

1096
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,079
>> Okay. I'm gonna put on my homeschool hat

1097
00:44:46,079 --> 00:44:48,960
if I don't do that. [laughter]

1098
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,119
>> Well, it's only one. We teach three days

1099
00:44:51,119 --> 00:44:52,880
a week and then we have parents with one

1100
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:53,839
day a week. So,

1101
00:44:53,839 --> 00:44:56,560
>> perfect. Are there any other um

1102
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,680
questions about enrollment or about this

1103
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,240
process

1104
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:03,200
about the expectations?

1105
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:07,200
>> I am I put um this is a marketing thing.

1106
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:10,640
I put your flyer on the Ponia message

1107
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,599
board and the HotK message board.

1108
00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:15,760
Somebody wants to go they've got teens

1109
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,240
and they they want a school, you know.

1110
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:21,119
>> I love it. Yeah. Um we if any

1111
00:45:21,119 --> 00:45:23,680
>> know if anybody calls.

1112
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:26,720
>> Okay. Um if any of you So Carrie has

1113
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:30,880
been coming and picking up flyers and we've been helping her um with with

1114
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:32,480
her contacts in her community. So if any

1115
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,560
of the board members want to do that in

1116
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,720
your local location, we can email you a

1117
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:38,480
flyer. We can send you a stack of

1118
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,599
printed flyers. Um I will drive up to

1119
00:45:41,599 --> 00:45:45,119
you and deliver them. Um, so any efforts

1120
00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:48,079
that that you um any ideas that you

1121
00:45:48,079 --> 00:45:49,680
have, just reach out and say, "Hey, have

1122
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:52,720
we thought about doing this?" And um

1123
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,640
>> um tomorrow night there's an event at

1124
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,119
MSA for the fifth graders. So I don't

1125
00:45:57,119 --> 00:45:58,800
know if there's anybody in this area

1126
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:00,480
that could drop off a stack, but I think

1127
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,359
you'll get a good chunk of people there

1128
00:46:03,359 --> 00:46:05,920
tomorrow at 5

1129
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,240
>> willing to do it. Are you presenting at

1130
00:46:08,240 --> 00:46:11,520
MSA at to well just at the like the

1131
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:12,560
sixth graders just

1132
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:13,920
>> Yeah, we've been engaging with them.

1133
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,000
We've been meeting up and and dropping

1134
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,000
off flyers and and different things.

1135
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,280
>> Okay.

1136
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:19,760
>> So,

1137
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:24,160
>> and then um Miss Milligan um can you uh

1138
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:26,640
go to a Waldorf school for seven and

1139
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:28,400
eight?

1140
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,560
>> I don't think there is one right here

1141
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,520
for seventh and eight. They used to have

1142
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:34,720
>> at Mount Funrise [clears throat]

1143
00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:36,079
Academy. They used to have it, but they

1144
00:46:36,079 --> 00:46:38,560
dropped it from lack of interest. And I

1145
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:39,920
think it's because there wasn't a

1146
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:41,760
Waldorf High School. And so parents

1147
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,920
stopped um having hoped that there would

1148
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:46,160
be one. And so maybe they would have

1149
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:47,760
voted differently, but it was by vote.

1150
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:50,240
They chose not to have seventh and

1151
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:52,560
eighth grade.

1152
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,640
>> Shame.

1153
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,480
>> Seventh and eighth are great years.

1154
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,400
They're my favorite years.

1155
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,200
>> Mine too.

1156
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:04,000
Um I I'm really excited to be able to

1157
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,640
add that part in our school. That has

1158
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:10,880
been a part of my um my my plan and

1159
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,079
vision from the beginning. Um and so

1160
00:47:14,079 --> 00:47:16,960
we'll just follow our process and and do

1161
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,319
the best we can.

1162
00:47:18,319 --> 00:47:18,960
>> Yep.

1163
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,440
>> Um okay. So the last thing that I have

1164
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:26,160
is um hiring updates. We have posted our

1165
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,640
core positions and and have been doing

1166
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,960
interviews. um the number of faculty

1167
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,839
members is inextricably tied to the

1168
00:47:33,839 --> 00:47:35,119
number of student enrollments that we

1169
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:40,000
have. So um it it everything seems to be

1170
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,000
kind of bottlenecking right now on on

1171
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,839
this enrollment but but we have to move

1172
00:47:43,839 --> 00:47:46,160
forward and and prepare for faculty um

1173
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,079
so that

1174
00:47:48,079 --> 00:47:50,079
um the best people aren't swept swept up

1175
00:47:50,079 --> 00:47:52,319
before we interview. So um it's been

1176
00:47:52,319 --> 00:47:54,800
going really well. We are being very

1177
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:56,560
transparent in the interviews about

1178
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:58,480
being a startup school and what that

1179
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,119
means about how enrollment impacts the

1180
00:48:01,119 --> 00:48:04,400
hiring process. We are looking for core

1181
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,319
teachers who can teach multiple grade

1182
00:48:06,319 --> 00:48:08,640
levels at once and also pick up elective

1183
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:11,680
courses in our first year. Um we also

1184
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,319
have to be aware of state licensing

1185
00:48:14,319 --> 00:48:18,960
options and and making sure that we're following all of those. If a

1186
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:20,880
teacher has a state a Utah state

1187
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:24,480
license, um, then we we get an extra

1188
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,359
$10,000 to put towards their salary, um,

1189
00:48:27,359 --> 00:48:29,200
and and so that really helps us to be

1190
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:30,800
able to pay them the competitive

1191
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,319
salaries that you guys approved on the

1192
00:48:32,319 --> 00:48:34,240
salary schedule. Um, so those are some

1193
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:36,160
things that that we have to consider.

1194
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:38,720
Um, we're also looking for teachers who

1195
00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:41,119
will be committed to staying um for

1196
00:48:41,119 --> 00:48:43,839
multiple years and building a strong

1197
00:48:43,839 --> 00:48:46,240
cohort of teachers that will support new

1198
00:48:46,240 --> 00:48:48,720
teachers coming in every year. Um, so,

1199
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:51,440
you know, starting with only five to

1200
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,920
seven teachers and then adding another

1201
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:55,920
five to seven teachers, all of a sudden

1202
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:59,359
our culture could get weird if that core

1203
00:48:59,359 --> 00:49:02,400
cohort um isn't isn't strong. We have a

1204
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:04,559
lot of things in place with the Waldorf

1205
00:49:04,559 --> 00:49:06,800
workshops and the um professional

1206
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,800
development and and the support through

1207
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:14,079
our Dina pedigogy and and lectures and things coming in. Um and so that's

1208
00:49:14,079 --> 00:49:15,520
what we're looking for in our candidates

1209
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:18,559
and and we've been really pleased. So um

1210
00:49:18,559 --> 00:49:21,680
we're also working on the offer letters

1211
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:26,480
and onboarding process and um uh what

1212
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,920
the contracts look like. Um, so we're

1213
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,480
still finalizing that before we we send

1214
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:35,760
those um final things out. Um, and it's

1215
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:38,400
pretty standard. The the the offer

1216
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,119
letter and the contract will state their

1217
00:49:41,119 --> 00:49:43,920
salary clearly um and their benefits and

1218
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:49,040
their responsibilities as a teacher. Um,

1219
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,520
anything else that I have about that?

1220
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:53,359
Um, just some statistics about the

1221
00:49:53,359 --> 00:49:54,960
applicants. We've had a total of 30

1222
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:57,200
applicants as of today. We I think we

1223
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:59,760
might and typically we're getting you

1224
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:01,760
know two or three additional applicants

1225
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,240
a day. Um across all of our postings

1226
00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:07,280
we've posted math, science, English,

1227
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,000
social studies, and PE.

1228
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,599
Um we've had um half of the applicants

1229
00:50:13,599 --> 00:50:16,160
have been history teachers.

1230
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,160
So we've interviewed a lot of history

1231
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,960
teachers. Um three to five of those have

1232
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:22,960
been applicants for English. We've only

1233
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:24,960
had two math applicants, but I think a

1234
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,720
third one came in today. Um and um three

1235
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:31,920
to five for science. We also had about

1236
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,640
10 applicants for PE. Um so we're about

1237
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:36,800
halfway through the those initial people

1238
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,880
in our interviews and and scheduling

1239
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:40,319
more interviews over the next couple of

1240
00:50:40,319 --> 00:50:43,680
weeks. Many of them have already come to

1241
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,880
our Saturday workshop and and we have 11

1242
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,359
or 12 of them coming this Saturday. Um

1243
00:50:49,359 --> 00:50:51,920
and that has been really successful. um

1244
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:53,680
working with these new teachers and they

1245
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:55,599
go, "Oh my goodness, I'm so excited to

1246
00:50:55,599 --> 00:50:57,119
be a part of this because now I know."

1247
00:50:57,119 --> 00:50:58,720
And then some of them are like, "Oh,

1248
00:50:58,720 --> 00:50:59,839
well, I'm going to work for a job

1249
00:50:59,839 --> 00:51:01,119
somewhere else because it's not a good

1250
00:51:01,119 --> 00:51:02,800
fit." So, it's been a really great part

1251
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:04,960
of that process since we can't have them

1252
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:08,160
come into our classrooms um for them to

1253
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,359
get a kind of picture of that. We have

1254
00:51:11,359 --> 00:51:12,800
told the participants that we've

1255
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,040
interviewed so far. Um that we're trying

1256
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:18,319
to make final hiring decisions for the

1257
00:51:18,319 --> 00:51:20,800
first four core teachers because we'll

1258
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,800
have to have a minimum of four. Um so

1259
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:25,280
that first selection will happen around

1260
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:28,240
midappril as we're able to finalize the

1261
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:30,240
lease, see what the enrollment trends

1262
00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:33,280
are. Um we'll offer those positions. Um,

1263
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:35,359
we've also told the applicants that if

1264
00:51:35,359 --> 00:51:37,520
our enrollment numbers increase, we

1265
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:40,480
might offer second choice applicants an

1266
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:43,359
opportunity um later in May or in the

1267
00:51:43,359 --> 00:51:46,640
summer as we need more positions. So,

1268
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,640
um, we've also let the applicants know

1269
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,559
that we are filling positions for the

1270
00:51:50,559 --> 00:51:52,640
whole high school and they may be

1271
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:54,319
invited for a position they didn't apply

1272
00:51:54,319 --> 00:51:58,720
for. Um we actually have um one of our

1273
00:51:58,720 --> 00:52:01,119
applicants was really excellent for both

1274
00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:03,359
PE as well as facilities and

1275
00:52:03,359 --> 00:52:08,480
maintenance. Um we had um someone with

1276
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:11,440
um

1277
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:14,319
uh sorry my mind went blank. Um special

1278
00:52:14,319 --> 00:52:21,200
education um as well as u mentoring and leadership um and has um really

1279
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,559
great potential um future in our school.

1280
00:52:24,559 --> 00:52:27,520
um as well as possibly an aid and

1281
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:29,599
permanent substitute. Um so we're

1282
00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:31,520
looking for kind of what are some of the

1283
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:33,680
whole needs of our school that we would

1284
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:36,559
need um to be able to fill from from

1285
00:52:36,559 --> 00:52:39,200
this pool. So that's our progress to

1286
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:42,079
hiring. Are there any questions um about

1287
00:52:42,079 --> 00:52:43,440
hiring?

1288
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:45,200
>> Yeah. I just wanted to give you some

1289
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:48,000
advice. Mhm.

1290
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:49,599
>> Um,

1291
00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:51,599
if you're interviewing someone, they got

1292
00:52:51,599 --> 00:52:54,800
a great resume. While they're talking,

1293
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,160
spill a glass of water on the table. If

1294
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:00,640
they carry on talking while you're

1295
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:03,680
trying to wipe up the thing, ditch them

1296
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:04,800
immediately.

1297
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:07,040
>> Right. [laughter]

1298
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:09,440
Absolutely. Um, so just a little bit

1299
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:11,280
about the interview process. It's not

1300
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,559
just me. Um it's um at least two or

1301
00:53:14,559 --> 00:53:16,880
three of us on the administrative team

1302
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:18,480
um depending on who's available around

1303
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,880
our other meetings. Um so typically it's

1304
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:22,400
myself, our dean of pedigogy and our

1305
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:24,800
dean of students. Um Chalice has also

1306
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:26,480
stepped in as the faculty department

1307
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:29,200
head um as we interview. So it's it's

1308
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,599
always at least two or three of us in a

1309
00:53:31,599 --> 00:53:34,240
panel um and getting multiple

1310
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:36,960
perspectives on this person um and

1311
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:38,559
asking them questions from multiple

1312
00:53:38,559 --> 00:53:40,640
angles. And then we discuss the

1313
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,119
applicant afterwards. We discuss um

1314
00:53:43,119 --> 00:53:44,880
their strengths and weaknesses, what the

1315
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:47,920
impressions we had from the interview um

1316
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:50,319
as well as how we think that person

1317
00:53:50,319 --> 00:53:51,760
would fit with the other people that

1318
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:53,520
we're considering. So, it's a little bit

1319
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:57,200
for for me as a as a theater director

1320
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:59,440
background. It's it's similar to casting

1321
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:01,280
that you're considering this position,

1322
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,760
but it's not in a silo. Um we have to

1323
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:05,119
consider how will they work with the

1324
00:54:05,119 --> 00:54:07,200
other people that we're considering. Um,

1325
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,200
and as we interview each new applicant,

1326
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:10,960
it kind of changes the picture of the

1327
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:12,960
whole piece that we're looking at so

1328
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:14,720
that we can have a strong cohesive

1329
00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:18,000
faculty. Um, and some of our initial

1330
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:19,200
interviews that we're like, okay, we

1331
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:20,559
really like this one. We want to hold on

1332
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:22,079
to them. And as we interview other

1333
00:54:22,079 --> 00:54:24,640
people, um, we consider their position a

1334
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,880
little bit differently as as we get more

1335
00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:29,040
information. So, that's what that hiring

1336
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:30,480
piece looks like and that's what those

1337
00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:33,839
considerations are looking like. Um and

1338
00:54:33,839 --> 00:54:38,400
as we um prepare to um invite those

1339
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,079
people to apply, we'll keep the board

1340
00:54:40,079 --> 00:54:47,040
informed um on on that so that you'll know about these people.

1341
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:48,400
>> I have a question, Carol.

1342
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:51,760
>> Uh um you can have an extremely

1343
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:53,920
excellent wonderful teacher but not have

1344
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:55,599
them be have the heart for

1345
00:54:55,599 --> 00:54:57,440
>> Waldorf.

1346
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:59,839
>> Um how do you feel like we are

1347
00:54:59,839 --> 00:55:01,839
attracting the right teachers? Are they

1348
00:55:01,839 --> 00:55:04,880
mostly people that are kind of are on

1349
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,079
board with that? Do you feel like you

1350
00:55:06,079 --> 00:55:08,400
could actually fill those seats pretty

1351
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:10,079
easily at this point? Yes. Okay.

1352
00:55:10,079 --> 00:55:13,520
>> Yeah. So, um since we are requiring them

1353
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:16,640
to come to this workshop um that has

1354
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:19,119
been super helpful. Um the workshop

1355
00:55:19,119 --> 00:55:21,599
includes um a little circle time. I

1356
00:55:21,599 --> 00:55:23,040
teach them a song which is uncomfortable

1357
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:26,079
for some of them and um and we do the

1358
00:55:26,079 --> 00:55:28,160
teacher verse at the beginning and and

1359
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:29,760
we talk about the importance of these

1360
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:31,520
things in the work that we do and that

1361
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:32,720
there's kind of an expectation that

1362
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:34,079
these things will be included in what

1363
00:55:34,079 --> 00:55:37,520
you do. Um we also have a mini lecture

1364
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:40,160
on the developmental stage of the it's

1365
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:43,760
kind of the whole human being and um the

1366
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:45,280
different parts of the human being and

1367
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:48,079
how we see ourselves and our students

1368
00:55:48,079 --> 00:55:50,000
from a Waldorf perspective. um

1369
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:52,319
>> the three-fold and four-fold aspect of

1370
00:55:52,319 --> 00:55:53,680
the human being. Yes.

1371
00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:56,960
>> Uhuh. Um kind beautifully by

1372
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:57,839
>> Veronica.

1373
00:55:57,839 --> 00:55:59,280
Yes, that's right.

1374
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,359
>> So, so it gives them like this is the

1375
00:56:01,359 --> 00:56:02,799
type of conversations we're going to be

1376
00:56:02,799 --> 00:56:04,559
having. This is the type of professional

1377
00:56:04,559 --> 00:56:05,920
development you're going to be a part

1378
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:08,240
of. Um then also Susan helps them does

1379
00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:11,280
the chalk drawing workshop. And so

1380
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:13,359
they're they're getting these pieces and

1381
00:56:13,359 --> 00:56:14,559
understanding that there's this

1382
00:56:14,559 --> 00:56:15,920
expectation that I will have a

1383
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:20,640
chalkboard that I have to draw on. and so um I think that has been a great

1384
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:22,559
help in that process for them to really

1385
00:56:22,559 --> 00:56:25,440
understand who we are and what we are.

1386
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:27,599
Our website has been super helpful. Um

1387
00:56:27,599 --> 00:56:30,319
the the people at the top of our list um

1388
00:56:30,319 --> 00:56:31,920
hands down like a lot of them they're

1389
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:33,440
like I've never heard of Waldorf before

1390
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:35,119
but I saw this on your website and I

1391
00:56:35,119 --> 00:56:37,200
thought it was really cool and this part

1392
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,440
of the workshop was really helpful to

1393
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:42,960
me. Um, so we don't really consider any

1394
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,200
of them without

1395
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:47,280
um looking at them both in the workshop

1396
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:50,799
and in the um interview. So we're

1397
00:56:50,799 --> 00:56:52,480
putting those things together. Um, and

1398
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:54,480
of course checking references and and

1399
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:55,760
calling up and seeing what other

1400
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,319
people's experience has been with them.

1401
00:56:58,319 --> 00:56:59,359
>> Thank you.

1402
00:56:59,359 --> 00:57:02,240
>> Yeah. Any other questions about hiring?

1403
00:57:02,240 --> 00:57:03,680
>> Very sorry.

1404
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:07,599
>> Yeah, I'm I'm jumping back. I just

1405
00:57:07,599 --> 00:57:09,280
couldn't figure out when to fit this in.

1406
00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:12,720
But I just wanted to mention that they

1407
00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:15,440
like the admin staff has a bunch of

1408
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:18,640
really great flyers that are a digital

1409
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:22,559
version as well. So like if you guys are

1410
00:57:22,559 --> 00:57:24,319
willing to put that on your social media

1411
00:57:24,319 --> 00:57:27,440
or send that out to your contacts or use

1412
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:29,520
those digital flyers as well, I think

1413
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:31,680
that's a really great way to spread the

1414
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:34,079
word.

1415
00:57:34,079 --> 00:57:36,079
Just wanted to

1416
00:57:36,079 --> 00:57:36,720
>> for that.

1417
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:38,240
>> Are those the ones from the email that

1418
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:39,920
was were sent out?

1419
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:42,160
>> There's more. There's multiple.

1420
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,079
>> I haven't I haven't received any of

1421
00:57:44,079 --> 00:57:44,799
those.

1422
00:57:44,799 --> 00:57:47,040
>> Are Well, we don't generally we don't

1423
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:48,640
just blast them out because we are

1424
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:50,720
developing like three flyers a week to

1425
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:53,280
be just on top of rotating and and new

1426
00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:56,319
information. Um, so if you specifically

1427
00:57:56,319 --> 00:57:58,160
want a flyer, we're happy to get them to

1428
00:57:58,160 --> 00:57:59,920
you, but just know that we're we're just

1429
00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:04,240
constantly moving. Um, and and go on

1430
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:05,119
this.

1431
00:58:05,119 --> 00:58:07,839
>> Okay. Um, Clint just

1432
00:58:07,839 --> 00:58:09,599
>> I just made one. Sorry.

1433
00:58:09,599 --> 00:58:11,200
>> Oh, go ahead.

1434
00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:14,079
I just I wanted one that like fit what

1435
00:58:14,079 --> 00:58:16,480
was important to me to share with like

1436
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:19,520
my contacts and so I just made one with

1437
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:24,079
chat GPT which is kind of silly but um

1438
00:58:24,079 --> 00:58:24,559
it

1439
00:58:24,559 --> 00:58:26,799
>> a little ironic with a Walder school.

1440
00:58:26,799 --> 00:58:29,200
>> Turned out really well though. So I'm

1441
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:30,960
happy to send that to you guys.

1442
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:32,880
>> Could you send it to me?

1443
00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:35,119
>> Yeah, I would be glad to. I'll just send

1444
00:58:35,119 --> 00:58:36,160
it to the

1445
00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:38,079
>> Did you get the one that finished

1446
00:58:38,079 --> 00:58:41,599
updating? Yes, Chalice update. Chalice

1447
00:58:41,599 --> 00:58:44,640
did a some final tweaks on me on it for

1448
00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:46,799
me [snorts]

1449
00:58:46,799 --> 00:58:48,960
because I don't have any skills. So, it

1450
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:49,760
turned out really well.

1451
00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:52,160
>> Carrie Carrie, this is Mart. I'd be

1452
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:55,119
interested in getting that flyer, too.

1453
00:58:55,119 --> 00:58:58,720
>> I'll just send it to um to the whole

1454
00:58:58,720 --> 00:58:59,839
>> to the board.

1455
00:58:59,839 --> 00:59:03,280
>> Yeah, to the whole board in our group

1456
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:04,880
text.

1457
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:08,240
>> Sounds good. Thanks. You're so welcome.

1458
00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:10,319
>> Carol, did you say Clint's now here with

1459
00:59:10,319 --> 00:59:10,720
us?

1460
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:12,319
>> Oh, yes. I see him here with us and

1461
00:59:12,319 --> 00:59:14,079
Marta is now here with us. So, I don't

1462
00:59:14,079 --> 00:59:16,400
know where you want to get back to in

1463
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:19,680
your um agenda. We had to skip some

1464
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:21,920
things until we had a quorum. So,

1465
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:24,000
>> let's go to Clint first so that he can

1466
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:25,359
leave the meeting and then we'll do the

1467
00:59:25,359 --> 00:59:27,520
review of the minutes and other voting

1468
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:30,720
after he's left. Um and if he has a

1469
00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:35,829
message to bring to us.

1470
00:59:35,839 --> 00:59:38,079
Okay. Um I just wanted to give a brief

1471
00:59:38,079 --> 00:59:40,480
update on the building. Um and I don't

1472
00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:41,920
have much more than I had in the last

1473
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:45,520
board meeting other than um I think I

1474
00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:47,760
have passed on to kind of the committee

1475
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:53,440
that um UKCast is still on board. Um but

1476
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:58,799
they are sensitive to um trying to save

1477
00:59:58,799 --> 01:00:00,880
as much uh I think one they're trying to

1478
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:02,480
avoid a hassle on their end and two

1479
01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:04,880
they're trying to pass savings on to you

1480
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:06,720
know Azure fields and what that means

1481
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:08,960
though is that they have asked for kind

1482
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:11,839
of this space in March to to not come

1483
01:00:11,839 --> 01:00:13,920
with any formal agreement because their

1484
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:17,520
contractual obligation ends on April 1

1485
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:19,280
and then I think they would like to kind

1486
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:21,440
of formalize this. I know that is not

1487
01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:23,200
wished for. March has been a big month

1488
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:24,799
as far as everything you're talking

1489
01:00:24,799 --> 01:00:28,640
about. Um but I haven't Yeah, I just

1490
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:30,319
kind of have to respect their autonomy,

1491
01:00:30,319 --> 01:00:31,839
too. I guess we haven't been able to get

1492
01:00:31,839 --> 01:00:36,400
them to move off that. Um but they uh

1493
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:37,839
you know, they're kind of still there.

1494
01:00:37,839 --> 01:00:40,799
So, I do expect them to be agreeable to

1495
01:00:40,799 --> 01:00:43,040
the lease as it's been described uh in

1496
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:45,040
kind of our previous meeting for that

1497
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:47,119
building. I also expect them to be

1498
01:00:47,119 --> 01:00:49,200
agreeable to kind of some access in

1499
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:50,960
April and May and all through the summer

1500
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:53,040
as far as uh you know kind of afternoon

1501
01:00:53,040 --> 01:00:55,760
and evenings into the building. Um as

1502
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,640
well as uh some office space um even

1503
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:02,640
during the day. Um [clears throat] we

1504
01:01:02,640 --> 01:01:04,640
are our our team is running some we're

1505
01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:06,960
going to do some discovery on uh the

1506
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:11,599
cost to uh change the sign out. Um we

1507
01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:13,040
were kind of braced for something I

1508
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:16,720
think between 20 and you know $40,000.

1509
01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:18,400
Um but other than that there's really

1510
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:19,760
not much need in the building. I think

1511
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:21,520
there's a for those of you who've been

1512
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:23,119
in the building there's kind of a green

1513
01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:24,240
stripe through the building because

1514
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:25,839
that's their current school color. Just

1515
01:01:25,839 --> 01:01:29,040
one simple very probably two foot you

1516
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:31,520
know wide green stripe through the

1517
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:34,160
hallways. You could just convert that to

1518
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:36,559
a blue stripe. And quite frankly you you

1519
01:01:36,559 --> 01:01:38,480
wouldn't even have to. But other than

1520
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:40,160
that, it really is probably a turnkey

1521
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:42,319
building. We also don't know exactly how

1522
01:01:42,319 --> 01:01:44,160
much furniture and fixtures and

1523
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:46,000
equipment they're planning to leave

1524
01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:49,520
totally yet, but um uh you know,

1525
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:52,799
considering you know, maybe the the more

1526
01:01:52,799 --> 01:01:55,920
targeted enrollment. Um you know, I'm I

1527
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:58,480
hold a higher optimism that perhaps, you

1528
01:01:58,480 --> 01:02:00,400
know, you'll have essentially what you

1529
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:02,000
need in that building, but I don't know

1530
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:05,680
that answer yet. So we'll

1531
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:07,839
>> So we can't put the signage up till till

1532
01:02:07,839 --> 01:02:09,359
like June or something till they're

1533
01:02:09,359 --> 01:02:10,799
gone. Is that or

1534
01:02:10,799 --> 01:02:13,680
>> No, no, no. Till sorry. It would be

1535
01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:15,839
April 1 when their engagement with their

1536
01:02:15,839 --> 01:02:18,319
current listing brokerage is over.

1537
01:02:18,319 --> 01:02:18,960
>> Okay.

1538
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,960
>> So I would think sometime now I can't

1539
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:23,520
tell you April 2nd, but sometime I would

1540
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:25,680
hope in the days following that.

1541
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:27,040
>> Okay, great. That's good.

1542
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:29,680
>> And they have already public. Yeah,

1543
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:30,960
they've already agreed that we can put

1544
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:33,680
up signs that say future home of Azure

1545
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:36,160
High School. Um, as far as like fully

1546
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:37,760
switching out their sign, probably not

1547
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:40,240
until June. Um, but it'll

1548
01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:42,480
>> but maybe banners or something like a

1549
01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:43,359
Okay.

1550
01:02:43,359 --> 01:02:46,000
>> Sure. Banners. I frankly I don't think,

1551
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,559
you know, considering the growth that's

1552
01:02:48,559 --> 01:02:50,079
going to have to come to open this fall,

1553
01:02:50,079 --> 01:02:51,520
I I don't think it would be appropriate

1554
01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:54,160
to take funds and, you know, do that

1555
01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:55,440
until you know you're going to be

1556
01:02:55,440 --> 01:02:57,599
operating. So, even if it was the start

1557
01:02:57,599 --> 01:02:59,119
of the year was a vinyl sign and it

1558
01:02:59,119 --> 01:03:01,040
converted over, you know, whatever. I

1559
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:05,280
But I mean, you know, you'll you'll be certified by June 30th or you

1560
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:07,440
won't. So, I think between July and

1561
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:09,218
August, you know, there could be a

1562
01:03:09,218 --> 01:03:10,240
[clears throat] sign that would be ready

1563
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:11,920
for the opening of school or within the

1564
01:03:11,920 --> 01:03:14,000
first few weeks, but certainly you could

1565
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:17,599
put some vinyl signs on on the building.

1566
01:03:17,599 --> 01:03:18,400
>> Okay,

1567
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:21,599
>> that's great. We're also planning a um

1568
01:03:21,599 --> 01:03:24,720
kind of ribbon cutting big event on

1569
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:28,480
Saturday, August 1st. Uh a big come um

1570
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:30,559
final setup of the building if there any

1571
01:03:30,559 --> 01:03:32,640
of that that might need to happen. Um

1572
01:03:32,640 --> 01:03:34,480
and and just kind of a big celebration

1573
01:03:34,480 --> 01:03:36,400
on August 1st before our teachers come

1574
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:39,599
in on 3 um ribbon cutting kind of kind

1575
01:03:39,599 --> 01:03:40,799
of thing.

1576
01:03:40,799 --> 01:03:43,119
>> Okay.

1577
01:03:43,119 --> 01:03:43,680
>> All right.

1578
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:46,880
>> I just wanted to confirm. So,

1579
01:03:46,880 --> 01:03:48,799
will we be able to share the location

1580
01:03:48,799 --> 01:03:51,599
after the 1st of or the 2nd of April? Is

1581
01:03:51,599 --> 01:03:53,039
that what you said?

1582
01:03:53,039 --> 01:03:55,119
>> Yeah, that's what Okay. Yes, we we know

1583
01:03:55,119 --> 01:03:58,319
you need to do that. And so, we're I

1584
01:03:58,319 --> 01:04:00,799
don't have a date from them. Um because

1585
01:04:00,799 --> 01:04:02,079
when I spoke with them, they said, you

1586
01:04:02,079 --> 01:04:03,680
know, we don't know it can be the second

1587
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:05,280
because that maybe doesn't pass the

1588
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:07,119
smell test. But I really think we've got

1589
01:04:07,119 --> 01:04:09,920
to push for some days after that. So,

1590
01:04:09,920 --> 01:04:11,200
um, you know, even if we don't have a

1591
01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:13,119
contractual agreement that first week, I

1592
01:04:13,119 --> 01:04:15,680
think I you've got to go public with

1593
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:17,599
this and get that out there. So, that is

1594
01:04:17,599 --> 01:04:20,720
the the absolute goal, Carrie, is to try

1595
01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:22,960
>> my kind of ideal possible

1596
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:25,520
>> would be if we could on the lottery date

1597
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:29,039
meet at that lo I even if it I because I

1598
01:04:29,039 --> 01:04:31,200
think it might be their spring break and

1599
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:32,400
if they're not in the building and

1600
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:34,400
they're let willing to let us like, hey,

1601
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:36,880
here's our live lottery. Everybody come

1602
01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:38,480
here's your application. fill it out

1603
01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:39,920
right now. Here's your enrollment

1604
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:41,839
packet. Fill it out right now. Um just

1605
01:04:41,839 --> 01:04:43,920
get get those things going would be my

1606
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:45,839
ideal. Um I don't know if they'll let us

1607
01:04:45,839 --> 01:04:48,400
do that. Um otherwise probably April 6th

1608
01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:52,000
on that Monday um is is my backup plan

1609
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:54,480
for those postings, but

1610
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:54,880
>> Okay.

1611
01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:55,920
>> Yeah,

1612
01:04:55,920 --> 01:04:58,799
>> great. Just they hopefully they

1613
01:04:58,799 --> 01:05:01,359
understand that we we kind of need to

1614
01:05:01,359 --> 01:05:04,160
get that out as soon as possible. Mhm.

1615
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:05,839
>> Yep.

1616
01:05:05,839 --> 01:05:07,039
I think they do and they're very

1617
01:05:07,039 --> 01:05:09,359
empathetic to this. They they they're

1618
01:05:09,359 --> 01:05:11,760
also a high school. They also, you know,

1619
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:12,960
understand the challenges with

1620
01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:15,920
enrollment. Um yeah, I think they're a

1621
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:19,599
good partner in that way.

1622
01:05:19,599 --> 01:05:21,280
>> Okay. Uh could we

1623
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:23,520
>> could we move forward?

1624
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:25,119
>> Oh, okay.

1625
01:05:25,119 --> 01:05:27,200
>> Yeah, you bet. No, appreciate you guys.

1626
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:29,520
Just we'll keep moving ahead. Is that

1627
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:30,720
all you need me for?

1628
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:32,000
>> I think so.

1629
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:33,760
>> Okay. Thanks all.

1630
01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:35,280
>> Okay.

1631
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:38,240
Um we let's move forward with our review

1632
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:40,960
and with our um our vote on the minutes

1633
01:05:40,960 --> 01:05:44,960
the February 17th and the 26th while we

1634
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:48,160
have our quorum here. Um is there

1635
01:05:48,160 --> 01:05:50,319
someone who could move to approve the

1636
01:05:50,319 --> 01:05:53,039
February 17th minutes that we've read

1637
01:05:53,039 --> 01:05:57,440
that Sarah has has um has summarized for

1638
01:05:57,440 --> 01:05:59,200
us? Is there someone on the board who

1639
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:02,319
could move to approve those?

1640
01:06:02,319 --> 01:06:04,559
I move to approve the minutes for

1641
01:06:04,559 --> 01:06:05,920
February 7.

1642
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:07,680
>> Okay. And

1643
01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:09,520
>> I second the motion.

1644
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:11,119
>> Thank you, Martha.

1645
01:06:11,119 --> 01:06:13,119
>> February 17th.

1646
01:06:13,119 --> 01:06:15,039
>> Let's have a vote then. If you could

1647
01:06:15,039 --> 01:06:17,359
have we could have hands raised or or

1648
01:06:17,359 --> 01:06:22,480
the icon that I could see everyone.

1649
01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:26,240
Um there we go. Marta.

1650
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:29,280
Carrie, do you have a hand? Carrie,

1651
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:32,640
there we go. I see it now. And Sarah,

1652
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:35,359
>> let me let me see if I can get Alicia's

1653
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:37,119
vote. She did have to step out, but if

1654
01:06:37,119 --> 01:06:37,680
she can.

1655
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:38,319
>> Okay.

1656
01:06:38,319 --> 01:06:40,319
>> Um,

1657
01:06:40,319 --> 01:06:42,319
>> do we have our quorum already, though?

1658
01:06:42,319 --> 01:06:43,440
>> I think we still have

1659
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:45,440
>> We have Carrie and we have Carrie and

1660
01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:47,200
CJ, but you just want to have her part

1661
01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:48,000
of it.

1662
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:48,799
>> Yeah.

1663
01:06:48,799 --> 01:06:52,480
>> All right, I understand. So, I have

1664
01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:57,680
myself, Sarah, Marta, Christian,

1665
01:06:57,680 --> 01:06:59,839
Carrie. She was here to review it, so

1666
01:06:59,839 --> 01:07:01,280
she should be able to

1667
01:07:01,280 --> 01:07:02,240
>> give

1668
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:04,559
>> input on that.

1669
01:07:04,559 --> 01:07:05,760
>> I'll let you know when her vote comes

1670
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:06,480
in. [laughter]

1671
01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:06,880
>> Okay.

1672
01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:08,559
>> And I can always update later with her

1673
01:07:08,559 --> 01:07:08,960
game.

1674
01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:10,880
>> So, we have a unanimous of our quorum

1675
01:07:10,880 --> 01:07:13,039
anyway. So, we can move forward then. Do

1676
01:07:13,039 --> 01:07:15,599
I have someone who could who could um

1677
01:07:15,599 --> 01:07:18,960
move to approve our February 26 minutes

1678
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:27,349
as summarized by Sarah to this evening?

1679
01:07:27,359 --> 01:07:29,920
I move to approve the February 26th

1680
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:30,720
minutes.

1681
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:32,480
>> Thank you, Marta. Do we have a second?

1682
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:35,520
Someone who's can second that motion to

1683
01:07:35,520 --> 01:07:41,990
approve the minutes for February 26th.

1684
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:44,720
» Sarah is raising her hand to vote.

1685
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:46,880
>> Oh, there it is.

1686
01:07:46,880 --> 01:07:49,440
>> Thank you. Okay, let's let's have a vote

1687
01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:52,720
on the February 26 minutes.

1688
01:07:52,720 --> 01:07:56,640
hands raised or an icon. All right, we

1689
01:07:56,640 --> 01:08:01,520
have myself, Sarah, Marta, Christian,

1690
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:03,440
Carrie,

1691
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:08,160
Issa. Okay, and we'll add in Alicia if

1692
01:08:08,160 --> 01:08:12,000
she comes back with us. All right. Um, I

1693
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:14,799
believe the only other motion we have to

1694
01:08:14,799 --> 01:08:17,279
make is to end our meeting. So, how does

1695
01:08:17,279 --> 01:08:19,040
that, Carol? Does that square with what

1696
01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:19,920
you're looking at?

1697
01:08:19,920 --> 01:08:22,239
>> Um, I think so. There wasn't a whole lot

1698
01:08:22,239 --> 01:08:24,799
of business to actually conduct on this.

1699
01:08:24,799 --> 01:08:26,640
>> Not this not this time.

1700
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:27,759
>> Information and update.

1701
01:08:27,759 --> 01:08:30,799
>> Oh, we just have a quick note uh about

1702
01:08:30,799 --> 01:08:31,600
our our

1703
01:08:31,600 --> 01:08:32,640
>> our finance committee.

1704
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:35,199
Yes.

1705
01:08:35,199 --> 01:08:38,640
>> Um so, Marta, um based on our last

1706
01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:40,480
conversation, um we're just still on

1707
01:08:40,480 --> 01:08:42,880
budget. Um I did want to share with the

1708
01:08:42,880 --> 01:08:44,640
board that we got notice of the

1709
01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:48,560
revolving loan. Um, that email said,

1710
01:08:48,560 --> 01:08:50,400
"Azerfield Charter High School applied

1711
01:08:50,400 --> 01:08:51,920
for a charter school revolving loan on

1712
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:54,799
December 16th, 2025. As you will recall

1713
01:08:54,799 --> 01:08:56,560
from the committee meeting, all eleas

1714
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:57,759
were asked if they would be willing to

1715
01:08:57,759 --> 01:09:00,159
accept less than they applied for due to

1716
01:09:00,159 --> 01:09:01,759
limits of funds and a large pool of

1717
01:09:01,759 --> 01:09:03,279
applicants. Azure fields initially

1718
01:09:03,279 --> 01:09:05,839
applied for 300,000. Today, the USB

1719
01:09:05,839 --> 01:09:07,759
board approved a loan in the amount of

1720
01:09:07,759 --> 01:09:09,839
200,000. We will reach [snorts] out

1721
01:09:09,839 --> 01:09:11,679
shortly with a promisory note requiring

1722
01:09:11,679 --> 01:09:13,679
signature. Once the promisory note is

1723
01:09:13,679 --> 01:09:15,920
signed by both USB and Azure Fields,

1724
01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:17,199
dispersement of funds should occur

1725
01:09:17,199 --> 01:09:20,480
within two weeks. Um so that was dated

1726
01:09:20,480 --> 01:09:24,000
March 12th. Um, I think that promisory

1727
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:26,560
note is coming in the mail and so I've

1728
01:09:26,560 --> 01:09:28,000
been working with our office staff to

1729
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:32,159
keep an eye on that document and we as

1730
01:09:32,159 --> 01:09:34,319
soon as we get that signed we will have

1731
01:09:34,319 --> 01:09:37,279
the additional um 200,000

1732
01:09:37,279 --> 01:09:41,359
um in our um in our bank account. So

1733
01:09:41,359 --> 01:09:43,279
that's the progress on the revolving

1734
01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:47,120
loan. We still have um a balance of over

1735
01:09:47,120 --> 01:09:51,600
60,000 in our um bank account from the

1736
01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:54,640
startup grant and so we're on budget and

1737
01:09:54,640 --> 01:09:58,560
should be totally fine um as those funds

1738
01:09:58,560 --> 01:10:00,400
hit our account.

1739
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:04,080
>> Um is that loan um only for uh

1740
01:10:04,080 --> 01:10:05,679
buildings?

1741
01:10:05,679 --> 01:10:08,560
>> No, it's actually um not for buildings.

1742
01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:11,520
um that loan um in that application that

1743
01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:13,120
the the board approved the budget for

1744
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:17,440
that loan um a few months ago and um I

1745
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:20,400
in December um so we put things on there

1746
01:10:20,400 --> 01:10:23,920
like um a few computers um the

1747
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:26,000
additional office staff that that we've

1748
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:28,080
hired um their salaries actually come

1749
01:10:28,080 --> 01:10:31,679
out of that loan amount um so

1750
01:10:31,679 --> 01:10:34,000
>> I mean 200,000

1751
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:37,440
>> yes so out of that 200,000 we're we're

1752
01:10:37,440 --> 01:10:39,440
buying supplies we're doing marketing.

1753
01:10:39,440 --> 01:10:41,760
We're doing so there's other things. So

1754
01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:42,960
even though we haven't gotten those

1755
01:10:42,960 --> 01:10:45,360
funds yet, the budgets at the end um

1756
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:47,920
just say this much money came in for

1757
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:50,400
these things. This much money went out

1758
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:51,920
kind of regardless of when those funds

1759
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:55,120
came in. Um so we're keeping those on

1760
01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:58,159
budget for the startup grant that we

1761
01:10:58,159 --> 01:11:01,280
received. There is an accounting um at

1762
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:03,920
the end of the year of what we used

1763
01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:07,280
those funds for. Um and and so we have

1764
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:09,120
to align all of the budget codes to the

1765
01:11:09,120 --> 01:11:12,719
budget that we originally um sent in to

1766
01:11:12,719 --> 01:11:14,960
the state. Um so we'll have those

1767
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:16,480
documents in the June meeting for the

1768
01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:18,719
board to reconcile the budget and and

1769
01:11:18,719 --> 01:11:20,400
work on that as well as approve the

1770
01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:22,080
budget for the next year. Um the

1771
01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:24,239
revolving loan, we told them this is our

1772
01:11:24,239 --> 01:11:27,440
plan for using the funds, but there's no

1773
01:11:27,440 --> 01:11:30,080
return accounting of we had to use those

1774
01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:33,120
funds in those ways. So they know that

1775
01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:35,679
we have a plan for using this money. We

1776
01:11:35,679 --> 01:11:38,960
do need this money to meet our plans. Um

1777
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:40,800
but ultimately we get to use that

1778
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:44,239
200,000 however we need to um to fill in

1779
01:11:44,239 --> 01:11:46,159
the gaps.

1780
01:11:46,159 --> 01:11:48,400
>> But it's still a loan.

1781
01:11:48,400 --> 01:11:50,800
>> It's a loan that we start paying back

1782
01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:53,120
next spring at a really good interest

1783
01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:55,520
rate.

1784
01:11:55,520 --> 01:11:57,199
>> Thanks for giving that, Carol.

1785
01:11:57,199 --> 01:11:59,600
>> Yeah. and and those loan payments are

1786
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:03,600
figured in all of our budgets. Um, so

1787
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:04,800
>> Okay,

1788
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:07,360
>> good.

1789
01:12:07,360 --> 01:12:08,880
>> Okay, I'm going to read the closing

1790
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:11,679
verse for our board meeting tonight. The

1791
01:12:11,679 --> 01:12:14,239
healthy social life is found when in the

1792
01:12:14,239 --> 01:12:16,960
mirror of each human soul, the whole

1793
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:19,760
community finds its reflection and when

1794
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:22,239
in the community the ver the virtue of

1795
01:12:22,239 --> 01:12:26,159
each one is living. Rudolph Steiner.

1796
01:12:26,159 --> 01:12:28,960
And can I have someone um propose to

1797
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:33,430
adjourn our meeting this evening?

1798
01:12:33,440 --> 01:12:34,159
» I propose.

1799
01:12:34,159 --> 01:12:37,199
>> Thank you, Lisa. And a second second the

1800
01:12:37,199 --> 01:12:38,960
motion to adjourn our meeting this

1801
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:39,440
evening.

1802
01:12:39,440 --> 01:12:41,360
>> I Carrie can second that.

1803
01:12:41,360 --> 01:12:44,000
>> Thank you. Let's do our vote, please.

1804
01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:48,320
Hands up or icons three.

1805
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:50,640
We have

1806
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:53,750
Christian

1807
01:12:53,760 --> 01:12:55,760
Marta and we still don't have Alicia

1808
01:12:55,760 --> 01:12:56,800
back.

1809
01:12:56,800 --> 01:13:00,159
>> No. Um, but I will let Sarah know what

1810
01:13:00,159 --> 01:13:02,159
her final vote is. I assume that she

1811
01:13:02,159 --> 01:13:04,000
would approve the minutes. Um, so I'll

1812
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:05,360
just forward that information when it

1813
01:13:05,360 --> 01:13:06,560
comes in that can be added to the

1814
01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:08,719
minutes. Um, and I'm sure she would

1815
01:13:08,719 --> 01:13:10,320
approve to adjourn the meeting.

1816
01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:12,080
>> For adjourn the meeting. And thank you

1817
01:13:12,080 --> 01:13:14,400
all so much again for coming tonight.

1818
01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:16,960
And thank you Marta for for coming in

1819
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:19,600
and Fisa for coming in when it was a

1820
01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:21,280
little bit difficult with this change of

1821
01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:23,840
our time. I really appreciate you both.

1822
01:13:23,840 --> 01:13:24,560
>> Thank you.

1823
01:13:24,560 --> 01:13:25,920
>> Okay. Thank you everybody.

1824
01:13:25,920 --> 01:13:28,159
>> So have a good evening everyone.

1825
01:13:28,159 --> 01:13:29,040
>> Thank you board.

1826
01:13:29,040 --> 01:13:30,480
>> Bye. Thank you board.

1827
01:13:30,480 --> 01:13:34,080
>> Bye. Keep up the good work.