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>> It's me, Alicia Milligan. Hello.

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>> Hi, Alicia. Welcome. We're glad you made

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>> Oh, thanks. Sorry you have to call me

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out in an individual text. [laughter]

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I've had like a two week long headache.

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>> Not Yeah, just decompression room.

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>> I still don't see an agenda. Um, Carol,

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I'm just going to start with your agenda

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that's on the screen, I guess, until one

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is sent. C. Sarah, could you try sending

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one over to me?

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>> I'll send you one real quick.

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it's not in my regular email for

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some reason or in my Azure Fields email.

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All right, let's call our meeting to

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order tonight. It it's at at 7:04 now

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and we'll start with the America verse.

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Let me recite it as you listen. Um,

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thank you everyone for coming tonight.

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May our feeling penetrate into the

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center of our heart and seek in love to

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unite itself with the human beings

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seeking the same goal. With the spirit

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beings who bearing grace, strengthening

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us from realms of light and illuminating

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our love are gazing down upon our

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earnest heartfelt striving. Rudolph

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Steiner.

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and and our topic for study is not

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applicable tonight. Nor is our board

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um time our public comments. I don't

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the public to make comment tonight. So,

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we'll move to our review. Oh,

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>> we do have Susan here.

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>> Oh, yes. Welcome Susan Owen.

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>> All right. And then we'll move to our

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review of the minutes. Um,

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and we have two tonight. Sarah, can you

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tell us about Did we not review the

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minutes at our board meeting? We didn't

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get to that the last time.

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They have been emailed out to people. By

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the way, Susan, you should have a copy

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>> I do. I do have Oh, thank you. I do have

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a copy of the minutes that I've read

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has everyone read through them?

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to everyone. Are there any questions or

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review what was covered in each one?

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board retreat, we discussed doing the

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oath of office and decided that we could

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year. We had an administration review

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from Carol where we discussed our ready

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to miss to open our setbacks, our

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successes and issue and went over our

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readiness checklist that we were going

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with a state over. We also talked about

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overhead, and making sure that we could

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cash flow will be tricky and that we

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our planning meeting where we planned

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our dates for the year, created training

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topics and our starter study for the

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year. We went over our policy and

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approved our discipline policy. Um we

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took a break and then we decided to pass

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the board review on to this meeting and

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evaluation of peril and we decided to

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continue her contract into the next year

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and that is the June 12th. I will pause

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19th if there's any discussion on that.

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separately, don't we, Carol?

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approve the June meeting. Oh, there it

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is down below. Okay.

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review of the minutes. I don't see

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everyone's face on the the screen. So,

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board retreat. All in all in favor say I

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or raise your hand. Let's see. We have

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voted, and approved um for the um the ME

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board meeting on June 12th. The re I

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Alpha and their question the basic

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assumptions including seeing the self

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differently than other generations. We

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chapter 2, the charter school, board

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university.

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approved. We discussed open meeting

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compliance, the possibility of deferring

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opening and various plans for that

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deferral. We discussed board member

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recruitment and the June meeting we were

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planning our board retreat at that time

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this year. We had an admin report, our

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marketing and enrollment, hiring staff,

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grants and budgets, teachers and student

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success app. And then we had reports for

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our finance community and we were

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apple and how we were working with them

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approval at this meeting.

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» All right. Thank you very much. Do I

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>> Any discussion before a vote?

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review of the budget. So, I'm going to

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pull up the detailed report and make

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proposed budget from the startup grant

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our people. We had my salary. We had a

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development. We had um our workshops,

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conferences and training. We had um our

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contract services for um support to to

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marketing. We had curriculum and

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checks, and things like that. So, that's

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>> Yeah, we can't see it. Oh, I thought I

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was sharing it. No, [laughter]

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>> that makes a difference. [clears throat]

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>> It's a little easier to follow. Thank

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you.

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>> There we go. This is this is where I

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was. Um, so we um approved this a year

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ago um as we were heading into the

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startup year

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>> with what we were going to be

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purchasing. Um, so we also throughout

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the school year, um, decided with the,

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um, we also were approved for the

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revolving loan. And so some of the

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things that we, um, additionally

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allocated from the revolving loan were

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some additional people to help us out

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with the load and get things ready for

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um, opening, some additional funds for

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marketing, and some additional supplies.

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Um so those are kind of everything that

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we've been working through. Um so we

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have the instructional services um

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Chalice, Antonia and Veronica um paid

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out according to their contracts as

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contract service providers. Um they are

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categorized as instructional services

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because they were doing work for setting

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things up for the the students. um

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myself and the registar were our

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professional education services and so

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those were our salaries um that were

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allocated. We then have um the

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professional training and development

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from the workshops and um training that

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we participated in. We did get a little

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refund um from from one of the um they

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gave us a discount in one of the

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programs that we pro did professionally.

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Um, other contract services was um, Red

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Apple, their contract for um, helping us

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manage. We did have the lawyer that

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helped us review our documents and make

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sure that they were all um, aligned. We

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have our website and mass communication

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system through Edio as well as the

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initial setup of the website through

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Ionos.

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We had um, the work space, the um,

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office space that we rented this year.

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Um, and this came in um, a few thousand

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dollar lower than we had originally

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budgeted for. Um, so that was good. We

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have our um, office telephone um, that

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we're paying for every month. And then,

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um, we had the marketing um, the

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different supplies um, um, print flyers,

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the Scola contract, the um, swag items

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to hand out at events.

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um and the different events that we

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attended. [clears throat]

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Um we had the road trip expenses for

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collaboration and professional

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development.

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[clears throat] We purchased um a a

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professional development library as well

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as training supplies for the teacher

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workshops. We um also had general office

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supplies just to be able to run um

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smoothly in in the things that we're

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doing and um things like a branded stamp

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so that we have some official things

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moving forward. Um we purchased math

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curriculum from Paradigm High School

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with a secondary math 1, two, and three.

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So we have the complete um resources

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there for that. Um we did purchase two

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office computers and some um keyboards

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and and mice for use. Um we had the

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frontline technologies um that we

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onboarded with for recruiting and

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hiring. Um this is where we put our job

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postings and manage the people that we

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hire with onboarding. Um we had

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background checks that we had to process

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throughout the year. Um everybody that's

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been connected with us has cleared the

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background checks. Um and then the fees

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and dues um just the the processing

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charges. um for making payments is is

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just a monthly um that's the service

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charges there. We also had our

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membership dues for the alliance. Um we

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had our tax um exempt application fee

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and and things like that. So that's

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where it is. Um and so our final budget

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um this includes the I don't think this

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one had the all of the income. So this

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includes the startup grant and the

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revolving loan. Um, and so we used um

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$349,45845.

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Any questions about the budget and the

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expenses and um anything here for the board to give final approval on?

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>> No, I thought we gave approval for this

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budget already. Why are we doing it?

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>> So, we approved it at the beginning of

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the year.

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>> Yeah. and and then we have to approve

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the final reconciliation of expenses.

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Okay, so this was the final

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reconciliation of all of the income and

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the things that we purchased.

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» And so once you approve this, I go in

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and put this in the state system to

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reconcile.

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>> Okay.

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All right. Um are there any discussion

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points? Anyone? This looks like what I

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remember approving. We looked at it last

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time. We didn't have there were still

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some We didn't have the detailed

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breakdown. We had category. Yeah, we had

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each category that you looked at. So,

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nothing has changed. We did were able to

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go through and clean up some of the

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expenses that were categorized

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incorrectly. Um, so this is the the

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clean version and and where all of the

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details were and there were some

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questions on what some of those

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categories were last time. And so, this

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is the clarification for final approval.

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Is there anyone else who has comment to

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make or discussion they'd like to have?

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Hi Carrie. I didn't know you were with

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us.

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>> I'm here. Yeah, sorry I've been eating.

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So

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>> I was off camera. Um we had talked about

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the miscellaneous category in our board

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retreat and did did we get clarification

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on that at the end

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>> when you were just saying I I missed

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that part? So, there were multiple

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expenses that had been allocated in that

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category that were incorrect because it

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was like $33,000 and that's way too

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high. So, they've been reallocated to

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the other categories. Um, right now the

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so in final reconciliation there's only

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um three and a half thousand in the

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miscellaneous category and those are

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transaction fees and the um

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the

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where's it at? um

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our membership dues for the alliance,

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the um fees for renewing our um business

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account, things that don't really fit

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anywhere else. Um is what's there and

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it's it's um

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it's just shy of $4,000. So, we got that

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cleaned up.

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>> Great. Thank you so much for clarifying

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that.

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>> Yeah, not a problem.

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>> It looks looks great to me.

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I didn't see anything on the budget that

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was significantly different than what we

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had approved. Was there anything that

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was more than a couple hundred dollars

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higher? If it's lower, I'm not too

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concerned. Okay.

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>> Nope.

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>> Okay. Can I have someone then make an

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emot make a motion to approve the the

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school year 2026 final budget

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reconciliation?

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» I'll motion

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>> to approve that.

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And could someone second the motion?

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Thank you, Sarah. And then let's have a

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vote on that. And I'll be looking and

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calling names. I have approved it.

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Sarah, I see your approval. Marta,

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Christian,

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um Carrie, yes. Thesisa,

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thesa, are you there to approve? Thank you, Thesa. Alicia,

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are you there to approve our

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budget reconciliation?

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» Yes. Sorry.

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>> Okay.

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>> All right. So, that's a that's a yes for

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you.

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>> Yes. Thank you.

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>> Okay. Thank you. Our vote outcome is is

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unanimous. So, the motion has been

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approved. Um and then I'll have Carol

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continue for us then.

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>> Sounds good. Um so the next thing that

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we need to talk about is kind of our

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status update and moving forward. Um we

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did get um support from the state

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charter school board to defer for a

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year. Um that deferment looks like com

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um 9th through 12 9th through 11th grade

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next year. Um there are some challenges

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on this. So I'm going to present several

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different paths of our situation. Um,

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and there's still some pending

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information. So, um, the board I don't

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think needs to make an, uh, a decision

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today based on all of this information.

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Uh, my recommendation is that we revisit

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these options in August. Um, when we

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have um, access and more answers. Um,

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one of the challenges is that in July,

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um, state office people are at

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conferences and they're rolling over the

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systems from, um, one fiscal year to the

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other. And so there's there's systems

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that are down, so people are on vacation

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and not in the office for access to some

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of these answers. Um, so we'll go

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through just kind of the whole

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situation. If we continue the current

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path that we're on, um we have approval

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to defer open fall 2027. We're approved

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for grades 9 through 12. Our plan would

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be 9th through 11th grades. Um there are

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some budget concerns that we um don't

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have any additional funding available.

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Um and there is concern that if we don't

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open then we're defaulting on the

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revolving loan and there's major

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implications for that um in the whole

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charter community not just us. Um and so

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there's concerns and conversations to be

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had with people at the state offices

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around that. There are also enrollment

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concerns. Um we weren't able to get the

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enrollment this year. So, there's a

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little bit of a question of of how

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likely is it for us to get that

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enrollment next year. Will we be able to

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meet the enrollment requirements without

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having seventh and eighth grade? That

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was one of our biggest setbacks is this

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gap year that families are are leaving

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the Waldorf model and not staying and

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not coming back in that enrollment. Um,

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is our location also affecting that? um

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can we afford the very expensive land

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and limited opportunities that are

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closer to Mountain Sunrise that will

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make it easier for those families? Um

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and if we were able to find a way to

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afford it, would that even fix the

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enrollment concerns? Um so there's a lot

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of concern and question about being able

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to to go through that. Some of the good

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news is that we've done all of the other

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work. Um really it is just filling our

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marketing and enrollment. We have a a

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really good calendar put together for

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getting into the junior highs and

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letting more people know at their high

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school previews that we are an option as

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a high school. We have um events and and

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community things planned through the

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year. Um so that we I mean I feel like

545
00:25:23,679 --> 00:25:25,440
we have a pretty good plan for building

546
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,360
that. Our name is out there. People are

547
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,760
recognizing us. Conversations that we

548
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,600
have with new people are, "Oh, I saw

549
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,200
your billboard. Oh, you're that school.

550
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,880
Oh, I got your flyer on my door." So,

551
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,240
there's been enough touch points that

552
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,000
people are starting to get to know us

553
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,480
and the word is spreading. Um, and it's

554
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,679
just a matter of of completing that. The

555
00:25:43,679 --> 00:25:46,960
option for adding seventh and eighth

556
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,880
grade. Um, the the most recent answer.

557
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,120
This one's tricky. Um, because there are

558
00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:58,799
some conflicting opinions on that path.

559
00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:01,200
Um and and so we're trying to get enough

560
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,799
people into the same room in the same

561
00:26:02,799 --> 00:26:05,679
space to get a clear answer on exactly

562
00:26:05,679 --> 00:26:07,760
what that process looks like. Um the

563
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,640
latest information is to complete the

564
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,520
new school application um and kind of

565
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,200
start the progress the the whole cycle

566
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,240
over and requesting 7th through 12th

567
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,880
grade. So really it looks like adjusting

568
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,799
our previous proposal to the new

569
00:26:24,799 --> 00:26:27,840
proposal requirement format and and

570
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:29,703
adding 7th through 12th grade.

571
00:26:29,703 --> 00:26:30,480
[clears throat]

572
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,559
Chalice and I started this. I'll go

573
00:26:32,559 --> 00:26:35,039
ahead and pull it up and show you. Um

574
00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:38,240
we've started this application and um

575
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,960
are I feel confident in being able to

576
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,120
submit this to the state charter school

577
00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:46,080
board. Tomorrow um is the deadline for

578
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,679
this um proposal. And Carrie, I see your

579
00:26:49,679 --> 00:26:50,960
hand. Let me go ahead and get through

580
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,080
this whole section and then take

581
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,960
questions if that's okay.

582
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,120
Um,

583
00:26:57,120 --> 00:26:59,440
so we've got the um and then just

584
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:04,159
adjusting our seats to include um 7th

585
00:27:04,159 --> 00:27:06,640
through 12th grade. Um and then just

586
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,600
formatting. So this is there um and it

587
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,320
should be ready to turn in tomorrow.

588
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,840
um I recommend and plan on going ahead

589
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,080
and starting this process because we can

590
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,760
always pull our application out. Whereas

591
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,080
if we miss this deadline and they tell

592
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,720
us that really is what we have to do, we

593
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,400
don't have another opportunity until

594
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,960
next summer. Um so that's um starting

595
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,400
the proposal. Um it is unclear at this

596
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,360
moment how this process will affect all

597
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:41,120
of the accounts that we've already set

598
00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:44,799
up as a school if we start over. Um

599
00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:48,159
there's conflicting feedback about that

600
00:27:48,159 --> 00:27:52,640
impact and the correct process. Um if we

601
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,520
do that process, we're not opening until

602
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,440
2018 and so we kind of just lieowow next

603
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,679
year as we complete the application

604
00:28:01,679 --> 00:28:05,679
process again. Um, but we're already

605
00:28:05,679 --> 00:28:07,440
ahead of the game because we've already

606
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,520
been through this process once. We

607
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,120
already have a lot of our things decided

608
00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:16,799
and ironed out. Um, I would need to seek

609
00:28:16,799 --> 00:28:19,520
other employment for this um, next

610
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,159
school year and work on the application

611
00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:26,480
process in the background. Um, if we are

612
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,480
fully committed to this, there's a

613
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:29,919
likelihood that they do pull those

614
00:28:29,919 --> 00:28:32,720
revolving loan account um, funds. and so

615
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,080
we're sitting with a bank account at

616
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,120
zero. Um board members will need to

617
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:38,640
assist in the writing of that

618
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,399
application like we did the first time

619
00:28:40,399 --> 00:28:42,559
around. Um the good news is that we can

620
00:28:42,559 --> 00:28:43,919
reuse much of what we've already

621
00:28:43,919 --> 00:28:45,840
completed. It's a matter of adjusting it

622
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,799
to the new format and making sure that

623
00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:51,440
we're including the junior high. We did

624
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,600
learn a lot in this process. I think we

625
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,320
have some very clear answers. We have

626
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,559
better connections in our feeder

627
00:28:58,559 --> 00:29:01,440
schools. um we can get letters of

628
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,240
support and and movement in the

629
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,440
community to help support this choice.

630
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,880
Um the state charter school board might

631
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,360
be reluctant about another startup

632
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,960
grant. Um I'm not exactly sure all of

633
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,799
the steps and processes to that. I

634
00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:22,720
actually have a meeting with the um

635
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,960
financial auditor and and executive

636
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,159
director at the charter school board

637
00:29:26,159 --> 00:29:29,039
tomorrow. So, um hopefully some of these

638
00:29:29,039 --> 00:29:31,760
unknowns will be answered and resolved.

639
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,679
Um but, um it will be a concern that

640
00:29:35,679 --> 00:29:37,600
we'll be defaulting on at least a small

641
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,480
portion of that revolving loan. Um and

642
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,159
that doesn't look good for us. Um and

643
00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:47,200
would mean that we will not be very

644
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,520
likely to get revolving loan funds in

645
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,600
the future, at least not until we have

646
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,720
very solid financials for many years. um

647
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,440
if we are approved and so that's another

648
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,279
part of this process is that we might

649
00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:04,000
not be approved um in spring of 2027 but

650
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,279
if we are then our opening date is 2028.

651
00:30:07,279 --> 00:30:09,440
Um potentially we do get another startup

652
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,840
grant but not quite sure what that

653
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,559
process is going to look like. um we

654
00:30:14,559 --> 00:30:18,399
have policies in place, we have um lots

655
00:30:18,399 --> 00:30:21,840
of answers and so I think we can work on

656
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,799
a tighter budget in this second startup

657
00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:26,480
year if we do this process again and

658
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,000
move on into that. Um and we've already

659
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,080
invested in um in a lot of things that

660
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,520
like we don't have to purchase the

661
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,200
professional library again and and

662
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,919
things like that. So, um we will be

663
00:30:39,919 --> 00:30:42,320
better equipped um to have a wise budget

664
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:43,919
with whatever they allocate us in that

665
00:30:43,919 --> 00:30:47,840
process. Um potentially,

666
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,480
um this one's like a big if. Um there

667
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,760
might be space for requesting to open in

668
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,799
fall of 27 under this. um it would be a

669
00:30:56,799 --> 00:30:59,360
waiver request, but we will have a very

670
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,600
heavy burden to demonstrate that we do

671
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,200
have enough students enrolled that we

672
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,200
wouldn't need a whole extra year in

673
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,600
order to get set up. Um some things that

674
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,279
could help us with that is a memorandum

675
00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:13,760
of understanding with uh Mountain

676
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,679
Sunrise that if we pick up seventh and

677
00:31:15,679 --> 00:31:18,960
eighth grade, we have um a clear path to

678
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,200
write a um articulation agreement with

679
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,240
Azure Fields so that their students can

680
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,559
come and then we have um some very

681
00:31:28,559 --> 00:31:32,960
guaranteed enrollment ready to go um

682
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,600
would be kind of the only path for for

683
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,760
that. I I don't know how much I would

684
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,519
recommend um trying to open early. Um I

685
00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:42,960
think it would just be better to follow

686
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,320
the full 2-year cycle for that. The

687
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,039
other options that we kind of have is

688
00:31:49,039 --> 00:31:52,559
that we could decide to close Azure

689
00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:55,039
Fields and find other opportunities for

690
00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:59,360
creating a um Waldorf High School in

691
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,360
Utah. Um whether it is that we let it go

692
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,360
and work on forming a new group and and

693
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,559
working in the future um or we could

694
00:32:10,559 --> 00:32:12,399
potentially reach out to one of our

695
00:32:12,399 --> 00:32:14,880
feeder schools and help them with an

696
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,720
expansion to expand the high school um

697
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,159
that that then has a clear path for K

698
00:32:22,159 --> 00:32:24,640
through 12 in instead of being a

699
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:28,559
standalone school. Um, we still have the

700
00:32:28,559 --> 00:32:32,480
nonprofit even if we let this charter go

701
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,120
um and decide to disband the current

702
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,240
charter of Azure Fields. Um, it's $18 a

703
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,480
year for our state registration um with

704
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,200
the Department of Commerce for Utah to

705
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:44,880
keep Azure Fields running as a

706
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,120
nonprofit. I think it's around $20 a

707
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:52,080
year for our federal renewal. Um and and

708
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,640
then there's questions like if we do

709
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,760
keep the nonprofit going um do we want

710
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,399
to try a K12? Do we want to push again

711
00:33:00,399 --> 00:33:04,159
for a 7 through 12? Um that's just kind

712
00:33:04,159 --> 00:33:08,480
of so that's my summary. Um Carrie, I'll

713
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,080
take your question now on

714
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:18,789
um on this process.

715
00:33:18,799 --> 00:33:21,120
Okay. So, I'm hearing a lot from a lot

716
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,159
of p a lot of parents that

717
00:33:24,159 --> 00:33:26,080
it's very overwhelming to get their kids

718
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,640
to Provo 5 days a week and that they

719
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,399
would be very interested in like a

720
00:33:30,399 --> 00:33:34,399
hybrid program. Is that an option? And

721
00:33:34,399 --> 00:33:39,120
do we have to put that into the charter?

722
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,360
Um like

723
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,039
would that have to be done in that same

724
00:33:43,039 --> 00:33:45,679
process? Like do we have an option to

725
00:33:45,679 --> 00:33:49,360
have a one of the cohorts

726
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,840
be like a part-time cohort cohort? Is

727
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,279
that something that's too difficult to

728
00:33:55,279 --> 00:33:57,760
do? I think that would

729
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,640
>> open up a lot of opportunities for

730
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,039
parents and interest a lot of parents

731
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:06,000
because there's a lot of parents who

732
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,480
want their children home more but not

733
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,399
all the time especially as high

734
00:34:10,399 --> 00:34:11,200
schoolers.

735
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,200
>> Yeah. It's all those homeschool families

736
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,119
that they,

737
00:34:15,119 --> 00:34:16,399
you know, they want to homeschool, but

738
00:34:16,399 --> 00:34:18,480
it's really hard to homeschool a high

739
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,720
schooler and they they need someone else

740
00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:23,599
that their high schooler is accountable

741
00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:25,440
to.

742
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,280
>> So, I I that's just what I wanted to

743
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,839
bring up that if that might be an option

744
00:34:29,839 --> 00:34:32,960
that could help us. Um, tree I know that

745
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,560
treeside did just um, so it would be so

746
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,399
it would either be something that we put

747
00:34:38,399 --> 00:34:40,800
in the new proposal and application um,

748
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,079
or we add an amendment depending on

749
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:47,839
ultimately which path that we take. Um,

750
00:34:47,839 --> 00:34:50,240
we I think we always have the option of

751
00:34:50,240 --> 00:34:53,280
enrolling students part-time. Um, and

752
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,839
so, you know, if they chose to come for

753
00:34:55,839 --> 00:34:58,079
just the academics from 9 until 1 or

754
00:34:58,079 --> 00:35:00,240
whatever it was, um, or if they were

755
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:02,320
coming just for the electives, um, I

756
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,079
think that's kind of always an option of

757
00:35:04,079 --> 00:35:06,240
enrolling part-time. We would

758
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:07,440
>> that's always,

759
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:08,000
>> sorry,

760
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,160
>> we would need to write a clear policy

761
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,320
around how we handle that.

762
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,079
>> I think it's more that they want they

763
00:35:14,079 --> 00:35:16,160
don't want to do part day. They want to

764
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:20,160
do, you know, half the days. So it's

765
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,400
like they only want to be going to

766
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,440
school two or three days a week.

767
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,520
>> So they want like an AB. So that would

768
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,839
change our schedule to like AB days and

769
00:35:29,839 --> 00:35:32,240
they only enroll for A days.

770
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:32,960
>> Yeah.

771
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,280
>> Um so that would that would be something

772
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:42,320
that we would have to decide what the trade-off is there. Um,

773
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,520
>> with the nature of the main lesson,

774
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,240
it's harder to do that because you only

775
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,160
have that main lesson block for four

776
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,320
weeks and if you're only there for half

777
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,599
the days,

778
00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:55,839
>> you've missed a lot. And and with high

779
00:35:55,839 --> 00:35:58,400
school, trying to get the credits is the

780
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:02,720
other portion of that. Carol, I think

781
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:05,280
>> I think it might help more if we had our

782
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,839
school move to a location that was

783
00:36:07,839 --> 00:36:11,839
easier for them to to get to five days a

784
00:36:11,839 --> 00:36:12,160
week

785
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,160
>> if we could find one that wasn't $2

786
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,560
million for just the land for an acre of

787
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:17,599
land.

788
00:36:17,599 --> 00:36:23,680
>> So, I mean, these are the the I'm not

789
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:27,440
disagreeing with any any of that. Um, so

790
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,720
another part of of hybrid, so hybrid

791
00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:32,400
often means that they take part of their

792
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,280
classes online. Um, and and what that

793
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,040
looks like. Um, so it it just part of it

794
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:43,359
comes down to um

795
00:36:43,359 --> 00:36:44,880
understanding the model that we're

796
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:49,200
offering and and um if that is still the

797
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:53,359
model that we want to offer and how to

798
00:36:53,359 --> 00:36:59,349
make that work. Does that make sense?

799
00:36:59,359 --> 00:37:01,200
» Yeah. I was just I was wondering if it

800
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:02,720
would be possible to have like one of

801
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:05,440
the cohorts be a part-time or you know

802
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,680
what I mean? But that would probably be

803
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,839
tricky for our schedule. I mean, if

804
00:37:09,839 --> 00:37:12,560
they're only coming three days a week,

805
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,440
um, how are like part of it is how are

806
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,920
they going to get their credits

807
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:18,400
>> because

808
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,839
>> so it's like they would be doing the

809
00:37:19,839 --> 00:37:22,240
other part either

810
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,680
>> on their own,

811
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,040
>> you know, or with their parents or or

812
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,440
whatnot. And but that's just the

813
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,960
feedback I keep getting is I it's too

814
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,040
overwhelming to get my kid to Provo or

815
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:39,440
have my kid that far away all the time.

816
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,920
If it was part of the week, then that

817
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,480
would be something that I would consider

818
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,280
is what I hear.

819
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,320
So, I don't know. Just something to

820
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:51,760
consider, I guess.

821
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,280
>> Yeah. [laughter]

822
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,599
>> Another option. Yeah. But but I really

823
00:37:55,599 --> 00:37:57,359
think with a high school, you just have

824
00:37:57,359 --> 00:37:59,200
to be there. I mean, I think you have to

825
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:00,560
be there five days a week

826
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,960
>> in order to get the credits. Like

827
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,440
>> I think that's the part that that is

828
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:06,720
tricky that you're getting credits

829
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:10,079
towards graduation and um I mean I think

830
00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:12,560
it can be done and and there are

831
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:17,040
options. Um it just there's a lot of

832
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,839
thinking about how that looks. um and if

833
00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:23,040
it significantly changes our model and

834
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,359
our plan to do it. Um Sarah and then

835
00:38:25,359 --> 00:38:27,920
Marta both have comments.

836
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,240
>> I was just going to ask Suzanne if you

837
00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:34,000
have any um input here. I know that

838
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,880
you're at that's the decision making

839
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:41,440
level on this or part of the HR process.

840
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,400
What are you guys feeling? because we

841
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,040
very much see this as we got our legs

842
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,880
shifted quite a bit as during this

843
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,680
process because we lost our feeder and

844
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,640
we want to do what's right by you guys

845
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:55,760
but we also want to do

846
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,280
>> Susan is with the

847
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,119
>> Suzanne is not with the charter board

848
00:38:59,119 --> 00:39:01,200
she's with the um

849
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,359
>> I'm with the association [laughter]

850
00:39:03,359 --> 00:39:07,760
>> well what can I sorry I'm certainly

851
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,240
>> I'm still looking for advice I will take

852
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:13,109
it

853
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:16,880
Uh, you know, I think when Carol

854
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,599
mentioned I I think you have to consider

855
00:39:19,599 --> 00:39:25,119
all things and location is key. And if

856
00:39:25,119 --> 00:39:27,680
it's not possible to move your building,

857
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,119
trying to do a hybrid model, um, it's

858
00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:33,040
being done. It's been done. It's being

859
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:38,000
done. Um, but as Caroline and mentioned,

860
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:45,520
if you're going to stick true to your charter, the Waldorf model, um,

861
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,440
there might be a little bit of a

862
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:51,520
conflict there in in trying to do

863
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,359
something that is Waldorf inspired,

864
00:39:55,359 --> 00:39:58,000
but get online and do it. Do you know

865
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,400
what I mean? Yeah, that's

866
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,079
>> if they're doing homeschool or working

867
00:40:04,079 --> 00:40:07,920
at home on courses, that could be a

868
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:11,760
little more um doable, but then you lose

869
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:13,839
part of your funding because if the

870
00:40:13,839 --> 00:40:15,520
student is attending your school only

871
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,040
part-time,

872
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,320
then you only get part of that WPU for

873
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:24,320
that student. So having that many bodies

874
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,560
doesn't translate into that many

875
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,599
students full-time students enrolling.

876
00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:32,960
So it really you want to consider all

877
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,119
things for sure. It's not a fun

878
00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:39,760
situation to be in. Um I

879
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,320
you know I'm kind of at a loss myself.

880
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:47,359
It's it's concerning on all ends and you

881
00:40:47,359 --> 00:40:50,160
know I I just I don't know that I could

882
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,560
say I would go for that hybrid model. Um

883
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,520
I think it would be good and and there's

884
00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,520
really nothing wrong with putting in a

885
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:03,440
proposal now for 7 through 12. Um

886
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,599
because you can withdraw it later if you

887
00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:08,079
just decide not to. If you don't meet

888
00:41:08,079 --> 00:41:10,880
the deadline to submit, you won't be

889
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:15,119
able to submit this year. So, you know,

890
00:41:15,119 --> 00:41:17,280
it's kind of tough because time is of

891
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,240
the essence here. So you could just

892
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:24,480
decide to put in the application as um

893
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,880
Caroline was mentioning and um

894
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,839
then meet and discuss and get serious

895
00:41:31,839 --> 00:41:35,359
about that those conversations and uh

896
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,040
decide whether you want to move forward

897
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:41,040
with with that application or if if it's

898
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,520
something you you really don't feel

899
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:45,359
comfortable moving forward with, you can

900
00:41:45,359 --> 00:41:48,079
always withdraw it. And keeping in mind,

901
00:41:48,079 --> 00:41:49,680
you know, this first proposal is like

902
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,599
the 10-page summary of like this is what

903
00:41:51,599 --> 00:41:54,960
we're thinking and we can adjust things

904
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:56,400
a little bit as we go to the full

905
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,200
application and we flesh things out like

906
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,280
you know this this first one is this is the idea that we're shooting

907
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:07,040
for. Um and the application process is

908
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,440
designed to help us flesh out that idea

909
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,560
more. Um, so just because we don't put

910
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,440
hybrid in or something in in this

911
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,680
proposal doesn't mean it can't also make

912
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,359
it into the final application by

913
00:42:19,359 --> 00:42:21,280
November.

914
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,240
>> And you might even consider um, and

915
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:26,160
again, time is of the essence and you

916
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,640
may just want to get something put in

917
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,480
there so that you have a little bit of

918
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,119
wiggle room to make a real concrete

919
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:35,680
decision amongst the board. It's as a

920
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:39,280
whole. Uh, but you might consider going

921
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,319
back to view the state charter school

922
00:42:42,319 --> 00:42:45,520
board meeting um videos on YouTube.

923
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,800
They're all posted. And go go view what

924
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,200
the board has said to your school

925
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:52,720
already

926
00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:55,440
>> and see if there's anything from there

927
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,760
that you can glean. And as Caroline

928
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:00,000
mentioned, it can even whatever you

929
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,200
submit this time can and likely will

930
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,920
change to a certain extent. And you

931
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,359
could take input from the board um if

932
00:43:09,359 --> 00:43:10,880
they say, "Well, you know what? This

933
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:12,960
sounds really good. However, we might

934
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:14,800
recommend you do something like this or

935
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,240
how are you going to get those students

936
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,319
enrolled? Um how are you going to

937
00:43:18,319 --> 00:43:20,880
maintain the Waldorf vision?" They would

938
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,040
come up with different questions to

939
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,200
phrase and financial questions are going

940
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:31,119
to hit you hard in that meeting. I will just be open and honest about

941
00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:32,079
that.

942
00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:34,160
>> You know, I have nothing to do with it.

943
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,560
I'm not on the board. I don't, you know,

944
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:40,160
but but I I know for a fact

945
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,000
>> you will have to have your financial

946
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,520
ducks in a row and you know putting an

947
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,680
application does not guarantee that you

948
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,440
would be moved forward for the full

949
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,760
application.

950
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,480
>> Marta had a question and then Susan.

951
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,440
>> Yeah. Um mine is going off on a little

952
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:01,119
tangent. Have you considered this is

953
00:44:01,119 --> 00:44:04,079
about location. Have you considered all

954
00:44:04,079 --> 00:44:06,720
those new units,

955
00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:09,760
industrial units that are being built in

956
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,880
Lehi, Saratoga Springs, and Bluffdale?

957
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,520
They're all over the place. That's not a

958
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:18,079
full $2 million, is it?

959
00:44:18,079 --> 00:44:21,119
>> To rent one of those places. We did look

960
00:44:21,119 --> 00:44:25,520
at them and they are high um high market

961
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,560
real estate that is very um

962
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,400
competitively priced meaning very

963
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,359
high-end priced and they're in it for

964
00:44:33,359 --> 00:44:35,040
business. They've the people that have

965
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,440
built those have paid $2 to $4 million

966
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,920
an acre for the land. They've paid $10

967
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:41,680
million to build the building and

968
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,520
they're in it to make their money back,

969
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,160
not provide a charity for a school. So

970
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,720
getting a fair lease option from those

971
00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:50,319
buildings, we've looked at it. We did

972
00:44:50,319 --> 00:44:52,319
and the roundt funding was really great

973
00:44:52,319 --> 00:44:54,960
and we looked at options. Um those

974
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:56,560
buildings weren't initially built for

975
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,400
schools. So we're also looking at an

976
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,800
initial um uh tag on build out before we

977
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,240
could get into it and make it function

978
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:08,160
as a school. Um so we have and are

979
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,960
looking and and exhausting all of those

980
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:14,720
um options. Um, and it it just even

981
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:23,750
those spaces are highly competitive and not a friendly price point.

982
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:24,319
» Question.

983
00:45:24,319 --> 00:45:28,480
>> The um Carol the um so you're saying

984
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,400
that in or in order to add the seventh

985
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:31,760
and eighth grade you would have to wait

986
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:33,520
two years to open. Is that what you

987
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,319
saying you're saying? Okay. So even if

988
00:45:36,319 --> 00:45:38,240
it's a possibility, it would take two

989
00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:39,599
years

990
00:45:39,599 --> 00:45:40,720
>> because this year would be the

991
00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:42,880
application process and the next year

992
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:46,880
would be the startup year. Um and and

993
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,839
there's also the chance that they won't

994
00:45:49,839 --> 00:45:53,200
approve us at any point in the process.

995
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,920
>> Um like not that I feel like that's

996
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,960
going to happen, but but that is also um

997
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:02,079
and when we applied, there was really

998
00:46:02,079 --> 00:46:05,040
one other school that applied with us.

999
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,480
um one or two and last year they had 14

1000
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,880
apply. Um so it's a little bit more

1001
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:14,160
competitive in um the schools that we're

1002
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:15,680
going up against in the application

1003
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:20,400
process. Um and you know the the

1004
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:22,480
discussions I' I've been in the board

1005
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:24,319
meetings multiple times this spring and

1006
00:46:24,319 --> 00:46:27,280
this the thing keeps coming up of we're

1007
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,119
going to have to start telling schools

1008
00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:31,359
no um because there's so many

1009
00:46:31,359 --> 00:46:32,800
applications. we need to be more

1010
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,760
judicious about who we go through the

1011
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:39,119
process with um and so it will be more

1012
00:46:39,119 --> 00:46:42,480
competitive and more people will get MO

1013
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:48,560
um just because of the the market um I

1014
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:52,079
don't know if we go through this

1015
00:46:52,079 --> 00:46:55,280
proposal process in tandem with still

1016
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,640
planning to open um with 11th and 12th

1017
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:00,800
grade in this process I don't know if

1018
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,800
they'll allow us to kind of do that. Um,

1019
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:07,119
so I mean right now we do have the

1020
00:47:07,119 --> 00:47:09,280
deferral to open in fall of 27 with 9th

1021
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,440
through 11th grade. Um, and I don't know

1022
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:12,960
if we go through this approval process

1023
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:14,560
and they don't approve that if we still

1024
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:16,800
have the option to open in the fall with

1025
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:19,359
9 through 12. I I don't know if that

1026
00:47:19,359 --> 00:47:21,440
would be on the table. Um, Suzanne, do

1027
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:22,732
you have any opinions about that?

1028
00:47:22,732 --> 00:47:23,760
[laughter]

1029
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,480
>> I am inclined to think they would want

1030
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,200
you to do one or the other. I don't know

1031
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,520
that for a fact. I might recommend you

1032
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,560
reach out to uh Betty Jimenez or

1033
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:38,960
possibly um Director H uh

1034
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,200
>> Stacy Hudson. Yeah.

1035
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,680
>> So I I would reach out to them and find

1036
00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:47,760
that out to one of the staff members to see that answer.

1037
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,160
>> I I really doubt that they would give

1038
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:52,240
you because it would require giving you

1039
00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:54,400
two separate charters

1040
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,359
>> and I don't I don't personally think

1041
00:47:57,359 --> 00:47:59,200
that would happen. Great.

1042
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,880
>> So if we do the deferment just one year,

1043
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,560
we still have a full year to do

1044
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,640
advertising and marketing. Is that

1045
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:07,760
right? Do we have

1046
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:08,960
>> no funding to do so?

1047
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,119
>> But no funding to do so. Okay.

1048
00:48:11,119 --> 00:48:12,960
>> Yeah.

1049
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:17,680
and and no funding to really like get

1050
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,240
the desks and get the like I mean like

1051
00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:24,559
it just is really tight all around and

1052
00:48:24,559 --> 00:48:26,880
um so I don't think like we need to we

1053
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,880
don't need to make a decision tonight on

1054
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:30,800
any of this. This is really just like

1055
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:34,079
this is our situation. I am meeting with

1056
00:48:34,079 --> 00:48:35,920
um Stacy and the financial person

1057
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,559
tomorrow um to get more clarification.

1058
00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:40,480
and I'll be emailing updates to the

1059
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:44,559
board. Um, but July is kind of just this

1060
00:48:44,559 --> 00:48:46,240
time that it's difficult to get a hold

1061
00:48:46,240 --> 00:48:47,359
of people. It's difficult to get

1062
00:48:47,359 --> 00:48:49,040
answers. The board isn't going to be

1063
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,720
meeting to make any decisions until

1064
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:53,440
August. Um, so we're a little bit in

1065
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:56,160
limbo right now. I don't think it makes

1066
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,240
a difference on trying to make a

1067
00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:00,480
decision tonight or in August. And I

1068
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:03,359
think letting it sleep and and deciding

1069
00:49:03,359 --> 00:49:06,880
full fully in August when we present our

1070
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:08,160
proposal to the state charter school

1071
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:10,960
board and we get more clear answers. Um

1072
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:14,880
just kind of waiting until August. Um

1073
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:17,839
my my sense is that things still depend

1074
00:49:17,839 --> 00:49:20,400
on our location. We have to have some

1075
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:23,680
maybe a I don't know an investor or

1076
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:26,480
somebody who loves our our model that

1077
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:28,960
would invest and give us a location. I

1078
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:30,960
just think you can find one. Good luck.

1079
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:31,280
They

1080
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:32,160
>> No, I know that.

1081
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:33,760
>> It doesn't happen in Utah.

1082
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:35,119
>> I don't know of any school that had

1083
00:49:35,119 --> 00:49:36,400
that. [laughter]

1084
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,000
>> Well, actually, I looked up American

1085
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,160
Heritage did have that in the beginning

1086
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:42,319
when they started. But anyway, I just

1087
00:49:42,319 --> 00:49:44,640
I'm just thinking that I still think you

1088
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,440
cannot we cannot even market properly if

1089
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,119
we don't have a location. I just think

1090
00:49:49,119 --> 00:49:50,720
we have to have a location. That's

1091
00:49:50,720 --> 00:49:52,640
right. And that's the problem we're

1092
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:58,470
having. Carrie,

1093
00:49:58,480 --> 00:49:59,280
do you still have

1094
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:01,680
>> Sorry. Sorry. It just took me a second

1095
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:04,640
to get unmuted. Um, I just wanted to

1096
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,760
make sure I'm understanding right. So,

1097
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:11,920
we had talked to Stacy about

1098
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:14,079
adding seventh and eighth grade and

1099
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:15,839
being able to start next year and have

1100
00:50:15,839 --> 00:50:17,680
we decide have we found out that that's

1101
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:20,880
absolutely not an option? According to

1102
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:23,359
the lawyer for the state charter school

1103
00:50:23,359 --> 00:50:25,520
board, our only options for adding

1104
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:28,079
seventh and eighth grade are to be fully

1105
00:50:28,079 --> 00:50:29,760
established with our original charter

1106
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,680
and then add an expansion, which is like

1107
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:35,119
a 5 to sevenyear process, or to start a

1108
00:50:35,119 --> 00:50:37,280
new proposal.

1109
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,040
>> Okay.

1110
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,760
But conflicting answers from when I

1111
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,720
reach out to the state that so the state

1112
00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:47,200
charter board referred me to some people

1113
00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:53,359
at the U Utah State charter I mean the the big USB um for some answers on

1114
00:50:53,359 --> 00:50:55,680
how that affects us with where we are in

1115
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,280
the process and there's conflicting

1116
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:00,160
answers that we're still trying to iron

1117
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,079
out what the real truth of that is and

1118
00:51:02,079 --> 00:51:03,520
we're probably not going to get those

1119
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,880
answers ironed out until August.

1120
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,119
So

1121
00:51:09,119 --> 00:51:14,079
if we open if we try to open in a year

1122
00:51:14,079 --> 00:51:17,040
from you know August

1123
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:19,119
is there any way to get funding to do

1124
00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:22,470
that?

1125
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:24,559
There is a chance that they let us keep

1126
00:51:24,559 --> 00:51:26,319
the revolving loan, but we have to prove

1127
00:51:26,319 --> 00:51:27,920
that we're going to be able to pay it

1128
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:29,520
back.

1129
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:31,839
>> Okay. And that's the the big question

1130
00:51:31,839 --> 00:51:34,160
now is you weren't able to get enough

1131
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:38,800
seats and and it's a very risky thing if

1132
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:43,440
we default on on this loan and and so

1133
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:46,720
it's not decided yet, but it is very

1134
00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:49,680
risky and and there's some challenging

1135
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:52,640
conversations to have in the meantime.

1136
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:57,180
>> Okay. Thank you. Mhm.

1137
00:51:57,180 --> 00:51:59,040
[snorts]

1138
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:01,040
>> Do we have any other discussions? Is

1139
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:02,960
there anyone else who wants to comment

1140
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:04,160
on what's

1141
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,319
>> So my plan is to go ahead and and finish

1142
00:52:06,319 --> 00:52:08,000
the final edits on this proposal and

1143
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:10,000
send it into the state tomorrow so that

1144
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,720
we have that as an option. We can decide

1145
00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:14,720
in August if we really want to move

1146
00:52:14,720 --> 00:52:19,839
forward with that as our option or if we

1147
00:52:19,839 --> 00:52:21,359
choose to go in in a different

1148
00:52:21,359 --> 00:52:23,440
direction. Um, I think August is the

1149
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,200
time to go ahead and choose that. But

1150
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,280
this will be um go ahead and and finish

1151
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:29,599
and I'll email it to the board um as

1152
00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:31,599
soon as I get the final edits done and

1153
00:52:31,599 --> 00:52:33,920
get it sent in.

1154
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:34,720
>> Carrie,

1155
00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:38,000
>> sorry, I have one more question. Um,

1156
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:39,599
we had talked in a previous meeting

1157
00:52:39,599 --> 00:52:44,000
about all the unused office space

1158
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:48,319
since COVID around the Lehi area. I'm Is

1159
00:52:48,319 --> 00:52:50,160
it right to assume that that's already

1160
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:52,400
been looked into? Yes.

1161
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:54,400
>> Okay.

1162
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:56,400
And it's I'm guessing more expensive

1163
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,400
than we hoped it would be

1164
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:02,079
>> or or was not suited to our purpose

1165
00:53:02,079 --> 00:53:03,680
without

1166
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:07,119
extensive renovation.

1167
00:53:07,119 --> 00:53:09,920
>> And we had looked into joining with

1168
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:12,640
another school

1169
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:15,359
uh like Rockwell or what was the other

1170
00:53:15,359 --> 00:53:16,000
one?

1171
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,599
>> Oh yeah. um

1172
00:53:17,599 --> 00:53:19,680
>> Hearth song or Hearth

1173
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:24,480
>> um help uh it was Rockwell um and their

1174
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,480
director came back and said putting two

1175
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:28,400
high schools in the same building even

1176
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:29,760
though technically they have empty

1177
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,400
classrooms, high schools take up a lot

1178
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:34,079
of space and and you have all of the

1179
00:53:34,079 --> 00:53:37,200
elective classes and and it gets very

1180
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:40,640
tricky in sharing spaces and keeping

1181
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,599
your identity separate and um whose

1182
00:53:43,599 --> 00:53:45,680
responsibility is what and if a student

1183
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,280
vandalizes something. How do we figure

1184
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:49,359
out whose student it was? Like there

1185
00:53:49,359 --> 00:53:51,200
just becomes a lot of logistical

1186
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,200
difficulties.

1187
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:56,160
>> Do we have any other options of schools

1188
00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:58,400
that we could share space with?

1189
00:53:58,400 --> 00:53:59,200
>> What about Hearthstone?

1190
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:00,720
>> I'm not looking into that.

1191
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:02,720
>> I don't know what Hearthstone is.

1192
00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:04,720
>> It's the one in Jordan that that

1193
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:06,640
eventually wanted to become K through

1194
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,520
12, but they're starting at

1195
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,559
>> They are no longer moving forward.

1196
00:54:12,559 --> 00:54:15,280
>> Yeah, they are.

1197
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:17,119
>> All right. They're not going to open.

1198
00:54:17,119 --> 00:54:17,760
>> Yeah.

1199
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:19,760
>> Oh, okay.

1200
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:21,280
>> That's sad.

1201
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,119
>> I know. Was it a location issue for

1202
00:54:23,119 --> 00:54:23,520
them?

1203
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:25,359
>> What happened with Yeah. What?

1204
00:54:25,359 --> 00:54:26,960
>> I don't know details. I just know that

1205
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:28,800
they're no longer moving forward.

1206
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:30,720
>> Oh, wow.

1207
00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:33,680
>> I think there were multiple multiple

1208
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:35,839
things that happened and and the board

1209
00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:37,280
decided that they couldn't go through

1210
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:39,119
with the process.

1211
00:54:39,119 --> 00:54:40,960
>> Okay.

1212
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:46,000
Um, so we the the most viable location

1213
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,640
that we have right now is um office

1214
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:56,480
spaces next to treeide. Um, the rent is really good. Um, includes all of the

1215
00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:58,160
utilities. It's a it's a third of the

1216
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:01,119
price um that we were looking at with

1217
00:55:01,119 --> 00:55:04,800
the um other building in Provo. And um

1218
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,800
and this one includes all of the

1219
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:09,119
utilities where the other one did not.

1220
00:55:09,119 --> 00:55:12,160
Um there's flexible spaces. Um they have

1221
00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:13,920
one whole building that is typically

1222
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,480
just empty. Um and they would be willing

1223
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,040
to get us upgrades enough to to make it

1224
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:21,359
usable. Um it would have enough space

1225
00:55:21,359 --> 00:55:23,920
for us to grow into the f the adjoining

1226
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:28,000
suites. Um but it is on the south end of

1227
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:31,200
Provo which doesn't help with our um

1228
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:33,839
main original demographics. However,

1229
00:55:33,839 --> 00:55:36,960
there are growing interest in this in

1230
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,119
the Spanish Fork area.

1231
00:55:39,119 --> 00:55:43,280
um and the Provo area itself. Um so then

1232
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,280
the question is, do we want to switch

1233
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:50,480
the demographics that we're marketing to pull up people farther south? Um how

1234
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,799
many people can we hold on to from all

1235
00:55:52,799 --> 00:55:55,760
of these locations? So multiple things

1236
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:59,920
to consider. Um

1237
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:02,799
but so so we do have a a space that we

1238
00:56:02,799 --> 00:56:05,920
can continue working from which gives

1239
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:07,520
people some stability and knowing that

1240
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:09,359
yes we have a location and we will be

1241
00:56:09,359 --> 00:56:14,240
opening here. Um and there the owners of

1242
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:16,160
those buildings love schools and love

1243
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:18,559
helping us out. we would have a lot of

1244
00:56:18,559 --> 00:56:22,400
access to um the Rocky Mountain

1245
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,559
University and the Norda College which

1246
00:56:24,559 --> 00:56:29,040
are very excited about um getting

1247
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:31,920
students um working with a high school

1248
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:36,559
for um career opportunities in nursing

1249
00:56:36,559 --> 00:56:39,119
and healthcare. Um so our students could

1250
00:56:39,119 --> 00:56:41,680
get um a nursing license by the time

1251
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:43,599
they graduate that fits into our CTE

1252
00:56:43,599 --> 00:56:46,000
program. So, there are some really good

1253
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:49,280
bonuses there al as well as challenges

1254
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:54,789
in that location. Carrie,

1255
00:56:54,799 --> 00:56:56,480
» I was just wondering if it might be

1256
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:58,640
possible to

1257
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:01,040
adjust our schedule

1258
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:04,720
so that it's possible for kids to do

1259
00:57:04,720 --> 00:57:08,319
hybrid if they're wanting without really

1260
00:57:08,319 --> 00:57:11,040
like

1261
00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:14,319
changing so much because there there's a

1262
00:57:14,319 --> 00:57:15,839
lot of kids that there's a lot of

1263
00:57:15,839 --> 00:57:17,680
families that don't really care about

1264
00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:19,680
the credits

1265
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:23,520
these days. Like it's it's so crazy how

1266
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:25,119
the

1267
00:57:25,119 --> 00:57:28,799
I guess ideas of education are changing,

1268
00:57:28,799 --> 00:57:30,880
>> you know, and

1269
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:34,720
so like is it possible that we could

1270
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:38,720
offer that hybrid program, but it would be like

1271
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:41,359
you're welcome to come part-time. You

1272
00:57:41,359 --> 00:57:43,599
it's up to you to figure out which

1273
00:57:43,599 --> 00:57:45,359
credits you miss.

1274
00:57:45,359 --> 00:57:47,440
>> So back to what Susan said earlier,

1275
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:51,829
>> that doesn't help our ADA, though. Our

1276
00:57:51,839 --> 00:57:54,000
Well, and there's additional problems to

1277
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:57,599
that, too. Um, so one of the metrics

1278
00:57:57,599 --> 00:57:59,280
that we will always be graded on is our

1279
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:02,000
graduation rate. And and if we have a

1280
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:03,359
lot of families coming, they're like, I

1281
00:58:03,359 --> 00:58:05,520
don't care if I graduate, then that's

1282
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:07,760
going to reflect very poorly on us and

1283
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:10,720
give us a lot of challenges. um as well

1284
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:14,960
as having to um provide space and

1285
00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:16,400
resources for these people that are

1286
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:20,400
coming only part-time, but but also not

1287
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:22,640
we're not getting all of the funding. So

1288
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:25,440
on on one side, if it's the option

1289
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:26,960
between enrolling a part-time student

1290
00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,119
and not having a student at all, then we

1291
00:58:29,119 --> 00:58:30,880
get partial funding is one way to look

1292
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:32,720
at it. But if we're filling up our

1293
00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:34,319
program and our seats and our our

1294
00:58:34,319 --> 00:58:35,680
building space with these people that

1295
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:37,200
are only coming part-time and we don't

1296
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:38,400
have space for people that would be

1297
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:41,200
there full-time, um then that creates

1298
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:42,960
other funding issues. And then what kind

1299
00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:45,200
of culture are we creating in our

1300
00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:52,069
school? Um

1301
00:58:52,079 --> 00:58:54,079
situations and allowances or whatever,

1302
00:58:54,079 --> 00:58:56,640
if that makes sense. So like I I'm not

1303
00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:59,680
saying no, there's not a path for that.

1304
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:03,040
I'm I'm just saying we need to like we

1305
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:06,160
we've done a lot of work to be very

1306
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:08,799
confident in the model of the thing that

1307
00:59:08,799 --> 00:59:12,319
we are offering. Um, and there could be

1308
00:59:12,319 --> 00:59:14,640
some conversations around are there

1309
00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:17,920
adjustments to be made that I mean one

1310
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:20,160
of the the core things we started this

1311
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:21,680
because families were asking for it,

1312
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,280
right? We started it because families

1313
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:24,880
were saying we like this model and we

1314
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:27,119
want it to carry through and we've been

1315
00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:28,960
very intentional about making sure it

1316
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:31,359
really is the model that does all of the

1317
00:59:31,359 --> 00:59:33,920
things and and there's always a

1318
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:36,799
tradeoff. We can always consider other

1319
00:59:36,799 --> 00:59:39,280
options, but at what point are we then

1320
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:41,599
deviating from our core values and the

1321
00:59:41,599 --> 00:59:46,079
mission that we have established and um

1322
00:59:46,079 --> 00:59:48,799
and how much like what are the things

1323
00:59:48,799 --> 00:59:51,760
that we're actually valuing and what do

1324
00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:53,760
um the families that are intending to

1325
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:58,559
come to us really want? And um and then

1326
00:59:58,559 --> 01:00:00,880
how do we also meet all of the

1327
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:03,200
requirements to be a functioning

1328
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:06,880
successful school within that space?

1329
01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:11,599
>> Makes sense. I'm just my my wheels are

1330
01:00:11,599 --> 01:00:13,359
just spinning about it. My daughter is

1331
01:00:13,359 --> 01:00:15,280
in my seventh grader will be enrolled in

1332
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:18,480
a charter school

1333
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:19,920
that's two and a half days in person

1334
01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:23,839
next year and they just they do like two

1335
01:00:23,839 --> 01:00:27,440
of the subjects at home.

1336
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:31,040
So I just wondered if and and up until

1337
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:33,119
you get into high school with credits,

1338
01:00:33,119 --> 01:00:35,680
right? And and then so I mean one of the

1339
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:37,119
things that we've been saying is that

1340
01:00:37,119 --> 01:00:38,799
we're an in person. your student isn't

1341
01:00:38,799 --> 01:00:40,400
going to be on the computer all day, but

1342
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:42,319
if they're doing half of their credits

1343
01:00:42,319 --> 01:00:45,920
on on on a computer at home, like is

1344
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:47,440
that a part of the model that we're

1345
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,359
wanting? And it does I mean our our

1346
01:00:49,359 --> 01:00:51,440
technology policy is purposeful tech and

1347
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:53,280
maybe teaching our students how to do an

1348
01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:54,880
online class is a valuable part of what

1349
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:57,680
we do, right? And providing that option.

1350
01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:01,839
Um but one of the and and so I I assume

1351
01:01:01,839 --> 01:01:04,079
that you're she's just doing those

1352
01:01:04,079 --> 01:01:07,280
credits at home and not on a computer.

1353
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:09,599
um that's harder to do at a high school

1354
01:01:09,599 --> 01:01:12,880
when we have accreditation and and just

1355
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:15,040
sending packets home, you know, for

1356
01:01:15,040 --> 01:01:16,559
students to figure things out on their

1357
01:01:16,559 --> 01:01:18,000
own. Like a lot of our families are

1358
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,000
coming to us because we say we're going

1359
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,000
to support your student through the

1360
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:24,880
curriculum in these ways. We're not

1361
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:26,799
sending you to do it on your own. So

1362
01:01:26,799 --> 01:01:29,359
those are just the the things to

1363
01:01:29,359 --> 01:01:31,760
consider as as we navigate these

1364
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:33,200
conversations,

1365
01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:44,390
>> right? Yeah, I totally understand.

1366
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:46,720
We're not hearing you, Fisa. Oh,

1367
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:47,920
>> can you hear me?

1368
01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:50,720
>> Yes, now we can.

1369
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:52,319
>> Um,

1370
01:01:52,319 --> 01:01:55,520
I um I've been working all day. I'm very

1371
01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:58,400
tired. I've been teaching all day and

1372
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:00,400
I'm in Boulder

1373
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:04,319
and I'm I've been teaching 27 teachers.

1374
01:02:04,319 --> 01:02:05,040
>> Wow.

1375
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:07,599
So, excuse me for

1376
01:02:07,599 --> 01:02:07,920
um

1377
01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:09,440
>> You're okay. Keep your phone close to

1378
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:10,720
you because we can't hear you when you

1379
01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:12,559
put it away.

1380
01:02:12,559 --> 01:02:15,920
>> And my computer's going into the Boulder

1381
01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:17,359
store tomorrow.

1382
01:02:17,359 --> 01:02:22,400
>> Okay. Um but you know there is a model

1383
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:26,160
where main lesson is every morning for 2

1384
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:30,799
hours and then or a half a day of um

1385
01:02:30,799 --> 01:02:34,319
with some languages you know and um

1386
01:02:34,319 --> 01:02:37,520
foreign languages and and some electives

1387
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:42,480
that can be done um where children can

1388
01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:46,000
um you know kind of make their own

1389
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,079
program.

1390
01:02:48,079 --> 01:02:51,520
And um I think that um thinking of

1391
01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:53,920
Carrie, I'm thinking that it can be

1392
01:02:53,920 --> 01:02:56,640
something a little more creative as long

1393
01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:59,119
as you have main lesson and you're

1394
01:02:59,119 --> 01:03:01,359
taking them through

1395
01:03:01,359 --> 01:03:04,559
um the main curriculum. The other things

1396
01:03:04,559 --> 01:03:08,150
are complimementaryary

1397
01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:09,839
» but that would be still every day

1398
01:03:09,839 --> 01:03:11,119
though.

1399
01:03:11,119 --> 01:03:13,040
Yeah, it would have to be every day or

1400
01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:15,920
at least four days a week, however, you

1401
01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:18,960
know, you arrange the school.

1402
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:21,760
>> Um, so,

1403
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:24,480
um, and I think for a high school, they

1404
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:27,760
do need a little bit more of a their own

1405
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:29,760
program,

1406
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:32,160
>> you know, and we can talk to somebody

1407
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:34,640
like Tom about that. the other schools

1408
01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:38,160
have have, you know, um different

1409
01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:39,760
programs.

1410
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:42,319
And for instance, Jamie York who is a

1411
01:03:42,319 --> 01:03:46,960
math who has a math group there. He has

1412
01:03:46,960 --> 01:03:50,160
uh students in a circle online and he

1413
01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:54,240
puts them in rooms and they um solve

1414
01:03:54,240 --> 01:03:57,440
problems and they become close and they

1415
01:03:57,440 --> 01:04:00,559
have a social life, you know, and it's

1416
01:04:00,559 --> 01:04:05,280
not just um by yourself doing things.

1417
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:07,760
Um, and teenagers I think want to be

1418
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:12,000
together. But, um, I just think that I

1419
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:13,680
think we could look at it more

1420
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:16,400
creatively, especially if we're thinking

1421
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:19,680
of seventh and eighth grade to as well

1422
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:22,400
where they can have main lesson and

1423
01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:25,119
electives like woodworking and really

1424
01:04:25,119 --> 01:04:27,200
things that are interesting to young

1425
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:29,039
people.

1426
01:04:29,039 --> 01:04:31,359
And that's just what I wanted to say.

1427
01:04:31,359 --> 01:04:34,720
>> Thank you, Tesa. Um definitely worth the

1428
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:36,559
worth those conversations especially if

1429
01:04:36,559 --> 01:04:38,240
we decide to move forward with that

1430
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:40,000
proposal and application and the

1431
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:41,520
opportunity of are we going to change

1432
01:04:41,520 --> 01:04:43,920
things. Um but then also keeping in mind

1433
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:46,400
that the high school is like we do have

1434
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,000
a responsibility to make sure that the

1435
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:49,599
students get the minimum credits to

1436
01:04:49,599 --> 01:04:54,480
graduation and um and like we're we're

1437
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:58,319
offering um a very robust preparation

1438
01:04:58,319 --> 01:05:03,039
for life. Um and and and so ju I don't

1439
01:05:03,039 --> 01:05:05,280
know just kind of reevaluating like this

1440
01:05:05,280 --> 01:05:07,359
is what we're offering. Um and there are

1441
01:05:07,359 --> 01:05:09,440
plenty of people that are interested in

1442
01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:12,720
that. Um, and you know, I think some of

1443
01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:14,799
these concerns Carrie is the distance

1444
01:05:14,799 --> 01:05:17,280
and and things like that and um and how

1445
01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:20,640
do we infold the community in a way that

1446
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:22,400
answers those concerns while still

1447
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:24,880
meeting our mission and goals.

1448
01:05:24,880 --> 01:05:28,549
Uh Sarah,

1449
01:05:28,559 --> 01:05:30,559
» I was just going to say I've gone

1450
01:05:30,559 --> 01:05:32,000
through a lot of these programs and

1451
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:33,599
there's pros and cons to all of them. I

1452
01:05:33,599 --> 01:05:35,039
graduated from an online high school.

1453
01:05:35,039 --> 01:05:37,119
I've been homeschooled. I've gone well I

1454
01:05:37,119 --> 01:05:38,400
haven't gone to Waldorf school but I've

1455
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:41,359
got through a Waldorf program before. Um

1456
01:05:41,359 --> 01:05:42,960
and there's pros and cons to all of

1457
01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:45,599
them. We are however limited by our

1458
01:05:45,599 --> 01:05:47,440
charter and I think that's kind of what

1459
01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:49,839
we have to do now with Carol is decide

1460
01:05:49,839 --> 01:05:52,319
what we want to do. Um one of the

1461
01:05:52,319 --> 01:05:54,000
benefits

1462
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:56,079
if we do close things up is it makes

1463
01:05:56,079 --> 01:05:57,680
accounting a little bit easier. We

1464
01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:00,160
talked to Jeff. If we were to close

1465
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:02,240
today we don't have to do any accounting

1466
01:06:02,240 --> 01:06:04,000
for next financial year. That said,

1467
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:05,839
that's not where my heart is and I don't

1468
01:06:05,839 --> 01:06:07,440
think anyone's emotionally prepared to

1469
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:09,520
do that quite yet. And I think we should

1470
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:10,799
wait and listen to what the charter

1471
01:06:10,799 --> 01:06:13,520
school board has to say for that. Um,

1472
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:15,359
but since we can't really do anything

1473
01:06:15,359 --> 01:06:17,920
right now, I would suggest we brainstorm

1474
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:20,400
like crazy for the next two months, but

1475
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:23,359
move on to our board evaluation

1476
01:06:23,359 --> 01:06:27,760
because we can't do anything right now.

1477
01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:29,839
I I am in agreement with that, Sarah. I

1478
01:06:29,839 --> 01:06:32,400
think we need to move forward now. that

1479
01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:34,319
we kind of know the options and we're

1480
01:06:34,319 --> 01:06:35,839
going to have to think about everything

1481
01:06:35,839 --> 01:06:36,799
and

1482
01:06:36,799 --> 01:06:38,799
>> and I'm happy to have conversations with

1483
01:06:38,799 --> 01:06:40,960
anybody on the board, brainstorm things

1484
01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:42,640
with you. I can do that over email. I

1485
01:06:42,640 --> 01:06:47,039
can do that over phone calls. Um I'll be emailing with the board

1486
01:06:47,039 --> 01:06:48,880
throughout this um process.

1487
01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:50,240
>> Yeah, I was wondering about that. Are

1488
01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:52,000
you going to just kind of let us know

1489
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:54,240
how things are going with the state and

1490
01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:55,039
Okay.

1491
01:06:55,039 --> 01:06:57,200
>> Yeah. Is that legal for us to just get

1492
01:06:57,200 --> 01:06:59,039
emails from you about how things

1493
01:06:59,039 --> 01:07:02,000
>> if you're not making so there's no um

1494
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:05,039
don't reply to the emails in a group

1495
01:07:05,039 --> 01:07:07,440
we're not don't don't discuss it over I

1496
01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:10,000
can give youformational updates but it's

1497
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:11,200
not a discussion and there are no

1498
01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:14,720
decisions until in in meeting um the

1499
01:07:14,720 --> 01:07:16,480
discussions also need to happen in a

1500
01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:19,520
public space so um like I can answer

1501
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:21,839
clarifying questions but as far as like

1502
01:07:21,839 --> 01:07:23,440
the the work itself we would need to

1503
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:28,150
wait for the board meeting. Okay.

1504
01:07:28,160 --> 01:07:30,319
All right. Let's let's move forward then

1505
01:07:30,319 --> 01:07:36,400
now to our new business, which is our self-reflection on the board

1506
01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:39,280
throughout the year. Um I think some

1507
01:07:39,280 --> 01:07:41,440
questions apply to us and some don't

1508
01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:44,960
anymore. So maybe we could um Carol, I'm

1509
01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:46,079
going to have you help me kind of

1510
01:07:46,079 --> 01:07:47,839
whittle down some of these so we don't

1511
01:07:47,839 --> 01:07:50,000
spend a lot of time on something that

1512
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:51,839
doesn't really apply right now to what

1513
01:07:51,839 --> 01:07:55,359
we're doing. So, um, I love the

1514
01:07:55,359 --> 01:07:56,960
questions that you put together for us,

1515
01:07:56,960 --> 01:07:58,559
Sarah, and I know that we've looked at

1516
01:07:58,559 --> 01:08:02,160
these in in the past. Um, so let's go

1517
01:08:02,160 --> 01:08:03,520
through some of the ones that we have

1518
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:06,559
here on our Do we First of all, Carol,

1519
01:08:06,559 --> 01:08:08,480
we don't need to make any motions or

1520
01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:10,720
vote on any options yet

1521
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:11,839
>> from me. No.

1522
01:08:11,839 --> 01:08:12,400
>> Oh, okay.

1523
01:08:12,400 --> 01:08:14,720
>> No, none. None of the um I mean, you

1524
01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:16,400
approved the budget and the rest of it

1525
01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:18,159
was really just an update and some

1526
01:08:18,159 --> 01:08:20,159
things to think about and the current

1527
01:08:20,159 --> 01:08:22,080
situation. So there's no other action

1528
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,239
items on on my part.

1529
01:08:24,239 --> 01:08:25,759
>> All right. So let's look at our

1530
01:08:25,759 --> 01:08:29,759
pre-operational report votes. Um

1531
01:08:29,759 --> 01:08:32,719
uh let's see. Did the votes to approve

1532
01:08:32,719 --> 01:08:34,960
monthly reports feel like meaningful

1533
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:38,080
engaged conversations?

1534
01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:39,520
How are you feeling? How's everyone

1535
01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:42,799
feeling about that?

1536
01:08:42,799 --> 01:08:44,960
Susan, might I suggest a logistical

1537
01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:48,799
thing for each section kind of go all

1538
01:08:48,799 --> 01:08:50,560
three questions together and like any

1539
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:52,960
thoughts and comments about this section

1540
01:08:52,960 --> 01:08:54,560
that are relevant and and that will

1541
01:08:54,560 --> 01:08:56,239
condense it quite a bit of just talking

1542
01:08:56,239 --> 01:08:57,759
about the areas and these are guiding

1543
01:08:57,759 --> 01:08:59,359
questions and people can propose others

1544
01:08:59,359 --> 01:09:00,560
as well.

1545
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:02,640
>> Okay. And did our report approval start

1546
01:09:02,640 --> 01:09:05,199
to feel like a mere formality? What

1547
01:09:05,199 --> 01:09:07,279
specific steps can we take to make these

1548
01:09:07,279 --> 01:09:12,309
moments count moving forward?

1549
01:09:12,319 --> 01:09:17,279
This is not referring to approving the previous month's minutes, right?

1550
01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:20,799
That's a required thing, correct?

1551
01:09:20,799 --> 01:09:23,759
>> No, this is Well, I guess I could refer

1552
01:09:23,759 --> 01:09:25,520
to all votes, but I think it's a vote

1553
01:09:25,520 --> 01:09:27,679
approving monthly reports, you know,

1554
01:09:27,679 --> 01:09:30,319
like the financial reports and the

1555
01:09:30,319 --> 01:09:33,679
administrators reports and and other

1556
01:09:33,679 --> 01:09:36,400
reports that we voted on, parts of the

1557
01:09:36,400 --> 01:09:39,759
vote. I just wanted to clarify. Are we

1558
01:09:39,759 --> 01:09:42,960
required to approve the previous m

1559
01:09:42,960 --> 01:09:44,080
minutes?

1560
01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:44,400
>> Yes.

1561
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:46,960
>> Previous meeting minutes. Okay. Thank

1562
01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:48,000
you.

1563
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:50,480
>> Yeah. So, we're required to post the

1564
01:09:50,480 --> 01:09:52,480
draft minutes after the meeting and

1565
01:09:52,480 --> 01:09:54,320
we're required to post the approved.

1566
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:56,800
Well, I don't think I don't there

1567
01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:58,560
Suzanne, maybe you can clarify. There's

1568
01:09:58,560 --> 01:10:00,640
something about the draft minutes. Best

1569
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:02,159
practice is to go ahead and post the

1570
01:10:02,159 --> 01:10:05,360
draft. um you you post what you're going

1571
01:10:05,360 --> 01:10:07,520
to talk about beforehand, you talk about

1572
01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:09,280
it, you post that this is what we talked

1573
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:11,600
about, we ratify it the next month

1574
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:14,000
within 30 days that yes, this is what we

1575
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:16,640
talked about, that record is correct and

1576
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:18,960
it's it kind of rolls that way. So, it's

1577
01:10:18,960 --> 01:10:21,360
a part of our accounting and that's a

1578
01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:24,719
part of those um lawsuits that could

1579
01:10:24,719 --> 01:10:26,719
potentially come and cause us problems

1580
01:10:26,719 --> 01:10:28,640
if we're not following that process. So

1581
01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:33,600
the the it's the minute approval is very

1582
01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:34,800
important.

1583
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:37,520
>> Yes, you do need to uh post your

1584
01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:40,080
approved minutes. You don't necessarily

1585
01:10:40,080 --> 01:10:42,239
have to post the draft minutes, but your

1586
01:10:42,239 --> 01:10:45,120
agendas must be posted at least 24 hours

1587
01:10:45,120 --> 01:10:47,520
in advance of the meeting as does the

1588
01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:50,800
meeting notice. And uh you do need to

1589
01:10:50,800 --> 01:10:54,480
post your recordings of your uh you need

1590
01:10:54,480 --> 01:10:55,840
to make them available and it's

1591
01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:57,679
typically easier just to upload them to

1592
01:10:57,679 --> 01:11:00,560
the public meeting website, public

1593
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:03,280
notice website. So

1594
01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:06,400
I personally really I'm amazed at how

1595
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:08,719
Carol and her and the people working

1596
01:11:08,719 --> 01:11:11,440
with her Tanya put together reports that

1597
01:11:11,440 --> 01:11:15,120
were so accurate and so easy to to read

1598
01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:17,120
through and understand. I I think our

1599
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:20,640
financial and our other proposed um

1600
01:11:20,640 --> 01:11:22,239
budget

1601
01:11:22,239 --> 01:11:25,199
um pages for a pre-operational for our

1602
01:11:25,199 --> 01:11:27,280
meetings were were really well

1603
01:11:27,280 --> 01:11:30,640
constructed and easy to for us to

1604
01:11:30,640 --> 01:11:31,600
>> read through [clears throat] and easy

1605
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:33,920
for us to understand. So I really like

1606
01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:34,640
that.

1607
01:11:34,640 --> 01:11:37,910
>> Thank you.

1608
01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:39,520
» How is there anyone else who had an

1609
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:42,480
opinion about that about our what we've

1610
01:11:42,480 --> 01:11:49,750
worked on in pre-operational work?

1611
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:55,669
No other comments.

1612
01:11:55,679 --> 01:11:58,159
Let's go to our next one then. Uh fiscal

1613
01:11:58,159 --> 01:12:00,560
policy and procurement compliance. Did

1614
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:02,880
we actively verify that bid thresholds

1615
01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:04,960
were being followed? Did we actively

1616
01:12:04,960 --> 01:12:06,960
verify that dual signatures were being

1617
01:12:06,960 --> 01:12:09,360
used appropriately? Did we rely too

1618
01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:11,280
heavily on trust rather than active

1619
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:12,800
verification?

1620
01:12:12,800 --> 01:12:14,960
Why have our procurement procedures not

1621
01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:18,400
been formally board approved?

1622
01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:20,800
Uh what is our immediate concrete plan

1623
01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:24,239
to get procurement procedures approved?

1624
01:12:24,239 --> 01:12:26,000
>> I would like to

1625
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:28,159
>> just put a note on this one.

1626
01:12:28,159 --> 01:12:29,360
>> Okay.

1627
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:31,679
>> Some of these came from our initial

1628
01:12:31,679 --> 01:12:35,199
setups. So we no longer need dual

1629
01:12:35,199 --> 01:12:36,880
signatures because we changed our

1630
01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:38,640
account type. So that's why the dual

1631
01:12:38,640 --> 01:12:41,920
signatures did not get put through. Um

1632
01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:44,159
all right and the reason we are not

1633
01:12:44,159 --> 01:12:46,000
doing procurement we don't have a

1634
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,480
procedure is because we were using state

1635
01:12:48,480 --> 01:12:51,040
be best practices and I'm understand the

1636
01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:52,880
standing Carol we following those

1637
01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:55,120
instead of having ratified our own which

1638
01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:57,280
I still recommend that we copy and paste

1639
01:12:57,280 --> 01:12:59,040
theirs and then ratify those

1640
01:12:59,040 --> 01:13:01,040
>> much better yes that's that was a good

1641
01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:05,120
decision then yeah I agree with that so

1642
01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:06,800
it sounds like these don't apply

1643
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,199
necessarily

1644
01:13:09,199 --> 01:13:11,440
Um,

1645
01:13:11,440 --> 01:13:14,239
>> they don't they were in our beginning

1646
01:13:14,239 --> 01:13:15,600
documentation.

1647
01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:17,360
>> Um, and that's why I left them in there

1648
01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:18,480
is I thought we should at least have

1649
01:13:18,480 --> 01:13:20,480
that discussion and discuss why we're

1650
01:13:20,480 --> 01:13:21,679
not doing it.

1651
01:13:21,679 --> 01:13:22,719
>> Okay.

1652
01:13:22,719 --> 01:13:24,960
>> Even if we know we're doing the right

1653
01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:26,560
thing.

1654
01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:28,800
>> Is there anyone else is there anyone

1655
01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:30,880
else who would like to have a any more

1656
01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:33,760
discussion about these issues?

1657
01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:35,280
I think I'm going to move forward then

1658
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:37,520
with number three. Treasurer role and

1659
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:39,600
oversight. Is the treasurer consistently

1660
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:42,080
reviewing monthly reports in practice?

1661
01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:43,679
Are the treasurer's reviews being

1662
01:13:43,679 --> 01:13:46,080
formally signed off? Is an independent

1663
01:13:46,080 --> 01:13:48,560
board member not directedly involved in

1664
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:51,280
preparation checking these reports or

1665
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:52,960
those reports? And what does the

1666
01:13:52,960 --> 01:13:55,040
treasurer need to be fully set up for

1667
01:13:55,040 --> 01:13:56,719
success?

1668
01:13:56,719 --> 01:13:59,120
Marta, do you have any comments about

1669
01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:02,080
those questions or

1670
01:14:02,080 --> 01:14:03,840
ideas,

1671
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:05,360
thoughts?

1672
01:14:05,360 --> 01:14:08,400
um because we haven't opened yet, it's

1673
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:11,600
been kind of hard to determine whether

1674
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:14,640
um we're following that or not. As far

1675
01:14:14,640 --> 01:14:19,520
as preliminary, um, I do look at the the

1676
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:23,600
budgets that that are submitted, but I

1677
01:14:23,600 --> 01:14:26,719
can't see much of a change from time to

1678
01:14:26,719 --> 01:14:32,159
time except maybe the what um, our

1679
01:14:32,159 --> 01:14:34,960
guys are getting paid, you know, and

1680
01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:37,199
what's being shelled out to keep us

1681
01:14:37,199 --> 01:14:38,880
pre-operational.

1682
01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:41,840
I don't think we can really answer that

1683
01:14:41,840 --> 01:14:44,719
until we are operational.

1684
01:14:44,719 --> 01:14:46,239
>> Yes. And fullness. You're right. I think

1685
01:14:46,239 --> 01:14:47,280
you're right about that.

1686
01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:48,080
>> Right.

1687
01:14:48,080 --> 01:14:51,280
>> But I can't I I'm pretty happy with how

1688
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:54,239
we've been doing it so far.

1689
01:14:54,239 --> 01:14:57,520
>> Yeah. Everything's transparent and

1690
01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:01,280
>> and fully disclosed and

1691
01:15:01,280 --> 01:15:02,560
>> and Red Apple has been really

1692
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:04,960
responsive. anytime that we have and

1693
01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:06,960
anytime we have a concern um they've

1694
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:08,640
been able to send us those reports and

1695
01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:12,320
clarify um the different things. Um uh

1696
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:14,400
and and so again like under normal

1697
01:15:14,400 --> 01:15:16,000
operations we're receiving monthly

1698
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:17,520
aotments and we're having monthly

1699
01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:21,360
expenses and um this year really the it

1700
01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:25,600
we had our um one lump sum um that we

1701
01:15:25,600 --> 01:15:28,400
received. We had you know this is how

1702
01:15:28,400 --> 01:15:30,640
we're going to spend it and and it just

1703
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:34,400
followed course. Um and and so it is a

1704
01:15:34,400 --> 01:15:38,960
little bit of a different um process

1705
01:15:38,960 --> 01:15:42,640
as we're getting um established.

1706
01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:45,120
So it looks like for number four it's a

1707
01:15:45,120 --> 01:15:47,199
little bit similar in that some of these

1708
01:15:47,199 --> 01:15:50,000
were changed from pre-operational to

1709
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:52,560
when we were trying to to start op uh

1710
01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:54,239
the operational board. [snorts]

1711
01:15:54,239 --> 01:15:55,920
But let's go through them. Was the

1712
01:15:55,920 --> 01:15:57,920
finance committee active, engaged in

1713
01:15:57,920 --> 01:15:59,679
regularly reporting back to the full

1714
01:15:59,679 --> 01:16:01,679
board? Was the marketing outreach

1715
01:16:01,679 --> 01:16:03,600
committee actively engaged and regularly

1716
01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:05,679
reporting to the full board? Was the

1717
01:16:05,679 --> 01:16:07,520
building committee actively engaged and

1718
01:16:07,520 --> 01:16:09,440
regularly reporting to the full board?

1719
01:16:09,440 --> 01:16:11,520
Did any of these committees exist mostly

1720
01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:14,560
on paper rather than doing real work?

1721
01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:17,280
Well, we transferred marketing and

1722
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:20,080
outreach to not a committee from the

1723
01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:24,000
board, but we paid Skola and others to

1724
01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:26,560
work with our with Carol on the

1725
01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:28,800
marketing and outreach.

1726
01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:31,040
And we just talked about the finance

1727
01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:35,199
committee. Marta's um Marta's the

1728
01:16:35,199 --> 01:16:38,880
finance um board the finance or the

1729
01:16:38,880 --> 01:16:41,360
treasurer from our board. We we didn't

1730
01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:43,679
put together a full finance committee if

1731
01:16:43,679 --> 01:16:46,320
I'm right about that. Is that true? In

1732
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:48,880
pre-operational we never had a full

1733
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:51,040
finance committee. We just had a a

1734
01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:54,400
treasurer. Is that correct, Marta?

1735
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:57,600
>> Well, it was Carol, Jeff, and I mostly.

1736
01:16:57,600 --> 01:16:59,840
>> Oh, okay. So there was a a committee.

1737
01:16:59,840 --> 01:17:03,199
Okay. Were they all actively engaged in

1738
01:17:03,199 --> 01:17:06,800
your reporting and in your meetings? Did

1739
01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:09,040
you feel like that was you were part of

1740
01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:11,199
that and actively engaged in that?

1741
01:17:11,199 --> 01:17:12,480
Marta.

1742
01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:13,520
>> Yes.

1743
01:17:13,520 --> 01:17:18,400
>> Um as far as far as what I could do um

1744
01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:20,960
in their pre-operational state.

1745
01:17:20,960 --> 01:17:24,719
>> Yes. And we we had a building committee

1746
01:17:24,719 --> 01:17:26,719
with Carol. Right. Carol, did you work

1747
01:17:26,719 --> 01:17:27,199
with

1748
01:17:27,199 --> 01:17:30,800
>> round funding and roundt funding and um

1749
01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:33,199
Sarah was often in those meetings as a

1750
01:17:33,199 --> 01:17:35,600
vote representative um to to stay a

1751
01:17:35,600 --> 01:17:37,840
breast of what was happening. Um so

1752
01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:40,640
yeah, we we definitely worked on that.

1753
01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:43,040
>> I mean I we had regular reports from you

1754
01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:44,640
about your building committee. I do

1755
01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:46,800
remember that coming through every

1756
01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:49,600
month. Did you feel like those meetings

1757
01:17:49,600 --> 01:17:51,600
went well and that you worked through

1758
01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:54,400
those what

1759
01:17:54,400 --> 01:17:55,120
were

1760
01:17:55,120 --> 01:17:56,159
>> Yeah.

1761
01:17:56,159 --> 01:17:58,239
>> Okay.

1762
01:17:58,239 --> 01:18:03,750
Is there anyone

1763
01:18:03,760 --> 01:18:05,760
I would just want to put a note out

1764
01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:08,400
there. Um

1765
01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:11,520
the one area that we did not have

1766
01:18:11,520 --> 01:18:14,480
board connection on was the marketing.

1767
01:18:14,480 --> 01:18:16,800
And while I don't have any problems with

1768
01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:21,040
what Carol and Tanya and Veronica and um

1769
01:18:21,040 --> 01:18:22,880
sorry I'm forgetting his name for a

1770
01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:24,080
second did

1771
01:18:24,080 --> 01:18:25,440
>> I do notice [laughter]

1772
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:27,600
that that is the one Brandon that is the

1773
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:29,600
one area that we struggled in

1774
01:18:29,600 --> 01:18:33,120
>> and going forward even if we just have

1775
01:18:33,120 --> 01:18:35,600
one board member that touches bases with

1776
01:18:35,600 --> 01:18:38,080
them weekly if for no other reason than

1777
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:40,640
governance I do think we need to have a

1778
01:18:40,640 --> 01:18:42,400
established marketing outreach

1779
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:44,880
committee. um

1780
01:18:44,880 --> 01:18:49,270
>> next year for sure.

1781
01:18:49,280 --> 01:18:50,960
» I was going to say the same thing.

1782
01:18:50,960 --> 01:18:52,719
>> I think we had a committee, but we may

1783
01:18:52,719 --> 01:18:55,280
need a board member a part of that

1784
01:18:55,280 --> 01:18:56,640
committee because we did have a

1785
01:18:56,640 --> 01:18:58,239
committee that worked on marketing this

1786
01:18:58,239 --> 01:19:01,600
year. It just wasn't I I think we

1787
01:19:01,600 --> 01:19:04,320
>> we did have a a board member originally

1788
01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:07,360
in marketing and then we gave that work

1789
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:11,040
over to to Carol and the board and her

1790
01:19:11,040 --> 01:19:12,880
marketing

1791
01:19:12,880 --> 01:19:15,280
uh representatives and and then the paid

1792
01:19:15,280 --> 01:19:18,080
marketing representative

1793
01:19:18,080 --> 01:19:20,320
later. I was just thinking if we hire

1794
01:19:20,320 --> 01:19:22,560
someone to do our marketing in the

1795
01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:27,679
future, can we have that per person

1796
01:19:27,679 --> 01:19:30,719
somehow be reporting to the board

1797
01:19:30,719 --> 01:19:31,920
>> more closely?

1798
01:19:31,920 --> 01:19:35,590
>> Yeah,

1799
01:19:35,600 --> 01:19:40,149
» that would be nice. Yes.

1800
01:19:40,159 --> 01:19:41,920
» Or would they report to the marketing

1801
01:19:41,920 --> 01:19:44,880
outreach person that's part of the the

1802
01:19:44,880 --> 01:19:47,199
board? What what would you prefer? Would

1803
01:19:47,199 --> 01:19:49,600
you like the company to actually have a

1804
01:19:49,600 --> 01:19:52,080
reference have a person

1805
01:19:52,080 --> 01:19:55,199
the company we hire like Skola? Would

1806
01:19:55,199 --> 01:19:58,000
you would have you have

1807
01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:00,400
>> requested that Claire come to our board

1808
01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:02,480
meetings? We just never decided that

1809
01:20:02,480 --> 01:20:04,080
that's what we wanted to do.

1810
01:20:04,080 --> 01:20:05,120
>> Okay.

1811
01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:08,239
>> But [clears throat] that could have

1812
01:20:08,239 --> 01:20:10,480
>> Okay, Sarah, that sounds good. Let's

1813
01:20:10,480 --> 01:20:39,510
write that as a recommendation. Yeah.

1814
01:20:39,520 --> 01:20:41,679
Okay, that looks very nice. Thanks

1815
01:20:41,679 --> 01:20:44,159
Sarah. That's good to add in, I think.

1816
01:20:44,159 --> 01:20:45,840
All right, let's move to governance and

1817
01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:47,600
administration

1818
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:49,760
administrative boundaries. Did the board

1819
01:20:49,760 --> 01:20:52,080
stay focused on its highle strategic

1820
01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:54,159
priorities? Did we maintain clear

1821
01:20:54,159 --> 01:20:56,159
appropriate boundaries with the school

1822
01:20:56,159 --> 01:20:58,239
administration?

1823
01:20:58,239 --> 01:21:00,159
Where, if any, did the lines between

1824
01:21:00,159 --> 01:21:01,760
governance and administration get

1825
01:21:01,760 --> 01:21:07,590
blurry?

1826
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:10,159
Well, I had some trouble knowing where

1827
01:21:10,159 --> 01:21:14,080
to board work going to Carol and her

1828
01:21:14,080 --> 01:21:16,880
work and the people working with her or

1829
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:19,840
to Sarah. So I now understand better

1830
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:22,960
some of the administration work on the

1831
01:21:22,960 --> 01:21:24,719
board that needs to be done with between

1832
01:21:24,719 --> 01:21:29,120
Sarah and I and and leave Carol's work

1833
01:21:29,120 --> 01:21:32,159
separately from the board work you know

1834
01:21:32,159 --> 01:21:34,560
in in some respects and the

1835
01:21:34,560 --> 01:21:57,110
>> responsibilities Please,

1836
01:21:57,120 --> 01:21:59,600
for instance, the issue of the school

1837
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:01,120
website

1838
01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:03,920
and the issue of I'll just label those

1839
01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:05,920
two things, the website and also the

1840
01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:09,920
managing of the um the um board member

1841
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:12,800
packets, the initiation for new board

1842
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:15,440
members and their work. Those are the

1843
01:22:15,440 --> 01:22:28,390
things I'm thinking of.

1844
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:30,880
And this for this um this

1845
01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:33,520
pre-operational year and in into our

1846
01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:39,760
functioning board year um we also um

1847
01:22:39,760 --> 01:22:41,840
had to rely

1848
01:22:41,840 --> 01:22:47,760
we didn't have reports for instance on academic work and and other kinds of

1849
01:22:47,760 --> 01:22:50,960
things happening in you know from the

1850
01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:52,639
school end because we hadn't We hadn't

1851
01:22:52,639 --> 01:22:54,400
started school yet. So there were, you

1852
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:57,920
know, it was mostly Carol's reports

1853
01:22:57,920 --> 01:22:59,920
and administrative reports this this

1854
01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:03,040
year. There wasn't there wasn't as much

1855
01:23:03,040 --> 01:23:05,280
to oversee because like we talked about

1856
01:23:05,280 --> 01:23:09,040
with the finances, it was our original

1857
01:23:09,040 --> 01:23:11,120
vote on the on the finances and they

1858
01:23:11,120 --> 01:23:12,800
lasted throughout the year, the

1859
01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:15,760
pre-operational year. So there wasn't as

1860
01:23:15,760 --> 01:23:18,320
much to work through as we would have

1861
01:23:18,320 --> 01:23:30,229
had in a normal school year.

1862
01:23:30,239 --> 01:23:31,679
Is there anyone else who has a comment

1863
01:23:31,679 --> 01:23:33,920
about that issue? our roles and

1864
01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:37,520
responsibilities and that of of our our

1865
01:23:37,520 --> 01:23:41,920
director our our um pre-operational

1866
01:23:41,920 --> 01:23:54,070
director of the school.

1867
01:23:54,080 --> 01:23:57,600
Okay, let's see. We're going now to um

1868
01:23:57,600 --> 01:24:01,760
the board composition and skill gaps.

1869
01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:04,320
Um, do we have the specific enrollment

1870
01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:06,239
and marketing expertise needed to

1871
01:24:06,239 --> 01:24:08,400
address where the school struggled most?

1872
01:24:08,400 --> 01:24:10,239
Do we have the financial expertise on

1873
01:24:10,239 --> 01:24:11,840
the board required to navigate the

1874
01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:14,480
coming year's complexity? What specific

1875
01:24:14,480 --> 01:24:16,239
skills or experiences are we currently

1876
01:24:16,239 --> 01:24:20,480
missing at our ta at the table?

1877
01:24:20,480 --> 01:24:22,480
Well, we had Marta who has a background

1878
01:24:22,480 --> 01:24:25,440
in finance. I felt like we had enough of

1879
01:24:25,440 --> 01:24:28,719
that for the the financial end.

1880
01:24:28,719 --> 01:24:31,760
I have more expertise with with um

1881
01:24:31,760 --> 01:24:34,719
curriculum and with um lit literacy and

1882
01:24:34,719 --> 01:24:38,400
other goals. If if we had had students

1883
01:24:38,400 --> 01:24:40,960
and I'd been looking over academic

1884
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:42,719
reports, I could have, you know, we

1885
01:24:42,719 --> 01:24:44,719
could have had

1886
01:24:44,719 --> 01:24:47,520
um my representation for the the the

1887
01:24:47,520 --> 01:24:52,960
academic work in the school. Um

1888
01:24:52,960 --> 01:24:54,960
uh marketing again maybe again that's

1889
01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:57,440
what we need to mention again probably

1890
01:24:57,440 --> 01:24:59,280
none of us seem to have expertise in

1891
01:24:59,280 --> 01:25:04,229
marketing.

1892
01:25:04,239 --> 01:25:05,920
» It would be very helpful if we could

1893
01:25:05,920 --> 01:25:07,840
find a board member that did have

1894
01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:09,120
expertise in marketing.

1895
01:25:09,120 --> 01:25:11,520
>> Yes, that's right. That does seem to be

1896
01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:15,990
something we may have missed.

1897
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:18,560
Although that's why I was happy to find

1898
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:21,920
Skola and to to give them, you know,

1899
01:25:21,920 --> 01:25:24,400
they have the expertise to add to what

1900
01:25:24,400 --> 01:25:26,639
we didn't have. And I I think that was

1901
01:25:26,639 --> 01:25:29,600
our attempt to have the expertise that

1902
01:25:29,600 --> 01:25:31,520
would help Carol to the

1903
01:25:31,520 --> 01:25:33,920
>> And I will say that, you know, we um

1904
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:38,159
they provided a lot of um they did

1905
01:25:38,159 --> 01:25:39,840
provide a lot of support and gave us a

1906
01:25:39,840 --> 01:25:42,480
lot of direction. and they um helped us

1907
01:25:42,480 --> 01:25:46,159
think about our um our audience and and

1908
01:25:46,159 --> 01:25:48,159
helped us decide, you know, who who are

1909
01:25:48,159 --> 01:25:49,679
we marketing to and where do we find

1910
01:25:49,679 --> 01:25:52,880
them. Um they supported us a lot in the

1911
01:25:52,880 --> 01:25:55,120
tricky um conversations that we've had

1912
01:25:55,120 --> 01:25:57,040
to have in finding a building and

1913
01:25:57,040 --> 01:25:58,560
navigating, you know, all of these

1914
01:25:58,560 --> 01:26:01,600
things. Um and so there's like they they

1915
01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:05,360
did provide a lot of helpful things. Um

1916
01:26:05,360 --> 01:26:07,360
and and I don't know that we can really

1917
01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:10,159
peg any one thing in our system as why

1918
01:26:10,159 --> 01:26:12,719
we didn't get enrollment. Um I I think

1919
01:26:12,719 --> 01:26:15,520
there were gaps all along the way and I

1920
01:26:15,520 --> 01:26:17,760
don't know that the burden one way or

1921
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:21,040
the other falls on any particular entity

1922
01:26:21,040 --> 01:26:25,750
um in that whole process.

1923
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:28,239
Oh, you muted yourself, Susan.

1924
01:26:28,239 --> 01:26:31,120
Oh, I still think that our location

1925
01:26:31,120 --> 01:26:33,120
became the the biggest issue we were

1926
01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:34,320
dealing with. And that's

1927
01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:35,840
>> I think our the things that hurt us the

1928
01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:37,679
most is that location and the seventh

1929
01:26:37,679 --> 01:26:39,920
grade gap is mostly what I mean if if

1930
01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:41,760
we're going to lay burden somewhere

1931
01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:43,679
that's that's the biggest challenge that

1932
01:26:43,679 --> 01:26:44,560
we have to overcome

1933
01:26:44,560 --> 01:26:46,960
>> and maybe not on Skola or on you and

1934
01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:49,600
your staff working. You worked so hard

1935
01:26:49,600 --> 01:26:51,920
to in every way that we could have

1936
01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:53,520
>> and we made a lot of progress. I mean,

1937
01:26:53,520 --> 01:26:55,360
the another part of this too, I will

1938
01:26:55,360 --> 01:26:56,800
throw out since we're talking about it

1939
01:26:56,800 --> 01:27:00,239
really briefly, is that um we're

1940
01:27:00,239 --> 01:27:02,320
extremely different from anything else

1941
01:27:02,320 --> 01:27:05,280
offered in in Utah County at the time, I

1942
01:27:05,280 --> 01:27:07,679
mean, at the at this moment. And it

1943
01:27:07,679 --> 01:27:09,280
takes people a minute to wrap their

1944
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:12,159
brain around that. Um, some of the

1945
01:27:12,159 --> 01:27:13,520
conversations that I had with our

1946
01:27:13,520 --> 01:27:15,120
families in in the deferment, there were

1947
01:27:15,120 --> 01:27:17,199
a few of them that were actually

1948
01:27:17,199 --> 01:27:19,679
relieved that they had an extra year to

1949
01:27:19,679 --> 01:27:21,520
think about getting ready for this

1950
01:27:21,520 --> 01:27:23,040
change in their in their educational

1951
01:27:23,040 --> 01:27:25,280
program. And and so just a little bit

1952
01:27:25,280 --> 01:27:27,920
more time to sit with it and look

1953
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:31,520
forward to it um is is a good thing for

1954
01:27:31,520 --> 01:27:34,400
several of our families.

1955
01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:37,440
I think it may be important to actually

1956
01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:40,719
figure out where where those gaps were

1957
01:27:40,719 --> 01:27:43,600
and like be able to name them and have a

1958
01:27:43,600 --> 01:27:47,440
plan for how we can overcome them

1959
01:27:47,440 --> 01:27:49,199
>> for the state board,

1960
01:27:49,199 --> 01:27:51,120
>> you know. And I think that we didn't

1961
01:27:51,120 --> 01:27:52,400
have enough follow through with

1962
01:27:52,400 --> 01:27:54,239
>> Scola.

1963
01:27:54,239 --> 01:27:56,080
>> I think it w it really hurt us that

1964
01:27:56,080 --> 01:27:58,480
there was so many different people on

1965
01:27:58,480 --> 01:28:00,000
their team

1966
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:02,960
>> and not one person following through.

1967
01:28:02,960 --> 01:28:03,520
Yeah.

1968
01:28:03,520 --> 01:28:05,120
>> Sorry, I'm working out. I'm a little out

1969
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:06,080
of breath.

1970
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:10,149
>> You're okay. [laughter]

1971
01:28:10,159 --> 01:28:13,199
» Well, that's true. And I

1972
01:28:13,199 --> 01:28:16,239
But even, you know, I'm just saying that

1973
01:28:16,239 --> 01:28:18,560
without a location, you can't build a

1974
01:28:18,560 --> 01:28:22,159
community around uh without the location

1975
01:28:22,159 --> 01:28:24,800
that our community was at, you know, a

1976
01:28:24,800 --> 01:28:27,040
location that they were already there.

1977
01:28:27,040 --> 01:28:28,480
Then you have to have the whole

1978
01:28:28,480 --> 01:28:31,440
marketing campaign of trying to create a

1979
01:28:31,440 --> 01:28:35,760
new desire for this education. When we h

1980
01:28:35,760 --> 01:28:38,880
we in the area of Saratoga Springs, we

1981
01:28:38,880 --> 01:28:41,920
did have more people in the community

1982
01:28:41,920 --> 01:28:43,840
that already understood our model and

1983
01:28:43,840 --> 01:28:45,840
wanted to be part of us. So that was a

1984
01:28:45,840 --> 01:28:47,920
problem.

1985
01:28:47,920 --> 01:28:49,520
>> And then not being able to find a place

1986
01:28:49,520 --> 01:28:51,520
that was accessible to that.

1987
01:28:51,520 --> 01:28:53,600
>> Yes. To that community.

1988
01:28:53,600 --> 01:28:57,280
>> So all right. Um how I'm going to move

1989
01:28:57,280 --> 01:28:59,920
on to attendance and bylaw compliance.

1990
01:28:59,920 --> 01:29:02,400
Did every board member keep their their

1991
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:05,199
absences to two or fewer this year? Was

1992
01:29:05,199 --> 01:29:07,360
proper notice given for all absences?

1993
01:29:07,360 --> 01:29:09,920
And do we need to address any ongoing

1994
01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:16,229
attendance challenges?

1995
01:29:16,239 --> 01:29:18,159
Well, my first thought is I've we've

1996
01:29:18,159 --> 01:29:20,080
never had to cancel a board meeting from

1997
01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:22,719
attendance issues. we've had we've been

1998
01:29:22,719 --> 01:29:25,280
able in some way to cobble together a um

1999
01:29:25,280 --> 01:29:27,360
a voting um

2000
01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:30,480
>> quorum So I feel good about that. It's

2001
01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:32,800
hard it's very hard for everyone to meet

2002
01:29:32,800 --> 01:29:35,440
and to be present but I was happy that

2003
01:29:35,440 --> 01:29:37,360
we were able to you know find a quorum

2004
01:29:37,360 --> 01:29:39,600
and bring people together for in our

2005
01:29:39,600 --> 01:29:43,120
board. That was nice.

2006
01:29:43,120 --> 01:29:46,400
>> I really hesitate. I don't want to call

2007
01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:50,560
anyone out, but I'm Alicia is not very

2008
01:29:50,560 --> 01:29:57,669
steady in her attendance

2009
01:29:57,679 --> 01:30:00,480
and I and we're grateful to have her.

2010
01:30:00,480 --> 01:30:03,840
So, that's that's the hard part. Mhm.

2011
01:30:03,840 --> 01:30:06,719
>> And I I think just, you know, some um

2012
01:30:06,719 --> 01:30:10,560
specific conversations of of finding out

2013
01:30:10,560 --> 01:30:12,719
like where that gap is and and what the

2014
01:30:12,719 --> 01:30:19,360
reality of her schedule is and um some more she's in a a different

2015
01:30:19,360 --> 01:30:20,719
situation than the rest of us, too.

2016
01:30:20,719 --> 01:30:22,080
We've all been working together for a

2017
01:30:22,080 --> 01:30:24,239
year and then she's coming in. And so it

2018
01:30:24,239 --> 01:30:26,320
it's a challenge of having a new person

2019
01:30:26,320 --> 01:30:29,360
to um how do we get them into the

2020
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:30,800
culture of what we're doing and the

2021
01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:32,560
rhythm of what we're doing and the

2022
01:30:32,560 --> 01:30:35,760
responsibilities required in that. Um

2023
01:30:35,760 --> 01:30:38,719
and and so maybe um it's a conversation

2024
01:30:38,719 --> 01:30:41,840
for some of the officers to um to work

2025
01:30:41,840 --> 01:30:45,040
with and in that process of onboarding

2026
01:30:45,040 --> 01:30:48,800
and and getting her feedback on how um

2027
01:30:48,800 --> 01:30:50,400
she could be supported in in that

2028
01:30:50,400 --> 01:30:52,880
onboarding process.

2029
01:30:52,880 --> 01:30:55,199
I think she was expecting to come aboard

2030
01:30:55,199 --> 01:30:57,199
and help

2031
01:30:57,199 --> 01:31:00,560
the with with just the general um the

2032
01:31:00,560 --> 01:31:02,239
opening of the school and be part of it

2033
01:31:02,239 --> 01:31:04,960
and not so much of all the struggles

2034
01:31:04,960 --> 01:31:06,880
we've had coming to bring

2035
01:31:06,880 --> 01:31:08,480
>> that's possible.

2036
01:31:08,480 --> 01:31:10,960
>> Um yeah, I think some some conversations

2037
01:31:10,960 --> 01:31:12,800
would would be really helpful around

2038
01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:16,239
that. And she she has been very um

2039
01:31:16,239 --> 01:31:18,719
supportive and and really excited about

2040
01:31:18,719 --> 01:31:21,440
um the with the work that we're doing.

2041
01:31:21,440 --> 01:31:24,320
Um, and so I think there's definitely

2042
01:31:24,320 --> 01:31:26,998
room for some conversations

2043
01:31:26,998 --> 01:31:28,400
[clears throat] and we may want to bring

2044
01:31:28,400 --> 01:31:30,480
more people into our board. You know,

2045
01:31:30,480 --> 01:31:32,000
that's what I'm thinking too.

2046
01:31:32,000 --> 01:31:34,880
>> Um,

2047
01:31:34,880 --> 01:31:37,520
>> I did offer um to our our faculty

2048
01:31:37,520 --> 01:31:39,199
members, we do have a team of faculty

2049
01:31:39,199 --> 01:31:42,159
members that that we um took through the

2050
01:31:42,159 --> 01:31:45,040
hiring process and and the communication

2051
01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:46,800
to them was that you've already been

2052
01:31:46,800 --> 01:31:48,239
through the vetting process. you're a

2053
01:31:48,239 --> 01:31:50,719
part of our community and when we open

2054
01:31:50,719 --> 01:31:52,960
we are dedicated to to providing a job

2055
01:31:52,960 --> 01:31:56,480
for you. Um and in this interim time I

2056
01:31:56,480 --> 01:31:59,440
have mentioned to the to the um faculty

2057
01:31:59,440 --> 01:32:01,040
that we've already approved there is

2058
01:32:01,040 --> 01:32:02,880
space on the board if they want to be a

2059
01:32:02,880 --> 01:32:05,120
part of this their contracts haven't

2060
01:32:05,120 --> 01:32:07,120
started yet and there's no conflict of

2061
01:32:07,120 --> 01:32:10,080
interest until they're officially hired.

2062
01:32:10,080 --> 01:32:12,960
um and that if they wanted to step into

2063
01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:15,920
a board role and help us um help, you

2064
01:32:15,920 --> 01:32:19,199
know, contribute to our community um in

2065
01:32:19,199 --> 01:32:24,000
that way. Um so you and um I gave the um

2066
01:32:24,000 --> 01:32:26,000
board application that's on our website

2067
01:32:26,000 --> 01:32:28,719
to um several of those people that asked

2068
01:32:28,719 --> 01:32:30,400
for it and so you may have one or two

2069
01:32:30,400 --> 01:32:32,320
people at the August board meeting

2070
01:32:32,320 --> 01:32:35,440
interested in joining um to help us move

2071
01:32:35,440 --> 01:32:36,800
forward.

2072
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:39,679
Okay, let's go forward with Waldorf

2073
01:32:39,679 --> 01:32:42,639
training and study requirements. Um, are

2074
01:32:42,639 --> 01:32:44,880
we on track to have 50% of our members

2075
01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:47,120
hit the 20 plus hour training mark

2076
01:32:47,120 --> 01:32:49,679
before we open? Is the president on

2077
01:32:49,679 --> 01:32:51,920
track to hit the 40 plus hours? Oh my

2078
01:32:51,920 --> 01:32:53,760
goodness. [laughter]

2079
01:32:53,760 --> 01:32:56,320
I did my own training last week for more

2080
01:32:56,320 --> 01:32:58,159
than 40 hours. [gasps] Is the

2081
01:32:58,159 --> 01:32:59,840
>> You're already certified.

2082
01:32:59,840 --> 01:33:00,560
>> Yes. [laughter]

2083
01:33:00,560 --> 01:33:02,880
Is the VP on track to hit the 40 plus

2084
01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:05,520
hour training requirement? Is the PR

2085
01:33:05,520 --> 01:33:07,440
representative on track to hit the 40

2086
01:33:07,440 --> 01:33:10,159
plus hour training requirement? Did our

2087
01:33:10,159 --> 01:33:12,000
mandatory annual Steiner study

2088
01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:14,480
successfully happen?

2089
01:33:14,480 --> 01:33:19,520
So, comments and ideas about that.

2090
01:33:19,520 --> 01:33:21,199
Uh,

2091
01:33:21,199 --> 01:33:23,120
we don't have a vice president. That is

2092
01:33:23,120 --> 01:33:24,880
an issue. I would really like to have a

2093
01:33:24,880 --> 01:33:27,120
vice president with me. So, we have to

2094
01:33:27,120 --> 01:33:29,280
work that out.

2095
01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:33,280
our PR representative. We we took away

2096
01:33:33,280 --> 01:33:35,840
that position from the board and it

2097
01:33:35,840 --> 01:33:37,440
looks like we may need to add that in

2098
01:33:37,440 --> 01:33:41,280
again. But definitely had 40 plus hours

2099
01:33:41,280 --> 01:33:44,560
training. The one the Christian, are you

2100
01:33:44,560 --> 01:33:46,400
still there Christian with us?

2101
01:33:46,400 --> 01:33:49,440
>> Yeah. So he definitely has more than 40

2102
01:33:49,440 --> 01:33:51,760
plus hours training.

2103
01:33:51,760 --> 01:33:53,440
>> Um

2104
01:33:53,440 --> 01:33:55,280
let's see.

2105
01:33:55,280 --> 01:33:58,960
>> And Disa, of course. [laughter]

2106
01:33:58,960 --> 01:34:02,000
So yes, our board has um

2107
01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:06,000
>> has met that 50% requirement. Yes.

2108
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:08,719
>> Uh our mandatory annual Steiner studies

2109
01:34:08,719 --> 01:34:11,440
successfully happen. So we did do our

2110
01:34:11,440 --> 01:34:13,120
Steiner studies at each of our board

2111
01:34:13,120 --> 01:34:15,600
meetings. So I think that's and we even

2112
01:34:15,600 --> 01:34:17,280
chose the literature that we're going to

2113
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:20,880
be learning from next fall.

2114
01:34:20,880 --> 01:34:25,270
I have the book now.

2115
01:34:25,280 --> 01:34:27,440
B freedom and form.

2116
01:34:27,440 --> 01:34:28,560
>> Nice.

2117
01:34:28,560 --> 01:34:30,480
>> Yeah.

2118
01:34:30,480 --> 01:34:33,040
Betty Staley. So, is there any other

2119
01:34:33,040 --> 01:34:36,480
comment or ideas for this section of our

2120
01:34:36,480 --> 01:34:37,040
work?

2121
01:34:37,040 --> 01:34:39,679
>> Sarah has her hand up. Okay. Oh, Sarah.

2122
01:34:39,679 --> 01:34:40,800
Yes. Sorry.

2123
01:34:40,800 --> 01:34:42,639
>> Just like to say that I would like to

2124
01:34:42,639 --> 01:34:45,280
see that defined a little bit better

2125
01:34:45,280 --> 01:34:47,280
because while you have teacher training,

2126
01:34:47,280 --> 01:34:51,040
I've also gone to your um trainings in

2127
01:34:51,040 --> 01:34:52,800
the past, Susan. I've gone to several of

2128
01:34:52,800 --> 01:34:56,159
them. So, I would like to have that

2129
01:34:56,159 --> 01:34:58,960
defined, especially with potential more

2130
01:34:58,960 --> 01:35:01,199
parents coming onto the board later on

2131
01:35:01,199 --> 01:35:02,480
what that means. Like, do they need to

2132
01:35:02,480 --> 01:35:05,120
be teacher certified? Can it what can it

2133
01:35:05,120 --> 01:35:06,400
include? And I know we've talked about

2134
01:35:06,400 --> 01:35:08,639
like um community outreach and stuff

2135
01:35:08,639 --> 01:35:10,320
with you, Carol, but I would like to see

2136
01:35:10,320 --> 01:35:12,320
that listed out at some point. It's not

2137
01:35:12,320 --> 01:35:14,000
a right now issue.

2138
01:35:14,000 --> 01:35:16,880
>> It is It is listed out in the bylaws.

2139
01:35:16,880 --> 01:35:18,800
>> Oh, is it all the things that it can be

2140
01:35:18,800 --> 01:35:21,440
part of? Okay, never mind. I'm wrong.

2141
01:35:21,440 --> 01:35:24,719
>> I'm I'm pretty sure. So it's it's um 20

2142
01:35:24,719 --> 01:35:28,159
plus hours that include the alliance

2143
01:35:28,159 --> 01:35:30,239
conferences and the inschool trainings

2144
01:35:30,239 --> 01:35:32,560
and and different things like that. Um

2145
01:35:32,560 --> 01:35:36,000
or a Waldorf certification um

2146
01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:38,159
certificate, right? Like so it is there

2147
01:35:38,159 --> 01:35:40,560
are multiple things listed in there. Um

2148
01:35:40,560 --> 01:35:41,840
and that's in the bylaws.

2149
01:35:41,840 --> 01:35:43,679
>> Did you include those community

2150
01:35:43,679 --> 01:35:46,560
trainings like Julen's and like Waldorf

2151
01:35:46,560 --> 01:35:48,320
like the Wasatch? Um,

2152
01:35:48,320 --> 01:35:50,960
>> I think it's broad in in the wording,

2153
01:35:50,960 --> 01:35:52,320
but it does include like, you know,

2154
01:35:52,320 --> 01:35:54,000
there's multiple avenues to getting

2155
01:35:54,000 --> 01:35:56,080
this. And um,

2156
01:35:56,080 --> 01:35:56,480
>> okay.

2157
01:35:56,480 --> 01:35:58,239
>> I don't know if if at some point we want

2158
01:35:58,239 --> 01:36:00,400
to go through of like how exactly are we

2159
01:36:00,400 --> 01:36:03,280
going to track that? Um,

2160
01:36:03,280 --> 01:36:05,679
>> but are we just going to take it or are

2161
01:36:05,679 --> 01:36:06,400
we gonna

2162
01:36:06,400 --> 01:36:08,320
>> It might be nice to at some point at

2163
01:36:08,320 --> 01:36:10,320
least with some of the training say we

2164
01:36:10,320 --> 01:36:12,480
would like you to attend this training,

2165
01:36:12,480 --> 01:36:14,159
you know, in the future. like the

2166
01:36:14,159 --> 01:36:15,920
Wasatch training would be really great

2167
01:36:15,920 --> 01:36:17,440
to have our board members

2168
01:36:17,440 --> 01:36:19,280
>> or our school was putting our own

2169
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:20,480
together. So,

2170
01:36:20,480 --> 01:36:22,639
>> yes, that's right. We're doing our own.

2171
01:36:22,639 --> 01:36:23,840
Yeah, that would be

2172
01:36:23,840 --> 01:36:26,159
>> and but I think that is described at

2173
01:36:26,159 --> 01:36:28,320
least broadly in the bylaws

2174
01:36:28,320 --> 01:36:29,840
>> and that would be the place that you

2175
01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:30,800
would codify.

2176
01:36:30,800 --> 01:36:32,880
>> I I remember that, Carol. I remember you

2177
01:36:32,880 --> 01:36:36,480
had that described. Yes. I wanted to ask

2178
01:36:36,480 --> 01:36:40,719
do we have it specified like is the

2179
01:36:40,719 --> 01:36:44,080
board member responsible for the

2180
01:36:44,080 --> 01:36:47,040
financial part of those trainings? Ah

2181
01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:49,199
>> like for for instance like this year if

2182
01:36:49,199 --> 01:36:51,360
we don't have any funding

2183
01:36:51,360 --> 01:36:54,000
>> what are we are we not paying for the

2184
01:36:54,000 --> 01:36:55,520
alliance training

2185
01:36:55,520 --> 01:37:00,800
>> so I mean if you if you take the um what

2186
01:37:00,800 --> 01:37:05,119
the 10 minutes so there's 120 minutes um

2187
01:37:05,119 --> 01:37:08,960
so there's two hours a year that you get

2188
01:37:08,960 --> 01:37:11,840
just at the board meetings

2189
01:37:11,840 --> 01:37:16,000
um a minimum and so over several several

2190
01:37:16,000 --> 01:37:17,520
years, you're you're moving towards

2191
01:37:17,520 --> 01:37:19,840
that. Um I mean, we kind of designed it

2192
01:37:19,840 --> 01:37:21,679
that way that you're moving towards

2193
01:37:21,679 --> 01:37:25,199
that. Um and if you go to one weekend

2194
01:37:25,199 --> 01:37:29,440
conference and the monthly meetings that

2195
01:37:29,440 --> 01:37:33,280
kind of meets that 20our minimum. Um and

2196
01:37:33,280 --> 01:37:34,719
the longer you're on the board, the more

2197
01:37:34,719 --> 01:37:36,320
opportunities you have for that. So

2198
01:37:36,320 --> 01:37:38,800
there's there's I mean getting the 40

2199
01:37:38,800 --> 01:37:41,520
hours, you could do it in a year. Um,

2200
01:37:41,520 --> 01:37:43,760
generally in the regular budget the

2201
01:37:43,760 --> 01:37:45,280
school would I don't think we ever

2202
01:37:45,280 --> 01:37:46,560
defined specifically whose

2203
01:37:46,560 --> 01:37:48,719
responsibility that would be. Um, I

2204
01:37:48,719 --> 01:37:50,400
think we have plenty I mean at the

2205
01:37:50,400 --> 01:37:52,080
moment we have plenty of people that

2206
01:37:52,080 --> 01:37:53,600
already meet this requirement. So then

2207
01:37:53,600 --> 01:37:56,560
it would be new people coming in. Um,

2208
01:37:56,560 --> 01:37:58,960
and once we're fully operational, we

2209
01:37:58,960 --> 01:38:00,159
have a full operational budget and

2210
01:38:00,159 --> 01:38:01,920
that's just a part of the PD budget. And

2211
01:38:01,920 --> 01:38:03,840
the online trainings are really easy

2212
01:38:03,840 --> 01:38:05,360
with the option of if you wanted to

2213
01:38:05,360 --> 01:38:07,679
attend in person, you pay the difference

2214
01:38:07,679 --> 01:38:12,159
um kind of thing. And um so so I don't

2215
01:38:12,159 --> 01:38:15,119
know that at this time we need to codify

2216
01:38:15,119 --> 01:38:15,440
that.

2217
01:38:15,440 --> 01:38:20,159
>> Yeah, we don't need to worry about it. I forget that it's only 50% of the board

2218
01:38:20,159 --> 01:38:22,320
that is required and we already have

2219
01:38:22,320 --> 01:38:24,480
that. So we're not worried about that

2220
01:38:24,480 --> 01:38:26,000
>> currently. Sorry.

2221
01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:31,199
>> And then as we move forward Yeah. And we kind of left that flexibility a

2222
01:38:31,199 --> 01:38:34,800
little bit. Um, just you I I I prefer

2223
01:38:34,800 --> 01:38:38,239
more autonomy for people and I mean if

2224
01:38:38,239 --> 01:38:40,080
somebody is really passionate about

2225
01:38:40,080 --> 01:38:41,360
joining the board and they really want

2226
01:38:41,360 --> 01:38:42,800
to be that board president, I think

2227
01:38:42,800 --> 01:38:45,040
they're going to invest in what it takes

2228
01:38:45,040 --> 01:38:48,000
to meet those requirements and and and

2229
01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:50,000
maybe we encourage some people to take

2230
01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:51,600
that path and meet those requirements.

2231
01:38:51,600 --> 01:38:55,679
So, um I I think we the the distinctions

2232
01:38:55,679 --> 01:38:58,719
are there and and we have multiple paths

2233
01:38:58,719 --> 01:39:00,800
to making that happen. Um, and that's

2234
01:39:00,800 --> 01:39:02,560
listed out in the bylaws.

2235
01:39:02,560 --> 01:39:05,199
>> I do think we may want to in the future

2236
01:39:05,199 --> 01:39:07,600
specify them a little bit more

2237
01:39:07,600 --> 01:39:09,199
>> because we do really want to have people

2238
01:39:09,199 --> 01:39:11,360
that are trained in some knowledge of

2239
01:39:11,360 --> 01:39:13,760
Waldorf education before they're board

2240
01:39:13,760 --> 01:39:16,400
president or all the members lose, you

2241
01:39:16,400 --> 01:39:18,000
know, we lose all the members that have

2242
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:20,639
had the training and then we end up with

2243
01:39:20,639 --> 01:39:22,480
a board that doesn't understand Waldorf

2244
01:39:22,480 --> 01:39:27,040
education. So that's really important.

2245
01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:28,800
All right. meeting minutes and

2246
01:39:28,800 --> 01:39:32,239
documentation scrutiny. Our board member

2247
01:39:32,239 --> 01:39:34,880
uh recusals clearly and legally

2248
01:39:34,880 --> 01:39:37,280
documented in the minutes. Our budget

2249
01:39:37,280 --> 01:39:39,280
amendments documented with absolute

2250
01:39:39,280 --> 01:39:42,320
clarity. Our report approvals clearly

2251
01:39:42,320 --> 01:39:46,000
detailed for public record.

2252
01:39:46,000 --> 01:39:49,280
Um would our minutes confidently hold up

2253
01:39:49,280 --> 01:39:51,520
to external legal or authorizer

2254
01:39:51,520 --> 01:39:53,760
scrutiny?

2255
01:39:53,760 --> 01:39:55,920
Well, Sarah's helped us so much on this,

2256
01:39:55,920 --> 01:39:57,440
keeping us, you know, with her

2257
01:39:57,440 --> 01:39:59,840
experience and knowledge. I think our

2258
01:39:59,840 --> 01:40:03,760
minutes have been really well written um

2259
01:40:03,760 --> 01:40:07,520
and defined. I think

2260
01:40:07,520 --> 01:40:11,760
um we haven't had recusals or and

2261
01:40:11,760 --> 01:40:15,280
recusals are when um

2262
01:40:15,280 --> 01:40:17,040
when someone has a conflict of interest

2263
01:40:17,040 --> 01:40:19,600
and they have to abstain from a vote.

2264
01:40:19,600 --> 01:40:23,119
Um, and anytime someone has has felt um

2265
01:40:23,119 --> 01:40:25,840
that that was necessary, it has been

2266
01:40:25,840 --> 01:40:27,600
clearly stated and documented, but it

2267
01:40:27,600 --> 01:40:28,960
didn't happen very often. We haven't had

2268
01:40:28,960 --> 01:40:34,790
that issue coming up

2269
01:40:34,800 --> 01:40:36,880
and we've been documenting online with

2270
01:40:36,880 --> 01:40:38,639
the public records all the things that

2271
01:40:38,639 --> 01:40:40,719
we've done as well.

2272
01:40:40,719 --> 01:40:43,520
>> Yes.

2273
01:40:43,520 --> 01:40:44,960
If there's ever been an issue, I've

2274
01:40:44,960 --> 01:40:47,440
always talked to Carol about it. Um, and

2275
01:40:47,440 --> 01:40:49,040
I'd be happy to talk to anyone else that

2276
01:40:49,040 --> 01:40:50,639
has any questions about that, too. But I

2277
01:40:50,639 --> 01:40:52,400
don't want to discuss that positively or

2278
01:40:52,400 --> 01:40:55,360
negatively at the current moment.

2279
01:40:55,360 --> 01:40:57,280
>> Okay.

2280
01:40:57,280 --> 01:40:59,600
>> Uhuh.

2281
01:40:59,600 --> 01:41:01,920
>> Okay. Deferral year strategy. Let's go

2282
01:41:01,920 --> 01:41:04,239
over that one. What specific governance

2283
01:41:04,239 --> 01:41:06,159
habits do we want to completely reset

2284
01:41:06,159 --> 01:41:09,280
during that this deferral year? What

2285
01:41:09,280 --> 01:41:11,280
operational practices should we change

2286
01:41:11,280 --> 01:41:14,159
to maximize this extra time?

2287
01:41:14,159 --> 01:41:16,480
Is there any ideas or thoughts about

2288
01:41:16,480 --> 01:41:23,750
that?

2289
01:41:23,760 --> 01:41:25,760
I think our board retreat when we had

2290
01:41:25,760 --> 01:41:27,360
discussions about these things before

2291
01:41:27,360 --> 01:41:34,639
about our dates and times and about our study work kind of um addressed this

2292
01:41:34,639 --> 01:41:36,400
already.

2293
01:41:36,400 --> 01:41:38,480
Things we wanted to change in our in the

2294
01:41:38,480 --> 01:41:43,830
way we did governance.

2295
01:41:43,840 --> 01:41:46,080
Do you have any ideas about maximizing

2296
01:41:46,080 --> 01:41:50,480
time during this change process, Carol?

2297
01:41:50,480 --> 01:41:52,320
What we what the what you would like to

2298
01:41:52,320 --> 01:41:54,800
see of the board from us during all the

2299
01:41:54,800 --> 01:41:56,400
changes that are going going to be

2300
01:41:56,400 --> 01:42:00,790
coming up?

2301
01:42:00,800 --> 01:42:05,830
Okay. Um,

2302
01:42:05,840 --> 01:42:08,880
I I think that we've been finding our

2303
01:42:08,880 --> 01:42:11,280
rhythm and and that I think, you know,

2304
01:42:11,280 --> 01:42:12,639
some of the things that we've already

2305
01:42:12,639 --> 01:42:14,719
discussed of making sure that marketing

2306
01:42:14,719 --> 01:42:17,920
is reporting every month and that um

2307
01:42:17,920 --> 01:42:19,520
that we have a board member connecting

2308
01:42:19,520 --> 01:42:21,600
with them more often in those weekly

2309
01:42:21,600 --> 01:42:23,920
meetings or whatever whatever iteration

2310
01:42:23,920 --> 01:42:26,560
that is. Um, I think we've already come

2311
01:42:26,560 --> 01:42:29,199
up with all of those strategies and and

2312
01:42:29,199 --> 01:42:30,400
just continuing the work that we're

2313
01:42:30,400 --> 01:42:33,199
doing and continuing to improve our our

2314
01:42:33,199 --> 01:42:36,159
processes every meeting.

2315
01:42:36,159 --> 01:42:38,880
Okay, let's go on to personal commitment

2316
01:42:38,880 --> 01:42:42,239
and transitions. Is each member per uh

2317
01:42:42,239 --> 01:42:45,119
personally ready and able to commit to

2318
01:42:45,119 --> 01:42:47,520
the heavy workload of the coming year?

2319
01:42:47,520 --> 01:42:49,840
Are there personal capacity gaps we need

2320
01:42:49,840 --> 01:42:52,239
to fill? Should we thoughtfully plan for

2321
01:42:52,239 --> 01:42:56,239
a board transition or resignation to

2322
01:42:56,239 --> 01:43:00,080
make room for new skills?

2323
01:43:00,080 --> 01:43:00,800
>> I think that

2324
01:43:00,800 --> 01:43:04,719
>> I might I might mention that in uh one

2325
01:43:04,719 --> 01:43:08,400
of the former meetings I I put it on the

2326
01:43:08,400 --> 01:43:11,920
agenda to you guys be looking for a new

2327
01:43:11,920 --> 01:43:16,239
treasurer. And so that's the only

2328
01:43:16,239 --> 01:43:19,600
thing, you know, if you can find someone

2329
01:43:19,600 --> 01:43:21,280
who

2330
01:43:21,280 --> 01:43:23,920
has at least the skill level I do, if

2331
01:43:23,920 --> 01:43:26,560
not greater,

2332
01:43:26,560 --> 01:43:28,480
um, you know, to move into this

2333
01:43:28,480 --> 01:43:32,159
position, I'll stay until such a person

2334
01:43:32,159 --> 01:43:34,800
can be found.

2335
01:43:34,800 --> 01:43:36,639
>> Great. And Christian, how do you feel

2336
01:43:36,639 --> 01:43:40,400
about going back to being our our um

2337
01:43:40,400 --> 01:43:43,920
marketing and

2338
01:43:43,920 --> 01:43:47,199
uh strategy person on the board, keeping

2339
01:43:47,199 --> 01:43:49,760
that as a title?

2340
01:43:49,760 --> 01:43:52,480
>> Susan, in order to reinstitute that as

2341
01:43:52,480 --> 01:43:54,239
an officer position, we have to do

2342
01:43:54,239 --> 01:43:56,400
another amendment to the bylaws that

2343
01:43:56,400 --> 01:43:58,960
goes through the charter board approval.

2344
01:43:58,960 --> 01:44:02,560
But I I think that um having him as a a

2345
01:44:02,560 --> 01:44:06,480
com the the leader of the committee um

2346
01:44:06,480 --> 01:44:10,320
as just a member of the board um is is

2347
01:44:10,320 --> 01:44:12,719
an easy path for that. [clears throat]

2348
01:44:12,719 --> 01:44:14,719
>> How do you feel about that, Christian?

2349
01:44:14,719 --> 01:44:17,920
>> Well, I'll do my darnest, but um I don't

2350
01:44:17,920 --> 01:44:19,840
have any social media, so I'd have to

2351
01:44:19,840 --> 01:44:22,719
grease the gears a little bit,

2352
01:44:22,719 --> 01:44:24,560
>> which I can do. I've been thinking about

2353
01:44:24,560 --> 01:44:26,480
going back, which is a weird thing for a

2354
01:44:26,480 --> 01:44:29,440
Waldorfy person to say, but

2355
01:44:29,440 --> 01:44:32,560
>> I don't know, you know, in the world.

2356
01:44:32,560 --> 01:44:34,239
>> We'll have to see next year how things

2357
01:44:34,239 --> 01:44:40,790
are going to obviously.

2358
01:44:40,800 --> 01:44:43,199
» Okay.

2359
01:44:43,199 --> 01:44:45,760
Any other ideas about things we you

2360
01:44:45,760 --> 01:44:48,400
think we need to change in general? We

2361
01:44:48,400 --> 01:44:50,400
have talked about trying to find a board

2362
01:44:50,400 --> 01:44:53,600
member with law experience and

2363
01:44:53,600 --> 01:44:56,159
advertising experience.

2364
01:44:56,159 --> 01:44:57,600
>> So, put

2365
01:44:57,600 --> 01:44:59,840
>> just a reminder of that.

2366
01:44:59,840 --> 01:45:00,320
>> Okay.

2367
01:45:00,320 --> 01:45:02,320
>> We we all know that, right?

2368
01:45:02,320 --> 01:45:06,709
>> Yeah.

2369
01:45:06,719 --> 01:45:09,119
» And does the board know where to find

2370
01:45:09,119 --> 01:45:11,679
the the application for new board

2371
01:45:11,679 --> 01:45:13,760
members? So there there's on our website

2372
01:45:13,760 --> 01:45:16,000
under governing board there's a link for

2373
01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:18,960
people to say I'm interested in being a

2374
01:45:18,960 --> 01:45:21,840
future board member and and I check that

2375
01:45:21,840 --> 01:45:24,239
periodically um and interface with

2376
01:45:24,239 --> 01:45:26,000
anybody that comes through there. We

2377
01:45:26,000 --> 01:45:28,639
haven't had many but um so if you do

2378
01:45:28,639 --> 01:45:31,199
find somebody in your networks um as

2379
01:45:31,199 --> 01:45:33,760
you're talking to to people or families

2380
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:35,520
and and just kind of mention hey if

2381
01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:36,800
you're interested in being on the board

2382
01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:38,960
and helping this happen um and then

2383
01:45:38,960 --> 01:45:41,679
sending them that information. Um, and

2384
01:45:41,679 --> 01:45:44,239
then I'll I'll bring those people um to

2385
01:45:44,239 --> 01:45:46,239
the board meetings as they as they come

2386
01:45:46,239 --> 01:45:49,040
up so that you can um interface with

2387
01:45:49,040 --> 01:45:50,639
them and and invite them to the board

2388
01:45:50,639 --> 01:45:53,119
meeting and see where it goes.

2389
01:45:53,119 --> 01:45:55,280
Okay.

2390
01:45:55,280 --> 01:45:57,520
Let's set some of our goals for

2391
01:45:57,520 --> 01:45:59,520
this coming year. And it's a little bit

2392
01:45:59,520 --> 01:46:01,119
tricky because we don't know what's

2393
01:46:01,119 --> 01:46:03,920
happening during the coming year. But

2394
01:46:03,920 --> 01:46:05,679
one, obviously, we want to increase

2395
01:46:05,679 --> 01:46:08,159
enrollment for in our school. I mean,

2396
01:46:08,159 --> 01:46:11,520
that's an obvious one. Um, and we're and

2397
01:46:11,520 --> 01:46:12,960
I think we've talked about some

2398
01:46:12,960 --> 01:46:15,679
strategies maybe having a board member

2399
01:46:15,679 --> 01:46:18,960
more directly um involved in the

2400
01:46:18,960 --> 01:46:23,360
committee for for um

2401
01:46:23,360 --> 01:46:25,280
uh enrollment

2402
01:46:25,280 --> 01:46:29,430
and recruitment.

2403
01:46:29,440 --> 01:46:31,760
Did we want to look into changing who we

2404
01:46:31,760 --> 01:46:33,520
work with at all, Carol, or are you

2405
01:46:33,520 --> 01:46:37,360
happy with Skola? Um I we don't have the

2406
01:46:37,360 --> 01:46:42,159
capacity to um renew that contract

2407
01:46:42,159 --> 01:46:46,159
>> if we wanted to or not. Um and there are

2408
01:46:46,159 --> 01:46:49,440
a few other options but at this point we

2409
01:46:49,440 --> 01:46:52,320
don't have the capacity to contract with

2410
01:46:52,320 --> 01:46:54,159
someone necessarily.

2411
01:46:54,159 --> 01:46:57,119
>> Okay.

2412
01:46:57,119 --> 01:47:02,560
>> But we have learned a lot from them and

2413
01:47:02,560 --> 01:47:08,719
um have have some resources and and some

2414
01:47:08,719 --> 01:47:11,520
things starting out that that help us

2415
01:47:11,520 --> 01:47:15,270
with that.

2416
01:47:15,280 --> 01:47:19,440
What would be goals that Well,

2417
01:47:19,440 --> 01:47:21,360
one of Well, one of our goals is to be

2418
01:47:21,360 --> 01:47:23,360
more actively involved in the marketing

2419
01:47:23,360 --> 01:47:26,159
team, the board, the board member, a

2420
01:47:26,159 --> 01:47:28,000
board member to be more actively

2421
01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:30,000
involved each month with the with

2422
01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:44,390
enrollment.

2423
01:47:44,400 --> 01:47:46,880
and maybe find a board member. A goal

2424
01:47:46,880 --> 01:47:54,239
could be maybe to find a board member to help uh come on the board and who has

2425
01:47:54,239 --> 01:47:56,159
more experience in advertising and

2426
01:47:56,159 --> 01:48:14,149
marketing.

2427
01:48:14,159 --> 01:48:16,480
Can anyone think of any other goal we

2428
01:48:16,480 --> 01:48:19,679
might want to set for

2429
01:48:19,679 --> 01:48:28,629
this next year in enrollment?

2430
01:48:28,639 --> 01:48:30,960
Okay. Have honest conversations with our

2431
01:48:30,960 --> 01:48:33,679
state charter board.

2432
01:48:33,679 --> 01:48:37,910
Um

2433
01:48:37,920 --> 01:48:41,199
I'm not sure exactly what this means. Um

2434
01:48:41,199 --> 01:48:43,760
do you have ideas Sarah about what this

2435
01:48:43,760 --> 01:48:44,800
would mean?

2436
01:48:44,800 --> 01:48:47,199
>> So it kind of goes back to building

2437
01:48:47,199 --> 01:48:49,760
trust with our authorizer. Um, we're

2438
01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:51,199
going they're going to come back in

2439
01:48:51,199 --> 01:48:54,800
August and they're going to have a

2440
01:48:54,800 --> 01:48:56,719
meeting and we I think we should have

2441
01:48:56,719 --> 01:48:58,880
someone there also from the board to

2442
01:48:58,880 --> 01:49:02,800
show up and ask questions or just be

2443
01:49:02,800 --> 01:49:04,719
really honest with them and say, "Hey,

2444
01:49:04,719 --> 01:49:07,280
we see that we are having X, Y, and Z

2445
01:49:07,280 --> 01:49:09,360
problems. We see that we are risk from

2446
01:49:09,360 --> 01:49:11,119
you. We do not want to hurt any of the

2447
01:49:11,119 --> 01:49:13,440
charter schools in Utah. We want to

2448
01:49:13,440 --> 01:49:16,080
support everyone, but we also want to do

2449
01:49:16,080 --> 01:49:18,000
right by you.

2450
01:49:18,000 --> 01:49:21,199
How can we best do that? Because they

2451
01:49:21,199 --> 01:49:23,840
may want us to

2452
01:49:23,840 --> 01:49:26,080
>> there's a couple of paths for that. Um

2453
01:49:26,080 --> 01:49:27,840
so so yes, there's board meetings and it

2454
01:49:27,840 --> 01:49:29,440
and it's good to be involved in the

2455
01:49:29,440 --> 01:49:31,920
board meetings. Um keeping in mind that

2456
01:49:31,920 --> 01:49:34,000
putting in this proposal, we will be

2457
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:36,320
reporting in the August meeting. Um so

2458
01:49:36,320 --> 01:49:37,920
we do need to have people willing to

2459
01:49:37,920 --> 01:49:40,400
show up to their August meeting with our

2460
01:49:40,400 --> 01:49:44,000
proposal. Um and and discuss it there um

2461
01:49:44,000 --> 01:49:45,920
after our August board meeting. in our

2462
01:49:45,920 --> 01:49:47,119
August board meeting. That's something

2463
01:49:47,119 --> 01:49:50,239
that we need to um discuss and and talk

2464
01:49:50,239 --> 01:49:52,400
about who is going to attend that. Um

2465
01:49:52,400 --> 01:49:54,159
but then there's also so there's the

2466
01:49:54,159 --> 01:49:55,920
board themselves and then there's their

2467
01:49:55,920 --> 01:49:58,800
office. Um and so there's Stacy and

2468
01:49:58,800 --> 01:50:02,960
there's Betty and there's there's um um

2469
01:50:02,960 --> 01:50:04,960
their communications person and there so

2470
01:50:04,960 --> 01:50:06,800
there's a whole team of people in their

2471
01:50:06,800 --> 01:50:09,520
office um that we can reach out to at

2472
01:50:09,520 --> 01:50:11,760
any time um and building those

2473
01:50:11,760 --> 01:50:14,719
relationships with them. Um, and so like

2474
01:50:14,719 --> 01:50:16,639
you know part of my job as the executive

2475
01:50:16,639 --> 01:50:18,639
director is to work with you and with

2476
01:50:18,639 --> 01:50:22,239
them in both spaces and capacities. Most

2477
01:50:22,239 --> 01:50:24,239
of the time I would say every single

2478
01:50:24,239 --> 01:50:26,080
time I have a meeting with somebody from

2479
01:50:26,080 --> 01:50:27,760
their offices they request a board

2480
01:50:27,760 --> 01:50:30,080
member to be present. Generally that's

2481
01:50:30,080 --> 01:50:33,840
the charter um the the

2482
01:50:33,840 --> 01:50:36,800
um board chair or other officer if the

2483
01:50:36,800 --> 01:50:40,950
board chair can't make it.

2484
01:50:40,960 --> 01:50:45,199
» Okay. Let's could you also I I'll would

2485
01:50:45,199 --> 01:50:46,960
you can write in our goals that I will

2486
01:50:46,960 --> 01:50:48,800
be present for that board meeting in

2487
01:50:48,800 --> 01:50:51,440
August. Maybe the board president will

2488
01:50:51,440 --> 01:50:54,320
be present for that meeting.

2489
01:50:54,320 --> 01:50:55,760
>> Yeah,

2490
01:50:55,760 --> 01:50:58,320
>> I I still think we need to have some

2491
01:50:58,320 --> 01:51:01,840
questions for them in August as well. uh

2492
01:51:01,840 --> 01:51:04,080
because we have a lot of options and one

2493
01:51:04,080 --> 01:51:08,239
of the things that I've heard is

2494
01:51:08,239 --> 01:51:10,480
there's a lot of discussion going on and

2495
01:51:10,480 --> 01:51:13,280
we know that

2496
01:51:13,280 --> 01:51:15,360
they can't make decisions without the

2497
01:51:15,360 --> 01:51:19,199
entire board being present and I kind of

2498
01:51:19,199 --> 01:51:21,040
>> I think we need to have discussions with

2499
01:51:21,040 --> 01:51:23,600
the office people so that we can get on

2500
01:51:23,600 --> 01:51:26,719
the agenda for the board meeting. So

2501
01:51:26,719 --> 01:51:28,800
just showing up at the board meeting

2502
01:51:28,800 --> 01:51:31,440
doesn't mean that say anything because

2503
01:51:31,440 --> 01:51:33,199
their agendas have to be posted just

2504
01:51:33,199 --> 01:51:36,560
like ours. And so the proper channel for

2505
01:51:36,560 --> 01:51:38,560
that is for us to have conversations

2506
01:51:38,560 --> 01:51:40,960
with the office people through Betty um

2507
01:51:40,960 --> 01:51:42,400
who's our liaison that we work

2508
01:51:42,400 --> 01:51:45,119
specifically with with um Stacy as as

2509
01:51:45,119 --> 01:51:46,639
the executive and the other people in

2510
01:51:46,639 --> 01:51:50,639
her office um that we have those

2511
01:51:50,639 --> 01:51:53,199
discussions with them so that they and

2512
01:51:53,199 --> 01:51:55,280
they will know what needs to go before

2513
01:51:55,280 --> 01:51:57,040
the whole board for discussion and

2514
01:51:57,040 --> 01:51:59,280
decisions and what they can coach us

2515
01:51:59,280 --> 01:52:02,400
through. So really it's being involved

2516
01:52:02,400 --> 01:52:04,960
with the state charter schoolboard

2517
01:52:04,960 --> 01:52:07,440
office people um to guide us through

2518
01:52:07,440 --> 01:52:08,960
that process.

2519
01:52:08,960 --> 01:52:12,629
>> Carrie did

2520
01:52:12,639 --> 01:52:14,080
» go ahead Sarah with your follow-up

2521
01:52:14,080 --> 01:52:14,560
question.

2522
01:52:14,560 --> 01:52:17,040
>> I just added follow proper channels to

2523
01:52:17,040 --> 01:52:19,280
be able to get feedback in August.

2524
01:52:19,280 --> 01:52:21,119
>> That sounds great.

2525
01:52:21,119 --> 01:52:25,280
Um, just to let you know, I believe that

2526
01:52:25,280 --> 01:52:27,280
the board meeting that they will review

2527
01:52:27,280 --> 01:52:30,719
proposals for new schools is September,

2528
01:52:30,719 --> 01:52:32,080
not August.

2529
01:52:32,080 --> 01:52:32,719
>> Oh, okay.

2530
01:52:32,719 --> 01:52:33,599
>> So, okay.

2531
01:52:33,599 --> 01:52:36,880
>> So, you know, you can still schedule

2532
01:52:36,880 --> 01:52:40,239
meetings and uh conversations with the

2533
01:52:40,239 --> 01:52:44,080
office staff that um Yeah. But the board

2534
01:52:44,080 --> 01:52:46,320
meeting where you if you submit a

2535
01:52:46,320 --> 01:52:48,320
proposal and you intend to present that

2536
01:52:48,320 --> 01:52:51,119
proposal, that will be in September.

2537
01:52:51,119 --> 01:52:52,639
>> I think they've adjusted their calendar

2538
01:52:52,639 --> 01:52:53,920
a little bit over the past couple of

2539
01:52:53,920 --> 01:52:55,440
years.

2540
01:52:55,440 --> 01:52:56,960
>> Yeah.

2541
01:52:56,960 --> 01:52:58,080
>> So,

2542
01:52:58,080 --> 01:52:59,599
>> we better move forward.

2543
01:52:59,599 --> 01:53:01,520
>> Working with the office will help us get

2544
01:53:01,520 --> 01:53:04,239
on the correct board meeting agenda.

2545
01:53:04,239 --> 01:53:06,480
>> Carrie, do you still have a question?

2546
01:53:06,480 --> 01:53:11,119
>> Yes. I would love to see us find another

2547
01:53:11,119 --> 01:53:14,080
dedicated parent that's local. Like

2548
01:53:14,080 --> 01:53:15,599
Sarah's awesome for the parent

2549
01:53:15,599 --> 01:53:19,199
perspective. Um, but we also need her

2550
01:53:19,199 --> 01:53:22,960
for a lot of other things as well. Um,

2551
01:53:22,960 --> 01:53:26,320
but I'm just like my capacity is going

2552
01:53:26,320 --> 01:53:29,199
to be limited because I am now having to

2553
01:53:29,199 --> 01:53:31,280
do a backup plan for the schooling of my

2554
01:53:31,280 --> 01:53:31,920
children.

2555
01:53:31,920 --> 01:53:35,280
>> Yeah. and a lot of my some of the my

2556
01:53:35,280 --> 01:53:37,040
capacity that's going to the board will

2557
01:53:37,040 --> 01:53:41,360
have to go to now schooling a 10th

2558
01:53:41,360 --> 01:53:44,960
grader. So, I would love if you guys

2559
01:53:44,960 --> 01:53:47,599
think it's a good idea to find another

2560
01:53:47,599 --> 01:53:50,239
parent or

2561
01:53:50,239 --> 01:53:52,639
if you're okay with or or if it will

2562
01:53:52,639 --> 01:53:56,080
work for me to not I can't be giving

2563
01:53:56,080 --> 01:53:57,679
more time than I am right now is

2564
01:53:57,679 --> 01:54:02,550
basically what I'm saying.

2565
01:54:02,560 --> 01:54:04,480
So just a thought

2566
01:54:04,480 --> 01:54:06,400
>> we're adding that into the board

2567
01:54:06,400 --> 01:54:08,400
transitions maybe.

2568
01:54:08,400 --> 01:54:12,709
>> Thank you.

2569
01:54:12,719 --> 01:54:15,760
» And I think so we also do need to get

2570
01:54:15,760 --> 01:54:17,920
more parent involvement from the

2571
01:54:17,920 --> 01:54:19,760
community and I think that will help us

2572
01:54:19,760 --> 01:54:25,280
greatly with those marketing efforts of having passionate. I mean, Carrie,

2573
01:54:25,280 --> 01:54:28,320
honestly, you have been one of our our

2574
01:54:28,320 --> 01:54:30,560
biggest supports and helps in the

2575
01:54:30,560 --> 01:54:32,719
marketing just because you are a parent

2576
01:54:32,719 --> 01:54:35,840
that is connected with other

2577
01:54:35,840 --> 01:54:37,440
uh families that have students

2578
01:54:37,440 --> 01:54:39,760
interested in us. Um, and so the more

2579
01:54:39,760 --> 01:54:41,679
parents in that situation that we can

2580
01:54:41,679 --> 01:54:44,080
get and not just from the MSA community,

2581
01:54:44,080 --> 01:54:45,360
but if we can pull in some of those

2582
01:54:45,360 --> 01:54:47,119
treeside parents, some if we could get a

2583
01:54:47,119 --> 01:54:49,199
Wasat parent like like looking at our or

2584
01:54:49,199 --> 01:54:53,360
a honeycomb cottage parent um or or TC

2585
01:54:53,360 --> 01:54:56,800
someone from these other communities um

2586
01:54:56,800 --> 01:54:59,920
to join us from from parent movement

2587
01:54:59,920 --> 01:55:02,560
side. That's the biggest connection. You

2588
01:55:02,560 --> 01:55:04,239
guys are the most passionate. I'm trying

2589
01:55:04,239 --> 01:55:06,719
to start the school for my kid. you're a

2590
01:55:06,719 --> 01:55:09,040
very strong voice and you're connected

2591
01:55:09,040 --> 01:55:10,639
with other people in that family

2592
01:55:10,639 --> 01:55:12,560
situation. I can share on social media

2593
01:55:12,560 --> 01:55:15,679
all day, but I'm not connected to people

2594
01:55:15,679 --> 01:55:17,840
um with kids that are interested in

2595
01:55:17,840 --> 01:55:20,480
coming to the school because that's not

2596
01:55:20,480 --> 01:55:22,880
um where I'm at in my life situation.

2597
01:55:22,880 --> 01:55:26,400
And so I I'll just throw that out there.

2598
01:55:26,400 --> 01:55:28,320
um that we do need more parent

2599
01:55:28,320 --> 01:55:30,320
involvement

2600
01:55:30,320 --> 01:55:33,440
on the board.

2601
01:55:33,440 --> 01:55:36,480
>> We did at one time start tried to start

2602
01:55:36,480 --> 01:55:38,560
a parent community council

2603
01:55:38,560 --> 01:55:40,880
>> and we didn't have very much nobody

2604
01:55:40,880 --> 01:55:43,199
responded. Nobody signed up.

2605
01:55:43,199 --> 01:55:45,440
>> Yeah, because you're exactly right,

2606
01:55:45,440 --> 01:55:48,239
Carol. Like I need more parents to take

2607
01:55:48,239 --> 01:55:50,320
some of that load so that I can do the

2608
01:55:50,320 --> 01:55:54,000
board stuff and not all the things.

2609
01:55:54,000 --> 01:55:55,760
Yeah.

2610
01:55:55,760 --> 01:55:58,080
So maybe if we could approach it in a

2611
01:55:58,080 --> 01:56:00,960
way of like asking each of those

2612
01:56:00,960 --> 01:56:04,639
communities if they might have a parent

2613
01:56:04,639 --> 01:56:06,480
that would be willing to take on the

2614
01:56:06,480 --> 01:56:08,960
position of like parent representation

2615
01:56:08,960 --> 01:56:10,800
representative

2616
01:56:10,800 --> 01:56:13,040
for that community

2617
01:56:13,040 --> 01:56:15,520
>> like hey we're looking for a parent

2618
01:56:15,520 --> 01:56:18,639
representative from the MSA community

2619
01:56:18,639 --> 01:56:21,840
you know and from the tree

2620
01:56:21,840 --> 01:56:23,760
if you're interested like let us know.

2621
01:56:23,760 --> 01:56:26,560
They don't on this on this marketing

2622
01:56:26,560 --> 01:56:29,040
committee. Not everybody on the

2623
01:56:29,040 --> 01:56:32,159
committee has to be a board member.

2624
01:56:32,159 --> 01:56:34,239
>> Board member can oversee it, but we can

2625
01:56:34,239 --> 01:56:35,679
invite other people to join this

2626
01:56:35,679 --> 01:56:37,599
committee that aren't full board members

2627
01:56:37,599 --> 01:56:39,599
and they don't come and and vote in

2628
01:56:39,599 --> 01:56:41,199
board meetings, but but they can help

2629
01:56:41,199 --> 01:56:43,679
with that work. We can also have a um

2630
01:56:43,679 --> 01:56:45,599
you know, school employees. If we have

2631
01:56:45,599 --> 01:56:47,599
the right configuration, that committee

2632
01:56:47,599 --> 01:56:50,480
can also be our land trust committee

2633
01:56:50,480 --> 01:56:53,679
that can also um do some some other

2634
01:56:53,679 --> 01:56:55,199
things in our community. But we we need

2635
01:56:55,199 --> 01:56:58,000
to get that um that land trust has to

2636
01:56:58,000 --> 01:57:00,480
have two more parents or grandparents

2637
01:57:00,480 --> 01:57:02,320
than any other type of person on the

2638
01:57:02,320 --> 01:57:04,960
board. So, if we have two school people,

2639
01:57:04,960 --> 01:57:07,679
we have to have four parents. Susan,

2640
01:57:07,679 --> 01:57:09,920
you're muted. Carrie, I love the idea of

2641
01:57:09,920 --> 01:57:12,320
having a a representative from each

2642
01:57:12,320 --> 01:57:15,440
school that could help us too. That

2643
01:57:15,440 --> 01:57:16,080
would be great.

2644
01:57:16,080 --> 01:57:19,440
>> Or even like three representatives from

2645
01:57:19,440 --> 01:57:22,400
each school, you know, like and form a

2646
01:57:22,400 --> 01:57:25,920
council that way so that they like have

2647
01:57:25,920 --> 01:57:27,599
cuz I feel like all the parents are

2648
01:57:27,599 --> 01:57:29,760
like, "Oh, well, I want to help." But

2649
01:57:29,760 --> 01:57:33,360
there's no commitment. There's no

2650
01:57:33,360 --> 01:57:35,920
responsibility, you know, and so they

2651
01:57:35,920 --> 01:57:39,040
just don't. Everyone's busy and so

2652
01:57:39,040 --> 01:57:41,280
unless there's like specific things for

2653
01:57:41,280 --> 01:57:43,119
them to do, a specific direction,

2654
01:57:43,119 --> 01:57:52,070
nothing get nothing happens.

2655
01:57:52,080 --> 01:57:53,760
Okay.

2656
01:57:53,760 --> 01:58:00,070
Um

2657
01:58:00,080 --> 01:58:01,840
let's see. Should we just go forward to

2658
01:58:01,840 --> 01:58:04,000
the financial plan? Is is this

2659
01:58:04,000 --> 01:58:05,679
applicable right now or should we just

2660
01:58:05,679 --> 01:58:07,840
put this as not applicable?

2661
01:58:07,840 --> 01:58:11,840
>> I I will share briefly um uh the

2662
01:58:11,840 --> 01:58:14,960
conversation that I had with Jeff on our

2663
01:58:14,960 --> 01:58:16,960
finances and the the bare minimum

2664
01:58:16,960 --> 01:58:19,679
breakdown that we discussed.

2665
01:58:19,679 --> 01:58:22,080
Um

2666
01:58:22,080 --> 01:58:28,709
and and so um

2667
01:58:28,719 --> 01:58:33,750
as as far as our

2668
01:58:33,760 --> 01:58:36,400
um

2669
01:58:36,400 --> 01:58:39,599
the the potential expenses,

2670
01:58:39,599 --> 01:58:42,800
um it it just is really tight and and we

2671
01:58:42,800 --> 01:58:45,840
recorded some numbers. Um we we kind of

2672
01:58:45,840 --> 01:58:49,360
looked at, you know, we need um probably

2673
01:58:49,360 --> 01:58:52,639
10 to 20,000 for the contracts that were

2674
01:58:52,639 --> 01:58:56,800
already on on contract 4. So that would

2675
01:58:56,800 --> 01:59:01,199
be the website with Edlio, the frontline

2676
01:59:01,199 --> 01:59:05,760
um platform, the um like our phone bill

2677
01:59:05,760 --> 01:59:09,040
and and different things um to be able

2678
01:59:09,040 --> 01:59:13,840
to to get through um depending on um I

2679
01:59:13,840 --> 01:59:16,639
mean so if we're paying a person to to

2680
01:59:16,639 --> 01:59:19,360
do certain tasks through this um I mean

2681
01:59:19,360 --> 01:59:22,320
it just is we so we are having those

2682
01:59:22,320 --> 01:59:29,119
discussions and um and pairing everything down um

2683
01:59:29,119 --> 01:59:32,400
possible. Um and but then that makes it

2684
01:59:32,400 --> 01:59:37,360
really difficult to um

2685
01:59:37,360 --> 01:59:40,320
to Yeah, it's just a difficult situation

2686
01:59:40,320 --> 01:59:42,639
and we are working on it.

2687
01:59:42,639 --> 01:59:44,719
>> Okay.

2688
01:59:44,719 --> 01:59:48,480
>> Sorry, just a thought. Um,

2689
01:59:48,480 --> 01:59:51,840
kind of going back, I apologize, but is

2690
01:59:51,840 --> 01:59:54,800
now the point that we could just be

2691
01:59:54,800 --> 01:59:57,920
honest with our community and say like,

2692
01:59:57,920 --> 02:00:01,920
listen, if you want this school to

2693
02:00:01,920 --> 02:00:06,159
happen, we need some help. Like, we need

2694
02:00:06,159 --> 02:00:08,560
more parent involvement. Like, cuz I

2695
02:00:08,560 --> 02:00:10,400
know there's so many people that want it

2696
02:00:10,400 --> 02:00:12,880
to happen and they just think that it's

2697
02:00:12,880 --> 02:00:14,560
happening, right? And they don't need to

2698
02:00:14,560 --> 02:00:16,639
contribute. But like we're at the point

2699
02:00:16,639 --> 02:00:19,599
that we really do need more manpower,

2700
02:00:19,599 --> 02:00:20,560
right?

2701
02:00:20,560 --> 02:00:23,840
>> And more volunteer um parents. So like

2702
02:00:23,840 --> 02:00:27,280
is there a way to just really um

2703
02:00:27,280 --> 02:00:30,480
positively portray that to the parents

2704
02:00:30,480 --> 02:00:32,800
and to be like

2705
02:00:32,800 --> 02:00:35,840
we like the six of us cannot carry this

2706
02:00:35,840 --> 02:00:37,599
by ourselves.

2707
02:00:37,599 --> 02:00:38,239
You know,

2708
02:00:38,239 --> 02:00:41,920
>> may I interject? We need one or two very

2709
02:00:41,920 --> 02:00:44,639
rich sponsors. Every other charter

2710
02:00:44,639 --> 02:00:48,800
school I've been at has had sponsors.

2711
02:00:48,800 --> 02:00:52,400
Can't we appeal to some of these places

2712
02:00:52,400 --> 02:00:59,840
like Zion's Bank or um some big rich

2713
02:00:59,840 --> 02:01:02,320
educational

2714
02:01:02,320 --> 02:01:03,440
>> or can we

2715
02:01:03,440 --> 02:01:04,560
>> oriented or

2716
02:01:04,560 --> 02:01:07,840
>> or can we ask our community to be to

2717
02:01:07,840 --> 02:01:10,080
look for sponsors?

2718
02:01:10,080 --> 02:01:11,199
Yeah,

2719
02:01:11,199 --> 02:01:13,679
>> I've we've tried a lot. I mean, I've

2720
02:01:13,679 --> 02:01:16,639
sent out emails to personal to people

2721
02:01:16,639 --> 02:01:19,199
and asked them to, you know, to help in

2722
02:01:19,199 --> 02:01:20,560
certain ways, especially with the

2723
02:01:20,560 --> 02:01:22,719
enrollment, and I just didn't see a lot

2724
02:01:22,719 --> 02:01:25,599
of response and there's I don't know.

2725
02:01:25,599 --> 02:01:27,920
>> Utah is not a friendly landscape for

2726
02:01:27,920 --> 02:01:31,199
that kind of philanthropy, and less so

2727
02:01:31,199 --> 02:01:35,990
now than it has been in the past.

2728
02:01:36,000 --> 02:01:40,159
But if anybody can find somebody to to

2729
02:01:40,159 --> 02:01:44,480
do the thing, um,

2730
02:01:44,480 --> 02:01:46,239
go for it. [laughter]

2731
02:01:46,239 --> 02:01:48,239
Sarah and Christian both have comments.

2732
02:01:48,239 --> 02:01:51,990
Maybe

2733
02:01:52,000 --> 02:01:54,159
Sarah, go ahead.

2734
02:01:54,159 --> 02:01:55,760
>> I was just going to say that something

2735
02:01:55,760 --> 02:01:57,440
that I've run into because I've talked

2736
02:01:57,440 --> 02:01:59,199
to other parents about this is they

2737
02:01:59,199 --> 02:02:01,679
don't feel qualified to be on the board.

2738
02:02:01,679 --> 02:02:03,520
They feel like the school board is this

2739
02:02:03,520 --> 02:02:06,480
magical thing that people who know all

2740
02:02:06,480 --> 02:02:08,639
the things go and do and that they're

2741
02:02:08,639 --> 02:02:10,080
just a parent and they can't be

2742
02:02:10,080 --> 02:02:13,119
involved. And

2743
02:02:13,119 --> 02:02:15,840
I think that we need to have a way to

2744
02:02:15,840 --> 02:02:18,400
overcome that hurdle.

2745
02:02:18,400 --> 02:02:20,080
Um

2746
02:02:20,080 --> 02:02:22,000
I don't necessarily be more friendly

2747
02:02:22,000 --> 02:02:23,360
with it, but just being really open

2748
02:02:23,360 --> 02:02:25,360
about this is about being willing to put

2749
02:02:25,360 --> 02:02:27,520
the time and effort in and it's not

2750
02:02:27,520 --> 02:02:29,199
necessarily about knowing everything. We

2751
02:02:29,199 --> 02:02:30,800
have lots of teachers that know a lot

2752
02:02:30,800 --> 02:02:32,239
about education. We have all these

2753
02:02:32,239 --> 02:02:34,080
things. We just need a lot of people

2754
02:02:34,080 --> 02:02:35,440
that are willing to show up and help.

2755
02:02:35,440 --> 02:02:37,599
It's kind of like putting the chairs up

2756
02:02:37,599 --> 02:02:39,280
at the end of the day. We need someone

2757
02:02:39,280 --> 02:02:41,760
to help get, you know, the chairs up to

2758
02:02:41,760 --> 02:02:44,400
go get the kids at a place to go this,

2759
02:02:44,400 --> 02:02:47,440
go do that. Um,

2760
02:02:47,440 --> 02:02:50,320
and I think we need to have a message to

2761
02:02:50,320 --> 02:02:52,880
parents about ways that they can help

2762
02:02:52,880 --> 02:02:56,000
that seems a lot more accessible.

2763
02:02:56,000 --> 02:02:58,320
Well, in specifics about ways to help

2764
02:02:58,320 --> 02:03:01,520
maybe too. I mean, we we do have

2765
02:03:01,520 --> 02:03:04,960
platforms like the c the Utah

2766
02:03:04,960 --> 02:03:08,960
um home school and and other

2767
02:03:08,960 --> 02:03:11,440
communities, the Utah Waldorf community

2768
02:03:11,440 --> 02:03:14,400
Facebook account. I mean, some of those

2769
02:03:14,400 --> 02:03:16,239
we can put things out, but we have to

2770
02:03:16,239 --> 02:03:18,239
have maybe more specific things that we

2771
02:03:18,239 --> 02:03:20,239
need help with.

2772
02:03:20,239 --> 02:03:22,239
I don't know. And I know

2773
02:03:22,239 --> 02:03:25,920
>> how about a a a TV commercial or a

2774
02:03:25,920 --> 02:03:29,679
Facebook ad, an actual video

2775
02:03:29,679 --> 02:03:34,000
um from one of us that can really appeal

2776
02:03:34,000 --> 02:03:37,119
to those types of people. Like Carrie,

2777
02:03:37,119 --> 02:03:40,880
you're so good at that. Um Carol, you're

2778
02:03:40,880 --> 02:03:44,639
good at it. I'm not good at it. I can't

2779
02:03:44,639 --> 02:03:47,440
even talk my husband into $500 extra

2780
02:03:47,440 --> 02:03:51,840
dollars a month for my budget. So, I'm

2781
02:03:51,840 --> 02:03:54,400
not the person to go after financial

2782
02:03:54,400 --> 02:03:59,599
stuff, but I think people, you know,

2783
02:03:59,599 --> 02:04:04,639
like I've been moved by by ads,

2784
02:04:04,639 --> 02:04:06,719
you know, that just when I'm scrolling

2785
02:04:06,719 --> 02:04:08,880
Facebook, you [snorts] know, make me

2786
02:04:08,880 --> 02:04:13,040
want to tune into something or donate

2787
02:04:13,040 --> 02:04:16,800
money or pray for somebody,

2788
02:04:16,800 --> 02:04:22,501
you know, or GoFundMe type things.

2789
02:04:22,501 --> 02:04:23,119
[snorts]

2790
02:04:23,119 --> 02:04:24,960
>> That's just an idea.

2791
02:04:24,960 --> 02:04:25,360
>> Yeah.

2792
02:04:25,360 --> 02:04:29,270
>> Ben has a comment.

2793
02:04:29,280 --> 02:04:30,800
» Were you asking about me if I had a

2794
02:04:30,800 --> 02:04:31,280
comment?

2795
02:04:31,280 --> 02:04:32,639
>> Yes. Your hand is raised.

2796
02:04:32,639 --> 02:04:34,080
>> It is raised. I just didn't hear my

2797
02:04:34,080 --> 02:04:35,440
name. I think you cut out for a minute.

2798
02:04:35,440 --> 02:04:38,239
But um a split second. I'm going to make

2799
02:04:38,239 --> 02:04:41,840
an a suggestion that might be stupid. Um

2800
02:04:41,840 --> 02:04:43,280
has anybody reached out to Bridget

2801
02:04:43,280 --> 02:04:46,400
Swenson? She can do anything. And it I

2802
02:04:46,400 --> 02:04:47,679
mean I I don't know what her kids are

2803
02:04:47,679 --> 02:04:49,679
doing, but I know she's done

2804
02:04:49,679 --> 02:04:51,360
extracurricular things that don't

2805
02:04:51,360 --> 02:04:54,880
involve her kids. Um I think she could

2806
02:04:54,880 --> 02:04:57,040
be a useful resource if anybody wanted

2807
02:04:57,040 --> 02:04:58,239
to reach out to her. She [laughter]

2808
02:04:58,239 --> 02:05:00,000
>> the last time we reached out to her, she

2809
02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:02,400
was tapped out with other things,

2810
02:05:02,400 --> 02:05:05,040
>> but not that we don't visit that again

2811
02:05:05,040 --> 02:05:06,880
and and reach back out and see where

2812
02:05:06,880 --> 02:05:07,760
she's at.

2813
02:05:07,760 --> 02:05:09,599
>> I would suggest that I think she could

2814
02:05:09,599 --> 02:05:11,599
be a real asset if we could recruit her.

2815
02:05:11,599 --> 02:05:17,910
That's all I wanted to say.

2816
02:05:17,920 --> 02:05:19,679
I think there's a lot of parents that

2817
02:05:19,679 --> 02:05:22,639
can be real assets. They just need to

2818
02:05:22,639 --> 02:05:25,679
understand how desperately we need their

2819
02:05:25,679 --> 02:05:29,920
help without us appearing so desperate.

2820
02:05:29,920 --> 02:05:31,920
>> There's a fun way we could do that. Just

2821
02:05:31,920 --> 02:05:35,920
put up a really ugly Facebook post and

2822
02:05:35,920 --> 02:05:37,840
said, "Are you a parent that has Canva

2823
02:05:37,840 --> 02:05:39,440
and can do better than this? We need

2824
02:05:39,440 --> 02:05:42,320
your help. please contact [laughter]

2825
02:05:42,320 --> 02:05:44,800
like get that ugliest brownest grossest

2826
02:05:44,800 --> 02:05:46,560
post and just be like we need help with

2827
02:05:46,560 --> 02:05:49,280
Canva. Can anyone help with Canva?

2828
02:05:49,280 --> 02:05:50,480
Because there's a lot of parents that

2829
02:05:50,480 --> 02:05:52,320
they're like I left doing Canva and

2830
02:05:52,320 --> 02:05:55,280
they'll help us but I think we need just

2831
02:05:55,280 --> 02:05:57,440
a really

2832
02:05:57,440 --> 02:05:59,280
specific

2833
02:05:59,280 --> 02:06:01,920
ask.

2834
02:06:01,920 --> 02:06:03,520
I honestly don't even think we need

2835
02:06:03,520 --> 02:06:05,040
Canva

2836
02:06:05,040 --> 02:06:07,360
>> because AI can do all of that now.

2837
02:06:07,360 --> 02:06:08,480
>> Well, then

2838
02:06:08,480 --> 02:06:09,760
>> so much faster.

2839
02:06:09,760 --> 02:06:15,189
>> Yeah, I'm just saying whatever it is.

2840
02:06:15,199 --> 02:06:20,080
» I think a lot of us are very hesitant to

2841
02:06:20,080 --> 02:06:24,880
use AI in just who we are. And I think

2842
02:06:24,880 --> 02:06:28,960
that that is something that we need to

2843
02:06:28,960 --> 02:06:32,400
get over and and use it more because it

2844
02:06:32,400 --> 02:06:37,040
is our reality right now. And like we

2845
02:06:37,040 --> 02:06:40,239
like AI can help us advertise in so many

2846
02:06:40,239 --> 02:06:42,960
ways and we need to be better at using

2847
02:06:42,960 --> 02:06:46,560
it using that free resource.

2848
02:06:46,560 --> 02:06:48,560
>> Christian, are you still there?

2849
02:06:48,560 --> 02:06:51,280
>> I'm here. I will just vote for that.

2850
02:06:51,280 --> 02:06:54,159
>> Yeah. Um, another good source for

2851
02:06:54,159 --> 02:06:57,679
getting stuff done is Kirsten All Good.

2852
02:06:57,679 --> 02:07:00,400
She was always good at stuff like that.

2853
02:07:00,400 --> 02:07:03,360
So, that's just a couple of MSA parents

2854
02:07:03,360 --> 02:07:06,239
that I remember could do anything.

2855
02:07:06,239 --> 02:07:08,560
>> Yeah, Kristen. I remember Kirsten. She

2856
02:07:08,560 --> 02:07:10,960
her daughter was in my class.

2857
02:07:10,960 --> 02:07:13,520
>> Yeah. So the question with this is these

2858
02:07:13,520 --> 02:07:15,599
are great ideas but what is the action

2859
02:07:15,599 --> 02:07:18,719
item from the board of of who is going

2860
02:07:18,719 --> 02:07:21,119
to take this on and how is that going to

2861
02:07:21,119 --> 02:07:28,470
get done

2862
02:07:28,480 --> 02:07:32,870
» um

2863
02:07:32,880 --> 02:07:34,960
well we already discussed it we we need

2864
02:07:34,960 --> 02:07:38,159
to have people with better better skills

2865
02:07:38,159 --> 02:07:40,719
you know some skills that we don't have

2866
02:07:40,719 --> 02:07:43,599
and try to work towards bringing someone

2867
02:07:43,599 --> 02:07:46,400
on the board with those skills.

2868
02:07:46,400 --> 02:07:48,960
>> Yeah. Appeal to the parent community.

2869
02:07:48,960 --> 02:07:54,149
That's an action item.

2870
02:07:54,159 --> 02:07:58,320
» Or I've done that over and over and over

2871
02:07:58,320 --> 02:08:01,350
again

2872
02:08:01,360 --> 02:08:03,599
» like with anyone that with the MSA

2873
02:08:03,599 --> 02:08:04,960
community at least because I don't have

2874
02:08:04,960 --> 02:08:07,280
connections to the other communities.

2875
02:08:07,280 --> 02:08:12,069
I've done it in the Utah Waldorf page.

2876
02:08:12,079 --> 02:08:14,960
But like how

2877
02:08:14,960 --> 02:08:16,800
maybe they're tired of hearing from me

2878
02:08:16,800 --> 02:08:20,239
and need someone else or someone or like

2879
02:08:20,239 --> 02:08:23,440
we need a way to help

2880
02:08:23,440 --> 02:08:26,719
them understand that it's not like if

2881
02:08:26,719 --> 02:08:28,560
they want this school everyone's going

2882
02:08:28,560 --> 02:08:37,030
to have to pitch in a little bit.

2883
02:08:37,040 --> 02:08:38,960
» It is getting late. I think we need to

2884
02:08:38,960 --> 02:08:41,040
move forward with some other we do have

2885
02:08:41,040 --> 02:08:49,510
some ideas already in that in that area.

2886
02:08:49,520 --> 02:08:54,320
Um let's move forward with um

2887
02:08:54,320 --> 02:08:56,480
>> close the compliance gaps. I don't know

2888
02:08:56,480 --> 02:08:58,639
what that means exactly that.

2889
02:08:58,639 --> 02:09:01,679
>> Oh, you have that governance calendar

2890
02:09:01,679 --> 02:09:04,800
and policy review calendar. Oh, yes.

2891
02:09:04,800 --> 02:09:07,840
That's those are good.

2892
02:09:07,840 --> 02:09:16,390
any any other ideas for compliance? Um,

2893
02:09:16,400 --> 02:09:20,790
uh, board compliance and

2894
02:09:20,800 --> 02:09:22,400
I think those are good things to look

2895
02:09:22,400 --> 02:09:23,920
through

2896
02:09:23,920 --> 02:09:26,159
building that calendar. So we have at

2897
02:09:26,159 --> 02:09:28,159
every board meeting some things we can

2898
02:09:28,159 --> 02:09:31,510
look at

2899
02:09:31,520 --> 02:09:34,880
from policy review and then honoring our

2900
02:09:34,880 --> 02:09:36,880
bylaws completing Waldorf training

2901
02:09:36,880 --> 02:09:38,719
requirements hold an annual Steiner

2902
02:09:38,719 --> 02:09:41,199
study actively recruiting one to two

2903
02:09:41,199 --> 02:09:43,679
members marketing role well that's what

2904
02:09:43,679 --> 02:09:45,679
we were just discussing so let's go to

2905
02:09:45,679 --> 02:09:50,310
build trust with our authorizer

2906
02:09:50,320 --> 02:09:52,079
is that the board is that what we're

2907
02:09:52,079 --> 02:09:55,270
thinking

2908
02:09:55,280 --> 02:09:56,880
Yes, the charter school board. We

2909
02:09:56,880 --> 02:10:00,960
realize that our um failure to open this

2910
02:10:00,960 --> 02:10:03,760
year and some of our financial issues

2911
02:10:03,760 --> 02:10:05,920
will probably cause stress with the our

2912
02:10:05,920 --> 02:10:07,760
governing body.

2913
02:10:07,760 --> 02:10:09,920
>> And I thought it would be really good to

2914
02:10:09,920 --> 02:10:13,040
address how we plan on rebuilding that

2915
02:10:13,040 --> 02:10:15,360
trust because we want them to see us and

2916
02:10:15,360 --> 02:10:17,119
respect us as a school and know that

2917
02:10:17,119 --> 02:10:21,119
they can work with us easily.

2918
02:10:21,119 --> 02:10:22,400
They're going to have to see that we can

2919
02:10:22,400 --> 02:10:26,159
bring in more enrollment. I mean, bring

2920
02:10:26,159 --> 02:10:45,270
more enrollment in some way.

2921
02:10:45,280 --> 02:10:47,360
And maybe we need to bring families,

2922
02:10:47,360 --> 02:10:49,599
Waldorf families to these meetings at

2923
02:10:49,599 --> 02:10:52,320
the board.

2924
02:10:52,320 --> 02:10:54,800
You know, maybe bring in just ask

2925
02:10:54,800 --> 02:10:56,960
Waldorf families to come meet so they

2926
02:10:56,960 --> 02:10:59,040
can see them, you know, and see that

2927
02:10:59,040 --> 02:11:02,800
there there are Walder families in the

2928
02:11:02,800 --> 02:11:08,149
community that really are interested.

2929
02:11:08,159 --> 02:11:11,360
Maybe we have a meeting like just a zoom

2930
02:11:11,360 --> 02:11:14,400
meeting at a very accessible time for

2931
02:11:14,400 --> 02:11:19,440
people that says like if you are

2932
02:11:19,440 --> 02:11:22,079
interested in a school, we need some

2933
02:11:22,079 --> 02:11:24,880
help. Please come to this meeting and we

2934
02:11:24,880 --> 02:11:29,440
can maybe ask for suggestions at that

2935
02:11:29,440 --> 02:11:31,199
meeting.

2936
02:11:31,199 --> 02:11:33,520
>> Mhm.

2937
02:11:33,520 --> 02:11:38,629
or volunteers for different things or

2938
02:11:38,639 --> 02:11:39,199
I'm not sure

2939
02:11:39,199 --> 02:11:42,079
>> attended attended by state board

2940
02:11:42,079 --> 02:11:44,320
members.

2941
02:11:44,320 --> 02:11:47,280
>> We can invite them to any events that we

2942
02:11:47,280 --> 02:11:54,560
have and they may not always be able to come but they're they do like to um

2943
02:11:54,560 --> 02:11:56,639
participate in in things that are

2944
02:11:56,639 --> 02:11:58,800
happening. Um

2945
02:11:58,800 --> 02:12:02,880
>> we can make us look bad. what

2946
02:12:02,880 --> 02:12:04,719
>> it to invite them to a brainstorming

2947
02:12:04,719 --> 02:12:06,239
meeting. That might make us look bad.

2948
02:12:06,239 --> 02:12:09,199
>> No, not necessarily, but but like I mean

2949
02:12:09,199 --> 02:12:11,599
our birthday party or a graduation or

2950
02:12:11,599 --> 02:12:13,520
like they they like to be involved and

2951
02:12:13,520 --> 02:12:21,030
see what schools are doing. Um

2952
02:12:21,040 --> 02:12:26,229
so help help celebrate with them.

2953
02:12:26,239 --> 02:12:28,239
And I don't know that I mean I I would

2954
02:12:28,239 --> 02:12:30,480
say that I don't think we've lost trust

2955
02:12:30,480 --> 02:12:33,360
with the authorizer. Um I I I don't

2956
02:12:33,360 --> 02:12:36,880
think um that it's necessarily a loss of

2957
02:12:36,880 --> 02:12:39,119
trust. They understand the the risks

2958
02:12:39,119 --> 02:12:41,920
involved in starting new schools. Um

2959
02:12:41,920 --> 02:12:45,440
we're not the first school to um go

2960
02:12:45,440 --> 02:12:48,960
through the process of of um deferment.

2961
02:12:48,960 --> 02:12:51,840
We're not the first school to to have to

2962
02:12:51,840 --> 02:12:53,760
potentially put in multiple

2963
02:12:53,760 --> 02:12:55,440
applications.

2964
02:12:55,440 --> 02:12:59,280
um before we get it right. Um and and I

2965
02:12:59,280 --> 02:13:02,000
think they have they do have respect for

2966
02:13:02,000 --> 02:13:04,719
our commitment, for our vision, for the

2967
02:13:04,719 --> 02:13:06,719
hard work that we are doing. They

2968
02:13:06,719 --> 02:13:08,480
recognize that it's messy and not

2969
02:13:08,480 --> 02:13:10,480
perfect. Um so I don't know that we've

2970
02:13:10,480 --> 02:13:13,520
lost trust um necessarily. I think we

2971
02:13:13,520 --> 02:13:17,280
are in a hard situation um and and they

2972
02:13:17,280 --> 02:13:19,119
recognize that and and we're not the

2973
02:13:19,119 --> 02:13:21,760
only one to have been here. Um so so I

2974
02:13:21,760 --> 02:13:24,159
don't know that it's they're not the

2975
02:13:24,159 --> 02:13:26,239
enemy. They they are really excited

2976
02:13:26,239 --> 02:13:29,119
about what we're offering and and we are

2977
02:13:29,119 --> 02:13:31,199
meeting their

2978
02:13:31,199 --> 02:13:34,960
um directive to provide more options for

2979
02:13:34,960 --> 02:13:38,079
education. Um and and that is also a

2980
02:13:38,079 --> 02:13:39,599
challenge that we are so different from

2981
02:13:39,599 --> 02:13:41,520
the other things like you know a lot of

2982
02:13:41,520 --> 02:13:46,320
the models that are out there are um the

2983
02:13:46,320 --> 02:13:48,480
classical education. It's, you know,

2984
02:13:48,480 --> 02:13:49,760
there's liberal arts education and

2985
02:13:49,760 --> 02:13:51,920
there's a lot of online programs um that

2986
02:13:51,920 --> 02:13:54,400
are kind of in vogue right now. Um and

2987
02:13:54,400 --> 02:13:57,119
we are not those other things. We are we

2988
02:13:57,119 --> 02:13:59,360
are a different thing. And then and they

2989
02:13:59,360 --> 02:14:00,960
recognize that that poses unique

2990
02:14:00,960 --> 02:14:04,639
challenges. Um as we try and and get

2991
02:14:04,639 --> 02:14:07,840
traction and and get going. Um so I

2992
02:14:07,840 --> 02:14:09,119
would just say I don't know that it's

2993
02:14:09,119 --> 02:14:10,880
about rebuilding trust. I don't think

2994
02:14:10,880 --> 02:14:12,960
we've lost trust to rebuild.

2995
02:14:12,960 --> 02:14:15,599
>> I don't have a feeling of that either. I

2996
02:14:15,599 --> 02:14:18,239
think we can continue to work with them.

2997
02:14:18,239 --> 02:14:19,440
>> Yeah, they've worked really well with

2998
02:14:19,440 --> 02:14:21,520
you, Carol, as far as I've seen

2999
02:14:21,520 --> 02:14:23,040
>> and and and our whole team

3000
02:14:23,040 --> 02:14:27,760
>> and they wanted us to succeed. I mean,

3001
02:14:27,760 --> 02:14:32,390
>> yeah.

3002
02:14:32,400 --> 02:14:35,440
Okay. I would encourage you guys to go

3003
02:14:35,440 --> 02:14:37,760
look up some of their past meetings um

3004
02:14:37,760 --> 02:14:39,040
especially in the past three or four

3005
02:14:39,040 --> 02:14:41,520
months um and just kind of be a breast

3006
02:14:41,520 --> 02:14:44,400
of of what they talk about and how they

3007
02:14:44,400 --> 02:14:48,480
handle their discussions um and I will

3008
02:14:48,480 --> 02:14:50,719
forward out some summaries um that I've

3009
02:14:50,719 --> 02:14:52,000
been sent from their communications

3010
02:14:52,000 --> 02:14:54,000
person on on like this is what they

3011
02:14:54,000 --> 02:14:55,920
talked about and these are the highle

3012
02:14:55,920 --> 02:14:58,079
things that they're concerned about um

3013
02:14:58,079 --> 02:14:59,840
so that you can get a feel for what they

3014
02:14:59,840 --> 02:15:04,480
do. Um I I'm a firm believer in um

3015
02:15:04,480 --> 02:15:09,599
connection breeds um leads to support

3016
02:15:09,599 --> 02:15:12,400
and community. Um a lot of times when we

3017
02:15:12,400 --> 02:15:14,480
feel distanced from someone, we don't

3018
02:15:14,480 --> 02:15:16,159
know them, we don't see them, we don't

3019
02:15:16,159 --> 02:15:21,119
talk to them, we are then prone to

3020
02:15:21,119 --> 02:15:22,880
seeing them as others, seeing them as

3021
02:15:22,880 --> 02:15:25,840
the enemy, seeing them as against us. Um

3022
02:15:25,840 --> 02:15:27,360
and and it's just kind of a natural

3023
02:15:27,360 --> 02:15:29,040
tendency. But when you see them face to

3024
02:15:29,040 --> 02:15:30,320
face and interact with them, it

3025
02:15:30,320 --> 02:15:32,800
humanizes them. Um, and so it would be

3026
02:15:32,800 --> 02:15:34,639
worth everyone's while to and you don't

3027
02:15:34,639 --> 02:15:35,760
have to listen to the whole board

3028
02:15:35,760 --> 02:15:37,679
meeting, but but just kind of skip

3029
02:15:37,679 --> 02:15:39,119
through some of the high points, look at

3030
02:15:39,119 --> 02:15:40,719
what the agenda is and listen to a

3031
02:15:40,719 --> 02:15:42,880
section of their discussion and and how

3032
02:15:42,880 --> 02:15:46,239
they um how they work. Um, both as a

3033
02:15:46,239 --> 02:15:48,239
model of how a board runs. It would be,

3034
02:15:48,239 --> 02:15:50,400
you know, good for board training as

3035
02:15:50,400 --> 02:15:53,360
well as to get to know them and how they

3036
02:15:53,360 --> 02:15:56,320
approach their work. um so that you

3037
02:15:56,320 --> 02:16:00,159
understand the process of how to um how

3038
02:16:00,159 --> 02:16:02,400
to work through that process. So I mean

3039
02:16:02,400 --> 02:16:05,760
I think like sure having having families

3040
02:16:05,760 --> 02:16:07,760
come and help represent us if we are

3041
02:16:07,760 --> 02:16:09,360
presenting at a meeting is a really good

3042
02:16:09,360 --> 02:16:11,360
thing to just randomly show up at a

3043
02:16:11,360 --> 02:16:13,599
board meeting to you know let's let's

3044
02:16:13,599 --> 02:16:15,280
give a plug for Waldorf education the

3045
02:16:15,280 --> 02:16:16,800
public comments that isn't relative to

3046
02:16:16,800 --> 02:16:19,119
what the board is currently doing would

3047
02:16:19,119 --> 02:16:21,760
actually hurt us rather than help us. So

3048
02:16:21,760 --> 02:16:23,760
understanding the process of how to

3049
02:16:23,760 --> 02:16:25,760
communicate with them, how to go through

3050
02:16:25,760 --> 02:16:28,639
the offices um and following the proper

3051
02:16:28,639 --> 02:16:30,960
procedures for open public meetings

3052
02:16:30,960 --> 02:16:35,030
would would be helpful.

3053
02:16:35,040 --> 02:16:38,070
Um

3054
02:16:38,080 --> 02:16:40,319
so our next the next thought is are

3055
02:16:40,319 --> 02:16:42,719
there any concerns we've brought up that

3056
02:16:42,719 --> 02:16:44,719
we think the board should discuss at our

3057
02:16:44,719 --> 02:16:48,880
ne on our put on our next agenda for the

3058
02:16:48,880 --> 02:16:51,439
um for the August

3059
02:16:51,439 --> 02:16:55,509
a board meeting.

3060
02:16:55,519 --> 02:16:58,000
Um, Carol, I think I would like to wait

3061
02:16:58,000 --> 02:16:59,359
until we know more about what's

3062
02:16:59,359 --> 02:17:01,840
happening with the school before we put

3063
02:17:01,840 --> 02:17:04,880
more agenda items on our

3064
02:17:04,880 --> 02:17:08,639
what how is everyone feeling about that

3065
02:17:08,639 --> 02:17:10,719
for our board meeting in August? I mean,

3066
02:17:10,719 --> 02:17:12,399
I think there were several things here

3067
02:17:12,399 --> 02:17:14,319
that we we talked about in this board

3068
02:17:14,319 --> 02:17:17,120
review that that should be revisited and

3069
02:17:17,120 --> 02:17:19,439
followed up on, right? some of the

3070
02:17:19,439 --> 02:17:21,840
action items that that we kind of talked

3071
02:17:21,840 --> 02:17:29,030
about in in adjusting um for instance

3072
02:17:29,040 --> 02:17:31,359
where was it

3073
02:17:31,359 --> 02:17:31,679
um

3074
02:17:31,679 --> 02:17:35,200
>> oh creating a position again for or can

3075
02:17:35,200 --> 02:17:37,040
we have to do that through the charter

3076
02:17:37,040 --> 02:17:37,679
don't we

3077
02:17:37,679 --> 02:17:39,920
>> right I mean but like the committee work

3078
02:17:39,920 --> 02:17:41,120
following up with the committees and

3079
02:17:41,120 --> 02:17:42,719
making a decision about what committees

3080
02:17:42,719 --> 02:17:44,639
we're going to have for the for the

3081
02:17:44,639 --> 02:17:46,719
school year like that should be

3082
02:17:46,719 --> 02:17:50,080
potentially an action item for August of

3083
02:17:50,080 --> 02:17:51,679
who's going to be on what committees and

3084
02:17:51,679 --> 02:17:55,040
what does that look like. Um revisiting

3085
02:17:55,040 --> 02:17:58,160
the proposal and um and preparing for

3086
02:17:58,160 --> 02:18:00,160
the presentation to the state charter

3087
02:18:00,160 --> 02:18:02,160
board will be a part of that August

3088
02:18:02,160 --> 02:18:06,240
agenda. Um reviewing um so the board

3089
02:18:06,240 --> 02:18:08,160
kind of already decided these are the

3090
02:18:08,160 --> 02:18:09,840
monthly meetings, but revisiting that

3091
02:18:09,840 --> 02:18:12,000
now that the school year has started. Um

3092
02:18:12,000 --> 02:18:15,040
making sure that that um agenda carries

3093
02:18:15,040 --> 02:18:19,439
through. um some of these um things that

3094
02:18:19,439 --> 02:18:21,439
we've been putting in the goals for the

3095
02:18:21,439 --> 02:18:24,080
2627 school year. These are our goals.

3096
02:18:24,080 --> 02:18:25,920
So, which of these goals is most

3097
02:18:25,920 --> 02:18:29,439
relevant to revisit in August and make

3098
02:18:29,439 --> 02:18:31,760
sure that we are hitting that goal? Does

3099
02:18:31,760 --> 02:18:35,509
that make sense?

3100
02:18:35,519 --> 02:18:38,240
» I just I'm getting too tired to think

3101
02:18:38,240 --> 02:18:40,880
here actually. We've got we got to Can

3102
02:18:40,880 --> 02:18:42,719
you help us put those in? If you think

3103
02:18:42,719 --> 02:18:44,399
there are some that we should put in,

3104
02:18:44,399 --> 02:18:47,519
can you help us list or write those in?

3105
02:18:47,519 --> 02:18:49,280
Have you have you written some of those,

3106
02:18:49,280 --> 02:18:50,080
Sarah?

3107
02:18:50,080 --> 02:18:52,160
>> I'm putting a few in. I was also going

3108
02:18:52,160 --> 02:18:54,319
to say I think we should have a moment

3109
02:18:54,319 --> 02:18:56,479
and kind of think about what we can do.

3110
02:18:56,479 --> 02:18:59,439
For example, I can go on Facebook and

3111
02:18:59,439 --> 02:19:01,679
make a post asking for someone to help

3112
02:19:01,679 --> 02:19:04,639
with marketing. Um, I do think we should

3113
02:19:04,639 --> 02:19:08,160
have a conversation about that. Um, but

3114
02:19:08,160 --> 02:19:10,319
with Carol losing a lot of her

3115
02:19:10,319 --> 02:19:12,319
administration team, we're going to have

3116
02:19:12,319 --> 02:19:14,319
to step up

3117
02:19:14,319 --> 02:19:16,800
uh and do

3118
02:19:16,800 --> 02:19:18,160
>> that's a discussion for that August

3119
02:19:18,160 --> 02:19:20,399
meeting of like what tasks and

3120
02:19:20,399 --> 02:19:21,920
assignments, what committees we're

3121
02:19:21,920 --> 02:19:23,679
actually going to put together and how

3122
02:19:23,679 --> 02:19:26,319
the board can work with those committees

3123
02:19:26,319 --> 02:19:30,160
um to to get that work done. Um, I think

3124
02:19:30,160 --> 02:19:32,880
you talking specifically about which po

3125
02:19:32,880 --> 02:19:35,519
I I I don't know that sending out a post

3126
02:19:35,519 --> 02:19:37,359
today because we talked about we're

3127
02:19:37,359 --> 02:19:39,599
going to ask for new help, but crafting

3128
02:19:39,599 --> 02:19:43,840
those um either in committees or

3129
02:19:43,840 --> 02:19:45,359
discussing that and making a decision in

3130
02:19:45,359 --> 02:19:48,720
the board meeting of of giving that

3131
02:19:48,720 --> 02:19:49,840
specifically.

3132
02:19:49,840 --> 02:19:53,990
>> I like that idea.

3133
02:19:54,000 --> 02:19:55,920
» I think things will sleep between now

3134
02:19:55,920 --> 02:19:57,852
and October.

3135
02:19:57,852 --> 02:19:58,720
>> [laughter]

3136
02:19:58,720 --> 02:20:00,640
>> and and then we can come back with with

3137
02:20:00,640 --> 02:20:03,439
fresh eyes and um not that we're not

3138
02:20:03,439 --> 02:20:06,080
doing anything in July, but letting it

3139
02:20:06,080 --> 02:20:08,000
take the time that it needs um to be

3140
02:20:08,000 --> 02:20:11,200
able to make good informed decisions.

3141
02:20:11,200 --> 02:20:20,070
>> Yeah.

3142
02:20:20,080 --> 02:20:27,990
» Okay.

3143
02:20:28,000 --> 02:20:30,479
I think I think we're here. Reminder of

3144
02:20:30,479 --> 02:20:32,399
the next meeting and the German.

3145
02:20:32,399 --> 02:20:35,359
>> Yes. Let's read our let me read out loud

3146
02:20:35,359 --> 02:20:38,479
the uh the uh verse for our closing

3147
02:20:38,479 --> 02:20:40,640
verse and then we'll make a motion to

3148
02:20:40,640 --> 02:20:44,160
assure. A healthy social life is found

3149
02:20:44,160 --> 02:20:46,560
only when in the mirror of each soul the

3150
02:20:46,560 --> 02:20:49,439
whole community finds its reflection and

3151
02:20:49,439 --> 02:20:51,439
when in the whole community the virtue

3152
02:20:51,439 --> 02:20:55,600
of each one is living. Rudolph Steiner

3153
02:20:55,600 --> 02:20:58,000
is there someone who tonight who could

3154
02:20:58,000 --> 02:21:01,600
make a motion to adjourn our meeting.

3155
02:21:01,600 --> 02:21:04,240
I make a motion to adjourn our meeting

3156
02:21:04,240 --> 02:21:05,040
tonight.

3157
02:21:05,040 --> 02:21:06,560
>> Is there someone [clears throat]

3158
02:21:06,560 --> 02:21:07,280
that motion?

3159
02:21:07,280 --> 02:21:08,720
>> Thank you, Sarah, for putting your name

3160
02:21:08,720 --> 02:21:11,040
in already.

3161
02:21:11,040 --> 02:21:15,760
Okay. And um so let's do a um let's do

3162
02:21:15,760 --> 02:21:17,600
the vote with the members that are left

3163
02:21:17,600 --> 02:21:22,160
for our meeting to adjourn. Um if you

3164
02:21:22,160 --> 02:21:24,960
can um raise your hand if you're in

3165
02:21:24,960 --> 02:21:26,640
agreement to adjourn the meeting

3166
02:21:26,640 --> 02:21:28,640
tonight.

3167
02:21:28,640 --> 02:21:32,960
That's Susan and Sarah and Marta and

3168
02:21:32,960 --> 02:21:35,439
Christian

3169
02:21:35,439 --> 02:21:37,280
Carrie

3170
02:21:37,280 --> 02:21:42,080
and and then that vote has that is the

3171
02:21:42,080 --> 02:21:44,240
out the outcome is positive for our vote

3172
02:21:44,240 --> 02:21:46,160
to adjourn the meeting tonight. Thank

3173
02:21:46,160 --> 02:21:48,640
you all for being here and for all the

3174
02:21:48,640 --> 02:21:51,359
work that you've done. And I do want to

3175
02:21:51,359 --> 02:21:53,840
I do we do look forward to little

3176
02:21:53,840 --> 02:21:56,000
updates from Carol about how things are

3177
02:21:56,000 --> 02:21:58,160
going if she could send us those those

3178
02:21:58,160 --> 02:22:00,319
updates.

3179
02:22:00,319 --> 02:22:02,479
And you're all wonderful. I hope we can

3180
02:22:02,479 --> 02:22:05,280
work things through this summer and have

3181
02:22:05,280 --> 02:22:07,200
a plan. Have a

3182
02:22:07,200 --> 02:22:09,600
>> good evening everyone. We'll see you

3183
02:22:09,600 --> 02:22:12,600
then.