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Educating, informing, serving. FACT TV, keeping government honest.

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You are watching a FACT TV presentation of the Belleau Falls Union High School

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District school board meeting.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the

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Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty

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and justice for all.

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Let's do introductions and let's start on the left-hand side here.

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I'm Paul Hoski. I represent Rockingham.

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Ben Wallace, representing Rockingham.

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Emily Farrens, representing Athens.

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Jamie Storrow, Westminster. Ginger Drissel, Rockingham.

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Chris Hotz, and I represent Rockingham.

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Andy Howe, Superintendent.

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Sean Robinson, interim principal here.

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Elise Manning-Sterling, Westminster.

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Eric Lapide, Energy Efficient Investments.

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June Sawyer, Westminster.

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Mary Hall, representing Grafton.

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And we are at communications and public comment. Oh, I'm sorry, Kim. Yes, sorry.

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Yes. Kim Keith, Rockingham.

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Now we're on communications and public comment.

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Are there any either from virtual participants or anything from folks here?

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Giving folks a little bit of time to negotiate their keyboard, if necessary.

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It looks like our C is-

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Oh, is that a hand right there?

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Oh, that's me.

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I'm sorry. Thank you.

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No, I

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see Kim's on here twice, so I didn't know if Kim needed to be on here.

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Kim, do you need to be on here twice?

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All right, so I'm just going to delete your second one. No, I got you.

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Don't worry about it.

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Well, it appears as though we have none. Adjustments to the agenda.

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There has been a recommendation that we take item

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8D, which is board member Westminster seat update, and move that up

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as the first item under 6. There's no A, B, or C there, so we're just going to call

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it the first item under 6. We'll call that maybe 6A and make approved minutes 6B.

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Yeah.

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Unless there's any concern about that?

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Okay. Any other adjustments to the agenda?

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Hearing none, that now brings us to the agenda item of board member Westminster

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seat update.

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Yeah. So

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Elise Manning has been recommended by

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the Westminster

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school board, and basically the

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way they go, the Westminster school board appoints a member who is

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available, or an empty seat.

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Excuse me. So if there's an empty seat to a union school board,

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folks who are interested turn

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letters of interest in, and then that

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town school board then would make that appointment.

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And so, the school board has made the appointment of Elise to your board

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for the remainder of their time up until the March election.

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So Elise has been appointed. She's taken her oath and all that stuff, so we just

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need you guys all to kind of accept her so she can vote.

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Be there in particular-

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Welcome aboard. Welcome.

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We don't need to take any action.

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No, there's no real action.

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It's kind of like-

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Great to see you here

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... an acknowledgment of why she's here.

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Got you. Well, thank you for volunteering your time to do this.

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I feel very good that we've got a really well-functioning and downright fun group

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of folks to hang out with at least once a month, if not more.

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This month being a more one, but yeah, glad to have you here.

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Thank you.

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You'll have to sing your alma mater song at the very end when we get to public

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comments. But I've given you fair warning on that.

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We are now on to approved minutes. So I'm looking for a single motion to

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approve the minutes from August 10th, August 18th, August 24th,

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and September 3rd, unless there's any individuals here who might be voting against

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the approval. Not that you might have changes, but if any one of those you're

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feeling like you want to vote against, then maybe we need to take them

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individually.

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Hearing no one speaking against any of those, can I have a motion to approve the

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August 10th, August 18th, August 24, and September 3rd minutes?

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So moved.

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We have a motion. Any discussion under the motion? Let's take these one at a time.

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Anyone want to speak to the August 10th minutes?

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Yes. So if you have questions about something that was on-

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Yeah, we're going to take them one at a time.

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And then you can tell us what your maybe recommended changes.

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Well, no, I was just curious as to whether or not we have-- It said

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under 5 for future add WNESU representatives/reports.

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Are we in the wheelhouse of doing that?

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Which particular minutes are you talking about?

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August 10th.

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The August 10th. Okay.

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Do you know, Andy?

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I'm sorry. I apologize.

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No, that's all right.

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What number are you talking about?

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Under 5. It said, "For future add WNESU representatives/reports."

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Are we working on that, or we haven't had the chance yet to do that?

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So your question is, why didn't that make this agenda, if that's what we were

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working on?

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Maybe that's just an edit version.

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Sorry. I got a lot of things going on in my head.

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Oh, sorry.

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I apologize. So

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you're asking me number 5.

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On the-

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... on the August 10th minutes.

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of 11. Sorry, not that yet.

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I don't remember the conversation, but-

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So right here. It says, "For future, add WNESU representative reports,"

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and June is asking-

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... do we want-

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Because we don't come back until-

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... what happens at the SU meetings, and we don't talk about what kind of things

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you might want us to have in mind or ask to have added to that agenda.

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So it seemed like a good idea to make that a regular thing.

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So I apologize if that's something that we forgot.

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That's as simple as an adjustment to the agenda, and then whomever is your

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representative could-

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... give that update.

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So we have half adjustments to the agenda.

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So rather than add it to this one, we are going to be better attentive to that

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moving forward.

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Anything else on August 10th?

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Any concerns or issues there?

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Oh, yes, I do.

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I think this is an Andy question. On August 18th, under 4A,

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Jamie asked about a process to evaluate the interim positions.

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an update on that or if you haven't had time.

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I have not had time to put that together yet. I apologize.

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I can have that for our next meeting.

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I think it's an important and valid point, especially as we noted when we had that

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conversation, that as interim positions,

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we'll be, before we know it, needing to make a decision about each of the

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positions. So the sooner we know how we are going to be informed

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as to your recommendation on that, the better.

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Monday?

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Anything else on the August 18th?

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August 24th minutes.

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That's a pretty quick one.

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September 3rd, where we hired a Spanish teacher.

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Any questions on those minutes?

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I think Sean, was this the one that Sean was going to give us the rest of the

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information on?

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For Spanish? So-

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Or was it the other one?

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No, I think all of them. So we looked back at the packet that was sent out.

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I think the question was the cover letter, which was in the packet that was sent

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And that was the one that was all jumbled, mixed up. There it is.

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let me double-check. So I think there was a question about science, and there was a

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question when we had science about transcripts, stuff like that. Right.

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That all gets submitted to central office. I don't have those with me. Oh, okay.

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And then there was a question about Spanish having, like, a cover letter.

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When we looked at the packet that went out, the top item was the cover letter from

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there. If there were other things to go backtrack, we can. Okay. Nope.

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Anything else on September 3rd?

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That's all then. Any more discussion on the minutes?

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All in favor of approving the minutes as presented, because while there was

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discussion about certain items, there were no recommended changes.

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So approving them as presented, indicate by saying aye or raise your hand.

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I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I don't know if you can hear me, but you just

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got muted.

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Okay, I can't hear you. Yes.

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And I guess- I may... Oh, now I can hear you. Okay. All right. There you go.

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And so the motion carries unanimously from what I can tell.

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All right, moving along.

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Get back to the agenda here.

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Reports, principal's report, follow up.

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And so since we got together last, we've started school, which is crazy to think

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about. Things are rolling along. I'm going to sort of do a 10,000-foot view from

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the report itself and not go word for word.

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If people have specific questions, let me know, and I'm happy to do that.

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I also try to figure out what was enough information and what was too much

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information. So if I missed something, let me know.

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I'm happy to either add lib or come back to it. So just as far as that goes.

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So enrollment about 294 students, plus or minus a couple.

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Those include students who are enrolled in other places.

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We've got kids who go to Vermont Academy sometimes or people who go to tech.

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They're kind of all over the place.

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that's where we're at at the moment.

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Looking through attendance, we've got about 67% of the building is here all watch,

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really more than 95% of the time, with a few more folks who are being here a little

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bit less than that. That includes people who are on things like vacations, so we're

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having conversations early on with families just saying that just, "We hear you.

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You're going to Aruba, and that's super cool.

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But lots of learning time's hard to make up sometimes, actually a few days." So

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we're going to keep kind of attentive watch related to attendance.

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We have a couple of kids we're concerned about.

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We met today to kind of team around them and reach out to families.

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So that's an ongoing part of our process, even in the early days of school.

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We got some updates from the state related to timelines

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for sharing concerns with them if we were to kind of move forward with something

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like truancy. So we're going to take a look at some of those in terms of processes.

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So we're all working kind of collaboratively together for that.

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Are you open to questions as you go? Yeah, totally. It's all good. Oh, sorry.

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No, this has to do with the attendance- Yeah ... the enrollment.

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Do you know off the top of your head if we have any early college students this

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year and- I don't have the numbers, so yes. Okay. It's not a lot. A couple.

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I can get that number for you. Oh, so we do have- Yeah, we have a couple kids who

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are doing that. Okay. Yeah.

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We also have a number of people who are doing VTLC or dual enrollment stuff.

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So there's a lot of, like, people doing lots of cool stuff.

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But well, I know that the early college kids aren't- Yeah ...

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in this total- Yeah ... until spring. Yeah. Let me-- I'll grab that anyway.

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No, that's fine if you think it's two. Yeah, like under five, I think. Yeah.

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So I have a question just about sort of your descriptors of attendance, and I'm

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just wondering whether they are general descriptors or have specific, like, are

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quantitative. So you talk about students achieving steady to excellent, and then

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you later talk about outstanding.

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Are those, like, official categories or are they just- Yeah.

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So they're inside of our tracking system- Okay ... which is called Panorama.

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They actually label it like that based on the number of-- the percentage of days

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that they're in. So those are our- So the best is outstanding. Yeah.

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Next down is excellent, next down is steady? No, it's like concerned.

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Another one underneath of that is like of risk or something to that effect.

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So they're labeled kind of in different categories. Okay.

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In general, like I said, the bulk of the building's here all the time, which is

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great. We're seeing better than 95% for the bulk of the building.

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We've got a few folks who are in the in-between stages, and one of the things that

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we're trying to work on, just as new folks coming into the building, is

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understanding how our systems exist.

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I don't want to call a family who's lagging from a data standpoint saying, "Hey,

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you missed a day of school," when that's a family vacation.

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Or we've had a couple of kids who are already ill.

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We have one student break their leg.

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So we're trying to refine the system before I call you saying, "Hey, we're

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concerned about truancy." And they're like, "We have a broken leg." So we're

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working on some of the kinks, and I'm hoping I can have some comparative data as we

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get kind of further in the year.

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Student behavior, we made a couple of changes related to how we're approaching

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behavior, just for clarity's sake, and helping faculty really understand kind of

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the role they play in terms of consistency, in terms of expectations, and also

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knowing that teenagers need support and they need to learn routines.

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And so how do we help support those systems?

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And we've seen some positive growth there, which has been great.

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And also just communication back and forth with families.

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Our new assistant principal, Andrew Spino, has been really making it a point to

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reach out to family proactively, trying to problem solve and build those dialogues

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and those relationships with people.

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Especially because the kids who pop up, especially as we get closer towards that

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one-month, six-week mark, are kids who have probably historically had a hard time

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in school. And so how do we sort of team with them and work and support them?

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Again, we've really taken a hard look at our process related to check-ins, safety

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plans, and sort of talks.

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And then really just trying to make sure that we are promoting safety and time in

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the classroom, which has been another big theme for us, that time in school is

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important time, and that if you're out of class, that's taken away from something.

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And that's been a little bit tough for some folks because it might be complicated

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for lots of people. But we've really been trying to say, "Okay, if you're out of

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class, how do you pay that time back?" And that, I think, has also shown us in the

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first couple of weeks, some pretty sharp decreases in student behavior as they get

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kind of settled. Yeah. So do we still have the in-school

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suspension room? Because in the past, if you were really rowdy or whatever in your

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classroom, you would get sent down there and continue working on what they were

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working on. Yep. So same idea. So we're calling it student support because the use

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of the space is kind of multipurpose.

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The days of the in-school suspension are pretty over. Mm-hmm.

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So let's suppose you had a tough day in English.

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The teacher gets to a place after they've redirected you a few times and really

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tried to coach you. Today's just not the day for English, and you're really

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impacting the learning of the other 19 kids in the room.

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You're going to need to ask to leave.

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So you'll come down to the office, work with either Mr.

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Spino or myself to talk about, "Hey, what are we doing?

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What's the game plan moving forward?" Students will, in general, spend the rest of

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the period working in student support.

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We have two paraprofessionals who are going to help with work, give you some

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coaching, spend some time with you to go from there.

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And then so long as you're, like, good to go, because most people, it's just a

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blip, right? If you're having a bad day or a bad hour- Yeah ...

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they'll go back out. From there, we'll either look at campaigns and time back,

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whether that's with detention during lunch or after school.

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If safety is a concern or really regulations are a concern, we'll look at ISS being

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like an entire day

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in student support. So we've had that a couple of times so far this year, but

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really saying what's safe, what's appropriate, how do we move from there.

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So that's not our go-to, but if we have to, we have to.

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We just want to make sure kids are safe. Right. Thank you.

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Yeah, Sergeant. All right. So I heard from students that the old zen

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den- Yep ... has been moved somewhere else, and it's no longer like a place where

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somebody can stop and step away. Yeah.

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So I was curious if that's like a permanent thing because I do know that

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over the last couple of years, that was a useful- Yeah ... space.

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So the zen den has gone away. Student support is an opportunity if folks are

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needing a recess space, and we've got kids who have plans related to finding

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alternative location. The problem with the zen den, based on feedback that I got

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from early days, is one, kind of purpose of the office.

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So my understanding is that time in the office at one point turned into sort of a

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social time. And so for some kids, using the zen den space, from my understanding,

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was not allowing the effect. So that was some of the initial feedback that I had

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gotten, and I'm happy to kind of get more feedback related to that.

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Our goal really, though, is to attach when a kid is having a tough time with an

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adult who can support them. And that's really one of the places we're trying to

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figure some of those things out. Working with kids, we're telling them time to take

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breaks, alternative locations to work.

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One of our special educators has

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a background working with kids who have emotional dysregulation stuff, so we've

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been working with Ms. Arrella a whole bunch to help kind of look at those kids as

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well. So we've been trying to figure some of those things out. Thanks. Yeah.

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Okay.

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So behaviors, and again, our hope long term is to be able to report out

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qualitatively and quantitatively numbers.

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Our tracking system has changed a little bit. We went from one program to another.

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Our old program was very qualitative, so I could talk a lot about them

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individually, but it was very hard to pull numbers out of them.

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I tried to end one hand-coding all of them from last year, and there are some

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errors in the data. There's some stuff there that makes me kind of uncomfortable

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sharing beyond the biggest big picture.

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And I don't love comparing that because it's just different than what we're going

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to do. So we'll be able to hopefully share month to month what those look like.

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In terms of instructional leadership stuff, we have nine educators who started this

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year. Folks are settling in, which is wonderful.

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We think we have a really good team full of really positive energy and some good

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folks who are getting supported by our folks who've been here for a long time.

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I think I made the joke about our coordinators having something like 200 years of

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collective experience here at BF together.

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And it is humbling how much they are willing to give of their time, of themselves,

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to their new colleagues, and to each other, and to me, to help get a sense of what

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do we do here, how do we do it, which is amazing.

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Faculty are working on professional goals.

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We need one-on-one to talk through those things.

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So those will be coming out probably starting next week.

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One of the pushes we're having is to really look at SMART goals.

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So, what is going to make sense to you in your professional practice and really

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say, what's the data attached to that? How does that look?

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Where do we move from there? And then again, one that would be,

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and I apologize that that should have been HS, not SH. Sorry.

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You get typing, and your fingers-- You just look at it forever.

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And I did learn fairly early that it is either BF or BFUHS, but it is never

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BFU. That was told to me very early. So I'm mindful of that.

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So again, working

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for the CIP and then for people who are administrators here in the building or

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leaders, one of the things I'd ask them to do is to choose a goal related to a list

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of trust-building activities or trust-building kind of approaches to things, just

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to push their thinking a little bit.

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And so I think that's already spawned some really good conversations for people who

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are leading parts of the team on how do you build trust with people.

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And so one of the ways we're going to look at that is artifacts, because I think in

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our jobs in particular can be hard qualitatively or quantitatively to really pull

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good data. So I'm hoping by the end of the year, for those folks who are in

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leadership roles here in the building or in those weird spots that aren't easily

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supervised, I'll be able to say, "Here are again, 10 artifacts of them doing the

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work that we can then use as a baseline to talk about it from a place." Yeah.

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So do our mentors report directly to us?

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Explain more.

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Well, I was wondering if someone actually sat down

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and had a conversation with the new employees like, "How are you doing?

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Is there anything we could do to help you?" That kind of stuff, and

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often.

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Yeah. So they meet with their mentors.

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The mentors are compensated for their time, so they have a meeting schedule related

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to that. So I'll use the example of our special educators.

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Many of them, we decided to cohort them because there's so many, so they're

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meeting, I think they meet once a month at this point for an hour and change, with

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a mentor to help support those. They're also getting check-ins from the special ed

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team as an example. So I think they're on like an, I want to say every other week

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rotation, maybe every week. I'm meeting with my kind of leadership-y folks.

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We meet every other week, with the folks who are assistant principal, electric, we

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meet every other week, and I'm checking in with faculty pretty regularly to see how

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things are going. And because our mentors are typically the leadership team here,

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we're building our coordinators largely. We're in communication a lot of the time.

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So people are not left to their own devices, which is nice.

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Yeah. Just because in the last two years, it seems like we've had a very high

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turnover.

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So I'd like to rectify that-

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Yeah. My whole-

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-so we don't have any this year.

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My hope is to really spend-- We've talked a lot about, and this isn't deep in here,

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but really talking about how are faculty feeling about being here.

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So there's a faculty engagement committee that's meeting once a month that are

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based with folks who are interested in this work, and they got given pretty orange

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open season to say what would make sense, right?

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And so they had a brainstorming session last month. We're meeting again tomorrow.

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That included everything from insurance surveys to kind of get a sense of things to

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really formalizing some processes about faculty appreciation and also the fun

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stuff. So last year or maybe the year before, they did

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a soup club as an example. I really want to make sure some of those things get

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carried forward. And so that work, when it was sort of pitched to faculty to

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continue, as well as stuff that front office is doing, folks are really excited at

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this prospect of being given time to do those things that feel really good.

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And so our hope is between that work on the culture end and then the work we're

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doing with student behavior, which had been, when I came in, had been sort of an

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avalanche of stuff. My hope is that folks are going to feel good.

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Yeah. Good.

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So we'll see how it goes.

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Which is great. And then, we started working on the value of walkthroughs.

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It is always scary when a new guy comes into your classroom, and it's been

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important to me from the beginning to say, "Hey, not every walkthrough or every

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time I show up is going to be an evaluative part of the process." Just trying to

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get people comfortable. And just being our assistant principal, same deal.

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We're just in classrooms a lot. Seeing what's going on. It's kind of fun.

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And now kids know us, and they're like, "Oh, hey, that's great.

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The principal's walked in." Or what those processes look like.

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And the adults I think are feeling pretty okay.

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We'll start to our formal walkthroughs after I go through everyone's professional

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goals. So people liked they were engaged in that process.

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Back to your point, we have some brand-new teachers who've never had this

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experience, and some of them are already like, "Oh my goodness, what is a formal

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walkthrough?" It's okay. It's all good stuff.

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I'm wondering how they feel about the no walls.

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Oh,

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that's a whole separate meeting about that issue.

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So working through that, and then the other thing I want to throw out is that Zach

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Roberts and Melissa Wyman are working to come into the buildings.

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We're going to do some walkthroughs.

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We're going to do some coaching and some evaluation stuff with them.

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And so they've been working with collaborators and really trying to synergize all

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of our work together, which has been really cool.

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The high school, I'm told, has been siloed for a long time and in a lot of places.

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There's a lot of really positive energy to say, "How do we build together?" And

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we're trying to foster it, so.

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It looks like a company. You might want to have.

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Please. All right. So, we're going to go through SIP a little bit later, I think in

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the agenda. Is that the plan?

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Yeah.

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Okay. I'm going to jump that. Facilities updates.

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We did a facility walkthrough with the NG this morning, or sorry, this afternoon.

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That list is probably more updated than mine. My list was from about a week ago.

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So just some highlights there for folks to review.

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A lot of work at Happy Field recently.

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There's been a lot of removal of stuff outside. Some changes to fencing.

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The parking lot lining is pending. We've had a lot of pending stuff.

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The big thing I wanted to share was the PCB mitigation work has been completed on

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the gym, which is amazing. They will be in tomorrow to do air quality testing, so

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that'll be the next big step. Did we have improved air quality from this?

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We are very confident, but we don't want to be wrong about it, so we'll see how

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that goes.

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Yeah.

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How often do they have to do the rest of the building?

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Three times a year, two times a year?

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So quarterly air testing.

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Okay.

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And depending on how the results go.

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Our hope is that if the results are really pleasantly low, we may be able to

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advocate to go to less frequent.

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Okay.

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We will talk about what happens to the numbers right now. Not when that happens.

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A couple of things just so we want folks to know.

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We're not ready to do a formal pitch of this, but a few things that are we're

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hoping to pitch to the NG. One is a covered walkway to the front of the building,

467
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which has come up a couple of different times.

468
00:26:38,149 --> 00:26:41,508
And then working with Jeff, his perspective on the inside of the building.

469
00:26:42,468 --> 00:26:47,149
The next item on the list is replacing circuit breakers and a bunch of other stuff

470
00:26:47,208 --> 00:26:49,669
here in the building. My hope is to have a formal kind of

471
00:26:51,108 --> 00:26:53,238
workups for those for our next set of meetings.

472
00:26:53,958 --> 00:26:55,788
We just weren't able to get them done with till starting.

473
00:26:56,118 --> 00:26:59,538
But just a warning about what that could be, what it might look like there, have

474
00:26:59,598 --> 00:27:00,589
conversations from there.

475
00:27:01,878 --> 00:27:06,258
So there's that. And then the other-- I'm sorry, I lost my spot there.

476
00:27:06,919 --> 00:27:08,448
I got a couple questions about a few different things.

477
00:27:08,508 --> 00:27:12,408
I just wanted to run through them really quick. There was a question about paint.

478
00:27:12,708 --> 00:27:16,428
There was a paint donation to paint the Happy Field bathroom.

479
00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:19,488
There was, I guess, some miscommunication.

480
00:27:19,578 --> 00:27:21,228
I think this might have been up to two years ago.

481
00:27:21,618 --> 00:27:23,328
My understanding is that the paint

482
00:27:24,558 --> 00:27:29,779
went back to the person who was coordinating the event's house.

483
00:27:30,108 --> 00:27:31,788
We can see about getting those back to the building.

484
00:27:31,908 --> 00:27:33,288
They're just sitting in the basement at the moment.

485
00:27:35,298 --> 00:27:38,268
There was a question about football cards and how all of that stuff works.

486
00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:44,551
Without totally derailing, student activities account is a separate fund that we

487
00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:47,340
get. It's a regular bank account that we oversee.

488
00:27:48,060 --> 00:27:52,500
Student groups or other organizations that fundraise, that money goes into that

489
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,111
account, and then they draw from that account, essentially.

490
00:27:56,821 --> 00:27:59,220
We just moved that account over from one bank to another.

491
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:00,361
I think folks were involved there.

492
00:28:00,750 --> 00:28:03,840
We're currently in the process of shifting our accounting mechanisms to use the

493
00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:06,571
same one that we use for the general fund, because they have a lot of detail.

494
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,650
It's just one-stop shopping, so we're working through some of the audit attached to

495
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,970
that right now, so that folks can know where their budgets are and know where their

496
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:20,220
money is. What are football cards? So it's when if you buy, it's pre-buy, right?

497
00:28:20,250 --> 00:28:21,390
So you're getting a season ticket.

498
00:28:21,810 --> 00:28:23,670
The AA passes.

499
00:28:24,090 --> 00:28:25,260
Got you. Okay.

500
00:28:25,321 --> 00:28:27,450
That's different from the discount football cards.

501
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,220
Sorry, yeah, there's lots of moving parts.

502
00:28:30,630 --> 00:28:32,280
What's discount football cards?

503
00:28:32,370 --> 00:28:34,321
I think that's what I was talking, we were talking to you about.

504
00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:40,351
The discount football cards, Mr. Lockerbie has sold at the beginning of season

505
00:28:40,530 --> 00:28:41,280
for years.

506
00:28:41,430 --> 00:28:41,670
Okay.

507
00:28:41,821 --> 00:28:45,450
Usually, he has like, that's how we bought our first gator.

508
00:28:45,991 --> 00:28:46,440
That's how we-

509
00:28:46,530 --> 00:28:47,611
Those are the ones that go to-

510
00:28:47,970 --> 00:28:47,970
Yes

511
00:28:47,970 --> 00:28:49,620
... discount to local businesses.

512
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:50,370
That's right.

513
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:51,210
Got you. Okay.

514
00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:52,230
AA is for your-

515
00:28:55,801 --> 00:28:59,730
Yeah. Oh, yeah. It winds up being like you get two free or something to that

516
00:28:59,790 --> 00:29:02,640
effect, by paying ahead, or one and a half free.

517
00:29:04,290 --> 00:29:07,470
But so much related pricing. And then, I guess the other question was, again, about

518
00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:11,101
what the student activities fund is and does. It's not local money.

519
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:15,090
It winds up being really student related to the fundraising, essentially.

520
00:29:16,470 --> 00:29:20,970
And the nice part about that is that, classes build money over time, so that when

521
00:29:20,970 --> 00:29:24,120
they get to senior year, they have money to go to King of the Prom versus having to

522
00:29:24,180 --> 00:29:25,111
fundraise all at once.

523
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:30,090
So what procedure is used to get that money out?

524
00:29:30,150 --> 00:29:32,880
And I'm assuming there's a line item for band-

525
00:29:33,361 --> 00:29:33,480
Yeah

526
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:34,620
... auditorium.

527
00:29:34,650 --> 00:29:34,741
Yeah.

528
00:29:34,801 --> 00:29:35,970
Because I know we did some

529
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,080
fundraising for seats in auditorium.

530
00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:44,310
So we're currently doing, we're going through the previous accounting for that

531
00:29:44,370 --> 00:29:47,520
right now. And so once that's done, we'll be able to port out what that's going to

532
00:29:47,551 --> 00:29:51,361
look like. What past experiences look like is a little unclear to me.

533
00:29:52,020 --> 00:29:54,241
Folks will put in requisitions the same way they currently do.

534
00:29:55,230 --> 00:29:57,090
I think it'll just be a little different because we have a checkbook, because

535
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,560
sometimes you need to cut a check.

536
00:29:58,620 --> 00:29:58,741
Right.

537
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,180
So it'll be the same process there.

538
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,840
We're just trying to audit everything to make sure we understand what went where.

539
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:04,710
Okay.

540
00:30:04,770 --> 00:30:06,840
And as we move it all over, just trying to be careful.

541
00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:08,700
So I can speak a little bit more to that.

542
00:30:08,790 --> 00:30:10,801
So

543
00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:15,840
student activities is completely separate from the general fund.

544
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:22,950
The two don't get mixed, and so they also do not live

545
00:30:23,340 --> 00:30:27,330
together. So the monies don't mix. Okay?

546
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,730
So that way they're almost in two separate banks, if you will, two separate

547
00:30:32,790 --> 00:30:33,900
accounts and all that stuff.

548
00:30:35,551 --> 00:30:35,940
And,

549
00:30:37,410 --> 00:30:43,051
what Constance has done is set up the student activities account now very

550
00:30:43,170 --> 00:30:43,710
similar

551
00:30:45,241 --> 00:30:48,330
to how you would set up, though, the general account.

552
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:54,420
So it's very clear that there's a fund line, if you will,

553
00:30:54,900 --> 00:31:00,601
for auditorium seating. There is a fund line for football cards.

554
00:31:00,630 --> 00:31:05,491
There is a fund line for band. There is a fund line for...

555
00:31:05,821 --> 00:31:10,560
And so then if someone, the chess club wants to start a line, they want to raise

556
00:31:10,620 --> 00:31:16,200
money for a specific thing, he can create a line for that, so that when those

557
00:31:16,260 --> 00:31:21,450
dollars come in, it goes specifically to that line.

558
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:26,310
It took a tremendous amount of time on Constance's

559
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:33,690
effort to go back and forensically actually go through the

560
00:31:33,780 --> 00:31:39,601
transaction receipts and extract deposits and whatnot

561
00:31:39,690 --> 00:31:42,900
to figure out where all these things were and put them in the right

562
00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:48,930
fund line. So, I mean, a lot of credit I just want to put forward to Constance to

563
00:31:49,890 --> 00:31:54,720
balance out these books, to get them right so that he knows exactly and can give

564
00:31:55,140 --> 00:31:59,430
Jeff and all these groups accurate accounting for where the things are.

565
00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:01,380
He works for us in business office, right?

566
00:32:01,410 --> 00:32:01,830
Pardon me?

567
00:32:01,950 --> 00:32:02,640
He works for us in-

568
00:32:02,700 --> 00:32:06,571
Yeah, he's the assistant business manager, and he's done a phenomenal job of just

569
00:32:06,601 --> 00:32:09,630
getting it really cleaned up and very clear.

570
00:32:10,321 --> 00:32:14,010
He showed me the work that he'd done the other day, and it's

571
00:32:15,810 --> 00:32:16,560
done really--

572
00:32:19,230 --> 00:32:22,560
I don't want to call it-- It's a simplified fund accounting.

573
00:32:23,460 --> 00:32:29,130
So if you've gone in and signed some of our stuff, it's pretty

574
00:32:29,220 --> 00:32:34,500
complex. This is a simplified version of that, so that it's very clear, so people

575
00:32:34,530 --> 00:32:39,571
can figure it out. And now with two signatories, it'll flow very easily. So.

576
00:32:39,630 --> 00:32:41,340
And that's, we voted on those-

577
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:41,790
Yes

578
00:32:41,790 --> 00:32:42,900
... last meeting.

579
00:32:43,290 --> 00:32:49,230
So I have one question then. So the, whatever it was, $110,000 that

580
00:32:49,290 --> 00:32:54,810
was in our budget, that was co-curricular budget.

581
00:32:55,290 --> 00:32:56,491
So football had

582
00:32:57,180 --> 00:33:02,970
$17,500 to get new

583
00:33:03,030 --> 00:33:06,780
shoes, get new helmets, pay the referees.

584
00:33:07,230 --> 00:33:13,020
Is that included in this account, or does that run through the main budget?

585
00:33:15,330 --> 00:33:16,770
That's for the athletics.

586
00:33:18,060 --> 00:33:19,950
If you want. So, no, there's two different things.

587
00:33:19,980 --> 00:33:23,400
So the co-curricular line inside the high school budget is representing

588
00:33:25,140 --> 00:33:28,500
the funding for like advisors and stuff, right?

589
00:33:28,980 --> 00:33:31,020
So an advisor who might be advising

590
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,530
theater, as an example, or the theater director.

591
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:40,140
So the theater director is compensated out of the line, the high school budget line

592
00:33:40,260 --> 00:33:44,220
related to those things. We wouldn't ask the kids who are fundraising with ticket

593
00:33:44,310 --> 00:33:49,051
sales to fund their own advisor. I mean, philosophically, there's some conversation

594
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:53,430
there, but, yeah, so second stuff like that come out of our local lines rather than

595
00:33:53,491 --> 00:33:54,480
the student activities lines.

596
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:58,260
But, so to recondition football equipment-

597
00:33:58,590 --> 00:33:59,130
So there's the-

598
00:33:59,130 --> 00:34:00,960
... or new helmets, where does that come from?

599
00:34:02,101 --> 00:34:03,210
So it's money that-

600
00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:05,851
We, that the taxpayer appropriated-

601
00:34:05,851 --> 00:34:06,059
You appropriated.

602
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:06,870
That's correct.

603
00:34:06,930 --> 00:34:07,950
From the taxpayers.

604
00:34:08,009 --> 00:34:08,551
Correct.

605
00:34:09,210 --> 00:34:14,971
And for the specific to take care of certain things, that's going to come out of

606
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:15,841
the local budget.

607
00:34:15,900 --> 00:34:16,650
Main budget.

608
00:34:16,710 --> 00:34:17,221
Main budget.

609
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,710
Thank you. That's what-- You answered my question.

610
00:34:21,390 --> 00:34:22,410
Nope. Thank you.

611
00:34:22,890 --> 00:34:26,611
And sometimes, and Rob and I were having a conversation actually today about kind

612
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:27,000
of the

613
00:34:28,801 --> 00:34:33,150
places in which we would might pull student activities funding money for athletics

614
00:34:33,210 --> 00:34:34,530
as an example. So,

615
00:34:35,821 --> 00:34:40,440
if we would like to buy like fun T-shirts or something like that, that might come

616
00:34:40,471 --> 00:34:43,260
out of something from one of those lines as an example.

617
00:34:43,351 --> 00:34:45,060
It just kind of depends on the circumstances.

618
00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:50,910
So the football player of the week shirts, they might come from the activity-

619
00:34:50,940 --> 00:34:53,310
Yeah. Let me double-check that because I don't know.

620
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,060
So there's room inside of the athletics budget for some of those things, not all of

621
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:57,690
those things.

622
00:34:57,780 --> 00:34:58,050
Okay.

623
00:34:58,410 --> 00:35:02,040
The other thing we were talking about is like let's suppose we were to purchase

624
00:35:03,330 --> 00:35:05,221
another gator, right, for football.

625
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,940
They need another gator is a thing that would likely come out of student activities

626
00:35:09,150 --> 00:35:11,880
funds rather than local funds, because it's not necessarily a thing that we

627
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,670
would've budgeted for, as an example. Yeah.

628
00:35:15,241 --> 00:35:19,500
So in that student activities fund, there are very specific things that money's

629
00:35:19,530 --> 00:35:23,280
been donated for. So that wouldn't go for a football gator-

630
00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:23,580
It would

631
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:27,750
... let me finish, if it didn't specify for auditorium seating or something else.

632
00:35:28,290 --> 00:35:28,530
Correct.

633
00:35:28,620 --> 00:35:30,480
Great. Thank you. That's what the public wants and needs to know.

634
00:35:30,570 --> 00:35:32,550
Oh, absolutely. Ginger?

635
00:35:32,610 --> 00:35:32,730
Yeah.

636
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:42,090
Okay. I'm thinking about decision-making, authority, and control for the student

637
00:35:42,150 --> 00:35:47,370
activity funds. Is that something that students have the most say in, especially if

638
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:48,690
they're doing all this fundraising?

639
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:54,000
I'm thinking about an instance where students fundraise, and they know that they've

640
00:35:54,030 --> 00:35:58,080
got a good amount, and then somebody else comes in and says, "We really need this

641
00:35:58,110 --> 00:36:02,190
gator, and so we're going to go ahead and take this out of your activity fund."

642
00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:04,980
No, so we wouldn't cross. So they're in a line.

643
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,640
So like if the chess club is raising money, that money is for the chess club,

644
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,000
right? And so if that builds over multiple years, at the end of the day, it's going

645
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,180
to be the chess club, their advisor, and then ultimately me signing off on the

646
00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:19,590
appropriation related to the chess club's monies, right?

647
00:36:20,340 --> 00:36:22,830
The athletic stuff for

648
00:36:24,540 --> 00:36:28,620
gate sales, as an example, is a whole separate account inside of this stuff.

649
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:33,210
So that is a conversation with Rob and I, and depending on the circumstances, the

650
00:36:33,241 --> 00:36:35,851
athletic, the Cave Council related to athletics.

651
00:36:35,910 --> 00:36:37,830
I'm happy to hear their feedback related to those things.

652
00:36:38,580 --> 00:36:42,450
Places that, again, the biggest ones in most of these in terms of like fundraising

653
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,130
wind up being classes for the most part.

654
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,910
So classes over the course of the year will work with their advisor, with the

655
00:36:47,940 --> 00:36:49,980
understanding of like, yeah, you have to pay for prom, right?

656
00:36:50,010 --> 00:36:54,060
And so the prom committee is going to say, "Hey, we're going to have prom at this

657
00:36:54,930 --> 00:36:59,221
luxury resort." And then we have a conversation about how do we spend the money

658
00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:02,940
that your classes raised. Do you want to spend that amount of money?

659
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,590
You raised $20,000. Do you want to spend all of it on prom? Do you want to get a...

660
00:37:07,620 --> 00:37:09,060
And then having that conversation back.

661
00:37:09,150 --> 00:37:11,880
So the class money that each class raises-

662
00:37:11,940 --> 00:37:11,940
Yep

663
00:37:11,940 --> 00:37:14,070
... goes into that activities fund.

664
00:37:14,130 --> 00:37:14,400
Yeah. Yeah.

665
00:37:15,810 --> 00:37:21,618
So it's not-- I think where you're going, it's not a- What people have thought

666
00:37:21,828 --> 00:37:26,297
or said negatively. It's not a slush fund where it's like, "Hey, I want to buy the

667
00:37:26,328 --> 00:37:30,138
whole faculty coffee today. I'm going to go out and buy coffee for the faculty

668
00:37:30,199 --> 00:37:36,048
today." It's not. The principal or someone does not have access to it for

669
00:37:36,108 --> 00:37:36,949
that purpose.

670
00:37:37,308 --> 00:37:38,088
Right.

671
00:37:39,378 --> 00:37:41,568
They are specific lines that people have

672
00:37:43,938 --> 00:37:49,578
fundraised, or money's been appropriated for specific purposes that have to be

673
00:37:49,668 --> 00:37:54,078
then justified for why you're spending money in those specific areas.

674
00:37:54,558 --> 00:37:58,818
Okay. So my understanding is that depending on the line, depends on who has the

675
00:37:58,878 --> 00:38:03,408
authority for making decisions about how to spend it. Right.

676
00:38:03,648 --> 00:38:08,148
If it's the chess club line, it's probably going to be more student-heavy on

677
00:38:08,208 --> 00:38:09,828
deciding how to spend that money.

678
00:38:10,158 --> 00:38:10,158
Yeah.

679
00:38:10,248 --> 00:38:16,158
If it's the athletics line, then it falls more to athletic director

680
00:38:16,338 --> 00:38:17,418
and administration.

681
00:38:17,568 --> 00:38:17,568
Yeah.

682
00:38:17,598 --> 00:38:18,438
That's what I'm hearing.

683
00:38:18,468 --> 00:38:20,958
But within athletics, there are multiple lines.

684
00:38:21,048 --> 00:38:21,199
Right.

685
00:38:21,258 --> 00:38:22,458
So it's not just one big athletic-

686
00:38:22,488 --> 00:38:23,748
So the simplified piece is-

687
00:38:23,898 --> 00:38:23,898
Yeah

688
00:38:23,898 --> 00:38:26,808
... depending on the line, depends on where that authority lies.

689
00:38:26,838 --> 00:38:31,158
Yeah. And then just philosophically, just real, sort of, my view on the situation

690
00:38:31,188 --> 00:38:34,038
and my name is the one that has to sign off on this stuff, is that this is what

691
00:38:34,068 --> 00:38:37,188
kids are doing for the most part. This is their money.

692
00:38:37,279 --> 00:38:40,488
This is the stuff that they're raising for whatever that purpose is.

693
00:38:40,788 --> 00:38:43,368
And so we're leading the conversation, and it's not my money to spend.

694
00:38:44,058 --> 00:38:47,298
It's not how any of us are approaching that.

695
00:38:47,628 --> 00:38:53,029
So I got a second question, which is, do you feel pretty solid that with this new

696
00:38:53,148 --> 00:38:54,678
format, that

697
00:38:56,449 --> 00:38:57,647
it matches

698
00:38:58,938 --> 00:39:00,978
where the monies should have been?

699
00:39:02,418 --> 00:39:05,358
Because it sounds like it might have been messy before.

700
00:39:06,108 --> 00:39:09,529
So how solid do you feel like you're not going to come across something where the

701
00:39:09,588 --> 00:39:12,588
chess club says... Sorry to pick on the chess club so much.

702
00:39:12,618 --> 00:39:12,949
We won't. That's okay.

703
00:39:12,978 --> 00:39:14,178
But the chess club-

704
00:39:14,238 --> 00:39:17,388
That's okay.

705
00:39:17,748 --> 00:39:22,188
The chess club comes and says, "According to our records, we've got $500."

706
00:39:22,938 --> 00:39:25,548
Yeah. So once the audit's over, so yes, we feel pretty confident about it.

707
00:39:25,578 --> 00:39:29,538
Once the audit's over, I'm going to provide the number that we expect to all of our

708
00:39:29,598 --> 00:39:32,988
advisors to see how that matches up with what they're thinking it is.

709
00:39:33,348 --> 00:39:36,199
We've had this conversation a couple times, and so yes, it's been messy.

710
00:39:36,768 --> 00:39:39,199
It's been exceptionally messy and constant, and it's an enormous amount of work

711
00:39:39,258 --> 00:39:43,218
rebuilding a bank account that transparently should have been our end.

712
00:39:43,908 --> 00:39:44,358
Thank you.

713
00:39:44,418 --> 00:39:44,568
Yeah.

714
00:39:44,628 --> 00:39:47,029
Thank you for all that work and for-

715
00:39:47,478 --> 00:39:51,678
And also just Deb Ayer, who's the administrative assistant for the front office,

716
00:39:53,388 --> 00:39:59,298
was going through boxes looking for hard copies of

717
00:39:59,358 --> 00:40:01,938
stuff to give to Compton because they were missing stuff.

718
00:40:02,029 --> 00:40:06,828
And so she has honed out every closet, cupboard, thing all over this building,

719
00:40:06,918 --> 00:40:08,478
trying to rebuild some of this stuff.

720
00:40:08,568 --> 00:40:08,628
Okay.

721
00:40:08,688 --> 00:40:10,368
And so there's been a lot of work for her, too.

722
00:40:10,788 --> 00:40:14,508
So it's been an ongoing process related to that.

723
00:40:15,348 --> 00:40:17,658
Because it was a lot of money, and we want to make sure that it's all accounted

724
00:40:17,718 --> 00:40:17,928
for.

725
00:40:18,438 --> 00:40:19,728
Okay. Thank you.

726
00:40:19,758 --> 00:40:24,018
Sorry. We're good. And just a couple celebrations. I apologize.

727
00:40:24,078 --> 00:40:25,458
It's taken a little longer than I planned.

728
00:40:26,688 --> 00:40:29,178
We had a great opening this winter, things were really fun.

729
00:40:29,779 --> 00:40:34,398
We're working on an opening video, which was a challenge that central office gave

730
00:40:34,427 --> 00:40:38,058
to all the schools, so that should be done hopefully this week, which would be

731
00:40:38,088 --> 00:40:41,658
great. Facilities have been doing just amazing things here in the building.

732
00:40:42,078 --> 00:40:44,688
A colleague of mine from another school district was walking in on Friday.

733
00:40:45,199 --> 00:40:49,248
The first words out of her mouth were, "Wow, what an amazing looking school." Which

734
00:40:49,308 --> 00:40:54,738
was cool. Who was someone who'd never been here before, and not one to give praise.

735
00:40:55,818 --> 00:40:57,618
Front office team is very, very green.

736
00:40:58,038 --> 00:41:03,768
Folks have really been at it, just up and about and doing the work, and it's so

737
00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:09,078
humbling and exciting to see. Also, all the new people just being welcomed and the

738
00:41:09,138 --> 00:41:12,708
patience when we're like, "Hey, we don't know how to do X, Y, Z thing.

739
00:41:12,768 --> 00:41:15,078
How have we done it here before?" People have just been super helpful.

740
00:41:16,608 --> 00:41:20,988
It was great. And then the last thing, open house is coming back October 1st, 5:00

741
00:41:21,018 --> 00:41:26,178
to 7:00. One big change is that we are having nonprofits who work with our school

742
00:41:26,238 --> 00:41:30,378
here in the building tabling. So we have currently 15 people who are 15 different

743
00:41:30,408 --> 00:41:33,858
organizations that'll be tabling that night out in the front hall so that people

744
00:41:33,918 --> 00:41:36,858
can meet and see the people that we work with, reach out to them, talk to them,

745
00:41:36,918 --> 00:41:39,918
which is super fun. The pep band will do a performance.

746
00:41:40,788 --> 00:41:43,998
I'll be giving a presentation related to federal funding. It's a requirement.

747
00:41:44,658 --> 00:41:47,058
It is always super fun and exciting.

748
00:41:47,688 --> 00:41:50,238
The senior class is hosting a spaghetti dinner, so if you're looking for some

749
00:41:50,298 --> 00:41:51,708
spaghetti, come down. It's five bucks.

750
00:41:51,768 --> 00:41:55,248
And then, we will conclude with the community homecoming bonfire.

751
00:41:56,178 --> 00:42:01,008
The game plan for that is just we're all on the same page.

752
00:42:01,308 --> 00:42:06,199
The days of it being 85,000 feet high, we're going to try something

753
00:42:07,188 --> 00:42:09,108
normal to start with. We'll see how it goes.

754
00:42:09,498 --> 00:42:12,228
And the pitch is going to be, exactly, it's going to be itty-bitty.

755
00:42:13,608 --> 00:42:14,808
And then,

756
00:42:16,428 --> 00:42:19,068
the whole thing is more of a community event so that you can bring your kids.

757
00:42:19,158 --> 00:42:22,728
It'll be a fun time, rather than wild and crazy high schoolers.

758
00:42:24,318 --> 00:42:27,949
Which we make it anyways. But we're excited, and we appreciate the partnership that

759
00:42:28,038 --> 00:42:31,788
the hospital involved, and we're excited to have it happen.

760
00:42:31,878 --> 00:42:33,618
So more details as we get closer.

761
00:42:33,738 --> 00:42:35,628
You want me to take care of the burn permit?

762
00:42:36,078 --> 00:42:38,988
I think so. Let me check with Robin, see if it's already done.

763
00:42:39,048 --> 00:42:43,818
We've been talking to fire to have them come, and I think that that's all set, but

764
00:42:43,878 --> 00:42:47,568
we will double-check the question of whether or not it dried out or whether the

765
00:42:47,598 --> 00:42:48,258
things are wet or not.

766
00:42:48,258 --> 00:42:48,408
Okay.

767
00:42:48,408 --> 00:42:50,088
But yes, we'll figure that out. But thank you.

768
00:42:50,238 --> 00:42:51,108
You're welcome.

769
00:42:51,138 --> 00:42:52,668
All right. Thank you, Sean.

770
00:42:53,928 --> 00:42:53,958
Yep.

771
00:42:54,018 --> 00:42:58,398
Moving on with the agenda, item 8A. Eric, thank you so much for your patience.

772
00:42:58,938 --> 00:43:03,768
We have an EDI presentation with Eric Lafayette. Andy, you want to introduce him?

773
00:43:03,828 --> 00:43:04,638
Yeah. Just real quick

774
00:43:08,268 --> 00:43:12,978
because we've asked Eric to come on in, and Eric has been going around.

775
00:43:13,068 --> 00:43:15,199
Eric and his crew have been going around to all of our buildings.

776
00:43:16,668 --> 00:43:19,728
And we started last spring, right?

777
00:43:20,178 --> 00:43:20,568
May.

778
00:43:20,958 --> 00:43:23,029
Yeah, May. Going through our buildings and

779
00:43:24,288 --> 00:43:27,288
doing some audits and taking some inventory and whatnot.

780
00:43:27,318 --> 00:43:31,998
And so you all are really one of the last buildings and boards that he's been able

781
00:43:32,029 --> 00:43:35,268
to speak with. But they're with energy

782
00:43:37,458 --> 00:43:42,888
efficient investments, but just some areas where we might be able to save some

783
00:43:42,949 --> 00:43:46,279
dollars and look at some efficiencies.

784
00:43:47,237 --> 00:43:51,647
And I think just on the heels of all the stuff we did with Esser and some stuff

785
00:43:51,678 --> 00:43:57,199
like that, but also where we can maybe move forward, not just as a building or

786
00:43:57,228 --> 00:43:59,868
as a district, but also as an entire FU.

787
00:44:00,018 --> 00:44:00,168
So

788
00:44:01,578 --> 00:44:02,598
Eric, hand it over to Eric.

789
00:44:02,628 --> 00:44:02,628
Thank you.

790
00:44:02,658 --> 00:44:04,878
Thank you, Andy. Appreciate the introduction.

791
00:44:04,938 --> 00:44:08,688
I'm Eric Lafayette from South Burlington, Vermont. Grew up in Burlington.

792
00:44:09,588 --> 00:44:13,068
I was trying to look up to see if I played basketball back here, if you guys do the

793
00:44:13,128 --> 00:44:17,568
preseason high school tournament, or if that was getting it mixed up maybe with

794
00:44:17,628 --> 00:44:22,608
Brattleboro. I think we have a tournament down there. But born and raised here.

795
00:44:22,758 --> 00:44:24,348
We have an office in Williston, Vermont.

796
00:44:24,408 --> 00:44:28,548
We also have an office in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Those are our two main offices.

797
00:44:29,328 --> 00:44:34,279
We specialize in K through 12 schools, municipalities, universities, hospitals.

798
00:44:35,058 --> 00:44:39,529
And what we do is we focus on energy sustainability, renewable energy.

799
00:44:39,618 --> 00:44:43,728
So we audit facilities, we look for energy-saving opportunities, and we come to you

800
00:44:43,788 --> 00:44:48,108
guys with what the potential energy upgrades could potentially be.

801
00:44:48,768 --> 00:44:50,538
We've been in business for 20 years.

802
00:44:51,978 --> 00:44:55,308
Our office in Vermont's been open for about six years now.

803
00:44:55,368 --> 00:45:01,038
I started our office in Vermont. I was working with EDI for probably five

804
00:45:01,098 --> 00:45:05,058
years prior to that, when I was at New England Air Systems doing engineering and

805
00:45:05,088 --> 00:45:09,468
project management. I asked them how they got all this work in the state.

806
00:45:10,098 --> 00:45:14,088
My boss owned it and wouldn't tell me until after like a few years we went out and

807
00:45:14,118 --> 00:45:17,418
golfed. And then he's like, "Oh, there's this energy savings performance

808
00:45:17,478 --> 00:45:21,228
contracting law in the state that allows you to essentially work with school

809
00:45:21,288 --> 00:45:24,708
boards, work with schools to help do energy upgrades." And I was like, "That sounds

810
00:45:24,768 --> 00:45:28,158
great. I can sell that. Get me in on that." So I've been here ever since, and it's

811
00:45:28,188 --> 00:45:31,398
been a great five years. We're up to 17 employees now in the state.

812
00:45:32,358 --> 00:45:34,998
And we have work all throughout the state as well.

813
00:45:36,378 --> 00:45:40,338
We are NAESCO accredited. That's the National Association of Energy Service

814
00:45:40,398 --> 00:45:44,328
Companies. They require quite a bit of paperwork and verifying that we hit our

815
00:45:44,388 --> 00:45:47,808
saving results in order to be accredited and then pay them a bunch of money.

816
00:45:48,199 --> 00:45:52,398
But that does allow us to essentially just say that we stand behind our work, and

817
00:45:52,428 --> 00:45:57,078
we guarantee our energy savings, and we want to build long-term relationships with

818
00:45:57,108 --> 00:45:58,728
all of our customers that we work with.

819
00:45:58,788 --> 00:46:00,858
We don't want to be just in there one year and do something.

820
00:46:01,218 --> 00:46:06,408
A lot of times these energy projects are a continuous improvement as we get-

821
00:46:08,226 --> 00:46:12,756
I'll kind of jump into that. So this is all based around ESPC, the energy savings

822
00:46:12,817 --> 00:46:18,756
performance contracting language in the state that I've gotten really expanded upon

823
00:46:18,817 --> 00:46:22,686
in the last few years with a lot of talks up with the legislature on what the

824
00:46:22,746 --> 00:46:27,756
opportunities could be. But really, the idea is that we leverage the cost savings

825
00:46:29,166 --> 00:46:33,996
towards new equipment, leasing new equipment, bonding it, or paying for it in some

826
00:46:34,026 --> 00:46:37,386
type of way, and then those energy savings help pay for the project.

827
00:46:37,476 --> 00:46:42,126
So a lot of times when we do lighting upgrades, they'll have paybacks in nine, 10,

828
00:46:42,186 --> 00:46:45,966
11, 12 years. They could be even shorter if you just do bulb replacements.

829
00:46:46,836 --> 00:46:50,376
And then you use that energy savings and you finance that project so that it's a

830
00:46:50,406 --> 00:46:54,126
cost-neutral impact to the school district at the end of the day.

831
00:46:54,906 --> 00:46:58,506
This picture, this is a biomass boiler. We do tons of biomass.

832
00:46:58,746 --> 00:47:00,516
This one's actually in Sunapee, New Hampshire.

833
00:47:00,547 --> 00:47:02,946
We did that probably two or three years ago.

834
00:47:05,706 --> 00:47:09,666
Why people work with us and why they continue to work with us is we have no upfront

835
00:47:09,726 --> 00:47:14,106
cost on our work. So we come through, we audit your facilities, we look for

836
00:47:14,136 --> 00:47:17,526
different improvements without charging anything.

837
00:47:18,576 --> 00:47:23,076
We guarantee our energy savings, we improve learning environments, and we

838
00:47:23,376 --> 00:47:25,506
ultimately enhance the facility infrastructure.

839
00:47:26,706 --> 00:47:29,856
Everything that we do, we do our own in-house designs.

840
00:47:29,916 --> 00:47:32,797
We have our own mechanical engineers, electrical engineers.

841
00:47:33,186 --> 00:47:36,396
We work a lot with Van Well Architects as our design firm.

842
00:47:37,506 --> 00:47:41,766
And we turn-key everything. So we do everything from the initial analysis all the

843
00:47:41,797 --> 00:47:44,645
way through procurement. We put stuff out to bid to local bidders.

844
00:47:45,366 --> 00:47:46,866
We provide that site supervision.

845
00:47:47,016 --> 00:47:50,826
We commission it at the end, and we've found that kind of long-term partner for the

846
00:47:50,886 --> 00:47:53,286
schools to make sure that they actually hit their energy savings.

847
00:47:53,886 --> 00:47:58,746
What we find a lot is schools have this hockey stick effect where we start working

848
00:47:58,776 --> 00:48:03,216
with the schools and show all these savings up front, and then within a couple of

849
00:48:03,276 --> 00:48:06,336
years, the building's just operating the way that it always had.

850
00:48:06,396 --> 00:48:10,326
All those energy savings went out the door because people change the way they

851
00:48:10,416 --> 00:48:13,567
utilize their buildings, how things are set. They override.

852
00:48:13,626 --> 00:48:17,256
So we try to provide that long-term relationship where we're actually working with

853
00:48:17,317 --> 00:48:21,636
your facility guys. We do analytics on the back end of the control so that

854
00:48:22,356 --> 00:48:26,047
different pieces of equipment get set outside of their energy zone, and they get

855
00:48:26,106 --> 00:48:29,826
alerted on it, and we work with them to make adjustments to make sure that it gets

856
00:48:29,856 --> 00:48:31,626
set back to the way it's supposed to be rated.

857
00:48:34,116 --> 00:48:35,076
Some of the school districts-

858
00:48:35,256 --> 00:48:36,186
Can we back up just a second?

859
00:48:38,556 --> 00:48:42,396
A quick question. Help me connect the dots on improved learning environment

860
00:48:42,486 --> 00:48:48,336
upgrades. So energy savings lead to better indoor air quality

861
00:48:48,427 --> 00:48:50,256
and more comfortable classroom settings.

862
00:48:51,726 --> 00:48:52,356
Can you help me-

863
00:48:52,927 --> 00:48:55,686
So for instance, we'll do lighting upgrades.

864
00:48:55,956 --> 00:48:56,196
Yeah.

865
00:48:56,256 --> 00:49:00,036
And a lot of times when I'm proposing lighting upgrades, we'll do advanced lighting

866
00:49:00,096 --> 00:49:02,226
features with it. So actually, they'll come in.

867
00:49:02,286 --> 00:49:05,226
You can have a lot of different dimming capabilities.

868
00:49:05,256 --> 00:49:08,346
You can actually change the brightness or the color temperature on these lights.

869
00:49:08,916 --> 00:49:09,036
Sure.

870
00:49:09,096 --> 00:49:12,876
So it actually enhances the-- There's this cool thing I was pitching the other day.

871
00:49:12,906 --> 00:49:17,586
I don't know if they were buying it over at Westminster, but it changes the

872
00:49:17,646 --> 00:49:21,636
brightness of the colors and the temperatures throughout the day to mimic actually

873
00:49:21,696 --> 00:49:25,656
being outside. So in the morning, you start out with cooler temperatures, a

874
00:49:25,746 --> 00:49:31,177
slightly lower light, and then through the day, think 3,000, that yellow light that

875
00:49:31,236 --> 00:49:35,556
you start with, and then through the day, it gets actually more to a clear 4,000,

876
00:49:35,706 --> 00:49:39,576
4,500. And that's actually supposed to bring more energy to the students.

877
00:49:39,666 --> 00:49:44,526
And so that's one way. A lot of times what we're doing, your facility obviously

878
00:49:44,556 --> 00:49:47,226
went through a major SR upgrade, so you guys have all new ventilation.

879
00:49:47,646 --> 00:49:49,656
A lot of schools that we're going into really have-

880
00:49:49,836 --> 00:49:50,166
I got you

881
00:49:50,166 --> 00:49:53,946
... s**t with ventilation. A lot of times we're adding dehumidification to

882
00:49:54,067 --> 00:49:54,876
buildings so that-

883
00:49:55,266 --> 00:49:55,567
Okay

884
00:49:55,567 --> 00:49:56,346
... and that does increase-

885
00:49:56,406 --> 00:50:02,346
So the lighting, is it a sun lamp type thing that you're proposing?

886
00:50:02,916 --> 00:50:07,326
That is one style, yeah, that we do that actually changes the color temperatures

887
00:50:07,386 --> 00:50:11,766
and supposed to help with your circadian rhythm through the morning, which is

888
00:50:11,797 --> 00:50:16,567
really cool. They've actually implemented it at a lot of manufacturing facilities

889
00:50:16,656 --> 00:50:21,156
because I hate to say that, but it actually gives the workers more energy, and they

890
00:50:21,186 --> 00:50:24,936
get more productivity. So they'll actually pay hundreds of thousands for this

891
00:50:24,996 --> 00:50:28,086
lighting because they realize that they actually get more productivity from their

892
00:50:28,116 --> 00:50:31,986
employees from it. So now that we're better grades, better learning.

893
00:50:32,797 --> 00:50:32,886
You're

894
00:50:34,326 --> 00:50:34,506
back.

895
00:50:35,376 --> 00:50:41,317
Yeah. Some of the school districts that we continue to work with, a

896
00:50:41,376 --> 00:50:44,646
lot around here, Springfield School District, we've been working with them for

897
00:50:45,366 --> 00:50:47,736
probably six or seven years. All new ventilation.

898
00:50:47,797 --> 00:50:51,186
We got rid of all the unit ventilators, went with a central ventilation system.

899
00:50:51,786 --> 00:50:53,556
Keene High School, we went with these.

900
00:50:53,586 --> 00:50:59,406
These are anti-bullying bathrooms where there's no-- They're all gender-neutral

901
00:50:59,466 --> 00:51:03,696
single cells, common sinks in the middle, open up to the corridor.

902
00:51:04,776 --> 00:51:07,596
White River Valley, that's actually Sharon.

903
00:51:07,746 --> 00:51:11,646
We just did a big building upgrade over there, building addition and renovation of

904
00:51:11,706 --> 00:51:15,096
their school over there. We just wrapped that up this summer.

905
00:51:15,186 --> 00:51:17,557
It was actually a modular build, which was really cool.

906
00:51:18,756 --> 00:51:23,646
And we put about 7,000 square feet, three classrooms, a library, some circular

907
00:51:23,706 --> 00:51:27,396
stays. Two Rivers, Green Mountain High School, we're wrapping up a boiler

908
00:51:27,456 --> 00:51:31,236
replacement as we speak. We've done ventilation, lighting over there.

909
00:51:31,686 --> 00:51:37,656
Burlington School District, we did a $15 million geothermal elementary school

910
00:51:37,837 --> 00:51:40,566
for them with ESSER funds. That was about two years ago.

911
00:51:41,496 --> 00:51:46,476
Manchester, New Hampshire, we've been working with them for 15 years probably, and

912
00:51:47,047 --> 00:51:50,527
since we've worked with them, I think they were over $4 million in bills, and now

913
00:51:50,557 --> 00:51:52,746
they're just about $2 million in bills.

914
00:51:53,527 --> 00:51:56,916
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Massacoy, we keep naming them.

915
00:51:56,976 --> 00:52:00,516
Barre, Spaulding, Vergennes, Bennington.

916
00:52:00,547 --> 00:52:03,846
We probably work with 15 or 20 different school districts in the state.

917
00:52:06,666 --> 00:52:09,876
How we do our services, we start with our investment grade audit.

918
00:52:10,177 --> 00:52:13,446
So that's what we're going through right now, where we audit the facility.

919
00:52:13,506 --> 00:52:17,106
We look for all the different energy conservation measures that come back to you

920
00:52:17,136 --> 00:52:21,876
guys. We present them. We provide design engineering, so we stamp our own drawings.

921
00:52:22,746 --> 00:52:25,297
Project manage. We go out. We do procurement.

922
00:52:25,356 --> 00:52:28,116
We try to solicit and make bid packages that are

923
00:52:29,976 --> 00:52:31,596
appetizing to local contractors.

924
00:52:31,686 --> 00:52:34,235
I know how important it is to bring local people into your schools.

925
00:52:34,326 --> 00:52:36,366
When we did the Sharon project, I thought it was cool.

926
00:52:36,427 --> 00:52:42,337
It was like 68% of the funds stayed within, like, a 40-mile radius

927
00:52:42,486 --> 00:52:44,466
of the school, which was really cool.

928
00:52:45,726 --> 00:52:49,146
Analytics and commissioning, that's really the post project, making sure things

929
00:52:49,177 --> 00:52:53,136
were set up properly, and then we provide these reports that show the verified

930
00:52:53,196 --> 00:52:53,587
savings.

931
00:52:57,126 --> 00:53:00,576
This is very similar to what you just talked about, but the process, we identify

932
00:53:00,606 --> 00:53:04,927
the opportunities. We review them all with yourselves or facilities committee.

933
00:53:05,736 --> 00:53:07,986
We design it. We procure it. We site manage it.

934
00:53:08,047 --> 00:53:13,716
So it really is a turnkey process from start to finish.

935
00:53:13,777 --> 00:53:16,146
I thought this was cool. Your school is doing really well.

936
00:53:16,446 --> 00:53:20,466
We actually just did some quick energy use index throughout your guys' school

937
00:53:20,527 --> 00:53:24,427
district compared to some of the other schools that we currently work with, and

938
00:53:24,456 --> 00:53:26,916
your guys' high school right now is super efficient.

939
00:53:26,976 --> 00:53:30,966
I think you can tell by how much you spend on fuel oil to heat this building each

940
00:53:31,027 --> 00:53:32,316
year. It's pretty minimal.

941
00:53:32,587 --> 00:53:34,866
Our lighting is still atrocious.

942
00:53:35,226 --> 00:53:36,066
The lighting needs work.

943
00:53:36,096 --> 00:53:37,146
It's very high.

944
00:53:37,536 --> 00:53:41,106
The lighting needs work. So there's opportunities to continue saving it, but I just

945
00:53:41,166 --> 00:53:43,446
wanted to point out that you guys are doing a good job right now.

946
00:53:44,016 --> 00:53:44,616
Perfect.

947
00:53:45,096 --> 00:53:47,226
Westminster, I don't think they were very happy when I showed up.

948
00:53:47,286 --> 00:53:47,527
No.

949
00:53:49,356 --> 00:53:51,036
I know. Now I'm getting my foot from the West-

950
00:53:51,547 --> 00:53:54,036
You would think that they would have taken that.

951
00:53:54,246 --> 00:53:55,476
Yeah. No, the difference is-

952
00:53:55,506 --> 00:53:57,486
Come on, Mr. Get your act together.

953
00:53:57,666 --> 00:54:00,066
I know. So this is the part I just want to clarify.

954
00:54:00,156 --> 00:54:04,656
Just because you use a lot of energy doesn't mean you spend a lot of money on

955
00:54:04,777 --> 00:54:10,266
energy. So green chips are very cheap, but they're not efficient because it takes a

956
00:54:10,297 --> 00:54:16,087
lot of energy to burn a green chip. So it's a little bit misleading in a sense,

957
00:54:17,016 --> 00:54:21,696
in the fact that Westminster, they also have air purifiers in every room, and they

958
00:54:21,726 --> 00:54:25,596
have VRF cooling and other things. So there is some differences.

959
00:54:25,807 --> 00:54:28,746
Not all these buildings have that. So that's going to take higher energy.

960
00:54:29,976 --> 00:54:30,126
Yeah.

961
00:54:31,566 --> 00:54:36,337
I was also told that I may have-- My person who was running my numbers, she said I

962
00:54:36,396 --> 00:54:40,446
may have put this up by about four points too high. They might actually be 78, 75.

963
00:54:41,047 --> 00:54:43,386
This was another one that I was like, "All right."

964
00:54:43,476 --> 00:54:44,616
We appreciate it, by the way.

965
00:54:44,677 --> 00:54:46,356
Speaking to Westminster's defense.

966
00:54:46,416 --> 00:54:49,386
Yeah, I was like, I may have overshot that a little bit.

967
00:54:49,656 --> 00:54:49,807
Okay.

968
00:54:50,196 --> 00:54:51,156
Very nice facility.

969
00:54:52,506 --> 00:54:56,256
Usually, we're targeting 20% to 30% reductions with the schools that we're working

970
00:54:56,286 --> 00:54:57,966
with, and that's usually very achievable.

971
00:54:58,206 --> 00:55:02,496
A lot of times it's a combination of doing lighting, building automation systems,

972
00:55:03,486 --> 00:55:07,656
and making adjustments actually to how you use and utilize your building management

973
00:55:07,716 --> 00:55:08,196
system.

974
00:55:10,272 --> 00:55:14,832
Combining projects, this is one that we do quite a bit, but people will do a

975
00:55:14,892 --> 00:55:17,503
lighting upgrade, say, for a school like this.

976
00:55:17,532 --> 00:55:20,353
It might be a few hundred thousand dollars.

977
00:55:20,623 --> 00:55:24,312
They might have savings within seven, eight, nine, 10 years.

978
00:55:25,123 --> 00:55:29,022
They would then use those savings, stack another project, say, like a bathroom

979
00:55:29,082 --> 00:55:32,322
renovation, and then you can lease that for up to 20 years.

980
00:55:32,772 --> 00:55:34,992
And that doesn't have to go out to voter approval.

981
00:55:35,442 --> 00:55:37,272
That was another thing that got changed in the state.

982
00:55:37,332 --> 00:55:40,962
It was a 10-year lease law, but now they allow up to a 20-year lease law in the

983
00:55:40,992 --> 00:55:46,542
state of Vermont. And then those lease rates are about 1% higher than the cost.

984
00:55:46,542 --> 00:55:47,652
So you can lease a bathroom?

985
00:55:47,712 --> 00:55:49,873
You can lease pretty much anything these days.

986
00:55:51,853 --> 00:55:53,952
But you own it at the end. It's a lease to own.

987
00:55:54,042 --> 00:55:58,811
So the aspect of the state of Vermont is they have appropriation clause.

988
00:55:59,383 --> 00:56:03,312
So essentially, all of the projects that we do have to have this language that

989
00:56:03,402 --> 00:56:08,982
says, at any time, if the school district chooses not to pay for it, it is not

990
00:56:09,042 --> 00:56:14,922
funded, then they're no longer obligated to pay for that item, and they can come

991
00:56:14,952 --> 00:56:15,612
back and revisit.

992
00:56:15,642 --> 00:56:21,402
So the state of Vermont actually has a fund that's non-negotiable

993
00:56:21,462 --> 00:56:24,792
every year that you can actually draw from?

994
00:56:24,942 --> 00:56:25,062
No.

995
00:56:25,842 --> 00:56:26,503
No. That's...

996
00:56:27,012 --> 00:56:28,753
No, I think I may have spoken on that one.

997
00:56:29,292 --> 00:56:33,822
The leasing company, we work with Municipal Leasing Services.

998
00:56:34,123 --> 00:56:34,692
Okay.

999
00:56:34,722 --> 00:56:37,992
They go out throughout the whole country, and they probably reach out to hundreds

1000
00:56:38,022 --> 00:56:42,253
of banks, essentially. The next thing about the projects is that they are

1001
00:56:42,642 --> 00:56:45,792
energy-related, so they get lower rates.

1002
00:56:45,822 --> 00:56:51,732
So typically on stuff you're seeing right now is typical banks, 7%, 7.5%.

1003
00:56:52,123 --> 00:56:54,822
A lot of times we're two points lower than that.

1004
00:56:54,883 --> 00:56:57,642
So usually our lease rates are around 5%.

1005
00:56:57,732 --> 00:57:00,913
Right now they're at 4.85%, somewhere in there.

1006
00:57:02,892 --> 00:57:08,322
And then really the idea is it can help reduce capital project costs, and then

1007
00:57:08,383 --> 00:57:10,782
savings for future work and positive cash flow.

1008
00:57:10,842 --> 00:57:13,003
So one of the things that I used over at--

1009
00:57:14,322 --> 00:57:18,072
when I was presenting in front of the legislature for

1010
00:57:19,633 --> 00:57:23,112
one of their Senate members who's actually on the board at Burlington School

1011
00:57:23,172 --> 00:57:26,322
District. They needed a new roof at Champlain Elementary School.

1012
00:57:27,163 --> 00:57:28,962
The roof was about 700,000.

1013
00:57:30,312 --> 00:57:36,253
They could put about 900,000 of solar panels on that roof and actually have it be

1014
00:57:36,373 --> 00:57:40,392
a cost neutral to the school district over that 20-year period.

1015
00:57:41,952 --> 00:57:45,222
And then there's huge savings obviously once you pay that off because the solar

1016
00:57:45,253 --> 00:57:50,862
panels have like a 0.5-year life expectancy.

1017
00:57:50,892 --> 00:57:55,722
And then we help you guys with financing and rebates. I used to put grants in here.

1018
00:57:55,842 --> 00:57:58,092
Grants aren't as much of a thing anymore.

1019
00:57:58,392 --> 00:58:00,762
We had some really big years a few years ago.

1020
00:58:00,792 --> 00:58:05,142
I think we picked up over a million bucks for White River Valley Supervisory Union.

1021
00:58:06,072 --> 00:58:11,142
The reason, just in general, when it was grant funding, we had a lot of this

1022
00:58:11,232 --> 00:58:14,802
information out. So we're searching for grants and rebates for people.

1023
00:58:14,892 --> 00:58:19,212
So when a grant opportunity comes up, I'm like, "Hey guys, you guys seem like you

1024
00:58:19,242 --> 00:58:23,623
qualify for all these items. We should try to go after this." And we were really

1025
00:58:23,682 --> 00:58:27,642
successful, like I said, at White River and actually Burlington School District.

1026
00:58:28,542 --> 00:58:32,262
Grants have kind of dried up, but right now there are some big federal funds that

1027
00:58:32,292 --> 00:58:35,922
are available for solar projects that wrap up at the end of next year.

1028
00:58:36,853 --> 00:58:42,133
And then Efficiency Vermont is still doing rebate programs for LED lighting, which

1029
00:58:42,192 --> 00:58:45,342
they are saying that they're going to end by the end of this year as well.

1030
00:58:45,883 --> 00:58:49,482
So if we make a commitment by the end of this year, we're grandfathered in-

1031
00:58:49,962 --> 00:58:50,592
Yeah, you would have-

1032
00:58:50,832 --> 00:58:51,312
And do it-

1033
00:58:52,062 --> 00:58:52,692
Next year.

1034
00:58:52,753 --> 00:58:53,142
Okay.

1035
00:58:53,202 --> 00:58:57,883
Yep. So that I'm working on trying to get you guys that incentive agreement right

1036
00:58:57,942 --> 00:58:59,413
now through Efficiency Vermont.

1037
00:59:01,182 --> 00:59:05,112
And I would hope that for the next meeting, I would be coming back to you guys with

1038
00:59:05,172 --> 00:59:08,532
more information on what we found during our audit information.

1039
00:59:09,432 --> 00:59:13,782
And then probably have specific information on the LED lighting, just because that

1040
00:59:13,842 --> 00:59:16,032
program is wrapping up here pretty soon.

1041
00:59:17,142 --> 00:59:21,942
And I presented a couple different options, straight bulb replacement, an advanced

1042
00:59:22,003 --> 00:59:26,952
kind of featured light. And I think the one thing I missed at my last roll was kind

1043
00:59:26,982 --> 00:59:31,302
of that middle tier. I try to get like an A, B, and C for the options.

1044
00:59:31,603 --> 00:59:36,883
Like bulb replacement, great, down and dirty, cheap, paybacks within

1045
00:59:37,452 --> 00:59:40,482
two, three years, maybe even less on some of them.

1046
00:59:41,383 --> 00:59:43,362
But does it get you any additional functionality?

1047
00:59:43,422 --> 00:59:46,242
Does it actually improve the learning environment, and then you're still putting

1048
00:59:46,302 --> 00:59:48,282
it... These fixtures actually look nice.

1049
00:59:48,342 --> 00:59:52,332
This is a double basket two by two light here.

1050
00:59:52,692 --> 00:59:54,972
So these ones actually probably would be a good

1051
00:59:56,772 --> 00:59:58,152
just a straight bulb replacement.

1052
00:59:58,212 --> 01:00:01,812
And actually with the bulbs, you can get some advanced features with it, but it

1053
01:00:01,873 --> 01:00:04,182
does drive the cost up quite a bit as well.

1054
01:00:05,562 --> 01:00:08,112
And then some of the other things, just looking at your facility.

1055
01:00:09,853 --> 01:00:13,182
Some of the things I would bring up is, you guys have a single boiler in the

1056
01:00:13,212 --> 01:00:17,862
building, so there's no redundancy on that system, which is a little bit odd for a

1057
01:00:17,892 --> 01:00:21,853
high school of this size. Typically, there's usually at least two boilers in a

1058
01:00:21,913 --> 01:00:25,212
school of this size. You guys have updated controls.

1059
01:00:25,272 --> 01:00:27,702
You guys have a really nice building envelope here.

1060
01:00:28,182 --> 01:00:33,192
So just thinking of like a low-hanging fruit, you guys have already picked on a lot

1061
01:00:33,253 --> 01:00:36,492
of that stuff. But beyond that, we have a lot of good-

1062
01:00:47,353 --> 01:00:50,712
How do you make the case that something like a bathroom upgrade would be energy

1063
01:00:50,802 --> 01:00:54,913
efficient? I could say maybe toilets, low flush, whatever, things like that.

1064
01:00:54,972 --> 01:00:57,913
But what are the-- Like a remodel. How do you make a case that that-

1065
01:00:57,913 --> 01:00:59,892
They don't all pay for themselves. That's the thing.

1066
01:01:00,042 --> 01:01:00,103
Yeah.

1067
01:01:00,103 --> 01:01:05,112
Because at the end of the day, so we will go through and when we do the bathrooms,

1068
01:01:05,172 --> 01:01:10,092
we'll try to pick efficient low-flow fixtures as long as you guys have the right

1069
01:01:10,182 --> 01:01:13,633
infrastructure around it, so we're not creating clogs in your drains down the line.

1070
01:01:14,742 --> 01:01:18,942
Making sure that the ventilation system is sequenced properly and balanced properly

1071
01:01:19,003 --> 01:01:22,842
in the space. LED lighting. Is it going to pay for itself? No.

1072
01:01:23,082 --> 01:01:27,822
But we do a ton of work with different schools in all three states.

1073
01:01:27,883 --> 01:01:31,362
I think we have a really good understanding of what these projects cost.

1074
01:01:31,812 --> 01:01:36,011
And then we had a lot of success doing these like summer slammers and getting our

1075
01:01:36,072 --> 01:01:39,822
projects done. So that's usually why people will continue to work with us.

1076
01:01:41,292 --> 01:01:45,762
And we do open book pricing too. So, we'll sit down with you guys, we'll review.

1077
01:01:46,302 --> 01:01:50,383
And everything that impacts, right, the cost is the schedule and

1078
01:01:52,242 --> 01:01:56,682
what kind of finishes you go with. So we work-- A lot of times when we're working

1079
01:01:56,712 --> 01:02:01,032
with Banwell, it's kind of like a design assist process where they send me the

1080
01:02:01,062 --> 01:02:04,932
design, I go through and mark up all the things that are-- I would want to see

1081
01:02:04,992 --> 01:02:10,003
changed or are wrong potentially in it, and then trying to come up with the best

1082
01:02:10,062 --> 01:02:13,212
solution for you guys at the end of the day would be the goal.

1083
01:02:14,532 --> 01:02:20,383
So a building this size, the picture of the bathrooms there, we would only need two

1084
01:02:21,672 --> 01:02:24,853
for the whole school? Because that looks like a locker room size-

1085
01:02:25,212 --> 01:02:25,392
Yeah

1086
01:02:25,633 --> 01:02:26,232
... bathroom.

1087
01:02:26,292 --> 01:02:31,482
So this was originally two game-style bathrooms of boys and girls.

1088
01:02:32,442 --> 01:02:35,532
And they-- Typically, when you look at these buildings,

1089
01:02:37,392 --> 01:02:40,992
they're already at the cusp of the number of fixtures that you have in the

1090
01:02:41,052 --> 01:02:45,222
building. So actually eliminating toilets is very tough from a code standpoint.

1091
01:02:46,092 --> 01:02:51,432
A lot of times what we're doing is we're creating some type of ADA stall, and then

1092
01:02:51,432 --> 01:02:55,603
we're matching the number of toilets or urinals that they had, and we're just

1093
01:02:55,663 --> 01:03:00,762
giving them individual stalls. In this case, they still kept kind of the men's and

1094
01:03:00,792 --> 01:03:05,982
women's sides. When we went up and did Missisquoi up in Swanton, they were just

1095
01:03:06,012 --> 01:03:09,853
like: "You know what? We just want a bunch of single stalls and common sinks." When

1096
01:03:09,883 --> 01:03:14,922
we're down in Springfield right now at Riverside Middle School, we're doing little

1097
01:03:15,012 --> 01:03:20,532
stalls with sinks inside. I'll give you guys my review on that in a couple weeks.

1098
01:03:20,862 --> 01:03:22,962
So they're very little sinks.

1099
01:03:23,052 --> 01:03:23,472
Okay.

1100
01:03:23,532 --> 01:03:26,052
I was trying to explain it to the principal.

1101
01:03:26,142 --> 01:03:28,962
I was like, "So we're going to go in there and we're going to wash our hands in

1102
01:03:28,992 --> 01:03:32,623
these little sinks, and they're not going to get water all over the place." They're

1103
01:03:32,652 --> 01:03:36,702
like, "All right." So those are kind of the process that we work with with schools.

1104
01:03:37,242 --> 01:03:42,492
I'm in there usually like, "Do we really have to tile and epoxy everything?" I have

1105
01:03:43,092 --> 01:03:47,413
nine weeks a lot of times to turn these places over. Those take a lot of time.

1106
01:03:47,472 --> 01:03:49,212
There's not much subset to that.

1107
01:03:50,503 --> 01:03:55,482
So yeah, that's us in a nutshell. And I'm hoping that I'd be coming back in a month

1108
01:03:55,902 --> 01:03:58,123
presenting on LED lighting specifically.

1109
01:03:58,663 --> 01:04:02,742
I think you guys already entered into a solar agreement with somebody recently, so

1110
01:04:02,772 --> 01:04:05,082
I'm going to skip any solar stuff here at the school.

1111
01:04:06,192 --> 01:04:11,503
Probably talk about your guys' boiler systems, generator, electrical service to the

1112
01:04:11,532 --> 01:04:15,883
building. Those are just some of the first items that we picked up on.

1113
01:04:15,942 --> 01:04:19,782
I actually have a proposal to do biomass facility here as well.

1114
01:04:20,832 --> 01:04:24,492
So you'll-- Next time, I think I'll be coming with more actual numbers and that

1115
01:04:24,582 --> 01:04:26,082
energy conservation features.

1116
01:04:26,862 --> 01:04:28,603
So you've already been through the building?

1117
01:04:29,706 --> 01:04:33,906
And you're working on a presentation for us.

1118
01:04:34,446 --> 01:04:36,636
Will that include estimated costs?

1119
01:04:36,726 --> 01:04:37,057
Yes.

1120
01:04:37,356 --> 01:04:37,626
Okay.

1121
01:04:38,166 --> 01:04:38,376
Just to-

1122
01:04:38,766 --> 01:04:43,087
No? Thanks. Just to be clear, the net metering is the only solar we've entered

1123
01:04:43,146 --> 01:04:47,406
into, so if there are other solar options, but we certainly have an awful lot of

1124
01:04:47,436 --> 01:04:48,066
property.

1125
01:04:48,156 --> 01:04:48,456
Yeah.

1126
01:04:49,206 --> 01:04:49,866
We have three.

1127
01:04:50,976 --> 01:04:55,566
I would say that we would have to take a look at it and see once the net metering

1128
01:04:55,626 --> 01:04:59,677
kind of goes into effect and how much you guys bought in for on it, and then we can

1129
01:04:59,706 --> 01:05:03,396
do an analysis, because what we're doing at a lot of schools is they bought into

1130
01:05:03,456 --> 01:05:08,016
net metering, and then we've been picking up kind of that remaining portion of

1131
01:05:08,047 --> 01:05:10,896
their electric bill with an owned solar array.

1132
01:05:11,166 --> 01:05:11,406
Okay.

1133
01:05:11,886 --> 01:05:12,126
Yeah.

1134
01:05:13,057 --> 01:05:14,736
All right. Thanks so much for your presentation.

1135
01:05:14,766 --> 01:05:18,066
We look forward to hearing the details when you bring them in.

1136
01:05:18,846 --> 01:05:19,536
Great. Thank you, guys.

1137
01:05:19,566 --> 01:05:20,047
You're welcome.

1138
01:05:22,536 --> 01:05:24,126
Andy, when does that array...

1139
01:05:26,886 --> 01:05:27,906
When does it start?

1140
01:05:28,716 --> 01:05:29,436
October.

1141
01:05:29,527 --> 01:05:33,547
Okay. Yeah. All right. That was one of my questions for the other business.

1142
01:05:35,797 --> 01:05:40,746
On to item 8B, adopt school continuous improvement plans.

1143
01:05:40,837 --> 01:05:42,966
I think that puts us back to you, Sean.

1144
01:05:43,087 --> 01:05:46,536
Okay. So I don't know how familiar people are with CIPs.

1145
01:05:46,866 --> 01:05:48,966
Sometimes they're called CIPs, sometimes they're called CIP.

1146
01:05:50,316 --> 01:05:54,186
CIP is two things, which one is an artifact, the other is a lifestyle.

1147
01:05:55,206 --> 01:06:00,427
Continuous improvement is a process in which we set goals, learn goals, and we as a

1148
01:06:00,456 --> 01:06:03,246
district engage people who can CIP work.

1149
01:06:03,696 --> 01:06:07,236
The artifact is the thing to kind of go over today because the state requires us to

1150
01:06:07,297 --> 01:06:11,766
submit one. This is a yearly kind of update of what are your goals for the year,

1151
01:06:11,856 --> 01:06:15,876
where are you going to go with it. It also helps funnel things like federal monies

1152
01:06:15,996 --> 01:06:18,337
if we were to get title funds, which we do.

1153
01:06:19,206 --> 01:06:22,656
And if that continues, they use our CIP to help guide some of that work.

1154
01:06:23,466 --> 01:06:25,326
The format of these have changed a million times.

1155
01:06:25,416 --> 01:06:28,386
Once upon a time, it was just the district, and then it went to buildings and a

1156
01:06:28,416 --> 01:06:32,587
whole bunch of different stuff. So here's where we kind of are for the artifact of

1157
01:06:32,616 --> 01:06:33,036
the CIP.

1158
01:06:34,896 --> 01:06:39,846
Over the course of a year, we do an enormous amount of data analysis, collecting

1159
01:06:39,906 --> 01:06:43,476
feedback from stakeholders. This is stuff that I inherited.

1160
01:06:43,807 --> 01:06:48,186
We'll be starting all of this work again October 1st at the in the past.

1161
01:06:48,246 --> 01:06:52,326
So we'll start this whole cycle again very soon, for the following year.

1162
01:06:53,376 --> 01:06:56,916
So we collect a lot of data. We get a lot of feedback around what are the

1163
01:06:56,946 --> 01:07:00,726
priorities, how are things going, what systems, what needs to be improved.

1164
01:07:02,256 --> 01:07:08,106
If you skip down to page three, this is where the goals are themselves.

1165
01:07:08,706 --> 01:07:12,066
This is a state form. I apologize that it's not a little more user-friendly.

1166
01:07:13,146 --> 01:07:17,076
So our first goal is related. Typically, for most places, you have one literacy

1167
01:07:17,136 --> 01:07:20,076
goal, one math goal, and then typically a behavior or attendance goal.

1168
01:07:20,587 --> 01:07:23,706
That is a very kind of standard operating model for these things.

1169
01:07:24,696 --> 01:07:30,606
So for our math proficiency goal, we're looking at an increase from 40% to

1170
01:07:30,726 --> 01:07:32,286
55% by the end of next spring.

1171
01:07:32,826 --> 01:07:36,186
How did that come-- Why a 7% increase?

1172
01:07:36,277 --> 01:07:36,456
What is-

1173
01:07:36,486 --> 01:07:41,406
We were looking at sort of where has growth happened before. What's a good number?

1174
01:07:41,527 --> 01:07:46,446
What's too high, too low? I don't have enough experience to be able to kind of

1175
01:07:46,476 --> 01:07:50,106
definitively say where the sweet spot is there.

1176
01:07:50,166 --> 01:07:52,506
So we're going to try to set that number to be an achievable goal-

1177
01:07:52,716 --> 01:07:52,866
Okay

1178
01:07:52,927 --> 01:07:55,416
... and work kind of based on where we are.

1179
01:07:55,476 --> 01:07:57,636
Some of this is art, not science, to be totally truthful.

1180
01:07:58,536 --> 01:07:59,436
So that's kind of where we're at.

1181
01:08:00,307 --> 01:08:05,587
So 7% just sort of feels like something we can do.

1182
01:08:05,677 --> 01:08:05,976
Is that-

1183
01:08:06,126 --> 01:08:08,436
Yeah, that's really what we're shooting for.

1184
01:08:08,466 --> 01:08:11,166
We're also looking at folks who are kind of in that in-between stage.

1185
01:08:11,226 --> 01:08:14,196
That's the other place we're going to look, is like folks who are on the cusp.

1186
01:08:14,766 --> 01:08:18,906
There's going to be a number of folks who are deep down under the fifth percentile.

1187
01:08:19,177 --> 01:08:19,297
Okay.

1188
01:08:19,356 --> 01:08:23,677
So those are kids for whom growth is really important, but that actual proficiency

1189
01:08:23,736 --> 01:08:25,356
number is really complicated.

1190
01:08:25,387 --> 01:08:30,156
And does the state look at that? In other words, if you said, "We want to go from

1191
01:08:30,337 --> 01:08:34,087
48 to 49," does the state do that sort of critiquing on this?

1192
01:08:34,177 --> 01:08:34,266
Sure.

1193
01:08:34,297 --> 01:08:35,677
Or is like, "Come on, let's go"

1194
01:08:36,066 --> 01:08:37,087
So potentially.

1195
01:08:37,266 --> 01:08:37,416
Yeah.

1196
01:08:37,446 --> 01:08:40,297
And so the other thing, just for transparency's sake, this process is undergoing

1197
01:08:40,686 --> 01:08:43,326
some change stuff as the state itself changes what it's doing.

1198
01:08:43,716 --> 01:08:47,466
So to be totally truthful, every time you put this in, and this is my, I don't

1199
01:08:47,496 --> 01:08:48,906
know, fourth, fifth CIP, something like that.

1200
01:08:49,356 --> 01:08:50,647
Every single time, they're a little different.

1201
01:08:50,887 --> 01:08:55,236
So the state reviews them hypothetically, and if they're unhappy with them, will

1202
01:08:55,297 --> 01:08:58,236
bounce them back to improve your goals if they don't like it.

1203
01:08:58,297 --> 01:08:58,476
Yeah.

1204
01:09:01,866 --> 01:09:04,236
So, interesting question. And I don't mean that to be sarcastic.

1205
01:09:04,927 --> 01:09:09,307
But I think traditionally, typically what you do when you build a CIP is what is an

1206
01:09:09,696 --> 01:09:10,897
understandable, achievable goal.

1207
01:09:10,956 --> 01:09:11,316
Okay.

1208
01:09:12,096 --> 01:09:13,837
So that we can make steady growth forward.

1209
01:09:13,866 --> 01:09:16,927
And so you look at kind of the, there's in-between numbers, how many folks kind of

1210
01:09:16,986 --> 01:09:20,976
go either way, how do we help buoy those folks up while building better systems

1211
01:09:21,036 --> 01:09:26,826
underneath it, towards sort of this larger goal long term, of improving kind of big

1212
01:09:26,856 --> 01:09:27,246
picture.

1213
01:09:27,576 --> 01:09:27,726
Yeah.

1214
01:09:29,196 --> 01:09:34,776
And so there's that. The next one down is a reading goal.

1215
01:09:35,406 --> 01:09:36,996
Can I ask a quick question about the math goal?

1216
01:09:37,057 --> 01:09:38,076
Yeah, please.

1217
01:09:38,466 --> 01:09:41,587
Do we have it over on the fiscal human and other resources?

1218
01:09:41,647 --> 01:09:44,016
Do we have a district math coordinator/coach?

1219
01:09:44,106 --> 01:09:44,797
Yep. We do.

1220
01:09:44,856 --> 01:09:45,456
Who is that?

1221
01:09:46,776 --> 01:09:47,826
Lily Pipino.

1222
01:09:48,246 --> 01:09:49,446
Okay.

1223
01:09:49,506 --> 01:09:53,376
And we have a half-time interventionist here in the building as part of title

1224
01:09:53,406 --> 01:09:53,887
funding.

1225
01:09:54,307 --> 01:09:54,546
Mm-hmm.

1226
01:09:57,726 --> 01:09:59,406
Sorry, brain fart there for a second.

1227
01:09:59,496 --> 01:10:02,256
Down to the next page, reading goal, very similar.

1228
01:10:02,676 --> 01:10:06,906
Little less, just again, trying to find the number of kids who are in that interim

1229
01:10:06,936 --> 01:10:11,166
kind of number place, where they could go either way from proficient or not.

1230
01:10:11,856 --> 01:10:15,246
So slightly less, but our proficiency numbers weirdly for both math and English are

1231
01:10:15,276 --> 01:10:16,026
the same number.

1232
01:10:16,416 --> 01:10:16,686
Oh, yeah.

1233
01:10:16,776 --> 01:10:18,186
I had to look at that a couple of different times.

1234
01:10:18,336 --> 01:10:19,356
48% was a weird-

1235
01:10:19,566 --> 01:10:19,746
Yeah.

1236
01:10:19,807 --> 01:10:24,906
I thought it was a typo. It's not. So again, same thing here, working with literacy

1237
01:10:25,026 --> 01:10:30,426
support and coaching. We also have a half-time literacy interventionist here in the

1238
01:10:30,456 --> 01:10:36,096
building that's, again, supported by telefunds, which is great. So processes there.

1239
01:10:36,397 --> 01:10:39,096
Both departments, again, for what it's worth, are engaging professional development

1240
01:10:39,156 --> 01:10:41,406
and learning, and support for those kids.

1241
01:10:42,636 --> 01:10:44,856
And then for our third goal is really looking at student behavior.

1242
01:10:46,956 --> 01:10:48,876
10% across all tiers is,

1243
01:10:51,186 --> 01:10:54,186
from my perspective, a pretty reasonable goal. Here's the behavior.

1244
01:10:54,216 --> 01:10:55,926
We're talking about severity of behavior.

1245
01:10:56,736 --> 01:10:59,736
Like I said, our data collection systems are changing a little bit.

1246
01:10:59,826 --> 01:10:59,885
So

1247
01:11:01,866 --> 01:11:04,746
I'm comparing apples and oranges a little bit there with that 10% number, but I

1248
01:11:04,807 --> 01:11:07,086
feel comfortable in that kind of position.

1249
01:11:07,236 --> 01:11:10,446
I would be very surprised if we don't do better than that.

1250
01:11:10,746 --> 01:11:15,216
Professionally, that has been 10% is a very sort of low-hang fruit kind of goal.

1251
01:11:16,386 --> 01:11:17,706
So we'll work through some of those stuff.

1252
01:11:17,946 --> 01:11:20,046
And so 10% is a raw number of-

1253
01:11:20,496 --> 01:11:20,706
Yeah.

1254
01:11:22,086 --> 01:11:22,716
If we had

1255
01:11:24,186 --> 01:11:25,086
20 tier one-

1256
01:11:26,076 --> 01:11:26,226
Yeah

1257
01:11:26,286 --> 01:11:29,106
... issues, we want to improve that by two.

1258
01:11:29,166 --> 01:11:30,696
Yeah. And so again,

1259
01:11:32,226 --> 01:11:35,436
I feel uncomfortable standing 100% by the numbers from last year because there's a

1260
01:11:35,496 --> 01:11:40,086
lot of moving parts, but like roughly 1,600 individual incidents from last

1261
01:11:40,147 --> 01:11:45,876
year-ish. So 10% would be 160 less of them

1262
01:11:45,996 --> 01:11:46,746
across all tiers.

1263
01:11:46,807 --> 01:11:47,136
Okay.

1264
01:11:47,166 --> 01:11:50,376
That's pretty achievable, and I think that's a number that we can capture in a way

1265
01:11:50,406 --> 01:11:51,936
that feels a little more comfortable.

1266
01:11:52,446 --> 01:11:57,066
I will have more texture for us to talk about than that, but from a state reporting

1267
01:11:57,126 --> 01:12:01,086
standpoint, 10% is pretty achievable, I would suspect.

1268
01:12:01,866 --> 01:12:01,956
Okay.

1269
01:12:03,336 --> 01:12:06,906
Sean, do these continuous improvement goals

1270
01:12:08,166 --> 01:12:10,206
represent the

1271
01:12:11,466 --> 01:12:15,397
primary priority for the school for this year?

1272
01:12:15,876 --> 01:12:18,156
So, in some ways, yes, in some ways, no.

1273
01:12:18,216 --> 01:12:21,456
So I think all of these are part of the district's kind of continuous improvement

1274
01:12:21,486 --> 01:12:24,996
process, right? So they're built and pulled out of what we are all kind of

1275
01:12:25,057 --> 01:12:26,466
collectively in the district working on.

1276
01:12:27,096 --> 01:12:32,916
Are these the primary, ultimate foci focuses of every single

1277
01:12:32,976 --> 01:12:36,666
speck of work we do? Probably not. But I think these are indicators saying that the

1278
01:12:36,726 --> 01:12:39,576
work we're doing is the good work, the right work to do.

1279
01:12:40,206 --> 01:12:43,836
My hope is to take kind of these big goals and then really turn them into more

1280
01:12:43,897 --> 01:12:46,596
actionable steps so that we can measure them a little bit more successfully.

1281
01:12:46,656 --> 01:12:49,266
So what exactly are we going to do if we're going to decrease behavior?

1282
01:12:50,106 --> 01:12:51,726
That isn't something the state asks of us.

1283
01:12:51,756 --> 01:12:53,676
That's something that I want to ask of ourselves.

1284
01:12:54,216 --> 01:12:57,786
Yeah. So just to follow up on that.

1285
01:13:00,397 --> 01:13:05,316
So in your principal's report, you focused on attendance

1286
01:13:06,246 --> 01:13:11,976
as a report out, but there's nothing in the continuous improvement plan

1287
01:13:12,036 --> 01:13:16,626
that's focused on attendance. So I'm just wondering if

1288
01:13:18,456 --> 01:13:23,976
we're keeping everything aligned to stay focused on what we see as

1289
01:13:24,426 --> 01:13:25,446
the top priority.

1290
01:13:25,536 --> 01:13:30,546
Right. So, like, attendance is based on the SU's strategic

1291
01:13:30,636 --> 01:13:35,856
plan and goals, which is maintaining 95% attendance.

1292
01:13:36,456 --> 01:13:40,326
So why would that not flow down to the high school's continuous improvement?

1293
01:13:40,416 --> 01:13:42,216
It may, but because-

1294
01:13:43,038 --> 01:13:46,068
Every year. So, the continuous improvement plans are

1295
01:13:47,688 --> 01:13:52,698
what the school is looking at their data, and what they're looking at how they can

1296
01:13:52,758 --> 01:13:58,278
improve. So they may, as a school, choose different

1297
01:13:58,428 --> 01:14:04,098
areas to focus on that they may see as opportunities based on just the current data

1298
01:14:04,128 --> 01:14:09,918
that they have. So they may see, like, "Hey, if we improve

1299
01:14:10,459 --> 01:14:14,148
discipline, that may actually improve attendance,"

1300
01:14:15,799 --> 01:14:18,948
because there's a connection to it.

1301
01:14:18,978 --> 01:14:24,709
They may not explicitly say it here in that plan, but that's their thought process

1302
01:14:24,738 --> 01:14:28,668
behind that. So that is

1303
01:14:29,928 --> 01:14:31,637
part of what they're doing there. So

1304
01:14:34,728 --> 01:14:39,378
again, I wasn't intricately involved in the development of this plan also, like

1305
01:14:39,408 --> 01:14:45,198
when the last year's group did it. But that's how they try to push and pull by

1306
01:14:45,258 --> 01:14:49,668
looking at where are those areas that we need to really focus on for next year that

1307
01:14:49,728 --> 01:14:53,748
we think are really going to attack some current problems.

1308
01:14:54,168 --> 01:14:56,268
And just to piggyback that for clarity's sake.

1309
01:14:56,328 --> 01:14:59,238
So when I came in the building, and so I'm building this plan with about a month

1310
01:14:59,268 --> 01:15:02,418
worth of knowledge related to BF, what are the main things people are talking

1311
01:15:02,418 --> 01:15:03,858
about? People are concerned about behavior.

1312
01:15:04,218 --> 01:15:05,928
That's really the nuts and bolts of this.

1313
01:15:06,228 --> 01:15:09,198
So when we're talking about what are our priorities, right?

1314
01:15:09,228 --> 01:15:11,148
And there are many, many, many, many priorities.

1315
01:15:12,138 --> 01:15:15,318
Behavior support is a pretty straightforward thing that we can accomplish.

1316
01:15:16,188 --> 01:15:19,547
And I think from a low-hanging fruit perspective, I think that's fine.

1317
01:15:19,608 --> 01:15:22,278
We'll keep looking at attendance. We're not going to not look at attendance.

1318
01:15:22,338 --> 01:15:23,988
I'll keep reporting back out on those things.

1319
01:15:24,888 --> 01:15:26,808
But typically, you're picking three goals when you pick.

1320
01:15:27,078 --> 01:15:28,728
And so this could be an attendance goal instead.

1321
01:15:28,938 --> 01:15:29,418
But from

1322
01:15:30,978 --> 01:15:34,878
what I think most folks are feeling on the boots on the ground place, looking at

1323
01:15:34,938 --> 01:15:37,158
behavior is going to be a primary focus for the year.

1324
01:15:39,768 --> 01:15:40,158
June?

1325
01:15:40,878 --> 01:15:44,988
I have two questions. One, don't we have a SIP committee?

1326
01:15:45,468 --> 01:15:45,558
Yeah.

1327
01:15:45,588 --> 01:15:46,218
Are you part of that?

1328
01:15:46,278 --> 01:15:49,668
Yeah. There's a district or a supervisory union SIP committee.

1329
01:15:49,818 --> 01:15:55,308
I am the high school's representative on that committee. We have not met this year.

1330
01:15:55,878 --> 01:15:59,748
Okay. So you didn't have anything to do with making this?

1331
01:15:59,868 --> 01:16:00,198
No.

1332
01:16:00,738 --> 01:16:01,188
Okay.

1333
01:16:01,698 --> 01:16:06,348
And I actually, I don't think there's an SU SIP yet.

1334
01:16:07,668 --> 01:16:08,688
There is an SU SIP.

1335
01:16:08,748 --> 01:16:11,088
There is an SU SIP. Is it the one that we worked on last year?

1336
01:16:11,388 --> 01:16:12,799
And that's in effect this year?

1337
01:16:13,098 --> 01:16:13,549
The two years.

1338
01:16:14,418 --> 01:16:19,608
Okay. So this SIP that we're looking at that's specific to the high school, this is

1339
01:16:19,668 --> 01:16:21,378
for this year or next year?

1340
01:16:21,618 --> 01:16:22,878
This is for 2026 and 2027.

1341
01:16:23,358 --> 01:16:24,378
So that's this year-

1342
01:16:24,378 --> 01:16:25,068
This school year, yep

1343
01:16:25,098 --> 01:16:29,538
... this school year. And so hopefully it's pulling from that SIP we worked on,

1344
01:16:29,598 --> 01:16:29,988
although

1345
01:16:31,818 --> 01:16:33,258
it's been a while since I've looked at it.

1346
01:16:33,318 --> 01:16:35,778
The numbers seem less ambitious,

1347
01:16:37,398 --> 01:16:43,128
but I'm not solid on that. And also, the behavior and attendance piece,

1348
01:16:44,358 --> 01:16:46,459
I think we were referring to as social and emotional learning.

1349
01:16:46,488 --> 01:16:52,428
So we seem to have veered into more of a disciplinary kind of language, which

1350
01:16:52,518 --> 01:16:53,928
I'm curious about also.

1351
01:16:55,488 --> 01:16:59,448
Well, I'm going to throw in a little bit of my past experience.

1352
01:16:59,538 --> 01:17:05,088
I think while it may seem like this has a disciplinary focus,

1353
01:17:05,508 --> 01:17:06,528
the reality is,

1354
01:17:08,209 --> 01:17:13,218
as Shawn mentioned, the priority of the building needs to be reflected in the SIP.

1355
01:17:13,818 --> 01:17:18,799
But additionally, the state is really high on things you can measure.

1356
01:17:19,338 --> 01:17:19,549
Yeah.

1357
01:17:19,668 --> 01:17:24,709
And discipline referrals and improving those numbers are easily measured.

1358
01:17:25,368 --> 01:17:25,518
Sure.

1359
01:17:25,518 --> 01:17:28,068
They're also easily sort of

1360
01:17:29,898 --> 01:17:35,568
professional developed around, training folks on new strategies and new

1361
01:17:35,658 --> 01:17:40,459
techniques. So I'm going to say for me, these three goals did not

1362
01:17:41,568 --> 01:17:42,978
catch me by surprise.

1363
01:17:43,218 --> 01:17:46,788
I do want to say that all the social emotional learning things are also data-based

1364
01:17:46,998 --> 01:17:49,038
and part of training and professional development.

1365
01:17:49,098 --> 01:17:49,488
Oh, sure.

1366
01:17:50,538 --> 01:17:51,378
So that's why

1367
01:17:53,028 --> 01:17:54,648
I see a shift is what I'm saying.

1368
01:17:54,709 --> 01:17:54,978
Okay.

1369
01:17:55,008 --> 01:18:00,678
And I see a shift away from what we were discussing as the SU SIP.

1370
01:18:00,948 --> 01:18:04,428
So I just want to put that out there while we're looking at these.

1371
01:18:04,488 --> 01:18:04,638
Mm-hmm.

1372
01:18:06,978 --> 01:18:11,688
And I was curious what in number three, increased secondary student sense of

1373
01:18:11,748 --> 01:18:14,748
engagement. What's that secondary piece mean there?

1374
01:18:14,778 --> 01:18:17,088
Secondary, so second meaning secondary students.

1375
01:18:17,178 --> 01:18:18,709
Secondary, as in high school?

1376
01:18:18,799 --> 01:18:19,368
Yeah.

1377
01:18:19,459 --> 01:18:19,818
Okay.

1378
01:18:19,938 --> 01:18:24,018
Absolutely. So one of the things we do, which will be another data point, is send

1379
01:18:24,049 --> 01:18:26,988
out a survey. We're working on doing that, I think next week or the week after.

1380
01:18:27,378 --> 01:18:29,508
We do panoramic for everyone. We're doing it earlier this year.

1381
01:18:29,508 --> 01:18:30,828
We're going to do it hopefully twice this year.

1382
01:18:31,428 --> 01:18:31,698
How are

1383
01:18:33,168 --> 01:18:35,838
folks feeling like in the building? How are students feeling engaged?

1384
01:18:36,498 --> 01:18:39,588
We have a faculty committee who's working on student engagement and belonging,

1385
01:18:39,678 --> 01:18:39,978
sorry.

1386
01:18:40,908 --> 01:18:41,868
Everything actually.

1387
01:18:41,988 --> 01:18:45,018
You guys look at it, I'm trying. Student engagement and belonging, and really

1388
01:18:45,049 --> 01:18:49,488
making that one of our focuses. And so, one of the other places we'll be working,

1389
01:18:50,088 --> 01:18:53,478
and again, the work that we do versus the set of artifact are slightly different.

1390
01:18:54,468 --> 01:18:56,988
We're starting student forums next week.

1391
01:18:57,078 --> 01:19:02,118
So once a month we'll take a topic that is of interest to kids, find the adults who

1392
01:19:02,148 --> 01:19:07,218
are most related to that situation or that topic, and then get us into a circle to

1393
01:19:07,248 --> 01:19:10,788
talk about it. So I think we're going to start off with like opening days, how you

1394
01:19:10,818 --> 01:19:14,088
feel at school. The following month talking about lunch, the next one student

1395
01:19:14,148 --> 01:19:17,178
activities, stuff like that. So we're trying to engage kids on multiple levels.

1396
01:19:18,049 --> 01:19:19,638
I had a question. Oh, sorry.

1397
01:19:19,998 --> 01:19:21,078
No, sorry. I had to.

1398
01:19:21,138 --> 01:19:21,468
You go.

1399
01:19:21,528 --> 01:19:24,768
No, you were on a roll, so you go, and I'll ask later.

1400
01:19:24,888 --> 01:19:29,718
Okay. Floor is mine. Also, I heard you say the feedback that you're getting.

1401
01:19:30,588 --> 01:19:30,588
Yep.

1402
01:19:32,868 --> 01:19:38,118
I'm curious about where you're drawing that feedback from because it sounds very

1403
01:19:39,228 --> 01:19:40,368
authority related.

1404
01:19:40,428 --> 01:19:40,848
Sure.

1405
01:19:41,628 --> 01:19:45,049
And I think especially when dealing with things like student behavior and things

1406
01:19:45,078 --> 01:19:47,299
like that, it's really important to also get

1407
01:19:48,558 --> 01:19:50,718
student feedback when planning the SIP.

1408
01:19:51,108 --> 01:19:56,178
And I'm nervous about, like, "Hey, what three goals do you pick?" Because this is a

1409
01:19:56,268 --> 01:20:02,238
very data-driven, long-term, and I get it, you've only been here for a short amount

1410
01:20:02,268 --> 01:20:04,338
of time, but you have a lot of people to pull from.

1411
01:20:04,428 --> 01:20:06,948
So I'm wondering who you've been talking to all the way.

1412
01:20:06,978 --> 01:20:12,709
Yeah. So this conversation started early days, beginning with teachers and the

1413
01:20:12,767 --> 01:20:16,398
coordinators. We've gotten feedback from this ran through central office, our

1414
01:20:16,428 --> 01:20:18,228
central office folks to take a look at as well,

1415
01:20:19,908 --> 01:20:21,318
to get positive feedback related to that.

1416
01:20:21,378 --> 01:20:24,978
So this ran through both Deb and Melissa as an example for feedback.

1417
01:20:26,658 --> 01:20:31,248
Ultimately, there are some pieces here where I'm taking data that was built before

1418
01:20:31,308 --> 01:20:33,648
me to build because this thing flew in at the end of September.

1419
01:20:34,788 --> 01:20:35,058
Right.

1420
01:20:36,438 --> 01:20:39,918
And as an artifact in the process, again, this isn't necessarily how I would've

1421
01:20:39,948 --> 01:20:40,998
gone about doing this personally.

1422
01:20:41,088 --> 01:20:43,549
That's why my hope is we start differently this year.

1423
01:20:45,078 --> 01:20:48,709
I think you're picking up some conversations related to kind of authority and

1424
01:20:48,768 --> 01:20:53,508
power. I think the truth of the matter is that 1,600 individual incidents and

1425
01:20:53,598 --> 01:20:58,549
feedback that we've gotten from the kids as well, that truthfully, people have been

1426
01:20:58,608 --> 01:21:00,828
historically very concerned about behavior in the building.

1427
01:21:00,888 --> 01:21:01,518
Mm-hmm.

1428
01:21:01,549 --> 01:21:07,368
And I think coming in here from day one has been this very sort of united front

1429
01:21:07,428 --> 01:21:10,608
from faculty, from students talking about concern related to their peers.

1430
01:21:11,598 --> 01:21:11,868
How do

1431
01:21:13,098 --> 01:21:14,598
we stem the flow there? Sorry.

1432
01:21:15,918 --> 01:21:17,868
How do we-- No, it's all good. No, you were good. Then we move forward.

1433
01:21:17,928 --> 01:21:18,888
How do we stem the flow?

1434
01:21:19,098 --> 01:21:20,478
No, go ahead.

1435
01:21:20,538 --> 01:21:23,148
And so truthfully, a lot of our work this year is behavioral based.

1436
01:21:23,209 --> 01:21:23,448
Yeah.

1437
01:21:23,478 --> 01:21:24,078
You know, really-

1438
01:21:24,168 --> 01:21:27,678
You've talked to students. It hasn't just been teachers and central office.

1439
01:21:27,738 --> 01:21:30,468
Yeah. We're talking to kids. We're still trying to figure out exactly what are

1440
01:21:30,498 --> 01:21:33,318
these organizations, what are the organization groups of kids.

1441
01:21:33,678 --> 01:21:37,278
My hope is that now that we've got this RP group coming up from the middle school,

1442
01:21:37,308 --> 01:21:40,338
we'll be able to get some conversations with them, student council as well.

1443
01:21:40,878 --> 01:21:43,578
Really having these sort of dialogues there.

1444
01:21:44,838 --> 01:21:46,998
Those are hopes that we figure out where we go.

1445
01:21:47,508 --> 01:21:52,338
But the other thing is we have to be in a position where people feel safe in the

1446
01:21:52,398 --> 01:21:56,598
building. And truthfully, people have not historically for some time felt safe in

1447
01:21:56,628 --> 01:22:01,818
this building. And we've been working really hard to challenge behavior that's

1448
01:22:01,878 --> 01:22:06,288
unacceptable, support the kids who are engaged in that behavior by learning

1449
01:22:06,378 --> 01:22:12,258
different techniques and skills, more counseling, and with our various staff here

1450
01:22:12,558 --> 01:22:14,628
to get where we're going. We're about three weeks in.

1451
01:22:14,688 --> 01:22:18,078
So that's the end game is to really start talking about how do we as a community

1452
01:22:18,108 --> 01:22:22,308
interact, how do we teach these skills to kids, so that they're more successful.

1453
01:22:22,638 --> 01:22:23,388
Great. Thank you.

1454
01:22:23,448 --> 01:22:23,868
Yeah.

1455
01:22:25,878 --> 01:22:26,508
June.

1456
01:22:27,049 --> 01:22:29,568
So I have a couple questions again.

1457
01:22:30,588 --> 01:22:36,378
So say the state of Vermont, how seriously does the state of Vermont take this?

1458
01:22:36,468 --> 01:22:41,598
Because at the end of the year, I'm sure you have to report back to them where

1459
01:22:41,658 --> 01:22:42,438
we've made out.

1460
01:22:45,228 --> 01:22:47,238
Could they take our funding away?

1461
01:22:47,838 --> 01:22:47,928
No.

1462
01:22:50,328 --> 01:22:51,618
In my experience-

1463
01:22:52,848 --> 01:22:53,748
Uh, not very.

1464
01:22:54,288 --> 01:22:54,678
Okay.

1465
01:22:55,308 --> 01:22:58,848
I think it's a process that's important that we engage in, and I think they wanted

1466
01:22:58,878 --> 01:23:01,728
to engage in that process. If, for instance, we came in at

1467
01:23:02,959 --> 01:23:08,778
5% growth instead of 7% growth, I don't-- Thus far, in my professional experience,

1468
01:23:08,838 --> 01:23:11,748
there hasn't been a whole lot of feedback any which way about it, to be totally

1469
01:23:11,778 --> 01:23:12,198
truthful.

1470
01:23:12,799 --> 01:23:15,709
And my second, it was just clarification.

1471
01:23:15,799 --> 01:23:18,228
You had said that you were working on

1472
01:23:20,238 --> 01:23:23,868
getting a group circle up to discuss different things.

1473
01:23:23,928 --> 01:23:29,118
Yeah. So, we'll do a data cycle or we'll do all this work again.

1474
01:23:29,598 --> 01:23:33,618
And so all of that typically starts with a presentation related to federal funding.

1475
01:23:33,738 --> 01:23:37,638
So that's the 10/1 presentation. You start with that, but you say, "Here's where

1476
01:23:37,668 --> 01:23:39,408
we've spent federal funds for title funds.

1477
01:23:40,098 --> 01:23:42,138
This is what we've done in the building and the district level.

1478
01:23:43,068 --> 01:23:46,338
What are people's thought feedback priorities?" So we'll start there as an open

1479
01:23:46,398 --> 01:23:49,938
forum, then we'll get a committee together and kind of roll that forward through.

1480
01:23:50,568 --> 01:23:53,538
They've shifted the due date for these, so they're due, I believe, June 30th.

1481
01:23:54,168 --> 01:23:59,148
My goal will be to be done by mid-April or early May, something like that, with a

1482
01:24:00,049 --> 01:24:02,388
dead by date of June 1st, hypothetically.

1483
01:24:02,478 --> 01:24:06,198
So my hope is that what we'll be able to do there and what I've, in my experience,

1484
01:24:06,258 --> 01:24:08,658
is we'll hold a meeting to say, "Okay, what are our priorities?

1485
01:24:08,688 --> 01:24:12,138
How does this work?" And then also we'll share data back and forth and say, "Here's

1486
01:24:12,168 --> 01:24:16,698
what our various data points look like," as we sort of set priorities.

1487
01:24:16,968 --> 01:24:17,838
All right. Thank you.

1488
01:24:18,588 --> 01:24:24,288
One thing. So they're due to the state by the end of September, and

1489
01:24:24,738 --> 01:24:27,738
if all of a sudden, let's say, in November,

1490
01:24:29,628 --> 01:24:34,488
Sean notices that we've already decreased student behavior by

1491
01:24:35,508 --> 01:24:36,318
50%.

1492
01:24:38,928 --> 01:24:39,049
Yep.

1493
01:24:41,118 --> 01:24:43,488
We have the ability to adjust the SIP.

1494
01:24:43,818 --> 01:24:43,908
Okay.

1495
01:24:43,938 --> 01:24:46,758
It's a living document. It's continuous improvement.

1496
01:24:46,818 --> 01:24:52,248
So we wouldn't be going like, "Okay, we're right there," and just like, "We got to

1497
01:24:52,368 --> 01:24:54,738
stick there." So the whole point is

1498
01:24:56,028 --> 01:24:59,328
his team is constantly looking at this going, "Hey, we're right there.

1499
01:24:59,538 --> 01:25:01,008
We need to adjust that, and

1500
01:25:02,568 --> 01:25:05,268
let's focus on a new goal now. Because we're already there.

1501
01:25:05,328 --> 01:25:08,748
We'll monitor this, but let's start a new goal." Like, that's continuous

1502
01:25:08,778 --> 01:25:09,198
improvement.

1503
01:25:10,788 --> 01:25:13,008
We don't just say, "Great, we got it.

1504
01:25:13,308 --> 01:25:16,938
We don't have to focus on it anymore." We just keep adjusting.

1505
01:25:17,028 --> 01:25:22,578
So it's a living, breathing document that it's not the old school,

1506
01:25:23,238 --> 01:25:27,618
Chris will appreciate this. We create curriculum and put it up on the shelf and

1507
01:25:27,648 --> 01:25:29,748
just leave it up there and never touch it again, right?

1508
01:25:29,838 --> 01:25:31,608
That's not continuous improvement.

1509
01:25:32,808 --> 01:25:35,058
So we need-- Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. Question?

1510
01:25:35,598 --> 01:25:41,328
Yeah. One more follow-up on kind of the alignment with these high school

1511
01:25:41,808 --> 01:25:47,598
goals and the SU goals. So Sean, I think as principal,

1512
01:25:47,718 --> 01:25:53,268
you made it clear that these are what you see as sort of the important

1513
01:25:53,358 --> 01:25:55,998
goals for the high school. That makes sense.

1514
01:25:57,858 --> 01:26:02,388
So Andy, as superintendent, are you comfortable that if the high school

1515
01:26:03,348 --> 01:26:08,718
achieve these goals, that that will allow the SU

1516
01:26:08,808 --> 01:26:14,268
to achieve its goals? And I guess what I'm looking for is that

1517
01:26:14,868 --> 01:26:20,718
you set the SU goals, and then the different schools need to set goals that

1518
01:26:20,778 --> 01:26:22,098
will support that.

1519
01:26:22,668 --> 01:26:27,768
Yeah. I mean, our SU goals are long-term, like five, seven-year vision-

1520
01:26:28,068 --> 01:26:28,188
Right

1521
01:26:28,428 --> 01:26:32,448
... like goals. I mean, we don't change those goals. Right?

1522
01:26:32,538 --> 01:26:32,718
So,

1523
01:26:33,918 --> 01:26:39,438
and I mean, the building goals have to adjust and live with what the needs of the

1524
01:26:39,498 --> 01:26:42,408
buildings are on a continuous basis, right?

1525
01:26:42,528 --> 01:26:42,678
So,

1526
01:26:44,238 --> 01:26:49,608
they're going to adjust. So, like some of our elementary schools have hit 95%

1527
01:26:49,668 --> 01:26:50,748
attendance all the time.

1528
01:26:54,108 --> 01:26:57,618
They don't have attendance goals at all in their continuous improvement plans.

1529
01:26:57,648 --> 01:27:01,698
And if they do, they got to get them out because they're hitting 95% on a daily

1530
01:27:01,728 --> 01:27:04,549
basis, right? Like, that's normal for them.

1531
01:27:04,788 --> 01:27:05,028
Yeah.

1532
01:27:05,088 --> 01:27:08,658
So they've got other goals in there, right? So they need to have other things.

1533
01:27:08,718 --> 01:27:09,768
So if--

1534
01:27:12,468 --> 01:27:16,938
While attendance is important, and by all means, it's important, right?

1535
01:27:18,078 --> 01:27:23,718
But one of the reasons why attendance is down at the high school, in my opinion, is

1536
01:27:23,778 --> 01:27:27,558
because you've got a lot of kids who are out-of-school suspension.

1537
01:27:28,518 --> 01:27:32,628
Out-of-school suspension leads to is because of behavior.

1538
01:27:33,528 --> 01:27:39,228
And when behavior is impacting kids' ability to access the classroom,

1539
01:27:40,068 --> 01:27:43,008
then that impacts their, you know, that.

1540
01:27:43,278 --> 01:27:46,728
And when kids are now no longer feeling,

1541
01:27:48,108 --> 01:27:50,209
they're getting suspended, right?

1542
01:27:50,478 --> 01:27:54,498
Or they're not feeling comfortable, then they stop going to class.

1543
01:27:54,799 --> 01:27:57,198
When they stop going to class, they fall behind.

1544
01:27:57,558 --> 01:28:01,638
When they fall behind, then they stop coming to school.

1545
01:28:02,328 --> 01:28:02,868
So there's a-

1546
01:28:02,898 --> 01:28:04,038
They get too far behind.

1547
01:28:04,068 --> 01:28:07,428
So they start, you know, like, and then when you have that meeting with them, and

1548
01:28:07,459 --> 01:28:11,718
it's like, "Well, where are you?" "Well, you got a zero in the class right now, and

1549
01:28:11,808 --> 01:28:16,278
if you make up all this work, you can get caught up to a 50."

1550
01:28:17,838 --> 01:28:22,038
And I've heard teachers say that, and it's the reality sometimes of where a kid is.

1551
01:28:22,368 --> 01:28:24,648
And the kid's like, "I got no hope of making it up.

1552
01:28:24,709 --> 01:28:30,108
What's the point of coming to school?" And now you're like, "How am I convincing

1553
01:28:30,168 --> 01:28:36,049
this kid to keep coming to school?" Like, and it's November.

1554
01:28:37,398 --> 01:28:41,478
So let me also just make one point relative to your question, and I'll phrase it

1555
01:28:41,538 --> 01:28:44,868
this way. So first of all, this is a requirement from the state.

1556
01:28:45,858 --> 01:28:47,448
It's a requirement of the state, but it needs to matter.

1557
01:28:47,688 --> 01:28:48,888
It needs to matter at the building level.

1558
01:28:49,308 --> 01:28:52,968
But if at the building level, they have goals A, B, and C,

1559
01:28:54,318 --> 01:29:00,168
and the district has goals A, B, C, and D, there is nothing that precludes the

1560
01:29:00,228 --> 01:29:05,778
high school from working on D along with A, B, and C, even

1561
01:29:05,838 --> 01:29:08,838
though presented to the state are these goals.

1562
01:29:09,108 --> 01:29:09,378
So,

1563
01:29:11,028 --> 01:29:16,398
whether or not these align perfectly with the district goals, it is

1564
01:29:17,897 --> 01:29:22,307
totally reasonable that a building is still going to work on district goals along

1565
01:29:22,368 --> 01:29:25,068
with their own goals. If that helps.

1566
01:29:27,858 --> 01:29:32,928
So as I was saying before, we need a motion to approve this SIP.

1567
01:29:34,998 --> 01:29:35,478
So moved.

1568
01:29:35,898 --> 01:29:39,078
Okay. Yeah, we have a motion to approve the SIP as presented.

1569
01:29:39,468 --> 01:29:43,308
We've had a lot of conversation on this, but we are still open to more conversation

1570
01:29:43,368 --> 01:29:44,928
on this if people have any more questions.

1571
01:29:46,788 --> 01:29:50,238
I have one last super quick question, just about the-- Is the testing switching?

1572
01:29:50,388 --> 01:29:52,549
That's what I understood at that SU meeting, is that-

1573
01:29:52,638 --> 01:29:54,618
Not at the high school level. You are fine.

1574
01:29:54,709 --> 01:29:54,858
Okay.

1575
01:29:54,888 --> 01:29:56,058
So it's still going to be math.

1576
01:29:56,268 --> 01:29:56,358
Yeah.

1577
01:29:56,418 --> 01:29:57,799
Okay. All right. Thank you.

1578
01:30:00,288 --> 01:30:05,778
So hearing no further conversation or questions, all in favor of approving the SIP

1579
01:30:05,928 --> 01:30:08,838
as presented, indicate by saying aye or raising your hands.

1580
01:30:09,138 --> 01:30:09,378
Aye.

1581
01:30:09,408 --> 01:30:09,588
Aye.

1582
01:30:10,278 --> 01:30:10,398
Aye.

1583
01:30:10,459 --> 01:30:11,508
Those opposed.

1584
01:30:13,278 --> 01:30:14,748
And are there any abstentions?

1585
01:30:15,678 --> 01:30:16,188
Abstain.

1586
01:30:16,549 --> 01:30:21,378
We have one abstention, and all the rest are in favor, and so you have an approved

1587
01:30:21,498 --> 01:30:21,768
SIP.

1588
01:30:22,158 --> 01:30:22,428
Thank you.

1589
01:30:24,018 --> 01:30:25,549
And I'll also note,

1590
01:30:27,709 --> 01:30:33,588
I want to note and appreciate the challenging position Sean is in to have a SIP

1591
01:30:33,648 --> 01:30:38,718
ready to go by September. I'm not going to pretend like it probably wasn't being

1592
01:30:38,778 --> 01:30:39,348
worked on

1593
01:30:40,998 --> 01:30:43,788
prior to Sean showing up. But he's still responsible for it.

1594
01:30:43,818 --> 01:30:46,638
It's got to be something that works for him, and he had a very short window of time

1595
01:30:46,668 --> 01:30:47,268
to pull that off.

1596
01:30:49,038 --> 01:30:52,248
And I think he will probably be more comf-- I'm not here to speak for you, Sean,

1597
01:30:52,308 --> 01:30:56,299
because you're sitting here, but I bet you'll be more comfortable with the overall

1598
01:30:56,358 --> 01:30:59,148
process and product when you get to spend a year on it.

1599
01:30:59,209 --> 01:31:01,308
That has been very early conversations.

1600
01:31:01,398 --> 01:31:01,578
Great.

1601
01:31:01,638 --> 01:31:03,858
A lot of data to take in in a short time.

1602
01:31:04,908 --> 01:31:07,488
And that we had plenty others really process.

1603
01:31:07,848 --> 01:31:12,438
And I think the process is the way that I would do it best, and I look forward to

1604
01:31:12,468 --> 01:31:14,868
working with you to have that process here.

1605
01:31:15,799 --> 01:31:19,968
Moving on on the agenda to item nine. We already did a board member.

1606
01:31:20,268 --> 01:31:21,108
Are you coming at least?

1607
01:31:23,598 --> 01:31:27,678
Okay. Old unfinished business. Buildings and grounds update. Dylan, yes.

1608
01:31:27,738 --> 01:31:33,258
A question. Oh, wait, we did. Sorry. Oh, yes. Council on Intentional Tech.

1609
01:31:33,348 --> 01:31:37,068
No, I appreciate that. It was included. You can see the link to that.

1610
01:31:38,598 --> 01:31:43,068
I asked to put that on the agenda because we had an, if you saw, we had an email

1611
01:31:43,098 --> 01:31:47,268
come out from Ricky calling this to our attention. I'm just going to read this.

1612
01:31:47,328 --> 01:31:50,478
There's no action to be taken on this, I don't think, except you can join this.

1613
01:31:50,808 --> 01:31:54,888
The WNESU is seeking high school students, staff, families, board members, and

1614
01:31:54,918 --> 01:31:57,828
community partners to join our Council on Intentional Tech.

1615
01:31:58,068 --> 01:32:02,418
The council's first charge is to help WNESU thoughtfully navigate artificial

1616
01:32:02,478 --> 01:32:05,959
intelligence and identify what our learning community should know, understand, and

1617
01:32:05,988 --> 01:32:10,326
be able to do. Whether AI sparks excitement, concern, curiosity, confusion, or a

1618
01:32:10,356 --> 01:32:14,136
mix of reactions, we want a range of voices and perspective at the table.

1619
01:32:14,557 --> 01:32:17,376
No AI technology or expertise is required.

1620
01:32:17,826 --> 01:32:22,807
Again, this is for your individual action if you so desire.

1621
01:32:22,866 --> 01:32:26,496
It says learn more and apply by Monday, September 21st.

1622
01:32:26,586 --> 01:32:32,136
That is not, by the way, to invite a dialogue, discussion, or debate on AI here.

1623
01:32:32,647 --> 01:32:35,106
This is simply to call it to your attention.

1624
01:32:35,166 --> 01:32:39,246
It's been in the news a lot, and if you are interested in participating,

1625
01:32:40,536 --> 01:32:43,986
let Ricky know on or before September 21st.

1626
01:32:44,226 --> 01:32:46,956
And I fill in, yes, the application.

1627
01:32:48,366 --> 01:32:51,186
So now on to item nine,

1628
01:32:52,566 --> 01:32:54,516
old unfinished business, buildings and grounds update.

1629
01:32:54,576 --> 01:32:57,066
We have a buildings and grounds committee meeting today.

1630
01:32:57,246 --> 01:32:59,976
Sean has already provided some information on that.

1631
01:33:00,036 --> 01:33:03,307
I don't know, Mary, if you want to speak anything about our

1632
01:33:04,986 --> 01:33:05,736
walk around today?

1633
01:33:06,036 --> 01:33:10,956
The most pressing issue is or was the bathrooms at Hadley Fields.

1634
01:33:11,406 --> 01:33:13,446
There was some serious septic concerns.

1635
01:33:13,506 --> 01:33:18,546
They have now merged the girls and the boys into one septic, hopefully temporarily,

1636
01:33:18,816 --> 01:33:20,706
if the town of Westminster-

1637
01:33:21,336 --> 01:33:21,756
Westminster

1638
01:33:21,816 --> 01:33:27,366
... not Rockingham, accepts a proposal, the sewage would flow

1639
01:33:27,666 --> 01:33:32,557
downhill with new piping, it's about 500 feet, into what we have now for the

1640
01:33:32,616 --> 01:33:34,416
building, which is a pumping facility.

1641
01:33:34,956 --> 01:33:38,706
And so there will be costs associated with that, but that might be a good long-term

1642
01:33:38,736 --> 01:33:43,926
plan. And so Jeff Potter is going to be looking into potential people.

1643
01:33:46,686 --> 01:33:47,916
There are other issues.

1644
01:33:50,076 --> 01:34:22,116
Generally.

1645
01:34:22,147 --> 01:34:25,116
So there are cracks showing in our extensive new-

1646
01:34:26,436 --> 01:34:27,636
That's a great name,

1647
01:34:33,456 --> 01:34:33,966
but

1648
01:34:43,506 --> 01:34:46,776
during the

1649
01:34:49,236 --> 01:34:50,706
about the rabid coyote.

1650
01:34:50,856 --> 01:34:50,976
Oh.

1651
01:34:52,776 --> 01:34:52,866
So-

1652
01:34:53,796 --> 01:34:56,706
I don't know if that's a buildings and grounds issue, but it's out like-

1653
01:34:56,766 --> 01:34:58,356
It's on the trail.

1654
01:34:58,476 --> 01:34:59,616
It's on the trails around.

1655
01:34:59,676 --> 01:35:01,176
And it's crossed on high school.

1656
01:35:01,236 --> 01:35:05,616
Yeah, so Fish and Game was here today for like four or five hours.

1657
01:35:05,647 --> 01:35:08,166
There were three of them who were out there looking for things.

1658
01:35:08,226 --> 01:35:09,996
They couldn't find any trace of anything.

1659
01:35:10,897 --> 01:35:16,476
Their belief is that if this is a coyote with rabies, they are likely dead at this

1660
01:35:16,506 --> 01:35:19,897
point. They said that using the field will be okay if we stay close to the building

1661
01:35:19,925 --> 01:35:24,156
and stay off the trails for 48 hours to make sure that the critter has-

1662
01:35:25,566 --> 01:35:25,926
Moved on

1663
01:35:25,986 --> 01:35:27,606
... just moved on. I'm trying to think of one

1664
01:35:29,076 --> 01:35:31,057
way or the other. Yeah, moved on.

1665
01:35:32,076 --> 01:35:35,946
Passed on its disease to another living critter. That doesn't help us.

1666
01:35:36,006 --> 01:35:39,516
Yeah. So that was the recommendation from them. We're in contact with them.

1667
01:35:39,576 --> 01:35:41,466
I'll give them a call in another day or two.

1668
01:35:43,086 --> 01:35:45,816
I think if there's another problem, we'll figure it out from there.

1669
01:35:45,996 --> 01:35:48,126
And the students and staff, they're all aware?

1670
01:35:48,216 --> 01:35:50,766
Yep. Yeah, so we did that this morning to make sure that folks were in the

1671
01:35:50,796 --> 01:35:55,536
building. Jeff Potter was on top of it, and we had a conversation about it with our

1672
01:35:55,626 --> 01:35:57,156
athletic students to keep them off the trails.

1673
01:35:57,516 --> 01:35:58,236
Well, thank you.

1674
01:35:59,046 --> 01:35:59,706
So if I have--

1675
01:36:01,536 --> 01:36:04,506
So someone tested for being rabid or?

1676
01:36:04,566 --> 01:36:08,376
No. So there was several people who ran in, who, I mean, I'm not friends with

1677
01:36:08,406 --> 01:36:13,836
people on Facebook, that had run-ins with this animal on the property.

1678
01:36:14,196 --> 01:36:19,176
So it's somewhere, because it's been beyond the trails around the school.

1679
01:36:19,356 --> 01:36:22,566
Yeah, my understanding is that it might have 40 miles impacting potentially and

1680
01:36:22,566 --> 01:36:25,266
then also going after, in particular, people who are walking their pets.

1681
01:36:26,106 --> 01:36:29,166
Jess saw some people walking their dogs today and said maybe find another place for

1682
01:36:29,286 --> 01:36:29,946
a couple of days.

1683
01:36:30,156 --> 01:36:33,036
And there has been an increased report of rabies in the area.

1684
01:36:33,096 --> 01:36:33,336
Mm-hmm.

1685
01:36:33,636 --> 01:36:38,196
Which I'm aware because of bats that are showing up in places.

1686
01:36:39,486 --> 01:36:43,266
So we'll keep an eye on it and keep you updated as to what we do, but we'll just

1687
01:36:43,296 --> 01:36:44,946
take our guidance from what Fish and Game gives us.

1688
01:36:45,156 --> 01:36:45,576
Thank you.

1689
01:36:46,476 --> 01:36:50,466
Okay. Anything else for or about buildings and grounds? Yes.

1690
01:36:50,586 --> 01:36:54,307
I just have a question about this. I feel like at some point we talked about like a

1691
01:36:54,426 --> 01:36:59,196
five-year improvement plan. Is that something that we have or are working on for

1692
01:36:59,226 --> 01:37:01,746
buildings and ground, like five-year plan for updates?

1693
01:37:01,776 --> 01:37:03,216
It didn't come up at today's meeting.

1694
01:37:03,336 --> 01:37:03,486
Mm-hmm.

1695
01:37:03,576 --> 01:37:06,846
But I think that it has been a point of discussion.

1696
01:37:06,996 --> 01:37:06,996
Mm-hmm.

1697
01:37:07,026 --> 01:37:09,036
So I think that is a to-do item for buildings and grounds.

1698
01:37:09,036 --> 01:37:11,466
Mm-hmm.

1699
01:37:11,496 --> 01:37:14,946
When you first started, you had mentioned maybe doing a project tracker for all the

1700
01:37:14,976 --> 01:37:16,626
projects that are going on around here.

1701
01:37:16,776 --> 01:37:16,776
Yep.

1702
01:37:16,836 --> 01:37:18,036
I just didn't know if you had an update.

1703
01:37:18,096 --> 01:37:18,307
Is that-

1704
01:37:18,397 --> 01:37:21,096
Yeah, so we have an internal document because it's like a bunch of little stuff.

1705
01:37:21,186 --> 01:37:25,596
So our goal is going to be monthly updates as we've been doing and then do

1706
01:37:25,656 --> 01:37:28,057
quarterly walkthroughs with B&G if that feels good.

1707
01:37:28,086 --> 01:37:31,836
If we need to update where we are there, the reality is like day-to-day stuff is

1708
01:37:31,866 --> 01:37:34,206
subject to what I mean with every day or every other day.

1709
01:37:34,506 --> 01:37:38,766
We update our long-term list once a week or every other week based on availability.

1710
01:37:39,006 --> 01:37:39,456
Good.

1711
01:37:41,136 --> 01:37:41,436
June.

1712
01:37:41,526 --> 01:37:47,196
General question. I can't remember, and I should, what the dollar figure

1713
01:37:47,346 --> 01:37:51,636
is on the estimates before they have to come to the board for approval.

1714
01:37:52,897 --> 01:37:54,216
Can someone remind me of that?

1715
01:37:54,636 --> 01:37:59,256
I know that there's a number for going out to bid, but I don't know, I'm not

1716
01:37:59,286 --> 01:38:03,636
familiar with a number that says you can spend this much before asking the board.

1717
01:38:04,296 --> 01:38:06,786
That doesn't strike me as familiar.

1718
01:38:07,147 --> 01:38:09,156
I don't think there was. No, there isn't?

1719
01:38:09,216 --> 01:38:09,576
No.

1720
01:38:09,606 --> 01:38:12,307
I mean, if it's been budgeted, then they get to spend it.

1721
01:38:13,057 --> 01:38:13,176
Oh.

1722
01:38:16,026 --> 01:38:17,346
So outside of the budget, then.

1723
01:38:17,647 --> 01:38:19,057
Then it's a different item, yeah.

1724
01:38:20,316 --> 01:38:20,496
So,

1725
01:38:22,897 --> 01:38:23,286
okay.

1726
01:38:24,936 --> 01:38:27,816
The last item that we have here under nine is retreat planning.

1727
01:38:28,356 --> 01:38:34,026
It's pretty much as presented there in the agenda, to

1728
01:38:34,086 --> 01:38:39,545
remind you, and at least September 28th, a five-hour meeting.

1729
01:38:39,606 --> 01:38:43,116
Are you up for that? No? Okay, it's not hopefully going to be, I've said this

1730
01:38:43,176 --> 01:38:48,307
before, we're starting at 4:00. Hopefully, we'll get all of our stuff done well

1731
01:38:48,366 --> 01:38:52,116
before five hours shows up. If we get to 9:00 PM, I'm going to cut someone off

1732
01:38:52,147 --> 01:38:54,516
mid-sentence and make a motion for myself to adjourn.

1733
01:38:54,696 --> 01:38:54,936
Yeah.

1734
01:38:55,836 --> 01:38:58,326
So hopefully not that long. It'll involve food.

1735
01:38:58,626 --> 01:39:02,826
There are some agenda items there, visioning, futures, norms, and goals.

1736
01:39:02,886 --> 01:39:08,676
We had talked about putting that on our retreat, bylaws and policies. So Andy?

1737
01:39:10,147 --> 01:39:14,826
Just when you mentioned food, we just need to know if there's any dietary concerns.

1738
01:39:14,886 --> 01:39:20,676
If someone can just please just email Nicole your dietary needs and concerns.

1739
01:39:21,696 --> 01:39:22,356
June.

1740
01:39:22,746 --> 01:39:27,426
Can we get a copy of the norms and goals and the bylaws?

1741
01:39:27,486 --> 01:39:32,046
Yes. Well, our plan is to get as many of these things in your hands before we show

1742
01:39:32,076 --> 01:39:32,076
up.

1743
01:39:32,106 --> 01:39:32,826
So we can review.

1744
01:39:32,886 --> 01:39:33,036
Yep.

1745
01:39:33,096 --> 01:39:33,666
Okay, thank you.

1746
01:39:33,726 --> 01:39:35,046
That's our, yes.

1747
01:39:35,796 --> 01:39:36,576
Last time.

1748
01:39:37,147 --> 01:39:37,416
Yes.

1749
01:39:38,316 --> 01:39:42,696
Last meeting. I do have a question, but it's not on that part.

1750
01:39:43,446 --> 01:39:46,986
I probably missed... No, it's still under old business.

1751
01:39:47,406 --> 01:39:50,376
What did we get this handout for?

1752
01:39:50,616 --> 01:39:54,846
That's part of my report. Those are the goals that I asked administrators to look

1753
01:39:54,906 --> 01:39:56,647
through. Each of them had to pick one.

1754
01:39:57,006 --> 01:39:58,296
I just want you to see it, so you know-

1755
01:39:58,656 --> 01:39:59,016
Oh, okay. Great

1756
01:39:59,196 --> 01:40:02,196
... each one is supposed to be is related to sort of building trust with the

1757
01:40:02,226 --> 01:40:06,156
community and kind of a practice. So everyone announced a community practice, and

1758
01:40:06,156 --> 01:40:08,166
they're going to build it, essentially a portal we want to know.

1759
01:40:08,346 --> 01:40:08,346
Oh, okay.

1760
01:40:08,406 --> 01:40:10,296
I just want you to know, that was a goal.

1761
01:40:10,386 --> 01:40:11,496
Okay, great. Thanks.

1762
01:40:12,726 --> 01:40:14,106
Anything else about retreat planning?

1763
01:40:16,416 --> 01:40:19,296
We are now at director's comments. We'll start on this side for that.

1764
01:40:19,356 --> 01:40:23,946
Mary, you want to go first? Oh, by the way, Mary, have you been on any district

1765
01:40:24,006 --> 01:40:24,696
boards before?

1766
01:40:25,116 --> 01:40:25,807
Westminster.

1767
01:40:25,926 --> 01:40:26,376
Okay, great.

1768
01:40:26,436 --> 01:40:29,976
So I've been on Westminster, and then I was on the Bike Safety Board.

1769
01:40:30,216 --> 01:40:31,807
Okay. All right. Mary? No, that's-

1770
01:40:31,836 --> 01:40:35,736
I want to thank the really thick participation today for buildings and grounds.

1771
01:40:35,766 --> 01:40:37,116
It was really good participation.

1772
01:40:38,436 --> 01:40:38,796
I'm done.

1773
01:40:39,006 --> 01:40:40,116
Great. June?

1774
01:40:40,206 --> 01:40:43,716
I want to welcome Elise for stepping up. We appreciate you.

1775
01:40:45,066 --> 01:40:50,886
And hope the school year continues off in a good

1776
01:40:50,946 --> 01:40:53,676
way, and sports teams do great, and

1777
01:40:55,416 --> 01:40:57,576
just looking forward to a great year.

1778
01:40:59,256 --> 01:40:59,856
Lisa, anything?

1779
01:41:00,606 --> 01:41:05,976
I'd just like to say that I'm very happy to be involved with a very positive

1780
01:41:08,076 --> 01:41:08,466
board.

1781
01:41:10,476 --> 01:41:12,966
More fun than any other board you've been on?

1782
01:41:13,296 --> 01:41:15,366
I've been not very trying, so.

1783
01:41:18,096 --> 01:41:18,426
Great.

1784
01:41:22,326 --> 01:41:23,436
June, did you collect snacks?

1785
01:41:24,336 --> 01:41:24,996
I brought them.

1786
01:41:25,086 --> 01:41:28,386
Yeah. So my director's comments are thank you for the snacks.

1787
01:41:28,656 --> 01:41:32,886
Thank you for setting the bar at a place where surprise us with snacks.

1788
01:41:33,606 --> 01:41:37,026
Somebody else gets to pick that up next time. We aren't going to assign that.

1789
01:41:37,476 --> 01:41:42,636
Just surprise us with snacks. And great job with this opening of the school year as

1790
01:41:42,666 --> 01:41:42,756
well.

1791
01:41:46,897 --> 01:41:47,466
And Melissa?

1792
01:41:48,816 --> 01:41:51,397
I'm also with Melissa. Thank you. I have nothing today.

1793
01:41:52,147 --> 01:41:57,756
Just congrats on the start of the school year and looking forward to the

1794
01:41:57,816 --> 01:41:58,236
retreat.

1795
01:41:58,776 --> 01:42:00,576
Great. Bobby.

1796
01:42:00,696 --> 01:42:06,426
I know fall sports are full swing. And it's really nice when

1797
01:42:06,486 --> 01:42:11,466
board members do stop by and watch, whether it's a

1798
01:42:12,486 --> 01:42:15,696
varsity, JV, or freshman group playing.

1799
01:42:16,176 --> 01:42:16,416
Yep.

1800
01:42:16,566 --> 01:42:21,276
And yet I get a lot of feedback from just kind of walking there, then all of a

1801
01:42:21,307 --> 01:42:24,216
sudden you got a lot of people talking to you, so.

1802
01:42:24,607 --> 01:42:24,876
Yeah.

1803
01:42:26,167 --> 01:42:26,977
Lisa, last one.

1804
01:42:27,066 --> 01:42:32,796
I had a question about the next meeting beyond the retreat, because

1805
01:42:34,386 --> 01:42:36,246
we meet second Mondays of every month.

1806
01:42:36,366 --> 01:42:36,636
Right.

1807
01:42:36,696 --> 01:42:39,276
But it's on Indigenous Peoples' Day.

1808
01:42:39,456 --> 01:42:39,667
Right.

1809
01:42:39,756 --> 01:42:41,436
So we'll take it to the Tuesday.

1810
01:42:42,397 --> 01:42:44,256
And we can have that Tuesday.

1811
01:42:44,316 --> 01:42:45,727
Okay. Good to say.

1812
01:42:46,776 --> 01:42:48,276
So that can be on our next.

1813
01:42:50,167 --> 01:42:50,316
Thank you.

1814
01:42:50,466 --> 01:42:53,016
Oh, Kim. Say something nice.

1815
01:42:53,407 --> 01:42:58,446
Yes. June, sorry I missed tonight's snacks, and good luck to all the fall sports

1816
01:42:58,477 --> 01:42:58,806
teams.

1817
01:42:59,586 --> 01:43:02,227
Did I just hear you say you're providing snacks next month?

1818
01:43:02,796 --> 01:43:03,667
I thought that was clear.

1819
01:43:05,107 --> 01:43:08,886
It's sort of broken up there. It's hard to hear you, but we can't wait to see what

1820
01:43:08,917 --> 01:43:09,306
you got.

1821
01:43:11,857 --> 01:43:12,966
All right, folks. Motion to adjourn.

1822
01:43:13,536 --> 01:43:14,316
So moved.

1823
01:43:14,556 --> 01:43:15,186
All in favor?

1824
01:43:15,306 --> 01:43:15,426
Aye.

1825
01:43:16,116 --> 01:43:17,376
I hear you have a vote against me?

1826
01:43:22,296 --> 01:43:24,876
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1827
01:43:25,236 --> 01:43:30,066
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01:43:36,036 --> 01:43:39,186
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