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Alright, we'll go ahead and You guys ready?

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We will go ahead and call the meeting to order at

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If you could please rise for the pledge of Allegiance.

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You got the flag right over here.

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Alright. Megan, would you please?

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Yes, I pledge Allegiance.

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Allegiance to the, due to the flag of the United,

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United States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands,

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one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty

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and justice for all.

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Thank You. If you would please remain standing

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for just a moment of silence.

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Great, thank you.

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on to the approval of the agenda,

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the September 23rd, 2026 agenda.

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Are there any changes to the agenda? None at this time.

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May I get a motion to approve the agenda as presented?

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I'll make a motion to approve the agenda as presented.

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Thank you. Chance? May I get a second please? A second.

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Thank you Megan. Sharon, may I get roll call?

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And then just to clarify, we do have Steve online

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and Cassie is unfortunately still in the Air.

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Air. Okay. Thank you. Will you excuse me?

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My voice is going Will you? Aye. Hi.

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Aye. Jenkins? Aye. Jenen

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Alright. And then onto public audience and we'll go ahead

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and read just a few welcoming notes.

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Okay. The board's meeting time is dedicated

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to its strategic mission and top priority FO focus areas.

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Public participation is an opportunity

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to present brief comments

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or pose questions to the board

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for consideration and follow up.

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Each person is asked to focus comments to three minutes.

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The boundaries are designed to help keep the meeting focused

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and in no way should limit

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conversations beyond the boardroom.

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Please be aware that any individual student

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or personnel matters are considered confidential

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under Colorado law.

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It is out of respect for the individual students

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and staff that we ask for those conversations

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to be held in executive session.

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Insights are needed and welcomed

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and the board encourages you to meet

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with the most appropriate person

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among the district's, many leaders.

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Alright. Alright. All right.

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Judy Bram, come on down.

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How do you spell last name? Bra. BRE.

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Do I get three minutes? You got three minutes. Okay.

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Madam President, members of the board,

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superintendent Bangard.

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My name is Judy b Brownberg.

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I'm co-founder of the Garfield County School of Innovation,

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a proposed tuition free district charter.

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Thank you for accepting our letter of intent.

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In August, on August 14th,

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superintendent Bang Hart confirmed receipt

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and directed us to deliver 10 copies

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of the completed application.

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By September 30th, 2026, we will meet that deadline.

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Colorado Law is clear about what happens

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after a complete application is filed.

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CRS 22 dash 30.5 dash 1 0 7

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after giving reasonable public notice, the local Board

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of education shall hold community meetings in the affected

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areas or the entire school district to obtain information

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to assist the local Board of Education in its decision

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to approve a charter school application.

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The local board of education shall rule

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by resolution on the application

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for a charter school in a public hearing upon

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reasonable public notice.

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Once the 10 copies are in your hands on September 30th,

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we look forward to presenting the application,

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including our PowerPoint at the Board

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of Education community meeting,

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and at the propo public hearing.

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So families in rifle, silt, Newcastle,

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and the rest of RE two can hear the proposal.

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GCSI is designed as a fir

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as the first public charter option.

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In this district, core knowledge

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required engineering from sixth grade entrepreneurship,

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steam plus business and aviation tech lab,

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and a culinary arts lab.

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Those pathways are not currently available in re two

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families who want them should not have

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to leave public education to find them.

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Over 130 students have now signed letters

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of intent to enroll.

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That number is growing every day.

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We will file weekly updates with the district

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as families continue to sign up until this board votes

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to approve our charter.

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If your staff or reviewers have questions

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we will file a timely written response document.

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We look forward to filing on September 30th

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and to presenting the application

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to this board and to the community.

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Thank you very much for your service.

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You did it in less, you did it in less than three

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minutes. Woohoo. You

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Thank you very much. Thank you Judy.

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Alright. Camie. I don't see Camie.

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I Is she? Yeah, she's in person. Is she? She's not online.

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She is in person. So I just figured I, I'm sorry. Yeah.

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Nope. I Mind. Okay. We will. I will try her again.

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Trish, welcome. Trish. It's been a while. It's been a while.

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It's nice to see you. Yeah, I don't come

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background at least. At least.

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It's always nice to see you out in public. Oh, thank you.

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I can't wait to see you again at one of the,

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the flag raising ceremonies

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for the veterans, so that'll be fun.

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and so yes, thank you.

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Thank you for the support on that.

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So that tells you that I am a retired military person,

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but I'm also retired from this school district.

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with the school, even though I don't have children

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or grandchildren that will be intending.

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I feel like I do have some, you know, insights

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that other people don't have necessarily.

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And I thank you Kurt, that you're allowing this charter

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school process to go forward.

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Because I am here to support the charter school.

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When I saw the first notice ever in the paper,

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I sent this immediately to that day to people I knew

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that were struggling with their children.

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Things like I talked to people at church,

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I wish I could afford a private school,

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I wish other things were happening in the district.

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I don't know what to do with my kids kind of thing.

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And I had a lot of initial support for this

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and I attended the meeting in Rifle

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and when I came away from the meeting,

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I was even more excited about what Judy had to say,

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what the curriculum's gonna be like.

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I'm not trying to downplay

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what you do here in the public school.

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Like I said, I benefited from myself,

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but they're offering things that you're not able to.

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size, decentralization.

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'cause I've worked at a charter school

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over in the front range.

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That was my first full-time experience.

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It was one of the best experiences I had.

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We had a lot more freedom.

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I was able to get answers quickly.

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And so I think it's very important

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that we go forward with this.

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And then I did read Judy's letter in the post independent,

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but I also know that there's already been some

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backlash in regards to this.

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Ashley Stall was already raising concerns about this

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particular charter school asking about whether they're gonna

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have some kind of a religious program.

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does not allow any kind of religious activity.

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They can do it legally before the school day

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or possibly on a Friday.

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I don't see what the problem with that is.

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response to Judy's letter.

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Things like she states, this is public information,

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talks about the history curriculum.

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That was under question.

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She's talking about do any board members have a relationship

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with these applicants?

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Will the full charter and budget be public before any vote?

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Who's this church they're referring to?

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I don't understand what her concerns are. Really.

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I think parents need a choice and we need options.

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And I don't believe this charter school

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will be for everyone.

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I think a lot of parents are more than happy

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to have their kids here and that would be great.

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Thank you Trish. Sharon, was there anybody that signed up?

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There's not. Okay.

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Alright, we will go ahead and move on.

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Sorry, I'm hungry. That's all right.

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You were at football practice. It's okay.

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Alright, onto the consent agenda.

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So we've got the approval of the September 9th, 2026

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draft board minutes.

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I would take a motion to approve the draft board minutes

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for September 9th, 2026 as presented.

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I'll make a motion, I'll make a motion for the approval

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of the September 9th, 2026 draft board. That,

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Thank you. May I get a second?

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I'll Second. Thank you. Sharon May get roll call.

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Yes. Aye Kyle? Aye.

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Jenkins? Aye.

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Jensen? Aye. Alright. And then onto the consent agenda.

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Were there any other changes?

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I believe we needed to add Steve's virtual meeting

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to the consent agenda.

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Yes. We'd like to add an addition of asking for approval

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for Steve Bulu to add an additional virtual due to work,

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which is in compliance to

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our board policies upon approval of the board. Great.

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Thank you. May I get a motion

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to approve the consent agenda as amended?

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I make a motion to approve this consent agenda as amended.

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Thank you. Megan, may I get a second?

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I'll second. Thank you. Sharon, may I get roll call

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Move? I believe you. Oh,

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Abstain Accused Steve Abstain.

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Okay. Thank you Kyle.

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Aye. Jenkins. Aye. And Jensen?

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Aye. Alright, thank you.

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Getting funny if we denied it. Sorry. Sorry,

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Stevie, now you, Us here.

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Everybody's so serious in this room.

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Jenny assistant super

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Report.

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Awesome. Okay, so I wanna start with a shout out

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to Mary McPhee and her team

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As Chance goes, get more food.

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Chance. You know,

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she has had in her department some unexpected events

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that have taken a lot of people out suddenly

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and that woman works so hard to keep things going.

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And so their team just really nailed it with even in,

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with such a reduction in staff.

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And then we had people from the district office

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who went over in different shifts to get to serve lunch and,

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and so that was always, that was fun

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for everybody who served lunch.

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So Mary just is an amazing

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facilitator in our nutrition services department

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and it's gonna be difficult for to see her retire,

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even though I know she has lots of good things to go on to.

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And we went to the taste of RMS.

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I said that I wasn't gonna get any tickets this year.

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I did, I wasn't going to eat.

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And we got two tables in and I promptly met, went back

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and bought tickets.

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And if you haven't been to the taste of RMS, it's hard

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to imagine or explain how yummy it is.

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And so if it ever works out in your schedule to go,

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I highly recommend it.

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Anyone's welcome. And it just is such a cool

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multicultural event with many authentic different kinds

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of food and community just being together.

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And that was on September 10th, the day

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before the, of course, September 11th,

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which I'll talk about in just a second.

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So it was wonderful.

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I got to go to the Coleridge homecoming game

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and I hadn't had a lot of time

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to think about the anniversary of nine 11 as I was

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approaching the game and as I was walking up,

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I saw the first responders that were at the game.

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So of course I started to think about it

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and as I stood there, I thought about how amazing it is

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to be able to come together as a community at any

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of our schools or our events enjoy and support and

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and relationship.

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I guess the Coleridge cheerleaders hosted like 64

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mini cheerleaders at a camp on the Friday

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of their homecoming week.

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And so you just really can't, those girls came

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to perform at halftime.

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The energy was insane

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with like 60 extra little girls jazzed about performing.

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So it was just such a beautiful event

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and they did such a nice job organizing it.

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And then the next day in on the, in the shadow

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of that, we had a tragedy.

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And I just again wanna give a shout out to Coleridge Mick

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and his team and the counselors at Riverside

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and Amanda Vaughn arranging support for staff

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and for students as they needed it.

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And just wanna acknowledge that our,

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our thoughts will remain

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with the Allen family as they grieve.

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So we come together in joy

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and we come together in sorrow too.

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So we went on school visits all day on

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Tuesday, yesterday.

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And it was, it's just so much fun to go be with the kids

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and watch the teachers teaching and see the kids learning

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and, and one experience, Simone and I were in one classroom.

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We were watching the teacher

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and they were making a transition

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and just as natural

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as can be a little boy first grade maybe he walks up

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by this teacher, I love you.

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I love you too. And they go on about their business

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and it's just, it's just great to be able

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to talk about the work and really see it.

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And I'm grateful to Kirk

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for prioritizing getting in classrooms.

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So on Tuesday, here's some thought,

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some stuff I thought you might wanna know.

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On Tuesday this week, the one door team, Amanda Vaughn

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and Lorenza Alvarez, our district liaison,

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represented the one door services in Garfield R two at the

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Grand River Mental Health Fair all day.

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And they reported that it was a day full of conversation

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with so many community partners about the work

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that we do with families.

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And even many of the hospital employees came

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by the table to learn more.

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And that many spoke very highly of the support

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that Garfield R two is providing to families.

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Also related to one door,

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the Garfield County Library is gonna be remodeled in rifle

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during the months of October and November.

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So one door building gets to host the Spark team group

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and raising a reader groups while that's underway

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and the literacy outreach will host

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their tutoring program there.

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And so it's nice to see our elderly building

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being useful and ser and, and in service of the community.

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Just interesting to know is

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that we have two interns from the CMC Human Services

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bachelor degree program working at one door currently.

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And they are amazing

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and they are just learning so much and they speak.

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So it was such excitement about the work.

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So, and then just last, I just wanna acknowledge

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and thank every single person who works for this district,

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who shows up every single day to do the work with

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and for kids and families because there are good days

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and there are challenging days.

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And nevertheless, you show up

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and just as we saw with Steve tonight in his report,

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there is much success to celebrate.

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So that's my report. Thank you, Jenny.

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Next. All right, Kirk, you're up.

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So adding on to, to what Jenny talked about.

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So I think my,

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my report is gonna focus mostly just on last week I was able

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to attend the superintendent Colorado Superintendent's

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conference, which was great to be able to get together

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with the superintendents from across the state.

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Both, you know, good news and,

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and bad news depending on how you look at it.

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A great deal of the time was really sent spent on both

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legislative updates and legal updates, both looking back

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and looking forward at where, where we're going.

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I think one of the, you know the interesting parts is that

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with the way our term limits are, the entire house,

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of course will have to turn over

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and half of our Senate in Colorado will turn over,

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which means that almost every seat at in Denver will turn

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over in this upcoming, one of the things that that means

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for us is when they start counting seats,

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we're pretty much assured

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that there's most likely gonna be a super majority

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in Denver this year.

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And so one of the things that I've learned in my tenure is

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that what you don't want, regardless

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of your political affiliation, is a super majority

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of any party because it means that there's massive control

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by ideologies.

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And so it's gonna be a very interesting year,

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January through May when it comes to doing that.

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Yeah. What compounds that is really that our state budget,

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what came out is the JBC and,

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and alleged counsel also had their reports last week of

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where the state budget is and due to Medicaid

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and some poor budgeting that they already did,

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we're pretty sure that we're back to between one

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and $1.5 billion deficit.

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Again, if those of you

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who remember the conversations we had in January

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of last year, that was the number we were at last year,

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it's the number that we are already at

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before they've even gone into session.

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So it really makes for an interesting

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session to come.

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It means that the 17 items that are going

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to be on this November's ballot become really critical

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for us as we go into the future.

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Not only four A

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and four B here locally being critical components,

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but also 87 and,

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and will make a big impact on what we do as far as work.

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So those were important discussion pieces

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that were at the superintendent's conference.

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Some other interesting things was I was able to

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hear from the keynote speaker who was a professor at Harvard

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and also did a breakout session with her really,

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which was about superintendents being civic leaders.

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I see. And so that was a great conversation.

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She's runs a whole part through the Department of Ed

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or through the education component of, of Harvard

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really doing some research around civic leadership

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and the superintendent's role.

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And so was able to really dive deep into the question of

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what do superintendents need

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to lead school systems in increasing polarized communities?

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And so what their research has

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found and, and how that works.

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And so I found that to be well worth my time to be able

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to do that and spend a Friday up there with them.

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So that was, that's kind of my report as far as, as

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what I've seen and work with my colleagues.

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Also spending some time just hearing what's going on across

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our great state and the good things that are going on

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and be able to brag about what's happening in our E two

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'cause as you heard and and shine the light

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and you, you heard LA last time we were all together,

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we've got unbelievable things going on here

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in Newcastle Silt and Rifle and, and can't help

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but brag what that, what's going on with that.

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The other thing that happened that I I we had this month was

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we did have our DAC

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and we have our DAC representative here to talk about that.

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So Janelle, if you wouldn't mind doing your

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report. Hi Janelle.

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Hello.

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So we met a week ago. Wow. It's been a week already.

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And we start each meeting with our celebrations

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and I just kind of set it in the frame

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of our strategic plan.

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So our students are showing community connection traits by

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participating in the taste of RMS and cooking

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and selling their wares there.

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My understanding is it's fun and very delicious. Never been.

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But silt heyday floats

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were created by students.

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New Castle, burning Mountain had a float,

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the marching band from Coal Ridge floats by Riverside

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and KSC.

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And then as Jenny had mentioned,

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the Cole Ridge cheerleaders hosted a camp

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and then a halftime with 64

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elementary school age girls.

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So that shows not only community connection

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but resilience as well and patience going, yes.

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Going on with the resilience.

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I believe you saw some information from Rifle High School

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and their increased graduate ratio rate,

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which is super exciting as well as Jenny mentioned,

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the new principal taking the reins on a tragedy in our

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community and really helping through that.

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Riverside also showed some resilience,

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if you've ever been involved in trying to

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complete the PowerSchool updates, that is a very large feat

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and they're at a hundred percent now.

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Wow. So great deal there.

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As well as ECE has a new art teacher who is taking on all

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of the bulletin boards across the school

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and she is filling them with 3D art.

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So that's a lot

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of bulletin boards have been in elementary school.

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We like to show our stuff off

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KC now nutritional staff is taking our produce from the

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garden that the community

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and parents kind of helped nurture through the summer

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and is preparing it for our kiddos to show 'em, you know,

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from ground up what they can do with themselves.

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See Jimmy is running a pilot of the new S

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Sac idea in having an evening SAC meeting

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where they're going to be providing daycare and food.

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So there's an old saying, you feed them, they come.

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So we're hoping that that might be setting a new precedent

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to get more people in the room

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and more ideas floating around.

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RE two is one of 18 districts who received a CDE award

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for the reduction of absenteeism during, since COVID.

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So as we know, the absentees

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after COVID have really affected children's learning

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and our district has made huge strides in that to the point

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that districts around us are now looking at our model

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and asking us how we did it

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and how they can do the same thing.

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That our segue into our main topic, which was the district

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performance framework, which

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I know you guys are gonna have a presentation with.

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And I'm not gonna steal Simone's Thunder.

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I will say that it is great news

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and as Jacob told us, it's not necessarily good news

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or bad news, but it does give us where to go next.

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In our goal for continued academic growth finishing up,

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we received information about surrounding schools,

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including one that we heard from

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the, just a little while ago.

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And the facts about the bond

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and mill levy measures complete with the renderings of

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what Coleridge could look like

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and the early childhood center with the passage

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of those measures.

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As I finish up, I wanted to extend an invitation to all

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of you to please come to one of our meetings.

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The next one is October 27th at in silt at CVE.

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I also like to invite you guys to come

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and see the work being done in classrooms.

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It is amazing as Jenny led us to, to, to know,

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just to see those little guys absorb what they can absorb.

523
00:26:35,715 --> 00:26:39,165
What time, what time? They're five 30

524
00:26:39,225 --> 00:26:40,805
to seven 30 And it's at

525
00:26:40,925 --> 00:26:44,605
C-V-E-C-V-E Cactus Valley.

526
00:26:44,955 --> 00:26:46,805
Yeah, they're right off, right off of,

527
00:26:46,885 --> 00:26:48,885
I think it's seventh Street.

528
00:26:50,655 --> 00:26:53,645
Third Street. That's not my town. Sorry.

529
00:26:54,565 --> 00:26:56,325
I know, I know how to get there. It's right there on the end

530
00:26:56,325 --> 00:26:57,885
of town as you're coming towards rifle.

531
00:26:59,865 --> 00:27:00,865
Any questions?

532
00:27:02,675 --> 00:27:05,765
Nope. At 5 37 30 10 27. Yep.

533
00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:09,205
It overlaps the safety committee meeting so

534
00:27:10,085 --> 00:27:11,085
I know.

535
00:27:11,085 --> 00:27:11,685
Yeah, I won't be there. Sorry

536
00:27:12,615 --> 00:27:13,445
Heidi. Thank you.

537
00:27:13,775 --> 00:27:15,045
Thank you Janelle. Thanks for coming

538
00:27:15,235 --> 00:27:15,605
Very much.

539
00:27:20,715 --> 00:27:21,005
Kirk,

540
00:27:21,065 --> 00:27:22,065
Did you have anything else?

541
00:27:22,515 --> 00:27:24,485
Nope, that was it for my report. Awesome,

542
00:27:24,535 --> 00:27:25,535
Thank you.

543
00:27:26,075 --> 00:27:28,685
Onto board reports and requests.

544
00:27:29,455 --> 00:27:30,845
Steve, do you have anything?

545
00:27:36,635 --> 00:27:41,415
Not explicitly. I guess the few things

546
00:27:41,555 --> 00:27:43,495
to mention, I thank you.

547
00:27:43,855 --> 00:27:46,735
I guess something not created

548
00:27:46,795 --> 00:27:50,815
but you know, want to provide condolences

549
00:27:50,835 --> 00:27:54,295
for tragedy we had, and not only for our community,

550
00:27:54,315 --> 00:27:57,295
but our neighbors are, are one

551
00:27:58,805 --> 00:28:00,855
heartbreaking across the, the board.

552
00:28:01,995 --> 00:28:06,415
And you know, thank you for our staff to supporting our,

553
00:28:07,235 --> 00:28:08,415
you know, community with that.

554
00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:12,975
And then, you know, also just celebrating the good news of

555
00:28:13,845 --> 00:28:16,935
performance and, you know, celebrations was great

556
00:28:16,935 --> 00:28:18,975
to see the numbers coming outta rifle

557
00:28:19,195 --> 00:28:21,575
and all the good work that's coming out

558
00:28:23,315 --> 00:28:27,735
and then, you know, in the community feeling a lot of energy

559
00:28:28,215 --> 00:28:29,895
behind the mill and bond issue

560
00:28:31,755 --> 00:28:33,735
and you know, lots of conversations around there.

561
00:28:33,955 --> 00:28:37,855
So we got a busy time of year doing a lot

562
00:28:37,855 --> 00:28:39,015
of important work.

563
00:28:39,155 --> 00:28:42,455
So thank you for everybody that's involved in that process.

564
00:28:42,995 --> 00:28:45,735
So, but that's all I got for today.

565
00:28:46,345 --> 00:28:48,775
Great. Thank you Steve. Megan,

566
00:28:51,035 --> 00:28:54,535
I'd, I'd also like to echo Steve sentiment,

567
00:28:54,565 --> 00:28:59,055
it's always hard to hear about a tragedy in our community

568
00:28:59,055 --> 00:29:00,175
that impacts our schools.

569
00:29:00,285 --> 00:29:02,815
It's really hard to, to move forward

570
00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:05,775
or to keep momentum moving in a school,

571
00:29:05,875 --> 00:29:07,615
it seems like a little bit of

572
00:29:12,255 --> 00:29:15,885
stall trying to refocus the kids and,

573
00:29:15,905 --> 00:29:18,285
and sometimes you just have to, you have to call it

574
00:29:18,285 --> 00:29:20,925
what it is and say that today's obviously not going to be

575
00:29:23,925 --> 00:29:25,145
Growth and academics.

576
00:29:25,145 --> 00:29:27,985
It's gonna be growth of a, a more personal nature and,

577
00:29:27,985 --> 00:29:29,225
and really kind of meeting our needs,

578
00:29:30,055 --> 00:29:31,345
meeting the kiddo's needs.

579
00:29:31,365 --> 00:29:33,905
So I, I appreciate that we can pivot so quickly

580
00:29:34,005 --> 00:29:37,265
and take care of all of those, those needs as they arise.

581
00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:42,245
I, I got to participate in some of the

582
00:29:43,275 --> 00:29:46,045
parades over the summer in early fall.

583
00:29:46,325 --> 00:29:47,525
I gotta say that I really,

584
00:29:47,525 --> 00:29:50,045
really enjoyed Cole Coleridge's marching band

585
00:29:51,105 --> 00:29:53,405
at the Burning Day, burning Mountain Days parade.

586
00:29:53,865 --> 00:29:55,565
It was, they did a phenomenal job.

587
00:29:56,275 --> 00:29:59,845
They, they were dressed to the nines

588
00:29:59,985 --> 00:30:00,925
and you could tell that

589
00:30:00,925 --> 00:30:02,045
they were just excited to be out there.

590
00:30:02,065 --> 00:30:03,805
So it was nice, it was nice

591
00:30:03,825 --> 00:30:06,885
to see a great representation back into the community.

592
00:30:08,385 --> 00:30:11,045
That's all I have. Okay. Chance?

593
00:30:14,465 --> 00:30:17,965
Excuse me. Just really the tragedy

594
00:30:19,445 --> 00:30:21,365
I love fall's usually my favorite time of year

595
00:30:23,425 --> 00:30:27,645
and it started as Jenny said, homecoming at Coleridge.

596
00:30:29,945 --> 00:30:31,465
I didn't even realize until I got there

597
00:30:31,465 --> 00:30:32,865
that it was 25th year of nine 11.

598
00:30:35,725 --> 00:30:40,425
And seeing the fire trucks and the memorials

599
00:30:40,525 --> 00:30:42,105
and all of this stuff,

600
00:30:44,735 --> 00:30:46,995
man takes you back to where you were that day.

601
00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:51,795
Yeah. And I mean it's,

602
00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:54,625
it's great to think that way

603
00:30:54,685 --> 00:30:56,545
and it's great to, great to remember where we were at

604
00:30:56,545 --> 00:30:59,985
as a nation and the day after where we were at as a nation.

605
00:31:01,045 --> 00:31:03,025
How it didn't matter what you thought, who you were,

606
00:31:03,525 --> 00:31:05,305
you were an American and you were on our team.

607
00:31:06,205 --> 00:31:09,985
And I wish, I mean, I,

608
00:31:10,505 --> 00:31:11,665
I wish we could go back to that.

609
00:31:14,245 --> 00:31:18,705
And then Saturday night, the horrible tragedy

610
00:31:19,605 --> 00:31:23,705
on I 70 and my neighbors actually grew up,

611
00:31:23,705 --> 00:31:25,425
my neighbor's daughter actually grew up with her,

612
00:31:26,525 --> 00:31:28,345
the graduate of Coleridge.

613
00:31:31,015 --> 00:31:32,065
Nice. Great girl.

614
00:31:32,165 --> 00:31:34,825
And, and of course the student from Glenwood.

615
00:31:35,065 --> 00:31:38,635
I just, I mean no, no words will suffice

616
00:31:38,655 --> 00:31:39,755
for the parents and family.

617
00:31:41,025 --> 00:31:42,355
It's just a complete tragedy.

618
00:31:43,775 --> 00:31:47,155
And then piggybacking off of

619
00:31:48,895 --> 00:31:52,475
superintendent banger's report on the superintendent

620
00:31:52,565 --> 00:31:56,555
conference, super majority in state,

621
00:31:56,765 --> 00:31:58,915
state legislature is never great.

622
00:32:00,095 --> 00:32:02,155
I'm a big fan of democracy

623
00:32:02,455 --> 00:32:04,675
and constitutional republics when there's at least two

624
00:32:04,675 --> 00:32:07,195
voices that have say, I think

625
00:32:07,195 --> 00:32:09,195
that's pretty important for a balance.

626
00:32:12,025 --> 00:32:13,875
It's never good when something's just

627
00:32:16,135 --> 00:32:17,235
drowns everything else out.

628
00:32:17,935 --> 00:32:22,355
So, but then you today

629
00:32:24,095 --> 00:32:26,875
you can have all that stuff going on and you can be down

630
00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:28,835
and you can kind of, you know, be pretty somber.

631
00:32:29,415 --> 00:32:32,515
And then you get around the kids in our district. Yeah.

632
00:32:32,655 --> 00:32:36,855
And they have a way of just bringing a smile to your face.

633
00:32:37,175 --> 00:32:40,965
I mean, that's why I, I will, I will miss things to go

634
00:32:40,965 --> 00:32:43,205
to football practice to be around those kids.

635
00:32:44,475 --> 00:32:46,645
It's, is that frustrating?

636
00:32:48,395 --> 00:32:49,405
Sometimes you wonder

637
00:32:49,405 --> 00:32:50,965
what they're thinking if they are thinking,

638
00:32:51,585 --> 00:32:56,455
but just their energy it like, it like fills you up,

639
00:32:56,915 --> 00:32:58,655
you know, it taught, it like, just helps you

640
00:32:59,645 --> 00:33:01,215
like almost take on the world

641
00:33:01,215 --> 00:33:03,415
because you're just like, oh that, like you just remember

642
00:33:03,415 --> 00:33:07,415
that just being so maybe optimistic

643
00:33:07,435 --> 00:33:09,535
or whatever the word is, but they just,

644
00:33:09,535 --> 00:33:12,535
their view on life is, I wish I could go back to that.

645
00:33:12,965 --> 00:33:14,335
It's pretty simple when they're that age

646
00:33:15,555 --> 00:33:17,415
and we have some great news at the district.

647
00:33:18,055 --> 00:33:21,335
I mean, last week's last board meeting, we went over

648
00:33:21,995 --> 00:33:25,855
our huge gains with our

649
00:33:26,775 --> 00:33:28,855
state testing and we're gonna hear more about it this week.

650
00:33:29,235 --> 00:33:33,735
And I just can't say enough about the staff down

651
00:33:33,755 --> 00:33:36,055
to our train, our teacher trainers, down

652
00:33:36,055 --> 00:33:37,895
to the training models we have in our schools

653
00:33:37,895 --> 00:33:39,455
and elementary schools that when,

654
00:33:39,565 --> 00:33:42,735
when our new teachers need help, they have the resources

655
00:33:42,735 --> 00:33:45,335
for the help they can go and get the resources.

656
00:33:46,155 --> 00:33:48,335
And I think that's huge. Like very important.

657
00:33:48,335 --> 00:33:50,615
Especially because we're always looking for new teachers.

658
00:33:50,615 --> 00:33:53,095
So there's always new teachers in every building every year

659
00:33:53,675 --> 00:33:56,255
and they need a place and need that structure to be able

660
00:33:56,255 --> 00:33:57,735
to go and get support.

661
00:33:58,715 --> 00:34:02,095
So I'm glad to see that and you know,

662
00:34:02,195 --> 00:34:03,575
I'm just really looking forward.

663
00:34:03,765 --> 00:34:05,055
I'll close it out. Looking forward

664
00:34:05,075 --> 00:34:06,935
to next week's football game against Rifle

665
00:34:07,995 --> 00:34:08,995
For the middle school.

666
00:34:09,045 --> 00:34:10,975
Yeah, yeah. At Ridge. Yeah.

667
00:34:11,635 --> 00:34:12,775
So we'll see. Yep.

668
00:34:12,775 --> 00:34:14,735
Alright. Yep.

669
00:34:14,945 --> 00:34:17,375
We'll, we'll definitely have to, there is,

670
00:34:17,535 --> 00:34:20,295
I believe Steve said he brought a rifle shirt for you.

671
00:34:20,365 --> 00:34:21,815
Okay. I wear it. Okay.

672
00:34:22,005 --> 00:34:24,695
Just, I don't know where that, where that went off to.

673
00:34:25,725 --> 00:34:28,295
Yeah. Yeah. A good short You got it. Yeah.

674
00:34:30,175 --> 00:34:31,695
Anything else? No, I think it, yeah,

675
00:34:31,915 --> 00:34:33,015
I'm, I'm good. Okay.

676
00:34:33,545 --> 00:34:37,415
Thank you. Thank you everybody.

677
00:34:39,735 --> 00:34:41,735
I, I too want to echo

678
00:34:43,555 --> 00:34:48,135
the sentiment there is, there are no words that we can say

679
00:34:48,555 --> 00:34:50,095
to express

680
00:34:52,915 --> 00:34:55,655
to these families, to the schools, to the students.

681
00:34:57,515 --> 00:34:59,295
Having gone through a school tragedy

682
00:34:59,365 --> 00:35:00,455
when I was in high school.

683
00:35:00,835 --> 00:35:05,495
It is, you have to take the day to just sit back

684
00:35:05,715 --> 00:35:09,695
and realize that you may not be learning education,

685
00:35:10,435 --> 00:35:11,735
what's in the books that day,

686
00:35:11,755 --> 00:35:13,495
but you're learning a life lesson

687
00:35:14,315 --> 00:35:16,815
and seeing the communities come together

688
00:35:17,155 --> 00:35:19,775
is, is amazing.

689
00:35:20,045 --> 00:35:23,895
Like Jenny said, we, we come together and, and happiness

690
00:35:23,895 --> 00:35:26,335
and we come together in sorrow and, and in grief.

691
00:35:26,595 --> 00:35:28,135
And we get to help each other with that.

692
00:35:28,435 --> 00:35:31,735
So during September 11th,

693
00:35:31,935 --> 00:35:35,575
I was at the school board fall conference in Breckenridge.

694
00:35:37,265 --> 00:35:39,565
And it, it was same sort of thing.

695
00:35:39,565 --> 00:35:43,365
You wake up and, and I, September 11th is always a day

696
00:35:43,365 --> 00:35:45,285
that will live in the back of everybody's mind.

697
00:35:45,545 --> 00:35:49,005
But we were able to open up the conference that morning

698
00:35:49,065 --> 00:35:50,965
and share where we were.

699
00:35:51,305 --> 00:35:52,965
Of course there might've been some people there that

700
00:35:53,785 --> 00:35:56,045
didn't remember because they weren't around.

701
00:35:56,185 --> 00:36:01,005
But there were, but there were plenty of us that got to,

702
00:36:01,145 --> 00:36:02,365
and and that is something

703
00:36:02,365 --> 00:36:04,765
that you definitely do not, you forget.

704
00:36:06,825 --> 00:36:09,965
And, and somebody had said it was amazing to see

705
00:36:10,825 --> 00:36:15,215
how you united this nation was on September 11th

706
00:36:15,555 --> 00:36:16,815
and on September 12th,

707
00:36:17,875 --> 00:36:21,615
and then now 25 years later to see where we're at.

708
00:36:22,645 --> 00:36:24,335
It's sad.

709
00:36:25,355 --> 00:36:27,215
So, and hopefully we can get back to that

710
00:36:27,215 --> 00:36:30,535
because at the end of the day, we all bleed red

711
00:36:30,995 --> 00:36:32,095
and we're all Americans.

712
00:36:32,555 --> 00:36:37,095
So with the CASB conference too,

713
00:36:37,555 --> 00:36:39,175
one thing that I really enjoyed tonight

714
00:36:39,565 --> 00:36:41,775
that I got in the fall conference that I really wanted

715
00:36:41,775 --> 00:36:45,295
to bring forward was there was a lot of student councils

716
00:36:45,295 --> 00:36:48,215
with, with it being in Breckenridge Summit School District,

717
00:36:49,115 --> 00:36:51,535
hosted a meet and greet with some of the students

718
00:36:51,555 --> 00:36:52,895
and the student council at a

719
00:36:52,895 --> 00:36:54,015
couple other different high schools.

720
00:36:54,795 --> 00:36:57,015
And one of the high schools actually does,

721
00:36:58,075 --> 00:37:00,295
the student council actually meets with the board

722
00:37:01,165 --> 00:37:02,575
once a month or once a quarter

723
00:37:03,715 --> 00:37:06,375
and tries to help the board with their policies.

724
00:37:06,765 --> 00:37:09,535
They, they look at 'em from a student aspect

725
00:37:09,555 --> 00:37:10,615
and things like that.

726
00:37:10,795 --> 00:37:13,855
So it was really neat to see the freshmen from the Freshman

727
00:37:13,855 --> 00:37:17,015
academy come in tonight and and see that as well.

728
00:37:17,215 --> 00:37:18,655
'cause I know we've asked a couple of times

729
00:37:18,755 --> 00:37:20,295
to hear from the student councils

730
00:37:21,115 --> 00:37:23,655
and especially, I mean, Carl, I mean they,

731
00:37:23,655 --> 00:37:24,655
they were I think,

732
00:37:25,055 --> 00:37:27,935
13 students in the student council last year up to 50

733
00:37:28,075 --> 00:37:30,015
so far this year for Rifle high school.

734
00:37:30,235 --> 00:37:33,135
So, so that's, that's exciting to see as well.

735
00:37:35,245 --> 00:37:38,975
Also, we had the delegate assembly, which I can go over

736
00:37:38,975 --> 00:37:40,535
that in advocacy,

737
00:37:42,955 --> 00:37:45,895
but it, it is, one thing I will say is,

738
00:37:46,315 --> 00:37:49,655
is having all the different districts from the state with

739
00:37:51,005 --> 00:37:53,215
many different students, many different ideals,

740
00:37:53,245 --> 00:37:57,455
many different budgets, we all have a lot

741
00:37:57,455 --> 00:37:58,575
of the same issues.

742
00:37:59,275 --> 00:38:01,815
So that was kind of nice

743
00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:03,295
and rewarding to see at the same time

744
00:38:03,295 --> 00:38:05,695
that we're not alone dealing with some of these things.

745
00:38:08,275 --> 00:38:10,935
And again, the attendance is amazing.

746
00:38:12,195 --> 00:38:15,055
And that goes back to the work that is done at the schools

747
00:38:15,115 --> 00:38:16,615
and with the attendance secretaries.

748
00:38:16,715 --> 00:38:19,535
And, and again, like I told Steve, it comes from the top.

749
00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:23,335
So one thing too

750
00:38:24,125 --> 00:38:28,095
that I wanted to get out was, I think when,

751
00:38:28,165 --> 00:38:32,135
when I started in this, in this role on the school board,

752
00:38:33,555 --> 00:38:36,365
you don't realize, one, how much work it is.

753
00:38:37,665 --> 00:38:40,845
And I've said several times that this is the best unpaid,

754
00:38:40,845 --> 00:38:43,165
full-time job I have next to being a mom.

755
00:38:45,545 --> 00:38:47,565
But you come in and you're, you're so excited

756
00:38:47,565 --> 00:38:52,365
and you wanna get things done and the process just stops.

757
00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:55,925
And the thing that I've learned though is

758
00:38:55,925 --> 00:39:00,245
that there is a process and we have to trust in the process.

759
00:39:01,845 --> 00:39:04,045
I have advocated for consistency

760
00:39:05,945 --> 00:39:07,365
and I don't wanna speak for the board,

761
00:39:07,365 --> 00:39:10,365
but I, I believe Chance has spoken about consistency.

762
00:39:10,625 --> 00:39:12,365
Cassie has spoken about consistency.

763
00:39:12,455 --> 00:39:15,725
We've all spoken about consistency and how important it is.

764
00:39:16,345 --> 00:39:17,605
And not just for our students

765
00:39:17,705 --> 00:39:19,605
but for our staff, for our community,

766
00:39:20,425 --> 00:39:23,775
and our board policies are there for a reason

767
00:39:24,635 --> 00:39:27,055
and the process is there for a reason

768
00:39:27,355 --> 00:39:30,775
and there are things that happen

769
00:39:30,925 --> 00:39:33,175
that we can't discuss.

770
00:39:34,275 --> 00:39:37,415
And again, we have to trust in the process, unfortunately.

771
00:39:38,275 --> 00:39:42,055
And that process does happen and it is successful

772
00:39:43,115 --> 00:39:47,175
and our staff does an amazing job of fulfilling

773
00:39:47,635 --> 00:39:49,735
and finishing out that process.

774
00:39:52,145 --> 00:39:56,245
And the top priority in that entire process is our students,

775
00:39:56,745 --> 00:39:59,045
is our students' wellbeing, our student safety

776
00:39:59,505 --> 00:40:00,845
and our students' education.

777
00:40:01,815 --> 00:40:03,225
They are our biggest asset.

778
00:40:03,645 --> 00:40:06,185
And our teachers are our next biggest asset

779
00:40:06,185 --> 00:40:07,305
because they are the ones

780
00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:10,825
that are teaching our biggest asset.

781
00:40:11,965 --> 00:40:15,665
So that's my soapbox for the night,

782
00:40:16,965 --> 00:40:20,025
but I can't, I can't stress enough

783
00:40:21,675 --> 00:40:24,415
the importance of this role up here to,

784
00:40:24,475 --> 00:40:26,335
and I, it's nothing that I take lightly

785
00:40:26,515 --> 00:40:27,855
and I am very honored

786
00:40:27,955 --> 00:40:31,015
and very proud to serve on this board, especially

787
00:40:31,015 --> 00:40:32,455
with those that I serve with.

788
00:40:33,195 --> 00:40:36,935
So, and the community is amazing. So

789
00:40:38,035 --> 00:40:39,035
Can we add one thing?

790
00:40:40,395 --> 00:40:41,415
Go Bears? No.

791
00:40:41,475 --> 00:40:43,135
Oh, we have to go around.

792
00:40:43,465 --> 00:40:45,015
Where was, we'll start with Sharon.

793
00:40:45,105 --> 00:40:46,495
Where were you at on nine 11?

794
00:40:47,155 --> 00:40:48,335
I'm moms the elementary.

795
00:40:48,635 --> 00:40:50,055
I'm just getting school opened up,

796
00:40:50,405 --> 00:40:51,695
getting there before everybody else.

797
00:40:51,755 --> 00:40:52,975
And I got a call from my dad,

798
00:40:54,115 --> 00:40:55,175
Man, very Broke up.

799
00:40:55,475 --> 00:40:57,735
Was getting ready to go open up a jewelry store.

800
00:40:57,775 --> 00:41:00,935
I was a manager at Zales. Sweet.

801
00:41:01,275 --> 00:41:04,935
My dad was in intelligence at the time

802
00:41:05,355 --> 00:41:07,695
and all he said was, don't leave your house.

803
00:41:08,885 --> 00:41:09,975
Like, no, gotta go

804
00:41:11,805 --> 00:41:12,805
Adam.

805
00:41:13,935 --> 00:41:18,355
I was in college and I had the morning off

806
00:41:18,615 --> 00:41:20,515
and woke up and turned on the news

807
00:41:21,015 --> 00:41:24,635
and couldn't leave my couch

808
00:41:25,555 --> 00:41:28,835
'cause it was, and I called my now husband who

809
00:41:29,375 --> 00:41:32,275
was working construction and also a former Marine.

810
00:41:32,535 --> 00:41:34,485
And 'cause of course my biggest concern was

811
00:41:34,485 --> 00:41:36,445
that he was gonna reenlist

812
00:41:37,345 --> 00:41:40,325
and he had no idea of what was going on.

813
00:41:40,565 --> 00:41:42,285
'cause he had been running a job site since

814
00:41:43,335 --> 00:41:44,465
five 30 that morning.

815
00:41:45,005 --> 00:41:46,625
And when I said, you need to turn on the news

816
00:41:46,625 --> 00:41:50,065
and call me back, it was a completely different story.

817
00:41:51,625 --> 00:41:54,585
I also worked for student media at the college at that time.

818
00:41:54,765 --> 00:41:56,985
So we actually had a new show that night

819
00:41:57,165 --> 00:42:00,775
and it was, it was, it was tough.

820
00:42:01,435 --> 00:42:04,935
It was tough. But all of my classes were canceled that day

821
00:42:04,935 --> 00:42:09,255
because as one instructor said, this is not important.

822
00:42:10,375 --> 00:42:14,185
Current events are, is what is what's important. So

823
00:42:14,695 --> 00:42:19,145
Kirk, So I was teaching fourth grade at Upper Blue

824
00:42:19,155 --> 00:42:20,185
Elementary in

825
00:42:20,185 --> 00:42:24,065
Breckenridge, Colorado at the time uni,

826
00:42:24,945 --> 00:42:27,825
I had just dropped my three elementary school kids off at

827
00:42:27,825 --> 00:42:30,625
school and come home and the television was on

828
00:42:30,625 --> 00:42:31,665
and I was vacuuming

829
00:42:31,885 --> 00:42:35,465
and then I saw the, you know, the vacuum was on

830
00:42:35,485 --> 00:42:39,065
and I saw what was happening on the television

831
00:42:39,165 --> 00:42:42,425
and just like everyone else stopped in my tracks

832
00:42:42,525 --> 00:42:44,705
and couldn't believe what I was seeing.

833
00:42:45,805 --> 00:42:48,845
I was a junior in high school, of course I woke up at

834
00:42:50,135 --> 00:42:52,005
seven, about 20

835
00:42:52,005 --> 00:42:53,125
minutes where I was supposed to be at school.

836
00:42:54,305 --> 00:42:57,685
20. Wow. My mom always had the Today Show on,

837
00:42:59,195 --> 00:43:00,535
and at the time I left the house

838
00:43:00,675 --> 00:43:04,255
and I remember Matt Lauer saying

839
00:43:05,265 --> 00:43:08,715
something about awfully weird a airplane.

840
00:43:09,415 --> 00:43:10,555
And at the time they were going off,

841
00:43:10,555 --> 00:43:13,235
it was a private plane had hit the tower.

842
00:43:14,265 --> 00:43:17,195
Well, I drove get my truck and drove 10 minutes to school

843
00:43:17,195 --> 00:43:18,435
and by the time I got to school,

844
00:43:19,735 --> 00:43:22,715
the principal was ushering everybody into the auditorium

845
00:43:24,135 --> 00:43:27,515
and we sat in the auditorium with 400 students

846
00:43:29,305 --> 00:43:31,245
and not one time did a teacher have

847
00:43:31,245 --> 00:43:32,325
to tell anybody to behave.

848
00:43:33,325 --> 00:43:35,005
I, I mean we just sat there glued.

849
00:43:35,005 --> 00:43:38,235
Just, you just remember it. Yeah.

850
00:43:38,375 --> 00:43:40,075
You don't forget it. And I don't,

851
00:43:40,155 --> 00:43:41,235
I don't think we ever should forget it.

852
00:43:41,265 --> 00:43:42,265
Nope.

853
00:43:43,145 --> 00:43:46,435
Also, one thing I did want to to say too is

854
00:43:47,605 --> 00:43:49,835
Rifle Middle Schools, Ms. Howard and Mr.

855
00:43:50,015 --> 00:43:53,515
Moon's seventh grade class, they're reading a, a book

856
00:43:56,195 --> 00:43:58,075
a, a fictional book on it.

857
00:43:58,105 --> 00:44:01,275
It's from the point of view of the author of September 11th.

858
00:44:01,375 --> 00:44:02,835
And so they went back and gave back

859
00:44:02,835 --> 00:44:03,995
to the community on that day.

860
00:44:04,695 --> 00:44:06,875
So that was pretty awesome.

861
00:44:07,575 --> 00:44:12,555
So, okay. Committee reports

862
00:44:15,995 --> 00:44:17,435
I haven't had, I don't have anything to update

863
00:44:17,435 --> 00:44:18,915
until later the, this month. Okay.

864
00:44:19,435 --> 00:44:20,475
I have nothing. Yep.

865
00:44:21,955 --> 00:44:23,915
I missed DI was at CASB.

866
00:44:25,535 --> 00:44:28,075
Did you guys have any committee reports other than Dak? Hm.

867
00:44:28,265 --> 00:44:32,605
Okay. Steve,

868
00:44:32,665 --> 00:44:33,925
did you have any committee reports?

869
00:44:35,265 --> 00:44:37,485
No, we haven't had a finance meeting yet. Okay.

870
00:44:37,485 --> 00:44:39,205
But from Kirk's comments, we,

871
00:44:40,285 --> 00:44:41,925
I don't know if I'm looking forward to the next one or not.

872
00:44:44,225 --> 00:44:45,445
And Steve, where were you on

873
00:44:45,725 --> 00:44:47,565
September 11th? Oh, Steve, I'm so,

874
00:44:48,385 --> 00:44:49,385
Oh, no worries.

875
00:44:49,795 --> 00:44:51,085
Yeah, I was a junior in college

876
00:44:51,505 --> 00:44:55,165
and slept in late as junior in colleges do

877
00:44:55,585 --> 00:44:57,965
and came in, you know, came downstairs,

878
00:44:58,065 --> 00:44:59,565
my roommates had the news on

879
00:44:59,625 --> 00:45:03,045
and you know, I remember just sitting down on the couch

880
00:45:03,065 --> 00:45:06,565
and we stayed there all day, you know, just missed class.

881
00:45:07,005 --> 00:45:08,645
I don't know if classes were canceled or not.

882
00:45:09,005 --> 00:45:11,405
I don't think it mattered, you know, in my mind at the time.

883
00:45:12,665 --> 00:45:16,365
But yeah, you know, talking to my dad on the couch

884
00:45:16,465 --> 00:45:17,925
and surrounded by my roommates

885
00:45:17,925 --> 00:45:20,245
and just kind of taking it all in.

886
00:45:22,065 --> 00:45:25,115
Yep. Nice. Okay. Crazy times.

887
00:45:25,985 --> 00:45:26,595
Very crazy

888
00:45:30,195 --> 00:45:34,155
advocacy in other news.

889
00:45:34,365 --> 00:45:36,835
We'll go on to advocacy. Jenny, that was for you.

890
00:45:39,935 --> 00:45:42,915
So before we read the resolution really quick, I just wanted

891
00:45:42,915 --> 00:45:45,315
to go over the things

892
00:45:45,315 --> 00:45:48,715
that I went over in the 86 annual delegate assembly.

893
00:45:50,105 --> 00:45:53,755
That was on Saturday the 12th in Breckenridge.

894
00:45:54,055 --> 00:45:58,075
And this was the first time I had actually attended,

895
00:45:58,315 --> 00:45:59,835
I attended in person last year.

896
00:45:59,835 --> 00:46:01,235
I was supposed to attend virtually

897
00:46:01,255 --> 00:46:03,475
and unfortunately something had come up

898
00:46:03,555 --> 00:46:04,795
and I was unable to attend.

899
00:46:06,455 --> 00:46:10,435
But there was some legislation

900
00:46:10,435 --> 00:46:14,195
that was brought forward just to see if we were, were able

901
00:46:14,195 --> 00:46:16,835
to kinda read and go over what

902
00:46:20,135 --> 00:46:22,195
the purposes to why it's being presented

903
00:46:22,375 --> 00:46:25,755
and whether we agree if there's any changes

904
00:46:25,855 --> 00:46:28,435
or anything that we want to, if that we wanna make to it.

905
00:46:29,075 --> 00:46:31,315
They do have to meet certain criteria.

906
00:46:31,345 --> 00:46:34,595
They have to meet either the finance, local governance

907
00:46:35,555 --> 00:46:38,715
students, student and staff safety and success.

908
00:46:40,015 --> 00:46:42,955
Say that 10 times fast and accountability.

909
00:46:45,095 --> 00:46:46,435
And there were different resolutions

910
00:46:46,435 --> 00:46:49,475
that were submitted over different things.

911
00:46:50,165 --> 00:46:51,515
There was a couple over finance

912
00:46:53,895 --> 00:46:55,755
and the districts, the districts

913
00:46:55,755 --> 00:46:56,995
that bring these forward actually get

914
00:46:56,995 --> 00:47:00,595
to present them at the delegate assembly too, which is,

915
00:47:02,245 --> 00:47:04,595
which is really neat and,

916
00:47:04,615 --> 00:47:06,875
and again, like I said, I learned that districts

917
00:47:06,875 --> 00:47:11,155
of all sizes and all budgetary constraints have

918
00:47:11,355 --> 00:47:12,395
a lot of the same issues.

919
00:47:12,695 --> 00:47:14,835
So it was nice to see.

920
00:47:15,135 --> 00:47:16,715
So I do have some notes from

921
00:47:16,715 --> 00:47:18,355
that if you guys would like to see 'em.

922
00:47:18,755 --> 00:47:22,235
I won't bore everybody with everything that we went through.

923
00:47:22,235 --> 00:47:25,835
There were two two that we tabled for Decembers.

924
00:47:26,055 --> 00:47:27,715
So there'll be another delegate assembly

925
00:47:27,715 --> 00:47:31,565
during the CASB conference and we will revisit those just

926
00:47:31,565 --> 00:47:34,165
because we could not come to a consensus.

927
00:47:36,385 --> 00:47:39,885
So, but I would also like to say too that we couldn't come

928
00:47:39,885 --> 00:47:41,525
to a consensus but we were all able

929
00:47:41,525 --> 00:47:46,125
to disagree respectfully, which is nice to see.

930
00:47:46,905 --> 00:47:51,685
So do you guys have any questions on that? Anything Steve?

931
00:47:51,925 --> 00:47:54,965
Anything or, sorry, Steve Kirk, anything you want

932
00:47:54,965 --> 00:47:56,565
to add to that? Nope.

933
00:47:57,425 --> 00:48:00,365
At this time. Awesome. All right.

934
00:48:01,345 --> 00:48:06,165
So there is the resolution for resolution in support

935
00:48:06,205 --> 00:48:08,525
of the district RE two board and mill levy.

936
00:48:12,225 --> 00:48:14,245
Do we need to read the resolution in full?

937
00:48:15,905 --> 00:48:20,765
That's up to you. Gimme a minute.

938
00:48:23,145 --> 00:48:24,005
It is.

939
00:48:28,225 --> 00:48:29,685
You can just do the top as well

940
00:48:29,685 --> 00:48:30,965
because you don't need have

941
00:48:30,965 --> 00:48:34,445
to read the whole thing so it's okay. Okay.

942
00:48:35,285 --> 00:48:37,805
So the resolution of the Garfield School district number

943
00:48:37,965 --> 00:48:39,405
RE two Board of Education

944
00:48:39,405 --> 00:48:42,565
regarding the district's 2026 mill levy override

945
00:48:42,565 --> 00:48:44,485
and bond ballot initiatives.

946
00:48:50,325 --> 00:48:52,845
I would take a motion to approve the resolution in support

947
00:48:52,845 --> 00:48:54,725
of the district's re two bond and mill levies.

948
00:48:57,205 --> 00:48:59,845
I make a motion to approve the resolution in support

949
00:48:59,845 --> 00:49:00,965
of the bond and mill levy.

950
00:49:01,295 --> 00:49:02,885
Thank you. Megan. May I get a second?

951
00:49:04,315 --> 00:49:05,445
I'll second. Thank you.

952
00:49:05,445 --> 00:49:07,085
Chance Sharon Mag roll call please.

953
00:49:07,265 --> 00:49:10,325
Do you wanna have discussion first before you roll?

954
00:49:11,955 --> 00:49:13,565
Sure. We discussed it. Yeah.

955
00:49:13,725 --> 00:49:16,605
I was like, I don't, I don't think anybody, is there any,

956
00:49:16,695 --> 00:49:19,325
Steve, do you have any questions or concerns? Discussed

957
00:49:19,325 --> 00:49:23,445
It with Fathom anyway, you had no questions on my end.

958
00:49:23,675 --> 00:49:24,675
Okay.

959
00:49:25,445 --> 00:49:26,965
I also have no questions or concerns.

960
00:49:27,125 --> 00:49:30,485
I think we've been over this a lot, very, very clearly.

961
00:49:31,675 --> 00:49:34,725
Okay. I have nothing.

962
00:49:36,795 --> 00:49:37,795
Okay.

963
00:49:38,905 --> 00:49:40,205
Sharon, roll call.

964
00:49:40,875 --> 00:49:42,845
Roll you. Aye.

965
00:49:43,985 --> 00:49:47,605
Hi aye Jenkins. Aye Jensen. Aye.

966
00:49:49,355 --> 00:49:53,765
Okay. And next up is our governance discussion items.

967
00:49:54,465 --> 00:49:57,565
We have got our district unified improvement plan.

968
00:49:58,625 --> 00:50:02,205
Hi guys. I would, I dunno if this is allowed,

969
00:50:02,265 --> 00:50:06,525
but I would like to impose that John and I flip

970
00:50:06,525 --> 00:50:10,485
because these kind people here has plans.

971
00:50:10,955 --> 00:50:14,485
Okay. So if we can flip that would be great. The plan.

972
00:50:15,035 --> 00:50:17,685
Sure. We can go ahead and amend the agenda to do that.

973
00:50:17,745 --> 00:50:21,445
So we'll go ahead and have so,

974
00:50:21,745 --> 00:50:23,165
so John, you're here for the

975
00:50:25,015 --> 00:50:26,015
Trail.

976
00:50:26,785 --> 00:50:28,565
So yeah, so 11.3

977
00:50:30,795 --> 00:50:31,795
Here.

978
00:50:33,035 --> 00:50:35,365
That my favorite is my favorite.

979
00:50:36,835 --> 00:50:38,725
Come on down, grab a chair.

980
00:50:43,275 --> 00:50:46,165
Does everybody know Mr. Reynolds? Dave?

981
00:50:47,075 --> 00:50:51,005
He's the city manager of Newcastle.

982
00:50:52,195 --> 00:50:53,965
Okay. Nice to see everybody. Okay,

983
00:50:53,965 --> 00:50:54,965
Thanks.

984
00:50:54,965 --> 00:50:55,885
That's why you look familiar. Oh yeah.

985
00:50:55,925 --> 00:50:57,845
I was gonna say you look familiar. I know, I know.

986
00:50:57,845 --> 00:50:59,445
I've seen you around. He

987
00:50:59,445 --> 00:51:00,445
Looks, he looks official.

988
00:51:00,725 --> 00:51:02,685
I didn't wanna mention where I like we work,

989
00:51:02,945 --> 00:51:04,285
we work together a lot.

990
00:51:05,355 --> 00:51:08,365
Just over many different things that are going on

991
00:51:08,625 --> 00:51:12,725
and most of 'em get along pretty good most times. Yeah.

992
00:51:13,385 --> 00:51:14,965
So was this one of those times

993
00:51:15,465 --> 00:51:16,725
Always, always, always.

994
00:51:16,945 --> 00:51:18,445
I'm just playing. We, we get along great.

995
00:51:19,995 --> 00:51:23,965
Well we've got, tonight is, this is a IGA

996
00:51:24,435 --> 00:51:26,205
between the city of Newcastle

997
00:51:27,385 --> 00:51:29,645
and the school district.

998
00:51:30,635 --> 00:51:33,885
This is a step among many steps

999
00:51:34,985 --> 00:51:38,845
to possibly get to a project at Elk Creek Elementary.

1000
00:51:39,475 --> 00:51:43,365
Okay. The IGA spells out the project

1001
00:51:44,305 --> 00:51:46,845
pretty good as an overall view,

1002
00:51:48,065 --> 00:51:51,725
but this is a piece that needs to be approved to y'all

1003
00:51:52,225 --> 00:51:56,895
by y'all for the grant to move on to rta,

1004
00:51:56,985 --> 00:51:58,655
which is awarded in December.

1005
00:52:00,565 --> 00:52:05,535
Okay. So I don't know

1006
00:52:05,535 --> 00:52:08,215
if y'all have looked over the IGA at all.

1007
00:52:08,595 --> 00:52:11,495
So it does spell out a lot of a lot of stuff.

1008
00:52:12,555 --> 00:52:17,255
It does say that if funds were if administered by Rafta,

1009
00:52:17,645 --> 00:52:20,695
that they would go through the city of Newcastle

1010
00:52:21,515 --> 00:52:23,575
and then be reimbursed to us.

1011
00:52:24,555 --> 00:52:26,535
But there's a lot of steps we have to get to

1012
00:52:26,555 --> 00:52:27,935
before we get to that.

1013
00:52:28,885 --> 00:52:30,975
That make sense? Okay.

1014
00:52:31,275 --> 00:52:34,495
So the one step is the grant's gotta be awarded.

1015
00:52:35,525 --> 00:52:37,095
Well there's not any money really

1016
00:52:37,195 --> 00:52:39,695
to even talk about another step.

1017
00:52:39,715 --> 00:52:41,655
It had, the project has to be bid out.

1018
00:52:42,115 --> 00:52:44,775
It has to come in under the amount of the grant.

1019
00:52:46,955 --> 00:52:48,575
The project has to be engineered.

1020
00:52:48,905 --> 00:52:50,895
State permitting has to be approved.

1021
00:52:55,965 --> 00:52:57,735
I've got something I can't read

1022
00:52:57,935 --> 00:52:58,975
'cause I don't have my glasses on

1023
00:52:58,975 --> 00:53:00,575
that are right at the very bottom of the page.

1024
00:53:00,575 --> 00:53:03,255
Really small. You want read

1025
00:53:04,085 --> 00:53:05,735
what I'm trying to, to get to?

1026
00:53:05,815 --> 00:53:06,935
I think it says the Board of Proofs.

1027
00:53:07,485 --> 00:53:08,575
Yeah, the board of proofs.

1028
00:53:08,655 --> 00:53:11,615
I knew there was something really? Thank you. Thank you.

1029
00:53:11,615 --> 00:53:13,575
You got some, yeah. Yeah.

1030
00:53:13,575 --> 00:53:16,415
The board also would've to approve the ultimate project

1031
00:53:17,075 --> 00:53:18,215
before it would go on.

1032
00:53:18,755 --> 00:53:19,935
So sorry about that.

1033
00:53:20,035 --> 00:53:22,055
That's the most important part I guess, isn't it?

1034
00:53:22,755 --> 00:53:25,445
So we would approve. So we could approve this then we

1035
00:53:25,445 --> 00:53:27,245
would have to approve the project later.

1036
00:53:27,425 --> 00:53:29,285
You would still have to approve stuff

1037
00:53:29,465 --> 00:53:30,605
two more times. Okay.

1038
00:53:30,805 --> 00:53:32,165
'cause this is just the agreement to get

1039
00:53:32,165 --> 00:53:33,245
the grant awarded.

1040
00:53:33,245 --> 00:53:34,845
Right. Grant, yes. So

1041
00:53:34,845 --> 00:53:36,645
that's all we're really talking about tonight.

1042
00:53:37,625 --> 00:53:40,845
And again, the grant wouldn't be decided upon until December

1043
00:53:41,785 --> 00:53:44,005
by the executive board of rta.

1044
00:53:46,545 --> 00:53:48,805
So, and the, the reason, if I,

1045
00:53:49,085 --> 00:53:50,885
'cause I see a few question marks out here.

1046
00:53:53,025 --> 00:53:57,525
The reason it goes in this direction in the process is

1047
00:53:57,525 --> 00:54:01,965
that the town is the only one eligible for this grant.

1048
00:54:02,345 --> 00:54:06,605
So as a member of rafta, the town can apply for this grant

1049
00:54:07,305 --> 00:54:10,845
on behalf of the school and on behalf of the project.

1050
00:54:11,505 --> 00:54:13,445
So that's what brings the town into the project.

1051
00:54:13,585 --> 00:54:17,565
The project actually takes place on school property, but

1052
00:54:17,565 --> 00:54:20,885
because the school district is not a member of rafta,

1053
00:54:20,885 --> 00:54:22,365
you wouldn't be eligible for this.

1054
00:54:22,745 --> 00:54:24,605
So seeing a way to partner

1055
00:54:24,825 --> 00:54:27,205
and seeing a way to move this project forward,

1056
00:54:27,865 --> 00:54:30,205
the town was willing to step in.

1057
00:54:30,465 --> 00:54:35,205
And this, by the way, as I was sitting here tonight, I kind

1058
00:54:35,205 --> 00:54:37,685
of remembering how intertwined the,

1059
00:54:37,785 --> 00:54:39,845
the town has been in the last few years

1060
00:54:39,995 --> 00:54:41,245
with the school district.

1061
00:54:41,675 --> 00:54:44,805
This is actually the third project in the last two years

1062
00:54:45,795 --> 00:54:49,005
that we've partnered in a grant project.

1063
00:54:49,345 --> 00:54:54,005
So we had, two years ago we had an a DA playground

1064
00:54:54,545 --> 00:54:56,605
at Catherine Sr.

1065
00:54:57,195 --> 00:55:01,645
That the town partnered with the school in an FMLD grant.

1066
00:55:01,985 --> 00:55:04,645
And I think one of the reasons we were successful there was

1067
00:55:04,645 --> 00:55:07,045
because we went after a joint grant together

1068
00:55:07,585 --> 00:55:09,525
and that's what FMLD was looking for.

1069
00:55:09,935 --> 00:55:13,405
We've currently got another FMLD application in

1070
00:55:13,985 --> 00:55:17,565
for a large playground behind Riverside Elementary School.

1071
00:55:18,225 --> 00:55:21,165
And we're hoping to hear, I think that's in about two weeks,

1072
00:55:21,225 --> 00:55:23,285
we should hear whether or not we're successful there.

1073
00:55:23,985 --> 00:55:25,405
And then this is the third

1074
00:55:25,405 --> 00:55:27,165
partnership that we're going after.

1075
00:55:27,425 --> 00:55:30,365
So yeah, so I, I am kind of reminded of

1076
00:55:30,365 --> 00:55:31,725
how intertwined we are

1077
00:55:33,225 --> 00:55:36,485
and this project is a little more complex just

1078
00:55:36,485 --> 00:55:38,845
because we've got an organization out there willing

1079
00:55:38,865 --> 00:55:40,765
to give the funding through the town

1080
00:55:41,465 --> 00:55:43,205
as opposed directly through the school.

1081
00:55:43,505 --> 00:55:47,725
So this IGA tonight is a critical piece to demonstrate

1082
00:55:47,985 --> 00:55:51,085
to RTA how the project will work

1083
00:55:51,585 --> 00:55:54,725
and how the money will flow once they award it.

1084
00:55:54,785 --> 00:55:57,365
And I'm pretty confident they're gonna award it. So,

1085
00:56:04,325 --> 00:56:08,425
So I'm just reading through project description

1086
00:56:09,925 --> 00:56:12,065
and again, like you said, we'll be back ahead in front

1087
00:56:12,065 --> 00:56:13,345
of you guys will be back in front of us

1088
00:56:13,405 --> 00:56:14,985
for two more times at least,

1089
00:56:15,915 --> 00:56:16,915
Right?

1090
00:56:16,915 --> 00:56:17,785
It sounds like. Yeah. And that'll kind

1091
00:56:17,785 --> 00:56:20,145
of be more in your process than on the, our side.

1092
00:56:20,145 --> 00:56:21,145
Yeah,

1093
00:56:23,635 --> 00:56:25,205
Correct me if I'm wrong, John.

1094
00:56:25,335 --> 00:56:30,045
There is for the board, there's a couple, this, this,

1095
00:56:30,795 --> 00:56:34,765
this as, as Dave's pointed out, this is the agreement

1096
00:56:35,155 --> 00:56:37,405
with the city of New Castle to all

1097
00:56:37,825 --> 00:56:40,205
to allow the grant to go forward.

1098
00:56:40,785 --> 00:56:41,885
The actual pro.

1099
00:56:42,035 --> 00:56:46,405
This IGA also allows the board some outs

1100
00:56:47,305 --> 00:56:48,925
if in fact things like

1101
00:56:50,035 --> 00:56:52,645
cost overruns come in, those kind of things.

1102
00:56:52,985 --> 00:56:56,125
So if, tell me if I'm incorrect in

1103
00:56:56,125 --> 00:56:59,485
that it allow their minds can be eased

1104
00:56:59,485 --> 00:57:04,085
that there is outs down the road if things don't line up

1105
00:57:04,465 --> 00:57:05,525
as expected.

1106
00:57:06,675 --> 00:57:10,325
Budgetarily your time, things like that.

1107
00:57:10,835 --> 00:57:13,805
They're not locking themselves in right now

1108
00:57:14,545 --> 00:57:16,805
if unforeseens come up.

1109
00:57:16,865 --> 00:57:18,685
Is that, that is correct my understanding. Correct.

1110
00:57:19,075 --> 00:57:23,445
That is correct. But we need this in order to go

1111
00:57:23,445 --> 00:57:26,325
after the grant to even get us in the position

1112
00:57:27,425 --> 00:57:30,325
to then make, to have the opportunity

1113
00:57:30,785 --> 00:57:32,245
to even see if things line up.

1114
00:57:32,275 --> 00:57:33,925
Correct. Is that a, that's a fair way

1115
00:57:33,925 --> 00:57:35,565
of saying it. Okay. This

1116
00:57:35,565 --> 00:57:37,045
Is, this is just us shaking hands

1117
00:57:37,165 --> 00:57:38,365
agreeing to go to the next step.

1118
00:57:39,345 --> 00:57:40,345
That's it. Yeah.

1119
00:57:42,285 --> 00:57:46,785
Okay. Yeah, I I mean I'm,

1120
00:57:46,845 --> 00:57:50,185
I'm always a big proponent of, you know,

1121
00:57:50,605 --> 00:57:55,065
making our infrastructure useful and efficient.

1122
00:57:55,405 --> 00:57:57,225
So I'm willing to go to the next step.

1123
00:57:58,765 --> 00:58:01,545
And I think it's important too, the, I mean,

1124
00:58:01,545 --> 00:58:04,945
we definitely wanna have a safe place

1125
00:58:05,445 --> 00:58:06,825
for the community to walk through.

1126
00:58:10,055 --> 00:58:12,865
Yeah. I see it very much as a win-win,

1127
00:58:12,885 --> 00:58:14,625
win win potentially.

1128
00:58:15,605 --> 00:58:18,905
But I also see that realistically there's some areas

1129
00:58:18,935 --> 00:58:20,825
that I have some pretty significant concern

1130
00:58:21,605 --> 00:58:25,625
and it would be in construction and, and material and costs.

1131
00:58:26,865 --> 00:58:28,785
I also have some additional concerns about

1132
00:58:30,105 --> 00:58:32,145
extended maintenance in the obligation to the district,

1133
00:58:32,145 --> 00:58:34,185
which I don't think is unreasonable.

1134
00:58:34,265 --> 00:58:35,465
I wanna be really clear with that.

1135
00:58:36,765 --> 00:58:41,465
But It's a, it's a shuffle.

1136
00:58:41,465 --> 00:58:44,065
It's a juggle and you know that better than I do John.

1137
00:58:44,205 --> 00:58:46,585
And, and really kind of protecting, I think our job

1138
00:58:46,605 --> 00:58:49,625
as board is one, to not just present or protect

1139
00:58:49,765 --> 00:58:53,065
and preserve our assets,

1140
00:58:53,485 --> 00:58:57,745
but to be mindful of what any future obligation

1141
00:58:58,225 --> 00:59:01,905
that we are committed to for the district that may seem

1142
00:59:02,535 --> 00:59:04,465
pennies on the dollar or reasonable now

1143
00:59:04,605 --> 00:59:05,825
and are exponential later.

1144
00:59:05,925 --> 00:59:10,865
So I I'm also in support of moving forward

1145
00:59:13,205 --> 00:59:15,625
and getting a better look at what this project

1146
00:59:16,185 --> 00:59:19,065
actually entails without a full commitment to,

1147
00:59:19,285 --> 00:59:20,545
to move forward at this time.

1148
00:59:20,615 --> 00:59:21,615
Yeah.

1149
00:59:23,855 --> 00:59:25,925
Steve, do you have any, any questions

1150
00:59:26,025 --> 00:59:27,365
or concerns on this one?

1151
00:59:28,235 --> 00:59:30,405
Yeah, I mean I, I, I like the project overall.

1152
00:59:32,365 --> 00:59:35,125
I also, you know, going, reviewing the agreement, I guess

1153
00:59:35,815 --> 00:59:37,645
maybe my biggest question

1154
00:59:37,745 --> 00:59:41,125
or concern is, you know, probably to John to say, you know,

1155
00:59:41,125 --> 00:59:44,085
there's a lot of things that end up on him

1156
00:59:44,085 --> 00:59:47,765
and his team's lap that I, I guess I wouldn't have expected

1157
00:59:48,315 --> 00:59:49,725
from the initial conversations

1158
00:59:50,145 --> 00:59:52,845
and, you know, with engineering

1159
00:59:52,945 --> 00:59:54,965
and contracting and all of that.

1160
00:59:56,085 --> 01:00:00,445
I guess I would wouldn't mind hearing John's perspective

1161
01:00:00,585 --> 01:00:03,925
as far as how impactful that is on him and his staff

1162
01:00:03,985 --> 01:00:06,005
and if that, if there's bandwidth for that

1163
01:00:07,005 --> 01:00:09,525
and then obviously, you know, potential budget override

1164
01:00:09,545 --> 01:00:12,125
or over overages and things that we could deal with later.

1165
01:00:12,225 --> 01:00:13,405
You know, that's just part of construction.

1166
01:00:13,405 --> 01:00:15,605
But I guess that, you know, my,

1167
01:00:16,705 --> 01:00:19,165
my main concern from the beginning of, you know,

1168
01:00:19,165 --> 01:00:22,445
when this was proposed is do we have the, the, the manpower

1169
01:00:22,625 --> 01:00:27,525
to execute And this is more of a administrative

1170
01:00:27,525 --> 01:00:30,325
and manpower heavy task than I initially

1171
01:00:30,325 --> 01:00:31,885
anticipated, but that would be,

1172
01:00:35,345 --> 01:00:39,925
Trying to think the correct way to answer at this point.

1173
01:00:40,715 --> 01:00:42,805
There's nothing official going on next summer,

1174
01:00:43,345 --> 01:00:46,005
but there's a possibility we could have a tremendous amount

1175
01:00:46,005 --> 01:00:47,285
of things going on next summer.

1176
01:00:50,295 --> 01:00:53,995
So there are some outs in the, in the IGA

1177
01:00:54,215 --> 01:00:57,315
and with the process if that were to happen.

1178
01:00:58,385 --> 01:01:00,515
Okay. Okay. So,

1179
01:01:01,015 --> 01:01:03,715
And I, I would like to point out to both Megan

1180
01:01:03,775 --> 01:01:06,075
and Steve's points, I share those

1181
01:01:06,575 --> 01:01:09,035
and my support is just going to the next step.

1182
01:01:10,705 --> 01:01:13,235
There's a lot of information we need to be presented with

1183
01:01:16,095 --> 01:01:18,915
and maybe some of those questions

1184
01:01:18,915 --> 01:01:21,275
and concerns about whether it's on us

1185
01:01:21,295 --> 01:01:23,875
or on the city can be resolved in that rest

1186
01:01:23,875 --> 01:01:24,995
of that process. Yeah,

1187
01:01:25,385 --> 01:01:26,035
Sure. So

1188
01:01:26,035 --> 01:01:27,995
That, that's my thoughts on that. Yeah.

1189
01:01:28,705 --> 01:01:31,955
Yeah, because I, I had a lot of the same concerns too,

1190
01:01:32,735 --> 01:01:36,155
but I think those concerns can be addressed Right now we're

1191
01:01:36,155 --> 01:01:38,195
just wanting to make sure that we get the money right.

1192
01:01:38,375 --> 01:01:41,155
So I, I mean hopefully we get the money,

1193
01:01:41,255 --> 01:01:44,115
but I mean this could also be no

1194
01:01:44,115 --> 01:01:48,915
and Boyd come December, so Yeah, I think so that,

1195
01:01:48,915 --> 01:01:51,355
that does help ease my mind knowing that there are,

1196
01:01:51,685 --> 01:01:52,755
there are stipulations.

1197
01:01:52,995 --> 01:01:54,515
'cause of course we don't want it to,

1198
01:01:55,355 --> 01:01:57,315
'cause you know, teachers don't, we don't teach,

1199
01:01:57,335 --> 01:01:58,955
we don't run a school district for profit.

1200
01:01:59,455 --> 01:02:02,555
So, you know, we pinch every penny that we possibly can.

1201
01:02:02,735 --> 01:02:07,355
So I appreciate this and it is very thorough too, for sure.

1202
01:02:08,015 --> 01:02:11,435
So is there any other discussion, any other questions?

1203
01:02:13,265 --> 01:02:14,515
Nope. Okay.

1204
01:02:19,905 --> 01:02:21,765
Can we move to approve it

1205
01:02:24,765 --> 01:02:27,395
first or do we have to go through the rest

1206
01:02:27,415 --> 01:02:29,355
of the discussion?

1207
01:02:29,515 --> 01:02:32,275
I think as long as you guys are okay with it, you can do it.

1208
01:02:33,225 --> 01:02:37,795
Okay. Are you guys okay moving this on for Yep. Approval?

1209
01:02:38,195 --> 01:02:39,435
I am, yeah. Okay. Yep.

1210
01:02:40,435 --> 01:02:43,155
I would take a motion to approve the MOU for the

1211
01:02:43,825 --> 01:02:45,795
Lova side sidewalk project.

1212
01:02:48,875 --> 01:02:51,595
I make a motion to approve the IGA

1213
01:02:51,615 --> 01:02:54,035
for the Lova side sidewalk project.

1214
01:02:55,845 --> 01:02:57,755
Thank you. Megan, may I get a second please?

1215
01:02:58,065 --> 01:02:59,235
I'll second thank you.

1216
01:02:59,235 --> 01:03:03,915
Chance Sharon Mag, get roll call please. Will you? Aye. Hi.

1217
01:03:04,335 --> 01:03:07,515
Aye Jenkins? Aye Jensen. Aye.

1218
01:03:08,865 --> 01:03:10,555
Okay. Thank you.

1219
01:03:11,365 --> 01:03:13,115
Thank you. Appreciate you guys. I appreciate it. Yeah.

1220
01:03:13,115 --> 01:03:14,595
Can I just say one other thing I,

1221
01:03:14,755 --> 01:03:17,395
I appreciate we're talking about how we're intertwined

1222
01:03:17,935 --> 01:03:19,515
and I wanted to thank you for your,

1223
01:03:19,545 --> 01:03:24,115
your words about the tragedy on I 71 of the parents works

1224
01:03:24,135 --> 01:03:28,035
for me directly and that's a, a huge loss in town hall.

1225
01:03:28,975 --> 01:03:31,515
And then thank you for your participation in the parade.

1226
01:03:31,615 --> 01:03:35,235
We, we love how re two is always out there

1227
01:03:35,235 --> 01:03:38,035
and doing things with the town of Newcastle. So thank

1228
01:03:38,035 --> 01:03:39,035
You.

1229
01:03:39,035 --> 01:03:40,155
I can't even even think about it without tear up.

1230
01:03:40,185 --> 01:03:42,795
Yeah. I, I can't even imagine. That is September 11th.

1231
01:03:42,895 --> 01:03:45,755
So yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

1232
01:03:51,535 --> 01:03:53,035
If we could all look at John

1233
01:03:54,135 --> 01:03:56,555
and when I say go, we're all gonna say happy birthday John.

1234
01:03:56,555 --> 01:04:00,955
Ready go. Happy birthday John. Thank you.

1235
01:04:01,175 --> 01:04:02,315
We could sing. I was just trying

1236
01:04:02,315 --> 01:04:06,035
to be a gentleman and hug your chair for you. Thanks

1237
01:04:06,035 --> 01:04:07,035
John.

1238
01:04:07,035 --> 01:04:07,325
Appreciate you.

1239
01:04:08,695 --> 01:04:11,555
How old are you John? 37. 39. I love it.

1240
01:04:11,625 --> 01:04:13,795
Alright. All right again. You too.

1241
01:04:17,905 --> 01:04:19,115
When you start going backwards,

1242
01:04:22,425 --> 01:04:24,075
It's just you Simone. Thank you Simone. Hi.

1243
01:04:24,255 --> 01:04:28,115
It is just me. I appreciate, I appreciate you

1244
01:04:29,315 --> 01:04:31,315
allowing that to swap so that Absolutely.

1245
01:04:32,255 --> 01:04:34,595
So no problem. Bold move cotton.

1246
01:04:35,295 --> 01:04:37,475
What's that? There was in the movie dodge

1247
01:04:37,475 --> 01:04:38,715
ball, bold move cotton

1248
01:04:39,965 --> 01:04:40,965
Dodge ball.

1249
01:04:40,965 --> 01:04:41,545
Yeah.

1250
01:04:41,875 --> 01:04:45,595
I had a dodge ball chance a few weeks ago.

1251
01:04:46,035 --> 01:04:49,395
I was lucky enough to share with you the great progress

1252
01:04:49,545 --> 01:04:51,515
that Garfield RE two is making

1253
01:04:52,265 --> 01:04:55,715
inching our way towards being a high achieving district.

1254
01:04:56,665 --> 01:05:00,155
That being said, we know the only way to do that is

1255
01:05:00,155 --> 01:05:02,475
to focus on the areas that are not

1256
01:05:02,475 --> 01:05:03,955
as strong as we want them to be.

1257
01:05:04,815 --> 01:05:06,195
That's what tonight is about.

1258
01:05:07,815 --> 01:05:11,355
In your packet, you'll see Theresa, if you go

1259
01:05:11,355 --> 01:05:14,395
to the next page please, you'll see the graduate profile.

1260
01:05:15,375 --> 01:05:17,485
The reason for that, as you well know,

1261
01:05:17,485 --> 01:05:18,685
this is our north star.

1262
01:05:18,995 --> 01:05:21,005
This guides all of the work we do.

1263
01:05:22,065 --> 01:05:23,965
All of the conversations we have

1264
01:05:24,545 --> 01:05:26,645
is fixated on the graduate profile.

1265
01:05:27,465 --> 01:05:28,765
And I would argue

1266
01:05:28,915 --> 01:05:31,765
that this year it's tighter than I've ever seen it before.

1267
01:05:32,255 --> 01:05:34,325
Which is exciting as our schools

1268
01:05:34,745 --> 01:05:37,565
and our district dig into our data in order

1269
01:05:37,585 --> 01:05:39,325
to make magic happen.

1270
01:05:40,595 --> 01:05:44,885
Last week, right, last week on Wednesday,

1271
01:05:45,085 --> 01:05:47,005
'cause today's Wednesday we had all

1272
01:05:47,005 --> 01:05:49,005
of our district leaders at the district office

1273
01:05:49,305 --> 01:05:53,565
and they dug into our achievement data

1274
01:05:54,425 --> 01:05:57,645
and they came up with direction for us

1275
01:05:57,865 --> 01:05:59,645
as we launch into this school year.

1276
01:06:00,835 --> 01:06:04,885
That being said, keep in mind that our students,

1277
01:06:04,975 --> 01:06:08,165
their little feet, some big feet have only been in our

1278
01:06:08,285 --> 01:06:10,085
buildings for 22 days today.

1279
01:06:11,265 --> 01:06:14,365
22 days. Is that all? That's all.

1280
01:06:14,465 --> 01:06:18,005
But think of this, we are farther, it feels

1281
01:06:18,115 --> 01:06:20,725
that we are farther along in all the work we're doing

1282
01:06:21,315 --> 01:06:22,645
than we've ever been before.

1283
01:06:22,945 --> 01:06:26,085
And that part of it is exciting to do or to see

1284
01:06:26,545 --> 01:06:27,845
and we're seeing it for sure.

1285
01:06:29,225 --> 01:06:34,085
So what I'll walk you through tonight is thinking about how

1286
01:06:34,695 --> 01:06:38,605
we're going to embed the work in areas

1287
01:06:38,755 --> 01:06:41,845
that need more support so that we can continue

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01:06:41,845 --> 01:06:43,805
to grow towards a high achieving district.

1289
01:06:45,915 --> 01:06:48,605
Last year you saw a data protocol

1290
01:06:49,785 --> 01:06:53,045
and that data protocol is the same one

1291
01:06:53,045 --> 01:06:54,525
that we're using this year.

1292
01:06:54,675 --> 01:06:57,325
It's become the theme of Garfield RE two

1293
01:06:57,545 --> 01:06:58,725
as we dig into data.

1294
01:06:59,545 --> 01:07:02,365
And so the first step to all of this was

1295
01:07:02,365 --> 01:07:03,645
to take our data protocol

1296
01:07:04,065 --> 01:07:08,125
and let our leaders look at it to find where

1297
01:07:09,905 --> 01:07:12,765
our district was breaking down in the work

1298
01:07:13,355 --> 01:07:16,485
that they were doing in order to support students.

1299
01:07:17,625 --> 01:07:21,405
So we did that at the district level with district data

1300
01:07:21,985 --> 01:07:25,925
and then the schools, we'll do it at the school level, most

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01:07:25,925 --> 01:07:30,085
of them Friday, to create their school plans.

1302
01:07:30,545 --> 01:07:35,405
What's happening here is very much being mimicked in

1303
01:07:35,405 --> 01:07:40,205
the schools and the work all feeds together.

1304
01:07:40,205 --> 01:07:42,965
There's a lot of synergy between what we do with the schools

1305
01:07:42,965 --> 01:07:44,805
and what they're doing with their staff.

1306
01:07:48,145 --> 01:07:50,525
So you're going to get the big broad overview

1307
01:07:51,145 --> 01:07:55,285
and the slides that you were sent changed just a little bit.

1308
01:07:55,785 --> 01:07:59,445
The why is your presentation had to be ready

1309
01:08:00,545 --> 01:08:04,765
before we were able to solidify all the work we did

1310
01:08:04,765 --> 01:08:07,165
with the staff on Wednesday.

1311
01:08:07,865 --> 01:08:11,125
But it's same, same just written in a different way.

1312
01:08:11,955 --> 01:08:16,725
What came out of the work we did is very much a continuation

1313
01:08:16,785 --> 01:08:18,525
of the work we've been doing.

1314
01:08:19,565 --> 01:08:22,765
Garfield re two will focus on three

1315
01:08:23,815 --> 01:08:25,285
large priorities

1316
01:08:25,625 --> 01:08:28,325
and we call 'em priority performance challenges

1317
01:08:28,675 --> 01:08:32,325
because they are the areas that are challenging us the most

1318
01:08:33,785 --> 01:08:38,485
in attaining higher achievement and increasing our growth.

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01:08:39,515 --> 01:08:43,685
Through the data that we looked at, which included CMAs,

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01:08:45,245 --> 01:08:47,005
S-A-T-P-S-A-T,

1321
01:08:48,185 --> 01:08:52,325
and beginning of this school year i-Ready

1322
01:08:52,745 --> 01:08:55,045
and progress learning, we had all of

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01:08:55,045 --> 01:08:56,205
that in front of our leaders.

1324
01:08:56,915 --> 01:08:59,525
Through that, they decided

1325
01:08:59,595 --> 01:09:02,005
that we are focused on the right things

1326
01:09:02,665 --> 01:09:06,285
and we are still not seeing the achievement scores

1327
01:09:06,285 --> 01:09:09,565
where we'd like them to see in both math and ELA.

1328
01:09:11,395 --> 01:09:12,685
What also came out of

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01:09:12,685 --> 01:09:16,485
that is they wanna focus on the other end of the spectrum.

1330
01:09:17,425 --> 01:09:21,285
So we need to look at the students how, who are performing

1331
01:09:22,135 --> 01:09:23,645
below the achievement level

1332
01:09:23,985 --> 01:09:28,745
and start tackling some of those targeted groups of kids.

1333
01:09:30,045 --> 01:09:33,505
So right now we're at 45% of our students

1334
01:09:35,025 --> 01:09:36,865
demonstrating lower achievement.

1335
01:09:36,885 --> 01:09:38,465
In those two areas combined,

1336
01:09:38,525 --> 01:09:41,985
you can see each content area broken out in the bottom of

1337
01:09:41,985 --> 01:09:44,785
that square with round corners.

1338
01:09:44,785 --> 01:09:46,505
So I'm not really sure what you call that shape.

1339
01:09:47,565 --> 01:09:52,025
And then the second challenge that RTRE two is going

1340
01:09:52,025 --> 01:09:54,265
to tackle, which you'll notice again,

1341
01:09:54,285 --> 01:09:56,305
is a continuation from last year.

1342
01:09:56,885 --> 01:09:59,345
We had schools that showed great success

1343
01:09:59,345 --> 01:10:01,665
with moving these two subgroups of kids.

1344
01:10:02,365 --> 01:10:04,225
And there are areas where we still need

1345
01:10:04,225 --> 01:10:05,265
to make improvements.

1346
01:10:05,365 --> 01:10:09,905
So we will again, focus on our EL learners

1347
01:10:10,525 --> 01:10:13,385
and our special education learners so

1348
01:10:13,385 --> 01:10:15,505
that we can show we are meeting their needs

1349
01:10:16,085 --> 01:10:17,345
at a higher capacity.

1350
01:10:18,285 --> 01:10:19,865
And the last one is

1351
01:10:22,405 --> 01:10:24,145
mostly at the elementary level,

1352
01:10:24,445 --> 01:10:27,705
but we really want to target our students

1353
01:10:27,735 --> 01:10:30,345
that have significant reading deficiencies.

1354
01:10:31,085 --> 01:10:33,145
We identify them in K three.

1355
01:10:33,925 --> 01:10:36,905
What's happened in the state of Colorado is we don't

1356
01:10:37,915 --> 01:10:39,725
ever take students off a read plan.

1357
01:10:40,785 --> 01:10:44,885
And so over the course of the past three years,

1358
01:10:45,065 --> 01:10:49,525
we put into place our read plans that start in kindergarten

1359
01:10:51,325 --> 01:10:54,075
moved up if a student was still on a re plan.

1360
01:10:54,095 --> 01:10:56,395
By the time they transitioned into the middle school,

1361
01:10:56,465 --> 01:10:57,875
they stayed on a reed plan

1362
01:10:58,535 --> 01:11:01,395
and the middle schools tackled as many as they could to,

1363
01:11:01,535 --> 01:11:06,235
to try and get them closer to being in a place where their

1364
01:11:06,745 --> 01:11:11,595
reading deficiency wasn't as significant so

1365
01:11:11,595 --> 01:11:14,445
that they could tackle grade level text.

1366
01:11:15,425 --> 01:11:17,405
And now next school year

1367
01:11:17,915 --> 01:11:20,605
read plans will follow students into the high school

1368
01:11:21,585 --> 01:11:25,325
and it will be the high school's responsibility to work to

1369
01:11:26,005 --> 01:11:27,485
minimize those deficiencies even more.

1370
01:11:28,145 --> 01:11:30,285
So we really wanna hit hard

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01:11:30,505 --> 01:11:34,245
and start being more preventative so that kids don't have

1372
01:11:34,245 --> 01:11:36,605
that longevity of having a reading deficiency.

1373
01:11:37,175 --> 01:11:39,725
We're gonna start working on that in the next school year.

1374
01:11:41,785 --> 01:11:43,165
Any questions about that?

1375
01:11:47,435 --> 01:11:51,355
I don't know how to, I don't want to make it sound like

1376
01:11:52,215 --> 01:11:54,595
bad, but do you believe,

1377
01:11:54,595 --> 01:11:56,755
because this process has been going on for years,

1378
01:11:56,785 --> 01:12:00,075
like this process of, you know, of raising our achievement

1379
01:12:00,075 --> 01:12:01,475
and our growth rates, and you guys have done,

1380
01:12:01,645 --> 01:12:03,515
we've talked about it almost every board meeting, how

1381
01:12:04,215 --> 01:12:05,955
we all think everything's going is very well,

1382
01:12:05,955 --> 01:12:07,195
which I still agree.

1383
01:12:07,815 --> 01:12:11,475
Do you believe that we've entered this phase of this project

1384
01:12:11,745 --> 01:12:14,395
that like, for lack of a better word,

1385
01:12:14,665 --> 01:12:16,755
like the low hanging fruit's been taken care of,

1386
01:12:16,775 --> 01:12:18,075
so now we're having to hone in

1387
01:12:18,075 --> 01:12:20,155
and find the little subgroups?

1388
01:12:22,115 --> 01:12:24,035
I do. I I believe that,

1389
01:12:24,415 --> 01:12:27,915
and we've seen it in some schools when they move certain

1390
01:12:27,985 --> 01:12:29,435
subgroups, they move everybody.

1391
01:12:30,095 --> 01:12:33,515
And because you remember those subgroups are a part of our

1392
01:12:34,875 --> 01:12:36,115
complete student population.

1393
01:12:36,815 --> 01:12:39,635
And when our complete student population is showing growth

1394
01:12:39,655 --> 01:12:41,995
at this rate and our subgroups are showing growth at this

1395
01:12:42,025 --> 01:12:44,875
rate, that disparity makes a big difference.

1396
01:12:45,695 --> 01:12:49,115
And guess what? The, the big picture really isn't the fact

1397
01:12:49,115 --> 01:12:51,675
that it affects us on A SPF.

1398
01:12:52,215 --> 01:12:55,355
The big picture is, darn it, what are we doing wrong?

1399
01:12:55,355 --> 01:12:58,235
That we're not servicing these kids the way we need to.

1400
01:12:58,415 --> 01:13:01,155
We have to figure it out. It's our job to figure it out.

1401
01:13:01,185 --> 01:13:02,915
It's our job to give them the best we can.

1402
01:13:03,455 --> 01:13:04,915
And that's where we're at right now.

1403
01:13:09,815 --> 01:13:10,925
Steve, did you have anything?

1404
01:13:15,345 --> 01:13:16,485
No questions from me. Thanks.

1405
01:13:19,005 --> 01:13:22,945
The last area that we'll tackle on our district, UIP

1406
01:13:23,205 --> 01:13:27,065
as well as the school UIPs,

1407
01:13:27,205 --> 01:13:30,145
is using the Aspen Business Group survey

1408
01:13:30,485 --> 01:13:33,185
to help us improve culture and climate.

1409
01:13:35,015 --> 01:13:39,945
When we did this, we realized that the number of surveys

1410
01:13:39,945 --> 01:13:42,105
that are coming back potentially

1411
01:13:42,955 --> 01:13:45,425
could be affecting the data that we're looking at.

1412
01:13:46,045 --> 01:13:50,825
So one priority we have is to work hard to increase

1413
01:13:52,405 --> 01:13:56,225
the responses from families and the responses from staff.

1414
01:13:56,725 --> 01:13:58,345
You'll see that represented here.

1415
01:13:58,885 --> 01:14:00,625
The work we haven't done yet

1416
01:14:00,625 --> 01:14:04,465
that will be reflected in our unified improvement plan

1417
01:14:05,245 --> 01:14:07,145
is more of an action towards

1418
01:14:08,265 --> 01:14:09,865
actually increasing the culture.

1419
01:14:10,085 --> 01:14:12,285
We have to dig in a little deeper to figure out

1420
01:14:12,745 --> 01:14:14,645
how we can do that for our staff.

1421
01:14:17,265 --> 01:14:20,005
Any questions about that Work for culture and climate?

1422
01:14:22,065 --> 01:14:24,445
So one of the things, just so the board knows

1423
01:14:24,445 --> 01:14:26,965
that you'll see that's different than last year, is

1424
01:14:26,965 --> 01:14:30,765
that you, you'll see that every, every building

1425
01:14:31,355 --> 01:14:34,965
will not only have achievement goals in their UIP,

1426
01:14:35,385 --> 01:14:38,245
but this year you'll see culture and climate goals.

1427
01:14:38,505 --> 01:14:42,005
And so one of the things that we're asking all the buildings

1428
01:14:42,005 --> 01:14:43,245
to do is integrate that.

1429
01:14:44,025 --> 01:14:47,125
So we do invest as a system quite a bit of, of

1430
01:14:48,205 --> 01:14:51,365
resources into surveying our parents

1431
01:14:51,505 --> 01:14:54,365
and our staff, which is, which is a great thing

1432
01:14:54,795 --> 01:14:57,845
that this system prior to my,

1433
01:14:58,225 --> 01:15:00,245
my coming on board has been a,

1434
01:15:00,325 --> 01:15:02,165
a longstanding tradition, which is great.

1435
01:15:02,465 --> 01:15:06,325
Not all systems look at culture and climate and higher

1436
01:15:06,425 --> 01:15:09,445
and hire an outside company to be able to do that.

1437
01:15:09,905 --> 01:15:12,325
One of the questions that we asked as a team is

1438
01:15:12,585 --> 01:15:14,085
how are we using that data?

1439
01:15:14,705 --> 01:15:16,445
And unfortunately, I think one of the things

1440
01:15:16,445 --> 01:15:19,325
that we dove into is not very effectively.

1441
01:15:19,745 --> 01:15:20,845
And so I think one of the things

1442
01:15:20,845 --> 01:15:25,365
that we're looking at is saying the greater research says

1443
01:15:25,445 --> 01:15:29,245
that one should be, and there's a lot of effect size about

1444
01:15:29,665 --> 01:15:34,405
how culture and climate do in fact impact achievement

1445
01:15:34,745 --> 01:15:39,565
for students, how they impact productivity for employees.

1446
01:15:39,985 --> 01:15:43,805
And so we want to better use that data to impact it.

1447
01:15:43,865 --> 01:15:47,525
So what we're doing from a systems point of view is doing

1448
01:15:47,525 --> 01:15:49,965
that as, as Simone talked about,

1449
01:15:50,335 --> 01:15:52,645
we're mimicking it at the district level

1450
01:15:53,025 --> 01:15:55,285
and that then asking all 10 buildings

1451
01:15:55,305 --> 01:15:57,085
to do the same in their UIP.

1452
01:15:57,265 --> 01:16:00,205
So you'll see that when we do our, our shine the lights,

1453
01:16:00,695 --> 01:16:02,565
every building will have that same thing.

1454
01:16:02,565 --> 01:16:03,725
And so you're seeing it here.

1455
01:16:04,465 --> 01:16:07,165
One of the things that we, we did when we did our,

1456
01:16:07,425 --> 01:16:10,685
our rollout is we, we looked at it

1457
01:16:10,685 --> 01:16:14,405
and the feedback we got initially is it's very difficult

1458
01:16:14,715 --> 01:16:18,365
from our business group data, one of the first reactions

1459
01:16:18,365 --> 01:16:22,885
that we got was, hmm, this is hard for us

1460
01:16:22,985 --> 01:16:25,885
to find a trend and a root cause

1461
01:16:26,595 --> 01:16:30,885
because we're seeing some structural problems with

1462
01:16:30,945 --> 01:16:32,725
how the data is collected.

1463
01:16:33,585 --> 01:16:37,485
So we stopped there and said, okay, let's change this.

1464
01:16:37,695 --> 01:16:39,725
Let's rewrite some of the questions.

1465
01:16:40,335 --> 01:16:42,605
Let's, let's change what some from some

1466
01:16:42,605 --> 01:16:45,285
of the feedback we got from parents.

1467
01:16:45,525 --> 01:16:48,365
I think those of you who have that you may already think

1468
01:16:48,365 --> 01:16:51,685
to yourself, why is that no chance wrote me on one

1469
01:16:51,685 --> 01:16:53,205
and said, why am I being asked this?

1470
01:16:53,635 --> 01:16:55,405
That kind of stuff that we said, okay,

1471
01:16:55,675 --> 01:16:58,325
this may be setting up a barrier for us

1472
01:16:58,425 --> 01:17:02,525
to actually get true data of what we should be changing

1473
01:17:03,155 --> 01:17:05,885
from feedback from our parents or from our staff.

1474
01:17:06,385 --> 01:17:08,445
So we said, okay, we gotta stop right there.

1475
01:17:09,095 --> 01:17:11,645
Let's do some, some tweaking so

1476
01:17:11,645 --> 01:17:13,645
that we can really dive into our data

1477
01:17:13,825 --> 01:17:16,365
to get some good analysis to be able

1478
01:17:16,365 --> 01:17:17,405
to say, what do we change?

1479
01:17:17,585 --> 01:17:22,045
Or we're gonna change something that may not be what we want

1480
01:17:22,045 --> 01:17:26,005
to change to because the, our tool isn't the right tool.

1481
01:17:26,545 --> 01:17:29,045
So that's one of the things we're looking at.

1482
01:17:29,465 --> 01:17:33,045
The the schools are, we're able to say, Hey, we,

1483
01:17:33,105 --> 01:17:35,765
we actually think we can get some more changes

1484
01:17:36,665 --> 01:17:38,965
before without having to make we,

1485
01:17:39,055 --> 01:17:41,525
we've got some good data without making some

1486
01:17:41,525 --> 01:17:43,725
of those changes based off of some of those factors.

1487
01:17:44,065 --> 01:17:46,725
But I just want to point that out to you all that

1488
01:17:46,725 --> 01:17:48,885
that's something new that you're gonna see this year

1489
01:17:49,305 --> 01:17:50,845
and what your schools are gonna be

1490
01:17:51,045 --> 01:17:52,165
bringing you in the shine.

1491
01:17:52,165 --> 01:17:56,245
The light is that there will be a cultural goal in their UIP

1492
01:17:56,245 --> 01:17:57,565
that they didn't have last year.

1493
01:17:57,945 --> 01:17:59,925
So for clarification, he's talking about the,

1494
01:18:00,675 --> 01:18:01,685
what was the name of that form?

1495
01:18:02,065 --> 01:18:05,325
The UIP? No, the one that I asked you like,

1496
01:18:05,325 --> 01:18:06,765
why in the heck am I getting this?

1497
01:18:06,985 --> 01:18:08,245
The survey. The survey.

1498
01:18:08,545 --> 01:18:09,725
The Survey. Yeah. Yeah.

1499
01:18:10,525 --> 01:18:13,365
I did, did you, you know what I'm talking about for my,

1500
01:18:13,525 --> 01:18:16,205
I mean for my, I'm justifying that,

1501
01:18:16,385 --> 01:18:18,645
but I'm gonna tell you the whole story is I get it.

1502
01:18:18,645 --> 01:18:20,965
And like my, my personal first thought of it is like,

1503
01:18:21,555 --> 01:18:22,805
it's none of the school district's

1504
01:18:22,805 --> 01:18:24,125
damn business how much money I make.

1505
01:18:24,815 --> 01:18:26,725
Right? That's my first initial thought,

1506
01:18:26,795 --> 01:18:28,005
like none of your business.

1507
01:18:29,665 --> 01:18:31,925
And then Kirk explains it to me.

1508
01:18:33,515 --> 01:18:35,245
It's like, I get it.

1509
01:18:35,955 --> 01:18:38,085
However, I believe there's a different way we can go

1510
01:18:38,085 --> 01:18:41,645
after it because especially in today's age

1511
01:18:41,645 --> 01:18:44,565
where people are like hyper vigilant of their information,

1512
01:18:45,515 --> 01:18:48,045
like I'm not just establishing the need to advertise it.

1513
01:18:48,045 --> 01:18:50,525
Right? So it was a good talk

1514
01:18:50,525 --> 01:18:52,725
and I'm very thankful Kirk took the time to explain

1515
01:18:52,725 --> 01:18:54,045
that why it was an important survey.

1516
01:18:57,265 --> 01:19:00,725
So just to, so sorry Simon, you're good.

1517
01:19:00,925 --> 01:19:03,685
I just wanted to talk to about something you,

1518
01:19:03,745 --> 01:19:06,285
you guys will see differently in what's,

1519
01:19:06,285 --> 01:19:07,725
what's gonna come up this year as,

1520
01:19:07,825 --> 01:19:09,085
as you're seeing shine the light.

1521
01:19:09,385 --> 01:19:11,645
And so maybe something just that you're aware of

1522
01:19:11,645 --> 01:19:13,165
that you will see their,

1523
01:19:13,165 --> 01:19:16,005
both their academic goals in their UIP,

1524
01:19:16,385 --> 01:19:17,485
but you will notice

1525
01:19:17,485 --> 01:19:19,605
that they will have a climate culture goal

1526
01:19:19,995 --> 01:19:22,045
that they've been requested all to do to mimic

1527
01:19:22,115 --> 01:19:23,365
what you're seeing in the district.

1528
01:19:23,675 --> 01:19:26,725
What you are gonna see that's district that different

1529
01:19:26,835 --> 01:19:28,165
between the district goal

1530
01:19:28,345 --> 01:19:30,205
and the building's goal is

1531
01:19:30,205 --> 01:19:33,245
that ours looks more structural at the district

1532
01:19:33,475 --> 01:19:36,805
because we're fixing that piece in order

1533
01:19:36,825 --> 01:19:38,805
to help facilitate some

1534
01:19:38,805 --> 01:19:40,325
of the what's happening at the building level.

1535
01:19:40,385 --> 01:19:43,725
But the buildings were able to pull out some stuff

1536
01:19:43,725 --> 01:19:45,245
that they felt like they could do.

1537
01:19:45,265 --> 01:19:47,005
Or at least that's the feedback we got

1538
01:19:47,345 --> 01:19:49,285
and have gotten so far as they said,

1539
01:19:49,285 --> 01:19:51,765
we actually still can write one based out it.

1540
01:19:51,885 --> 01:19:53,685
I don't think we felt comfortable writing

1541
01:19:54,465 --> 01:19:56,165
bigger district ones yet.

1542
01:19:56,305 --> 01:19:58,485
We, we still will do that

1543
01:19:58,485 --> 01:20:01,265
because we do know that building culture

1544
01:20:01,325 --> 01:20:04,945
and climate has an effect size on achievement.

1545
01:20:05,005 --> 01:20:06,465
And so we believe it's something we

1546
01:20:06,465 --> 01:20:08,110
Will do well, it matches everything,

1547
01:20:08,110 --> 01:20:09,285
especially industry-wide.

1548
01:20:09,745 --> 01:20:12,845
Safety has been a huge push

1549
01:20:12,865 --> 01:20:15,125
for any industrial company the last 20 years, right?

1550
01:20:15,125 --> 01:20:18,005
Because they people, they saw the workplace incident rates

1551
01:20:18,065 --> 01:20:20,005
go up and they started looking into

1552
01:20:20,005 --> 01:20:21,085
the data of like, why is this?

1553
01:20:21,385 --> 01:20:23,645
And they found really quick, the culture of a company

1554
01:20:24,775 --> 01:20:27,325
plays into account extremely.

1555
01:20:27,515 --> 01:20:30,805
Like the variable is very high and the factor is very high.

1556
01:20:31,265 --> 01:20:33,005
The worst of culture is around safety.

1557
01:20:33,435 --> 01:20:35,885
Like all those, you know, those glasses look dumb

1558
01:20:36,025 --> 01:20:37,805
or you know, just, and then

1559
01:20:37,805 --> 01:20:39,765
as the culture improves across the sectors

1560
01:20:39,765 --> 01:20:42,285
and across these industries, like you see, I mean the,

1561
01:20:42,345 --> 01:20:46,965
the graphs diverge, like the claims go down and you know,

1562
01:20:46,965 --> 01:20:49,445
and, and it's, and it makes a complete sense.

1563
01:20:49,465 --> 01:20:52,085
You see it on sports teams, the culture of teams.

1564
01:20:52,105 --> 01:20:55,005
You see it on everything where humans are at.

1565
01:20:55,025 --> 01:20:59,725
If the culture is conducive and the sky's limit, you got

1566
01:20:59,725 --> 01:21:00,725
It.

1567
01:21:00,725 --> 01:21:02,885
You got it. And that's that, that's where we're at

1568
01:21:02,885 --> 01:21:04,005
for the employee side.

1569
01:21:04,025 --> 01:21:07,685
And then we see the same thing for families is that to use,

1570
01:21:07,985 --> 01:21:11,765
you know, I don't love using the the business model analogy,

1571
01:21:11,905 --> 01:21:13,445
but in this case it very much fits.

1572
01:21:13,535 --> 01:21:15,245
We've gotta survey our clientele

1573
01:21:15,625 --> 01:21:18,165
and make sure we know what our clients are seeing

1574
01:21:18,165 --> 01:21:20,965
and how they're feeling about the product we're putting out.

1575
01:21:21,025 --> 01:21:23,565
And if we're not doing that, for those of you in the bus

1576
01:21:24,245 --> 01:21:25,805
business sector, you know, if we're not,

1577
01:21:26,065 --> 01:21:28,845
if we're not surveying our our clients, we don't know

1578
01:21:28,845 --> 01:21:30,285
how they're feeling about what we're doing.

1579
01:21:30,475 --> 01:21:33,765
Yeah, we're doing that a whole injustice for, for us as a,

1580
01:21:33,785 --> 01:21:34,965
as a, as a business.

1581
01:21:34,985 --> 01:21:36,285
And so that's why we've gotta,

1582
01:21:36,295 --> 01:21:38,245
we've gotta do the same is do it.

1583
01:21:38,345 --> 01:21:40,725
We know we're, we know how we're measuring

1584
01:21:41,315 --> 01:21:42,405
what the outcome is,

1585
01:21:42,785 --> 01:21:45,965
but we've gotta also service survey how,

1586
01:21:46,145 --> 01:21:48,085
how they feel about what that looks like.

1587
01:21:48,105 --> 01:21:49,365
And so we're doing that as well.

1588
01:21:52,225 --> 01:21:53,925
Any more questions about culture climate?

1589
01:21:55,165 --> 01:21:58,245
I, so once our school, our district

1590
01:21:58,365 --> 01:22:02,165
and our schools have their priority performance challenges,

1591
01:22:02,915 --> 01:22:05,805
they figure out why, why, why, why,

1592
01:22:05,985 --> 01:22:09,805
why have they been struggles And create actions in order

1593
01:22:09,805 --> 01:22:11,165
to help those things improve.

1594
01:22:11,515 --> 01:22:13,325
Hopefully this next slide

1595
01:22:13,385 --> 01:22:16,245
or page in your packet, hopefully none

1596
01:22:16,245 --> 01:22:19,725
of this on here is something you haven't heard before.

1597
01:22:20,375 --> 01:22:23,805
We've worked very hard to keep you well informed about

1598
01:22:24,385 --> 01:22:27,045
all things Garfield re two classrooms

1599
01:22:27,665 --> 01:22:30,485
and this is exactly what has been

1600
01:22:30,505 --> 01:22:33,045
and will continue in Gar field re two

1601
01:22:33,835 --> 01:22:35,645
with a few new nuances.

1602
01:22:35,865 --> 01:22:38,805
So obviously you've heard about instructional way

1603
01:22:38,805 --> 01:22:40,725
and behavioral way for all 10 schools.

1604
01:22:40,795 --> 01:22:44,045
They are guiding all the work we do when we're in the

1605
01:22:44,165 --> 01:22:46,725
buildings, especially the one right

1606
01:22:46,725 --> 01:22:48,525
below being the building walkthroughs,

1607
01:22:49,265 --> 01:22:51,005
you know about the counselor corret

1608
01:22:51,005 --> 01:22:53,085
and how much we have learned about the role

1609
01:22:53,085 --> 01:22:55,205
of a counselor this year.

1610
01:22:55,705 --> 01:22:58,885
All schools, all counselors will be setting goals

1611
01:22:59,585 --> 01:23:01,805
to support student achievement.

1612
01:23:02,395 --> 01:23:05,245
That is their job. And we are working hard on that.

1613
01:23:06,055 --> 01:23:10,805
Seven steps to a language rich classroom came from all

1614
01:23:10,805 --> 01:23:14,845
of the work we've been doing with ELL and you.

1615
01:23:15,065 --> 01:23:18,565
You may remember the program review we had with CDE,

1616
01:23:18,985 --> 01:23:21,685
the work we've been doing with the gal named Marie Heath.

1617
01:23:22,235 --> 01:23:26,045
This is where that resource has come from.

1618
01:23:26,585 --> 01:23:29,005
We already have some schools who are doing staff pd.

1619
01:23:29,145 --> 01:23:32,485
In fact, last night I sat with Highland Elementary School

1620
01:23:32,545 --> 01:23:35,045
who is doing a formal book study with their staff.

1621
01:23:35,835 --> 01:23:37,725
Best conversation I've had in years

1622
01:23:37,945 --> 01:23:39,565
around instruction in a classroom.

1623
01:23:40,345 --> 01:23:44,205
And then in the next column you'll see our data cycles

1624
01:23:44,715 --> 01:23:47,285
working with and teaching our staff how

1625
01:23:47,285 --> 01:23:50,165
to facilitate data conversations, how

1626
01:23:50,165 --> 01:23:52,965
to do them more frequently than just beginning, middle,

1627
01:23:52,985 --> 01:23:55,845
and end of the year 30 day cycles.

1628
01:23:55,845 --> 01:23:59,685
Rifle high school is hot with 15 day cycles.

1629
01:23:59,905 --> 01:24:03,605
So we're seeing a lot of impact as we embed those things.

1630
01:24:04,645 --> 01:24:06,765
Graduate profile, it's not going away.

1631
01:24:06,875 --> 01:24:10,885
It's rising to a whole new level. You guys know what RTI is?

1632
01:24:10,945 --> 01:24:13,485
We worked hard to teach you about RTI.

1633
01:24:13,905 --> 01:24:15,325
We just had a meeting today.

1634
01:24:16,085 --> 01:24:19,725
They set their goals for the school year as a district team

1635
01:24:20,105 --> 01:24:21,925
and we'll now be going back to their schools

1636
01:24:22,065 --> 01:24:24,325
to share some information with them on Friday.

1637
01:24:24,865 --> 01:24:26,485
And then obviously the survey.

1638
01:24:27,185 --> 01:24:29,725
So some, some actions have nuances.

1639
01:24:29,725 --> 01:24:32,365
Hopefully you are familiar with everything that's up there.

1640
01:24:32,675 --> 01:24:34,525
This is just the small brush of it.

1641
01:24:34,555 --> 01:24:39,085
When we write the actual UIP, which is in the works due

1642
01:24:39,085 --> 01:24:40,765
to this date on October 15th,

1643
01:24:40,935 --> 01:24:43,125
there will be much more detail to it.

1644
01:24:43,535 --> 01:24:45,325
Those are public documents.

1645
01:24:45,395 --> 01:24:47,645
Anybody can go online and read that.

1646
01:24:48,305 --> 01:24:50,765
Any questions about this one?

1647
01:24:53,705 --> 01:24:54,765
You guys are making it easy.

1648
01:24:55,225 --> 01:24:58,685
And then obviously the last page is the graduate profile

1649
01:24:58,735 --> 01:25:01,085
again, because I can't emphasize enough

1650
01:25:01,105 --> 01:25:03,765
how much it all comes back to this.

1651
01:25:04,375 --> 01:25:05,405
Everything we do,

1652
01:25:09,465 --> 01:25:12,405
any questions at all about the unified improvement plan

1653
01:25:12,945 --> 01:25:16,685
for the district for the 26 27 school year?

1654
01:25:18,855 --> 01:25:20,125
Steve, do you have any questions?

1655
01:25:25,505 --> 01:25:26,845
No questions explicitly.

1656
01:25:27,435 --> 01:25:31,005
Love to hear, you know, you know, particularly on,

1657
01:25:32,185 --> 01:25:34,885
you know, the ELA

1658
01:25:34,885 --> 01:25:36,925
and special ed, you know, focusing on those things.

1659
01:25:37,085 --> 01:25:39,405
I think those are, from the feedback I've gotten from the

1660
01:25:39,405 --> 01:25:43,485
community, they would love to see, you know, gains there.

1661
01:25:43,665 --> 01:25:46,245
So I love to see it. Thanks for the work.

1662
01:25:49,425 --> 01:25:51,485
We don't have any questions 'cause you guys do a good job

1663
01:25:51,485 --> 01:25:52,805
of keeping us informed.

1664
01:25:53,425 --> 01:25:55,165
We do. We, it's important.

1665
01:25:55,165 --> 01:25:56,805
Thank you for your work in putting it together.

1666
01:25:56,955 --> 01:26:00,285
Yeah, I would like to say Simon, I love you

1667
01:26:00,505 --> 01:26:01,685
and you do an amazing job.

1668
01:26:01,905 --> 01:26:04,405
Thanks. And I don't know if you, you know, you

1669
01:26:04,405 --> 01:26:08,125
and Jacob work your tails off to make this happen

1670
01:26:08,585 --> 01:26:12,765
and the huge strides we have gotten the last really since we

1671
01:26:12,765 --> 01:26:14,965
got on the board so I I mean technically

1672
01:26:15,045 --> 01:26:16,085
I could take credit for it too.

1673
01:26:16,865 --> 01:26:19,205
No, You can't. I mean technically, I mean

1674
01:26:19,545 --> 01:26:20,645
No you can't. No, no you can't.

1675
01:26:20,985 --> 01:26:22,765
So No. But you've done amazing

1676
01:26:23,185 --> 01:26:25,045
and thank you for, for

1677
01:26:26,565 --> 01:26:29,005
teaching me along the way.

1678
01:26:29,665 --> 01:26:31,805
You're welcome. And how was roller derby?

1679
01:26:32,385 --> 01:26:34,365
Oh my gosh. Was it fun? Oh my gosh.

1680
01:26:34,565 --> 01:26:36,485
I would encourage everyone next year when it starts up

1681
01:26:36,485 --> 01:26:37,525
to at least go once.

1682
01:26:38,065 --> 01:26:41,325
It was a hoot. It was a hoo the oldest.

1683
01:26:41,405 --> 01:26:43,845
I can only imagine Erin Uns skates.

1684
01:26:43,965 --> 01:26:46,245
I don't know how she's not bruised from head to toe. She is.

1685
01:26:47,745 --> 01:26:50,845
And the oldest woman, I mean I may have considered it

1686
01:26:50,845 --> 01:26:52,365
as I sat there watching 'cause I'm like

1687
01:26:52,365 --> 01:26:53,565
what a good way to get out.

1688
01:26:54,345 --> 01:26:57,285
Wow. The oldest woman on the team was 60.

1689
01:26:58,705 --> 01:27:00,405
I'm like that's fascinating too.

1690
01:27:00,935 --> 01:27:02,205
60 60

1691
01:27:02,785 --> 01:27:03,925
Sharon, you up for it.

1692
01:27:07,345 --> 01:27:09,045
You're not a day over 55. Come

1693
01:27:09,045 --> 01:27:10,045
On.

1694
01:27:10,045 --> 01:27:13,285
Thank you guys. Appreciate you. Thank you. Thanks.

1695
01:27:15,965 --> 01:27:19,525
Attendance challenge champion award for re two.

1696
01:27:20,265 --> 01:27:23,805
Yes. So I was so excited

1697
01:27:23,805 --> 01:27:27,925
because I was told that we would have a banner here

1698
01:27:28,505 --> 01:27:32,165
and I was really hoping it was gonna be here in time

1699
01:27:32,385 --> 01:27:34,165
and I was gonna unveil it to you all

1700
01:27:34,785 --> 01:27:36,525
and it still hadn't come.

1701
01:27:36,865 --> 01:27:38,885
So as you know, male

1702
01:27:41,025 --> 01:27:45,685
In our area is never quite as quick as you want it to be.

1703
01:27:46,065 --> 01:27:51,005
So unfortunately it's so I am, I am, I just get

1704
01:27:51,005 --> 01:27:53,885
to announce once again that Garfield was one

1705
01:27:54,045 --> 01:27:56,085
of just 18 attendance challenge

1706
01:27:56,605 --> 01:27:58,365
champions in the entire state.

1707
01:27:58,365 --> 01:28:02,205
There's 178 school district, so we're one of 18

1708
01:28:03,545 --> 01:28:06,645
that's for dropping over the last four years

1709
01:28:06,645 --> 01:28:10,285
that our chronic absentee rate dropped from 40.1

1710
01:28:10,385 --> 01:28:11,965
to 17.8.

1711
01:28:12,465 --> 01:28:16,085
That's a 55.6% reduction.

1712
01:28:17,025 --> 01:28:19,845
So we're absolutely ecstatic about that.

1713
01:28:19,945 --> 01:28:23,565
And so to be honored by the state of of being one

1714
01:28:23,565 --> 01:28:26,205
of these champions is just something I just keep wanting

1715
01:28:26,225 --> 01:28:27,645
to scream from the rooftops

1716
01:28:27,885 --> 01:28:32,805
because it is not something, when you read the list of,

1717
01:28:34,445 --> 01:28:38,245
honestly, the rest of those 18 are mostly small

1718
01:28:38,665 --> 01:28:42,685
and they're I think pretty much all rural, which screams

1719
01:28:42,705 --> 01:28:45,405
for rural way for all of us to do it.

1720
01:28:45,465 --> 01:28:48,765
But we are one of the largest to be able to do it.

1721
01:28:49,185 --> 01:28:53,325
And I think that really speaks to a lot of our, the work

1722
01:28:53,345 --> 01:28:56,565
of our family liaisons, our attendance secretaries,

1723
01:28:56,745 --> 01:28:59,685
our buildings of what they've done to really reach out.

1724
01:28:59,805 --> 01:29:02,365
I think it also speaks a lot to the board

1725
01:29:02,825 --> 01:29:04,885
and implementing policies and,

1726
01:29:04,985 --> 01:29:06,885
and how we're implementing those policies.

1727
01:29:07,305 --> 01:29:10,045
But we are getting a lot of phone calls from

1728
01:29:10,045 --> 01:29:12,045
around the state of saying, how did you do it?

1729
01:29:12,905 --> 01:29:14,925
So I'm very proud of the staff and,

1730
01:29:14,925 --> 01:29:17,685
and the hard work that they've done to be honored in,

1731
01:29:17,705 --> 01:29:18,765
in, in such a way.

1732
01:29:18,945 --> 01:29:20,925
So it's, it's pretty awesome.

1733
01:29:21,745 --> 01:29:25,525
Our E two is definitely on the map across the state for,

1734
01:29:25,625 --> 01:29:27,285
for doing something that's, that's hard

1735
01:29:27,285 --> 01:29:29,685
and difficult to do over time.

1736
01:29:29,905 --> 01:29:32,645
So I, like I said, I want to unfail the,

1737
01:29:32,705 --> 01:29:33,885
the, the, the banner.

1738
01:29:33,985 --> 01:29:36,085
But when we get it, I will show you all

1739
01:29:36,565 --> 01:29:38,405
because I'm very excited for the banner.

1740
01:29:38,645 --> 01:29:40,685
I think it's also important to give a shout out to

1741
01:29:40,685 --> 01:29:42,885
how hardly Lisa Pierce worked with our school.

1742
01:29:43,445 --> 01:29:44,765
I was Gonna say to develop

1743
01:29:45,545 --> 01:29:48,485
and Rob Dean was no small force in urging us

1744
01:29:48,485 --> 01:29:51,325
to raise the standard for our attendance.

1745
01:29:51,545 --> 01:29:53,205
And so work that has gone

1746
01:29:53,205 --> 01:29:56,245
before has had just such a huge impact

1747
01:29:56,425 --> 01:30:01,085
and we're not very far really all that far from COVID

1748
01:30:01,505 --> 01:30:04,445
and to reduce our chronic absenteeism

1749
01:30:04,545 --> 01:30:09,125
and recover where are the kids, you know, in such a

1750
01:30:09,995 --> 01:30:12,005
visible way is powerful.

1751
01:30:12,185 --> 01:30:14,485
So yeah, just shout out to them. Yep.

1752
01:30:14,515 --> 01:30:15,685
That was a great point.

1753
01:30:15,685 --> 01:30:18,885
Jenny Lisa was the first person that put on my radar.

1754
01:30:19,155 --> 01:30:21,565
Yeah, She took that bull by the horn, so Yeah,

1755
01:30:21,565 --> 01:30:23,725
She did And we needed it. Yep.

1756
01:30:23,725 --> 01:30:25,485
Yeah. And, And kids deserved it.

1757
01:30:25,755 --> 01:30:28,245
When I first got the attendance policy,

1758
01:30:28,445 --> 01:30:30,245
I was like, it's none.

1759
01:30:31,145 --> 01:30:33,725
Why am I, I excuse my kid. That should be enough.

1760
01:30:34,185 --> 01:30:36,485
And you know, so the, the way that Lisa

1761
01:30:36,545 --> 01:30:37,965
and them were able to explain it.

1762
01:30:37,985 --> 01:30:40,685
Yep. But I also wanna say I think we've also changed,

1763
01:30:41,245 --> 01:30:42,325
trained our community.

1764
01:30:43,485 --> 01:30:45,965
'cause now when I take the boys to the orthodontist,

1765
01:30:45,965 --> 01:30:48,205
to the dentist, to the doctor, do you need an excuse note?

1766
01:30:48,305 --> 01:30:49,305
Yes I do.

1767
01:30:50,705 --> 01:30:52,805
That's great teamwork. Yeah, Exactly.

1768
01:30:53,345 --> 01:30:57,005
So thank you guys. Congratulations on that. So

1769
01:30:57,645 --> 01:31:01,605
Absolutely Back onto governance action items.

1770
01:31:01,905 --> 01:31:03,325
We have got a second reading

1771
01:31:03,505 --> 01:31:06,285
and approval for the CASB policy revisions.

1772
01:31:08,415 --> 01:31:12,165
There is a nice long laundry list and a nice long packet

1773
01:31:12,585 --> 01:31:15,925
but there was no changes

1774
01:31:16,105 --> 01:31:19,125
or any, any amendments from the

1775
01:31:19,125 --> 01:31:20,205
last, from the first reading.

1776
01:31:21,855 --> 01:31:24,485
Steve, did you have anything on these?

1777
01:31:35,625 --> 01:31:35,925
All right,

1778
01:31:44,785 --> 01:31:49,285
we will take silences golden if you

1779
01:31:49,285 --> 01:31:50,365
have anything shoot me a text.

1780
01:31:52,525 --> 01:31:55,605
My, there we go. No question about second reading.

1781
01:31:56,275 --> 01:31:58,285
Okay. Okay Perfect.

1782
01:32:00,275 --> 01:32:04,645
Alright then I would take a motion to approve

1783
01:32:05,445 --> 01:32:08,045
a listed policy revisions from CASB.

1784
01:32:08,665 --> 01:32:11,885
Do I have to list them? I don't believe so. No,

1785
01:32:12,205 --> 01:32:14,365
I think if you just have it just like we had it worded on

1786
01:32:14,365 --> 01:32:15,405
there, I kind of put it,

1787
01:32:16,635 --> 01:32:18,645
I'll make a motion to AP to approve

1788
01:32:19,265 --> 01:32:21,885
the CSB policy revisions listed in 12.2.

1789
01:32:22,415 --> 01:32:24,925
Thank you. Chance? May I get a second? I second.

1790
01:32:25,255 --> 01:32:28,565
Thank you Megan, Sharon Mag get roll call please will you?

1791
01:32:31,625 --> 01:32:34,525
Aye. Hi Aye

1792
01:32:35,115 --> 01:32:36,115
Jenkins.

1793
01:32:36,115 --> 01:32:37,105
Aye Aye.

1794
01:32:37,745 --> 01:32:40,885
Aye. Thank you Steve.

1795
01:32:41,555 --> 01:32:43,725
Alright, policy focus.

1796
01:32:44,585 --> 01:32:46,925
So we've got the first reading of a few more

1797
01:32:47,605 --> 01:32:49,005
CSB policy revisions.

1798
01:32:51,505 --> 01:32:55,845
Yep. So we've got DDJB dash R,

1799
01:32:56,375 --> 01:32:57,645
which is the procurement

1800
01:32:57,745 --> 01:33:00,925
and procedures, JLCB

1801
01:33:03,365 --> 01:33:04,685
immunization of students

1802
01:33:05,745 --> 01:33:07,485
and JLCB dash R,

1803
01:33:11,175 --> 01:33:15,665
which is just the amendment

1804
01:33:15,765 --> 01:33:19,145
to the, the process I guess to the,

1805
01:33:45,915 --> 01:33:50,895
is there any questions or anything on any of this

1806
01:33:50,965 --> 01:33:54,055
that doesn't look like there was really many changes?

1807
01:33:57,765 --> 01:34:00,175
Yeah, looking just the immunization of students,

1808
01:34:04,515 --> 01:34:05,935
all the exemptions are still in place.

1809
01:34:06,315 --> 01:34:07,735
Yep. So

1810
01:34:31,525 --> 01:34:35,665
And we had, we had our school nurse review it as well.

1811
01:34:35,695 --> 01:34:39,025
Okay. And so since we have with two

1812
01:34:39,605 --> 01:34:41,425
and so both of them reviewed it.

1813
01:34:41,575 --> 01:34:45,225
Okay. And so Diane and and Sarah reviewed it

1814
01:34:45,365 --> 01:34:46,545
and gave us feedback.

1815
01:34:46,745 --> 01:34:49,505
'cause there is, as you know, there's kind of a unique thing

1816
01:34:49,615 --> 01:34:50,825
with our preschools

1817
01:34:51,085 --> 01:34:54,025
and K 12 that were under two departments.

1818
01:34:54,165 --> 01:34:56,665
And so even though CASB gave us one,

1819
01:34:57,305 --> 01:34:59,485
we also had them double check it to make sure

1820
01:34:59,985 --> 01:35:03,205
It covered Both DHS was also like there wasn't

1821
01:35:03,205 --> 01:35:05,685
something that we were gonna get funky that we,

1822
01:35:05,965 --> 01:35:07,005
oop we didn't do this one.

1823
01:35:07,265 --> 01:35:10,845
So they, they made sure that they double checked that we,

1824
01:35:10,945 --> 01:35:13,165
we had it and we got feedback from them too as well.

1825
01:35:13,345 --> 01:35:17,885
So, so always helpful to have as many experts

1826
01:35:17,945 --> 01:35:20,685
as we've got in that we employ.

1827
01:35:20,885 --> 01:35:22,405
Absolutely. So and they are

1828
01:35:22,835 --> 01:35:23,835
That they are.

1829
01:35:24,975 --> 01:35:26,805
Steve, did you have any questions on these?

1830
01:35:29,485 --> 01:35:30,725
No, that all looks good to me.

1831
01:35:31,155 --> 01:35:34,925
Okay. Megan, Did you have anything? I do not.

1832
01:35:35,395 --> 01:35:39,645
Okay. Alright. Alright.

1833
01:35:39,645 --> 01:35:41,845
So I'll move those on to a second reading at the next

1834
01:35:41,845 --> 01:35:46,125
meeting onto future requests.

1835
01:35:50,525 --> 01:35:54,205
I have a request, Kirk,

1836
01:35:54,815 --> 01:35:56,645
about the transportation policy.

1837
01:35:57,115 --> 01:35:58,965
Okay. We discussed if you could look into

1838
01:36:01,235 --> 01:36:04,845
clarification about how driver hours

1839
01:36:06,025 --> 01:36:08,885
for full-time as opposed to our coach

1840
01:36:10,095 --> 01:36:12,045
slash bus drivers. Okay.

1841
01:36:12,045 --> 01:36:14,205
Yeah. And get some clarification there

1842
01:36:15,585 --> 01:36:17,165
and kind of how that is applied.

1843
01:36:17,345 --> 01:36:19,645
So duty, duty time. Duty time. Yep.

1844
01:36:20,085 --> 01:36:21,525
Okay. We, yep. We can look at that

1845
01:36:22,425 --> 01:36:26,055
And possibly what the process, if,

1846
01:36:26,235 --> 01:36:29,735
if there's any governing documents that lays out the process

1847
01:36:30,035 --> 01:36:34,605
for the bus

1848
01:36:34,715 --> 01:36:36,885
routing of extracurricular activities.

1849
01:36:36,885 --> 01:36:38,125
Okay. Just that whole process.

1850
01:36:38,875 --> 01:36:40,165
What it, what it, what it looks like.

1851
01:36:40,995 --> 01:36:43,565
Okay. Yep. We can definitely, we'll,

1852
01:36:43,975 --> 01:36:45,165
we'll meet with transportation.

1853
01:36:45,565 --> 01:36:47,965
I know as, as they're, they continue

1854
01:36:47,965 --> 01:36:49,325
to work through their shortage.

1855
01:36:50,635 --> 01:36:54,525
It's, it's a, a point of conver conversation right now.

1856
01:36:54,525 --> 01:36:56,565
So it's a very timely conversation

1857
01:36:56,985 --> 01:37:00,805
And a shout out to Aspen for help for jump jumping in.

1858
01:37:00,805 --> 01:37:03,725
Yep. Now thank you Aspen School District for Wow.

1859
01:37:03,725 --> 01:37:05,605
Jumping in with the driver trainer.

1860
01:37:06,665 --> 01:37:08,085
That's right. Yeah. Yep. Yep.

1861
01:37:08,085 --> 01:37:10,605
There we've got new drivers all coming

1862
01:37:10,705 --> 01:37:12,205
online here in the next

1863
01:37:13,065 --> 01:37:14,565
Two weeks, Two weeks, weeks or so.

1864
01:37:14,745 --> 01:37:17,645
So we're, we're hopefully coming out of our,

1865
01:37:18,185 --> 01:37:19,485
our shortage on that.

1866
01:37:19,705 --> 01:37:20,705
So.

1867
01:37:21,485 --> 01:37:25,845
Excellent. Saw Oscar last night at the

1868
01:37:25,845 --> 01:37:27,045
middle school football game.

1869
01:37:27,835 --> 01:37:30,805
Nice to see him out in the community. Awesome. So

1870
01:37:31,155 --> 01:37:32,155
Good to hear.

1871
01:37:33,175 --> 01:37:35,005
Steve, do you have any future requests?

1872
01:37:37,605 --> 01:37:39,525
Nothing I can think of at the moment. Okay.

1873
01:37:40,415 --> 01:37:41,485
Megan, anything?

1874
01:37:42,265 --> 01:37:47,045
No, I can't think of anything either.

1875
01:37:47,425 --> 01:37:49,285
So we'll go ahead and do a meeting.

1876
01:37:49,355 --> 01:37:53,725
Debrief chances already filling his out.

1877
01:37:54,565 --> 01:37:56,685
I used it for notes. Oh, here,

1878
01:37:57,045 --> 01:37:57,925
I got one right here

1879
01:38:07,155 --> 01:38:08,155
Theresa.

1880
01:38:08,155 --> 01:38:10,445
I'm still waiting for the deputy Jeopardy theme song one

1881
01:38:10,445 --> 01:38:11,445
day, one of these days.

1882
01:38:12,655 --> 01:38:13,245
Thank you.

1883
01:38:17,625 --> 01:38:19,605
And I know it's gonna happen. I'm gonna forget about it

1884
01:38:19,605 --> 01:38:20,925
and all of a sudden it's gonna start playing.

1885
01:38:24,345 --> 01:38:25,885
It will brighten my day.

1886
01:38:26,935 --> 01:38:28,125
Funny story from today at work.

1887
01:38:28,725 --> 01:38:31,885
I had a piece of pipe on the ground for maybe laying there

1888
01:38:31,925 --> 01:38:34,485
for a little while and you know what, you know,

1889
01:38:34,485 --> 01:38:37,485
metal holds heat and it's fall time and cold.

1890
01:38:38,875 --> 01:38:43,125
What finds what tries to find heat when it gets cold. Yeah.

1891
01:38:43,505 --> 01:38:44,565
So I went to pick it up

1892
01:38:44,945 --> 01:38:49,125
and I, I screamed like a little girl when

1893
01:38:49,125 --> 01:38:51,885
that snake came out the side of that right there,

1894
01:38:52,035 --> 01:38:53,365
like right next to my hand.

1895
01:38:54,305 --> 01:38:56,845
Oh it was like that long.

1896
01:38:59,945 --> 01:39:04,365
It was or no it was ice rattle. Yeah. No it was deadly.

1897
01:39:04,365 --> 01:39:05,365
Had huge bangs.

1898
01:39:06,785 --> 01:39:08,565
Are you sure? Yeah.

1899
01:39:08,565 --> 01:39:10,645
I don't know what it, I mean it was, it was this

1900
01:39:10,675 --> 01:39:12,565
Long, it was like it was a bull snake.

1901
01:39:12,565 --> 01:39:14,125
It was about the yay long but Okay.

1902
01:39:14,145 --> 01:39:15,165
That's why I don't like 'em.

1903
01:39:15,165 --> 01:39:16,645
They always just take you by surprise. Yeah,

1904
01:39:17,045 --> 01:39:18,045
Absolutely.

1905
01:39:18,635 --> 01:39:23,525
Alright. They do best. If there is nothing else we will.

1906
01:39:24,045 --> 01:39:25,165
Steve, do you have anything else?

1907
01:39:27,155 --> 01:39:28,845
Nope. All good for me. Thank you so much.

1908
01:39:28,975 --> 01:39:31,085
Thank you. Hey, thanks Steve. Safe travels.

1909
01:39:32,215 --> 01:39:33,765
We'll. Go Ahead. Very much appreciate you all.

1910
01:39:34,585 --> 01:39:38,365
We will go ahead and adjourn the mo let me try that again.

1911
01:39:40,905 --> 01:39:44,605
We will go ahead and adjourn the September 23rd, 2026

1912
01:39:44,605 --> 01:39:48,885
meeting at 7 24.

1913
01:39:49,725 --> 01:39:50,845
I got 7 22.