1 00:00:03,310 --> 00:00:04,010 Where is Julie? 2 00:00:15,870 --> 00:00:17,250 Julie Jackson. 3 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:25,120 We're going to start without you. 4 00:00:31,780 --> 00:00:34,140 Welcome, everyone. It is August 4, 5 00:00:34,220 --> 00:00:40,220 2026 at 5 p.m. This is our Board of Education meeting. We are going to begin by indicating 6 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:47,980 is here. Clark, will you start? Clark Nelson. Chris Wynn. Connie Burgess. Kim 7 00:00:47,980 --> 00:00:54,200 Chandler. Julie Jackson. Todd Auburn. Ben Worsley. Nicole McDermott. Excuse 8 00:00:54,200 --> 00:01:00,160 Karen. She is the previous commitment tonight. We will begin by going 9 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,040 through our capital construction updates so we're in terms of adjustment. 10 00:01:05,790 --> 00:01:06,250 Thank 11 00:01:06,250 --> 00:01:11,990 you. Good evening board members and district leadership. I will be quick 12 00:01:11,990 --> 00:01:14,170 And we'll go through this if you've got questions, please. 13 00:01:14,330 --> 00:01:18,410 Hall or I mean, we'll stop and chat along the way if need be. 14 00:01:20,610 --> 00:01:24,130 Our front cover sheet, we're in design at Taylor'sville on security, 15 00:01:24,310 --> 00:01:25,250 so that's why that one's in green. 16 00:01:25,390 --> 00:01:31,910 Everything else, elementary wise, has been completed, and we're assessing what the state's 17 00:01:31,910 --> 00:01:36,870 new mandates are for security, and we'll have to, some areas, we'll have to go back and 18 00:01:36,870 --> 00:01:39,190 address, but we are working on a master plan. 19 00:01:39,190 --> 00:01:49,030 So this just shows kind of the, we got the elementary's done until last year on the state of the bar, if you will, on security, so we'll revisit this. 20 00:01:50,170 --> 00:01:52,730 So is that, sorry, just a quick question on that. 21 00:01:54,090 --> 00:02:02,470 With the ones that are in the future, are we kind of on hold as far as that until we have tackled the other security things? 22 00:02:02,470 --> 00:02:08,550 Yeah, we superintendent Horsley and Todd and Mitch and I have kind of discussed this a little bit. 23 00:02:09,030 --> 00:02:12,010 Should we start looking at the junior highs in the high schools, the secondary schools. 24 00:02:12,170 --> 00:02:18,610 We hadn't really, except for the ones like West Lake's been rebuilt, Evergreen, Brock Bank, 25 00:02:19,470 --> 00:02:22,510 Valley have all been done, and then the two new high schools obviously. 26 00:02:22,990 --> 00:02:25,510 But the other ones that we haven't touched, we haven't gone there yet. 27 00:02:26,990 --> 00:02:32,330 We certainly can, we're also looking at when we go back to do the next, to touch the secondary schools. 28 00:02:32,330 --> 00:02:37,330 we need to meet the new standard, and if we can do fencing around the parameters in 29 00:02:37,330 --> 00:02:42,330 the back that takes care of that, but creating a front vestibule with security hasn't 30 00:02:42,850 --> 00:02:46,330 quite, we haven't, we haven't got there yet, so that is probably the next step is to really 31 00:02:46,330 --> 00:02:51,070 map out a plan of how to accomplish that for both junior highs and high schools. 32 00:02:52,010 --> 00:02:56,210 So I'm just saying that the goalpost moved. 33 00:02:56,390 --> 00:02:56,610 It did. 34 00:02:57,390 --> 00:03:04,230 So if the goalpost moved we need, you guys are working on a new plan that we will see in the coming months. 35 00:03:05,390 --> 00:03:14,850 And what's the quick brief, what would need to additionally happen to our elementaries than what we have already done? 36 00:03:15,270 --> 00:03:16,430 So yes, very quickly. 37 00:03:16,970 --> 00:03:23,350 When we started this 10 years ago, it was at that time simply a barrier for non-custodial, custodial parent issues. 38 00:03:23,350 --> 00:03:27,550 We were having people come in the building, taking a little granddaughter or a grandson or whatever, 39 00:03:27,870 --> 00:03:31,430 and this office didn't know if that person had rights to that child. 40 00:03:32,070 --> 00:03:35,150 And so the goal was just to create a barrier for that issue. 41 00:03:35,830 --> 00:03:38,710 The world evolved in maybe a negative way in that respect. 42 00:03:38,710 --> 00:03:41,910 I'm going to interject right here, my apologies. 43 00:03:42,430 --> 00:03:45,690 I think some of these questions would be better answered in an executive session. 44 00:03:45,750 --> 00:03:51,170 We don't want to discuss security parameters in our schools and their witnesses in a general session. 45 00:03:51,510 --> 00:03:52,050 Sounds great. 46 00:03:52,510 --> 00:03:54,650 Or I can ask them individually later, maybe. 47 00:03:54,810 --> 00:03:54,970 Thank you. 48 00:03:55,390 --> 00:04:00,410 But we do have, I want to be clear to our public, we have secure parameters that all of our school locations. 49 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:03,710 It's just some of those projects are a little further along than others. 50 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:04,510 Thanks. 51 00:04:06,930 --> 00:04:12,870 I just wondered if we were moving something else in front, so that was, you answered my question. 52 00:04:13,010 --> 00:04:13,210 Okay. 53 00:04:13,650 --> 00:04:14,890 Hopefully I was good. 54 00:04:18,250 --> 00:04:18,510 Okay. 55 00:04:18,710 --> 00:04:20,590 Just kind of an update on the last month. 56 00:04:20,710 --> 00:04:25,850 And of course, when you see photos in a minute, you'll see what some of this is already outdated, 57 00:04:25,870 --> 00:04:28,890 which is good, that we're further along than what our report says when we submitted it. 58 00:04:29,970 --> 00:04:31,490 Taylor'sville High School Wing Edition. 59 00:04:31,830 --> 00:04:36,110 We're still working through the design with our architects. 60 00:04:36,770 --> 00:04:40,530 We have a color study, we need to get back out to our committee there at Taylor'sville. 61 00:04:41,110 --> 00:04:44,470 I've been working with, I know Mitch has also talked with Mark, our principal. 62 00:04:45,310 --> 00:04:51,990 West Curtains, kind of the same thing we're in design and we're working through the development of the site and the plans. 63 00:04:54,690 --> 00:04:57,270 This note also talks about the abatement demolition. 64 00:04:57,410 --> 00:04:58,570 I got an update this morning. 65 00:04:59,250 --> 00:05:03,390 The abatement of the spestus is done. 66 00:05:03,390 --> 00:05:09,330 They didn't kind of a phase. They started on the west side and worked their way east, so the west side of the building is 67 00:05:09,330 --> 00:05:11,210 Done and they've already started tearing the building down 68 00:05:11,210 --> 00:05:16,050 So the demolition contractors falling right behind the abatement contractor, and so we already have 69 00:05:16,050 --> 00:05:24,530 Fenced up in areas that are demolished on that very west side of the campus while the abatement is finishing up on the east side 70 00:05:24,530 --> 00:05:25,870 And then they'll fall right behind 71 00:05:26,430 --> 00:05:29,410 Just a huge shout out to that community for working with us 72 00:05:29,410 --> 00:05:37,370 So again, to temporarily relocate, this is going to help advance the project tremendously and we're already seeing the benefits of that. 73 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:45,510 We will have opportunities for people to come in and get their collector brick from West Kerns if they were ever part of that building. 74 00:05:45,890 --> 00:05:50,070 Correct, I spoke with Luke, he's going to update some photos tomorrow, and we'll get a little something out about that. 75 00:05:50,290 --> 00:05:50,550 Thank you. 76 00:05:50,930 --> 00:05:51,150 Do 77 00:05:53,170 --> 00:05:55,290 you think West Kerns will take one year to build? 78 00:05:57,110 --> 00:06:12,650 No, it would be nice, but no, it's probably more like 18 months and so that's why right now it's not scheduled to be occupied until the winter break of 28 and when the kids come back in the January 29 we would have a new building. 79 00:06:14,130 --> 00:06:23,810 If by chance we get all the breaks and all the subcontactors in the world working on this, then it'd be great to move over in the summer, but I'm afraid right now and the plan is 80 00:06:23,810 --> 00:06:26,470 It's over the Christmas, over that winter break, Christmas break. 81 00:06:28,860 --> 00:06:34,280 Cudmond High Florian Project is complete, there is some punch list items, I have to go back and touch up and fix some areas. 82 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:44,100 But the project was complete, I spoke with Justin last week, he was concerned, the principal there about the contractor being done that they did get done. 83 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,340 So that was a great, a great win. 84 00:06:46,420 --> 00:06:50,940 Now we just got to get it all the little odds and ends cleaned up and fixed and so we're excited about that. 85 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:53,500 I just chime in. 86 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:59,920 One of the cool things we saw today there is in a prominent hallway just off of the main 87 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:05,920 office there used to be these banks of lockers that stood free in the space and they used 88 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,720 lockers too much in high schools anymore so they've removed those. 89 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:13,960 And boy, what a pretty place that is now all opened up to brand new flooring. 90 00:07:14,020 --> 00:07:14,340 It's great. 91 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:16,080 Thank you. 92 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:16,480 Good point. 93 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,560 I didn't get a picture of those of that new space without the lockers, but it is a new space 94 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:21,280 which is exciting. 95 00:07:24,780 --> 00:07:28,820 As Superintendent said, I put an item on here to mention that a lot of work 96 00:07:28,820 --> 00:07:33,420 had happened at moving west currents over to Oprah Hills and their temporary location for the next 97 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:39,260 couple of years. We brought in Steve Hogan's group, brought in three brand new relocatable classrooms 98 00:07:39,260 --> 00:07:47,480 and then five additional our best slightly used relocatable classrooms and working hard to get 99 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,660 those up and state fire was there on Monday, got them passed off so the teachers could move their 100 00:07:51,660 --> 00:07:57,000 stuff in Monday, mid-morning, so that was exciting news. 101 00:07:59,310 --> 00:08:01,890 Also a shout out to our 102 00:08:01,890 --> 00:08:07,370 warehouse folks, Jared Reynolds groups from Roosevelt, State Schools, Yes, 103 00:08:07,670 --> 00:08:14,850 SCAP, were all moved over to Westbrook over this last month and are getting 104 00:08:14,850 --> 00:08:18,670 themselves situated in their new building at the Westbrook campus. 105 00:08:18,670 --> 00:08:18,850 Yes. 106 00:08:19,390 --> 00:08:23,990 Did we allow, did we let the community know that that is there now? 107 00:08:25,770 --> 00:08:26,710 That's a good question. 108 00:08:29,780 --> 00:08:31,440 I don't know if Chair is group. 109 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,300 Sorry, I was questioning and I was answering a test from another boardroom. 110 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:43,710 The question was did we let Westbrook community know that Chair and Reynolds groups have 111 00:08:43,710 --> 00:08:43,770 been? 112 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:47,610 There's been some changes or adjustments to that program. 113 00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:51,190 We should do some notification formally as we start to move in this fall. 114 00:08:52,010 --> 00:08:55,970 So Luke, why don't we get together with Jared and put something together? 115 00:08:56,730 --> 00:09:01,870 Just so they're aware, just so they know, hey, we do have someone, you know, it's not vacant anymore. 116 00:09:02,210 --> 00:09:03,110 During and during specials. 117 00:09:03,230 --> 00:09:05,290 It's not appropriate for you to be on campus. 118 00:09:06,050 --> 00:09:10,950 Yeah, give them the magnets where they can call people after hours and if there's some issue on campus. 119 00:09:11,210 --> 00:09:13,170 So yeah, we'll get on top of that. 120 00:09:13,290 --> 00:09:13,710 Thank you. 121 00:09:17,260 --> 00:09:21,220 Bridge your elementary children replacements complete, move quickly your walker in the South 122 00:09:21,220 --> 00:09:22,620 Kerns commission and continues. 123 00:09:23,180 --> 00:09:26,380 Magnus Dem Academy, the photo of the take system is complete. 124 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:32,900 One of my guys rich without today and actually met with the vendor and it is pretty cool 125 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:37,280 to see a dashboard of all the technology or of all the energy that's being brought into 126 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:37,640 the building. 127 00:09:37,940 --> 00:09:42,860 So we're going to get that onto a display so it can be seen for people in the front of 128 00:09:42,860 --> 00:09:44,460 the school or front office. 129 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:52,260 We received a small rebate for the $9,000 they put on there just for the HVAC control 130 00:09:52,260 --> 00:09:57,200 upgrade and boiler upgrade of back as so that was exciting to get a little rebate money 131 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:02,920 there. Detection and carbon monoxide fire alarm replacement is all in progress of 132 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:08,240 bridger elementary here at the GTI and in the annex. The State Fire Marshal approved some drawings 133 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,700 so that was good to get those things going and we can get the parts ordered. It's a long 134 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:16,440 long lead on some of those parts, so getting that box checked helps us get material coming. 135 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:26,520 Security on the second round of fencing, we have exciting, we've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 schools 136 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:31,800 that are on that next stage that went to our contractor, you the board approved that purchase 137 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:38,260 last month, and so now we can just say here's the next set of drawings to this, it's American 138 00:10:38,260 --> 00:10:42,980 conferencing they can take those drawings and we have a unit cost for 139 00:10:42,980 --> 00:10:47,180 fencing concrete gates all the different components that we need now we can just 140 00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:51,280 say here's what you need order this and get going which is exciting so we're 141 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:58,380 moving now very quickly and excited to get that going again the first seven 142 00:10:58,380 --> 00:11:02,700 were done right before school ended or right at school's ending and there was a 143 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:06,020 little delay but now we're back going again which is exciting so good news 144 00:11:06,020 --> 00:11:06,200 there. 145 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,640 And then Westlake Parking lot was torn out and replaced over the summer. If any of you 146 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,060 have driven by a brand new asphalt there. And we also did the playground in the back, which is 147 00:11:17,060 --> 00:11:22,680 exciting. It hadn't been done for many years. And so they have new game lines and maps and all the 148 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,840 fun stuff on the brand new black asphalt. 149 00:11:27,910 --> 00:11:30,890 Before you tonight, the Westlake gym high school bleep 150 00:11:31,510 --> 00:11:38,250 the Westlake junior high gymnasium bleachers. That was to increase the number of seats from 151 00:11:38,250 --> 00:11:42,830 from about 140, 152, 371 I think was the number 152 00:11:43,260 --> 00:11:45,290 that working with Sarah and Superintendent Horrisley 153 00:11:45,290 --> 00:11:47,450 that we will upgrade that to. 154 00:11:48,050 --> 00:11:51,670 That came up as a question, just for the rest of the board 155 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:55,850 say the initial plan just had an insufficient amount 156 00:11:55,850 --> 00:11:56,930 of bleachers, frankly. 157 00:11:57,470 --> 00:11:59,070 And so as the school year started, 158 00:11:59,490 --> 00:12:01,570 it became a very clear problem 159 00:12:01,570 --> 00:12:03,570 and now we're trying to fix that. 160 00:12:06,180 --> 00:12:06,560 Correct. 161 00:12:09,070 --> 00:12:10,030 And then also the carpentry, 162 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:12,270 before you also will be the Carp and Monoxide Detection Fire 163 00:12:12,270 --> 00:12:14,250 Alarm replacement Taylor School High School. 164 00:12:14,830 --> 00:12:16,510 We'll run that as a separate project 165 00:12:17,230 --> 00:12:18,530 with a separate contractor 166 00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:20,290 than the Taylor School High School remodel, 167 00:12:20,570 --> 00:12:21,970 but we'll use the same funding 168 00:12:21,970 --> 00:12:23,390 or we'll use that pot of money. 169 00:12:23,590 --> 00:12:26,310 So we'll just jump in ahead and get in a contractor 170 00:12:27,390 --> 00:12:29,510 if you approve that so they can get going 171 00:12:29,510 --> 00:12:31,010 on that Fire Alarm replacement project. 172 00:12:32,870 --> 00:12:36,570 Cypress High School, just a lot of the small warranty items, 173 00:12:36,570 --> 00:12:44,090 items, punch list items is finishing up, commissioning, our list is down to 85 items left on 174 00:12:44,090 --> 00:12:52,010 that list and we're at 94.6% complete. We had the administer kick off there in the auditorium 175 00:12:52,010 --> 00:12:56,390 and I think it went really well and a lot of people I think were pleased with how it looks 176 00:12:56,390 --> 00:13:03,710 and how it works. The air was going so that was exciting and no change orders for the board 177 00:13:03,710 --> 00:13:09,430 on that. Skyline, I'm just going to jump to the pictures. There's so much going on, but 178 00:13:09,430 --> 00:13:12,750 if you've been up there in the last couple of days, these photos don't even do it. Justice, 179 00:13:15,030 --> 00:13:18,690 we were just talking before the meeting, Dr. Nerden and I about the progress in the site 180 00:13:18,690 --> 00:13:24,230 up there and it's pretty incredible. Everywhere you see brown is now green and that's exciting 181 00:13:24,230 --> 00:13:29,190 or in the picture to the right, it's black because there's asphalt down there. So the asphalt 182 00:13:29,190 --> 00:13:36,790 It falls down, the striping for parking is down, the ADA parking stalls are lined out and the red curve for the fire. 183 00:13:37,410 --> 00:13:43,510 Everything is people parking in this morning when I was there and so the front drop off looks great. 184 00:13:43,950 --> 00:13:53,870 Coming down, turning off of Virginia Drive and then heading down the hill to the west, it's awesome to see the front of the school. 185 00:13:54,330 --> 00:14:00,030 It's a different set up than Cyprus. I wish she came up to you and Skyline you're kind of coming down to but they're both very 186 00:14:01,410 --> 00:14:06,030 It's it's very very nice drive coming down look in the building especially at night when those lights come on 187 00:14:06,030 --> 00:14:12,190 It'll be really nice for the first time in seven years. I think people dropping off their kids at Skyline 188 00:14:12,190 --> 00:14:16,070 Don't have to plan for 45 minutes to do a five minute drop off 189 00:14:16,890 --> 00:14:18,810 Yeah, there's technically there's two 190 00:14:19,530 --> 00:14:21,630 Besides the bus drop there's technically two 191 00:14:22,290 --> 00:14:27,950 parent drop or pick up spots where they could easily do that so I hope we've 192 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:36,490 remedy the problem over there. So where the traffic is concerned are we now at 193 00:14:36,490 --> 00:14:44,050 like what it is is what it's going to be forever we don't have any. So now if 194 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:48,650 people are like hey this isn't working or that isn't working. It's not temporary 195 00:14:48,650 --> 00:14:50,690 We've got to deal with it, but okay. 196 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:52,230 Yeah, Hughes is basically out of there. 197 00:14:52,430 --> 00:14:55,810 The whole west parking lot is clean now, and, and, 198 00:14:55,930 --> 00:14:58,610 there are no construction vehicles on the site. 199 00:14:58,850 --> 00:14:59,730 No, that's not true. 200 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:28,820 No trailers. There's no trailers on this side. It doesn't help the city decided to do some work on the front of the road. Right. But I did learn from Dr. Gatti today that they will be done. Hopefully, that in this week, before kids arrive next week, so that at least we can turn off a Virginia, come down to the student drop in the student parking lot. So it's, it's fabulous. If you're not been up there, please go up there. I know there's a ribbon cutting, a rolling, what are we calling a rolling ribbon cutting next Thursday that 201 00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:32,500 the 13th, I think that's the 13th, Luke. 202 00:15:33,420 --> 00:15:36,880 Well, we're gonna show off the performing arts wing 203 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,340 and the new auditorium, so that's super exciting. 204 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,700 Here's some photos of the stage and the auditorium, 205 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,700 the music room, the courtroom, the bathroom, 206 00:15:49,260 --> 00:15:50,200 and no change orders. 207 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:52,960 That's what I have for tonight, there ain't any questions. 208 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,240 I'm gonna apologize ahead of time. 209 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:55,280 That's my back to school night, 210 00:15:55,420 --> 00:15:56,520 but I would love to be there, Julie, 211 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,980 I really so apologize to your community for me. 212 00:15:59,540 --> 00:16:01,560 I really want to come up some other time and further. 213 00:16:01,980 --> 00:16:04,920 Erin and I go see his new space or Adam. 214 00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:09,290 I'll skip back to schooling. 215 00:16:11,410 --> 00:16:11,850 Okay. 216 00:16:12,290 --> 00:16:14,690 Are there any other questions or anything? 217 00:16:15,770 --> 00:16:16,030 Okay. 218 00:16:16,350 --> 00:16:16,810 Thanks, Justin. 219 00:16:17,070 --> 00:16:17,370 Thank you. 220 00:16:22,540 --> 00:16:24,900 Okay, next up on our agenda, we have a Title I update. 221 00:16:24,980 --> 00:16:28,960 We're going to invite Dr. Bramble up to share with us about Title I. 222 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:52,340 I'm going to be sharing with you an update regarding Title I and some of the changes that 223 00:16:52,340 --> 00:16:58,620 were made this year in terms of the schools that we will be serving with Title I funds. 224 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:05,580 So I wanted to just back up a little bit and give you some background in how that funding began. 225 00:17:05,580 --> 00:17:13,540 It really was, way back in 1965 with Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty, evolved through 226 00:17:13,540 --> 00:17:18,640 major reforms if you remember back to no child well behind, and then it continues today 227 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:25,280 under the Every Student Success Act. It's still the largest federal funding grant 228 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,180 program for Kate Hall Public Schools that support low-income students. 229 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:36,540 So, the statutory purpose of Title I is to provide all children significant opportunity 230 00:17:36,540 --> 00:17:42,100 to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education and to close educational achievement 231 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:42,480 gaps. 232 00:17:43,340 --> 00:17:46,140 So, we're really trying to mitigate those impacts of poverty. 233 00:17:47,140 --> 00:17:55,220 Utah was awarded $100 million last year in Title I party funds to high-private schools in 234 00:17:55,220 --> 00:17:58,160 in Utah in order to meet the needs of economically 235 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,040 and educationally disadvantaged students. 236 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:04,200 And with all of these funds come specific areas, 237 00:18:04,220 --> 00:18:05,560 we have to spend those in. 238 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:10,500 So these are helping students achieve growth 239 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:12,560 and proficiency, closing those achievement gaps, 240 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:16,120 building teacher capacity, engaging parents and family, 241 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:19,180 and providing a well-rounded education for all students. 242 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:28,460 So, as those funds are allocated from the federal government to the states, it's based 243 00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:35,940 on the U.S. census data from each state, then every state allocates those funds to districts 244 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:39,060 and that's based on the number of students in poverty and the district. 245 00:18:39,860 --> 00:18:46,440 So interestingly, we receive the majority of those Taiwan funds in granite district. 246 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:51,800 We received 15% of all the Title I funding statewide. 247 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:57,000 Even though we have roughly 10% of Utah students. 248 00:18:58,020 --> 00:19:09,460 So I'll told in the school year 26, we were allocated $15.3 million of that $100 million from that the state received. 249 00:19:11,670 --> 00:19:17,450 So when we get those funds, we have to determine at the LEA how those funds are going to be 250 00:19:17,450 --> 00:19:19,450 allocated. There are required 251 00:19:19,450 --> 00:19:23,250 set-asides that we have to fund and 252 00:19:23,250 --> 00:19:24,210 then there's some optional 253 00:19:24,210 --> 00:19:26,450 set-asides. The majority of that 254 00:19:26,450 --> 00:19:28,530 funding does go towards our school 255 00:19:28,530 --> 00:19:31,230 allocations. Some of those required 256 00:19:31,230 --> 00:19:33,550 set-asides are parent and family 257 00:19:33,550 --> 00:19:36,990 engagement. We have equitable services 258 00:19:36,990 --> 00:19:40,510 for private school schools and we 259 00:19:40,510 --> 00:19:42,990 also support homelessness so those 260 00:19:42,990 --> 00:19:45,110 are the required components and then 261 00:19:45,110 --> 00:19:46,550 there's some optional set-asides that 262 00:19:46,550 --> 00:19:47,650 that we have in granite district. 263 00:19:48,930 --> 00:19:49,890 And those are listed there. 264 00:19:50,370 --> 00:19:54,390 Pre-school is 8.5% as we've looked at their budget. 265 00:19:54,570 --> 00:19:56,070 We increased that a little bit looking at, 266 00:19:56,430 --> 00:19:59,230 for the next year, looking at some of the needs 267 00:19:59,230 --> 00:20:01,470 that they have to be able to fund preschools. 268 00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:04,290 Foster Care is in their teacher professional learning. 269 00:20:05,110 --> 00:20:07,930 Instructional coaches are funded out of a set aside. 270 00:20:08,510 --> 00:20:12,490 Principal coaching, our CSI supports for schools 271 00:20:12,490 --> 00:20:15,570 that are in needs improvement, that are Title I, 272 00:20:15,570 --> 00:20:17,210 and then indirect costs. 273 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:23,980 So after those set-asides are taken off, 274 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,760 we have decisions to make about how the school allocations 275 00:20:28,420 --> 00:20:29,600 are determined. 276 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,540 So this gives you an idea in a flow chart form 277 00:20:33,540 --> 00:20:34,700 of how that works. 278 00:20:35,540 --> 00:20:39,080 So the first question we asked is whether the school has 279 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:40,740 over 40% poverty. 280 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,660 If it doesn't, then they cannot be designated as Title I. 281 00:20:46,660 --> 00:20:50,060 if the school does have over 40% poverty, 282 00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:52,720 they can be designated as Title I. 283 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:57,800 Now, because our demographic includes a lot of poverty, 284 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,660 if we looked just at that 40%, 285 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:02,980 we would be serving about 40 of our schools. 286 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,660 And so we don't have to serve all of them, 287 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:08,060 but we have to serve, 288 00:21:08,820 --> 00:21:11,740 we then decide on of that number, 289 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,300 how we're going to determine which schools 290 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:15,440 will be allocated by me. 291 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:23,040 So following that question, we asked whether the school has over 75% poverty, and if that's 292 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,620 the case, they must be served as a Title I school. 293 00:21:26,380 --> 00:21:30,740 If they don't have over that 75% threshold, they may be served. 294 00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:36,100 And so every year we take a look at our schools and rank them according to a poverty level 295 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:37,820 and establish a threshold. 296 00:21:39,460 --> 00:21:45,780 so as we look at that we're looking at their free percent lunch in order to 297 00:21:45,780 --> 00:21:50,600 determine that rank order. There's a careful balance that has to be made here 298 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:56,040 too as we look at how many schools we're going to designate because we have 299 00:21:56,040 --> 00:22:00,020 to make sure that our schools are receiving enough money to do something 300 00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:05,700 effectively with those funds at their school. So once we decide that cut-off 301 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:13,920 line, if a school falls above that, they are designated as Title I, if they fall below 302 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,920 that they are not designated as Title I. So Title I school is basically a school that 303 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:25,040 receives Title I funds. After that, we can influence the allocation by 304 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:32,140 stratifying that band, so we do look at providing a larger per pupil allocation to 305 00:22:32,140 --> 00:22:34,440 to our schools that are most heavily impacted by poverty. 306 00:22:37,330 --> 00:22:38,670 Do you have any questions right now about this? 307 00:22:39,330 --> 00:22:41,530 So just to, because I think this is something 308 00:22:41,530 --> 00:22:44,750 that not everybody, obviously, people don't understand 309 00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:48,090 in general, but I think even we sometimes forget. 310 00:22:48,310 --> 00:22:53,850 So it could be designated as, if they have 40% poverty, 311 00:22:54,090 --> 00:22:55,610 it could be designated as a title one school 312 00:22:55,610 --> 00:22:56,850 but doesn't necessarily mean that. 313 00:22:57,230 --> 00:22:59,530 But that means we have schools in our district 314 00:22:59,530 --> 00:23:02,810 that are at qualifies title one 315 00:23:02,810 --> 00:23:05,010 and because there's at least 40% poverty there, 316 00:23:05,270 --> 00:23:06,850 but are not designated that way. 317 00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:09,830 But in other districts, there's maybe, 318 00:23:10,470 --> 00:23:12,530 there's some districts that have very few 319 00:23:12,530 --> 00:23:14,610 that qualify for that 40%. 320 00:23:14,910 --> 00:23:17,730 They still receive funding for the kids, correct? 321 00:23:18,050 --> 00:23:20,190 They just don't have a designated school, 322 00:23:20,610 --> 00:23:22,770 or they only have one or two designated schools, 323 00:23:22,770 --> 00:23:23,370 is that correct? 324 00:23:23,730 --> 00:23:25,070 Am I understanding that correctly? 325 00:23:25,610 --> 00:23:26,430 That is correct. 326 00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:27,130 Yeah. 327 00:23:27,130 --> 00:23:28,950 So at that point then, the district, 328 00:23:28,990 --> 00:23:30,850 which the LEA would take that money 329 00:23:30,850 --> 00:23:34,230 and supplement where they see needs, 330 00:23:34,550 --> 00:23:36,730 those needs are for those kids, correct? 331 00:23:37,630 --> 00:23:39,750 Because they don't spend it necessarily just specifically 332 00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:41,030 on a school, but they would like, 333 00:23:41,850 --> 00:23:43,670 okay, we're gonna supplement this school 334 00:23:43,670 --> 00:23:47,530 with a Title 1A or, you know, how would they, 335 00:23:47,870 --> 00:23:49,850 like, how do you spend the district money? 336 00:23:49,950 --> 00:23:52,150 How does the LEA, if it's not a Title 1 school, 337 00:23:52,270 --> 00:23:55,790 how do you spend that in a not Title 1 school? 338 00:23:56,250 --> 00:23:57,530 Does that make sense, what I'm saying? 339 00:23:57,530 --> 00:24:00,310 I don't know, I'm not sure, I understand. 340 00:24:00,810 --> 00:24:03,510 So can you go back to, I think it's the slide before. 341 00:24:03,650 --> 00:24:05,930 The previous slide mean this optional set of sites. 342 00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:07,210 Yes, the set of sites. 343 00:24:07,510 --> 00:24:12,270 So administrative, pre-school, the teach professional learning, 344 00:24:12,410 --> 00:24:14,270 any of those things, optional set of sites, 345 00:24:14,810 --> 00:24:18,510 can you spend that in a school that is not designated 346 00:24:18,510 --> 00:24:23,070 as Title I, if there's need because of kids 347 00:24:23,070 --> 00:24:26,310 that are Title I, kids that are in poverty, does that make sense? 348 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:35,520 So, could we spend it in one of those schools that's not a Title I school if there's a need? 349 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:43,920 On parity, so the optional set of sites go toward district costs that support homelessness 350 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:52,480 in our district and so it, but you could support a homeless kid at Skyline with the Title I money. 351 00:24:53,780 --> 00:25:00,000 Because it's helping to support the efforts that we have in our district to support students who are homeless. 352 00:25:00,260 --> 00:25:03,760 Okay, because it's even though they're not, it's not a title one school. 353 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:09,140 It doesn't matter what school they go to as long as they're, we're supporting them in that whatever it is. 354 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,360 We could be supporting them, yes, in another way like that. 355 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:12,480 Okay, that's what I guess, sorry. 356 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,280 Yeah, I think I'm not setting up that. 357 00:25:14,340 --> 00:25:20,460 To be really clear, because I don't want people to go, hey, I have these really impoverished kids and I need some title one money. 358 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:26,960 We can't give Title I money to schools that are not designated as Title I by our allocation. 359 00:25:27,540 --> 00:25:32,760 We do have programs like homelessness program that is in every single school, any kid. 360 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:35,480 But that is a very unique circumstance. 361 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:44,560 These district efforts, pre-school, those kinds of things, they go to Title I schools. 362 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,680 That's where we serve them. 363 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:53,100 That I'm just going to follow up so just so I'm clear so if there's a preschool at a school at one of our schools 364 00:25:53,940 --> 00:26:00,000 It's because it's a title one school or do we designate certain schools with preschools with title one funds 365 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,760 But then we also have preschools that are not with title one funds. So we have both correct 366 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:10,060 So we have we have preschools in in many of our schools right not all of them are supported with title one fund 367 00:26:10,940 --> 00:26:24,320 And so, if you are in school as a Title I school and they have a preschool, then the cost to attend that preschool is less because it is supported through our Title I set aside. 368 00:26:24,620 --> 00:26:24,800 Okay, 369 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:36,360 but the optional set aside for granted school district can be spent to help kids no matter what school they're in. 370 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:45,020 No, we have to make sure that they are used to support students who are in our title in just title as well. 371 00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:46,920 Okay, thank you. 372 00:26:47,780 --> 00:26:54,300 If we were to do, if we were to do what you're asking, it would be considered supplanting. 373 00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:59,920 Because if we're doing something for all kids, then district money needs to do that. 374 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,080 Title one money is to do something more. 375 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:08,040 For schools that you identify as having greatest need in your district. 376 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:16,580 Okay, I just don't know if it would be an individual like the kids who qualify that are homeless or whatever, but that's not, we can't do that. 377 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:29,200 No, I think, yeah, the example I'm giving is a pretty rare example where you are having homelessness supported outside of, but in general it has to go to those schools. 378 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,100 that you've designated our year's high-to-one school 379 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:34,720 is based on what you have decided will be your procedure 380 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:35,920 over identifying them. 381 00:27:36,220 --> 00:27:38,280 I just wanted to clarify that because I think that's 382 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,220 a confusing thing to a lot of people. 383 00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:43,240 I will say that there are situations 384 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,200 like at a charter school that has maybe five percent. 385 00:27:47,340 --> 00:27:49,980 They get Title I money, and it kind of functions 386 00:27:49,980 --> 00:27:51,320 a little bit the way you're describing. 387 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:56,120 It's more of a targeted assist, but that's not 388 00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:57,560 the rules under which we operate. 389 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:03,140 All right, she's going to talk a little bit about a target assist, which again every bit of this is convoluted. 390 00:28:03,220 --> 00:28:08,660 But our general program is a school-wide program. 391 00:28:09,140 --> 00:28:10,380 You got to have 40% or more. 392 00:28:10,780 --> 00:28:13,600 We designate them in rank quarter and then that's it. 393 00:28:13,780 --> 00:28:15,380 We can't serve outside of that school. 394 00:28:21,540 --> 00:28:30,760 All right, so every year we revisit these rankings because the poverty levels in the community are dynamic and so that changes over time. 395 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:39,680 So every year we take a look at those rank ordered lists and we determine a cutoff for the schools that we're going to serve. 396 00:28:40,420 --> 00:28:49,960 Sometimes the school's poverty rate declines so it falls below the cutoff point and the school may have in the past then identified as a title one school. 397 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:55,900 So, if they do fall out of that rank order, we have a specific process that we have to follow. 398 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:02,880 So, we would, we can either declassify the school as a Title I school. 399 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:07,940 We could extend the number of schools that are, that were designating as Title I. 400 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:14,440 Or, what we've done in our district is, allow the school to have an additional year of Title I status 401 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,460 that we call a bubble school, right? 402 00:29:16,460 --> 00:29:22,420 So they have bubbled out of the ranking so they'll be served for another year and they're sort of put on warning 403 00:29:22,420 --> 00:29:30,580 They're told hey if you in two consecutive years fall out of that ranking you no longer will be a title one school 404 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:35,120 Same goes for if they fall into that ranking 405 00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:43,320 We have followed this process of bubbling in and saying if for two consecutive years you bubble into the rank ordered list 406 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,380 Then you will become a title one school 407 00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:55,960 So, I think as we look at what happened this past year in this rank-ordered list, we had 408 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:56,860 silver hills. 409 00:29:56,860 --> 00:29:59,840 they were school that had bubbled out. 410 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:29,200 Two years ago, so we base this list off from the fall poverty ranking that we get through USBE. And they bubbled out two years ago and they were, they were told you need to take a look at maybe how many for your reduced lunch applications, you are getting your patrons to complete. That is really what's going to determine whether or not a school or where a school falls in the ranking. 411 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:35,040 we have to face that on whether or not those families have filled out free 412 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,880 reduced lunch applications and then whether or not they qualify determines this 413 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:46,820 free lunch status. So when Silver Hills bubbled out again in the fall of 2026, they 414 00:30:46,820 --> 00:30:53,720 were told that they would no longer be a Title I school for this coming school 415 00:30:53,720 --> 00:31:01,540 earlier. They were 31st in this ranking. So as we looked at how the rest of the ranking 416 00:31:01,540 --> 00:31:11,220 fell out, you can see that South Curns has been a Title I school. And as we looked at 417 00:31:11,220 --> 00:31:17,980 the schools that fell in the ranking ahead of South Curns, we had Fremont, Hillside, Whittier, 418 00:31:17,980 --> 00:31:25,920 and Valley Junior, where their free percent status put them in that rank ordered list. 419 00:31:26,540 --> 00:31:32,440 A decision was made at that point where we have additional title and money that we could 420 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:39,420 be providing for school allocations because there was a district initiative that allowed 421 00:31:39,420 --> 00:31:43,400 out for .5 coach to be provided in schools. 422 00:31:44,420 --> 00:31:49,140 So as Dr. Nerton said, when you have Title I monies, 423 00:31:49,580 --> 00:31:53,340 it can't supplant what's already happening for all schools. 424 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,720 So because all of our schools were working towards providing 425 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,080 them with a .5 coach, and in the past, 426 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,820 our Title I schools have been funded with a full coach 427 00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:05,240 out of the set aside. 428 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:13,700 That allowed for additional monies that we could no longer use out of Title I, but we're 429 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:19,720 funding an additional 0.5, so they'll still have a full coach, but 0.5 with that is coming 430 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:25,060 out of Title I funds, which ended up freeing up additional monies for school allocations. 431 00:32:25,820 --> 00:32:33,960 With that decision was made that we would increase the numbers of schools that we would serve. 432 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,440 We've got a lot of schools that sit in this bubble, right? 433 00:32:37,540 --> 00:32:44,220 You can see where it's a very small percentage that separates a school that gets Title 434 00:32:44,220 --> 00:32:46,060 One funds and a school that does not. 435 00:32:46,740 --> 00:32:53,840 So as we looked at expanding that and how that would impact the school's allocations as 436 00:32:54,440 --> 00:33:02,260 they've been used to receiving, it wasn't going to impact it in an enormous way, so we felt 437 00:33:02,260 --> 00:33:05,240 like it was worth it at this point to expand that list. 438 00:33:05,860 --> 00:33:10,020 So we have four schools that are in blue here. 439 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:16,620 They are newly designated and a newly designated Title I school in the first year has to be 440 00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:18,220 a Title I assist school. 441 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:22,280 So they're not a school-wide Title I school. 442 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:30,300 They're a Title I assist school, which means that we have a little bit of a more oversight 443 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:37,940 By helping them to determine how their money is best spent, we look at identifying students 444 00:33:37,940 --> 00:33:42,660 that have the greatest academic need in those schools, and we target those monies towards 445 00:33:42,980 --> 00:33:44,900 those students with greatest academic need. 446 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:52,540 So for example, we are funding a, or they are funding out of their Title I school allocation, 447 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,400 a literacy interventionist to work with their K-3 students. 448 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:01,560 they're funding some para educators to be able to provide some additional supports for 449 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,900 their students who are reading below grade level. 450 00:34:07,470 --> 00:34:09,510 And they will also get a coach that will 451 00:34:09,510 --> 00:34:14,790 help support their teachers in knowing how to differentiate and help best support those 452 00:34:14,790 --> 00:34:17,530 students who are reading below grade level. 453 00:34:21,350 --> 00:34:29,710 No, I am so grateful you'll just never know how 454 00:34:29,710 --> 00:34:34,070 So, grateful I am for the expansion of Title I funds. 455 00:34:34,870 --> 00:34:41,510 Years ago, it was dead set, 12, 15, that's it, it was not going to grow. 456 00:34:42,290 --> 00:34:50,250 And to be able to see the money go to more schools that are in need, thank you, thank 457 00:34:50,250 --> 00:34:56,350 you so very much, I know it's perhaps reduces the money that they get. 458 00:34:56,350 --> 00:35:02,810 But to be able to help more, I am truly grateful just things. 459 00:35:05,860 --> 00:35:11,360 Dr. Nurdin, I don't have our list of boot schools like memorized. 460 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,680 I'm wondering how they correlate with this list. 461 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:18,220 Are boot schools? 462 00:35:18,580 --> 00:35:23,220 Yeah, I mean, I know these are different issues, but I just wonder where they have the same one. 463 00:35:23,260 --> 00:35:25,100 We have two of, let me see, 464 00:35:27,530 --> 00:35:28,710 are boot schools? 465 00:35:28,710 --> 00:35:29,830 I 466 00:35:32,970 --> 00:35:39,170 know we have three elementaries that are boost and Title I so I guess really 467 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:43,270 as we looked at this our school's were identified based on the low performance 468 00:35:43,270 --> 00:35:49,430 yeah I understand there's a different thing about about the fact that not all 469 00:35:49,430 --> 00:35:55,850 of our boost schools are Title I schools is our Title I schools in in general are 470 00:35:55,850 --> 00:35:59,690 spending their money in really great ways to get a return on investment and 471 00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:02,630 and help support and mitigate those issues of poverty 472 00:36:02,630 --> 00:36:05,130 by making sure that students are performing 473 00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:06,230 at high levels in them. 474 00:36:06,830 --> 00:36:11,170 So, not all of our boot schools are Title I schools. 475 00:36:12,010 --> 00:36:12,730 That's really awesome. 476 00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:13,990 I'm excited to hear that. 477 00:36:14,250 --> 00:36:18,770 It's actually, it's frustrating that we have boot schools 478 00:36:19,470 --> 00:36:21,710 that aren't in this list because the tie is so tight 479 00:36:21,710 --> 00:36:25,450 between poverty and having said that, 480 00:36:25,450 --> 00:36:32,890 But we also showed this year like a little bit of extra support can really boost the school and it's happening. 481 00:36:33,810 --> 00:36:39,930 We have two junior highs, one is title one and one is not, and the one high school, we don't have high schools that are title one. 482 00:36:46,250 --> 00:36:47,170 Any other questions? 483 00:36:49,590 --> 00:36:49,690 Right? 484 00:36:50,990 --> 00:36:52,370 Thank you so much. 485 00:36:54,390 --> 00:36:57,930 I really want to just recognize Jones efforts. 486 00:37:00,190 --> 00:37:14,330 We kind of say data, and if you look in the Encyclopedia of Granite, when we talk about data and helping schools, Jones picture pops up, and everybody just thinks, oh, well, which need to call Jones? Well, Jones doesn't do that only any more. 487 00:37:14,330 --> 00:37:21,770 She's over all of Title I and all of TSA and all of land trust and her job is 488 00:37:21,770 --> 00:37:27,050 enormous and she deserves all of our applause and appreciation. She's doing a 489 00:37:27,050 --> 00:37:31,870 fantastic job. Thank you, Joan. I actually did just 490 00:37:31,870 --> 00:37:36,330 have one more. Remember that we went when we did have that debate about should we 491 00:37:36,330 --> 00:37:41,810 have high schools in Title I or not and we remember when our high school 492 00:37:41,810 --> 00:37:47,290 was that funding was pulled from that high school. I remember very specifically the services 493 00:37:47,290 --> 00:37:53,690 that were removed from that. And I just wonder if there's been there hasn't been any discussion 494 00:37:53,690 --> 00:38:02,150 around that or I'm kind of trying to check in like is that still the right decision for 495 00:38:02,150 --> 00:38:09,190 us or are we still happy with that decision. So if you guys heard anything or well I'm 496 00:38:09,190 --> 00:38:12,250 I'm sure we'll have something to say about this too, 497 00:38:12,430 --> 00:38:16,330 but we know that early intervention is best. 498 00:38:16,790 --> 00:38:19,670 And so as we look at why that decision was made, 499 00:38:20,070 --> 00:38:23,030 it was made based on some solid research 500 00:38:23,030 --> 00:38:27,930 about catching kids early to help with getting them 501 00:38:27,930 --> 00:38:30,870 ahead with schooling and making sure 502 00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:32,650 that they have all the supports they need, 503 00:38:32,870 --> 00:38:36,770 which is why we also increase that preschool amount 504 00:38:36,770 --> 00:38:42,530 because we do want our students to have some really great experience early on. 505 00:38:43,310 --> 00:38:52,710 The other thing to note is that our elementary and junior highs don't have access to as many 506 00:38:52,710 --> 00:38:53,430 funds. 507 00:38:54,250 --> 00:39:00,530 And that's a big piece, I think, that makes a difference in terms of how we're going 508 00:39:00,530 --> 00:39:02,790 to look at allocating Title I funds. 509 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:11,850 It's such a tough question, Julie, because those two schools seen a decline, yeah, they 510 00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:12,590 lost a ton of money. 511 00:39:13,550 --> 00:39:20,250 But the way Title I laws written, their end size is so large, they would probably be taking 512 00:39:20,250 --> 00:39:28,670 10 to 15, maybe even 20% of the total allocation in two schools that are, like she said, on 513 00:39:28,670 --> 00:39:35,130 in the tail end of education, and we really do believe wholeheartedly that the earlier we can intervene the better. 514 00:39:35,850 --> 00:39:38,670 But for sure there's been an impact. 515 00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:44,970 And I was thinking about it, I mean, the top three elementaries on that list, 516 00:39:45,190 --> 00:39:56,570 I'll feed into the third junior high, this number three on that list, which feeds into the school that was had that funding removed. 517 00:39:56,570 --> 00:40:04,690 And I don't know that there's any way to, like, be able to track and say, well, do we see that early investment benefiting this high school? 518 00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:17,890 But I think that what we concluded and what the research seemed to show to us was that investing in the same kid at the early year rather than the later year was going to be a big benefit. 519 00:40:18,310 --> 00:40:22,310 And so I mean, I remember that's why we voted on that as you said. 520 00:40:22,310 --> 00:40:27,810 but I think it's good a few years later to check in on the voting that you did 521 00:40:27,810 --> 00:40:31,890 and see if you think that it was the right decision so I appreciate you taking 522 00:40:31,890 --> 00:40:37,010 a minute on that. I think the other nice thing to think about when we look at Title 523 00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:41,170 1 funds is really intended to look at can we do some can we look at practices 524 00:40:41,170 --> 00:40:46,860 that might be really effective in schools and then can we generalize some of 525 00:40:46,860 --> 00:40:52,840 practices later to more district-wide and coaching is a great example of that. 526 00:40:53,580 --> 00:40:59,660 Coaching really started in our Title I schools as an effective practice because we have 527 00:40:59,660 --> 00:41:04,160 to use effective practices in our Title I schools with those monies, but we definitely 528 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:09,520 saw that that was making a big difference for schools that have effective coaches and 529 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:15,720 that moved into a more generalized strategy and approach that's used throughout the district 530 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:17,960 to look at improving outcomes. 531 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,120 So that's, I think, an important thing to look at 532 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,120 when you're looking at our Title I Funds II 533 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,220 and return on investment that we are tracking 534 00:41:26,220 --> 00:41:29,240 with those, finding that most of these schools, 535 00:41:29,300 --> 00:41:30,640 I know at one point we looked at, 536 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,800 what are our most successful schools 537 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:33,900 spend their money on? 538 00:41:33,980 --> 00:41:36,160 Because I think that's a worthwhile question to ask, too. 539 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:40,500 And we found, for the most part, 540 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,440 largest majority of our school allocations goes 541 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:44,600 toward people. 542 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:51,120 It's personnel that they're spending money on and it's there's not a magic bullet, but there are some 543 00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:59,360 Ways that you can spend that in very effective ways as you look at how you staff and use that resource in your school to provide 544 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:04,440 Great supports and effective practices for your students 545 00:42:06,820 --> 00:42:11,780 And I know one of the biggest hesitations that we had as we were looking at that making that debate was that 546 00:42:11,780 --> 00:42:14,400 but had we kept those two high schools on there 547 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,600 that would have taken off 10 of our elementary's 548 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,200 and that's a huge impact on those kiddos. 549 00:42:20,420 --> 00:42:22,320 So that's a big deal. 550 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,060 So anyway, yeah, thank you so much. 551 00:42:25,220 --> 00:42:29,820 All right, we're gonna go ahead and take a break 552 00:42:29,820 --> 00:42:32,680 for dinner and we will meet back here at seven o'clock. 553 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,220 So no, 554 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,980 I know there was executive session on our agenda, 555 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,120 but that was just, we don't know. 556 00:42:45,460 --> 00:42:46,300 If you want to, if you want to, if you want to...