1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,080 Dr. Martin >> here. 2 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,679 » Dr. Mario >> here. 3 00:00:02,639 --> 00:00:05,279 » Dr. Pock >> here. 4 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,839 » Miss Robinson >> present. 5 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:13,320 » Miss C here. Miss >> here. 6 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,320 » Hey, let's all stand for the 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:24,960 » flag of the United States of America to the 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:30,680 stands nation indivisibley [clears throat] 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,680 and justice for all. 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:44,559 Thank you. Well, board, we want to um [clears throat] acknowledge our amazing 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:50,360 premeating uh entertainment that we had here this evening with a round of 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,360 applause from our jazz band. 13 00:00:53,120 --> 00:01:00,640 This is our second year here at the board. setting aside time to acknowledge 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:04,400 National Arts and Education Week. This week is observed during the second week 15 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:08,240 of September each year recognizing both curricular and extracurricular 16 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:13,840 activities including music, theater, creative writing, poetry, and visual 17 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:19,280 arts. We are constantly, and I mean constantly, amazed by the skill and 18 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:23,439 creativity of our students, and we are grateful for the dedication and 19 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:27,600 encouragement from our educators. At this time, we're going to ask our 20 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:31,680 board and Dr. Kgatti to join us in the middle. And we're going to ask all of 21 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:34,799 our student artists and performers that joined us, as well as their educators 22 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:37,799 this evening, so that we could do a photo. 23 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:31,760 Thank you so much. And then um you can go ahead and have a 24 00:02:28,239 --> 00:02:35,840 seat board. Um we are going to provide a certificate of acknowledgement um and 25 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:40,319 thanks to both Mr. Michael Scur and Miss Heather Spanish for their guidance and 26 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:45,519 leadership and helping to put together um this evening. Um and then we are 27 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:50,319 going to be welcoming up four student speakers this evening that are going to 28 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:53,959 share a little bit about um our art and programs this evening. 29 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:19,680 Hello everybody. Good evening. My name is Kian Watkins. Good to see some 30 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:23,840 familiar faces here. I just want to talk a little bit about the impact that art 31 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:28,080 has had on me specifically within this community and within my personal life. 32 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:32,480 So, for those of you who don't know me, I'm a big participant in robotics. It's 33 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:36,319 kind of been one of the focuses in my high school career and what I've done. 34 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:40,000 Each year, one of my great friends kind of brought me into it and I've just 35 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:47,599 loved doing it ever since. It's been so fun. And during my sophomore and junior 36 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:51,040 year, I got really lost in that. Just continuing to try to hone in my skills 37 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:56,480 and try to make the club as good as it can be. I really lost myself and I 38 00:03:54,319 --> 00:04:00,799 didn't know if this is what I wanted to do anymore. Specifically robotics I'm 39 00:03:58,239 --> 00:04:04,799 referring to. And so I spent a lot of my time 40 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:09,599 just not really knowing where to go until one day my dad who is an artist 41 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:13,680 himself, he's a songwriter, R&B music. Um he sang with a group called Public 42 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:20,479 Announcement who um sang with R. Kelly back in the 90s and 80s. Um he he he 43 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,960 talked to me and he was like, "Son, make some art." And like he [clears throat] 44 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:27,280 literally said that to me one night because he also painted. He got a um 45 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:33,680 full ride scholarship to go to Colombia to study art there and he painted. And 46 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:38,000 so one night I sat in my bedroom drawing. He was drawing right over 47 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:47,520 there. Um you kind of see it is a black figure. Um, and I drew that because I 48 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:51,600 had to do a project, but also because it represented how I felt at the time. I 49 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:55,600 felt very lost. I didn't know what I should be doing. I didn't know really 50 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:58,800 who I was. I I thought I did, but it took a lot of soulsearching for me to 51 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:02,800 kind of figure that out. and through art and just being able to represent myself 52 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:07,120 in what I do, whether that's robotics or drawings or photography, which is one of 53 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:11,680 my most fond mediums, which I've been doing for a very long time now, and kind 54 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:16,240 of honed in that skill and taking it with me into college as hopefully a 55 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:21,120 professional, getting some um money while doing that. Um 56 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:25,759 I've just really found that the art community here, specifically NHS and art 57 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:28,880 club, they're just super inviting. They're super inviting, a great 58 00:05:27,199 --> 00:05:32,400 community to be around and I' I've loved working with the people. Um, you know, 59 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:36,639 there's a lot of different types of people within it and getting to learn 60 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:41,280 and grow with those people. Like I'm a senior now and like just look looking 61 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:45,199 back at my experience with them and having super fun experiences with them 62 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:49,680 has been great for me as a student and um allowing my creativity to flow 63 00:05:47,039 --> 00:05:53,840 outside of just robotics in school. So, I'm really grateful for this art program 64 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:57,600 and all the teachers and mentors I've had like supporting me and supporting my 65 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:01,120 ideas and growth along the way. So, I just want to thank all of them and thank 66 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:04,680 you guys and I hope you guys continue to support this program. 67 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:25,199 Hi, my name is Marina. Um, I'm from OSU High School. I'm a senior this year. Um, 68 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:30,000 I am the NHS branch president for this chapter. Um, I as well run the art club 69 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:33,680 there at OEI with a co-president. Um, my time at the arts, I've been in it uh 70 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,199 pretty heavily since I was a freshman. Um, I came into a high school setting 71 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:40,639 not really knowing where I would fit in. Um, it was I had moved here fourth 72 00:06:39,039 --> 00:06:44,560 grade. Uh, I went to Grand Park, moved into Murphy, and I still did not feel 73 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:47,759 established where I was. And being able to find a place where I was able to find 74 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:51,360 good community was really important to me. Um, I have made a ton of good 75 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:54,479 connections, uh, especially through the arts program. I did creative writing. 76 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:58,720 That was probably one of the most fun things I did here. Um, being able to see 77 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:02,880 different perspectives on world issues, global issues through writing and like 78 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:07,440 poetry, all of this stuff. Um, especially with we have a really good 79 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:11,599 creative writer, Mr. Ooa. He helped me a lot with how I write like kind of 80 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:15,199 everything. Um, it really changed like how I view a lot of things and I want to 81 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:19,199 be able to see multiple perspectives on different things. Um, as well as I've 82 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:23,360 had a lot of good teachers throughout in like the actual arts. Um, I'm mainly 83 00:07:21,039 --> 00:07:27,199 focused in 3D, so I have not had like a ton of experience in 2D. Uh, even still, 84 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:30,160 I've made some of my best friends through the art department. Um, I've 85 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,759 also had a ton of really good experiences. I was able to go to the 86 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:36,880 Chicagoland 4x5 uh art show last year hosted by Osprey East High School. That 87 00:07:35,885 --> 00:07:39,599 [clears throat] was what like really cool being able to see the awards, being 88 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:43,520 able to see what like watch my friends walk up on stage, receiving honorable 89 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:47,120 film mentions and stuff. Um, that has been really important to me. Sorry, I 90 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:51,160 have like a couple talking points on my phone. Excuse me for looking down. 91 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:58,080 Um, the importance of art in schools is also really important to me. Um, it 92 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:02,879 fosters a community within the school district. Um, as well as uh like in 93 00:08:01,039 --> 00:08:06,879 sorry influencing creativity and development. Um, I feel like it also 94 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:10,479 very helpful for critical thinking and looking at different perspectives from 95 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:14,560 other people um other than yourself. I I do feel like that's something that we 96 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:18,160 kind of do lose in this day and age. Um being able visual literacy and written 97 00:08:16,479 --> 00:08:22,319 literacy is a big thing for me as well, especially with the use of AI nowadays. 98 00:08:20,479 --> 00:08:25,520 um being able to form your own thoughts, being able to write things down like 99 00:08:23,599 --> 00:08:29,360 that. Being able to understand a book's purpose and like the author's purpose as 100 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:33,039 well as an art piece, being able to understand the um artist's purpose and 101 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:37,279 their reason for making this and what they thought what their thought process 102 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:40,000 was for that. Um collaboration is another big one. I know we have the 103 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:43,839 collaborative piece up there. Um my twin worked on that one with her uh painting 104 00:08:41,599 --> 00:08:47,519 one and two class. Um, it was really, she had a really good time and being 105 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:51,040 able to hear about how much she enjoyed making it with those people she had that 106 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:54,959 class with was really special to me, I guess. Um, individual identity, I feel 107 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:59,200 like the arts is a really good way to influence people to um, like be able to 108 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:04,080 process emotions and being able to process, I guess, deeper thinking 109 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:06,720 through the arts. Um, yeah, I'm really grateful that I've had been able to 110 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:11,760 spend all this time in the arts department. Um, I'm glad I've had really 111 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:16,000 really good teachers like Miss Stannich um to help and guide me like in kind of 112 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,560 being more in-depth with it, I guess. Um, that's kind of all I have to say. 113 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,720 Thank you. >> Thank you. 114 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:37,360 » Hi, I'm Leona Baitman and I am the art honor society president for Oiggo High 115 00:09:35,839 --> 00:09:41,839 School. So, it's my twin flame right there. Other school. 116 00:09:39,839 --> 00:09:45,760 Um, and I just had a few words to say about the importance of art to me and 117 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:50,880 also the importance of art education. Um, so first I'd just like to say thank 118 00:09:48,959 --> 00:09:54,240 you guys for taking the time to come out here and sit and hear us out and 119 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:58,959 recognize us for what we're doing. And we recognize you for what you're doing 120 00:09:55,839 --> 00:10:03,839 as well. Um, especially as we're coming into National Arts and Education Week. 121 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:08,800 As artists, I'm sure that you guys know we're all about self-expression. Whether 122 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:13,519 you see that in us dying our hair, our constant need to chat, or our actual 123 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:17,279 body of work. Um, I want to take a moment to acknowledge that this night is 124 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:21,519 not only about recognizing our student artists, but our art educators like Mr. 125 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:26,800 Skura. I also have other teachers like Mr. Gul as well. As of this year, I have 126 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:30,480 officially had every single art teacher that is currently working in the Asiggo 127 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:35,040 High School art department. I finally completed the Pokédex. I [laughter] 128 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:39,360 feel great about it and I can truly vouch for how equally phenomenal every 129 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:43,839 single art educator at the school is. I've definitely had a lot of different 130 00:10:41,519 --> 00:10:48,240 personalities with art teachers because it's art. Like you're going to be a 131 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:52,000 little bit unique in the things that you do because 132 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:58,800 you're trying to challenge certain ideas and express different things visually. 133 00:10:54,720 --> 00:11:02,399 Um, we always get to as artists visually express ourselves and kind of talk about 134 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:07,360 things through our body of work, whether that's through color, shape, line, all 135 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:10,240 of those good elements. But tonight, I'm very grateful to have been blessed with 136 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:15,760 the opportunity to talk about this verbally with all of you. So, firstly, 137 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:20,399 it's kind of given me an outlet and my friends to create work physically. 138 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:23,839 obviously all of the paint tubes that you guys have funded for us that as high 139 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:28,880 schoolers we still don't know how to close. Um 140 00:11:26,399 --> 00:11:33,120 just kind of having all of the canvases, learning how to build all of the 141 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:37,360 artwork, working on the clay, whatever it might be. A lot of failures, a lot of 142 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:41,040 pieces I haven't been super proud of, and a lot of pieces that I feel really 143 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:44,560 great about. I'm grateful that you guys have taken the time and the funding to 144 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:49,440 give us that effort and give us that time so that we are able to completely 145 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:54,079 waste and also use an insane amount of paint. 146 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:59,279 » Um, two is the community. I really do feel like actually I know um some of the 147 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:02,880 best relationships that I've found have been in my art classes from people that 148 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:08,560 I've just sat with at my art table. Coincidentally, my best friends Lynn 149 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:13,680 Ramirez and Kim B from last year they graduated were on the art board with me 150 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:17,600 before and every single day we would just I mean we would talk and obviously 151 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:21,279 we would paint too but it was a really great experience to kind of push 152 00:12:18,959 --> 00:12:24,880 ourselves creatively and I know that Kim and Lynn are both going on different art 153 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:28,240 paths. I personally want to go to film school and I feel like I've kind of 154 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:33,440 found that through Mr. Skura and my other art educators. And lastly, it's 155 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:38,160 definitely built my character and built my friend's character, too. There have 156 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:42,000 been so many times, and I I mean so many times where I've been working on a 157 00:12:39,519 --> 00:12:45,839 painting or a piece of work and I just wanted to like throw it out the window. 158 00:12:43,519 --> 00:12:50,480 Like, I literally will be spending hours and hours on it and I just look at it 159 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:54,000 for too long. And Mr. Scar always tells us this quote before every single class. 160 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:57,120 I forgot who said it, but he says, "Passion without discipline is 161 00:12:55,519 --> 00:13:01,279 sentimentality." And I think over my four years in the 162 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:04,880 Asiggo art program, I've really thought about that and had time to reflect and 163 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:09,040 say that yes, art is something beautiful that I really enjoy. But it's also 164 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:13,120 something that's making me improve as a person and look within myself. I'm 165 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:16,639 challenging myself every single day. I'm working with my friends. I'm working 166 00:13:14,399 --> 00:13:19,920 with other people. And I'm creating something, whether that's a portfolio, 167 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:25,200 relationships, or networking opportunities. So really, I just wanted 168 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:30,000 to say thank you guys for giving us this outlet, all of your time, all of the 169 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:34,560 commitment, and most importantly, arguably the best thing, the pizza we're 170 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:37,720 going to eat later. [laughter] Thank you. 171 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:57,839 » Uh, hi. Uh, I'm Gab Mag Spagnoli. Uh, I'm a senior at OS and 172 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:02,480 I've been taking our classes for the past four years. I've also been taking 173 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:06,880 all the metal working classes for four years, 174 00:14:03,199 --> 00:14:14,240 » which those two every single year are the highlight of my day probably. 175 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:19,760 it. I feel like art class is a way for me to get away from the stress of just 176 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:26,560 like daytoday school work and where I can just like 177 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:32,079 decompress, hang out with my friends and make some cool artwork. And it's the 178 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:35,839 same with uh like all my metal working classes. 179 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:39,360 And like just making things with my hands is 180 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:43,839 one of my favorite things to do honestly. 181 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:48,720 And I see it in a lot of my friends too where we'll be in class, they'll be 182 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:53,440 stressing out about something, we go to our next class, same thing. We get to 183 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:56,959 lunch, we decompress, and then we'll go to an art class and then we just get to 184 00:14:55,360 --> 00:15:03,440 hang out pretty much and do work and then get graded on it. And I feel like 185 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:10,160 it reflects in my other classes like English and uh math or like I took 186 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:15,600 computer AED design and drafting where I find I have a much easier time 187 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:23,680 comprehending complex subjects >> and understanding why an artist or an 188 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:27,360 author or an equation even works the way it does. 189 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:31,920 And I feel like that's a very important skill to have with everything today 190 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:36,240 being about getting the highest test score for your school and for your 191 00:15:33,519 --> 00:15:41,120 district where we need to push more about why things work and how to solve 192 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:47,839 that instead of just knowing that it does so we can 193 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:52,800 answer yes or no on a test. And like just being able to 194 00:15:50,959 --> 00:15:56,800 understand that and like express yourself 195 00:15:54,639 --> 00:16:00,880 through like either artwork or like with your friends or like 196 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:08,320 » just in general I feel like is very important. And that's where our art 197 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:17,519 classes really shine. Like I've taken everything from jewelry and glass 198 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:22,160 mosaics to drawing and painting and uh like metal [clears throat] working 199 00:16:19,199 --> 00:16:25,600 like I said and I see kids every day finding new ways to experiment and 200 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:31,360 express themselves and I feel like that's very important for them because 201 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:37,600 post high school not everybody knows how to do that and not everybody knows 202 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:41,839 why they should. And I feel like that like that's just a very important thing 203 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:46,639 to show kids is that that there is alternative options post high school. 204 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:52,000 There is ways that they can express themselves now and 205 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:57,839 they should express themselves. So, I feel like that's why we should honestly 206 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:04,920 keep uh like 207 00:17:00,639 --> 00:17:04,920 I don't know just keep uh our 208 00:17:04,959 --> 00:17:08,199 » Thank you. 209 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:14,480 » really quick. Um band members, our jazz band, would you mind grabbing that mic 210 00:17:13,039 --> 00:17:18,240 and just quick passing it down and just introduce yourselves real quick just so 211 00:17:15,919 --> 00:17:21,480 we have your name and which school you're from? 212 00:17:23,839 --> 00:17:32,799 Uh, I'm Sarah and I'm I'm from OS. >> What instrument do you play? 213 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:36,000 » Sorry. >> I play [clears throat] the trombone. 214 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:41,120 » Awesome. >> I'm Miles. I'm also from OS and I play 215 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:46,720 the tener saxophone. >> My name is Connor Longett. I'm a senior 216 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:50,960 at OHS and uh I play guitar. >> I'm Spencer Henry. I'm the drummer for 217 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:56,160 this jazz combo >> and I'm a sophomore. 218 00:17:53,760 --> 00:18:02,080 » My name is Emily. I'm a senior at um Oswiggo High School and I play the 219 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:07,120 clarinet but also the alto saxophone. >> I'm Campos. I'm a senior at OHS and I'm 220 00:18:05,039 --> 00:18:11,760 the jazz trumpet but I also play piano classical. 221 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:17,679 » Okay. Um hi, my name is Betsy. Uh I'm a junior and I play bass for the the jazz 222 00:18:14,559 --> 00:18:21,160 band. So yeah, that's the squad. That's us. 223 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,160 » Yay. 224 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:29,360 » Thank you all so much for being here. Um, thank you for sharing the incredible 225 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:34,320 thoughts that you did. Um, your student voice helps to center why we're all 226 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:38,320 here. Um, and kicking that off uh, today was just very heartwarming. Um, for 227 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:42,640 those of you that don't know, Dr. Kelgotti is an artist himself. Um, and 228 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:46,960 so I know he really appreciates the opportunity to to dig in and be able to 229 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:50,640 see this. So, um, we have your your artwork up on display. We'll make sure 230 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:54,240 that we take a few moments, um, and appreciate it at the end of the meeting, 231 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:59,280 but we don't want to, um, hold you too long from your your pizza next door, but 232 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:03,679 questions. Yeah. >> Can we invite Mr. Grace? Uh, you've been 233 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:07,039 a big supporter of the arts, and you, uh, do you want to say any few words? I 234 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:13,320 put you on the spot there, but I I I really appreciate you being here um, as 235 00:19:09,039 --> 00:19:13,320 a principal of Asiggo High School. 236 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,763 Can you grab the mic, Mr. Grace? Thank you. [laughter] 237 00:19:21,679 --> 00:19:24,658 » Uh oh. [clears throat] 238 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:31,120 » Better. Oh, there we go. >> All right. So, we have phenomenal 239 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:34,880 students both at Asiggo High School and and Asiggo East High School. I think 240 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:39,840 this is just a testament and a small sample of the many things that our 241 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:44,080 students do and the the benefits of our art programming and all of our other 242 00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:50,280 programming have uh for our students. So, uh I commend them and keep up the 243 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:50,280 great work. 244 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:58,240 » Ward, is there anything else you need before we dismiss our kiddos? 245 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:01,120 » All right. >> Enjoy your pizza, guys. Thanks for being 246 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:06,919 here. >> Thank you. 247 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,919 really appreciate it. 248 00:20:10,453 --> 00:20:12,473 [laughter] 249 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,574 » Always so impressive. [laughter] 250 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,840 All right. 251 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:46,720 5.1 our fiscal year 27 budget presentation. 252 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:52,880 » Wish I could follow that joyous stilent uh fun presentation but this is what 253 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:59,840 pays for everything. So in a way it's very important. So, it's the time of the 254 00:20:55,520 --> 00:21:05,600 year uh for the uh board to approve the budget as required by the school code. 255 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:11,360 You remember about a month ago, we did um a detailed presentation about the 256 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:18,400 budget. And before that in August, we did three community budget presentation. 257 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:27,600 Two of them in person and one remote. So, we're just going to do a quick recap 258 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:30,600 of um of the highlights of the budget. Okay. 259 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:49,520 Okay. So just wanted to show very quickly what revenue looks like uh by 260 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:53,840 far and um 261 00:21:51,679 --> 00:22:00,400 you know I I can't overstate the fact that uh transportation continues to be a 262 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:08,159 challenging uh uh point for us and what we've done over 263 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:15,200 the last few years is to levy less in the ed fund and levy more in the 264 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:20,159 transportation fund, levy less in IMRF and social security so that we can levy 265 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:24,240 more in the transportation fund. And even with that though, we're still 266 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:30,640 ending up with a deficit in the transportation fund. So what I am going 267 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:35,865 to say and this comes on it's going to come in November when we do the levy 268 00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:40,559 presentation. I believe it [clears throat] is important for us to 269 00:22:38,159 --> 00:22:46,720 go back to leving what we need in the ED fund. because uh adopting the levy 270 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:52,880 strategy that we've done the last uh two three years is created uh a depletion of 271 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:58,720 the ED fund and the ED fund is the most uh comprehensive fund that the district 272 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:04,880 has because it pays for just about everything related to instruction. Now 273 00:23:02,159 --> 00:23:11,760 that may create some challenges for the transportation fund but I think it's 274 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:18,000 important for for us to do uh to uh levy what we need in the end. 275 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:23,600 So this is a a picture of what the the last slide is. 276 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:29,360 The majority of the of the revenue by phone as I mentioned is actually in the 277 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:35,880 ED fund and the edund is also the most uh consequential if you will for the uh 278 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,880 the fund 279 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:46,000 and this is by category which kind of align with what I said earlier. One 280 00:23:43,919 --> 00:23:52,799 thing I want to point out here, when we did the initial budget presentation 281 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:58,559 uh back uh a month ago, we hadn't received the uh corporate property 282 00:23:56,559 --> 00:24:04,960 corporate uh private property replacement tax 283 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:12,880 um estimate for fiscal year 27. We've received it now and there's uh actually 284 00:24:08,559 --> 00:24:18,400 an increase of about 400,000 more that we estimated to get than what uh we uh 285 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:23,679 we have projected and the same thing goes for the ED fun 286 00:24:21,039 --> 00:24:31,039 for the EB EBF. We uh the EBF uh allocation was released 287 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:35,679 after we had already presented the budget back in uh a month ago. So we're 288 00:24:34,799 --> 00:24:44,120 actually [clears throat] getting approximately half a million dollars 289 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:44,120 more in EBF that what we had estimated 290 00:24:45,039 --> 00:24:53,440 and this is a picture of what I just talked 291 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:57,840 and the expenditures by fund as I as you can see which relates to what I just 292 00:24:55,279 --> 00:25:03,039 said a little a little bit ago the ad funds bear is the workhorse fund where 293 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:08,880 the majority by far of the expenditures are coming 294 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:14,559 And so it's important that uh that we levy 295 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:18,919 enough to be able to to fund all that needs to happen. Okay. 296 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:29,760 Now, just to go back, what we had done the last uh couple of years is to levy 297 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:33,760 less in IMRF and social security because we had a pretty high fund balance. But 298 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:39,919 those fund balance have now been depleted over the last couple of years. 299 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:43,919 And doing that the last three years allowed us to be able to lean on 300 00:25:41,679 --> 00:25:51,279 transportation. But now the fund is depleted. So we have to go back live in 301 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:55,200 what we need. All right. So and this is a picture of the expenditure 302 00:25:53,360 --> 00:26:04,840 by far. As you see again uh Edund by far is the 303 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,840 is the largest fund 304 00:26:05,279 --> 00:26:17,360 and this is uh essentially where we spend our money and close to 80% 305 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:24,880 of our expenditure is tied into salary related expenses benefits. the core 306 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:31,120 work that we do as a school district is tied to labor. Say that and that's 307 00:26:28,159 --> 00:26:36,080 that's 80% and that's essentially shows where our money. So as you can see what 308 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:42,000 we've tried to do we've tried to pretty much hold the line on uh expenditure as 309 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:47,200 much as possible. If you compare the unodudited last year's uh expenditure 310 00:26:45,423 --> 00:26:53,120 [clears throat] with this year you'll see the increase is minimal. So, we've 311 00:26:49,919 --> 00:26:58,559 been doing as much as we can to make sure that 312 00:26:55,279 --> 00:27:07,120 we we're a better fiduciary of the resources that the taxpayers sent to us. 313 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:13,200 And this is a a picture of uh the table I just showed. As you see again, if you 314 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:20,279 take the salary and the employee benefits, it's 80% 315 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,279 uh plus of the expenditure. 316 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:32,559 And again uh this is by font here and which I pointed out earlier. If you look 317 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:39,279 at the hedge fund for this fiscal year, we're projecting 318 00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:43,039 a deficit of $5.7 million. The edge fund and 319 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:48,159 coupled with the fact that we've levy less over the last three years to fund 320 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:54,240 editation, we have to go back to to making sure we 321 00:27:50,640 --> 00:28:00,240 levy appropriately the ed. And if you look at what I mentioned, the same thing 322 00:27:56,159 --> 00:28:05,679 with the IMRF and social security where we had levy less and we have to go back 323 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:10,799 to that. So if you remember the first presentation that we gave back a month 324 00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:16,480 ago, we hadn't received the final allocation for EBF as 325 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:23,520 well as for CPPRT. Once we got there, the projected deficit 326 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:31,760 went down from 447 4.7 I believe to now is 3.8 million. 327 00:28:27,919 --> 00:28:37,200 Now, but I can't overstate the fact that we have put systems in place, process in 328 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:44,240 place to reduce the expenditure in transportation. we are but what we've 329 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:50,080 seen going back the last five years transportation has been challenging 330 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:56,799 uh the amount of revenue that we get from the state for example uh the 331 00:28:52,799 --> 00:29:04,559 reimbursement for example last year we we submitted a reimbursement request for 332 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:10,480 based on expenditure for $9 million uh we got uh approximately $4 million 333 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:15,840 in reimbursement from the state. So that's that's part of the issue that 334 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:20,080 facing. So I just wanted to point out as much as we're we're going to try 335 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:26,720 everything possible to mitigate the cost of transportation. 336 00:29:23,039 --> 00:29:30,399 If the last three, five years has been uh 337 00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:35,520 has been a gauge of what we're going to do, 338 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:41,520 we probably will end up with a deficit. But we are trying everything we can to 339 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:45,919 uh to reduce expenditure. So at the end of the day the uh the 340 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:50,799 budget that we presented a month ago is slightly better than where we are 341 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:56,480 because of the two revenue sources additional revenue in uh CBPRT and about 342 00:29:54,880 --> 00:30:01,440 half a million dollars in additional revenue in EBF. 343 00:29:59,919 --> 00:30:05,840 » So thank you Mr. Ofami board. One of the 344 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:10,159 things that we did over the last I want to say starting January was really work 345 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:14,480 aggressively and and and intensively with all of our departments to really 346 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:17,600 look at where our expenditures were and what were the shifts we needed to make 347 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:23,760 as we went into this year because we anticipated this. Um um Mr. Befi, can 348 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:31,120 you talk a little bit about is this unique to our situation and um and are 349 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:35,760 there other districts facing a similar profile to what we are? Absolutely not. 350 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:42,080 It is not unique to us. If you look at our surrounding area, even if you look 351 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:49,279 at districts such as 203, 204, and even Yorkville and uh 129, 352 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:56,799 uh district with a stronger financial reserve than we are 353 00:30:52,960 --> 00:31:02,960 and uh some of them not even as big as we are. 354 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:10,640 Everyone is facing the same challenging financial aid win rate in that the um 355 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:16,799 the revenue that we expect support from the state is not forthcoming. 356 00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:23,440 We are very grateful for the taxes that we receive from our taxpayers which 357 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:28,799 makes up about 50% of our revenue and uh that is the most reliable form of 358 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:33,919 revenue that we get as a district. the state is not being as supportive as the 359 00:31:31,919 --> 00:31:39,840 state needs to be. We know the state of Illinois is facing economic challenges. 360 00:31:36,559 --> 00:31:45,840 So, which has made it very difficult uh for us financially, not just for us, 361 00:31:43,279 --> 00:31:51,039 but for just about all the school district in Illinois. This is the 362 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:55,519 situation that we're facing. You that's on the revenue side. The expenditure 363 00:31:52,799 --> 00:32:01,440 side is everything continues to cost more. We do as much as we can to 364 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:06,720 mitigate cost to avoid cost but there's a limit to how much reduction that we 365 00:32:03,679 --> 00:32:12,159 can do without negatively impacting the educational experience in the classroom. 366 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:16,960 As I mentioned earlier, we are in the labor business. Education is a labor 367 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:23,760 business. It's very labor intensive. You hire people, you pay people, and you you 368 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:27,519 you buy them benefits in order for them to be able to take care of themselves as 369 00:32:25,519 --> 00:32:32,320 they and their family. Health insurance, for example, uh from last year to this 370 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:38,240 year, the health insurance, our health insurance went up by 19%. But it's not 371 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:43,519 limited to us. It's everywhere, private, public sector, everywhere. the cost of 372 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:49,600 health care is just going up. Based on the research that we're doing and the 373 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:54,559 the contact that we having with uh providers, health insurance provider, 374 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:59,120 they're not expecting things to be any better next year. 375 00:32:57,279 --> 00:33:04,640 They're expecting things to be just as challenging as they were this year. I 376 00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:09,360 mean, so those are some of the things that we're dealing with. And if you also 377 00:33:07,039 --> 00:33:13,840 look, I mean, we all go shopping, we all buy things, we pay for electricity, we 378 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:19,840 pay for utilities, other utilities. Every single one of us, we're paying 379 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:27,200 higher. For example, even before the cost of uh diesel and gasoline went up, 380 00:33:24,159 --> 00:33:32,240 we we were losing we were spending more money on transportation than our 381 00:33:29,679 --> 00:33:37,919 revenue. I expect things to be even more challenging now that the cost of diesel 382 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:43,360 has gone up. I mean, I would have never thought two years ago that we'll be 383 00:33:40,159 --> 00:33:49,440 paying close to $7, the average cost of a gallon of diesel. 384 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:55,200 We transport 12,000 plus students every single day. We have to pay for diesel. 385 00:33:52,159 --> 00:33:59,840 We've been negotiating with the union that transport our kids. 386 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:04,480 They're expecting to be paid certain amount of money because every time they 387 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:10,000 go out they buy things is increasing cost. Not that people are beating down 388 00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:14,639 doors to be bus drivers. Driving a bus is a calling. It's not just a job 389 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:20,240 because you have to deal with children and not everyone has that superpower to 390 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:26,079 be able to transport kids and while the kids are in the on the bus also making 391 00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:33,200 sure you follow the rules of the road and avoid uh crashes and still be able 392 00:34:29,679 --> 00:34:38,960 to to give the kids a good experience because they are the first sets of adult 393 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:43,839 that the kids see when they leave home. folks who transport them from home to 394 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:49,359 school. So if they have a great day on the bus, chances are they will have a 395 00:34:45,839 --> 00:34:53,679 wonderful day in school. So it's just it's a confluence of just very very 396 00:34:51,679 --> 00:35:02,079 difficult situation uh inflation uh revenue support and we 397 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:07,200 are absolutely doing everything we can to mitigate expenses because what we 398 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:11,440 always say we have control over expenses as much as possible. We don't have as 399 00:35:09,359 --> 00:35:16,240 much control over revenue and we are doing everything within our purview of 400 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:20,960 control to reduce revenue as much as possible without unduly 401 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:25,200 damaging the educational experience of our kids. And if you think about it, a 402 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:30,560 first grader only get to be first grader one time and they they have to they have 403 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:34,320 to have the absolutely best experience. So when they get to second grade, 404 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:38,400 they're ready and they can have a good experience in second grade. But these 405 00:35:36,079 --> 00:35:41,200 are the things that we do. Thank you. >> And not just us, yeah, school district 406 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:45,280 all over the state. >> One of um I'm sorry. One of the other 407 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:50,160 things that comes to mind for me when I hear this presentation is I've I've 408 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:55,119 known for a long time transportation is a pressure point. Like we have it's 409 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:58,880 expensive to transport our students uh on top of everything else, right? We 410 00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:02,480 have a lot of students and a lot places that we need to go to get them to bring 411 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:05,599 them to school. The other thing that rings in my mind when I'm listening to 412 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:09,440 the presentation is what we don't know because this is a projected budget, 413 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:14,640 right? If you look at the budget from the year before last year, we for some 414 00:36:11,839 --> 00:36:18,320 of our capital pro or emergencies that we needed to do. Um that's something 415 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:24,800 that's ringing in my mind too because those are unknown expenses. uh which is 416 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:29,359 why we've voted as a board to ask the the public to help us fund some of those 417 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:33,680 capital improvements um so that we can plan better for those those expenses 418 00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:37,599 because I think you could easily have this projected budget and then this goes 419 00:36:36,079 --> 00:36:39,680 out and that goes out and this happens and this happens 420 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,680 » and we've started experiencing that already. 421 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:46,800 » Yeah. [clears throat] >> Emergency fixes. And the the part that I 422 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:50,880 actually forgot to mention, I'm glad you mentioned, 423 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:55,119 » as strange as it is to say this, the mandated categorical funds, those are 424 00:36:53,359 --> 00:37:00,320 the the reimbursement that we get for transportation, regular transportation, 425 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:05,359 especially transportation. Uh the orphanage, the state actually hasn't 426 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:09,760 they have not released what the proration is going to be. 427 00:37:07,839 --> 00:37:15,119 » So we don't get we don't know what the proration is going to be. What that 428 00:37:11,839 --> 00:37:19,680 means is that for those program we spent a dollar. We have never gotten a dollar 429 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:24,320 since I've been doing this. I've been doing this for a while. Last year we got 430 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:28,960 approximately the reimbursement that we got was 431 00:37:25,839 --> 00:37:31,599 approximately 60 cent on a dollar. We don't know what we're going to get until 432 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:36,400 next month. >> What the uhation is going to be. That's 433 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:41,359 another unknown. >> Well, that was like a 15% drop from the 434 00:37:39,359 --> 00:37:43,839 year prior, right? Went from Seven to six. 435 00:37:41,839 --> 00:37:48,480 » Yes. Yes. And it's just it's been it's been going that way. It's been going 436 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:54,480 it's a it's a race to the bottom. >> As you talk about that, it's also hard 437 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:59,040 to project like your um oh my goodness. Uh work that we have to farm out 438 00:37:56,240 --> 00:38:03,520 essentially. So I we talk about like even that would be any staff member that 439 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:07,760 we couldn't essentially hire. We often would go to a contracted agency and 440 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:12,800 those costs increase too. and you don't know um how much their cost will 441 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:16,480 increase. So that is something else it's hard to anticipate. Like they may know, 442 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:20,720 right, that they're going to have to increase their budget, but you don't 443 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:26,160 know until you act until you actually seek those services, right? Um so that's 444 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:30,800 something else I'm thinking about this. >> And the the uh students we love, we 445 00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:35,680 provide whatever resources our kids need to be successful. 446 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:40,800 uh a special needs student when we don't know who moves into our district, right? 447 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:47,599 We can have kids move into our district. Some of 448 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:53,680 them may require 1018 a require uh series of services from speech pad from 449 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:58,960 uh psychologist from different clinicians some of whom 450 00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:05,520 OT PT >> we cannot afford. Number one, there are 451 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:09,599 not enough people with OTP licensing and most of the time we can't even find 452 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:14,960 them and a lot of time we can't even afford that because of what they go for. 453 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:23,119 So what so we build the budget estimating what we think cost us then we 454 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:28,160 may have 15 kids move in during the year who need specialized services and we not 455 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:32,000 we're not in a position to hire all the conditions that we need. So what we then 456 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:38,800 have to do we have to go through a third party agency and some of those agencies 457 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:44,240 charge as much as a 30% up charge in the in the salary that we pay for 458 00:39:42,262 --> 00:39:48,880 [clears throat] those consultants they send us. So those are all the things 459 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:54,720 that we deal with as a school district. And the final thing I want to say, I 460 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:59,200 know we've gotten some uh some complaint from parents as it 461 00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:03,760 relates to transportation. Uh couple of things that I just want to 462 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:10,160 share in our sincerity. There's a shortage of bus driver. 463 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:14,079 Not every and this is something that is happening every school district, not 464 00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:20,960 just us. Not enough people want to be bus driver. It's just that simple. So 465 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:28,160 the so we have a shortage of bus driver. Now we also have contractors. They're 466 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:31,760 facing the same thing that we're facing. It's not like they have a factory where 467 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:36,800 they make their own bus driver. They do the same thing that we do. Even though 468 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:43,119 they they they pay more than we pay. We try to match them but there's a 469 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:50,320 shortage. So we all know from uh uh high school economics when supp when demand 470 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:54,320 outpays supply prices will rise and that's the only reason that has been 471 00:40:52,160 --> 00:41:01,920 causing the uh the cost of transportation to go up and I do not see 472 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:05,440 any good solution anytime soon. We're doing the very best we can but this is 473 00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:11,359 some of the things that we're dealing with. So our buses sometimes run longer. 474 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:15,839 It's not because of incompetency. It's not because we just design them that 475 00:41:13,359 --> 00:41:21,359 way. It's because we have shortages of driver. More people require busing than 476 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:26,000 we have drivers who want to drive those buses. Most of our office people in 477 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:31,359 transportation, for example, they drive buses. They are supposed to be doing 478 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:37,839 office work but require them to have CDL. So, we put them on the bus. Even 479 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:41,359 with that, we still don't have enough. Thank you, Mr. Wolf. 480 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:48,079 » If I may, just real quick, just two items I'd like to highlight as we go 481 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:53,200 into the 20 2026 2027 um budget is one kind of parallel to the conversation of 482 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:56,960 special education is outplacement. In regards to our outplacement numbers for 483 00:41:54,880 --> 00:42:01,280 our district, we have very heavy numbers compared to other districts. I'd like to 484 00:41:59,359 --> 00:42:05,520 see how we can find maybe some efficiency in regard to and I do know 485 00:42:03,599 --> 00:42:10,720 right from a special needs parent perspective that there are a lot of 486 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:14,640 needs whether special excuse me OT so forth on but I think we have to find a 487 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:18,560 better mechanism when it comes to our outplacement and what that looks like 488 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:23,040 but most importantly the process and then another thing I wanted to add on 489 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:27,760 was the residency verification as I started looking at the numbers right now 490 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:32,000 we have roughly 1,000 students that are outside of for our boundaries. So, I 491 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:35,680 wonder how that impacts our excuse me, our budget. So, those are just two 492 00:42:34,319 --> 00:42:39,359 components I'd like us to see to continue to drive, but most importantly, 493 00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:47,280 understand. >> Thank you for raising that. I with uh 494 00:42:43,359 --> 00:42:52,480 with permission from uh my boss from the board, the work trip. I think that could 495 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:58,560 be something that we can bring up in the future as a presentation to the board 496 00:42:55,359 --> 00:43:03,520 about our process of determining you know our placement and just to share 497 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:11,040 that information. I don't think it's something that we take uh cavali uh 498 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:16,480 outpacing kids because I know the philosophy is in the district 499 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:22,000 is as much as possible if we can educate our kids right here in the district we 500 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:27,920 want to do that a they reside here b their friends go to school here uh c 501 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:31,680 their family lives here have been able to provide them the education that they 502 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:35,440 need regardless us not even thinking about 503 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:40,720 cost is the approach that we want to take. So for us to determine to to our 504 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:45,680 place of care that means we've done everything in the district to provide 505 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:51,359 the faith and if we're not uh able to do 506 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:55,920 that and it's not in the best interest of the kid to get a good education here 507 00:43:53,760 --> 00:44:00,960 in the district only then do we contemplate our placement and we take 508 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:08,160 that very seriously which is a reason why we uh we have uh EVA Right. And 509 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:14,000 we've actually expanded the number of kids that we referred to in an attempt 510 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:21,400 to a make sure we keep our kids here so they can be with their friends, but we 511 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:21,400 can also mitigate the increase in cost. 512 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:30,079 If I may, we're not I'm not aware of we have 68 square miles. I'm not aware of 513 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:36,560 any 1300 students who live outside of our our our 308 boundaries. We do have 514 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:42,400 uh quite a few students who qualify for Mckin Vento as well as for special 515 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:46,640 education um who we do bring into our district but um we're happy to look into 516 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,960 it if you have some numbers but at this point I have no evidence that that is 517 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:52,640 number >> I just voyed it so you should be able I 518 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:56,640 think everybody in the community should be able to see it. So roughly there's 13 519 00:44:54,960 --> 00:45:01,440 in particular, but there was one resident in Chicago, one in Villa Park, 520 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:06,240 Bellwood, but needless to say, there's there's a hefty number out there that 521 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:08,240 are outside our parameters for SD308. >> We have a responsibility. I'm sorry. Go 522 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:11,839 ahead. >> You're talking about students who are 523 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:15,680 living outside of our boundaries. >> They're living outside. 524 00:45:13,839 --> 00:45:17,839 » Yep. They're receiving education from our 525 00:45:16,079 --> 00:45:24,000 » So there is something I would like to share though. There's a law. 526 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:29,680 » It's a law. So if a student was going to school here for example they live here 527 00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:36,079 » and if for whatever reason they now homeless or doicile they're homeless 528 00:45:33,599 --> 00:45:41,520 staying with relatives we are required to still provide them an education here 529 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:45,200 in the district that's the law MKB >> and I respect that and that should 530 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:51,040 absolutely be put in place but as I look at other numbers let's just say district 531 00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:57,200 203 204 they're roughly between 1 to 3% % we are at 8%. So again just a topic 532 00:45:55,119 --> 00:46:00,079 just to kind of review and see if we are really doing our due diligence when it 533 00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:04,800 comes to boundaries. >> Thank you. We will we will bring we we 534 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:07,920 will bring a presentation in the future where we look at 535 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:12,160 » we look at that. >> I I was just going to say I saw your 536 00:46:09,839 --> 00:46:16,319 comment on the board document and some of those towns that you were referencing 537 00:46:13,839 --> 00:46:20,640 are in our school district. Yorkfield, Joliet, Planefield. They I I don't know 538 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:25,839 if you're looking at other zip codes. >> No, it was the exact zip codes. So, for 539 00:46:24,079 --> 00:46:29,760 one, I know what you're speaking of, but if you go and you analyze the data, it 540 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:33,920 gave zip code and it gave you the breakdown which verified that we had 541 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:38,319 over a thousand students outside of SD308. Now, I could be potentially 542 00:46:36,319 --> 00:46:44,319 wrong, but based upon analysis and the reports, that's what was captured out 543 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:50,160 outside of what you're speaking to. the the zip codes. I just to clarify 544 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:54,400 board, but I will say that uh our boundaries are not determined by zip 545 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:58,400 codes. There are zip codes. In fact, um I met a young man earlier tonight who 546 00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:03,680 said that he's actually closer to Mata Valley uh than he is Aurora, but he 547 00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:08,240 prefers to come to our school. So, so I I would agree with you, uh Miss 548 00:47:05,359 --> 00:47:12,000 Robinson. I appreciate the the concern. Um our team is very careful in our 549 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:16,960 registration department when we do residency when people come in. Um we 550 00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:20,400 also have as you heard so if the board if if the board would like us to do 551 00:47:18,720 --> 00:47:24,560 further analysis of we're happy to do that. I would say that would give that 552 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:27,839 to the board decision to consider. Um other questions regarding the budget 553 00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:32,760 hearing? >> I I have some. Can you go to page eight? 554 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:46,880 Keep going. >> Um, yeah, it's like the second to last 555 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:50,119 one. This Wait, no, >> this one. 556 00:47:51,839 --> 00:48:00,880 » Expenses by category. Um, >> can you explain the really big numbers 557 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:04,800 like the capital outlay change and the purchase services number changing? so 558 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:15,760 dramatically. >> Yeah. So, uh last year we only spent uh 559 00:48:11,599 --> 00:48:20,400 about 471 in that capital outlay fund and in anticipation of some of the the 560 00:48:18,319 --> 00:48:25,520 repairs that we needed to do this year, we budgeted more. 561 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:32,880 Well, but I'm I'm talking between the 2025 budget and the 2025 actual or I 562 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:38,000 mean clearly it's unaudited, but see how the it changed from the to 100% 563 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:42,119 more or changed from actual. 564 00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:51,680 I guess it's looking the 9.7 million to the 565 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:59,119 um sorry I I helped uh prepare this. So the actual percentage is a variance 566 00:48:54,640 --> 00:49:05,520 between the unawited actual of 2526 to what we're budgeting this year. So it's 567 00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:11,839 almost 100% increase based on the 471 up to the 949. Um so that's what those 568 00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:16,640 columns are referring to. >> And then we went down in purchase 569 00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:22,400 services due to budget cuts and trying to be you know fiscally aware. Can you 570 00:49:19,839 --> 00:49:26,400 summarize some examples of those budgeted or those purchase services that 571 00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,800 were cut or reduced? >> Purchase services. 572 00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:34,640 » There were so many. >> There's so many. Uh we pay for utilities 573 00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:37,200 out of purchase services. That's the one one area. 574 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:43,119 » Mike, we need you on the mic. >> Oh, I'm sorry. One area is a big area is 575 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:46,400 utilities that we pay for. And uh another big area is related to 576 00:49:45,119 --> 00:49:52,240 transportation, third party transportation. I know we reducing some 577 00:49:49,359 --> 00:49:59,520 of the services that we purchased from the uh from durm and uh se etc. We're 578 00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:04,000 not giving them as many around as they had uh the prior year. That's that's 579 00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:09,200 another >> So at this point those are projected 580 00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:14,640 numbers. We're hoping to reduce it by >> we're hoping to reduce it. Yes. and some 581 00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:20,640 of the so purchase services also related to consulting services and in an attempt 582 00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:26,800 to balance the budget. What we looked at, we looked at all the consulting uh 583 00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:35,119 services that we had and uh we looked at some of them that we can reduce or defer 584 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:41,760 and if we thought we didn't have to spend that money in 207, 585 00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:46,319 we decide not to fund it or we decide if we can defer for another year. We did 586 00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:51,760 some of that. So this were all the things that we did when we started 587 00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:56,960 working on the budget uh in the fall last year. The deficit was really big. 588 00:50:54,800 --> 00:51:02,640 So we went through rounds and rounds of reduction saying some of the things that 589 00:50:59,599 --> 00:51:07,520 we may have uh approved before and we looked at it and we looked 590 00:51:05,119 --> 00:51:14,400 at it really critically the folks who benefit from it for example and say can 591 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:18,559 you not do this? Can you wait a year? you wait two years can you make it work 592 00:51:16,319 --> 00:51:23,839 a couple of years longer to try to balance the budget so we did a lot of 593 00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:28,319 that so so I just gave you a couple of example that's one I mean it's a number 594 00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:34,079 of them that makes up so purchase service essentially any services that we 595 00:51:31,119 --> 00:51:39,599 buy from a third party and it's funny uh the the bus leases in there the uh third 596 00:51:37,599 --> 00:51:45,520 party transportation in there another one is third party consultant that 597 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:51,280 provides us with uh special ed special ed uh staff member uh paid out 598 00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:56,480 of there another TA which is another thing that I mentioned earlier we used 599 00:51:53,520 --> 00:52:03,920 to depend more third party providers for a TA what we found out is now that we 600 00:51:59,839 --> 00:52:09,200 have a better agreement with our TA we have people who are staying longer so 601 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:14,240 it's an increase in salary but a decrease in purchase services and salary 602 00:52:11,599 --> 00:52:17,520 is actually cheaper for for us to find than the third party consultant. So 603 00:52:16,079 --> 00:52:23,040 those are some of the things that comes to mind that that we pay for out of 604 00:52:20,079 --> 00:52:28,760 purchase services. >> Thank you. 605 00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:28,760 » Other questions board? 606 00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:38,720 » Well, you asked question that I had. Um yeah, I took a look at a lot of the 607 00:52:36,559 --> 00:52:43,280 other districts and um you know, like playing field, I think there 14 million. 608 00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:46,720 They did $8 million in cuts and >> difference is they have a $200 million, 609 00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:49,440 you know, coffer. >> Yeah. 610 00:52:47,119 --> 00:52:52,640 » Um, it's like a 611 00:52:51,119 --> 00:52:55,359 » it's nothing, you know, for them. 612 00:52:54,240 --> 00:52:59,599 » Yeah. >> So, yeah. 613 00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:03,680 » So, a lot of changes. >> I hate to say 2080 is even going to be 614 00:53:01,599 --> 00:53:07,680 challenging. I', you know, I've been saying that for 615 00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:12,319 the last couple of years and we absolutely have to do it because I'm not 616 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:18,800 even sure if the state will be able to appropriate the 350 617 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:24,400 million in additional funding for EBF and they promise to do that 618 00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:28,319 if the money is there. But if the money is not there, 619 00:53:26,319 --> 00:53:32,000 they can easily decide that we can't afford it. We're not going to be able to 620 00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:39,359 fund it. So yeah, that plus an increase in in in 621 00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:46,400 a lot of prices of things that we buy, it's just going to be a challenging year 622 00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:52,400 2020. And the federal government >> the budget the the funding for this year 623 00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:57,760 from the federal government is actually higher the way the federal government's 624 00:53:54,400 --> 00:54:05,119 budget work. So what is going to happen is the budget that's actually going to 625 00:54:01,359 --> 00:54:10,319 impact us in 28 is going to be the original budget for this administration. 626 00:54:08,240 --> 00:54:15,440 The budget that impacts this year was inherent. 627 00:54:12,559 --> 00:54:20,720 So what is going to impact us in 28 is going to be first budget of the current 628 00:54:18,079 --> 00:54:26,079 administration and we've known we know there've been reduction in educational 629 00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:31,440 funding. So, it's is going to be it's going to be a challenge in 20. 630 00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:35,440 » I know we've [clears throat] my voice is gone. Um, excuse me. You know, we've 631 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:41,520 talked a little bit about this, I think, in smaller conversations, and this does 632 00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:46,559 not have to be answered now, but um I think it would be interesting, not only 633 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:52,000 for the board, but also for like the six people streaming it at home. um just to 634 00:54:49,839 --> 00:55:01,760 get a better idea of some of the advocacy work that we do at the district 635 00:54:55,839 --> 00:55:05,280 to try to I guess I mean I know we have very limited control over our revenue. 636 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:08,720 Um I mean you've mentioned multiple times about like shortages from the 637 00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:11,680 state and from the federal government. So, I think it would be interesting if 638 00:55:10,079 --> 00:55:18,319 we could at some point just have a better idea of kind of the different 639 00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:22,720 avenues um not only that you have as district leadership with advocacy, but 640 00:55:20,240 --> 00:55:28,480 also us as a board and for anyone that might want to also advocate um in favor 641 00:55:25,839 --> 00:55:32,000 of a little bit stronger and more predictable funding for the schools. 642 00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:36,800 » I'm actually going to be in Washington DC next week doing that very thing. 643 00:55:35,359 --> 00:55:40,880 » Thank you. >> No, I'm just kidding. [laughter] 644 00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:43,839 We'll be happy to do that and and and that and the other topics that were 645 00:55:42,319 --> 00:55:46,240 brought up tonight. Look at how it fits and where we can bring some feedback for 646 00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:48,559 the board. >> Thank you. 647 00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:52,160 » And our committee for the whole actually is a great space to have some of those 648 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:56,760 discussions. Um the whole 649 00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:56,760 » Thank you. 650 00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:06,480 » Okay. [clears throat and cough] Moving to six public hearing. 651 00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:10,000 We have two opportunities for public comment tonight. The first opportunity 652 00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:15,200 will be during the public hearing on the fiscal year 27 budget which we are about 653 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:19,839 to convene. If you wish to make a comment about the fiscal year 20 or 654 00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:23,599 tenative 27 tenative budget, please do so during the public comment portion of 655 00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:26,880 this hearing. If you wish to make a comment about some other matter 656 00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:31,119 unrelated to the public hearing, you may do so during do so during the second 657 00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:35,440 opportunity for public comment. Please make sure that you noted on the comment 658 00:56:32,799 --> 00:56:42,040 card which portion you wish to speak. We will now hold a public hearing on the 659 00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:42,040 fiscal year 27 budget 660 00:56:44,720 --> 00:56:47,720 6.1. 661 00:56:48,559 --> 00:56:54,400 This is the public hearing convened by the board of education of community unit 662 00:56:52,720 --> 00:57:00,440 school district 308 regarding the fiscal year 27 budget. At this time I would 663 00:56:57,119 --> 00:57:00,440 like to ask 664 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:11,599 » you got any information >> as presented Mr. as present 665 00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:16,319 following the update uh or public comment and now the board are there any 666 00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:20,079 public comments the budget >> not for the budget portion 667 00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:23,079 » okay um 668 00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:29,040 so I guess we just move on right >> at this time we will close the public 669 00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:34,079 hearing >> at this time uh we will close the public 670 00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:42,520 hearing um on the fiscal year 7 budget. 671 00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:42,520 » Oh, this does. 672 00:57:44,079 --> 00:57:47,079 Oh. 673 00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:50,359 All right. 674 00:57:50,799 --> 00:57:56,799 I'm backtracking here, guys. At this time, does any member of the 675 00:57:55,119 --> 00:58:02,200 board of education have any comments? If so, please identify yourself for the 676 00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:02,200 record and make your comments. 677 00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:14,240 Okay, at this time we will close the public 678 00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:21,880 hearing on the fiscal year 27 budget. My first time doing that one. 679 00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:21,880 » All right, we're moving to 7.1, 680 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:28,640 our public comment. Do we have for regular public comment? 681 00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:32,160 » Yes, we have one. >> All right. On behalf of the board of 682 00:58:30,799 --> 00:58:35,280 education, I would like to thank the public for attending tonight's meeting. 683 00:58:33,599 --> 00:58:38,400 We value the feedback we received from our members of the public and encourage 684 00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:42,720 everyone to take an active interest in their public school system. Individuals 685 00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:45,520 interested in speaking to the board this evening are asked to have completed a 686 00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:49,920 comment card and presented it to the secretary to the board. Any members of 687 00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:52,160 the public who have not yet turned in their public comment card to the 688 00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:56,000 secretary of the board are asked to do so at this time. 689 00:58:54,559 --> 00:59:00,400 When the secretary calls your name, I ask you to come to the microphone. State 690 00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:04,300 your name for the public record and provide your feedback. [laughter] 691 00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:09,920 » We figured it was you also. >> Yeah. Please note that that's why I'm 692 00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:12,799 kind of smiling while I'm Please note that comments are limited to five 693 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:16,160 minutes per person. The board does not participate in discussion during public 694 00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:19,599 comment. Comments should address the board of education as a whole and not be 695 00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:23,359 directed to an individual board member, audience, or staff member. Followup to 696 00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:26,480 your questions or concerns may be addressed by administration through the 697 00:59:24,799 --> 00:59:30,920 contact information provided on the comment card. Thank you. 698 00:59:36,319 --> 00:59:42,400 » Good evening. My name is Scott Dematis and I'm here to speak on behalf of my 699 00:59:40,319 --> 00:59:47,280 son, Jack Dematis, who is a sophomore at OE. I wanted my son to be here with me 700 00:59:44,799 --> 00:59:51,119 this evening, uh, but I just dropped him off from gymnastics practice so he can 701 00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:56,319 begin his homework, which will keep him up past 10 p.m. this evening. My son is 702 00:59:54,400 --> 01:00:01,440 a level 10 gymnast at Premier West Gymnastics Academy located about a mile 703 00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:05,359 from here. Oi. [clears throat] Uh for those you're not familiar with 704 01:00:02,559 --> 01:00:09,599 gymnastics, level 10 is the top level of a gymnast can achieve or before the 705 01:00:07,599 --> 01:00:14,240 possibility of being accepted into a collegiate program. This is no easy 706 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:19,440 accomplishment. Less than 1% of gymnasts make it to this level. My son started at 707 01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:23,040 5 years old as a member of Premier West boys team where he has progressed 708 01:00:21,359 --> 01:00:27,760 through years from a level two now competing at level 10 at this point. A 709 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:33,520 rough calculation that my son has put in close to 10,000 hours of training over 710 01:00:29,920 --> 01:00:38,319 his over his career. My son uh goes directly from Oi to gymnastics practice 711 01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:43,040 uh for three and a half hours of physical strength training, flexibility, 712 01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:48,400 countless repetition on all six events, floor, vault, rings, pommel, parallel, 713 01:00:45,839 --> 01:00:52,559 and high bar. Each day he pushes himself to execute flawlessly new techniques 714 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:57,280 that will improve the potential to receive a higher score. Gymnastics is a 715 01:00:55,200 --> 01:01:02,720 game of decimals where the difference of point of a 0.5 score can be the spread 716 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:07,119 from first place to fifth place. Each year we travel throughout the US for his 717 01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:11,359 meets. It's not easy or cheap. My wife and I sacrifice to support him because 718 01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:15,440 he has a passion and he has a talent. These competitions are governed by USA 719 01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:19,920 Gymnastics, which is the national government body 720 01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:24,000 for gymnastics in the United States. USA Gymnastics is responsible for selecting 721 01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:28,160 and training national teams for Olympic games and world championships. 722 01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:34,400 This is the elite level of competition in the country. From practice, he comes 723 01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:38,720 home, eats, and begins his homework. His course load is currently AP US 724 01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:43,440 government, honors chemistry, English 3 is a sophomore, honors digital 725 01:01:40,799 --> 01:01:48,240 electronics, honors algebra 2, and PE. His homework keeps him up studying after 726 01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:52,799 10 p.m. most every night. last spring while training for the upcoming US 727 01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:57,119 National Championship in Oklahoma City were contacted by his coach stating that 728 01:01:55,200 --> 01:02:01,760 he had to stop Jack from executing certain high-risisk moves multiple times 729 01:01:59,599 --> 01:02:06,720 due to Jack's apparent lack of mental focus focus and overall fatigue. Coaches 730 01:02:04,799 --> 01:02:11,760 play an important balancing role knowing when to push athletes and knowing to 731 01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:15,200 pull back to avoid risk of injury. When I asked my son what was going on, he 732 01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:21,040 just looked at me and he said, "Dad, I'm just tired." Every night he's up past 10 733 01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:25,440 p.m. and then he gets up at 5:40 to be on the bus at 6:20. The daily school 734 01:02:23,839 --> 01:02:30,240 schedule and the additional physical activity during PE begins to take its 735 01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:34,640 toll. And this is what brings me here to you tonight. Uh a father advocating for 736 01:02:32,799 --> 01:02:40,240 the well-being of his son. What I'm asking for is the district's support by 737 01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:48,079 granting him a we a waiver from his PE class. In this letter that I have uh 738 01:02:44,079 --> 01:02:52,079 from his coach uh it states, "Based upon my professional experience coaching 739 01:02:50,079 --> 01:02:55,599 elite level athletes, Jack's training is highly structured, includes 740 01:02:53,359 --> 01:03:00,640 comprehensive strength and conditioning, cardiovascular training, flexibility, 741 01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:06,720 impact, and event specific skill development that are planned and all are 742 01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:11,280 carefully managed to pretend to prevent fatigue and reduce injury. I do not 743 01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:15,760 recommend that Jack participate in additional physical education at this 744 01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:19,039 time and that phys that a physical education waiver would be in the best 745 01:03:17,359 --> 01:03:24,000 interest of his health, safety, and long-term athletic development. My wife 746 01:03:22,079 --> 01:03:28,240 and I also consulted with Jack's uh primary care doctor who stated that 747 01:03:26,079 --> 01:03:31,760 Jack's level of training, he is at elevated risk of joints, muscles, and 748 01:03:30,319 --> 01:03:36,559 tendons and his training needs to be carefully monitored to avoid injury. 749 01:03:34,799 --> 01:03:40,559 I've had several discussions about my son with Dr. Cooper Wells, executive 750 01:03:38,799 --> 01:03:46,319 director of high schools, and with Dan Arson, executive director of athletics 751 01:03:43,359 --> 01:03:52,000 at 308. They were able to help provide guidance, but stated that a waiver would 752 01:03:48,079 --> 01:03:56,319 need to come from SD308 leadership. Dr. Cooper Wells was kind enough to 753 01:03:53,680 --> 01:04:01,280 investigate options for my son and found other schools, other school districts 754 01:03:58,640 --> 01:04:07,680 that do not offer that do not offer boys gymnastics, but do grant casebycase PE 755 01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:14,640 waiver for students. student athletes participating in nonIHSA 756 01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:20,160 sports. These include community uh community school district 300 which is 757 01:04:16,559 --> 01:04:27,119 Bington, Alangquin, East Dundee, U46 which is 55 schools across Cook, DuPage 758 01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:32,880 and Kain counties. Pinsdale 181, uh, MC Chapman School District, and 759 01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:38,319 Playingfield 202 accepts PE PE waiverss for nonIHSA 760 01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:42,480 sports. What I'm asking is for the SD leadership to look at my son as an 761 01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:46,880 individual as these other districts have evaluated the indiv individual needs of 762 01:04:45,119 --> 01:04:51,280 their students and found a way to support them in their athletic and 763 01:04:49,119 --> 01:04:52,559 academic pursuits. on page. 764 01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:56,799 » Um >> I'm sorry. Nearing time. 765 01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:58,640 » Yeah. And um >> that that's 766 01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:00,400 » you could always you could send us a letter too. 767 01:05:00,079 --> 01:05:04,000 » Yeah. >> Yeah. I I will follow up with an email. 768 01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:08,160 Uh thank you for the opportunity to address you this evening and listening 769 01:05:05,599 --> 01:05:11,799 to my concerns. >> Good luck to your son. 770 01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:27,119 » All right. Have a good night. 771 01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:33,375 Committee of the whole 8.1 committee purpose norms and logistics. 772 01:05:31,355 --> 01:05:33,375 [clears throat] 773 01:05:34,559 --> 01:05:44,000 » All right. Good evening board. So for for this one we are going to welcome 774 01:05:40,559 --> 01:05:50,319 everyone. So this is a new practice that the board has 775 01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:53,839 made a decision to pursue and we want to thank the board for this opportunity. So 776 01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:59,039 tonight we are shifting gears and I'm going to invite members of the 777 01:05:55,680 --> 01:06:04,079 administration to join as we do and move into our first agenda item. So for the 778 01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:07,599 next as you can see three to four agenda items we're going to engage in a first 779 01:06:06,079 --> 01:06:11,119 of the conversation about kind of the high level uh setting purpose. So the 780 01:06:09,839 --> 01:06:17,119 committee the whole is an opportunity for the board to really engage um in new 781 01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:22,640 way around some of the topics versus a formal process where uh you would have 782 01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:27,599 typically a presentation followed by um maybe a very kind of linear process. 783 01:06:25,599 --> 01:06:32,480 This is a allow us to engage in our committee process um in a very different 784 01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:35,520 way. And so tonight you will hear a number of items. Can we go to the next 785 01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:38,520 slide please? I don't know who has a clicker. 786 01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:47,839 Okay. So, um for all of their committees, we wanted to um one of the 787 01:06:45,599 --> 01:06:50,079 things that in a typical committee structure, you would always have a 788 01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:53,520 chance to look at what are the values and the core values that are centering 789 01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:58,640 the work as well as norms of collaboration. This is a practice that 790 01:06:55,359 --> 01:07:02,720 our district has using is has been using regarding um when we get into 791 01:07:00,799 --> 01:07:06,880 conversations. So these are helpful tools that our district leadership team, 792 01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:11,599 our school leadership teams, um any committees that we have, we lean on 793 01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:16,720 these practices or norms of collaboration to help um facilitate the 794 01:07:14,799 --> 01:07:21,920 conversation. So rather than do this for each of our structures tonight, the 795 01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:25,280 equity uh teaching learning um any of our committees, we felt like for all of 796 01:07:23,599 --> 01:07:29,520 them, we thought it would be valuable for us to have a conversation. And so 797 01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:32,880 I'll invite comment or anybody want to name or anything that you notice about 798 01:07:31,440 --> 01:07:36,400 whether it's the norms of collaboration or the district core values of how can 799 01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:41,359 this be helpful for committee discussion. How do these how do these 800 01:07:38,799 --> 01:07:44,160 inform is guess is my question for our discussion around the committee for the 801 01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:48,319 whole how can these be of help to the discussion tonight and and maybe rather 802 01:07:46,799 --> 01:07:52,799 than looking forward also what have you learned in the past? So what about these 803 01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:56,799 emerged in your committee conversations last year that made it helpful and 804 01:07:55,200 --> 01:08:00,839 productive conversations and this is for everybody to speak to? 805 01:08:02,319 --> 01:08:07,920 I would say regarding the norms of collaboration like for me those are like 806 01:08:06,400 --> 01:08:14,480 cue as a board member those are like cues right like how should I be engaging 807 01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:20,000 they seem pretty um in line with um how what my experience on on the 808 01:08:18,239 --> 01:08:24,080 previous committees not the committee of like when we had our our other 809 01:08:21,359 --> 01:08:30,799 committees um and so they seem in line with um how we've conducted you know 810 01:08:27,279 --> 01:08:33,839 committees in the past um I would say this is a larger setting. So that's 811 01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:38,719 something that's kind of in the back of my mind as I think about, you know, 812 01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:43,440 putting all the ideas on the table and paying attention to self and others or 813 01:08:40,640 --> 01:08:49,120 just the larger setting. >> I'm thinking about 814 01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:52,640 » I'm appreciative of the norms. Um I think this will be an interesting 815 01:08:50,400 --> 01:08:57,199 experience because I know for Eli we are used to like presenting and then 816 01:08:54,719 --> 01:09:02,000 stopping in the midst of pres of the presentation. So it will be interesting 817 01:08:59,679 --> 01:09:05,600 as far as like us getting through the presentation and then the different 818 01:09:03,279 --> 01:09:10,400 questions that we have coming our way. But I appreciate the norms of 819 01:09:07,440 --> 01:09:14,159 collaboration um because it names that we will be posing questions, we will be 820 01:09:12,319 --> 01:09:18,839 putting ideas on the table and we will be utilizing data to have these 821 01:09:15,839 --> 01:09:18,839 conversations. 822 01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:27,520 » What What does pausing mean? >> Just throwing it out there. Yeah, I 823 01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:31,440 would >> because I'm all about keeping it going. 824 01:09:31,520 --> 01:09:35,728 Sometimes you want to [laughter] 825 01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:41,600 » I think sometimes for like for when I see politic I don't know if everyone 826 01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:45,679 else interpers it this way but um sometimes when there's um an intense 827 01:09:43,839 --> 01:09:49,520 presentation happening that I know less about like finance or something like 828 01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:53,359 that. I personally just need to pause and like make sure and like that second 829 01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:57,440 one like paraphrase to myself okay this is what's going on. And so for me it's 830 01:09:55,280 --> 01:10:01,760 like a personal cue. I don't know that we would be, you know, pausing the 831 01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:06,800 meeting unless there was a request to do so by uh Erica. 832 01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:11,760 » No. [laughter] >> Or anybody permission to think, right? I 833 01:10:10,480 --> 01:10:14,000 » you name that. >> Go ahead. 834 01:10:12,239 --> 01:10:20,480 » No, I would agree that's that is the intent. Um to pause before we respond to 835 01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:26,239 pause and assume positive intent. Pause to pose the questions. Um because to 836 01:10:24,080 --> 01:10:30,400 that end at times when we don't know things or we're we're less familiar with 837 01:10:28,239 --> 01:10:33,199 things you do kind of get more like well wait what is this? What is that? What is 838 01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:37,040 this? What is that? Sometimes it's okay to say well let me just write these 839 01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:38,880 thoughts down and then we can come back to 840 01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:42,159 » and to be respectful of others people's need to pause. Like there are some we 841 01:10:40,719 --> 01:10:48,000 all have different oops >> we all have different um areas of 842 01:10:45,120 --> 01:10:52,320 expertise. Uh, and so for a presentation to for for for Erica that she can just 843 01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:55,920 take in and be like good, good, good, good, good. And I need like that time to 844 01:10:54,480 --> 01:11:01,320 kind of process it a little bit more. And depending on the topic, I think that 845 01:10:57,280 --> 01:11:01,320 would be true for any of us. 846 01:11:02,640 --> 01:11:10,400 I think um I think that one of the things I'll 847 01:11:08,960 --> 01:11:15,600 invite and I think we'll have to talk about the board has an opportunity and 848 01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:19,199 the committee members um from the the staff 849 01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:24,080 um have an opportunity to think about what does it mean to put ideas on the 850 01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:29,280 table when we have a recorder and how do we become comfortable um we always this 851 01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:33,360 always following OMA guidelines so those are always recorded But, you know, it's 852 01:11:31,360 --> 01:11:36,560 a very different setting. Um, this is where we typically have our board 853 01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:40,320 meetings, um, our formal board meetings. And so, this is a committee for the 854 01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:42,719 whole. And so, understanding that you're going to have that flexibility to have 855 01:11:41,600 --> 01:11:46,960 those conversations in a different way than you've had before, that's a a mind 856 01:11:44,880 --> 01:11:50,880 shift a little bit for us. We're not used to that structure, right? So, I 857 01:11:48,640 --> 01:11:54,400 think that'll be a new learning. And I would just invite board members, you 858 01:11:52,480 --> 01:12:00,080 have comment cards, I think, comment cards that you can give feedback. um 859 01:11:56,880 --> 01:12:07,199 also our our our leadership team who are here this evening um to to weigh in on 860 01:12:03,199 --> 01:12:11,280 those comments. So one thing that um in addition to this 861 01:12:09,600 --> 01:12:15,120 is that we have our structure. So tonight we'll have our three 862 01:12:13,440 --> 01:12:18,480 subcommittees or committees equity, learning, innovation, finance, 863 01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:23,920 facilities and human resources and then policy and legisl legislative. Each one 864 01:12:21,440 --> 01:12:27,920 is advisory. um each gives the board and the committee a focus place to examine 865 01:12:26,159 --> 01:12:31,360 our priorities before matters move forward and none of them replaces the 866 01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:37,920 authority of the board and recommendations move from here and then 867 01:12:33,360 --> 01:12:42,000 we'll go to full board vote if necessary um Bren or Teresa is there anything you 868 01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:45,040 want to add to this as you've been listening 869 01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:49,920 okay um with that I think uh uh Mr. Chair, if 870 01:12:48,719 --> 01:12:54,719 you want to move us to the next one and then we'll invite the chair of that 871 01:12:51,199 --> 01:13:00,640 committee to start. >> Okay. 872 01:12:56,719 --> 01:13:09,280 Nine, equity, learning, and innovation chair. Dr. Pock, Dr. Mario, and Miss 873 01:13:05,280 --> 01:13:12,800 Robinson are also on the committee. Um, at this time, I would like to invite Dr. 874 01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:18,375 Pak, chair of the equity and learning and innovation committee to lead us 875 01:13:14,960 --> 01:13:20,719 through the equity committee. Sure. [snorts] So, 876 01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:22,800 » well, no, go ahead. >> I've got two more paragraphs. 877 01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,800 » Go ahead. Read it. >> I got [laughter] I gota say at every 878 01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:28,000 meeting I think. >> Go ahead. 879 01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:31,760 » Dr. Pock, please take us through the agenda items in this section. Once those 880 01:13:30,159 --> 01:13:35,360 items have been addressed, please invite the committee members to ask questions 881 01:13:33,280 --> 01:13:38,560 or offer comments. Following that discussion, please open the floor to the 882 01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:42,320 full board for any questions, comments, or discussion. At [snorts] the 883 01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:45,120 conclusion of the discussion, please ask the committee to make a recommendation 884 01:13:43,679 --> 01:13:49,120 to move these items forward and bring them to the next regular board meeting 885 01:13:46,719 --> 01:13:53,920 as a consent agenda item for action and approval. Board will vote on the item 886 01:13:51,120 --> 01:13:57,440 separately at that meeting. I will turn it over to you. 887 01:13:55,440 --> 01:14:02,000 » Sure. So, I hope that I'm getting this right. I'm excited about this though. 888 01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:07,040 Um, so I'll now walk us through the items before the equity, learning, and 889 01:14:04,080 --> 01:14:12,640 innovation committee. Um we'll take well I'm going to take each of you through 890 01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:17,280 the agenda items and I am inviting Dr. Dell and Dr. Waller correct to be a part 891 01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:21,840 of this. Perfect. To be a part of this conversation and so we will just take a 892 01:14:20,080 --> 01:14:24,320 look at the agenda if you can walk us. Am I walking us through the agenda? Are 893 01:14:23,360 --> 01:14:29,040 you okay? Perfect. >> Yep. 894 01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:33,199 Um so I mean moving forward uh that what that would look like would be 895 01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:37,920 differently because um what we've come to in this space today is with our 896 01:14:35,679 --> 01:14:42,480 proposed topics of what we would like to be able to speak about in the space and 897 01:14:40,080 --> 01:14:46,880 once that part is named and understood then we can shift regarding how that uh 898 01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:52,080 committee is navigated through. We've said this, we shared this. We know that 899 01:14:49,199 --> 01:14:56,719 um we've created this space before. Um this is not obviously to uh replace the 900 01:14:54,800 --> 01:15:00,640 authority, but ultimately give us an opportunity where we can examine things 901 01:14:58,719 --> 01:15:04,480 that are for equity, learning, and innovation regarding our three 902 01:15:02,719 --> 01:15:10,400 foundational practices. So much of the work that we do is related to schools 903 01:15:07,360 --> 01:15:15,600 and special programs. And so, um, over the past few years, we've been able to 904 01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:20,320 work with, um, our committee to provide information on MTSS, school improvement, 905 01:15:18,400 --> 01:15:25,440 professional learning, school leadership paradigm, etc. And so, we recognize that 906 01:15:23,679 --> 01:15:31,040 previously we would have this on a month-to-month. And so what we have done 907 01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:35,840 is uh put up some proposed topics here for you all that we would like for you 908 01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:40,719 to consider um for October 13th leaning into school leadership teams um school 909 01:15:38,560 --> 01:15:44,960 leadership paradigm our district which uh our school leadership teams are 910 01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:50,080 districtwide um movement um principal and AP coaching systems through our 911 01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:55,440 boost structures um as well as ISBY updates for ML and sped. When we shift 912 01:15:52,880 --> 01:16:00,080 in January, we want to lean into our social emotional learning systems and 913 01:15:57,520 --> 01:16:05,199 support, student discipline, um, panorama, leaning into those pieces, 914 01:16:02,400 --> 01:16:09,040 character strong, etc. Um, by January, we will also have a clear update 915 01:16:07,280 --> 01:16:13,760 regarding our gifted audit and the work that's being done with that. 916 01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:18,320 For March 8th, we are proposing that we lean into school improvement planning um 917 01:16:16,159 --> 01:16:22,320 district and building level progress as well as really highlighting and lifting 918 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:26,800 our portrait of a leader um that was created last year and needs to be 919 01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:31,199 launched this year. And then our final meeting, we would like to have a 920 01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:35,280 foundational practice year-end recap. Um it's not named on here, but we 921 01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:40,000 definitely want to make sure that um we include student voice that would that's 922 01:16:37,360 --> 01:16:45,120 going to look different. um at our last year the we had students come into that 923 01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:50,560 committee space but we would be inviting them into this space in April. So these 924 01:16:47,679 --> 01:16:56,560 are our proposed topics and the way in which um we see this kind of flowing and 925 01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:59,440 if there's uh approval of these topics well then we'll be able to then work 926 01:16:58,080 --> 01:17:03,520 with our executive directors and directors to ensure that we have the 927 01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:09,840 presentations that are necessary for us to have the engaging conversations. 928 01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:13,840 What are your thoughts? >> Yep. And if I can just add these 929 01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:18,239 committee topics or each one of them is tied to the strategic plan. So it's very 930 01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:23,920 much in line with our work. >> Is there a way we can see what the 931 01:17:21,280 --> 01:17:29,440 topics are tied to relative to the strategic plan and then um because I 932 01:17:27,440 --> 01:17:33,760 would want to know how they align to the strategic plan and as always during 933 01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:39,120 committee meetings I always talk about student outcomes, right? And so, how 934 01:17:36,480 --> 01:17:43,280 does that all tie to student outcomes and advancing those? 935 01:17:40,960 --> 01:17:48,800 » I would echo what Dr. Pollock is saying in regards to student outcomes. Um, I 936 01:17:46,719 --> 01:17:53,360 can see what all in each of these what those might be, but it might be good to 937 01:17:51,520 --> 01:17:56,000 name them for us so we know. That's really good. 938 01:17:53,840 --> 01:18:00,400 » And I think we've also discussed several times at in this committee uh just being 939 01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:04,560 a little bit more expansive when we think what we think about when we think 940 01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:07,280 about what student outcomes are. So, not just looking at like the state test 941 01:18:06,159 --> 01:18:10,239 scores >> um or the ACT scores, but looking at 942 01:18:09,520 --> 01:18:16,560 like >> grade point averages or um 943 01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:20,480 » um so I can't think of other ones right 944 01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:25,040 now, but uh we've done a pretty good job in the past of that. I think it would 945 01:18:22,159 --> 01:18:27,600 just be good to note um what outcomes we're going to be looking at for all of 946 01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:32,640 these. >> And I also I wouldn't want equitable 947 01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:38,239 grading systems to be lost in this. So I spoke a lot about that last year and so 948 01:18:35,840 --> 01:18:43,520 I definitely want to bring that up this year again and while I do think building 949 01:18:41,040 --> 01:18:48,000 the capacity of our leaders it is critically important but I think it's 950 01:18:45,520 --> 01:18:52,880 important relative to their capacity to lead some of this work as I'm going to 951 01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:54,400 go back again student outcomes right and so how 952 01:18:53,360 --> 01:18:58,000 » in relation >> y 953 01:18:55,760 --> 01:19:03,199 » all that being said I do think when I think about this structure and these 954 01:19:00,480 --> 01:19:09,120 meetings and our committees in the past, I see one, two, three, four meetings 955 01:19:05,120 --> 01:19:16,560 with lots of topics on there. And so I feel like maybe there's an opportunity 956 01:19:11,679 --> 01:19:21,280 to just be real real specific like school leadership like what are what are 957 01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:23,520 we looking at and what I honestly don't think that we're going to get to all of 958 01:19:22,480 --> 01:19:27,840 these things >> and so right 959 01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:30,800 » um not that no one's we're not hard enough, right? we're just there's not 960 01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:34,400 enough time in [clears throat] a committee format like this. But I think 961 01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:38,960 if you lean into the student outcomes and say in October we can present this 962 01:19:36,880 --> 01:19:44,000 and that's related to this, we'll have it then like start with the outcome 963 01:19:41,360 --> 01:19:48,159 maybe and then backtrack like backward planning to what the the system is that 964 01:19:46,800 --> 01:19:53,280 you're going to highlight for us that impacts those outcomes. 965 01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:59,520 I also so with with these because we've had conversations as a all of us at the 966 01:19:56,640 --> 01:20:04,239 district uh level and so you know in thinking about school leadership teams 967 01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:08,159 and all of that work that we're doing um school leader paradigm like we can name 968 01:20:06,239 --> 01:20:12,159 those and so we've talked about doing one pager high well one slide highlights 969 01:20:10,560 --> 01:20:18,159 for those different pieces and to your point um we can lift that student 970 01:20:15,679 --> 01:20:23,520 outcomes piece as well as I was thinking about for the equable grading systems 971 01:20:20,800 --> 01:20:27,600 that would be good for January. So, as you continue to to lift and name these 972 01:20:25,520 --> 01:20:32,800 things, to your point, yes, there needs to be we need to be specific, but we've 973 01:20:29,760 --> 01:20:37,199 talked about still having these exact topics, just one slide at a time because 974 01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:42,560 we do want you to be able to have at least a highlight and then the space to 975 01:20:40,480 --> 01:20:47,120 then dig in to ask questions about those things because the work that we're doing 976 01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:52,719 with launching school leadership teams this year as a district and that 977 01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:57,360 alignment and how it transfers to DTLT planning and all all of those meeting 978 01:20:54,880 --> 01:21:05,120 structure plannings is our intentional K12 alignment to like lift and really 979 01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:09,840 increase student outcomes. So like >> Yep. I'm following you. 980 01:21:07,360 --> 01:21:15,280 » I think the the other piece just as a board member oftent times I'll hear like 981 01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:18,880 I'll see presentations or we are introduced to something and I'm not 982 01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:24,159 quite sure what to do with it. Right. And so I think it's critically important 983 01:21:21,040 --> 01:21:28,000 to let us know like in this committee is this for your information right we're 984 01:21:26,239 --> 01:21:31,600 telling you this just so that it's on your radar or we're telling you this 985 01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:36,480 because there is a decision that you will have to make you know in a couple 986 01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:42,320 of months relative to this so just giving us like how this is relevant to 987 01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:45,760 our work right that's critically important and while I love knowing like 988 01:21:44,239 --> 01:21:48,880 knowledge is power I love knowing everything um I think some things are 989 01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:54,800 missed because I'm not sure why I'm been being 990 01:21:52,159 --> 01:22:00,239 told certain information. So, >> if if that can be framed for us as well 991 01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:05,840 » and not to say you shouldn't tell us, just letting us know like what lens we 992 01:22:03,520 --> 01:22:09,280 should be looking at this. >> Yes, I think there's some structure that 993 01:22:07,920 --> 01:22:14,320 we need to think about because it's such a big committee or not a big committee 994 01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:18,639 but a big topic, you know, that's in one committee. We could take hours and hours 995 01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:21,760 and hours. Like I literally think we have to get rid of half of the things on 996 01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:25,760 the list. Not because they're not important, but we won't have time to 997 01:22:23,199 --> 01:22:30,560 discuss all those. To your point, let us know. Hey, just quick like and Dr. Well, 998 01:22:28,960 --> 01:22:33,840 you were saying like maybe a slide like these are just highlights, right? Just 999 01:22:31,920 --> 01:22:36,400 FYI slides, right? >> Those are the quick hitters at the 1000 01:22:35,199 --> 01:22:40,360 beginning. And then there's like one thing we're going to really dig into. 1001 01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:47,280 One of the structures that we heard about and we we're'll be offering as 1002 01:22:44,560 --> 01:22:52,960 part of this is that there's a format for a memo. 1003 01:22:50,480 --> 01:22:57,199 Um there's a format for a memo where for some of these topics to your point like 1004 01:22:54,480 --> 01:23:01,440 what is the background on this topic? what's the current state of that topic 1005 01:22:59,040 --> 01:23:04,800 and then what's the future state meaning what is that the ask that's being 1006 01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:10,080 brought up and what are those asks right and so the team has been as thinking 1007 01:23:07,520 --> 01:23:13,360 about for some of these the board and maybe that's one of the things that 1008 01:23:11,840 --> 01:23:17,679 between now and the next committee you can think well this would be something 1009 01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:21,040 where it will be beneficial based on the strategic plan for that to be something 1010 01:23:19,199 --> 01:23:25,280 that's more of a memo >> um background current state future state 1011 01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:30,639 request and then there may be topics that the board wants wants us to really 1012 01:23:28,159 --> 01:23:34,480 dig into or that the committee wants I should say the committee wants to really 1013 01:23:32,239 --> 01:23:38,480 dig into and understand. And so I think that's a question I think uh following 1014 01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:42,800 tonight's meeting if you want to communicate with me and let me know what 1015 01:23:40,159 --> 01:23:46,239 those could any of these stand out and then the team and I can look at those 1016 01:23:44,560 --> 01:23:51,520 and then come back next time with some recommendations for the committee. 1017 01:23:49,440 --> 01:23:56,159 » Thank you. That'll be really helpful. And again, I think that they're all 1018 01:23:53,280 --> 01:24:01,440 great topics. I just think an example again relative to uh professional 1019 01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:06,000 development for our leaders. Um essentially what will that translate 1020 01:24:03,199 --> 01:24:10,639 into? Is this about hey they may need more professional development um 1021 01:24:08,239 --> 01:24:16,560 external professional development and the board can anticipate seeing 1022 01:24:13,679 --> 01:24:23,040 uh this sorry Raphael but for purchase services right so just if you can just 1023 01:24:20,320 --> 01:24:27,400 give some context um relative to that that's all but thank you 1024 01:24:41,360 --> 01:24:47,880 Are there any other things that you all want to talk about as board members? 1025 01:24:49,440 --> 01:24:55,840 » You know, I you might you might not know the answer, but um I'm sure you guys 1026 01:24:53,840 --> 01:25:01,760 will. Um we're having committee the whole on 1027 01:24:59,520 --> 01:25:05,120 during board meetings outside of these dates, 1028 01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:09,840 but as I was scrolling through the other committee meetings, 1029 01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:14,639 I don't see dates. So, I've just Are we having like 1030 01:25:12,719 --> 01:25:20,880 » the dates are the these types of meetings and we're having all of this 1031 01:25:16,480 --> 01:25:24,000 topic talked about at that meeting? >> So, 1032 01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:29,360 » there's no extra committee meeting, >> right? No, I understand that. asking 1033 01:25:25,600 --> 01:25:30,639 where the other because this is the only dates, right? Is that what you're 1034 01:25:30,159 --> 01:25:34,239 asking? >> Yeah. I'm wondering are we doing like 1035 01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:36,320 one committee >> per committee of the whole? 1036 01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:40,800 » You're saying because there's not one there's not a November meeting on there. 1037 01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:43,360 » Well, we have five committee of the whole dates. 1038 01:25:42,320 --> 01:25:46,480 » There's only five, >> but there's only four on here 1039 01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:48,960 » because today is the first one. >> Oh. Oh. Oh. 1040 01:25:47,040 --> 01:25:51,440 » Because then in May, >> they're 1041 01:25:50,080 --> 01:25:55,199 » okay. >> You have the public forum and the 1042 01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:57,840 student forum. Is that what it is? Okay. >> Yeah. 1043 01:25:55,520 --> 01:26:01,360 » Yeah. There are a number of other big uh board related functions that are coming 1044 01:26:00,239 --> 01:26:03,679 up. So that's >> okay. 1045 01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:06,560 » I knew that there would be an answer. I just 1046 01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:10,400 » Yeah. >> Yeah. So you are correct. That's a lot. 1047 01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:13,920 » Yeah. >> That's a lot in the 1048 01:26:11,360 --> 01:26:18,639 » That's a lot. >> Do it. 1049 01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:23,760 » Can I make the comment that I don't know anything about most of this? So, if we 1050 01:26:21,920 --> 01:26:27,920 could possibly get the background information earlier, 1051 01:26:25,679 --> 01:26:33,440 » like I I don't want to put you guys like having to rush to prepare something, but 1052 01:26:30,880 --> 01:26:37,520 the more lead time we get, the more likely I'll be able to understand it 1053 01:26:34,960 --> 01:26:41,280 when we come to the I'm I'm with you on that one. 1054 01:26:39,120 --> 01:26:46,080 » So, basically getting the agenda to the board like on Monday. 1055 01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:50,800 » Not so much the agenda. >> Well, the agenda information, 1056 01:26:48,560 --> 01:26:57,480 » but I think the background information right would be really important. 1057 01:26:54,080 --> 01:26:57,480 » I would agree. 1058 01:26:58,639 --> 01:27:06,800 » Any other discussion full board discussion? 1059 01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:11,360 » I know you'll come back on um the third or 1060 01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:14,560 so we're preparing for our next committee meeting where we would be 1061 01:27:13,040 --> 01:27:19,679 voting on stuff but we don't we won't be voting on anything in regards to this. 1062 01:27:16,159 --> 01:27:24,800 Would it be possible at that meeting to review like a revised list of topics? I 1063 01:27:22,400 --> 01:27:29,600 want to be able to give you guys like guide like 1064 01:27:26,960 --> 01:27:33,840 guidance into like there's some stuff on here that I would like I know we can't 1065 01:27:31,760 --> 01:27:36,320 my opinion is we can't do all of this in the committee of the whole. I don't 1066 01:27:35,040 --> 01:27:40,239 think we're going to have enough time. Um not that it's not important but 1067 01:27:38,480 --> 01:27:44,080 there's some things on here to me as a board member that are more important 1068 01:27:41,520 --> 01:27:48,159 than other things. Uh, and so I don't know, maybe I can communicate that with 1069 01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:52,880 you all through an email. Um, but >> well that's why they're proposed. So if 1070 01:27:50,560 --> 01:27:57,040 you all could tell us what you want >> and then we'll do it. 1071 01:27:54,639 --> 01:28:01,440 » Like that's that's that's a part of it. Now, as far as 1072 01:27:58,800 --> 01:28:06,719 » like the context pieces, that sounds like there needs to be some learning 1073 01:28:03,199 --> 01:28:10,159 like a glossery of like information. So, like that's a separate project and 1074 01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:13,600 that's something that I think that we should talk about as a senior leadership 1075 01:28:11,760 --> 01:28:19,520 team regarding all of those different areas because finance is definitely not 1076 01:28:15,679 --> 01:28:23,600 my cup of tea. So, I understand um but that was the intention right to and and 1077 01:28:21,679 --> 01:28:27,679 just so again so you know where I pulled these topics from. I utilize all of our 1078 01:28:26,400 --> 01:28:28,960 minutes and everything from the last couple of years. 1079 01:28:28,639 --> 01:28:32,080 » Yeah. >> And then I also then lifted what's 1080 01:28:30,639 --> 01:28:36,239 currently happening in the strategic plan this year and then put these 1081 01:28:34,239 --> 01:28:40,560 different things together. But you'll have to decide what you really want us 1082 01:28:38,320 --> 01:28:45,760 to lean into. But to your point though, I still think that we can give you that 1083 01:28:42,800 --> 01:28:49,520 high level of like I'm also processing and wrapping my head as you all are 1084 01:28:47,440 --> 01:28:54,159 talking about like student outcomes ultimately like I think we need to 1085 01:28:52,080 --> 01:28:59,440 consider to your point of like what that looks like because if we're leaning in 1086 01:28:56,239 --> 01:29:02,560 from an a student outcome space, well all of these different things we could 1087 01:29:00,719 --> 01:29:08,239 speak to on how they impact student outcomes, right? So, I think that to 1088 01:29:05,679 --> 01:29:13,040 your point of some areas being more important than others, we're open to 1089 01:29:11,360 --> 01:29:17,040 that's that's why these are the proposed topics to so you all can say yes, we 1090 01:29:15,280 --> 01:29:20,639 need this. No, we won't have time for that. Throw that one on a memo or one 1091 01:29:19,120 --> 01:29:23,920 pager and we'll be able to do those pieces. Yeah, I appreciate that you're 1092 01:29:22,239 --> 01:29:26,400 talking about that you went back to the strategic plan because now it's making 1093 01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:29,920 me think >> maybe I should go back and make sure 1094 01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:35,040 that all not to make sure but like kind of re relook through these this topic 1095 01:29:32,639 --> 01:29:39,280 these topics with a strategic plan in mind. So I guess I think moving forward 1096 01:29:37,600 --> 01:29:44,320 then we just need to be flexible, right? Like maybe as part of our committee 1097 01:29:42,239 --> 01:29:47,040 discussion during these times, >> we can say, "Oh, like what's on the 1098 01:29:45,679 --> 01:29:50,080 agenda for next time? Does that sound good?" Like give them a thumbs up so 1099 01:29:48,719 --> 01:29:52,000 that they feel confident that they're bringing the type of information that 1100 01:29:51,120 --> 01:29:55,679 we'd like to see. >> Well, and as I take a look at school 1101 01:29:53,760 --> 01:30:00,159 leadership teams, I don't think we spoke about school leadership teams last 1102 01:29:57,679 --> 01:30:04,880 school year, per se. We talked about this is something that we want to to get 1103 01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:07,679 started, but we didn't necessarily talk about it. Correct. 1104 01:30:05,679 --> 01:30:11,600 » So because it is new school leadership team, I definitely would want to know 1105 01:30:09,520 --> 01:30:15,920 more about the school leadership team. Um what is the scope of learning for the 1106 01:30:14,080 --> 01:30:20,320 school leadership team? How are we building these are teacher leaders as 1107 01:30:18,080 --> 01:30:24,800 well as so how are we building their capacity to collaborate? What type of 1108 01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:29,360 models are so that is something that we would need to know as a board right so 1109 01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:34,480 that we could speak to it. But moving beyond that, there's a lot of work that 1110 01:30:31,760 --> 01:30:40,639 goes into building an effective school leadership team. And so how how would 1111 01:30:38,239 --> 01:30:45,199 the board support this essentially? And I'd argue that there's probably a lot of 1112 01:30:43,040 --> 01:30:48,800 professional development for this. So we would need to know about that. And then 1113 01:30:47,120 --> 01:30:52,639 are we teaching school leadership teams this year how to accelerate data? Like 1114 01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:54,960 what? So that's what I mean when I'm saying 1115 01:30:53,440 --> 01:30:59,280 » how do we tie this back to student achievement? What are we looking to 1116 01:30:56,639 --> 01:31:02,800 accomplish? because I know SLTs are new this school year. This isn't anything 1117 01:31:00,800 --> 01:31:06,960 that we spoke about last school year. However, I've heard rumblings about 1118 01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:09,760 SLTs. I'm excited to see it here and that we're getting ready to get the work 1119 01:31:08,320 --> 01:31:14,320 going. So, >> I would say too, well, and so Dr. Kyatt, 1120 01:31:12,080 --> 01:31:18,080 you let me know. So, we did create a a document that has like these five 1121 01:31:16,960 --> 01:31:22,239 different dates, all the different proposed topics. there is a strategic 1122 01:31:20,400 --> 01:31:26,159 plan alignment piece of it and then there's notes and we also have included 1123 01:31:24,239 --> 01:31:30,239 like we know we need to bring course things you know along in October so we 1124 01:31:28,960 --> 01:31:35,280 are trying to marry those different pieces I don't know if that document 1125 01:31:32,400 --> 01:31:39,600 would be impactful if you're good I can we can share it because then that way it 1126 01:31:37,920 --> 01:31:42,800 is it's asking for your feedback it's asking for you to you know add things 1127 01:31:41,440 --> 01:31:46,400 it's asking for all of those different pieces I think it would be you know it's 1128 01:31:44,639 --> 01:31:51,120 our first time so we're like okay let's put what we can on this and go from 1129 01:31:49,679 --> 01:31:58,080 We wanted to allow a little bit of flexibility. Um we the team did prepare 1130 01:31:54,480 --> 01:32:01,920 a full doseier or like a articulated plan. We will share that with the board 1131 01:32:00,080 --> 01:32:04,800 and then just uh if you want to send that to me and I can share that 1132 01:32:03,280 --> 01:32:09,600 feedback. >> Thank you. 1133 01:32:07,440 --> 01:32:13,600 » So [clears throat] if there is no further discussion that concludes 1134 01:32:11,040 --> 01:32:18,880 thisformational item no action is required and there's nothing further 1135 01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:22,400 needed from the committee at this time. Thank you. That concludes the equity, 1136 01:32:21,040 --> 01:32:27,280 learning, and innovation committee portion of the meeting. I'll turn it 1137 01:32:24,480 --> 01:32:34,199 back over to the president. >> All right. 10. Our finance, facilities, 1138 01:32:29,280 --> 01:32:34,199 and human wor human resources committee 1139 01:32:34,560 --> 01:32:37,960 chair miss 1140 01:32:38,719 --> 01:32:44,560 through the items for the finance committee. Oh, finance, facilities, and 1141 01:32:43,040 --> 01:32:48,639 human resource committee. We will take each agenda item individually with 1142 01:32:46,560 --> 01:32:55,760 discussion on the follow with discussion following each item. Um the committee is 1143 01:32:51,760 --> 01:33:00,400 made up of me, Dr. Martin and Miss Wenmouth. 1144 01:32:58,719 --> 01:33:05,199 » And from the district team we have >> Oh, and from the district team we have 1145 01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:07,360 Mr. Oaf Femi and Miss Mitchell. Is she not here now? 1146 01:33:06,159 --> 01:33:12,360 » Yeah, but we have uh other >> But we have other people here now. 1147 01:33:08,719 --> 01:33:12,360 » Yes. including 1148 01:33:12,480 --> 01:33:24,960 » Amanda Satar and uh >> Shanz I'll get it one of these days. Um 1149 01:33:21,760 --> 01:33:31,040 » Dr. Take it away. And the uh the from our point of the the 1150 01:33:29,199 --> 01:33:37,120 role of the finance [clears throat] committee is to provide uh oversight 1151 01:33:34,639 --> 01:33:43,679 and to ensure transparency and strategic review of how resources in 1152 01:33:40,480 --> 01:33:51,840 the districts are being allocated and to also uh provide input 1153 01:33:48,800 --> 01:33:56,000 on uh complex financial matter and that's really as it relates to finance. 1154 01:33:54,480 --> 01:34:02,400 operations and human resources. 1155 01:33:58,480 --> 01:34:08,000 That's that's what we believe the uh the role of the finance committee finance 1156 01:34:05,760 --> 01:34:13,280 human resource committee should be. 1157 01:34:10,080 --> 01:34:19,120 And uh just purely on the finance side, we're thinking providing 1158 01:34:15,760 --> 01:34:24,800 uh budget oversight, long-term financial planning oversight 1159 01:34:21,360 --> 01:34:31,280 on that and also oversight when it comes to revenue and levy, the property tax 1160 01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:38,080 levy, expenditure management, and particularly as it relates to facility 1161 01:34:34,960 --> 01:34:43,679 and facility planning will be a a big part of that. And additionally it'll be 1162 01:34:41,360 --> 01:34:49,920 debt management, transportation and operations. Those falls under the 1163 01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:56,560 purview of the finance committee and uh related to that and also related to 1164 01:34:52,719 --> 01:35:03,440 human resources will be uh oversight about benefits and insurance 1165 01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:08,400 and uh grant and additional funding that doesn't fit into the regular budget 1166 01:35:05,770 --> 01:35:14,639 [clears throat] funding and ensure above all that whatever we do is uh couch on 1167 01:35:12,960 --> 01:35:21,199 the financial transparency. to whatever decision or information that 1168 01:35:16,719 --> 01:35:25,920 we share. As a district that is open and it's available for every one of our 1169 01:35:23,600 --> 01:35:29,719 taxpayers to see to be able to get involved and ask questions. 1170 01:35:30,719 --> 01:35:36,960 » Uh thank you. I'll invite the committee members for any discussion on this site. 1171 01:35:35,840 --> 01:35:43,280 » Wait, there's more. >> Oh, there's more. 1172 01:35:40,239 --> 01:35:47,440 » Dr. Mitchell. Um, I think it's important for us to also remember the human 1173 01:35:45,280 --> 01:35:51,920 resources piece are comprised of two really important pieces, the humans and 1174 01:35:49,280 --> 01:35:56,560 the resources. And so to Mr. Rob Femy's point about the allocations and the and 1175 01:35:54,320 --> 01:36:00,400 the um the resources that are involved with that. We're going to be seeking 1176 01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:06,560 similar input with respect to the human portion as well, staff wellness, um the 1177 01:36:02,960 --> 01:36:11,679 employee experience and um and their uh feelings uh with respect to what we can 1178 01:36:08,639 --> 01:36:16,480 do to help grow and support them um in addition to the other pieces um with 1179 01:36:14,560 --> 01:36:21,920 respect to the benefits and and compensation that we we um enjoy here in 1180 01:36:19,600 --> 01:36:26,960 the district. and the uh labor management partnership between the board 1181 01:36:24,080 --> 01:36:32,159 and those groups um with respect to ensuring that we continue those 1182 01:36:28,800 --> 01:36:37,480 partnerships to um improve um our relationships with those various uh 1183 01:36:34,480 --> 01:36:37,480 groups. 1184 01:36:39,600 --> 01:36:46,880 I think for those of you who are new to finance, facilities and human resources 1185 01:36:44,880 --> 01:36:51,199 and may be concerned about the lengthy list, it is worth noting that generally 1186 01:36:49,840 --> 01:36:57,199 our committee meetings were significantly shorter than yours. 1187 01:36:53,600 --> 01:37:00,800 » So while I bragging right now there are not going to be longer ones, but I know 1188 01:36:59,040 --> 01:37:04,480 like the conversation we had about the last one with just the five the dates 1189 01:37:02,719 --> 01:37:10,719 broken down and it was seemed very overwhelming. Um, a lot of times some of 1190 01:37:07,920 --> 01:37:13,440 the especially the facilities uh pieces are I would say significantly 1191 01:37:12,842 --> 01:37:19,040 [clears throat] more straightforward. So um yeah 1192 01:37:17,600 --> 01:37:24,239 » well I think they're straightforward for now but if if the referendum passes and 1193 01:37:22,159 --> 01:37:27,440 we start >> I think a lot of things 1194 01:37:25,280 --> 01:37:29,679 » totally beg to differ Dr. Martin >> and then just the like 1195 01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:33,280 » yes I would >> different projects and things like that 1196 01:37:31,119 --> 01:37:37,520 but yeah >> we have we have but there's 17 items 1197 01:37:36,159 --> 01:37:40,000 here are >> and we have four meetings. 1198 01:37:39,280 --> 01:37:44,960 » Yeah. >> We have a referendum that if it passes 1199 01:37:42,800 --> 01:37:49,520 we've got a lot to talk about when it passes. If it doesn't pass we have a lot 1200 01:37:47,440 --> 01:37:55,360 to talk about. Um, I think that I I think we need to 1201 01:37:52,880 --> 01:37:59,119 narrow down the scope is is basically is basically what I'm saying on both sides 1202 01:37:57,280 --> 01:38:03,119 because also I have a feeling that if we don't 1203 01:38:01,679 --> 01:38:05,920 narrow down the scope and get a little bit more specific, 1204 01:38:04,560 --> 01:38:09,199 » let's be honest, we're going to be we're going to be spending most of the time 1205 01:38:07,040 --> 01:38:13,119 talking about finance and facilities and less time talking about human resources 1206 01:38:11,040 --> 01:38:16,960 and that's a critical piece. So, I I I think we need to 1207 01:38:14,560 --> 01:38:22,800 » all of these are important, no doubt. Um, but I think we need to kind of focus 1208 01:38:21,040 --> 01:38:26,880 a little bit more or decide what we need to focus on. 1209 01:38:23,840 --> 01:38:30,880 » I think a lot of these are like intertwined though like I I don't see 1210 01:38:29,119 --> 01:38:37,679 like many of these depending on the context are not are not 17 individual 1211 01:38:34,880 --> 01:38:44,719 » hold they are >> so closely related that several of them 1212 01:38:41,199 --> 01:38:49,440 would be covered in one discussion. Um I [clears throat] was just going to 1213 01:38:46,639 --> 01:38:53,760 say that uh most of what we spoke about in finance and facilities and the human 1214 01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:58,560 resources committee meetings we also talked about here. So um I don't think 1215 01:38:56,320 --> 01:39:03,760 it will be anything really new that you guys haven't heard before. Um it's just 1216 01:39:00,880 --> 01:39:08,320 going to kind of condense those things. and 1217 01:39:05,280 --> 01:39:13,119 the if you look at the list of finance uh priorities those are statutoily 1218 01:39:11,760 --> 01:39:19,920 mandated >> that we're required to do anyway 1219 01:39:15,840 --> 01:39:26,080 » so it's not a departure from what we do and I think it's just the venue where we 1220 01:39:23,600 --> 01:39:33,199 do a lot of the discussion is going to be here because we can't avoid we can't 1221 01:39:29,199 --> 01:39:38,080 avoid doing a levy or doing a a fiveyear announce your projection. So all those 1222 01:39:35,440 --> 01:39:40,400 things we are required to do by statute anyway. 1223 01:39:38,880 --> 01:39:45,119 » Oh, I'm not saying we should eliminate any of them. I just think we should kind 1224 01:39:42,159 --> 01:39:51,760 of focus a little bit more on I mean to to just my opinion to to put the 17 1225 01:39:48,960 --> 01:39:55,679 items out there looks like a lot and it is a lot and I 1226 01:39:53,760 --> 01:39:59,119 understand that a lot of these overlap. I think what we need to do is maybe have 1227 01:39:57,360 --> 01:40:03,600 some discussion about combining some of it so that we so that we as committee 1228 01:40:01,520 --> 01:40:08,560 members have a better focus >> um as opposed to just kind of being all 1229 01:40:06,480 --> 01:40:14,400 over the place because because there are so many items out there. I would also be 1230 01:40:11,600 --> 01:40:17,920 curious with as I'm thinking about all of these different pieces, well two 1231 01:40:16,159 --> 01:40:23,679 twofold, um what of these topics would take place 1232 01:40:21,600 --> 01:40:28,000 in a different part of the board meeting or at a regular board meeting as a board 1233 01:40:26,239 --> 01:40:31,760 meeting presentation like the budget update, right? [clears throat] So in 1234 01:40:29,920 --> 01:40:36,719 really considering what is the committee's work and the other part of 1235 01:40:33,840 --> 01:40:42,080 this is that um we know that a lot of human resources pieces happen in close 1236 01:40:38,880 --> 01:40:47,040 session. So then if it's not in closed session and it is public then again what 1237 01:40:44,639 --> 01:40:51,040 what do we want the community know and also what do what input and feedback do 1238 01:40:49,360 --> 01:40:54,159 we need from the board based on those topics. 1239 01:40:52,560 --> 01:40:58,719 One one topic that I would definitely like to see us discuss is uh benefits 1240 01:40:56,320 --> 01:41:04,800 and insurance mostly because we have a lot of increasing costs. And I I think 1241 01:41:02,239 --> 01:41:10,159 it needs to be a larger discussion um with the board 1242 01:41:07,360 --> 01:41:13,520 uh setting priorities for how we provide benefits and insurance to our employees. 1243 01:41:12,960 --> 01:41:18,400 » Absolutely. >> And I also don't think that's never I 1244 01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:23,119 don't think I've ever really dove into that topic. Mhm. 1245 01:41:20,239 --> 01:41:29,119 » And that is that is very critical and I think related to that at some point we 1246 01:41:26,159 --> 01:41:35,040 have to start thinking about redesign benefit redesign because as I'm doing a 1247 01:41:32,639 --> 01:41:42,639 lot of reading in that arena and talking to experts what is being done in a lot 1248 01:41:38,239 --> 01:41:48,239 of private uh sector spaces which we cannot discount is that if cost are 1249 01:41:45,119 --> 01:41:53,600 going up how can you mitigate that cost and some things you have no control over 1250 01:41:51,199 --> 01:41:59,840 but some things we have control over as far as how we design our our uh a 1251 01:41:57,040 --> 01:42:06,000 different uh plan. So I think that will be something that should probably should 1252 01:42:03,119 --> 01:42:10,239 come to the uh finance committee to explore different options of plan 1253 01:42:08,239 --> 01:42:17,119 redesign that can mitigate the increase in in cost. 1254 01:42:13,360 --> 01:42:21,280 One of the topics that came out of the finance philos was the student 1255 01:42:19,040 --> 01:42:25,520 assignment planning work right there was some discussion a lot right so what I 1256 01:42:23,440 --> 01:42:30,080 would say is that the board and for the community is that there are topics that 1257 01:42:27,520 --> 01:42:35,760 may start here in committee but may get extended into let's say a broader 1258 01:42:33,760 --> 01:42:40,239 community conversation. So you may start a conversation tonight and say you know 1259 01:42:38,080 --> 01:42:46,800 what we want a lot more input on this topic. So we need to set up uh parent uh 1260 01:42:44,159 --> 01:42:52,080 teacher community students we really want student voice right so we can these 1261 01:42:50,400 --> 01:42:55,920 are the the committee the whole is really meant to be a starting point for 1262 01:42:53,520 --> 01:42:59,199 some of these it's not the end right and so some of these topics you may say okay 1263 01:42:57,440 --> 01:43:03,360 you know what we want this to go to the wellness committee or we want this to go 1264 01:43:01,280 --> 01:43:07,440 back to the union partners to bring in so this is a space where I would say 1265 01:43:05,360 --> 01:43:10,239 that it can be a launching pad versus an ending and for some of these you may say 1266 01:43:09,280 --> 01:43:13,040 okay you know what this is ready for action The board would say, you know 1267 01:43:11,360 --> 01:43:16,239 what, we want to recommend this go to the next board meeting for action. Out 1268 01:43:14,960 --> 01:43:20,480 of committee, right? So the committee tonight would say, you know, on this 1269 01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:24,080 topic, we are all in consensus. We'd like to see this go to the board for 1270 01:43:21,840 --> 01:43:27,520 action next meeting. Great. The board, the committee would decide on that 1271 01:43:25,520 --> 01:43:32,800 tonight. Um, another topic, you might say, this topic needs to get discussed 1272 01:43:30,239 --> 01:43:36,639 in the community much more. You say, we don't, you know, we'd like to recommend. 1273 01:43:35,040 --> 01:43:40,400 Can the administration take the next step with this to organize this? And you 1274 01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:44,560 all would have done this before. you say, "Okay, we're going to have a RFP. 1275 01:43:43,360 --> 01:43:48,080 We're going to do a bid. We're going to do these things. Don't bring it back 1276 01:43:45,840 --> 01:43:51,840 till you've done that." So, that's the fluidity that the committees have 1277 01:43:49,600 --> 01:43:55,520 operated in before that can continue here. 1278 01:43:53,920 --> 01:44:00,440 That's the fluid way the committee has operated before. That can continue here. 1279 01:44:00,719 --> 01:44:06,719 » Do the committee members have anything else before I open it up to the full 1280 01:44:04,320 --> 01:44:11,679 board discussion? How 1281 01:44:09,679 --> 01:44:14,880 » any other board members have any comments? 1282 01:44:12,639 --> 01:44:18,560 » Thank you for the invite. That's what this feels like. I get to hear what's 1283 01:44:16,800 --> 01:44:24,320 happening in other committees. So, I'm really excited to just Me too. 1284 01:44:21,840 --> 01:44:29,760 » Me, too. I could have. >> No, absolutely. I feel the same way. 1285 01:44:27,840 --> 01:44:33,440 » I understand previous committee meetings were public and I could have attended 1286 01:44:31,600 --> 01:44:36,800 » Well, sometimes there was an overlap. >> I know. I know a lot of they were back 1287 01:44:35,760 --> 01:44:40,080 to back. >> So I'm asking as I may see Mary Joe 1288 01:44:38,880 --> 01:44:44,800 leaving out of her committee meeting like well what did you guys do? So like 1289 01:44:41,679 --> 01:44:48,639 that this is really exciting for me. Um the what I did want to say and it's nice 1290 01:44:47,040 --> 01:44:54,000 that you said that because I had an epiphany. You're absolutely right. Some 1291 01:44:51,199 --> 01:44:57,600 of this will translate to other board meetings. So maybe just not the 1292 01:44:55,679 --> 01:45:02,320 committee of the whole but these topics will live in other places. It's not like 1293 01:44:59,440 --> 01:45:05,360 they come to committee meetings to I don't want to say die, but just like 1294 01:45:03,920 --> 01:45:08,880 they only live in the committee meetings. They will they'll live 1295 01:45:07,067 --> 01:45:12,400 [clears throat] in other spaces. And so I think that that's what's really 1296 01:45:10,159 --> 01:45:16,800 excited. Also, I would assume that this would help because we've talked about 1297 01:45:14,000 --> 01:45:21,280 board pro protocols and what informs our agendas, right, for our board meetings. 1298 01:45:19,280 --> 01:45:25,920 So, I think that this is an opportunity for all of us to have input on what 1299 01:45:23,520 --> 01:45:28,960 informs like our agendas moving forward for regular board meetings. That's what 1300 01:45:27,679 --> 01:45:34,320 I thought about it and I got really excited about that. Um, just topics that 1301 01:45:31,440 --> 01:45:39,840 we may want to to hear more of or discuss a bit more. So yeah. 1302 01:45:37,280 --> 01:45:44,400 » So I I I guess I just want to clarify. So our regular board meetings I think in 1303 01:45:42,719 --> 01:45:47,040 this during the committee the whole that's 1304 01:45:45,679 --> 01:45:52,400 the time to have these discussions that's a time to have the presentations 1305 01:45:49,520 --> 01:45:56,320 regular board meetings are going to be voting 1306 01:45:55,040 --> 01:46:00,159 » pretty much pretty much >> it's a board decision the board the 1307 01:45:57,679 --> 01:46:03,520 board can decide is this a topic that would go for further discussion at the 1308 01:46:01,679 --> 01:46:07,280 next board meeting is this a topic that would go for consensus 1309 01:46:05,600 --> 01:46:10,560 do you want to add oh okay >> that's the model that I was 1310 01:46:08,719 --> 01:46:15,040 » because we could ask though for more information. Nothing would be wrong for 1311 01:46:12,159 --> 01:46:20,000 us to say I want more information and we bring it back to a board meeting similar 1312 01:46:17,679 --> 01:46:23,600 to before because before I would hear a topic twice 1313 01:46:21,679 --> 01:46:30,320 » before it would even come to the board meeting. So I would assume that we would 1314 01:46:27,040 --> 01:46:34,960 be able to cycle topics if we needed to because that's what happened before. I 1315 01:46:32,320 --> 01:46:39,600 don't see why it would be any different. Well, I think the idea the idea was that 1316 01:46:37,920 --> 01:46:43,920 this would be a longer meeting and the next meeting would be a shorter and so 1317 01:46:42,159 --> 01:46:47,600 we would condense all the presentations into 1318 01:46:45,840 --> 01:46:50,960 » Well, I think the idea is twofold. We all get to hear like what's happening. 1319 01:46:49,520 --> 01:46:54,159 » Well, no. Yeah, there's other benefits, right? 1320 01:46:51,600 --> 01:46:58,560 » Yeah, that was that was the Hey, I'm open. I'm not this is just how it was 1321 01:46:56,719 --> 01:47:02,800 kind of proposed to me. Yeah, I think that's that's my impression as well, but 1322 01:47:00,880 --> 01:47:05,040 I also feel like there's flexibility in that 1323 01:47:03,520 --> 01:47:09,840 » that [clears throat] if we as a board like I think that is the the outline or 1324 01:47:08,480 --> 01:47:13,040 the structure, but I think that if we have as a board if we want some more 1325 01:47:11,440 --> 01:47:16,639 information, we can request it at the next board meeting or before any vote 1326 01:47:15,119 --> 01:47:20,800 that we could take, we can engage in another discussion before the vote. 1327 01:47:18,480 --> 01:47:23,920 » Yeah, I don't mind I don't mind um having another 1328 01:47:21,840 --> 01:47:26,639 » Yeah. another go at something we want to see. Yeah, 1329 01:47:24,719 --> 01:47:29,840 » I guess I would I would caution that we don't do it on every topic. 1330 01:47:28,800 --> 01:47:33,199 » Oh, come on. >> You know, because [laughter] then then 1331 01:47:31,840 --> 01:47:35,920 that kind of that kind of >> Erica was very clear about moving on. 1332 01:47:35,754 --> 01:47:39,440 [laughter] >> Well, listen, I'm here. 1333 01:47:38,000 --> 01:47:45,360 » We're on the same team. >> Um, one thing in regards to this this 1334 01:47:42,639 --> 01:47:50,159 committee is on the human resources side. Um, and I'm trying to find it in 1335 01:47:47,920 --> 01:47:54,159 the strategic plan. Maybe it's not quite in there the way I was remembering it. 1336 01:47:52,159 --> 01:47:59,119 Uh, but at some point during this school year, I think it might be good for us to 1337 01:47:55,840 --> 01:48:03,040 see um if the other board members would agree to see like an analysis of HR for 1338 01:48:01,600 --> 01:48:08,960 trends over time >> because um when three of us came on the 1339 01:48:05,920 --> 01:48:12,639 board, there was a an effort for us to say we need to make sure we're keeping 1340 01:48:10,639 --> 01:48:15,360 the PE the good people that we have and because there was a lot of people 1341 01:48:13,920 --> 01:48:20,960 leaving and things like that both in admin and teacher-wise and I think we've 1342 01:48:17,760 --> 01:48:25,040 done a good job I of making it an attractive place to stay. Um, but I 1343 01:48:23,520 --> 01:48:28,159 don't think I've ever seen any. I've just had that feeling and based on the 1344 01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:31,600 conversations I've had and things that I've seen from our personnel reports and 1345 01:48:30,480 --> 01:48:34,705 things like that, I think that is the case. But it might be good to get a 1346 01:48:32,960 --> 01:48:36,719 trend report of some sort at sometime. [laughter] 1347 01:48:34,960 --> 01:48:40,320 » I think we get a lot of snapshots like with like open positions before the 1348 01:48:39,119 --> 01:48:44,239 beginning of the year and like fill rates and things like that. Um, but I 1349 01:48:42,639 --> 01:48:47,840 agree with you that it would be helpful to see that kind of evolution because I 1350 01:48:46,880 --> 01:48:51,199 know, >> you know, based on the snapshots we've 1351 01:48:49,520 --> 01:48:55,520 gotten to, like you said, it seems like there have been improvements um both 1352 01:48:53,920 --> 01:48:58,560 with retention and recruitment and whatever, but um but it would be nice to 1353 01:48:57,520 --> 01:49:02,000 see it >> over maybe like a two-year trend. I 1354 01:49:00,400 --> 01:49:06,480 don't know what the great moment is to do that when we have the data in place 1355 01:49:04,080 --> 01:49:10,800 and because I know it's always in flux uh HR stuff. 1356 01:49:07,600 --> 01:49:18,320 » Yeah. Well, I yeah, I mean I I' love to see like by school staffing by um you 1357 01:49:15,520 --> 01:49:21,040 know program you know things along those lines. 1358 01:49:19,199 --> 01:49:26,159 » I' I'd like >> Do you feel like that can be 1359 01:49:24,320 --> 01:49:29,679 » perhaps like one of the memos that we talked about that in these like four 1360 01:49:27,760 --> 01:49:34,480 [clears throat] four remaining meetings that that's a memo that's provided kind 1361 01:49:31,360 --> 01:49:37,920 of like a data over time trends over time in the HR. I think that would be a 1362 01:49:36,639 --> 01:49:40,880 good example of something that we could probably take a quick look at and then 1363 01:49:39,360 --> 01:49:46,239 if there's anything in there that we think is like noteworthy or surprising 1364 01:49:43,840 --> 01:49:48,480 then we could potentially open it up for discussion at a later meeting. 1365 01:49:47,360 --> 01:49:52,000 » Right. It wouldn't have to be a full presentation on a regular basis but a 1366 01:49:50,960 --> 01:49:56,280 data point. Yeah. >> Yeah. Thank you. 1367 01:50:00,480 --> 01:50:07,040 Uh if there's no further discussion, that concludes thisformational item. No 1368 01:50:05,119 --> 01:50:11,600 action is required and there is nothing further needed from the committee at 1369 01:50:08,480 --> 01:50:15,520 this time. Thank you. That concludes the finance committee, the finance, 1370 01:50:13,920 --> 01:50:18,560 facilities, and human resource committee portion of the meeting. I'll turn it 1371 01:50:16,719 --> 01:50:24,719 back to the president. >> All right. Um item 11, our policy and 1372 01:50:22,880 --> 01:50:30,480 legislative committee is chaired by Dr. Mario uh with Miss C and Miss Wenmouth. 1373 01:50:28,639 --> 01:50:33,679 Again, at this time, I would like to invite Dr. Mario, chair of the policy 1374 01:50:32,239 --> 01:50:39,040 and legislative committee, to lead us through the policy and legislative 1375 01:50:35,040 --> 01:50:43,040 committee. Dr. Mario, please take us I got two more paragraphs. Please take us 1376 01:50:41,280 --> 01:50:45,840 through the agenda items in this section. Once those items have been 1377 01:50:44,639 --> 01:50:49,119 addressed, please invite committee members to ask questions or offer 1378 01:50:47,360 --> 01:50:51,840 comments. Following the discussion, please open the floor to the full board 1379 01:50:50,560 --> 01:50:55,600 for any questions, comments, or discussions. At the conclusion of the 1380 01:50:54,080 --> 01:50:58,239 discussion, please ask the committee to make a recommendation to move these 1381 01:50:56,800 --> 01:51:02,560 items forward and bring them to the next regular board meeting as a cons consent 1382 01:51:00,320 --> 01:51:06,400 agenda item for action and approval. The board will move on the item separately 1383 01:51:04,400 --> 01:51:10,560 at that meeting. I will turn it over to you. That's right. 1384 01:51:08,639 --> 01:51:14,239 I'll now walk us through the items before the policy and legislative 1385 01:51:12,159 --> 01:51:19,280 committee will take each agenda item individually with discussion following 1386 01:51:16,239 --> 01:51:24,239 each item. The first agenda item is 11.1 discussion of the committee and purpose 1387 01:51:21,119 --> 01:51:24,239 and priorities. 1388 01:51:24,560 --> 01:51:30,080 I'm gonna fill in for you whenever you're ready behind you. 1389 01:51:27,440 --> 01:51:33,719 » Okay. I lost my presentation. 1390 01:51:35,679 --> 01:51:39,119 » It's up here. >> You want me to? 1391 01:51:38,480 --> 01:51:43,920 » You can go ahead. >> Okay. Yeah. So, the purpose um of this 1392 01:51:41,920 --> 01:51:49,040 committee um has two main responsibilities. It's moni monitoring 1393 01:51:46,480 --> 01:51:52,800 press policy recommendations, reviewing policy change proposals, and 1394 01:51:50,800 --> 01:51:57,119 recommending board of education policy changes to the full board. And then also 1395 01:51:55,360 --> 01:52:00,840 monitoring legislative activity that impacts education. 1396 01:52:03,040 --> 01:52:13,119 Um at our meetings uh previously which we're going to follow this too, we would 1397 01:52:08,639 --> 01:52:19,280 usually use press to help us um move through different policies whether they 1398 01:52:15,199 --> 01:52:25,360 were just um a five-year review or it was an opportunity to uh have them 1399 01:52:22,320 --> 01:52:29,920 change little footnotes or um um non-impactful items in the policy. Uh 1400 01:52:28,080 --> 01:52:35,440 and then also policy changes that might actually have um you know impact on on 1401 01:52:33,760 --> 01:52:40,320 practice. Um 1402 01:52:37,040 --> 01:52:45,599 we use press to kind of guide our work and our conversations. 1403 01:52:44,239 --> 01:52:51,119 » Dr. Mer, do you want to share a little bit about press or um what press? How 1404 01:52:48,320 --> 01:52:55,520 has the why has the board uh and the committee used press in the past? Um I 1405 01:52:54,159 --> 01:53:01,280 will do my best to summarize >> or for anybody on the 1406 01:52:56,639 --> 01:53:06,159 » Yeah, I think um press is um 1407 01:53:04,080 --> 01:53:09,760 » group from ISB >> from ISB [clears throat] it's policy 1408 01:53:07,679 --> 01:53:15,040 recommendations for school boards uh that they um provide to us um and then 1409 01:53:12,800 --> 01:53:20,639 we can use um those policy recommendations to inform our policies. 1410 01:53:18,080 --> 01:53:24,159 uh this is a service that we use so we don't have to come up with every single 1411 01:53:21,920 --> 01:53:26,960 policy on our own which would be very work and time intensive for a school 1412 01:53:26,080 --> 01:53:32,800 board that might not [clears throat] have expertise on school policy um and 1413 01:53:30,239 --> 01:53:36,880 so um those >> I don't I forget how often they come out 1414 01:53:35,760 --> 01:53:40,320 um but >> like quarterly 1415 01:53:38,000 --> 01:53:45,119 » is it maybe quarterly and then we work through their recommendations every 1416 01:53:41,840 --> 01:53:50,080 quarter to see how they might impact our policies and those are what you we when 1417 01:53:47,840 --> 01:53:55,280 they come to uh the board for a vote, when we're voting uh for action items on 1418 01:53:52,480 --> 01:54:00,000 policy items, uh we're voting on those uh changes or those five-year reviews of 1419 01:53:57,679 --> 01:54:05,679 certain policies. Uh we're required to review our policies every five years. 1420 01:54:01,840 --> 01:54:10,639 And so every time um for each press uh publication, it'll usually highlight 1421 01:54:08,400 --> 01:54:15,440 re uh policies that we need to review and just affirm that they are continued 1422 01:54:12,560 --> 01:54:20,239 policies. uh they'll have a section that will include um policies that have minor 1423 01:54:18,159 --> 01:54:24,320 changes like footnotes or legislative notes but no impactful policy changes. 1424 01:54:22,960 --> 01:54:29,199 And then I think I highlighted this already. The third uh piece would be 1425 01:54:26,239 --> 01:54:35,520 actual policies they want us to consider um um or policies that we need to add 1426 01:54:32,159 --> 01:54:39,199 based on um legislative action. >> And some of the policies we add 1427 01:54:37,440 --> 01:54:42,960 automatically assuming that they agree with what with what our goals are. And 1428 01:54:41,440 --> 01:54:49,119 then we've had some cases where we've actually had to go back and have uh 1429 01:54:45,280 --> 01:54:55,840 legal opine on it if our interpretation is different than what press presses is. 1430 01:54:53,920 --> 01:54:59,280 » Yeah, there have been times to that end and also times where we've asked for 1431 01:54:57,920 --> 01:55:02,080 just some more information and Dr. Concade will go back and say, can you 1432 01:55:00,880 --> 01:55:08,320 give us some more background information on this policy so that we're kind of 1433 01:55:04,000 --> 01:55:11,960 informed on on um um the full the full depth of the policy. 1434 01:55:13,040 --> 01:55:16,040 Um 1435 01:55:17,599 --> 01:55:23,760 well thank you. I'll first invite the committee members for any discussion on 1436 01:55:20,800 --> 01:55:25,599 this item. >> So 1437 01:55:24,000 --> 01:55:29,679 » you kind of jumped into that already. >> So so my understanding is that it will 1438 01:55:27,760 --> 01:55:33,520 be business as usual. >> Yes. So I think in regards to the policy 1439 01:55:31,599 --> 01:55:36,639 and legislative committee part of the committee of the whole uh will be 1440 01:55:35,599 --> 01:55:41,199 following. We're actually going to practice it tonight because we have some 1441 01:55:38,239 --> 01:55:46,960 board policies that we need to um to review. We'll review them tonight and 1442 01:55:43,440 --> 01:55:50,880 then we will um ask to push them to the next board meeting where we will we will 1443 01:55:48,480 --> 01:55:57,599 vote on them. >> I think for uh ease and discussion, I 1444 01:55:54,719 --> 01:56:00,560 think we should separate them out by the ones that are for footnotes and the ones 1445 01:55:59,440 --> 01:56:05,440 that are >> legislative changes that we really can't 1446 01:56:02,480 --> 01:56:11,119 do much. and then the third category cuz it seems like we were getting them as a 1447 01:56:07,679 --> 01:56:14,080 list as they appear in the policy manual and I think it's better if they're 1448 01:56:12,960 --> 01:56:21,119 grouped that way. >> Yeah. The next agenda item is actually 1449 01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:25,040 policy stuff. Um and I think she has Dr. Concincaid has prepared a memo for us 1450 01:56:23,440 --> 01:56:29,760 that um is organized in that way. That's 1451 01:56:27,760 --> 01:56:34,400 good. I think that was a good change or a good approach for the committee as a 1452 01:56:31,920 --> 01:56:34,400 whole. 1453 01:56:35,679 --> 01:56:41,080 I'll now open the floor to the full board for any discussion. 1454 01:56:46,000 --> 01:56:52,159 » I do not have anything for purpose and um 1455 01:56:51,119 --> 01:56:56,560 priorities. >> Okay. 1456 01:56:53,920 --> 01:56:59,119 » All right. We can move on to uh agenda. Oh, is that you? 1457 01:56:57,599 --> 01:57:02,599 » Now that I think about it, I mean the legislative part. 1458 01:57:03,360 --> 01:57:11,040 I don't you know I think you know if we have a full board 1459 01:57:08,159 --> 01:57:15,199 it might be uh something that we could talk about and if we're able to kind of 1460 01:57:13,520 --> 01:57:21,520 breeze through the footnotes and all those things. Um 1461 01:57:18,639 --> 01:57:27,920 » yeah, so past in my experience on this on this committee um legislative 1462 01:57:23,920 --> 01:57:32,400 activity has kind of um been um not a priority like we haven't 1463 01:57:30,239 --> 01:57:36,960 discussed it as much because because we need to do all the policy stuff. Uh but 1464 01:57:34,719 --> 01:57:43,920 I agree if there is uh legislative activity that would impact education and 1465 01:57:39,760 --> 01:57:47,040 our policy portion is not too heavy um we could discuss some of we could 1466 01:57:45,599 --> 01:57:50,800 discuss something >> going to Washington next 1467 01:57:48,480 --> 01:57:53,760 » and and legislative pushing priorities. I know that we're doing that you know 1468 01:57:52,239 --> 01:57:57,119 with forwards and different other things. 1469 01:57:54,400 --> 01:58:01,280 » I I would be open if the board wishes that I could prepare because I do a lot 1470 01:57:59,199 --> 01:58:05,840 of legislative work. I'm regularly in contact with legislators that if I 1471 01:58:03,440 --> 01:58:10,080 brought let's say quarterly an update to the board in writing and so the board is 1472 01:58:07,520 --> 01:58:14,560 at least on that front you know I understand that there are other dominant 1473 01:58:11,599 --> 01:58:18,320 topics but that way the board gets a formal I know that I directly will 1474 01:58:16,880 --> 01:58:22,239 communicate with the board but in a committee structure I've not done that 1475 01:58:19,679 --> 01:58:25,119 in the past so in this format I'm happy to do that and bring the board those 1476 01:58:23,840 --> 01:58:29,920 legislative updates what are some agendas what are some priorities right 1477 01:58:27,440 --> 01:58:33,599 now I've reached out to I have a have a meeting scheduled with Senator Kappell 1478 01:58:31,840 --> 01:58:37,920 and some other individuals to advocate regarding a teacher vacancy grant. Um I 1479 01:58:36,239 --> 01:58:42,239 meet with different individuals regularly around legislation. I spent a 1480 01:58:39,840 --> 01:58:45,440 lot of time uh connecting and that's one of the re one of the priorities the 1481 01:58:43,760 --> 01:58:50,000 board put before me when I came to this community and so I'm happy to provide 1482 01:58:48,159 --> 01:58:53,840 more formally to the committee those legislative updates on a quarterly basis 1483 01:58:51,920 --> 01:58:58,400 so we could plan for let's say the October and and then you know pick at 1484 01:58:56,480 --> 01:59:01,920 least in writing and then if there's a topic you can always have it there 1485 01:59:00,080 --> 01:59:05,520 because oh we saw the memo doesn't have to be an agenda item or I can also 1486 01:59:03,920 --> 01:59:08,560 include in there where there are places where board members are going to happen 1487 01:59:06,880 --> 01:59:14,960 so like I know that Indian prairie and myself and 203 are working on a 1488 01:59:11,199 --> 01:59:18,320 legislative uh event in January that we have just coming you're getting that hot 1489 01:59:16,880 --> 01:59:21,520 off the press. Nothing's been formally said in terms of date, but that's uh 1490 01:59:20,400 --> 01:59:25,119 that's something in the works of superintendents and I've been talking 1491 01:59:22,719 --> 01:59:29,679 about is a roundt discussion with our legislators. So, um if that's the board 1492 01:59:28,080 --> 01:59:33,360 would like that, I'm happy to do that. Uh or or the committee, I should say. Is 1493 01:59:31,840 --> 01:59:38,880 the committee open to that? Is that helpful Teresa and you all? 1494 01:59:37,520 --> 01:59:42,400 » Yeah. Yes. I think so. >> Yeah, I think so. I think that there's 1495 01:59:40,800 --> 01:59:47,040 an intersection because as you talk about like the teacher vacancy grant 1496 01:59:44,000 --> 01:59:52,400 that would also fall under HR. So any relative legislative work that there's 1497 01:59:50,000 --> 01:59:55,760 an intersection and just highlighting because none of this work lives in 1498 01:59:54,159 --> 01:59:59,679 isolation, right? Right. >> They're all related. So um yeah, 1499 01:59:58,639 --> 02:00:02,679 absolutely. >> Okay. 1500 02:00:04,400 --> 02:00:08,199 » Anything else on this item? 1501 02:00:08,800 --> 02:00:18,960 We'll move to the next agenda item uh which is 11.2 B board policies for first 1502 02:00:15,440 --> 02:00:24,960 read. So this is kind of our practice um for uh committee of the whole to look at 1503 02:00:21,840 --> 02:00:27,199 uh board policies. >> Yeah. 1504 02:00:25,920 --> 02:00:33,360 » Yeah. Go ahead if you want to. >> Yeah, I can. So, if you guys open up the 1505 02:00:30,719 --> 02:00:39,679 um the memo that's in the agenda. Is it 1506 02:00:36,639 --> 02:00:44,080 possible to put it on the screen? Maybe not. That's all right. 1507 02:00:42,320 --> 02:00:46,639 That's okay. If you look at >> It's available in the board packet for 1508 02:00:45,599 --> 02:00:50,800 the public. >> Yeah, it is available in the board 1509 02:00:48,239 --> 02:00:56,960 packet for the public. uh board members. Um the memo um if you look at the top of 1510 02:00:53,679 --> 02:01:01,520 the memo um there where it says updates in response to a five-year review. Um 1511 02:00:59,679 --> 02:01:06,159 these are policies that I mentioned before uh that are under a five-year 1512 02:01:03,679 --> 02:01:12,880 review process. There's no substant substant substantive substantive changes 1513 02:01:10,400 --> 02:01:16,159 uh that are being proposed. Um the adoption date will be updated to reflect 1514 02:01:14,480 --> 02:01:21,199 that each policy has been reviewed and readdopted. And as I mentioned, um this 1515 02:01:18,960 --> 02:01:28,880 is a regular process that we do at the policy and legislative committee is 1516 02:01:23,199 --> 02:01:35,480 review those policies and then um um bring them to the board for approval to 1517 02:01:31,280 --> 02:01:35,480 continue as part of our policy. 1518 02:01:38,960 --> 02:01:44,320 I think I'll go through the whole memo maybe and then open it up for discussion 1519 02:01:42,320 --> 02:01:47,679 or what would be the pref what should I >> I had a question just for one of the 1520 02:01:46,080 --> 02:01:52,000 policies for review and I think that it's something awesome that we do but I 1521 02:01:50,159 --> 02:01:59,199 just wonder like why would we necessarily have um a policy like 510 1522 02:01:55,840 --> 02:02:04,800 5110 I think we do it organically and I'm just wondering why 1523 02:02:01,440 --> 02:02:09,360 um maybe why did we adopt like recognition for service like we do that 1524 02:02:07,199 --> 02:02:14,560 right like we do it >> one we do it here at board meetings and 1525 02:02:11,679 --> 02:02:19,679 I think we do an amazing job um we have different um awards for teachers uh 1526 02:02:17,840 --> 02:02:25,440 students and then we do it at the end of the school year as well 1527 02:02:22,480 --> 02:02:32,360 um so just wondering and I don't know if when we initially adopted the policy in 1528 02:02:28,159 --> 02:02:32,360 22 because it's up for review 1529 02:02:32,480 --> 02:02:41,760 » so several years ago the board um made the decision to try to move away 1530 02:02:39,199 --> 02:02:47,520 from a lot of the individualized policies that were maintained outside of 1531 02:02:44,400 --> 02:02:52,560 press because it's um it's just a heavier lift and it was expensive 1532 02:02:50,639 --> 02:03:00,560 because we then had to seek our own legal review in order to site um cases 1533 02:02:57,040 --> 02:03:06,159 for substantiation of the policy itself. And so the decision was made to align 1534 02:03:03,840 --> 02:03:12,159 with press um so that there could be greater uh it would be easier then to 1535 02:03:10,159 --> 02:03:17,920 review and align because we would be aligning through the IASB 1536 02:03:14,719 --> 02:03:22,480 um provided press which we subscribe to as opposed to us having to individually 1537 02:03:19,840 --> 02:03:28,159 do each policy. So some policies like that that are, 1538 02:03:25,119 --> 02:03:32,560 you know, somewhat generic in nature are that way because we we aligned ourselves 1539 02:03:30,560 --> 02:03:37,599 again with press so that there wasn't as many individualized custom policies that 1540 02:03:36,400 --> 02:03:41,119 weren't >> backed by press. 1541 02:03:40,239 --> 02:03:46,400 » Okay. >> Yeah. And then remember the policy is 1542 02:03:44,639 --> 02:03:51,440 different than the procedure or the actions carried out for that policy. So 1543 02:03:49,520 --> 02:03:58,080 for a lot of what you see in policy, there's a whole um host of procedures 1544 02:03:56,159 --> 02:04:01,040 that would back it up. So as you mentioned, a lot of the things that the 1545 02:03:59,520 --> 02:04:06,159 board does, the pride program being probably its largest, um that's kind of 1546 02:04:03,440 --> 02:04:09,840 more of a procedural um where we would go into detail. This is just the policy 1547 02:04:08,080 --> 02:04:12,560 that references it's something that you do 1548 02:04:11,360 --> 02:04:15,840 » and [snorts] I think we should continue to do it. I was just asking. 1549 02:04:14,239 --> 02:04:19,520 » Yeah, they're just to keep it alignment with Chris. 1550 02:04:16,719 --> 02:04:19,520 » Perfect. Thank you. 1551 02:04:27,119 --> 02:04:33,679 Um, if I can point everyone, maybe this is some I have a question about this 1552 02:04:31,920 --> 02:04:37,920 process at the end, but the second section of the memo includes updates 1553 02:04:35,360 --> 02:04:41,199 with changes. So, these policies listed in that section are policies that 1554 02:04:39,360 --> 02:04:46,480 include updates to legal references, cross references, terminology, or other 1555 02:04:43,599 --> 02:04:50,400 policy language. Um, in most instances, these proposed changes are technical or 1556 02:04:48,800 --> 02:04:54,800 intended to align with policies with current legal requirements or related 1557 02:04:52,480 --> 02:05:03,840 board policies. Uh, these usually do not have substant substantive um um 1558 02:04:59,040 --> 02:05:10,800 implications for uh policy um or changes um to to a policy. Um, so 1559 02:05:07,920 --> 02:05:14,719 if you were to click into some of those policies, you might see like one 1560 02:05:12,800 --> 02:05:20,560 footnote change in the whole three or four paragraph policy, or you might see 1561 02:05:17,679 --> 02:05:24,000 a legislative reference uh change, or you might see a comma that was added 1562 02:05:22,320 --> 02:05:30,639 because they decided they need a comma now. Um, and so that's often what um um 1563 02:05:28,480 --> 02:05:36,560 changes we're making when we vote on that section of of policy. 1564 02:05:34,880 --> 02:05:40,719 In the policy and legislative committee, we would usually go through these one by 1565 02:05:38,320 --> 02:05:44,320 one. Is that the intention of the committee of the whole or is the idea 1566 02:05:42,800 --> 02:05:49,280 that we would have looked at these prior to coming to the meeting 1567 02:05:46,880 --> 02:05:54,639 and >> I think for in an effort to keep the 1568 02:05:52,400 --> 02:06:00,159 meetings going, I think we should commit to looking at them ahead of time. 1569 02:05:56,320 --> 02:06:04,400 » I agree. And then if we need to discuss >> if we have a an item we'd like to 1570 02:06:01,920 --> 02:06:08,719 discuss at prior to to our review while we're reviewing them then like if you 1571 02:06:06,639 --> 02:06:11,840 reviewed it before the meeting and you have a question about one obviously we 1572 02:06:10,480 --> 02:06:14,719 can discuss it but if there's no discussion then we don't have to have a 1573 02:06:13,199 --> 02:06:17,520 discussion on the footnote changes. Correct. Okay. 1574 02:06:15,599 --> 02:06:23,920 » I was going to say to your point if it's just a grammatical change or like an 1575 02:06:20,320 --> 02:06:26,639 updating of like legal citations or whatever then I don't think there would 1576 02:06:25,199 --> 02:06:30,079 be a whole lot to discuss. Yes. >> Obviously, if it's something that's 1577 02:06:27,679 --> 02:06:33,840 going to have larger implication on the students or the community, then 1578 02:06:32,320 --> 02:06:37,440 » yeah, >> I also think maybe like in the five-year 1579 02:06:35,840 --> 02:06:40,400 review one, maybe if there's a policy that we really want to highlight or we 1580 02:06:39,119 --> 02:06:43,280 want some discussion on, we can also bring it forward. But I think we can 1581 02:06:41,599 --> 02:06:48,239 leave that to the the committee members and from there um decide if we're going 1582 02:06:45,920 --> 02:06:52,480 to have more discussion or just kind of do them by the chunks that we organize 1583 02:06:50,239 --> 02:06:57,119 them in this way. There there are going to be and I I 1584 02:06:54,159 --> 02:07:01,760 think she called it out um Dr. Mario and in that section where 1585 02:06:59,679 --> 02:07:04,239 there are going to be top topics that need to be discussed because a decision 1586 02:07:03,199 --> 02:07:08,480 is to be made. >> Yeah. um that those ones I think would 1587 02:07:06,639 --> 02:07:13,679 automatically come forward to the committee um for discussion but ones as 1588 02:07:11,440 --> 02:07:18,560 you mentioned that are really minor in change um would be again 1589 02:07:16,880 --> 02:07:23,199 you still have to read them out because this is also first read for the policy 1590 02:07:21,119 --> 02:07:27,199 prior to action but you wouldn't need to engage in individual discussion about 1591 02:07:24,960 --> 02:07:34,719 each one of them. >> Got it. Thank you. 1592 02:07:29,920 --> 02:07:39,760 All right. And then we have um a section where we have some questions 1593 02:07:37,520 --> 02:07:44,520 that we need to answer. Um I've lost my way section. 1594 02:07:46,960 --> 02:07:57,520 So if we look at um updates with the updates with changes section um section 1595 02:07:53,599 --> 02:08:01,520 two for the school board um policy 2 col 230 public participation at board of 1596 02:07:59,679 --> 02:08:06,239 education meetings and petitions to the board. The press recommendation is a 1597 02:08:04,320 --> 02:08:10,000 threeminut time limit for the public to address the board. Our current policy 1598 02:08:08,400 --> 02:08:14,000 states a limit of five minutes for public participation at board of 1599 02:08:11,520 --> 02:08:20,239 education meetings and petitions to the board. So, we have to make a decision um 1600 02:08:17,520 --> 02:08:24,400 as a board whether or not we want to uh proceed with the press recommendation 1601 02:08:22,480 --> 02:08:27,760 which would be to align with the press recommendation of a three-minut time 1602 02:08:25,840 --> 02:08:32,320 limit for public participation at board of education meetings and petition to 1603 02:08:29,840 --> 02:08:35,599 the board or do not align and we would remain with a fiveminut time limit for 1604 02:08:34,320 --> 02:08:39,760 public participation. >> Are we making a decision as a committee 1605 02:08:37,199 --> 02:08:43,199 or as a board? >> It's the committee. 1606 02:08:42,079 --> 02:08:46,480 The committee would make the recommendation and then the committee 1607 02:08:44,960 --> 02:08:48,800 would then send it to the board for final decision. 1608 02:08:48,000 --> 02:08:53,360 » Okay. >> Which would occur at then the action 1609 02:08:51,840 --> 02:08:56,800 » the action would happen. So the the committee could decide is there 1610 02:08:55,119 --> 02:08:59,520 consensus do you want to send this or is there 1611 02:08:58,719 --> 02:09:03,760 » okay >> well you you as you've done in the past 1612 02:09:01,679 --> 02:09:09,760 invite us to to participate the discussion. Okay. Um so committee 1613 02:09:07,119 --> 02:09:13,360 members we can discuss this option or what we would like to do for a 1614 02:09:10,960 --> 02:09:20,000 recommendation. I can provide maybe some of my thoughts to start and then we can 1615 02:09:16,000 --> 02:09:24,880 go around and see what you think. Um, I think usually we align with press. Uh, 1616 02:09:23,040 --> 02:09:30,239 but in this case, since they're giving us a decision to make, um, I feel a 1617 02:09:27,599 --> 02:09:38,320 little bit more hesitant to limit it to 3 minutes. Um, because I'm not sure that 1618 02:09:35,920 --> 02:09:44,719 I think, for example, tonight we had a gentleman speaking and I was interested 1619 02:09:42,159 --> 02:09:49,119 in what he had to say and he he ran out of time. I'm not suggesting we add more 1620 02:09:47,119 --> 02:09:54,239 to it, but um we also have a a practice in place 1621 02:09:51,840 --> 02:10:01,599 that if we have many people who would like to speak to the board, we limit 1622 02:09:57,280 --> 02:10:05,599 their time to three. Um >> I also think it takes like a lot of 1623 02:10:03,280 --> 02:10:10,560 bravery to like write something and sit in front of a group and say it say what 1624 02:10:08,159 --> 02:10:14,639 you want to say in in this format. Um, and I think about some of our students 1625 02:10:12,000 --> 02:10:19,920 that have presented to the board. Um, and um, I just think it might limit us a 1626 02:10:18,639 --> 02:10:25,040 little bit in hearing some of the voices that we would want to hear. 1627 02:10:21,920 --> 02:10:30,159 » Do we currently have like a So, in preparation for this, 1628 02:10:28,320 --> 02:10:35,440 I was looking at other districts in the area and what 1629 02:10:31,679 --> 02:10:41,520 » their limits are and I some of them have like a total cap for like the entirety 1630 02:10:38,960 --> 02:10:46,719 of public and like the per comment in there. So like for example, if it was 1631 02:10:43,520 --> 02:10:51,679 something that like was going to garner a lot of public input, they might have 1632 02:10:49,520 --> 02:10:56,159 like a cap of, you know, an hour or something or 45 minutes and then within 1633 02:10:53,920 --> 02:11:01,040 there they would wiggle it. Um and then for those board meetings where there are 1634 02:10:59,440 --> 02:11:04,239 not those extenduating circumstances, they have a a regular event. 1635 02:11:03,440 --> 02:11:08,239 » Yes. >> But we don't have anything 1636 02:11:06,639 --> 02:11:13,040 the total, do we? >> No. Everyone else 1637 02:11:10,239 --> 02:11:17,520 I don't think so for speaker >> there there is board authority board 1638 02:11:15,360 --> 02:11:21,280 president authority um outlined in the policy as it stands today to both 1639 02:11:19,440 --> 02:11:24,960 shorten the time for each person to participate um to give the maximum 1640 02:11:23,280 --> 02:11:28,639 number and then also to determine that procedural matters regarding the 1641 02:11:26,400 --> 02:11:32,719 participation you know not otherwise covered in board policy. So that would 1642 02:11:30,400 --> 02:11:37,280 there is leeway within the policy to allow for example if a 100 people showed 1643 02:11:35,760 --> 02:11:41,840 up to talk about the same topic where you could say we'll take five from that 1644 02:11:39,679 --> 02:11:45,360 topic and allow the you know three minutes each and then we'll see you move 1645 02:11:43,840 --> 02:11:49,599 into the other topics and if we have time to come back not to exceed 45 1646 02:11:47,520 --> 02:11:54,159 minutes or whatnot but it's not it's not spelled out in the policy that's 1647 02:11:51,360 --> 02:11:59,920 underneath that presidential authority. Could in that same vein if there's only 1648 02:11:56,320 --> 02:12:04,159 one speaker and the board want the the president wanted I'm I'm not proposing 1649 02:12:02,159 --> 02:12:06,560 I'm just asking could the president say okay you have another 30 seconds and 1650 02:12:06,000 --> 02:12:10,400 I've seen that >> that's also in policy it does say in 1651 02:12:08,480 --> 02:12:14,000 unusual circumstances when an individual has made a request to speak for a longer 1652 02:12:12,480 --> 02:12:17,440 period of time the board may allow that person to speak for more than five 1653 02:12:15,920 --> 02:12:21,119 minutes >> we've had speakers I know 1654 02:12:19,599 --> 02:12:24,320 » that's true >> yeah we've been I think 1655 02:12:22,880 --> 02:12:33,280 » we're pretty generous generalally Yeah, generous, responsive to our speakers. Um 1656 02:12:29,679 --> 02:12:40,079 I don't know other any members. I'm um my preference is three. I'm not dead set 1657 02:12:36,880 --> 02:12:43,040 on it. Um I would go five and and I and I do understand that there are 1658 02:12:41,280 --> 02:12:47,760 circumstances where you know we can extend or we may need to extend. Um I 1659 02:12:45,440 --> 02:12:51,599 think as a general rule I I have no problem leaving it at five. Um as long 1660 02:12:49,760 --> 02:12:56,000 as we're monitoring it. I think for the most part it's it's really not an issue. 1661 02:12:54,159 --> 02:13:00,560 Um but there will be some time when something will come up and we will have 1662 02:12:58,639 --> 02:13:08,480 had to have the policy in place. That's where I agree Mary Joe and I agree um 1663 02:13:04,960 --> 02:13:12,320 Dr. Elo as well. There isn't a time where I didn't want 1664 02:13:09,920 --> 02:13:15,840 to hear more, right? But I know that like I always want to hear more, 1665 02:13:13,760 --> 02:13:20,719 especially if students are here, but I know that there will become a time where 1666 02:13:17,599 --> 02:13:23,760 we have to have an even practice. >> Yes. 1667 02:13:21,199 --> 02:13:28,320 » Um because if we don't, then it becomes subjective, right? And the perception 1668 02:13:25,840 --> 02:13:32,159 is, oh well, I only got three minutes, but I watched the other day where 1669 02:13:30,079 --> 02:13:38,320 someone got five minutes and 30 seconds and they they they didn't cut them off. 1670 02:13:35,520 --> 02:13:43,199 And I don't want there to be like this um perception that it's based on what we 1671 02:13:41,119 --> 02:13:47,280 want to hear. You get a chance to talk for this amount of time. I think 1672 02:13:44,880 --> 02:13:52,880 something that we should consider is an aggregate number, whether that's 30 1673 02:13:49,440 --> 02:13:57,199 minutes, 45 minutes. And so that we haven't even practiced. 1674 02:13:55,119 --> 02:14:01,679 We, you know, and I'd like to hear more people. So if we do adopt an aggregate 1675 02:13:58,960 --> 02:14:07,040 of an hour, if it's 3 minutes, we get to hear 20 people, right? So it's just 1676 02:14:04,079 --> 02:14:10,880 something to think about. But I agree. There hasn't been a time where I'm like, 1677 02:14:08,400 --> 02:14:13,920 "Oh, I you know, I wish we could give people as much time as possible, right?" 1678 02:14:13,199 --> 02:14:19,199 But >> I No, go ahead. 1679 02:14:16,159 --> 02:14:24,239 » Okay. So I I agree that there has not been a time 1680 02:14:21,920 --> 02:14:28,560 where I like don't want to hear someone. The interesting thing for me personally 1681 02:14:26,560 --> 02:14:32,480 is like we never have a two-sided conversation 1682 02:14:30,400 --> 02:14:38,639 and open comment. So like >> it's I just wonder what the benefit is. 1683 02:14:36,239 --> 02:14:43,599 And that's not to say that I don't I think I kind of lean with Mary Joe where 1684 02:14:40,719 --> 02:14:47,040 I'm more inclined to I think my preference would be to have the default 1685 02:14:45,040 --> 02:14:51,040 is three and the exception is five versus the default at five and the 1686 02:14:48,880 --> 02:14:55,599 exception at three. But I I'm not I don't think it's uh going to 1687 02:14:53,679 --> 02:15:01,440 dramatically impact anything one way or the other. But I just like my thing is 1688 02:14:58,079 --> 02:15:05,520 like with because those conversations like in the experience that I've had on 1689 02:15:03,840 --> 02:15:10,400 the board so far like when there is a conversation it's not during public 1690 02:15:06,800 --> 02:15:12,719 comment. It is when someone comes from public comment and then maybe stays till 1691 02:15:11,679 --> 02:15:18,960 the end of the meeting and has a conversation with board members or 1692 02:15:14,800 --> 02:15:23,520 follows up via email. So I think while that public comment is important um both 1693 02:15:21,679 --> 02:15:29,360 for the board and for the public and for the people who are voicing their 1694 02:15:25,360 --> 02:15:34,800 concerns um I also for me I think a lot of the value is 1695 02:15:31,520 --> 02:15:38,880 also in like the resolution which never happens during public comment. 1696 02:15:37,280 --> 02:15:45,520 » Um so that's just kind of another component I guess that I'm considering. 1697 02:15:42,239 --> 02:15:49,679 I think for me are a couple things like the community I think is well verssed in 1698 02:15:47,920 --> 02:15:52,560 the five minute rule. So those who come and speak like I think they know that 1699 02:15:51,119 --> 02:15:57,199 you can speak to the board for five minutes. Um and we can change that and 1700 02:15:55,119 --> 02:16:01,440 change that perception if we if we move uh to three minutes. Um, I would rather 1701 02:16:00,000 --> 02:16:06,880 my personal preference would be to stick with five minutes, but to lean into this 1702 02:16:03,280 --> 02:16:12,400 idea of let's limit what the what the time is that people can speak to the 1703 02:16:10,239 --> 02:16:18,239 board in regards to like a whole public comment area, right? Or a whole public 1704 02:16:14,400 --> 02:16:21,280 comment section. uh that makes more sense to me than leaning into this 1705 02:16:20,000 --> 02:16:24,800 because we could lean into three minutes and we would still if there's 100 people 1706 02:16:22,800 --> 02:16:26,639 here we'd be here for 300 minutes, you know, 1707 02:16:24,960 --> 02:16:30,000 » and we still have to conduct board business and be alert enough to do that, 1708 02:16:29,520 --> 02:16:33,359 right? >> I know there are some that'll have like 1709 02:16:31,520 --> 02:16:38,479 a full aggregate and I think there's one or two that'll also have like a smaller 1710 02:16:35,200 --> 02:16:43,519 one like this many per topic. So >> if we've done that no we've done that 1711 02:16:40,479 --> 02:16:47,359 before. I feel like we've done that. We have done that things. 1712 02:16:45,599 --> 02:16:52,880 » The um >> I guess I just I want to make sure that 1713 02:16:50,639 --> 02:16:56,800 » this isn't we could publish both our practice and our policy. 1714 02:16:55,359 --> 02:16:59,439 » Is this something that would have to be in policy? 1715 02:16:58,719 --> 02:17:02,960 » Yes. Yeah. >> Like if we were to and are we sure that 1716 02:17:02,000 --> 02:17:06,719 that's >> Yeah. something that is 1717 02:17:04,160 --> 02:17:11,200 » that's part of OMA that you can't you've got to have a published policy in 1718 02:17:09,280 --> 02:17:15,200 regards to what any limits you're going to impose ahead of the board meeting so 1719 02:17:14,319 --> 02:17:18,559 that it doesn't >> talking about the aggregate number 1720 02:17:16,719 --> 02:17:24,319 » the total aggregate number >> it does not have to be outlined in there 1721 02:17:22,479 --> 02:17:26,479 » you want it to be though it doesn't have to be 1722 02:17:24,719 --> 02:17:28,960 » it can be yeah yeah yeah >> so it doesn't feel like you're moving 1723 02:17:27,760 --> 02:17:33,840 the goalpost right >> no I'm well I'm wondering if if that's 1724 02:17:30,880 --> 02:17:36,479 kind of that procedure versus policy, >> you know. 1725 02:17:34,399 --> 02:17:41,280 » So, the policy right now is providing that to the board president to make that 1726 02:17:39,280 --> 02:17:45,920 determination in circumstances even though unusual in 1727 02:17:43,920 --> 02:17:51,200 nature to allow for an individual to have more than the five minutes to allow 1728 02:17:48,160 --> 02:17:54,399 to put constraints on um the number of individuals to speak or the total length 1729 02:17:52,880 --> 02:18:00,639 of time. Right now, you have it written very broadly to allow for the the 1730 02:17:56,719 --> 02:18:06,479 president to interpret that. You can put both the per speaker 1731 02:18:03,439 --> 02:18:11,599 time and a maximum time. But your maximum time, if you publish 1732 02:18:08,319 --> 02:18:15,200 that in there and you have a really full night, you 1733 02:18:13,519 --> 02:18:18,960 can't say, "Well, we're not going to do 60 minutes tonight. We're going to do 30 1734 02:18:17,280 --> 02:18:22,080 minutes." If you publish that as part of your policy, you would need to have that 1735 02:18:20,559 --> 02:18:26,479 be part of your policy because you wouldn't want it to be interpreted that 1736 02:18:23,920 --> 02:18:31,359 because it's a controversial topic or an angry audience or whatnot that you then 1737 02:18:29,439 --> 02:18:35,679 put in place a constraint that wouldn't normally exist. 1738 02:18:33,679 --> 02:18:39,040 » There are boards that and I know personally they've adopted the 1739 02:18:37,200 --> 02:18:44,479 aggregate, right? Because some of this policy I believe was written relative to 1740 02:18:41,200 --> 02:18:50,160 the aggregate which is why uh the three minutes is what they are suggesting. and 1741 02:18:47,200 --> 02:18:53,359 and a max like a maximum of five comments relative or or 10 comments 1742 02:18:52,719 --> 02:18:58,080 whatever >> your minutes per topic or like 30 1743 02:18:56,399 --> 02:19:01,439 minutes overall or something to that >> it would be your overall aggregate. So 1744 02:18:59,519 --> 02:19:03,599 yeah, three minutes per speaker to a maximum of 1745 02:19:02,719 --> 02:19:08,800 » an hour. >> Yeah, 60 minutes. Um, but right now the 1746 02:19:06,800 --> 02:19:14,000 policy does cover that in order to allow for you to conduct the board's business, 1747 02:19:11,760 --> 02:19:18,559 you can then implement restrictions 1748 02:19:16,960 --> 02:19:22,319 and you have used this in the past. You've you have shortened both the time 1749 02:19:20,319 --> 02:19:26,880 of the aggregate as well as saying we're going to take the first five comments on 1750 02:19:24,319 --> 02:19:32,639 the topic, get through everybody else with a maximum of 45 minutes. Mhm. 1751 02:19:30,479 --> 02:19:36,479 » We haven't had to exceed that other than as far as I can recollect COVID was one 1752 02:19:34,960 --> 02:19:41,840 time when we did have to cut those comments off at one hour. 1753 02:19:39,439 --> 02:19:46,800 » It's interesting that the communicable uh disease that I think that's up for 1754 02:19:44,559 --> 02:19:51,680 review, too. Maybe I think in this press policy. Yeah, it's interesting that 1755 02:19:48,240 --> 02:19:57,680 they're both up for review again. >> So, so are we doing a committee 1756 02:19:54,800 --> 02:20:00,640 consensus at this point? Is that you know if that's a word to 1757 02:19:58,880 --> 02:20:04,800 » Yeah. So yeah the committee would bring forth a recommendation to the board 1758 02:20:02,880 --> 02:20:08,160 » the policy and legislative committee. >> Yes. Okay. In regards to the three or 1759 02:20:06,560 --> 02:20:11,200 five minute and then now it sounds like there might even be discussion about 1760 02:20:09,600 --> 02:20:17,520 whether or not you'd like to enhance that by putting a a total 1761 02:20:14,560 --> 02:20:20,080 » aggregate time limit if I'm hearing the committee correctly. 1762 02:20:20,122 --> 02:20:26,560 » [laughter] >> My comment would be to keep it at or to 1763 02:20:24,399 --> 02:20:34,880 change it to three to make it more aligned with press but then also add the 1764 02:20:29,439 --> 02:20:40,720 aggregate after the fact. And um I think a lot of people write out their 1765 02:20:38,560 --> 02:20:45,200 comments ahead of time so there's nothing restricting them from emailing 1766 02:20:42,720 --> 02:20:51,840 us. So we are actually receiving the information they wanted to convey. But 1767 02:20:48,240 --> 02:20:54,880 we can read it at a different time. >> I think it's worth noting that it's not 1768 02:20:53,280 --> 02:20:58,720 just more aligned with press, it's more aligned with surrounding districts. 1769 02:20:57,359 --> 02:21:04,319 » Yeah, a lot of the surrounding districts are going to read this and align it with 1770 02:21:00,880 --> 02:21:07,920 press and and move forward like suggesting. Yeah, 1771 02:21:06,399 --> 02:21:11,040 » most surrounding districts are at three. >> Yep. 1772 02:21:10,399 --> 02:21:13,760 » Except what? >> One of them's at two. 1773 02:21:12,319 --> 02:21:16,319 » Oh, no, there's one at two. >> Yeah, 1774 02:21:14,479 --> 02:21:21,760 » he's at two. I believe the village the village board I think is five but that's 1775 02:21:19,280 --> 02:21:25,520 a different board. Um 1776 02:21:23,680 --> 02:21:28,000 so the committee of three we need to provide a recommendation. You're saying 1777 02:21:27,600 --> 02:21:30,479 three? >> I'll go three. 1778 02:21:28,640 --> 02:21:33,600 » You would like to go three. >> I've been outvoted and I will graciously 1779 02:21:32,399 --> 02:21:37,520 step [laughter] >> step into the three minute time period. 1780 02:21:35,840 --> 02:21:43,200 Um and we can move forward with presenting 1781 02:21:40,160 --> 02:21:48,240 this for a vote at our next um >> Do we do we want to add a maximum? 1782 02:21:45,280 --> 02:21:52,560 » Oh, good question. Do we want to add a maximum? Well, I 1783 02:21:50,399 --> 02:21:57,280 will say given what Teresa was outlining, I think the board president 1784 02:21:55,439 --> 02:22:02,880 would have the flexibility to do so 1785 02:22:00,160 --> 02:22:06,800 if there was a big crowd and we wanted to kind of 1786 02:22:05,600 --> 02:22:11,840 make sure that we could get to board business as well. Are we comfortable 1787 02:22:09,040 --> 02:22:15,359 with that? That the board, the president could kind of make that decision, say, 1788 02:22:13,600 --> 02:22:19,760 "We're going to there's 100 people, but we're going to allow for 45 minutes of 1789 02:22:17,040 --> 02:22:23,120 comments." I'm I'm I'm not >> I'm not I think we again Sorry. 1790 02:22:21,840 --> 02:22:25,359 » I think everyone can open to the discussion. 1791 02:22:23,760 --> 02:22:27,760 » Well, stay in your committee first and then make your recommendation to your 1792 02:22:26,880 --> 02:22:29,920 your call. >> Okay. 1793 02:22:29,359 --> 02:22:34,560 Go ahead. >> I would I would again going back to I'd 1794 02:22:32,720 --> 02:22:39,280 rather have it in place so that when it happens it's not an on the-fly decision. 1795 02:22:36,800 --> 02:22:46,240 I mean, I think it can be as many if if we want to do an hour um at max, you 1796 02:22:43,600 --> 02:22:51,120 know, that's that's theoretically 20, it's probably about 17 or 18 speakers at 1797 02:22:49,040 --> 02:22:54,800 3 minutes a piece. That's a lot. But I think we should have that in because I'd 1798 02:22:53,280 --> 02:22:59,359 hate to have the potential to be here like forever because 1799 02:22:57,120 --> 02:23:03,280 » because the president, whoever doesn't want to make the decision, I think we 1800 02:23:00,720 --> 02:23:09,200 should make a policy. I think we should uh 1801 02:23:06,880 --> 02:23:14,319 my idea would be to cap it at 30 minutes, but then I I don't know if 1802 02:23:12,080 --> 02:23:19,600 we're allowed to, but can we return to public comment at at the end after we've 1803 02:23:16,720 --> 02:23:24,640 done the business we need to do so we could like add another 30 minutes if 1804 02:23:22,000 --> 02:23:29,439 needed. >> I would leave. So I what I would say is 1805 02:23:28,080 --> 02:23:32,800 the language in there that you have in there allowing the board president to 1806 02:23:30,880 --> 02:23:36,560 extend public comment either to an individual or to that period of time 1807 02:23:34,720 --> 02:23:39,920 based on extenduating circumstances would cover that ability then and then 1808 02:23:38,399 --> 02:23:46,880 I'm assuming you would need to then add a motion to continue item whatever right 1809 02:23:44,160 --> 02:23:50,399 you know to to table additional comments >> because realistically we're not going to 1810 02:23:48,399 --> 02:23:53,359 have it's not going to become an issue unless there is a huge topic that comes 1811 02:23:52,880 --> 02:23:56,399 up >> right 1812 02:23:54,080 --> 02:23:59,760 » I have a couple thoughts I I think if we're going to go with some we're going 1813 02:23:57,439 --> 02:24:04,560 to go with three minutes. We've decided that as a committee, as a 1814 02:24:00,800 --> 02:24:08,399 recommendation, I think 30 minutes is I just think it's not enough time. Not 1815 02:24:06,240 --> 02:24:12,160 because we're not going to get a sense of what the community is saying. I just 1816 02:24:10,399 --> 02:24:17,840 think when people show up here to speak with us, we should allow for a good 1817 02:24:15,439 --> 02:24:24,880 chunk of people. If if 30 people are here to speak with us, um, 1818 02:24:22,160 --> 02:24:27,680 and we only give them 30 minutes, I don't know. it just seems really 1819 02:24:26,000 --> 02:24:31,680 limiting. I feel like we're going from something really broad that invites the 1820 02:24:29,760 --> 02:24:37,160 public to come and speak with us to something a lot more restrictive. Um, 1821 02:24:33,840 --> 02:24:37,160 and that 1822 02:24:37,280 --> 02:24:42,960 and I don't know exactly. I think this the reason is because we don't I I think 1823 02:24:40,960 --> 02:24:46,240 the perception will be the reason is we don't want to we want to just get on 1824 02:24:44,720 --> 02:24:50,640 with the board meeting. >> Is there a flexibility? So I've seen 1825 02:24:48,319 --> 02:24:54,399 where boards can make a motion to say given the circumstances we'd like to 1826 02:24:52,399 --> 02:24:58,399 hear more public comment. And so if you have a baseline and you say this is the 1827 02:24:56,880 --> 02:25:02,399 baseline, but there's continued flexibility. The board president may say 1828 02:25:00,800 --> 02:25:06,560 or the board may take action. It could be a recommendation from any board 1829 02:25:03,680 --> 02:25:10,560 member say I'd like to recommend that we have a second public comment meeting on 1830 02:25:08,399 --> 02:25:15,120 the agenda. I think you can make that second. Um 1831 02:25:11,760 --> 02:25:19,600 » it' be like a continuation of correct to move on. I think yeah I mean you 1832 02:25:17,920 --> 02:25:23,920 » I would say listening like trying to summarize what you guys are saying would 1833 02:25:21,040 --> 02:25:28,640 be you would establish normally public comment is 3 minutes per person with a 1834 02:25:26,720 --> 02:25:32,720 maximum of 30 minutes per meeting. however, and then leave the language in 1835 02:25:30,720 --> 02:25:37,120 there that allows their foreign president to under extenduating 1836 02:25:34,880 --> 02:25:41,520 circumstances allow for either an individual that has requested a longer 1837 02:25:39,040 --> 02:25:47,840 period of time to speak or a longer overall period of time um for the public 1838 02:25:45,680 --> 02:25:51,680 comment portion of the meeting. >> I'm sorry. Go ahead. I was going to say 1839 02:25:49,200 --> 02:25:55,439 I don't like the idea of like saying we're going to add another session at 1840 02:25:53,520 --> 02:25:59,439 the end of the meeting so stick around if you have like 1841 02:25:57,920 --> 02:26:02,319 » stick around for another three you know two and a half hours or whatever and 1842 02:26:00,640 --> 02:26:09,439 we'll we'll let you you know speak to the board for three minutes but I think 1843 02:26:07,280 --> 02:26:14,080 I think some I think 30 minutes is too little. I think an hour is maybe too 1844 02:26:11,680 --> 02:26:19,280 long. I'd be fine with like a 45 minute time frame. Um and then if and during 1845 02:26:17,520 --> 02:26:24,080 extenduating circumstances we wanted to extend that we could. 1846 02:26:21,200 --> 02:26:28,319 » And remember your policy is rooted at the very top of the language in 2230 is 1847 02:26:26,399 --> 02:26:31,920 rooted in that chain of command. So we really do want to make sure that we 1848 02:26:30,160 --> 02:26:36,479 remind people >> this shouldn't be the first place to 1849 02:26:33,600 --> 02:26:40,240 bring forward a a an issue. They really should respect that chain of command for 1850 02:26:38,240 --> 02:26:42,880 addressing issues and then bring them to the board when necessary. 1851 02:26:41,520 --> 02:26:46,880 » Yeah. Do you want to say what your role is 1852 02:26:44,000 --> 02:26:52,000 with IASB? I think that's relevant here and I think sorry to out you but 1853 02:26:49,196 --> 02:26:57,280 [laughter] she serves um uh on a regional level in terms of her work in 1854 02:26:54,399 --> 02:26:59,359 the ISB for outside of her >> district hat. So do you mind sharing a 1855 02:26:58,960 --> 02:27:06,240 little bit? >> Yeah, just sitting on the regional board 1856 02:27:01,760 --> 02:27:12,960 for the star division of ISB. So yeah. Um, another just suggestion could be, 1857 02:27:09,680 --> 02:27:18,720 have you all considered a threshold of saying like if you received at least, 1858 02:27:15,600 --> 02:27:23,760 you know, 10 to 12 board comments prior that then there's an automatic 1859 02:27:21,040 --> 02:27:27,840 extension. It's just a just an idea. Just wondering if that maybe helps 1860 02:27:26,160 --> 02:27:30,399 » like prior to the board meeting. >> Correct. 1861 02:27:28,800 --> 02:27:33,920 » That that's happened before. I've had that happen where if you get a a 1862 02:27:32,560 --> 02:27:38,399 significant That's a great point, Dr. Waller. Now, if you see a significant 1863 02:27:35,760 --> 02:27:41,280 number, right away you alert the board. You said we received a number of 1864 02:27:39,600 --> 02:27:44,479 comments. The board president and vice president will prepare that in 1865 02:27:43,040 --> 02:27:46,720 conversation with the secretary. >> Yeah. I don't think it should be 1866 02:27:45,359 --> 02:27:48,240 automatic though. >> Yeah. 1867 02:27:46,960 --> 02:27:52,000 » So, that would be a change in your practice too though cuz right now we 1868 02:27:50,080 --> 02:27:55,280 don't collect those ahead of time. They they fill it out the card when they get 1869 02:27:53,680 --> 02:27:59,920 here and hand it in. >> Um there's capability within Diligent to 1870 02:27:58,080 --> 02:28:02,880 take registration on public comment ahead of time, but that would just again 1871 02:28:01,439 --> 02:28:07,760 be a change of practice for the district. Is that isn't that how how we 1872 02:28:05,439 --> 02:28:12,240 did it during COVID? They had to submit right prior. 1873 02:28:09,840 --> 02:28:19,840 » No, you can't require anyone to submit prior for a public meeting. But um 1874 02:28:16,479 --> 02:28:24,240 but we also did for a while there accept comments, public comments that were 1875 02:28:22,240 --> 02:28:28,720 submitted in writing ahead of time >> and the board read a certain number of 1876 02:28:26,560 --> 02:28:30,720 them to a point out loud and the rest of them just went in the record as 1877 02:28:30,000 --> 02:28:34,240 received. >> Yeah. um because people weren't 1878 02:28:32,399 --> 02:28:38,479 attending meetings during COVID for concerns, but we really if somebody 1879 02:28:36,560 --> 02:28:42,800 shows up like this evening, like most of the time 1880 02:28:40,000 --> 02:28:48,160 we I mean even the the preface >> ahead of public comment states someone's 1881 02:28:46,080 --> 02:28:52,160 to have completed a public comment card and turn it into the board secretary. So 1882 02:28:50,640 --> 02:28:57,920 right now our practice is that that's done in person here. We would just need 1883 02:28:54,399 --> 02:29:01,600 to change that. If the idea is that the length of time for public comment would 1884 02:28:59,920 --> 02:29:06,080 be reactive to how many of them were received ahead of time, that would just 1885 02:29:02,960 --> 02:29:08,880 be a change in practice. >> All right, committee members, let's 1886 02:29:07,520 --> 02:29:15,680 think of a recommendation that we can give to our fellow committee. I'm going 1887 02:29:11,359 --> 02:29:20,000 to go 3 minutes and 60 max. >> Erica, what say you? 1888 02:29:17,120 --> 02:29:24,319 » I'd be okay with that. I'd rather do 3 minutes and 45 minutes, but 1889 02:29:23,760 --> 02:29:26,479 But I'm okay. >> I can live with 45. [clears throat] It's 1890 02:29:25,520 --> 02:29:29,280 just a weird number. >> We got the difference between 15 and 20 1891 02:29:28,720 --> 02:29:32,720 people. >> Yeah. 1892 02:29:30,319 --> 02:29:36,399 » Yeah. >> I'm going to go let's say 45. 1893 02:29:35,200 --> 02:29:37,760 » Are we okay with that as a recommendation? 1894 02:29:36,880 --> 02:29:40,960 » I'm okay with that. >> I'm okay with that. 1895 02:29:38,960 --> 02:29:48,160 » Are So let's open up to the committee of the whole. We have a recommendation. 1896 02:29:44,160 --> 02:29:51,840 » Yeah. Would that discussion like >> kind of like the existing caveats we 1897 02:29:50,000 --> 02:29:56,640 have? Like I mean I know we said the board to extend things whatever 1898 02:29:54,560 --> 02:30:04,399 » but that would that include specific language about like extenduating 1899 02:30:00,720 --> 02:30:10,399 circumstances whether that be you know uh like a co situation where a million 1900 02:30:06,800 --> 02:30:14,160 people are showing up and and >> I think we keep the language that's in 1901 02:30:12,880 --> 02:30:17,040 there. Yeah, >> but at 1902 02:30:16,319 --> 02:30:19,840 » Yeah, I think >> at the time limit part. 1903 02:30:18,319 --> 02:30:21,280 » Yeah, I think the current language still allows for that. 1904 02:30:20,720 --> 02:30:24,280 » Okay. >> Um 1905 02:30:24,479 --> 02:30:31,120 » I I very much agreed with you, Dr. Mario. Um 1906 02:30:28,800 --> 02:30:35,359 but I I understand it's a board. >> Yeah. 1907 02:30:31,520 --> 02:30:40,240 » And um so what I've I I don't know. I did some digging on YouTube. I spent 1908 02:30:37,760 --> 02:30:44,880 more time uh watching commercials. 1909 02:30:42,399 --> 02:30:49,840 um than actually listening to the public comment, but basically I just figure I'd 1910 02:30:48,319 --> 02:30:56,800 kind of give a little context to the community. What I found in 37 um 1911 02:30:53,520 --> 02:31:02,479 meetings since the beginning of 2025 is that 1912 02:30:59,200 --> 02:31:08,520 25 out of those 37 meetings um going to three minutes will have zero impact. 1913 02:31:05,520 --> 02:31:08,520 um 1914 02:31:08,640 --> 02:31:15,920 three to five. It didn't matter because nobody either went over three or there 1915 02:31:11,520 --> 02:31:21,680 were no comments. Um then the other ones the max that this will save us is about 1916 02:31:18,319 --> 02:31:23,520 six minutes in a meeting. So it's it's an argument for both ways. 1917 02:31:22,960 --> 02:31:27,439 » Yeah. >> You know, it's an argument that it's 1918 02:31:24,800 --> 02:31:30,240 really not limiting but also has a perception of it. Right. 1919 02:31:28,399 --> 02:31:35,600 » But that's on past history. I mean again you don't have I mean if if we have a 1920 02:31:32,800 --> 02:31:39,600 situation where there's a Again, that's we have the ability right now to limit 1921 02:31:37,359 --> 02:31:44,720 that to three minutes as well. So, I'm not I'm not I just thought it was 1922 02:31:42,880 --> 02:31:47,040 something I'd share since I put the work in, 1923 02:31:45,680 --> 02:31:52,080 » you know. >> And um 1924 02:31:50,080 --> 02:31:56,080 » basically meetings he's watching for. >> Yeah, that was fun, you know. [laughter] 1925 02:31:54,080 --> 02:31:59,920 » So, essentially it's it's about one minute a meeting, 1926 02:31:57,760 --> 02:32:03,840 » you know, over those 37 meetings. >> Yeah. For me, what prompted it prompted 1927 02:32:01,840 --> 02:32:06,880 it was the press policy. It was like, "Okay, now we have to actually talk 1928 02:32:05,120 --> 02:32:10,720 about or else it probably wouldn't have necessarily been on my radar." So, 1929 02:32:08,479 --> 02:32:15,520 » yeah, it was a Right. >> Um, Dr. Paul, 1930 02:32:14,160 --> 02:32:20,720 uh, Brandy, do you guys have anything that you want to add? No, I think I 1931 02:32:17,520 --> 02:32:25,359 spoke out of turn anyway, but I I would support I know I would support the I 1932 02:32:24,560 --> 02:32:30,080 know [laughter] I would support the three minutes and 1933 02:32:27,840 --> 02:32:35,520 for three minutes and then the aggregate number and any aggregate number um that 1934 02:32:33,120 --> 02:32:40,960 would afford people more opportunity to speak. Um and then specifically there 1935 02:32:38,319 --> 02:32:45,200 are provisions within the language that if we needed to exceed that then 1936 02:32:42,640 --> 02:32:48,560 obviously we would. I just want to be sure that we're not being subjective. We 1937 02:32:46,880 --> 02:32:54,800 have an even practice. >> Um just so that there's no um people 1938 02:32:52,560 --> 02:32:58,880 don't it doesn't appear that we are limiting certain people and then certain 1939 02:32:56,880 --> 02:33:02,520 people they have an opportunity to express their opinion. 1940 02:33:02,560 --> 02:33:08,800 » Did you have anything? So I agreed with your initial excuse 1941 02:33:07,136 --> 02:33:13,200 [clears throat] me my voice um initial sentiments in regards to the five 1942 02:33:10,319 --> 02:33:17,600 minutes um just because it is the public coming in front of the board members but 1943 02:33:15,120 --> 02:33:21,840 most importantly it allows transparency and then it also just allows the public 1944 02:33:19,760 --> 02:33:26,960 to be heard from a representation stance. So for me it will be five. So I 1945 02:33:24,880 --> 02:33:28,640 would decline [laughter] excuse me 1946 02:33:27,600 --> 02:33:31,640 » decline on that vote. >> Y 1947 02:33:31,920 --> 02:33:35,520 » Teresa I think we have other recommendation then. So, 1948 02:33:34,399 --> 02:33:37,680 » did you want to add something else? Go ahead. 1949 02:33:35,840 --> 02:33:40,160 » So, I guess what I would The other part would be is that does this piece get 1950 02:33:39,359 --> 02:33:43,200 pulled? >> Yeah, that's what I was going to just 1951 02:33:41,439 --> 02:33:46,880 say. I would say this shouldn't be your first read then. The recommendation of 1952 02:33:44,880 --> 02:33:50,080 the committee would be um to bring that back because we'll want to adjust that 1953 02:33:48,240 --> 02:33:55,606 legal language then to add the provision of the overall aggregate 45 in there and 1954 02:33:53,120 --> 02:33:57,439 make sure that it's still aligned with [clears throat] 1955 02:33:55,680 --> 02:34:00,319 » the existing content and the legal requirement, right, with OMA because 1956 02:33:59,040 --> 02:34:06,479 this one's really closely aligned to OMA. So when you um when we read for 1957 02:34:03,760 --> 02:34:11,920 first pol for first read tonight, we'll take out 230 and bring that back. 1958 02:34:10,240 --> 02:34:18,640 » Okay. So the rest of the policies will come for uh a vote at our next meeting. 1959 02:34:16,800 --> 02:34:23,120 Um Dr. Mario, I think for procedural 1960 02:34:21,200 --> 02:34:30,000 perspective, I think we'll need to read those the the total number of um 1961 02:34:27,040 --> 02:34:33,760 policies which policies they are for um first read 1962 02:34:32,080 --> 02:34:36,760 like I should read them out right now. >> Yes. 1963 02:34:41,439 --> 02:34:50,479 » All right. So these are the policies that have um 1964 02:34:46,000 --> 02:34:54,399 undergone a first read section three or 3 col 7. 1965 02:34:53,359 --> 02:35:02,319 » Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. 3 col 70. Oh. 3 col 70 4 col 1966 02:34:59,840 --> 02:35:13,200 175 5 col 40 5 col 70 5 col 110 1967 02:35:08,800 --> 02:35:17,000 5 col 140 730 7 col 80. 1968 02:35:18,319 --> 02:35:27,760 So that >> um policy 2 colon 230 will not be going 1969 02:35:24,399 --> 02:35:29,840 or has undergone a first reading. >> Not we're going to take that back for 1970 02:35:29,359 --> 02:35:32,479 revision. >> Okay. We'll be taking that back for 1971 02:35:30,960 --> 02:35:41,200 revision. Um, the other ones to include a first 1972 02:35:35,040 --> 02:35:48,359 reading would be 5 col 240, 670, 680, 61 190, 71 130, 1973 02:35:45,359 --> 02:35:48,359 730, 1974 02:35:49,200 --> 02:35:52,200 870. 1975 02:35:56,800 --> 02:36:03,040 » You can conclude your committee meeting then. 1976 02:36:00,560 --> 02:36:05,600 » Thank you. That concludes the policy and legislative committee portion of the 1977 02:36:04,319 --> 02:36:08,600 meeting. I'll turn it back to the president. 1978 02:36:09,280 --> 02:36:13,479 » Normal. >> Good job. 1979 02:36:13,520 --> 02:36:19,760 » And I Yeah, great job to the chairs and to the discussion. And I really 1980 02:36:16,960 --> 02:36:25,200 appreciated everybody's uh input >> and I I I I thought it went I mean we 1981 02:36:22,880 --> 02:36:30,319 really only had meet on one of the committees but um it's nice to for 1982 02:36:28,080 --> 02:36:33,200 everybody to hear it and be here and fine. 1983 02:36:31,040 --> 02:36:37,120 » I can feel the rhythm coming like there was a rhythm to our other board meetings 1984 02:36:35,280 --> 02:36:41,359 and now I feel like what this rhythm is going to be. So um it was good to have 1985 02:36:39,600 --> 02:36:44,800 light agendas [laughter] with those things just to kind of get a sense of 1986 02:36:42,560 --> 02:36:48,000 what this would feel like. So um >> practice round. 1987 02:36:45,520 --> 02:36:53,439 » Yes. the practice run. >> Um, now we're at Well, 1988 02:36:52,640 --> 02:36:56,399 » yeah, I guess. >> Yeah, 1989 02:36:53,920 --> 02:37:01,920 » I guess we'll uh proceed 12 action items. 12.1 action item approval of 1990 02:36:59,600 --> 02:37:04,080 fiscal year 27 budget. Can I have a motion, please? 1991 02:37:02,560 --> 02:37:07,120 » I make a motion to approve the fiscal year 27 budget as discussed and 1992 02:37:06,080 --> 02:37:10,880 presented. >> Second. 1993 02:37:08,479 --> 02:37:15,080 » Is there any discussion the fiscal year 27 budget? 1994 02:37:15,600 --> 02:37:18,880 Dr. Mario I >> Mr. Cerone 1995 02:37:18,479 --> 02:37:20,720 » I >> Dr. Pock 1996 02:37:20,000 --> 02:37:24,720 » I >> Miss Robinson. 1997 02:37:22,960 --> 02:37:26,319 » Miss C. I >> Dr. Martin 1998 02:37:25,840 --> 02:37:28,640 » I. >> Miss Wmouth 1999 02:37:27,280 --> 02:37:34,160 » I. >> A motion passes 6 2000 02:37:32,080 --> 02:37:37,520 12.2 action item approval of bills for payment. Can I have a motion please? I 2001 02:37:35,920 --> 02:37:42,520 make a motion to approve motion to authorize the payment of bills in the 2002 02:37:39,040 --> 02:37:42,520 amount of 7,536,899.31 2003 02:37:44,240 --> 02:37:51,319 cents as presented. >> Second. 2004 02:37:48,000 --> 02:37:51,319 » Any discussion? 2005 02:37:51,439 --> 02:37:54,000 » Dr. Pak. >> I. 2006 02:37:53,040 --> 02:37:56,720 » Miss C. >> I. 2007 02:37:54,560 --> 02:38:00,160 » Miss Robinson. >> Dr. Martin. I 2008 02:37:58,479 --> 02:38:03,439 » Mr. Cerrone. I >> Miss Wenmouth. I 2009 02:38:01,359 --> 02:38:09,520 » Dr. Mario. I >> uh motion passes 60. Action item 123, 2010 02:38:07,520 --> 02:38:13,760 approval of Aurora University Direct Admin. Uh can I have a motion, please? 2011 02:38:12,080 --> 02:38:19,040 » I make a motion to approve the Aurora University direct admin as discussed and 2012 02:38:16,080 --> 02:38:22,359 presented. Second, >> any discussion? 2013 02:38:22,560 --> 02:38:28,479 I the only the only thing I say is uh just 2014 02:38:26,399 --> 02:38:32,160 promote this. Yeah. >> Bring us right. You know, it's it's a 2015 02:38:30,720 --> 02:38:35,040 great thing. It's really a great thing and like 2016 02:38:33,760 --> 02:38:40,399 having gone through like the college selection process with my children, it's 2017 02:38:38,000 --> 02:38:42,880 a lot and so to have like at least one university kind of make it really 2018 02:38:41,920 --> 02:38:48,240 streamlined, >> it's nice. 2019 02:38:44,479 --> 02:38:50,720 » Yep. Totally agree. Right, >> Miss Wenmouth. 2020 02:38:49,200 --> 02:38:52,479 » I Dr. Mario >> I 2021 02:38:51,120 --> 02:38:54,160 » Dr. Martin I >> Mr. Cerrone 2022 02:38:53,600 --> 02:38:57,600 » I >> Miss C. 2023 02:38:55,760 --> 02:39:00,640 » Miss Robinson oh 2024 02:38:59,600 --> 02:39:03,640 » Dr. Pollock. >> Hi. 2025 02:39:05,520 --> 02:39:10,960 » Okay. >> Um 2026 02:39:09,760 --> 02:39:16,800 motion. >> Motion passes 6. Um action item 12.4 2027 02:39:15,040 --> 02:39:20,960 approval of a resolution authorizing a notice to remedy of a professional 2028 02:39:18,319 --> 02:39:25,600 educator uh licensed employee. Can I have 2029 02:39:22,160 --> 02:39:29,840 » We skipped one. >> Approval and acceptance of T-Mobile. 2030 02:39:28,000 --> 02:39:32,880 Don't forget Friday night. >> No, his his shows that's not that was 2031 02:39:32,240 --> 02:39:35,040 not on him. >> Sorry. 2032 02:39:33,520 --> 02:39:38,760 » No, that's okay. >> It's the um T-Mobile 2033 02:39:40,560 --> 02:39:48,080 » approval. It was >> okay. Can I have a motion for the 2034 02:39:44,240 --> 02:39:53,439 approval and acceptance of a T-Mobile Sorry 2035 02:39:50,319 --> 02:39:56,800 » grant? A $5,000 uh 2036 02:39:54,479 --> 02:40:02,560 » I gotcha. I make a motion to approve and accept a $5,000 donation through the 2037 02:39:58,880 --> 02:40:07,479 T-Mobile Friday night 5G lights program. >> Second. 2038 02:40:04,160 --> 02:40:07,479 » Any discussion? 2039 02:40:08,640 --> 02:40:11,760 » Mr. Cerrone. >> I. 2040 02:40:10,720 --> 02:40:13,120 » Dr. Martin. >> I. 2041 02:40:12,240 --> 02:40:15,359 » Miss C. >> I. 2042 02:40:13,840 --> 02:40:18,479 » Miss Wmouth. I >> Dr. Mario. 2043 02:40:16,960 --> 02:40:24,680 » Dr. Pock. I >> Miss Robinson. I uh 2044 02:40:20,720 --> 02:40:24,680 » motion passes 70. 2045 02:40:25,040 --> 02:40:30,479 All right. Action item 12.5, approval of resolution authorizing a notice remedy 2046 02:40:29,040 --> 02:40:33,760 of a professional educator licensed employee. Can I have a motion, please? 2047 02:40:32,080 --> 02:40:38,560 » I make a motion that the board adopt the resolution of the board of education of 2048 02:40:35,920 --> 02:40:43,840 Asiggo Community School District number 308 authorizing a notice to remedy of 2049 02:40:41,120 --> 02:40:46,640 Mr. Brian F in addition to the discipline proposed by the 2050 02:40:45,120 --> 02:40:52,200 administration. >> Second. 2051 02:40:48,080 --> 02:40:52,200 » Any discussion on this topic? 2052 02:40:52,319 --> 02:40:56,000 » Dr. Martin >> I Miss Wmouth I 2053 02:40:54,880 --> 02:40:57,359 » Mr. Cerrone >> I 2054 02:40:56,319 --> 02:40:59,200 » Miss Robinson >> I 2055 02:40:57,680 --> 02:41:01,520 » Dr. Pock I >> Miss C 2056 02:41:00,080 --> 02:41:07,600 » I Dr. Mario >> I motion passes 70 action item 12.6 the 2057 02:41:06,160 --> 02:41:10,080 approval of a personnel report. Can I have a motion please? 2058 02:41:08,399 --> 02:41:13,359 » I make a motion to approve the personnel report as discussed and presented. 2059 02:41:12,000 --> 02:41:18,160 » Second. >> Any discussion? 2060 02:41:16,080 --> 02:41:20,479 » Miss Robinson I. >> Dr. Martin I. 2061 02:41:19,439 --> 02:41:21,680 » Dr. Mario. >> Hi, 2062 02:41:20,800 --> 02:41:23,920 » Miss Wmouth. >> Hi, 2063 02:41:22,399 --> 02:41:25,760 » Dr. Pak. >> Hi, 2064 02:41:24,640 --> 02:41:26,960 » Mr. Cerrone. >> Hi, 2065 02:41:26,160 --> 02:41:30,880 » Miss C. >> Hi. 2066 02:41:27,840 --> 02:41:34,080 » Motion passes 70. Um, item 131. Can I have a motion to adjurnn? 2067 02:41:32,160 --> 02:41:37,600 » I make a motion to adjurnn. Second. >> All in favor? 2068 02:41:36,000 --> 02:41:40,160 » I I >> We are adjourned. 2069 02:41:39,200 --> 02:41:42,800 » Thank you. >> Time is