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Call to order the meeting of our city
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board of education and we will start
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with the pledge of allegiance.
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I pledge algiance to the flag of the
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United States of America and to the
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republic for which it stands. One nation
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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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justice for all.
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Uh the board will now adjourn to close
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session for the purpose of a strategy
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session to discuss pending or reasonably
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eminent litigation and to discuss the
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character, professional competence or
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physical or mental health of an
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individual or
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motion to move for business. I'll second
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all in favor.
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Yes.
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>> Susan. Yes.
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We will continue on with our
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regular agenda and we are going to start
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with the recognition for Dear Valley in
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support of our graduation.
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If I can get Trevor Peterson, Trevor
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Bart, and Mark Chitka
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>> Kitka.
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>> I'm gonna blame it on Colton. I said,
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"How do you pronounce this?" [laughter]
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» They've been messing up and my whole
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life.
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>> We just want to thank you guys for being
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tremendous community partners and
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hosting our class of 2026 graduation. um
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we could have not have done it without
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the partnership and I recognize
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Catherine has moved on but she was
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instrumental in helping us pull this
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off. So this is a gift for you um as a
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token of gratitude.
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today.
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[clears throat]
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» And we recognize the silver lining of a
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mile of winter allowed this to happen.
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So I don't anticipate it happening
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again.
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Hope not. Thank you guys. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you guys.
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>> What a great spot. Thank you.
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>> Thank you.
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Um and then Lex Lee.
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>> Oh, there you are. Hey, sorry. Thought
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we'd go ahead and have you move after
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that. That's
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>> I'm gonna read Reed. Members of the
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board, Superintendent Huntsman. Um, I am
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Lexi Cunningham. I'm the executive
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director of the Tesco Superintendent
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Association. So, first of all, I bring
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greetings from our officers and our
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association. And we want to thank you
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for for your hard work and dedication.
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Things like what you just recognized
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don't happen unless a board is willing
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to take those chances and explore those
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opportunities so that students can have
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great experiences. Um at our summer
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conference every year we recognize our superintendents. We have um a
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recognition for first year
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superintendent as well as other
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longevity. And at this summer's
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conference we um were not able to
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recognize superintendent because she was
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not able to be at our dinner. I think
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she might have had a board meeting. I'm
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not 100% sure. But we do um a challenge
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coin for our first year superintendent
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to welcome them to our association to
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let them know how much we appreciate
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them. And we really do appreciate
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Superintendent Huntsman. She has joined
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our association.
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She has just gotten to know everybody.
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Um she's willing to help. She's willing
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to participate if somebody needs
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anything. She asks, you know, what can I
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do? She's always willing to share the
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great things that are going on up here
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in Park City and have others um learn
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from her. So, we are just so thankful
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that she is part of our association. I
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know that she's a year and a half in
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now, but we [clears throat] did want to
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give her her USASA year 1 challenge
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going. Um, and we wanted you to know how
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much we appreciate having her in our
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association.
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» Well, and we are absolutely thrilled to
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have another
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as well. Thank you for coming up here,
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Lexi.
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Okay. Our annual title n
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Oh, construction first.
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>> Oh, wait. Oh, sorry. Sorry.
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>> Sorry. [laughter]
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>> Stand by.
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>> JD, please join us.
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» Let's see. We'll start at Treasure
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Mount.
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Okay. Um, right now, uh, the batting
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cages installation, turf and netting are
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going up. Um, I don't know how much you
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guys can see from here or how much you
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get to see, but that's ongoing right
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now. Landscape's going on the back side
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of the baseball and softball fields. Um,
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the parking lot has been uh paved.
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>> Um, partially striped but not completely
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striped. We've still got to get the bus
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lane arrows in and some other stuff over
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there, but that's happening this week as
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well. Um, and then, uh, they are also
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doing the landscape in the parking lot
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and the planters and all the islands
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there and everything that's going on,
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uh, as far as irrigation goes and that
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kind of stuff that goes with the
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landscape there. Um, the trail has been
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paved all the way from the tunnel all
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the way over the do. I walked over here
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from there tonight. That's uh, how I got
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here. Uh, so that's pretty nice. Um, the
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team rooms are just being finished being
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painted. All of the soft and fascia on
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there. Um, that's the support room down
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there's the team rooms for the softball
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and baseball. Um, that's done. The
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concessions building, they're doing all
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the finishing touches in there. All the
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tiles going in, all the ceilings are
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getting done. All the fixtures are being
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put on. Um,
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the turf on the baseball field is done.
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Um they are going to be doing infill for
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the next two days. Um which is all the
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sand and the rubber and everything else.
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But they're the home plate. Um and I
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left there oh I don't know four but they
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should have had the rest of it. They had
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it down. They were just cutting the
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other pieces in. So uh their plan is to
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move to the south soccer field on
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Monday.
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The north soccerfield has to remain open
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right now because we where those two
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crest boxes are in the bleachers in the
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middle in the center. There's a press
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box that goes there and the footing has
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to be poured for it. So, uh, the south
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is the one the one that's ready right
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now. So, that's why they're going to
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move there. They do tell me that those
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go pretty fast because they're basically
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a box, right? They roll them out where
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they have a little bit more to deal with
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in the other fields. So, um, so they'll
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move there. They said the turf will go
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down fast. Then they got another week or
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two, you know, uh, cutting everything in
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and doing all that stuff. So, within two
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weeks, I would say we probably see both
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of those fields. The south one for sure
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done. North one's going to take a little
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bit longer because of the pad, but that
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should go fairly quick, too. So, um, the
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support building is uh, in roughin, so
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we've got the roof on it. Um, all the
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mechanical equipment's up there. They're
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inside plumbing all everything, putting
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in the HVC, HVAC, and everything else.
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And then the big stuff is the site
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concrete. I'd say we're about 90% done
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with the sight concrete. Mostly what's
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the plaza's done. There's a couple
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tie-in spots around the baseball field.
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Uh, and then on the far north end of the
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baseball field. Um, and then we the
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what's lacking right now is the tennis
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courts, right? We have a lot of stuff
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stored over where the tennis courts go.
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Um, but within the next week, probably
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next week, you'll start to see all that
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move. Our last soils pile we have over
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there is actually going into the tennis
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courts. That's been tested and then
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that's getting graded out there where
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the tennis courts are. All the sight
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lighting's up. They're doing the parking
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lot this week. They're sitting the holes
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in the parking lot. Um,
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let's see what else I have there. Uh,
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the utilities are all in except for the
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power. So, we have the gas, the sewer,
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the water in. The power is going in
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Saturday. Uh I don't know you guys are
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this is you know Rocky Mountain Power
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will notify you guys but the power will
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be out here Saturday. So why they're
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doing this right? So on campus from all
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the way over to McFolan it'll all be
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out. So they said they'll be done by the
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end of the day. So but that'll be power
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and they should be sending you guys a
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notice you know. So and I told Joe so he
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knows it's aware of that. So, um, and
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that's really kind of it over there at,
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uh, Treasure. There's still tracking for
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the end of October. The tennis court
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guys are are ready to go to work. They
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just need that graded out. So, uh, there
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should be a delay with getting the
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tennis courts in. The time will be in
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the tearing of the concrete, right, and
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the coating. So, that'll probably be the
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last thing done that you'll see down
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over there. But I would say overall
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probably about 85% there without the
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turf on the two soccer fields. But all
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of it's there. We do still have some
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other stuff coming.
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>> If we have snow, keep fingers crossed
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before October. How will that delay
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this? Will it?
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>> It shouldn't. It shouldn't delay too
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much, especially the concrete. I mean,
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they can blank the concrete and stuff
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like that if they have to, but it' have
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to be sustaining like freezing
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temperatures. You know what I mean? We
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could weather a storm or two. Clearly,
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we have with these rainstorms as well,
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too. That's been causing us a little bit
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of grief on some of the finish of the
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track and the finish on the bleachers.
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Uh, but if you wait 15 minutes, they
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tend to blow over, but they do cause
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some a little bit of problem, but I
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think it'll be fine. So, I I would
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anticipate by the middle of September,
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most of the turf would be down. So, it
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would just be the concrete of that. So,
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>> power you said will be out. That's just
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not neighborhoods. No neighborhoods,
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just uh the campus from the DO to
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probably the other side of McFoland. I
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don't think it'll affect the high school
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at all, but it' be the learning center
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as well. That'll all be out until they
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get it in. So,
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>> how confident are we are are we that it
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won't impact the high school?
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>> I checked with them today before I came
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over here and they said no at the high
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school. So, it's all on a different
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separate
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>> problem just to plan to not have that
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hour on Saturday.
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>> Exactly. [laughter]
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Is it going to be the whole day?
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>> Yes.
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>> When we built Mcullins, we upgraded the
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power there. Would have known we were
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doing this. We could have done all that
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at the same time, but we didn't, right?
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So, they have to upgrade all that power.
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So,
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>> go ahead. I was just going to say it's
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kind of it's kind of interesting because
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everything's LED over there, right? And
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even these big the the tall sight lights
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don't draw that much power. I asked him
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that, but they had to. They're taking
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the chance. I don't know if you know, we
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hit when we hit the transformer there
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that's in the first corner there where
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you turn into the parking lot. That was
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that has to be moved as well. And then
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the one that's in front of Mc Pole has
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to be redone because it's so old. And so
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they're taking the time to kind of
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upgrade their little stuff while they're
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do. So
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>> my quick question is just about the burm
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that kind of runs along.
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>> Yes. About the shape of it.
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>> Yes. Right here. Right there. They're
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going to cut a saddle in that as they're
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doing it. So, we we keep having weekly
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inspections from DEEQ and
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>> despite my differing of opinions that we
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need to cover everything, then it's been
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tested and it's passed its tests and
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we're we still have to maintain the
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cover on that. So, it's difficult unless
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you're going to do it all in one shot to
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kind of shape it and then cover it and
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everything else. And the landscapers are
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working their way that way. So I would
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say two weeks you might start to see
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that saddle cut in there and we're going
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to kind of bowl it out at the bottom. So
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we have more snow put place to push some
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>> and be sed.
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>> It gets sold. Yes. Yeah. And there'll be
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a few trees and some plants along the
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back there. But they're they're going
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hot heavy on the irrigation now and and
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then they'll start spreading that top
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soil. So they're trying to c play
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catchup in the parking lot too. Like I
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said, getting all the planters in there
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because they don't want to box
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themselves out. So
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that's pretty much it for treasure. So I
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don't have much more there. Um they're
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still like I said they're still tracking
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end of October. I do think that the
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tennis courts will bleed into November
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depending on how quickly they get
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imported and how quickly they get they
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cure up and then and then the coating
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obviously. Um Doure is in great shape.
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Uh the entrance gateway buildings on the
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east side there are all completed.
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File's done, partitions are in, power's
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on, everything's done there. Um the uh m
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the steel for the canopy is on site. Um
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it got there this morning, so they're
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going to try to start erecting the
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columns and getting part of that
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partially in place uh this week and then
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next week. The visitors bleachers are
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coming this week. So you'll start seeing
[1:35:40]
that. They are coating the track.
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They've got first coat on in they're
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doing it in sections which I don't
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understand but that's that's their deal.
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Uh but you if you ever go over there
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you'll see that that first coat on
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there. It's kind of black. I think I
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have some pictures uh here that kind of
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Oops.
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There's the baseball field.
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So, and that was from yesterday, not
[1:36:02]
today. So, that they've got they're past
[1:36:05]
home plate now in into the back. So, and
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then that's the soccer fields. They're
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just finishing the fine grading on
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those. So they're ready to go and then
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that's them coding the track and then
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build.
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So they also this is from yesterday but
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they now have set the upper section of
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pre-cast. So that's something you know
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this isn't isn't current to what's
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happened today but where that still
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comes up. So there's another level of
[1:36:30]
seating that goes up and then you have
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the press box there in the middle. I
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know it's kind of hard to to understand
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or see that picture there, but they
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they're setting all of that upper
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pre-cast this week. And then they put
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the stairs in, too. So, all that's going
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and they've coated they're coating on
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the north side of the bleachers. Uh that
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side's done. So, um he's working his way
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across that lower section of seating.
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Then he'll move up to the upper section
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of seating. Um he's affected by the rain
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a lot, right? So, like he pulled off a
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little bit this afternoon because of the
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rain. Uh, and it affects the track and
[1:37:06]
those guys pulled off for a little
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while, too. But they when they're
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putting stuff down, if it's a little bit
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tacky, they're okay. But if they're just
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started, then they got to stop. But I
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think we're we'll work our way through
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that. So, um, but the ramp on the on the
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south end is done up to the bleachers.
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They got a little section there to do.
[1:37:24]
The planters in the back are done. All
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the garden level bathrooms, that
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building's all done in the back. They'll
[1:37:29]
put the roof on that next week. The
[1:37:31]
concessions, the uh flex space on the
[1:37:34]
north and south sides of the stadium on
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the second level, those are all framed
[1:37:38]
in. They're putting the finishes in
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there now. They're going to start some
[1:37:41]
of the drywall in there. Uh they're just
[1:37:44]
finishing up that MEP in there. Inside
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the bleachers themselves um is all of
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the mechanical and electrical and all
[1:37:51]
the roughing going inside there. That's
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it. It's quite a space in there and
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there's a lot going on inside there. You
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don't see them obviously because they're
[1:37:59]
inside there, but that's that's ongoing.
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Um, all of the utilities here are done
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as well except on this west side. The
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gas is at the property line. If you
[1:38:11]
remember, we were going to take it out
[1:38:13]
of Lucky Jump, but we're not. So, they
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won't connect onto it until the
[1:38:17]
bleachers are close to being done
[1:38:19]
because they don't want their meter
[1:38:20]
getting hit and having problems. So,
[1:38:22]
that's that'll have to wait a little
[1:38:23]
bit. And then we're making the final
[1:38:25]
water connection that's on that north
[1:38:26]
end. Again, that was coming out of Lucky
[1:38:29]
John. They hot tapped it today and
[1:38:31]
that's coming across that uh north end
[1:38:35]
uh from uh west to east. So, or from
[1:38:38]
east to west. So, they started that
[1:38:40]
today. That that ends the utilities
[1:38:42]
there. We have power uh on at everything
[1:38:45]
and even at the uh home bleachers. So
[1:38:49]
they built they partially built the
[1:38:51]
electrical room up there on the second
[1:38:52]
level. This is in in for the game,
[1:38:55]
right? So we have lights, everything
[1:38:56]
else. They'll be going through the
[1:38:59]
scoreboard and the upgraded sound system
[1:39:01]
this week as well and the next week.
[1:39:03]
Giving that a couple trial runs. So you
[1:39:05]
may hear some loud music coming from
[1:39:07]
over there. But that uh that's ongoing.
[1:39:10]
A lot of this stuff is in preparation.
[1:39:12]
and they're pouring the rest of the
[1:39:14]
concrete uh up against the track there
[1:39:17]
on the east side or that entrance. The
[1:39:20]
entrance way is done going into the uh
[1:39:23]
through the canopy into the field now.
[1:39:25]
There's couple seat walls in there. Um
[1:39:28]
they'll pour they'll get those columns
[1:39:29]
up and then pour the rest of that around
[1:39:31]
the columns, but they poured along all
[1:39:32]
those buildings today and down to the
[1:39:35]
visitor bleachers pad. So um those are
[1:39:38]
in pretty good shape. So, I don't
[1:39:41]
believe the upper section of the home
[1:39:44]
bleachers would be available for the
[1:39:45]
game, but the lower section will be
[1:39:47]
available. So,
[1:39:51]
and they're tracking end of October as
[1:39:53]
well. So,
[1:39:57]
um obviously at this point timeline has
[1:40:01]
become an issue.
[1:40:02]
>> Yes.
[1:40:02]
>> Uh you said October for both of them,
[1:40:05]
but that's three months behind where it
[1:40:07]
should have been. What are our risks in
[1:40:09]
hitting North?
[1:40:11]
>> Um I the weather's obviously the big
[1:40:14]
one, right? If we get into we don't get
[1:40:16]
lucky and have a weird or whichever way
[1:40:19]
you prefer to look at that. But if we if
[1:40:22]
we have winter, you guys know as well as
[1:40:24]
I do it snow in September, October,
[1:40:26]
November, right? So that's probably the
[1:40:28]
biggest thing I would say is the
[1:40:29]
weather, right? Getting all the things
[1:40:31]
done that need to need to happen before
[1:40:33]
it starts to sustain cold temperatures,
[1:40:35]
right? So, I don't see how they wouldn't
[1:40:37]
have the track done. Um, they've they've
[1:40:40]
really put an effort in on getting that
[1:40:41]
coated uh once that first coat starts.
[1:40:44]
It's just I mean it they really are
[1:40:46]
making pretty good progress on that.
[1:40:47]
Same with the bleachers other than he's
[1:40:50]
a little more sensitive to the rain. So,
[1:40:52]
uh but I can't see where they wouldn't
[1:40:54]
be done with those out of most of the
[1:40:56]
weather rain window anyways. So,
[1:41:01]
that's probably the biggest thing. So,
[1:41:06]
I can tell you JD's pushing him not to
[1:41:08]
get in his personal life, but he was he had to vacate from his own during
[1:41:14]
a fire. Went back in. I'll tell you, he
[1:41:16]
didn't miss a beat. He was here every
[1:41:18]
day. He was working on it every day. Uh
[1:41:20]
we thought he'd be gone for four or five
[1:41:22]
days and maybe now he wishes he would
[1:41:24]
have been, but
[1:41:26]
he was he
[1:41:28]
>> Well, there was my marriage and then
[1:41:29]
there was this.
[1:41:31]
>> Yeah. True lie isn't on any
[1:41:36]
>> my wife's dog doesn't like me. So being
[1:41:38]
pulled up with a dog for five days.
[1:41:41]
>> No, it was it was it was uh it was a
[1:41:45]
challenge. I will tell you that. But
[1:41:46]
it's very it was disruptive is what it
[1:41:48]
was most.
[1:41:51]
>> What about schools having to move?
[1:41:52]
>> What's that?
[1:41:53]
>> Was your house okay?
[1:41:54]
>> Yeah, it's probably about a mile and a
[1:41:56]
half. I show pulled some pictures
[1:41:57]
earlier. You know, I the heel I live on
[1:42:00]
West Center Road, so the heel right
[1:42:01]
behind me is what was on fire. And
[1:42:03]
>> because it's so steep, I can only see
[1:42:05]
kind of out of my driveway. In fact, I
[1:42:06]
sent Randy a picture that the other day
[1:42:08]
and I don't think I sent it to you, but
[1:42:10]
all I could see was what was directly
[1:42:12]
behind me. And so it was just all the
[1:42:13]
smoke and I thought, you know, I mean,
[1:42:15]
it looked right was right on top of me,
[1:42:17]
right? But then you drive down the road
[1:42:19]
and it's quite a ways away, but it's
[1:42:21]
just enough to, you know, it scares
[1:42:23]
everybody in the family and all that
[1:42:25]
stuff. So, it's just a challenge. So
[1:42:27]
>> I think our biggest impact to answer
[1:42:29]
your question is football girls soccer
[1:42:31]
is playing out at Queens.
[1:42:33]
>> Oh yeah.
[1:42:33]
>> Currently. So football has the biggest
[1:42:36]
impact with the delay.
[1:42:39]
>> But you reference seating where I mean
[1:42:41]
are we
[1:42:42]
>> Yeah. I think I mean the plan is to have
[1:42:43]
the September 11th game there. The
[1:42:45]
seating will be there. I don't know. You
[1:42:48]
may be sitting on the bleacher portion
[1:42:50]
of it, not the aluminum portion of it,
[1:42:52]
which is fine. Um they're I mean they're
[1:42:55]
going to try to get over there, but the
[1:42:56]
coating has to go down first before the
[1:42:59]
bleachers can go down. And we had a
[1:43:01]
little bit of a change there just so
[1:43:02]
that you know we beefed up the
[1:43:04]
waterproofing of that. So all of your
[1:43:06]
rooms are underneath that, right? Your
[1:43:07]
team rooms, all your meeting rooms, the
[1:43:09]
bathrooms and everything. And so it had
[1:43:12]
kind of had a subroof system before that
[1:43:14]
was going to catch that if there was
[1:43:15]
anything coming through. And we decided
[1:43:17]
to beef that up so we didn't have that
[1:43:19]
subroof and all that under structure
[1:43:21]
underneath it. And so that's take that's
[1:43:23]
the coating, right? That's what's taking
[1:43:25]
a little bit of time. That goes down and
[1:43:27]
then they put the the aluminum bleachers
[1:43:29]
on top of that. So you'd be setting on
[1:43:31]
the concrete most likely, but the
[1:43:33]
visitor bleachers would be in this. The
[1:43:35]
power was the big one. The power we'd
[1:43:37]
have powered all the lights and the
[1:43:38]
sound system and everything else. Um,
[1:43:41]
and then I think we've worked out uh the
[1:43:44]
media press stuff and the play calling
[1:43:46]
and all that stuff. So I think we're I
[1:43:48]
think we're pretty solid. So what date
[1:43:50]
were we playing?
[1:43:52]
September 11th.
[1:43:52]
>> September 11.
[1:43:53]
>> So this Friday we're playing at South
[1:43:55]
Summit High School, neutral sight. We
[1:43:57]
are playing against Morgan High School
[1:43:58]
and then the next home game is scheduled
[1:44:01]
for September 11th.
[1:44:02]
>> South is kind of misplaced.
[1:44:14]
Just girls soccer.
[1:44:16]
>> I will tell you the football field's
[1:44:18]
usable, right? So they've been
[1:44:19]
practicing on the football field. The
[1:44:21]
flag team was the girls were playing
[1:44:22]
there. I think the lacrosse guys
[1:44:24]
practiced a couple times and the teams
[1:44:26]
back a couple times, but the field's
[1:44:27]
available.
[1:44:28]
>> So it's just a matter of back around the
[1:44:31]
edge.
[1:44:31]
>> Oh yeah. It's all tacked back. Yeah.
[1:44:34]
>> So the only the only two in really
[1:44:36]
inseason lacrosse is not in season
[1:44:39]
activities. The only two in season is
[1:44:41]
football girls.
[1:44:43]
>> Yeah. But but it is
[1:44:44]
>> that's outdoors.
[1:44:46]
>> What about the other one?
[1:44:48]
I believe one of our tennis,
[1:44:55]
» but that parking lot will be done too.
[1:44:58]
>> The parking is already done in front of
[1:45:00]
the buildings. It's already paved.
[1:45:02]
>> There's a lot of porties over there and
[1:45:04]
things like that.
[1:45:05]
>> So, we we had to So, the the contractor
[1:45:08]
staged in the parking lot on that far
[1:45:11]
side there. You seen his trailer there
[1:45:12]
along the bus stop and everything there.
[1:45:14]
We moved him back over in front of those
[1:45:16]
buildings. and he's actually staged in
[1:45:18]
his office in the in the storage
[1:45:21]
building to the north.
[1:45:22]
>> Okay.
[1:45:23]
>> Uh they're all finished and we put the
[1:45:25]
fence back up to where it was where the
[1:45:26]
original bus lane was. Um but everything
[1:45:29]
from the fence over is paved and all the
[1:45:31]
concrete's parking lot is available
[1:45:34]
>> once they move out of there. They're
[1:45:36]
using it for contractor parking and in
[1:45:39]
front of the buildings there where it's
[1:45:41]
fenced off, but the other parking lots
[1:45:43]
Yeah. they're using that. So yeah.
[1:45:45]
>> Yeah. All those stalls are paved.
[1:45:47]
There's not that many stalls in front of
[1:45:48]
there. Most of them are handicapped
[1:45:50]
stalls in front of those front of those
[1:45:52]
east buildings. This this is just this
[1:45:54]
is just graphic, right? It doesn't show
[1:45:56]
everything, but it's an easy it's an
[1:45:58]
easy one for me to use to explain
[1:45:59]
things. But yeah, there's there's
[1:46:01]
probably I don't know, I'm going to say
[1:46:04]
10 stalls in front of there that are
[1:46:05]
mostly handicapped. But the apron ties
[1:46:07]
into that parking lot, right? And that's
[1:46:09]
all. So, and then all the concrete
[1:46:11]
around between the high school and the
[1:46:13]
field, that's all done as well. We do
[1:46:15]
have the north end to for the for the uh
[1:46:18]
water line right now, but everything
[1:46:20]
else is done in there. All the planners,
[1:46:22]
everything.
[1:46:24]
>> Thank you.
[1:46:26]
>> Thanks,
[1:46:34]
[clears throat]
[1:46:35]
>> Sure.
[1:46:37]
But I don't I haven't gotten
[1:46:40]
so public comment if um can you go live
[1:46:45]
for?
[1:46:49]
» So we're going to do a public comment
[1:46:52]
and then we'll come back here.
[1:46:59]
» You guys are welcome to give comment and
[1:47:01]
fill the form out after.
[1:47:02]
>> Okay.
[1:47:03]
>> If you want.
[1:47:04]
>> Sure.
[1:47:05]
>> Your preference. that.
[1:47:07]
>> So I will while you're doing that, I'm
[1:47:09]
just going to go over the ground rules
[1:47:11]
again to remind everybody. So that the board of education wants to hear
[1:47:16]
input from our community members at our
[1:47:18]
meetings. In order to respect and
[1:47:19]
preserve the time allotted to each
[1:47:21]
presenter on the agenda, each speaker
[1:47:23]
will be limited to three minutes.
[1:47:25]
Speakers representing a group will be
[1:47:27]
limited to five.
[1:47:41]
Good evening. My name is Phoebe Buyers.
[1:47:43]
I want to share some thoughts on open
[1:47:44]
space and why it belongs in front of a
[1:47:46]
schoolboard. Open space is scenery but
[1:47:49]
also infrastructure. It is where
[1:47:51]
neighbors meet, where families spend
[1:47:53]
their weekends, and where children learn
[1:47:55]
to be outside on their own. For
[1:47:56]
children, the effect is measurable. Two
[1:47:59]
studies in the proceedings of the
[1:48:01]
National Academy of Sciences make the
[1:48:03]
point. The first tracked primary school
[1:48:05]
children over a full year and found that
[1:48:07]
greater exposure to green space was
[1:48:09]
associated with gains in working memory
[1:48:11]
and reductions in inattentiveness.
[1:48:13]
I see this in my own children and I
[1:48:15]
suspect most parents in this room do
[1:48:17]
too. The second followed more than
[1:48:19]
900,000 people and felt that children
[1:48:22]
who grew up with the least green space
[1:48:24]
around them carried up to a 55% higher
[1:48:26]
risk of developing the psychiatric
[1:48:28]
disorder later in life. The health
[1:48:30]
picture is simpler than the research
[1:48:32]
makes it sound. Children who live near
[1:48:34]
open land move more, spend more time
[1:48:36]
outside, and encounter wildlife as an
[1:48:39]
ordinary part of growing up. That land
[1:48:41]
is also somebody's home. Children who
[1:48:43]
grow up alongside elk, deer, and the
[1:48:45]
moose learn something the classroom
[1:48:47]
cannot teach them, which is that they
[1:48:49]
live inside a web of life rather than
[1:48:51]
above it. A developed site can be made
[1:48:53]
green again. It cannot be made wild
[1:48:55]
again. Importantly, this research was
[1:48:58]
not measuring how much open space
[1:48:59]
existed somewhere in the region. It
[1:49:02]
looked at the nature children
[1:49:03]
encountered around their homes, their
[1:49:04]
schools, and their daily lives. That
[1:49:06]
matters here. Summit County has an
[1:49:09]
abundance of open space and it is here
[1:49:11]
because residents value it and have
[1:49:13]
worked for years to protect it. That is
[1:49:15]
not a reason to assume we can afford to
[1:49:17]
lose some. It is a reason to recognize
[1:49:19]
what that work built. Communities rarely
[1:49:22]
lose open space all at once. They lose
[1:49:24]
it one reasonable sounding parcel at a
[1:49:26]
time with each individual decision
[1:49:28]
defensible on its own. Some of the land
[1:49:31]
this district owns sits right at the
[1:49:33]
edge of that landscape where the trails
[1:49:35]
meet the neighborhoods. Students,
[1:49:37]
teachers, and families run, bike, ski,
[1:49:39]
and walk there. They reach it on foot
[1:49:41]
without getting into a car. Most
[1:49:43]
decisions like this one arrive too late.
[1:49:46]
This one has not. The land is
[1:49:47]
undeveloped, and almost,00 residents,
[1:49:50]
nearly 96 96% of them in Sim County,
[1:49:53]
have already asked that it stayed that
[1:49:55]
way. Preservation belongs on the table
[1:49:58]
alongside every other option. Show the
[1:50:00]
community the district's other land
[1:50:01]
buildings. Ask whether a site is right
[1:50:04]
before entertaining work can be built on
[1:50:05]
it. Round Valley was once slated to
[1:50:08]
become a 690 acre golf course community
[1:50:10]
with the commercial center, a boutique
[1:50:12]
hotel, and 600 homes. It is open today
[1:50:15]
because an earlier generation had the
[1:50:17]
foresight to protect it before it was
[1:50:18]
too late. The 55 acres this district
[1:50:21]
owns at the Highland Drive trail head
[1:50:23]
sits at its edge gave that decision the
[1:50:25]
same care. Thank you.
[1:50:47]
don't have to stay.
[1:50:49]
>> Thank you.
[1:50:57]
Do we have someone next?
[1:51:02]
Last call for public comment.
[1:51:06]
Okay. All right. Going back to our
[1:51:09]
regular agenda items now. Michael Santa
[1:51:13]
get us our file title N
[1:51:16]
and Jamie.
[1:51:18]
>> Actually, sorry for
[1:51:22]
>> Jake.
[1:51:25]
» All right. Well, good afternoon,
[1:51:27]
President Reed and members of the board.
[1:51:29]
My name is Michael Santa Rosa. I'm the
[1:51:31]
line coordinator here at Park City
[1:51:32]
School District. With me today, I have
[1:51:34]
Mr. David Fasler, who is a current
[1:51:36]
assistant athletic director over at the
[1:51:38]
high school. Uh Mr. Sheets, our athletic
[1:51:41]
director, is actually finishing up a
[1:51:43]
walk throughout South Summit to help
[1:51:45]
host our first home game against a
[1:51:48]
Morgan, otherwise he'd be here, so he
[1:51:50]
sent me instead. Um uh I'm here uh today
[1:51:54]
because of Utah law 53G-6-101
[1:51:58]
entitled report action plan which was a
[1:52:01]
law enacted in Utah 3 years ago that
[1:52:04]
requires at the beginning of each
[1:52:05]
academic year the athletic director or
[1:52:08]
another administrator of each school
[1:52:10]
shall report to our local school uh
[1:52:12]
governing board uh a number of things
[1:52:14]
and they're listed here on our report.
[1:52:17]
Um typically uh specifically the number
[1:52:20]
and type of intercolastic sports
[1:52:22]
available at our school categorized by
[1:52:25]
gender designation.
[1:52:27]
The number of students competing in a
[1:52:28]
gender designated intercolastic sport at
[1:52:31]
the school also categorized by gender.
[1:52:34]
The amount of spending that the school
[1:52:35]
devotes to each gender designated
[1:52:37]
intercolastic sport at the school
[1:52:39]
categorized by gender. a comparison and
[1:52:42]
evaluation of our designated practice
[1:52:43]
and game locations for each of the uh
[1:52:46]
gender designated interclastic sports
[1:52:48]
and any information regarding the
[1:52:50]
school's efforts in compliance with
[1:52:51]
title 63G chapter 31 part two
[1:52:55]
distinctions on the basis of set sex
[1:52:57]
sets which is codified as title 9 and if
[1:53:00]
there is any discrepancy between the
[1:53:02]
[clears throat] male designated and
[1:53:03]
female designated sports of 10% or
[1:53:06]
greater an action plan that the school
[1:53:08]
develops to uh address the discrepancy
[1:53:11]
Well, uh much similar to last year,
[1:53:13]
these numbers are consistent with last
[1:53:15]
year's data and proportions.
[1:53:18]
Uh to note, our coaches pay was
[1:53:20]
increased over these last uh past two
[1:53:23]
years. We did have some coaching
[1:53:25]
positions that weren't filled
[1:53:26]
completely, but as you know, Park City
[1:53:28]
can be a difficult place to find coaches
[1:53:30]
from time to time. Um and please note
[1:53:34]
that our male and female teams have the
[1:53:35]
same number of coaching positions for
[1:53:37]
each sport. Um, as mentioned earlier,
[1:53:41]
you can see the progress here for our
[1:53:42]
softball and baseball facilities. Uh,
[1:53:45]
this will provide more opportunities for
[1:53:47]
our home games and practices with less
[1:53:49]
travel time for our student athletes.
[1:53:52]
Um, to note also women's flag football
[1:53:55]
was added at the high school this last
[1:53:56]
year, but it's a club level sport uh and
[1:53:59]
not part of this reporting requirement.
[1:54:02]
Also, esports uh was added as a co-ed
[1:54:05]
offering as well. Uh sports have been
[1:54:08]
also offered at Eker Hill Middle School
[1:54:09]
starting last year uh to include
[1:54:11]
basketball and handball and cross
[1:54:13]
country and soccer will be added this
[1:54:15]
particular school year. Um so our
[1:54:18]
discrepancy between male designated
[1:54:20]
sports is at 47.6%
[1:54:23]
and female designated at 52.4%
[1:54:26]
sports currently shows that we have just
[1:54:29]
a 4.8% in favor of female sports here at
[1:54:33]
Park City School District. Any
[1:54:35]
questions?
[1:54:37]
>> Yes. Actually, can we scroll back up?
[1:54:40]
>> There's one
[1:54:42]
guild wrestling.
[1:54:44]
>> Yes.
[1:54:45]
>> 12 over 12,000 first student. How much
[1:54:48]
is that distilling our members?
[1:54:50]
>> Probably a lot. I It's my understanding
[1:54:52]
we just had one girl wrestler athlete
[1:54:54]
last year, but the program exists and
[1:54:56]
it's there and is available.
[1:54:58]
>> I guess I guess what I'm asking is if we
[1:55:00]
take that out. Yes. What does that 4
[1:55:02]
point whatever it is look like? You
[1:55:03]
know, we didn't crunch those numbers
[1:55:05]
just because we crunched with our one
[1:55:08]
athlete in that category. So, I could go
[1:55:11]
back with Mr. Sheets and take a look at
[1:55:13]
that.
[1:55:15]
But the program exists. It's there. It's
[1:55:17]
available for athletes.
[1:55:18]
>> I'm not saying that just that that just
[1:55:21]
jumps out. I want to make sure that's
[1:55:22]
not distorting it over.
[1:55:25]
>> Sure.
[1:55:27]
>> Mr. Fer,
[1:55:29]
girls wrestling is is growing. Tricks,
[1:55:31]
the head coach amazing. recruiting soft.
[1:55:43]
» All right. Yeah.
[1:55:46]
>> Hope to see you all next year.
[1:55:48]
[clears throat]
[1:55:50]
>> It's another successful year and an up
[1:55:52]
and coming, you know, getting more
[1:55:54]
students interested in participating in
[1:55:56]
middle school to to get them to uh to
[1:55:59]
participate at the high school level.
[1:56:00]
So, thank you all for your time. Right.
[1:56:11]
Next up, we got
[1:56:17]
» Hey everyone, good to see you. You have
[1:56:20]
to bring the
[1:56:21]
>> Well,
[1:56:23]
[laughter]
[1:56:23]
heading to Jeremy to pick up the other.
[1:56:27]
Um, thank you all for having me this
[1:56:28]
afternoon. I was supposed to be here in
[1:56:31]
June. I did not have a fire, but we had
[1:56:33]
a flood and so that's why I was not
[1:56:35]
here. Also needed to be vacated. A lot
[1:56:38]
of house vacations this year, not good
[1:56:41]
ones. Um really appreciate our
[1:56:43]
partnership and just wanted to report to
[1:56:45]
you all on our work from last school
[1:56:47]
year and a little bit about the work
[1:56:49]
that we'll be doing this year.
[1:56:55]
I think most of you know who we are, but
[1:56:57]
just um for those who don't, uh we're an
[1:56:59]
independent nonprofit organization. We
[1:57:02]
exist to fund and support
[1:57:03]
educatorpowered initiatives that inspire
[1:57:05]
all brick city students to reach their
[1:57:07]
academic and lifelong potential. And on
[1:57:10]
an exciting note, we've been doing this
[1:57:11]
work for 40 years. This is our 40th
[1:57:13]
anniversary uh as an organization. We
[1:57:16]
were founded back in 1986 by a group of
[1:57:18]
parents and educators who wanted to
[1:57:21]
infuse incredible funds into our
[1:57:23]
schools. And so we're excited to
[1:57:25]
celebrate that milestone this year.
[1:57:29]
During our last strategic planning
[1:57:32]
process back in 2024 2025 school year,
[1:57:35]
uh we refined our funding priorities to
[1:57:38]
four areas that if you notice closely
[1:57:41]
align with the school district's
[1:57:43]
priorities and portrait of a graduate.
[1:57:45]
Um these are four current funding
[1:57:48]
priorities. So closing the opportunity
[1:57:50]
gap, elevating educators, um
[1:57:52]
personalized learning and real world
[1:57:54]
learning. And so every program that we
[1:57:56]
fund needs to support at least one or
[1:57:59]
more of these uh focus areas. And we'll
[1:58:02]
talk a little bit more about those
[1:58:03]
specific programs in a couple minutes.
[1:58:08]
Um we make uh our funds we how we fund
[1:58:12]
uh is through grants and we have four
[1:58:14]
different categories of grants. So
[1:58:16]
express classroom grants uh classroom
[1:58:19]
grants, innovation grants and sustaining
[1:58:20]
grants. So, our express classroom grants
[1:58:23]
and our classroom grants go directly to
[1:58:25]
support classroom teachers and those um
[1:58:29]
vary in size. So, our express classroom
[1:58:32]
grants are up to $2,000 per award and
[1:58:35]
teachers can start asking for those
[1:58:37]
funds from the very first day they're
[1:58:39]
back on contract all the way till the
[1:58:41]
end of the school year. Our classroom
[1:58:43]
grants are a little bit larger in size,
[1:58:45]
but we have those on an annual basis. So
[1:58:47]
teachers request those funds in the
[1:58:50]
spring for funding the following school
[1:58:52]
year. Um and uh that is an amazing
[1:58:56]
process we Lindsay used to um spearhead
[1:58:58]
as classroom grant chair and um it's all
[1:59:02]
educators and students uh who sit on
[1:59:04]
that committee and make the decisions
[1:59:06]
about where funding gets awarded. And
[1:59:10]
then our innovation grants and
[1:59:11]
sustaining grants um are available at a
[1:59:14]
school level or a district level um for
[1:59:16]
larger scale programs. Um innovation
[1:59:19]
grants are are new for us. This also
[1:59:21]
came out of our strategic planning
[1:59:23]
process. We saw a need to be more
[1:59:26]
flexible and responsive to larger scale
[1:59:28]
requests from the district. And so we
[1:59:32]
have uh allocated this year $225,000
[1:59:35]
to award throughout the year. as
[1:59:37]
requests come in. Our board will be
[1:59:39]
considering the first request um this
[1:59:42]
Thursday at our first board meeting of
[1:59:43]
the year. Um and then sustaining grants
[1:59:46]
are multi-year. So we have a lot of you
[1:59:49]
know programs that we've been funding
[1:59:51]
for a number of years that are I would
[1:59:53]
say integral to the the work that's
[1:59:55]
going on in the school district and work
[1:59:56]
that we care about as an organization.
[1:59:59]
And so um we uh award these on a
[2:00:02]
recurring basis. Um this is an example
[2:00:04]
of this is the after school program to
[2:00:06]
support in a meaningful way.
[2:00:11]
Okay. Um so going back to kind of our four areas and where programs that
[2:00:16]
we fund fit into each one. I wanted to
[2:00:20]
um call out a couple of ones in bold.
[2:00:22]
It's a little hard to bold but uh that
[2:00:24]
are either new or evolved. This year
[2:00:26]
we're starting an educator task force
[2:00:28]
and this is a group of about 12 teachers
[2:00:30]
from every school u represented that
[2:00:33]
will um you know infuse educator voice
[2:00:36]
into the work we do. We have a hard time
[2:00:39]
having educators in our board given when
[2:00:41]
we meet it's during the school day. We
[2:00:42]
don't want to take teachers out of
[2:00:43]
classes and we still need a lot of their
[2:00:46]
feedback on what we're doing and how to
[2:00:47]
improve um personalized learning. So
[2:00:50]
this year we're supporting with the
[2:00:52]
elementary LS sorry LCSSW position um so
[2:00:57]
that every elementary school has its own
[2:01:00]
LCSSW and the district is also uh
[2:01:03]
supporting that. So thank you. That's
[2:01:04]
incredibly important. The freshman
[2:01:07]
success coordinator is a new role this
[2:01:09]
year that's supporting with that
[2:01:11]
transition from 8th grade to 9th grade
[2:01:13]
which we know is a tricky one for
[2:01:14]
students.
[2:01:16]
And then we've been funding the
[2:01:18]
elementary visual arts program for a
[2:01:20]
really long time. And this year, for the
[2:01:22]
first time, the district's taking that
[2:01:24]
kind of over and integrating that into
[2:01:26]
the academic day in a more meaningful
[2:01:28]
way um than we've been able to do in the
[2:01:30]
past. And we're really excited about
[2:01:32]
that um that change and that integration
[2:01:35]
into the academics at every elementary
[2:01:38]
school, which is also a shift. Um this
[2:01:40]
is going to be at every single
[2:01:41]
elementary school for the first time.
[2:01:44]
So, thank you for that change.
[2:01:48]
>> Oh, no. I don't know what happened to
[2:01:49]
this slide.
[2:01:52]
Um, last year we invested $1.8 million
[2:01:56]
into uh the district. I don't know. I
[2:01:59]
don't not sure what that is. Um and uh
[2:02:03]
we also supported our PTO's PTAs um
[2:02:06]
through $41,000 that went back to the
[2:02:09]
schools uh through you know different
[2:02:11]
awards and and fundraisers and their
[2:02:13]
support there. So um appreciate that
[2:02:16]
partnership very much with OPTO's.
[2:02:20]
[clears throat]
[2:02:21]
And then this year as we think about um
[2:02:24]
I'm sorry last year as we think about
[2:02:26]
where we supported uh early and out of
[2:02:29]
school learning opportunities. So
[2:02:31]
significant amount of our support um
[2:02:33]
goes to sport preschool as well as the
[2:02:34]
afterchool program. Really thrilled to
[2:02:36]
see the expansion uh of both programs by
[2:02:39]
offering full day to three both three
[2:02:42]
and four-year-olds and then the
[2:02:43]
afterchool program for preschoolers. I
[2:02:45]
think that really supported the
[2:02:47]
enrollment expansion that we saw. Um and
[2:02:50]
it's it's exciting to see how many
[2:02:52]
students 288 um enrolled for preschool,
[2:02:55]
600 um uh for after school last year,
[2:02:59]
which was um I think the largest
[2:03:02]
class of students I've started in the
[2:03:04]
program.
[2:03:07]
Um last year was also the first year of
[2:03:09]
our expanded Bright Futures program um
[2:03:12]
from the high school. So, we fully
[2:03:13]
funded a position, the Bright Futures
[2:03:16]
Counselor position, which embedded that
[2:03:17]
first generation support directly into
[2:03:20]
the counseling team at the high school.
[2:03:22]
Um, and it also expanded access to every
[2:03:25]
firstgen student starting in freshman
[2:03:27]
year. Um, so we really saw kind of the
[2:03:30]
power of the partnership and the belief
[2:03:31]
in every student's potential in this
[2:03:34]
expansion. uh the firstgen students
[2:03:36]
within this um most recent senior year
[2:03:39]
class had a 36% increase in college
[2:03:42]
metriculation as compared to the class
[2:03:45]
of 2025 and every graduate had a plan.
[2:03:48]
So whether that was you know college
[2:03:51]
workforce military our um Pepper Elliot
[2:03:54]
who's incredible really ensured that
[2:03:56]
every student knew what they were doing
[2:03:58]
post high school and had that
[2:04:00]
intentional plan. uh we supported 233
[2:04:04]
students last year which was 133% growth
[2:04:07]
in that program's participation and I
[2:04:10]
just want to call out the um again
[2:04:13]
partnership with Pepper the dream big
[2:04:15]
program at the high school all of the
[2:04:17]
high school teachers this cannot happen
[2:04:18]
without all of those people working
[2:04:20]
together toward this goal so really
[2:04:23]
appreciative of of all the work going on
[2:04:25]
at the high school.
[2:04:29]
We also uh want to talk about our
[2:04:31]
classroom grant program. It's a huge uh
[2:04:33]
program for us and how we got started.
[2:04:35]
Um we awarded $270,000 last year in
[2:04:39]
classroom grants for educator projects.
[2:04:42]
Uh just a few of those pull and
[2:04:44]
[clears throat] musical Finding Nemo.
[2:04:45]
Such a fun uh joyful experience for so
[2:04:48]
many kids. Um the RC league and EV
[2:04:52]
showcase that happened at our elementary
[2:04:54]
schools. Music programs at Eer and High
[2:04:56]
School are a big part of our funding.
[2:04:58]
special ed support. um the technology
[2:05:01]
student association aquaponics project
[2:05:03]
at the high school and then a hill's uh
[2:05:06]
one book one school program last year
[2:05:08]
were just a few of those um funded and
[2:05:12]
then we also have supported CTE and PC
[2:05:14]
caps since 2012 um including a
[2:05:18]
significant investment of funding
[2:05:19]
$350,000
[2:05:21]
uh to equip the high school and eer CTE
[2:05:24]
wings over the last two years and this
[2:05:27]
has been an amazing uh facility in
[2:05:29]
space. Um, we frequently try to take
[2:05:31]
people over to see it. You know, parents
[2:05:33]
don't get inside too often. And we also
[2:05:36]
had a partnership this year with Auff
[2:05:38]
Laboratories. We were able to bring them
[2:05:39]
to see the space, which has led to
[2:05:41]
student internships and and some
[2:05:43]
partnership opportunities with them,
[2:05:44]
which is wonderful. So, it's a great
[2:05:46]
space.
[2:05:48]
And then finally, we work to support
[2:05:51]
wellness and honor our amazing
[2:05:53]
educators. Um, so last year we provided
[2:05:57]
positive behavior interventions. uh
[2:05:59]
support sorry intervention and support
[2:06:02]
funding at all of our school sites. Um
[2:06:04]
we also funded a multi-tered systems of
[2:06:07]
support coordinator at the high school
[2:06:09]
which again focused on that 9th grade
[2:06:11]
cohort. Um really generous funding from
[2:06:14]
the Alnova Lewis family foundation to
[2:06:16]
make that possible. And then we also
[2:06:18]
last year funded all those yonder
[2:06:20]
pouches all the students love uh at Neer
[2:06:23]
High School. Um yes, you're welcome. Uh,
[2:06:27]
and you know, one of the the I think
[2:06:30]
most cherished parts of our work is
[2:06:32]
celebrating our educators. And so we
[2:06:34]
continued our excellent educator awards
[2:06:36]
program. Those are peer nominated
[2:06:38]
teachers at every school. And then a
[2:06:40]
student nominated educator at the high
[2:06:42]
school. One of our favorite days of year
[2:06:43]
to to honor the work that they do. So
[2:06:46]
thank you all for your partnership and
[2:06:47]
your support and we're excited for
[2:06:49]
another great school ahead.
[2:06:52]
>> Thank you.
[2:06:53]
for the time.
[2:06:56]
Do you want to say just for a minute and
[2:06:58]
talk about the PD date changes?
[2:07:01]
>> Okay.
[2:07:01]
>> So, next agenda item is changing our
[2:07:04]
calendar for November of 2027 and
[2:07:08]
November of 2028 in spirit of being good
[2:07:12]
partners. Uh the Ed Foundation typically
[2:07:14]
hosted the Red Apple Gala. Um,
[2:07:17]
traditionally it's been in October, but
[2:07:19]
due to constraints with availability of
[2:07:22]
their site, it's been pushed into
[2:07:24]
November. And to maximize the impact of
[2:07:27]
that event, uh, we would recommend that
[2:07:29]
we move our PB days because their site
[2:07:33]
does not have availability on certain
[2:07:36]
Saturdays. They're already booked out.
[2:07:38]
So, we would move um November 12th, 2027
[2:07:43]
to Monday, November 1st, 2027. That
[2:07:46]
would be the day after Halloween.
[2:07:48]
Teachers may or may not be appreciative
[2:07:50]
of that.
[2:07:54]
[laughter]
[2:07:55]
>> And then November 10th, 2028, we would
[2:07:59]
propose that that get moved to Monday,
[2:08:01]
November 6. This allows the Ed
[2:08:04]
Foundation to host their gala on a
[2:08:06]
Saturday without it being backed to a
[2:08:08]
Friday PD day where many of our families
[2:08:11]
will leave town. So that is a decision
[2:08:14]
item later on the agenda. But that is
[2:08:16]
the rationale uh for why we're proposing
[2:08:19]
that change. Uh we've also considered
[2:08:22]
this with live give and not hosting a PD
[2:08:25]
day on that Friday. We did that by the
[2:08:28]
state last year. Um there's some belief
[2:08:31]
that it had an impact on the giving that
[2:08:33]
day. So we're trying to avoid those days
[2:08:36]
so that those uh nonprofits can maximize
[2:08:39]
their impact.
[2:08:41]
Anything you want to add to that?
[2:08:42]
>> No, I just know how challenging
[2:08:45]
calendaring is and so we appreciate the
[2:08:48]
consideration um in advance. Yeah, it
[2:08:52]
still provides that weekend uh or
[2:08:54]
extended weekend I should say by
[2:08:56]
scheduling it on a Monday versus Tuesday
[2:08:59]
or Wednesday so families can extend
[2:09:02]
their weekend should we so choose.
[2:09:08]
» Yeah. Well, we want to be good partners
[2:09:09]
where we can.
[2:09:11]
>> Absolutely.
[2:09:11]
>> Yeah.
[2:09:12]
>> You are good.
[2:09:13]
>> Okay. Thank you.
[2:09:16]
>> Thank you.
[2:09:19]
So should we go to the consent agenda?
[2:09:22]
Okay.
[2:09:26]
So for the consent agenda, we have the
[2:09:29]
regular session minutes of June 16th.
[2:09:31]
This year, the close session minutes of
[2:09:33]
June 16th, the social skills curriculum
[2:09:37]
adoption, travel request, the Kimble
[2:09:39]
Arts Centerou for elementary visual
[2:09:41]
arts,
[2:09:42]
the fraud risk assessment, schoolbased
[2:09:45]
mental health support contract,
[2:09:46]
personnel and board review and
[2:09:49]
expenditures in July.
[2:09:53]
Motion to approve the consent amendment
[2:09:55]
that agenda as of second. All in favor?
[2:10:00]
I have.
[2:10:02]
Okay,
[2:10:04]
moving right along.
[2:10:07]
Got monthly reports from our student on
[2:10:10]
the board.
[2:10:12]
>> We're back. [laughter]
[2:10:15]
>> Rocking and rolling.
[2:10:16]
>> Rocking roll.
[2:10:17]
>> Got a math test already today. We're
[2:10:19]
going.
[2:10:21]
>> It's on.
[2:10:23]
>> This year with the freshman first day, I
[2:10:25]
think it went wonderfully. I was there
[2:10:28]
speaking on a panel with some of my
[2:10:30]
other student council classmates. The
[2:10:32]
tours went well. I think it was great
[2:10:34]
for them to be able to scope things out
[2:10:37]
without all of the other kids. I heard
[2:10:39]
from a couple freshmen that they liked
[2:10:41]
it, even if they don't want to admit it,
[2:10:44]
but um that was great. Um this Friday
[2:10:48]
the theme for the football games is
[2:10:49]
tropical. And the first 100 people there
[2:10:52]
do get a special shirt. So, if you're
[2:10:54]
coming, that's something to look forward
[2:10:56]
to. Um, club day is the 2nd and the 3rd
[2:11:00]
this year. Our back to school assembly
[2:11:03]
has been moved to the 9th of September
[2:11:05]
instead of this week. Um, also hosted by
[2:11:09]
Bright Futures on the 10th is their
[2:11:12]
first gen student parent dinner. Um,
[2:11:15]
unfortunately, the PCT is on the 15th
[2:11:18]
for all students.
[2:11:21]
Yeah. And then Our [laughter]
[2:11:25]
homecoming football game is the 25th.
[2:11:28]
The following night um is the dance.
[2:11:31]
We're thinking glow in the garden, night
[2:11:34]
in the garden. Think fairy lights by
[2:11:36]
you. That was what I was told. So, so
[2:11:40]
fun. And then um the smart watches and
[2:11:44]
the phones this year, I think it's going
[2:11:46]
great. Mr. friend was telling me
[2:11:48]
yesterday he was trying to find someone
[2:11:50]
to get in trouble during lunch, but
[2:11:52]
there was no one. Everyone's
[2:11:54]
>> complying. Um, I'm not
[2:11:58]
>> he couldn't find anyone during lunch.
[2:12:00]
So, that's a win. And then I haven't
[2:12:02]
heard one complaint about the smart
[2:12:03]
watches. I think people are kind of like
[2:12:07]
it is what it is now. Um, and then this
[2:12:10]
year we do have colorcoded IDs for the
[2:12:13]
freshman are neon yellow, which I know
[2:12:17]
um, the people checking the doors are
[2:12:18]
loving, so they can't sneak out as well.
[2:12:22]
And then it is a bummer we can't do home
[2:12:25]
games on Doer quite yet, but we are
[2:12:27]
thankful to South Summit for sharing
[2:12:28]
their home field with us. And then Mr.
[2:12:32]
fine was also talking to me the other
[2:12:34]
day about kind of thinking about some
[2:12:37]
affordable upgrades we could maybe make
[2:12:39]
for those indoor sports students. So
[2:12:42]
possibly maybe some teens rooms um two
[2:12:45]
for girls, two for boys, but that's in
[2:12:47]
the early stages and then just
[2:12:48]
brainstorming. But that's maybe
[2:12:50]
something to think about. And then um as
[2:12:55]
always, the PTO does need more people.
[2:12:58]
So if there's anybody watching or the
[2:13:01]
message can be spread spread more
[2:13:04]
volunteers are always needed. And then I
[2:13:07]
also wanted to talk about our class
[2:13:11]
inclass meetings that we usually do
[2:13:13]
since we're now in a semester system. Is
[2:13:15]
there a preference if we keep them that
[2:13:17]
quarterly maybe do trimester or move to
[2:13:20]
semester?
[2:13:23]
>> I think we keep them on that quarter
[2:13:24]
basis. Okay. and you will come.
[2:13:27]
>> Perfect.
[2:13:30]
>> We don't have dates yet. Um, if you have
[2:13:33]
preferences, I haven't looked at the
[2:13:35]
calendar yet. Um,
[2:13:37]
>> do you want to send us some
[2:13:38]
recommendations based on what you guys
[2:13:40]
have scheduled during class time?
[2:13:42]
>> Perfect. I'll get those out next week.
[2:13:44]
>> Figure out.
[2:13:47]
>> How's parking?
[2:13:49]
>> Yes.
[2:13:51]
[laughter]
[2:13:53]
Talked to Mr. find the other day about
[2:13:56]
the potential solution for next year,
[2:13:58]
especially for juniors getting their
[2:13:59]
parking passes. It was insane. People
[2:14:02]
sleeping overnight. Um
[2:14:05]
I got there at 4:30, but it didn't
[2:14:07]
really matter because it was a stampede
[2:14:10]
once the teacher showed up. Um
[2:14:13]
>> so next year he is, I think, thinking
[2:14:15]
about doing more of a lottery system
[2:14:18]
with a potential attendance component.
[2:14:20]
Um but nothing to announce quite yet.
[2:14:23]
Um, the parking situation and exiting
[2:14:26]
the parking lot is not the best. I don't
[2:14:30]
think,
[2:14:32]
you know, there's so many students
[2:14:33]
trying to leave all at once, it's going
[2:14:35]
to be kind of a zoo, but
[2:14:38]
something to think about. Maybe there's
[2:14:39]
a solution, maybe there.
[2:14:42]
>> Yeah. Yeah. If someone was out there
[2:14:44]
physically stopping traffic to allow the
[2:14:47]
buses
[2:14:49]
to exit then students, do you feel like
[2:14:52]
that would help? At least in the Doer
[2:14:55]
parking lot.
[2:14:56]
>> Um, I haven't parked in the Doer parking
[2:14:58]
lot yet, but I don't think there's any
[2:15:00]
negatives to that.
[2:15:02]
>> Um, last year you can see cars kind of
[2:15:06]
trying to squeeze out and it's not
[2:15:08]
>> Yeah, they're tailgating buses on the
[2:15:10]
which is not safe. It's not safe and
[2:15:12]
it's annoying and everyone is just
[2:15:14]
cutting everybody off. So, I think if
[2:15:15]
there was a parking monitor at the end
[2:15:17]
of the day, that would be helpful. But I
[2:15:20]
haven't parked there yet
[2:15:24]
and things like that.
[2:15:26]
>> Yeah, they would lose their parking
[2:15:27]
privileges
[2:15:29]
if they're cutting people off and
[2:15:31]
driving erratically. So, what about
[2:15:33]
Echo? Because I recognize there's two
[2:15:34]
exits now, which adds to the congestion.
[2:15:38]
I think a parking monitor in that lot as
[2:15:40]
well would be beneficial. I have early
[2:15:44]
release every other day, but when I am
[2:15:46]
parking and leaving with all the
[2:15:48]
majority of the students, it's just as
[2:15:50]
crazy and I do see people left on that
[2:15:53]
right turn only and it's busy. People
[2:15:57]
are honking at each other.
[2:15:59]
>> So, I think that would be beneficial.
[2:16:01]
>> Yeah, thank you for that feedback.
[2:16:05]
>> I don't have lunch time. Is it crazy at
[2:16:07]
lunch time?
[2:16:08]
>> No.
[2:16:11]
» Anna volunteered another freshman first
[2:16:14]
day as one of the whatever
[2:16:17]
>> guides and she said it was really great. So,
[2:16:21]
not a freshman, but she thought it was
[2:16:24]
>> Yeah, we received lots of positive
[2:16:26]
feedback from that freshman first day.
[2:16:34]
>> Thank you.
[2:16:42]
Do we have Mary? Anybody?
[2:16:45]
>> Hey, I'm back again. Um, good evening.
[2:16:49]
Um, I think most of you know me, but for
[2:16:51]
those of you that don't, I'm Mary
[2:16:52]
Morgan. I am now again the co-president
[2:16:56]
along with Jennifer Riggs uh of the Park
[2:16:59]
City Education Association. I teach
[2:17:01]
music at Charlesside and am going into
[2:17:03]
my 31st year of teaching overall. Uh Jen
[2:17:07]
is a fourth grade teacher at Jeremy
[2:17:08]
Ranch and has also been in Park City and
[2:17:10]
a teacher for a number of years. PCA is
[2:17:12]
truly appreciates the collaborative
[2:17:14]
relationships with all of you and we
[2:17:16]
look forward to more positive work
[2:17:17]
together in the coming year. It was
[2:17:20]
great to see our district office
[2:17:21]
personnel in the buildings on the first
[2:17:22]
day of school. Visiting the schools in
[2:17:24]
person shows all staff and students that
[2:17:27]
you care and that you show up. Um, so
[2:17:30]
thank you for that. The two
[2:17:31]
teacherdirected days on Monday and
[2:17:33]
Tuesday of last week were truly a gift
[2:17:36]
and we appreciate all of you for
[2:17:38]
supporting that. Thank you. Um, we also
[2:17:42]
highly encourage and invite all of our
[2:17:43]
board members to come and visit our
[2:17:45]
schools anytime as we come into
[2:17:47]
negotiations again this year on the
[2:17:49]
licensed professional agreement and
[2:17:50]
salary conversation. Um, there is one
[2:17:53]
thing that we would like for you to
[2:17:54]
consider as we move forward. Oftentimes
[2:17:56]
decisions are made at many levels by
[2:17:59]
those who do not work in a particular
[2:18:01]
job. We see that happen every day by
[2:18:03]
members of the legislature making
[2:18:05]
decisions on education without ever
[2:18:07]
really stepping foot into a school or
[2:18:09]
better yet working in lean. So I would
[2:18:12]
encourage we would encourage all of us
[2:18:14]
sitting in this room to substitute teach
[2:18:16]
at least a few days a year. Recently, my
[2:18:19]
hometown of El Paso, Texas, where I
[2:18:21]
first started teaching in the El Paso
[2:18:23]
Independent School District, implemented
[2:18:25]
a program where all district office
[2:18:27]
staff are to sub in the classroom a
[2:18:29]
minimum of eight days during the school
[2:18:31]
year. I would take that even a step
[2:18:33]
further and ask the board members to
[2:18:35]
also come into the schools and sub maybe
[2:18:38]
not eight days, but maybe a few days in
[2:18:40]
order to truly understand the challenges
[2:18:42]
in the schools that teachers and staff
[2:18:44]
face daily. Come and talk to the
[2:18:46]
teachers and staff and learn the true
[2:18:48]
ins and outs of what happens on a daily
[2:18:50]
basis and why decision certain decisions
[2:18:53]
are made at the site level the way that
[2:18:55]
they are. We would love to see you.
[2:18:57]
Thanks again for a great start to a new
[2:18:59]
school year. Teachers have been
[2:19:01]
preparing for students long before they
[2:19:02]
were actually on contract and it shows.
[2:19:05]
We have some of the best teachers and
[2:19:07]
staff in the state and we tr truly
[2:19:09]
appreciate the opportunity to work
[2:19:10]
together to ensure they are well cared
[2:19:12]
for and fully funded to continue the
[2:19:14]
absolute best education for our sweets.
[2:19:24]
» Yes.
[2:19:31]
» All right, we're back. Believe it or
[2:19:33]
not, I joked with our staff during
[2:19:35]
convocation that I think somebody
[2:19:36]
transposed the numbers in July and there
[2:19:38]
are 13 days instead of 31 as it flew by.
[2:19:42]
But uh we're back. We're excited. We're
[2:19:45]
thrilled to have our kids the hallways
[2:19:46]
and classrooms filled empty when they're
[2:19:48]
not here with us. On Friday, August 7th,
[2:19:52]
we welcomed our new licensed staff,
[2:19:55]
approximately 25 new teachers to the
[2:19:58]
Park City School District. Uh we spent a
[2:20:00]
day at Utah Olympic Park. Oop, we took
[2:20:03]
the chairlift up and gave them a glimpse
[2:20:07]
of what Park City entails and embodies.
[2:20:10]
So, in that picture, you see all of our
[2:20:12]
new staff along with our instructional
[2:20:14]
coaches, executive leadership, our
[2:20:17]
principles,
[2:20:19]
um, and other staff that supported that
[2:20:21]
day. Uh each of our new educators gets a
[2:20:24]
mentor, oftentimes their instructional
[2:20:27]
coach to ensure that they are not left
[2:20:30]
to figure out things on their own. And
[2:20:33]
as you well know, we they get a
[2:20:34]
competitive start. Our starting salaries
[2:20:36]
for new teachers exceed $76,000 with a
[2:20:40]
bachelor's degree and $83,000 with a
[2:20:42]
master's degree. and we give them their
[2:20:44]
years of all of their years of
[2:20:46]
experience which is something unique uh
[2:20:49]
to Park City that we started a couple of
[2:20:51]
years ago. It used to be that you only
[2:20:53]
got up to seven years and we expanded
[2:20:55]
that to attract and retain high quality
[2:20:58]
professionals.
[2:21:00]
AP exam results. Um this is one piece of
[2:21:05]
data that gets released in July um and
[2:21:08]
not in the middle of a school year. So
[2:21:10]
this is the data from 2021 up until July
[2:21:14]
of 2026. And you can see there's been a
[2:21:17]
steady increase in the pass rate. I
[2:21:20]
joked with principal fine when he took
[2:21:22]
over for retiring principal R about you
[2:21:25]
that good luck. I don't know how you're
[2:21:26]
going to increase from 87 to 88%.
[2:21:30]
uh with more kids taking an exam because
[2:21:33]
typically when more kids participate you
[2:21:36]
see a drop in the pass rate and we did
[2:21:38]
not see that. So 61% of all students in
[2:21:41]
grades 9 through 12 took an AP exam and
[2:21:45]
2526 which is an increase of 41% from
[2:21:49]
school year 2021.
[2:21:51]
88% of our AP exam takers passed at
[2:21:54]
least one exam in 2526
[2:21:57]
which was an increase from 76%
[2:22:01]
uh in school year 2021 and then 79% of
[2:22:05]
our seniors so class of 2026 that
[2:22:08]
graduated in June passed at least one of
[2:22:10]
their AP exams at some point in their
[2:22:13]
high school experience. Uh we're still
[2:22:16]
awaiting our AP coursework participation
[2:22:19]
that comes from USB in September. Last
[2:22:22]
year we were at 8%.
[2:22:24]
Our hope is that we will increase that
[2:22:27]
percentage. You likely saw the US News
[2:22:30]
and Rankings report come out last week.
[2:22:33]
That data is two years old. Um so the
[2:22:37]
joke is that we are going to catch
[2:22:39]
Skyline. We're just two years away from
[2:22:41]
catching them. um because they
[2:22:44]
consistently are the only public high
[2:22:46]
school that ranks above us. We did
[2:22:49]
increase um from the number five spot to
[2:22:52]
the number three spot. Um but we were
[2:22:55]
still number one in Utah in terms of
[2:22:58]
college readiness.
[2:23:00]
So much to be celebrated there with AP
[2:23:03]
and the high school.
[2:23:05]
After convocation, we always send out a survey just to say what did you like?
[2:23:10]
We changed the format last year. We
[2:23:13]
refined it even further this year. We
[2:23:15]
did not post it on the first day back
[2:23:17]
for our employees. We delayed it by two
[2:23:19]
days to allow our staff to acclimate and
[2:23:22]
also be inclusive of all staff. Um some
[2:23:25]
of our ESPs don't return on that first
[2:23:27]
contract day back. So we waited until
[2:23:30]
all of them were back. And uh we
[2:23:33]
recognize that we only got 142
[2:23:35]
responses. We have approximately you
[2:23:37]
know 650 employees. The survey is still
[2:23:40]
open. Um, but so far we have received
[2:23:43]
positive reception of the new format.
[2:23:46]
Uh, they praised the short and sweet.
[2:23:48]
We're in and out is about 45 minutes
[2:23:50]
because we recognize our staff needs
[2:23:52]
time. Um, it's very hard for them to be
[2:23:55]
engaged when all they can thinking about
[2:23:57]
is the lesson plan, getting their
[2:23:59]
classroom set up, getting Canvas ready
[2:24:02]
for the first day of school. Um, they
[2:24:05]
also appreciated those meeting
[2:24:06]
pre-preparation days. So, as Mary
[2:24:08]
mentioned, last Monday and Tuesday, we
[2:24:11]
directed our principles to have no
[2:24:13]
meetings for licensed staff. So, they
[2:24:14]
got two full work days in their
[2:24:16]
classroom and we heard lots of positive
[2:24:19]
feedback, but I don't know why I feel
[2:24:22]
less stressed. I don't feel like I have
[2:24:24]
to work this weekend because I'm
[2:24:26]
prepared not only for the first day of
[2:24:28]
school, but next week as well. So, those
[2:24:30]
were wellreceived. There were some
[2:24:32]
logistical concerns. The high school had
[2:24:34]
scheduled senior parking passes as well
[2:24:37]
as laptop distribution on the same day
[2:24:39]
as convertation. So that created some
[2:24:41]
congestion on Hearns Boulevard as if we
[2:24:44]
didn't already have enough in the
[2:24:46]
morning. Uh so we will pay attention to
[2:24:48]
that. Um many appreciate the celebration
[2:24:52]
of staff. Uh but there was a suggestion
[2:24:54]
that we recognize those staff that are
[2:24:56]
starting their 30th year um because it's
[2:24:59]
highly likely they may retire at the
[2:25:02]
conclusion of that year. and then they
[2:25:03]
wouldn't be recognized that following
[2:25:06]
school year. We did shift to a new
[2:25:10]
training platform for all of policy
[2:25:13]
review and all the state and district
[2:25:15]
mandated training. It is called Vector.
[2:25:18]
Uh we have had some growing pains, but
[2:25:21]
uh we have gotten the coursework down to
[2:25:23]
about 11 and a half hours for our staff
[2:25:25]
to complete that. They have until
[2:25:26]
September 30th to do so. Our goal for
[2:25:29]
next year is to get that to eight hours
[2:25:32]
while also providing a test out option
[2:25:34]
if they are proficient with the content
[2:25:36]
that they're to be trained on.
[2:25:40]
Honoring years of service. So these are
[2:25:43]
different groups of staff. So we had
[2:25:45]
five years of service, 10 years of
[2:25:47]
service, and 20 years of service. And
[2:25:50]
then believe it or not, we had three
[2:25:52]
staff members. And the way in which we
[2:25:55]
recognize this, it has to be consecutive
[2:25:57]
years of service in the Park City School
[2:25:59]
District. So George Murphy who is an
[2:26:02]
assistant principal at the high school,
[2:26:04]
Laura RDE who's a librarian at Eert
[2:26:06]
Hill, and then Annie Wallace who serves
[2:26:07]
as our DLI and world language
[2:26:09]
specialist. All three of them have
[2:26:11]
served 30 years of consecutive service
[2:26:14]
here in Park City School District. So we
[2:26:16]
recognize them on stage during
[2:26:17]
promotation.
[2:26:21]
Again, we talked about the US News and
[2:26:22]
World Report. You're up two spots u from
[2:26:26]
five to three, second highest ranked
[2:26:29]
traditional public high school. Uh and
[2:26:31]
the ranking reflects strong AP
[2:26:33]
participation and pass rates alongside
[2:26:36]
our graduation and college readiness
[2:26:38]
data.
[2:26:40]
Enrollment numbers. So this was as of
[2:26:43]
today
[2:26:45]
um because they fluctuate and they
[2:26:47]
change based on kids showing up, kids
[2:26:50]
not showing up. So, we currently sit at
[2:26:52]
4,177.
[2:26:54]
That is preschool to 12th grade. Um,
[2:26:57]
we're down approximately 87 students
[2:27:00]
from this time last year. Recognizing
[2:27:02]
that, we will do our warm body count on
[2:27:05]
October 1, and that's the number we will
[2:27:08]
report out on. So you can see by schools
[2:27:11]
we have 1538 at Park City High School,
[2:27:14]
944 at Eer Hill, 394 at Poland, 382 at
[2:27:19]
Jeremy Trailside 348, and Paris Park is
[2:27:22]
358 and at the bottom you can see our
[2:27:25]
preschool numbers. Um to speak
[2:27:28]
specifically to open enrollment, we had
[2:27:30]
365 applications. We approved 197,
[2:27:36]
20 declined, and as of today, a handful
[2:27:39]
that just haven't shown up yet. We do
[2:27:42]
recognize some of our families won't
[2:27:43]
show up until after Labor Day. Uh that's
[2:27:46]
why this number is constantly changing.
[2:27:49]
Um when you look at our enrollment, K12,
[2:27:53]
we have 234 kindergarteners, but we have
[2:27:56]
390 seniors. Um, so that bubble still
[2:28:00]
exists in our secondary schools. All of
[2:28:03]
our secondary grades are 300 plus. Um,
[2:28:06]
and we have seen some larger class sizes
[2:28:09]
in our secondary core classes. We're
[2:28:12]
keeping a close eye on those in the
[2:28:14]
event that we do need to split some of
[2:28:16]
those sections. We've held back some of
[2:28:18]
our FTE just for those unforeseen
[2:28:21]
enrollments that we sometimes can't plan
[2:28:23]
for.
[2:28:26]
and around the district. This was the
[2:28:28]
first day of school. So, we took the
[2:28:29]
whole executive leadership team. Yes, we
[2:28:31]
made Randy show for us all around to
[2:28:34]
every single school site. Uh we visited
[2:28:37]
classrooms, we interacted with kids, we
[2:28:40]
met with staff, we met with principles.
[2:28:43]
Um you can see Principal Fine on stage.
[2:28:45]
That's the freshman first. So, that's
[2:28:47]
all of our freshman and the Eckles
[2:28:49]
getting their first introduction uh to
[2:28:52]
the high school. You can see some of our
[2:28:54]
preschool rooms, some of our
[2:28:59]
» So, he's one of our preschoolers. We
[2:29:01]
told Cole, "You have to get a picture of
[2:29:03]
him."
[2:29:04]
>> Dinosaur on his shirt.
[2:29:06]
>> Sweet. [laughter] But he's so deer.
[2:29:08]
>> You see some of our Jeremy Ranch
[2:29:10]
teachers there down in the corner. Uh
[2:29:12]
they did something to their pants with
[2:29:14]
their name on it, a design. But it's a
[2:29:17]
lot of fun to go and visit all the sites
[2:29:19]
and just be inside of schools with our
[2:29:22]
kids on that first day.
[2:29:25]
And then here is our theme. Um you
[2:29:27]
likely read this in our welcome back
[2:29:29]
letter to families. Uh we started with
[2:29:32]
one PC last year. We will continue with
[2:29:34]
one PC. Uh together we're on one path
[2:29:37]
building one community. We know that
[2:29:39]
inherently we are better together. Uh
[2:29:42]
delivering one standard of elite
[2:29:44]
instruction. Every kid deserves our very
[2:29:46]
best every single day. Um, I explained
[2:29:49]
to our staff, you cannot pour into our
[2:29:51]
students from an empty cup. So, you must
[2:29:53]
first take care of yourself to ensure
[2:29:55]
you're very best when you're in front of
[2:29:57]
our kids. And then moving at one pace
[2:30:00]
that allows us to thrive for the long
[2:30:02]
haul. We need to set a rhythm that we
[2:30:04]
can sustain and move with intention
[2:30:06]
throughout the school year. So, that's a
[2:30:09]
brief highle overview as the start of 26
[2:30:12]
27 school year is underway.
[2:30:15]
Okay.
[2:30:18]
Questions.
[2:30:23]
» How do I make my 10th grader by 108?
[2:30:28]
>> Release Sunday. [laughter]
[2:30:32]
» All right. Well, thank you. Do it.
[2:30:34]
>> I know what.
[2:30:39]
» Okay. So next up we have our decision
[2:30:42]
item for the calendar revision that
[2:30:44]
Lindsay went over with us regarding the
[2:30:47]
meeting. So this
[2:30:51]
the board may make the decision to
[2:30:53]
adjust the professional development days
[2:30:55]
in 2027 and 2028 with the new dates we
[2:30:59]
November 1st and 22nd and November 6th.
[2:31:04]
need a motion.
[2:31:05]
>> I will make a motion to approve the set
[2:31:08]
calendar.
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>> Second.
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>> All in favor? I or any discussion? Is
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there any discussion?
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>> Thank you.
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>> Great. And next up, we have policies for
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posting. The follow,
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excuse me. The following policies have
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been reviewed by the policy committee
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and they are now before the board for
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posting. Policy 50001,
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school safety personnel and guardian
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protocols and policy 50002,
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classroom safety and emergency alert
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technique
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motion to approve said policies for
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posting.
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» Any [clears throat] discussion?
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>> Okay. All in favor?
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>> I I
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>> Okay, we've got policies for adoption.
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The following policies have been posted
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for the required 20 days and they are
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now in the order for adoption. We have
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policy 9110 acceptable use. Policy 90046
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competitive sports clubs. Policy 100046
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cell phones. Policy 1100
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FA and policy 11006 student privacy
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which is a new policy.
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I will make a motion to approve set
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policies for adoption.
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Second. Any discussion?
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Okay,
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we've
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six o'clock.
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All right. Well, thanks everyone for
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your participation in our meeting today
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and we will now adjourn.
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» I I will make motion to adjourn to an
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extremely scheduled meeting.
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15.
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But something else is Oh, NC.
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» Yeah. [laughter]
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>> Don't worry.
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Made a motion. Second. All
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>> in favor?