So, you know, everything this entire process, right, just started a week ago. So, I in that sense you could say it's all last minute, right? Um we have not been walking around with a a list of um what we would add if $15 million became available because um frankly just I'm just saying like you know as a window into um the psychology and the emotion of this moment um the the it has been just a daily um struggle to come up with how to balance the budget with being 15 million under adequacy. Um so the uh the team structure so that yes that would this would essentially maintain our team structure maintain our halls. Um the teachers would not be teaching a six class. We would want to look at you know um team time like what happens during the week in all five on all five days during that period.
Um are there any questions? Questions to the item. I have questions. Go ahead, Miss Hannah. Um to me, this is a red flag honestly because Grand Canyon is a forprofit school. Um, I did a lot of work with them when I work at TCC. Um, and I also work with them in regards to scholarships. They definitely, um, target, I guess you could say, um, students, I guess you um, to get them the door as fast as they can and before they know it, they're there. And um students not understanding the process and the cost of school is probably my biggest concern. I I do understand that you are trying to create the system change, but I do also um worry about that happening to students and them being taken advantage of. Um And if you're doing this for this one school, why would you do it for other schools?
We just used our ultimate to knock out their tank, which we only get it once, right? Yep. I'm not sure I would have used it, but but hey, we're up to 60% and still got control of it. Yep. All right, we knock them out one more time. It won't matter, but Well, you know what though? You can't can't leave anything in the absolutely. You lose this one, you're going home. So, give you all you got. They're doing it, man. They're up to 71%. Doing a great job working together. Coordinating. Norwell's We just knocked out. Oh, boy. Norwell doesn't No, I think we're in a good spot here. You all right? I think we're in a good spot. Okay, let's take it. Let's go. You know what? Let's go 100%. They get nothing. Call that a clean sweep. I don't know. Something. What do you call that?
The last version of this from the last That's right. No, we made I mean the PDA was stuck in on the 10th of November. I feel like that's and and by the way, we were really careful about those days. We wanted to have those those um professional learning days with our teachers, but also to make sure that it was some consistency that not having those half days breaking up the the the instruction, but also we knew it was tough for parents as well too. Um having them on different days. So, we're trying to be careful about that as well. Yeah. So, we put a lot it's not an easy task putting Mac together. Just know that. And I thank all our principles and directors that helped us do this. Okay. Next on the agenda is um principal principal search at Poston Elementary. So again, I know Mrs.
Garber's if uh we do need a franchise at some point or if you are able to operate without one. Um, because on that I'm not totally sure. So, it's a great question for them. Thank you. Okay, that's a that's a robust list. Okay. Um, thank you everyone for the session this evening. um really appreciate your input and attention and and all the the the fine-tuning. I I think um there was more that we got out of this I think in ways that we don't sometimes get to. So this was useful um I think in some ways as well. So really appreciate that. Um it is 7:57 p.m. and I will now adjourn this working session. Thank you everyone. Have a great good session. Thank you. Let's go.
So I I guess you know where I'm going with my comments, but or how I'm going to vote, but I took an oath on a Bible. I was there to uphold the Constitution of the United States. I'll keep it for my comments that thank you for answering those questions. Commissioner Suarez, thank you, President Paris. Um, and and I just wanted in reflection from what was mentioned before and I'm sorry I'm a bit of a processor, so it took me a few minutes and thank you um, Commissioner Basford for sharing your ideas. Um, in connection with that, if it would be I wouldn't say the word reasonable, but we would have reason to go up to 12% if necessary in order to meet the needs that were mentioned on uh things we said no to. Um, and we are only asking for a 2% increase to maintain what we already have.
Is there a way to increase teacher contact time with students? Right? And we would do that as conversations with um administration and teachers to to see what is there a um are there some you know maybe improvements we can make there for student outcomes. But um independent study currently is is one one day a week from that period. Um and u again we could ask ourselves is that I mean that serves valuable functions. Is it ultimately maybe it is ultimately the the optimal format for that. Is there another way we could look at it to try to uh make it even more effective? But ultimately it would all be happening with that period in the day not as a six class. So our halls stay our halls. Okay. Yeah. Okay. and this board fully supports the team model maintaining this model. I'm asking because my fear is again to increase taxes by this much and then in two years we're told lo and behold we're at a big deficit.
I shared the same concern I guess or um I mean I I grant you you know I I do um stand behind the promoting you know what could be available to them but um I don't know I'm just not real comfortable fair Mr. Um this is one of the school um my understanding there's a few universities that want um request information. Um we don't feel comfortable sharing information. the um the caveat that we as Grand Canyon, the only way that we will do it is um if we the the board approves it is that we will only share with the parents that um want to share that information um in a in a way to safeguard. Um again, this is a decision that um I am bringing before you um and we can move forward depending if if you say yes, we we'll move forward.
Uh uh. I'll get to the back there. Call something. Oh, listen. Do them cheering over there. Good time. Throw up here. Use your ultimate with push him off here. It's over. 99%. Yeah, we got to kill him once. Didn't get him. Great shots there from above. Their character's using their ultimate. Get him. Hopping all over the place. Get him. Somebody finish him. Oh, we didn't. Oh, boy. Come on, Blue Jay. Get her done. They still don't have control. So, all right. Normal has control of the map, but we're right there, Scott. So close. We're right there. We need to regroup here. And We're right there, Baker. We're right there, Baker. Great, great analyst right there. Great commentary. Well done. You hopping numbing over here by some exposed wires. I don't think it's a problem. No. No. What's the worst that can happen? Yeah, I don't think anything.
Sykes and Mike um I I want to wish Cindy the best of luck in her new position. We had a chance to to talk for a long time today. Um we truly hate to see her leave and certainly a loss for Bolston, certainly a gain for for Grammy. So the very best of luck. We're looking forward to our transitioning um for the remain of the year, working closely together. Cindy and I, like I said, had had some a really good conversation about that. Um, I want to go over a little bit of the timeline for the principal search as well too. Um, so Monday, April 7th, after meeting with the staff of Wilston and Cindy and informing everybody, um, Monday, April 7th, we posted the job um for um, Wilston Elementary School principal. One of the things the staff said, they wanted to get that job posted early and um, get it out there.
And as many of the educators in the audience today requested a 4%. I just wanted to it is my opinion that at this time after everything that has been shared tonight from Dr. Robert Tozy's um excellent presentation to what has been shared with the educators who are in front of our students every single day. I happen to care deeply about education but they are on the front lines seeing the impact of our budget decisions. I personally thinks that it's actually irresponsible to stop at 2%. I think there's reason to go higher. I'm not saying that that is on the board, but I think that it should be a discussion at some point um because of the everything that has been shared, potential decreases, what's been needed, and all the things that we additionally need in the district. And I just wanted to share that. Okay, good good meeting everyone.
first to go middle school team model. So I need some kind of guarantee like does the board think that you cannot be ask the board for a guarantee to speak for future boards. Okay. I mean I I can say my opinion. I know from listening at the past few meetings and the emails that I've gotten that seems to be the top of the list for teachers is how important it is for them and for the kids. So if taking some allows it to stay that way even for two years like are we going to find ourselves here again? Maybe. Yeah, I hope not. I mean, obviously we all hope not, but if we can maintain it for now, I'm okay with that. Mr. Null, the one thing I can say is the two slides as far as um additional things that we're looking to add the to the budget.
If not, uh, we'll be more than happy to also to convey that message to the university that we're not ready at this point. I I I think I agree and I understand. Thank you so much for the response, Mr. Diaz. I would agree that this type of agreement, you know, granted whether a student wants to attend any university, I would say needs to be open to any and all other universities. We should have these types of agreements, but specifically for one that is wanting access to the degree that they are does kind of now I mean not that they hadn't before but does this really kind of give me I don't know GCU but I understand their their reputation um so I guess I would recommend whether or not we I wouldn't not I wouldn't want to not give them a response. So um I'd like to motion and ask for a second and then if we're going to deny then we we can vote in that manner.
I'd be shocked if anything happened. Oh, best one yet. That wasn't even one of That wasn't even on the script. Yep. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here all night. Don't forget to tip your waitress. 9936. If we can just take this once. Yeah. Oh, we just lost our tank. Oh, boy. Got to get the momentum back. Don't momentum. It is. We're going to have to go back and start over here. Oh, we got something. We don't want to We don't want to get We got it. Best two rushes left. We have showing Jaden here. He's got the ultimates. This is the spaceship that'll hover above and heal everyone in a short time. Come on, Blue J. Get her down. I'm counting on you. Counting on you, Blue J. This is it. Come on. You can do it. A lot of confidence. A lot of confidence. Get him.
So, we did. Um we've had it open for not even 24 hours. I think Nicole before we left it was 13 or right 11 11 we had 11 people already applying um for that position. Um so that's just with one day um this coming Friday April 11th um Rihanna um myself and and uh Sally will stop looking at rums. The only thing we're going to be doing looking at rums and seeing if they are um have their certifications. I'm asking Sally to join us because as we'll be just making sure on their Elar accounts that they have that admin certification that it's covered as well too. So we'll start that process as well too. It is open for two weeks. Um but one of the things that the staff the parents executive that want to um get this process going so it's not delayed because there is there's a lot to it right looking through resumeumés doing that first round and by the way resumes what will happen is there's a team being formed um which is currently I think we we decided as a staff about 10 to 12 people don't maybe 8 to 10 we're still trying to work out the numbers right now as I see that the staff nodding their head um we have a combination of teachers paras specialists, special education, teachers, administration, parents, and school communities.
Thank you for all your input. Thank you to the public for for your input as well. Um, we're up to board member comments. Well, I can remember who I think we're up to Mr. Kenova to start actually. Is that okay, Mr. Master? I try to do it so that everybody's in right queue there. So, I think we're up to him. I mean, most of my comments are really have been said here tonight. Um, I think everyone realizes that I'm in favor of at least a 2% increase at this point. Um, you know, when when I was looking at this, I was looking at I went on the state website. I had given the link. Thank you for that. Where it shows an Excel file of all the districts across the state and you could filter it by county. You could filter by state. You could even say just show me cities that have the word city in them.
Generally speaking, the the last thing to be added is the first thing to be cut. That creates the lowest hanging fruit, right? We have two slides of items here, right? Team time is on the first slide. Right. My assumption would be that the administration should we see some disastrous situation in the future would recommend cuts come from the second slide first. Team time is on the first slide. Something um I want to add to this uh and I shared this with all the board members, the admin um and if any of you would like to see it as well, uh please email me and I'll absolutely send it to you. Uh I did put together um a plan uh based on you know thoughts I had uh regarding this budget. Um and it maintained class sizes uh put funding in there to account for team time uh save PAR benefits extra elementary school extracurriculars.
Well, I was wondering because in the um agreement they are um they want are following information that they want to be shared with their you know their names, their mailing address, their grade point, right? Great level. Is this stuff that we share with other universities? I'm assuming that maybe with NAU because I my daughter got my granddaughter got, you know, accepted. Um, but I'm assuming she applied there. So, this would be the same thing. They would, if they're interested, they would apply and find out more information like Monica in regards to tuition and everything. Yeah, they would have to apply and then the admissions office will request a a transcript, official transcript and then we seal that. So, Right. Yeah. It can't be open once it gets to the admissions office. If not, they can't accept it. But they to get to like any they would have to apply online or or go down to admissions and do it.
Get him. Oh boy. This is going to be it. Get him. I like the enthusiasm. I like the energy. What do you think, Scott? What do you feel? What do you feel? I feel like we should be throwing our alo. Okay. Looks like close. They've got three. We've got four. Oh, boy. We got 99. They got 85. They got control. Took out a bunch. Oh, sorry. We're doing good. I'll tell you what, the room next door is cheering. We're loud and enthusiastic. They believe. We believe. We believe. We are running out of time here. We got Yeah, we need to win. We need the Cyber Tigers to win, Baker. We're going to need here hunter to kill a whole bunch of people here with Oh boy. Yeah, we're we're trying, man. Yeah, we're This isn't This isn't going our way. Going to work. We got to get someone on the point immediately.
So, we really have a a large group of people that want to participate in it. Um, what they're going to do if they're being part of this interview panel, they have to commit to it all. We decided that's the way they want to do this. So, what will happen is when all the race come in, they'll be down the central office because already we're getting um people who are applying, they're saying they want to keep this confidential still because they're currently employed somewhere uh as a principal. um that first round people come down to the central office, there'll be sealed envelopes, they'll come, they'll rate the the resumes, and that will help us get to that next round where people will bring people bring in for interviews. Um we'll start that process along with the process of getting them out into our communities, getting a chance to meet with parents.