Chances are you're going to do pretty good in that course if you have a passion for it. So, we do have open enrollment there. Likewise, we want to do open enrollment with the university courses. Um, so we're going to make that widely available to all students. Um, I can go back to a couple board meetings. We have a we had a a listing of all the courses that um we're offering through post right now and we're continuing to build those partnerships with universities to continue to offer more. So you can be completely in your pathway, be able to take several college courses that are aligned specifically with the pathway that you're in. So you get high school credit, you satisfy your credit, and you're going to get college credit. So that's, you know, we're going to grow that. We're in a transition period. Um and we are, you know, it's going to be bumpy for a few years.
So that just puts you in good company with lots of other districts. Um, recently the history as you might might have heard from high ground and I work on 40 plus uh bond and override elections around the state every year. It's 95% of my work as an attorney. Uh we've had pretty good luck um on overrides, uh more than 50%. Bonds have been kind of stuck at 50% passage rate overall statewide over the past couple years. Uh it would have been better, but we've seen some pretty coordinated vote no campaigns uh around the valley. And there's a high degree of correlation when the vote no group is out on those districts failing. You might have heard Mesa Unified failed their bond election. Uh Queen Creek failed. Uh Gilbert failed. Daert failed. Lots of solid districts that have a strong history of passing bond elections. So they uh there's not a whole lot you can do when the vote no folks are out.
And that's what the school is going to provide you with the opportunity to do. Uh and so here we are uh looking at a first floor plan. Hopefully I can point. Oh, perfect. Great. So, we have uh the learning environments designed uh in two major learning communities. Uh and the communities are uh going to be providing opportunities for career awareness and career exploration. And the bridge between those two communities is a common experience that allows for you to provide the types of experiences for students uh through immersive career awareness programming but also hands-on career exploration programming at the K through8 level. And so the types of spaces that are being set up in addition to traditional instructional spaces include a type of a space which is going to take the place of a traditional media center and we're calling that learning comments. And so the idea behind the learning commons is it provides uh uh typical literacy uh opportunities but also allows you to bring forth partners and have opportunities through through the engagement of career awareness and exploration.
We have seniors in coming next year that are not necessarily in the cohort, if you will, but are going to be placed somewhere. So, those are the those are the kids I think I feel the most for because they're really the ones really caught in the transition. Um, looking for certain things that that they've known traditionally to be there that may be a little and then I'm sorry, back to transportation, sports. I get a lot of calls coming in here because of the sports and the busing and the fact that they can't make it to campus on time or whatever. Is this part of of the solution as well when you're talking about the two campuses sports? How do they, you know, just clarify getting back to campus on time? What? Yeah. In other words, but our high school at Danbury High School Danbury sports like certain schools that will be you know in other words how are sports addressed um in the district and then outside like if you've got private schools those are the ones of but in in other words you are considering sports and so so the stu so we're going to run buses with this proposed model and again we're working out depends every year it'll it'll flux by based on where the students are But we'll have buses that come back to Tambury High School if you take the if you need to come back for sports or after school activities.
What we have noticed though is the vote no signs are often are not in compliance with statute. They don't have the proper disclosures on their signs. So if you notice those signs, you can report them. uh if uh if they're not, you know, compliant with statute. So, um just kind of keep that in mind. And we've seen cases where the vote no groups put the signs on district property. So, um I know it's a little dicey to be removing political signs, but if it's on your district property, I think as property owners, you're allowed to do so. But just, um be cautious is all I'm saying. But just I just wanted to set kind of the table for what we've seen lately. Um, but you know, overall I think the track record for most districts has been pretty good. Quite frankly, I'm s I'm kind of surprised that you don't have a growing district like you don't have bonds already because most districts in your situation do.
And so as we evolve these designs into a final product in the next several months, you'll begin to see more definition to it which I will go through some of that today. And here's a second floor look of it. Uh and as we think about some of the early images, the colors here are pretty approximate at this point. We have not obviously selected a school name. So with that will come uh the burden of selecting colors. So you're going to see some mirrored pallets today. That doesn't mean that the project is going to be in black and white. So please do please do p be a little bit patient as we get through that process. just to illustrate some of the the look and feel in terms of the scale of it, the size of it, uh, and try to try to think about how do you create a a facility that the community can be proud of that provides a safe, welcoming, collaborative, learner centric environment.
There'll be a section of buses that will stop there like a transfer station, let kids off, pick kids up and go. Whereas the DHS West buses for kids that are not involved in that, we'll just Yeah. We'll just carry on. And there were four buses. Was that what you were adding to the budget? So the original the original plan we had 28 buses in there that was like a two 2 million2 something million dollar ask the buses this model will need about only half of them. So it's I think you it works for a lot of reasons. Yeah reason. Um I have a question. So, we'd be putting sixth graders with 10th and 11th graders and are we planning on putting somebody on the bus? I mean, you just I it concerns me there's a big big age group chain, you know, between that and so I'm I'm having a little trouble with that mixing up with that.
I know it's been a little bit harder in Panal County, but both CR L and CR Union are going out this year for bond elections and they have outstanding bonds as well. So with I know that was a lot lot of information.
Uh, here's a view of the entry lobby. Safety is obviously foundational to everything we do. And how do we remain safe uh, while being welcoming? And those are some of the ideas that are being embedded into this. Uh and looking at the commons experience uh thinking about how the commons can provide opportunities for traditional literacy but also to engage partners at various levels and dimensions. Uh so we're beginning to shape some of these ideas into the project. Uh as we evolve this, you'll begin to see more definitions and not just images. um and also several aspects of the learning from a multi-dimensionality perspective. It's not just traditional instruction based but opportunities for engage in hands-on learning and also engage in multiple groups based learning. So there's there's a lot of uh emphasis provided to those types of spaces and uh looking through the social learning component of it which is very important for student growth, social and emotional learning growth.
Yeah. And and I completely understand that. I think when when the idea was first proposed that that would be an efficient solution but also make the most sense in terms of our meeting contractual obligations supervision problems that we were struggling with and then having to change every school district uh every uh school um don't forget too when we make that shift it's the lunch waves have to change and then Kim has to go and open up contracts and renegotiate all different types of u movement that happens with supervision custodial everything so it was going to be very complicated to shift all of those contracts That aside, as a parent, u my first brain went to, you know, yes, middle school and high school students. Um it's just something that we haven't done here. Um and many of our surrounding towns, you know, when we started to talk about the idea a little bit of cabinet, you got folks who live in the surrounding towns and they're like, "Oh, yeah, that's what my town does." Were there any issues with it?
Do you have any questions about the resolution, the draft resolution, or just the election process in general? So, who will be making the actual pamphlet that goes out? Good question. So, so I'll draft it and uh in your account and then um Stifo and uh Dr. Wyman and Julie will review it on behalf of the district. Um and so it'll be three the three different parties reviewing it and then ultimately submitting it to the county by their deadline. Um your county does not take full ownership of the pamphlet. Um meaning that um they don't they don't print the pamphlet. Um we'll work with we'll work with district administration on getting a printer lined up um so that u we'll meet the county's deadlines. Um the only thing I like um of course I love my I love CTE but I think that we need to make sure that we don't put the acronyms the CTE that sort of thing like put it all out.
Uh so even the traditional cafeteria is reimagined as a food court comments. Uh so the semantics is important because when we think of words, Bnee Brown famously talks about words as portals. So when you think of a word, it transports you to a certain way of imagining things. So consciously we got to think about words such as classrooms, as something different if you want to be acting differently, behaving differently. So some of these ideas are being embedded into the overall design, right? Ominous music playing my head. Oh, there we go. So, just a few more illustrations um of uh this is designed obviously as a K8 school. So, the emphasis is not just on academics but athletics and to also think about how do you leverage those athletic resources as community assets. So, we've designed this in a way that there's a park right adjacent to it.
Not really. Kids are pretty good. They treat each other well. Mornings are quiet usually on these on these bus runs. The afternoons, those bus runs get a little bit more active. And I would say that if we had experienced a problem, and we have experienced a problem with just current situations where we had sometimes been monitored, um but that's something that we could could consider um if there's a specific problem with that. Oh, I'm sorry. Um so you said 6 to 11, right? So not nine. Um which is actually a good thing, right? They're our most active. Right. Um because they'll be at Dbury. They'll be at Dre High School. So it would only be your 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. Okay. So 12th graders, correct? Not next year, but the year after when they roll up the 12th graders. Okay. Got one. And so couple of things.
So people there's a lot of people in education that don't don't understand any of that. Yeah, that's So is that common? Yeah. Yeah, that's a good point. Yeah, we we we sometimes do get the um uh we we do get the first draft of the projects, if you will, from our from our school district clients. And I agree. Um there are acronyms. I mean, every profession has them, right? But we just don't understand. Our public doesn't understand them. Half the time I don't understand. That's the benefit of having multiple sets of eyes. We tend to be fairly critical, you know, when you know, it's more than just like the commas and typos. It's Yeah, we're we're we always look for those sorts of things. Yeah, good point though.
So there's possibilities for you to build some partnerships and potentially do some revenue generating opportunities down the road. So some of those ideas are again embedded into the design. Um there's an outdoor amphitheater being designed as part of the learning experience that provides very similar to something that like what we did at Desert Sunrise. So anyway, that was a really quick flash at 10 minutes. It had to be fast. So I'll take some questions. Thank you. First look, I love pictures. Thank you. Um, and this might be a question more for Dr. Lopeman. Um, we're calling it K through eight. Are we including preschool? We are. Okay. I can't guarantee you that that will be there on the first day of school um in July of 26, but eventually we'll we'll integrate a preschool. So, are there some elements to bringing preschool in that we need to be part of the design as far as like separate entrances, uh, type of classrooms, that kind of stuff?
You want to talk about the AP, but the bus. We will be prepared as a board to um respond to any bus issues that may be created with those populations being put together. Do we see any of those buses already with the route that they are going to be taking um be um a large number of students on any of the be what? A large number. Oh, a large number. That's the part that only STA will figure out as we we've just provided them the address of the students that are proposed that we know of that are going to DHS West, the incoming sixth graders from the lottery and the current sixth and seventh which will roll up to be your seventh and eighth graders. And so they're taking all of those names and addresses and then working up a scenario um to see where all where all these students live, how many buses, how many buses exactly we would need.
Do you have any questions? Do you guys have any? I'm just the question person today. I see. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. So again, that's the presentation and the uh uh recommendation coming from the bond committee. Um uh a couple issues I'll just touch on uh briefly. uh you will not see conversation about a pool in and any of the recommended projects and and the reason for that and and what what Bob's done um with this uh flash drive is is when you the one page that had the categories and uh health and safety infrastructure that's kind of the basis and you can click on each of those when you go into the into the presentation he has on there and it'll take you down to deep dive to take a look at it but the cost of a pool would be in the neighborhood 12 to1 13 million.
Yeah, the project is designed to accommodate that. So, typically we design preK and K rooms to be somewhat interchangeable. So, as you experience certain types of growth, obviously capturing preschool kids is great if you have the opportunity to do that. So, we almost always design them as interchangeable. So, yes, you're absolutely right. We do have them designed so there's separate entrances, secure playgrounds and Okay. Thank you. So I think we saw each other last in July. It was hot out. I remember that. Hot out. Um when we drove around the city and we looked at all these different I think there was four different locations. Um um and this is obviously a small site. It is. Um so just a just a a few thoughts on that. Um, do we have uh enough traffic flow, that kind of thing, so that we're not going to be like completely jamming up and, you know, really messing up the the neighborhood kind of a a vibe and that kind of thing.
So, that was kind of an estimate around the 14 buses and they're going to kind of confirm what we would need. Um, we've got special education students that need many buses between those buildings and so we'll have to figure out how that might change. So, we're still very much in the process of working through the the the technical logistics. We're um kind of moving from the conceptual idea of it to now let's run this through um and test it. Let's push on it and see what what it actually looks like when they when it comes to fruition. So they're running they're going to be running tests through them. So with our collaboration with our bus company, I want to see us be more proactive instead of reactive to situations that may come up. So we want to be very um uh informed. The on the ground are the bus drivers through their communication with the bus company supervisors.
So you're talking on a$80 million bond. You know, you're talking roughly one6 of the money. And I and given all the needs we have, uh the feeling is that's significant. Um uh and relative to everything else we need, there's far more important things to do given that you're probably going to have the pool open from uh maybe May, maybe April. Um but then you're going to shut it down, unless you're going to heat it, which will drive the cost up even more. um uh you're going to go ahead and then shut it down to September. Uh right now, as you know, we decide to cancel the swimming program because we had three to five kids out um and the cost to maintain a pool in most cases. There's a few exceptions that the districts have pools, but in most cases, uh actually the town uh runs the pool or the county runs the pool just due to the cost.