Like any or any other public charter school? They would say a concept that we need a school for example in cap and we need this school. It's going to cost us this much based upon what our requirements are to run a school. Now if that amount can be a developer can make that deal work where that property now is mixed use where it includes both housing, school, other mixed use. then they may annie up a sizable amount of the money to build that school because on in addition to the school they'll get use of their property for commercial for housing rentals for public parks. >> Yeah. So, >> right. So, who's who's leading these project? Like who's the tip of the spear? SFA will create the framework of the RFP giving you all these ideas like this and then we cast a wide net. Hopefully we get a lot of proposals.
So this can be used in a multitude of ways. It can be used for individual residency checks. It can be used for bulk residency checks. For example, we could download a CVS file out of our school right now and upload it into this system and in an hour and 20 minutes have an initial verification check on every student in the district. Uh additionally, uh we can use it at the point of entry which would be at registration for all new registrants where they would have to their cell phone number into Civic Bell and then we will receive notification from them that their residency has been verified. So there's multiple ways that this can be used. Um and there's multiple ways where it may be used, but this would just be an initial step to determine residency and then to determine whether or not uh a further investigation would be necessary in accordance with administrative code.
Any opposed? >> Motion carries three to zero. >> Okay. On the business items, the first of which is the approval of the 2627 academic calendar. >> Mr. President, members of the board, um, per AUSD governing board policy IC school year, a 180 academic calendar must keep board approved each year. The attached 2026 2027 academic calendar is being recommended for approval, Mr. President. >> Okay. May I have a motion on that? >> I'll make a motion. >> I will second it. If there is no discussion or question, I'll call for the vote. >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I.
And just [clears throat] for I think I kind of explained it right, but if I was on that plan on July 1 and ended on that plan on June 30th, I would have counted for 12 member months. So each person, how many times they're on the plan or not, is counting a member month. So that's how you got the 8,300. And then you take the the total claims as um um normalized uh divide by the 8,300 and now you have a 309 per member per month um for that year. the most recent full year completed that middle column. Doing the same thing with 7969 member months divided into the claims comes down to 36955. And doing the same thing for this partial year, this most the year we're in right now, taking the 1.3 divided by the 3,899 uh produces $35347 per member per month.
I'm just one person whose life has been greatly enriched by the small local community TV station WACA. But I want to point out that what this small local community TV station does has a huge ripple effect throughout the Ashland community and far beyond. And the ripple effect grows year after year, near and far, ultimately impacting the lives of thousands upon thousands and I might even venture to say tens of thousands of people. So I hope when it comes time to decide on the funding budget from Verizon that you not look strictly at how it affects your profit and loss because it's not always about the money. Sometimes it's about doing the right thing. So, I trust you'll do that. Thank you for your time and as always, good night and go clockers. Thank you. [laughter] >> Thank you, Rob. Thank you very much. Appreciate that.
In this hearing, the board will hear comments on all Verizon cable related matters, including customer service, license administration, local studio needs, community programming, pe access, and Verizon support of local programming, local facilities, and infrastructure.
So, we sort of evened out our numbers um by doing a combination because there were those bubble groups that went through. Um, we did it all the time. I mean, sometimes it was um a one, two, sometimes it was a three, four. It depended on >> depending on where your number above or below is right and we'll be looking at >> so I just that's another way we were flexible with that. Um >> is that feasible with the way we've been standardizing our curriculum? This goes beyond budget and finance. I don't know if that's a valid question. >> No, that's something that's something I'm talking about with the principles and with assistant superintendent Sullivan as you mentioned with the curriculum with the testing right the progress that we're trying to make. Obviously, two of our schools right are under we're under working with the statewide system of support SSOS.
So, knowing what their boundaries are, I don't want to set them up and say, you know, go for it. Sky's the limit in a budget um climate that won't support it. So, um, you know, for for the past few years, we've had tight budget seasons. So, I've had to go to directors and and say, you know, I want you to ask for what you need, but we have to stay within these parameters um in order to to pass the budget. And especially in a circumstances where and I'm not sure um if you're in the same circumstance as we are, but we have declining enrollment. So there are um some challenges in facing declining enrollment and maintaining the high quality program that we want to continue to maintain for our kids. And so um the very first step in creating the budget is having that conversation with my our department leaders.
>> Any opposed? All right, motion carries. Go right ahead, Kelly. >> Okay. Um, so the next, uh, policy that you're going to see, and just give me a moment to scroll to it on the screen, um, is promotion, acceleration, and retention. Um so this policy um is really all about the process in which we want to make sure that students have achieved of a certain standard um and that we follow notification processes and procedures and considerations if we are ever to keep a student or retain a student in a grade level. Um so this is referring to the fact that um just to bring some highlights here um you know pro in order to receive for example a high school diploma there are particular credit requirements um and uh grade expectations for passing in order to be awarded that certificate. There will be um a later policy this evening on graduation that's a little bit more explicit.
We're going to select three seed them with more money to get deep because that's when you expend design money. You have to look at financing. You know money is expended more deeper. >> Where would you get the seed money from the three million million would be enough for the for that? >> Yes. >> Okay. And then so in in the case of DOE, DOE would work with a contractor to come up with a concept that to present, >> right? Because they would have to figure out or get a partner that's willing to annie up 40 50 million for the building of the school. So if you follow the national average on the school, >> so why wouldn't they just um [clears throat] partner up and do it in >> I mean if that's the way they >> Yeah. if if if their proposal is they can build an elementary school for $40 or $50 million to meet their needs, then that would be one proposal, right?
>> My question is for Um, is this going to be if we get this grant um like an ADA playground or >> I will let Mr. >> I just want to know particularly which playground because there are certainly other schools there. Yes, there are other schools anymore. So, um for when we did not use that, we did get um dock for the preschool playground there, there is a playground there, but it's not a formal playground. So, that will be um part of it. And then the major playground over there, there was some talk about moving to the back because safety because it's so close to the road. So, putting that all in one Like I guess >> right between Yes. >> is small. this one. >> Okay. >> Well, the local um recreation, the one that for the city is a much bigger project >> and that would um with the grant you have to do it within a certain period and for that the road by the time we actually get to Um, I guess I think 2 million, but they estimated that proposal.
>> Any opposed? Motion carries three to zero. >> Next item is the approval of the name and grade change for a home run academy. >> Mr. President, members of the board, in 2010, the office schools administration registered a separate online school for grades 7 to 12 of the Arizona Department of Education named AZ2020 Academy. There you see the attachment. The current administration has been approved by the state board of education to revise the online school to be from grades 9 to 12 and be renamed to online academy. There's the attachment for the Arizona Department of Education. Governing board approval is required to finalize the name and grade change. And just for your information, um the state board of education online name change approval is that second attachment and Arizona department of education email direction to Miss Williams the process is the last attachment. >> Okay.
And so those [clears throat] are the actual costs per member per month of your plan the last two and a half years. But what he needs to do is he needs to apply trend to it because we're taking a look at say that first column from two and a half years ago. We're looking at claims that actually happen and what the costs are and we need to project them to next year to set a rate. And so he's looking at what we talked about that annual trend that medical inflation. And the best way to do that is take the midpoint of that time. So that would be um January of 2024 to the midpoint of next year which is December of 2026. That's [clears throat] 36 months. And so he's taking the 7.1 times the those number of months to get a 1.2285 amount. He does the same thing, but now you have 12 less months um with the same uh medical trend.
>> You're welcome. I I know Yolanda, did you want to uh speak? >> Yeah, if I could. First of all, I've had the opportunity to work with uh >> Rob. I had the opportunity to do a few things with Jake and I just want to, you know, second what Michael has said and what what um Rob has said that WACA really has added to our community in the programming that they offer. But I also think since co how they've been our partner in making sure that the community has access. I mean, I think about this this right now where people are being able to sit at home and and it's [snorts] not just watch from TV, but they help us with our Zoom connections and they help us make sure that we get the information out to our residents. So, I think we need to make sure, you know, we go forward and and do what we can to to keep this license going.
Please try and keep your comments limited to three minutes. If members of the public or other interested persons wish to provide comments following this hearing, they can send their comments to the select board town of Ash Mass Car of Sue Roby. At this time, we will proceed with welcoming public comment. Let's proceed to the public comment. >> We do have to open up the hearing. >> Motion to open the hearing on WACA's cable renewal. >> Is there a second? Okay. All those in favor, voice vote. I >> I thank you. That's unanimous. Okay. So, the hearing is open. >> Just one question before we go. So, we have a lot of information. We not a lot, but we have information in our >> packet. You know, a lot of letters of support.
You've probably heard that acronym at times and that's the high school and Newton right now. >> So, as much as we we listen, we are going to look at everything still in return. There's that tradeoff, right? Do we combine yet we're getting pressure that kids aren't reading as well or doing as well as standardized testing? What are we giving them? So, we'll have reports for you and I'll have Not we do we do not have it today but I'll have projections for next year in each grade in each school and I hear many times from school committee members and I've heard this going to city council meetings Mel one time with me and a few others have gone as well too where people have concerns about class sizes and what's high is is always um I guess debatable in life right what's what we what we all consider high right is is from where we came from what we've seen what we wanted for our our neighbors, for our own children, etc.
Um I only have a one principal. So here it would be having the conversation with the building leadership, having them go to their department leaders and then engaging the staff in the conversation around what they need and then they would bring that back to me. Um in Windsor Locks it was a little bit easier where I could ask them to then prioritize and so then if I had to make cuts I could I knew what needed to to go. Um, at EOS Smith, I meet with every single department head prior to going into the um, winter holiday because they need to know what where where I stand based on what they've submitted. So, we go through their budget together and we talk about um, what I think is going to fly and what what isn't. And so going into they they know going into um my superintendent's presentation of the budget what they've asked for.
Um it also talks about taking into consideration uh academic achievement, social and emotional maturity particularly in instances in which a student is not achieving maybe where we would expect them to and there may be a consideration uh that it may be in that student's best interest uh to be retained in a grade level. I do want to share that retentions and and certainly um Dr. Casemir if you'd like to chime in invite you um but retentions are considered um very few and far between. We do want to make sure uh that students are promoted with their with their grade level peers. Um but there are circumstances in which it is advantageous to a student particularly when we're looking at the younger grade levels um and in which we may consider it for them and we need to involve parents um as well as the education the educators that are working with that student to look at the advantages and disadvantages um to then make an individualized decision for that student.
But as it is right now, right, our preliminary estimates for schools in East Cap are 160 million for an elementary school, 300 million for a middle school, right? It's a different uh it's hard to build get a developer up that kind of money for a school. And um will DOE have any role in um evaluating the adequacy of these facilities? >> Uh no, they're going to make it part of their proposal. If they're proposing it, >> but I guess if it's not their proposal and say it's other proposals having to do with schools, >> then it will be a charter school or whoever the whoever the entity is partnering up to do the proposal. >> Okay. Anybody else? How about So I noticed that you basically um gave comments and uh you said although the department does not view the PPP structure in Senate Bill 2024 as compatible with the department's facility development model PPPs may be more approp appropriate for startup charter schools.
I'm not sure if that would be something that we'll be able to have in the next year um with the grant if they'll hold off because they I have to pay for it up front and then they reimburse us. >> I assumed it was >> but just uh you know, Miss Henry to to touch on board. So, Miss Henry and I met with uh the township planner who came over uh to inquire about our interest in uh having further discussions about a whole series of things that they are planning in the city with open space and and with uh you know with parks and some property that we have. And we let them know that we are certainly open to engaging in dialogue. But our major concern is how we can address the Clare Martin playground which they are interested in engaging in further dialogue with us to see if there's a way that we can come to a an agreement on a shared service on multiple things that fit with the future city plan.