Thank you, chair. >> Okay, next we have Christine Pagano, DAB in support. >> Okay, thank you. University of Hawaii providing comments. Okay, next we have um Lewis Urch, Hawaii Disability Rights Center in support. >> Yes, thank you. Uh members, the the ADA is is simply a flaw. So the ADA at the federal level says you have to have a minimum amount of parking spaces, but nothing in federal law precludes the state being more protective of people with disabilities. And so that that's basically what this bill does. I think everybody in the disability community laments the fact that we need more ADA handicap parking. So we think this is a good idea. Uh I understand there may be some feasibility issues especially for small businesses but fundamentally this is a good idea so we support it. >> Thank you. Next we have Retail Merchants of Hawaii um in opposition.
And [laughter] uh and the bridge to um you know, between elementary and high school. So, we greatly appreciate what you do. Um I'd also like to give a big thank you to all the donors for our early learning center. Um tonight we um took we actually had um a million dollars in donations approved um as a million dollar match. Bethany Legacy gave us $4 million. One was a match and our community stepped up in a big way. So, again, just a big thank you to the Tylen Foundation, Royer Corporation, Duke Energy, Arvin Sango, Environmental Labs, Becker Services, and the City of Madison. Um they made it possible for us to get that million dollar match. And also thank you to Jay um and Shawn because they also helped get those funds that um allowed us to have that matching. So, it just took took a community of us to raise that money um and certainly donations from our community.
And I just think the enrichment that it brings for the children in our district, it would be money well spent. And I know Mr. Whitmore and I have talked at length about funding for that. Um and and so I just encourage you to speak with him and take up his ideas because he's a brilliant mind and and really committed to the kids here. So, I just really appreciate your time and hope you consider that in your decisions as well. >> Thank you. >> Like I said, this motion is a generic motion for the people that they would like to move around so they restructure so that both schools have have proper funding and proper teachers. It's not specific to any program at all. >> Mr. Could you could you speak to that if this is a generic vote or like are we looking just to pass the 3.6 FTE or do you have discretion?
It's not just exclusive to us. More parents are homeschooling since co a lot of eyes were opened in that time. >> All right. Next, uh district transfer reports. So, since the last board meeting, we've had one student um enter our district from YUSD. And moving on 9B or 9D, the facilities report. We have the M manager James Gillespie will present a report on the facilities plan. >> Hello. So, I think October was the last time I was up here. Since October, went through um made a list of what we've been working on. Um as of a couple weeks ago, got a new hire at OCI for my custodial staff that were down since I believe December. It was early December, actually, Novemberish. So, getting a new hire there definitely helps the situation out. um in in things that I we've gone through and had done.
um the confidentiality of student information and what our procedures are in responding to all of those um actions. >> Thank you. Is there a motion? >> I'll move to adopt this new board policy pertaining to uh response to immigration enforcement for first reading and also waving the second reading. >> I'll second. All those in favor? >> I. Any oppose? Motion carries. Thank you. And next up, business services um urban volleyball athletic club licensing agreement to provide an athletic program for the Beressa community. Is recommended the board approve uh this fivemonth facility use license agreement with the urban uh volleyball athletic club to be able to provide their services at the BYC. So, um, this group has already been utilizing the BYC, but that was under our joint use agreement with the city. Now that thatou has been terminated and the BYC is now full ownership of the district, we had to adjust their contract of use to be uh, under our district um, rules and rental fees.
>> Exactly. Because the idea here is that to sustain our democracy, it it is you know it's necessary to engage students and in order to engage students effectively, teachers need need to be trained um in what uh pedagogically works. uh what are the most you know up-to-date methods for really reaching out and engaging with students so that they critically or they really understand the impact that they can have within their community and uh the state and the nation as a whole. >> As far as you know, is there a um civic education program that is consistent in the DOE right now? Uh there is well there is an opportunity for civics education particularly for middle school uh intermediate school students where you know that adolescent age group uh there's an opportunity to have highly impactful civic education curriculum. Um and it's just it in terms of consistently being able to provide that I don't think the mechanism is there right now.
Dave Erdman are you present? Retail Merchants. Next we have um Deb Blind Task Force. Elellanar McDonald in support. Lyn Morami Akatsuka in support. Annette Tashiro in support. Johnny May Perry in support. Anybody else wishing to testify on SB 2936?
So, we greatly appreciate it. Also want to thank the high school. Uh they had a blood drive the middle of January and um it was very successful. The SOS team did it. They They had actually overall they were able to take away 35 life-saving blood units for local patients. So, appreciate what they did for that. Just a reminder, um the fun police is here. Snow makeup day is on Monday, February 16th. So, reminder to all of our students, we are in school on Monday, February 16th. It is a snow makeup day from uh one of the days last week. I'd also like to give a big thank you to our teachers, our students, and our families. I know virtual learning is difficult to do while you're also trying to manage your own lives and jobs um and nobody likes to do it. Um it was important to keep the kids engaged in instruction and we appreciate everything you did to make that happen.
>> It is the 3.6 and that 3.6 Yeah, I believe it's listed out. Um >> Oh, >> yeah. So, so do we have line item veto power? because we have line item veto power. >> I you have a computer just that we were through >> because the request from the the public request was that we would consider changing the structure of how those 3.6 were arrived at. And so I'm just wondering superintendent, do we have line item data >> or would it be just to accept the 3.6? >> Well, right now um are you looking at the item? Yes, because there's because a science is taking the one one point. >> Yeah. So, so we have a retirey and right now we're just due to budget, we're just not replacing that person. We're not cutting existing people that are staying here. We're restructuring where they are to balance class sizes out.
One of the big ones was um was myself and multiple um maintenance and operation staff went through and tore out the old gaga court at OI um in that and that was one of the Williams acts field that when they came through and they looked there, they were wanting that removed just for safety issues. So went through removed that um and then had new concrete poured there and it seems to be working out great. I haven't had any any uh any complaints of any concerns there. Um working on I'm working on with Terra and u company working on a um electric grant for mowers. We we have we've replaced one here prior to Robert leaving. Um, we have two gas mowers still, but I'm working on a electric mower grant for which would replace the one out of Wasuma. Um, as well as a another smaller mower to do the interior lawns here and as well as OCI.
>> Okay, sounds >> Thank you. And is there a motion? I'll move to approve uh this agreement with the Urban Volleyball Athletic Club. >> I second. All those in favor? I. Any oppose? All right, that passes. Next up, we have um human resources C1 um resolution for Abraham Lincoln's birthday. It is recommended that the board adopt this resolution declaring February 16, 2027 as Abraham Lincoln's holiday observance. There >> a motion. >> I'll move to adopt resolution 25-10. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Roll call. I apologize. >> Roll call. >> Yes. President H. >> I. >> Trusty Nuin. >> I. >> Trusty Brewer. >> Hi. Trusty Boak I. >> All right, resolution passes. Thank you. And next up is resolution C2, criteria for determining seniority for certified employ certificated employees. It is recommended the board adopt resolution 2511, criteria for determining seniority for certificated employees with the same date of first paid service.
uh but it could be if we have such a program as as a trust fund uh with grant opportunities for individual schools to apply for a grant. >> So similarly there are programs now to do book authorship. It's not there but potentially it could be similarly to civics that uh there's some programs but it's not anything that's consistent across the board. Yeah. Assessment. >> Uh I I think this this bill gives us an opportunity to be consistently uh engaging with students and teachers um you know year after year uh which I think is you know the purpose of this uh this bill in itself. >> If the funding somehow dries up then is it going to fall upon DOE and the legislature to to then have to support it? Um I think the the structure of this uh gives us the opportunity to seek funds uh to put into that that trust fund right so as you know working with the pace commission and the commissioners on the pace commission as I said we've got a pretty broad reach as to folks that we can reach out to and say you know what are you doing in your state or in your particular community what organizations are you working with that are bringing and funds because they are particularly focused hyperfocused on civic education particularly on the environment we're in today.
Members, any questions? Okay, go ahead. >> Uh, I don't know who this would be for. I guess I'll pick on the DRC guys. Um, what's a parking lot? It's not defined in the bill anywhere. So, well, I guess nobody wants can answer that. Okay, thank you. >> Yeah, if you don't mind. Hello, chair. My name is Brian Mick. I'm with the Disability and Communication Access Board. Um, that was one of the issues I saw raised in the uh testimony. Um, and that might be something to consider actually. Um the ADA uses the term parking facility um to make a distinction um because that could encompass a parking lot or a parking garage um and I think importantly and I also noticed this in uh when you do have separate parking facilities on one piece of property those are to be looked at separately in scope.
I'd also like to congratulate our state championship unified cornhole team. Out of 15 teams in the state from all over, they were number one. So, that's just a real big testament to how hard they worked and we certainly appreciate them representing us. Want to wish our wrestlers good luck at semi-state. They've worked very hard to get to this point, not just this year, but for many years. Um that's what it takes to reach that level of competition. Our girls swimmers, the same thing. They participate in the state this weekend. We expect great things from them. They've set records and they certainly have rep- represented us as well just like Maya and just like uh what we saw tonight with Maili. Those ladies um just fierce competitors and very smart leaders in their class. Uh we congratulate them for their careers as well. In addition to that, our band and choir participating in state ISMA this weekend.
Mr. Whitmore is an amazing teacher, love the guy, but sometimes class sizes at both sites are very, very small. And if if like Mr. Gman said, if you prove this and Mr. Whitmore comes in, talks to Scott and I about funding for this. Um, we can always hire somebody back because no one currently in that department is being let go. We just want to retire, >> right? Because it would be at a negative position if we line item one point and then someone left. >> So, if we get a motion to approve Mr. Roar, have you already sat with Mr. Booth and explained your ideas and solutions? >> Mr. Booth and I have met on multiple occasions discussing a lot of different things when it comes to to a um and while this decision, as Mr. Parker said it is not a permanent thing as of yet um in order to to meet budget, you know, deficits that we might be heading into.
Um, we did learn with the electric mowers are quite quite a bit heavier than our gas ones. So, going through the interiors here, you got to be pretty careful. Tears up the lawn pretty quick. So in that we have mowers to to exchange out with him. So we're working on that. Um as well as some electric edgers so we can stay busy and stay without stay busy throughout the day without causing a bunch of distractions with a you know an edger out there trying to we're trying to do our job while teachers are trying to do theirs. So we can work together with be able to do ours and hopefully it all works together. Um, another big thing that I had was uh the OCI 100 building ro. We were finally able to get that um sealed and repaired or repaired and sealed. So, as of now, no leaks.
Is there a motion? >> I'll move to adopt resolution 25-11. >> Second. And it's a roll call. >> Yes. President H. >> I. >> Trusty Nuin. >> I. >> Trusty Brewer. >> I. >> Trusty Boek. >> I. >> All right. And resolution passes. And the next resolution is to eliminate or reduce the number of certificated employees. It is recommended the board adopt resolution 2513 as listed to eliminate or reduce the number of certificated employees. >> Is there a motion? >> I'll move to adopt resolution 25-13. >> I'll second that. And it's a roll call. President Hal. >> Hi, >> Trusty Nuin. >> I >> trusty Brewer. >> I trusty Boak. >> I also just want to say a quick comment too. Um it was really difficult for us um to have these discussions on eliminating and reducing the number of employees for this. um we're having a lot of difficult conversations right now and you know our budget is very tight and so that's why you're seeing these um resolutions start coming to our schoolboard meetings and so this is one of those um things that we need to be mindful of and keep in the back of our heads.
>> Who would run the trust fund? How does that >> So the trust fund would would be within uh of course within the state treasury but then would be run within the the DOE, right? So >> so the DOE would run this trust fund and to get the funding they'd have to go after it which we heard earlier that miss. Right. >> Right. Well, there's opportunity though that for organizations like the Pace Commission to actually seek funding >> with private organizations and the like to put into that trust fund, >> right? But somebody got to go after them, right? You're saying that it's within the week. >> Members, any more questions of this? >> Yes, I have a question. So, is this um supposed to be part of the daily curriculum or an elective? I think you know people ask do that, right? Got to ask DOE that.
So, um there is a provision that allows you to move accessible spaces into one of the two. Um so, if you have a service slot in the garage and one of those actually has better accessibility to whatever is being serviced, you can move the spaces, but you do actually have to do the calculation separately from them. Um so, it might be a consideration though to um replace the word parking lot with parking facility um to make it align with the ADA's approach. Appreciate. >> Okay. Thanks, Jose. Okay. I stick around. >> [clears throat] >> I have a question. Okay. My question is this. This bill has specific number of spaces that need to be made available. Are there any metrics? I mean like how do we know how many spaces need to be made available? I mean do we have the number of disability passes being issued versus the population?
So, we wish them well. Would like to congratulate our girls basketball team uh for outstanding fun season to watch. Um Juliana Davis is just a powerhouse. We wish her well. This is her senior year and so, seeing her play her last game last Saturday um was heart-wrenching, I think, for a lot of us and for her as well. So, appreciate everything she's done um setting records at our high school and just uh the leadership she's shown. Reminder the week of March 3rd, we'll be hosting boys basketball sectionals. So, that's just around the corner. Also, February 19th through the 22nd, we have Finding Nemo at the junior high school. That's going to be um our kids are going to be putting that on for us. Reminder on March the 4th, that's a big day for us in Madison. So, we have Cub Fest that evening from 5:00 to 7:00.