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So for example the pacing adjustments are targeted specifically towards sixth grade because most eighth grade teachers are within a couple of weeks of pacing. Um and they coaches have set up checkpoints before spring break. Okay, let's make sure that you're here by spring break. let's make sure you're here before April 1st because that is when our testing window opens. And then they'll continue to help teachers focus on making sure that everything essential has been taught by the end of the year because learning does not end when testing ends in April. Not only do we have our post test coming up, but now we're getting students ready for whatever is next, whether that's moving on to high school or moving into the next grade level. Um, use of high quality materials is a daily priority. So that is addressing all three of our interim measures. It's something that coaches, principles, everyone is working on making sure that teachers are using our core materials first and supplementing later.
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It won't take care of all of them, right? And then B, if you do this and there's a need in the future for these more capital projects for updating buildings, major additions, things like that that would never be fundable in this process. What we're have to look at is are we suddenly going to bite the hand that feeds us by doing HLS bonds without having community support on it because we have to do it in a lot of ways potentially, you know. So it's about I I think from my perspective I'm asking you guys is there a a need to kind of get a better understanding of the overall and how these things break between HLS how much of a portion of the warm safe drive is the HLS bond fundable and what are these other capital projects that are kind of floating out there that we need to look at that would tie into our capital needs >> you know that would tie into our strategic plan all of that stuff [clears throat] >> trying to give some framework for this guy as he gets the data to kind of come in.
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Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I oppose. Motion passes. At this time now, I will ask for a resolution approving form of the lease um exhibit B. >> Approve. >> I'll second. >> I have a motion and a second.
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So, I'm not saying asking you. Um, but if there's anybody um on the board that would consider doing that on Marathon Monday, that would be really helpful. >> Yeah. This will be the first year in a while we don't have like a family vacation planned because we're off the school schedule for now. >> Wonderful. And just just to update, right, we do set up two shelters, you know, one at the middle school, one at the high school, right? So, usually I I take at one one of the shelters, one board member can be at the other shelter and then we usually request four to six uh members of the American Red Cross. You know, basically our job is to host the person till help arrives. If somebody got injured, dehydrated or anything along the course, right, we host them till more more help arrives. So >> yeah, and I've never seen any action or emergencies up at the high school end of things.
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So isn't there anybody that that you folks can can approach as far as you know a a highly potential candidate that we don't have to go through a whole another round of candidates and and redefining what it is and so forth. Senator Kim, the answer is yes. There are names, there are people that have applied that could be potentially a a very good CEO. However, as you describe the existential threats that hang over HTA right now, uh how do we in good faith ask people to come forward and apply for this job in public because it will be sunshine when we get down to the last few names to go to the board. How do we in good faith ask somebody to put themselves in the public's eye and perhaps with their current position in jeopardy for applying for this job in good faith? >> You ask them.
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Um leader learning walks that we spoke about, Dr. Dods, Karen and I are committed to having our observation tool created next week and some visits available for principles to sign up for by February 27th. We know that their schedules are very busy. Um, but again, really focused visits. On most campuses, we are talking about two or three teachers in middle school math. That's it. So, that's something that feels very doable in a 45 minute or hourong period. >> Yeah. And I appreciate that too because I believe that at the end of the day, it helps the whole school as a whole, you know, bring up their student outcomes or their data. So, the more support the teachers can get, the higher the outcomes or the data will move the needle for that specific school. So, I'm hoping the principles can be very graceful in in this interaction.
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So, does that make sense? >> Yeah, makes sense. I think what we're I'd like to see because we already with warm, safe, and drive, we did prioritization, right? >> And we said these are our top issues and this is where we're going to direct our our funds to. >> So, how does that if HLS also has a priority? Are we >> Yeah, this like if this is warm, safe, dry, this much is HLS. So, >> so we can potentially take away the money that we earmarked for that with the HLS money and then >> Yeah. So, you can do >> you can take the money out of the bottom here and pick up some of the other stuff on the top here kind of thing, right? And those become higher priorities because by definition the state has agreed that these are higher priority items, you know.
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Any discussion? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppose. Motion passes. Resolution for reapproving the building corporation exhibit C. >> I'll make a motion. Second. >> I have a motion and a second.
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So >> that's what you know in last four or five I have done, we we had like maybe two or three individuals we have helped you. So but that's what we don't want to >> have the more of it you know. So >> thank you. >> I'm sure the weather plays a big role which actually leads to my next question. And so the shelter training it sounded like so and you can correct me if I'm wrong that the shelters that that uh you're talking about are both sort of like extreme hot or cold uh weather shelters but also extreme weather events or did I get >> anything you know of a bigger nature right so we do open shelter right now also usually in the summer season right when when temperature goes above 1992 right so we have uh shelter at the community center as well as the library, right?
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You ask them like any other position that we're recruiting people. You ask them, you know what's going on. Are you still interested? You know that this might be the Would you still be willing to to put your name forward? I mean, you ask them and see what they say. And if they're interested, then Yeah. And >> we did that. We asked them in January, are you still interested in this position? They've said so. So, our March permitted interaction group agenda is for uh deeper vetting to occur on some of the applicants and we will move forward with the pool at hand, but mindful of a change in circumstance. That is, we need to be fair to both the public and to these individuals. >> Right. Okay. So, it it sounds different from what you said a little bit earlier to what you're saying now. It sounded like you were going to go through this whole another process, but now you're saying you're just gonna you've already vetted some of them and you want to vet them further.
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>> Well, it was an idea that came from them. So, we're hoping so, too. >> Um, the monthly math newsletter, again, it goes out next week from us and then we'll continue once a month through the end of the school year. >> Key standards on Freckle, that's something that will really target sixth grade interim measure 1.2 specifically because Freckle is tied to FastBridge. the FastBridge diagnostic, that winter not diagnostic, the FastBridge winter screener the students took in December set them on their freckle path and as they continue to work, they continue to pass skills. So, we're hoping that continuing to spend a little bit more time on Freckle, working on skills that they are missing will lead to lowering risk levels for our students. And then finally, lesson study, increasing student engagement and effective math teaching practices. They will have two cycles completed by March 24th.
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um like the the addition at the front that we did that we called HLS and the one that's going on for the project right now are not like we call them warm safe and dry. They are not health life safety bond fundable items. They're components that might have been but the additions at the front and the doors and that sort of stuff are not in and of themselves particularly the site work in and of itself is not >> generally approvable. >> So >> I'll wait for more information but I kind of see it's a a shuffling game here of some of the funds. So, we'll get it. >> Yeah. And we just want to make sure we don't want to like cut our nose off to spite our face just to try to get something done without looking at the long range >> is my concern.
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Any discussion? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppose. Motion passes. [snorts] Okay. Up next will be our recommendation for the architectural work contract for the GO bond. >> We got a lot of bonding going on. So, I try to remind everybody this is now for the go bond. We're going back. This is specifically [clears throat] for the pavilions and the parking lots at soccer and baseball. That's what we're getting architectural help with with the go bond. Okay. The other projects we don't need. Um, but I am bringing to the board a recommendation to approve Garmin Miller as our architectural partner once again on the 2025 GO bond. Um, we've obviously had fantastic experiences with Garmin Miller. They've been a very positive partner for the school district. highlights of the contract if you're interested are uh first first off I'll point out any contract that we ever sign has gone through by our legal team um to make sure there's nothing in there that I could miss because I am by far not a lawyer.
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Where we we during the business hours, right? Anybody can go there. We provide water, you know, all that good stuff, right? So, >> but now this training is more like, you know, supposedingly in case of a bigger hazard, right? We lost power in the whole town, you know, we have to open up a shelter. So, >> we have in our middle school as well in the high school, right? These are the two places that we will be opening up a shelter in case we have to. Right. So, there'll be training around, you know, what do we do, >> Right. Like nowadays, right, there's a lot going on with the pets, you know, or even, you know, who can we let in in the shelter? No. Though there is no restrictions, but at the same time, we have to watch, you know, somebody have a criminal background of stuff of that nature, right?
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>> Both are both are true, Senator. >> What do you mean both are true? We are going to do our work and we will if nothing else learn how to as a group advisory group come through the process the vetting process with the candidates on hand and one of them might rise to the surface or two or three but we also have to be mindful of the change in circumstance and we're seeking advice from HR and the AG as to whether we need to do an open search and we have to be in consult with the governor through his DEBED director. That's the way the advisory board works nowadays. Yes, but you don't have to necessarily or DBED does not necessarily have to have an open process. Again, I mean, you could literally pick from this group if somebody's willing and you folks feel that that person is qualified.
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That's the last date of our math cohort professional learning and observations. And that one is targeted to all grade levels, but we believe it will have the greatest impact on 1.3 because we have the most teachers participating. >> The only wondering that I have is going back to the pace um pacing adjustments and standards by April 1st. What happens if we're not meeting those targets, right? what pivots or what what happens then? Do we just continue saying oh we didn't meet it we move on to the next and hopefully we get it next year or what is it that we have set in place to make sure that there's some corrective a not corrective action but you know some other things moving along so we're making sure that they're not just being stuck in that same routine or that same cycle I mean >> um thank you president Ko I think there's a few layers to this so with the team really working closely with the teachers to think about that curriculum compacting because that's what they've been doing um if by chance at different with different teachers we see patterns because I don't think it's going to be a oneoff it's going to be a pattern that emerges so perhaps in design studio we can be looking at those patterns and how can we adjust our curriculum maps but I think we also need to be looking carefully at our um common formative assessments the team has been doing a deep dive into the CFAs we um relaunched CFAs to make it real clear that they were not an end check for understanding they were a progress monitor truly to see how are kids doing along the way.
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Any make sense? >> Is there anything else that you think that rack needed to hear before you guys start planning on how to present this to me before we go to the board? >> I don't think so. >> I I think understanding a little bit from me as to what that 11 million kind of translates to project-wise and taxpayerwise. Like if you look at it >> per $400,000 house, what that means is important for us to know because if it's, you know, 75 cents a year, maybe that's not as terrible as we think it might be. >> So, all right. So, if we were to do just a straight 7-year payback on a median home is $440 440,000, it would be $155 a year. Okay. Like >> and that's the 11 million number over a sevenyear >> and that's not doing any of the feathering that we talked about that we can do or getting you know more financially savvy with it just that's straight like it would be seven years 155 on immediate home of Betavia just to put some context into it.
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Um so that has all been vetted by our legal team and approved. Um Garmin Miller did agree to wave any supplemental fees on this project because it is a smaller project which is a huge benefit to us. That's literally tens of thousands of dollars that we're probably going to save. Um they will go with a 5% owner budgeted compensation package. That's going to be their main form of um payment by us. Keep in mind that the go bond and my estimate on fees, well not fees, excuse me, on the project cost is a little over $2 million. So the architectural fees 5%. You can do that math >> as long as they don't come back with a project cost of $5 million. Correct. >> Correct. Well, if they do that, we're in trouble because we don't we don't have those funds in the go to begin with.
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So, this this will be more around how do we manage that or how do we manage conflict at a shelter, you know, right? >> All right. People with pets again, right? Or people with special needs, you know? I guess recently a hospital got I guess two weeks back a hospital was shut down you know like >> Oh right yeah yeah yeah Marboro right? >> Yes. So something of that nature if the town have to host right like even so I guess we are dividing into three parts you know temporary shelters right overnight shelter or something bigger like of bigger displacement you know how do we navigate through right like now if you put put it up at one of our schools the school won't be able to open you know right >> so stuff like that you know how do how do we how do we go out so >> this is our MRC unit the middle folk you know they are they are planning it you know >> we're trying to hold it at a community center right but our capacity is around 60 70 you know uh people we can host so there might be because of 10 communities right we'll be will be invited to this training u then they're looking for a bigger space you know so this is where we are planning process you know possibly in end of uh March or maybe April we'll be we'll be posting that training >> got um and the stop the bleed training Who is that open to?
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>> It's within our capacity to do that and recommend that name to the governor. >> Yes. Okay. Thank you. >> Sure. >> Thank you. Um, we're going to take a short recess and switch over to um our triple short recess. >> Good afternoon. We're convening the joint committees on waterland, culture, and the arts, economic development, and tourism, and education on our 105 p.m. agenda here in state capital conference room 229. We have one measure on the agenda, SB2807 relating to destination management, which transfers functions relating to uh destination management from HTA to DLNR appropriates funds to DOE. Um, we'll just note there's a number of testifiers on this. Um folks, I know we're short on time, so folks are um open to making sure that they have their written testimony submitted, we appreciate that. And in that case, uh for those who are, uh open to standing on their testimony, we appreciate [clears throat] that as well.
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