Um, do we have any questions or any wonderings or any comments on that specific guard rail? >> You want me to put them up? I have them. >> Yes, please. >> Do we um I know this is a document that doesn't it's not like something that gets updated frequently. So, I'm wondering is there a way to like word that so we can make it at the end of our fiveyear thing so that it doesn't have to keep getting updated every year? >> Yeah. Or maybe we just put it in um just regular language that every board meeting can't have less than >> Yeah. Or Yeah, we could either change the percentage or take off that whole last part of the sentence either way. >> Yeah. And I think we should do do that. We should just leave it at the board will spend no less than 50% of its meeting time honoring progress on student outcome goals each board meeting.
Obviously, this makes a lot of sense to do it now. We're doing a lot of work here. Um so, we're going to include that um in there as well. Um trying to think of other things. Can you go to the next one, please? This one's a lot more busy. So, this is the landscape plan on here. Um, this basically shows, you know, we're not just putting sidewalks and, you know, driveways and things like that in. There's a lot of landscape that's required as well. Um, and also the other piece, there's a red box on the lower right corner. That's going to be a um detention area. Um, it's not going to be deep. It's like I believe it's 2 and 1/2 ft total from top to bottom. Um but that will be used as um a lot of different prairie grasses. So it just won't be a pond.
Then we also have EPES which is our extracurricular accounting software. So each of the schools, let's take the high school for example, large extracurricular presence, right? With all the athletics and all of the clubs and organizations they have going through there, a lot of money runs through there. Um the nice thing about school cash is it combines both of those into one program. We'll probably pay about $3,000 more per year than the two standalone programs, but I'm guessing a conservative is we're going to save at least 20 to $25,000 a year in just the freed up time of our school secretaries and treasurers. You think about all of those disparit systems that information has to flow from one to the next to the next. Well, guess how that happens, manual data entry, which we all know opens up um the opportunity for fraud to happen.
They have these digital kiosks to be able to communicate with the public. So these, you know, the these companies, they they'll put them in. free of charge and you're able to uh have security cameras on them. So, you know, Mike Lambert with Department of Law Enforcement is adding cameras. Wy Ki, this would, you know, add dozens more. You'll be able to communicate to community members on emergency preparedness and on a number of different things. But yeah, this is kind of bringing us into our Wy Ki special district and then the stadium district, again, a very commercial area into the 21st century in terms of communicating with the public. So, >> and does a Wiki neighborhood board support this? >> So, I know Yeah. Jillian Anderson, I know, who's on the board, put in testimony, but I've talked to members of the neighborhood board, Bob Finley being the chair, and you know, they've been supportive of of these measures.
>> And you don't have to worry about updating it, >> right? Um Mahilda, would we have to make a motion if we want to change the language? Okay. >> So, we'll we'll do that as a future agenda item or on Saturday when we're discussing guard rails. >> Yeah. We haven't posted the agenda yet, we'll be doing that. So, perfect. Um, and if I could make a recommendation, it might it might be worth taking a look at what our percentage stamp is in the board self-evaluation because I think it's 50%, but it'd be worth double checking it to make sure that we're setting that goal to align with the board achieving um highly on the on the south. >> If my memory was better this evening, I could tell you what it is. And at the moment, >> I can tell you right now But it probably is 50%.
Um so when it's dry and it'll probably be dry most of the time. Um you see something similar. Um the high school has one. There's there's others throughout town that have the same thing. Um at one point storm did have a lot of drainage issues. um they've become a little bit better, but this will definitely make um it much better so we don't have ponding water throughout the site. Um and basically I think that is it for that piece. I will get the playground next. So that will be the next few slides, but we'll finish this first. Any specific questions about the site >> about how many buses out of curiosity >> how many buses are there currently? How many buses go through that? >> Um there is uh three total >> each. >> I don't know if I'm counting all of the like I'm I'm mainly just doing the district buses, but there could be >> right.
I don't [snorts] want to see Dalb Central be the next headline for our extracurricular funds. And this is going to be another way for us to prevent that from happening because we have massive amounts of transparency and it connects and speaks with our main financial program. So that's that's why I'm recommending this. I've looked at probably four or five other programs. I've talked to probably 12 other school districts. Um, I think this is the Cadillac and for it to only cost us an additional roughly $3,000 a year. All the efficiencies and transparency that we're going to gain is well worth it.
And what I'm [clears throat] going to do is I'm going to reach out and and formally go over this bill with them because this is going to improve public safety. This is going to improve communication with visitors, but also residents. And again, it's going to add another dimension to our uh commercial area of Wik Ki and the stadium district. So, this is going to be great uh for not only the economy, but for the the residents of Wik Ki. >> Thank you, T. >> Yeah. Thank you. Oh, just for followup. >> Yes, sir. >> So, this is not going to be like a Las Vegas sign smoking hamburgers. No other. Okay. >> No. And we don't want that, right? We want this for again for public safety reasons and you know, we we don't support that. We don't want a billboard on Diamond Head, but we do want some sort of digital kiosks uh to bring us no corporate.
>> Yeah, it it is 50%. >> Um, so we'll have a further discussion on that on Saturday and maybe take some action to change the wording. Our next board guard rail is the board will not allow five years to pass without an equity audit, a policy review, and sped review.
There could be some like kinder buses like that, little buses. >> HC Storm has a green team that's worked hard on some landscaping. Is that all staying? >> Yep, that's all staying. So you can see kind of on the west part like the southwest part there's like five trees right there existing. That area is completely stained. The one that will get disturbed um because it's going to so we just are going to put um different plants back in it. There's one that's closest to where um well now it's actually the new nurs's office in one kindergarten room. >> But that it it won't make it. I can tell you that with all the amount of work that's going in the front of that building. So you can see it's very difficult to see, but there are new plantings going in that spot. >> And will the will there be any native plants used throughout the city?
So, if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer what what I can. >> Do you have any idea how many data entries you have per month? [clears throat] >> No. Thousands. Thousands. >> Because someone said, "Well, how much money goes to the school?" I said, "Millions?" >> Yes. >> And then they said, "Well, where's it all come from?" I said, "Well, I could show you a spreadsheet and how many pages of data." It's not like three pages. >> Well, you think about 191 pages. [laughter] >> Yeah. >> So, they have no idea detail level and get you more, Tony. >> That's right. That's not even the big picture. >> No, it's it's a lot. And I'm super excited that our staff members and treasurers are going to be able to step back from that. They have much more important things to do than transfer data.
>> None of that. No, sir. Yeah. >> Thank you, Senator. So, um where's the guarantees that it's not going to go that way at some point? I'm not sure whether it's in the bill or not, but I know that the bill the way it's written is for these specific digital kiosks that are on the public rights away. So, I know this and and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think this has to do with on private property of hotels, right? So, you're not going to be able to put a huge Sheridan sign or you're not going to be able to put So, this is for the public rights way. And I believe also the city and county has to pass an ordinance to allow this. So, this just allows within state law for the cities to do this. Um, here in Hawaii, we have a state law that kind of prohibits this this signage, but and I think it's important.
Um, do we have any questions or any comments on that one? >> My question and comment is that we are in year three. Have we done any one of those yet? >> I know we've done the sped review and I think we've done an equity audit as well. And you're currently going to be working on policy review on Saturday. >> Yeah, policy review is going to be probably be ongoing. So, I think we'll be good for the next five years because we'll be reviewing it very frequently. Um and maybe we we can find out about the equity audit when we had a last one. >> Yeah, we had handover did one for us um two years ago. >> Yeah, I want to say it was two years ago. So >> So we might be getting close on that mark of redoing something. So I'll I'll make that >> I would say is for that I would hope that those would be like I know I say I I know it's annoying when I say we shouldn't I mean we pay for diligent or whatever but like there might be some way to link it more easily or visibly from the school from the website from the district website >> the the results of the audit.
>> A lot a lot of native plants in there. And again, it's it's very hard to try to clip this and make it bigger so you can see it. But yeah, there's and I'm not exaggerating, hundreds of plants. and we went back and forth honestly with the city because basically they're not all going to live. So my point was like why do we have to put so many in? Let's kind of space them out a little bit and give them a chance. Um this was just back and forth because the amount that they actually require. I mean they don't they won't make it. So, um but yeah, there's I mean many different um type of native plants that are through here. And actually in the um detention area, there's a lot of in that area. >> I don't know if this matters, but just out of curiosity, are you allowed to enter the enter only traveling north?
one system to the next. >> Good. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. At this time, I'll ask the board for a motion to approve the school cash payment portal. >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Oppos. Motion passes. Gina, I hope this makes your life easier, too. [laughter] Her life's already hard enough dealing with me on a daily basis. [laughter] I know >> she's being nice not saying that out loud, but I thought I would say what she's probably thinking right [laughter] now. >> As a parent, Gina, we're thankful that you're minimizing some of the Great. >> One password. >> Is is did you say lunch is or lunches in there too? >> Thank you. >> That is good.
>> We have strong laws against signage, but you go all over the place and you see all these violations. Right. Right. [clears throat] >> So, >> I agree. And and the main point of this bill is again for this this specific kiosks that a lot of cities do have in a lot of uh metropolitan hightraic foot traffic areas. Um, and you need this certain law to be able to to do that. and I could send around to your teams as well kind of what it looks like. Um, but it is going to be for the benefit of of not only again visitors but residents. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Uh, any other questions? See none. Uh, short recess. Hi, thank you and welcome back for decision making on our 111 agenda. Um, first up, Senate Bill 2716. Um after conferring with committee as well as the introducer of the bill, we do know that we need to um put a little more work into this and and finalize some language.
>> Yeah. Like directly from the website rather than going through like and finding the meeting where it maybe was discussed and trying to find >> Yeah. We're we're in the process of reviewing some new um platforms for the web and one of the intentions behind it is to be able to stand something up that would have basically a student outcomes focused governance, you know, portal >> that would be included. >> Okay. Because I was going to say if we're going to be doing this then it would just be like we're going to have these posted at all. So the most recent one would all available it feels like would be the best thing. >> Yeah. But I think um well this the equity audit policy re not policy review sorry sped review per that might have occurred prior to to us newbies getting on the board.
Are you allowed to make a left turn into that enter? Do you have to like go >> No. Yeah, you can go both directions. >> You can go >> at this point. Okay. So, we the city hasn't we've talked about this a little bit, but basically it's like let's see how this is going to work first. Um because it's one of those things you don't have it yet, so you can't test it out. Um other spots that already have multiple entrances, you can change traffic patterns, move buses here and part here. Right now, you don't have a choice. It's this is where you enter and this is where you exit. We did talk about that because of the backup getting out. Um so yeah we have looked at that um a little bit but we are going to keep the you know same type no left turn to exit.
>> I I don't know if I'm I'm just doing this for the public at home because Gina wasn't at the microphone and I always get blown up with the fact that people in the audience because nobody can hear what they're saying. >> Uh we are working on that by the way to have speakers or excuse me microphones for this. But I would point out what the question you know being everything is tied together. Parents are going to have one login to be able to make all of their payments now. Lunch, extracurricular book fees, things like that. It's a massive advantage to our parents. I know Lauren shared the picture from her parent square and I mean it's as a parent I get it as well. It's just what we deal with. We're trying to streamline things and make things easier. So, >> it's great. Thank you.
Um I'm going to defer decision making to February 19, 2026 in conference room 229 at 10:5 p.m. Um next up, Senate Bill 2746 relating to taxation. Uh this bill needs a lot of work um and and more uh conversation. I'm going to defer this bill indefinitely. Uh next up, Senate Bill 2906. Um, I'm going to be passing uh with an SD1 by taking out the language uh establishing a tourism and establishing a tourism liaison, making necessary technical and non-substantive amendments and blanking out the appropriation amounts and defecting the effective date to July 1st, 2015.