>> Any opposed? Motion passes. That was unfinished business. Board policy. We got a second reading from last week. Second reading and a vote to update the board policy 6160 capital asset threshold from 5,000 to 10,000.
Mr. Loy, but Miss Richardson's not here, so I guess it's in you. >> You just have a copy of admission from each of the schools and the letters to the uh everyone that has an application, have completed the application process. Uh we'll be going out uh later this week to notify them or two week before the actual date, which I think is this week. uh will be going out to let them know that the uh lottery of the date of the lottery and the time of the lottery and more information about the lottery will be going out to everyone who we got an application from. What's this is just a list of uh how many students from each uh city and town and what schools uh how many what the numbers are. Yeah, I have a question on regards to that. Um, for example, um, for the the people that we used that were I I know that the people I had a a um a resident who called me.
>> Okay. When you say city um detective city officials council >> mainly the mayor and the city council may even city manager because we do have um 2 by two meetings where do meet together for partnerships and I think it's important that we have their input. >> What about the uh law enforcement the police captain >> the police chief >> chief is that correct? >> Yeah. What we do is yes, >> we send the invitation out and we probably have a group meeting with those those individuals and they feel pretty honored to be asked. Not everyone comes, but it's good to ask and then we'll get that input. When we provide you the input back, you'll see it by the different groups, teachers, classified, principles, you know, whoever that might be, city officials. Okay. >> Yeah. The police chiefs, I think that's important. >> Yes.
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I can kind of see those see those myself. Any questions about the tool? Anything you want to It's It can give you all the way down to granular right there in the weeds and all the way from and even from even larger larger So when we do a study, you want to go to the next one. So when we do, and what's interesting about this, and we're doing this, there are immediate needs that we found as the study was going on, they found we were able to carve those right out immediately. We didn't have to wait, you know, till the end of the study. We carved it out immediately and addressed the issue, the problem, and fixed it. So um that's the nice thing about it is it's fluid so we can get things done at a small level when we need to or plan for those plan for those big big things.
Anybody have any questions from last week or last meeting what that was? Motion a second to approve that. Motion to approve. Second. We got a motion, a second to approve board policy 6160, move the capital asset threshold from 5,000 to 10,000. All in favor say I.
she had her student like her child was at uh at a private school. Um and and because she's going through financial issues, she's no longer can afford to continue pay for the kid. I know she hasn't applied, but she can't continue. Uh I know her her deadline is already exposed. Now her her child already explained that if he were to go to a public school, he want to come into the vulk. and the application time has already expired. So, he wouldn't be able to qualify under that because he was she wasn't planning on having the kid go to uh public school. >> Yeah. >> And so, I I don't I didn't know what to tell her to tell her about how what she can do because in in reality, you know, I it's not like she she her son applied and he didn't get it because he didn't.
Safety being so important. Okay. Yes, sir. other items that could be added to this list >> for clerk Ramos. >> Yeah, I had also the city, but also what about the community college? >> There's a strong collaboration between um our district and the community college. >> Citrus College. Yes, sir. >> Can we add APU also since we do partner with them through our CHAMP program and our Zuza scholars? >> Yeah. >> Scholarship. And we may be talking to superano about the right contact person and so we're talking >> so we'll put it down generically but more specifically we can reach out >> board member Gria. >> No there there are none that that come to mind in addition to uh the list that you already have collected here. board member Ariana's >> I think we you guys have done a really good job in making sure that we include our all our stakeholders.
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So we identify those prioritize u the scope what's more important. We don't prioritize that. We work with you to pri prioritize that work or together because you may you know you know the community better. You know your buildings better. So we're going to kind of help you and if there's a direction you want to go then it's our responsible and we enjoy doing that helping you get the information to to get there. And then we address the issues the most cost effective way. And that's what I was saying earlier. I like the most because we can leverage a lot inhouse but I think our targeted approach by bringing in the right people at the right time really reduces that cost u a lot overall. Again, uh we engage with an architect engineer uh to identify the the solution of the problem when it's appropriate, not all at once.
>> Any opposed? Motion passes. Public comment items from board members. >> When we mentioned the cell phone a little while, we'll have to enact that into board policy. Then we'll have an actual >> I I don't know if it has to actually come in. So that so the DOE will have to the DOE will be uh supposed to be giving us um policy related to that. I don't know if it necessarily has to be enacted in our board policy or just in our handbooks because a lot of times when we adopt those things in the handbooks, they become part of our policy. Uh, so I don't know. I don't know if we'll have to necessarily do that or do the handbook >> for certain in the handbook. >> Yeah. But they're supposed to give us example policy. Sometimes the hard part about it is like the law doesn't go in effect until July 1.
Um what what you know I know they used to have a process to come in and go through a what is it called? Um uh and it you know for for if you didn't get cho picked it was what was the word they used on >> um >> no on the waiting list when you were in the waiting list but she's not on the waiting list cuz she didn't apply. >> Yeah. [clears throat] But now her her fact is that the kid is not going to be able to go to private school. He wants to go to she's he's gonna have to go to public school, but he doesn't want to go Lawrence High. >> So she wanted to know what can she do if if she's able to apply here. You know, I know it's a lottery thing, but the word I'm using is when somebody didn't get picked.
>> Okay. >> And so I I do agree with my colleagues. >> And Madame President, if the board receives some additional thought about this, we'd be happy to have that contact and then add that to the list should there be a a thought later on perhaps. And >> can I just add one? I'm not sure if the superintendent's round table, are they the same parents? Uh I I know they they do have um SSC parents committees. Would that be considered a parent committee? Right. >> Okay. >> And we might add that what we what we do is we ask the same questions. >> What's what are the strengths of you know what are the things that you're really proud of? What are the challenges facing the school district? Because there are a lot of great people out there. are they equipped to deal with the exact challenges that you have?
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We'll present those pres uh those uh solutions uh to you guys. We'll walk through those, talk through those and u make the best sense. and and if there's something on there, Grant's his his biggest asset is his attention to detail. Uh and and that's what's been huge at Bedford. And we now uh it was interesting when we went in there, they had quotes from a previous to do some work. And our approach when we came in, we were able not only to do that work, but we did culinary we did a culinary kitchen along with it. And then we added two more wings of HVAC equipment. Uh so in other words, we were able to bring that price down with our approach to get to get more done. And then we just in our the execution is you know how you get what you get at the end is is important.
Well, the example polic This is what happened last year with the attendance. It goes in July one. The example policy doesn't come out till close to August. So then you don't >> Yeah. So then it's like it's already passed and so last year we just made an amendment with our attendance policy after the fact. So >> if there's variations in compliance the approach to complying you guys recommendations. >> Yeah. Currently at Hartland every classroom has a thing on the door. Every kid puts their thing in during the class and they pull it out. Is that something that could be? >> It could be. The hard part about that is they switch classes so much more than that. Like at Heartland, they're there for that three hours or whatever uh for that class. And I know some classes do have that where kids because right now the the rule or the law is that they're not supposed to have them and use them in the classroom uh for non-instructional purposes.
They used to go through the process of of what's it called? the word I'm looking for um >> appeal the the appealing process >> now it's going to be different because now the the the people who didn't get in are on a waiting list based on the way they were there you know based on application >> so but she doesn't she doesn't fall under that category because she didn't get to apply so what's going to happen with people like that or people who move from different >> part of the >> into the video or >> Yeah. So, she didn't meet the deadline for application. So, uh she's what she should do is have her give me a call tomorrow and I'll tell her what her process is. She [clears throat] won't be in the lottery. Um because only people who met the deadline are in the lottery and then anyone else [clears throat] that's not that did not meet the deadline won't be in the lottery, but they I believe they'll go at the bottom of the weight list uh from because their numbers not pulled.
And so those are the things and then what are the characteristics you're looking for? We heard that in the board president transparency and so we pull all that together in terms of a report to you about what the individual group said but then collectively and then the the online survey we'll get a lot of people coming to these invited um meetings but the online survey we may get five to seven to a thousand uh results on that which we will compile that and that's a report that comes to you all in an executive summary. So that's the purpose in doing this and that helps us out the position description. >> That executive summary is almost like a WASK accredititation uh document if you will. And with respect to those stakeholder input sessions, they can be done via Zoom. Most most often I will be here if that needs to be done in a personal basis meeting with the city council or the city manager.
This water sparked a big commotion in her heart that she led soon on to other people. Thank you, [applause] One more time for all three of our ortorial. If they could come up so we could take a picture and board members come on back up. [applause] Three great presentations about great women in history from three very talented young ladies. So congratul scoot over to the middle a little bit. So to your to your left. There you go. Right there. Perfect. And we'll crowd in behind you. One more time for our rhetorical contest winners. Thank you guys. [applause] Yes, please shake hands with the governing board. Come on, you go ahead and sit down now. Good job, board members. That concludes my recognitions for this evening. Thank you. [applause] So that's how I warm water. [laughter] >> Okay, that was good. >> Okay. Um, we are going to be moving on to the superintendence report.
And then just uh come our our plan uh how is important grant uh you know again we're pulling people in. We have all these you know everybody that we see that's going to be a part of a project and bringing them in as needed instead of bringing them in the beginning as a whole. again reduce costs and then we constantly are communicating with you all as well and whatever you need anywhere from um I've worked with Kevin at veteran McLaren on bond schedules on when's the when's the appropriate time you know uh and so we work we'll work we work through that anywhere from there all the way to kind I will say one of the things that we identified earlier they had no u this a little small but they had no LED lighting in their high school. We found that immediately and instead of waiting till the end of the study, we fixed that and it more and paid for their just what they saved in the 8 12 months.