I'm going to invite public comment for this and we have one from George Andrus. >> [cough] >> Good evening. Can you hear me? Yes. I apologize if there was a miscommunication. I did not mean for this here to be directly attached to this part of the meeting. It was just an overall statement I wanted to say, but thank you for allowing me to come up here. Um the teachers at Bass Lake School District pride themselves on representing the school, the children and the community and work every day to make a difference. We have worked through COVID, administrative leadership changes and our resolve is unwavering in our dedication to support this community. Most of us have been working here for 10, 20, or even more years. We are experienced and know what works and what doesn't work, especially in this community. The great joy of working for Gastineau School District is what keeps us here.
We convene meetings quarterly with all members with the members in the Aha Kū Leo. It's a representative group of all schools including our Hawaiian language immersion charter schools um, that allow for parents, teachers, school administrators, um, and Native Hawaiian education support organizations like the Office of Hawaiian Education I'm sorry, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. I'm so used to saying my own name. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, community schools, um, and then our university partners, especially those that have um, that are running the two education educator educated preparation programs at UH Hilo and at UH Manoa. Um, we also have um, membership from BYU H as well and they've also helped us to produce some teachers. And so in these convenience quarterly convenience is where we talk about sort of the broad issues that are facing Ka Papahana Education and recently um, the department has approved um, and has started implementation on its on its Ka Papahana strategic planning.
Um and we're doing that by braiding our federal funding sources and our instructional improvement funds. That way we just so you know how we're doing that. That's those are the funding sources. >> Thank you. and we'll look to Mr. >> Just real quick, I noticed that his health class, which is a half credit requirement you have to take, which is a real schedule buster. It's a real problem. So, I noticed that you're having that online free of charge, which is a really good idea. So, thank you for that. >> That was a proposal. I'll let Dr.
You're going to have to decide. I think you're giving them options and and what my comment was >> is to make sure that there's no miscommunication in future years where teachers are thought that they are banned from reading novels. That is what I don't want to happen. What I want to happen is for them to be able to be teachers. We have a group of professionals that are here that know what they're doing and they should be able to fully >> fully agree with that. >> What I'm working on and I've already shared this with board member horn but I think it's good for you all to be aware what we are working on in teaching and learning. I know you can't see it from the dis but sort of a grid model here. Um this would have then the the suggested or enrichment novels that go with the adopted curriculum.
So, we're about 1.1 million, right? I've already told you we're spending 1.1 million at minimum on teacher salaries and operations for um out of school choice. So that means FY28 the money's gone. It's it it it's actually wiped out. So that's the risk with the override. You can see that that number grows a little bit. It's actually healthy where we could then utilize it for these onetime expenses. um and and deferred maintenance costs. And I I we have $14 million worth of of deferred maintenance andor projects and uh other needs that we have. Um I'm not saying a turf field should come out of school choice. I'm saying that should probably be a debt exclusion, right? A capital item at the town level. Um but if we need a $50,000 repair to something, we have that flexibility, which we we don't have or we wouldn't have under the 3.25.
Do you have any questions around any of the reports? >> Anybody? >> Kind of do. >> You kind of do. Go for it. >> Well, maybe not. >> Um, were we getting a yonder pouch update? >> Oh, yes. I asked for that month ago, but I didn't see it on the agenda, so I was going to ask to have it. Yeah, sorry. I was trying to follow through. >> Great. Can we make sure that that happens in May? >> Great. No, thank you for for bringing that back up. All right, member Den is assuming that we have read the reports something that we are going to be doing going forward and if so, please. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. >> Great. Happy to. Um, are there Okay. Any other questions? Any other things before we move on to our next set of items?
Do you have any questions around any of the reports? >> Anybody? >> Kind of do. >> You kind of do. Go for it. >> Well, maybe not. >> Um, were we getting a yonder pouch update? >> Oh, yes. I asked for that a month ago, but I didn't see it on the agenda, so I was going to ask to have it. Sorry, I was trying to follow through. >> Great. Can we make sure that that happens in May? >> Great. No, thank you for for bringing that back up. All right, member Den is assuming that we have read the reports something that we are going to be doing going forward and if so, please. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. >> Great. Happy to. Um, are there okay any other questions? Any other things before we move on to our next set of items?
Um I'll quickly address some of them. The DOA air handlers. We want to really get a handle on those to make sure they're not it's not a systematic problem and hopefully um it can be handled in house. So, we're determining if it's a stand-alone issue or it's a more systematic issue. Uh the CO2 levels in the classroom have been inconsistent. Um you know, some are reading at normal levels and some are twice as high. ABS did come out. They did an assessment over the break. Sensors were recalibrated. Um the assessment showed in several areas that sensors need to be replaced, which is reassuring. Um the sensors are sensitive, so we're continuing to track this. Temperatures. You know, a lot of classrooms are reporting elevated temperatures between like 70 and 80°. Um and they're typically observed during periods where the classrooms are unoccupied, and the system um drifts upward as part of their energy saving saving sequence, so once those spaces are occupied, the system struggles to bring the temperatures back down to in a timely manner, so um these prolonged periods of discomfort for occupants is causing an issue.
>> [clears throat] >> The tight-knit family we have created all focused on serving the community. We have a long-standing history of working collaboratively with the board and leadership until recently. It is my opinion that at this time our communication is broken in this district. It does not feel collaborative to me. If our school district is going to thrive, we must get back to working together to solve our problems from budget to behavior to school operations. >> [clears throat] >> I am asking and moving forward that a committee made up of teachers and administrators working together to work together to resolve operational and budget issues. The Gastineau School District must work together. I invite you to please help us be the best we can be as a school district. Thank you FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE board will now return to the regular meeting agenda.
And through the Aha Kumu Leo voice is where um, they were able to advocate for some of the priorities that we've established in that in that plan. Okay, so you do see that there is an interest Yes. that is being sought out for interested Ka Papahana teachers. Yes. Any idea where there seems to be a lag because um, in my community with teachers who are interested in getting into involved in Ka Papahana projects, uh, there the wall seems to stop at the standards board. So are you noticing that that's where kind of it might get a little delayed? I I think one of the things that we were successful at in working with the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board was the establishment of what we call the Papa Ola Kuikawa or the Hawaiian teacher permit um, which allows us to bring um, folks into the into the teaching pipeline.
Edgar respond if there any questions that was on her side taking that over from our proposal. We have a lot of kids enrolled in it already. I had the numbers, but it it's they're skyrocketing. And and again, we have to remember when our kids go outside of district to get programming, we are now also giving those competitors access to our families. So then they market to them hardcore. So by keeping them with us, we're working to make that. Also, I want to add the quality of our we lose the quality of what the kids are actually getting once they go out. That was a big thing on the table is we think we can do the quality better and if an outside free it's a schedule buster kids take it to get out of the way and why can't we? And so that we question that why why can't we do that?
These are ones that have direct ties to the core adoption. It will list the um name of the novel, the author. It gives the Lexile level so we have a sense of the complexity of the text. Um our intention is to add to that then some information related to whether or not um where that content may fall, you know. So yes, it's a sixth grade Lexile level, meaning it's simplistic in in the text itself, but it has some mature themes. So maybe it's 10, 11, 12 grade. Um, and then share with you where that's aligned to the core adoption and or the state standards. Um, and then one of the things that I recommend that we add to that is some specific verbiage about we've recommended this for grade band 112 because blah blah blah blah blah. That way when if teachers are going to use that novel, what goes in their syllabi is uniform across the board.
Um so so you'll notice again to your point that's exactly where we would be Mark. Um >> so I think the um maybe the extension of that question talked about if we don't pass this in this year >> get through 28 even bigger overall. >> Correct. Maybe you can just elaborate on >> Yeah. So >> sorry question was um if if Jim could elaborate a little bit on why an override asked a year from now >> the current one doesn't pass would be so much bigger. >> So there are a number of factors right one is um if if we look at utilizing 1.4 4 million out of stabilization funding from the town, right, to to make our budget work. Um, that that $1.4 million of of expenses still exist and we are spending 1.1 of our own stabiliz of our own school choice funding, if you will.
Seeing none, let's move on to our consent agenda. Oh, sorry. Yes, Roland. >> I don't want to put in, but I do. >> Okay. >> I mention >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Please go ahead. Um, just want to acknowledge the the absence of our business manager tonight, Andy Pocket. He would be available if we needed him via online, but he is at the induction ceremony of his two daughters into their National Honor Society tonight. So, congratulations to he and his family for that. Um, some of the information you have before you obviously is um just some enrollment figures which are pretty close to the same. I do want to give a couple shoutouts during these time frames which sometimes I don't have time to and won't and chair sex and I have talked about this create some of these things but some quick shout outs to GHS senior Kza Nazala Nazula I don't want to kill that name so I apologize but on March 9th received the MLK junior award at GCC so congratulations to her for receiving that.
Seeing none, let's move on to our consent agenda. Oh, sorry. Yes, Roland. >> I don't want to put in, but I do. >> Okay. >> I mention >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Please go ahead. Um, just want to acknowledge the the absence of our business manager tonight, Andy Pocket. Uh, he would be available if we needed him via online, but he is at the induction ceremony of his two daughters into their National Honor Society tonight. So, congratulations to he and his family for that. Um, some of the information you have before you obviously is, um, just some enrollment figures which are pretty close to the same. I do want to give a couple shout outs during these time frames which sometimes I don't have time to and won't and chair sex and I've talked about this create some of these things but some quick shout outs to ghs senior Kza Nala Nazula I don't want to kill that name so I apologize but on March 9th received the MLK junior award at GCC so congratulations to her for receiving that.
So, some actions we have taken, the thermostat settings were adjusted to limit temperature drift during unoccupied periods, so hopefully that will help that. And our electric bill is enough. Hopefully our electric bill is enough. When the system's activated, um there's been an odor. Um ABS recommended cleaning the dehumidifying wheels, and all the units have been cleaned. There was a report again of an odor in the lower level of the library, kind of like a moisture smell. We don't know why that's happening. The NBC is getting a team together to address these situations. Boilers. Um there has been intermittent fit flame failures on boilers two and three. Add that to the update. So, we're looking to if the system if this is persists with boiler three, replacement of the airflow switch has been recommended. So, we're keeping an eye on that. There is a roof leak um over the third grade teachers work room, resulting in ceiling tile damage and paint deterioration.
>> [clears throat] >> Number nine, accomplishments and other reasons to celebrate from throughout the district. We're going to hear from Tara Tompkins about awesome elementary school. >> [cough] [laughter] [clears throat] >> Did it stop it? Where is it? Oh. Okay. Okay, perfect. Uh let's see. So, the last time I presented was January. So, all of this stuff is from January to now and we've been unbelievably busy. Putting things together was like, "Wow, we did all that in such a short amount of time." So, um back in the winter we had our boys and girls basketball for sports. Um our boys soccer, girls basketball and our boys soccer team were champions in the tournament. So, they were in first place. That was really exciting. We had mass and we had a an incredible season. We got to go every single week um except for the last two.
Um, I think we've faced some recent challenges um, just trying to make sure that there's some clarity um, and consistency and transparency in the way in which, um, the policies either, um, in new business items of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board or in the Hawaii Administrative Rules are actually, uh, implemented and communicated. Um, and so I think we've we've as a part of as a member of the Hawaiian Work Group of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, we've met probably about four or five times in the last year just to continue to try and seek that clarity. Um, and we we'll continue to work on that. We do expect that, um, in its, uh, next meeting on April 24th, that we will be able to resolve the issues that have been sort of uh, preventing us from opening up that pipeline a little bit more. But absolutely, um, if I can also say that an an additional, um, concern of ours is actually getting people into the teaching pipeline.
I just I'm proud of the group because they thought with some outside the box thinking and actually competitive model was sometimes competitive model is getting things away from >> Thank you superintendent. Um thank you so much Dr. Brener. This was very comprehensive and just for folks who may not know health is extremely popular. It is the go-to class that we recommend to help students clear a course for this uh for their semester as an elective. So, they have to take help. If they take it over summer, they can select an elective the following um school year basically for each of those semesters. And it's really helpful to get them into a course they want to take. So, that's why it's very popular. We do encourage that to uh clear that space if people desire that. Um well, thank you so much um Dr. Brener and Patty Fernandez and my I have to say this my former English teacher Renee Sweden.
So we don't have an issue with well this teacher forgot to say that it has this theme and this teacher did and now we have conflict out there. I think we need to come up with a district approved whatever novels we're using at the beginning of the year. We say, "Hey families, we're going to read The Hunger Games and here's the the type of content that it has in it. Here's the opt out process. Let us know." So that we're I'm just trying to be super transparent. I think we're on the same page with you're going to provide that information to us. We decide, >> we approve it, it's done. However, if a committee, which it doesn't look like it would be likely to have, but should that happen, we should know now how we're going to handle it and discuss it so we're not caught off guard.