So I for one am happy that this is coming up for a vote at this point. Mr. White, >> thank you. Yeah. No, I appreciate I I I agree to the point that it's um this is a really big deal. um the student he was here tonight asking about you know what we've said and I spoke directly to him because I felt it was I do feel it's that important what's going on. Um but I do I just want to clarify something. What we're talking about the name of the policy is undocumented students. So if you're undocumented basically that means you're here illegally. And I'm not passing any judgment. I'm just saying >> not necessarily true. Well, that's so that's what I'm asking the superintendent. Is it that's like a immigration law? That's what is that >> if if you're here illegally, does it mean you're undocumented?
So, any questions about districtwide >> on the repaving? Is there any stuff is there anything that needs to be done right now? One of the things that goes through my mind is like the uh where we just were at the high school with uh the loading dock was it probably 50 yards down below the loading dock is a storm drain that's effectively kind of collapsing. Not to the point of being unsafe, but you can see where it's just settling. Um, and that relates directly to the access in that parking lot. Is there is there anything that needs to be done this year or in the next whatever 12 months or so? And I'm just simply wondering about the council just pushing stuff out like that's it because repaving it needs to happen. And I'm glad like the roads we basically have like a 20 year a 20-year road project where it's just do 5% of the roads every year because we know it cost $2 million.
This is all education fund money. And then the idea um federal grants, you know, the individual disabilities education act idea. You can see what we take in. If you if you look closely at year by year, you've noticed the idea grant money is all accounted for. I use all of that to pay co-op. So there's your first piece of the puzzle of what we pay to the co-op themselves. All of the idea grant money goes directly to the co-op and what we have to pay the co-op year in year out. Um, >> do you have this PowerPoint so they can see this too? >> I do not. >> Okay. >> Sorry. And hold it up for them. I think they have this copy. Um, >> so as you look at these numbers, one of the things that sticks out or stuck out to me as I started this process was you can see that we're we're doing pretty well when it comes to funding special education.
>> Evil Andrew will be coming back in in 12 seconds, so let's see if the can come up with the save on this one. Ooh, got a piece of it and snuck in. Yeah. Tough bounce. She She was there. Uh she just some sometimes it Sneaks on through. Yeah, it's unfortunate, but you know what? Got our patented times 5-minute timeout by the Ashland coaches. It's between 7 and 5, somewhere in there they usually call timeout. >> It makes the score 10 to 6 now. 5 minutes left. From an Ashland perspective, they should be confident so far in the game, 43 minutes in, that Emma's only been able to come up with six goals. Yeah. So, seemingly for 5 minutes you should be able to prevent them from getting on any quick runs, but >> so. Um that is certainly what the coach is talking about now.
>> No. If you're undocumented, are you here illegally? >> Um, >> according to immigration law, >> I I'm not an immigration law specialist and nor do we ask we we if you live here by law, we educate you. We don't ask what your you know your immigration status is. That's Plyer versus D. I mean that's the that's the heart of like the latest Supreme Court argument. So we don't know. So when you asked me before, do we have students here illegally? I happen to know that we may, but um we don't ask. So I couldn't tell you definitively. >> Yeah. No, I'm not I'm not asking. Let me try to reframe the question. And so the immigration status like I'm not really an expert on immigration status. >> Okay. So I guess my simple point is I my understanding is if if someone is undocumented, they're in violation of immigration law, which is civil law, not criminal law.
So I'm I'm completely support the idea of just like um maintaining everything on an ongoing basis bit by bit. Um but just wondering if that needs to if there is any repaving that needs to be done. >> Yeah. Highland and the high school Highland is not in good shape and the high school uh certain sections of the lots are not in in good shape, but we we do spend a fair amount of money in crack ceiling and trying to at least keep it waterproof as much as we possibly can to extend the life of it. But >> yeah, >> I mean, if you've seen the alligator cracking and like Highland for instance, it's pretty expensive. So, >> it might be cheaper to repave it than it is to crack sealer. You know, we're getting to that point. >> I'm curious about the the road that leads the driveway that leads into Highland Castle Glenn Road.
right now. Um, we've always, I don't call it a surplus because it's not a huge surplus, but you can see as you compare revenue to expense. We've stayed above, you know, water level where I haven't had to dip into additional education fund dollars to fund special education. I can I can tell the board confidently that won't be the case leaving co-op. So, um, we will incur additional expense. There's just no question about it. Now that said, I also am extremely supportive thus far of it. I mean, we're still doing a lot of analysis everywhere on it. I see a lot of positives coming out of the co-op that, and Steve will attest, I'm not big on saying this when I know it's going to affect our bottom line. Um, I feel this could have enough positive potential that I need to find ways to make it happen financially.
This is a very short bench they have today. I think they only have three substitutes, so there hasn't been a whole lot of substituting in and out. So, I think she just wants to make sure that they all have an opportunity to grab a drink of water and quick breath. Maybe some Townhouse Pizza might help them refuel while they're over there on the sidelines. To uh I know that would work for me. >> goals. I know. I I tell you I I accidentally found a Townhouse Pizza in down in the booth and tried a slice. I know it wasn't mine. I apologize to the crew, but I I had a piece of pizza. >> I think that was from our friends at Townhouse. It was delicious. Yep. It was delicious. So, thank you, Town. Okay, very good. >> Okay. Give me that pizza right now.
I'm no attorney. I don't know this stuff. I was hoping that you had a better idea on this. Um so um My point is that undocumented, my understanding is that there is something being broken, a law, an immigration law that's being broken. And my point that I just want to add here, I guess, is what happened in the high school with our student that someone spoke about tonight. As far as you know, has has he broken any laws at all? Because my understanding is he has not, and this was a clerical error. That's my understanding, but you know, the federal government doesn't have communication with us uh to clarify that. Uh the information that I have is either available through media or family contacts. >> Yeah. >> Um so I don't have anything official. >> Okay. I guess my simple point is that I I don't want to uh my understanding is he hasn't done anything wrong.
>> Weeks. So, that is a town road. >> That is a town road. >> Okay. Mine is private. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, we So, the schools start right at the parking lot where it basically starts where it's okay. >> Where the stop sign is to >> Okay. >> And there is a town capital project about expanding Weeks Road and adding turning lane, but that's not on our capital. And I think it's been deferred a little bit. >> Okay. >> When we're talking about Weeks Road. >> Yeah. Hasn't it? Like I think it was supposed to start this summer, but I don't Yeah. I don't I don't >> I thought it was deferred to be uh to run in conjunction with the state traffic signal renovations that they're going to do again for the second time in three years. >> They're already marking it out.
Um, if this falls outside of of these dollars, the only place I can take from is the education fund or donations. So, that's something the board needs to keep in mind. This will impact our education fund dollars. Right now, I don't want to give you guys I I will I talked to Steve a little bit. I want to give you a ballpark. Um, the ballpark in working with Kelly and GM, Kelly Hudson, who that's been my other big struggle. I learned a lot about special education. Um, I've considered myself fairly fluent in most things. Education, special education is a is a massive beast that is there just so much to it I have to rely on and I would be lost without Kelly Hudson guiding me in this area. That said, um the number that she came back with as we plug all the numbers in and we looked at all the different programmers is roughly right around $1500 to $200,000 on the plus side that we're probably going to incur.
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He was picked up off the streets. >> Yeah. >> And like I said, it it's a travesty. That's what it appears based on what I know, what I've seen in reports. And I don't think that we should be associating someone who is totally law-abiding with something where there is a law that has been broken. And I'm not judging, you know, the 2-year-old DACA kids who come here or anything like that. I understand that completely. But I do think it is I do think there is a distinct difference um between based on my limited understanding, and I'm not an attorney, but I do think that there is a difference between undocumented students and his particular situation. And I just want to clarify that. >> Are we not bound to educate them regardless? >> Huh? >> Are we not bound to educate them? Provide education to them regardless.
So, but I have to follow up with uh the engineering department. I was under the understanding that that was going to happen this summer, but >> Well, that's great. >> It certainly would help if it if it did. >> Um, so I'm wondering if knowing that, you know, the board of ed ultimately approved like a little north of 5 million last year for capital projects. looking at this list, uh, you know, kind of piggybacking off Tim, you asking like is this a year one priority? If there's a overall number that you all are looking to get to or if we just want to kind of go one by one and see which of these projects feel like a year one. Um, and obviously we have Rich here who can help us with prioritization. But I don't know if it's an overall number or we just want to look and see what we feel.
Not it's not a guarantee. I just wanted to at least tonight give you some kind of a number to see. Um as Nathan gets me numbers, I'm going to be able to drill into that more. I think as Steve's gone through his slides, I think one of the biggest expenses that will be added on will be the fact that we're going to have to have a director of special education. I don't I don't see any way around it. I don't think he can put that on the assistant superintendent's plate. Um plate is already full enough for Lori to add that on to. Um that said, districts that aren't part of co-ops, as I've looked, it's not going to be a cheap position to fill. They know their worth. they know they're in massive demand. Somebody that knows this area. Um, but in my again, I'm I'm going outside of my purview.
So, Kevin, I can't wait till we're retired and and referees. It's going to be amazing. We're going to be the best team tag team referees up there hobbling along. Follow zone though, Kevin is more fit than me. So, it's probably going to be me hobbling. He's going to be sprinting up and down the field. We'll just see about that. >> Yeah. Peyton Trip working around yelled right on the hands by number four. Peyton didn't like that. No one's cutting. Yeah, that stinks. Good Peyton. Just pretty much shooting space, but just like going to call it. Let's see how >> left you wide open. The cut through there. Let's see how aggressive they're going to be here. I think they're be a little more comfortable with it in the hands of their upperclassmen here. Making the hopefully the right decisions, not forcing anything, being patient, but if there's a cutter wide open or a lane, taking it.
>> We're legally bound to >> legally bound to provide education to them regardless. And that is what the I I just want that's >> Yes. >> To me, right? So it doesn't matter Danny of that to to what we're doing. I would just I would just clarify what you're saying, Tim, to be there is a distinction, >> but that distinction doesn't matter so much because Rehan's family has done everything the way they were supposed to do it. And he's still sitting in a prison today. So, in so far as that, we can give our support to all students and make all families in our school district feel more secure because we are following policies. We're paying attention to uh to the legal ramifications of what's going on and that we are in, you know, we're going out publicly in support when things go ary. Um, I think that's important for all families, not just undocumented families, because documented families are being picked up off the street these days, too.
we've already prioritized at the board like on our end um you know as much as we could. Um so >> yeah no I appreciate that. I mean I don't have I don't have an overall number that I'm that I have in mind. >> No >> I mean the council the council might the taxing authority >> no one no one has shared any information with us that I'm aware of. >> So to me it's just project by project and just giving them an honest assessment of like what what can reasonably get kicked out and what's urgent. I know. I know you do it every year. I'm just >> asking the questions. >> A rack and stack. >> Yeah. >> And uh Arnum, the power equipment you said is gone. >> I'm going to double check that with VIN, but like let's assume that it is. >> I'm 90% sure that >> I think they approved the power equipment that we requested.
I'm the money guy for you guys. I just know that to do this correctly, you're going to have to have somebody in that position that knows their stuff and we're going to we're going to have to pay that person. Um, it's just too big. You don't you don't want to leave a co-op and then fall on your face running it yourself. you have to have somebody guiding us that knows what they're doing. Um, so that said, that I just know that's going to be a big expense for us. I think moneywise, is it doable? I wouldn't, you wouldn't be sitting here right now if I didn't think it was doable. I told him, I think I can make it happen. Um, I do worry from the unknown from from this kind of stuff happening financially in special ed. I guess I'm hanging a lot of confidence on the fact that I do believe we will bring in more students.
Like right here. Nope, they got Lily. Okay, so that At least stopped cutting. She got bumped by the defender and then stopped. Unfortunately, Peyton gave her a pass that wasn't there. There you go. Ali Massagli has picked it off. Oh, bounced off. Number seven is going up the field with it now. Mary Kate Cronin. Wide open down the middle there. Got Yuwa Momah in the game today. >> Okay. Got called up from JV this morning. Good for her getting her first varsity action. Some minutes in. Well, she made a nice play there. She She got back and prevented a nice easy shot, so good for her. Yes. Celia Callahan getting wrecked there. That's a little bit of a again, I think Ashlyn would prefer having the ball in Ashley Forrester's hands or Payton Trips' hands or Lilly Vitti, Megan McGinnis, the girls who've been around for a little while.