That doesn't necessarily mean that nobody investigated it. It just means that the documentation wasn't there. So in a school where you know the investigator is always the same they may you know that may indicate well I don't need to put my name there because I always know it's me. However from a a data and oversight and compliance perspective it makes it difficult to kind of peek in and know that something is being done. So um in terms of implementation and fidelity and sustainability over time and you know data collection um that's something that is a gap that you know we would like to make sure that we fill across the board. Um because you know if we're not producing consistent documentation we can't really expect to produce consistent outcomes. Um, and we want to make sure that we close that gap. So, in addition to the quantitative data, um, we also pulled and, um, reviewed an incredible amount of research and qualitative data.
Or did I misread what you said? >> No, you you're right, Dr. J. It's it's a little tough right now. It's it's I I want to bring this debate. It's like you know somebody selling drug out out of a store you know so this will be like you know at least what I know about my department jurisdiction right like you know some things that we regulate or we don't regulate you know so like if somebody is selling drugs outright right so there's nothing we can do right like at least from the health department right that we cannot you know >> right >> so I mean that that's the gray area and that's what all these you know folks you know who are trying to make some bucks right they do you know there's another product like you know called delta 8s you know something like that before before this products you know so that that was that we was dealing with >> now this these are like in no man's land right till till the things are getting figured out right >> right >> same same started with the wave you know first right and then the delta 8 came and then now the is almost every year right so by the time something happens or get regulated you know people people sell it so right >> right >> uh that that's like my view again, you know.
And so, when you look, we start at $12 per square foot, gradually increase to $16 per square foot, and then 3% increase each year after that. You can see what the annual rent would be listed. Additionally, there's a playground that's located directly next to them. There's an additional fee that then for them to use that playground. It would be only for their students. And so, that would give the playground rental in a monthly additional income. Utilities, that is about 15% of the overall footage at Power Ranch, and so they'll pay 15% of the utilities each year adjusted for the years. So, if we use less, they pay less. If we use more, they pay more. So, we adjust it to that 15%. For the parking lot and the fence improvements that we just talked about, we are splitting 50/50 with them. Uh we're paying they're paying half of the cost, and we're paying half of the cost.
um throughout the update process, but when looking at everything, the same question kind of kept surfacing as to why outcomes may still have been inconsistent across the different buildings in the districts. And there were three main processes that were conducted. One of them was the statutory review. Um the other was the working group process and the other was the alignment analysis. So each kind of came at that question from a different direction. um and we all kind of reached the same answer through all these different processes was that the plan described what should happen, but it didn't specify the system to make it happen uh consistently enough across the districts. So, that's really what these updates um are designed to fix in this uh 2026 um update to the BP. So the working group that I mentioned uh was convened across two distinct sessions. Um it was comprised of students, families, staff, law enforcement uh and community behavioral health providers.
So, but again, I I'm here all for it, you know, like you know, whatever board want to regulate, right? That's or you know. >> Yeah. And and I think like for me what what we're trying to do is get out in front of something, get something that every most reasonable people agree is not good. Um to prevent it from getting on the shelves. um protect people that want to use the other what's the real um and um and then in the meantime we're hoping and seeing that the state is kind of moving forward and I know that Jack Lewis is on this and so you know the idea is that we would get some guidance from the state at some point so you know instead of waiting for that we've got this I do think we can certainly address the testing thing because theory just talking about an SOP.
And we We that off of the true value of the quotes that we had. We feel like we are a good partner with them. We're not looking to fleece anyone or do that, but just to be upfront about it. And so they're going to pay us 50% of that spread over two different years. Additional costs for maintenance, they will pay us, if you look through the lease, they'll pay us for that. Food service, we're not providing food service for them. They will not be going to our cafeteria. They outsource it themselves and they'll bring it in, whether it's Chartwells or a different company, they'll bring it into their classroom. So, there there is no food service provided for them. That is something that they would do. Additionally, they pay for their own Wi-Fi and will use their own connections that they do, so it won't be going through our district parts.
Um their feedback was specific and consistent across all the groups and they produced five key themes. Every single one of them is addressed in the GAP. Oh, excuse me, in this draft. And they are trust and safety as barriers to reporting. Uh they're essential barriers. Um inconsistency across buildings, unclear process for families in reporting. Um that there were significant equity gaps for vulnerable students with either disabilities. Sorry, just my internet just said I had bad connection, but hopefully that didn't actually happen. Um, and then there was insufficient follow-up um in the communication process. So, what I want to highlight is that the working groups lived experience feedback and our technical alignment re um pointed to the same underlying gaps, but they work through completely different pathways. Um and that sort of convergence provides confidence that we are actually um addressing the appropriate things here. So here I'll get into the revisions themselves.
I totally get it. This is separate from tobacco. So, the health department would be doing independent um checks and um so I you know I I can't speak for you. I I don't think it would be very labor intensive. >> Uh only thing is right now so it it if people will be selling you know we have around 80 food permits you know right. So >> uh say that that's the number of inspections we're talking right like I mean again my retails might might be a lot of like 30 35 retailers right so >> uh somewhere around that again I'm >> that's why I said I can't speak for you >> right so Dr. J I mean again we are here you know we went till here I mean we'll handle that you know it's not like a thing we won't be able to do but like that testing part I'm a little uh you know maybe worried or concerned given the given the financials even we have right my >> my budget right if we have to run out from my budget here right >> the 92% of our budget is salaries >> so we we're talking about everything else >> that we have 8 8% of the monies that we get allotted you know to run the department.
And so, we think that this is a really advantageous thing for us, this lease, because, and I'll get to the next slide, the rationale. Number one, this is a partner. This is someone that we already send our kids to. This is not a competitor. We're not leasing it to an outside company that's trying to steal our kids or do anything like that. This is for kids with private day, so that we can service their needs a different way. And they again, this is a this is a valued partner. Strategic anchor for finance and operations. It really highlights the fiscal responsible stewardship and this identify and seek additional revenue sources. We know at Power Ranch, we had empty classrooms and we do have space at Power Ranch. Tonight's a heck of a night for technology, isn't it? So, we know we have open and additional space at Power Ranch.
Um so every revision in the draft is traceable either back to a working group theme, a statutory alignment gap or both of those things. Um I've made it that visible in this table as well as in the handout which I I believe I saw was attached in board dogs. Um it's a summary of revisions I think or summary of changes I think it's titled. Um so just so that folks can see the logic and the justification behind each decision. Um but just to point out one thing uh in section Roman numeral vi six uh the training and professional development um so the biggest substantive addition in the explicit the social emotional learning framework in our um professional development the old plan referenced skill building and the new plan actually embeds it into the plan. So the quesil the five competencies um that comes directly from DESI guidance and that is now mandatory language throughout the entire plan and that changed responds directly to what the working group told us which is that staff don't have a consistent framework for preventing bullying in the buildings and that was a substantial gap.
>> Yeah. >> So if we have to take anything else at this moment >> I guess you know so that's like tough tough uh situation. >> Yeah I I get it and I can't think of a scenario where you have to send something out for testing. So if we required a certificate of analysis you've got that if there was some reason to believe that um that that wasn't valid and we felt or somebody god forbid got sick or something um that we needed to send something out for testing. Yeah, that would be a cost, but to Dave's point that if we were to do nothing at all, we would still be in that same situation. Um certainly if somebody got sick, I mean, you wouldn't just go around grabbing products and testing if not but I'm just saying it would be to me it would there's the same risk of that.
And so, what the what it has allowed to do is the either will be some classrooms that have to move, but we have space to accommodate them in the rest of the campus. And but it allow us to use some of that empty space for this tenant and allow us to create an a revenue stream. Additionally, the goal when we send students to private day schools to help support them with their needs. And the idea is that they can transition back to us when those needs have been met. Having them on our campus already in part and close to our district can help smooth that transition, especially for parents, so they don't have to drive further away. They're already located within the Higley district. And really, we looked at this and I and I want to thank, you know, uh Principal McNab for looking at this from the Power Ranch community side, and we said, "We don't want to impact what's happening at Power Ranch." Okay, we're very proud of that campus and how what they do to service our students.
And then another thing to kind of point out here um from section nine in the investigation protocols. So we corrected a legal error um in the investigation trigger. The old language only required investigation when the principal had already substantiated a report um and that was actually a little bit backwards. So the new language requires investigation of all reports, not just ones that end up being bullying. And here I just want to address the timeline question directly and I do have you know a whole list of feedback and we also and I'll get to this in a few slides but we have a list of feedback from the community um the public review comments and as well as from the meeting last week too. So you know like a sort of a running list of all the feedback. So, some of this is a little bit antiquated in terms of um you know what we're already addressing with the um revisions for the final draft, but just to address with this new group here tonight um with this committee um the timeline, we know it's a sensitive topic and it's something that has been addressed historically throughout the districts, but Massachusetts law requires investigations to be conducted promptly and that word is intentional and not um not designed to be used vaguely.
>> Absolutely. >> If we did nothing. >> So, um but what I'll do is I I'll I'll go and I'll d method. I'll see what people are using um you know to kind of address that section 9 subsection 4 and um was there was there something except there was something else I was going to uh look into? Oh, just certificate of analysis. >> I I just sorry J I just have one more thing going. >> So, um I if we were going to go through with this draft regulation under the retailer, >> can can we add that and I I just didn't see it. I may have missed it, but can we put that it would need to like be behind the counter? >> Yes. >> Um, is that in there? I just Maybe I missed it. >> Yeah. >> Only you could only get to with the help of it.
And so, when we take a look, I know questions have been asked of, "Hey, are these kids going to be Are the people who attend these schools going to be on the campus?" Only in the dedicated area that they have. They Like I said, they're not going out into our playgrounds, or nor they would be going to our cafeteria. They have their own dedicated within that space. Um the hours that they are are different than our pickup and our drop-off hours, and so we're not going to look for increased traffic at different times to because again, it's very important to us that uh the Power Ranch community still maintains the ability to do what they're currently doing. And uh we That's one reason why we added the additional parking. Um they don't have to go through the school office. There's already an exterior door located on that, which would be their main entrance.
The legislature chose it because um the timeline for a complex investigation involving students with either disabilities, multiple parties, or off-campus digital conduct and cyber bullying cases is fundamentally different from a straightforward single incident case. Um, a hard deadline, even though if it's well-intentioned, can sometimes end up forcing premature closure of an investigation, which can have an unintended consequence in creating the appearance of a resolution, and that doesn't always protect students safety. Um, things that we know create accountability is knowing who owns the case from when the report comes in. On day one, our brim do data showed us that the majority of cases, no investigator was named in the record. Um, and that's an accountability gap. So, the implementation plan addresses that directly. So, we have a named assignment at intake, documented extensions when needed, family communication throughout, and then follow-up requirements. So, I really would like to give the committees and the community and students um, you know, real accountability metrics.
>> Right. I I just didn't see where it was. >> It's under the child resistance. Oh, maybe that um Oh, I see it here. It's um section seven. It looks like three, but it says um all retail sales of products must be face tof face between the seller and the buyer and occur at the retail location. But but it still doesn't say >> the next one I think gets the point that you're trying no person >> behind a behind a counter >> behind the counter. >> Yeah. All right. There we go. Okay. Yeah. So it's under section seven. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I I tried to make it as stringent as possible. And even um if you look at the the state um house bill, I I I there was something and I I forget exactly what it was, but but it seemed to me that you could even with all the regulation that that there was sort of a gray area where you could still actually sell a concentrated um seven hydroxy product.
They don't require additional signage to go up on the street because a private day school is not a school where people drive by and then choose to enroll. Private day school is when we work with our team together and find the best fit for the needs of that student. And um I I I want to give a shout-out to a couple people. One is uh our uh executive director of special education, Ms. Shawna Miller, and to their uh CEO, David Jefferson, for coming up with a vision of how we can support each other and it'd be a mutually beneficial agreement within Higley schools and provide space for them and provide additional services for our students. So, I want to thank them for spearheading and bringing this to us a few months ago. Honestly, originally we thought this was a year out. We thought we had a year to work through them, but through our conversations, they have the ability to terminate the lease that they're located within Queen Creek, which is another reason why we need to move quickly on this so that they can terminate and be a good tenant there.
who was assigned, when they acted, what the outcome was, whether the family was kept informed rather than check a box that says the case was closed on day 10. And that, you know, doesn't have anybody's name on it that we're able to follow up with and and hold folks accountable um and ensure that appropriate steps were taken. So, one of the things I'm most committed to in this role is making sure that we're not creating parallel systems that don't talk to one another. Interoperability is a word that I probably overuse and annoy people with. Um but the you know systems ability to speak to one another and communicate and align across the different platforms is very important especially when we have three three separate districts lots of different schools a very diverse community. Um the BPIP and the district's social emotional learning implementation work plan are designed as a unified system.
Now, I could be wrong and I don't want to speak out of term, but it seemed that way to me. And um we put something in there that that has a very specific limit for how much like 2% or I think it was one milligram >> 2% and one mill. >> Yeah. So two the percent thing is never really going to help you because that always depends on what the starting point is. >> Right. So, but if you give an actual amount, you can't have more than this in a uh in a serving that that basically precludes um any possibility of concentrating it um or or having a concentrated synthetic or something like that. So, roundabout say way of saying I I think it's pretty protective against these what we're going to call the adulterated products. So, so the bar is pretty high. It would have to be natural product like the leaf in all this packaging that we're talking about behind the counter.