001Now done. >> All right, Julie, will you call the roll, please? >> Certainly. Cara Casten >> here. >> Katie Courtourtney >> here. >> Chris Espinosa >> here. >> April Fein >> here. >> Don Rener >> here. >> Michael Riskey >> here. >> Ryan Enright >> here. and Roina Papava Gonzalez >> here. Thank you very much. >> Having quorum would stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right. >> We'll open it up for student perspectives. >> Invite Courtney forward. Good evening everyone. Um it is really nice to be here and once again recognize a wonderful group of students. Um so last spring um I received
002an email from uh Mr. Jeff Grant asking us if he could um have some students present to us about um building a rain garden. And so um it was one of the coolest things I've gotten to see. um they planned the whole thing and so I'm not going to talk anymore because I don't want to give anything away because they're going to do all of it. So, um I'd like to introduce Jeff Grant um who is a science teacher and our science club sponsor and he'll introduce the students who are here to talk tonight um about the rain garden which is actually being currently built and I'm really excited I get to walk past it every day. So, >> hi gang. Uh Jeff Grant, as Courtney had said, um I think we have some slides
003possibly that they can work through. Yeah. So, um just so you have some visuals and stuff. Uh we have a great group of kids. This isn't all of them. This is just some of the ones that did the presentation to Courtney and some of the other administrators at our school. Um and they're fantastic. So, we have Molina and Khloe and Colin and Mega and Olivia that are going to come up. They all have a little bit to tell you and then I'll kind of close it out real quick. Keep it brief for you, though. Okay. So, thank you. [Laughter] Okay. So, basically a garden is um a rain garden is a garden that lies below grade or underground which absorbs water that runs off of of imperous surfaces like our sidewalks, our driveways and parking
004lots. And without a rain garden, this water would normally go into our sewer system or flood roadways and surrounding areas. And instead, we want the water to be replenished into our water table through this rain garden that we are building in our school. So, what is the purpose of a rain garden? It can absorb excess water by being in a depressed area. So, it's below the regular grade. So, it goes right into it. And it can absorb water before it becomes runoff. So it can clean the water and not make it become polluted. And it can direct it directly to waterways. So aquafers and rivers that flow underneath. And it can also be a good home for pollinators. So our local bees, our native bees and our butterflies, it can be a nice safe haven
005for them. >> Excuse me. So for our location, we chose this southwest corner of Downers Grove North, which is kind of sandwiched in between the teacher parking lot and Main Street for a few reasons. Like Molina said, it filters runoff water from Main Street in the teacher parking lot, which there's a lot of cars, so it can contain oil, gasoline, coolant, whatever, which you do not want returning to your ground, your water table. Um, another reason is it reduces flooding. As you can see in this photo, this is after heavy rainfall. There's a lot of flooding. uh that grass does not do a good job of absorbing the water and with a rain garden there, it would absorb and filter the water back to the water table. It also adds purpose to this area. Um
006so an otherwise unused area, there'd be purpose. A lot of classes can use it. Um and it would look beautiful. Um, so our rain garden is designed to support local biodiversity and also beautify our school grounds. So when planting it, we purchased our seeds from the native plant nursery. And we selected plants and species that were one visually appealing and also that had important like ecological benefits. So, the species we chose were the pale cone flower pictured at the top left, the blazing star on the top right, the butterfly milkweed on the bottom left, and the oval sedge on the bottom right. And all of these species attract pollinators like bees and uh butterflies. For example, the butterfly milkweed is a host plant for monarch butterflies and the oval sedge improves soil health and can
007filter runoff. Along with those, we'll also be planting um purple cone flour, prairie drop seed, New England aster, and wild geranium. These species add color throughout the season and continue to support pollinators. Many of them bloom in shades of purple, which connects with our school's colors and already makes the garden seem like a part of our identity. And because we'll be planting and taking care of it ourselves, um, this project will make a lasting difference in not just the environment, but also the school. So, I'll finish up here real quick. Last couple slides and then we'll be done. Um, so I've been working with um a couple different local groups uh for other things as well. And it just so happens that I was on a discussion um with the uh American GeoScience Institute and
008they called us in to talk with somebody that was putting in rain gardens and she's actually part of the conservation foundation and part of the Illinois um grants land grants and so she's going to help out with some of this stuff and get it to be sponsored by them as far as like on the map of a conserved area for local areas. Um, in addition to that, we're going to have a bunch of classes using it because AGI is going to donate some of the sensors that they need. So, they'll be able to monitor rainfall, how that works out, and then the classes can work with that as well. So, it's going to be kind of a nice full circle use it for the kids for building, but also classes as we go throughout the
009years. We're hoping to have a connection with weather bug and being uh bringing in a a weather station as well. So, last slide. I just wanted to say thanks to all the administrators that were helping out with this stuff and the D99 Foundation. We couldn't have done this without them. They granted us the money to get the plants which was all from PIO which is out in Leland. Um but also that will help with the mulching and stuff so it looks nice around that area. So that's our student perspective. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Any questions? >> No question. >> Oh. Oh, sorry. Sorry. No question. >> So, so that um the photo that you guys showed us, is that what it looks like now or or the >> the flooded one? >> Yes, that's
010what it looks like. >> So, what's the timeline? >> So, we literally put stakes in to mark it out. Julie is in and flagging tomorrow. They've already done some flagging. We are rotoilling this weekend and planting on Thursday. >> So cool, guys. This is amazing. Have you visited uh an actual rain garden or you know seen a real world application of this process? >> I have >> this is actually my first time like actually it would be so cool like planting the plants and that stuff. I've never like really been like want to build or plant anything. be really cool and I'm really excited >> aside from the garden in my house this >> I would I would think like you know I've got a lakehouse in Michigan and we get a lot of runoff
011from fertilizer from the farms that feeds into our waterways and then makes it into our lakes and causes lots of issues and I would think that this would be a real world practical application for that. >> Absolutely. Phosphorus is a one of those staples that we need in agriculture, but phosphor >> bless you all the time. >> Yep. >> This is that's the whole benefit is like you can see the storm sewer at the very bottom of that picture. That water is going to go there. Well, we can clean it before it gets there, which is >> help that tree. That tree has been any tree that's planted there problems because of the salting on the sidewalks. It'll suck up a lot of that salt, too. All right. Thanks for coming in. >> Thank you
012for your work. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Thank you. Thank you for coming. >> All right. Student board members, who wants to go first this month? >> I can go first. Yeah. >> All right. Ryan's volunteering. >> So, a little bit about this past month. I think everything's been going really well. Um, I know we're four weeks into school. Um, and I think scanning in as I feel like is on everyone's mind. Um overall I think it's been going really well. Um especially in the morning and throughout the day there has been really no backup when it comes to those scanning in lines. Um especially I come through the front door and I really haven't seen any issues. Um aside from that light changing maybe um maybe one two minutes but like that's it.
013Um I have seen some issues where the app's not completely loading. So like you kind of click on the app and it might take one to two minutes for it to load. So I've been having my um physical ID just in case. But that's one thing I kind of saw and I don't think it's a huge problem right now, but I could foresee it becoming an issue in the future. Um I we tried screenshotting um kind of like the the barcode and and it's I feel like it's a new barcode each time I think. So um that's just something that we would have to experiment with, but I think it's going really well. Um the phone policy um I know this year we've been implementing a new phone policy and I think it's been going
014really well in classrooms. Um, from what I've seen in my personal classrooms, we started with a phone pocket on the wall. And at first, I think that was being imple implemented by our teachers um, and administration. But little by little, I think everyone kind of realized that maybe we can try putting putting it away and it be more self-led with the phones. So, what I've been seeing in my classrooms is our teachers give us the option to put it in the phone pouch. And I think day by day, um, students were just kind of putting it in their backpack and it was self-led. And I think that's actually more beneficial than us forcing them to do it and then doing it themselves because then they're going to be more likely to do it in a
015different um situation. Um so that's what I've seen. I think this big investment in the pouches is was was good, but now that we're it's more self-led for the students and they can put it in the backpack, but there's actual repercussions if they kind of take it back out. I think it's becoming um positive in the classroom and I and I see from a student perspective, students engaging in lessons, student engaging socially, people meeting each other um for the first time and people engaging in the classroom like I really haven't seen before and I'm a senior so um I think it's really beneficial. Um some student life updates I've kind of seen is homecoming week. Um a lot of excitement building up for that. I'm in the student activities office so we've been working on
016um the assembly, we've been working on the projects, we've we've been working on everything and it's so exciting. Um I was at the football game this past Friday and um I think it went really well. I felt really secure this. We even used our phones to kind of show um identity. Um but I think it went really well and I'm really excited for to um to be on the board um presenting my perspective and also um just seeing um what changes can be made. Yeah. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Um I've seen very similar things um as Ryan. I've noticed that yes, some like I think it's only like in two of my classes the teachers have uh given us the opportunity to kind of decide what we do if it's like we put
017in the pouches or you put like a card saying that you know the repercussions if you take out your phone and again they give you the choice to put in your backpack. Um, but I've noticed quite a big change in how students engage in the classrooms and it's just there's more participation and everyone's again just talking and it's just a very like a much better environment overall with the scanning. Um, we've I've noticed the same problem too with the app not loading sometimes, but there's only been one time where it just like was not loading and I just took out my um physical ID. So, I think having the choice has been helpful. Again, it hasn't been like a huge problem. Um, I've noticed that the scanning has been very big in like all moments
018of the day. So, like for example, if it's resource, if it's the study hall, if it's you're going to a library and I think that's a very good kind of like message that this is not going away. This is everywhere you go in the school. So again, it's I think everyone has gotten used to it and again, it's just like uh the focus on attendance has been really big. Um with activities coming up, um homecoming week next week, um I unfortunately couldn't make it to the game, but I heard it was fun. Um but yeah, very exciting things and just everything's good right now. Good vibes. >> Great. Thank you both. >> Any questions for us? Anything that you guys want to ask us or curious about? I have a question with the phones and
019knowing that a lot of the teachers are saying keep it in your backpack. Have you seen anything where the phone comes out of the backpack and they've had to follow the protocol to write a write up to then go to the dean? >> I've seen um kind of that first initial warning. Um but I've talked to other teachers and um for instance the CTE office, I think they wrote four referrals that week just for just someone looking at it just once. because I feel like what when we saw we first thought we we're going to give students the trust to do it. Um and they kind of just you know they take advantage of it and then the moment you do it they do it a little bit more and a little bit more. Um
020and I think that us just giving that one verbal warning and then the next warning it's a dean referral or uh whatever the consequence is I think it's been really beneficial. So I personally haven't seen that yet but I have heard of instances in the English office, CT office um and foreign language office other teachers are saying yeah I've written three or four referrals. Um, and I don't think any teacher wants to write referrals, but I think it's bene we're seeing the benefits in the classroom. Um, and I think that we should continue doing it. Yeah. >> Yeah. I personally haven't seen a teacher write a referral or anything like that. There has been like warnings like everyone likes to make sure the phones are away. I haven't seen again the referral, but I think
021um again like Ryan was saying, it's very good that the teachers have that authority that if again this is a disruption in the classroom, they can immediately take action and it doesn't go um beyond that. >> Yeah, I think everyone realizes that there's a follow through now. Not that there was a there wasn't a follow-through last year, it's just it's more strict and there's a real um implemented process even from the admissions side or um administrative side. So yeah. >> Okay. >> How's the VCA? I remember where we were saying tend to like slow down in the passing period because everyone's going to be eager to get their phone out. Have you seen any any of that in between when you can use your phone? Any or not so not so bad? >> I mean
022yeah like we were saying before like sometimes it takes like a few seconds to load but nothing too bad. Um I've I've noticed that you just like close the app and open it again and immediately works. Um and again I think the physical IDs are always there. I always have it like in my bag if anything happens. I've only had like had to use it once. Um so the app has been like reliable. >> Another another scope of your question was um that I kind of took away from that was are people kind of going on their phones when there is when they when they are allowed out. And actually I haven't really seen that. Um I've seen students more interactive in the hallways with each other. And I think that's because they're doing it
023in the classroom. So it's becoming a habit throughout the day, right? >> Um or me and I'm sure you've seen the same thing. Um, but yeah, >> that's great. >> Just as an FYI in case any students are watching, the barcode is static, >> so it it doesn't change every time you go. >> In case anyone's watching information, fake news. >> Do you think it's like a a volume of people like everyone's on like what about the Apple? >> I think there's so many different things when you're talking about devices. It could be their connectivity, it could be different things, but you know, you can also take a picture of your ID >> and then you use that as well. So there's there's lots of different options. No. >> Any any other questions or comments
024or concerns? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> All right. I This is our annual summer school and extended school year report. Lis and Ryan have joined us. So, you want me to just click? Yes, please. Tell me when to go. All right. >> Uh, so, uh, summer school ran very similarly to last year. Uh, we had AI back, um, again this past summer. Uh we've run our regular slate of classes this summer. One thing that we did add this summer were e English classes that we had not run in the past. We were finding that students were coming um in late October, early November or mid-Marchch to beginning of April. When you enter a class at that point, you're auditing the class. And so some of our EL students that were
025coming later in the school year weren't able to get their English credit. and once they start falling behind on a four-year requirement, it's very hard to graduate on time. Uh so we did put 12 or 13 EL students back on track to graduate on time, which is exciting. Um so we will likely continue um having EL English over the summer as well. Uh for our online credit recovery, uh we did have 42 students earn 39 and a half credits. that helped eight students graduate who um were not able to graduate in May, graduated after summer school. You can kind of see the breakdown at the bottom. I provide that just to, you know, give an indicator and also, you know, so students know, right? Um the more classes you try to take over a summer
026online, the less likely it is that you're going to finish them. Um so, uh 35 students who completed one course, 35 of them completed 24 courses. So, not all of our students who start with online courses are able to finish them, but we did have nine students enrolled in four or more courses, and those nine students completed 27 courses. Um, many of those students uh had that fire under them because that did allow them to graduate. Um, so that's exciting. Our grades um are pretty consistent with the school year. During the school year, we usually have about 48% A's, um about 20% B's, about 16% uh C's. Uh some of those numbers get pulled out of the audit pass or incomplete. Uh that for students who are taking online credit, those are pass fail. So,
027um that does draw from some of the regular during the school year percentages, but otherwise the grade distribution is pretty similar um as it is during the school year. And finally, reason for attendance. This year, the numbers were a little bit trickier. Um because uh our English learners weren't doing it for credit recovery in the sense that they didn't pass it the first time. Um it's so some of them chose enrichment, some of them chose uh repeat for credit recovery, some chose other right. So some of the uh that this is self-reported. Um and so we do um our numbers here, enrichment went up a little bit, flexibility uh went up a little bit. Um and our repeat for improved grade is continuing to climb. So um I believe last year it was around 7%,
028this year it's around nine. We do tend to see kids that are unhappy with maybe a second semester math grade sign up to take it again while it's still fresh. Um, and so, uh, we do have some more students taking advantage of, uh, repeating a course for an improved grade. >> So, just a question, when that happens, do both the grades appear on your transcript? Do you see or does does one >> uh so one uh is uh I I believe the grade stays but the GPA points are pulled out. Um and so the credit is only the second time. The the GPA is only for the second time. So if I got a D the first time and I got a B the second time, you'll see the D and the B, but only
029the B would count towards my GPA. Okay. >> Highest grade counts towards your G. >> Got it. Any other questions there for Ron? All right. >> Hi everybody. Um so I only have two slides. Uh but just to give everybody a little bit of a a definition here again um as a reminder of what ESY is. It is called extended school year for our multi- needs population of students. So obviously many of our special education students um within both buildings can also participate in regular summer school if they're taking the classes um that are offered during regular summer school. But ESY specifically is a law mandated for students in our multi programs typically who we don't want to see that regression of skill and we want them to maintain that over the summer. Um so
030that is uh a requirement and certain students are eligible for that. Um so the bottom I just kind of gave a historical perspective. Um as a district obviously every district is required to provide extended school year services for their students. But only in the last six years have we as district 99 run our own. Prior to that we did have students attend SASCID programming our special ed cooperative. Um uh but during COVID um that's when we uh moved to a virtual one and then now we've been doing it in person since then. So this was the sixth summer, believe it or not. Um, next slide. So I just gave a little bit of a perspective of what the total number of students has looked like over those last six years. Um, you can see that
031when we were um, participating in the SASID programs, you know, a very few number of students were participating simply because I think a lot of their parents just kind of felt like I don't really want my students to go to a place that they don't normally go during the school year. maybe they don't know those teachers, maybe they don't aren't going to know those other students. Um, so there wasn't a ton of participation, but as you can see, as we've um had our in-person um ESY, uh those numbers are are staying pretty steady. Now, the last two years, we have had it at our transition building where we've been able to house a full eight classrooms, um which is what uh transition 99 holds. And from my perspective, the best part about that is pretty
032much every one of these students is going to be at transition 99 at one point when they're done with North and South. So, it's just an opportunity for them to really get to know the building, also get to know a number of our teachers as well. Um, so just a great opportunity. Um, and then what I think is really cool about ESY, I mean, I've been in the special ed field for a long time. I've seen a lot of ESYs. And what I think is really cool about ours is that we have a wide variety of our own staff that participate in it, not just our special ed staff. So, typically I see a lot of ESY programs really having to go hard and find teachers outside of their um their districts. Um, and that's
033kind of an HR like issue for a lot of places because they're really looking for qualified staff. Um, we've really never run into that issue. We have always been able to find our own staff, not only our special ed teachers to teach, but many times we've had um some of our special ed um um um student teachers come back and teach with us. So, they're people who have already been in our buildings um and uh many times we've also had special education aids who have gotten their special ed um uh certification and come to teach for us. Um sometimes their first or second position. Um, but what I think is really cool is we do have a number of regular ed staff members who do choose to spend their summer with us as pair professionals.
034Um, which is really really I mean I just think it it it provides our students a really nice different perspective of what teachers they're working with, but also gives our teachers um an idea of who are some of the other students in our buildings. This year we had um we had let's see we had um seven special education certified staff who worked as pair profession sorry seven certified staff who worked as pair professionals. So um some of those people were special ed teachers who just weren't the actual teacher for ESY and some of them were some of our just certified English or science staff um that wanted to come and work with our students. So, a really nice sort of testament to be able to show to parents that um we can run a large
035ESY program and it's with our staff. Uh we only have a few staff that are outside. We had a um a physical therapist from Sassid who worked with us and a nurse from Ladsy. Um but um those are people who have kind of come back and and worked with us a couple summers in a row. >> Any questions for Lisa? Seems like quite a successful program you got running there. >> Yeah. I can't believe it's been the sixth year. So, getting easier each year. >> It's awesome. All right. Thank you both for your hard work and for your presentation. >> Thank you. Going to transition over to Travis. So, this information was uh shared with you during the last board meeting, but wanted to bring it in front of you again. Um, again, we're going
036to be asking for these to be approved at the next board meeting, but wanted to give this opportunity. Just as a reminder, the architectural and engineering services are built into um the health life safety funding that that we're able to uh secure and we're meeting later this week. Actually, we're starting uh to meet with bond council jury and I are uh to start disc uh discussing uh the bond and and what that might look like. So um this is in line with our current agreement that we have with white. Um it is uh pretty straightforward with that. Are there any questions on the architectural and engineering services? Okay. So then the next side is the construction management. Again uh this is not included in the health life safety although we are going to ask is
037is that something that we can include in our in our bond uh work. So, we'll we'll find the answer out to that. But, uh, this is for, um, the overall the the biggest benefit I I see with this is that pre-construction and the bidding where they're able to pull in other, um, uh, contractors that they work with to and encourage them to submit bids for this. That'll help drive down our costs. So, any questions on any of the Okay, we'll bring that back to the next uh to the next meeting as a recommendation. Switching gears a little bit to fieldhouse flooring to just to give some uh background on this. Um we our floors are more than 20 years old. Uh they they were installed around what I could find was around the 99 2000
038school year. Um, we initially planned on doing this last fiscal year, but as we were looking at the prices, uh, they were much higher than what we initially anticipated. So, uh, we decided instead last year, uh, to put money towards, uh, painting the fieldouses as well as replacing the lights with the LED. Um, happy to report that we're slated to get, uh, in KMED rebates for the LED projects at our pool at North as well as both of the field houses. uh just a little bit more than $41,000 in rebates uh that will be coming to us. We've already submitted those um and that money will come in on our on our revenue side. Uh so we are looking at uh that process of utilizing our working cash bond proceeds uh for that and I'll
039talk about that here in a little bit. You can go to the next slide please. So the current status uh we have talked with a couple of different uh providers and um you may not be familiar with tips. What is that? It's a cooperative purchasing agreement. So they have gone out and done the bidding uh and received uh lots of different bids on uh flooring projects like this. Um so uh they've done that work, if you will, of of the sealed bid process. So we would be utilizing the TIPS contract. You can see the number there. Um and we would uh be using Mondo flooring. So what we've done is uh negotiated the payments of this into two fiscal years. So 25% uh to be paid in this fiscal year which we've budgeted for um
040and then the remaining balance to be paid in the next fiscal year. That'll help us uh with the overall cost uh by splitting it into these two years. Um currently we actually today the the existing floors uh were tested. they have to be tested for mercury uh to see if we can overlay. Uh so we're awaiting those results and we'll talk about what happens if that isn't. There's another dollar figure that's associated with that. So next slide, please. So Mondo has been in business for over 70 years. Uh you can see it's pretty impressive that they have done the official trash surface for the last 12 Olympics. Um they have a a a great track record, pun intended. Um, Kefir has been installing uh these uh floors for 45 plus years. Um, and they're headquartered
041in Gurnie, Illinois. Um, we've had a some a great relationship in just working through the bidding process and and I'm I'm very confident that they'll they'll do a great job. So, just some local schools uh in the area. Um, Sycamores has been in place uh for 20 plus years and it still looks great. I've I've been in that fieldhouse um as recently as five years ago and it is in in great shape. We did have some staff that did some site visits um and saw the floors for themselves. It's one thing to hold the product, it's another thing to see it um on the ground, but they come with a a great record. Next slide, please. So, this is uh a this is not the official design, right? that this is what they have uh
042have had some preliminary conversations uh at North and you will see that there are it's the same layout as what is currently there. So there are four basketball courts though go across and you can see those go into the track surface. Um, one of the challenges with our current floor uh is that the the surface uh where the track is um is is not as conducive for playing basketball. This floor and we feel is a better it's not as as rough of a surface. Um and then that middle part is obviously a different type of a texture. It's more uh a wood like uh look to that. Um, and then you can see there's a center court uh that runs in there for in case there's another game. We have another set of hoops that
043drop down uh so that that can be utilized in in that fashion. >> So the interior surface is an actual different surface. Is that what I'm hearing, Travis? >> Yep. So yes, this is a this is a a different surface to this. This is spike friendly. >> Oh, really? >> Around the around the edges uh and even in the the Dzones they call those. Um, but yes, this is more like a a rubber membrane uh that we we don't want spikes on for that, but this is Yeah, it's it's a different type of surface. >> And so those schools that have had their floors look great post 20 years, is that because we're changing the material? Like I know you said you're still doing those mercury studies, but are we going to do a different
044material? >> Yes, it would be an overlay. So this would be brand new flooring on top of Okay. >> We would have to um >> in essence, you want to say sand, right? But they got have to take the top layer off of that uh so that it can bond well. Y but it would be on top of that which actually is a a better process because it it provides us with some additional padding >> under there instead of having to go all the way down to the concrete and then having to to start from there. So it it's a better process. It saves money and it's uh it's better in the long run. >> Then how do these the overlays though over time? So we're overlaying on a 99 floor and then in 20
045years you're going to over like >> you're probably have to build up. Yeah, you're gonna have to tear it off at some point, >> right? So there's nothing underneath this. This is the first layer that we're seeing that we're going to add. Okay. >> This is the layer that went on after they constructed it. >> Okay. >> So it's kind of like the shingling of a roof if you've ever done that, right? Where you can only put so many layers on. I'm assuming that two is probably the most. Uh and then they do a transition to the other areas, right? So they they understand that that we have doors. So they transition that and grade it so that it's it's it's not a safety hazard at all. >> What's the like what's the estimated useful
046life of the of the Mondo Flooring? And >> it's it's around that 20 year mark. Yeah. They say that if you um around that 15year mark, you can invest in and they can recondition it and and gain probably about another 10 years of of life to it. >> Go to the next slide, please. So this is the uh the overall cost I will say the base bid you can see that amount there that comes with the bulleted uh items that are listed there. Um you can see the five basketball and five volleyball. The five is that one that's included in the center as as well as the four that are there. Um they also include the final the vinyl wall base and transitions. Um we are they they would like as as we've been having
047conversations at North uh those three alternates that are in place uh an inlaid logo at the center court uh track line striping to be inlaid instead of painted on. That helps with the longevity and uh then we don't have to have that painted, right? So that would be an additional cost uh later on if we had to do that. But with it inlaid uh that lasts longer and and it's a a better product. Um and then the alternate three is um alternating lane line colors. That's an option um that that North would like to uh investigate. So you can see the the total price there uh for North is uh just over $678,000. You can go to the next slide please. >> The track would not be embedded, right? It would still remain flat. >>
048Correct. >> Okay, >> it is flat. >> So you can see it it is a different look at south, right? So that middle there there are three quarts there. Um and that is the same it's the same type of material right in the in the center. Um and then the the spike friendly on the exterior. Um >> is that just because it's bigger Travis? >> It's they're they're the same size. It's it is the the preference and we talked this was the great thing about us being able to have the conversations last year in planning up to this point. Um they've done the buildings have done a great job. Ken and Omar uh as as well as meeting with the uh department chairs Scott and Courtney for PE as well as talking with coaches. Um
049and they decided they want to keep the same layout that that meets the needs of the buildings uh in in looking at it. So it is it is a preference in how they're how they're running things. >> This is the same layout that DGN has right now because when >> No, this is the track. >> Go ahead. the Oh, I thought the tracks did not go over those outside basketball courts. >> At North they do. At South, they don't. So, this is this it's the same footprint uh that we have for for both schools. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Travis, um my daughter's very concerned about the bad mitten courts at at North. I don't see any bad mitten lines. >> They they I don't know. We haven't finalized things yet, right? But that has not
050been uh to my knowledge that has not been included into the into the drawings. I'm not saying it won't be. Right. So, that's part of the process. After we get this approved, we'll go into final design um and get that that figured out. So, that's the basic layout for that. If you can go to the next slide, please. Again, in looking at uh the the overall is uh just over $660,000. What I did not put on there, but is also an option is the alternating line lane colors. um in talking with uh Mondo that they would off also offer that at the same price at South. So that might be an option that South may want to uh investigate as well. That came in late last week uh in in part of the conversations and
051I know that North has that interest. I need to have conversations with South and see if they also have interest. So you'll see there's also the um 12 bad 12 bad mitten courts um as well included in that. Everything else is is the same as far as uh what's included in the base bid and the alternate one and two are the same in both. Next slide, please. So here's the unknowns. If we do have to demo the existing floor, that is the the cost to do so. Um that includes the demo as well as the removal. Uh so we are very hopeful and optimistic that uh the testing will come back great and we will be able to overlay. So that the overlaying is included in that base bid that price that I that I
052shared with you. So there would be no additional costs as long as those came back. So funding I I alluded to this a little bit at the beginning. Our remaining working cash bond that we have is just under $200,000. Uh so we would utilize that as well as some additional funds to make our 25% down payment. Um and then we would include the rest in next year's uh budgeting process. I've been working with Jury on that. We also have some other ideas that we're exploring uh that might be able to uh to do that. So no borrowing will be needed in order to to complete this this project. Next slide. So, our next steps, seeking board approval uh at our next meeting uh for us to enter into a contract with Kefir so that we
053can get to the design phase. That means that we can then get on their schedule early and we can get that done and coordinated uh with all of our summer uh events. So, we would be done next summer with this project and it will look >> Is there any warranties of the work or the product? >> Yeah, there is. Um trying to remember off the top of my head. I don't think we can bring that in. >> We'll bring it back on the 22nd. >> Okay. >> Sure. Yep. >> We'll include that in the presentation on the 22nd. Sounds good. >> And this is totally separate from the safety stuff we talked about. Okay. >> Completely separate. >> Yep. Any other questions? >> Nice work. >> All right. That would be really nice. >> Our
054next agenda item is uh the ASBO International Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting. And I am proud to announce that for the 26th straight year, the district has been awarded in this. This is reflects the work of Jere and Tammy and the entire finance team's work in our accounting and reporting practices. So, they keep the tradition going. to put that in perspective for every year that Chris has been alive every year. This this uh this district has been kicking it on financial reporting side. So uh no seriously that there's a lot of work behind reporting. I appreciate it very much. So thank you very much to J and every everybody all the entire team. So >> all right the next item uh tenative superintendent leadership event. I present this to the board each year for
055your review and uh feedback. If there's anything in here that concerns you, please let me know uh so that we can have a discussion with it uh at a future meeting. Uh or if there's questions you want to know, let me know about it. But uh on here, I kind of broke it this year into two sections. One is the variety of leadership positions that I hold in uh quite a few different organizations. uh kind of interesting over the last year I'm now like spraying to all fields because I have an ISBY one and a board of higher ed leadership role now on top of the ones that are you know that I've been in. Uh and then professional learning opportunities. There's one conference that I'm not doing this year which is the suburban uh
056superintendence conference. It conflicts with my uh ISAL uh school for advanced leadership program. Um, so I'm replacing kind of one for the other for this year. Uh, the ISAL program will complete it at the end of this year. And then for that suburban superintendent, you're required to attend one conference every two years. So I can kind of take this year off and then return to it next year and not uh jeopardize our membership in that. Um, that is an organization that you must be nominated for and accepted and go through that. So we we don't want to lose our our membership there because that is a very valuable organization uh for us to be part of. So uh with that being said, are there any questions regarding uh either the leadership positions or the professional
057learning opportunities for the next year? Oh, I had one more thing. At all of those conferences I am presenting. So >> congratulations because I know many of these you were appointed or selected for. So yeah, congratulations. good opportunities, >> questions or concerns. >> No, I'll say this. I I think I've said this every time we've talked about this and I'll say it again. Um I just think there's significant return on investment here. Um so yes, there there is a cost here and it's not insignificant. Um, but when Hank attends these uh conferences, he's talking to other leaders across the state, the region, the country, and bringing back ideas to D99 to help improve our district as a whole. And uh he's an ambassador for our district as well. Um, so I'm I'm always very happy
058to support these types of programs for Hank to attend and I'm always looking forward to hearing back his reports when he comes back from these presentations and sharing what he learned while he was there. >> And it's also great to hear that they evolve and switch up as you presented something, you get introduced to something else. So it's exciting now the board of education one. So >> all right. Uh that's it for superintendent reports this evening. >> Any visitors tonight, Julie? >> No, sir. >> Okay, then. Um I know we would like to all stay as long as possible. But uh can I get a motion to adjurnn, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moves. Katie seconds. All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? None. We are adjourned. Have a nice evening. >> Thank
059you.