001Okay, it is now 5:30. >> Perfect. So, let's call this meeting to order. And 5:30 and 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 indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Um do we have any public or I'm sorry additions deletions or changes to the agenda? >> I have not been contacted by anyone nor is there anyone other than staff in the audience. >> Fabulous. Any public comment? We have nobody here in the audience other than staff and board members. >> Beautiful. Um, consent agenda. Everybody get a chance to take peek at it? >> Yeah. >> I make motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Fabulous. >> I'll second the motion. >> All in favor? >>
002I. >> Fabulous. >> Okay. >> We have a guest tonight. We have Miss Satie Klene. Satie, can you hear us? Okay. >> Yes, I can. >> Okay. I need to make sure we can hear you. Okay. So, I turn up my volume. >> Perfect. >> And I'm gonna if you can see my screen, if you just want to talk the board through uh the data here, that'll be great. >> Sounds good. So, we were looking at data from the first semester of our middle and high school students and the grades that they got compared to the first semester of last year. And so, you can see the first column is middle school of last year and then the second column in middle school was the first semester of this year. And you can see the
003the different um grades they received. First time I saw this, I read this the wrong way, but blue is the amount of A's, orange is the amount of Fs earned. >> So, you see our A's went up and our Fs went down dramatically for middle school. >> Yeah. >> Yes. And then the same thing for high school. The first one column for high school is from last year, first semester. And the second column is for first semester of this year. Um, A is being blue again and then F's being orange. You can see that um our students are improving on their grades overall, which is really nice to see. >> 16% down to 4%. >> Yeah. >> And so, and I think the staff would probably attribute this to a little bit to the block
004schedule and kids working hard. So, it's >> absolutely good to see. >> And then this is the same graph that you just saw just without all the numbers if they were confusing to you. >> We like blue. We like blue. Uh this is looking at it the same data from a different kind of perspective. Um all the students who have received at least one F from last year versus this year of the first semester um went down. So we had 44% of our students receiving at least one F and it went down to 17%. >> Nice. That's awesome. Awesome stuff. and then broken down by gender for middle school and high school students uh who failed a class. So you can kind of see that broken down in another way. The >> our boys did
005a lot better. The girls also improved um not as dramatically but um we appreciate all their their hard work. >> Lots lots of growth with the boys. So it's awesome. And then same graph again just without the percentages. >> Okay, >> perfect. >> Yeah, good data. Um, happy about it. I think the kids feel better about it. Uh when you're doing well in school, you feel better about yourself. So, good stuff. And then Satie has some other information that she's going to share as well. >> Um, this is for elementary. So, they just finished their testing, their second set of testing for I Ready. And this is comparing their growth from their first test they took in the fall to their second diagnostics test they took um this last win or this winter. And you
006can see that a lot of our students did get a lot of growth, which is awesome, even up to 219% of their growth, which is amazing to see. Um, and you can kind of see on the far column their growth goal, if they were meeting it, if they were at least 50% of the way to their goal. You can see if it was on track or if how their strong progress was. And then looking at the middle column, it's if they were on track or if they still might need some interventions. >> So this this column here, so this is their September results, right? >> This is the growth from September to February. and if they're at grade level currently. >> Okay, >> some huge growth. Very good. >> So that's K1 and here is
00723. >> Same idea uh just with our 23. So lots of growth all around >> and here is four five. >> Yep. Same kind of trend we're seeing. We'll be hopefully looking at their reading scores next time. >> Yeah. So, making progress. Some kids are really getting after it. Obviously, some kids that we need to work with a little bit and that's that's why we're here to get them all across the finish line. So, >> absolutely. >> Any questions for for Satie? >> No. Thanks for putting that such a pretty little graph. Made it really easy to see. >> I'm glad. Do we know if minimizing the distractions in the classroom with cell phone policy has do we know if that's showing the improvement? >> Well, I mean for the these are elementary so no
008cell. >> No, I mean I'm talking the whole all of it. >> Could very well be. >> Absolutely. Could could very well be. >> Absolutely. Would have an effect on it. Um other than that, our biggest change from last year to this year for our high school and middle school students was the block schedule. having more time without less and less transitions um was the only other main factor that changed. >> Right. >> Okay. >> I think you put those two together. >> Yep. >> Improved results. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. Thank you, Satie. >> Thank you, Satie. >> Of course. Thank you. >> Would you like me to jump in? >> Sorry. Yes, superintendent. >> I jump in. And of course, the biggest news we had this February is our our two levies. Very thankful
009that our EPO, which is our most important uh levy that we have that pays for, you know, 10 12% of everything we do as a district, was uh approved by our voters. So, thank you voters. Thank you Eastston voters. We appreciate it. We have a nice little graphic up on our website. I put it in the newsletter. It's on the reader board. Uh I sent out a message off of Aptigy just to to thank everybody. So um very happy that our our EPO passed and a little bit later I'll show you some statewide data but uh seems statewide people are supporting public ed which is great. Um on the other hand our capital project levy didn't pass and again we'll talk more about that. Um close but didn't didn't cross the finish line ahead. Again,
010thank you for helping us run the run the district. Um, enrollment is about the same as it was uh in January. We did have a little bit of decrease here in February. We have a few more of our u juniors and seniors taking running start classes and started a new semester. So, you did see a little bit of decrease. Headcount didn't decrease, but overall FTE did decrease because of that. Um, so same before the meeting, we are going to have a new uh student join us uh next week, a new junior and we've gotten confirmation from uh a parent that uh she will be bringing her son over here in the fall who will be a sophomore. So um you know, it's a mixed bag. We have families that are leaving due to uh you
011know, lack of housing, but families that are still coming to uh to East because of what we can offer. So, oh, enrollment about the same. Um, I'm sure you've had a chance to look at this, but this was sent to me by the uh Eastn Community Committee as they're working with the county on I think their growth management plan and uh there's some other acronyms but uh about it uh what it's actually called. But I was most interested obviously in the east data and it's it kind of mimics what we're seeing as a district. Our population from 2010 to 20 uh 24 went down 15% but countywide went up 18%. Okay, >> we're all B&Bs. >> That translates into number of uh reduced households. Um the biggest factor here was this renter occupied units decreased
012from you know almost 50 down to 22. You know half of our rental units in Easton uh decrease which again you're with a family a young family you're looking for a place to rent um there's just not the availability here. In addition the median age of Easton also increased from you see the 41.7 to 51.2 to um becoming more of a maybe retirement area. So um that does not bode well for increasing our enrollment, but we are still being creative on uh how we can get more kids into the door. Um >> and a lot of us who are that age already have kids at school. >> Yep. >> One thing I did, it's not in my report because I just met with them today. Uh hopefully you remember open ed. That's that um business
013we had signed an agreement with to kind of help us reach out to homeschool families and to uh families that aren't enrolled in in Easton or anywhere statewide. Met with them today. Um they're going to send me a draft board policy for next month. So we'll have first reading of that. Uh but we're still looking at launching uh next fall. Okay. >> And again we will be the only >> next fall or this fall. >> Excuse me. This fall. this fall, sorry, fall of 202 26. Um, so they're in seven states and we would be the the launching point for everybody in the state of Washington. >> Well, I had noticed a few deals on social media this week of Cleellum people being frustrated with bullying and everything. And a lot of them were saying
014that that's why they're going to start homeschooling. I also wonder if I know that Cleum had been upset, but can we start pushing more towards Clellum and yes provide transportation because >> yes, we >> apparently that's something that's coming back down there quite a bit and there's a lot of frustration I'm hearing. >> We have every family likes spilling once they started. >> No, it's it's it's hard. >> No. Um >> but there couple things to to piggyback on that. Right now, you know, we're running a bus a bus, excuse me, a van to Clem to pick up some families. >> Uh we're waiting on several people to get their CDL so we can obviously take a bus there and offer more students that that access. So, I know Jeff is working on that and
015we'll probably talk about that. >> Um, you know, the reason we went with open ed is to reach out to those families that may not have ever been in a public school. Yep. It's kind of a it's a combination program. You can kind of it's almost like a buffet. You can kind of pick um with an open head. We're also the only one in the state, >> right? >> So they'll have to go to us. So >> So people in Bellingham, if they want >> Yes. >> they can hit us, >> Walaw Wala Wanche. They they will, you know, choice into Easton and have access to this program. So, I'm hopeful it'll be a really good fit for us down down the road. And uh you know, it can help us both financially, but also
016with our our profile of our school district. So, so we are wanting to send a bus to Clown. Um like I said, right now we're doing the van. We are going to start marketing again. We've done a little bit of shift again with our marketing companies. You know, I'm sorry, but I want to see results. >> Absolutely. you know, I I appreciate the leads, but uh I need to see, you know, fannies in the door, so to speak, and we'll keep working till we find somebody that can can better meet our needs. So, uh working with another company, and I'll probably bring that to the board next month to talk more about. But yes, we want to start going into Clem and having those uh helping those families >> to get here. So, couple hoops
017we're still we're still working with. Um, not to switch gears, but switching gears, uh, admin internship. Our PE teacher and athletic director, Mr. Hickman, uh, has signed up through Eastern Washington University to do an admin internship with me and take his coursework. So, he will become a administrator, uh, in the near future, which I think he'll do a great job. uh already is an administrator, so to speak, doing uh his AD work, but now is going to go through the coursework and get the appropriate uh certification to do that. And uh I'm excited to work with him and uh hopefully he's excited to kind of take on um you know, kind of what this job entails. And uh I know he's he's looking forward to it. It will be a good challenge. I I did
018an internship myself when I was again teaching full-time. I taught chemistry. So, it was uh it was a lot of work, but you get through it. And I know Kyle will too cuz he's organized and he's just a quality individual. So, >> well, and if I'm not mistaken, the Daisy you're not here. >> Yes, he kind of >> he's Yeah. >> the fill in, right? >> He's kind of been the fill in if I'm out sick or at a meeting. Yes. >> Good. >> Yep. So, he'll do a great job. Um we had a kindness person come in and talk with us. I shouldn't say face person but a professional speaker and juggler who's very has an interesting background. He's made his living for the last you know you know he's in his 50s being
019a professional speaker and juggler and that's what he wanted to do and back in middle school and kind kind of made it happen. So he came uh to the school. We've been having a few issues uh you know with people not saying kind things to other students. Um, so we want to kind of send the message home. So Mrs. Klein kind of put our our heads together and invited uh Mr. Bennett to come over and I thought it was great. It's very entertaining. Uh message was good. We did two assemblies, elementary and the secondary assembly. Then he also went into the classrooms to kind of you know answer any questions and uh but uh I found it engaging. Our see it seems like our kids did too, especially our high school kids and and elementary.
020But he was you know on on a unicycle juggling and uh you know the very next day I think Mr. uh uh Mr. Hickman started to do a juggling unit in PE class. So it was kind of a nice tiein. And we have one young lady, I'm not I'm not joking, who can do three basketballs. >> Oh jeez. >> Yeah. >> I I was shocked. I was shocked when I saw her do it. And damn, it was great. So, you know, when you whenever you bring in a guest speaker, it's always a little bit of a is this guy guy going to be good, but um so I was nervous that he was going to really connect with the the kids in school, but he he did and uh I I'd have him back. His
021me message was good. So, those of you that have have kids, hopefully the your kids setting up good things about them. >> Mhm. >> Um, then now that was good news and now I'm going on to some bad news. Um, the state legislative session. >> You mean the dumpster fire? >> Yeah. >> Not an Olympic. No. >> Wait. You mean education so important to them? >> Yeah. Um, the good news is they did have a new re revenue forecast, excuse me. and they think 1.8 billion is coming into uh the revenue side, but that's great. >> 1.7's going to the big schools >> and none of that I can from what I can tell is going into education because >> um there are some pretty uh you know both budgets have come out from the
022house and the senate and then you also have the governor's budget but they're looking at cutting uh transitional kindergarten reducing the numbers of that. We don't have that program, but it's basically for students who might need an an extra year kindergarten for readiness and very successful throughout the state. We're just not big enough to have it yet. Um, and looking at cutting that by 25%, looking at reducing local levy assistance, um, which would be very significant for a lot of the smaller districts that are, you know, can don't have high property values. We are blessed. We have a very high property value. So that is great. Uh but kind of devastating. Um and they're also one of the ones I just chuckled at was they are looking at extending bus depreciation by two years. >>
023So they're going backwards. >> Okay. >> So bus now. >> Yeah. Bus depreciation basically the state gives you payments for when you buy new school bus. So instead of 15 years, I think they want to have 17 or 18 years. >> 13 now. Is it 13? Excuse me. 13. So extended by two years. Um, so these are not significant cost savings, >> but I thought they wanted to be green. >> They're not cons. You know, uh, in my board report, I I added what our lobbyist has u, you know, has learned from the legislative session, but it seems to be changing all the time. Um the one piece I did find out the actually red released the capital budgets. Now the capital budget is tied to our modernization grant. So you have a house budget,
024capital budget, and the senate capital budget. In the senate capital budget, it in does include our $6 million modernization. Uh it does all 12 kind of remaining projects. In the house budget, they're only going to fund five. So we are number nine. So we will not get funded this year. We will get funded then again next year. So we are hoping that as they go back behind closed doors and negotiate everything that we can get the uh modernization dollars this year. Worst case scenario, yeah, it puts it out another year, which I was thinking about that. I actually started the modernization work before I was even on the job here back in May and of June or June of 2022. So, and now we're in 2026, possibly 2027. So, uh four years ago, we started
025the process to get the application done, uh working with with staff here, and we're still not there. Um kind of beyond frustrating. >> So, the money's there. It's just we need uh the people in Olympia to offer it up to us. And on another happy note, I know I texted and emailed the board that we did receive the ADA grant. We do have new bleachers coming. They are on order. They will be purple. We'll have some logos on it. They will be beautiful. And regardless of what we decide to do with the gym floor, these will be in in the fall. It'll be installed so we don't have the metal/wood 65y old bleachers anymore to deal with that are unsafe for our families and are not ADA accessible. So these will be in regardless they've
026been ordered. >> Beautiful. >> So that's a good thing. But yeah, the as you said the dumpster fire at the legislature continues >> hot mess. The end of session can't come. end of session is March 12th, but >> not that we're counting or anything. >> No, not not >> I also wanted to share with the board some discipline data from first semester. Um these are the number of cell phone violations we had. We have a couple students who have racked up I know who one of them is a couple of uh incidents. So um but you know that's that's where we are. had 53 total referrals. Only did two suspensions uh of those referrals and you can kind of see the number of referrals by month. You know, September is usually a big month because
027kids are getting back into the routines and things like that. But overall, we have great kids. They they follow the expectations. They follow the rules. Yes, sometimes they need some reminders, but that's why the adults are here. So, we are are very u pleased with the data. Again, I I would put our students against anybody else's students worldwide, and I've been worldwide. We have great great kids. So, um, everybody needs reminders. I do. I know my wife reminds me of things all the time. So, it is >> what I thought that's what wives are for. >> Exactly. >> Wives are for. >> It is just normal human behavior. But we have great students and we are thrilled that they are here with us. Yeah. What were the suspensions were? >> Uh theft and repeated uh
028call it disrespectful conduct. >> Yeah, those weren't mine. >> No. And I will share that those are both at the elementary level. We're not at the secondary. >> Oh, okay. >> Perfect. Mulio. All right. Uh on to 6.5. Mr. Cop's report. Jeff. >> Mr. B. Okay. So yeah, I'm keep this as brief as possible so I can talk about gem stuff here. Uh rekeying projects complete. So we've got that online. Cores are done. Got the keys distributed. So um just comes down to I have an inventory list and everything like that. So as I get checked out, sign them off, get it back. Uh once we get our keying project, uh well that'll take me to the next part. So once we get our key card access system taken care of, I will be able
029to collect up a lot of the physical keys cuz we'll be able to transition back over to the key card systems. We won't need as many physical keys out there. And in the event of an emergency or whatever, of course, they'll be accessible. I'll be here combo secretary custodians can help out with that. So there's not really a huge need for physical keys to be out there, you know. Um, all right. uh Jim HVAC one and HVAC 2, we have that up and running again. Um it did need a new control board. We installed a new control board. What ended up happening was the control board talked faster than the system could handle because it was an upgrade. So in our system it's slow. Um so it was not processing the data as quickly as
030it should have. So, what we had to do is give it um basically a patch, download a patch in there that slowed down the control board, so it talked slower to the computer. At first, it didn't take it, but after about 24 hours, um it was able to register the information and so now we're up and running again there. So, um that's nice, especially um as we go into working on gym floor project, we want to be able to control the temperatures in there because that will affect relative humidity levels in there. uh kitchen griddle, the the vent hood that's in there. Um I'm working with McKinstry to get that fixed up. Uh it is not compliant with fire code. Um essentially what happens is you have the vent hood up on the roof and
031it needs to be on a hinge system. So if in the event a firefighter needs to get up there, open it up. It's not just flopping around where it could potentially fall on the firefighter, it's on a hinge system with a locking bar system. So when they prop it open, it stays open. Um, so fairly simple repair to make. Um, so I I I can work on that. But, um, we had water intrusion that got in there and, uh, corroded a lot of the electrical connections and light sockets. And, uh, when I inspected it, what I found was there was a section of that ducting that had been removed. Um, therefore making so, it's no longer watertight. So, as you know, our epic flood came to Easton, it flooded the inside, put about five to
03210 gallons of water in that hood. And uh anyway, so I've instructed uh Miss Tate to not use that hood until the electrical work could be done on it. Um I do not want to create a fire hazard, nor do I want to touch any metal objects there. So, I just got the breaker on that and uh I get that repaired. Uh let's see. Athletic field project. Uh we're working with Ellensburg Fence Company to get those uh beams installed, concreted in, host holes drilled, and then uh they'll go ahead and mount that uh scoreboard up there. So that's kind of a work in progress. We'll wait for utilities to come out and actually spray paint the ground and tell us whether or not there are utilities there. Um, so that hopefully that work will begin
033within the next week, week and a half depending how utilities wants to take to come out and spray paint the ground, mark the ground rather. All right, that brings me to the gym floor project. Um, I have all the quotes for the gym floor project that we're going to get. Um, we have about five different quotes. One of them opted not to place a bid. There wasn't enough time um by the time they kind of got their act together. Um, however, we do have four solid bids. Two of them are keyhole projects. That's Gford uh flooring and Branson. We have Sound Hardwood Solution that just does the floor. And then we have Northern Hardwood Solutions uh that just does uh gem floors. They don't do bleachers or anything else. So I am leaning towards the
034Keyhole project which includes uh Payton. >> Jeeoff, we're going to go into that in a little bit more detail. >> Okay, I'll stand down on that then. Um so that's where we're at as far as the maintenance report goes. Let's see. the transit band, the magnetic encoder ring has been repaired, so we're good to go there. Um, all lights are off on the dashboard. We're looking good except for today. Recently, um, a semi truck decided to chuck a boulder outside between stoies and well, break yet another windshield on the transit van. However, uh, so I will have to get that uh, repaired as well. And it's a doozy, too. It's a real gem I'm super happy about. Um, couldn't express my excitement more. >> It's the time of year, Jeff. Welcome to all of our
035windshields. >> Yeah, I know. I was telling Aaron and I stopped. We were talking about and we just stopped replacing our windshields cuz I know it's going to happen as soon as I replace this. >> Got to at least wait till spring. >> Yeah. I'll just be the easture and look out the window, you know. It's >> fine. Mine today. >> Yeah. Oh, it's Oh, I just love it. You know, it's great. >> Mine's been I think two two or three years that I hadn't >> Yeah. It's spiderwebing continues, you know. It's now it's just a form of artwork, you know. Um, all right. Bus one. Uh, during the heavy rainfall, water leaks through the gasket and the rear emergency door. So, uh, and again, you know, a great discovery for a brand new bus
036to find out that the rear seal is leaking. Um, so I've called Bryson and they're going to come out and make that repair under warranty. Um, as well as, um, well, other than that, everything else seems to be working on that. But yeah, there's a nice little puddle at the back there, uh, where water is just kind of, you know, coming right in there. So anyway, I'm sure they'll they'll get it taken care of. They're very responsive and pretty good about getting things taken care of. But bus two, driver side front fender flare showing signs of wear and tear. Um, the hood's kind of rubbed through. I've made some adjustments to it. It's slowed down the wear, uh, but it's still there and, um, it's cracking. Um, no, not a safety issue at this point.
037Um, but I do have a new flare on hand. Um, was going to replace it. However, one of the studs, which is actually glued to the the inside portion of the fiberglass of the bus, um, the glue had worn away. So, I can't get the nut off unless I break the nut. Need still, I got to repair the the stud. So, again, Bryson's going to come out, replace that, and then I can put the new fender flare on there. Um, so, uh, but I do have those parts. Just wait. Yeah. As soon as I get out here, I'll be able to get that taken care of. Uh, all right. CDL students in progress. Miss Cotter and Miss Stout. They're getting ready to schedule their first, uh, uh, well, their final CDL tests here. So, we're
038going to get that under the way. U,, I've set the, uh, the timeline. They need to have their packets in uh by the end of this week so that way we can get them scheduled for their CDL testing. The goal is to have their CDLs and have them pass by the middle of March at the latest. So we'll see. You know, part of that also comes down to the tester, what what's their availability? But I'm pushing them whether they're ready or not. We're going to make this happen. So um they just got to kind of jump for it. Same thing with me. I just got to kind of go for it. We'll see what happens. So, um I'm confident that they're going to do just fine. Um there have been some changes since I've gone
039through the testing that the states decided, you know, oh, we want to we want to make some changes. However, we're not going to update the supplemental and we're not going to update anything on the checklist. So, uh how you're supposed to find out what those changes are, don't know. Luckily, we have somebody in Thorp that just went through the testing and they're able to update us on that. So, um, kudos to the state for another fabulous job on um, supporting education. All right, that's all I've got for that. Sorry, I apologize for expressing my bitterness. >> After 30 years, I guarantee I would fail right now. >> Yeah. Yeah, it was it was a difficult test for me to take. Um, you know, the the uh the pre-trip was actually fairly easy, but that's because
040I memorized the supplemental. So, I just had to regurgitate what I had and then go through the actions. And unfortunately for me, it was the driving portion. Um, I drive well, they can tell I don't drive in cities very often. >> I don't think any of us >> going every prefer to not drive in the city. There's a reason why we live here. Yeah. >> Perfect. Any questions for Jeff? >> Nope. All right. >> Perfect. >> Thank you, Jeff. Thanks, Jeff. >> Thank you. >> 6.6 board member report. Anybody got anything? >> I do actually. >> Love this. Let's do it. >> I would like to talk about the new fundraiser we're doing for field trips. Um we're doing uh we're selling actually it's online. We get people's orders or they order online. It's for
041cookie dough. You know, pass it down. You want um you can open it up. All the flavors are in there if you want to buy some. >> Um that's mostly what >> what are you raising funds for? >> It's for >> it's field trips. >> So this is >> ASB is raising money ASB program to go on some field trips. And I will warn you that these things are dangerous. >> Oh. >> Um especially if you keep them frozen. >> Yeah. >> That's like uh it's a good too much of a good time for some of those flavors. So >> they're just so easy. >> Um well, they come from another company, so we're just helping them sell it for you. >> I think they're in the box now. They're already box. >> Yeah, they're
042precut. Yeah, they're pre I asked about because I'm used to the tub, you know. >> These are I think Miss Lloyd said that these are already in boxes and kind of already pre-divided. >> Well, then they're probably very similar to the ones that you buy at Costco. They just have far more flavors and they're just as dangerous because when they're frozen, you just like on the counter for five minutes and then you can eat it. >> How long is the fundraiser going for? Uh, we have to have all money in or if you want to buy online by March 9th, I think two weeks from now. Okay. >> And how can people just donate because a lot of people don't want the calories and the sugar. >> I'm pretty sure you can go either bring
043in a check or >> calories if they want to go. >> I I know from doing these in prior years. Yeah, I'm pretty sure people people want to just give money >> if people want to drop off cash donations, check donations. >> They don't have cash and checks either. So, >> we can >> there's no cash machines at the summit at the >> Really? >> No, there haven't been for years. >> They went to cashless a couple years ago up the past. >> Not the businesses, only the >> booth. Yeah. The ATM. >> They I was asking Red Mountain. They're like, "Nope, because we don't want to get broken into." So >> it it makes sense. >> So Austin will leave the signup sheet uh for if anybody is is interested. So >> I think
044Angela posted it on Cleon WhatsApp or something. I did see it before I came in. >> So >> yes, >> might not be a bad one to post the link on um >> Yes, we will. We just released it today. So you will >> we will put stuff out. So >> this is a studentr run fundraiser. They wanted us to do it and they >> you can order online and just >> lick the bey split. So >> dangerous. You can >> I mean this is true. This is very true. So perfect. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Moving on to section seven financials. Nicole, you're up. Hello. So >> I put you down for five dozen new cookies, too, by the way. >> Yeah. I'm sure me and my daughter would probably not even bake them
045and just eat them. Eat the dough. >> Well, apparently you're buying five for Joe or for Jeff as well. >> Oh, okay. >> So, this is our cash graph and these reports are as of January. And January is a really good gauge for us because it actually is based on our actuals and not our budget. So, the first part of the year, September through December, is based on what we said we were going to have for budget. So January gets us all caught up and it's more based on live real information than budget information. So as of January, our ending cash is $897,000. And the yellow line there, orange line, is our minimum fund balance policy? >> Any trends that you're concerned about with the the cash? >> Uh, no. I actually was really um
046happy because I wasn't sure what to expect with the enrollment and all of that. So, I actually was um I'm happy with where we're at right now. >> Okay, very good. >> And this is our budget status report also as of January, which is 42% of the way through the year. Um leaving our um ending fund balance at 914,000, which is about a 23% ending fund balance. And then in the capital projects fund, we have about $480,000 there. >> Please remember that 480 figure when we talk about uh >> future projects. >> Yeah. >> Um no activity in the debt service fund. So moving on to ASB. Um and in balance there is about 44,000 and then our transportation vehicle funds right about 129,000. Any questions there? >> Anything to concern you in any of
047our transactions or >> Nope. I'm looking at them all and so far everything looks good. >> Okay. >> Beautiful. >> Music to my ears. >> There was a time not too long ago when our TVF had 15,000 in it. Yes, we did a transfer of was it a 100,000 we moved over? >> Yes, we yeah, we wanted to keep that fund a little bit more um a positive balance because if we keep a bus on the depreciation schedule um we can buy should be able to buy a new bus with cash and then when the bus falls off we should be able to buy it with cash. Um you guys financed a bus previously so right now we're working on getting our um we're running two buses it sounds like for each for our routes.
048So, we'd like to have both buses not financed and on the depreciation schedule. So, we're trying to work to where they're um falling off and we're just paying cash for them versus financing them. >> Yeah. The last bus we paid cash. >> Yeah. >> Money. >> I love it. >> Thank you, Nicole. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Nicole. >> Yeah. Moving on to board discussion. Awan. >> Yeah. Let's talk Let's talk our lovey. So, I ran some numbers. This is the the final count. Um, you can see the ballots that came in. Um, and our percentages. 17 short. So, 143 people thought yes, let's, you know, do the gym upgrades. Uh, a few more said no, I don't think that's a good idea. So, you know, in hindsight, you know, perhaps I could have done
049a better job of communicating what exactly the gym levy was going to. I'm I'm not quite sure. I haven't got a lot of feedback from the community other than, you know, people don't want taxes. I don't want taxes either, but um in terms of the the flooring upgrade, it's only going to get more expensive the longer we we wait. Um and the condition uh is deteriorating quickly. Um this time, you know, if the board decides to to run a levey again, we will be very much more specific on, you know, showing some images of, you know, the damage. I did invite people to come in and take a look at it, but you know, when you're sitting in the stands, everything looks great, but yeah, you know, you have you have to walk it. You
050have to go out there and walk it. So, um, statewide that, you know, 96% uh, passing rate of EPO, which is awesome. You know, I feel bad for Kittas, our neighbor. They were, I think they're within like 10 votes of passing it, but it's not going to pass. But on a good side for Kittas, they did pass their capital projects, their tech levy by one vote. >> Uh but you can see ourselves, North Kitap and Dixie that did not pass. Um and again, once again, the bonds across the state were very uh you know, success rate was very poor once again. So again, that money that is in the construction budget for schools, where that goes, we don't know. That's up to our legislators, but it certainly doesn't come back to us when they're trying
051to cut modernization grants. But um >> the gym levy though with when you're saying that it's covered in the modernization grant whenever we do get that I mean that was intended to be the gym upgrades, right? >> No. Okay. All right. HBAC. >> Yeah. HVAC, roofing, uh windows, plumbing. Yeah. Really nothing that's >> fun. >> Nothing that is, you know, the kids will structural. Yeah. >> Yeah. Just kind of the the bare bones. Um there's going to be some real trouble in Battleground School District. This is the third time they've run their EPO that has failed. >> Oh wow. >> Um so big uh cuts there. And Pasco, this is the first time they haven't passed a levy I think in close to 30 years. So I'm guessing they will probably run again as will
052the other districts. I'm not sure about Battlegrounds. They they are definitely in in some trouble. Um, this is just a a a listing of basically the districts that do not have local levies. There's only six of them out of the 295. So that leaves 289 districts. And as you know, we shared in our materials to the community. We are 289 out of 289 in terms of lowest tax rate. Index uh was our next competitor and they just passed an EPNO levy as well. So they'll they will go up, but you can see the kind of listed out here, you know, the the the bottom 10, so to speak. You can see Clay Island is down there as well. But then I listed the top three as well. So um so huge range of from 20
053cents all all the way up to, you know, over $5 per thousand u in in our community. So uh I thought this would resonate better with our community, but it didn't. So, we'll kind of go back to the drawing board and then um see what we want to do. There are some options that uh that we can do. Um we can run it again in April if the board chooses. We can run it in August. We can run it in November or we could wait another year and run it again in uh February 2027. Or we could do nothing. Um some of those options are better than others. And there's some other information I want to share with you. Uh let's see if we do choose to run it again. Uh this is the success
054rate uh since you can see it since 2008 of capital project levy. So obviously February is the the prime month and you know then the next prime month is is August. So, um I would probably recommend if the board does choose to run it again that we probably avoid April. Um and look at uh at August. >> Taxes due in April. >> Taxes do in April. And I think there's also a little bit of you know I just heard from the district why are they asking again kind of >> boomerang so to speak. Uh um I did share the the state results are here as well if you're really into kind of being a a a data geek so to speak. Uh here are some just some graphics for those of you that are at
055home watching uh of what the gym could look like. Um, some are taken from actual photos of of our gym and some are just then just 3D renderings, but it's taken a while to load up, but you know, obviously this is not our gym. There's two sets of bleachers, but you can see, you know, purple and the key and maybe the logo and east on the side. Here is our our gym with kind of the a possible uh court installed. And here's just kind of an overhead view. So, we are still looking to do bleachers just on the one side. >> Just on the one side. Yes, that is all we're doing. So, this will remain uh as is. Um we are thinking about moving the court over just a few feet. If we're going
056to redo the flooring, we'd like to move it over so we can keep the scores table and the players on the opposite side. >> Oh, nice. Yeah. >> And leave leave this for for spectators. But I don't want to Where >> am I going to sit then? >> I don't want to get ahead of myself. So, um and We have some options, but I'm going to let we'll save that for the end and I'm going to let Jeff kind of walk through this document here. So, this is Well, Jeff here, I don't need to talk for it. You >> uh So, essentially what this is is it's a a spreadsheet that outlines all the expenditures um uh for basically all the vendors that we we've got. So you can see up here for the gym
057flooring, we have Gford Industry, Sound Hardwood Solutions, Branson Flooring, Northern Hardwood, Western Hardwood. Um they weren't able to get their bid in on time, so they kind of fell off that list. Um you can look at the uh cost estimate for each one um organized from a most expensive down to or least expensive down to the the most expensive there. Um we're looking at asbestous. Um if you look at advanced asbestous IRS environmental pacific abatement absolutely as bestesus services you can kind of look at their price tag Branson flooring's on there they do do their own uh aspesus abatement so that's one of the pros of going with uh with Branson is they will do their own abatement on that. Um the reason why it's so cheap is because it's kind of included in the
058whole pack packet. So you just uh you get that that additional discount from it as opposed to somebody else. um advanced aspestus, they're very good at what they do um in a timely manner as well as IRS environmental. So they're the next ones as far as looking for a speesus abatement um on that floor. Um which we do have a speestous underneath our floor. It'll need to be taken care of whether it's abatement or encapsulated. U I would like to just have it abated. Um the recommendation from the abatement companies is also to have it abated because it takes extra manpower manpower to encapsulate it. Um as opposed to just clean it the whole thing off to worry about it anymore after that. >> Yeah, exactly. Um as far as the bleachers, uh we do
059have uh Norpack there. Um and then uh Gford, they can uh oversee that, but that's something that I'm capable of overseeing as well. the install of that. So, that extra expenditure is really not something that we need to include. Uh that'll also drop the price by about $1,000 with Gford. Um going with the basketball goals, uh initially we were going to get look at kind of getting the new basketball courts. We decided goals. We decided not to get that and just use our existing goals, moving them over about two feet along with the the painted lines. So that way um like Aaron had had mentioned um where uh we'll move them closer to the bleacher side to allow that space over there for the scorers table and uh teams. Um and then we'd be getting
060new volleyball sleeves, new pickle ball sleeves. Uh and you can look at the price tags on those individual things. Um okay, going down to the total estuments, we can see Silent Hardwood Solutions, they don't do keyhole projects. It is just the floor that they would work on. So you can see that. Um, and so if we wanted to go with Sound Hardwood Solutions, we're only looking at getting the floor and then we would have to divide abatement up to individual separate companies, go with Norpack to have them come in. And essentially um, the price could be more or it could be slightly less, but it would be commiserate to um, essentially what we're looking at with Gford and Branson Flooring. Um, it would just be more complex and timeconuming because we're now having to coordinate
061with individual companies. Um, which then in that case can't guarantee that the project would be done by the end of summer. I would like to think I could do that, but I'm not confident in that. All right. Uh, Northern Hardwood Solution. Same deal as with Sound Hardwood Solution. Excellent company. Great communicators. They're significantly more uh a higher price flooring. They go with a Connor system. Uh, similar to what you'd see on an NBA court. We don't need an NBA court necessarily on on our gym floor, but their price tag. that is the reason why their price is so much higher. Um, it's a good floor, but it's like topofthe- line type of flooring. Um, and the flooring that we're looking at with uh Gford Industry is the Action Tech. It's Robins flooring. Um, similar to
062what you also see in like your college courts and in high school courts. Um, same with uh Branson flooring there. There's not action tech, but their flooring is a type of Robins flooring as well. Um, so with Gford Industries, if you look at the price tag, the $352,000 price tag on that, um, what you're essentially saying is if we did the whole project, right? That includes new scoreboards, new bleachers, new everything, right? To total overhaul. Um, we're not going to do that. Uh, I mean, unless you guys want to do it, but um, because the, uh, levy didn't pass, that was kind of the initial plan. If we did, then we have the funding so we could do that. Awesome. So, what we ended up doing is creating the spreadsheet and moving it over. You
063see, uh, that's 352,000. You see the 452,000 mark. That's if we took that whole project and then because GER doesn't do abatement, we now add an average of $100,000 for the abatement. To that, we get 452,000. That's not where we're at. So, we're looking at if we just do the flooring, the bleachers, um moving the basketball goals and the abatement process, $348,000 total um for that whole thing. That gets us new bleachers, new floor, the floor abated, as well as the goals moved to where we want them in the the lines. Um and those images you saw, that's was provided uh to us by Gford so we could get an image of what our floor is going to look like. Um they've been very thorough and communicative uh and um asking a lot of questions
064about what we want, what we're looking for. I'm very happy and very impressed with uh their professionalism and how they go about things. Branson Flooring, again, a very professional company. Um a little bit harder to get a hold of. Uh and uh there are some slight differences uh between Gford and Branson. Branson, they do do their abatement. So, you'll see a decrease in the cost for the abatement. They're charging 70,000 as opposed to, you know, a $98,000 um repair or $100,000 repair. So, you know, you see a cost savings there. Um the uh with Gford Industries, however, the warranty on the floor is better. They have a lifetime warranty, whereas uh opposed to Branson, you see their warranty is actually only a one-year warranty. So, um, with Gford, they will warranty their product for the
065lifetime of that floor. Um, as long as, um, it's not something that we did neglectful or something like that. But if they >> determines the lifetime of the floor, >> how's that? >> What is the lifetime of the floor? >> I a lifetime of the floor. If, uh, the floor is treated as it should, kept clean, um, and coated, you should you would be looking at about 45 to 50 years. if we went with a grade uh first grade one maple floor. Uh with a grade two, you're looking at about 45 years um with that one. So the difference in the age is about five years and that's uh in good condition, keeping it clean, you know, taking good care of it and everything like that. Um so yeah, lifetime and that they have a
066lifetime warranty on any of their floors, whether you go with the third, second, or first grade uh floor, they they will warranty their floors for the lifetime of that floor. They stand by their product. They stand by their work, and they guarantee that. Ransom flooring, they do have a one-year warranty um on theirs, but they also offer um abatement uh on their contract. Um they're very good, both companies are very good at what they do. I've seen a lot of their work uh and uh they both offer, you know, good flooring systems. Um Action Tech, that's the current floor that we actually have in there is that type of flooring. Um, and we can see how long that flooring lasted for a long time. Um, so, uh, that's just kind of a testament if we
067want to get that kind of flooring again. Um, that will I mean with the weather wear and tear over the years that we can see it. Uh, with like say Gford. >> Yes. >> Do we know of any schools or any gymnasiums that have their floor? >> Um, yeah. uh school district have have done that. Um Gford actually Branson did Sen School Districts and then Sen School District ended up bringing Gford in to kind of examine the the work u after there were some failures on the floor. Whether that was Branson's fault or not, you know, that that's I'm not sure what the deal is with that. Um, you know, I won't get into that too much, but um, Gford Industries, uh, there there are a number of school districts, um, and I can get
068that information from them. I know, uh, Harb would absolutely give up that information, so we get in contact with them and see how they like it. >> Well, wasn't he going to be online kind of waiting? >> Yeah, he Well, he has um he has his phone on, so if we have any questions for him or anything like that, so I can certainly give him a call. >> You want to text him? >> Yeah, that's that's through Gford. Yeah, I can call him and we can just talk to him. >> You know, it to me communication is >> to me it shows me that they want to work with us. Absolutely. And uh >> yes, he's very easy to get a hold of and if I can't get a hold of him, he will call
069me right back usually within the hour. So, um they're uh they're attention to detail is very thorough. Um, that's one of the things that's very impressive to me about Gford industry versus Branson. We may be paying a little bit more um for certain items with Gford industry, but we're paying for quality of service, quality of care, and um and quality of, you know, attention to detail. Branson, they definitely know what they're doing. >> Um, but it also shows and kind of how they sell their products as well. >> I kind of look at it like buying a stereo. Yeah, they they're more they're more of like uh here's what Gford's what do you want Branson's here's what you want. So the difference in the sales, right? Um Gford's more interested in knowing what we want,
070I think. Um and and uh and they're willing to walk along us and be just straightforward about things. They don't hide things or anything like that. And I appreciate that. Not saying Branson does either. >> Not saying that at all. It's just uh uh just kind of the difference in how they sell things and um how they uh provide the details of everything. Um Branson, you have to ask for the details more. Gford, they just say, "Hey, you know what? We got this program. We want to draw you a 3D printing so you can see what we're talking about and I appreciate that. So, I can call Harve here and get him on the phone and we can ask him, you know, if what schools >> Well, I'm trying to see numbers aren't adding up.
071>> What's that? Oh, with uh are you talking about for Branson? >> Hey, are this is Jeff Brand with East School District. I'm here with the uh the board and they had a question as far as the the flooring goes. Um what school districts uh have you guys done the flooring with? Oh my goodness. It would be once we done. But um my family quit counting gyms after we did a thousand of them and I was still in college. That was 50 years ago. Um we do them all the time. I would even though I can give you a list of who's who if you'd like. >> Uh yeah, just uh >> anybody local. >> Yeah. Anybody local um on the east side or or anything like that? My goodness. Yes. Central Washington University, uh,
072Ellensburg, um, Moses Lake, uh, Yakima, um, just goes on and on and on. >> Okay. Okay. >> Where in Yakima? Which one? >> Where where in Yakama? Which school district? Do you know? >> Um, I I don't I because I'm at home in my family room watching the president speak. Um and and it goes from time to time like most likely we install the floor that's in your building, >> right? >> And most recently, um I give you some big ones that we've done. Uh we just did one for Beach High School. That was a half a million dollars. We just did Highland High School. That was over a half a million. That's the Highline School District. We do just about everyone in the just about done about every school in Tacoma. I do the
073Edmond school district school district. >> Okay. >> And they vary like with you like like uh probably my mentors probably did your floor years ago, but I'd be more than happy to give you a list of reference. >> Is it still under warranty? >> That's right. He has if it's still under warranty. >> If we do it, if we maintain it, we warrant it. And um we do a lot of your school. I've done a ton of repairs like that for Tacoma. Uh I just did a ton of those repairs for the Seattle school district. And um and then uh we we also do the school districts. Um we're we also do the community centers. Um the city of Seattle at one time we're contracted to do all of their 57 gyms. >> All right.
074Well, hey, thank you Harb. I appreciate it. And then yeah, if we can get a list of those schools, man, that would be great. Well, I what happens is I can give you the Washington state school guide or the Alaska one or whatever. Okay. >> I'll be more than happy to give them to you when I'm in the office. I can just give you a list. Be more than happy to do so. >> Okay. Great. Thank you, Harve. I appreciate your time, sir. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. And then, um, >> so this might just be my east and math, but >> n you're right. They don't add up. Everything under Gford adds up to 169 and then even if you add in IRS environmental that's 279. >> Yeah. Okay. So um so if you
075go Gford Industries that's 138,000 right plus uh asbestous abatement say >> say IRS that's one. >> Now I'm averaging um if you scroll down Aaron on this the cost estimate for abatement I've averaged to $100,000. So it's not an exact amount right? Yeah, I threw I threw IRS in at 110. >> Okay. And then you include >> um >> 9,000. >> Yeah. 9,000. >> I added all those in. >> Okay. And then the 13,000. >> Uh 140 70 15,000 13,000 3,000 6,000. Okay. >> That brings me 169. >> And if you throw in 110 for IRS, you're 279. Uh, scroll scroll up there. Uh, scroll up. >> Oop, sorry. >> Go. Um, >> because I know we're not doing anything for the bleachers because that's under the grant. >> In the grant. >> Yeah. >>
076Well, because 138,000. >> That was the base for Gford. I threw it up to 140 just >> and Oh, did you include uh did you include the 86,000 for or not the 86 but the Norack bleachers 88,000 into that? >> Didn't throw bleachers into it because it was our >> Yeah, it it's part of um I included that as part of their um because they're going to be there working with Norpack um coordinating that and everything. So um because I didn't have a separate category for Norpack, I just included them into there. gymnasium is that. Yeah. Even though Norpack is already >> Yeah. And the reason I didn't include Norpack into Branson is because Branson has their own brand of bleachers, which we're gonna end up taking them out of there. And so that drops
077their price down uh down to the 351 mark right there. Um so that's So if you were to add the I think the 88,000 or $89,000 that that'll bring you uh bring you up uh to to the right numbers. And then um I can't remember if the 348 if we excluded that 9,000 or if we just crossed it out. So that'll that'll add some fluctuation. Um but these are just estimates to kind of give you a general idea of where we're at as far as the the funding um or what the costs are uh with that. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Before we vote, obviously we'll tighten everything up. This is just kind of preliminary to kind of >> see what direction you want Jeff and I to >> see if we can figure out, you
078know, which uh which contractors we want to go with and whatnot. So, >> I just wanted you guys to be able to see that the price tag between different industries. Branson Flooring, they're they're commiserate to each other. They're going to be commiserate to each other. It's just uh kind of comes down to um who do we like more. >> Yep. >> I'm inclined to >> He just answered his phone at 6:30 on a Tuesday. Yeah, >> I just wanted to add something. If if we go over $350,000, it'll require formal the formal bidding process with advertisement and sealed um sealed bids. So, I just want to make put that on your radar, too. >> So, we need to stay under >> So, if we stay under that, we can use like the small works roster
079and the public works stuff, but um yeah, just just also something else to keep on your radar. Do we have to include the bleaches in that because that's covered already. >> Yeah. This I believe this would be considered a separate project. >> Yep. Yep. >> So 279 we're good out of >> and even with Branson if we take the bleachers out that'll put them under 350,000. >> Well, I'm more inclined to go with the longer warranty. >> Yeah. And that that is my inclination as well >> because I don't want to spend $280,000 and then in two years >> Yeah. Well, and >> something go wrong. >> What Harve was also saying is he believes that the Gford Gford is actually one of the companies that installed the gym floor originally because the design of
080the floor. He said that that's his company's design. >> Yeah. >> Two of them held up. I mean, how long do we think that floor has been in there? since 64 I think it was installed. 65 >> my mom members are being put in school here. >> The warranty and the fact you can get the guy on the phone like that's big. >> Yeah. >> Contractors are paying to get a hold of these days. >> Yes. >> What was Nicole saying though about the the bidding? >> It we just need to stay under 350,000 so we don't have to go to a seal bid process and we we'll be fine. >> Yeah. you would have to go out for bid with like an advertisement and then the vendors that wanted to bid on the project
081would bid on the project and then we'd have to have a day and time where we opened them and then picked the vendor we wanted to use based on like their quote and um but other things I think is the vendors that we want to use we just need to make sure they're on the small works roster. Um but it it helps when we're under that 350,000. >> Okay. So, does that matter if Gford is not do >> I don't know what a small works roster is? >> Yeah, let me look into that because I don't normally have to like know those details, but let me let me do a little bit of research and I'll um ask my business manager group and then I can send you an email maybe tomorrow or the next
082day. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Nicole. Thank you. >> Um what you're seeing on the screen, this is uh has been produced by Corey Plagger. If again if the board decides to go this direction, Corey's the one who we worked with in our previous levy to give us our our estimates. So he ran four scenarios. So this is a 2-year capital levy. You see it right here. So we last month or excuse me in February we ran for four years at 25 cents and the voters did not approve. So I said can you run a a shorter levy and you can see how much and eye of the tigers here. Um, you can see how much it it generates. This should be scenario two. So, this is a four-year levy, but now dropped down to
08315 cents per thousand. Uh, you can see what that generates. And this is again a two-year capital levy. And see what that generates. And then there's another typo here. This is a 4-year levy at 10 cents. He doesn't have his titles right here, but you can see what that generates. So, just to give the board some ideas about options that we that we have. >> And when do we have to have a decision? If we're going to run another >> If we are going to run in April, we need to have a decision tonight. >> Okay. >> Um again, I would recommend we run in April. >> August. If we run in August, then we have we have ampled. The only thing that we struggle and need to take take care of is just the
084timing because if we want this installed over the summer, it's a little bit time sensitive. But I think we could probably do everything and have it wrapped up um at least the the board process in in March at the March meeting. >> Yeah, >> if if that's what again don't want to put words in your mouth. So, um I was ready to vote tonight. Yeah, >> we can do straw votes tonight. Um, we can't do the official votes until we have, you know, the correct numbers and and the paperwork for >> for everybody to look at. So, I guess if we look at the scenarios, what is the board? >> So, sorry, just remind me what failed. It was four years. >> Four years at 25 cents. >> And so, that was for 8.80 like
085what we'd get out of scenario two. >> No, it'd be basically double this right here. be 1.4 million. >> Okay. >> Um, so this was the same levy just run two years uh and then it obviously falls off. >> Have you asked them what the success rate is on a levy for two years versus four years? Does it matter? >> I don't think it matters, but I will ask Corey. I mean because looking at this from a I mean we could say well we cut it in half and we did two years at 25 cents and that's at 715 >> cuz it initially when I looked at this I was like oh 10 cents four years great >> it gets us at five which is still or 586 which is fine >> but if we
086say well we cut our levy in half And it's still more than that 10 cents. Like we're we're going to get more out of the two years. It's only two years and we cut we cut the timeline in half. So our levies half. You can spin that pretty easily. >> Just >> Yeah. Especially around the it's so urgent. We need to pay for it >> quicker and faster. Less inflation hitting it. >> The price of things are only going up. We can talk about cost of goods from 2018 2019 to what they did during COVID and where we're at now. I mean, they've come down a little bit, but not >> I mean, >> not much. >> Whatever scenario we go with, if sounds like the board has decided we're not going to run in
087April. >> No, I don't think so. Everybody's property taxes are due and everything all the taxes. >> I mean, I would agree. So whatever we do, we're going to be, you know, using capital project funds that we have. We have that 480,000 to kind of front the cost, so to speak, and then when the levy comes in. So it's really not a matter of >> I mean, we're we're rolling the dice either way. If we decide to move forward because if we don't pass the levy, then we're spending the money either way, >> right? Uh you know, I was thinking about this. We have the modernization grant that's going to come in and help us do kind of the >> the bigger projects that you know generally you're saving capital project money is for that's
088coming in >> whether it's this year, whether it's next year, it's on the horizon. So it's not like we don't have a source of you know dollars to help us out doing some large scale projects. Uh but yeah, it is a bit of a roll of dice. Um and but it needs to be done. >> I mean our other regardless our other main facility things that we would use capital projects on like our roof's not actively leaking. We're not having any of those major issues. I mean >> none of us have a crystal ball as much as Jeff would love one to know what's going to go wrong next. >> It's just kitchen. >> Well, that's it is I mean it is that's a bit that's a different thing. >> It's not a whole thing.
089>> Yeah. >> And over here did too. So we got like two examples. One thing that I, you know, I didn't put in the kind of the information that we said about this levy is, you know, we just focused on the gym, but we, you know, we're using capital projects money right now on our access control. That's safety and security. >> We could have, you know, hindsight of course 2020. >> I could have framed that in also because I mean that's a big ticket item of what was it 60 70,000 that we're spending on on that. So, that is a way to recoup some of those that yes, it's for gym replacement, but it's also safety and security of of the campus because right now it's kind of it's hit and miss. You know, I'm
090checking doors constantly to make sure that things are getting taken care of. So, >> so I we don't really need a motion, but I guess I need a direction uh from the board >> if we're holding off on an April vote. >> Yeah, I think we should. >> Yeah, I'll make a motion to hold off on the April vote. A second. all I >> So, we'll come back in March with updated numbers. >> Does the board want to have all of these because my I guess my concern Well, never mind. Never mind. It timing wise it'll it'll be just fine. >> I'm just thinking timewise if we decide to do it. >> When does pay Paul? Yeah. So, have you had conversations like and maybe you were going to ask this question. When do these
091vendors need to know yes, we are a go? >> As soon as possible so they can order flooring. >> I guess that's my only >> fear is I don't want to go past March because then we we won't meet our timeline. We might as well just wait a year. No, I think that by the March one, we have to have a vote on if we do the floor and which company we go with. >> Well, what's what's worst case scenario if we don't what if it doesn't pass again? >> We very well may not have volleyball or basketball next year. >> No, I mean if we start it with other funds. >> What's the worst case scenario? Just that we're draining our capital projects pretty significantly. >> We were at 480 in your capital projects
092fund and let's just call it for argument sake. What did we say? Let's say you're $300,000. >> So, >> we're down to the dredges in it. That's for sure. Do would it be worth going for April for the lowest tax >> the 2? I was thinking the same thing. >> Yeah. Like get something now. >> I mean, we could put out that it failed and then we could also put out that Yeah, we are cutting it in half. Please support this is going for the gym floor and our security. cutting it more more than in half. >> We cut it by 10 cents and we cut the time in half. So, >> cut a million bucks out of it. >> I don't know if I can make that happen by Friday. Okay. With >> all
093the, >> you know, because the attorneys got to write the resolution >> and whatnot. >> I still I'm still I would be nervous about the success rate in April. >> I think people are going >> Why? Because if we fail February and April, we're going to fail in August. Yes. Yeah. >> So, I still like the idea that we have that number 480. If we can make it work for 279, we can be back in a month and figure out the floor and hopefully get it done by September. >> That kind of just gets us back whole though. What's that? If if we use our other funds to >> front the gymnasium. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. And then kind of just makes us whole again. >> Yeah. It kind of takes us back to where
094we are now, >> but with a new floor. Yeah. >> Which isn't something that I mean, we're not coming away for with nothing. I mean, we're we're gaining a gym floor. We're gaining >> It's the safety of the kids that are playing and basketball and volleyball. It is a safety issue. 100%. >> We'll keep saying it needs to be done. Yep. >> Yeah. It's only going to get worse and it's only going to get better. >> It needed to be needed to be done since they remodeled the school. >> Super fun. >> Once they remodeled the school, it started washing >> washing away underneath. >> Yeah. >> I mean, it it does leave us exposed a little bit by draining cattle products pretty significantly. um not knowing if it will pass or not, but >>
095I mean all the other schools in the state are exposed. That's I mean it's not it's not the right way to look at it, but >> completely >> but everybody else is also exposed just to play devil's advocate on >> I don't I don't like it but in the past three years we've really promoted sports for these kids. >> Yeah. >> And three years ago we had volleyball. That was it. >> Right. You know, I don't feel in good faith we can promote sports to the kids, especially when most of them take place in that gym, if we're not giving them a sound, safe environment. >> I agree. >> Because that's why we're all here anyway, is safety of the kids. >> Well, and and pride of the school and pride of the town. >>
096And the goal is not to have a capital projects fund of, you know, every day. >> Having a rainy day fund night, >> having money in the bank is is helpful. We're not spending it on the kids, then people aren't going to pass levies for us. >> That's right. >> We can >> Yeah. >> I It's sounding to me, and you you guys can correct me if I'm wrong. It's sounding like we're pretty positive we want to move forward with the gym floor. Do we want to >> I do 100%. >> Yeah. >> Does someone want to put a motion on the floor? I'll make a motion that once Nicole figures out if uh Gford Industries is available for that. What' she say? The >> Small works roster that Jeff runs with it. I like
097the numbers that I've seen that leaves us still 200,000. >> Okay. >> Without any private donations. What is a small works? And I >> you're probably gonna find out soon. >> My guess is that >> it's it's a it's just a >> list a list of approved vendors that you would work with. >> You know, if you're a larger district, yeah, that you they maintain it all the time. Us being small, they don't really have one. >> But I do like going with Gford because they have that warranty. So, just to clarify, the motion on the floor is that we are choosing to move forward on the gym floor project with Gford with caveat that Nicole confirms that they are good to go on their end of things. The final quote, official quote. >> Okay,
098we have a motion on the floor. Do we have any more discussion on said motion? Okay. Do we have a second? I'll second. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I >> motion passes. >> I have a four zero. >> Right. >> Money. >> So, yeah, it >> I just keep saying it needs to be done. >> Yes, it does. I just down there. >> I I know I know our community is >> when I hear the go. >> Yeah. I mean, the same reason we, you know, got the grant and went after the grant, replace those bleachers is safety. Yes. Safety of our community. >> And and now has to be safety of the kids, too, cuz it I mean, >> the last thing they want is some kid to walk onto our floor, whether
099it's one of our own Eastn kiddos or somebody from a different district to blow an ACL or have something happen that could have been prevented because our our gym floor needs. My mom just turned 71 and those floors went in when she was in sixth grade here. So, >> it's been a little while. >> We have done a pass their warranty. >> They have passed the warranty and they still I mean aesthetically they still look lovely but they just it's time. >> Yeah. >> It's time. >> They have done a great job over the years of maintaining them but everything unfortunately if you're >> you can only maintain the top though. If you're using it all the time, it wears out. You know, >> classic car will stay forever, but it's not your daily driver.
100>> You can only wear the same pair of shoes for so long, >> if if I may. Um, with regard to the water issue penetrating the wall, um, Gford Industries, they also said that there are things that can be done as far as getting waterproofing companies to come in where the water penetrates through the wall and having them come in and seal that and put like a layer of like sealant to prevent that water intrusion from happening. >> They probably dig the foundation and and seal it that way. It's not fun, but it is doable. All right. >> Oh boy. My favorite. But look, >> look, look where it says on the bottom there. Look in that yellow highlight. Done. >> Done. >> Policy review. >> I make a motion. >> Anything you need to
101look at? >> Yeah. Let me just tell you what these are. Again, these are staff related. 5520 is staff development. 5525 uh civic organization. 5610 is substitutes. 5612 is temporary administrators. 5630 is volunteers. Very important. We do need to pass that one. Uh 5641 student teachers and 5642 is admin internship. So nothing real controversial there. And um >> does someone want to make a motion? >> I will make a motion to pass. 5,000 policies. >> We have a second. >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> I I think we're close to 300. Not quite 5,000. >> No, the 5,000. >> Oh, I see. I see what you're doing. Okay. >> Okay. Moving on. 9. >> Now we're done. >> Two years >> until August. >> Okay. 9.2 WIAA resolution. uh annual membership to
102WIA resolution that I asked the board to uh uh sign or vote on and just says that we can be part of WIAA. So, >> do we have a motion? >> I'll make a motion. >> Do we have a second? >> I'll second the motion. >> Fabulous. All in favor? >> I. >> Perfect. >> All right. On to the calendar. Do you actually need You don't need a motion or anything for approval on that. >> No, I do. >> Oh, you do? Oh, >> absolutely. Yes, ma'am. >> Oh, so sorry. >> So, this has been reviewed by the staff. We had I think I've mentioned this. 50% of our staff wanted school to start before Labor Day. 50% of our staff wanted it to start after Labor Day. Um had asked them the same question
103regarding spring break. Did they want it, you know, uh the first week of April or did they want it in a different week? Um again, it was a 50/50 split. So, our spring break matches uh Cleom spring break. I thought that was important for our families. So, um this uh calendar very similar to our existing calendar has us starting on September 1st, the Tuesday before um Labor Day. Otherwise, we are if we start after we're getting out of school not until you know the week of June 18th, which >> you know, >> if you get snow days and it pushes you towards almost the end of June. Yeah, >> we have snow days built in, but you never know. It could be snowageddon and >> it could be this year. It could have it could
104have been years ago where it was not great. So, >> I will ask the board if they would uh approve this calendar. >> Do we have a motion? Um, would you be able to update the September one and June 11th with a darker font? Is this really hard? >> Of course. >> Yeah, of course. >> Yeah, we can't. >> I will make a motion to >> No. Okay. >> Approve this calendar. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> It looks good on mine but not good on yours. Okay. >> Oh, then I'm color blind. >> That would >> So, what is the last day of school then? >> Last day of school is June 11th. And our makeup days 14th or 15th. >> Yep. Okay. So, we're still out before Junth then. >> Yes. Yeah. If we
105started after Labor Day, we would be out on the 18th. >> Yeah. It's a late Labor Day this year. >> Yeah. That That's what makes it weird. >> Okay. We had the motion. Do we have a second? Jen motion first already. >> Oh, then I I second it. >> Fabulous. All in favor? >> I >> Fantastic. you >> I like the QR code on there, J. >> It works. >> You know, I just >> And the number of days per month, too. That's very nice. >> Make sure we advertise what uh all good stuff we're doing here. So, >> beautiful. We have now officially made it through and we are down to section 10 executive session to which we have some discussion on employment and such. So 15 minutes. >> 15 minutes I think will
106be plenty. Yes, ma'am. >> Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion to adjourn to executive executive session. >> And coming back at >> Thank you. All in favor? >> Perfect. Um coming back at what is that? 710. Something like that. >> For 15 minutes. All right. Got to write my notes down here. Thank you, Mr. Brennan. >> Yeah. Yeah, I want to set them out. >> Samples and display, >> right? >> Hey, can you send me like 50,000 of the >> Oh, those are the floor samples. >> Yeah. And then just, you know, we can set them on the floor and just do it ourselves. This is first grade paper. It's just the density and quality of the main. Have the kids checked them out like all the players? >> No, not
107yet. Yeah, I want to put them up. Oh, it'd be a good idea to put them on display in the trophy case. Yeah. So, then take a look in there. >> So, these two are the same. They're just different colors, like different shades, right? So, I like I like the lighter shade, but I also like this one. I want to see if they can get it like less yellow. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> It makes it super bright. >> So nice. >> Yeah. Just clean, bright. >> Thanks, Jen. Yes. That's exactly how that works. You just add on to the depreciation schedule and they last longer. That's totally it. What's the place behind batteries? You want to know the uh the truth on that one? Would it be on the 15? >> We bought a
108bunch in September and we just had a battery >> two weeks ago. >> Great. That means they got to buy batteries. >> Yeah. >> For 10 years. >> Bring this weekend to resume the regular me. >> Do I have that? >> It's 7:13. Uh, we're going to make a quick amendment to our exact session to be extended to 7:13. All in favor or motion? >> I'll make a motion. >> There we go. Second. >> Yep. All in favor. There we go. >> There we go. >> I know that that hit our spot last time. Good. >> It's fine. We're fine. >> All right. Moving on to 11.1. Anybody got any good news before we close out tonight? I thought it was pretty amazing news that the snow sports program is going. Um, >> yeah, fairly
109early into it despite the season being absolutely horrible. >> Right. >> I have a great video that I think the kids themselves took of uh with the GoPro up at the pass with our first time snowboarders up there. >> I'll share I'll share it next next uh next meeting. And there's something called a a snow ski or it's like a skateboard. >> Skateboard on a snowboard. I've never seen one before. >> Snow skate. Okay. >> They've been around for a while, have they? >> Yeah. I got to get out more. >> Back since I was well at least 30 years. >> Oh jeez. Remember that? >> Good God. You're aging. >> But they're they're very fun. People use them. >> They they look fun. And uh Mr. P is still they're still working on skis
110and snowboards. >> Yeah. They're making snow skates now, too. >> No, no, not not snow skates now. They got to perfect their their craft first. But >> yeah, >> the CNC routers working. They're working on putting in the edge, you know, the metal ed edges on the skis and the snowboards. So, uh, it'll be pretty cool. But unfortunately, by that time, snow will be gone, >> right? >> Is what it is. >> Cool. Anybody else? >> No. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> I make a motion to adjurnn. >> Do I have a second? I will second the motion. >> Fabulous. Meeting adjourned at 7:15. Have a great night, everybody. >> I can't write that fast. Make dinner for the kids. You know, I was laughing when Jack was talking about our our
111HVAC system or whatever it is in the gym that's that's talking