001standing slides. [Music] meeting to order and I need a motion to go into executive session section 74206. Do >> I have a second? All in favor? Kirsty? Hi, Michael. >> Hi J. And I have an I. So we go. Executive session. Let's stand for the pledge of allegiance. Begin our regular session. >> Ready? Begin. I pledge aliance 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. >> All right. Before we approve the agenda, there's been some changes. So, I need a motion to approve the agenda as posted with adjustment to shift the presentation from Dan Coleman and Quest CPA to before celebration. And we're going to do transportation. up to number one in our reports, I
002believe. >> Unfinished business. Okay. Number one. >> All right. >> And Kirsty. >> Hi, >> Michael. >> Hi. >> Okay. And I'm an I. All right. So, that being said, I guess we're with Dan, correct? >> Yes. Robert, please. By the way, thank you for all all of you for coming and bear with us. Do we need to come back? Should have been down. as he requested to show him. >> Yeah, I just talked to him. He said, "I'll open it up soon." He said, "Okay." >> Don't you love technology? When it works, it's great. And now we need it to work. >> Yes. actually exactly it. Kim, if you want to start maybe with the celebration a little bit. >> Oh, I could. Yeah. And because it's just real quick is that um here
003goes out of pure curiosity. Rob, try the other. >> Oh, you already did. >> Which other we had this morning? Okay, just to see if no problem. I think I >> Well, you have to let him in. That's what I like. >> There we go. >> There he is. Okay, >> he was in our practice. >> Hey, Dad. >> Hi. >> Nice to see you. So, we're going to >> we're going to give you the floor and let you go ahead and begin your presentation to us. >> Okay. Appreciate it. My name is Dan Coleman. Um, I did the audit for the school this last year and u like to take just a few minutes and present the audit results to you tonight. Can everybody hear me? Okay. >> Yes. >> Okay. I'm try to
004share my screen here if I can. Unless you guys don't have copies of the financial statements, whatever is easier. Um, I know that we have a link to it, but it would be nice for the audience to be able to see it if you can share it with them. If that's possible to have >> All right, let me know if that's coming through. >> It did. >> Okay, very good. So, I'll hit the highlights of the audit process. uh hit the formalities that we you know the reports that we issue um we'll look at the numbers just a little bit and I can talk a little bit about what's coming out um from the perspective of the business manager and the accounting for the school. Um, first thing I'd like to share is uh the
005reports. On pages 1 through 4, you will see the auditor's report. Um, this is where we express an opinion on the financial statements. A lot of overl issue an unmodif unmodified opinion means that the financial information is accurate. And as we went through that process, um, there was nothing negative that we came across that would alter our opinion. So, cleanest opinion that we can give. Pretty good job there. >> Good to know. >> On pages, yeah, on pages um 49 and 50, second report that we issue is a report on internal controls. So, we look at your review processes at the school. We're not required to express an opinion on them, but we do review them, make suggestions where we need to. Um, we feel like the review processes that you have are adequate for
006a school your size. And so, no findings in this report either. This is also a report. >> Okay. Hold on a second. We're having some problems with um getting online. Can you hold on a second, Dan? Yeah, JP needs to get in also. Sorry. >> Go ahead. JD says you can go ahead. >> Okay. So, we're just going to flip to the third report, official report that we issue. Um, it is on pages 51, 52, and 53. What happens is when a school spends over $750,000 of federal money, they're required to have a second audit done. It's referred to as a single audit. We look back to page 48. We see that you spent about $3.2 million of federal money. And so you were required to have that second audit. And what we do there
007is we take a look at your major federal programs to make sure that those uh programs are being spent according to um according to the guidance. Uh issues come up as we go through those programs. Of course, we know a finding here as well, but that's not the case for your school. Everything checked out fine. So, three reports, all three clean reports. Nice work. >> Thank you. Good to know. So, appreciate that. >> You bet. If we can just take a minute, look at the financial performance for your school. Just looking at page 10, which is your major funds. Just a few comments on each of these major funds for you. That first column is the general fund. We're going to focus down at the bottom of that page. So the general fund the net
008change in fund balance we have a loss of 1,148,997. So our expenses exceeded our revenues by 1.1 million. Very bottom number ending fund balance in the general fund as of June 3025 is 10,283,922. I know you guys spend about four million4 million per month on average. So that ending fund balance for you is about a 2 and 12 month operating reserve. We recommend a month and a half to three months. And so you guys are right there with our recommendations. So the general fund is doing well. Second column over child nutrition fund. We had a loss in the child nutrition fund $251,000. We had enough of the fund balance carry forward to absorb that loss and the child nutrition fund very bottom number ended in the year at 27,997. Most schools that I have audited
009are showing losses in that child nutrition fund. They range from 40,000 to 300,000. So for a school your size losing 251,000 in the child nutrition fund, that is typical of what I've seen for for most of the schools that I look at. We may look at that next year. You know, if the child nutrition fund ends up in a negative fund balance position, we may transfer in from the general fund to zero down. So we'll launch it this next year to see how it performs. Third column over is the bond fund. Here we simply have our bond levy which last year we didn't levy anything. And then we have our bond payments. And what I'd like to to see in this fund is the very bottom number the ending fund balance of 5,560,546 that it
010is large enough to cover next year's debt payments. Our debt payments for fiscal year 26 are about 4.7 million. So we have enough there to make our debt payments. And so we're happy. I I assume that bond is returning for fiscal year 26. Is that correct? >> Yes. >> Okay, perfect. Fourth problem over school district modernization. Um, I'm sure you heard about the bond that the state department of education ran. They passed out the uh bond money to each school to cover facilities cost. That is your portion of that money. That bottom number there fund balance 24 million869,569. That money is um I would say pretty restrictive. It should be used for capital projects, major improvements. The one caveat that you are dealing with is any interest that you earn on that money can be
011transferred to the general fund and used for routine maintenance. And so, um, I'll let you decide on that if you haven't already, um, to transfer that money. But those are your major funds. We did audit the non- major funds. They all checked out fine. Um, a lot of those are federal funds can zero out. So, not not a whole lot to discuss there. [Applause] One final note, what's coming up in the next couple of years, the single audit threshold is going up from $750,000 to a million dollars. You guys spend enough federal money that it doesn't really matter to you. You um you'll always require that second single audit that we do for your favor programs. So, that's not changing. And then in the future, we will have um a few accounting changes for IARS.
012There's a few funds and a few account numbers that are going away. And um have you guys hired to replace Brad yet? >> Yes, we have. We have Yeah. What I want to say. Yes, we do. Jonathan >> Jonathan Gillan. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Yeah, we know Jonathan. We work with Jonathan on several schools. Uh he works with Kurt mostly and so that would be interesting this year. So >> does that mean good when you say interesting? >> Yes, that's good work. He's great to work with. So that's good. >> And we'll reach out to Jonathan later on. We'll connect with him later on. That's all I have for you tonight. And so I'll open it up for questions at this time if you have any any questions. >> No, I I just a comment
013that it's nice to know that we've been financially fiscal with some of our money and I think that's important for our patrons to realize that and uh we're okay. So thank you for pointing that out to us. Any else comments or questions? All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. I have another board meeting I'm going to head out to. So, thank you for your time. I appreciate it. >> You're welcome. Thank you for your report. It was good news. >> Y >> All right. So, we'll now do celebrations. >> And I'll I'll introduce Jonathan. >> Okay. >> I guess I can do celebration. I mean, so this is our new uh CFO, Jonathan Gillan. Um, we are very, as you heard, Danny been verified back us up on this one. So, Jonathan is a it's
014a huge win for us to be able to have Jonathan with us right now because he's was with us for eight years and now he's with Charter Impact, but they won't they don't do charter schools, but he came up he we met up with him. We were just looking for advice and they came up with an idea of how they could help us and Jonathan has helped us when Merit came. He's helped us a little bit with Bradley knows us and uh so we're really tickled to have Jonathan Jonathan presents for the state for the state and helps them with their finances too. So >> well welcome aboard and thank you for putting the time in. I I know that it's kind of a has a time limit, but we're glad that you're here to
015help us as we get ready to find another person. So, thank you. It's much >> It was nice that we didn't lose the Brad and Brad was great. We missed Brad, but but I mean, we missed Brad leaving, but the day Brad left, Jonathan was able to step right in. >> Yeah, I think this audit speaks to what Brad did. So, I'm very, very pleased. So, welcome, Jonathan, and we look forward to having you in our school district. Thank you very much. That is a big celebration for us. I know it's not on here, but I just briefly want to just say, you know, we've been doing the parent universities and one of the big ones was the senior parent university and um we hosted that or the high school. Robbie and his team hosted
016that um week ago Monday and that was the first senior parent. We didn't know how many to expect, but there was over 200 parents there that on Monday night. some of the seniors came, but it was I mean we were just overwhelmed by by the parents who came and wanted that wanted that parent university. So that was really good. Um, we got some really good feedback on maybe, you know, what we would do different for the future. We got good feedback from parents that that when we were there, but also like, hey, what else would you like to see at this point for especially for seniors and um, we got Ellison said we got some good feedback from that. So, we will just keep going with these because it's going to be what parents um
017will like and it helps them. So with these different transitions, you know, sixth grade and nth grade and so each time we're trying to make them better >> and help the parents um make those adjustments and stuff. So we have dates we'll show you I think later on. Oh, there they are for the middle school and kindergarten and and then high school. Yeah, I really like us doing this parent university to bring up things issues that the committee might have that we can help and being transparent. So, thank you for doing that. It's been a great thing and sounds like it's been well attended. >> So, I mean, they just kept coming in. So, cafeteria is full. >> That's good. >> All right. Okay. Steuart is going to get. So we there was a the
018FAA students wanted to come and present but the presentation was much bigger than we thought it was going to be. So Stuart in less than a minute is going to >> Okay. So I was volunte that I was going to be doing this. So So thank you though. I think this is really important. the conduct team was going to come in and and show you what they do. And it was a group of freshmen that that won the conduct last March uh at the state uh uh meeting in in Twin Falls. Um they they showed a lot of plays. I was there. It's taken on your feet. It's it's a pretty cool thing. It's parliamentary procedure um meeting processes and procedures and they did a fantastic job. Um, but just to let you guys know
019what's going on with that FFA program. We have at the end of this month, uh, 25 kids going to nationals in Indianapolis. 19 of them are participating. We qualified four teams, conduct team, marketing team, nursing, landscape, and a mechanics team. This is the most we've been sending. We've sent a state or nationals in a long time. Last week even we had our rage team took first in state and have qualified for nationals western nationals in filer. Thank goodness it's close and uh we had a second place with soils and land judging and they qualified for nationals in May in Oklahoma. So I'm going to tell you the success of the these kids um they're really stepping up and and showing you know really well a minute and a half. >> Thank you. All right, >>
020patron comments are next. Do we have some? All right. Um, we're going to start um with Lane Saxton. Before I let you come on up, Lane, just to let you know kind of the ram ramifications here. You have three minutes. >> Of course, we can't ask questions um just because this is a open meeting and uh >> I just have some suggestions >> and we love hearing them so that we can do that. So, we're glad you're here to do that. You need to say your name and your address. >> My name is Lane Saxton. I live in Kun, Idaho, 1185 South Ash Avenue. >> All right, you can go ahead. >> Okay. When I I seen the old jam on the board agenda, I I quickly got a headache because back when I was
021here and I was here from 96 to 2015 when I retired and uh I got ma asked by the board to appraise the old gym and see what it was worth. This was shortly after I took the old building away. It was what one of my first jobs was to finish turning down the old high school and haul it off. And uh then I quickly became involved and ended up building seven facilities up there as project manager. When I seen the old gym come up for sale, I go what what people come out of the woodwork. Lar was one of them and some of the big names in Kuna, which Thornton still a big name in Kuna Nicholson come out of the woodwork. What are you selling that gym for? What are you even getting
022appraised for? And I said, well, the board just wanted to know one what it was worth and what we're going to do with it. So, it quickly got kibashed and it never went it went away, but always we had people from the community ask about it. And even when I took down the old school, there's still parts and pieces under that parking lot that shouldn't be disturbed. It's the best way to put it. And u when we did that, I got accused of not being transparent, which takes me to the other suggestion. So please consider the old gym. You have the right to accept or reject any bit. And uh we need to keep it. And if you want suggestions of what to do with it, give me a call. Uh Hillary is not here.
023She used to have my number on speed dial when I was working for the district. So I have all kinds of suggestions because I know the history of the district and and by the way your parents never got thanked correctly for the 98 acres that we have from. Thank you very much and for following in your mother's footsteps. you Connie and and uh that's very good to support the school district like the Thor family has. The other thing is transparency and what I just witnessed with the audit. I don't know what we're paying for an audit, but they should be here in this room. And this room is not big enough to hold bill board meetings in when you have a brand new cafeteria right down the street that will house people and we're not
024crammed in here and can't breathe and can't hear. So transparency was huge in this district when I was here and we had to find out the hard way when I bled out my conception of the high school and uh we didn't get the voting public involved and it failed miserably when we went out to bond. Kim you remember that. >> So transparency is everything and we're not getting it in this facility. This was designed for three things. That was maintenance, food service, and transportation. And it's been hacked to death. Needs to be left alone from this point on and have board meetings where everybody can come. >> Thank you, Lane. Your your time is up and I appreciate that and appreciate your opinion. Thank you very >> Thank you. >> All right. Um the next
025is Melissa Nielsen uh about the Kennedy. >> She's okay. Okay, go ahead and go get her. >> There's just a small lady. >> There she is. >> I'm going to cook. >> Yeah. >> Well, then let you kind of join start. My name is Melissa Nielson. I'm the KDA um Education Association president for the teachers right now. Um, I just wanted to, um, I know Trusty Grant and Trusty Thornton had such a fun time when they were campaigning and doing, um, a public forum that we wanted to offer that to our other candidates that are running for election right now for the school board. Um, next Wednesday, October 22nd, at KHS at the KPAC, um, from 6 to Winnipeg. um we would invite you to come and answer some questions. We'll give you the questions
026ahead of time there. It there won't be a debate or anything. It'll just be like um when they presented answering some questions about our district, our community, what our ideas and plans and goals are for our future. So, >> okay, tell me that day. October 22nd, >> next Wednesday 6 to 10. >> Thank you. >> Whenever pass you talk. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you, Melissa. All right. I slaughter these names. So, Cal Lick. >> Oh, man. >> Did I slaughter it back? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Um, >> go ahead. We'll give you the floor. Please state your name and address. Sure. >> I'm Cal Viti. I live at 2185 North Destiny Way in Kuna and I do vote. Let me help you come to the only logical conclusion regarding whether
027the status quo should remain or the school district should opt for a for-profit contractor to get the students of Cuna to and from school. Well, the only argument for turning the transportation over to a for-profit contractor is this money. Should the school board be fooled into taking a low ball offer from a for profit contractor that will surely increase in years 2, three, four, and so on, negating any perceived value or savings in the first year, or should the school board uh vote to continue with the Princeton system? which has proven its excellence with the students, the parents and the community at large. What values are present with the current situation that are not seen on any bookkeeper lever value ledger will allow me to explain some of the hidden values that are worth far
028more to this district than just mere money. Any business owner will tell you that finding a lo a loyal, hardworking, dedicated employee that is reliable and will show up day after day, year after year is like finding a diamond in the rough. I have to tell you the school the Juma school district transportation system here has 60 plus diamonds in this room and we all have different reasons for driving a school bus and keeping the students safe. Every one of us is loyal to the district, not for money, but because we see ourselves as caregivers. We want to serve the children, the parents, and the community. We want to keep the students safe. If there's a problem with a student on a bus, it is us, the bus drivers, who reach out to the parents
029and call them. We strive to make a personal relationship with the students, with the parents, and the community at large. This is something that money just can't buy. It's not seen on a bookkeeper's ledger, but it is here in this room. And I know you all can feel it right now. Another significant reason to vote for keeping the status quo is very, very low employee turnover. Now, while driving a bus uh driving a bus for a for-profit company, transport the turnover is very very high, more than 100% in 2 years. But here at the Puna School District, it's less than 20%. A significant reason for this low turnover rate is what I like to refer to as a culture of community. Now, recognizing that the district cannot pay very much to attract loyal employees. Together,
030Brenda and Devana have worked tirelessly over the years to create an environment that acknowledges personal relationships and individual needs of this of the drivers and staff while stressing a p the primary objective of student safety. Put quite simply, they have created a working environment that values humanity over the dollar. Now because turnover is very very low, every driver gets to know each student, every parent and becomes sympathetic to their needs. In short, the longer a driver spends, the longer a driver and special needs uh aid spend and remain time here in the department, the greater the relationship we have with the student and the parents and the community. Cal, I get you to kind of wrap it up a little bit. >> Sure. Sure. This is a value that a forprofit contractor just can't buy.
031>> So, what I really want to ask you is this. Is it really worth stepping over a lot of these which are unseen values that you have right now over this? Thank you for >> we have Yavana Chandler and um she's going to be talking about transportation also. So if you want to state your name and um your Chandler 100 West Thank you, Superintendent Doll, Chairman of the Dixon and trustees. My name is Ivana Chandler. I've been with the district for 18 years and as a disaster probably know more names of students and their individual busing than most teachers probably know in their whole school of their busing information. I often say that excuse me I'm getting a little hot. I often say that I need a shirt that says 5,800 kids in counting. So
032I call them they are all my children. We all feel that way. They are our children. Out of the 42 drivers, which include our on call drivers and our trip drivers, 19 of us have been here for five years or more. One of our drivers has been a driver for 40 plus years. One of our drivers has been to the school bus driver international safety competition several times and has placed twice. Most of us within these years of experience have raised kids through the district and we feel that we want to give back to our community. Low turnover, as Cal touched on, years here mean that our drivers know most of their students. Why is this important? They know their students. They know their stops. Safety is a continuous process that should not be interrupted.
033We work hard to make sure that our drivers have all the possible information that they need to build safe routes. Once this level of care is gone, how many years do you think it would take to build that back with what we've got for experience? Would you ever be able to get it back? Getting it back means you have to bond out for buy buses back because a lot of our buses would be going to them or they'd bring their own. Then you would have to hire those drivers to bring to drive those buses. But if you lose all of this experience, will they come back for benefits because they've lost some relationships that will keep them here. They come for two reasons. For the children that they love have come to love and care
034about as well as the benefits. To summarize, once you go contracting, it would take so many years to get it back. We probably none of us would even be here to see it. When we consider the cost of what it costs to our for our teachers to be educating our children and what really matters, excuse me, we often ask ourselves, what is it worth? Sometimes that does mean spending more. When it comes to the safe transportation and care of our children on a bus, we need to ask ourselves that same question. While I maintain that contracting would have ultimately cost us more based on mass amounts of research I'm sure you'll see later state figures and general experience I have to ask even if I'm wrong and it is more expensive what is the level
035of safety and care of our students worth thank you [Applause] >> thank you so much for everyone who testified point. Um, we're going to go ahead now. >> Just Jonathan's going to just give us a It's under the reports. Just the L2 reports just a report. >> Okay. Well, we're moving >> and then and then you're moving up to the >> finish. Yeah. >> Oh, I got you. Yeah. >> Sorry. >> No, you're fine. >> Go through the agenda. >> Superintendent trustes. Thanks for giving me a couple minutes. So, just a quick L2 form update. Um, so essentially when we had run initial projections on the L2 form, we were anticipating that it'll be roughly $114 per 100,000. So, I have good news. This is good news financial night. So, it's fun. Finance people, we
036don't always get to share that. So, it's nice to share some good news. Um, we're projecting roughly $47.68 will be your actual L2 rate. So, much lower than initial projections. So, that means less burden on taxpayers, um, less property taxes. that would be largely that is driven off of two components. Um it's growth in our market rates. So more houses, you're getting more population in the area, you get more businesses. That's helping to reduce the living rate. Um the other thing is the legislature downtown um continues to appropriate House Bill 292 funding, which is those dollars that are specifically identified to reduce property taxes, and you got roughly $2 million from where you did last year, which will be applied to the property taxes, thus reducing the rate. So really just some great news to
037be able to share with you guys and share with the community about what we're doing to be fiscally responsible. So that answer questions. >> I got a question. What was it prior was 4768 per 100,000. >> Um so I want to say don't quote me because look at it today. I think it was 1194. So close. >> So that was pretty good for the first day. I tried to look it up real quick like I knew that question might come up and I was like let me see if I can figure this out. >> You are a number guy for sure. Good job. Um, so that's really gone down very significantly. >> The legislature really >> and why did we get 2 million more? Was it because of >> it was an increase in the
038dollar amount for the funding the finance specifically? So that's always going to be kind of a question is what's that dollar amount going to look like the following year? Um, and I'd love to be able to tell you we know what that number looks like. Um, you actually don't really know what that number looks like until the payment shows up, which this year was August 31st. Um so you kind of get some ideas of what the number is going to look like around the first August. Um but really um there's a lot of sales tax revenues that go into that. So it's a lot of calculation. >> So really more good news for our community. The tax goes for the community this year and we're hoping it continues. >> All right. Any other questions? >>
039Thank you Jim. All right. Now >> this is where this is where I'm doing the transportation. So we have transportation assistant superintendent Brian Graves, Jason Ready, and manager Brent Saxton to present. Kim, you want to tell them? >> I Yeah. So, um I guess what I need to let you guys know is um we ask for this because so many times in our community we get um called upon that we're not being fiscally smart and that there's different things we can do. And one of the things that comes up over and over again is, well, why don't you contract out for transportation? And um we really felt like that was a question that needed to be answered. Uh, and so we did look into it and so here are the things that we found out
040about what uh it's going to cost us and we'll go from there. >> I was thinking it up so they can go because they got to get up for a week. >> Oh. Oh, sorry. And we want to move it up so you guys can get home and get to bed. Get all of our kids to school tomorrow. So, does that sound good to you? Sometimes we're not on the same wavelength. All right. And I think our audience members are going to be pleased with this presentation tonight. So, just quickly, um, like you had mentioned, uh, Trusty Nixon last month kind of tasked us with going and doing an RFQ process to look at what it would take to consult our transportation, um, services out. So, we went through a few steps. We met with
041our transportation department. We also met with legal counsel and talked through what some of the the pieces and parts of that would be. And then we additionally, we we talked with other neighboring school districts and asked them for their contracts that they have. and then basically modeled what our costs would be if we were living in that contract. Um, and so based on all of that, we have a recommendation for you tonight. But before we talk about that, I think Brenda wants to share some just cost stuff with you. >> So there's what's called the funding cap model spreadsheet, which is quite larger than the spreadsheet. We what we did we moved it we um we're doing a comparison between uh some school districts and contractors that's in the same same size as us basically
042same number that potentially students you can see and cost per mile and as you can see um is either the in in this group of uh school districts were either the the cheapest last year or in the second and then you see where the contractors here. For instance, the here's Caldwell just in 22 their cost per mile was 7 785 then they jumped 1137 and it's and this is a little bit lower this year. You can see um where Twin Falls is 570 669 and 8 they they will continue because they're here to make a profit. We we our increases is because of inflation everything costs more. you can't even get for accuracy price anymore. So, it's going to continue continue to go up and >> we have a deal here doing it in house
043and we got great people and um these questions for me. >> I don't have any questions. Any questions? >> I think I think we've kind of looked at this dollhouse. So, thank you. Thank you for your bus crush people who have called us and and brought us to some of these explanations so that we know what's going on. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> Yes. So, kind of based on the the beginning stages of that RFQ process. Our recommendation tonight is to not continue moving through that process and to just stay in house because obviously we have a good product. Uh and I think it is costefficient, right, as you just heard from from Brenda. I think there's a lot of good reasons to stay in house. Cost being one of them. Um, also loyalty to
044the bus drivers, but not only loyalty, just knowing that they get to have Persian and they get our benefits and we don't have as high a turnover as some of these other districts around us is important. Um, the fact that they know and are hard workers. Um, I just all the way around is just a good idea. Kim, could I just add it? I This is my 11th year, but every time that Brenda like me one, Brenda and I have always been like, there's going to be someone's going to show up today. And it always happened, right, Brenda? Where are you? >> Oh, there you are. There's always they want to come here. >> I think autonomy is another good reason to keep it. Um, you know, situation. Let's say I was a teacher for
045a long time and I had a field trip and it didn't get to the right person. You guys have been so good about just hey we'll get that bus to you, you know, where if it was a contract, we didn't have that autonomy, I may have to cancel the whole field trip and have upset kids. So, a lot of that I think is so important that autonomy that we have with our bus garage. Um, so I think there's a lot of good reasons for this. But I also need to say that it's important that we show our community that we are fiscally responsible to go out and make sure it's what's good for us and what's good for Cuna. Uh, because we know when we go to pass those bonds and lovings, that's the first
046thing they say. Well, you're not using your money well. And uh, I want to make sure they know that we're doing that. So, thank you. >> I make a motion that we keep the transportation department the way it is. Do I have a second? >> I second. >> Any more discussion or comments? >> What are we going to do moving forward to replace Brenda? What does that look like? >> I heard that we're keeping it the exact same. So that means the position has posted. I would have put a closing date on that today. Okay. um not today but and then from there what what I get to do is I I build a committee um I can't have a committee of 50 but at the same time transportation will be represented um we will
047have somebody else from operations as well one of our managers um and then we will do a screening of the interviews uh sorry of the applicants from there we'll kind of that's kind of our first round I mean if I applied for this position I would be screaming because I don't hit the that qualification. So, we get rid of the people that aren't qualified. >> Then we do a first round, then we'll hopefully bring a candidate or two to our leadership team and offer a position. The goal will be to have a month or two with Brenda. Um, if we can sneak some some consulting at Brenda as well. Um, >> she told me she'd do that. >> Sorry, I already had it for started. Absolutely. Absolutely. If we can't keep rid of then then
048our goal would be exactly what Kim said. When we do lose a driver, we have to replace and hopefully that driver is as good. Hopefully that supervisor manager will be asked for. >> Okay, >> good question. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Any other discussion, questions? Okay, >> I am. So, good job. >> Thank you guys. And I'm just gonna say you can all go home and get your rest tonight. So next tomorrow you can get those kids bright and early >> and we appreciate everything that you guys do. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. She's in the back. She's going to have to wait before she can I haven't gave a hard See you, >> Jody. All right. I think policy is not it is Katie Russell who is next all of a sudden bro
049is ready. >> Well, thank you for having me tonight. Um, I'm excited to go over your survey results. As a reminder to Lauren, everyone else in the room, um, the board did conduct surveys last year, um, prior to them pausing their superintendent search. um when we resumed the search this year, they decided to reconduct survey results and just see if they could capture anyone else or anything different or I know there's people moving in and out of the district. So, they wanted to be as um up toate as they could with their community. So, I have given you in your packets here just kind of an overview sheet of your surveys for both the 2020 4 survey and then a 2025 one that we've just conducted. So I will just go over those really quickly.
050Um so this year we had 238 on the community survey. 238 survey takers. That is a little less or a little more than 100 less from last year. Um last year on that community survey we had 364 survey takers. Now, that is probably a mixture of some people took the survey last year and didn't want to take it again um or you know other situations. But I do know that it was spread pretty widely and people were given the opportunity to take it. So, of the community survey, 85% of those who took it were parents or caregivers. 17% of those who took it were employees. um 18% of those who took it were other residents and then let a little less than 1% of those who took it were students. Um and this is going
051over the 2020 practice survey for moving on to question two. Question two asked survey takers to rate the top eight professional qualities that they are looking for in the next superintendent. So um this one I went and compared to last year's survey from this year's survey. Every answer in the top eight was the same as last year's survey. The only difference is the last two question or the last two um qualities were flip-flopped. So this year, survey takers indicated that their top eight were that they wanted to see a a superintendent with experience with budgeting and school finance. That they had successful experience managing staff. That they fostered positive community relationships. That they have positive experiences dealing with conflict and problem management. that they understand the importance of accountability for and by staff, parents, students,
052and patrons, and that they have a strong background in curriculum supervision, human relation skills, and team building. That they demonstrate a strong commitment to closing the student achievement gap in improving overall student performance, and that they show excellent communication skills, including speaking, writing, and listening skills. Um uh on each of our survey questions, we provide survey takers with the opportunity to provide some comments. Some of the top kind of comment topics that we saw on this one were that they um in a part to those um qualities, they really emphasize that they want to see transparency and accountability, that they want to see familiarity with cuteness growth and c or cutest growth challenges in their culture. um they want to see support for students and staff retention. They want to see a willingness to stand
053up for the um against political pressures both state or both the state and local. And then they want to see experience with communities bonds and levies slashexperience managing population growth. Um and please stop me at any time if you have any questions about anything. So, and then the next question, question three, asked survey takers to rate the top five personal qualities that they want to see in the next superintendent. So, we saw again this was exactly the same as last year's survey. The results did not change one bit. Um candid or people who observe and want to see a candidate who shows good judgment and common sense. Has good character and high morals with unquestionable integrity. Show expects trust, transparency and openness and leadership. Shows respect for all students, staff, parents, stakeholders, and the community
054at large. And is committed to a student first philosophy in all decisions. So those did not change at all from last year, which I think is pretty great. >> Yeah. Can we find that person is the question? >> That's a lot of people. >> Yes. >> Some comments that we received under this one were uh that they want to see PE a person who understands teacher challenges and will show teacher support. um has the courage to address conflict, is willing to listen and visit schools frequently, has the ability to separate personal political beliefs from their leadership decisions, fair and partial leadership, um and shows consistency and fairness. And again, almost all of these topics were mentioned in the survey from 2024 as well. Um, question four of this survey asked um, survey takers to share
055some questions they would like to ask the new superintendent. I won't go over all of the questions, but I did provide some suggestions here, but just some topics of questions that we saw were related to accountability and transparency. Something that I saw emphasized a lot more in this survey versus last year's survey was teacher and stock support. Um so that was mentioned a lot in this section. Community connection and visibility, budgeting and fiscal finance or fiscal management, growth and overcrowding, student centered leadership and special education. So I was glad to see this because it gives the board some place to start with the questions to ask. And so that was great. I until this is where we'll probably start. And that's what I would recommend is when you get to the to the um point
056where you're going to start interviewing candidates, even when we include the essay questions on the application itself, I would encourage you to review these survey responses and pull some questions throughout the entire process when you are asking and speaking with your candidates as a way to ensure that what you're asking them is what is reflective of your community as well. So, um, moving on to question five. This question asked, um, what what the what would you like the board to consider during the hiring process? Again, I included some sample comments and suggestions, but I'll just touch on the topics here. Um, they indicated that they would like the board to consider transparency, integrity, accountability, experience, and qualifications. again, someone who can really connect with the community. Um, someone who's student and teacher focused, someone who
057shows special educa, knows special education and inclusion. And again, this was something that was I thought mentioned a lot more than in the prior survey was the mention of special education and the understanding of special education. um a long-term commitment to the district and then an understanding of growth in facilities. So that's it for the community survey. Um the board also did conduct a staff survey. So staff were free to take this community survey, but the staff survey went a little bit more into depth on who is going to be their future leaders. So, um, last year the staff survey had 92 survey takers. This year it had 68. So, just a little less, but, um, I think that's that's okay. Um, you may have captured some both this year and last year. Again, I
058saw a lot of the same topics mentioned in both last year's survey and this year's survey. Um, so going through question one, ask survey takers, what do you feel are the most important skills and or characteristics a superintendent needs to be successful in the CUNA school district? Some of the topics that I saw were transparency, honesty, integrity, um, transparency is an overwhelming topic throughout all of this survey, so it's mentioned a lot. um strong communication and listening skills, community connection, experience with growth and finance, support for teachers and staff, student centered leadership, someone who's really focused on the students and encouraging objectivity. Um question two asked, how could the new superintendent go about establishing good public relations within the district and community? These were similar to the first question. They would like to see someone
059who's visible in the schools and in the community. Someone who is open and transparent with communications and with their staff. Um someone who will listen and and engage. Someone who will collaborate with city and business officials. Someone who's authentic and will follow through. And then someone who is able to balance community relationships. Um, question three asked, "What core value should we look for in the next superintendent?" And again, this is all really kind of repetitive. Transparency, honesty, integrity, student focus, inclusion, empathy, and respect, accountability, and consistency. Question four of this survey asks, would a superintendent foster a relationship of or how would a stu superintendent foster a relationship of respect and collaboration with certified and classified staff? And survey takers said they want to see someone with visibility and approachability. Um, someone who's able to
060listen and be inclusive, someone who will show recognition and appreciation of staff. Someone who is transparent and is consistent, someone who will support professional growth, and someone who is fair. Question five said, "Please share a question you would like to ask the superintendent candidates andor what you would like the board to know." Again, I listed some sample questions here. I won't read through all of them. Um but some of the topics that I saw that were a major focus were again student focused um support for teachers and staff, communication, transparency and trust growth facilities and overcrowding fiscal responsibility and budgeting. um special education, community relationships and public trust, commitment to public education and to the district itself, and then the leadership philosophy, their leadership philosophy and experience. Um question six asked, what kind of changes
061would you like to see the new superintendent bring to the district? Um some of the common things I saw were improved communication and transparency, support for teachers and staff, focus on student success and learning, growth in facilities man or planning, special education and department improvements, culture, morale, respect, community and city partnerships and a fresh perspective um or new leadership. And then finally, the last question that was asked in this survey was what programs would you like to see continued? Again, this one was very similar from last year's survey. They would like to see the career and technical education programs continue. AVID and college and career career readiness, special education and student support services, professional development and teacher support, elementary literacy and intervention programs, social and emotional learning and positive behavior supports, community partnerships and student
062engagement activ or opportunities um kindergarten readiness and district traditions and culture. So, um, like I said, it was a lot of the responses were very similar to last year's. Um, it seems like you've really got some great qualities to look for in the in the superintendent. I think this can help guide you. >> Yeah. Thank you for taking the time to shorten that for us so we can see. One thing I saw a lot of too was being engaged with the community, even like being close with the community, living in the community. Did you see a lot of I did see? >> Yeah, that's one of the things I thought, okay, I saw a lot of that in there, too. >> So, thank you for doing that. Um, >> so, do we want to do
063the brochure or do you want to >> Yeah, so the brochure again, um, we will just need to update that brochure with just the updated timeline. And then um there were some things uh chairman Nixon mentioned to me that there was something in the brochure about it being the hundth year celebration but that happened last year. Um that's something we can easily change. This again was created when we started the process last year and it just probably needs a few minor tweaks like I said updating the timeline. So, >> and then the other thing, um, AVID is the AVID program. I don't know because we have really fit into that. All of our schools have. So, that's something I'd like to maybe have the superintendent know that we have that program. What What do they
064know about that? You know, we're because really it's beginning to take hold and some of our scores are taking some changes and it's been really good for our districts. So, >> professional learning committees >> and the professional learning committees and even the Yeah. community. Sorry. >> PLC's. Yeah. >> So, I don't know if I saw that. But just to put those two >> Okay. Yeah, we can absolutely certainly um update that. If you see anything else that you think needs updated, we'll you can send me an email and I'll get it updated. Is this the brochure? >> Yeah. with a 100 year graduating class. I just think if you presented it that you know last year that took place so that they realized that and it was >> and if there's anything also that you
065feel really stood out from the survey results that you want to add into here. Maybe you want to update add some qualities or um add some comments maybe about the district and why you're proud of the Kuna School District. Just let me know that as well. Um, I can work with the board chairman to get that um, added. >> I I like what you have. I mean, four pages and it really you want to be concise and I think you did that and stating a lot of what we're looking at like our mission and our values. I thought that was really good. Any other suggestions or anything else? >> Okay. Be great. Um then the timeline right now you want to kind of update that? >> Yep. So right now today we just reviewed the
066survey results. Um the next step will be that the board will determine the application form. Um that's pretty simple. You already have an opening and closing deadline. The only thing the board really needs to decide is what essay questions you want to add to that application form. um you have that you will be opening the cert opening the application on November 17th. My recommendation would be to make that decision a few like a weekish prior to that only because ISBA's convention is the week before that opens and we want to be sure that we get the application prepared and ready to go. Once we have the essay questions, it's very simple for us to create the application in our system. Um, we use what is called RLIS. It's used nationwide through all superintendent association or
067associations that do superintendent searches and we can set it so that we can create it early and it will just publish on the day of opening. Um, so we're looking probably at that first week in November, making sure that you have the essay questions. >> Okay. Do you guys how do you feel about Do you want to get together before then? Do you want to just maybe um text or email me some questions that you have and then I can work with you through email or how what's the best way to do that? What do you guys want to see? >> Email. I mean, if you think the email is not working or everyone gets to be together, I'm investigating together. >> Yeah. Okay. Because I think a discussion is always good. And I have
068no problem with that. I just want to do it as best for you guys. >> Okay. So, um, >> yeah. No, I have no problem with that. Um, >> we can meet. >> Yeah, we can meet. We can set a time up after the meeting. Can we do that or do it's gonna have to be public? >> It would have to be public. >> So then we need to decide publication. >> Yeah. Okay. Because there be more of us. So I guess you need to look just to see what dates would look good for you guys then. >> My phone right now. >> Yeah, that's what I I would assume now. Would be nice to get it done. >> Meeting would be November 11th, >> right? We the first week in November, >> the first
069week in November >> is when we want to make sure we get that to her. Yeah, the first week in November would work, I think. >> Thursday the sixth. >> Let's double check here. >> I'm fine with Thursday the 6th as a work session for us. Is that something that you can come out to? >> Absolutely. I let me double check my schedule that that works that I I feel like it does. So, >> um I if I'm available, I will come out. Um or I can be available by phone or whatever. Yes. >> Michael, is there any time that you would need with a farm meeting or evening? >> 6 or 7. >> 6 o'clock in the evening. So, let's put that down. >> It's a work session. >> Yeah. 6:00. >> Okay. All
070right, that's what we'll do for the next one. >> And then just that's kind of the next step once the application is open. Um it will stay open. The board has on here that it will close on January 30th. I do want to let the board know that you may see me at the start, but I will be stepping away um in February. I am expecting you. So yes, so I you are in good hands. Our board consultant or or ports I'm blanking on his title. Jason Lloyd with ISBA will be stepping over in our place in my place to assist you when I go on maternity leave. And he's great. I think some of you have maybe met him, but um I just wanted to let you know. So >> does he does he
071work with Phil? Yes. Yes. >> Yep. You need a motion for the work session. >> So, I make a motion that we have a work session. All right. I need a motion. So, I'll leave that for you guys. >> You're going to make it. >> Okay. >> Uh I'll make a motion that we have a work session November 6th at 6:00 to go over uh essay questions for the superintendent application. >> Any more discussion? Okay. Kirsty. >> I Michael. All right, >> and I >> All right, thank you. You need to get home and get some rest. >> As long as the question is in there about unlimited tacos or sushi. >> What sushi? >> Okay. Uh, chairman, trustes, I just there's no action with mind. This is just a reminder of where we're at
072in that process. Um, you guys have asked for us to uh collect the sale some some information on the sale of the forestry gym. Um, seal bid packet has been created. Um, we did that following Idaho code as well as our policy who did it with Jill's assistance. Uh the bid acceptance period opened the 9th and it will be open through the 6th. The advertising ser if you still get the paper. Um they're also online. Um as per coden policy there's an opening of the sealed bids. Um everyone's worried that you guys are going to be there. We opened sealed bids yesterday for phase two of high school. We open sealed bids probably in a couple weeks for entry cross. We do that all the time. Just because you open them, it doesn't you don't
073do anything with it. Then we'll bring them to you at the board meeting where you guys will have action. So, um we just have to have an opening that way if you did it, you can see us open them. It's not me hooking up my uncle with four street gym. Um that there's a process and we follow it. >> Is that the transparency? >> Absolutely. >> Consideration of being at the Nobel board meeting. Um, and there we'll also remind you that you don't have to accept any of the bids. If none of them the bids meet that threshold of the not the appraisal, then what are the next steps and what's this whole process or are we done and you guys don't want to sell anymore? Those are all your options. There's your update. This
074just shows you that where it's at on our website. Um, if a person has reached out to us, they have been also told that this is on the website, where to go on the website and where and how to get there. >> All right. Thank you. Any questions or anything? >> All right. So, that comment about tacos and sushi, that was on the survey. >> I didn't know that was on the survey. The question >> was one of the answers >> if you're to ask >> if they like tacos or sushi >> which one they would prefer. >> I think I did see that. I take >> that. I thought it was a great idea to do tacos or sushi personally. >> All right. And we're ready for the egg lab update and action. >>
075All right. Chairman Nixon and members of the board. Thank you. Uh land lab update tonight. We're going to hopefully give you an update and action item. And then we need direction from the board to move forward with formal processes with the city with Kuna regarding the proposed a land. So, we just need to formalize the process and that's just I'll give you the timelines and background. Mr. Wonderful super pickers here secured a grant of just under a million dollars to build the land lab. We quickly found it's a lot of work. We got to do this. Um, as you can see, we're going to talk about a portion of the corner lot that is a need for the city and and is crucial for us. So, how to help with that. So, we've done some
076Travis has got a working group to fund raise and to look at how to operate to answer some of the questions you guys asked back in uh last March. And then last spring, Stuart and Travis visited other places in the state that have these existing programs already, these lands already. So, good input from that. Uh reminder, this is the um view of the of the plan. When it's all said and done, just like in Qo, we might start out with this. We might not get all that, but we have to have the end product done to the city as we formalize it. Supposed in question, it's this right here. As you can see, it would really just be used for parking, but not really. But it does hold value for us and hold value for
077the city. So, here's the timeline. So, we are in a pre-application stage. So our first meeting is uh Thursday and that's where we will say okay the city um you have we need a place a place to put uh pumps a lift station we need to get the the permits and the and the fees and those things so what can we what can we work with here so then we'll come back to you in November and then we'll hopefully get our PNZ application that takes some time and then hopefully everything's in agreement we go from there and we get word council and then hopefully approve it and then we can break down this is best case questions. Okay. So we we need direction from you tonight in November we we'll give you the propose what
078they we give back and then in December we're going to hopefully answer all those questions you guys had last March on like how to fund it, how to maintain it and how to longterm effects of that. So we need a proposal u proposal agreement um to bring it out to you. So potential action we're asking for tonight. Next slide is we authorize us to represent formal processes submit formal applications uh to develop the proposed city proposal must include what for that corner this station for us in the city. So, we kind of need your direction on what can we negotiate with on that. >> Can you go back? >> What's a what's a ballpark? What's a ballpark of the city fees for this development? >> That's what we'll find out more on Thursday because it's
079we are technically commercial entity and so those fee schedules are different based on storage footage. What are we counting first? Right? These are these are bins. These are So, we we don't know yet because will they make us improve the sidewalk? Will they make us improve? Will can we put gravel? Do we have to do the pavement? Those city code things um that they they require. And so, what can we do in kind exchange for to make this program make this a reality? >> Do you remember what we asked last night? >> Yeah. As far as what >> like what the questions were that were asked to review like what the questions were actually >> what >> the proposal >> as far as what >> the questions that we asked last March >> you the
080questions from what we understand is how's it I mean once it's built who's >> who's going to maintain it how do we how do we where does that money come from >> those are our questions >> so those are the questions so Travis in December and his We'll have those answers before. >> I guess one of the things I'd like to see um and I'm not sure financially how much that piece is. I think that's what you're asking JT is how much that piece is worth. I was asking how much these >> impact fees and city fees would be for this project roughly because we I feel like I I can't make a decision on if we're going to give away that property to the city unless I know what their cost is going to
081be. >> And I guess I'd like to see our permits and fees waved. That's for me that's one of the things that's not the only thing possibly not the only thing but I think that you know if we're going to do this for the city they in return >> equivalent value and that's how we see it is how can we work with the city to get this product off the ground to then you know whe if it's fees permits or protections or EDUs or things that we've had to pay for those >> that's kind of something I'm looking at that save us some go ahead no no you go for That that corner how much property is that again? Is that five acres or? >> No, this whole thing is 5 acres. This is a.3
082or.5. >> What is that? >> So, this is the land. The whole thing. Like I said, this is it's not an impact to us as far as the operation of this. Yes, it is property that's valuable, but it's also I mean >> it's part of our property. >> Correct. And you know, >> the city came to us a while back with the idea about that. And I thought that we came up with the number and then the talks just vanish. >> Yeah. Because we we didn't know cuz they wouldn't visited. We didn't know where we're at because we didn't enter formal formal have a formal application. We were just preliminary talks and now we're entering the formal process. So that we didn't need a definite >> I I thought that they came I thought that
083they came to us about that little chunk of property before like not involved with this project. I thought did they not I don't >> I thought they did come with I think they did come with a lift uh lift station but it wasn't necessarily there. It was someplace else they needed property. >> That's what I remember kind of that they wanted it. I mean, I I would assume that the impact fees for this are going to be probably 50 to $75,000. I would think >> Yeah. I don't >> or might even 100. We won't know that until our pre-application meeting, which we had scheduled a few weeks ago and we had to postpone it so that we could come before you again. >> So, I mean, I direction. I mean, no, I mean not. I
084mean, I guess if they're going to give us a, you know, break on our impact fees and city fees and Yeah, I guess >> I'd be okay with that. >> Well, I I I look at that as just a start. I I don't know what else. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I guess I would have to pay for those. >> Yeah. So, that's what they So, you give us like what is the minimum guess for us to go? What the maximum to go? >> You said it's.3 acres. 3.5 they'll have exact what they'll need. They have their layout determine the size >> what they want. >> Yeah. >> Let's say minimum price 50 grand I think. >> I'm not sure what all the permits and all that takes. I'm just going to be honest with you.
085>> That's not my expertise. But I think Yeah. >> I guess this gives you a chance to go forward. >> Correct. Right. >> Give us a ballpark, right? Because one thing we don't want is if it's like 48,000 on the project because we can't meet with that. Stuart has a timeline that he has for the for the funding of this. >> I guess it depends on how many fees they want to wave or wave any fees >> or how can we collaborate like sidewalks and parking those >> that's what I think. know what the impact fees for my dental office and that was 20 years ago like $16,000. >> Yeah. >> And all they doing is build out of the building. >> Yeah. >> But that was a you know >> exactly. >> So I
086would assume this is going to be >> four times >> and then you bring that back to us and then we make decisions on I think we empower you guys to be able to Hopefully they will $50,000 return for the >> I really don't want to throw out a number. We actually what are the fees? What >> I want to know is the permits and fees >> and then what is the land mass that you need and then we move on from there. >> Yeah, that's what I liked. I'd like I think that's better. >> I'd like to hear how much the commission fees are. >> So we're we're doing at 10:00 on Thursday morning. >> And so yeah, we'll have >> Does that give you an idea? >> Thank you. That's what they are.
087>> So the policing the fees and or finding out what the fees are to be waved and those processes. >> Negotiate. Okay. >> Yeah. I make a motion that we give you the I guess the permission to go negotiate fees for the corners that land for the l with the city. >> And do I have a second? >> I second. >> Any other discussion? >> All right. Hi, >> Michael. >> Hi, >> J. I am. >> Thank you. >> So, thank you guys. Thanks for all you're doing. This is going to be great for our community. So, >> thank you. Good luck. >> All right. See you again. Thanks a lot. Thanks. >> Okay, check everything. So, now we're going to move to the lower superintendent. Was there something else? >> Oh, I'm sorry. I
088thought he'd already done that. The quest CPA. >> It was just an action now because he presented >> Okay, thank you. Thank you. Got it. >> Unless you want me to give it >> No, no. You have done enough. Let me tell you, you're doing great. >> Motion that we approve the CTA. >> Okay. Second. >> Any other discussion? >> All right. Kirsty. >> Hi. >> Michael. >> Hi. >> And I'm I All right. Now we're going to the lower. >> First, I didn't realize mowers were that expensive. I like Sorry. I was like, whoa. Of course, I just have a little >> and I remember the meeting in 2006 when we were hereated I was about 70 I think Jay were you trusty and it was about 70 $70,000 the same mower. It's just
089>> it's almost >> they really want me to say it was either 2006 or 2007 six This is the most people that are ever in the audience. Um, we obviously would like to go with the preferred bid and this is a the equipment that we're our rather go. Remember the last one we bought was in 2009. Both of our models were six and nine. We can keep them going one at a time. Um, this would allow us to maybe make a lot more out of two, but that's too bad. A lot of our complaints that we get are the grass is too long. You guys take too long to mow. It's not by choice. So, um, >> the only question I have on the bid equipment, there won't be a setup fee like programation because
090usually they >> do the same thing. It's missing from the bid. >> I think so. Every time I buy something, it's always something. >> Do you want to do not that I would ever take like an act of the bet? >> I mean, it would still be less just the amounts going different. >> Do you want is there a number that should be that >> and we um this money is coming from >> that's my question. >> This money cannot come from household money. So this money is coming from the interest earned from our house building. >> Okay. >> From what I understand because that he was talking about that we can use. >> Okay. So we can use it for that. So is there a maintenance? Is that what you're kind of the other
091one has inbound freed up here. >> Okay. >> The other one. Gotcha. ice to one that's there's no >> it doesn't say they're just going to drug which >> that's a good question my question too is is there a maintenance on it that if it breaks down warranty maintenance >> usually a year or so okay that's language >> hours >> so I guess when we make the motion the motion is we made would understanding that we want that checked off before. Correct. >> Well, then it says that Toro is not going to hold this pricing past November, >> but it means 5% charge might affect >> because of the delivery >> 3 to 6 months time. So, the price can increase in 3 to 6 months of delivery. So, >> yeah, >> they're hoping that
092we do this as soon as possible. So, it's not because we're going to be mowing with this mower. this one. It's only it's delivered in time for office >> to accept that this exception that we find out with the ambul and it's less than that. >> Yeah, it's still >> I can't imagine it being almost $40,000. No, it won't be higher. It will be less for sure. >> So then I guess that would be our bid. >> Yeah. So do I have a motion? >> I make a motion that we approve bid one. >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> Do we need to say the whole thing? >> Yeah. >> Bid one for the turf Equipment and Irrigation Incorporated in the amount of $134,89184 >> with the exception that we that okay with
093your motion there JD? >> Um I mean someone else can make another motion. That's the motion. >> That's his motion. So is there is there any second for that motion? Okay. Any other discussion? >> Okay. and >> Michael and I'm fine. >> All right. Phase two on the Cuma High HVAC and fire system again. >> Yeah. And so Benington was not able to be here. Um remember that and I wish Trusty Low was here as well. Um Johnny and I tried remember to do our own bit with the asphalt came back twice and then there was some some stuff that you guys asked us to not do that again if it's going to have the change orders. Um when we can rely on our construction company to be our construction company things are fabulous. They
094just couldn't be here to present it. Um but they said that it the bidding process went extremely well. negative attached. You guys have the bid tabulation. Hopefully, your bid package for you. As you can see on the bid tabulation, they had a great showing for them. Having seven companies come to the bid process was was more than they expected. They received multiple bids in all packs except for steel. Although the steel bid was right in line with what they anticipated, they will not I can't do any tricks, any bribes. they will not give me numbers cuz for me to have a number it just makes it so much easier but they don't want to promise a number then it come back but I know they know their numbers for them to say that it came
095back is where everything was is really good news um we estimated this project in completion we were between 6 and 8 million um right now with phase one and phase two we're right around a $60 million so and we will be shutting high down for the summer for all intents and purposes just to finish this project. Um that means we'll have to farm out our volleyball and our basketball to all of our other gyms. Um this project is immense for this phase two. Um uh similar phase one we included all bounces for a few of the work scopes that are difficult to find. Overall happy level competition Saturday and I think the low contractors will do a great job. Um for your reminder to have your bid summary you have to type the money is
096from House Bill 521. Um, this project was part is part of our year two of our 10-year plan. Um, and Ros Creek will be the next time you see me. And they think that that projects have both small enough they can combine them into one project. Um, so they'll bid it as one project. If you click, it's broken into four parts. So, whoever does the motion has to >> as per DM, you have to read all four combined. But >> you be skippy. >> Uh, Mountain Steel is our preferred bid for the structure and the miscellaneous steel. Uh, plumbing is ACO. Same company that did the phase one. They weren't worried if it was two different companies because they split that phase perfectly, but we'll have that continuity. AO also was HVAC at 1.2 and
097then Anderson Wood Construction Company was the electrical. Remember the electrical was obviously tying in the HVAC as well as the fire alarm system. Okay. I make a motion that we approve high school base to project um structural and miscellaneia steel mountain steel for 86,820 $20 and the plumbing with echo engineering systems for $686,28. the HVAC with Echo Engineering Systems for 1,296,380 and the Electrical by Anderson and Wood Construction Company Incorporated but for $163,664. Okay, any more discussion? All right, JD. >> Hi, >> Michael. >> Hi, Kirsty. >> Hi. on. So, thank you. >> All right. So, I guess I have the next part which for the ISBA resolutions. So, just to give you an update, um ISBA is our organization that gives us an avenue to let the legislature know what we need as a
098school board and how we feel about things that are coming up for the legislature. All of these resolutions that we're going to go over come from every district. It doesn't come from ISBA. They come from the different districts. And um we get to say if we approve it or not. Um so I'm going to go over each resolution and when we go to uh ISBA convention, then we're able to vote and make our needs be known. So, the first one is called increased state printing for special education services. And you can see who submitted it. And basically what they're asking is that they go to the legislature and let them know that we need more money to cover special ed. We only get 30%. Um, federal government only pays 30%, state only pays so much.
099And we're finding a lot of um districts are finding that they have to go to general budget to get their money for special ed. And you can see He's Jonathan's shaking his head. So, we would like to have some more money sent to special ed. So, that is a due pass. Um, and I just need to know how you guys feel because I'll be Is that a yes or no? >> Okay. So, I'm going to put that down. All right. The second proposal is amending idle code to broad the definition of rural school districts. and the fruit came up with that. So, if you read this right now, the bill or the law says that you can only you have to have fewer than 20 uh students per square mile and so many people in
100your population, I think 25 to 30. They'd like to up that because they're finding out that some of these rural schools are increasing, but at the same time, they're still rural and they still have rural issues. So they'd like to increase that so it's fewer than 25 students and they want to increase the population I believe to 30,000. Um so >> how many do we want to >> Well I don't know we'll have to go through each one I guess is that what you're looking at because they're all different. >> So this one just so you guys know 80% already of our state is considered rural. >> So they're just asking to go from 20 to 25. >> Correct. And then from uh 30 up to 30,000 >> I think we move on. I think
101that's fine. >> Okay. So that's a yes for all of us to vote that one. So what happens is the ISBA takes these and then they go to legislature. Let me know how we feel as school boards. Okay. Number three is support for changes in federal funding. Okay. So this comes from the Marcy school district and addition resolution calls for federal funds to be shifted to the state board of education and immediately sent to the school districts and charter schools. So right now this proposal was coming up because they are looking at doing away with the department of education at the national level and that money will go to the state and this school district does not want the state to put extra hoops in it. They want the money to come directly to us
102without those extra hoops and saying, well, and that's what this is saying. If if the money comes back to the state, you know, then we want to make sure that that money comes to us and right away and isn't caught up somewhere else or in another budget. >> Okay. So, >> all right. Okay. Number four, maintaining enrollment for online schools with traditional school districts. Okay, they gave a neutral position to this um because some district actually have, believe it or not, that some of our rural schools districts have actually more people in virtual schools than they do in their brick and mortar schools, but they're not getting the funding that they need if I remember correctly. So they would like to have maintaining open enrollment for online programs in traditional districts protects parental rights, supports
103local control and prevents unfair restrictions that can limit educational opportunities options for idle families. So >> go ahead. >> I should know this but I mean we still have some we have online we provide an online model too still right? Oh, please go. >> We offer like opportunities through IDLA and that, but we don't have a CUNI school district online program yet. I know Mr. Eddie's hoping to have that started at the high school level by semester. >> And this is our own, >> right? And the way I interpret this is what they're saying is this preserves the school districts that they can keep their virtual schools going and get the funding for, I guess, would be the best way. >> So, if we had an online part of that would affect our enrollment numbers
104as like if we had if we supported an online program and we supported this we had more students come back to our district and do online then that would also bring funds to pay for it right >> yeah I think it's it's allowing students like from west a to join our online program from to join our online program is open >> right is to preserve open enrollment opportunities for students who wish to attend online >> online if it's a school like we're not going to have a standalone school right >> as our online >> no to start we're just going to offer online >> it's open enrollment opportunity for students to to do >> that okay got it all right >> how soon do you think we'll have an online It won't be a school
105like he said. It'll be just classes like you could take your math class. >> Okay. So, this would not increase our numbers of our students. >> Yeah. Neutral. >> Okay. Number five. In opposition to diverting additional public dollars to private or parochial schools, including additional tax credits, vouchers credits for scholarship dollars are amending article 1X to allow public funds to be used for private schools. Basically, this comes from the boy school district and basically it is saying we know that we have vouchers but we want the money held to 50 million. We don't want it increased and that's basically what they're saying. So we don't want you to take more money and make it increase it along with uh sending the message that um we're not happy with this and if we can do anything
106to lower it, we're all for it. >> Amen. So that's kind of what this one is saying. >> Okay. So, um, is that for everybody then? >> All right. The next one, draft and support legislation that amends Idaho code 632501 above to include vapes and nicotine pouches to be taxed as tobacco products and expand the purposes for which public schools may use such revenue to include vape education and sensation hiring of mental health counselors and our school resource officers. So, I don't know if you guys know this, but um we get a proportion of the cigarette tax and I think um chew chewing I guess tobacco tobacco. Yeah. >> Are they asking for the taxes to come back to us? >> No, we already get that. They're asking. >> Yeah, exactly. We right now we
107don't get any if you by making things, we don't get anything back from that. But this would increase that tax base which would in the end help us uh because it comes to is it called safe what's that called? Save schools >> Kim. >> Yeah. So the money so that would go there. So they want to increase it by taxing more um >> this but then we can then it gives us the ability to use that money the way we see fit. Correct. >> Correct. >> Education, sessation, mental health, counselors. >> Right. for ourselves. >> That's how we would use that money >> cuz at first you're like, "Oh, we're going to get money from people buying >> tobacco." You're like, "That's is we?" >> But we already do that. We get money out of
108that. >> It's kind of >> So it's broadening that so that it encompasses. One of the points they brought up was that there are more people vaping now than smoking >> and so you know, we're not getting that many. So anyway, that was one of the points. So if we can use that for education purposes for vaping and cessation then um for counseling SRO's and I think it's great. Okay that all right the next one advancing superintendent on the career ladder should they return to the classroom. Um so as you know we have a career ladder that's what they come off of when you do um when you go to the teacher what I want to say medi not mediation I want to say negotiations. Thank you. Um, however, at this time, district level staff
109were excluded. So, let's say, and maybe you can help me a little bit on this one. If the superintendent needs to go back to the classroom, where are you going to put them on the career ladder? And so, if this is not that we would want you to go back to the class, >> I think, right? Correct. >> So we you would not get money reimbursed if you did that with her. >> Right. Professional. >> Yeah. >> And most a lot of these a lot of these have to do with rural schools that find themselves, you know, in that option. I don't think Kim wants to go back and teach PE, but thank you very much. I'm sure he's good at it. But anyway, um yeah. So the whole idea is Yeah. >> Yeah. So
110if if we were to put her back to make sure we get embers, not that we would, not that we would, but I'm just trying to make it so it's readable. >> What do you guys think? Like should if if you're 10 20 years as an administrator, I mean, most likely you're not going to go back and teach. But if you did, you want that to count on your career ladder as an administrator. >> It it doesn't it wouldn't come to that teacher's pay. It comes to the district. >> The district would get reimbursed more. So it's a 1,00%. >> Oh, we have a retired teacher. >> Yeah, we have a retired administrator right now teaching at bridges and we would we don't receive >> reimbursements for >> because he Yeah, we do two different
111evaluations. >> So it would be it's basically reimbursement if they go back. >> It helps. It doesn't help that. >> You just get more money. >> We get more money. >> Yahoo. All right. Uh the next one is number eight. Resolution for modification item code to exclude non-residents from benefiting from capital gains exemption and redirect additional tax revenue to fund K12 public education. So again, this is going to be able to find more funds for us. That's the whole idea. We know that the governor has asked that the education department hold back money as they do their budgets this year. And so I didn't realize this but um apparently somebody who does not a residence here and they move in here and do farming or whatever they only have to pay uh 60% is that
112it exemption from the state. >> I have to look at tax code. >> Yeah. So they only get to they only have to pay that much. So this is asking that you kind of do apples to apples. In other words, if you are doing business here, then you should pay to help the education system here. Now, if you look, they do I think this one was a >> neutral because um as they were going through it, they found out that this could upset some industries in our rural communities like timber, agriculture if you're going to start um taxing them more because some of these people come because of the great tax uh cuts that they give. So, that's why it's the neutral. Um so, uh it actually is hopefully to give us more funds. Now,
113you need to remember these are not going to be laws. These are just things that we're presenting um that ISBA would go to the legislators and say, "Hey, can you look at this?" And also, they do um when we go to vote on this at uh our conference, they have asked for more um explanation for some of this um because of that. So basically for me I I'm all about giving us more funds wherever we can. But that's just me. So I would be a yes at this point unless they would tell something different. >> I say yes. >> Okay. How do you guys feel about it? >> There's no neutral. It's yes. Yes or no? So if you say neutral said neutral >> neutral means they're recommend the board. So the board of board
114the board of board members like region three we were invited to eight regions decide whether these are good or not depending on our school boards and so the all of those board members that are on those committees said hey this might be neutral. Yes, we're going to get funds but some of the rural places that may hurt because they may not want to come in now because you're increasing the funds but that doesn't mean that's going to happen. I guess for me I'm looking at anybody I want to say in the legislature. We need more funds and we need more funds. So that's what I look at. So I'm yes. >> You say no. Okay. And Michael. >> Okay. All right. Next time. Okay. This kind of goes back with career ladder 2 recognition of
115postsecary teaching experience for career ladder placement. Um so again this is one that is kind of for the uh the smaller rural school district. So there are times that they can't find a teacher to teach accounting. So they ask someone from the community to teach it and they're not able to fund it on the career ladder and they aren't getting reimbursed. So they're asking, "Hey, if we're find someone that's able to teach this, can we get reimbursed as a school board or as a district?" So I think that's the way I read that. But you guys are, you know, I'm not a lawyer, so I kind of went through this. So it's >> my biggest question would be like if you come from California, right? >> I have to look at your evaluations and then
116determine if your evaluation equates to our evaluation and if we there's a form we fill out for attendant forms. I don't know how I don't know postsecary teachers are evaluated. So are they just saying any experience instantly gets you distinguished? >> They're saying highly qualified professionals by >> because they taught it secondary. Whereas it says, "Whereas many highly qualified professionals with years of experience teaching in accredited college are discouraged from transitioning to K12." >> It just would be really interesting to see how they make us determine if they teach. >> Um I think it does take into consideration out of state. >> Yeah, there's there's a whole process for for public education public education. So it it's if I kind of read it right, it was like can we take these highly qualified professionals and
117put them on the career ladder >> because they worked at postsecary so that we can get more reimbursement in the in the fields of um our yeah salaries. So I guess that's the way I read it but I wonder and also the question is is it just more like adjunct class or is it a full-time employment? reference fulltime university professor or community college >> professor. >> Yeah. Yes. Okay. All right. Next one. Okay. This kid might be of help to this one. This is oh 10 11 and 12 this withdrawn. So we go to 13. support for the Tommy and governance of the high Idaho high school activities association. So, my understanding is that the um legislature has wanted to get involved in the Idaho uh schools, the high school activities association. And this says
118no, we don't want the legislature involved in our school um high school activities. And so, it preserves the autonomy, protects integrity, fairness, and consistency of extracurricular programs while safeguarding them from undue external influence. So is there anything else you want to add? >> No, I think that's right. We had big discussion about that at the region three, right? >> Yeah. So it's just to say to the legislature, we don't need you interfering with us. We've got our own board. We do our own things and thank you very much. So that's kind of what I took on it. >> Okay. All right. So the next one number 14, open enrollment program and building capacity limits. Okay, so this is one. So once we decide on these resolutions, then ISBA will take them to the legislature for
119like two years and then they'll let them go until we say they want them. So this is one that was passed two years ago. It's reappearing. Um, it advocates program caps so that your students come first in special programs like your CTE, special GT. It's really to clean up some of the language on when districts can have open enrollment so that it doesn't put extra problems on your district. So when I say open enrollment, help me like when we have CTE programs, we take some elder kids, right? Yeah. Yes. So that's the open enrollment part. So this is just saying that our kids come first. Yes, >> that's basically that we don't have to accept them. So, I think that's a good thing. So, I Yes. >> All right, we're coming to the end almost.
120Number 15, K12 funding formula principles. Um, >> and this goes back to um before the pandemic, they went on the percentage of people who come one day. And this is basically saying no no no if we have 560 kids we want 560 amount of money for those 560 kids. So basically um at the end it says we want to be based on the number of students enrolled and not based on the number of students that are present on a given day. So this is going back to >> Yes. Yeah. >> I'm for that >> and I'm definitely for that. >> All right. Our last one aligning Idaho schools age and accountability requirements. Now, this is by the Calwell School District. Um, we get docked if we have students drop out at 16 when it comes
121to um what I want to say, we have to reach 90% of kids graduate. So if we have someone at 16 who says I want to drop out, we have no, we can't stop them from doing it. They do it and so our hands are kind of tied. So this is saying we want to raise um that to 18 or 7 17. No, it's 18. Yeah, 16 to 18. So basically it's um required school they want to change the school age from 16 to 18 was the pup that's graduated early or has received their GED. So what kind of docking happens if they because my understanding was we get docked by what people say? >> Well if if a student decides to drop out of school >> we get docked for it. >> But we
122do get dog for it. Correct. >> What did you say? It hurts our graduation. >> It helps it hurts our graduation rate which has to be 90%. >> So what Caldwell is saying is we would like that change to 18 or if they have a GED that's different. So in other words, take that away. Yeah. >> Because now if you get your GED, you're not counted as a drop out, >> right? >> Which would be huge for us because so many kids do finish their GED and it still counts as a drop out for us >> and they go to trade school. >> Yeah. But if they right now if they get a GED they're still counted as a dropout >> even though it's we we tried to run a resolution on that very top
123alone >> when Joy was still here. >> Yeah. >> We've tried tried it a couple times and this is another one that comes back year after year because it would help us and it and we don't our hands are tied. You can't say to someone you can't drop out, >> right? >> The GD is huge. >> Yeah. >> So, how do you guys feel about that? Yes. No. >> Okay. >> So, you're okay with it? Okay. >> All right. That is my part now. >> I don't know how long it took. I was trying to go as fast as I could. So, all right. So I will I will go ahead and during the business meeting and our conference can I will go ahead and vote for those that you said and not for all
124right so now we are on oh Mr. raise policy. It's >> my favorite part. >> We have six policies that are up for amendment. You have any questions? >> I didn't have any questions. I the questions I had I asked you and I'm sure you'll let me know. >> I didn't have any questions. >> I make a motion that we uh approve the first reading of policies. 292 292.1 414 449 457 661 >> Second. >> All right. Any other discussion? JD >> Michael. >> Hi. >> Kirsty. >> Hi. >> I'm an I. >> Yeah. No, you're good. It's all good. Um, yeah. My question was was what is the Delta D bond? It's not a question. Exactly. >> The notes I had from our attorney was this policy should have been deleted in that it
125was rolled in the policy 20 216 at that time. Um I had written down that you wanted more information about this. I understand that Fido bond is like overarching over a whole bunch of different bonds that we can >> Yeah. When it says chairman of the board, I kind of take note of that. >> But I give you more information. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, are we going to go ahead and remove it? >> It's just first read. So, if I I'll come back and get >> Yeah. I just didn't know what it exactly meant. >> Yeah. Our attorney said this was in the >> or out of out of date policy. >> Yeah. >> I'll have more of those things. >> And I didn't know if that means it went into another policy, too. So,
126those are things. So, >> and do I have a motion to remove this um policy? I make a motion to remove policy fidelity bond with the second read understanding what that means and where it hangs on to. >> Yeah. >> And our second >> second. >> All right. Any more discussion? JD. >> Hi. >> And Michael. >> Hi. >> I'm Kirsty. >> Hi. >> And I All right. Uh the last three options. Uh Jesse Nixon asked why did you combine workforce skills and career technical schools? They are both under the umbrella of career technical workforce skills speaks to all CTE courses and the requirements of everything that Dr. Fan that all CTE classes have to do. Um and then the career technicals is just a very small few of us. They get used to be
127CT what's it called now? these uh CTS, FCC, career tech, etc. And school district has a career technical center. It's over all of our career and tech classes at both high and so we do get extra funding for this. We should have always set this policy in place as well. >> Yeah. One of the things I've noticed some of these policies are 2014 2011. So I'm glad we're updating and adding. So good job. >> As much as everyone makes fun of me, we have gone and got a lot of work done. Yeah, we're almost done. >> That was my question. Did you guys have any other questions or concerns? >> I make a motion that we approve first reading of 664 675 and 732. >> Okay. And any more discussion? >> All right. Michael >>
128and JD and I did you want to say something else? >> No, there's one more second. >> Oh, that one. Yes, that one slid in. Huh? >> And you marked down the 802. >> All right. >> Uh, we did make changes to 566, not because of any of you, but because when our counselors went over this in their training, they did say that procedures, but the procedures weren't listed. There's been a pattern and a request in the last years to be more transparent about procedures. So if you click on policy 566, this is what our counselors currently do. So starting right here, the superintendent of Desi will be responsible for drafting procedures relating to suicide prevention, intervention and postvention procedures will be reviewed on an annual basis updated as necessary bases through what the prevention
129um procedures are, the intervention and the posture. But it just took those procedures and put them in. Awesome. >> Make a motion to approve the second reading of policy 566. >> I have a second. >> I second. Any other discussion? >> JD. >> I. >> Michael. Yes. >> I do I have a motion >> to accept the consent agenda agenda. I make a motion to approve the consent. >> And any other discussion on that? >> I mean, >> and I'm an I think we're on good with the order. So, here we go. Um, so we are having a KF auction. Even though that says KA, it's KF, Kuna Education Foundation auction. And I want to thank you guys. The board is doing their own basket this year. So, yay. And um it will go on,
130help me, is it not October 21st? Is it to the you go online to um make your bids and to take a look at all the baskets and you have some fabulous baskets this year. I have >> some stuff >> certificate in the two. >> Okay, >> give it to you. >> You need to give it to me because I have that basket. >> That will work. All right. Um, also, uh, zone three and four trustee election is November 4th, 2025. And I hope the public takes a a good look at the those that are running. Um, I think it's important. So just say that November 4th there is no school because we are having an election. Uh the next board meeting will be November 11th, 2025. And the Veterans Day assemblies are Fremont November
13110th. Pun High School and Swamp Fall November 11th. Uh Kun Middle School November 11th, Indian Creek November 11th, Crimson Point November 13th, Hover and Ross November 11th, and Silver Trail Elementary November 11th. And I was like, man, could I make all of them? That would be so fun. I love I really love our Veterans Day programs. They're wonderful. Human does a beautiful job. And then the 2025 ISB annual convention this year is November 12th through the 14th, 2025. Our own board secretary will be presenting and along with Kevin Gford and myself. So, it'll be interesting. Um and so I think that is it. Uh do I have a motion to adjourn? >> I have a motion to be. >> All right. Any discussion? >> Michael J. >> And I So thank you for coming. Thank
132you for all your input.