Reunión del Consejo de Educación del BVSD - 9 de diciembre

001Good evening everyone. It's nice to see them. For those I haven't had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Rob Anderson, superintendent of the Bolder Valley School District. This is one of my three favorite nights of the year. That night when I celebrate the achievements of my staff, students, and the community is the superintendent's honor roll. Applause. We are here to honor you tonight. I want to thank you for being here. I know this holiday season is very busy and thank you for being here. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge some very special people. It is the Bolder Valley School District Board of Education . Please, a big round of applause. I'm so excited that we have new members that we're going to introduce. Our president is here, Nicole RP, and here is

002Alex Midler, recently elected. Also treasurer Jason Hunger, back there. Thank you. Two new board members. Dianer, where is she? He's helping us out here at the front. Thank you, I'm glad to see it. Jorge Chávez, where are you? Back there. Llenia Queeneda is also back there. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. Thank you so much for your work. We appreciate everything you do. Who's ready? Are you satisfied now? They ate quite a lot. This is the superintendent's honor roll . Great food and terrible jokes. We're going to keep this light, but the focus is on those we're going to recognize today; the superintendents' honor roll wouldn't be complete without this group. We are very proud to present the students of Monark High School. Please come forward. We ca n't give them too much

003support. They already know what they're doing. They've been here before, the last two of the three years is a we have a Monar magazine that has won the national school prize. It is a great honor to be part of the NSPA. This award has been given out since 2007. It is the greatest honor they can receive. Someone has called it the Pulitzer Prize. It is delivered to the most prominent newsletters at the national level. Don't stay back there. Come forward. This recognition is an incredible achievement, but that's not all. The Monark National Convention had three times as many participants. Very good. Excellent. The winners are here. Some individual winners. When I call your name, please come to the front. That makes them feel a little uncomfortable. Ah, Lam Conor was a finalist for the published

004story. Breer was a finalist for a cartoon. Ella, Julia and Conny Blair, national finalists for the national multimedia story. Some of you thought I was done, but no, I still have more accolades to receive. For the eighth consecutive year, the magazine has won at the state level in Colorado from the Student Magazine Association, and Mor won for the fifth consecutive year. A big round of applause, Conor, I'm going to ask you something. Alright . News is a challenge. What can you tell us about your experience publishing with high standards? Well, I think it starts with the community our teacher has built. We play some games, they give us refreshments, and everyone here wants to make sure that we all know what we're doing because we represent the whole school. I love it. Yes. And the

005winning culture they've built is wonderful. Go ahead, teacher, you are very proud of your team, but they are facing the real world. What have you heard from students about this experience? How did someone famous train them? Well, we still meet with them many years ago, but I can't say enough. They are very intelligent. This doesn't happen by accident. They are the smartest students in the entire school. That's what I can tell you. As for the future, we have students from the Northwest who have worked for the Daily Camera; he's going to one of the best journalism schools in the country. The skills they have acquired, whether at the state or national level or in criminology, they know how to do it because of all the work they do here. A big round of applause for

006the Mohai team, and we have certificates that we will also be handing out to them . Let's take the picture. A lot of pressure on everyone. What do you think, Jake? Can we call more students to the front for the photo? Everything's fine, Chase. Yes. Done. Thank you. Thank you all and see you here next year. Yes. Take some cookies for the road. That was a lot of fun. We started with a lot of enthusiasm. I am very excited to introduce you to the next group of individuals we will be celebrating. We already know that Brofield's eagles fly very high, especially when we're talking about the gymnastics team. Please come forward. Last month they won the state championship. It's an incredible achievement. During the competition, the eagles had a score of 182 to win the

007championship. They beat the current champion, and the last time Prunfield won was in 2022. Congratulations, ladies. Coach Anderson. Okay, can I ask you a few questions? They faced several challenges, but they managed to overcome them. Can you tell me something about that? And what were the most outstanding aspects of the championship this season? Well, for those who don't know, we are a team made up of people from the entire district. At Broomfield, we always have students from each of our Boulder district high schools. Joining together as a team was a challenge, and my junior and senior students really took their leadership roles seriously to figure out how to get our team to succeed. Not only are they magnificent athletes and gymnasts, but they are the ones who created the winning culture and it was all

008for me, I'm not taking any credit. They did it on their own initiative, and the Freshman and Sofmore girls came into an unknown world of gymnastics because the sport of gymnastics is an individual thing until you get to high school. This isn't about me, it's about Promfield, what team we want to be, what team we wanted to create, and that led us to the state championship. I am very proud of you. Where is Lily? Hi Lili, how are you? You were the team leader in the All Around competition. Amazing. Marvelous. I know how you talked about the team factor, how they managed to work as a team all season. Our Moor is to walk like one. It's not about the team, it's about Brofield. That was within ourselves. No, we didn't just do it individually.

009If you made a mistake, someone had your back and supported you. We knew that as long as we did the best we could, it didn't matter why, and we felt very proud of ourselves . You spoke like a champion and well, I was at the Defield rally, I feel very proud of the whole team. Let's give a big round of applause and take a picture. And they also won the trophy for the biggest prize. It's a huge trophy. I'm going to share with you now that I have the opportunity. I went to the Brofield prep school rally to recognize the gym team, but they weren't the only team we celebrated. We have another group of eagles that won their first championship, the softball team. Please come forward with your coaches and a huge trophy. This

010team has impressive statistics. They won games. Can you believe it? They went to the state tournament and came in first place, and that's already impressive. They reached the semi-finals and in the end, of course, Brunfield's eagles won. They were down on the scoreboard by a couple of runs and the rule was corrected. If there's a rule, if you win by 10 runs, the game is over. Please join me in congratulating these champions. I have some questions. Look at that picture, it's a dream season. When the game ended in the fifth inning, coach, what can you tell me? First of all , it was an incredible team. We have two senior students who dominated the competition for the past 2 years. They did n't lose a single game, and they only lost one last year. So,

011we met in the semifinals and the championship and they found a way to win those games. Brunfield High School is full of championships. And now I see myself in the future. So, who's going to be the leader? The leader who wants to speak. Forward. Tell me how this Softball season went . Tell me about your experience. We all decided that our motorcycle would be all for one. It wasn't due to one player, it was a team effort, because last year we didn't achieve it and that hurt us a lot, how we felt. We decided that was n't going to happen again this year, and most of us were there last year because we were devastated because we lost last year. So, the best way to celebrate each of our successes was to celebrate the success

012of the team, not individual success. Clear. And if I remember correctly, at the rally one of their captains said, "We decided we were n't going to play by the name on our backs, but by the name on the front, which says Brunfield." Another big round of applause, please. Thank you. Good job, ladies. Thank you. Is anyone else ready to hear about another championship? Miles, please come forward, and his coach and administrators from Fairview, please. Hopefully, they'll come with their whole team. Let's see, all the directors, please. In October, Miles won the individual state title at Grand Junction, the golf tournament, on his last hole. In this picture from the awards ceremony, we see him with his friend Ash Edward, who took second place. Mals, I have a lot of questions for you. First of all,

013the bird on the last hole was a clutch. What do you call it? Well, let's call it that. I understand you came in second when you were a softmore, third when you were a junior. How does it feel to finally get first place? It feels really good. I felt like I had to I could n't, I couldn't let my team down. Yes, because otherwise they wouldn't call it Clutch. Well, we'll see. Maybe someday we'll see you in the green jacket. Are you going to the University of San Diego? Yes, I'm very excited. I 'm very excited about the future. You met him here first. Clutch. Okay. A picture. Whether it's high school athletics or other sports, it's very important that they have activities during the day and that they participate in these activities. The PE

014teachers do a great job with their students, and not one, but two of our PE teachers have been awarded, Tim Chavez and Emí Melinda Samara. All administrators, please come forward. On Friday, Team was awarded by the Physical Education Teachers Association and was awarded Teacher of the Year. Let's give them a big round of applause. Now, Team Emily, because this ceremony wouldn't be complete if I didn't ask a few questions. Why do n't some of you tell us what you like the most? From working here in the Bolder Valley School District? I've been with BBS for 10 years, and I love being in this district. First of all, here in Southern Hills, we're blessed to be able to teach. We teach archery, bowling, and non- traditional units like badminton and other sports. We always exercise on

015Wednesdays. Some people might think it's crazy, but our students did n't like it at first, but now they love it and can't wait for Wednesday. It helps them stay in shape and get moving . You don't have to be a great athlete. And, well, the smartest student comes to PE to move their body. And, well, I want to—I agree with what you said—we don't do typical things. I'm not taking all the credit, but we're here with the Broomfield Softball team. Yes, and I love that all the students come and enjoy their activities. Their principal, the principal, is also wonderful. She has great ideas. It's a great community. A big round of applause. Let's take a picture. The next individual we're going to recognize, I don't know if Vanessa Marina Myers has arrived, she's here. She

016has n't arrived yet. Do you want to know what she won? Yes. A little suspense at the honor roll ceremony. We're here to celebrate Vanessa in the Bolder Valley School District. We like to say we're bilingual and proud of it. She won the Bilingual Teacher of the Year award from the Association of Bilingual Educators. So, Vanessa, if you watch this video later, we're very proud of you. Take a team to support our talented and gifted students. Jena Cross Singer from Uniill Elementary. Please come to the front. She won the 2025 Gifted Student Advocate award. She's an exemplary educator and works with other educators, with these students. They always advocate for their interests and contribute by supporting our students. A big round of applause for Gena. Gena, I'm going to ask you a question. Please come

017forward. Your work is very important, making sure our gifted students are supported. What does that look like? Very good question. It's making sure that We identify the needs of our students. In particular, at my school, we identify those who are underrepresented, like Latino students, to ensure they are receiving an enriched education and, above all, emotional support. A big round of applause. The first mistake on the mistake list is Jana, right? Jana. Let's give Jana a round of applause. Not all of us can be the Broomfield girls' softball team. I think I'll recover now. One of the highest honors a high school science teacher can receive is being nominated for the President's Award for Excellence in Mathematics. At Santaurus High School , Kim Becker received this honor—not just once, but twice in three years. Kim is

018here, come forward. Aaron Greenwood thinks he's going to take pictures, but he's going to introduce himself as well. Kim was named a finalist for the 2023 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science. Historically, teachers go to Washington, D.C., to visit the White House and receive $10,000. National Science Foundation. Unfortunately, everything is postponed indefinitely, but she had been selected to represent Colorado twice, helping to make Santaurus and the district a leader in science. A round of applause for Kim. Tell us, what does it mean to you to have been selected twice for this job? It's an honor, but I also think it's about the students and what they've been able to accomplish. I like to make my classroom so that students can function as scientists and engineers and have the power to take their own path or

019make their own difference in the world. So, I think that's probably a big reason why I'm doing that. You can see pictures of my previous students, and we actually just got back from the aircraft propulsion lab this past Saturday and participated in an invention challenge, and they went to the GFT observatory as well. It was great, and I love inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers. A round of applause for whom? We're talking about $1,000. Several schools in the district participate in National History Day between sixth and twelfth grade to delve deeper into a topic of their choice. It's It's incredible to see the projects after doing so much research in libraries, archives, and museums. Normally in June, we celebrate all the students who won this award at the state level on National History

020Day, which requires a lot of support from teachers, and we're going to celebrate one of them. Ana Royal, where is she? She used to be at Summit High School , now she's in Manhattan. Ana, is there anyone from Manhattan who wants to come celebrate? Ana was recently named Colorado's National History Day Teacher of the Year . That 's important. She represented our state as a delegate at the National History Day finale at the University of Maryland last summer. And well, a round of applause because she's amazing. How did you get started participating in National History Day? I did it in Fairview, and it didn't go very well. Uh, that's kind of how I started, but Samet has been an amazing place to refine the tools, and I have to acknowledge Ben, Susy, and Meg from

021Summit High School, who have been my partners on that journey and who are really responsible for this award. Another round of applause for Ana. They're having fun . It's been nice. There are no cookies. Um, there's like shredded beef, if you 're hungry. This is the last recognition, but it's very important. So, don't go eating right away because I want everyone to be here with me to celebrate the recognition. Today we're going to honor a student who saw a classmate in trouble and saved their life. June Johnson from Medalark with Mr. Caldwell. Someone from Medalark, um, wait to hear the story, it 's incredible. June was in the cafeteria at Medalark, she saw another student choking, a staff member tried to give them the Heimek, but couldn't. She did it and saved a classmate's life.

022A huge round of applause tonight for June Johnson. June, we need to talk to you. I understand it was your grandmother who showed you the Heimek. I don't think she ever thought you'd have to use it. And how did you find the courage to do it at that moment? Last summer, or the summer of 2024. She's a nurse, and she had These are the dolls in the house, and I wanted to start babysitting. So I asked her if I could try babysitting, and that's a good question. Yes, she did well. Congratulations. Another round of applause. Let's take the picture. Thank you all. I know it's a very busy season. It's always nice to celebrate our champions, our students, staff, and amazing community. Thank you for supporting the district, all you do to support the students

023and their schools. I hope... Well, I'll repeat that you have food while you're leaving, and happy holidays. Take care. I would like to declare the regular meeting of the Bolter Valley School District Board of Education open for Tuesday, December 9. Board members may add, attend, and participate in meetings electronically in accordance with BMA policy and state law. Laura, can you call the roll? Buuker present. Chavez present. Metnar present. Quan present. Rajp present. Temu Alin present. Anger present. Thank you. At this time, I would like to direct your attention to the screen for the statement of lands. The district Bolder Valley School District resides and operates on lands that are ancestral homelands unjustly and illegally taken from the territory of the Yud, Puebloen, Abraajo, Shayan, Pache, Navajo, and 48 other Tribal Nations historically associated with these

024lands and who have called these lands home . We acknowledge the atrocities committed here, including the painful history of genocide, forced assimilation, and efforts to alienate Indigenous people from their lands with the support of U.S. government policies . The district is mindful of the many Indigenous peoples in the past and present and their dignified nations and cultures who care for the land with strength and resilience. The district recognizes the histories of Colorado's land and the survival of the many nations who have carried their oral traditions into the present. It is the district's responsibility to educate our communities and our students so that we can celebrate and respect the wisdom and knowledge of Indigenous peoples and actively come together to address injustices. By offering this acknowledgment of the land, we affirm and We honor the history,

025wisdom, oral traditions, and resilience of Indigenous peoples and recognize our responsibility to care for and cherish these lands together. Together. I would like to remind you that the mission of the Boulder Valley School District is to create challenging, meaningful, and engaging learning opportunities so that all children thrive and are prepared for a lifetime of success and civic engagement. Good evening, thank you for joining us in person. We appreciate your participation in our meeting. There is a motion to approve tonight's agenda, moved by line and seconded by Jorge Laura. Please, you may call a vote on the motion. Booker Chávez: Yes. Medler: Yes. Queda: Yes. Rp: Yes. Temar: Yes. Anger: Yes. Motion passed. The first item of business is a working study. We have one item of business tonight, which is a presentation by the auditors

026regarding the comprehensive financial report, which is called the Act Bill for making presentations. Thank you, Chairwoman Rashp, members of the Board, Dr. Anderson, we are here to present the comprehensive annual report. Financial, as we've mentioned, is called. Quickly, I'd like to name a few people here. Bob Smart, a long-term audit committee member, did n't realize it was a long sentence when he first committed. He's still involved, and we appreciate his wisdom. Carl Shuty, director of finance and accounting. Heather Goters, the accounting manager, and Clifton Larson Allen, our auditors. Yes, we had a meeting on November 19th with the committee to go over the draft report. We spent an hour discussing it. It's been reviewed, but we'll certainly allow Alison to go into detail about the presentation for the audit. Thank you. Good evening again .

027I'm glad. Welcome to the new members. I'm excited to present the audit results. We have a brief presentation. It's a summary of our conversation several weeks ago. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. The scope of the audit represents the financial statements for the district as a whole, and as a side note, for those seeing this for the first time, it includes the five charter schools, which are listed as a separate component. from the district. I also wanted to mention that. We are the external auditors for the charter schools as well, so we also conducted this audit, and that's what you have in front of you today at this meeting. We also conducted the audit and determined if there was anything we found, recommendations, best practices—that's part of what we have

028to deliver, and I 'll cover that in a moment. We also have a governance letter, so we participate with you for the audit. There are certain communications we have to have directly with you, and that gives a summary of the significant changes during the year, anything we found, concerns. So, that's part of the letter we write, and other parts are this internal control report, financial reporting, and that's compliance with government audit standards from the district's point of view. If we were to have any concerns regarding what we found, they would be reported in this letter. And the last part is a report about the federal program, how you receive federal funds. There's what's called a one-time audit; there used to be a threshold of $7,150,000, but now it's $1 million. It's a one-time year for

029There were many reasons, but one was that the main document the auditors used— this one from the Office of Management and Budget—was delayed. We received it two days before Thanksgiving. So it was a significant delay. It was published several weeks ago, so we were able to do the evaluations with guidance from the federal government, but we had to postpone this report and will publish it separately. We've done this in the past with changes in administration. So you'll see the report in the future. We've already done the evaluations and are polishing the final document so we can publish it. It was a significant delay because you do receive federal funds. Ultimately, the auditors' opinion is good news. For the first third of the document, we issued a clean opinion, without modifications. It's the best opinion an

030organization can receive. So we want to congratulate the district for achieving this for its fiscal year 2025. We found no material deficiencies or weaknesses in the statement. It's a positive result, and nothing was raised that would affect the results. Final. Congratulations. Oh, topics to summarize from the government communications department. It's part of your advisory package, but I wanted to mention a new accounting policy for the district among government organizations. It's related to vacations , sick leave, there were several changes. So, the responsibility that the government allows had to be changed. It was important for Bill and the team to ensure that they complied with the new standard and that we didn't have anything significant related to this issue, and there are statements. There was also a change in accounting policy, based on the arrangements and

031capitalization thresholds, but if we have statements without correction, well, to spend a minute, these are things that came up in the audit process. They're not considered material, they don't distort the financial statements, but they're significant enough to say it's not a material misstatement, but it's something that comes up in an audit process. One is related to absences, a standard that has to be applied retrospectively for equity or net position wasn't sufficient, so it had to be changed, it was corrected, and it was corrected on June 30. 2025. There was also a timeline related to the construction and the fiscal year, and another one related to this impact of their data sheets. Um, there were misstatements that had to be corrected, and then, for your information, we have a management representation letter that a third party

032has to sign, stating that they reviewed the documentation, and it's something for our legal responsibility. Otherwise, there's a general review of the plan. Here's a company version. Here are the important points I want to mention here. The statement, discussion, and analysis is a high-level review. There are 200 pages of financial statements, and there's a good narrative there, but in between the financial statements, there's the audit focus, their statement of this position, and then there are all the more detailed, more in-depth statements. So, there's a lot of information within the law. There are also more best practice recommendations . So, yes, we go over audit requirements and standards. That's one point of information for you, but that's one of the recommendations as well. But I'd be happy to address your questions, opinions, and concerns. And my

033contact information is included there. We can certainly answer any questions you may have, and that's all. Board members, any questions? Lelinea, thank you. Pedregas or comments. I have a few things. One on the audit. Simple. The state auditor issued an exemption for everyone in the state because of the delayed information for the audit. If we have a timeline that we have to meet under state statute, they have the ability to do an exemption, and they did. Along with the agenda item is the AFA 2025 form, which is the financial accreditation required by the Colorado Department of Education, stating that we are in compliance with all the required financial components. This has a signature line for the board president stating that I have certified, reviewed, and approved the answers. It's included there. One question about IT

034controls. We have a plan; they seem pretty straightforward. We have these subscriptions that are expiring. going. It's not critical to the audit, but out of curiosity I'm trying to remember. There was one about Windows 10 that was in the process and maybe I can add a little commentary to that if we get together with the IT team here in the district about the details of that. There was a good conversation between us, our team, and the IT team to address those issues, but from their point of view, if there is action being taken, it's fair to say that. Yes. Well, thank you. Seeing that there are no more questions, we're going to have a short break to tidy up the room. Welcome back everyone. It is the superintendent's report. Thank you, President RP, to the

035members of the Council. It's great to see you all. I want to take a moment to thank all the members of the council, and everyone who came to the superintendent's honor roll . I am grateful that our students and staff came to celebrate . It's holiday season and we kicked that off last week in Louisville, with marching bands , as you can see here, Centaurus and Monarch on the next slide. The Centaurus dance and cheerleading team , along with the transportation team, are all dressed up for the testimonial days and were part of the Lisville light parade on Friday. Our adorable mascot helped us spread the word. I want to thank the students and staff who participated and helped celebrate these festivities. Today, December 9th, is Giving Day for the state of Colorado. The Breves

036Foundation received approximately 35,000 in funding from Google and over 70,000 from an anonymous donor . 000. This will help make a big impact on our students around the district. It's not too late to donate; you can do so through the website www.coloradoggibs.org. And finally, we love seeing the BMK units. They are literally flying off the assembly line. They are built by Apex students and have arrived at their permanent home in the Panrosa furniture store. Fresh ones are being installed. These are duplexes that are created in a factory and are being deposited in the community of movable houses. It's a collaborative project with the Boulder Valley School District and Habit for Humanity in a big effort to bring affordable violins to the city and give students this time to practice and work. Council members, I am

037very happy for this great effort working with Habit Community and the City of B, but it is incredible and one last reminder the universal preschool program is now accepting applications for 4-year-old clients. We will continue to offer half-days, 5 days a week at all of our preschool sites, and most of our sites also offer preschool enrichment. Applications can be filled out at upk. colorado.gov and that's all I have to say about my comments on the superintendent. Thank you for your comments, Superintendent. Council members, any questions or comments? I was arriving here this afternoon and was doing this piece about the modular factory interviewing SEM. This was great to see. The next point is public participation. The next point is this. The board does not endorse any speaker's comments and reminds all speakers that they are

038responsible for their own speech. Each speaker will have 2 minutes to speak, will see a yellow card when they have 30 seconds left and an orange card when they have 10 seconds left. If they run out of time to share information, they can send it via email to council members. We have two participants this afternoon. The first one we have is Prospero, and it seems he's not here. So let's move on to the next one. Steven Shorts, if you want to make it to the podium. It's very nice. That way you can always send your comments to the council if you want to make them known . Now we will continue with the communication from the council, council members. Anything you'd like to share? Alex, a couple of things. I just wanted to let people

039know that I received an invitation to visit Prospectarem. It's a charter school that focuses on students on the autism spectrum, and I'm going to visit on Wednesday to get a better understanding of the school and report back on what they offer. Thanks, Alex. Jorge, thank you. It's always my favorite time to see the order chart learning all the wonderful things our students, teachers, and staff are doing in our community. It's really nice to celebrate all of that and it reminds me of how we serve all our students and how important our community is. Right now there is a lot of fear in the community, but it is also a time of celebration, and vulnerable people are alone. We are an important part, our staff, faculty, board , administrators, student body, and parents, and we recognize

040it. So, if you see someone and they look afraid, they look alone, tell them, you are not alone, you are surrounded by a community that is here to support each other. This message is very important during this time of year. I want to acknowledge that we have resolutions on how we support each other and we have policies to support each other. I wanted to highlight that afternoon and I felt very nice and wanted to share that thought. Thank you. Thank you, Jorge Dian. I wanted to share with you that tonight's celebration was especially sweet for me because Chem Chávez, who received the physical education award , was one of my students. So it's a full circle. It's been about 25 years since I've had Chem in a classroom, but to see him become a teacher

041and the two of us working together on the project called the Latino History Project, which is associated with the University of Colorado. He and I worked together to do a great job. He is a great contributor to the community in many ways. I also wanted to acknowledge that I was very proud to be sworn in and I think it's the most diverse council we've ever had here. Well, what I remember from school in Boulder Valley, I've been here for 30 years. I wanted to celebrate that, that we have many diverse points of view here on the council. I don't have much to say, but I had the opportunity to meet with two amazing students who are working on a project. For students who are part of the gifted and talented program, they are trying to

042find a way to create something like a national history day or a science series for gifted and talented students to share their end-of-year projects and talk about their skills as gifted students. That was very interesting. I wanted to let you know that the students who are part of this advisory council of dedicated and talented individuals are working on individual projects on how to advocate on behalf of our students to improve their experiences in schools. And I was very excited to chat with two humans who have very good ideas; it was fun. And in the community of the council, we are going to the annual conference in Colorado, we will be working with different people from the Colorado Department of Education and be able to improve our effectiveness in how we work. And I want to

043thank the taxpayers who support our journey and back our work here in the district. And I wanted to share that too. Now we will continue with the information points. We have two. The first is the annual registration update . Dr. Anderson, did you like the introduction? Yes, thank you, Madam President. R. We have defense here that will be providing the annual update. I'm going to spend time with you. I think maybe your microphone is turned off. There it is. Yes, it looked a little different. And it's the 2025 annual enrollment report. It's a summary of the 2025 enrollment using the October count day data that was audited by the state and BBD to make it as accurate as we have, and we also used that October date to count and compare year to year. We

044love the sentences, how this year compares with the past and the past and how we got to today based on the general registration. This information also contributes to the enrollment projections that will be released outside of January. It also contributes to budget eh to allocate resources this F, faculties, educational materials and for different processes and other committees such as Elrock and the bond. These are general trends for 2026. This graph shows the trends we have seen in enrollment since 2025. The gray line at the top represents overall enrollment for the district in these years, and we can see that in 2025 the light blue area represents charter enrollment, and the dark blue area represents non- charter enrollment. What we look at here is a year-over-year difference, and with that, sorry, we see that there is

045a decrease in the 2025 projection, but it's not as bad this year. The closest is to 1.9% which is roughly 525 students, which we have projected as a loss of around 250 students. In the average 5-year trend, we are experiencing a 1.3% loss in one year. It is something important that we have seen in the last two years: changes in immigration and in the districts that surround us for students who are not proficient in English and we do not have very good immigration data. Last year we did see an increase in students who do not speak English, but this year we are seeing a decrease in new students who do not speak English entering our system. This graph shows the year- over-year changes, and if you look at the bar on one side, that's the

046absolute number of students we've lost year over year. In gray we can see this primary, secondary and high school projected with each year also when we look at this, we see a downward trend in primary school in 2015 and it is distributed in the following years in the graph. We looked at these unexpected gains in middle school in 2023-24, with smaller and smaller classes in elementary school, and we're going to expect to see more of this decline. But I think probably the COVID kids who were attending private or homeschooled schools were coming back into the system in middle school. But this year we did see a decline in middle school, so maybe that trend is fading. But overall, we were losing in 2025, but the biggest loss is in elementary school, then high school, and

047finally middle school. We've seen the biggest decline in the previous two years and in general what we've seen in previous years. The following graph shows the levels from kindergarten to 12 and each bar represents the number of students in that grade level. The top portion in the dark blue box represents the highest that level has been sideways in the last 10 years. And the bottom part of the bar represents the smallest the class has been in the last 10 years. When we look at kindergarten in this graph, we have this larger kindergarten class than we've experienced in recent years, I believe it's this 1826. This white box represents the kindergarten class that is currently in the triangle. This is the projection we have for this class. It's good news that we're seeing a decrease in

048the first degree. This is a bit unusual. We typically see an increase in first grade because children are leaving private kindergarten classes. We regularly see an increase of roughly 50 students . So, observing this decrease is somewhat unusual. And looking at the graph, we see that most of the classes, sorry, are on the downward trend of these 10 years really up to grade 12. And we see that this grade two class is a little larger than we have seen in its history, but we expect to see this change as smaller groups move up, something unusual that we see in grade two where we see growth. Last year there were approximately 160 students, mainly students who are residents. We're looking for a couple of explanations, but we haven't reached any conclusive conclusions, but it is an

049unusual trend. This graph shows residential growth and is looking at students who live in our district within our school boundaries. This excludes open enrollment factors and then we distribute it. The east of folder or this the east of boulder and in the bar this of light blue this is the total of BBD. In most years Boler has lost students from 2018 and the eastern part of the different has been more unconscious. There have been lost years and a little more growth in 2018 and 2019. Kindergarten residents through 2025 decreased by approximately 655 students, a little more than we expected. Over 100 students from open enrollment put us at 23,900 students for 2025. This is the largest decrease or loss since the pandemic, but it seems that open enrollment has helped to mitigate the impact .

050That, and he talks more about that now. This is a more basic level of integration and a little more detail in each community in Bfield and the mountain areas, and each bar represents the different areas. This one, the darkest bar, is bold, and the others we look at, the bars, are mostly negative in the graph, especially in the primary because this downward trend starts first or in the primary. This year was somewhat unusual, as it also looked at one of the most significant divisions of the last 10 years, which is where we have the newest housing and that helps us balance these losses that we see in the area, but for some reason that didn't happen this year. We are looking into whether immigration affected that in a deductive way. But right now it's a

051little difficult to know. Other factors affecting instruction include migration out of the district, student numbers, and births. Most of the information comes from the Colorado Department of Education, which is why we do n't include preschool in our numbers. And when we see this, we see good growth since 2022, with students who are outside the district now enrolling in our district. In fact, last year this was a high point and this year we surpassed that and last year it actually decreased the number of people leaving. We don't have the 2025 CDE data yet. It will be released in mid- January, but we want to see if this gain continues. One of the most important factors in registration is migration to a region. I know we've had a decrease in births in previous years, but in the

0522000s, for example, we had a lot of migration to balance this decrease. The way you look at these graphs comes from student data. Those are the new students arriving in the district, not counting kindergarten students, but from first grade through twelfth grade. And the red line represents the students who have left the district, and this effect occurs before twelfth grade. What we can see from this is that neither one thing nor the other influences whether we increase or decrease migration. That's this flechitan showing the gain. What we have seen in other years, although we have seen a decrease in new students to the district, the number of students leaving the district is also decreasing. Our earnings over the past two years have been relatively healthy. 385, 223 and 580 last year, which is very good

053this year, if we look at one dimension this is very serious, especially students, not in the district. These are the most important factors in registrations, which is what we 're talking about tonight. Here in the graph you can see the trends since 2007 that haven't been wonderful. The blue section is bouldering, part of the district in blue, and we constantly see the decline in the level, especially in recent years, particularly since 2000. Over the years, we've seen a reduction in enrollment overall. uh since and we'll see if the downward trend really continues or if it's already leveling off. The most important thing, of course, is the birth rate, how it influences the residents who are going to enter kindergarten. It's the dark-colored line . And we see the previous 5 years, 2023, 2000, 2022. The

054first mark is the first class that theoretically affects the first grade class. And we relate this to what we see as a very consistent trend, and it is a connection between the reduction and the size of the classes. This has been around 90, the 90th percentile and below. This is in 2022 and 2023. It was in the 80s. It was worse. In fact, 93% of the kindergarten class correlates with the classes of other grades. Kindergarten classes in the future are already leveling out, but in some cases a slight reduction is seen. In summary, enrollment has been reduced by in the second grade. It is the highest reduction since the pandemic. and the increase in students has not happened. And if we look at COVID students and out-of- district contributions, they were higher, but in Bolter

055we've seen the biggest drop in enrollments, and also in Lafayet and Erie this year, and we're already starting to see signs of enrollment leveling off, especially in B and the residents and migration we 've seen. And well, having said that, we will gladly answer your questions. Any comments or questions from board members? I'm curious about the kindergarten and first grade data. These are facts. If we have more kindergarteners who can increase first-grade classes, well, we didn't really have the concern that we thought we were going to see a higher level of parents keeping their kids in kindergarten. And that could be one explanation, but once we look at it in more detail, it could be another one; well, there are approximately 15 students, not like 75, it's not what we expected. Yes, Jorge, thank you

056very much for this presentation. Data is very important. If we add them up, we see a greater number of students who do not speak, who are learning another language. has increased or is it a combination of Well, yes it is a combination of both factors, but when we look at the new students we add each year, that number has decreased compared to what we had seen in recent years. Alex, and then the line. Thanks a lot . This is very important and very useful. I see with the long-term or medium-term information things that we can control in the district, the numbers and we can see how to use open enrollment to compensate for our numbers, but we see a drop in enrollments, let's say, if we had that were going to increase, but no, but

057if we hadn't had that type of open enrollment, it would have been one of the lowest enrollments in history. We need to enroll people from outside the district, but above all, retaining the families and students who are here has to do with what we do in our schools and what is happening in the community. There are different factors. Yes. And well, I don't have all the answers, but at least this year we can see that it seems we are getting our students to historic levels, at least for the last 3 years. Overall, we are increasing the number of retentions and the number of students who decide to enroll in the district. It has more to do with overall migration levels , as well as the housing market, which is influencing student numbers in schools. Go

058ahead, Lelenia. Could you tell me, do you know how we compare to the range of other districts? If we talk about it with other planners, all the districts are trending downwards this year and were expecting to increase, but it didn't happen this year. Most kindergarten students, well, there is a very small increase . Thank you so much, Glen. Yes, Alex. And we have reliable data on the inscriptions and what is happening with the surrounding populations. Well, we can check with the Colorado Department of Education when they release that information in January to see what's happening in this area. Well, I say this because I'm interested in the things we could do. First of all, due to the drop in enrollments and to retain more students, how many are going to online education, how many are

059going to other districts. I'm curious to know how we could, what more we could do to protect the student population. Could you please share that with the registration projection? I know we have a dashboard of indicators that we can present when we talk about projections. One comment: I was looking at last year's information . Well, in general, school enrollments are declining in the state. Half of the districts are seeing low enrollment, but we also see that at the state level in general many students are receiving home education, online education. We need to see what the contribution is of things that are problematic and those things that are not problematic. Lelenia, go ahead. This is a comment, not specifically for Glen, but for my fellow council members. These are very serious facts. And I've seen this

060data before, but not everything we've seen today. I believe it is important and as I have said on other occasions, the problem lies here. Now these figures present a relief, and well, I felt more optimistic last year when I thought we were going to escape this, but no, it doesn't seem that way. And thank you for your work. Yes, Jorge, it's important that we maintain this perspective. These data take into account increasingly smaller groups and graduating groups. We're counting on the groups growing, but that's not the expectation, is it? Well, we'll have to adjust this later. It's like the stock market because sometimes it can go down by 2%. Well, that's why we're above average. There is information in the projections about the factors to consider such as migration, and to answer your question, this

061is already considered in the model. Thank you very much, Glen, for your presentation. As one member of the Council already stated, the level of students is declining and this is beyond our control. We need to focus on the things we can control. Much of that, then, lies in the future. Our next topic tonight is the process of developing the 2026-2027 budget that Bills is eager to present. Forward. Thank you, President Rosp. Council members Dr. Anderson. We just finished the audit last year and we are still in this year. We're halfway through and we're already going to start talking about next year. We'll start with a short video that Randy and his great communications team produced to talk about the fiscal year cycle for last year, this year, and next year. It takes 2 and a

062half or 3 minutes. Here in the district, we take our responsibility as administrators very seriously and strive to improve processes for our students, especially regarding transfers. We are, we rely on experts in the area, the fiscal cycle. It is important that you participate from beginning to end. They are different models. First, define the budget, review the income, and provide opportunities for staff and the public. Everything must be aligned with our district strategies and we must set priorities. It is presented to the council for discussion. Once the council approves the budget, it is implemented and we need to update it according to different factors and finally review and adopt the budget. Once the fiscal year ends, it must be audited by an organization external to the district, ensuring that best practices were put in place and

063implemented. As we move forward in this process, we need to keep reviewing it. It is common for this process to take 28 days; as we implement the budget, we have to review and project for the following year. We need to be aware of the factors that will have an impact on the budget. set a budget, because this involves very large amounts. We need to anticipate different situations that could divert the budget. We all need to be on alert to be part of the solution. The Boulder Valley School District takes the responsibility of managing the budget very seriously. It's a synopsis, a very good synopsis of the fiscal cycle in general. And again we have here a slide that the concepts of the previous fiscal year, the current fiscal year and the next year, are all

064part of the process we were talking about and we are focusing on the 2026 budget, but we are also going to give information from the current year. We have the most important points and the chronology that we have used for many years. This reminds us that changes are very few year after year. They change by one week according to the dates, according to the normal cycle. Statutory requirements are necessary when data is available to submit employee contracts. Once the meetings with the unions take place, we submit for 10 months. Once the decisions have been made, the important thing to keep in mind is that this process lasts several months and there are many options for staff, the community, and interested people to give their opinions. that is relevant during the course of these months. Below

065is the revenue budget for September. It's the most recent one we've had. There's a week and a half to go starting next Friday. We need to think about how the State is forecasting revenues and what the state budget is based on. And the September budget is only 14% of the budget. With such limited information and the variability of what might happen at the end of the year, things get very murky. As we move forward in this process, December's revenue has almost twice as much information as September's budget . So, a clearer picture is emerging as we try to build the budget for next year; the March forecast already has 62% of the budget for the next fiscal cycle. As more information becomes available, the information becomes clearer and clearer. The data parts were delayed because

066the government was shut down , as you remember, and this may impact the December budget. Now that we've reached March, the budget, whether state or district, is based on data that is incomplete and imperfect, but as time goes on this data becomes clearer and is included in the budget. This year's revenues are included, and to forecast next year, inflation, both current and projected, is taken into account, as well as how the economy is doing. HR1 has a major impact on the revenue budget according to income taxes and all taxes that are included at the federal level. This really has an impact on the state and they are going to have a special session to take action this year on well, inflation currently since September was projected at 2.8%, which was the budget in June that

067was adjusted to 2.3% and the government considered a 2.6% inflation rate that tends to go down a little. Inflation was impacted because the government was closed. And as for the state's economy, well, it is estimated that there will be a recession. I possibly went to one at CU in the business division for the 2026 forecast of the state economy and they are not projecting or thinking that there will be a recession, but like any economist they don't commit to anyone, to anything. So they say that the prediction is possible. There are four things at the federal level that they mentioned: tax policy, fiscal policy, executive actions, immigration policy, and trade policy. It's all in the state forecast and some of the impacts are due to the federal level for the state revenue forecast is unchanged

068for next year and well, that reflects some adjustments according to what was done for 2027, well, it doesn't level out the increase in revenue. Therefore, increases by statute, including in kindergarten through 12th grade schools, make it difficult to expand programs or meet educational expectations. And next we're going to talk about the strategic plan and how this relates to budget development. We're going to review some of the investments we've made strategically. I'm not going to mention them word for word, for example, no limits that all students receive a high-level education with excellent instructional standards . It is a great investment at all levels: elementary, middle, and high school. And we have a short improvement cycle, a 90-day plan that we talk about frequently. The best steps are the next best steps and educators and administrators implement

069best instructional practices. And to help with that, we have a framework of assessments and all the feedback information that is necessary to attract more students. Define the path from preschool to grade 12, so that all students can explore different careers. This is directly related to the GR Plus program with special CTE assignments, preparatory programs, and language programs so that we can review our current programs and ensure that all students have access to additional programs. And finally, included and valued, that all students feel included and that we put into practice problem-solving, restorative justice practices and apply these alternative inclusive discipline policies. Those are strategic initiatives. Ah, about the challenges we have faced regarding budget development. The governor requested they are projecting inflation of 2.6% and the state budget office bases this index on the calendar year

070and the 2025 inflation will be the inflation of the 2026 school year in the school finance law. We have a decline in student enrollment statewide of 62 students. There is an increase of $315.6 million in state support for kindergarten through 12th grade schools, increasing the average per student to $430. HB24 is implemented and requires 30%. It maintains a budget stabilization factor of zero. It requires that this level be maintained. It is important to note in this and that you take it into account when measuring that we are talking about the following topics. There was an information meeting for the joint finance budget committee . The governor's office suggests implementing a pause, right?, next year, but for two years, from 2027 to 2028. A pause to cut 90 million. The next point is in quotation marks:

071LSS believes the General Assembly should prepare and implement measures to adjust the cost of living savings according to the cost reduction formula for fiscal year 2027-28. LCS economists are providing details according to the forecast, and this proposal will be presented next week. The governor will review it in January, and implementation would be based on 30% of the governor's proposal . And well, I'm going to give you a moment, I'm going to pause so you can reflect on this. One of the LSS economists says that the changes in 2025 the General Assembly realizes that we might not be able to cover the costs. Well, and I don't want to say, I told you, but oh well, maybe. And they also said that it has a big problem in 2028. Economists are telling the budget committee that

072it has a big problem and they have to present the funds in the school formula. They are not suggesting that they re-implement the enrollment factor, because that would be too easy and too transparent. Instead, they are offering suggestions on how to cut the school funding formula, and one of the suggestions required districts to contribute all of their, for example, taxes, for example, car property taxes, which districts would present as $219 million between 6 and 7 million for BBSD, and they also suggest that the rate to fund per student change from half-time to half-time, and from full-time to a quarter-time. Just to give you an idea, we have 102 part-time students, a little less at level 12, in grade 12, and that expands from kindergarten to grade 11, but it would be 200 million dollars if

073everyone reduced their time to a quarter, and three-quarters of the time was also considered and it would be mitigated to some extent. They are offering suggestions on how to cut the school finance formula by changing the definition of what we maintain locally and which has been working for decades; they also want to change how we count students. I do n't want to tell them that I did tell them, but I did tell them R. After adjusting for 2 inflation of 2.6%, reduce the average for the decrease in enrollment, implement the school finance law, maintain the stabilization factor of this budget. The state is increasing per- student funding by more than 5%, which is the total funding. That's why the important points from the legislature and governor's office usually talk about per student, but because per

074student funding or enrollment is decreasing, future years are indicating a reduction in funding for Legislative Council staff. who built the school finance law and implemented the governor's proposals for us for Bolder. Of the 6,000 students statewide, Boulder has a decrease of 337 students, which is 1.2%. That is concentrated in non- charter schools. Charter schools have a waiting list and are at capacity, but the next part really indicates the difference between total funding and funding per student. Charter schools receive the full 3.1% funding increase because they are student-funded and maintain their enrollment. In the district we have less than an increase in funding based on the amount per student and total funding. Yes. Because of the decrease in enrollment, it was concentrated in non-charter schools, while charter schools maintained their enrollment because they have waiting lists.

075Their funding is rising overall by 3.1%, recognizing the new components of the School Finance Act and inflation, but other schools, non- charter schools, are seeing a 1.7% increase due to declining enrollment, and the district as a whole is seeing a 1.8% increase in School Finance Act funding. The statewide decline of 6,000 students and the 337 projected for Bolder do not include what we experienced this fall. The governor's budget that was included was too early in the process to include the most recent enrollment decline, so it's unclear whether that will accelerate the decline both statewide and in our projections once those numbers are included in the projection models. So, when we get to January, when Glenda gives us her enrollment projections and we have the state information, we'll have the new enrollment numbers, the challenges, or

076what might affect the bouldering budget. We need to adjust the staff size, which we do once a year, to maintain continuity in the classrooms and not impact students with the teachers they have for the first months of school. We're going to make those adjustments. We have very limited options for future spending and we have concerns about long-term funding related to declining enrollment, the new school finance law, and the ideas coming out of this legislature to cut funding from kindergarten through 12th grade. The budget will continue to focus on the continuation of the current strategic plan and its priorities. That repeats the information about staff, inflation, enrollment. Okay, we're going to continue using the one-time funds for staff, recruiting staff in a tough market for staff while unemployment is rising a little. It's a tough job

077market , as we've noticed in many council meetings. There are inefficiencies with small schools and small classes. So we're going to have declining enrollment patterns, smaller classes, and we're going to be graduating larger classes, and that's a reflection of national trends. Then we're going to have new inflation numbers next week and the governor's updated budget in January. So, this chart again, which Randy and Jade designed to illustrate the flow of funds, how it works relative to local and state funding and the state budget. If one thinks of the total funding for kindergarten through 12th grade as oil and water, uh, local sources are water. And state sources are the oil. And as more local sources flow into the overall programming, those state resources return to the state to do other things. That's important to note,

078and I'll illustrate it better on the next slide with dollars, but if you think about the budget stabilization factor , which is also a component of that, if anyone remembers the water-saving technique of putting a partition in the toilet tank, the same concept here pushes state sources back into the state budget for other uses. They could do that. The budget stabilization factor, legislators do n't really want to participate in this process because it's an annual agreement on the dollars owed to school districts, although I will say among my colleagues, across a wide range of districts and demographics, from the point of view of the financial officer or president, this factor is much fairer. If one has to cut the state budget, it must be done by percentage with the budget stabilization factor . If it's

079tracked, it's very clear what's happening; it's distributed evenly or equally as a percentage across the districts. Can I track it? Who is suggesting that reimplementing the budget stabilization factor would be a good idea? It's not a good idea, but it's fair and equitable. Who was saying it? I know that if the state is going to take $218 billion of the budget for school funding and force districts to put in the unbalanced portion that is currently in our budgets and then take it and distribute it as the budget stabilization factor, because once that goes into the total program it disappears forever. It's never put back in because they once had it so easy, it was so easy to put it back in the budget stabilization factor in the last 15 years. It took them a while,

080but they did it. Well, in the September forecast, that really indicates the budget over 3 years about the local and state parts changing while the local part is increasing. The program grew in the current year, but grew less than the local portion, flowing $124 million back to the state. The program went up to 153 million, but the local part went up to 377 million. Next year we have a decrease in the local part which is a combination of changes in oil and gas-related taxes and property values ​​that are decreasing a little bit. Uh, the state portion is growing more than the overall program year after year. This is how the impact between the local and state parts could work, but at the local district level, when we notice an increase in the collection of local

081property taxes, we cannot keep them and put them in another part of the budget as they do in the state. Those dollars are kept by the state for use in other programs. That's a quick recap of the next dates in the budgeting process. Next week we have the state revenue forecast. In January and February, the supplementary state budget is published; this is reviewed, and this is the budget under study. We adopted the revised budget in January, the mid-year analysis, and then the preliminary budget in April. Thank you for painting such a beautiful portrait of us. Council members, questions, comments. Alex, I'm curious knowing that we're in these difficult financial times and we're receiving this important benefit from the strategic plan investments. What are they? How are the investments going? What items in our budget align

082with those investments and how are we investing in the strategic plan? Can you tell? Some of them are very easy to calculate, since the standards-based curriculum across all instructional levels, such as purchasing and implementation, is part of the teaching and learning that happens every day. How much of the regular instruction would be included? So there are details about how one might look at it. Differentiated financing is a solid number. The things that have developed are the work that is happening or the development of the work or the system in general in how it is progressing. So, when expectations change, some are more solid. We'll give you more solid numbers as we get further into the budgeting process, so the numbers are more accurate and we can start working on that immediately. Some of these are

083easier than others, but we can explain them. I appreciate the entire presentation and yes, I appreciate the image as well, but I'm on the higher education committee and we're going to do something very similar within the department. And one of the things that has encouraged me is seeing all the higher education institutions and non-profit organizations working together on innovation. So, when we're looking at strategic versions that define the destination, I'm happy to collaborate openly with RAP to ensure that we're aligning what we can do with dual enrollment to make it as innovative as possible so that kids are on a good path for their careers. As enrollment declines and we have less budget, we have to look for operational efficiencies wherever we can find them. We are very early in this process. There are many

084questions regarding the taxes they are considering, whether they are considering other changes to increase those or are they putting everything in place, making peripheral changes, um , do they make sense, what might they want to do. There will be changes in the coming year, although the governor will not yet be in transition. What are they? Do we have a sense of the other possible options and are we entering the legislative session? We need to set legislative priorities regarding what we want to advocate for. That's going to be very important in the coming weeks, months, and next year. And specifically regarding the SOT, this is the specific tax for owners; the suggestion was not a proposal, it was a suggestion. Here are 218 million that we could easily get in the sense that we are going

085to redefine what is included. It is balanced and there is no longer any unbalanced state. And we're going to do that and keep going. You could do half, a quarter, three-quarters, but the way it's balanced or unbalanced determines your number of taxes by thousandths, and both this by bonds and the exemptions to these taxes, and that affects each district differently because it depends on how many thousandths one has. So, areas with more thousandths that require more thousandths to generate amounts in dollars. So, Adams County 12 has a little over $8 million , although the exemptions are not the same as ours or not as many as ours. Their SOT can retain more of their unbalanced money because those thousandths are higher. That's a math problem about how to do it. Then one can change the

086mathematical problem, one can make it disappear completely. Anticipating opening a conversation about per-thousandths taxes and extensions and how they are factored into the calculation. conversation about the new school finance law that will be implemented to distribute state dollars more equitably to the most impacted or highly impacted students. It was partly guided by the non-linear distribution of tax exemptions by thousandths. It could be an opportunity if things are really bad for the legislature, to allow districts to increase their funding, but it 's the opposite of many of the conversations they 've had. Alex, if I may, I would like to first say congratulations on the audit, the great report, and the excellent work your team and audit committee are doing. It's good to see the quality of work that your team does or performs. I'm also

087very grateful for the important points and the presentation tonight, because that makes it easier for us to make sense of it all . Thank you so much for doing that. Nicole's point about mentioning the legislative agenda, I would like to say as a state, I don't believe, because people who are not in public policy don't understand that Colorado's public finances are a disaster. And one of the victories of recent years is the budget stabilization factor . So, if we eliminate that, I think we'll go back to darkness, and then we need to advocate for COs. So I say, no, um, then we're going to keep fighting for that well into the future. Thanks, Bill. Council Members is the consent group. 9.1 Personnel issues 9.2 Minutes approval 9.3 Minutes approval 9.4 Donation acceptance operational services department

088and 9.5 Full annual financial report. 9.6 6 resolution 25-23 tax certification by thousandths 9.7 food services subsidy any topic you would like to bring up from the group listening none. We need a motion to approve the line seconded by Alex. Members discuss the topics. You can turn on your microphone. I am interested in exploring the resolution; it is a resolution that deals with community schools and the use of their land or property, as follows. I'm sorry, I apologize. watching none. Laura can take attendance near the group by consent. Well, yes. Chávez yes. Mler, yes. Colano, yes. Rush Paul, yes. Temaring, yes. Anger, yes. I now turn to the motion. The next topic is the grouping of policies 11.1, repeal of the board policy and repeal of the board policy and A. Would you like to

089remove any of them from the grouping? Listening to none. A motion to approve the line seconded by Chason. Is there any discussion about these issues? Very excited and grateful to remove two policies that are not relevant to our current policies or practices. That makes our policies easier in the future. Laura, can you pass along the list regarding the group by consent, Buer, yes? Chávez, yes. Rparing passes the motion. Before we begin with the next section of the agenda, which is the policy study, I would like to request a 5-minute break. Welcome back everyone. The first point is studies for politics. We have several things we're going to study, and we're going to start with the policy in Chapter D. I'll give Katherine Sulvan time to begin. So, green means it's on, right? Yes. Thank you,

090President Ros. We have a couple of policies that we'll be looking at tonight, and as a reminder, the council has set a goal to review all policies within a 5-year cycle, and in order to do this, we have roughly 20 per quarter. CR, our policy manager, is working hard to do this. We adopted policies in two groups. There are policies that the council prioritizes twice a year. These are things the council wants to study or address. And then there are policies that we review as maintenance. The ones we are going to present to you today are this as maintenance. It 's not a priority, but we do want to carry them out during this 5-year cycle. Policies within section D on fiscal management. We have a total of 22 policies. The council addressed the DG

091and DG policy around authorized signatories and it is not coming back, but it refers to this a lot in other policies. So it would be good to review this when we are reviewing this chapter. We'll be reviewing nine of these, and new members of the council will notice them to quickly understand what policies and regulations we have and how they support each other. This can be a little difficult to understand for someone, a person, or families who are watching. So we try to give a comprehensive review or it makes sense. The first policy is 3.1 on subsidies and their management. Tonight we'll be focusing on grants. We want to ensure that we have a policy that is up-to-date and in line with the style guide and policies, and that reflects our most modern practices, and

092that the grants manager reviews these entities when submitting applications. The red line of the DD policy has been reviewed by our business services team and the grants front. We are trying to incorporate the elements of 13.2 and 13.3. These two points are proposed to be removed, harvesting the important good language in line D. So, it 's not a policy where I received much feedback, I didn't receive public comment on this, but welcome to the council discussion. This isn't a very substantive question, but especially for those who don't follow the council, you can explain what the role of the council is and how it varies depending on policy versus regulation and procedure so they understand the difference between them. Yes, happy. Sorry, I'm a politics nerd and I'm not going to lie, I'll try to keep

093it in detail. The council has a policy on how policies are put in place. This is chapter B, policy, and that's where you'll find a description of the three types of artifacts you'll find in our policy book. Our policy is managed by letter codes, whether two or three like DD, our first sample. This policy is the umbrella, the most general statement given on the issues being addressed in the policy. In order to adopt a policy we have to read it at least once and then you can adopt it in the next real and it takes a lot of work, we can continue working on it until the council is happy with that policy. A regulation that is designated by the letters and R is where we put more direction and more detail to the regulation.

094Regulations are theoretically easier than short ones; we put them on your agenda as an informational point and they don't specifically require a vote, unless you are withdrawing. And an annex has historically been many ways of implementing policy or regulation where we can, because the ways change frequently. We're trying to integrate into the policy what we need confidence in this and leave it to your staff to create points that will be changing more frequently as an addendum. When one is needed, if we include them, they are intended with the letter and hyphen code. These again do not require a vote if they are being updated, but it is important for the council to keep them in their policy book at any time the staffer updates this point or form an appendix and return it to the

095council as an informational item for you to see, and these are then submitted for implementation unless directed by the council to do otherwise. warm my heart. Anything about DD? I greatly appreciate this fitting of the language of policy regulations. It makes no sense to have documents that are just one paragraph. So for ease of use this works very well and particularly the grants or third-party grant awards, how they are integrated into the main policy. This will help a lot with much clarity for our community and within the district. So thank you for your work on this policy. Okay. The following policies and the reason why Bell is still here in the front row, in case you have any real questions, is DEB. We currently have in our policy book that it's about loan programs and

096it talks about federal and state sources of income, and we also have another policy that had three letter codes linked to it that we haven't looked at since 1978, and when we did talk about it, today some of that language has been changed to D. Probably at some point it was an important policy around cooperative projects, but the laws that support the statute that is cited at the end, which identifies, identifies for the board and for everyone who uses this policy, the reason why we have this policy and the laws that were implemented through this policy are named, and for the second policy it should be C of FC. I looked at the legislative history and this law has been updated six times since the council last reviewed it, and for that reason we are

097recommending the complete withdrawal of DC's Deb and collapsing the essential requirements in DEB. And I'm going to note down the other changes that were made to this policy. They are incorporated by incorporating language that reflects both the commitment that was made to our students around the concept of the existence of energy and making our schools and the economy more efficient, and there were also some state changes. So, we brought to light some languages ​​that refer to the importance of renewable energy and projects. Council members asked questions about DB and the withdrawal of the lyrics that were said. We have the notes on the anticipation of tax use. Please tell us once. It was over a decade ago, maybe 15 years ago, the interest-free loan program. The requirements to participate in it became very complicated, and

098we had a repayment that I think we saw at that time, and we were able to do all the legal requirements around the debt, taxes, and advance notices, and then we went back into the interest-bearing loan program, and this is the two new board members. The interest-free loan program is something we participate in regularly, and I wanted to see if we could explain a little bit about why we do that. Yes, absolutely, as we are a school district founded largely with local funds, the income comes in from February to August and well, most of it for the current year. So, we are collecting money from February to August to be able to operate for 8 months. So, we have to borrow money, and the interest-free loan program was allocated when the state changed the fiscal

099year in 1993 from a calendar year to a fiscal year. We save a lot of money by extending the fiscal year to next year. So we participated in it. We are one of the largest users of this loan program in the United States. I think we are the largest participants, and the benefit of that is that if we don't have large amounts of money to operate with cash funds, I do n't think it's an efficient use of resources to just have cash when the state has that option available. This one is very intensive. Every two weeks you have to create a new cash flow statement and you have to tell the people in charge of this at the state treasurer's office how it works. We're borrowing $20 million to pay it off. So, in June,

100when we presented this money management plan, we said we were going to ask for roughly $100 million and we started borrowing around November, when we typically begin. Thank you. Council members, do you have any questions or comments regarding EB policy? I don't think so. Okay, I think we're going to deliver on what we set out to do and we're committed to doing it, and I said it was going to be in three parts, but it's really going to be more than that. The next policy item on the council members' agenda is DH. This is about female employees and officials. They recall that last week they selected officers so we have to make sure we have bonuses for those officers who have signing responsibilities and authority consistent with the council's policy. That is a fiscal policy

101that we are recommending the board retain. We have created red lines to allow that level to vary. When we updated DG DGE, we increased authorities based on different categories using language that said we were going to connect that officer with their authority and not have to review each policy that referred to those authorities. Council members, do you have any questions about this policy? I think it's an excellent change. In fact, when we increased our signing authorities, it made a significant change in insurance. This is what we pay for insurance. Perfect. Okay, moving on. Point 3 13.7 Seven policy of this was previously limited only to addressing tax accounting and then another separate one that dealt with capital item accounting. We incorporate these two points to propose this robust system of I and withdrawal from and

102d capital element accounting. Council members, any questions or comments on a question: Is it uncommon to cite the statute within the body of a policy? I wonder, why did we decide to leave that in accordance with CRS? I think the financial statements should be cited at the end of the policy. I think I just missed that while making the other changes. Very good. And tonight's final political figure is 13.9. It is the policy of the DN board. Knowledge of the disposition of assets, I know it is something very short and efficient after having spoken with the cabinet members, I think it is still very important to have something clear within the policy that says you cannot sell district material or sell our assets and I think it is very important and we are recommending that

103this policy be maintained. Questions or comments about this policy. Seeing that there are none, we can move on to the next chapter. Very good. Tonight we're going to be looking at three policies I mentioned, and I think I started by saying that we have 22 chapters D and E, which is a chapter we'll be enjoying from now until March to try and finish all this work. There are 46 policies. Uh, we're introducing three today and we'll be removing many of the remaining 43. I don't think we need a policy on Asus, but tonight we only have three for you. ED Policy. The general policy regarding the management of material resources is proposed to incorporate the important elements of EDA concerning the factory and receiving, and we will also incorporate the EDC policy, authorizing materials to

104be owned by the school. We are proposing those two to withdraw them with the incorporation of important language in what would be the new idea. Board members, any questions or comments about Edea? I don't have a comment. Thank you for waiting for me. I'm worried. Section 13.12, which refers to materials used by community schools, does not adequately address the issue of theft of materials, which occurs frequently and is something no one wants to risk in community schools. What happens is that teachers' materials are open for use in classes; sometimes they are tested, so teachers should have some way of retrieving their materials from community schools. So, I have a question about that, and I have another comment and suggestion for the way I read the community schools section; it's very specific to equipment loans and

105leases . There is another policy that may cover damages. So I want to make sure we're being clear about what this policy covers, and that's why I was going to suggest some subheadings because it's a bit confusing how the police are presented. So, having points here where it's distributed, one part that talks about loans, other leases, because I think the language is titled, yes, the use of school resources. I believe that having its title does help us have more clarity, but I do have a question: does this scope extend beyond leases or loans to cover damages? If we have KF council policy, which is the use of community school centers , we have both policy and regulation in that area. I know that Mr. Starter also has some updates to our practices. The council may

106recall that in the last 6 years we have done a lot of work in that area, both in policy and implementation, to require more on-site supervision to protect against users who abuse that access and compromise teachers' materials. And we have absolutely cancelled many permits based on our practices and policies. When users engage in misconduct, if they are using a center, you may find the language in ASR, the and the regulation that supports it. Yes, I spoke to the council member about this for a moment. So, I would like to spend a little more time on this policy before any changes are made to the language in it, but I think it's a very important observation and consideration . And another point of comment, I find the language in the second paragraph, which has not been

107edited, to be somewhat circular and repetitive, starting with conscious efforts. So, let's talk to him if we can use clearer and more precise language so that what we're saying is clear. Perhaps changing those two sentences so that it changes, how are things said? I don't know, clean it up a bit so that it's clearer what good management is regarding efficiency, economies, um , storage, the two sentences are very similar. So, I don't know if there's any way to clean it up a bit, I would appreciate it. Just for clarity, you're referring to the paragraph that begins with conscious efforts that are in this dark black mold, right? Yes, that's correct. It's a little strange. And the sentence above that in green isn't very clear to me; it says that the elements must include, but the

108opening sentence doesn't clarify what you mean by elements. So, making that a little clearer would also help the nature of the work when you 're working with a lot of red lines or changes. Any other questions or comments about this policy? Seeing that there is nothing, it's all for the policies. That concludes tonight's policy review . Thank you so much. Well, congratulations to the council members for passing and finishing their first major policy sessions. The moment in the meeting where we submitted requests for things that they would like to include for consideration at our next council prioritization meeting. Council members would like consideration. He says we're entering the next prioritization soon, but I am interested in what we're considering regarding declining enrollment, discussing programmatic issues, and understanding how many students are living here or attending

109virtual schools, how many students are registered for homeschooling, and how many could potentially be in programs if we offered them. Honestly, the discussion of public policy comes up when we have funds for this, whether full- time, part-time, or on a fourth-time basis. So, if we don't have much staff, going from 50 to 25 is a gain. I want to be aware of what the current numbers are, such as the partial housing requirement and virtual registration. I think the numbers are relatively small; I don't think that solves those problems. decrease, registration, it is, but I think it can be communicative over time. So, I want to understand how children who go to other schools or other places, how they are enrolled in schools, systems, and how partial enrollment and other things play a part in those

110enrollment problems that we are facing. Any other points? I have two points that I will mention as soon as we have this journalism council environment; you don't have to talk about or mention them in advance, the things I do want to work on, or maybe this will be two council meetings ago. Richard Garcia, a former council member, came earlier and spoke about building a workforce, a policy on how we handle immigration, immigration training, ways in which we support undocumented students, and I would really like to address that for the district. I worked in immigration policy for the last 16 years and many of these community supports, how things work to ensure that BBD is the model of how we are supporting our undocumented immigrant communities. For me, it's one of the biggest things I want

111to prioritize. The second thing is that when we're looking at decline and enrollment, I want to make sure that we're exploring different innovative ways of how we can make our district a non-burden district to live in. I've spoken with many people at the state level about a 10-year plan that we want to ensure we have here in the state, and I want to make sure we start talking about what early childhood education, this universal care, looks like for the district. I've heard that gay community foundations are interested in supporting us, helping us make this happen for our community. And since I'm new, I'm not completely sure how that's connected and how it fits into our district and where we are, but I know there have been several conversations with the early childhood development council about

112what's going to work and what's not. But I do want to make it very clear that those are the two things I want to work on: that we are modeling how we are supporting our undocumented and migrant families and how we are working in innovative ways to lessen the burden on our families. Thank you. I have a couple of songs I'd love to hear. One is that I know there is a new neurodiversity policy in our schools and how these students are being educated, and I would love to hear an update on how teachers are being trained and equipped in this education and have a policy on this to improve for these children. Based on my experience at a private school, this is what they come here to the district to do. I want to

113hear what people think about this so we can have this topic in public education. And the other topic I would like to bring up is the issue of a council, uh, a coalition of six schools, formed 6 years ago. Well, it's not that it's been dissolved, it's that people who have dedicated themselves to supporting the LGBT community and to supporting students, parents, families who are terrified according to what I hear on the news and I want to make sure that they receive support in our schools. Alex, did you raise your hand? Yes. And perhaps this is—excuse me if it's redundant—I had conversations with people from Kingston last week, the districts involved in building houses for staff and teachers, and I think we're going to get an update on the districts' involvement in building houses, housing

114for staff and teachers. Yes. And I would like to repeat, so that it is recorded in the minutes, regarding the current registration and how I can collaborate to ensure that this is mentioned in one of my commitments, to see how we can simplify and synchronize the process between the district and higher education institutions. I want to say two, although it's not a priority. We have a schedule that goes to those schools that have just organized their accountability committee, and the accountability committee, well, has already been functioning in some schools, but in those where the committee is new, if it has any challenges, I would like to see how they are doing and give advice. We continue. receiving emails about electric bikes and this topic. And well, I had a conversation with a city councilor who

115comes from California, where safety is coordinated by the city and bicycle users need to get it and can only do so in their designated areas. So it has to do with the agreement, that the parents sign, that they have their responsibility. And the other thing I was thinking about is an opportunity to collaborate on educating about electric bicycle safety, and I don't know if the city would want to participate in solving problems about electric bicycles and those people who ride these bicycles, students, for example, from fifth through ninth grade. So we're going to bring some creative solutions like they did in California, and that's all I was going to say. Many topics and we'll keep the strategic plan, uh the scarcity of solutions, so we're going to meet again in January and with that the

116session will be adjourned. Thank you all.