Work Session - May 13, 2026

001♪ >> this >> work session at 04:00:02PM, and believe Director probably just dressing so we have a work leading into a special meeting tonight. So the intention is for the work session to last for something on the order of 2 a half Our special schedule kicks off about 6.30, and then you have a hard hard pause at for a kind of public hearing related to the proposed budget for the next fiscal So without further ado, we'll kick us off. And I believe the first item on ours at the time for the work session is ABC updates from superintendent all with a specific focus, specific focus on behavior. Yes. And so with that superintendent will take I my squeaking. as go in basement, but not really going little bit. This creek part of list what? I'm

002a little tired. I had your jury here and we one of our newest employees making is joining the team Introduce yourself here in a second super excited to talk about things, the shift so we've been making as the system. >> Understanding that there is a long way to go in some of our individual buildings and are classrooms. you're some commitments from the 3 of us tonight to make sure that we could done. And although we're not addressing the C and cell phones, I did want to alert to the board, I think will put in email communication. I've been asked to present to state Board of Education's on your commitments what we've been doing on a cell phone. So I will work with the board president to ask board member to join me. It will be

003with tag. I think it's on June 10th or 11 Get information. And Alyssa, but I would love for a board member since it really came from you. Also fish and as we can help shape education policy in the state of Colorado. So super excited. I volunteer for that. Awesome. I think want add to record over. You're attend. Please up Florida. Introduced herself good evening, everyone. So as a super game shared, we have a new executive director student success. So that so Megan is here tonight produced so many. Would you like to introduce shorter? Hello, everybody. I'm >> coming to you from Fort Carson. I was the CTE director and assistant principal there for 7 years. prior to that is that Cheyenne Mountain. add a little background in the future. It. >> Stuff that we're kind

004of jumping into Very excited to come back District Todd. Its swagger for a period. I graduate authorities. So I'm very excited to be back kind of where my roots So thank you very much for the opportunity. really site have Meghan's expertise. As you mentioned, her background is in that CTE and in the skill-building space. And as we talked about in our meetings on our >> behavioral data, we really are shifting towards where the skills that students to learn to be successful with in the classroom. And having that lens in coming from an educator lead scientist in principle, a dean as well as director having that in that space is going to be really valuable for us as work was I don't want Boston for me. So I I ours are dropping a little bit. So

005when we first starting off with total behavior incidents, we can see that we're overall down 17%. You can see actual number of incidents is still very high. >> we know that in last year we introduced all them are assigned. So we know that cell phone policy last school year cause a significant increase in 20 25. And then this normalization. So we really high. And then now we're normalizing. And so we are and these are reported will incidents from the schools. >> Yeah, I was just going make that same point. So just to to say it again for a new board directors when we kind of past the cell phone policy cellphone infractions in various ways were counted as your incidence in the data. And so a lot that we have more detailed slides from previous

006years and previous work sessions. But if you look at the increase from 2023, 24 to 24. 25 a substantial part. If not all of that increase, we could go back and look at the numbers from that. Delta is the cellphone incidents which we're not saying prior to us kind of passing the cell phone policy so that that increases that they are fact, so sorry, back to >> we already share this back better of a slender reported that this is looking at students that have repeat offenders. And so we see is that most students that have any incidents, most unique students have just one or 2 incidents after that, the number of repeat offenses goes way down. So we basically every incident, every increase we haven't we lose about half of that population. So we know

007that the we still haven't. difficulty in that the majority of incidents are happening from one-time offenders. This is also looking at what types of behaviors are most prevalent. And so this is looking at what our work. But we're seeing this is that the February are highest behaviors. And so we see that cell phone is the highest violations still. So even though we're seeing the you know, schools are still holding students accountable to the cell phones. We still have a very high number of violations were still ensuring that that first violation results in the incident with creates them not repeat offending. So that is a good outside of cellphones that the next 3 that are big ones are defiance and disobedience, unsafe behavior in detrimental behavior. And so those 4 areas make up 80% of reported

008incidents. So again, we know that that's the area really need to put our focus on. So what we've done differently. So since we met February, we talked a little bit about our work with urban consulting. And so this is a group that is at comes out with the book, the Classroom Behavior Manual. And so we have training in Mark 16 get 182 participants. 92% of participants felt confident and implementation of the strategies, which was a really great indication that the training was well received and relevant to the teachers. So you can read those 2 quotes there. >> You summarized for a briefly for the board on what's the shift and why this isn't just another capturing love we're all works. >> Yeah, I think BP's of this strategy is it's helping students understand their place

009within the classroom and ensuring that they get taught the skills that they're missing. It's not So, for example, if you have a student that was struggling with what does that would you ever take that student out reading? It is no, not. What we know is that students struggling with behavior. They need to be taught replacements, kill and they need to be taught that immediately. And so what we what this program does is it gives teachers the skills and the language to use to ensure that they can keep teaching in the moment but have what they called the way learning opportunities for. They then have to learn the skill that they were missing, led to that behavior. Those strategies are very similar to. If you think anybody's taking logic, it's very similar to that. It's very

010much natural consequences. It's about noticing the positive behaviors and then holding students who are having negative behaviors accountable. It also is really strong, focused on counting and measuring and negative behaviors. So I'll talk a little bit a minute about the same UK study that we have. But in general really shifting that mindset from disappointed, exclusionary, discipline. We know that there are times absolutely have to have exclusionary discipline. But for most cases that we have a delayed learning opportunity where the student can stay in the classroom and learn from that opportunity that that's what we want to do. It. also empowers teachers to build relationships with students teaches skills such as you know, positive handshakes using students names to greet them when they come in the morning, I'm having team names for their classroom table groups.

011All of those strategies are top within that. It also teaches students how teachers, teachers, how to set up their classroom for positive interactions. So very much is aligned to what we want to see in students ensure that we are seeing this skill development from student. So we started the training, the training and from that training, we had 2 schools that stood out as being good candidates for further work. One of the most votes in elementary school, they have challenging behavioral population. And so we want to make sure we're providing them support. They are staff ecstatic about this level of support. They're actually urban group. Is there this week working with what they're doing there is they're choosing 3 teachers to be teacher leaders behavior, leadership. So the coaches working deeply with 3 teachers. that's going

012to get a train. The trainer model. >> so what we're seeing, this is a quote from their principal saying how much staff appreciated and are loving the techniques. There At say we get a slightly different approach on saving because of the size of the middle and behaviors we're seeing We started what's called the school transformation with the leadership company. And so what this looks like is we had consultant comment on site train the administrators in how to monitor for behavior. And this is really focused on structure time. So the hallways, the lunch making sure that students are entering and exiting the building in a positive way. Think is what we know is that if a student is in the hallway and they're messing around with their friends and their, you know, not following the school

013educations. They're going to come into the class elevate. And that's going to take that teacher at you no longer to get the class back on track. So this is really focused all of the school wide spaces where we can see reductions and what we saw from that as we saw that there was strong tightening of practices. We saw that there was increased accountability from teachers. We saw overall after 2 days of implementation, there was a 26% reduction in negative behaviors. That was only after 2 days. Now they're going to come back in 30 days and retest to see the sustainability of the intervention. We saw significant reduction in want room behaviors as well as hallway behaviors. We also are seeing better alignment to the district expectations was happening prior to the training was that teachers

014were not necessarily stopping a student when they were not meeting school expectations in the hallway. They with that. That's to just walk past. Now, teachers are in the hallways there in the center of the hallway. They're grieving students making eye contact there. They are holding them accountable to concerns. We are then extending this with the three-day summer Institute through government. We held at the Tesla Center. We have up to 140 spaces. It is free to all district 11 staff. We have after advertising for one week. We have 75 registrations. So we're really excited to see that. We've gotten many positive. big thank you messages for people for offering for them in the summer where they can really engage in that three-day learning. So that is happening on June. 15th, 16th and 17th. If we have

015new spots will be able to open up neighboring districts that might be interested in the work. We already have a few district 12 in district 20 were both interested in potentially partnering past. This is what the 2 for and have a nice box. We have 140 spots. We've current least there's 70 currently signed up. 44 th yes for each but it but it's a three-day series. So take you got to go out. right you've got yet. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Do it all for facet I thought they be doing the same things United States. yes, yet. So it's very intensive 3 days. So the first day is really about your classroom set of how to build relationships with students. The second day is about how release controlled in terms of situation so that you are escalating

016the situation, but also keeping the control on the teacher. And then this the last day is all about strategy. So it's actually students. Teachers practicing the scripts can use in talking to students to get escalated, really hands-on training. then the other thing that we talked about item in February was the framework to refresh on this. This is the framework that we are moving forward with to help support the shift in our thinking from again, what are the skills that students need to be successful in the classroom? Solis stands for Leadership, Integrity, focus and teamwork. And those are aligned to our graduate profile. What we've started working on this spring is really just an alignment of these big encore character traits that we want to see with our board approve curriculums antelope. See how we can

017better align into our future. Ready, which is going to be happening which is our middle school advisory and our high school future ready. Those are consistent practice advisory period that happened at middle school and high school and will be working on having that those or have proposed a course at the high school level that will be titled Left that will help students develop leadership skills and have opportunity for leadership development to also address are concerned about all free periods are some of our students have. And so we're working on that course adoption right now. >> that in a future in this is something that they could and I were just talking about is how do we then take this framework in crosswalk it with our discipline matrix so that we are also teaching students that

018when they have an incident, which one of these core principles does that, does that indicate that they need support and then how do we target intervention specific to that year? >> We also are working in that look at building the skills. We also are thinking, how do we tie agency into that? So as you know, we are all in on student agency across all of our academic strategy. But it's the same with behaviors. Students have to take ownership of their behavior that school. And so we want to be able to measure and identified that students are growing in their sense of agency around the Other things that are coming due in. 26 27 is that with in our cysts are 16 information system empower school. We're going to have some updates on how behavior is

019reported right now. We just have a couple of high-level screenshots for you to see but will be training all administrator's office in And so what the big improvement is that we have, we heard a lot from teachers that they would do. teacher and office referral and then they would not know what the outcome was. They wouldn't know what actually happened in some now in this updated model, what happens is aced. teacher can create what is called an observation. And from that they then will be able to track the outcome of that Internet of observation. So that might lead to a reas office referral and that referral might lead to a suspension. They'll now be able to see everything in one place. So they're going to be 2 way communication between teacher and the administrator. Right

020now, our system is very clunky and that the teacher utilizes one side of the behavior reporting an administrator uses and so unless they're purposely looking, they don't necessarily get that alignment. And so now we'll have that alignment buildin. It will be better able to that. But building by building what outcomes what outcome is after make are class room observation in an incident, a referral. All right. And that goes live it will be going live It was I think within the next month it is to be line and then we'll be building out training. Our goal is to train principles July 27th then they'll be able to roll it out to their staff for the beginning of the school And then what's our ability to I see we have the training. >> For the teachers and

021the want to call her Yes, the name of the person who was name of the program behavior, leadership, behavior, leadership points, our ability add schools and to pilot for next year. >> Yes, so we have we build in some budget to support that work will going into next year. So we are looking at being able to, depending on the level of they were seeing, outcomes for Wilson that. And we'll see which model is the most effective and based on that will add additional schools that are showing their data is showing that they need the most support. And so the pledge, it says another 6 schools are a Sorry another. Another 4 schools great. So provide that as of Mars which for schools will be him as we disaggregate the to see where's the best place

022that make is. >> All sealed your dress line because I know as well as well. Megan, we're super appreciative the board on the focus on this continued effort on how it is. are are able to educate and to remove some of the distractions that exist in those spaces. Many and so for the people watching and for us to share anybody who can take the time to send a screen shot or a text to a board member that says getting the support that they need. Please send me that screen shot as well as Deirdre as well as make. we will have a response to you and to your school within 24 hours, non retribution I don't want to single teacher out there to say I don't know how to use that your system or that system

023doesn't make sense to me because I've been here for 15 years whatever system you have, they still come back with a lollipop. I want this to be the last lollipop that ever happens for the district. So if you're not getting support of story and the you can e-mail came out your drive. You can e-mail made we will get there and we will get a team there to make sure that everybody's on board with new opportunities and new or existing measures to ensure that our teachers are given the time and the space to be able to educate kids as they've been And then we're open for questions. Just want just let aunt you're saying that there is a reduction in exclusionary, discipline practices. That was one of >> Earlier slide. Does that mean there's no accountability

024for kids are misbehaving? >> No, that that's not what that means. And so exclusionary discipline was a say that was what we found at saving particular. And so what was happening is instead of using exclusionary discipline, they were using what they're calling the opportunities. And so that might look like a student, not earning not being able to attend lunch with peers and maybe they're working on the scale that they that they demonstrate they could not demonstrate my classroom. It looks a little different in terms of what that is. And it's not immediate consequence. And so when the cut after are in group was there, they had a reduction in exclusionary discipline. I don't have the numbers in front of district was still very high and exclusionary discipline when it comes to suspend out of school

025suspensions. We haven't seen overall reduction reduction number. So when when a kid is misbehaving in a particular classroom and there asked to leave the classroom and they go to the office. What happens? >> because there are plenty of times that kids would come back and they just want like them. The world. And that's a problem because kids aren't. I don't say forced but encouraged are taught how to actually apologize to another human being. Namely their teacher and quite frankly, the if their home, their class hostage, is that part of the main that has to part of that somewhere? that is a big piece of the accountability and talking to jet Hafer is the consultant that we're working closely with with the Consulting group. And that's one of key pieces that he in a stranger's on.

026What does that? How you look like? Not just for the student but for the other individuals in the room that were impacted because you're absolutely right. The student back from going to the office and it looks like nothing happened. And then you know that I mean, know we always use a live public example but we want to make sure that there is actually something that that student learned during make that then will >> Make understand that that's one of the that's acceptable. And so that is part of the training that is part working closely with administrators but also even prior to that happening, how are weighing house and teacher handling it in the home and talk to de-escalate situation quickly to use it so that they can keep teaching in that moment. And then the

027principal can deal with that after the class is So that because we want to avoid that student leaving a learning environment at all costs. That's our ultimate goal for all students. And they would be in that classroom. Now, obviously there are safety concerns and their extreme behaviors that would result in a very good point and consequence and that's part of the training that we've seen on be successful. been is that administrators are learning how quickly diffuse the situation, but teacher behaviors so that the student can ensure So so you serious type behavior. That's my next question. I'll let it go. What about egregious behaviors? I mean, we've got kids elementary schools that are throwing and chairs. >> Physically harming their teachers were we did I mean And I'm hearing that entire place S to leave.

028think the single kid do whatever is going to do and then the teachers forced to clean up after that. Once he settles down, that can't happen. Yes. So that's the unacceptable nature of how things are being communicated. If that's happening, I need to know that. >> You know what I saw that that happened last year at an undisclosed school, which I found to a sack. went over with the team and did an assessment. It was way too late for me as a superintendent for to be engaged and that school we lost dozens of families because you cannot undo week's worth of you as a rule by child. Leave the room and go to your own work somewhere else. While we're trying to Now, I want to be clear and sometimes a safety call will I

029have to actually get people out of the space to actually we got the to be able to put that type of restraint, 7 or challenges that happened with the norm cannot be children leave and an issue that we should be able handle to Avery tradition here, you're talking about a traditional thing, which is a family as a social studies, teacher said need to March about down the office and go talk to Prince Will Smith. then there's a closed When my call is that student comes back and safe free and apologizing student or waits till after class poor there in normal that we're able to close. I never want say technologies kind of saw I do think we have a much cleaner reporting mechanism that will close the South that will help us find those caps

030and this commitment that if you're feeling upside underclass, let us come in there early as possible to help get that straightened out. can't be with And I know you're getting that information and I'm That's the breakdown that house the stuff so that I would like to underscore. And once I don't know what Cameron whatever. Oh, look at want teachers to really pay attention to this and teachers that are here and staff that are Mr. Gaal says contact him. He means it. >> And if he says he's going to take care of it, he's going to take care of it. But we can't do it if we don't so I just want underscore that, okay. Please call they don't want to call of the preventing called This is the also this is our commitment as a

031department. >> I think that this is. What you're describing something we really need to understand. truly is happening and to make sure that we have the right supports in place. In addition all of the things we have for tier one, we have in our system, behavioral interventions for that are highly trained in how to support and those unique situations. And so as the meeting, but the tears, we have more and more intense support. And sometimes I think we assumed that we don't have the right people in 2 just helps all because the problem is so challenging. But I assure you we so we want to know want to be able to help soon as possible and certainly underscored no retribution, no retaliation off. We are here to help teachers to be able to teach kids

032absolute tyranny It's why the board went with the ABC's last So I appreciate the work. I want to know way for questions for a close up. >> Thank you. to questions the can you briefly explain what the who the student success facilitators are that you mention? >> Helping school counselors So on student success, facilitators individuals that have background in either school counseling, school, social worker or behavioral intervention. And so they are facilitators, meaning that their exact role there. >> they work a longer contract that they are assigned to an area. So just with they work closely Carroll's team. And so they work with the academic director. And so they have area. So we have in the Northeast. That's Chris brand in the West. We have Sarah Tesler in the Central. We have Sarah and then

033I'm not the Frances in the southeast. And so they worked really closely, not just with the counselors, but with the principles on building out systems. So their work is primarily with behavioral supports behavior, attendance and So that's really their big buckets of So they have those buildings supporting pretty Okay. >> And with that, you with the design of that have we looked at if you look at the progressive Discipline, Matrix is your team. >> Are department has looked at our needs to be reviewing means the company brought to the board daters. >> We will reviewing it has made incomes on board. I think that's a space that we really need her in putting it on. As we start to look at that this summer, that will be on our priority list for in terms of

034the The Matrix minutes I think what the feedback we've gotten from principals of that while it's it's out there and it exists, it can challenging for them to interpret make sure it's that we will look at that. This may suggest that you've reached out to some successful Dean's turnaround behavior. Yes, as you are looking at nation. 3 quick I would say over the last couple of months, I heard a lot of complaints about some schools, but now I've heard positive feedback he's on a mission training group. >> And so some of the treasures that were really stressed out or saying that that's working. So I don't know exactly what it is. Could you tell us? I didn't highlight about that. So where they talk about the behavior, leadership, trainings and that you're probably it's yeah,

035I think it's that's it's the same group that we've been talking about. So we had the one-day training which gave hands-on strategies for teachers. >> And then say that in Wilson, we've had a lot of embedded coaching consulting support for those 2 schools. I'm still getting a lot of complaints about coach soccer over there. So I happened run into teachers all the time. And they're still saying they need a little bit more help invited them came come meetings and the feedback I get from multiple schools is I can't because of it will be retribution even though we just covered that. Just want to cover it again today. So I can speak out, I do a job and it really just want to highlight where that's not going to happen, right? Please come to or we

036don't know. We don't know about all the chair, Donnie and things like that. The second thing to make it pay for the PD in the right now that no, we do not have payment. There are some schools that through I can't think of that. They have a step instability going to be using some of that those extra days. So they're not pay, but they can use it for incremental credit so they can use that once they're OK growth. So incentive to come on the 15, 16, 17 is by school. Well, it's they everyone is eligible for income credit if they're not getting paid to be And encourage more people incentivized come to And so the pilot schools that's on our time. And so people are the idea of professional development in the summertime is an

037area that the district has been thinking differently about If you take the trainings that the district believe get a better return on investment does accelerate and your we do compensate for those continuation credits and all work with your drought to make sure that we find a way that that's out high particularly because it's very important the stability of environment. >> And is it a long list? Those on go, the haul. That's something that pilot program is that a few elementary schools, middle schools and high schools for you that's on the for next year. We're going on board for additional schools. And we're waiting to see what that data comes back for the end of this year see which schools would be the best that it covers elementary, middle and high schools. We have a cross

038section, OK, we don't have a high school in the current portfolio. >> But interested to see if the data recognize that we should do that, OK? And then lastly, you told me this before, but I love to be involved with a list. Yes, the program, the language. Who is So that would be myself and it will be working at the summer so we can talk through how that would be best to kind Calabria. Thank you write the equation for >> so anywhere in the preliminary process and will eventually we'll get to a place where a teacher knows exactly how to get the support they need. They're seeing these behaviors and calm. >> Yeah, I yeah. In general of there's a process of the school for every school that's not of this anything new. I think

039what we're saying is that if they are not feeling comfortable with how it's being handled at the school to reach out directly to us so that we can help support. But there is a process within the school where they can make a referral. They have. We have counselors. We have the student success facilitators. We have a variety of supports at the school level, which is their first line of And there's one thing mentioned >> Part of this program then having coaching is help setting classroom for positive experience What is Yes, a lot of that based on that relationship building. And so one of the first day of the training is talking to teachers about how to set up a classroom environment that is welcoming to students. And so it is about setting so very similar

040to work with I he an agency where students sitting teams, but then it takes it a step further with a team gets to institute a team name and then they start building culture around that team. Name the classroom has a team name and then you might have student workers within your classroom that have really specific jobs. >> so it's setting up that culture so that they experience in the classroom feels very much like a family where you are part of a bigger picture. And so your behaviors and your actions are accountable to everyone in the group. And so that's really what that idea is in its to its really helping teachers to understand the importance of that. Sometimes I think we overlook how important, even simple things like eye contact handshaking and having knowing every

041student in every isn't. So it's creating that type of positive student experience elementary for both lunch. this is goes for all levels, the training addresses all levels. >> I guess the question I investment. Because it's going to spin and the number-three. We're going look like her conclusions discipline. Yes, weaker link on yes we have. We currently have a every state reportable behavior then it has a recommended consequence for So, for example, it will say, you know, whatever their fences, if it's a marijuana, a violation. This is what the consequences. So it's just a matrix that is presented in trained on at the beginning of the year with all principals. And then for principal has a question they called to the student services office they can walk them through what that with application of that Matrix

042looks like he's part of chance do so we will be updated within the software in terms of how we have dropped down. So might say these is the behavior in this is what that recommended consequences are. But it also lives in an external well. >> And I know you guys talked about Social has so and safety that you or not. What is I guess the ratio of kids. has more than What is mission to suspension? Expulsion from the skins continue to a great question. I don't have that number. cold. can get that for you. >> we can include a suspension and expulsion summary the of the year Mars. >> want make sure other questions from the just start point. What was name of the program say that? Behavior? Leadership leadership what do we do with

043kids with disabilities? >> Students with disabilities are supported in the Tier One framework like all students. And so every staff member season, including special education, teachers, went through the same training. So that would be the process. Students with disabilities can be disciplined at the as students without disabilities up to up to 10 days. And then 10 days to process change is a slightly for students with disabilities, but the training and the expectations of the same across the board Does that change with students thank that students with IPS students with disabilities at the same you you can treat student with a disability up 10 days. Exactly the same. And then once you get that 10 day, Mark, you have to at the station and think about whether or not relate to their disability potentially write a

044new IP go through that process. And you know that we didn't talk about some specifically to It's to be lot of agreement for president. Yeah. There are still challenges. Kids will find ways around. What I will say is that all don't have are a lot of cellphone violations the classroom. >> I think it's pretty easy to Paul. Any backpack and find the Yondr pouch with a last year's version of a cell phone in with the active cell phone stolen backpack and the kid is finding a way their way to the bathroom or in between a class, they get off that one Instagram update that they have to do what really is a lot of a decrease in teachers saying I don't have contact with my kids. Kids definitely know. And so we will purchase again.

045A new series of Yondr Pouches. This is the cost of being in this business. But what we're seeing is the deterrence of the policy itself is protecting instructional time. And so you'll see as soon as the kid leaves the building they are right there. But inside the building and every once in a while, you'll find that, you know, apparently obviously I'm not the fashion Your buds and headphones are part of a fashion decor. But the expectation is even though you look super in your your your kids or your doctor. Great. >> Headphones. They got we've big decrease in hearing from the schools that they're not in control of instructional time, which is really what the goal was that that if you go into some of the buildings, the letter was loud. Thanks. Kids are chatting

046and you'll hear somebody every once in a while or see someone pass a And so, you know, it's fun to see a teacher said you want to share that with the class would be great if we had technology that you could share a snap chat with the class. But technology is not there. And so back to a basic says we need your attention. We're here for Cell phones are part of all of our lives. We all have a device in front of us right now. So we're not trying take kids out of the 21st century. We're actually trying air them for the 21st century and we're excited for the time where we can get into spaces where some of our technology can really take advantage of the ways that kids can community. I think, you

047finish my soapbox it for the chance with Again, people that listen to things I'd love to find the technology partner who wants to use technology to increase the quality of the learning environments. That's just not where the technology sector is gone. It is for grabbing children's attention to get time on screen because that is the way that that our cause. That's or conversion is the amount of time that he could spend on the platform is the way that they get their money from all these platforms. Don't have subscriptions. So if you get 90% of the kids time you went, I would love is for those companies to say convert half of that time in 2, Do space that you walk into classroom. And yesterday's exit question, uh, your cell phone and says the squared plus

048B squared equals and every kid live action answers that we have 0 technology partners in the want do that. What they want to do is say come pay attention, Austin years, why? And so you're seeing a movement not just locally here, but across the country were a lot of school systems are saying we can't deliver on our mission with these things that are spinning in space. And then I think once we go to that I think the sector will come around Tulsa says how can we actually be added to your process, which would be great we can monitor every single student's backpack and it. And what Pakistan not actively using in the classroom? And but that's not all we can. >> That's the on it. Totally be by hitting in the middle of the school

049year. students You sing it in open and some of the staff where got a by. Putting ice on the students and walking away. Joel's I pressed again, if you see that brings me. I was in the building last year where I saw a staff member. Do the reward of you can use your cell phones during class? I need take the piece of paper off the wall in March and the administrator's office. I that's not happened and then that that was corrected. So, you know, 4500 employees, 23,000 students, what I believe that you will see, you know, when you go into the middle high school as kids paying attention to their teachers and now maybe like I said, we have to tell them to not joke with each other or pass notes, which would great to

050have make those >> All right. this kind of close us off here and don't have any questions, but I just want to underscore something that vice president said, which is. >> This board has pretty consistently. the learning environment is very important to us and we are unwilling to sacrifice the education of students to a handful of students who have, you know, unruly or behavior issues and again, being agnostic to the cause of issues because well aware that, you know, we have cuts from broken homes. We have kids who are homeless, like I understand that there are challenges that that our kids are also trying to work through. But Paramount has to be the quality of education in the classroom So I just want to underscore for any teachers that are listening. The board has your

051back on this So thank you very much for your As is the superintendent and I want to thank board. Members have been very this is to me, one of those really good partnerships between district administration and the board. Several board members have leaned into drive some of these policies to actually some of these programs. >> This is a pilot program was not found by us. It was found by board member. So we do appreciate that. And I really appreciate internally. The movement to a better accounting system, it's great that it's with our Carl's school partner, this vision of all his data coming together will help inform that kids don't fall through the cracks and it will make it easier to answer questions of what is the correlation between the number of times that are on

052that slide before these 2 suspension. And potentially explosive. So. All right. Thank you so much. 6 very Thank you. >> moving on the next item that we have for our work session here is preliminary budgets. Development assumptions proposed budget for next fiscal year. >> You're going to be helped say this to the community as well. You're going to be hearing a lot about the budget because we have this conversation. We have a large number of things up for not action later in the evening our special meeting, there will be to patient information. That's OK, every teacher knows that's actually desirable in certain ways. But this is kind of the first major time are starting to workshop some of these ideas in public session. And so with no further turned over to superintendent, yeah, I'm going

053to turn right over to Doctor Comfort. I couldn't be prouder of the proposed budget, especially with fickle I want others about Edward R with how difficult it's been to get extra money out of the state in order to support the efforts of not just our district for many districts. I think this is landed as well as possibly can for district 11 given inconsistency and state turn over to Dr Good evening Excited to bring the proposed budget. As you know, the entire budget is That will that will stay up. >> Take probably about that. But we will talking more specifically about I later want to stay pretty high level in terms of our budget, bill priorities. You all seen this before. These have remained consistent new money to compensation prioritize schools. >> Move from 60 to

05470% instruction. I will say when we made that 60, the 70's percent comments we rounded, show you some data and a little bit that shows we really are on a good upper trend as to where that stands. But strategy remains the Where do we allocate new money as the superintendent said, well, it was not as difficult as what we heard of for a couple of months. We're still not talking about a lot of money from the state when you take into account transfers and all of those things we're really looking at about 4.8 million dollars. I know to an outside community member that sounds like a lot of money. But again, with the 4,000 employees and 23,000 students, 4.8 million dollars does not go a long way. So then we really rely on how do

055we realigned existing resources and then when we need to reduce, where do we reduce and how we do that that it does or that the tenants of this budget goes well. Before we dig in. This has been a I think that conversation in the community and I wanted to bring it obviously, as we're talking about budgets, we really think about budget into primary categories. One is what's our recurring allocation? What's How much do we kind of over day-to-day operations that are not one time and then we also think about one-time money. There's a number of terms for that fund owns contingency. lot of a lot of terms for and what you'll see is historically this district maintained a rather conservative fund balance. If you see that light blue line on the bottom, that's actually what

056board policy requires that we hold in contingency 4% of the as you'll see, even as far back as 2018 my predecessor and the superintendent predecessor were leading the district, they were carrying a contingency of about 40 million dollars. That was much higher than expected or required 18 to 19 million cost. Then we went through massive saving event and the district because of the pandemic. Couple of things happened in the pandemic. We got a lot of money through We got 94 million dollars across all 3 s obviously when you get 94 million dollars, it starts paying for some things that your general fund would typically pay for. We also went through a lot of vacancies. That was a time when nationally school district school districts were seen large number of staff attrition. And so we were

057saving a lot of money that was not being spent that year. And so the crew that fund balance all the way up to north of 120 million dollars at its peak. To the saver. That sounds like a really great thing, right? We tripled our savings account over a couple of years. But remember every dollar that since and that contingency is not directly going to impact the kit. And so we have with an been spending down that fund balance over the past 3 fiscal years. And we will continue that into next What you'll see is we are still sitting at 75 million dollars of the contingency that is still well. Well, well above nearly triple of what board policy requires. never doing that again. I we were doing that in a way that makes sense. This

058is also the largest opportunity the board has to provide one-time compensation. That's where this money comes from. But if you only look at this graph over the last 3 years, it looks like we are spending it a way that we haven't before. Well, when you look at the full picture, that's actually not true, OK? So when we talk about the budget and we talk about contingency non-recurring resources later on, I just want to remind you, we're still in a very healthy position for worsening with our phones. As as I said, when we were building this budgets where we allocate new money where we allocated existing money and when we need to reduce where we reduce, this is our current staffing rates to include proposed fy 27. And so these are 2 really clear deaths. You'll

059see that we were high in central Office staffing back in the 22 23 school year. That was pretty consistent with the decade before that. But that was because getting out of the pandemic. There are lots of positions across all of public education. And so as we've been looking to prioritize, schools provide the most compensation we can. We have been going through a large right-sizing. Process that continue this Well, I will say clearly is that's not a forever strategy for us, we are getting of leaving in a really good way as most central office should be doing. But that's not a forever strategy for us. We also see a school staffing levels of state. Very consistent. In fact, Now that's intentional. This board and the superintendent requested and demanded that we protect school-based resources as much

060as humanly possible. We've done that. And you're now seeing the benefits move to save face. as principals have more autonomy in their communities have more autonomy worse than their budget. They're now making decisions about staffing over programmatic budgets. Also, they will run into their if they don't address overall moment. They will also at some point have to look at staffing. But that freedom that we have given schools in order of where they all get the resources showing up in terms of what they view as their priority, which is keeping their staff out about the same rate as possible. And so again, you'll see very clear and consistent trends over the last 3 fiscal years, right size and we keep school resources consistent as possible. After this budget year order to approve this budget, we will

061have a crew, 10 million dollars in central savings over the last 3 fiscal years. Now over 350 million dollar budget. doesn't move those percentages as much as I wanted to move. But like that's real And that's real happening in our schools. Secondly, your daughters and just to to go segment. to try to put that number, at least some context. I read a news article, Boulder Valley School District is larger than we are struggling to execute a 1 million dollar cut to administration. So 10, even if it doesn't move the percentages. >> In the both sides of the budget that we have, pretty substantial for what school districts are able to pull off. >> Yeah, and I will forecast most school districts will will follow our city now that we have been historically dealing with declining

062enrollment. Now we are in a new position over the last couple of years. Now declining enrollment is a narrative across every school district. And so everybody is now going to be confronted with what we have been doing over the last 3 or 4 years. Now, I'm not saying they will make the same decisions that we made. In fact, most school districts are doing what school districts have historically done, which once the budget on school staffing formulas. we have painted a pathway that says it is possible. comes with the some challenge, but it is possible if you want to really change how your resources are okay. Back previous life, the school staffing levels, gas our team in-school talks. That's correct. And it's all school staff. So it's not just teachers. It's the S p principles. level

063is not increasing because we had a couple of That's that's correct. So back to one of the points on the on the slide, which is the move that to 67. We actually at 60. We use that as kind of a a quick turn of phrase. What you'll see is that historically we set about 55 to 56% again for the story from before. When I review the budget of 2 in 2006 and this district, 56 6% spending. When I reviewed the budget 2022, we're at 56% of our spent on instruction. And so we have been working very meticulously to improve that. We are up now to almost 61%. Remember every percent that we change is a 3 and a half million dollar change. An allocation. I was at that size. What I will say as and

064we'll talk about this later in terms some of the requests. One of the one of the issues that is holding us back right now is a 3rd of our budget is currently an elephant. right now, if you remember Pcg came in to report on know, they said you're actually 60 40 operations to instruction. And so when we can't we have a mechanism where we have not historically change held in the low funds are distributed. doesn't limit our ability to really change that you know, more expedient But it's not just the one category of instruction. And so now this is looking at what I kind of call the Big 4 so instruction as a budget category. There's also a budget category for instructional support. Those are things like paraprofessionals counselors, community liaison to these are all

065school focused resources. When you include all that, you'll see that we went from 74% of our budget back in 2020 to almost 82% of our budget. So when you have those other categories because are a resource alignment has not just been in the category of instruction. It's been again, making sure that schools continue to have the social emotional resources that they need, that a pupil services as that special education services that preschool services are actually increasing. And so it's just another way to look at our graph in terms of how we've been changing, how many spent know what you would see if you look at the other categories of our budget, Central Administration, business administration operations and maintenance, you're going to see their line trend down kind equal weight to how that line is trending.

066As I said, we are expecting about 4.8 million dollars of new money from the SFA. What I there is actually the current cost of compensation across what we would typically consider our And so what you'll see is Justin, kind of that recurring compensation in terms of steps or steps in place for teachers. That's 4.6 million dollars by itself. On top of that as the board knows, you approved a higher cost of benefits that the board took on the lion share of a 3 million dollars. And so when you think about going up 4.8 million dollars. And if we wanted to do step some lanes and one percent for every employee and 6.3 million dollars, you add that to benefits were at 9.3 million dollars. Well, you get from 4.8 to 9.3 You have to reallocate

067reviews. And so that's again, what what this budget that's just to get steps to one percent Again, it's not it is not. think these numbers are high for our community to understand that it's that much for one percent because it just doesn't feel or sound like a lot. But when you think about the employee size that we all of it, it's quite a bit. My steps. and so usually 2%, they are roughly. There's some that are a little more some that are a little less. But that's kind of the the average is about 2%. So let's look at this again over time when we look at what kind of resource that we got from the state versus how much should we given in refining company station? How much should we given and non-recurring compensation and

068then what was the benefit cost that year to the district and what you'll see is this will be the 4th or 5th consecutive year where we have given more in compensation and benefits. Then we have received in new money from the state. And so again Fy 27. You'll see that again. We're expecting 4.8 million dollars compensation plan. show you in just a little We'll roughly 6 million dollars in recurring compensation, 50 million dollars in non-recurring compensation. And then that 3 million dollars a little more than 3 million dollars in the district cost of the benefit increase. I do want you want to highlight that the district share. That is not what most school districts regionally have done because everybody was confronted with really sizable premium increases. Most school districts did not opt to keep the

069ratios the same. Now, remember, the love ratios are already our employee versus district shares already better than what happens regionally. And the board made the decision to continue with that in the next year. And that came at a higher cost. And so if you're looking at kind logistical, you're like, OK, look, they're giving a little less in recurring compensation they took on a one and a half million dollar increase in terms of the veterans pass this year. And then down at the bottom. I want to show a compensation comparison. When you look at both recurring and non-recurring compensation, if you look at Fy 18 fy, 22 the district, but 51 million dollars towards employee compensation. This is across all employers to include recurring number for. next 4 years. So fy 23 through Fy 27 or

070808 million dollars. Right? So this is a very significant change how the district used compensations. Now we've been able to do that again because we've had that large fund balance that we've been working to spend down back to a reasonable place. If we don't have that fund balance, we don't. We can't do. 20 year 15 million dollars non-recurring compensation. Okay. So that's going to be the continue thing that we balance and for years how much you non-recurring money are we approving versus how much do we want to provide in non-recurring compensation? But I think I mean, again, we more than doubled the total compensation over the last 4 fiscal years when compared to the previous work. That's phenomenal. Okay. And then Melissa this is going to bring up our proposal for employee compensation this year.

071No, this is not a fishel or approved until the board officially approves the budget. But we are hoping that tonight we will hear support for this plan so that we can start to communicate with our employees. What they can expect. We will clearly communicate that it is pending board approval. But we do want to get information out as early as we can because I don't know if the board is receiving e-mails, but I'm definitely received a new nose right now was out with our compensation going to And so here's what we bring to to last not are last night. Last year, we change how we view employee compensation from just employee groups to who is doing the work closest to the primary function of the school district, which is teaching And so we created the

072separate groups last year is basically our teaching that's classroom teachers, that special teachers, that P's. That's counselors. I want to forget that our teachers Group B is also other school bay staff office staff paraprofessionals All of those other school-based facility school, a stop and then group C is what we would typically refer to central office. And so we established a new methodology last year for how we pay, which is the closer you are to the core work. Not not the larger your overall compensation is, but the larger your recurring compensation because that's always most appreciated from our staff. so we did our best in a in one challenging budget year this year to again, repeat that. And so what presenting is a 10% overall compensation increase for group A that's 3% recurring. So that's basically

073stepson mines and one percent to the base and 7% nonrecurring. That is the same thing for Group B. So all school Bay staff receive the same compensation increases. And then for central office were saying basically steps no increase to the base and then 8% You'll see for teachers. That's roughly way to about $4500 to $7500 more in compensation next year. I feel very confident in saying this total compensation package will I don't see anybody else of being able to compete with the total compensation. Not that presenting. And then I believe Page 2. Is a reminder of benefits. We will have all of the crosswalks and reminders to our community clearly so that they understand all of the benefits. But we did want to explicitly call out that 3 million Dollar district funding increase. Again. The

074board could lead in to what we're used to paying 1 million to one and a half million benefits costs. And so we want to shed some of that cost and your employees, you guys decided to take the lion's share it. So we want to make sure in Colorado. It was like I'm about to letter. Real quick before I close for questions. I do want to go back a couple of slides and just speak to another one of our overall strategy As we think about. Our budget and and kind of enrollment. It's really important to understand what the portfolio model has brought to the district terms of financial stability. With district. The board and superintendent made a decision to move to a portfolio strategy a number of years ago. If you recall, our district has been

075in declining enrollment or was in decline on that for about 25 consecutive years. And so there are obviously many challenges of being in declining enrollment. But one of one of the other elements to consider is this funding that existed from the state called the crying average. And so this is the state saying we're going to look at what used to be 5 years. We're gonna look at your past 5 years of enrollment and we're going to give you the average of those 5 years. And so it really softens the blow for districts that are declining. In fact, our last year on the crying enrollment. And if you're in Fy, 23, we were funded for 1000 students that we did not have in our schools. Okay. And when you think about 1000 students at that per

076pupil, this district received 11 11.5 million dollars in Fy 20. this is a in additional funding because of declining Students prefer not students who are in our district the year before. Almost 18 million dollars the year before that. for giant sums of money. I would venture to say I haven't done the data analysis. I would venture to say District 11 was the largest benefactor of declining enrollment average in the state Colorado over its history. If you look at the last 10 years, it was 100 million dollars. And so we were confronted with the challenge of getting out of declining enrollment We did that at the same time as we were coming out of the what was called the If you remember, that was the same time we moved to a different financial model in terms

077of how the budget and we were able to identify over 100 positions of efficiency across our district. These are positions that were budgeted never posted, never hired. And so we were able to get out of Sir Cliff and Alma and declining enrollment average without really feeling the impact of a 10 million dollar decrease in front. That's a hard thing to to lose. 10 million dollars is a lot of my had. We not And now the state moved to for years and now 3 years we would be confronted with a multi-million dollar reduction in from because now they're not taking the average of the last 5. They're taking the average of the last as average of the last 3 is lower, smaller and it will be than the average of the last 5. And we're going

078use that money every year. The state changes that if you're in, if you're too, if you count on declining enrollment average. You're going to be at risk for large budget reductions. This is what number a number of school districts across Colorado are now face because they become reliant just like we worked. It become reliant on that front. And so the decision to get out of the climate Rome and funding when we did has now given us the ability to say we got 4.8 million dollars, not the state is giving us 4.8 million dollars. But actually it's 1 million dollar because we've got to take out the declining enrollment move from 43 years. Declining enrollment averaging is on the way out. It will go away and so now our district is completely in control of our

079financial destiny because we're not reliant on that money. And so I just wanted to make sure the board was able to come here. Why that has? Well, it resulted in less money. A couple of years ago. That's now when we're able to do some of the things we're able to do in other districts are not because there's they're doing. That is a loss. We absorb that when we did. And now much more fiscally prudent because I believe that's the end of my my and hopefully a lot help us get out of thing. that's exactly I'll turn it over to the board for questions to just a few kind of things to clarify. So >> can can you pull up the proposed communication So we're we're gonna talk about budget when we kind of going on

080action, the special meeting just to kind of clarify the ask doctor comfort in the team would like to be able to start shopping around some of this information to staff is there's a lot of interest And so I'm not gonna do this in a work session because I asking for thumbs. And a work session is a little funky. We'll be going on action. I will be asking for thumbs to authorize Brandon to start sharing some of this information around again. will we will be very, very clear to foot stop. This is not a final decision. This is pending board approval. The board hasn't voted on this yet. Yes, but it was only passed on Friday to a certain extent like we're talking about right now, it's on camera. But, you nobody watches things so that

081I will so I'll be asking for thumbs later in the I'll turn it over to all questions. I have a lot you're deciding set for just 2 thumbs way up to the team. Going to sound like a broken record. Any of our regulars. This is all of this work is in direct response to stuff the board has asked I have said over and over that ground staff versus enrollment absolutely terrifying to see is a new war director fixing that keeping money close to schools, keeping compensation high to try attract and steal the best talent in the region. And those are all things that the board has asked Mike and Brendan to deliver on. And they have done so in states. And so 2 thumbs way up for me. I am extremely proud that we're able

082to. Again pending or offer this compensation package And I'm I share your confidence that nobody else is going to be able to access. So with that, I'll turn it over to questions to >> Reiterate what President Kerry just said and then Dr coverage remind the public many bonds we have left to still pay off. >> 0 online. Just read that carries the robot so we're we're in a debt free district, basically thank you. >> You're looking at me like, are you ready to to thing to Appreciate you and your team for their hard that you're doing. It. >> And this is So thank I don't know. the second I don't have any questions. I be that when we come to the not action portion of the agenda IMG. >> If you can go back a

083couple of slides. Along that same question when other that difference compensation. But Thank you. and when you look at the last 5 years, total compensation we have quite incorrect coming contact compensation and adds up to 180 million dollars. I would venture to guess doctors more than any surrounding school not only for upcoming fiscal by the last night, you expect not been part every single one of those protests fall so And Jason, that's what's that got When talk about. The being our number one spending being as close to classroom teacher sus possible. Even our staffing allocations reflect stuck. we don't have cuts of the peach and led the cops and Lightning got the better this happening at the center. make kudos to all of you for managing the budget in a responsible fiscally prudent When you

084look at something school districts, lot of them are open court that meeting fiscal emergencies and stuff like that and then having to figure out ways to cut the to staff who even islands that budget can be not doing any We have best as possible as a teaching positions that school, even though some of the schools could. Still be showing over, but the crimes on respective schools, trying to heating positions of those So thanks. All close with a friend and I individual. >> Sheekey taglines mine is and I'm always student achievement is access to quality instruction. And Brandon likes to say. Thank your pay for teachers with student in district 11 deserve the best teachers in the best teachers deserve. I stuff. >> All right. Thanks, friends, we'll see you Okay. The next item that we

085have agenda for the work session is a review of 40 organizations. This is something that we >> discussed briefly several months ago and then all on this one. It fell off my radar. I completely forgot to close the loop on last director of Treasury's and brought this to my I wouldn't turn it over to him in just a moment to frame the issue. But the the basic, the basic idea here is. We spends we have certain full of money to spend as a board various kind of professional development or professional organization, things of that nature. And one of the largest line items that, you know in our budget as a board is our cast the membership, which I think in particular is going something on the order $10,000 this And so the question is, we

086listen, I actually double checked the board operating procedures. And this actually, in theory is a conversation we ought to be having annually of, you know, rather than just kind of rolling it over every year. We should actually support deliver ways. That's still something we're finding now. And so this is the time to have that conversation. Then again, this is a work session. So we're not gonna make decisions here. So what I want weigh and say this. From the president's state here is whatever kind of the conversation tonight develops Joe and I will take that to agenda setting tomorrow and try to figure out how notice this for a vote at the next opportunity? It's a little bit light in the hypothetical world where we decide to not pay for a cast. The membership. It's a

087little bit. We're notice that, right? I move that we not spend money on a certain way. That's just a strange motion to make so will we will figure out how to handle from agenda setting we're going to need some kind of see how the conversation tonight goes before a turn overs. Jason, all just say personally, I don't have a lot of stake or opinion here. My intention is to let you all talk. I am a single board member who by far engages with these kinds of systems, the least. I have a full-time job at the Air Force. I-5 almost 6 kids my free time and time spent sleeping. So whatever, whatever you all want to do here is fine with with that, I'll turn it over to Jason. Most of what you put those 2

088things please all week and started. Yeah. Both you know both. Please, if you are my will start of the dues Task force website. One. >> So this was brought to the cast. business meeting in December of the annual Cosby Conference, which is help the Broadmoor towards the bottomless is probably most part. Information is first page here the sink. You. So one of the pieces here was that the drastic increase in costs and that for us with our. Portfolio of choice for schools. Ileana causes most drastic increase in cost because as you can see that second from the bottom paragraph, the task ♪ So the board reservation about including charter schools, membership members of district's total enrollment caught count. And then another ever going the seaside charter schools and just for the public. And they want

089see a siren. Just state-sponsored charter schools, not district sponsored watch, which is what we've been adopting over the past few years to not condemn in district's total enrollment count. The task force is basically saying that they're approving the change to have the recognition total population of our district include our traditional public schools, as well as our charter public Just reminder that their public schools, not private schools. So when you scroll down to the next page, Melissa. Out medical. So you just look for cars Springs, 11 towards bottom. There. You can because of our past year. And if you double click on cars, spring's most it line item that or maybe not. We went past that. Yeah. you sort for van there. But you can we went from $17,000 last year's dues now because of our

090population proposed violation of being almost 22,000. We're now going pay 26,043 so nearly $10,000 job because adopted for for choice for families. And so there are other. I had fun looking to this list. There's other districts that are see the small or districts are getting a cut to their cause, which great for them managed very small budgets having to make Mary at choices every year to make their budgets were for their communities. But if us that handful of others are having, you know, over $5,000 increases in an arc as we discover ships. And I think that the real kick kicker here is that charter schools like Thomas McLaren or like easy who's been are over 10 years. They don't get to go to cast. They have no membership benefits of cash, even though we as

09111th are paying an additional cost for them. So it really doesn't make I think that's my biggest. I wouldn't be bringing it up as such a large increase in cost. If it was like we could notice all of our charter schools and say, hey, guys, we take this for you as benefit, right? We'd like you you know, take heed to what has offers as far as policy reviews are. A lot of you are advocacy or whatever it is. know when you've got a growing public schools and and charge leases that are not able to use the benefit of Cosby. To me, it just seems. Like us little slap in the face. So so I would. I've been because conference great for networking. Great for, you know, finding vendors of things that maybe we haven't thought

092of as a board. Director. boy, scour the agenda every year of the convention for classes I can go to on how to improve student achievement. And it just doesn't seem to be their main focal point. And that's been my my main criticism to the point where I share this last night with you all. And I got e-mails from other cast members saying demick focus. We're going on slick. I would love to see that. You know, where that's been in the conventions because, you know, when Trump got elected was how help families future ice problems and immigrant families and, you know, whatever might be thinking, you know, other they are school resource are still 40% proficiency. Why don't we talk about that? Why don't we as directors talk about as a state that we stink, that

093we're helping all children learn and how can our and mentioned that our conferences you about that. And so that's my personal opinion. And so again, all I'm up for board vote. we vote to keep it great, I don't see the benefit keeping it on what we do. It And we don't. Our new this year and maybe maybe a lot of others used over And then we look at maybe cause he wakes up says and in the environment of tight fiscal budgets this year, which I don't know if we are proposing we're seeing that really in December yet or I think the owner of the COVID spending money was coming to an end, but nobody wants trim their waistline. Like all of us have our households. But I wonder if we don't drop out for and

094some other districts and the cause them to rethink maybe 10 readjust their their and their membership costs. But starting. that's it. I think one and you can correct me if I'm wrong about this. But one thing I think it's also worth emphasizing here is does need to be a board conversation. >> Because another kind of professional organizations are professional settings. You know, you can do things that excite interest. You. But Cosby does not offer individual memberships and so this is either something we enter into as a whole or we don't enter into it all the option of well, I don't get any value out of it. So I'm not spending my money that way. You know that Jason is going to conferences every other week like that's not that's not an option on the table

095So we did check. Yeah. This is almost $4,000 or board member for next year. So can you start before we kick it off? Can you just help put that in the context of the overall kind of discretionary allotment for the board percent? >> Listen, our where budgets this is over 10% of our budget. That accurate or to 20 years, something like that. We're trying to get under. >> I would not want to answer that question without being my eyes on I think it's somewhere around 10 13% of our budget. We want this new half and that range decent chunk of our budget For is something that could call them and something COVID just you counts for votes to an ankle rent. Okay. So rates are now going from? I think so. Because the 7 foot

0966,500 concerned about 9,005 and this is the enrollment. This is year. this is decision cats be changed their way of collecting based on student enrollment about as opposed to previously of the school district made the same >> Yes, and they are usually based on. So we go back to Page one, if you want, says indicating a preference for using student count as a method for canceling Cosby dues. government would change the way due a precinct as they did using the total program funding. And the calculation was like the process to a flat calculations based on student role. So yeah. Moving from one cancellation formula to this new So and includes are chargeable get. The biggest school districts are being impacted going district an art than the public schools that would Mesa County's huge increase. Yeah.

097his 2 if we were to but doing this. >> We have a chunk of money then left for the What we do with extra funding companies that student achievement. Well, if we don't. >> I mean, it's like watching was the office of Zone where he, you know, find the printer, the chair bonds. It's kind of like that, right? Like you do if we don't use it, it. But you know, or cut and are. But I mean, that was after did our budget cuts. So listen, I as I mentioned, first interview since we work through a 4% cut across our our board budget. Listen, I did you know one effort on the first round. So this just help with those cuts and they provide us, ability to put money back into each board record at the

098Biltmore as far as like a board that the cost. If you have your own personal things you want to go Maybe there's conference you want to attend are learning a >> Or you have higher court director budget if we don't have this cost and then we would still say the district, some mountain. >> And then it concerning his whereabouts of massive policy overall you are even beginning for people who give us some policy who's an alternative? You mention some other options. Yes, policy writing now. Yeah, that's the other attachment. Jason home budget for the board, including Valerie Differences to 47 on 9 occasions closer to 20 loss of 2 you remember that now all 7 of us are eligible for. >> A reimbursement if we decide. So that's why reimbursement Myra school visits and all

099things. There's 7 of us. not $900 in a month. competition for ground without, you the passed. Yes, this one how much that cost so this one of the board membership to $1000 for the So says 1000 and you know, it's I says they are very clear what laying there So if you most of you can zoom in on that top paragraph, you know, they that while there may be some overlap there, not a replacement for the many services provided by Cosby. So I'm not trying to say they're a perfect replacement whatsoever there an alternative and their focus is on educate children demand as rebutting all these policies in the next year. They off and that he's for $1000. They can offer some policy support. I would say that I went to a couple saying they're

100going to be our policy people. when I spoke with Dr X about this and first round I what future support nightly from Cassidy and he adds that we basically good to go with where we So virus not as well. we're going I think we're looking to add policies and, you know, go back over 400 and as you would be great for that. I think writing simple if were were sent. And then this is not like we can ever go back to castle. It's a it's a tight fiscal year. And, you see what other districts do. They have a lot of districts come out of it and go, you we have for this either. Maybe they just let me come back in the year to I don't know. I it is want to say the cost

101issue with a big increase. So it does offer individual yes. how many school districts are currently seamless? >> It's a handful their rent, relatively new organization. So there's 5 or 6 actual or memberships. And then there's I think. 70 years. So individual members. Around the state. >> Otis is charter school can do associate memberships. 100 year. >> Yeah. Looks Vs. >> has been we have charter schools with is a for national development that has to biased because there's not an option that and for one man. And then also that. >> If we want to pressure develop from has the to additional cost to have as we come out and up for us. So that members of does not give there were struggling in in or, you know, relational and it has a new board. Can

102you help come in and help, you know, transfer personnel skills, assurance, eczema dollars. So it's not that the measure doesn't give us everything from Cosby for free. used pay for PG E's we need help with there's this Still additional costs for us, which is something I >> I guess things looking say one in the numbers class. It seems like very selected membership into provides the rock, which was just with the can speak up along front. That's one cost. Do you think that's beneficial for us, Looking something like that instead of luck as it's just, know, be ripping the thing all at remember ship >> Yeah. I think the board membership would offer Like, like topic says they're not the same. You know, little overlap, but they're not going to be direct competition. There's another organization

103that might help. >> That's purpose. includes cast you know, it's a higher cost accuse you before. And it's it's instruction that you compare inches into the 1000 or 100. >> I our concern between 100,000 is comparison to the 26,000. We're facing. So like the benefits with being able to get that rain and that most other districts other board members present. >> summer to Class B, that is a good question. I was at one of their conferences in end of January. it was a great time not working. You know, good breakfast. Time with superintendents other other people that, again, I think that the main difference I saw was that all the classes were on construction. You know, purposeful curriculum, you know, and our time here minutes. But it just seemed like it was more of we

104need help kids learn. That's why they're coming to us. >> There's no bus and auditorium purchase. No, no buses, no, no vendor, you and they're Reena, you know, trying to then for your business and give you stuff. It was just how do we help I directive from the top what schools investment this program. I know. >> Classes one of the program, the Along >> Maybe 2 or 3 years, maybe 2 think about probably should keep distance effect on physician. That Yeah. Talk about Caspian. Then that that we need not come I think in particular this sea has the option of individual membership. is nice to her son with stake in this. It would seem to me like question was, do we feel sufficient value on spending the money KATC and then later questioned 2 might

105be do we want to? Are interested in membership as a board for a different organization. But I I think the first one is what I want. So tonight. And I think, you know, looking forward, if people want have individual memberships and then come back to us at a later date and say, you know, I've been doing this for a year and it's great doing this for a year and it's actually not delivering on the value that was hoping for like that. I was part of deal, sent it to amazing job. my question is what training has anyone ever gone to his calves be outside of the top >> Anybody can go in the conference. Even non-members. To me, it would make sense to say that money the tightening of everybody's belts they were doing, especially

106if people can still attend. Cassidy member think it's just a little higher price than us. >> It does as a member, but it's too doesn't account for the $26,000 me. How much of the we using the conference still after that causes still pay to go to the conference as direct on top of its like 7 foot, something on that. But maybe take >> This I would like to know there is a new push in the membership because we have. Regional delegates to has be and then we have. But don't because all polls and facing also just taking a look at them. School board budget as a uncomfortable making. The numbers is a cost of Plus of largest mine As he's been around since 1940, listening her. they do have. Close 200 school board members. there's

107a few different questions that I've got as far our school board, but whole where he can make cuts. What has he was providing? I change things We turn the conference kind of also is a candidate updates of the state will be up >> And 6 months expenses. >> Does anyone else have any other FOX? They want to share here I share my thoughts on top. I think every one of those conferences, a probable I find the first couple of years If I the first 2 or 3 think some of those classes, especially as pressure pretty helpful talking about the budget. right now, president even that, yeah, right now becomes motive after be notable for 6 years. And sometimes you and that's what the same process over and do it again. only a check on line

108for 6 time pro. So it just becomes more different thinking So it's so the source coming forward member. So I would defer go before first if they find value. But again, too, I think a piece for seems like if you want God and the conference you can still left in this and not that by providing the additional and the other supplements ask cause some policy help you I don't know we've used. some policy the first to plea for years, NBA nothing to policy debate. But looks like feedback we got from the district start defense of the policy with. Without central bank has been. So I'm more youthful on And that supposed coming. Board members if I can. So I want to make sure we stand schedule tonight. So how about this? I think there's I

109think there's sufficient interest and again, as per the operating procedures manual, something we really should have been doing. think there's sufficient interest for some kind of a formal decision. >> All talk with Jill tomorrow at agenda setting to figure out what makes as far as the motion is concerned, we'll do some kind problems you I think in the interim, if anyone has specific questions on, you know, okay. So what if this is a big line item in the board's budget? What are some of the other line items? What are you know, we're in the region were what are other school districts, you know, delegates thinking about your kind direct, some of those questions to Jayson Kent Pearson increased site. route how to put this on the agenda in some capacity. I think in the meantime,

110we have questions either on the overall budget or just hey, what is what are other districts thinking? I think we'll probably talk Jason, maybe as well I know. Most of you keep tabs with other board secretary. So you and I can if you've heard anything. >> things that at the end of the day, this is the Board of Education's money. whatever we find value spending on that's direct okay. Moving on shoo hour, our final item of the work session. Here update. >> So I believe intention here is to over kind of one final round of polling and then start to kind of try to hammer out potential next steps. But I will turn over Superintendent Paul. A further Good evening doctor conference back at the table. I see a lot of folks in the audience

111who taken time out of their busy evening. Some of our school leaders and is on >> We really have 3 goals here this evening. One is to give you an update on the latest polling data that closed out. I Director Great to talk parliament has reportedly is on this space to the Bon. Secondly, to hear a little bit on from our from our as our partners on how this process is felt and how it's going. Some momentum on our early statement giving all children in the city access to the best educational experience that they can get. And then 3 giving you all the time line of next steps there are a lot of moving pieces, lots of moving pieces, Dr Wise and I were with the government affairs, group at at the Economic Chamber downtown.

112And she's due to present to the larger chamber next week. All these are predicated on a decision by the board. so as you see, all these things to get our task was create a process that gives the board the right information at the right time for the board to make a decision. But we will continue on that process a process update that we hope you find informative and helps you get to a space for the board. Feels confident in decision on on 26 because we are de Dra comfort. >> All right. I want reiterate, we are going to basically exactly calls we're going We're going to flip. 2 steps were going over the next steps in UNCLOS with that with the bomb is on For our bond update. We did as the superintendent said to

113go through a another poll, this was the same polling firm the district used in our original Paul last June whenever that was. >> Here is the methodology that they provided. And terms of the sample size of the margin of error. super high level things, we will send the entire poll results to the border. We have given up. If we have that, we will send We will send that Here's how it kind of went additional 54. Yes, 13, 0 60, not sure. After they got the informed which basically says you're the projects we want to do, it jumped up to 58. 29 30. If you remember our previous ball that we talked about just a couple weeks ago, also had 58% approval rate. So I think we're regardless of how or who we ask we're hearing

114about the same thing from the community, which is just under 60% of the community seems to be really on board with with this concept. One of the questions here was like whether or not this information makes you more or less likely to support the proposed bond. So like, again, what were the potential projects or concepts that were compelling workforce development? We're kind of our CTE spaces was a poll that very high and those are things like every single one of our high schools is going to be doing a large CTE project as a part of their as a part their look different that each regional high school, but it will be a big part of what they Also our concept of free up money to pay teachers. More whole really well. The community really love

115that concept. And so that was really our first time asking the community we've done that informally. But it was our first time putting it in that in the poll to see how do you know that kind of read again? And came back really strong. And then also these are all above 60% terms of their support. Investment reduces deferred maintenance costs. And this is basically this is only going to get more expensive. And so we should do these projects. And so those are kind rough pulling results again, bills and for the full poll that we just wanted to highlight ways, which is supporter is the same as we heard a couple weeks ago and even the project list, these are the same types of projects we in our previous post terms of next steps, we are

116currently in an agreement underwriter RBC. That is the firm that our district has used most. If not all of our previous bond attempts as well as successful There also are financial underwriter for COPD. And so we will bring that for to sit with the board in a couple of weeks to actually go through the financial structure. We've talked about possibilities and kind of estimates, but they'll sit down and really say this means this means this. Also we will go through a finalization of project lists. now if you go to the District Bond you'll be able to see the projects that are available that were selected for every school community. I'm excited here with that. We as adults say about that like and we will kind of start our work on final ballot language. Our district

117is also now under agreement with our Bond Council. Can Crawford that to our district and almost every other district uses anytime it's it's a bond initiative. So she'll come in and help us make we precise and we're communicating all the right And then depending on the board we would we would bring that to a board on on a specific time before I invite the on the A's on any questions I can answer either on the general or on our next steps. Once those projects are chosen, you cannot change, correct? That's correct. But once the ballot language is finalizing look at that tonight and just be like. >> Can't do another one of those. I've been in the building that doesn't work. So what you see right now is not final. This is just what the

118schools and their communities have decided that they thought would be in the best interest of their school. There. Yes, once the ballot language finalized and you're I'm certain through oversight committees. There are if you find out that sun shades, cause cancer and we're going to a million dollars of a sun shades. Then you can go through a process to make changes would generally speaking once you're locked and loaded, that's what Yes, that there is a fairly detailed process. If you were to abandon the project that you have to go go through. >> That not something we're intending to do it to the superintendents point circumstances directed that we go through that whole process to make sure we're spending money >> If you say >> proposed project list is now on the D 11 conference. I

119think it's not it will I can't find the right now that may be a skillet Shaw. we did. We did. We did share all of the project list with schools. They are actively reviewing them right now to make sure we didn't miss quarter any of their projects or even spell anything wrong. We did on one page or call us even And so, you know, we're trying to clean up all of those things, but it will be visible very, very sure that just be like computer. But when you go our website pictures of I'm happy to take a feels like computer saying The pictures are coming to us from the >> Well, yeah. There's a lot excitement. Any other questions I can answer yes, I know your last blast parents and that was one track one

120term, which is what I just come with. changes throughout. >> The point that switched into a workforce I don't think those things change. We asked the question a little differently. We as specific. >> If you remember last fall, it was very specific language. There are like 30 that it was. It was a little less specific, a little more categorical. And I even and you'll see this when I showed the ball. I've condensed the language just for for remedy. >> But largely we heard the same thing which is fix the things that need to be fixed, especially if they're not cost us a lot more earlier. And we want to that there's a there's a district. 11 is improving. District 11 has a great need for these facilities and we want to make sure that some

121of these projects are actually going to change how teaching and learning happens. That's where really that workforce development, CTE program and I think is really compelling for parts of our us to have this. Can you explain for the trial just like us like >> investment money as does pass without public and I do want focus on is more of an investment. But I also know we talk about aging buildings have talking some say one person going to kind of turnoff for them to line. And that's He saying you can go. That's reason why coming down skates and could tell them that I think that's let me start with your. Can you repeat your first question? I apologize the judge is it's or and this is what will work through with the underwriter is what are

122the size of the destruction Our general premise right now is we're going to do as much as we can do in the first And the second tranche. >> There's going to be a little carry over into the 3rd charge that. 3rd tranche is largely going to be the repayment of the CO and so we're working now Is it a school is in one truck or is it one of their projects is in trucks run? One of the project says the trucks to so that they can kind of see a benefit throughout the kind of 7 a potential years. Now, that's not going to be possible for all schools. That's kind of our general consensus right Let's get as much as we can in the first and second charge against remembered. Actually, this will come up

123when we do the amended budget tonight. We have to be careful of is we don't ask for so much money that we can spend that week. Then we collecting interest. And so that's kind what what can this community handle in terms of project scope and size and in a three-year window. So that's kind of the details we're working through right Can you go One slide? >> And I just just so everybody hears HVAC is included in investments, reducing deferred maintenance costs. So this prioritization is to simplify. Everybody gets her condition as a part of that. What we were looking for feedback on was where the programmatic differences that we can be investing in education is constantly changing the entry to education's work in the building. Let alone go to the building and 2026. Haas to

124be that is safe. And that is just condition that is kind of clumped in there. So and Richard Johnson, I don't want you to that thinking that were deemed prioritizing HVAC, that it's not one of our top stories. I was at Palmer today for the final panel and for the first days in the academic and there are still people who say that looks really great to have your condition. You can't open a building in America today without having is her rights used make sure it has air conditioning and has to be ADA compliant with the many of schools are not ADA compliant because the law allows you. >> To not meet the ADA compliance. If you're not making anybody really modify house, the 50% rule. If you make more than 50% of square footage upgraded

125now, it's actually a new bill that it's not a remodel. All of these e these things include the very things that we've asked our families and our staff and our students to live without for generations. I appreciate that. The highlight of HVAC is an expectation. Yeah. And then take to your second question. I think it's a very fair question in terms of how we how do we communicate. There is a part of our community that finds it really compelling to talk about opportunity. If you tell me this is bad and hold it like like that. That's not exciting. want to hear about what it's going to be. But there is a part of our community. >> That is compelled by hearing if there is no air-conditioning and there is ripped carpet. And and and and

126so I now that we're we're kind of finalizing the projects and this is what we were talking with. Family isn't about how we start to communicate with the community a still factually accurate, but there's opportunity here and we're addressing need. So I think that's what we're trying to balance across massive district time. We hit all of those touch points for different members of the community. >> Shannon Cook playing it. I couldn't picture story. got the school dashboard to looks like most schools or 2 or 3 Million. And then you get to host the clearance. 24 million needs Pollard's 150 million renovate schools are not the same number of people. And I see the know based on regional distribution building condition, educational advocacy new PlayStation. How come over 250 Million. >> So we had district to

127find projects. What you see there is basically the allocation of the school received to make decisions on. >> And so I use an example door. >> already received allocation of Well, they're also getting 35 million air-conditioned great. So that's just the allocation that the school received to make decisions. Palmer, good or bad. Didn't really get to make a decision because the completion of the Palmer Master plan is a primary project in the bond just like air conditioning. So even if not that they would ever say this. But even of court battles like actually been on water condition. We would say no, we're doing air conditioning because that's it's a primary project of the of the district. we did have primary projects to include Palmer, to include homes, to include air-conditioning. And we have about 150

128million dollars of other district directed projects, ADA access, asbestos abatement roof, all all of those types of things. And then we turned over a lot of money to schools, which is what the liaison talk about. And we said what he wants. And so that's where they kind of made politician. clear they 24 25 And so we we look her occasions in a in pretty unique I want to you can look at this one to its charter 15% of our in Rome right And so if you say, OK with because I think was 150 million And so now that's not fully accurate because, again, we didn't give schools 100% of the bond. We said these are district directed projects. And so we we established the charter allocation, which is nowhere near 15% of the total van.

129And then we go within their own data set, the prioritization must. And so that was heavily based on enrollment. You was Asian and then facility condition as well. We don't have the same facility data for all of our charters that we have for our commercial schools because they have their own mechanisms, their own master plans. All of those things that when you look at the combination enrollment utilization and going condition, Thomas Mulcair and jump that high because they have over 1000 cuts. And that's how we viewed our charter occasions bring you can correct me if I if I say that's wrong, but I think more broadly kind of the allocation of project money. >> Is trying to navigate a trade-off between a couple different values. One of which is the idea you know, okay, you

130want to put money to places where students are going to mostly benefit from And so you're trying to think about okay, what is the age of the building where the facilities needs? What's the actual utilization of the building? >> But then I think the other value that you're trying to keep in your mind is this is ultimately a community investment. And as a result, you don't want to go to a school and say, well, you know what, you're building 3 new and no, you don't have a lot of kids anyway. And you're just not going to get anything out of the sorry. But we do still want you to vote for like we don't want to do that. We want to be in a position where every community is getting something out of agreement her.

131Yeah. So but recognize that for granted the team also how, however, also decisions. There are there are kind of tradeoffs to be made that okay. We want everyone to get something that they're excited about. But we also want to try to figure out where is other projects going to benefit students the most? We want the community to feel involved. So there's the answer to your question is not simple. Yeah, I would to tenants are definitely 2. We want every single >> We learned that lesson in our 21 bunt attempt that when you don't make every school you create opportunity where the community will say no. secondly, I have to do some homework projects. You cannot pass a bond, especially of on size and not the couple's friends. As an example. They're going to pass a

132bond there a little confidence Cheyenne Dog or in November? And a large portion is going to the rebuild that one of their schools. It's really hard to go to the community and say we're only going to do these things were not really going to do something that will last forever. And so we try to strike that balance. Were we good? >> This is specific strategy that we're recommending because I I appreciate you bringing up some of our neighboring districts. Twenty's pond last year was hyper specific on Air Academy High School and a couple of other things. I'm not a pass. So I can say that's a bad strategy. But there was certainly a lot of internal dialogue from non Eric out of the I school families that says, well, look at my gym or look

133at our locker room are located. Are Bunsen Burners don't work anymore. It has been so long. long has it in district 20 that we felt that making a really large commitments where every student in the city winnings from the bond that allows us to position ourselves and says I appreciate the comment earlier are actually debt free. Every fiscal analyst in America would tell us, particularly getting ready to think about a bond out that it was terrible to pay off that because now you don't have pretty big approved bonding approve all because now people are going to see are raising our taxes. But the previous board, a C 2 boards before. So we're going to make ourselves that free. And Brennan has a slide that we share a road show that shows us at the least

134amount of taxation, $100,000 of assessed value and all of those and really all the state Michael's worlds that are different of comparable size because the could the boards have committed to being as response. So we thought that the polling has said to us when informed people believe that everybody winning and really that Ron shes gone biggest schools that serve the most kids is actually the place where we've lost a lot. Our high schools have significantly less per grade level. Then does the aggregate of all our second graders. When you add them we don't keep a 99% of those second graders and they make it 10 years later. great. We lose a lot of families of high school, which is like every high school kids or condition and then really gets a significant chunk to make

135that the only standout I hate when we have to talk about curb I hate it. I because I love the quality of the work that we do that we have thought about windshield tore 4 board members and liaisons to go around and say, why'd you families choose this to rage instead of Mitchell. Just pull up. It's beautiful. It's half a mile long and it stretches across a ridge line and that might not be home and so is portray same thing in Coronado. How is it that you can make people you come down? 24 and you look at the Manitou high school and it's cut into the side of the rock and you go. That's beautiful. And they say that's not even where they do their academics, right? And you're just like I mean, you get

136to court out of which I love. My heart is in our schools. But these significant dollars have to go because those buildings require so much and please go as with yesterday for party with went to Taylor. Taylor such beautiful little school. Yes, it needs of a million dollars or more of investment to modernize But nobody wants to get rid of that coin. Us, which is a lot of our rules are super quaint position to continue to the small-school portfolio but that also explains a lot why you see those bigger dollars and the high schools. High schools are expensive. Loans are adjustable If I think that that something to up go back almost like friend. >> Just look at You about the question. 44% infant. question that positive information like it wasn't. I wouldn't call it

137a positive. I would say it listed. Here are the potential things. Does that make I think I learned my lesson positive or negative. >> It gave a factual information about potential projects, bank. >> Granted, you want to pivot now kind of talk about next steps. >> You talk about except day. Lee's owns business want to come out. >> to the of the show, we don't open it into tear over for I can move >> We a Martinez representative. We have Thomas Mulcair representative. We have steel represented and so we they might just share a kind of about the projects that are going to happen about their at their school with the community engagement. Look anything else they'd like to share. And want to start a We can start if there was like >> didn't say

138they stopped or comfort because I think he said a lot of in particular with the way that set up process and talking to every principal every school and having every principal reach out to parents or community members, they having go to the community and other parents and pulling everyone at every school and doing all these things. I think the way got out, this is really different. So I appreciate that. So thank you for doing I think it has been really important that we've had all the principals from all the different schools on board. Plus, having liaisons where we can all be together and have conversations about it and then go back to the communities and ask them like, well, what do you actually want? What do we need to see? And so, you know, it's

139still we have parents going, Mike, we have to, you know, stay like this. Where watching basketball game so that our kids, you know, they too small you know, our kids are in focus groups in the hallways, learning all these amazing things with these tutors and having a super individualized instruction. Well, hallway and other students are going to specials like we need more space. How do we do that? Well, maybe we place rooms in the parking lot and we do that. And so hearing what they could do to allow for these really cool things that already happening. It's still to continue to happen, but it is better. Space is really like the cool part for us. It's still and I was at this at meeting last week Prince will be sure at North and same thing

140at North. They were talking about the prince of Steve was talking about the projects in north and how anybody that knows knows they have this incredible theater program. I mean, like absolutely incredible. And so the thought of putting a black box theater mayor instead of us having a bit of Coronado to watch, you know, Newsy's a couple weeks ago would be just really cool. And so and I'm on the steering committee. So I heard all about that. And obviously the stuff there. Palmer is just incredible. So I just think that there's a lot of really cool things going on in the community. I continuing to hold everyone accountable. What are these projects for? Why are we spending this money? I think all of that's really important. And I think they've done a great job of

141communicating. What is funds available and then also listening to the community saying this is what what not like. This is what the district plans what went to the family's he has I think has been the biggest part of this that I have been really impressed with. So I have appreciated this whole process and very transparent and really good asking people if they want they continue to and always so thank You mention Stevenson Yeah. I think the plan I think the plan is close to the at rooms. >> So it's going to complete renewal of the south. Yes thing. Yeah. The whole vista closer breezeway. We have a building. The sense that we have a north-south building. Our students have watching the weather, the cold in order to get to the South Building. We have a

142parking lot. We have a small footprints and 11 for elementary. so the hope is we don't really want to build out and take up real estate than what we out. And so the idea is to take up the parking I don't care where a park and build in 4th place room. So we're not teaching in the hallways. >> We've taken over 3rd of our library for Gene TV. Also run intervention out of there, too. So this will just help enhance all the work that And just so everyone's clear, we're not talking a massive parking lot. This is like, what is it to 15 right in between the buildings? So it stays within the footprint and makes better use of the space and takes that breeze add instructions. Things >> a parking zone an issue. We

143talk downtown schools So it creative director and I am executive director of Thomas Mulcair in school. And so this definitely isn't. >> This is some early voting got. And so well, guess I'm speaking as the school leader other the body of thing to say to just because it is a unique so unique process for charter schools. So I Echo thanks We've been very grateful to be part of district 11 since nation by the district 2024. So we've seen real benefits from this partnership. Hope 11 has as well. so I think really what we are hoping is continue to contribute to the district and provide a choice for students, the district surrounding districts who wants an excellent classical liberal arts education in art of Colorado Really, our goal is to be the best possible options in

144Colorado Springs, not just district 11 for people who want ask all of arts So I so again, our presence of for the bonds been a little different. I think since we honor of the city, we have an independent board. We have our own master plan long-term growth strategy. So that has been part of development since we moved into our credit building, which is a form 11 middle 2017. And so at that point, we were able to open a lower and we've had a huge demand for that program. And so that has been growing steadily on. So about 2 years ago. >> Was when released our space maximum on campus. so we currently have almost 1000 students a former 18 year-olds and five-year-old we literally have a traffic every morning as are responsibly get others are

145trying to get to class and we have play crossing guards in our hallways. So it a very crowded will utilize space. But we do see this on the as ration opportunity to sustainable growth and to move forward with the next phase of our master plan to add additional classroom space to able to have some more separation between our high school and elementary so, current students, but also add possibility for potential And so again, really grateful for District Eleven's partnership. Really grateful to be part of conversation we are excited about something we think has certainly a huge benefit for the McLaren community. But I do think also part vibrancy engrossed of district 11 as well. That summer legal to actually have a kid. steal kitten or an okay to tell So Steele has do I if

146anybody drugs or get out that McLaren, we all know that, you know, it could use the money, use some help. So I think our community really give >> Great moment. >> I think I reiterate everything that police have It as we just became in immigration magnet school. So the building right now screams. I was doesn't really say, hey, come join our arson gration. So being able to incorporate a lot of those elements within whether it's through. I'm glad a or meditation A new playground behalf my new children who different needs whether their physical means mental means that don't fit traditional later being able take new playground and incorporate packed music by its things that will allow every child flourish when continuing their learning and the outdoor environments on. >> And then just really through all

147of the improvements really hitting arts integration element to fixing that Lash cafeteria slash and Taurean that we can utilized incorporate some me and can practice instead just having lunch there. And then also the way the building was built where experience classrooms interior classrooms and those enter your classroom to get off to very dark, especially when cloudy. sky lights and so that way the kids having cheery inviting place to learn versus can feeling like they're in the the buildings. we're very excited. I think a great incorporating everybody from parents to the teachers 92 point to see what they wanted versus just, hey, this is what we're thinking when you want Reaching out to being available during our performances. So that leads parents who have questions asked. was kind up around the building. It's just And being

148very exciting process to grow are part immigration programs. >> I didn't want to interrupt you but hold but Lot of guys. Please silence your cellphones. this is hilariously ironic because we had a literal conversation about cellphone infractions earlier in the I'm not you know, you wouldn't do it at a movie theater. Not saying you have to go and make some popular like you're in a movie theater of them. There are board meetings where that's But if you want watching top gun maverick, please pass the respect of silencing your devices. Thank you. Superintendent Katie, anything that for Martinez just been a great process to be asked. >> And to be able to act on 2 year community, even our students rate, they also what would like Well, this will help Up at You know, we don't

149like to talk about her curb appeal that that's happen. excited to have the outside. Not the inside. You know, we're doing great things just to call you out and your date of this year's looking. A crushing come in and come watch as We certainly are trying to protect our community. That >> Just the building is always the colony. What happens inside? We have the data that shows the strategies that district are working. It's a long way to be competitive with some of our neighboring school districts. But it is a combination is particularly keen to go back to the slide that talks compensation. We say this all the time because the ballot language cannot say there's massive teacher raises. If you vote for the buck against the law. And right now the creativity of this district

150over the last 20 years as we do that and the love of dollars for the investments to reduce deferred maintenance costs, which is taking that money out of programs and people. And so we will until the ballot language is finalized, massively communicate. If we can get to our space get our community into a place where it believes in investing district 11. It's not just in outlook of with the building. Looks like from the outside. It's not just in the things that we've seen over look like educational adequacy and access to lights. I promise you put children at a place where they feel joyous and they will produce better results if you marry that to where we started earlier in the to rent is of by Norway to students access to high quality instruction, which leads

151to. District. 11 students deserve the best teachers and teachers deserve the highest, which what's right. And with that will pass the board. I really appreciate the process. Why will add just one more piece for questions the board regardless of where the board last on this? Because we certainly do not control all the conditions of our environment. We all know right? People going gas mayoral election. midterm elections lots of things for the board to consider what I will promise you this is done is started just started to reinvest trust within the communities in which you have been elected to represent every one of our border liaison, even schools are still feeling anxious about one decision or another or staffing changes or maybe somebody didn't like the new principal that's been voting. you're seeing more funding is

152which we can wind up 50 of Plus our charter portfolio to come here and say this has been a wonderful process for us think about. Is that need to invest in public education. So with that questions I want I want to see if I can give the board a few minutes to eat a let anyone ask any questions they want to wrap up. Please direct your questions to Dr Comfort or Superintendent call. >> We brought the Bali as liaison reassure their experience not to grilled by the so that's last question strapped up front I think to some very interesting comment. Thank you for Shane and I appreciate you coming in. That's so good here. And my comment is just >> being here for the previous bond that fell so so closely. None us we didn't

153do any of this. And that alright, and we threatened, you know, great community schools closing, you know, the cause something that you buy right? And so just seeing difference on how we've gone about this whole process process, even though we're not even officially going to say we're going from on right? That's what remind myself and like we had of her body. we are really just laying a ton of man hours and volunteer hours to say, what this look like? And is their community support to say my school is getting bigger windows and a new playground or, you know, whatever it. So I just appreciate that. That the strategy is much different this time. And I feeling very positive about so. Park take a couple of minutes and give Michael Von D if an update it

154at that. And associated with being close out everybody else goes and kind okay, we're going to want to take it and that will just a comment feedback on what Jason said. Thank you. >> everybody a special. Thank you to because what you just said really boiled it down for everybody. It >> They can sit district a chance to and what what is not better competing for kids. What's not better than sending the message to kids matter in this school district I got air conditioning is going to go into your school. Sorry, I'm a little touchy with their that's you want close, >> I I wanted to give my one update. I'm not a that the school, but I wanted put up some the lot signing at that time. >> Positioning top of that up there

155afternoon. And after that, I the inside of the building and what it's going to look like from the first or second of love. And it's just incredible. Walking in the dark, thing out there and that first pitch of video that is going to be top level of impair block out there that you see is going to be even over looking Pikes peak out OK? I'm sure that that because I'm going to be competing for that. locating classroom something so they got to sing about who gets to specification classrooms. That's going to be the view for the students. It's impressive. How pretty you are back block was a problem and help the come up and up. The architects but me up there the construction people that I want to give a shout out to vote especially

156the architects from Perkins, Sean and Omar through from Bob to be there for for that signing you can look up locked to the right picture. Goes all the signatures, step on the block. That's that. That's true. But clean up act and opportunity cited was placed on the final patient that going to be looking in woods and the size of those men. Those are what that's going to be indoors to levels looking for looking to spite speak the last bit. that going to be the hallway and possibly intersection of that one facing west and one facing the staff So this is just impressive. Seeing come to fruition for the last 4 years and what Palmer School Palmer students are going to have an opportunity. Over the next 30 to state-of-the-art learning environments. We should be able

157provide opportunity for the single student president Go though, the spoke out and it doesn't matter what it does. They should be able to have that ice is there. You We've been talking about the external structure, how it means the downtown environment out there. so they come and like 4 years back. He started off by saying that the Devon vehicle reverse been as schools farmer goes so goes 11 and now seeing that come to fruition of that in the over the spring. So it's just impressive. So I just want to get that update to the especially the bond for lead. The conversation, by the way, if any members want thank the same killed out that almost they provided the hot hard at rest to go in there. I think you can print out front all of

158the state they will be able to take you up at green. Those going to go up in the next week or so. They said, and this whole big thing, be ready for occupancy by Fidelity of next year. So students can move in during spring break. next year into new building for the operation of optional. So each one of those, the fact gate that locked up in about 6 of box, they kind like a jigsaw puzzle out They could that by huge and seeing that that fighting. they freaked out that and that only about 60 locks left this talk about 600 brought into kind person, but the Bucs have to go. And then they have to build mean who've take it out the inside offered by has a look so big shout out but concedes Menarche

159a a well. My missing that but the construction on remarkable And if you that the the second picture that a small plane doesn't think that's where the Geale the most feared going, where they have point that do provide the heating and recognition for That's 5 minutes from 5 million dollar grant from the state I think the or just call with kind for something to look at the end of the days we will vote whether or not to put it on the ballot. >> But it's not our call. going to look into the camera here. It's your call and the end of the right? Just assuming we know this would go up for a actual question on the ballot to be determined the November election, is why can't thank Thank you to the community members who

160have been actually laying the groundwork and you are facing with their community to consider the possibility. So thank you so much we'll call the work session here. I just want to make the border where my intention is to start at 6.35, to get up 04:00AM tomorrow night with This is a good time to use the bathroom. Get a bite to eat. If you're shy about eating of the guys, I will be eating dinner of the diet. So be shy. and for the community will take this up in 10 minutes. >> yet. ♪