001Okay. All right. Well, good evening everyone. Um, we will go ahead and call the meeting to order. Uh, if you can go ahead, we'll stand up and do the pledge of allegiance real quick. Uh, Director Evston, could you kick us off, please? I >> pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Thank you. Okay, we can go ahead and do roll call. >> Mr. Chavez >> here. >> Mrs. Evans >> here. >> Mrs. >> Mr. Jones. >> Miss Leman >> here. >> All right. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda for this evening? Motion to approve the agenda. >> Second, >> Mr. Mr. Chavez. approved. >> Mrs. Evans Mrs. Evson.
002>> Yes. >> Mrs. Heights. >> Yes. >> Mr. Jones. >> Miss L. >> All right. Well, welcome back everybody. Um, we do have part of a business um session tonight along with our work session. So, we will go ahead and start with our work session items. So, first up, we have our Central High School and priority improvement project updates. So, we'll go ahead and have that team come on up. So, welcome back. Hope you guys you're probably very busy this summer. >> Yeah, just a little bit. >> Hello. >> Got it. Is it on? >> Working. All right. >> Hello board. Good evening. Uh I'm Clint Garcia, the chief operations officer for the district. Uh tonight we have Eddie Mort, director of facilities with us and uh Micah Adams with DPM. And with that, uh,
003we'll start our our update. >> Sure. Um, hello everybody. Great seeing you again. Uh, as Clint mentioned, I'm Micah Adams, uh, project manager with Dynamic Program Management, uh, the owners rep for the 2024 bond projects. Um, here with me, I also have Peterogal, uh, of the group. um they are uh the architects for the central high school additions and improvements. And so I've got him here with us uh to speak to some of the design items as we get to that part of the presentation. Uh so with that uh just a recap, we have this slide um or have had this slide in every presentation so far. just a kind of an outline of the um budget as it was proposed there in the facility master plan and in the bond. Just a reminder, there's
004the three major parts, the central high school improvements, prudent monument high school improvements, and the priority improvement projects uh which there are four phases uh scheduled. The first being this summer um and so we'll jump into the details of that work. I won't um bore you guys with reading all the details. Uh but essentially how we have it outlined is there's three different general contractors that worked on schools this summer. Um so I've got a slide for each contractor that shows uh what work has been completed and then a slide for each contractor showing just some of the remaining items to uh kind of be cleaned up um here moving into the school year. So, as you see right here, we've got FCI's, uh, five schools that they did work on this summer. Uh, Chapfield,
005Nizzley, Fruit Veil, Orchard Avenue, and Rocky Mountain Elementary School. um consisting of asbesus abatement, fire sprinkler additions, um drinking fountains, improvements to educational advocacy areas like the maker spaces, some small group rooms uh and the like. So, lots of work completed at these five schools um over the summer. Uh the remaining items are are pretty minor. Um, you'll notice at I believe almost all of uh these schools there are some wood doors. Wood doors are a long lead item that uh just weren't we weren't able to get in time. Um but we were able to get temporary doors to go in everywhere um with with hardware and so door you know doors that are required have doors there. Um but the permanent doors at quite a few schools um will be going in here later
006this month I believe um just in off hours whether it's after school or evenings. Um there's some marker boards and corner guards once again some long lead items at some of these schools. Uh playgrounds were another thing. Um, just kind of maybe jumping back a second, the design for these projects had to happen um, really fast with the bond passing in November and work starting in May. There really didn't have the time we're used to to be able to order some things that take, you know, three months to get once you order them and um, detail all the uh, get all the details um, flushed out. So, uh, sped playground equipment, um, at fruit bale is one of those items, um, the playground equipment is is on its way and should be installed here in
007not too long. Um, light poles, I believe, at Fruit Veil, those were um, showed up damaged and they're getting some replacements. Um, pre-K bathroom fixtures at Nizzley. I think those are actually in now, just at the time that this slide was put together. I don't believe they were. Um, acoustical wall panels. That was another long lead item coming in soon. Same with roller shades. And, um, I think that kind of addresses most of those items. So, uh, DDB or distinctive design build had two schools. It had Mesa View and Thunder Mountain Elementary School. uh consisting of improvements like fire sprinkler uh addition of fire sprinkler systems um and some similar educational adequacy improvements to the schools mentioned previously um improvements to maker space areas some small group rooms added um cafeteria improvements some restroom additions
008ballards um that's something I forgot to mention all these schools got safety ballards outside of the entrances is um so just a couple things remaining at their schools. Uh once again acoustical panels uh playground surfacing which actually I think was um poured here in the last couple days uh there at Mesa View and then Thunder Mountain once again that sped playground equipment um coming here soon but not quite in yet. uh the asset construction management schools. They had two schools, Palisade High School and Taylor Elementary School. Um similar upgrades to all the other schools that we've mentioned so far. Um uh Palisate High School kind of being the exception. There's a security vestibule under construction out there. Um, as you all know, when you walked into Palisade High School there in the lobby, there uh
009wasn't any sort of vestibule um or way to um kind of buzz people through a door. So, an addition is being added there that's got, I believe, two offices in it and um you know, a desk where people can buzz people through the door. Um so, that is still under uh way right now. that's scheduled that security vestibule is scheduled to be done um by the beginning of September. Uh along with a couple other things there at the school um the auditorium that fire sprinkler system uh we've known since the beginning of the summer that that fire suppression system they had to erect uh scaffolding in the auditorium. I I've got a picture of it here in a little bit. They call it dance floor scaffolding. um and large that that fire sprinkler system was
010definitely one of the most difficult to access just because of how high up in the in the room it is. Um but that is currently underway and scheduled to be done by the end of August. Um there's some site security walls that were added there at Palisade, some of those exterior buildings. Um the there are some CMU uh block walls being um built to connect uh those buildings um with with gates in them just to secure that campus a little bit better. Um so there's not just students coming and going in between all the buildings. It's a little bit more um confined. Uh along with that, uh Taylor uh just has some stuff wrapping up um similar to the other priority improvement projects. Um couple more items here though being um there's some storefronts that
011uh didn't quite show up in time. Um nothing that's hindering operations at the moment. Um, there are, I believe, some sinks in the classrooms, uh, that have not shown up yet that they're hoping to get installed here as soon as possible, as soon as those sinks show up. Um, the bus loop, they are adding a seal coat to that parking lot uh, to help increase the longevity of that park uh, bus loop. um and a couple other things on here. But overall, uh teachers, staff are back in, all the schools, everything's um looking good. But as as we kind of knew from the beginning, there's going to be some evening work, some weekend work just to uh button things up. >> If I could just real quick there. >> When we uh took a break
012before the summer, we talked about all the work that we were doing to get ready for all of that. All of that planning did pay off. You're right. We did. We were able to get all the furniture back into the classrooms and and get everything uh put where it was supposed to be. It was a pretty monumental task, but the teams did very well. >> Yeah. >> Um definitely a lot of um a lot to happen over the course of just eight weeks and so pretty proud of the contractors and the work they did. Um but yeah, still still a little bit to be done. Got some budget updates here on this slide. Um phase one hard co well total budget about 28.8 8 million about um 19.3 of those were hard costs, meaning the
013general contractors. Um close to four million of of soft costs committed. Um and so as you'll see there about uh a little about about $5 million I think um under that first phases budget. I think there was a lot of unknowns heading into the summer between asbestous abatement, opening up ceilings in every school to uh put new fire suppression systems in there. Um so uh no big unforeseen conditions in this phase which uh was really nice. Um and so so came in under budget there. uh with hosta dates through June being 10 million um you know we're just getting July's pay applications here being the first week of August and so um a lot of work happened in July so that number will jump up here soon. >> Can I interrupt you for a minute?
014>> Sure. tell us a little bit just about uh the degree of surprises that you found or or were surprised that you didn't find because that I mean anytime you rip into something to update or right Peter's over there going oh yeah >> y >> um there's always so many surprises it's much often much more difficult to do a remodel or >> um updates than it is to build a whole new building. >> It really is. Yeah. And we definitely don't want to get in a situation where we're, you know, thin on contingency heading into a remodel situation cuz you're right that you never know what you're going to find. Thankfully, um, you know, there were some areas where we found some additional asbesus that we weren't quite planning on. We're able to get that
015taken care of. And then the the biggest area that maybe sticks out to me is at Palisade High School. Here in this picture, bottom left, you can see the um the foundations for some of those security walls that are getting added. Ran into a lot of uh utilities, abandoned um existing some coordinations with uh existing utilities. That was that was a big one. Kind of slowed down the construction of those CMU walls. But overall, there weren't uh thankfully many big um unknowns that we ran into in the in this phase. Can you guys think of any others? >> No, that one's the first one that came to mind. >> Yeah. Uh, so their top left picture, you'll see them erecting the scaffolding there in Palisade High School's auditorium. Um, and that's just partially erected. They
016put a a giant dance floor on on top of that so that the contractors are are working off of something solid as they're installing the fire suppression system up there. Uh some other miscellaneous pictures of work in progress here. Uh that middle one is at Fruit Veil Elementary School. Some um uh breakout rooms that were added. Top right I believe is Fruit Veil as well. The maker space. No, that's actually Rocky Mountain Elementary School. The maker space there. Um that was that area was renovated. And then a drinking fountain going in at one of the schools. Top left. That's either Mesa View or Thunder Mountain. Um, new ceilings uh in there, you can see new fire suppression uh heads there as well. Bottom left, I believe that is Orchard Avenue. Some new furniture in one
017of the breakout rooms that was installed. Palisate High School, that entry vestibule work in progress, but you can see that all that ceiling is new. it had been torn out and fire suppression systems uh put in above it and ceiling light fixtures came back and then that that far right one is Palisade High School the security vestibule edition um you'll there just to on the left side where you you see the doors going outside there will be a a window in there that like most schools um has kind of a pass through tray and function for um an admin person to be on the other side of the window buzzing people through when necessary. Um and then like I mentioned there's two offices back behind that wall. Um so since that work is ongoing as
018students are in the building um asset has kind of finished off this side of that wall and so there won't be any workers in the building and there's an exterior door that they'll be entering from to finish out that the interior of that whole space. Um and once again that area should be done here first week of September is what we're being told. And if you haven't been to Orchard A, I know we don't have a picture of it up here, but some of the work that was done in that large vestibule that they had, um, it's worth taking a look at. It really turned out well. >> Yeah. So, uh, phase two for priority improvement projects is starting to kick off. So, that's for next summer's work. There's, I want to say, is it
01911 schools on the list for next summer, plus uh the admin server room. there's some priority HVAC and roof repairs that are necessary. Um and so quite a bit of of work to start designing. So kickoff meetings were held with principles before summer let out. Um the design team has started working on design. We're going to um planning on meeting with it. Principles again hear I believe two weeks from now um to kind of confirm what's being heard, prioritize items um and continue moving forward with the design process. There are um uh interviews for contractors. So we're uh currently in a procurement process for general contractors for ne next summer's schools. Um so those interviews will be held here first week of September. Um and then they will roll roll right away into cost estimates
020for everything. Is that your question, Angela? Awesome. Yep. So they'll get started right away on cost estimates. help us start dialing everything in. Um, and we're really happy just having more time. This goound, as I mentioned earlier, is a very expedited timeline for this last summer's projects. So, it's nice to have some extra time to really um, you know, get some of those long lead items ordered ahead of uh, school being out so that everything's here ready to go uh, ne come time for next summer. And you'll notice that Orchard AB is on there again. Um there is still a little bit left to do in that project. Um but it's pretty minimal. We've done a bulk of the work this year. >> So uh the original schedule, Orchard Avenue, uh was not supposed to
021be on phase one uh schools. It was supposed to be phase two. Um, but there were some real pressing needs there for, uh, breakout rooms, uh, some some additional space as we were heading into this coming school year. Um, so we broke out a chunk of what was supposed to be in phase two and put it into this summer's uh, work. And so, yeah, as Clint mentioned, that the rest will be done next summer. >> We did put a modular on that site as well. And we do have a temporary um, TCO. Yeah. So, we're able to get into that space. We're We're on track. >> So, that kind of covers priority improvement projects. Are there any questions before we move on to Central High School? >> Great. Um, so, as I mentioned, I've got
022Peter up here with me. Um, he and his team are working diligently on design. Um, schematic design was finished. I believe it was early June, mid June. And then we got the estimates um from FCI uh mid July. Um we'll we'll jump into that a little bit more here in a in a bit. Uh there were some test helical peers done at the site here this summer. Um testing out uh foundation options. Unfortunately, helical peers are uh not going to be viable uh in this process. So right now we're looking at I believe it's uh drilled um quesons if >> drilled peers. Um we also had a sheer wave velocity test done over the summer just to um take a look at the seismic um category required for the school. Um we were able to
023actually uh reduce the classific class classification um needed for this building um which helps save costs uh uh just in the long run because it gets really expensive to design to those higher seismic category um areas. So in progress uh the BLE group is working diligently on design development um as I mentioned earlier. So we're jumping back into design advisory group meetings here starting um two weeks from today I believe and uh along with user group meetings um that whole day will be filled with with meetings there at Central High School. Uh we're having weekly OAC's um and a lot of construction phasing and planning as you guys will see here on the drawings soon. Um it's uh there's a lot of phasing required with this job just with combining all these existing buildings. Um
024so it's it fairly complicated but FCI's doing a really good job putting a a solid plan together. Um so upcoming right now we're targeting design develop or design document completion mid-occtober that's uh it says mid-occtober there I think it's actually mid November I think I have that uh wrong on there community open house um so this is scheduled for September 10th which I believe is the same night as uh parent teacher conferences hosting a open house for the public to come take a look at some of their renderings ask questions of the design team. Um, so mark your calendars for that. Um, I believe we're working with uh Cali and her team here soon on some PR for for that. >> I do not at the moment. Do you know the time? >> I do
025not know the time. >> We'll we'll get you that time. Um, and then construction scheduled to begin uh summer of 2026. So just wanted to uh do a brief overview of the design. So we received the schemat schematic design package which uh this page is taken from. You can see the existing buildings kind of the layout. Uh this here shows all the different additions done over the years uh where they are on the campus. And so here on this slide, you'll be able to see these areas in red are areas that are scheduled to be demolished. Um not all up front at the beginning, but um that lower middle red area, that's the existing locker rooms and weight room. Um and then that center red area, that is the south side of what's known as
026Feder Hall. And then that top left large red area is the two-story classroom wing. So um in order for let's see um I'll sit here for a second. So in order to build the twostory classroom addition um those two lower red areas will need to be demolished. So those are two of the first areas that will uh be demolished. We're working with uh Zeb, the principal out there to um work on plans for where those uh classrooms will be relocated temporarily. Um a mix of modulars and finding some use within the existing building. Um and you can't see it here. I'll actually jump forward to this. This is a an updated floor plan. That lower left area um is where the new locker rooms, wrestling room, and weight room will be constructed, which is kind
027of part of it overlaps with the existing admin area. So, we're looking at getting a admin modular or two out front of the high school, which I know that's I believe what was done at Fra Monument High School at renovations here a couple years ago when they did the admin edition. Um and so admin during this uh construction process will be out front in some modulars. Uh but the the goal is to get the locker rooms and the weight room wrestling room constructed um as soon as possible uh you know starting there so that uh because of the weight room locker room demolition there on the east side. we can get those uh areas of the building opened back up over on the west side um ready for for use um before the rest of
028the building turns over. Uh so there in the center you can see um the new admin areas their bottom right. Uh there will be kind of an entry uh vestibule lobby area kind of in yellow. It's hard to to read as well on the slide, but um it's in the packet if you want to take some closer looks or if you have any questions, feel free to reach out. There's a couple classrooms there on uh in that main corridor. Uh the library is that larger greenish looking area there down closer to the existing Feder building. Um, counseling is currently up in the top left. Let's see if I if you can see my mouse. Yeah. So, counseling is currently up here in this area. Um, it's going to be relocated down into this area of
029the building. Um, some classrooms put back up here. Um, these, I believe, are some sped classrooms. You've got this is the existing wrestling room and that will be converted into the ROC space. Some bathrooms added in here. Um, Feder Hall will be renovated into some more sped classrooms and I think general ed over here. Um, and then upstairs will be uh primarily science classrooms here over on the left side and then a lot of general ed classrooms over here on the right side. There will be a teachers lounge in there and some stairwells uh along with an elevator um at one of those. Got a couple schematic design renderings in here. This is from the southeast corner. Uh you can see uh that baseball field um that actually should mention will need to be offline
030for I think it's two seasons um as that's where um construction access will primarily need to come through. uh students will still be operating or you know in class there in Feder Hall and what's known as the 300 building over here on the right side of the screen during construction. And so access right now uh will be uh to get to Feder Hall, you'll go through the courtyard and in the the west end of the building over here. And then part of the work scheduled for next summer will be to do some some renovations in there, get it ready and poke a hole out this side of the building. Um so then students can access the 300 building from that north side. Um so since students are going that way to get to class, construction
031really will have to be accessed off this uh bus loop over here. Um, so they're going to need a chunk of this field for their offices or lay down areas, everything like that. Um, and then a lot of the construction will be accessed through this side down here. Um, this, as I mentioned earlier, this addition, they're looking to um, I think try to get that done. I want to say this next summer because uh, let me get back to you on that, but I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be done next summer. I think they're starting it. I don't I don't think the plan is to finish it. >> Um >> yeah, I I I'll get back to you on the details there. Um but yeah, that this this entry will remain open for the
032students. This will be the main thoroughare and as I mentioned earlier, there will be some admin modulars out here. If there are uh student modulars needed, uh we've got an area designated over here in the parking tennis lot or tennis court area for some temp modulars um until construction's finished. >> Yes. >> So when you knock down when you knock a hole in that one building to go to the 300 building, >> is it going to be open for students just to walk through or is it gonna be a hallway that's enclosed? Yeah, I believe that FCI is planning on building a walkway with uh with um kind of fencing and a an enclosed roof on top. I think it will be kind of like a breezeway. It won't be 100% enclosed, but we'll have
033uh some fencing and a and a roof on it uh for their passage from one building to another. Here's uh just another view from the southwest some views of the entry areas once they're complete. Um you know I I will mention real quick it it is it will be nice having um all the the main entry and the admin there in the southeast ent uh corner. Um but then being able to separate the building nicely where there's a lot of after hours events that can uh use the entry there on the west side, you know, athletics, um the theater, you can kind of split the school into two zones and control where people are going after hours, not just give them free range of the whole school. Couple more views. um some elevations and I
034think that kind of covers the design. Any questions on the design? >> So, when you say that we have to take the uh baseball field offline, do we have plans for that team for the next two years? >> Yeah, I want to say that we've talked to to Zeb about it. Was it um Long Park? I need to I need to remember where we >> had to move to View. So, we'll probably have to do the same thing there. >> So, they they'll practice at that field that's right across the street or right across the street. >> That's not big enough for baseball. They'll probably have to go to >> all the way to Canyon. >> Yeah. Unfortunately, I mean, it's it's a really tight site and there's um there's not a lot of great
035options. >> Thank you. here a brief overview of the budgets. Um so original budget in the facility master plan is 68 million hardcost construction budgets. Um there originally was 56.2 million actually sorry that that's a hard cost construction budget right now which it is comprised of the original hardcost budget of 47.7. Um there was some reallocation of funds. There's a lot of savings in the um security system buyout. Um there was district-wide upgrades done to the security system. Um and some pretty good savings found there. And so there's some reallocation of those funds to this project. Uh and then a little bit of contingency use so far to get us to the 56.2 current construction budget. >> All right. We thought it would be a good idea to also give you an update on where
036we're at with Gateway. Um I want to make the distinction here as we move into this slide is this project is separate from our bond. So no bond funds are associated with the gateway project just for the b for the board to know and for the audience to know as well. So, if you remember back in 2023 when we did our facilities master plan, we took a look at the Gateway campus and um uh if you'll remember that building uh all of those buildings really got an F uh on our facilities master plan and those were due to a couple of things that I've noted here and this is just a few of them. There were some s significant roofing and structural deficiencies that included sagging areas and deteriorated overhangs. Um, I'm sure Eddie could
037speak probably at length to all of the times that they go out there to work on um, some of those deficiencies. There's a complete lack of ADA accessibility uh, including no elevator between the floors and non-compliant restrooms and hardware. Uh, we just don't have a way to accommodate anybody that might have a uh, disability in that building. It wouldn't be possible unless we did some significant upgrades to that building. life safety and fire code violations. Um, non-compliant exterior egress stairs in the absence of a fire sprinkler system. As you already know, through what we just talked about with the rest of our buildings, we're having to put fire sprinkler systems back into all of our buildings. Um, and or put them into our buildings. Stairs are a problem in that uh that facility as well.
038outdated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. Um, many of which Eddie again could probably speak to are at the end of life. Um, correct. >> I don't know how often we get out there to work on those, but I'm sure it's quite a bit. Uh, exterior and interior deterioration, including hazardous materials, failing finishes, um, inefficient insulation and windows. Uh, we're running HVAC systems in there, um, probably more than we do anywhere else. We don't have good insulation in that building and windows are from a long time ago. So, um, next slide. So, with that, um, you'll know in the, um, the master plan as well, we looked at some costs associated with that building and some deferred maintenance costs to, to do everything that we needed to on that campus. our total budget would be over
039$7 million to to complete uh the work that we'd need to get to just to have a standardization across the that campus. That 1946 main building that we're talking about was almost 4 million, a little over $4 million, which is over half of what that would cost for the entire campus to get redone. And then of course the remaining campus itself about a little over $3 million. So, a lot of money just to to pour into that campus. And I would note that uh given those conditions, you know, we wouldn't want to invest any resources into an aging building like that. Um we're really operating at about 9% of its enrollment capacity, and it feels really fiscally irresponsible to continue to do that. In addition, due to the building's condition uh and liability risk, we're
040really not in a position to donate or transfer that building to anybody else. It's not in a good place and I don't think we'd want to to put any money into it to to have anybody occupy that building. That's the intent of us um taking that building down. So, next slide. So, here's what we're looking at. It's not the entire campus that we're looking at demolishing. There's one building that you'll see in the middle of this, if you're familiar with the campus at all. That building that you see circled is the schoolhouse itself. That's where most of the classrooms are. And uh that building has a few little apartments in it on the in the downstairs. Is that correct, Eddie? And then classrooms on the other side. That is the building that we're talking about
041that has deteriorated significantly. Um and that is the building that we have scheduled in September to be um demolished. Uh the rest of those buildings that surround it are are existing and will stay. Uh and we plan to use those for the students that will be our primary students that will be attending GRA. those uh buildings that you see there will accommodate students in online learning. >> Next one. >> Um I think go ahead. So with that um with both of those um presentations, are there any questions on central andor gateway? >> So I do have some questions on gateway. >> Okay. >> And maybe I wasn't paying attention, so forgive me. Um, was this something that was communicated to us prior to today, prior to this board meeting, part of our strategic planning when
042we or when we went through like did I miss that somewhere before that we were going to be demolishing that building? >> Um, I don't know if we spoke specifically about the demolition of the building. Um, what I would say is that when we talked about the building as a whole and our um plan to move forward to um remove our students from that building, um I I think I felt like it was a known that we were going to have to do something with that building. We can't we we weren't planning on putting any more resources into that building. Um and we had no no use for the building. So I maybe we didn't communicate that out to you. So, and and I and I understand us not putting any additional funding into the
043building because of the condition of the building. However, I suppose that, you know, we've been receiving communication from our Gateway community off and on for quite some time, especially since this the whole plan came up as to what we were going to do with Gateway, how things were going to work out, trying to come up with a plan that worked with that community. And that's a building that's very important to that community. Um, I uh I guess what I'm what I'm asking is that maybe we have some conversations around that. Like I I feel like we're already neck deep in demolishing the building. Um I just uh have some concerns that it wasn't communicated well to our community out there and that's been a um piece of uh history. >> Yeah. For that community. >>
044Understood. I would I would ask um the board if we are considering um at all putting that building out back out to the community. What's the liability to the district? I feel like the the liability of putting anybody in that building would put the district at risk. It's it's a building that we determined wasn't fit for our own students and so moving forward with the demolition uh was the logical option. Yeah. >> It also was communicated in those meetings with the community. Like there was never a time where we said we might keep that building or we might put money into that building. It was clear from those community meetings when we went out there, we're not going to invest money into this building anymore. Um so, you know, to Clint's point, when you're having
045a look at the future use of the facility, it doesn't make sense to um keep an existing building there that we know we're not going to use and just to leave it vacant is not going to make sense and we're not going to put money into it. So, and the condition of that building is bad. Um, I mean, you've been out there. So, >> um, the plan was to de demolish it. If the question is, should we have communicated better with the board, we can do that better next time. Absolutely. >> Um, but it was clear in all of our meetings out there with the community, we're not going to invest money in that building anymore. It's going to be taken offline. >> Um, and it just it like Clint said, it makes sense. So,
046but we can do a better job with making sure y'all are kept up to date with when we're having to do a demo of a section of a building or a whole building. And both Eddie and myself have um had several communications with community members back and forth and we've responded um with the fact that we are moving forward with the demolition. We've had some requests about what we're going to do with it. There was some asks that they continue to use the building and again you know my answer would be is it something that the district is willing to do is put somebody in a building that's >> so I'm not necessarily saying that it remain in our possession. Um, however, I was contacted by a community member yesterday afternoon and I was asked
047if I knew if the building was being demolished and I said no. I did not know. >> Understood. >> Demolished. So, if I didn't know, it's hard for me to think that they would know. >> Sure. >> Because we seem like the first line. >> Absolutely. Um, so I guess what I'm struggling with right now is that um, you know, in that conversation that I had yesterday, the community members said to me that there were six people within the community that after they saw a post on Facebook that right now as we're sitting in this board meeting that there's a last tour of the old building that they're like, "Wow, like that gave us kind of closure that it's going to be demolished, but we didn't realize that that was happening." you know, there's been,
048as we say in the Marine Corps, scuttlebutt, you know, rumor >> going around, but nothing definitive. And so, um, I think we we did have a failure of communication um, on a multitude of levels there. And I think we owe more to them. Um, but I know that there are community members that are pretty upset about it and they want to have some conversations about it. So, um, I've kind of already given them I said, you know, this is the gentleman that you need to speak to. So I think that there's some people that might be reaching out to have a conversation with you about it as that's my pay grade. Actually, I don't get paid at all. So there's that. >> And and I agree. We could have done a better job communicating with
049y'all and and what we were doing and how we were moving forward and so noted. >> All right. Any questions? Any other questions? I do just want to point out going back to the all the PIP projects like that is a lot of work. So really proud of your team on all the folks that did all that work, but also just a reminder like this only happens when our community comes together and passes bonds. Like this is the only way we can do all this work that y'all y'all pointed out. And so and I'm excited about the work that's going to happen next summer as well. So, you know, when we have to go out again in however many years, um, we we need we this is a little little under $200 million worth of
050the 600 plus million dollars worth of deferred maintenance we have in our school buildings. And so, we want to be able to do this work at all of our schools. We want to make sure we see through all these projects. And so, excited about the bond that passed in 24. Really appreciative to our community for um for passing that and we're seeing the the fruits of that. And we want to make sure that we uh continue this work moving forward. But again, thanks to y'all's team for that's a lot of work to do and like you said, eight weeks and I liked hearing under budget. Um, that always sounds nice as well. So, >> that's great. >> Definitely. And I' I'd like to point out to just uh impact on the local economy. Um, we
051weren't able to get uh some numbers together in time for it, but um primarily local subcontractors, 100% local general contractors. um you know there a lot of money went into the local economy through these projects. Um a lot of uh local people's um jobs came from these projects and so definitely a benefit. >> Thanks for mentioning that because that was a that was a big point um made while um President Heights and I were campaigning for the mill bond last summer was to make sure that they wanted as much of that to really stay local as possible. And so a lot of um extra steps and extra work was taken by the district team and and your group and and on down the line to make sure that we spread out that work as much
052as we could and to some smaller contractors. Um that had come up many times in the community and that was done as much as possible. So hats off to you guys for really listening to what the community wanted, making sure that that got that happened and all rolled out that way. Of course. >> Thank you guys. >> Two things. Um I'm going to echo Barb's sentiments because I've been getting the same calls and I too did not know about the demolition um and searched emails. So I think we kind of dropped the ball on communication. And then I want to echo Angela's sentiment. So thank you guys for the work that you've done. Um but uh I think we'll be funneling some calls your way. That's okay. Send them Send them over. >> Um I
053think we we we just uh make sure we keep these communication lines open as we're especially just as we're probably um dealing with buildings throughout the district. Um these these updates are really good for the board. So, um I think maybe overcommunicating what we're doing with buildings because I know everyone still >> I mean I think it's a it's a matter of the words that we use, right? I mean, we use definitions. I've gotten a little bit used to your lingo, Micah, but to say something's going offline may not some some members of the community may not translate that to we're taking it down. We're actually going to demolish that building. So, I think yeah, just some communication stuff that just to make a little more clear to the general public instead of the the
054terms that you guys use all the time. >> Well, but be but even just updates like this are just really important because I know there's just still a lot of questions about even some of the other you know as we've consolidated schools just the updates um what we're going to be doing with with buildings. So, so just just those updates are good. So, you know, more communication is good. So, thank you guys for >> absolutely >> for all the work and excited to see >> the updates in our schools. So, thank you guys very much for that. So, >> yeah, of course. And um I believe we'll be back in September to talk about Fruit of Monument High School and the pro progress happening there. Great. So >> excited for that. >> Um if there's
055no other questions on these projects, I think we have an update on Grand Junction High School as well. >> Yep, that's the next one. Yes, thank you. >> So, I'll switch over to those slides. All right. Um, so here, uh, it should look pretty encouraging that, uh, orange bar is at 100% complete for scheduled construction days. Um, it looks good out there. Yeah. >> So good. >> Mhm. a lot of work done over the summer too with getting those uh sports fields all put together and ready for the coming sports seasons. I think that there was um some fungus that hit the grass here um couple weeks ago that they were working hard and diligently to uh get out and so that grass is is starting to come back to life but um looking a
056little sad for a minute. um there budgetwise uh you know things are are looking good with that total budget of 147.25 million uh currently sitting at 146.4 4 million uh committed to dates. Um and expenses through uh this says July. I think this is through June because we just got July's uh pay application. So, sorry for that um mistake, but 144.3 million. So, um after July's uh pay applications and everything like that, we're we're getting real close to being build out for what's committed. recently completed uh over the summer. Um they went back through and installed uh tile in corridors. Um, that was one of those things early on in the project where, you know, it's a it's a lot of tile and as costs were uh escalating um pretty dramatically with everything we're experiencing
057in the economy, uh it was one of those things that was targeted as something that could be come back later and put in if uh if the money was there for it. So thankfully, you know, the money was there for it and I think that it looks really nice and uh is a real great durable finish for uh those hallways. Um really kind of brings things together and and will hold up a lot better than uh those just painted walls. So uh tennis courts were also finished over the summer. Um you know, fenced, striped, everything like that. We were out there today and they're having tennis practice on them. Uh is looking looking real nice. I wish I could hit a tennis ball like that. Um, saw insulation, corridor tile, library patio. Uh, so you'll
058notice there in the background of this picture up in that, um, in the window, you can see some metal panels. So, um, those were installed this summer. And the last thing we're uh, missing there is the actual um, stands and the the PA tiles uh, to complete that little patio. just outside the library um will be a real nice area for um breakout classes or students to read stuff like going out there as well. Correct. >> Um >> we can >> Okay, maybe we don't. I thought we did. >> Uh athletic field scoreboard installations um in progress. So here in this picture you can see one of the dugouts some benches installed in the dugouts. Um so sod is establishing concessions building in that old 700 building. A little concessions stand installed. Um and all
059the final clean and demobilization is currently ongoing. Got a picture of the tennis courts here. Um since then they've got some wind brake fabric I believe installed there on the fences. But yeah, it's looking real nice out there. So, students uh return to school. I believe it's tomorrow, right? Back to school night happening as we speak. Um and yeah, athletic events kickoff on the new field. It it's a happy day. Um unfortunately, I don't have a fun drone video for you guys today. I know I wish I could have finished on a a real dramatic note, but it's a little busy with the priority improvement projects. So, Um, but yeah, you can see some of that tile throughout the corridors. I think it just brings everything together, makes it look real nice. So, any questions
060on Grand Junction High School? >> And I know you got to speak at the event. I don't know if you have any to share about the um statue or not statue, but >> monument. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, what couple week last weekend? Yeah. So, >> last weekend. >> I know. Sorry. It feels like a week. Yeah. So, we had the uh yeah, the Elliot family um donated the legacy stone for um the tennis courts, which was really awesome. So, if you go out there, it's kind of right there in that little courtyard area. Um which was really great to do. And kudos to like Clint and his team and Jory and Angela. Um really because with four courts, we can't hold a competition. Um we were trying to aim for seven but um FCI and
061BL was like we can't quite fit seven but we could get six and then they said we could do competitions with six and Micah and everybody um obviously the team got that to work. So, that's pretty exciting because I know we've um you know, Canyon View and CMU has been very gracious with us to obviously, you know, coordinate competitions, but now we'll have our own space to be able to hold tennis competitions. Um and so with the Elliot family and obviously the work of these guys right here in this room, um that vision was able to um come to completion and so um that was kind of fun to unveil that. So, >> an incredible crowd, too. Yeah, it was a great crowd. >> All a little bit surp it it was a great celebration.
062Everybody was playing and and the band played and it was it was a really it was a really nice get together for that tennis game. And for I guess so for those of you that don't know, the Elliot family's been in the Grand Junction area for a really long time and has a long history of tennis. And um so it was really nice of them to be able to um they raised they did raise what 1012,000 um towards the tennis program at Grand Junction High School. And I and they'll continue to raise some money as people want to put their name on the legacy stone out there. So, we'll continue to encourage people to do that, to donate to the tennis program out there. So, that was uh great to do. And then thanks to
063FCI and everybody for putting those uh courts together out there. So, it was it was a really neat event and thanks for the community for coming out and again for we were still able to do it on time and under budget because we were a little concerned about adding extra courts um because we were on track to do that. And um I filled Dr. Hills shoes since he was out of town to be able to give some words and Jory did a great job and everybody. So, it was a a really neat event. So, it was a great time to have the community come out and they played some tennis beforehand and uh but it was getting a little bit warm uh that day. So, >> well, once again, just for the the entire team
064that that worked on the Grand Junction High School build, um, you know, seems like yesterday and it seems like 10 years ago that we started on that and, um, nerves were high, tension was high, right? Right. I mean, we were in the middle of insane uh building cost escalations and every single week we would come in, I think, holding our breath as to what went up that we that had we couldn't order yet. You know, everybody was waiting to get everything that we could so that we could get the best pricing possible. And so, it it really was a complete effort on everyone's part to make sure that we did come in on time and under budget on that project. And for aund nearly $50 million project, I I think you should all throw yourself
065a little pat on the back because for that to happen is incredible. >> Thank you. >> And I'll just reiterate again, the only way that happens is when voters pass a bond um in 2021. And so we're appreciative of our community for that. And then I'm last thing I'll say I'm just excited because obviously Junction had to be rebuilt foundation all that but it's also exciting to see these renderings of Central that they're going to get some love and Fruit as well and Fruit has had some work done in the past but they'll also get work and then Palisad's had work done in the past too but to see the secure vestibial and the other work going in. So all of our high schools getting um the attention they need um and then all of
066our schools across the district. So it's just it's exciting time when we can pass bonds and see these projects come through. So again thanks to our community for that. >> Awesome. They're going to be some really functional pieces of that as as the designs all get rolled out and we see them a little closer up. But the safety measures that have been put put into place in all of the schools, that was that was highly important to our community when we were talking about um the bond last summer. Um and so to see that that's really that's really getting done and that our kids are going to be in a much safer environment is fantastic. >> Yeah. Central and Fruda. I mean the a big part of those projects is connecting those buildings so students
067aren't having to go outside to get to another classroom building. Um those are huge improvements. And Palisade High School even, you know, there wasn't money in the budget to be able to connect those out buildings with new buildings, but being able to get them behind some secure walls goes a long ways. So really appreciate you guys and uh allowing us to be here with you. Um let us know if you have any other questions on these projects. See you next week. >> Thanks. >> Sounds good. >> You thanks for the updates. >> All right, we are going to roll into our business items. Um, so our first item is actually we're removing a policy um EBCB um with fire drills. So um do you have a motion to remove policy EBCB? >> Motion to remove
068policy EBCB. >> Second. >> Any discussion? We're just streamlining the policy so for and consolidating these. So, all right, we can go ahead and take the vote. >> Mr. Chavez, >> approved. >> Mrs. Evansson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Heights, >> yes. >> Mr. Jones, >> yes. >> Miss Lima, >> yes. >> All right. Next up on our agenda, we are approving licensed and administrative personnel. So you guys have a list in your packet of um continued hires that we've been making. So do a motion to approve the licensed and administrative personnel. >> Motion to approve the licensed and administrative personnel action. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Okay, seeing none, we can vote. >> Mr. Chavez, >> approved. >> Mrs. Evansson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Heights, >> yes. >> Mr. Jones, >> yes. Miss Lima. >>
069Yes. >> All right. And then third on our business items is the ratification of the Mesa Valley or excuse me, Mesa County Valley School District 51 and the Mesa Valley Education Association contract. So, do I have a motion for the ratification of the contract? >> Motion for the ratification of the contract. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Okay, seeing none, we can take the vote. >> Mr. Chavez, >> approved. >> Mrs. Evansson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Heights, >> yes. >> Mr. Jones, >> yes. >> Miss Lima, >> yes. >> All right. Um, we have no further board business items. Um, board open discussion. Is there any? >> Yes. >> Go right ahead. >> So, first I wanted to say kudos. I'm not really sure who I should say kudos to on this. Um, but I've gotten
070some feedback from a lot of staff members that are starting up the year and um they're they like to see like the policy updates that are in um the vector training this year. So, they've I've actually had quite a few people reach out and they've been telling me that it just makes it easier for them to understand what's been changed and, you know, aware of things that they weren't uh necessarily before that have been changed because I mean teachers are busy. You know, they're trying to plan their classrooms and get things ready and they don't always have the opportunity to see these things or listen to the board meetings or come to the board meetings. So, it's given them an opportunity to really have those things in front of them and give them information that
071they wouldn't otherwise have. So, kudos to whomever did that. Um, I have at least two other things I want to chat about. And so a lot of us when we ran for the board of education, we ran on transparency and we ran on commitment to our students, to our parents, to the employees in the district. And I feel like communication. Um, it's important that we're having some of these communications upfront and in our board meetings because then it gives an opportunity for you guys to hear what we're concerned about and to get direct answers. Um, so with that being said, yesterday evening I got communication from several sped teachers. Um there was a training that occurred yesterday with sped teachers and sped paras for a class called introduction to specialized classroom management the boytown education
072model. Now, I'm not certain if this is an education program or if it's a classroom management program, but I know that we currently have um capturing kids hearts um that we use to, you know, kind of help with uh as we put it, our social emotional learning. And I'm not sure I think that this is more the way that I was reading through it. I initially thought that it was a classroom management tool, but then there's some sections in there that, you know, give guidance and assistance um when it comes down to like kids that are having issues and then they're going to be in their sped classroom and they're having to complete some of their general education stuff. So, that's when I was looking at it. Or is it more of a uh what's
073the word I'm looking for? Um program educational program. So, I guess I'm confused on that. And some of the teachers weren't really sure either. And so, they reached out to me yesterday and they're like, "Hey, have you heard about this?" And I'm like, "Nope, no idea." And I'm like, "Okay, let me try to figure it out." And then I'm like, "You know what? Like, with all respect, like yesterday was chaotic. I don't have time. I didn't have time to sit down and draft an email and have these conversations." And I think it's important that the teachers know that I hear them and we hear them and I don't know. And so, I' I'd like to know, can somebody tell me what what this is? Does anybody know? Have you guys heard about it to me
074or to the community? Okay. because I think it's important that we're communicating this not just to us, but like our teachers have these questions and our community has these questions and how much money are we spending on these things and when did this come in and how was it approved and when was it approved and so there's all of these things that are just so important and it just it's difficult um when I can't answer these questions you know and so it just feels like there's a lack of transparency with I don't know I don't feel like any of us knew about it so It's a lack of transparency with us and also with our broader community which is who we serve. So that was something that I definitively need an answer on. I think
075our community and our teachers need an answer on it also. >> Okay. And then um I wanted to follow up on uh the um >> called again >> I'm sorry. It is called >> Boytown Education Model. So, I also wanted to follow up that um I appreciate the communication that's gone out from the district as far as um how of our some of our registration processes have changed um at the beginning of the year. However, I just want to say that I wish we could be more proactive about those. Actually, I want we will be more proactive about those things. It's absolutely necessary that we're being proactive and we're being transparently I mean it's it's the synonym transparently clear that we're being absolutely clear with the community that we serve. I mean we're entrusted with
076their children. And so um I just want parents to know that there was communication that came out to you guys. There was an email that came out that explains um that if you do wish to opt your children out of any upcoming surveys or uh classes that you're eligible to opt them out of um it gives some directions in how to do that. However, the one thing that the email did not discuss was um who they needed to reach out to, and I feel like I'm going to get uh reach out to their their principal, but is there someone in the district that specifically handles that if we have a problem with it besides the schools themselves? Um the opt out portion Okay. So, if they don't if they have any issues with that opt
077out process, is there someone that they could contact at the district that handles those things? Just if they have a problem, if there's a bigger problem just >> Yes, absolutely. Yes. >> Okay. Because there might be some kind of an IT issue or technical issue that follows up with that. And to follow up on that, as far as like an IT question, is it um and I don't know if we need to take a microphone, but so sometimes when we look at things on our computer and then sometimes when we look at them and like people are on the move and they're looking at things on their phone, right? Does it look differently on the phone? is does it sometimes not pull up the right data on the phone that it would if they were
078on a desktop or oh my gosh a desktop a uh laptop we don't have desktop >> it's coming in >> yeah that's something that yeah that's something we battle all the time and so we kind of take a look at the the iPhone to kind of be our main take a look at what it's going to look like but because of all the different sizes and stuff it's going to vary a little bit but like I said we try to take it on a I think it's a Droid, I think it's a 2008 model is what we still have that we test on them also with the older Droid operating systems. So, we definitely try to make sure that we're testing on both ends, but it can look different on different uh models of phone,
079especially if you're getting if you're using older models. >> So, would it be more advantageous for a parent to be on a laptop of some sort? You're going to get the best result? I think that I think it's advantageous if you have a very old iPhone and grab a grab a Chromebook and log in and we have a link to our parent view and you can do everything from the the actual web page. >> Okay. All right. I think that answers all my questions. >> Yep. >> Great. All right. Well, yeah, if we can get some followup. Oh, go ahead. Yeah, I just like to we tend to forget, but I'd like to thank Tammy for the work that she did for the contract. So, I just want to thank her for all the work
080and all the time that she did. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thanks, Jose Luis. Yeah, lots of people working behind the scenes, right? That Thanks. Thanks for that reminder. >> Anybody? >> Um, I just want to say welcome back to all the teachers and the kids going to school tomorrow. We went to the uh teacher orientation a couple weeks ago over at Orchard Mesa. It was a blast and got to walk the red carpet and take lots of pictures and but it was a super cool event. Uh D51 Foundation did a great job putting it together and and can't wait to see what the year brings. But it's really exciting to see all the new teachers that were out there and talk to so many people. So >> yeah, it was fun. >> Yeah, we
081have a lot of lot of new staff. So it's good a lot of excitement. Any other discussion? All right. Okay. Well, we have our let's see, next meeting will be the 19th, which will be our first board business meeting, and then we'll be getting into the swing of things. So, we'll have some other we'll set up our board coffees and things for as things are moving along. So, all right. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion to adjurnn. >> All right. Thank you everybody. Have a good night.