001Let me look down. All right. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us this evening. We're going to go ahead uh and call our meeting to order. Um we will first do our pledge of allegiance and then after our pledge of allegiance, we take a seat and then we have a moment of silence. So, um if you don't mind standing with us and gentlemen, if you don't mind removing your hats, uh director Jones, can you kick us off with the pledge, please? Algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands nation with liberty and justice for Thank you very much. All right. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda for this evening? Motion to approve the agenda. Second. Mr. Chavez. Mrs. Evansson. Yes. Mrs. Heights. Yes. Mr. Jones.
002Yes. Miss Lima. Yes. Do I have a motion to approve the meeting minutes and summary approval for December 10th, 2024, December 12th, 2024, and December 20th, 2024? Motion to approve the meeting minutes. Second, Mr. Chavez, Mrs. Evansson, yes. Mrs. Heights, yes. Mr. Jones, yes. Miss Lima, yes. All right. Well, now we are going to get into our recognitions. Um, so please, um, stay for pictures. Uh, Calie will want to get pictures of you. Um, if you're too big here, she will ask you to step out into the lobby, um, afterwards. So, um, first up, we have our first Lego League Challenge State Championship Tournament, second place core values award, and Director Evansson is going to announce those. Good afternoon. Wow, that's loud. Good afternoon, everybody. Could I have the students and coaches with Mesa View
003Chicken Hawks team please join me at the front of the [Applause] room? You could spread out if you want. Oh, that's good, too. Okay. Tonight, we're excited to celebrate the achievements of the district 51 students who participated in the recent first Lego League state champion champ or sorry, competition. District 51 sent six robotics teams to Lego League State, highlighting the impressive talent, hard work, and dedication of our students. The D51 chicken hawks from Mesa View Elementary earned second place in core values. This award honors teams that excel in demonstrating teamwork, inclusion, and respect while fostering a positive and collaborative environment. This is the first time the Chicken Hawks have earned this award, showing how much that they've grown and embraced the spirit of the first Lego League. However, they're no stranger to the podium. Last
004year, they took home a judges award, and this la latest achievement highlights their continued dedication and progress. The Chicken Hawks are a passionate and hardworking group of students who have put in countless hours guided by their amazing coaches. Their effort and teamwork truly embody the core values of the first Lego League discovery, innovation, impact, inclusion, teamwork, and of course, fun. The board of education and superintendent Dr. Hill are excited to re recognize the Mesa of View Chicken Hawks for this fantastic achievement. Your hard work, perseverance, and dedication to the core values paid off. Great job, guys. [Applause] Outstanding. Two years in a row. So, I was just told that they received an invite to nationals for placing eighth place and this will be their second year in a row. Do I have Connor Day? No.
005A set it there. Rier day. You're messing with me, kid. Here you go. This is yours. Better. Congratulations, Maggie. Good job. Holden Gonzalez, this is yours. I'm going to shake your hand. Good job. Georgiana Jurgens, congratulations. Kyla Kohler, congratulations. Good job. Madison [Applause] Sanchez, Zay Smith. It's like, did I say that right? Did I say it right? Yay. And Gabrielle Wilkerson. Congratulations. And would you like them outside or inside? What's happening? And a special thanks to Liz and Marty Fitzgerald. Would the students and coaches with the ocean explorers from dual immersion academy please join me at the front of the room? [Applause] Hi Ashley. During the first Lego League state championship, the Dual Immersion Academy Ocean Explorers were recognized for going above and beyond and creating an environment where everyone feels valued and included. By
006showcasing their commitment to diversity and collaboration, the team earned the judges award for inclusivity. The Ocean Explorers have worked hard under the guidance of their dedicated coaches Ashley and Tyrell Elliot and Jesus Belran Chavez. And I lost my space. And this recognition highlights not only their technical and problem solving skills, but also their ability to build strong, supportive communities within their teams and amongst others. During the competition, they set a standard for all teams and demonstrated that success is about more than just winning. It's about fostering an environment where every member feels welcomed, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. The board of education and superintendent Dr. Hill are excited to recognize the Ocean Explorers and their coaches for earning this well-deserved award. Your dedication to fostering a culture of belonging, one of our
007core behaviors in D-51, shine through in your passion for robotics and teamwork. Thank you for representing our district so well and setting a powerful example for everyone in our community. Congratulations to this well-deserved [Applause] achievement. May I have Zyl Oavdo? [Applause] Brexon Elliot, Cohen, Leonard, Camila Loyal, Milani [Applause] Luna, Jose Colette, Ronquilo. I said it wrong. You want to say it? That's fine. Okay. Thank you. It's like I'll give you a chance to fix my mess up. Good job, Jose and Valentina Salazar Aronda. Good job. And again, our coaches are Ashley and Tyrell Elliot and Jesus Beltran Chavez. [Applause] If you guys will step right over here, she'll get a picture of you. Liz and Marty. I really want to acknowledge Liz and Marty. They took time out of their summer to share their knowledge
008and their coaching and their coding abilities. They shared it with other kids from other teams across the valley and with the coaches. Without them, this wouldn't have been possible for our team. And they are a talent and an asset to the school district. And I just wanted everybody to know how amazing they are. [Applause] All right. Up next, we have All State Choir and Jazz Choir. All righty. With the students and directors involved in this year's All State Choir and Jazz Choir, please join me at the front of the room. [Applause] And while while they're coming up here, unfortunately, many students from Fruit of Monument and Grand Junction High Schools couldn't join us this evening due to prior commitments, but their all state choir recipients are here in spirit. District 51's music program continues to
009shine as one of the best in the state thanks to the hard work of our and dedication of our students and their directors. Hours of practice and performance throughout the year have earned these talented individuals well-deserved recognition. Being selected for the all state choir and jazz choir is a huge honor. Showcasing the top high school singers in Colorado. The ad the audition process is no small feat. It challenges students to demonstrate their skills and techniques in the highest level. This year 17 district 51 students have earned spots at the All State Choir and two have been selected for the All State Jazz Choir Festival. both happening in early February. The board of education and superintendent Dr. Hill are proud to recognize these talented students. Congratulations to you and your directors on this outstanding [Applause] achievement.
010All right. All State Choir Central High School directed by Matt Coronado is Addison Kaine and Cambria Henson. All right. Alexis Wayole, Evan Edwards. Addison [Applause] Kaine Cambria Henson, Lindseay Gammon, Jacob Molnar, Benjamin Maro, Allison Gudet, Emily Larson, Alexis Wayole, Russell Josie Win, Brayin Brown, Regan [Applause] Koba, Evan Edwards, Michael Coots, Blake Larson, Sienna [Applause] Miller, and Amy Salzar. And I'm just going to name these off real quick. Uh, the Palisad High School directed by Matt Dodie. Uh, The All State Jazz Choir was uh Alexis Wayole and Evan Edwards. Fra Monument High School is directed by Aaron Mareno. And Grand Junction High School is directed by Brad Hurst. Congratulations. And while while they're walking off, uh, shout out to Paliside High School because they performed at the Martin Luther King Jr. um, celebration yesterday. So, we
011can get a round of applause to them for performing at that as well. with the students and directors involved in this state's all state. Uh the orchestra, please join me in the front of the room, please. [Applause] The arts are a vital part of a well-rounded education and district 51 is a proud to support and celebrate our students talent and dedication to creative pursuits like music. This year, four incredible talent D51 students took their passion for music to the next level, earning a spot in the prestigious All State orchestra Festival happening at the beginning of February. Getting to this point wasn't easy. These students put on put in countless hours of practice both during and after school and worked hard to tackle a tough audition process. Their dedication, determination have earned them recognition as some
012of the most talented young musicians in the entire state. A huge accomplishment and a well-deserved honor. The board of education and superintendent Dr. Hill proudly congratulates the following students as being selected for the 2024 state allstate uh the orchestra. This achievement would not have been possible without the guidance support of our outstanding directors Rachel Lavina Fuda Monument High School and Nicole Roots Grand Junction High [Applause] School Benjamin Britton Aaron Benson [Applause] Congratulations, Clayton Arnold. Miss Emily Larson, Lindsay Gmon. [Applause] Congratulations. I think I'm missing one. Thank you. [Applause] Amanda Meltzer is not here this evening, but we do want to Oh, she is. She is. Oh, I was told she was not here. Well, come on up to the front then, please. Sorry about that. I thought you were gonna get away with you're here.
013The um the Colorado Thespians have recognized Central High School Theater Director Amanda Meltzer for her exceptional work in preparing students for the 2024 Colorado State Thespian Conference, Thescon, in December. As one of the nation's largest theater arts events, Thescon offers students opportunities to explore all aspects of performing arts from acting and design from acting and design to playwriting and film. It serves as a platform for creativity, talent, and inspiration for future theater professionals. Director Meltzer's tireless commitment to creating meaningful learning experiences extends beyond the classroom. She is known for fostering both artistic growth and professional development in her students. Her passion for the arts has left a lasting impact on the CHS community theater, inspiring students to grow as artists, leaders, and individuals. The board of education and superintendent Dr. Hill are proud to recognize
014director Meltzer for this outstanding achievement and thank her for her invaluable contributions to Central High School and District 51. [Applause] Congratulations. [Applause] Would Christa Smith please join me at the front of the room? It's Christa who's not here. I'm so sorry about that. That was my bad. I mixed them up on the list. So, it's completely President Heights's fault. I'm gonna let her take the blame. Um although she's not here, we would very much like to recognize um Christa Smith. In early December, Central High School teacher Christa Smith received the prestigious Smart Mayare VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award. That's a that's a big award with a big name. Presented by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Grand Junction. This award honors educators who go above and beyond to inspire patriotism, teach American history
015values, and foster civic responsibility in their students. Miss Smith was nominated for her dedication to connecting with students in meaningful ways, sparking important conversations about our nation's traditions, and using innovative teaching methods to bring history to life in her classroom. Her passion for education and her commitment to shaping engaged, thoughtful citizens exemplify what it truly means to be a teacher. We are thrilled to see her hard work and impact recognized by the VFW, and we are incredibly proud to have her as part of the D51 family. The board of education and superintendent Dr. Hill would like to congratulate Miss Smith on this well-deserved honor and thank her for all she does for our Central High School students and families. And a special thank you to the Veterans of Foreign Wars for their partnership and for
016recognizing the outstanding educators in our [Applause] community. All right. Well, thank you everyone. We um so Cali needs a picture of the larger group of you that she didn't get a picture of. Um and we will give a couple of minutes for you to clear the room. Um, since it's board appreciation month, um, we have cake at the back of the room and we are not going to eat at all. So, please help yourself to some cake, um, on your way out, unless you plan on staying for the remainder of the board meeting. But, we will allow a couple minutes for a short recess uh, for you guys to uh, go ahead and exit. And thank you guys and congratulations. [Music] Okay, I think we're going to start back up. I'll do a quick um
017just announcement. If you are new to a board meeting and would like to give public comment under the TV to my left, your right on that table is our signup sheet. Um, so you get three minutes to um do public comment. So make sure you sign up on that sheet and it is available up until public and a couple more agenda items. This is our signup sheet. All right, you get now to board reports. So board, um, good things for the last couple weeks or just anything that's been going on, you want to report out on personally or in the district? Um, I read the the proclamation for the school district yesterday at the Martin Luther King celebration downtown. Real nice ceremony and uh was cold, but it was it was good. And and I
018believe some some uh Dr. you and your family marched in it. But uh yeah, it was it was good. We also had a um student win the poster contest from Independence Academy and she beat um the college students too because CMU students were able to enter it as well and wow um our uh Independence Academy student beat out the college students as well which was cool. Nice. Thank you, Director Jones, for doing that on behalf of the district. Um and then sorry also uh had a couple students uh male and female both wrestlers. Um Hast Mains uh got a got the 150 win mark. And then for the women, Shil Tucson, who's an amazing wrestler, she accomplished over her 100 wins and nice. Both moving forward and moving on and doing big things. And Hay's
019pretty close to the record. So interesting to see who get that's awesome. They're good things. Oh, that's great. They can't hear you. Jose, oh, they can't hear you out there. They can't hear you out there. They can't hear you out there. I think your mic may not be tap on it once again. Sorry. Is that bad? Uh this this Saturday I was involved in a uh with some D-51 students at CMU. They had their kinsanetta. Those five girls that were involved with that kineta. We had um individuals uh that sponsored it. We were able to provide them with dresses, hair and makeup, uh photography, um everything else, DJ to dance and the food and everything for the families. These are individual young ladies who probably could not afford to be able to have a kinsanetta.
020So families were crying and uh when they had to do the change of the shoes from being a child to now to a female an adult woman and by culture and uh it was a wonderful thing to see. It just it was just uh heartwarming and and and a lot of joy and love. That's neat. Thanks for sharing. Right. Any committee or activity updates? I think we're just getting back into our committee work this right after the holiday after the holidays. So have anything yet to report on? I went um so I am on the Colorado Association of School Boards um board as well. Um I'm the region 10 um board member. So not this last weekend but the prior weekend. Um we had we meet quarterly. So we had our January meeting. Um, so
021I was there for the weekend for that meeting and um, there was a lot of discussion at that meeting around obviously the governor's budget and school funding. Um, so everybody is concerned about that, especially with his talk of um, doing away with the averaging because um, all but 20 districts in Colorado use averaging for um, when it comes to their funding. So, um, anyways, it was it was a good discussion. Um, also kind of a legislative update of maybe different educational, um, bills that might be coming, um, you know, down the pike. So, I'll keep you all updated. I'm also on the legislative resolutions committee with CASBY, um, which obviously any of you board members can get those updates as well if you sign up for that information, but I'll keep you posted on anything
022that I hear. So, it was a good meeting. Um it's a great way to collaborate with other people across um Colorado. There's about 20 of us on that board from uh very urban districts like Denver public schools um Jefferson Littleton to very rural areas um and everything in between. So uh that was a that was a good meeting to attend. So all right we can do our D51 happenings and celebrations. Hello board. I'm Sierra Coulson, marketing and communication specialist for D51 schools. Here to share with you the District 51 happenings and celebrations. Starting with our golden apple, Mrs. Abigail Slingsby um from Orchard Avenue Elementary School was nominated for being truly one of a kind. Her warm demeanor, positive attitude, and engaging presence contribute to a welcoming and uplifting environment for every child. Her dedication
023goes beyond the classroom, creating memorable experiences like transforming the gym into a Halloween themed space. She connects with over 200 K through 5 students, fostering kindness, health, and success. A cornerstone of Orchard Avenue Elementary, Mrs. Slingsby passion, Mrs. Slings Beby's passion and care make her a well-deserved recipient of the Golden Apple Award. School assemblies are always exciting, but Avalon Elementary took it to the next level with its 1% better growth mindset. At a special assembly celebrating their 2023 2024 performance banner, marking 15 years of excellence, students, staff, and families were inspired by freestyle rapper Ty Vasquez. Tony, the brother of an Appleton student, demonstrated how practice, perseverance, and daily improvement lead to mastery. He amazed the crowd by creating a freestyle rap using words provided by students, sharing how thousands of hours of practice and
024reading the dictionary as a child helped him perfect his craft. Even Principal Hayy and assistant principal Whitell joined in on the fun. What a fun way to celebrate 15 consecutive years of outstanding performance. District 51 freshman and sophomores got a hands-on glimpse into their futures during the CMU Tech Tours last week. Students explored technical programs and certifications that jumpst start careers while earning college credits through dual enrollment. From welding sparks to healthcare labs, students experience what it's like to gain real world skills for high demand industries. Thank you to the CMU Tech staff, CMU admissions volunteers, and the CTE team at D51 for contributing to making this experience a success. Fruit Monument High School hosted an unforgettable pep assembly thanks to their incredible efforts of the student council. The event celebrated winter sports and showcased
025amazing performances by FMHS dance team and the cheer squad. Of course, no iconic assembly is complete without exciting games that brought students from every grade together. Go Wildcats. Mesa View Elementary hosted an exciting culinary career day on Friday. Chef turned instructor Kan Carin from D51 Career Center inspired students with his passion for chocolate and its science. Students explored chocolate production, designed their own restaurants and food trucks, and created custom popcorn mixes with fun ingredients. This hands-on experience taught teamwork, creativity, and the joy of learning. Thank you, Chef Carin, for making career day so memorable. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Janal Wester Meyer, a behavior specialist at Japa Elementary, visited Sheladay Elementary last Friday to read Dr. King's impactful I have a dream speech. Her reading highlighted the importance of Dr. King's works
026work in the civil rights movement and inspired students to reflect on how they contri can can contribute to a more positive future. Thank you Janelle for bringing Dr. King's powerful message to life and inspiring the next generation. As we celebrate schoolboard appreciation month this January, we extend our heartfelt thanks to our school board members. Andrea Heights, Angela Lima, Will Jones, Jose Lewis Chavez, and Barb Evansson for their dedication and countless hours of volunteering beyond meetings. Your time, expertise, and commitment have supported our student success and helped create an environment where every student can thrive and reach their full potential. Thank you for all that you do. And that's all we have for January happenings and celebrations. Be sure to follow us on social media at D51 schools. Thank you. Please eat cake at the back.
027All right. Next up, we have the superintendence report, the second quarter business investment, financials, and presentation. Budget reads adoption. Yep. So, we'll have Mel and her team come up and present. Also, while they're coming up, we need video proof of the Appleton principal and assistant principal wrapping. I need to see video that. So All right. Good evening, board. Um, I brought Janelle Oo up here with me tonight. Um, so we're going to go through the second quarter business reports and the budget readdoption packets. Um but then we're saving the fun part for last hopefully and she'll be sharing something that we've been working hard on. Um and she wants to give you just a preview of um what we're hoping to roll out soon. So we'll start with our second quarter financials. Um this has
028activity through December 31st. Uh we're also bringing the budget for a mid-year readoption. I want to thank you guys for taking the time last week to meet with me and go over a lot of these materials individually because it is a lot of information. Um the fiscal oversight committee continues to meet and review the district's financial information as well. And so last week we were able to meet with them and they've provided a memo that highlights a lot of this information that I'll be presenting tonight. Um at the midpoint in the year revenues and expenses are tracking as we would expect across all funds. um because we are also bringing forward a budget readtion. If there were any notable um adjustments that we saw, those will be reconciled in the changes put forth at readoption.
029Um at halfway, we're at the halfway mark in the year. And our budgeted revenues, we've received 45.3% of those and that's higher than we would typically um have received because of the state's change in the way that they're distributing uh revenues. So what this means is we're receiving more of our funds earlier in the year from the state until property taxes kick in. So more even cash flow and we're in seeing that in our improved cash flow with more funds um already being received 45 compared to 36% and it's also contributing to our continued strong interest earnings. Um we'll talk about October count and trueing that up in our budget readtion and then our expenses are at 47.9%. So you can see the 45 to 47% in revenues and expenses. That's closing the gap because
030typically this is the area the time of the year when we would be at our lowest in cash flow and so we're much closer to having revenues that match expenses throughout the year because of that change. So it's been a really positive change that we've seen. Um so reasons that we read a budget. Um the state statute allows school districts to readt their budgets by January 31st of each year and every year we do do elect to do that. Um the purpose is that when you guys adopt the budget in June, it's before our fiscal year has ended. And so one of the things that's adjusted are the beginning fund balances for all of our funds to their actuals. Um we're also updating any information that's changed. So our October student count is known now.
031Our MIL levy certification was certified in December. So replacing any estimates with the actual numbers where we can and then just we've had half of a fiscal year. So if there were any updates to expenditures, we're accounting for those as well. So I just want to walk through some of the revenue adjustments, the transfer adjustments, and then the expenses for the general fund. Um this is by far the fund where most of the activity happens. So just taking a little bit longer to detail those out. Um you'll recall that the adopted budget included a $2 million budgeted use of reserves coming into the year. Um we had planned for that um in order to sustain staffing while the closure decisions were made. Um but through no one piece have we closed the gap, but through
032several small pieces, we'll be able to get that down to about an $800,000 use of reserves this year. And we'll detail that out. So, in revenue, um, our actual October count FTE was 86 FTE higher than budgeted. We're still down FTE from last year, but a little bit better than we were projecting. Um, we're still down 363.64 FTE from last year. Um, the 1996 MIL levy override adjusts by inflation and so that was approved in the mil levy certification and that was an increase of 5.2%. So that was about $300,000. And then our state categoricals. So those are areas like special education, transportation, ELPA that we receive additional funding from the state. And just a true up there, um that was a net increase of $25,000 from what we were budgeting. And then I mentioned
033those earned interest revenues remaining strong. So we're adding an additional $300,000 that we would expect to earn by the end of the year. So through all of those little adjustments, they add up to $800,000 in additional revenue from what was adopted in June. So just to look at student count a little closer, um we are down 300 students preschool through 12th grade from last year. That's a 1 and a.5% reduction uh to a count of 19,920 students. Um, CDE released last week all of their student count data and their pupil membership pages for all districts and they have kind of a look back. And so if you look back over the last five years since 201920, we are now down uh 2,146 students which is about a 9.7% reduction in those years. Um, because of
034that decline, we've been in an averaging position since 202021. And so the current formula, I know like President Heights, you alluded to that there's proposed changes. Um, but currently we are still calculated at up to the five most recent school year counts for our funding. So you can get the benefit of the three, four, or fiveyear rolling average. And through that provision um, we expect to receive $9.7 million um, through averaging. So that means that we're funded for just over 900 more student FTE than our current count would uh, provide. Do you guys have any questions to this point on revenue or trans or uh student count? Melanie, maybe just for clarification because I know we use FTE. This is this is talking about student FTE, right? Because I know we also use FTE in
035regards to staff. Correct. Yeah, this is all about our official October student count FTE. Thank you. Thank you. And so transfers are the next section and these are the amounts that we move between funds um or also that are passed through to our charter schools. And so our charter schools also have an official October count that we receive their per pupil revenue funding and then we pass it on to them. um this year their uh student count was down 16.92 FTE from what they were planning and so that means that we'll be receiving less money and transferring less money onto them and then also their proportionate uh share of our local mil levies and then the second transfer adjustment is from our 2024 mil levy override. So you'll notice that in our budget we renamed
036everything that was 2017 mevy override to 2024 just reflecting that that sunset was removed and now the 2024 one will be the one that is ongoing. Um but this 414,000 represents an increase in the cost to provide the five additional student contact days and the professional learning day um and just transferring that those funds back into the general fund to offset the costs. So that's a decrease to anticipated transfers from our adopted budget of 636,000. Um lastly are the adjustments to expenditures. Um there are very few um thankfully at this point in the halfway year. There isn't a lot that wasn't already planned for. Um one of those is adjustments is the CMU Tech Boseies contract. We expect that will increase by an inflationary amount. Um, so we're increasing that budget by almost 132,000. Um,
037the true up of the election cost from November, um, the Mesa County Elections Office has shared with us, um, our portion of that total cost and it was right at about 110,000. Um, that's higher than we had planned for and so needing to do a true up there. And then our compensation oversight committee continues to meet and review positions across the district. And so um what they look at are the market uh going wages and if there's a position that is 5% or more below market um then they uh seek approval for those adjustments. And so to date the executive assistance and then a few of the positions in financial services actually have been approved um for those market adjustments. And so in total um that's an increase to expenditures of 200,000 um across the
038district. We've been really careful and mindful of adding any expenses this year um because we're still in a position of using reserves and so these changes um are right at 200,000. Melanie, could you just explain um just so the public knows why this election was more than what we had budgeted for? Yeah. So Amy was able to talk through that with him a little bit and a lot of it stem from that it was a presidential election and so there were just more polling places, more staff, um more time and then it's always a portion of the total cost um are applied to each of the entities that bring forward questions. And so that part always fluctuates from year to year as well. Okay. So lastly, when you put all of these numbers together, um
039when we're looking at our result of operations, I mentioned that we were able to get that use of fund balance down to a budgeted 810,000. Um we'll see how the rest of the year shakes out, but that's what we're budgeting and planning for. Um by year's end, that means reserves would be at 21.6% of current year expenses. And throughout the rest of the year, we'll continue to monitor revenues and expenses and begin planning for the next year. Um so those are the changes in general fund but I did want to touch through just a few of the other notable changes across other funds. Um so I mentioned that we do the true up of beginning fund balance that impacts every fund um that we adjusted interest revenues um where needed across to other funds. And
040then there's just a few funds that we're closely monitoring. So one of those is nutrition services fund. Um we just met with their team last week. They're doing a great job of being really proactive in making adjustments to their staffing levels, um trying to reduce waste, really trying to um control their expenses as much as possible. But this is the second year of the state's healthy school meals for all program. And so just continuing to see how that revenue is playing out in comparison to expenses. um our bond redemption fund. In that fund, that's where we have the property taxes in order to repay bond debt. And so increasing those revenues based on the mill levy certification in December and then adding in an anticipated first interest payment on our new 2025 series bonds um
041which will be issued in the coming weeks. And so that is just kind of a placeholder for what we anticipate that payment to be. Um, in the capital projects fund, uh, we moved around some of the budgets, um, to earmark some specifically for school capital requests. So, primarily realigning some of the maintenance budgets and some of the, um, site leadership budgets into one pot of money that schools can request for their capital needs. And then there were some additional C dot funds um, that will also be able to apply for those projects this year. Um, so that's one of the pieces of our strategic plan that we'll talk on more in the spring when we present. Um, but just being able to put that into budget. Um, the building fund, we added fund 45 specifically
042to track the bond proceeds and projects separately from all other capital projects. And then I mentioned a couple funds that we're watching are our medical fund and our risk management fund. Um, we did increase the budget for claims by a million dollars in the readopted budget just based on what we're seeing in the early on part of this year. That claims are a little bit higher than we had hoped. Um, but we'll be closely working on this fund and determining what premium should be next year. Um, working with our benefit manager and plan consultants on that piece. Um, so more to come on that. And then risk management is where we keep um all of our risk management, workers comp, and safety and security expenses for the district. And that's primarily funded by the general
043fund through a transfer that hasn't increased in many years, probably all the time that I've been doing budget. But of course, there are increases to costs. And so, one of the increases was an increase to district property insurance premiums. And so just monitoring that fund to see if it might be appropriate to increase that transfer next year if we're able to. So tonight's resolutions, there are three that relate to the budget readtion. Um these are the standard ones that you uh are used to seeing. The first is the appropriation of the budget readoption. The second is the use of uh beginning fund balance. So any of the funds that have a planned use of reserves, kind of explaining what the plan is there, and then borrowing unencumbered money from other districts funds just allows us
044to pull our cash throughout the year um with all of the funds paid back to their individual funds by June 30th. Um, lastly, we have the resolution to authorize the sale of bonds, and Dan O'Connell and Kim Crawford will be available virtually with RBC and Butler Snow to answer any questions when you guys get to that vote. All right, so I'll let Janelle do the fun part unless you guys have any questions on any of the budget documents. Okay, so Janelle's worked really hard on this. Um, so she's just going to give you a preview of what we're going to be able to roll out. So our strategic plan focus area transparent and effective resource allocation has been working to implement a tool called cleargov. One of the things clear will provide is a digital
045budget book taking our current static PDF documents into a platform that is engaging and accessible. Cleargov presents the budget in an intuitive format with interactive graphs and tables making the budget more informative and transparent. This platform will also make the budget more accessible as it is mobile friendly ADA optimized and utilizes Google translate so the budget can be viewed in multiple languages. So here's a preview of what the budget book will book will look like with a button similar to this on the financial transparency page of the district website that will take users to the budget book. And as you'll see, there's still information provided in the PDF everyone is used to seeing, but we've added some additional information as well. Um, and then here in the bottom is where you can select a language
046if you want um to select a different language to see the pages in. And so, So through our executive summary section, we have a section um for the board of education and then um so showing all of you guys and then your board of education goals here and then we have an organizational chart that shows directors and above and then a page that shows our budget process and timeline with our budget parameters and then um our budget timeline for this um fiscal year that we're now showing all the the deadlines that we've had to meet throughout the year. And then we have our compliance statement that was always in our budget PDF that we provided previously. And then we have a page with all of the resolutions. Um, and then in our organizational information section,
047we have a section that talks about our strategic plan. Yes, sir. Come out. Okay. Um, and then at the bottom we talked about our strategic plan and at the bottom there's links to be able to access a full PDF of the strategic plans. And then um here's the more exciting part. We have a financial section. So in our financial section um we have a page with a total budget and then we have pages for each of our funds that have the various information for each of the funds. So um I was going to click through the general fund to kind of show you guys what those pages are going to look like. And then each page will have this section at the top that discusses um about the fund. And then as you scroll down,
048each page will have this revenues versus expenditures summary as well as this comprehensive fund summary. And these are going to show the last four years of actual numbers and then the current year of budgeted numbers. And this top section here will just show kind of a condensed format that shows all the revenues, expenditures, and then the ending fund balance in each fund. And then as you move down, we have revenues and expenditures that are broken down in a couple of different components. Um, so we have these bar graphs here that are interactive. So if you hover over it, it'll show you the exact numbers for each of these different sources. And then you can also click on sources down here if you want to see what it looks like with those sources taken out. And
049then there's always this um circle graph here that shows the budget for the current year. And then we have revenues by object. So this is the same totals as above but just showing you in a different format in different breakouts. And then we move into expenditures. So this will show expenditures by object um where it's easy to see from the graphs the different breakouts how most of the general fund dollars are spent on salaries and benefits. And this is an easy visual to be able to see that. Um and then we have expenditures by major program which again is the same numbers as the above expenditures but just shown in a different breakout. And then we have the breakout of transfers like we would normally show and then at the bottom of every page we
050have a fund balance um that shows the various designations of fund balance in each fund. So we are still finalizing some of the pages but this will be available to the public very soon. And then also because we are still in transition the PDF that we normally make available will still be available on our district website. There any questions or anything else you wanted to see from this? This is really exciting. I like this and I this is not my sort of thing. Um but I like how interactive it is. Um, does this make it easier at all for you guys internally? Like just and I guess maybe how so? So it's nice that it's great for the public in that for people who are super savvy with numbers to people who are not because
051like now you can see like how much you get from the state and how much we get from the federal government, how much we get from mineral releases and different things that you can kind of see where all the monies come from. But how does it help like you guys I guess be more efficient or if you can Yeah, elaborate on that. So, I think um our goal was just to roll out something that closely replicated our current budget book um with some enhancements, but really this is kind of the tip of the iceberg of what this software will do. And so, um we used to always submit for a meritorious budget award that has a lot of strict requirements and things that have to be laid out in a particular way. And just with
052staffing reductions over the year, we have years we haven't been able to do that. It was just so unmanageable with the time commitment. But this has those checklists all built into it. And then once we've spent this time formatting each of these pages, when we upload our new budgets each year and the actuals, they'll automatically come across in these formats. So it won't be rebuilding from scratch every year. It won't be managing a ton of spreadsheets and making sure that everything follows through. When you change a number in one spot, it's going to follow all the way through. Um the other thing that this company has launched, they're really it seems like they're expanding into school districts a lot even in the short time that we've been working with them. And so our ACE for
053our annual comprehensive financial report that is completely manual as well at this point. Um we'll be able to build that out in here if we add that modular in module in time as well making that really seamless. And so really, it's just an efficiency thing to be able to update this much more cleanly. There's a lot of double checks in place um compared to just those old school spreadsheets and static PDFs. And so we hope this is more engaging for our community, but it's also has a lot of benefits just for our staff internally and managing workload as well. I think it's fantastic. Um, I just I think it's just going to be more clear for everybody involved and I love to know that it just makes things a little easier for you guys in
054tracking all of that. Well, and even just so future goals like we want to make our quarterly reports mirror some of these as well to add some of those visuals. That way you can take our quarterly reports and compare them to the actuals and the budgets more cleanly. But a lot of these are graphs that I would prepare for different presentations and it's nice just to have one central location for them in a common format as well. And so yeah, we're excited for where we can take it. Um but we at least wanted to be able to launch something hopefully by the end of this week with just um the beginning stages of it. I think this is great because even like when we were doing, you know, campaigning with the bond and mill, I
055think a lot of people don't always understand our funding. um were different than you know the city of Grand Junction or even how Mesa County you know is funded. And so this is great for people to be able to come and look at how where our monies are, where our dollars go, how it's allocated. Um and this would just be a great spot for them to go and whether they're a visual person, they could look at it visually or whether they like looking at the numbers and following it across. I think this is really helpful for however people like to be able to digest those numbers. Board, any other questions or comments? I do have a question. I'm kind of backtracking, so I really apologize for that. Um, when we talked about trueing up like
056the election costs, um, can you explain like kind of how that works where when we have situations like that where it's something that ends up being more than we expected it to be, how do we end up trueing up those costs? So, we adjust the budget mid year. So right now there's currently a budget line item in our accounts that has 66,000 roughly in it and through the budget readoption we're going to increase that amount to 110. That's the $45,000 adjustment. And so all of these adjustments that you are approving tonight um are mid-year adjustments where we're making those accounts match in what the expenses that ultimately we'll be posting to those accounts. Does that make sense? It does. I assume um yeah like where where are we shifting from in order to true up
057that um well those additional revenues would be the cleanest way to think about that is that we had 800,000 in additional revenues that weren't budgeted for in June as well and so it's taking some off of that but overall still I think it's important that we're using less reserves or planning to use less reserves than we came into the year worried that we were going to have to use. And so I I would think that that that's improved during the year. Um despite some of those true up things that happen in a year that we need to add a little here or there too. I can see in your eyes. Let me give it a try. So the midway through the year true ups on both sides, right? Expenses and revenues. So, we've had some
058unexpected revenues and we've had some unexpected expense amounts. The amounts have changed. So, all this is is just making making each line item be where it truly is at the halfway mark, which we couldn't have anticipated before. Now, it's always a little bit of a guess what things are going to cost. And then halfway through the year when they have those costs that they know are going to be different, then they can make those adjustments. That's all this is, right? Does that make it Well, does make Okay. Thanks. Okay. Thank you. Um well, again, I just want to reiterate what the board said. Thanks for all the work put you put into this. Um it's fun to nerd out over a interactive budget book. Um so hopefully everybody watching online. It's way more fun than
059a spreadsheet. I know you all have your It's way more fun. colors and it moves and it and you have a question, you can hover and it's right there for you. This is this is really well and it's tied to the strategic plan. So, I appreciate that it's tied to that. And then I I just I don't want to overlook I know President Heights mentioned it. And I know Mel mentioned it, but just the importance that our finance department has been on top of um really our budget in general, but also trying to build up those reserves because that one slide that you showed, I know we kind of glossed over it, but if the governor's proposed budget um where he gets rid of averaging goes away, you know, a $9.7 million hit to our
060budget, that's a time when you might need kind of a safety net um like that. So, and I there were headlines even today of other districts that are going to have to dip into reserves because of um you know budget shortfalls. So, I just appreciate the work that your team has done um to prioritize that and the board as well to prioritize um creating that safety net, but also just making sure that we're staying on top of um what we're spending and um being wise with our dollars so that we're in a better position um than maybe some other places in the state. So, thanks to your team for oil's work. Mel, can you just remind us um when we came in, what was our what were our reserves at about what? Um so uh
061previously there was a 5% reserve uh minimum require and now 20. Yes. Yep. And a lot of that's been very intentional with the ESSER dollars of taking some pressure off general fund because in normal circumstances without that infusion of additional funding I mean it it wouldn't have been possible to change our position like we've been able to and what's the state's um like recommended percentage or what they Yeah. So, they kind of say that no one there's no one amount, but they kind of recommend three months worth of um payroll expenses, and that's what that 20% that you guys approved in June represents, an approximate amount. Well, this is super exciting. I'll be super excited for um our community when this rolls out and tell everybody about it. when they have these financial questions. I
062think this is really a one-stop shop where they can really delve into it. And so, um, I'm I'm excited that you guys are using this. So, thank you very much. Well, and I'm excited for the community to see it, too, and take some of their feedback because this is our our first draft that we're going live with. And so if there's other information that's helpful or explanations that we can put in, there are different ways to present information, um, we would definitely want to hear that and be able to make those adjustments if we're able to. So I always appreciate you guys taking the time like this is your world and and finances can and especially I would say school finance is complicated. There's a lot of moving parts and not everybody understands it. And
063so I think taking it um and putting it in forms and and you guys definitely take the time to try to explain it so that our community can understand it. So even taking that feedback that would even help, you know, even that much more, I think helps our community know that we want them to understand where the dollars come from, where they go, what we're doing with them. And so I'm excited. I'm excited for that on many levels. So thank you very much. Y thank Janelle. She's done a great job with it. Now you guys can get another award, right? The budget award or whatever. Yeah. Now that we have this TVD. All right. Sounds good. We'll we'll anticipate that one. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Yours. Okay. Right. So Dan and Kim are on
064just so when we vote, right? Yeah, they're on just in case you have questions when you get to that resolution. Okay. All right. Thank you. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't skipping over them. Okay. All right. All right. Well, next up we have um audience comments. So um we just so everybody knows you will come up to the middle podium here. Use the microphone. Make sure you speak clearly into the microphone. You have the timer in front of you that will countd down. Um you'll hear one tone at 30 seconds which will just kind of give you a heads up um that you'll need to wrap up and then a longer tone when your time is up. Um and then we also have a light here as well that goes red, yellow or
065green, yellow, red, excuse me. Um Director Jones will kick us off. He'll tell us who is up to speak and then who will be up after them and then our rules for public comment are on the board. All righty. Hey, good evening everyone. Um, it doesn't look like we have any students, so I'm going to go ahead and get started. Uh, up first is going to be Dana Ledwick and on He had to leave it. Okay. Um, so up first will be Miss Debbie Ferguson and on deck PJ Clark. You're all right. You don't need to do anything. Just just move the microphone right there and Director Jones will take care of everything else. Okay. Um my name is Debbie Ferguson and um a week ago I sent a email to all of the board
066members. And so the reason I'm here tonight is just to kind of put a face with the letter and to let you know that I'm still concerned about the safety of the children in district 51 uh because of an incident that's happened to my personal family. And um so I just wanted to reiterate that I'd like to be part of decision making if I could. And if you have any other questions, I just was here just to let you know um so that you could just see me as I'm a parent, a grandparent, um as um having several kids in the district 51 school system. Um I would um I'd like to be part of the change and that's what I'm looking for is a change in um the safety um pertaining to teachers and
067their responsibility um to the kids. And that's all I really had to say. Thank you. Appreciate it. Okay, up next we have PJ Clark and on deck Anna Elliot. Hi, I'm PJ Clark and I'm here with my friend Anna Elliot who crafted this letter um about our concerns about Long Family Memorial Park. So, I'm just going to read I'm in agreement with what she has said. Long Family Memor Memorial Park is 40 acres with three playgrounds, six multi-purpose fields, two basketball courts, one and a half acre pond, three volleyball courts, skate park, horseshoe pits, memorial plaza, amphitheater, one softball field, one inline hockey rink, four medium-sized picnic shelters, and two large picnic shelters with restrooms at north and south ends of the park with children's playground equipment nearby and so much more. The park is
068a result of a generous gift of Dr. William Long. He was so impressed with Sherwood Park that at his passing in September 2000, he donated through his will 40 acres at 3117F Road to Mesa County that it would be developed as a park. It was open to the public for the community's employment enjoyment in 2010. I have used the park, me and Anna and others for the past 12 years. me personally, five years. It is a beautiful multi-million dollar facility that allows for so many different uses from organized youth sports, local community events like walks to support Alzheimer's gatherings under the shelters for birthdays, graduations, and family reunions. And don't forget the runners and walkers with with or without their pups for exercise of the body and soul on the varied walking paths surrounding the
069park. During the summer months, I watch at park employee as park employees work to keep the grounds and shelters a clean and welcome place for the public to enjoy the great outdoors in their own backyard. Sadly, that clean and welcome place changes for the park when its neighbors to the east at Central High School uh return for the school year in August. There's about a six-foot chain link fence between the two properties with foot traffic gates of two places along the north south fence line. Each of these gates is posted with a yellow and black metal sign that says, "Caution, this gate must be locked during school hours." There is a saying in the west that good fences make good neighbors. But that is not the case here. Throughout the many school years since 2010,
070CHS students leave school property by passing through those gates, especially to the south, to access the county's property that Long Park is situated on. They descend on the two closest shelters to the school, the large Grand Mesa shelter to the southeast, which has a children's playground next to it, and the smaller MA Long shelter to the south. I'll let Anna go from here. Thank you, Miss Clark. Uh, up now we have Anna Elliot and our final one be Israel Andrade and Elliot. You've all had my email before. We're just reiterating here. I tried to get a few others that um feel the same way as I do. You remember I turned in signature petitions also. I sat out there. Many people were in agreement can't show up. I want to I want to go back
071to last meeting when Central High School the bullet point you put up said you're budgeted between 65 and 68 million for improvements. every one of them important here in the bullet points. Security upgrades, ADA improvements, life safety upgrades, replace the two-story classroom wing, dining room renovations, federal hall renovations. I was really excited when I saw these bullet points because I saw nothing about tennis courts in the bullet point as something needed for that 65 to $68,000. I um am aware that uh the developer the um construction outfit for Central High School has already spoken to admin. I really want a fence or some kind of boundary between that school and that park. I've got pictures. I've got videos of them hustling over the top of that fence when someone's going to get their coat hung
072up, their book, their backpack caught up. again is uh the Mesa County Superintendent of the Parks and Recreation said, "The lawsuit will be on the side of which whichever side the kid falls on, whether it's the county or the school, and they fall and break their neck. You need a fence." A good example is one around the Mesa County uh jail facility. Higher the better. razor wire for my my endp point would even be a deterrent, but it suggested that you could put cactus um some kind of a plant growth on both sides of a taller higher fence with no gates. Mr. Dana had to leave. He is one is been impacted personally walking animal by students that and I can't call them all students. I know that there are those that aren't there that
073are engaging in drug dealing and just bad behavior from explosives uh being set down off of the roof. I've got pictures here of it. I've been to Cody Davis. No one seems to want to hear about the disruption for the people that just want to use that park. And all it takes is a fence high enough that it'll discourage the ones that'll have nosebleleed from going over the top. No footholds. A wall would not uh as a solid would work because it'll be a form of graffiti and protesting. But a chain link that's tall enough where they'll think twice about going over the top with no gates. Invest the money. that's going to be put into the high school for developing and improving it into a barrier that will keep them safe and inside the
074school grounds. And if they don't want to be in school, then don't don't let them come in. You've done a policy renewal on how you expel bad behavior. I know that teachers have been out there and principles breaking up fights at school. Thank you, Miss Elliot. And our final speaker of the evening will be Mr. Israel Andrade. Hello, my name is uh Israel Andrade. I um uh just here just uh to convey some concerns that I've had. Um I actually work across the street from Central High School. I'm the store manager of that location, the Walmart neighbor market there. Um some of the things that I have seen over the last three and a half years that I've worked there um have just been concerning behavior towards not only the students but what happens in
075Long Park. Um I um want to not only you know say that I've uh communicated with the principal over the principal whether over the last few years. I don't know if there's been a change on this last year or not but I know there was a principal that I talked to that has some serious concerns about um lunch time. Um that's where uh my store usually has a lot of hit and just students coming over across the street. Um I there are some safety issues with just overall the populace um customers coming in and out from parking lot, the students walking through the parking lot. um sometimes um cussing causing disruptions in with the customers or even the customers feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of students coming over here about 300 to 400 500
076sometimes it feels like uh my uh staff has to actually um stop everything that we're doing to ensure the safety of the students while they're in the building uh to ensure that nobody gets hurt. Um, and really, uh, I just want to also, um, say that I want a partnership with the school board, um, and school district as well, um, in whatever I need to do as well to make sure that I can help out with that. Um, I know I've tried to, I've extended, um, my help out to Central High School as well and other schools around the area. Um, but really just want to narrow down narrow that down and be able to, um, help out. Um, I see a lot of people that are of student age that should be in school
077that are not in school. Um, working there. Um, and I don't know how else to help out other than, uh, to extend that help out and see what resources I need to give out. Um, what can I do to help uh, you know, the school board um, and the school district really just enact that because overall this is the community that I live in and this is the community that I'm a part of. and I went to school here back in 2008, I believe. Um, and then I moved out. But I I really do think that there's a lot that can come out of here. And I just want to help out with what what I'm seeing. Um, you know, there's a lot of true concerns that I have. I've had instances where police has
078been called. Um, and I have instances where I I just fear for the safety of the students as well. Um, and that's really all that I have. Thank you. Mr. Mr. Andrad, will you uh email me your information, please? Thank you. Um, that concludes our audience comments for the evening. Thank you. All right. Next up, we have our consent agenda. Um this is uh this contains personnel actions and acceptance of gifts items that are routine and can be approved by a single motion. Items on the consent agenda will not be discussed individually by the board unless an item is removed for in individual consideration. I will state that the total of gifts um is 63 um421 and um $19,7782 of that was from the donor's choose. So thank you for that. Um so um board
079is anyone requesting any items to be removed from the consent agenda? Okay, seeing none, uh, may I have a mot excuse me, a motion to approve the items on the consent agenda? Motion to approve the consent agenda. Second, Mr. Chavez, approved. Mrs. Evansson, yes. Mrs. Heights? Yes. Mr. Jones? Yes. Miss Lima? Yes. All right. So, next up we have our business items. Um, so first up we have um we have uh let's see we'll do all of them together but the bond uh Dan and Kim are on the line so if you guys have any questions. So we have the resolutions for the 2425 readopted budget which um was the budget readoption, the use of beginning fund balance, the borrow of unencumbered money from the other district funds, and then the resolution to authorize the
080sale of the bonds. So do I have a motion to approve those items? Motion to approve the resolutions. Second it. All right. Any discussion or questions? Did we um with our bond sale our bond sales did um is there was there any update from the time we did our two two and ones sorry with like our uh our what's the word? It's eluding me. Our ratings. Yes. Thank you. That was what I was looking for. So, since we met, there haven't been any updates. We've done our ratings presentations, and I think that we had done those before we met with you guys, and then today we did our due diligence call. And so, we're just continuing to work through the steps and our ratings should be released, I believe, Thursday of this week where we'll
081see those from Moody's and SNP. Okay. Then once you all have those, then you guys will then work to go sell the bonds at a time that you feel is most advantageous, right? Yep. Correct. Okay. By the end of this month. Okay. And so for our community, ratings is like a credit score for the district. Um so that's they they basically put all the information forth to a committee or a group. Yeah. That reviews analyst and then they have a committee that reviews them. Okay. Thank you. So just so people they don't always understand what that is, but it'd be like a credit score for us. So all right. So, no questions for Kim or Dan. Okay, great. All right, seeing no further discussion, I'll call for the vote. Mr. Chavis, approved. Mrs. Evansson, yes.
082Mrs. Heights? Yes. Mr. Jones? Yes. Miss Lima? Yes. And that passes unanimously. All right. Thank you everyone. Is there any open board discussion? Anything that anybody has on their mind? Um, I just want to actually just give a shout out to the district and everybody involved in keeping our kids safe and with the two-hour delay. I know it was really cold this morning and you know, just thinking about our kids and our safety of the kids. So, that was pretty cool that we made sure everybody made it safely in. I would agree and I um teachers as well. Sorry. Yes. Yes. They have to stand outside and receive those kiddos, right? Yeah. And I understand I know there was a lot of comments um it gets colder in other places but you have to understand
083that like these type of temperatures are not necessarily customary for us and so a lot of times families are not necessarily prepared to bundle up little kids um to walk or stand at a bus station. So while I know that North Dakota and Craig and Gunnison and Minnesota get there right like they're wearing Gortex all the time. I I get it. But um you know, I just want to say thank you to the district. It's like no good deed goes unpunished. I guess I'm I'm sorry. I just I just kind of found this to be silly that some people made comments about it. And I just but I just wanted to give some perspective that like sometimes our families are not prepared to bundle up our kiddos to stand at a bus stop when those
084temperatures hit, you know, you know, hit below 11 with a wind chill. You know, in Iowa, in Minnesota, in some of those places though, that is a little bit more customary and they're a little bit more prepared for that. So, and also our staff that have to stand out there for tens of minutes, you know, receiving the kiddos. It's um it's a it's a lot. So, I think a two-hour delay of time. I'm sorry to the parents that that um you know, disrupted your day a little bit, but I I just have to say that I think I appreciate um Dr. Hill and the safety and security team that has to just make those calls. Um you know, even at by 11 or 12:00 today, it was still only like 17 or 19 degrees outside.
085So, I just I just want to give a little perspective of why sometimes we have to make those calls in in perspective, too. I understand it's a lot colder other places and people deal with it daytoday, but we we don't here. Well, and to kind of add on to that, we have we have kids that attend district 51 schools that literally live in different ecosystems here in Mesa County. I mean, I have three feet of standing snow at my house and it was -10 this morning at my house and you know, that wasn't even including the wind factor. So, I mean, granted, people don't think about I mean, people think, you know, we have kids down here in the valley, but we have kids that live up on the Mesa, too, and they're living in
086completely different environments. And so, I mean, there have been times, you know, when my kids attended District 51 where the weather was so bad there that they the buses couldn't even transport them. So, I mean, I do commend because that is that is a big thing. It's very important that we're making sure that the safety we're ensuring the safety of our kids and worry about those families that can't afford a coat or gloves or a hat or so. Yeah. The beauty of the beauty of not being on Facebook is you don't get to see those negative comments. So, I have no idea what you're talking about. I try not to be and people send it to me and then I get mama bearish a little bit. Nobody even sent it to me. I don't really
087want to see it. Um, I'll send it to you. No, thank you. Uh but I do just thank you all for saying that. But also just um really shout out to Clint um and Andy and our team because yeah, we don't take these decisions lightly. Like it's a lot of discussion. It's a lot of discussion with outside entities as well um to make sure that we're making the best decisions. And even with this one, I was pushing back a little bit on it and um and we all have a real good discussion around it so we can make the best decision for our students. But I'm glad you mentioned staff too because we have staff that ride the bus and who walk uh to work as well and so it would have impacted them as
088well. Um, so, but we will be be back on regular schedule tomorrow um, uh, as well, but it will still be cold, so folks need to bundle up on their way to school in the morning. Yeah. I'm not trying to chastise anybody. I just I just wanted to try to bring some perspective of some sometimes families don't have all the needed things when it gets this cold. So, I just I know it's going to be a little chilly tomorrow, too. So, up in the morning. Bundle just Yeah, bundle up. Bundle up. Watch. So, thank you for that. Yeah. Thank you for the calendar and the carabiners. So, and there's cake in the back. Cake in the back. Yeah. All right. All right. So, all right. Thank you everybody. Appreciate Appreciate everything. Um, future meetings February
0894th um and February 18th. And uh do you have a motion to adjurnn? Motion to adjurnn. All right. Thank you everybody. Have a good night.