001Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Happy birthday to you. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Good evening and welcome to the board of education meeting for Gley Evans School District 6 on Monday, February 9th, 2026. This meeting will now come to order. Please join us for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Miss Lemon, will you please call the role? >> Director Ozari, >> present. >> Director Bentley, >> present. >> Director Campos Spitzy, >> present. >> Director Edmonds,
002>> present. >> Director Lemos Garcia, >> present. Director Mash, >> present. >> Director Roi, >> present. All board members present. >> Thank you. Well, I wanted to wish everyone a happy Valentine's Day coming up this weekend. I know sometimes Valentine's Day gets a bad rap. Just a a reason for stores to sell flowers and chocolates. Um, but it's always a good day to show love to your family and your friends and your teachers and your neighbors. Um, only love is stronger than hate. So, let's drive that out this weekend. Um, I also wanted to invite you all to the 35th annual Big Band Boogie Ball. Um, that used to be a Valentine's Day celebration. This year is closer to Marty GR and has a Marty GR theme. Um, it's a Marty GR themed evening celebrating
003music education and student achievement. The event features live jazz performances by the Gley Central High School jazz bands and orchestra along with Chapel's um, jazz band as well. the arts magnet program dance um and the cream of the crop big band John Mills Orchestra. So if you would like to come and swing dance or observe other people swing dancing. It's a great event. Um all the proceeds go to our Gly Central Music boosters. It is February 20th from 6:30 to 11:00 p.m. in the UNCC ballroom. Tickets are available um at Gley Central at Music Depot um or one of the Gley Central High School musicians can sell you a ticket. So, hope to see you all there. All right. Um I always tend to overlook our students that are sitting with us, but our Council
004of Student Representatives, um Sarah Venegas and Abby Tovar, thank you for being with us and for your participation. The next item on our agenda is to approve the agenda. This is an action item requiring a motion. >> I move that the board of education at Gley Evans School District 6 approves the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Thank you all. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, Miss Lemon, will you please give us a vote? >> Director Ozari, >> I. >> Director Bentley, >> I. >> Director Campos Spitzy, >> I. >> Director Edmonds, >> I. >> Director Lemos Garcia, >> I. >> Director Mash, >> I. >> Director Roi, >> I. Motion carries 70. Thank you. Our next item on the agenda is an amazing celebration recognizing our middle level principal of the
005year. I'll give this over to you, Dr. Pelch. >> Thank you, President Mash. It is my honor tonight to recognize Miss Nicole Peterson as the 2026 Colorado Middle School Principal of the Year. So Nicole has Yes. This year, the recognition actually uh is offered up from the Colorado Association of School Executives, which is our professional organization um that we all belong to as school executives. Um Mrs. Peterson was chosen as the middle school principal of the year by some of her peers in the state of Colorado. Uh so, Case doesn't actually select the winners. Um there there was a team of former winners, principles and assistant principles who have been state winners who selected Nicole as the principal of the year at the middle level. This is really quite an honor um to have Nicole
006recognized in this manner. We had an assembly last week at the school to recognize her with her student body and her staff. Um and many of you attended a reception following that. Um she will also be recognized April 15th through the 18th in Washington DC along with all the other uh winners from states across the nation. Um just a little bit about Mrs. Peterson. She was hired as an assistant principal first in the district at Gley Central High School in 2009 after having been a teacher at University School. She has been the principal at Brentwood Middle School for 13 years now. since 2013. Uh, so she's almost our longest standing principal, I think. Um, and Brentwood has been recognized multiple years in a row, as you know, as a school to watch and has received
007the Colorado Department of Education Center of Excellence Award twice. So, lots of recognition there. Um, honoring the hard work that has gone on there with Nicole and her team. Um, her school has been at a performance rating since 2016. all but one year and then the two years that were held with COVID. So, um they slipped one year and boom, she was on it again and didn't let that happen again. Um Nicole received the district principal of the year award from the success foundation in 2019. Um, and as you all could see when we were at the building last week for the celebration, she has created such a positive and and welcoming and nurturing environment for her students and her staff at Brentwood Middle School. She really is a model of culture development. Um, she
008knows every single student by name. She celebrates every single student's birthday. She writes each of them a personal birthday card to tell them happy birthday. Um and because she knows her students, she's able to to give them personal messages like that. She consistently has the highest number of students um in the district in our extracurricular activities in the district. Um she and her team there believe that if students are involved in extracurricular and co-curricular they're going to have a greater sense of belonging and they're going to be more likely to be academic successful which is why we've seen the academics part of why we've seen the academic success there. Nicole is a relentless leader. She she is tenacious and she does not let up. And what that does for our students is it causes them
009to know they can do great things. they can do hard things and they can go on to high school and and really really excel at the high school level because of the work they're doing at Brentwood Middle School. Uh she is a leader among our leaders here in the system. No question about it. She serves on many district teams and committees. Um anytime we ask her to take a leadership role to chair something um she's always willing to do that and and you all know this that she and her husband Jeff um are often present and often the face of District 6. and just so proud to have her on our team here um in district 6. And I'm going to give her an opportunity to say a few words to you and then I
010um have a plaque I want to present you with and Casey will get some pictures. >> Welcome, Mrs. Pet. >> My gosh, those are so many kind words and sentiments and so obviously I'm super humbled by this recognition and incredibly honored. Uh it's a huge testament to the amazing things we have happening at Bruntwood. I truly I know I'm biased in every single way, but I really believe we have the absolute best team of educators and administrators and we've been together for a long time at Brentwood, which is really powerful. Uh, so much of who I am as a leader is I grew up in District 6 in leadership positions. I took the role at Gley Central when I was 29 and had the opportunity to learn um how to be a leader and just
011refine those skills and practices. And after all, we have Dr. Pelch who is probably the most tremendous leader any of us know and so to be able to just learn alongside her and from her has been such a valuable like invaluable opportunity. Uh as I said before I genuinely believe that all of the schools in our system believe in relationships and rigor and this relentless hope that we instill in our students and our families to change the outcomes for kids. So I'm just honored to be able to represent our district in such an amazing way. So there you go. What a great way to start our meeting off. Our next item is to hear from some of our fantastic students, our council of student representatives from Frontier High School. Amelia Katrrell, excuse me for butchering
012any of your names, Joshair and Kaden Clark, who are accompanied by the dean of students, Sarah Scribbik. Welcome. Good evening. Uh, members of the board, President Mash, and members of the Council of Student Representatives, thank you so much for having us here tonight. I am proud to introduce Frontier Academyy's Council of Student Representatives. Standing next to me are three amazing students who embody our mission at Frontier Academy, building leaders. Tonight, they will give you a glimpse into what makes Frontier Academy stand out. Hi, my name is Amalia Catrell. I'm a sophomore at Frontier Academy. I'm currently involved in the council student representatives, honors orchestra, as well as a start pier. I'm a member of Frontier Academyy's volleyball, basketball, and track team. My name is Joshair and I'm a senior at Frontier Academy. I'm involved in
013the Council of Student Representatives, Frontier Academyy's jazz band, as well as National Honors Society. I'm also a member of Frontier Academyy's track team. After I graduate, I will be pursuing a career in welding. >> Good evening board. My name is Kayen Clark and I'm a senior at Frontier Academy. I'm a member of Council of Student Representatives. I'm in our National Honor Society, a member of Interact Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I also partake participate in cross country, basketball, and track in addition to various service opportunities in my school and community. After graduation, I will be continuing my degree at University of Northern Colorado with a major in sports and exercise exercise science, but my main focus is in ROC and pursuing aviation. Um, what makes Frontier unique? Frontier Academy is a spectacular school. There's
014so many ways Frontier is set apart, but some not notable things that make Frontier different from other schools are its unique characteristics. things such as a 4-day week, a conjoined 6th through 12th grade building, small class sizes, and the freedoms of a charter school. Frontier has been such an incredible experience in my life. I moved to this school in 7th grade after a long move from Alaska. I have loved this school ever since. I was introduced to many service opportunities starting as young as middle school and was given the opportunity to interact and serve with upper classmen. I have loved our 3-day weekends and wish to never go back. Because of Frontier's unique structure, I've had countless opportunities to pursue hobbies, extracurriculars, and make deeper connections with friends, family, and my community. Frontier has given
015me the unique opportunity to make personal connections and friendships with my peers and teachers. Thank you. >> Benefits of Frontier Academy. Since Frontier is a smaller school than most district 6 schools, attending here is a huge benefit for all children who want to participate in a variety of activities. Frontier is very flexible with student schedules because we want the most spirit, support, and community in all our extracurriculars. This has personally helped me because I've been able to engage in most activities and athletic teams at Frontier. I currently partake in volleyball, basketball, throwing as well as honors orchestra. Being a small school has also taught me to create a better work and life balance. Even though I'm very involved and don't get much of a break, it has taught me to have a great time and
016stress management skills. I love attending Frontier because of the close community connections. My social skills have improved with all my peers, and I've developed a deeper connection with all of my teachers. >> Opportunities at Frontier. Despite the smaller number of students and size of our school, Frontier offer offers a lot of opportunities that are such a privilege to be able to partake in. Um I've been going to Frontier for all 13 years of my I guess school career and um I feel so lucky and privileged to be able to um share some of the opportunities and like share those connections with different teachers and students. Um for example, I'm able to participate in Frontier's Jazz Band during zero hour um which starts at 6:30 in the morning. So it's a a before school thing which
017is I feel like really cool that um we have the opportunity to do that when we can't fit into our schedule. Um, we also have another fun opportunity we're able to do called ew week, which is like an electives week. Um, we don't have enough students or space to have fun elective classes such as shop. So, we have e-w week, which is a week long period in October, which offers a plethora of these types of classes so that we can experience some of the same things as other students in Gley. Right now, we're doing wish week. Um, during this week, we come together as a kindergarten through 12th grade school um to raise enough money to help make a wish come true for a child with a critical illness. I find this opportunity really cool
018and really supportive and it's such a privilege to get to feel a sense of community with other students and teachers and support an amazing cause. Um, we don't have a specific request for the board. Um, but I'd love to ask you guys to all consider contributing to help these kiddos wishes come true. Um, you can support our cause by donating through Frontier social media or by um having a meal at Wing Shack on Tuesday night or Cafe on Wednesday. um we have some digital flyers for that um that you can present to them to help support that. Um thank you guys for your time and and the opportunity to come and present. If you guys have any questions, we'd love to answer them. >> Thank you for being here. I know that you're busy this
019time of year. Well, any time of year probably. Thanks for being here. And director Campos Spitzy has a comment. >> Oh, just kidding. I apologize. We'll come up with one. No, I'm just kidding. Um, yeah, we just This is one of my favorite parts of our board meeting is to get to hear from from each different group. Um, each different school and I I appreciate that you specifically said what sets you apart. Um, the small class sizes. Sounds like you all mentioned that and that really gives you a tight-knit community. Um, and it looks like Miss Venegas has a comment that is that for Yeah. Yes. I just wanted to say kudos. I love when CSR comes up here, especially our charter schools. We love hearing your guys' comments and just how amazing your schools
020are and all the fun opportunities you guys have. And I just love seeing you guys up here and sharing all the good things about your school. So, thank you for doing that. And you guys are awesome. So, thank you for being amazing students and amazing members of CSR. >> Thank you very much. Best wishes for the rest of the semester. >> The next item on our agenda is an update from the success foundation. And so I will invite executive director Julie Hill and board member board President John Shutler. Good evening. Uh yes, I'm John Shutler. I have the pleasure of serving as the president of the board of directors for the success foundation. And uh just from a personal note um one of the reasons I wanted to be on the success foundation in the
021first part is these kinds of opportunities of partnering and working with and learning more about the district with the board and its faculty and its administration. And uh so this is just a great opportunity. But um I want to just make sure I recognize my fellow board members and I had to write them all down because I always forget. uh Darla Francis, Kelly Zelman, Terry Bolinski, Neil Kingman, Eric Naki, Natise Parent, Brent Kramer, Dana Kohler, William Naidig, and Charles County. And so, thank you very much for this opportunity. I know Julie's got a little bit to tell you as well. >> Thank you again. We always um appreciate the opportunity to come and report on what we've been doing for the past year. Again, my name is Julie Hill. I'm the executive director of the
022success foundation um serving Gley Evans schools almost 10 years May will be 10 years I've been with foundation and it's been um quite a ride we are um we do want to brag that we did recognize some of your people of the year first so um Nicole Peterson as mentioned was one of our uh our leader among leader award winners and Steve Pollson was also one of our teacher of the year winners earlier on but congratulations um such amazing recognition happening in the district and we just are proud of the piece we get to play in it. I wanted to just tell you what we've been up to um in 2025. Some of the things that you're going to hear from me tonight are repetitive. We've been working on some of similar projects from year
023to year. And I'll start with our school food pantries. U we partnered with the district um nutrition services team a couple of years ago to install school food pantries at all school sites including our charter schools. So um we received some grant funding for all of the equipment needs, but we are now helping with the sustainability of those pantries. So, um, proud to say there's 33 pantries up and up and running. Um, this year they really are focusing on growth in the food reclamation that they, um, are working on. We were, we did have some leftover grant funding that we were able to help improve the packaging equipment. So, that's something our funders and and community really like is not only um, shelf stable items, but being able to reclaim food that was previously thrown
024away um, and now it can be um, properly stored and sent home with our with our children. Uh the other really thing we really have nothing to do with this but I think it's a a cool outcome of um the food service or the food pantry program is involvement from our transitions program. Um our students in that program are taking the orders. They're getting um things ready to go and send out to the pantries. So they're getting really valuable work skills and um obviously also helping keep those up or the food pantries operational. So um financially we've contributed $28,000 to support food pantries in 2025. We continue with our music efforts. We are trying to um provide quality instruments K12 or our goal is to get to a one instrument to one student ratio. Um
025to date uh in 2025 we provided $135,000 um but over the last couple of years we've um helped purchase 355 new instruments. There's also a smaller amount that we have allocated to critical repairs. were um depending heavily on the expert of Kathy Azari who um we said if if they can be repaired and there's still plenty of life left in them let's do that otherwise let's get a new quality instrument and put that in students hands so um that's been great really wonderful stories coming out of the the music programs and we al also have had some community members come in John Dit with the Crescendo Foundation um has provided funds for day-to-day needs so a lot of funds needed there that students have to provide or are coming out of those budgets So, um,
026he continues to work on those day-to-day needs. I love this little picture, little guy playing tennis. Um, athletics program support. Also, um, Sean Scribbik was hired as a full-time athletic director, um, in 2025, and he's done a great job. Um, this is also a project that started a couple of years ago, but really removing barriers um, and that access to athletic programming at a younger age. And so we contributed just under 150,000 in 2025 to athletics after school athletic programs at the fourth and fifth grade level. Um between spring and fall, Anthony, I hope this is the right number. We had about 1500 students participate in those programs and and that continues to evolve. But u one thing that the district did this last year as well is offer a common sport at all schools.
027So in the spring it was soccer and in the fall it was football with the effort of um having some sort of competition among schools. So really great program and um I think we will continue to hear more stories out of that program. Our board has focused on career exploration and development. Of course, Smart Labs is a a big part of that at the younger age, but in 2025, we did receive some funding to support um the student kits at the CTE center, $70,000, and we um secured $145,000 for the Career Explore um internship program. Of course, we lost a um a huge pillar in education, our community in 2025 with John W. Hafley. Um but his legacy lives on through their fund, the Dillian John W. Hafley opportunity fund. This is an opportunity for
028students and student groups to come to the success foundation and apply um for finances that will help them pursue extracurricular academic um career development opportunities. The other large um uh item that we fund out of that fund is our the home internet access. So since COVID we have provided home internet access to our students that would not have it. Um so that comes out of that um the the Hayley fund. So there just um yeah $33,446 was provided through that fund in 2025. We continue our innovative learning grant program. Last year we went to two cycles and it seemed to help us a lot. Um so in 2025 we gave a little over $37,000 um to support projects in our schools. Our staff and educators are coming up with wonderful things they want to do
029with their students. Uh 10 schools K12 students were supported. Um the district 6 preschool I think for the first time we provided a grant too and then we also um gave one to our a department nutrition services. So it's not only for schools it's for any department that wants to do something um innovative in their area. And then this is a kind of catchall. We we do receive a lot our our board work looks at district-wide projects. So you just heard about that, but we have many funders or or grant opportunities that come to us and this is that catchall of directed gifts and grants. So just a few examples of that. We had um about $584,000 um but literacy initiatives, pre-colgiate support. This does does include the district 6 kath that we partner with
030communications on and then um support to individual schools departments and and programs. Outside of funding, many of you I think all of you were at the um success and six awards a couple of weeks ago. As you heard, it's our favorite event of the year. Um we had more nominees than ever this last year at 156 and we did uh fortunately find our one person that didn't receive their gift. So that was good at the event. We were able to track that person down. um also largest I think largest group of attendees. We had over 400 um individuals there. So just so much fun. It's it's really a great time to get to celebrate with all of you and um certainly you are worth celebrating. Last year I think um President Bash mentioned this and
031we left it out of our presentation, but we're also very proud to host a junior board. We actually met with them this morning. Um they meet on a monthly basis and work on leadership and community service projects. And so this is them at the Prairie Heights uh food pantry in December. They stock that up before the holidays. Uh but a great group of individuals. You'll be seeing more of them at our breakfast. Um and they help us out a lot and hopefully we are helping them as well. And finally, we have our breakfast. Speaking of breakfast, coming up on March 6, Friday, March 6th, um bright and early, get your coffee ready or we will have coffee for you. 6:45 to 8:00 a.m. We'll be back at the Twintton Academy of Pre-Engineering. Um, as you
032know, if you've been there in the past, our students run the whole program. Um, Gio West will be catering again. So, we try to highlight as many of our student programs as possible through the breakfast. So, we look forward to having you all there. And that is our presentation. I would be happy to take any questions. >> Oh, John. >> Thank you so much. It's so exciting. I love I love the photos that you have and and and just the snapshot of the amount of money, the the generosity of our community. Um, we have some comments. Director Edmund. >> Yeah, I um this is yeah, more comments than questions. I I really appreciate what the Success Foundation has meant for our students and their families. I think I've always admired y'all from afar. I mean,
033we we run in the same circles in the nonprofit world. and just knowing how important self-sufficiency and household stability is that what you guys are able to provide like with the internet access something that a lot of us can take advantage of is just like ah Comcast is a little too expensive I'll just switch internet companies and there's a lot of families that don't have that and so I really do admire the work that you do to ensure that students have opportunities whether it's on the sports field it's in the science lab or it's situations at home that they have something whether it's food or internet um and I really I loved the success in six awards. That was probably one of the things I was most excited about when I joined the board was
034to be able to go to that just because I know several teachers. Someone who's near and dear to me was was named the elementary educator of the year, Mrs. Kimberly Destry. Um, but then to see the students in that picture as well is really great. I mean, I know four of those kids in that picture and I've known them for 10 years. And so just wonderful to see that you provide opportunities as well um for our students to be leaders among their own peers and not not in a a forced way but just seeing their strengths. And so I really do appreciate that. I know I know Director Bentley appreciated those welding pictures as well. So it's just great to see that we're providing not just college readiness but career readiness as well. So thank
035you so much just for what you do uh as an organization. >> Thank you. And I I just want to mention it is our community and I I know you all see this through Mil Levy override and and passing of the bond, but um we continue to see um just an amazing, you know, amazing support from our community. But one of our board members said once people want to be associated with winners and district 6 is a winner and that makes our life a lot easier and easier to raise funds. So thank you for um for all the work that everyone everyone does. Like I said, we're just happy to be part of it. But it is our community. community believes in the work that you do and um so do we. So, >> Director
036Bentley, >> yeah, more of just a shout out and kudos to you guys. Um just the you know, the interactions we've had with you guys over the years and and just the the success foundation as an organization is such a blessing and an asset to District 6 and the community. It's a it's a perpetual motion machine of of positivity. You know, you guys helping us do better and we doing better and making people want to donate more to the cause. It's just really nice to have an avenue where people can, you know, you know, like the DIT foundation and bring money in and specifically sponsor something that's passionate for them and and you know, and then just your your amazing board. You you have some of the best board members probably out of any organization
037that we deal with. You know, we see them day in and day out in different capacities with their with their private lives, but then they're always at all your events and it's just it's pretty amazing to see just the the teamwork and and the camaraderie and and then just how much good you guys do for the district. So, I just wanted to say thanks, >> Miss Tobar. >> Yeah, I don't have a question either, but um over the summer, I got to see a little bit a very little bit of what the success foundation um gets gets to doing. I remember I was um with Josh Pollson. This was for my internship and we go upstairs to go see Julie and she has a stack of paper that's this big. And I was like, "Oh
038my goodness." And this is in the summertime, too. So, she was working hard at that and it was it was just really cool to see that and now seeing all the numbers on the screen. It's like all of that hard work is is really going to use and I even see like some of the people I know up there like on the junior board and um with like the instruments and I think that's really cool. I love the miss the mission um at the success foundation and I think oh I also got to um design one of the one of the social media campaigns for the national sports day. I I don't remember what it is called exactly but that was really fun too. So I don't know just seeing everything at the success foundation
039it's really cool to see it all come to fruition and it's great. So thank you >> director campus Fitzy. So, um, in preparation for today's meeting, I was looking through the website and I was like, I wonder how this looks, you know, to outsiders who just are googling you. Um, and one of the things that stood out, um, was the impact portion. Uh, it talks about how a strong education system is critical to maintaining a healthy and thriving economy. School foundations like the Success Foundation across the nation are collectively addressing the widening gap between government funding and the escalating expenses of educating our students. And so, thank you for being in that gap. And I think two cool things that happened in the success foundation. One was in 2010, a bunch of people who are
040education champions in our community got together and are like, we should start one of these foundations. And then number two is when they hired you, Julie Hill, because um I think every time we see the amount of fundraising that happens year after year since you arrived um that has been a significant increase and so um feeling blessed to have the foundation and to have you. >> Well, thank you again for your presentation. I was um having a few um lightning bolts of oh, I should invite that person to the breakfast. Oh, I should address. So, if you've never been to the breakfast, it's a wonderful showcase of our students. We always have um students being the MC's. We have students directing you to a table. The food is made by our students. Um we have
041musicians, all those kinds of things. So, please come. If you just if someone hasn't invited you, I'm inviting you. Get in contact with me. I'll get you at my table. Um but just through the presentation something that was um just came out to me is all the different you the success foundation supports our students in every way. We started kind of well maybe we didn't start but smart lab so we've done technology then we did athletics then we've done art and I think the opportunity for directed donations and for our community to see themselves in where their donation is going. You know, I remember somebody being so taken by uh one of the students talking about playing the flute or wanting a flute that she then donated her flute and was like, I want to
042support the orchestra. So, um yeah, just appreciate how accessible it is. And so, thank you very much for being here and we'll see you on March 6th. >> Thank you. >> And that brings us to our superintendent report. Thank you, President Mash. Um, I will just remind uh the audience who watches this portion of the meeting and not the always the work session that uh we had a very robust conversation around personalized learning plans and the platform that we use for those personalized learning plans called Zello. Um, and I would encourage people to go and watch that. I'm really impressed and excited with the work we have going forward around the work around college and career readiness. So, um, encourage you to go take a look at that. Um, we also had a a robust
043conversation around legislation. So, you you probably want to stay tuned for that piece, too. Uh, the the legisl legislative um arm has come come back into session and here we are looking at legislation again and um hearing hearing about the new bills and so we'll keep watching that and keep the board up to date on that. I I just want to give a shout out to the success foundation. Uh you are right, Dr. Campos Spitzy. I mean, hiring Julie Hill has been truly remarkable. I mean, she she is an executive among executives and what she's been able to get this community to to buy into literally um and and to lead and she's just such a champion for District 6 and just so proud to work with her and call her a partner in our
044work. Um, and then I just wanted to share that our literacy initiative is still underway. We had the folks from Weststead here week before last. They were they were here in the district all week uh with alongside our district team with Jenny Jensen and Lisa McGee and and several others um from the curriculum and instruction assessment department. And they their those teams were in over a hundred classrooms throughout the district. And so they've they've had a chance to see a lot of lot of literacy and a lot of students in our district. Um and so I I am sending an email to I sent an email to staff today. I'll share that email with you all so that you can see what the update that I I sent to staff. Uh we don't have a
045comprehensive report yet from Westad. They're now the next wave is to continue to analyze our local data and our state data and then also um they will be conducting focus groups and listening to educators in our system and learning from them to to triangulate the data and and to confirm what they saw in the classroom is in the very short time they were in those classrooms that what they saw in the classrooms is really the work of the district and and what we're doing in the district. So, I'll keep you posted on that. I I continue to hear positive support for that work and and high engagement on the part of our staff in doing that and I'm really grateful for the district team who's who's leading this work and um they're doing a fine
046fine job. So thank you and that's all I have tonight. President Mash, thank you very much. We will now receive an update on our innovation 2030 strategic plan strengthening partnerships goal one family partnerships. I see Mr. Asmus approaching. >> Oh yes. >> Good evening, President Mash, members of the board, Dr. Pelch, and our council of student reps. My name is Anthony Osmos. I'm the assistant superintendent of secondary and K8 schools. And with me tonight is Brian Leamos, our director of multilingual learning and family partnerships, Mr. David Reyes, our assistant director of family center and cultural excellence, and one of my favorite people, Julia Madera, one of our parent and family advocates. We're excited to give you um an update on just a few of the things that we're doing to strengthen partnerships with our parents
047and our families. Our family partnership work is grounded in our mission and our vision. And this is extremely important because in this district we have over 80 languages spoken. I truly believe that a large part of our 90% graduation rate is because our parents are supportive of this work and it's because of the relationships that we've created with our parents. We have four focus areas in our strategic plan. And family partnerships is found under the strengthening partnerships where we enhance student success by communicating, engaging, and collaborating with our communities and our school partners. Our first goal in this focus area is to strengthen relationships with parents and families. And we have two objectives under this goal. first to develop and implement a comprehensive district-wide family partnership plan utilized at every district 6 school um and
048also to develop and implement um staff training to support this work. There are three outcomes that we track. First, schools will include and implement a family engagement goal or strategy in the annual improvement plan for their school. Also, families will indicate they are satisfied with the climate of their school as indicated on the annual parent survey which is out right now. And school-based staff will be trained in effective effectively creating family partnerships and will use those strategies to port to support student learning and achievement. We have a power team um consisting of many members including community members, administrators, advocates and they drive the work of the family partnership. And I would say this is the team that responds to parent need. And so when we hear of a need in our district and then that
049is typically the focus of our next parent engagement um parent family meeting. So to turn this first part of the presentation or to hear the first part of the presentation, I'll turn this over to Mr. David Reyes. Okay. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you, Anthony. Good evening. Uh, President Mash and members of the uh, school board, Dr. Pilch wanted to talk about Blooms just really quick. Blooms was rolled out districtwide at the beginning of the 2526 school year. It's a one-stop shop communication tool that features two-way communication with over 250 different languages for translation of messages, alerts, and AMP content. We have to put together a team of parent family advocates um to support schools with parent signin and onboarding. Actually this Wednesday we we will be at Prairie Heights Middle School supporting their
050parent teacher conferences and um getting families signed up for the Bloom's communication app. Spanish for family partnership continues to be a thing um here in our district uh to provide staff members with high impact strategies and professional learning opportunities for D6 staff. This is a basic Spanish that has allowed staff to be more confident when engaging in conversations with the Spanish speaking family. 195 D6 staff members have gone through a six-week Spanish class. And again, I always give a shout out to Jessica Cooney and Erica McNichol and the rest of the group who helped launch this Spanish for family partnership. Our D6 family engagement series continues to provide families with learning opportunities to attend events that provide valuable information on topics such as attendance, IC, open enrollment, career pathways, CTE, postsecary planning, and concurrent enrollment.
051Family engagement series helped build authentic relationships between staff and families, fostering trust and open communication. This year we've served about a hundred families during our family engagement series. Child care is always provided. Food's always available. And this year we really focused on the district uh I'm sorry, the direct admissions between Ames and UNCC. It's such an opportunity for students and families to essentially enroll in for free post-secary education. Um that that's just amazing and we need to get that word out to families and students. And we've also partnered with um D6 gearup um so that we can also support their collegegoing cult culture initiative. So thank you gear up for all the help you've provided this year. Uh another action step translation services. So our school schools have um access to multiple tools, resources, translation
052services to support family partnership throughout the district, which include earbuds, language link, which is a third party uh uh third party phone service, on call interpreters hired by the family center, and the ILA. There's a a picture of the ILA device up on the screen um that you can see, which is a two-way communication system that helps translate conversations in real time. We actually had an opportunity to uh bring DAC over to see the student enrollment and family center a few weeks ago and we were actually able to show that uh device off and see it in action. So um that was a pretty interesting event and uh one of the deck members speaks Russian and so we were able to um pull up the Russian language um and actually use it. So that was
053pretty powerful and pretty amazing, wasn't it, Anthony? She was surprised because it works. >> Yeah, she was she was super surprised. And so each school does have an ILA device at the front office available to them. Um we do have to provide regular updates um through just our normal Wi-Fi which can take a little bit of time. Um parent family advocates uh we brought Julia here um to talk about some some of the things happening at her school. But we as a family center we continue to support parent family advocates throughout the system with ongoing PD uh which includes uh digging into the national standards of family partnership, voice visit training and community resources. Uh voice visits are intended to build positive relationships with families so that educators and families can work together in providing
054the best possible experience in education. These visits can happen um at home coffee shop. They don't necessarily need to happen at the home. As far as the family center, um family center continues to support families in partnership with the student enrollment department. Families can come into the student enrollment and family center building to get help with school enrollment, community resources, and basic needs such as food and clothing. We do have a really close partnership with a Precious Child nonprofit organization out of Broomfield, Colorado to help us out with our clothing. And uh World Food um also provides us food for our pantry um within the family center. We do direct um um families and students to their sites so that they can access the food pantries there. Thank you, Lisa, for all that you do
055in the with those food pantries. So, I'd like to introduce you to Julia Mada. um she's our parent family advocate at Chapel K8 to talk about a few things um that they are doing in regards to family partnerships. So Julia um it's your turn. >> Okay, thank you. Um hi, good evening everybody and thank you David and thank you all and the um board members for um having me here tonight and I'm excited to share a little bit about the family partnership work that we have been doing at Chapel. Um I want to share with you some of the high impact strategies that I have worked on at Chapelo to engage families in alignment with our um national standards for family partnership and I 2030 strengthening partnership goals at building level. So the first one
056I would like to talk about is our forc chloric valet program. Um Anna Lopez an instructional assistant at chapel and I created and implemented an afterchool for glory ballet program where students from grades KA can participate. Anna coordinated the music and choreographies while I handle logistics coordination and just back backstage support. Through the dance and performance arts of the fort glory ballet students build confidence, teamwork and strong sense of belonging. They get to showcase their talents and through this experience students also gain a deeper appreciation for cultural traditions and why they matter. Our students have performed for family, friends, downtown girly community events and also schoolwide assemblies um for staff and students. This program was also recognized um by the CDE FCP framework practices for meeting standards one and welcoming all families and the essential
057element of creating an inclusive culture. Um we were also awarded with the success foundation's innovative learning grant. So thank you for that. Um the next thing I'd like to talk about is the chapel food pantry how we implement that work at building there. Um um all students can come anytime during the school day for a snack if they feel hungry either because they may have missed breakfast or they just need a little extra boost or if they know that they might need a little to take home for dinner. Um all families can also come and take food items for their homes. Uh we serve an average of 25 students daily and about 10 to 15 families monthly. A big impact that we have gotten from the food drive is I mean from the pantry is
058the food drive. So through hosting and planning food drives, our staff, families, students, and community come together to help keep the pantry stocked and accessible. Through their collaboration and partnership, they generously bring in an average of 2,800 food and hygiene items each time we have one. Um, and a little bit about the impact that we have had is that our food pantry has become a safe, welcoming space where students and families feel comfortable sharing their stories, opening up about their needs. And this work has also helped us support the children's social, emotional and physical well-being. Um, so in alignment to our high impact strategies for family partnership goals, I took the initiative to create a chapel family engagement team to support academic success and help parents collaborate with teachers. A little bit about the team
059members on the team. um we created or like I wanted to make sure that the team was intentionally made up of diverse roles to bring in different perspectives, strengths and roles to um collaborate more effectively. So we started the work by listening first. The team conducted empathy interviews with families across grade levels and focus on the whole child aspect such as academic, social, emotional and families needs context. We wanted to understand their hopes, needs, and visions for their child. From the empathy interviews, we learned that families wanted more personalized, consistent communication, clear guidance on school systems and technology, and tips on how to use those tools to support their kids at home. Once we looked at what families were asking for, we brainstormed together and planned two high impact strategy ways to reach out and
060connect. One is positive contacts home. So all school staff including teachers, support staff, sped and DHH departments are participating in making at least one meaningful personal phone call for student. We just want to celebrate their strengths and connect with the families. The idea is to have these calls to help make families feel seen and valued and often they will open up about areas where they might need extra support. If the parents articulate needing additional support, then the staff will take a note of that and that way we can respond to we can respond quickly and give the right followup to meet their needs. The second um that we are planning is a middle school parent support night, a plug-in session we're calling it, and it's in response to the parents request for support and technology
061and school system areas. I'll be hosting an evening with middle school staff and counseling team where parents can come in and get hands-on help with infinite campus schooly communication and ways to support learning at home. They will get the tools right on their phones, receive relevant information, and get tutorials on how to use everything by the end of the night. The hope is to have them leave informed, confident, and more connected to their students lighting. Um, sorry, I didn't change slides. So to close um I would like to briefly um share about why I believe this approach would work and it's because strong partnerships with families don't happen quickly. They take time intension and trust. These three practices reflect what I've seen can work and how we can slowly meaningfully build relationships that truly support
062student success. So the first is we open the door. The for glory valet is a way to welcome families with joy, culture and pride. It creates moments where families feel seen and comfortable being there and it opens the door for families to engage with the school in a positive trusting space. The second, we listen and support. The school pantry is where trust really deepens. In moments when families are vulnerable, we meet them with care and support. By identifying families needs and providing essential resources, we show families they can count on us. And third, we collaborate for student success. And once trust is established, we can move on to the next level. Empowering families as partners in their child's education by giving families tools, guidance, and confidence, we invite them to work with us for their
063academic success. And by opening doors, meeting needs, and working together, we create the environment that every child needs to succeed. And that is all I have today. Thank you. Now you get to follow that. That was great. A lot of things happening at Chapel and uh just a reminder of the great things that are happening at the family center through David Reyes, the parent advocates and the parent leazison in the schools. There's a lot to be proud of here in the district and it starts with our leadership and most importantly our I2030 goals and strengthening partnerships is one of those goals that we've really really have taken seriously as we have the other goals within our I2030 vision. But now I get the opportunity to report out on our progress in meeting those goals. >>
064So as you know we've done listening sessions um that throughout the district and including our superintendent has participated in some of those. So, those have been high impact um activities we've done. The other thing is we have another one coming up March 11th at 5 to 7. Uh it'll be here in the admin building. In the past, we've done it at buildings um and that's had good attendance. We've got good feedback from that. But this time, we're going to do it here at the admin building and we're going to continue doing those listing sessions with our superintendent and other folks uh throughout the rest of the school year. High impact family partnerships. Uh when we think about that, we're also talking about McKenna Vento U referrals from our parent advocates, increase in our uh family
065voice, panorama survey, attendance at events. So we're monitoring all those pieces to ensure that what we're doing is having an impact and it's really engaging our family and our and our students. So the outcome data that um we're measuring it was talked about earlier and basically by 2025 we wanted 90% of our schools to have some type of strategy family engagement goal within their unified improvement plan and as you can see illustrated on this uh on the slide here 100% of our schools have implemented a goal in family engagement with family engagement included in their UIP plans and so we have met our goal um of over 90%. The other one I'm excited to talk about is by 2030 90% of school sites will be trained in creating family partnerships to support student learning. Um
066Julio just came up here and talked about Chaplo. Last year I reported out at 55%. This year we have onboarded three more schools that we're working closely with. Chaplo, which Julio Julio just talked about, uh Martinez, and then the other one is Jefferson High School. and we're doing voice visits there, training them on empathy visits, um all kinds of other family engagement activities that we're really saying these are high impact strategies that will make a difference at your school. Julia just talked about what's happening over there. So, we know that they're having an impact. We're getting students and families engaged. Then the last one is our survey. Right now, the survey is open. It'll be open until March 13th. Um we've been pretty flat since 2022. We've had 74% were saying it was favorable. The
067school climate was favorable. Last year I reported out the 76%. This year um we're trying to get more surveys filled out. And we're doing that in multiple ways. We're actually having parent advocates and leazison going out into the parking lots meeting our parents and sharing a QR code with them so that it opens up. They can take the survey there. We're also being pretty proactive with our parent uh teacher conferences and other um discussions we're having with parents. It's coming up and we're being proactive to make sure that we're getting their voice. And then moving forward, we're going to continue supporting family engagement implementation plans as we are the three schools we imple implemented this last year. We're still supporting the schools that came on in previous years. We're going to be doing much more
068collaboration with our 21C sites. We started those discussions last year because in that grant there's a family engagement component and so we're having clear plans that are being uh handed over to us to tell us what they're doing to ensure that families are aware and that they're involved in some type of activity uh whether it's um a night you know Spanish class or whatever it may be taxes it's whatever they decide they think that they need at that site. So 21C sites are moving forward with those plans and then supporting schools with family engagement action. um as I talked about earlier and then the co-creation of comprehensive community school implementation plan which has a family engagement component. >> All right, we just want to say thank you and there's any questions. >> Thank you very
069much. And I see the questions pouring in. Director Campos Fitzy, >> thank you for the presentation. Um and thank you Julia for um for your presentation. It was wonderful. We need one of you and Analia in every building. That's um actually I was curious amongst the parent and family advocates. Is there do you guys come together to kind of share best practices and um yes we meet monthly for our u parent and family advocate PD? Um and that's a great opportunity that we use. We also have um like a group chat and we're just in constant communication like sharing practices, reaching out to each other and so yes, we have that support. That's awesome. Thank you. And then my last question was just um actually about the panorama survey because I I recently took one,
070you know, as a parent. Um when you say satisfaction, like so it's a one to five scale. Five is like the wording on there. It It uses words like tremendous and extremely, you know, like even though I love my school, the like I I when I go one through five, like I don't know that wording is so extreme. Literally, it's like extremely and tremendous. Like it's hard to hit that one. And so is it like a three is enough, a four is enough? >> Well, you know, we're so far into this, we've got to go for it all now. We can't change it. Um, but I think I think we're looking for on that one. I don't even know like it's four or three. Three is the favorable is what I remember. So, three is
071favorable. So, we're looking for three. But, you know, we have to spread the word because who usually fills out surveys a lot of times people that are not happy. And so, we get a lot of those comments and what we need to do is spread the word because we know there's so many great things going on. So, everyone fill it out and let us know how satisfied you are with your school um and all the things that we're doing. And so, that's our campaign this year is just get the word out, right? We just need we just need you to fill out a survey and let us know um what's going on at your school, all the great things. >> Cool. Thanks. I love hearing the proactive, you know, uh parking lot approach. >> Director
072Azari, >> I just wanted to reiterate thanks for the work uh that you guys are doing. We know that uh parent involvement, parent engagement in the schools is a big part of driving towards success and I believe that that is attributed to our 90.1% graduation rate getting the kids across the stage. So, thanks for all your work. I am impressed with the Chapel family engagement team concept and I'm just wondering if there is something like that in every school or something that you're wanting to get developed along those lines. It doesn't all have to look like Chapel. I understand that. But the the just the key concept of a family engagement team, what a great idea for schools. >> That is the plan to have that at every school site here in our district. It
073looks a little bit different um at each individual site. Uh but that is the plan because you need a team uh in order to make this family partnership uh work uh because if it falls just on the administrator or just on the parent family advocate, that's going to make it a little bit tougher to gain to see what uh Julia is doing over at Chapel. So, and in our um in the school's unified improvement plan, they are they've got action steps and their goal is to also create a team to make sure that they're fulfilling all of those action steps and then monitoring that data. Julia is just she's just amazing. So, everyone else is going to just follow her footsteps. She is great. >> Director Lamos Garcia, >> I also want to thank you
074for the great presentation. The pieces that really resonated with me is when you talked about providing items for um some of the parents and families. It's providing that child care and that food which is so important. Those are some of the things that maybe we don't always think about that are helpful for our families to be able to be engaged. Um and I felt that was very um important. The other pieces for the translation is earbuds. I think sometimes we take those for granted. Um and just providing those for families and students I think is also important. Um just another little comment about the afterchool um the ballet program. I think for me when you think about that particular program it really embraces the vision of where we are at at a district six right
075so it's incorporating the family and the community and the student all together so hearing about that program is just amazing so um great job I just have enjoyed the entire presentation >> Miss Venegas thank you president Mash wanted to just say thank you From a student's point of view, I know how difficult it can have for to have your family involved, especially when there's that translation barrier for many families within our district. I know how stressful it has always been for me to help translate for my parents and they're like, "Well, what are they saying? And are you sure you got everything?" And so, just having that barrier not even there with the amount of opportunities of translation we have like the ear like the earbuds is just amazing. And I think that is also
076a barrier when our families want to get more involved with the education of their students. They don't understand the curriculum. They don't understand the language. Maybe some of them didn't even have the same amount of schooling. So, I think just all of those opportunities coming from a student point of view definitely helps our families be more engaged. It also helps us be more motivated because our families now understand what we're doing and how hard it is and how difficult we're working. So, thank you so much for everything you guys are doing and I think this is just amazing. Thank you. >> Just share a quick story at our December family engagement series when we talked about direct admissions and we had all of the language devices when we said college could be for free. The
077eyes lit up because that that translates to every language, right? So, it was great. >> Vice President Bentley. >> Um, yeah, just more of a comment. When we was at CASBY, both of our keynote speakers, basically the the the gist of their speech was how they turned around and got their schools to perform from from basically almost being closed to to performance and just real success stories, but it was all based around family and community engagement just like you guys have been talking. So just the fact that we have had that in our strategic plan for a long time and then the good work that you guys are already doing, it just was reinforced as I sat there and listened to those speakers touch on it and then you know they had a lot of
078good ideas but a lot of it we were already doing and so it was it was just um it just reinforced the you know the good work that we're doing here and it made me made me proud that you know you guys have already been in the trenches you know kind of dealing with it and I I know it's very complex and difficult work with you know especially communities as diverse as ours. to see it in our church. We have a big Creole speaking um population and it just the challenge that having a second language in our our church gives us um just makes me kind of have a bunch of u empathy for for the job you guys have to do day in and day out with you know 70 languages. So thank you
079guys. >> Thank you very much for being here and for the presentation. I think we always have so much information that we want to get out to our families and ways to support them, but doing something that's just plain fun like ballet and um just music, culture, dance, getting everyone together for that reason and then we can give them some information on the way out the door. But um I just like I like that focus as well. how can we how can we offer something that's fun that's something that their kids can come to um as well as getting the info out there. So, thank you. Continue. Keep up the good work. The next item on our agenda is public participation and I don't believe we have anyone signed up to speak this evening. So,
080we will move on to our consent agenda which is an action item. I move that the board of education of Gley Evans School District 6 approves items as presented on the consent agenda and authorizes the officers to sign any and all contracts. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion on the motion? >> Yep. Doc uh director Campos Spitzy. Um, so I have a quick comment on the consent agenda that um will make more sense um when we vote on a resolution that's on the agenda. Um, but I wanted to point out that as part of the consent agenda, we are uh voting to approve two contracts. Um, one is the stepping stones contract and the other is the amperand therapy contract. Um, both of these contracts are for our special education services. um they equal
081$4.5 million together. Um and so the point that that I'm trying to make a little preemptively is as a public education school. Um we by law we we take care of everyone. We take care of all children including children who require special education. Um and that requires dollars, real dollars, four and a half million that we're going to approve right now. Um after this we're going to talk about a resolution. And so um the resolution talks about taxpayer dollars that might that could be funneled into private schools, private schools who don't have to take children um with special needs and who require um significant funding. So, I just wanted to put that in perspective um as we approve the consent agenda. >> Thank you. >> Seeing no additional comments, will you give us a vote,
082please? >> Director Zari, >> I. >> Director Bentley, >> I. >> Director Campos Spitzy, >> I. >> Director Edmonds, >> I. >> Director Lemos Garcia, >> I. >> Director Mash, >> I. >> Director Roi, >> I. Motion carries 70. The next item is a resolution to oppose federal tax credit vouchers. Um, this is an action item that will require a motion. >> I move that the board of education agrees six approves a resolution opposed federal tax credit voucher program as presented. >> Second. >> Thank you. Director Edmonds, would you please read the resolution? resolution to oppose the federal tax credit voucher program. Whereas a free public education is a virtue of our American society and cornerstone of our democracy where all children have an equal opportunity to learn regardless of their background. And whereas in
083recent years, efforts to redirect public funding toward private schools have intensified across the country through voucher programs, K through2 savings accounts, and tuition tax credits. All of which are mechanisms that allow taxpayer dollars to support private education. And whereas such mechanisms pose a serious threat to public education because they have been shown to exceed cost projections for state budgets and create substantial deficits, fail to increase access for disadvantaged youth and subsidize students from wealthy families already attending private schools and increase school segregation. And whereas private schools are not required to disclose how they spend the funds they receive, measure their academic achievement, make their academic standards public, hold public meetings, abide by state and federal non-discrimination laws, or educate children with disabilities or English language learners, and whereas the federal tax credit program proposed by
084the federal government allows individuals to donate money to scholarship granting organizations, SGOs, and receive dollar for-dollar federal tax credits. with scholarships uncapped and potentially covering full private school tuitions. And whereas federal guidance indicates states will likely be prohibited from placing requirements on SGOs and may be required to accept outofstate and national organizations severely limiting state and local control over these publicly funded private programs. And whereas SGOs and private schools participating in the program are not required to meet the same academic accountability, fiscal transparency or reporting requirements as public schools and are not required to comply with IDA or severe special education students, English language learners, or students from low-income families. And whereas the lack of requirements for SGOs's to serve rural, small, or lowincome communities creates significant risk that funds will flow disproportionately to urban
085and national organizations, further weakening already fragile rural school systems and exasperating Colorado's declining enrollment challenges. And whereas the federal program is expected to begin accepting donations in January 2027 with final regulations anticipated in spring 2026 requiring urgent action from state leaders and local boards to protect public education. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Weld County School District 6 Board of Education opposes Colorado's participation in the federal tax credit voucher program under PL119-21 and urges Governor Polus to refrain from opting the state into this program. And be it further resolved that the board opposes the diversion of public funds to any discriminatory voucher or tax credit program, federal or state, which reduces public financial support to our indispensable public schools and lacks adequate accountability, transparency, and equity safeguards. And be it further resolved that the
086board will partner with like-minded organizations to support full funded public schools. In witness whereof we have unto set our hands and caused the official seal of Weld County School District 6 to be here unto affixed this ninth day of February 2026. >> Thank you very much. Are there any comments on the motion on the resolution? Director Campos Spitzy. So I I started my comments early um but just because they were part of the consent agenda. Um in Colorado we have voted as a state on the vouchers in 1992 and 1998 and both times um vouchers did not go through. And then more recently in 2024 um there was a quote unquote school choice initiative that also did not get enough votes. And so as a state, we have consistently um prevented these voucher programs from
087coming into our state and siphoning the scarce public dollars that we have um and diverting them into into private schools. Um so I I do think it is it is quite unfortunate that Governor Jared Polus um has opted into this program before the terms of the program have really been fully defined by the Treasury. Um, I'm hopeful I I have seen that it might be a program we can opt out of annually. Um, so I do urge everyone to pay attention um to your votes. Uh, there is a gubernatorial election this November. Um, the primaries are in June. Um, so look at the govern the candidates for governor. Look at their stance on this issue. Um, because it really does matter. Director Edmmond, >> I can't emphasize enough how much this could hurt our community,
088communities like ours where 69% of our students are economically disadvantaged. So already our families are fighting just to get by. And then to say that we're going to have a program that's going to take away public dollars to go to other districts where they don't these students don't have to fight. Their families don't have to fight for that funding. They're not sitting at a at a place where they need to make three and a half times the federal poverty level just to make ends meet. And so I think this could be detrimental to small school districts like ours where we're doing so many amazing things. The fact that we are 90.1% on-time graduation rate compared to other districts that are getting $3,000 per student more than we are. And so we've got amazing resources here
089in this district that we still continually have to fight again and again for this funding. So the fact that this funding could easily just be funneled away out of our control is not something that I think is fair for our families. It's not fair for for the students especially and it's not fair for our educators as well. The the the resources that our teachers have to work with um is incredible of what they're able to do with what we wish we could give them so much more. Um and so I I stand vehemently against this personally. Um, and I'm grateful that we as a board are making this resolution as well. >> Thank you both. I'm not seeing any other comments. I would just like to echo um what my colleagues have said as well
090as this resolution really does um speak to each and every reason why um I also am in opposition to this federal tax credit voucher program. And just to um clarify, this would hurt our charter schools. this would hurt our public schools. This would hurt our preschools. Um, and we have such a wonderful partnership with our community and have received bond dollars and MLO for the kind of above and beyond things that we want to offer our students. Our CTE program um safe and and beautiful schools isn't above and beyond. That's that's bare minimum. We have a lot of work to do on that as well. But if we have to use um if we lose our you know our operating dollars for our sort of basic education um we'll have to go back to our
091you know we'll have to rely on other funding sources. Um that that will be a challenge and as Dr. Pilch always says we can do anything but we can't do everything. And so um we want to protect these public dollars for public education which is transparent is accountable. Um we we have to um be steward be good stewards of those dollars to our public um which is not required of private entities. >> Will you please give us a vote? Miss Lemon. >> Director Zari >> I. >> Director Bentley >> I. >> Director Campos Spitzy >> I. >> Director Edmonds >> I. >> Director Lamos Garcia >> I. >> Director Mash >> I. >> Director Roi >> I. >> Motion carries 70. >> Thank you very much. Our last item is our second read of our
0922026 27 and 202728 calendars. This is also an action item. >> I move that the board of education at Greley Evan School District 6 approves the 2026 2027 school year calendar and the 2027 2028 school year calendar as presented. >> Second. >> Thank you both. Is there any discussion? As this is a second read, we have had the opportunity to ask questions of our calendar team and so we'll go ahead and take a vote. >> Director Ozari >> I. >> Director Bentley >> I. >> Director Campos Spitzy >> I. >> Director Edmonds >> I. >> Director Lamos Garcia >> I. >> Director Mash >> I. >> Director Roi >> I. >> Motion carries 70. >> Thank you for joining us for our meeting this evening. And again, the board of education extends our love to
093our community and to our students and staff. And we hope that you all have a good evening and a great week. This meeting is concluded. Ajourned, that's the word. Hey baby.