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002School District 6. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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 Le, can we get a roll call, please? >> Director Zari, >> present. Director Bentley >> present. >> Director Campo Spitzy >> present. >> Director Mash, >> Director Matthews, >> present. >> Director Norwood >> present. >> Five board members present. >> Thank you. Um, for my announcements tonight, we only have a couple things that we worked on in the uh work session earlier. We got updated on the >> [snorts] >> uh review of the Civic Center project. Um, for you guys that don't know or
003reminder for you that do, that's the collaboration between city, the county, the school district, and Richart Vertical as a private entity. Um, doing a land swap and a redevelopment of the downtown area. Um, we we ran back through the the financial picture and placement of [laughter] um of where uh our current administration building is. and um the the differences in renovation and and replacement and all those good things. So, um very excited about that. Um you'll see some stuff later on the consent agenda. Um we're actually going to enter into a contract if approved with FCI who um who has partnered with Cunningham for an architect in a design build of the building. And we're we're very excited about the the future potential of all that. So um we also heard about the the process
004we're going to use to finance it certificates of participation and all the details there. Um it's very common uh avenue for for government entities to to finance uh with the the tabor laws and everything that we have to adhere to here in Colorado. So, uh, just big thank you to the community for all their support, uh, the other entities, this county for staying downtown, the city for their their collaboration, and obviously Richart Vertical. Um, that's all I have. We'll move to uh, four, approval of agenda. It's a action item that needs a motion. >> I move that the board of education of Gleam School District 6 approves the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Thank you. Vote. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, m give us a vote. >> Director Ozari, >> I. >> Director
005Bentley, >> I. >> Director Campos Fitzy, >> I. >> Director Matthews, >> I. >> Dr. Norwood, >> I. >> Motion carries 5. >> Thank you. We'll move on to special items. Superintendent Honor role. >> Thank you, Vice Who Vice President Bentley. Um, I appreciate that. I'm excited to have two different uh recognitions tonight for the superintendent's honor role. Of course, I want to recognize some students. And unfortunately, not all the students are able to be here tonight because they're doing what all very high achieving students do. They're taking college classes and and other things like that tonight, but I I'm still going to announce them to for you. Um, we're recognizing six students from Gley West High School who scored in the top 10% of business students nationwide for the 2024 25 high school of
006business final exams. And I'm sure you all remember that they um the high school business students from Girley West, different students than these, but have been in front of us uh many times in the past to be recognized. This is really an honor to to receive this recognition um throughout the nation. These rigorous exams are part of the school's high school of business program which is one of the focus programs at Girley West High School. Um this is a national accelerated business administration program of MBA research and um curriculum center. So over 7,000 students from across the nation participated in the program during the 2425 school year and our six students were in the top 10% um of business students nationwide. So, I'm excited to recognize tonight um Helen Bohanan who is not able to
007be here but who is with us tonight is Ivon Haimey Figereroa. Ivon, you're here, right? We're going to have you come up here. So, you might as well come up and let everybody start um recognizing you, Ivonne. Um they scored in the top 10% on two tests um the principles of business and the business economics test. So, congratulations, Ivonne. And then Ruben Flores. He scored in the top 10% on the principles of business test. Ruben's not able to be with us tonight, but also with us tonight is Alana Hill. And Alana um is being recognized for scoring in the top 10% on the principles of business and finance. Alana, do you want Oh, you're already up here. Good job, Alana. You knew you were coming. And then finally, I want to recognize two more students
008who each scored in the top 10% on the wealth management test who couldn't be here tonight. Eli Aguilera and Freddy Madera Nunees. Um, and then I want to recognize our our fine fine instructure instructor at Griley West High School in uh the High School of Business and that is Julie Ratliff. So Julie uh please feel free to come to the microphone and be recognized and recognize these students and then I'll come join you all. >> Okay, great. Good evening everybody. Thanks for having us. Like Dr. Pelch said, some of our students are actually taking Ames classes tonight. So, they prioritized their time and felt like they needed to be in class instead of being here. But, uh, we're super I am super proud to share a little bit about the high school business program and
009the incredible students who make it shine. The curriculum gives students a true head start in the world of business, combining college level concepts with hands-on projects, teamwork, and leadership opportunities. Our students don't just learn about marketing, management, and finance. They apply those skills through realworld experiences that prepare them for the future. This year, I'm especially thrilled to recognize our students who scored in the top 10% of the nation on their final exams, especially Alana Hill, who is in her she's a senior this year. And as she's, what are you five for six? I think she's five for six of the finals that she's taken. So, of scoring in the top 10% and I think she had to have been in the 15% of the one she didn't get the full recognition for. And so their
010achievement reflects not only their hard work and dedication but also their ability to think critically, solve problems creatively and cor collaborate effectively. So I'll let each of them share a little bit. So high school of business was uh personally one of my favorite classes that I took my sophomore year. Unfortunately, I can't take it uh my junior year because I am aiming to major in electrical engineering. So, that requires a lot of math classes. But, uh from what I can say is that the high school classes, the high school business classes are very um interactive. They're very self-driven. So, if you're a very self-driven student, it was um it was very good for you because like um although a lot of people uh weren't able to like score that highly comparatively, uh if you're very
011um self-driven, if you're very independent as a person, you're able to uh really represent yourself throughout these classes and throughout these courses. So, >> um, I have to agree with Ivonne. These classes were really, if you wanted to shine and you wanted to learn and practice these, you had the resources, too. Um, I had a great teacher. I've known her my whole life. So, like being back here my freshman year is really full circle and it it's just proud. Like I'm it's a good feeling to be back here. I'm really grateful. Um, these classes teach you a lot even outside of the curriculum like you said. It's time management. You have to be motivated by yourself. It's nobody's going to force you to do it. And I think that's also an introduction to college classes,
012especially because these are concurrent enrollment. I just think it's good exposure no matter what the subject is. And I'm really grateful to have had Miss Ratliff my last year with it. And for our second recognition tonight, I am honored to recognize one of our community partners and leaders in our community. Uh we have with us tonight from UC Health, Joanna Frerieded. And um she she has really just taken on our program around teaching CPR um to our staff and and also some additional wellness initiatives here in the district. And with her tonight to honor her is her supervisor uh and the president of the the Gley Hospital, Marilyn Shock. And so I'd like to introduce first Jen Clark, who is our coordinator for health services, to come up and tell us a little bit more
013about this recognition. And uh Joanna, you should join Jen also. And uh Marilyn, you're more than welcome to to come up if you'd like as well. while they're making their way up to the podium. I will just say uh we we are so grateful for the relationship and the partnership we have with UC Health. We could not do all that we are doing for our staff and our students here in the district without this partnership and just really really grateful for it. I I will tell you a little bit more about um some of our our work um in my superintendent remarks tonight. >> Thank you, Dr. Pilch. Um yeah, we're very excited to have this partnership with UC Health. It's going on two years now. Um, and it's going strong and we keep getting
014stronger every day. So, um, as Dr. Piltch said, I was going to introduce what it is that Joanna does. Um, and I'm honored to give this introduction and to recognize her and our UC Health Partnership. It's been really impactful for the health initiatives that they provide to our district. Um, in fall of 2023, the president of UC Health's Greedy Hospital, Marilyn Chock, who's present present with us tonight, um, had a big meeting with a lot of stakeholders here in the district, um, and how to bring American Heart Association CPR to our staff, um, which meets um, both position specific training for our staff and then it also meets board policy as well to have CPR, certified staff at a lot of our events and district um, field trips and all of the afterchool and before
015school programs that we offer. Um and so UC Health was more than happy to join this partnership with us and it's gone extremely well. Um since this partnership began, Joanna Fre um has be has been um the leader in this program. She's um provided us with exceptional dedication, leadership, and clear comm commitment to life-saving education. To date, she's issued over,00 um certifying staff members with CPR, first aid, and AED certification, and that includes our district 6 staff members and charter schools in the district. Um this greatly enhances the safety and preparedness within our schools. Um, in addition, Joanna also coordinates our healthy hearts and minds partnership through UC Health, which promotes healthy heart habits to and life-saving handsonly CPR education for students in fourth, fifth, 7th, and 9th grade. Over the past few years, this
016engaging initiative is already making a positive impact on 14 of our school districts in district 6 and and our charter schools have um also been included in that as well. Um and we've got additional schools joining this year through Joanna's continued outreach and community with outreach in our community and staff wellness events. and we're deeply deep deeply grateful for this impactful partnership with Joanna and UC Health and their ongoing commitment to supporting the health and safety of our students and staff. Thank you. >> It's the podium. If I may, uh, Vice President Mintley, while we still have Marilyn Shock here from UC Health, if I could just share a little bit of what I was going to share in my superintendent remarks. Um I think you all are aware of the program we have with
017UC health around the project search where our students the students in our transitions programs some of them have the opportunity to go on to the UC health gley hospital and to actually uh serve in internship positions there and and learn skilled trades there at the hospital. Well, I've had the opportunity to see our former students there at the hospital. This past week, I was with my mother for a procedure she had over at the Pter Valley Hospital. And while I was leaving, um, up pulled the, uh, Pter school district small, one of their wide activity buses, and out came, uh, their teacher who had visited us, uh, Marilyn, out at out at your hospital a couple of years ago to look at what you were doing. And so because of the work that uh that
018Mishach allowed us to bring into her hospital and because of the partnership between our special education team and her team there, we have we we laid the groundwork for other programs here in the state of Colorado. And so I was so proud to see their teacher get off and then their students get off and I thought I know that teacher cuz she came and visited to to see what we were doing out there. So uh thank you so much to our partnership with UC Health. We appreciate you. We appreciate all you do and Joanna. We really appreciate your work with our staff and our students. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Pil. It looks like we might have a couple of comments. No. All right. Maybe they were accidental discharges of the Did you Did
019you request to speak? Yes. Okay. Go ahead then. Sorry. >> Thank you, Vice President Bentley. I just wanted to say quick kudos to our Gly West students who are just doing absolutely outstanding. They are representing our district so amazingly being in the top 10 of the nation. I mean that is just absolutely impressive and I'm sure all those students are such great leaders that have so much more classes on top of just the business class that they're taking. And so just amazing work and they truly show the determination and dedication from all of our students in district 6. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh we're now going to move on to 502, our council of student representatives report. I think uh Mr. Northridge principal Aaron Allen's here and I believe he's got Edwin Power and
020Aaliyah Medina with him. >> All right. Good evening board. Good evening Dr. Pilch. Uh I'm Aaron Allen, principal at Northridge High School. Thank you for inviting us here tonight to present to you about the successes of Northridge. Uh we have such a wonderful staff. They provide amazing opportunities for our students. Uh and we just have a great student body. And I'm very lucky that I've got the two students standing behind me to present some of the opportunities that they've been able to experience at Northridge. So I'll start by introducing you to Aaliyah Medina. Good evening members of the board and Dr. Pilch. My name is Aliyah Medina and I'm a junior at Northridge High School. At Northridge, every year begins and ends with a special tradition called the right of passage, where we welcome our
021new Grizzlies at the start of the year and celebrate our seniors as they prepare to graduate. It's one of my favorite traditions because it represents the community that Northridge provides and it's something that Northidge has made a point to preserve every year to keep our school spirit alive and well. And as a student, I had the chance to explore both my academic and creative sides. I'm currently taking calculus, AP research, and AP environmental science, but I've also been in art classes all three years. And I'm proud to say that art and all of Mrs. Fernandez's classes have become one of my favorite parts of high school. I really appreciated it when Armando Silva, a Northridge alum, Northridge alumnist and artist who created the Einstein mural downtown, completed a week-long artist and residence program at Northridge
022last spring. He worked side by side with students and created a three canvas mural that now hangs in our upstairs hallway. It's a great reminder that learning at Northridge isn't limited to textbooks. It's about creativity, collaboration, and connection with our community. Even though I focused on art, I've seen friends find their place in other programs, too. Our culinary students earn college credit through our ProStar classes and professional certifications like Serave Manager. And our JROTC program teaches leadership and teamwork while serving the community. This year, Northridge is piloting a new partnership with Winterrad K through8, welcoming 10 eighth graders who join Northridge each day to participate in JOTC. They've been incredible additions to our Grizzly family and are already showing the leadership and dedication necessary for high school. Beyond academics, our school culture is something we
023are very proud of. In October, our LUAC club hosted a wonderful celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month filled with food and music. And later this week, we'll hold our annual trick-or- treat street where hundreds of families from across Gley come to our campus for games, costumes, and our famous haunted hallway. These events bring people together and remind us that Northridge is a big family. To share more about our academic pathways and the STEM opportunities that make Northridge unique, I'd like to introduce my classmate Edwin Power. Uh, good evening. My name is Edwin Power and I'm also a junior at Northridge. One of the things that makes Northridge truly unique in District 6 is our STEM program which offers three distinct pathways: information technology, math and science, as well as engineering. I've chosen to be part of
024all three pathways and through them, I've been able to take challenging college level classes such as AP research, calculus, AP computer science, solid works, robotics, and project lead the ways civil and architectural engineering. Next year, I'll be taking aerospace engineering and completing my STEM capstone project. I will also be part of our work-based learning program, which helps students prepare for life after high school through resume building, internships, and real world career skills. One of the experiences that stood out most to me was getting the opportunity to take the CSWA or the certified Solid Works associate test in my Solid Works class, which earned me the certificate that proves my understanding of using the 3D modeling program. It gave me a glimpse into what my future career could look like and helped me realize how much
025I enjoy solving problems to connect to the real world. In the STEM program, we get opportunities that go far beyond the classroom. Miss Norris, our STEM coordinator, ensures that we get a wide range of experiences from industry field trips and discovery days to volunteering at community science events. These experiences help us connect what we learn to real jobs and real people. And before our senior year, every STEM student participates in an internship in their chosen field, which is one of the most valuable parts of this program. However, finding enough internships placements has become increasingly challenging. Many of our students are ready and eager for those opportunities, but we need more local businesses and community partners to open their doors. So, tonight we want to ask you for your continued support in helping Northridge build and
026strengthen those partnerships. Your connections can ensure that every student gets the chance to apply what they've learned in Northridge in the real world. At Northridge, we believe that every experience, whether in arts, STEM, athletics, or community events, help us grow into better learners and better people. Northridge is a community that believes in you, supports you, and celebrates your success. Thank you for your time, and thank you for continuing to support your the students and programs that make Northridge High School a truly special place to learn. Do you have any questions for us? >> Thank you guys. Looks like Dr. Cample Spitzy has a question or comment. >> Yeah, so it's um we're coming up to Saturday, November 1st, which is the first day of open enrollment. And so we have a lot of middle schoolers,
027eighth graders whose families are looking at which high school is the right fit for them. Are they going to be Wildcats, Grizzlies, Spartans, or one of our other high schools? Um, so if you were talking to an eighth grade parent or an eighth grader, what would you say makes Northridge stand out from the other high schools? Okay. So, my mom actually did something like that. She went around and called all the schools and she wanted to know like what they offered, like why should I go to your school? And the main difference that my mom took into consideration was the front desk. Um the front desk at West and Central, they responded with little enthusiasm. um they didn't know off the top of their heads like the best things about their school, but at Northridge
028um the receptionist answered with like enthusiasm and she was so excited to share about their school and their opportunities. So that's what really swayed my mom to enroll me in Northridge. Uh just to add on to that a little bit more academically based the the the reason that my parents wanted me to go to Northridge was the fact that they have a lot of different like like the the STEM program which gives us a huge head start on college if we want to go to anything like engineering or anything math and science based. So that's the reason that I ended up going to Northridge. >> Thank you both. And I love your mom and all that research she did. And I love the just to highlight that front desk staff matters, right? Um we're we're
029all a team in this. Um and then I just wanted to end by my comments by congratulating you both. You're both obviously outstanding. Um I was very impressed with Aaliyah. You are in calculus, environmental science, research, and art for three years. So talk about well-rounded. Um, and then Edwin, thank you for pointing out the need um to have our graduate our graduating seniors leave high school with what used to be called soft skills. I've learned the new term is durable skills, meaning job readiness and career readiness. And it's really what employers in the workforce wants. And so, um, we are on it trying to get you guys more of those. >> Thank you guys. Um, looks like Miss Tobar, is that you? Yep. I just wanted to add on to what um Edwin was touching
030on about like the internship program uh from a different perspective I guess because I'm not involved in STEM, but I think that the value of internships is like truly truly high. Um with my internship over the summer, I was with the communications department and it offered like a lot of like real experience kind of like helping gear me more towards what career I want to go into. So to add on to what you said, I think that um a variety of internships is really cool and specifically with mine, I got to go see like a bunch of different internships and the pool is already pretty large, but the other day we were at the business appreciation partner breakfast and um we're sitting in front of a bunch of businesses asking them for um more partnerships.
031So I think that you guys are already on board with uh getting more internships and I think that that's really cool. you recognize the need for that. So, yeah. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you guys. I think that's it. >> Uh we'll move on to the superintendent report. Bill, >> thank you, Vice President Bentley. I'm just going to add on to what Abby and Edwin were just saying about uh internships and and just thank everyone who was a part of the business and community partnership breakfast last week. Uh we had, you know, several hundred people there at the at that breakfast, both from the district as well as from business and um industry here in our community and around our community. And as Abby and Edwin have both said, we want an internship experience
032for every student who is desiring one. and we turned students away last year. And so I I would just encourage folks if you've thought about having an intern and wondered what that was was like that you would reach out to us and and give us a chance to talk with you about that or or let us let you visit with some of these students who have served in the internships. Um you you will benefit having had an intern. I I promise you that. So thank you to all of our our community members who are part of that breakfast and who continue to support us here in District 6. And then um I just wanted to to share that with the the current situation with the government shutdown uh we know that we may have families
033and other community members who are losing some of their access to food benefits. Those benefits that are called SNAP benefits. We have over 25,000 individuals in Greedley and Evans who qualify for those food benefits. Um and and many of those individuals are probably uh in our schools as students in our schools and and some of our staff. And so I I just want to remind everyone that the World Food Bank is doing um everything they can and I know they are more than happy to take our monetary donations or our food donations uh to build up their reserves. Uh they also on the Weld food bank website they have a link that is um called find food right now and uh Miss Meyers showed me our communication chief showed me last week if you go
034in there uh you will see you know many resources for getting food um in this area. I'd also encourage you to reach out to your school and and your school food pantry if if you have needs. And then a special reminder that we do not charge students for for breakfast or lunch. So this is a good time for you to to count on us to feed your children um at a time where maybe you you need to kind of um conserve the food in your own home. So um thank you to all of you who do so much for our students here in District 6. Uh parents, you will be receiving a letter from your principles with some of this information in it. uh and we'll make sure that that we're helping you as best
035we can to get you access to to food um during this time where your benefits might be cut off. Uh and then finally, I want to announce that the last meeting and the reception for our outgoing board members will be Monday, November 10th. Um so the election is held next Tuesday and then the following Monday is um those those board members last meeting and that night we will do a reception from 5:15 to 5:45 here um in the lobby out here. We we will gather and it's open to the public for folks who'd like to come and honor our outgoing board members on that evening. Um, and then on December 2nd at 4 pm, we will have our new board members uh take their oath of office on December 2nd at 4 pm. Uh, which
036is not a an typical board meeting night, but we do need to add a special meeting uh because of the the deadline on uh dates and requirements for for having these events take place following an election. So, uh I hope to see you all on November 10th to come and honor our outgoing board members. And then on December 2nd at 4 p.m. uh for the oath of office for our new board members. Thank you. President Vice President Mintley. >> Thank you. Uh we'll move on to a public participation portion. As a board, we welcome the comments of community members and we dedicate a portion of each business meeting to provide an opportunity for the community to present brief comments. All speakers are limited to two minutes for comments. Our board members typically will not respond,
037but we may ask our district staff to do so. All written testimony and handouts must be submitted to the board secretary, Miss Amy Lemon. We ask all speakers and those in attendance to conduct themselves in a dignified and non-disruptive manner. Cheering, snapping, clapping, and other distractions are not permitted. Anyone who disturbs order may be required to sit down and to leave and or to leave the boardroom. Speakers are responsible for their own speech and should be refrained from profane and obscene remarks. All remarks must be suitable for an audience that includes kindergarten through 12th grade students. This board is committed to providing a safe environment where all members of the school community are treated with dignity, respect, and we expect all speakers to exercise their speech rights responsibly. Got two speakers tonight. I'll start with
038Mr. David Meek. >> Thank you, Mr. M. You have two minutes. >> Thank you. Thank you all of you. Uh especially Dr. Pilch keeps everything going. I really just want to try to help you. I mean, this is so amazing. Everything you do is so amazing and so awesome, you know. It's just mind-boggling what you've been able to do and what we do do. All the STEM stuff and all the partnerships, you know, with all the businesses and stuff, it just amazing. I'm Air Force veteran, so I'm really happy for the Marines at I think Northridge, so I'm really happy about that. I am FFA alumni, so I like the FFA. Most of you seen me on that tractor in the Fourth of July parade. I grew up on that in Missouri. The reason why
039I'm so good-looking because I ate oatmeal for breakfast and most of the other stuff I ate came out of my garden. My older brother is only five months older than I am. Now, he's not my older brother, but I claim he is. That's Tommy Lee Jones. Yeah, I'm still trying to make movies. But anyway, just so I I'll just try to help you because I think if we got real truth, you know, in our schools, you'd be a great big help. You'd have less crime and a low morale and all that stuff. And so that's how I'm here to help you. But uh Oh, Teresa, the list for food. Have you got the churches, you know, list and all that? Okay, good. And I thought you probably did. I want to make sure. A separation
040of church and state. Anyway, I want to thank you all for what you've done, especially Michael Matthews, you're going off and Bob Nor, I guess, is going off and I don't know about Kyle yet or you're up. Anyway, anyway, I want to thank you all and the Lord bless you and everything. I'm sorry. Sorry the pastors, you didn't get more help, brother Bob. I'm sorry about the pastors. We're not very good. So, anyway, bless you, Father. Lord, bless them. Open their blind eyes so they help them get the Bible back in schools, Lord. And we ask it in Jesus name. Amen. >> Thank you, Mr. Meek. Next up, we have Mr. Josh Waynecott. Thank you for coming, Mr. Wayne Scott. You'll have two minutes. >> Thank you. Good evening, board. Good evening, everyone in attendance
041and everything everyone watching and listening online. Uh, I hope what we get to talk about tonight stays on the record. My name is Josh Wayne Scott. I am an educational specialist, a master teacher, union strong, a proud father, [clears throat] a professional educator, a target of power, and a soontobe disgruntled employee. I want you to ask yourself a question. Who is in charge? How do they keep power? And what does the money say? They might have media control. They might find a way to focus large dollars into a whole department and branding. They might only show pictures of happy, smiley faces compared to how they use the media against other people. They might use consensus. Unions were designed to improve employees working conditions, not just their dollar amount. I wonder how long the classroom behavior
042working on it list will continue to be in our contract. It might even be used to ensure that anyone who disagrees with them could never truly be heard. And that consensus model certainly helps with that. Whoever is in charge of this could be the third highest paid person in the state at their job, only behind DPS, who has five times the amount of schools they do. They might have seen their salary increase 81% over their reign, which would be second in pay per building, only behind Mapleton number one. Look at the financials. Read them. Ask questions like, "Where does Gley Evans School District 6 rank in student behaviors?" Use CDE results for assistance. Ask yourself, "Why did you not know the answer to that question?" Ask yourself, "Where should the money go?" If you have
043questions, please feel free to reach out. I'm not that hard to find. People have been messaging me with death threats since this last year. By the way, next year's an election year. guarantee you she's going to ask you for money. >> Thank you, Mr. Wayne Scott. We'll now move on to the consent agenda portion of our meeting. This is an action item that needs a motion. I move that 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. >> There any discussion on the consent? Any discussion? Seeing none, Miss Lemon, you give us a quick vote. >> Director Ozari, >> I. >> Director Bentley, >> I. >> Director Campus Spitzy, >> I.
044>> Director Mash, >> excuse me. Director Matthews, >> I. >> Director Norwood, >> I. >> Motion carries 5-0. >> Thank you. On to section nine, board priorities. Uh, first up is the superintendent's contract. This is also a action item that needs a motion. I move that the board of education of Wel County School District 6 approves the superintendent's contract amendment as presented. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion on Dr. Pilch's contract extension? >> Dr. Campos Spitzy, >> I just wanted to brag about our superintendent of the year. Um so um Dr. Dearra Pilch um has decided to stay with us. This will be her 11th year. The average amount of time that a school board um or a superintendent, sorry, stays in a district is three years. So she has tripled and I hope
045will quadruple that average with us. Um I am so proud that she is ours and that we get to brag about Dr. Dr. Dearra Pilch, it seems like um wherever I go in the different circles that I'm in, I was um recently at a at an event with somebody from the joint budget committee at the state level and and they knew Dr. Dearra Pilch. Um last last [clears throat] board meeting, we had a work session with some of our state legislators and they pointed out to us that when the state of Colorado was um changing the school finance act that uh Dr. Dr. Dear Pilch was the only superintendent to testify. Um, and we have 178 school districts in the state and Dr. Dear Pilch was the one um to stand up for that and
046to really make it happen. If you haven't seen this awesome sheet that's got all of our bragging rights on it. [laughter] Um, I I love to look at it. We are the 13th largest district in the state of Colorado. Um, we have 23,000 students with 3,800 employees. Um and we are pioneers in career pathways in things like the transitions program and um all of that has really happened under Dr. Dear Dra Pilch and so I just I I know we just heard public comment and and everyone is allowed their opinion. Um, but I I very much believe this contract amendment is so deserved and [laughter] um I can't wait to see what we get to do together for the next four or five more years [laughter] and anyway excited to vote on your contract. >>
047Thank you Dr. Campos Pitzy. Uh Mr. Matthews. Yeah, I I will certainly echo what Dr. Kempo Spitzy said, but but I will say this as well. of all the things that we do as a board of all the decisions that we make um approving budgets and um all all the different things. The thing that get I get comments on the most is is the every year we renew this this contract and and it makes the paper and and I bet I get more people congratulating and thanking me for for this uh than anything else that we do. And so it it's an honor to get to to vote for this once again and to extend your contract. Dr. Pilch, >> thank you both. I just have to agree it's uh been an honor to work
048with you and and get to know you and we're excited to continue this work that you've started over the last 10 11 years. So with no other comments, uh we'll get a vote. Miss Lemon. >> Director Ozari. >> I. >> Director Bentley. >> Hi. >> Director Campos Spitzy. I, >> Director Matthews, >> I, >> Director Norwood, >> I. >> Motion carries 5-0. >> Thank you guys. Uh, now on to item number 10.1, business finance, certificates of participation. It's an action item that will also need a motion. I move that the board of education of Wel County School District 6 approves the resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of a site lease and a lease purchase agreement and all contracts related to the civic campus project for the construction of a new administration building as presented.
049>> Second. >> Thank you both. Dr. Pilter, we we got a presentation on this, right? Yes, you were gi uh were given a a pretty thorough presentation during the work session, but um I've got Miss Haidok here, our director of finance, who uh is prepared to share a another short presentation, and uh Mr. Nate Fall, our legal counsel. Uh we do we do want it read into the record of our business meetings. I felt like it was important to bring them back forward in front of you all um prior to your final vote on this. Thank you, Miss Haidok. Good evening, Vice President Bentley, members of the board, and Dr. Coach. Um, tonight we're discussing the financing plan for the new administration building. Um, as you know, the project is to replace the current administration
050building as well as demo um the current building and the reclamation of the land. Um the project is part of a downtown um initiative between the city of Gley, Weld County um and private developers um Richmark Vertical. The total amount of the financing will be um 43 million over a term of 25 years. Um the payment structure will be level annual payments. Certificates of participation or coops are a common financing tool for public entities um specifically school districts in Colorado. Um instead of issuing traditional voterapproved bonds, the district leases property to investors through a trustee. Um the key differences of coops is that we do not require voter approval and we rely on lease payments um not general obligation taxes. As security, the district um will collateralize um two of our buildings, in this case,
051Winterrad and Maplewood, until the coops are repaid. Um we take property we own and lease it to a trustee. So, in this case, we will lease it to US Bank. We worked with US Bank on our bonds. Um, US Bank then leases the same properties back to the district through a lease purchase agreement, which is one of those documents that you're voting for approval this evening. Uh, the structure includes annual appropriation through language to comply with Taber. Um, as mentioned, we'll collateralize two buildings, um, Winrad and thank you, um, Maplewood for a net pledged value of 39.7 million. Um this is the these are the two buildings that we could get the closest to the $43 million um for the cops. Um currently once the new building um administration building is completed these two schools
052um will be released um as collateral and the new building will be substituted for collateral. Um so cops have um a few benefits. Um it helps give flexibility with financing major capital projects without having to um go to voters for tax increases. Um it avoids the delay of cost for costs and ele in time for election. um payments are subject to annual appropriation and then payments become a part of our annual operating budget where we'll have that um level payment each year. So Nate's going to talk about more about the documents we've brought before you this evening. Thank you board directors and Dr. Pilch. Uh so there's a number of um documents that you are approving as part of this agenda item. So just briefly and I know we've already talked about this. The first
053document is this site lease agreement. This is the agreement where we are leasing uh Winterrad and Maplewood to US Bank who is going to be acting as a trustee over the properties. It's a long-term lease agreement that runs until60 and then US Bank as trustee is going to lease that property back to us. So, they get a leaseholder interest of the properties. They're not actually going to become owners of the property. Um, and so as part of the lease purchase agreement, we have annual payments that we will be making appropriations for on an annual basis. We're not committing any long-term funds for this. This is something that the board of education will have to approve on a on a yearly and annual basis uh for us leasing the property back from US Bank. Uh there's
054also the indenture of trust which is another document. It's more of an FYI just so you understand what exactly um how the funds are going to be used um and establishes all the duties and limitations of the trustee US bank what they can and can't do with the funds uh as well as any amendments that may occur um either with the properties or with the documents. The indenture of trust is contained all that information. Uh the primary official statement is essentially uh prospectus. It's something for investors to review and it just gives a financial outlook or summary of the school district themselves so that investors know uh that they're making a sound investment if they are end up if they end up purchasing the certificates of participation as part of this. So the official statement
055contains really all of the district specific information. And it's a very long- winded document, but um really explains very thoroughly kind of all the risks that potential investors would be taking on if they were to purchase. And then of course you have the board resolution. Uh that is not something that you have to read into the whole record. I'm sure you've all reviewed it. Um but that gives uh the public the opportunity to know about this financing decision. Um you know, mentions why this is in the best best interest of the district to make this transaction. Um and it is also authorizing uh district staff, the superintendent um to make um enter into agreements to continue on with this transaction so that we don't have to come to the board for everything. Of course, we
056will uh if it needs to be ratified uh or if it does require board approval, those will all come before the board. That's it. Did I miss anything? >> Okay. So the annual rep pre repayment schedule um as talked about the an the level payments will be approximately 3.1 million as of today. Once we go to market which will be on November 5th for pricing we'll have a better idea of exactly what that payment is but we don't anticipate it being more than 3.25 million annually um which at this point would be 33.8 million in principal and um 76.8 8 million in interest with payments beginning in December of 2026 and will continue through December 1st of 2050. There any questions? >> Thank you both. Any questions, discussions? >> Dr. Campositzy. >> Um not really
057questions. Um I wanted to highlight some things that were talked about during the work session um that I think are important. Um, so one, and it was mentioned in this presentation as well, is that as soon as the new D6 admin building is finished and occupied, which is as early as February of 2028, we will be able to swap Winterrad and um, Maplewood for the new D6 admin building. So, I think that's an important thing to note. Um and also that um the interest rate being at 6% is a max and um according to um I forget Amy Canfield um who was um briefing us on this earlier it might be much lower than that even down to maybe 5.5%. >> Um and then similarly um the 3.25 annual the million annually that we will
058be paying um over the next 25 years might be less than 3.25 25 and the projection that it might be even less than 3.1 million. Um, and then that we do have the opportunity um to pay everything off in 10 years as opposed to the full 25 and then we'd be able to pay much less interest that way. So, just highlighting a few things there. >> Thank you. Anyone else? I'll just uh mention that we're very excited about this project. Um very thankful for all you guys' hard work. This is a ton of paperwork. Um I don't think even as many meetings as we've had about it that we kind of fully grasp what you guys have done here. So we really appreciate your hard work and and thank you for everything. Um Miss Lemon,
059give us a vote. >> Director >> I. >> Director Bentley. >> Hi. >> Director Campos Spitzy. >> Hi. >> Director Matthews >> I. >> Director Norwood >> I. >> Motion carries 5. >> That's all the business we have for tonight. Thank you guys for everything and we'll see you in a couple weeks. Some meetings adjourned [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music]