001[Music] n n [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Music] [Applause] [Music] the [Music] [Applause] [Music] the [Music] the [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] nah [Music] n [Music] n [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Music] here right good afternoon and welcome to the work session for the board of education for gy Evan school district 6 today is March 10th 2025 the meeting will now come to order and we'll start with our roll call Miss London director aari pres director Bentley director campus spitzy presid director Mash present director Matthews present director Norwood director Sullivan present five board members present thank you Miss lemon first on our agenda is our calendar review and we have a busy week tomorrow tomorrow morning is the success Foundation breakfast hopefully everybody is planning to attend that uh it's a
002big fundraiser for for our nonprofit um and then Wednesday through Friday we have negotiations so busy week uh for us but if you look at your agenda uh your calendar you'll see we don't have anything but board meetings and work sessions until May and that is because a lot of our schools will be doing testing I'm quite certain uh they're pretty busy this time of year and don't need to see us so uh we will get another board visit in May and we have a retirement celebration and 10e anniversary celebration for for Prairie Heights so make make a note of all those but yeah I don't see the Dream Team yeah dream team has a banquet right it's on the 29 2 7 27th of March March yeah okay is there anything we need to
003tell you miss lemon with regard to the Dream Team celebration uh no if you'll just RP be of the calendar to invite okay take care right thank you thank you there's there's an RSVP Bo leering team okay yes so I usually do that for the board yes thank you do all of you plan to be at um North Ro tomorrow morning for breakfast everybody be there yeah yeah great I'm I'm pretty sure Mr um Mr Norwood will not be there U but I don't know about Mr Bley um says next is our board member comments and reports but if you guys don't mind can we hear from our uh casby student day um at the capital hear from our students they they're busier than we are and need to get somewhere and so if you
004don't mind we're going to just flip those and so we'll do our casby student day at the capital update now Mr aari went with with these students and so Mr aari would you mind introducing uh our students and U oh no well I mean just it maybe not introduce the students but just sort of um lead off for us if if you don't mind and then Mr fall you as well well I'd be happy to lead off but before I do let's have our our students introduce themselves to us uh I'm Ayah I'm from Northridge and I'm in 10th Grade oh um I'm Abby and I go to Central in 11th grade I would have had that by the way I just I just got say that these two were very very impressive at the
005state capital and very mature and advocated for our districts through just their presence and the way they conducted themselves and I couldn't be more proud of them and being affiliated with the district Mr President so I look forward to hear their insights from what they picked up from what they observed at the state capital and the event that we attended and Mr fall do you have anything to add before we get going yeah I was really impressed by Aaliyah and Abby both um for just their eagerness uh to learn and to understand this whole process and their bravery for speaking with our state representatives uh particularly Senator Kirk me um and just asking the hard questions um I thought was really impressive and um I'm sure they learned a couple things and I'm just curious
006you know what what were your biggest takeaways from the day well I really liked um like observing how everybody in positions of power like did things cuz it's really different from like just normal day-to-day seeing people like everybody like had this kind of air and when we were talking to her like she was very matter of fact I thought that was really cool even though I didn't really understand much of what she was saying it was it was really interesting because um we had gotten there and we were like told like oh this is like the situation of the like education and like finance and like how everything's going and I was like okay I know where my side is like I know what I want so when we got to speak with her like
007well at first it was interesting because when we got onto the senate floor and we tried to go and sit they were like no like you got to like RSVP like you can't be in here like and then when we finally got to talk with um Senator Kook Mayer then they were treating us with so much respect they were opening the doors I was like okay and um but anyways um yeah so it was really cool because CU I asked her like what her like what they were going to end up doing and stuff like what what her opinion on um all of it was anding yeah the funding and it was different from mine and it was like I was asking like hard questions like oh where else could we get money from like
008to to fund for like education and stuff um and it was it was interesting to see how they work because she was very like on the nose like oh this is what we're doing like I'm not going to like shift it and it was just it was really interesting to see how all of that works cuz she's a very passionate and like headstrong woman so it was cool but yeah so yeah what did say what did she say um well I was like we've been waiting I was like oh like she she said she's going to try and keep funding um the same level as last year and she's going to try and make sure that we get the same amount that was promised in the Constitution I don't get what she meant by that
009but it stuck with me she said like every year um funding was below what the Constitution promised us but last year is the only year was said at that level and she wants to keep it that way so what that means is not reinstating the budget stabilization factor I believe that's what she's talking about there it's not going to be worse than last year yeah she said she's going to try keep the same and she said something like um every year um this the school's budget is the one being taken from when they need more money for something else and I didn't know that I thought that was interesting I thought school was like this is how much you get you got this I didn't know they take out of bit and she was very
010like reassuring as far as like programs go for like special ed and for um people who like their first language is in English that like they would still have funding and stuff but essentially like it's not what we like wanted you know what I mean but it was interesting to see how like the other districts like um in Colorado like how they reacted toward it because I don't know it was we were in a we were in a room and there was like all these different districts and the way that they uh were advocating for a certain bill I remember it was like the FAA bill um and they were like totally like hey yeah like we already require fasta and all of this um but like for our district it would be a little
011bit harder for um like our not primary English speakers to like get it and it was just interesting to see how like across Colorado there is different and like there's diversity and stuff but I don't know just all of it overall the whole experience of going to the capital it was interesting to see like all these different perspectives because even though like I believe that like we should have gotten the same like you know um finances and stuff it does end up helping out like other people you know it's just it's interesting to see all the different points of views so um who is the guy that we met at the very beginning he was talking to us and telling us what we were going to do uh Matt Cook yeah see at the end
012yeah maybe probably he was the only one there but at the end what she was just talking about where all of the different schools came together we left the um this the house I think yeah the big house and we went back to the Nights of Columbus Hall the lunch place yes room the room and we started talking about all of the uh different bills that they wanted to pass and our opinions on it and she was talking about how the fast everybody was talking about how what a bad idea it was and it was kind of controversial because the guy who wanted that bill was trying to do it for some reason I don't remember what you guys said but he was trying to do it for his own little reason and everybody was
013just disagreeing with it because it made no sense completely what are you talking about but the FAFSA bill is the same bill that carries the uh personal finance requirement right so I think casby is opposing that bill for a couple different reasons we can talk about two yeah one of the big reasons was CU um in Colorado we have a lot of diversity and um they don't want their information being required for that to get an education it would just bring them down a lot if they had to submit that to the government that made a lot of sense to me I don't get why that should be a requirement even if they're not going to college H what else oh overall I think the experience though was really cool I thought it was really
014awesome to go down to the Capal with like District members like it was like cool um when we first arrived in the Northridge parking lot it was it was funny because I couldn't find the car but then it ended up being like the biggest white SUV and I was like okay so um it's a district vehicle yeah yeah and yeah it was cool the ride was cool and I would honestly say like next year if I had the chance to go again I would totally go again like it's it's just honestly super cool to see how things work in the house versus the Senate and then the fact that we got to talk to like a senator was like really awesome did you get to see Senator Bry yeah wait uh he was busy and
015then unfortunately was unable to meet with us but he he was really wanting to meet with us he just did just didn't work out so we got to w we got to wave he W what did you guys think of the lobbyists like their role in everything yeah I was like people get paid to do that I don't want to be a fan it was cool because like all of them started crowding the like the lobby like where you have to wait and stuff um so that was interesting but um the lobbyist that we were with right because he was registered as a lobbyist was uh yeah well Matt Cook is the lobbyist well I think he's a registered lobbyist for casby um and then uh Ann barcas was our lobbyist oh wait that's the
016one that got us to speak with yeah okay yeah yeah well Matt Matt Cook you said um it was really cool specifically him because he was representing like all the different districts in Colorado and like for FSA Bill like some of us we were like whoa like that's not cool and then another people like the other districts were like oh we already do that like so it's just it's interesting to see how like lobbyists work and the patience and like just everything knowledge that they need to be successful and stuff no I would think his job specifically is really challenging because there are districts that literally have a 100 kids in the entire district and then there is you know Denver that has ,000 90,000 students and they're needs and their desires and their communities
017are so very different so he has to kind of I don't know if it's kind of majority that the casby delegates one person from each um District gets to vote on different things so that's probably how their position was decided but yeah and I I sit on the lrc meetings with casby every other week and yeah it can be really a big struggle to get everyone on the same page but ultimately they just do a majority vote if they want to take a position that's not consensus so it's not consensus you and case was not there Colorado Association School school of exx case folks weren't there it just Casp uh I'm not sure if I saw anybody from I'm sure Elizabeth was a lot of the students were like AP US History or AP go
018and I was like that would make sense cuz I didn't really understand what was happening but I was really trying to I was like this you understood more than you think just listening to you I was you did aah you did yeah but yeah I was like that would be an awesome experience if you were brilliant of government so I think it would be good if we could operate to our government classes for people who are interested because they would eat that up you retained a lot being how it was a couple weeks ago so I'm impressed nice job something about I wanted to say about the lobby I forgot oh the Matt Cook um he left a really strong impression on me he uh at the beginning when he was talking to us he
019was very fact-based but like he put his opinion in at the end and it made a lot of sense and I thought I respected him for that cuz when he was talking about stuff like there's this this and this and he was explaining everything about how it goes and he was like there's going to be this person and they might not like you and I was like oh okay and he's like you might talk to this person and because you're a student they're going to like you and I was like okay cuz he was telling it TST straight I'd like to that's honestly so true because when we were talking with uh Senator Kirk Mayer uh we were in the the hallway at first and she was like you know what let's go on to
020the senate floor and then like when we got on to the floor She was like so much more sweet to us it was it was funy that's a really amazing experience so Senator Kirk Meer she was accounting commissioner she's been a representative now she's a senator like whether a person agrees or disagrees with her she has spent a lot of time in public service and has been elected and she is very knowledgeable and she is very much straight tell influential down there yeah and she head yeah but it's cool that you got to I mean that's like a very real experience that that you had I mean if you met with a brand new senator they might be a little bit like well I'm still learning to but you got to meet with a veteran
021and did you get to learn um what her profession was before she became a legislator I don't think so so that's always interesting like even those of us across the table here you know we're elected officials and we all come from very different backgrounds and so um sometimes it's interesting to find out like what did you do before you ran for office or are you still doing whatever you used to do before you ran for office um so for example uh Scott brigh who you didn't get to meet um but he runs the ABC daycare centers in Gan Evans he owns them and so he will obviously have a bit of a vested interest in prek education because that's right his business um so yeah just kind of interesting when you find out where people
022are coming from professionally I think sometimes you can get a little insight into their political stances yeah that is interesting yeah she did um touch on the special ed programs a little bit more than like the um not primary English speakers like she was just reassuring that like those programs would not go away so maybe that has something to like do with where she comes from or she does always advocate for special letter I think she might have a grandchild or something who special needs yeah that's interesting so I I I'll go back to what I said earlier great representative from our school district well and Kudos you because um Mr osus was asking me so if we have a late start tomorrow or you call school off do we still go to Denver and
023I said well if it's safe to travel call the students and see if they want to go if they still want to go you're going and so you guys said yeah you want to go even though I think had a late start that morning a delayed start so kudos to you you still got up very early and um found the white District vehicle and found your way to the capital it was fun it was very worth it like I I did want to stay for the late start but no very inspiring to go to the capital so it was good we very much appreciate you guys representing us and it sounds like you did represent us really well and so thank you for for taking the time to do that I hope it sounds like
024it was beneficial for you um but it was definitely beneficial for us to be represented and as I told you before sometimes legislators will listen to you more than they will listen to us um so thank you for taking that seriously and and doing the work to do that of course student voice is super important thank you guys too you're welcome is our time up or should we keep going you can keep going cuz that sounded like a closing speech I was like you want to share you sure can we have time okay well I forgot what I was going to say but in uh what's the big house like the green the green one or the red one the one with just the capital the one with the one with Kirk oh that was
025the Senate and then the other one that's the house okay in the Senate um when we were escorted to the top I was trying my hardest but I really couldn't hear anything but then we moved to the house and they talked about a lot of stuff and there was a lot more people in there and I thought that it was interesting how in the house they were talking about how they needed more funding everybody in there needed more funding and I thought it was cool that everybody was stting their case and there was a few people who were going against them and it just they made no sense they made no sense I don't know why they were complaining sorry but there was one that stuck with me they were talking about how they needed
026more funding for Medicaid and the guy who's going against the Medicaid one he was just talking nonsense he's like it's coming out of your taxpaying dollars and I was like well yeah yeah exactly they testify it can go on for a very long time when the legislators are testifying when we give comment we're limited on was it two three minutes but they but but they can they they have a lot to say but I thought it was really cool because in the house right the other one in the house um they weren't really doing that it was less engaging oh and the Senate yes usually the house is more Rowdy and the Senate is more decorum well I liked the house better yeah there's lot less going on in the Senate which one do you
027think is more efficient I the the house they get straight to the point so we have a future representative and a future Senator better take that US history class but yeah I just wanted to comment on that yeah for you oh just it was like seriously just so inspiring I I mean I would love to be Senator one day and like just seeing especially like speaking with Senator Kirk may like she started like as a wealth commissioner right and now she's up there that's super cool so yeah oh I have nothing else to say Mr osus anything you want to add they uh the girls talk about that all the way back from the capital so I they were they were super excited about what they learned and what they saw and um they both
028did a great job it was a lot of fun the only downside to the whole day I think was they had to listen to Mr osus uh music heavy metal I thought it would be nice and even wasn't that you went too Mrs yes it was so fun it was really good and it was fun to see um when uh Senator Kirk Meer came out to say hello to us we had been waiting for a few minutes and then she came out and we were like all like hello hello nice to see you and she looked at the girls and said come with me and then they walked walked into the into the senate floor and um I think Anthony Anthony and I were like after like 10 minutes we said may we should go
029check oh yeah so we went respons you know going around trying to find them because yes we were responsible so it was really really good she did a rem um Senator kirm did a remarkable job just you know engaging with them and um teaching them new things it was so neat and then we all took a picture together it was a great picture that was super fun I feel like everyone should go spend a day at the capital just because you have no idea what goes on there like it kind of could demystify what is actually what how decisions are made that affect us each yeah actually I thought that about district 6 like what you guys do um I thought CU everybody at the schools like the students they're like the district is so
030dumb why would they put that in and then now that I'm working why didn't we have a snow day yeah yeah but like now that I'm like working with you guys like it makes so much sense and I'm like well you don't know everything what in particular did we do that was dumb the phone policy the phone I that everybody was like no I hate the district I'm like well and it did turn out that when they talked about that they said who all has a pH policy in their district and every a lot of every single District um they raise their hand and so we all do yeah so from and I bet it's worked out better than you guys initially thought I was in the meeting when we discussed it I seem to
031remember both of you being skeptical Matthews you've heard it all from me well you could all commiserate together about my district cell phone policy just like you do about your parents yeah at the other casby event the one before this one um we were talking with the other what are you guys what is your job board memb yes the other board members and what they're doing with their policies and they were like we don't get any push back and I was like I don't know about us and yeah didn't happen [Music] either has anybody come in and complained come to our had one email one email see but yeah I didn't think it would go that way but like my whole point was um just being involved and seeing how actual actually things work is
032just like really eye openening yeah thank you yeah thank you guys any anything else or shall we let you go to whatever practice soccer practice yeah good all right thank you you skip the running at least by being here and thank everybody else administrators Mr aari for for making that trip down with our students appreciate you guys taking the time um we will we'll go on to board member comments and reports and we'll start with Miss Sullivan U let's see I've just been to two different soccer games one at Frontier and then I kind of snuck a peek at at North Ridge and then I did do the some of the Arts walk this weekend um I didn't get through the whole thing but there was uh several nice displays I remember the one from
033Maplewood I really enjoyed that one um and I'm looking forward to a busy week with the negotiations so I met with Diane on the phone and ready to rev up and hear what uh is all to come through that yeah um these last two weeks uh probably my favorite event was the gy Central High School cultural assembly I brought the t-shirt that the students made but um that was the front of it the back is my favorite because it says Hi in all these different languages spoken in our community um I got to wear this shirt on Friday as well cuz I had two cats come to Clinic with me um they're Avid student sophomores in uh Mr uh Steven Paulson's class and um they got to do a half day in clinic and so
034they were really excited I was wearing their t-shirt um I also got to attend the third annual gy Evans Elementary Coral Festival which was magical um Megan nent Chris Pearson all the D6 music teachers I don't know how they can control over 500 students on the Union Colony um Civic Center Stage it's quite amazing and it was very beautiful the the choirs were the songs were beautiful I was I was moved um as I often am into tears um and uh we also many of us got to go to the Bella Romera School visit uh it was my very first time on that campus um a very interesting visit uh they are a k through eight campus but on two different sites and I had always imagined they were like right next door to each
035other and I learned during the school visit that they're about a 3/4 of of a mile apart um so that was new to me and I also learned they were our first applied technology school which was the old word for stem um so they were really our first Blended learning stem type of of school um so interesting to learn about some of their challenges um as well as some of their successes um and then lastly I did want to comment on um and thank you JRA for including in ewe our College um enrollment uh for this fall um so uh in our weekly bulletin we got numbers for how many seniors we graduated in 2024 and of those seniors which was around 1300 um how many enrolled in either a 2-year or a 4-year institution
036and it's about a third about a third of our students um who graduated enrolled in either a fouryear or two-year institution um many more two years than four years um but I thank you for your team because I know it took a little bit to get that data um I would be interested and I I would think the rest of the board may be interested um given our mission is preparing students to be College and Career ready um to see that data trended over the last 10 years just kind of to see are we are we having an increase are we having a decline um I'd also like to see that data compared with State averages um or I don't know if it would be possible to compare it to similar districts that are similar
037size with similar demographics um that might be a stretch to try to get those kinds of numbers um but just a comparison to gauge are we doing well are we doing below average um where are we there um and then also wanted to applaud um our district six team on on Innovative thinking on how to improve admissions into uh both Ames and UNC locally with the pilot program with UNCC um for direct admission um so what that pilot program looks like I might know a little bit more about it because I'm on the UNCC side as well um is that this spring um our Rising seniors so meaning our Juniors um will be getting those who are meeting academic requirements um will be getting a a letter of acceptance into UNC even before they start
038their senior year telling them um you know based on your academic record you have been accepted and this is what your financial aid package will look like um so I think that could be a really key um intervention to try to get some of our kids who may not see themselves as College um um as College material to to see that them getting or knowing they have been accepted to a fouryear institution and hopefully um and that the financial barrier isn't maybe as bad as they assume it might be and um motivates them to apply so I'm really excited to see that really excited to see outcomes right like so we wouldn't see that till fall of 2026 but to see if that intervention does make a difference and how many of our kids are
039um enrolling um but yeah uh and would would be interested in kind of having that as a a presentation to the board of um of our efforts around uh college readiness and college admissions um and also and uh I can I brought this up with J earlier today I'm just curious to know why our high school graduation requirements don't match our higher education admissions the Colorado the state of Colorado's higher education admissions recommendations and how we can help those match better um I think it brings the fast the fast that brought up over here by the Council of student reps um that conversation is I I actually am disappointed that the FASA is tied to the financial literacy on that bill because I can see a lot of cost behind a financial literacy curriculum and
040it being an unfunded mandate that way um but I really do see the benefits of of making the FAFSA um a high school graduation requirement and I think um when kids see how much financial aid award they can get that they might be more likely to enroll in a in a fouryear institution but those are my opinions and my comments um I always have a lot of those uh but yes looking forward to an exciting week of From Success Foundation to our three-day negotiations um as well as Legally Blond this weekend I got my tickets for the mat on Saturday so gy Central is having their performance um encourage youall to buy tickets too thank you for listening Mr aari uh thank you president Matthews I agree with Dr Brenda uh the gy central cultural
041assembly was outstanding as well as the district 6 Elementary Coral festival and what impressed me most about the cultural Affairs assembly was the number of students we have that come from other countries around the world and they carry their Flags in and it is very impressive I don't even know what the number but it just filled the gym which was amazing and then the second thing is I didn't see anyone on their cell phones in the uh in the bleachers which was a first for me that many kids in one building in one area and not one phone out so that uh shows that the policy must be working which is great I had the opportunity to attend a a gy Central High School girls uh playoff game uh one of my former students is
042an assistant coach on the team and I just got to say that that was very impressive as well um assistant superintendent osmus was there and it was a close game man down to the very bitter end and uh just very proud to see our kids out there in competition and doing so well as uh many of you know I attended the casby winter legislative conference I do have notes from that a lot as you can imagine is discussed at that conference and if you would like to talk with me about those um topics but I'll report out on just a couple as you might imagine we're we're all in the same boat a lot of folks are concerned about what's happening to the federal level and how that's going to uh affect the state and
043local districts what's coming down the pike in in all areas uh and it's just uncertain Turf right now and then of course with the funding from the state as of when I went to the conference but I'm sure a lot has changed um I'll defer to Mr fall on that but again the uncertainty of State funding uh the good news is there's there are certain people uh Senator lundine was very vocal at the end of the conference that he feels that the state owes K12 the funding that was promised to K12 schools and it's of course just one voice in the room but it was good to hear we also had a report out from commissioner Cordova from CDE and I'll go ahead and read some of this because it's it's a little bit complicated
044she said she shared information about cde's strategic plan which includes what she called wigs or widly important goals these include increasing student engagement accelerating student outcomes strengthening the educator Workforce and providing operational excellence towards that end the role of the CDE will be to serve as a place where Educators can convene for peer-to-peer learning and obtain professional development CDE will also guide and Elevate the state by highlighting what commissioner Cordova called bright spots using State data and our school district is one of those bright spots just so it's just we all know uh my personal reflection on the conference was that it's very important I would hope other board members will join me and going to that in the future uh we get to hear the voices in the room from folks from all over
045the state and the challenges that are facing them and I had the opportunity to share with them some of the great things that are going on in our school district uh one of the big challenges throughout the state and I believe we've tackled some of this here in our school district is Educator housing there's a lot of school districts that just can't pay teachers enough for them to even afford an apartment to live in so I know that we have U Been proactive uh working with Partners throughout the community to make sure that our teachers get paid well and that they can afford housing as well as other costs finally I had the opportunity uh did a lot Mr President uh finally well the beauty of being retired uh finally had the opportunity again to
046visit uh Romero K agree with Dr Brenda on her perceptions of that visit and then I also attended the gy Arts walk the G the district 6 and and the Creative Arts District Arts walk this is very impressive a lot of parents and a lot of kids flooding around downtown gy and seeing our students Arts displays in businesses across the entire downtown and seeing our students in performance uh playing at the library and other places in that downtown area really was a great Community event made me very proud to be affiliated with our school district uh in showcasing our students in that in that event I also another Arts event had the opportunity to to attend gy fell armonic Zoo Orchestra and that's where Madison and Maplewood Elementary School students uh get an opportunity to
047go down to the Civic Center and engage with professional musicians in learning what that industry is all about and furthering their ability to make music and um be a part of those performance arts and then uh the final one was I had the opportunity to attend the sunny Mell Distinguished Citizen dinner where we honor the service of uh folks throughout the community and our and Dr pilch usually um MC's that event but they pointed out that she was busy in New Orleans being recognized as one of our nation's outstanding superintendents so again lot of proud moments over the last two weeks and that's all I have thank you Mr oori um presid I don't think I have a lot to add I very much enjoyed the central um my story cultural assembly and um I
048think it was just so beautiful to see the the student support of each and every performer um and I think that the staff did a really great job of making a little bit of a competition like everyone was just so fully engaged um supporting their classmates and um cheering for their their year so it it was really wonderful and um Maplewood fifth graders got to attend as well so it's fun that they bring up some of the younger kiddos as well um I also enjoyed the visit to Bella and I think I had maybe only been to the K3 Campus before so yeah it's it's it seems kind of out enough town but they're doing excellent work there and I hope that we can um replace their round building in some not too distant future
049um I wanted to give a shout out to the gy central unified basketball team which is the state champions this year um and apparently the the West Central you know rivalry was was a very great game there um so yeah I think that's that's all I have and I'll I'll Echo what's been said the the cultural assembly was was a fantastic event to see that many that many flags that you mentioned Mr aari on you just you just forget how many how many different countries are are in our district and having lived overseas for for some time and just um I I know it it anytime you get a a touch of of home or somebody recognizes what your home or just you get to talk about what it's like where where you're from or
050get to engage in that it's um it's really helpful because you spend so much of your time living living away from home um and so I'm I'm happy that our our schools do this um gy Central does this particularly particularly well gy West does does something similar um don't know if we if they've had their yet or if we've got invited invited to that and North Ridge may do something as well but but I'm glad that our schools do that uh because it it is hard to live away from home the uh gy let's see gy Evans Elementary Coral Festival that that also they sounded great I think it's the first year I've gotten to go to that but um kudos to those choir to all of our choir teachers to have that that many
051kids on one stage and get them all to just to get that many kids elementary kids on stage I thought was uh pretty remarkable but to get that many kids on stage and get them to sing uh was was was great and it was great to get to honor uh John Hayley as well at that event um went to the state of the city and great heard some just the the different plans that are hopefully happening and there some of them are still still up in the air but it it it really it it's really exciting to see what what all is is happening in in gy right now and um we'll have something on our agenda to uh a letter that we're going to uh vote on so that it can come from all
052of us and uh just to encourage uh to encourage our fellow City Partners to to stay in downtown and to make that happen um B rera School visit um always always always good and I think it's the first time that I I think it's the first time we've been since since John Cooney uh it's not the principal there at the at the 448 uh campus and um and so yeah it's great great to see um the remarkable things they do and then I got to serve on the North Ridge mock interviews for for stem and those kids did a a fantastic job yeah you you were there to Miss Mes so lot lots of fun things that we've gotten to do in The District in the last couple of weeks again we we'll have a
053have a more boring month uh coming up I did want to share with you guys uh before I before I finish just uh um in my presidential comments tonight uh I'm going to going to announce that I'm resigning as as president uh on the on the 24th so uh at that meeting in in two weeks and um and that's really just because I only have a few months left and I would I want to spend those months helping helping us transition to to whatever's next I've done gotten to do this for a long time and so but I wanted to tell you guys in case you had any questions uh about that I guess um I'm trying to figure out if I will be on a flight at the time of the meeting um I'm
054flying to Mexico I'm flying back back from Mexico that day and uh so I may not be able to vote well it does not have to happen then I could I could certainly it's kind of an important thing so would want everybody to be there Mr Norwood says he'll be back that's his plan anyway that he'll be back on the 24th so um so maybe let me let me think about that Dr Camp spit I should have probably that's okay it looks like 5:30 to 7:30 is when I'm on the plate um any any other questions about that well uh Dr pilt I wanted to give you a chance to update us because you've had a a pretty big trip to New Orleans as U as Mr Rari already talked about so I wonder if
055you could give us a little bit of an update on Su I'm happy to um so several of us traveled to New Orleans um really to celebrate uh me having been selected as the Colorado superintendent of the year you get to go before Marty G it it had just ended that Tuesday was the day before so cuz that's a big deal there there was still some leftover M Gris around but no it was over um but people were U pretty disappointed they had had to cancel some parades And Delay parades the previous um day or weekend because of the weather and so some of those parades got moved to yesterday um and some just got really shortened and and but that was all the talk from the lift drivers was about what happened to the
056marra parades but we did not go for marra uh we went for for the um aasa conference which is the American Association of school administrators it is the superintendent National Organization um it was their National Conference on education and um so several of us went um from cabinet and so I felt you know very honored to have so many of my colleagues there uh while I was recognized and so they recognized all uh 50 um superintendents who were selected uh there were only two that weren't able to make it from Across the Nation um and then uh so they announced each of us in our district and we walked across the state and we received a medallion and a beautiful plaque thing um and then uh they moved pretty quickly into announcing the winner uh
057from the four finalists um that the winner was a gentleman from Alabama uh who works in a a very impacted high pover high poverty District um very deserving of the recognition of the national uh award recognition um I think overall the conference so that was lovely that even um the Colorado Association of school execs had a private event um for the other Colorado folks and us who were there and um they had a private dinner event to um which was an beautiful honoring of the work we've done here in gy and of of the accomplishments we've had here um so that was that was really nice and fun uh the conference itself I will just say this that you know it's it is really powerful to be with leaders from around the country and I
058mean it's that is really powerful and and because I have gotten um more involved Nationwide over the last few years to to have another opportunity to connect with those colleagues um in another setting that I've worked with on some other committees and things was was really meaningful and and to check in about you know where are we right now in the country with with all that's going on with all the talk about the um Department of educ US Department of Education and things so um but the messages overall um in the General Sessions were really the messages where you know we need to control the narrative around public education and so it's a conversation you all have heard me talk about a lot that we've got to be the ones telling the good stories and
059sharing the good news about what's happening in K12 um there's plenty of folks to talk about what's broken and and not working and we need to control the narrative and we need to be our our you know our own best Communicator around what the lay of the land is really like in public education um in the country so this very Pro public education um very you know a lot of a lot of um powerful stories and practices around the country that where folks are really having an impact um on kids um like we are here in gley and um was you know really really powerful I think um we we all had a chance to go to different sessions and so different ones on the team who went um had an opportunity to learn in
060their area so of course Megan was going to some of the finance stuff you know and that was going to the human resources stuff um as one would expect um Tony did Venture away from technology a bit and didn't just attend technology things yeah he got out there a little bit um but but um we're grateful we could go and you know it's really a once in a career opportunity not only for me to have been selected but for that many of us to get to travel like that we just don't do that um but it but it was very good for us as a team as well and um and to have the opportunity to talk about what we were hearing and it was very affirming I will tell you that I think all
061of us felt like we're doing the right work here in the G EV School District that you'd go to a session and you'd hear about what people are doing and and you you know you're doing the right work and um and so that's very affirming and I think felt really good for all of us on the team um we also got to hear from uh the president of the organization who is also a superintendent in Beaverton Oregon his name is Gustavo Bel belderes and I've worked with Gustavo before on a couple of other National things and um he's just a a an amazing gentleman um and what's interesting is Beaverton Oregon where he is I visited the high school in Beaverton Oregon probably 25 years ago yeah probably in 2000 uh from my district in
062Missouri we went to look at their current pathway programs and their Cent tech ed and um their District at that time was probably 85% Caucasian um upper middle CL class very influent very affluent and now his district is it's completely flipped and it's it's a minority majority district and they're serving you know he has 60 different languages spoken in his district now and um it it was just really interesting to hear how that district has journeyed through a CH a significant change in their demographic and and the work that he is doing there and has done there he he uh grew up in the area um and was a a child of Migrant workers and you know like many of us in the room public education was the great equalizer for him as well so
063hearing his story from the big stage there was a lot of fun he was he spoke to the whole you know the whole contingency um the afternoon of the superintendent recognition so that was really you know powerful as well and um I was proud of my friend so anyway it was really um we're grateful we could do it we won't be doing it again I mean it was that was a lot for for that many of us to go and um we were a little nervous about the district being gone Thursday and Friday both um Anthony came back Friday so he was back boots on the ground um was able to attend the sunny melli award recognition I think with you Mr Zari but um really thank you and again I'm just really grateful to
064Case and my colleagues around the state who I have learned from and who have mentored me to to to do this job and and to our team and to all of you and the previous board members I've gotten to work with it you know it all just has culminated kind of in this opportunity to be recognized in this way and and for our work to be recognized so um there is there's a couple more events related to this there's an event in April that case puts on um to recognize the different honoraries they've had throughout the year for different Awards and then um there's another event in Washington DC in November for each of the state superintendents of the year to come together again um but I you know I um we had to report
065early to practice so we you know I mean you superintendent can probably should not need two hours to figure out how to walk across the stage and have their name read right and the right pace to walk and when to turn and look and all that but we we had to practice and so during that time I had the opportunity to visit with some of the other state superintendents of the year and um and hear you know a little bit about what their challenges are and and what their work is and um it doesn't matter if you're in Connecticut or Colorado or Alaska or Arizona the challenges are are really pretty darn similar that that we're all facing and and some in little tiny districts with like 750 kids I think in The District in
066Alaska and then um you know some with tens of thousands of students in their districts so lot of fun thanks for asking yeah thank you for the update and I got to I got to speak to someone from case and I should have should have said that in in last week got to speak interview I I guess they were looking for some quotes for about you and and the and the award but but I just wanted to tell you the the person who was doing conducting the interview with me um she she had got had the opportunity to hear you speak and really was very impressed and so you continue to make make us proud across the state and Across the Nation so thank you Dr Phil thank you it's really really my honor to
067do it so thank you okay we are now to a little bit late but to our legislative update so invite fall to come back and let us know what else is happening at the capital let's take one pass take one pass it around we filled the time for you yes you did thank you president Matthews and members of the board yeah I was a little worried about having 35 full minutes for this so I appreciate you all um having a lot being long-winded as Brenda said thank you for listening to me so uh just a couple of just to start off uh on board priorities just know that that financial literacy bill has been um pretty heavily amended at this point so um and it's now refer Mr F let's wait because I know Mrs
068Sullivan is particularly interested in the financial literacy literacy bill so let's just um let's just um maybe well could we skip ahead just skip ahead to cell phone B and then come back to financial literacy yeah all so I can just um yeah if you look at the cell phone band just know that uh that bill the communication devices in school did pass the house and it's assigned to the house education committee next week on the 19th um and then if you look on but it's still simply you have to have a policy right yeah it doesn't impact anything policy has to ban no it's not it's just you have to have a policy that has some kind of plan for addressing personal technology devices um but it's pretty specific that if you already have
069adopted a policy you don't have to do all the steps that they require you do for policy adoption um which includes like a notice and comment from the public and stuff like that so we're we're okay and honestly our regulation as Mr osus pointed out earlier is awesome so um the uh other bills on page three just just so you know where they're at um I removed some of the other ones because there wasn't any update um but just know that the modification s cor was heard today actually I should have looked up to see where that went in the house um State Civic military and Veterans Affairs committee um and then the other bill that we had talked about with data um reporting was assigned to the education committee and then referred to Appropriations
070um and we still haven't seen when that's going to be scheduled yet so um everything else has been moving forward um and all the bills that we've been kind of in support of or monitoring seem to be moving mov forward um so oh I can maybe oh um Dr sven's back I I can talk about the uh house bill 25169 that's at the bottom of page two here um I know that uh Dr Campos spitzy and director Nash Mash both had questions about this particular bill um and so just know that this is really an issue of zoning so in Colorado if uh it is really for faith-based organizations schools are included but um from what I understand there are tens of thousands of Acres of unused land owned by faith-based organizations across the state
071of Colorado and due to zoning issues uh they can't build they can't develop residential property on faith-based land because it's tax exempt so this bill would allow uh Residential Properties to be build without going through the zoning process through the city and the county so actually when you're looking at this bill and who's kind of in support opposition most cities and counties are in opposition to this bill because it's it's a local control issue the state is essentially saying you cannot control this now if you are a faith-based organization or a school district or a child care center I'm not sure what the other one is um then then a developer doesn't need to go through the approval process with the city and county um and you're just automatically entitled to develop on that property
072so it's really an issue of zoning um and the idea the goal with this bill is to get more affordable housing in Colorado um so and the whether it's faith-based or faith land or educational land it does require for the property owners like whether it's a school district or a Faith organization um to app to like okay it right like it can't be done without the approval of the current owners yes right yeah yeah they would have to come to us and say hey we'd like to develop property and you could say no we could say no and just like religious um organizations can also say no right okay so and that's my understanding and and I don't see anything like um some other legislation that if you have vacant land then another entity can
073kind of step in um and that doesn't seem to be what this is I think this is really an issue of zoning to make it easier to develop residential property got it thank you so yes yeah I hope that was helpful um okay so uh the financial literacy going back to the first page um as I mentioned it was in the house committee on education and then it was referred to Appropriations when it was in the House Education committee uh it was amended and so the fafs for require or I'm sorry first they loosen the requirement for financial literacy originally as drafted that students needed to complete that financial literacy requirement in 11th or 12th grade um and now it's uh 9th through 12th they can complete it at any point um in their High
074School career uh another change change was FFA so before there was a bunch of exceptions now basically a student can either just decline to do it or the school would need to uh demonstrate that completion of fast for that particular student is not quote feasible um and I think that that would be you know language barriers or access or communication or things of that nature um I know we had asked about can we use current curriculum um so the bill does say schools may use current curriculum if adopted pursuant to this law which is the this basically the um Finance course law 2232 135 there's this Resource Bank created to pursu to 222 1227 uh is another bank that the state of Colorado has put out for financial literacy courses uh and there's also this
075quote any other alternative programs or materials and then it kind of goes on to kind of Define if you can kind of use something outside of the Resource Bank or Colorado curriculum so I think it's a little bit it's giving a little bit more flexibility on um how we can incorporate this financial requirement and then this will apply next year they actually added another year so this would apply till September 1st of 2026 which would give us more time to prepare um we're still in a position to monitor uh I can see what other districts are doing but I just don't know if you all had any kind of thoughts or questions on this one when are they looking to vote on this one then is this going to be in May is that when
076it goes to vote um the no so um it'll go to the House Appropriations Committee and they'll reach a decision if they if it passes through there then it'll go to the house for its second reading um and so that could I mean that could all happen this month or next month um it just kind of depends on how they schedule it so yeah it could be it could be as soon as the end of this month but there has been a lot of push back from a lot of school districts um and casby and case uh on this hole so I know that these amendments um probably do benefit but I'm just looking here Aurora Public Schools currently is opposed Cherry Creek is monitoring Colorado succeeds is supporting Denver public schools is supporting Douglas
077County is amending and so forth so they're kind of all over the place yeah I think um because of the financial situation the state is in they don't put a price tag on this right um no because they won't fund it we right they won't fund it and so I mean if if if they were you know um or implementing the new uh Finance formula I feel like it would be a different conversation but in in a year I feel like when money is scarce yeah there was I think there was like an amendment how do you say that um about that particular issue it does sound like this would why you're looking Mr fall does sound like this would be an expensive Bill uh for us and and i' Dr Camp spit do think
078just a from the time perspective even just requiring all of our students to do that I wish they all would but if we have to be the ones to do that uh and to orchestrate that rather than the rather than the parents I do wonder about how much time that would take from for high school counselors to the fly with that the FAFSA yeah I think that's the so I was on a committee you guys who were on the board may remember this I served for over a year on a committee that was um commissioned out of the governor's office with highered uh like highered folks and K12 folks on it with the intent to just to look at a FAFSA requirement in the state or how to how to increase participation in FAFSA and
079um what I learned I mean it was all stuff I didn't you know happened really before I was a superintendent so I wasn't really even aware of it but I guess there used to be a higher education department that provided a lot of resources to K12 to to assist K12 in in the completion of FAFSA and that whole department and all those dollars have been eliminated um from from the highered division of of the budget and so there's there's no longer any of that support for a high school counselor to reach out to get this additional assistance from what what at one time was a whole department a whole team um that the state funded um and so that you know that was one of the things that was talked about a lot that there
080just isn't the support to even help high school counselors to help you know to help 200 kids 250 kids get this done um kind of all you know in the same time frame um the other piece is is truly um if you've done it you know you know it's complex and in our community it a lot of that would fall back onto our staff um to help students to do that and um we do offer several financial aid workshops and financial aid nights and financial aid days to to support students and families with with the FAFSA um but I I do I do think it I mean that's we will very likely lose a counselor at every secondary building next year because counselor school core Grant goes away which is a state Grant and it
081ends and you know I ideally if this funding formula as planned was fully funded we would have been able to to probably keep those counselors and as it is now we very likely will lose one from every secondary building so that puts even a greater burden on our high schools with one fewer person on on the FAFSA and I agree every kid should do it I mean I I agree every every student do and it says this last year $30 million in Colorado were left unclaimed because kids didn't yeah the number they were using a few years ago was like $40 million and um um and and it is if we don't fund higher ad and we don't fund K12 why are we curious about why kids are not doing the FAFSA because we don't
082have the staff to support students to do the FAFSA we don't have the systems in place I mean and it tracks directly with funding we were like 48th in the country on the worst at completing FAFSA and we're like 485th right now in the country okay 45th and then probably 40 we're probably 45th in funding right now yep we're 4 in funding higher ed we're 38 ining so it tracks directly with where the funding is it really does um so anyway that's the whole faps of story I think the financial literacy piece is just the really it is unless they're going to put a money into it in an amendment I I think well case and cby are both as Miss Mash mentioned at our last meeting it's you know local control that we want
083to set our own graduation requirements but but also um there will be a there will be a price tag around curriculum development training teachers and and you we will either need to hire more teachers or have teachers teach us that are not endorsed in it I me that well and I I agree with I think what some of your team has talked about doing an econ because then that allows our advanced placement students to at least have that piece you know college credit there should be a college credit option uh Mr f is going to ask you it says applies to students beginning of the nth grade on or after September 1st so it's that freshman class moving up so if you're already a senior that year you don't have to quit cram it in
084okay no it start with the nth graders that year which is typically how graduation requirements change is you typically start with an incoming nth grade class um I don't know you know I don't know what um I don't I that gives us more time to prepare like curriculum and what course and educate people on it however funding is going to be worse for being told in 2627 than it is in 2526 it's just not the right time so we'll see there was a specific appropriation Amendment for the fafs section that was uh passed and so they are going to appropriate money for maintenance of any financial aid Resource Bank and financial aid training programs um financial aid training for high school counselors local education providers students and student family members and maintenance of the web-based
085financial aid completion tool to track the satisfactory submission of a Fast Forward cast fot oh so that's some of the stuff that got cut before they're bringing maybe some of that back where does that money come from yeah where where is it going to it's going to come from they're going to find this part says the department ation is going to do uh would would spend 164,000 this year and 184,000 approximately next year and then Department of higher education would spend about 42,000 this year and then 42,000 again next year not not thousand not million District very small dollars so what else Mr fall us um I did um I know we're kind of running up against time I I have some information in here around kind of executive orders from the federal level so
086I I'm I'm I know that there's been a lot of questions um surrounding Direction and guidance from the federal government with the new Administration um we know that they are making some pretty significant changes or they at least planning to make some pretty significant changes um really around the US Department of Education but we know that um president Trump has issued a series of executive orders that do um kind of directly relate to schools in some capacity or just public entities in some capacity um and so I just have a little bit of information for you here about what executive orders are where does that power come from obviously the US Constitution um and whether or not an executive order carries the force of law it just kind of matters on what the president's directing
087and who the president is directing that to um so any agency that the president has authority over which would be all agencies in the US government um he can direct them to do certain things uh but it can't be it has to align with what current law says so even if the president directs a department to do something if it is not aligned with law then that executive order would be challenging court and it would lose um you know the president can't appropriate funds and then of course executive orders can always be reversed um so we're waiting on guidance from the US Department of Education we're really just monitoring all the executive orders see what functions they may have seeing if there's any next steps that we need to take uh we know that the
088US Department of Education is going to be issuing guidance here pretty soon um surrounding I think Choice uh in particular and how it's going to appropriate funds but just know that we are monitoring it at this time we're just continuing to follow state and federal law until we see anything has changed um and yeah there's there's certainly a lot of uncertainty um and it's and it's been a little bit challenging so but I will always provide you with information as we actually get some set guidance and and if we are changing anything uh this board will likely need to be the ones charged with making those decisions is there some date that has been mentioned of when guidance is coming they had a 60-day that um from one of um president Trump's executive orders he
089had uh issued or he had directed the Secretary of Education to issue guidance on how States can use federal formula funds to support K12 choice and that was in executive order 14191 which is the expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families order so we'll get some guidance on that um yeah I know it's like very like iel we could spend lots and lots of time I mean executive orders have been around for centuries we know the Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order the um unfortunate president Rosevelt executive order that created the Japanese internment camps those are executive orders so we know that they've long been used and they have created significant change in this country um and so we will be monitoring them to make sure that we are um complying with federal law all
090right um and then the last bill uh that we could spend a lot of time on but it's this accountability modifications to accountability system I did Link in and I sent you all an electronic version and so there should be LinkedIn for you a summary about this bill which I think is really helpful so just know that uh we've talked about this quite a bit there was the taskforce that created findings and recommendations for updating our system of accountability and accreditation um and so here in bullets I kind of put some of the highlights from this accountability bill um I think that at least for this school district one of the key changes is they're adding a new Factor called postsecondary in workfor Workforce Readiness before gred uation uh sub indicator and so um you
091know that's going to recognize schools and districts to provide resources for students um receiving Workforce credentials uh and certificates while in school and so this new sub indicator I mean it has you know there's a lot of different factors that will be kind of included you know um the percentage of students who successfully completed an AP course and then scored a three or higher students who successfully completed a concurrent enrollment course an inter grated b or higher percentage of students who earn 12 or more credit hours through an early college program completed IB uh percentage of students who successfully participate in the work-based learning incentive program um any percentage of students who receive a Workforce Readiness endorsement uh students who enlist in the military students who receive a stem diploma endorsement um so as you
092can see it's just a very kind of holistic picture of what schools and school districts are doing and where they're driving students um once they graduate from high school because we know that not everybody um is going to college uh or wants to go to college and so there's other factors to look at in terms of what does AC academic achievement really look like and so there's a lot of emphasis here on kind of those other kind of soft factors outside of the state assessment um the other thing I wanted to mention uh they wanted to provide results by June 1st of each year I know that they can be a little bit stressful to have to wait um for those uh there's encouraging participation in state assessments so at the last board meeting Dr
093pilch talked about that um what's interesting is they actually updated the uh indicators for what's the highest rating oh no it's distinguished distinguished so in order to I believe distinction in order to receive a distinction you have to have at least 85% participation yeah reporting that at least 85% of students participate in and complete State assessments is one of the requirements for distinction um so they they've they've kind of adjusted some of those as well and then for priority Improvement um if there are distress factors where a student or a school might go onto priority Improvement there's kind of an obligation for the state to step in before they say you're in priority Improvement and then when you're in year two uh the bill wants to give more support to those schools that are on
094priority Improvement or turnaround um so those are just some of the highlights uh I'm not sure if you have any questions they want to have a state dashboard that that everyone can look at accountability percentages for high schools and uh school districts so uh for you on that task force no no okay no um the um superintendent from Harrison School District from Boulder Valley School District from St brain school district and Douglas County School District those were the four superintendents it's pretty controversial it is yeah it you know it's it makes financial literacy and faster look like an easy problem to solve um I I think there there conflict between the committee members and now how it's being interpreted in the bill and what the committee actually believes they agreed to and and there's there's
095not near the substantial kind of change we would have liked to have seen even coming out of the committee um the pwr post Workforce rightness piece you know is a good is a good piece but um the the participation won't have it we have strong participation here I think for the you know kids most schools have strong participation here in district 6 and so that won't be an issue for us most likely anything else Mr fall uh that's it unless Dr P you have anything to add about school Finance anything else to add Dr pilch or any other questions from board members you know I think um I can talk I will probably talk about school Finance at negotiations and all of you will be there so I don't know that you need a preview
096of that right now it's it you've heard tonight it's very Bleak it's very Bleak and depend on which Workshop we go to um in the state um people are resolved like Senator lundine saying you passed this now fund it you made a promise keep your promise and then other people there's just no way no way no way so we'll wait and see we we won't know anything we were supposed to know something by March 17th we won't it won't be done by then sounds like a lot of fun from Miss sponsler uh yes we're run we're right now we're working on SE several scenarios for next school year the other big thing the kids didn't talk about the students didn't talk about was this business of averaging U um student enrollment and so that's a
097big controversy and so uh when some of the legislators talk about fully funding and that we can we can afford to do it a piece of that could be eliminating the averaging but they're getting so much pushed back from declining districts oh yeah that so that it will what it looks like right now is coming down to maybe three years of averaging rather other than five years what has been 5 years of averaging so what's the uh deadline on all of this from The Joint budget committee I mean what are we looking at as far as an answer they said that there was going to be a school Finance act by you know the end of this month there release a draft out so I mean but who knows that was the plan when we
098did all this work last year but they could they could go to May which they normally do yeah don't every year they say that we'll do this first yeah or they always try to pass legislation that they're going to do it first or do it by April 1 or something but any other questions comments guys all right thank you Mr fall appreciate you well we are to briefing the work session I think so um we'll start with Mr AAR well thank you president Matthews thanks again Mr fall for all your work uh we keep saying that every board meeting but it just seems that your job just gets bigger and bigger as you're moving through all of this so and and again kudos to H Dr pilch for her recognition and bringing that sort of
099light to our school district as I experienced myself at the casby winter legislative conference and finally thanks again to Mr osmus and Miss Overton for their help in escorting the students down in the state capital again as we saw tonight these are just two of our 20 almost 23,000 students and they do a very very good job of representing us so thanks thank you Dr Campos spitzy yeah thank you for all the information thank you for listening listening to me again um yeah thanks um everything uh that do Dr Mr aori sorry I'm mixing the two that you had said I I appreciate but um I really want to thank the um all of you guys that took the students down because it's it was quite impressive that we had it to sanctioned for them
100to be here like 10 minutes and I think they could have went on and on and I think they were sitting here for about 30 minutes of it but you could just see the excitement and the understanding and how captivated they were down there and it was just interesting to see it and through their eyes and and their their Vision as to what they had uh experienced but I was actually quite impressed with how much they understood comprehended and retained to bring back to the meeting so thank you guys because um you obviously made an impression with him for that day and I guess I let uh Kirk Meer know that we appreciate the time that she spent with those girls as well vice president mesh yeah I think we we know that we have
101amazing students but it's really fun when we get to just see again their their astuteness I think Mr fall mentioned their bravery um I also think the cultural assembly represents our students bravery to I mean there's so many solo performances you know and just to bring forth um invulnerability you know present you know the gift of their culture to their friends and peers that's pretty amazing so um thank you again for for letting us know what's going on Mr fall and congratulations again Dr PCH I'm glad you got to go have some fun with your with your colleagues and um and it is I mean we the the stories the good stories are not hard to tell we have so many and so many times people have said recently how are things in district 6
102and like well we have the superintendent of the Year leading us to excellent work thank you vice president mash and I don't have anything to to add just thank you to everyone uh thank you to the four of you as well for being here in your um your work in the meeting so meeting's adjourned we'll say everyone at 6 o' [Music]