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002be read at the meeting or discussion of personnel or individual students printed, including in your full name and address in your message. A limit of 500 words is placed on each person. The same link may be used to provide input on action items prior to board taking action. Public comments, we had none I saw. >> Nope. There are none. >> Okay. Uh, next greenhouse FFA presentation. >> I'll start. They're going to take over aqua pockets. Oh gosh. Thank you. >> Go ahead. So, basically the goal right now is I want to get the greenhouse moving to bold. Uh we've gotten to a point where I think this is the fourth year that the greenhouse has been kind of in consideration. Um what I'd like to consider is there's two different things. The greenhouse in here
003is a 42x72 which wouldn't fit in our space. The challenge with that is that would allow us to have a greenhouse that is more um uh set for a whole district greenhouse. we could actually at that point facilitate in um the um elementary the prim well primary intermediate middle school. The challenge is is it is it comes with a little bit different price tag. So 42 by72 we're looking at about $69,000. FFA has about if we take the 9,000 that already went that way 14,000 we can put about 23,000 towards that greenhouse but that still leaves a price tag of 46,000 for that. So, I think this would be a better suited greenhouse because I do think it allows us to do it more fully for the whole campus. And since we're all on one
004campus, it does it does lead to allow for other things. That's just all the schematics from that greenhouse. Question. >> What is the green and the blue? >> The green. See, you went ahead. Oh, sorry. Sorry. >> Go ahead. >> Okay. So, this is the greenhouse. That's what I would like us to come into consideration for. If you go to the orange tab, what I've laid out there is the green would be the greenhouse. The blue would be what we're going to talk about next is an aquaponics building. We truly could put an aquaponics building in there to build a system that would be better because most schools take their aquaponic systems, put it in the greenhouse, and then now you're dealing with algae in your grow beds, and it just becomes a real mess.
005and they become harder to manage when they're inside that. So my idea was to put it in a separate building. Somebody I'll go on N's guy that goes forward suggested we look at trying to do that. I'm going to do some graph writing for that is put the classroom out. So if you turn to the next page, this is what I propose the building still look like. Is that a better sketch for you, Mr. Think right after the Orange Town. Okay, >> this would allow us to run aquaponics in a separate building plus with some grant writing allow us to get to where we would have a classroom out there. Um Josh kind of mentioned that in passing and I'm kind of a big idea person so I took it and ran with it. So
006we do want to talk about aquaponic systems we are looking at as a Q2. and I'll get through the schematics of that aquaponic instead. >> Uh today we want to propose a possible expansion for not only our school's agriculture program but also development within the rapid community. Um that will bring us together collective and provide experience and business opportunities that can also provide more learning opportunities for the students. This achievement we hope to provide for the school is a 35x 40 foot aquaponic system that would be one of the largest culture systems in high school in a high school setting in the state. This system would provide hands-on experience involving maintenance and taking care of the fish that would provide the plant growth and eventually to sell what we grow. Not only does this involve
007significant amount of learning opportunities for the future generations and it involves handson agriculture. it will be provide but it would also provide land opportunities that involve business opportunities. >> So to put this in the picture um if we chose to produce lettuce we could produce at least 150 heads of lettuce per week and then that lettuce would be provided to school lunches and on average calculated that we use about 35 heads of lettuce per week. So this leaves us with 115 lettuce like heads to be sold in the culinary program provided at the school. And then selling these heads of lettuce um at $4 would add up to 462 23,928 >> question. So you want to sell these to our food service supplier? >> No. So when that was a question come up you went
008talked to them about how many they used and the new food provider is very big about farm to table. >> So so I didn't know whether how if they bought or whether that was >> they buy or would they just charge not charge us for purchasing lettuce then? Thank you. >> They would purchase it and yeah, like they do the beef that is locally except the beef right now is being donated, but eventually they'll have to to pay for it, but it's local sourced. >> So So who would they pay? >> So you're looking at $20,000 >> a year, not counting the 35 per week. >> Um that bed, the beds there minimum should produce 2,700 head of lettuce a year. So $4 ahead. >> So in theory you guys would make money. Correct. >>
009Where what pool of funds would that money go to? >> That would be completely out to where if this was school building it go back into the agriculture program too. So that would not be to me that would be a horiculture business class and that money would flow back into the seed >> reinvesting. Yeah. >> So that money would not be an FFA thing. A plant sale would be an FFA thing, but this would be part of the curriculum. So to me, it would come back in to support the AB program. >> What happens if you have a bad batch and your crop doesn't come in? >> Um, we try again. We we change we find what we did wrong and then we change that and hope for the best. Um, and just going to
010have to take a loss on that one, but hopefully the next one will be learning experience. >> Are you guys going to sell the fish that you're using in here too as well when they mature or is that not part of the plan? >> Oh, we didn't really talk about that, but I don't believe I'm going to sell. >> Okay. >> Right now, we're not sure the fish we can use because tilapia are against the law here. >> Yes. >> Oh, that's right. >> Tilapia is probably the easiest one to raise to sell. >> What about channel cats? >> We're looking at channel cat. Um, bluegill. The problem is channel catch you can get them as fry and get them to that one two pounds where you could sell that. We're exploring the different which
011is going to be best to give us the best liquid nutrients the dissolved nutrients for the plants but not overkill of the system. So I' I've been talking to Swank Roots and I've been talking to Nelson Pat who is the ones who designed the system to kind of get a better idea. Nel and Pat, they're all about Colopia. That is it is the best of I mean that's what we used in Washington state for aquaponic system. >> Um so adult ed has some money. Could adult ed in theory use the facility and they contribute some cost that yeah >> adult is that is adult ed. >> Yeah it's funded separately. Yeah. >> So I did do a little research. There are because I know that the aquaponic system comes with a price tag of 36,000.
012And I know these are not small numbers. I'm not making light up. There are a lot of grants out there. I did find two grants for this type of innovation that we could apply for for 50,000 on each of them. So the grants are out there to do this. It's a matter of this if this is the route we want to go to right. So I did put the grants. So there are some substantial grants out there for aquaponic systems. uh they very that's really into the innovation of a U. So I did put them in the very back. >> Okay. >> Um so like I said I really think it could be a it would be a gem for I mean we would have we would have a system that's comparable to MSU system.
013Um, it would truly would be a gem and I think it would allow us to really encompass everyone on the campus and have an actual a business class that was profitable. >> What would phase one be? >> Phase one is the greenhouse. I want to get the greenhouse up as soon as possible and then I can go to work on >> Is it feasible that we do the greenhouse now and then aquaponics phase two? >> Yes, because I was talking to >> Joe Chandler. Thank you. Because I was talking to Joe because we would just basically put pipes in the ground. The basic idea is to have the aquaponics 16 feet away the building. So then we would just put pipes into the greenhouse so that when we do eventually get to phase two, then
014we could hook them together for the water. And let's bring everybody else up on this too. Um this price right here is just for the building. All of the excavation and concrete is going to be donated. >> It is. Okay. So that's another $50,000 cost, >> right, >> that the school's not going to have to deal with. That's coming through one of my customers and friend of mine. So this is just for the building. What comes with the building? So that is pretty much everything that comes with heaters and they did list it all out. So grow tables would be something FFA would have to raise for because we'd be using them the most. But it does list everything. It does come with heaters, doors, all your vent fans, your auto thermostats are included in
015that, right? >> What are the energy costs going to be to keep a building like that? It is. >> I'd have to call up to some place like Laurel and find out kind of what they estimate. Um, the nice thing is I understand when it gets cold cold, but you still do get the benefit of the sun being a greenhouse. >> What about on the building? >> They actually probably get more sun than anywhere else back there. >> Yeah. When I get to my class, >> yeah, there's no trees back there to block it. >> Yeah, >> it seems shady. >> What about irrigation? >> Uh, there is irrigation included into it, whether it's what we want. Um, like at Laurel, we did a lot of hand watering. We just put in to do hand
016watering. Yeah, this is what's included or this is what you would want. >> Dang. Roofing sidewalls, double twin doors. Yeah, irrigation. Those are they just added things in that we may want. I I personally prefer a greenhouse that to have the kids watering um by just putting in spets and having them that's what we did at Laurel. What we did in Washington state the kids go out there and water and that way you're not spraying water everywhere. The nice thing is is the grow beds if you get to the pink t. So these are all floats where they have the white trays that float. So this uses the I mean to fill it it's going to take water but once it's up and running. These these are have float beds to them and so you're
017floating all of your produce. Uh we'll be able to be proficient in cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, Roma tomatoes. It's just easiest enough to bid to tell you what lettuce would look like. >> Um, what about like long break and summer? >> You do not set these down. At some point you guys have to look at extended contract because this is at least every two days somebody has to be in this. >> Right. So what is the plan? Like is there a plan like the summer months? Do we have a club or? where whether we'd have a club, whether FFA would take that on. Um, you know, that's kind of where we'd have to look at that, kind of get closer. Um, the greenhouse less still will need to have B, you know, people in their >>
018aquaponics that that runs 24. I mean, you can't shut it down for the summer. >> It it rust basically once you get it up and get it balanced, you don't want to collapse it, rebalance. So with aquaponics these blue I'm hearing on this thing here the rectangles is that where the fish >> those are where the no the blue is where the fish >> the gold >> y okay and then if you look in the middle your grow would be so if you look in the middle here is so basically each of the tanks will flow into what are called manure solid separators and the solid separators take out the solids because you don't want any solid nutrients into your plants. and then it'll overflow and then flow into these beds. So then every week,
019one day a week, you take and put a bucket under, you flush the bottom and those solids can come out into the orchard area >> and be dumped into the orchard. >> Oh, cool. >> System. >> Yeah. So, it's just really nice. You can build your own, but to have one that is professionally put together just is going to allow you to get up and actually produce for I could create us a system that we could probably grow for the school grow for the culinary program, but you're never going to get into commercial production. The whole idea this would be it's really if we want to go this way is to get into a commercial production >> because we literally will have to think about being able to pay somebody from the production to manage
020it in the off season. Correct. What about this? The blue building cuts up part of the basic that's right because eventually I heard that they were talking about pegging the fence around these and I didn't know if you're going to fence around the greenhouse if you're going to move this suddenly make that PE come around them. >> Okay? >> Because that would go if you put in the aquaponics building it would go right over the sidewalk. And that is with putting a classroom. Now we can shorten it, but the benefit of the classroom, it gets me doing watery muddy things over carpet off and it gets me thinking a sidewalk from here to here >> or >> Yeah. >> So that would be phase two. Like I said, phase one, I want to get the
021greenhouse going as soon as possible. And I'm going to national FFA with these two and two others. So, I'd like to, this is the route we want to go, I'd like to talk to, there'll be four greenhouse manufacturers. I've only talked in the mega store. I'd like to talk to all four of them because that's just in two weeks. Three weeks. >> Three weeks. And I'd like to talk to them to just kind of >> Yeah, sure. >> I just want to know the size. This is something that we're willing to kind of bite off. Um, we have I mean I we do have grant money coming in right now or stuff that I'm in. So for like the orchard and stuff. So I love spreadsheets. So I will give you guys lots of paper.
022>> So this is what's happened so far this past year um with project. We've gotten um once I can get that estimate out, we have 850 cubic yards of top soil donated to us. Um, we have the B grants that are coming in. We have the garden grants coming in. Um, so we have money coming in and I I feel confident that we could grant right to get this item brought to hand. >> Have you talked to Joe about square footage >> of the building? Yeah, I have not yet for the added excavation. Yep. And I, like I said, I know 46,000 is a is a price tag. It's not I'm not calling that it's not a but I >> in theory we get grants. >> The greenhouse I'd like to get going. Like I
023said, my fear with greenhouse is some of the kids are getting really deflated with the greenhouse and we're going to have to for years. for just a little smaller greenhouse greenhouse. >> Just because when I mentioned the greenhouse, >> the kids junior just blow their eyes. >> Yeah. >> And they're kind of getting that deflated. >> If we said yes, when when would everything happen? >> Like Steve Jo get the foundation once we have >> if we went with Megasur. We have I have engineered plans. We would sign a contract with them. >> Engineered plan. We can pour a pad this year. >> Yeah. There's two. I can't imagine that >> the uh building once you get it would take much for a contracting team to put it up. It's just I mean it's >>
024is that price >> that is not we do have to do that but I know enough contractors we get >> to volunteer to get that up and I imagine that's going to take >> three to five days to get it completely up and then you have to have the plumbers come in and heat hook up the gas and all of that type stuff. But >> and we're just hoping and praying >> volunteer and all that. >> I know like I said the contracting um Chandler Joe's son would help me. I've got so besides this I have other business which I do small excavation so I know contractors out to help us do this. >> I think it's really cool. >> Yeah, I want to see it. I don't know if the money. >> Yeah. If
025we can at least get the the pad decided and get that started, at least that's the right step in the right direction. >> Fred's right. If we're not going to be able to do this the 66,000, then we need to look at the smaller one just to get something up and going. >> Yeah. Like I said, I would be happy if if we said we we're okay with this and going out and try to find money and get have corporate. At least that shows that >> we're doing >> because the kids look out there >> the kids and they look out there and it's been >> long before I was here. >> Yeah. So >> I I just want to see something so we can use I want I want the kids I want you
026know for if we can build this the larger one then we can eventually have horiculture three and four that you know first graders and kindergarters 12 and plant things and grow things and I mean we have just some real benefits to feed into a large >> I just talked to Joe and he is comfortable donating cost and labor for the 24 by 28. Okay. The 42 by 72. >> Okay. >> That is not something you could fully donate. >> That would be I mean 42 by 7. >> And I think Fred that's more realistic as far as getting grants to cover that that outstanding cost on the smaller one I think would probably be doable. >> Say that again. I think the smaller one, if you can get the pad donated and get that going,
027then the smaller the amount that's left on that to get the greenhouse, the smaller greenhouse, it would be a lot easier to raise that amount in grants. >> That's what 19,450. >> Yeah. >> Is there anything else we can use? Well, we can discuss it at the budget meeting >> because in theory >> like it does look >> maybe is a little bit backwards, but we could do the smaller greenhouse get phase one and then when we go for phase two or three build another greenhouse >> you could always add on another [Music] >> you'd have to rebuild the row. That would be I don't know how hard >> you could put side by side but then you end up with a valley of snow. You could put them end to end, but I don't
028know if you can go back out the other way very far, far enough to put two small ones together, you know, end to end, >> right? >> I don't know if you could do that either. >> My worry is the future tile expansion. I'm just being very clear anywhere near the expansion we ever get back that point. I don't know. >> Because the expansion's not going to come out. I mean, >> we could run >> right off. >> But if we run right here >> and to end right here, >> the expansion should be coming right here. >> Okay. >> So, you don't base that corner of the fence as I put his nose. So, that's why here I'm not planning anything. We'd love that line from this pose to here to where that can
029come this way. >> And then what's this? >> Yeah, we can't put that. >> No, you can put the blue in here. Great one here. >> So Josh, your friend is going to do just the greenhouse, not the hydroponics right now. Okay. >> All right. So, let's just work on that right now and then the hydroponics we can work on maybe getting grants for Fred and maybe we have to pay to have that excavated for >> Right. >> Well, there's enough I think there's enough excavation companies like >> that's what I mean. We we would Yeah. >> Yes. I'm sure we could find somebody. I mean, we >> they might donate some of it. Yeah. >> Yeah. I don't want to put your friend to where if they're willing to do the greenhouse part, that's
030great. >> Yeah. Let's just let's embrace that because he's been wanting to do that for a while and then we can talk about expansion and stuff because I didn't realize it goes out out that way. So, you could actually expand that pad and do like my only fear is the expansion comes right out that way. I don't know how far the expansion goes >> for the building expansion if we have to when we have to expand. >> It goes it goes that way, not that way. It goes out >> look right here on the fence. This corner post goes right to where you don't This is my no-go land. I don't plan anything. So, if you go here, your building's going to be right here. >> I don't know how far. >> I don't think
031it it's only going to be I mean, I don't see us having to look at that right now as something to to worry about at this point unless we all of a sudden had a huge influx, which is not happening. >> Yeah, I could see having it come out this way because even if you expand it, >> I don't know if it go all the way to that sidewalk, though. That's a lot. >> It's still low though. You don't have to worry about this. >> Oh, sure. That way. >> This is how Mark said it had to be set, didn't it? To bring in the gas and the electricity. >> No, we just have to be all of the If you look, sorry, >> you're good. >> Right here. We just have to stay clear.
032This is power. >> But that's where he wants it. >> Blue building, right? the other direction closest and then the green building on that and then in theory eventually add another one that way >> and you could talk to Mark about how we >> because I know he had ideas, >> huh? >> Well, just not improving if we can't do the big one. I want to do the little one, but I'd love to see it be big as big as you want someday. So that might be a question for uh Joe. How much would the extra estavation cost? >> Yeah. >> And go out and find that money now. Just do the pad that size. >> Oh, sure. Just plan on it. Well, >> I mean that say >> I think it's great to have
033the big ideas, but I think we get done with what we can actually get done with because we've been saying this for how long now? Saying let's get more money and it's just not and then another year goes by. And you're right, the kids are going to lose interest in this pretty soon. And then there's some motivation to keep applying for the grants and we have some momentum forward to get the grants. >> Well, 19,000 in grants is doable. I think that would not be hard to find versus 46,000. I mean, that that was a lot of grants, but the 19,000 might even just be one. If you have a good plan and the pads already laid and you show them that you're already building that and your plans for the future hydroponics, I think
034that would be the a really good selling point. And then once you start making money, then you can put your own money away towards expanding it eventually. >> Once we start >> Well, and and just we'd have to have phase two of the greenhouse where you do the commercial. >> Yeah. >> Because they would fill the one off. >> You would lose all growing space as soon as you put those aqua pads. >> You'd need phase three of the second greenhouse be able to do the true aqua pot. And that's not saying that's not saying it's a bad way to do it. >> Yeah. It would just be phase three before you go. True. You get the aquaponic building up. >> We might be able to do two and three at the same time. >>
035So, how about we do this? How about we 24x 48? >> Okay. Is that acceptable? >> I just Okay. >> Yeah, I think the 20 it's it's doable for doing the 24x 48. So, let's plan on the 24 by 48 day one phase one >> and get the at least get the pad done excavation done now and then work on getting that 19,000 raised to get the rest of it done. Then you don't have to try to do that by yourself because I can look too. >> What we have to figure out is orientation because we need to dig it. >> Yeah. >> And have all of the dummy pipes in for >> and Mark has that all Mark had that all laid out with how it had to go based on how everything all
036the way sidewalk. And if we look at maybe we're just going to reroute the sidewalk. Yeah. We can have a different conversation. >> Yeah. And I think Mark how weaponics building that >> and I can meet with Mark and >> Yeah. Just ask him about the orientation. Show him this and say which way does it have to go and then you can kind of go okay then theonics hydroponics would have to go this way instead of that. You know what I mean? But just be simply >> I like the idea of tucking aquaponics closer to the middle. >> Yeah. >> And then so that you can just because we we'd be out if we get a huge exposure. You do need to do a big expansion. We become a double. >> Sure. >> Yeah. So
037that I qu as quickly as you can talk to Mark and say, "How do we want to lay this out?" Then I think then we move forward with Josh's friend to get that mega store because I can get I get into their plans >> and Mark will need those to know where to pull out. Yeah, Joe. He needs to know electricity. >> I'd like to see >> in three weeks when you go there. >> Yeah. >> That's fine. I will go talk to we'll go for the 24 by 48 or whatever they have in that size. >> But we can get on to starting to plan and timeline and getting on it. Well, also too, Joe wants to do this now because he can write it off as a band. >> Oh, >> yeah. At
038least get the pad done. So, >> we're going into October. >> We're not back till November. >> And these I mean, if we get a cold snap >> four for sure. >> Yeah. >> So, that's something else we need to look at, too. >> Can you before you go to that conference, can you >> I don't know the other. Mega school is the only one that I've ever dealt with in the past. Um, they seem to have really nice teaching greenhouse. I mean, they've got one that's called the teaching greenhouse, which is the 24x48. >> Okay. Um, you know, but that that's just the challenge if we wait because we're in November 4th before we get >> and I'm assuming we don't go with another company and they don't take a month. >> And I
039can try to get on national's website and see if they list the other greenhouse companies. You can get bids from them. >> Um, I don't know. Like I said, Mega is the only one that I've ever dealt with. That's all I dealt with, too. >> I would like to see it. I'm a big quote guy. You can always play a team with each other. >> Yeah. What What if you two communicate for the rest of the week? Well, on seeing if we can get quotes. >> Yeah, I'll get on I'll get on the National's website and see if they list any other greenhouse companies as exhibitors. >> I tried to reach out to District 2 to find out who did theirs because it was not mega. >> No, they're random, too. I think it's probably
040been different companies from the the one at Louiswis and Clark is not new by any means. It's been for a while. >> Some of them are really new and it's you can't find anyone who knows who did. >> Yeah. >> And those were all 24. >> All right. >> Okay. We have a starting plan anyway. >> Yep. >> Thank you all. We're gonna work on getting seeing if we can get other quotes and then if that is a dead end or depending on how that helps us move forward. >> I just don't want us to drag and go into real quick look into it for the rest of the week and then depending on where that leads us. >> Okay. >> Well, I think all things I think we're moving forward 24 by 48. >>
041Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Thank you. We are looking forward. >> Thanks you guys. >> Thank you. >> Thanks guys. >> And Fred, I'll do some research on us grants.gov and see if there's anything in agriculture grants for green houses. >> Okay. >> Because I had their database. So we should >> completely appropriate question to ask. Ask it any because that's who I am. So if I'm going to write a bunch of grants and get hundreds of thousands, how do I get to tenure without going for a year? The only reason I say that is if I'm going to spend money all my personal time, you bring 100,000 plus. >> That doesn't happen. I mean, you don't get granted tenure until you've been here through fourth contract. Yeah, that's that's union. That's not Yeah, there's
042not an exception to that. Yeah, >> that was part of the negotiated contract. >> I'm just curious. I figured so hard into it and then be at the whim. I mean, not say, but you really have to principal at that point. We can't even comment on that. >> Yeah, I'm just going to sit here and be quiet. >> I know you can't, but you know, I wanted to ask. >> Other than that, if you have questions, um Shane, I will email you what I can find out. Perfect. Thank that that worked for you guys. >> All right. Next, we're going to the request to hire. Looks like we got eight substitutes. Uh, two >> parent volunteers. Got a student council advisor, a daycare person, and a class A. >> I move to approve the request
043to hire. >> Okay. Got a motion from Lacy. Stacy. Stacy. Stacy. Stacy has the motion and Jackie has the second discussion from the public. >> Discussion from the board. >> All those in favor of approving the request to hire say I. >> I. >> All those opposed same sign. Hearing none passes. >> Move to adjourn. >> Move to adjurnn from Stacy. Second from Shane from the public from the board. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. All those say sign. Motion passed. So sorry. >> I'm writing here. It's still not