001MY VICE CHAIR DUTIES, I AM CHAIRING THIS MEETING, AND DIRECTOR BRIAN BILLS JOINING US VIA TELEPHONE. WITH THAT WE WILL GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM 2. 0, WELCOMING COMMENTS FROM PATRONS. I JUST WANT TO MENTION, WE GOT WRITTEN TESTIMONY REGARDING THE CELL TOWER NEARNEAR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON JOINING US FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO -- SURE. MY NAME IS BEEN N ADAMS. LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE READY TO TURN THE CELL TOWER ON, AND THIS IS THE SECOND CELL TOWER WITHIN 100 FEET OF THE OTHER ONE, WITHIN 100 FEET OF MY HOME. THIS IS THE KIND OF THING WE SEE IN FREEWAYS AND NOT AROUND HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND THIS LEASE IS A BUSINESS AGREEMENT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CROWN CASTLE AND VERIZON. THERE'S
002NOT A LEGAL PRECEDENT YOU CAN USE FOR IT NOT BEING DONE WITH THE RIGHT ZONING OR PERMITTING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS A BUSINESS TRANSACTION, JUST LIKE YOU CAN NEGOTIATE YOUR WAY IN, AND ASK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO NEGOTIATE YOUR WAY OUT IF THIS IS NOT SOME LEGALITY WE CAN DO. THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN STATED HERE IN THE BOARD THAT THEY ARE NOT SAFE NEAR SMALL KIDS, AND JUST LIKE YOU WOULD SPEND MONEY TO GET ASBESTOS OR LEAD PAINT OUT OF THE SCHOOL, DO THE SAME THING HERE, TREAT IT THE SAME WAY. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY IS EXCITED ABOUT HAVING NEAR FAMILY, KIDS, AND WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION. WE HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE MEETINGS SINCE MAY AND TALKING ABOUT IT, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR ACTION NOW.
003SO IF THERE'S NOT A LOOPHOLE YOU CAN FIND, USE YOUR BUSINESS SKILLS TO NEGOTIATE YOUR WAY OUT. THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, STEP UP IN SOME SORT OF SPECIAL COMMUNITY TO NEGOTIATE, AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO TAKE ACTION AND WE NEED THIS THING REMOVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> OKAY, CONTINUING ON WITH OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE GOT 3. 0 CONSENT AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSEPB CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WALLIN. A SECOND? YES, I SECOND. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OKAY, GREAT, MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL KEEP MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 4.0. COMMENTS FROM OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M EXCITED. WE GOT SOME SPEAKING
004OPPORTUNITIES AT BACK-TO- SCHOOL NIGHTS WHICH WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. I JUST CAME BACK FROM THE ROBOTICS PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST HAD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS WARMING UP TO THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO I THINK THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD SO FAR. I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD, BUT I'M EXCITED FOR THE SCHOOLSCHOOL TO START TO SOME DEGREE. I'M ALSO SAD THE SUMMER IS EVEN ENDING, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AN AMAZING YEAR AND TO SHARE MORE AS THE YEAR STARTS WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GREAT UPDATE. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 5. 0, THE BOARD BUSINESS POLICY AND PROGRAM AGENDA, AND THEN 5. 1, SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE, DR.SCHIELE. THE TEAMS OVER ACROSS
005THE WAY HERE, THEY DO SUCH A NICE OPEN HOUSE FOR US, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR STUDENT LEADERSHIP IN THOSE PROGRAMS. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BESIDES SHOWING US WHAT THE ROBOTICS LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEW MACHINES THEY HAVE, BUT THIS IDEA OF LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY, IT'S REALLY AMAZING WHAT THEY DO WITH THOSE STUDENTS AND HOW THEY COME IN AS -- ACTUALLY ONE OF THE STUDENTS, I WAS JUST TALKING WHEN I LEFT, THE SUPERINTENDENT GROUP AT NLG, AND HE'S GOING TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HER IN THAT ROLE AND HOW EXCITED SHE IS. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY AND ALL OF THE MENTORS THAT WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND THEY DO THAT FOR FREE. IT'S A
006FANTASTIC PROGRAM. I'M SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE IT, AND IT'S GROWING AND THEY DO SUCH A NICE JOB, SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM . STAFF RETURNS TODAY. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS VERY WARM, WE HAD FOUR DAYS THIS WEEK OF PREP AND TRAININGS, AND BEFORE OUR STUDENTS GET HERE, AND IT WAS SO FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY, SMILES ON THEIR FACES. EVEN THOUGH TEACHERS MISS SUMMER, TOO, THEY LIKE COMING BACK TO SCHOOL. THEY GET TO SEE ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND I GOT TO HEAR ABOUT ALL KINDS OF FUN TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES TEACHERS DID OVER THE SUMMER, SO IT WAS JUST REALLY FUN. THIS WEDNESDAY WE HAVE AN ALL-EMPLOYEE MEETING AND THAT -- I GET TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK OFFICIALLY, WHICH IS ALSO REALLY FUN. WE END UP WITH AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL, AND IT'S GOOD TO
007SEE HOW IT PLAYS ON THE SOCIAL LEVEL. AND THEN FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS WITH IEPs, THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE MORE PREPARED FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH THE LITTLE CONNECTION BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, SO THAT'S GREAT. WE HAVE 560 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN CHAMPIONS, AND THAT'S UP FROM LAST YEAR. WE DO HAVE A WAIT LIST, AND IT'S SMALL AT EACH SCHOOL, AND I ANTICIPATE NOT HAVING A WAIT LIST SHORTLY. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. BUT IT REALLY IS AMAZING THAT WE ARE NOW HAVING CARE FOR STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL FOR THAT MANY CHILDREN. WE NEVER COULD OFFER THAT BEFORE WE PARTNERED WITH CHAMPIONS, SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON HERE AT THE LAST MINUTE, AND IT'S HOW IT IS, LOJ MIDDLE
008SCHOOL IS MOVING ALONG NICELY. THERE'S ALWAYS 100 PLUS PEOPLE THERE WORKING ON EVERYTHING FROM MASONRY, WINDOWS AND METAL PANELS, AND STEEL COMING IN STILL AND ROOFING, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CLASSROOM WALLS ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE, AND ALL THE ROUGHING IN THE ELECTRICAL, AND WHERE THE VACUUMS ARE GOING TO BE AND OUTLETS ARE GOING TO BE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, PROBABLY, IS THE SECOND-FLOOR LIBRARY THAT LOOKS OUT TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN, AND I NEVER KNEW HOW BEAUTIFUL THE CEILINGS WOULD BE IN THERE WITH THE EXPOSED WOOD, AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT SCHOOL AND WHEN IT GETS DONE I THINK PEOPLE WILL REALLY LOVE IT. LOHS AND LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE FINISHING UP THE SCIENCE LABS. THOSE SHOULD BE
009ALL DONE RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS ON MONDAY. THEY WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. I SAW THEM MOVING IN THINGS TODAY, AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO KEEP EVERYTHING RIGHT TO THE LAST MOMENT, BUT IT ALWAYS GETS DONE, SO THAT'S EXCITING. THE BIGGEST THING TODAY THAT WAS FANTASTIC WAS THAT WE WERE RETRO FITTING OUR SCHOOLS FOR AIR-CONDITIONING, SO THEY WORKED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE WARM TODAY. AND OAK CREEK STARTED BLOWING COLD AIR BY 11:00 THIS MORNING. IT WAS RIGHT DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT COLD AIR COMING THROUGH. UNFORTUNATELY, WE STILL HAVE LAKE GROVE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING. WE DID HAVE --THE LIBRARY AT LAKE GROVE HAS AIR-CONDITIONING, AND THE TEACHERS WORKED IN THERE TODAY, AND LAKEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE TEACHERS WORK OVER THERE.
010I WILL BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY. UPLANDS, WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THAT? UPLANDS HAS A/C, AND THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES PEOPLE CAN WORK. WHEN YOU ARE DOING TRAINING, IT WAS -- FOUR SEULZ DOES NOT HAVE A BIG SPACE FOR AIR-CONDITIONING. AND TONY WAS GOING TO GO TRY AND LOOK IN THERE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, A LIBRARY OR SOMETHING, SO THEY CAN HAVE COOL AIR. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? BUT IT'S A REAL THING AND IT'S GETTING WARM. OAK CREEK IS ALSO GETTING ANOTHER FACE-LIFT. FOR ANYBODY THAT HAS BEEN DOWN THERE, WE HAD A PRODUCT DEFECT AND THE CEMENT PANELS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING STARTED TO CRACK, AND THE CONTRACTOR HAD TO DO THIS WORK AND THE NEW ONES ARE BEING PUT UP, AND THEY ARE WORKING FAST TO GET THE ONES ON
011THE PLAY GROUND YOU HAD SIDE -- I GUESS THAT'S THE WEST SIDE PUT BACK UP SO THE KIDS DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE WORKERS THERE ON THE PLAYGROUND. THEY ALSO HAVE GOTTEN, AS I MENTIONED, AIR-CONDITIONING, NEW CARPETING AND NEW LIGHTING IN THEIR SCHOOL, AND NEW DOOR HARDWARE. THEN, AS FAR AS THE DOOR HARDWARE GOES, IT'S GOING IN ALL OF THE CLASSROOMS. THEN THE POOL HOUSE, THE POOL FIELDHOUSE, AS I'M CALLING IT, AND I WILL PROBABLY CALL IT THE FIELDHOUSE WHEN I'M DONE CALLING IT THE POOL HOUSE, AND THAT HAS BEEN FILLED IN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRASS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S AMAZING HOW THE PROJECT STARTS FROM, YOU KNOW, ROCKS AND LITTLE PEBBLES AND SAND AND THEN CONCRETE AND THEN THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE MACHINES AND PAT IT DOWN. THEY ARE THIS FAR
012FROM THE TOP DOWN, SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY AMAZING TO WATCH THAT WHOLE THING HAPPEN. IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE INTO THE FALL BEFORE WE CAN GET IT FLAT SO THAT WE CAN LAY DOWN THE GYM FLOOR, AND OBVIOUSLY THE OUTSIDE OF IT WILL BE FIXED AS WELL. AND THAT'S IT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE AP SCORES, AND THIS WAS OUR BEST YEAR EVER. WE HAD 2,390 TESTS ADMINISTERED TO 1,016 STUDENTS, AND --WITH A 92.42% PASS RATE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BEFORE COVID, WE WERE VERY PROUD OF OUR SCORES THEN. IT WAS A PASS RATE OF 88%. THE PASS RATE IS BETTER? OKAY. BASICALLY, WE HAVE OVER 700 MORE EXAMS AND 300 MORE STUDENTS TAKING THOSE EXAMS. THEY ARE REALLY CHALLENGING THEMSELVES, OUR STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGING THEMSELVES AND DOING WELL, SO WE'RE
013PROUD OF THAT. TRANSPORTATION. ALL OF OUR BUS ROUTES ARE PREPARED, AND DRIVERS ARE, YOU KNOW, SPENDING THIS WE CAN TAKING THE ROUTES AND DRIVING PRACTICES. WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAVE 75% OF OUR DRIVERS FROM LAST YEAR THAT CAME BACK, SO THAT IS ALSO FANTASTIC, JUST HAVING HAVING CONSISTENCY WITH THE DRIVERS IS A PLUS. AND ELECTRIC BUSES, IT'S EXCITING. THEY OPERATE DIFFERENTLY FROM A REGULAR SCHOOL BUS AND ANYBODY WITH A ELECTRIC CAR KNOWS THAT, EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOK THE EXACT SAME ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT ON THE NUMBER, IT SAYS E-1, E-2, E- 3, E-4, AND THEY ARE NICE AND SHINY. THERE WILL BE ONE FOR BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAKE, AND IT WILL BE USED FOR AFTER
014SCHOOL CLUBS. WE DID ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO SHOWCASE OUR ELECTRIC BUSES ON SEPTEMBER 20th AT THE SHOWCASE, AND WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC VAN WE USE FOR FOOD SERVICES AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SHOWCASING THERE, AND CHRIS, HE DOES A LOT OF CATERING WORK, AND HE SERVED BREAKFAST SO HE PACKS EVERYTHING IN THE VAN AND BRINGS IT OVER TO THE SCHOOL, SO THAT'S COOL, TOO. LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME TESTIMONY THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT THE POOL, AND OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT ACCESS IS FOR OUR CLUB SWIMMERS, OUR FAMILIES, AND MY FAMILY WILL SWIM ANYWHERE, SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S HARD WHEN OUR EXPECTATIONS DOWN THE LINE WITH WHAT THE CITY HAD IN MIND, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS ANYWAY, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO
015MAKE SURE OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS HAD TIME IN THE POOL, AND WITH THE OLD POOL WE HAD TWO HOURS FOR EVERY TEAM, AND WITH THE NEW POOL IT'S TWO HOURS, AND WE HAVE NOT ADDED ANYTIME TO ANY TEAMS. LIKE ALL GROUPS, WE HAVE TO RENT THE POOL FROM THE CITY, AND WE RENT OUR TWO HOURS FROM THE CITY JUST LIKE ANY CLUB WOULD DO. RIGHT NOW I KNOW THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF OPEN SWIM WITH GIVING [ INAUDIBLE ] , AND WE ARE ALSO PUTTING PRESSURE ON THEM TO RECOGNIZE THESE KIDS ARE ALSO PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEY ALSO NEED TO HAVE SWIM TIME. I THINK IT WILL GET BETTER. I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY THE DRIVER IN THIS. UNFORTUNATELY,
016WE CAN ONLY ALSO TELL THEM HOW IMPORTANT OUR YOUTH TEAMS ARE TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS, AND ALSO JUST FOR GETTING OUR KIDS IN THE POOL, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA TO HAVE A COMMUNITY POOL SO WE CAN USE IT. CAN WE ALSO --WE HAVE A DETAILED OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT, AND OUR STUDENTS --OUR STUDENTS HAVING THE PRIORITY, AND WE AGREE WE HAVE THE SCHOOL RESERVE TIME, WHICH IS THE SAME, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IF THE CLUBS ARE GETTING SHORTCHANGED INSTEAD OF OPEN SWIM, I WOULD LIKE US TO INVESTIGATE PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON THEM TO PRIORITIZE OUR STUDENTS. BECAUSE THE SWIM CLUB IS GOING TO PAY A FEE AS WELL AS THETHE SWIM PEOPLE, AND I --I KNOW THEY ARE BALANCING --WE HAD A POOL FOR 50 YEARS. WE KNOW IT'S HARD TO BALANCE EVERYBODY'S NEEDS. I
017FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM. YEAH, YEAH WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL THAT AGREEMENT UP AND TALK TO THE CITY AGAIN. I THINK THEY KNOW THAT WE ALSO AGREE THAT WE WANT TO SEE CHILDREN IN THE POOL, AND NOT JUST HAVE IT BE OPEN SWIM BUT HAVING THOSE CLUBS GET TIMES. RIGHT. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT WINDOWS CONVERSATIONS AROUND ACCESS FOR STUDENTS TAKE PLACE. IF WE COULD ALSO JUST MENTIONMENTION NEED FOR STUDENTS IN GENERAL. I KNOW DURING THE OPENING OF LORAC IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR, THE CLUB WHICH IS REALLY ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS BEFORE THE SCHOOL AND AFTER THE SCHOOL HOURS, AND RESERVE THOSE TIMES FOR EMPLOYEES, WHICH I GUESS IS A HOT TOPIC, AND FOR NOT TODAY, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERNOON. THAT PRIMARY EXCLUDES THE WINDOWS FOR THE CLUBS,
018AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE STUDENT-ATHLETES THAT WANT TO TRAIN IN THE MORNING AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE GYM, AND ADD THAT TO THE CONVERSATION. GREAT. SO IN GENERAL, IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT FORGETTING ABOUT THE -- UH-HUH. >> REALLY THE 5 TO 18-YEAR-OLDS. YEAH, AND BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT, STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, THEY OBVIOUSLY CAN'T COME AT NOON AND OBVIOUSLY ADULTS WORKING CAN'T EITHER, SO. YEAH, I THINK THAT SAME THING, IT'S TRUE FOR THE POOL, LIKE KIDS CAN'T SWIM DURING SCHOOL DAYS. YEAH, SORRY. GOT IT. OKAY. I CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS? I WAS GOING TO ASK, I THINK I'LL DO IT NOW. THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE
019OPENING SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS ARE WALKING -- ARE GOING TO BEGIN WALKING TO SCHOOL, THE CITY IS VOTING ON A 20 IS PLENTY PLAN TO REDUCE THE SPEED IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. I JUST WANTED TO --I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOTSPOT TO ON THE RECORD, BUT OUR STUDENTS --THIS IS AIMED AT RESIDENTIAL STREETS WHERE STUDENTS ARE WALKING FROM HOMES TO STREETS WHERE THERE ARE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND PEOPLE OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN AND WALKING AROUND AND WALKING TO SCHOOL, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD DRIVE SLOWLY ANYWAY AND CAREFULLY, BUT THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN MAKE THAT MORE APPARENT, SO. YEAH. JOHN WALLIN BRINGS UP AN EXCELLENT POINT. YEAH, PRE-K ARE WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO
020SLOW DOWN AND LOOK OUT FOR CHILDREN. SOMETIMES, CHILDREN, WITHOUT THEIR PARENTAL CORE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BIG CARS AROUND THEM, SO WE NEED PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN AND WATCH OUT FOR LITTLE PEOPLE, PLEASE. AND I DO KNOW THE CITY IS VOTING ON THAT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE, I KNOW THEY HAVE TAKEN TESTIMONY, WHAT IT SHOULD BE, AND LETTING THE CITY KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT. REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, I WANT TO SAY, YOU NEED TO GO SLOW WHEN KIDS ARE AROUND, PERIOD. ABSOLUTELY. >> DO YOU KNOW THE DATE THAT THEY ARE VOTING? I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEK, ON TUESDAY, I THINK, YEAH, AND IT WILL BE BEFORE LABOR DAY. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY HOW IMPRESSED I WAS BY THE
021ROBOTICS TEAMS, AND JUST TO SEE THE GROWTH, I THINK IT WAS LESS THAN A YEAR WE LAST WENT TO VISIT THEM. THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE NEW FACES AND TEAMS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO PARTICULARLY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS TO SEE STUDENTS SHOWING UP TO BE SO ORGANIZED, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE -- YOU KNOW, AMAZING THINGS THAT OUR KIDS ARE ACCOMPLISHING, SO IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. I BELIEVE, IS THAT -- WHEN IS MY PODCAST COMING OUT? NEXT WEEK. NO, IN TWO WEEKS. OKAY, OUR FIRST PODCAST IS WITH MILA WHO IS ONE OF THE CAPTAINS LAST YEAR THAT IS GOING TO M.I.T. , AND LISTENING TO HER AND THE WORK SHE DID ON THE TEAM IS FANTASTIC. EVERYBODY LOVES IT. OH, YEAH, DIRECTOR LUPTON'S DAUGHTER WAS THERE. SHE GOT TO DRIVE SOME OF THE
022ROBOTS AND WAS REALLY EXCITED. I WANTED TO ADD ON TO WHAT KNEELAM SAID, THEY HAVE PROGRAMS FOR YOUNGER KIDS AS WELL AND I WILL LOOK INTO THOSE FOR MY CHILDREN AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXCITING THING TO BE PART OF IT EVEN AS A YOUNG AGE. THE CITY RAN A CAMP THIS YEAR AT FOREST HILLS, AND THERE WERE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE LEGO ROBOTICS, AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WERE THERE AND VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO RUN THE CAMP. PRETTY AMAZING. YEAH, IT WAS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF OUTREACH THEY ARE DOING AS WELL, AND JUST GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE? ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL PROCEED TO AGENDA --THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. SCHIELE FOR THE UPDATE. THANK YOU TO
023YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ALL THEY ARE DOING TO GET READY FOR THE STUDENTS. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM, 5. 2, STUDENT TECHNOLOGY DEVICE PROTECTION AND DAMAGE FEES. MR. KETZLER, I SEE WE HAVE -- YES, AND JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNET WORK SERVICES. I'M JUST IN THE BACKGROUND. WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR TECH DEVICE PROTECTION AND TECH DAMAGE FEE PROGRAM FOR THE '25- '26 SCHOOL YEAR. AND MR. MILLER IS HERE IN CASE THERE ARE MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT ANY BOARD MEMBER MAY HAVE IN RELATION TO OUR TECH PROGRAM, AND THIS PROGRAM IS STILL EVOLVING IN THE SENSE THAT IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER THE PANDEMIC WHERE WE HAD THESE DEVICES FULLY THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM, AND IT WAS ALMOST A YEAR AFTER
024THE PANDEMIC BEFORE WE HAD STUDENTS BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND, YOU KNOW, STARTED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH TECH DAMAGE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE HEADACHES OF OWNERSHIP THAT WE ALL ENJOY. SO WE'VE MADE REFINEMENTS TO THIS PROGRAM MOST EVERY YEAR SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED THE DEVICE PROTECTION AND DAMAGE FEE PROGRAM. I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE SCHOOL YEARS AGO, SO THIS WILL BE OUR FOURTH YEAR. WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION A NEXT PHASE OF THOSE REFINEMENTS TO OUR PROGRAM. THE FIRST ONE BEING A INCREASE IN THE BASIC DEVICE PROTECTION FEE GOING FROM $40 THAT IT WAS AT LAST YEAR TO 50 AND ALLING OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS AN OPTIONAL PROGRAM, THE PROTECTION PROGRAM, AND THEN FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY FOR THE DISTRICT'S FREE OR REDUCED FEE PROGRAM,
025WHICH HAS A HIGHER THRESHOLD THAN THE NATIONAL STUDENT LUNCH PROGRAM, MEANING THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN QUALIFY FOR OUR FEE, WAIVER OR REDUCTION, WHERE DO WAIVE OR REDUCE FEES AS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVICE PROTECTION PROGRAM FEE. WITH THE DISTRICT WIDE IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE ONE TO ONE DEVICES, WHICH WE ARE FORTUNATE WE HAD THAT IN PLACE IN THE 1920 '19-'20 SCHOOL YEAR, AND OUR ONLINE LEARNING WAS MUCH SMOOTHER THAN OTHER DISTRICTS, AND THEY HAD NOT IMPLEMENTED A FULL ONE-ON-ONE DEVICE PROGRAM, BUT THAT THOSE ARE NOT INEXPENSIVE INVESTMENTS IN THAT -- WITH OUR AVERAGE COST OF DEVICES AT ANY GIVEN TIME, IT'S OVER $2. 5 MILLION OF ASSETS THAT WE ARE INTRUSTING TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR THEIR CARE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE TIMES WHEN DEVICES ARE DAMAGES ANDAND WE SEE INSTANCES WHEN THAT DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE
026A RESULT OF WILLFUL ACTS OR RECKLESSNESS, WE DO HAVE FEES THAT ARE ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM AND WE TRY TO COLLECT AND IT'S SHARED IN OUR MEETING. TWO WEEKS AGO OUR EFFORTS IN COLLECTING THOSE FEES HAS GONE DOWN, AS AT THE SAME TIME OUR DAMAGE COSTS HAVE GONE UP DUE SIGNIFICANTLY -- DUE IN MOST PART, DUE TO DAMAGE INCURRED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. AND A FEW WEEKS AGO WE DID TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A DEPOSIT FEE, AND THERE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, OBSERVATIONS THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME MERIT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER COST THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, A BURDEN, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE STUDENTS AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, INCOMES THAT MAKE ANOTHER FEE THAT MORE OF A CHALLENGE FOR THEM, SO WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THAT'S NOT PART
027OF OUR FORMAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE '25-'26 PROGRAM, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY SITTING THAT ASIDE, BUT WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH MORE INCREMENTAL STEPS FIRST SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY FINE-TUNE OUR PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SO THERE'S MORE CARE AND ACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY THE TECH DEVICES THAT ARE ISSUED AND THAT ARE SOMEWHAT UBIQUITOUS IN MOST OF OUR CLASSROOMS, K THROUGH 12. WE ISSUE DEVICES ACROSS ALL 13 GRADES. YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR GOALS, AS WITH ANY PROGRAM, IS ONE THAT THERE IS SOME REASONABLENESS IN THE SENSE OF OUR ABILITY TO ADMINISTER IT FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE. AND, AGAIN, TO HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, DAMAGES THAT ARE SUFFERED ON THE DEVICES THAT ARE EITHER WILLFUL OR RECKLESS, THERE'S
028COMPENSATION PAID TO THE DISTRICT TO AID IN EITHER THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THOSE, AND, YOU KNOW, OUR AVERAGE COST IN THE BALLPARK IS ROUGHLY $400 A DEVICE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF IN-HOUSE REPAIRS OR A PARTNERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT FULLY COOKED YET, BUT WE ARE NOT GIVING UP, AS WE DID NOTE TWO WEEKS AGO ONE OF OUR COST DRIVERS IS A COMMERCIAL REPAIRER, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE ARE PRESENTLY GETTING DEVICES FIXED AT NOW, AND , YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO DO IS PRESERVE DISTRICT RESOURCES FOR BETTER AND HIGHER USES AS WE WOULD VIEW THEM. AS I NOTED IN OUR PRESENTATION OVER TWO WEEKS AGO THAT OUR TECH DEVICE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, LOST ALMOST $160,000 LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S
029MORE THAN A FULL-TIME TEACHER, SO WE WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE OUR DISTRICT RESOURCES AND MONEY THAT ULTIMATELY FLOWS FROM ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS BE INVESTED IN ACTIVITIES THAT YIELD POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS AS OPPOSED TO REPAIRING DAMAGE. THE ONE THING I WOULD NOTE AS IT RELATES TO OUR PRACTICES IS THAT WE PROBABLY DRIFTED A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR TECH REPLACEMENT CYCLE, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JAMES IS WORKING ON THAT WE DO HAVE ROUGHLY FOUR --EXCUSE ME, A LITTLE OVER 400, ALMOST 500 DEVICES FOR THE CHROME BOOKS THAT WILL BE ISSUED THIS FALL THAT WILL REPLACE SOME OF OUR OLDER DEVICES, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME ONE-TO-ONE DEVICES WITH THE CHROME BOOKS THAT ARE OVER FOUR YEARS OLD AND SOME EVEN OVER FIVE YEARS OLD, AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO FORMALIZE FORMALIZE ROUGHLY
030A FOUR-YEAR CYCLE. FOR CHROME BOOKS, ESPECIALLY, WE BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY A REASONABLE BALANCE POINT IN TERMS OF THE INITIAL INVESTMENT IN YIELDING THE, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE USE OUT OF THOSE CHROME BOOKS THAT DO HAVE HIGHER INCIDENTS OF WEAR JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE MOVING PARTS IN A CHROME BOOK THAN AN iPAD ISSUED TO K-2. THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. THEN, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY DEVICES --THE OLDER DEVICES THAT TAKES OUT, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER INVESTMENT OF REFRESH FOR DEVICES SOMETIME THIS WINTER TO REPLACE HOPEFULLY ALL OF OUR DEVICES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR THAT ARE OVER FOUR YEARS OLD. ONE THING I WOULD NOTE, WHEN DEVICES DO GET PRESENTED AS BEING INOPERABLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT THAT IS DONE PRIMARILY BY OUR LIBRARY TECH ASSISTANTS, AND OUR COMPUTER TECHNICIANS ALSO
031GET CALLED IN TO ENGAGE WITH THE ASSESSMENTS, AND WHEN NEW DEVICES, REPLACEMENT DEVICES ARE HANDED OUT, THOSE DEVICES HAVE BEEN ASSESSED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL. NOW SOMETIMES IT'S BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WEEKS OR EVEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THAT THEY DON'T WORK. WE KNOW WHEN THEY ARE HANDING THEM OUT THAT THEY WORKED AT THAT TIME, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE TOOLS OUT TO OUR STUDENTS THAT HELP THEM ACCESS ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT DOES RELY TO A GREAT EXTENT NOW ON TECHNOLOGY. I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE A POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT DAMAGE TO DISTRICT ASSETS, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME WAY THAT IF ANY OF OUR STUDENTS LOSE A TEXTBOOK OR DAMAGE ONE TO A DEGREE, THAT
032THERE ARE FEES ASSESSED FOR THOSE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE ARE FEES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID, AND --AND WE'RE INCLUDING THAT AS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT TECH DAMAGE FEES TO BE CONSIDERED THAT SAME WAY, AND WE WOULD EXTEND THAT A BIT IN THE SENSE THAT RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE OTHER FEES THAT GET ASSESSED WHERE WE --WHERE WE EXERT THE GREATEST LEVEL, IS THAT THOSE FEES HAVE TO BE PAID TO WALK AT GRADUATION. WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR, THE NEW ASBP SOFTWARE, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT FEE A MANDATORY FEE BEFORE ANY OPTIONAL FEES ARE CONSIDERED, SO IF A STUDENT WANTED TO, SAY, A SECONDARY SCHOOL, ENROLL IN A EXTRA CURRICULAR ATHLETIC PROGRAM, WHICH IS FEE-BASED, THAT ANY FEES RELATED
033TO TECHNOLOGY DEVICE FEES WOULD HAVE TO BE SETTLED FIRST. AND THE OREGON STATUTED DO ALLOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STATEWIDE TO TAKE FAMILIES TO COURT IF WE DODO TO PURSUE COLLECTION OF UNPAID FEES. WE, AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE, HAVE NEVER GONE THERE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE, NOT IN RELATION TO TECH DEVICE FEES, EXACTLY, BUT TO OTHER FEES THAT OVER TIME CAN ACCUMULATE TO FAIRLY LARGE NUMBERS. THAT'S NOT A PATH WE WANT TO GO DOWN BECAUSE THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, VERY SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS RELATIVE TO THE CREDIT STANDING OF A FAMILY, AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE COURT COSTS AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES, THAT BECOMES A VERY EXPENSIVE PAYMENT OBLIGATION. WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET WHEN OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE PROGRAM FOR '25-'26, AND WE RECOGNIZE THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON,
034YOU KNOW, ONLINE MEDIA. YOU RECEIVED A PUBLIC COMMENT WITH SOME PERSPECTIVE AS TO A PARTICULAR FAMILY'S INTERSECTION WITH OUR TECH DEVICES AND THE FEES, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF A BYOD, BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE PROGRAM, IS OUR DEVICES HAVE SOFTWARE LOADED ON THEM THAT ALLOW OUR TEACHERS TO MONITOR USAGE IN THE CLASSROOM. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT ON BYOD DEVICES. THEN ALSO WE HAVE --NOT ALL BYOD DEVICES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A PERFORMANCE ISSUE OR A LICENSE ISSUE. IT'S MORE OF OF A LICENSE ISSUE. YEAH. BECAUSE THE TEACHERS WON'T BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE STUDENTS IN CLASS, AND ONE THING IS, OF COURSE, THE TEACHERS --SORRY, STUDENTS, NO DISRESPECT TO YOU ALL, BUT THE TEACHERS WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING AND KEEP THEM ON
035TASK, AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT OFFERING A SEPARATE TAB WITH THE ANSWERS, AND THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT ON A PERSONAL DEVICE. CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? WHEN HE SAYS IT'S A LICENSING THING, WOULD IT COST AN EXTRA FEE FOR A FAMILY TO PURCHASE A LICENSE FOR THAT PROGRAM? THE OTHER SIDE IS IT'S NOT A DISTRICT-OWNED DEVICE, SO ALL OF THE SOFTWARE WE PURCHASED FORFOR DISTRICT DEVICE IS NOT ANYTHING PERSONAL, SO THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE -- SO THEY ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO PAY TO GET INTO THAT. IT'S NOT A DISTRICT-OWNED DEVICE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. >> OKAY. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO PURPORT OUR GOAL IN TERMS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF OUR TECH DEVICES, AND HELP ENSURE THAT DISTRICT FUNDS, YOU KNOW, STAY FOCUSED
036ON THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES INSTEAD OF CHASING FEES AND SPENDING MONEY ON THE TECH DEVICE DAMAGE AND, YOU KNOW, JAMES, JAMES AND HIS CREW DEAL WITH THIS FIRSTHAND EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW FOR SOME OF OUR PARENTS IS A BIT OF A SORE SUBJECT, BUT I DON'T SEE US UNWINDING OUR COMMITMENT TO ONE-TO-ONE DEVICES, AND IT'S PART OF 21st CENTURY LEARNING AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND OUR WAY TO A LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING AND BALANCING FEES WITH SOME INTERNAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT GET THIS MORE BACK IN LINE. KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A SEGUE HERE. ONE OF THOSE INTERNAL THINGS WE MIGHT DO IS LOOK AT AND MAYBE JUST AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS, AGAIN, WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGES ARE, BUT MAKING DEVICES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL A STAY-AT-SCHOOL
037MODEL, INSTEAD OF THE ABILITY TO BRING THEM HOME. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YEAH. >> AND THERE ARE SOME MANAGEMENT ISSUES WITH THAT IN THE SENSE THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES, WHERE IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY FOR A STUDENT TO BRING A DEVICE HOME. YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SAFEGUARDS AND FULL MEASURES OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND EXPECTATIONS -- SORRY, A QUESTION FROM DIRECTOR BILLS? YEAH, DIRECTOR BILLS HAS A QUESTION. SORRY, IF YOU ALREADY ADDRESSED IT, I DIDN'T HEAR IT. IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON TEACHERS AND THE CURRICULUM, OR THINGS THAT STUDENTS WILL NOW NOT NECESSARILY ALL HAVE ACCESS OR THE ABILITY TO WORK ON OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS, AND I WONDER HOW VIABLE THAT IS AT THIS POINT? HE'S LOOKING AT ME. IT'S THE IDEA OF TRYING
038TO ROLL BACK EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE WITH ONE-TO-ONE, AND WE WANTED TO TAKE AWAY ANY BARRIER BY ALLOWING STUDENTS TO HAVE THEM AT HOME. WE HAVE HAD PARENTS WHO SAID I DON'T WANT MY KID TO HAVE IT AT HOME. WE COULD CERTAINLY RETHINK THAT, BUT WHEN THEY GET HOME THEY WOULD NEED A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEVICE. WE'RE ALL GOOGLE- BASED, SO YOU CAN USE YOUR HOME COMPUTER AND YOUR PARENT COULD MONITOR YOU AND YOU CAN GET INTO ACCESS ANYTHING YOU WOULD NEED FOR CLASS, IT WOULD JUST --IT WOULD JUST BE UNFORTUNATE FOR A STUDENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE THINGS AT HOME, WHICH IS WHY WE ALWAYS CHECKED THEM OUT AND LET THEM HAVE IT. YOU COULD DO CHECKING THEM OUT FOR THE KIDS THAT REALLY DID NEED THEM AT HOME, AND THE PARENTS
039COULD CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED IT TO GO HOME WITH THEM? I THINK IT'S A LOT OF MANAGE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CUTS WITH HUMAN PEOPLE, AND IT COULD BE WHEN A PARENT WANTS TO CHECK ONE OUT FOR THEIR CHILD, THEY COULD COME AND CHECK IT OUT FROM THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING SAYING THEY ARE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT JUST WITH THE STUDENT'S SIGNATURE. IF WE DID THAT, SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FROM ACROSS THE BOARD PROTECTING, AND ONCE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR DEVICE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR, YOU NEED TO SIGN FOR THIS ACCEPTANCE AND ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY, AND THEN -- [ INAUDIBLE ] , A WEEKEND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT MAKES SENSE. QUICK SOLUTIONS, AND
040WE APPRECIATE IT. IT'S NOT A SOLUTION, AND WE HAVE BEEN TOYING THIS WITH A LOTLOT IN LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO AND STILL TRY TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT THE KIDS TO HAVE A COMPUTER, BUT OUR CURRICULUM IS ON A COMPUTER SO THERE ARE INTERESTING THINGS WITH THAT. WE ALSO TALKED TO OUR ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS, WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHAT CAN'T WE DO? SHE MENTIONED IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE TIME AFTER SCHOOL WHERE THE STUDENT COULD STAY IN THE LIBRARY AND USE THE DEVICE IN THE LIBRARY AND NOT TAKE IT HOME, AND IF THE PARENT DOESN'T WANT TO CHECK IT OUT, HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE IT AT HOME. YOU KNOW, I
041JUST DON'T --I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO MAKE IT SOMETHING WHERE CERTAIN KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS AT HOME HAVE TO SIT IN THE LIBRARY, AND IT SEEMS UNFAIR TO PUT STUDENTS IN THOSE POSITIONS, BUT WE DO WANT TO WORK WITH FAMILIES, SO IF THEY DON'T WANT THEIR --ANOTHER THING WE DID YEARS AGO, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS CAN BRING THEIR OWN DEVICE, AND WE DIDN'T LET THE KIDS AT THE YOUNGER AGES DOING THAT. SOME PARENTS ARE SAYING WHY CAN'T I BUY MY OWN DEVICE? I GET WHY THEY SAY THAT, AND MAYBE IF THEY HAD THEIR OWN IT WOULD FEEL LIKE MORE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THEN THE TEACHER CAN'T MONITOR WHAT'S ON THE COMPUTER. WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT. KIDS DO -- WE GET TO BLOCK THINGS ON COMPUTERS, AND THE TEACHER CAN SEE
042WHAT'S ON THE COMPUTER. WHEN THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO SEE WHAT THEY LOOKED AT, WE COULD GO BACK AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS, AND IT COULD CAUSE ANOTHER PROBLEM, AN UNFORESEEN PROBLEM. YEP. YEAH. >> I CAN SEE WHY MOST PARENTS, INCLUDING THIS PARENT, GOING TO BEST BUY SAYING WHY CAN'T I JUST GO TO BEST BUY, AND WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY THIS $400 -- WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT CAN USE A COMPUTER AND ACCESS THE GOOGLE RESOURCES? ABSOLUTELY. >> BUT AT SCHOOL YOU NEED THE DEVICES SO THERE ARE GUIDELINES AT ALL LEVELS? ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY HAVE HAD TO USE A DISTRICT ONE. HIGH SCHOOL, WE ALLOWED THEM TO BRING THEIR OWN LAPTOPS. OKAY. YEAH. >> WHICH HAS CAUSED ISSUES, TOO, IF I'M BEING HONEST. WE
043HAVE SOME TEACHERS THAT WANT A SET OF THEM IN THEIR ROOM, BECAUSE WHEN THEY GIVE A TEST THEY WANT TO USE A DISTRICT ONE AND NOT YOUR OWN MacBOOK, AND THAT CAUSES ISSUES, TOO, BECAUSE TEACHERS WANT TO HAVE 30 TO ACCESS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? I WOULD SAY THAT LARGELY CONCLUDES IT. AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A PROGRAM THAT WE THINK IS SUSTAINABLE, HELPS ALLOCATE DISTRICT RESOURCES IN WAYS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS FOR OUR SYSTEM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE A -- HAVE A STREAM OF FUNDS THAT ALLOWS -- NOT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR FEES THAT PAY FOR OUR REPLACEMENT CYCLE, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZES OUR INVESTMENT OF TAXPAYER FUNDS IN DISTRICT TASKS. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS, BUT ONE, THE STRUCTURED FEE,
044SO THE FEE, IF I HAVE THREE STUDENTS OR FOUR STUDENTS OR WHATEVER, AND I'M PAYING $150, I DON'T GET THAT MONEY BACK AT THE END OF THE YEAR. IF YOU HAVE ENROLLED IN THE OPTIONAL PROTECTION PROGRAM -- EVEN IF I RETURN IT CLEAN AND PERFECT, DO I THEN TURN IN THAT LAPTOP OR KEEP IT OVER --KEEP IT OVER THE SUMMER, AND -- WELL, CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM DOES HAVE THE DEVICE STAYING WITH THE STUDENT UNTIL WE CALL FOR THAT DEVICE TO BE REPLACED. SO THEY KEEP IT AT HOMEHOME ALL SUMMER? YES. >> OKAY. IT'S LIKE A TEXTBOOK, INTERCHANGEABLE, RIGHT? I AM WONDERING, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO COLLECT THEM ALL AND THEN REDISTRIBUTE THEM? THE POINT OF EVERY YEAR YOUR DEVICE IS GOING TO GET A LITTLE MORE WEAR AND TEAR, AND I THINK THERE WAS
045A WEAR AND TEAR EXCEPTION? DO WE HAVE SUCH A THING OR IS THERE A MINIMUM? YEAH, WE HAVE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, AND TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE ISSUE OF COLLECTING, AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE STUDENTS BRINGING THEM IN AND BEING ASSIGNED TO HAD THEM, AND THEN LABELS FOR THOSE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO STORE THEM SOMEWHERE IN THE BUILDING WITH AIR-CONDITIONING, AND NOW YOU HAVE TO COME BACK THREE OR FOUR DAYS BEFORE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO GET YOUR DEVICES READY TO ASSIGN OUT AND FIGURE OUT A SCHEDULE OFOF WE GOING TO DO THIS CLASS AT THIS TIME, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY SHOWS UP, AND THIS CLASS AT THIS TIME AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY SHOWS UP. AND ALSO OVER THE SUMMER, THERE ARE SUMMER READING PROGRAMS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THE KIDS
046DO DURING THE SUMMER TO GET THEM PREPARED FOR THE NEXT GRADE, SO THAT WAS KIND OF THOUGHT PROCESS OF WHY YOU LET THEM KEEP IT OVER THE SUMMER. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS CONTRACT, THIS MONEY THING, THE SPENDING, IT GOES TO COVER THAT SUMMER PERIOD, THEN? WHERE IS THAT? IT COVERS THE ENTIRE TIME UNTIL WE SET THE RATE FOR THE NEXT INSURANCE ENROLLMENT. ARE THEY INSPECTED AT THE END OF THAT TIME, OR IS IT JUST A ROLLING -- IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT OVER THE SUMMER, THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SUBMIT A HELPHELP DESK TICKET, AND WE CAN ASSESS THAT AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OUT, WE CHANGE IT OUT, AND IF THERE'S TIME, WE FIX IT. SO IN ESSENCE, IF IT WERE ME AND I SPENT $150 FOR MY THREE THREE
047KIDS, I WOULD BRING IT IN AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR, AND I WOULD SAY THIS KEY DOESN'T WORK, AND THERE'S EXTRA LABOR FOR YOU. YEAH, WE HAVE THOSE, MISSING KEYS AND DON'T WORK KEYS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KEY, WHY IT GOT REARRANGED, AND WHY THE M IS WHERE THE S IS. I'M COVERED, SO --I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING -- OKAY. IT'S A LOT, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING FOR -- YEAH, IT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT, TOO. THE COST -- WHAT IS THAT? BRIAN WAS SAYING SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. SORRY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ISSUE CHROME BOOKS TO STUDENTS, AND THEY ARE EXPECTING TO KEEP THEM, THAT SAME CHROME BOOK FOR SOME PERIOD OF YEARS. ARE WE GIVINGGIVING CHROME BOOKS THROUGH MIDDLE
048SCHOOL, AND THEN AT WHICH POINT, AS LONG AS THE STUDENT DOESN'T MAKE ANOTHER REQUEST FOR A CHROME BOOK, WHEN WE GET THEM BACK, WOULD WE CHARGE A REPLACEMENT VALUE FOR IT OR WOULD WE RECOGNIZE, OKAY, AT THIS POINT THIS IS GOING INTO OUR RECYCLE DEVICES THAT WE SELL IN BULK FOR 12 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR? I'M WONDERING HOW THAT PIECE WORKS? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW AS FAR AS THE REPLACEMENT CYCLE. WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT. WE TRY TO MAKE THE DEVICES WORK AS LONG AS WE COULD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOOGLE DID, AND A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS STARTED SUBMITTING REQUESTS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE BUDGET TO REPLACE THE DEVICES EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS, AND WHAT GOOGLE DID WAS TRY TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE CHROME
049BOOK AS LONG AS THEY COULD, AND SO THE LIFE GOT EXTENDED FOR THE MODELS WE HAD, THE ACOR 752, THAT MODEL MORE THAN LIKELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED LAST YEAR ON THE REGULAR CYCLE, BUT DUE TO BUDGETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, GOOGLE EXTENDED THAT MODELMODEL YEAR, SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE MOST DISTRICTS ARE FACING BUDGET CRUNCHES, AND INSTEAD OF THE DEVICE BEING ONE-TO-ONE, IT'S NOW ONE-TO-TWO OR ONE-TO-THREE. ARE YOU ASKING WHETHER OR NOT IF THEY ARE TURNING IT IN AND IT'S BROKEN ATAT POINT, WE DON'T CHARGE THEM FOR THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO THROW IT AWAY? THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. IN ESSENCE, I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR, AND THEIR DEVICE IS NOT
050WORKING, AND THEIR SON IS LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT TO GET CHARGED FOR MY --YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GET MY YEARBOOK, OR, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER, AND THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO RIDE IT OUT UNTIL THE TURN-IN TIME, IF WE ARE GOING TO --WE'LL WRITE OFF THE DAMAGE AT THAT POINT? DOES IT HAPPEN, GOING INTO SENIOR YEAR -- I DON'T KNOW, I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUNDAROUND THE SCENARIOS. WELL, THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT HAS WORKED. THEY MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN ONE IN SIXTH GRADE, SO THEY WILL NOT GET A NEW ONE UNTIL 10th GRADE OR 11th GRADE, IF IT WAS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND SO THEY HAVE A NEW ONE AND IT'S A NEW ONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S NOT AT THE END OF ITS LIFE, ALTHOUGH
051IT MIGHT BE AT THE END OF YOUR CHILD'S CAREER. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. >> DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS? I THINK I'M DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS, YEAH. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. WE HAVE TO --WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE STUDENT TECHNOLOGY DEVICE PROTECTION AND DAMAGE FEES AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR LUPTON. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION? I WILL SECOND. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BILLS. NOW IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, AND I KNOW THIS IS AN EVOLVING SITUATION, SO WE ARE LEARNING AS WE GO AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE ONE-TO-ONE WITH HOW MUCH PARENTS ACTUALLY WANT THE CHROME BOOKS IN THEIR HOUSES, AND
052AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, I HEAR FROM MY PEER GROUP THEY DON'T WANT THEM AT THAT AGE, K THROUGH 3, AT LEAST. SO I THINK IT IS EVOLVING AND I THINK HAVING SIMILAR --WE TALKED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WESTLAND HAS ONE OF THESE POLICIES IN PLACE, AND WE HAVE THE SOFTWARE TO DO IT AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO ENDORSE THE DAMAGE FEES BEFORE ENROLLING IN WHATEVER EXTRA CURRICULAR, AND WE -- I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE THESE ARE VALUABLE INSTRUMENTS AND IT TAKES HUMAN POWER AND TIME AND FIX THEM, SO THAT'S WHERE I AM AT WITH THE FEES AND THE EXEMPTION, OF HOW YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR FEE BEFORE YOU JOIN -- PAY ANOTHER FEE. I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YEAH, I MEAN, I WILL SUPPORT
053THE MOTION, BECAUSE THERE'S NO --THIS IS A CHALLENGING SITUATION. I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION TO THINK ABOUT IS THIS --THE INCENTIVES ARE JUST KIND OF WEIRD HERE. LIKE, IF I AM SOMEONE WHO IS, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO INVEST IN INSURANCE TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS, I FEEL LIKE THOSE PEOPLE ARE FOOTING THE BILL FOR PEOPLEPEOPLE MAYBE NOT AS INTERESTED IN TAKING CARE OF THEM, AND WHO WON'T PURCHASE THE FEE. AGAIN, IF I AM THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON, AND THINGS HAPPEN, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M PAYING, YOU KNOW, 1,000 -- OVER 500, SORRY, $500 FOR MY STUDENTS. WAIT, IS IT FROM THIRD GRADE ON OR THE ENTIRE -- WE USE iPADS K-2 -- AND THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE PROGRAM? YEAH. >> SO YEAH, I'M PAYING, WHAT, $1200, SOMETHING LIKE THAT --HOLD
054ON, $500 FOR TEN YEARS -- SORRY.