Oct 25, 2023 Board Meeting

[1. Meeting Opening]

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>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE. >> AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> I THINK EVERYONE HAD THEIR

[2. Snapshots of Success]

SO STARTING OUT WITH SNAPSHOTS OF SUCCESS.

MS. EMILY. >> GOOD EVENING.

I'M SO EXCITE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS NEXT GROUP FORWARD FOR YOU ALL. WHICH WOULD REALLY TRULY MAKE THE MAYOR EXCITED SINCE THE SLOGAN OF THE CITY OF FISHERS IS SMART BY BRINGING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL.

WE HAVE A NEW SNACK SHOP THAT IS TOTALLY STUDENT-RUN.

IT IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR GULER WHO IS HERE AS WELL.

HE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROJECT LAST YEAR.

SO IT HAS BEEN ON MY BUCKET LIST TO COVER.

I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM FORWARD TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO TO SHOW YOU.

BEHIND THE SCENES. THEN I WILL ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO COME UP WITH MR. GULER TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT.

>> THEY ARE WORKING TO DEFY THE ODDS.

>> THAT IS QUITE THE LITTLE OPERATION.

>> SO FAR, THE STUDENT-RUN SNACK SHOP INSIDE OF FISHERS HIGH

SCHOOL IS PROFITABLE. >> ALL THE PROCEEDS GO TO DECA, OUR BUSINESS CLUB HERE AT FISHERS.

>> TIGER BITES IS OVERSEEN BY JEREMY GULER WHO TEACHES ENTREPRENEURSHIP. HIS STUDENTS ARE THE ONES TAKING

INVENTORY. >> IT WILL BE $4.50 WHENEVER YOU

ARE READY. >> MONITORING TRENDS, FULFILLING ORDERS, AND ENSURING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.

>> HAVE A GOOD DAY, GUYS. >> TIGER BITES HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 7 MONTHS. IT IS OPEN DURING MUCH OF THE SCHOOL DAY. FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO GRAB SOMETHING TO GO. FOR THOSE WORKING BEHIND THE COUNTER, TIGER BITES OFFERS A LOT MORE.

>> IT IS REALLY COOL. I THINK THAT DOING THIS IN SPECIFICALLY A HIGH SCHOOL WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO GO, IF NOT ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKFORCE, IT JUST HELPS THEM BE PREPARED.

WHETHER THEIR FIRST JOB IS A CASHIER OR JUST WORK EXPERIENCE IN GENERAL, TO PUT ON YOUR RESUME.

>> GULER AGREES. >> I'M TRYING TO PREPARE THEM

FOR THE REAL WORLD. >> ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS NOT JUST ABOUT LEARNING BUSINESS. IT IS ABOUT LIVING IT.

>> IT GETS THEM THINKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE BUSINESS AND HOW THEY FIT INTO IT. IF I NEED TO DO THIS PROJECT.

I NEED TO COMPLETE THIS TASK. >> HIS STUDENTS ARE GAINING VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES.

>> I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO STEP UP AND BE A LEADER.

>> IT IS NOT JUST CONFINED TO THE SNACK SHOP.

>> WE HAVE VENDING MACHINES ALSO THAT WE DO.

WE USUALLY HAVE OUR SPIRIT SHOP OPEN WHICH SELLS ALL THE

CLOTHING. >> NEARLY HALF OF SMALL BUSINESSES CLOSE THEIR DOORS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF OPENING.

GULER IS EMPOWERING HIS STUDENTS WITH A UNIQUE MARKET ADVANTAGE.

>> I'M TRYING TO GET THEM THINKING TEN YEARS FROM NOW.

NOT JUST NEXT WEEK. >> IT WILL BE $6.50.

>> LEARNING ESSENTIAL SKILLS THAT WILL SERVE THEM WELL IN ANY CAREER PATH THEY CHOOSE. (APPLAUSE).

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS GREAT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, EMILY COMING IN AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE STORE. OBVIOUSLY, WE LOVE FREE PROMOTIONS. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. THE KIDS ARE REALLY ENJOYING IT.

BOTH THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO USE IT AND ALSO THE KIDS THAT ARE GETTING TO RUN THE BUSINESS. WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FIRST OFF THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS A STRONG SECOND MAJOR OR MINOR WHEN THEY GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

I REALLY LIKE SEEING IT BEING DONE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

TWO OF MY FOUR KIDS HAVE IT AS THEIR MINOR.

TO SEE THAT WE ARE DOING IT NOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, I LOVE SEEING THAT. KUDOS.

>> THANK YOU. I THINK FOR HOW MANY KIDS ARE COMING OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BOTH FISHERS-- GETTING A FEEL FOR THAT WITH CLASSES AND OPPORTUNITIES ALONG WITH DECA AND CLUBS, IT GIVES THEM AN IDEA OF, OKAY, IS THIS SOMETHING I WANT TO PURSUE IN COLLEGE. MAYBE THEY START THEIR OWN BUSINESS GO. THAT ROUTE.

>> I HAVE ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION.

DO YOU TEACH A FEW BUSINESS CLASSES? IS THERE AN ACTUAL ENTREPRENEURIAL CLASS THAT YOU

HAVE? >> YES.

THIS YEAR, I HAVE SIX PERIODS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

THERE IS ACTUALLY 170 KIDS. IT IS, LIKE, MY DREAM YEAR.

THERE ARE MARKETING CLASSES. THERE ARE ASP BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. ALMOST ALL CLASSES ARE

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THAT GIVES THEM ANOTHER LEG UP IF THEY DECIDE TO GO THE COLLEGE

ROUTE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I ASSUME THE STUDENTS HERE ARE SOME OF YOUR, I GUESS, THE EMPLOYEES.

THE STAFF. >> THERE IS NO BENEFITS.

(LAUGHTER). HOW INVOLVED DO YOU ALL GET AS FAR AS THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS? DO YOU STOCK THE SHELVES, ORDER THE INVENTORY? DO YOU DO ALL OF THESE VARIOUS THINGS? WHAT DO YOU LEARN? WHAT DOES THAT TEACH YOU?

>> SO FOR US, WHAT WE DO IS WE DON'T SET THE PRICES.

THAT IS KIND OF UP TO GULER AND I GUESS WE KIND OF GO OFF THE CAFETERIA PRICES, TOO. SOME OF OUR SNACKS, WE DO GET THEM FROM THEM. IT JUST DEPENDS.

SAME PRICES. AND THEN, LIKE, TO FURTHER ANSWER FOR, LIKE DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, I WORK AT FIFTH PERIOD.

ONE OF THE FIRST PERIODS OF THE DAY.

WHAT WE TEND TO DO IS, LIKE, IT WILL GET BUSY WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE COMING IN. THEY WILL BUY SNACKS.

USUALLY, IT IS A LOT OF BREAKFAST ITEMS. GOOD FOOD. YOU KNOW, WE RESTOCK.

THERE IS A PERSON IN OUR CLASS, HE WILL RESTOCK VENDING MACHINES. WE HAVE, LIKE, FIVE OR SIX OF THOSE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY.

THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE SCHOOL.

WE WILL RESTOCK THOSE. IT IS AN EASY WAY WHENEVER WE ARE CLOSED DURING PASSING PERIODS FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEM.

THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE DO. WE TAKE CASH, STOCK THE SHELVES.

AND VENDING MACHINES. >> THANK YOU.

>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MARKING EFFORTS THAT YOU DO? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DO THE STUDENTS GET INVOLVED IN

THAT? >> SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE COME UP AND ASK HOW WE WORK HERE.

WE USUALLY TELL THEM TO TAKE THE CLASS ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

I THINK WE HAVE HUNG UP, LIKE, POSTERS EXPLAINING HOW YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE CLASS AND WORK HERE.

USUALLY, STUDENTS COME UP TO US AND ASK HOW WE WORK HERE.

LIKE, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE APPROACH ME OUTSIDE OF CLASS AS WELL.

WE USUALLY EXPLAIN IT THROUGH THOSE TERMS.

>> ARE ANY OF YOU INTERESTED IN STUDYING-- STARTING YOUR OWN

BUSINESS? >> WE DO RUN THE CIVIC CLASS ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THAT CLASSITTE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS IDEA. MY BUSINESS IDEA IS ACTUALLY THE SNACK SHOP AND GROWING ITS PRODUCT-- HOW MUCH WE SELL AND ALL OF THAT. IT HAS GOTTEN ME MORE INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW BUSINESS WORKS. SEEING START-UP COSTS VERSUS HOW TO MAKE PROFIT AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROFIT AND REVENUE. IT IS REALLY INTERESTING.

IT TEACHES YOU A LOT, LIKE WE SAID, IN THE VIDEO.

IT IS REALLY GETTING US OUT THERE FOR WHENEVER WE ARE IN THE

REAL WORLD. >> DO EITHER THE OTHER TWO WANT TO SHARE THEIR BUSINESS PLAN? THEIR IDEA?

>> SO MY BUSINESS DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE SNACK SHOP.

OR ANY OF THAT SORT. I ACTUALLY PLANNED ON MAKING, LIKE, A CLOTHING BUSINESS FOR WOMEN.

MODEST CLOTHING SO THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE IN ALL SEASONS.

IN WHAT THEY WEAR. AND I THINK RUNNING THE SHOP HELPS ME MANAGE, LIKE, IDEAS ABOUT PRICES, HOW TO GET PRODUCTS, ET CETERA. THAT HELPS-- THAT EXPERIENCE HELPS IN PLANNING WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY BUSINESS IN THE

CLASS. >> YOU ARE ALWAYS SELLING WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

YOU ARE ALWAYS SELLING. WE ARE GOING TO PUT YOU IN THE

HOT SEAT. >> YES.

WITH THE CLASS, BEFORE THE CLASS, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT JUST WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING A CASH REGISTER AND JUST CUSTOMER SUPPORT, KIND OF JUST LET ME KIND OF WORK A JOB BEFORE ACTUALLY HAVING TO DECIDE TO WORK A JOB, WHICH HAS REALLY HELPED ME, LIKE, OPEN MY EYES TO POTENTIALS FOR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. NOT AS FAR AS STARTING MY OWN BUSINESS, BUT GETTING EMPLOYED SOMEWHERE, WHETHER IT BE STOCKING OR CASHIER OR REALLY ANYTHING ELSE.

IT JUST HELPS TO GET THAT EXPERIENCE FOR AFTER HIGH

SCHOOL. >> WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. THIS IS GREAT.

I LOVE REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES. THIS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERYTHING YOU DO GOING FORWARD IN LIFE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB.

>> THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE).

[3. Public Comment]

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>> MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUAL SIGN-UPS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.

EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THE BOARD WILL TAKE YOUR STATEMENTS.

JUST CONSIDER THAT THEY ARE NOT INAPPROPRIATE.

ALSO MAKE SURE YOU ARE DIRECTING IT TO THE BOARD AND NOT AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON, PER SE. FIRST UP IS STEPHANIE HUNT.

REGARDING 6.02, ENVISION DAY. >> DR. KEGLEY, PRESIDENT LANG AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, YESTERDAY THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE TO SHOWCASE WHAT THE EDUCATIONAL FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS.

I'M SO GRATEFUL I WAS ABLE TO BE A PARENT STAKEHOLDER AT THIS MEETING. THE FORD NEXT GENERATION LEARNING PROGRAM AND A PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE ARE CONCEPTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET BEHIND.

HSC. E SCHOOLS ARE ENSURING OUR CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO DEGREES. LEARNING ABOUT THE MANY CAREER AVENUES AS SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, OCCUPATIONAL OR SPEECH THERAPISTS, ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, MECHANICS, MARKETING AND PR CAREERS, ENTREPRENEURS, FARMERS AND SO ON PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A MORE SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD BEFORE THEY HAVE TO MAKE MAJOR LIFE CHOICES AFTER GRADUATION.

IT COULD HELP STUDENTS FIND SUBJECTS OR CAREERS THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT EARLIER IN LIFE.

THESE PROGRAMS GET OUR COMMUNITY INVESTED IN OUR SCHOOLS AND GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND LEARN VALUABLE CAREER KNOWLEDGE. LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN HELP BE A PIPELINE FOR FUTURE JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR MENTORS THAT POSITIVELY AFFECT A STUDENT'S LIFE.

IT WILL MOST DEFINITELY RESULT IN SCHOOLS GRADUATING STUDENTS BETTER PREPARED FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

ONE POINT THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME DURING THE PRESENTATIONS YESTERDAY IS THAT THIS IS AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING PROGRAM.

THE OPPORTUNITIES CREATED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS.

ALL. THAT MAKES IT A PROGRAM ROOTED IN EQUITY. I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING EQUITY. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND I AM SO VERY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF HSE. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS UP ALYSSA ROBERTS ON THE 2024 BUDGET ADOPTION.

>> GOOD EVENING. AS A PARENT OF TWO SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND A PROUD ADVOCATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY VOTE TO APPROVE THE REFERENDUM.

AS WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET, THE FACTS ARE CLEARLY LAID OUT BEFORE OUR EYES. WE CANNOT FUNCTION AT OUR BEST WITHOUT THE REFERENDUM FUNDS. THERE ARE NO SECRET SURPLUSES.

THERE IS NO WAY TO CUT OR TRIM UNLESS YOU WANT SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN TO SUFFER. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUPPORT EACH AND EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT AS WELL AS OUR TEACHERS. AFTER ALL, EDUCATOR WORKING CONDITIONS ARE STUDENT LEARNING CONDITIONS.

LIKE MANY, I TOO DISAGREE WITH THE FACT THAT THE STATE FUNDS THE EDUCATION IN SUCH A WAY THAT REFERENDUMS ARE NEEDED.

I HOPE ALL OF THOSE WHO SPOKE OUT OR POSTED AGAINST THE REFERENDUM HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO CONTACT THEIR STATE LEGISLATURES AND DEMAND BETTER. UNLESS AND UNTIL INDIANA DECIDES TO SPEND SOME OF ITS ACTUAL AND NOT IMAGINED SURPLUS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, REFERENDUMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A NECESSITY.

THEY ARE A NECESSITY LIVING IN A PLACE WITH THIS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND THIS STRONG OF AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR TIME AND ENERGY SUPPORTING THE REFERENDUM RENEWAL.

IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. ACTIONS ALWAYS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, THOUGH. ABSENCE AND INACTION IS ALSO NOTICED. I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY HSE HAS SHOWN IN OUR BUDGET. I'M GRATEFUL THAT MY CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM SUCH A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION AGO AND EXPERIENCE ITS LONGSTANDING EXCELLENCE. IN CLOSING, I URGE EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO CONTINUE TO VOCALLY SUPPORT THE REFERENDUM AS THE ELECTION APPROACHES AND EQUALLY ASK THE COMMUNITY TO VOTE YES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO SECTION 4 ON THE

[4. Consent Agenda]

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DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING 4.01, SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

PASSES 7-0. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE

ITEM 4.02? >> MOTION TO APPROVE 4.02, CERTIFIED AND STAFF REPORTS AS PRESENTED.

>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING 4.02, SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION APPROVED. 7-0.

LOOKING AT ITEM 4.03. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 4.02 AS PRESENTED.

>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING 4.03, SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION PASSES 7-0. MOVING TO ACTION ITEMS.

[5. Action Items]

MS. KATIE DOWLING. >> I KNOW IT IS WHAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. OR MAYBE IT IS JUST ME.

I DON'T KNOW. ATTACHED TO THE BOARD AGENDA THIS EVENING-- OKAY. I WAS LOOKING AT JUST FOR THE FEEDBACK. I SOUND LIKE A ROBOT.

ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA THIS EVENING ARE SEVERAL FORMS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY FOR YOU ALL.

THE FORM 1 THAT IS ATTACHED IS ESSENTIALLY OUR EXPENDITURES BY ACCOUNTING CATEGORY. FORM 2 ARE THE REVENUES FOR ALL OF THE FUNDS FOR THE BUDGET ITSELF.

THERE IS A FORM 4-B THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE BUDGETS THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU. THE FORM 4 IS THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION THE BOARD ADOPTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE APPROPRIATION AND THE TAX RATE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2024 IS $3,617,021 THAT IS OVERALL FOR ALL FUNDS.

THE ADOPTED TAX LEVY IS $127,786,319.

AND THE ACONTINUE TOED TAX RATE IS 1.1644.

WE DO EXPECT THE FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE THAT WILL COME AT THE END OF DECEMBER TO REDUCE THAT RATE A LITTLE FURTHER TO 1.144.

WE ALWAYS ADVERTISE A LITTLE BIT HIGH TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. I ALSO SHARED WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SOME INFORMATION TO SHOW IN 2023, WE HAD THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE ADOPTED A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

THEN WE ARE APPROVED LOWER. I THINK OF MENTION FOR THIS BOARD AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT THIS IS A REDUCTION OF 3.83%, ESSENTIALLY. AND THIS IS OUR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF REDUCING OUR OVERALL TAX RATE TO THE SCHOOL CORPORATION. HOW DID WE GET HERE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE MIGHT IMAGINE IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN A FEW MINUTES TO BE PREPARED. YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALWAYS EVALUATING, I THINK, DATA SOURCES TO DETERMINE THOSE PRIORITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT TAXES AND KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US.

IT IS REALLY A CONSTANT PROCESS FOR US AND ALSO ENSURING THE

FISCAL STEWARDSHIP. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE REAL FRANK, THAT IS A PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME CREDIBILITY TO DEMONSTRATE TO THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE ARE HERE TO DO. AND SO ON FRIDAY, I SHARED WITH YOU GUYS AN EMAIL. A PIECE OF DATA WE RECEIVE IS FROM POLICY ANALYTICS. THEY DO PARTIAL BY PARTIAL STUDY OF EVERY TAX UNIT WITHIN THE CORPORATION.

THAT HELPS US PROJECT OUT WHERE WE THINK OUR TAX RATES WILL GO, WHERE OUR ASSESSED VALUE WILL GO.

IT IS JUST A TOOL JUST LIKE A DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY.

WELL, WHAT THEY CONTEMPLATED THAT OUR FINANCIAL PLAN DOESN'T IS THE STATE INCREASED THE SUPPLEMENTAL DEDUCTION FOR HOME OWNERS. AND WE ALSO HAVE A CAP AT WHAT WE CAN GROW OPERATIONS. SO THERE IS THIS GROWTH AND ASSESSED VALUE THAT ESSENTIALLY IS A YEAR BEHIND.

IT IS GOING TO ROLL FORWARD THAT RESULTED IN US HAVING SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TAX CAP LOSS. TO THE OPERATIONS FUND.

I THINK-- I HAVE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, HSE IS NEVER GOING TO TAKE A LOWER RATE. THE RATE RENEWAL REQUEST.

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THAT IS FOR ONE YEAR ONLY. IT ONLY AFFECTS 2024.

OUR MAX IS STILL 1995. WE ALSO LOWERED THE AMOUNT OF THE TRANSFER FROM THE EDUCATION FUND TO THE OPERATION FUND.

BY $2 MILLION. AND SO I THINK IF WE TALK ABOUT CREDIBILITY AND HOW WE BUILD TRUST, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT WE ARE ALL DOING BOTH WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH EACH OTHER, IT IS TO SHOW WE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE CAPITALIZED ON IT. AND WE HAVE MADE THIS ADJUSTMENT. THE BUDGETS OVERALL, AS WITH PAST YEARS, WE BUILD BUDGETS WITH ALL COMPENSATION INCREASES BUILT IN. THE TEACHER COMPENSATION DRIVES EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO THE ORDER FOR US IS ALWAYS TEACHER COMP, AND WE HAD A FIRST DAY OF BARGAINING TODAY WHICH WAS GREAT. I'M NOT EVEN BEING SARCASTIC.

IT IS REALLY GREAT. AND THEN WHEN WE SETTLE, THAT WILL DICTATE THE REST. IT IS TEACHERS, AND THEN IT IS NONCERTIFIED STAFF. THEN IT IS ADMINISTRATORS.

I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE NOT GO IN THAT ORDER.

IT NEVER ENDS PARTICULARLY WELL. TEACHERS DRIVE WORK WE DO HERE.

THAT IS WHY IT IS HANDLED THAT WAY.

WITH TEACHING STAFF, WE ARE EVALUATING ALWAYS ALL COMPENSATION. THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT NONSERT, WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE. EVEN LOWERING THAT RATE ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE COMPENSATION INCREASES THAT WE BUILT IN.

YOU KNOW, WHICH I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT IT IS DRIVEN BY TEACHERS. SO WE HAVE THAT BUILT IN, AND THEN WE WILL SETTLE THAT CONTRACT AND COME TO THE BOARD.

THEN AFTER THAT, WE WOULD BRING NONCERTIFIED INCREASES TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE ADMIN.

NO RAISES FOR ADMIN. I HAVE TO LISTEN TO-- MAKING SURE HE WAS PAYING ATTENTION. I THINK FOR US, I THINK THIS WAS AN ENGAGING PROCESS. I THINK WE ARE ALL GROWING.

WE HAVE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS YOUR FIRST BUDGET AND THREE WHO IT IS ONLY YOUR THIRD. WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER REALLY WELL. WE ARE FIGURING THAT OUT.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAD MULTIPLE FINANCE COMMITTEES.

WE HAD THE WORK SESSIONS. WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH IT.

I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE FOR US AS A TEAM TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH IT. AND PROVIDE THAT, DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOWER RATE. AND WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY, THAT IS WHAT WE DO. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AT THE HEARING ABOUT THE RATE LEVY AND ADOPTION-- OR BUDGET COMPARISONS. I SHARED SOME INFORMATION WITH MR. ORR AND MRS. LANG RELATED TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE CHANGES AND WHAT THEY ARE. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> SO TO CONFIRM WITH THE CHANGES, THERE IS ZERO ADMINS

GETTING A RAISE. >> THAT WAS A JOKE.

I'M SORRY. THERE IS AN AMOUNT BUILT IN BASED ON ALL OF THE OTHER COMPENSATION.

THERE IS A POT OF MONEY. ESSENTIALLY, OF FUNDING BETWEEN ALL FUNDS THAT WILL DRIVE BASED ON TEACHER AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW WITH WHAT WE ARE COMMITTING WITH TEACHER, WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. SO IT IS BASED ON WHAT WE AFFORD FOR TEACHERS. THEN HOW WE CAN REPLICATE THAT OUT. IT HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED ANYWHERE, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

SORRY. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I MISSED

THAT. >> WELL, I MEAN, DR. KEGLEY DRIVES HARD BARGAIN. I MEAN, HE IS --

>> I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT THE SAME THING, THOUGH.

AT THE END, YOU SAID THERE IS A POT OF MONEY.

IT IS NOT ALLOCATED YET. >> EXACTLY.

>> THERE IS AVAILABLE MONEY FOR ALL STAFF, AND THEN DEPENNING ON AFTER THE ORDER, WE GO IN TO COLLECT THE BAR-- TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. THEN THERE WILL BE MONEY LEFTOVER FROM. THAT WE WILL GO TO NONCERTIFIED

WHICH IS -- >> EVERYBODY BUT TEACHERS AND

ADMINISTRATION. >> EVERYBODY ELSE.

DRIVERS. INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS?

>> IT IS. >> EVERYBODY BUT TEACHERS AND

ADMINISTRATION. >> THE ONLY ONE IT ISN'T IS FOOD SERVICE. THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN FUND AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT AS A FEDERAL GRANT.

THEY ARE HOUSED ENTIRELY-- THEY ARE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE-DRIVEN LIKE A BUSINESS.

>> THAT ARRANGEMENT WOULD COME BEFORE US FOR ANOTHER VOTE ON

ITS OWN. >> YES.

>> THEN AFTER THAT, ADMINISTRATION WOULD COME BEFORE

US AGAIN FOR A SECOND VOTE. >> CORRECT.

NOBODY CAN GET COMPENSATION INCREASES WITHOUT GOING THROUGH

THE BOARD. >> WHEN IS THAT JET IN.

>> THREECH TEACHER CONTRACT? >> ALL OF IT.

>> WELL, IT WOULD BE NOVEMBER 8 WILL BE THE RATIFICATION MEETING ON THE TEACHER CONTRACTS. I WOULD ANTICIPATE OUR GOAL WOULD BE THE DECEMBER MEETING IN TERMS OF KNOWING WHAT THOSE

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NORMALLY, WE WOULD TRY TO COME AFTER THE NEXT MEETING.

WE ARE A LITTLE LATER THAN NORMAL, BUT I THINK OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT BEFORE THE END OF THE

CALENDAR YEAR. >> YUP.

LAST YEAR, IT DIME US THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.

ACTUALLY, OUR FIRST MEETING, I BELIEVE.

I THINK SO. >> OH.

>> BUT SOON. TEACHERS' CONTRACT.

NONCERTIFIED. THEN ADMINISTRATION.

>> GO AHEAD. SORRY.

>> DO WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 18.85 AND THE 19.95? REDUCING THAT? WHAT WE ARE REDUCING THE FUNDS COMING TO OUR DISTRICT WITH A

DOLLAR AMOUNT? >> IT IS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. IN THE REFERENDUM FUND.

>> OKAY. WE DIDN'T DO A FIGURE TO SEE IF

IT WAS, LIKE-- >> THE SHEET WOULDN'T HAVE 18 5 TO 1995. IT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE TAX CAP AMOUNT WENT DOWN. THAT IS TIED TO THE REFERENDUM REDUCTION RATE AND THE $2 MILLION FROM-- LESS FROM EDUCATION TO OPERATION. THAT IS HOW IT TIES BACK.

>> SO GOING FORWARD, THEN, ALL THESE COMMITTEES THAT WE JUST HAD, ALL THESE WORK SESSIONS AND THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 1995. WE GOT TO THE 1995.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT IN MANY MEETINGS, THAT WE WILL HAVE THE FUNDS ROUGHLY BETWEEN THE 280 AND THE 300 TO FUNCTION OUR DISTRICT NEXT YEAR. WITHIN THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. DID ANYTHING CHANGE THROUGH THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS FOR NEXT YEAR? IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYTHING WE DID IN 2023 WILL BE THE SAME GOING INTO 2024. SALARIES, CLUBS, SPORTS, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE STILL IN PLACE. THIS IS JUST TELLING US WHAT THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE TO FUNCTION OUR DISTRICT NEXTYEAR?

>> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE WITHIN PURE FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS. THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE 1995 TO 1895 IS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO INFORMATION WE GOT AT THE TAIL END-- WAS IT LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE-- ABOUT OUR TAX CAP LAW.

>> WE HAVE LESS CAP LOSS, IT IS MORE REVENUE TO OPERATION.

>> LET ME EXPLAIN. SO WE STARTED A FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

WHAT I'M ASKING IS IN THAT COMMITTEE, ASIDE FROM PREPARING FOR REFERENDUM, WAS ANYTHING EVER DISCUSSED ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE OUR FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR OR JUST TALKED ABOUT

WHAT OUR BUDGET WAS GOING TO BE. >> WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE AS WELL AS IN THE WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD WITH THE BOARD. I THINK DR. KEGLEY'S TIMER WAS, LIKE, TWO HOURS AND 42 MINUTES AND 13 SECONDS FOR ME TO GO ON ABOUT THE BUDGET. THAT IS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE BUILD IN COMPENSATION IN TERMS OF A POT OF MONEY.

THEN WHAT WE BUILD IN FOR TEACHER COMP IS IS M THEN WHAT DRIVES EVERYTHING ELSE. WE TALKED ABOUT.

THAT WE DON'T EVER REALLY TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION FOR ANYONE UNTIL WE SETTLE THE TEACHER'S CONTRACT AS A WHOLE BECAUSE IF WE SAY X FOR ONE GROUP, ARE WE GOING TO DO X FOR ALL GROUPS AND THEN IS THAT EQUATE OUT WHAT WE ARE COMPENSATING FOR TEACHERS? IT IS THE WAY IT IS DRIVEN. WE HAVE, I THINK, TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO BUILD IN STAFF INCREASES THAT EVEN WITH THE REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT, IF, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID, WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL THAT, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO COMPENSATE STAFF. WE ARE NOT-- A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO REDUCING YOUR BUDGET IS NOT FREEZING COMPENSATION BECAUSE EVENTUALLY, YOU HAVE TO INCREASE IT.

>> YEAH. I'M NOT TALKING COMPENSATION.

I'M JUST TALKING IN GENERAL. OUR BUDGET PAYS FOR SPORTS, MUSIC, CLUBS, CURRICULUM, EDUCATION.

ALL THOSE THINGS. >> YEAH, EVERYTHING.

>> EVERYTHING WE DID IN 2023. WE ARE CARRYING THAT OVER TO 2024. WE DID NOT CUT ANYTHING OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. RIGHT? EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE PREPARED TO DO, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPROVING THESE FUNDS TO PAY FOR WHAT WE DID THIS LAST YEAR GOING

FORWARD. >> YES.

TECHNICALLY. >> CORRECT.

SO EVERY YEAR, I HAVE ONLY DONE THE BUDGET TWO YEARS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT-- I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF SYSTEM. OKAY? FOR BUS DRIVERS, FOOD SERVICE, OUR IAS.

I KNOW I'M HEARING US TALK ABOUT THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, WHICH, OF COURSE, I WANT OUR TEACHERS TO BE PAID TOP DOLLAR. WE TAKE CARE OF THEM FIRST.

I FEEL LIKE WE GET TO THE END. WE ARE NOT REALLY DOING THAT SUPPORT. SO IF WE HAVE ONE PENNY THAT WE ARE WILLING TO JUST DROP RIGHT NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HOLD ON TO THAT PENNY AND KEEP OUR RATE FOR THE 2024 AND WE WORK DILIGENTLY FROM THE YEAR JANUARY O TO PREPARE AND HAVE MORE OF A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET AND SEE THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUR STUFF TOWARDS LITERACY, EDUCATION,.

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>> INCREASING THE RATE IS MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE?

>> WE DIDN'T INCREASE. WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE 1995 AND PLANNING THAT BUDGET FOR. THAT I'M SAYING IF WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THAT ONE CENT, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M COMFORTABLE AT THE EXPENSE OF NOT BEING ABLING TO UTILIZE THAT.

FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR EDUCATION GOING FORWARD.

SO YES, I DO WANT TO OVER TIME, WORK AS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO KEEP REDUCING THAT RATE.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT FOR THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.

BUT 1995 WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, AND WE HAVE BROUGHT IT DOWN FROM THE '23. I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT, MAKING SURE THAT AFTER WE APPROVE THIS, THAT WE DON'T HAMSTRING OUR STUFF, THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS NOW TO SUPPORT OUR BUS DRIVERS AND OUR FOOD SERVICE AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

AND EVERYBODY ELSE. >> SO FIRST THING I WOULD SAY IS THE REFERENDUM RATE DOESN'T PAY FOR ANY SUPPORT STAFF.

THAT IS THE FIRST PIECE OF IT. IT FUNDS BASED ON THE REVENUE SPENDING PLAN, THE BOARD APPROVED IT JULY 12.

THE TEACHING POSITIONS AND ESSENTIAL SAFETY INITIATIVES.

AGAIN, THE ONLY REASON THIS IS POSSIBLE IS BECAUSE OF THIS NEW NUANCE WITH TAX CAP LOSSES. WE LITERALLY TOOK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PAY LESS IN TAXES, IN TERMS OF LOSS, THAT IS NEW REVENUE. WE EQUALED THAT OUT.

WE HAD A BUDGET BILL WITH COMPENSATION WE FELT WAS REASONABLE. WE FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE UNREASONABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE BEYOND WHAT WE HAD ALLOCATED TO GIVE TO STAFL.

I THINK I GO BACK TO A, HAVING THE CONVERSATION IN FINANCE ABOUT WE NEED TO BE LESS RELIANT.

BUT B, THE PERCEPTION THAT THE DISTRICT WILL NEVER TAKE LESS BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP TAKING. WE HAD A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

IT IS SHORT-TERM. IT IS A THREE-YEAR TERM THAT THIS WILL BE THE CASE FOR US. AND WE STOOD FORWARD TO THIS WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE IT. WE FELT LIKE WE AREN'T DOING IT AT THE EXPENSE OF ANY STAFF. WE ARE STILL DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO BEFORE WE HAD THIS INFORMATION.

>> OKAY. FOR ME TO LOOK-- LOOKING AT IT, IT FEELS LIKE IT IS THE 11TH HOUR.

WE HAVE CONDITION ASKING FOR A REDUCED RATE FOR MONTHS.

WE GOT EXTRA NUMBERS, AND NOW WE ARE REDUCING IT.

BELIEVE ME, I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR REDUCING THESE RATES. THAT IS APPRECIATIVE.

I FEEL LIKE IT IS ONE PENNY. I'M HEARING FROM YOU.

I GUESS WE ARE IN THIS BOARD MEETING.

YOU ARE SAYING WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF FUNDS TO GIVE OUR SUPPORT STAFF.

AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO COME BACK TO IT AFTERWARDS AND SAY, REMEMBER YOU MADE THAT CUT. WE CAN ONLY GO UP 2%.

>> WE WILL GIVE RAISES AS REFLECTIVE AS LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE. WE ADJUST.

I MEAN, THERE IS NO BENEFIT TO US TO SAY WE MADE THIS CUT AND NOW IT IS YOUR FAULT. WE CAN'T GIVE COMP.

WE WILL GIVE COMP AS WE PLANNED ORIGINALLY.

IT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT TEACHER COMPENSATION IS.

>> AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, STARTING IN JANUARY THAT, WOULD BE PREPARING US FOR THE 2025 BUDGET, I'M NOT A FINANCIAL EXPERT. I HAVE READ THAT IT IS BEST IF WE START LOOKING AT OUR DEBT SERVICES.

I KNOW THERE IS DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT CAN WORK ON.

THAT DOES THE DEBT SERVICE RATE BRINGING THAT DOWN, HELP OUR BUDGET A LITTLE BETTER? WHERE WE CAN BRING THE TAX RATES DOWN FOR OUR DISTRICT? .

>> WELL, THE DEBT SERVICE RATE IS BASED ON ISSUING DEBT TO KEEP THE RATE FLAT. HOW THOSE RATES THE.

A V. CONFIGURED. REFERENDUM IS BASED ON AV PLUS TIF. DEBT SERVICE IS NOT.

IT DOESN'T TRANSLATE DOLLAR TO DOLLAR.

DEBT SERVICE IS A LOWER RATE. THAT RATE IS BASED ON THE $35 MILLION MAXIMUM THE BOARD ALREADY APPROVED TO ISSUE DEBT FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY SET OUT.

SO COULD WE DO LESS PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR '25 FOR DEBT THAT WOULD BE ISSUED? SURE.

I THINK THAT IS BASED ON THE TEN-YEAR PLAN.

AND THE-- WE DON'T ISSUE DEBT JUST TO HAVE THE FUNDS.

I MEAN, WE COULD ISSUE $70 MILLION AND STILL HAVE NOT ENOUGH CAPITAL PROJECT-WISE. THAT CONVERSATION WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE UPDATE. RIGHT NOW THE TEN-YEAR PLAN THAT WE ARE DOING, THOSE BOND PROCEEDS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HERE SHORTLY IN THE NEXT PROBABLY FOUR WEEKS.

AND THEN FROM THERE, THOSE FUNDS WILL GET SPENT OUT OVER THE NEXT 12-18 MONTHS. THEN WE WILL BE BUILDING FOR WHAT THE ISSUANCE WILL BE IN 2024.

SURE, THE RATE CAN ALWAYS GO DOWN.

NOT FOR THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR.

BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS ARE ALREADY OBLIGATED.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OR CONSIDERATION.

>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION?

>> DO YOU WANT TO DO THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME?

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>> WE CAN DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

DO YOU WANT TO BREAK IT OUT? >> I'M GOOD.

>> THE SAME TIME? >> DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THEM

OUT FIRST? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE BUS PLAN FOR 2024.

THE RESOLUTION FOR INTEREST EARNED AND THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE CAPITAL PROJECT PLAN, 2024 AS PRESENTED.

>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, CAN WE JUST SAY WE ARE APPROVING THE

2024 BUDGET AS PRESENTED? >> SURE.

>> THANK YOU. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2024

BUDGET AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

(LAUGHTER) IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

AS WORKING ON THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, I BELIEVE, FOUR INDIVIDUAL BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE HAVE HAD, I BELIEVE, SIX WORK SESSIONS, AND BOARD MEETINGS. I APPRECIATE OUR CFO'S WORK.

STEPHANIE'S WORK. THE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD.

EVERYONE. I HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS THING PERSONALLY. I KNOW MOST OF US HAVE.

OR ALL OF US HAVE. AFTER LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, I WOULD ECHO THE SAME COMMENTS THAT THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE. WE CAN STILL BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE IN SOME WAYS. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME, THIS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT BUDGET.

THIS TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THE SERVICES, STUDENTS, STAFFER MEMBERS, AND KEEPS US FUNCTIONING THE WAY WE WANT TO FUNCTION. I BELIEVE WE DO STILL HAVE ROOM EVEN AT THE REDUCED TREAT TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR STAFF ON A CONTINUING BASIS. I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT.

I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY FOR ME PERSONALLY, I HAVE ONE OF SEVEN.

I DO NOT SUPPORT THE BUDGET. I DO NOT SUPPORT HOW THE FUNDS ARE BEING UTILIZED FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

REGARDLESS OF THE GRANT, I DO NOT SUPPORT THE FUNDS BEING UTILIZED. I DO NOT SUPPORT ACADEMIC ADVISOR'S PLAN AS IT SITS. I DO NOT AGREE WITH NOT HAVING A THIRD PARTY. I WAS ALSO THE WHOLE REASON WHY I SUPPORTED HAVING A BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS TO HAVE THAT THIRD PARTY. AND WITH ALL THE PUSHBACK ON THIS IS MORE ALARMING THAN ANYTHING.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE.

I DO NOT SUPPORT THE RAISES OF STAFF MEMBERS OR ANY STAFF MEMBERS BEFORE REFERENDUM. I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE STILL HAVE TIME TO EDIT AND ADJUST THE BUDGET, CORRECT?

>> NO. >> NO.

>> WE HAVE ADVERTISED MAXIMUMS AT THIS POINT.

ADOPTION IS ADVERTISED. >> WE DON'T ADOPT, WE REVERT TO 2022 RATES AND LEVIES WHICH WILL BE CATASTROPHIC FOR US.

>> THANK YOU. >> CLOSING DISCUSSION.

OPENING THE CALL FOR A VOTE. BEN ORR?

>> YES. >> SARAH DONSBACH?

>> YES. >> TIFFANY PASCOE?

>> NO. >> DR. JUANITA ALBRIGHT?

>> YES. SEUSS ZAHN THOMAS?

SUZANNE THOMAS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I SUPPORT BUDGET AND THE HARD WORK OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS COME IN, I JUST CANNOT GET BEHIND NOT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THAT CONFIRMATION FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND FURTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS LIKE OUR LITERACY REMEDIATION AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPLORATORY-- I FEEL THAT WE DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION UP FRONT. AND PREPARING WITH THAT, TAKING THAT ONE CENT AWAY FROM WHERE WE CAN VERY WELL HAVE THAT CUSHION TO PAY THE SUPPORT STAFF AND DO THE THINGS WE NEEDED, I DON'T WANT TO SEE US GET HAM STRUNG IN DECEMBER.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE NO. >> I VOTE YES.

MOTION PASSES 5-2. >> THANK YOU.

>> MOVING TO SUBJECT 5.02. BRADEN BUSINESS SYSTEMS CONTRACT. MR. MATT RAPP? OH. I GUESS NOT.

>> I'M GOING TO TRY THIS MIC. WELL, THAT IS RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT. NOW I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE CAMERAS. I WILL.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

DR. KEGLEY, PRESIDENT LANG AND THE BOARD.

BACK IN 2019, THE BOARD APPROVED A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOUR ANNUAL RENEWALS WITH BRADEN BUSINESS SYSTEMS. I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL ON THE ONE-YEAR CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR BRADEN BUSINESS SUBPOENAS TO SERVICE OUR PRINTERS AND

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THE PRICE WAS DISCOUNTED BASED ON A COUPLE OF FACTORS.

THAT INCLUDED THE AGE OF PRINTERS AND COPIERS.

>> I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. OR I GUESS IT IS A Q. THIS DID COME BEFORE US ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

IT APPEARS THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PUT OUT FOR ANY KIND OF BID IN A FEW YEARS.

FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. >> YEAH.

IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE DID LAST BID.

>> OKAY. >> WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE BID NINE YEARS AGO. BRADEN WON THAT BID.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE WAS THAT WAS A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT.

THEN AFTER THAT FIVE YEARS WAS UP, WE WENT WITH BACK TO BRADEN AGAIN. THEY RENEGOTIATED.

THEY PUT IT ALL ON THE STATE DPS THE BID PRICING, THE BID LIST.

WE WOULD HAVE RENEWED AGAIN WITH THEM.

>> OKAY. SOME OF THE EXPLANATION I ALSO GOT WAS OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AS COMPETITIVE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO SWITCH TO THEIR PHYSICAL HARDWARE.

IF WE WENT TO XEROX, WE WOULD HAVE TO DUMP THESE MACHINES, BUY IN ONES. THAT KIND OF THING.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST OR PREFER THAT WE DID AN RFP OR LOOKED AT IT BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THIS COMES UP. THIS IS A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.

RIGHT? >> ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.

LAST YEAR OF THE FIVE-YEAR. >> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WE TOOK SOME SORT OF BID PROCESS WHEN NOW AND WHEN IT EXPIRES.

>> YUP. NO PROBLEM.

>> YEAH. THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION IN COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BRADEN AMENDMENT TO COMPLETE CARE GUARANTEE AS PRESENT.

>> DO I HAVE A SECOND IN. >> SECOND.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?

>> ARE THE MINUTES POSTED YET FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE?

>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. >> NOT THE MOST RECENT ONE.

THE PAST TWO THERE ARE. >> I JUST MEANT SO THIS ISN'T ON

THERE YET. >> CORRECT.

>> THIS IS NOT ON THERE YET. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.

WE WILL TRY TO GET THOSE UP. >> WE JUST HAD IT MONDAY.

>> JUST MONDAY. >> YUP.

CLOSING DISCUSSION. CALLING FOR A VOTE.

BEN ORR? >> YES.

>> SARAH DONSBACH? >> YES.

TIFFANY PASCOE? >> YES.

DR. JUANITA ALBRIGHT? >> YES.

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>> YES. SUZANNE THOMAS?

>> YES. I'M A YES.

MOTION PASSES. ACADEMIC UPDATE.

MR. STEVE LOSER. >> I'LL TRY NOT TO BEAT BOX.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LANG, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR. KEGLEY. I'M HERE TO SHARE INFORMATION ON A PROGRAM. IF YOU RECALL, AT THE SEPTEMBER 19 MEETING, YOU APPROVED A PAY SCALE THAT ALLOWED US TO IMPLEMENT A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPRENTICESHIP WITH OUR STUDENTS. THIS WAS NECESSARY FOR ONE STUDENT IN PARTICULAR FROM FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL, KATIE KAISER WHO IS ENROLLED IN THE EDUCATION PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS. WE PREVIEWED AT THAT BOARD MEETING THAT WE WOULD SHARE A VDEO OF KATIE WORKING OUR CLASSROOMS AT BROOKS KRP SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AT AN UPCOMING MEETING.

WE ARE HERE TO INTRODUCE KATIE AND SHARE THIS VIDEO, SOME FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

WE WILL START WITH THAT VIDEO. YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

ASK HER SOME QUESTIONS. >> WHAT NUMBER IS THAT?

>> KATIE IS WORKING ALONGSIDE THESE STUDENTS.

SHE WANTS TO BE A TEACHER. >> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD JOB. >> KAISER, A JUNIOR IS THE FIRST STUDENT TO ENROLL IN THE PURSUIT INSTITUTE'S EDUCATION

PROFESSIONS PROGRAM. >> MY COUNSELOR BROUGHT THIS UP.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

IT ALSO, LIKE, ALLOWED ME TO, LIKE, GET TO KNOW IF I ACTUALLY WANTED TO LIKE, GO INTO TEACHING.

>> THE CAREER FOCUS PATHWAY NOT ONLY ALLOWS HER TO GAIN ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE THROUGH AN APPRENTICESHIP, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY EARN CREDITS TOWARDS A COLLEGE DEGREE AT BALL

STATE UNIVERSITY. >> SHE IS APPLYING WHAT SHE IS LEARNING REAL-TIME IN THE CLASSROOM.

SHE IS IMMERSED IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

WHILE SHE IS DOING THAT. IT IS NOT JUST LEARNING BY THEORY. SHE IS DOING IT EVERY DAY.

>> LET'S NOT FORGET, KAISER IS DOING ALL OF THIS WHILE STILL IN

HIGH SCHOOL. >> YOUR TURN.

>> WHAT'S EVEN BETTER? KAISER WILL GRADUATE BSU WITH A DEGREE IN EDUCATION IN LESS TIME.

THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF FOUR. WITH LITTLE TO NO DEBT FROM TUITION COST. SHE WILL BE GUARANTEED AN INTERVIEW FOR A TEACHING POSITION.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN AT HSE SCHOOLS.

>> WE ARE DEVELOPING THAT TEACHING RIGHT HERE WITH OUR

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. >> IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ALMOST GUARANTEED TO, LIKE, GET A JOB ONCE YOU ARE OUT OF COLLEGE. IT WILL DEFINITELY RELIEVE SOME

STRESS. >> AS KAISER HOLDS ON TO HER DREAM, ONE DAY BECOMING A TEACHER, HSE IS REIMAGINING WHAT

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>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE.

IT IS EXPECTED. ESPECIALLY WITH PRESCHOOLERS.

A. >> THAT IS THE CUTEST.

IT IS EXHAUSTING. I WAS IN THERE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. WOW.

THE REASON I TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE KATIE UP.

TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WELCOME HER. YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE MICROPHONE.

I'M SORRY. >> HI.

>> WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO GET INTO TEACHING?

>> I WANTED TO BE A A TEACHER SINCE, LIKE, KINDERGARTEN.

IT HAS BEEN JUST LIKE, I HAVE JUST, LIKE, REALLY WANTED TO DO IT. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

LIKE, IT HAS BEEN MORE KNOWN TO ME.

>> WILL YOU GET TO ROTATE IN DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS?

DO YOU STAY IN ONE GRADE LEVEL? >> I'M ONLY THROUGH PRESCHOOLERS WITH THIS PROGRAM. WHICH I LIKE.

I WANT TO GO INTO, LIKE, SECOND GRADE.

THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. >> IS THAT WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR? IS A THAT WHAT THE PROGRAM IS,

PRESCHOOL? >> I THINK IT IS JUST THE PROGRAM. IT IS JUST, LIKE, WHAT THEY PUT

ME IN. >> MR. LOSER, DO YOU KNOW? WE HAVE THE ONE STUDENT WHICH LOOKS LIKE SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. DO WE HAVE WHERE THEY CAN-- I MEAN, WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO GET TO HERE?

>> THE FIRST PART OF THAT QUESTION IS WE JUST BASICALLY LOOKED FOR A PLACEMENT. WE REACHED OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS.

THERE WAS ONE IN THE PRESCHOOL. THAT IS ULTIMATELY HOW SHE ENDED UP AT BROOKS SCHOOL WITH THAT. IN TERMS OF ENTERING INTO THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY FOR EDUCATION PROFESSION RIGHT NOW, SHE IS JUST, AS A JUNE JUNIOR, ABLE TO DO THAT.

SHE WILL COMPLETE THAT COURSE WORK THROUGH HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. IT WILL TRANSLATE ULTIMATELY, THAT COMBINED WITH SOME OTHER COURSES THAT SHE COULD TAKE TO FINISH HER ENTIRE FRESHMAN YEAR AT BALL STATE BEFORE SHE STEPS ON TO CAMPUS. SHE ACTUALLY HAS THOSE CREDITS AS IF SHE WAS A FRESHMAN ON BAIL STATE'S CAMPUS AS AN EDUCATION

MAJOR. >> NEXT YEAR THERE COULD BE MORE STUDENTS? THIS IS A PILOT RIGHT NOW?

>> IT IS NOT TECHILY A PILOT. KATIE WAS THE FIRST STUDENT TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE. IT WAS OFFERED TO OTHER STUDENTS. I WILL SHARE, I THINK I SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF THE STATS LAST TIME ABOUT-- WE ULTIMATELY HAVE 68 STUDENTS IN THE FIRST COURSE. OF THE SEQUENCE RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS YEAR. THEY ARE NOT SIGNED UP FOR THE FULL IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT KATIE IS GETTING IN THAT WAY.

SHE GOES TO CLASS MONDAY, FRIDAY.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE ZOOM CLASSES.

SHE IS IN THE CLASSROOM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, PRACTICING OR USING THAT LEARNING. THAT IS ENOUGH OF ME TALKING.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> KATIE, HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM? DID SOMEONE REACH OUT TO YOU? DID YOU SEEK IT OUT?

>> MY COUNSELOR MENTIONED IT AFTER HE ASKED, LIKE, WHAT CAREER I WAS INTERESTED IN PURSUING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND US MARKETING IT TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED? OUTSIDE OF COUNSELORS? I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT POSITIVE EXPERIENCE TO SHARE.

WITH OUR STUDENTS. >> YES.

TO MARKET TOWARDS THE STUDENTS, I THINK THAT, LIKE, MAYBE FLYERS OR SOMETHING. I DEFINITELY THINK COUNSELORS ARE THE MAIN PLACE THAT STUDENTS SHOULD GET THAT INFORMATION

FROM. >> AWESOME.

THANK YOU. >> SO PRESCHOOL IS MY JAM.

DON'T COUNT IT OUT. I KNOW YOU SAID SECOND GRADE MIGHT BE-- YEAH. PRESCHOOL IS AWESOME.

SO CAN YOU TELL US MAYBE SOMETHING YOU HAVE LEARNED SO FAR THIS YEAR FROM MAYBE WORKING WITH THE OTHER TEACHERS?

>> JUST, LIKE, YOU NEED TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO ADAPT.

IT IS, LIKE, NOT EVERY DAY IS THE SAME.

YOU NEED TO BE READY FOR CHANGES AND EVERYTHING.

>> THAT IS VERY TRUE. (LAUGHTER).

>> HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND IN THE CLASSROOM EACH DAY?

IS IT HALF A DAY, A FULL DAY? >> EACH DAY I SPEND ABOUT THREE HOURS. I'LL, LIKE, DO MY MORNING CLASSES AT FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL. THEN I WILL DRIVE OVER TO THE BROOKS SCHOOL. THAT IS FROM 12:00 TO 3:00.

>> HAS IT CHANGED YOUR MIND OR REINFORCED THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU

WANT TO DO? >> THIS IS DEFINITELY REINFORCING THAT I WANT TO DO THIS WHEN I'M OLDER.

>> GOOD ANSWER BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE A JOB FOR YOU, I BET.

(LAUGHTER). >> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

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>> GREAT JOB. (APPLAUSE).

>> DR. KEGLEY. IN ADDITION TO? I'LL LET YOU TALK. HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> NO. STEVE WILL BE BACK FOR ENVISION DAY. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORTS THAT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, BUT HAD TO PUSH TO THIS MEETING. AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAD A DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 15 TO HAVE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORTS POSTED ON EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS' WEBSITES.

TO GIVE YOU BACKGROUND, INSTEAD OF ISSUING LETTER GRADES FOR THE '22, '23 AND '24 SCHOOL YEARS, THERE WAS LEGISLATION THAT IS MOVING LETTER GRADE ACCOUNTABILITY TO ANOTHER SYSTEM. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE THE DOE IS WORKING THROUGH WHAT THE FUTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY WILL LOOK LIKE, THEY HAVE SIGNIFIED THAT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORTS WILL BE THAT MECHANISM FOR RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THROUGH THE GPS SYSTEM, THE DASHBOARDS TO CREATE A LINK THAT GOES TO EACH SCHOOL'S WEBSITE, AND THAT DATA THAT IS INCLUDED BASICALLY FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE K-- WHICH ARE INTERMEDIATE AND ELEMENTARY, K-6. THEY WILL HAVE PAST RATES FOR MATH AND PER STUDENT FUNDING. FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M SORRY. THAT WILL GO UP THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. THEY DON'T HAVE A JUNIOR HIGH COMPONENT. THEN FOR HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WILL HAVE OUR AVERAGE COMPOSITE S.A.T. SCORE.

GRADUATION RATE. OUR NON-WAIVER GRADUATION RATE.

OUR PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN AND PASSED AN A.P. EXAM. AND PER STUDENT FUNDING.

SO THE IMPORTANT PIECE HERE IS THAT-- WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT A FEW EXAMPLES. JEFF, WHO DO YOU HAVE UP HERE FOR ME? BROOKS SCHOOL?

ALL OF THEM? >> SO IS THAT THE FRONT OF THE ADMINISTRATION PAGE? IS THAT-- OKAY.

FROM THE BROOKS SCHOOL. >> LY WALK YOU THROUGH.

THIS IS THE BROOKE SCHOOL PAGE. THEY ARE IN THE SAME SPOT FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. IN THIS SECTION, THIS IS ON THE FRONT PAGE. YOU SCROLL UP THE SCREEN.

WE HAVE THE DOE GPS. THEN ABOVE THAT, THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORT. THAT IS THE REQUIRED PIECE WE WERE ASKED TO LINK. JEFF IS GOING TO GO THERE FOR US. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY HAVE.

AT THE TOP IS THE PER-PUPIL FUNDING.

THAT IS THE SAME. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS THE SAME ON EVERYBODY'S PAGE. THAT IS BASIC.

THEN YOU SEE ATTENDANCE. MATH AND ENGLISH, I LEARN RESULTS. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND. THE ONLY THING THAT IS POSTED RIGHT NOW IS REFLECTIVE OF THE '21-'22 SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS DATA IS MORE THAN A YEAR OLD.

THE DOE IS HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS THEY WILL HAVE THE DASHBOARDS UPDATED FOR THE '22-'23 DATA SOON.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT LINK.

RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU SEE IS OVER A YEAR OLD.

THIS ISN'T EVEN LAST YEAR. KEEP THAT IN MIND.

>> MAY I ASK, CAN WE PUT THAT ON THERE? LIKE, LOOKING AT IT, IT SAYS ACCOUNT BROOKS SCHOOL ELEMENTARY. SCTS CAN WE PUT '21-'22 DATA?

>> THIS IS ALL LINKED FROM THE GPS.

THIS IS-- LIKE, THEY GAVE US DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO LINK THIS PIECE FROM THE GPS TO OUR SITE. WE DID NOT CREATE THIS PIECE.

>> LIKE AS A TITLE OR A HEADING? >> ON THE FIRST PAGE, THEN, WHERE IT SAYS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORT, MAYBE SAY RIGHT UNDER

THAT. >> WE COULD.

WE COULD DO THAT. >> MY THING IS I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE HAVE IMPROVED.

>> YEAH. >> IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE-- THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU.

>> YEAH. NO PROBLEM.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS YOU HAVE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE CURTAIN HERE ON SOME OF THIS STUFF.

FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER ATTENDANCE RATE, SOMEONE WOULD READ THAT AND THINK THAT THAT IS 74% OF OUR KIDS, MAKING ATTENDANCE RATE. NO.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE I THAT IS NEXT TO THAT, IT WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THIS IS THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE MEETING 94% OR

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>> YEAH. THIS IS AN ISSUE THA THAT THEY E HAVING NATION BYE. NATIONWIDE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THEY ARE TRACKING NATIONALLY AS WELL.

>> I WILL TELL YOU AS WE MET WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS THIS YEAR, ABSENTEEISM ISSUES WERE PREVALENT AMONG MOST, IF NOT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF A CONCERN ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DAYS OUR STUDENTS ARE MISSING.

AND SO THIS IS HELPING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND BRING IT TO LIGHT. IT IS CONFIRMING REALLY FOR US,

WHAT WE ARE SEEING DAY-TO-DAY. >> THE 94%, IS THAT FOR ALL THE STATE? LIKE, DOES EVERYONE LOOK TO SEE THAT WE ARE AT 94%? LIKE, IF I WAS TO LOOK AT AVON OR SOMETHING, DOES EVERYONE LOOK AT THEIR ELEMENTARIES TO SAY, WHAT IS YOUR PERCENTAGE FOR HITTING 94% ATTENDANCE?

>> THE STATE IS DECIDED THAT BELOW 94% IS CHRONIC

ABSENTEEISM. >> OKAY.

THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO.

>> YES. >> THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>> CORRECT. >> IS EVERY SCHOOL MEASURING THAT AS WELL? .

>> EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE, NOW, SINCE WE ARE PAST OCTOBER 15, THE SAME LINK TO THEIR SCHOOLS SO THAT IF YOU GO LOOK AT AN ELEMENTARY IN AVON, AND YOU LOOKEDS IF AT THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORT LINK, YOU CAN LOOK AT THEIR ATTENDANCE NUMBER AND THEN COME BACK AND LOOK AT OURS.

IT SHOULD BE APPLESLES TO APPLES.

>> OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION TO THAT IS DO WE GET AT ANOTHER TIME MAYBE, MAYBE NOT ON THIS DASHBOARD, ARE WE AT, LIKE, 99%, 97%? HOW IS OUR DISTRICT?

>> WE CAN CERTAINLY-- WE JUST ENDED THE FIRST QUARTER.

WE CAN RUN A REPORT FOR THAT AND LET YOU KNOW.

>> I'M PERFECTLY FINE FOR PER SEMESTER.

>> YEAH. >> WE DO TRACK WHERE WE ARE,

THOUGH. >> ABSOLUTELY.

YES. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> SO OUR GOAL FOR THAT NUMBER

IS 94 OR BETTER. >> NO.

OUR GOAL FOR THAT NUMBER IS 100. >> BY THE STATE STANDARDS.

>> NO. WHAT THAT IS SHOWING IS THAT 74.1% OF THE STUDENTS AT BROOKS SCHOOL ELEMENTARY FOR AT 94% OR HIGHER. IN ATTENDANCE.

>> WE HAVE WANT IT TO BE 100. >> CORRECT.

CORRECT. >> ACCORDING TO THE DOE SITE, THE STATE AVERAGE IS 60%. WHICH IS REALLY LOW.

>> RIGHT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT

CLARIFICATION . >> NO PROBLEM.

ONE THINGLY ALSO NOTE THAT IS AN AVAILABLE TOOL ON ALL OF OUR-- ALL OF THESE LINKS, IS THAT YOU SEE THAT THESE COMPARISONS-- SO YOU CAN CLICK THE-- JEFF, CAN YOUING TOLE THAT BUTTON RIGHT ABOVE YOUR MOUSE? THIS COMPARES ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE SAME GRADE SPAN CONSIDERING FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AS WELL. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR GROUPING, BROOKS SCHOOL IS COMPARED TO 181 OTHER SIMILAR SCHOOLS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PERCENTAGE.

SO JEFF, WOULD YOU GO OVER TO THE "WHAT IS THIS." THIS SHOWS YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. AND THE DISTRIBUTION BY FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PERCENTAGE. SO BROOKS SCHOOL ELEMENTARY IS IN THAT 0-25% CATEGORY OF WHICH THERE ARE 181 SCHOOLS.

AND SO IF YOU GO BACK ONE, JEFF, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT DOES, IT CHANGES THE PERCENTILE NUMBER.

IF JEFF CLICKS OFF OF THE RADIO BUTTON, BROOKS SCHOOL IS NOW BEING COMPARED TO 1,046 LIKE SCHOOLS WITHOUT THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PIECE. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT PIECE WAS THERE. CAN YOU GO-- CAN YOU PICK ONE OF

OUR HIGH SCHOOLS? >> CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION?

>> YEAH. >> SINCE WE ARE ON BROOKS SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY. DO YOU KNOW IF THE ATTENDANCE INCLUDES THE PRESCHOOL SINCE WE ARE AT BROOKS SCHOOL?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. IT WOULDN'T, WOULD IT?

>> WE HAVE A PRESCHOOL TEACHER RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

>> JEFF KNOWS. >> OKAY.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. >> YEAH.

THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION.

CAN YOU GET ON ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THERE? SO SAME FORMAT FOR FUNDING. SAME FORMAT FOR COMPARING TO FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. SO YOU SEE THAT THE DIFFERENCE

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GRADUATION RATE IS ALSO INCLUDED.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN S.A.T. IN PLACE OF "I LEARN" AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THAT IS WHY THAT IS PRESENT.

>> CAN I ASK ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE RATE.

THAT TELLS ME THAT 37% ARE MEETING 94% ATTENDANCE.

RIGHT? >> WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE I, IT IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH AT LEAST 94% ATTENDANCE DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED.

SO YES. >> 37% ARE MEETING THE 94%.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WE ARE IN THE 20TH PERCENTILE. IS THIS A CONCERN? THAT APPEARS TO BE CONCERNING. IS THAT A CONCERN?

>> YEAH. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LAST YEAR'S

DATA. >> YEAH.

>> THE FACT THAT THIS IS OVER A YEAR OLD IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS HARDS TO BE REACTIVE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE OUR OWN DATA THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

CERTAINLY. >> I SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT 100% ARE MEETING 93%.

>> THERE IS A CHANCE. >> I MEAN --

>> I LOVE THE WAY YOU THINK. >> IN THEORY.

IT IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY HAVE STATED IT.

IF YOU ARE NOT HITTING 94%, IT IS A PASS OR FAIL.

>> FOR THIS METRIC. YES.

CORRECT. >> FOR THIS METRIC.

AGAIN, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, I THINK TO THE LAYPERSON, THEY ARE GOING TO S SAY, WOW.

ONLY 38% OF OUR KIDS ARE MAKING IT TO SCHOOL.

THAT IS NOT TRUE. >> THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT IT. IF YOU-- WHEN YOU CLICK ON EACH OF THOSE NEXT TO THOSE NUMBERS, IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THEY

GOT TO THAT FIGURE. >> IS THIS A WRITE YOUR

CONGRESSMAN TYPE OF A SITUATION? >> AS FAR AS WHAT ARE YOU GOING

TO ASK? >> WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST IT THIS WAY. WE COULDN'T JUST POST OUR

ATTENDANCE RATE. >> YEAH.

WE WERE REQUIRED FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY STANDPOINT FOR THIS YEAR, WHILE THE DOE IS FIGURING OUT THE FULL TRANSITION FROM LETTER GRADES TO WHATEVER THE NEXT METRIC WILL BE, WE WERE GIVEN SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PUT THIS INFORMATION ON

OUR WEBSITE. >> RIGHT.

>> IT WAS LITERALLY GO TO THIS LINK AND COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK AND HAVE YOUR WEB MASTER PUT ONE OF THESE IN FOR EACH OF

YOUR SCHOOLS. >> SO DO WE HAVE POSSIBLY-- OKAY. JUST TALKING THIS OUT HERE.

WE HAVE THIS ON ALL OF OUR SITES.

WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. CAN YOU ADD A PAGE IN THERE THAT EXPLAINS EACH ONE OF THESE BOXES?

>> WELL -- >> NOT THIS.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF I WAS ON THE FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL SITE AND IT SAYS WE PUT IT ON THE FRONT, IN THE FRONT LINK.

I KNOW IT HAS THE I THERE. AGAIN, WE AS BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE ASKING THREE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FOR IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAVE, LIKE, A PARAGRAPH THAT SAYS THAT.

CLEARLY AND NOT BY THE PERCENTILE.

>> WE COULD CREATE AN ATTACHMENT WHICH WE COULD LINK TO WHICH WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO HITTING ON THE I.

WE DID NOT CREATE THIS DASHBOARD.

SO I CAN'T JUST INSERT SOME TEXT ON A WEB LINK THAT WE DIDN'T CREATE. I CAN PUSH PEOPLE TO AN EXPLANATION SHEET. THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

THAT IS THE SAME THING AS HITTING ON THE I NEXT TO EACH OF

THE -- >> WELL.

I AGREE AND DISAGREE. >> OKAY.

>> WHEN WE CLICK ON THAT I, IT JUST SAYS-- WELL, I DON'T HAVE IT ON MINE. I CLICK ON THE I, IT JUST SAYS NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH AT LEAST 94% ATTENDANCE RATE DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL.

THE LAYMAN LOOKING AT THAT IS STILL GOING TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE. WE HAVE TO BE AT 94%.

IT IS 37.9%? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT EXPLAINED A LITTLE CLEARLY. THEN IT SAYS, HOWEVER, OUR SCHOOL IS AT 62% AS ATTENDING OR 85% AS ATTENDING.

DO YOU SEE? >> WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

>> I THINK MAYBE A SUGGESTION, LIKE YOU HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, IS IN THE KEY BEFORE THIS, MAYBE OFF KEY OF FACTS.

LIKE, KEEP IN MIND THIS PERCENTAGE REPRESENTS X, Y, Z.

BECAUSE BEFORE YOU OPEN INTO THAT, I DON'T THINK THE AVERAGE USER WILL QUITE UNDERSTAND. I GET THAT THE NOTES UNDERNEATH THERE SAY THAT. BUT AGAIN, READING IS HARD SOMETIMES. SO...

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MR. LOSER, YOU ARE BACK UP.

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>> THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE DAYS OF POP-UPS. REMEMBER WHEN YOU COULD EXPLAIN SOMETHING WITH A POP-UP? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

SO... ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ENVISION DAY WHICH OCCURRED YESTERDAY. SO YESTERDAY, ALMOST 200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING SOMELE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS GATHERED AT THE FORUM EVENT CENTER TO VOICE INTO AND ENVISION THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF EVERY HSE STUDENT. THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF TWO WHERE OUR COMMUNITY WILL DEVELOP OUR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE.

SPECIFICALLY, THE COMMUNITY WILL VOICE INTO THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCES.

WE WILL GUARANTEE ALL HSE STUDENTS.

TO RECAP, WE HAD STUDENTS FROM GRADES 4-12.

PARENTS, TEACHERS, BUILDING AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AND OVER 50 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ALL SEATED AT TABLES OF EIGHT AND MIXED UP TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND REALLY VOICE INTO THAT PROCESS. ALSO, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SECTORS OF BUSINESS THAT WE HAD PRESENT.

WE HAD BUSINESS, ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION, BIOPHARMA, CITY GOVERNMENT, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, FINANCE, FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTH CARE, MANUFACTURING, SALES AND MAR MARKING-- MARKETING.

REAL ESTATE. MANY PARENTS SERVED IN A DUAL ROLE. WE HAD SOME PARENTS, THANKFULLY, TO VOICE INTO MILITARY. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN THIS CONVERSATION.

WE CLOSED THE DAY HEARING FROM OUR STUDENTS.

LITERALLY, THEY ADDRESSED A ROOM OF 200 PEOPLE AND SHARED THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF THE DAY. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME QUOTES THAT I HEARD THERE. ONE STUDENT SAID "I LIKE BEING ABLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW I'M GOING TO IMPACT MY COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD AROUND ME. I WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD." ANOTHER STUDENT SAID "IT IS SO COOL SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM CARING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND US." WE TALKED ABOUT HOW FISHERS IS A BUBBLE AND HOW WE CAN PROVIDE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF THAT BY SEEING DIFFERENT CULTURES AND PEOPLE. THE SCHOOL CARES ABOUT MY VOICE AND THE STUDENT'S VOICE. MY VOICE WAS HEARD TODAY.

ALL THE STUDENTS' VOICES WERE THE MOST VALUABLE IN THIS ROOM.

THAT SHOWS HOW AWESOME FISHERS IS.

I'M LUCKY TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW I WANT TO LEARN. WE ALSO HAD ATTENDEES COMPLETE AN EXIT TICKET. I PULLED JUST SOME OF THE SAMPLES FROM WHAT THEY ANSWERED TO THE QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THE DAY TO SOMEONE THAT WASN'T THERE? OUR PARTICIPANTS DESCRIBED IT AS TEACHERS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS COPPING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE, HAVING HAD EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. THERE WAS A GOOD VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS PRESENT. EVERYONE WAS OPEN TO HEARING EACH OTHER'S OPINIONS AND EXPERIENCES.

OTHERS SAID THAT WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SO MANY PASSIONATE REPRESENTATIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PLANNING TAKING PLACE AS HAS THE POWER TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR OUR STUDENTS. OTHERS SAID "YOU MISSED SOMETHING MONUMETAL." THE LAST WAS "JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR ALL THE EXPERIENCES OUR KIDS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO.

ACCOUNTS TO REMIND YOU, NEXT STEPS.

THERE IS A SECOND DATE PLANNED NOW FOR FEBRUARY 6.

OF 2024. WE WILL FINALIZE THAT PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE. I HAVE MANY, MANY POST-IT NOTES RIGHT NOW IN MY OFFICE TO PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT.

WE ARE GOING TO USE THAT PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, THEN, AT OUR NORTH STAR TO MOVE INTO MASTER PLANNING WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND VOICES TO THE TABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND OUR COMMUNITY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE WITH UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES, FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THEK A DEM IGS ACADEMICS TAB UNDER THE STUDENT LEARNING MODEL ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN PROVIDE DIGITAL INPUT INTO THE WORK.

WE PLAN TO COME BEFORE YOU AND A FUTURE-- IN A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS DAY AS IT MOVES FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OR COMMENTS.

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS THING. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF JOINING YOU IN NASHVILLE TO TOUR SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ALREADY MADE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS.

THE WAY THEY SEE-- I SEE THEM PARTNERING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

THEY HAVE REALLY CREATED A PIPELINE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE KIDS. THE KIDS CAN COME IN AND FIND OUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES BEFORE THEY TAKE THAT STEP OF GOING TO COLLEGE AND PAYING FOR IT. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE GUYS

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I LOVE SEEING THIS. I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO EDUCATION. TO REALLY CHANNEL IT THROUGH WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP.

THAT IS AN AWESOME PATH TO HAVE. SO THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> I GOT TO GO ON THE FIRST TRIP THAT WE TOOK A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO TO AKRON.

OHIO. TO SEE ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS.

ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GONE ENTIRELY THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND I SAW A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. IT MADE ME REALLY EXCITED TO SORT OF MOVE FORWARD, AND YOU KNOW, I CAN GET HYPERFOCUSED ON THINGS. LY SAY GETTING TO ATTEND ON TUESDAY AND WANTING TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS AND TO SEE HOW INCREDIBLE OUR STUDENTS ARE, IN GENERAL.

THERE ARE FOURTH GRADE KIDS STANDING UP IN FRONT OF A ROOM OF OVER 100 ADULTS. AND ARE, LIKE, NO PROBLEM.

THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, MAKING JO JOKES, AND IT WAS REALLY JUST SO GREAT TO SEE. BECAUSE I LOVE SEEING OUR STUDENTS JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BE STARS THAT WAY.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SIT IN A ROOM ALL COMMUNITY, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR KIDS.

AND FOCUS 100% ON THE STUDENTS. AND WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL AND WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER TO GIVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES. THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON I'M HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. F GETTING US THERE.

IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS I HAVE HAD IN THREE YEARS.

SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> I CO. ALL OF THE COMMENTS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO NASHVILLE THIS SPRING. IT IS GREAT TO SEE THIS COMING TOGETHER AND MOVING FORWARD. IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

AND GETTING THE INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY WHO IS JUST EMPOWERING.

YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR WHY YESTERDAY.

THAT IS WHY I'M HERE. THE THINGS THEY ARE DOING AND REIMAGINING HOW WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY.

IT IS POWERFUL. AND TO HAVE THE INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT OF EVERYBODY, ACROSS PARTY LINES.

ACROSS RELIGION. ACROSS RACE.

YOU TALK ABOUT IT. EVERYBODY WAS IN THE ROOM.

WE WERE UNITED UNDER A COMMON THEME.

AND A COMMON GOAL. TO MAKE THIS DISTRICT OUTSTANDING. AND SO IT WAS THOROUGHLY EXCITING. ESPECIALLY WITH THE LEADERS I SAW IN THE ROOM. INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY MAYOR. AND SOME PROMINENT BUSINESSPEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME STAKEHOLDERS OUT THERE THAT REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS DISTRICT SUCCEED.

IN VERY MEANINGFUL WAYS. I'M ENERGIZED BY THAT.

THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE CHARGE IN ALL OF THIS.

>> MY PLEASURE. >> I WOULD SAY ONE MORE THING THAT JUST CAME TO MIND. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I SAW IN NASHVILLE.

BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM AND PARTICULARLY, THE

ACADEMY, THE TECHNICAL ACADEMY. >> WHERE WE VISITED?

>> IT WAS STRATFORD STEM ACADEMY.

>> STRAT STEM ACADEMY. BECAUSE OF THE RIGOROUS COURSE WORK, THE LEARNING, THE IDEA THAT EVERYBODY DOWN THERE KNOWS THAT IF YOU GRADUATE FROM THIS HIGH SCHOOL, IT REALLY MEANS

SOMETHING. >> YOU GRADUATE FROM THAT SCHOOL, YOU ARE GUARANTEED, I BELIEVE, YOUR CHOICE OF EITHER A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP AT TENNESSEE TECH OR UT KNOXVILLE.

>> YUP. UT KNOXVILLE.

>> YOU GRADUATE FROM THERE, YOU GET TO GO TO COLLEGE.

>> YUP. YEAH.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. >> THAT IS PRETTY AWESOME.

>> TO SUMMARIZE A LITTLE BIT, IT IS ABOUT KIDS FINDING THEIR PURPOSE AND THEIR PASSION. IT IS ALSO ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTING THIS LARGE COMMUNITY WITH, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WHAT'S TALENT RETENTION. KEEPING OUR TALENT AND OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTED LONG BEYOND THIS SYSTEM. YEAH.

POWERFUL, POWERFUL STUFF. I MEAN, CHILLS IN THE ROOM.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM, 6.03. TRANSPORTATION UPDATE.

>> GOOD HANDOFF. THANK YOU, MR. LOSER.

GOOD EVENING. DR. KEGLEY, BOARD MEMBERS.

ZACH MCKINNEY. IF THEY HEAR MY VOICE OUT IN PUBLIC, THEY ARE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.

I KNOW THAT VOICE. I DON'T KNOW THAT PERSON.

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THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO COME TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE YELLOW THINGS THAT YOU SEE SO PREDOMINANTLY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND THROUGHOUT OBVIOUSLY THIS AREA HEIGHT RIGHT HERE. THANKS, JEFFREY.

MY ADMINISTRATION TEAM IS MADE UP OF MYSELF.

I HAVE TWO ASSISTANTS. PAT HAS BEEN AT THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 30-PLUS YEARS.

AND TRANSPORTATION. SHE IS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.

AND HAS HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY AS I MADE THAT TRANSITION TO HSE SCHOOLS. I COULDN'T DO WITHOUT THOSE TWO.

BIG PROPS TO THEM. IT DOES TAKE A TEAM.

THEY ARE JUST THE START OF THAT. THANKS, JEFF.

KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

WE ARE AT 318. TYPICALLY, WE RUN AT 320.

DUE TO SOME UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS, WE HAVE LOST A COUPLE OVER THE YEARS. TO WHERE THEY WERE TOTALED.

THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF OUR INSURANCE REPLACEMENT PLAN.

WE ARE SITTING ABOUT 318. WE ARE STILL COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE. WE HAVE GROWN OUR SPARE FLEET WHICH IS A BIG TASK OF MINE WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE AT HSE.

WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED, WE HAD TWO SPARE BUSES.

WHICH AS YOU KNOW, THEY BREAK DOWN.

WE RELIED ON FOLKS NOT COMING TO WORK.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE SITTING AT 318 BUSES.

300 DIESEL. 17 UNLEADED.

ONE EVERY V, RECEIVE THIVE IN'S FAVORITE.

CURRENTLY, OUR EMPLOYEE ROSTER THE 323 EMPLOYEES.

THAT IS DOWN QUITE A BIT. THROUGH THE COVID ERA, DUE TO EARLY RETIREMENTS AND JUST FOLKS NEEDING TO MAKE A CHANGE IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND LOOK OUT FOR THEMSELVES HEALTH-WISE, WE DROPPED ABOUT 49 EMPLOYEES FROM WHERE WE WERE.

WE ARE STAYING STEADY RIGHT AROUND THAT 320 TO 330 MARK.

WE ARE DOWN A FEW RIGHT NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INCREASED. OF THOSE 323, 267 OF THOSE FOLKS ARE CDL-CERTIFIED. WITHIN THAT NUMBER, REMEMBER THAT INCLUDES MYSELF AND PATTY, MY ASSISTANT THAT ALSO HAS A CDL ON THOSE DAYS WHERE IT GETS REALLY BAD AND WE HAVE TO DRIVE.

WE ARE EQUIPPED TO DO SO: NINE MECHANICS, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER. WE ALL REPAIRS ARE DONE IN-HOUSE. STAFF MEMBERS FROM ROUTING TO AN ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT. SOMEONE TO HELP WITH PAYROLL AND H.R.-TYPE ITEMS. TRAINING WHICH IS IMPERATIVE AS WE ARE ALWAYS SHOPPING FOR NEW DRIVERS.

DISTRICT BREAKDOWN. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE SITTING AT A LITTLE OVER 21,000 STUDENTS. 21,800 STUDENTS IS WHERE WE ARE ROUGHLY. 25 BUILDINGS.

THAT EQUATES TO 2,047 ROUTES A DAY THAT WE RUN.

THAT ALSO THEN PUSHED THAT FORWARD THROUGH A SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ARE RUNNING OVER A MILLION MILES A SCHOOL YEAR.

WITH THESE SCHOOL BUSES THAT ARE ON THE ROADS EACH AND EVERY DAY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, THE FLEXTY THE COMPLEXITY THAT WE GET INTO, WE HAVE A LOT OF DYNAMIC SITUATIONS WITHIN THE STUDENT POPULATION. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 21,000 STUDENTS. WE HAVE 23,362 STUDENT FILES WITHIN OUR ROUTING SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE.

THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THOSE KIDS MAY GO TO A DAY CARE.

FOR PART OF THEIR RIDE. THEY MAY GO TO A SPLIT-FAMILY HOUSEOLD. GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S.

WHATEVER THAT UNIQUE SITUATION IS.

WE TRY OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THOSE.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS OR THE MEANS OF WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE. WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP THOSE FAMILIES IN NEED.

WHATEVER MAY ARISE. WE HAVE 182 ELEMENTARY ROUTES THAT RUN. 165 JUNIOR HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE ROUTES. THE REASON BEING, YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND INTERMEDIATE JUNIOR HIGH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE YOUR STUDENT DRIVERS.

YOU HAVE THE INTERMEDIATE JUNIOR HIGH.

THE LAND AREA THAT WE COVER. FOR THOSE ROUTES.

AND WHERE THEY HAVE TO RUN. THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE TO SERVICE DRIVES THAT NUMBER UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WHEN WE WENT TO A THREE-TIER ROUTING SCHEME, THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE LANDED. I GUESS.

SORRY, JEFF. GO BACK MORE.

IF YOU LOOK AT ELEMENTARY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ASKED.

YOU HAVE 182 ROUTES. BY THAT LEVEL.

WE HAVE 45 STUDENTS ON AVERAGE THAT WE LOAD ON THOSE BUSES.

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WE GIVE TEAM THAT SHEET OF PAYMER.

THEY TAKE A TALLY OF WHO IS RIDING AND WHO IS NOT.

THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CAPTURE RIDERSHIP.

WE ARE AT 67% RIDERSHIP ROUGHLY. WITH OUR ELEMENTARY ROUTES.

IF YOU LOOK AT-- WHAT WE RUN INTO AND WE HAD THIS IN COVID.

WE ASKED PARENTS TO SAY, IF YOU DON'T NEED A RIDE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE WILL GLADLY TAKE THAT OFF.

IF YOU NEED ONE IN THE FUTURE, THAT IS FINE.

WE CAN ALWAYS RELOAD THEM. IT MAY TAKE TWO OR THREE DAYS TO GET THEM BACK ON A ROUTE. THE ONLY AREA WHERE WE FIND A DISTRICT, IF YOU ARE IN A PRETTY HEAVY POPULATED AREA, CHANCES ARE YOU ARE AT A COMMUNAL STOP WITHIN YOUR SUBDIVISION.

WE COULD EASILY PICK UP THAT STUDENT AND ADD THAT STUDENT BACK ON THE SAME DAY EVEN. IT IS A QUICK NOTIFICATION OF THE DRIVER. ALERTING THEM OF THAT AND THAT IS IT. HOWEVER, THROUGH COVID, EVEN THOUGH WE ASKED FOR THAT, PARENTS WOULD SEND IN THE REQUEST, OH, YES. YOU CAN TAKE THEM OFF.

BUT THEN POOR REGINA IN MY ROUTING OFFICE WAS GOING BACK THROUGH AND AING THOSE STUDENTS BACK ON AFTER THEY WERE REMOVED.

PARENTS WERE SO PETRIFIED, THAT OH, MY GOODNESS, IF I TAKE AWAY THE LICENSE BECAUSE THEIR GRADES ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL, THEN A WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SCHOOL BUS THAT DAY. WE WOULD GET INTO THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE-- WE KNOW. AS YOU KNOW, WE DRIVE BY AN ELEMENTARY BUILDING, WE HAVE LONG CAR-RIDER LINES.

YET THOSE STUDENTS IN THE CAR-RIDER LINE ARE STILL ROSTERED TO RIDE A BUS. THEIR NAME STILL SHOWS UP ON THE ROSTER. THE DRIVERS ARE STILL EXPECTING THEM TO SHOW UP ANY DAY. THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THEM TO SHOW UP ANY DAY. IT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE THROUGH THAT COVID. TIME TO TAKE THEM OFF.

>> QUICK QUESTION. YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT YOU ROUGHLY 67% RIDERSHIP FOR ELEMENTARY.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT, WHAT IT IS FOR JUNIOR HIGH

INTERMEDIATE? >> I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ASK.

I CAME PREPARED, SUZANNE. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, I JUST DIDN'T GET THAT FAR IN MY NOTES. 4 # ACT 43% AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THAT CAN FLUCTUATE, AS YOU KNOW.

I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE LIST. THE WEEK WE DID THIS, IT WAS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR. THE FIELD TRIP WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS NOT RIDE.

THAT WEEK. WE ALSO HAD PSAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH THESE SHEETS AND THERE IS ONE AFTERNOON WHERE I'M SEEING ONE AND TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THAT ROSTER THAT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THAT KIND OF GIVES ME HEARTBURN.

I'M THINKING, I COULD HAVE UTILIZED YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT DAY AS WE WERE STRUGGLING FOR DRIVERS.

THAT IS DAY. THE AVERAGE LOAD IS ABOUT 65.

HOWEVER, SOME HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE 120 STUDENTS LISTED ON THE ROSTER. KNOWING THEY WON'T RIDE.

ON AVERAGE, IT IS ABOUT 65 THAT WE LOAD ON THERE.

AT THE JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL, THAT IS WHAT YOU ASK.

56 STUDENTS ON AVERAGE THAT WE LOAD ON TO IT.

WE ARE ABOUT 70% RIDERSHIP. WE DO SEE A PRETTY DECENT AMOUNT OF RIDERSHIP WITH THE JUNIOR HIGH INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

BUT AGAIN, THAT CAN FLUCTUATE DEPENNING ON ATHLETICS.

WWHETHER THEY ARE IN PERFORMING ARTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, MAYBE CLUBS, THAT MAY TAKE THEM OUT OF

THAT. >> MAYBE DR. KEGLEY KNOWS, DO YOU FEEL THAT WE HAVE INCREASED OR DECREASED IN OUR AMOUNT OF STUDENT DRIVERS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS?

>> I HAVE NO BASE KNOWLEDGE ON THAT.

AS I TOLD THE PARENTS THAT WERE UPSET ABOUT THE HSE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT PICKUP PROCEDURE, I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH.

THAT I DO EVERYTHING YELLOW. I DON'T DO ANYTHING TESLA OR ANYTHING ELSE. I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. I WILL SAY TO MR. SIMMONS AND HIS STAFF OUT THERE. THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF MAKING IT A SAFER PRACTICE AT PICKUP.

I CAN'T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

>> DR. KEGLEY, ARE YOU AWARE IF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN TRACKED BY CHANCE OVER THREE YEARS.

WHAT OUR DRIVERSHIP HAS BEEN? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS. I'M SURE IF THEY ARE CONTINUING THE PRACTICE OF ISSUING PARKING PERMITS FOR STUDENTS WHO DRIVE, THEY PROBABLY TRACK THE NUMBER OF PERMITS THAT THEY GIVE OUT.

THAT WOULD JUST TAKE CARE OF THE RIDER OR THE DRIVER AND NOT HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE-- SIBLINGS OR OTHER FOLKS THEY PICK UP ALONG

THE WAY. >> TO THAT POINT, OBVIOUSLY, WE SEE A HIGHER RIDERSHIP THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF AUGUST.

THEY FIGURE OUT THAT THE SCHOOL BUS-- I THINK IT IS A COOL THING. MOST OF THEM DON'T.

RIGHT? THEY END UP FINDING SOMEONE THEY CAN RIDE WITH. THAT IS WHERE WE SEE THAT

DECREASE IN RIDERSHIP AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> I PICKED UP IN THERE THAT

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YOU KNOW, MY KID IS SICK IN THE MORNING.

>> RIGHT. >> HOW MUCH LEAD TIME DO YOU NEED? LIKE, IF MY KID IS SICK TOMORROW AND I FIND OUT AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING.

YOUR BUS HAS PROBABLY LEFT THE STATION ALREADY.

WHAT REALLY HELPS YOU IF I'M PLANNING AHEAD OF MISSING THREE DAYS IN A MONTH, THAT PROBABLY HELPS YOU.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? >> AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO MOST OF OUR GENERAL EDUCATION BUS ROUTES-- WE ARE IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT, WE HAVE GONE TO MORE GROUP STOPS.

THAT HAS REALLY CAUSED SOME WAVES.

I WON'T LIE. I MEAN, WE DID.

WE CHANGED SOME BUS STOPS. I CANNOT FUNCTION IN A WORLD WHERE WE PICK UP AT EVERYONE'S DRIVEWAY.

SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THEIR CHILD ENTER THE BUS ON A RING CAMERA.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL TO DO.

THAT FINANCIALLY, WE CANNOT DO THAT.

THEN ALSO WITH MY STAFFING RESOURCES, IT IS JUST NOT A TASK WE CAN DO. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOUR STUDENT IS MISSING, THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THERE IS OTHER STUDENTS AT THAT STOP. THERE IS VERY FEW STOPS THAT HAVE JUST ONE OR TWO. AND THOSE PARTICULAR CASES, MY DRIVERS ARE PHENOMENAL. THEY ARE TOP NOTCH.

I WILL BRAG ON THEM ALL DAY LONG.

THEY HAVE CREATED THOSE RELATION SWHIPS THOSE PARENTS.

THOSE PARENTS ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY.

THE ONE THAT IS I HEAR FROM WHEN I ANSWER THE PHONE IN THE MORNINGS TYPICALLY IS OUR EL POPULATION.

WHERE WE ARE PICKING THEM UP AT THEIR HOUSE.

WE CAN NOTIFY THE DRIVER. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PICK UP THAT PARTICULAR STUDENT. A LOT OF THOSE HAVE MADE CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR DRIVER. THEY WILL TEXT.

HOWEVER-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT CARRIER PIGEON.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE MESSAGING SERVICE IS.

SOMEHOW THEY GET THE MESSAGE TO THEM.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JEFFREY?

>> ON TO STAFFING. KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

THIS IS A PRODUCT OF THE WORLD THAT I GET TO LIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT IS A SHELL GAME.

WE WILL GAIN TWO AND LOSE SIX. I FIND MY STAFFING ARE THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE RETIRED FROM THEIR MAIN PROFESSION THAT THEY HAVE HAD FOR THEIR LIFE. THEY ARE IN A TRANSITION PERIOD WHERE THEY NEED INSURANCE. THEY ARE NOT FULLY READY TO PLAY PICKLEBALL ALL THE TIME. THEY WANT INSURANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING PICKLEBALL AND BLOWING OUT THEIR NIECE.

SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE THAT TRANSITION PERIOD BEFORE THEY TURN 65 AND CAN GO ON TO FEDERAL FUNDING SERVICES THAT THEY COME DRIVE FOR US. I KNOW THAT I'M ONLY GAINING THEM MAYBE FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

I KNOW THAT GOING IN. SOME STAY LONGER WHICH IS GREAT.

I'LL TAKE THEM. I HAVE A DRIVER THAT-- I MEAN, THEY ARE UP THERE. THAT IS FANTASTIC.

HE LOVES IT. HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT UNTIL HE TELLS ME HE CAN'T. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. WE NEVER STOP HIRING.

THAT BANNER IS ALWAYS ON THE WEBSITE.

W ARE ALWAYS PUSHING THAT OUT. WE HAVE DONE-- EMILY HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB SINCE SHE STARTED. I HAVE WORKED WITH HER HERE AT DISTRICT. GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT.

WE NEED DRIVERS. WE HAVE DONE PITS AND PIECES.

BITS AND PIECES. I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE NOT DONE A HOT DOG ROAST. THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

WILL ALLOW-- I WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.

IT IS TRULY WORD OF MOUTH. I OWE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES LUNCH OFTEN. IT IS REALLY ABOUT STEALING DRIVERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. IT IS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT YOU CREATE. IT IS NOT THAT WE GO OUT ACTIVELY AND GIVE APPLICATIONS. I DID ONE TIME.

BUT THAT IS A SEPARATE STORY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, LIKE, WE KNOW THAT IS PART OF THE TRANSITION.

I LOST TWO TO A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT.

AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT WAS FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

THEY HAD TO MOVE CLOSER TO HOME. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I UNDERSTAND THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. TODAY I PULLED ONE BACK FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT. NORTH OF US.

I PULLED ONE FROM THE SOUTH OF US.

IT IS JUST-- THEY MOVE. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU CREATE. WHAT WE CAN DO FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT AS FAR AS PAYING. I HAVE WORKED WITH MS. DOWLING.

I'M VERY FORTUNATE. SHE AND I AND STEPHANIE GET TO MEET EACH MONTH AND GO OVER THE BUDGET.

THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF THE BEST.

I APPRECIATE THOSE TIMES AND EFFORTS.

IN THAT TIME FRAME, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DUMP FINANCIAL SUPPORT BACK INTO OUR STAFF IN OUR DP.

THERE IS STILL SOME AREAS THAT WE KNOW ARE AN ISSUE.

WE HAVE PLANS TO ADDRESS THAT. IT IS ALWAYS THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. AS FAR AS A NEW PERSON, THEY ARE HIRED, STARTING SALARY IS PRETTY COMPETITIVE.

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CURRENTLY, WE HAVE FIVE OPEN DRIVING POSITIONS.

ACTUALLY, THAT WENT DOWN TO FOUR TODAY.

I STOLE A DRIVER FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT.

SHE IS STARTING WITH ME NOVEMBER 3.

I HAVE GOTTEN THAT EMAIL FROM MY COLLEAGUE ALREADY TELLING ME TO STOP POACHING HIS DRIVERS. THAT IS OKAY.

SHE WILL START NOVEMBER 3 WHICH IS GOOD.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW I'M LOSING THREE IN JANUARY.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS NOW, I KNOW I WILL CONTINUE TO HIRE.

KIND OF WHERE IT HURTS US IS ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE ABOUT 26 OPEN POSITIONS A DAY. THAT IS FROM DRIVER CALL-INS.

SURGERIES. THINGS THAT COME UP IN LIFE THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF. IN PERSPECTIVE, IT IS 26 POSITIONS. THAT IS 65-78 ROUTES THAT I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO PICK UP THOSE STUDENTS THAT DAY. AND SO IT IS NO EASY TASK.

AGAIN, I'M VERY BLESSED IN THE POSITION THAT I HAVE.

AND THE TEAM THAT I HAVE WORKING WITH ME.

THAT WE TO GET IT DONE EACH AND EVERY DAY.

THAT IS IT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> WITH THE BUS DRIVERS THAT WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE, WHAT WOULD

YOU SAY OUR RETENTION IS? >> FAIRLY HIGH.

WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS BACK TO THAT GRAFG ON THE ATTENDANCE.

MY ATTENDANCE RATE IS GREAT OVER THAT 94%.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COME UP.

AS FAR AS RETENTION, I WOULD SAY ON AVERAGE, WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED, OUST SIDE OF THE COVID ERA BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T REALLY COUNT. ON AVERAGE, I LOSE ABOUT 13 A YEAR. THAT IS WHAT I EXPECT TO LOSE EACH YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT UNDER THAT. WE ONLY LOST ABOUT NINE, BUT THEN I GUESS THAT NUMBER PICKED UP AT THE END OF AUGUST.

I DID LOSE A COUPLE OF MORE. WHAT THEY DO, THEY DON'T TELL ME OVER THE SUMMER. THEY WAIT UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS OR TWO WEEKS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M GOING TO RETIRE.

I UNDERSTAND. IT IS HOW IT WORKS OUT FINANCIALLY FOR THEM AND WHAT THE BEST TIME IS.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I WOULD SAY OUR RETENTION RATE, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH OUR RETENTION RATE.

SOME OF THE DRIVERS I LOST THIS YEAR, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY HAD THINGS THAT THEY JUST NEEDED A JOB THAT COULD GET THEM HOME QUICKER. NEEDED TO BE CLOSER TO HOME.

I'M OKAY WITH IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK, IT SOUNDS LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS A WORKFORCE THAT IS GOING TO GO UP AND DOWN.

YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND THERE IS PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT IS IN OUR DIRECT CONTROL.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ALWAYS IN COMPETITION WITH OUR OTHER NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, AND THAT KIND OF THING, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN PUT YOUR FINGER ON FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL WE COULD DO BETTER OTHER THAN CREATING A GOOD CULTURE AND PEOPLE LIKING TO BE HERE. YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH MS. DOWLING WITH THE BUDGET. BENEFITS.

THOSE KIND OF THINGS. IS THERE ANYTHING WE ARE MIS MISSING. THEY ARE NOT PICKING US.

WHY? >> THAT IS A GOOD POINT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT GOES BACK TO YOUR DILIGENCE AND THE WORK ON OUR BUDGET AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YES, IT IS IMPORTANT AS A FORMER TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL MYSELF, I UNDERSTAND MAKING SURE THAT THE TEEMP'S CONTRACT IS THERE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER THAT CAN GET THEM THERE, THERE IS NO ONE TO EDUCATE.

WE NEED TO REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE AUXILIARY FOLKS THAT MAKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RUN. WE HAVE BEEN AND AGAIN, I WILL SAY IN MY TIME HERE, AT HSE, WE HAVE SEEN THREE PAY INCREASES FOR DRIVERS. WHICH IS FE NO, MA'AM MILLION TO. PHENOMENAL.

WE HAVE DONE GREAT WORK THERE. IT IS NOT JUST THE MAIN DAILY RATE. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE FACETS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO FINANCIALLY SUSTAIN A PERSON.

THAT IS OUR FIELD TRIP RATE. I WORK WITH MS. DOWLING.

WE DID. WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THAT. YET WE KNOW IT IS STILL NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND WHAT IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR ME THERE, I'M NOT QUESTIONING-- I'M NOT GETTING THE DRAW. AS I COME TO A FIELD TRIP MEETING IN THIS BOARD ROOM, I HAVE 13 PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. OF 267CDL DRIVERS, THEY CAN MAKE THAT MONEY ELSEWHERE AND NOT HAVE TO SPEND THE TIME BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A BUS. IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS. THEN TWO, ONE GROUP WITHIN MY DEPARTMENT THAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED IS MY BUS ATTENDANT.

MY BUS ATTENDANT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN AN INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE IN THE CLASSROOM THAT GETS TO WORK ONE ON ONE WITH A STUDENT AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO SUPPORT THAT STUDENT.

THIS DRIVER IS MAKING SURE THEY ARE SAFELY TRPSED TO THAT SERVICE. THAT IS ONE OF THE LOWEST PAY RATES. I COULD BE MISTAKEN.

IN THE DISTRICT. WHERE THAT IS.

THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

THAT IS ONE THING WE WILL. IT IS A PROCESS OF GETTING IT

THERE. >> SOME OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE NICELY CONSIDERED AFTER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WHEN WE

ARE DOING OUR SUPPORT STAFF. >> CORRECT.

THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE WITH

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THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE ALLOWING ME TO HAVE, THAT PLATFORM NOW TO SHARE MY FEEDBACK. NOW WE CAN WORK AS A TEAM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. IT HAS BEEN WELCOMED FOR SURE.

>> I APPRECIATE. THAT THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING O'ER A FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. TALKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE SAY, OKAY, WE WILL GIVE YOU AN EXTRA DOLLAR AN HOUR.

AN EXTRA $20 FOR A FIELD TRIP RATE.

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK FROM DRIVERS.

LIKE I SAID, IF THEY ARE CHOOSING CARMEL OR NOBLESVILLE OVER US, WHAT IS THAT PART THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE CAN TALK TO MS. DOWLING AND THE BOARD ABOUT IS IT FEASIBLE.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT TO ALSO DO IT AND NOT HAVE RESULTS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU RAISE IT BY A DOLLAR AN HOUR OR SOME AMOUNT PER TRIP, RAISE IT AND THEN YOU DON'T SEE ANY NEW PEOPLE COMING IN OR CARING.

>> RIGHT. >> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GET THAT FEEDBACK AND SEE THE NUMBERS.

AND WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING.

OBVIOUSLY, WITHIN OUR BUDGET. >> ONE COMPONENT OF THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.

THE BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN IS IMPERATIVE.

IF I DON'T HAVE 9012-PLUS-YEAR-OLD BUS THAT IS WE ARE DUMPING ALL OF THIS MONEY AND OPERATIONS INTO, THAT MONEY CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT MY STAFFING DIRECTLY WITHOUT CHANGING THE BUDGET ELSEWHERE. THAT IS WHERE I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IN LOOKING AT THAT BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN AND WHAT THAT DOES FOR US. AS THOSE BUSES AGE, THE COST OF OWNERSHIP GOES UP EXPONENTIALLY. IF WE CAN CUT THAT OUT OF THE BUDGET, THAT HELPS TREMENDOUSLY. FOR SURE.

>> THANK YOU. >> JUST TO ADD TO WHAT-- IT IS BEHIND YOU. IT IS OKAY.

>> I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS THIS VOICE COMING FROM?

>> THAT WAS THE POINT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE IDEA THAT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR NONSTRATEGIC SPENDING IS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. RIGHT? MAINTENANCE COSTS ON BUS THAT IS ARE BEYOND THAT USEFUL LIFE WHICH IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE.

REDYING-- REDUCING THAT AND BEING ABLE TO REPURPOSE IT INTO THE WAGE. IT IS A CONVERSATION WE COULD HAVE. WE COULD MAKE THAT FIELD TRIP AREA COMPETITIVE WITHOUT NEEDING MORE MONEY FROM THE EDUCATION FUND TO DO SO. IT IS THAT BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. I THINK BECAUSE PRIOR TO THOSE MEETINGS, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WERE A THIRD OF OUR FLEET WAS OVER THOSE YEARS. THAT IS WHERE IF WE ARE GOING TO BE LESS RELIANT ON REFERENDUM FUNDING, UNLESS WE ARE PLANTING MONEY TREES, I CAN'T-- EITHER WE ARE INCREASING THE TAX RATE OR LOWERING NONSTRATEGIC SPENDING AND REPURPOSING THOSE DOLLARS.

I MEAN, THAT IS REALITY. >> IT IS ALMOST THE SAME CONVERSATION AS THE SOLAR PANELS.

RIGHT? EXACTLY.

YOU INVEST IN ONE. IT LOWERS THE OPERATIONAL COST.

THEN WE HAVE MORE FLEX WITH THE SAME BUDGET.

>> CORRECT. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> MRS. DOWLING, IT DOES APPEAR MR. MCKINNEY IS TRYING TO COME IF FOR YOUR COMEDY CROWN.

>> I NOTICED THAT. WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT.

>> I DID HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN YOU SEE FIELD TRIPS, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE, LIKE, SPORTS AND THAT SORT OF THING?

>> YES. ATHLETICS, PERFORMING ARTS, MIDDLE OF THE DAY, IF WE ARE GOING TO A ZOO OR PUMPKIN PATCH.

IT IS ALL OF THOSE INCLUSIVE. THE ONLY THING-- THE ONLY RATE THAT IS DIFFERENT IS IF WE ARE DRIVING AN OUTING FOR OUR EL PROGRAM. THOSE PAY A DIFFERENT RATE.

EVERYTHING ELSE PAYS UNDERNEATH THAT ECA UMBRELLA.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME.

>> NEXT TIME I EXPECT YOU TO WEAR YOUR SCHOOL BUS COAT.

>> WELL, I ALMOST HAD THE COAT AND SHOES PULLED OUT.

I LEFT THOSE FOR BUS PURCHASING. SORRY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.

WE APPRECIATE IT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AT THE UPCOMING BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE CAN TALK THROUGH THE MINUTIA AND DETAILS.

[7. Board Members]

STARTING WITH BEN ORR. >> I BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT WAS COVERED IN THE LAST BUDGET AND FINANCE MEETING WAS COVERED ALREADY TODAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE BRADEN BUSINESS SYSTEM CONTRACT AND THE BUDGET OVERALL.

WE HAVE PRESENTED ALL OF THAT TODAY.

THE MINUTES SHOULD BE POSTED SOON.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THOSE ARE OUT. THE PREVIOUS THREE ARE NOW UP.

PEOPLE CAN SEE THOSE. THAT IS IT.

>> SARAH DONSBACH? >> WE WILL HAVE A POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 1 AT 8:30.

AND AS WELL AS THAT, IF I MAY MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT.

I WANTED TO THANK OUR FINANCE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE ON THE BUDGET AND THE REFERENDUM.

BOTH INSIDE THEIR WORK HOURS AND OUTSIDE THEIR WORK HOURS.

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AND WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING WITH GOVERNMENT FINANCING AND TAXES THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE NUMBERS UNTIL YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS. PIVOTING WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN IS NOT EASY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.

AND THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO FIND THE SAVINGS.

EVEN AS WE HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND I HOPE THAT THAT CAN CONTINUE GOING FORWARD.

>> TIFFANY PASCOE. >> THE WELLNESS MEETING TODAY WAS CANCELED. IT WILL RESUME ON THE NEXT POSTED SCHEDULE DATE. I ALSO HAVE A COMMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. JUST REGARDING THE GENERAL REFERENDUM. THAT IS 36 EVENTS.

OTHERS HAVE CONFIRMED AT LEAST 50.

FOR THIS REFERENDUM, UNDER PAST LEADERSHIP, AS WE ARE NINE BUSINESS DAYS OUT, WE HAVE HAD EIGHT EVENTS THAT I CAN COUNT TODAY. IN THE EVENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OR LACK THEREOF, AS A BOARD MEMBER, ONE OF SEVEN; I WANT TO SHARE THE FULL BOARD DID NOT HAVE BUY-IN.

NOR DID WE DISCUSS AS A TEAM THE MARKETING OF THE REFERENDUM.

THERE IS ALSO ZERO INFORMATION SHARED WHILE UNDER THE PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP REGARDING THE REFERENDUM MARKING PLAN AND EXECUTION. EXECUTION WITH THE EXEMPTION OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT. FISHERS ROTELY CLUB.

ROTARY CLUB. THIS RESPONSIBILITY RESTED ON THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME TO ENSURE SUCCESS AND COMMUNITY BUY-IN. WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT MARKETING SUPPORT, THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT AND THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT, WE HAVE HAD HUGE GAPS IN TRUE LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION IN THE WHOLE PROCESS, IN MY OPINION.

THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO EXECUTE AND USE DISH WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE DR. KEGLEY AND THE STAFF, THOSE WHO HAVE SEND IN TO EXECUTE AND LEAD THE REFERENDUM AT THIS POINT GOING FORWARD.

IT IS ALSO MY RECOMMENDATION THAT FOR FUTURE REFERENDUMS AND MARKETING AGENCIES THAT WE USE, THAT THERE BE A PHONE OR EMAIL HOT LINE THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN REACH OUT TO FOR QUESTIONS.

IT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ME THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD NOT GET AHOLD OF ANYONE TO SPEAK TO TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AND DEFER TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AND POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS.

ALSO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK DR. KEGLEY FOR STEPPING IN AND

TAKING LEADERSHIP. >> DR. WITH A KNEE FA.

JUANITA ALBRIGHT. >> NOTHING FURTHER.

>> SARAH PARKS-REESE? >> I WANTED TO ECHO SARAH DONSBACH'S COMMENTS AND THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR WORK ON THE BUDGET. BUT ALSO THE NOBLESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING WAS ALSO THE DAY AFTER OUR LAST BOARD MEETING WHEN I WAS OUT OF TOWN.

I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND. ONCE I HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING, THEN I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU. SUZANNE THOMAS.

>> CAN YOU PLEASE OPEN THAT? CAN YOU PLEASE OPEN THAT? SO JUST FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.

WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING ON 16 AT 9:30 A.M.

OUR MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST MEETING IS PRESENTED UNDER FACILITY AND MAINTENANCE. YOU CAN READ THE AGENDA AND THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH. WE HAVE A FOUNDATION UPDATE, AGAIN, THAT THE FALL GRANT CYCLE HAS CLOSED.

IT IS CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER 20. AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO-- OOPS.

SORRY. I'M JUMPING TO SCHOLARSHIPS.

THE GRANTS WILL BE DELIVERED TOMORROW.

WE HAVE A THING CALLED GRANT PATROL.

THAT WILL BE VERY EXCITING. OUR NEXT FOUNDATION MEETING IS TOMORROW. AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING. THE SCHOLARSHIPS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU CLICK ON THE LINKS AND SENIORSES, ESPECIALLY, ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S COMING UP AND CAN START APPLYING FOR THE APPLICATIONS THROUGH THOSE WEBSITES THAT ARE ON THAT PAGE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD A COUPLE OF EXTRA COMMENTS, TOO, TO MAKE NOTE THAT I'M ALSO VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK OF THE FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE FINANCIAL STAFF THAT WE HAVE DONE.

THE COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL. DR. KEGLEY.

STEPHANIE AND KATIE AND EVERYONE THAT IS PARTICIPATING.

MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HAVE A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET AND TO WORK HARD TOGETHER, AND COMING INTO THE WEEKEND, I

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JUST GETTING AN EMAIL ON A FRIDAY NIGHT OVER FALL BREAK AND NOT KNOWING IT WAS THERE UNTIL SUNDAY, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND THEN HEARING ON MONDAY THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT WE WOULD BE REDUCING THE RATE, I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE PROCESS AND INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED. AND AGAIN, JUST POINTING OUT THAT I SUPPORTED THE BUDGET GOING IN, INTO THE WEEKEND AT THE .995 AND HOPING TO ALWAYS BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MOVING FORWARD. JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS POINTED OUT. THANK YOU.

>> THE ONLY COMMENTS I WANT TO MAKE REGARDING BUDGET AND FINANCE HAS TO DO WITH THE COMMITTEE REPORT THAT IS ON T THELINE. THE MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. SO WITH THAT, ALL OF THAT FACTORS IN TO NOT ONLY HOW THE RATE IS QUANTIFIED BUT ALSO HOW THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS AND THE DETAILS. WE DID GET INTO SOME IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ON THAT IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT AND READ THOSE MINUTES.

IT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF THE ADDITIONAL PAY THAT IS PROVIDED TO OUR STAFF WHEN THEY TAKE ON THOSE EXTRACURRICULAR, WHETHER IT IS CLUB SPONSORSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES, COACHING RESPONSIBILITIES, ATHLETIC, NONATHLETIC, THAT GIVES SOME CLARITY ON THAT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THOSE

[8. Interim Superintendent's Report]

DR. KEGLEY. >> THANK YOU.

IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE A LOT OF OUR FALL EVENTS ARE WRAPPING UP. AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF TEAMS AND GROUPS PARTICIPATING IN KIND OF THE END OF THE SEASON ACTIVE IT IS, STATE TOURNAMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AT RISK OF LEAVING SOMEBODY OUT, I KNOW OUR CROSS-COUNTRY TEAMS ARE PARTICIPATING, I BELIEVE, IN STATE THIS WEEKEND.

AS WELL AS OUR BAND. THE MARCHING TIESERS ARE IN STATE THIS WEEKEND. AND WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR 7TH-PLACE FINISH THIS PAST WEEKEND.

THAT IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT, CONSIDERING THE TALENT THAT IS AT THAT EVENT. A REMINDER THAT ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 7. AND THAT WILL BE RIGHT AHEAD OF OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.

I WOULD REMIND EVERYBODY WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED ON NOVEMBER 1. AT 6:00.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ALSO THANK STEVE.

BUT ALL OF OUR FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WERE THERE ON THE ENVISION DAY ON TUESDAY. IT WAS A REALLY PROUD MOMENT.

AS AN EMPLOYEE. TO LOOK IN THAT ENTIRE ROOM.

THE KIDS WERE JUST PHENOMENAL. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT A FOURTH-GRADER WHO CAN STAND UP IN FRONT OF A OF 200 ADULTS AND SAY WHAT'S ON THEIR MIND AND DO IT IN A GREAT WAY. SO IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EVENT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STAGE IN THAT WHOLE PROCESS. LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER 8, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ITEM THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIG ITEM ON THAT. THE CONTRACT RATIFICATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION.

THE MEETING I MENTIONED ON THE FIRST IS THE TENTATIVE AGRE AGREEMENT. THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM ON THAT AGENDA FOR THE FIRST AT 6:00 P.M.

THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. >> SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT

[9. Board President]

YOU KNOW, WE IDENTIFIED A GAP AS A BOARD, AND YOU KNOW, SUZANNE THOMAS WILL ALSO, I THINK REINFORCE THE FACT THAT SHE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO I THINK THIS IS THIS NOT ONLY HELPS INFORM THE PUBLIC BUT ALSO THE BOARD ABOUT ACCOUNTING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES. SCHOOL ACCOUNTING IS NOT STRAIGHT FORWARD. IT IS NOT LIKE YOUR TRADITIONAL OPERATING OF A COMPANY OR BUSINESS.

IT IS JUST NOT. OUR ONLY INCOME BASE IS THROUGH TAXPAYER FUNDS. THAT IS EITHER AT THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE TO MANAGE THE MONEY AS THE GOVERNMENT DICTATES.

AND IN A MANNER WITH WHICH THEY DICTATE.

THROUGH THAT, IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX PROCESS.

THROUGH THE BUDGETARY PROCESS, AND UNCOVERING ALL OF THIS AND ALL OF THE FORMS WE HAVE SEEN ON-LINE, YOU HAVE TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE DATA. AND THE NUMBERS.

TO SIT BACK AND JUST TAKE IT ALL IN IS-- I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW, HOW MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

I'M VERY ACTIVE IN MY OWN BUSINESS.

I KNOW THIS IS HEADS AND TAILS MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN A

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AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANCE TO HELP IN OUR SEARCH. TO REITERATE, THE POSITION IS ALREADY POSTED. THE PRIORITIZATION OF QUALITIES AND DISPOSITIONS NEEDED ARE GOING TO COME ABOUT IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. BY THAT, PART OF THIS PROCESS IS A COMMUNITY FORUM THAT WILL BE HELD IN NOVEMBER.

AND MORE DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING NEXT WEDNESDAY OR THE FOLLOWING WEEK IN OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING.

WE WILL GIVE YEAR 2000 THOSE SPECIFICS.

WE WILL GIVE YOU THOSE SPECIFICS.

WE WILL GET MORE DETAILS IN TERMS OF OUTLINES AFTER THE NEXT MEETING. WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS TO AIR IS THEN. WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION THIS EVENING.

HAVE A FANTASTIC EVENING. MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.