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>>> I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING.
2. 01, PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED IN.
SHE MAY COME TO THE PODIUM. JANELLE STEERWALD.
>> GOOD EVENING. CAN'T MESS IT UP WITH JUST ONE BUTTON. WE MOVED HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SCHOOL. OUR TEACHERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE FORCING THE TEACHERS TO ACCEPT A CONTRACT WHICH HURTS THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR WORTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE TRUST THEM EVERY DAY WITH OUR CHILDREN.
THEY ARE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR A RAISE.
THEY ARE JUST ASKING TO GET WHAT THEY ALREADY EARN, AND THAT IS BEING DENIED. THE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS FIGURED OUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF TEACHERS.
SOME WERE TOO BUSY GETTING A POLITICAL AFFIFIATION ON THE BALLOT. WE ARE MAKING THE NEWS FOR ALL OF THE WRONG REASONS. YOU FIRED OR HAVEN'T RENEWED THE CONTRACTS OF ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERSON OF COLOR IN LEADERSHIP IN OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.
FOR EVERYTHING, AND THESE ARE NOW YOUR ISSUES.
AND SPEAKING OF MAKING NEWS FOR ALL OF THE BAD REASONS, WAIT UNTIL LIFEWISE ACADEMY BEGINS. SADLY YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING OR WHO THEY WILL BE WITH. THE LOCAL DIRECTOR OFFICIATED THE MARRIAGE OF HIS 41-YEAR- OLD SON TO A FORMER STUDENT- ATHLETE 18-YEAR-OLD.
>> THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO THE BUDGET, PLEASE.
>> OKAY. OUR TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY DESERVE BETTER. I HOPE THE PUBLIC IS PAYING ATTENTION AS FOUR OF YOU ARE UP FOR RE- ELECTION NEXT YEAR. I SINCERELY HOPE TO NEVER
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SEE YOU IN THE POSITIONS AGAIN.>> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 3.01.
BUDGET APPROVAL PRESENTATION BY TIM BROWN.
>> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WE HAVE BEEN ON A LONG JOURNEY WITH THE BUDGET.
TODAY IS THE CULMINATING DAY TOTO OFFICIALLY IT FOR YOUR POTENTIAL APPROVAL.
ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU IS A SHORT PRESENTATION.
THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION FROM THE LAST TWO BOARD MEETINGS. TWO ADJUSTMENTS I WILL HIGHLIGHT. FOR THE MOST PART I WILL CLICK THROUGH THIS. FIRST REACHING A LONG JOURNEY AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET.
WE WORKED THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AN ADVERTISEMENT NIGHT AND WE HAVE REACHED THE CULMINATION TO GET THE BUDGET APPROVED. ONE OF THE ITEMS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING IN TERMS OF THE ENROLLMENT. WE SIGNED OFF ON THE OCTOBER 1 ENROLLMENT FORFOR YOU. DOE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT IS WHERE OUR ENROLLMENT LANDED. YOU CAN SEE THAT CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT DROP OF OVER 400 STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO YEAR OVER YEAR.
WHERE THAT IMPACTED US AND CHANGED SLIGHTLY.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DROP IN TUITION SUPPORT FOR QUITE A WHILE. THE 416,267.
THAT IS A SLIGHT INCREASE OR A SMALLER DECREASE THAN THE LAST TIME. ONE OF THE STUDENTS WE THOUGHT WAS VIRTUAL ACTUALLY COUNTED AS AN IN- PERSON STUDENT. THAT IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED.
>> THE MEETING FROM THE BUDGET MEETING 20,313.
>> 20,289. I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT IT WAS IN THE WORK SESSION BUT TWO WEEKS AGO THAT WAS THE NUMBER WE
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HAD, 20,289.EACH TIME WE PRESENTED IT WAS THE MOST CURRENT UPDATE.
TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS THISTHIS NUMBER IT IS THE SAME.
FROM A CALCULATION STANDPOINT THAT IS WHAT MATTERS THE DROP. THAT IS A SMALLER DECREASE DUE TO ONE STUDENT WE THOUGHT WAS VIRTUAL.
>> 20,289. SMALL PRINT FOR SURE.
>> THANK YOU. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE PRESENTATION IS JUST A REPEAT.
TEACHER RETIREMENT COSTS, RELATIVE NEUTRAL.
INSURANCE INCREASES. NOTHING IS NEW.
I WILL CLICK THROUGH THESE. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I THINK WE TALKED IN-DEPTH ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE. ONE OTHER HIGHLIGHT WHICH I WANT TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, AND THIS IS A CORRECTION THAT I NEEDED TO MAKE.
IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO ADVERTISE HIGH.
THE LGF WILL REDUCE IT DOWN. THEY WILL NEVER INCREASE IT.
THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE FOR OPERATIONS, I HAD A SLIGHTLY SMALLER RATE. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE AND HAVE ADVERTISED. IT DOES NOTHING TO WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN ON THE RIGHT- HAND SIDE. THE TARGETED TAX RATERATE WHERE WE WILL LAND BUT IT NEEDED TO BE HIGHER HERE. WE MADE THE CORRECTION.
I HAD NOT MADE IT ON THE SLIDE. NO CHANGE TO WHAT THE PREDICTED BUDGET WILL BE. THAT IS A BIT OF GAMESMANSHIP ON OUR PART. WE ARE HELD TO THE 4% WITH OPERATIONS ANYWAY. WE CAN'T PULL MORE THAN 4% BY STATUTE. THAT IS NOT IMPACTING THAT AT ALL. NOTHING HAPPENS TO THE PREDICTED SIDE.
WHEN I COME BACK IN JANUARY WITH THE BUDGET ORDER, I 100% EXPECT THE RATE TO BE RIGHT HERE.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED. SAME SLIDE WE HAD.
THIS INCREASES OUR TAX RATE SLIGHTLY.
THAT IS BECAUSE OUR AV DID NOT GROW BY 4% BUT WE PULL A 4% LEVY IN THE OPERATIONS FUND.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE WE ARE WELL BELOW 2021, 2022 AND 2023. THE ONLY INCREASE WAS PULLING THE MAXIMUM LEVY LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
WE WILL STILL HAVE THE EDUCATIONS TO OPERATIONS FUND TRANSFER TONIGHT AND WE WILL HAVE THAT RESOLUTION. WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE IN A SECOND. WE WILL HAVE AN INTEREST RESOLUTION SAYING WE WILL TAKE ALL OF OUR DOLLARS NOT CONNECTED TO BONDS AND DEPOSIT THOSE INTO THE EDUCATION FUND.
>> TIM, THE $50 MILLION TRANSFER IS ONE- TIME, CORRECT?
WE WILL DO IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
THE RESOLUTION WILL SAY $1. 25 MILLION.
>> $15 MILLION ANNUALLY, TAKEN OUT MONTHLY.
THERE WAS INTERESTING THAT WAS $15 MILLION PER MONTH.
>> THE BUDGET IS WRIT THEN A WAYWAY ASSUMING WE WILL DO LESS THAN THAT.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE. WE ARE GOING TO TALK IN- DEPTH ABOUT THE CAPITALS PROJECT PLAN, THE TRANSFER TO MR. ORR'S POINT. A NEW RESOLUTION I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON REDUCED APPROPRIATIONS.
BEFORE WE GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE.
THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PRESENTATION WITH ONLY THOSE TWO CHANGES.
JEFF, I WILL LET YOU DRIVE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
THE FIRST IS OUR FORMAL BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS OUR PLAN TO REPLACE SCHOOL BUSES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE 320 BUSES ON THIS BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN. THAT WOULD BE OUR WHITE SPV BUSES. THIS IS OUR YELLOW BUS.
ACCESSIBILITY IN THEM. THIS IS EVERY BUS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. PART OF OUR PLAN WE
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HAVE 15 OF 15 BUSES. THEY ARE REACHING END OF LIFE.TYPICALLY YOU SEE A 10 TO 12- YEAR LIFE FOR THE BUSES.
SOME REACH END OF LIFE. THE VALUE OF HAVING A BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN, THERE IS NO WAY TO REPLACE 320 BUSES IN A GIVEN YEAR. WE NEED A STAGGERED APPROACH.
YOU WILL SEE OF THE 15 BUSES WHICH ARE BEING REPLACED, THAT COMES AT A COST OF ABOUT $3 MILLION. THIS IS ALL BEING FUNDED OUT OF GEO BONDS. TYPICALLY THAT WAS CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS OR OPERATIONS DOLLARS. THIS IS PART OF OUR 10- YEAR PLAN EVERY YEAR TO ALLOCATE DOLLARS TO SCHOOL BUS REPLACEMENT. ONE OF OUR GOALS, AND WE ARE GETTING THERE IS TO HAVE EXCESS IN OUR FLEET.
TWO BUSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUTE BROKE DOWN.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXCESS FLEET WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
THE TEAM WAS AMAZING. WE TOOK CARE OF THE SITUATION.
THE BUS WAS ROLLING QUICKLY AS IT COULD AFTERWARDS.
IN TIME THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL OF THE BUSES. WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
WE TRY TO GET THE 10% SURPLUS TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
15 BUSES REPLACED IN 2026 AT A COST OF $3 MILLION.
ALL DONE WITH GEO BONDS AS PART OF THE 10- YEAR PLAN.
ASK THAT AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
>> ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2026 PROPOSED BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN AS PRESENTED.
>> TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.
>> I JUST HAVE ONE. YOU PRESENTING RIGHT THERE
. >> WITH THE ENROLLMENT GOING DOWN. WE HAVE DONE WHATEVER WE NEEDED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY LINGERING BUSES.
>> WE ARE NEARLY THERE. WE THROW ANOTHER BUS ON THE ROUTE. WE HAVE IT REPLACED.
IN TIME AS WE CONTINUE THERE WILL BE BUSES I WOULD ANTICIPATE, COMING OFF OF THE FLEET NOT GETTING REPLACED.
>> YEAH, LIKE WITH BUSES WAITING.
>> THEY PAINT THEM BLUE AND TAKE THEM TO COLTS GAMES.
>> OKAY. I WILL CLOSE THE DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE IS SO MANY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PLAN.
THIS IS A BIT UNIQUE FOR US. THE WHOLE PROPER IS TO LOOK OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS FOR ANY TYPE OF CAPITAL ACQUISITION THAT WOULD COME IN THE COST OF DOLLARS COMING OUT OF THE OPERATIONS FUND.
BECAUSE OUR EFFORTS SHIFTED TO GEO BONDS THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE OUT OF THE OPERATION FUNDS RELATED TO CAPITAL ACQUISITION.
THESE ARE POSSIBLE EXPENSES. THIS DOES NOT HOLD IT TO US IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. THIS IS SAYING WE ARE GETTING PERMISSION TO DO THIS. THE SECOND PAGE TO THIS ABOUT PROPOSED PROJECTS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE NONE COMING OUT OF THE OPERATIONS FUND. ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN OUT OF GEO BONDS OR BOND EXPENSES. TO SAY IT IS UNIQUE.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, WE WOULD HAVE A MORE EXHAUSTIVE LIST. THERE IS NOT MUCH TO THE LIST PROJECTED TO BE SPENT OUT OF THE OPERATIONS FUND.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, I WILL -- OH, YES.
>> I'LL A MAKE TO APPROVE THE 2026 PROJECTS.
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>> I'M A YES. NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>> THAT IS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. THE NEXT WE WILL USE WILL BE BEFORE. WE DO NEED A RESOLUTION.
ANY INTEREST DOLLARS CONNECTED TO A BOND HAVE TO STAY WITH THAT. ANYTHING MADE FROM OUR FUNDS HELD IN OUR CREDIT UNION WILL BE DEPOSITED UNDER THE RESOLUTION TO THE EDUCATION FUND.
THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE ABOUT -- MILLION. IN 2025 IT IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT $4. 7 MILLION. THE RESOLUTION IS SAYING ANY INTEREST MADE NOT CONNECTED TO BOND FUNDS WILL BE DEPOSITED,
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2026 INTEREST AS PRESENTED.
>> I WILL CLOSE THE DISCUSSION AND CALL THE QUESTION.
>> I'M A YES. NOW ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE TRANSFER RESOLUTION MR. ORR WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
SIMPLY SAYS THAT WE HAVE THE PERMISSION TO TRANSFER UP TO $15 MILLION, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS AT A MONTHLY POINT.
THIS IS A MAXIMUM NOT TO EXCEED. THAT IS WHAT WE DO TO ALIGN TO THE PRACTICES.
>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2026 TRANSFER RESOLUTION AS REPRESENTED.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2026 TRANSFER RESOLUTION AS
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU -- WE WILL SWITCH IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO THE REDUCING APPROPRIATIONS.
THIS IS AA PRACTICE I HAVE SEEN.
THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND EXEMPT FUND WHERE A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED.
WE WOULD NEED $25,000, OUR TRUSTEE AND BANK TRANSACTION FEES. I AM REQUESTING REDUCED APPROPRIATIONS. TAKE AWAY OUR PERMISSION.
WE DON'T NEED IT HERE. THIS IS NOT TAKING CASH AWAY.
THIS IS NOT CHANGING ANYTHING FROM A CASH BALANCE.
WE KNOW WE DON'T NEED THAT. WE NEEDED TO REDUCE THE APPROPRIATION. THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THAT.
THE BOTTOM ONE, DEBT SERVICE EXEMPT.
THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF OUR REFUNDING.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULT OF THE BONDING WOULD BE LIKE. WE PROJECTED THAT.
WE DON'T NEED $230,000 OF EXPENSE.
NOTHING WITH CASH SIMPLY SAYING THESE ARE APPROPRIATIONS OR PERMISSIONS.
WE USE THESE TO RIGHT THE BUDGET IN THE WAY THAT WE DID.
>> WE ARE JUST NOT AUTHORIZING USING THE FUND.
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>> YEAH. SO, THE BUDGET IS A QUICK REMINDER. THERE IS CASH AND THE BOARD IS GIVING PERMISSION THROUGH THE PROCESS TO SPEND X NUMBER OF DOLLARS. I COULD HAVE 1,000 IN THE BANK BUT THE BUDGET SAYS WE ONLY HAVE PERMISSION TO SPEND 900. LAST YEAR WE CAME BACK TO YOU AND SAID WE MISSED THIS. I NEED PERMISSION TO SPEND MORE.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. WE ARE SAYING THAT WE DON'T NEED THE PERMISSIONS AND WE IBILITY IN THE WAY THAT WE WROTE THE BUDGET.
>> IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A CREDIT BACK TO THE BUDGET.
>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2026 REDUCED APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
>> THE ONLY REASON I DID THOSE IN REVERSE ORDER, THIS IS THE ULTIMATE APPROVAL FOR THE BUDGET. YOU SEE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH ADVERTISEMENT.
RAINY DAY. THERE IS NO TAX RATE.
THERE IS NO TAX LEVY FOR THOSE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCES, INTERNAL AND IN THE CASE OF THE EDUCATION FUND, TUITION SUPPORT. WE HAVE PERMISSION TO SEND IT AND SAY THIS IS OUR 2026 BUDGET.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS SEVERAL TIMES. I TRUST THE PROCESS AND THE TRANSPARENCY.
>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FORM FOR APPROPRIATIONS AND TAX RATE RESOLUTIONS AS PRESENTED?
>> THAT DOES COMPLETE THE BUDGET PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MOVING ON TO 3.02. INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. TIM.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR QUITE A WHILE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS, 10. 5% AND 16% FOR PLAN 2 AND 3.
OUR DISTRICT IS READY FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT.
THAT IS SCHEDULED TO KICKOFF ON NOVEMBER 3RD SO EVERYBODY CAN MAKE THEIR ELECTIONS PRIOR TO THE NEW YEAR AS IT STARTS ON JANUARY 1. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO ALIGN ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS AND PLANS TO JANUARY 1, WHICH IS EXCITING. PART OF THAT PROCESS IS GETTING INSURANCE RATES APPROVED TODAY.
SO, THE FIRST THING THAT HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU IS THE INCREASE IN THE DEDUCTIBLE AS A PART OF THE 2026 MEDICAL INCREASE. OUR PLAN 1 WENT UP FOR A SINGLE, $1,000 FOR A FAMILY. PLAN 2 WENT UP $100 FOR A SINGLE AND $1,400 FOR A FAMILY AND PLAN 3 WENT UP $500 AND $1,000. IT WAS AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE INCREASE TO THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS. BEFORE YOU ARE THREE REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL.
THE FIRST IS ADMINISTRATIVE INCREASES AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATORS EXACTLY ALIGNING WITH THAT IN THE TA.
WE CANNOT APPROVE CERTIFIED TEACHER INCREASES TODAY. THAT IS PART OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE ADMIN RATES PENDING BOARD APPROVAL.
>> I THINK I HEARD YOU, BUT WE NOW HAVE, AND I THINK IT IS THE SECOND YEAR, ALL STAFF MEMBERS OR ALL PLANS EQUALLY AVAILABLE TO ALL STAFF MEMBER .
>> THEY ARE ALWAYS EQUALALLY AVAILABLE.
THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THE GROUPS. LAST YEAR THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT FOR TEACHERS IS IDENTICAL FOR THE TA.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE SKILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS
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ADMINISTRATORS.>> OKAY. IT GOES THROUGH THE BENEFITS AND THE THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF YOU DON'T MIND SCROLLING TO PAGE 2. THOSE ARE THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS. THERE IS A DISTRICT ANNUAL AMOUNT AND THERE IS AN EMPLOYEE ANNUAL AMOUNT. IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU CAN SEE HSA CONTRIBUTIONS.
THESE ARE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNTS THAT WERE APPROVED LAST YEAR OR IN 2025 I WOULD SAY.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM ARE DENTAL AND VISION RATES.
THERE WERE NO CHANGES. THIS IS 100% CONSISTENT.
AN INDIVIDUAL CAN GET A VISION AND DENTAL PLAN FOR A QUARTER ANNUALLY ONE TIME AND 80% OF THE PREMIUM IS COVERED FOR A FAMILY PLAN. YOU CAN SEE A DIVISION OF 17 VERSUS 24. ESSENTIALLY THE OVERALL RATE IS THE SAME. WHAT I AM ASKING FOR PERMISSION OR APPROVAL IS THE SECOND COLUMN, THE DISTRICT ANNUAL COLUMN IN TERMS OF THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT. THIS INCREASE IS ABOUT $171,000 OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION. THOSE ARE THE THREE PLANS.
ONE, TWO, THREE. BOTTOM PLAN IN YELLOW.
OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES CAN SELECT ONE, TWO OR THREE BUT THOSE ARE HALF THE COST.
>> THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF RELATED TO BENEFITS TO AVOID POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND MY RECUSAL DOES NOT EXEMPT ME FROM MY OBLIGATION.
INTERPRETED AS INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.
AS THE ELECTED GOVERNING BODY THE BOARD HOLDS THE ULTIMATE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERY CONTRACT APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT.
INDIANA CODE EXPLICITLY EMPOWERS THE SCHOOL BOARD TO OVERSEE DISTRICT FINANCES AND TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS, A CORE RESPONSIBILITY THAT CANNOT BE DEL DELEGATED TO OTHERS TO FULFILL.
OUR OBLIGATION MUST BE COMPLETE AND UNHINDERED.
I AM PROFOUNDLY CONCERNED BOARDMEMBERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO OBSERVE THE NEGOTIATION SESSIONS FOR THIS AND OTHER SESSIONS NOT PART OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT. THE AIM IS TO ENSURE THE OFFICIAL ACTION OF PUBLIC AGENCIES IS TO BE TAKEN OPENLY. WHEN BOARDMEMBERS, THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY ARE EXCLUDED.
WE RECEIVE INFORMATION TYPICALLY AFTER AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE AS A FINAL STAMP OF RUBBER STAMPING DECISION. THIS BOARD MUST IMPLEMENT A FORMAL PROCEDURE GUARANTEEING BOARD REPRESENTATION AT ALL MEETINGS, NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING BENEFITS AND INSURANCE.
OUR CAPACITY TO MEET OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS RELIES ON COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. I AM CONFIDENT THEY WILL UPHOLD THE STANDARDS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
COMMENTS? >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN IF THERE IS A REASON WHY THE DISTRICT MAY BE COVERING MORE FOR OPTION 2. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEDUCTIBLES THAT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING MORE FOR OPTION 2.
>> THAT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IN THE PLAN AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED IN PLAN 2.
PART OF THE PROCESS IS THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS.
THERE WAS A BIG EMPHASIS MADE ON HELPING THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE. PLAN 3 PREVIOUSLY CAME AT A
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NO COST OR AT A DOLLAR COST, AND THE CONVERSATION IS THAT HEY, THIS INSURANCE IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ALL OF US.WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING, BUT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE TO CHIP IN AND PAY FOR INSURANCE HERE. LET'S TRY TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN IN PLAN 2. IT WON'T GO UP AS MUCH AND THAT IS WHY THE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE A
BIT LESS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> TO APPROVE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
>> I WILL NOW CALL THE QUESTION. DAWN, YOU MAY VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW JUST FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF, 24 AND SUPPORT STAFF 17, JUST TO CLARIFY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS.
SUPPORT STAFF 24 ARE PAID YEAR ROUND AND GENERALLY WORK YEAR ROUND.
SUPPORT STAFF 17 ARE THOSE THAT WORK A SCHOOL YEAR AND ARE PAID OVER 17 PAYS INSTEAD OF 24.
CONTRIBUTION RATES ARE THE SAME. I TALKED ABOUT DENTAL AND VISION LOOK A BIT DIFFERENT BUT YOU CAN SEE THOSE.
THE DISTRICT ANNUAL IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES.
ANOTHER ITEM OF NOTE. THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION BY $250 FOR EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES.
BUYER BOTH THE 24 AND 17 EMPLOYEE GROUPS FOR A COST OF $246,000. A COST OF ABOUT $70,000.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN AND OUT OF THE INSURANCE.
ALL TOLD FOR SUPPORT 24 AND SUPPORT 17, IT IS AN INVESTMENT OF OVER $323,000 FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. REALLY THEY DO RUN SIDE BY SIDE.
IT IS THE EXACT SAME CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS.
>> TAKE THIS ONE AS WELL JUST FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF OR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE
CONTRIBUTIONS. >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. HEARING NONE DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS MOTION OR THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED FOR SUPPORT STAFF AND CLASSIFIED STAFF.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION FOR CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF.
>> CLOSE DISCUSSION AND CALL THE QUESTION.
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THAT WILL GET OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT RATE PROJECTED.THANK YOU. LAST ITEM FOR ME TONIGHT IS THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT PROCESS AND HEARING. JEFF, IF YOU DON'T MIND BRINGING THAT DOCUMENT UP AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OBVIOUSLY WE WERE HIT WITH ÚA M THAT LED UP TO THE BARGAINING AND DECLINE OF ENROLLMENT OF OVER 400 STUDENTS AND LEGISLATIVE ACTION IMPACTING OUR REFERENDUM AND THE OPERATION IT IS FUND AS WELL. INCREASE TO TEACHER RETIREMENT COST. IT WAS NOBODY'S FAULT.
AN ADDITIONAL COST. WE HAD SIGNIFICANT INSURANCE INCREASES. I CERTAINLY WANT TO GO OVER ALL THAT WERE INVOLVED AND WORKING THROUGH SOMETHING VERY DIFFICULT. I WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FINAL STAGES.
AS A PART OF THE 25- 26 PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT, THERE ARE NO BASE SALARY INCREASES. THERE ARE A FEW SMALL SPOTS WHERE THERE WERE TWEAKS DONE. FOR OUR SOCCER COACHES, THERE IS AN INCREASE OF AN INDEX NUMBER OF ONE.
POSITIONS TOTAL. ONE IN EACH HIGH SCHOOL.
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BOYS AND GIRLS. TOTAL COST OF $1,600.THE BOTTOM ITEM IS A COST NEUTRAL ITEM.
PART OF THE PROCESS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS DEPARTMENT CHAIRS. WITH GUIDING COALITION POSITIONS BEGINNING IN 2026-27. THE COSTS THAT WERE WOULD BE SAVED WOULD BE REPLACED BY GUIDING COALITIONS.
THE PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT, AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THOSE POSITIONS WILL NOT BE FILLED UNTIL THE 2026- 27 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT GUIDING COALITIONS MEAN.
>>> THIS IS OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. THOSE WOULD BE THE LEADERS OF THE GROUPS.
>> LIKE THE ALGERBRA TEAM LEAD.
>> WE DON'T JUST CALL THEM DEPARTMENT CHAIRS.
>> THEY ARE THE SPECIFIC GROUPS, THE MATH DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE LEADING THE SMALLER GROUPS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU. NEW HIRE SCHEDULE.
PART OF THE PROCESS IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EFFORT ISIS ADJUST THE NEW HIRING SCHEDULE BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1 OF 2026.
JUNE 30, 2026. AS FAR AS THE AGREEMENT IS ALLOWED TO GO. ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE COMBINED YEARS 0 AND 1.
THIS IS AN EFFORT NOT TO JUMP ANYONE.
SOMEONE NEW HIRED IN JANUARY WOULD NOT MAKE MORE THAN SOMEONE ON STAFF WITH THE SAME LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE. THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THE CHANGES TO VISION INSURANCE.
NO CHANGES TO DENTAL INSURANCE. IT IS LIKE WE DID FOR THE OTHER GROUPS THAT WERE APPROVED TONIGHT.
THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION AS A PART OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO THE DISTRICT ANNUAL AMOUNT IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES. YOU WILL SEE IT ALIGNING WITH WHAT WE HAVE APPROVED. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $1. 1 MILLION IN DISTRICT CONTRIBUTIONS TO EACH OF THOSE PLANS, AND AGAIN, BACK TO SARAH'S POINT. A BIGGER EMPHASIS ON PLAN 2 BECAUSE A VAST MAJORITY OF TEACHERS ARE CHOOSING TO TAKE PLAN 2.
CONTINUING ON, PART OF OUR INITIATIVE LAST YEAR IN WAS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A HSA. NEW FOR HSC SCHOOLS.
WE HAD A ONE- TIME FULL AMOUNT DEPOSIT INTO AN HSA.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE LANDED. WITH THAT PAYROLL, IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE YOU HAVE AN HSA THROUGH OUR VENDOR, AND YOU ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
>> YOU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE PENDING A NEW COLLECTIBLE BARGAINING I MENTIONED THIS AS A VISUAL FOR YOU.
WHAT ONE DEDUCTIBLE LOOKS LIKE. EACH OF THESE INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR. AGAIN, THIS IS AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE SUPPORT FOR OUR PLAN.
MOVING THE DEDUCTIBLES A LITTLE BIT.
THE PREMIUMS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
AND THOSE WILL MESH TOGETHER. THEY ARE ALL REALLY SUPPORTED BY OUR BENEFITS PARTNER, APEX WHO IS BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IN PLAN 2 YOU NEED A DEDUCTIBLE OF AT LEAST $3,400.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE CURRENTLY IS OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT PROVIDES SEVEN SICK AND PERSONAL DAYS PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT.
THEY WILL MOVE TO PT O'DAYS. ALL 14 IN A GIVEN YEAR NEED TO
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BE USED. IF NOT THEY WILL ROLL OVER TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S SICK BANK.>> I'M AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
DOES THIS RUN PER SCHOOL YEAR OR YEAR TO YEAR JANUARY THROUGH
DECEMBER? >> IT IS A SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THEY WOULD HAVE THAT TIME FRAME FOR ONE SCHOOL YEAR AND NOT JANUARY TO DECEMBER.
>> THE FIRST DAY I WORK IN THE SCHOOL YEAR I GET MY FULL ALLOCATION OF 14 DAYS. WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER THEY ARE GOING TO ROLL TO MY BANK OR I USED THEM ALL.
PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO LIMIT TO HOW MANY DAYS SOMEONE COULD ACCUMULATE. PART OF THE BARGAINING PROCESS, WE PLACED 120 DAYS. ANYONE WITH 120 DAYS BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE HONORED. THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO ANY HIGHER THAN THAT. 120 IS THE MAXIMUM ANYONE CAN EARN MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS THE CONCEPT OF TAKING THE 14 DAYS AND ROLLING THEM OVER. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GET THERE. MANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS HAVE DONE THAT. WE HAVE A SICK LEAVE BANK IN PLACE FOR THOSE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL IS MET WITH A DIFFICULT HEALTH SITUATION AND IS OUT OF DAYS. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS OPEN TO ADD -- ADMINISTRATORS AND CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SICK BANK.
SICK LEAVE CONVERSION. IF A TEACHER HAS ACCUMULATED UP TO 70 DAYS MEANING THEY HAVE AT LEAST 70, THEY CAN SELL THEM BACK AT 20 DAYS PER YEAR. THE MAXIMUM TO A RETIREMENT 457 ACCOUNT AT $60 PER DAY. PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD TO BE 50 DAYS. THERE WAS A VESTING REQUIREMENT.
THE VESTING REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY.
IF I SELL THEM BACK AND LEAVE THE DISTRICT THE NEXT WAY I AM ENTITLED TO MY FUNDS.
NO VESTING REQUIRED THERE. IF A TEACHER MET ALL OF THE KRI TEARMENT CRITERIA THEY CAN SELL BACK AN ADDITIONAL 25 DAYS ONE TIME THE YEAR THEY RETIRE.
THOSE WOULD BE SOLD BACK AT $70 PER DAY.
SOMEONE THAT HAD 70 DAYS COULD SELL BACK 20 AND RETIRE THE SAME YEAR AND SELL BACK 25 AT 70 A DAY TO THE 457 RETIREMENT ACCOUNT, NO VESTING REQUIREMENTS.
A MAJOR EMPHASIS ON LITERACY AND SUMMER SCHOOL COURSES.
BUT IN SOME OF THE COURSES WE WERE LOSING MONEY AND WE COME TO YOU INCREASING THOSE COSTS. WE PUT A LIMITATION ON THE COURSES AT $64 PER HOUR OR A TEACHER'S HOURLY RATE IF THEY ARE NOT UP TO 64. 64 IS A COMBINATION OF THE HIGHEST PAID VERSUS BEGINNING TEACHER, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE. NEW DEPENDANTLY, A LANGUAGE ITEM. USED TO BE ABLE TO BE USED WITHIN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF A CHILD'S BIRTH. NOW DOWN TO 9.
INDIRECT AND DIRECTANCE ILLARY SERVICES.
BOTH GROUPS WERE GREAT WITH THAT.
THAT IS THE TA IN A NUTSHELL. WE ARE HOPING TO HEAR WORD ON THE RATIFICATION AND WE WILL COME BACK ON OCTOBER 29TH FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
>> COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. IN GENERAL HOW DO YOU FEEL THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS HAS GONE.
WE HAD ONE OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKER MENTIONED THAT TEACHERS WERE FORCED INTO SOMETHING. DO YOU FEEL EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK AND PRESENT DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND GET THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE CAME TO THIS IN GOOD FAITH?
>> WE HAD TWO PRE- BARGAINING SESSIONS AND FOUR FORMAL SESSIONS.
THEY WERE MET WITH DIFFICULT CHALLENGES.
ABSOLUTELY BOTH PARTIES WORKED AND HAD A MISSION TO
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ACCOMPLISH. BOTH SIDES UNDERSTOOD THAT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE IN THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION. WE HAVE A BUDGET WHERE WE ARE SPENDING MORE THAN WE ARE TAKING IN.>> I APPRECIATE THAT. ALONG THE SAME LINES GOING BACK AND FORTH. THERE WERE A LOT OF CHATTER IN THE COMMUNITY AMONG THE BOARD TO TRY TO FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A RAISE IN PAY.
-- >> THAT IS NOT ACTING INTO THE SPECIFIC PAY SALARY.
>> WAS THERE A DISCUSSION IN MOVING AROUND OTHER PARTS.
OTHER DISTRICTS WERE ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO DO THIS? WHAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ARE THE ANCILLARY BENEFITS, 403B CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FIVE TIMES THAT OF CARMEL. WE GIVE 5%. THEY GIVE 1%.
WE HAVE NO VESTING. THEY HAVE A 10- YEAR VESTING.
THE COMP MATCH, IF YOU ARE NOT HERE FOR TEN YEARS, ALL OF THAT GOES BACK AND YOU DO NOT GET THAT.
THAT IS WHAT VESTING IS. WAS THERE DISCUSSION TO LOWER THAT AND POTENTIALLY FREE UP MORE CASH? DID WE TAKE A LOOK AT MATCHING OTHER DISTRICTS IN THOSE CATEGORIES ALLOWING US TO GET THE INCREASE.
>> TO PROTECT THE PROCESS KNOWING BOTH PARTIES SHARED SOME CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS. I WOULD COMFORTABLY SAY EVERYTHING WAS THROWN ON THE TABLE AND THERE ARE PROS AND CONS WITH EACH OF THE OPTIONS. IT IS HARD.
IT IS EASY TO NARROWLY FOCUS ONE ITEM WHEN THE BIG PICTURE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
ONE AREA IN HAMILTON COUNTY THAT WAS ABLE TO GIVE A RAISE BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP SOMETHING ELSE.
WE AUTHORIZE A GRAND TOTAL AMOUNT.
THEN IT IS BETWEEN THE TWO BARGAINING PARTIES TO DECIDE WHERE THEY WANT IT ALLOCATED. RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OR HOWEVER THEY WANT TO DIVIDE THAT.
>> YOU SAID WE HAD A 1. 1 MILLION INCREASE FOR THE DISTRICT ON CONTRIBUTIONS.
WHAT WAS THE INCREASE FOR THE STAFF?
>> IN TERMS OF INSURANCE? IT IS A 1. 5 OR 1.
6 1.1 WITH CERTIFIED STAFF AS PART OF THE TA.
ADMIN AND SUPPORT STAFF, 321,000.
>> AT THE SIX SESSIONS THAT YOU HAD, WAS THERE A FORMAL BARGAINING UNIT?
>> THE PRECESSIONS WERE A SMALLER GROUP.
>> AT THE LAST MEETING WERE THERE ANY PEOPLE.
>> FIRST I WANT TO SAY FOR THE 40 TRILLIONTH TIME.
WE HAVE GOT TO EDUCATE THE STAFF ON HOW TO USE THE PLAN.
WE CAN'T KEEP HAVING THE INSURANCE INCREASES LIKE THIS. IT IS DIFFICULT.
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I KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY IS FACING HERE WITH INSURANCE.WE HAVE TO EDUCATE THEM ON HOW TO USE IT.
I KNOW A LOT IS FAMILIAR WITH HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLANS.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTERBETTER SINCE THE INSURANCE IS SELF-FUNDED.
>> FOR ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES IN HISTORY, EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IN THIS OPEN ENROLL MENTVILLE A REP REVIEWING WHAT IS AN HSA AND HOW DO I USE IT ON A ONE-ON- ONE BASIS. IN ORDER FOR ANYONE TO HAVE INSURANCE THEY NEED AN IN- PERSON MEETING TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT. WE CAN'T HAVE AN INCREASE LIKE THIS AGAIN. MY QUESTIONS ARE, IN THE TENTATIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS CROSSED OUT. I JUST WANT YOU TO CONFIRM, NOT NECESSARILY FOR ME BUT MAYBE FOR COMMUNITY THAT IT IS REQUIRED CODE THAT WE BARGAIN THE COST SHARING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT.
>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTIONS?
>> THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY BARGAINED, RIGHT. WHAT WE SCRATCHED OUT WERE THE OLD CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS AND RIGHT BELOW IT REPLACED THE NEW CONTRIBUTIONS.
>> RIGHT. I THINK THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT SAID THAT WE WON'T BARGAIN THAT COST.
I THINK THAT WAS RED LINED OUT AS WELL.
>> YEAH. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AFTER.
THAT PROCESS WAS ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE PROCESS.
>> IT IS A SALARY. IT IS WAGE RELATED BENEFITS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY BARGAINABLE AND IT WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE BARGAINED.
>> JUST REALLY QUICK, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TEACHERS DO NOT RATIFY THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT?
>> YEAH. PART OF IT COULD BE THE TEAM.
INITIAL NUTS AND BOLTS PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS GETTING EVERYTHING TO AN OPEN ENROLLMENT AND A SCHEDULE THAT WE ESTABLISHED SIX MONTHS AGO ALLOWS FOR THAT TO STAY IN A LINE. IF IT DOES NOT, WE ARE EITHER BACK TO THE TABLE OR GOING THROUGH MEDIATION OR A FACT FINDING PROCESS OR WHATEVER THE CONTINUATION OF OPTIONS WOULD BE, AND THEN EVERYTHING IN THE CONTRACT WOULD STAY STATUS QUO UNTIL THE CONTRACT IS SETTLED. THE HARDEST PART OF THAT ARE THE INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS, $1 MILLION IN TEACHER INVESTMENTS WOULD BE ON PAUSE.
COME OPEN ENROLLMENT AND CERTIFIED STAFF WOULD BE SEEING THE CONTRIBUTION RATES THAT WERE IN PLACE LAST YEAR AND THEY WOULD BE MAKING A PLAN SELECTION ON THAT.
THAT IS NOT TO MENTION THE PROCESS AND FOESHLLY GOING INTO MORE STEPS.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. WE WOULD CANCEL THE MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 15TH.
WE WOULD GO IN TO MEDIATION. IT WOULD GO TO VON FACTORING.
BOTH SIDES WOULD PRESENT AND THEN THEY WOULD DECIDE WHICH CONTRACT WOULD BE THE CONTRACT FOR THE 2025- 26 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> CAN YOU REMIND ME, IS IT 50% THEY NEED TO RATIFY IT?
>> I THINK THEY NEED A MAJORITY.
>> THEY ARE MEMBERS. THEY ARE NOT ALL TEACHERS BUT THE MEMBERS THAT VOTE. I AM GOING TO ASSUME THEY WANT 50%. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PROCESS IS.
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4.02. REDISTRICTING UPDATE.ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD.
YOU MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES. ANYONE? NOW ON TO 4.02. REDISTRICTING UPDATE.
>> GOOD EVENING. I ASKED ANDREW TO COME AND TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AND TO KEEP THE BOARD APPRISED OF ALL OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH REDISTRICTING.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS AND IT IS HARD FOR EVERYONE. IT IS GOOD THAT YOU HEAR STRAIGHT FROM THE CONTRACT. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIT ON. EACH OF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET DIRECTLY. YOU CAN SEE FIRSTHAND EXACTLY WHERE THE OPTIONS HAVE COME FROM AND WHY THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE. THE SECOND, ON NOVEMBER 12TH, WE PLAN TO COME WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
WE WILL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HOPE FOR A VOTE IN DECEMBER TO GET READY. ANDREW.
>> I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FROM WHEN I WAS LAST HERE IN AUGUST. AT THAT TIME WE RAN OVER THE TIMELINE OF OUR GOALS AND WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO GET. SO, WE HAVE THE TIMELINE UP HERE. I AM GOING TO PICK UP THERE ON THE AUGUST TIMELINE. WHEN WE LAST SPOKE ON AUGUST 13TH, I HAD LAID OUT THE TIMELINE.
WHAT FOLLOWED AFTER THE MEETING IS THAT WE RELEASED A CRITERIA SURVEY TO THE PUBLIC. THAT WAS OPEN THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST. THAT ASKED THE PUBLIC WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM IN A REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
WE HAD ABOUT 4,500 RESPONSES, A FAIRLY GOOD RESPONSE RATE ON THAT. WHAT WE HEARD IS THEY WANTED US TO ASSIGN KIDS TO THE CLOSEST SCHOOLS AND NOT SPLIT NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRY TO ALIGN FEEDER PATTERNS.
IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO MEET THE FIRST CRITERIA.
YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THAT IN HAMILTON.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HOUSE EVERYBODY THAT IS ALREADY THERE.
WE KNOW THAT IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL.
WE WILL TRY TO ACHIEVE THE OTHER GOALS.
TRY TO ALIGN FEEDER PATTERNS. WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT I USED IT AND PREPARED INITIAL BOUNDARY CONCEPTS, TRYING TO ALIGN TO THE CRITERIAS.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE ENROLLMENT.
MEET THE CRITERIA THAT THE PUBLIC WANTED TO SEE.
FROM THERE, WE FORMED WHAT WE CALLED TEN FOCUS GROUPS.
FOCUS GROUPS CONSISTED OF 20 TO 25 MEMBERS, PARENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS.
INTERMEDIATE JUNIOR HIGH PRINCIPALS. WE HELD TEN FOCUS GROUPS IN THOSE. WE PRESENTED OPTIONS ONE, TWO, THREE. OPTION ONE IS AN OPTION THAT WE LOOKED AT REPURPOSING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, INITIALLY TAKING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OFFLINE AND CONVERTING IT INTO A DISTRICT- WIDE PRESCHOOL.
THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE GOT FROM IT. IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE A POPULAR IDEA. WE DECIDED TO SHELF THE OPTION AT THAT TIME. OTHER THINGS THAT WE HEARD, FROM CERTAIN PARENTS. ALWAYS THE OPTIONS TRIED TO ALIGN. WE HEARD FROM PARENTS IN SAND CREEK, YOU -- DEER CREEK, GIVEN THE EXTREME KIND OF NORTH/SOUTH GEOGRAPHY OF THE BOUNDARY, IT IS NOT REALLY FEASIBLE FOR ALL OF THE PARENTS TO BE ALIGNED INTO ONE SINGLE FEEDER PATTERN, YOU KNOW. THE PATTERNS THAT I PROPOSED IN THE INITIAL PROPOSAL ALIGN THEM AND JUST GIVEN THE WESTERN EXTENT OF FISHERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL VERSUS THE NORTHERN EXTENT. SOME OF THAT, WE TOOK THE FEEDBACK. TRIED TO COME UP WITH OPTIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR. WE PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, NARRATIVE
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PRESENTATION. INTERACTIVE BOUNDARY LOCATER.SO, MONDAY NIGHT AND LAST NIGHT. WE HELD MEETINGS AT FISHER HIGH SCHOOL AND HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN. PARENTS COULD COME IN AND TALK TO THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW, GIVE US MORE FOOD FOR THOUGHT ON WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY WORKING ON A RECOMMENDATION. WE ARE DOING IT IN STEPS.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AROUND. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE DONE IT.
NOW AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER SURVEY OPEN THAT WILL LET US KNOW WHAT WE WILL PREFER MOST OR DISLIKE THE LEAST, RIGHT. WE WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW SURVEY RESULTS BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUBDIVISION, USERS, ADDRESSES, WE CAN REALLY START TO DETERMINE WHAT MAY BE POPULAR AND FOCUS IN ON THE MOST IMPACTED AREAS IN OUR OPTIONS AND SEE IF THERE ARE MINOR CHANGES THAT WILL HELP THE DISTRICT MEET THEIR GOALS AND BE THE MOST ACCEPTED BY THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE.
SO, THAT SURVEY IS RUNNING THROUGH NOVEMBER 5.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS BRIAN MENTIONED IT.
SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 5 OR NOVEMBER 7.
I AM GOING TO TRY TO SET UP MEETINGS WITH EACH ONE OF YOU TO MEET VIRTUALLY WHERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND LET ME KNOW THINGS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THEY ARE BEING HEARD.
I AM NOT TRYING TO RUBBER STAMP SOMETHING.
I WANT TO HEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION BEST FOR ALL.
FROM THERE YOU KNOW, WE WILL COME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. GIVE THE BOARD SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION AND MAYBE TWO OTHER OPTIONS.
THAT IS NOT MY PLAN TO COME JUST WITH A RECOMMENDATION SAYING TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. WE WILL PROVIDE WHAT WE RECOMMEND AND I WILL LET YOU SEE THE OTHER OPTIONS. THE DECISION WILL BE UP TOET -- TO THE BOARD. HOPEFULLY WE WILL COME BACK IN DECEMBER AND ARRIVE AT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTABLE TO
EVERYONE. >> I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THETHE NIGHT MONDAY FISHER HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY NIGHT ON TUESDAY AMAZING TO SEE THE HARD WORK OF THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM AND OPEN TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I WENT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER. I WANTED TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SOME PEOPLE WERE EXCITED ABOUT CERTAIN CHANGES. OTHERS WERE NOT HAPPY AT ALL UNFORTUNATELY. I LOVE THE PROCESS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE. PLEASE SUBMIT WHAT YOU LIKE AND DON'T. I AM GOING TO SHARE THIS AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THREE REDISTRICTING IN THE COMMUNITY AND SEVERAL HAVE BEEN THROUGH A FEW. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE FUN FOR ANYBODY. IT IS HARD FOR ALL FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS AND ALL STUDENTS. IT IS A PROCESS.
AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF A WHOLE DISTRICT AND OF HOW IT FEEDS.
OF HOW IT IS SOUND AND WORKS FINANCIALLY FOR THE DISTRICT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE CAN'T SAY WE ARE NOT HUMANS THAT HAVE COMPASSION FOR WHAT FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN WHAT IS HAPPENING AND IT MIGHT NOT BE DIRECTED TO YOU BUT TO BRIAN AND MR. MAPES.
ULTIMATELY THERE WILL BE A DECISION MADE THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO CHOOSE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF
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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER SOMETHING IS PICKED, WHERE WE AS A BOARD CANCAN SET OR WORK WITH OR HOW IT WORKS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME UP WITH POSSIBLE STEPS. HERE ARE THE THREE BIG THINGS I HEARD. WHAT HAPPENS IF I HAVE A FOURTH GRADER AND EIGHTH GRADER.WILL THEY BE GRANDFATHERED IN. WILL THERE BE AN APPEALS PROCESS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CHILD WITH A SEVERE IEP, WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS.
IS THERE AN APPEAL PROCESS. HIGH SCHOOL.
WILL IT BE CHOICE? HOW DO WE GNCHT IT WILL BE CHOICE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING TO GO TO THIS ELEMENTARY OR JUNIOR HIGH, BUT HOW DO I KNOW I WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL WHEN ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO FISHERS BUT MY ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE HSE.
WILL I HAVE THE CHOICE TO GO BACK.
CAN YOU SPEAK OR MR. MAPES ON HOW WE WILL HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS LATER.
>> I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A FEW OF THESE MYSELF AS WELL.
WHAT I TOLD FAMILIES IN RESPECT TO GRANDFATHERING.
THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THAT IN THE PAST.
PROVIDED PARENTS HAVE TRANSPORTATION. WHETHER THAT IS THE PLAN OR SOMETHING TO DO ON THE OWN. IN RESPECT TO SCHOOL CHOICE, AS I HAVE TOLD ONE PATRON, TEN YEARS WE HAVE BEEN DOING HIGH SCHOOL CHOICE FOR TEN YEARS.
THE LAST HALF DOZEN OR SO, YOU CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN EITHER SCHOOL. IT IS WORKING TO ADDRESS THE CAPACITY JUST WITH THE BOUNDARIES.
>> OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IT IS A GREAT IDEA TO SAY HERE FORWARD FRLT NEXT X NUMBER OF YEARS WE SHOULD HAVE HIGH SCHOOL CHOICE, I DON'T SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WE DO AWAY WITH. IF THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. WHAT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU FOR YOUR SECOND ISSUE,
>> HEY, I JUST WANT TO MOVE IS NOT ALLOWED.
>> WE WOULD REVIEW THAT AND MAKE A DETERMINATION.
>> WE JUST OPENED OUR DISTRICT AND ALLOWED PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE SCHOOL.
THAT IS ANOTHER QUESTION AND COMMENT I GOT.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ARE INVITING THE OTHER STUDENTS IN AND MY DISTRICT LINE HAS BEEN CHANGED. NOW THERE ARE THIRD GRADE OPENINGS. I AM OVER AT DEER CREEK OR FALL CREEK THEN WE NEED TO FILL THIRD GRADE.
>> THAT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT YOUR DEFINITION IS.
>> OKAY. IF YOU SAY TO ALL OF THE FAMILIES AND KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN REDISTRICTED, YOU CAN TURN IT AROUND AND GO BACK REGARDLESS OF GRADE LEVEL.
YOU OPEN THE SCHOOL AND SAY TO THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE THAT THEY NOW CAN COME.
>> IF YOU ALLOW WHATEVER YOUR GRANDFATHER POLICY WOULD BE,
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THAT IS WHAT YOU WOULD FOLLOW. WE WOULD DO ALL OF THE PIECES FIRST. ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE SPACE TO SELECT OUT OF DISTRICT. OKAY.GOOD TO HEAR. I WANTED TO COMPLEMENT YOUR STAFF I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND IT IS NICE HEARING YOU TALK TO THE PUBLIC.
YOU GOT BASHED A FEW TIMES AND HANDLED IT VERY WELL.
THE LAST COMMENT I WILL MAKE. THERE ARE A FEW COMMUNITY SECTIONS ON THE MAP WHEN A FAMILY OR NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOOKING AT THE MAP THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OPTIONS 2, 3, 4.
I AM JUST HOPING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE INPUT CAN CHANGE THESE PLANS GOING FORWARD.
WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR MOST PREFERRED OPTION.
I WILL HAVE TWO OR THREE LOOKS. WE ARE HEARING THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TO STAY HERE. IT IS ALWAYS GIVE AND TAKE.
WE ARE TAKING THAT INTO CONTRIBUTION. WE HAVE DIFFERENT LOOKS.
WE ARE IMPACTED THE SAME WAY EACH TIME.
A LITTLE OF IT WILL BE INEVITABLE.
THAT WILL LOOK THE SAME WAY EACH TIME.
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. YOU KNOW, IT IS WHICH WAY DO WE GO. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THE BOARD WILL SEE THREE DIFFERENT LOOKS.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO WORK FROM THERE AND LOOK AT THOSE TO IF WE MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION HERE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT ON THE OTHER SIDE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT OVERIMPACTING ONE SITE AND WE ARE SETTING THE DISTRICT UP.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS.
>> NOBODY LOVES REDISTRICTING BUT IT IS DONE FOR THE GROWTH WE HAVE GOING FORWARD AND TO BALANCE THE SCHOOLS. THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS COMING AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT SHIFT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK. I KNOW IT IS DAUNTING.
I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE HARD WORK.
THE ADMIN TEAM AND THE WAY THEY SPOKE.
I AM IMPRESSED WITH YOUR HARD WORK AND THE TEAM WORK.
I DID NOT KNOW IT BUT THERE WERE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE THAT I KNEW WHICH DID THE FOCUS GROUPS.
THEY SAID THAT IT WAS ALL RUN WELL AND PLEASED THEY WERE ABLE TO FILL OUT INFORMATION.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOWED UP IN THE MAPS.
I HAVE HEARD PROMISING THINGS ABOUT THE PROCESS.
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE WORK YOU ARE DOING AND HOPEFULLY NOW WITH THE INPUT AND WITH SOME CHANGES TO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAD AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. I HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, MOTHERS AND FAMILIES REACHING OUT ASKING HOW COME THEIR REDISTRICTING PROCESS HASN'T BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE PRETTY ENRAGED BY IT. NICE TO SEE US DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
>> ONE ON CLOSING OF THE ELEMENTARY.
>> DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO FILL ALL OF THE SCHOOLS? DOES IT MAKE SENSE.
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>> IT WON'T FILL EACH BUILDING, NO.
WE WILL HAVE A PROBLEM FILLING EACH BUILDING.
THE OTHER PART IS THE LOCATION ACTUALLY HELPED US OUT THE EAST SIDE BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION. IT ALLOWED US TO MOVE A FEW MORE KIDS. THAT IS THE HARDEST PART OF THE REDISTRICTING, THE EAST SIDE.
>> WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL.
>> DO WE KNOW HOW FAR UNDER CAPACITY THAT WE WOULD BE.
WE WOULD USE THOSE TO TRY TO FILL THEM THROUGH THOSE MEANS?
>> THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING STUDENTS
IN. >>ERATE IF WE KEPT THEM ALL OPEN --
>> THEY WOULD BE FILLED BY THE INFORMATION HEARD THE LAST TWO NIGHTS.
WE WON'T BE AT CAPACITY BUT THERE WILL BE ROOM.
WE HAVE WAYNE TOWNSHIP WITH CLOSE TO 2,600 BUILT.
WHAT I NOTICE THAT ANDREW DID WITH THE TEAM AND THE ADMIN.
THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE EAST SIDE SCHOOLS OVER, FREEING UP -- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FREEING. SOUTHEASTERN WAS DRAMATICALLY OVERFILLED AND THORPE CREEK AND DEER CREEK.
THEY MOVED THEM OVER. WHEN WAYNE AND THE REST OF THE FALL CREEK TOWNSHIPS STARTS GROWING MORE AND MORE, WE HAVE THAT ROOM AND WE HAVE THOSE THREE EAST SIDE SCHOOLS.
THAT IS WHY IN MY OPINION WHAT I HEARD IS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT OPEN.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT SCHOOLS, HOOSIER HAS BEEN UNDER UTILIZED. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AT FISHER. MOST SCHOOLS ARE SITTING AROUND UNDER UTILIZED. WE ARE GETTING BETTER USE AND ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT RELIEF.
>> IT WILL GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY.
>> ANOTHER THING THAT I WILL CALL IT. WE TALKED ABOUT A TRUE FEEDER SYSTEM, EVEN BEFORE I WAS A BOARDMEMBER. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS AN OPTION THAT WAS PROPOSED AND IT WAS THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SAYING WE DON'T WANT A FEEDER SYSTEM HERE. DID I MISINTERPRET THAT?
>> THERE IS SUPPORT FOR A FEEDER SYSTEM? WHEN IT COMES TO A BOUNDARY, DEER CREEK, THEY DID NOT THINK THAT WOULD WORK FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS THERE GIVEN THE EXTREME GEOGRAPHY. THOSE NORTHERN PORTIONS. THEY ARE ALREADY A SPLIT FEEDER PATTERN. THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THAT TO ALIGNALIGN INTO A WHOLE FEEDER PATTERN. THE REALITY IS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T BE A HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN FEEDER PATTERN. THE IDEA OF A SAND CREEK FISHERS FOR THEM DID NOT MAKE SENSE.
WE HAVE A SPLIT FEEDER PATTERN FOR THAT BOUNDARY.
>> DO KEEP IN MIND A COMPLETE FEEDER PATTERN IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO SPLIT THINGS. THAT IS SOMETHING THROUGHOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT I RECEIVED WE DON'T REALIZE.
>> GREAT JOB. I APPRECIATE IT.
I SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED IN.
WE ARE CLEARLY GETTING FEEDBACK AND THAT IS TURNING INTO PROPOSALS. THANK YOU.
>> DAWN, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?
>> I THINK IT WAS THE ISSUE OF GRANDFATHERING.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD DETERMINES WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? CAN YOU SPEAK MORE TO THAT PLEASE.
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>> IN THE PART IT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE RMZS THAT THE BOARD HAS MADE WITH WHATEVER WOULD BE PLAN A AND THEN THE BOARD, FROM THERE, CAN CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT OR MODIFY IT AS THEY WISH.
IS THERE A TARGETED PERCENTAGE THAT WE ARE AIMING FOR AT EACH ELEMENTARY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE WOEFULLY UNDER UTILIZED IF YOU WILL. IS THERE A GENERAL THEME WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE ACROSS EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
>> MY GOAL, YOU KNOW, BASED ON MY INITIAL CAPACITY THERE IS AN AVERAGE DISTRICT WIDE UTILIZATION OF 78%.
MY TARGET WOULD BE SHOOTING FOR 70 SOUTHEASTERN AND DEER CREEK WHERE WE CAN CREATE THE ROOMS. NOW MORE HOMES DEVELOP.
THEY WILL BE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS.
SOME OF THE SCHOOLS ARE INTENTIONALLY LOWER.
>> OKAY. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE GEO FOOTPRINT OF WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED.
YOU THINK OF THE LOWER PERCENTAGE MARK IN THOSE AREAS OF THE DISTRICT?
>> IN A DEER CREEK OR SOUTHEASTERN, TRYING TO HIT THE LOWER PERCENTAGES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROETHD.
>> JUST THINKING PROACTIVELY, OUR FAMILY WAS INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE REDISTRICTING EARLY ON WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS IN EXPLOSIVE GROETHD MODE.
IT WAS IN PRETTY RAPID FASHION. I AM ASSUMING YOU ARE DOING PREDICTIVE MODELING TO CONSIDER IF THERE IS A STANDARD FRAMEWORK OR FEEDER SYSTEM. IS THERE A LIKELIHOOD OF PREVENTING REDISTRICTS IN ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE YEARS. I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF CONSIDERING THAT, THAT WE ARE NOT SITTING AT THE TABLE AGAIN IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS DOING THE SAME THING ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRIC TO BALANCE THE NUMBERS. IT IS HARD TO PREDICT THE FUTURE. I AM SENSITIVE TO SHUFFLING FAMILIES AROUND IF WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
>> THAT IS UNDERSTOOD. THAT IS OUR GOAL.
>> HOPEFULLY IF WE GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME, WHEN THE DAY HAPPENS AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEEDING A I KNEW SCHOOL IT IS IN THE BOUNDARY OF RESHUFFLING.
WE ARE NOT DOING THIS ROLLER COASTER RIDE REBALANCING.
WE ARE DOING A LARGER SCALE AT THIS POINT TO GET THE SCHOOLS SET UP SO THAT THE RUNWAY FOR THOSE SCHOOLS TO HANDLE THE GROWTH BEFORE WE START TO TALK ABOUT A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
>> ONE QUICK POINT TO MAKE. I WILL SAY THIS IN WHAT WE SAW THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS THAT WE HAVE.
THEY ARE ALL TARGETED TO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIG FLOW OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL THEY HAVE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF POSITIONING THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARIES TO BE READY FOR STUDENTS TO COME IN.
WE HAVE TO CARE ABOUT OUR EXISTING STUDENTS, YES.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE TOO.
I WANTED TO COMPLEMENT THAT. IT DOES SHOW, IF YOU THINK OF SOMEONE THAT IS NOT NOW BUT THEY ARE MOVING HERE.
IT WORKS BEST FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD AND THE
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DISTRICT. CAN YOU SPEAK WHY THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE NOT PART OF NOT KEEPING THIS THE SAME?>> I WILL HELP WITH THIS. REDISTRICTING KIDS IS WAY MORE POPULAR. IF IT IS WORKING, IT IS WORKING.
WHY FIX SOMETHING THAT IS BROKEN.
AGAIN, IT IS BROKEN. MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING THIS WAY AND THAT WAY. THEY ARE CROSSING THOSE BOUNDARIES.
TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE STUDENTS. IT WORRIES ME WE ARE NOT TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES.
>> ANYONE ELSE?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.