[ { "text": "I'd like to call to order this regular", "start": 918.32, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "meeting of the Bowler Valley School", "start": 919.68, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "District for Tuesday, September 15th,", "start": 920.8, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "2026. Board members may attend and", "start": 922.56, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "participate in board meetings by", "start": 924.639, "duration": 2.401 }, { "text": "electronic means in accordance with", "start": 925.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "board policy, BMEA, and state law.", "start": 927.04, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Laura, can you please call the role?", "start": 929.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": ">> Booker,", "start": 932.32, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> here.", "start": 933.76, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": ">> Chavez,", "start": 936.16, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": ">> here. Medler", "start": 937.839, "duration": 3.041 }, { "text": ">> here.", "start": 939.6, "duration": 2.32 }, { "text": ">> Quinn Linua", "start": 940.88, "duration": 2.399 }, { "text": ">> here.", "start": 941.92, "duration": 2.159 }, { "text": ">> Raj Paul", "start": 943.279, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": ">> here. Tamu Aing", "start": 944.079, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": ">> here.", "start": 946.24, "duration": 1.839 }, { "text": ">> Anger", "start": 947.44, "duration": 1.199 }, { "text": ">> here.", "start": 948.079, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Like to encourage everyone to", "start": 948.639, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "turn their attention to the screens for", "start": 950.88, "duration": 5.48 }, { "text": "our land acknowledgement this morning.", "start": 952.24, "duration": 4.12 }, { "text": "The Boulder Valley School District", "start": 964.399, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "resides and operates on land that is the", "start": 966.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "ancestral homeland and unjustly and", "start": 968.32, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "illegally taken territory of the Ude,", "start": 970.88, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "Pueblin, Arapjo, Cheyenne, Apache,", "start": 973.199, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "Navajo, and 48 other tribal nations", "start": 976.88, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "historically tied to this land who have", "start": 979.6, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "called this land home since time and", "start": 981.92, "duration": 5.08 }, { "text": "memorial.", "start": 984.0, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "We acknowledge the atrocities committed", "start": 994.079, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "here, including the painful history of", "start": 996.0, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "genocide, forced assimilation, and", "start": 998.079, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "efforts to alienate the indigenous", "start": 1000.959, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "inhabitants from their homeland,", "start": 1002.959, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "supported by the policies of the United", "start": 1004.56, "duration": 5.16 }, { "text": "States government.", "start": 1006.32, "duration": 3.4 }, { "text": "BBSD is aware of the many indigenous", "start": 1013.6, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "peoples, past and present, and their", "start": 1015.839, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "dignified nations and cultures, who care", "start": 1018.079, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "for this land with strength and", "start": 1020.48, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "resilience.", "start": 1021.839, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "BBD recognizes the histories of the land", "start": 1023.36, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "in Colorado and the survival of many", "start": 1025.52, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "nations that carried their oral", "start": 1027.76, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "traditions into the present.", "start": 1029.28, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "It is BBSD's responsibility to educate", "start": 1033.039, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "ourselves, our community, and our", "start": 1035.52, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "students so that we can embrace the", "start": 1037.76, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "wisdom and knowledge of indigenous", "start": 1039.679, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "peoples", "start": 1041.28, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "and actively stand together to address", "start": 1042.959, "duration": 5.08 }, { "text": "injustices.", "start": 1045.039, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "In offering this land acknowledgement,", "start": 1052.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "we affirm and honor the history, wisdom,", "start": 1054.88, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "oral traditions, and resilience of", "start": 1057.52, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "indigenous people, and recognize the", "start": 1060.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "responsibility to care for and", "start": 1062.48, "duration": 6.199 }, { "text": "appreciate this land together.", "start": 1064.32, "duration": 4.359 }, { "text": "I'd like to remind everyone that the", "start": 1070.64, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "mission of the Boulder Valley School", "start": 1072.0, "duration": 2.559 }, { "text": "District is to create challenging,", "start": 1073.12, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "meaningful, and engaging learning", "start": 1074.559, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "opportunities environments so that all", "start": 1076.16, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "children thrive and are prepared for", "start": 1078.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "successful civically engaged lives. Good", "start": 1079.919, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "morning everyone. Thanks for joining us", "start": 1082.32, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "here in person and for those of you who", "start": 1083.6, "duration": 2.959 }, { "text": "are watching this meeting remotely.", "start": 1084.96, "duration": 2.959 }, { "text": "We're always glad to have you observe", "start": 1086.559, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "and participate in our meetings. At this", "start": 1087.919, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "time, is there a motion to approve", "start": 1090.08, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "today's agenda? Moved by Deian, seconded", "start": 1091.44, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "by Jorge. Uh Laura, can you please call", "start": 1094.24, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the role?", "start": 1097.2, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": ">> Booker,", "start": 1099.28, "duration": 2.32 }, { "text": ">> yes.", "start": 1100.32, "duration": 2.32 }, { "text": ">> Chavez,", "start": 1101.6, "duration": 2.079 }, { "text": ">> yes.", "start": 1102.64, "duration": 1.84 }, { "text": ">> Medler,", "start": 1103.679, "duration": 1.681 }, { "text": ">> yes.", "start": 1104.48, "duration": 2.559 }, { "text": ">> Quinn Linua,", "start": 1105.36, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": ">> yes.", "start": 1107.039, "duration": 2.081 }, { "text": ">> Raj Paul,", "start": 1108.0, "duration": 1.6 }, { "text": ">> yes.", "start": 1109.12, "duration": 1.679 }, { "text": ">> Teamu adding,", "start": 1109.6, "duration": 2.4 }, { "text": ">> yes.", "start": 1110.799, "duration": 2.24 }, { "text": "Anger.", "start": 1112.0, "duration": 2.08 }, { "text": ">> Yes.", "start": 1113.039, "duration": 4.441 }, { "text": ">> Motion passes.", "start": 1114.08, "duration": 3.4 }, { "text": ">> Board members, as you know, today we", "start": 1117.76, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "have a work session, a study opportunity", "start": 1119.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "for one item. This meeting was", "start": 1122.16, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "originally planned to discuss our", "start": 1124.08, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "strategic plan update. Um, and given the", "start": 1126.4, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "extent of community feedback that we", "start": 1129.12, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "received last meeting, we have decided", "start": 1131.28, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "to replace that topic with another study", "start": 1134.16, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "of the resilient schools framework. and", "start": 1136.64, "duration": 7.32 }, { "text": "the draft resolution number 26-27", "start": 1139.44, "duration": 4.52 }, { "text": "when we were discussing making that", "start": 1144.08, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "shift. One thing that I just really came", "start": 1146.72, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "to me is", "start": 1148.4, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "when we started our work with the", "start": 1150.4, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "strategic plan, there were a lot of", "start": 1152.559, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "significant changes that were really", "start": 1154.32, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "hard hard for our staff to incorporate,", "start": 1155.76, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "hard for the system to incorporate. And", "start": 1158.559, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "through that work,", "start": 1161.52, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "um, we have made some outstanding", "start": 1163.679, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "improvements for our schools. Being", "start": 1165.919, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": "credited with distinction for three", "start": 1167.6, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "years in a row was not without great", "start": 1168.72, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "effort, um, and faith, trust that we", "start": 1170.64, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "would do what's best for students. And", "start": 1174.72, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "so, um, while I am saddened that we", "start": 1176.799, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "couldn't get an update on that because", "start": 1179.76, "duration": 3.039 }, { "text": "it has been a lot of hard work and it's", "start": 1181.039, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "something we're celebrating, I do think", "start": 1182.799, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": "it's really important to give a little", "start": 1184.559, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "bit more time to our community um to go", "start": 1185.76, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "through some of the questions that came", "start": 1188.96, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "up during our last board meeting on this", "start": 1190.16, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "resil resilient school proposal. And", "start": 1193.2, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "with that, I will hand this meeting over", "start": 1195.36, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "to Dr. Anderson.", "start": 1197.039, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, board president Raj Paul,", "start": 1198.799, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "board members. Um, I want to start by by", "start": 1200.4, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "thanking the folks that are here with us", "start": 1202.559, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "today, folks that are watching online.", "start": 1203.76, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "um and really appreciate our board", "start": 1206.0, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "listening to our community and making", "start": 1208.32, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "this adjustment. So, we had an", "start": 1210.48, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "opportunity to get in a little more", "start": 1212.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "detail in terms of some of the community", "start": 1213.84, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "questions that we've received through", "start": 1216.16, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "our forums, through email", "start": 1217.76, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "communications, both to the board and", "start": 1219.679, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "individual board members, um and through", "start": 1221.36, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "the uh five plus hours of public comment", "start": 1224.08, "duration": 7.479 }, { "text": "that we uh heard last Tuesday.", "start": 1226.64, "duration": 4.919 }, { "text": "So board members, as you can see, um", "start": 1235.76, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "today we will we'll go we'll do a bit of", "start": 1237.84, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "a deeper dive in some of the proposals", "start": 1239.6, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "answering questions. Encourage board", "start": 1241.52, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "members ask questions that you have", "start": 1243.12, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "today. Um based on those questions, then", "start": 1244.64, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "the proposal will go to uh to to the", "start": 1248.64, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "board for action at our meeting", "start": 1251.6, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "scheduled for September 22nd. And so", "start": 1254.159, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "this is an additional um session based", "start": 1256.48, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "on community feedback and board", "start": 1259.2, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "direction to provide more detail into", "start": 1261.44, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "some of the outstanding questions and", "start": 1263.6, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "hope to be able to clarify that for for", "start": 1265.36, "duration": 5.48 }, { "text": "many of the members of our community", "start": 1266.88, "duration": 3.96 }, { "text": "and this is what I just shared. Um", "start": 1271.28, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "before I I uh move forward uh board", "start": 1273.919, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "members and community members we have uh", "start": 1276.559, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "most of our senior team here at the dis", "start": 1279.039, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "in our work session today. Uh Rob Price,", "start": 1282.4, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "assistant superintendent of operations,", "start": 1285.2, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "Glenn Sigru, our senior planner. Neil", "start": 1287.28, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "Anderson, assistant superintendent of", "start": 1289.039, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "schools. Emma Herszog, chief academic", "start": 1290.72, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "officer. Uh Nativity Miller, deputy", "start": 1292.48, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "superintendent, Bill Sutter, CFO, Randy", "start": 1294.799, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "Barber, chief communications officer,", "start": 1296.88, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "and Jessica Azine, our executive", "start": 1298.4, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "director of accountability evaluation.", "start": 1299.84, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "And as we present, uh today, uh board", "start": 1302.0, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "members, we'll be bringing up additional", "start": 1305.12, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "members of our team uh to provide the", "start": 1306.64, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "expertise that you'll need to be able to", "start": 1308.96, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "ask the questions that you have around", "start": 1310.48, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "other topics as well. uh to make sure", "start": 1312.0, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "that um that that your questions are", "start": 1314.32, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "answered as you consider this proposal.", "start": 1316.559, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "Um I'll close this introduction with", "start": 1318.799, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "knowing and understanding that um and", "start": 1320.72, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "and and the appreciation for the level", "start": 1323.44, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "of engagement of our community on this", "start": 1325.2, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "proposal, the level of questions, the", "start": 1327.2, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "level of detail in those questions. And", "start": 1329.28, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "so we look forward to today to be able", "start": 1330.88, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "to to begin to bring some clarification,", "start": 1332.96, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "bring bring some things to light that", "start": 1335.28, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "folks may maybe not have realized as", "start": 1336.88, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "they were trying to analyze what it is", "start": 1338.72, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "we presented on the 25th. um and make", "start": 1340.0, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "sure that the board has your questions", "start": 1342.48, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "answered in what I know is a really", "start": 1344.08, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "really difficult decision uh for the", "start": 1346.159, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "board to take uh next Tuesday. So with", "start": 1348.64, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "that, I'm turning the presentation over", "start": 1351.6, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "to assistant superintendent of", "start": 1353.44, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "operations Rob Price.", "start": 1355.039, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": ">> Rob, one quick thing. Board members,", "start": 1356.559, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "there are a lot of slides and I'm just", "start": 1358.64, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "trying to kind of think through how to", "start": 1360.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "like logical places for pausing and", "start": 1361.76, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "asking questions. We want all those", "start": 1363.52, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "questions to be answered. My thinking is", "start": 1364.96, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "if we can get through the methodology,", "start": 1367.36, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "pause for questions, look at the data,", "start": 1370.72, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "pause for questions, and so because this", "start": 1372.559, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "first section is pretty is quite long", "start": 1374.24, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "before we get to a discussion slide. So", "start": 1376.32, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "after the methodology slides, we'll ask", "start": 1377.919, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "questions and then if that's okay and if", "start": 1380.64, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "it's not, let me know. Thanks.", "start": 1383.919, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": ">> Sounds good. Thank you, Dr. Anderson.", "start": 1386.32, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "Good morning, President Rashall, members", "start": 1388.64, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "of the board. Uh we're just going to", "start": 1390.48, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "spend a little time this morning", "start": 1392.799, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "revisiting how we made our decisions.", "start": 1394.559, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "And as uh the proposal that we presented", "start": 1397.36, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "to you on August 25th did not begin with", "start": 1400.08, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "a list of schools and we've continued to", "start": 1403.44, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "see that around the country. This work", "start": 1405.52, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "has really grown out of several years of", "start": 1408.24, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "board direction um analysis by our long", "start": 1411.52, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "range advisory committee. Uh we've", "start": 1415.6, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "monitored, we've analyzed enrollment,", "start": 1418.24, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "we've engaged the community, and we've", "start": 1420.559, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "considered multiple options, all", "start": 1422.96, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "presented to you on August 25th.", "start": 1424.64, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "Throughout all of this work, uh we have", "start": 1427.36, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "kept our focus centered on the student", "start": 1429.84, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "experience and providing a high quality", "start": 1432.24, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "and equitable learning experience to all", "start": 1435.2, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "students and to manage district district", "start": 1437.28, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "resources in a fiscally responsible uh", "start": 1439.84, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "manner.", "start": 1442.64, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "The long range advisory committee began", "start": 1445.039, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "its work in 2022 following the board", "start": 1447.36, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "prioritizing this work understanding the", "start": 1450.799, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "challenges that declining enrollment was", "start": 1453.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "presenting to the district and from the", "start": 1455.36, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "beginning and as I just mentioned we've", "start": 1457.76, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "been centered on the student experience", "start": 1459.44, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "the most important metric that we have", "start": 1461.6, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "followed is the number of or the average", "start": 1463.84, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "number of classes per grade level and", "start": 1466.24, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "for planning purposes you can see it", "start": 1468.88, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "here at the bottom of the slide one", "start": 1470.799, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "round is 25 students students in each", "start": 1472.48, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "grade or about 150 students across a K5", "start": 1474.559, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "school. That has come up on a number of", "start": 1478.48, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "occasions. So, we want to make sure that", "start": 1480.32, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "is understood by our community. Uh the", "start": 1482.64, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "committee then determined that when", "start": 1486.0, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "enrollment is equal to or less than two", "start": 1488.32, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "classes per grade level, schools feel", "start": 1491.12, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "the impacts of declining enrollment. LRA", "start": 1493.12, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "also considered utilization. Uh classes", "start": 1496.32, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "per grade level really helped us", "start": 1499.279, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "understand the student experience.", "start": 1500.72, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "utilization helped us understand uh", "start": 1503.12, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "operational efficiencies and that", "start": 1505.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "utilization accounts for different size", "start": 1507.84, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "of school buildings. Um the metrics uh", "start": 1509.76, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "as we have presented to the board on a", "start": 1513.52, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "number of occasions really was just an", "start": 1516.0, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "early warning system. Uh LRA um also if", "start": 1517.44, "duration": 7.119 }, { "text": "you remember emphasized the need for", "start": 1521.6, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "geographic uh consideration. So looking", "start": 1524.559, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "at regions, we're looking at multiple", "start": 1527.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "schools at once uh within the same", "start": 1529.52, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "communities. Um the timeline over on the", "start": 1532.48, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "right side shows the steps we've taken", "start": 1535.36, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "to study enrollment policies, attendance", "start": 1537.279, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "boundaries. We looked at a number of", "start": 1539.84, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "ways to increase enrollment to avoid", "start": 1542.159, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "this difficult conversation. 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So that direction led then", "start": 1627.919, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "to the development of the community", "start": 1631.039, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "engagement plan that we presented to you", "start": 1632.72, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "in January. We then started engaging our", "start": 1634.799, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "staff immediately. Dr. Anderson, Dr. De", "start": 1637.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "La Cruz went out, met with all of our", "start": 1640.159, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "teachers during roundt meetings. Uh we", "start": 1642.0, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "then had at six community engagement", "start": 1644.799, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "sessions and then at seventh I guess at", "start": 1646.64, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "the Coline community engagement session", "start": 1648.4, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "and then as we had stated we met as a", "start": 1650.88, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "staff over the summer to develop options", "start": 1653.44, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "and then based on those options we", "start": 1656.32, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "brought our proposal back to you uh on", "start": 1658.159, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "August 25th um as stated in the timeline", "start": 1660.96, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "that we originally presented to you back", "start": 1664.08, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "in the fall.", "start": 1666.64, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "I'm going to present this slide one more", "start": 1669.279, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "time. I bet I have presented this slide", "start": 1671.44, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "30 or 40 times", "start": 1674.159, "duration": 6.961 }, { "text": "um since October, right?", "start": 1676.88, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "I've presented this during our community", "start": 1681.12, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "engagement sessions. I've presented this", "start": 1682.96, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "at least three different board meetings.", "start": 1684.72, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "I've presented this at every municip", "start": 1686.32, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "every every presentation municipalities", "start": 1688.88, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "uh district advisory committees. I think", "start": 1692.0, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "we had 14 of those and in a number of", "start": 1694.08, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "written communications that have went", "start": 1697.2, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "out to the community. So, I'm a bit", "start": 1698.88, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "surprised why everybody is surprised", "start": 1701.44, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "with the uh option or the proposal that", "start": 1703.36, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "we brought forward to you. The proposal", "start": 1706.88, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "is within alignment with all of the", "start": 1708.64, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "options that we told the board we would", "start": 1711.039, "duration": 6.561 }, { "text": "consider. So, uh what we um consistently", "start": 1713.12, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "communicated was this full range of", "start": 1717.6, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "tools that districts use throughout the", "start": 1719.279, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "country when they're dealing with", "start": 1722.24, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "declining enrollment. As I talked about,", "start": 1724.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "districts go through the same thing.", "start": 1726.48, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "They find out how how to make it work.", "start": 1727.84, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "They push in resources. Then they shift", "start": 1729.76, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "to let's figure out how we can increase", "start": 1732.48, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "enrollment. We did that. We had the BBSD", "start": 1734.559, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "this place to be showcased. We tried to", "start": 1737.6, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "generate additional enrollment. We have", "start": 1739.44, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "a commuter preference that we no longer", "start": 1740.96, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "had. We slowed declining enrollment for", "start": 1742.72, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "a bit, but again, there is no way to", "start": 1745.44, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "address the underlying demographic", "start": 1748.08, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "trends. The housing prices that we're", "start": 1749.84, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "seeing in Boulder Valley School", "start": 1752.96, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "District. Young families can no longer", "start": 1754.399, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "afford to live here, right? and that's", "start": 1756.32, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "why we're seeing what we're seeing. So", "start": 1758.799, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "again, just for clarification, the", "start": 1761.039, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "resilient schools proposal that we", "start": 1762.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "presented to you on August 25th utilized", "start": 1764.72, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "the options on this slide. And again, a", "start": 1767.52, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "lot of these options were prioritized by", "start": 1770.399, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "our community during the community", "start": 1772.399, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "engagement sessions and during some of", "start": 1773.76, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "the surveying and polling that we did.", "start": 1776.24, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "Um, and with that, I'll turn it over to", "start": 1779.039, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "Randy Barber.", "start": 1780.72, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "So, following the board's direction, as", "start": 1782.32, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "as Rob mentioned, as well as the plan", "start": 1783.919, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "that we uh brought to you in January of", "start": 1785.919, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "2026, uh we hit the road. Um our", "start": 1788.64, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "philosophy has been listening before", "start": 1791.84, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "leading. Uh we wanted to first connect", "start": 1793.44, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "with our elementary school staff, so our", "start": 1796.559, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "principles, our teachers, and staff at", "start": 1798.559, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "those schools through roundts. Um you've", "start": 1801.039, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "seen the slide before, but now with a", "start": 1803.36, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "little bit more uh imagery, just again,", "start": 1805.36, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "we were out there, we've got uh we've", "start": 1807.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "got photographic proof of that.", "start": 1809.679, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "um 14 presentations, advisory groups, a", "start": 1811.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "lot of the places that that Rob was", "start": 1814.48, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "talking about where we presented this", "start": 1815.84, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "the plan, talked through the different", "start": 1817.52, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "options that we had for folks. Uh we did", "start": 1819.76, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "the same at the seven engagement", "start": 1821.679, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": "sessions that he mentioned and we went", "start": 1822.96, "duration": 2.959 }, { "text": "to our city councils. 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Oh, and then we also had a", "start": 1843.44, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "survey that we'll talk about as well.", "start": 1846.08, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "Uh, a big part of this was", "start": 1848.08, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "communication. So, since the beginning", "start": 1849.2, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "of the the process with LLR, uh, I think", "start": 1850.88, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "we've got something like 30 stories that", "start": 1853.919, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": "we've done on the district side of", "start": 1855.44, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "things in regards to this process. every", "start": 1856.72, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "time that we had an update, we were", "start": 1858.559, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": "coming back to the community and letting", "start": 1860.159, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "them know where we were at. 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And I think that's", "start": 2083.919, "duration": 2.561 }, { "text": "the difficulty that we as a as a", "start": 2085.04, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "district have. And so these cards that", "start": 2086.48, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "they created, the tabletop exercises", "start": 2088.399, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "really help people to be able to have", "start": 2090.079, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "that experience of of being part of the", "start": 2092.079, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "process, thinking through these things.", "start": 2094.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "And then part of this was actually", "start": 2096.24, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "trying to encapsulate trying to", "start": 2098.16, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "understand and document that feedback.", "start": 2099.68, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "And so of course we had our principles", "start": 2101.839, "duration": 2.881 }, { "text": "at the tables. And so they were", "start": 2103.359, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "facilitating this and writing down what", "start": 2104.72, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "they were hearing. And then each of the", "start": 2106.64, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "participants was able to in a packet be", "start": 2108.16, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "able to write down their feedback as", "start": 2110.079, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "well. And so all that was captured and", "start": 2111.52, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "then ERS took that data, compilated it,", "start": 2113.52, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "tabulated it, and then was able to hand", "start": 2116.32, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "it off to us. Uh before I hand it off to", "start": 2118.16, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "uh Jessica Aine, our executive director", "start": 2120.96, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "of accountability and evaluation to talk", "start": 2123.52, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "more about how that process worked once", "start": 2125.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "the data was handed off, I do want to", "start": 2127.359, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "just make a really important point,", "start": 2129.28, "duration": 2.559 }, { "text": "especially based on some of the feedback", "start": 2130.56, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "that we've heard in the community, that", "start": 2131.839, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "neither of these two consultants, truly", "start": 2133.52, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "no consultants were in the room when we", "start": 2135.68, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "were making these decisions as", "start": 2137.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "leadership team. uh we came together um", "start": 2139.04, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "you know that work had already been done", "start": 2142.48, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "in regards to the engagement and uh in", "start": 2144.079, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "those rooms it was district leadership", "start": 2146.4, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "that was really weighing considering the", "start": 2147.92, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "data and then making those decisions. So", "start": 2149.599, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "the the consultants were not part of", "start": 2151.599, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "that.", "start": 2152.96, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "Just one other point, board members. Um,", "start": 2154.8, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and thank you, Randy, and thank you,", "start": 2157.119, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "Rob, um, for sharing. You know, in my", "start": 2158.8, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "nine years here as superintendent, I", "start": 2162.079, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "don't know that there's been any topic", "start": 2164.0, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "or any moment in time where our", "start": 2165.599, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "community has had more opportunities for", "start": 2167.52, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "engagement and communication from the", "start": 2169.76, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "district than the process that we just", "start": 2171.44, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "went through. Um, uh, Dr. Dr. Alzine", "start": 2173.44, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "will will talk you through the the the", "start": 2176.88, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "statistical analyses that we we were", "start": 2179.28, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "able to recover as a result of that. But", "start": 2182.079, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "board members, we anyone and everyone", "start": 2184.72, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "who wanted to participate in um in these", "start": 2187.599, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "processes in these work sessions, we", "start": 2190.48, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "accommodated uh we shifted venues just", "start": 2192.24, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "like we did last week when we knew that", "start": 2194.72, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "we had more folks that wanted to talk to", "start": 2196.4, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "us than we potentially had room to be", "start": 2198.8, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "able to to accommodate in a way that was", "start": 2201.119, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "respectful and meaningful. Um, we", "start": 2203.68, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "originally planned having these sessions", "start": 2207.2, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "in libraries, then we moved them to", "start": 2209.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "gymnasiums. And I just want to thank our", "start": 2211.44, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "team for all of the things that they did", "start": 2214.0, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "to make those um those opportunities a", "start": 2216.56, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "reality. But it gave us really clarity", "start": 2219.839, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "on our community as a whole, what", "start": 2222.72, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "they're looking for from their", "start": 2224.72, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "elementary school student experience.", "start": 2226.0, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "uh the the data and you'll see as we", "start": 2229.119, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "talk about the survey data and we talk", "start": 2231.44, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "about the community polling data and we", "start": 2233.04, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "talk about the teacher data that we", "start": 2234.72, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "collected uh triangulated in a way that", "start": 2236.96, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "gave us a really clear picture on what", "start": 2240.8, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "it is we were trying to do as we began", "start": 2243.119, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "to develop this proposal. Uh so I I I'll", "start": 2245.2, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "share that I'm very proud of the process", "start": 2249.2, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "that we used. I will share that I'm", "start": 2251.04, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "proud of the ways that we tried to", "start": 2253.119, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "communicate and I think the trick with", "start": 2254.64, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "communications is and even engagement is", "start": 2257.44, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "to the extent that you can put forth the", "start": 2260.48, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "best effort, it doesn't mean that it's", "start": 2262.24, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "100% guarantee that that everybody is", "start": 2264.48, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "able to participate or is is able to", "start": 2266.8, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "engage in that. And that's just human", "start": 2269.04, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "nature and that's just kind of I think", "start": 2270.8, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "the reality in any big decision that", "start": 2272.8, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "that school districts make is that you", "start": 2275.28, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "know we're going to put for our best", "start": 2277.28, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "foot forward and really try to do what", "start": 2278.48, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "we can. But I will say that uh the ways", "start": 2280.32, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "in which we engaged the process that we", "start": 2283.119, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "used uh I think was was really a a great", "start": 2285.28, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "opportunity for lots in our community to", "start": 2289.599, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "learn about our challenges. That's one", "start": 2292.24, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "thing to say watch board meetings. It's", "start": 2294.16, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "another thing to come and sit for three", "start": 2295.839, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "three and a half hours with a", "start": 2297.44, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "facilitator know and understand the", "start": 2298.56, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "experiences that are happening across", "start": 2300.64, "duration": 2.959 }, { "text": "the district that might not be your own", "start": 2302.079, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "experience. Right? that that that you", "start": 2303.599, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "know as as we solve for these things we", "start": 2306.64, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "have individual experiences and then we", "start": 2308.4, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "have the collective experiences that", "start": 2310.079, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "we're trying to provide. So um I will", "start": 2311.44, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "say that that the feedback that we", "start": 2314.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "received at the end of those of of these", "start": 2315.92, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "um these sessions was incredibly", "start": 2318.88, "duration": 2.959 }, { "text": "positive board members. You were there", "start": 2320.48, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "you heard what I heard. folks were", "start": 2321.839, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": "really appreciative that we listened and", "start": 2323.28, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "heard and so um just as establishing", "start": 2324.64, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "that that those that that engagement", "start": 2327.44, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "that data that feedback very very", "start": 2330.16, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "important as we developed our proposal.", "start": 2332.72, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "So", "start": 2335.44, "duration": 2.32 }, { "text": ">> before we turn it over to Dr. Elian I", "start": 2336.079, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": "wanted to see if board members had any", "start": 2337.76, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "questions on the timeline u methodology", "start": 2339.04, "duration": 8.559 }, { "text": "up until this point of the presentation.", "start": 2342.64, "duration": 7.959 }, { "text": "Elena,", "start": 2347.599, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> first I appreciate the clarification on", "start": 2351.68, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "consultants. I've had a lot of questions", "start": 2354.24, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "on that. Um, so thank you for sharing", "start": 2356.48, "duration": 9.44 }, { "text": "that. Um, and I'm curious on", "start": 2360.24, "duration": 10.16 }, { "text": "the timeline. Did we ever change the", "start": 2365.92, "duration": 7.919 }, { "text": "timeline for voting on this? Did we ever", "start": 2370.4, "duration": 7.0 }, { "text": "move it up?", "start": 2373.839, "duration": 3.561 }, { "text": "I I I just I can't remember and I and I", "start": 2379.359, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "didn't know if there was the answer to", "start": 2382.32, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "that is yes. the answer to that. Can you", "start": 2383.76, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "just explain to me? I thought maybe it", "start": 2385.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "was an open enrollment thing, but I", "start": 2387.28, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": ">> No, we we had originally um shared I", "start": 2389.2, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "think it was October 8th for the vote", "start": 2392.88, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "and in board discussion. I think some", "start": 2394.72, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "really valid points were brought up on", "start": 2396.72, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "um the potentially negative impact that", "start": 2399.04, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "could have on individual families as", "start": 2401.119, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "they were trying to access our open", "start": 2402.96, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "enrollment process that that window", "start": 2404.24, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "would be too tight. And as a result, to", "start": 2406.24, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "make sure that we're supporting", "start": 2408.4, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "families, given, you know, the the", "start": 2409.44, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "magnitude of this decision, the board", "start": 2411.599, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "elected to move that back to the 22nd.", "start": 2413.839, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "And I believe that was at the June 9th", "start": 2416.24, "duration": 2.879 }, { "text": "board meeting.", "start": 2417.599, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, it was during the board work", "start": 2419.119, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "session, our prioritization meeting.", "start": 2420.56, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> And I'm certain I was at that session,", "start": 2422.48, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "but I did not remember that when someone", "start": 2424.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "asked me that. Um, though I assumed it", "start": 2426.72, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "was about open enrollment and and that", "start": 2429.2, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "window there. Okay. Thank you,", "start": 2432.88, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": ">> Deian.", "start": 2435.839, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": "because I'm a relative newcomer on the", "start": 2438.96, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "board, I uh kind of walked in and some", "start": 2441.119, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "of these decisions were sort of in", "start": 2444.96, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "progress. And so if I'm asking questions", "start": 2446.56, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "that are just um history that happened", "start": 2449.839, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "right before December last year, please", "start": 2453.28, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "uh help me fill in the blanks. Um when", "start": 2456.079, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "the decision was made to go to a", "start": 2459.119, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "regional approach", "start": 2462.48, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "um", "start": 2464.64, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "how were those regions defined and who", "start": 2466.4, "duration": 7.16 }, { "text": "defined them?", "start": 2470.079, "duration": 3.481 }, { "text": "Well, the regions were well one of the", "start": 2473.68, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "outcomes from the October meeting was", "start": 2476.8, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "the board had told us that allowing", "start": 2478.64, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "schools to stay small is no longer an", "start": 2481.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "option. And by that time long range", "start": 2483.28, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "advisory committee had uh presented two", "start": 2486.0, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "different metrics and those are the", "start": 2488.96, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "metrics are average classes per grade", "start": 2490.24, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "level and then the utilization. So", "start": 2492.079, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "average classes per grade level we knew", "start": 2495.44, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "that uh the student experience was being", "start": 2497.359, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "impacted when they got less than two", "start": 2500.079, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "rounds. So that defined what a small", "start": 2501.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "school was is anything equal to or less", "start": 2503.68, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "than two classes per grade level. So we", "start": 2505.92, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "knew that allowing schools to stay small", "start": 2508.319, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "was no longer an option. So then we", "start": 2510.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "looked at the different regions and in", "start": 2511.76, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "those regions, Boulder, Lewisville,", "start": 2514.16, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "Spear, and Broomfield, at least half or", "start": 2515.839, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "the majority of the schools in those", "start": 2518.079, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "regions are at or below two classes per", "start": 2519.76, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "grade level. So that's what defined it.", "start": 2522.24, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "We saw some growth in Erie. We saw some", "start": 2524.64, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "growth in Lafayette. And then the", "start": 2526.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "mountain schools were not included just", "start": 2529.68, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "due to their unique geographic", "start": 2531.52, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "locations. So,", "start": 2533.2, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": ">> uh follow-up question would be um so the", "start": 2536.88, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "regions were um", "start": 2540.72, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "uh were set really by geography", "start": 2544.24, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": ">> and yet it appears that there a region", "start": 2547.52, "duration": 6.799 }, { "text": "that would have included all the", "start": 2551.92, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "students that are all of the schools", "start": 2554.319, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "that are trying to do second language", "start": 2556.079, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "instruction that they were sort of not", "start": 2558.079, "duration": 7.201 }, { "text": "in a region because they're separate.", "start": 2560.88, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "We're going to speak um in more detail", "start": 2567.599, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "on on the recommendation to study this", "start": 2569.68, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "the schools that are in dual language.", "start": 2571.839, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "Uh you when we did not identify", "start": 2573.52, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "Lafayette, you'd be correct that we", "start": 2575.76, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "would then not have been able to", "start": 2577.359, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "consider Pioneer or Anjivine Middle", "start": 2579.2, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "School. We also limited this to the K8", "start": 2582.0, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "uh schools in um in Lewisville Superior", "start": 2584.88, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "and elementary schools. And so Casey", "start": 2588.16, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "Middle School, Manhattan Middle School", "start": 2590.4, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "also wouldn't be part of of this", "start": 2591.92, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "analysis. And so uh challenging because", "start": 2594.24, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "certainly um two of our dual language", "start": 2597.04, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "elementary schools are are in the middle", "start": 2600.079, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "of Boulder. Um but we will speak to kind", "start": 2601.839, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "of more detail on in regards of why we", "start": 2604.72, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "we recommended to take a year to study", "start": 2607.44, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "that. um really studying that as a K8", "start": 2609.76, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "continuum, not just elementary schools.", "start": 2612.72, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "And really thinking about systemically", "start": 2615.52, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "the experience, the student experience", "start": 2617.599, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "that we want our students who are", "start": 2619.68, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "studying or participating in dual", "start": 2622.64, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "language program schools to have. And", "start": 2624.48, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "through the engagement process we had,", "start": 2626.96, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "uh there wasn't specificity around dual", "start": 2629.52, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "language schools and programs. uh and", "start": 2631.92, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "their instruction and their experience", "start": 2634.48, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "is vastly different from students that", "start": 2636.96, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "are in our monolingual schools that just", "start": 2638.64, "duration": 5.08 }, { "text": "teach in English.", "start": 2640.24, "duration": 3.48 }, { "text": ">> Anna,", "start": 2646.8, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "thank you. And for a timeline, one of", "start": 2648.72, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the biggest pieces of feedback that I've", "start": 2651.119, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "received is um folks did see the uh LRAK", "start": 2652.72, "duration": 7.28 }, { "text": "recommendations that uh kept coming out", "start": 2657.44, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "on um school consolidations and where we", "start": 2660.0, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "were at in elementary schools. And I", "start": 2663.44, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "think that some of the the community", "start": 2665.28, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "members um that really showed up to our", "start": 2667.839, "duration": 6.561 }, { "text": "community engagement sessions were of", "start": 2671.52, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "the schools that were in the red that", "start": 2674.4, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "had some of that notice put into some of", "start": 2676.72, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "those plans. Um", "start": 2679.359, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "and now that we have announced the the", "start": 2682.24, "duration": 6.079 }, { "text": "consolidations that we are looking into,", "start": 2685.76, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "I wonder uh my my biggest question is", "start": 2688.319, "duration": 6.721 }, { "text": "where that shift happened of um looking", "start": 2691.359, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "at the recommendations of ELRACK um and", "start": 2695.04, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "then switching to what we have now um", "start": 2698.319, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "within that timeline for community", "start": 2701.2, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "engagement. Um just getting a clearer", "start": 2703.28, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "sense of what when that shift happened.", "start": 2706.56, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "Um, and I know that right uh right now", "start": 2709.119, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "is that that moment of uh where our", "start": 2711.92, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "community members are able to give um", "start": 2715.28, "duration": 6.079 }, { "text": "that feedback on our proposal. Um, but I", "start": 2717.599, "duration": 6.881 }, { "text": "also just want to go back to acknowledge", "start": 2721.359, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "um just the fact that some of these", "start": 2724.48, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "parents um and community members,", "start": 2727.44, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "families um hadn't engaged as much", "start": 2729.92, "duration": 8.88 }, { "text": "because they weren't um considering that", "start": 2734.079, "duration": 8.561 }, { "text": "they were going to be uh put in this", "start": 2738.8, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "proposal for a consolidation or a", "start": 2742.64, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "closure.", "start": 2744.56, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": ">> Uh thank you for those questions. A", "start": 2747.04, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "couple clarifying points. Um,", "start": 2749.119, "duration": 6.801 }, { "text": "we had broad community participation at", "start": 2752.88, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "Broomfield High School, at Boulder High", "start": 2755.92, "duration": 7.199 }, { "text": "School, here at the Ed Center. Um, we", "start": 2758.4, "duration": 6.959 }, { "text": "Monarch High School, uh, gymnasiums", "start": 2763.119, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "filled with individuals and they were", "start": 2765.359, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "not limited to the schools that were", "start": 2766.88, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "identified in the in the engagement", "start": 2768.96, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "phase. um in the LRAK metrics that we", "start": 2771.76, "duration": 6.559 }, { "text": "released as part of the annual report um", "start": 2774.72, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "on LRAK declining enrollment annual", "start": 2778.319, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "trends report that is per board policy", "start": 2780.56, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "that we presented every February. And so", "start": 2782.96, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "um because we would only have had two uh", "start": 2786.64, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "small elementary schools participating", "start": 2789.52, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "if that would have been the case. And so", "start": 2791.359, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "um I do understand that that there are", "start": 2793.599, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "some folks who didn't participate in", "start": 2795.599, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "that opportunity or maybe didn't", "start": 2797.52, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "participate in our surveys um that um", "start": 2798.96, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "that at this point uh maybe didn't", "start": 2803.119, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "realize the u the magnitude of that of", "start": 2805.52, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "that opportunity. And uh this is why we", "start": 2808.4, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "went through what what Randy shared", "start": 2811.119, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "which is uh you know we we were we're", "start": 2813.359, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "sending monthly updates to all of our", "start": 2815.92, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "families in communications. We weren't", "start": 2817.599, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "we weren't hiding the fact that this was", "start": 2819.599, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "a regional approach. It was very much", "start": 2821.359, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "front and center on why we were actually", "start": 2823.2, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "doing the engagement process. Uh and in", "start": 2824.96, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "any engagement session uh not every", "start": 2828.24, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "parent participated, right? We had we", "start": 2830.16, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "had a pretty good showing thousands you", "start": 2832.079, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "know thousand people. I mean I think", "start": 2834.079, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "that you know when Jessica will speak", "start": 2835.599, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "you know when you look at all the", "start": 2837.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "individual data points 76,000 data", "start": 2838.96, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "points which we feel is a a really", "start": 2841.52, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "strong sample and we'll talk about that.", "start": 2844.319, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Uh so uh so so there are people who", "start": 2846.56, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "didn't participate in that right but if", "start": 2849.599, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "they were to have participated without", "start": 2852.4, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "knowing their school is named would they", "start": 2854.24, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "have said anything differently than the", "start": 2855.92, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "sample size that we collected from all", "start": 2858.079, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "of these communities. The data we've", "start": 2859.839, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "suggested is is incredibly triangulated", "start": 2862.0, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "and clear. It's not really fuzzy at all.", "start": 2864.8, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "Uh so that process wasn't about", "start": 2867.2, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "individual schools and it wasn't an", "start": 2870.319, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "engagement process per LRACK. that was a", "start": 2872.16, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "community engagement process on the", "start": 2874.88, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "student experience and I think that we", "start": 2876.56, "duration": 6.799 }, { "text": "were incredibly clear about that. So um", "start": 2878.16, "duration": 7.28 }, { "text": "and and as Rob shared, you know, we've", "start": 2883.359, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "really tried to engage in ways that are", "start": 2885.44, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "very honest and transparent in terms of", "start": 2887.92, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "the of of what the board shared, what", "start": 2891.359, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "your direction was, and how we", "start": 2895.04, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "communicated that to our community and", "start": 2896.56, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "the staff. And you know when it when", "start": 2898.4, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "when when you all shared in October 2025", "start": 2900.64, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "we need to move to a regional approach.", "start": 2903.68, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "As superintendent I asked you for", "start": 2906.72, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "several months to think through what a", "start": 2908.64, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "strong process would be. How do we", "start": 2910.96, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "create a worldclass process that listens", "start": 2913.119, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "to people before we just behind closed", "start": 2915.76, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "doors pick a list of schools and roll it", "start": 2918.64, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "out to the community and ask them if", "start": 2920.319, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "they like it or not? or even worse, when", "start": 2921.52, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "we did this in 20 or 2003,", "start": 2924.24, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "put out competing proposals and then ask", "start": 2927.68, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "communities to come and give feedback on", "start": 2930.64, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "whether or not we should close this", "start": 2932.64, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "school or that school. Proposals that", "start": 2934.16, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "competed directly with who was going to", "start": 2935.76, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "be closed. And I've talked to board", "start": 2938.079, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "members from that era. I've talked to", "start": 2940.16, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "staff members. I was in a meeting", "start": 2941.599, "duration": 3.041 }, { "text": "yesterday with a teacher who was part of", "start": 2942.88, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "that. Uh it was horrible. Not that this", "start": 2944.64, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "is easy. I'm not saying this is easy.", "start": 2948.72, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "And I'm not saying that this um isn't", "start": 2950.72, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "hard. Uh however, I think we were really", "start": 2952.88, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "clear on what our task was. We engaged", "start": 2956.48, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "thoroughly. Um we, you know, as as part", "start": 2959.52, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "of of doing this, I've had a lot of", "start": 2963.04, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "conversations with a lot of districts", "start": 2965.04, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "across the country and I've asked them", "start": 2966.64, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "what's their process.", "start": 2968.96, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "Our process stands out as one that is", "start": 2971.44, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "more inclusive and more engaging than", "start": 2973.92, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "other districts. And you could compare", "start": 2976.16, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "what we've done and our our um", "start": 2978.319, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "engagement to any other district in", "start": 2981.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "Colorado. I tell you, we I I promise you", "start": 2983.839, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "our engagement has been the deepest. Our", "start": 2986.48, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "outreach has been the most proactive. Um", "start": 2988.8, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "so I do understand at you know folks who", "start": 2992.0, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "are engaging at this point may have some", "start": 2994.559, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "questions about the process. I stand", "start": 2996.559, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "behind the process and our team who", "start": 2999.2, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "built the process. I think it is not um", "start": 3000.8, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "just an effective process for your", "start": 3003.359, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "decision, but it is something um that", "start": 3005.04, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "that should be stood up as a model", "start": 3007.599, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "across other districts going through", "start": 3009.599, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "something that is incredibly incredibly", "start": 3011.2, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "difficult.", "start": 3013.119, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": ">> Alex,", "start": 3015.119, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": ">> yeah, I guess I have a comment and then", "start": 3016.319, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "a question. Um I would just say actually", "start": 3017.92, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "in partial response to my colleagues on", "start": 3021.04, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "the board, uh I campaigned and um came", "start": 3022.72, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "into the board very interested in moving", "start": 3026.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "to a regional approach. Uh I live and my", "start": 3028.24, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "kids attend schools in the Table Mesa", "start": 3031.2, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "neighborhood and the LRAK approach would", "start": 3032.88, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "treat Mesa Elementary as a totally", "start": 3035.359, "duration": 3.041 }, { "text": "different thing than Bear Creek than", "start": 3037.119, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "Community Monastery and Creekide. And", "start": 3038.4, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "the parents in that community treat it", "start": 3040.319, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "as the offerings that are within walking", "start": 3042.0, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "and biking distance of their houses. And", "start": 3043.76, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "so if you just looked at the LRAK thing,", "start": 3046.079, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "you'd be we were parsing out differences", "start": 3048.559, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "between uh small differences in", "start": 3050.96, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "enrollment when to our later point most", "start": 3053.28, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "of them were underenrolled. So, we", "start": 3056.319, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "needed to act more and we're acting as", "start": 3058.4, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "if one school because Heatherwood was a", "start": 3060.16, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "little smaller than the next school that", "start": 3062.559, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "Heatherwood's obviously the one that", "start": 3064.0, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "should change and it's all on them and", "start": 3065.28, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "we'd put all our resources into solving", "start": 3067.04, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "Heatherwood. So, we give spend a quarter", "start": 3068.88, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "million and what do you know? It adds", "start": 3070.8, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "six kids in enrollment to the school.", "start": 3072.319, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "So, it just doesn't really work and it", "start": 3074.16, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "doesn't serve the community. So, uh, my", "start": 3076.079, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "memory from when the board suggested", "start": 3078.48, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "moving from the LRAK to, uh, more bold", "start": 3080.559, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "action in part was because we knew we", "start": 3083.44, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "needed to act substantially and that we", "start": 3085.68, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "shouldn't act on schools in isolation.", "start": 3087.92, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Uh, we didn't want to go back to 2003", "start": 3090.16, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "or whatever and pit one school against", "start": 3093.2, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "another. We wanted communities to talk", "start": 3095.52, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "about how best to serve the all the", "start": 3098.079, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "schools in their in their communities.", "start": 3099.839, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "And we're not just Boulder, like we're I", "start": 3102.0, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "forget how many geographies we serve,", "start": 3103.68, "duration": 2.399 }, { "text": "but it's a lot of government", "start": 3105.119, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "institutions and counties and stuff. And", "start": 3106.079, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "people do sort of work within their", "start": 3108.88, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "community. Some will commute a half", "start": 3110.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "hour, 40 minutes to a school, but not", "start": 3112.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "many. Most people want to make it", "start": 3114.16, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "practical. And so I am a strong believer", "start": 3116.16, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "that the move from the individual school", "start": 3118.319, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "parsing out small differences to having", "start": 3120.48, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "a regional approach was something the", "start": 3122.72, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "board uh I'm argued for it. I found that", "start": 3124.559, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "the rest of the board u many of the new", "start": 3127.76, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "people were agreeing with that approach", "start": 3129.92, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "and that it is more holistic and", "start": 3131.44, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "comprehensive and from the feedback that", "start": 3133.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "we get I think we we see that that's", "start": 3135.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "probably necessary and it leads to a lot", "start": 3138.0, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "of transition planning. Um the other", "start": 3139.76, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "thing I would just say is that the the", "start": 3142.24, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "LRA the the issues we were dealing with", "start": 3144.48, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "collectively with all 27,000 kids were", "start": 3147.04, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "before us all the time and that the", "start": 3149.28, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "shortcomings were not hypothetical or in", "start": 3151.28, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "the future. they were kid families", "start": 3153.52, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "leaving the district now for private", "start": 3155.359, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "schools or homeschooling because uh they", "start": 3156.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "couldn't get the services they needed uh", "start": 3159.44, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "for their neurodeiverse kid in the place", "start": 3161.04, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "where they were or that there was no", "start": 3162.88, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "acceleration available because they had", "start": 3164.88, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "to do advanced courses uh online rather", "start": 3166.72, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "than in person and their kid couldn't", "start": 3169.119, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "learn that modality. So like the", "start": 3170.72, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "shortcomings were real. the school", "start": 3172.96, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "by-school approach was really a short", "start": 3174.88, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "service to our community and I for one", "start": 3176.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "on the board didn't not want to wait", "start": 3179.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "four or five more years of waiting for", "start": 3181.52, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "those numbers to creep even lower. So I", "start": 3183.76, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "I think the red and orange stuff is", "start": 3186.319, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "helpful, but there was no green there.", "start": 3188.72, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "Like all those schools, so many of those", "start": 3191.04, "duration": 2.799 }, { "text": "schools are under enroll to the point", "start": 3192.72, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "where they were harming kids. And I", "start": 3193.839, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "think that's where the board I've heard", "start": 3195.2, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "feedback from the community about, you", "start": 3197.28, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "know, the transition from the LRAC as if", "start": 3198.88, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "they were the policymaking body. This is", "start": 3200.559, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "the policymaking body. We're the", "start": 3202.4, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "decision makers directing where we go.", "start": 3203.839, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "and we directed the district to move in", "start": 3206.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "a more regional comprehensive holistic", "start": 3208.24, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "approach and to accelerate the action so", "start": 3210.16, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "that we wouldn't be waiting four or five", "start": 3212.319, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "more years to pull the trigger and just", "start": 3214.079, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "punt it off to some future board when", "start": 3215.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "kids are suffering today. So I just", "start": 3217.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "wanted to explain the regionalism for me", "start": 3219.52, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "from for new members on the board who", "start": 3222.4, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "weren't there during some of those", "start": 3224.319, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "discussions. That's that's where I was", "start": 3225.599, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "coming from and that's how I remember", "start": 3227.04, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "those discussions. And one more thing on", "start": 3228.319, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "the uh there's been the discussion about", "start": 3231.28, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "the engagement. Um, I think it's wrong", "start": 3233.28, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "to frame what we're doing now as like a", "start": 3236.88, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "short version of engagement versus this", "start": 3240.64, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "other stuff. The other stuff we did is", "start": 3242.4, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "in addition to what districts normally", "start": 3244.4, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "do. Most of the districts would do a", "start": 3246.24, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "short version of what we've done in the", "start": 3248.16, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "last 8 weeks. That's what community", "start": 3249.52, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "engagement is at the best case in our", "start": 3251.52, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "surrounding districts. In St. Green, I", "start": 3253.599, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "think they had like two weeks notice", "start": 3255.599, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "before they closed an elementary school.", "start": 3257.04, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "Jeffco had their LRAK thing and they", "start": 3258.8, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "went to just quick action and proposed", "start": 3260.4, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "closing you know 11. Um so I think our", "start": 3262.24, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "large engagement process which I look", "start": 3266.319, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "forward to having described in more", "start": 3268.079, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "detail now is in addition to what is", "start": 3270.319, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "actually a normal district engagement", "start": 3273.28, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "process with a fairly normal district", "start": 3274.96, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "timeline that we've been engaged in in", "start": 3277.44, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "over the last 10 weeks. That's the way I", "start": 3279.28, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "see it. And I never expected the the", "start": 3280.8, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "deep community engagement which I found", "start": 3283.599, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "also great greatly gratifying to see the", "start": 3285.599, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "sophistication and the engagement and", "start": 3287.599, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "the deep dive of our families and our", "start": 3289.52, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "educators. Um but that was not to avoid", "start": 3291.2, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "having the discussion we've had over the", "start": 3294.319, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "last two months. That was to inform the", "start": 3296.079, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "discussion for the whole community that", "start": 3297.76, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "we're now engaged in. So it's not an", "start": 3299.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "either or or the right or the wrong way.", "start": 3301.2, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "I think we did an additional step that", "start": 3303.28, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "was very necessary and appropriate.", "start": 3304.96, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "Before we move on, I just want to again", "start": 3308.88, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "provide context to this timeline. I have", "start": 3311.68, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "been on the board for five years and", "start": 3314.559, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "we've been talking about declining", "start": 3317.44, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "enrollment since I was elected in", "start": 3318.64, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "November of 2021.", "start": 3320.64, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "Before that, I was on the district", "start": 3323.04, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "accountability committee and we were", "start": 3325.2, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "talking about the impacts of declining", "start": 3326.64, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "enrollment on student learning", "start": 3328.16, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "experiences and student data. So, it has", "start": 3329.68, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "been a long time coming and I understand", "start": 3333.68, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "particularly for parents of", "start": 3336.72, "duration": 2.639 }, { "text": "kindergarteners or elementary school", "start": 3337.839, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "student or first graders who haven't", "start": 3339.359, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "kind of been along for the ride with us", "start": 3341.839, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "in the same way or haven't watched the", "start": 3344.4, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "experiences at their individual schools", "start": 3346.559, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "deteriorate over time because there are", "start": 3349.839, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "fewer and fewer students. Um, I", "start": 3352.24, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "understand that this feels like a", "start": 3354.799, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "surprise and I just really hope", "start": 3356.48, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "everybody hears how long me personally", "start": 3359.76, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "on this board and representing on school", "start": 3362.88, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "accountability committees and district", "start": 3364.96, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "accountability committee before that", "start": 3366.16, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "have been considering declining", "start": 3368.0, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "enrollment relying on Glenn's data. I", "start": 3369.76, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "mean, I first looked at your enrollment", "start": 3372.72, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "matrices when my senior was in first", "start": 3374.319, "duration": 6.721 }, { "text": "grade. It's been a long time coming. Um", "start": 3377.119, "duration": 6.881 }, { "text": "so I I just want to share that and also", "start": 3381.04, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "share", "start": 3384.0, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "re-emphasize that the board which does", "start": 3386.16, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "change every two years roughly on the", "start": 3389.92, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "composition we directed we told staff", "start": 3392.96, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "schools could not stay small. We asked", "start": 3396.72, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "staff to come up with a plan. It wasn't", "start": 3400.0, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "consultants or something else that said", "start": 3403.44, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "we're going to close schools. You should", "start": 3406.16, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "close these schools. We said schools", "start": 3407.839, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "cannot remain small. Present us with", "start": 3410.079, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "options that meet the needs of our this", "start": 3412.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "entire school district. 500 square", "start": 3415.2, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "miles, 27,000 students, and 4,000", "start": 3417.04, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "employees.", "start": 3419.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "That was the cadence", "start": 3421.119, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "we directed. That was the cadence that", "start": 3423.76, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "was taken. Um, so I just wanted to", "start": 3425.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "clarify that as well. And then I'll turn", "start": 3428.0, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "it over to Dr. Aline or Dr. Anderson.", "start": 3429.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": ">> Just one point of of clarification", "start": 3432.319, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "because I think that there's uh, you", "start": 3434.0, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "know, words really matter here. um when", "start": 3435.359, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "you state options, options for each", "start": 3438.48, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "region, not multiple options for each", "start": 3441.28, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "region to be considered. And so, uh the", "start": 3444.799, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "direction was clear that that wasn't", "start": 3448.4, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "specified on October 20 25th or January", "start": 3450.0, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "or in any any point in time during this", "start": 3453.359, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "process that the board directed staff to", "start": 3456.319, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "come up with multiple options for", "start": 3458.319, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "consideration. I just want to be really", "start": 3459.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "clear about that. um that it was to look", "start": 3461.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "at each region and options for each", "start": 3464.0, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "region, it would come forward in one", "start": 3465.92, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "proposal. So, just wanted to make sure", "start": 3467.839, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "that I clarify that uh board president", "start": 3469.839, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "Rajbo. And with that, Dr. Azine, uh", "start": 3472.72, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "we'll turn it over to you uh to um get", "start": 3474.799, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "into our data sources and some of the", "start": 3477.839, "duration": 6.441 }, { "text": "analysis that we did.", "start": 3480.48, "duration": 3.8 }, { "text": ">> Okay. Uh so when we talk about all of", "start": 3484.48, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "those opportunities for our stakeholders", "start": 3487.28, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "to provide feedback, you can imagine", "start": 3490.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "that we amassed a pretty robust u and", "start": 3491.76, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "varied data corpus of data. And so this", "start": 3494.16, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "table summarizes what we had to work", "start": 3496.799, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "with. We had the feedback from the", "start": 3498.64, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "teachers at those elementary roundts. We", "start": 3500.64, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "had community engagement feedback", "start": 3503.599, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "packets. These were packets that", "start": 3505.359, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "individuals who attended those sessions", "start": 3506.799, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "filled out during the evening and", "start": 3508.64, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "submitted at the end. There was also a", "start": 3510.0, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "follow-up survey that was offered to", "start": 3512.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "attendees via QR code as they were", "start": 3514.0, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "leaving that evening. And then we had", "start": 3516.16, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "our resilient school survey that we", "start": 3517.839, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "offered to the full census of every", "start": 3519.68, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "staff member and every family currently", "start": 3521.92, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "affiliated with BBSD. And it was also", "start": 3523.599, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "offered to a random sample of community", "start": 3526.079, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "members not currently affiliated with", "start": 3528.24, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "the district but residing within", "start": 3530.24, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "district boundaries. So as Dr. Anderson", "start": 3531.76, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "stated this we had the 63,000 responses", "start": 3535.04, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "ultimately 76,000 bits of data and", "start": 3538.4, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "before I walk through this findings I", "start": 3541.2, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "want to ground us in the scope of this", "start": 3543.52, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "data and kind of give a little bit more", "start": 3545.04, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "background on the methods that we use to", "start": 3546.72, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "turn this table into the information", "start": 3548.72, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "that was used to help support and inform", "start": 3551.28, "duration": 5.0 }, { "text": "the proposal.", "start": 3553.04, "duration": 3.24 }, { "text": "So we uh conducted several sensitivity", "start": 3556.72, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "analysis and checks uh with this data", "start": 3558.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "just to make sure that we felt confident", "start": 3561.119, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "that this was a round representation of", "start": 3562.96, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "what the community wanted and what they", "start": 3566.0, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "valued and what they prioritized. So", "start": 3567.76, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "first of all um as Dr. Anderson said", "start": 3569.68, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "these were open to everyone. We didn't", "start": 3572.319, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "turn people away and that extended all", "start": 3574.079, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "the way to the resilient school survey.", "start": 3575.839, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "uh rather than sending that to a random", "start": 3578.4, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "sample of individuals that would have", "start": 3580.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "guaranteed or at least better protected", "start": 3582.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "against unresponse bias, we wanted to", "start": 3585.2, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "make sure that everyone had the", "start": 3587.52, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "opportunity to provide feedback via the", "start": 3588.559, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "survey in particular, well across all of", "start": 3590.24, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "these. So, uh I want to talk to this 9%", "start": 3592.48, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "response rate from families and make", "start": 3596.0, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "sure that we uh know that there were", "start": 3597.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "some sensitivity checks done to to check", "start": 3599.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "in on the validity of that being", "start": 3601.76, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "representative of what our community", "start": 3603.28, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "wanted. So first we looked at the", "start": 3604.72, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "response rates across regions. So that", "start": 3606.72, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "9% of families overall worked out to", "start": 3608.799, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "about 7 to 11% by region. So that means", "start": 3611.599, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "that no single region is driving the", "start": 3614.48, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "results from the survey from the family", "start": 3616.319, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "viewpoint. We also looked at we'll talk", "start": 3617.92, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "in a minute one of the items or or", "start": 3620.16, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "sections of the survey was where", "start": 3622.4, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "individuals identified their top three", "start": 3623.839, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "musthaves. We looked at that list by", "start": 3625.76, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "role as well as by region to see if", "start": 3628.799, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "there was great variability there. there", "start": 3630.96, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "was some limited variability and all of", "start": 3632.88, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "those results were presented to the", "start": 3634.88, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "board in June as well as what was used", "start": 3636.64, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "to inform the proposal. And then", "start": 3638.4, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "finally, just to talk a little bit more", "start": 3640.88, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "about this community survey that", "start": 3642.48, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "occurred, we uh contracted out with", "start": 3644.319, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "Mellan Strategies. It's a local polling", "start": 3646.4, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "firm. So they are who ran that was a", "start": 3648.64, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "stratified random sample in the", "start": 3651.599, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "community to ensure that it had", "start": 3653.2, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "representation across the district. Uh", "start": 3654.72, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "and they ran analysis separate from the", "start": 3657.359, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "analysis that we ran internally. and we", "start": 3660.559, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "looked at their results compared to what", "start": 3662.319, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "we saw within the district. Again, a", "start": 3663.92, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "little bit of variability, not nothing", "start": 3666.079, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "that was extreme. And all of that was", "start": 3668.24, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "used to inform the proposal, to inform", "start": 3670.319, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "the information that was used to inform", "start": 3672.48, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "the proposal.", "start": 3674.16, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "So, that's just adding to the validity", "start": 3676.559, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "of some external validity to what our", "start": 3678.72, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "internal results showed through that", "start": 3681.2, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "survey analysis. And then as was said,", "start": 3682.96, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "we triangulated across all of these", "start": 3685.44, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "different data sources to make sure that", "start": 3687.359, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "we were again trying to provide the most", "start": 3688.96, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "full picture of what we heard from", "start": 3690.799, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "individuals across roles, across", "start": 3693.28, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "regions, across these opportunities for", "start": 3695.2, "duration": 4.919 }, { "text": "engagement.", "start": 3697.119, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "Okay, so talking about the survey, the", "start": 3703.52, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "resilient schools community survey had", "start": 3705.68, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "two primary sections. The first section", "start": 3707.839, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "was this what's referred to as max diff.", "start": 3710.64, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "This is where there was a predetermined", "start": 3713.52, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "set of 12 priorities under consideration", "start": 3715.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "when thinking about schools experiencing", "start": 3718.16, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "declining enrollment. Individuals had", "start": 3720.48, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "nine items where they saw four random", "start": 3722.559, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "priorities and they had to identify what", "start": 3724.72, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "was the most and least important from", "start": 3726.64, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "those four. They repeated that nine", "start": 3728.24, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "times. We heard from the community that", "start": 3730.16, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "this this felt really frustrating that", "start": 3732.24, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "we they were being asked to identify", "start": 3733.68, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "most and least important from a list", "start": 3735.839, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "where everything was important and that", "start": 3737.839, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "we recognized that and we named that.", "start": 3740.24, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "That was by design because that is where", "start": 3741.68, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "we find ourselves needing to move", "start": 3743.359, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "forward and make some decisions. We", "start": 3745.359, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "needed to know from our community given", "start": 3746.799, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "limited resources what is the relative", "start": 3748.88, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "ranking of these priorities and that's", "start": 3751.28, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "what this form of survey design allows", "start": 3753.04, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "us to do. So head and shoulders above", "start": 3755.599, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the rest within our community, small", "start": 3758.0, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "class sizes was the number one priority,", "start": 3759.599, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "but these six are the ones that rose to", "start": 3761.839, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "the top from the fullest of 12 as being", "start": 3763.76, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "the most likely to be chosen as most", "start": 3766.4, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "important across all survey respondents.", "start": 3769.2, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "When we go to the second part of that", "start": 3772.0, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "survey, that next part was after they", "start": 3774.24, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "had those random sample of items, they", "start": 3776.559, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "saw the full list of 12 and individuals", "start": 3778.319, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "could select up to three as their top", "start": 3780.799, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "three musthaves. And these were the top", "start": 3783.2, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "three that were pro uh identified across", "start": 3785.599, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "the sample.", "start": 3787.52, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "Oh, sorry.", "start": 3790.319, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "Next, at the community engagement", "start": 3792.559, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "sessions, one of the activities that", "start": 3794.16, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "people were invited to participate in", "start": 3796.0, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "was that collaboratively at their", "start": 3797.839, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "tables, they learned about challenges", "start": 3799.52, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "that schools experience uh when they", "start": 3801.839, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "have under enrollment. and the tables", "start": 3804.559, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "worked together to collaboratively", "start": 3806.799, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "identify those difficulties that they", "start": 3808.64, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "wanted the district to prioritize to", "start": 3811.28, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "solve when the proposal came forward.", "start": 3813.599, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "And these are the top five of those", "start": 3815.68, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "cards that were identified as the", "start": 3817.359, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "problems that the community wanted to", "start": 3818.88, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "see solved. And then lastly, doing some", "start": 3820.319, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "qualitative analysis through the roundt", "start": 3822.72, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "discussions. Uh the top two themes that", "start": 3824.72, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "came up most often in those", "start": 3827.039, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "conversations with staff were problems", "start": 3828.559, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "related to small class sizes as well as", "start": 3831.039, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "uh challenges related to part-time", "start": 3833.599, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "staff. So when we look across these", "start": 3835.2, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "data, we kind of quickly see some themes", "start": 3837.839, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "show up. Uh small class sizes as well as", "start": 3840.72, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "challenges related to variable class", "start": 3843.92, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "size or small class sizes came across as", "start": 3846.16, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "the top priority across all of these", "start": 3849.119, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "data sources.", "start": 3850.799, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "Next, we saw some emphasis for", "start": 3852.559, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "challenges related to part-time staff.", "start": 3854.559, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "So, our our uh stakeholders really", "start": 3857.119, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "emphasized they wanted to see full-time", "start": 3859.599, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "comprehensive staff in every building.", "start": 3861.44, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "And then finally, uh equitable funding", "start": 3863.68, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "and neighborhood proximity were also the", "start": 3865.68, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "most likely to be chosen as uh top", "start": 3868.72, "duration": 6.04 }, { "text": "priorities from the community.", "start": 3870.88, "duration": 3.88 }, { "text": "And then lastly, at the community", "start": 3875.44, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "engagement sessions, one of the", "start": 3877.44, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "activities in the packets as well as", "start": 3878.72, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "conversations that happened at the", "start": 3880.799, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "roundts was when given a list of options", "start": 3882.079, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "that the school district could take to", "start": 3885.92, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "solve these problems. Uh what would be", "start": 3888.079, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the highest priority? What would be the", "start": 3890.799, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "first choice? uh or specifically I", "start": 3892.079, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "believe this action is a move in the", "start": 3894.48, "duration": 2.879 }, { "text": "right direction to solve the challenges", "start": 3895.92, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "of underenrolled schools is how", "start": 3897.359, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "individuals responded from both the", "start": 3899.039, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "community engagement sessions and the", "start": 3901.28, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "roundts consolidating schools was the uh", "start": 3902.96, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "most chosen top priority in those shifts", "start": 3906.64, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "there at the community engagement", "start": 3909.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "sessions the second one was to", "start": 3911.359, "duration": 6.121 }, { "text": "reconfigure PK8 schools", "start": 3913.28, "duration": 4.2 }, { "text": ">> Dr. Charlesine, can you go through all", "start": 3918.96, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "of those the um how all of the the uh", "start": 3920.48, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "the options that folks considered? You", "start": 3924.88, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "you gave the top two. Can you just kind", "start": 3926.72, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "of run through the rest of those? I", "start": 3928.319, "duration": 2.321 }, { "text": "don't know that that's on the slide, but", "start": 3929.52, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "I'd want that to be on the record.", "start": 3930.64, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": ">> Yes. Uh so the top was um consolidating", "start": 3932.16, "duration": 6.399 }, { "text": "schools, second being the PK8 split,", "start": 3936.079, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "third was close and redistribute", "start": 3938.559, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "students, fourth was relocating for", "start": 3940.88, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "focus programs, fifth was to reconfigure", "start": 3943.359, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "or split K5 schools. And then uh final", "start": 3946.0, "duration": 7.799 }, { "text": "was introducing new focus programs.", "start": 3949.359, "duration": 4.44 }, { "text": ">> All right, the next part Glenn Sigru,", "start": 3956.4, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "our senior planner, is going to be", "start": 3958.96, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "presenting some of our methodology on", "start": 3960.319, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "how we determine projections. Uh all of", "start": 3962.079, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "you around this table know Glenn, but a", "start": 3964.88, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "lot of people in our community don't.", "start": 3966.799, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "Glenn has been doing this work for this", "start": 3968.16, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "district for 19 years. Uh, and if you", "start": 3970.319, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "have followed any of our enrollment", "start": 3973.119, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "work, it has been extremely accurate", "start": 3974.96, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "over those 19 years. And I would say it", "start": 3977.68, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "took something like a uh, global", "start": 3980.0, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "pandemic", "start": 3982.559, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "to throw those projections off. And", "start": 3984.079, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "that's about the only time that Glenn", "start": 3986.559, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "has been off. We have a lot of people in", "start": 3988.4, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "this community, extremely intelligent,", "start": 3990.559, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "that are looking at numbers. There's a", "start": 3992.16, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "lot that goes into projections. And", "start": 3993.839, "duration": 3.041 }, { "text": "Glenn's going to get into that a little", "start": 3995.359, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "bit. Uh, I'll jump in if need to, but", "start": 3996.88, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "um, and I've got a tremendous amount of", "start": 3999.839, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "confidence in Glenn's numbers, and it's", "start": 4002.799, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "not about me. We can go back year over", "start": 4004.96, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "year over year and look at our, uh, uh,", "start": 4007.52, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "enrollment projections to see where", "start": 4010.48, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "Glenn projected and where we actually", "start": 4013.119, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "landed, and you would see that for", "start": 4014.72, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "yourself. So, with that, I will turn it", "start": 4016.079, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "over to Glenn to present our", "start": 4018.319, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "methodology.", "start": 4019.52, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, Rob. Um,", "start": 4022.4, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "let's get the right slide.", "start": 4025.28, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "So our methodology uh these are the main", "start": 4029.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "data sources used in most current", "start": 4032.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "planning projects and the resilient", "start": 4034.4, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "schools initiative. Uh the student", "start": 4036.16, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "records are the primary source for trend", "start": 4038.16, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "analysis and projections. These records", "start": 4041.2, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "are universal meaning they are pulling", "start": 4043.68, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "data from actual records not estimates", "start": 4045.92, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "or extrapolations from outside sources.", "start": 4048.96, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "Also, these records are by address and", "start": 4051.52, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "can be aggregated in multiple ways,", "start": 4053.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "usually by attendance area, but other", "start": 4055.52, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "ways are possible as well. This is", "start": 4057.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "important for school districts because", "start": 4059.839, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "most outside data sources aggregate at", "start": 4061.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "the county or municipal levels, uh,", "start": 4063.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "which do not align with BBSD's", "start": 4066.0, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "boundaries.", "start": 4067.92, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "The next category there, the Colorado", "start": 4070.64, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "Department of Health and Environment,", "start": 4072.24, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "you need to go", "start": 4076.319, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "one more. All right, there we go.", "start": 4079.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": ">> This one. Okay,", "start": 4082.16, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": ">> data sources. Yes,", "start": 4084.0, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": ">> our methodology.", "start": 4085.359, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": ">> Data sources here.", "start": 4087.359, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": ">> Methodology. Okay,", "start": 4089.92, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": ">> apologize.", "start": 4093.359, "duration": 2.401 }, { "text": ">> Okay,", "start": 4094.24, "duration": 3.999 }, { "text": "so uh every student is guaranteed a seat", "start": 4095.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "in the neighborhood school. Um so this", "start": 4098.239, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "is based on our resident populations as", "start": 4100.4, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "the starting point for our projections.", "start": 4102.799, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "Colorado law allows parents to apply to", "start": 4104.799, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "attend another school only if there is", "start": 4107.52, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "available space and programmat", "start": 4109.679, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "programmatic capacity. Resident student", "start": 4111.44, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "population and housing stock data is", "start": 4114.159, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "less variable and more predictable than", "start": 4117.199, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "parent choice uh which is a large", "start": 4119.359, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "component of open enrollment. Open", "start": 4122.56, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "enrollment is the valve that we can use", "start": 4124.799, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "at times to fill space in neighborhood", "start": 4127.199, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "schools once we account for all of the", "start": 4129.359, "duration": 6.44 }, { "text": "residential students. Okay.", "start": 4131.279, "duration": 4.52 }, { "text": "So, moving on to our data sources. I did", "start": 4136.0, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "discuss", "start": 4138.48, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "uh uh the BBSD student records is one of", "start": 4140.4, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "the is the primary source that we start", "start": 4143.44, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "from. We also use department u of health", "start": 4144.96, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "and environment uh data birth data which", "start": 4147.6, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "is primary to establishing kindergarten", "start": 4150.64, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "class estimates uh and also just general", "start": 4152.96, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "tren trend analysis as well. Parcel", "start": 4156.239, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "records and development referrals from", "start": 4159.52, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "local governments form the basis of", "start": 4161.359, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "housing estimates uh estimates found in", "start": 4163.04, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "projections and student generation", "start": 4166.799, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "rates. These are also fieldverified with", "start": 4168.48, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "periodic site uh visits to to make sure", "start": 4171.759, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "that uh the the the data is accurate and", "start": 4174.88, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "that it's timely because sometimes", "start": 4178.319, "duration": 2.641 }, { "text": "there's quite a bit of a lag time", "start": 4179.759, "duration": 2.881 }, { "text": "between some of the data we get from", "start": 4180.96, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "parcel records for example uh and when", "start": 4182.64, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "we actually need it.", "start": 4184.88, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "Other outside data sources are useful", "start": 4187.12, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "references and can be valuable for some", "start": 4189.359, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "uh projects especially redistricting", "start": 4191.679, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "data uses a lot of census data and state", "start": 4193.92, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "demography data but otherwise these", "start": 4196.56, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "sources uh can be tricky to use since", "start": 4199.12, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "they don't align with our boundaries as", "start": 4200.96, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "I mentioned earlier and are frequently", "start": 4202.48, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "frequently not timely enough for", "start": 4204.64, "duration": 4.84 }, { "text": "district use.", "start": 4206.159, "duration": 3.321 }, { "text": "So moving on to", "start": 4210.159, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "the enrollment projections themselves.", "start": 4214.0, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "Uh the district uses a cohort survival", "start": 4216.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "uh method which is the principal", "start": 4219.199, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "technique. Uh it looks at seven years of", "start": 4220.88, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "historical data resident student data by", "start": 4223.92, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "grade for a given school. It then", "start": 4226.8, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "calculates ratios for each class as it", "start": 4229.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "progresses from one year to the next. So", "start": 4231.92, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "in the illustration you can see past", "start": 4233.76, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "year data. Uh this one shows 2017", "start": 4235.92, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "through 2023. uh you take that first", "start": 4238.48, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "kindergarten class and look at how it", "start": 4241.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "compares the next year and turns into a", "start": 4243.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "first grade class and that makes a ratio", "start": 4245.6, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "and that's the red circle on the bottom.", "start": 4248.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "You can calculate that for all of the", "start": 4250.64, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "classes uh in all of the years and use", "start": 4252.48, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "those uh those averaged ratios and apply", "start": 4255.52, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "them to your current kindergarten class", "start": 4259.04, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "and first grade and so forth and then", "start": 4260.96, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "project those out in the future. That's", "start": 4263.12, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "the core principle and using that with", "start": 4264.64, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "resident students.", "start": 4266.8, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "In doing so, BBSD can estimate how", "start": 4269.52, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "future classes uh will grow or decline", "start": 4271.92, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "based on uh these past ratios. It also", "start": 4274.719, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "effectively accounts for large or small", "start": 4278.4, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "classes in the system as they progress", "start": 4280.64, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "through the grades. Basically, if", "start": 4282.8, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "entering kindergarten classes are small,", "start": 4285.12, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "the the model will typically project a", "start": 4287.28, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "decline in the coming years as those", "start": 4289.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "classes progress to higher and higher uh", "start": 4292.159, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "grade levels. In fact, this is what the", "start": 4294.4, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "district has been seeing in the years", "start": 4297.04, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "preceding the pandemic and we continue", "start": 4298.64, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "to see today.", "start": 4300.96, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "Cohorts based on residential students", "start": 4303.6, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "have distinct advantages over some", "start": 4305.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "districts use enrollment basis, but we", "start": 4307.44, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "use resident uh here for these reasons.", "start": 4309.76, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "Resident patterns tend to move more", "start": 4312.64, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "slowly and stably than open enrollment", "start": 4314.719, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "patterns which are constantly evolving", "start": 4317.44, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "year after year. This method better", "start": 4319.6, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "isolates the underlying population in a", "start": 4322.32, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "neighborhood and separate it separates", "start": 4324.48, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "it from open enrollment impacts uh at", "start": 4326.719, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "the school. For example, in the past,", "start": 4329.36, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "we've seen uh schools where we may see", "start": 4331.36, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "enrollment growth at that school while", "start": 4334.719, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "at the same time the neighborhood", "start": 4336.48, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "population is declining. So the open", "start": 4337.679, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "enrollment rate in that school is what's", "start": 4340.64, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "really driving that growth when in fact", "start": 4343.36, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "the underlying neighborhood population", "start": 4345.52, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "can be declining. So it's important to", "start": 4347.04, "duration": 4.92 }, { "text": "make those distinctions.", "start": 4348.56, "duration": 3.4 }, { "text": "Resident students form the foundation", "start": 4355.36, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "for many of the analysis going forward", "start": 4357.199, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "into the resilient schools. Using", "start": 4359.04, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "resident student location, we can", "start": 4361.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "determine how many students are in close", "start": 4363.12, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "proximity to school buildings. Here a", "start": 4365.28, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "heat map of resident students in the", "start": 4368.32, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "Douglas attendance area. The right, the", "start": 4370.08, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "light yellow represents clusters of one", "start": 4372.719, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "to five u students with darker colors", "start": 4374.8, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "representing increasing densities of", "start": 4377.76, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "students.", "start": 4379.6, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Also shown in this table uh is also", "start": 4381.679, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "shown on this is a table of students and", "start": 4384.88, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "housing units within one mile of the", "start": 4387.679, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "school. again and we see far fewer", "start": 4389.6, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "students and housing units close to the", "start": 4391.679, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "school compared to other district", "start": 4394.56, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "neighborhood schools.", "start": 4396.0, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Uh we did do have to note that we use", "start": 4398.48, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "single family detached here as the", "start": 4401.28, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "measure. Um there are other housing", "start": 4403.199, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "types that we do use in our projections", "start": 4405.6, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "in our estimates. Uh but they can", "start": 4407.92, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "complicate things with CU apartments and", "start": 4410.159, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "things like that. For the purposes of", "start": 4412.64, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "here of illustration, we just use single", "start": 4414.08, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "family detached.", "start": 4415.84, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "We consider proximity to neighborhood", "start": 4418.159, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "schools an important measure since", "start": 4420.159, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "almost twothirds of of BBSD students or", "start": 4421.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "about 63% attend their neighborhood", "start": 4424.4, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "school rather than an open enrollment", "start": 4427.04, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "rather than opening rolling to a", "start": 4429.28, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "different neighborhood focus or charter", "start": 4430.719, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "school. In fact, recent public out uh", "start": 4433.04, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "outreach listed walkability or proximity", "start": 4436.08, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "for that matter as a value our school of", "start": 4438.64, "duration": 5.559 }, { "text": "our school communities.", "start": 4440.719, "duration": 3.48 }, { "text": "We can see here that the resident", "start": 4447.199, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "students in BBSD schools vary widely", "start": 4448.88, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "with many schools having insufficient", "start": 4451.44, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "resident students to meet a two classes", "start": 4453.199, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "per grade standard or about 300 student", "start": 4455.6, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "school. As of 2025, nine schools in the", "start": 4458.159, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "initiative were operating with resident", "start": 4462.08, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "populations below 300 and another four", "start": 4464.0, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "only slightly above that level.", "start": 4466.8, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "Uh this slide also shows the number of", "start": 4470.96, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "students that have that leave", "start": 4472.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "neighborhood schools shown here in green", "start": 4474.719, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "as opposed to those that attend their", "start": 4477.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "neighborhood school shown in blue. The", "start": 4478.8, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "district average for students attending", "start": 4481.6, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "their neighborhood school is about 67%.", "start": 4483.52, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "But that number ranges widely from some", "start": 4486.48, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "schools being below 50% to some schools", "start": 4488.8, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "being as high as around 85%. But that's", "start": 4491.199, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "only a very small handful of schools.", "start": 4494.08, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "We can see here that open enrollment out", "start": 4497.28, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "of the of the school has a significant", "start": 4499.679, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "impact on many schools ability to", "start": 4502.239, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "populate a two- round school with", "start": 4503.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "neighborhood students alone, making", "start": 4505.679, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "those schools very reliant on attracting", "start": 4507.84, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "open enrollment. In the past, open", "start": 4510.56, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "enrollment has functioned as a somewhat", "start": 4513.199, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "of a relief valve for crowding in the", "start": 4514.719, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "district, allowing some leveling between", "start": 4516.64, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "schools with varying resident", "start": 4518.56, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "populations.", "start": 4520.0, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "However, the current situation is very", "start": 4522.0, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "different. Few schools are in need of", "start": 4524.159, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "such a relief valve. While the overall", "start": 4527.199, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "uh u resident population of our schools", "start": 4530.08, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "has been declining dramatically in in", "start": 4533.36, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "recent years,", "start": 4535.52, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "the focus on residenta populations pro", "start": 4538.08, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "prompted the board to recommend a review", "start": 4540.8, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "process for attendance boundaries every", "start": 4543.04, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "5 years uh uh including the one that we", "start": 4545.76, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "just undertook this last fall. In turn,", "start": 4548.96, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the boundary exercise also revealed that", "start": 4551.36, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "the district has too few students to", "start": 4554.0, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "balance populations through boundary", "start": 4555.76, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "changes alone. The resilient schools", "start": 4557.6, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "initiative, as proposed, redistributes", "start": 4560.239, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "resident students to better bolster", "start": 4562.159, "duration": 6.361 }, { "text": "populations in surrounding schools.", "start": 4564.159, "duration": 4.361 }, { "text": "This slide shows schools from the", "start": 4570.8, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "perspective en of enrollment composition", "start": 4572.48, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "rather than resident population. When", "start": 4575.28, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "looking at enrollment, 15 out of the", "start": 4577.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "schools do not meet the threshold of two", "start": 4579.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "classes per grade level or 300 students", "start": 4581.84, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "overall. Another two are only slightly", "start": 4584.08, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "above that threshold. It's important to", "start": 4586.4, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "note that enrollment is only part partly", "start": 4588.64, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "composed of resident students again", "start": 4590.96, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "shown here in blue. The yellow and", "start": 4592.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "orange are the open open enroll in", "start": 4595.199, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "components of enrollment.", "start": 4597.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "Open enrollment is based on choice", "start": 4600.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "rather than core de demographic", "start": 4602.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "characteristics of resident populations", "start": 4604.32, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "which evolve much more slowly over time.", "start": 4606.88, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "Rather choice uh open enrollment", "start": 4609.44, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "components can fluctuate widely and are", "start": 4612.0, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "more difficult to predict especially at", "start": 4614.08, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "the school level. This is especially", "start": 4616.48, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "true when we start to combine schools.", "start": 4618.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "Combining schools inevitably changes", "start": 4621.6, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "open enrollment behavior both for", "start": 4623.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "parents and for the district. Open", "start": 4625.36, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "enrolled parents may not want to attend", "start": 4627.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "the receiving schools and the district", "start": 4629.679, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "may elect to manage new open enrollment", "start": 4631.84, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "uh in order to accept increased", "start": 4634.56, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "neighborhood uh an increased", "start": 4636.239, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "neighborhood load. A good example of", "start": 4638.64, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "that is Aspen Creek and uh Dylan Point", "start": 4640.56, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "uh subdivision, which is something that", "start": 4644.32, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "was brought up in the the last public", "start": 4645.92, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "hearing. Um you can see on the bottom", "start": 4647.6, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "there is Aspen Creek. Half of that", "start": 4650.719, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "school is filled with open enrollment.", "start": 4652.8, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "So, as we get new neighborhood kids from", "start": 4654.56, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "Dylan Point or other new subdivisions,", "start": 4656.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "uh, we can accept those those students", "start": 4659.76, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "merely by just managing open enrollment", "start": 4661.52, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "a little bit. That's a very different", "start": 4663.76, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "situation than if we if Aspen Creek was", "start": 4665.28, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "filled with neighborhood kids and we", "start": 4667.679, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "would have to change a boundary or", "start": 4669.76, "duration": 5.56 }, { "text": "something to accommodate those students.", "start": 4671.04, "duration": 4.28 }, { "text": "Uh, in fact, we did hear some of the", "start": 4675.52, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "concern from the public that the", "start": 4677.04, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "projected enrollment at some schools was", "start": 4678.88, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "less than the sum of the contributing", "start": 4681.04, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "schools. uh the the two contri two or", "start": 4682.88, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "three contributing uh schools", "start": 4685.84, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "enrollments combined.", "start": 4687.36, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "This is because the combined school", "start": 4689.44, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "projection was modeled with open", "start": 4691.76, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "enrollment adjustments for the", "start": 4693.199, "duration": 5.561 }, { "text": "contributing schools.", "start": 4695.28, "duration": 3.48 }, { "text": ">> Glenn, before we go on to how you", "start": 4698.96, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "applied this data,", "start": 4702.56, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": ">> I wondered if board members had", "start": 4705.199, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "questions about how the data was", "start": 4706.8, "duration": 5.96 }, { "text": "collected in itself.", "start": 4709.199, "duration": 3.561 }, { "text": "Alex.", "start": 4712.88, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, thank you. Um,", "start": 4713.76, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "uh, one question for you, Glenn. Thank", "start": 4716.32, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "you very much for the analysis. Um, uh,", "start": 4719.44, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "I've appreciated the depth of the", "start": 4721.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "analysis all along the way and the", "start": 4723.679, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "support you provided to the LRAK as", "start": 4726.08, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "well. Um, I guess I have a first", "start": 4728.48, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "question like you've been doing this for", "start": 4730.56, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "almost 20 years. Um, when did you start", "start": 4732.32, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "telling us as a district that we were", "start": 4736.239, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "facing future enrollment declines?", "start": 4738.239, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "uh you know where we casually started", "start": 4741.44, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "noticing really small kindergarten", "start": 4743.76, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "classes is early 2012. So this is", "start": 4745.52, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "something that's been building over a", "start": 4747.44, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "long time but you don't really know if", "start": 4748.96, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "that's going to continue but after by by", "start": 4751.04, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "2017 or so we can see a trend patterning", "start": 4753.44, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "because those small classes started", "start": 4755.84, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "filtering up through the system first", "start": 4757.52, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "bringing down elementary enrollment then", "start": 4759.52, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "those classes progress and and moving on", "start": 4761.6, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "to middle school and now we're seeing it", "start": 4764.239, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "in high school. And and when do you", "start": 4765.52, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "think you first started briefing the", "start": 4767.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "board of BBSD about that decline?", "start": 4768.96, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": ">> Well, we do do our annual report. Uh and", "start": 4771.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "I do mention it in those reports.", "start": 4774.0, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": ">> Okay. And then uh I know we've had", "start": 4776.0, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "discussions, you know, about like the", "start": 4778.64, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "developments in Erie on an individual", "start": 4781.28, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "development process. How well are we", "start": 4783.36, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "able to get updated data on pending", "start": 4787.36, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "housing development by the developers", "start": 4789.84, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "and all the geographies we work in and", "start": 4791.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "how do you do that? So that is from the", "start": 4793.44, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "development referrals that we get from", "start": 4795.52, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "local governments um mostly cities", "start": 4797.199, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "sometimes county uh and they tell us", "start": 4799.6, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "right from concept plan which is you", "start": 4802.719, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "know just sketches and things of what", "start": 4805.04, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "generally might happen or even", "start": 4806.719, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "annexation would be before that uh that", "start": 4808.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "developments you know that process takes", "start": 4810.4, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "you know two to sometimes 10 years.", "start": 4812.88, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "We've seen projects take 10 years. So,", "start": 4814.8, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "we're constantly getting those new", "start": 4816.719, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "applications from local governments,", "start": 4818.4, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "giving them responses to those about", "start": 4820.32, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "what the student impact is so they can", "start": 4822.4, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "make informed decisions uh and getting", "start": 4824.0, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "that into our data sets. Uh once it is a", "start": 4826.08, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "bit tricky on timing with those because", "start": 4830.8, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "everybody, you know, developers are very", "start": 4832.96, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "optimistic bunch and they'll they'll say", "start": 4834.719, "duration": 3.041 }, { "text": "it'll start in the next two or three", "start": 4836.4, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "years. Like I said, some for a lot of", "start": 4837.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "reasons can can take 10 years to", "start": 4840.48, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "develop. So, you really have to have a", "start": 4842.56, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "pulse on what's going on and how soon", "start": 4844.08, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "you need to start putting those into", "start": 4847.44, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "future projections.", "start": 4849.28, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": ">> And do you have a good um with that", "start": 4851.04, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "experience in collaborating with the", "start": 4854.56, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "cities, how confident are you that uh", "start": 4856.08, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "you have a good like confidence band of", "start": 4858.88, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "your projections based on future", "start": 4861.679, "duration": 2.401 }, { "text": "development?", "start": 4863.44, "duration": 2.239 }, { "text": ">> Based on future development, it's", "start": 4864.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "actually pretty easy right now because", "start": 4865.679, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "we just really don't have a lot. I mean,", "start": 4867.52, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "I know some subdivisions look big for", "start": 4869.28, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "100 units or something like that, but", "start": 4871.6, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "that's pretty small in the scale of", "start": 4873.199, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "things considering you're getting 20,", "start": 4875.04, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "maybe 25 elementary kids out of that.", "start": 4876.719, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "Um, you know, a lot of our larger", "start": 4879.44, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "development has uh has been built out in", "start": 4881.6, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "the district. We only have a very few", "start": 4884.4, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "really large new lots that can handle", "start": 4886.239, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "that kind of load. Mostly what we're", "start": 4888.32, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "dealing with now is infill. Infill tends", "start": 4890.32, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "to be higher densities, not always. Um,", "start": 4893.28, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "and they come in much smaller little", "start": 4896.32, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "packets. Um,", "start": 4898.239, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": ">> yeah. When when do you think uh I'm I'm", "start": 4899.6, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "curious about the collaboration and", "start": 4903.199, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "coordination with like the city of", "start": 4905.36, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "Boulder and the county and city of", "start": 4907.84, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "Broomfield. So like I live in South", "start": 4910.08, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "Boulder and CU South's been a big thing", "start": 4912.639, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "for a long time. Uh people of the", "start": 4914.719, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "university side probably wished it was", "start": 4917.36, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "already constructed whereas it's been", "start": 4919.12, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "litigated non-stop ever since the", "start": 4921.199, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "proposals were out there. as an example,", "start": 4923.04, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "how did you model or predict when and", "start": 4925.199, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "how and how many students might come out", "start": 4927.679, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "of CU South and when might we expect", "start": 4929.679, "duration": 2.321 }, { "text": "them?", "start": 4931.44, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": ">> Uh, so when we might expect, I don't", "start": 4932.0, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "know. I I mean, I've seen CU change", "start": 4934.32, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "quite frequently. The Boulder uh Boulder", "start": 4937.76, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "High area, CU of CU properties around", "start": 4940.239, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "there has gone through several different", "start": 4942.96, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "projects. I think none have really", "start": 4944.8, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "really changed much except for now", "start": 4946.96, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "there's a little bit of of scrape off", "start": 4948.639, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "and rebuild in the area but not some of", "start": 4950.4, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "these elaborate ones. Uh for CU South I", "start": 4952.159, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "have worked with the city and CU a", "start": 4955.679, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "little bit. I've modeled in the past", "start": 4958.239, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "some scenarios and they've used those", "start": 4959.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "bringing forward. I haven't heard much", "start": 4962.159, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "in a while. Uh but I I certainly and I", "start": 4964.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "talked with CU I think uh this last", "start": 4966.8, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "spring about this topic and there's", "start": 4968.88, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "certainly nothing right now that is", "start": 4970.4, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "immediately imminent from what I can", "start": 4971.92, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "tell uh with CU South, but we do keep uh", "start": 4973.76, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "keep those students in mind and what the", "start": 4976.8, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "potential generations that we've been", "start": 4979.84, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "told of um will will come come will", "start": 4981.36, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "ultimately come to be.", "start": 4984.96, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": ">> And how do you uh another follow-up", "start": 4986.88, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "question on that is when you're dealing", "start": 4988.56, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "with something like you know a new", "start": 4990.0, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "housing infill development in Boulder. I", "start": 4991.44, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "mean, I've been frustrated honestly as", "start": 4993.76, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "an advocate for children and families in", "start": 4995.84, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "this district that we like, yes, we want", "start": 4997.6, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "housing, but we tend to build one in", "start": 5000.4, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "bedrooms and studios and fireside is", "start": 5002.48, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "building three and fourbedroom homes.", "start": 5004.8, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "So, how do you uh estimate based on like", "start": 5006.8, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "the usual development patterns in a", "start": 5010.719, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "place like Boulder for how many kids the", "start": 5012.4, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "units will generate?", "start": 5014.32, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": ">> Uh, we do periodic reviews of we call", "start": 5015.679, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "them student yield, some places call", "start": 5018.159, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "them student generation. So that's the", "start": 5019.6, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "average number of students per house. Uh", "start": 5021.28, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "and I use those parcel records and I've", "start": 5023.92, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "modified them with site inspections and", "start": 5026.88, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "stuff like I mentioned so that we know", "start": 5028.639, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "exactly what's on the ground. Uh and we", "start": 5030.08, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "can lay our students plot our students", "start": 5032.32, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "on top of that and get a very accurate", "start": 5035.12, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "calculation not only of how many house", "start": 5037.04, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "units per um household but even by year.", "start": 5040.0, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "So we can see that newer development", "start": 5043.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "tends to generate the most kids. Um, you", "start": 5045.6, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "know, sometimes there's a shadow bump", "start": 5049.04, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "later on, but new development usually", "start": 5050.8, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "has the most and we can see that very", "start": 5052.719, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "clearly and definitely the most are the", "start": 5055.199, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "single family detached housing", "start": 5057.84, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "consistently uh show more students than", "start": 5059.6, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "any other kind of housing type. Um, uh,", "start": 5062.239, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "generally speaking, the more dense you", "start": 5066.0, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "get, the fewer kids we've been seeing.", "start": 5068.08, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "Um, sometimes some apartment complexes,", "start": 5070.159, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "especially affordable ones, might", "start": 5072.639, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "produce some kids, but generally what", "start": 5074.159, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "we've been seeing in the last really 15,", "start": 5076.4, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "20 years, has been units for young", "start": 5078.8, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "professionals and and uh um empty", "start": 5081.28, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "nesters. And yeah,", "start": 5084.48, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> I want to not lose that point. So in a", "start": 5086.239, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "place like Boulder where we see lots of", "start": 5088.32, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "construction and I actually am shocked", "start": 5090.159, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "by when people talk about not building I", "start": 5092.08, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "look at how many new units there are for", "start": 5094.0, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "CU students that affects our market and", "start": 5095.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "then I look at the big developments that", "start": 5097.92, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "exist. I'm I am struck by how few of", "start": 5099.52, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "them are attractive to American", "start": 5103.28, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "families.", "start": 5104.96, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": ">> Um so you're saying that when we do more", "start": 5106.0, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "dense housing in a place like Boulder,", "start": 5108.88, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "we're actually generating fewer students", "start": 5110.8, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "per unit than we would with other", "start": 5112.56, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "housing types.", "start": 5114.56, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": ">> Absolutely. And so and Boulder's choices", "start": 5116.32, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "of what kind of housing to develop in", "start": 5118.159, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "its infill is now driven sort of by", "start": 5119.84, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "maximizing affordability and numbers,", "start": 5122.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "not by maximizing children. Is that", "start": 5124.4, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "fair?", "start": 5126.88, "duration": 1.759 }, { "text": ">> That's that they say that's fair.", "start": 5127.28, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": ">> So when people in the city complain", "start": 5128.639, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "about whether or not we've taken into", "start": 5130.48, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "account Boulder's uh 30-year plan, have", "start": 5132.4, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "we taken into account Boulder's 30-year", "start": 5135.76, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "plan? And do we believe it might", "start": 5137.44, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "generate many students? And how many", "start": 5138.88, "duration": 2.799 }, { "text": "students might it generate in your", "start": 5140.32, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "estimation?", "start": 5141.679, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "I couldn't tell you how many students", "start": 5143.6, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "it'll generate in our estimation. You", "start": 5145.12, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "know, these are very generalized", "start": 5147.52, "duration": 2.4 }, { "text": "categories. We're talking about the", "start": 5148.719, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "comprehensive plan. Um, we really need", "start": 5149.92, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "to start seeing applications on the", "start": 5152.4, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "ground because, like I said, there's", "start": 5154.56, "duration": 2.639 }, { "text": "that leeway where we do five-year", "start": 5155.76, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "projections. So, until we actually have", "start": 5157.199, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "applications for new development, uh,", "start": 5159.36, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "it's difficult to put put a number on on", "start": 5161.679, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "what we're actually going to get out of", "start": 5164.88, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "out of uh out of those city plans. And", "start": 5166.8, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "if I may ask, how how many years out", "start": 5169.92, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "into the future in our different", "start": 5172.32, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "geographies do you think you can plan", "start": 5173.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "for realistically? Uh not knowing what", "start": 5175.52, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "an interest rate's going to be, a", "start": 5178.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "recession, a development, uh land use", "start": 5179.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "planning changes, like how how far out", "start": 5181.84, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "based on the last 20 years, do you think", "start": 5184.48, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "you can plan into the future to predict", "start": 5186.4, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "our students?", "start": 5188.08, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": ">> Well, it depends how accurate you want", "start": 5189.52, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "to be. Um so I can go out a hundred", "start": 5190.96, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "years if if that doesn't matter. Um, you", "start": 5193.28, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "know, we really have based five years is", "start": 5195.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "the one I really like to stick to", "start": 5198.4, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "because we can base that, we can", "start": 5200.56, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "rationally base our kindergarten classes", "start": 5203.04, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "on those births. So, you know, we have", "start": 5205.04, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "births today. We're not going to see", "start": 5207.04, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "those kids in our system for 5 years.", "start": 5208.639, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "So, we've got a kind of a 5year window", "start": 5210.8, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "where we can get those kindergarteners", "start": 5212.719, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "in through the system. When we start", "start": 5214.96, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "getting out out beyond that, we're", "start": 5216.4, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "flying blind about what's feeding the", "start": 5218.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "system that way. And then I'm sorry for", "start": 5220.4, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "having so many questions, but I find", "start": 5222.88, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "this very helpful and it's been very", "start": 5224.4, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "informative for me over the last three", "start": 5225.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "years. Um, and I think it's useful to", "start": 5227.36, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "our community as well. Uh, what is when", "start": 5229.84, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "you look at the patterns of enrollment", "start": 5233.28, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "year-over-year in your cohort model,", "start": 5234.639, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "like I we have a bump from like", "start": 5236.639, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "kindergarten to first grade, right?", "start": 5239.04, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "Where people really want to get into the", "start": 5240.4, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "elementary schools by first grade if", "start": 5242.639, "duration": 2.641 }, { "text": "they didn't end kindergarten. Is that", "start": 5243.84, "duration": 1.92 }, { "text": "right?", "start": 5245.28, "duration": 1.84 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, we have we've it's historically", "start": 5245.76, "duration": 2.879 }, { "text": "had a little bit of a bump. There's also", "start": 5247.12, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "some private kindergarten programs that", "start": 5248.639, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "people attend um that they so they don't", "start": 5251.04, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "come in till first grade.", "start": 5253.679, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": ">> All right. And how do you have very good", "start": 5255.04, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "data on", "start": 5256.639, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "uh the enrollment in the private schools", "start": 5258.48, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "that are in the area and the degree of", "start": 5260.239, "duration": 2.241 }, { "text": "homeschooling?", "start": 5261.52, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": ">> That's a tough one. Um you know, we have", "start": 5262.48, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "we have tried to do a spreadsheet", "start": 5266.48, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "modeling how many private schools we", "start": 5268.239, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "have in the district and what their", "start": 5271.36, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "populations are. They don't always", "start": 5273.28, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "advertise how many students they have.", "start": 5275.679, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "There's also CDE uh information that", "start": 5277.84, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "tracks that. Most of that is", "start": 5280.719, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "self-reported. Uh we can see schools on", "start": 5282.48, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "those lists that haven't worked in year", "start": 5285.6, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "haven't been functioning in years. We", "start": 5287.6, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "see new schools that aren't on the list.", "start": 5289.199, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "So given it's self-reported, especially", "start": 5291.28, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "from the homeschool angle, um we have", "start": 5293.199, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "data, but it is is I wouldn't consider", "start": 5295.84, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "it very high quality.", "start": 5298.32, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": ">> Great. It's Yeah. And have you seen the", "start": 5299.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "recent data from CDE on online", "start": 5301.44, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "enrollment and homeschool enrichment", "start": 5303.6, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "enrollment? And does that come into our", "start": 5305.199, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "calculations as well?", "start": 5307.199, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": ">> Um", "start": 5309.28, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "so online enrollment in terms of within", "start": 5312.0, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "the school district or", "start": 5314.48, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": ">> both in the district and out like", "start": 5316.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "students we lose out to online", "start": 5317.92, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "enrollment. uh it's a little bit of the", "start": 5319.52, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "same principle where it's difficult to", "start": 5321.04, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "get the quality control on those", "start": 5323.679, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "especially you're talking online", "start": 5325.76, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "programs that are are private or or", "start": 5326.96, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "charter or things like that.", "start": 5329.28, "duration": 2.08 }, { "text": ">> All right.", "start": 5330.8, "duration": 2.56 }, { "text": ">> And then process-wise for us getting to", "start": 5331.36, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "the proposal you've given us. Can you", "start": 5333.36, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "tell me anything about uh like I like to", "start": 5335.6, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "see the analysis of the 47 people living", "start": 5338.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "within a mile of Douglas as opposed to", "start": 5340.96, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "466 at a place like Cole Creek. Can you", "start": 5342.96, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "tell us how much analysis you did of the", "start": 5346.0, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "other regional proposals based on the", "start": 5348.48, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "ability to maintain uh neighborhood", "start": 5350.56, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "schools that are walkable and walkable", "start": 5352.8, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "distances to our schools?", "start": 5354.639, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": ">> Uh we we have run those numbers uh on", "start": 5356.08, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "occasion uh to help help inform some of", "start": 5358.48, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "our decisions and our process. Um we", "start": 5360.719, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "don't have anything I think as specific", "start": 5363.44, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "as what we show there um uh for every", "start": 5365.199, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "school.", "start": 5368.32, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. And then in a in a region like um", "start": 5368.88, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "Broomfield for example uh how much of", "start": 5371.6, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "the decision-m is based on those", "start": 5375.36, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "neighborhoods versus the what's in the", "start": 5377.84, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "res I mean I guess we'll get to that", "start": 5379.84, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "later so I I should be sticking to the", "start": 5381.12, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "methodology questions but um we're able", "start": 5382.48, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "to take into account the walkability of", "start": 5385.6, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "the neighborhoods the streets that need", "start": 5388.719, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "to be crossed the transportation that", "start": 5390.32, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "happens. Uh, we've been briefed as I", "start": 5392.159, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "don't know if the new board members", "start": 5395.12, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "have, but we've been briefed on like our", "start": 5396.239, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "bicycling programs and our walkable", "start": 5397.84, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "programs to the schools. Um, I I value", "start": 5400.159, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "greatly both the choice and the", "start": 5404.159, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": "neighborhood schools, and I'd love to", "start": 5405.76, "duration": 2.959 }, { "text": "see everybody walk in and the ebikes", "start": 5407.12, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "with their kids going to school. Um, do", "start": 5408.719, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "we have very good data um on how many of", "start": 5411.6, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "our kids walk to their elementary", "start": 5413.84, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "schools versus ride or get dropped off", "start": 5416.0, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "or ride a bus? I do know the", "start": 5418.719, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "transportation tracks some of that um", "start": 5420.96, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "mostly through the programs they run. Um", "start": 5423.44, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "but you know outside of those programs", "start": 5426.4, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "I'm not sure there's a lot of numbers", "start": 5428.32, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "out there that we can go from. Rob might", "start": 5430.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "have some more to add.", "start": 5432.4, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. The annual survey that parents", "start": 5433.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "complete and we now have very accurate", "start": 5436.0, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "data on how families get to school, how", "start": 5438.0, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "students get to school. Can Rob, could", "start": 5440.239, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "you give me just a brief synopsis of how", "start": 5442.719, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "many of our current elementary kids like", "start": 5446.159, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "walk to school versus how many don't", "start": 5448.239, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "walk?", "start": 5450.48, "duration": 2.239 }, { "text": ">> Give me, if you can give me until the", "start": 5451.199, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "end of the work session, I'll have that", "start": 5452.719, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "for you. I can say we are double uh the", "start": 5453.92, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "um state average, double the national", "start": 5457.199, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "average on how many kids walk and bike", "start": 5459.28, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "to school. But I will get that for you.", "start": 5461.04, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": ">> But it's not something everybody can do", "start": 5462.56, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "and there's no way how would we be able", "start": 5464.56, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "to arrange that without closing schools.", "start": 5466.639, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "I mean, we've got a lot of geographies", "start": 5468.8, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "where walking is currently not possible,", "start": 5470.8, "duration": 2.399 }, { "text": "right?", "start": 5472.88, "duration": 1.279 }, { "text": ">> That is true.", "start": 5473.199, "duration": 1.361 }, { "text": ">> Yes.", "start": 5474.159, "duration": 2.401 }, { "text": ">> And do our schools vary dramatically in", "start": 5474.56, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "terms of how many kids can walk to them", "start": 5476.56, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "versus not?", "start": 5478.159, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": ">> You know, it depends on the region where", "start": 5479.84, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "they're at. Um, all of our", "start": 5481.52, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "municipalities when you think about the", "start": 5483.28, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "infrastructure that Boulder has put in,", "start": 5485.12, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "the infrastructure Lewisville Superior", "start": 5486.96, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "has put in, uh, even Broomfield in many", "start": 5489.36, "duration": 6.799 }, { "text": "cases, uh, support walking and biking to", "start": 5492.32, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "schools, right? So, I mean that shows in", "start": 5496.159, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "the the amount of work that", "start": 5498.56, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "municipalities have put into that and", "start": 5500.719, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "that has been a board priority that has", "start": 5502.48, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "as uh Dr. Alzine uh communicated that", "start": 5505.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "was a community priority as we're", "start": 5508.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "looking at this. So, yes, we did look at", "start": 5510.0, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "how many students live within a mile of", "start": 5511.84, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "the school knowing that's a priority.", "start": 5513.52, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "And let me just add also for my new", "start": 5515.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "board members, one of the big calculus", "start": 5517.12, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "for me and well just supporting it's", "start": 5519.28, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "great that kids can bike and walk to", "start": 5521.36, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "school, but it also contributes to", "start": 5523.199, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "greater likelihood that they're going to", "start": 5525.679, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "attend their neighborhood school. And so", "start": 5527.04, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "if parents have to get in a car to get", "start": 5529.12, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "their kid to their neighborhood school,", "start": 5530.639, "duration": 2.641 }, { "text": "then they're like, \"Oh, as long as I'm", "start": 5532.08, "duration": 2.559 }, { "text": "in a car, what are the other ones within", "start": 5533.28, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "15 miles?\" So the more we can make our", "start": 5534.639, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "schools be designed around walkability", "start": 5536.8, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "and access by bike and foot or parents", "start": 5539.36, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "walking their kids, the more we can", "start": 5542.56, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "support enrollment in our neighborhood", "start": 5545.04, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "schools was part of my point.", "start": 5546.96, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": ">> Yes, shout out to our safe routes to", "start": 5550.8, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "school team and all the work they do", "start": 5552.96, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "with our municipalities to make that", "start": 5554.08, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "happen. Um moving on to Anna and then", "start": 5555.76, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "Dion.", "start": 5558.0, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "um the regional approach of um the", "start": 5559.679, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "proposal. I also want to get clarity on", "start": 5563.679, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "um the methodology on data that was used", "start": 5566.96, "duration": 7.679 }, { "text": "and the projections for enrollment. Um,", "start": 5570.239, "duration": 7.361 }, { "text": "primarily I ask because the uh,", "start": 5574.639, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "enrollment decline isn't as steep in", "start": 5577.6, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "Broomfield as it is in Boulder and I", "start": 5580.639, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "want to know what those numbers and if", "start": 5583.44, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "that model was used separately for", "start": 5585.679, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "Broomfield versus within Boulder proper.", "start": 5587.52, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": ">> Well, will we calculate projections for", "start": 5591.04, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "each individual school? So, yes, we we", "start": 5592.88, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "can sum up the schools in Broomfield um", "start": 5596.0, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "those those school projections that", "start": 5598.88, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "would be unique to Broomfield. They're", "start": 5600.719, "duration": 2.881 }, { "text": "not averaged with Boulder or anything", "start": 5602.08, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "like that if that answers your question.", "start": 5603.6, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. And what did that what did that", "start": 5606.56, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "look like for um the Boulder or the", "start": 5608.239, "duration": 6.881 }, { "text": "sorry the Broomfield area of um the", "start": 5611.12, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "declining enrollment and its projections", "start": 5615.12, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "within the next 5 years. So with", "start": 5617.28, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "Broomfield's has been a little different", "start": 5619.679, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "than the other parts of the district", "start": 5621.679, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "where Boulder and Lewisville and", "start": 5623.199, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "Lafayette grew quite a bit through the", "start": 5626.08, "duration": 6.079 }, { "text": "2000s and 2010s um until this recent", "start": 5628.32, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "trend. Uh Broomfield has been on a long", "start": 5632.159, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "just very slow decline for pretty much", "start": 5634.88, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "that whole time for years and years and", "start": 5637.12, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "years. So we've kind of uh projected a", "start": 5638.719, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "similar pattern going into the future.", "start": 5641.679, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "Now the caveat to that always is open", "start": 5643.6, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "enrollment. Broomfield is located so", "start": 5645.28, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "that they can pull in lots of open", "start": 5647.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "enrollment and we can see that best", "start": 5648.88, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "illustrated on that chart right there", "start": 5651.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "from Aspen Creek which is half open", "start": 5653.6, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "enrollment. So that does skew things a", "start": 5655.92, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "little bit but the resident population", "start": 5658.239, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "the underlying population has been on a", "start": 5659.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "long slow decline for quite some time.", "start": 5661.679, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. And in that uh methodology because", "start": 5664.08, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "we do have um Broomfield again is", "start": 5667.52, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "different than uh within Boulder County", "start": 5670.56, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "that we do have um space for growth and", "start": 5673.04, "duration": 9.119 }, { "text": "we do have um multifamily single family", "start": 5677.36, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "housing being actively built right now.", "start": 5682.159, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "primarily Dylan Point that has over 300", "start": 5685.04, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "uh houses being built that would be um", "start": 5688.639, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "districted into the Aspen Creek um", "start": 5691.36, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "neighborhood into the Aspen Creek", "start": 5693.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "schools. And so I also wondering what", "start": 5695.28, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "the models look like and the projections", "start": 5698.0, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "look like in that included active", "start": 5700.56, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "housing developments in Brimfield.", "start": 5704.48, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": ">> So with active housing developments, the", "start": 5706.56, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "the Dylan point is a is a great example.", "start": 5708.639, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "I don't really expect that to increase", "start": 5710.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "enrollments because as we as we showed", "start": 5712.48, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "in the previous slides, we can manage", "start": 5715.52, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "open enrollment uh because Aspen Creek's", "start": 5717.36, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "full, but we can just manage open", "start": 5719.36, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "enrollment that that side of the", "start": 5721.12, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "equation to allow more of those", "start": 5722.56, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "neighborhood kids into that school. Um", "start": 5723.92, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "other active developments um I know", "start": 5726.4, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "there's a few concept plans out there", "start": 5729.12, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "and possibly an apartment kind of in", "start": 5730.88, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "Emerald's area, a couple of apartment", "start": 5734.239, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "complexes. um those uh apartment", "start": 5735.84, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "complexes in Emerald area have not", "start": 5739.04, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "generated many students at all. Um I", "start": 5740.719, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "mean there's some with um you know close", "start": 5743.28, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "to eight or 900 units that are have", "start": 5745.92, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "maybe a dozen kids or something in them.", "start": 5748.08, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": ">> Okay. And uh", "start": 5750.4, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "I guess my other uh just my biggest", "start": 5753.44, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "worry is that we're uh Broomfield is", "start": 5756.239, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "growing and they do have more plans on", "start": 5759.679, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "creating more housing developments", "start": 5762.32, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "within Broomfield. um that we're not", "start": 5764.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "leaving enough space for growth um for", "start": 5766.159, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the ability to have room for our", "start": 5769.04, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "students within Cole or Aspen Creek or", "start": 5771.199, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "at Emerald. Um, and I just want to", "start": 5773.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "because the landscape since this", "start": 5777.04, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "proposal came out, the educational", "start": 5778.56, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "landscape has changed um, with Adams", "start": 5780.4, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "County and I understand that it's not", "start": 5783.44, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "feasible to bank on open enrollment,", "start": 5785.84, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "especially when you're in places like", "start": 5788.0, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "Broomfield proper where it's maybe like", "start": 5789.52, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "10 15 kids, but you did just say that in", "start": 5791.36, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "Broomfield it is different because we do", "start": 5794.159, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "have half open enrollment in Aspen Creek", "start": 5796.159, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "and with the Adams County closing", "start": 5798.96, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "schools within Broomfield that the", "start": 5801.04, "duration": 8.32 }, { "text": "educational landscape um in that city uh", "start": 5804.8, "duration": 6.879 }, { "text": "has changed since the the development of", "start": 5809.36, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "this proposal. And I want to know if", "start": 5811.679, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "there has been any reconsideration on", "start": 5814.08, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "the data on enrollment. Not necessarily", "start": 5816.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "that we're banking on open enrollment", "start": 5819.679, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "and that we're using any of those", "start": 5821.52, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "numbers for our projections, but what", "start": 5823.199, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "does that look like in terms of", "start": 5825.52, "duration": 7.199 }, { "text": "projected and um calculated capacity", "start": 5828.719, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "within the next 5 to 10 years in our", "start": 5832.719, "duration": 5.161 }, { "text": "schools in Broomfield?", "start": 5834.48, "duration": 3.4 }, { "text": ">> Thank you for those questions and I", "start": 5838.159, "duration": 2.56 }, { "text": "appreciate that. I know these are", "start": 5839.52, "duration": 2.639 }, { "text": "questions that that folks in our", "start": 5840.719, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "community are asking as well. Um, you", "start": 5842.159, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "know, a couple things and I'll let Rob", "start": 5844.4, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "or Glenn jump in. Uh, so Adams 12 hasn't", "start": 5846.159, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "voted on their proposal yet, right? So", "start": 5849.119, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "they have a proposal out there to the", "start": 5851.84, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "extent that that will be voted on or", "start": 5853.6, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "not. I I think that it's really", "start": 5855.36, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "I mean the issues in Broomfield are", "start": 5858.719, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "being magnified that multiple school", "start": 5860.96, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "districts are all closing schools,", "start": 5862.719, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "consolidating schools, reconfiguring", "start": 5866.4, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "schools. Um, so it would be impossible", "start": 5868.4, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "a to know what Adams 12 board is going", "start": 5872.96, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "to do. that's that's outside of our our", "start": 5875.44, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "control. Um it's really if but if", "start": 5877.92, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "they're closing because they don't have", "start": 5880.96, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "enough kids to fill their schools, the", "start": 5882.239, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "idea that they'd have enough kids to", "start": 5884.639, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "fill our schools in a decline in", "start": 5886.239, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "England. Maybe you want to talk about", "start": 5890.8, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the significant decline at Birch over", "start": 5892.239, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "the ne the course of the next five", "start": 5894.8, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "years, one of the steepest declines that", "start": 5896.32, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "we have projected in our entire school", "start": 5897.84, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "district. Um, and then talk a little bit", "start": 5899.44, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "about this idea of of and and just", "start": 5902.08, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "reiterate this fact around resident", "start": 5905.44, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "student population and open enrollment,", "start": 5907.36, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "the variability in open enrollment in PL", "start": 5909.52, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "in and things that were that are really", "start": 5911.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "very much outside of our control. So,", "start": 5914.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "I'll turn it over to Robert Glenn to", "start": 5916.4, "duration": 2.799 }, { "text": "kind of talk that, but I would just want", "start": 5917.92, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "to make sure that um we don't know what", "start": 5919.199, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "Adams 12 will do and when is there when", "start": 5921.28, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "are they voting?", "start": 5923.28, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, it's after us.", "start": 5924.88, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": ">> So, their vote would be after us. So we", "start": 5925.92, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "couldn't consider that", "start": 5927.52, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": ">> next few weeks I would imagine. Um I", "start": 5929.679, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "want to bring to our attention this", "start": 5933.92, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "slide. Right. So uh back in October", "start": 5935.92, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "allowing schools to stay small is no", "start": 5939.6, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "longer an option. So when we look at", "start": 5941.84, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "Birch's enrollment for example you can", "start": 5944.56, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "see that in the next five years we're", "start": 5947.28, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "just barely over 200 students 208", "start": 5949.119, "duration": 7.6 }, { "text": "Cole Elementary in the next five years.", "start": 5953.76, "duration": 6.479 }, { "text": "uh what around 220", "start": 5956.719, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "give me one second", "start": 5960.239, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "uh 266 sick students based on our", "start": 5963.04, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "projections and then when you look at", "start": 5966.239, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "Aspen Creek at the very bottom of the", "start": 5968.4, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "slide I think that is an important and", "start": 5970.4, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "we're going to get into this later in", "start": 5972.239, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "this presentation but half of Aspen", "start": 5973.6, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "Creek's enrollment right now is based on", "start": 5976.239, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "open enrollment from either inside or", "start": 5978.32, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "outside the district. So if resident", "start": 5980.4, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "student population increases, we use the", "start": 5983.04, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "levers of open enrollment to drive", "start": 5985.119, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "additional capacity within that school.", "start": 5988.32, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "And again, uh Dr. Neil Anderson's going", "start": 5990.719, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "to be speaking to this on how we use", "start": 5993.119, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "those levers. Those students will", "start": 5995.04, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "metriculate out of the system. We are", "start": 5996.96, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "slowing open enrollment down into Aspen", "start": 5999.119, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "Creek right now to allow that to happen.", "start": 6001.28, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "So we have plenty of capacity within the", "start": 6003.36, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "Broomfield schools based on the", "start": 6006.32, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "development that we are seeing with the", "start": 6008.08, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "three schools not counting the fourth", "start": 6011.04, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "school in Broomfield", "start": 6013.04, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "utilizing the le levers that that we", "start": 6015.04, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "have. I would say from a planning and", "start": 6018.32, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "operational standpoint it is our", "start": 6020.4, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "responsibility to plan for the number of", "start": 6021.92, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "resident students we have in an area.", "start": 6024.239, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "Right? That's as Glenn started there.", "start": 6026.159, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "That's the foundation of our system is", "start": 6027.84, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "to plan for that. If we can allow", "start": 6030.32, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "additional students from inside the", "start": 6032.88, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "district or outside the district to", "start": 6034.719, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "attend schools, that's great. And and", "start": 6036.08, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "thinking back in just 10 years ago, you", "start": 6038.719, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "know, the number of students that", "start": 6041.119, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "attended their uh their neighborhood", "start": 6042.48, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "school was 70%. Today it's 63% because", "start": 6044.48, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "we have space available, right? The", "start": 6047.199, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "number was even higher when we were even", "start": 6049.36, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "fuller in this district. So I would just", "start": 6051.44, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "say that we we have a number of", "start": 6054.8, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "mechanisms. Open enrollment being the", "start": 6056.8, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "primary one. uh if we had to create", "start": 6058.8, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "additional capacity within a building,", "start": 6061.679, "duration": 2.881 }, { "text": "we could also do that. We're going to", "start": 6063.36, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "talk a little bit about that a little", "start": 6064.56, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "later in the presentation.", "start": 6066.08, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "But we feel comfortable based on the", "start": 6068.239, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "developments we know about the five-year", "start": 6071.36, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "projections", "start": 6073.76, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "by having three schools in Broomfield", "start": 6075.36, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "without the fourth. Based on our", "start": 6077.36, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "projections, that's a three round school", "start": 6079.52, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "about 470 empty seats in Broomfield if", "start": 6081.28, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "we do nothing. So that's how I guess I", "start": 6084.4, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "would answer that is again it when we", "start": 6087.44, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "think about this we're really grounding", "start": 6090.159, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "ourselves in the number of resident", "start": 6092.0, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "students that live in the area and we", "start": 6093.6, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "see that declining.", "start": 6095.76, "duration": 6.879 }, { "text": "And just one followup on to that, the", "start": 6098.719, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "within this data of enrollment um", "start": 6102.639, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "specifically for Birch going into Cole", "start": 6105.199, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "um were any of the uh walkability and", "start": 6107.92, "duration": 7.759 }, { "text": "traffic pollution into on Midway and", "start": 6112.239, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "10th considered of how much that would", "start": 6115.679, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "congest um cuz it goes right by the high", "start": 6118.4, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "school and it goes right by the middle", "start": 6121.36, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "school. And for that neighborhood, those", "start": 6122.96, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "are really the only two roads that would", "start": 6125.679, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "be able to get us to Cole. Um what what", "start": 6127.6, "duration": 7.519 }, { "text": "were the um", "start": 6132.08, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "the transportation calculations used", "start": 6135.119, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "within this part of the methodology?", "start": 6137.6, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": ">> Great question and something we", "start": 6140.159, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "analyzed. Uh as a reminder, elementary", "start": 6141.679, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "schools in that area start at 7:50.", "start": 6144.239, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "Aspen Creek's a little bit later. High", "start": 6146.239, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "school starts at 8:35. I believe the", "start": 6148.56, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "middle school starts at 8:45. So, we", "start": 6150.719, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "feel very conf confident that we can uh", "start": 6152.719, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "the roads, etc. around there can handle", "start": 6156.239, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "the additional traffic over to Cole.", "start": 6158.8, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "Cole lends itself. It has a really nice", "start": 6160.88, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "site. A lot of queuing all the way", "start": 6163.04, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "around Cole Elementary, something that", "start": 6164.639, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "Birch has lacks, something that we've", "start": 6166.32, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "actually struggled with for many years.", "start": 6168.4, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "Um, so yes, a lot of thought has been in", "start": 6170.639, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "that, but the bell time separation", "start": 6172.48, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "provides for uh good traffic in and out", "start": 6174.159, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "of all the schools in that area.", "start": 6176.88, "duration": 7.279 }, { "text": "I'm going to go um Jason and then Deian", "start": 6180.639, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "and board members. I had thought about a", "start": 6184.159, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "comfort break at slide 24, but that", "start": 6186.4, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "really depends on how many more", "start": 6189.28, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "questions we have until we get there.", "start": 6190.48, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "So, um", "start": 6192.48, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "stay tuned and if someone needs a break", "start": 6195.28, "duration": 7.64 }, { "text": "before 24, you just let me know.", "start": 6197.44, "duration": 5.48 }, { "text": ">> Okay. Um yeah, thanks. I also want to", "start": 6203.36, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "move on to the next topic, but I I", "start": 6206.4, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "wanted to, you know, we've talked a lot", "start": 6208.239, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "about this October 2025 date and the", "start": 6209.679, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "shift. Um, you know, I've been on the", "start": 6212.48, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "board three years. It was probably the", "start": 6214.4, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "biggest issue when many of us were", "start": 6216.88, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "campaigning. It was an issue when we got", "start": 6218.56, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "on the board. Um, you know, Glenn, you", "start": 6220.32, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "talked about this since 2012. Nicole has", "start": 6222.4, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "talked about how long this has been an", "start": 6224.639, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "issue and Alex as well. But something", "start": 6226.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "did shift in the last few years that", "start": 6228.159, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "caused us as a board to move from LRACK,", "start": 6230.32, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "which as others have said is really just", "start": 6233.92, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "an advisory committee and not dictating", "start": 6235.52, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "direction, uh to this regional approach.", "start": 6238.159, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "And so I really I think it's important", "start": 6241.28, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "that we make this connection between the", "start": 6242.48, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "projections, the enrollment numbers over", "start": 6244.639, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "the last two or three years, which have", "start": 6246.4, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "from what I remember really did change", "start": 6248.08, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and even though historically very", "start": 6250.159, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "accurate, Glenn, I think have come in", "start": 6252.08, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "lower than projected in the last two", "start": 6253.92, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "years. uh and make that connection", "start": 6256.0, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "between that data, the the actual", "start": 6258.159, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "enrollment and why we had to move and", "start": 6260.56, "duration": 7.079 }, { "text": "make this shift in October of last year.", "start": 6262.88, "duration": 4.759 }, { "text": ">> Just real quick because I want to honor", "start": 6267.84, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the work that our long range advisory", "start": 6269.76, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "committee has done", "start": 6271.84, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": ">> and I didn't mean to be", "start": 6273.76, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": ">> No, no, no, no. I for everyone I've you", "start": 6274.8, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "know I think people have looked at this", "start": 6278.239, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "like this these were metrics individual", "start": 6280.0, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "schools", "start": 6281.92, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": ">> the metrics were always established as", "start": 6282.8, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "an early warning system. We have said", "start": 6284.56, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "that at many many meetings when", "start": 6286.32, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "long-range advisory committee gave an", "start": 6288.239, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "update. Long-range advisory committee", "start": 6289.84, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "and these were uh uh the recommendations", "start": 6292.56, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "the metrics that were presented to the", "start": 6295.92, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "board back in June of 23 always stated", "start": 6297.52, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "that decision-m should be in the context", "start": 6301.28, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "looking at geographic areas or multiple", "start": 6303.199, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "schools at the same time. Right? So they", "start": 6305.36, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "even recommended this. So we had to have", "start": 6308.48, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "a metric that told us where schools were", "start": 6312.0, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "at and we centered that around the", "start": 6314.4, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "student experience. That's how we came", "start": 6316.159, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "to the two classes per grade level. We", "start": 6317.52, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "tied the finances or the operational", "start": 6320.0, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "efficiency within the utilization of the", "start": 6322.08, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "building. So way back when we had said", "start": 6324.159, "duration": 6.721 }, { "text": "this, we started Heatherwood's", "start": 6328.0, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "engagement process out of the gate and I", "start": 6330.88, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "think that's where people are like oh", "start": 6332.639, "duration": 2.881 }, { "text": "they're looking at this as a school by", "start": 6333.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "school uh basis. We did that because", "start": 6335.52, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "Heatherwood was four miles or six miles", "start": 6337.84, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "away from Crest View, four and a half or", "start": 6340.32, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "so miles away from Douglas Elementary", "start": 6342.239, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "School. It sat in a unique geographic", "start": 6344.239, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "area. It was one of the very first", "start": 6346.96, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "schools out of the gate. So, we started", "start": 6348.88, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "that engagement process on a singular", "start": 6351.199, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "school. And then it was the board that", "start": 6353.04, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "said, \"Hold on, looking at this", "start": 6355.36, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "school by school isn't acceptable.\"", "start": 6358.32, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "That's when we really had to go to a", "start": 6359.92, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "regional approach because declining", "start": 6362.0, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "enrollment was being felt throughout the", "start": 6363.679, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "district. This is where we really", "start": 6365.44, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "created some equitable experiences,", "start": 6367.44, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "inequitable experiences across their", "start": 6369.199, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "district where you go to a three- round", "start": 6371.119, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "school and they have a full-time", "start": 6373.199, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "counselor, art, music, and PE, and you", "start": 6374.32, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "go to a school that's got 150 students,", "start": 6376.239, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "and they don't have near that. And I", "start": 6378.88, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "think you as board members said, \"This", "start": 6380.96, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "is not acceptable. We've created this", "start": 6382.719, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "with declining enrollment, and there's", "start": 6385.36, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "something that we have to do about it.\"", "start": 6387.04, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "So, I I'm speaking a little bit for the", "start": 6388.4, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "board. That's the direction that I felt", "start": 6390.8, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "like we received. Um, but I will say", "start": 6392.48, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "that when the majority of our schools", "start": 6395.04, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "got below two classes per grade level in", "start": 6398.08, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "these areas, again was when the board", "start": 6400.4, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "said we have to take a regional approach", "start": 6402.639, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "to this", "start": 6404.96, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "and that that was again determined off", "start": 6406.719, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "of the metrics that were established by", "start": 6409.119, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "LRAK to be able to again give you an", "start": 6411.119, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "early warning system that we've got", "start": 6413.6, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "challenges at these lower enrolled", "start": 6415.52, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "schools. They don't have the resources", "start": 6417.44, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "that some of our other schools have. So,", "start": 6418.96, "duration": 6.92 }, { "text": "you have anything to add to that?", "start": 6421.92, "duration": 3.96 }, { "text": ">> Then depart and then Alex,", "start": 6427.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> it sounds like some of my questions can", "start": 6429.52, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "be deferred because someone's going to", "start": 6431.28, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "talk about these mysterious levers of", "start": 6433.44, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "open enrollment at some point that", "start": 6436.56, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": ">> it's actually the next two slides. Okay,", "start": 6439.04, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "good.", "start": 6440.639, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": ">> Not not mysterious at all. That we'll be", "start": 6441.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "able to explain those explicitly.", "start": 6443.679, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "It's one of those words that you don't", "start": 6447.04, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "really know what it means, right? Um,", "start": 6448.56, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "but I do want to also say I'm guessing", "start": 6452.32, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "that a biking, walking", "start": 6455.92, "duration": 8.56 }, { "text": "um projection to schools does not uh", "start": 6459.76, "duration": 9.0 }, { "text": "make any sense in the mountain schools.", "start": 6464.48, "duration": 4.28 }, { "text": ">> I would say it would not make any sense", "start": 6469.679, "duration": 2.881 }, { "text": "in the mountain schools. Those kids", "start": 6471.36, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "already get or our students already get", "start": 6472.56, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "transportation in the mountain areas.", "start": 6474.48, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "Yep.", "start": 6476.4, "duration": 2.56 }, { "text": ">> Was there any consideration to put", "start": 6477.36, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "Douglas as a rural place instead of an", "start": 6478.96, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "urban place?", "start": 6482.08, "duration": 5.96 }, { "text": ">> No, there was not.", "start": 6484.0, "duration": 4.04 }, { "text": ">> Jorge and then Alex.", "start": 6488.719, "duration": 3.801 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Um I appreciate the", "start": 6493.679, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "discussion just understanding kind of", "start": 6495.84, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "what do the numbers represent, where do", "start": 6497.6, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "our estimates come from, kind of how", "start": 6499.119, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "complex it is. So I want to go back to", "start": 6500.8, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "the methodology part. I know you've", "start": 6502.4, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "mentioned um yields from developments", "start": 6503.84, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "and how tricky that is moving forward.", "start": 6505.84, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "But um based on the estimates for yields", "start": 6508.159, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "for the existing developments that", "start": 6510.56, "duration": 2.639 }, { "text": "already in place, are we seeing what", "start": 6511.679, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "they expected or how has that outlook", "start": 6513.199, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "changed um in the last couple years?", "start": 6516.159, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": ">> Well, so we do that analysis every few", "start": 6518.56, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "years. It's been I think 2023 since", "start": 6521.44, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "we've done that. We're due for another", "start": 6524.56, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "um update of the bigger document. I do a", "start": 6526.96, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "lot of spot checking. Um, and not so", "start": 6529.199, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "much on existing housing, but new", "start": 6531.76, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "housing. Um, in conversations with", "start": 6533.36, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "surrounding districts, everybody's", "start": 6535.76, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "saying how few students we're seeing in", "start": 6537.119, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "new housing. Uh, and we're seeing the", "start": 6539.04, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "same. Actually, the yields I've", "start": 6541.199, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "established for new housing are have", "start": 6542.88, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "been coming in about half of what they", "start": 6545.6, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "typically are. Um, so there's a lot of", "start": 6548.08, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "housing dynamic stuff I've heard that", "start": 6551.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "may explain some of that, but yields are", "start": 6553.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "coming in considerably lower just in", "start": 6555.52, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "these last year or two.", "start": 6557.28, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": ">> Give you a very specific example what", "start": 6560.239, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "we're seeing at Parkdale. For example,", "start": 6562.4, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "we assume that we would see one", "start": 6564.159, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "elementary student for every uh four", "start": 6565.84, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "rooftops. And right now, we're seeing", "start": 6568.719, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "one elementary student for about every", "start": 6570.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "eight rooftops out there. So, as Glenn", "start": 6572.719, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "talks about half, just to put some", "start": 6574.96, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "numbers to it, that's one singular", "start": 6576.4, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "development, but it is what we are", "start": 6578.8, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "seeing across the district with a lot of", "start": 6580.48, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "these developments.", "start": 6582.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. I appreciate that context. I", "start": 6584.48, "duration": 2.4 }, { "text": "think it's an important part of the", "start": 6585.84, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "larger trend that we're seeing with uh", "start": 6586.88, "duration": 5.56 }, { "text": "enrollment pattern. Thank you.", "start": 6588.48, "duration": 3.96 }, { "text": "Um, I know we're going to talk about", "start": 6592.48, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "open enrollment, but uh, like I look at", "start": 6594.0, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "the like the Broomfield schools and I", "start": 6596.88, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "see something like 280 out of district", "start": 6599.44, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "kids enrolled in the Broomfield area.", "start": 6602.32, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "How long does it take to like transition", "start": 6604.96, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "with our enrollment preferences if we", "start": 6607.84, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "wanted to replace that with in district", "start": 6609.92, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "choice or with newly assigned folks", "start": 6611.679, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "within the district? And we do that by", "start": 6613.92, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "following our enrollment preferences,", "start": 6617.92, "duration": 2.799 }, { "text": "right? and saying, \"Hey, we're going to", "start": 6619.6, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "preference kids within the district", "start": 6620.719, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": "ahead of the kids from out of the", "start": 6622.32, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "district,\" which over time replaces the", "start": 6623.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "out of district kids with kids in the", "start": 6626.08, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "district. Am I understanding that", "start": 6628.0, "duration": 2.4 }, { "text": "correctly?", "start": 6629.36, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": ">> Yes, I'd say that's exactly correct.", "start": 6630.4, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": ">> All right. And so, how long does it I", "start": 6632.0, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "know we have sibling preferences for the", "start": 6634.32, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "kids that are already there, but how", "start": 6636.48, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "long does it kind of take for if we you", "start": 6637.679, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "know, if we switched the the switch on a", "start": 6640.4, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "school and said, \"Hey, we want to spend", "start": 6642.88, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "more time. we're gonna have more kids", "start": 6644.719, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "from within district trying to open", "start": 6646.32, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "enroll into this. Um I know that it's", "start": 6648.0, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "sort of a function of which grades", "start": 6650.32, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "they're coming from, right? So, uh how", "start": 6651.6, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "often how long does it take before like", "start": 6656.159, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "a new equilibrium would be achieved in", "start": 6659.04, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "which the indistrict people would be", "start": 6661.6, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "able to choose what they want and still", "start": 6662.96, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "have the space once we've sort of", "start": 6664.88, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "flushed through out of district kids.", "start": 6666.08, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "Like we're not filling things with out", "start": 6668.08, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "of district kids at the expense of kids", "start": 6670.639, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "within the district, right? Can I wonder", "start": 6672.4, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "if we want to pause on that until we", "start": 6675.6, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "talk about that because I think that's", "start": 6677.28, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "going to generate and relate to some of", "start": 6678.48, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "the questions that Deianne had on how", "start": 6680.48, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "like the levers of open enrollment work", "start": 6682.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "if that's okay and um if any board", "start": 6684.08, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "members I have two I mean I get you guys", "start": 6687.04, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "all get to ask your questions first", "start": 6690.56, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "Helenia. So if I can ask two questions", "start": 6692.48, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "and then we'll take a comfort break. Is", "start": 6694.159, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "that okay Lena?", "start": 6696.159, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Um,", "start": 6697.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "in all the years you've been doing this", "start": 6701.119, "duration": 2.881 }, { "text": "modeling, has res resident student", "start": 6702.48, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "population always been the number that", "start": 6704.0, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "you've used? Has it been the primary", "start": 6705.44, "duration": 7.48 }, { "text": "driver in um, in your calculations?", "start": 6707.599, "duration": 5.321 }, { "text": ">> Not since the beginning. It's something", "start": 6713.04, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "that had to be developed over a number", "start": 6714.48, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "of years because there aren't a lot of", "start": 6716.4, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "other models out there that do it", "start": 6717.76, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "exactly like that. Uh, but certainly for", "start": 6719.679, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "the last 5 years or so, that's been um,", "start": 6721.76, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "been the primary way of doing it. Um and", "start": 6724.639, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "before and going back further for", "start": 6727.199, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "schools with a lot of de development", "start": 6728.96, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "potential. That was really where the", "start": 6731.679, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "model kind of came from where you have", "start": 6732.96, "duration": 2.639 }, { "text": "these schools with lots of development", "start": 6734.159, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "potential. Um and the enrollment system", "start": 6735.599, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "kind of breaks down. So that probably", "start": 6739.119, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "goes back more like 10 years.", "start": 6741.199, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Um and then I just wanted to", "start": 6744.0, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "highlight what you said about", "start": 6746.08, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "projections. really five years is where", "start": 6747.04, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "we feel confident and I know we talked a", "start": 6748.88, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "lot about that board members when we", "start": 6750.88, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "were updating board policy JC on looking", "start": 6752.159, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "at attendance boundaries and that was", "start": 6755.04, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "really the rationale for why five years", "start": 6756.4, "duration": 6.719 }, { "text": "was the decide what we decided in um and", "start": 6759.04, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "re-evaluating those attendance policies", "start": 6763.119, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "and so I I just want to elevate again", "start": 6764.719, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "for a while we've been talking about", "start": 6768.159, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "five-year confidences um that's not", "start": 6769.44, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "entirely new and then last but not least", "start": 6771.599, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "I just", "start": 6774.8, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "wondered I kind of elevating back to the", "start": 6777.199, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "data that Dr. Alzine presented on", "start": 6781.119, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "parental and staff desires around", "start": 6783.52, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "consolidation versus closure versus", "start": 6786.96, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "reconfiguration", "start": 6790.32, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "back in the June meeting. I I", "start": 6792.56, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "acknowledge that the primary the biggest", "start": 6794.32, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "preference was consolidation and that", "start": 6796.48, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "because our obligation to ensure that", "start": 6800.0, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "every student with", "start": 6802.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "with a resident student has to have the", "start": 6804.719, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "ability to have a seat, it may not be", "start": 6807.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "possible in all solutions. And so can", "start": 6809.599, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "you in all state situations? And so I", "start": 6811.52, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "just wonder if you can talk a little bit", "start": 6813.84, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "about the pressures of us and our", "start": 6815.199, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "responsibility to provide resident", "start": 6817.199, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "students access to their neighborhood", "start": 6819.76, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "school should they choose it and the way", "start": 6821.119, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "in which that may have impacted", "start": 6822.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "decisions around which schools could be", "start": 6824.96, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "easily consolidated versus which ones", "start": 6827.04, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "had to be um you know divided amongst a", "start": 6829.119, "duration": 6.721 }, { "text": "couple different schools.", "start": 6832.96, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": ">> Well really starting with the resident", "start": 6835.84, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "population is the key to that. So we", "start": 6837.36, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "want to look can the school accommodate", "start": 6839.04, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "the resident population you know with", "start": 6841.199, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "the new combination. Um so we looked at", "start": 6843.76, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "that closely and and I I pointed out one", "start": 6846.08, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "slide earlier too that it you know the", "start": 6848.96, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "resident population can be a little bit", "start": 6850.8, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "bigger than the capacity um because of", "start": 6852.4, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "that because of open enrollment. Not all", "start": 6854.88, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "kids will go there.", "start": 6856.8, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": ">> You go to the next slide real quick and", "start": 6857.76, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "continue your thoughts. Oh, if it has to", "start": 6859.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "do with your next slide, you can hold it", "start": 6862.719, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "because I do know my board members want", "start": 6863.92, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "a come for a break. The", "start": 6865.199, "duration": 2.641 }, { "text": ">> next slide though.", "start": 6866.56, "duration": 2.559 }, { "text": ">> Okay. Okay.", "start": 6867.84, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": ">> Thanks. We will take a fivem minute", "start": 6869.119, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "comfort break and we'll resume on", "start": 6871.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "discussing levers for of open", "start": 6873.04, "duration": 5.24 }, { "text": "enrollment.", "start": 6875.28, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "like to call this meeting back to order", "start": 7276.239, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "and turn it back over to staff to", "start": 7279.52, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "discuss", "start": 7282.32, "duration": 5.48 }, { "text": "enrollment utilization.", "start": 7284.159, "duration": 3.641 }, { "text": "So here we can see uh Bear Creek and", "start": 7293.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "Mesa combination as an example of uh", "start": 7294.96, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "what it looks like when we combine two", "start": 7297.52, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "schools and how we project that", "start": 7298.96, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "situation. Uh we can see on the left", "start": 7300.56, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "side we have Bear Creek. Uh it's 25 26", "start": 7303.119, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "enroll resident students and enrollment", "start": 7306.48, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "utilization. Uh and the same for Mesa.", "start": 7308.8, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "Uh on the on the right side we see the", "start": 7311.92, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "projected consolidated schools for 27 28", "start": 7314.32, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "which would be the first year that", "start": 7318.159, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "school would would function as a", "start": 7319.92, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "consolidated school. Uh and also a", "start": 7321.52, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "further projection in 2030 and 31. Um", "start": 7323.679, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "going down the list we have uh the", "start": 7328.32, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "resident students in 27 in the combined", "start": 7330.159, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "school. Uh now that number are the", "start": 7332.96, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "number of students that live in the the", "start": 7335.52, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "really kind of three um enrollment", "start": 7338.48, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "areas, right? You've got Bear Creek", "start": 7340.56, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "enrollment area, you've got Mesa's", "start": 7342.639, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "enrollment area, but you've got the dual", "start": 7344.32, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "area too, which almost functions as a", "start": 7345.599, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "third enrollment uh area in that in that", "start": 7348.56, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "uh part of the of the city. Um and then", "start": 7351.36, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "going further into the future, that", "start": 7354.4, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "number does go up to 522, which is more", "start": 7356.32, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "than the capacity of 492. However, um", "start": 7358.4, "duration": 7.199 }, { "text": "you know, again, even using 85% which is", "start": 7362.56, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "the highest end of that we see of", "start": 7365.599, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "resident students attending their", "start": 7368.239, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "neighborhood school, that still puts the", "start": 7369.52, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "population at 455. Now, that's without", "start": 7371.679, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "open enrollment or anything like that,", "start": 7374.32, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "though. And that gets to be the tricky", "start": 7375.92, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "part. Uh in the enrollment part in the", "start": 7377.36, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "bottom, we have uh we did a range um", "start": 7379.44, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "based on how many students from Mesa,", "start": 7383.04, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "resident students from Mesa will carry", "start": 7385.679, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "over. Uh and then that part also does", "start": 7387.599, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "not include the portion of Mesa uh", "start": 7390.88, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "students that are open enrolled into", "start": 7394.159, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "Mesa. Um and it also includes part of", "start": 7395.84, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "students that uh in Bear Creek. uh we", "start": 7399.679, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "would probably manage enrollment that", "start": 7403.28, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "first year for all new uh uh open", "start": 7405.199, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "enrolled kids in the Mesa rather than um", "start": 7407.92, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "you know we wouldn't touch the kids that", "start": 7411.04, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "are already in the building but for the", "start": 7412.4, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "new open enrollment would probably have", "start": 7414.239, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "to be managed uh in order to make sure", "start": 7415.679, "duration": 5.801 }, { "text": "we get everybody in.", "start": 7417.76, "duration": 3.72 }, { "text": "Yeah, I think uh board members this is", "start": 7421.92, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "an important point. Um and Glenn, if you", "start": 7423.599, "duration": 6.961 }, { "text": "can speak to uh you know when we look at", "start": 7426.719, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "resident students, right, we have uh", "start": 7430.56, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "decades of enrollment trend data that", "start": 7433.119, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "tell us what percentage of any resident", "start": 7434.96, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "group of students attends their", "start": 7438.159, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "neighborhood school. And uh that is that", "start": 7440.08, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "is some of the data that Glenn leaned", "start": 7443.28, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "on. Um you know, because you could look", "start": 7445.119, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "at this and say, gosh, you've got more", "start": 7447.44, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "resident students than you have", "start": 7448.96, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "capacity.", "start": 7450.32, "duration": 2.879 }, { "text": "Right. And I think that some of our", "start": 7451.84, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "folks in our community, you know, gave", "start": 7453.199, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "us some pretty straightforward feedback", "start": 7454.88, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "at our last meeting. Wait a minute, you", "start": 7456.48, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "have 522 resident students and you have", "start": 7458.159, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "capacity of 492. Uh again, um not every", "start": 7460.239, "duration": 7.601 }, { "text": "resident student goes to their", "start": 7465.44, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "neighborhood school. As a matter of", "start": 7467.84, "duration": 2.879 }, { "text": "fact, as we've shared, you know, it's", "start": 7469.199, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "between somewhere between 60 and 70", "start": 7470.719, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "depend depending 70% depending on the", "start": 7472.56, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "availability that you have. So, three", "start": 7474.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "out of every 10 schools that are a", "start": 7477.28, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "resident student um don't go to their uh", "start": 7478.96, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "their neighborhood schools. And as we", "start": 7482.96, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "shared a few slides previously where we", "start": 7484.56, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "could talk to you specifically, maybe go", "start": 7487.199, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "back to that, Glenn, to just kind of", "start": 7489.36, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "highlight this point. Um now, just kind", "start": 7490.48, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "of the all of the the folks on the green", "start": 7493.599, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "bars do not attend their resident", "start": 7496.159, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "school. And so uh you know you can see", "start": 7499.199, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "uh those are significant amounts um and", "start": 7503.44, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "significant amounts in our smallest", "start": 7506.159, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "schools. Uh um so I think that when", "start": 7507.599, "duration": 7.841 }, { "text": "folks are trying to um fully understand", "start": 7511.04, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "the methodology that we use there just", "start": 7515.44, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "be there's some pieces of information", "start": 7517.52, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "that are missing uh that we use to and", "start": 7519.119, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "this is how Glenn gets really accurate", "start": 7522.239, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "with his projections within 1% 19 out of", "start": 7524.96, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "20 years or something like that is when", "start": 7528.0, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "we were thinking about it. Um so uh I", "start": 7529.44, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "just wanted to highlight that point. You", "start": 7532.48, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "can go back Glenn to to where we're we", "start": 7533.92, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "where we're at. Um and then the other", "start": 7536.4, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "this other idea around open enrollment", "start": 7538.4, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "as a lever I think we're going to get", "start": 7540.639, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "into here a little bit but again", "start": 7542.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "remember board members resident students", "start": 7543.84, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "and then open enrollment right so in in", "start": 7546.48, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "future years in a consolidated Bear", "start": 7549.679, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "Creek and Mesa right we're not going to", "start": 7552.639, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "have the open enrollment ability that we", "start": 7555.36, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "have today", "start": 7558.0, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "right as school just like we don't have", "start": 7560.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "the open enrollment ability at other", "start": 7563.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "schools that are filled", "start": 7565.52, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "Right. The open enrollment process", "start": 7567.28, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "accounts for that and it ensures that we", "start": 7569.28, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "don't open enroll in ways that overcrowd", "start": 7572.159, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "schools or overcrowd classrooms. And I", "start": 7575.28, "duration": 4.959 }, { "text": "think that those were really big", "start": 7578.639, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "concerns because if you start looking at", "start": 7580.239, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "more students than you have capacity,", "start": 7582.159, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "then the only way that if you didn't", "start": 7584.639, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "have these other data points, these", "start": 7586.32, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "other methodologies that we're speaking", "start": 7588.0, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "to, you you'd have to put them in really", "start": 7589.52, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "big classes. And we're going to get to", "start": 7591.599, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "this board members, but again, our", "start": 7594.079, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "community spoke loud and clear, right?", "start": 7595.679, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "They don't want really large class", "start": 7598.159, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "sizes,", "start": 7599.84, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "right? Very very evident. And so to the", "start": 7601.36, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "extent that we are going to begin to be", "start": 7604.96, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "able to drop those class sizes is is a", "start": 7606.96, "duration": 8.239 }, { "text": "big um I think um anchor of the plan and", "start": 7610.32, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "the proposal that that that we've shared", "start": 7615.199, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "with you all. So Rob, I didn't know if", "start": 7617.04, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "you wanted to add anything else there.", "start": 7618.96, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "Um or if Glenn if you wanted anything", "start": 7620.8, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "else. I just think that I just wanted to", "start": 7622.88, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "to pause and highlight I think a valid", "start": 7624.32, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "question for folks who wouldn't have", "start": 7626.719, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "understood what what Glenn shared with", "start": 7628.159, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "you all in terms of uh you know you", "start": 7629.84, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "you're know it looks like you're going", "start": 7633.28, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "to overcrowd the schools to make this", "start": 7635.36, "duration": 5.56 }, { "text": "plan work. That's not the case.", "start": 7636.88, "duration": 4.04 }, { "text": ">> Do you have a question on this slide? I", "start": 7643.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "I do just while we're on the topic of", "start": 7646.56, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "Bear Creek Mesa if if that's soon we can", "start": 7648.0, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "I can wait", "start": 7650.719, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "I mean if we if we have a few more", "start": 7653.119, "duration": 2.641 }, { "text": "slides to cover but I think this there's", "start": 7654.4, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "a few questions that I'd like to ask", "start": 7655.76, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "around this specific thing.", "start": 7657.84, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": ">> So there are three slides on this levers", "start": 7659.36, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "that relate to class size and consult", "start": 7662.4, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "and", "start": 7664.96, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "so it's your your call.", "start": 7667.04, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": ">> Okay. Thanks. I'm I'm gonna take the", "start": 7668.639, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "opportunity to ask that question. Uh", "start": 7670.56, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "we've I've we've all heard from a lot of", "start": 7672.96, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "folks uh particularly parents and", "start": 7674.56, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "families at Mesa concerned about exactly", "start": 7676.719, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "what Dr. Anderson talked about. Can you", "start": 7678.88, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "you know I think this is relevant here", "start": 7681.199, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "but can you talk about you know where", "start": 7682.56, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "the rise kids fits it fit into this if", "start": 7683.92, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "that's part of the numbers you're", "start": 7686.079, "duration": 2.56 }, { "text": "talking about and then I think Glenn you", "start": 7687.119, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "mentioned kids that are currently open", "start": 7688.639, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "enrolled to Mesa now like what does this", "start": 7690.719, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "mean for them next year and is that", "start": 7692.96, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "factored into this calculation here?", "start": 7694.719, "duration": 6.801 }, { "text": "So the RISE students are included and we", "start": 7699.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "brought brought that program over uh so", "start": 7701.52, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "that is included uh in in the", "start": 7704.0, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "projection. Um and as far as the Mesa", "start": 7706.079, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "students, we the the Mesa uh students", "start": 7708.639, "duration": 8.241 }, { "text": "that are currently attending um um Mesa", "start": 7711.84, "duration": 6.879 }, { "text": "it assumes all of those students coming", "start": 7716.88, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "over. Uh and the high there's a range in", "start": 7718.719, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "that one. So that's the high range that", "start": 7720.719, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "all of those kids come over. Uh the low", "start": 7722.32, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "range is just a lower percentage of", "start": 7724.32, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "those come over. And then the students", "start": 7726.8, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "that are open enrolled uh into Mesa", "start": 7728.719, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "currently that is going to be dealt with", "start": 7731.679, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "through the open enrollment process and", "start": 7733.76, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the preferences that we established. Um", "start": 7735.28, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "and then I guess related if I can uh you", "start": 7738.8, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "know Rob you know all these facilities", "start": 7741.36, "duration": 2.719 }, { "text": "really well. I think a lot of people", "start": 7742.719, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": "have raised concerns you know you have a", "start": 7744.079, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "school even if it's middle of that range", "start": 7745.52, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "you know I I actually I don't know the", "start": 7748.4, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "the layout exactly at Bear Creek but I a", "start": 7750.719, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "lot of open open concept classrooms. Are", "start": 7753.119, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "you could you talk about you know the", "start": 7756.239, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "ability of that building to be able to", "start": 7758.079, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "absorb at the high range high end of", "start": 7759.84, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "this range the kids the new programmatic", "start": 7762.079, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "things that are moving over and just", "start": 7764.88, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "addressing concerns that Dr. Anderson", "start": 7767.119, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "did about you know overcrowded room", "start": 7768.88, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "classrooms. I think just there's a lot", "start": 7771.119, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "of concern uh I think understandably so", "start": 7773.36, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "about um even if these were on the lower", "start": 7775.679, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "end the ability of this building to be", "start": 7778.159, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "able to successfully kind of incorporate", "start": 7780.4, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "that many kids. Yeah, we've uh spent a", "start": 7783.44, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "lot of time this summer walking", "start": 7787.36, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "buildings, looking at buildings, know", "start": 7788.639, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "this building really well. The um as a", "start": 7790.639, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "reminder, it wasn't long ago when these", "start": 7794.32, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "buildings were at this size. I mean, I", "start": 7796.48, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "think we can look back to 2016 2017", "start": 7798.56, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "numbers and a lot of these schools were", "start": 7801.84, "duration": 6.879 }, { "text": "over 400 students. Um the what I do want", "start": 7804.48, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "to recognize though, as schools have", "start": 7808.719, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "gotten smaller, they've expanded into", "start": 7810.88, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "different spaces, right? right? They've", "start": 7813.599, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "used it as a swing space, a reading", "start": 7815.119, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "room, um additional staff lounges, etc.", "start": 7817.28, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "And that's change management and that's", "start": 7821.04, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "going to take some time and we'll have", "start": 7823.44, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "to work with the building leaders, work", "start": 7824.96, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "with staffs, etc. because a lot of that", "start": 7826.96, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "space that they've expanded to will now", "start": 7829.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "have to be classroom space. It was", "start": 7831.92, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "intended to be classroom space when the", "start": 7833.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "building was first built. Uh so when we", "start": 7835.119, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "look at capacity we look at it of uh", "start": 7837.92, "duration": 6.799 }, { "text": "classrooms that are what bigger than 600", "start": 7841.36, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "600 square f feet. We have a multiplier", "start": 7844.719, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "of 25 students. So in the case of Bear", "start": 7847.28, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "Creek we have 20 classrooms out there.", "start": 7850.32, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "Um we have uh multiply that times 25 and", "start": 7853.119, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "that's how you get to 492", "start": 7856.4, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "um as a capacity. So little over a three", "start": 7859.04, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "round school out there. Um again, you", "start": 7862.719, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "know, the learning environment, uh do", "start": 7865.52, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "have some spaces that are that open", "start": 7868.079, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "concept similar to Heatherwood,", "start": 7870.079, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "Eisenhower, uh Mesa has some of that", "start": 7871.76, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "right now. Um and again, we'll be", "start": 7874.719, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "working with staffs to figure out how we", "start": 7877.28, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "can mitigate a lot of that. But, uh I", "start": 7879.04, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "just want to remind us it wasn't long", "start": 7881.04, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "ago when these schools were this full.", "start": 7882.639, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "Um and they were, uh very successful at", "start": 7884.88, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "that time. Okay, couple things for folks", "start": 7888.239, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "who are watching at home. Uh 25 time 20", "start": 7891.04, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "doesn't equal 492.", "start": 7894.719, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": ">> I'm sorry. You're right.", "start": 7897.28, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": ">> Our class size is 24", "start": 7898.32, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": ">> 20.", "start": 7901.119, "duration": 2.401 }, { "text": ">> Yes. 24.58", "start": 7901.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "is our multip. So So you're right.", "start": 7903.52, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": ">> So sorry about that, Rob, but I just", "start": 7906.48, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "want to be very accurate with folks. Um", "start": 7908.239, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and you know, I appreciate the level of", "start": 7910.48, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "precision that our our community is", "start": 7912.239, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "seeking. Um", "start": 7913.679, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": ">> I will say that board members, as we", "start": 7915.92, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "think about this and we think about", "start": 7918.4, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "class sizes, right? So, our capacity,", "start": 7919.599, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "we're building on a ca a capacity of a", "start": 7921.84, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "of an average K12 general ed class size", "start": 7924.8, "duration": 7.839 }, { "text": "of 24.58 to1. Right now, you may be", "start": 7928.4, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "asking, you know, why don't we have", "start": 7932.639, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "class sizes of 24.58 to1? Part of this", "start": 7934.239, "duration": 8.561 }, { "text": "consolidation effort shrinks the range", "start": 7938.0, "duration": 7.119 }, { "text": "of class sizes that we see. And we're", "start": 7942.8, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "going to get into this a little bit, but", "start": 7945.119, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "I think it's worth taking a moment to", "start": 7946.4, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "speak to here. Um because if you have an", "start": 7947.84, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "average of 25 board members, if you have", "start": 7950.8, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "a class of 17, what does that mean? You", "start": 7953.199, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "need to have on the other end to average", "start": 7954.96, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "to 25,", "start": 7956.32, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "right? Like so if so by consolidating so", "start": 7958.719, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "our community understands how we're", "start": 7961.76, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "going to use this to shrink class size,", "start": 7963.36, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "you shrink the range by having more", "start": 7965.199, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "rounds per school, right? Because if you", "start": 7968.0, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "get 34 kids in a grade at a two round or", "start": 7970.719, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "at a one round school, then you have two", "start": 7974.56, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "classes of 17, right? But if you get a", "start": 7976.8, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "couple kids and you have three classes", "start": 7980.0, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "of 25 26, you don't get to the place", "start": 7982.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "where you're adding a teacher um and", "start": 7984.56, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "you're expanding your range on the low", "start": 7987.04, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "end and then on the high end to get to", "start": 7989.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "that average, right? And then the", "start": 7991.599, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "efficiencies, and we're going to talk a", "start": 7993.52, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "little bit about this when Bill speaks,", "start": 7994.88, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "creates new resources that we can then", "start": 7996.56, "duration": 6.079 }, { "text": "redeploy into schools to even bring that", "start": 7999.199, "duration": 6.721 }, { "text": "average down lower and shrink that range", "start": 8002.639, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "so there's a more consistent class size", "start": 8005.92, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "K through five. So, um, I just wanted,", "start": 8009.04, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "sorry, Rob, to I'm going to keep an eye", "start": 8011.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "on the math to make sure that that that", "start": 8014.079, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "folks, um, you know, understand, you", "start": 8016.0, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "know, that we're talking and how it adds", "start": 8018.32, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "up, but I'm also really trying to", "start": 8019.76, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "describe more in detail how all this", "start": 8021.679, "duration": 5.801 }, { "text": "works together.", "start": 8024.159, "duration": 3.321 }, { "text": "All right. So, um, thank you very much.", "start": 8029.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "I'm going to be continuing to talk about", "start": 8032.96, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "those two levers. a lot of the", "start": 8034.4, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "discussion has already kind of taken", "start": 8035.92, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "some of the points that I had to make", "start": 8038.159, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "and it's been wonderful in that space.", "start": 8040.32, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "So either I'll be adding some new", "start": 8042.48, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "information, I'll be layering some", "start": 8044.719, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "consistent information about what was", "start": 8046.719, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "said and I hope what uh the next couple", "start": 8048.4, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "slides lay out for you is um a little", "start": 8051.119, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "more clarity around those two levers", "start": 8054.639, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "that Mr. Price and Mr. Shagru and Dr.", "start": 8056.48, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "Anderson talked about. So those two", "start": 8059.44, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "levers levers are managing school choice", "start": 8061.679, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "enrollment process and I'll use the", "start": 8065.599, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "terminology choice enrollment versus", "start": 8067.52, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "open enrollment. They are", "start": 8069.52, "duration": 2.4 }, { "text": "interchangeable. They mean the same", "start": 8070.56, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "thing but um and then the other one", "start": 8071.92, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "being maximizing designated classroom", "start": 8074.48, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "usage which Mr. Price just spoke about.", "start": 8076.4, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": ">> Can you advance this? Perfect.", "start": 8079.52, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. So um the first one levers to", "start": 8081.199, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "manage enrollment specifically through", "start": 8085.199, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "choice enrollment. Um the ability for us", "start": 8086.96, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "to clearly identify overall student", "start": 8090.079, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "enrollment availability by school and by", "start": 8092.719, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "grade level during the choice enrollment", "start": 8094.48, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "window is going to be very important.", "start": 8096.8, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "We've already emphasized that we will", "start": 8098.48, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "maintain our choice enrollment process.", "start": 8100.639, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "That's important. It's a value within", "start": 8102.48, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "the state of Colorado and BBSD to have", "start": 8104.079, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "choice enrollment. But our first", "start": 8105.84, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "priority will be our currently enrolled", "start": 8107.84, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "and resident students. We just spoke", "start": 8109.679, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "about that. Followed by students and", "start": 8111.76, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "families that have elected to choice", "start": 8114.159, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "enroll.", "start": 8115.599, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "Choice enrollment is exactly that. It's", "start": 8117.28, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "a family choice. Each year, families", "start": 8119.04, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "choose to attend a school other than", "start": 8120.96, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "their neighborhood school. That's across", "start": 8122.48, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "our system, K12. For example, current", "start": 8124.32, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "Mesa families may choose to uh choose a", "start": 8127.199, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "school other than Bear Creek.", "start": 8130.32, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "This is a normal process of choice", "start": 8133.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "enrollment. Likewise, each year families", "start": 8135.84, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "choose to leave their neighborhood", "start": 8138.0, "duration": 2.719 }, { "text": "school to attend a different school. And", "start": 8139.199, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "that's kind of some of the details Mr.", "start": 8140.719, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "Shaggru spoke about. If there is room at", "start": 8142.32, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "a school after the um currently enrolled", "start": 8144.96, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "and resident students, we will be", "start": 8148.4, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "offering seats to a to a degree. Our", "start": 8150.8, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "commitment is that we are not going to", "start": 8154.32, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "be overfilling our classrooms as Dr.", "start": 8155.52, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "Anderson just spoke about, nor our", "start": 8158.159, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "schools when it comes to the defined of", "start": 8160.56, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "capacity based on the available", "start": 8163.36, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "classroom spaces. During the process,", "start": 8165.199, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "it's important to note a couple things.", "start": 8168.0, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "First, choice enrollment in Colorado", "start": 8169.52, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "does not guarantee enrollment in a", "start": 8171.44, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "school. However, we also understand", "start": 8173.04, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "choice enrollment is a value of BBSD. As", "start": 8174.56, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "previously mentioned, currently 63% of", "start": 8177.599, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "our students attend their identified", "start": 8179.76, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "schools. Sometimes that ranges to be", "start": 8181.599, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "more. Um, and our plan underscores this", "start": 8183.599, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "resident student population. To ensure", "start": 8187.119, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "our efficiencies as we move forward", "start": 8189.599, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "towards the 2728 school year, our", "start": 8191.84, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "proposal reflects a change in how we", "start": 8194.639, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "identify the number of choice enrollment", "start": 8196.319, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "space available at each school and also", "start": 8198.24, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "changes the window of choice enrollment", "start": 8201.04, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "to November 1st to December 18th. That's", "start": 8204.08, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "going to help us be better defined and", "start": 8206.88, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "be more purposeful with ensuring our", "start": 8209.04, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "numbers are accurate. And therefore by", "start": 8211.2, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "rethinking how we identify our class", "start": 8213.84, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "sizes and space available, we'll better", "start": 8215.359, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "be better able to create more", "start": 8217.359, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "predictable access to instruction and", "start": 8219.2, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the in learning environments that we", "start": 8222.24, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "want for each and every single student", "start": 8224.24, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "in BBSD.", "start": 8225.599, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "So let's talk about how this happens.", "start": 8227.519, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "The other second lever and this is what", "start": 8230.399, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "Mr. Price was talking about. So this is", "start": 8232.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "kind of like what we would say a school", "start": 8234.639, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "was originally designed for. Each one of", "start": 8236.88, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "those boxes just to orient ourselves is", "start": 8238.639, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "a classroom. the little people in the", "start": 8241.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "classroom is not accurate, right? So", "start": 8243.28, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "there's we have more than 12 students in", "start": 8244.88, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "the class, but just to orient ourselves", "start": 8246.88, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "to that. So it's important to talk about", "start": 8249.2, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "how class size is determined. Um first,", "start": 8251.599, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "it's determined by our identified", "start": 8254.16, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "recommended class size guidelines, which", "start": 8256.0, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "is found within our negotiated", "start": 8258.0, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "agreement.", "start": 8259.76, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "However, our elementary school class", "start": 8261.28, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "sizes range from the mid- teens to 30,", "start": 8263.519, "duration": 6.561 }, { "text": "31, and 32. Therefore, what is often", "start": 8266.719, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "thought of as capacity is based on feel", "start": 8270.08, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "found in the classroom instead of the", "start": 8272.08, "duration": 2.639 }, { "text": "number of students. And we face this", "start": 8273.359, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "every single year. As our student as our", "start": 8274.719, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "schools have gotten smaller, our schools", "start": 8277.439, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "have thoughtfully and honestly", "start": 8279.04, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "transformed previously identified", "start": 8280.16, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "classroom spaces into non-classroom", "start": 8281.92, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "spaces. For example, across BBSD,", "start": 8284.0, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "schools have transformed previously", "start": 8287.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "identified classrooms", "start": 8289.439, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "into other spaces such as I've seen", "start": 8291.84, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "staff lounges, reading areas, maker", "start": 8294.88, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "spaces, open collaboration spaces,", "start": 8296.96, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "student dens, conference rooms, parent", "start": 8299.359, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "volunteer rooms, make the list, but and", "start": 8302.0, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "they've done that thoughtfully and with", "start": 8304.559, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "intention", "start": 8306.559, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "um because they've had the space.", "start": 8308.16, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "Likewise, we've have some schools that", "start": 8310.479, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "have movable walls and some teachers", "start": 8312.96, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "have opened up the wall to create one", "start": 8315.519, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "really big classroom instead of two", "start": 8317.84, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "classrooms. So, we have to go back and", "start": 8320.16, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "think about what our classroom", "start": 8322.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "designations actually originally were", "start": 8324.399, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "based on the information square footage", "start": 8326.96, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "and the like that has been shared. So", "start": 8329.12, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "because of those conversions, our", "start": 8332.639, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "community and sometimes our own staff", "start": 8334.96, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "see that there's not as much space", "start": 8337.359, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "available within the school because they", "start": 8339.28, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "don't go back to think about what that", "start": 8341.2, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "space might have originally been", "start": 8343.12, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "designed for. And therefore, it looks", "start": 8344.559, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "like there's less capacity than", "start": 8346.559, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "otherwise would be. Therefore, by", "start": 8349.2, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "rethinking our capacity and ensuring", "start": 8351.2, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "that we are using classrooms as pre", "start": 8352.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "previously designed, going back to the", "start": 8354.719, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "classroom model, we are actually better", "start": 8356.96, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "able to ensure the goal of not", "start": 8359.439, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "overfilling our classrooms and our", "start": 8360.88, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "schools beyond their capacity. Though", "start": 8362.559, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "there may be some outliers to this, we", "start": 8364.719, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "intend to smooth out as many currently", "start": 8366.639, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "large classes to better align with our", "start": 8368.399, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "overarching goals of of our class sizes", "start": 8370.08, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "while maintaining the negotiated", "start": 8373.439, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "contract language around class size", "start": 8374.88, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "maximums at a minimum. Ultimately, our", "start": 8377.359, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "space availabilities in relation to", "start": 8380.96, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "school capacity is managed solely", "start": 8382.559, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "through the identification, usage of,", "start": 8384.24, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "and designated classroom spaces. By", "start": 8386.24, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "ensuring we're utilizing every single", "start": 8388.64, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "one of those, uh we can maximize our", "start": 8390.399, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "school capacity while simultaneously", "start": 8393.359, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "ensuring that we are not overfilling our", "start": 8395.28, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "classrooms by managing the choice", "start": 8397.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "enrollment process by denying the", "start": 8398.88, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "opportunity to accept a seat um in that", "start": 8401.6, "duration": 6.879 }, { "text": "space. And so that's kind of what I had.", "start": 8404.88, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "I can certainly talk about open", "start": 8408.479, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "enrollment and how we're going to manage", "start": 8410.08, "duration": 6.04 }, { "text": "those seats if you would like.", "start": 8411.6, "duration": 4.52 }, { "text": "We'll just wrap up this portion before", "start": 8418.8, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "we get to a discussion slide. I'm not", "start": 8420.56, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "going to spend much time on it. These", "start": 8422.16, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "are the three main points that really", "start": 8423.6, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "summarize the methodology we use to", "start": 8425.439, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "build our proposal. Uh main point is we", "start": 8427.52, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "uh centered ourselves on student", "start": 8431.04, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "learning experience and we've done that", "start": 8433.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "since we started this process. We", "start": 8435.28, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "engaged the community. We listened", "start": 8437.92, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "first. We used their feedback to develop", "start": 8439.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "the proposal. And then everything we", "start": 8441.68, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "talked about today is what went into", "start": 8443.76, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "developing that proposal that we", "start": 8446.0, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "presented to you on August 25th. And", "start": 8447.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "I'll just reemphasize because it", "start": 8449.52, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "continues to be uh asked is there was no", "start": 8451.6, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "single data point that we used uh", "start": 8454.72, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "determine these recommendations. It was", "start": 8457.68, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "all of this and we've presented this a", "start": 8459.92, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "number of times. You can see how much", "start": 8461.84, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "went into this presentation. So with", "start": 8463.359, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "that we will open this section for", "start": 8466.08, "duration": 5.08 }, { "text": "discussion.", "start": 8468.16, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> I do have a question on um when we're", "start": 8473.6, "duration": 7.28 }, { "text": "thinking of the class sizes that uh we", "start": 8478.08, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "are going to have with the", "start": 8480.88, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "consolidations. Um what were also the", "start": 8482.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "considerations when you took into", "start": 8484.64, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "account the programs that you would be", "start": 8486.16, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "bringing into the schools? I'm really", "start": 8487.92, "duration": 6.559 }, { "text": "particularly thinking um around um coal", "start": 8490.8, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "that would feature an ILC program with", "start": 8494.479, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "an IAN program and um what that", "start": 8496.56, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "consideration was when we were thinking", "start": 8499.12, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "about class sizes because when we were", "start": 8500.72, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "talking to principles and teachers, one", "start": 8503.84, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "of their um biggest points of feedback", "start": 8506.08, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "was the the high needs of our students", "start": 8509.04, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "that are coming in and how a classroom", "start": 8511.76, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "of 18 can feel like a classroom of 30", "start": 8514.56, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "because of the needs of our students.", "start": 8518.16, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "And so I want to know what um those", "start": 8519.68, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "considerations were. And if you're going", "start": 8521.76, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "to talk about it later, that's also", "start": 8523.28, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "okay.", "start": 8524.72, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": ">> We are going to talk about it later. And", "start": 8526.08, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "I think it's an important point to to to", "start": 8528.08, "duration": 6.399 }, { "text": "to bring up. Um, and we will have uh", "start": 8530.16, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "Michelle Brener um to come up and speak", "start": 8534.479, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "to this the the specifics around not", "start": 8537.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "just what we're hearing from our", "start": 8540.56, "duration": 2.56 }, { "text": "families that are actually in these", "start": 8541.6, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "programs who we've talked to a vast", "start": 8543.12, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "majority of them uh but also some of the", "start": 8545.28, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "issues and challenges that actually", "start": 8548.56, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "multiple programs can actually having", "start": 8551.439, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "him in the same place can actually", "start": 8553.84, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "support those students and other other", "start": 8555.28, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "teachers as well. So more to come on", "start": 8557.92, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "that. Thank you for asking that", "start": 8560.16, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "question.", "start": 8561.359, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": ">> And then I'll just add a little bit. Um,", "start": 8564.0, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "and again, executive director Michelle", "start": 8566.0, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "Brener will join us for the student", "start": 8567.439, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "experience portion. But one of the", "start": 8568.96, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "things that I will say that our special", "start": 8570.72, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "education team does is that we we build", "start": 8572.319, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "programs almost every single year. And", "start": 8574.8, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "so that team works very closely with Rob", "start": 8577.359, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "Price depending on where the need is at", "start": 8579.6, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "the school. Always reviewing the spaces,", "start": 8582.0, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "looking for sensory spaces. They have", "start": 8585.2, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "they are everything and precise. um", "start": 8587.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "through a checklist of what's needed for", "start": 8589.68, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "the spaces from deescalation spaces to", "start": 8592.0, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "sensory spaces um you know to all the", "start": 8594.88, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "areas that we need and so that is a that", "start": 8597.68, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "is something we do on a regular basis", "start": 8600.72, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "and so Michelle has been a part of this", "start": 8603.439, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "process from the onset and in all", "start": 8605.2, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "proposals looking at giving us feedback", "start": 8608.0, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "on where can we do it where can we not", "start": 8610.399, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "do it um those types of things and so I", "start": 8612.64, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "think they're they're they're pretty", "start": 8615.52, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "wellversed in building new programs and", "start": 8617.2, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "looking at spaces in collaboration with", "start": 8619.359, "duration": 4.841 }, { "text": "operations.", "start": 8621.2, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> Alex.", "start": 8624.399, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. Um, thank you very much. Uh, I I", "start": 8625.359, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "think this the stuff you've presented in", "start": 8628.24, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "terms of the the influence of these", "start": 8630.64, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "levers is really important and I think", "start": 8632.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "really helpful for the public to", "start": 8634.08, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "understand. I mean, one of the things", "start": 8635.52, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "I've always mined for insight are the", "start": 8637.12, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "enrollment matrices in Glenn's website", "start": 8639.6, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "that are up there for every year for", "start": 8642.319, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "elementary, middle, and if people", "start": 8644.0, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "haven't looked at them, there's data on", "start": 8645.52, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "the c the neighborhood school that", "start": 8647.439, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "someone's coming from and the school", "start": 8649.439, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "they're attending and those from where", "start": 8650.56, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "they're outgoing, how much in district", "start": 8652.479, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and out of district enrollment there is,", "start": 8654.479, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "you know, into all these schools. And", "start": 8656.479, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "it's it's illustrative to me. So, like", "start": 8657.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "for example, I live across the street", "start": 8660.08, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "from Community Monasuri, which will be", "start": 8661.68, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "relocated under this plan. And so one of", "start": 8663.76, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "my thoughts was okay well how many of", "start": 8666.24, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "those kids uh will not go with community", "start": 8668.319, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "monastery will want to return to their", "start": 8670.88, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "neighborhoods. They might be in the Bear", "start": 8673.2, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "Creek Mesa catchment zones. Turns out", "start": 8674.72, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "it's 23. So like uh some of them will go", "start": 8677.359, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "to the BCSIS campus because it's not", "start": 8680.96, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "that far but some will probably elect to", "start": 8682.8, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "stay but we don't know. So I'm think", "start": 8684.72, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "okay there's a universe of 23 kids who", "start": 8686.72, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "are going to impact who should have a", "start": 8688.88, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "right to enroll in their neighborhood", "start": 8691.359, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "school which will now bear creek who'd", "start": 8692.72, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "been in the Mason Bear Creek collective", "start": 8694.56, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "catchment zones when you do the planning", "start": 8697.359, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "for like expecting capacity uh in the", "start": 8699.52, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "region which is one of the reasons why", "start": 8702.56, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "we need to do this regionally not school", "start": 8704.08, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "by school. Um do do you take into", "start": 8705.68, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "account like all the schools that might", "start": 8708.72, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "be affected? So another school is", "start": 8711.04, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "closing at Flat Irons and Community", "start": 8713.04, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "Monastery is moving and Mesa is closing.", "start": 8715.359, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "So from where I live, there's two", "start": 8717.76, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "buildings that will not have schools in", "start": 8719.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "them in the future and we got to figure", "start": 8721.04, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "out where all those kids would go. And", "start": 8722.88, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "then how do you predict where a Mesa", "start": 8724.64, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "family like we can assume we'll probably", "start": 8727.6, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "have 30 40% not go where they're", "start": 8729.68, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "assigned because that's always the case.", "start": 8731.439, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "But do we have any more insight to think", "start": 8733.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "about other than those big ratios of", "start": 8735.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "likely choosing out?", "start": 8737.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. predict that the behavioral piece", "start": 8740.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "with open enrollment is really tough.", "start": 8742.0, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "There isn't much information that can", "start": 8743.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "guide us how all of those interactions", "start": 8745.359, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "will play out, especially when you", "start": 8748.0, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "change things because all of the base", "start": 8749.52, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "assumptions are gone. Uh that's why we", "start": 8751.439, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "do try to anchor ourselves in that", "start": 8753.439, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "resident population. So, can the", "start": 8754.96, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "resident population, for example, of", "start": 8757.28, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Mesa, Bear Creek, um in the dual area,", "start": 8758.96, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "all of those students fit in into the", "start": 8762.56, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "school? And the answer that we've shown", "start": 8764.72, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "is yes. So that's probably the best way", "start": 8766.56, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "to deal with that than trying to track", "start": 8768.56, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "every single possible, you know,", "start": 8770.16, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "scenario out there.", "start": 8772.399, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": ">> If I may follow up on that, one of the", "start": 8774.08, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "things I've been advocating for since", "start": 8775.92, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "actually for two decades in this", "start": 8778.16, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "district, when we have so much choice, I", "start": 8779.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "believe I support neighborhood schools", "start": 8782.319, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "and I don't want people to enroll in", "start": 8783.92, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "private schools when we don't let them", "start": 8785.52, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "back into their neighborhood school. So", "start": 8787.28, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "I'm going to be proposing and I'd like", "start": 8789.84, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "your reaction to the idea that if", "start": 8791.76, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "someone's in a choice school, a focus", "start": 8793.76, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "school, let's say particularly high", "start": 8796.72, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "peaks or community monastery and they", "start": 8798.24, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "don't want to go to the relocated", "start": 8800.56, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "version, I don't think they should have", "start": 8802.08, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "an enrollment preference. I think they", "start": 8803.92, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "should have an enrollment right like any", "start": 8805.76, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "other resident to enroll the next school", "start": 8807.359, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "year in that school. what would be the", "start": 8809.04, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "implications of making a change to the", "start": 8811.12, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "proposal to", "start": 8813.28, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "uh do what I think is in best interest", "start": 8815.84, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "of our long-term enrollment which is to", "start": 8817.84, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "give people the right of return the", "start": 8819.84, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "following school year to their", "start": 8822.24, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "neighborhood school and so I look at", "start": 8823.68, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "those numbers from community monastery", "start": 8826.0, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "within the Bear Creek Mesa and duel Bear", "start": 8827.52, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "Creek Mesa enrollment place that's 23", "start": 8830.0, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "kids if those 23 kids don't want to go", "start": 8832.16, "duration": 7.199 }, { "text": "to the Aurora 7 campus I want them to", "start": 8835.76, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "have a right to stay in their", "start": 8839.359, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "neighborhood and not go behind, frankly,", "start": 8840.72, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "someone who's been enrolled in a private", "start": 8842.8, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "school or homeschooling ahead of them uh", "start": 8844.16, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "into what could be a more crowded", "start": 8846.24, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "school. Have you taken thought about", "start": 8847.84, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "that? And what would be the implications", "start": 8849.6, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "of providing that? Right.", "start": 8851.04, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, board member Medler, and and", "start": 8854.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "um and appreciate this is as as a", "start": 8857.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "long-standing passion of yours that that", "start": 8859.52, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "you have have brought forward on", "start": 8861.52, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "multiple occasions, and so do appreciate", "start": 8863.28, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "that. Uh it just I think there there's a", "start": 8865.12, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "couple of factors. It depends on timing,", "start": 8868.08, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "right? Like, so are you saying that they", "start": 8871.439, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "would because", "start": 8873.2, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "if you're proposing that they would have", "start": 8875.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "to declare before open enrollment", "start": 8877.68, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "starts,", "start": 8879.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "right? Because if you don't know where", "start": 8882.0, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "they're going to go, then you don't know", "start": 8883.6, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "what seats you can open part of as part", "start": 8884.8, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "of open enrollment. And I think the hard", "start": 8886.72, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "thing about managing something like", "start": 8889.439, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "this, not impossible, we're not talking", "start": 8891.28, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "about lots of kids, right? This is a", "start": 8892.72, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "small group of kids is do you hold open", "start": 8894.56, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "seats during a process that takes", "start": 8897.68, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "opportunity away from others to hold it", "start": 8900.0, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "for some? So if you've chosen to go to", "start": 8902.399, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "high peaks or say say you've chosen to", "start": 8905.52, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "go to community monastery", "start": 8908.0, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "um and uh then you decide", "start": 8910.64, "duration": 7.679 }, { "text": "before open enrollment window closes or", "start": 8915.68, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "before we start the process of of", "start": 8918.319, "duration": 6.361 }, { "text": "placing students. Um", "start": 8920.08, "duration": 4.6 }, { "text": "if you would have to do it ahead of that", "start": 8925.359, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "to not have to to be able to have that", "start": 8927.6, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "seat reserved for that for that student", "start": 8929.68, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "to come back. Um, so timing is one and", "start": 8931.68, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "if it's if it's at any time at any point", "start": 8935.92, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "I think what could potentially be", "start": 8938.72, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "impacted is um you know again we're", "start": 8940.319, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "talking about small groups of students", "start": 8942.72, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "uh would it ever be that one student", "start": 8944.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "that would tip you over a class size to", "start": 8947.439, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "add another section and in that instance", "start": 8949.52, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "do you have a classroom to put that", "start": 8951.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "section in?", "start": 8953.439, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "I mean I think those are the", "start": 8955.52, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "considerations like so for the worst", "start": 8956.64, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "case like like the worst possible", "start": 8959.359, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "scenario I'm describing for you which I", "start": 8960.88, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "the the likelihood I I don't think is is", "start": 8962.72, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "is really high is you have a student uh", "start": 8964.56, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "who at some point um if they don't tell", "start": 8969.52, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "you ahead of time", "start": 8972.72, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "then then you would have to keep a seat", "start": 8974.96, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "open for the potential for that kid to", "start": 8976.88, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "to come over so they wouldn't tip you", "start": 8978.88, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "over a class-siz trigger that would add", "start": 8980.64, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "another section but again very small um", "start": 8982.399, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "in the consideration I think we're", "start": 8986.24, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "talking about small numbers of students", "start": 8988.399, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "and I'll look to the team to to to to to", "start": 8990.24, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "add any more context before for before", "start": 8992.8, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "board member Medler's follow-up?", "start": 8995.28, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": ">> No. And I I we would have to analyze it.", "start": 8997.2, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "Uh board member Medler, I um I don't", "start": 8999.92, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "know if I can sit here today and answer", "start": 9002.399, "duration": 3.121 }, { "text": "that question. What does it mean for our", "start": 9003.92, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "projections, etc. I think it's something", "start": 9005.52, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "we would have to analyze school by", "start": 9007.04, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "school. It's not just one building. If", "start": 9008.56, "duration": 2.879 }, { "text": "you do it, you're going to do it for", "start": 9010.479, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "all. So, we'd have to see what that", "start": 9011.439, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "impact is across the district.", "start": 9013.2, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": ">> I've actually asked you to do that a few", "start": 9016.24, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "times. So, I would love to see the", "start": 9018.399, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "analysis. I I'd also also suggest that", "start": 9019.92, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "the numbers we're talking about are not", "start": 9023.2, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "100% of those people who would want to", "start": 9024.88, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "exercise that. They didn't choose their", "start": 9026.56, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "neighborhood school for a reason. So", "start": 9028.24, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "there's quite likely a reason why they", "start": 9029.52, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "would choose a different neighborhood", "start": 9031.2, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "school afterwards. So I think the", "start": 9032.56, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "numbers get even smaller. And for the", "start": 9034.72, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "last two years, I have said I'd be", "start": 9036.399, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "delighted to have it be happen before.", "start": 9037.84, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "So I think the sort of timing is", "start": 9040.0, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "something that that's fair. Um, but I", "start": 9041.84, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "will add the reason I've been advocating", "start": 9044.479, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "for this ye for years in a declining", "start": 9045.92, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "enrollment thing is first it's good for", "start": 9047.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "kids because people have exercised a", "start": 9049.6, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "choice and maybe they found the choice", "start": 9051.84, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "was bad and they just even if they're", "start": 9053.28, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "not closing they should return to their", "start": 9054.64, "duration": 2.799 }, { "text": "school because it's where they want", "start": 9056.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "their kid to be. Secondly, we are losing", "start": 9057.439, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "somewhere around and Glenn can correct", "start": 9059.92, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "me. I might estimate you know 2,2200", "start": 9061.84, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "kids to private schools, homeschool", "start": 9064.96, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "enrollment or we know we're losing,00", "start": 9067.12, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "kids to out of district enrollment. So,", "start": 9069.439, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "these are people who didn't chose their", "start": 9071.84, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "neighborhood school, chose something", "start": 9073.2, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "else, uh, can't even get back to their", "start": 9074.64, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "neighborhood school. So, I think they're", "start": 9076.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "highly likely to be the people who will", "start": 9079.28, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "homeschool uh, open enroll of the", "start": 9080.96, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "district or private school their", "start": 9083.04, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "student. So, when we're trying to save", "start": 9084.64, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "every kid we can, I think a right of", "start": 9086.479, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "return is actually the moral thing to", "start": 9089.439, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "do, the educational thing to do, and the", "start": 9091.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "long-term financial thing to do. That's", "start": 9093.76, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "those are all the reasons why I", "start": 9095.6, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "advocate. And then I asked for in a", "start": 9096.72, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "request for information earlier this", "start": 9099.04, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "year that took a long time to get", "start": 9100.56, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "fulfilled, I might add. And the numbers", "start": 9102.0, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "are really small. So that's why I mean,", "start": 9104.08, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "you can look back at the RFI put in that", "start": 9106.319, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "you submitted to me, and you'll see that", "start": 9108.8, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "these numbers are small. So, I'm going", "start": 9110.24, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "to be pushing I will I will propose an", "start": 9111.84, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "amendment to the resolution that will", "start": 9114.88, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "say that I believe students in uh", "start": 9117.12, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "schools that are uh focused schools,", "start": 9120.24, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "choice only schools that are being", "start": 9123.439, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "relocated should have not an open", "start": 9125.12, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "enrollment preference but a right of", "start": 9127.359, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "return to their school if they designate", "start": 9128.96, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "that that's what they want to do during", "start": 9130.72, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "the open enrollment period. So, um I'd", "start": 9132.399, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "like more data on that. I think the", "start": 9134.8, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "numbers are small. I think there's three", "start": 9136.16, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "or four different domains in which it's", "start": 9138.08, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "the right thing for the district and for", "start": 9139.6, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "our kids.", "start": 9141.04, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, board member Medler. I do", "start": 9143.439, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "appreciate your advocacy on this point.", "start": 9145.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "I will say that um the way that we've", "start": 9146.88, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "structured this in this priority", "start": 9149.28, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "enrollment choice preference does move", "start": 9151.76, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "anyone who is impacted both at focus", "start": 9155.52, "duration": 6.879 }, { "text": "schools and um schools that are being um", "start": 9158.08, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "closed or consolidated somewhere else.", "start": 9162.399, "duration": 7.601 }, { "text": "um the very first uh preference. Um and", "start": 9164.96, "duration": 8.08 }, { "text": "again, vast majority of our schools are", "start": 9170.0, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "going to have room. Some schools, Bear", "start": 9173.04, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "Creek Mesa, Superior Elementary, these", "start": 9176.64, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "are schools that we've been transparent", "start": 9178.72, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "with the community on. Those numbers", "start": 9180.0, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "will be tight. And if there's a proposal", "start": 9182.479, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "that that the board would like to", "start": 9185.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "consider around this, I think the thing", "start": 9187.28, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "to think about is this even part of open", "start": 9189.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "enrollment or do you just reach out to", "start": 9191.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "the folks in the focus schools and ask", "start": 9194.0, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "them if they'd want to go back to their", "start": 9195.52, "duration": 2.56 }, { "text": "neighborhood schools prior to that that", "start": 9196.72, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "that open enrollment window. I know that", "start": 9198.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "the board has considered this and not", "start": 9200.479, "duration": 3.041 }, { "text": "taken action on this previously and I", "start": 9201.92, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "know this is board member Medler's um he", "start": 9203.52, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "he's bringing this up at this moment", "start": 9205.92, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "which I which I honor. Um, but I would", "start": 9207.28, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "say that that would probably the me be", "start": 9209.2, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "the mechanism that you would have to do", "start": 9211.04, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "um to be able to make that insured", "start": 9214.64, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "guarantee. I think the trick is based on", "start": 9216.88, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "what what I've heard you say, board", "start": 9219.84, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "member Medler, that you'd have to know", "start": 9221.28, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "right away you didn't like your choice.", "start": 9223.12, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "And if the choice, you know, midyear,", "start": 9224.56, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "you know, you know, you'd have to you'd", "start": 9226.56, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "have to know theoretically before um", "start": 9227.92, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "before December 16th, I think would be", "start": 9231.439, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "the last because that's when we close", "start": 9233.52, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the window and that's when we'd process", "start": 9235.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "the seats and things of that nature. So", "start": 9237.52, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "I I would say that those would be the", "start": 9239.68, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "things for the board to consider if", "start": 9241.04, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "that's something that you wanted to to", "start": 9242.56, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "to entertain.", "start": 9244.24, "duration": 6.04 }, { "text": "Deian,", "start": 9247.28, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> uh, my question about these the", "start": 9250.319, "duration": 6.801 }, { "text": "management of, um, open enrollment is,", "start": 9252.72, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "uh, pretty particular, so I'll just be", "start": 9257.12, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "specific about it. Will, um, managing", "start": 9259.52, "duration": 7.839 }, { "text": "the open enrollment at High Peaks bring", "start": 9263.52, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "that school to capacity, so we'll open", "start": 9267.359, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "it up for", "start": 9269.84, "duration": 6.76 }, { "text": "a hundred children to come.", "start": 9272.16, "duration": 4.44 }, { "text": "I believe yes. The answer is is that as", "start": 9276.8, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "as when we looked at at High Peaks and", "start": 9279.439, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "we looked at all of our our our um our", "start": 9281.68, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "focus programs, uh we have a a standing", "start": 9284.8, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "weight list at High Peaks. Um that has", "start": 9287.12, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "been limited traditionally by by two", "start": 9289.68, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "rounds. Um by move by moving that school", "start": 9291.68, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "into um its new location, you'd be able", "start": 9294.88, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "to expand that to three rounds, which", "start": 9297.2, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "would then expand opportunities for", "start": 9299.12, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "anyone who who would be interested. But", "start": 9301.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "again, anybody who's impacted would have", "start": 9303.84, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "that priority enrollment preference uh", "start": 9305.68, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "to be able to to apply apply for those", "start": 9308.56, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "new opportunities.", "start": 9311.12, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": ">> Does does the priority", "start": 9313.2, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "um", "start": 9316.56, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "the priority enrollment of people who", "start": 9318.64, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "are impacted", "start": 9320.399, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "um override the longstanding weight", "start": 9322.24, "duration": 6.76 }, { "text": "list?", "start": 9326.0, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "Yeah, thanks Deian or board member", "start": 9330.56, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "Booker. Sorry about that. um uh the", "start": 9333.359, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "priority improvement is meant for that", "start": 9336.399, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "and you have to each year open", "start": 9338.72, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "enrollment re redo itself and so a", "start": 9341.28, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "family would have to recommmit to", "start": 9345.68, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "wanting to open enroll to say High Peaks", "start": 9347.68, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "and at that point the or out of that the", "start": 9350.56, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "school to go to another school and", "start": 9354.319, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "therefore if they're an impacted family", "start": 9356.56, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "that priority component would be a", "start": 9358.319, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "factor that would um supersede a general", "start": 9360.56, "duration": 6.879 }, { "text": "all open enrollment um request through", "start": 9364.16, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "our normal process. But every year a", "start": 9367.439, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "family has to re-up their open", "start": 9370.479, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "enrollment requests um regardless of", "start": 9372.08, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "level and regardless of where they", "start": 9374.72, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "currently attend unless they've been", "start": 9376.8, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "accepted in a school. Then it's assuming", "start": 9378.56, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "that they're going to carry forward", "start": 9380.24, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "unless they choose to open enroll or", "start": 9381.92, "duration": 6.36 }, { "text": "choice and roll out.", "start": 9384.56, "duration": 3.72 }, { "text": "I just needed to clarify the weight list", "start": 9390.96, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "piece also and so thank you.", "start": 9393.76, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "So going back to the question I asked", "start": 9398.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "before the recess", "start": 9399.52, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "given the number of where we could", "start": 9402.88, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "completely consolidate we did in", "start": 9406.0, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "instances where consolid consolidation", "start": 9408.96, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "was not possible because of the number", "start": 9411.52, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "of resident students where the numbers", "start": 9413.84, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "of students in those facilities did not", "start": 9415.439, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "work out we then chose to um I know", "start": 9417.12, "duration": 7.6 }, { "text": "we're using the word closure and", "start": 9422.72, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "reallocate those to either one between", "start": 9424.72, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "two schools or between three schools", "start": 9427.12, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "depending on those resident students and", "start": 9428.8, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "depending on in some cases I mean", "start": 9432.16, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "logistics", "start": 9435.76, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "I would say like where those families", "start": 9437.28, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "lived in proximity to other facilities", "start": 9439.2, "duration": 7.119 }, { "text": "is that the case", "start": 9444.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> yeah you framed it well and that is", "start": 9446.319, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": "correct yes", "start": 9447.92, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": ">> thank you Lany Lana and I think for", "start": 9449.28, "duration": 9.119 }, { "text": "clarity for the community Um,", "start": 9453.68, "duration": 9.44 }, { "text": "if you were to be reszoned to a", "start": 9458.399, "duration": 7.92 }, { "text": "different elementary school, you would", "start": 9463.12, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "always have a bus to that. Correct. I'm", "start": 9466.319, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "not talking about focus schools. I'm", "start": 9469.359, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "talking about if you were um", "start": 9470.88, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "at", "start": 9474.399, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "Flat Irons, you would have a bus to", "start": 9475.92, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "either Whittier or Foothill. If you were", "start": 9478.319, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "at Douglas, you'd have a bus to one of", "start": 9481.68, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "the three particular schools. There", "start": 9483.68, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "would never be a time you wouldn't have", "start": 9486.08, "duration": 2.16 }, { "text": "a bus.", "start": 9487.439, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": ">> No, that that would not be a correct", "start": 9488.24, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "statement, but we will get into the", "start": 9490.319, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": "transportation.", "start": 9492.08, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": ">> Okay. Thanks.", "start": 9493.28, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": ">> The slide deck will address that when we", "start": 9494.72, "duration": 2.56 }, { "text": "get there.", "start": 9496.72, "duration": 2.24 }, { "text": ">> Okay. I just want to make sure that we", "start": 9497.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "really help people to understand how how", "start": 9498.96, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "we're navigating that.", "start": 9502.0, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": ">> Anna and then Alex.", "start": 9505.04, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. And I do want to make sure", "start": 9506.399, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "that as we're going into the", "start": 9507.84, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "conversation of resources um that again", "start": 9509.439, "duration": 6.561 }, { "text": "we are considering that in Broomfield um", "start": 9512.8, "duration": 7.28 }, { "text": "we did have a consistent um", "start": 9516.0, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "uh open enrollment uh cohort of students", "start": 9520.08, "duration": 7.279 }, { "text": "coming into our schools. Um that did", "start": 9524.16, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "give us an average of around 230", "start": 9527.359, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "students every single year. um and", "start": 9529.6, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "really taking into account that that is", "start": 9533.28, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "just a significant amount of students", "start": 9535.2, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "within coming into our district that are", "start": 9537.2, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "out of district. That would be a", "start": 9539.2, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "significant amount of money uh on top of", "start": 9541.12, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "the money that we're trying to um uh", "start": 9543.68, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "really save and sustain to ensure that", "start": 9547.2, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "we have those resources in our schools.", "start": 9549.2, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "And so I want to just not lose the point", "start": 9551.84, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "of making sure that I understand the", "start": 9554.56, "duration": 6.879 }, { "text": "banking on an open enrollment uh out of", "start": 9558.479, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "district student um when we're creating", "start": 9561.439, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "our budgets is irresponsible. But I do", "start": 9564.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "want to also highlight that this has", "start": 9566.72, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "been a consistent group coming into this", "start": 9569.04, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "coming into the district from from out", "start": 9571.92, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "of district students. And so really", "start": 9574.64, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "reconsidering uh like the rebalance", "start": 9577.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "within Broomfield knowing that we", "start": 9579.6, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "already have of our four elementary", "start": 9581.92, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "schools, two of those are already at or", "start": 9584.319, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "over capacity already. Um and so just", "start": 9587.28, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "making sure as we're going into the", "start": 9590.16, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "resource conversation that we're not", "start": 9591.6, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "losing track of of the", "start": 9593.12, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "students that we have coming in out of", "start": 9596.0, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "district that provide a significant", "start": 9598.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "amount of dollars that come into the", "start": 9600.399, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "district as well.", "start": 9602.16, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Thank you for that question.", "start": 9605.2, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "I I will say that uh can you go back to", "start": 9606.8, "duration": 7.72 }, { "text": "slide uh 19", "start": 9610.399, "duration": 4.121 }, { "text": "as we think about the students that have", "start": 9621.76, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "o openen enrolled into Birch Elementary", "start": 9623.92, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "School from outside the district. Um, as", "start": 9627.2, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "a reminder, board members, in the", "start": 9629.68, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "proposal that those students, even", "start": 9631.68, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "though they're out of district, would", "start": 9634.24, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "get a priority enrollment preference.", "start": 9635.52, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "And if you could look at the enrollment", "start": 9638.399, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "of of Cole, uh, it's one of our largest", "start": 9640.24, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "elementary schools.", "start": 9644.399, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "So, so there there will be space for", "start": 9646.8, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "open enrollment at Cole Elementary", "start": 9649.2, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "School from out of district students. Um", "start": 9651.84, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "and again when we speak to managing", "start": 9654.479, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "resident student population versus open", "start": 9657.52, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "enrollment population, you know, we're", "start": 9659.76, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "not closing the district to open", "start": 9661.52, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "enrollment population from outside of", "start": 9663.439, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the district. I think that when our", "start": 9665.359, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "resident student populations in our new", "start": 9667.439, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "reconfigured schools reaches close to", "start": 9670.96, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "capacity, that's when you would turn", "start": 9673.439, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "that off. folks could still apply uh but", "start": 9676.479, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "because of the preferences and because", "start": 9679.68, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "of the amount of seats by the time that", "start": 9681.12, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "their preference came in those", "start": 9682.96, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "preferences would be given to resident", "start": 9684.16, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "students. And so uh you know for folks", "start": 9686.16, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "who are thinking we're closing open", "start": 9688.64, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "enrollment at Birch, we're going to lose", "start": 9690.56, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "all these dollars uh and and the the", "start": 9692.24, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "dollars that we're going to lose doesn't", "start": 9695.439, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "support what it is that we're trying to", "start": 9697.04, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "do. I don't believe that to be the case.", "start": 9698.72, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "Uh that Cole will have lots of lots of", "start": 9700.56, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "space. Cole is less than a mile away", "start": 9702.64, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "from Birch Elementary School. This is", "start": 9704.8, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "not a school that's really really um", "start": 9706.319, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "further located. And as as Rob Price", "start": 9708.56, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "shared, we actually have better capacity", "start": 9711.439, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "and better space at Cole Elementary", "start": 9714.08, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "School to accommodate folks coming in", "start": 9716.319, "duration": 2.961 }, { "text": "from out of the district with the", "start": 9718.0, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "queuing spaces in in those areas. And so", "start": 9719.28, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "do appreciate the question. I appreciate", "start": 9721.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "the the detail of the question. Um and", "start": 9723.68, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "I'd let Rob and Glenn, you know, fact", "start": 9726.08, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "check me if there's anything I said", "start": 9728.08, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "that's inaccurate um in in in my", "start": 9729.28, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "response to that. Um, but I do think", "start": 9731.76, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "it's a good question that I think we", "start": 9733.76, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "should be answering in public. So,", "start": 9735.04, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": ">> no. And I I think you are right. One of", "start": 9737.359, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the things I wanted to pull up, I think", "start": 9739.68, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "that gets missed sometimes, and I want", "start": 9741.359, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "to prove this out, but we continue to", "start": 9743.04, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "graduate out these really large classes,", "start": 9745.6, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "right? And we're bringing in smaller,", "start": 9748.56, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "much smaller than we historically have", "start": 9751.439, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "seen kindergarten classes. So, we've got", "start": 9753.28, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "these large cohorts that are leaving the", "start": 9754.96, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "system, smaller cohorts that are coming,", "start": 9757.439, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "and that's really what we're starting to", "start": 9759.359, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "see. And that's kind of the same", "start": 9760.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "throughout the system. So we we're", "start": 9763.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "losing these larger which frees up space", "start": 9764.96, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "within our buildings if if that if", "start": 9766.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "you're following me on that. So that's", "start": 9769.359, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "also what we're trying to plan for is we", "start": 9770.96, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "just got smaller class sizes that are", "start": 9773.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "coming into the system. So but I think", "start": 9775.439, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "Dr. Anderson summarized it well. But uh", "start": 9777.76, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "there just is a lot of nuances as we", "start": 9780.64, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "think about this available space and", "start": 9782.96, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "then the levers that we have as as", "start": 9784.8, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "students apply uh apply through open", "start": 9786.72, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "enrollment or choice enrollment um", "start": 9788.88, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "through the priority preference they", "start": 9792.0, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "will have that first priority if they're", "start": 9794.479, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "in a closed school and then schools", "start": 9796.399, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "students that are out of district would", "start": 9798.96, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "fall in the typical open enrollment", "start": 9800.399, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "process that they would go through", "start": 9802.24, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "normally.", "start": 9803.439, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. And I think again my question", "start": 9804.96, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "falls on the numbers of the projections", "start": 9808.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "were that the the kindergarten classes", "start": 9810.479, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "were coming in at around uh 36 each year", "start": 9813.04, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "but the lived experience at Birch has", "start": 9816.56, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "been that they are having students", "start": 9819.04, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "coming in at 45 kindergarteners each", "start": 9821.76, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "year. And so just making sure that we", "start": 9824.72, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "are taking that into account of it's not", "start": 9826.8, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the it's not the steep decline that", "start": 9829.76, "duration": 6.84 }, { "text": "we're seeing in Bold within Boulder.", "start": 9831.84, "duration": 4.76 }, { "text": ">> Alex.", "start": 9838.16, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. Um I think uh I'd be curious and I", "start": 9839.2, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "wouldn't put you on the spot for being", "start": 9844.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "able to answer this now, but I'm", "start": 9845.52, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "intrigued um visually when I look at", "start": 9847.68, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "like slides 18 and 19. I think we're", "start": 9850.88, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "kind of burying the lead. If you could", "start": 9854.0, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "pull one of, let's say, slide 18 up or", "start": 9856.16, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "19. Um,", "start": 9858.479, "duration": 7.361 }, { "text": "yeah. So, for me, the whole cause of", "start": 9861.76, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "this problem is the hard to estimate", "start": 9865.84, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "white space between the green circle and", "start": 9868.08, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "the red triangle. And I wish that was a", "start": 9871.279, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "red bar because then we would see the", "start": 9874.24, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "unused capacity that we don't have in", "start": 9877.2, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "the schools. And a lot of these", "start": 9879.76, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "questions about like well how much space", "start": 9881.359, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "will there be are if we talked about", "start": 9882.96, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "them in a percent of capacity of the", "start": 9885.52, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "building we'd be like yeah this is a", "start": 9887.84, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "manageable thing that we need to move", "start": 9889.84, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "forward and manage carefully and do with", "start": 9891.2, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "equity and students best interest in", "start": 9893.6, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "mind but the whole reason we're doing", "start": 9895.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "this is because we have so much open", "start": 9897.439, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "space between the red triangle and the", "start": 9899.52, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "green circle and um so it's and we've", "start": 9901.92, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "sort of got the red line as sort of a", "start": 9906.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "self-inflicted piece about you know", "start": 9907.92, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "what's efficient for two grades before", "start": 9910.88, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "we start having uh you know much more", "start": 9912.64, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "expensive activity but we have this", "start": 9915.04, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "building capacity that is the cause of", "start": 9917.6, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "our problem and part of our asset in the", "start": 9920.08, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "places that remain when we're moving", "start": 9923.12, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "forward so and then we have to do that", "start": 9924.56, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "with the estimation of a smaller number", "start": 9927.12, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "of people moving forward because", "start": 9928.96, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "enrollment's declining it's getting", "start": 9930.16, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "worse so I would just bring that to I", "start": 9931.6, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "guess people's attention that this", "start": 9934.72, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "graphics that we've used have really", "start": 9936.56, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "sort", "start": 9939.279, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "visually understated the cause of the", "start": 9940.16, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "problem and you know one of the assets", "start": 9942.72, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "we have to solve it. Um and so I that's", "start": 9944.72, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "one thing I'm just like I think we have", "start": 9948.72, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "a lot to manage and choice and we always", "start": 9950.479, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "have a lot to manage and choice. Um uh", "start": 9952.24, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "but I just I just wanted to highlight", "start": 9955.12, "duration": 5.0 }, { "text": "that for people.", "start": 9956.72, "duration": 3.4 }, { "text": ">> Okay, turn it over to", "start": 9961.439, "duration": 6.121 }, { "text": "Mr. Sutter.", "start": 9964.16, "duration": 3.4 }, { "text": "Okay, moving into the uh reinvesting", "start": 9976.16, "duration": 7.119 }, { "text": "into the student experience. Uh as was", "start": 9979.76, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "noted at the August 25th uh board work", "start": 9983.279, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "session on this topic, we estimate the", "start": 9985.6, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "savings uh that could be created uh", "start": 9987.6, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "between three and a half to $4 million.", "start": 9990.8, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "Uh these are recurring uh annual", "start": 9993.439, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "savings, so not one-time uh savings that", "start": 9995.92, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "we've identified. Um we will direct", "start": 9999.04, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "these uh resources toward the priorities", "start": 10003.12, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "our community identified uh particularly", "start": 10005.52, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "the smaller and more uniform elementary", "start": 10008.24, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "class sizes", "start": 10011.52, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "uh and increased access to those", "start": 10013.68, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "critical staff of the elementary", "start": 10015.68, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "specials and counselors and uh library", "start": 10019.279, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "staff.", "start": 10022.8, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "Uh recurring uh savings really matter", "start": 10024.399, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "because they allow us to support the", "start": 10027.68, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "student experience year after year as", "start": 10030.24, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "opposed to uh one-time resources that", "start": 10032.64, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "may get bu um put into a building uh to", "start": 10035.439, "duration": 8.561 }, { "text": "support uh the um a smaller class size", "start": 10038.72, "duration": 9.48 }, { "text": "uh for one year at a time.", "start": 10044.0, "duration": 4.2 }, { "text": "Moving into the uh summary of the", "start": 10048.24, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "estimated savings.", "start": 10050.88, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "So the methodology we used on this um", "start": 10053.359, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "was taking the kindergarten through", "start": 10057.84, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "fifth grade classes uh or 8th grade and", "start": 10060.319, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "the 2K8s that are impacted. Uh the", "start": 10063.76, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "projected student counts for this", "start": 10066.479, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "current year. Uh recalculating the", "start": 10068.479, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "staffing with the projected number of", "start": 10071.6, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "resident students postclosure or", "start": 10074.56, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "consolidation of those impacted schools.", "start": 10076.72, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "and then uh using the staffing formulas", "start": 10079.76, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "uh that exist for this current year at", "start": 10083.359, "duration": 7.441 }, { "text": "those uh class size maximums.", "start": 10086.8, "duration": 8.559 }, { "text": "Uh so just rerunning the existing state.", "start": 10090.8, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "The jobs that were included in this", "start": 10095.359, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "analysis uh fall into two general", "start": 10097.52, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "categories. the fixed operational", "start": 10100.16, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "support. Uh those are building", "start": 10103.2, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "administrators, clerical support, food", "start": 10105.359, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "service and custodial. Uh those are the", "start": 10107.68, "duration": 8.4 }, { "text": "kind of positions that uh move in less", "start": 10111.2, "duration": 9.04 }, { "text": "of a straight line we'll say uh than the", "start": 10116.08, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "variable classroom supports uh teachers,", "start": 10120.24, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "librarians, counselors, par educators.", "start": 10123.12, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "Uh so these fixed operational supports", "start": 10125.52, "duration": 7.6 }, { "text": "are identified um per building. Uh you", "start": 10128.479, "duration": 8.481 }, { "text": "know we have one principle per building.", "start": 10133.12, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "Uh", "start": 10136.96, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "the process uh is very similar to the", "start": 10139.2, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "calculation that was used in 2003 and", "start": 10142.479, "duration": 7.121 }, { "text": "2004 that I did because I was here in", "start": 10145.68, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "2003 and 4 uh when we went through this.", "start": 10149.6, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "uh it is documented on page 20 of the", "start": 10153.68, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "20034 revised budget. So we did present", "start": 10156.8, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "this information. Uh there have been", "start": 10160.319, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "claims that you know we had no idea of", "start": 10162.56, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "what happened back then. It actually was", "start": 10165.12, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "printed in the book and you can find it", "start": 10167.52, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "uh online.", "start": 10169.76, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "Back then there were three schools uh", "start": 10172.08, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "and 19 FTE uh that were impacted uh", "start": 10174.479, "duration": 6.481 }, { "text": "obviously a lower dollar amount two", "start": 10178.8, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "decades prior uh to now uh but is that", "start": 10180.96, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "is very similar to the six schools and", "start": 10185.12, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "38 FTE uh that are referenced here. So", "start": 10187.76, "duration": 8.08 }, { "text": "very similar in the movement of uh these", "start": 10190.96, "duration": 7.28 }, { "text": "fixed costs and these uh classroom", "start": 10195.84, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "costs.", "start": 10198.24, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "An assumption is being made uh that", "start": 10200.24, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "preschool and special education students", "start": 10202.72, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "the the movement of those programs will", "start": 10205.68, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "result in all students and staff moving", "start": 10208.88, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "together uh resulting in no savings. Uh", "start": 10211.6, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "however, as student enrollment is", "start": 10214.88, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "determined uh through the spring, the", "start": 10217.04, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "actual staffing results may change with", "start": 10219.84, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "special education itinerants uh or", "start": 10222.08, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "potentially other positions such as uh", "start": 10224.399, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "English language acquisition uh and will", "start": 10227.2, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "all depend on the student demographics", "start": 10230.319, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "and staff case loads. uh and obviously", "start": 10232.56, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "the final results will be dependent on", "start": 10236.399, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "the resident students uh who attend", "start": 10238.479, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "their neighborhood schools and uh go", "start": 10241.12, "duration": 6.76 }, { "text": "through that choice enrollment process.", "start": 10243.359, "duration": 4.521 }, { "text": "So there were also some comments made", "start": 10249.359, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "about uh you know these savings are less", "start": 10251.92, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "than 1% of the operating budget or even", "start": 10254.8, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "uh a rounding error in the overall", "start": 10259.04, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "budget. Um the operating budget is", "start": 10261.92, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "roughly $400 million for the district.", "start": 10264.64, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "Um these are just some other examples of", "start": 10268.08, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "programs, services, supports, and", "start": 10271.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "educational experiences that fall into", "start": 10273.68, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "the general amount being discussed. Um", "start": 10276.0, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "the entire Apex Career and Technical", "start": 10279.84, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "Education Center is $3.3 million. So,", "start": 10282.72, "duration": 8.48 }, { "text": "uh, that also would be a rounding error", "start": 10287.52, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "in the district's budget. Uh, the the", "start": 10291.2, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "school board has invested heavily in", "start": 10293.92, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "that program, uh, for all the right", "start": 10296.24, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "reasons. Uh, high school interscolastic", "start": 10298.319, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "athletics, uh, 2.9 million. Uh, all the", "start": 10301.6, "duration": 6.719 }, { "text": "elementary counselors, 3.8 million. All", "start": 10305.439, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "the elementary librarians, 3 million. So", "start": 10308.319, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "like", "start": 10311.68, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "three and a half to4 million dollars is", "start": 10313.279, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "real money uh and will be invested in", "start": 10315.439, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "reducing that uh variability and range", "start": 10319.04, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "of uh class sizes.", "start": 10322.08, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "I think that's the last slide on that.", "start": 10325.52, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "If there's any questions", "start": 10328.64, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "I'll go through a few more slides and", "start": 10331.68, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "then we'll open up for questions. This", "start": 10333.279, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "is the same slide you saw on August", "start": 10335.359, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "25th. We're estimating facility", "start": 10337.439, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "modifications. somewhere in the 7.5 to", "start": 10339.12, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "$10 million range. Uh this cost will be", "start": 10342.0, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "slightly offset by about 3 million in", "start": 10345.2, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "savings from not investing in the closed", "start": 10347.92, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "schools if the resolution is approved.", "start": 10349.76, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "This is a breakdown of the I'm going to", "start": 10354.16, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "emphasize this preliminary estimates for", "start": 10356.64, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "the facility modifications. These are", "start": 10359.2, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "amounts are attended intended just to", "start": 10361.279, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "establish at a reasonable range. only", "start": 10364.319, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "final cost and scope would be dependent", "start": 10367.12, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "on uh final design uh building", "start": 10369.359, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "conditions, program requirements,", "start": 10372.56, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "getting contractor bids, etc. So, you", "start": 10374.319, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "can see here the largest invest in", "start": 10377.2, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "investment is the conversion of Monarch", "start": 10378.96, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "PK8 into a dedicated middle school", "start": 10380.88, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "estimated somewhere between 3 and 3.5", "start": 10383.279, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "million. Cole Whittier or Bear Creek", "start": 10385.76, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "improvements would support special", "start": 10387.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "education programs. Uh Bear Creek, we", "start": 10389.359, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "have some additional money in there for", "start": 10392.08, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "some facility improvements to uh", "start": 10393.6, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "accommodate the combined school", "start": 10395.439, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "community. At Community Monasuri's new", "start": 10396.88, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "location, we're estimating approximately", "start": 10399.84, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "1 and a half to 2.45 million needed to", "start": 10402.319, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "create the preschool kindergarten spaces", "start": 10405.279, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "uh and a uh preschool kindergarten or a", "start": 10408.16, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "preschool playground. Um, we've also", "start": 10410.64, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "included some money in for improvements", "start": 10413.12, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "at Superior and potential costs for", "start": 10414.8, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "preschool at uh Birch if the location is", "start": 10416.64, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "ultimately needed. And again, we haven't", "start": 10420.479, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "finalized uh preschool locations yet.", "start": 10422.16, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "That will be known on October 1st, but", "start": 10425.12, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "we have included some funds there. I do", "start": 10427.2, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "want to note um because there's been a", "start": 10430.08, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "lot of uh comment about spending upwards", "start": 10432.96, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "of $10 million, but we need to think", "start": 10435.92, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "about our long-term investments. And as", "start": 10438.8, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "we look at our capital needs over the", "start": 10440.64, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "next 10 years, the district could avoid", "start": 10442.72, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "approximately $44.8 million and", "start": 10444.64, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "anticipated capital expenditures by no", "start": 10447.68, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "longer investing in these buildings in", "start": 10450.64, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "the future. And I just want to make sure", "start": 10452.56, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "that is known um as we continue to get", "start": 10453.84, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "stuck on some of these smaller numbers.", "start": 10457.04, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "There is some big decisions to be made", "start": 10459.359, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "as we uh bring back if the board", "start": 10462.8, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "approves the resolution on the future of", "start": 10465.279, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "these buildings and what happens with", "start": 10467.2, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "that and that will guide some of those", "start": 10469.279, "duration": 4.841 }, { "text": "expenditures.", "start": 10471.12, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "Um we have also budgeted the $5 million", "start": 10474.16, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "to provide school transition support", "start": 10477.52, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "knowing that we would have expenses.", "start": 10480.319, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "This was money that we set aside in", "start": 10482.24, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "January to help cover some of the cost", "start": 10483.92, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "of moving that transitional support. Um,", "start": 10486.479, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "a lot of this is informed by previous", "start": 10489.2, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "experiences in the bond projects, etc.", "start": 10491.359, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "And there's not a specified plan on how", "start": 10493.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "these dollars will be spent. They could", "start": 10495.52, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "be used for facility modifications. They", "start": 10497.6, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "could be used for moving expenses, uh,", "start": 10499.68, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "helping fund some of the transitional", "start": 10502.479, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "costs. Any funds that are not spent will", "start": 10504.319, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "be returned to the general fund.", "start": 10507.12, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "So, with that, we'll open it up for", "start": 10510.64, "duration": 2.639 }, { "text": "questions.", "start": 10512.24, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": ">> Thanks, Rob. Anna, I do have a question", "start": 10513.279, "duration": 6.881 }, { "text": "regarding the um preschool at Birch. If", "start": 10516.479, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "you could talk about a little bit more", "start": 10520.16, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "about um how many students we would need", "start": 10522.0, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "in order to keep that going? And would", "start": 10525.359, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "that at all be uh a data point that we", "start": 10527.6, "duration": 7.839 }, { "text": "should be considering for the the demand", "start": 10530.64, "duration": 10.0 }, { "text": "for um keeping Burge open?", "start": 10535.439, "duration": 7.201 }, { "text": "Do you want to speak to preschool and", "start": 10540.64, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "data? How do you incorporate that in?", "start": 10542.64, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": ">> Well, preschool is is a separate", "start": 10546.08, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "program. Uh, so it's really a matter of", "start": 10548.24, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "of providing the space initially with", "start": 10550.72, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "with um within the building and then um", "start": 10553.52, "duration": 6.959 }, { "text": "um and that's managed by the preschool", "start": 10557.68, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "um by you know by our preschool people.", "start": 10560.479, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "in terms of acceptances into the program", "start": 10563.359, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "and uh through the state, you know, the", "start": 10565.439, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "state lottery and things like that. Uh", "start": 10567.6, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "you know, that's almost like an all open", "start": 10570.16, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "enrollment model. It's not like we have", "start": 10572.24, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "to take all of the preschool kids in. Uh", "start": 10574.319, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "it's it's really a matter of providing", "start": 10576.72, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "that space.", "start": 10578.399, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "I would just add to that that as we're", "start": 10579.92, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "thinking about preschool in that in that", "start": 10581.6, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "area of Broomfield, we're thinking about", "start": 10583.359, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "what we currently have, how filled those", "start": 10585.12, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "classrooms are, and then we have", "start": 10587.76, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "preschool community liaison who are", "start": 10588.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "embedded in each area of our community", "start": 10590.64, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "who really have a sense of more", "start": 10593.04, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "qualitatively like what needs of", "start": 10594.8, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "families are and so we're planning", "start": 10596.319, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "accordingly.", "start": 10598.16, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "And just for the facilities, um could", "start": 10600.399, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "you also talk about some of the changes", "start": 10602.72, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "that you will need to make um that you", "start": 10604.319, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "have made at Birch that will need to be", "start": 10607.52, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "made at Cole, particularly around", "start": 10609.68, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "asbestous mitigation um mitigation?", "start": 10612.56, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, we'll if you don't mind, we'll", "start": 10615.84, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "talk about asbestous later in the", "start": 10617.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "presentation. So, anytime we do building", "start": 10619.2, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "renovations, etc., we have to plan", "start": 10621.92, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "around asbestous. We have a Hera plan", "start": 10623.84, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "that allows us that, but I'll talk more", "start": 10625.68, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "about that when we get there,", "start": 10627.279, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": ">> Jason. and then Anna. I'm sorry, Deian.", "start": 10629.279, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, thanks. Um Michelle, I'm glad", "start": 10633.04, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "you're able to join. I had a few", "start": 10634.72, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "questions related to special ed. Um and", "start": 10635.84, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "I'm, you know, it looks like there's", "start": 10638.479, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "three programs we're moving that will", "start": 10640.16, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "require new facility modifications or", "start": 10641.84, "duration": 6.479 }, { "text": "special needs programs. Um I I'd really", "start": 10644.64, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "like to understand uh you know, there's", "start": 10648.319, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "a lot of concern folks have raised about", "start": 10650.24, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "the current facilities and being you", "start": 10652.64, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "know, those are kind of ideal and better", "start": 10654.399, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "and smaller for uh special needs", "start": 10656.399, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "students. And so I'd love to be able to", "start": 10658.319, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "kind of translate those dollar amounts", "start": 10660.479, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "to what this is going to look like at a", "start": 10662.16, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "school like if we're talking about", "start": 10663.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "building a new special needs program. Uh", "start": 10664.88, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "what is what is involved? Are you", "start": 10667.92, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "confident that these new facilities are", "start": 10670.24, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "able to be able to serve the kids in the", "start": 10673.279, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "same way that uh there won't be you know", "start": 10676.0, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "we we talked about kind of larger", "start": 10678.72, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "schools but I think there's real concern", "start": 10680.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "and maybe understandably so about the", "start": 10682.88, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "ability of the new schools to be able to", "start": 10685.04, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "serve these kids. So, I really want to", "start": 10686.8, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "get a sense of, you know, not just", "start": 10688.479, "duration": 2.641 }, { "text": "dollar amounts, but what this looks like", "start": 10689.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "in terms of um, you know, what needs to", "start": 10691.12, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "be done, what kind of I think maybe", "start": 10693.76, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "Glenn or someone mentioned a few of", "start": 10695.2, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "these things, but I'd really like to", "start": 10696.72, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "talk about that transition if possible.", "start": 10698.479, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": ">> Um, we do have like slide 37 for that.", "start": 10701.12, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "So, I don't want to get too far ahead of", "start": 10704.24, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "the presentation.", "start": 10706.479, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "um maybe the facility budget spec or the", "start": 10708.56, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "budget specific component of that but", "start": 10711.68, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "then the the impact to student", "start": 10713.52, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "experience I think we are talking about", "start": 10715.84, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "coming up so I'm just trying to be", "start": 10717.359, "duration": 2.08 }, { "text": "mindful of", "start": 10718.88, "duration": 1.92 }, { "text": ">> I can wait yeah whatever I just wanted", "start": 10719.439, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "to um pan that", "start": 10720.8, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": ">> and I yeah just also trying to be", "start": 10722.399, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "mindful of we've got 60some slides um uh", "start": 10723.92, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "so I know it's taking a while to get to", "start": 10727.76, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "all of our best questions um so let's", "start": 10729.68, "duration": 7.679 }, { "text": "hold on that one Deian and then Alex,", "start": 10732.0, "duration": 8.72 }, { "text": ">> let's see. I think that um the the slide", "start": 10737.359, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "that's called facility modifications", "start": 10740.72, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "number 30", "start": 10743.6, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "doesn't include any improvements", "start": 10746.8, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "for Cole Creek.", "start": 10750.0, "duration": 7.84 }, { "text": "It doesn't um have improvements for", "start": 10752.479, "duration": 9.041 }, { "text": "um Heatherwood.", "start": 10757.84, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "So the receiving schools of the Douglas", "start": 10761.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "students are not getting improvements", "start": 10763.76, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "according to that chart.", "start": 10765.76, "duration": 1.519 }, { "text": ">> Yeah.", "start": 10766.96, "duration": 1.76 }, { "text": ">> Hey, I need to ask the audience to kind", "start": 10767.279, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "of quiet down. It's impacting the", "start": 10768.72, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "ability of our board members to hear and", "start": 10770.0, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "because we will be the one making the", "start": 10772.08, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "decision on this next week. It really is", "start": 10773.6, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "important for us to understand the", "start": 10775.359, "duration": 2.801 }, { "text": "answers to the questions that are being", "start": 10776.96, "duration": 2.479 }, { "text": "asked and the questions that are being", "start": 10778.16, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "asked themselves. So please um quiet", "start": 10779.439, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "down in the audience.", "start": 10782.56, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": ">> So uh Cole Creek, we don't have any", "start": 10784.88, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "improvements slated at Cole Creek. We", "start": 10787.12, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "don't believe there are any needed. Um,", "start": 10789.2, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and then at Heatherwood, as a reminder,", "start": 10791.279, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "Heatherwood is a phase four project and", "start": 10793.2, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "already had work planned at Heatherwood.", "start": 10795.92, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "So, we'll be able to accommodate some of", "start": 10797.76, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "the special education modifications", "start": 10799.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "within the phase 4 work that's already", "start": 10800.88, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "planned out there.", "start": 10802.88, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": ">> Is there any thought about making", "start": 10805.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "Heatherwood not such an open plan", "start": 10807.04, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "school? Uh there has been thoughts for", "start": 10810.08, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "years on uh changing the layout of some", "start": 10813.84, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "of these buildings and um due to fire", "start": 10817.04, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "ratings of the building uh and other", "start": 10820.479, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "things it really is not possible or", "start": 10822.88, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "feasible to turn that into a typical", "start": 10824.88, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "classroom setting. So we have I would", "start": 10828.08, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "say the district has studied that since", "start": 10830.8, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "the early 2000s at a lot of these places", "start": 10832.319, "duration": 5.921 }, { "text": "um and fire ratings etc. of wall", "start": 10835.359, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "assemblies, roof assemblies, etc. come", "start": 10838.24, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "into play. I", "start": 10840.319, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": ">> I would say that I've spent some time at", "start": 10841.52, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "Eisenhower, at Heatherwood, um and and", "start": 10844.8, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "the district um has taken some measures", "start": 10847.68, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "to ensure that it's less than the open", "start": 10850.16, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "concept that was 80s prevalent. And I do", "start": 10853.92, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "think that there's lessons to be learned", "start": 10856.96, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "as a district when you when you build", "start": 10858.479, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "facilities around a certain type of", "start": 10861.2, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "philosophy, right? then and these are 50", "start": 10863.76, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "to 75 year assets and the philosophy", "start": 10867.12, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "changes I think that it can propose some", "start": 10869.439, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "challenge. Um uh that being said uh you", "start": 10872.16, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "know as we even think about Heather what", "start": 10875.52, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "do we think about Eisenhower um uh you", "start": 10877.2, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "know these these are not um if we if we", "start": 10880.56, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "project what the amount of students will", "start": 10883.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "be in those schools they're not going to", "start": 10886.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "be at full capacity still have lots of", "start": 10887.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "capacity and they'll have lots of space", "start": 10889.84, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "in those buildings uh for growth um you", "start": 10891.84, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "know any you know that that would be a", "start": 10895.6, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "consideration for the board in a future", "start": 10897.76, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "bond if if it was the desire of of the", "start": 10899.52, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "board to say, \"Okay, these we really", "start": 10902.319, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "want to rectify these schools that um", "start": 10904.16, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "that that have this open um concept.\" Uh", "start": 10906.8, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "because I think that the investments,", "start": 10910.24, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "Rob, to your point, uh it's not where", "start": 10912.319, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "it's it's there's a cost associated that", "start": 10914.8, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "certain point it may it makes sense to", "start": 10918.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "tear it down and build new. Is is that", "start": 10919.68, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "that's that's correct? Right.", "start": 10922.16, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": ">> That is a correct statement. Yes.", "start": 10923.439, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "I'm worried because I heard uh from some", "start": 10926.64, "duration": 6.799 }, { "text": "of the parents who have um students that", "start": 10929.279, "duration": 6.961 }, { "text": "need intensive learning and they are", "start": 10933.439, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "will refuse to go to Heatherwood because", "start": 10936.24, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "the kids it's too open and it's going to", "start": 10938.8, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "be too confusing for their particular", "start": 10941.359, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "learner. So I feel like the move to", "start": 10943.84, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "Heatherwood is going to cause um", "start": 10946.64, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "inequality for our special ed students.", "start": 10949.279, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": ">> I we look forward to answering that", "start": 10952.96, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "question. We do not believe that to be", "start": 10954.96, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the case.", "start": 10956.319, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": ">> Alex,", "start": 10958.96, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": ">> thank you. Um,", "start": 10960.0, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "uh, for the 7.5 or $10 million of the", "start": 10962.08, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "modifications, what would the time frame", "start": 10966.16, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "be for, uh, getting those done? That", "start": 10968.64, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "work would be completed this summer. So,", "start": 10972.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "if the board approves the resolution, we", "start": 10974.16, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "would begin immediately with design,", "start": 10976.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "getting architects, contractors on", "start": 10978.399, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "board, uh, getting design underway,", "start": 10980.16, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "permitting, etc. to be ready uh through", "start": 10983.12, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "the summer uh for the start of the 2728", "start": 10985.52, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "school year.", "start": 10988.399, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": ">> Great. So they wouldn't be these when", "start": 10988.96, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "when they have their new enrollments,", "start": 10992.16, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "these would be in place.", "start": 10994.24, "duration": 2.0 }, { "text": ">> That's right.", "start": 10995.68, "duration": 3.56 }, { "text": ">> Okay.", "start": 10996.24, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> Piggyback on that. I mean all of our", "start": 10999.6, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "bomb projects have a a specific kind of", "start": 11001.6, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "cadence that they go through including", "start": 11003.84, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "seabach oversight, board approval. My", "start": 11006.399, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "expectation is I I mean these are as you", "start": 11009.2, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "noted these are estimates there are", "start": 11011.68, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "projections based on you know the", "start": 11014.64, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "potential for this for the resilient", "start": 11017.76, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "schools proposal to be approved. Um can", "start": 11019.68, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "you speak a little bit to what that", "start": 11022.96, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "looks like that process between like my", "start": 11026.24, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "assumption is this isn't just a", "start": 11029.2, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "guarantee there is sort of those checks", "start": 11030.479, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "and balances and if you could explain", "start": 11032.0, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "that as to the board members and our", "start": 11034.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "community as well. No, we I mean we have", "start": 11035.6, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "to engage architects in a lot of these", "start": 11038.16, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "uh some of these projects are phase four", "start": 11040.16, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "projects. So we already have architects", "start": 11041.92, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "on board when we delayed some of these", "start": 11043.439, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "projects. So going through a design", "start": 11045.2, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "advisory team meetings etc to figure out", "start": 11048.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "what work needs to be done. There's", "start": 11050.56, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "different levels of design, there's", "start": 11052.16, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "design development, there's uh uh", "start": 11053.68, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "construction drawings that have to be", "start": 11056.72, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "completed and a certain point at design", "start": 11058.479, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "development, we get bids from our", "start": 11060.319, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "contractors that tells us where we're", "start": 11062.0, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "at. Usually at that time is when we are", "start": 11064.24, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "bringing budgets to not only Seabach for", "start": 11066.479, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "review and then if if SEO supports it", "start": 11070.479, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "then we would bring it to the board for", "start": 11072.88, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "approval. So we go through that process", "start": 11074.64, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "with design at uh construction drawings", "start": 11077.2, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "we get something we call the guaranteed", "start": 11079.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "maximum price. Guaranteed maximum price", "start": 11081.6, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "comes to the board. If it's over a", "start": 11084.0, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "certain threshold, the board would", "start": 11085.439, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "approve that contract after the after", "start": 11086.72, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "which you've already approved the", "start": 11089.52, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "funding for that and then we go through", "start": 11091.12, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "procurement getting materials uh", "start": 11093.439, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "equipment etc for whatever is needed for", "start": 11095.68, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "the project. Uh the the big lag here in", "start": 11097.6, "duration": 7.28 }, { "text": "the um reason for the expedited timeline", "start": 11100.399, "duration": 7.201 }, { "text": "for some of this is is permitting can", "start": 11104.88, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "take up to 12 to to 14 weeks in some", "start": 11107.6, "duration": 6.799 }, { "text": "occasions with CDPHE and the state. Um,", "start": 11110.319, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "so that is important for us to", "start": 11114.399, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "understand and to plan around. So we've", "start": 11116.96, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "got to get through that design process,", "start": 11119.52, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "get a guaranteed maximum price, get", "start": 11121.12, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "drawing submitted for permitting to", "start": 11122.88, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "allow us to be successful over the", "start": 11125.2, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "summer months. And again, we have a", "start": 11126.8, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "proven track record to be able to do", "start": 11128.24, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "this work over the summer. I think last", "start": 11129.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "summer, uh, I don't remember quite the", "start": 11131.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "numbers, but somewhere around that $60", "start": 11133.92, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "million, I believe, uh, over 11week time", "start": 11135.6, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "frame. Um, and we have been very", "start": 11138.479, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "successful over the 2014 bond, the 2022", "start": 11141.279, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "bond and proving that success. So, um, I", "start": 11144.64, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "don't know if that answers your", "start": 11147.92, "duration": 2.24 }, { "text": "question, but I just wanted to give you", "start": 11148.96, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "a level of detail there that we do", "start": 11150.16, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "understand the commitment it takes in", "start": 11152.24, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "order to hit the 2728 school year.", "start": 11154.319, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": ">> And then I have a follow-up question um,", "start": 11157.04, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "a little bit to a point that board", "start": 11159.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "member Tamu Auding brought up earlier.", "start": 11163.04, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "you know, this BBSD taxpayers have been", "start": 11165.04, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "exceedingly generous over the years in", "start": 11168.08, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "passing bonds and in passing mills and", "start": 11169.76, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "um it helps us provide the type of", "start": 11172.479, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "educational experiences our students", "start": 11174.16, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "deserve.", "start": 11176.399, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "Uh and there has been a strong community", "start": 11178.0, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "sensitivity to, you know, who is", "start": 11180.16, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "benefiting from those tax dollars. And I", "start": 11182.24, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "would say that even when this board", "start": 11184.96, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "approved the the um commuter preference,", "start": 11186.56, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "there was some push back saying, well,", "start": 11189.76, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "oh, out of district students have always", "start": 11191.92, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "received the lowest priority because", "start": 11193.76, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "they do not pay taxes within the bounds", "start": 11196.16, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "of with the same tax rates as other", "start": 11198.72, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "people that live within the boundaries", "start": 11202.0, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "of BBSD do. And so there was some push", "start": 11203.12, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "back here. And so I wonder if Bill could", "start": 11205.52, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "speak to", "start": 11208.88, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "the per pupil", "start": 11211.279, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "the um Anna had asked the question, do", "start": 11213.68, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "we receive the same amount of money per", "start": 11217.12, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "pupil from a student that's enrolling", "start": 11219.68, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "from Adams or St. Vin or Jeffco to BVSD", "start": 11221.359, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "that we receive from BVSD? And is there", "start": 11225.52, "duration": 6.6 }, { "text": "a difference there?", "start": 11228.64, "duration": 3.48 }, { "text": "The uh school finance act um calculates", "start": 11235.279, "duration": 8.481 }, { "text": "uh or is uh agnostic to where the", "start": 11240.08, "duration": 8.239 }, { "text": "student lives. Uh it is based on the", "start": 11243.76, "duration": 7.519 }, { "text": "district uh enrollment", "start": 11248.319, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "um geographic um the student", "start": 11251.279, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "demographics. So it's it's not the", "start": 11254.56, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "location where the student lives if", "start": 11257.439, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "they're moving between districts. Um", "start": 11259.6, "duration": 7.92 }, { "text": "the source of the funding", "start": 11263.439, "duration": 10.161 }, { "text": "uh depends on where you live. So in", "start": 11267.52, "duration": 9.52 }, { "text": "Boulder, we're", "start": 11273.6, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "85ish%", "start": 11277.04, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "locally funded. So, uh those local", "start": 11278.88, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "property taxes from uh residential and", "start": 11282.88, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "non-residential uh properties uh are", "start": 11286.08, "duration": 7.92 }, { "text": "supporting the majority of the cost. Um", "start": 11289.52, "duration": 8.32 }, { "text": "the the marginal change for one student", "start": 11294.0, "duration": 8.08 }, { "text": "up or one student down is not going to", "start": 11297.84, "duration": 8.639 }, { "text": "affect anybody's local property tax. Um", "start": 11302.08, "duration": 8.48 }, { "text": "we would uh that that difference between", "start": 11306.479, "duration": 8.561 }, { "text": "being uh fully locally funded and uh um", "start": 11310.56, "duration": 7.759 }, { "text": "the split that we have now um is that", "start": 11315.04, "duration": 9.76 }, { "text": "sort of margin of error where the the", "start": 11318.319, "duration": 9.841 }, { "text": "property taxpayers in Boulder Valley uh", "start": 11324.8, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "could experience higher property taxes", "start": 11328.16, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "uh with declining student enrollment", "start": 11331.76, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "just be as that percentage of local", "start": 11334.8, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "share changes. So, no, the amount that", "start": 11338.08, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "the school finance act provides per", "start": 11341.84, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "pupil uh is not different based on where", "start": 11344.16, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "you live uh in u", "start": 11347.2, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "it's a little different if you're like", "start": 11350.56, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "in a really small district. Um but", "start": 11352.399, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "generally speaking in the front range um", "start": 11355.279, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "it's the really the mix of of uh local", "start": 11358.24, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "and state share for that school finance", "start": 11361.92, "duration": 7.439 }, { "text": "act which won't move uh the the needle", "start": 11364.56, "duration": 9.44 }, { "text": "on the handful of students that we have.", "start": 11369.359, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "Bill, talk about mill levy overrides and", "start": 11374.0, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "and that impact because I think that was", "start": 11376.64, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": ">> Can I ask that the slide about local", "start": 11380.319, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "versus state share is up there? It's in", "start": 11382.96, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "the appendix and I asked specifically", "start": 11385.84, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "for it to be included because I get it,", "start": 11387.76, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "but only because you've only told me 70", "start": 11391.04, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "times how it works, right? And and", "start": 11393.76, "duration": 6.719 }, { "text": ">> Jason's starting to get it because he", "start": 11398.56, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "sits on a committee, right? like we're", "start": 11400.479, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "we we're we get it. But I think it's a", "start": 11402.399, "duration": 6.721 }, { "text": "really really important piece here. Um", "start": 11405.6, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "and when I submitted my questions ahead", "start": 11409.12, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "of time to staff, I asked that this be", "start": 11411.279, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "included because there it is, Bill. It's", "start": 11413.68, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "our great slide with the the buckets.", "start": 11416.96, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "Um, I think that this is important", "start": 11419.6, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "because I've had questions from the", "start": 11422.0, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "community about property taxes and", "start": 11423.84, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "um why we aren't more wellunded and why", "start": 11427.92, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "we haven't done enough and this is what", "start": 11430.88, "duration": 6.479 }, { "text": "explains it.", "start": 11434.0, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": ">> Primer, can you give us a primer, Bill,", "start": 11437.359, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "and then come back to mill levy", "start": 11440.16, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "overrides because there is some", "start": 11442.08, "duration": 2.319 }, { "text": "difference there.", "start": 11443.279, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": ">> Yes. Um", "start": 11444.399, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "so", "start": 11447.84, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "this graphic uh is intended to uh", "start": 11449.439, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "illustrate", "start": 11454.96, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "how", "start": 11456.72, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "the state's", "start": 11459.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "interaction", "start": 11461.359, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "with the school finance act and state", "start": 11462.88, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "budgets", "start": 11466.479, "duration": 6.561 }, { "text": "uh uh work. So total program funding", "start": 11468.24, "duration": 10.079 }, { "text": "which is the bucket um is made up of the", "start": 11473.04, "duration": 8.64 }, { "text": "local share and the state um", "start": 11478.319, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "equalization", "start": 11481.68, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "with the intent being the school finance", "start": 11483.84, "duration": 8.32 }, { "text": "act identifies the amount per pupil that", "start": 11487.359, "duration": 8.96 }, { "text": "uh a district receives and the mix of", "start": 11492.16, "duration": 7.92 }, { "text": "local property tax versus uh the state", "start": 11496.319, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "share.", "start": 11500.08, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "uh is different uh all over the state.", "start": 11501.12, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "Uh down in the St. Louis Valley with", "start": 11504.399, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "very low property values, uh that looks", "start": 11506.8, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "a lot different than in Boulder Valley", "start": 11511.04, "duration": 9.439 }, { "text": "or, uh Aspen that's 100% locally funded.", "start": 11514.0, "duration": 11.6 }, { "text": "So, uh, as property values increase,", "start": 11520.479, "duration": 7.681 }, { "text": "that blue portion of the total program", "start": 11525.6, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "budget grows,", "start": 11528.16, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "even as enrollments decline statewide,", "start": 11530.72, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "right? So, enrollments declining", "start": 11534.399, "duration": 6.721 }, { "text": "statewide. Uh so the portion proportion", "start": 11536.08, "duration": 10.16 }, { "text": "of the total program funding is funded", "start": 11541.12, "duration": 9.12 }, { "text": "greater from uh local property taxes. Uh", "start": 11546.24, "duration": 7.199 }, { "text": "that is partially how the state was able", "start": 11550.24, "duration": 7.76 }, { "text": "to um uh backfill the negative factor.", "start": 11553.439, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "That is partially how uh the new school", "start": 11558.0, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "finance act is being implemented uh is", "start": 11561.439, "duration": 6.561 }, { "text": "through that growth of uh property", "start": 11564.56, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "values uh that uh everybody has", "start": 11568.0, "duration": 5.399 }, { "text": "experienced.", "start": 11570.399, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "So we'll come back to the if that gets", "start": 11575.04, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "there.", "start": 11578.64, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": ">> No, I I get it. I just um I think that", "start": 11579.12, "duration": 11.199 }, { "text": "I continue to get questions on this um", "start": 11584.96, "duration": 8.319 }, { "text": "and why can't we just find more money", "start": 11590.319, "duration": 6.201 }, { "text": "and it's", "start": 11593.279, "duration": 3.241 }, { "text": "what we have to come to terms with", "start": 11596.56, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "whether we like it or not is our high", "start": 11600.08, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "property tax does help people in", "start": 11602.8, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "different parts of our state.", "start": 11606.24, "duration": 9.999 }, { "text": "Um, and we have strong advocacy at state", "start": 11609.76, "duration": 9.12 }, { "text": "legislative levels on trying to do the", "start": 11616.239, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "very best for our district. It's not", "start": 11618.88, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "that we've been um unaware,", "start": 11620.72, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "but Senate Bill 1448", "start": 11625.2, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "has an impact and we spent a lot of time", "start": 11627.68, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "working through that and we will", "start": 11631.12, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "continue to feel impacts. And I don't", "start": 11633.04, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "want to bring up averaging because that", "start": 11635.2, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "will make everybody's head explode,", "start": 11636.8, "duration": 8.32 }, { "text": "right? But I just I in a in a lot of", "start": 11639.52, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "ways I would like to lay to rest that", "start": 11645.12, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "somehow we are not trying everything we", "start": 11647.04, "duration": 9.439 }, { "text": "can to get as much funding as we can.", "start": 11650.239, "duration": 9.441 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. the only uh", "start": 11656.479, "duration": 9.041 }, { "text": "uh local uh funding that benefits the", "start": 11659.68, "duration": 8.88 }, { "text": "district. Uh", "start": 11665.52, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "not the only um the local property tax", "start": 11668.56, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "funding that uh is an increase in", "start": 11672.0, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "funding are those local mill levy", "start": 11676.56, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "overrides. Uh those are for operating uh", "start": 11678.88, "duration": 10.08 }, { "text": "costs and uh as opposed to um uh general", "start": 11683.52, "duration": 8.64 }, { "text": "obligation bonds and uh those capital", "start": 11688.96, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "construction those are a separate mill", "start": 11692.16, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "levy. Um but those mill levy overrides", "start": 11694.239, "duration": 7.601 }, { "text": "which are uh capped at 25% of the total", "start": 11698.0, "duration": 6.479 }, { "text": "program we are at the cap we are at the", "start": 11701.84, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "maximum. Uh so that", "start": 11704.479, "duration": 8.481 }, { "text": "uh amount of dollars isn't growing uh", "start": 11709.04, "duration": 9.12 }, { "text": "really um in any significant way.", "start": 11712.96, "duration": 9.92 }, { "text": "So that outofd district student is being", "start": 11718.16, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "funded at the school finance act per", "start": 11722.88, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "pupil amount plus the 25%", "start": 11725.84, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "local mill levy override", "start": 11730.08, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "uh which is uh borne by the local", "start": 11732.8, "duration": 8.479 }, { "text": "property taxpayers. Um so that benefits", "start": 11736.399, "duration": 9.04 }, { "text": "the whole system. Um you there's", "start": 11741.279, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "certainly a debate on whether that", "start": 11745.439, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "should be done. It is a structure of the", "start": 11748.319, "duration": 6.881 }, { "text": "the um choice enrollment uh being able", "start": 11751.439, "duration": 8.321 }, { "text": "to go between districts. Um so it's a", "start": 11755.2, "duration": 8.239 }, { "text": "it's a nature of the structure. Um but", "start": 11759.76, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "it does come from the local property", "start": 11763.439, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "taxpayers when a student comes from out", "start": 11765.359, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "of this side of the district.", "start": 11767.12, "duration": 6.359 }, { "text": ">> Thank you.", "start": 11770.239, "duration": 3.24 }, { "text": "Alex.", "start": 11774.16, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, thank you. Um,", "start": 11775.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "uh, I have both some micro and some", "start": 11777.439, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "macroeconomic questions about it. Um, I", "start": 11778.88, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "guess one thing, we'll move to a little", "start": 11781.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "bit more on the MLOS's, but if we're at", "start": 11784.08, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "the cap now, um, how much flexibility,", "start": 11787.04, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "if any, do we have to change what we", "start": 11790.56, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "spend an MLO or a bond on after we've", "start": 11792.88, "duration": 7.32 }, { "text": "had it passed by the voters in Colorado?", "start": 11795.52, "duration": 4.68 }, { "text": "So, uh, bond questions are usually", "start": 11800.319, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "fairly specific. Um", "start": 11803.12, "duration": 8.08 }, { "text": "uh there is uh generally some um uh", "start": 11805.92, "duration": 8.399 }, { "text": "language in there that allows some", "start": 11811.2, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "flexibility, but for example, the last", "start": 11814.319, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "um bond question uh specifically said a", "start": 11816.96, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "new school in Erie, which is why we did", "start": 11820.72, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "not issue that debt uh in the last round", "start": 11823.92, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "because the decision was made to pause", "start": 11827.6, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "on building that school in Erie because", "start": 11830.08, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "the students weren't showing up.", "start": 11832.0, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "Uh", "start": 11834.16, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "so um there's a little flexibility but", "start": 11836.319, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "not very much. Um you have to go back to", "start": 11839.6, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "the voters to say uh can we use those", "start": 11842.64, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "dollars to do something different uh if", "start": 11845.439, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "you're going to radically uh change the", "start": 11848.319, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "direction of it. Um school improvements", "start": 11850.88, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "are sort of generic across schools. So", "start": 11855.279, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "to the extent that the question doesn't", "start": 11858.88, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "say this school gets this modification", "start": 11860.72, "duration": 6.719 }, { "text": "which it the question never does uh this", "start": 11864.16, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "school could become some other school uh", "start": 11867.439, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "well within the the confines of the", "start": 11870.319, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "question.", "start": 11872.8, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "And then the second question was", "start": 11874.479, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": ">> uh I guess with the bonds do we have any", "start": 11877.439, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "flexibility with the bonds for like", "start": 11879.76, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "reallocating it to operations or could", "start": 11882.08, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "we do some shell game so that we use the", "start": 11884.239, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "bond money to do for something for", "start": 11886.319, "duration": 2.881 }, { "text": "facilities that was being paid for with", "start": 11887.76, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "other money for the same facilities. How", "start": 11889.2, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "does that work for supplanting or", "start": 11891.359, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": ">> Right. So you cannot use um any general", "start": 11893.84, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "obligation uh debt for operating costs.", "start": 11897.439, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "they're very specific to the capital", "start": 11900.72, "duration": 6.719 }, { "text": "construction plan. Um, so there's that.", "start": 11902.64, "duration": 7.759 }, { "text": ">> And then I I guess another sort of macro", "start": 11907.439, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "question. So we have like 2400 kids come", "start": 11910.399, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "in through open enrollment and like,00", "start": 11913.76, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "go out. So we might get the revenue for", "start": 11915.84, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "the 2400 at PO and do the math and", "start": 11918.399, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "hopefully the incremental extra cost of", "start": 11921.6, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "educating those students is less and we", "start": 11923.92, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "that's how we might actually subsidize", "start": 11925.84, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "our residents by incoming. What's the", "start": 11928.56, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "impact of the 1100 kids that leave or", "start": 11931.2, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "does the state sort of tally it up and", "start": 11934.0, "duration": 6.479 }, { "text": "say okay you're net400 here's the money?", "start": 11935.76, "duration": 8.559 }, { "text": "Uh yes, it's a net. The the the", "start": 11940.479, "duration": 7.521 }, { "text": "count is not by", "start": 11944.319, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "uh um", "start": 11948.0, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "a a plus and minus. It's just the bottom", "start": 11950.0, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "line number of whatever your student", "start": 11952.239, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "count is.", "start": 11954.479, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": ">> And then to follow up on that, so uh I", "start": 11955.68, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "guess one of the things I remain", "start": 11958.88, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "concerned about is always, you know,", "start": 11960.56, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "losing enrollment out of district or to", "start": 11962.64, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "private schools and stuff. How does a", "start": 11964.96, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "decrease in our enrollment affect our", "start": 11967.439, "duration": 7.121 }, { "text": "total bottom line budget? So I know that", "start": 11971.12, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "we sort of get you know we have our 85%", "start": 11974.56, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "obligation into the finance formula but", "start": 11977.279, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "for like what's the mechanism by which", "start": 11979.6, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "losing another thousand kids loses us", "start": 11982.479, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "money in the finance system.", "start": 11985.68, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": ">> Uh so it's it's the the school finance", "start": 11988.239, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "act. How many pupils do you have? you", "start": 11991.04, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "run them through the formula on the per", "start": 11994.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "pupil funding and it's the dollar", "start": 11995.76, "duration": 8.559 }, { "text": "amount. Uh since 2019, we're down 3700", "start": 11997.84, "duration": 10.0 }, { "text": "uh FTE of student count. That's $44.5", "start": 12004.319, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "million. Uh that we", "start": 12007.84, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "if all of the students were still here", "start": 12011.359, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "that were here in uh 2019, we would have", "start": 12013.52, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "$44.5 million more. We'd have more", "start": 12016.8, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "teachers. we'd have uh we also still", "start": 12019.2, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "have the same number of schools that we", "start": 12022.479, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "did in 2019 uh when we had those 3,700", "start": 12024.16, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "more students.", "start": 12028.239, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. And then um like I'm struck by uh", "start": 12028.96, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "and I I know our community cares greatly", "start": 12033.279, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "about equity issues and our ability to", "start": 12035.92, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "support all our kids and dedicate at", "start": 12038.64, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "least similar resources. Um when our", "start": 12040.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "schools get small, you know, what", "start": 12043.52, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "happens to our unit cost? I look at the", "start": 12045.52, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "state, you know, school transparency", "start": 12047.68, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "data and I see that flat irons comes in", "start": 12049.439, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "at about $26,000 per kid and uh Lewis or", "start": 12051.68, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "Lafayette Elementary School comes in at,", "start": 12056.08, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "you know, 20. So, as we adjust this our", "start": 12057.92, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "plan, how will we be improving the", "start": 12063.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "equity of the money we spend per kid in", "start": 12065.92, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "our elementary school? So, it's not so", "start": 12068.0, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "much a function of your zip code for how", "start": 12069.439, "duration": 6.92 }, { "text": "much we might spend on your student.", "start": 12071.76, "duration": 4.599 }, { "text": "I mean the short answer is on a pure", "start": 12079.279, "duration": 9.681 }, { "text": "dollar basis um probably right um the", "start": 12081.6, "duration": 12.4 }, { "text": "the that state um transparency is purely", "start": 12088.96, "duration": 8.64 }, { "text": "dollar-based right it is not referencing", "start": 12094.0, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "uh the student needs the programs that", "start": 12097.6, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "are there um this I mean it's a", "start": 12099.52, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "structure of the size of the school on", "start": 12103.68, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "the cost per pupil generally. Um", "start": 12106.08, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "but certainly if you're not having to", "start": 12110.319, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "put the three and a half to$4 million", "start": 12113.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "into", "start": 12116.16, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "maintaining smaller schools,", "start": 12118.0, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "I think it's roughly twothirds of that", "start": 12120.96, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "cost is from those sort of fixed", "start": 12123.439, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "operational things. You have those", "start": 12125.68, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "dollars to reinvest uh elsewhere uh for", "start": 12127.76, "duration": 8.24 }, { "text": "a higher and better use purpose. Um", "start": 12131.68, "duration": 9.28 }, { "text": "the the reason that our uh", "start": 12136.0, "duration": 9.6 }, { "text": "um variable classroom costs are uh only", "start": 12140.96, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "a small portion of that, a third of the", "start": 12145.6, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "savings is every year during the budget", "start": 12147.76, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "cycle we readjust for the students that", "start": 12151.52, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "we have. Uh not everywhere does that,", "start": 12154.56, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "right? Not every uh district uh will", "start": 12157.2, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "adjust", "start": 12160.479, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "the teachers in a building down for the", "start": 12162.16, "duration": 8.48 }, { "text": "number of student or up. Um that is um", "start": 12165.279, "duration": 9.841 }, { "text": "it's challenging uh that uh um when we", "start": 12170.64, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "hear about it, the board hears about it", "start": 12175.12, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "uh every year with you know why are we", "start": 12176.96, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "losing uh Miss Smith because she's a", "start": 12178.96, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "great teacher but there's fewer", "start": 12182.08, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "students. So uh during our budget", "start": 12183.6, "duration": 7.839 }, { "text": "process we uh always adjust down for the", "start": 12186.16, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "number of students as we're experiencing", "start": 12191.439, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "declining enrollment. We adjust up if", "start": 12193.2, "duration": 6.079 }, { "text": "there are uh a growth in students. Um so", "start": 12195.12, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "by doing that we have uh been as", "start": 12199.279, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "efficient as possible", "start": 12203.12, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "but there's a a point at which you just", "start": 12205.92, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "can't be more efficient when you have", "start": 12208.399, "duration": 7.521 }, { "text": "only one class and there's only 15 or 18", "start": 12211.2, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "students in that class. You just can't", "start": 12215.92, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "be any more efficient.", "start": 12217.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": ">> And one last question. When I look", "start": 12220.56, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "around the front range and again I see", "start": 12222.08, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "uh I believe we've had a long range", "start": 12224.88, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "planning process and we have been acting", "start": 12227.439, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "prudently and I as former treasurer I", "start": 12229.68, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "believe uh that we're uh we're", "start": 12232.319, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "exercising good stewardship of our funds", "start": 12234.16, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "and quite responsible from year to year.", "start": 12236.16, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "I see districts around Colorado that are", "start": 12238.399, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "spending down reserves and not making", "start": 12240.72, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "the changes that are necessary. Um, have", "start": 12242.64, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "we had to do that or are we avoiding", "start": 12245.439, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "that kind of short-term", "start": 12247.84, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "uh, you know, put off the pain for later", "start": 12250.239, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "stuff very much in the way we run our", "start": 12251.92, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "budget? It looks to me from my", "start": 12253.68, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "understanding that we've been fairly", "start": 12255.359, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "responsible and are not like, you know,", "start": 12256.8, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "spending reserves in order to get by and", "start": 12259.439, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "punt this down further.", "start": 12261.2, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "The um the analogy that I've used u", "start": 12263.84, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "multiple times over my 30 years in", "start": 12267.52, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "Boulder Valley uh is", "start": 12270.0, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "um shock absorbers, right? Are sort of", "start": 12273.279, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "the variability in revenues and", "start": 12276.64, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "expenditures from year to year. We're", "start": 12279.92, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "going to be hopefully", "start": 12282.239, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "uh 101", "start": 12284.8, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "or two or 3% of revenues and hopefully", "start": 12287.279, "duration": 8.881 }, { "text": "97 98 99% of expenditures because that", "start": 12291.6, "duration": 7.679 }, { "text": "can flip. We have uh shortfalls in", "start": 12296.16, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "revenues. Property taxes don't come in.", "start": 12299.279, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "We're projecting these, you know, a year", "start": 12301.6, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "out. Um, so that's the shock absorber", "start": 12303.68, "duration": 8.559 }, { "text": "that we can uh take a little bit of uh", "start": 12307.6, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "hotter weather, drier weather, colder", "start": 12312.239, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "weather, snowier weather, like and and", "start": 12314.8, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "adjust uh within the year. The reserves", "start": 12316.72, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "are those barrels full of water before", "start": 12321.04, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "you hit the wall when you're driving", "start": 12323.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "down the highway. You really don't want", "start": 12325.2, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "to run into them. Those are there for", "start": 12327.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "emergencies. Those are there for crisis", "start": 12329.279, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "situations. uh we didn't dip into", "start": 12332.0, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "reserves during uh the pandemic largely", "start": 12334.399, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "because there was a lot of federal", "start": 12338.239, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "resources, but like the reserves are", "start": 12339.92, "duration": 6.559 }, { "text": "there for truly emergency situations", "start": 12342.64, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "um that you want to hopefully plan", "start": 12346.479, "duration": 7.441 }, { "text": "around uh the um unknown unknowns or the", "start": 12349.6, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "known unknowns I think if we quote", "start": 12353.92, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "Donald Rumsfeld. Um, so, uh, reserves,", "start": 12356.08, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "you really don't want to spend down. Uh,", "start": 12360.64, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "reserves are part of the calculation for", "start": 12363.04, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "a district's credit rating, which is", "start": 12365.68, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "what you pay, uh, the interest rate on", "start": 12367.84, "duration": 6.639 }, { "text": "your debt. Uh, so if you have uh poor", "start": 12370.96, "duration": 8.56 }, { "text": "reserves uh or um uh not good financial", "start": 12374.479, "duration": 7.76 }, { "text": "stewardship, you'll have a a lower", "start": 12379.52, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "credit rating, so you'll pay more on", "start": 12382.239, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "your debt. Uh and uh we actually have a", "start": 12384.319, "duration": 5.841 }, { "text": "better credit rating than the state of", "start": 12388.56, "duration": 6.719 }, { "text": "Colorado. Uh so like all of those things", "start": 12390.16, "duration": 8.88 }, { "text": "uh um benefit the taxpayers in the", "start": 12395.279, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "district and the district overall from a", "start": 12399.04, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "consistency standpoint.", "start": 12401.68, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": ">> Okay. Board members. Um student exp I", "start": 12405.279, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "was anticipating getting through slide", "start": 12408.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "40 and then asking questions on the", "start": 12410.56, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "student experience. I wondered about do", "start": 12412.16, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "we need a comfort break before then or", "start": 12415.2, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "can we get to the everything before", "start": 12416.88, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "transportation discussion before we take", "start": 12419.92, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "a comfort break.", "start": 12422.479, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "We're going to keep going. So, we're", "start": 12425.92, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "going to segue into the student", "start": 12427.52, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "experience. There's a few different", "start": 12428.88, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "programs we'll discuss. We'll hold off", "start": 12430.8, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "questions until right before", "start": 12432.399, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "transportation and then ask all those", "start": 12434.0, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "questions about school age care and um", "start": 12435.6, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "learning environments, preschool, etc. I", "start": 12437.92, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "will turn it over to", "start": 12440.88, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "Dr. Neil Anderson.", "start": 12443.279, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, President Raj Paul. So", "start": 12445.04, "duration": 6.399 }, { "text": "throughout our approach to the proposal", "start": 12448.08, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "we've presented to you, it was built", "start": 12451.439, "duration": 4.081 }, { "text": "around ensuring a student learning", "start": 12453.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "experience and that was our foundational", "start": 12455.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "component.", "start": 12457.84, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "We've utilized this slide as an anchor", "start": 12459.92, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "to the learning experience challenges", "start": 12462.399, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "that many of our schools currently face,", "start": 12464.399, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "particularly when they operate less than", "start": 12466.08, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "200 students. And it's probably the", "start": 12467.359, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "second most used slide. If Mr. Price has", "start": 12469.2, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "the first most used slide, this is the", "start": 12472.319, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "one we have utilized a lot. I'm bringing", "start": 12474.479, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "it back because it does provide an", "start": 12477.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "important anchor for us and it allows to", "start": 12479.439, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "kind of talk about some of the", "start": 12482.56, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "components that were previously discuss", "start": 12484.08, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "discussed as well particularly around", "start": 12486.319, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "class size number as it's defined in one", "start": 12488.08, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "two three or more rounds and we've", "start": 12491.2, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "defined that round at 25 students as", "start": 12494.08, "duration": 6.399 }, { "text": "described before. Um, as we've stated,", "start": 12496.96, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "the majority of our schools in BVSD", "start": 12500.479, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "operate at two rounds or less. And that", "start": 12502.56, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "number of two rounds is set by the BVSD", "start": 12505.76, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "negotiated agreement with BVEA. I'll get", "start": 12508.64, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "into those numbers. Um, again, you can", "start": 12511.52, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "see them on the screen uh above you.", "start": 12513.6, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "Throughout my experience as a principal", "start": 12516.72, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "here in BBSD and in another school", "start": 12519.439, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "district, a network executive director", "start": 12521.84, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "here in BBSD, and now in this role, I've", "start": 12523.76, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "experienced efficiencies and", "start": 12525.68, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "inefficiencies around class sizes and", "start": 12526.88, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "the overall perception of capacity. What", "start": 12529.52, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "I know to be true is this. One round in", "start": 12532.239, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "multi-grade, though incredibly", "start": 12534.399, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "efficient, is incredibly hard. Um, it's", "start": 12536.479, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "hard on teachers, it's hard on parents.", "start": 12539.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "Even small two and three round schools", "start": 12541.04, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "create challenges for our overarching", "start": 12544.0, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "system because of budgetary", "start": 12546.239, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "inefficiencies or part-time staff.", "start": 12548.479, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "Though they feel and look good from the", "start": 12550.64, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "outside and if you're a parent in a", "start": 12552.64, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "small class um because um it's a two-", "start": 12555.12, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "round school maybe mid- teens low 20s", "start": 12558.56, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "that feels great but there are other", "start": 12561.359, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "challenges that come with that.", "start": 12563.04, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "Additionally, two round schools does not", "start": 12565.2, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "necessarily mean that they are the ideal", "start": 12568.239, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "number of students based on the", "start": 12570.16, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "recommended class size. So, our current", "start": 12571.439, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "classroom size maximums per negotiated", "start": 12573.12, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "agreement, as you can see in the blue", "start": 12575.359, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "box up there, are K126,", "start": 12576.56, "duration": 7.679 }, { "text": "23 29, and 4531 students. However, these", "start": 12578.96, "duration": 8.479 }, { "text": "are ideal numbers in an ideal world. We", "start": 12584.239, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "have schools that are mathematically at", "start": 12587.439, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "1.8 rounds, 2.9 rounds, and everything", "start": 12589.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "in between.", "start": 12591.6, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "We've had 1.5 round schools. That's", "start": 12593.52, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "considered a multi-grade environment.", "start": 12596.8, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "And in fact, this year we had identified", "start": 12599.279, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "14 multi-grade classrooms across seven", "start": 12601.359, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "schools. And if we do not act, it is", "start": 12604.56, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "projected that we'd again have at least", "start": 12606.8, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "14 multi-grade classrooms and the", "start": 12608.64, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "potential of up to 16 or more with the", "start": 12612.399, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "other additional potential that some", "start": 12614.72, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "schools might experience a couple", "start": 12616.8, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "multi-grade classrooms as well depending", "start": 12618.72, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "on the how their numbers translate over", "start": 12621.359, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "from year to year. The fact is the trend", "start": 12623.359, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "for the need for more multi-grade", "start": 12625.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "classrooms is continue to expand. While", "start": 12628.0, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "our proposal would eliminate the need", "start": 12630.0, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "for multi-grade classrooms, we have very", "start": 12631.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "few schools that are currently operating", "start": 12634.319, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "at the suggested classroom round", "start": 12635.76, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "structure. Most of our schools um see", "start": 12637.439, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "classroom sizes ranging from well below", "start": 12639.6, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "the suggested class sizes to above and", "start": 12642.56, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "that can even vary between schools and", "start": 12644.96, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "within the same schools. For example, if", "start": 12647.439, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "we currently have a grade level class of", "start": 12650.399, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "35, we say that that's too many students", "start": 12652.0, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "for one class. And so we break that into", "start": 12654.64, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "two sections. So it's seen as two", "start": 12656.72, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "teachers. Oh, two rounds, but that's", "start": 12658.88, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "actually 17 and 18 students. Likewise,", "start": 12660.56, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "we have a class size of 30 or 31. Um, we", "start": 12663.92, "duration": 7.359 }, { "text": "might say that is not too big and so", "start": 12668.08, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "we're going to have that to be one class", "start": 12671.279, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "um instead of two. This creates some", "start": 12673.84, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "significant challenges because our", "start": 12676.08, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "parents might be used to well previous", "start": 12679.04, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "year I had only 20 students in my class", "start": 12681.2, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "and now I have 31 kids in my class or a", "start": 12683.279, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "colleague across our network might have", "start": 12686.72, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "a friend that um is teaching a class of", "start": 12688.96, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "21 but they have 28 or 29 or 30 in their", "start": 12691.68, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "class. And so there's that constant", "start": 12694.399, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "comparison that happens. And those", "start": 12696.239, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "examples illustrate the breadth of", "start": 12698.319, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "difference that's found within our", "start": 12700.319, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "schools and within sometimes and often", "start": 12701.76, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "within the same school itself. In", "start": 12704.72, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "summary, our community interprets two", "start": 12707.12, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "rounds as two interprets two teachers as", "start": 12709.84, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "two full rounds, but our interpretation", "start": 12713.04, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "is that two full classes equals two", "start": 12715.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "rounds. And that's a really important", "start": 12718.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "distinction. When our class sizes range", "start": 12720.56, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "between the mid- teens and low30s, often", "start": 12723.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "within the same school, we create a", "start": 12725.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "system that's inefficient due to small", "start": 12727.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "class sizes while other classes feel", "start": 12729.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "really full and teachers and parents ask", "start": 12732.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "for additional teacher, additional FTE,", "start": 12733.92, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "additional supports, thus upping our", "start": 12736.16, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "overall budgetary components and costs.", "start": 12738.16, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "And without predictive and consistent", "start": 12740.72, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "class size ranges, we have a system that", "start": 12742.319, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "results in budgetary impacts, learning", "start": 12744.56, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "impacts, and teacher impacts. This", "start": 12746.8, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "proposal, as presented, eliminates the", "start": 12749.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "one- rounded multi-grade classrooms", "start": 12752.399, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "while strengthening our two, three, and", "start": 12754.0, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "potentially four round schools. It", "start": 12756.0, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "establishes consistent experiences for", "start": 12757.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "our student, staff, and communities", "start": 12760.319, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "across BBSD. Though there might be still", "start": 12761.6, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "some variability as students move", "start": 12764.08, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "through our system. Our goal is to", "start": 12766.239, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "decrease the variability and through the", "start": 12768.08, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "reduction of variability in our learning", "start": 12770.72, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "environments while establishing a better", "start": 12772.399, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "range of predictable class sizes. By", "start": 12774.399, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "doing this, we'll provide consistent", "start": 12776.479, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "learning environments. I'm going to pass", "start": 12778.239, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "it over now to our chief academic", "start": 12779.92, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "officer, Dr. Emma Herszog, that will", "start": 12782.479, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "talk about the impacts that have", "start": 12784.8, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "happened within these unpredictable", "start": 12786.64, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "classes and the impact of these sizes", "start": 12789.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "and rounds within our schools. Thank", "start": 12792.319, "duration": 4.761 }, { "text": "you.", "start": 12794.08, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, Dr. Neil Anderson. Um, the", "start": 12797.6, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "number of rounds per grade also impacts", "start": 12800.64, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "how we assign art, music, and PE", "start": 12803.12, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "teachers, otherwise known as what we", "start": 12805.359, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "call our specials teachers at", "start": 12807.279, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "elementary. When schools have smaller", "start": 12808.64, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "numbers of rounds, there are not enough", "start": 12811.279, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "total rounds in the building for a", "start": 12813.2, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "special teacher to be full-time in that", "start": 12814.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "building, and that specials teacher then", "start": 12816.96, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "needs to teach in multiple buildings to", "start": 12819.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "reach their full FTE. The graph on this", "start": 12820.8, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "slide paints a picture of the reality of", "start": 12823.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "travel for our specials teachers. And", "start": 12826.0, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "the headings on the graph are defined as", "start": 12828.0, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "follows. Traveling teachers are specials", "start": 12829.92, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "teachers who work at multiple schools to", "start": 12833.2, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "fulfill their assignment.", "start": 12835.439, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "Schools with traveling teachers are", "start": 12837.52, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "schools that have at least one traveling", "start": 12839.279, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "teacher, which impacts scheduling", "start": 12841.359, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "flexibility for the whole school.", "start": 12843.359, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "Split positions with no home teacher", "start": 12846.08, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "means that the that particular specials", "start": 12848.399, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "position is filled by multiple traveling", "start": 12850.479, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "teachers where none of them spend the", "start": 12852.56, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "majority of their time at that school.", "start": 12854.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "And so for key events like an art show", "start": 12856.8, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "or a musical production, there's no main", "start": 12859.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "or primary specials teacher in that", "start": 12861.439, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "building to lead and coordinate the", "start": 12863.52, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "event. So you can see the trajectory", "start": 12865.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "that we're on and where we will continue", "start": 12868.16, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "to go if we do nothing versus our", "start": 12870.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "projection should the resilient schools", "start": 12871.92, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "proposal pass. Should we continue on our", "start": 12873.52, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "current trajectory, we estimate that we", "start": 12876.479, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "will have 40 traveling teachers next", "start": 12878.64, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "year versus 18 with the resilient", "start": 12880.479, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "schools proposal. Should we continue as", "start": 12882.56, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "is, we estimate we will have 29 schools", "start": 12885.279, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "with traveling teachers versus 14 with", "start": 12887.84, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "resilient schools. And without any", "start": 12890.479, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "changes, we anticipate 12 split teacher", "start": 12892.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "positions for the coming school year", "start": 12895.52, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "versus zero with the resilient schools", "start": 12897.52, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "proposal. The reality is we are", "start": 12899.439, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "increasingly paying our teachers to", "start": 12902.08, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "drive and coordinate between buildings,", "start": 12904.0, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "not to teach and lead enriching", "start": 12906.319, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "experiences for students. And there are", "start": 12907.92, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "lots of missed opportunities for", "start": 12909.84, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "students that come with that.", "start": 12911.279, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "When our specialist teachers are", "start": 12915.12, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "assigned to multiple buildings, it makes", "start": 12916.56, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "a significant impact. First, it impacts", "start": 12918.16, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "efficiency. more of their day is spent", "start": 12920.8, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "traveling, setting up and cleaning up", "start": 12923.2, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and navigating administrative tasks like", "start": 12925.04, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "emails, schedulings and scheduling and", "start": 12927.2, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "procedures at multiple buildings. This", "start": 12929.279, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "means that less of their time is spent", "start": 12931.92, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "teaching and connecting with kids.", "start": 12933.68, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "Second, it impacts continuity. One of", "start": 12936.239, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "the amazing things about specials is", "start": 12938.64, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "that teachers have the opportunity to", "start": 12940.319, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "follow kids for six years throughout", "start": 12942.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "elementary school and build traditions", "start": 12944.08, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "and deeper longitudinal relationships.", "start": 12946.16, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "With a lot of traveling teachers,", "start": 12948.88, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "students have a different teacher each", "start": 12950.479, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "year, and those deep community", "start": 12952.16, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "connections and school-based traditions", "start": 12953.76, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "are harder to form.", "start": 12955.6, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "Third, it impacts flexibility.", "start": 12958.239, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "Currently, buildings often plan their", "start": 12960.72, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "schedules based on when staff members", "start": 12962.479, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "are available rather than what would", "start": 12964.319, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "truly work best for the school. This", "start": 12966.239, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "impacts master scheduling, but also has", "start": 12968.96, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "day-to-day impacts. If there's an", "start": 12971.2, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "assembly, a field trip, some type of", "start": 12972.8, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "testing, or a delayed start, there's", "start": 12975.52, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "just no room to adjust and students lose", "start": 12977.52, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "out as a result. Fourth, it impacts", "start": 12979.68, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "collaboration. Often, traveling teachers", "start": 12982.96, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "do not have any shared planning time", "start": 12985.439, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "with either the building staff or others", "start": 12987.2, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "who teach the same content at that same", "start": 12989.04, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "school. The lack of teacher", "start": 12991.12, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "collaboration often leads to disjointed", "start": 12992.88, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "student experiences.", "start": 12995.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "And fifth, it impacts student", "start": 12997.2, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "experiences beyond the actual art,", "start": 12998.88, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "music, and PE classes. It's much more", "start": 13000.72, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "challenging to provide special", "start": 13003.359, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "experiences like field trips, concerts,", "start": 13004.8, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "intramurals, art shows, field days, or", "start": 13007.12, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "clubs. As one example, we have an", "start": 13009.439, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "elementary school that used to have an", "start": 13012.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "afterchool choir, but when the music", "start": 13013.6, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "teacher began traveling, she was unable", "start": 13015.52, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "to keep that up and so it went away.", "start": 13017.52, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "Those types of examples are all over our", "start": 13019.84, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "district.", "start": 13021.68, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "The question becomes really what are we", "start": 13023.2, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "willing to fund and to what degree of", "start": 13025.359, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "benefit. We can keep patching things", "start": 13027.439, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "together for the next few years. But as", "start": 13029.68, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "you can see from the previous slide,", "start": 13031.439, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "eventually this will break and our", "start": 13033.279, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "system will become similar to having", "start": 13035.439, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "adjunct special teachers popping in to", "start": 13037.04, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "teach their class versus building a", "start": 13038.8, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "longitudinal specials program that fully", "start": 13040.72, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "enriches the student experience in all", "start": 13042.88, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "the ways we value and have come to", "start": 13044.96, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "expect. I'm going to pass it over to our", "start": 13047.04, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "executive director of special education,", "start": 13049.84, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "Michelle Brener, who will explain some", "start": 13051.359, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "of the benefits of the resilient schools", "start": 13052.88, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "proposal from the special education", "start": 13054.56, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "lens.", "start": 13056.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": ">> Thank Thank you, Dr. Harzog.", "start": 13057.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "Additionally, our students with IEPs", "start": 13060.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "will benefit from larger right-sized", "start": 13062.08, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "schools in a variety of ways across the", "start": 13064.16, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "continuum of services. We anticipate", "start": 13066.64, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "benefits both to inclusionary practices", "start": 13069.279, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "and for students benefiting from our", "start": 13071.92, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "intensive learning centers. Schools with", "start": 13073.84, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "larger numbers provide a benefit to", "start": 13076.239, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "staffing with increased frequency of", "start": 13078.56, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "service providers and resource teachers", "start": 13080.64, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "at a building. For example, an", "start": 13082.88, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "occupational therapist for a smaller", "start": 13085.6, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "school might only be assigned one day a", "start": 13087.439, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "week and assigned to multiple buildings.", "start": 13089.92, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "They are able to provide the necessary", "start": 13092.72, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "services for a student's IEP. However,", "start": 13094.479, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "they do not have an opportunity to be", "start": 13096.8, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "part of the school culture, collaborate", "start": 13098.8, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "with any real frequency, or have", "start": 13101.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "flexibility to reschedule if a student", "start": 13104.0, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "is absent that one day a week. In", "start": 13105.92, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "another example, most of the schools", "start": 13108.64, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "considered for closure and consolidation", "start": 13110.319, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "have only one full-time resource teacher", "start": 13112.56, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "and sometimes even just a half-time", "start": 13115.279, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "resource teacher to serve the mild", "start": 13117.68, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "moderate needs students uh K8.", "start": 13119.359, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "Once again, we always ensure that all", "start": 13122.88, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "IEP services are met. However, the", "start": 13124.399, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "ability to collaborate with colleagues", "start": 13126.88, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "and parents, flexibly group students,", "start": 13128.56, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "and overall support inclusionary", "start": 13131.12, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "practices has its limitations with this", "start": 13132.96, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "limited staffing. In a larger, more", "start": 13135.439, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "right-sized school, I noted that peer", "start": 13138.319, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "groupings for students is also a", "start": 13140.399, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "benefit. With more students with IEPs", "start": 13142.0, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "and more staff on site, we have a better", "start": 13144.72, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "ability to group students with peers who", "start": 13147.12, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "have similar needs, allowing for more", "start": 13149.12, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "tailored instructional groups for", "start": 13151.439, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "services provided both inside and", "start": 13153.359, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "outside of the general education", "start": 13155.439, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "classroom.", "start": 13156.88, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "For staff, increases in staff also", "start": 13158.88, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "provides more opportunities for", "start": 13161.12, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "collaboration. When you have two", "start": 13162.479, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "intensive programs at one site, you now", "start": 13164.479, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "have two specialized staff who can share", "start": 13166.64, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "expertise. We have heard for some time", "start": 13168.72, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "now how isolating it can be for that", "start": 13171.04, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "intensive teacher when there is only one", "start": 13173.12, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "intensive program at an elementary", "start": 13175.439, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "school without another intensive program", "start": 13177.52, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "teacher to collaborate with. Two", "start": 13179.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "specialized programs can also mean", "start": 13181.84, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "flexibility for PAR educators to", "start": 13183.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "collaborate between program needs and", "start": 13185.76, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "for professional learning opportunities.", "start": 13188.08, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "More collaboration between special", "start": 13190.64, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "education staff and general education", "start": 13192.399, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "staff benefits our students experience.", "start": 13194.88, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "Lastly, increased on-site staff means", "start": 13198.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "increased on-site support when needs", "start": 13200.479, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "arise. For example, at a smaller school,", "start": 13202.16, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "when a student elopes out of the", "start": 13204.96, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "classroom or building, there is limited", "start": 13206.64, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "staff for implementing a behavior", "start": 13208.56, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "response protocol. When you have a", "start": 13210.16, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "psychologist who is often the behavioral", "start": 13212.319, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "expert for a building for only one or", "start": 13214.399, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "two days a week or even just one", "start": 13217.92, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "resource teacher to implement such", "start": 13219.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "response plans, then resources become", "start": 13221.439, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "more stretched when behaviors arise.", "start": 13223.92, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "Similarly, with limited staff on site", "start": 13226.319, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "each day, smaller schools tend to wait", "start": 13228.16, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "for district specialists to come provide", "start": 13230.64, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "guidance and specialty support rather", "start": 13232.8, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "than having that guidance available and", "start": 13235.359, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "on hand each day. Increased special", "start": 13237.04, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "education staff available means", "start": 13239.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "increased on-site support and quicker", "start": 13241.359, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "response time when these and other needs", "start": 13243.2, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "arise. And I'm going to pass this along", "start": 13245.12, "duration": 6.44 }, { "text": "to talk about school age care.", "start": 13247.439, "duration": 4.121 }, { "text": ">> No, two slides. Um so", "start": 13253.6, "duration": 5.32 }, { "text": "priority of the board uh to at a minimum", "start": 13259.04, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "maintain uh and where practical expand", "start": 13262.239, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "uh our family support with our school", "start": 13267.04, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "age care program. Uh", "start": 13269.52, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "this is you know uh accomplished by uh", "start": 13272.96, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "increasing the capacity which is the", "start": 13276.96, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "licensed spaces uh increasing the number", "start": 13278.88, "duration": 6.399 }, { "text": "of qualified uh child care staff and", "start": 13281.84, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "also setting expectations on school", "start": 13285.279, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "facility use uh and the interaction with", "start": 13287.84, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "child care.", "start": 13290.96, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "Uh state licensing for child care spaces", "start": 13292.96, "duration": 6.479 }, { "text": "is very specific and very particular.", "start": 13296.16, "duration": 7.199 }, { "text": "Um, room contents cannot shift. Um, I", "start": 13299.439, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "mean this is down to the level of", "start": 13303.359, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "scissors can't be left out on a table or", "start": 13306.08, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "uh hand sanitizer can't be left out uh", "start": 13309.52, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "if the space is to be used for child", "start": 13312.399, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "care. Uh last minute changes uh cannot", "start": 13314.8, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "occur because the spaces are licensed uh", "start": 13318.239, "duration": 6.481 }, { "text": "not the whole building. Um typical", "start": 13321.6, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "hiring for our SAC employees uh over the", "start": 13324.72, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "summer uh just to maintain existing", "start": 13328.56, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "seats is about 15 uh staff members uh", "start": 13331.04, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "due to just annual turnover. U the", "start": 13334.479, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "expansion of of the program will require", "start": 13338.56, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "hiring two to three times as many staff", "start": 13342.479, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "uh to uh sort of maximize uh what we", "start": 13345.68, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "have. Uh this will be challenging", "start": 13348.72, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "certainly but uh efforts are currently", "start": 13351.2, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "underway. Uh we're hiring in a pool", "start": 13353.359, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "situation. So instead of for specific", "start": 13356.239, "duration": 7.361 }, { "text": "locations uh it's uh becoming a district", "start": 13359.04, "duration": 7.84 }, { "text": "sack employee that will get assigned. Um", "start": 13363.6, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "and as we reduce uh available spaces uh", "start": 13366.88, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "with the number of buildings uh the", "start": 13370.56, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "programming, the planning and the", "start": 13372.72, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "scheduling will be critical to a", "start": 13374.479, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "successful expansion. uh of our school", "start": 13376.88, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "age care child care program.", "start": 13380.16, "duration": 8.96 }, { "text": "So um this slide is uh intended to sort", "start": 13384.0, "duration": 8.88 }, { "text": "of illustrate um the specificity that I", "start": 13389.12, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "mentioned uh regarding the child care", "start": 13392.88, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "licensing. Um the space is literally", "start": 13395.279, "duration": 7.441 }, { "text": "measured. Um there are strict student", "start": 13399.12, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "staff ratios. So these are not things", "start": 13402.72, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "that the district gets to set as a 1:15", "start": 13405.04, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "uh staffto student ratio.", "start": 13408.88, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "Um there's defined separate spaces. So", "start": 13411.52, "duration": 8.08 }, { "text": "these uh concepts of pods uh are are set", "start": 13414.72, "duration": 8.8 }, { "text": "and you have to identify in a space in", "start": 13419.6, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "the cafeteria which pod is in which area", "start": 13423.52, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "of the cafeteria. Uh and the students", "start": 13426.96, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "cannot intermingle. Um it's it's kind of", "start": 13429.6, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "bizarre. um when you think these", "start": 13432.399, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "students are doing all day and then go", "start": 13434.96, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "into child care uh and that have these", "start": 13438.399, "duration": 6.641 }, { "text": "ridiculous rules in place. Um", "start": 13441.279, "duration": 6.481 }, { "text": "so uh this this expansion of the", "start": 13445.04, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "capacity will be specific and thoughtful", "start": 13447.76, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "u and is currently u", "start": 13450.56, "duration": 6.44 }, { "text": "underway", "start": 13454.0, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "following the threat of child care", "start": 13458.319, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": "licensing. Just a little more", "start": 13460.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "information about preschool. Um, as we", "start": 13461.6, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "shared previously, all preschool", "start": 13463.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "locations for the 2728 school year will", "start": 13465.52, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "be announced on October 1st. And", "start": 13468.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "adjusting preschool locations has", "start": 13470.399, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "additional complexities that require", "start": 13472.16, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "more time. Every year we make some", "start": 13473.92, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "adjustments to our preschool locations", "start": 13476.399, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "based on demand. Moving locations is not", "start": 13478.16, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "new. However, every time we move a", "start": 13480.399, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "preschool location, there are variety of", "start": 13482.8, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "factors that we need to consider for", "start": 13484.56, "duration": 3.919 }, { "text": "each individual adjustment. space", "start": 13486.239, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "available, licensing of indoor spaces,", "start": 13488.479, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "licensing of outdoor spaces, feedback", "start": 13490.8, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "from building principles, and then", "start": 13492.88, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "matching all of that with the needs of", "start": 13494.239, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "the local community. Thanks to our", "start": 13495.76, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "preschool liaison who work in every area", "start": 13498.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "of our district, we're connected with", "start": 13500.239, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "family needs at the individual and group", "start": 13501.84, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "level by each region. Because our", "start": 13504.08, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "resilient schools proposal was not", "start": 13506.88, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "predetermined once the recommendation", "start": 13508.479, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "was finalized, we needed more time to", "start": 13510.319, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "take all needed preschool and licensing", "start": 13512.399, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "appropriate next steps to ensure we", "start": 13514.56, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "proceed in the best way possible for", "start": 13516.88, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "families. Maintaining preschool in each", "start": 13518.56, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "region is a priority and our preschool", "start": 13521.279, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "community liaison will work directly", "start": 13523.199, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "with individual returning preschool", "start": 13525.04, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "families who are impacted to support", "start": 13526.88, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "with their next steps. I'm going to pass", "start": 13528.64, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "it to Well, we'll pause for questions", "start": 13530.96, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and I will pause for questions.", "start": 13533.199, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": ">> Just to jump in, we have separate", "start": 13534.96, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "licenses for child care and preschool in", "start": 13537.04, "duration": 6.239 }, { "text": "the same building.", "start": 13540.8, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "So, that's how complex it is.", "start": 13543.279, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": ">> And there were some there were a few", "start": 13545.68, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "bills last year that we supported to try", "start": 13547.279, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "to make that um delineation", "start": 13549.439, "duration": 7.601 }, { "text": "easier for us and our families. Dr. Did", "start": 13553.439, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "you want to say something before I", "start": 13557.04, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": ">> ju just just to reiterate the point? Um", "start": 13558.399, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "you know it's it's hard right because", "start": 13561.199, "duration": 4.801 }, { "text": "we're community facing and we want to be", "start": 13563.04, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "accommodating to the extent that we can", "start": 13566.0, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "especially around school age care. We", "start": 13568.08, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "know how many two you know um families", "start": 13569.84, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "with two parents that are working and", "start": 13572.72, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "and their needs around school age care.", "start": 13574.16, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "We understand that and we understand the", "start": 13576.08, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "needs for preschool. um you know uh and", "start": 13578.399, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "board members I will remind you I pushed", "start": 13581.92, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "back against the both of these things um", "start": 13584.16, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "in addition to 1448 as as an advocate", "start": 13587.92, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "for the school district. Uh but it can", "start": 13590.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "be tricky because as a parent you'd", "start": 13592.88, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "think, oh just one more kid or two more", "start": 13595.52, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "kids and then the the consequences of", "start": 13597.439, "duration": 7.281 }, { "text": "the spot site visits, right? Um become", "start": 13600.56, "duration": 5.839 }, { "text": "very significant. Board members, for", "start": 13604.72, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "those of you that were paying attention,", "start": 13606.399, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "I think it was back in 2019 2020 when we", "start": 13608.08, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "had to take all of this in house. we", "start": 13611.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "were partnering with the YMCA at that", "start": 13613.279, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "point that was providing services in our", "start": 13614.88, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "schools and the constant citations and", "start": 13616.8, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "violations and issues there. Um, and so", "start": 13619.68, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "I think we've done a good job of", "start": 13622.72, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "stabilizing the program. Um, but", "start": 13624.0, "duration": 6.399 }, { "text": "licensing the spaces, hiring the people,", "start": 13626.56, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "it's just a a complexity. Uh, we're up", "start": 13630.399, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "for the task, but uh we can't grow to", "start": 13632.96, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "the needs of our community. We are", "start": 13635.199, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "limited to the spaces that we have to", "start": 13636.72, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "grow these programs.", "start": 13638.479, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, Dr. Rob. Anderson. Uh board", "start": 13641.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "members, who would like to begin? I", "start": 13644.479, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "know, um Jason and Deianne both had a", "start": 13645.92, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "question earlier that I asked you to", "start": 13648.0, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "hold on to until we got to this point in", "start": 13649.359, "duration": 3.201 }, { "text": "the presentation. So maybe I will start", "start": 13651.199, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "with the two of you and then move on to", "start": 13652.56, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "other board members that may have", "start": 13654.479, "duration": 4.121 }, { "text": "questions.", "start": 13655.6, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> Um yeah, my question and thanks to that", "start": 13660.16, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "really appreciate uh all that", "start": 13662.399, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "information. Um, I have some additional", "start": 13664.239, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "questions that came up, but I'll start", "start": 13666.479, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "with the special education question that", "start": 13668.0, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "we talked about. Just, you know, I think", "start": 13669.92, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "we've talked about it previously in the", "start": 13671.68, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "budget section and what it means", "start": 13673.12, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "dollar-wise. I just want to get a sense", "start": 13674.64, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "and obviously you talked about all the", "start": 13676.72, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "high all the benefits of, you know,", "start": 13677.76, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "combined programs and additional", "start": 13679.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "staffing and just larger schools. Um,", "start": 13681.12, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "but what what are we talking about when", "start": 13683.92, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "in terms like when we're talking about", "start": 13685.359, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "a, you know, standing up a new site at a", "start": 13686.72, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "new location that didn't previously have", "start": 13689.199, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "it? you know, you know, Rob went into", "start": 13690.88, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "kind of the logistics of construction,", "start": 13692.72, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "but what does that look like? Do you", "start": 13694.72, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "have any major concerns about some of", "start": 13696.319, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "these uh potentially new locations? Um,", "start": 13698.239, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "I think just what what is the what will", "start": 13702.56, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "like students kind of exp will their", "start": 13704.479, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "experience be different? Will it um", "start": 13706.96, "duration": 7.279 }, { "text": "hopefully not um decrease, but like you", "start": 13711.439, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "know what what are we what are we", "start": 13714.239, "duration": 2.321 }, { "text": "looking at when it comes to this", "start": 13715.359, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "transition?", "start": 13716.56, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. And thank you for waiting.", "start": 13718.479, "duration": 7.041 }, { "text": "Um so standing up new sites is not new.", "start": 13721.76, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "This is my 16th year here and we have", "start": 13725.52, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "opened new programs. We've moved new", "start": 13728.72, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "programs. We have learned a lot um often", "start": 13731.04, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "by doing that well and sometimes by", "start": 13734.8, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "doing it not well unfortunately. Um so", "start": 13737.199, "duration": 6.481 }, { "text": "we are working from um as Dr. Miller had", "start": 13740.239, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "had shared earlier, you know, checklist", "start": 13743.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "of things that work well that we've", "start": 13745.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "learned over time from from doing this.", "start": 13747.6, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "Um, I'm really honored that our", "start": 13750.08, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "community has come out and said we love", "start": 13752.64, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "our programs at the schools that are", "start": 13754.479, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "there. I think I take that as a real", "start": 13756.0, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "positive. Um, we we want to work with", "start": 13758.239, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "our communities at each of these", "start": 13761.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "schools. And so I want to start by", "start": 13763.199, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "saying one of the things that we've done", "start": 13765.68, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "um the day after the proposals was the", "start": 13768.239, "duration": 6.481 }, { "text": "proposal was announced is um we did a", "start": 13771.199, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "couple of things. My department the", "start": 13774.72, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "directors of my department and I called", "start": 13776.72, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "parents of uh students in the intensive", "start": 13778.96, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "learning center programs the ICANS", "start": 13782.319, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "autism programs who would be potentially", "start": 13784.08, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "impacted. We called each of those", "start": 13786.479, "duration": 6.081 }, { "text": "parents um between 70 and 80 parents. We", "start": 13788.8, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "had a just a couple we didn't get in", "start": 13792.56, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "touch with. Um so that's why I say", "start": 13794.239, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "between 70 and 80 and we spoke with them", "start": 13796.0, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "directly. We said did you hear the board", "start": 13798.64, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "meeting? You know did what did you", "start": 13800.319, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "understand from the proposal? We wanted", "start": 13802.239, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "to talk with them and make sure they", "start": 13803.92, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "understood directly from us what the", "start": 13805.439, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "proposal meant for their child. Answer", "start": 13808.319, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "their questions. Um hear from them", "start": 13810.64, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "directly. um and and um make sure they", "start": 13813.04, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "knew that we would call them back", "start": 13817.84, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "directly so that they knew what when the", "start": 13819.6, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "decisions were made, what that would", "start": 13823.199, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "mean for their child, if they had a", "start": 13824.96, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "direct concern about a particular", "start": 13827.12, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "location, what the options might be for", "start": 13828.96, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "their child. Um because with any", "start": 13831.04, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "location decision for a child, um at", "start": 13834.16, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "times we can honor some differences for", "start": 13837.04, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "that family and that child. Um, so most", "start": 13839.279, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "of our families um are ready to work", "start": 13842.319, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "with us on that decision. They", "start": 13845.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "understand the decision if that's what's", "start": 13847.68, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "made. Um, and and they gave us some", "start": 13849.6, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "feedback. So, we have a couple of", "start": 13852.56, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "schools that those parents said, \"Hey,", "start": 13853.84, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "for this school and this community, we", "start": 13856.88, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "we are interested in how we can develop", "start": 13858.64, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "that culture from this school to this", "start": 13861.12, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "school. Can we have a parent steering", "start": 13862.8, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "committee?\" Yes, let's do that. So, we", "start": 13864.64, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "took a lot of their feedback and we're", "start": 13867.04, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "working with them um not only on that", "start": 13868.96, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "checklist of things that we usually do", "start": 13871.279, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "like school tours with the families and", "start": 13873.04, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "meet and greets like the things that we", "start": 13875.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "know that work over time as we move in", "start": 13877.359, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "open programs. Um but what are the", "start": 13879.52, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "things for the unique individual", "start": 13881.84, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "programs at that school as we move it", "start": 13884.56, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "the communities um and what those", "start": 13887.439, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "families and ultimately as we start to", "start": 13889.76, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "talk to students what will the students", "start": 13891.6, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "want us to do because their input is", "start": 13893.199, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "important important their voice is", "start": 13895.439, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "important we haven't gotten to that yet", "start": 13898.319, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "because I think it's important that", "start": 13900.0, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "those decisions are made before we speak", "start": 13901.199, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "to the students but we heard that from", "start": 13902.96, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "the parents um we're talking to them and", "start": 13905.199, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "we said we will call you back we want to", "start": 13907.52, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "talk to you directly", "start": 13909.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "The other thing we did that next morning", "start": 13911.12, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "um before we talked to the parents was", "start": 13913.84, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "we offered a meeting directly with the", "start": 13915.68, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "intensive learning center teachers", "start": 13918.399, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "um and it was optional. It was during a", "start": 13921.199, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "late start. We didn't say you have to be", "start": 13923.6, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "here but we offered to speak with them", "start": 13925.359, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "before we called the parents so that", "start": 13927.279, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "they understood the proposal. They", "start": 13929.199, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "understood the potential impact and and", "start": 13931.6, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "they came with all levels of questions", "start": 13934.479, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "and all levels of emotions but they were", "start": 13936.56, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "really grateful. So, I want to say that", "start": 13939.12, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "that was that was the thing we heard the", "start": 13941.199, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "most both from the parents and the", "start": 13944.399, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "teachers was just being grateful that", "start": 13946.56, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "they got to have that direct", "start": 13949.04, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "communication and that they could ask", "start": 13950.399, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "direct questions and understand directly", "start": 13953.279, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "from our department. Um, uh, and also", "start": 13956.08, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "grateful for the feedback, the time to", "start": 13959.279, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "give direct feedback with us.", "start": 13961.359, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "That wasn't a direct response to your", "start": 13964.479, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "question, but I feel like it was", "start": 13966.319, "duration": 2.561 }, { "text": "important to put out in the space right", "start": 13967.279, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "away. Um, so the things that we do to", "start": 13968.88, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "stand up a new site, we have that sort", "start": 13972.64, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "of checklist of things that work. Again,", "start": 13974.319, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "walkthroughs with families, invite you", "start": 13976.479, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "to a tour, walkthroughs with the", "start": 13978.239, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "principal. So, we're already thinking", "start": 13980.16, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "about dates that those could happen,", "start": 13982.0, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "looking at the space of the site. Um we", "start": 13985.04, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "have um back to the thinking about the", "start": 13988.64, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "spaces and the dollars set aside for uh", "start": 13992.72, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "facilities, right? We have standard", "start": 13996.08, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "procedures um specifications for each", "start": 13998.399, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "program. We know an IAN program needs to", "start": 14001.52, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "have a calming space. We know um every", "start": 14004.239, "duration": 7.441 }, { "text": "program needs to have a sensory space.", "start": 14008.16, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "We know each program has to have a", "start": 14011.68, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "classroom with a certain amount of space", "start": 14013.439, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "for the students. Each of those", "start": 14015.12, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "specifications are already being thought", "start": 14017.04, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "about for each buildings. So that's part", "start": 14018.8, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "of standing up a new site. The list goes", "start": 14020.64, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "on. I won't go through every little", "start": 14022.64, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "detail. And then for each of these, then", "start": 14024.08, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "again, we're talking with families.", "start": 14026.56, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "We're talking with teachers. What are", "start": 14028.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "the things in addition to the standard", "start": 14030.0, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "kinds of things that are unique to your", "start": 14031.92, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "school and your school culture and your", "start": 14035.199, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "community? Because what we know we want", "start": 14038.239, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "to do is lift up that program. and", "start": 14040.56, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "what's special about that program and", "start": 14043.439, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "move it with the school in the program.", "start": 14046.239, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "I'm working right now with our human", "start": 14049.04, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "resources on also how quickly and how", "start": 14051.359, "duration": 6.481 }, { "text": "much can we commit to moving this staff.", "start": 14054.8, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "Um, and I think we can make some real", "start": 14057.84, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "quick commitments to that because um,", "start": 14059.92, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "and I say that because I'm speaking with", "start": 14062.319, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "human resources about it. Um, because", "start": 14064.319, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "that is the plan to move the program and", "start": 14067.359, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "as much of the staff as possible because", "start": 14070.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "that that that's what's going to make", "start": 14072.72, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "this transition work for our students in", "start": 14074.88, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "these programs. having the culture,", "start": 14076.8, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "having the staff as much as possible", "start": 14080.16, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "move with them. Um because the", "start": 14082.8, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "consistency, the culture, not just the", "start": 14086.16, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "space, right? Not just the name of the", "start": 14089.6, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "program. So those are some of the things", "start": 14091.359, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "that standing up a new site means. And", "start": 14093.68, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "because of those things, I don't have", "start": 14096.239, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "the concerns with the new new locations.", "start": 14098.399, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "We also have had a lot of opportunity to", "start": 14101.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "talk in pre-planning about the specific", "start": 14103.84, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "locations that were selected to make", "start": 14106.56, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "sure they're very inclusive, that they", "start": 14108.72, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "have strong leaders, like all the things", "start": 14110.88, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "that you would desire in those new", "start": 14112.56, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "locations, not again, not just the", "start": 14114.16, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "space.", "start": 14116.64, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "Um, and to ensure that the student", "start": 14118.239, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "experience is is going to be strong.", "start": 14119.68, "duration": 8.12 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, thanks very much, Michelle.", "start": 14123.92, "duration": 3.88 }, { "text": "Um, what about two I have two questions.", "start": 14130.239, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "One is uh the 10 families that you", "start": 14132.8, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "talked about that you haven't reached.", "start": 14135.279, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "Should they reach out to you if they're", "start": 14138.08, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "listening to this?", "start": 14139.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": ">> I would love for any family to reach out", "start": 14141.359, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "um please. Um we one of the things that", "start": 14144.08, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "we also uh did in our things that we've", "start": 14147.199, "duration": 4.961 }, { "text": "already done is we have on on the", "start": 14150.399, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "website there's a spot that says for um", "start": 14152.16, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "I'm not going to quote it exactly. I'm", "start": 14155.12, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "going to paraphrase for students with", "start": 14156.56, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "special needs. There's a little spot on", "start": 14158.0, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the website. Um, you know, there's click", "start": 14159.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "here and there's a drop down. We also", "start": 14162.0, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "have a parent liaison that any family", "start": 14163.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "can reach out to. She's been taking", "start": 14166.08, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "phone calls. Her name is Elizabeth", "start": 14167.6, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "Likenstein. Um, she's available. Give", "start": 14169.279, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "her a call. She can answer questions", "start": 14171.92, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "probably faster than I can. Um, so", "start": 14173.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "please give her a call. Send her an", "start": 14176.319, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "email. She'll call you back. Um, but any", "start": 14177.76, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "parent, please call her. Um, and and", "start": 14180.319, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "then also reach out to me. the parents", "start": 14183.279, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "we didn't reach, we have tried them", "start": 14185.199, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "multiple times and some of those", "start": 14187.199, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "families have reached out um in the", "start": 14189.04, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "interim both to me and to Elizabeth.", "start": 14190.8, "duration": 7.679 }, { "text": ">> Um my question is really about um maybe", "start": 14194.64, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "harder to reach families. How about all", "start": 14198.479, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "of our students who are on who have 504s", "start": 14201.12, "duration": 7.76 }, { "text": "and um the building that they're being", "start": 14205.279, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "moved to is is maybe not appropriate for", "start": 14208.88, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "them to deal with if they have ADHD or", "start": 14211.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "something?", "start": 14214.56, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": ">> Is that something that you can help", "start": 14215.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "families with?", "start": 14218.08, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": ">> Sure. Um well, I work closely with", "start": 14220.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "Shannon Numeare, who's our 504 uh", "start": 14222.16, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "coordinator, I think is her title. Um", "start": 14224.88, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "sorry Shannon if I got it wrong.", "start": 14227.04, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "Um so that's part of the facilities I", "start": 14229.76, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "think dollars that we were talking about", "start": 14232.0, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "on the earlier slide is um once", "start": 14233.439, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "decisions are made um already sort of", "start": 14236.319, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "planning time I think we've held time on", "start": 14239.6, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "the calendars just in case as quickly as", "start": 14241.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "possible after decisions are made to", "start": 14244.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "walk all the buildings um and say what", "start": 14245.76, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "are those things from a um adaptability", "start": 14249.04, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "standpoint because we know some of that", "start": 14251.84, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "will need to be done that's why dollars", "start": 14253.359, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "are earmarked um we know what the ADA", "start": 14254.8, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "rules are ADA a rules don't go far", "start": 14257.279, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "enough in many cases. So, what well, our", "start": 14260.16, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "buildings meet the ADA rules. So, what", "start": 14264.479, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "beyond that do we need to be thinking", "start": 14266.72, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "about? Um, and again, we would invite", "start": 14268.319, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "families to reach out that have concerns", "start": 14271.04, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "and let's talk to them about the", "start": 14272.64, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "concerns that they have so that we can", "start": 14274.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "we have time to problem solve those", "start": 14276.399, "duration": 2.561 }, { "text": "things that they have questions and", "start": 14277.92, "duration": 2.319 }, { "text": "concerns about.", "start": 14278.96, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": ">> I'm gonna let Dr. Anderson jump in here.", "start": 14280.239, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "Michelle, to clarify, um,", "start": 14282.479, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "within within parents and students who", "start": 14286.399, "duration": 5.281 }, { "text": "have 504 plans, do we have 504 plans", "start": 14288.399, "duration": 5.761 }, { "text": "that have building limitations, building", "start": 14291.68, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "design limitations within the language", "start": 14294.16, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "of a 504 plan where it wouldn't allow a", "start": 14296.64, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "student to go to their neighborhood", "start": 14299.199, "duration": 2.641 }, { "text": "school?", "start": 14300.8, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": ">> No. No. Um, in a 504 plan, you would", "start": 14301.84, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "have accommodations, right? So, it", "start": 14304.16, "duration": 4.079 }, { "text": "wouldn't have a building limitation,", "start": 14306.239, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "right? But it might have things like", "start": 14308.239, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "that they need to access like the an", "start": 14310.319, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "elevator, right? So to speak. Um it it", "start": 14312.64, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "would be those kinds of accommodations.", "start": 14316.399, "duration": 5.241 }, { "text": ">> Okay. Just wanted to clarify. Thanks.", "start": 14317.6, "duration": 4.04 }, { "text": ">> Jason and then Alex.", "start": 14322.479, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": ">> Um thanks. Uh I have a question, Bill,", "start": 14325.92, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "about sack. Um, I appreciate uh the", "start": 14328.08, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "complexity of the permitting and just", "start": 14330.96, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "uncertainty of it all, but particularly", "start": 14332.96, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "for the families that are in the", "start": 14335.12, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "proposed consolidations. You know,", "start": 14336.96, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "they've been there's questions. Are we", "start": 14338.56, "duration": 2.16 }, { "text": "going to be able to, you know, if", "start": 14339.84, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "there's 30 spots at one school and 30 at", "start": 14340.72, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "the next, can we guarantee 60 new spots?", "start": 14342.56, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "I know we sounds like we cannot do that", "start": 14345.439, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "at this point but what is there a point", "start": 14347.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "where we should be able to know more", "start": 14350.319, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "where we'll be able to provide some kind", "start": 14351.92, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "of um guarantee information commitment", "start": 14353.359, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "to families that you know we will have x", "start": 14357.12, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "number of spots or we should expect this", "start": 14359.68, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "I think that's you know obviously Dr.", "start": 14361.92, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "parents who talked about um you know for", "start": 14363.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "for families with two working parents", "start": 14365.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "this is a big consideration something", "start": 14367.92, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "you know we're providing information", "start": 14370.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "about preschools on October 1st. It", "start": 14371.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "would be great if there's a a set date", "start": 14373.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "or something we can put on the calendar", "start": 14375.84, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "to let families know you will know or", "start": 14377.92, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "have a a better sense uh of what to", "start": 14380.08, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "expect than we have right now.", "start": 14382.8, "duration": 10.08 }, { "text": "Uh guarantee is a strong word um to be", "start": 14386.72, "duration": 8.559 }, { "text": "able to say that we can guarantee", "start": 14392.88, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "something um because a lot of it will", "start": 14395.279, "duration": 9.521 }, { "text": "rely on that uh result of combining and", "start": 14399.92, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "open enrollment uh and the spaces", "start": 14404.8, "duration": 6.519 }, { "text": "available. Um", "start": 14407.12, "duration": 4.199 }, { "text": "we are working starting to work with uh", "start": 14411.68, "duration": 9.679 }, { "text": "the u licensing staff to", "start": 14416.399, "duration": 9.281 }, { "text": "uh relook at the spaces, reme-measure", "start": 14421.359, "duration": 8.08 }, { "text": "uh um uh look at new spaces that haven't", "start": 14425.68, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "been used. Uh and this is where some of", "start": 14429.439, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "the challenge with uh resetting", "start": 14431.84, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "expectations with uh building staff um", "start": 14434.08, "duration": 8.399 }, { "text": "and the community of what some spaces", "start": 14437.84, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "have been used for. Uh and if we're", "start": 14442.479, "duration": 5.041 }, { "text": "going to uh identify them as licensed", "start": 14444.96, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "child care spaces, uh they won't be able", "start": 14447.52, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "to be used for what they may have been", "start": 14450.72, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "in the past. Um", "start": 14452.72, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "we run our lottery uh after open", "start": 14455.68, "duration": 6.799 }, { "text": "enrollment. Uh so that will help uh to", "start": 14459.12, "duration": 7.6 }, { "text": "some extent um identify you know where", "start": 14462.479, "duration": 7.601 }, { "text": "uh the uh resulting", "start": 14466.72, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "effects of of choice enrollment uh fall", "start": 14470.08, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "out. Um", "start": 14473.68, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "the hiring will be the greatest", "start": 14476.96, "duration": 6.399 }, { "text": "challenge. Uh these are all part-time", "start": 14480.0, "duration": 8.72 }, { "text": "jobs. Uh they are um highly qualified.", "start": 14483.359, "duration": 9.04 }, { "text": "they have to have specific um", "start": 14488.72, "duration": 8.4 }, { "text": "qualifications and lenture. Um and uh", "start": 14492.399, "duration": 9.281 }, { "text": "while we do have that uh annual turnover", "start": 14497.12, "duration": 7.84 }, { "text": "uh we um", "start": 14501.68, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "have to really work hard at maintaining", "start": 14504.96, "duration": 6.479 }, { "text": "that. So to the extent that a uh two", "start": 14507.279, "duration": 7.841 }, { "text": "buildings are merging and the two", "start": 14511.439, "duration": 8.081 }, { "text": "buildings have uh sack programs in them,", "start": 14515.12, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "there are staff available uh to be able", "start": 14519.52, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "to move over. So that uh uh helps uh in", "start": 14522.16, "duration": 7.6 }, { "text": "a significant way. Um to be able to", "start": 14525.84, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "expand beyond that and clear weight", "start": 14529.76, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "lists is where some of the challenge uh", "start": 14532.56, "duration": 7.839 }, { "text": "comes. uh we are um putting a priority", "start": 14535.76, "duration": 9.519 }, { "text": "in place or um and we used this uh when", "start": 14540.399, "duration": 8.88 }, { "text": "the boundary changes were implemented a", "start": 14545.279, "duration": 9.681 }, { "text": "year ago um to give reszoned families", "start": 14549.279, "duration": 8.241 }, { "text": "the that are in the program that", "start": 14554.96, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "returning uh status. So, um that's a", "start": 14557.52, "duration": 7.28 }, { "text": "like if you're in the two schools and", "start": 14561.76, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "you're coming together, it's like you uh", "start": 14564.8, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "had been in those two schools um", "start": 14567.68, "duration": 6.559 }, { "text": "previously. Um, so in the spring when we", "start": 14569.92, "duration": 8.08 }, { "text": "get towards that uh uh lottery process", "start": 14574.239, "duration": 8.401 }, { "text": "for uh sack, we will have better answers", "start": 14578.0, "duration": 6.399 }, { "text": "uh than we do right now because again,", "start": 14582.64, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "you know, we can only start so much um", "start": 14584.399, "duration": 6.161 }, { "text": "before the decision has been made.", "start": 14587.92, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": ">> Dr. Anderson,", "start": 14590.56, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": ">> you know, board members, this is an", "start": 14592.239, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "example of why timing matters, right?", "start": 14593.6, "duration": 5.599 }, { "text": "the the um once you have your questions", "start": 14596.319, "duration": 6.241 }, { "text": "answered, once you um have heard from", "start": 14599.199, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "from our team, uh the answers to", "start": 14602.56, "duration": 5.919 }, { "text": "community questions, uh the faster uh", "start": 14605.199, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "and and and the the timeline just", "start": 14608.479, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "matters, right? Licensing is something", "start": 14610.479, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "outside of our control. Hiring processes", "start": 14612.239, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "take time. Um, so, uh, I just wanted to", "start": 14614.96, "duration": 6.319 }, { "text": "highlight, um, you know, why why does", "start": 14618.239, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "timing matter? In addition to the open", "start": 14621.279, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "enrollment timeline that you all are", "start": 14623.12, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "well aware of, which is why you moved", "start": 14625.12, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "this decision to the 22nd, that's not", "start": 14626.72, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "the only thing that's hanging on. The", "start": 14629.6, "duration": 4.799 }, { "text": "more time we have, the higher the", "start": 14632.08, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "likelihood we'll be able to deliver on", "start": 14634.399, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "things that folks really are counting on", "start": 14636.56, "duration": 5.719 }, { "text": "from the school district.", "start": 14638.64, "duration": 3.639 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Uh if I could I'd um go back", "start": 14643.68, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "to slide 35.", "start": 14647.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "Uh we've heard from the community that", "start": 14649.359, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "they are interested in various", "start": 14651.6, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "guarantees and I agree that with Bill", "start": 14653.199, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "that guarantees are really I I would", "start": 14655.68, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "never saddle future boards uh with", "start": 14658.399, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "guarantees of things that we can't", "start": 14661.199, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "deliver on and so if we did it'd be like", "start": 14662.56, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "oh I'm imagining I know what the budget", "start": 14664.56, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "from the state's going to be and I can", "start": 14666.64, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "imagine you know all these things that", "start": 14668.239, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "we can't control. So I think that's", "start": 14669.6, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "guarantees are basically dishonest. Um", "start": 14671.279, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "but I believe transparency is a", "start": 14674.72, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "commitment we can fulfill and so uh", "start": 14676.72, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "we've talked and our community has", "start": 14680.64, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "talked a lot about the things they value", "start": 14682.239, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "through that engagement process. So I'm", "start": 14684.08, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "glad to see like slide 35 and I I really", "start": 14686.319, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "uh I think it's incumbent on us as a", "start": 14690.64, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "district to develop a sophisticated", "start": 14692.399, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "system to track the implementation of", "start": 14695.279, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "the things that we're doing this for.", "start": 14697.199, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "And so I want to make sure that as we", "start": 14699.04, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "move forward over the next five or ten", "start": 14701.359, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "years that we keep track of the specials", "start": 14702.8, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "that are traveling to teachers in the", "start": 14705.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "split positions that people have really", "start": 14707.359, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "transparent data on class size and not", "start": 14710.0, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": "just class size but also I mean I would", "start": 14712.88, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "make two comments on the class size", "start": 14715.199, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "stuff. It's teacher salaries and class", "start": 14716.72, "duration": 5.679 }, { "text": "size are part of the same thing. Like if", "start": 14720.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "you only have a million dollars to pay", "start": 14722.399, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "for teacher compensation, you can pay", "start": 14723.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "teachers more if you have bigger class", "start": 14725.84, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "sizes and fewer teachers. And you can", "start": 14728.0, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "have bigger smaller class size if", "start": 14729.92, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "there's more teachers. And if the", "start": 14731.52, "duration": 2.32 }, { "text": "money's fixed, you have to pay them", "start": 14732.72, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "less. So like we we know we will want to", "start": 14733.84, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "have the smallest class size for the", "start": 14737.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "students benefits possible. We also have", "start": 14739.12, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "committed to honoring our professional", "start": 14741.6, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "educators uh in all those positions and", "start": 14744.16, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "so our ratios can be higher and those", "start": 14746.8, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "are trade-offs. But I do want to have", "start": 14749.439, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "the data that's transparent and I do", "start": 14751.279, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "think we should make a commitment to you", "start": 14754.08, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "know being able to report on class size", "start": 14755.6, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "on this part on traveling teachers and", "start": 14758.08, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "split positions and stuff and uh also on", "start": 14760.239, "duration": 6.401 }, { "text": "um like I I do want to see like I'm", "start": 14764.56, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "interested in making these changes so", "start": 14766.64, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "that we lose fewer students. So I'd", "start": 14768.319, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "really like to know about sort of you", "start": 14770.399, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "know the the metriculation patterns of", "start": 14771.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "how many students we're losing and if", "start": 14774.239, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "that goes up or down you know for making", "start": 14775.84, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "the experience better. Can you speak to", "start": 14777.439, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "that, Emma, or", "start": 14779.199, "duration": 2.641 }, { "text": "anybody?", "start": 14781.279, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": ">> I would say the specials part uh falls", "start": 14781.84, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "under academics and I can pass it over", "start": 14784.0, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "to Neil if he has anything to add um for", "start": 14785.68, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "for some of the class size um", "start": 14788.08, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "particulars. All of this work is the", "start": 14790.56, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "work of Aubrey Yay and I'm going to mess", "start": 14792.56, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "up her title, but she is specials fine", "start": 14794.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "performing arts PE extraordinaire and", "start": 14796.72, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "she's been tracking this data for a long", "start": 14799.04, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "time. Um and so continuing to track it", "start": 14801.04, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "in a transparent way won't won't be new", "start": 14804.72, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "for her at all. Um and we will just we", "start": 14806.88, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "will just continue to do that.", "start": 14809.439, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": ">> I would just say board members when when", "start": 14812.399, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "it comes to transparency that has been a", "start": 14814.399, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "value of this board and previous boards.", "start": 14816.64, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "It's the reason we have such clear", "start": 14819.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "dashboards and data on declining", "start": 14822.8, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "enrollment on on open enrollment. Um we", "start": 14825.04, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "have created and built out at the", "start": 14829.76, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "direction of the board I believe one of", "start": 14831.84, "duration": 4.479 }, { "text": "the most transparent systems in the", "start": 14834.64, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "entire country in terms of how our", "start": 14836.319, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "enrollment looks where it is month by", "start": 14839.04, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "month how many kids are coming in how", "start": 14841.68, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "many kids are leaving and board members", "start": 14843.199, "duration": 4.881 }, { "text": "you reviewed and approved that and so um", "start": 14845.279, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "anything that has to do with", "start": 14848.08, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "transparency would be in alignment um", "start": 14849.84, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "Alex with the values of this board and", "start": 14852.88, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "this this senior team uh and I do think", "start": 14854.72, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "that some some visibility into this", "start": 14858.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "class size and the variability and the", "start": 14860.88, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "consistency and the range. Um I think", "start": 14863.04, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "that that could be super helpful for", "start": 14865.68, "duration": 5.519 }, { "text": "sure. Um and to the extent that we can", "start": 14868.399, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "make that transparent and make that", "start": 14871.199, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "clear so the data is not confusing. You", "start": 14873.279, "duration": 4.241 }, { "text": "know sometimes because all of our data", "start": 14875.68, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "is dynamic and I think we've run into", "start": 14877.52, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "this over the course of the past week.", "start": 14879.279, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "you know, where you might somebody might", "start": 14880.8, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "by looking at because we're so", "start": 14882.479, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "transparent the enrollment numbers for", "start": 14884.479, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "last week and we may be using last", "start": 14887.12, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "year's October count because that's", "start": 14889.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "because we know and understand that", "start": 14892.08, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "there's a trend in data where the kids", "start": 14893.6, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "that are here today, we're going to have", "start": 14895.279, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "less kids in October and the ins and", "start": 14896.56, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "outs. So I think that we can be clear on", "start": 14899.359, "duration": 4.401 }, { "text": "the data points that we use, our sources", "start": 14901.68, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "and systems and um I will always support", "start": 14903.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "opportunities to be more transparent to", "start": 14906.64, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "build the trust in our community that I", "start": 14908.56, "duration": 5.4 }, { "text": "think is really really important.", "start": 14910.16, "duration": 3.8 }, { "text": ">> Yeah.", "start": 14914.56, "duration": 2.16 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. I wanted to turn to special", "start": 14915.04, "duration": 7.439 }, { "text": "education. Um uh I guess um I hear from", "start": 14916.72, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "parents of students with disabilities", "start": 14922.479, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "who are not always satisfied with our", "start": 14924.16, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "district's delivery or that do not", "start": 14926.08, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "always find that all the elements of", "start": 14928.56, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "their IEP have have been met. So um I I", "start": 14930.319, "duration": 8.241 }, { "text": "do believe that there's when we think", "start": 14935.04, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "about the work that starts after", "start": 14938.56, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "whatever decision we make, one of the", "start": 14940.399, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "big challenges for me is thinking", "start": 14942.08, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "through the quality of special education", "start": 14944.16, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "programming. I know from previous", "start": 14946.88, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "presentations that the placement of our", "start": 14949.279, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "ILC's and the balance of the I all the", "start": 14951.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "different types of ILC's has been taken", "start": 14953.76, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "into consideration. Um I do think uh", "start": 14955.6, "duration": 5.759 }, { "text": "that", "start": 14959.6, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "um our special education programs need", "start": 14961.359, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "to our schools need to be inclusive and", "start": 14963.199, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "welcoming and all the students are", "start": 14965.439, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "valued and there's a lot of tier one", "start": 14967.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "work that's not in our ILC's and I think", "start": 14968.88, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "we need to do intense transition", "start": 14971.92, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "planning and I would like to and I know", "start": 14973.92, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "you're going to speak to that later but", "start": 14976.239, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "I I think there are circumstances where", "start": 14977.92, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "the transition planning around students", "start": 14979.92, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "with disabilities is really key and it's", "start": 14981.439, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "not just about the ILC. So for like the", "start": 14983.279, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "Mesa parents I know who have celebrated", "start": 14986.0, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "the inclusive nature for narrow", "start": 14989.199, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "affirming care that they believe they're", "start": 14991.6, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "getting from Mesa, they think Bear Creek", "start": 14993.04, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "is not as good at that. Like the choice", "start": 14995.68, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "that they've made to be there instead of", "start": 14997.84, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "Bear Creek is based on the judgment,", "start": 14999.279, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "right? So I think to the extent Bear", "start": 15001.68, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "Creek is absorbing a lot of Mesa parents", "start": 15003.92, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "that includes a number of parents of", "start": 15006.16, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "kids who are neurodeiverse and have", "start": 15007.6, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "special needs and I want to make sure", "start": 15009.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "that the transition planning of Bear", "start": 15012.239, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "Creek is focusing on that challenge and", "start": 15014.56, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "I also think that that's an opportunity", "start": 15017.359, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "for the community to be engaged like I", "start": 15019.439, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "think the sack at uh Bear Creek I would", "start": 15021.359, "duration": 4.721 }, { "text": "challenge them to figure out you know", "start": 15024.319, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "what are they going to track in a", "start": 15026.08, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "school's UIP over the next 5 years to", "start": 15028.239, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "make sure that the school is fulfilling", "start": 15031.359, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "a transition to a a pretty universal and", "start": 15032.8, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "inclusive approach as well as what", "start": 15035.12, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "they're doing with their ILC's.", "start": 15036.96, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "Similarly for high peaks I mean I note", "start": 15038.88, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "that their rate of students with IEPs uh", "start": 15041.199, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "it's within our range but it's lower", "start": 15043.84, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "than uh average so like around 10%. So", "start": 15045.76, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "and we're around 14%. So as they are", "start": 15049.84, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "expanding to a new location, I would", "start": 15052.64, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "love to see them be challenged and to do", "start": 15055.6, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "program planning and transition planning", "start": 15058.64, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "that is designed around pursuing uh", "start": 15060.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "parody in their enrollment and that", "start": 15063.6, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "maybe that would be with an an ILC", "start": 15065.52, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "placed there. Um, but to the extent that", "start": 15068.319, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "they're going to grow and take a bigger", "start": 15070.88, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "responsibility in our district in a", "start": 15072.319, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "bigger building with an opportunity to", "start": 15074.08, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "grow, I want to make sure that that", "start": 15076.0, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "opportunity to grow is for all students,", "start": 15077.6, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "including the students with", "start": 15079.76, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "disabilities. Likewise, I know that when", "start": 15080.64, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "our students um with disabilities open", "start": 15083.6, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "enroll in this district, uh they don't", "start": 15085.84, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "get equal access to their choices um", "start": 15087.92, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "after enrollment in some circumstances", "start": 15090.399, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "because of the nature of their kids'", "start": 15092.56, "duration": 2.719 }, { "text": "disability and the way we administer", "start": 15093.84, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "that. So I'm I'm advocating that as we", "start": 15095.279, "duration": 6.801 }, { "text": "manage not just the transition planning", "start": 15099.04, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "the placement of the ILC's but also uh", "start": 15102.08, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "the work that we would do with", "start": 15105.6, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "principles and staff on sachs on UIPs", "start": 15107.76, "duration": 6.479 }, { "text": "and stuff that we are cognizant of how", "start": 15111.04, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "we're serving all kids and that as we", "start": 15114.239, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "create a new equilibrium of open", "start": 15116.479, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "enrollment amongst all these changes", "start": 15118.08, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "that we are providing to the maximum", "start": 15120.64, "duration": 4.559 }, { "text": "extent possible full access to our kids", "start": 15122.8, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "with disabilities. ities or other", "start": 15125.199, "duration": 3.841 }, { "text": "special needs or vulnerable populations", "start": 15126.64, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "and not having artifacts of what we do", "start": 15129.04, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "that lead to lack of par and access. And", "start": 15131.12, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "I think that that's organizational, but", "start": 15134.72, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "I also think it's instructional and", "start": 15136.8, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "leadership and school-based stuff. So,", "start": 15138.399, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "I'd be curious to hear what we can do um", "start": 15140.88, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "if this plan were to move forward as", "start": 15145.359, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "constructed to try to build to like", "start": 15147.12, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "greater parody it uh the new High Peaks", "start": 15149.279, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "and to reassure the parents going into", "start": 15151.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Bear Creek that this is planned with on", "start": 15153.6, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "their behalf of the students who have", "start": 15157.04, "duration": 4.84 }, { "text": "different needs.", "start": 15158.56, "duration": 3.32 }, { "text": "You", "start": 15162.0, "duration": 1.76 }, { "text": ">> shared a lot of things in there, so I'll", "start": 15162.239, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "try to touch on as many as I can. Um, I", "start": 15163.76, "duration": 6.719 }, { "text": "do think, um, first I want to say I I", "start": 15167.92, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "don't want to minimize the parents who", "start": 15170.479, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "have expressed concerns. I think there", "start": 15172.56, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "are real concerns and I I certainly know", "start": 15174.239, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "that not all of our families are pleased", "start": 15176.16, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "with the services their children are", "start": 15178.399, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "getting. I hear that all the time. I I", "start": 15179.92, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "know that that is true. I'm just also", "start": 15181.92, "duration": 3.279 }, { "text": "honored that parents have come out and", "start": 15183.6, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "said that they, you know, really do", "start": 15185.199, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "appreciate their programs and that", "start": 15187.12, "duration": 3.119 }, { "text": "they've come out and shared that in this", "start": 15188.72, "duration": 4.639 }, { "text": "process. Um so for some of the things", "start": 15190.239, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "that you have said I think we have", "start": 15193.359, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "prioritized the con the the needs for", "start": 15194.72, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "the students um with those intensive", "start": 15198.319, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "learning centers because I think as", "start": 15200.72, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "we've sort of analyzed um who is mostly", "start": 15202.239, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "impacted I think that's sort of the the", "start": 15205.439, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "acute need right on the the forefront of", "start": 15207.68, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "this um I think one of the values that", "start": 15210.08, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "we've had in this has been that if a", "start": 15213.12, "duration": 5.119 }, { "text": "school is going to to move or be", "start": 15215.92, "duration": 4.239 }, { "text": "consolidated or closed right that our", "start": 15218.239, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "students with disab disabilities are a", "start": 15220.159, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "part of that process, right? That they", "start": 15221.6, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "belong, that they're a part of that", "start": 15224.159, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "community and we're thinking of them as", "start": 15226.0, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "general ed students first. And so when", "start": 15227.76, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "you talk about that um that community", "start": 15230.159, "duration": 4.641 }, { "text": "again, we've been prioritizing the", "start": 15232.96, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "intensive learning center because I", "start": 15234.8, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "think sometimes they're um not just", "start": 15236.479, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "sometimes, I think in a lot of the", "start": 15240.0, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "conversations in a lot of other", "start": 15241.439, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "districts, it's been okay, the school's", "start": 15242.72, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "moving over here, the intensive learning", "start": 15244.479, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "center program is moving over here. So,", "start": 15246.239, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "a lot of our conversation has focused", "start": 15248.399, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "there and you you're asking a good", "start": 15250.159, "duration": 3.601 }, { "text": "question about but how are we also", "start": 15251.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "thinking about um maybe our students", "start": 15253.76, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "with mild and moderate needs. Um so I", "start": 15255.84, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "think that work is is absolutely a part", "start": 15259.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "of this. It needs to come and it hasn't", "start": 15262.0, "duration": 4.159 }, { "text": "been a lot of the work we've done yet. I", "start": 15264.0, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "think the things that we would be", "start": 15266.159, "duration": 2.24 }, { "text": "thinking about are just some of the", "start": 15267.359, "duration": 2.161 }, { "text": "things that you've said. How are we", "start": 15268.399, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "engaging sex? How are we engaging", "start": 15269.52, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "principles? How are we engaging", "start": 15271.359, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "students? I think student voice is", "start": 15272.64, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "important in this. um we haven't sort of", "start": 15274.319, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "laid out those plans. We haven't um", "start": 15277.359, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "thought as much about that. Um but I", "start": 15280.0, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "think that is important in this process", "start": 15283.199, "duration": 3.681 }, { "text": "for our sort of mild moderate resource", "start": 15284.88, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "level students. Um in terms of high", "start": 15286.88, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "peaks because you mentioned that", "start": 15290.08, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "specifically um their numbers are going", "start": 15291.52, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "to grow, right? And as we talked about", "start": 15294.64, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "today, I think that's what we anticipate", "start": 15296.96, "duration": 7.76 }, { "text": "with um this proposal. And so, um, by by", "start": 15298.72, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "that in and of itself, we have to be", "start": 15304.72, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "talking about what that looks like.", "start": 15306.72, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "Right now, they're a school who has very", "start": 15308.399, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "little special ed services because their", "start": 15310.239, "duration": 5.441 }, { "text": "numbers are small. So, part of the the", "start": 15312.56, "duration": 4.879 }, { "text": "plan for next steps. If we're planning", "start": 15315.68, "duration": 3.599 }, { "text": "for their numbers to grow as a school,", "start": 15317.439, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "we need to be planning for then what are", "start": 15319.279, "duration": 4.321 }, { "text": "the increases in services? What does", "start": 15321.76, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "that look like for students with", "start": 15323.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "disabilities? if you're increasing", "start": 15324.8, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "um the number of students with special", "start": 15328.08, "duration": 3.359 }, { "text": "needs, you need to have a plan for that.", "start": 15329.84, "duration": 4.399 }, { "text": "So, that has been in in the forefront of", "start": 15331.439, "duration": 5.681 }, { "text": "my mind if this is um the plan that goes", "start": 15334.239, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "through. Right now, they have a", "start": 15337.12, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "half-time specialed teacher. They need", "start": 15339.199, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "to have more special ed services with", "start": 15341.6, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "more students. Um so, there's a lot of", "start": 15343.359, "duration": 3.361 }, { "text": "discussion and thinking about what that", "start": 15345.439, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "looks like. They're going to then need", "start": 15346.72, "duration": 3.759 }, { "text": "to plan for more students with intensive", "start": 15348.159, "duration": 5.601 }, { "text": "needs. that is just as much work um as", "start": 15350.479, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "any other part of the plan that I think", "start": 15353.76, "duration": 3.519 }, { "text": "we're proposing. So I think that gets to", "start": 15355.439, "duration": 5.121 }, { "text": "the parody that you're thinking of. Um", "start": 15357.279, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "maybe not all the way there, but it's a", "start": 15360.56, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "part of the plan and process that we", "start": 15362.159, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "need to be thinking about. Um and and", "start": 15363.92, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "this is more district-wide. It's not", "start": 15367.52, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "necessarily part of the resilient", "start": 15368.88, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "schools, but I I think a lot about the", "start": 15370.0, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "parody of access and the work the", "start": 15371.52, "duration": 3.839 }, { "text": "board's been doing around um charter", "start": 15373.439, "duration": 3.441 }, { "text": "school agreements and things like that.", "start": 15375.359, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "So I think that is a part of the", "start": 15376.88, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "holistic work that we need to be", "start": 15378.319, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "thinking about as a district.", "start": 15379.84, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "Um I also just want to comment back to", "start": 15382.08, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "the the um sort of 504 thing we were", "start": 15384.08, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "talking about because I I think I missed", "start": 15388.239, "duration": 2.721 }, { "text": "the mark a little bit on the comments", "start": 15389.52, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "that I made and I just want to say", "start": 15390.96, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "because I think it relates to this um", "start": 15392.88, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "the I think what some of the families", "start": 15395.92, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "are maybe worried about is the open", "start": 15398.0, "duration": 5.439 }, { "text": "school concept for some of the the", "start": 15400.8, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "buildings that we're talking about. Um,", "start": 15403.439, "duration": 4.561 }, { "text": "so there is a piece of walking the", "start": 15406.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "buildings. There is a piece about", "start": 15408.0, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "thinking about access and what we need", "start": 15409.68, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "to do as we're designing space. Um,", "start": 15412.0, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "there is a piece about implementing", "start": 15415.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "students accommodations. Um, I think", "start": 15417.359, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "there is a piece about communicating to", "start": 15419.84, "duration": 3.439 }, { "text": "families that haven't been in those", "start": 15421.84, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "schools before because we've had", "start": 15423.279, "duration": 3.761 }, { "text": "programs in those schools. We've had", "start": 15425.04, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "autism programs with students with very", "start": 15427.04, "duration": 3.199 }, { "text": "intensive needs and they've been", "start": 15428.96, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "incredibly successful in open schools", "start": 15430.239, "duration": 6.321 }, { "text": "before. Um, and it's I think it's um I", "start": 15432.72, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "think families are right to worry if", "start": 15436.56, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "they haven't been in those schools", "start": 15438.64, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "before and we have lots of students", "start": 15439.92, "duration": 4.319 }, { "text": "who've been incredibly successful there.", "start": 15442.56, "duration": 2.879 }, { "text": "So, I'd love to talk with those", "start": 15444.239, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "families. We also have um options for", "start": 15445.439, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "school choice for families that don't", "start": 15448.72, "duration": 2.719 }, { "text": "feel like that's going to be the right", "start": 15450.239, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "fit. So, I think the conversations, the", "start": 15451.439, "duration": 4.481 }, { "text": "walkthroughs, the looking at what", "start": 15453.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "students are what are in the students", "start": 15455.92, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "plans to make sure that they are", "start": 15457.84, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "designed and appropriately fit. Um, and", "start": 15459.6, "duration": 3.679 }, { "text": "then also talking with families about", "start": 15461.92, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "what the choices are if they feel like", "start": 15463.279, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "that's not going to be the right fit", "start": 15464.88, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "because it's those things with sensory", "start": 15466.399, "duration": 5.201 }, { "text": "um, how how their sounds and sensory", "start": 15468.72, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "things work in those open concept", "start": 15471.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "schools that I imagine are the concerns.", "start": 15473.68, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "We know that works for many students and", "start": 15475.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "I can see those questions and how", "start": 15478.08, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "they're coming up.", "start": 15479.6, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, Michelle.", "start": 15482.0, "duration": 5.199 }, { "text": ">> Okay, board members, it is time for a", "start": 15484.56, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "comfort break. Lunch has also been", "start": 15487.199, "duration": 3.921 }, { "text": "served. Should you want to um grab a", "start": 15489.12, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "bite to eat, let's say 15 minutes. Does", "start": 15491.12, "duration": 6.159 }, { "text": "that sound 10 to 15 minutes to come back", "start": 15494.64, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "here? You're welcome to bring food.", "start": 15497.279, "duration": 2.561 }, { "text": "Staff likewise. If you would like to", "start": 15498.56, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "bring food back out, you um definitely", "start": 15499.84, "duration": 5.359 }, { "text": "can do that. So, we will um reconvene at", "start": 15501.6, "duration": 7.599 }, { "text": "roughly quarter after. Um but", "start": 15505.199, "duration": 7.321 }, { "text": "stay tuned.", "start": 15509.199, "duration": 3.321 }, { "text": "Welcome back everyone. Just as a", "start": 16722.639, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "reminder to the folks in the audience,", "start": 16724.879, "duration": 3.521 }, { "text": "try to keep conversations at a minimum", "start": 16726.719, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "and if you can't, please move yourself", "start": 16728.4, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "to the back of the audience so we can", "start": 16731.199, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "hear up here.", "start": 16733.439, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "With that, we will resume our", "start": 16735.359, "duration": 4.161 }, { "text": "conversations. Um, starting with", "start": 16737.279, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "transportation. I will turn it over to", "start": 16739.52, "duration": 2.0 }, { "text": "Rob Price.", "start": 16740.719, "duration": 3.281 }, { "text": ">> Perfect. Thank you, President Rushball.", "start": 16741.52, "duration": 5.279 }, { "text": "We still have 19 slides to go, so some", "start": 16744.0, "duration": 5.039 }, { "text": "of these uh I'll do a quick hitter on,", "start": 16746.799, "duration": 5.361 }, { "text": "but uh to answer board member Medler's", "start": 16749.039, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "question from earlier this morning, uh", "start": 16752.16, "duration": 4.719 }, { "text": "transportation survey results done in", "start": 16754.799, "duration": 5.521 }, { "text": "December of 25, we had 14,700", "start": 16756.879, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "respondents. 23% walk and bike to", "start": 16760.32, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "school. Uh 23% walk and bike to school.", "start": 16763.039, "duration": 8.721 }, { "text": "18% ride the school bus. 50% take the", "start": 16768.0, "duration": 8.24 }, { "text": "family car, 3% car pool, 4% RTD. I just", "start": 16771.76, "duration": 7.038 }, { "text": "want to say our 23% walk and bike is", "start": 16776.24, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "double the national average. That was a", "start": 16778.798, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "community priority. We heard through", "start": 16781.28, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "community engagement sessions and a", "start": 16782.718, "duration": 3.122 }, { "text": "priority of the board as we were", "start": 16784.48, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "developing our proposal. All right. So,", "start": 16785.84, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "I'm going to get into transportation.", "start": 16788.0, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "I'm going to ground us in board policy.", "start": 16789.52, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "Eligible students will receive", "start": 16791.44, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "transportation to the assigned", "start": 16793.12, "duration": 3.678 }, { "text": "neighborhood school. The eligibility", "start": 16794.48, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "criteria is elementary 1 and a half", "start": 16796.798, "duration": 6.642 }, { "text": "miles, middle school uh two plus miles,", "start": 16800.32, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "and high school 2 and a half miles.", "start": 16803.44, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "There were some comments at public uh at", "start": 16805.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the September 8th meeting, how is that", "start": 16807.6, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "measured? There's language on this slide", "start": 16810.48, "duration": 4.238 }, { "text": "also in board policy how that's", "start": 16812.958, "duration": 4.082 }, { "text": "measured. And then when we're going", "start": 16814.718, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "through some of these different", "start": 16817.04, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "attendance boundary adjustments, we'll", "start": 16818.718, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "talk about when there's a hazard, how is", "start": 16820.48, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "that applied and when does", "start": 16823.52, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "transportation become applicable. So, as", "start": 16825.2, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "we go to the next slide, I have included", "start": 16828.24, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "attachments for all of the attendance", "start": 16831.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "boundary adjustments. This first one", "start": 16833.28, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "being Cole. Again, I'm not going to get", "start": 16835.28, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "into the specifics of every single one", "start": 16837.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "unless you want me to. So, but I'm happy", "start": 16839.76, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "to if you need me to. Cole Elementary.", "start": 16842.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "This is showing Cole and Burch's", "start": 16845.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "attendance area combined. Students east", "start": 16847.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "of Main Street will receive", "start": 16850.0, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "transportation in this scenario. We", "start": 16852.0, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "considered Main Street a hazardous", "start": 16854.48, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "street. Even though we do have several", "start": 16856.24, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "biking, walking assets across there. You", "start": 16859.44, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "can see we have a traffic light with", "start": 16862.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "signals at Maine and Engle. Uh Maine and", "start": 16863.68, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "136. We have a new light at Maine and", "start": 16866.32, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "Marramont. We have a crosswalk at Maine", "start": 16868.16, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "and 14th. However, we are still uh", "start": 16870.16, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "providing transportation anyone that", "start": 16873.2, "duration": 5.518 }, { "text": "lives east of Main Street and attends", "start": 16875.28, "duration": 7.56 }, { "text": "Cole Elementary School.", "start": 16878.718, "duration": 4.122 }, { "text": "As we look at Elorado, this is the", "start": 16882.958, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "second uh proposed attendance boundary", "start": 16885.44, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "adjustments. Um as it pertains to Eldo,", "start": 16887.44, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "students north of Colton Road will", "start": 16890.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "receive transportation. And then as", "start": 16892.32, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "shown below, you can see all of the", "start": 16894.16, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": "different walking and biking assets that", "start": 16896.798, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "would allow students to walk and bike to", "start": 16898.878, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "El Dorado. Again, I'm not going to go", "start": 16901.36, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "through each one of these, but again, uh", "start": 16904.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "here is another one for Superior.", "start": 16906.16, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": "Students north of Vista Corridor Trail", "start": 16908.48, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "will receive a transportation.", "start": 16910.878, "duration": 4.322 }, { "text": "If you live in this area, you know where", "start": 16913.44, "duration": 3.438 }, { "text": "that exists. That is not shown on this", "start": 16915.2, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "map. And then again, all of the", "start": 16916.878, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "different walking and biking assets to", "start": 16919.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "Superior that would allow students to", "start": 16921.68, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "walk and bike safely uh to Superior", "start": 16924.08, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "Elementary. I'm going to stop there, but", "start": 16926.718, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "you can see we have included these for", "start": 16929.84, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "each one of the attendance boundary", "start": 16932.798, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "adjustments with specific language on", "start": 16934.878, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "the right hand side.", "start": 16937.6, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "I'm happy to address any questions, but", "start": 16940.958, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "I do believe this answers the board's", "start": 16943.44, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "comments at our August 25th meeting and", "start": 16946.08, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "then some of the community feedback that", "start": 16949.28, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "we re we have received since then.", "start": 16951.12, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": ">> Anna", "start": 16956.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "on and you spoke to this earlier on the", "start": 16957.52, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "congestion um from for the families", "start": 16961.04, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "driving from Birch to Cole. Um, and I", "start": 16965.04, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "know that you've spoken to um,", "start": 16967.68, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "Broomfield City Council and the city", "start": 16970.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "manager. Has there been, did they raise", "start": 16971.68, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "any um, sort of um, traffic congestion", "start": 16974.16, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "concerns? And can you also talk us", "start": 16977.76, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "through start times one more time?", "start": 16981.28, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": ">> Yep. Um, no, no one has mentioned uh,", "start": 16983.76, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "concerns with traffic congestion. We", "start": 16987.44, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "haven't got into that level of detail", "start": 16989.44, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "though with either the city manager or", "start": 16991.12, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "uh, the city and county of Broomfield.", "start": 16993.68, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "Um, looking at start times, elementary", "start": 16996.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "start times are at 7:50 in the morning.", "start": 16998.4, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "The high school starts at 8:35 and I", "start": 17001.04, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "believe Broomfield Heights Middle School", "start": 17004.08, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "starts at 8:45. I need to confirm", "start": 17006.0, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "Broomfield Heights Middle School, but we", "start": 17008.718, "duration": 3.442 }, { "text": "have enough separation between those", "start": 17010.32, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "bell times that will allow traffic to", "start": 17012.16, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "cue, leave, high school traffic to come", "start": 17014.798, "duration": 6.202 }, { "text": "in, etc.", "start": 17017.52, "duration": 3.48 }, { "text": "I appreciate the detail or the attention", "start": 17022.798, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "to detail on this and just like an", "start": 17024.958, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "emphasis for the community whenever", "start": 17027.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "there are hazards like safe routes to", "start": 17029.84, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "school has been around for a long time", "start": 17031.92, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "working with localities as different", "start": 17034.718, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "areas become more busy due to", "start": 17036.48, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "development or what have you trying to", "start": 17039.84, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "find safe passages for students and then", "start": 17041.84, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "when this district cannot if they cannot", "start": 17043.76, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "we do provide busing I think Broadway is", "start": 17047.12, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "a really great example We don't ask our", "start": 17049.28, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "youngest students to cross Broadway", "start": 17051.84, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "because it can be hazardous. Some places", "start": 17054.24, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "underpasses have been put in, some", "start": 17056.24, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "places underpasses have not been able to", "start": 17057.84, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "be put in. So like safe routes to school", "start": 17059.52, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "does a really great job working with", "start": 17061.6, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "family concerns, working with our", "start": 17063.36, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "transportation department, localities,", "start": 17066.16, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "and I would expect with this change, I", "start": 17067.76, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "mean like it's a wellestablished process", "start": 17070.638, "duration": 3.842 }, { "text": "to make sure our kids are getting to", "start": 17072.48, "duration": 5.238 }, { "text": "school safely.", "start": 17074.48, "duration": 3.238 }, { "text": "Millennium,", "start": 17078.638, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> thank you. Um, I", "start": 17084.32, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "appreciate slide number 47 where we", "start": 17087.92, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "address the students in Paul no", "start": 17091.68, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "neighborhood.", "start": 17094.56, "duration": 6.04 }, { "text": "um because they were", "start": 17096.4, "duration": 4.2 }, { "text": "within the walk zone for Douglas and I", "start": 17101.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "think they might have been having some", "start": 17104.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "challenges with bus service in that", "start": 17106.08, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "neighborhood generally and I don't I", "start": 17107.84, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "don't know the particulars of that but", "start": 17110.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "I'm happy to see it called out here that", "start": 17112.08, "duration": 6.68 }, { "text": "there will be bus service.", "start": 17114.32, "duration": 4.44 }, { "text": "Jason,", "start": 17121.44, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": ">> this is not so much of a transportation", "start": 17123.04, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "question, but because we have the maps", "start": 17124.56, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "and the um the new zones, I'm wondering", "start": 17126.32, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "if you could answer a question about,", "start": 17129.2, "duration": 3.598 }, { "text": "you know, a lot of families that are", "start": 17130.958, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "currently at Flat Irons have talked a", "start": 17132.798, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "lot about this this splits their kids u", "start": 17134.56, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "and there is a split. You know, some go", "start": 17138.0, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "to Foothill and some go, you know, the", "start": 17139.84, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "majority, I would imagine, go to", "start": 17142.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "Whittier. Um, but as I see this, I it", "start": 17143.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "looks like it's really the impact is", "start": 17146.48, "duration": 4.238 }, { "text": "really on uh students that are currently", "start": 17148.08, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "or students that live at the mountain", "start": 17150.718, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "communities. Do you have a kind of sense", "start": 17152.0, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "of percentage- wise like what number of", "start": 17155.28, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "kids would be zoned that are currently", "start": 17157.6, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "at Flat Irons would be zoned to go to", "start": 17159.52, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "Woodier versus Foothill? It it just from", "start": 17161.28, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "looking at the maps it would seem like a", "start": 17165.04, "duration": 3.678 }, { "text": "vast majority arena up at Woodier. So", "start": 17166.48, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "the the concern that the kids are split", "start": 17168.718, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "in half I think is are not accurate but", "start": 17171.68, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "if you", "start": 17174.0, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": ">> the sorry about that didn't", "start": 17176.48, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": ">> I know this transportation but it's", "start": 17178.56, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "first you know time", "start": 17179.92, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": ">> I will we'll have to go back to the", "start": 17181.44, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "original slide deck we presented to you", "start": 17183.68, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "on uh August 25th but you can see here", "start": 17185.44, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "the majority of our students that are", "start": 17189.12, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "living central into Boulder are feeding", "start": 17191.2, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "in to Whittier. It's our mountain", "start": 17194.08, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "communities that have split that are now", "start": 17196.32, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "some of those mountain community", "start": 17199.12, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "students are going to Foothill and", "start": 17200.4, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "others are going to Whittier. So that", "start": 17202.16, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "that's the answer, but I'd have to look", "start": 17205.52, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "at individual numbers uh that were", "start": 17207.04, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "provided in our August 25th", "start": 17208.878, "duration": 4.682 }, { "text": "presentation.", "start": 17210.56, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "Any other questions on this before I", "start": 17216.878, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "move on?", "start": 17218.798, "duration": 3.442 }, { "text": ">> Alex.", "start": 17221.36, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. um uh Netherlands in my district", "start": 17222.24, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "and uh people have talked about the", "start": 17225.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "transportation being similar to the", "start": 17228.0, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "mountains, but I look up at Netherland", "start": 17229.52, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "and I'm like, okay, well, how how far is", "start": 17231.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the next school from Netherland", "start": 17234.4, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "Elementary for someone who's choosing as", "start": 17236.48, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "opposed to some of our other schools?", "start": 17238.878, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "Like it's like 20 miles, right? Yes,", "start": 17241.2, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> if they're not going if they're not", "start": 17243.84, "duration": 3.038 }, { "text": "going to Ned, they're going up and down", "start": 17245.04, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "a mountain canyon", "start": 17246.878, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": ">> uh where winter happens um more than 20", "start": 17248.56, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "miles, right? So, I just I just think", "start": 17251.92, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "that is not similar to our more", "start": 17254.4, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "desperate uh less dense parts on the", "start": 17257.6, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "flats.", "start": 17260.48, "duration": 5.08 }, { "text": "True statement.", "start": 17262.24, "duration": 3.32 }, { "text": "Okay.", "start": 17268.958, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "All right. Just addressing some of the", "start": 17271.04, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "other questions that have came up", "start": 17273.6, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "through community engagement, emails,", "start": 17275.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "core requests, etc. A few people have", "start": 17277.12, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "brought up asbestous in our buildings.", "start": 17279.28, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "Um, I am not the first one to tell you", "start": 17281.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "asbests containing materials exists in", "start": 17283.76, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "our schools, in several of our schools", "start": 17286.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "and mainly in our older buildings. Uh,", "start": 17288.0, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "their presence does not mean that a", "start": 17290.48, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "school is unsafe.", "start": 17292.56, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "uh their presence is really about us", "start": 17294.56, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "making sure they remain and they are", "start": 17297.36, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "intact and they are safely managed in", "start": 17299.2, "duration": 5.758 }, { "text": "place. So each school has a uh asbestous", "start": 17301.44, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "management plan identifying all known", "start": 17304.958, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "asbesus containing materials. Our", "start": 17307.2, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "environmental team conducts uh", "start": 17310.08, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "surveillance inspections every six", "start": 17312.48, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "months and then a more comprehensive re", "start": 17314.24, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "reinspection every 3 years using", "start": 17317.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "qualified certified staff. And that is", "start": 17320.24, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "really a big difference uh between what", "start": 17323.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "we do and some others and how other", "start": 17325.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "districts handle this. Those", "start": 17327.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "reinspections can happen with custodial", "start": 17329.2, "duration": 5.438 }, { "text": "staff, other staff. We have two people", "start": 17332.0, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "on our environmental team that do all of", "start": 17334.638, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "our uh six-month inspections and our", "start": 17336.56, "duration": 4.238 }, { "text": "three-year inspections. They are", "start": 17339.36, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "qualified. Again, they are certified to", "start": 17340.798, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "do this work. Um, I would just emphasize", "start": 17342.56, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and I'm going to say this a couple", "start": 17345.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "times. We have no known", "start": 17346.56, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "asbesus related safety concerns in any", "start": 17349.28, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "of our schools. We have no known asbesus", "start": 17351.6, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "related safety concerns in any of our", "start": 17355.36, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "schools. We would not have kids in our", "start": 17357.2, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "buildings if we had known safety", "start": 17359.28, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "concerns. I just there's a message out", "start": 17361.2, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "there. Um, in no way would we ever do", "start": 17364.08, "duration": 6.638 }, { "text": "that. So, I can't emphasize that enough.", "start": 17367.12, "duration": 5.678 }, { "text": "Uh we're responding to Colorado open", "start": 17370.718, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "records request ask as quickly as we can", "start": 17372.798, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "and we will ensure transparency with our", "start": 17375.6, "duration": 5.278 }, { "text": "community as we respond to those. Um but", "start": 17378.16, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "I will uh continue to emphasize that and", "start": 17380.878, "duration": 6.322 }, { "text": "uh we take a lot of pride on our", "start": 17384.4, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "buildings being safe, being healthy. Um", "start": 17387.2, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "and we have spent years in doing that.", "start": 17390.08, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "So that's a false statement that is out", "start": 17392.16, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "there. Um, as we look at the Boulder", "start": 17394.4, "duration": 6.238 }, { "text": "comprehensive", "start": 17399.04, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "uh plan, I think we've talked about this", "start": 17400.638, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "in depth. I don't know if we need to go", "start": 17402.56, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "into any more detail on this. We have", "start": 17404.0, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "had conversations with uh the city of", "start": 17406.4, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "Boulder on their comp plan. Um, it's", "start": 17408.958, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "great. Uh, Superiors went through", "start": 17412.56, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "something similar. Lewisville has went", "start": 17414.878, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "through something similar. Uh, Boulder", "start": 17416.48, "duration": 4.158 }, { "text": "has done this. Boulder County. We hope", "start": 17418.638, "duration": 3.682 }, { "text": "that it makes a meaningful long-term", "start": 17420.638, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "difference for our communities, that we", "start": 17422.32, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "have more affordable housing, that we", "start": 17424.16, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "see uh more uh children in our", "start": 17425.6, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "community. That is all we hope for.", "start": 17428.32, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "However, we don't feel like this is", "start": 17430.32, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "going to fix declining enrollment in the", "start": 17432.32, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "near future. So, I'll just say that uh", "start": 17434.0, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "there is something in the comp plan that", "start": 17436.878, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "talks about a 15 minute 15minute", "start": 17438.878, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "neighborhood. We do meet that", "start": 17441.76, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "expectation. So, just want to emphasize", "start": 17443.52, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "um that work.", "start": 17448.0, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "That really concludes uh today's", "start": 17450.56, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "presentation. I believe we do have the", "start": 17453.04, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "resolution that has been presented to", "start": 17455.84, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "the board. It has two red lines. Uh", "start": 17458.0, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "there was a comment at the last board", "start": 17460.798, "duration": 5.682 }, { "text": "meeting to affirm the community's desire", "start": 17463.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "to maintain a variety of educational", "start": 17466.48, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "models through BBSD focused schools.", "start": 17468.48, "duration": 4.158 }, { "text": "That language has been added. And then", "start": 17470.56, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "there was another statement about school", "start": 17472.638, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "age care and that statement has been", "start": 17474.48, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "added in both our red lines and the", "start": 17476.24, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "resolution. Um with that I would open it", "start": 17478.0, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "up for conversation. No", "start": 17480.48, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> I just wanted to because we talked a", "start": 17482.4, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "little bit about school age care and we", "start": 17484.32, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "have heard some desires for language", "start": 17485.84, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "around guarantees. Uh I think we", "start": 17488.4, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "discussed a little bit why can't really", "start": 17490.798, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "guarantee things in a lottery which is", "start": 17493.12, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "by definition a system of chance. Um, so", "start": 17495.52, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "I just wanted to double check with staff", "start": 17498.48, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "since that language that I proposed was", "start": 17500.24, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "before the school age care programming", "start": 17501.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "discussion discussion we had today that", "start": 17504.0, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "that um that language is not in conflict", "start": 17506.08, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "with our ability to provide care given", "start": 17509.6, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "the restraints that the state imposes", "start": 17513.44, "duration": 5.88 }, { "text": "upon us.", "start": 17516.0, "duration": 3.32 }, { "text": "I think this works.", "start": 17521.92, "duration": 3.64 }, { "text": ">> Deian,", "start": 17526.08, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "uh, my computer has died now. So, uh,", "start": 17528.56, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "the meeting was too long. Can we go back", "start": 17531.36, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "to the, um, the toggling switches of", "start": 17533.92, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "open enrollment for a minute? Can we go", "start": 17537.92, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "back to all the way back there?", "start": 17540.48, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": ">> Oh, no. I have no idea. those that", "start": 17543.52, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "are.", "start": 17547.04, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, probably close. Thank you.", "start": 17548.32, "duration": 5.318 }, { "text": ">> Slide 2122.", "start": 17550.32, "duration": 3.318 }, { "text": ">> Thank you.", "start": 17557.04, "duration": 3.24 }, { "text": ">> So close.", "start": 17566.32, "duration": 3.24 }, { "text": ">> There it is. Okay. Um", "start": 17569.92, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "let's see. So uh let's take for an", "start": 17575.12, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "example where we haven't really talked", "start": 17578.08, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "about this school change and it's kind", "start": 17580.16, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "of a big one and that is that um the", "start": 17582.718, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "students at quote Monarch Elementary", "start": 17587.68, "duration": 7.92 }, { "text": "will now go to El Dorado Elementary.", "start": 17590.878, "duration": 8.882 }, { "text": "What if a a family has openen enrolled", "start": 17595.6, "duration": 9.358 }, { "text": "from another place in U Lafayette and", "start": 17599.76, "duration": 8.64 }, { "text": "they they go to Lewisville", "start": 17604.958, "duration": 8.322 }, { "text": "um I can't call it that Monarch K8", "start": 17608.4, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "and they're a fourth grader will they be", "start": 17613.28, "duration": 8.24 }, { "text": "able to stay with their with their um", "start": 17616.4, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "cohort or will they be ousted because", "start": 17621.52, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "they're not", "start": 17624.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "you're not a", "start": 17626.08, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": ">> so nobody would be ousted. Um I will say", "start": 17628.48, "duration": 6.96 }, { "text": "that the Monarch K8 elementary students", "start": 17632.08, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "will be relocating to three different", "start": 17635.44, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "schools. Um so some students Bell's Flat", "start": 17637.68, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "Irons will be will will go to El Dorado.", "start": 17641.12, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Um some schools will go to Fire students", "start": 17644.16, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "will go to Fireside. Um and other", "start": 17646.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "students will go to", "start": 17649.44, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": ">> Superior.", "start": 17651.2, "duration": 1.28 }, { "text": ">> Superior.", "start": 17651.92, "duration": 2.08 }, { "text": ">> South of 36.", "start": 17652.48, "duration": 6.398 }, { "text": "36. And so, um, it it's because of this", "start": 17654.0, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "that that we've designed,", "start": 17658.878, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "uh, this priority choice enrollment in a", "start": 17661.44, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "way that empowers families to make a", "start": 17664.878, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "choice as opposed to saying if you don't", "start": 17668.32, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "live in the zone, I can't, you know,", "start": 17670.24, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "which of the three schools would we", "start": 17671.68, "duration": 3.118 }, { "text": "decide somebody goes to versus where", "start": 17673.12, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "would the family be empowered to use", "start": 17674.798, "duration": 4.402 }, { "text": "that priority enrollment to enroll? And", "start": 17676.48, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "so all of the students at Monarch K5", "start": 17679.2, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "would have this priority choice. Open", "start": 17681.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "enrollment was the very first priority.", "start": 17683.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "Um and then they would have a decision", "start": 17686.08, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "to make. Uh would they want to go back", "start": 17688.0, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "to their neighborhood school where they", "start": 17689.84, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "came from or would they want to be able", "start": 17691.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "to choose any of those schools or other", "start": 17693.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "schools within the district? You know,", "start": 17695.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "it's tricky because we wanted to create", "start": 17697.76, "duration": 5.198 }, { "text": "a system and we're very thoughtful about", "start": 17699.68, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "tried to be thoughtful about this", "start": 17702.958, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "priority choice enrollment preference", "start": 17704.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "which board members I know we've se re", "start": 17706.638, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "received a lot of feedback from a lot of", "start": 17708.16, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "people. I have not received one piece of", "start": 17710.0, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "feedback to say that's not a good idea", "start": 17712.24, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "that that this is actually you have to", "start": 17714.56, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "empower families to make choices in a", "start": 17716.48, "duration": 4.238 }, { "text": "new system. So in that system they would", "start": 17718.32, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "have if they wanted to open enroll in", "start": 17720.718, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "fireside or in Superior or in um El", "start": 17722.958, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "Dorado uh what they would have to", "start": 17726.0, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "consider in that process is the", "start": 17728.16, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "available capacity in those in those", "start": 17729.6, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "buildings. Um but then they would be", "start": 17731.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "able to uh to to be able to use that", "start": 17733.68, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "choice to enter their preferences", "start": 17735.92, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "through open enrollment.", "start": 17738.16, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. I do just also want to", "start": 17741.6, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "comment maybe for the community to know", "start": 17743.6, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "that um as soon as we opened Monarch", "start": 17745.84, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "High School that there was some of the", "start": 17748.958, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "writing was on the wall about what was", "start": 17751.92, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "going to happen um because", "start": 17754.32, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "of the the opportunity for choice that", "start": 17758.16, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "also existed at the same time. So", "start": 17761.12, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "immediately when El Dorado opened,", "start": 17763.36, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "people chose to go elsewhere. And um", "start": 17766.08, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "even though we had the beautiful Monarch", "start": 17769.84, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "High School just down the street, um", "start": 17771.6, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "they weren't necessarily coming. They", "start": 17774.56, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "were going to Boulder through Marshall", "start": 17776.24, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "Mesa and that was closer for them in", "start": 17777.84, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "their perception. So it doesn't surprise", "start": 17781.52, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "me. Um, and but it's really sad because", "start": 17784.56, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "it is a community that I've cared for", "start": 17787.84, "duration": 6.958 }, { "text": "and helped build for uh many years. And", "start": 17790.4, "duration": 6.398 }, { "text": "um I'm sorry that it came to a point", "start": 17794.798, "duration": 5.762 }, { "text": "where we had to make a really difficult", "start": 17796.798, "duration": 6.402 }, { "text": "decision about u what's going to happen", "start": 17800.56, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "to those schools. and we're giving up", "start": 17803.2, "duration": 9.12 }, { "text": "our PK through 8 or PK through 12 model", "start": 17806.48, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "which my daughter got to do everything", "start": 17812.32, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "but the K. Um so it was uh it was a", "start": 17814.48, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "tremendous experience and I'm sorry that", "start": 17818.4, "duration": 7.318 }, { "text": "that won't be in existence anymore.", "start": 17820.32, "duration": 5.398 }, { "text": ">> Anna and Lolia,", "start": 17825.76, "duration": 6.038 }, { "text": ">> thank you. And", "start": 17828.32, "duration": 3.478 }, { "text": "Rob and Rob, you've answered this um", "start": 17832.0, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "throughout the the session and I just", "start": 17834.638, "duration": 5.442 }, { "text": "want to and or answered parts of um my", "start": 17836.878, "duration": 5.602 }, { "text": "question throughout the session. Um but", "start": 17840.08, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "I it is my understanding that the last", "start": 17842.48, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "time that we um redid boundaries for the", "start": 17845.76, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "schools um the Broomfield elementary", "start": 17849.36, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "schools were not a part of that", "start": 17852.32, "duration": 6.558 }, { "text": "redistricting. And so I want to know um", "start": 17854.08, "duration": 8.32 }, { "text": "what and if that was a consideration", "start": 17858.878, "duration": 6.642 }, { "text": "that was um brought up within leadership", "start": 17862.4, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "and what was the conversation around um", "start": 17865.52, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "what that redistricting would look like", "start": 17869.2, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "um and what are the plans with the Birch", "start": 17871.68, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "building um following uh the the", "start": 17875.12, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "closure?", "start": 17877.92, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, I'm happy to take this. Um great", "start": 17879.36, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "questions. There simply aren't enough", "start": 17882.48, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "students", "start": 17885.76, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "that live in Broomfield to change the", "start": 17887.28, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "attendance boundaries. And I think this", "start": 17889.68, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "chart here shows the issues that we're", "start": 17892.48, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "dealing with again when we're the board", "start": 17895.12, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "made it a priority that we can no longer", "start": 17897.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "have small schools. So when we look at", "start": 17899.76, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "how many kids live in Birch's attendance", "start": 17902.56, "duration": 6.158 }, { "text": "area, well below the two classes per", "start": 17905.12, "duration": 5.598 }, { "text": "grade level benchmark, that was a that's", "start": 17908.718, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "a minimum that we set. Uh when we look", "start": 17910.718, "duration": 7.522 }, { "text": "at um Cole, well below, Aspen Creek", "start": 17913.68, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "barely above", "start": 17918.24, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "um and then uh Emerald", "start": 17920.4, "duration": 7.76 }, { "text": "um barely above that 300 mark. There's", "start": 17923.76, "duration": 8.878 }, { "text": "no kids to shuffle or to move around to", "start": 17928.16, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "create four uh sustainable two round", "start": 17932.638, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "schools. There's just not simply enough", "start": 17936.32, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "kids. That's the challenge. We looked at", "start": 17938.958, "duration": 4.082 }, { "text": "it. We looked at attendance boundaries", "start": 17941.36, "duration": 3.518 }, { "text": "across this entire district. And this is", "start": 17943.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "what we continue to run into is if", "start": 17944.878, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "resident students are the foundation, we", "start": 17947.52, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "don't have enough resident students to", "start": 17950.0, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "support four schools in Broomfield. That", "start": 17952.32, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "that's the challenge. Yeah,", "start": 17954.878, "duration": 2.802 }, { "text": ">> definitely looked at them.", "start": 17956.798, "duration": 3.042 }, { "text": ">> And I think what's hard for for the", "start": 17957.68, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "Broomfield community is understanding", "start": 17959.84, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "that we have two schools that are nearly", "start": 17962.718, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "at capacity, two other schools that", "start": 17965.12, "duration": 5.598 }, { "text": "aren't, but that we have a consistent um", "start": 17967.44, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "year-over-year amount of open enrollment", "start": 17970.718, "duration": 5.842 }, { "text": "students that come into the district. um", "start": 17973.52, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "that parents and families and community", "start": 17976.56, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "members feel like that should be in", "start": 17978.878, "duration": 5.442 }, { "text": "consideration because of how close we", "start": 17981.2, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "get to at capacity at Aspen and at", "start": 17984.32, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "Emerald. And then again, I know that", "start": 17987.52, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "Adams hasn't taken a vote, but the the", "start": 17990.4, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "educational landscape of that area", "start": 17992.878, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "within that area of Broomfield", "start": 17995.68, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "is proposed to change drastically. And", "start": 17998.24, "duration": 8.24 }, { "text": "so I I do want to know like what are the", "start": 18001.36, "duration": 8.08 }, { "text": "if the resilient proposal passes, what", "start": 18006.48, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "is the short-term plan for the Birch um", "start": 18009.44, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "school? And then when we get if if we", "start": 18012.08, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "get to at capacity at the three", "start": 18015.2, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "elementary schools, what are the plans", "start": 18017.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "then?", "start": 18019.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Thank you for that question.", "start": 18021.92, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "Um, we have been really clear that we", "start": 18024.0, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "have not designated any other uses for", "start": 18027.28, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "any school buildings that currently", "start": 18030.16, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "house students and we would not", "start": 18032.4, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "undertake those conversations until the", "start": 18034.718, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "board has taken action on the proposal.", "start": 18037.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "So, I cannot answer what will happen to", "start": 18040.08, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "the Birch School building. And and for", "start": 18041.92, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "those who say that we have a consistent", "start": 18044.718, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "amount of open enrolled students that", "start": 18046.798, "duration": 5.442 }, { "text": "fills up the school, that's not true. If", "start": 18049.44, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "that were the case, we would have two,", "start": 18052.24, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": "three round schools at Burge, at Cole,", "start": 18054.56, "duration": 6.238 }, { "text": "and we don't. Um, we do have now open", "start": 18056.958, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "enrollment in Aspen Creek, but as Glenn", "start": 18060.798, "duration": 4.322 }, { "text": "had shared with you, that is a new that", "start": 18062.638, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "within the past four years, that is that", "start": 18065.12, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "was that's a kind of a new thing", "start": 18067.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "happening. If you to go back four years", "start": 18069.12, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "ago, folks were open and rolling out of", "start": 18071.28, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "Aspen Creek. And this is this and I", "start": 18073.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "think that this is the best example of", "start": 18076.48, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "the volatility of open enrollment when", "start": 18078.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "you're asking us to create sustainable", "start": 18080.4, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "long range planning that you cannot rely", "start": 18082.32, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "on open enrollment especially from a", "start": 18085.04, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "community that is also declining. The", "start": 18087.12, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "num the pool of students that could open", "start": 18089.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "enroll into our district is declining", "start": 18091.44, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "from Adams 12 which is why Adams 12 is", "start": 18093.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "also going through the painstaking", "start": 18096.32, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "process of closing schools. So, um, for", "start": 18098.08, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "those who would say that that Birch and", "start": 18101.28, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "Cole, neither of those schools are meet", "start": 18103.6, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "our 300", "start": 18107.2, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "300, which is just two full rounds, not", "start": 18109.44, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "full 25 students per class, right? So,", "start": 18112.16, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "we have underfilled two round schools at", "start": 18115.12, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "Cole. We have underfilled two round", "start": 18117.52, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "schools at Bir. And Birch's de", "start": 18119.6, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "neighborhood enrollment continues to", "start": 18122.878, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "decline. And we know and understand that", "start": 18124.638, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "the neighborhoods in Birch and Cole can", "start": 18127.44, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "fit into the Colt building um uh moving", "start": 18129.28, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "forward. Again, uh to your point, what", "start": 18132.4, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "happens if we get this massive influx of", "start": 18135.52, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "resident students? We don't have the", "start": 18137.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "information that would lead us to", "start": 18140.4, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "believe that there is something coming", "start": 18141.92, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "down the down the plan from the planning", "start": 18143.92, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "from the city of Broomfield. As as a", "start": 18146.4, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "reminder, board members, we talked to", "start": 18149.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "every municipality. We went and spoke", "start": 18151.04, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "directly to Boulder City Council, to", "start": 18154.0, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "Broomfield City Council, to Superior", "start": 18158.48, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "Town Council, to Lewisville", "start": 18161.36, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "Town Council, right? We shared with them", "start": 18163.92, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "the data that we shared with you. We", "start": 18166.48, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "shared with them that we are no longer", "start": 18168.32, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "going to allow small schools. And at", "start": 18170.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "those meetings, all of those meetings", "start": 18172.48, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "which are public and recorded and our", "start": 18174.48, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "and our public is free to watch those", "start": 18176.48, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "meetings, there was no mention of", "start": 18178.24, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "comprehensive plan. We actually think", "start": 18182.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "that um we're going to have a bunch of", "start": 18184.4, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "new students. You shouldn't do any of", "start": 18186.32, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "these things. As a matter of fact, the", "start": 18187.76, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "opposite was true. An acknowledgment of", "start": 18190.24, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "the lack of affordability. As a matter", "start": 18193.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "of fact, and and I think Rob, it was", "start": 18195.84, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "when you were in is it uh city city or", "start": 18198.08, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "town of Lewisville?", "start": 18200.638, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": ">> City of Lewisville.", "start": 18203.12, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": ">> Their quote is we caused this.", "start": 18204.638, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "This is our fault.", "start": 18207.68, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": ">> We", "start": 18210.638, "duration": 3.842 }, { "text": ">> as I I'll let Rob tell the story. I", "start": 18212.0, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "wasn't there. Uh but but but because of", "start": 18214.48, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "the of the decisions that that council", "start": 18217.68, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "had made and and", "start": 18220.4, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "just just the the the the issue that", "start": 18223.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "we're dealing with. I'll let I'll let", "start": 18226.24, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "you I'll I'll let you share.", "start": 18228.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": ">> No. And that is correct. And since that", "start": 18229.52, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "time, the city of Lewisville has adopted", "start": 18232.48, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "a new uh comp plan. And with that, it's", "start": 18234.878, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "just going to take time for that to", "start": 18238.56, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "build out. It doesn't, you know, it's", "start": 18239.92, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "not going to solve anything today. It's", "start": 18241.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "not going to solve anything 5 years from", "start": 18244.0, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "now. Our best hope is that we start", "start": 18245.52, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "seeing some solutions 10 years out,", "start": 18247.92, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "right? But it's not going to happen", "start": 18250.48, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "immediately. And I think we all have to", "start": 18252.24, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "understand that. Cities understand that,", "start": 18254.0, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "towns understand that. But it is a move", "start": 18255.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "in the right direction. But they also", "start": 18258.08, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "understand that we, you know, it's all", "start": 18259.76, "duration": 5.198 }, { "text": "of us collectively that have contributed", "start": 18262.958, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "to what we're seeing right now, high", "start": 18264.958, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "cost of living, etc. Um, you know, when", "start": 18266.56, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "we talk about flat irons, and I I hate", "start": 18270.08, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "to keep coming back to this, and we", "start": 18272.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "wonder why we have declining enrollment.", "start": 18273.76, "duration": 5.118 }, { "text": "Look at the houses around Flat Irons. I", "start": 18276.16, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "mean, pull it up. It's they're $2", "start": 18278.878, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "million plus homes. I mean, we got", "start": 18280.32, "duration": 4.318 }, { "text": "declining birth rates of one, but I", "start": 18282.798, "duration": 4.242 }, { "text": "mean, who can argue with high home", "start": 18284.638, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "prices and young families moving in and", "start": 18287.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "working two jobs and having kids? I", "start": 18290.0, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "mean, it's not sustainable for us. So,", "start": 18291.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "um,", "start": 18294.48, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "all of the I I don't want to make any of", "start": 18296.08, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "our municipalities look bad. That's not", "start": 18298.24, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "the intent. They're all good partners.", "start": 18300.0, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "They all have skin in the game, if", "start": 18302.4, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "that's the way to say it. They're all", "start": 18304.958, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "making the right moves. It's just going", "start": 18306.878, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "to take time, right? We need affordable", "start": 18308.638, "duration": 4.402 }, { "text": "housing. It's affordable housing crisis", "start": 18311.36, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "that we're all faced with.", "start": 18313.04, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. And the infill sometimes is as", "start": 18316.32, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "Glenn showed infill is not going to", "start": 18318.48, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "solve it because our families continue", "start": 18320.878, "duration": 4.322 }, { "text": "to sh like live in a certain type of", "start": 18322.48, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "housing stock. Um thank you for that. I", "start": 18325.2, "duration": 7.438 }, { "text": "it was Lenia and then Jason and then", "start": 18329.6, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "Alex.", "start": 18332.638, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "I uh", "start": 18335.04, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "want to come back to this is not on", "start": 18337.36, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "today's slide presentation but this this", "start": 18339.84, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "will help us I'm sure. Um", "start": 18342.0, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "we've talked about decreasing excess", "start": 18345.28, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "capacity and in particular", "start": 18347.68, "duration": 7.278 }, { "text": "the um Boulder area doesn't decrease", "start": 18350.56, "duration": 10.078 }, { "text": "capacity as much as I would hope. Um,", "start": 18354.958, "duration": 7.84 }, { "text": "and I also,", "start": 18360.638, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "and I think it's just important to have", "start": 18362.798, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "that discussion that", "start": 18364.958, "duration": 7.602 }, { "text": "we have a slide that says we have 16", "start": 18368.878, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "elementary schools and we have students", "start": 18372.56, "duration": 4.158 }, { "text": "for 10.", "start": 18374.878, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "And so I to me it's important that we", "start": 18376.718, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "just have this discussion very publicly", "start": 18379.52, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "about how we plan to get where we need", "start": 18381.92, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "to go", "start": 18385.44, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "because I I will just and I am only", "start": 18387.52, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "speaking for myself. This is not board", "start": 18391.2, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "voice. I want to see that decreased", "start": 18393.04, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "excess capacity taken. I mean I I want", "start": 18396.32, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "to see that decrease.", "start": 18399.84, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "I I'll let Thank you Lillian for that", "start": 18403.12, "duration": 3.598 }, { "text": "question and because I don't think", "start": 18405.52, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "you're alone in asking that question. I", "start": 18406.718, "duration": 3.762 }, { "text": "think there's folks in the community", "start": 18408.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "have they've asked the question. Uh our", "start": 18410.48, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "proposal is for five years out. We have", "start": 18413.2, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "five-year projections. We created our", "start": 18416.4, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "proposal. We feel like in five years", "start": 18418.24, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "those projections hold. We return the", "start": 18420.32, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "resources to improve the student", "start": 18422.32, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "experience. Um I think that as you've", "start": 18423.76, "duration": 7.6 }, { "text": "seen through this closure consolidation", "start": 18428.08, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "right we don't have the the schools and", "start": 18431.36, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "students are coming aren't coming in", "start": 18433.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "neat buckets right you just can't do you", "start": 18435.68, "duration": 5.278 }, { "text": "know the the schools don't all the both", "start": 18439.04, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "two two schools in close proximity don't", "start": 18440.958, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "come to 50% and you merge them together", "start": 18443.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "then they fit uh you know so you have", "start": 18446.32, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "building capacity that's a limiting", "start": 18448.56, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "factor you have um you know some of the", "start": 18450.4, "duration": 4.318 }, { "text": "other things that our communities has", "start": 18453.2, "duration": 3.758 }, { "text": "has has has really prioritized around", "start": 18454.718, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "walkability and and those preferences", "start": 18456.958, "duration": 5.522 }, { "text": "that are a limiting factor. Um and uh", "start": 18458.798, "duration": 7.362 }, { "text": "you have um a a significant amount of of", "start": 18462.48, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "proposed changes here for you all to", "start": 18466.16, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "consider. You know, if you were to", "start": 18468.16, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "compare the number of schools to the", "start": 18469.68, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "number of schools other schools in", "start": 18471.28, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "districts and see how much action we're", "start": 18473.68, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "taking versus how the action that other", "start": 18475.84, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "school districts have taken. I think in", "start": 18477.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "uh if you were if you were to look at", "start": 18480.4, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "that we're very much on par um with with", "start": 18481.92, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "other districts that have three times", "start": 18485.04, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the schools we have closing maybe 11 and", "start": 18486.798, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "we're here at six. So I do think that it", "start": 18489.04, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "is something that um that the board is", "start": 18492.16, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "free to direct staff to continue to", "start": 18495.52, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "monitor. I think we have we have taken", "start": 18498.24, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "your direction and have said in five we", "start": 18501.04, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "think this holds in five years out to", "start": 18503.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "2030. Um and then we have to look and", "start": 18505.04, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "see how how enrollment patterns how", "start": 18507.92, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "neighborhood patterns are there any", "start": 18512.24, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "shifts in that data. Do we are some some", "start": 18514.32, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "neighborhoods declining faster? Are some", "start": 18517.28, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "neighborhoods growing faster? You know", "start": 18519.6, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "Glenn shared you with you his", "start": 18521.2, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "methodology. He shared with our", "start": 18522.56, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "community at large the methodology. That", "start": 18524.4, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "won't be a surprise for folks as we", "start": 18526.56, "duration": 4.238 }, { "text": "continue to measure and monitor this.", "start": 18528.32, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "And so, uh, the things that come into", "start": 18530.798, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "place where schools are located,", "start": 18533.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "residents, students, and projected", "start": 18535.52, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "enrollment. Uh, and we will continue to", "start": 18537.2, "duration": 3.678 }, { "text": "monitor those. Board members, you will", "start": 18539.36, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "get an annual report every year on", "start": 18540.878, "duration": 5.522 }, { "text": "enrollment projections. Um,", "start": 18543.04, "duration": 5.838 }, { "text": "as as as we've done every year for the", "start": 18546.4, "duration": 4.238 }, { "text": "for the the nine years that I've been", "start": 18548.878, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "here. Um, and this can continue to be a", "start": 18550.638, "duration": 6.642 }, { "text": "conversation that we have. Um, and", "start": 18553.52, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "you'll see the budgets. I mean the the", "start": 18557.28, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "you know Bill talked about the budget", "start": 18559.6, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "but when you have declining enrollment", "start": 18561.04, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "and rising costs and the revenues that", "start": 18563.92, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "you get are decreased because the", "start": 18567.04, "duration": 3.758 }, { "text": "decline in students that don't match the", "start": 18568.798, "duration": 4.242 }, { "text": "cost of living and then you have an", "start": 18570.798, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "employee base 90% of our money is people", "start": 18573.04, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "in our budget uh trying to keep the", "start": 18575.36, "duration": 3.518 }, { "text": "money trying to keep up with the", "start": 18577.68, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "pressures of the cost of living um to be", "start": 18578.878, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "able to give folks adequate steps um and", "start": 18581.36, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "cost of living adjustments and the and", "start": 18583.84, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "your your your your dollars declined.", "start": 18585.76, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "signing because you have less and less", "start": 18588.0, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "students. This will be an annual", "start": 18590.16, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "conversation in regards to where are we.", "start": 18592.08, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "I think it's a very significant move for", "start": 18594.4, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "a board and a school district to go", "start": 18597.68, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "through what we're going through and I", "start": 18599.68, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "wouldn't recommend this to be an annual", "start": 18601.28, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "conversation. I think that that's", "start": 18603.36, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "chaotic and unfair. I think that our", "start": 18605.6, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "projections are are based on on where we", "start": 18608.08, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "think things will be in five years,", "start": 18610.638, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "right? I think in four years, in 5", "start": 18612.958, "duration": 4.082 }, { "text": "years, we could look at that and the", "start": 18615.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "board at that point in time um could", "start": 18617.04, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "take this and I do think that we have a", "start": 18619.28, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "roadmap for a process now that would", "start": 18621.28, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "validate what do folks want? Let's", "start": 18624.16, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "listen to folks. Let's see where the", "start": 18626.24, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "capacity is and the next time maybe it's", "start": 18627.84, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "only maybe we've we've cleaned up um the", "start": 18629.76, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "um the the o open seats in Broomfield.", "start": 18633.76, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "Maybe Broomfield doesn't have to go", "start": 18637.12, "duration": 2.56 }, { "text": "through this again. Maybe Boulder does", "start": 18638.32, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "have to go through this again. Maybe", "start": 18639.68, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "maybe maybe Lewisville and Superior in 5", "start": 18641.6, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "years something different has changed.", "start": 18643.84, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "Uh so um I hope that answers your", "start": 18646.16, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "question. I think it's something that we", "start": 18649.36, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "have to measure. Um the that the and we", "start": 18650.718, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "have to continue to keep an eye on but", "start": 18654.24, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "we made this plan based on a five-year", "start": 18655.76, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "out projection. Um all the projections,", "start": 18657.92, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "all the data is out to five years,", "start": 18660.56, "duration": 4.318 }, { "text": "right? And if you go beyond five years,", "start": 18662.958, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "as Glenn said, you're kind of flying in", "start": 18664.878, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "the dark. We don't understand what's", "start": 18666.56, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "going to happen with birth rates. At", "start": 18668.24, "duration": 2.478 }, { "text": "what point will birth rates take an", "start": 18669.36, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "uptick? Will that happen? Um, we", "start": 18670.718, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "understand um housing prices. We", "start": 18673.36, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "understand high interest rates. We", "start": 18675.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "understand folks in our community", "start": 18677.84, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "wanting to age in place because this is", "start": 18679.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "a beautiful place to live. And we also", "start": 18681.28, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "understand that the school district is", "start": 18683.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "absolutely doing its job with backto", "start": 18685.2, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "backto back years of the highest", "start": 18687.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "performance in the Denver metro area. No", "start": 18689.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "district in the metro is even close to", "start": 18692.4, "duration": 4.238 }, { "text": "the levels we're performing at. So, this", "start": 18694.4, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "is a desirable place for folks who would", "start": 18696.638, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "want to come and raise their families", "start": 18699.28, "duration": 3.598 }, { "text": "and raise their kids. Uh, to Rob's", "start": 18700.718, "duration": 3.842 }, { "text": "point, and I hope my comment uh that I", "start": 18702.878, "duration": 3.282 }, { "text": "made in terms of the meeting that you", "start": 18704.56, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "were at was was not looked at, and I", "start": 18706.16, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "certainly understand um all of our", "start": 18708.48, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "municipalities are doing what they can,", "start": 18710.48, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "and not to suggest that Lewisville or", "start": 18712.32, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "any municipality has done anything um", "start": 18714.16, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "wrong. I just think that there's this", "start": 18717.36, "duration": 5.278 }, { "text": "convergence of realities that are that", "start": 18720.0, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "are happening in our community uh that", "start": 18722.638, "duration": 6.842 }, { "text": "are making it very very complicated.", "start": 18725.12, "duration": 4.36 }, { "text": ">> Helenia, then Jason, then Alex,", "start": 18730.4, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": ">> I'm only slightly satisfied with that", "start": 18732.4, "duration": 8.478 }, { "text": "explanation. Um and I will continue to", "start": 18736.24, "duration": 6.718 }, { "text": "encourage", "start": 18740.878, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "reducing excess capacity.", "start": 18742.958, "duration": 5.602 }, { "text": "Um, I think it is in the best interest", "start": 18746.08, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "of our students", "start": 18748.56, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "and", "start": 18751.68, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "I feel that's my job is to look out for", "start": 18754.32, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "our students and I feel like there is", "start": 18757.2, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "too much excess capacity and several", "start": 18760.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "schools that are going to still be too", "start": 18763.44, "duration": 7.518 }, { "text": "small. So that being said, um", "start": 18765.2, "duration": 12.84 }, { "text": "I also would like to talk about um how", "start": 18770.958, "duration": 7.082 }, { "text": "I think that Okay, actually I'm going to", "start": 18779.52, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "take a minute to get my mind around it", "start": 18782.718, "duration": 3.842 }, { "text": "because I have a little bit of", "start": 18785.44, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "frustration. That's okay. Um let me take", "start": 18786.56, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "a minute, please. Jason, then Alex.", "start": 18789.44, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": ">> Um yeah. Uh I'm not sure who this", "start": 18793.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "question is for. It's maybe kind of a", "start": 18796.48, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "bigger picture question. Um you know,", "start": 18798.08, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "Alex, when this first was proposed a few", "start": 18800.16, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "weeks ago, Alex uh talked a lot about,", "start": 18802.48, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "you know, making this transition should", "start": 18805.04, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "something should this pass um you know,", "start": 18806.958, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "making this as easy as possible for kids", "start": 18810.16, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "and families and what can we do to make", "start": 18812.878, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "it um you know, as seamless as possible.", "start": 18814.48, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "And that really has stuck with me the", "start": 18817.6, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "way he described it. Uh and I know", "start": 18819.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "there's a lot of planning, you know, for", "start": 18821.12, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "every aspect of this and that's clear", "start": 18823.52, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "from uh today whether you agree with it", "start": 18825.04, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "or not. You can't argue that this has", "start": 18827.12, "duration": 3.598 }, { "text": "not been thought out well and there's", "start": 18828.48, "duration": 4.318 }, { "text": "not contingency in planning for every", "start": 18830.718, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "aspect of this. But I'd love to talk a", "start": 18832.798, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "little bit about kind of that point of", "start": 18834.958, "duration": 3.282 }, { "text": "like what what thought has been put into", "start": 18836.4, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "I'm sure a lot um into these kinds of", "start": 18838.24, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "transitions for kids, for families. Um,", "start": 18841.12, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "you know, I I think Alex, not to quote", "start": 18844.48, "duration": 4.238 }, { "text": "you, but talked about, you know,", "start": 18846.56, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "inviting families over and uh, you know,", "start": 18848.718, "duration": 5.842 }, { "text": "merging sachs and talking about um, and", "start": 18851.6, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "this some of this is obviously", "start": 18854.56, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "premature, but I just want to I think", "start": 18855.68, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "that's important because so much of this", "start": 18857.6, "duration": 5.278 }, { "text": "is um, you know, should this pass is it", "start": 18859.52, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "will be difficult for families and I", "start": 18862.878, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "think we've thought about so many things", "start": 18864.4, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "uh, except maybe we haven't talked", "start": 18866.798, "duration": 3.202 }, { "text": "enough about this and what this means", "start": 18868.4, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "for uh, kids and families and", "start": 18870.0, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "communities. And so I'd love to just", "start": 18872.798, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "spend a little time uh maybe as we're", "start": 18874.24, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "closing here on like how we've thought", "start": 18876.638, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "about this transition.", "start": 18879.12, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, great question board member.", "start": 18881.84, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "We've really spent a lot of time, as", "start": 18885.92, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "much time as possible to be as proactive", "start": 18888.24, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "around how does that baton pass? Um, why", "start": 18891.04, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "I say it that way is we know the baton", "start": 18895.28, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "between fifth grade and sixth grade and", "start": 18897.52, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "eighth grade and nth grade are some of", "start": 18899.92, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "the most important p transitions in a", "start": 18901.52, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "K12 students experience of learning", "start": 18904.958, "duration": 6.802 }, { "text": "community and you know seal component", "start": 18908.08, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "social emotional components.", "start": 18911.76, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "This probably surpasses all that in the", "start": 18914.16, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "spaces of where schools are uh closing", "start": 18917.68, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "and or consolidating. And so we've stood", "start": 18921.36, "duration": 8.48 }, { "text": "up a team that is really geared to", "start": 18924.4, "duration": 10.64 }, { "text": "support our school leaders, teachers,", "start": 18929.84, "duration": 8.958 }, { "text": "front office staff, and other educators", "start": 18935.04, "duration": 5.598 }, { "text": "along with school communities in a", "start": 18938.798, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "really thoughtful, proactive way. Board", "start": 18940.638, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "member Medler talked about developing", "start": 18942.958, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "transition plans. And so we have um", "start": 18945.12, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "identified means that we can support the", "start": 18948.718, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "schools to be really proactive and", "start": 18951.2, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "thoughtful. What each one of them needs", "start": 18952.878, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "might be a little different based upon", "start": 18956.24, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "the community. And so we need to learn", "start": 18957.92, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "first from our community and our school", "start": 18960.638, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "leaders about the uniqueness of their", "start": 18962.798, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "schools. And so we've already started", "start": 18965.28, "duration": 3.518 }, { "text": "meeting with our principles because we", "start": 18966.878, "duration": 4.162 }, { "text": "want to get as proactive as possible", "start": 18968.798, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "knowing that the proposal is yet to be", "start": 18971.04, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "finalized and voted on. But we can't", "start": 18973.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "wait for some of these conversations to", "start": 18975.84, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "happen. So um just on Monday we brought", "start": 18977.76, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "in Dr. Cooney who is a professor at", "start": 18981.2, "duration": 3.598 }, { "text": "University of Northern Colorado. He", "start": 18983.44, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "might be one of the only individuals", "start": 18984.798, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "that has done a study uh researchbased", "start": 18986.24, "duration": 6.638 }, { "text": "study that's been published around", "start": 18989.92, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "consolidation closure and what schools", "start": 18992.878, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "need to be thinking about um in this", "start": 18995.52, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "space. That was a really great", "start": 18997.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "discussion. Uh just happened yesterday", "start": 18999.28, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "actually because today is Tuesday. Um", "start": 19001.84, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "and that led our ability for our leaders", "start": 19004.48, "duration": 8.72 }, { "text": "to work in um collaboration between the", "start": 19007.92, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "schools that were going to be", "start": 19013.2, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "consolidating into another as well as", "start": 19014.4, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "leaders sitting and talking about where", "start": 19017.6, "duration": 3.198 }, { "text": "they're at with their schools. What are", "start": 19019.44, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "they thinking about if they are like", "start": 19020.798, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "similar schools? So the schools that", "start": 19022.4, "duration": 6.558 }, { "text": "have um that are going to be closed or", "start": 19024.878, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "consolidated in other school those", "start": 19028.958, "duration": 6.162 }, { "text": "principles. So let's say flat irons um", "start": 19030.24, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "uh Mesa so on so forth came together and", "start": 19035.12, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "sat and talked about what some of their", "start": 19037.68, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "ideas what are they feeling. So we built", "start": 19039.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "this collaboration um cohesion component", "start": 19041.2, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "with our leaders and then our next move", "start": 19044.08, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "is going to be thinking through a", "start": 19046.4, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "transition plan specifically for that", "start": 19048.0, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "area and ways that we can do things um", "start": 19049.92, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "out publicly. Well, we've talked about", "start": 19055.2, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "like we've talked about for open", "start": 19057.04, "duration": 3.758 }, { "text": "enrollment, meaning the showcase um", "start": 19058.32, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "having a special time for choice uh at", "start": 19060.798, "duration": 5.682 }, { "text": "our show, BBSD is the place to be", "start": 19064.16, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "specifically for them, but also what are", "start": 19066.48, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "the micro components and I think this is", "start": 19068.4, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "where you're getting at that we do", "start": 19070.32, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "internally within the schools to bring", "start": 19072.16, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "um PTO's together, to bring SAC members", "start": 19074.718, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "members together, to bring students", "start": 19078.0, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "together and that is going to be", "start": 19079.84, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "something that's built throughout the", "start": 19082.0, "duration": 2.878 }, { "text": "course of this year. And we also have to", "start": 19083.2, "duration": 3.758 }, { "text": "remember that this is not just a this", "start": 19084.878, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "year thing. It's also going to be a next", "start": 19086.958, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "year when it actually comes to be and", "start": 19088.878, "duration": 4.402 }, { "text": "comes to fruition if it passes and you", "start": 19090.958, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "vote to approve the proposal. We also", "start": 19093.28, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "have to think about what this transition", "start": 19095.68, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "is going to be like and how we support", "start": 19097.36, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "the um actions from day one of the", "start": 19099.44, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "following year. Dr. Anderson, anything", "start": 19103.36, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "to add?", "start": 19105.92, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "No, I I think that you've done a really", "start": 19107.92, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "good job just being mindful and as a", "start": 19109.6, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "reminder board, we have set aside", "start": 19111.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "resources", "start": 19113.68, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "um for things like if teachers need", "start": 19115.6, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "extra time and pre-planning and we've", "start": 19118.24, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "had some of these conversations with", "start": 19119.92, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "teacher advisory council and and cabinet", "start": 19121.36, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "meetings um if we need uh t you know", "start": 19123.92, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "time and dollars for these events to", "start": 19127.36, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "bring folks together. I do think that", "start": 19129.92, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "that we have to have a a final decision", "start": 19131.68, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "from from the board to be able to to to", "start": 19135.12, "duration": 5.838 }, { "text": "to start to do s significant planning.", "start": 19137.44, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "Um and then we've really started to lay", "start": 19140.958, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "the groundwork, the leadership", "start": 19143.2, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "groundwork on if this if this is", "start": 19144.638, "duration": 3.922 }, { "text": "approved by the board, what is that", "start": 19146.56, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "going to take from our leaders coming", "start": 19148.56, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "together? And one of the ideas that um", "start": 19150.16, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "that that I think that we've shared and", "start": 19153.28, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "I'm not sure if we shared this on the", "start": 19155.52, "duration": 5.198 }, { "text": "25th is is is utilizing, you know, some", "start": 19157.04, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "transitional specialists between schools", "start": 19160.718, "duration": 5.602 }, { "text": "uh that can that that really can help um", "start": 19163.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "help with some of this because you're", "start": 19166.32, "duration": 2.478 }, { "text": "going to have to support families,", "start": 19167.76, "duration": 2.0 }, { "text": "you're going to have to per support", "start": 19168.798, "duration": 1.92 }, { "text": "kids, you're going to have to support", "start": 19169.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "our educators as well. Uh so really", "start": 19170.718, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "really thoughtful and bringing folks", "start": 19173.52, "duration": 5.118 }, { "text": "together as one community. And I would", "start": 19175.68, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "say that the approach we've taken um", "start": 19178.638, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "will make that a lot easier than had we", "start": 19181.36, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "taken the old approach where we pitted", "start": 19183.2, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "communities against each other. There", "start": 19184.718, "duration": 3.042 }, { "text": "was a winner and a loser and the loser", "start": 19186.08, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "had to um", "start": 19187.76, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "had to merge with the like like like we", "start": 19190.638, "duration": 3.922 }, { "text": "haven't done that in a way where folks", "start": 19192.798, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "are fighting with one another. So um I", "start": 19194.56, "duration": 4.158 }, { "text": "do think that that that will help us as", "start": 19196.958, "duration": 4.402 }, { "text": "we transition. Not that it'll be easy um", "start": 19198.718, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "but I do think that helps.", "start": 19201.36, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": ">> Alex and then Jorge. Yeah, I guess um as", "start": 19204.798, "duration": 5.442 }, { "text": "long as we're sort of doing the wrap-up", "start": 19208.56, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "issues, I there's a few things I think", "start": 19210.24, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "that I've heard in uh in the community", "start": 19211.92, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "that I'd like to address headon. Um let", "start": 19214.878, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "me just say that at at some level the", "start": 19218.08, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "public discourse like everything in", "start": 19220.0, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": "America is sort of a jumps to conspiracy", "start": 19221.92, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "theater and an assumption of malevolence", "start": 19224.718, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "of somebody who disagrees with you. And", "start": 19226.718, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "I just I just believe that we have been", "start": 19228.32, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "transparent. We have been talking from", "start": 19231.28, "duration": 3.518 }, { "text": "the dis. We have been being briefed for", "start": 19232.878, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "three years. previous board was briefed", "start": 19234.798, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "for three more years. Um, and this the", "start": 19236.878, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "ELRACK met monthly, you know, for all", "start": 19239.52, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "their time in public. And so this has", "start": 19241.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "been all done up above board. And and I", "start": 19243.68, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "think some people are being maligned", "start": 19246.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "inappropriately. For like one thing,", "start": 19247.68, "duration": 3.278 }, { "text": "people are talking about the focus", "start": 19249.52, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "schools are being relocated as if they", "start": 19250.958, "duration": 3.282 }, { "text": "bid for their new location and they're", "start": 19252.48, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "taking this building because they wanted", "start": 19254.24, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "it. Um, question. Did any of our focus", "start": 19255.92, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "schools request their new building or", "start": 19258.798, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "lobby you to get a new building?", "start": 19260.718, "duration": 3.122 }, { "text": ">> No.", "start": 19262.878, "duration": 6.242 }, { "text": ">> All right. Secondly, um when we look at", "start": 19263.84, "duration": 9.118 }, { "text": "uh delay and the fact that delay is", "start": 19269.12, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "perceived by some people as costless,", "start": 19272.958, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "um like do you have any estimate of how", "start": 19276.16, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "much staff time has gone into the last", "start": 19278.878, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "since the board said we're impatient", "start": 19281.6, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "with LROCK, let's make a bold change. Um", "start": 19283.92, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "like that is an opportunity cost of all", "start": 19287.2, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "the other priorities we have as a", "start": 19290.0, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "community and a board. And the idea that", "start": 19291.68, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "we would go through another year or two", "start": 19293.76, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "of that and just put all the other", "start": 19295.36, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "things that you guys have had to and", "start": 19297.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "gals have had to put into your life over", "start": 19299.52, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "the last 6 months and put it on a shelf", "start": 19302.0, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "and wait another year. Anybody got a", "start": 19303.92, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "take on how much what the cost of delay", "start": 19305.84, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "actually is?", "start": 19308.32, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "I I put it in, you know, two or three", "start": 19310.16, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "other priorities that we want to make", "start": 19312.56, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "change on. Whether it's implementing a", "start": 19314.0, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "strong uh uh anti-discrimination, anti-", "start": 19316.08, "duration": 8.558 }, { "text": "uh semitism policy, whether it's working", "start": 19321.12, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "with schools in middle schools and high", "start": 19324.638, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "schools, which aren't affected by this,", "start": 19326.4, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "on what they're doing for improvement,", "start": 19328.0, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "and Neil's staff are all sucked into", "start": 19329.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "this. Anybody want to estimate what the", "start": 19331.04, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "cost of delay might be?", "start": 19333.28, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "Board member Medler, I would just", "start": 19336.0, "duration": 2.958 }, { "text": "encourage you to look at who's at this", "start": 19337.52, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "table and look who's in the audience and", "start": 19338.958, "duration": 3.282 }, { "text": "who's been here all day long to be able", "start": 19340.48, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "to answer your question and the", "start": 19342.24, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "community's question. That's one day of", "start": 19343.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "a 261day", "start": 19345.76, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "work calendar for most senior staff. Uh", "start": 19347.76, "duration": 10.0 }, { "text": "it is emotional. It is tiring. It is uh", "start": 19351.6, "duration": 11.278 }, { "text": "challenging and uh it is uh very very", "start": 19357.76, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "difficult to meet the other goals that", "start": 19362.878, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "our community and district have and", "start": 19365.28, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "continue to to to keep up the level of", "start": 19368.08, "duration": 8.638 }, { "text": "of effort and focus um on on on this", "start": 19372.0, "duration": 6.958 }, { "text": "topic. Um I don't know that it would be", "start": 19376.718, "duration": 6.722 }, { "text": "sustainable uh to to to delay this uh", "start": 19378.958, "duration": 7.522 }, { "text": "and wi-i with the idea that you know", "start": 19383.44, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "board members you've asked us", "start": 19386.48, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "you've told us small schools right", "start": 19389.12, "duration": 7.2 }, { "text": "schools can't stand can't stay small. Uh", "start": 19393.04, "duration": 5.758 }, { "text": "if you look at the list we're addressing", "start": 19396.32, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "all the smallest schools", "start": 19398.798, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "in the district.", "start": 19401.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "So, uh, if you were to ask to delay and", "start": 19403.92, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "continue to to move forward, right,", "start": 19407.04, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "you're you're still, you know, the where", "start": 19410.08, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "people live is where they live. Where", "start": 19412.08, "duration": 2.638 }, { "text": "the schools are are where they are.", "start": 19413.36, "duration": 3.598 }, { "text": "Those those factors don't change. The", "start": 19414.718, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "projections are the projections, right?", "start": 19416.958, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "And I know that this is hard, right? But", "start": 19419.44, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "delaying it doesn't make it easier.", "start": 19422.08, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Another one I've heard", "start": 19424.32, "duration": 4.318 }, { "text": "regularly from the field is, and this", "start": 19426.638, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "one kind of wrankles me a bit to be", "start": 19428.638, "duration": 3.842 }, { "text": "honest, that like my questions about", "start": 19430.24, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "transition are taking in evidence that", "start": 19432.48, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "some decisions already been made or the", "start": 19434.4, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "fact that we hire consultants to help us", "start": 19436.4, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "engage the public means that we've", "start": 19438.0, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "already made our decisions. Um, I for", "start": 19439.68, "duration": 5.198 }, { "text": "one, I guess this is just a statement,", "start": 19442.878, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "believe that asking hard questions and", "start": 19444.878, "duration": 4.242 }, { "text": "planning for transitions when the board", "start": 19446.878, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "has said we're going to make these", "start": 19449.12, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "changes is the responsible thing to do,", "start": 19450.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "not the irresponsible or somehow", "start": 19452.56, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "conspiratorial thing to do. And so, I", "start": 19454.16, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "totally defend my questions and asks for", "start": 19456.4, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "us to plan as if we're closing schools", "start": 19459.36, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "because I think we will. And if we were", "start": 19461.36, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "to wait to have discussions about what", "start": 19463.28, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "the postclosure plannings are and", "start": 19465.44, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "somehow to prove that no decisions were", "start": 19467.6, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "made, we'd be doing performing", "start": 19469.44, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "malpractice to our community and our", "start": 19471.2, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "kids. And so I just I just uh want to", "start": 19473.04, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "give uh I want to push back on the", "start": 19476.32, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "concept that like all the research that", "start": 19479.04, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "you did, all the planning that you've", "start": 19481.36, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "done, all the work on, you know,", "start": 19483.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "transitions that we're prepping for so", "start": 19486.4, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "that when we when we do vote uh soon", "start": 19487.92, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "that that all the next work can happen.", "start": 19491.28, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "So I if you could speak to the", "start": 19493.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "importance of like doing our homework", "start": 19495.12, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "before so that we can plan to do work", "start": 19497.76, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "when we know we're going to have to do", "start": 19500.16, "duration": 2.4 }, { "text": "it.", "start": 19501.28, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "Thank you, board member Medler. I I do", "start": 19502.56, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "appreciate uh those comments and this", "start": 19504.4, "duration": 6.2 }, { "text": "question. Uh", "start": 19506.56, "duration": 4.04 }, { "text": "it is um", "start": 19511.44, "duration": 3.8 }, { "text": "I I do think that you know um", "start": 19516.798, "duration": 6.562 }, { "text": "to do something well, you always have to", "start": 19520.638, "duration": 4.402 }, { "text": "not only look in front of you, but you", "start": 19523.36, "duration": 3.518 }, { "text": "have your eyes on the horizon on what's", "start": 19525.04, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "coming and what you need to do to be", "start": 19526.878, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "ready. Uh, and so to the extent that", "start": 19528.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "there have been efforts to think about", "start": 19531.52, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "what this looks like on the other side,", "start": 19533.2, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "if the board bo the board would vote", "start": 19534.878, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "yes, I would be a bad superintendent.", "start": 19537.2, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "Um, and I would be failing our", "start": 19539.68, "duration": 3.198 }, { "text": "organization and our community and our", "start": 19541.12, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "families if I wasn't doing some of that.", "start": 19542.878, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "Uh, because there's time is a limiting", "start": 19545.52, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "factor and taking enough time to", "start": 19548.718, "duration": 5.682 }, { "text": "deliberate and engage. Um, I think we've", "start": 19551.2, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "we've thought through all of this for uh", "start": 19554.4, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "since last October, since you charged", "start": 19557.6, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "the the the staff with doing this.", "start": 19560.24, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "I also want to be empathetic to our", "start": 19564.4, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "families who are um who love their", "start": 19566.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "schools, who love their teachers, whose", "start": 19568.4, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "kids are happy. I'm a parent and uh um I", "start": 19570.16, "duration": 7.44 }, { "text": "understand what that means when your", "start": 19575.52, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "kids are doing well and if if there's", "start": 19577.6, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "change that there's even a slight chance", "start": 19579.6, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "that that um that changes.", "start": 19582.16, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "And uh you know, we had a always a", "start": 19586.16, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "saying in in in my house, you know,", "start": 19587.84, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "we're always as happy as our least happy", "start": 19589.44, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "kid. And um I think that holds true to", "start": 19591.04, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "families who care about and love their", "start": 19594.798, "duration": 6.722 }, { "text": "kids. And uh I know that there's been", "start": 19597.6, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "lots of community feedback on our plans,", "start": 19601.52, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "questions, um concerns, and I actually", "start": 19604.48, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "think that that's right. I think that", "start": 19607.36, "duration": 5.278 }, { "text": "that a smart, educated,", "start": 19609.76, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "responsible community should do that.", "start": 19612.638, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "And I also understand everybody loves", "start": 19615.36, "duration": 3.438 }, { "text": "their kids and would do about anything", "start": 19617.12, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "they could in their power to protect", "start": 19618.798, "duration": 3.042 }, { "text": "their kids because that's what I would", "start": 19620.4, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "do as a dad, too. So, um I understand I", "start": 19621.84, "duration": 7.36 }, { "text": "don't take personally um the questioning", "start": 19626.4, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "the the the the pushing back. I think", "start": 19629.2, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "that that is is actually okay. It is my", "start": 19632.24, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "job as superintendent. It is our job as", "start": 19635.6, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "staff to come back and answer the", "start": 19637.68, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "questions which I believe we've done", "start": 19640.16, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "today uh to valid to to to share with", "start": 19641.92, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "folks. Here are the numbers, here are", "start": 19645.04, "duration": 3.918 }, { "text": "the sources, here's where some of that", "start": 19646.4, "duration": 6.398 }, { "text": "maybe there is a disconnect. Um, I do", "start": 19648.958, "duration": 6.642 }, { "text": "know this that that um that families", "start": 19652.798, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "love their teachers. We love their", "start": 19655.6, "duration": 3.278 }, { "text": "teachers. They love their schools. We", "start": 19657.36, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "love their schools. And it'll be my job", "start": 19658.878, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "and the job of everybody at this table", "start": 19661.76, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "and everybody down this row over here to", "start": 19663.68, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "make sure that we if this plan is", "start": 19666.32, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "approved that we take care of all of our", "start": 19668.48, "duration": 4.078 }, { "text": "families and all of our kids just like", "start": 19670.798, "duration": 5.482 }, { "text": "we're doing right now.", "start": 19672.558, "duration": 3.722 }, { "text": ">> One last piece, one last point on this.", "start": 19677.84, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "I just I I couldn't agree more. Um I've", "start": 19679.84, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "worked in policy for uh close to 37", "start": 19682.798, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "years and early learned that whenever I", "start": 19686.08, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "felt the strongest that I was absolutely", "start": 19688.958, "duration": 2.722 }, { "text": "right and the other people were", "start": 19690.638, "duration": 2.722 }, { "text": "absolutely wrong that that was", "start": 19691.68, "duration": 3.038 }, { "text": "absolutely an indication that I was", "start": 19693.36, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "wrong about both. Um and so I I am", "start": 19694.718, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "grateful for the input that we've got", "start": 19698.32, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "during the engagement process when about", "start": 19700.0, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": "800 people gave us 7,000 pieces of data.", "start": 19701.84, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "And I am grateful for the 600 plus", "start": 19704.718, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "emails that I have received and the 200", "start": 19706.718, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "people that testified. And I still", "start": 19708.638, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "remain like many of us on the board", "start": 19711.52, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "committed to doing what's right for kids", "start": 19713.28, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "and right sizing it so that we can be", "start": 19714.878, "duration": 4.402 }, { "text": "focused on kids. But I really believe", "start": 19717.2, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "that the things that we have been", "start": 19719.28, "duration": 3.278 }, { "text": "talking about over the last few weeks", "start": 19721.04, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "and that we'll continue to talk about as", "start": 19722.558, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "a community, they raise challenges for", "start": 19724.16, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "us in implementation. They raise", "start": 19727.04, "duration": 3.918 }, { "text": "challenges us for the final decision-", "start": 19729.28, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "making and how how we shape it and that", "start": 19730.958, "duration": 4.402 }, { "text": "we can do that as a board in a way that", "start": 19733.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "is very kid focused and that can honor", "start": 19735.36, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "all the fantastic observations and", "start": 19738.0, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "points that our community have made in", "start": 19740.4, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "those uh you know 1600 hours of input", "start": 19742.4, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "we've got. So, I I'm grateful for it,", "start": 19745.6, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "too. And I and I recognize my original", "start": 19747.6, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "assumptions are challenged regularly by", "start": 19750.638, "duration": 3.762 }, { "text": "that. And I've learned a lot from the", "start": 19752.958, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "input myself that I've received. And I", "start": 19754.4, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "really appreciate the your team's uh", "start": 19756.48, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "ability to like dive in with us deeply", "start": 19759.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "into those questions uh today and", "start": 19761.76, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "before. So, I really appreciate that.", "start": 19763.6, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": ">> Jorge then Melania,", "start": 19766.32, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": ">> thank you. I want to start by thanking", "start": 19769.92, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "um all the parents who came to raise", "start": 19772.16, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "questions and share their thoughts. at", "start": 19774.4, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "our last meeting. Um the ones who are", "start": 19776.24, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "here today, um I think it's, you know,", "start": 19778.0, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "they're doing their job. They're", "start": 19780.24, "duration": 2.638 }, { "text": "advocating for their kids. They're", "start": 19781.36, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "advocating for their teachers, their", "start": 19782.878, "duration": 2.882 }, { "text": "community. They're raising important", "start": 19784.08, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "questions um that we need to answer. Um", "start": 19785.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "that's our role. And so I want to thank", "start": 19788.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "the staff for being here today and for", "start": 19790.08, "duration": 2.878 }, { "text": "systematically going through and", "start": 19791.68, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "addressing all those questions and being", "start": 19792.958, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "transparent and trying to share", "start": 19795.12, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "information, as much information as", "start": 19796.558, "duration": 3.042 }, { "text": "possible. Um so I think it's really", "start": 19797.84, "duration": 3.038 }, { "text": "important. I don't know when this video", "start": 19799.6, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "will be available, but I hope that will", "start": 19800.878, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "be soon and that will be publicly shared", "start": 19802.24, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "because I think a lot of questions were", "start": 19804.4, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "answered today. So, I really appreciate", "start": 19805.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "that. Um, a couple uh random, not", "start": 19807.2, "duration": 5.758 }, { "text": "random, but multi-topic questions. Um, I", "start": 19809.84, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "I want to reinforce uh the point of the", "start": 19812.958, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "transition to the degree possible. Um to", "start": 19814.798, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "Alex's earlier point, you know, if we", "start": 19817.76, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "could allow students to return to their", "start": 19819.68, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "their neighborhood school and facilitate", "start": 19823.44, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "as much as possible, then that should be", "start": 19826.16, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "a part of the process for these students", "start": 19828.08, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "um to facilitate that. It won't be easy,", "start": 19830.638, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "right? Any change, but to the degree", "start": 19832.638, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "that we can, I I think that's really", "start": 19834.878, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "important. Um our estimates", "start": 19836.798, "duration": 6.242 }, { "text": "show savings of three and a half to$4", "start": 19840.718, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "million that will be reinvested in", "start": 19843.04, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "students. This is a really student-", "start": 19845.28, "duration": 3.278 }, { "text": "centered program or change across the", "start": 19846.32, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "district. I think that's really", "start": 19848.558, "duration": 2.16 }, { "text": "important. But I seem to recall there", "start": 19849.36, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "was also an additional million in", "start": 19850.718, "duration": 5.522 }, { "text": "savings from administration um changes,", "start": 19852.32, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "central administration changes from last", "start": 19856.24, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "May or June that I think weren't", "start": 19858.4, "duration": 2.318 }, { "text": "addressed here. I'd like to hear more", "start": 19859.68, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "about that and how that fits in this big", "start": 19860.718, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "picture. Um but before that, I I also", "start": 19862.48, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "want to say um this is really a", "start": 19865.36, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "district-wide student centered program.", "start": 19868.32, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "since I joined the board and before that", "start": 19870.48, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "on the district accountability committee", "start": 19872.0, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "um you know going back eight years now", "start": 19873.76, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "uh we were discussing about the problem", "start": 19875.92, "duration": 2.638 }, { "text": "of declining enrollment and what it", "start": 19877.28, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "meant for the quality of our ability to", "start": 19878.558, "duration": 3.682 }, { "text": "serve our students right and so I was", "start": 19880.48, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "hearing from parents who were concerned", "start": 19882.24, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "about resources for special education", "start": 19884.08, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "access to advanced and gifted", "start": 19886.878, "duration": 3.202 }, { "text": "programming um the ability to have", "start": 19888.24, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "specials a librarian in your school", "start": 19890.08, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "because books matter so much in the", "start": 19891.68, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "lives of our kids um and that we weren't", "start": 19893.2, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "able to do that for many schools or that", "start": 19895.44, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "there's increased mental health needs", "start": 19897.12, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "for our students at at the elementary", "start": 19898.32, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "level. We don't have counselors in our", "start": 19900.0, "duration": 2.958 }, { "text": "schools or school psychologists and that", "start": 19901.04, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "as our schools get smaller, we can't", "start": 19902.958, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "serve those things. And this plan", "start": 19904.4, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "proposes to reinvest those and make", "start": 19906.958, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "those more equitable and more accessible", "start": 19909.04, "duration": 3.678 }, { "text": "across the school. At the core of why", "start": 19910.558, "duration": 5.682 }, { "text": "I'm here is our strategic plan, right?", "start": 19912.718, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "We look great. We're doing great. We can", "start": 19916.24, "duration": 4.318 }, { "text": "do better. We're missing kids. We need", "start": 19918.718, "duration": 3.762 }, { "text": "to have the ability to differentiate to", "start": 19920.558, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "serve our kids across our school and to", "start": 19922.48, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "make that equitable so it's doesn't", "start": 19924.08, "duration": 2.24 }, { "text": "matter where you go to school that", "start": 19925.28, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "you're able to get those resources. So,", "start": 19926.32, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "I really appreciate that focus on this", "start": 19927.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "plan. It's it's a difficult change. It's", "start": 19929.92, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "a necessary change. At times, I'm", "start": 19931.84, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "thinking, are we doing enough in terms", "start": 19933.52, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "of that change, but this is a measured", "start": 19935.12, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "response and I think we're going in the", "start": 19937.12, "duration": 3.758 }, { "text": "right direction. And so, I appreciate", "start": 19939.28, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "the the opportunity today to kind of go", "start": 19940.878, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "through these data and really understand", "start": 19943.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "kind of what our decision-m processes", "start": 19945.68, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "look like and where the information is", "start": 19947.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "coming from. Thank you.", "start": 19949.2, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, board member Chavez. I", "start": 19952.4, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "appreciate that perspective. I would say", "start": 19954.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "that the million dollars you're", "start": 19955.76, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "referencing is a million dollars that I", "start": 19957.68, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "allocated at the end of the budget", "start": 19959.92, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "process last year um through reductions,", "start": 19962.638, "duration": 5.762 }, { "text": "central office reductions to ensure that", "start": 19965.84, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "this year and moving forward we had have", "start": 19968.4, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "those resources to ensure that students", "start": 19970.798, "duration": 5.442 }, { "text": "weren't in multi-age classes in programs", "start": 19973.36, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "that aren't designed to be multi-age. Uh", "start": 19976.24, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "and so those but you know through", "start": 19978.718, "duration": 4.322 }, { "text": "through this plan as as the other Dr.", "start": 19980.638, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "Anderson shared, maybe I'll be the other", "start": 19983.04, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "Dr. Anderson, Dr. Neil Anderson shared", "start": 19985.68, "duration": 5.118 }, { "text": "um that that this plan eliminates the", "start": 19988.4, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "need for those additional resources. So", "start": 19990.798, "duration": 4.322 }, { "text": "that that pool of three and a half to$4", "start": 19992.798, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "million is a pool of four and a half", "start": 19995.12, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "to$5 million recurring. And that's", "start": 19997.84, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "important because uh as as as Bill has", "start": 20001.12, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "shared, that is something that when you", "start": 20004.08, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "invest, it's not a one-year fix. It's", "start": 20006.16, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "it's dollars that we can reinvest year", "start": 20008.878, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "in and year out. And the dollars are", "start": 20011.04, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "flexible to make sure that we're doing", "start": 20013.44, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "as much as we can to lower the overall", "start": 20015.36, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "class size average, eliminate some of", "start": 20018.16, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "the the class sizes that were on the", "start": 20020.48, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "higher end, um, and reduce that range", "start": 20022.32, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "from low to high to ensure that we're", "start": 20025.2, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "getting a more unified and better", "start": 20027.6, "duration": 5.118 }, { "text": "experience. board members, you know that", "start": 20029.68, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "during the course of the of the first", "start": 20032.718, "duration": 3.762 }, { "text": "month of school and the and the summer", "start": 20034.48, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "leading up, the most feedback that we'll", "start": 20036.48, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "get from our community is typically from", "start": 20039.04, "duration": 3.678 }, { "text": "elementary school parents worrying about", "start": 20040.878, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "class size. Parents start worrying about", "start": 20042.718, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "class size for the next year in January", "start": 20044.798, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "of the previous year and start advocacy", "start": 20046.878, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "efforts that are well known in our", "start": 20049.36, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "community. Start emailing folks because", "start": 20051.68, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "we need to be able to try to get this,", "start": 20053.6, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "you know, we're two students away, we're", "start": 20055.52, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "three students away. those are that's", "start": 20057.12, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "that's that's an effect of small schools", "start": 20059.44, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "um and lacks lack of ongoing resources", "start": 20062.32, "duration": 6.318 }, { "text": "to be able to address those things. So", "start": 20065.04, "duration": 5.518 }, { "text": "um I'll say that that that those dollars", "start": 20068.638, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "are recurring and those dollars will be", "start": 20070.558, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "repurposed for what it is our community", "start": 20072.24, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "very clearly told us that they've", "start": 20074.638, "duration": 4.762 }, { "text": "prioritized.", "start": 20076.4, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "Elenia", "start": 20079.68, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "and given our last conversation, we'll", "start": 20082.718, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "make sure that's transparent that we're", "start": 20084.718, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "doing that, right? And and Alex brought", "start": 20086.24, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "that up and I think that's super", "start": 20088.718, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "important. I've had several people say,", "start": 20090.0, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "well, you can say you're going to do", "start": 20092.24, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "that and not do it. And I said to them,", "start": 20093.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "I'm going to say, Rob, you're going to", "start": 20096.32, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "do it and you're going to go, yeah, I am", "start": 20097.76, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "right. That that's our job as a board.", "start": 20099.44, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "Um I didn't mean just me. I meant as a", "start": 20102.4, "duration": 6.398 }, { "text": "board, sir. Um,", "start": 20104.798, "duration": 7.042 }, { "text": "I think there's another cost to waiting", "start": 20108.798, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "that um is additional to what Alex", "start": 20111.84, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "brought up and that is a cost to", "start": 20114.0, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "students who are not getting their needs", "start": 20117.28, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "met because the resources aren't at", "start": 20118.878, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "their school. And", "start": 20120.638, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "these are people that I've heard from", "start": 20124.08, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "year in year out before this.", "start": 20126.0, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "um", "start": 20129.28, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "my kid cannot take advanced math because", "start": 20130.958, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "we don't have advanced math because we", "start": 20133.84, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "don't have three rounds or my kid needs", "start": 20136.558, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "more literacy intervention but the", "start": 20138.798, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "literacy interventionist is only there", "start": 20140.638, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "two days a week. So those there is an", "start": 20142.878, "duration": 6.882 }, { "text": "opportunity cost or a cost to our", "start": 20146.718, "duration": 7.362 }, { "text": "students to do nothing. And while I'll", "start": 20149.76, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "echo Jorge, and Jorge was echoing me,", "start": 20154.08, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "that I wish the cuts were deeper, I'm", "start": 20157.28, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "not going to say that they're not doing", "start": 20161.12, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "what they're intended to do. Um, because", "start": 20163.44, "duration": 7.118 }, { "text": "I've heard from a lot of parents who", "start": 20167.92, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "their kid is doing wonderful, and I am", "start": 20170.558, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "so happy to hear from them. I will", "start": 20173.28, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "continue to talk to any parents who want", "start": 20175.44, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "to speak with me. I I love when kids are", "start": 20177.28, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "doing wonderful, when they're operating", "start": 20181.28, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "at grade level on the middle of the bell", "start": 20182.638, "duration": 3.282 }, { "text": "curve,", "start": 20184.4, "duration": 7.28 }, { "text": "but my job is that when that child has a", "start": 20185.92, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "need at either end of the bell curve or", "start": 20191.68, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "they have a tragedy in their life and", "start": 20194.08, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "they need counseling support in their", "start": 20195.84, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "school, whatever it may be, my job is to", "start": 20198.558, "duration": 6.802 }, { "text": "make sure that resource is there.", "start": 20201.28, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "So,", "start": 20205.36, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "while I will continue to say to every", "start": 20207.52, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "parent, I'm glad your kid's doing well.", "start": 20209.36, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "My job is the moment your kid's not", "start": 20211.36, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "doing well, the resource better darn", "start": 20213.44, "duration": 3.198 }, { "text": "well be there in their elementary", "start": 20215.2, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "school. So, I I'm signaling my support", "start": 20216.638, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "for this. Um, I'm very clear on it. I'll", "start": 20220.32, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "continue to talk to anybody who wants to", "start": 20224.638, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "talk about it up until the vote, but I", "start": 20226.08, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "am signaling strongly my support because", "start": 20228.638, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "that is my job to make sure those", "start": 20231.44, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "resources are there.", "start": 20233.2, "duration": 3.598 }, { "text": "Anna,", "start": 20238.638, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "thank you. I uh do want to thank um", "start": 20242.718, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "everyone here for the time that you've", "start": 20245.92, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "taken to answer all of the questions", "start": 20247.76, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "that uh we've had. Um,", "start": 20249.6, "duration": 7.038 }, { "text": "I recently had a conversation with a", "start": 20253.44, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "friend uh who lives in a neighboring", "start": 20256.638, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "school district and uh their children", "start": 20258.798, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "are just about to enter uh into", "start": 20261.52, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "kindergarten and they did research over", "start": 20264.16, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "five different schools of which one was", "start": 20267.76, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "going to be the best for their their", "start": 20269.68, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "kiddos. And um they asked me, \"Well,", "start": 20271.12, "duration": 5.678 }, { "text": "well, how many schools did you look", "start": 20274.32, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "into? Did you research?\" And it was a", "start": 20276.798, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "very uh very big moment of pride for me", "start": 20279.6, "duration": 6.24 }, { "text": "to say, well, I live within BBSD and I", "start": 20282.16, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "want to make sure that we are able to", "start": 20285.84, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "continue that promise of ensuring that", "start": 20288.08, "duration": 7.04 }, { "text": "the the quality of education um within", "start": 20291.76, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "our school district is there. And as a", "start": 20295.12, "duration": 8.88 }, { "text": "BVSD alumni, I um there is a a very big", "start": 20298.48, "duration": 7.92 }, { "text": "group of students and of community", "start": 20304.0, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "members that are not here. Uh we have a", "start": 20306.4, "duration": 6.398 }, { "text": "very huge privilege of being able to be", "start": 20309.76, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "civically engaged and advocate and ask", "start": 20312.798, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "the questions and want to have the", "start": 20315.28, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "amount of detail and specificity of", "start": 20317.76, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "really understanding and knowing what a", "start": 20320.638, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "budget what um classroom capacities is", "start": 20323.2, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "like. And I as a first generation", "start": 20326.718, "duration": 6.402 }, { "text": "citizen having immigrant parents, I know", "start": 20329.36, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "what I remember the moment where my mom", "start": 20333.12, "duration": 6.56 }, { "text": "could no longer relate to my own", "start": 20337.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "educational experience because it wasn't", "start": 20339.68, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "something she went through. And I know", "start": 20342.0, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "that as a first generation citizen, we", "start": 20344.718, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "have that responsibility to all of the", "start": 20347.68, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "kids that are immigrants in our district", "start": 20349.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "that are first generation, second", "start": 20352.24, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "generation that don't have someone that", "start": 20353.84, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "has been through a K through 12, has", "start": 20357.2, "duration": 5.678 }, { "text": "gone through to higher ed. We have that", "start": 20360.32, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "responsibility to make sure that we give", "start": 20362.878, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "them those resources within this", "start": 20365.2, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "district because for a lot of the uh a", "start": 20367.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "lot of those kids, they're they're", "start": 20370.558, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "fleeing. They're going out of traumatic", "start": 20372.08, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "places and we have that responsibility", "start": 20374.878, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "as a district because this is where they", "start": 20377.36, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "call home and they are our neighbors.", "start": 20379.44, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "They are our students. Um and so to me I", "start": 20381.6, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "am taking that that responsibility um", "start": 20384.32, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "very heavily and I know that the next", "start": 20387.44, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "step in this is looking at dual language", "start": 20389.6, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "and I want to make sure that we are as", "start": 20392.798, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "intentional as thoughtful and as engaged", "start": 20395.52, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "when we are talking about this other um", "start": 20398.638, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "subset of programs that we have within", "start": 20402.4, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "our district um because I do want a dual", "start": 20404.558, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "language to come to Broomfield. We do", "start": 20407.6, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "have a changing landscape uh in that", "start": 20409.84, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "area of our district and I want to make", "start": 20412.08, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "sure that we are being as thoughtful and", "start": 20414.32, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "as engaging and also as considerate as", "start": 20417.68, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "we can for the folks that aren't here", "start": 20420.48, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "that can't speak for themselves that", "start": 20423.04, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "don't know how to maneuver how to email", "start": 20424.958, "duration": 6.322 }, { "text": "the whole board all at once. Um so I am", "start": 20427.76, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "very grateful for everyone all the", "start": 20431.28, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "answers that you gave the questions that", "start": 20433.68, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "you took today. Um, and I am just still", "start": 20435.36, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "really thinking through and grounding", "start": 20438.32, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "myself in who I was as a BBSD student.", "start": 20439.84, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "Um, again to immigrant parents, as a", "start": 20443.84, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "first generation citizen that in high", "start": 20446.16, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "school I had to navigate on my own", "start": 20449.04, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "applying to colleges. Um, looking for", "start": 20451.76, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "scholarships. um really a lot of all of", "start": 20454.32, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "the other programs that that students", "start": 20457.04, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "have to navigate through that a lot of", "start": 20459.28, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "our students uh our immigrant students,", "start": 20461.52, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "our dual language students sometimes", "start": 20463.6, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "have to do it on their own. And I want", "start": 20465.76, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "to make sure that we as BVSD are able to", "start": 20467.44, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "grow those resources um so that a lot of", "start": 20470.718, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "the maybe negative or not best", "start": 20473.76, "duration": 5.118 }, { "text": "experiences that I had as a BVSD alumni,", "start": 20475.92, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "we're not passing that on to the next", "start": 20478.878, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "generation. And so I I'm just grateful", "start": 20481.2, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "that we are being as intentional here.", "start": 20483.92, "duration": 7.038 }, { "text": "Um because the end goal is for me to,", "start": 20487.04, "duration": 6.88 }, { "text": "you know, later on see another Anna that", "start": 20490.958, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "graduated BVSSD and then goes and sits", "start": 20493.92, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "on the board. Like that is my goal, my", "start": 20496.798, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "dream of making sure that we are passing", "start": 20499.12, "duration": 5.438 }, { "text": "along an excellent education uh to our", "start": 20501.76, "duration": 7.08 }, { "text": "students and to our community members.", "start": 20504.558, "duration": 4.282 }, { "text": "Thanks board members. One awkward thing", "start": 20511.92, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "sometimes about getting to ask my", "start": 20513.92, "duration": 4.958 }, { "text": "questions last is that it seems kind of", "start": 20516.718, "duration": 3.442 }, { "text": "tonedeaf because you were all giving", "start": 20518.878, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "your closing remarks. And I have", "start": 20520.16, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "actually a practical question", "start": 20522.798, "duration": 7.522 }, { "text": "that is short and I apologize for that.", "start": 20526.48, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "Um but sometimes this is how it shakes", "start": 20530.32, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "out. So, on your slide, you did", "start": 20532.24, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": "reference a 15-minute neighborhood. And", "start": 20534.798, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "this has come up a lot, and I've asked", "start": 20536.958, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "different Boulder City Council members", "start": 20538.958, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "what they think a 15-minute neighborhood", "start": 20540.558, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "is, and it turns out that they don't all", "start": 20542.558, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "agree. Some think it re it is walking,", "start": 20544.798, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "and some think it might include bikes,", "start": 20547.92, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "and some think it includes vehicles. And", "start": 20549.76, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "so, I'm curious when you um what is a", "start": 20552.08, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "15-minute neighborhood to you? Because", "start": 20554.558, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "you say we do meet that.", "start": 20557.2, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": ">> All of the above.", "start": 20559.92, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": ">> Yeah. Yes, but I mean that's the way we", "start": 20561.36, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "understood when we read their comp plan", "start": 20564.24, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "that", "start": 20566.32, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": ">> a school within 15 minutes.", "start": 20567.36, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": ">> So yes, we feel like we have provided", "start": 20569.6, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "that.", "start": 20571.6, "duration": 3.118 }, { "text": ">> Thank you. Because we can get to our", "start": 20572.958, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "places 15 minutes on a bus if we need", "start": 20574.718, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "to. It doesn't doesn't mean we have to", "start": 20576.798, "duration": 3.682 }, { "text": "be able to walk somewhere because you", "start": 20578.798, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "can't really walk an elementary schooler", "start": 20580.48, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "cannot walk a mile and a half in 15", "start": 20582.16, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "minutes as it stands. And that is our", "start": 20584.16, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "walk radius. Thank you for clarifying", "start": 20585.68, "duration": 5.278 }, { "text": "that. Um,", "start": 20588.16, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "thank you staff for answering these", "start": 20590.958, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "questions. Thank you board members for", "start": 20593.28, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "bringing really thoughtful questions", "start": 20594.558, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "forward. Um, and to DA allowing the", "start": 20595.76, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "delay in process or our our schedule of", "start": 20599.2, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "regular board meetings to help this", "start": 20602.08, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "happen be", "start": 20603.6, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "you no I see you.", "start": 20606.32, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> Are you sure the I want to make sure", "start": 20607.68, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "that we are on the same page on the", "start": 20610.16, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "resolution before we do anything else.", "start": 20612.08, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": "So, I want to make sure we've addressed", "start": 20614.798, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "the board member Medler's remarks from", "start": 20616.798, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "earlier.", "start": 20618.558, "duration": 3.202 }, { "text": ">> Sorry about that. I felt like closing", "start": 20620.16, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "remarks. Yeah, I don't know what the", "start": 20621.76, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "right time is to do it, but I would", "start": 20623.6, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "propose to add to the resolution", "start": 20626.24, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "language that Jorge just reiterated for", "start": 20628.958, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "me, which is facilitating the right of", "start": 20631.52, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "return for families who've been enrolled", "start": 20633.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "in one of our focus choice schools", "start": 20636.0, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "through this process when the focus", "start": 20638.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "choice school moves that they don't have", "start": 20639.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "to open enroll, but that if they let us", "start": 20641.52, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "know during the open enrollment period", "start": 20643.76, "duration": 3.118 }, { "text": "that they be reenrolled in their", "start": 20645.44, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "neighborhood school uh as a a right", "start": 20646.878, "duration": 4.322 }, { "text": "rather than a part of the open", "start": 20649.92, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "enrollment process. us and I'd like to", "start": 20651.2, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "see that incorporated into the", "start": 20653.04, "duration": 3.518 }, { "text": "resolution and I'm curious to know what", "start": 20654.558, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "the rest of my board members uh feel", "start": 20656.558, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "about that. Uh I think it's the right", "start": 20658.558, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "thing to do and it will help us fight", "start": 20660.798, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "declining enrollment and I don't know", "start": 20663.84, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "whether to you know pursue that", "start": 20665.28, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "discussion now or make a formal motion", "start": 20667.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "on the 22nd.", "start": 20669.68, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "So, I'm going to jump in here because I", "start": 20671.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "know we've had this conversation several", "start": 20674.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "times, particularly most and most", "start": 20675.84, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "recently when we updated board policy", "start": 20677.52, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "JCC and JCC-R.", "start": 20679.12, "duration": 5.518 }, { "text": "I really do struggle with this proposal", "start": 20682.08, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "because it kind of gets into the nuance", "start": 20684.638, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "um and my challenge with using guarantee", "start": 20686.878, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "when we talk about guaranteeing open", "start": 20689.52, "duration": 3.438 }, { "text": "enrollment spots and we guarantee", "start": 20691.36, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "opening having sack spots and we", "start": 20692.958, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "guarantee having preschool spots in", "start": 20695.2, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "which I mean we can never guarantee", "start": 20697.6, "duration": 7.198 }, { "text": "those things and and because I recall", "start": 20699.28, "duration": 8.72 }, { "text": "what it was like to have students", "start": 20704.798, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "in elementary school when all the vast", "start": 20708.0, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "majority of our schools were at capacity", "start": 20710.718, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "and open enrolling and guaranteeing out", "start": 20713.52, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "and guaranteeing them a spot to return", "start": 20716.878, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "whenever they wanted would have pushed", "start": 20718.558, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "classrooms over thresholds and would", "start": 20720.24, "duration": 4.318 }, { "text": "have created conditions in which we", "start": 20722.638, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "couldn't try to we couldn't always do", "start": 20724.558, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "what we're trying to accomplish now", "start": 20726.638, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "which is having manageable class sizes", "start": 20728.08, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "and not going over in rounds. And so I", "start": 20730.0, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "do struggle a little bit and um with", "start": 20732.878, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "that idea and I know what you're what", "start": 20736.16, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "you really want, Alex, is for that to be", "start": 20738.16, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "a permanent solution, not part of a", "start": 20740.24, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "one-time resolution. And so I also would", "start": 20742.08, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "question the utility of putting it in a", "start": 20744.24, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "one-time resolution versus making a", "start": 20746.4, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "change to a policy because this policy,", "start": 20748.718, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "the resolution does not change any of", "start": 20751.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "the policy language included with it. It", "start": 20753.36, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "is just addressing the changes for next", "start": 20755.6, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "year alone. And so I think you're trying", "start": 20758.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "to accomplish two different things", "start": 20760.24, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "because I know you've asked before for", "start": 20761.68, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "this to be a permanent change. The", "start": 20763.28, "duration": 5.438 }, { "text": "resolution is between now and next year.", "start": 20765.2, "duration": 5.438 }, { "text": "It is a one-year only. It is not a", "start": 20768.718, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "permanent maneuver.", "start": 20770.638, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "So those are my two comments on that and", "start": 20773.2, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "then I'll entertain. I saw Lenius Hankup", "start": 20775.52, "duration": 6.52 }, { "text": "and other members of the board.", "start": 20778.32, "duration": 3.72 }, { "text": "Uh, I would be in favor of doing it the", "start": 20782.558, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "one year only and then bringing it", "start": 20784.558, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "forward to the board for discussion if", "start": 20786.878, "duration": 4.722 }, { "text": "we're going to do a policy change. I", "start": 20789.52, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "understand your point of doing it in", "start": 20791.6, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "this particular case. Um, and I would", "start": 20794.24, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "never want to just say, okay, we're", "start": 20797.76, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "going to change the policy without", "start": 20799.76, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "having the standard debate that we would", "start": 20802.0, "duration": 5.48 }, { "text": "need to have.", "start": 20804.16, "duration": 3.32 }, { "text": "Alex.", "start": 20808.878, "duration": 2.482 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, I really appreciate that point and", "start": 20809.6, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "I appreciate the previous deliberations", "start": 20811.36, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "the board, this board and the previous", "start": 20813.12, "duration": 3.598 }, { "text": "one have had on this topic. I will add", "start": 20814.718, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "that in this circumstance, we're talking", "start": 20816.718, "duration": 3.762 }, { "text": "about choice schools that are moving and", "start": 20818.32, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "so people enrolled in a school that was", "start": 20820.48, "duration": 4.318 }, { "text": "one place uh and now one of them is", "start": 20822.24, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "actually moving pretty far. And so um", "start": 20824.798, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "and it's not very many students that", "start": 20827.92, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "we're affecting and I'm not suggesting", "start": 20829.44, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "that they have a right that someone else", "start": 20831.2, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "doesn't have. If you move into our", "start": 20833.2, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "neighborhood in July, you get to go", "start": 20835.12, "duration": 3.758 }, { "text": "there in August. If you move in, if you", "start": 20836.558, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "return from private education after open", "start": 20838.878, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "enrollment period and say, \"I'm here", "start": 20841.2, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "now. I live in this neighborhood and you", "start": 20842.558, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "show up, you have a right to go there.\"", "start": 20844.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "I'm suggesting that the parents who've", "start": 20846.08, "duration": 3.04 }, { "text": "enrolled in a private school that's now", "start": 20847.68, "duration": 3.278 }, { "text": "being relocated 6 miles away from where", "start": 20849.12, "duration": 3.758 }, { "text": "it was when they chose it should have", "start": 20850.958, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "the same right as someone who just moved", "start": 20852.878, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "in from California to go to their", "start": 20854.718, "duration": 3.762 }, { "text": "neighborhood school and should have the", "start": 20856.958, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "same right as someone who was enrolled", "start": 20858.48, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "in a private school. So, the idea that", "start": 20860.558, "duration": 3.762 }, { "text": "we're giving an enrollment preference to", "start": 20862.32, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "people who are homeschooling and private", "start": 20864.32, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "schooling over people who live in that", "start": 20866.4, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "neighborhood and who've been enrolled in", "start": 20868.08, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "a BBSD school, that's that's upside down", "start": 20869.52, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "for me. And and I feel strongly that", "start": 20872.16, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "we're trying to we're trying to reduce", "start": 20875.44, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "people leaving the system. So, the fact", "start": 20877.84, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "that they would have to give notice", "start": 20880.4, "duration": 4.158 }, { "text": "actually, you know, 5 months earlier", "start": 20882.638, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "than the people who move in or those", "start": 20884.558, "duration": 3.602 }, { "text": "that return from private education is", "start": 20886.0, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "also worth taking into consideration.", "start": 20888.16, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "So, it's not a special privilege. It's", "start": 20890.0, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "actually a delayed access to something", "start": 20891.84, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "that other people we privilege ahead of", "start": 20893.76, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "them. And by doing that, we reduce the", "start": 20895.6, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "number of people who feel compelled to", "start": 20897.76, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "leave our district. Um, they've already", "start": 20899.84, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "exercised choice because they didn't", "start": 20902.0, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "want to be somewhere. And we have a lot", "start": 20903.28, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "of people with the ability to, you know,", "start": 20905.6, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "to leave. So, I I think this is a great", "start": 20907.76, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "time to do it. It's different than", "start": 20910.48, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "normal. I love the opportunity to", "start": 20911.84, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "discuss it as a broader policy change", "start": 20914.08, "duration": 2.878 }, { "text": "because I just think it's the right", "start": 20916.08, "duration": 2.798 }, { "text": "thing to do for kids in our community.", "start": 20916.958, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "But um I don't apologize for bringing it", "start": 20918.878, "duration": 3.282 }, { "text": "up through this vehicle because I feel", "start": 20920.878, "duration": 3.362 }, { "text": "like the the relocation of those focus", "start": 20922.16, "duration": 4.478 }, { "text": "schools makes it even more compelling to", "start": 20924.24, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "me that we should do it at least in this", "start": 20926.638, "duration": 2.642 }, { "text": "case.", "start": 20928.24, "duration": 2.558 }, { "text": ">> So are you saying that it would only", "start": 20929.28, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "apply to students that are currently", "start": 20930.798, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "enrolled in community monastery in high", "start": 20932.4, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "peaks", "start": 20935.28, "duration": 3.278 }, { "text": "because that's very different than", "start": 20937.12, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "saying like any student that open", "start": 20938.558, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "enrolled to a different school and now", "start": 20940.48, "duration": 5.36 }, { "text": "wants to go back. Let's say I open", "start": 20942.798, "duration": 4.802 }, { "text": "enrolled into Uni Hill and I have", "start": 20945.84, "duration": 2.878 }, { "text": "questions about what's going to happen", "start": 20947.6, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "and so now I want to go back to Foothill", "start": 20948.718, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "or go back to somewhere else where there", "start": 20951.6, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "might already be at capacity challenges", "start": 20953.28, "duration": 4.72 }, { "text": "like that's my wondering like who who", "start": 20955.76, "duration": 3.198 }, { "text": "does this apply to", "start": 20958.0, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": ">> so thank you that's let me clarify I do", "start": 20958.958, "duration": 5.042 }, { "text": "believe in this case it is basically the", "start": 20961.84, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "people who have open enrolled in a", "start": 20964.0, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "community monastery in high peaks um the", "start": 20965.44, "duration": 5.118 }, { "text": "people who have are enrolled in our", "start": 20968.4, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "other affected schools are being", "start": 20970.558, "duration": 3.522 }, { "text": "assigned to their catchment zone and", "start": 20972.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "have an enrollment right to enroll in", "start": 20974.08, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "the place we're assigning them. No one", "start": 20975.68, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "who's being assigned to a catchment zone", "start": 20977.44, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "has to go through open enrollment to go", "start": 20979.6, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "to that school uh a year from now. The", "start": 20981.28, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "ones who've been o that are being", "start": 20984.24, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "relocated because they've chosen a focus", "start": 20986.24, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "school that was in a location and", "start": 20988.32, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "location is a big part of why I chose", "start": 20990.16, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "community monastery when I sent my kids", "start": 20991.76, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "there. The they uh deserve to have the", "start": 20993.52, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "same right as anybody who is at Douglas", "start": 20996.558, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "that wants to go to the school that", "start": 20999.28, "duration": 3.678 }, { "text": "they're assigned to. Right? So they're", "start": 21001.04, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "assigned to a school but they don't have", "start": 21002.958, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "a right to go to it because they made a", "start": 21005.04, "duration": 3.838 }, { "text": "choice and they made a choice of", "start": 21007.52, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "something that we offered them somewhere", "start": 21008.878, "duration": 4.242 }, { "text": "else. So yeah, community monastery high", "start": 21010.48, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "peaks parents who would like to return", "start": 21013.12, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "to their school of residents who notify", "start": 21015.28, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "us within the open enrollment period. I", "start": 21017.44, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "say we enroll them and treat them like", "start": 21019.6, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "somebody who moved into that", "start": 21021.76, "duration": 2.64 }, { "text": "neighborhood uh before the open", "start": 21022.958, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "enrollment period. Can we put the", "start": 21024.4, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "resolution language on there because I", "start": 21026.718, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "want to um this gets to the be it", "start": 21028.48, "duration": 6.078 }, { "text": "further resolved implementation of JCCR", "start": 21031.6, "duration": 7.64 }, { "text": "the second bullet under there", "start": 21034.558, "duration": 4.682 }, { "text": ">> as you're pulling that up board members", "start": 21043.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "and thinking about preparing for next", "start": 21045.52, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "week I think um you know the question", "start": 21047.2, "duration": 6.8 }, { "text": "that I think we have to answer if this", "start": 21052.24, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "is something that the board would would", "start": 21054.0, "duration": 4.638 }, { "text": "want to take action on. We can bring two", "start": 21056.638, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "resolutions. The resolution resolution", "start": 21058.638, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "as it stands with the adjustments here", "start": 21060.638, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "and then a res resolution that adds this", "start": 21062.718, "duration": 6.322 }, { "text": "language. Uh the question just to", "start": 21064.798, "duration": 6.642 }, { "text": "clarify, are we talking that these", "start": 21069.04, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "students would have to notify us prior", "start": 21071.44, "duration": 6.16 }, { "text": "to the open enrollment window closing?", "start": 21073.68, "duration": 6.64 }, { "text": "If you were to do that, then what you", "start": 21077.6, "duration": 5.278 }, { "text": "would do is it would clarify you would", "start": 21080.32, "duration": 5.68 }, { "text": "um you would allow us to know and", "start": 21082.878, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "understand more accurately what seats", "start": 21086.0, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": "are open and open enrollment and then we", "start": 21088.16, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "would not like take those opportunities", "start": 21090.718, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "away from other folks holding it back", "start": 21093.28, "duration": 5.278 }, { "text": "because we didn't know. Um and so and so", "start": 21094.958, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "that would be like above your priority", "start": 21098.558, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "preference. It wouldn't necessarily be", "start": 21100.718, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "part of of open enrollment. It would be,", "start": 21102.638, "duration": 5.202 }, { "text": "listen, if you tell us by this date you", "start": 21105.92, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "want to go back to your neighborhood", "start": 21107.84, "duration": 2.718 }, { "text": "school, we're going to treat you like a", "start": 21109.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "resident student. And uh and we could", "start": 21110.558, "duration": 5.762 }, { "text": "write language that that would that", "start": 21113.6, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "would would allow that to happen. Um we", "start": 21116.32, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "could communicate to those families", "start": 21119.2, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "directly. I'm looking at the team um to", "start": 21121.12, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "say this is your option or your choice", "start": 21125.04, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "by this close of business, this date.", "start": 21127.04, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "You need to let us know um if that's", "start": 21129.44, "duration": 5.358 }, { "text": "what you're going to be doing. and then", "start": 21131.68, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "those families would make that choice.", "start": 21134.798, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "But what they wouldn't be able to do is", "start": 21136.558, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "try to go into uh use their priority", "start": 21139.44, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "enrollment preference and open", "start": 21142.638, "duration": 2.962 }, { "text": "enrollment", "start": 21144.08, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "uh and then if they didn't get what they", "start": 21145.6, "duration": 3.198 }, { "text": "want say I want to go back to my", "start": 21147.52, "duration": 3.038 }, { "text": "neighborhood school. It would it would", "start": 21148.798, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "it would have to be prior to that. I", "start": 21150.558, "duration": 3.922 }, { "text": "mean I'm I'm just thinking out loud as", "start": 21152.558, "duration": 3.202 }, { "text": "is making sure I'm hearing what it is", "start": 21154.48, "duration": 2.078 }, { "text": "you're asking.", "start": 21155.76, "duration": 3.038 }, { "text": ">> But wouldn't then we give that right to", "start": 21156.558, "duration": 7.24 }, { "text": "guarantee before open enrollment to any", "start": 21158.798, "duration": 5.0 }, { "text": "So they're already going to have the", "start": 21166.08, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "opportunity. They're already everybody", "start": 21168.558, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "who's impacted community monatory um", "start": 21170.638, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "families, high peaks families are going", "start": 21173.12, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "to have this priority choice preference.", "start": 21174.878, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "They're already going to have that,", "start": 21177.6, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "right? What I'm hearing board member", "start": 21179.44, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "Medler say is if they want to go back to", "start": 21181.44, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "their neighborhood school, right, then", "start": 21183.84, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "we should treat them like anybody who", "start": 21186.48, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "would come from some other choice", "start": 21188.32, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "besides BVSD, home school, private", "start": 21190.0, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "school, online school, whatever, where", "start": 21192.16, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "we give them that opportunity. The trick", "start": 21194.16, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "is is if you give them the opportunity", "start": 21197.04, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "and the preference,", "start": 21199.2, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "right, they don't have to use their", "start": 21201.36, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "preference on their home school. They", "start": 21202.48, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "would use the preference on something", "start": 21204.08, "duration": 2.798 }, { "text": "and then if it was filled then they", "start": 21205.44, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "could use the home school. So, so I'm", "start": 21206.878, "duration": 3.442 }, { "text": "just trying to understand if it's to get", "start": 21208.32, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "back to your neighborhood school, I", "start": 21210.32, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "think you would do that prior to the", "start": 21211.68, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "process, which makes the most sense to", "start": 21213.12, "duration": 4.64 }, { "text": "me, but then when you do that, you give", "start": 21215.28, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "up your priority choice open enrollment.", "start": 21217.76, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": ">> Yeah, you'd wave that.", "start": 21221.04, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": ">> I I agree that the way you characterized", "start": 21223.76, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "it. And just let me be clear, if you're", "start": 21225.6, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "in any of other our other affected", "start": 21227.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "schools, you are guaranteed enrollment", "start": 21229.84, "duration": 4.24 }, { "text": "in the place where you're assigned. The", "start": 21232.08, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "only people who are not guaranteed", "start": 21234.08, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "enrollment", "start": 21235.68, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "uh in the place where they are assigned", "start": 21237.76, "duration": 4.798 }, { "text": "by residents are the people uh who chose", "start": 21239.52, "duration": 5.438 }, { "text": "community monastery and high peaks. So", "start": 21242.558, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "this is giving them the same right of", "start": 21244.958, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "everybody else to attend the school that", "start": 21247.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "they're assigned to after we've made all", "start": 21250.08, "duration": 4.92 }, { "text": "these changes.", "start": 21251.76, "duration": 3.24 }, { "text": ">> Yes. and it puts them above the priority", "start": 21261.44, "duration": 3.6 }, { "text": "for anybody else that's been disrupted", "start": 21263.52, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "in this process and that's like the the", "start": 21265.04, "duration": 5.48 }, { "text": "lottery.", "start": 21267.52, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": "So, can you um can you draft", "start": 21272.878, "duration": 7.602 }, { "text": "language that the staff could then", "start": 21278.24, "duration": 4.96 }, { "text": "incorporate like what because we cannot", "start": 21280.48, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "if you have pro per if you have if we", "start": 21283.2, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "follow Dr. Anderson's plan of bringing", "start": 21286.32, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "forth two resolutions and this is just a", "start": 21288.0, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "cumbersome exercise on like we have to", "start": 21290.878, "duration": 4.322 }, { "text": "approve one or not but we might have to", "start": 21293.6, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "vote on two. Um I would need language", "start": 21295.2, "duration": 5.2 }, { "text": "that we can understand today to be able", "start": 21297.92, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "to bring that forward on a day where we", "start": 21300.4, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "are f acting as final decision makers. I", "start": 21301.84, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "don't want to deliberate over words on a", "start": 21304.958, "duration": 4.482 }, { "text": "day where we have to make final action.", "start": 21307.76, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "So, can you put forth a pro um proposed", "start": 21309.44, "duration": 6.48 }, { "text": "language to accomplish what you are um", "start": 21312.08, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "trying to accomplish", "start": 21315.92, "duration": 4.718 }, { "text": ">> uh right now? You want me to?", "start": 21318.48, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": ">> I do want that right now.", "start": 21320.638, "duration": 4.602 }, { "text": ">> Give me two minutes.", "start": 21321.76, "duration": 3.48 }, { "text": "adding the new one that's no longer the", "start": 21391.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "final clause.", "start": 21393.44, "duration": 2.48 }, { "text": "All right. If I may, um, what I'm", "start": 21398.558, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "proposing is a motion that says that", "start": 21400.798, "duration": 4.962 }, { "text": "students enrolled in High Peaks or", "start": 21403.52, "duration": 5.198 }, { "text": "Community Monastery, uh, sorry, families", "start": 21405.76, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "of students enrolled in High Peaks or", "start": 21408.718, "duration": 2.962 }, { "text": "Community Monastery that prefer to", "start": 21410.32, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "enroll in their assigned neighborhood", "start": 21411.68, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "school rather than attend their focus", "start": 21413.68, "duration": 4.48 }, { "text": "school in its new location and who", "start": 21416.16, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "notify the district of that decision", "start": 21418.16, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "prior to the open enrollment. uh end", "start": 21419.92, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "deadline or we can insert the date will", "start": 21423.68, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": "be enrolled directly in their assigned", "start": 21425.84, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "neighborhood school according to their", "start": 21427.76, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "residents. These families will not have", "start": 21429.76, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "the priority preference to apply to", "start": 21431.6, "duration": 2.88 }, { "text": "another school through the open", "start": 21433.12, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "enrollment process afterwards for the", "start": 21434.48, "duration": 8.76 }, { "text": "for the year the 202728 school year.", "start": 21437.52, "duration": 5.72 }, { "text": "Do we know", "start": 21444.638, "duration": 5.442 }, { "text": "is that possible for us to manage in", "start": 21447.68, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "school mint? Like does can school mint", "start": 21450.08, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "wave for flag anybody that has said they", "start": 21454.08, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "wanted to wave their right and then", "start": 21457.2, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "decided to try to open a role again?", "start": 21458.4, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "Like does the system allow for that to", "start": 21460.0, "duration": 5.24 }, { "text": "happen?", "start": 21462.24, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> Check on that specifically. Um but I", "start": 21467.76, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "believe there It would be helpful if", "start": 21473.12, "duration": 5.598 }, { "text": "there was a little space in between the", "start": 21475.44, "duration": 7.358 }, { "text": "notification and the end. Um, December", "start": 21478.718, "duration": 8.24 }, { "text": "10th, whatever something um that that", "start": 21482.798, "duration": 8.402 }, { "text": "would give us the opportunity to", "start": 21486.958, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "identify.", "start": 21491.2, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": ">> Oh, microphone. I take as a friendly", "start": 21492.08, "duration": 5.84 }, { "text": "amendment any prior deadline before that", "start": 21494.48, "duration": 6.158 }, { "text": "that uh would give us enough time to", "start": 21497.92, "duration": 5.52 }, { "text": "implement the open enrollment system and", "start": 21500.638, "duration": 4.562 }, { "text": "code these families appropriately.", "start": 21503.44, "duration": 3.438 }, { "text": "Again, for my colleagues on the board,", "start": 21505.2, "duration": 3.438 }, { "text": "this is not a large number of families", "start": 21506.878, "duration": 3.042 }, { "text": "that we're talking about that I", "start": 21508.638, "duration": 3.042 }, { "text": "anticipate. Um I don't know how many", "start": 21509.92, "duration": 3.12 }, { "text": "from high peaks, but for community", "start": 21511.68, "duration": 3.118 }, { "text": "monosuri, I don't think it'll be that", "start": 21513.04, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "many. But uh I I I think it it probably", "start": 21514.798, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "wouldn't be that administratively", "start": 21517.92, "duration": 3.28 }, { "text": "burdensome if we have a few days to", "start": 21519.44, "duration": 3.76 }, { "text": "figure out how to code people. We've we", "start": 21521.2, "duration": 3.2 }, { "text": "code them for lots of other things", "start": 21523.2, "duration": 2.8 }, { "text": "previously like everybody who came from", "start": 21524.4, "duration": 3.44 }, { "text": "a charter school with a legacy admission", "start": 21526.0, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "got coded separately as coming from", "start": 21527.84, "duration": 3.038 }, { "text": "there and had separate enrollment", "start": 21529.36, "duration": 3.84 }, { "text": "preferences applied. So I'm assuming our", "start": 21530.878, "duration": 6.76 }, { "text": "system is robust to this kind of change.", "start": 21533.2, "duration": 4.438 }, { "text": "Alec, I will leave it to staff to double", "start": 21542.0, "duration": 4.878 }, { "text": "check like making making sure that any", "start": 21544.718, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "proposed language is accomplishable and", "start": 21546.878, "duration": 4.642 }, { "text": "um", "start": 21550.0, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "sort of like between the last proposal", "start": 21551.52, "duration": 3.438 }, { "text": "and today that like you're", "start": 21553.68, "duration": 2.72 }, { "text": "double-checking to make sure you can", "start": 21554.958, "duration": 3.122 }, { "text": "accomplish it and that we're not putting", "start": 21556.4, "duration": 4.8 }, { "text": "something forth that we can not manage", "start": 21558.08, "duration": 7.798 }, { "text": "effectively or that creates undue", "start": 21561.2, "duration": 4.678 }, { "text": "I mean challenges to what the team has", "start": 21566.08, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "laid out or the system itself.", "start": 21569.52, "duration": 3.68 }, { "text": "I would like to see the resolution", "start": 21574.558, "duration": 4.4 }, { "text": "brought forward. I think everything", "start": 21576.32, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "we're talking about creates undue burden", "start": 21578.958, "duration": 4.882 }, { "text": "on tons of people. So, I wouldn't apply", "start": 21581.44, "duration": 6.6 }, { "text": "a different standard to this proposal.", "start": 21583.84, "duration": 4.2 }, { "text": ">> I'm just checking with our team. Do we", "start": 21591.36, "duration": 2.96 }, { "text": "have the the proposed language that", "start": 21592.798, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "board member Medler shared?", "start": 21594.32, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": ">> Okay. If we can get that, then we'll", "start": 21598.798, "duration": 3.202 }, { "text": "verify that we can make sure that that", "start": 21600.32, "duration": 3.52 }, { "text": "happens. We'll confer with staff on what", "start": 21602.0, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "the date would be um in terms of when", "start": 21603.84, "duration": 5.76 }, { "text": "folks would have to make that decision", "start": 21607.92, "duration": 3.36 }, { "text": "decision prior to open enrollment. So", "start": 21609.6, "duration": 3.118 }, { "text": "then we could code those folks as", "start": 21611.28, "duration": 4.32 }, { "text": "resident as you know resident students", "start": 21612.718, "duration": 6.322 }, { "text": "and then um and then move forward.", "start": 21615.6, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "Then board members will have two", "start": 21619.04, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "proposals for you to ready for your um", "start": 21620.48, "duration": 7.52 }, { "text": "deliberation and um and and vote on the", "start": 21624.08, "duration": 6.92 }, { "text": "22nd.", "start": 21628.0, "duration": 3.0 }, { "text": ">> Rob Price, just you added the semicolon", "start": 21631.28, "duration": 3.678 }, { "text": "and comma. You just got to make sure you", "start": 21633.6, "duration": 3.038 }, { "text": "delete it from the one above it.", "start": 21634.958, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": ">> Thank you, Lolia.", "start": 21636.638, "duration": 5.442 }, { "text": ">> Slightly confused about if we have two", "start": 21640.24, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "proposals coming forward. Um, so then", "start": 21642.08, "duration": 6.478 }, { "text": "one would have this resolution, the", "start": 21646.32, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "other wouldn't.", "start": 21648.558, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": ">> One would have that bullet. Okay.", "start": 21650.718, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": ">> The whereas or it's a bullet here.", "start": 21653.84, "duration": 2.798 }, { "text": ">> Sorry, I can't.", "start": 21656.0, "duration": 2.638 }, { "text": ">> And one wouldn't. It's kind of like", "start": 21656.638, "duration": 5.442 }, { "text": "Lenia when we voted on attendance", "start": 21658.638, "duration": 5.282 }, { "text": "boundary changes and there were there", "start": 21662.08, "duration": 4.0 }, { "text": "was a motion put forward for one then", "start": 21663.92, "duration": 4.56 }, { "text": "there was a vote", "start": 21666.08, "duration": 4.558 }, { "text": "that first one happened at that time to", "start": 21668.48, "duration": 4.398 }, { "text": "not pass. Then we moved on to approve", "start": 21670.638, "duration": 4.16 }, { "text": "the motion for the second one. That one", "start": 21672.878, "duration": 4.402 }, { "text": "passed. Inverse could happen here, but", "start": 21674.798, "duration": 3.92 }, { "text": "you have to kind of go through whoever", "start": 21677.28, "duration": 3.278 }, { "text": "makes the motion on the first one.", "start": 21678.718, "duration": 3.762 }, { "text": "There's discussion on the first one that", "start": 21680.558, "duration": 5.362 }, { "text": "gets voted on. If it does not pass, then", "start": 21682.48, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": "you go on to the second one. So, it's", "start": 21685.92, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "just like a operational thing for for", "start": 21687.6, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "Does that make sense?", "start": 21693.04, "duration": 5.12 }, { "text": ">> Yeah.", "start": 21695.76, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "Any other discussions board members?", "start": 21698.16, "duration": 4.88 }, { "text": "Dian,", "start": 21701.2, "duration": 4.08 }, { "text": ">> as a final comment, I just want to say", "start": 21703.04, "duration": 8.64 }, { "text": "that um that uh I wasn't part of the the", "start": 21705.28, "duration": 9.04 }, { "text": "board decision that said we're going to", "start": 21711.68, "duration": 6.4 }, { "text": "move focused schools outside of the", "start": 21714.32, "duration": 6.318 }, { "text": "central Boulder. Um that was something a", "start": 21718.08, "duration": 5.6 }, { "text": "decision you made before. Um, and I take", "start": 21720.638, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "issue with the fact that we are taking", "start": 21723.68, "duration": 5.44 }, { "text": "people out of a school and putting a", "start": 21726.718, "duration": 6.08 }, { "text": "focused school in. Um, I don't think", "start": 21729.12, "duration": 8.88 }, { "text": "that that is the focus of what BVSD is.", "start": 21732.798, "duration": 7.602 }, { "text": "I don't think core knowledge should be", "start": 21738.0, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "the focus of what BVSD is. And I think", "start": 21740.4, "duration": 6.318 }, { "text": "that decision will be damaging to the", "start": 21743.28, "duration": 6.72 }, { "text": "students at um Douglas who are going to", "start": 21746.718, "duration": 6.322 }, { "text": "get the message that those kids are more", "start": 21750.0, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "important than you. And so I take it I", "start": 21753.04, "duration": 9.44 }, { "text": "take um I take that as uh my truth. And", "start": 21756.32, "duration": 9.2 }, { "text": "um Alex and I had a funny discussion on", "start": 21762.48, "duration": 5.04 }, { "text": "the phone the other day where we were we", "start": 21765.52, "duration": 3.358 }, { "text": "were trying to argue about whose", "start": 21767.52, "duration": 5.198 }, { "text": "district was impacted the most.", "start": 21768.878, "duration": 6.962 }, { "text": "Not that it mattered at all, but um my", "start": 21772.718, "duration": 6.562 }, { "text": "district was and the borderlands between", "start": 21775.84, "duration": 7.68 }, { "text": "Boulder and Lewisville um impacted", "start": 21779.28, "duration": 7.278 }, { "text": "pretty hard and uh the students are", "start": 21783.52, "duration": 5.038 }, { "text": "going to have to adjust and I'll be", "start": 21786.558, "duration": 5.122 }, { "text": "looking forward to what kind of um what", "start": 21788.558, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "kind of help we can provide in order to", "start": 21791.68, "duration": 6.0 }, { "text": "maintain the communities", "start": 21794.878, "duration": 6.402 }, { "text": "that are more important than the school.", "start": 21797.68, "duration": 8.0 }, { "text": "itself. So I I hope that we can identify", "start": 21801.28, "duration": 8.16 }, { "text": "ways to keep the communities together", "start": 21805.68, "duration": 9.52 }, { "text": "even if the schools are um split. So", "start": 21809.44, "duration": 9.0 }, { "text": "that's all.", "start": 21815.2, "duration": 3.24 }, { "text": ">> Well, board members, it is approaching", "start": 21820.0, "duration": 5.28 }, { "text": "3:00, the end of the school day for some", "start": 21821.68, "duration": 6.32 }, { "text": "of our elementary school students. Looks", "start": 21825.28, "duration": 5.92 }, { "text": "like we have no", "start": 21828.0, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "way to pick up. I know. Um, thank you", "start": 21831.2, "duration": 7.12 }, { "text": "team. Thank you board members. I look", "start": 21835.12, "duration": 5.758 }, { "text": "forward to seeing you all in a week.", "start": 21838.32, "duration": 7.0 }, { "text": "With that, today's meeting is adjourned.", "start": 21840.878, "duration": 4.442 } ]