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>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING OR THIS STUDY SESSION TO ORDER.
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WELCOME ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE.WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS OUR OPERATING POLICIES AND OUR MONITORING REPORTS AND DO SOME WORK ON THOSE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, AND IF BY DOING SO, EVERYONE WOULD JOIN ME AS WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
>> NEXT, WE WILL READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
WE, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED TERRITORIES OF THE LUMI PEOPLE.
THE LUMI PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF WASHINGTON'S NORTHERNMOST COAST AND SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THEY LIVED IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THIS TERRITORY AND CONTINUED TO HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE AREAS.
SINCE THE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS AND ON TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED LANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE LUMI PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO BOBBY AND KRISTIE AS
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WE TALK ABOUT REVISING OUR DIFFERENT POLICIES.>> I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANTONIO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, AND IT IS FINALS WEEK, SO OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT.
BUT THIS REALLY IS A BRAINSTORMING SESSION, A LEARNING SESSION, NOT NECESSARILY A DECISION MAKING SESSION.
BOBBY'S GOING TO BE RUNNING YOU THROUGH A PROCESS.
I WANT TO GIVE BOBBY A SHOUT OUT.
HE HAS SPENT HOURS AND HOURS LOOKING AT THIS, AND IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR EMAIL, YOU WILL SEE A LINK TO ALL OF THE PROPOSED OES AND RESULTS.
YOU HAVE ALL OF THEM HERE, AND THIS IS NOT A ONE AND DONE.
WE ARE DEDICATED TO SPENDING AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED TO GET TO MONITORING POLICIES THAT MEET THE NEEDS AND CAPTURE WHAT THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS YOU DECIDING WHAT YOU WANT THE DISTRICT TO FOCUS ON.
THEN WE WILL BE TAKING THIS WORK AS A TEAM AND THE TEAMS BEHIND ME AND BOBBY, AND WE'LL START DOING THE HOW AND BRINGING THAT BACK.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BACK AND FORTH FOR A WHILE.
>> THANK YOU, KRISTIE. SINCE ORIGINALLY, PROPOSING THAT WE REVISIT THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND RESULTS POLICIES, I'VE DONE A BIT MORE LEARNING ABOUT COHERENT GOVERNANCE, WHICH IS THE STYLE OF THE GOVERNING MODEL THAT WE USE HERE IN FERNDALE.
I JUST WANTED TO START BY JUST GOING OVER SOME OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED, WHICH IS MOST LIKELY A REVIEW, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
COHERENT GOVERNANCE IS JUST ONE MODEL THAT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR THE BOARD TO DO ITS JOB AND EXPRESS CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE.
THE FOCUS HERE IS THAT, IT'S A FRAMEWORK.
WE CAN CUSTOMIZE IT AS WE NEED IN FERNDALE TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT ARE REQUIRED ON BOTH THE BOARD POLICIES AND OUR REPORTS.
WHEN WE PROVIDE A REPORT TO YOU, EACH OF THESE REPORTS SHOULD HAVE A RESTATEMENT OF THE BOARD'S POLICY SECTION BY SECTION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE BOARD'S POLICY, WHICH IS MORE SPECIFIC THAN THE BOARD POLICY WILL BE.
THEN WITHIN THAT, WE'LL ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED QUANTIFIABLE INDICATORS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL USE TO JUDGE COMPLIANCE.
THEN A STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONDITION WITH REGARD TO THAT SPECIFIC POLICY PROVISION, SO EITHER IN COMPLIANCE OR OUT OF COMPLIANCE, AND EVIDENCE OF THAT STATED CONDITION.
IF WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION THAT WOULD ALSO BE STATED AS TO HOW WE WOULD GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.
ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE IN OUR REPORTS ALREADY, BUT JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE PARTS THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO STAY.
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WHEN IT COMES TO INTERPRETATION AND INDICATORS, THESE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT WE LOOK TO TO ADD MORE SPECIFICITY TO THE POLICY THAT WILL HELP US JUDGE WHETHER THEY ARE COMPLIANT OR NOT.THE BOARD MUST BE ASSURED THAT THE VERY BROAD LANGUAGE THAT IT USED IN ITS POLICIES IS REASONABLY INTERPRETED.
YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A BOARD TO LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS INTERPRETATION AND APPROVE THAT BEFORE ANY MONITORING REPORTS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU.
A KEY NOTE IS THAT, PERFECTION IS NOT THE STANDARD.
THE STANDARD IS REASONABLE, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND TONIGHT.
WHEN THE DISTRICT PROVIDES THE INTERPRETATION AND INDICATORS, WE WOULD USE THE LANGUAGE.
WE WILL KNOW WE ARE COMPLIANT WHEN AND THEN HAVE INDICATORS LISTED.
INDICATORS MUST BE PRECISE AND QUANTIFIABLE.
IF THE NUMBERS WERE REALIZED, THE ORGANIZATION IS COMPLIANT, IF THEY'RE NOT REALIZED, WE ARE NOT COMPLIANT.
THERE SHOULD BE NO DEBATE BASED ON THOSE INDICATORS.
IF THERE IS, THAT'S WHERE FOLLOWING A MONITORING REPORT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO TWEAK THIS SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, THERE'S NO GRAY AREA.
THE CHART THAT YOU'LL SEE OR JUST THE VISUAL UP HERE ON THE SCREEN JUST SHOWS WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN BEFORE, BUT THE LIGHT GREEN ON THE LEFT THE CURRENT 12 OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES.
THE IDEA WAS TO REDUCE THAT BY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT THEY CURRENTLY OVERLAP AND TRYING TO MERGE REDUNDANT LANGUAGE.
THEN OUR EXISTING RESULTS POLICIES ARE THE LIGHT BLUE.
THERE ARE SIX POLICIES, AND THE HOPE WAS TO REDUCE THAT DOWN TO FOUR.
TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MORE OF THEM THAN THE RESULTS POLICIES, THEY'RE PRETTY PROCEDURAL OR TECHNICAL.
WELL, THE RESULTS POLICIES ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ADAPTIVE.
THEY REQUIRE MORE NUANCED LANGUAGE.
I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IF WE GOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS OF HOW TO GO THROUGH THESE POLICIES, USING THE MORE CLEAR LANGUAGE OF THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES, THEN WE'LL BE WELL ON OUR WAY TO MOVING THROUGH THE RESULTS POLICIES QUICKER.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? THEN I'LL EXPLAIN THE PROCESS THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH BOTH TONIGHT AND THEN IN THE COMING MONTHS AHEAD.
TONIGHT, WE'LL JUST START PROCESS NUMBER 1, STEP 1.
THIS ONE IS JUST TO WRITE OR UPDATE THE POLICIES.
WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE POLICIES USING THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL.
WE'RE JUST HAPPENING TO TRY TO MERGE THEM.
WE ALREADY HAVE WORDS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, AND WE CAN REVISE THOSE AS NEEDED.
FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S MEETING, ANY POLICY THAT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, WILL THEN GO TO THE DISTRICT OR THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL WRITE THE INTERPRETATION AND THE INDICATORS THAT WILL BE UNDERNEATH EACH SUB ITEM WITHIN THE POLICY, AND THEN THOSE SAME INDICATORS AND INTERPRETATION, THOSE WILL BE THEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
YOU WOULD EITHER APPROVE THEM OR SUGGEST EDITS IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAPTURE WHAT YOU ARE HOPING TO GET TO THROUGH YOUR POLICY.
AFTER BACK AND FORTH, IF NEEDED, ONCE THAT'S AGREED UPON, THEN THE DISTRICT WILL SUBMIT A MONITORING REPORT TO THE BOARD USING THE POLICY, THE INTERPRETATION, AND THE INDICATORS.
THEN LASTLY, THE BOARD WOULD THEN FORMALLY ACT ON THAT REPORT TO SAY COMPLIANT, NOT COMPLIANT OR COMPLIANT WITH NOTED EXCEPTIONS.
TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON THE FIRST STEP OF WRITING AND UPDATING THE POLICIES.
>> WHERE IT SAYS, COMPLIANT WITH NOTED EXCEPTIONS, IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WAS WE WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT GRAY AREA OF COMPLIANT, NOT COMPLIANCE.
IS OUR GOAL TO GET RID OF THAT OR?
>> YOU GUYS CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, I THINK THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTOOD IT IS THAT,
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EACH OF THE SUB ITEMS IN, LET'S SEE IF MY MOUSE HERE, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A GRAPHIC.BUT IF THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE A POLICY, EACH NUMBERED ITEM IN THE POLICY WOULD HAVE ITS OWN INTERPRETATION AND ITS OWN INDICATORS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INDICATOR IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT INDICATOR IS NOT COMPLIANT, WHEREAS THE OTHER 10 ITEMS ARE COMPLIANT.
THE REPORT AS A WHOLE WOULD BE COMPLIANT WITH THE NOTED EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 3 THAT HAS A NON COMPLIANT SECTION.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OR IS THAT NOT?
>> I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO LINE UP WITH WHAT WAS SAID AT THE BEGINNING.
THAT'S ALL. I MEAN, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A GRAY AREA, THEN IT'S EITHER COMPLIANT OR NOT COMPLIANT WELL.
>> I THINK, EACH INDICATOR WOULD BE YES OR NO.
BUT IF YOU HAVE 10 INDICATORS IN ONE REPORT, AND NINE OF THEM ARE YES, AND ONE OF THEM IS NO, EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THE 10 WERE CLEAR, WE'D STILL END UP WITH A NINE VERSUS ONE, YES, IT'S COMPLIANT, BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE THAT WAS NOT COMPLIANT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GOT 50-50?
>> I THINK I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S WHERE THE BOARD WOULD COME INTO DISCUSSION.
>> THAT IS DEFINITELY, AND BOBBY HAS DONE WELL, SITTING UNDER THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE BOOK ON COHERENT GOVERNANCE, I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT MORE SIMPLY.
THANK YOU. IT DOES BECOME THE BOARD'S THING, AND THANKFULLY, MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE A 50-50, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 60-40, 70-30, WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT DOES COME INTO WHEN YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE INDICATORS.
DETERMINING, ARE THE MAJORITY IN COMPLIANCE, AND THEN HAVING THOSE EXCEPTIONS, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT FOR THOSE ONES THAT ARE NOT COMPLIANT? PART OF THE PROBLEM WE'VE HAD, I THINK WITH SOME OF OUR INDICATORS IS, WE DON'T HAVE DATA TO SAY YES OR NO, THIS IS COMPLIANT OR NOT.
SOME OF OUR BEST CONVERSATIONS OR MOST CLEAREST HAVE BEEN THE ONES WHERE IT SAID, THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE A CLEAN AUDIT REPORT.
WELL, THAT'S EASY TO HAVE A YES OR NO ANSWER.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, ALL STUDENTS WILL EXHIBIT MASTERY IN THIS, WHAT EXACTLY IS MASTERY? THERE BECOMES THE CHALLENGE WHERE IT BECOMES LESS BLACK AND WHITE.
THIS IS HOPING TO GET A LITTLE MORE, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, TO GET BETTER INDICATORS, SO WE HAVE SOME DATA THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE MORE CONCRETE DECISIONS.
BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES WHEN THINGS THERE MAY BE, LIKE BOBBY SAID, 10 INDICATORS AND NINE OUT OF THE 10 ARE GREAT, BUT THE ABILITY TO SAY COMPLIANT WITH NOTED EXCEPTIONS ALLOWS US NOT TO TANK THE WHOLE REPORT AND THE WHOLE RESPONSE, BUT TO SAY, HEY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT 90% OF THIS IS GOOD, BUT WE'VE GOT 10% WE NEED TO WORK ON MORE.
>> THEN I WOULD ADD, AFTER YOU APPROVE A REPORT, WHAT HAPPENS IS, WE AS A TEAM TAKE THAT, AND THAT BECOMES OUR PLAN OF WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FOR THE FUTURE.
ACTUALLY, THOSE EXCEPTIONS, WHILE THEY MIGHT FEEL GREAT TO YOU, THEY FEEL VERY CLEAR TO US WHAT OUR DIRECTIVE IS.
IT'S YOU COMMUNICATING WITH US.
DISTRICT, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED YOU TO FOCUS ON.
IT ACTUALLY IS VERY CLEAR TO US IF THERE'S AN EXCEPTION AND IT'S VERY CLEAR.
SOMETIMES IF WE JUST GOT A COMPLIANCE AND WE ARE NINE OUT OF 10, THEN WHY FOCUS ON IT? WE DON'T HAVE TO IMPROVE IN THAT AREA.
THE EXCEPTIONS HELP US IDENTIFY GOALS.
>> WITH THAT, THOSE EXCEPTIONS ARE WRITTEN OR VOTED ON DIRECTIVE TO THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
AGAIN, IT IT BECOMES A PART OF THE POLICY OR AN INTERPRETATION OF THE POLICY. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK, IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, YOU'D HAVE TWO PACKETS.
ONE IS THE PROPOSED OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES, AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED ONE AT A TIME AND WITH THE HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEED, BUT JUST GO ONE AT A TIME AND SEE HOW FAR WE GET.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO TWEAK LANGUAGE IN THERE.
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WE COULD COMPLETELY REWRITE THEM.WE COULD, I GUESS, TAKE THEM AS THEY'RE WRITTEN NOW.
THESE ARE PREPARED FOR YOU NOW AS MORE OF A STARTER OR A GUIDE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MERGE SOME OF THESE OTHER POLICIES.
AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, JUST A REMINDER TO FOCUS ON OUTCOMES, NOT THE PROCESS.
THE POLICY IS FOCUSED ON THE OUTCOME, AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS THE LIBERTY TO CHOOSE HOW THEY GO ABOUT GETTING TO THAT OUTCOME.
AGAIN, REASONABLE, NOT PERFECT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
THEN SIMILAR TO WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING, IF THE POLICY IS WRITTEN AT A HIGH LEVEL, MORE GENERAL, THEN THE INTERPRETATION IS WHERE SOME OF THE SPECIFICS COME INTO PLAY OF THE DISTRICT THEN RESPONDS WITH HOW THEY SEE MORE OF THE SPECIFICS, AND THEN IT GETS APPROVED BY THE BOARD BEFORE ANY MONITORING REPORT.
WHERE DO THE SMART GOALS COME IN? IS THAT AN INTERPRETATION THAT HAPPENS AT SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL?
>> YES. THOSE ARE THERE WILL BE THE INDICATORS.
>> THOSE WILL BE THE INDICATORS.
>> BUT DO WE HAVE ANY SAY AT THIS POINT ABOUT WHETHER THOSE INDICATORS ARE USEFUL?
>> WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE POLICIES BECAUSE UNTIL THE POLICIES ARE ESTABLISHED, THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM CAN'T WRITE THE INDICATORS.
THEN WHEN THEY GIVE THE INDICATORS, WHICH ARE THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OF THE POLICIES, WE CAN GIVE OUR FEEDBACK ON THOSE INDICATORS AND GIVE THEM DIRECTION AS TO, IS THAT WHAT WE MEANT IN OUR POLICY? IS THAT PROVIDING THE INFORMATION? THERE ARE NO INDICATORS UNTIL WE HAVE THE POLICIES SET.
THEN AGAIN, THE INDICATORS COME FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.
>> BOBBY, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PLAN? PEGGY, IF YOU LOOK BEHIND YOU, WE'RE ON NUMBER ONE TONIGHT.
ONCE WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT FOR A POLICY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT, AND AS A TEAM, AND IT DEPENDS, IF IT'S A FINANCIAL ONE, BOBBY HOLLY AND I ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT.
KELLY AND TRINA, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.
IF IT'S COMMUNICATION, IT'D PROBABLY BE BOBBY SELINA, AND I.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK, THEN WE PROCESS IT AS AN EXECUTIVE TEAM.
THEN WE WILL BRING ALL OF THAT TO YOU AND THEN YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
THEN AFTER YOU APPROVE IT, THEN THAT GIVES US DIRECTION, NOW WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THE MONITORING REPORT TO MATCH THIS.
IT'S NOT QUICK, IT'S VERY MUCH A BACK AND FORTH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LIVING PROCESS FOR A WHILE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE STARTING WITH THE OES BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE MUCH EASIER TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S JUST, DID YOU HAVE AN AUDIT? YES. NO. WHEREAS SOME OF THE ACADEMIC ONES, THEY'RE MORE COMPLICATED.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A BIT LONGER TO DO.
WE'RE FOCUSING MORE TONIGHT ON THE PROCESS, SO THEN WE CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER WHEN THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX, BUT THIS IS THE TIMELINE.
YOU CAN SEE IT JUST KEEPS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
>> IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THIS, THEN THE FILES THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE ALSO GIVEN TO YOU IN AN E MAIL DIGITALLY.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH THESE ONE AT A TIME AND WE COULD EDIT THEM TOGETHER AS A GROUP RIGHT NOW.
THE FIRST POLICY IS THE PROPOSED OE 1, IS EXPECTATIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE IDEA HERE WAS THAT IT WAS A MERGING OF THE EXISTING OE 1 AND OE 2 POLICIES.
YOU CAN LOOK IN YOUR TWO PACKETS TO SEE THE LANGUAGE OF THE EXISTING OE 1, EXISTING OE 2, AND HOW THEY BECAME THIS PROPOSED OE 1.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF MINUTES, TO START, JUST TO LOOK THROUGH IT YOURSELF AND MAKE NOTES AS NEEDED, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TOGETHER.
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>> I THINK IN MY OPINION, THE MERGING OF THESE TWO OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, EMERGENCY, SUPERINTENDENT SUCCESSION, AND GLOBAL OPERATIONS EXPECTATION WAS ELOQUENTLY DONE ON THE PROPOSAL HERE.
I BELIEVE IT COVERS IT IN MY OPINION.
>> WHAT I HEAR IS OE 1 IS GOOD TO GO FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THEN I SEE PEOPLE MOVING ON TO OE 2; IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO, BOBBY?
>> YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH.
I'M HOPING THIS IS A WORKING SESSION.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SEEING WORDS THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD STRIKE THROUGH OR THAT YOU COULD ADD, THEN WE JUST TALK THROUGH IT.
>> PEGGY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD TO ANYTHING ON OE 1?
>> I SAID, I TEND TO HANG ON WORDS AND THINK ABOUT HOW THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE INTERPRETED, SO IT TAKES ME LONGER TO PROCESS.
I'M A SLOWER READER. IF I GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT AND SOMETHING BUGS ME, I CAN BRING IT BACK?
>> OR IF I THINK OF SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS GOOD, WE CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WORDS.
>> YEAH. I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT WE CAPTURE YOUR INTENT SO THAT OUR INTERPRETATION AND YOUR INTENT ARE MERGED. IS THAT RIGHT? AS YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE OE 2, I THINK THERE'S A NOTE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, BUT THAT'S A MERGE OF THE EXISTING OE 3 AND OE 8.
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>> BOBBY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HERE, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE BOARD CAN BE AGREEABLE TO OE 3 AND OE 8 AS BEING COMPATIBLE AND COMPLIANT.
>> I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MARK UP ON EVERYBODY ELSE'S WHERE THE EXISTING POLICIES ARE COMING IN, BUT I HAVE IT ON MINE, AND IT'S GREAT.
>> IS THAT LIKE IN CLASS, WHEN YOU WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU ACCIDENTALLY GOT THE TEACHER'S EDITION OF THE TEXTBOOK.
>> IT WAS ALWAYS THE KEY OF KEEP QUIET SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THE ONE WITH ALL THE ANSWERS.
>> ONE MORE THING JUST TO EXPLAIN THE FORMAT OF A POLICY, THE FIRST SENTENCE OR TWO AT THE TOP RIGHT UNDERNEATH WHERE IT SAYS POLICY, THAT IS THE GENERAL POLICY.
THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL NOT UNDERNEATH THAT, I THINK SO FAR WE'VE JUST HAD WILLS, BUT LATER WE HAVE WILL NOTS AS WELL, WITHIN THIS GENERAL POLICY, THIS IS WHAT WE REQUIRE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT THEY DO AND THEY MUST ABSOLUTELY NOT DO KIND OF THING. THOSE ARE LIKE THE GUARD RAILS.
>> OE 3, I THINK IS THE FIRST ONE WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL NOT OR MAY NOT.
>> I THINK LIKE BOBBY SAID IN HERE, AS YOU READ THROUGH THIS, THERE ARE A LOT OF WORDS THAT LEAVE ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION, WHICH IS PART OF THAT KEEP IT BROAD IN THE POLICY, NARROW IT DOWN WITH THE INTERPRETATION.
BECAUSE WE COULD SIT HERE ALL NIGHT, IF YOU LOOK AT LINE 6, AND GO, WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANT DISTRICT CONCERN? BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AND THAT'S WHERE THE INTERPRETATION FACTORS COME IN AND GIVE US A PLAY.
I THINK THIS HAS THE BIG PICTURE REALLY WELL AND MERGE THOSE TWO POLICIES WELL, HITTING THE WHOLE COMMUNICATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF IT.
>> WELL, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
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IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD PUT IN PLACE DEFINITIONS, LIKE, FOR SIGNIFICANT? HAS AN IMPACT ON THE BUDGET.>> THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR EXPERTISE TO KNOW WHAT REALLY IS SIGNIFICANT.
WHEN I WORK WITH HOLLY, HOLLY IS GOING TO TELL ME FINANCIALLY WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
I'M NOT AN ACCOUNTANT, SO THAT'S WHEN WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND WRITE THOSE INTERPRETATIONS AND BRING THOSE BACK.
NOW, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR YOU WONDER ABOUT THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD EXPLAIN IT THERE, AND WE WOULD MAKE SURE OUR INTERPRETATION IS WELL DEFINED, BUT DEPENDING ON THE EXPERTISE IN THE ROOM, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO KNOW WHAT SIGNIFICANT IS OR MASTERY IS OR THOSE THINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IT BROAD ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IT EBBS AND FLOWS WITH WHAT THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON.
IF WE GET TOO FINITE AND THE STATE CHANGES, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ASSESSMENT, THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE THING.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE INTERPRETATIONS, THEY'RE MORE FLEXIBLE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE DONE.
>>I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT THIS IS MONITORED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
>> THAT'S HUGE. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ON A YEARLY BASIS.
>> WELL, I THINK A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT WHOLE THE BOARD NOT NECESSARILY KNOWING WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THE NUMBER IS IN HERE, BUT I KNOW WE RAN INTO WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILD.
THERE WAS A LINE IN THE POLICY THAT SAID, THE BOARD HAD TO APPROVE ANYTHING OVER, I DON'T REMEMBER,50,000 OR SO SOME NUMBER THAT SOUNDED HUGE TO THE BOARD, BUT ON THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WAS, LIKE, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE EVERY SIGN.
THAT'S WHERE, IN THAT, EXPERTISE AND INTERPRETATION COMES, KEEPING IT BROADEN ENOUGH SO THAT THE DAILY FUNCTION CAN WORK, BUT THERE'S THOSE INTERPRETATIONS, WHICH AGAIN, IF WE GO BACK TO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SLIDES, WE HAVE THE BOARD SETS THE POLICY, THE ADMINISTRATION BRINGS BACK THE INTERPRETATIONS.
THEN WE HAVE A POW WOW ABOUT THOSE INTERPRETATIONS AND IF THAT DOESN'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT TO US AND WE HAGGLE ON THEM SO THAT THAT'S WHERE IN MORE THAT DEFINITION BECOMES AS PART OF THE INTERPRETATION.
AT LEAST IN MY INTERPRETATION OF THE WAY IT WORKS.
>> I GUESS I WAS FOCUSING ON, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORD COMPLAINTS, LIKE, WHAT CONSTITUTES A COMPLAINT? IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM HE PUSHED ME TO A LAWSUIT.
WHERE'S THE DIVIDING LINE ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE TO BE KEPT INFORMED ABOUT COMPLAINTS?
>> THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE, PEGGY FOR ME TO BRING UP.
ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BE A FINANCIAL STRAIN THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN.
ALL DAY LONG, WE GET COMPLAINTS.
YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THE EMAILS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT WE BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO HIT THE NEWSPAPER.
WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO HIT SOCIAL MEDIA.
LAWYERS ARE INVOLVED WHERE WE HAVE TO PUT SOMEONE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO KNOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, I EMAIL YOU ANYTIME EMERGENCY RESPONDERS HAVE TO ATTEND SOMETHING AT A SCHOOL, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABOVE THE DAILY NORM OF A SCHOOL DAY FUNCTION.
YOU WOULD SEE THAT IN THE INTERPRETATION.
>> I THINK THAT ALSO GOES INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE BOARD IN HIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT IS IF YOUR SUPERINTENDENT ALL OF A SUDDEN DECIDES THAT THE ONLY THINGS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT ARE IF SOMEBODY STEALS CANDY FROM A KID IN THE LUNCH ROOM, BUT LAWSUITS AND PHYSICAL INJURY ARE NOT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION BECAUSE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT IN LINE WITH YOUR DEFINITION.
THAT'S WHY REVIEWING THESE LIKE YOU SAID ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, YOU'RE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK BOTH DIRECTIONS, WHICH IN ESSENCE, I LOVE THE FACT OF CONSOLIDATING SO WE CAN DO THEM ANNUALLY BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT MORE FREQUENTLY, YOU'RE MONITORING THE MORE FEEDBACK AND INTERACTION AND CONVERSATION YOU'RE HAVING.
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>> THE NEW OE3 IS BASICALLY JUST OE4 MOVED OVER.
>> YES, BECAUSE THERE'S NO MERGING ON THAT ONE.
IT WAS JUST A NEW TITLE AND THEN A NEW NUMBER BECAUSE IT WOULD FALL AFTER THE COMMUNICATIONS.
BUT THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE WANTED TO REVISE THE LANGUAGE THERE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN NEW JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE CREATED, TYPICALLY, DON'T THOSE COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL BEFORE THE POSITION IS CREATED, EVEN IF IT WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE BUDGET, LIKE SAY, IT WAS A HIGH LEVEL POSITION, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD?
>> THE JOB ITSELF WOULD COME TO YOU IF IT WAS A NEW POSITION, BUT NOT THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
>> FOLLOWING FROM THAT, IF A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR AN EXISTING JOB IS SIGNIFICANTLY REWRITTEN, SO WOULD THAT ALSO COME TO THE BOARD BECAUSE IF IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUDGET LIKE IF IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE CHANGE?
>> THE PAYMENT OF THE JOB IS NOT BASED ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
>> IT'S OFTEN IN A UNION, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A PAY SCALE OF WHICH IT FALLS IN.
THE JOB DESCRIPTION ITSELF JUST SAYS, THESE ARE THE DUTIES THAT THE PERSON IS GOING TO DO, BUT THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE ACTUAL SALARY.
THE POSITION ITSELF IS WHAT IMPACTS THE BUDGET, THE JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT.
>> THEY CAN'T REVISE A JOB TOO? THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> THAT IS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LABORS.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. EVEN THE NON-UNION POSITIONS?
>> YEAH, WE SCRUTINIZE EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF A JOB DESCRIPTION.
>> I JUST WAS WONDERING IF WHEN YOU CREATE WHOLE NEW POSITIONS.
THOSE COME TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME.
I'LL SHARE WITH YOU DATA, WHY IT'S BEING CREATED, HOW IT ALIGNS, AS WELL AS, HEY, WE'RE ELIMINATING THIS POSITION, SO BOTH FOLD.
BUT THE JOB DESCRIPTION ITSELF DOES NOT.
>> AWAY, I JUST DON'T SEE AN ITEM FOR THAT IN HERE.
I WAS WONDERING IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS.
>> WHICH ARE YOU LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW?
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I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS ON IT IS THESE POLICIES DON'T ACT INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT FROM THE OE2, WHICH IS THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.IT TALKS ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO TELL THE BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO TELL THE DISTRICT ANYTHING THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY ADDING A NEW POSITION, ADDING A NEW BUDGET ITEM.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE TELLING THE BOARD FOR IT.
ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, THERE'S INTERACTION THAT GOES ON BETWEEN THESE POLICIES.
SOMETIMES IT MAY NOT BE COVERED SPECIFICALLY IN ONE, BUT IT'S COVERED IN THE OTHER.
AGAIN, PART OF IT GOES BACK TO THOSE MONITORING REPORTS WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, BECOME THE FEEDBACK AND THE EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYING, YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR BOARD POLICIES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT KEEPING US UPDATED ON POSITIONS YOU'RE CREATING OR MONEY YOU'RE SPENDING OR WHATEVER VARIOUS THING WITHIN THERE.
>> IT MAY BE THAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD FALL UNDER OE4, MORE OF A FINANCIAL PLAN.
THEN KARA IS POINTING OUT THAT CHANGES IN COMPENSATION IS AN OE4, SO LABOR GROUPS AND EVERYTHING.
BUT IF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS IF IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE FINANCES, THEN THAT'S HERE.
HOW ARE WE DOING FOR WHAT? IT ALSO MIGHT FALL.
I THINK KEVIN'S POINT IS THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING COULD FALL UNDER LOTS OF THINGS.
IT COULD FALL UNDER GRADUATION RATES.
WE NEED TO ADD SOMEBODY IN OUR RESULTS.
WE NEED TO ADD A POSITION TO I DON'T KNOW.
WE NEED TO ADD A NEW MATH CLASS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS WHO AREN'T MEETING THE MATH STANDARDS.
THAT WOULD BE A NEW POSITION THAT MAYBE IS A TARGETED MATH PROGRAM.
THAT PARTICULAR PIECE, WHICH I WANT TO SAY FOR THE PAST ONE AROUND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CAME WHEN WE ADDED CHRIS COCHRAN'S POSITION BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE SEEING WAS A DECLINE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR BECAME A PRIORITY OF THE BOARD, SO WE ADD A POSITION TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THAT.
THAT WOULD FALL UNDER, IF I WAS TO USE THE OES, NUMBER 1, PREPARE A MULTI-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN THAT ALIGNS WITH THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES.
THE BOARD SAID, PLEASE FOCUS ON BEHAVIOR.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE DOING IT.
IT COULD FALL UNDER ALL OF THE OTHERS, BUT AGAIN, I WOULDN'T BRING YOU ALL THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM, THEY'RE PUBLIC.
BUT THE ACTUAL POSITIONS IF THEY CHANGED OR DELETED, THOSE YOU WOULD KNOW ABOUT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL FALL UNDER THE INTERPRETATION.
WHEN WE READ THIS, WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU WHERE IT'S GOING TOO.
WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU THE DATA YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE THESE.
I HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THE TEAM.
I'M NOT EVEN REALLY, WELL, MINUS KARA, HAVING CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS FROM YOU AND THEN WE KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT A BOARD SHOULD KNOW.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE SAYING, THIS IS THE DATA YOU'RE GOING TO GET, THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MEASURE IT, THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL EXPECT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IN THE INTERPRETATION.
>> WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE ITEM 12 EXISTS? [INAUDIBLE] OE4.
>> HE'S LOOKING AT NUMBER 12, NO, OE4 EXCEED RECEIVED REVENUES WITHOUT LAWFUL FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS RESERVED OR AUTHORIZED TRANSFERS.
>> WHILE HOLLY THINKS ABOUT THAT, I'LL THROW IN.
I THINK IT'S IF YOU HAVEN'T, MAKING A BUDGET THAT EXCEEDS YOUR INFLOWS WITHOUT HAVING SECURED OUTSIDE FUNDING, WHETHER IT BE SOMETHING LIKE SR DOLLARS THAT YOU KNOW ARE COMING IN.
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IF I RECALL WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT SR DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SUCH A THING, BUT IT WAS ALONG THOSE LINES.THEY CAN'T GO MAKING OUT THIS GRANDIOSE BUDGET AND PROMISING, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE THIS PERSON AND COME UP WITH A BUDGET THAT DOESN'T FIT.
ON ONE HAND, IT DOESN'T MAKE LOGICAL SENSE THAT ANYONE WOULD RECEIVE TO DO THAT, BUT THAT WAS BASICALLY TO PREVENT IS WHAT THEY EXPLAINED IT AS.
>> I BELIEVE THAT REFERS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN'T DO TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS WITHOUT BOARD AUTHORIZATION.
THE NEW OE4'S NUMBER 12 CAME FROM THE OLD OE6 NUMBER 8.
EVERYBODY FOLLOWING ALONG? [LAUGHTER]
BOBBY NOT ONLY PRESENTS HIS STUFF AND MAKES IT LOOKS GOOD, HE HOLDS BACK A LITTLE BIT, SO HE CAN LOOK BETTER.
>> I BET ON THE OLD OE6 NUMBER 10, FOURTH WORD IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPORTS. THANK YOU.
>> IT'S FINE ON THE PROPOSED OE4.
THERE WAS JUST A TYPO ON OE6 BEFORE THAT.
>> I DON'T KNOW. RESORTS IS GOOD.
>> IF IT'S GOING TO STAY RESORTS, IT NEEDS TO MOVE UP. [LAUGHTER]
>> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, STEVE? I'M JUST LOOKING AT OE4 NUMBER 4, ENSURE FISCAL SOUNDNESS IN FUTURE YEARS.
FROM WHAT WE STARTED WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND NOW WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH WITH THE UPCOMING LEGISLATION SAYING THAT OUR STATE IS IN ARREARS AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CUTTING LOTS OF THINGS WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO DO JUST THE OPPOSITE TO GET MORE FUNDING.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S TWOFOLD, WHAT THE STATE IS SAYING NOW WE LEARNED ABOUT AFTER YOU APPROVED THE BUDGET.
THE TK PIECE CAME IN OCTOBER AFTER WE APPROVED THE BUDGET.
THOSE PIECES ARE OUTSIDE ANY OF OUR CONTROL, SO NOW OUR RESPONSE.
EXACTLY AND WHY IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING TO US.
HAD WE HAD HAD THAT INFORMATION WHEN THEY HAD IT, WE WOULD HAVE MADE DIFFERENT DECISIONS THIS SUMMER.
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>> WE BALANCED A BUDGET BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAD AT HAND.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
WHEN DID THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION?
>> WELL, I WASN'T IN THE ROOM, BUT I WOULD FIND IT.
I'LL GO ON RECORD SAYING I WOULD BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT THE STATE DID NOT KNOW PRIOR TO NOVEMBER WHEN WE ALL LEARNED THAT THEY HAD A $10 BILLION DEFICIT.
>>I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT OUR BUDGET TO SPI FOR THEM TO APPROVE, AND IF THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A FUNDING SHORTFALL AND THAT OUR REVENUES WEREN'T WHAT.
>> IT WAS ALSO AN ELECTION YEAR.
SOMETIMES THAT PLAYS INTO IT I THINK.
>> BUT THEN HOW CAN YOU TURN AROUND AND PENALIZE THE SCHOOL FOR NOT SPENDING WITHIN THEIR LIMITS WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION LIKE THAT THAT IMPACTS THE SCHOOL AND YOU DON'T LET THEM KNOW UP FRONT.
HOW CAN THEY EVEN HONESTLY SIT THERE AND APPROVE A BUDGET?
>> LET'S LOCK ARMS AND GO QUICK 'CAUSE [LAUGHTER] I AM VERY FIRED UP ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
TO ME, THERE'S A CODE OF ETHICS.
THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, PEGGY.
>> IN THE SENSE OF THE TK IN CHRIS RICHTAL'S LETTER, IT SAID THAT THE ENROLLED STUDENTS EXCEEDED THEIR EXPECTATIONS BY 2000 SOME STUDENTS.
THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT AS SOON AS THEY GOT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
WE'VE HAD YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO DO RIFFS AND/OR TELL PEOPLE IF THEY HAD A JOB OR NOT BEFORE THE STATE HAD EVEN FINALIZED THEIR BUDGET BECAUSE THEY WERE ARGUING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THOSE TEACHERS AND SAY, YOU'VE GOT A JOB OR YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB, AND IF WE TELL THEM THEY'VE GOT A JOB, WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT.
IF WE LET TEACHERS GO AND THEN THEY COME THROUGH AND GIVE US ALL THIS FUNDING, THEN WE HAVE TO TRY AND SCOOP THOSE.
THIS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW, UNFORTUNATELY, AND THAT'S THE FRUSTRATION WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAN THE BUDGET.
>> WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE CAN CONTROL OUR MESSAGE AND OUR TRUTH AND WE CAN BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE GOING TO OWN OUR MISTAKES.
WE ARE GOING TO HONOR OUR COMMITMENTS, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IN TERMS OF THE DECISION THE STATE MAKES.
I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE. THAT'S MY STYLE.
BUT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW, SO.
WE CAN ONLY MAKE DECISIONS WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GIVEN.
WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT AS TRUTH UNTIL WE'RE TOLD OTHERWISE.
>> I THINK PART OF THAT WITH THAT STATEMENT, THAT ENSURING FISCAL SOUNDNESS IN FUTURE YEARS IS AS MUCH A GOAL STATEMENT AS IT IS A NOW STATEMENT.
YOU HAVE TO WORK ON THE INFORMATION CHANGE.
NOW WHAT CAN WE DO STILL MAINTAINING OUR COMMITMENTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME BALANCING THAT WITH ENSURING OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY MOVING FORWARD.
>> IS THAT PART OF WHAT WENT INTO DETERMINING HOW MUCH WE SHOULD KEEP IN RESERVE BECAUSE HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT PORTION TO KEEP IN RESERVE? IT WAS SET AT 4% A LONG TIME AGO.
WHAT WAS FACTORED INTO CREATING THAT NUMBER?
>> THIS IS A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION.
I THINK WE HAVE A FINANCIAL MONITORING REPORT COMING, SO THIS WILL BE A VERY TIMELY CONVERSATION.
BUT 4% REALLY IS NOT OUR GOAL.
I WOULD THINK, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HOLLY? I ALWAYS GO TO HOLLY, THE AUDITOR.
>> FOUR PERCENT IS ONLY TWO WEEKS WORTH OF EXPENDITURES.
OUT IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, THEY LIKE TO SEE 60 DAYS, BUT THAT WOULD BE HARD TO SWALLOW.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 4-8.
>> PART OF THAT RESERVE, OFTEN AGAIN, FOR TRANSPARENCY, WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT, SOME OF WHAT SOMETIMES IS CALLED RESERVE IS ACTUALLY FUNDS THAT ARE DESIGNATED TO OTHER THINGS.
WELL, NOT SO MUCH ALREADY SPENT, BUT IT'S COMMITTED TO.
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THERE'S MONEY IN THAT RESERVE, AND HOLLY, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG OR KRISTIE.BUT WHEN WE WENT OUT TO DO REMODEL AT CUSTER AND THINGS WERE LIKE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, THERE'S STILL MONEY THERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THAT'S BEING HELD FOR WHEN WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S ALSO A DIFFERENCE OF PRIORITIES BECAUSE IN SOME DISTRICTS, WHERE THERE'S BEEN A TIGHT BUDGET IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM HAS COME TO THE TEACHERS AND SAID, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY ANYMORE, WE CAN'T RAISE SALARIES.
THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN THERE'S MONEY IN THE RESERVE.
AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT MONEY IN THE RESERVE.
AGAIN, IT BECOMES A BALANCING ACT OF EVERYBODY'S PERCEPTIONS.
IT GOES BACK TO THAT LOVELY WORD SIGNIFICANT.
>> YOU GOT ME A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED THERE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THERE'S MONEY IN RESERVE THAT'S DEDICATED TO THE REMODEL OF CUSTOM WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS.
SHOULDN'T THAT BE IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT? WOULDN'T THAT BE A BETTER THING TO DO AND THEN KEEP THE RESERVE AS STRICTLY RESERVE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES? YEAH, HOLLY.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS.
GENERAL FUND IS WHAT THE MAJORITY OF ANYTHING, SET ASIDE FOR CUSTER IS IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
>> BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MAINTAINING A BALANCE OR RESERVE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS ACROSS FUNDS.
>> BUT LUCKILY, WE ARE GOING TO REWRITE THE POLICY, GET THE INDICATORS YOU WANT.
BUT THIS YEAR, YOU ARE GOING TO GET A MONITORING REPORT, I BELIEVE IT'S THIS MONTH THAT'S ON FINANCES.
THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR LIFE FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT.
WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
>> FOR A STATUS UPDATE, WHERE IS EVERYBODY AT? I KNOW THAT LAST I HEARD OE 1 WAS THERE WERE NO CORRECTIONS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OTHERS, BUT ARE YOU GUYS BEYOND OE 2 BY NOW?
>> AS I SAID, I'M A SLOW THINKER.
I LIKE TIME TO PROCESS STUFF AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WORK ON RESULTS.
I HAVE MY BRAIN ALL PRIME TO WORK ON RESULTS.
>>THAT'S OKAY. BUT I FEEL LIKE I JUST LIKE TO SIT AND COGITATE FOR A WHILE.
>> WELL, REMEMBER, THIS IS A BACK AND FORTH.
THIS IS JUST THE NUMBER 1 AND UPDATE POLICIES.
THEN ONCE YOU SEE THE INTERPRETATIONS, YOU MAY SAY, HEY, THIS ONE'S MISSING.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR REASONABLE, NOT PERFECTION.
WE JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER AND KEEP IN MIND THE PROCESS OF ONCE WE GO THROUGH THIS FIRST REPORT NEXT YEAR, LET'S SAY WE DO FOR NEXT YEAR, THE NEW ONE, AND WE WRITE THE MONITORING REPORT AND WE GO, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE MISSED THIS. WE DIDN'T SEE IT THEN.
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO ASK US TO REVISE THE NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND WE'RE GOING TO REVISE IT THEN.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE LIVING DOCUMENTS.
>> WELL, AND SIMILARLY, THE POLICIES.
YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE POLICIES THAT WERE WRITTEN, 05, 6 YEARS AGO, WE'RE MODIFYING AND REVISING THEM.
>> SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I'M HAPPY WITH OE 1, OE 2, AND OE 3.
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>> I THINK I'M HAPPY WITH OE 5, BUT CAN ADD OE 4 TO MY HAPPY COLUMN.
>> I'M THERE THE SAME WAY WITH NANCY ON 1,2,3 AND 4.
CAN WE GET A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE?
>> LIKE FOR THE OLD ONES NEW ONE?
>> THIS IS THE EVALUATE LIFE CYCLE COSTS, IS THAT THE ONE?
>> NUMBER 6 OF THE PROPOSED OE 4.
THE BASE PURCHASES ON THAT ONE.
>> THAT'S COMING FROM THE EXISTING OE 6 NUMBERS 2 AND 3.
>> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT, STEVE?
>> IT'S THE ONE THAT SAYS BASE PURCHASES ON COST EFFECTIVENESS AND QUALITY, USING COMPETITIVE BIDDING WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW.
>> IT COMES FROM THE CURRENT OE 6, NUMBER 2 AND CURRENT OE 6 NUMBER 3.
>> IF IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT, YOU HAVE TO USE COMPETITIVE BIDDING, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WRITTEN INTO OUR POLICIES CERTAIN INSTANCES WHEN YOU HAVE TO USE COMPETITIVE BIDDING, IF IT'S OVER A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT.
>> YEAH, THERE'S ONE THRESHOLD THAT'S THREE WRITTEN QUOTES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF IT GOES OVER AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WANT TO SAY 75,000.
YOU HAVE TO GO OUT WITH AN RFQ AND REQUESTS FOR QUOTES.
THEN THEY HAVE TO BID THROUGH A FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS.
THERE'S DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS. I WANT TO SAY IT'S LIKE 40,000-74,999 IS THE THREE QUOTES THAT WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE WRITTEN QUOTES, BUT I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WHAT EXACTLY THOSE ARE.
>> THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE WE HAD A WORK AROUND, WHICH WE DID WITH THE LOCKS ON.
>>WE HAD TO COME GET APPROVAL.
>> EMERGENCY FUNDING, THERE'S DIFFERENT RULES IF YOU DETERMINE IT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
>> CORRECT. I'M JUST TAKING IT.
>> I THINK THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
MARK WILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
THAT'S WHERE THE INTERPRETATION WILL COME IN.
HE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, THESE ARE THE RULES SET UP.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ADHERE TO.
THE OES, AS BOBBY AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THEM, WHERE I THINK WE'VE HAD A MESS AS A DISTRICT.
THE OE MONITORING REPORTS SHOULD BE VERY DRY.
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THEY SHOULD BE YES, WE DID IT. NO, WE DIDN'T.HERE'S THE LINK FOR HOW WE DID IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE LESS OF A STORY BECAUSE IT'S JUST YES, WE DID THIS THIS YEAR.
NO, WE DIDN'T, AND THIS IS WHY.
FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION, WE MIGHT SAY, YES, WE DID IT FOR ALL THESE.
HOWEVER, FOR THIS ONE, WE HAD AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AROUND SAFETY.
WE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO MOVE OUTSIDE THAT PROCESS AND THAT ALLOWED US TO GO OUTSIDE, WHATEVER.
WE WOULD PUT THAT ALL IN THERE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> WELL, THERE'S SOME OF THESE, PARTICULARLY UNDER THE OE POLICIES THAT ARE JUST, LIKE NUMBER 7, THAT SAYS, COORDINATE WITH THE STATE AUDITOR FOR AN ANNUAL AUDIT.
WELL, THAT'S ILLEGAL. IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE BOARD THAT ARE GOING TO COME AFTER YOU.
BUT IT WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT JUST FOR COMPLETENESS, SAME THING.
>> THE OTHER QUESTION I ASKED AND THIS HAS COME UP IN THE PAST.
DID WE EVER COME UP WITH A DETERMINATION ON A MONETARY AMOUNT THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD TO GET APPROVAL FOR?
>> I THINK SO AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IN THE POLICY.
LIKE, IF IT'S ABOVE A CERTAIN LEVEL, WE HAVE TO COME AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO.
>> THERE WAS A SET AMOUNT BACK IN THE DAY.
>> I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH OPERATIONAL TYPE THINGS, BONDS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IF MARK WAS HERE.
HE COULD RATTLE THAT OFF RIGHT AWAY.
>> SURE. I WOULD JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE THAT.
>> I CAME UP IN THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TOO.
>> YES IT DID. I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS A SET AMOUNT IF WE'D EVER DETERMINED.
>> I THOUGHT THIS IS FOR CHANGE ORDERS.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT.
>> WELL, IT'S FOR CHANGEOVERS, BUT IT'S A MONETARY AMOUNT OF WHAT A CHANGE OVER WOULD DICTATE MONETARILY.
>> I THOUGHT THEY WENT WITH LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL.
>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THEY DID.
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY MONETARY AMOUNT.
WE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS INTERNALLY IF IT'S OVER $5,000 MARK HAS TO APPROVE IT.
IF IT'S OVER $50,000, THEN KRISTIE HAS TO APPROVE IT ALSO.
BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY LIMITS.
I'M KNOWING SOMETHING BECAUSE IT HAD TO DO WITH THE BOND PROJECT.
IT WASN'T OUTSIDE THE BOND PROJECT.
I WILL GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER NEXT TIME.
>> BOBBY, QUESTION ON PROPOSED OE5 NUMBER 14, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT COMES FROM THE OLD OE7 NUMBER 6, WHERE IT SAYS, WILL NOT EXPOSE THE DISTRICT TO UNREASONABLE SAFE CONDITIONS OR [NOISE] LEGAL LIABILITY.
ARE WE INTERPRETING THAT OR LOOKING AT THAT AS THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING BOARD AND STAFF, AND JUST SIMPLIFYING LANGUAGE THERE.
IS THAT WHAT THE THOUGHT WAS OR IS THERE A REASON WHY THE BOARD AND STAFF WERE?
>> WELL, THIS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL NOT.
THAT WOULD BE ANYBODY IN THE DISTRICT.
I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A PRACTICE FOR ALL OF US.
IF I LOOK AT OE1, THE VERY FIRST ONE.
IT SAYS, PREVENT ANY PRACTICE OR CONDITION THAT IS AN EQUITABLE, UNLAWFUL, UNETHICAL, UNSAFE, DISRESPECTFUL OR IN VIOLATION OF BOARD POLICIES.
IT WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY IF ANYBODY DID SOMETHING UNLAWFUL OR UNETHICAL, THEN I WOULD ADDRESS THAT, EVEN IF IT'S FITS WITH THE BOARD OR WITH A STAFF MEMBER OR WHATEVER.
WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S HUGE. IF I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T.
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>> YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU CAN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
>> BUT FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER 14 MAKES ME THINK OF THE FACT THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU THAT AS WE LOOK AT BUDGETS AND WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS.
I MAY COME TO YOU AND SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES.
THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO TO SAVE MONEY.
EVEN THOUGH THE STATE SAYS YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, THEY'RE NOT FUNDING IT.
THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCE FOR IT.
I WOULD COME FORWARD TO YOU FIRST AND SAY, I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE TO, I'M SAYING NO, I WOULD LIKE YOUR PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S THAT PIECE THAT I WOULD COMMUNICATE.
THAT IS JUST MAYBE AN IDEA THAT I HAVE ON THE TABLE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY.
>> KEVIN, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
IF YOU WANT THE WORDING TO STAY THE SAME AS WHAT IT WAS WITH THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD AND/OR STAFF, I CAN ADD THAT BACK IN AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT.
IN MY MIND, THE DISTRICT IS ALL ENCOMPASSING.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS HISTORICALLY ABOUT THE BOARD AND THEIR LIABILITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE IN MY MIND, WE'RE PART OF THE DISTRICT.
BUT IN OTHERS, IF THAT'S NOT, AND WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THOSE PEOPLE FROM CLEAR RISK MANAGEMENT TO COME IN AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ON BOARD LIABILITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE PRESENTATIONS ALREADY PREPARED AND THEY SAID THEY'D BE WILLING TO DO IT.
PART OF WHAT WE PAY FOR, THEY SAY IT'S FREE, BUT I'M SURE IT'S NOT.
>> I KNOW. BUT THEY CAN DO IT AND I ACTUALLY WANTED TO HAVE THAT FOR A LONG TIME JUST TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
>> CERTAINLY, IF THE BOARD IS WANTING TO DO THAT, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A PERFECT STUDY SESSION TOPIC, BOARD EDUCATION TYPE THING.
>> ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHAT WE'RE FACING.
>> ESPECIALLY MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.
>> KEVIN, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD THAT INTO THE INTERPRETATION TOO.
>> THAT'S ANOTHER AVENUE IS THAT WE COULD SAY.
>> THEY CAN, WE CAN'T. [LAUGHTER]
THEN IF YOU'VE MADE IT TO THE PROPOSED OE6 IS JUST THE CURRENT OE10.
>> BOBBY, YOU STRUGGLE OVER OE6 AND OE10 A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS COMPATIBILITY AND I'M SURE YOU DID VERY SIMILAR.
[LAUGHTER] THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A STRUGGLE.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> NO CHANGES THERE. BUT WE COULD.
>> WELL, THIS IS ALL ABOUT CONSOLIDATING.
I WOULD ENJOY YOUR FEEDBACK BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH THIS, I SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES.
>> THE CURRENT OE10 IS JUST LABELED NEW OE6. THERE WERE NO CHANGES.
BUT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I DO THINK THAT A LOT OF THE OTHERS WERE MERGED AND THEN BROUGHT TO 11 POINTS.
I THINK IT COULD BE PROBABLY REDUCED DOWN,
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BUT I HAVEN'T TALKED TO KELLY AND TRINA, ABOUT THIS YET EITHER, JUST TO HEAR THEIR TAKE BECAUSE THIS WAS LAST WRITTEN IN 2018.I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD MODIFY, ALTHOUGH I JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF IT IS WRITTEN IN A ZOOMED OUT ENOUGH PERSPECTIVE THAT SOME OF IT MIGHT STILL BE SPOT.
>> FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE TRY TO CONSOLIDATE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> THIS MAY BE ONE THAT NOW AS BOBBY'S TALKING AND STEVE, I LOVE YOUR QUESTION, THAT AS THE TEAM IS WORKING ON INTERPRETATION, WE MAY SAY, THESE TWO THINGS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.
WE WOULD COME BACK AND SAY, WE BELIEVE THIS COULD BE CONSOLIDATED.
IT MAY BE THAT WHEN THEY START WRITING THE INTERPRETATIONS, THAT DOES COME UP.
>> WELL, I THINK FROM WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE IN THE PAST, THERE HAS BEEN SOME OF THAT CONSOLIDATION BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DOING THE INTERPRETATIONS HAVE SAID EXACTLY THAT THE INDICATORS FOR THESE TWO THINGS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, SO LET'S JUST MAKE IT ONE SO THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING 11, MAYBE WE HAVE SIX.
CONSOLIDATION IS NOT A BAD THING.
IT JUST DREAM LINES THINGS AND MAKES IT MORE EFFECTIVE.
>> NOT TO GET YOU OFF TRACK, BUT HOLLY FOUND PURCHASING, AUTHORIZATION, AND CONTROL.
THE SUPERINTENDENT IS AUTHORIZED TO DIRECT EXPENDITURES AND PURCHASES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE DETAILED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
BOARD APPROVAL FOR PURCHASES OF CAPITAL OUTLAY ITEMS IS REQUIRED WHEN THE AGGREGATED TOTAL OF A REQUISITION EXCEEDS 75, EXCEPT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE CAPITAL OUTLAY PURCHASES WITHOUT ADVANCE APPROVAL WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT OR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STAFF OR STUDENTS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ESTABLISH REQUISITIONS AND PURCHASE ORDER PROCEDURES AS A MEANS OF MONITORING THE EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS, STAFF WHO OBLIGATE THE DISTRICT WITHOUT PROPER PRIOR AUTHORIZATION MAY BE HELD PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A PAYMENT OF SUCH THINGS.
IT'S THE CAPITAL SIDE, AND I AFFORD THIS TO YOU, SO YOU HAVE IT IN WRITING.
JUST KRISTIE MO HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT WE'LL BE VERY ENGAGED IN ANY COMPENSATION THAT GOES DOWN THAT ROAD.
>> IT'S A SUPER GOOD QUESTION THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK YOU AND I SAT IN THOSE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE WERE ASKING THAT QUESTION OFTEN.
IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, PUTTING OUT THERE WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO, SO EVERYONE KNOWS AND BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE MATTERS.
THANK YOU HOLLY, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
>> HOW ARE WE DOING? DID EVERYONE GET THROUGH ALL SIX? REMEMBER, PEGGY, DON'T WORRY.
THAT'S OKAY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A BIT OF TIME AS WELL.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW IS BOBBY AND I WILL MEET AND WE WILL IDENTIFY WHO NEEDS TO BE IN THE ROOM TO LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THESE IN INTERPRETATION.
HE'S HELPING FOLLOW UP, AND SOMETIMES IT'LL BE THE WHOLE EXECUTIVE TEAM.
THE WHOLE EXECUTIVE TEAM WILL READ EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT THEY WON'T NECESSARILY BE INVOLVED IN WRITING EVERY SINGLE ONE BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARY.
I'M SURE HOLLY'S GOING, I SEE WHERE SOME OF MY DAYS ARE GOING TO BE SPENT.
[LAUGHTER] [NOISE] AS YOU KNOW, MARK'S BEEN OUT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS,
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HE'S BACK WORKING REMOTELY, AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND SOME OF THESE TO HIM AS WELL.SELINA WILL BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE, KELLY WILL BE INVOLVED, AND SO WE'LL BE STARTING TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON HOW THAT'S GOING.
THEN WHEN WE HAVE THEM DONE, AND WHAT WE MIGHT DO IS DO ONE AT A TIME.
BOBBY AND I NEED TO SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT THEN THE BOARD IS GOING TO GET TO READ THOSE INTERPRETATIONS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WHOEVER WAS INVOLVED IN WRITING THEM IS IN THE ROOM WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK THE INTENT, WE CAN CONTINUE.
IT'S A COLLECTIVE ACTION OF ALL OF US WRITING THESE.
YOU'RE SAYING THE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO PRACTICE THIS NEXT YEAR BY PROVIDING MONITORING REPORTS ON THE ONES THAT YOU SAY YES.
WE'LL HAVE BOBBY HERE FOR THOSE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT DIDN'T HIT THE MARK, SO WE NEED TO REVIEW IT.
I'M SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SINCE I'VE GOTTEN HERE THAT YOU WANT OWNERSHIP OVER THESE AND THEY NEED TO MAKE SENSE TO THE CURRENT BOARD.
THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING WORK THAT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING TO IT.
>> I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE STREAMLINED THEM ALL AND GOT THEM DOWN TO BE 12 OR LESS SO THAT WE CAN HIT THEM MORE FREQUENTLY AND IT JUST SEEMS RIGHT.
>> THAT WAS A REQUEST OF THIS BOARD.
THEY SAID WE WANT TO LOOK AT THEM EVERY YEAR.
IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, YOU WERE ONLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ACADEMIC ONES EVERY OTHER YEAR.
THAT'S OUR SOLE JOB IS TO ENSURE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.
THE FACT THAT WE CONSOLIDATED THOSE, IT'S A BIG REPORT.
WE SEE THAT MATH AND SCIENCE AND ELA THEY'RE LINKED, THERE'S SOME OVERLAP.
THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES, BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE SOMETHING DAWNED ON ME EARLIER TODAY, BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT RESULTS MONITORING.
I REMEMBER OUR FIRST YEAR WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT MATH READINESS, AND THEY INTRODUCED THE NEW MATH CURRICULUM.
IN THAT PARTICULAR REPORT, I SEEM TO RECALL THERE WAS A CALENDAR, A TIMELINE FOR CURRICULAR UPGRADES, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT SINCE.
IT WAS IN THERE FOR UPGRADING THE SOCIAL STUDIES AND ELA AND STUFF.
WONDER WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT, IS THERE A SCHEDULE FOR THOSE THINGS? I SEE KELLY BACK THERE READY TO ANSWER, SO I GUESS.
>> I GOT YOU PEGGY? YES, WE DO.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT IN SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY TRUE TO THAT ROTATION A SCHEDULE.
THERE IS A SCHEDULE THAT WE DID SHARE.
WE HAVE HAD TO REVISE IT BASED OFF OF OUR BUDGET SITUATION.
WE'VE HAD TO PUSH SOME OF THOSE ADOPTIONS TO FUTURE YEARS BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT SITUATION AND OUR INABILITY TO PURCHASE RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND UPGRADE EVERY SO OFTEN OR, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S WORKING, THEN YOU STICK WITH IT.
>> BEST PRACTICE IS TO CONTINUALLY REVIEW.
LOOK AT OUR DATA REVIEW OUR MATERIALS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
OUR PLAN WAS LIKE A 7-9 YEAR CYCLE IS WHAT WE HAD BUILT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE QUITE A FEW MATERIALS IN PLACE CURRENTLY THAT EXCEED THAT QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY.
THERE'S DEFINITELY A DESIRE TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION WE'RE IN FINANCIALLY.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WITH THE MATERIALS WE HAVE.
>> I THINK WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT A ADOPTION CYCLE, WHAT THEY HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THERE'S A COST TO EXAMINING AND THE PILOTS AND THE MEETINGS.
THERE'S A COST TO THE REVIEW PROCESS.
THERE'S A COST TO THE PURCHASING MATERIAL.
THERE'S A COST OF TIME FINANCIALLY AND TIME IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES INTO IT.
SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE A RENEWED ADDITION.
BUT THIS TEAM BACK HERE IS AMAZING LOOKING AT THE RESEARCH AND THEN WHAT RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE.
NOW THAT WE ARE IN A DIGITAL AGE, THAT HAS HELPED A LITTLE BIT IN SOME OF THE WAYS, BUT YEAH.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BIG THREE, AND WE'RE SEEING HOW MUCH THE STATE IS NOT PAYING FOR MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OPERATIONAL COSTS, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS, THEY'RE UNDERFUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> IF THEY'RE DEMANDING CHANGES TO CURRICULUM, AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT.
>> PEGGY, YOU AND I? YES, THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO.
THAT'S PART OF IT. THAT'S WHY THE BIG THREE HAVE COME UP.
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BECAUSE THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE EITHER LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OR NEW EXPECTATIONS FROM THE STATE ARE COMING DOWN.IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THEM OUT THERE, THEN YOU NEED TO FULLY FUND THEM.
>> NOT BEATING THE DEAD HORSE, BUT BASIC EDUCATION IS THE ACADEMIC SUPPLIES, IS THE MATERIALS TO LEARN, AND THAT'S WHAT THE STATES SUPPOSED TO SUPPLY.
BUT THOSE NUMBERS WHAT WE HAVE TO SPEND DOESN'T MATCH WITH WHAT WE'RE BEING GIVEN TO SPEND.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME BEND SOMEWHERE.
EITHER THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS OR THEY NEED TO ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK WITHIN THE MEANS WE HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BOBBY? WELL DONE.
>> AM I TO TAKE IT THAT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY WITH ALL OF THESE, AND WE'RE READY TO GO ON TO THE NEXT STAGE? I DIDN'T HEAR EVERYBODY SAY THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT FOR ME.
>> I THINK BY CONSENSUS AND BY LACK OF OBJECTIONS THAT HAS BEEN THE CONSENSUS.
AS KRISTIE SAID, AS THOSE INTERPRETATIONS COME THROUGH, IT DOESN'T.
NOW WE MOVE TO STEP 2, NEVER TO GO BACK TO STEP 1.
AREN'T GOOD AT FOLLOWING RULES SOMETIMES.
>> NO, WE WILL BE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE POLICY.
>> IN THE SENSE OF STICKING WITH ONE AT A TIME, WAS WHERE I WAS MEANING.
BUT TRUE, IF WE FIND ONES WHERE IT'S LIKE, WE MISSED THIS WHEN WE REVIEWED THE POLICY, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T GO BACK AND SAY, WE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE OR ADD OR ADJUST SOMETHING BASED ON THE INTERPRETATIONS BECAUSE IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
>> I MUST SAY I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
TO ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED RECENTLY THAT IS MOVING OUR DISTRICT IN THE BEST DIRECTION BETWEEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE CELL PHONE POLICY, AND GETTING THESE CLEANED UP, SO THEY'RE NOT SO CLUNKY, NOW IT'S MORE STREAMLINED.
IT'S JUST MAKING THE OPERATIONS WORK SMOOTHER ALL THE WAY AROUND AND I'M 100% BEHIND IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOBBY, AND EVERYONE WHO'S PUT SO MUCH TIME INTO BRINGING THIS TO US.
>> WE ARE EQUALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOME OF THE CURRENT INDICATORS WERE VERY HARD TO MEASURE THE WAY THEY WERE OUT THERE.
WE WOULD BEHIND THE SCENES STRUGGLE A BIT TO BE LIKE, WHAT DATA WILL WE PULL FOR THIS? THIS IS CLEAR FOR US AS WELL.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, I CAN CURB.
THANK YOU, BOBBY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND EFFORT IN STREAMLINING THIS SYSTEM.
IT'S BETTER FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE POTENTIALLY ARE GOING TO SEE IS, WE CAN SEE IN THESE POLICY CONSOLIDATIONS.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BECOME EXPONENTIAL BECAUSE I THINK THE INDICATORS AND REPORTS ARE GOING TO GET EVEN THAT MUCH BETTER TOO.
>> I THINK NOW THAT WE KNOW THIS PROCESS, I THINK WHEN WE DO THE RESULTS NEXT TIME, I THINK THAT'LL BE THAT MUCH EASIER NOW THAT WE KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
>> WELL, YOU'LL BE EVEN THAT MUCH MORE READY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR HOMEWORK.
>> NOW YOU DO ALL HAVE IN THE EMAIL.
IF YOU LOOK, BOBBY HAS ALL THE PROPOSED RESULTS ONES.
THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL BECAUSE THOSE ARE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH.
THEY'RE A LITTLE AS HE SAID, MORE ADAPTIVE, BROADER, AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT TIME WE MEET TO READ THOSE.
WELL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION BECAUSE NANCY IS GONE IN FEBRUARY, AND I THINK WE DID HAVE A DATE.
>> I'VE GOT DATES BOTH AND CHRIS, YOU MAYBE CAN HELP US BECAUSE YOU'RE THE MASTER OF THE CALENDAR.
BUT I'VE GOT DATES ON MY CALENDAR I THINK FEBRUARY 11TH AND MARCH 11TH-12TH.
LET ME PULL GOING BY MEMORY, WHICH IS BAD.
12TH. WE HAVE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, WE'VE GOT A STUDY SESSION SCHEDULED IN MARCH 12TH, WE'VE GOT A STUDY SESSION SCHEDULED.
NANCY IS GOING TO BE GONE THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, MIGHT BE BEST TO DELAY GOING OVER THOSE RESULTS POLICIES UNTIL MARCH.
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I'M SURE WE CAN FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO LEARN ABOUT.>> WELL, WE COULD ALSO BRING FORWARD SOME OF THE INTERPRETATIONS OF THESE PARTICULAR REPORTS TO TRY OUT AND KEEP STAYING WITH THE OES FOR THIS TIME.
THEN YOU CAN SEE IF THAT'S WORKING AND SEE HOW FAR WE GET WITH THE TEAM AND THEN START THE RESULTS IN MARCH. HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
>> BECAUSE THE NEW CYCLE OF REPORTS, IS THAT JUNE THAT IT STARTS?
>> THAT WAS THE PLAN. JUNE. IN JUNE WAS GOING TO BE OE2.
IF WE MADE THAT A PRIORITY FOR INTERPRETATION.
>> IF WE START WITH THAT ONE FOR INTERPRETATIONS, THEN WE'D BE MOVING AHEAD QUITE NICELY.
>> IN THE INTERIM, DO WE HAVE ANY RS THAT ARE UP FOR REVIEW OR WE HAVE WE JUST GOING TO POSE.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULE OFF THE TOP OF HEAD, BUT WE'LL HAVE SOME REPORTS THAT WILL BE ON THE OLD SYSTEM OR THE OLD INDICATORS.
BUT WHEN WE START THE NEW CYCLE IN JUNE, WOULD BE WHEN WE'D START THROWING IN THE NEW USING THE NEW POLICIES AND INDICATORS.
THAT'S WHY LOOKING AT 02 AS OUR PRIORITY ONE WOULD BE THE PLACE SO WE GIVE THE TIME TO SEE WHAT THOSE INDICATORS, WHAT THE INTERPRETATIONS ARE COMING FROM THE ADMIN TEAM, WE CAN HASH THOSE OUT AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TAKE THEM BACK TO THE DRAWN BOARD IF NEEDED ON SOME OF THEM AND THEN COME BACK AND FINALIZE THEM SO THAT THEN THEY'RE READY FOR THAT REPORT.
AGAIN, I THINK THE INDICATORS WITH AS KRISTIE MENTIONED, THE OE REPORTS TYPICALLY ARE MORE CUT AND DRIED.
NO, WE DIDN'T, WHEREAS THE RESULTS POLICIES AND THAT MIRRORS PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS ON IT.
THE RESULTS POLICIES ARE MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO SET FORTH A WE WANT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE, BUT HOW DO YOU SET IT SO YOU CAN HAVE ROOM FOR INDICATORS AND THINGS IN THERE?
>> WHAT WILL WE BE LOOKING AT ON THE 28TH?
>> THIS MONTH, THAT'LL BE JUST OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING, AND SO WE DIDN'T GET ANY REPORTS IN DECEMBER.
WE WILL BE RECEIVING TWO REPORTS.
>> YEAH. THEY'LL BE THE CURRENT ONES ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE.. WE'LL DO OE5 AND 6 IN JANUARY, THEN OE3 IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN OE12, THEN R4 AND THEN OE10.
>> I SAW HIS EYES MOVING TO THE PAPER.
I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED TO START OUT WITH TOO.
WE WON'T TALK ABOUT ANY REPORTS UNTIL THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
BUT THEN AT THE FEBRUARY, IF I'M HEARING EVERYBODY CORRECTLY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M NOT INTERPRETING WHAT I'M HEARING CORRECTLY.
IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL DISCUSS INTERPRETATIONS OF SOME OF THESE OE POLICIES, AND THEN IN MARCH, WE WILL LOOK AT THE RESULTS POLICY CONSOLIDATION.
GOOD. AGAIN, THANK YOU, BOBBY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, AND ALL YOU'RE DOING IS GOING TO HELP US OUT IMMENSELY.
I CAN TELL IT ALREADY HAS THE REPORTS YOU'VE GIVEN US.
THAT TAKES US UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US.
ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM US? EVERYBODY SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PIECE.
>> I WANT TO PICK ON HOLLY A MINUTE.
>> YOU CAN PICK YOU WANT TO PICK ON HOLLY?
>> HOLLY ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS? HOLLY UP FOR IT. GO FOR IT.
>> YEAH. DUE BY JANUARY 10TH, ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE'S.
>> WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THEM AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 28TH.
>> WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT EVERY BOARD MEETING
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BETWEEN NOW AND SUMMER IS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT BUDGET.YOU'RE GOING TO BE SETTING BUDGET, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
HOLLY IS MAPPING THAT OUT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. TWO FOLD ON THAT.
ONE FOR YOU TO HAVE TIME TO ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT BUDGET.
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BUT TWO FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AS WELL.AS I'M GOING OUT AND MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY, I TELL THEM TO WATCH THE BOARD MEETINGS.
SELINA AND ARE WORKING ON HOW DO WE TAKE CLIPS FROM OUR BOARD MEETINGS, THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'RE HAVING WITH HOLLY TO MAKE THOSE IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO WATCH THE WHOLE BOARD MEETING.
HOW DO WE SAY HERE, WATCH THIS PART SO YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE? PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.
I'M TELLING THE ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS, PLEASE WATCH WHAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO PRIORITIZE IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO SET THE TONE FOR WHAT WE ARE THEN GOING TO DO.
THAT WORK IS SO CRITICAL, BUT IT'S ALSO CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WE WRESTLE WITH THIS LONG LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ONE HOLLY'S PREP WORK AROUND THIS, BUT TO THE CONVERSATION AND THE DEDICATED TIME THAT IS HAPPENING HERE BECAUSE THEN IT HELPS US TO KNOW WHICH DIRECTION TO GO.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN GO AS A DISTRICT FINANCIALLY OR WITH OUR EFFORTS.
KNOWING WHAT YOU COLLECTIVELY BELIEVE AND THE MAJORITY OF YOU WANT TO SEE HELPS US DESIGN AND GIVES SOME TEETH TO, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THIS IS WHY.
THIS IS THE TONE WE'VE SET FOR THIS YEAR.
>> WILL THIS BE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU ROLL OUT TOMORROW NIGHT?
TOMORROW NIGHT IS REALLY ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE EFFORTS.
AT THE TOWN HALL, WHICH STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK IF ANYONE'S WATCHING.
I DO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO SELINA AND HER TEAM.
[OVERLAPPING] HER TEAM AND BOBBY, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THE TOWN HALL IS READY.
STAY THE DISTRICT, TOWN HALL WAS LAST WEEK.
SEE, I'M SO TIRED, STAY THE DISTRICT, SIX O'CLOCK IN THE PERFORMING ART CENTER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
ANYWAY, THAT IS GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE EFFORTS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT ARE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, CELL PHONE POLICY.
WE'RE WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE EFFORTS WE'VE MADE THAT HAVE ZERO ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT HAVE HIGH VALUE TO STUDENT OUTCOMES.
WE ARE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMING.
THEN AFTER THAT OCCURS, AND OUR TWO STUDENT REPS ARE GOING TO BE THERE AS THE MCS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO GO INTO THE COMMONS.
REMEMBER ONLY TWO OF YOU CAN BE AT THE TABLE AT ANY ONE TIME.
BUT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, MAINTENANCE HAS A TABLE, SO THEY'LL BE SHARING THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE.
EACH SCHOOL WILL HAVE A TABLE WHERE THEY CAN TALK ABOUT.
IF A FAMILY HAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOL, DISTRICT OFFICE TEACHING LEARNING WILL HAVE A TABLE.
DIFFERENT TABLES WILL BE SET UP PEOPLE AS THEY WANT TO LEARN MORE, THEN THEY CAN GO AND ASK THE QUESTIONS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
TRANSPORTATION HAS A TABLE, TECH HAS A TABLE.
CHILD NUTRITION HAS A TABLE. I'M EXCITED.
IT'S A TIME FOR US TO SHOW OFF THE DISTRICT.
THERE'S HIGHS AND LOWS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EFFORTS AS A RESULT OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING US THEY WANT TO SEE.
>> BOUNCING BACK A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT, GOING BACK TO THE BUDGET, WHEN NANCY AND CHRIS AND I MET AND WE'RE DISCUSSING THE AGENDA, WE HAVE BASICALLY PUT BUDGET IN AS A STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FOR LACK OF A WE'LL BE HEARING UPDATES AT EVERY MEETING IN REGARDS TO SOME ASPECT OF THAT.
THEN QUESTION HOLLY, IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I FOUND FEEL FREE, ANYONE ELSE TO CHIME IN.
WITH THAT SURVEY AND PRIORITIZING IS, IS MY DEFINITION OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THE SAME IS WHAT STEVE'S DEFINITION OR PEGGY'S OR NANCY'S.
AS YOU PUT THAT OUT FOR US, COULD WE GET A LITTLE MORE VERBIAGE TO WHAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS INCLUDE, AND I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
JUST A LITTLE MORE DEPTH OF DEFINITION SO WE UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION.
>> YOU BET. IT WAS A STARTING POINT, A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
WE'LL GET MORE IN THE WEEDS AS WE GO.
[LAUGHTER] I REALIZED IT WAS REALLY HARD, SO I'M SORRY.
>> IT ACTUALLY WASN'T THAT HARD.
[LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T FIND IT WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED ON THE SCREEN HERE THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
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IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME AS THE PATH THAT WE SHOULD TAKE, WHICH WAS MORE TO ADDRESS THE PRESENT MORE THAN THE FUTURE THAT'S COMING UP FOR ME.AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO IMPACT THE FUTURE WHAT EXISTS RIGHT TODAY.
MORE SO THAN WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE FUTURE.
HOWEVER, I DON'T WANT TO DISMISS THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EARLY LEARNING IS THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE CAN SEE WE'VE GOT STATISTICS THAT TELL US THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS AT THE END RESULT.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS WIDE RANGE OF KIDS RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOARD, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.
AS A TEASER, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE RESULTS AS THE BOARD? ARE WE ALL OVER THE BOARD, OR IS THERE SOME COMMONALITY AMONGST OUR THINKING?
>> THERE'S SOME COMMONALITY, BUT IT IS AS A LITTLE ALL OVER THE BOARD.
>> WELL, THAT SHOULD PROVE TO BE GOOD CONVERSATION STARTING POINTS.
BIG REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT TOMORROW NIGHT, SIX O'CLOCK.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY HAS TO SHARE AT THIS POINT? WELL, WE HAD SET THE TIME THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DONE BY 730.
THERE'S NO RULE THAT SAYS I CAN'T ADJOURN BEFORE THAT.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I'LL DECLARE THIS STUDY SESSION ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.