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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
[I. Call to Order]
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.IT'S NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023 AT 06:00 PM.
I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE WOULD YOU JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? SEANIECE, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> MR. GOODVIN? MR. GREENWALD?
>> REMEMBER, YOU HAVE AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING.
[IV. Approval of Agenda]
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
I WOULD MAKE ONE SUGGESTION FOR CHANGES ON ITEM 7, THE HEARINGS, 7A, THE FISCAL 24 PROPERTY PURCHASE OF 2,900 SOUTH ST. ALBAN.
ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS ANY INTERESTED PARTY MAY APPEAR IN FILE OBJECTIONS AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION FOR OR AGAINST SAME, AND IT WILL BE HEARD ON THE ABOVE NAMED.
ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, IT'S THE FY24 PROPERTY PURCHASE.
SO I WOULD STRIKE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND SUGGEST PUTTING FY24 PROPERTY PURCHASE IN PLACE OF THAT WITH THE REST OF THE SENTENCE CONTINUING.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> NOW WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MODIFIED AGENDA.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MODIFIED AGENDA?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO PROVE THE MODIFIED AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> AGENDA IS MODIFIED AND APPROVED.
AT THIS POINT IS ITEM 5, AND OUR AGENDA ITEM IS FOR CITIZEN INPUT, AND WE DO HAVE A POLICY TOOL 4.15 FOR CITIZEN INPUT, BUT WE WOULD INVITE ANY INDIVIDUALS WITH DELEGATIONS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ISSUE RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.
IF THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO, WE'LL ASK THAT YOU WAIT AND SPEAK TO IT AT THAT TIME ON THE AGENDA ITEMS. SEANIECE, ANYTHING ON CITIZEN INPUT, NOT ON THE AGENDA?
>> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, MOVING ON TO ITEM 6 IS OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.
[VI. Consent Action Item(s)]
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. ITEM A, BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 23, 2023, ITEM B, HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT, ITEM C, THE FINANCE REPORT, ITEM D IS FISCAL YEAR 2040 ONM TRUCK PURCHASE, ITEM E, CENTRAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FOR NUTRITION SERVICES, ITEM F, CITY PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION/TRADES PROJECT HOUSE, ITEM G, CONTRACTS FOR BOARD APPROVAL, ITEM H, FACILITY RENTAL CONTRACTS, ITEM I INSTRUCTURE, ITEM J, TRADE BOOKS FOR WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION AT ELEMENTARY, ITEM K, VERDE OUTDOOR, ITEM L, CIC CUSTOM GRADE IMPORT.THOSE ARE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT ACTION, ITEMS A- L.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ON THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. ANY DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND IT'S FOR PETTY BLANKET CHIP WITH NUMBERS C, THE FINANCE REPORT OR LETTER C, THE FINANCE REPORT.
I WAS GOING TO CHECK AHEAD OF TIME AS I OFTEN DO, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING AND JUST WANTED IT MAYBE AS A LEARNING THING TOO FOR OTHERS AS WELL.
BUT ON THE FINANCE REPORT, THERE WAS 12 PAGES OF NAMES WHERE THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT'S FUNDING NONPUBLIC REIMBURSEMENT.
CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO WHAT THAT IS REFERRING TO?
>> YES. THAT IS FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE STATE.
THE STATE FUNDS THE NONPUBLIC, PARENTS THE TRANSPORT THEIR STUDENTS.
THE MONEY COMES FROM THE STATE AND THEN IT FLOWS THROUGH US TO THE PARENTS.
WE GET THE MONEY FROM THE STATE AND IT GOES OUT TO THOSE PARENTS.
>> SO THAT'S NOT HAVING TO DO WITH LAST YEAR'S LAW THAT GOT CHANGED WITH THE MONEY GO? THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
>> THIS HAS BEEN AROUND ALTHOUGH NOTICE THE TEXTBOOKS THAT'S GOING AWAY.
THIS HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, AND I THINK IT WAS EITHER FOR MR. VANDELUZE OR MR. MOSER, AND I DON'T SEE MR. VANDELUZE, SO I'LL GO WITH MR. MOSER.
UNDER G, CONTRACTS FOR BOARD APPROVAL,
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I SAW THIS RESPONSIBILITY CENTERED DISCIPLINE THAT WAS FOR WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IS THAT JUST FOR WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HOW DID THEY CHOOSE THAT PROGRAM OR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND ON THAT? I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IT.>> I CANT SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SECONDARY.
>> I BELIEVE WE HAD IT IN THE DISCUSSION.
>> WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY USED THEM LAST YEAR AS A CONTINUATION THAT THEY'RE USING SOME OF THEIR TQ BUILDING FUNDS TOWARDS THAT FOCUS.
THAT WAS WHAT THEIR STAFF IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WANTED MORE TRAINING IN.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, I'M SORRY. [LAUGHTER]
>> I EXCUSE YOU. THAT'S JUST WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL THEN?
>> THAT WAS THE SAME QUESTION WE ASKED THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHY ONLY WEST, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
>> EXCELLENT. THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, AND THIS IS FOR YOU, MR. DANNY.
UNDER I, THE INSTRUCTOR, IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE FULLY REFUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
I'D SAID HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS JUST WHY IS IT JUST THREE? IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON THAT THOSE THREE ARE CHOSEN?
>> WE STARTED HIGHLIGHTING CANVAS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A MORE DEAL FORM TO A SECURE PLATFORM FOR OUR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS.
JUST THIS YEAR, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IT AT LEEDS, NORTHERN, AND SUNNYSIDE BECAUSE THOSE SCHOOLS HAD INDICATED AN INTEREST AND A WILLINGNESS IN HIGHLIGHTING.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS?
>> AGAIN, GOOD QUESTIONS. SEANIECE, ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ON THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANYBODY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AND CONSENT ACTION ITEMS ARE APPROVED.
ITEM 7 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A HEARING.
[VII.A. FY24 Property Purchase of 2900 South St. Aubin - Tim Paul]
IT'S THE FISCAL 24 PROPERTY PURCHASE OF 2,900 SOUTH ST. ALBAN AND OTHERS, AND A NOTICE WAS PROVIDED THAT A HEARING WOULD BE HELD AT 06:00 PM LOCAL TIME AT THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, 627 4TH STREET, SIOUX CITY, IOWA, ON THE 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023, TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE DISTRICT'S FY24 PROPERTY PURCHASE OF 2,900 ST. ALBAN.ANY INTERESTED PARTY MAY APPEAR AND FILE OBJECTIONS AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION FOR OR AGAINST THE SAME, AND IT WILL BE HEARD ON THE ABOVE NAME FY24 PROPERTY PURCHASE, WITH A FINAL DECISION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A MATTER OF RECORDS.
WE'RE NOW OPENING UP COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MATTER.
JUST FOR ANYONE WHO DOES HAVE A COMMENT, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE COMMENTS, YOU HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
WHEN YOU STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE CLOCK WILL START OVER ON THE SCREEN AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
I WOULD INVITE, SEANIECE, THE FIRST PERSON WOULD BE?
>> I'M SEAN, OLDER AND DOMINANT, 2920 SUNSET CIRCLE.
I'M APPARENT OF STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT AND I WAS A FORMER STUDENT OF THE DISTRICT WHO HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF WATCHING MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BE DEMOLISHED.
I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON THIS, THE DEMOLITION AND SUBSEQUENT CONSOLIDATION OF OUR CHARACTER RICH NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY IS INTO THE BUILDINGS THAT WE ENDURE TODAY, IS IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE WORST DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE AS A DISTRICT.
HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF STUDIES FROM WELL-RESPECTED JOURNALS THE WORLD OVER, IN COUNTRIES.
ALL HAVE CONFIRMED THE SAME THING OVER THE DECADES THAT WHEN DISTRICTS CONSOLIDATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ATTENDANCE, ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORS ALL SUFFER.
WHEN DISTRICTS CONSOLIDATE THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THOSE PROBLEMATIC ATTENDANCE, ACADEMICS, AND BEHAVIORS THEN CAUSE THE STAFF TO SUFFER.
NOT ONLY AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT ALSO IN THEIR METASTASIZED FORUMS AND THE SECONDARY CLASSROOMS, WHICH THEN POUR OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
WHY DO WE DO IT? WE DO IT BECAUSE IT DOES HELP CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION TO ARRANGE THE MENTAL FURNITURE IN THEIR HEADS A LITTLE MORE NICELY AND KEEP THE SPREADSHEETS A LITTLE MORE TIDY.
OF COURSE IT GIVES US SOMETHING NEW AND SHINY TO POINT OUT AND PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK AND IMAGINE WE'VE MADE SOME DEFINITION OF PROGRESS.
WHILE THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE, IT IS NOT A COMPELLING REASON TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ACQUIRE LAND AND THEN MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF MORE TO BUILD ON THAT LAND.
WHILE CAMPAIGNING RECENTLY, BOARD CANDIDATES WERE
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ASKED WHAT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THEY THOUGHT WERE FACING THE DISTRICT AND NOT A SINGLE MEMBER MENTIONED THAT CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS OR THE PURCHASING OF LAND BECAUSE IT IS NOT A TOP PRIORITY.AND YET WE ARE ABOUT TO ENDEAVOR TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THIS NON PRIORITY, EVEN AS IT IS IN FACT IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT EVERY CANDIDATE IDENTIFIED AS THEIR TOP PRIORITY, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND IS THE CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS THE SOLE REASON FOR THIS? OBVIOUSLY NOT. BUT AS DEBORAH VIA DARROW, MANAGING EDITOR OF EDUCATION WHO PUT DECADES OF RESEARCH CONFIRM THAT STUDENTS IN SMALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COME TO CLASS MORE OFTEN DROPOUT LESS, EARN BETTER GRADES, PARTICIPATE MORE IN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, FEEL SAFER AND SHOW FEWER PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS.
AS MARYANNE RAEWYN, ONE OF THE PREEMINENT RESEARCHERS IN THIS FIELD CONCLUDES THE SUPERIORITY OF SMALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OVER LARGER MORE IN PERSONAL ONES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH A CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE RARE IN THE ANNALS OF EDUCATION.
WILL SMALLER SCHOOLS FIX ALL THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
NO, BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO EXACERBATE THOSE PROBLEMS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE AND THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT A CLAIM THAT A COMBINED SUNNYSIDE NODLAND CAN MAKE.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE BAD FOR STUDENTS, BAD FOR STAFF, BAD FOR TEACHERS, BAD FOR SCHOOLS.
THEN SCRATCH OUR HEADS AND FEIGN CONFUSION ASKING WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY WANT TO WORK HERE? IF THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES IN THE FACILITIES AT SUNNYSIDE NODLAND, WE SHOULD UNDERTAKE RENOVATIONS TO BRING THEM TO OUR STANDARDS.
THEN WE SHOULD SPEND THE MONEY SAVED ON A $15 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO ALSO IMPROVE THE HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH WERE CONSTRUCTED NOT 10 YEARS LATER, ARE ALSO DEFICIENT IN HOUSE THOUSANDS OF MORE STUDENTS.
WE MUST DO WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.
THE RESEARCH IS CLEAR. LARGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE INFERIOR TO SMALLER ONES.
WE SHOULD KEEP THESE SCHOOLS SMALL AND MAKE THE NECESSARY RENOVATIONS AND UPDATES.
DOING SO WILL PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH A BETTER EDUCATION, MITIGATE SOME OF THE FACTORS LEADING TO DIFFICULTIES AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND SAVE US MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR A PROJECT THAT NOT ONLY DOESN'T HELP EVERY STUDENT TO BELIEVE, ACHIEVE, AND SUCCEED, BUT RESEARCH SHOWS ACTIVELY TOWARDS THAT EFFORT.
>> HI, DOUG WELOCK 4307 LINCOLN WAY.
QUESTION 1, WHY ARE WE IN SUCH A RUSH TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE? WE WERE JUST NOTIFIED A WEEK AGO THAT THERE WOULD BE A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING ABOUT THIS TO PROVE IT.
WHY THIS SITE? BECAUSE IT'S CHEAP.
WHAT ABOUT THE EXPENSES TO DEVELOP IT? ONE OF THE REASONS THAT ST. PAUL LUTHERAN DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ITS DEVELOPMENT WAS BECAUSE THE SLIP PLANES ON THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE TOO, EXCAVATE THEM.
ALSO, HOW MUCH MONEY WILL YOU BE ASKING THE CITY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PAVING, WATER, THE SEWER? I'VE HEARD THAT IT'S BEEN AT LEAST $2 MILLION FOR THAT.
DOES THE CITY HAVE THAT? THEN HOW MUCH IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL GOING TO BE? A LOT MORE MILLIONS.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW ALL THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU'RE READY TO RAM IT DOWN OUR THROATS. THANK YOU.
>> I'M AT 2843 SIOUX AND NODLAND CLUBHOUSE.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS.
BUT WHAT I WONDER, HAVE YOU DONE THE RESEARCH ON THIS PIECE OF LAND? RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE BARGAIN.
IT IS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS IT.
WHY? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUILD ON IT.
IF THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD ON IT, THE CHURCH WOULD HAVE DONE THAT SUBDIVISION IN THERE WHEN THEY OWNED IT.
OR THEY WOULD HAVE BUILT THEIR SCHOOL AND THEIR NEW CHURCH, WHICH THEY COULD DO NEITHER BECAUSE THE COST OF GRADING AND PREPPING THAT LAND WAS STAGGERING.
YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO THE SAME THING, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WITH THE TRAFFIC, THEN YOU HAVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PURCHASE HOUSING AROUND THAT AREA TO CREATE THE ROADS, IT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I'M RIGHT THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT I'M AGAINST IS THE STAGGERING AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT YOU GUYS I DON'T THINK I'VE REALLY RESEARCHED WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DO THAT.
IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR 20 YEARS.
IF IT WAS A VIABLE PROPERTY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE A LONG TIME AGO.
BUT IT'S NOT ANY QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT AREA RULE.
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I KNOW THAT BEHIND ME IS ABOUT A FIVE-ACRE SPACE THAT BOB MARKS USED TO OWN. HE PASSED AWAY.WHEN IT RAINS, THAT FIVE ACRES TURNS INTO A LAKE.
THAT'S JUST ONE LITTLE PART OF IT.
I KNOW THAT WELOCK'S WHEN IT RAINS, THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE COMING DOWN TOWARD THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE NONE OF THIS HAS EVER BEEN DEALT WITH.
IT WAS A GOLF COURSE. THEY HAVE PLANTED CORN AND BEANS ON IT.
THEY DID THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK YOU NEED TO STEP BACK AND RESEARCH WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO PREP THAT LAND TO GET IT TO WORK.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT WORKABLE.
NOBODY'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
>> JOE CRAIG, 4313 LINCOLN WAY, NEXT TO RELAX.
FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING THE STREET OR ONE OF THE ENTRANCES OR EXITS WOULD GO THROUGH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY YARD, BUT I'M NOT REAL CLEAR ON THAT SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
THEN BACKUP 20 YEARS AGO, 15 WHATEVER IT WAS I WAS ON PLANNING AND ZONING, AND WE GOT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND LAID OUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, NOT MORNINGSIDE THEN, BUT I MEAN, WE WENT THROUGH A BUNCH OF THEM, HAD ALL THESE HEARINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON WHERE IT WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT AND BAD SPOT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM THAT WAS THAT IF YOU PICK A SPOT X, THAT'S THE BEST SPOT ACCORDING TO THE MAPS AND THEN EACH DISTANCE SHOULD GO AWAY FROM THAT IS 50-$100,000 A YEAR AND BUSING OR SOMETHING.
THIS WAS 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I REMEMBER ALL THIS, CORRECT.
I'M NOT AGAIN REALLY SUPER OPPOSED TO THE SPOT, BUT JUST THE INGRESS EGRESS AND IS IT YOU WHAT 1,500 FEET FROM WASHINGTON.
IS THAT WHERE THE POPULATION IS AS A TAXPAYER? IS THIS THE BEST SPOT MONEY-WISE OVER THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS IF WE LIVE UP TO THE SCHOOLS WE HAD BEFORE? THAT'S MY DEAL IS JUST HOW'S EVERYBODY GOING TO GET IN AND OUT HERE IN A DECENT WAY, THIS DOT NEIGHBORHOOD DISRUPTIVE.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE HUNT SITE, THAT WAS PRETTY EASY EJECTION.
ALL OF THEM WERE PRETTY MUCH ALREADY THERE AND READY TO ROLL, THIS WILL BE A DIFFERENT DEAL IN MY BOOK, SO THAT'S MY [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. INTRODUCE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.
I LIVE AT 4113 LINCOLN WAY, AND I KNOW WE CAN COME IN HERE AS NEIGHBORS OF THIS PROPERTY AND BE SELFISH ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE BEING TAKEN AWAY.
THAT'S GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONING OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT.
I KNOW I'LL BE REPEATING WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, BUT I LOOK OUT MY DECK AND IT'S A STEEP HILL BACK THERE.
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW TIMES AND I JUST WONDER IF IT'S REALLY BEEN RESEARCHED WHAT IT WOULD COST TO PREPARE THAT LAND TO BE USABLE FOR A SCHOOL.
LIKE KEN SAID, IT'S INEXPENSIVE AND NOBODY HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IT FOR A REASON.
I KNOW I TALKED TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE OVER IN KEN'S NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DID CONSIDER PURCHASING IT FOR FARMING BUT BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS POINTS AND JUST THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND, IT WASN'T VIABLE.
THAT'S A BIG QUESTION, I GUESS WE HAVE IF THERE'S BEEN ESTIMATES DONE ON THE GRADING OF THE LAND AND IF THERE HAS BEEN A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND WHAT IS THE RUSH? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE BIDDING AGAINST OTHER PARTIES, BUT AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYBODY ELSE INTERESTED IN THAT LAND.
I GUESS WE'RE INTERESTED IN MAYBE TAKING A STEP BACK, LOOKING AT THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP THIS EVENING, AND THEN MAYBE MAKING AN OFFER ON THE LAND.
I LIVE ON LINCOLN WAY RIGHT DOWN FROM MODERN-DAY SCHOOL, SO THAT PUTS TWO SCHOOLS.
I GET SANDWICHED BETWEEN SCHOOL TRAFFIC.
IT'S ALREADY I THINK I HAD HEARD FROM A FRIEND OF MINE THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY THAT THERE'S THIS IMPRESSION THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON LINCOLN WAY.
THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT LINCOLN WAY AND MY SONS AND AT EASE MIDDLE-SCHOOL WHEN I LEAVE IN THE MORNING, I GET OUT, BUT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE MODERN-DAY IS STARTING AT THE SAME TIME AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF SCHOOL TRAFFIC ON THAT STREET.
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SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS NORTHEND AND SUNNYSIDE SIT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF TOWN AND IT SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT WE'RE MOVING BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.MY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1968, THEY WERE MOVING BACK INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE'S REALLY NO GROWTH.
WHEN I TRAVEL ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA THROUGH OTHER CITIES.
I SEE JUST DROVE THROUGH CEDAR RAPIDS YESTERDAY.
THE GROWTH OF THE NEW SCHOOLS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN WHERE THERE'S ROOM FOR EXPANSION AND HOUSING.
BY PUTTING THE NEW NORTHERN SUNNYSIDE ON LINCOLN WAY IN THIS OLDER PART OF TOWN THAT PUTS US WITHIN SIX BLOCKS OF MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY.
VISION WISE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CITY LIES ON THIS ISSUE, BUT OF COURSE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE UP EVERY GREEN SPACE IN THIS TOWN, ESPECIALLY IN MORNINGSIDE.
JUST WONDER IF THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THAT LAND.
I GUESS THAT'S THAT'S ALL MY POINTS.
>> THANKS FOR ALL THE SPEAKERS COMING. MR. WHEELER.
WE GENERALLY LIMIT IT TO FIVE-MINUTES AND YOU SPOKEN ONCE, SIR.
WE DON'T LET PEOPLE COME UP FOR THE SECOND SECOND SPEAK IF YOUR WIFE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP.
SHE SIGNED UP, SHE COULD SPEAK. SHE DIDN'T SIGN UP.
>> YES, MARILYN, WELIKE 4307 LINCOLN WAY.
I KNOW THAT THE CEMETERY HAS TALKED WITH THE CITY ABOUT MOVING INTO SOME OF THAT LAND FROM ACTUALLY THEY ARE ON THE EAST SIDE, THEY'D COME TOWARDS THE WEST.
BECAUSE THEY ARE BECOMING IN NEED OF MORE PROPERTY FOR THAT CEMETERY ON THAT SUNDAY MORNING SAID AVENUE, I THINK.
IS THAT GRAYSON? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT ANYWAY, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT BUILDING AND AND BASEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK THEY COULD MAKE THAT LAND WORK VERY EASILY.
ALSO I DO WANT TO ADDRESS TO THEY TALKED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ACROSS WHEN IT RAINS, MAYBE 2,3 TIMES A YEAR WHEN IT RAINS LIKE TORRENTIAL, ALL THE WATER COMES FROM THE CEMETERY AND UPON RAVINE PARK DRIVE IN THAT WAY AND IT COMES GUSHING ACROSS THE BACK OF THAT LAND.
I MEAN, NO ONE COULD HAVE A BASEMENT THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD DO TO ANY KIND OF STREETS EVERYTHING THAT COMES ACROSS OUR BACKYARD, JOE'S BACKYARD, OUR BACKYARD, AND IT JUST FLOODS IT.
WE'VE SEEN ALL THINGS COME THERE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THAT BECAUSE UNLESS YOU LIVE THERE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT HAPPENS.
NOBODY COMPLAINS BECAUSE IT HAPPENS BUT YOU COULD NEVER PUT ANYTHING WITH A BASEMENT DOWN THERE OR ANYTHING WITH ANY STRUCTURE.
THE ROAD THERE BEHIND IT, THIS DUB STREET WHICH THE SOUTH CLEVELAND THAT COMES AND STOPS AT THE END BEFORE IT GOES ONTO THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY.
THERE'S A LITTLE DRAINAGE DITCH THERE AND THAT ROAD WASHES OUT EVERY TIME TOO.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ACCESS POINTS TO THE SCHOOL IF THAT WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE THAT COMES IN OFF LINCOLN WAY.
>> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS AS YOU KNOW, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE PURCHASE OF 2,900 SOUTH ST. ALBAN, 2832 SOUTH PATTERSON STREET, AND 4243 LINCOLN WAY, SIOUX CITY, IOWA 51106, WITH LESS LLC OF NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND THE AMOUNT OF $457,000.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD TABLE?
EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST SAID TODAY, I THINK ARE REAL VALID CONCERNS.
I HAD SPOKEN AND HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, SO I TOOK A NICE LITTLE DRIVE TODAY TO THAT AREA AND DROVE AROUND AND LOOKED AT THE LAND A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A NICE, BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE FIRST OF ALL.
I'D BE GOLFING ON IT IF IT WAS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BRUSH AND IT'S JUST BEEN OVERGROWN AND THE HILLS, ETC.
WHEN I HEAR ABOUT ACCESS POINTS AND THIS LAND IS SITTING THERE FOR A REASON, I THOUGHT, WELL, IT'S A GOOD DEAL WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE COST, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS FAR AS THE RESEARCH YET, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO HEAR FROM MAYBE FROM DR. EARLEYWINE.
MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALLY RESEARCH THE LAND
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AND DO SOME STUDIES AND THE ACCESS POINTS AND THE DRAINAGE, ETC.THEY HAVE RAISED A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT I'M AGREEING WITH AT THIS POINT, FEELING LIKE IT'S SOMETHING WE JUST HEARD ABOUT RECENTLY.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WOULDN'T APPROVE AT SOME POINT, BUT THIS POINT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S TOO MUCH UNKNOWNS.
THAT'S WHERE I'LL LEAVE THAT AT THIS POINT.
>> KIM, CAN YOU ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS? YOU HEARD ALL THE PEOPLE SPEAK, CAN YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS?
>> YEAH. I'M GOING TO PULL UP A PRELIMINARY.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IN ORDER TO GET THE BEST ANSWER FOR THE BOARD THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH.
WE'VE HIRED DGR, WHO IS OUR CIVIL ENGINEER TO COME IN AND LOOK AT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A SCHOOL THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO PERRY CREEK.
IT'S JUST THE TOP OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING.
THE REASON WE PICK THE PERRY CREEK PLAN IS BECAUSE IT'S ALL ONE LEVEL.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A BASEMENT.
IT'S JUST A FLAT ONE LEVEL BUILDING.
WE WOULD NEED APPROXIMATELY 2.5-3 ACRES OF THAT LAND TO PUT THIS BUILDING ON.
ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONLY ABLE TO BE SEEN IF YOU GET IN A UTV AND DRIVE UP INTO THAT AREA, THE LAND FLATTENS OUT, AND THAT AREA IS ALSO JUST OUTSIDE OF THE SOIL SAMPLES THAT WAS DONE BY THE CHURCH 20 YEARS AGO, WHICH POINT TO SOME OF THIS SILT ISSUES.
WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GRADE THAT AREA OF THE BUILDING AND OVEREXCAVATE.
THE GOOD PART IS WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF LAND TO STORE DIRT AND LET IT SIT, DRY OUT WHATEVER WE NEED IT TO AND THEN RE-COMPACT IT FOR THE SCHOOL.
I DON T KNOW THE COST OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE PREDICTING SOMETHING IN POTENTIALLY 28, 29, AND IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH OF A GUESS TO COME UP WITH THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
BUT WE DO FEEL THAT WE HAVE A REASONABLE AREA OF LAND THAT WE CAN USE TO BUILD THE BUILDING WITH DGR'S RECOMMENDATION.
THE REST OF THE LAND WOULD BE USED FOR FIELDS, PARKING LOT, ROADWAYS.
THAT REQUIRES LESS SOIL COMPACTION AS WHAT A BUILDING WOULD NEED TO SIT ON FOR FOOTINGS.
YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE GRADING WORK.
I WON'T LIE TO YOU. THERE'S GOING TO BE GRADING WORK FOR THE ROADS COMING IN.
BUT WE DO FEEL, DIRECTOR SCHOENHERR, THAT THERE IS A FLAT PART UP ON THE WALL IN THE CENTER, BUT TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PROPERTY THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP HERE WHERE WE COULD GET A SCHOOL.
THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE BUILDING DO COME OFF OF LINCOLN WAY.
THERE'S FOUR ACCESS POINTS TO THE PROPERTY.
SOUTH ST. ALBAN CREATES A BOTTLENECK BECAUSE THE ROAD OF SOUTH ST. ALBAN THAT LEADS UP TO WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE OLD COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY IS A VERY NARROW ROAD.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN OLD DRIVE GOING UP TO THAT.
THAT WOULD NOT MAKE A USABLE ENTRANCE INTO THE PROPERTY THAT WE FORESEE.
THE OTHER ONE IS SOUTH PATTERSON.
SOUTH PATTERSON SITS ABOUT 40 FEET BELOW THE GRADE OF THE PROPERTY WHICH WE WOULD EITHER NEED TO CONTOUR THAT OR SOMEHOW CURVE A ROADWAY INTO THAT.
SOUTH PATTERSON DOESN'T WORK REAL WELL EITHER BECAUSE ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC WOULD COME AND THEN EXIT ONTO GLENN AVENUE.
THE NEXT LOGICAL POINT WAS WE DID A PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC STUDY, AND THAT WAS WITH, EXCUSE ME HERE, SNYDER AND ASSOCIATES.
THEY'VE ALSO DONE ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC STUDIES IN OTHER BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
APPROXIMATELY 2,700 CARS ARE ON LINCOLN WAY A DAY CURRENTLY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A SCHOOL THAT WOULD HOUSE ABOUT 650 STUDENTS.
WITH 650 STUDENTS, IT PUTS APPROXIMATELY 280 CARS IN THE AM, WHICH IS 08:00 AM TO 09:00 AM ENTERING THE PROPERTY WITH A ABOUT 200 EXITING.
THE STAFF COMES IN, STAFF STAYS, PARENTS EXIT.
THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE ON THE RAVINE PARK.
IT'S A U-SHAPED ROAD NOW, BUT WE WOULD OPEN THAT UP WITH AN ENTRANCE.
THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THOSE U-SHAPED OR ON THE ROADS COMING IN TO ACTUALLY HOLD TRAFFIC, LIKE A DETENTION POND WOULD, BUT IT GIVES TIME FOR TRAFFIC TO FLOW.
THEN THE EXIT WOULD BE BACK OUT ON THE CLEVELAND LOCATION WHERE THAT EXITS BACK OUT ONTO LINCOLN WAY, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED CARS EXITING.
IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT STRETCHES OUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE STAFF WILL BE THERE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE FEEL THAT THERE'S A FAIRLY 200,
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300 CARS COMING AND GOING ALONG WITH BUSES.I ALSO HEARD THE REASON WHY THIS SITE, AND THAT'S A VALID QUESTION.
I KNOW DR. EARLEYWINE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME.
THERE IS NOT A PARCEL IN MORNINGSIDE THAT IS FOR SALE THAT WE COULD GET INTO FOR THE SUNNYSIDE LOT.
IF WE HAVE TO START BUYING HOUSES, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND, MY GUESS $1 MILLION JUST TO GET THE HOUSES THAT WE NEED AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TOO SMALL OF A LOT TO DEAL WITH ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DIRT WORK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE EXCAVATING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE OF THAT WORK.
BUT I FEEL THAT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A WASH FINANCIALLY, WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'D HAVE TO DO TO BUY PROPERTY AND OTHER AREAS.
TRANSPORTATION IS A REAL CONCERN, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BUSING JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE CONSOLIDATED SO MANY SMALL SCHOOLS TO THE LARGER SCHOOLS THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
THE REASON THIS IS A UNIQUE TRANSPORTATION IS WE'VE GOT AREAS LIKE WHISPERING CREEK.
WE'VE GOT AREAS THAT ARE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE EDGE OF TOWN THAT THOSE STUDENTS GET BURST REGARDLESS BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT A SAFE WALK ZONE FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO GET TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BEGIN WITH.
ANYTHING IN THIS MORNING'S EYE AREA PROBABLY IS GOING TO TAKE MORE TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT'S SIMPLY HAS TO DO WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE ROADS AND STREETS THAT ARE AROUND THAT AREA.
IT CAUSES US TO HAVE TO TRANSPORT THEM JUST FOR SAFE ROUTES TO THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK I'VE COVERED THE TRAFFIC AND THE HURRY WITH IT IS THERE ARE OTHER OFFERS THAT WERE COMING IN ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THERE WAS EVEN MORE THAT WERE INQUIRIES AT THE END OF IT.
IF WE WAIT, THIS PROPERTY WILL GO BACK ON THE MARKET.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RUSH THIS OR GET THIS TO THE BOARD IN ANY A DEVIOUS MANNER.
IT'S JUST THE FACT OF REAL ESTATE MARKETS.
WHEN SOMETHING'S LISTED, WE HAVE TO ACT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
>> IT WAS NOT A LONG THOUGHT-OUT PLAN.
WE GOT TO CALL TWO DAYS LATER.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THIS? THIS CAME UP TO THE MARKET AND WE RESPONDED YES, WE'RE INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT FIRST CAME ON THE MARKET, BUT IT WAS LIKE TWO DAYS LATER WHEN WE EXPRESS AN INTEREST, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING ON THE MARKET. WE HAD NO IDEA.
>> I HAD NO IDEA. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND THAT'S WHY I WAS INTRIGUED BY IT AND ADDRESS IT AND THOUGHT AS A SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS, IT'S MY DUTY TO PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I DON'T MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS ON PURCHASING.
I JUST PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHEN THEY WHEN THEY COME OUR WAY.
TRAFFIC, I CERTAINLY UNDER THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, I DON'T KNOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL IN THE STATE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES.
TWO TIMES A DAY, YOU HAVE BIG TRAFFIC ISSUES.
IF YOU GO UP TO WEST, THERE'S TRAFFIC INTO ISSUES AROUND EAST HIGH, EAST MIDDLE, THERE'S TRAFFIC ISSUES AROUND NORTHLAND WITH BEING CLOSE TO EASTSIDE AND THEN SUNNYSIDE, THERE'RE TRAFFIC ISSUES.
THE COST, AS TIM POINTED OUT AND TALKING TO BRIAN WELLS AT DGR, THE COST TO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AT THE SUNNYSIDE SITE, WHICH COULD BE DONE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE HOUSES THERE AND THAT'S VERY COSTLY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OVER EXCAVATE, BRING IN LOTS OF DIRT TO MAKE THAT SITE WORK AS WELL.
THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO EVERY SITE.
THAT GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE ABOUT BIG SCHOOLS VERSUS SMALL SCHOOLS.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN AS WELL.
IS THAT A SITE BIG ENOUGH TO SEPARATE AND TO PUT A PRE-K 2 AND 3, 4, AND 5 BUILDING, TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS? POSSIBLY, THAT'S A DECISION THAT A SCHOOL BOARD WILL HAVE TO MAKE DOWN THE ROAD.
WE ARE SIX TO SEVEN YEARS OUT FROM DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE WE ARE LIMITED IN OUR IN OUR BONDING CAPACITY WITH THE OTHER BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
SO GREAT QUESTIONS, GREAT CONCERNS THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE.
DON'T TAKE THEM LIGHTLY, THE ARKANSAS.
>> THE COST OF PURCHASE LAND IN THAT AREA WOULD FAR EXCEED ANY COST.
SOMEBODY SAID WHY NOT ON WHISPERING CREEK? WELL, I THINK THE LOTS OUT THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE'D BE WILLING TO PAY FOR HIS SCHOOL, AND THAT'S PUSHING PEOPLE, BUSTING THEM OUT THAT WAY.
THERE'S AN ESTIMATE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 HOUSES THAT HAVE TO BE PURCHASED AND TORN DOWN.
ANYWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
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IT'S GOING TO COST MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO PURCHASE THOSE HOUSES.THOSE ARE MORE THAN $200,000 HOUSES AROUND THOSE GOALS.
THEN TO DEMOLISH THEM AND HOW ALL THAT AWAY AND FILL IT IN.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT AS WELL, SO I THINK THAT MR. PAUL HAD A FAIRLY REASONABLE ASSESSMENT THE COST OF EXCAVATION AND COMPACTING ON THESE PROPOSED SITE.
YES, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE SOME MONEY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO COST ANYMORE THAN BUYING AND TEARING DOWN HOUSES AND ALL THE EARTH WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE SURROUNDING THAT.
THIS TO ME IS A VERY VIABLE OPTION.
DR. EARLY, WHEN BROUGHT IT TO US, 6-7 YEARS AWAY, AND A LOT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND SIX AND SEVEN YEARS.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE IT AT A REASONABLE PRICE AND I THINK $457,000 IS A REASONABLE PRICE FOR, SO THAT'S MY TWO CENTS ON IT.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THAT AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK DR.
EARLY WYNE FOR BRINGING INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AT OUR LAST MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT MAY COMMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HEARINGS ARE ALL ABOUT.
SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WERE ADDRESSED ARE THE SAME QUESTIONS I ADDRESSED WITH DR.
EARLY WYNE AND HE WAS VERY TRANSPARENT IN HIS ANSWERS BECAUSE MY CONCERN WAS, WHY ARE WE RUSHING THIS? YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE A BARGAIN, BUT THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT MONEY PIT.
WE WOULD GET SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE WAS THE UPKEEP WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, SO I DO APPRECIATE HIM BEING HONEST BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SAYING, AND YES, SIX, SEVEN YEARS OUT.
HOWEVER, THE COST MAY BE MORE.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE HOMEWORK ON, AND JUST REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO TWO AND ALSO, I HONESTLY THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE NEW BOARD TO ACTUALLY LOOK INTO AS WE'RE NAVIGATING THROUGH IT.
IF NOT, IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO DO, A LITTLE BIT MORE HOMEWORK.
WE HEARD FROM OUR TAXPAYERS HAVE VERY VALID CONCERNS AND WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO WASTE, WE ALL KNOW THAT, AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FROM LAST SESSION, GETTING THE CALLS, GETTING FEEDBACK, GETTING ANSWERS, DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE AS A BOARD DIRECTOR, JUST NOT READY TO ACTUALLY SAY YES ON THIS TODAY.
>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION TOO. I KEEP HEARING.
IT'S EITHER THIS LAND OR THE SUNNYSIDE NODLAND AREA WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE HOUSING AND STUFF, WHICH OF COURSE I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE CAN BE LOOKING AT?
>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THERE THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE MENTIONED SOUTH OF FLEET FARM.
IS A FOR SALE FARMLAND GOES FOR 20-SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS AN ACRE, WE KNOW THAT.
IF I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS OPPORTUNITY, I WOULDN'T BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOWN THE ROAD, I REALLY DO.
IF WE WAIT, IF WE HESITATE THEN THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE GONE, SO THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S A BOARD DECISION.
>> MAYBE DR. WEINER TIM, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS OR IS THERE A CERTAIN CRITERIA SIZE-WISE THAT SCHOOLS NEED TO BE BUILT ON? IS THERE A GUIDELINE LIKE 10 ACRES, 11 ACRES, 12 ACRES, 200 ACRES.
>> I BELIEVE THAT THE IDEAL SITE THAT WE HAVE, IN MY MIND, THE BUILDING WE JUST FELT WAS AN ELEMENTARY, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS A REALLY TIGHT.
WE HAVE VERY LITTLE PLAYGROUND AREA.
WE HAVE VERY LITTLE ANY ROOM TO GROW, SO I THINK ON ABOUT SIX ACRES.
PERRY CREEK IS PROBABLY OUR IDEAL BUILDING SITE THAT IS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND IT'S GOT ROOM TO GROW.
IT'S ALSO GOT A FIELD FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS WHICH IS USED QUITE REGULARLY.
IT'S GOT ADEQUATE PARKING AND IT ALSO SITS BACK OFF OF THE BUSY ROAD AND IT GIVES A LITTLE BUFFER IN THAT DIRECTION.
THAT ONE IS ON A SIMILAR SITE TO THIS.
I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL ACRES, BUT MINUS ALL OF THE LAND AROUND IT THAT WE'D USE FOR DETENTION PONDS.
>> SO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE MINIMUM YOU'D EVER BUILD ON IS PROBABLY BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT ACRES AND THAT WOULD BE LIKE YOUR HUNT SITE.
>> I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS WITH IT.
IN YOUR EXPERT OPINION CRUNCHING NUMBERS, DO YOU THINK THIS LAND SOUTH SAINT AUBIN IS GOING TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN PURCHASING HOUSES AND NOT GETTING FAMILIES OUT OF HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? [NOISE]
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WE DON'T HAVE TO GRADE THE FULL 43 ACRES.
YOU WOULD IF YOU BUILD HOUSES IN THAT AREA.
THAT IS A BIG CONCERN FOR A DEVELOPER.
WE JUST REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THE AREA THAT OUR SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT.
I THINK IT IS PROBABLY A LOWER COST ALTERNATIVE THAN BUYING THE HOUSES LIKE PRESIDENT GREENWELL SAID WE'RE TALKING.
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MINIMUM PROBABLY FOR SOME OF THOSE HOUSES.
>> I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN EMAILS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING MOVED OUT OF THEIR HOMES THAT THEY WILL LIVE IN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> CAN I POINT OUT ONE MORE THING?
>> IN THE OFFER THAT WE MADE ON THIS PROPERTY, TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING WITH YOUR APPROVAL, THEN IT CONTINUES TO GO FORWARD AND IT GOES THROUGH THREE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS, WHICH WOULD WIND UP, I BELIEVE, AT THE DECEMBER 18TH, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
IF ANY OF THOSE DROP OFF THEN THE OFFER IS NULL.
>> WE HAVE OUR ABILITY TO GET ALL OF OUR DEPOSIT MONEY BACK AT THE SAME TIME, IF IT FAILS TO GET APPROVED, IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE THAT IN THE CONTRACT?
>> THE LEASE. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
>> YES, WE DO. MR. MICHAELSON, YOU HAD A COMMENT?
>> SHAUN, THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH THAT I DIDN'T AGREE WITH.
FOR DOUG AND THE REST OF YOU GUYS TOO, AFTER LISTENING TONIGHT, THIS HAS COME ON EXTREMELY QUICKLY.
TIM, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER MONTH TO PUT THIS TOGETHER?
REALLY, IT'S THE SOIL SAMPLES THAT WE GO AFTER NEXT, BUT WE KNOW THE LAND AND THE AREA AROUND IT, SO WE'RE ASSUMING THE WORST.
>> BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU DIRECTOR MICHAELSON, I DON'T KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE ON THE MARKET, I DON'T THINK THE OFFER THAT WE PUT IN WOULD HAVE ALLOWED US TO GO ON THAT LONG.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THIS LAND'S BEEN SITTING THERE.
THAT WAS SOUTHERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, RIGHT?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING THIS ON SAY LIKE NUMBER 6, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE OLD GOLF COURSE?
>> I THINK THAT'S THE FLAT SPOT THAT I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
I CAME IN HERE TONIGHT THINKING THIS IS A STEAL, I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD LIKE IF WE LOSE THE LAND, WE LOSE THE LAND, BUT I THINK THAT THE ARGUMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT WERE COMPELLING AND DESERVE THE TIME.
>> RIGHT. WELL, I GUESS RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING IF WE LOSE THE LAND, WE LOSE THE LAND, AFTER LISTENING TONIGHT.
I JUST THINK PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE RIGHT NOW.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS?
>> OWNERS OF THE LAND, MAKE AGREEMENT TO GIVE US ANOTHER MONTH.
I'M GOING OUT THE DOOR, AND NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM HAVE SOME INPUT ON THIS THING.
I RESPECT EARLEYWINE, AND I KNOW YOU'VE GIVEN US THE BEST INFORMATION, BUT I GOT QUESTIONS NOW AFTER LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW.
>> WELL, IT'S THAT TIME THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND, I BELIEVE.
>> PRESIDENT GREENWELL, WE'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> WE NEED A MOTION AND SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVE.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE PURCHASE OF 2900 SOUTH SAINT AUBIN, 2832 SOUTH PATTERSON STREET, AND 4243 LINCOLN WAY, SIOUX CITY, IOWA 51106, WITH LESH LLC OF NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $457,000.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
SHANICE, PROBABLY LIKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> MR. GOODMAN? MR. GREENWELL?
>> MOTION MOTION FAILS FIVE TO ONE, AND WE WILL NOT APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND.
MOVING ON. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND FUTURE MEETINGS,
[VIII.Board Member Reports / Future Meetings]
STARTING WITH BOARD MEMBER REPORTS. MS. SCOLARO?[00:45:01]
>> WELL, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR MY REPORT.
[LAUGHTER] JOKING, A LITTLE JOKE THERE.
>> IT'S WORLD KINDNESS DAY, BY THE WAY.
>> SOMETHING MORE COMPELLING. GIVE THEM SOMETHING ELSE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THE BIG THING THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.
AGAIN, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR WHO DID RUN.
PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE IS NOT EASY AS WE ALL KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR RUNNING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO TRULY DID GET THE VOTES OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU RUNNING, AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BEING ON THE BOARD.
JUST TO MAKE MENTIONED NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH.
I ALSO POSTED ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE THAT ACCORDING TO THE ZIPRECRUITER, SIOUX CITY WAS THE NUMBER 1 CITY IN IOWA, THAT PAYS THE TEACHERS THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARIES EACH YEAR.
THERE WERE SOME RESPONSE ABOUT, THAT ISN'T EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE ISSUES MAYBE WITH RETAINING AND RECRUITING OR MAYBE SOME OTHER COMMENTS.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, LET'S CELEBRATE THE GOOD.
FOR SIOUX CITY TO BE NUMBER 1 IN IOWA FOR THE AVERAGE TEACHER SALARIES, KUDOS TO OUR DISTRICT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S AN AWESOME THING, SO I'M HAPPY AND I'M CELEBRATING THAT.
ALSO, DIRECTOR SCARLETT AND I HAD LUNCH WITH FORMER DIRECTOR PERLA ALARCON-FLORY WHEN SHE WAS IN TOWN.
SHE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING IN ARKANSAS THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT THEY'RE BORED DOES FOR RECRUITING TOOLS OR THAT THE CITY DOES.
THEY ACTUALLY HELP PROVIDE, THIS IS INTERESTING, AND ARRANGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEIR STAFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN POSSIBLE IN SIOUX CITY OR WHATEVER, IN IOWA OR THAT'D BE WORKED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I THOUGHT BEING ABLE TO SET UP AND HAVE HOUSING FOR STAFF THAT YOU RECRUIT, I THOUGHT WAS JUST AN INTERESTING CONCEPT.
I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, IT'S THINKING WAY OUT OF THE BOX, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S DONE IN SOME PLACES.
ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR HAMMAN? [NOISE]
>> THE DUST HAS SETTLED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
IT WAS A HOT RACE, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ELECTED, AND MR. GREENWELL EVEN THOUGHT I VOTED AGAINST YOU IN [LAUGHTER] THE LAND PURCHASE, CONGRATULATIONS.
I SEE EARL MILLER'S IN HERE, CONGRATULATIONS TO EARL.
GOT TO KNOW SOME OF THESE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AS WE WENT TO FORUMS, AND GOOD PEOPLE COMING IN, AND I WISH THEM ALL THE BEST COMING IN.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DR. MICHAELSON.
>> YES. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I DO WANT TO AT THIS TIME TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY WHILE MY SON CAN BE PRESENT TO GIVE MY EXITING STATEMENT.
IS THAT A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT? I HAVE SOMETHING PREPARED IS LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES, I PROMISE YOU.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT I DO NEED TO TAKE THIS TIME IN THE MY REPORT.
I'M GOING TO READ IT VERBATIM HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS TIME TO SIMPLY SAY, THANK YOU.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO GOD BECAUSE HE IS WHO I PUT MY ENTIRE TRUST IN AND IT IS BECAUSE OF GOD THAT I HAVE ONE OF THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE, UNBELIEVABLE, AND UNFORGETTABLE FOUR YEARS OF SERVING NOT ONLY AS A BOARD DIRECTOR BUT AS THE THIRD AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND SECOND AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO EMBARK IN THIS TASK FOR OUR SIOUX CITY DISTRICT.
I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE DURING MY 10-YEAR AND COMMITMENT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE, AND THE BOOK WILL CONTINUE TO BE WRITTEN IN A VERY UNIQUE WAY.
WE HAVE SEVEN AUTHORS THAT WILL COMPLETE THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS.
TO MY FAMILY THAT COULD NOT BE HERE, BUT WATCHING ONLINE.
TO MY FRIENDS THAT COULD NOT BE HERE BUT WATCHING ONLINE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING WHEN I HAD TO MISS COUNTLESS FAMILY EVENTS CUT OUR TRIP SHORT BECAUSE I HAD TO GET BACK TO HANDLE THE BUSINESS FOR THIS DISTRICT.
I WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER ALL OF YOUR TEXTS AND CALLS BECAUSE I WAS TENDING TO THE EMAILS, TEXTS, AND CALLS FROM STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT.
TO MY SON, XAVIER, WHO HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS PRAYING FOR AND WITH ME,
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ENCOURAGING ME AND BEING THE PRINCE WHO PROTECTS THE QUEEN AT ALL COST.YOU SEE, WHAT YOU ALL SHOWED ME AS A MOM, A SISTER, A COUSIN, AN AUNT, A FRIEND, AND COLLEAGUE, WAS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND PATIENCE AND FOR THAT, I AM GRATEFUL.
I WANT TO THANK THE SEA, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WESTERN FEDERATION UNION, AND THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL FOR TAKING A RISK FOR YEARS AGO AND ENDORSING SOMEONE WHO YOU BELIEVE WOULD REPRESENT OUR CITY AND PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THERE WERE TIMES I WAS A DEER IN HEADLIGHTS AND HAD TO MAKE QUICK YET SOUND DECISIONS AND THEN THERE WERE TIMES THAT I WAS COMPLETELY STANDING ON THE CONFIDENCE AND COURAGE OF MY CONVICTION BY GATHERING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO MAKE TOUGH AND INFORMED DECISIONS.
WE, AS A BOARD PAST AND PRESENT, MADE IT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC IB CONVERSATIONS, RECONSTRUCTION OF VIBE ACADEMY, REALIGNING BOUNDARIES, DEI AND BOARD DIRECTOR GOVERNANCE, WORK SESSIONS.
APPOINTING NOT ONLY PUT TWO BOARD MEMBERS, THE CRITICAL HIRING OF NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, CHALLENGES, POLICY CHALLENGES, YOU NAME IT, WE FACED IT AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH EACH DIRECTOR AND LEARN FROM EACH ONE OF YOU.
MY GREATEST EXPERIENCE IS SERVING WITH MRS. PERLA ALARCON-FLORY IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE BECAUSE WE SERVED WITH INTEGRITY AND TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE OUR DISTRICT REMAINED INFORMED, SAFE, AND EXECUTING WHAT TRANSPARENCY AND SOUND DIRECTION.
THIS IS A SEAT THAT IS MOST OFTEN THANKLESS.
HOWEVER, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ONGOING SUPPORTERS OF ME AND EXEMPLIFYING KINDNESS, IT DEFINITELY HELPED THESE FOUR YEARS.
THE NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS, "KEEP YOUR HEAD UP." YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
ONE OF THE MOST RESOUNDING WORDS CAME FROM A MINORITY PARENTS WHO I HAD THE CHANCE TO ASSIST HER AND HER SON, WHO SAID, ''THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MS. SCARLETT THAT I HAVE FELT LIKE I HAD HELP AND A VOICE." LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT AS I WALKED OUT OF THAT HIGH SCHOOL, I CRIED BECAUSE OF TWO REASONS.
NUMBER 1, I WAS ABLE TO SIMPLY HELP, AND NUMBER 2, IS CLEAR THAT WE AS A DISTRICT AND OUR CITIES STILL HAVE WORK TO DO BY LISTENING AND ADHERING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES IS, IF SERVING IS BENEATH YOU THEN LEADERSHIP IS BEYOND YOU.
THE MOST RECENT ELECTION AT CANDIDATES WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE, SPOKE LOUD AND CLEAR, DEFINING THEIR DESIRE TO SERVE.
IT WAS JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE RESIDE.
AS I CLOSE, I WANT TO SAY TO THE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD DIRECTORS, PLEASE MAKE GOOD ON YOUR PROMISSORY NOTES THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.
REMEMBER, YOU ALL PLEASE EVERYONE.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS EMPOWERED, BUT YOUR COMMITMENT, AND CONSISTENCY IS SO APPRECIATED.
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU, MEANING OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE BUILDINGS, IN THE CLASSROOMS, PREPARING THE FOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND DRIVING THE BUSES.
THEY PUT IN THE WORK, AND THEY WANT TO BE HEARD AND APPRECIATED FOR DOING SO.
ANSWER YOUR EMAILS, RETURN YOUR PHONE CALLS.
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IT'D BE VISIBLE IN THE BUILDINGS AT ACTIVITIES AND AT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISTRICT BUT JUST GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF YOUR CIRCLE.DON'T JUST COUNT THE PEOPLE, BUT MAKE THE PEOPLE COUNT.
IRONICALLY, THE MOST LAUGHTER HAPPENED IN THESE FOUR YEARS WAS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
I HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY REPRESENT SIOUX CITY, IOWA WITH A FEW OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD BUT I GOT TO KNOW THEM BETTER AS HUMAN BEINGS.
DR. KING SAID AN INDIVIDUAL HAS NOT STARTED LIVING UNTIL HE CAN RISE ABOVE THE NARROW CONFINES OF HIS INDIVIDUALISTIC CONCERNS TO THE BROADER CONCERNS OF ALL HUMANITY.
THIS SEAT UP HERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE REPRESENTATION FOR ALL, SO AS WE ELOQUENTLY FOUND HUMOR IN THIS ANTICIPATED STATEMENT WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY FINAL REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR GEORGE.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT IN GREENWELL.
MONIQUE, AGAIN, FOLLOW THAT UP, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE OUR FRIENDLY WAGER.
AGAIN, THE VIKINGS TOP THE SAINTS.
I WAS A LITTLE FEARFUL, ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO WEAR THAT SAME JERSEY AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE CANDIDATES RAN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO WANTED TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP WITHOUT PAY TO MAKE THE DISTRICT BETTER.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THE SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS WANTING TO BE A PART OF OUR ELL AND SPECIAL ED REBUILD THAT IS ONGOING NOW, YOU ALL HAVE TO HAVE A REASON WHY YOU WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD AND THAT WAS SOME OF THEM.
I ALSO WELCOME THEIR SUPPORT AND CAN WAIT FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO GET YOUR SUBLICENSE, FIND OUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO CONTROL A ROOM OF 30 KIDS OR MORE.
BUT HERE'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED THE GREATEST LESSON.
YOU CAN'T EAT AN ELEPHANT ONE BITE.
YOU MUST EAT IT ONE BITE AT A TIME.
LEARN THAT MY VERY FIRST CONVENTION, I WENT DOWN TO THAT SPEAKER IS SPEAKING DOWN THERE AGAIN, DELA CRUZ.
THAT MAKES SENSE. WHEN YOU COME IN, JUST REMEMBER, IT'S ONE BYTE AT A TIME.
ONE ISSUE AT A TIME, ONE PROBLEM AT A TIME.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS FACT THAT WE LOST THE BUS DRIVER NAMED LLOYD SHOWN ROCK, WHO PASSED AWAY AND WAS RESPECTED AND LIKED BY HIS FELLOW DRIVERS AND STUDENTS.
I TALKED TO HIS DAUGHTER THE OTHER DAY AND IF I CAN BE REMEMBERED LIKE THAT, I WILL HAVE DONE MY JOB.
THE FAMILY THANK YOU FOR SHARING LLOYD WITH THE DISTRICT AND HE'LL BE MISSED EVERY DAY.
ALSO, I WENT TO THE LAST JUNIOR HIGH WRESTLING MEET UP AT WEST HIGH, 70 PLUS MATCHES.
IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE GIRLS AND BOYS GIVE THEIR ALL IS JUST A FABULOUS, IT'LL BE NICE TO SEE THEM NEXT YEAR WHEN THE REST OF THEM, THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR AGAINST THEIR CONFERENCE OPPONENTS, AND NOT JUST THE THREE SCHOOLS.
WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE NO OTHER BOARD REPORT TONIGHT OTHER THAN MENTIONING THAT ARE THE GENTLEMAN WHO HANDLES A LOT OF OUR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION, BULK BRONCO, WHO HIS FATHER, PAUL BREMMER, JUST RECENTLY PASSED SO GIVE OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY THIS EVENING.
BOARD MEMBERS, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE FUTURE MEETINGS.
THERE IS AN IASB ANNUAL CONVENTION AND SLASH DELEGATE ASSEMBLY ON NOVEMBER 15TH AND 17TH AND IN DES MOINES.
WE'RE AS WE MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING, WE'RE ALSO GIVING NOTICE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS MAY GATHER IN DES MOINES, IOWA ON NOVEMBER 15TH TO THE 17TH, 2023 TO ATTEND THE IOWA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS ANNUAL CONVENTION.
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NO DELIBERATION OR ACTION BY THE BOARD IS ANTICIPATED ON ANY POLICY ISSUES.THEY'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO SPEAKERS AND ATTENDED SESSIONS, BUT NO DISCUSSION OF POLICY, GIVING PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THAT.
IT'S ALSO DOWN INTO MOINES AT 06:00 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023.
THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD MEETING IF YOU GO INTO THE CONFERENCE BOARD FINANCE AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 20TH, BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 21ST, BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 22.
THE OUTGOING INCOMING BOARD MEMBER RECEPTION STARTS AT 04:32.
ON NOVEMBER 27TH, MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
IT'S JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL HERE.
THE ANNUAL SLASH ORGANIZATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
WE'LL HAVE A SHORT BOARD MEETING, A REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THIS BOARD WILL CONCLUDE OUR FINAL BUSINESS AND THEN GO INTO THE REORG MEETING FOR THE NEW BOARD.
THAT'LL BE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, AGAIN AFTER THE MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
THE EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE FORM. THEY START AGAIN.
DECEMBER 2ND IS OUR FIRST ONE.
BOARD FINANCED AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING IS DECEMBER 4TH, AND THE IASB NEW BOARD MEMBER WORKSHOP IS DECEMBER 7TH, 2023.
IT'S HERE IN SIOUX CITY, SO THERE'LL BE NICE TO HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND THAT LOCALLY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE VERY FAR.
EDUCATIONAL EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING ON DECEMBER 8TH AND THEN THE FIRST FULL BOARD MEETING OF THE NEW BOARD WILL BE ON DECEMBER 11TH.
WITH THAT, THAT IS A LISTING OF OUR FUTURE MEETINGS.
MOVING ON TO ITEM 9 AND TONIGHT'S AGENDA,
[IX. Superintendent’s Report - Dr. Rod Earleywine]
A SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DR. WHOLE LIFE.>> THANK YOU. JUST A FEW THINGS.
ATTENDED ONE AROUND TO SEVERAL OF THE BUILDINGS DURING PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES.
I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO MANY OF THE TEACHERS AND A LOT OF THE PARENTS THAT WERE COMING IN AND GOING ATTENDED A CYBERSECURITY MANY CONFERENCE AT OUR AAA, ALONG WITH CHANT FINGER ON SOME OF HIS STAFF, CYBERSECURITY.
THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL THE LARGEST SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF IOWA, INCLUDING DES MOINES, CEDAR RAPIDS.
WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT RIGHT BEHIND DES MOINES AND CEDAR RAPIDS SO THAT ALWAYS MAKES US A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
BUT CEDAR RAPIDS WAS THEIR PERSONNEL FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, THEIR TECH DEPARTMENT SHARING SOME IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT WERE REALLY INTERESTING AND GOOD TO HEAR ON THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND DO.
THE ELECTION IS OVER AS WE KNOW.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE GOING OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
DON'T FORGET, WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT.
ALSO, THE REVENUE PURPOSE STATEMENT, PAST REVENUE PURPOSE PURPOSE STATEMENT IS IT WAS ON THE BALLOT AND SIMPLY PUT IT, THAT JUST GIVES THE DISTRICT PERMISSION TO SPEND THE MONEY AS IT WAS SPECIFIED ON THE APPROVED REVENUE PURPOSE STATEMENTS.
IT HAD WOULD HAVE EXPIRED IN 2029.
NEW LOGS CHANGES EXTENDED TO 2051.
SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND 2029, SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDED TO APPROVE A NEW PURPOSE STATEMENTS, SO THAT WOULD EXTEND IT TO 2051.
AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE THAT THE ONE SALES TAX IS VITAL TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THAT TO BUILD THE BUILDINGS WE NEED TO DO, REPAIR THE ROOF, MAINTAIN THE ROADS, ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
THE BULK OF THAT COMES THROUGH ONE SENSE SALES TAX.
REMEMBER, WOODBURY COUNTY, THANK GOODNESS, WAS FORWARD-THINKING MANY YEARS AGO AND PASS THE FIRST STATEWIDE PENNY TAX.
AT THAT TIME IT WAS COUNTY BY COUNTY.
NOW IT IS STATEWIDE AND THE MONEY IS EVENLY DIVIDED UP, BUT WOODBURY COUNTY GOT THAT BALL ROLLING.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GOT THAT ROLLING MANY YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY HELPED SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA.
ALSO TENDED THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO RAISE FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR CHILDREN.
ONE OTHER THING, WE ALSO SPOKE WITH A BUS DRIVER THAT PASSED AWAY.
WE ALSO HAD A FOOD SERVICE PERSON, CHRIS BARNES PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, SO OUR CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY.
WITH THAT, I WILL END MY REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DR. EVERYONE. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN ITEMS OR PRESENTATION,
[X.A. Board Authorization to Request Modified Supplemental Amount for ELL Beyond 5 years - Patty Blankenship]
DISCUSSION, AND OR ACTION.[01:05:01]
THE FIRST ITEM IS A BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO REQUEST MODIFIED AND SUPPLEMENTAL MOUNT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS BEYOND FIVE YEARS.IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZES THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT TO THE SCHOOL BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR A MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT OF $1,385,860.35 RELATED TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXCEEDED FIVE YEARS OF WAITING THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE FALL 2023 CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT.
WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE.
BUT WHAT THIS MEANS IS THEY DO GIVE US SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THIS AMOUNT THAT WE MENTIONED, 1,385,860.35, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING BEYOND FIVE YEARS AND PROVIDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER SERVICES TO THOSE STUDENTS.
BY DOING THAT, THEY'RE GIVING US SPENDING AUTHORITY.
THAT DOESN'T EAT INTO OUR SPENDING AUTHORITY OR OVERALL SPENDING AUTHORITY.
AS I SAID, IT'S NOT ANY MONEY THAT'S NOT IN THE CACHE IS PURELY I CALL IT A MEMO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM WHERE WE GET THE ADDITIONAL SPENDING OVER AUTHORITY.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION HAPPY TO ACCEPT A MOTION FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION.
ANY DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS? PATTY, DID I MISS ANYTHING ON THAT? SHE SAID ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE AUTHORIZATION ON THE ELL BEYOND FIVE YEARS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND MOTION CARRIES.
[X.B. Board Authorization to Request Modified Supplemental Amount for Open Enrollment Out - Patty Blankenship]
ITEM B ON OUR LIST IS BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO REQUEST MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL MOUNT FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT OUT.IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZES THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE SCHOOL BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT OF $1,407,096.90 FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT STUDENTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT COUNTS.
PATTY YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BEST TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY NEXT PRESENTATION, SO I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT ONE, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAT ARE OPEN AND ROLLING OUT MORE THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR AT THE CERTIFIED COUNT DATE.
SO THIS IS GETTING FUNDING FOR THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE THE PER PUPIL COSTS WILL FOLLOW THOSE STUDENTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR SO AS TO GET US ON TIME FUNDING FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
>> SO IT'S BASICALLY A PASS-THROUGH.
>> SPENDING AUTHORITY. IT'S NO ADDITIONAL CASH?
>> SPENDING AUTHORITY, AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PATTY FROM THE BOARD?
>> THESE CALCULATIONS ACTUALLY COME FROM THE STATE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT, THEY RUN THESE CALCULATIONS, SO THEY'RE NOT MY CALCULATIONS, THEY ARE COMING RIGHT FROM THE CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT.
AND THEN WE CAN EITHER REQUEST THE ADDITIONAL SPENDING AUTHORITY OR NOT THERE BE NO REASON THAT WE WOULD NOT.
>> THIS IS AN ANNUAL THING THAT WE DO, SO OKAY.
ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION.
OKAY. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD DIRECTORS TO AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT OF 1,407,096.90 FOR OPEN AND ROLLED OUT STUDENTS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PREVIOUS YEARS CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT COUNTS.
>> WE READ IT TWICE AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANYBODY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
NOW, PATTY, A THIRD TIME IS A CHARM,
[X.C. FY25 Preliminary Spending Authority Projections & Budget Presentation Calendar - Patty Blankenship]
SO YOU'RE UP HERE AGAIN.FISCAL 25, PRELIMINARY SPINNING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS AND THE BUDGET PRESENTATION CALENDAR IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACKNOWLEDGES THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S FY25 PRELIMINARY SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS AND BUDGET PRESENTATION CALENDAR.
THIS IS JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT, THERE IS NO MOTION TO BE MADE HERE.
THIS IS VERY, VERY EARLY IN THE STAGES WHERE WE'RE NOT APPROVING THE BUDGET.
JUST FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING, THIS IS JUST A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW, SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME.
>> SO THE FIRST SEVERAL PAGES OF THIS PRESENTATION ARE JUST KIND OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SOME DEFINITIONS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE TERMINOLOGY.
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HERE, REPRESENTING THE FIVE BUDGET GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.THE STATE ACTUALLY CONTROLS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DISTRICT SPENDING AND SPENDING AUTHORITY IS ONLY A GENERAL FUND CONCEPT.
THE DISTRICT EXPENDITURES ARE LIMITED BY SPENDING AUTHORITY, NOT BY CASH OR OUR FUND BALANCE.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A FORMULA THAT THE STATE HAS THAT DETERMINES HOW MANY DOLLARS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN SPEND, WHAT OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET WOULD BE.
THE BASIC FORMULA FOR THAT ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY AS YOUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT TIMES YOUR COST PER STUDENT.
THE COST PER STUDENT IS SET BY THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.
THE FY24 COST PER STUDENT WAS $7,635.
WE DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT FOR '25 YET.
SPENDING AUTHORITY IS FUNDED BY A COMBINATION OF STATE AID AND PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS.
IT'S THE UNIFORM LEVY AT $5.40 AND THEN THE STATE FOUNDATION AID FUNDS UP TO 87.5% OF OUR ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY.
THE ADDITIONAL IS FUNDED BY THE ADDITIONAL LEVY, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS.
>> SO JUST TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN IDEA OF THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN THAT OUR LOCAL CITIZENS FACE IS RIGHT AROUND $40 MILLION.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS THIS PAST YEAR.
SO THE LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE COLLECT ARE $40 MILLION, THE REST OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM FEDERAL AND STATE AID.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX, THAT'S THE AMOUNT WE'RE ASKING LOCAL CITIZENS, PROPERTY OWNERS, TO HELP FUND OUR DISTRICT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER ON THAT PROPERTY TAX DOESN'T EQUAL SPENDING.
PROPERTY TAX IS BASICALLY FOR CASH, SO OUR BUDGET IS GUIDED BY THE STATE LIMIT OF 76, 35 THIS YEAR, UP THREE, TWO-AND-A-HALF, THREE, 4%, I DOUBT FOUR, BUT TWO-AND-A-HALF TO 3% THIS NEXT YEAR.
>> SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPLEMENTAL STATE AID, OR SSA, WHICH IS THE GROWTH AND THE PER STUDENT COST.
SUPPLEMENTAL STATE AID IS NOT BEEN SET FOR 25.
THE OCTOBER 2ND, 2023 CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT IS THOSE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ENROLLMENT IS WHAT WILL FUND THE FY25 BUDGET YEAR.
THE CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT DECREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 253 STUDENTS.
SO IF YOU TAKE THAT TIMES THE PER STUDENT COST, THE CURRENT PER STUDENT COST, THAT'S ABOUT $1.9 MILLION.
>> ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS DIGGING INTO THAT 253 STUDENT DECLINE.
I BELIEVE WE HAD 480 STUDENTS MOVE OUT OF OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR.
WE HAD 35 THAT MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
AND SO YOU'D THINK FOR 480+35, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MOVED OUT.
AND THEN WE BROUGHT SOME NEW STUDENTS, BUT WE'RE DOWN A NET 235.
I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING THAT MANY STUDENTS MOVED OUT OF STATE AND QUITE A FEW MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
>> AND YOU COULD PROBABLY TRACE SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS LEAVING DUE TO TYSON MOVING.
>> I THINK QUITE A FEW OF THEM WERE, THAT'S WHAT THEY INDICATED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THOSE WERE TYSON EMPLOYEES THAT MOVED.
>> WE LOST A BOARD MEMBER WHO STILL HAD A CHILD STILL IN SCHOOL, SO THAT WAS ONE RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. SO THEN THIS IS THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE OF SSA COMPARED TO EXPENDITURE GROWTH.
SO THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE FOR THE GROWTH IN SSA IS 2.45%, OUR EXPENDITURE GROWTH WAS 4.6%.
IN GENERAL, YOU WANT TO SEE THE SSA IN LINE WITH THE EXPENDITURE GROWTH BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GROW YOUR EXPENDITURES GREATER THAN YOU'RE GROWING, YOU'RE SPENDING AUTHORITY.
THE 4.6 DOES INCLUDE SR EXPENDITURE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF IN THIS TIME PERIOD BECAUSE OF THAT ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING.
BUT IN GENERAL, YOU WANT THOSE TWO TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
>> SO JUST I'LL CALL IT SPECULATION AND CONJECTURE.
I WOULD EXPECT THE SSA TO GROW BETWEEN TWO-AND-A-HALF TO 3%, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR SSA GROWTH THIS COMING YEAR.
>> THIS IS A VERY EARLY PROJECTION.
THERE'S LOTS OF PIECES TO CALCULATE IN THIS THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET.
WE'VE HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS.
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WHAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER IS A TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.ONE SCENARIO, I HAVE SSA EQUALLY AND EXPENDITURE GROWTH.
I USED A 2% SSA AND A 2% EXPENDITURE GROWTH.
THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE. THEN IN THE SECOND SCENARIO, I'M USING AN CONTINUING WITH THE SSA OF 2% AND THEN USING AN EXPENDITURE GROWTH OF 3%.
ALL I'M TRYING, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF I USE TWO OR 3% ON SSA.
I'M REALLY JUST TRYING TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T MATCH YOUR SSA WITH YOUR EXPENDITURE GROWTH.
IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS FOR 26-29, ALL OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ARE THE SAME IN BOTH OF THESE SCENARIOS.
>> ROUNDABOUT WAY OF SAYING WE'RE LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS.
>> MATRIX, REVENUE WITH EXPENDITURES.
>> YEAH. THIS IS SHOWING WHAT ARE THE CALCULATION OF OUR FY_23.
THIS IS JUNE 30 OF 2023, ARE SPENDING OUR CARRYOVER SPENDING AUTHORITY BALANCE AT THAT POINT WAS 71.2 MILLION, 26% UNSPENT BALANCE RATIO.
IT'S A HEALTHY SPENDING AUTHORITY BALANCE AT JUNE 30 OF 2023.
THEN THE NEXT COLUMN IS ROLLING FORWARD TO GET TO A PROJECTED FY_24 SPENDING AUTHORITY CARRYOVER AMOUNT.
THIS IS A VERY PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT OUR FY_24 EXPENDITURES AND RE-ESTIMATE THOSE EXPENDITURES SO THAT WE CAN PROJECT OUT 24.
WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE EXPENDITURES AGAIN, BUT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT A PROJECTED SPENDING AUTHORITY CARRYOVER.
>> JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $2.5 MILLION MORE THAN WE'RE BRINGING IN.
>> THIS IS WHAT THIS PAGE IS SAYING.
>> THE CURRENT YEAR RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S VERY EARLIEST, VERY PRELIMINARY.
BUT WE'RE SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN.
>> I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, WHAT WE BUDGETED.
>> YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECTION IS BASED ON, OUR CERTIFIED BUDGET IN APRIL OF 23.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THIS PAGE IN DETAIL, BUT WHAT THIS IS IS A DETAILED CALCULATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY.
AND WHY I SHOW IT IS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S A FORMULA BEHIND HOW YOU CALCULATE SPENDING AUTHORITY.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT I'VE COME UP WITH.
THIS IS THE FORMULA FOR HOW YOU CALCULATE SPENDING AUTHORITY AND ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN GRAY.
THEY'LL ALL OF THOSE ROLES, THOSE ARE ALL JUST PER PUPIL TIMES COST PER STUDENT AMOUNT.
THERE IS NOT A LOT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN CHANGE CAN DO TO AFFECT THEIR SPENDING AUTHORITY.
IT'S THE COST PER PUPIL AND OUR ENROLLMENT.
THE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT ON THIS IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A FEW CHANGES AND TLC HAS SOME CHANGE IN ITS FUNDING COMING UP IN 25.
THESE PROJECTIONS DO NOT TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT YET.
WE'RE WAITING MORE GUIDANCE TO SEE HOW WHAT EXACTLY THOSE CHANGES ARE AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO IMPACT THESE CALCULATIONS.
>> YOU HAVE A NICE BRIGHT RED NUMBER IN THERE. CAN YOU WALK EVERYBODY THROUGH?
>> THE RED NUMBER IS OUR REGULAR PROGRAM BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AND THAT'S ABOUT 831,000 AND THAT'S SHOWING FOR 24 AND THE 25 FISCAL YEAR.
WHAT THAT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT THAT WE ARE NOT OUR REGULAR PROGRAM DISTRICT COST IS NOT AS GREAT AS THE IS SMALLER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR.
THE STATE ALLOWS US ONE YEAR OF HAVING THAT ABOUT BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE UP FOR THAT DECLINE IN ENROLLMENTS.
IT IS 100% PROPERTY TAX FUNDED THAT PORTION.
>> IF WE WANT THAT, WE WILL WE WILL BE COLLECTING THAT THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES.
>> THIS IS A SUMMARY OF SCENARIO ONE WHERE I'M USING THE SSA 2% TARGET AND EXPENDITURES OF 2%.
IT SHOWS THAT IN FY_15, WE WOULD STILL MAINTAIN AN UNSPENT BALANCE RATIO OF 25%.
BUT DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE USING ABOUT $2.8 MILLION IN SPENDING AUTHORITY.
YOU CARRY THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO 29.
IT'S BROUGHT DOWN THE UNSPENT BALANCE RATIO TO 20%.
IN THAT YEAR YOU'RE USING ABOUT $3 MILLION OF RESERVES.
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THE OTHER LINE TO LOOK AT IS THE INCREASE IN THE BASE EXPENDITURES.WITH A 2% INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES, THE DISTRICT WOULD WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GROW OUR BUDGET BY ABOUT 3.7 MILLION.
>> JUST JUST REFLECTING ON THAT JUST A MOMENT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR ARE IN YOUR LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES EARLIER, WE PROJECTED OR BUDGET $68.7 MILLION.
JUST WITH MATCHING THE REVENUES WITH EXPENDITURES.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHATEVER WE GET AN SSA, WE INCREASE EXPENDITURES BY THAT AND WE ASSUMING A 3% PROPERTY TAX APPRECIATION.
WE'VE HAD ABOUT 5% THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN A ROW, WE WOULD CONSUME ROUGHLY $15 MILLION OR $15.7 MILLION IN DEPLETION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY RESERVES, IN OTHER WORDS, A DEFICIT SPENDING.
THIS IS A HIGH-LEVEL PROJECTION, BUT GOING NEGATIVE EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS PROBABLY NOT GOOD FINANCIAL PRACTICE.
WE CAN DO IT ONE OR TWO YEARS SHORT-TERM.
BUT DOING IT BEYOND AN EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME IS NOT VERY WISE NOR FINANCIALLY, FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.
IF YOU INCREASE THAT TARGETED EXPENDITURES TO 3% AND LEAVE THE SSA AT 2%.
BY THE TIME YOU'RE IN FY_29, YOU'RE SPENDING AUTHORITY IS DOWN TO 17%.
AND IN EACH YEAR YOU'RE USING, IN 25, YOU'D BE USING 4.6 MILLION IN RESERVES AND 29, YOU'D BE USING ABOUT $5 MILLION IN RESERVES.
>> NO. THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY, YOU CAN SEE THOSE TWO SIDE-BY-SIDE.
WE'VE REVIEWED ALL OF THESE NUMBERS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL ON ONE PAGE HERE.
THEN THIS IS THE BUDGET PRESENTATION CALENDAR, SO THIS IS A TIMELINE OF WHEN WE WILL PRESENT DIFFERENT BUDGETS AND THEN WHEN THE BUDGET WILL BE APPROVED.
THERE'S A LOT OF RED ON THIS AND IT'S MARKED IN DRAFT BECAUSE LAST YEAR HOUSE FILE 718 WAS PASSED AND IT CHANGES.
IT REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL HEARING.
IT ALSO, THE BUDGET HAS ALWAYS BEEN CERTIFIED ON APRIL 15TH, IT EXTENDS THAT DATE TO APRIL 30TH BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL BUDGET HEARING AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH TO SEE WHAT THAT TIMELINE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL HEARING THAT HAS TO BE HELD ON A SEPARATE BY ITSELF WITHOUT ANY OTHER BOARD BUSINESS BEING CONDUCTED SO WE WILL WORK ON FIGURING OUT 718 AND WE'LL UPDATE THIS AS WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT.
>> JUST A COMMENT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING ONLINE.
THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW THROUGH JUNE 30TH IS THE END OF THE FUNDS, THE COVID MONEY, SO WE'RE ENDING AT JUNE 30TH.
WE WILL HAVE NO MORE COVID MONEY TO SPEND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS BUDGET IN '25 AND BEYOND, THAT'S WITHOUT ANY COVID MONEY.
WE TALKED ABOUT AND I THINK A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IS A GENTLE LANDING AND THAT'S WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON, IS HOW DO WE ADJUST AFTER GETTING $59 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS OF COVID MONEY? HOW DO WE ADJUST AND WIN OURSELVES OFF GRANT MONEY? ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN AROUND AND HAS SEEN GRANTS, THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS AND IT'S OVER AND SO NOW WE HAVE TO ADJUST OUR BUDGET ACCORDINGLY AND CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES THAT WE WERE DOING, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYMORE.
THE FUNDS JUST AREN'T THERE AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE NEW BOARD WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO.
BUT THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIG ITEMS IS HOW DO WE GET THIS BUDGET, WE'RE NOT SPENDING IN DEFICIT NUMBERS EVERY YEAR? AS I SAID, THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE SO THAT'LL BE ONE THING WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
>> I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, I UNDERSTOOD THE ENROLLMENT DECREASE FOR YEAR '25 THAT'S BASED ON THE CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT IN OCTOBER.
I'M CURIOUS FOR THE YEAR '26-'29, EACH YEAR, THE ENROLLMENT INCREASE YOU ESTIMATED AT 0.40%.
JUST TO HOW DO YOU ARRIVE AT THAT NUMBER?
>> IT'S 0.04% SO IT'S ABOUT 50, 55 STUDENTS PER YEAR.
WE CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
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LOOKING BACK AT OVERTIME, ACTUALLY DAN HELPED TO COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER AND THAT WAS WHAT THE TREND WAS SHOWING THAT OVER TIME WE GAINED STUDENTS BY ABOUT 40 TO 50.OVER TIME, IT MIGHT BE 101 YEAR, BUT THAT WAS JUST A TREND.
>> THAT WAS A LONG-TERM AVERAGE.
THAT WAS A 10 YEAR LONG TERM AVERAGE THAT WE UTILIZED.
I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
GROWTH WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN 4/10 OF 1%.
BUT WHEN WE PUT IT TOGETHER, WE WERE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE AND TOOK IT DOWN BEFORE TENSE SO YOU HAVE EBB AND FLOW.
YOU HAVE EBB AND FLOW BUT FOR LONG-TERM PLANNING, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD USED.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT'LL CHANGE NOW WITH THE VOUCHER [NOISE] SYSTEM IN PLACE?
>> I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S SOMETHING CLEARLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S STILL OPEN, IN OTHER WORDS, UNKNOWN WHAT THE VOUCHER IMPACT IS GOING TO HAVE BECAUSE WE HEARD THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BUT SIOUX CITY WIDE, THERE WERE 800 VOUCHERS FILLED OUT.
NOW WE'RE NOT LOSING 800 STUDENTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY GOING TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
BUT OVERALL, THE 800 PEOPLE RECEIVE VOUCHERS AND SO WE DON'T YET KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE CAME OUT OF OUR DISTRICT THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR THAT WERE NOT GETTING, NOR PEOPLE THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR DIDN'T ENROLL IN OUR KINDERGARTEN.
THEY WENT TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL SO I THINK THAT PIECE STILL NEEDS TO WORK OUT.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT NEEDS TO WORK OUT IS THE CATEGORICAL FUNDING AMOUNT OF AROUND $1,200 THAT WAS IN THE NEW BILL.
WITH ALL OF THOSE VOUCHERS, 800, DO WE GET 800 TIMES 1,200 FOR THAT CATEGORICAL FUNDING, OR IS IT JUST THE STUDENTS WHO LEFT OUR DISTRICT AND WE GET THE CATEGORICAL FUNDING OF 1,200 LIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER THAN 800? I THINK THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED AND IT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR LEGISLATORS ON DECEMBER 2ND.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM ADVICE ON OR TELL HIM THE QUESTION IS COMING.
>> OBVIOUSLY YOU LOOK AT TRENDS, PROJECTIONS AND THEN THERE'S REALITY AND THEY'RE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T PREDICT.
SSA ARE ONE OF THEM THAT AND THEN TRYING TO PREDICT THE TRENDS ASSOCIATED WITH SSA, THAT'S NEXT TRICK SO WE'LL WORK ON IT AND DO THE BEST WE CAN.
>> BUT LIKELY BETWEEN TWO-AND-A-HALF AND THREE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S OVERLY GENEROUS, OR OVERLY SHORT.
>> THEN WE'LL UPDATE THE SPENDING.
I'LL UPDATE THE SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS FOR, I BELIEVE THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME THAT WE KNOW MORE INFORMATION BY THEM.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN A WHIRLWIND FASHION.
BUT THIS WAS A REAL HIGH LEVEL, IF WE SPEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR MEAN SO COMING IN, WE'RE STILL GOING TO RUN A SMALL DEFICIT EACH YEAR AND THE QUESTION IS LONG-TERM, CAN WE DO THAT? PROBABLY NOT AND WE CERTAINLY CAN'T OVERSPEND OUR SSA BECAUSE IT'S FIVE MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT GAP EACH YEAR SO THAT'S THE SUMMARY CONCLUSION.
BUT, SHOULD WE SAY ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC?
[X.D. School Calendars for 2024-2025, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 – Dr. Jen Gomez]
>> MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT TOPIC IS SCHOOL CALENDARS FOR '24-'25, '25-'26, AND '26-'27 AND MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'LL BE A CHANGE AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023 AT 6:00 P.M. THIS WILL BE THE OLD BOARD AT THE LOCAL TIME.
THIS WILL BE ONE OF OUR ITEMS THAT WE CONCLUDE AT THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER 627 4TH STREET SIOUX CITY, IOWA, TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSED '24-'25, '25-'26 AND '26-'27 CALENDARS.
I THINK THE BIG CHANGE IS PD THIS YEAR.
>> I'M SORRY, THE CURRENT BOARD, I SHOULD SAY.
>> MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH, DR. GOMEZ.
>> SURE. AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS BRING FORWARD THREE CALENDARS.
WE SET A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, LISTEN TO FEEDBACK AND THEN AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD APPROVES THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUBSEQUENT TWO YEARS.
>> WE HAVE A WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT ONE.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE LITTLE KIDS ANYMORE, YOU DON'T WORRY MUCH ABOUT HALLOWEEN, BUT YOU THINK OF A PARENT UNIT.
YOU SEND IT OUT AND YOU GET ONE EMAIL AND YOU GO, THAT WAS PRETTY STUPID.
[LAUGHTER] WE WILL MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT, I CAN GUARANTEE.
>> I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S SOME STAFF THAT LIKE HALLOWEEN TOO.
>> I LIKE IT, BUT, [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANYBODY OUT ANYMORE.
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>> THE CALENDARS ARE BASED ON HOURS LIKE WE DID THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT SWITCHING FROM [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] TO OURS, SO WE DID KEEP THAT FORMAT.
IT'S REALLY SET UP VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY.
A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED OVER WE'VE PRESENTED TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.
WE'VE SENT OUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SURVEYS SO BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, THESE ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
ONE OF THEM IS THE PD DAYS, SO AS YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS WE'VE DONE ONE HOUR EARLY OUT ON MONDAYS, WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT TO FRIDAYS.
AND INSTEAD OF BEING ONE EARLY OUT, IT'LL BE TOO EARLY OUT EVERY FRIDAY.
>> TWO HOUR EARLY OUT. YES. EXCUSE ME, TWO OUR EARLY OUT ON EVERY FRIDAY FOR STAFF PD AND THEN STAFF WORK TIME AS WELL.
THEN THE SECOND BIG CHANGE IS CONFERENCES, SO WE'VE DONE MONDAY, TUESDAY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND THEN HAD THE FRIDAY, MONDAY NO SCHOOL, WHICH WAS THE CONFERENCE DAY AND THEN THE EXCHANGE DAY ON FRIDAY SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE CONFERENCE TO TUESDAY AND THURSDAY SO TUESDAY WOULD BE WE'RE STILL IN SCHOOL.
TUESDAY, WE DO CONFERENCES AFTER SCHOOL FROM AFTER-SCHOOL TO 8:00 P.M. AND THEN THURSDAY IT'D BE 8:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. SO THE NO SCHOOL DAY IS ON THURSDAY AND THEN THEY EXCHANGE DAY IS FRIDAY.
EXCEPT FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR THE FIRST SET OF CONFERENCES BALLS, THAT THURSDAY IS A HALLOWEEN.
WE DISCUSS IT TODAY AS A DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM AND WE'RE PROPOSING EITHER TWO OPTIONS.
EITHER WE GO BACK TO THE MONDAY, TUESDAY, OR WE JUST CONFERENCES UP A WEEK EARLY AND KEEP IT TO TUESDAY, THURSDAY.
>> WE DID SURVEY STAFF AND PARENTS CONCERNING THE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE SWITCHING THE PD DAY FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY.
MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING THAT IN A STATE AND I'VE HEARD REALLY GOOD THINGS FROM THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT PARENTS ARE FINE WITH IT.
THE STAFF REALLY LIKES IT SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.
THE SURVEY WE RECEIVE 4,400 RESPONSES AND 63%, LIKE THE FRIDAY EARLY OUTS AND OBVIOUSLY 37% PREFERRED THE MONDAY SO WE DID GET FEEDBACK.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, IF I CAN.
I KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR A PARENTS SPOKE ABOUT THE CHANGE IN GRADUATION BACK TO THE NIGHTTIME ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY NIGHTS.
I SAW THAT THE NEXT THREE CALENDARS ALSO SHOW IT TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.
IS THAT SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE STILL LOOKING AT OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY MORE FEEDBACK ON GRADUATION NIGHTS?
>> I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK FROM PRESENTING THESE CALENDARS.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK.
>> ON THE EXCHANGE DAY WOULD THAT FOLLOW? IF WE WENT MOVED IT UP A WEEK, CONFERENCES WITHIN THE EXCHANGE DAY, BE THAT FRIDAY.
>> YES. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT STAFF WAS REALLY EVENLY SPLIT ON.
I THINK, THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT I THINK AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY FACTS TO BACK IT UP, BUT I THINK THAT THE YOUNGER STAFF, LIKE THE ADDED ONTO LIKE A HOLIDAY AND THE MORE VETERAN STAFF LIKE THAT FRIDAY OF CONFERENCES, THEY HAVE THAT AS THE EXCHANGE DAY.
BUT IT WAS REALLY EVENLY SPLIT AMONGST OUR STAFF ON WHEN TO HAVE THAT.
WE CALL EXCHANGE DAY, IT'S A IT'S A EXCHANGE DAY/COMP DAY BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING THOSE EVENINGS FOR TWO DAYS SO THAN THEY DESERVE THAT COMP DAY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR DR. GOMEZ? ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC?
>> BOARD MEMBERS, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO SET THE HEARING.
AS I SAID EARLIER, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2023 AT 6:00 PM LOCAL TIME AT THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, 627 4TH STREETS TO CITY LOWA TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSED 2425, 2526 2627 SCHOOL CALENDARS.
>> MOTION TO SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[X.E. 2023 Annual/ Organizational Meeting – President Greenwell]
ITEM E ON OUR AGENDA,[01:35:01]
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END.ITEM E IS THE 2023 ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND SHANICE AS BOARD SECRETARY.
I'D PROBABLY LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO TELL US HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET ORGANIZED.
>> OUR ANNUAL/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023, WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM.
THE ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE WITH OUR CURRENT BOARD RIGHT HERE WHERE THERE WILL BE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS YOU GUYS CAN DEAL WITH THE CLOSING OF BOOKS.
AFTER THAT MEETING, YOU GUYS WILL BE RELIEVED OF YOUR DUTIES, THOSE THAT ARE OUTGOING MEMBERS.
FOLLOWING ADJOURNMENT OF THAT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING WHERE WE WILL HAVE OUR FIVE NEWLY-ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS TO COME DOWN FRONT AND THEY WILL BE SWORN IN.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THERE WILL BE THE ELECTION OF BOTH BOARD PRESIDENT AND BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.
WE DO TYPICALLY DO THIS EACH YEAR.
BOTH POSITIONS ARE A ONE-YEAR TERM.
I'LL JUST EXPLAIN THE PROCESS THAT WILL FOLLOW FOR BOTH NOMINATION AND PUTTING YOUR NAME IN THE RING FOR BOTH BOARD PRESIDENT AND BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.
WE ASK, GOING ACCORDING TO OUR POLICY THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION FOR BOARD PRESIDENT OR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, THAT YOU SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST TO ME, BOARD SECRETARY BY THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, WHICH WILL BE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH BY 5:00 PM.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EITHER POSITION, YOU CAN SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTERESTS TO ME.
THAT BEING SAID, IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, IT IS A SHOULD RATHER THAN A MUST.
IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTERESTS, YOU CAN DO THAT TO ME BY THAT DEADLINE.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I WILL UPLOAD THAT WITH THE BOARD PACKET SO IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO VIEW AS WELL.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A FAVOR? COULD YOU NOTIFY ALL THE NEWLY-ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS OF THIS, ONES HERE TONIGHT, BUT THE OTHERS AREN'T.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL INFORMED OF.
>> I CAN. I'LL LET THEM KNOW THAT DEADLINE.
BUT IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST, YOU CAN STILL PUT YOUR NAME IN THE RING.
WHEN WE GET TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND I OPEN IT UP FOR NOMINATIONS WHOEVER IS NOMINATED FIRST IS WHO WE WILL VOTE ON FIRST.
YOU CAN PUT YOUR NAME IN THE RING AT THAT POINT OR SOMEBODY CAN NOMINATE YOU AT THAT POINT.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WHEN I OPEN IT UP FOR BOARD PRESIDENT NOMINATIONS, WHOEVER IS NOMINATED FIRST, WE WILL VOTE ON YOU FIRST.
IF THAT PERSON DOESN'T GET A MAJORITY VOTE, WE WILL THEN MOVE TO THE NEXT PERSON TO VOTE ON UNTIL WE GET A MAJORITY VOTE.
WHOEVER GETS THE MAJORITY VOTE, WE'LL DO THE OATH OF OFFICE HERE AND THAT BOARD PRESIDENT WILL TAKE OFF THE MEETING AND RUN THE MEETING AND FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS FOR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN EITHER POSITION TO TURN IN A LETTER OF INTERESTS IT'S MORE OF A SHOULD RATHER THAN A MUST BUT THAT IS A PROCESS THAT WILL FOLLOW.
>> IF I RECALL, IS IT PAPER BALLOTS?
>> WHEN WE GET TO IT, WILL DEFAULT TO PAPER BALLOT UNLESS THERE'S A MOTION FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE, MEANING YOU GUYS VERBALLY SAY WHO YOU'RE VOTING FOR OUT LOUD RATHER THAN CHECK MARKING ON A PIECE OF PAPER, WHO YOU GUYS WILL VOTE FOR.
AT THAT TIME, IF NOBODY GIVES A MOTION OR A SECOND FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE, WE WILL HAVE TO DEFAULT TO A PAPER BALLOT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
>> JUST JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING CORRECTLY, WILL SWEAR IN THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS?
>> ONCE THOSE ARE SWORN IN, THEN WE'LL SEEK NOMINATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
>> A PERSON CAN TURN IN EXPRESSION OF INTERESTS.
IT'S DUE BY 5:00 PM ON FRIDAY BEFORE THE 27TH?
>> BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED IF SOMEONE DIDN'T TURN IT IN BUT CHANGED THEIR MIND AT THE MEETING, THEY COULD SAY, I'M INTERESTED AND THAT PERSON WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO BE CONSIDERED.
WE'LL EITHER DO A ROLL CALL VOTE OR A PAPER BALLOT VOTE.
IF WE DO A PAPER VOTE YOU'LL READ WHO THE PERSON VOTING AND WHO THEIR CANDIDATE, OR YES OR NO. I GUESS IT'S SAFE.
THE FIRST PERSON NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT AND YOU WILL VOTE UP OR DOWN ON THAT ONE.
IF THERE'S MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS WHO VOTE THEN THE PERSON BECOMES PRESIDENT IF THERE'S NOT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CANDIDATE.
>> THEN THE PRESIDENT WILL TAKE OVER AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND RUN THE PROCESS FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SELECTION USING A SIMILAR PROCESS.
>> AFTER THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SWORN IN ON THEY WILL TAKE OVER.
>> THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I THINK YOU'VE FORGOTTEN.
DON'T WE ALSO NOMINATE THE BOARD SECRETARY AT THAT MEETING AND APPOINT THE BOARD SECRETARY?
>> YES. BOTH THE BOARD SECRETARY AND BOARD TREASURER ARE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT FOR TWO-YEAR TERM FOR BOARD SECRETARY,
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THAT WOULD BE ME IF YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO HAVE ME AND PATTY, BLINK AND CHIV IF YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE PATTY AGAIN.>> WELL, I SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE, BUT WE'LL LET THE NEW BOARD DECIDED THAT.
>> JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I BELIEVE THAT THE PAPER BALLOTS THEY'RE NOT SECRET BALLOTS.
>> JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, EVERYBODY WILL KNOW WHO VOTED FOR WHOM.
>> THEY CALL THE NAME OF. MR. GEORGE VOTES GABE TO BE THE PRESIDENT.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS? IT'S PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THIS CURRENT BOARD'S HANDS.
SHOULD WE USE ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S AN ADEQUATE EXPLANATION.
AS WE SAID, SHANICE WILL CONTACT THE NEWLY-ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS WHO AREN'T PRESENT IN TONIGHT'S MEETING GIVE THEM ALL THE PARTICULARS AND RUN THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT'D BE MOST HELPFUL WHEN THEY GET HERE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
BOARD MEMBERS NOTHING ELSE ON ITEM E, THE 2023 ANNUAL/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING THAT COVERS THAT AGENDA ITEM,
[X.F. Second & Final Reading of Board Policies - Dr. Rod Earleywine]
AND WE'RE OFF TO OUR ITEM F LAST ITEM.SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE BOARD POLICIES.
WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, POLICY 200.7, CODE OF ETHICS.
THE BOARD, 502.10, THREATS OR INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE.
THIS IS A NEW POLICY REQUIRED BY LAW 503.5, TITLE 1, PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, 504.12 STUDENT MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, 521.20, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, 602.11, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, 603.1, ACADEMIC INTEGRITY, 605.4 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
691.1 SCHOOL CALENDAR, 709.3 IS STUDENT TRANSPORTATION FOR EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, 709.9, TRANSPORTATION OF NON-RESIDENT AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND LASTLY, 709.10 SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE ABOVE POLICIES FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION OF SECOND AND A DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS.
SHANICE ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC?
>> BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND MOTION CARRIES AND SECOND FINAL READING OF THE POLICIES IS APPROVED.
BUT MEMBERS, WE'RE AT THE ITEM 11 ON OUR AGENDA ADJOURNMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FOR ADJOURNMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.