[I. Call to Order]
[00:00:08]
IT IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, NOT FRIDAY.I GUESS I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.
I KNOW EVERYONE WAS LIKE, YES AT 6:03.
I NOW CALL THIS MEGA, THIS REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE] SEANIECE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S TIME TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND.
WE HAVE A FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA SAY AYE.
[IV. Approval of Agenda]
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.IT'S THAT TIME FOR CITIZEN INPUT AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR INVITES INDIVIDUALS OR DELEGATIONS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ISSUE RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.
CITIZEN INPUT ON ACTION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THIS TIME.
[V. Items of Presentation, Discussion, and/ or Action]
THERE WILL BE NO DISCUSSION AND BUT THERE COULD BE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.SEANIECE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. THERE'S NO CITIZEN INPUT.
CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS ARE THE FOLLOWING.
BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024 B HUMAN RESOURCE REPORTS.
G, CONTRACTS FOR BOARD APPROVAL.
H, DESIGN AGREEMENTS WITH KCL FOR WEST METAL BOILER REPLACEMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS? SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A FIRST.
WE HAVE A SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I GOT A COUPLE REAL SHORT ONES.
WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE NEWS, IT WAS ON THE HR REPORT.
THE JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE SOME SALARIES THAT HAVE TO BE DETERMINED BESIDE THEM, THAT'S SIMPLY THAT'S SOLELY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT A CONTRACT.
CORRECT. OKAY AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS WE ARE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.
IT WAS NOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT THERE'S MONEY GOING, $50,000 GOING TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR TITLE 50,000 PLUS GOING TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR TITLE AND TITLE 1.
DO I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THAT? NO. [INAUDIBLE].
YEP. THAT THEY JUST GO THROUGH.
THEY HAVE TO MEET CRITERIA OF TITLE ONE EXPENDITURES.
AND THEN THERE ARE. SO IT'S NOT A DISCRETIONARY DECISION.
IS THAT NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT I THINK NO.
OKAY. BOARD, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS IS APPROVED.
FUTURE MEETINGS BOARD, FINANCE AND FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETING 3:00 PM ON MARCH 4TH IN THE SC ROOM SEA AND SCE SPA OPENING PROPOSALS FOR 15 MARCH 5TH, 2024 IN THE SC ROOM BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING 12 P.M. MARCH 6TH, 2024 SC ROOM EDUCATIONAL EQUITY COMMITTEE 12 P.M.
MARCH 8TH, 2024 SC ROOM SIOUX CITY CHAPTER OF NAACP ANNUAL FREEDOM FUND BANQUET, 6:30 P.M.
MARCH 9TH. HILTON GARDEN INN, 1132 LARSON PARK ROAD.
ESC ROOM REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, 6 P.M.
[00:05:03]
MARCH 11TH, 2024 ESC ROOM DISTRICT RESPONSE TO SCEA AND SSPEA 415 MARCH 13TH, 2024 ESC ROOM O&M OPENING PROPOSAL AND DISTRICT RESPONSE 1 P.M.MARCH 14TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM, BOARD FINANCE AND FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETING 3 P.M.
MARCH 18TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING, 3:30 P.M..
MARCH 19TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, 12 P.M.
MARCH 20TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 515 MARCH 21ST, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE FORUM 8:30 A.M.
MARCH 23RD, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM SALES TAX OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, 8 A.M.
MARCH 24TH, 2024 OR MARCH 25TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, 6 P.M.
MARCH 25TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.
AND WE'RE AT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
SEVERAL THINGS I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.
DAY ON THE HILL AT THE IOWA CAPITOL ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH.
REALLY SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING LOTS OF THINGS AND WAS ABLE TO SIT IN ON A COMMITTEE MEETING AND ACTUALLY SPOKE AT THAT MEETING IN SUPPORT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL DOLLARS BEING EXPANDED.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TAKEN TRACTION.
I SPOKE DES MOINES PUBLIC WAS THERE TO SPEAK, AND ALSO CEDAR RAPIDS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THAT CONFERENCE.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD CONFERENCE.
I DID COME BACK EARLY SO I COULD ATTEND THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING THAT WE HAD HERE LAST SATURDAY, AND THE ROOM WAS FULL ON THAT DAY AND HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION ON THAT DAY. SO THANKFUL.
ALSO YESTERDAY I ATTENDED A CEREMONY AND A CELEBRATION OF OUR K THROUGH FIVE ART STUDENTS WERE GIVEN AWARDS. IT'S SCHOOLS WITHIN 50 MILES OF SIOUX CITY.
PARTICIPATED IN THIS, AND MANY OF OUR SIOUX CITY STUDENTS RECEIVED AWARDS.
THEIR PAINTINGS, THEIR DRAWINGS WERE A LOT OF THEM WERE FRAMED AND INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBIT.
SO THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE OUR STUDENTS THERE AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID.
THIS WEEK, TOMORROW NIGHT, I WILL BE ATTENDING A KEY LEADERSHIP DINNER.
WEDNESDAY, K WIT WILL BE INTERVIEWING MYSELF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COUNTY AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY, JUST ON OUR BUDGETS AND FUNDING. LESLIE AND TIM AND ANGELA TOOK PART IN OPERATION IRON LINK, WHICH WAS A TABLETOP EXERCISE, ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS THAT WERE WENT OVER WITH SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF AND DISPATCHER, SIOUXLAND PARAMEDICS, SIOUX CITY FIRE AND RESCUE, WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALONG WITH UNITYPOINT HEALTH AND MERCY. SO PREPARING FOR THE UNTHINKABLE.
AND WE'LL HAVE FOLLOW UP MEETINGS AND PROBABLY ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE GROUPS THAT ORGANIZED AND PUT THIS IMPORTANT LEARNING TOGETHER.
AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ROTC.
RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM.
THAT IS NOT A PROGRAM WE'RE WILLING TO CUT OR REDUCE TO SAVE MONEY.
OUR ISSUE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE INSTRUCTORS.
THE INSTRUCTORS ARE HIRED BY CRITERIA FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
[00:10:01]
AND ACTUALLY, LAST YEAR WE HAD TWO INSTRUCTORS WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO INSTRUCTORS.THIS YEAR WE'RE DOWN TO ONE INSTRUCTOR WHO IS RETIRING.
AND BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD ONE THIS YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY PUT ON PROBATION.
AND I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THEM STATING SUCH THAT THEY EXPECT TWO INSTRUCTORS.
I GUESS WHAT WE DO IS WE ADVERTISE FOR THE POSITION AND WE DID GET SOME APPLICANTS, AND THEN WE DIRECT THEM TO THE AIR FORCE AND COLONEL JOHNNY MCGONIGLE.
HE'S DIRECTOR OF AIR FORCE JROTC IN MAXWELL, ALABAMA.
AND THEY DECIDE WHETHER THEY MEET THE CRITERIA OR NOT.
WE DON'T ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA THEY DO.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ZERO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS THAT WE NEED.
SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE INSTRUCTORS TO DO SO.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR TO EVERYONE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE.
WE DO NOT WANT TO GET RID OF IT.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I WOULD BE WILLING TO ANSWER THEM.
SO WHEN IS THE LAST DATE? YOU'LL KNOW WHETHER THE PROGRAM CONTINUES FOR NEXT YEAR OR NOT.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LET KIDS ACTUALLY SCHEDULE PUT THAT IN THEIR SCHEDULE.
OKAY. THEN WE WILL SCRAMBLE AND GET KIDS PUT INTO OTHER CLASSES THAT WOULD INTEREST THEM.
REMEMBER, THIS IS THE SAME THING WE HAPPENED LAST YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST OUR AUTO TECH PERSON.
AND THEN WE HAD TO SCRAMBLE, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR STUDENTS, KIDS THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THOSE THINGS IN AUTO TECH OR ROTC.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM, BUT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
BUT OUR HANDS GET TIGHT SOMETIMES.
IF WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO GET ONE, WILL THEY LET US CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM? I WE WILL PETITION THEM TO DO THAT.
BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT I WOULD IF YOU IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. ADD TO THAT PART OF MY BACKGROUND IS THAT I'M A RETIRED NAVY AND HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING UP ON THIS QUESTION FROM SOME DIFFERENT ANGLES, I WOULD WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THE ISSUE ISN'T JUST CAN WE FIND A CANDIDATE, WE HAVE TO FIND A CANDIDATE THAT THE AIR FORCE PEOPLE IN ALABAMA WOULD CERTIFY MEETS THEIR CRITERIA TO BE ALLOWED TO BE HIRED BY US.
AND THEN THERE'S A COST SHARING OF THAT PERSON BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE AIR FORCE.
THE AIR FORCE, OF COURSE, WON'T LET US, ON OUR OWN, DECLARE THAT WE, WHATEVER OUR CRITERIA IS GOOD ENOUGH. AND BECAUSE OF THAT INVOLVEMENT WITH THE AIR FORCE, WE'VE ASKED FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ELSEWHERE I WANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE 1/85 AIR WING, NATIONAL GUARD AIR WING THAT'S HERE.
THEY ARE, IN FACT, DOING ALL THEY CAN TO ELEVATE THIS SITUATION TO THE AIR FORCE CHANNELS THAT NEED TO ADDRESS IT. SO STUDENTS SHOULD NEED TO NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS BEING VERY ACTIVELY PURSUED SO THAT ROTC CAN CONTINUE.
WE JUST CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES TODAY.
THANK YOU. LANCE DIRECTOR EHMCKE, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD SO THAT WE DON'T TALK OVER EACH OTHER, TO SEEK RECOGNITION FROM THE CHAIR TO TALK SO THAT WE CAN ALL GET OUR VOICES HEARD.
THE QUESTION I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
MR. EHMCKE, ARE YOU PUTTING YOUR NAME IN FOR THE POSITION? SAID YOU WERE RETIRED NAVY.
I MEAN, AIR FORCE WILL TAKE YOU, RIGHT? WELL, THAT WAS AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE WE ALSO HAD SOME ARMY FOLKS THAT WE WERE TALKING WITH, AND IT HAS TO BE AN AIR FORCE PERSON.
SO IF IT'S A RETIRED, IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RETIRED AIR FORCE OR AIR FORCE RETIREES, AND IT WOULD HELP US IF YOU WOULD CONTACT US IF YOU HAD ANY INTEREST AT ALL.
CHECK IT OUT, SEE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO.
IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN HELPING US TEACH AND DO THE ROTC PROGRAM.
BUT IT HAS TO BE AN AIR FORCE, SOMEONE WITH AN AIR FORCE BACKGROUND, DO THEY HAVE TO BE A CERTIFIED TEACHER OR IS THIS JUST A MILITARY THING? [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.
[00:15:04]
PRESIDENT GEORGE AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT ARE THERE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A ROTC PROGRAM THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH? NO, NO, WE ARE NO, WE ARE THE PROGRAM.WE ARE THE PROGRAM. OKAY, THANKS FOR THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WELL, THANK YOU, DOCTOR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
QUICK MENTION WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
MIKE WINKLEPLECK FOR OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR.
YES. THANKS FOR FOR FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
MIKE WINKLEPLECK. HE'S A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT EAST HIGH.
MORE IMPORTANTLY HE ALSO IS OUR HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT EAST HIGH.
AND HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS WRESTLING OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
HE'S BEEN OFFICIATING MANY YEARS.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND ALSO TO THE BOARD.
WHEN WE HAVE THE PEOPLE COME OUT AND DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS, LET THEM GET THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATIONS BEFORE YOU START ASKING YOUR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND YOUR INFORMATION DIGGING QUESTIONS AS WELL.
SO FIRST UP IS PRESENTATION OF THE JUNE 30TH, 2023 AUDIT REPORT BY PATTY BLANKENSHIP.
I BELIEVE THIS INVOLVES THE BIG BOOK YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU DIRECTORS.
GOOD EVENING. DOES THIS WORK FOR ME TO PRESENT HERE? ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.
AND I'LL PRESENT TO YOU HERE TONIGHT.
AS PRESIDENT GEORGE POINTED OUT, THE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH OF 2023.
BUT AND YEAH, I THINK IN YOUR PACKETS IT LOOKS LIKE, YEAH, IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.
YOU'VE ALL GOT COPIES OF THE 120 SOME PAGE DOCUMENT HERE.
AND BEFORE I DO JUMP INTO THAT, I DO I WANT TO THANK PATTY BLANKENSHIP AND HER STAFF FOR A PROVIDING US THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO CONDUCT OUR AUDIT AND THEN AS WELL ASSIST IN PUTTING THIS VERY LARGE DOCUMENT WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT TOGETHER.
SO YEAH, ON PAGE ONE OF THE AUDIT REPORT IS THE FIRST PAGE OF OUR AUDITOR'S REPORT, WHICH IS THE, YOU KNOW, US PUTTING OUR OPINION ON THIS DOCUMENT AND THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AS YOU'LL SEE THAT AS YOU WORK DOWN THE PAGE THERE THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, IN OUR OPINION THAT WE STATE THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.
SO THAT'S A CLEAN, IF YOU WILL, OR AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE IN SEARCH OF THAT MEANS WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY MODIFICATIONS OR DISCLAIMERS OR ANY OTHER NEGATIVE CONNOTATION TO THE AUDIT REPORT.
SO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL POINT OUT TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE IS THE DISTRICT DID ADOPT A NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARD THIS YEAR IN WHICH THEY ARE NOW COMPLIANT WITH THE NOT NOW.
AND THE WAY THAT THEY REPORT SUBSCRIPTION BASED TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS AND ADOPTED THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
LOOK TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THIS YEAR AS WELL.
FROM THERE I'M GOING TO KEEP THINGS AGAIN, A QUITE HIGH LEVEL HERE, BUT I'LL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE DOCUMENT, WHICH IS A NICE SUMMARY THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES KIND OF ALL THE THINGS CONTAINED AND ALL OUR OPINIONS AND FINDINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THAT'S PAGE 119 TOWARDS THE BACK OF YOUR AUDIT REPORT THERE, IF YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE APTLY NAMED SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS, NOT AS QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH THERE.
AND BUT FEEL FREE TO STOP ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
SO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AS I ALREADY NOTED, WE HAD AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THERE WAS A MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN INTERNAL CONTROL DISCLOSED.
BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BEHIND THAT MATERIAL WEAKNESS THAT WAS REPORTED.
THEN ITEM C THERE ON PAGE 119 THERE WAS NO NON COMPLIANCE DISCLOSED.
[00:20:03]
NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES RELATED TO MAJOR PROGRAMS OF FEDERAL AWARDS WAS DISCLOSED.AND AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WAS ISSUED WITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH MAJOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS REFERRING TO THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, THE DISTRICT SPENT, AND ITEM F, THE AUDIT DISCLOSED NO FINDINGS WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE, AND THEN FROM THERE, LIST THE MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE TESTED UNDER THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE CRITERIA, OF WHICH HAD NO FINDINGS OR INTERNAL CONTROL WEAKNESSES TO REPORT AS IT RELATES TO THOSE. SO FOLLOWING THAT STARTING ON PAGE ONE, 21, ARE THE STATUTORY ITEMS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO REPORT ON THAT THE STATE OF IOWA AND DOE REQUIRES US TO REPORT ON.
AND THOSE BEGIN ON PAGE 121 AND CONTINUE TO PAGE 123.
THAT'S A QUICK KIND OF A TOUR.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? MR. CHAIRMAN? MR. DIRECTOR EHMCKE.
JUST SO I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE WHATEVER WE MAY HAVE TO REPORT FOR AUDIT PURPOSES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF IOWA AND ITS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IS THIS REPORT SATISFYING ALL OF THOSE KIND OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FROM AN AUDIT STANDPOINT? YES. CORRECT. IT WAS REQUIRES WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES FOR THE TESTING.
AND THAT'S THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE IS WHERE THAT FEDERAL TESTING COMES INTO PLAY, AND THAT AS WELL THERE ARE OPINIONS SEPARATE OPINIONS THAT I ALREADY POINTED OUT THAT START ON PAGE 114, WHERE THERE'S OUR OPINION, 114 AS IT RELATES TO INTERNAL CONTROL AND FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
AND THEN ON PAGE 116 IS A THIRD OPINION, WHICH IS COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE AS REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE, WHICH IS THOSE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD THIS REPORT BE VIEWED AS SATISFACTORY BY BOTH THE STATE OF IOWA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? YES. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? SEANIECE. IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACKNOWLEDGE THIS.
THANK YOU. ITEM B FY 25 GENERAL FUND REVENUE EXPENDITURE REVIEW AND PROPERTY TAX RATE DISCUSSION.
OKAY. SO THIS PRESENTATION KIND OF HAS TWO PIECES TO IT.
AND THE FIRST PART WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND ALSO THE EXPENDITURES.
AND THEN IN THE SECOND HALF WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
PAGE TWO IS JUST THE BUDGET GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
THE NEXT PAGE TALKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AID FORMULA.
THE BASIC FORMULA IS THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT TIMES THE COST PER STUDENT.
IT'S THAT FORMULA THAT GENERATES OUR SPENDING AUTHORITY AND MOST OF OUR REVENUES.
THE SCHOOL AID FORMULA REVENUES REALLY CONSISTS OF THREE COMPONENTS ONE, THE UNIFORM LEVY, THE STATE FOUNDATION AID, WHICH ALSO WHICH FUNDS BETWEEN THE UNIFORM LEVY AND THE STATE FOUNDATION AID.
IT FUNDS ABOUT 87.5% OF OUR SCHOOL AID FORMULA.
THE ADDITIONAL 12.5% IS FUNDED BY THE ADDITIONAL LEVY.
THE ADDITIONAL LEVY IS ALSO OFFSET BY PROPERTY TAX REPLACEMENT, WHICH REDUCES THE ADDITIONAL LEVY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUCKETS THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE DARK, AT THE LINE AT BOTH OF THE DARK ORANGE, BOTH OF THOSE EQUAL 87.5%. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS SHOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT THE BLUE.
THAT'S HOW MUCH THEIR UNIFORM LEVY FUNDS, YOU KNOW, OVER ALMOST 70% OF THEIR TO GET TO THEIR 87.5%. THE OTHER ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE A PROPERTY POOR DISTRICT WHERE THE UNIFORM LEVY IS ONLY FUNDING ABOUT 10%
[00:25:02]
OF THE FIRST 87.5%.SO IT GETS TO 87.5%, AND THEN THE REST OF THE 12.5% IS FUNDED BY THE ADDITIONAL LEVY.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOL AID FORMULA, WE ALSO HAVE DISCRETIONARY REVENUES.
THE THAT INCLUDES THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM.
THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS AND INCOME SURTAX.
THE PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS FOR FY 24 WE WERE USING AT 8%.
WE WERE CALCULATING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM AT 8%.
WE HAVE INCREASED THAT TO 10%, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS THROUGH ESSER AND A COUPLE OF YEARS PRIOR WHERE WE HAD THAT BACK AT TO 8%, BUT WE NEED THAT BACK AT 10% WITH THE ESSER DOLLARS GOING AWAY. THE OTHER DISCRETIONARY REVENUES ARE THE DROPOUT AND DROPOUT PREVENTION, WHICH IS THE AT RISK LEVY AND THEN THE CASH RESERVE LEVY.
BUT THE CASH RESERVE LEVY LEVY DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SPENDING AUTHORITY.
AND WE'RE MAXED OUT ON THE CASH RESERVE OUR CASH RESERVES ARE MAXED OUT.
SO WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO LEVY A CASH RESERVE LEVY AT THIS TIME.
THE FY 25 REVENUES ARE COMING OFF OF A PRELIMINARY AIDAN LEVY WORKSHEET.
AND I USED A 3% SSA WHEN I PREPARED THAT.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL GENERAL FUND LEVY OF 35 MILLION INCOME SURTAX, WHICH IS PARTIALLY FUNDS THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LEVY OF 2.2 MILLION, STATE FOUNDATION AID OF 141.5 MILLION, AND THEN TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES OF 14.6 MILLION.
SO THIS IS A TOTAL ESTIMATED REVENUE OF 193.3 MILLION, WHICH WOULD GENERATE A GENERAL FUND TAX LEVY OF $10.44. IF YOU COMPARE TO FY 24, FY 24 HAD 210.4 IS WHAT THE ESTIMATED REVENUES IS.
THE REALLY THE LARGE DISCREPANCY IS IN THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES, WHICH WERE 36.4 MILLION.
THE DECREASE IS DUE TO THE ESSER FUNDS EXPIRING NOT HAVING ANY ESSER FUNDS IN FY 25.
SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
18% WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY.
SO NOW WE'RE SHIFTING TO EXPENDITURES.
OUR FY 24 RE-ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES WERE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE ON PAGE EIGHT.
FROM THERE, I'M SUBTRACTING 100% OF THE FY 24 ESSER DOLLARS.
AND I'M ALSO SUBTRACTING THE ONE TIME HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY.
SO THEN I GET TO A BASE EXPENDITURES OF 186.7 MILLION.
FROM THERE, I INCREASED THAT BY 3%.
WE WOULD END UP WITH A TARGETED.
SO THE TARGETED FY 25 EXPENDITURES WOULD BE 192.2 MILLION.
DETAILS KIND OF THE BUDGET INCREASES ADDITIONS AND ALSO SOME REDUCTIONS.
AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ABOUT $4.3 MILLION OF ESSER THREE BUDGET THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FUND IN FY 25. THE MAIN ITEMS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS OF ABOUT 1.99 MILLION AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL READING TEACHERS OF 2.25 MILLION. AND THEN I ALSO NEED TO ADD BACK.
THERE'S 800,000 OF IN THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET THAT WE WERE USING ESSER $3.
THIS IS MORE OF A SPENDING AUTHORITY SAVINGS.
WE WERE SHIFTING THAT 800,000 TO ESSER 3.
WE'LL NEED TO BRING THAT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS ISN'T AN INCREASE IN THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET.
IT'S JUST A SHIFTING OF THE FUNDING SOURCE.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM THERE YOU SEE IS INCREASE IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
THIS IS FOR ALL GROUPS, ALL EMPLOYEE GROUPS ACROSS ALL FUNCTIONS.
OUR TARGET WOULD BE $4 MILLION.
SO OUR TOTAL ESTIMATED INCREASES WOULD BE 9.3 MILLION.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW ESTIMATED ADDITIONS.
[00:30:09]
TRANSPORTATION HAS ALSO REQUESTED REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 FOR IN THEIR BUDGET.SO THAT IS A TOTAL ESTIMATED INCREASES AND ADDITIONS OF 9.9 MILLION.
AND THEN WE ARE SHOWING ESTIMATED REDUCTIONS OF 308,000.
WHEN WE CALCULATE OUR TARGETED EXPENDITURE INCREASE WAS ONLY 5.5 MILLION.
WE SHOWED THAT CALCULATION ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY WE ARE OVER OUR TARGETED EXPENDITURE INCREASE BY ABOUT 4.1 MILLION.
THE NEXT PAGE IS JUST A SUMMARY.
IT SHOWS ALL THE ADDITIONS JUST BY THEIR FUNCTION SAME WITH THIS PAGE.
THIS IS WHEN WE CERTIFY THE BUDGET.
THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT 600, $663,000 OFF FROM THE PREVIOUS PAGE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE CERTIFIED THE BUDGET, THE REDUCTION WON'T BE IN THERE.
SO I HAVE TO CERTIFY IT WITH THAT 663 IN THERE.
BUT ONCE THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT GETS IT, THEY'LL MOST LIKELY TAKE THAT 663 BACK OUT.
SO NO EFFECT ON THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY.
AND THEN THIS PAGE 12, KIND OF SUMMARIZES WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND ALSO OUR UNSPENT AUTHORIZED BALANCE. SO FOR 2024, WE'RE PROJECTING A GENERAL FUND BALANCE OF 77.4 MILLION.
THAT IS AN WILL BE AN INCREASE FROM JUNE 30TH 23 AND ALSO AN INCREASE IN UNSPENT AUTHORIZED BUDGET.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT 25, WE'RE SHOWING THAT THERE WOULD ACTUALLY WE WOULD BE USING RESERVES ON THE FUND BALANCE SIDE OF ABOUT 3.7 MILLION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING WE'RE USING CASH, WE'RE USING OUR CASH RESERVES.
OUR FUND BALANCE WILL DECREASE BY ABOUT 3.7 MILLION.
ON THE SPENDING AUTHORITY SIDE IT'S NOT QUITE AS MUCH.
IT'S ABOUT $800,000 DECREASE IN OUR SPENDING AUTHORITY.
WE'VE USED FUND BALANCE FOR THAT.
BUT WE WILL GET SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THAT.
NO CASH BUT SPENDING AUTHORITY.
SO THAT'S WHY THOSE TWO ARE, YOU KNOW, AREN'T THE SAME.
OKAY. SO NOW WE'LL LOOK AT PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN THE BOX THERE.
AND THEN ALSO ASSUMING IF WE ASSUME THAT VALUATIONS ARE CONSTANT.
SO NO CHANGE IN THE VALUATIONS.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STUDENT ENROLLMENT INCREASES OR DECREASES.
GENERALLY AS YOUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT INCREASES THEN YOUR TAX RATE HAS TO INCREASE BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TO FUND A BIGGER BUCKET BECAUSE THE WHAT WE'RE FUNDING IS STUDENT ENROLLMENT TIMES OUR COST PER STUDENT.
AS STUDENT ENROLLMENT DECREASES, THEN IN GENERAL YOU WOULD SEE A TAX RATE DECREASE AND THEN THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT AS WELL. GOOD.
SO THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS THE SOME DETAIL OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX LEVY RATES AND SO THE TOP PART SHOWS A LOT OF DETAIL.
IF YOU WANT TO JUST LOOK AT THE SUMMARY, YOU'D GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM PAGE AND IN THAT BOX AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A GENERAL FUND LEVY OF $9.45, WHICH IS A 52 CENT DECREASE.
AND WE HAVE SOME CARRYOVER DOLLARS.
[00:35:10]
CARRYOVER DOLLARS FIRST.SO THAT'S CREATING A 22 CENT DECREASE IN THE LEVY AT SOME POINT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE WHEN THERE'S ISN'T ANY AT RISK CARRYOVER, THEN I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THAT RATE WOULD MAYBE HAVE TO INCREASE AGAIN.
THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LEVY IS GOING FROM $0.70 TO $0.99.
AND THAT'S DUE FROM MOSTLY FROM RAISING THAT MAXIMUM FROM EIGHT TO THE 10% MAXIMUM.
AND THEN THE MANAGEMENT FUND LEVY IS INCREASING BY $0.17.
AND THAT INCREASE IS REALLY TIED TO THE PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE PREMIUMS. THOSE PREMIUMS YEAR OVER YEAR KEEP INCREASING.
AND SO WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL LEVY OF $12.38 VERSUS $12.44.
SO THAT'S A SIX CENT DECREASE.
IF WE LOOK AT THE TOP PART ONLY AND LOOK AT THE AUTHORIZATION, ALMOST ALL OF THESE, THE COMPONENTS, THE PIECES OF THE TAX LEVY, THEY ALMOST ALL SAY FORMULA, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THEM.
THE ONLY ONES THAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER.
AND THEN ALSO THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LEVY, WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN AND THEN THE CASH RESERVE LEVY, WHICH WE'RE AT ZERO AND CAN'T LEVY ANY CASH RESERVE.
AND THEN THE MANAGEMENT FUND LEVY.
AND [INAUDIBLE] ARE ALSO THE BOARD HAS SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THOSE.
BUT ALMOST MOST OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY ARE REALLY DRIVEN BY FORMULA.
OKAY. SO ON PAGE 15 IS THE BUDGET PRESENTATION CALENDAR, AND WE'RE AT FEBRUARY 26TH.
SO I JUST WANT TO REVIEW THE REST OF THE TIMELINE REAL QUICK.
THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON MARCH 11TH, WE WILL REVIEW THE SCHOOL NUTRITION BUDGET.
AND THEN ALSO AT THAT MARCH 11TH MEETING, WE WILL REVIEW ALL THE FUNDS AGAIN, THE STUDENT ACTIVITY DEBT SERVICE MANAGEMENT FUND, ALL THE PEOPLE SALES TAX. WE'VE LOOKED AT THOSE BUDGETS ALL IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE.
PLUS, AGAIN, WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND.
AND SO BASICALLY AT THAT TIME, THE TAX LEVIES AND RATES WHATEVER WE LOOK AT THAT NIGHT IS WHAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT FOR THAT TAXPAYER STATEMENT.
AND THEN THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT BOARD MEETING DATES, BUT ON MARCH 15TH, THAT'S WHEN I HAVE TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, WHICH SHOWS OUR LEVY RATES AND OUR TAX COLLECTIONS.
FOR THAT TAXPAYER STATEMENT THAT WE'LL HAVE THE HEARING ON.
SO THEN ON MARCH 25TH, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
IT HAS TO BE A SEPARATE MEETING.
WE'D HAVE THAT WOULD BE THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT TAXPAYER STATEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MAILED ON THE 15TH, OR THAT'S THE LAST DAY IT COULD BE MAILED. AND THEN ON MARCH 25TH, THEN WE WOULD AFTER THAT SPECIAL MEETING, THEN WE'D HAVE A REGULAR MEETING WHERE WE WOULD DO OUR FINAL REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE COULD SET A I WOULD BE ALLOWED TO FOR THE TO PUBLISH THE BUDGET AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 8TH, WHICH THEN IS THE DAY THAT WE WOULD THAT THE BOARD WOULD ADOPT THE BUDGET.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACKNOWLEDGES THE INFORMATION PROVIDED RELATED TO THE FY 25 GENERAL FUND BUDGETED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, AND THE PROPERTY TAX RATES.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? DIRECTOR GEORGE, I HAVE, I THINK, THREE QUESTIONS.
PATTY, CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE FOUR? OH, CAN YOU GO BACK [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.
MY QUESTION ON HERE WAS THE 8% VERSUS THE 10%, AND THE MAXIMUM BEING 10% IN 2024 THAT 8%.
[00:40:03]
AND IT WAS LARGELY BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ESSER THAT WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE HAD WE WERE REDUCING THE TAX LEVY BECAUSE WE HAD OUR FUND BALANCE WAS ADEQUATE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD ESSER WE WERE FUNDING A LOT OF THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT MATERIALS WITH ESSER DOLLARS, SOME, YOU KNOW, NEW TEXTBOOKS AND NEW CURRICULUM SOFTWARE.IT WAS ALL BEING FUNDED WITH ESSER.
BUT IN GENERAL, SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE IT SET AT THE MAXIMUM YOU CAN.
IT'S CALLED THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU. AND THEN ON PAGE EIGHT THERE IS $1.5 MILLION HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY AND SO IS THAT A SUBSIDY THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE BENEFITED FROM.
AND THAT'S GOING AWAY. AND SO THAT OR WHERE IS THAT? THIS WAS A ONE TIME SUBSIDY THAT WE HAD THAT WE HAVE IN 24.
THIS WAS IT'S ABOUT A $900 SUBSIDY TO EVERY DISTRICT EMPLOYEE THAT ELECTS COVERAGE.
OKAY. AND SO THEN AND IT WAS ALWAYS PRESENTED AS A IT WAS A ONE TIME SUBSIDY.
SO IN I ASSUME THAT OUR TAX RATES FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE GOING UP OUR INSURANCE RATES RATHER AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THE SUBSIDY AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE.
NO, WE'RE PROJECTING NO INCREASE.
SO ONLY THE SUBSIDY IS GOING AWAY.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE, PAGE NINE, THE ROI ON THE ROUTING SOFTWARE.
SO IT'S ONLY A $30,000 EXPENDITURE.
BUT WHEN WE DO THESE PURCHASES, LIKE WHAT IS OUR CRITERIA THAT WE USE TO SAY IT'S GOING TO COST US 30,000, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 2 TO 1 ROI AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A $60,000 SAVINGS WITH THAT.
YEAH. SO THIS I BELIEVE TIM MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS IS ROUTING SOFTWARE, RIGHT? TIM. AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE FIRST TIME IT WAS PURCHASED.
ANY OTHER DIRECTORS? ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I WOULD JUST POINT OUT ON PAGE 12, WHICH LISTS THE HISTORICAL UNSPENT AUTHORIZED BUDGETS AND THE FUND BALANCES.
MR. GREENWELL, IS YOUR MIC ON? I THINK IT IS. I WOULD JUST POINT OUT ON PAGE 12 WHERE IT LISTS THE GENERAL FUND BALANCES AND THE UNSPENT AUTHORIZED BUDGET THAT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE DISTRICT'S IN THE BEST FINANCIAL SHAPE IT'S BEEN IN MANY YEARS.
BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IS WITH EITHER OF THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE OR THE UNSPENT AUTHORIZED BUDGET OR SPENDING AUTHORITY. WE HAVE THE CASH TO BACK THOSE UP SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LEVY ADDITIONAL CASH IF WE NEED TO UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE RESERVES. AS OF THE END OF JANUARY, WE HAD ROUGHLY $82.7 MILLION OF CASH, WHICH WOULD CLEARLY SAY THOSE BALANCES ARE FUNDED.
SO TO SPEAK, IF WE EVER NEED TO USE THEM.
SO FOR CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS AND PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THE DISTRICT IS IN FAIRLY REASONABLE FINANCIAL SHAPE, AND THE $4 MILLION OF DEFICIT THAT WE SAW EARLIER, I THINK, IS A TRANSITORY PERIOD WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM ESSER SPENDING AND HAD ALL THAT REVENUE AND THE POSITIONS, AND NOW WE'RE COMING DOWN TO WHAT I CALL A REASONABLE GLIDE SLOPE, AND WE CAN ABSORB THAT DEFICIT SPENDING THIS YEAR AND MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ADEQUATE RESERVES AND WE DO HAVE ADEQUATE CASH.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO I THINK I CALLED IT AT AN EARLIER MEETING.
WE DON'T WANT TO PORPOISE HEADCOUNT UP AND DOWN AS THINGS LIKE THIS OCCUR.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT SHOWS WE'RE HAVE A DEFICIT SPENDING IN GENERAL FUND, THAT WAS KIND OF EXPECTED.
AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL TO GO FORWARD WITH IT, IN MY OPINION.
AND WE DID USE, I BELIEVE, ESSER FUNDS TO HELP BUY DOWN THAT.
NO ESSER FUNDS, NO ESSER FUNDS, GENERAL FUND AND TO BUY THAT DOWN.
[00:45:03]
I THINK I WOULD. IS IT OKAY IF I CAN? MR. GREENWELL IS RIGHT.THE GENERAL FUND CAN ABSORB A $4 MILLION DEFICIT IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THE OTHER PART IS, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A HABIT OF DOING THIS, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GET A COMPOUNDING OF THE DEFICIT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S $4 MILLION AND EVERYBODY AND MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES GOT, SAY, A 5 MILLION 5% RAISE BETWEEN STEP INCREASES AND AND COST OF LIVING, THE NEXT YEAR, THAT 4 MILLION BECOMES 4.2.
AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING IT WORTH 40 POSITIONS, IT'S WORTH 42.
SO WHILE THERE IS CASH THERE AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE COMING DOWN, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A LONGER TERM PLAN TO GET A BALANCED BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? SEANIECE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACKNOWLEDGED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED RELATED TO THE FY 25 GENERAL FUND, BUDGETED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, AND PROPERTY TAXES. THANK YOU, PATTY.
ITEM C, FY 24 HARRY HOPKINS WELDING VENTILATION PROJECT.
MR. TIM PAUL, YOU ARE ON DECK.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL COVER THE FIRST PROJECT.
JUST A REMINDER, TONIGHT WE'RE ONLY ASKING TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO THIS WELDING BAY PROJECT WOULD TRIGGER THAT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST A WELDING VENTILATION.
I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THERE ARE 24 WELDING BAYS AT HARRY HOPKINS WHERE THE STUDENTS PRACTICE WELDING AND LEARN TO WELD.
THERE'S ALSO A PLASMA CUTTER WHERE THEY DO A LOT OF METAL ARTS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A WELL OR, EXCUSE ME, A STATION WHERE THEY PRACTICE AUTOBODY.
CURRENTLY THERE'S NO VENTILATION FOR THAT SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO INSTALL A AN AIR PARTICULATE CLEANER THAT WILL JUST KIND OF SCRUB ALL OF THE AIR IN THAT AREA, JUST IN CASE ANYTHING GETS PAST ANY OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.
THESE 24 STATIONS ARE THEY'RE REALLY NICE.
SO THE NICE PART ABOUT THE DOWNDRAFT FAN IS NONE OF THE FUMES OR ANYTHING GO UP ABOVE THEIR FACE.
THEY ACTUALLY JUST DOWNDRAFT AND PULL IT RIGHT AWAY FROM THE STUDENTS.
THIS AIR THEN IS RECIRCULATED IN THE SPACE ITSELF.
SO THIS SHOULD BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT BY KEEPING THAT CONDITIONED AIR ALREADY INSIDE THE BUILDING.
SAME THING WITH THE AIR PARTICULATE CLEANER.
IT'S JUST AN AIR PARTICULATE CLEANER THAT FILTERS THE AIR AND KEEPS IT RIGHT INSIDE.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL IN THIS BID IS A PORTABLE WELDER.
SO THE ANTICIPATED TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT IS $225,000.
IT'S 110 OUTLETS FOR ALL OF THE WELDING STATIONS.
THEY'LL JUST BE THE HOOD TO HANG OVER THE PLASMA CUTTER.
SO I'M VERY CONFIDENT THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO OUR JUNE 30TH DEADLINE.
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE OKAY.
BOARD MEMBER. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE PLAN SPECIFICATION.
ESTIMATED COST PROVIDED BY EDA ENGINEERING FOR 225,000.
FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HARRY HOPKINS WELDING VENTILATION SYSTEM.
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE A MOTION SO MOVED? SECOND, WE HAVE A FIRST.
WE HAVE A SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS.
[00:50:02]
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? TIMING? I'M SORRY TIMING AS FAR AS WHEN IT WILL BE COMPLETED OR.YEAH THIS YEAR NEXT YEAR I MEAN YEAH, IT'LL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO JUNE 30TH.
THE EQUIPMENT IS 6 TO 8 WEEKS LEAD TIME.
SO ONCE THE EQUIPMENT'S IN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST SIMPLE INSTALLING 110 OUTLETS AND THE DRAFT.
SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE MID-JUNE.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR KIDS? ARE THEY ARE WE OPENING UP WINDOWS OR HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AT THIS POINT? SO THERE'S CURRENTLY AN AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM IN THE BUILDING.
IT'S OR THE WELDING BAYS ARE THERE ARE IT'S AN ENCLOSED AREA OVERHEAD.
WHEN THE FUMES THAT THEY'RE WELDING THEY GO UP.
JUST THIS IS A TRADITIONAL WELDING SYSTEM WITH AN EXHAUST FAN THAT'S DUCTED ABOVE EACH STATION.
AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF PULLS THE AIR OUT FROM THERE.
THIS IS JUST GOING TO HELP CIRCULATE.
THIS WILL ELIMINATE ANYTHING GOING UP ABOVE THEIR FACES.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT CLEANER AIR FOR THEM.
SO IT WILL BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY OPERATING THE UNITS WHERE THEY'RE AT, CORRECT? CORRECT. HEALTHIER BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING UP IN THEIR FACE I LIKE IT.
DIRECTORS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
YES. CAN WE NOT START THE ELECTRICAL WORK UNTIL THE EQUIPMENT IS PURCHASED OR UNTIL, LIKE, IS THERE A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR THESE PROJECTS? NO.
BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH CLASSES, WE COULD START THAT WORK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE OR AHEAD OF THE EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE IT PURCHASED AND PAID FOR BY THE 30TH, CORRECT? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SEANIECE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO BOARD MEMBERS.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
ITEM D FY 24 HIGH SCHOOL GYM AIR CONDITIONING PROJECT.
KIND OF THE SAME SONG, JUST A DIFFERENT VERSE HERE.
ONLY WE'RE TALKING AIR CONDITIONING IN THE GYMS. CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT A ANY TYPE OF AIR CONDITIONING IN THE GYMS. THE CURRENT HEATING SYSTEM, WEST HIGH AND NORTH HIGH HAVE ROOFTOP AIR OR AIR UNITS THAT HEAT THE SPACE.
EAST HIGH HAS AN INTERNAL HOT WATER AIR HANDLER THAT HEATS THE SPACE.
AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO CONDITIONED AIR AT ALL ON THESE.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT EFFICIENCY IN JUST A MINUTE WHEN I AFTER I DISCUSS THESE.
AND THEN AT EAST HIGH WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD ROOFTOP UNITS.
THEY WOULD ALL BE HOT WATER HEAT OFF THE BOILER SYSTEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
AND LIKE THE CURRENT ROOFTOP UNITS THEY WOULD HAVE A 10 TO 12 WEEK LEAD TIME.
WE USED WHAT'S CALLED AN OMNIA PURCHASING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A PRE-NEGOTIATED RATE.
THERE ARE TWO VENDORS THAT ARE ON THAT OMNIA PROGRAM, TRANE AND DAIKIN.
SO WE'LL HAVE TWO COMPETITIVE BIDS COMING IN FROM THEM TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EFFICIENCY ON THESE.
THEY'RE ALL RUNNING ABOUT AN 18 ER EFFICIENCY RATING.
THEY'LL ALL HAVE AN AIR ECONOMIZER SYSTEM IN THEM.
THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A HOT GAS REHEAT.
SO IN ORDER TO DEHUMIDIFY THE GYMS AND THE WARM SUMMER MONTHS.
THEY USE THAT HOT GAS FROM THE COOLING PROCESS TO TAKE HUMIDITY OUT OF THE AIR RATHER THAN FILING AN ELECTRIC RESISTANCE COIL THAT WOULD BE IN THEM FOR TYPICALLY DEHUMIDIFICATION PURPOSES.
THEY'RE ALL A VARIABLE SPEED SCROLL COMPRESSOR.
I THINK I'VE COVERED ALL OF THE SCIENCE BEHIND THESE UNITS.
[00:55:03]
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THEM.WELL, LET ME GET THIS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THOSE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE PLANS SPECIFICATION AND ESTIMATED COST, INCLUDING ENGINEERING FEES PROVIDED BY EDA 4.3875 MILLION.
FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AIR CONDITIONING PROJECTS, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE REVIEWED AT THE PURCHASING MANAGER'S OFFICE AT THE SAME ADDRESS.
BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.
WE HAVE A FIRST AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DONE BY JUNE 30TH AS WELL? YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE EXPLAINED THE PLAN A LITTLE BIT WITH THE ESSER FUNDS.
WHAT OUR PLAN WILL BE IS AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THESE ORDERED, THE BETTER WE'LL USE ESSER DOLLARS TO REPLACE NORTH AND WEST RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE FUNDS THAT WOULD EXPIRE BY THE END OF JUNE.
AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED TO HAVE SOME SALES TAX DOLLARS TO.
THANK YOU. AND THE ESSER FUNDS ARE ROUGHLY 2 MILLION OUT OF THE 4.387.
IS THAT I BELIEVE SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT 2.2.
[INAUDIBLE] SALES TAX FUNDS OF 2.1 MILLION, OR ALMOST 2.2 MILLION, AND ESSER FUNDS OF 2.2 MILLION.
CORRECT? CORRECT. AT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, I WILL HAVE A BETTER ANSWER AS SOON AS WE SEE THE EQUIPMENT PRICES, WHICH WE'RE GETTING THOSE OMNIA NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE INSTALL COSTS ON TOP OF THAT.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO BID OUT THE COMPRESSOR, THE EQUIPMENT NOW? WELL, NOT NOW, BUT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AND THEN THE INSTALLATION WILL BE BID OUT LATER.
YEAH. THE INSTALLATION PORTION.
THEY'RE DESIGNING AS WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO RACE AGAINST TIME.
BUT YES, WE'LL HOPEFULLY I WILL HAVE THE PRICES FOR THE UNITS NEXT WEEK.
SO RIGHT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING WE CAN ASK YOU TO ACT UPON THEM.
DIRECTOR LEE. SO WHEN DO WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE WHEN YOU BID OUT IS THERE TWO WHAT DO YOU DO.
2 OR 3 BIDS AND THEN YOU PRESENT A OFFER TO US OR PARTS TO THAT ANSWER WITH THE OMNIA PROGRAM FOR THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S ALREADY PRE-NEGOTIATED.
SO WE CAN BRING THOSE BIDS BACK FROM THAT AGREEMENT.
BUT ON THE LABOR SIDE, THAT FOLLOWS PUBLIC BIDDING PROCESSES.
AND THEN ONCE WE TAKE THOSE BIDS, WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
OKAY. SO OMNI IS THAT JUST A TELL ME MORE ABOUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
THE OMNIA IS A BUYING GROUP THAT IS APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE OF IOWA AND A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PUBLIC FUNDED UNIVERSITIES USE THAT AGREEMENT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DIRECTOR? SEANIECE, ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO BOARD MEMBERS.
WE ARE TO ITEM E, AEA SUPPORT PRESENTATION.
MEMBERS. JUST A REMINDER TO THE BOARD.
WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION TO BE DONE.
SEEK RECOGNITION FROM THE CHAIR AND LET'S GET HER DONE.
OKAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GEORGE, FOR THE REMINDER OF THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED.
AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF INFORMATION I'M GOING TO SHARE VERBALLY THAT IS NOT ON THE SLIDES.
SO I'M JUST ENCOURAGING AND ASKING THAT YOU WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND THEN WHEN I'M DONE PRESENTING, OUR TEAM WILL COME UP AND HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[01:00:07]
DISTRICT. WHAT I'M PRESENTING TONIGHT ARE THE ESTIMATES OF POSSIBLE COST.YOU WILL SEE AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
THERE ARE SIX ITEMS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GIVE A COST OR TIE A MONETARY VALUE TO OR A STAFFING TO BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION HAS NOT ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES.
SO DO KNOW THAT I WILL GO OVER THOSE ITEMS. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING COST OF BRINGING EVERYTHING IN THAT WE HAVE ALREADY THAT WE CURRENTLY USE.
SO. IT IS OUR JOB TO PREPARE RIGHT FOR AS LEADERS TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THIS, THAT WE HAVE, WE CANNOT TAKE ANY WE TAKE A COMPLETELY BY UNBIASED APPROACH. WE ARE SIMPLY BRINGING THE VALUES OF THE SERVICES THAT THE AEA PROVIDES US TO YOU.
BECAUSE YOU ASKED OUR LEGISLATORS HAVE PUT US INTO THE POSITION.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE COME TO OUR OWN FRUITION TO SAY, OH, LET'S LOOK AT THIS.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE FAMILIES WHO ARE LISTENING, TEACHERS, AA SUPPORT, TO KNOW THAT IT'S OUR JOB AS LEADERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED AND WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ASKING FOR THIS INFORMATION AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
SO OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO SHARE A FEW DETAILS ABOUT OUR DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO WE HAVE 186 SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.
WE HAVE 2253 STUDENTS WHO WERE SERVED WHO RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS THESE FIRST INITIAL SLIDES WILL NOT HAVE MONETARY AMOUNTS.
SO I'LL BE FIRST BEGIN SHARING WITH YOU STAFFING.
SO WE HAVE 48 MEMBERS 48 CERTIFIED STAFF.
THE AEA ALLOCATES TO SIOUX CITY.
THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALLOCATED SOLELY TO SIOUX CITY.
BUT THESE ARE THE 48 POSITIONS THAT THE NORTHWEST AEA PROVIDES FOR SIOUX CITY.
SOME OF THEM TRAVEL TO EVERY BUILDING AND PROVIDE A SERVICE.
SOME OF THEM TRAVEL TO A FEW BUILDINGS AND LIKE I SAID, SOME ARE JUST AT ONE BUILDING.
SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THEIR ROLE IS AND WHAT THE BUILDING NEED IS.
THEY DO NOT CHANGE VERY OFTEN.
IF ANYTHING, WE TYPICALLY MIGHT ADD A STRATEGIST.
WE RARELY DOES THE STAFFING EVER GO DOWN.
SO THE DETAILED SERVICES THAT WE HAVE ARE PRETTY IN-DEPTH.
SO WE'VE GOT CHILD FIND, WHICH IS HOW STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED EARLY TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, AUDIOLOGY, EARLY CHILDHOOD VISION AND MOBILITY SERVICES, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, IEP, SUPPORT MEDIATION AND ACHIEVE.
SUPPORT. ACHIEVE IS THE STATE'S STATEWIDE SYSTEM IN WHICH ALL IEPS ARE HOUSED AND WRITTEN IN.
THE NEXT SLIDE ARE THE TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENTS.
SO OUR DISTRICT UTILIZES THE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL ED.
THIS IS STILL IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION WORLD.
TECHNOLOGY ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN TECHNOLOGY IN THE REALM OF WE THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S ANY DEVICE, WHETHER IT BE A WEIGHTED VEST, WHETHER IT BE AN IPAD.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE SPECIAL ED REALM IS ANYTHING THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS.
[01:05:02]
THAT IS AN ITEM THAT IS.SO A LOT OF TIMES SENSORY NEEDS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES ARE TYPICALLY THE TWO VERY LARGE AREAS IN WHICH WE HAVE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WRITTEN INTO IEPS. THEN WE HAVE THE ASSESSMENTS.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DISABILITIES AND 100 DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN ATTEST.
SO WE HAVE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AT THE AEA AND OTHER STRATEGISTS THAT PERFORM THESE ASSESSMENTS.
SO THEIR AREAS ARE COGNITIVE ABILITIES.
SO WE DON'T WE DO NO LONGER GIVE AN IQ TEST, BUT WE DO HAVE THEM.
AND SOMETIMES WE DO REQUIRE WE NEED THEM AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THERE ARE SPEECH ASSESSMENTS, READING, MATH, WRITING AND BEHAVIOR.
SO IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE A DISABILITY, WE HAVE TO USE A RESEARCH BASED ASSESSMENT BY SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN TRAINED IN GIVING THAT ASSESSMENT THAT HAS A CERTAIN CERTIFICATION, AND THEN THEY ADMINISTER THE ASSESSMENT, ANALYZE THE RESULTS, AND THEN DETERMINE IF THE STUDENT IS ELIGIBLE OR NOT, ALONG WITH USING OTHER GATHERED INFORMATION IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE STUDENT.
SO IN THE AREA NOW THAT SPECIAL ED.
NOW I'M IN THE AREA OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
SO EDUCATION SERVICES ARE ANYTHING THAT PROVIDES EDUCATION TO ENHANCE OUR STAFF.
SO IT IS NOT EDUCATION SERVICES THAT ARE IT'S NOT AEA DIRECTLY SUPPORTING STUDENTS.
IT'S THEIR STAFF SUPPORTING OUR STAFF SO THEY CAN SUPPORT STUDENTS.
BUT WE HAVE AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS DEDICATED MRS. AMY DENNY IS THE DIRECTOR OF THAT DEPARTMENT.
THAT ANYTHING RELATED TO CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT IS THROUGH THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IS AN AREA OF OUR UTILIZING THE AEA THAT WE UTILIZE THE LEAST.
SO THIS YEAR WE'VE UTILIZED THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR A TOTAL OF 260 HOURS.
SO THAT WOULD THEN BE TEACHER LEADER SUPPORT, 504 SUPPORT OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE OUR OWN MENTORING PROGRAM IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA.
LAW REQUIRES N IOWA CODE REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A FORMAL MENTORING PROGRAM FOR ALL NEW TEACHERS.
AND WE DO WE HAVE OUR OWN WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, BUT THE AEA DOES PROVIDE SUPPORT WITH THAT.
WE JUST DON'T UTILIZE IT BECAUSE WE'RE TOO LARGE FOR WE COULD HANDLE THAT OURSELVES.
SO 504 SUPPORT IS SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE A 504 PLAN, WHICH IS A PLAN THAT THE STUDENT DOES NOT HAVE A DISABILITY THAT GETS IN THE WAY OF THEIR LEARNING.
THEY JUST NEED ACCOMMODATIONS SO THINGS DO NOT GET IN THE WAY OF THEIR LEARNING.
THAT IS IN REGARDS TO OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
THE REPORTING THAT THE STATE REQUIRES, THE AEA SUPPORTS US WITH THAT, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR I'S DOTTED AND T'S CROSSED WHEN WE REPORT ALL THE MANDATES WE HAVE TO REPORT FOR OUR CTE.
AND THEN THE ONLINE COURSES FOR THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF IS AN AREA OF EDUCATION SERVICES WE STARTED UTILIZING LAST YEAR, MRS. DENNY. MORE MORE LAST YEAR.
DID SOME BEFORE, BUT REALLY A LOT MORE LAST YEAR.
YEAH. SO WE OFFER OUR TEACHERS THE ABILITY WE HAVE A TEACHER QUALITY COMMITTEE TT DOLLARS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT TERM.
THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN BUILDING INDIVIDUAL TEACHER AND DISTRICT.
AND THE TEACHERS HAVE THE TEACHER COMPONENT ARE.
[01:10:05]
WE GIVE THEM A FOUR MONTH PERIOD TO GET IT DONE.THEY GET PAID FOR THE HOURS, A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF HOURS.
AND THOSE ARE THE CLASSES THAT WE HAVE STARTED USING.
WE USE THOSE AND WE USE CLASSES FROM SCEA.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
ONLY IN THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE WE NOT PAID FOR THE CLASSES.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE USED ANOTHER ANOTHER COMPANY THAT PROVIDED US PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSEWORK, BUT IT WAS COSTING US MORE THAN $100,000 A YEAR. SO THAT IS WHY WE MOVED TO THE AEA, HAD REALLY GOOD QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES THAT ALIGNED TO WHAT OUR TEACHERS NEEDED.
AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 800.
SO IT'S A VERY GOOD PROGRAM FOR OUR TEACHERS THEN THE MEDIA.
SO WE UTILIZE THEIR ONLINE LIBRARY.
THERE ARE SOME ACTUAL BOOKS THAT WE DO UTILIZE THROUGH OUR CURRICULUM UNITS, PRIMARILY IN GRADES K THROUGH FIVE, HAVE IDENTIFIED SOFTWARE BOOKS OR ANY MATERIALS THAT ARE PROVIDED AT THE AEA THAT GO ALONG WITH THEIR UNITS.
PRIMARILY, IT'S IN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES, BUT IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD.
THEREFORE, WE PROVIDE A CURRICULUM MAP THAT GIVES EVERY TEACHER THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING, THEY KNOW WHAT STANDARD THEY TEACH, AND THEN WE IDENTIFY THE RESOURCES THAT GO WITH THAT.
WE HAVE BUILT IN THESE THREE THINGS INTO OUR CURRICULUM MAPS AS SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES, APART FROM THE CURRICULUM THAT THE DISTRICT PURCHASES TO SUPPORT THOSE STANDARDS.
SO THE COST PROJECTIONS, I HAVE DIVIDED IT UP BY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY.
AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU A WHOLE DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT AEA STRATEGISTS ARE ABOUT 1 TO 75 STRATEGISTS NEEDED PER 75 STUDENTS.
THAT IS THE AEA WAS VERY GRACIOUS TO HELP US WITH THIS INFORMATION, AND WE CONSULTED WITH THEM TO SAY, OKAY, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW DO YOU DETERMINE YOUR STAFFING? WHAT ARE TYPICAL CASELOADS? BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
THEY SAID ONE FTE IN FULL TIME EMPLOYEE FOR EVERY 75 STUDENTS.
SOMETIMES STUDENTS CAN BE HEAVIER, HAVE REAL HEFTY IEPS, SOME CAN BE LIGHTER.
SO WE WOULD DETERMINE THAT WE WOULD NEED A TOTAL OF TEN STRATEGISTS.
FOR THE ELEMENTARY, IF WE WERE TO BRING THIS IN HOUSE WITH A TOTAL OF $1 MILLION IN OUR SECONDARY, WE WOULD THEY RECOMMENDED ONE FTE PER 100, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IN ELEMENTARY IS WHEN THEY'RE IDENTIFIED.
VERY SELDOM DO WE HAVE STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IF THEY'VE GONE TO OUR DISTRICT, IF THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN OUR DISTRICT, WE IDENTIFY THEM BEFORE THEY GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE US, AS WE SEE, TO HAVE NINE.
THAT IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, EVERY FEEDER SYSTEM.
SO EAST, MIDDLE EAST, HIGH WEST, MIDDLE WEST, HIGH NORTH, MIDDLE NORTH, HIGH.
SO THEY GO BACK AND FORTH TO EACH BUILDING AND THEY SHARE THE SAME THREE STRATEGISTS.
WE WOULD OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT PROJECTIONS.
WE DID DETERMINE THAT WE WOULD NEED A TOTAL OF 14 SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WITH THE AMOUNT OF STUDENT NEED THAT WE HAVE FOR STUDENTS WITH SPEECH IEPS, WE HAVE 675 STUDENTS WITH IEPS IN THE AREA OF SPEECH.
SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE OTHER GOALS.
SOME OF THEM ONLY HAVE SPEECH GOALS, THE OT AND PT.
I SHOULD CLARIFY, AND WE ONLY HAVE 38 STUDENTS WHO HAVE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WRITTEN INTO THEIR IEP.
[01:15:03]
SPECIFIC CERTIFICATION.OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION PROJECTIONS.
WE HAVE NINE STUDENTS WITH IEPS THAT NEED SUPPORT WITH FOR DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING, AND WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS WHO NEED SUPPORT FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. THEREFORE, WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT CONTRACTING THOSE SERVICES OUT.
THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBERS ARE VERY SMALL.
SO THE COST OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE'RE STILL IN THE REALM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR ADDED FOR COSTS.
I DID NOT, AND WE DID NOT REALLY HAVE A ESTIMATE FOR SPACE.
WE JUST KNOW THAT WE WOULD HOUSE THESE PEOPLE AT WHEREVER THEY'RE SERVICING.
SO IF THEY TRAVEL ALL AROUND, MORE THAN LIKELY WE WOULD HAVE THEM IN OFFICE HERE.
IT MAY NOT BE THEIR OWN OFFICE.
BUT WE ALREADY CURRENTLY DO HOUSE THESE PEOPLE IN OUR BUILDINGS, MOST OF THEM BECAUSE MOST OF THE STAFF, 80% OF THE STAFF IS PERMANENT, ALWAYS IS IN A BUILDING ALL THE TIME OR IN A FEW.
THEN WE LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY NEEDS.
ESTIMATED $1,000 PER EMPLOYEE, 36 STAFF, SUPPLIES FOR NEW STAFF, 7200 LENDING LIBRARY INVENTORY.
WHEN I EXPLAINED TO YOU THE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY ARE NOT.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICE.
IT'S ANYTHING THAT ENHANCES THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE TO ENHANCE THE STUDENTS LEARNING.
IT'S AN UPWARDS TO $1 MILLION.
SO THEY HAVE AN INVENTORY I USE.
THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A FORMAL NAME FOR IT.
I USE THE TERM LENDING LIBRARY INVENTORY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT'S LIKE.
IT'S TWO LARGE ROOMS THAT ARE AES THAT ARE JUST FILLED WITH EQUIPMENT AND MEET TONS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT RESEARCH SHOWS CAN HELP SUPPORT KIDS WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS.
SO WE HAVE THINGS FROM A WEIGHTED VEST FOR A LITTLE KIDDO WHO HAS TROUBLE, LIKE SITTING STILL THERE SOMETIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS WE USE TO ADAPTIVE SCISSORS, ADAPTIVE PENCILS ALL THE WAY TO A SENSORY SWING, OR A SPECIAL TYPE OF WALKER, OR A HOYER LIFT FOR TOILETING.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THERE THAT RANGE FROM $5 TO 10 $15,000.
SO FOR US TO HAVE AN INVENTORY AND WE WOULD NEED AN INVENTORY BECAUSE WE BORROW AND TRY THEIR THINGS TO DETERMINE WHAT TO PURCHASE FOR THE CHILD.
WE TRY DIFFERENT THINGS UNTIL IT'S DETERMINED AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET TRY THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
BECAUSE OF THE LENDING LIBRARY AT THE AEA., THEN THE ASSESSMENT KITS I SHARED WITH YOU THAT STRATEGISTS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OUR STRATEGISTS ASSESS STUDENTS TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE A DISABILITY.
THESE ARE NOT JUST REGULAR TESTS.
THESE ARE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE VERY FORMAL TRAINING ON AND HAVE SPECIAL CERTIFICATION.
THE ASSESSMENT KITS ARE VERY COSTLY.
THEY'RE SOME OF THEM ARE UP TO TEN, TEN, $15,000 FOR A KIT.
WHEN I USE THE TERM KIT, THAT'S AN EDUCATIONAL TERM WE OFTEN USE.
THINK OF IT AS LIKE A SET, RIGHT, A SET OF ASSESSMENT MATERIALS.
BECAUSE A STUDENT MAY HAVE A READING DISABILITY, THEY GIVE THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF DISABILITY DO THEY HAVE. SO THAT IS WHAT THAT 500,000 TO 750,000 WOULD BE PROJECTED.
NOW AS WE GO INTO EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, THESE ARE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LIKE I SHARED ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT OUR TEACHERS USE FOR TQ COURSES. I ALSO JUST WE ESTIMATED A 0.25 FTE FOR 500 FOR SUPPORT AND CTE SUPPORT, BECAUSE WE DO ONLY UTILIZE THOSE PEOPLE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR FOR SPECIFIC GUIDANCE OR TO RUN THROUGH, RUN THINGS THROUGH TO GET A SECOND OPINION.
SO OUR ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COST IF WE WERE TO.
OH, SORRY. IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE THOSE COURSES.
THOSE ARE THE COURSES OUR TEACHERS TAKE THAT THEY CHOOSE THE 260 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE JUST ARE JUST USING THAT AS AN ESTIMATE, 45,000.
AND THEN FOR THE TWO FDS WOULD BE A $295,000 PROJECTED EXPENSE.
[01:20:01]
THE MEDIA THE BIGGEST COST IN MEDIA FOR US IS THE SOFTWARE.SO I CHAD, WHAT WAS THE OTHER TERM WE WERE GOING TO USE INSTEAD OF SOFTWARE? WE WERE GOING TO USE A DIFFERENT TERM BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY DOWNLOADED ONTO THEIR COMPUTERS, RIGHT? IT'S RESOURCES. YEAH.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WAS SHARING WITH YOU.
WE BUILD INTO THE CURRICULUM MAPS FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO OUR CURRICULUM.
SO OUR CURRICULUM FACILITATORS AND OUR FORMER CONSULTING TEACHERS, THAT WAS PART OF THEIR JOB IS TO ANALYZE WHAT THE AEA PROVIDES, SEE WHAT CAN SUPPLEMENT AND WOULD BE GOOD PAIRED WITH OUR CURRICULUM, AND THEN INCLUDE THOSE SUPPORTS IN THEIR CURRICULUM MAPS THAT WE PROVIDE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, THE ONLINE LIBRARY, THOSE ARE ONLINE BOOKS $75,000 A YEAR, 50,000 FOR THE CURRICULUM KIT AND BOOKS.
SO THESE ARE THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE A TEACHING THE PLANETS, YOU CAN AEA WILL SEND YOU ALL THESE MATERIALS AS YOU'RE A TEACHER AND IT'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, MODELS OF PLANETS, AND THEN IT'LL HAVE MAYBE TEN DIFFERENT LEVELED READERS ALL ABOUT PLANETS.
AND YOU CAN ASK FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE CALL THEM KITS BECAUSE THE AEA IS AWARE OF OUR CURRICULUM.
THEY HAVE THINGS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT WE USE HERE IN SIOUX CITY.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
THOSE ARE ALSO WRITTEN INTO THE CURRICULUM MAPS AS POSSIBLE SUPPORTS.
TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO USE THEM.
TEACHERS DIRECTLY REACH OUT FOR THESE OR THEIR ADMINISTRATOR DOES.
WE DON'T DO IT AT A DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
SO THE PROJECTED ESTIMATING RECURRING COST, BECAUSE I'VE SHARED WITH YOU COSTS THAT ARE SOME ONE TIME COSTS TO GET US STARTED AND WHAT WE WOULD PROJECT AS RECURRING COST, OUR PROJECTED RECURRING COST WOULD BE ABOUT $4.6 MILLION.
ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE SLIDES THAT I SHARED WITH YOU PREVIOUS.
AND THAT LENDING LIBRARY IS WHAT WITH THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, WOULD BE ABOUT 1.8 MILLION, WITH A TOTAL OF 6.5 MILLION PROJECTED.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS SLIDE FOR THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GIVE YOU ANY.
THE ESTIMATE WOULD BE SO VAST THAT WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BRING THOSE SERVICES IN-HOUSE OR IF WE CAN.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO EVEN MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.
AND FOR I DO NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF WHY THE AEA OVERSEES THOSE DOLLARS, BUT THEY ALWAYS HAVE.
AND SO THE LEGISLATION DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD BE BRINGING THAT IN HOUSE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO UNDER THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT, IT IS REQUIRED THAT ANY TARGETED SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF WHATEVER, THEY CHANGE ALL THE TIME, WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE EVERY YEAR AS NATIONALLY.
BUT OUR AEA STAFF ARE TRAINED TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATORS, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND TEACHERS ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU ARE A TARGETED SCHOOL.
YOU DO HAVE TO CREATE A [INAUDIBLE] PLAN.
YOU HAVE TO CREATE A LOT OF ACRONYMS. I COULD THROW A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
THEY HAVE NEVER WORKED DIRECTLY WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS BEFORE.
THE PRIVATE SCHOOL IMPACT THEN IS THE LAST AND THAT IS THE PRIVATE SCHOOL HAS FLOW-THROUGH FUNDS JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GO TO THE AEA. I SPOKE WITH JOHN FLANNERY, THE PRESIDENT OF [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOLS LAST WEEK, JUST TO GET A FEEL FOR HOW MUCH THEY UTILIZE OUT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND MEDIA.
[01:25:01]
AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET BACK TO ME.HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T THINK A LOT, BUT HE KNEW THAT NOW WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING, THEY WERE REALLY THEY WERE STARTING TO UTILIZE THE AEA TO SUPPORT THEM WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING. WE ARE REQUIRED AS A DISTRICT TO PROVIDE SPECIAL ED SERVICES CURRENTLY FOR OUR STUDENTS AT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL, WHICH WE DO, BUT WE ARE NOT REQUIRED AS A DISTRICT.
WE DO NOT GO THERE AND PROVIDE SPEECH SERVICES.
THE AEA GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL.
THEY DON'T WORK THROUGH US, BUT FOR ANY STUDENT THAT HAS A DISABILITY, THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF IOWA CODE.
99.99% WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THEM AT OUR BUILDINGS.
WE TRANSPORT THEM TO OUR BUILDINGS.
WE DO HAVE SOME. WE DO HAVE A FEW STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN AIDE THAT THEN IS WITH THIS STUDENT ALL DAY.
SO THOSE AND THEN THE CONSORTIUM PRICING ALL OF OUR ESTIMATES AND PRICING IN REGARDS TO SOFTWARE, ONLINE LIBRARY, THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASSES ARE ALL BASED ON WHAT WE COULD GET AS A DISTRICT.
I KNOW THAT THE AEA GETS IT AT A REDUCED COST BECAUSE OF SO MANY PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL CHANGE OR NOT.
AFTER SATURDAY AT THE LEGISLATIVE FORUM, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE SLOWING THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO I THINK THERE'S JUST MORE TO COME.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO INVITE MY TEAMMATES UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
BOARD DIRECTORS? IT'S TIME TO DELVE IN AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH ONE QUESTION.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEDIA SERVICES, DOES THE AEA PROVIDE EXPERTS TO HELP IMPLEMENT INSTRUCT IN ANY OF THOSE FIELDS? THEY YES, THEY DO.
SO WE HAVE UTILIZED THEM FOR SOME THINGS.
I THINK THAT THE POINT THAT MRS. BEMIS BROUGHT UP IS THAT THEY PROVIDE SO MANY SERVICES AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LARGE, AND SO SOMETIMES WE PROVIDE OUR OWN.
SO SCIENCE OF READING AS AN EXAMPLE.
IT'S MORE OF AN EDUCATION SERVICE.
SO IT SORT OF DEPENDS ON WHAT THE INITIATIVE IS OR WHAT THE SERVICE IS NEEDED.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE HAVE UTILIZED THEIR EXPERTISE.
CORRECT? NO, THAT WOULD STILL THAT WOULD STILL FALL TO ME.
AND SO WE ARE PREPARED TO DO THAT IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
WE STARTED SOME OF THAT THIS YEAR WITH CANVAS, AND OUR INSTRUCTORS IN HOUSE WERE BUILDING CANVAS COURSES, AND AEA PARTNERED WITH US SO THAT WE COULD OFFER THOSE CANVAS COURSES STILL THROUGH THE AEA BUT THEY WERE LED BY OUR STAFF.
JOHN JUST WANT TO CONFIRM AN UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE THAT THE THREE AREAS THAT THE STATE SENDS MONEY TO THE AEA OR SENT THEM TO US TO SEND TO THEM THOSE ARE THREE SEPARATE, DISTINCT CATEGORIES.
AND WE MAY NOT NEGOTIATE OR ARRANGE USING MONEY, SAY, MEDIA FOR SPED, WHICH WOULD TAKE MONEY THAT WE DON'T NEED SO MUCH OF AND PUT IT INTO SPED WHERE WE DARN SURE NEED EVERY NICKEL.
RIGHT. I COULD I CAN TOUCH BASE ON THAT.
ACTUALLY, AEA DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE EXCESS MEDIA FOR SPECIAL ED, OR IF THEY HAVE EXCESS ED SERVICES FOR SPECIAL ED, SO THEY CAN USE BY IOWA CODE FUNDS FROM THOSE TWO FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO I BELIEVE THEY DO AND THEY DO.
AND THE NEW LEGISLATION WOULD POSE THAT WOULD STAY.
AND IF DISTRICTS TOOK IT IN-HOUSE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING.
IT MIGHT BE AN AREA TO DISCUSS WITH THE AEA IN THE FUTURE.
YEAH. THANKS FOR BEING POSITIVE ON THAT, JOHN.
[01:30:03]
YEAH, I THINK WITHOUT DOING TOO MUCH DAMAGE.DIRECTOR LEE, I POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
YOU USE THE TERM CONTRACT IN PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
WERE YOU SAYING CONTRACT OUTSIDE OF THE AEA SERVICES OR CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEANT? SO IF WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORTS IN-HOUSE, I WOULD NOT OUR TEAM WOULD NOT RECOMMEND HIRING FULL TIME EMPLOYEES FOR THAT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO OUTSIDE SERVICES THAT PROVIDE THOSE LIKE PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT HAVE SPEECH NOT SPEECH, BUT OT AND PT, I'M SORRY, THE OTHERS WE WOULD HIRE.
YEAH, I COULD ALSO AND AGAIN, THIS IS SO NEW TO ALL OF US.
THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS, SO MANY POSSIBILITIES.
SO THIS IS ALL RIGHT NOW REALLY HYPOTHETICAL AND KIND OF THEORY STUFF.
BUT IT COULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, SIOUX CITY HIRES PTS, OTS, AND THEN SMALLER DISTRICTS CONTRACT WITH US FOR THOSE SERVICES.
I MEAN, JUST FOR VALUE BECAUSE TO CONTRACT IT OUT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I COULD GUESS THAT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE COSTLY THAN JUST IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE POSITION.
BUT IT COULD COST A LOT MORE MONEY THAN HIRING SOMEBODY TO DO IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH, I'M NOT THE I THINK WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE THEY DID MAKE A POINT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF THEY CHANGED IT, THAT THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW DISTRICTS TO DO THAT WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.
RIGHT. SO BUT THEY KEEP RUNNING THROUGH ALL THE WE KEEP SHARING THESE CONCERNS AND THEY SEEM TO IN SOME EXTENT SAY, OKAY, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT OR WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION OR COMMENT I HAD WAS RELATED TO LIKE THE SENSORY ROOMS. AND I'VE HAVE BEEN IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE I'VE WITNESSED SOME OF OUR KIDS USING THE SENSORY TOYS OR TOOLS OR MANIPULATIVES.
YES. SO MY QUESTION IS OR COMMENT IS PROBABLY CENTERED A LITTLE BIT MORE AROUND THE EQUITABLE PART OF THAT, AND BEING ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY CARE FOR THOSE CHILDREN THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE CAN OFFER THEM WITHOUT SERVICES FROM AEA AND HAVE WE AND AGAIN, HYPOTHETICALLY, HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE? ARE YOU JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU ASKING HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE BROUGHT THEM IN. RIGHT.
SO YES. SO I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN THAT HAVE SENSORY NEEDS.
BUT I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER MANIPULATIVES LIKE IF I AM BRAILLE THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD HAVE, I MEAN, SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO PURCHASE, WE WOULD PURCHASE WOULD PURCHASE THEM AND WE WOULD HAVE TO STAY CURRENT ON THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE OF BECAUSE THAT'S AN EVER CHANGING WELL, TECHNOLOGY IS EVER CHANGING.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE EVER CHANGING WHICH COULD ULTIMATELY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY.
YES. AND SO AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS.
AND WHEN I SAY EQUITY, I MEAN EQUITY I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY.
ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND SO I'M MAKING A COMMENT, BUT I'M ALSO POSING A QUESTION JUST TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
SO NO, IN THE PAST WE HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING THOSE IN.
I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
ACTUALLY WE HAVE IT IS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT UNTIL THIS YEAR THAT WE'VE EVER EVEN THOUGHT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING, YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH.
SO WE HAVEN'T WE'VE JUST ALWAYS THE AEA IS THE ONE THAT DOES THAT AND TO DOCTOR EARLEYWINE'S COMMENT, I DO REALIZE THAT THESE ARE HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF THOSE SERVICES ARE REMOVED.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS ONCE WE DETERMINE WHAT THEY NEED.
YEAH WE DO AS A DISTRICT PURCHASE THEM.
RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN THAT STUDENT LEAVES, WE DO KEEP THOSE THINGS.
BUT IT'S NOWHERE NEAR WHAT THE AEA PROVIDES.
[01:35:02]
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GREENWELL.YES. PRESIDENT GEORGE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OR PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS HERE, AND IT'S TALLIED UP TO FOUR, ALMOST 4.7 OF RECURRING AND A 1.8, ALMOST 1.9 OF NON-RECURRING.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU MADE A STATEMENT, MISS BEMIS, AT THE BEGINNING, THAT YOU HAD AN INDEPENDENT, UNBIASED VIEW AND YOUR STAFF HAD THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING, IT'S 7.8 MILLION.
THERE'S A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL GAP, AND THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, IGNORING THE ONE TIME COSTS, LOOKING AT BRINGING OUTSOURCING INTO IT, WE WOULD SAVE ROUGHLY 3 MILLION TO $3.1 MILLION ANNUALLY, RECOGNIZING THERE'S SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE.
AND LET'S SAY WE ONLY GET IT DOWN TO $2 MILLION WITH ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
WE'RE RUNNING A $4 MILLION DEFICIT IN THE GENERAL FUND NEXT YEAR.
THAT WOULD EASE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT SOMEWHERE.
WE KNOW THAT THIS. NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THESE AND EXPLORE THEM, I THINK, IS SOMETHING DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LEGISLATURE, IS SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER.
IF IT WAS A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND, I'D PROBABLY SAY, YEAH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
BUT 2 TO 3 MILLION IS SOMETHING WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS GET THE QUALITY AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE LARGER SCHOOLS ARE SUBSIDIZING THE SMALLER SCHOOLS.
EVERYBODY IS RECOGNIZING THAT.
I TALKED TO THE SENATE LEADER OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR A HALF HOUR LAST NIGHT ON THE PHONE.
THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IS, DO WE REPRESENT THE ENTIRE STATE OR DO WE REPRESENT SIOUX CITY? I CONTEND WE REPRESENT SIOUX CITY.
SO I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
I DON'T WANT FAMILY OR FRIENDS THAT WORK AT THE AEA.
SO I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WE CONTINUE TO TAKE AN OBJECTIVE VIEW, AN UNBIASED VIEW, AND IT'S CERTAINLY PRELIMINARY AND POTENTIAL AND WHO KNOWS WHAT SPECULATION AND CONJECTURE RIGHT NOW.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, IT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO GIVE SERIOUS ATTENTION TO IN MY OPINION.
SO IT'S A LOT OF MONEY INVOLVED THAT HAS POTENTIAL FOR US TO ENHANCE OUR, I MEAN, THE $2 MILLION EXTRA, WE COULD HIRE ANOTHER 20 SPECIAL ED PEOPLE AND BE WELL AHEAD OF THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE AT.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION THEN WITH THAT 7.8 ARE THOSE UNLIMITED SERVICES OF WHAT THEY PROVIDE.
AND I WANTED TO EXPLAIN JUST ONE POINT.
FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL, IT GOES LIKE IT GOES THROUGH US.
THE AEA JUST RECEIVES THE MONEY SO WE DON'T OVERSEE ANY OF THEIR INVOICING, ANY DETAILED TYPE OF EXPENDITURES. WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THAT.
WE JUST KNOW THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GOES TO THEM, AND THEY CANNOT TURN OUR SERVICES.
IF THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICE, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE IT FOR US.
IF WE ASK SO THEN SO THAT 7.8 IS UNLIMITED.
SO IS THAT SO THAT DIFFERENCE IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT.
THE FIVE 5 MILLION, FOR EXAMPLE.
OKAY, SO IF WE WERE JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S 5 MILLION, THEN ONCE THOSE SERVICES COULD BE EXALTED, I MEAN IT WOULDN'T JUST BE IF WE WERE DOING CONTRACTUAL WORK OR SOMETHING, WOULD WE BE PAYING? WOULD WE END UP SPENDING MORE IN THE LONG RUN? WELL, IF WE BROUGHT THOSE PEOPLE IN HOUSE AND WE HAD OUR OWN STAFF, I GET WE GET BENEFIT OF THOSE PEOPLE.
[01:40:05]
IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE GET EVERY SINGLE THING FROM THE AEA THAT WE ALWAYS ASK FOR IN A TIMELY BASIS, I WOULD CONTEND THE ANSWER IS NO, WE DON'T.AND WE HAVE LIMITED SERVICES FROM THE AEA FROM TIME TO TIME.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.
WE DON'T CONTROL ANY OF THE FUNDS THAT GO TO THE AIR.
WE DON'T CONTROL ANY OF THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES.
WE CONTROL NOTHING OTHER THAN PLEASE GIVE US SERVICES.
SO THAT IS ABOUT AS CLEAR AS I CAN GIVE IT AT THIS POINT.
WE COULD USE UP THAT MONEY IN LIBRARY LOAN SERVICES OR MATERIALS THAT WE WOULD BE USING FOR KIDS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SENSORY THINGS OR THE MANIPULATIVES OR SO THAT 2 MILLION COULD BE SOMETHING TO HELP KEEP US CURRENT, IN ADDITION TO OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS WERE PROPERLY.
WELL, HERE'S HOW. HERE'S HOW I LOOK AT IT, OKAY.
ON THIS ANALYSIS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, I THINK WE INDICATED DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, WE USE VERY LITTLE AND 295,000 WAS SUGGESTED.
I THINK IN YOUR ESTIMATE, WE'RE PAYING ABOUT 1,000,001 TODAY OR THE AEA IS GETTING ABOUT 1,000,001 BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR MONEY GOING TO THEM.
SO THAT'S A WINDFALL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USING THAT LEVEL OF SERVICES.
MY VIEW IS OKAY, WE TAKE $795,000.
HOW CAN WE REDEPLOY THAT SOMEWHERE IF WE THINK I MEAN, EVERY YEAR IS PATTY I THINK PATTY MENTIONED IN HER REPORT WE SPEND LAST YEAR, WE SPENT $1.6 MILLION BEYOND WHAT THE STATE GAVE US.
WE'RE FUNDING MORE THAN THE STATE IS GIVING US.
WE HAVE TO FUND THAT VIA TAX, AND WE'RE DOING THAT AND WE GET SPENDING AUTHORITY CREDIT FOR THAT.
BUT WE DON'T GET ANYTHING FROM THE STATE.
THE STATE GIVES US NO MONEY FOR THAT.
AND THEN FOR THE SPED SERVICES, BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THEY GAVE, WE HAVE 2 MILLION SHORT.
I WOULD NOT SUGGEST LOWERING TAXES OR DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THIS.
SO I DON'T SEE A REDUCTION AT ALL.
I THINK IT'S MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO MAKE CHOICES IN SERVICING OUR KIDS BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I'LL USE A TERM THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO LIKE. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE AEA'S MONOPOLY, THEY'RE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN.
AND, DIRECTOR GREENWELL, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER, RIGHT? AND. WELL, I MEAN, YES.
YES, I DID, BECAUSE WE HAD THE NUMBERS THAT WE NEVER HAD AN ESTIMATE OF.
WHAT'S THE NET PICTURE HERE? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU WERE USING THE NUMBERS THAT WERE GIVEN TO YOU.
CORRECT? I WAS USING THE NUMBERS RIGHT OUT OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST SAW.
OKAY. DIRECTOR EHMCKE, THANK YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS OR ONE OF THE POINTS YOU MADE IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BRING IN THE CHILD TO FIND, AND THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WE GET FROM AEA AND DO I.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AS AN EXTRA EXPENSE ALL OF THE ASSESSMENT, THE ALL OF THE EXPERT WORK THAT GOES INTO DECIDING NOT ONLY IF A STUDENT IS A SPECIAL NEEDS CANDIDATE, BUT ALSO WHAT KIND OF PARTICULAR SERVICES.
DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION.
SPECIAL EDUCATION IS COMPLICATED.
THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING FACTORS TO WHAT HAPPENS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE BILLS ARE WORDED RIGHT NOW.
[01:45:02]
AND PERHAPS THEY'VE CHANGED.WHERE THAT GETS COMPLICATED FOR A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT? IS THAT THE VERY SAME STAFF WE WOULD HIRE AS STRATEGISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS OR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING CHILD FIND.
SO IF AEA HAS TO HAVE THOSE STAFF IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR CHILD FIND REQUIREMENTS, WHAT STAFF DO WE HAVE THEN TO PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OUR TEACHERS AND ACHIEVE SUPPORT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE COST OF WHAT THOSE SERVICES ARE.
THE COST OF THE OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS IS ANOTHER ONE.
WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE CHILD TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
AEA ALSO HAS SOME STAFF DESIGNATED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
SOME OF THOSE STAFF WE SHARE, THEY GO BACK AND FORTH.
SO IT JUST BECOMES VERY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU TRY TO WORK ALL OF THESE THINGS OUT.
I THINK ONE OF THE COMMENTS MADE EARLIER WAS THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION, A LOT OF CONJECTURE.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT NOW.
AND KEEP IN MIND THAT FTE IS ONLY TO SUPPORT.
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOUR PLUS STUDENTS IN SIOUX CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE DID NOT CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT.
WHEN WE PUT THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
IT WAS IN THOSE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, AND I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL AT ALL, BUT THAT'S AN OPEN AREA.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS THE WAY IT WORKS IS YOU TELL ME ONCE THE PEOPLE IN INVOLVED, THE EXPERTS AT AEA INVOLVED IN THE CHILD FIND ARE THE ONES WHO THEN ALSO WRITE THE INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN, THE IEP FOR THAT STUDENT.
THEY SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS IN WRITING THOSE PLANS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A NEWLY IDENTIFIED STUDENT, BECAUSE THEY HOLD ALL OF THE EVALUATION INFORMATION THAT OUR TEACHERS NEED IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY WHAT SERVICES WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE.
SO THEY ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING WRITE THOSE INITIAL PLANS.
AND THEY'RE ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING THE ACHIEVE SYSTEM WAS MENTIONED.
WELL TODAY IN THAT SYSTEM TODAY DOES THE AEA HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IEP.
TOGETHER WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IEP.
IT'S A TEAM THAT HAS TO DO THAT WORK.
WE ARE PARTNERS IN MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND INVOLVING A TEAM.
IT SOUNDED TO ME, THOUGH, THAT THE EXPERTISE COMES FROM AEA, AND SO THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE, I'LL SAY, ACCURACY OR FUNCTIONAL USEFULNESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN HAS REALLY, UP TILL NOW RESTED PRIMARILY WITH THE EXPERTISE OF THE AEA.
[INAUDIBLE] EVALUATION COMPONENT OF THE IEP.
ACTUALLY THEY DO THE ASSESSMENT AND THEY HELP BUILD THE PLAN.
THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE REEVALUATION AND THE INITIAL EVALUATION.
A STUDENT ON AN IEP GETS REEVALUATED EVERY THREE YEARS.
SO BUT A PARENT OR A TEAM CAN REQUEST A REEVALUATION AT ANY TIME.
BUT BY CALENDAR, IT'S IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS.
IT IS AN INITIAL EVALUATION IS A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS.
SO IT IS COMPLICATED AND IT INVOLVES SOME STUDENTS NEED OT, PT MATH, READING, SPEECH AND BEHAVIOR.
RIGHT. SOME KIDS MIGHT JUST NEED SPEECH.
I NEED TO GET DOCTOR EARLEYWINE IN HERE.
YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I READ THE LEGISLATION AND I COMPARE THE INFORMATION I GOT FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] LAST WEEK, AND YOU COMPARE THE SENATE FILE AND THE HOUSE FILE IT LOOKS LIKE SPECIAL ED.
NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR NEXT YEAR.
[01:50:02]
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST BIG DISCUSSION CONCERNING THIS.
RIGHT. SO WHAT WE WILL DO IF THE BOARD DIRECTS ME TO DO THIS, WHICH I THINK YOU WILL BE ONE OF THE PRIORITIES AND GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR IS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP A PLAN.
RIGHT. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE I TALKED HYPOTHETICAL AND BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE, WE'LL LEARN MORE.
WE'LL HAVE A CLEARER VISION ON WHAT THE PLAN MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN LIKE ANYTHING YOU HAVE A WRITTEN PLAN.
RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE TO OPERATIONALIZE IT.
THAT'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY MESSY AND MUDDY.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I DON'T THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM OR THE ONLY SUPERINTENDENT ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA THAT DOESN'T REALLY REALIZE ALL THE THINGS THAT AEA'S PROVIDE.
A LOT OF IT IS KIND OF OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.
AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS A LONG TIME.
AND AND IF YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE THREE BASIC ONES, OKAY.
THE SPECIAL ED I KNOW THE MEDIA AND I KNOW ED SERVICES, BUT WHAT'S ALL INVOLVED IN THAT? AND I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL VERY RECENTLY THAT YOU COULD COMMINGLE THOSE FUNDS.
I THINK THIS WAS GREAT DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, TO DIRECTORS GREENWELL YOU KNOW, HE'S YOU KNOW, HE'S THE MONEY GUY.
AND HE LOOKS AT IT AND HE SAYS, JEEZ, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, AND MAYBE WE CAN DO BETTER.
WELL, MAYBE WE CAN, BUT WE DON'T.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT YET.
BUT WE'LL LEARN TOGETHER WE'LL EVENTUALLY KNOW.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU AS A BOARD.
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD.
I'LL JUST END MY COMMENTS WITH THAT SENSE.
I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY WRAP UP BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION.
BUT WHAT I DO WANT MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO KNOW IS ANOTHER CONCERN.
I DON'T HEAR TALKED ABOUT VERY MUCH, AND THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH IF WE ARE MISSING THE AEA RIGHT NOW, TODAY, WHEN IT COMES TO IDENTIFYING THE CHILD, FIND IDENTIFYING AND THE EVALUATION OF WHAT IS NEEDED.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT LEGALLY WE'RE EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE BUT THE EXPERTISE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR I THINK MAY BE WEIGHS HEAVIER ON THE AEA, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS SHARED TODAY.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO A 22 YEAR OLD COLLEGE GRADUATE WHO'S EXCITED ABOUT BEING A TEACHER IN OUR CLASSROOMS, AND WE'RE WANTING THEM TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND COME HERE AND WORK, I THINK IT HURTS US IF WE TURN AROUND AND SAY OH, BY THE WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE MORE THAN RESPONSIBLE.
YOU MAY BE SOMEONE MAY COME AFTER YOU.
IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH A SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATION OR COMPONENT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
BUT I VERY MUCH TODAY LIKE THE IDEA THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT TO DO AND WHAT WORKS BEST IN SPECIAL EDUCATION RESTS PRETTY HEAVILY ON THE EXPERTISE OF AEA.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE MONEY OR WHO DOES WHAT.
AND OF COURSE, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MONEY AS WELL.
AND SO I'VE MR. GREENWELL AND I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THAT, AND I SHARE MUCH OF WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO, I THINK WE SERVE OURSELVES BETTER IF WE'RE TELLING OUR FACULTY, YOU'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF TEACHING, YOU'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF HANDLING SPECIAL NEEDS, THAT WE HAVE A PARTNER WHO IS HERE TO HELP WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS POINT, AND THAT WE'RE BETTER OFF WITH THAT RATHER THAN TELLING OUR TEACHERS, PARTICULARLY TEACHERS, IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, SUDDENLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES THAT AREN'T APPARENT WHEN 25 KIDS WALK IN THE CLASSROOM.
[01:55:01]
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT WAS ONE HECK OF A DISCUSSION WE HAD.I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING PUTTING TOGETHER WHICH MAKES ME WANT TO DO THIS EVEN MORE.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT OR NOT.
I STILL WOULD LOVE TO PUSH FORWARD WITH A RESOLUTION, BUT I KNOW I CAN'T DO THAT TONIGHT.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SET UP A SPECIAL MEETING SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT THIS AMENDED RESOLUTION WITH THE APPROPRIATE HOUSE FILE NUMBER AND SENATE FILE NUMBER.
IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO REQUEST THAT OR CAN I PLEASE.
WELL, I THINK I MY UNDERSTANDING AND MR. MOORE CAN MAY SPEAK TO THIS BETTER THAN, THAN MYSELF BUT I'LL GIVE IT A FIRST SHOT IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING THAT IS UP TO BOARD LEADERSHIP TO ESTABLISH MEETINGS, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE TALKING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT NEEDS TO GO TO BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE AN AMENDED ONE THAT MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED THAN THE THE PREVIOUS ONE, ACCORDING TO WHAT THE BOARD SAID THAT NIGHT, WE DO HAVE AN AMENDED I HAVE AN AMENDED RESOLUTION.
SO THEN RIGHT NOW MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT YOU GET THAT AMENDED ONE OUT.
WE CAN'T HAVE AN ELECTRONIC BOARD MEETING.
RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE.
RIGHT. SO I'LL GET THE AMENDED ONE OUT.
MR. MOORE, YOU WERE GOING TO COMMENT.
GO AHEAD, MR. MOORE. 24 HOUR NOTICE, 24 HOUR NOTICE.
OKAY, I WILL GET WITH MY PARTNER HERE AND WE'LL VISIT AND WE'LL SET UP A TIME.
IT BE THE LEADER? NOT ONLY BOARD LEADER, BUT YOU GUYS TOO, RIGHT? YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
AND SEANIECE WILL SEND OUT THE AMENDED ONE.
WHEN WE'RE DONE. AND THEN IF YOU WOULD GET THAT, THEN DON'T ANSWER TO ALL THE BOARD.
YOU ANSWER TO SEANIECE SHE WILL PUT IT TOGETHER AND THEN I WILL WHATEVER AMENDMENTS.
RIGHT. SO, DIRECTORS, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR EMAILS COMING UP.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK DAN GREENWELL FOR PUTTING THAT OTHER DOCUMENT TOGETHER.
IT REALLY IT'S KIND OF A CHEAT SHEET FOR ME TO LOOK AT AND STUFF.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO FIRST READING OF BOARD POLICIES.
YES. THE FIRST 201.1 PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT.
JUST A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES TO THAT ONE.
PARTICULAR SUPERINTENDENT, I THINK I FORGOT TO ASK FOR CITIZENS INPUT ON THERE WAS NONE FOR THE RESTRUCTURE. OKAY, BACK UP NOW.
OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS 400.
YOU SEE THE RED LINES AND THAT ONE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS AND ASSIGNMENTS?AGAIN THIS IS ALL FIRST READING.
AND VERY LITTLE THERE AS IN NOTE.
YEAH ONE MINOR CHANGE THEN VENDING MACHINES 710.3.
SO BOARD MEMBER, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE POLICIES FOR FIRST READING.
WE HAVE A FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND, BOARD MEMBERS.
IS THERE ANY CITIZEN REPORT? NOPE. BOARD MEMBERS.
THE POLICY FOR FIRST READING IS APPROVED.
IT'S THAT TIME OF NIGHT THAT WE COME TO THE END OF OUR JOURNEY.
IT'S TIME FOR THE ADJOURNMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED. SECOND.
THAT WAS QUICK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.