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>> GOOD EVENING. IT'S APRIL 8, 2024 AT 6:01.
[I. Call to Order]
I NOW CALL THE REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER.PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> SHANICE, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
[IV. Approval of Agenda]
>> WE HAVE A FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA SAY AYE.
WE'RE AT THAT TIME, ITEM FIVE FOR CITIZENS INPUT.
[V. 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.JUST A REMINDER, NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME ON THOSE DISCUSSION ITEMS. BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, NO BOARD DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE.
CITIZEN INPUT ON ACTION DISCUSSION WON'T BE ACCEPTED AT THE TIME OF DISCUSSION OF EACH AGENDA ITEM.
SHANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT?
>> JUST A REMINDER, WHEN YOU COME UP, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND THANK YOU.
>> AMY NILLIS, 2020 31ST STREET COURT.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING REPRESENTING THE GROUP OF EAST HIGH AND EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO SHARE IN THE CONCERN OF THE REDUCTION OF VOCAL MUSIC STAFF FTE'S AT OUR SCHOOLS.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE TWO FTE'S DESIGNATED TO VOCAL MUSIC AT EAST HIGH AND TWO FTE'S AT EAST MIDDLE.
WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THE STAFF IS PLANNED TO BE REDUCED TO 1.5 AT EACH SCHOOL FOR THIS FALL.
SINCE WE LEARNED OF THIS CHANGE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS AND GATHER INFORMATION IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.
WE APPRECIATE THE TIME PROVIDED TO THIS ISSUE AND WE SEE THE CHALLENGES THE DISTRICT FACES REGARDING BUDGETS, STAFFING, AND SCHEDULING OF THE FUTURE.
LAST FRIDAY, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO MEET IN PERSON WITH MR. TODD AND DIRECTOR M KEY.
WE APPRECIATE THE TIME SPENT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
OUR INTENTION FOR THIS MEETING WAS TO TRY TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS DECISION WAS MADE AND HOW THE GAP WILL BE FILLED FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE WERE TOLD THIS CUT WAS MADE DUE TO THE ENDING OF SR FUNDS.
AND THAT IF THIS STAFFING ISSUE WAS TO BE SCRUTINIZED NOW, THE ENTIRE RESTRUCTURING PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE OPENED AND REVISITED.
WITH THE BUDGET NEEDING APPROVAL TONIGHT SO IT CAN BE SENT TO THE STATE, THERE'S NO TIME FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 RESTRUCTURE PLAN, WHICH WAS PRESENTED ON NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023, THERE IS NO LISTED CUTS FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE WERE SIX ADDITIONAL FINE ARTS FTE POSITIONS ADDED.
WELL, THERE'S TRUTH IN THE POSITIONS BEING ADDED.
THERE'S ALSO A MISUNDERSTANDING BY SOME THAT THESE POSITIONS WERE FUNDED BY ESSER FUNDS.
IN THE MARCH 14, 2022 HR REPORT, WHICH WE'VE JUST HANDED TO EVERYONE, THESE SIX POSITIONS ARE LISTED WITH THE GENERAL FUND AS THE FUNDING SOURCE.
DIRECTOR M KEY STATED IN OUR MEETING, HE INITIALLY PROPOSED TO JUST LEAVE THE EAST MIDDLE AND EAST HIGH STAFFING AS IS.
WITH THE RESTRUCTURE PLAN BEING ALREADY APPROVED AND THE BUDGET NEEDING TO BE SUBMITTED, THE RESOLUTION WAS WE NEED TO MAKE THIS TEMPORARY CUT AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND THE WORK TO HOPEFULLY GET US BACK TO
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THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF STAFFING FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.WE LEFT OUR MEETING ON FRIDAY FEELING NOT DEFEATED, BUT WE UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S HOW WE FELT, THAT WE UNDERSTAND.
HOWEVER, IN OUR CONTINUED RESEARCH SINCE THAT MEETING, IT HAS CREATED MORE QUESTIONS.
REDUCING THE CURRENT 2.0 VOCAL MUSIC FTE'S AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL AND EAST MIDDLE IS NOT THE FIX.
PUTTING THIS ISSUE ON THE BACKS OF OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON OUR TEACHERS, IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THIS PROGRAM.
WE ARE ASKING TO LEAVE THE STAFFING AT 2.0 FOR EAST HIGH AND 2.0 FOR EAST MIDDLE.
OUR KIDS INVOLVED IN THE LONGSTANDING TRADITION OF EAST HIGH VOCAL MUSIC DESERVE BETTER FOR THEIR MUSIC EDUCATION. THANK YOU.
>> REMEMBER CHRISTIE, NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES.
>> CHRISTIE FINNEGAN, 2629 NICHOLAS BOULEVARD IN SIOUX CITY.
I'VE COME BEFORE THIS BOARD BEFORE AS A FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER.
TODAY I'M A MOM, I'M A CONCERNED MOM.
I AM HERE ALSO REPRESENTING A GROUP OF THE EAST HIGH AND EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF THE VOCAL MUSIC FTE'S IN OUR SCHOOLS TO BE AT THE SAME 1.5 FTE'S ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS A CONCERNING STAFFING STRATEGY IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
PLEASE REFERENCE THE HANDOUT, MY DAUGHTER EARNING HER KEEP TODAY.
PLEASE REFERENCE THIS HANDOUT WHERE WE HAVE COMPILED THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S OVERALL STUDENT ENROLLMENT ALONG WITH THE CHOIR ENROLLMENT AND THE CURRENT VOCAL MUSIC STAFFING COMPARING OUR SIOUX CITY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS WITH OTHER 4A SCHOOLS ACROSS IOWA, AS WELL AS ANOTHER SIOUX CITY HIGH SCHOOL'S NUMBERS.
NOTE THIS VERSION THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S UPDATED FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE EMAILED AND SHARED WITH YOU.
IN THIS HANDOUT, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT SIOUX CITY EAST HIGH SCHOOL HAS THE THIRD LARGEST VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM IN THE STATE, WITH 269 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CHOIR.
IN COMPARISON, DAVENPORT CENTRAL, THEY HAVE SLIGHTLY LESS ENROLLMENT THAN EAST DOES, WITH 1,400 TOTAL STUDENTS AND 220 ENROLLED IN CHOIR.
CEDAR RAPIDS, WASHINGTON, THEY HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 1,300 TOTAL STUDENTS WITH 160 ENROLLED IN CHOIR.
THEY HAVE 2.0 VOCAL MUSIC FTE'S.
TO REITERATE, EAST HIGH SCHOOL HAS THE THIRD LARGEST CHOIR PROGRAM IN OUR STATE YET REDUCING TO ONLY 1.5 FTE'S IN THE PROGRAM AS BEING PROPOSED WILL MAKE IT THE SMALLEST 4A STAFFING IN THE STATE ALONG WITH OUR SIOUX CITY NORTH HIGH AND SIOUX CITY WEST HIGH PROGRAMS. I WILL ALSO POINT OUT ON THIS HANDOUT THAT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS 537 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CHOIR. 537, WOW.
STAFFING EQUALLY ACROSS OUR DISTRICT'S MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH A 1.5 FTE DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
WHEN EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS 56% MORE ENROLLMENT THAN THE OTHER TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAMS. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL TO HAVE STAFF SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDINGS, OR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO RETAIN STUDENTS AS THEY MOVE BUILDINGS.
YES, THAT CAN BE A GOOD STRATEGY TO BUILD PROGRAMS. EAST MIDDLE AND EAST HIGH DO NOT NEED TO BUILD THEIR PROGRAMS. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE STAFFING, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BUILT THE PROGRAM, AND WE NEED TWO DEDICATED VOCAL MUSIC STAFF AT EACH BUILDING TO SUSTAIN THE STRONG PROGRAMS. THE EAST VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM IS ALSO UNIQUE FROM OTHERS IN OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE IT OFFERS FIVE COMPETITIVE SHOW CHOIRS.
THREE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TWO IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THESE ARE EXTRACURRICULAR AND THE DIRECTORS WOULD BE PAID A STIPEND FOR THEM.
HOWEVER, WHILE THEY'RE EXTRACURRICULAR, THESE SHOW CHOIRS ARE PART OF A 30 PLUS YEAR TRADITION THAT IS WELL KNOWN, WELL RESPECTED.
WE HAVE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CHOOSING TO COME TO EAST HIGH BECAUSE OF THAT PROGRAM.
IN CLOSING, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER LEAVING THE STAFFING AT 2.0 VOCAL MUSIC FTE'S FOR EAST HIGH AND 2.0 VOCAL
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MUSIC FTE'S FOR EAST MIDDLE BECAUSE OF THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.YEARS OF BUILDING THE VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM IN THESE TWO SCHOOLS ARE APPARENT BY LOOKING AT THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED JUSTIFIES A MINIMUM OF 2.0 FTE'S IN BOTH BUILDINGS TO MANAGE THE CURRENT PROGRAM AS IT IS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. CLARIFYING QUESTION?
>> WE DO HAVE ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION.
>> MISS FINNEGAN, DO YOU THINK THE BURDEN OF THE SHOW CHOIRS IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM IN YOUR MIND? I SHOULD SAY THE BENEFIT OF ALL THESE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL SHOW CHOIRS IS A BURDEN ON YOUR TEACHERS.
IT'S EXTRACURRICULAR, AS YOU SAID.
IS THAT A BURDEN, AND THEY NEED IN-SCHOOL TIME TO PREPARE FOR THOSE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES? ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT?
>> I BELIEVE SHOW CHOIR IS AN EXTRACURRICULAR THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
THEY TAKE THAT ON AND THEY ARE PAID.
I THINK OUR STUDENTS KNOW THAT'S NOT PART OF THE DAYTIME.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER WHO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CLASSROOM PREP VERSUS OUTSIDE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S A BURDEN TO OUR CHOIR DIRECTORS.
THAT'S PART OF WHEN YOU COME TO EAST HIGH, YOU KNOW THAT'S PART OF IT.
YOU COULD SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT THERE'S A 30-YEAR TRADITION OF OFFERING.
WE'VE EXPANDED EVEN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND FOR IT.
THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GO UP BY OFFERING THE SHOW CHOIRS.
>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES DIRECTOR MILLER.
>> KRISTIE, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE HANDOUT. ONE QUESTION.
UNDER URBANDALE, 280 STUDENTS ENROLLED, 2.8 FTES.
ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 100 STUDENTS PER TEACHER.
>> I USE MY CALCULATOR [INAUDIBLE].
NO, ACTUALLY, THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> THERE IS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL RECEIVED EMAILS WITH THESE NUMBERS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT, FTE TO STUDENT RATIO OUT THERE.
>> WELL, MAYBE THIS IS A CLARIFYING QUESTION TO YOU MR. GEORGE, BUT MISS FINNEGAN, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BLOCKS ARE SCHEDULED EACH DAY?
>> EIGHT. WELL, THERE'S EIGHT BLOCKS TOTAL BETWEEN AN INSTRUCTOR, BETWEEN A STAFF.
>> EIGHT BLOCKS PER DAY? I THOUGHT THERE WERE FOUR BLOCKS PER DAY.
>> THERE'S EIGHT TOTAL, A AND B.
>> EIGHT BLOCKS TOTAL IN THEIR STRUCTURE.
>> WITH BLOCK SCHEDULING. BUT WE TYPICALLY STAFF THREE BLOCKS PER DAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH MOST CORE TEACHERS.
I GUESS, THIS IS MR. VINDALU. IS THAT CORRECT?
A TRADITIONAL TEACHER WOULD TEACH SIX OUT OF THE EIGHT BLOCKS OR THREE OUR OF FOUR IS AWESOME.
>> NIKKI, YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE. FIVE MINUTES.
>> I'M NIKKI ARTHUR, 6570 PALM VALLEY DRIVE, SIOUX CITY.
I TOO AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE GROUP OF CONCERNED PARENTS AT EAST HIGH AND EAST MIDDLE, ASKING TO LEAVE THE STAFFING AT THE SCHOOLS FOR 2.0 FTES FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SHARE MY FAMILY'S PERSONAL STORY ABOUT WHY WE CHOSE EAST WHEN WE MOVED TO SIX CITY IN 2017.
OUR DAUGHTERS AT THE TIME WERE GOING INTO THE SEVENTH GRADE AND THE FOURTH GRADE.
WE SEARCHED FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE SOFT LANDING FOR THEM.
WE LOOKED FOR A PLACE WHERE OUR KIDS COULD LEARN TO GROW ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO MUSICALLY.
WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED THEIR NEW SCHOOL HOME TO GIVE THEM THE ACADEMIC AND MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY ALREADY LOVED AND HAD BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO IN MINNEAPOLIS.
WE SPOKE TO MANY PEOPLE PRIOR TO OUR DECISION.
WE HAD OPTIONS ABOUT WHERE TO SEND OUR KIDS.
WITHOUT HESITATION, 100% OF THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO, PEOPLE WE DIDN'T KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WE WERE GETTING TO KNOW SAID, "SEND YOUR GIRLS TO EAST." WE CHOSE EAST FOR ITS TRADITION OF VOCAL MUSIC EXCELLENCE, AND WE'VE NEVER REGRETTED THAT DECISION.
EAST, AND SPECIFICALLY THE VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM, HAS GIVEN OUR DAUGHTERS AND COUNTLESS OTHER STUDENTS A PLACE TO LEARN,
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TO GROW AS SINGERS AND PEOPLE, AS WELL AS A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL THEY BELONG.AS A MOM AND A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER, I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THAT SENSE OF BELONGING IS TO THESE KIDS.
CURRENTLY, THE TWO EAST HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR DIRECTORS TEACH SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT BLOCKS OVER THE A AND B DAYS.
THE LAST BLOCK IS ROTATING STUDY HALL AND A PREP PERIOD.
THE SAME AS CORE ACADEMIC TEACHERS.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS WHAT OUR CHOIR DIRECTORS ADDITIONALLY DO OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY TO HELP PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR EXTRA VOCAL ACTIVITIES.
BEYOND THE SCHEDULED CLASS TIME FOR CHOIR DURING THEIR DAY, STUDENTS PERFORM AT FOUR CONCERTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THESE ARE HELD AT EPPLEY AUDITORIUM ON THE MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGE AUDIENCE THAT COMES TO WATCH OUR STUDENTS PERFORM.
OUR CHAMBER CHOIR PERFORMS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT EVERY HOME FOOTBALL GAME, AND VARSITY WOMEN'S PERFORMS THE ANTHEM AT HOME VOLLEYBALL GAMES.
OUR MAGICAL DINNER PERFORMS TWO SHOWS IN DECEMBER.
THERE IS A MUSICAL OFFERED EVERY OTHER YEAR, ROTATING WITH THE SPRING PLAY.
SECTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL LESSONS FOR ALL-STATE, OPUS, AND ALL THE HONOR CHOIRS ALL HAPPEN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS.
THESE CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES HELP OUR STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL AT A LARGER, SOMETIMES STATEWIDE SETTING.
IT ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET BECAUSE OF HER EXPERIENCES AT EAST, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEIR TERTIARY EDUCATION.
ALL THESE THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY REQUIRE COUNTLESS HOURS FROM OUR STAFF.
WE IMPLORE YOU, WE'RE BEGGING YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT KEEPING THE STAFF IN VOCAL MUSIC AT EAST HIGH AND EAST MIDDLE AT TWO FTES.
>> MR. EHMCKE, YOU WERE RECOGNIZED.
>> I DIDN'T CATCH YOU BEFORE YOU GOT.
>> JUST PAUSE A LITTLE BIT, SO IF THEY HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
>> IN YOUR OPINION, AN OBSERVATION, IS THERE ADEQUATE TIME WITH THE MUSIC INSTRUCTORS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LESSONS AND THE LIKE, PARTICULARLY AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL-STATE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? COULD YOU COMMENT ABOUT THAT?
>> I CAN SPEAK PERSONALLY TO THAT, BECAUSE BOTH MY DAUGHTERS WERE TRIED OUT FOR ALL-STATE.
THAT'S AFTER SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO.
IN FACT, LAST YEAR, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER REALLY STRUGGLED TO GET TIME AND BARELY GOT THE TIME THAT SHE NEEDED TO PREPARE.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME DURING THOSE [INAUDIBLE].
>> ARE THEY ABLE TO HAVE TIME DURING THE SCHOOL DAY FOR THE LESSONS FROM THE MUSIC TEACHERS?
>> NO. NOT IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND ALL THE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HEARD.
>> THAT'S WITH TWO FTES ON THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TWO AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> THIS IS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR DOCTOR EARLEYWINE OR JIM.
BUT JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR THAT OUR BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE TO SUPERVISE AND GOVERN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS MANDATED BY THE STATE, AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
WHO MADE THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULE AND MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS AS THEY HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO THESE PARENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT?
>> I COULD SPEAK TO PART OF THAT AND LET MR. VINDALU SPEAK TO IT AS WELL.
AS FAR WE DID SOME ADJUSTMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FTES TO COVER OUR ELEMENTARIES.
WE DID TAKE A HALF TIME FTE, I BELIEVE, FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT EAST, AND THEY HAD TO SUPPORT ELEMENTARY BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT OF TEACHERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING AROUND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, INVOLUNTARY TRANSFERS FOR TEACHERS.
AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULING, WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO OFFER, AND WE OFFER QUITE A BIT, AND THEN WE TRY TO MATCH STAFFING ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE.
I GUESS I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. VINDALU TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
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>> WE JUST STICK TO OUR REGISTRATION NUMBERS [INAUDIBLE] FEBRUARY, AND WE NUMBER SECTIONS THAT WE OFFER AND WE STILL TAKE REQUESTS, AND WE GO INTO [INAUDIBLE], JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ALL OF OUR [INAUDIBLE] ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
>> WELL, I GUESS, I HAVE THE DISADVANTAGE OR ADVANTAGE OF TALKING WITH MR. VINDALU TODAY ON THE BLOCKS IN THE SCHEDULE.
ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE ASSISTANT VOCAL DIRECTOR TEACHES TWO OUT OF FOUR PERIODS NEXT YEAR IS THE PLAN? TWO OUT OF FOUR?
ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE DIRECTOR'S SCHEDULE ON A DAY TEACHES TWO OUT OF THE FOUR AND ON B DAY TEACHES THREE OUT OF THE FOUR?
>> THAT GOES BEYOND THE SCOPE, I BELIEVE.
>> IT GOES BEYOND THE SCOPE OF ASKING CLARIFYING QUESTION.
>> WELL, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT LESSONS DURING THE DAY AND THIS RELATES TO THE OPEN PERIODS.
IF YOU SAY IT'S NOT, THEN I'LL STOP.
BUT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN THE SCHEDULE AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> OWEN, YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE?
>> OWEN JACOBSON, 2701, MINEO COURT.
I'M A JUNIOR AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN CHAMBER SHOW CHOIR AND BOTH THE MUSICALS THAT I'VE HAD IN CHAMBER, WE GET TO EXPERIENCE AND LEARN ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT MUSIC TYPES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
WE ALSO GET TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOLS MAGICAL, WHICH IN MY OPINION, IS A GREAT WAY THAT WE BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
THE TWO MUSICALS THAT I'VE BEEN IN AT EAST HAVE BEEN SOME OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES.
DURING SHOW CHOIR MUSICALS, WE LEARNED TO BALANCE OUR FUN AND OUR GROWING.
I'M REPRESENTING SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO ARE ALSO HERE FROM EAST HIGH, VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE A STUDENT IN A CURRICULUM CHOIR.
THANK YOU. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU AUDITIONED FOR ALL-STATE. THANK YOU.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WERE SELECTED FOR ALL-STATE.
THANK YOU. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN SHOW CHOIR. THANK YOU.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE ALSO IN BAND OR ORCHESTRA. THANK YOU.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU OPENLY ENROLLED TO INTEND EAST OR YOUR FAMILY PURPOSELY CHOSE TO LIVE IN THE EAST AREA BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC PROGRAM. THANK YOU.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU TAKE AN AP CLASS OR WILL BE TAKING AN AP CLASS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE BEING INVOLVED IN CHOIR WHEN YOU GO TO COLLEGE OR WILL BE PURSUING SOME TYPE OF MUSIC CAREER. THANK YOU.
OUR GROUP HERE THIS EVENING IS APPROXIMATELY 50 OF THE TOTAL OF 268 STUDENTS IN THE VOCAL MUSIC AT EAST HIGH.
CUTTING OUR CHOIR DIRECTORS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO SHOWCASE OUR HARD WORK IN THE CLASSROOM AND TO IMPROVE OUR SKILLS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND COME TO SCHOOL.
I LOVE BEING A PART OF THE LONGSTANDING TRADITION OF VOCAL MUSIC AT EAST.
PLEASE KEEP TWO FULL TIME CHOIR TEACHERS AT BOTH EAST HIGH AND EAST MIDDLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR JACOB? THANK YOU.
>> RYAN, WELCOME TO THE PODIUM.
YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
>> RYAN PEARSON, 2725 SOUTH ROY STREET.
I HAVE A DAUGHTER IN SHOW CHOIR HERE, AND I'M BLESSED TO KNOW THESE DIRECTORS VERY WELL.
BUT I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT AS MUCH AS I AM A PARENT AS I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CHORAL ACTIVITIES AT MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY.
I WORK WITH FUTURE MUSIC EDUCATORS EVERY DAY IN BUILDING THEM INTO THIS PROFESSION.
RIGHT NOW, MUSIC AREA IS SUCH A HIGH NEED AREA, AND MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT IN THIS DISTRICT.
WE HAVE LOCATIONS OUT THERE WHERE WE JUST CAN'T FILL POSITIONS.
WE GET SO MANY REQUESTS EVERY YEAR TO OUR MORNINGSIDE TO SAY BEGGING US, CAN YOU PLEASE FILL THESE POSITIONS? WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN MUSIC EDUCATION, AND EDUCATIONS IN GENERAL, AS WE KNOW, IS THERE'S A HIGH BURNOUT RATE. WE KNOW THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH POSITIONS TO GO AROUND, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE IN TERMS OF FTE AND THE BUDGET.
BUT THE ONE THING I WILL SAY AS SOMEBODY WHO, BY THE WAY, I TAUGHT 10 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR BEFORE I WENT INTO COLLEGE TEACHING, IS THAT THE DIRECTORS THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT IN THE FIELD RIGHT NOW.
THE ONES WHO ARE GOING IN AND TEACHING SHOW CHOIR ARE DOING DOUBLE THE WORK OF THE ONES THAT ARE NOT.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
THOSE THAT ARE GOING IN AND TEACHING SHOW CHOIR ARE DOING DOUBLE THE WORK OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT AND THAT'S JUST THE KNOWN THING.
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I'VE DIRECTED AT IOWA CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL FOR SEVEN YEARS.SHOW CHOIR IS JUST LIKE THE DIRECTORS HERE AT EAST HIGH.
LET ME SAY THAT THE BURNOUT RATE THAT TEACHERS ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS DUE, IN LARGE PART TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SERVE SO MANY STUDENTS, BUT BUT THEN THEY'RE BEING CUT BACK.
I THINK NOT ONLY DO THESE STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER, BUT SO DO THESE DIRECTORS.
THIS YOU WILL EXPERIENCE AND THIS HAS BEEN A THING, IS THAT THESE DIRECTORS WILL NOT BE AROUND VERY LONG.
I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY TRUTHFUL WITH YOU AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN SO MANY POST COVID WHO HAVE LEFT THE PROFESSION ALTOGETHER, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY UP AGAINST WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FUTURE, AND I'M NOT TALKING 10 YEARS FROM NOW, MAYBE 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WHO KNOWS? IT VERY WELL COULD BE.
BUT YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE QUALITY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SERVE THESE STUDENTS THE WAY THAT THEY ARE BEING SERVED RIGHT NOW.
I THINK YOU'RE VERY FORTUNATE RIGHT NOW TO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DOING THAT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
NOW I WOULD GO TO BAT FOR ANYBODY AT NORTH HIGH, WEST HIGH AS WELL, BECAUSE AS A COLLEGE CHOIR DIRECTOR, I GO OUT AND I SEE THESE PROGRAMS ALL THE TIME.
I GO INTO THESE CLASSROOMS, I SEE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
IN REGARD TO TALKING ABOUT TWO BLOCKS BEING FILLED INSTEAD OF FOUR.
WHAT I WILL SAY TO THAT IS THAT, I MIGHT GO AGAINST WHAT SOMEBODY WAS SAYING, BUT SHOW CHOIR AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO FILLS UP THOSE BLOCKS.
IT FILLS THOSE BLOCKS, AND THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT.
BELIEVE ME, THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID HARDLY CENTS PER HOUR FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN FOR SHOW CHOIR AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT THE PREPS THAT THESE TEACHERS ARE PUTTING IN ARE GOING TO VERY GOOD USE TO STUDENTS AND THE GROWTH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE ONE REAL QUICK. DOCTOR MICHAELSON, EARLIER ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID THAT THAT SHOW CHOIR WASN'T THE REASON FOR THE BURNOUT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOUR BELIEF, IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF THAT?
I COULD SAY THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO DIRECTED SHOW CHOIR FOR 10 YEARS, SEVEN YEARS IN A DISTRICT JUST LIKE.
THESE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE THROWING YOU ARE TRUE.
I KNOW THESE DIRECTORS AT ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS AT URBANDALE IN DAVENPORT CENTRAL, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE PROFESSION BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING CUT BACK IN COMPARISON TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
I WILL SAY THAT THE TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE THAT THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL HAS IN SHOW CHOIR IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY QUITE STUNNING.
I ALSO JUDGE A LOT OF COMPETITIONS.
I WORK WITH DIRECTORS FROM ALL OVER.
FOR SIOUX CITY, YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THIS DOWN THE ROAD.
AS YOU SAY, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT, THERE ARE PEOPLE TRANSFERRING.
IN FACT, I CAN EVEN THINK OF JUST A COUPLE OFF TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW WHO MAY BE TRANSFERRING IN JUST BECAUSE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
YOU GOT TO HAVE THE STAFF IN PLACE TO DO IT AND THAT DOES REQUIRE TWO FULL TIME DIRECTORS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> THAT'S IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO PACKED THE HOUSE.
MY LARGEST CROWD SO FAR, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. APPRECIATE IT.
>> I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
I THINK IT WAS MISS NILLIS THAT ARTICULATED THAT THIS WAS A PART OF A BUDGET RESTRUCTURING THAT WAS DONE IN NOVEMBER 27TH OF 2023.
DID THE BOARD APPROVE INDIVIDUAL JOB CUTS DURING THAT TIME, EITHER THOSE THREE OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME OR DOCTOR IRWIN?
>> WELL, ON THE 24TH YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> NO. THAT WOULD BE A TRUE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE BY, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO THAT SAID, THE DETAILS THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PRESENTATION OR THAT DOCUMENT. THAT'S TRUE.
>> CORRECT. THAT WAS FROM THE RESTRUCTURING PLAN DATED NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023, AS IT WAS PRESENTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD AT THAT MEETING.
>> THE 700,000 WAS THE RESTRUCTURING CUT, BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE DETAILS THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE CHOIR TEACHERS AS A PART OF THAT CUT.
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THAT'S THE PIECE THAT I'M TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON.>> I'M SORRY. THAT WOULD BE TRUE AND A LOT OF IT IS DEPENDS ON SCHEDULING, AND HOW MANY BLOCKS WE NEED TO FILL.
IT'S EVERY SUBJECT YOU CAN THINK OF, WHERE WE ADJUST AND MOVE BASED ON THE PERCEIVED NEED, AND THAT'S PERCEIVED DIFFERENTLY BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY.
>> I THINK THAT WAS JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE RESTRUCTURING BUT THERE WAS NOT A VOTE ON THE RESTRUCTURING.
IT WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF RESTRUCTURING WAS GOING TO BE.
>> I DID THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGMENT ON THE FINANCE PRESENTATION.
>> A CLARIFYING QUESTION ROGER ON THESE NUMBERS AND MAYBE MR. VANDER LOU CAN HELP AGAIN.
PRE-COVID, WHAT WAS OUR FTE HEADCOUNT AT EAST?
>> EARLIER MY MICROPHONE'S NOT WORKING.
PRE COVID IT WAS ONE AND A HALF, HIGH SCHOOL ONE AND A HALF AND MIDDLE SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] BUT ACROSS CAMP, ALL THREE SCHOOLS HAD THREE INSTRUMENTAL TEACHERS AND THREE INSTRUCTORS.
>> WE'RE GOING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE PRE COVID.
IT'S ACTUALLY ESTIMATED MORE THAN THAT.
I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY A NUMBER BEING THROWN AROUND HERE TONIGHT BUT WE THOUGHT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT ALLOCATED TO THESE LOCAL SITES.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR LEE.
DR. GOMEZ, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS FOR ME.
WHAT EFFORTS ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN THE MUSIC PROGRAM PER THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SAT DOWN AND THE NUMBER OF BURNOUT RATE THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD? I'M SORRY, I MISSED YOUR NAME.
>> RYAN. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITHIN OUR DISTRICT TO RECRUIT AND TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO TEACH IN MUSIC, AND PARTICULARLY, AS WELL AS OTHER EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT?
WE'RE WELCOMING ANYONE AT THIS FAIR.
SPEAKING WITH THEM, SHARING WHEN [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU. RYAN, DO YOU WANT A JOB? I'M JUST KIDDING. [LAUGHTER]
>> I'M NOT SURE WE'RE ALLOWED TO RECRUIT FROM THE BENCH AT THIS TIME.
>> I'M SORRY. I WAS OUT OF ORDER. [LAUGHTER]
ANY OTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS?
>> I ALSO WANTED JIM TO CLARIFY THE ACTUAL VALUE OF INSPECTIONS.
>> CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW AT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE 1.5 OF LOCAL INSTRUCTORS, AND IN EAST HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE TWO, WHICH EQUALS 3.5.
OUR RECOMMENDATION AS OF TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE 3.4 FOR THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
HOW THOSE GET DIVIDED UP WE'LL WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION WHOSE BUILDING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE PERIOD LESS THAN CURRENTLY THIS YEAR. IT'S NOT [INAUDIBLE] TEACHERS, IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT.
WE OPERATED THIS YEAR WITH 1.5 AND TWO, NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE 1.4 AND TWO.
THAT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED ON HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
WE'LL WORK WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND EAST HIGH ADMINISTRATORS TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE SECTION LESS THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT THOSE ARE REAL NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW THIS CONVERSATION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
AND NEW STUDENTS, WE APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE.
AND PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOICE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU MR. [INAUDIBLE] ANY OTHER,
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DIRECTOR, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.>> VERY MUCH. SHANICE, ANYMORE?
>> OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING, AND I LOVE YOUR PASSION.
DEFINITELY LOVE YOUR PASSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[VI. Consent Action Item(s)]
OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS ARE THE FOLLOWING.BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 25TH TO 2024.
HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT, DOCTOR JEN GOMEZ, FINANCE REPORT, PATTY BLANKENSHIP.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS WRONG.
JETSKI JESSICA, PHOTOGRAPHY LESLIE HEIN, IGNITE ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING CURRICULUM JIM VAN DER LOO.
CONTRACT FOR BOARD APPROVAL, JIM VAN DER LOO, JARED MOSER.
FACILITY RENTAL CONTRACT, JIM VAN DER LOO, JARED MOSER.
SCHOOL SPECIALTIES, AMY DENNY.
FISCAL YEAR '24 HARRY HOPKINS, WELDING VENTILATION PROJECT, TIM PAUL.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ACTION ITEM?
>> WE HAVE A FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR GREENWELL.
>> YES. SOMETHING I BROUGHT UP IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND I WOULD SAY FOR FUTURE PURPOSES WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
WE HAVE A NO BID ITEM IN HERE, JETSKI PHOTOGRAPHY, $10,700.
IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION IN THE FUTURE WE GO OUT AND BID THINGS LIKE THIS AND DON'T HAVE NO BIDS IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S OUT OF LINE.
I WILL APPROVE IT, BUT I THINK FOR THE FUTURE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO OUT WITH NO BID CONTRACTS LIKE THIS OR OPTIONS.
WE NEED TO ALWAYS SEEK A SECOND OPTION.
>> WE CAN SEEK COMPETITIVE QUOTES.
>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I JUST ASSUMED THAT THERE WERE BIDS THAT WENT OUT.
>> ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SHANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS CONSENT ACTION ITEM SAY AYE.
THE CONSENT ACTION ITEM IS APPROVED.
[VII.A. Proposed Sioux City School District Budget for FY25 - Patty Blankenship]
SIOUX CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR '25. PATTY BLANKENSHIP.PATTY, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL ON MARCH 26, 2024 THAT A BUDGET HEARING WOULD BE HELD ON APRIL 8, 2024 AT 6:00 PM LOCAL TIME.
ANY INTERESTED PARTY MAY APPEAR AND FILE OBJECTIONS, AND INFORMATION FOR OR AGAINST THE SAME WILL BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR '25 SIOUX CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET WITH THE FINAL DECISION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION A MATTER OF RECORD.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACKNOWLEDGED THE HEARING ON THE PROPOSED SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BUDGET FISCAL YEAR '25.
FUTURE MEETINGS. EDUCATIONAL EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING AT 12:00 PM ON APRIL 12,
[VIII. Future Meetings]
2024 HERE IN THE ESC BOARD ROOM.BOARD FINANCE FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETING 3:00 PM APRIL 15, 2024 HERE IN THE ESC BOARD ROOM.
BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING 3:30 PM APRIL 16, 2024, HERE IN THE ESC BOARD ROOM.
BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING 12:00 PM APRIL 17, 2024, ESC BOARD ROOM.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 5:15 APRIL 18, 2024 HERE IN THE ESC BOARD ROOM.
REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 6:00 PM APRIL 22, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.
EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATIVE FORUM 8:30 AM APRIL 27, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.
AND THAT'S IF THEY'RE STILL IN SESSION, IF I'M CORRECT.
BOARD FINANCE FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETING 3:00 O'CLOCK MAY 6, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.
BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING 12:00 PM MAY 8, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.
EDUCATIONAL EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING 12:00 PM MAY 10, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.
AND REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, 6:00 PM MAY 13, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE ONLY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN MAY, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. AND PRESIDENT GEORGE, JUST GOING BACK TO THE PROPOSED SIOUX CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET HEARING FOR FY25,
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I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY TO THOSE WATCHING IN THE AUDIENCE, THERE WAS NO CITIZEN INPUT FOR THAT HEARING. THERE WAS NONE.>> NOW, WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DR. RYDER [INAUDIBLE]
[IX. Superintendent’s Report - Dr. Rod Earleywine]
>> THANK YOU. IT'S RATHER SHORT SINCE WE'RE JUST COMING OFF OF OUR SPRING BREAK.
I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS, BRYANT IN UNITY.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE BRYANT VISIT WAS HAD THE PETTING ZOO THAT DAY.
IT WAS A REWARD FOR ATTENDANCE, AND IT'S JUST FUN TO WATCH THE KIDS IN THEIR EXCITEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, NOT A LOT OF FARM KIDS LIKE WE USED TO HAVE, SO JUST TO BE AROUND THOSE ANIMALS, THE GOATS, AND THE COWS, IT'S A PRETTY NEAT EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE KIDS.
SO WE DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF THE STAFF TO BRING THOSE TYPE OF THINGS IN FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND REALLY EXPERIENCE.
THE OTHER BIG THING THAT HAPPENED WAS RANDY FEENSTRA, US REPRESENTATIVE, WAS IN OUR DISTRICT VISITING THE BUILDING TRADES.
SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME THERE ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WE HAD ALSO A COUPLE OF LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES THERE, BOB HENDERSON, JACOB BOSSMAN WHO WERE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.
IT'S JUST GREAT TO LISTEN TO OUR STUDENTS AND THE EXCITEMENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.
MY QUESTION TO THEM IS ALWAYS, SO IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO? ONE OF THEM WAS I REALLY LIKE THE FRAMING PART.
ANOTHER ONE WAS I REALLY LIKE THE ROOFING PART OF IT.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS I LIKE THE DETAILS.
I LIKE THE CABINETS AND THE TRIM WORK.
THOSE ARE ALL SKILLS THAT THEY'RE ACQUIRING AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO, THEY CAN GO ON AND USE THOSE SKILLS AND GET A JOB IN THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN THE TWO STUDENTS THAT WE HAD SPEAK, A YOUNG GENTLEMAN AND A YOUNG WOMAN DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE FEENSTRA.
IT'S WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE THAT IS IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS NORTH HIGH CULINARY ARTS FOLKS ARE GOING TO NATIONAL, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT'S OUTSTANDING. THOSE ARE THE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE REALLY GREAT FOR OUR KIDS AND THAT'S JUST AWESOME.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU DR. [INAUDIBLE] FOR ADDRESSING THE RUMOR OF EMAILS BEING READ BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN WHO THEY WERE DESIGNATED TO.
THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT AND FINDING OUT THE INFORMATION THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. I APPRECIATE THAT.
[X.A. FY25 Budget Adoption - Patty Blankenship]
DISCUSSION, AND OR ACTION.FISCAL YEAR '25, BUDGET ADOPTION.
LET'S REMEMBER TO ALLOW PATTY BLANKENSHIP TO PRESENT, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WE'LL HAVE A BOARD DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME.
>> THIS IS OUR FINAL LOOK AT THE FY25 BUDGET.
THERE ARE JUST A FEW CHANGES AND SO I'LL BE FAIRLY BRIEF, I WILL ADDRESS THE CHANGES THOUGH.
ON PAGE 2, YOU CAN SEE IS THE GENERAL FUND ESTIMATED REVENUES.
THE ESTIMATED REVENUES FOR THE GENERAL FUND LEVY IS 35.2 MILLION, INCOME TAX OF 2.2, STATE FOUNDATION AID OF ALMOST 141 MILLION, MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, 14.6, SO THAT'S A PROJECTED, TOTAL REVENUE OF 192.7 AND THAT CALCULATES INTO $110.51 GENERAL FUND LEVY, THAT'S JUST THE GENERAL FUND PIECE OF THE LEVY.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED IN PREVIOUS IS WITH THE TAXES LEVIED AND THE STATE FOUNDATION AID DECREASED BY ABOUT 700,000 BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN SSA FROM WE WERE ASSUMING 3% AND NOW WE KNOW IT'S 2.5%, SO I'VE ADJUSTED FOR THAT.
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THIS NEXT PAGE SHOWS THE CALCULATION OF THE TARGETED EXPENDITURES.I JUST WANT TO REVIEW THIS REAL QUICKLY.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR TARGETED EXPENDITURES FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE START WITH OUR FY24 RE-ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES WHICH IS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, 206 MILLION.
MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR IF EXTRA BUDGET AND ALSO THE FY24 HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY.
WE GET TO ADJUSTED FY24, A NORMAL FY24 EXPENDITURES OF 186.7 MILLION.
FROM THERE OUR GOAL WAS TO STAY WITHIN A 3% TARGETED EXPENDITURE INCREASE.
THAT CALCULATION IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, BUT WITHOUT THE AA INCREASE, THAT'S THE 5,366,000 IS WHERE WE WANTED TO LIVE WITHIN OUR EXPENDITURE INCREASES.
WITH THE AA INCREASE OF 91,000 OUR GOAL WAS TO GROW THE BUDGET WITHIN ABOUT 5.5 MILLION, SO WE'D END UP AT ABOUT 192.2 MILLION.
THIS SHOWS THE FY25 BUDGET INCREASES, ADDITIONS AND REDUCTIONS.
THESE ARE THE SAME AS WHAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ON THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTED, IT SHOWS THE TOTAL ESTIMATED INCREASES AND ADDITIONS, NET OF REDUCTIONS ARE ABOUT 9.6 MILLION.
AS I SHOWED THE CALCULATION ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, WE ARE AT A 3% INCREASE, WE WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE WITHIN 5.5 MILLION.
AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PRIOR MEETINGS, WE'RE ABOUT 4.1 MILLION ABOVE THAT TARGETED EXPENDITURE GROWTH OF 3%.
THIS JUST SUMMARIZES THE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION BECAUSE WHEN WE CERTIFY THE BUDGET, IT'S CERTIFIED BY FUNCTION AND THE LEGAL LEVEL OF CONTROL IS AT THE FUNCTION.
THE FOUR FUNCTIONS ARE INSTRUCTION, YOU CAN SEE THE ASTERIX THERE AND THEN ALSO AT TOTAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND THEN AT THE TOTAL OTHER EXPENDITURES ARE WHERE THE LEVEL OF LEGAL CONTROL IS.
THIS IS THE LAST COLUMN OVER HERE, THE FY25 CERTIFIED BUDGET EXPENDITURES OF 196.9 THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I'LL BE ASKING YOU TO CERTIFY THE BUDGET AT, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS PAGE BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE AID AND LEVY PROCESS, THE AA REDUCTION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THERE YET, BECAUSE EVERYTHING FLOWS TO THAT AND LEVY FORM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, IT HAS NOT DONE THAT REDUCTION YET, BUT IT WILL MOST CERTAINLY HAPPEN, SO WHEN WE CERTIFY, WE'LL BE AT 196.9 BUT THE PREVIOUS PAGE WILL BE WHERE OUR OPERATING BUDGET WILL BE.
THEN JUST IN SUMMARY, WE'VE SEEN THIS PAGE BEFORE AS WELL.
THE FIRST COLUMN SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, HISTORY OF THE FUND BALANCE.
AT THE BOTTOM, IN RED, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'LL BE USING RESERVES OF ABOUT 4.2 MILLION OF OUR FUND BALANCE OF OUR CARRIER.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD ESTIMATED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE BETWEEN THREE PERCENT AND 2.5%.
WE WILL ALSO BE USING SOME OF OUR UNSPENT BALANCE OF ABOUT 1.3 MILLION.
THIS IS THE STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND, AND THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUS PROPOSED REVENUES AND PROPOSED EXPENDITURES BASICALLY NET TO ZERO, THE REVENUES BASICALLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE EXPENSES THAT THE STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND HAS.
>> JUST THE SAME AMOUNT OF ABILITY.
>> THEN THIS IS MANAGEMENT FUND.
THE MANAGEMENT FUND IS WHERE WE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT, WE DECREASED THE REVENUES BY ABOUT 225,000, WE DECREASED THE REVENUES TO OFFSET THE INCREASE THAT WE NEEDED IN THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND,
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WE ENDED UP IN A BUDGET GUARANTEE SITUATION WHICH INCREASED THAT LEVY A LITTLE BIT.WE TOOK THE 225,000 OUT OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR MANAGEMENT TO OFFSET THAT, SO THAT WE ENDED UP WITH THE LEVY BEING AT THAT SAME $12.38 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUS.
WITH THAT, THE OTHER ITEM THAT CHANGED WAS THE NATURAL GAS CONTRACT.
IT'S BID ACTUALLY CAME IN AT ABOUT 97,000 LESS THAN THE PRIOR YEAR AMOUNT, SO I ALSO WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED THAT NUMBER.
ALTHOUGH THE MANAGEMENT FUND, WE'LL STILL BE USING FUND BALANCE.
WE'VE BEEN BRINGING THAT FUND BALANCE DOWN OVER TIME, SO IT WILL STILL HAVE ABOUT A $400,000 INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THE NEXT PAGE IS THE DETAIL ON THE MANAGEMENT FUND.
BUDGETED REVENUES AND BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE THE SAME AS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED.
THIS IS THE DETAIL OF THE SALES TAX EXPENDITURES.
THIS IS THE PPEL FUND, THE BUDGETED REVENUES AND BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE THE SAME AS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED.
DEBT SERVICE FUND, NO CHANGES AS WELL.
SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND, NO CHANGES.
THEN THESE PAGES, AND I KNOW YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEM, BUT I DID INCLUDE THEM JUST BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY CERTIFIED.
THIS IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ED'S BUDGET SYSTEM OR THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT'S BUDGET SYSTEM.
THIS IS WHAT I WILL CERTIFY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND ALL THE PREVIOUS PAGES ROLL UP INTO THIS SUMMARY.
THEN THIS WORKSHEET HERE WOULD SHOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDS WHICH THE TOTAL OF THIS COLUMN WOULD FEED INTO THE PREVIOUS PAGE.
IT WAS ALSO WHAT WAS POSTED, WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
THEN WE MOVE TO THE PROPOSED TAX LEVY RATES.
WE HAD TO DO THAT TWEAK BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE MANAGEMENT FUND.
BUT THE LEVY IS STILL AT THAT $12.38.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CERTIFIES THE FY25 BUDGET WITH AN EXPECTED MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF $12.38 PER $1,000 OF ASSESSED VALUE AND AN INCOME SURTAX RATE OF 3%.
THERE'S A CHECKLIST TO MAKE SURE THAT, DID WE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ON ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? BASICALLY, I'VE SHOWN YOU THAT DOWN BELOW HERE THAT THE AMOUNTS BELOW MUST BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE PUBLICATION AMOUNTS.
WHAT I GO TAKE TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO CERTIFY HAS TO BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN WHAT WAS PUBLISHED.
THE BLUE COLUMN IS THE ADOPTED BUDGET SUMMARY.
THOSE ARE THE AMOUNTS THAT I JUST WENT OVER TODAY.
THEN THE PROPOSED COLUMN IS WHAT THE PUBLICATION WAS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT I'M ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH ALL OF THOSE.
THE TOTAL TAXES LEVIED IN WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO ADOPT DOES NOT EXCEED WHAT WAS PROPOSED.
ALSO, THE EXPENDITURES BY THOSE FUNCTIONS DO NOT EXCEED WHAT WAS PROPOSED.
THE ONLY DECREASES ON THE EXPENDITURES IS THAT 97,000 THAT'S RELATED TO THAT NATURAL GAS CONTRACT IN THE MANAGEMENT FUND AND THEN THE 42,000 IS RELATED TO AA FLOW THROUGH THAT CHANGES WHEN YOU MOVE FROM 3% SSA TO 2.5% SSA.
WE'RE MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET.
THE ONLY THING I WILL POINT OUT IS THAT THE ADOPTION BUDGET SUMMARY DOES NOT REFLECT SOME OF THE CHANGES FROM HOUSE FILE 26, 12.
IT DOES REFLECT THE 2.5% BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CHANGES FOR THE TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT AND ALSO ANY CHANGES FROM THE AA MEDIA SERVICE OR AA ED SERVICES.
THOSE CHANGES COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES.
BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET SYSTEM, THE AID LEVY AND THE WORKSHEETS, THEY DON'T INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES YET.
WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU IS EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT'S BUDGET SYSTEM.
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THEY WILL MAKE THOSE FINAL CHANGES.WHATEVER CHANGES THAT THE TSS AND THE MEDIA SERVICE AND ED SERVICES, THEY WILL MAKE THOSE CHANGES AFTER WE SUBMIT.
THEY WON'T HAVE THEIR SYSTEM UPDATED BY THE TIME WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS BUDGET. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
>> WHEN DO YOU THINK THEY'LL HAVE THOSE CHANGES AVAILABLE AND SHOULD WE WAIT FOR A WHILE AFTER THEY HAVE THOSE CHANGES BEFORE WE PUT AMENDED BUDGET IN? IN OTHER WORDS, WAIT FOR QUITE A BIT OF THE YEAR TO GO BY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TWO AMENDED BUDGETS.
>> YEAH. THIS IS DUE BY APRIL 30.
ONCE WE SUBMIT, THEN THEY REVIEW EVERYTHING, JUST LIKE THEY DO EVERY YEAR.
THEN VERY EARLY IN JUNE, THEY SEND US BACK A DRAFT OF AID AND LEVY AND WE REVIEW IT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER FEW CHANGES ON ENROLLMENT NUMBERS OR USUALLY VERY MINOR CHANGES.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THESE CHANGES WILL NOT CHANGE THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY AMOUNTS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WAIT ON THIS BUDGET FOR THAT PURPOSE.
IT WILL AFFECT THE STATE FOUNDATION AID.
FOR PASSING THIS BUDGET, I THINK WE'RE OKAY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS.
BUT YES, ONCE WE KNOW THE FINAL AID AND LEVY, HOW THAT AD SERVICE AND MEDIA SERVICE MONEY IS GOING TO FLOW THROUGH TO US, I WILL THEN ADJUST OUR OPERATING LINE ITEM BUDGETS TO REFLECT THOSE DIFFERENCES AND SAY I'M NOT 100% SURE HOW THE AA FLOW THROUGH IS GOING TO WORK.
OPERATIONALLY, I WILL MAKE THOSE CHANGES SO THAT WE'RE NOT SHOWING BUDGET VARIANCES.
OPERATIONAL WISE, I'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
>> THE QUESTION WASN'T ANSWERED. APPROXIMATELY WHEN? SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER?
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH BUDGETS WITH THE DISTRICT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE DIRECTOR GREENWELL AND JOHN FOR SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE AND MAKING THIS PROCESS FOR ME PERSONALLY THOROUGH AND VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE POSED AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS AND THE BUDGET THAT IS VERY AMBIGUOUS.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT IN TO PUTTING OUR BUDGET TOGETHER FOR THE DISTRICT AND WITH ALL OF THE OFFSETS OF THINGS THAT WE SAW COMING FORWARD, THE COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE WORKED EARNESTLY TO DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.
I WON'T PROPOSE A FORMAL AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET.
IF YOU CAN EXCEED, YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO AMEND THE REVENUE SIDE ON THE BUDGET, BUT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXCEED THOSE FUNCTION AREAS, IT WOULD REQUIRE A FORMAL AMENDMENT.
I GENERALLY PROPOSE THAT IN MAY.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD DO A FORMAL AMENDMENT IN MAY, BUT I WOULDN'T DO A FORMAL AMENDMENT FOR ANY CHANGES UNTIL MAY.
OPERATIONALLY, VERY EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> PATTY, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO SUBMIT THIS LATER THIS WEEK, ASSUMING APPROVAL TODAY?
>> PATTY. I CONCUR WITH DIRECTOR LEE.
YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB ANTICIPATING WHAT OUR QUESTIONS MIGHT BE AND I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THEM AHEAD OF TIME.
A QUESTION THOUGH, ON THIS AMENDED BUDGET STUFF, IF THE STATE DOESN'T REVIEW IT AND GET BACK TO YOU UNTIL JUNE, HOW CAN YOU DO YOUR AMENDED IN MAY OR DO WE MAYBE HAVE AN AMENDED IN MAY AND ANOTHER AMENDED LATER IF THEY DISAGREE WITH YOU?
>> WELL, IT WOULD BE MAY OF '25.
>> JUST LIKE IN MAY OF '24, I MAY BE BRINGING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT TO THE '24 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
>> DIRECTORS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR CERTIFIES THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET WITH AN EXPECTED MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF 12.37913 PER 1,000 OF ASSESSED VALUE AND AN INCOME SURTAX RATE OF 3%. IS THERE A MOTION?
>> WE HAVE A FIRST AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NO, SHANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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[X.B. Title VI Indian Education Grant Application - Dr. Dora Jung]
FOUR INDIAN EDUCATIONAL GRANT APPLICATION.REMEMBER BOARD MEMBERS SEEK RECOGNITION OF THE CHAIR AFTER THIS?
THIS IS FOR TITLE 6, INDIAN EDUCATION GRANT.
IT'S A GRANT THAT WE APPLY FOR.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THE TITLE 6 INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS SET UP TO ADDRESS THE CULTURALLY RELATED ACADEMIC NEEDS OF OUR AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS.
IT WORKS TO IMPROVE GRADUATION RATES, ATTENDANCE RATES, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY LIAISONS THAT SERVE STUDENTS AT ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE TUTORS THAT SERVE HUNT, LIBERTY, AND LOESS HILLS.
THEY DO MENTORING, TUTORING, STUDENT ACTIVITIES, HOME VISITS, AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES.
OUR BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR WOULD BE FOR 104,067 WITH A COUNT OF 412 STUDENTS.
THESE WOULD ALL BE DIRECTLY PUT BACK INTO THE PERSONNEL AS WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
OUR BUDGET FOR 23/24 WAS $100,444 WITH A COUNT OF 385 STUDENTS.
WE WENT UP A LITTLE BIT IN OUR NUMBERS, WHICH MAKES US HAPPY BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THIS YEAR WAS LOWER, YET WE HAVE A FEW EXTRA STUDENTS THERE.
CHILDREN ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES IF THEY MEET THE DEFINITION OF INDIAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 6151 OF THE ESEA, AND HAVE A COMPLETED INDIAN STUDENT ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION FORM.
THE ED 506 FORM IS AN INDIAN STUDENT ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE FORM, IS A FORM COMPLETED BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS TO DOCUMENT ELIGIBLE INDIAN STUDENTS.
THIS FORM SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD INCLUDED IN THE STUDENT COUNT.
WE DO KEEP THESE DOCUMENTS ON FILE AND THEY DON'T NEED TO BE RENEWED EVERY YEAR.
THEY JUST STAY IN OUR SYSTEM AS VERIFICATION FOR THE GUARANTORS OF THE COUNT THAT WE REPORT EVERY YEAR FOR THE SUPPORT.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SETS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 22, 2024 TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE DISTRICT TITLE 6 EDUCATION GRANT APPLICATION.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CORRECT, IS TITLE 6 INDIAN EDUCATION GRANT APPLICATION.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> NOTICE THAT I PRESUME A LARGE PART OF THE FUNDING GOES FOR THE TUTORING AT THE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
IS THAT MOSTLY K-2 TUTORING? NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE COMING TO THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE GETTING EXTRA TUTORING EARLY ON PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T IN A PRE K PROGRAM?
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY SEE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
IT COULD BE SOME STUDENTS BE THE MAJORITY OF FOURTH GRADERS FOR ONE YEAR, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, A MAJORITY OF SECOND GRADERS.
IT DEPENDS ON THE NEED THEY SEE FOR THAT INTERVENTION.
THE PROGRAM WITH THE TUTORS IS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LIAISONS.
>> THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE BEING TUTORED TYPICALLY ARE WHAT?
>> ELA MATH, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE NEEDS OF THE GROUP OF STUDENTS BEING SERVED.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR LEE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. ELA WOULD BE A SECOND LANGUAGE?
>> ELA I'M REFERRING TO READING, WRITING, CLA. THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
>> WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE UNDER THIS GRANT?
I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT. I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU CAN GET IT TO ME LATER. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> THEN DO WE HAVE EQUEDANT LIAISON EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NATIVE AMERICAN?
>> CURRENTLY, LET ME THINK OF THEM ALL, NO.
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I NEED TO CLARIFY THIS AS WELL.WE DID HAVE JUST LAST YEAR, A NATIVE AMERICAN LIAISON, BUT THAT PERSON TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER POSITION IN THE DISTRICT AS AN MTSS PERSON.
WE HAVE HIRED THEM, BUT THEY THEN LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
LIAISONS NOT ONLY SERVE NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS, THEY ALSO SERVE HISPANIC AND BLACK.
ONE THAT IS SERVING WEST THAT IS BLACK, ONE THAT IS HISPANIC THAT IS SERVING NORTH AND WE HAVE A MINORITY PERSON SERVING WEST MIDDLE, ANOTHER MINORITY PERSON SERVING WHAT WAS IT? EAST MIDDLE.
>> I DIDN'T NEED THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.
I GUESS THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION IS BECAUSE THIS GRANT APPEARS TO BE NATIVE SPECIFIC.
IS THERE A REQUIREMENT IN THE GRANT? IT'S JUST MONIES THAT WE HAVE THIS GRANT FOR AND WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE TAP INTO THOSE SERVICES TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF THE GRANT?
>> THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT IN THE GRANT THAT THEY MUST BE NATIVE AMERICAN.
WE WOULD PREFER THEM AND HAVE TRIED TO PICK INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NATIVE AMERICAN, BUT WE DON'T GET THAT MANY APPLICANTS.
LAST YEAR WE DID GET ONE AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT PERSON WITH US.
THAT PERSON, AS STATED BEFORE, CHOSE TO SERVE A DIFFERENT GROUP OF STUDENTS EVENTUALLY.
LIAISONS WORK WITH THE SPECIFIC STUDENTS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST NEEDS.
THAT COULD BE IN BEHAVIOR, THAT COULD BE IN ACADEMICS, THAT COULD BE IN ATTENDANCE.
THEY REALLY NEED TO WORK VERY HARD AT DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STUDENTS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE FAMILY.
THEY'RE USUALLY RELUCTANT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOLS.
WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE URBAN NATIVE CENTER AND THE PAC, WHICH IS THE COMMITTEE THAT IS MANDATED BY THE GRANT.
WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE HAVING SOME STRUGGLES REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILIES OR CONTACTING THEM, THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE BETTER CONTACT.
SOMETIMES THE FAMILIES COME TO THE URBAN NATIVE CENTER AND WE SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES THAT WAY AS WELL.
WE JUST TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS AS THEY ARE UNDER-PERFORMING THE REST OF THE STUDENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH SOME OF THEM, NOT ALL OF THEM.
THAT'S THE REALITY OF OUR WORK THERE.
BUT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH, WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT THEY HAVE REACHED GRADUATION, WHICH FOR SOME OF THEM IS A BIG STRUGGLE.
WE JUST GOT TO WORK REALLY HARD ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS WITH THE STUDENTS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TRUST THE LIAISONS AND BE ABLE TO IMPROVE.
>> THANK YOU. I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD BUT DIRECTORS LEE'S QUESTION MIGHT HAVE CONFUSED ME.
THIS GRANT IS ONLY TO BE USED FOR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS?
>> REGARDLESS OF WHO THE RESOURCES ARE THAT ARE TUTORING OR ANYTHING ELSE, THE STUDENTS THAT BENEFIT ARE PURELY NATIVE AMERICAN?
>> CORRECT. IT HAS TO BE ONLY THOSE THAT HAVE 506 FORMS WITH US.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS NATIVE AMERICAN, YET THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE FORMS 506.
WE WILL SERVE THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T DENY ANY SUPPORT.
BUT THE ONES THAT THE GRANT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO ARE THOSE THAT HAVE THE 506 ON FILE.
>> THANK YOU. THEN THE SECOND HALF OF MY QUESTION IS, IN THE WRITE UP THAT WE READ AHEAD OF TIME, IT SUGGESTED THAT THIS PROGRAM IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN GRADUATION RATES AND ATTENDANCE RATES, AND JUST ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
I THINK MY CLARIFYING QUESTION IS NOT THAT I'M CHALLENGING THE PROGRAM IS, IS THERE A WAY TO MEASURE IT? DO WE SEE A NECESSARY STUDY?
>> DO WE HAVE THAT IF WE HAVE IT VERSUS IF WE DON'T HAVE IT? IF WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS BEFORE WE HAVE THE HEARING ON THE 22ND OR AT THE 22ND, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST PUT IT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF IT.
>> YES. WE DEFINITELY CAN MEASURE IT.
WE CAN MEASURE WITHIN THE STUDENTS WE SERVE WHAT PROGRESS THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO REPLICATE THE SAME POPULATION TO DO A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM, THIS WOULD BE OUR RESULTS VERSUS IF WE HAD IT.
WHAT I CAN ALSO SAY FROM QUALITATIVE APPROACH TO WHAT WE DO, THERE ARE A LOT OF PARTS THAT WE PUT INTO THE PROGRAM THAT ARE NOT FINANCED BY THE GRANT.
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FOR EXAMPLE, FOCUS GROUPS.IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US THAT OUR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS DO HAVE THAT EXAMPLE OF PROFESSIONALS, OF PEOPLE OF THEIR OWN RACE THAT COME AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR CHALLENGES, HOW THEY OVERCAME THE CHALLENGES, WHO THEY CAN REACH OUT TO.
THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE THERE FOR THEM ALSO MOTIVATE THEM.
OUR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS HAVE VERY LOW SELF ESTEEM, AND SO THE MORE WE BRING THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY CAN SEE THE POTENTIAL IN THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THE BETTER FOR THEM.
THERE ARE THESE PARTS OF THE PROGRAM THAT ARE THROUGH THE WHOLE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM, BENEFICIAL TO OUR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS.
SAME THING WITH DOING COLLEGE VISITS, SPECIFICALLY THEM.
THEY ARE GOING OUT TO THE COLLEGES, THEY ARE GOING OUT TO THE TRIBES.
WE ALSO HAVE FOCUS GROUPS THAT HELP THEM REMEMBER THAT PRIDE THAT THEY HAD DUE TO THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE LOST A LITTLE BIT AND THAT SELF ESTEEM IS LOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE VALUABLE OR THEY ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS.
ALL OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE WORK THAT WE DO, IF WE WERE JUST TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH THE GRANT FUNDS, WE'RE GETTING A LOT MORE.
I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE DO THAT BECAUSE THEY NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM US.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
FIRST QUESTION, DO WE GET A LOT OF THE SAME KIDS YEAR AFTER YEAR?
>> DO WE HAVE THE SAME KIDS YEAR AFTER YEAR IN THIS?
>> SOME ARE THE SAME BUT NOT ALL ARE THE SAME.
>> DO WE DO ANY TRACKING OF KIDS THAT DON'T COME BACK TO THE PROGRAM JUST TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING?
>> YES. THEY CHECK ON THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY CONTINUE BEING SUCCESSFUL.
SOME OF THEM REQUEST TO STAY BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE SUPPORT FROM THE TEAMS. IN THAT CASE, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE AT, IF WE SEE THAT WE LET THEM GO A LITTLE BIT, THEN THEY'RE FAILING AGAIN, THEN WE GET THEM BACK INTO THE PROGRAM.
OTHERWISE, WE JUST MONITOR THEM.
THE LIAISONS WILL VISIT WITH THEM.
NOT AS CONSISTENTLY AS WITH THE REST OF THE STUDENTS THEY SERVE, BUT THEY WILL BE PART OF THEIR UNOFFICIAL CASE LOAD.
>> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 22ND, 2024 AT 6:00 PM LOCAL TIME AT THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, 627 FOURTH STREET, SIOUX CITY, IOWA, TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE DISTRICT'S TITLE 6 INDIAN EDUCATION GRANT APPLICATION?
>> WE HAVE A FIRST AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
SHANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE'RE ON ITEM C, SECOND AND FINAL READING
[X.C. Second & Final Reading of Employee Handbook - Dr. Jen Gomez]
OF THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. DR. GOMEZ?>> I'LL SPEAK TO IT. I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, A CHANGE.
WE HAD A CHANGE HERE OR ADDITION.
IT'S LABELED PAGE 9 OR EARLY DISMISSAL.
IT CURRENTLY READS, EARLY DISMISSAL OF CLASSES SHOULD OCCUR ONLY WHEN WITH PERMISSION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
IN CASE OF AN EARLY DISMISSAL, BUS STUDENTS WILL BE SUPERVISED BY STAFF UNTIL BUSES ARRIVE.
IT WAS FIRST SUGGESTED TO ADD A SENTENCE TO THAT AT THE END, WHICH WOULD READ, EMPLOYEES MUST WORK UP TO TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE END OF THEIR NORMAL SHIFT TO RECEIVE THE TWO HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL COMPENSATION.
I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE STRIKE THAT ADDITION.
IT DOESN'T APPLY TO EVERYBODY.
WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS MORE AND THOUGHT THROUGH IT.
HOW WOULD IT APPLY TO DIFFERENT GROUPS? IT DOESN'T, THEREFORE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE IT IN THE HANDBOOK.
>> IN THIS VERSION IT'S ALREADY STRICKEN, SO IT'S NOT IN THERE.
YOU JUST HAVE THE EMPLOYEES MUST WORK TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE NORMAL SHIFT TO RECEIVE THE TWO HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL COMPENSATION.
>> I'M RECOMMENDING WE NOT INCLUDE THAT.
>> YOU STRIKE THAT SENTENCE IN RED.?
>> YES. TO DO THAT, GOING TO MR. MOORE. MR. MOORE?
>> MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. [INAUDIBLE]
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>> I NEED THE MOTION OF THE ORIGINAL, AND THEN BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, ONE OF MY FRIENDS UP HERE ARE GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION.
[OVERLAPPING] PAGE 3 ON THE HANDOUT, BUT IT'S PAGE 9 IN THE HANDBOOK.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WE ALREADY DID THAT.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2024-2025 DISTRICT EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL READING?
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE POLICY CHANGES PER THE SECOND READING.
>> WE HAVE A FIRST AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> MR. CHAIR, I RECOMMEND THAT WE AMEND THE MOTION AND STRIKE THE SENTENCE ON PAGE 3 OF THE HANDOUT, BUT IT'S PAGE 9 OF THE HANDBOOK, TO STRIKE THE SENTENCE, EMPLOYEE MUST WORK UP TO TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE NORMAL SHIFT TO RECEIVE THE TWO-HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL COMPENSATION.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD SECOND THE MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT AS MR. GREENWELL HAS STATED.
>> WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDED MOTION FIRST.
>> THE AMENDMENT FIRST. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE MOTION TO AMEND, WE'RE APPROVING THAT NOW.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS?
>> I'M SORRY, DIRECTOR GEORGE, I DO.
>> DIRECTOR MILLER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> DR. EARLEYWINE, IF SOMEBODY LEAVES THREE HOURS BEFORE THEIR SHIFT IS OVER, DO THEY GET PAID FOR TWO HOURS AND NOT PAID FOR ONE HOUR?
>> THE COMPLICATION GETS TO HOURLY VERSUS SALARIED.
>> THAT'S MY QUESTION, IF A TEACHER LEAVES THREE HOURS BEFORE THEIR SHIFT IS DONE.
>> IF IT'S AN APPOINTMENT OR SOMETHING AND EXCUSED ABSENCE, THEN THEY WOULD GET PAID FOR THE DAY, PER CONTRACT.
YES. IT'D BE A CONTRACTED DAY. YES.
>> BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE, SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
>> THEY WOULD. THAT'S WHY WE'RE REMOVING IT.
>> REMOVING IT. TAKING IT OUT.
>> BUT THEN ISN'T A FREE-FOR-ALL, YOU CAN COME IN FOR ONE HOUR EARLY? [OVERLAPPING]
>> IF THEY HAVE AN APPOINTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S A FREE-FOR-ALL.
I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT DO THAT.
>> I GUESS FROM THE POLICY COMMITTEE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT MADE SENSE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT WE'RE CHANGING IT, FOR ME.
>> WE GOT TO THE POINT. THE QUESTION IS, WE HAD A TEACHER THAT DOES COME IN, AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER, THAT HALF DAY STARTS AT 11:49 AND THEY WOULD NOT BE HERE THAT TWO HOURS.
THEY'D BE HERE FOR AN HOUR AND 41 MINUTES, SO THEY WOULDN'T THEN GET PAID.
>> BUT DON'T POLICIES COME BEFORE US?
>> TRYING TO CONTROL THIS GROUP, I TELL YOU.
>> POLICY IS MADE FOR US THREE TIMES.
>> IF WE'RE MAKING THIS CHANGE, THEN IT WOULDN'T [INAUDIBLE] FOR US AGAIN?
>> NO, IT WOULD NOT. NO. THIS IS A HANDBOOK, SO ONCE A HANDBOOK GETS APPROVED, IT IS IN FACT POLICY.
MR. MILLER, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS IT, BUT THEN I GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION AND THOUGHT ABOUT THEM.
THEY GOT SOME SCENARIOS AND I WENT, THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC.
THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, JUST SIMPLY ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT, IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT, WE'LL PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT IT AGAIN.
>> I'M SURE ANY COULD CHANGE. HANDBOOKS ARE HANDBOOKS IN THE POLICY, SO AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD, IT COULD CHANGE AT ANY TIME.
>> WE'RE NOW GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO AMEND.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED.
DO WE NEED ANOTHER DISCUSSION PERIOD?
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BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS THE MAIN MOTION TO AMEND OR THE MAIN MOTION?>> MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY BASED ON THE DISCUSSION.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ALLOWING OURSELVES REASONABLE FLEXIBILITY TO MANAGE, RIGHT?
OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO A PROBLEM WHERE SOMEONE, AGAIN, WORKED A HALF A DAY BUT THEY DIDN'T WORK.
THEY WORKED AN HOUR AND 41 MINUTES.
THEY DIDN'T WORK FOR THAT FULL TWO HOURS BEFORE, THEY WORKED AN HOUR AND 41 MINUTES BEFORE.
THEREFORE, THEY WOULDN'T GET PAID FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
>> IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO A CASE BY CASE.
>> SHANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
WE'RE ON ITEM D, SECOND AND FINAL READING OF BOARD POLICIES.
[X.D. Second & Final Reading of Board Policies - Dr. Rod Earleywine]
>> TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, THERE WERE MINOR CHANGES IN THOSE POLICIES, NOTHING OF RELEVANCE.
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE BOARD POLICIES FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING?
>> WE HAVE FIRST AND WE HAVE SECOND.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SHANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
WE'RE AT THAT TIME OF THE MEETING TO ADJOURN.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?
>> WE HAVE A FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.