Nov 11, 2024 Board Meetings

FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA, SAY AYE, AYE.

AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS INVITES INDIVIDUALS OR DELEGATIONS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OPERATIONS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.

THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.

CITIZEN INPUT.

[V. Citizen Input]

CITIZEN INPUT ON ACTION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE TIME OF DISCUSSION OF EACH AGENDA ITEM.

SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT TODAY? YES. CHRISTY MCMANAMY.

CHRISTY, YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE.

THANK YOU. CHRISTY MCMANAMY 4505 GRAYHAWK RIDGE DRIVE.

I AM HERE AS A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO HAS RAISED TWO CHILDREN, WHO RECEIVED WHAT I FEEL IS A GREAT EDUCATION FROM THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

PUTTING MY MOM HAT ASIDE I'M ALSO A FORMER LONGTIME JOURNALIST WHO REPORTED ON THIS VERY BODY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SAT IN THESE MEETINGS REGULARLY FROM SUPERINTENDENTS LIKE SALLY BELL TO DR. AUSTIN, LARRY WILLIAMS, DR.

PAUL GAUSMAN, AND I'VE COVERED DR.

EARLEYWINE DURING HIS TIME IN SERGEANT BLUFF, AND WE EVEN SERVED ON A COMMUNITY BOARD TOGETHER.

HAVING SAID THAT, I AM INCREDIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH AND HOW CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEHAVED DURING OUR LAST SEARCH ATTEMPT, AND THE RAMIFICATIONS IT WILL HAVE ON OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES TO BE OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.

FIRST, LET ME ADDRESS THE MOST RECENT COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS IN THE RECRUITING SURVEY ON OCTOBER 14TH AND 15TH.

SESSIONS WERE HELD AT EAST, NORTH AND WEST WHERE THE PUBLIC WAS INVITED TO, QUOTE, PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND MANAGEMENT TRAITS MOST IMPORTANT IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

FEEDBACK GATHERED DURING THOSE SESSIONS WILL BE USED TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT CANDIDATES FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT PROCESS.

NOWHERE IN THAT INVITATION DID IT SAY IN THAT YOUR COMMENTS IN AN OPEN SESSION MAY BE USED BY A CERTAIN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEXT YOU DIRECTLY TO ARGUE AGAINST YOUR VALID CONCERNS RAISED, THEN ULTIMATELY CONTACT YOUR EMPLOYER TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE KEPT IN LINE AND QUIET.

ALL THE WHILE, SAID SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SENT UNSOLICITED EMAILS TO THE LOCAL MEDIA TRYING TO DEFEND HIS VIEWS ON THE TOPIC.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS I TALKED WITH SAID THEY WERE ENCOURAGED NOT TO COME TO THESE EVENTS SO PEOPLE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOG.

AND I GUESS WE KNOW WHY.

THE RECRUITMENT SURVEY, PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 29TH, STATED 44% OF THOSE SURVEYED SAID TO, QUOTE, FIND A CANDIDATE WHO IS READY TO TAKE THE DISTRICT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

WHAT WAS GLOSSED OVER, BUT STILL PART OF THE DOCUMENTS FOR EVERYONE TO READ WAS THE SUMMARY OF THE ANSWERS TO QUESTION TEN, WHERE THERE IS, QUOTE, WIDESPREAD DISSATISFACTION WITH FAVORITISM, NEPOTISM, AND INTERNAL DYSFUNCTION AMONG ADMINISTRATORS, MANY ARE SEEKING A TRANSPARENT, FAIR AND EXTERNAL CANDIDATE TO BRING FRESH LEADERSHIP AND ADDRESS THE STAGNANT MANAGEMENT.

LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN, EXTERNAL CANDIDATE.

THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE FOR THE TWO INPUT SESSIONS I ATTENDED, I HEARD PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES SAY THEY FEEL THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS JUST A BIG SHOW AND A FRIVOLOUS WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL JUST HIRE ANGELA BEMIS AS THE SUPERINTENDENT, OR AS THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSERT THAT THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH QUALITY CANDIDATES.

THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT, I HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT CONCERN FROM IS PERSONALLY SHOCKING.

OF COURSE, THAT CREATES THAT MISTRUST THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT ETERNAL DYSFUNCTION AND WIDESPREAD DISSATISFACTION.

TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE IN THIS VERY SAME SITUATION, I WAS HELPING ONE OF THE LOCAL STATIONS WITH CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS WHEN THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL REPORTER AND THE CASEY REVIEW REPORTER PULLED OUT A PAPER WITH THE VERY SAME QUESTION FOR THE NON-LOCAL FINALIST CANDIDATE.

IT WAS A QUESTION REGARDING AN UNFLATTERING STORY WHILE HE WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR.

WHEN I ASKED A COLLEAGUE AT THE JOURNAL WHERE THIS QUESTION CAME FROM, THEY SAID THAT SCHOOL THEN SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT DAN GREENWELL SENT IT TO THEM.

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INTERESTINGLY, THIS INFORMATION WAS ALREADY DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD.

SO I HAD TO ASK MYSELF, WHY THEN WOULD THE CITY AND SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT SEND THIS TYPE OF QUESTION TO THE LOCAL MEDIA THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HIRE? IN THE LAST BOARD ELECTION, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK MR. GREENWELL IF HE SENT IT TO THE JOURNAL, AND AFTER MUCH GRUMBLING, HE DID IN FACT ADMIT IT.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY FINAL POINT.

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT RULING ISSUED ON APRIL 19TH OF THIS YEAR JUDGE NEARY SAID, AND I QUOTE GREENWELL DISPLAYS AN ATTITUDE OF ARROGANCE TOWARD BEING CHALLENGED AS TO HIS MOTIVES, AND HE GOES ON TO SAY HE APPEARS TO BE A DOMINANT, IF NOT CONTROLLING, CONTROLLING PERSONALITY, CAPABLE OF IMPOSING HIS OPINIONS ON OTHERS IF UNCHALLENGED.

BY THE WAY, THE JUDGE USES THE WORD VINDICTIVE TO DESCRIBE MR. GREENWELL'S BEHAVIOR SEVERAL TIMES IN THE COURT RULING.

MR. GREENWELL, IT IS, IN MY OPINION, AND THAT OF MANY OTHERS WITH WHOM I HAVE CONFERRED, THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT IF YOU WOULD RESIGN FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IT WOULD GIVE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST SOME HOPE THAT THEY WILL NOT BE RETALIATED AGAINST FOR HAVING AN OPINION THAT DIFFERS WITH YOURS.

HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO, IN MY OPINION, YOU MIGHT NOT BE CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING YOUR OWN HINDRANCE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS.

THANK YOU.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS IF YOU WISH TO ASK THEM.

YES. DO YOU REALIZE WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES AT THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION? I DO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DO YOU REALIZE WHO I DID. DID I GET TO ANSWER THAT? I CAN ANSWER IT FOR YOU.

I GOT THEM BOTH TOP VOTE COUNTER AND BOTH SO NO MA'AM, I WILL NOT RESIGN.

AND THE CASE IS UNDER APPEAL.

YES. YES PLEASE.

I KNOW WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES IS BECAUSE MR. GREENWELL ACTUALLY PRINTED IT OFF, HIGHLIGHTED IT AND SENT IT TO ME, ALONG WITH AN AUTOGRAPHED YARD SIGN THAT SAID BEST WISHES, DAN GREENWELL AND DROP THAT OFF FOR ME.

SO THEREFORE, I WAS VERY WELL INFORMED OF WHO WON THE LAST ELECTION, BECAUSE MR. GREENWELL MADE SURE THAT HE DROPPED THAT OFF FOR ME TO SEE.

ABSOLUTELY I DID.

THE I DO HAVE ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION AND THAT'S IT.

THE INFORMATION REGARDING ANGELA BEMIS, DO YOU KNOW THAT FOR A FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIRE THEM, HIRE HER? OF COURSE I DO NOT. OKAY.

WHAT WHAT WAS RAISED? THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION THAT MANY PEOPLE, WHEN I WALKED IN, HAD SAID TO ME THAT THAT WAS THEIR CONCERN SO THAT WAS A SHOW.

THAT'S THEIR PERCEPTION.

THAT WAS THEIR PERCEPTION THAT THIS WAS A SHOW BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IS GOING TO BE THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME.

AND STATED CASES LIKE IF THEY CAN CLARIFY THAT, THEY FEEL THAT THEY DON'T HAVE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, THEY COULD EITHER MAKE HER THE INTERIM OR HAVE HER APPLY AT THE LAST MINUTE AND RECEIVE THE GET THE JOB.

I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT.

I'M NOT GOING TO DISCLOSE ANY PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITH MRS. BEMIS BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THIS BOARD WILL NOT AND WILL NOT RUBBER STAMP ANYONE'S NAME ON THAT DEAL.

AND IT'S KIND OF IT'S WHEN CONVERSATIONS GO SIDEWAYS THAT IT REALLY WON'T MATTER WHAT DECISION WE MAKE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEONE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, AND I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A AS WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND, I WANT TO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND, AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND.

BUT ONE MORE CLARIFYING QUESTION, DIRECTOR LEE, PLEASE.

IF YOU NOTICE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PUT FORTH BY RECRUITING.

THAT WAS THAT'S IN THE AGENDA DOCUMENT FOR THE OCTOBER 29TH MEETING.

THERE IS THE SUMMARY DOCUMENT HERE.

THIS IS NO THIS IS THE SURVEY.

THIS IS PART OF YOUR DOCUMENT FROM THE SURVEY.

IT SAYS LEADERSHIP AND TRANSPARENCY.

THERE IS WIDESPREAD DISSATISFACTION WITH FAVORITISM, NEPOTISM AND INTERNAL DYSFUNCTION AMONG ADMINISTRATORS.

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THEY ARE SEEKING A TRANSPARENT, FAIR AND EXTERNAL CANDIDATE TO BRING FRESH LEADERSHIP AND ADDRESS STAGNANT MANAGEMENT.

THIS IS THE DOCUMENT FROM RECRUITING.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE SHARING WITH US.

YES, IT'S IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT THAT THEY BROUGHT UP.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE 29TH MEETING, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS.

BUT THEN THIS IS THE THIS DOCUMENT WAS ADDRESSED BUT NOT READ OUT LOUD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION? DAN, IS YOUR MIC ON? IT IS. MISS LEE, IS YOUR MIC ON? MCMANAMY, IN THAT DISCUSSION THAT YOU REFERRED I GUESS IT WAS THE CHAMBER INTERVIEW.

DID I ALSO TELL YOU THAT FOLKS ASK ME ABOUT DR.

EARLEYWINE? AND I SENT THEM DOCUMENTS ON DR.

EARLEYWINE AS WELL.

I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT, DO YOU? WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT I SPECIFICALLY SAID.

I SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT DR.

EARLEYWINE HAD UNFAVORABLE ARTICLES, AND ANYBODY WHO ASKED ME, I SENT THEM BOTH SETS OF ARTICLES.

SO IT WAS A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS THROUGHOUT BOTH OF THEM.

THERE WAS A NEGATIVE ARGUMENT ON THE OTHER CANDIDATE REGARDING HOUSTON.

THERE WAS A NEGATIVE ARTICLE ON DR.

EARLEYWINE REGARDING AN EVENT HE HAD AND I SENT THEM BOTH.

SO IT WAS FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT TO ALL.

YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO REPORT THAT.

OH, LET'S NOT GET PERSONAL.

LET'S MOVE ON. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU.

SEANIECE IS THERE ANY OTHER? KEITH WEBBER. COME ON UP.

SHOULD HAVE THE PRICE IS RIGHT.

[INAUDIBLE] NAME? ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING, KEITH WEBBER, MORNINGSIDE AVENUE 4411 SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

I'M HERE TODAY AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND AN EXPERT IN EDUCATION WITH TWO ADVANCED DEGREES.

I AM NOT APPEARING AS AN EMPLOYEE OF ANY PLACE.

I SAY THIS BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAVE A HISTORY OF NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE WRITING MY EMPLOYER, AFTER HAVING ADVOCATED FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT IN AN EFFORT TO INTIMIDATE AND SILENCE ME.

THIS IS NOT NEW.

JUST RECENTLY, A FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBER, AFTER SPEAKING OUT AT THE ANONYMOUS SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH LISTENING SESSIONS, HAD HIS EMPLOYER CONTACTED BY THE BOARD IN AN EFFORT TO INTIMIDATE AND SILENCE.

BOARD MEMBERS HAVE DRESSED DOWN PARENTS WHO FOLLOW PROTOCOL, TRYING DESPERATELY TO FIND SOME SORT OF SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

AGAIN, USING INTIMIDATION TO TRY AND SILENCE THEIR WORK.

ADDITIONALLY, FEMALE BOARD MEMBERS AND FEMALE BOARD MEMBERS OF COLOR HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED AND ATTEMPTS MADE TO SILENCE THEIR GOOD WORK.

THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENCES WHERE A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE HAS SCOLDED OUR BOARD MEMBERS, CHASTISING THEM, AND I QUOTE, FOR NOT ACTING IN GOOD FAITH, BUT RATHER WITH VINDICTIVE PURPOSE. WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM.

TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE LEAVING ALL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

THE RETENTION OF QUALITY STAFF IS A MAJOR ISSUE, AS NOTED BY THE SEARCH FIRM.

INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION IS A CONSISTENT AND PERVASIVE ISSUE.

YOU MAY SAY, WELL, WE NEVER HEAR SUCH THINGS, BUT OF COURSE YOUR FACULTY AND ADMIN WILL NEVER SPEAK UP BECAUSE THEY FEAR THEY WILL BE INVOLUNTARILY TRANSFERRED, INTIMIDATED, OSTRACIZED, GIVEN ADDITIONAL DUTIES, OR TREATED POORLY.

SO, LIKE A BATTERED SPOUSE, THEY FIND WAYS TO JUSTIFY THE BEHAVIOR, RATIONALIZE IT, AND REMAIN SILENT WHILE THE ABUSER GOES ON AS IF THERE IS NOTHING WRONG.

16 YEARS AGO, I TOLD MY ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WERE LIVING IN A CULTURE OF MISTRUST AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO LISTEN TO THE FACULTY WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THE CLASSROOM.

MANY TOLD THE DISTRICT FOUR YEARS AGO THAT WE HAD A MAJOR ISSUE WITH RETENTION OF MUSIC TEACHERS LOSING 50 IN THE LAST TEN YEARS OR MORE.

I WAS SO RELIEVED WHEN THE UPPER ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM, BUT A CRISIS.

TWO YEARS AGO, AN EAST HIGH SENIOR WHO ATTENDED EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING CALLED OUT THE BOARD FOR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR.

YET HERE WE SIT, THE SAME PROBLEMS PERSIST, STILL, WE ARE SUFFERING FROM POORLY SUPPORTED TEACHERS.

WE HAVE LOST COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF QUALITY CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

SOME OF THEM MYSTERIOUSLY GO AWAY QUIETLY, NEVER TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

SOME OF THEM LEAVE FOR LESSER PAYING JOBS, HAVING EXPERTLY LED INNOVATIVE BUILDINGS.

SOME ARE INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS WORKING HARD TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS BETTER LEARNERS, AND THEY LEAVE FOR OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE THEY FEEL VALUED AND HONORED FOR THEIR WORK AND EXPERTISE.

WHAT TIES TOGETHER ALL OF THESE DEARLY DEPARTED EDUCATORS? WELL, ALL OF THEM HAVE PUSHED BACK AND CHALLENGED THE STATUS QUO, ONLY TO BE MOVED OR RETALIATED AGAINST IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS RETRIBUTIVE BEHAVIOR STARTS AT THE TOP AND TRICKLES ITS WAY DOWN INTO THE VERY CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

JUST THIS FALL, TWO EDUCATORS I KNOW WERE TOLD TO BE QUIET AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DECISION THAT WAS NOT BEST FOR THEIR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY MADE PEOPLE ANGRY.

THESE EDUCATORS HAD A SOLUTION THAT WORKED FOR THEIR STUDENTS, WHICH KEPT STUDENT LEARNING, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING USED TO MAKE DECISIONS.

BUT RATHER THAN USE THAT TO MAKE THE DECISION, THEY WERE TOLD TO SIT AND ACCEPT THEIR CONSEQUENCES.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR AND FLIES IN THE FACE OF BEST PRACTICE IN EDUCATION.

THE DISTRICT'S USE OF THE SEARCH FIRM GAVE YOU ALL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE INSIGHT I'M BRINGING YOU TODAY.

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I'M QUOTING FROM QUESTION TEN SUMMARY, THERE IS WIDESPREAD DISSATISFACTION WITH FAVORITISM, NEPOTISM, AND INTERNAL DYSFUNCTION AMONG ADMINISTRATORS.

MANY ARE SEEKING A TRANSPARENT, FAIR AND EXTERNAL CANDIDATE TO BRING FRESH LEADERSHIP AND ADDRESS STAGNANT MANAGEMENT.

ADDITIONALLY, THE FIRM HIGHLIGHTED THAT STAFF FEEL UNDERVALUED AND UNHEARD AND WANT IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS.

WE CAN NO LONGER SIT BY AND HOPE THAT NOT ADDRESSING THIS BEHAVIOR, IT WILL SOMEHOW GO AWAY.

THAT EXCUSES, THAT EXCUSES AND ENDORSES THAT BEHAVIOR AND WE WILL END UP AGAIN WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

YET WE STILL HAVE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF EDUCATION WHO WORK THROUGH PROPER CHANNELS AND CHAINS OF COMMAND TO HELP OUR LEARNERS.

WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THIS NONSENSE OF RETRIBUTIVE BEHAVIOR, ACTIONS, INTIMIDATION, BULLYING AND FEIGNING SUPPORT.

WE HAVE GOT TO STOP MOVING PERSONAL AGENDAS FORWARD AND FOCUS ON MAKING THIS DISTRICT MORE SUPPORTIVE AND TRANSPARENT.

OUR LEADERS MUST BE FREE TO CHALLENGE IDEAS AND WORK FOR THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS FIRST, WHILE BUILDING SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS, RATHER THAN MICROMANAGED PLACES WHERE NO ONE CAN THRIVE.

WE MUST FIND AN INNOVATIVE, ARTISTIC, INTELLIGENT LEADER WHO IS FOCUSED ON HEALING OUR DISTRICT AND REMOVING THE CANCER THAT IS RETRIBUTION, NEPOTISM, FAVORITISM AND THEY CERTAINLY CANNOT BE A RUBBER STAMP FOR POOR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS? THANK YOU.

SEANIECE ANYONE ELSE? NO. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING TODAY.

CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[VI. Consent Action Item(s)]

THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS ARE THE FOLLOWING: BOARD MINUTES MEETINGS FROM OCTOBER 28TH, 2024, BOARD SPECIAL MINUTE MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 29TH, 2024, AND C FINANCE REPORT, PATTI BLANKENSHIP.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS? SO MOVED. SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS. NOW, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT ACTION ITEM SAY AYE, AYE.

ITEM SEVEN HEARING EV BUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, TIM PAUL.

[VII.A. EV Bus Infrastructure Project – Tim Paul]

NOTE NOTICE WAS PROVIDED THAT A HEARING WOULD BE HELD AT 6 P.M.

LOCAL TIME AT THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, 627 4TH STREET, SIOUX CITY, IOWA, ON THE 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2024 TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE EV BUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

ANY INTERESTED PARTY MAY APPEAR AND FILE AN OBJECTION AT ANY INFORMATION FOR OR AGAINST THE SAME WILL BE HEARD ON THE EV BUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WITH THE FINAL DECISION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A MATTER OF RECORD.

IF TIM WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS, HE COULD.

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO PRESENT ON IT.

OKAY. SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT FOR THE HEARING? NO. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHARGING STATIONS.

RIGHT. AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE CHARGING STATIONS COMING UP LATER, THE APPROVAL OF IT COMES LATER IN THE AGENDA.

OKAY. YEAH. I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN SPECIFICATION? WELL, YEAH.

PLAN SPECIFICATION ESTIMATE COST, INCLUDING THE ENGINEERING FEES PROVIDED BY EDA ENGINEERING FOR $280,000 FOR THE EV BUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

ITEM EIGHT, THE FUTURE MEETINGS BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING 12 P.M.

[VIII.Future Meetings]

NOVEMBER 18TH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A MONDAY.

YES, A CHANGE BECAUSE THE BOARD WILL BE OUT OF TOWN.

ESC BOARD ROOM BOARD FINANCE AND FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETING 3 P.M.

NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.

BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING 3:30 P.M.

NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.

IASB ANNUAL CONVENTION NOVEMBER 20TH TO THE 22ND, 2024 AT THE IOWA EVENT CENTER 730 3RD STREET,

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DES MOINES, IOWA 50309 AND THAT IS WHY THE BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT MEETING IS BEING MOVED TO MONDAY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FOR THE, OH NO WE GOT SOME MORE.

IT SAYS HERE NOTICES GATHERED GIVEN THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY GATHER IN DES MOINES, IOWA, ON NOVEMBER 20TH-22ND, 2024, TO ATTEND THE IOWA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD ANNUAL CONVENTION.

NO DELIBERATION OR ACTION BY THE BOARD IS ANTICIPATED ON ANY POLICY ISSUE.

THE UEN ANNUAL MEETING, 6 P.M.

NOVEMBER 2024 AT THE HILTON IN DES MOINES DOWNTOWN, 435 PARK STREET, DES MOINES, IOWA.

THE ANNUAL REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 P.M.

NOVEMBER 25TH ESC BOARD ROOM.

BOARD FINANCE AND FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETING 3:00 ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.

BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, 12 P.M.

DECEMBER 4TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.

EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATIVE FORUM, 8:30 A.M.

DECEMBER 7TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM AND I BELIEVE THAT'S OUR FIRST ONE OF THIS SEASON.

A REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 P.M.

DECEMBER 9TH, 2024 ESC BOARD ROOM.

AND THOSE ARE THE FUTURE MEETINGS.

WE'RE AT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[IX. Superintendent’s Report - Dr. Rod Earleywine]

ITEM NINE DR. EARLEYWINE, YOU ARE UP.

THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WAS ABLE TO VISIT BRYANT LEADS AND HUNT SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME AT THOSE BUILDINGS LAST FRIDAY.

VISITED SOME CLASSROOMS, TALKING TO TEACHERS, TALKING TO STUDENTS.

THAT'S THE HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN I'M ABLE TO GET OUT IN THE SCHOOLS AND TALK TO OUR EDUCATORS AND VISIT WITH OUR STUDENTS.

LAST FRIDAY ALSO ATTENDED A GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MEETING WITH THE CHAMBER.

THOSE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTING MEETINGS.

AND REALLY THE FOCUS THAT I'M HEARING FROM OUR STATE LEGISLATORS THIS YEAR IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FOCUS ON PROPERTY TAX AND PROPERTY TAX REFORM. SO THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING BECAUSE REMEMBER, SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED MOSTLY THROUGH PROPERTY TAX, AND WHATEVER THEY DO WILL CERTAINLY AFFECT US, SO THAT IS ALWAYS WORRISOME AS A SUPERINTENDENT, WHEN THEY ARE DELVING INTO PROPERTY TAXES AND MAKING BIG CHANGES, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT SCHOOLS IN SOME WAY AND MR. EHMCKE WAS AT THAT MEETING AS WELL.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT CONCERNING PROPERTY TAXES, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT OUR PER PUPIL VALUATION IS VERY LOW.

I THINK WE'RE 321ST OR 322ND OUT OF 325 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SO WE'RE NEAR THE BOTTOM.

SO IT AFFECTS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT AFFECTS OUR FUNDING AND THE DOLLARS THAT WE WE GENERATE.

SO YET WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATORS AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND LASTLY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE JROTC VETERANS DAY CEREMONY TODAY AT THE FLOYD MONUMENT.

THAT WAS A FANTASTIC CEREMONY THAT OUR STUDENTS PUT ON.

AND TO ALL OUR VETERANS OUT THERE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

IT IS APPRECIATED.

AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO END MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

EARLEYWINE. WE'RE UP TO ITEM TEN.

[X.A. Human Resources Report(s) - Barb Caskey]

ITEMS OF PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND OR ACTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT, BARB CASKEY.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT? SO MOVED. SECOND.

FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS? SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

ITEM B, FISCAL YEAR 26 PRELIMINARY SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS AND BUDGET PRESENTATION CALENDAR.

[X.B. FY26 Preliminary Spending Authority Projections & the Budget Presentation Calendar – Patty Blankenship]

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PATTY BLANKENSHIP PRESENT.

OKAY. SO PAGE ONE OF THIS [INAUDIBLE].

SO PAGE ONE SHOWS THE FY 26 BUDGET GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON OCTOBER 28TH.

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SO WHEN WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET, THOSE PRINCIPLES ARE GOING TO BE WHAT GUIDES US.

PAGE TWO HAS SPENDING AUTHORITY ON IT.

AND THIS IS JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON SPENDING AUTHORITY.

THE STATE CONTROLS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT A DISTRICT CAN SPEND.

SPENDING AUTHORITY IS ONLY A GENERAL FUND CONCEPT.

SO DISTRICT EXPENDITURES ARE LIMITED BY SPENDING AUTHORITY, NOT NECESSARILY CASH OR FUND BALANCE.

THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED BUDGET OR THE TOTAL SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR IS THE CARRYOVER SPENDING AUTHORITY FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, PLUS THE ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

THE BASIC FORMULA FOR ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY IS STUDENT ENROLLMENT TIMES COST PER STUDENT.

THE FY 25 COST PER STUDENT IS $7,826.

SPENDING AUTHORITY IS REALLY FUNDED BY STATE AID AND PROPERTY TAXES.

THE FIRST FUNDING SOURCE IS THE UNIFORM LEVY.

AND THEN AFTER THE UNIFORM LEVY, IS THE NEXT TIER IS THE STATE FOUNDATION AID, WHICH FUNDS UP TO 87.5% OF OUR SPENDING AUTHORITY.

SO SPENDING AUTHORITY GENERAL BASIC FORMULA STUDENT ENROLLMENT TIMES COST PER STUDENT.

FIRST THING THAT COMES IN IS THE $5.40 UNIFORM LEVY, THEN COMES IN THE STATE AID.

THE STATE AID FILLS UP THAT BUCKET TO 87.5%, AND THEN THE REMAINING 12.5% IS FUNDED BY THE ADDITIONAL LEVY, WHICH IS GENERALLY FUNDED BY LOCAL PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS.

FOR THIS DISTRICT A PORTION OF THAT ADDITIONAL LEVY IS FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FROM THE STATE.

PAGE THREE IS A BASIC INFORMATION ON SUPPLEMENTAL STATE AID OR SSA.

SSA IS THE GROWTH IN THE PER STUDENT COST OR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE INCREASE IN THE IN THE COST PER STUDENT.

THE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT IS WHAT WILL FUND THE 26 THE FY 26 BUDGET.

FOR OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 OUR COUNT WAS DOWN 106.6 STUDENTS, WHICH USING THE FY 25 COST PER STUDENT THAT IS ABOUT A DECREASE OF $834,000 IN FUNDING.

PAGE FOUR SHOWS THE I'M PRESENTING TWO SCENARIOS, TWO SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS.

EACH PROJECTION GOES OUT FIVE YEARS.

I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

ONE BASICALLY SHOWS WHERE THE EXPENDITURE INCREASE EQUALS SSA.

THE SECOND SCENARIO SHOWS WHERE EXPENDITURES INCREASE EXCEED SSA.

SO IN BOTH OF THE SCENARIOS, THE YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE, TWO THROUGH FIVE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.

NO CHANGES. IT'S ONLY IN YEAR ONE WHERE I'M SHOWING A DIFFERENCE OF 1% IN THE EXPENDITURE GROWTH.

IN THE FIRST SCENARIO WE LOOK AT WILL SHOW SSA AND EXPENDITURE GROWTH BOTH BEING 2.5%.

IN THE SECOND SCENARIO WILL SHOW SSA 2.5% AND EXPENDITURE GROWTH AT 3.5%.

SO JUST A 1% DIFFERENTIAL IN ONLY ONE YEAR.

BUT THE OUTCOME IS IS OF THAT 1% DIFFERENCE IS PRETTY DRAMATIC.

PAGE FIVE SHOWS THE AVERAGE SSA OVER FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS 2.54%, AND ALSO SHOWS THE EXPENDITURE GROWTH ON AVERAGE OF 3.56%. NOW WITH WE'VE HAD ESSER FUNDS AND ALL OF THOSE YEARS, SO THE EXPENDITURE GROWTH DOESN'T THOSE ESSER DOLLARS ARE IN THERE.

PAGE SIX SHOWS THE CALCULATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR FY 25.

OUR ENDING BALANCE WAS $85.4 MILLION OR 30% UNSPENT BALANCE RATIO.

THE NEXT COLUMN SHOWS THE PROJECTED FY 25 BALANCE, WHICH IS 85.4% OR STILL REMAINING AT THAT AT THAT 30%. THERE'S A COUPLE NOTES I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY IT'S BASED ON THE SPENDING

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AUTHORITY FROM THE WHAT WAS THE FY 25 BUDGET ADOPTION WITH A FEW ADJUSTMENTS.

ONE BEING I'VE ADDED $692,000 FOR THE TEACHER MINIMUM PAY.

THAT'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED AS CASH AND SPENDING AUTHORITY.

THOSE WERE CHANGES AFTER WE THE FY 25 BUDGET ADOPTION.

THE OTHER ADJUSTMENT IS FOR THE AEA ED SERVICES AND MEDIA SERVICES, WHERE THE DISTRICT RETAINS 60% OF THAT FUNDING.

THAT IS ALSO AFFECTS CASH AND SPENDING AUTHORITY, A CHANGE MADE AFTER THE BUDGET ADOPTION.

AND I ALSO ADJUSTED THE SPED DEFICIT.

FROM $750,000 TO $2 MILLION, SO AN INCREASE OF $1.2 MILLION.

THAT ADJUSTMENT AFFECTS SPENDING AUTHORITY, BUT THERE'S NO CASH THAT GOES WITH IT.

SO THOSE ARE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT I MADE TO THE ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY.

NOTE TWO SHOWS THE EXPENDITURES AT $198 MILLION.

SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS.

THOSE THAT'S THE PRELIMINARY FY 25 EXPENDITURES ARE FROM THE FY 25 ADOPTED BUDGET.

I HAVE ADJUSTED THEM FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE AEA FLOW THROUGH AND FOR SOME ABOUT SOME POSITIONS THAT WE ADDED AFTER THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.

THE ESTIMATED COST OF THOSE NEW POSITIONS IS ABOUT $1.9 MILLION.

WE WILL AGAIN, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PROJECTION IN JANUARY I'LL PRESENT AN UPDATED SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTION, AND WHICH I WILL POTENTIALLY UPDATE THE FY 25 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES BASED ON WHAT MY LINE ITEM BUDGETS ARE.

SO FOR FY 24 OUR SPENDING AUTHORITY.

OUR UNSPENT BALANCE INCREASED BY $14.2 MILLION.

WE HAD PROJECTED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $6.7 MILLION.

THE INCREASE IS IS DUE TO REALLY THREE THINGS.

A POSITIVE BUDGET VARIANCE IN OUR INTEREST INCOME OF ABOUT $3 MILLION.

OUR SPED DEFICIT WAS POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT OF ABOUT $2.1 MILLION.

AND THEN WE HAD OPEN ABOUT 20 OPEN POSITIONS IN FY 24 THAT ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY $1.3 MILLION.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING BUDGET, I ALWAYS HAVE TO CAPTURE THOSE UNFILLED POSITIONS BECAUSE AND WE HAVE TO BUDGET AS IF THEY WERE ALL GOING TO BE FILLED. AND YOU CAN SEE FOR FY 25, I'M PROJECTING BASICALLY A BREAK EVEN THAT WE REALLY WON'T ADD TO OUR SPENDING AUTHORITY CARRYOVER OR DECREASE ITS RIGHT ABOUT EVEN. SO, THIS NEXT PAGE, PAGE SEVEN, IS I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THIS.

THIS IS A LOT OF DETAIL.

I ONLY PUT THIS IN HERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE.

THIS IS THE THE DETAIL, THE FORMULA BEHIND THE CALCULATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY.

AND ALMOST ALL OF THESE NUMBERS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONES IN RED, ARE COMING OFF OF THE AIDEN LEVY.

SO PAGE EIGHT SHOWS OUR SCENARIO NUMBER ONE WHERE AGAIN EXPENDITURE THE EXPENDITURE INCREASE EQUALS SSA.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIRST COLUMN FOR FY 26 SSA 2.5% AND TARGETED EXPENDITURES 2.5%.

WHAT THIS WOULD GENERATE IN FY 26 IF WE HAD A TARGETED EXPENDITURE INCREASE TO 2.5%, WE COULD INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURES BY ABOUT $4.8 MILLION.

THIS DOES LEAD TO A DEFICIT SPENDING.

WE WOULD BE USING SOME RESERVES, ABOUT $1.1 MILLION OF RESERVES.

AND AND HOW WE CALCULATE THAT IS BASICALLY OUR ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY AGAIN, STUDENT ENROLLMENT TIMES COST PER STUDENT IS WHAT ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY. THAT'S THE BASIC FORMULA.

SO IN THIS SCENARIO, OUR TARGETED EXPENDITURES WOULD BE EXCEEDING THAT ANNUAL SPENDING AUTHORITY BY $1.1 MILLION.

SO IF YOU TAKE THAT OUT TO FY 30 OVER OVER FIVE YEARS TIME, UNDER THIS SCENARIO, WE WOULD BE USING $10 MILLION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY. ALTHOUGH OUR RATIOS ARE STILL DECENT YOU GET OUT TO FY 30 AND YOU STILL HAVE A 25% UNSPENT BALANCE.

SO STILL A DECENT FUND BALANCE OR STILL A DECENT CARRYOVER BALANCE.

PAGE NINE IS SCENARIO NUMBER TWO, AND IN THAT SCENARIO, SUPPLEMENTAL AID IS 2.5% AND TARGETED EXPENDITURE INCREASE IS 3.5%.

IN YEAR ONE, WHICH IS FY 26 WE WOULD BE USING $3 MILLION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY.

AND WE AND IF YOU CARRY THAT OUT, EVERYTHING IS THE SAME IN THE FIRST SCENARIO EXCEPT THAT 1% DIFFERENCE, AND ONLY IN YEAR ONE WE WOULD BE USING $20 MILLION IN SPENDING AUTHORITY.

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AGAIN, OUR RATIOS WOULD STILL BE DECENT.

WE'D GET TO FY 30 AND WE'D BE AT 23%.

NOW IF BUT YOU COULDN'T YOU COULDN'T CONTINUE THAT SCENARIO ONCE YOU WERE TO THAT LEVEL, FIVE YEARS MAYBE THAT LOOKS GOOD AT FIVE YEARS, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU'D HAVE TO START MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

PAGE TEN IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE OF THE TWO SCENARIOS.

AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE UNDER SCENARIO ONE WHERE WE'RE MATCHING SSA WITH EXPENDITURE INCREASE AND WE'RE STILL USING SPENDING AUTHORITY OF $10 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEARS.

SCENARIO TWO YOU'RE USING $20 MILLION.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY A 1% DIFFERENCE IN THE EXPENDITURE GROWTH, IT'S IT'S YOU'RE IN SCENARIO NUMBER TWO YOU'RE USING DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF SPENDING AUTHORITY THAN IN SCENARIO NUMBER ONE.

AND THAT'S WITH A 1% DIFFERENCE IN ONE YEAR.

PAGE 11 IS A BUDGET PRESENTATION CALENDAR WHICH JUST LAYS OUT WHEN THE DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS WILL BE WHEN WE WILL ADOPT THE BUDGET. AND AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THIS, WE MAY ADJUST SOME OF THESE DATES.

BUT THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY CALENDAR.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACKNOWLEDGES THE INFORMATION PRESENTED REGARDING THE FY 26 PRELIMINARY SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS AND THE BUDGET PRESENTATION CALENDAR.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? JUST A REMINDER, PLEASE REMIND SEEK RECOGNITION OF THE CHAIR.

DIRECTOR GREENWELL. I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO IS THERE'S THIS LITTLE SHEET THAT'S ON ALL BOARD MEMBERS DESK.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT GOING FORWARD.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LITTLE EXAMPLE THAT'S ON YOUR TABLE, I USED A BASE, THIS IS JUST A BASE OF $100.

AND WE USE THOSE SSA GROWTH PERCENTAGES THAT WERE THE ACTUAL GROWTH PERCENTAGES FOR SSA FOR 21, 22, 23, 24 AND 25.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A COMPOUNDING IMPACT.

SO THE $7,835 THAT'S REALLY THE STUDENT OR THE PER STUDENT AMOUNT.

SO IF WE STARTED OUT WITH $100 BASE AND WE ROLLED UP THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR, OUR SSA WOULD BE $113.

THAT'S THE SSA THE STATE WOULD HAVE GIVEN US EFFECTIVELY.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT INCREASE IN THE CUMULATIVE OVER THE PERIOD.

AND THIS EXAMPLE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER $538.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPENDING GROWTH AND THOSE SPENDING PERCENTAGES THAT WE SAW THAT PATTY PRESENTED, WE STARTED OUT WITH THE SAME HUNDRED DOLLARS AND IT'S COMPOUNDING OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

YOU WOULD SEE THAT WE HAVE $583.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT SPENDING.

WELL, IN FACT THAT WAS MADE UP PRIMARILY THROUGH THE ESSER FUNDING.

SO WHILE WE DID HAVE TECHNICAL DEFICIT SPENDING, THE SSA WASN'T COMPLETELY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED IN BECAUSE WE GOT $59 MILLION FROM FROM ESSER.

THAT IS GONE AND THAT IS GONE FROM, YOU KNOW, 25 ON.

SO I THINK PATTY'S PROJECTIONS THAT SHE PUT FORWARD WERE SUCH THAT, GUYS, WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS.

WE WEREN'T LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS IN THE PRIOR YEARS BECAUSE WE HAD EXCESS CASH COMING IN FROM ESSER.

GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS OTHERWISE WE'LL CHEW UP OUR SPENDING AUTHORITY VERY SIGNIFICANTLY, EVEN THAT ONE YEAR.

IF THIS NEXT YEAR WE SPENT 1% MORE IN EXPENDITURES THAN REVENUE THAT COMPOUNDING EFFECT WOULD CARRY ON EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND WOULD COMPOUND EVEN IF WE SPENT RIGHT AT THE 2.5%.

SO IT WOULD CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO COMPOUND AND GROW.

SO THIS YEAR'S BUDGETING IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A BIT MORE TIGHT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE POSITIONS THAT WE'VE ADDED AS WE AS WE GO FORWARD WITH MAINTAINING SSA AND SPENDING OR SPENDING IN PARALLEL.

EXCEEDING SPENDING WITHOUT ESSER ANYMORE IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT PROJECT.

DIRECTORS? DIRECTOR EHMCKE.

PATTY, YOU NOTED THAT WE HAD A DECREASE IN 106 AND A FRACTION AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.

HOW DO WE GET TO A FRACTION AMOUNT OF STUDENTS? IS THERE A WAITING PROCESS? COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? WELL, THERE IS A WAITING DR.

EARLEYWINE MIGHT BE BETTER AT EXPLAINING THAT [INAUDIBLE] BETTER THAN ME AND THE CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT.

LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOWN 106.6? THERE COULD BE DUAL ENROLLMENT.

YEAH. SO YEAH, NOT EVERY STUDENT'S WORTH ONE.

IF THEY'RE DUAL ENROLLED OR HOMESCHOOLED, THEN WE GET A PERCENTAGE OF IT.

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YEAH. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE SPECIAL ED WEIGHTING.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS RUNNING AROUND HERE.

JUST THREE FOURTHS. RIGHT.

I KNEW THAT. AND WHAT I WONDERED IS SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THE WEIGHTING CAN COME FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDENT THAT'S BEING HOMESCHOOLED COMES TO OUR DISTRICT FOR CERTAIN SERVICES WE THEN GET A PORTION OF THE STATE THAT WOULD BE TRUE.

IN A SPECIAL ED.

NO THAT COMES THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT ISSUE.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY.

YEAH. JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF COUNTING.

YES. YEP.

PATTY, IN YOUR IN YOUR ESTIMATE, WERE YOU USING 2.5% AS AN INCREASE IN SSA? KIND OF AS YOUR ASSUMPTION BASE MARK? YES. SO IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR A NUMBER LIKE A 3%, THEN THAT WOULD IMPROVE THIS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL ACCUMULATING AND EXISTING SPENDING AND SPENDING GROWTH AND WHAT OUR REVENUE IS.

WOULD THAT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT? WELL, YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE.

BUT BASICALLY WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THESE PROJECTIONS FORWARD, WE'RE WE'RE USUALLY TRYING TO TIE WHATEVER THE SSA IS TO OUR EXPENDITURE GROWTH, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THREE AND THREE, THREE AND A HALF AND THREE AND A HALF.

BUT WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T TIE THOSE TWO.

AND I'M NOT CHALLENGING YOUR NUMBERS, BUT WHAT I'M WONDERING IS IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL GETTING AN INCREASE IN SSA, IT WILL BE DIFFERENCE MAKING FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE POTENTIAL DEFICIT SPENDING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

WELL I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE.

IF YOU HAD 3% SSA, YOU MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME HOLDING OFF EXPENDITURE INCREASES TO SOMETHING LESS THAN THREE. THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE THINKING? SO. I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS HOPING THE ANSWER WOULD BE THAT WE GOT 3.0.

THE EXPENDITURES WOULD ALSO INCREASE TO THREE.

3%. I MEAN, NOT GUARANTEED.

WELL, NOT JUST NOT INFLATION NECESSARILY, JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN EXPENDITURES IS SALARY AND BENEFITS.

RIGHT. 80% OF OUR BUDGET IS IN SALARY AND BENEFITS.

AND OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SALARY AND BENEFIT INCREASES IT YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR TARGET IS IS OFTEN THAT SSA NUMBER.

AND PART OF MY THOUGHT AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY TELL ME THAT I'M WRONG.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE YOU, YOU'RE AN EXPERT.

I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THE REASON, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE CARRYING FORWARD A $4 MILLION SHORTFALL IN REVENUE, THAT WE'RE SURVIVING IT, I'LL CALL IT SURVIVING IN QUOTES ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE 40 POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY FILLED.

AND OF COURSE, MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE HAD A RENAISSANCE OR WHATEVER OUT IN IN THE GENERAL EXCITEMENT AMONG PEOPLE WHO COULD BE TEACHERS, AND THAT WE FILL ALL THOSE 40 POSITIONS, AND WE REALLY DO NEED THAT HIGHER SSA NUMBER IN MY HEAD.

BUT IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT, TELL ME.

WELL, NO, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THE HIGHEST SSA NUMBER AS WE COULD GET.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR.

DIRECTOR GREENWELL. YEAH, I THINK DIRECTOR EHMCKE'S POINT IS SPOT ON THAT THEORETICALLY, IF WE GOT MORE SSA AND WE DIDN'T SPEND AS MUCH, WE COULD REDUCE THE DEFICIT. THE DIFFICULTY IS DISCIPLINE.

FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE WITH SPENDING, BECAUSE YOU'RE TYPICALLY RUNNING TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH SALARIES AND WAGES.

WE'VE BEEN RUNNING OVER OUR SSA FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IN A ROW, WHERE WE WOULD GIVE ALMOST A PERCENT MORE THAN WE GOT IN SSA.

WE WOULD GIVE THAT IN SALARY SALARY INCREASES COUPLED WITH THE HEADCOUNT INCREASES.

THERE ARE REALLY TWO THINGS THERE.

SORRY, THREE THINGS THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO BUILD SPENDING AUTHORITY RESERVES, ESSER, UNFILLED POSITIONS, AND INTEREST INCOME.

THOSE ARE THE THREE BIG THINGS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO BUILD SPENDING AUTHORITY.

NO MORE ESSER. INTEREST INCOME IS GOING TO COME DOWN BECAUSE INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO DECLINE.

AND THEN THE THE TEACHING POSITIONS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH SALARIES AND WAGES FOR TEACHER AND STAFF POSITIONS.

AND THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING IS UNFILLED POSITIONS, ALONG WITH ESSER ARE THE TWO BIG THINGS, PLUS THE INTEREST INCOME WILL COME DOWN.

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WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THOSE POINTS.

BUT YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS, IS THAT THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SOME I'M USING LIGHT WORDS INSTEAD OF THE HEAVY WORDS.

I COULD SAY A LOT OF ANGST AND WHATEVER, BUT I'LL CALL IT STRESS.

THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SOME STRESS AT THE TEACHER LEVEL IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THOSE 40 POSITIONS FILLED, AND AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I'D LOVE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY FOR OUR TEACHERS THAT TEACH THE EXPERIENCE AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THIS DISTRICT BECOMES, IF WE HAD THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AND THEN, AS YOU SAY, WE HAVE TO WATCH THAT.

BUT BUT I YOU KNOW, I HAPPEN TO BE SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DYNAMICS OF THE COMBINATION OF TEACHERS IN CERTAIN CURRICULUMS AND, AND SUBJECT MATTERS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE IT WORK.

AND RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT WE'RE STRESSED BECAUSE WE HAVE FABULOUS TEACHERS WHO ARE DOING TIME AND A HALF WORK, PARTICULARLY IN OUR CORE AND OUR ARTS AND THE LIKE.

AND SO I HEAR THE PROJECTION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MY MESSAGE TO THE LEGISLATORS IS WE ARE IN A CHANGED ENVIRONMENT AND WE ARE IN A COMPETITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, AND WE NEED TO BE FUNDED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. IF WE WE CAN'T KEEP STRESSING OUT OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE WE AREN'T HAVING A FULL COMPLEMENT OF THEM, WE'LL JUST LOSE THEM. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT.

AND COULD I ALSO SAY THIS IS REALLY RIGHT NOW AN ESTIMATE.

WE'RE NOT APPROVING A BUDGET TODAY.

RIGHT. OKAY.

WELL THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A BUDGET PRESENTATION NUMBER NUMBER TWO.

AND IT'S AND IT'S IT'S A PRELIMINARY SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS.

WE WILL UPDATE THE SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS ALONG THE WAY AS WE YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, THIS IS BUILT ON SOME ASSUMPTIONS.

WELL, YES, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS.

SO WHERE DO WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE SAY THIS IS THE BUDGET WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT AND THAT'S KIND OF THE DEADLINE? THE BUDGET IS DUE ON APRIL 30TH.

IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 11, ON APRIL 28TH IS THE DAY I'M ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL ADOPT THAT BUDGET.

AND THAT'S ADOPTING THE BUDGET, BUT OUR PROPERTY TAX LEVY, IT COULD CHANGE, IT COULD CHANGE AFTER THIS DATE.

BUT WE REALLY WANT OUR LEVY.

WE WANT TO HAVE A PRETTY SOLID LEVY NUMBER BY MARCH 15TH.

OKAY. SO BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WE LOOK AT HOW DO WE DEPLOY OUR COMPLEMENT OF FACULTY AND THE MIX OF THEM TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE WANT TO IN STUDENT EXCELLENCE OR EDUCATION EXCELLENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS? WE HAVE KIND OF FOR NEXT YEAR UP TO IN THE FIRST PART OF MARCH TO GET ALL OF THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO GET THAT SORTED OUT.

YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW IS WHAT'S THE SSA NUMBER? AND I'M ABOUT TO SAY THEN WE REALLY NEED THEM TO TELL US, RIGHT.

AND THERE IS A LEGAL DUE DATE FOR THAT.

DO YOU KNOW THE LEGAL I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

BUT THEY NEVER MEET THE THEY NEVER THEY NEVER THEY NEVER PROVIDED BY THEIR OWN DUE DATE.

SO I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S OUR OUR FIRST.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

I BELIEVE IT'S 30 DAYS AFTER THE GOVERNOR SETS A BUDGET.

THAT'S OUR BUDGET THAT'S SUPPOSED TO COME OUT.

SO, YEAH, LIKE THE END OF JANUARY, RIGHT? SO THEY NEVER MEET THE DEADLINE.

THEY NEVER MEET THAT DEADLINE.

SO SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD THAT NUMBER.

DIRECTOR OR SUPERINTENDENT EARLEYWINE.

THANK YOU. JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUTS OUT EVERY YEAR THIS IS FOR 24-25 IOWA TEACHER SHORTAGE AREAS. OKAY? THIS LIST USED TO BE PRETTY SHORT NOW IT'S A LONG LIST, 5-12, SPECIAL EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM, MATH, SCIENCE, LANGUAGE ARTS, MUSIC, ART ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, SOCIAL STUDIES COUNSELOR, TALENTED/GIFTED, WORLD LANGUAGES, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL TECH, FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE, MEDIA SPECIALISTS LIKE TEACHER, LIBRARIAN, READING, EARLY CHILDHOOD, CTE, HEALTH, PHYSICS, AGRICULTURE, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, STEM, COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND EARTH SCIENCE.

THOSE ARE THE SHORTAGE AREAS IN THE STATE OF IOWA.

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO EDUCATION, SO THE INPUT IS WAY DOWN.

SO WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE OUTPUT? IT'S WAY DOWN.

SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES FACING THIS DILEMMA THAT SO TO I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO THE POINT.

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WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.

WE HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR CLIMATE AND CULTURE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO.

BUT THE PAY MATTERS, THE BENEFITS MATTER, THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE MATTER.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS MATTER TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GREENWELL.

MR. VANDERLOO I THINK AT THE LAST FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING YOU HAD INDICATED AND MR. MOZER HAD INDICATED THAT FOR ELEMENTARY, WE'RE FAIRLY WELL STAFFED FOR ELEMENTARY.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE SPECIAL ED OPENING AT THE ELEMENTARY.

WE HAVE WE HAVE THREE, I THINK, SPECIAL ED OPENINGS, BUT TWO OF THEM ARE FILLED RIGHT NOW WITH INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS WORKING ON THEIR DEGREE, WHICH THEY'LL HAVE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE HAVE ONE SPECIAL ED OPENING.

THE REST OF THE CLASSROOM, ENTITLED OPENINGS AT THE ELEMENTARY ARE FILLED.

AND I UNDERSTOOD THE SECONDARY AREA, A SECONDARY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, THE PRIMARY OPENINGS WERE SPECIAL ED AND ELL.

THAT WOULD BE A LION'S SHARE OF THEM.

WE DO HAVE 40 PLUS OPENINGS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, BUT BETWEEN ELL AND SPECIAL ED THAT'D BE PROBABLY CLOSE TO HALF OF THOSE 40 OPENINGS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DIRECTOR EHMCKE.

THANK YOU. DO YOU? AND I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, AND YOU CAN TELL ME.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER, BUT YOU BELIEVE THAT WITH THE PAY SCALE AND WHAT WE'RE OFFERING TODAY, WHEN TEACHERS APPLY THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE? EARLEYWINE THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMING OUT OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES WITH A TEACHING DEGREE, THAT NUMBER IS DOWN.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES AROUND US THAT THEIR WAGES ARE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR WAGES, AND IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.

AND WHEN THEY CAN WALK INTO A SMALLER ENVIRONMENT WITH THE SAME WAGES, THEY'LL TAKE THAT AS OPPOSED TO WALKING INTO A BIGGER DISTRICT WITH 40 PLUS OPENINGS.

I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS.

WE HAVE FOCUSED ON BRINGING IN OUR NEW TEACHERS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND NONTRADITIONAL TEACHERS.

I THINK WE NEED TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME ON RETAINING THE ONES WE HAVE AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THEM, AS OPPOSED TO RETIRING EARLY AND GOING ACROSS THE RIVER AND DOUBLE DIPPING. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO RETAIN AS MANY OF THOSE TEACHERS AS WE CAN.

I DO THINK OUR INCOMING NEW TEACHERS, I THINK WE'RE GETTING AS MANY AS WE CAN, BUT I THINK THERE'S A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE LOSING THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON, THAT RETENTION GROUP, THAT GROUP, THAT RULE OF 88, INSTEAD OF RETIRING AND LEAVING US AND GOING TO SOUTH DAKOTA VALLEY.

I THINK WE NEED TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME AND ENERGY KEEPING THOSE PEOPLE ON OUR BOOKS.

AND YES, WE MAY HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT.

WE MAY HAVE TO ENTICE THEM TO STAY, AND WE'RE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU REPLACE A 30 YEAR VETERAN, YOU'RE LOSING A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF A LOT OF ADVICE, A LOT OF MENTORSHIP THERE.

DIRECTORS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DISCUSSIONS? THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 26 PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY SPENDING AUTHORITY PROJECTIONS AND THE BUDGET PRESENTATION CALENDAR. ITEM C COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND GRANT, JARED MOZER IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

[X.C. Computer Science Professional Development Fund Grant – Jarod Mozer]

JARED'S NOT HERE. I DON'T SEE, BUT IS IT, WOULD THERE BE SOMEONE READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN CASE [INAUDIBLE]? OKAY, OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO APPROVE THE PURSUIT OF GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR 16 TEACHERS, TOTAL FUNDING RECEIVED THROUGH THE GRANT WOULD BE $97,440.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A GRANT AND THAT.

FIRST AND A SECOND.

BUT WHAT IT IS, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE THE CASH FLOW FOR 16 OF OUR EXISTING TEACHERS TO BECOME QUALIFIED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND HAVE CERTIFICATES, AND THAT MAKES THEM MORE FLEXIBLE IN WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR US.

AND THAT'S WHY I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION.

I'M ASSUMING I'M CORRECT ABOUT THAT.

YOU'RE CORRECT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS? SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

ITEM D CHARACTER STRONG, TIER THREE, JARED MOZER.

[X.D. Character Strong – Tier 3 – Jarod Mozer]

WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT WILL SPEAK ON.

AMY OKAY THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF CHARACTER STRONG TIER THREE PROGRAM FOR THE AMOUNT OF $53,750.40.

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FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBER.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, DIRECTOR AMY, GOING TO PRESENT ON THIS.

I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN.

HERE, I'LL PUT THIS IN THE IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION.

BUT THE SETUP IS THAT WE HAVE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CHARACTER STRONG PIECE IS ESSENTIAL TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO IMPROVE THE BEHAVIOR SITUATION IN CLASSROOMS. THAT IS A CHALLENGE.

WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GOING INTO EDUCATION, AND IF YOU'RE OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC AND YOU START TALKING TO TEACHERS WHO SAY THEY'VE HAD IT HAPPEN, SO THEY'RE ALMOST NUMB TO THE FACT THAT YOU'LL HAVE STUDENTS MISBEHAVING IN CLASS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER STUDENTS SAY, WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK HARD, BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE 7% OR THE 10% THAT ARE DISRUPTING THE CLASSROOM.

AND I THINK THROUGH THAT, AND I SAY THE FIRST PART IS, ISN'T THAT CORRECT, THAT THIS IS OUR BEST CHANCE SINCE WE CAN'T SUSPEND PEOPLE AND PUT THEM OUT RIGHT AWAY FOR BAD BEHAVIOR THIS IS OUR BEST CHANCE TO HAVE A SYSTEM AND A FORMAT TO IMPROVE THEIR BEHAVIOR.

YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.

SO THE TIER THREE, IT'S FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THAT CRITICAL NEED THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

WE'VE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED SUPPORTS FOR AND FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON TIER ONE AND TIER TWO.

TIER ONE IS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFE AND RESPONSIVE TO STUDENTS.

AND TIER TWO ARE FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT EXTRA SUPPORT, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO COME BACK AND LEARN. TIER THREE ARE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE HAVING SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIOR CHALLENGES, AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO MORE.

THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IF WE HAVE A STUDENT, WE CALL IT NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND EVERYTHING.

BUT WHAT THEY REALLY NEED IS A BETTER BEHAVIOR MODEL FOR THEMSELVES WHEN THEY'RE IN SCHOOL.

AND THAT IF WE HAVE THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE WORKING BETTER THAN IF THE KID IS OFF AND AWAY FROM US, MEANING THE CONSISTENT ABILITY TO APPLY WHAT WE'RE BUYING AND IT WORKS.

CORRECT. YES, WE KNOW THAT THESE STUDENTS NEED POSITIVE MODELS OF BEHAVIOR, AND SUSPENDING THEM DOESN'T ALWAYS OFFER US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH CORRECT BEHAVIORS.

AND SO THIS ALLOWS US TO GET TRAINING AND TO BETTER SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS.

MY LAST POINT AND THEN I'LL QUIT TALKING.

BUT WHO ARE WE ASKING THEN? WE'RE GETTING EDUCATION PIECE.

WE'RE GETTING STRATEGY AND SOLUTIONS AND WRITTEN MATERIALS AND THE LIKE AND AUDIO VIDEO.

WHO ARE WE ASKING TO TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE SCHOOL? IT'S OUR TEACHERS, ISN'T IT? CORRECT. SO THERE'S STILL LEFT.

ARE THEY STILL LEFT WITH THE STUDENT WHO HAS A BAD DAY AND CAN'T BEHAVE IN CLASS? SO THEY'RE IT DEPENDS ON THE SEVERITY OF THE BEHAVIOR.

AND IOWA CODE AND DIFFERENT LEGISLATION HAS GIVEN US DIRECTION ON HOW MUCH WE CAN OR CAN'T INTERVENE.

BUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE TO TEACHERS SO THAT THEY ARE PRIORITIZING STUDENT LEARNING.

AND SO IF A STUDENT IS BEING SO DISRUPTIVE THAT THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM A SETTING, THEN THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT APPROPRIATELY. AND THIS WILL HELP US? YES. THANK YOU.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM BACK IN THE DAY.

AND I GET TO SAY BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS A SPECIAL EDUCATION BEHAVIOR DISORDER TEACHER, WE HAD TO USE A TOKEN ECONOMY BOYS TOWN MODEL USED IT ALL.

AND THIS IS JUST, I THINK A STEP UP.

SO THAT'S MY DEAL ON THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DIRECTORS? SEANIECE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

AMY, YOUR NAME IS FIRMLY ON ONE HERE.

[X.E. Instructure – Amy Denney]

ITEM E INSTRUCTOR.

IT SAYS IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU CAN, BUT LET'S WAIT UNTIL AFTER WE GET THINGS GOING HERE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF CANVAS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH INSTRUCTION FOR $29,000 FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEANIECE ANY CITIZEN INPUT?

[01:00:02]

NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

WE'RE TO ITEM F, EV BUS AND PURCHASE, MR.

[X.F. EV Bus and Purchase – Tim Paul]

PAUL, HE IS HERE FOR RESPONSE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BID FROM HOGLUND BUS COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,865,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF 15 INTERNATIONAL EV BUSSES WITH AC.

WE HAVE A FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. DIRECTOR EHMCKE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE 15 ELECTRIC BUSSES [INAUDIBLE] PROTECTION AGENCY, A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE BUYING THE BUSSES AND GIVING THEM TO US.

MY CONCERN IS THE TIMING OF WHEN WE HAVE TO MOVE AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO MOVE.

SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE $5,865,000 TO PAY FOR THIS IF WE ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR 15 BUSSES? SO I BELIEVE THE QUESTION, I'LL ANSWER IT THIS WAY.

THE FUNDING FOR THE GRANT IS NOT LIKE A TYPICAL GRANT WHERE WE PAY FIRST AND THEN THEY REIMBURSE US.

WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT SET UP WITH THE EPA.

THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE DELAY FROM WHEN WE FIRST WERE AWARDED THE GRANTS TO GET THESE ACCOUNTS AND ALL THAT SET UP.

SO AS SOON AS WE GET AN INVOICE OR IF THE BUS COMPANY SAID WE WANT SO MUCH DOWN, WE CAN DRAW FROM THAT ACCOUNT THAT WILL BE FUNDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT RIGHT AWAY.

SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR.

WELL, I'LL BE CANDID ABOUT MY CONCERN.

THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, THIS LAST WEEK HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING WEEK, RIGHT? AND I APPRECIATE THE EPA HAD A PROGRAM, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE SIGN THAT, WE'LL COME UP WITH $5 MILLION AND SOME DOLLARS FOR 15 BUSSES, THAT WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW THAT THE MONEY IS PAYING FOR IT.

I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SIGN UP WITH SOMEBODY AND SAY, OKAY, THEY GOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WENT AWAY FROM THAT, AND YOU'RE ON THE HOOK FOR IT FOR THE $5 MILLION.

I KNOW THAT, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME INTRODUCE DOUG STEWART.

WHO'S YOUR SHADOW? YEAH.

WHO IS OUR TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR AND, YOU KNOW, IN CHARGE OF ALL THE FLEET, THE BUSSES.

DOUG, NOT ONLY IS HERE TONIGHT FOR THAT ROLE, BUT HE'S BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE GRANT PROCESS.

HE WAS ACTUALLY ON A CALL LAST, I BELIEVE, WEDNESDAY, I WAS OUT WITH THE EPA AND ASKED THAT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, IS THIS FUNDING GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN WE PURCHASE THE BUSSES AND AND TAKE DELIVERY OF THEM IN OR, EXCUSE ME, JULY.

SO WHAT WAS I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

YEAH. I WAS TOLD BY THE LEAD OF THE DISTRICT SEVEN GROUP FOR THE EPA THAT IS FULLY FUNDED AND THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE THERE WHEN WE NEED IT.

IS THERE A WAY WE CAN DO THIS WHERE WE SIGN A PURCHASE ORDER AND IT'S IT'S SUBJECT TO GETTING THAT MONEY? I REALLY AM JUST A LITTLE AFRAID.

I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK WITH A $5 MILLION BILL TO PAY, AND MY SUPPORTER RAN DOWN THE HALL, AND I'M GOING TO SAY PROBABLY NOT OR NO.

ONCE WE CUT A PURCHASE ORDER, THAT'S USUALLY YOU KNOW, A CONTRACT WITH THAT VENDOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE POSSESSION AND WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THOSE WHEN THEY ASK FOR THE FUNDS. SO I THINK ONCE WE PUT A PURCHASE ORDER, DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR GREENWELL.

WELL, I SHARE MR. EHMCKE'S CONCERN. I MEAN, I THINK YOU CAN CUT A PURCHASE ORDER THAT SAYS SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF EPA FUNDS TO PAY FOR THESE BUSSES.

BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.

THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE BUS COMPANY ACCEPT THAT? AND THEY SHOULD IF THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE EPA'S MONEY.

THE BUS COMPANY SHOULD ACCEPT THAT.

BUT I SHARE YOUR SAME CONCERN.

IF SOMEHOW WHAT HAPPENS IF THE EPA IS DELAYED BY SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, ARE WE NOT GOING TO GET THE BUSSES UNTIL WELL, WE DON'T HAVE IT, RIGHT.

I MEAN, THAT'S I WOULD RATHER HAVE A SUBJECT TWO IN THE PURCHASE ORDER BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE THE BUS COMPANIES HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE EPA, THEN THEY'LL SAY, OH, FINE, WE KNOW, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO GET FUNDED AND IT'S SUBJECT TO.

SO THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING OUT OF OUR HARD EARNED FUNDS, $5 MILLION FOR 15 BUSSES, WHICH IS HORRENDOUS, HORRENDOUS BUS COSTS.

A FREE, THEY'RE OKAY, PURCHASING THEM OURSELVES, NOT SO MUCH.

I THINK AT THE BUILDING FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, I ASKED ALMOST THE EXACT SAME QUESTION HOW DO WE KNOW THE MONEY IS THERE? BECAUSE ONCE WE'RE GONE, ONCE WE GO DOWN THAT THAT THAT SLIDE, I DON'T SEE THE GOVERNMENT STOPPING US, BUT I CAN SEE THEM PULLING, THE PULLING THE PLUG. SOME GUY SAID, OR SOME GUY SAID ON A CONFERENCE CALL, IT'S ALL GOOD.

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IT'S ALL GOOD. DELAYS IT FOR A LONG TIME.

THAT'S EQUALLY A THREAT.

I REALLY DO. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE SUBJECT TWO IN THERE JUST CAN WE DO THAT? PATTY, ARE YOU? LET'S ASK THE MONEY LADY OVER THERE.

WELL, IT'S SIMPLE. SO, I MEAN DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE].

I GUESS IT'S MY $0.02, NOT MY 5 $6 MILLION OPINION IS.

SO MY MY QUESTION IS.

SO IF THEY SAY NO, THEN ARE WE GOING TO JUST DENY THE.

CAN WE GET SOMETHING FROM THE EPA THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE HEREBY HAVE A STATEMENT THAT THEY GIVE US IN WRITING THAT IT'S FULLY? WE DO HAVE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE EPA.

DO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT GRANT AGREEMENT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT.

IRREVOCABLE, THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE IN THAT AGREEMENT.

AND MAYBE THAT WILL HELP US SOME IS, IS IS WHERE MY BRAIN WAS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AGREEMENT AND AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS.

I WOULD I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEW.

IT PARTICULARLY ON EITHER THE SUBJECT TWO OR I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT MONEY AS WE SHOULD A LOT AND $5 MILLION IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE FOR A HIT.

WE JUST WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WE CAN'T PAY $5 MILLION FOR 15 BUSSES.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE GROUP HERE IS THAT WE DO NOT WANT.

TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS MOTION.

WELL, WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD MOVE TO TABLE IF THAT WOULD HELP.

JOHN. I HAVE A COUPLE CONCERNS.

ONE IS MY LAW DEGREE HASN'T COME IN THE MAIL YET, ALTHOUGH I'M LOOKING FOR IT.

I DO REMEMBER CON MA AND SOMETHING IN THE CONSTITUTION ABOUT THERE IS NO, THE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT IMPINGE AN OBLIGATION OF CONTRACT, AND IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT BETWEEN US AND THE EPA, THAT SOUNDS LIKE PRETTY CLOSE TO A CONTRACT IN MY NON NON-ATTORNEY MIND.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONCE A GRANT WAS AWARDED THAT THAT FUNDS WERE WITHDRAWN AND THAT'S OVER 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE AND THEN A COUPLE OF INCARNATIONS ON THE BOARD.

SO I THINK WE'RE BEING A BIT ALARMIST IN THIS.

I DON'T THINK AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CAN OBVIATE A CONTRACT ONCE.

ONCE YOU HAVE IT, A CONTRACT FROM A PRIOR ADMINISTRATION IS STILL BINDING.

ALL I'M SAYING IS I CAN I CAN VOTE FOR THIS AS LONG AS THERE'S A SUBJECT TO THAT, THAT IF THE MONEY ISN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT VERY WELL, TIM, WHERE WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT THERE THAT SHOULD BE LIKE HAVING A CHECK.

AND UNLESS THE CHECK BOUNCES, IT SHOULD GO THROUGH CLEAN.

BUT IF THAT'S I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED A THE BUS COMPANY TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE DELIVERY OR PAY FOR 15, ALMOST $6 MILLION FOR 15 ELECTRIC BUSSES IF IT'S NOT COMING AS THIS GRANT.

I MEAN, THIS WHOLE CONCEPT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE EPA.

THEY WANT US TO JUMP ON AND THEY'RE NOT WRITING US.

WE'RE WRITING THEM AND IT'S GOT TO BE THAT WAY.

LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION TO THE EPA, AND I'M FINE WITH BRINGING THIS BACK.

I BELIEVE THAT, AND I WAS JUST ASKING DOUG FOR HIS CONFIRMATION IF HE I BELIEVE WE COULD TAKE AN INVOICE TO THE EPA FOR THE $5,865,000, MINUS THE $240 THAT WE OWE AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT THE MONEY.

AND WE COULD ESSENTIALLY PREPAY FOR THE BUSSES.

NOW, THERE'S NO BETTER GUARANTEE THERE THAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ONCE WE PREPAY FOR THEM, WE'VE SPENT THE MONEY THAT MONEY'S IN THE BANK.

SO LET ME CHECK WITH THE EPA AND SEE IF THAT'S AN OPTION.

TIM, IF I COULD I JUST ASK, IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR.

THERE'S THERE'S NO TIMELINE ON THE MONEY OR THE SPENDING OF THE MONEY.

THE WINDOW WE'RE UP AGAINST IS GETTING OUR ORDER INTO THE FACTORY.

WERE, OUR WHOLE PREMISE IS THAT WE GET THESE IN THE SUMMER JULY TIME FRAME, SO THAT WE CAN START TRAINING DRIVERS AND HAVE THEM ON THE STREETS FOR THE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. YEAH, THAT'S THE PREMISE OF THIS WHOLE TIMELINE.

SO I THINK IF WE, YOU KNOW, TO CALM EVERYBODY'S NERVES, IF WE COME BACK NEXT BOARD MEETING WITH THOSE ANSWERS AND WE'LL GET

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SOMETHING FROM THE EPA WITH A LEGAL OPINION.

I'M VERY COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.

AND EVEN IF WE CAN PREPAY.

AND THAT'S ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY, SO THAT DOESN'T SLOW US DOWN TOO MUCH.

SO JUST IF I MIGHT THEN JUST GOING TO THE NEXT ONE, THEN IT WOULD BE TO TABLE THAT ONE AS WELL, TABLE F AND G.

SO AND I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.

WE APPROVE TODAY BASED ON THE FACT WE HAD A BID OUT THAT OTHER CONTRACTORS COULD GET INVOLVED IN THE BID.

WE HAVE ACCEPTED AS, QUOTE, THE LOW BID FOR THE ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED EARLIER IN THIS MEETING. BUT I AGREE, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACQUISITION OR THE THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE EPA WORKS LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BEFORE WE JUMP AHEAD.

SO BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THE SAME THING.

WE WANT TO TABLE A TABLE F AND G.

YEAH. OKAY.

WELL, I'LL MOVE TO TABLE.

YEAH. ITEMS F AND G, WE HAVE A FIRST OR WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE ITEMS F AND G. DO WE NEED TO WAIT? ORIGINAL MOTION. I HAVE DIRECTOR MEYERS AS THE FIRST ON THE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

SO THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOTION TO TABLE.

WE AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE A MOTION BY DIRECTOR EHMCKE AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR LEE.

AND WHAT THAT DOES FOR YOU GUARANTEES WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.

RIGHT. YEAH.

WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER FROM THE EPA ON THAT FUNDING.

AND ONE OF TWO THINGS WILL AT LEAST ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER WITH THAT CONTINGENT.

BUT WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO COME BACK AND FIND OUT THAT THE EPA SAYS THEY CAN ORDER THE BUSSES, GET YOUR INVOICE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

WE'LL PAY FOR THEM.

AND THAT WAY, IT'LL.

IT'S MONEY SPENT THEN.

DIRECTOR GEORGE. YES, WE WILL NEED TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT.

SO WE'RE TABLING TABLING ONE AND THEN TO THEN TABLE THE NEXT ONE NEEDS TO BE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS AND VOTES.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT MOTION THEN WOULD BE APPLY ONLY TO ITEM F.

ITEM F.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE F UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

WE HAVE A FIRST AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ASSUMING THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

ASSUMING THERE IS NO CITIZEN INPUT.

NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING MOTION F SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

ITEM F IS TABLED.

SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM G.

[X.G. EV Charging Stations – Tim Paul]

GOT TO HAVE IT ON THE FLOOR FIRST.

YOU GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BID THE EVS CHARGING STATION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BID FROM INCHARGE ENERGY IN THE AMOUNT OF $340,649 FOR PURCHASING 15 EV CHARGING STATIONS. SO MOVED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A FIRST AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO TABLE THIS MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

DIRECTOR LEE SECONDS.

I ASSUME THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO TABLE ITEM G, SAY AYE, AYE.

THOSE TWO WILL COME BACK NEXT BOARD MEETING.

ITEM G IS TABLED.

ITEM H CITY BUILDING PERMIT FOR PROJECT HOUSE NUMBER TWO, JIM VANDERLOO IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[X.H. City Building Permit for Project House II – Jim Vanderloo]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR SIGNATURE OF THE CITY BUILDING PERMIT FOR PROJECT HOUSE TWO? SO MOVED. SECOND.

BOARD IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEANIECE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

ITEM I, CONTRACTS FOR BOARD APPROVAL, MR. VANDERLOO, MR. MOZER.

[X.I. Contracts for Board Approval – Jim Vanderloo and Jarod Mozer]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND ACTIVITIES?

[01:15:01]

WE HAVE A FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM J FACILITY RENTAL CONTRACT, MR.

[X.J. Facility Rental Contracts – Jim Vanderloo and Jarod Mozer]

VANDERLOO AND MR. MOZER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND EXECUTE THE FACILITY RENTAL CONTRACT? SO MOVED. WE HAVE.

FIRST WE HAVE A SECOND. BOARD IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.