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From YouTube: School Board Meeting August 8, 2023
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - August 8, 2023
A
A
D
A
Same
sign
all
right,
thank
you.
Motion
passes
all
right.
Next,
we
will
move
on
to
the
recognition
of
the
audience
at
this
time.
The
board
will
hear
comments
from
the
public.
We
ask
that
each
speaker
who
has
signed
up
to
address
the
board
State
their
name
and
home
school
district
for
the
record
speakers
must
refrain
from
using
this
form
to
criticize
or
complain
about
a
specific
employee
or
student
by
name.
Vulgar
or
profane
language
will
not
be
tolerated.
A
The
board
is
interested
in
your
comments
and
will
listen
carefully,
but
it
is
not
obligated
to
respond
to
or
debate
issues
in
this
form.
This
evening
two
speakers
have
signed
up
to
address
the
board.
Each
speaker
will
be
allotted
a
maximum
of
three
minutes
upon
conclusion
of
the
allotted
time.
A
time
a
chime
will
sound
and
the
speaker
is
asked
to
conclude,
if
necessary.
A
final
chime
will
sound
15
seconds
later,
signifying
the
end
of
the
speaker's
time
at
the
podium.
F
F
Why
do
you
think
the
people
in
Fargo
will
just
pay
it,
including
thousands
of
persons
who
don't
have
kids
in
the
school?
What
do
you
think?
What
are
you
going
to
do
when
it
doesn't
happen,
but
their
good
news?
There
is
an
increase
coming
from
the
state
that
was
legislatively
approved.
That
too
was
almost
six
million
dollars,
but
not
enough,
so
the
total
end
is
12
million
dollars.
That's
just
the
income
portion.
F
F
F
F
F
What
what
do
you
get
from
saying
a
thing
about
the
veterans?
Tax
credits?
More
veterans
are
taking
advantage
of
the
veterans
tax
credit.
Does
that
mean
you're
more
interested
in
getting
money
from
veterans
who
are
disabled
versus
them
getting
their
taxes?
You
know
somewhat
lightened
up
because
they
serve
their
country
and
ended
up
with
some
sort
of
injury.
G
G
I
am
here
to
again
thank
the
board
and
Dr
Gandhi
for
taking
a
stand
against
the
bullying
of
students
by
teachers
and
staff
and
other
students
I.
Thank
you
for
rejecting
bigotry
I.
Thank
you
for
acknowledging
the
facts
of
human
biology
and
defying
legislators
and
a
governor
who
are
spreading
lies
and
misinformation
about
human
biology
and
human
sex
to
create
laws
that
ban,
bully
and
belittle
human
beings
for
being
who
they
are
for
thousands
of
years,
rabbis
acknowledged
six
genders
even
2000
years
ago,
when
Jesus
walked
the
Earth.
G
G
G
What
kind
of
world
are
these
babies
going
to
have
to
face
one
where
the
rest
of
the
population
does
not
know
they
exist,
one
where
they
will
be
made
to
explain
the
to
the
ignorant
masses,
the
actual
facts
of
human
sex,
one
where
they
will
be
denied
the
hormones
they
might
need,
one
where
surgeries
will
be
forced
on
them
before
they
are
old
enough
to
talk
to
make
them
more
likable
for
their
parents,
surgeries
that
leave
them
with
lifelong
issues
that
they
did
not
need
what
will
their
parents
and
teachers
and
peers?
Think
of
them.
G
156
million
people
are
born
where
sex
cannot
be
determined.
This
isn't
rare.
This
isn't
something
that's
just
one.
Every
million
years
many
of
us
know,
redheads
I've
met
several,
probably
more
than
a
dozen
redheads.
In
my
life
they
are
the
same
amount
of
population
as
children
who
are
born
intersex.
G
A
H
Thank
you.
We
had
a
couple
of
opportunities
recently
as
the
FEA
to
be
present
at
new
teacher
and
new
staff
member
orientations,
and
it
was
a
really
good
opportunity
to
explain
some
of
the
work
that
FEA
does,
but
also
to
point
out
the
ways
in
which
FEA
strives
to
be
collaborative
where
we
can,
with
the
board
and
with
Administration.
H
We
always
enjoy
seeing
those
new
faces
into
our
district
and
being
a
part
of
the
welcoming
process
that
our
district
does
a
good
job
with.
We
also
recently
had
a
meeting
where
Dr
Gandhi
and
president
birkeland
and
I
were
together
to
talk
about
some
ways
to
look
towards
collaboration
this
school
year
and
to
have
more
proactive
discussions
as
we
go
through
a
new
school
year,
so
I
look
forward
to
whatever
might
become
of
implementing
those
those
discussions.
H
H
I
believe
it
would
demonstrate
good
faith
and
intent
to
reach
a
ratifiable
agreement
through
the
mediation
process,
to
make
a
motion
tonight
to
table
the
preliminary
approval
of
the
budget,
given
that
negotiations
is
still
ongoing
and
that
we're
on
a
pathway
toward
a
conclusion
through
the
mediation
process.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you,
I'll
just
touch
base
on
a
couple
of
things.
I'll
start
briefly
by
just
talking
a
little
bit
about
the
budget.
That's
in
front
of
you
as
well
tonight
the
board
has
asked
just
because
it
was
brought
up.
The
board
is
asked
to
approve
the
preliminary
budget.
You
are
required
statutorily
based
on
timelines
to
have
the
budget
approved
and
while
Administration
has
no
intent
to
get
in
the
way
of
negotiations
or
to
make
the
board
do
anything
that
would
go
against
a
negotiation
process.
Budget
planning
is
dictated
by
State
Statute.
I
It
is.
We
have
timelines
that
we
have
to
meet
and
then
you're
also
approving
a
preliminary
budget,
so
should
there
ever
be
changes
to
the
budget
that
gets
approved
down
the
road.
Secondly,
as
you
know,
in
an
organization
with
our
scale,
budgets
have
to
be
based
on
an
assumption,
there's
a
series
of
assumptions
that
we
have
to
make
when
we
start
the
budgetary
process.
I
I
I
have
access
to
the
enrollment
date
data
to
give
you
an
enrollment
update,
but
things
changed
so
fast
this
time
of
year
and
there's
so
many
implications
around
that
I'm
just
going
to
yield
that
to
Missy,
because
with
every
change
that
we
have
in
enrollment,
she
can
contextualize
the
data
in
terms
of
what
does
that
mean
for
Staffing?
What
does
that
mean
for
Section
to
elementary
schools
and
some
other
pieces
as
well?
So
I'll?
Let
her
do
the
enrollment
update.
J
Really
do
love
enrollment,
so
so
what
what
we
do
is
every
Monday.
We
review
the
numbers
and
we
look
at
it
through
a
couple
of
lenses.
So
on
Monday
of
this
week
we
were
at
11
204
students
and
then
I.
We
always
compare
that
to
last
year,
the
same
week
of
the
year
and
last
year.
At
this
time
we
were
at
11.
155.
J
That
means
that
they've
started
the
process
and
RSP
last
year,
and
this
year
is
predicting
that
we'd
be
around
900.
We
did
not
reach
9.
We
reached
900,
but
we
Teeter
back
and
forth
so
it'll
be
interesting
to
see
where
we
do
end
up
with
kindergarten
as
we
go
afford
our
largest
I
mean.
Do
you
want
to
guess
what's
our
largest
class
in
the
district,
what
grade.
J
It's
been
a
battle
between
10th
grade
and
second
grade,
but
second
grade
is
the
winner
this
week
and
they
have
so.
We
get
a
new
new
one
coming
out
each
time,
but
we
are
at
for
second
grade
930
students,
sophomores
9,
28,
Juniors,
9
25
and
4th
Grade
9
24..
So
those
are
our
our
biggest
classes
that
we
have,
but
we
have
very
close
in
there.
Our
largest
Elementary
is
Bennett
with
620
students,
largest
Middle
School
discovery
with
a
thousand
and
largest
High.
School
is
Davies
with
1364.
J
A
A
A
B
A
C
Yeah
I'll
give
a
brief
overview
and
obviously
Jackie's
here
who
actually
knows
this
thing
inside
and
out
in
detail.
So
if
there
are
detailed
questions,
I'm
going
to
ask
her
to
participate
with
us,
I
want
to
start
by
echoing
what
Dr
Gandhi
shared
and-
and
just
so
you
understand-
Mr
Clark.
We
are
not
at
all
approving
a
contract.
With
this
budget,
we
are
required
by
law
to
provide
a
preliminary
budget
by
August
10th.
C
C
If
you
look
at
the
general
fund,
preliminary
budget
report
you'll
see
at
the
bottom
of
page
one
that
we're
estimating
our
total
revenue
this
year
to
go
up.
7.3
percent
from
where
we're
estimating
it
to
end
last
year,
both
of
those
are
still
estimates
and
I,
would
say,
they're,
pretty
close,
not
real
rough.
C
We
believe
we're
going
to
see
about
a
nine
percent
increase
in
local
Revenue
due
to
property
tax
increases,
and
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
a
mill
increase
that
has
to
do
with
assessed
values
of
properties
going
up
new
properties
coming
online
Renaissance,
Zone
properties
that
are
now
falling
out
of
Renaissance,
Zone
protection
and
now
fully
assessed.
So,
quite
frankly,
in
my
tenure
on
the
board,
this
is
the
single
largest
year.
We're
going
to
see
in
net
valuation
increase,
never
seen
a
nine
percent
before,
and
it
could
end
up
being
a
little
less.
C
If
you
go
to
page
two
of
that
particular
budget
you'll
see
the
beginning
of
our
expenditures
and
they
carry
through
to
page
three
and
our
total
expenditures
are
projected
to
increase
by
the
exact
same
amount.
7.3
percent
Jackie
and
her
team
have
put
together
a
balanced
budget
at
this
point
in
time
where
revenues
and
expenditures
are
going
to
equal
each
other
and
our
beginning
fund
balance
and
our
ending
fund
balance
is
projected
to
stay
exactly
the
same.
C
So
that's
what's
going
on
in
our
general
fund.
One
thing
I'll
point
out
just
because
an
audience
member
shared
correct
information,
perhaps
without
understanding
the
context
that
it
came
in
as
Speaker
indicated,
that
one
of
the
budget
items
is
going
up
four
thousand
and
eighty
percent,
and
he
is
absolutely
correct.
That
is
the
number
in
our
budget
document
now.
C
This
is
because
we
are
moving
some
tutor
costs
that
have
been
funded
through
Esser
dollars
back
into
the
general
fund
budget,
as
we
are
beginning
to
wean
ourselves
off
the
grant
dollars
that
we
got
through
Esser.
We
all
I
think
are
aware
of
the
fact
that
we
have
to
determine
which
parts
of
the
additional
supports
that
Esser
had
created.
Can
we
systemically
continue
to
go
forward
with,
and
tutors
are
certainly
part
of
that?
So
it's
not
a
new
expenditure.
It's
just
coming
into
the
general
fund
budget,
as
opposed
to
the
grant
fund
budget.
C
C
So
that's
our
general
fund.
The
next
fund
I
want
to
take
you
through,
is
our
building
fund,
and
this
is
what
we
really
use
for
our
brick
and
mortar
needs
and
there's
actually
another
fund
that
feeds
into
this
as
well.
That's
called
our
special
Levy
fund,
so
I'm
going
to
take
those
in
that
order.
First,
the
building
fund,
then
the
special
Levy
fund
before
I
leave
the
general
fund.
Though
completely
again,
this
budget
recommends
that
we
remain
at
the
exact
same
Levy
no
increase
whatsoever.
C
Same
is
true
of
the
building
fund.
We
currently
under
State
Statute,
are
allowed
to
Levy
15
million
for
Brick
and
Mortar
purposes.
That's
to
build
new
buildings,
buy
property
and
to
maintain
the
facilities
we
already
have
and
as
you'll
see
in
the
building
fund,
we
are
estimating
that
we
are
going
to
see
an
increase
in
revenue
of
approximately
well
a
total
new
revenue
is
or
revenue
for
the
year
is
going
to
be
about
13
million
two
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars.
C
That's
quite
a
bit
less
than
we
when
we
had
the
year
before
for
two
particular
reasons.
We
issued
the
sale
of
bonds
last
year
for
17
million
one
hundred
and
fifty
five
thousand.
So
that's
not
happening
at
this
point
in
time.
In
this
budget.
Could
we
take
action
through
the
course
of
the
year
to
issue
bonds
sure?
C
So
we
expect
at
this
point
in
time
based
on
the
preliminary
budget
that
will
have
an
ending
fund,
balance
of
11
million
nine
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
four
hundred
and
thirty
nine
dollars
you
might
if
you're
looking
at
this
page
and
have
a
pencil
handy,
want
to
add
a
number
right
on
the
bottom,
and
that
number
would
be
one
million
285
331
dollars.
That's
the
fund
balance
that
is
in
the
special
Levy
fund
that
is
actually
feeding
in
annually
to
this
particular
building
fund.
C
C
C
The
next
fund
that
we
have
to
approve
is
actually
the
special
assessment
fund.
This
all
school
districts
have
the
ability
to
Levy
a
special
assessment
fund
to
cover
whatever
special
assessments
are
levied
against
District
property
from
the
city,
the
county
or
any
other
taxing
Authority.
That
could
put
a
special
assessment,
primarily
City
in
our
case.
C
C
Excuse
me,
which
is
slightly
less
than
we
budgeted
for
in
the
prior
year,
that's
in
large
part
due
to
the
action
of
the
state
legislature
that
is
going
to
help
more
families,
hopefully
with
the
cost
of
feeding
their
children,
so
we're
going
to
get
less
from
families
which
are
marginally
able
to
afford
it
and
more
in
a
state
support
system.
For
that,
so
that's
represented
in
that
Revenue
shift.
C
You'll
see
our
total
revenue
for
the
year
for
food
operations
is
estimated
to
be
7
million
four
hundred
and
one
thousand
nine
hundred
dollars
and
again
that
was
based
on
our
previous
board
action
and
what
we
know
we're
going
to
get
in
federal
reimbursement
dollars
on
the
expenditure
side.
Obviously,
the
salary
expenditures
tie
right,
along
with
the
rest
of
our
staff,
we're
anticipating
a
four
percent
increase.
C
We
are
methodically
trying
to
bring
our
fund
balance
and
nutrition
services
down
to
what
the
federal
guidelines
recommend
now
we're
not
necessarily
punished,
but
it's
by
design
that
we're
trying
to
get
this
spent
down.
So
even
though
we
generally
ask
Jackie
and
her
team
to
not
bring
us
a
deficit
budget,
this
is
a
deficit
budget
by
Design
to
bring
us
closer
to
compliance
with
federal
guidelines.
On
what
I
say,
Federal
could
be
also
State
on
what
we
should
have
for
a
fund
balance
in
our
nutrition
service
budget.
C
So
those
are
all
the
budgets
that
are
before
us
for
preliminary
approval.
We've
looked
at
them
pretty
carefully
at
the
planning
committee.
Obviously,
there
has
been
a
ton
of
hours
and
work
put
in
at
the
building
level
and
by
Jackie
and
her
team
in
the
business
services
area
with
that,
on
behalf
of
the
planning
committee
I'd
like
to
move
that
we
approve
preliminarily,
the
general
fund,
the
building
fund,
the
special
assessment
fund,
the
special
Levy
fund,
The
Debt
Service
fund
and
the
nutrition
service
fund
budgets
and
submit
preliminary
Mill
Levy
certification
to
the
county
auditor.
C
K
Yes,
Robin
I
have
two
comments
and
a
question.
Thank
you,
Jim
for
your
thorough
report.
Thank
you
for
the
planning
committee
and
and
Jackie
and
her
team.
This
is
kind
of
your
your
big
baby
for
the
year
I
I,
really,
thank
you
also
for
restating
that
all
funds
are
statutorily
provided
for
or
voter
approved.
K
I
would
also
State
on
the
special
assessment
budget
that
right
now,
taxing
between
entities
is
a
topic
of
legislative
interim
studies,
and
so
that
is
what
we're
doing
right
now.
The
city
is
taxing
another
taxing
entity,
so
we're
looking
at
that
closely.
My
small
question
in
the
large
scope
of
all
of
this
is
what
is
what
was
the
CPI
percentage
that
was
used
for
the
automatic
escalator
for
Valley
bus?
C
L
So
the
that
that
cool,
four
thousand
percent
increase
was
due
to
shifting
stuff
around
for
Esser
was
anything
else
kind
of
have
a
similar
explanation
like
I'm.
Just
looking
at
some
of
the
larger
percentages
like
Consultants
jumping
up
over
a
hundred
percent
was
any
of
that
due
to
like
shifting
of
Ester
dollars.
I
So
the
tutoring
was
big.
Esser
Consulting
could
be
a
combination
of
a
couple
things,
but
even
the
following
board
item
and
a
couple
of
things
that
we're
doing
with
long-range
planning
and
current
facility
planning
are
some
of
the
big
ticket
Consulting
items
for
this
year
that
are
unique
to
this
upcoming
school
year
as
well.
So
I
can't
say
that
all
that
is
just
Esser
for
the
Consulting
line
item
but
I
know
a
big
portion
is
coming
from
those.
K
A
question
for
Jim
because
you
work
in
the
financial
services
industry.
Can
you
explain
how
common
terms
are
used
like
reclassification
and
assumptions
those
are
commonly
used
within
the
finance
industry
and
I?
Think
some
people
think
assumptions
are
Loosely
worded,
but
they
are
used
within
that
industry.
C
Well
sure,
although
I
don't
profess
to
be
a
an
expert
on
either
of
these
subjects,
but
first
of
all
it's
important
to
realize
this
is
a
budget
right.
This
is
a
forecast
of
what
we
believe
is
going
to
unfold
over
the
next
12
months
a
year
from
now.
Well,
actually
a
little
more
than
that,
because
we
have
to
close
things
out.
So
probably
next
September
we'll
actually
see
if
we
kept
this
document
today
or
actually
I
would
say.
C
If
we
keep
the
final
one
we're
going
to
approve
in
September,
we
can
actually
see
the
following
September.
How
close
is
that
to
what
really
happened?
Okay,
because
through
the
course
of
this
year,
as
we
just
heard
Missy
talk
about
earlier,
we're
going
to
have
students
come
and
go.
We
don't
even
quite
know
for
sure
how
many
kindergarten
teachers
we
need
quite
yet
and
then
we're
going
to
have
something
else
happen
Midway
through
the
year.
I
can
just
about
assure
you
I,
think
Mr
Hand
is
in
the
office.
C
C
This
is
where
we're
starting
from,
and
we
have
to
make
some
assumptions
in
that
process
to
get
a
preliminary
look
of
what
we
think
is
going
to
happen
now,
quite
frankly,
it
isn't
planning.
It
certainly
is
not
me
that
makes
these
basic
assumptions
they're
built
based
on
the
history
of
the
district.
If
you
would
have
asked
Jackie
last
January,
oh,
maybe
maybe
I
have
to
go
back
a
little
earlier
last
November.
Do
you
want
to
use
nine
percent
for
the
revenue
forecast
on
the
local
property
tax?
K
C
Another
exactly
and
and
actually
I
wouldn't
call
that
one
per
se
a
reclassification
because
we're
actually
taking
something
that
was
been
funded
through
grants
and
building
the
capacity
in
our
own
budget.
But
there
are
other
items
in
this
budget
that
certainly
are
getting
reclassified.
As
we
decide,
there's
a
better
cost
center
that
that
should
be
applied
to
it
doesn't
necessarily
mean
it's
a
new
expenditure
for
the
district.
There
are
certainly
new
dollars
being
spent,
and
that's
the
new
Revenue
that
we
have.
C
Okay,
it
is
7.3
percent,
more
general
fund
dollars
than
we
spent
the
year
before
is
what
we're
projecting
to
spend
and
it's
going
to
go
to
all
kinds
of
things
like
salaries,
energy
and
a
multitude
of
other
things,
and
obviously
we
have
increased
staff
needs.
We
have
been
hearing
loud
and
clear
or
from
our
community,
both
internal
and
external
communities,
that
we've
got
behavior
issues
that
we
have
to
address.
Those
are
going
to
take
resource
dollars.
C
M
E
M
A
N
A
N
Right,
it's
a
good
thing.
There's
a
lot
of
wood
in
here,
I've
been
knocking
on
as
Jim
talks
about
all
our
equipment
failures
that
we
could
experience,
but
anyway,
the
long
range
facilities,
Master
planning
Services.
We
did
go
through
a
pretty
extensive
process,
similar
to
what
we
would
if
we
were
choosing
an
architect
for
a
project
or
any
other
major
consultant.
N
We
have
and
improve
the
facilities
that
are
in
our
district.
So,
as
as
part
of
this,
we
put
out
an
RFP,
we
received
five
responses.
Now
we
evaluated
those
five,
we
shortlisted
to
three
Consultants.
We
brought
them
in
for
interviews
and
we
had
some
really
great
proposals
and
some
really
good
teams,
many
of
which
would
have
been
very
capable
and-
and
we
would
have
been
happy
to
work
with
on
this,
but
we're
actually
really
excited
when
we
interviewed
Cooperative
strategies
they
there
are
of
the
metrics.
N
So
lots
of
experience
across
the
country
track
record
is
solid
and
we're
just
really
grateful
that
we
have
this
consultant
on
board
as
far
as
the
cost
it
was.
This
firm
was
pretty
well
in
the
middle
of
the,
as
you
can
see
the
the
cost
that
we
did
have
submit
the
one
because
I'm
sure
the
question
will
get
asked
that
there
was
one
consultant
that
was
significantly
less
than
the
others.
There
was
also
significantly
Less
hours
and
I'm,
not
sure
they
really
grasped
the
scope.
N
In
fact,
their
work
plan
didn't
include
Community
engagement
in
the
process.
It
was
more
communicating
it
to
the
community
afterwards,
so
I'm,
anticipating
that
question
would
come
up.
That's
sort
of
the
short
answer
of
why
we
did
not
interview
or
consider
that
particular
group.
So
if
there's
any
questions,
I'm
happy
to
take
them.
C
I'll
just
share
you
know:
James
and
rupak
were
kind
enough
to
invite
planning
to
actually
sit
in
on
the
interviews
and
I
was
able
to
attend
two
and
I
think
Seth
covered
for
me
on
a
third
and
I
thought.
Quite
frankly,
the
the
process
that
you
went
through
to
vet
and
the
questions
you
were
asking
were
spot
on
so
nice
job.
Thank
you.
I
Well,
it's
not
specific
to
the
the
process
of
awarding
the
bid.
I
do
think
that
maybe
it'd
be
helpful
if
mran
can
explain
just
a
little
bit
about,
because
I
know
that
the
board
has
approved
previously
current
facilities
condition
assessment,
what
the
difference
between
that
is
and
the
long-range
planning,
especially
given
the
question
about
the
Consultants
that
we
are
utilizing.
N
Yeah
and
I'll
do
my
best
to
be
a
balance
of
fishing
with
time,
but
give
enough
info
to
give
you
what
you
need
here.
So
what
we're
doing
now,
what
you
have
previously
approved
is
the
facility
condition
assessment
and
we
literally
have
teams
of
people
going
through
our
buildings,
the
last
couple
weeks
and
into
I
believe
the
end
of
next
week,
we'll
wrap
up
prior
to
school,
starting
and
what
they're
doing
is
they're
going
through,
and
we
have
a
team
that
is
looking
at
the
condition
of
all
the
buildings.
N
So
what
is
the
age
of
the
building?
What
does
the?
How
does
the
HVAC
system
work,
or
is
it
almost
do
for
replacement
the
windows
enclosure?
Roof
I
mean
very
comprehensive
study,
which
we
were
overdue
for
typically
at
a
minimum.
You
should
perform
these
every
10
years.
We
were
coming
up
on
10
years
and
in
that
10
years,
like
we've
described
before
a
lot
has
happened.
N
You
know,
obviously,
we
went
through
covid
and
we've
had
crazy
inflation
increases
and
we've
had,
even
at
the
end
of
that
study,
they
identified
year
11
as
a
potential
big
year
when
it
comes
to
facility
needs
and
throughout
those
10
years,
projects
were
deferred.
So
we
knew
that
we
have
a
lot
of
needs
facilities,
wide
facility
wise
and
to
make
the
best
decisions
and
plan
the
process
moving
forward.
We
needed
to
recapture
all
that
information
and
have
the
experts
come.
N
Who
are
third
party
gather
the
data
that
we
had
on
hand
and
combine
that
with
on-site
assessments,
we're
also
doing
an
educational
adequacy
study
as
part
of
that
process
where
they
have
gone
through
all
the
facilities.
They
examined
the
design
intent
of
the
different
spaces
in
all
of
our
buildings,
and
they
are
comparing
that
to
the
programming
within
our
different
facilities.
N
So
if
you
think
of
some
of
our
buildings
were
built
before
we
had,
maybe
in
special
education
before
we
had
as
many
breakout
spaces
and
calming
rooms
and
all
these
unique
areas
for
Learning
and
education
that
just
didn't
exist
previously.
So
what
this
group
is
doing
is
comparing
our
standard
industry
standard
and
what
we
have
so
that,
as
we
go
on
to
phase
two
of
this,
we
can
use
that
as
a
benchmark
or
another
score,
really
I
suppose
of
our
facilities.
N
So
we
can
look
at
the
condition:
the
and
the
adequacy
of
the
educational
adequacy,
both
which
both
are
equally
as
important
as
we
plan
what
to
do
and
how
to
maintain
and
improve
our
facilities
moving
forward.
The
other
piece
of
that
is
an
energy
audit.
It's
a
pretty
significant
piece
where
we
are
studying
all
the
different
components
in
our
building
that
have
to
do
with
air
quality
and
Heating
and
Cooling,
and
and
and
really
studying
what
we
can
do
to
you
know.
N
If
there
are
investments
in
that
that
we
can
make
to
be
more
efficient
operationally
if
we
can
reduce
our
operational
costs,
we
can
be
more
efficient
with
our
dollars
and
invest
and
work
to
be
more
proactive,
as
opposed
to
reactive
with
general
maintenance.
So
it
all
ties
together
and
that
can
be
a
consideration
as
well
as
we
examine
our
our
facilities
moving
forward.
So
this
consultant
takes
all
that
information
which
that
information.
N
The
capital
planning
consultant
comes
in
and
really
reviews
our
educational
framework.
It
works
with
Community
to
discuss,
hear
the
challenges
that
we're
facing
here
are
possible
solutions
and
what
the
result
will
be
and
balance
that
expenditure
versus
student,
not
versus
expenditure,
along
with
student
experience,
along
with
the
operational
costs,
upfront
costs
funding
models.
All
of
that
to
help
put
together
a
really
comprehensive
plan
that
will
have
different
time
frames
such
as
you
know
year.
One.
N
Here's
like
your
critical
safety
things
that
are
that
are
that
need
immediate
attention
that
we
need
to
take
care
of
here's
year.
Three,
that
we
need
to
start
or
excuse
me
two
through
four,
that
we
need
to
start
planning
for
and
if
we
need
to
do
a
capital
project
or
multiple
capital
projects.
We
can
start
the
planning
process
for
that.
Here's
you
know
up
to
year,
10
what
in
the
next
few
years,
you
need
to
start
planning
for
and
I
didn't
mention.
N
That
also
includes
you
know,
looking
at
enrollment
projections,
because
that
has
to
be
considered
as
well.
So
there's
a
lot
to
pull
together
there
and
we
feel
that
you
know
the
consultant
that
we've
selected
will
really
help
us
firm
up
this
plan
moving
forward
and
really
help
shape.
You
know
the
next
Decades
of
how
we
manage
and
design
and
and
and
take
care
of
our
facilities.
So
for
a
long
time
this
is
gonna.
This
is
gonna,
have
a
lasting
impact.
A
N
That
is
a
good
question,
so
it
would
be
inclusive
of
a
you
know,
a
document
that
you
get
that
shows
here's
the
here's,
the
plan
and
the
scenarios
that
was
came
that
came
together
collaboratively
with
the
community
group
that
we
pulled
together
as
well
as
actually
we
anticipate
it's
likely,
there's
going
to
be
some
sort
of
bond
referendum
needed
at
some
point.
I,
don't
think
it's
a
secret
that
that
is
in
the
cards
for
the
future.
N
We
should
have
some
pretty
substantial
deliverables
and
some
of
that
kind
of
depends
on
you
know
we
at
the
board.
Workshop
will
have
a
lot
of
discussion
around
this
and
what
the
plan
looks
like
and
work
together
to
bring
this
all
together.
So
it's
a
little
bit
up
in
the
air,
but
this
isn't
necessarily
a
you
know:
it's
not
going
to
take
three
years
to
put
the
plan
together
by
this
spring.
We
should
have
a
pretty
solid
idea
of
of
what
comes
of
this.
I
Thing
I
would
say
this
is
in
addition
to
a
long-range
plan.
I
think
one
of
the
pieces
that
we're
looking
for
as
a
deliverable
down
the
road
with
consultation
with
the
board
in
the
community
would
be
a
systemic
approach
to
aligning
our
operations
in
our
facilities.
Even
though
we
can't
expect
what
we
don't
know
right,
James
made
the
reference
I'm
on
most
of
our
buildings
were
built.
Special
education
was
not
at
the
magnitude
that
it
is
today
and
they
have
some
unique
physical
spaces
that
are
needed.
I
I
Not
knowing
what
facility
needs,
or
economic
or
construction
environments
will
be
20
years
from
now.
We
need
to
figure
out
what
are
some
like
core
values
as
a
community
that
we
want
so,
regardless
of
a
geographic
population,
should
every
building
be
Revisited
or
modernized
on
a
set
schedule?
Is
that
set
schedule
every
20
years,
25
years,
30
years,
regardless
of
what
things
are
like
just
having
that
piece
and
I
think
that's
a
plan
that
we've
never
had
so
we've
always
been
at
the
mercy
of
our
long-range
plans
have
been
based
on
what
our
facility
needs.
I
Are.
We
never
have
just
as
a
public
entity,
the
physical
capacity
or
the
financial
capacity
to
meet
every
recycle
schedule
as
we
need.
So
then
we
make
things
work
and
then,
as
we
identify
those
needs,
we
put
them
again
as
well,
and
we
have
some
great
buildings
and
phenomenal
staff
that
takes
care
of
it,
but
just
being
able
to
be
proactive
about
that
piece
and
then
aligning
it
to
where
we
want
to
head
to
as
a
district
and
setting
those
expectations
clears.
I
I
think
we'll
will
also
be
for
more
transparent
for
taxpayers
on
the
road
like
this
is
what
we
want
to
do.
We
want
to
look
at
every
building
on
a
scheduled
basis
and,
if
there's
nothing,
to
upgrade,
there's
nothing
to
upgrade,
but
if
there
is
something
that
could
better
service
our
students,
then
every
building
throughout
Town
deserves
that
as
well
and
being
able
to
provide
that
proactively
to
our
community.
That
would
hope,
hopefully
outdate
this
board
myself,
James
or
anyone
else.
That's
in
the
district
as
well.
K
I
Yeah,
that
is,
that
would
be
a
question.
One
of
the
many
decision
points
that
the
board
would
have
to
consider.
Okay,
I
mean
when
you
talk
about
the
possibility
of
facilities.
There
are
some
guiding
principles
that
they're
part
of
the
community
experience
and
I.
Think
that
is
the
responsibility
of
the
board
to
be
the
elected
official.
I
To
experience
that
you
could
do
things
a
variety
of
ways,
a
consultant
might
tell
you
that
a
building
could
be
a
k-a
building
or
that
you
should
not
have
a
consistent
feeder
pattern
or
do
some
things
differently,
but
there
is
a
community
expectation
for
us
to
deliver
the
educational
experience
that
we
want
as
well,
and
those
are
the
pieces
that
we
have
to
take
a
look
together.
Really.
N
And
one
additional
deliverable,
I
failed
to
mention
was
setting
up
construction
standards
for
our
facilities,
which,
in
the
end,
I
think
the
ROI
will
I
think
that
will
pay
for
itself.
You
know
you
know,
even
without
all
the
additional
services
that
we're
receiving,
because
giving
the
local
Architects
when
we
have
a
remodel
or
a
construction
project,
a
Sandbox
to
play
in
where
they
know
here's
the
adjacencies
rules.
Here's
the
the
finishes
standards
that
we
have.
O
E
L
A
A
C
C
A
A
C
A
P
K
C
Once
again,
they
made
me
look
good
in
spite
of
myself,
so
we
did
have
a
planning
meeting
since
we
last
met
as
a
board
mostly
to
cover
the
budgets
we
approved
this
evening
and
for
the
planning
committee
going
forward,
which
now
includes
Greg
and
Tracy.
We
are
actually
going
to
be
meeting
this
coming
Tuesday
a
week
from
today
at
7
30
here
for
our
first
planning
committee
meeting,
as
we
have
some
work
to
do
to
get
ready
for
the
work
session.
That's
coming
up
later
in
the
month
and
I.
Think
that's
it
for
me.
K
Sure
I
attend
attended
the
summer
picnic
for
governmental,
Affairs
committee
related
items.
I
am
waiting
for
detailed
agendas
to
be
posted
for
interim
legislative
committee
meetings
that
I
shared
earlier.
Some
of
them
are
coming
up
sporadically,
so
nothing
has
come
up
for
the
school
district,
yet
I
have
been
appointed
to
the
North
Dakota
School
boards,
Association
governmental
Affairs
committee
and
then
we'll
work
on
in
a
meeting
time
for
the
new
GAC
members
so
most
likely
in
September,
and
then
we
can
establish
establish
our
our
work
plan.
And
what
have
you
thank
you.
M
Well,
given
that
we're
at
impasse
right
now,
I've
been
enjoying
myself
not
having
meetings
four
times
a
week,
but
the
only
thing
really
to
report.
Besides
the
word
picnic
was
I
did
as
Jim
stated
earlier,
I
did
sit
in
on
the
last
interview
for
the
facilities
master
plan
organization
that
we
interviewed,
so
that
was
that
is
pretty
much
all
I
have
to
report
right
now.
So
thanks.
B
D
D
Thank
you
for
feeling
willing
to
serve
this
year
and
I
was
able
to
do
my
first
liaison
visit
to
North
High
School
I
just
had
a
really
wonderful
time
visiting
with
principal
Christensen
and
both
Vice
principals,
Joshua
Andrews
and
Amanda
quintus
were
there
and
I
just
heard
a
lot
about
the
history
of
North
and
the
kind
of
the
changing
landscape
and
changing
makeup
of
that
school
and
they're
just
being
really
mindful,
with
their
plans
going
forward
and
so
overall,
a
really
good
visit.
So
I
wore
my
husband's
letterman
jacket
from
1990s
to.
A
Yeah
I
was
gonna,
say
that
was
really
great
and
I
love.
That
nemal
has
already
gone
too,
so,
really
really
good
to
see
you
guys
getting
into
the
schools
so
I'm
going
to
actually
start
with
a
huge
thank
you
to
Tracy
for
her
past
year
of
service,
you
were
a
phenomenal
leader
of
the
school
board,
such
a
wonderful
president.
A
M
But
but
I
think
before
we
do
that
I
just
want
to
do
a
quick
update
on
where
we're
sitting
at
right.
Now
yesterday,
the
seventh
was
our
deadline
for
our
mediator
and
the
feas
mediator
to
meet
to
establish
the
third
party
meteor.
That
was
done
at
the
11th
Hour
about
8
P.M,
so
we
got
there
so
now
we
have
15
days
to
set
up
the
meeting,
which
I
believe
that
puts
us
at
the
28th.
Tara
am
I
right
So.
P
I
Yeah
so
I'm
trying
to
make
this
germane
to
the
motion
just
for
process
piece
I
will
just
say
like
well.
If
we're
we're
gonna
go
to
negotiate
executive
session
for
negotiation
strategy,
but
if
board
members
have
questions
about
logistics
of
this
process
when
we
come
out
of
negotiations
would
be
when
you
do
that,
because
I
know
mediation
and
impasse
in
terms
of
like
what
happened.
Second,
like
so
just
trying
to
get
that
whatever
they
do.
A
C
M
A
A
Q
So
at
this
point
the
mediation
panel
has
been
completely
selected
by
the
board
selection,
which
was
Dr
Jeff
Schatz.
The
fea's
selection
is
Eric
eisenlore
and
together
those
two
individuals
selected
Dion
pladson,
to
serve
as
the
chairperson
for
the
mediation
committee.
That
committee
will
need
to
meet
before
August
28th.
O
M
It's
it's
detailed
in
the
contract
and
basically
the
the
each
side
can
give
an
opening
statement
and
then
from
that
point
then
brainstorming
starts.
The
discussion
starts.
Caucus
is
going
to
be
taken,
it's
almost
like
negotiating
again,
but
with
mediation,
helping
out
through
the
process
and
then,
if,
if
we
get
to
an
agreement,
we
sign
a
tentative
agreement
and
we
get
a
contract.
If
we
don't
agree,
we
go
to
fact
fun.