Feb 16, 2022 February 16, 2022 - Budget Work Session - 4 p.m.

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GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE FEBRUARY 16TH 2022 SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION

[A. Meeting Opening]

[B. Transportation Timeline]

DAUGHERTY. A COUPLE OF VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT WE'LL SPEND A BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME ON IN THE FIRST ONE IS WE'RE OPENING MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN AUGUST.

VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S GOING TO REALLY, REALLY HELP WITH OVERCROWDING AT WINTERPOCK IN PARTICULAR, BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IS WHAT WILL BE THE TIME SLOT FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL? SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE.

PERHAPS WHEN MIGHT TOMAHAWK MIDDLE MOVE TO FIRST TIER WITH THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS? AND WE HAVE A LONGER RANGE PLAN TO US TO ADDRESS THAT.

STARTING WITH MOSELEY, WE RECOMMEND AND WE'LL EXECUTE A TIER THREE SCHEDULE THAT BELL TIMES WOULD BE 9:25 A.M.

TO 3:55 PM.

MOST OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO MOSELEY NOW ATTEND WINTERPOCK OR LIVE IN THE WINTERPOCK ZONE, WHICH IS ON THIS TIER ALREADY.

SO THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE THE LEAST DISRUPTION AND CHANGE OF PATTERNS TO OUR FAMILIES, AND OBVIOUSLY, MS. [INAUDIBLE] IS RECRUITING STAFF AND SO FORTH, SO SHE REALLY NEEDS THIS INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THEM AS SHE TRIES TO PLACE SOME FOLKS.

WE WANT TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF OUR PAST PRACTICES WHEN WE CONDUCT REDISTRICTING ACTIONS AND OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RISING FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS TO STAY AT THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL IF THEY WISH FOR THE FINAL YEAR.

THAT PROCESS WOULD INVOLVE THEM SUBMITTING A WAIVER FORM TO THEIR EXISTING SCHOOL NO LATER THAN MARCH 15TH.

SO AGAIN, THOSE PRINCIPLES ARE READY TO ENGAGE WITH THAT PROCESS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN ALLOWING THOSE WAIVERS IS FOR PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD NOT PROVIDE BUS TRANSPORTATION, THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND PICKING THEM UP EVERY DAY IF THEY WANT TO STAY.

ONE FINAL NOTE IS THAT SIBLING WAIVERS FOR YOUNGER SIBLINGS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ONLY THESE RISING FIFTH GRADERS.

LET'S THINK FORWARD, THOUGH.

I MENTIONED TOMAHAWK, AND IT'S THE ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THE SECOND TIER, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME REASONS FOR THAT OVER THE YEARS.

WHEN OUR NEW WESTERN AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENS THAT WILL GREATLY RELIEVE THE OVERCROWDING THAT WE HAVE AT TOMAHAWK.

IT'LL ALSO PERHAPS RELIEVE SOME OF THE CROWDING WE HAVE AT OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SO THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT REDISTRICTING ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SCHOOL'S OPENING, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT STUDY INTO CONSIDERATION A FULL YEAR IN ADVANCE.

THAT WAY, FAMILIES WILL REALLY UNDERSTAND THOSE BILLS.

SCHEDULE CHANGES AND IT'S A BIT MORE THAN MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO AGAIN, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FAMILIES WOULD BE NOTIFIED IN MARCH, EXCUSE ME, DURING THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR, EXCUSE MY TONGUE TIE, AND THAT WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TOMAHAWK TO FIRST TIER WITH THE NEW WESTERN AREA SCHOOL.

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST 30 BUSLOADS.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND THEIR WORKLOAD AND ABILITY TO DELIVER EVERYBODY ON TIME, THEY NEED TO KIND OF SMOOTH OUT THEIR WORKLOAD OVER THE FIRST THREE TIERS, AND WHEN WE ACCOMPLISH THIS, IT WILL INVOLVE MOVING SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OFF OF THEIR CURRENT SCHEDULE, AND AGAIN, THAT'S THREE YEARS IN THE FUTURE, A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT VARIOUS OPTIONS, SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD AT THE TIME AND WITH ELEME NTARY SCHOOL FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN ADJUST DAY CARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN A VERY DELIBERATE MANNER, WELL IN ADVANCE OF WHEN IT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

SO JUST TO QUICKLY SUMMARIZE TIER THREE FOR MOSELEY, AND WE WILL LOOK AT MIDDLE SCHOOL REDISTRICTING AND POSSIBLE BELL SCHEDULES, CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS FROM NOW IN PREPARATION FOR A BUILDING THAT WOULD OPEN IN AUGUST OF 25.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HAINES? I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A VERY DIFFERENT BOARD WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND WE LEARN FROM THE MATOACA MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T GET PASSED FROM BOARD TO BOARD, THAT IT WOULD BE THAT THIS WOULD GET PASSED RIGHT.

THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING NONPOLITICAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, [INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT

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THAT'S MY ONE. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND AS THE DIVISION OF OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME STRONG STANDARDS AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THOSE OPERATIONS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WOULD MAKE THINGS WORSE IN OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER THE CHILDREN, AND THERE WOULD BE SOME BELL SCHEDULE CHANGES ASSOCIATED, AND WE KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A DIFFICULT PROCESS.

YOU KNOW THIS COUNTY HAS BEEN THROUGH THAT WHEN SOME MAJOR CHANGES THAT WERE MADE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND SO WE WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WHEN THE TIME COMES.

LIKE YOU SAID, THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT PLAYERS THAT ARE INVOLVED AT THE TIME AND THINGS DO CHANGE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LONGER RANGE PLAN AND I THINK THIS IS A SOUND ONE. IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO YEARS BEFORE WE START CONSIDERING THAT REDISTRICTING ANALYSIS.

SO, POTENTIALLY THE REDISTRICTING WOULD START WHEN THIS BOARD IS STILL SEATED.

I MAY HAVE SLIGHTLY MISSPOKE; IT WOULD BE IN THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 24.

SO A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS, NOT A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO YEARS.

MY ERROR THERE.

MS. BAILEY. THANK YOU.

DO YOU KNOW? WELL, WHEN YOU MOVE TOMAHAWK TO TIER ONE, DOES THAT PUT ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON THE SAME TIER? IT WOULD.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO THE [INAUDIBLE] BOARD, WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR ATHLETICS BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE AFTERNOON THE ATHLETIC SCHEDULE GETS COMPLICATED WHEN THE SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFERENT END TIMES.

AND SO IT'S ALWAYS AN ADVANTAGE FROM YOUR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS AND THINGS TO HAVE ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON THE SAME TIER.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT HAPPENING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION ON THE FY 2023 OPERATING BUDGET MR.

[C. School Board Discussion: FY2023 Operating Budget]

MADAM CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR, DR.

DAUGHERTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO YOU TODAY.

BEFORE I STARTED IN THE PRESENTATION, I DO WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND THANK THOSE WHO HAVE COME IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

MR. DAVIS, DR.

HOUGH, WHO HAVE GIVEN YOU OVERVIEWS OF THEIR SECTIONS, AS WELL AS SAGE AND CVAC, WHO CAME IN A FEW WEEKS BEFORE AND PROVIDED THEIR ADVOCACY FOR THE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO HERE ON THE BUDGET. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GETTING NEAR THE END OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS. THIS IS OUR LAST BUDGET WORK SESSION BEFORE NEXT TUESDAY, WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL VOTE FOR THEIR APPROVED BUDGET, WHICH WILL THEN GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR PROCESS, WHICH WILL END IN AROUND I THINK IT'S APRIL 6TH.

IT MAY BE 9TH. MAYBE I'M A LITTLE DYSLEXIC.

EITHER WAY, THE THAT WILL BE SORT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROCESS FROM THERE.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN TO OUR PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE BUDGET PRIORITIES HAVE REMAINED SIMPLE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THEY'RE INVEST IN OUR WORKFORCE, INVEST IN OUR STUDENT NEEDS AND INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT AND THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT THROUGH THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH FOUR OR FIVE YEAR PLANS GOING FORWARD.

THE PROPOSED REVENUE AS REPORTED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET.

AS OF THIS POINT, IT HASN'T CHANGED.

YOU CAN SEE WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT ABOUT A $61 MILLION INCREASE, DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY A $15 MILLION INCREASE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE COUNTY AND $46M FROM THE STATE.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS BOTH WITH OUR PEERS AT THE COUNTY AND WORKING THROUGH WHAT OTHER OPTIONALITY THEY MAY BE THERE AND PAYING REALLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN RICHMOND IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

I SUSPECT WE'LL HAVE MUCH BETTER INFORMATION WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU ON TUESDAY.

HOWEVER, EVEN THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE FINAL INFORMATION.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS SUPPOSED TO ESSENTIALLY COME OUT OF DISCUSSIONS ON SUNDAY, SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA, BUT WE'LL STILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF WAITING ON STATE SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, AS IT IS, TYPICALLY WILL BE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A BUDGET WITHOUT FULL INFORMATION AND WE'LL NEED TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE STATE INFORMATION TO COME THROUGH AND WE'LL NEED TO COME BACK, AND WE WANT TO SAY THE BUDGET IS DONE ON TUESDAY, BUT WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO ITERATE ON THAT.

AND I TELL YOU THAT TO KNOW THAT THIS REVENUE PICTURE WELL, WE BELIEVE IT'S REASONABLE TODAY. WE EXPECT IT TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT IN OUR PROJECTIONS, HOPEFULLY ON TUESDAY, BUT THEY'LL STILL BE SOME UNCERTAINTY AS WE GO FORWARD.

WITH ALL THAT SAID, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A GAP IN OUR CURRENT EXPECTATIONS.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT A 23.8 MILLION GAP IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET.

YOU CAN SEE THE BASELINE EXPENDITURES ARE THE ITEMS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PRIMARILY AS COMPENSATION, WHICH IS THE INVESTMENT WORKFORCE AND INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS AND OUR BUILDINGS. I WILL PAUSE ONCE AGAIN TO THANK THE COUNTY FOR THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TO

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TAKING TWO SECONDS ON EACH OF THESE FOCAL POINTS, YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE INVESTING IN OUR WORKFORCE, THAT CONTINUES TO BE OUR MAIN PRIORITY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT BEING THE LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE.

THIS REALLY INVOLVES STUDY ONE, THE TEACHER, PRIMARILY THE TEACHER STUDY COMPLETING PHASE TWO, AS WELL AS PHASE ONE OF THE SECOND STUDY FOR ALL OTHER STAFF, IS THE BULK OF THAT 60 MILLION. INVESTING IN STUDENTS, 21 MILLION PRIMARILY ADDRESSING STUDENT GROWTH AND SUPPORTING THOSE POPULATIONS IN NEED, THINK SUMMER SCHOOL, THINK ESL STUDENTS, ET CETERA . INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE 12 MILLION THERE.

THE BULK OF THAT IS THE DEBT SERVICE ON THOSE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

ABOUT HALF OF THAT SIX/SEVEN MILLION IS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE'S ALSO SOME NEEDED INVESTMENTS IN ONGOING MAINTENANCE IN MR. DAVIS [INAUDIBLE] HVAC, AS WELL AS ONGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE THAT HAVE BEEN LARGELY UNDERFUNDED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THERE ARE SOME ADDS UP TO THREE MILLION, BUT SOME OTHER RISING COSTS, PRIMARILY IN HEALTH CARE, AS WELL AS THE SRP SAVINGS THAT I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE TO ROUND OUT THE TOTAL COSTS. DIVING ONE STEP DEEPER INTO THAT FIRST BIG BULLET ON INVESTING IN THE WORKFORCE, YOU CAN SEE THE COST ASSUMPTIONS HERE FOR SALARY STUDY ONE, PHASE TWO CURRENTLY LOOKING AT ABOUT THIRTY SIX MILLION.

DR. HOUGH CAME IN AND TALKED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IN PREVIOUS WEEKS.

THIS WOULD BE ROUGHLY AN EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WERE WE TO FUND THIS AS WE GO FORWARD, LET'S SAY IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT NUMBER TO KEEP IN MIND.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, REALLY, IT IS THE FIVE PERCENT THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD PROVIDED, PLUS THE IMPACT OF THE SALARY STUDIES FROM PREVIOUS GETS YOU TO ABOUT EIGHT, EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

SALARY STUDY TWO, THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROCESS.

DR. HOUGH AND TEAM HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

WITH THIS ESTIMATE, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE AT ABOUT $23.6 MILLION DOLLARS IS REALLY ADDRESSING GETTING US CLOSER TO MARKET AND ADDRESSING DECOMPRESSION WITHIN THESE OTHER BUCKETS AND STARTING US ON THAT JOURNEY WITH A $12 AN HOUR MINIMUM POSITION.

PHASE TWO OF THIS, WHEN WE GET TO IT, IS CURRENTLY PREDICTING A $16 HOUR THAT'LL BE NEXT YEAR'S COST TO BEAR AS WE CURRENTLY SIT, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL PAY ATTENTION TO THAT 23.5 MILLION, IT IS STILL IN DRAFT.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR FINAL REPORTS FROM THE CONSULTANTS, BUT WE FEEL REASONABLY COMFORTABLE THAT WE'LL BE IN THIS BAND WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

A LOT OF NUMBERS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL PAGES; I WON'T WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE.

INVEST IN STUDENTS AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT A $21 MILLION INVESTMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE BULK OF THAT IN THE FIRST COUPLE ITEMS AROUND STUDENT GROWTH.

THIS IS THE APPROXIMATELY 1500 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS BUDGET TO BUDGET, ADDITIONAL ESL STUDENTS OPENING MOSELEY SUMMER SCHOOL, ET CETERA.

ALSO INCLUDED IN HERE ARE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHICH IS MAINTAINING OUR SUBSTITUTE RATE AT THE LEVEL THAT WE PUT IT IN THIS YEAR AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS AND THE DOUBLE PAY DAY IS PART OF THAT, AS WELL AS THE $3 MILLION STIPEND FOR THOSE HARDEST STAFF, SCHOOLS AND POSITIONS.

WITHIN INFRASTRUCTURE, ABOUT 12 MILLION, YOU CAN SEE THE BIG NUMBER ON HERE IS DEBT SERVICE. YOU'LL NOTICE THIS ONE UP A LITTLE BIT FROM WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, THIS WAS AROUND SIX THREE, SIX FOUR LAST TIME.

AS WE'VE GONE BACK AND WE LOOKED AT DEBT SCHEDULES WITH THE COUNTY, WE'VE REFINED THAT NUMBER. YOU'LL NOTICE NO CHANGE IN THE OVERALL BUDGET BECAUSE WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DO THE SAME THING ON HEALTH CARE AND THAT CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SO OVERALL, WE'RE ABOUT IN THE SAME SPOT, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU ALL.

THE OTHER BIG ITEMS ON HERE ARE REALLY CONTINUING TO INVEST IN MAINTENANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN LARGELY UNDER INVESTING IN OVER TIME.

YOU SEE HVAC. YOU CAN SEE FURNITURE REPLACEMENT, PAINTING, PAY-GO, ET CETERA.

THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS.

JOSH DAVIS AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB KEEPING UP.

THIS IS REALLY HELPING US MOVE THE NEEDLE EVEN FURTHER.

OTHER AREAS, I MENTIONED HEALTH CARE.

YOU CAN SEE THIS USED TO BE ABOUT TWO.

IT'S DOWN TO ONE THREE THAT OFFSETS THE INCREASE THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.

THE REST OF THIS ARE LARGELY SMALL ADJUSTMENTS, WITH A BIG OFFSET ON THE SRP SAVINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

SO THIS PAGE WHEN YOU PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER LOOKS LIKE A NEGATIVE, LARGELY ON THE BACK OF THE SRP ITEM.

THE LAST SLIDE AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP FOR BOARD QUESTION AND DISCUSSION IS THE TOTAL FUND SUMMARY. THIS IS A NEW PAGE FOR YOU ALL.

YOU CAN SEE THE OPERATING LINE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SPENT MOST OF THE TIME ON.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, GRANTS FOOD SERVICE AND THE ARGS NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD AS WELL. THE GRANTS AND FOOD SERVICE UP MODESTLY, LARGELY DUE TO THE PAY STUDY AND THE

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A RELATIVELY TYPICAL INCREASE IN ARGS BRINGS THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET ACROSS ALL FOUR CATEGORIES TO JUST OVER NINE HUNDRED MILLION.

WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE FOR THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD IS FOR THE STIPEND FOR HER TO STAFF SCHOOLS THAT I KNOW THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF YOU DON'T DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, IT DOESN'T WORK, RIGHT? SO I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GETTING SOME EXPERT FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE SAME THOUGHTFULNESS WHEN WE RAISE SUB RATES.

WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE AREA RATES WERE AND THEN WE BEAT THEM, RIGHT? LIKE, HOW ARE WE DOING IT SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS? I THINK IT'S A FAIR QUESTION.

I HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO THAT PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION.

OTHERS MAY HAVE. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, I APOLOGIZE.

THE ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL ATTACHED TO THESE DOLLARS HERE.

IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ROLL THIS OUT RIGHT, AND WE DO IT IN A SMART WAY.

WE'VE GOT PLANS THAT STACK UP AGAINST THIS, THAT LOOKS AT THE THREE MILLION, OBVIOUSLY, BUT BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC HOW THAT LOOKS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A PLAN THAT WILL WORK AND WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE RESEARCH TODAY. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE PLANNED FOR A FUTURE BOARD MEETING TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT WE KNOW WE'LL NEED TO DEDICATE SOME MEANINGFUL RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WHICH IS WHAT THE THREE MILLION IS.

MR. HARTER.

THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER QUESTION, DO WE, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DOES CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE THAT CURRENTLY MAKE UNDER $12 AN HOUR? I DEFINITELY DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THE BULK OF THE FOOD SERVICE STARTS AT 11 AND CHANGE, SO THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF DR. HOUGH HAS A NUMBER OF TOP OF HER HEAD, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THE DEBT SERVICE.

YEAH. DO WE KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT WILL BE FALLING OFF THE DEBT SERVICE ANY TIME IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT WOULD BE PAID BACK IN FULL? THAT WOULD GIVE US EVENTUALLY IN THE FUTURE? NOT THIS YEAR.

I THINK THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT MR. HARTER IS THE BOND REFERENDUM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS GOING TO FILL THAT GAP.

SO AS THE 2013 REFERENDUM AND OTHER DEBT RUNS OFF, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REFILL THAT WITH THE REFERENDUM. SO YOU CAN THINK OF THAT AS REALLY THE OFFSET, AND IT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN A RELATIVELY FLAT--IT'S GOING TO BOUNCE A LITTLE BIT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT A RELATIVELY FLAT DEBT SERVICE LEVEL AS WE LOOK AT BOTH THE VPSA BONDS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY PUT ON AS WELL AS A REFERENDUM SHOULD IT PASS IN NOVEMBER.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER. I THINK YOU'RE UP AGAIN.

[D. School Board Discussion: Five-Year Plan]

YES. THANK YOU.

AS WE LOOK FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY, AS WE CREATE A ONE YEAR PLAN, WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN A VACUUM. SO WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACTS AS WE GO FORWARD, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY, AS WE LOOKED AT OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN THIS YEAR, THE PRIORITIES HAVE REMAINED THE SAME.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT CONTINUING TO INVEST IN OUR WORKFORCE, CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TEACHERS, BUILDINGS, ET CETERA.

THEREFORE, OUR STUDENTS, AS WE GO FORWARD AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE OF IT.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, YOU WILL SEE THAT CONSISTENT THEME AS WE GO FORWARD. SO WHAT IS ASSUMED IN HERE IS REALLY THAT COMPLETION OF THAT STUDY ONE.

IF YOU RECALL, THAT WAS A THREE PHASE STUDY.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE MORE YEAR ONTO THAT IN 2024, AS WELL AS THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SECOND STUDY, WHICH AS OF THIS POINT, IT'S A TWO PHASE STUDY.

SO WE WILL LOOK TO COMPLETE THOSE NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SALARY DISCUSSIONS AS A MAJOR POINT OF TOPIC IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

AFTER THAT, IT REALLY THE COMPENSATION LINE IS REALLY ABOUT ENSURING THE STAFF CONTINUES AND ENSURING MARKET ADJUSTMENTS CONTINUE.

SO WE'VE GOT AN ASSUMPTION IN HERE THAT WE WILL NOT FIND OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION OF HAVING TO DO THESE BIG STUDIES AND BIG CATCH UPS.

WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TEACHERS, MOVE OTHER EMPLOYEES ALONG AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, AS WELL AS ENSURE THAT THERE'S A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

ON THE STUDENT NEEDS SIDE, YOU CAN SEE A GROWTH OF ABOUT FIVE TO TEN MILLION A YEAR.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS YEAR IS ABOUT NINE MILLION, IT'S GOING TO EBB AND FLOW ABOUT ABOUT FIVE TO TEN MILLION A YEAR TO ADDRESS STUDENT GROWTH NEEDS IN THIS TIME HORIZON, AT LEAST TENTATIVELY PENDING CIP REFERENDUM, WE'VE GOT THREE SCHOOLS OPENING.

WE'LL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO OPEN THOSE SCHOOLS AND THE ASSOCIATED

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IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR, THAT WAS A BIG PIECE OF THIS BOARD'S BUDGET.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT OVER TIME.

THAT WAS LARGELY UNTOUCHED FOR 15 OR 20 YEARS BEFORE.

SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT OF ADJUSTMENT EACH YEAR AS PART OF THE STUDENT NEEDS BUCKET THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

IF YOU RECALL MR. DAVIS' PRESENTATION, A LOT OF THAT WAS LET'S START DOING THIS AND BUILD UP THE BASE TO DO SORT OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING ON THAT FURNITURE, ON THAT HVAC, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

A LOT OF THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE AND NEEDS TO BE ONGOING INVESTMENTS OVER TIME.

THAT'S WHAT'S LARGELY ASSUMED IN THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN ADDITION TO OBVIOUSLY THE CIP PORTION ROUNDING THE BUILDING, THE NEW SCHOOLS AND ANY IMPACT OF REDISTRICTING.

LASTLY, IN THIS OTHER BUCKET, THERE'S ONE IMPORTANT PIECE THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT IN THIS BUDGET, BUT WILL BE A TOPIC GOING FORWARD, WHICH IS ENSURING THE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR SUCCESSFUL ESSER FUNDED PILOT PROJECTS.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF REALLY EXCITING ITEMS GOING ON WITH OUR ESSER FUNDING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE THAT WORK, WE GET INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION NEXT YEAR AS WE HAVE ABOUT TWO OPERATING BUDGETS LEFT OF FUNDING FOR THAT. THINGS LIKE FULL TIME SUBS, TRANSLATORS IN SCHOOLS, THE DROPOUT PREVENTION SPECIALISTS, ET CETERA.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BOTH RUNNING THE ROI ON THOSE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE GOOD INVESTMENTS AND IF THEY ARE MAKING ROOM IN OUR BUDGET TO CONTINUE THEM.

SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN HERE AS WELL AS PART OF THIS ONGOING ONGOING COST.

SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL ADD UP TO? YOU HEAR DR. DAUGHERTY TALK ABOUT WE SHOULD BE A BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS.

THIS CURRENT PLAN GETS US THERE IN 2026.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A VIEW OF EXPENSES AND NEEDS NOT NECESSARILY FUNDING AND REVENUE.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT THAT CLOSELY AS WE GO FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A VIABLE PLAN, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ARTICULATING TO THE BOARD, TO THE PUBLIC WHAT WE BELIEVE IS NEEDED AS PART OF THIS BUDGET.

YOU CAN SEE REALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE THREE BIG PRIORITIES OVER THIS FIVE YEAR PERIOD, IT'S ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN COMPENSATION.

REMEMBER, 60 OF THAT IS THIS YEAR, SO AN ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN OR SO ON TOP OF THAT GOING FORWARD, WHICH IS THAT NEXT YEAR, THE BIG STEP FOR THE FINISHING THE STUDIES AND THEN THE STEP [INAUDIBLE], THEREAFTER, YOU CAN SEE STUDENT NEEDS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER ITEMS EMBEDDED IN HERE AS WELL TO GET US OVER JUST OVER A BILLION DOLLARS BY 2026.

LAST SLIDE I'LL SHOW HERE I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TYPO FY23 SHOULD READ FY26 THE SECOND ONE, BUT WE LOOK AND FEEL VERY MUCH LIKE THE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD LAST YEAR.

IT'S UP A LITTLE BIT, LARGELY ON THE BACK OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW THE SECOND SALARY STUDY COSTS, AND THAT'S THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS YEAR'S PLAN AND LAST.

YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE LARGELY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AS WE GO OUT.

SO WITH THAT OVERVIEW, I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS FROM THE BOARD.

BOARD MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HAINES? I GUESS I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ALL OF US, JUST THAT THE OTHER CATEGORY, BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO ESSER, WE HAVE INCREDIBLE INVESTMENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS NOW. OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO BE SMART AND WAIT FOR THE ROI TO DECIDE WHAT STAYS, WHAT GOES, BUT SOME OF THEM WE KNOW BECAUSE THE RESEARCH IS ALREADY OUT THERE.

LIKE MY UNDERSTANDING, BUSINESSES HAVE LOOKED, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE OUTCOME OF AIR QUALITY ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE.

SO THINGS LIKE MERV 13 FILTERS AND, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO PUT ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS AND AIR DUCTS LIKE THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY, AND SUBS, RIGHT? WE MAKE AN INVESTMENT, WE SEE SOMETHING CHANGE, AND I GUESS I'M JUST I HOPE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO ALL OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES.

I THINK OUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD BE PRETTY SHOCKED IF WE SAID, WELL, THIS UPGRADE IS NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S BACK TO $70 OR WHATEVER.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE BELOW WHATEVER ALL THESE THINGS ARE.

WE'RE TAKING THE MERV 13 FILTERS OUT AND WE'RE GOING BACK TO MERV 8.

MY GUT FEELING IS PEOPLE WOULD WOULD NOT BE HAPPY.

SO JUST I KNOW WE ALL SHARE THIS CONCERN, BUT IT WEIGHS HEAVILY.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, SO I KNOW IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET WE HAVE OR PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEW SCHOOL STAFF, FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE FOR AS WE LOOK TO OPEN NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS, NEW HIGH SCHOOLS, WHAT

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THE CURRENT PLAN WOULD PUT THAT OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW, BUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COSTS I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT IF IT'S ONE FOR THE MOSELEY WERE ONE THREE TO ONE FIVE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IN THAT BALLPARK, AND THEN I ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF A QUESTION FROM YOUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.

SO THE FIVE PERCENT THAT CAME FROM THE STATE, WHAT IS THAT DOLLAR-WISE FOR THE THIRTY SIX MILLION FOR THAT FIRST STUDY? YEAH, FROM THE STATE FIVE PERCENT, THAT LINE ITEM IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET IS ABOUT 13.5 MILLION OF THE 46 INCREASE IN TOTAL ACROSS THE STATE.

SO THE 13.6 PAYS FOR I THINK THE TOTAL COST OF THE FIVE PERCENT INCREASE ACROSS THE TEACHERS IS A LITTLE OVER 20 MILLION.

SO FIFTY FIVE PERCENT THEREABOUTS, PROBABLY.

THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME IF THE MATH IS WRONG, TOP OF HEAD.

I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. NEXT, WE HAVE MR.

[E. School Board Discussion: FY2023-29 Capital Improvement Plan]

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AS MR. DAVIS EXPLAINED WHEN HE CAME AND GAVE A PREVIEW OF THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THERE'S REALLY THREE BIG PIECES OF THIS AND ONE CLEARLY DWARFS THE OTHER, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON ALL THREE FOR A SECOND.

THE FIRST IS MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

THE SECOND IS FOOD SERVICE PROJECTS, WHICH LARGELY ARE FUNDED FROM FOOD SERVICE BALANCE.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT ITEM, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT DOES NOT IMPACT SORT OF GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS OR REALLY COUNTY FUNDS IN ANY WAY, AND LASTLY, AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, THE BIG ONE IS THE PLANS FOR NEW AND REBUILDS FOR FOUR SCHOOLS.

WE'LL SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ON THAT LAST BULLET, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AIR FOR THOSE FIRST TWO.

MAJOR MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET, THIS WOULD INCREASE BY ABOUT $500K TO JUST UNDER $10M IN THIS YEAR.

THAT'S CONTINUED SUPPORT, AS IT SAYS, FOR SYSTEMS REPLACEMENTS, MAJOR REPAIRS, ET CETERA.

WE LIKE TO PLAN FOR ABOUT A $500K INCREASE EVERY YEAR TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS UP TO BASELINE LEVELS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, MR. DAVIS WILL TELL YOU, EVERYONE WILL TELL YOU THAT PAY-GO WON'T BE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN US LONG TERM.

WE'RE FORTUNATE RIGHT NOW TO STILL HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT OVER FROM BOTH THE ESSER GRANTS THAT CAME THROUGH, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDING.

THE BOND OF FIFTY SEVEN/FIFTY EIGHT MILLION THAT CAME THROUGH ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THIS WITH, BUT AS OF NOW, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NINE AND A HALF TO TEN MILLION, DEPENDING ON THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WE PUT IN THIS YEAR IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

FOOD SERVICE, THEY LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR CHILLERS AND THEIR REFRIGERATORS UP TO SPEED.

THERE ARE TWO ON THE PLAN FOR THIS NEXT YEAR OF ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND, INCLUDING CHALKELY AND HENING.

BEFORE WE GET THROUGH THIS, PROBABLY AFTER THE VOTE NEXT WEEK, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO COME TO THE BOARD WITH SOME EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO SORT OF HAVING THE PLAN SOLIDIFIED ON.

THAT WILL REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL CIP INVESTMENT IN THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M NOT READY TO PUT THAT ON HERE.

WE'LL COME BACK WITH A SECONDARY AMENDMENT ON THAT, BUT I WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND THAT WILL LIKELY BE AN ADDENDUM IN THE SPRING. NOW, THE BIG ONE, THE PLANS FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND GROWTH, THIS SLIDE IN THIS SUMMARY LOOKS THE SAME AS WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT? WE'RE LOOKING AT FIVE NEW OR REBUILT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THREE NEW OR REBUILT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION AND POTENTIALLY A MIDDLE SCHOOL UPGRADE SHOULD FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS WITH A REALLY EXCITING HEAD START WITH ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION FROM THE VPSA FUNDING, AND WE'RE KNOCK ON WOOD HOPEFUL TO HAVE A BOND REFERENDUM PASSED IN THE FALL TO HELP SUPPORT THE REMAINDER OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO WITH THAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE'LL QUICKLY WALK THROUGH THIS LIST.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF SLIDES BEHIND THIS THAT I'LL SPEND LESS TIME ON, BUT THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE WEST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL, MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHERS HAVE COME AND GIVEN YOU UPDATES ON THOSE RECENTLY.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THOSE UNDERWAY MORE OR LESS NOW WITH THAT VPSA FUNDING, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT CAME THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET TO HELP SUPPLEMENT CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 22.

WE'RE HEARING RUMORS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'LL CROSS OUR FINGERS ON THAT AND SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO REALLY GET THOSE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS UP AND RUNNING AND MOVING.

THE REST OF THE ITEMS HERE, YOU CAN CONSIDER THE FUNDING A LITTLE BIT TBD.

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WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NUMBER.

IF YOU RECALL, THAT WAS AS LOW AS THREE HUNDRED.

LAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY TO FIND ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAS RISEN TO THREE SEVENTY FIVE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A PRETTY WHOLESOME LIST OF PROJECTS HERE.

IN TERMS OF PRIORITY, THE FIRST TWO AM DAVIS AND BENSLEY WERE SPECIFIC WITH TIMING.

THERE'S A FAIR NUMBER OF.

IT WORKS WELL WITH THE FALLING CREEK REBUILD TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE STAGGERED WHERE THEY ARE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY USE SOME OF THAT FALLING CREEK SPACE WHILE WE'RE BUILDING, ESPECIALLY BENSLEY.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE WERE UP AND THOSE WERE FUNDED AS WE GO FORWARD.

THE REMAINDER, THE TIMING IS ALL LISTED HERE AS TBD, AS WE WORK THROUGH FINAL REFERENDUM FUNDING AND TIMING AND WORKING WITH MR. DAVIS' STAFF ON HOW THAT SHOULD WORK.

BUT QUICKLY, THERE'S A ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN 360 WEST MIDLO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE 360 WEST HIGH SCHOOL, OLD HUNDRED NUMBER TWO, THOMAS DALE 9TH EDITION, AS WELL AS GRANGE HALL AND MATOACA ARE ALSO PART OF THIS LIST.

I'LL PAUSE A LITTLE BIT ON MIDLO BECAUSE THAT ONE LOOKS A LITTLE WEIRD AS YOU LOOK ACROSS AT THE FUNDING. IT'S ABOUT $100 MILLION PROJECT.

THERE IS ROOM IN THE REFERENDUM FOR ABOUT HALF OF THAT.

THAT'S THE FIRST 50 MILLION BEFORE THE SLASH.

THE OTHER 50 AFTER THE SLASH HAS BEEN, I'LL JUST CALL IT, ADDITIONAL OTHER FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY HAS PROMISED TO ENSURE THAT PROJECT GETS DONE THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE REFERENDUM, WHETHER IT BE FROM SALES OF THE LAND THAT THE CURRENT MIDLO SITS ON OR OTHER AREAS TO BE DETERMINED.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH US, BUT PROMISE THE FUNDING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. AT THE MOMENT, GRANGE HALL AND MATOACA SIT BELOW THE LINE PENDING EITHER OTHER FUNDING, OTHER SAVINGS AS WE GO FORWARD.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS DECK REALLY DIGS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN EACH OF THOSE.

I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE SLIDES.

I THINK YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH THOSE, BUT I WILL PAUSE FOR A SECOND.

ON THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE A RELATIVELY DIVERSE GROUP OF PROJECTS HERE AROUND AROUND THE COUNTY. THERE IS A NUMBER TO THE WEST.

THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS ARE IN THE COUNTY.

SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THOSE BUILDING NEEDS, BUT ALSO OTHER OTHER AREAS OF NEED ACROSS THE COUNTY.

THE REMAINDER OF THESE SLIDES GIVES A ONE CLICK ON EACH OF THE VARIOUS PROJECTS FALLING CREEK, WEST AREA MIDDLE AND DAVIS, BENSLEY, 360 WEST, MIDLO MIDDLE.

THE HIGH SCHOOL OLD HUNDRED [INAUDIBLE] DALE, GRANGE AND MATOACA, BUT WHERE I WILL PAUSE FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS IS BACK TO OUR GRID HERE.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MS. BAILEY.

THE TO BE DETERMINED BY WHOM WOULD BE MY QUESTION, AND AT WHAT POINT IS IT DETERMINED AND WHO DETERMINES THAT PRIORITY? YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU THE RIGHT ANSWER.

JUST FOLLOW UP YOUR QUESTION MR. HARTER IT WAS 184 STAFF MEMBERS UNDER $12/HR.

TRY TO GET TO YOU QUICK.

SO IF YOU CAN RECALL, I WAS NOT HERE.

IN 2013, THEY PASSED A BUILDING REFERENDUM AND YOU KNOW WHERE THEY STARTED, WHERE THEY ENDED UP, THEY WERE REAL' FLEXIBLE, AND SO WHEN WE PASSED THIS AND WHEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITH PERMITS AND DEALING WITH THAT AND THE NEED AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE SPEND THE MONEY, WE SPEND IT IN A FASHION THAT BALANCES OUT OUR DEBT SERVICE.

SO BY PUTTING THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE, I GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE THE TBD'S COULD BE FUNDED IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND BE A LOT SOONER THAN OTHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE BOND. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FROM OTHER ISSUES THAT GO ON WITH, FOR EXAMPLE MOSELEY, MOSELEY WAS NOT IN THE LAST BOND REFERENDUM, BUT THE NEED WAS THERE.

SO I THINK IT'S CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE NEED AND THIS BOARD WILL HAVE A SAY IN WHEN IT OCCURS. IT'S ONCE WE PASS THE REFERENDUM, THEN WE CAN START PLACING THE TIMING OF THESE ISSUES AND WHEN THEY OCCUR AND THE PRESSURE POINTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUILDING.

SO IT'S A FLUID SITUATION.

WE'RE SHOWING YOU WHAT WE NEED AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AND WHAT THE COST IS RIGHT NOW. OF COURSE WE'LL LEARN A LOT OF INFORMATION THIS SUMMER WHEN FALLING CREEK GOES

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GIVING AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE SAYING YOU HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS FOR A ROOF.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING WITH.

SO THEN IF WHAT I HEARD CORRECTLY IS THEN WHOEVER'S ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THE TIME OR THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THE TIME WOULD BE MAKING THE DECISION AS TO WHICH BUILDING WOULD BE NEXT. WHEN THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE OR RELEASED, HOWEVER IT'S FUNDED, IT WOULD BE THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT'S MAKING THAT DECISION.

RIGHT, AND I THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD, ONCE WE PASS THE INFORMATION, WILL SET THE TIMELINE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE REMEMBER, WHEN YOU HAVE THE TOTAL PACKAGE, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY IN THIS AREA AND WITH PERMITTING, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE A LOT OF THIS TIME FRAME WILL HAVE TO BE SOON AFTER WE PASS THE REFERENDUM BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE WE GO TO BID AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD JUST ON THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS.

THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU'RE LIVING IS THE 360 WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, JUST BECAUSE OF A MINOR MOVE OF LAND ON THE SAME PROPERTY, BUT MOVING IT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER SIX MONTHS DELAY WITH SOME PERMITTING AND SOME APPROVALS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL MOST LIKELY WITHIN THE PASSING OF THIS WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS PLAYING OUT THIS SCHEDULE. I LIKE THE TO BE DETERMINED FLEXIBILITY, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO ENSURE IS THAT WE WEREN'T SECEDING OUR AUTHORITY AS TO WHAT THE PRIORITIES WERE AND THE ORDER WE ARE OCCURRING BY VOTING ON THIS AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE DETERMINING THE PRIORITY OF THAT LIST. YOU CAN ASSURE THAT MS. BAILEY BY MAKING SURE YOU RUN THE NEXT TERM.

[CHUCKLING] I'M JUST THROWING SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR YOU, MS. BAILEY. THE TO BE DETERMINED PART IS GREAT IN THE FLEXIBILITY, BUT I WILL JUST AGAIN WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHO'S DETERMINING THAT ORDER IS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THERE ARE SOMEWHAT IN ORDER HERE TO THIS ALREADY BY PLACING BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING, THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT OR THROUGHOUT OUR AREA, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT HERE, BUT NOT A LOT, AND THIS SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE GREATEST NEED THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WELL BY LISTENING TO ALL OF THE PLANNING AND THE COUNTY AND TALKING WITH THEM AND SCOTT'S TEAM AND JOSH'S TEAM, I THINK WE'VE PLACED THEM SOMEWHAT WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH ONE OR TWO OF THESE, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IN STEP RIGHT NOW.

OK, THANK YOU.

OK. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MR. HARTER? THANK YOU.

I KIND OF HEARD IT, THEY WERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVEMENT ON GRANGE HALL ELEMENTARY.

CAN YOU GUYS FILL ME IN ON THAT AND WHAT, IF ANY, IF THERE WAS ANY JUSTIFICATION? I WAS NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TODAY, TRUST ME.

SO THE EXAMPLE WOULD BE WITH GRANGE HALL AND OLD HUNDRED TWO.

YOU COULD YOU COULD FLIP FLOP THOSE TWO BECAUSE OF A GREATER NEED IF THE GREATER NEED WAS OUT, IF THE BOARD FELT THE GREATER NEED WAS IN GRANGE HALL.

THE MOVEMENT OF OLD HUNDRED TWO WOULD THEN GO UNDER THE SAVINGS ID, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING SEVERAL TIMES NOW IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION WITH THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, NOT A BOND REFERENDUM, MOSELEY WAS NOT SET UP IN THAT MANNER.

AND SO I THINK THAT IN TALKING WITH THE COUNTY, THEY SEE THAT AS WELL AS A VERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY AS YOU AFTER YOU PASS THE BOND AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREATER NEED WITH A SCHOOL THAT'S 100 YEARS OLD, I COULD SEE THAT MOVING UP AND MOVING [INAUDIBLE].

THAT DOESN'T MEAN OLD HUNDRED'S LAST; THAT MEAN THERE WOULD JUST BE A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE FOR THOSE TWO, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TBD ON HERE BECAUSE NONE OF THEM ARE LAST IN ONE SENSE, IT'S THE NEED THAT OCCURS AND HOW FAST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY ON CERTAIN PROJECTS.

OK. THANK YOU, AND THEN JUST, I GUESS, THE LAST PLUG I WOULD MAKE IS THANK YOU ALL FOR REALIZING THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE REST OF MATOACA MIDDLE SCHOOL ON HERE IN THE

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SO THANK YOU ALL. SO I HEARD THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT GRANGE HALL, SO I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, GIVEN OUR PRIORITIES AS THE BOARD SINCE I THINK WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHEN I ASKED WHY MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS MOVED OFF AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT OUR JOB IS TO KEEP KIDS OUT OF TRAILERS, RIGHT, PUT THEM IN SCHOOLS AND REBUILD SCHOOLS IN POOR CONDITION BASED ON THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX REPORT THAT WAS DONE BY A THIRD PARTY THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE LAST BOARD.

SO FIRST I LOOKED AT THE FACILITY CONDITION REPORT FOR GRANGE HALL AND IT'S NUMBER TWENTY ONE, SO IT DEFINITELY DOES NOT MEET THAT CRITERIA FROM A FACILITY CONDITION, BUT THEN I LOOKED WHERE IT WAS LOCATED ON THE MAP AND I REALIZED THAT IT COULD BE A SCHOOL THAT WOULD RELIEVE MOSELEY BECAUSE WE ARE ASSUMING THAT MOSELEY WILL OPEN AT CAPACITY AND REBUILDING GRANGE HALL AND INCREASING IT TO 900 COULD MEAN THAT WE COULD TAKE THE 360 WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OFF AND SAVE MONEY FOR AN ENTIRE SCHOOL.

BECAUSE GRANGE HALL COULD RELIEVE GROWTH, AND THEN THE OTHER INTERESTING THING AND I WAS LIKE, OK, I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.

SO LET'S JUST PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT BOTH THE MOSELEY AREA AND THE OLD HUNDRED AREA HAVE INSANE GROWTH, BUT AS DR.

D. MENTIONED, IT'S FLUID, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HAVE UNBUILT UNITS THAT DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THEM YET.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WHAT GOES FIRST, WHO'S GOING TO NEED THE MOST RELIEF, AND GIVEN THAT, DOES IT NOT MAKE SENSE TO, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, SAYING OLD HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, AND 360 BECAUSE GRANGE HALL COULD RELIEVE 360, WE SAY ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT MAYBE WE CALL BECAUSE WE LIKE TO NAME SCHOOLS BY STREETS WHILE WE'RE WAITING, WE CALL IT AN OTTERDALE MIDDLE, BECAUSE THAT LOCATION WOULD BE BETWEEN OLD HUNDRED AND MOSELEY. SO IT'D BE BETWEEN MOSELEY BECAUSE OTTERDALE KIND OF CONNECTS THE TWO, AND WHAT I LEARNED IS ACTUALLY THERE HAD BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING A SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] IN THAT AREA. SO AS WE REMAIN FLUID, I WOULD ASK THAT WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT GRANGE HALL, WE LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN, WHICH IS THAT INSTEAD OF BUILDING REBUILDING GRANGE HALL AND REBUILDING AND DOING 360 WEST AND ANOTHER OLD HUNDRED THAT WE JUST WOULD HAVE TO DO GRANGE HALL AND OTTERDALE, WE'LL CALL IT THAT.

START WITH ONE, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE AT LEAST OF THE WHAT GRANGE HALL LOOKS LIKE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GRANGE HALL IS A RELATIVELY LARGE CAPACITY SCHOOL AS IT IS NOW, SO IT'S ALREADY AT ABOUT 917.

SO REBUILDING TO OUR CURRENT PROTOTYPE WOULD ONLY ADD ABOUT EIGHTY THREE SEATS TO IT.

SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY BEING BUILT FOR SPACE.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A ONE HUNDRED PLUS YEAR OLD BUILDING.

THAT BECOMES THE MORAL OF THE STORY WITH GRANGE HALL.

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WITH THE WE NEED TO BE FLUID, BUT I DON'T THINK THE MOVE TO GRANGE HALL EARLIER WOULD NECESSARILY ADD CAPACITY.

SOME OF THE OTHER SWAPS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY BE VALID.

YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS? YEAH, THE LIST WE HAVE WAS IN DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY.

WHEN YOU GO TO THE COUNTY PLANNING MEETING, HERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TO REMEMBER.

IF WE WAIT UNTIL THEY FINISH BUILDING THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ARE WORSE THAN WE WERE NOW, AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE TEN THOUSAND HOMES BEING PUT IN THE PATHWAY OF THE OLD

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WE ALREADY HAVE OVER I THINK IT'S 100 SOME KIDS ALREADY THAT LIVE IN A SITE THAT WE HAVE TO BUS PAST MOSELEY BACK TO GRANGE HALL.

PLUS, WE KNOW THE GRANGE HALL AREA IS STILL GROWING.

SO THE KEY TO HAVING ALL THREE OF THESE SCHOOLS IN HERE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND THE GRANGE HALL IS NOT GOING TO RELIEVE MOSELEY.

WHAT'S GOING TO RELIEVE MOSELEY IN THE FEEDER PATTERN WHERE IT IS IS GOING TO BE THE UPPER MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WHAT GRANGE HALL IS GOING TO HELP WITH IS EXISTING SCHOOLS THAT ARE OVERCROWDING.

WHEN YOU THINK OF WINTERPOCK, HOW THAT EXPANSION IS MOVING, HOW YOU THINK OF THE EXPANSION OF WOOLRIDGE AND HOW THAT'S MOVING.

SO WE JUST THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT JUST THAT AREA OF MAGNOLIA GREEN, BUT THERE'S OTHER GROWTH OCCURRING AND WE HAVE TO COVER.

SO ALL THREE OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BUILDING OUT AT IF YOU'VE BEEN UP MAGNOLIA GREEN IN THAT OTHER AREA, IT'S NOT SLOWING DOWN, JUST AS WE KNOW OFF OF OTTERDALE.

IT IS NOT SLOWING DOWN.

IT IS INCREASING.

NO MATTER WHAT THE HOUSING COST IS, IT'S INTENSIFYING, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO SLOW DOWN. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU HERE IS THAT ALL THIS NEEDS TO BE I'D LOVE ALL THIS TO BE BUILT TOMORROW, THEN WE COULD DO SOME REDISTRICTING.

MY FEAR IS THAT BY THE TIME WE FINISH THIS PROJECT, WE WILL BE AT SEVENTY THOUSAND STUDENTS, AND THAT'S A CONCERN I HAVE.

CAN YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION, IS GRANGE HALL'S PLAN TO REBUILD ON ITS SITE? YES, WE TALKED. SO THAT SAVES MONEY.

I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH ME TO VERIFY.

WE'LL TAKE AN OATH. WE WERE TOLD WE COULD BUILD ON THE SITE BECAUSE BEHIND THE SCHOOL, NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A TIGHT BUILD.

BUT REMEMBER, THIS SITE WILL GO UP.

IT WON'T GO OUT, AND SO--BUT THAT'S A COST SAVINGS INSTEAD ASSURANCES THAT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE TO THE EXTENT IT WAS GOING TO COME OUT IS NOT RIGHT NOW, AND SO AS WE WERE TOLD THIS, I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO IN A MEETING WITH THE COUNTY THAT COULD BE GOOD FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PATHWAY, ZOOLOGY OR ANIMAL CARE.

YOU NEVER KNOW, FEED THE GIRAFFE, COME TO THE WINDOW.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, AND WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IS THEN WHERE THE SCHOOL IS NOW IS MAKE SURE THAT THE DRIVING INTO THE SCHOOL, THE BUS PASS AND EVERYTHING ARE A LOT DEEPER AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH OUR NEW SCHOOLS, AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG BENEFIT OF GETTING TRAFFIC OFF THAT ROAD.

I DO NOT SEE THIS SCHOOL EVER LOSING ENROLLMENT BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THERE, AND I DO THINK THAT BY THE TIME WE BUILD THE MAGNOLIA SCHOOL, THAT WILL BE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS MOSELEY, AND I DO THINK WHEN WE BUILD THE OLD HUNDRED SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THAT SAME SITUATION JUST BECAUSE OF THE RAPID GROWTH.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE TO PUT A SCHOOL BETWEEN MOSELEY AND OLD HUNDRED THAT COULD RELIEVE BOTH SCHOOLS? YOU'LL BE OVERCROWDED EVEN BEFORE YOU FINISH BUILDING; THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THERE WILL BE ENORMOUS. I MEAN, THAT GROWTH, I MEAN, WHAT THEY SHOWED US WITH WAS 5000 HOMES, JUST THAT ONE AREA TO HELP OLD HUNDRED, AND REMEMBER THAT PATHWAY, I'M GOING TO I WOULD POINT TO PEOPLE, BUT FOR ME, SO THAT WESTERN CORRIDOR, THE WESTERN BORDER.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND YOU GO FROM WHERE THE OLD HUNDRED SITE IS AND DOWN TO THEIR SITE, THAT WHOLE AREA IS GOING TO BE BUILT INTO.

WISDOM WOULD SAY GET AHEAD OF THE GAME WHERE YOU CAN AND DON'T TRY TO CATCH UP, BUT MY FEAR IS BY THE TIME WE BUILD THIS AND THINKING ABOUT THIS, WE'RE ONLY TALKING THREE TO FOUR YEARS, BUT I KNOW THE AUSTIN WOODS SITE OFF OF IRON BRIDGE, IT WAS WITHIN ONE YEAR THERE ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED HOMES IN THE FACILITY.

SO IT DOESN'T TAKE A LONG TIME TO BUILD A FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT [INAUDIBLE] SPACE. SO ALL THREE OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT.

I'M JUST SAYING.

I GUESS MY--SORRY.

NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY THEM BASICALLY, MS. HAINES, I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT WE NEED THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NOT TWO RELIEVE FOUR.

WE NEED THREE, AND I COMPLETELY WOULD AGREE.

I MEAN, LOOK AT BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT'S SO YOUNG AND IT'S 10 TRAILERS BEHIND IT,

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SO I MEAN, AND IF YOU NOTICE THERE'S NO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE DALE DISTRICT, THEY'RE COMING NEW, AND YET THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED SOON, TOO.

WE HAVE 10 TRAILERS BEHIND BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WELL, DALE'S AN INTERESTING SITUATION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH OCCURRING IN DALE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SELLING THEIR HOMES TO FAMILIES.

MM HMM. HENING IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE THOUGHT BY MOVING SOME STUDENTS OUT, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE GROWTH OCCUR PRETTY FAST THERE AS WELL BECAUSE OF SOME BUILDING THAT'S OCCURRING ON IRONBRIDGE ROAD.

IT'S A COUNTY WIDE ISSUE THAT WE JUST NEED, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT NOW, SOMEWHAT ESPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY.

I KNOW THAT BY THE TIME WE FINISHED FALLING CREEK, IT'S GOING TO HAVE QUITE A FEW STUDENTS IN IT, AND BY THE TIME WE OPEN UP THE NEW 360 WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WOULD SAY THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO CAPACITY.

CAN YOU JUST TAKE A SECOND AND JUST SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC OR ANYONE THAT'S WATCHING ABOUT THE CRITICAL NEED FOR THIS BOND REFERENDUM TO PASS, BECAUSE IF IT DOES NOT KIND OF PAINT THE PICTURE OF WHAT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE.

PLEASE HELP. [CHUCKLING] WELL, JUST AS I HAD EXPERIENCE WITH REFERENDUMS AND BUILDING FROM DOING THIS A LONG TIME, THE I THINK THE.

THE PARENT IN OUR SCHOOLS TODAY AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR SYSTEM REALIZE THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THIS REASON, THEY SEE TRAILERS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

NOBODY WOULD WANT TO SEE TRAILERS AT THEIR SCHOOLS BY PLACING STUDENTS OUTSIDE.

THEY ALSO SEE THE GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING AS THEY DRIVE AROUND.

COMMON SENSE WOULD SAY, IF WE SEE GROWTH IN EVERY TIME WE MAKE A TURN THAT THERE COULD BE CHILDREN IN THESE HOMES, AND BECAUSE IT WILL BE CHILDREN IN THESE HOMES, THAT MEANS THERE ARE MORE STUDENTS.

NOW SAY, WELL, SOME STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING, THERE ARE MORE STUDENTS COMING.

THE BEST EXAMPLE WAS 1500, THE STATE AND THE COUNTY BOTH AGREE, WILL BE 1500 STUDENTS NEXT YEAR. FIFTY SEVEN WITHIN FIVE YEARS.

I TRULY BELIEVE NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE AT 65K STUDENTS.

WE HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE OUTSTANDING PEOPLE.

WE WORK WELL WITH THE COUNTY.

WE WORK WELL WITH THE POLICE FORCE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE WORK WELL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITIES.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO OFFER AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD MORE GREAT PROGRAMING.

VIRTUAL SCHOOL, CTE EXPANSION, WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THREE PROGRAMS FOR NEXT YEAR ALREADY. THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO COME HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A GREAT EDUCATION AND BE READY FOR THE WORLD THAT'S OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM. IF WE DO NOT PASS THIS BOND, THEN YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE MEGA TRAILERS AT SCHOOLS. THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO MOVE PEOPLE.

YOU CAN SAY, WELL, YOU MAY HAVE SPACE AT MATOACA, BUT THAT MEANS I'M GOING TO DRIVE A STUDENT ON THE BUS FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS, BECAUSE OF PICKUPS AND EVERYTHING , AND OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO HAVE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE, GO TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT WHEN THE COUNTY STARTED, WHATEVER WAY BACK THAT THEY HAD PUT A COUNTY PLAN TOGETHER AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO A COUNTY PLANNER AND PUT ALL THIS OUT THERE. WE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE NOW AND TALKING WITH ANTONJA TODAY AND HER TEAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE HIGH SCHOOL, IN HER OPINION, IS A GREAT LOCATION BECAUSE WE WILL MOVE THE MIGRATION OF STUDENTS WESTWARD, AND [INAUDIBLE] SEVEN OF THE SCHOOLS, MOVE SOME SCHOOLS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE BOUNDARY LINES.

OUR COUNTY LINES AND OUR SCHOOL LINES DO NOT MATCH UP.

AS YOU WELL KNOW, BECAUSE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE STUDENTS IN, I THINK YOU HAVE FOUR.

I MEAN, THEY CAN GO CLOVERHILL.

YEAH, YOU, YOU HAVE TO HIT ALL THE DISTRICTS.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY IS TO SAY, LET'S MAKE SURE WHEN WE DO THE NEW BUILDS THAT WE REALLY HAVE A THOUGHT PROCESS AND A PLANNING PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO LAST US FOR DECADES IN THE MOVEMENT OF REDISTRICTING, BUT THIS IS I THINK, A VERY CRITICAL TIME AND SPACE, NEED FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

FORTY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW ARE ABOVE 85 PERCENT CAPACITY.

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OUR NEEDS FOR OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS OUR DIFFERENT LEVELS ARE VERY IMPORTANT OUR ESL PROGRAMMING WE TRY TO NARROW DOWN WITH THAT SPACE AS WELL.

PLUS, HAVING SPACE FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF IN THE BUILDINGS, A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE USING TRAILERS FOR THAT SUPPORT STAFF WHEN THEY COME INTO BUILDING, BUT WE DO KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW IT. LET'S HOPE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT ON ELECTION DAY AND WHEN THERE WILL BE VOTING ON THE BOARD REFERENDUM.

ONCE WE FINALIZE THIS WITH THE COUNTY, WE WILL START OUR CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SEE THE NEED. I'VE ALWAYS SAID LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY BUILDING ON TIME.

ONE OF THE FEW SCHOOL DIVISIONS THAT WE COME ON TIME, WE COME UNDER BUDGET AND WE HAVE SOME HIGH QUALITY BUILDINGS.

THAT'S HARD TO SAY, NOT ONLY IN VIRGINIA BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE VERY GOOD SUPERVISION OF HOW BUILDING OCCURS.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WASTED FUNDING THAT OCCURS WITH OUR SUPPORT, AND SO I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE CAN TRUST US WITH THEIR MONEY.

I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING [INAUDIBLE] CAN WE TRUST YOU WITH THE MONEY? AND I SAY OUR PAST HISTORY WITH CONSTRUCTION SAYS, YES, YOU CAN TRUST US WITH YOUR MONEY AND WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT OF WHAT WE DO, AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE USED A GREAT DEAL BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FOR SPORTS, FOR FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT OCCUR AND THEY WILL GET A CHANCE TO WALK IN THE BUILDING.

TRUST ME, I KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CLEAN SOMEWHERE, I GET AN EMAIL, BUT WHEN THEY SEE THE NEW BUILDING, THEY SAY, I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY, ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS, AND I WOULD NOT DISAGREE.

I SAY, GIVE US A BILLION DOLLARS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDINGS AND I THINK STUDENTS AND STAFF SHOULD WORK IN THE HIGHEST QUALITY FACILITIES THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM.

OK. THANK YOU, MS. BAILEY, FOR MENTIONING THAT WE NEED ALL THREE, BECAUSE I THINK THE STATEMENT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH IS THAT GRANGE HALL WOULD HAVE PRIORITY OVER OLD HUNDRED BECAUSE GIVEN OUR BOARD PRIORITIES, THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE PUT KIDS IN SEATS AND WE LOOK AT FACILITY CONDITION, BUT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO PUT GRANGE HALL AND THE BOND REFERENDUM AND USE LIKE WE DID FOR TOMAHAWK AND FALLING CREEK USE VPSA BONDS FOR OLD HUNDRED AND MAYBE BEULAH. I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SHIFTING SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT--REALLY YOU CAN'T PUT ONE SCHOOL BEFORE ANOTHER, AND BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO DIRE AND I DID WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE 360 WEST HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD AGREED TO AT LEAST CONSIDER A CENTRAL LOCATION, AND ONE THOUGHT THAT I SO I'D KIND OF LOVE I THINK DR.

D. MENTIONED THAT PLANNING STAFF HAD FLOATED SOME IDEAS FOR CENTRAL, SO I'M NOT FORGETTING THAT, AND SO MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE, AND [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE FEEDBACK ON THAT, AS WE SEARCH FOR THAT SPOT, I'M THINKING OF WAYS TO PROVIDE MAYBE IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO COSBY, WHICH WE KNOW IS OVERCROWDED THAT COULD AGAIN SUPPORT A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION, AND THAT IS MOVING THE HEALTH SCIENCES SPECIALTY CENTER TO MONACAN, BECAUSE DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD SAVE LEASE ON A MEGA TRAILER AND THERE IS SPACE MANNEQUINS AT SEVENTY TWO PERCENT CAPACITY. SO I'M JUST BRAINSTORMING WAYS LIKE SAYING YOU WOULD ASK ME THOSE IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION, WHICH I GAVE YOU THE ANSWERS FOR, SO I'LL GIVE THEM TO YOU AGAIN.

ONE IS OUR TEAM WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY IS GIVING US LAND.

THE SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE CENTRAL PART, THERE IS VERY LITTLE SPACE THAT'S REQUIRED.

SO THE COUNTY DID TELL US THAT THE LAND THEY GAVE US WAS SUITABLE AND LOOKING AT THE MIGRATION AND WORKING WITH TONYA.

SHE FEELS WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO PUT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE.

IF WE BUILT ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THE MOVEMENT OF TRYING TO LOOK AT OVERCROWDING, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS IS SHIFTING TO THE LEFT, SHIFTING TO THE WEST.

THE ISSUE OF MOVING STUDENTS.

I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT MOVING A SPECIALTY CENTER FOR OVERCROWDING.

YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO DO IT FOR FIVE OTHER SCHOOLS UNDER THAT POLICY, AND BY THE WAY, I DID LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND COSBY IN THAT

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YOU'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH CLOVER HILL THEN TO GO TO MONACAN.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE A CENTER FOR THE REASON OF OVERCROWDING, THEN YOU SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER AS WELL, AND THAT'S A DECISION THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO MAKE.

IT IS NOT OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS TIME JUST BECAUSE OF, I MEAN, THINK OF SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE VERY LARGE POPULATIONS AND I THINK MOVING A SPECIALTY CENTER RIGHT NOW. JUST OUR KIDS COMING BACK TO SCHOOL AND THEY GOT THEIR FIRST FULL YEAR IN, I THINK, DOWN THE ROAD, THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY, BUT I THINK ONE THING WE TRIED TO LOOK AT IS SPACING OUT THE SPECIALTY CENTERS WHERE WE WERE EQUITABLE IN BOTH PARTS OF THE COUNTY. SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH MS. HAINES ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

I'M SORRY, SINCE THE WHOLE BOARD HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY, AT THE LAST BOA RD MEETING, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BOARD CHAIR TO DO THIS.

IT WAS A CONVERSATION, BUT I WAS NOT DIRECTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD TO LOOK FOR A NEW SITE FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE'VE TALKED TO THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT.

CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT THE LOCATION THAT Y'ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED WOULD ACTUALLY RELIEVE SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS? IT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE ATTENDANCE ZONES YEAH, AND YOU HAVE TO REALIZE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, WELL, ALL THE SCHOOLS WILL BE ADJUSTED--RIGHT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO IT MUST BE SOMEWHAT LOCATED IN A WAY THAT IF IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IF I'M PUSHING STUDENTS INTO THIS SCHOOL, AND I CAN MOVE THEM FROM WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE THE SCHOOL POSSIBLY COULD GO.

MOVEMENT AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

OK, THAT'S 160 SEATS PER SCHOOL IF YOU DO THAT AVERAGE, WHICH WOULD ALMOST [INAUDIBLE] BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CLOSE TO CAPACITY AND BASICALLY ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

YEAH, THERE IS SPACE AT MATOACA HIGH SCHOOL, THERE IS SPACE AT MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT TRYING TO LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS THAT COULD BE RELIEVED FROM MONACAN, THEY ALSO CROSS OVER ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO I WOULD BE TAKING SOME STUDENTS FROM ONE DIVISION BY PASSING A SECOND SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTENDANCE ZONE AND PUTTING THEM IN HERE.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR US TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

NO, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE'LL BE RELIEF FROM SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS BY BUILDING IT'S THAT WE'RE HAVING TO MOVE THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS BECAUSE OF HOW THE MIGRATION IS OCCURRING IN OUR SYSTEM, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS, WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF THE THOMAS DALE ISSUE AND THAT MAY EVEN GIVE US MORE RELIEF FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL SPACE AT THAT PART OF THE AREA, WHICH MAY RELIEVE FALLING CREEK AND MAY RELIEVE SALEM CHURCH, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA IS STARTING TO GROW AGAIN, AND SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS MOVEMENT, I'LL GO TO THE MAP AGAIN THAT YOU CAN'T SEE.

I'M POINTING TO, YOU STILL WON'T BE ABLE SEE WHAT I'M DOING, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MIDLOTHIAN IS GOING TO GET LARGER.

WE'RE PUTTING TRAILERS OUT THERE NOW.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT SITUATION THERE WITH MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S GETTING LARGER. WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE.

I MEAN, WE'VE SENT OUR CREWS IN THERE SEVERAL TIMES TO SPLIT ROOMS IN TO HELP THEM OUT.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT CORRIDOR AND SOME OF THE JAMES RIVER CORRIDOR THAT COULD GO TO A NEW SCHOOL BECAUSE HOW THE ROADS WORK, IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD SHOT, SOME OF THESE STUDENTS WOULD ACTUALLY BE CLOSER TO THE NEW SCHOOL THAN THE MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A PLANNING TEAM WITH ATONJA AND DIANE WHO SAY THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVEMENT, THEY'RE GETTING READY FOR THREE YEARS, THEY'RE GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WHAT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL MOVEMENT LOOK LIKE? AND IF THE TEAM CAME AND SAID, THE BOARD SAID, WE WANT YOU TO MOVE THINGS NOW AND SEE WHERE THERE'S SPACE, WELL, WE KNOW THAT MONACAN, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO DISPLACE STUDENTS INTO ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT ARE CROSSING BOUNDARIES, AND IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD,

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IT WOULDN'T BE MY WILL.

MY WILL WOULD BE MOVE THEM ONE TIME AND THAT WOULD BE WAIT UNTIL THE HIGH SCHOOL'S BUILT AND DO ONE BIG SHIFT.

I MEAN, THE LESS THEY HAVE TO BE REDISTRICT, THE BETTER I WOULD IMAGINE.

I MEAN, ONCE WE PASS THE BOND REFERENDUM, I MEAN, THEN WE START PUTTING OUR TIMELINES IN, IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EASY TO SAY WE SHOULD PROBABLY WAIT OR LOOK AT THIS NOW, BUT THE ISSUE IS YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE STUDENTS AND THEN YOU MAY BE MOVING THEM AGAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THAT'S WHY WE DELAYED ON THE TOMAHAWK CREEK TIMEFRAME.

LET'S NOT, YOU KNOW, DO THIS TO PARENTS TWICE IN THREE YEARS.

THAT'S ALL. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, I THINK IT WAS MY ASK AT OUR LAST MEETING AND I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING NEW.

SO WE WERE JUST IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE HAD BEEN SOME STUDIES, SOME PROJECTIONS HAD BEEN DONE FOR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT WE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SPACE. THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT TWO SCHOOLS AND REMEMBER WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT WAS [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT TWO HIGH SCHOOLS LOOKING AT ONE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT TWO NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEN WITH THE WORKING OF HOW THINGS GO AND LOCATIONS OF STUDENTS AND LOOKING AT, OK, WE HAVE AN OPTION WHERE WE HAVE A SCHOOL THAT WE COULD USE FOR SIX HUNDRED OR SEVEN HUNDRED STUDENTS AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL IF WE FINISHED THE DALE PROJECT.

SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS WISER MONEY AND LOOKING AT FACILITIES THAT WE ALREADY HAD AND SAVING ABOUT $100 MILLION.

THANKS. MS. HEFFRON, THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION AS WELL, THAT IT WAS MORE OF JUST A QUESTION, NOT THE WILL OF THE BOARD, AND WE DID WE DID SPEAK WITH PEOPLE AND I WAS SPEAKING TODAY WITH ATONJA AND HER TEAM AND LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

I ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL PROCESS THAT WHEN WE OPENED UP THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL WE, WE'RE READY A YEAR IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS WILL KEEP CHANGING BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING THAT'S OCCURRING.

AND THEY'RE ALSO STARTING TO LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW AS WELL, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'LL BE SOME MOVEMENT AS WE BUILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

YOU PUT TWO NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS UP THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MOVEMENT IN A VERY DENSE POPULATED AREA.

MADAM CHAIR, CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION? SURE.

I DIDN'T THINK I WAS ASKING FOR SOMETHING, I THOUGHT WHAT I HEARD IS THAT WE WOULD KEEP THE CONVERSATION OPEN AND NOT RULE OUT THAT THERE COULD BE A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION.

SO IS IT THE WILL OF THE BOARD THAT WE CLOSE THAT CONVERSATION AND WE DON'T CONSIDER A MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED SCHOOL? BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I JUST HEARD.

SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION IF TO CONSIDER AGAIN, GIVEN ALL THIS FLEXIBILITY AND GIVEN THAT WE HAVE MEADOWBROOK AND MANCHESTER THAT ARE OVERCROWDED AND THAT, YOU KNOW, LESS REDISTRICTING IS ALWAYS BETTER, ASSUMING YOU HAVE THE LAND.

WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? IS THE BOARD WILLING TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION OPEN, ASSUMING THE COUNTY WOULD STEP UP, OBVIOUSLY, WHICH THEY WOULD NEED TO HELP US WITH LAND.

WOULD THAT BE INSTEAD OF YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL TWO HIGH SCHOOLS, THIS WOULD BE ONLY ONE HIGH SCHOOL AND IT WOULD BE CENTRALLY LOCATED? YES, THE COMMENTS THAT I MADE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WHICH I UNDERSTOOD, IS THAT THERE WAS THE SUPPORT NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING, BUT JUST SUPPORT THAT WE WERE NOT DEAD SET ON A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS AT THE FAR EDGES.

WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT NORMALLY HIGH SCHOOLS ARE MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED.

JAMES RIVER AND MATOACA ARE OUTLIERS THAT WE WOULD ENTERTAIN THE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNTY FOR A CENTRALLY LOCATED.

THAT CONVERSATION WAS STILL OPEN, SO NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING, BUT JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT MAYBE PUTTING 360 WEST THAT SAYS, WE KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING, AND I GUESS I'M ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WE KEEP THE CONVERSATION OPEN.

SORRY, MS. HAINES, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE WENT WITH THIS.

WHEN WE DID TALK ABOUT IT LAST YEAR ABOUT HAVING TO ESSENTIALLY LOCATE IT, AND MAYBE THIS IS MY FAULT FOR NOT RELAYING AS MUCH, BUT I KNOW WE DID TALK A GREAT EXTENT WITH ON THE COUNTY SIDE ABOUT WHERE WOULD LAND BE AVAILABLE IN AND AROUND LIKE THE POCAHONTAS STATE

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SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS, I BELIEVE THAT THE REASON THAT IT WAS KIND OF MOVED PAST WAS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY FEASIBLE SPOTS TO PUT A SCHOOL.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, MS. HAINES, IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THE OPTION WAS LOOKED AT AND REJECTED.

IT'S NOT THAT IT WASN'T BEING CONSIDERED.

I THINK THE CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN, BUT THERE IS NO LAND.

THE HIGH SCHOOL REQUIRES LIKE 80 ACRES, RIGHT? MINIMUM OF 80 ACRES.

SO, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY REJECTED IT WITHOUT CONSIDERATION.

I THINK THE CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT TO ME, RIGHT, AND IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I THINK THE DECISION IS GOING TO BE MADE SOON FOR THE BOARD TO BE FAIR TO THE COUNTY AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PURCHASE LAND AND THEY HAVE LAND THEY'VE ALREADY PURCHASED, AND THAT'S YOU'VE NOTICED THAT IN SOME OF THE MOVEMENT ALREADY FROM THE UPPER MAGNOLIA SITE TO THE SECONDARY SITE THAT THEY'VE OFFERED.

SO THAT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS FOR THEM, AND I WOULD THINK IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CHANGE, THAT WE SHOULD NOTIFY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE COUNTY IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AS WELL, BUT OUR DISCUSSION WAS THAT THEY HAD LAND THAT THEY COULD GIVE US AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO OUR PLANNING PEOPLE, THERE IS MOVEMENT FOR THAT.

I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN IT HAS BEEN BEEN LOOKED AT, WE DO HAVE A LARGE ACREAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOCATED AND HEARING THAT THIS HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO SERVE SEVEN OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS AND RELIEVE SEVEN OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE LEAVE IT AS IS I WOULD JUST AGREE WITH YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR EXPERTS, WE, YOU KNOW, I TRUST MS. ALLEN'S TEAM AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE JUST CONSIDERABLE NON-NEGOTIABLES, RIGHT? LAND SPACE.

I APPRECIATE THAT WE THAT WE CONSIDERED AN OUT OF THE BOX IDEA, I'M GLAD THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT I TRUST I TRUST THE PROCESS AND I TRUST OUR TEAM. MS. BAILEY.

I WOULD AGREE THAT THEY VETTED OUT EVERYTHING THEY HAVE POSSIBLY COULD VET OUT, AND THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A LOCATION.

OBVIOUSLY MS. HAINES, YOU'RE THE IDEALIST.

YOU WOULD IDEALLY LIKE TO HAVE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTY.

I THINK WE ALL WOULD, AND WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO AVOID AS MUCH REDISTRICTING AS POSSIBLE, BUT I THINK THAT THEIR GOALS ARE THE SAME, AND SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME GOAL PAGE THAT THEY'VE DONE ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT PROPER LOCATION FOR THE SCHOOL.

NOBODY WANTS TO GO THROUGH THE PAINFUL REDISTRICTING AND DOING IT FOR SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS.

IT'S GOING TO BE PAINFUL BUT NECESSARY.

SO I MEAN, I TRUST LIKE MS. HEFFRON HAS SAID THAT THEY HAVE VETTED OUT THE PROPER LOCATION.

DO YOU MIND TELLING US WHERE THAT ACTUAL LOCATION IS? THE SECONDARY NON SWAMP AREA? CAN WE NOT DISCUSS THAT YET? I UNDERSTAND WHY.

OK, THANKS.

MADAM CHAIR, I DO TRUST OUR TEAM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO--I REALLY SEE THIS AS A COUNTY, YOU KNOW, HAVING HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNTY FOLK , AND AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THIS HAD BEEN THE ONLY LAND THE COUNTY GAVE. SO IF THINGS ARE SHIFTING AND MAYBE THERE IS A BETTER LAND, BUT I REALIZE IT'S ON THE COUNTY, NOT US, BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THE LAND.

WE ARE NOT AWARE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW OUR TEAM DOES THEIR BEST WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GIVEN, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LOCATING PLACES, THE COUNTY REALLY DOES HAVE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT RIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER USES THAT THEY THINK ABOUT IN LAND MANAGEMENT.

SO I AGREE WITHOUT FURTHER INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO, BUT AS MS. BAILEY SAID, I AM THE IDEALIST AND GIVEN THAT A CENTRAL LOCATION WOULD NOT BE AS PAINFUL A REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND WOULD ALSO LOCATE THE SCHOOL CLOSER TO CDC HALL, WHICH IS A

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I GUESS I'LL JUST THROW IT INTO THE UNIVERSE AND MAYBE THE LAND WILL APPEAR, AND IF NOT, AT LEAST I TRIED. YEAH CAN WE TAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND PLAY THE MEGA BALL? [CHUCKLING] BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESERVOIR. OH, THERE WE GO.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CIP? THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK FOR OUR PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR.

NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING? MADAM CHAIR, TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEM FOR BOARD TO

[F. Items for Board Review]

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS?

[G. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments]

ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022, TO ADOPT ITS FY2023 OPERATING BUDGET AND FY2023-29 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE FEBRUARY 16, 2022, SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.