Board of Education Meeting

The meeting was called to order at 5:15 p.m.

Ms. Eyerman called the role. Mr. Bennett was not in attendance. All other Board members were present.

Dr. Hire reminded the Board that 1:1 devices, servers, etc. need to stay current and be replaced.

Dave, Jake, Todd & Terri went through an extensive list providing the Board members with a description of work that is slated as facility improvements for each property in the District plus vehicles. The Board members offered input, asked questions, and had in-depth discussions on many of the items. The Board would like to put together a 10-year plan to complete projects taking into consideration both if we are not moving forward or if we are moving forward with the OFCC project options.

President Phil Hunt asked staff to provide a High - Medium and Low total cost, based on the estimates provided to the Board at this meeting.

Dave discussed the SHP approach and considering that he anticipates being asked this by OFCC in the near future - He asked for Board's thoughts on moving forward with OFCC opportunities. 

Phil brought up moving the Board office and where we could feasibly do that. 

Dr. Butcher mentioned Move BOE to the HS - the building has a limited # of years, Phil talked about the 4th floor, which separates it from a school activity. Dave mentioned that we have basic floor plans for that. It is JR High, we have to look at that. Do we want to displace JH kids to other parts of the building with older kids? Phil mentioned locker bays, could that area be converted into classrooms if they were removed? Or, the old bus garage area in the HS, could that be classrooms to keep JH on that side of the building? The other logical spot is across from the HS office - Jake mentioned that would be the most expensive room to move - plumbing, electrical, etc. 

We would like to engage our community to find out their thoughts about our facilities, pool, tennis courts, possible pickleball courts, etc. Phil agreed with Dave and he thinks the sooner the better. 

Mr. Shutt stated that the Board is in a better spot too based on the information provided tonight - knowledge of the estimates it would take to get our current property up to speed, Mrs. Mann asked if SHP had checked the ground up where the school may go to see if they could build on it? Dr. Butcher said he believes there were borings done. 

Dr. Butcher said we have to do surveys and we have to ask. Tell the public, to get SHP geared up. He feels that we have to let the public decide. Jake mentioned he doesn't know how to let the public know the condition of our building

.Dr. Butcher - one last comment trying to avoid having these same conversations 6-9 mos. from now, keep in mind that the career center was successful in getting the community to approve a 5-year PI Levy to improve the facility. Dr. Butcher thanked Jake and Todd for all of the extra hours they put into this.  Dr. Hire stated that it was advantageous so we have a comprehensive list that we can use for planning.  Mr. Hunt mentioned that we need to create a list of those we can go to to ask - for funding - for action, etc. to get things accomplished. Dr. Hire mentioned that we cannot move forward with OFCC until we know what our community wants to do. What do they think about our facilities through surveys, town halls, and community forums? Look for projects and help the community fund them through corporate partnerships. 

SHP will need to work with us to provide these avenues of communication and the outcome/decisions from our community.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 p.m.