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True Life Companies agreement: The board authorized the administration to finalize agreements with True Life Companies (True Life/Thornton Eastlake LLC) concerning district property adjacent to the Educational Support Center. The authorization included: dedication of a permanent right of way to the city of Thornton for 125th Avenue, dedication of a permanent utility easement to the city, requiring True Life to upgrade stormwater drainage along Claude Court to accommodate district stormwater in exchange for a $30,000 payment from the district, and granting True Life a temporary construction easement. A staff member said the $30,000 arrangement would substitute for an estimated $1,000,000 stormwater repair cost the district previously faced; the agreement was presented to improve the district's ability to sell a 13.5-acre parcel in the future. The board voted by roll call with all present voting aye (Directors Assad Lucas, Battistelli, Goldstein, Marsh Olson and Potter).

Minutes and consent agenda: The board approved the minutes of the regular board meeting and work study session of Feb. 26, 2025 and the special board meeting of March 5, 2025. The board also approved the personnel actions listed on the consent agenda (resignations, terminations, transfers, reassignments, employment and leaves of absence) by roll call; all votes were recorded as aye.

Votes recorded (as read at the meeting):
- Motion to authorize administration to execute agreements with True Life Companies: aye votes recorded for Director Assad Lucas, Director Battistelli, Director Goldstein, Director Marsh Olson, Director Potter; outcome: approved.
- Motion to approve minutes of 02/26/2025 and 03/05/2025: aye votes recorded for Director Assad Lucas, Director Battistelli, Director Goldstein, Director Marsh Olson, Director Potter; outcome: approved.
- Motion to approve personnel actions on the consent agenda: aye votes recorded for Director Assad Lucas, Director Battistelli, Director Goldstein, Director Marsh Olson, Director Potter; outcome: approved.

Motions and movers: Several motions were made and seconded during the meeting but the transcript does not record the names of specific mov ers and seconders for all routine motions; the roll-call outcomes were recorded by the board president.

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A staff presenter said the current $500,000 board-approval threshold for asset acquisitions and dispositions has prompted inconsistent internal practice, and proposed adding clearer definitions in policy to reduce ambiguity. The staff member noted a recent practical wrinkle: hail damage at two district buildings with an insurance payout that would fund repairs in excess of the $500,000 threshold. The presenter suggested adding an exception so that insurance-funded repairs would not require separate board approval; the presenter offered to provide two draft versions for an April vote.

On procurement reporting, staff reminded the board that policy 2.5.7 allows the board flexibility on level of detail and frequency. Board members discussed options ranging from vendor-level reports and RFP notifications to periodic summaries of top vendors and larger procurements. Staff said historical practice had included vendor and audit reports for committees but not a standing board-level RFP notification list.

No formal motions or votes occurred. The board directed staff to draft explicit policy language (including a version that would exempt insurance-funded repair work) and to return the proposal for board consideration and vote in April.

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Gina Lanier, the district's chief financial officer, said the statewide inflation factor for the School Finance Act is 2.3 percent, but the district expects a year-over-year funded pupil decrease of about 905.4 students under four-year averaging and a modified implementation of HB 1448. That shift, Lanier said, explains most of the projected drop in revenue and contributes to what the district models as a very tight 2025-26 budget.

The projection also reflects a roughly 6 percent decline in the district's free-and-reduced-lunch direct certifications after federal COVID-era Medicaid verification changes were rescinded, Lanier said. \"Those were lifted, I think last year. And so this was the first year since COVID that people had to prove their eligibility to remain Medicaid eligible,\" she said.

Why it matters: board members, staff and public commenters framed the shortfall as a driver of planned demonstrations at the state Capitol and potential local cuts that could affect staffing, services and programs. Board members and administrators said they are modeling options that include the use of one-time reserves but warned that long-term reductions would require ongoing revenue or deeper cuts.

In explaining modeling choices, Gadowski said the district expects about $15.6 million in one-time resources (largely available fund balance) and is weighing whether to use one-time funds for staff compensation increases or to preserve them for ongoing obligations. He and other administrators said they have prioritized preserving step and lane increases for certificated and classified staff where possible, but acknowledged that sustaining those commitments without added revenue will be difficult.

Lanier said the district would not move forward with an elementary math curriculum adoption next year, noting the district recently implemented combined benchmark reading and writing work and prefers to let that change settle instead of layering another major adoption.

Public comment at the meeting focused heavily on funding and the walkout planned for the Capitol. Several teachers and district staff described long classroom hours, shrinking support services and program cuts since 2011. Jonathan Rethinger, a long-time teacher, said, \"We are too invested in their becoming to see them abandoned by a line item veto,\" and described collective action as a last resort to secure resources for students. Tricia LaRue told the board the state remains underfunded by about $4 billion and said the district faces cuts larger than any since 2011.

Board discussion and next steps: administrators said they will update the board after the final School Finance Act language is adopted (Lanier said they hope for clarity by May 7), continue scenario modeling, brief principals and stakeholder groups, and prepare an amended budget once October pupil counts are finalized. The board asked staff to emphasize transparent timelines and humane staffing notices for employees if reductions become necessary.

The meeting recorded no formal budget vote; administrators presented information and directed district teams to continue modeling and to brief principals and staff ahead of final decisions.

The board and staff repeatedly framed the problem as partly structural: Colorado's statewide funding formula, differences in local mill-levy overrides, and demographic trends such as declining birth rates and out-migration are all factors the district cited in explaining why local options alone will not bridge the gap.

","District leaders told the board and the public that changes in state school finance calculations and falling Medicaid direct-certifications will cut revenue next year, prompting modeling of painful reductions; teachers and parents urged legislators to restore funding during public comment and ahead of a planned walkout.","actionData","errors"]

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