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(Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) I'd just really like to thank our community

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for passing the bond last year.

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60% supermajority is an incredible challenge.

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And our community rose to it, and now

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we're seeing the benefits of it.

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I think it's been a good positive impact.

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It's great.

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It's so much better now.

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And I'm really glad that we got the

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opportunity to upgrade that entire area.

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It's just so much safer for everybody, for

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parents, kids, drivers, staff members, everybody.

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It's just so much better.

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It really is so hard to describe how

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just some paint and carpet and just a

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few upgrades can just make a space feel

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completely different.

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And like I said, it's like being in

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a brand new school, which is so wonderful

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for the students to just have that feeling

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of we're in a beautiful space, and we're

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excited to be here to learn.

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What we found this year is just a

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complete transformation out there.

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It's been awesome.

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We expanded our bleachers on both ends, and

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now not only are there seats for everybody,

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even when we were drawing huge crowds for

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our successful football team, our successful band program,

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we're also able to get our pep band

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up into the stands.

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And they used to have to stand out

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on the track and be piled up out

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on the track.

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It's so much more fun having them up

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in the stands, having them up there with

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our kids.

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The energy of both our band and our

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fans playing off of each other up there

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was really cool to have this year.

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It might seem small because our football season

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is just kind of a small part of

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what we do here, but I think everybody

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that's been in high school knows that just

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that Friday night light is a big part

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of high school culture and the community culture.

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And so having a facility to really fully

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accommodate that is a really nice issue.

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First thing was we had a tilted lane

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one.

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We couldn't run hurdles for the last couple

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years in lane one because they would tilt

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to the left or right.

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And so to have a curb on the

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inside and a level track is huge, and

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it looks beautiful, especially now knowing that material

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won't leak out underneath it and cause that

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damage in the future is huge.

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A huge part is being part of this

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community.

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So not just having the track for the

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high school, but hosting those big events.

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So the upgrades have made things much safer

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and organized.

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Traffic flows better.

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Buses move in and out smoothly.

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And there's less congestion at drop-off.

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Overall, the upgrades have made a big difference.

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The process is safer, more efficient, and it's

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been a positive change for students, staff, and

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drivers.

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It's super important.

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They had exceeded their manufacturer's recommended number of

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hours by about 10,000 hours for several

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years.

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And they also had a what's referred to

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as a non-compliant refrigerant.

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And so we not only picked up energy

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savings, we picked up equipment with shorter life,

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and we are now compliant on a refrigerant

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for those machines.

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The lion's share of the bond is going

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to go to a new elementary school that's

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going to open in the fall of 2027

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in Airway Heights.

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We're working really hard on the design of

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that.

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Grading's already happened, which is exciting.

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If you go out there, you can see

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the grading being done, and the plan is

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to break ground for that project this spring.

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And so if you want any updates on

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what's going on with the bond, we have

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our website that has a ton of information.

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We have bond advisory team meetings once a

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month, and those minutes are posted.

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We have meetings at the board meeting from

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our construction management company that shares.

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We just want to be transparent with what's

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going on.

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Super excited about what's happened this past year

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and really looking forward to what's going to

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happen.