Diane Blevins Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Proceedings of the Board of Trustees District No. 2, Yellowstone County High School District No. 2, Yellowstone County Billings, Montana June 17, 2010 CALL TO ORDER The Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2, Yellowstone County, Montana, and High School District, Yellowstone County, Montana, was duly held at The Lincoln Center, 415 North 30th Street, Billings, Montana, June 17, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. Members present included Trustees Kathy Aragon, Barbara Bryan, Travis Kemp, Lindy Graves, Joyce Weber (via phone), Superintendent Jack Copps, and District Clerk Leo Hudetz. Others present included Nancy Hines, Richard Dews, Woody Jensen, Scott Anderson, Thomas Harper, Rich Whitney, Doug Armknecht, and Greg Davis. COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC The Board recognizes the value of public comment on educational issues and the importance of listening to members of the public in its meetings. The Board also recognizes the statutory and constitutional right of the public to participate in governmental operations. The Board encourages members of the public to participate in and express opinions about issues important to the District. This part of the Board’s meeting is dedicated to public comment on any public matter that is not on the agenda of this meeting and is within the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees. Members of the public may also address particular items on this agenda either now or at the time the Board considers the particular item. There were no public comments. DAVIS DEMOGRAPHICS PRESENTATION Chair Bryan reported the District owns the software that Davis Demographics & Planning uses and the District must decide where the next planning stage should go. Greg Davis, Davis Demographics & Planning, stated his company is based in southern California. Billings is experiencing a lot of growth whereas California has declining enrollments now. His consultants perform master planning and facilitate groups who forecast enrollments per residents in given planning areas. The projections can be short-term or mid-term which is 7 to 10 years out, or long-term which is master planning. Information is gathered from the tax base on residential homes and also potential building that will occur in the future to help make projections. Mr. Davis reported the short-term plan is based on birth data, new developments in the planning areas, and historical enrollment numbers. He felt there was no reason to go further than 7-10 years. The plan could be reviewed every year in order to determine if any changes need to be made. A portion of the software is SRI, or the mapping engine, that develops enrollment projections and boundary plans. This District has all of the software needed and just needs the time and capabilities to construct a plan. Davis Demographics & Planning offers technical support to the District. The District is licensing the software, which is $2,000-$3,000 per year, and staff members have been trained. The cost of the software was approximately $7,500. The company would also assist in developing a more comprehensive plan. Mr. Davis estimated the cost for a master plan to be $30,000-$40,000. Trustee Graves stated he liked the idea of working with a company such as the Davis group as it would give the District some credibility. Chair Bryan reported the next step is to discuss the scope of the work and the management of the program which will be done at a future meeting. As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m. Barbara Bryan, Chair Diane Blevins, Recorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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