0:00 Presentation
52:10 How would a split impact ASD’s online sch?
53:12 How are the 7 dists for the sch board created?
53:52 Why do some schs have more or fewer specialties available?
55:06 Can you provide an example of a single-city dist that is thriving?
55:40 Are p-values and confidence intervals included?
56:16 Did DEC use any outside consultants?
57:32 Why is there more information about test scores & smaller class sizes as opposed to financial findings?
58:16 How did people contact you with questions?
59:10 How did you calculate the finding that 1 in 6 Orem students don’t attend an ASD sch?
1:00:01 What is the average teacher pay for teachers in other sch dists?
1:01:01 Why does the report criticize large sch dists as inefficient but advocate for economies of scale to save money through shared services agreements?
1:05:20 How did you calculate the start-up costs of $3-$6M for the new dist?
1:06:16 How does the property tax & WPU work with Vineyard/Lindon?
1:08:32 How much will it cost to bring all the impacted schs up to code?
1:09:20 If citizens vote to split, will Orem avoid being part of the $595M ASD bond?
1:09:48 Cost be to update the older buildings OSD would inherit from ASD?
1:10:18 How to get ideal class sizes, better test scores, increased teacher pay?
1:11:44 Did the study include the cost of itinerant staff?
1:12:13 Did ASD provide documents that verified that the dist subsidizes the operations of Orem schs?
1:12:35 Could you explain how property taxes work in relation to a sch dist?
1:12:46 Did your financial forecasts include ASD’s annual COLA?
1:13:52 How much would OSD pay & for how long on the ‘06 & ‘16 ASD bond?
1:14:41 How much of the $23M overhead is for admin salaries?
1:15:14 How can a one-city dist fund highly paid teachers, smaller class sizes, & more special programs?
1:15:40 Cons of splitting from the ASD?
1:18:21 Are special service agreements the only way to split from Alpine feasibly?
1:18:31 Why was the A.L.L. sch, Orem Elementary left out of the study?
1:18:58 Are other factors for the decreasing test scores other than teacher pay considered?
1:19:54 Lone Peak with 70+ students class size
1:20:18 Which sch dists along Wasatch Front did you speak to?
1:20:39 Are you suggesting we do 10% raises & how much would this cost?
1:22:03 Did you find that there were any Orem schs that were not having their needs met by ASD?
1:23:24 How does the Vineyard RDA play into the study?
1:23:28 If I want to stay with ASD will that contract be honored?
1:25:33 Why are they so oppositional? What are they afraid of?
1:25:54 Have you seen a balance sheet & income statement from ASD?
1:26:41 What if you combine scns 4 & 5 to include $25M FEMA bond + $125M Orem bond, what would be the new dist taxes?
1:27:39 If a new Orem dist passes & a ASD $595M bond passes then will Orem property taxes payers be paying of the ASD bond & if so how much?
1:28:09 How much will seismic improvements cost?
1:28:39 What factors are behind the teacher vs administration pay disparity?
1:29:52 in the org chart is the sch board an independent agency or under management of the CC?
1:31:45 Can a new sch dist compete with ASD on teacher pay & benefits?
1:32:13 What is the benefit of leaving ASD?
1:32:36 How can OSD make this smaller class sizes happen?
1:33:04 Would parents have a say in the curriculum?
1:34:04 What about I.E.P.’s?
1:35:07 What does outsourcing mean in regards to special ed?
1:36:38 What evidence can you cite to verify your tax findings?
1:37:22 How much did it cost the Jordan sch dist to split?
1:37:49 How much will it cost for the ASD to split?
1:38:11 Does scn 6 cover the Title 1 subsidies in Orem schs?
1:39:04 What about taxpayers?
1:39:42 Can Orem residents pay a tax increase with a 9% inflation rate?
1:41:09 OSD would share services in 18 categories. Would the new sch dist not have money to pay for everything?
1:41:50 How would Orem backfill special ed $ if we lost funding?
1:42:50 Costs of all the shared services?
1:43:25 Data Age?
1:44:13 Would it be better to share Orem’s seismic needs with others?
1:45:41 Changing test types & scores?
1:47:30 Your slides on teacher & admin pay are incorrect.
1:47:52 Why do you imply that students at charter/private/home schs would return to an OSD?
1:48:31 Vineyard/Lindon interest?
1:48:55 New buildings included in the start up costs?
1:49:31 Covering the cost to backfill classes?
1:50:10 Your study cites other studies that are over 20 years old. Why?
1:51:21 Could home sch children have a sch they could go to for specialized classes?
1:52:06 When will CC & DEC meet with ASD to discuss this study as promised in Feb?
1:53:20 Will this be put on the ballot?
1:54:33 Why have dangers not been addressed?
1:55:03 What data suggests test scores will improve with a smaller dist?
1:56:04 What happens to sports programs if the dist splits?
1:57:55 If the Jordans/Canyon split is the gold standard, why wasn’t that company involved?
