We had students who came on the trip and we even had former board members that came with us so that was a great way for them to actually see the elementary schools. They had great questions and one of the things that was a theme from the tours was that it's something to see pictures of facilities like that but it's something different when you actually go and tour it and so they walked away just excited and energized with the possibilities of having new facilities that can help their learning and teaching move forward and so we felt like that was two really productive evenings and I'm sure Nina is going to talk about it because Nina joined us as well on one of the tours so that continues and one of the things I want to highlight with our community is as you know we've been working on this for I would say almost a year and a half now when we started the long range facilities plan journey and the board has prioritized three areas, right? Looking at our community and looking at our athletic fields and including Wyden Middle School and looking at the field there so with those three priorities means we need to have heavy community engagement and we invite everybody to our community engagement forum which is the first one. We're going to have three.

Looking at our community and looking at our athletic fields and including Wyden Middle School and looking at the field there so with those three priorities means we need to have heavy community engagement and we invite everybody to our community engagement forum which is the first one. We're going to have three. The first one is next Wednesday, September 10 at Clayton High School at 7 o'clock and hopefully you're getting the emails and social media share the architect design team that we've assembled is going to share some initial concept designs for what the elementary schools could look like, what the high school edition could look like and what athletics could look like and that is just another place where I feel like we can get input from our community which is very important and then after that Friday we're going to be releasing a survey that will go through September 10. Parallel to that will be a phone survey that will be about 300 patrons who we're going to try and get phone calls from and we actually have a presentation tonight from the individuals that are going to be creating the survey and actually doing that. Excellence K-12 will be here later to explain that more in detail but again the point being we really need to have community input on it before the board and administration really be doing that in December.

Parallel to that will be a phone survey that will be about 300 patrons who we're going to try and get phone calls from and we actually have a presentation tonight from the individuals that are going to be creating the survey and actually doing that. Excellence K-12 will be here later to explain that more in detail but again the point being we really need to have community input on it before the board and administration really be doing that in December. There's more workshops, more conversations but really when you look at the timeline it's between now and October when a lot of the work needs to happen for us to have a better direction on next steps so this is just the first community engagement forum and hopefully you get a chance to visit and if not we will obviously give a recap on e-mails, put it on our website and continue to share it. And then lastly we have three presentations tonight. As I said Excellence K-12 will be presenting a little overview of what the survey will look like. Dr. Garganigo will be giving a curriculum update that we do annually and ask the board to approve the curriculum and then finally we have a text study overview that Luke and Dr. Garganigo will be also presenting and that presentation is really just a forecast of what's going to be happening in the future. Okay. With that I'm going to hand it off to Nina for our student board update. Hi everyone. So like Dr.

Hi everyone. So like Dr. Patel said Clayton is currently in the process of developing a plan for a long-term facilities update and last Wednesday I got the opportunity to tour Spadey Elementary School along with a few other Clayton community members and teachers. Spadey Elementary underwent a major renovation in 2022 and now they have a new school and they're working on a new school. I know Clayton values and definitely emulate in a future remodeling. The layout of Spadey is designed so no time is wasted which is super important for younger kids. For example it takes less than a minute to get from their gym to their cafeteria meaning kids have more time to play and less time to be disruptive in the hallways. Additionally many of their classrooms prioritize flexibility and are beneficial for young learners because it prevents them from getting bored and feeling stuck while encouraging them to experiment with different ways of learning. Lastly my favorite part and the aspect I think is most valuable to Clayton is their focus on creativity. For example their garden which is small and doesn't take up that much space helps kids get outside and work with real life plants and animals. Their video lab which airs live announcements done by students every day is a great chance for kids to practice writing, public speaking and video production especially at a young age. All in all Spadey Elementary school provided a great example for what I think Clayton Elementary facilities could one day be.

Their video lab which airs live announcements done by students every day is a great chance for kids to practice writing, public speaking and video production especially at a young age. All in all Spadey Elementary school provided a great example for what I think Clayton Elementary facilities could one day be. In talking with CHS students about the possibility of renovating gay field I got insight on what many feel would be most difficult. Right now many of them say they have a hard time finding a ride to practice. When I asked them why it was so difficult they said they were too intimidated to ask a upperclassman or they didn't know enough people with licenses to have a consistent ride. When I asked about the current state of athletic facilities they said they don't match the rest of the district in terms of efficiency and up to date. I was surprised to hear that practice. Some specific comments I got were the locker rooms at gay field aren't in great shape certain dugouts need more covers and when there's a game at gay field it's almost impossible to find parking anywhere. Even in speaking about these renovations hypothetically many of the students acknowledged it would be a long process and surprisingly almost all of them seemed okay with the fact that remodeling may mean a drastic change in day-to-day routine which was nice to hear. From these comments I think it's safe to say the student body wouldn't be opposed to facility updates.