Nina actually was part of one of the focus groups that we have held over the past three days and she, our student board rep, is now going to give us a little more information about what that looked like. So yesterday I got the chance to meet with a focus group to discuss Prop O and we talked a little bit about advertisement, language and wording but we mostly talked about how Clayton students can continue to help advocate for their needs. We talked about how important it is to get not only representation from all students but especially from the students who currently experience classes in the sectors that would be potentially renovated as this really helps emphasize the importance of these updates. Because of this I am making it my goal to reach out to more students on the robotics team, regular CTE participants and students who spend a lot of time at Gayfield. Additionally I will be meeting with Glenridge students next Monday where I hope to get even more insight on how they will benefit from the renovations. All in all students have already played an enormous part in representing the purpose of and advocating for Prop O and I am excited to continue my work to ensure that their voices continue to be heard. It was a super fun focus group and a lot of people had such amazing ideas. I am once again blown away by the students of Clayton High School.

So tonight you will hear a presentation from Donovan Group, Susan Downing, Gina Tart, our communications chief officer and they're going to share the plan that we have leading up to April 7th and this week actually we've had a lot of focus groups, we've been hearing from different stakeholders and one of the things that has come up that we know we need to address is our bridge campus and when we talked about the three projects that we are focusing on for prop O which is Glenridge Elementary School, Clayton High School Learning Lab and then Gay Field the main question right now is where will the children and our students go from Glenridge Elementary and so we've been exploring a couple of options and one option is a partnership with WashU to be able to use the font bond university space and what that could look like is having a bridge, what we're calling a bridge campus on font bond property and utilizing that athletic center for the gym and the cafeteria portion of it so we don't have the details finalized. We're still working with WashU but the more we know and as we finalize that plan we'll be sure to communicate that out. In addition we're going to almost create like a FAQ for just Glenridge Elementary School and say this is what the bridge campus is going to look like. These are here's pictures of what it would look like.

In addition we're going to almost create like a FAQ for just Glenridge Elementary School and say this is what the bridge campus is going to look like. These are here's pictures of what it would look like. Here's what we have to consider like the transportation, you know, day to day food, how we're going to do all of that so as we get those details mapped out please be assured that we will be sharing all that with you so we'll have all of that dedicated. We'll send it out as you know through various ways maybe home mailers, we'll have it on the website, social media, et cetera. What our goal is to be as transparent as possible and to communicate as much as possible leading up to April 7th and I believe that is it. Nina actually was part of one of the focus groups that we have held over the past three days and she, our student board rep, is now going to give us a little more information about what that looked like. So yesterday I got the chance to meet with a focus group to discuss Prop O and we talked a little bit about advertisement, language and wording but we mostly talked about how Clayton students can continue to help advocate for their needs.

It was a super fun focus group and a lot of people had such amazing ideas. I am once again blown away by the students of Clayton High School. Thanks Nina and thanks for participating and rallying the students around this. Okay we're moving on now to agenda item 5.1 which is communications presentation. Did it come on up? Yep. For the bond campaign. Thank you. Okay good evening. I'm Gina Tart and I'm joined with some colleagues who are going to give an update tonight about what's in progress for the bond information campaign. The entire focus is higged on transparency and education, sharing information with the community so they know what the priorities are and what will be included. So you would introduce yourself. Sure. So good evening. My name is Dr. Lori Miller and I am a partner at the Donovan Group and the Donovan Group is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We are a nationwide communications public relations firm only working with K-12 public schools and education. That's our why. And I'm just grateful to be with you all to support your work in informing your community about what your needs are, what the proposed solutions are and what they can expect throughout this process. Good evening. I'm Susan Downing and I have spent 16 years with the Ladew School District, the first five on their board. One of those years is their board president and the next 11 as their communications director and retired in 2020 which I retired before the pandemic came around.

I'm Susan Downing and I have spent 16 years with the Ladew School District, the first five on their board. One of those years is their board president and the next 11 as their communications director and retired in 2020 which I retired before the pandemic came around. It wasn't the reason but then spent another year running their most recent bond campaign. So I'm here just to kind of offer my advice and thoughts through those experiences so I'm happy to be with you all tonight. So we want to talk about what's our focus, right? And so as a public school district we're required to remain neutral on ballot issues so what that means is we're going to focus on the information piece. We won't cross over into that lane of advocacy and I don't know if you want to continue to express like, you know, employees may express their own personal views as private citizens but not during their work time or to use resources at work. And we've been sharing information with employees so that they're aware that they can inform and providing them with guidance so that it's clear. So what does success look like if we do a great job of informing? I think success means that you've built additional trust. You have deeper engagement with your community, open dialogue, open conversation, and that as a board you're leading with integrity and that will pay it forward moving past this bond.