At the beginning of the meeting, incoming Superintendent Ralph Grimm asked them what their visions were moving forward as a new board.
The consensus among the group was that communication between the board and the public needed to improve.
While they discussed throughout the meeting different changes they would like to see happen, the discussion got heated when Operation Rebuild was introduced.
Board Member Tianna Cervantez said to the board that she disagrees with rebuilding Silas Willard Elementary School for the one percent levy tax.
“I will go on the record today and disagree with David Black,” says Cervantez. “The rebuild of Silas was never–never, the preemption for the one percent levy tax. Yes, it was on the front of the flyer, but that was because it was a school that we met at as a community–it was not because we were going to rebuild that school.”
Grimm told the board members that one of their main focuses will be communicating to the public that what the public was promised is different from what the public is getting.
Grimm talked about how they inherited the finances associated with Operation Rebuild and will have to work to move forward and not dwell in the past.