Report From: Bonnie Haley, Business Manager Finance .

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Report from:Bonnie Haley, Business ManagerFinance, Operations, Human Resources and Risk ManagementReport for:JULY 2020Financial Reports(see attached) Cash Balance – JuneBudget Status Reports – JuneThese reports are also available on the Business Office webpage under Monthly Financial and Board ReportsFinance/BudgetUpdates andHighlightsHumanResourcesUpdates andHighlights Qmlativ Migration: Timeline: We are set to migrate beginning August 4th. The process will take abouttwo full weeks and will include ‘dark days’ where we will have no access to ourfinancial or student system as they migrate the data from SMS 2.0 (current version)to Qmlativ (new version). Our team will be sequestered to work with NWRDC’s teamon the migration and our accessibility will be limited from August 4th through 14th. System: Our data is prepped to migrate into the new system, and we are preppingour end of year steps early in anticipation of the platform change. Staff training and engagement: Training plans for staff have been distributed. Wehave a number of staff that have finished the NWRDC video training series and havesome time in the Qmlativ training simulation. InTouch Implementation for online payments – Ryan Hiller has been working with MicroK-12 to develop a set of PCI compliance procedures for the district, and to complete themandatory PCI compliance assessment. InTouch is still working on setting up La Conner’sdatabase. Juli Olsen, Secondary Secretary; Jessie Eisen-Nelson, Secondary ASB/AthleticsSecretary; Marlene Brenton, Braves’ Club Director; Mary Houben, Fiscal Assistant andBonnie trained with InTouch at the end of June for two days. Enrollment: Nothing new to report. Budget Status: See attached budget status reports for all funds as of June of 2020. Budget Development: Development: A final draft budget has been submitted for board consideration for theJune 27th meeting along with a draft resolution for adoption. See attachments inagenda. Transfer of Funds to Capital Projects: A draft resolution has been submitted for the boards consideration to transfer 200,000 of current year funds to Capital Projects. See attachment in agends Personnel Actions for the regular meeting in June 2020 are posted in the consentagenda. Staff Planning:o Multiple positions have been posted and some have resulted in recommendations forhire including;§ Two (2) high school math teachers§ voluntary transfer to the elementary LAP position§ middle school science/PE teachero Positions still open or in the process of interviews are;§ Elementary Secretary§ Assistant Girls Soccero Positions to be posted are;§ School Nurse§ Technology Support

RiskManagementUpdates andHighlightsOperationsUpdates andHighlights HR Review/Audit:o The audit by Chris Burton has been completed and the results have been passedalong to Rich for review. Jennifer Tenborg and I agree that the process was valuableand enriching. We have already implemented some of his recommendations andwere pleased with his positive feedback about our current practices. COVID-19:o Work continues to prepare the campus for people to be on-site. You will see in Brian’sreport the progress he’s made on getting plexi-glass partitions and signage.o I successfully submitted our request to join the state bid purchase for PPE supplies, wewill hear more soon.o Kathy Herrera, Brian Masonholder and I have been collaborating to allow for athleticactivities on campus according to the WIAA and Health Department’srecommendations.o Centralized Health Screening: We have established plans for health screenings whengroups are on campus including a drive through screening station in front of the highschool gym. This station is open when we are aware that more than five people (inaddition to our normal on site staff) will be on campus at any one time. We are attachingcolored wrist bands to individual’s when they pass the screening so that it is quicklyestablished if or if not someone has gone through screening. Above Ground On-Site Fuel Tank: No updates for July.No updates other than what has been reported in other areas.Departmental OperationsPlease see below for department reports submitted by the Directors.TransportationSubmitted by: KimPedroza Highlight : A. La Conner School Dist had a fantastic WSP inspection. We passed with 100%. Ourawesome mechanic Swifty with a team of bus drivers backing him up worked hard to make sureno detail was missed. B. This is exciting to share. In getting ready for our inspection we had a fuelpump leaking and needed to be replaced. Swifty called motor trucks because the repair is verydifficult with out a lift. Motor trucks quoted 5,800 and said it would take two weeks. That didn’t flywith Swifty. He ordered the part for 217. and with the help of Randy Wills they repaired it inhouse. Wow!! Saved the district 5,500.Current: A. Our parking lot has turned into a hot rod spin out destination. We have tried our best toprotect our bus windows by huddling them all together. B. transportation is teaming together withthe dist and community brainstorming on zoom for our fall comeback. C. We are Working withMaintnance to make sure we have our bus sanitizing plan in place. D. Bus drivers are scheduledAug 18 for first aid CPR classes following state guidelines of 5 in a class at a time.Future: We will jump into action making our plan following the dist plan for the fall. Right now weplan on to-from transportation for students and delivering lunches.

Maintenance &Facilities,Grounds, andCustodialServicesSubmitted by:BrianMasonholder Child Nutrition/Food ServiceSubmitted by: KellyKjarstadTechnologySubmitted by:Ryan HillerTrimming up the campus. The front of MS,HS and elementary schools are completed.Playground and behind schools will be happening next week.Took out a few bushes to make a home for the bike rack in front of MS.Custodian staff doing normal deep cleaning. Wax, carpets, and many more things.Backpack disinfect fog machines should be here in two weeks.Annual AED machine tested.Working on the teacher's summer request and checking off items on the report as time allows.First steps to protect the secretary staff have begun. The sneeze guards are in place. 6 footstickers are in and ready to be put down.The health screening signs are up with a tent set up for sports to begin. Cleaning supplies are in atote for sports teams in the woodshop for them to keep themselves safe.New window on the second floor of the auditorium is being replaced for easier access to the roof.No more 24 foot ladder to access. Super not safe. When the old gym was around you couldaccess it from there.No report received.Highlights and Updates: Computer retrieval for students needing access.o We have about 100 devices still outstanding (not turned in during the time frameallotted). HR has assigned someone to continue recovering. This week I will beremotely disabling and informing students when and where they can turn them in. InTouch Point of Sale Systems.o Ryan set up four InTouch Windows Systems that will be used for Point of Sale. Theywere needed for a training June 22.o Ryan has been working on related PCI Compliance (security audit to allow for creditcard processing)§ Found and modified 70 page policy/procedures to meet compliance

Provided questions for network contractors (MicroK12) to answer regardingcompliance Network Services Contract. Received a quote for on-going network services from MicroK12.Discussed options for same from ESD 189, have not yet received a quote. Worked with the ESD to swap our internet provider per new K20 contract at the state level.Wave broadband apparently did not respond to the state bid, StarTouch, amicrowave/wireless provider responded and won the contract. Will be monitoring thereliability of the new service. Security:o Received a quote from Long Security and from Verkada for MS video serverreplacement. Also received a quote from Verkada for Access Control conversion totheir system. Guardian (Current provider) has still not replied to the last two requestsfor service quotes.o Installed two Verkada Cameras to demo. Easy to install, excellent product with goodfeatures and ease of use. Ryan received and returned student computers foro Driver’s Edo Summer Schoolo Other Needs.o Superintendent Staff tech support has dropped significantly for summer, but still providing support for summerschool students, teachers, administrators, etc.o Access to gmail, google classroom, zoomo Setting up Google Classrooms, Zoom Meetings, etco We're meeting with staff and students via Zoom, and phone to work on tech issues ifemail does not suffice. Occasionally receiving devices for work, following socialdistance guidelines.o We're creating screencasts explaining how to set up and use various tools Ryan has been participating on the Learning Management System selection committee Ryan has been participating on the Opening School planning committee§Future goals The primary focus over the coming two months will be preparing our devices for next year.Pending budget approval we hope to have a device assigned to every student so if a stayat-home continuous learning model is implemented at any point(s) next year, when we shutdown we can immediately have a device in every student's hands.o We are still receiving devices that need to be set up for fall (100 devices not yetturned in)o We are awaiting approval for purchase of devices to allow us one-device-per-studentK-12. (We typically buy 9th grade computers. Request pending for 5th gradeMacBook Air, and one iPad cart of 30 additional purchases) I have requested the order and scheduling from MicroK12 to begin our eRate supported WiFiupgrade. Ryan has been in meetings with Securely and GoGuardian about at-home web filteringo Talked with both companies for demo’s and pricingo Setting up hands-on demos to actually use the systemso In addition to web filtering, hoping to provide parents a view into what their studentsare doing on the computers, and teachers control of the computers on and off campusfor classroom work. Ryan is continuing to work with the Learning Management System selection committeeo We are meeting with potential suppliers, and demoing productso We have narrowed down to two potentials, Canvas and Schoologyo We are setting up the two demos, and connecting them to our Google Suite to see allfeatures in action. We hope to have a recommendation by the end of July. Ryan Will continue working on the Opening School Planning committee Inventory, Surplus, and Recycling - This will be a yearlong project, into the summer. Goingthrough the entire old tech and setting up a surplus sale (in the summer), and recyclingother old equipment. (Will push this into summer when no one else is on campus, and techsupport is less time intensive.)

Web Site - We need to update/modernize the technology behind the template on our web site.This is the moment we could switch providers. Need to get feedback, review options, andmake a decision (continue with SchoolWires/Blackboard or change).

Wave broadband apparently did not respond to the state bid, StarTouch, a microwave/wireless provider responded and won the contract. Will be monitoring the reliability of the new service. Security: o Received a quote from Long Security and from Verkada for MS video server replacement. Also received a quote from Verkada for Access Control conversion to