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provide that equipment for them.

Lipner said the new service will add more choice and competition for internet service providers.

“( e market we are focused on to- were Hispanic and 43% were white. With race comes gaps in achievement and white students achieved, on average, about 20% higher than Hispanic students. day) is really on the residential and small business users,” Lipner said.

Students are continuing to perform better on standardized tests. In 2016 53% of the students who took AP classes received a score of 3,4,or 5 on AP exams. ose scores usually mean college credit.

In 2020, that pass rate bounced up to 69%.

Graduation rates are also on the rise. e district saw numbers go from 80.5% in 2021 to 82.8% in 2022.

Outside of academics, Gdowski said middle school sports came back after more than a decade. For next year, they will add soccer and volleyball.

Universal preschool will also start next year and he said Adams 12 will provide 12.5 hours for four year olds, 2,5 hours a day, ve days a week. ere’s also opportunities for students to have 30 hours if they have a disability, are an English as a second language learner and other requirements.

City Councilor Sarah Nurmela asked if the provided service is consistent throughout the city, given some networks are spotty. Lipner said service will be the same for everyone.

Nurmela also asked about cost.

Lipner said their agship product

Other areas of concern

Sta ng and compensation are the biggest areas of concern.

“Oftentimes you’ll drive around and see fast food restaurants paying up to $20 an hour, we still nd ourselves with vacancies,” he said.

Student behavior is also a challenge. Gdowski said they are working on nding the right solutions.

“What we nd is even after suspending that student, they rarely come back with changed behavior and values,” he said.

City Councilor Becky Brown said that students follow their parents’ examples and Gdowski said it’s saddening when a teacher may call home to a parent to notify them of their child’s misbehavior, and the parent blames the sta . Brown also called for a program that addresses drug use within the schools and asked if Narcan is in Adams 12.

Gdowski said there is drug use and the district has applied for funds to create programs around drug addiction. He said Adams12 does have Narcan in their schools.

City Councilor Rich Kondo noted that many teachers have master’s for residents is $70 a month for one gigabit. Two gigabits is $100.

According to the meeting’s agenda, some residents who qualify could receive a $30 monthly subsidy towards their internet services since Google Fiber participates in the Federal Communications Commission’s A ordable Connectivity Program.

Lipner said by the time service is degrees — likely with student loans — make about $47,000 a year and if they spend 30% of their income on housing, they can a ord a $1,400 a month apartment, which is what he said a typical one-bedroom goes for in Northglenn. He asked if Adams12 is considering constructing workforce housing. rolled out in Westminster, they plan to lower the price and the service would be e ectively free with the subsidy.

Gdowksi said more housing and a ordable housing is a strong interest for Adams 12. He said 15 acres of their property were sold to a housing developer, but it fell through due to water issues in ornton.

Mayor Meredith Leighty asked what Gdowski’s impression is around how students are feeling. He said suicide risk has signi cantly gone up over time and threat’s have gone up.

He said students and parents are feeling safer at schools and their perception of School Resource O cers are that they make schools safer.

Leighty asked if there are restorative justice practices in place for behavior. Gdowski said Adams 12 does, but it only goes so far since many of the behavior problems can’t be addressed with restorative justice.

City Councilor Bruce Baker asked when they lay the cables, if they have a plan to x the landscape after they’re nished. Lipner said their policy is to leave the landscape how they found it or better.