School Board Meeting on 17 November

 

I would like to let people know that the school has a policy against being inebriated on school grounds. We are also a tobacco free zone, which means you should not be smoking on school grounds. I, as my opinion only, would like to ask the public to respect both of these rules. As well, if we get a crowd like that again, I will ask the Board President to move the meeting to a location that does not violate the fire code and does not force people to sit butt-cheek to butt-cheek. The door was not only blocked for much of the meeting, but it was reported to me from someone in the audience that it was even locked at one point – major violations of the safety and fire codes.

Nov. 17 regular school board meeting. These are unofficial minutes of the board meeting and are paraphrased, not word for word.

Opened the meeting with the old board members approving the minutes from Oct. 2011 and then we moved into the swearing in of the new board members. Outgoing board members, Sherri Joregenson, Todd Shianost and Gary Lake received a memento of their time on the board from the superintendent.

We then voted on the new board positions and the results are:

Ernest Hudson – President

MaryAnna Clemons – Vice President

Bea Twiss – Secretary

Cody Chambers – Treasurer

Dwight Hobbs – Board Member at Large

We then heard from Board President Ernest Hudson:

"Tonight represents a new chapter in our community. In the last election more school board members were elected than at any other time in recent memory. More voters participated in this last election than in any other school board election in the past 20 years or so.

The citizens and the parents of this community have decided that those of us sitting here should take on an awesome responsibility – the education of the children of Ellicott. They are giving us their most precious asset, their children, and charging us with providing those children with the basic educational skills necessary to become productive and responsible adults.

The school board must take the desires, goals, wishes and dreams of the parents and citizens, and mold them into the school goals, mission, and policies that insure that we accomplish what the citizens want.

Each of us represents the citizens of this community. They elected us to represent them, and not some special interest, or hidden agenda. To that end, we must be open, honest, and transparent in everything we do on this board. Every decision we make must be open to discussion, and explainable to the citizens of this community.

We also have the responsibility of overseeing the spending of our precious tax dollars to make certain we are spending them responsibly. There have been funding cuts in the past, and it is likely that there will be more in the future. But we must make certain that every dollar is spent to insure that every student gets the best educational opportunity available.

As board members, we must focus on the students. Every decision we make must be targeted to provide them with the best educational foundation possible – because nothing less than their entire future depends on it.  We must make certain that they can and will be successful and productive members of our community."

We then heard public input from Sherry Joregenson and Col Webb from Schriever AFB.

At some point in here, I made a motion to amend the agenda and add in the creation of a “New School Committee,” which was voted in unanimously. After the board meeting I already had someone interested in being on the new committee approach me with his name and contact information. It was suggested by me that since Marna Booker had done a good job with the last committee, and she did, that she might be interested in chairing this committee.

I didn’t get a chance to say this at the meeting and it’s my opinion only, but we should also thank Ernest Hudson, Mike Dahn, Chuck Howarth and Gary Dahn for their grassroots efforts of going house to house before the election to both promote the election and to promote the 3E Bond request. They fielded many questions from hundreds of people and Ernest paid for a letter on his own that was sent out to taxpayers that both promoted his quest for a school board seat AND promoted the 3E Bond.

We moved into consent items in which two people were hired, one for the kitchen staff and one as a para-professional.

We heard and approved the financials.

We moved into discussion for action:

• State Best Grant Resolution
• Bond Resolution
• Authorization of facsimile signature plates
• Account signators
• Student credit approval (credit as in for a class, not money)

We moved into just discussion:

• Policy revisions GCE/GCF-R and GDE/GDF-R (These will be talked about further at the next board meeting and then voted on at the next board meeting. All policies are online at http://www.ellicottschools.org/).

• We talked about the CASB convention coming up in December. All board members are signed up to go and Mrs. Van is working to get two students from the high school at the school’s expense (registration fee only). The convention is Dec. 8-11 and it was suggested by me that we all carpool in one of the school van’s to get there. Superintendent Ebert said that was fine. If only one person wants to carpool, it probably won’t be worth driving a van, but if we all go and take the students on their day, that would work.

We went over superintendent goals. There wasn’t a lot of discussion here as we were not given this information in advance. It was already, from what I understand, decided by the last board, so at this point it’s just information for future use.

• We discussed the adoption of the Colorado Academic Standards. This is a pretty straight forward issue.

We heard from the principals as well:

• Mrs. VanEsselstine said that Debbie Womack re-initiated Drama Club at the H.S. and Derek Stach received a grant to help with new Chemistry equipment.
• The following students made Academic All State (3.60 or higher GPA): Justin Ellison – Football / James Davis – Cross Country / Mykala Crist – Cheer / Jami Funk, Paulina Hermosillo, Ashley Faust, CheyAnne Clemons and Ashley D’Amour – Volleyball.
• Honorable mentions for the same (3.3-3.59 gpa) were: Brandon Simmons – Football / Nicole Lenz and Sarah Spencer – Volleyball.
• Mrs. Joseph wanted to recognize Sheila Giles, Ashlee Runge, Peggy Sue Edick and Lycrecia Ouellette for making the Elementary Carnival a Success.
• She was further asked by me what her plan was for the elementary school since they had done down a full accreditation status to Priority Improvement, down one level from last year. Mrs. Joseph stated that there is a plan that is being worked on and that it includes assistance from the admin and the other principals.
• Mrs. Olasci recognized Danny Galaviz-Sifunetes (5th grade) for his innovative efforts to create a new Elem. school flag; and Ashley Johnson, Aalyah Morales adn Mercedes Thiem (5th grade) for making posters about anti-bullying.
• Mr. Smith wanted to recognize Mrs. Wilson who is the Pride sponsor for the M.S. and Mr. Canuel who has been putting on contests and really encouraging the students.
• He also remarked on Senior Soup and Salad and I remarked that it might be nice to have a regular soup and salad visit from a board member to talk to them, get their opinions and/or just visit with them.
• The pride committee is doing a great job keeping the school and grounds clean.
• Principal awards went to: Kaitlin Pistone, Jasmine Rascon, Miranda Garduno, Ben Ratz, Hannah Winkler and Dakota Tall.

Results:

The Bond Resolution passed, it was a formality mostly to get started on the bond and get the new school moving forward.

State Bond Resolution passed, same as above.

Authorization of Facsimile Signature Plates passed with the exception of the VP, who chooses not to have my name on a stamp. I am however, always available to come and sign something in person if and when neeeded.

Account Signators was passed with the exception of the VP.

Student Credit was given to a student who did some online learning, and per Mrs. VanEsselstine and the board it comes to us because it is outside the normal scope.

Future Board Requests:

• Request to have working board sessions on Nov. 28th, [regular school board meeting Dec. 8th], Dec. 12th, and Dec. 19th. All are scheduled for 6 p.m. and will run until they are done. The public is welcome at these working board sessions as always.

We adjourned.

This are unofficial minutes for informational purposes only. I am not the board secretary, I am simply wanting to keep the public informed.

Over 2 Million and 600 Hundred Thousand Dollars

During the last eight years, Gary Lake and the rest of the District 22 School Board has taken over $2,600,000.00 in excess school bond taxes from the citizens of District 22.  They have set the tax rate almost 50% higher than necessary so they could reach into your wallets and pocketbooks to take more money than they needed; just to build up a bank account balance.  They think it makes them look good.  Each year for the last 8 years, Gary Lake and the rest of the School Board has voted to take more tax money from you; the citizens of the District, than is needed to pay the school bond that the voters approved in 2004.  Did the voters who approved the bond in 2004 get any say in being overtaxed?  No, Gary Lake and the rest of the District 22 School Board just decided to take more money from every citizen without telling the voters they were going to do it.  Are you outraged?  Well you should be!

In last week’s letter to the editor in the Ranchland News, Gary Lake tries to put a sugar coating on this fact by saying we have “A healthy bond redemption fund”.  What we have is an inflated ego from the very person who wants to continue taxing every tax payer over 50% more than necessary.  What we have is an inflated ego that wants to continue to take YOUR money with no regard to how hard you must work to earn it.  What we have is someone who wants you to let him stay on the school board for another 2 years so he can continue to take your money.

You don’t need a financial degree to look at the District 22 reports (they are online at the district WEB page) and see that the bond redemption account has a very large balance.  You don’t need a financial degree to understand that the bond redemption account should have a near zero balance, as the money taken in from taxes should equal the money paid out to reduce the bond. When you see that over $2,600,000.00 Dollars of your taxes is just sitting in a bank account, not helping the school system in any way, you should at least ask why?  

 Suddenly, out of thin air Gary Lake is now saying he and the rest of the District 22 school board were over taxing you for your own good.  They were taking all this extra money from you to keep you from having to pay a little bond interest over the next 10 years.  They say that you didn’t need to know about this because you would not understand. 

I think you would understand what they were doing….They were doing it to you!

If you want your taxes reduced to the minimum level needed please vote for Hudson, Clemons’ and Gary Dahn for the school board.  They have all pledged that they will lower your taxes…the other candidates ….well they haven’t said anything.

My Proposed Salary Scale for Ellicott Teachers

I am proposing a new salary scale for the teachers at Ellicott.  All of them are very dedicated and try their best to teacher the students the foundations of education so they will be successful in adult life.  As a community we should reward their efforts.

Proposed School District Salary Schedule
Step	BA	BA+15	BA+30	MA	MA+30	MA+45	PHD
1	32,000	33,000	34,400	36,800	39,200	41,600	44,000
2	32,000	33,000	34,400	36,800	39,200	41,600	44,000
3	32,000	33,000	34,400	36,800	39,200	41,600	44,000
4	32,000	33,000	34,400	36,800	39,200	41,600	44,000
5	33,200	34,200	35,600	38,000	40,400	42,800	45,200
6			36,800	39,200	41,600	44,000	46,400
7			38,000	40,400	42,800	45,200	47,600
8			39,200	41,600	44,000	46,400	48,800
9			40,400	42,800	45,200	47,600	50,000
10			41,600	44,000	46,400	48,800	51,200
11				45,200	47,600	50,000	52,400
12				46,400	48,800	51,200	53,600
13				47,600	50,000	52,400	54,800
14				48,800	51,200	53,600	56,000
15				50,000	52,400	54,800	57,200
16					53,600	56,000	58,400
17					54,800	57,200	59,600
18					56,000	58,400	60,800
19					57,200	59,600	62,000
20					58,400	60,800	63,200
21						62,000	64,400
22						63,200	65,600
23						64,400	66,800
24						65,600	68,000
25						66,800	69,200

School District taking 50% more in taxes than necessary.

Your current District 22 School Board is taking more money in taxes than needed.  The School board has purposely set the tax rate almost 50% higher than the amount needed to make the existing bond payment.  Every property owner in the district is now paying almost 50% more property tax than necessary.

The School District has been collecting more money than necessary for the last 8 years according to an email from the district finance officer. 

This year Mary Anna Clemmons and Ernest Hudson (two individuals running for the school board), began asking questions about the existing 2004 school bond.  No one could or would answer the questions at first, and both Mary Anna and Ernest Hudson continued to dig into the problem.  What they discovered was that  the tax payers in the District have been paying almost 50% more in taxes than the amount required tomake the bond payments.  The school district has been collecting almost 50% more in taxes than was needed for the last 8 years.  Now after several months of not saying anything, the board is saying that it was the plan all along.  It was done so they could pay off the existing bond early.  I don’t think so.  How many voters do you know that would say “take more money than necessary in taxes, and think about paying off the bond in ten or twelve years?  When you go to the gas pump, do you want to pay almost 50% more for the fuel?  When you go to the grocery store, do you want to pay almost 50% more for the food in the hope you might save some money in ten  years or so?

This is just one of the many reasons why this school board should be replaced. 

If I am elected to the board, I promise to vote to stop the over payments, and lower your property taxes by almost $240 per year for the next 8 years.  If you vote for the new bond to build the new middle school, your taxes would go down by about $170 per year for the next 20 years, and we would be able to build the new middle school.

This is a far better deal than the “no higher tax statement that the current board is now making Using their mind set your taxes will not go up if you vote for the new bond.  Of course it will not go up, because they are already taking 50% more than they need…but they plan on continuing to do that for the next 20 years...

School District Employees on the School Board?

Should school employees be permitted to sit on the School Board of Education?  This is a question that has been on my mind since 2007.  That was when school custodian Sherri Jorgenson was elected to the District 22 school board.  Then again in 2009 Bea Twiss (the wife of a school teacher in District 22) was elected to the school board.  I have nothing but respect and compassion for these two women, and completely believe that they have nothing but the best intentions for the students within the district.

But I continue to wonder just how effective they can be when every day they (or their husband), have the superintendent (H. Terry Ebert) as their boss; but on that one night of the board meeting, they are the superintendents’ boss.  Can they really vote in favor of some issue, (even when it is in the best interest of the students or teachers), when they know that the superintendent is opposed to the issue? 

As an example suppose that the majority of teachers in the district deserve a pay raise.  If the superintendent didn’t think the teachers needed a pay raise, then the school employee who is also a school board member would be in direct opposition to the superintendent.  Will they still vote for the pay raise, when their very jobs could be on the line?

This year Sherri Jorgenson and 10 other district 22 custodians lost their jobs when the superintendent decided that he should contract out the custodial function.  Sherri was excluded from the vote (and so was every single member of the public that she represented) and she was completely unable to do or say anything regarding the decision to contract out this function; not to mention her job.

The year before, both Bea Twiss and Sherri Jorgenson were unable to stop a salary freeze for all District 22 staff.  District 22 teachers already are the lowest paid teachers in El Paso County.  They both actually decided to vote in favor of the salary freeze, because they were lead to believe that there was a shortage of funds (something the superintendent told them), only later did it come out that there was over $600,000 available and not spent during the school year.

This year there are two school district employees running for the District 22 school board.  One is a coach/teacher, and one is a substitute teacher (Donte’ Stewart and Justina Brownewell).   I completely believe that these individuals want to help with the education of our students, but I just can’t believe that they will be completely independent because they work for the very individual that they may need to vote against.  Their very jobs could be in question, and should they be dismissed, then who will be selected to take their places on the school board?  The voters would not be given any choice, but the remaining members of the school board will make that decision.

We have serious problems with the quality of education being provided in District 22.  The CSAP scores are among the lowest in the state; the teacher retention is poor; the way tax payer dollars are used is in question.  I don’t believe we can risk the future of our children’s education by having school district employees on the board.  There will always be a conflict of interest between what they may want to do, and what they are allowed to do and still keep their jobs.  Even if they did not get dismissed, their job performance ratings could suffer, and limit their opportunities for future employment with another district.

Ellicott recall petitions have sufficient signatures, officials rule

August 04, 2011 7:02 PM

KRISTINA IODICE

THE GAZETTE

A recall election targeting two board members in Ellicott School District 22 moved one step closer to reality Thursday.

The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office declared the signatures sufficient to require a recall election on  Gary Lake and Stef Dickinson.

The clock is now ticking on a 15-day protest period which ends Aug. 18.

“We’ve been down this road before,” Dickinson said. “We’ll see what happens.”
Lake could not be reached for comment.

Elections officials reviewed more than 900 signatures on the recall petitions. There were 426 valid signatures for Dickinson out of 450 submitted, and for Lake there were 419 valid signatures out of 444 submitted. The committee leading the recall effort needed at least 236 signatures for each board member.

“It was a clean petition,” said county Elections Manager Liz Olson, adding that a relatively small number of signatures were dismissed.

Signatures were deemed invalid if the signer was not registered to vote, or if addresses for voter registration and that given on the petition did not match, she said. Some signatures were dropped because the sign-date fell outside the collection time.

During the protest period, the targeted office holders and others may review the petitions and submit their concerns. All protests must be filed in writing.

If no protests are filed, an election must be held between 45 and 75 days of when the petitions were approved, making it likely that the election would be held before the regular Nov. 1 election, Olson said.

“I personally would be surprised if no one protested,” she said.

Gary Dahn, his son Michael Dahn, and Chuck Howarth are named as committee leaders on the petitions.

It’s the second time in two years that a group has attempted to recall board members District 22. The county clerk denied the first effort, saying some petitioners shared misleading information.

The petitions argue that Lake and Dickinson have shown poor fiscal oversight, failed to improve education performance in the district, have not addressed a teacher retention problem and do not communicate effectively.

Dickinson and Lake have two years left in their terms. Two other board members, targeted in last year’s recall effort, are up for election in November.

We need to exaggerate how bad the middle school is---G.Lake April 2011

Gary Lake apparently does not understand the importance of words. He said, in so many words, to E. Hudson and the rest of the DAC audience: We need to exaggerate how bad the middle school is and how cheap it would be to build a new one, that way the voters will approve the bond.

Why would he want to do that? Because of several reasons:

There were TWO BEST grants offered to Ebert and D 22, both of which he turned down. One was for $15 million that Ebert decided to offer matching funds of 1% because, as he stated, that’s what Yoder got and he thought Ellicott deserved the same deal. It was turned down and Peyton got the grant.
Then, the BEST people counter offered Ebert a different grant that is being reported as anywhere from $6 million to $18.3 million dollar grant for a 13% match. Ebert declined. Would we have been able to afford that match, I asked Hudson? Yes, because we have that much in reserve and cash. Ebert did not take the offer.

Don Baum, from George K. Baum and Company out of Denver, a company that has other financial dealings with D22, was there at the meeting to give a talk on the legalities of bonds and what D22 could legally do. Keeping in mind, of course, that Baum and Company are in the business of selling “creative” financing to school districts.  Hudson reports that the first thing Baum mentioned is that they need to form a community committee (consisting of basically the people in the room). Baum, said Hudson, was actually telling them true things about election laws and such and then said that they needed to start telling everyone what a great idea it is to go ahead and approve this new bond – Baum provided handouts, of which one said,  (paraphrased) Everyone needs to understand that the total assessed value of the property in Ellicott is 2.5 million and some change and state law says that we can only bond up to 20% of that evaluation and bond capacity 5.9 million and some change, including our outstanding bond of $2.2 million as of Dec. 1, so the max amount of money that we can borrow is $3.7 million – at current assessed value.

He then went on with some other information but said later the 2012 total assessed value is going down and some people say it will be as much as 25-40%.

What that could mean is as the value of our D22 property goes down our ability to borrow also goes down, if it goes down more than 22% we cannot borrow what they are proposing.

What they are proposing is that we bond $2.375 million per as our requirement (match) to the BEST grant.

Hudson saw the Board’s new “plan” for an $18 million dollar middle school and as far as he knows only ONE plan was paid for and created. Within this plan is the demolition of the current middle school.
I see several issues with this -

One: we have been getting told for the last five years that there is NOTHING wrong with the current middle school. So, if that is true, why would we tear it down. Why wouldn’t we use it instead for the preschool kids and the admin and get rid of the admin trailer?

Two: there is an extra cost of demolishing the middle school that is figured into the $18 million dollar cost. Why demolish the old school? There is more than a few acres of land available for a new middle school – such as,

Behind the middle school: POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EX 29.3 acres
Middle school sits: POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EX 10.7 acres
Elementary land info: POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EX 28.51 acres
HIGH SCHOOL Land – OWNED by US BANK! POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EX 5.35 acres
Total number of acres that D22 owns: 73.86 acres

What this tells me is that there is ample ground to keep the middle school – that they are saying is a perfectly good school – and using other land to build a new one, if they manage to get a BEST grant – hopefully without a new bond!

IF D22 is able to secure a BEST grant, without a bond, it would be better to get a school that does NOT cost $18 million dollars. Hudson was shown ONE plan, so I would make the assumption that other “plans” were not even created. Who does business like that? Anyone who plans to spend that much money has at least 2 or 3 “plans” that are presented to them at different costs so that the school board can choose a realistic one.

In addition, since money is a constant concern to Ebert – which is why, he claims he’s frozen salaries – what is the plan to pay for “upkeep” of such an expensive building? It will need to be heated, cooled, repairs, technology for it and upgrades when needed, staff, utilities, cleaning it, etc.?

God only knows who estimated that a middle school for 350 students needed to cost the community this much money. In the new school plans there are a total of 12 classrooms, that’s it . . . .huge auditorium, huge lunch room, preschool and offices, beautiful landscaping, no play equipment was shown.

Twelve classrooms, at the estimated 350 students, would put 29.1 students in each class. We have approx. 216 students in the middle school now, according to Hudson. In October the middle school was as high as 225 and has been steadily decreasing since then. I personally know several people who have pulled their kids from this district and at the rate we are going I can only imagine that parents who have a choice will continue to do so. So, based on current projections, Ebert has the number of middle schoolers growing, but reality shows the middle schoolers decreasing – so which is it and should we build for what we have or what we might have? It’s a question that deserves some debate, of which our board never seems to have.

The “community” committee that the board is forming (listen closely and see if they actually advertise it or allow anyone in it that they don’t want) is being created for the ONE purpose of trying to pass a bond on D22 taxpayers. Period.

What would that mean for your household? The numbers are fuzzy and no one seems to be able to reach the same amount, no matter how hard they seem to try. Hudson says that he’s tried to get to the same numbers the board has, and yet, even with his 25+ years of budgeting for the U.S. Army, he has not been able to recreate what they are claiming.

According to Hudson,

The numbers they’ve put out are guesstimates, they are going to tell everyone that the new bond will cost $2.75 per $100K or roughly $33 per year per $100K. they are going to tell everyone that the new bond plus the old bond will add up to only 15.6 mills or $10 (both bonds) per month or $124 per year. All of this all depends on how much we need to borrow, borrow more will cost more, etc. Currently we are paying approx. $500 per household for the current bond, based on the avg. assessed value per house. Basically what it amounts to is that your property taxes are going up about $66 – 99 per year on top of the current $500 per house (avg). All of this is contingent on how much we need to borrow, how much we pay off, and how much we match the grant they are offering. No interaction was allowed from the audience, they did have the DAC there and some members from the SAC there and someone asked a math question that didn’t get answered well, and no matter what I do I can’t get the same numbers they put out, I get about double. At the end of the meeting Lake put out the following Comment  (paraphrased): We need to exaggerate how bad the middle school is and how cheap it would be to build a new one, that way the voters will approve the bond.

           Keep in mind, this is the same school they have been claiming there is NOTHING wrong     with for the previous five or so years!

Basically, the Vice President of the school board just asked the board and future committee to lie so that voters will pass a bond. We could just ask the BEST people for LESS money, they designed the building with heat pumps and solar panels, which isn’t bad, don’t get me wrong, but tear down and demolition costs add up quickly. Because they designed it this way is why it will cost 18 million – beautiful design , but it’s the cart before the horse in planning…………….now, based on these plans it will LOOK gorgeous – but why do we need an 18 million dollar middle school?

All great questions and points and food for thought.

To many of the board members, it seems to be more important to make fun of the concerns of the community instead of taking what they say and seriously considering the implications. At the meeting, Lake and Dickinson took the time of the audience to make fun of what has been said on the blog (which is fine, their maturity level is apparent) and Dickinson was basically throwing crumbled up balls of paper at Lake. Our kids in D22 are more mature than the board members. Antics of the school board left several in the audience perplexed as to what exactly they were joking and laughing about, but Hudson knew.
Let’s get some of the dead weight off this current board and start moving in a more realistic path.

District 22 Curtails Public Participation at Board Meetings

You lost some of your free speech rights last Thursday. 

On February 17^th, 2011 at approximately 7:30PM, the District 22 School Board took a vote that adopted a new District 22 policy concerning public participation at Board Meetings.  In the 5 to 0 vote, Stefanie Dickinson, Sherri Jorgenson, Gary Lake, Todd Schainost, and Bea Twist voted to prohibit any member of the public from being allowed to address the school board, unless they submitted the topic and comments to the school superintendent 2 days prior to the board meetings, and were APPROVED to speak.

According to the new policy, if you want to show up at a school board meeting and ask a question, or even tell the board you think they are doing a good job – you no longer have that option.  Instead, two days prior to any meeting, you must tell the Superintendent of schools (H.Terry Ebert), the topic of your concern, and what comments you wish to make at the board meeting.  If the superintendent thinks it is a good idea, and approves your comments, you will be put on the agenda to be allowed to talk during the public input part of a board meeting.  You will still be limited to no more than 5 minutes, and you may not stray from your approved topic and comments.  Further, if several individuals wish to talk about the same issue, then you must choose one individual to speak for the entire group.

When Stefanie Dickinson was asked why the new policy was necessary, she stated it was necessary to allow the board to consider any questions the public might ask, and decide if they want to answer those questions.  The new policy does not mandate a response from the school board, only says they may respond if they wish.

Many citizens in the District 22 school district do not approve of this limitation on free speech, and several have stated that a recall is in order. 

So I am asking the community a question.

Should a recall petition be started against the school board members for voting to limit your right to speak at a board meeting, and other reasons. 

Please send your comments to:  excellentellicottschools@hotmail.com