[1. CONVENE]
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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE THIS MEETING OF [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL BOARD THE STUDY SESSION. AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START AND I DON'T HAVE MY NORMAL BUT I'LL GO THROUGH THE NORMAL ROUTINE IF YOU'D ALL PLEASE JOIN US IN A SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE'LL GO AHEAD. AND FIRST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING. AND I WOULDN'T LIKE TO PUT FORTH ONE CHANGE, AND THAT IS THAT DUE TO SOME INFORMATION THAT I WILL SHARE DURING OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION IS DOES NOT NEED TO BE THAT LONG. IT'S PROBABLY ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
AND SO THERE'S NOTHING PUT FORTH AT THE BEGINNING.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'LL EXPLAIN THAT THE REASONING FOR THAT LATER.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THE [INAUDIBLE] MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THAT CHANGE. OR ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO BRING FORTH.
I WILL. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN WITH THE NOTES THAT ITEM 3.01 WILL BE BRIEF ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].
OKAY. SO WITH THAT MOTION ON THE TABLE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN AND ANY ABSTENTIONS.
WITH THAT THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AND THAT WILL TAKE US INTO ITEM 2.01, WHICH IS THE
[2. MATTERS FOR BOARD DISCUSSION]
DISCUSS OF THE BOARD BUDGET FOR 2022-23.AND MARK HAS PROVIDED US WITH A COPY OF THAT TO LOOK AT.
TURN IT OVER TO HIM IF THERE'S ANY REMARKS TO MAKE TO START OUT.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES TO GET STARTED.
AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHEN WE FIRST GAVE YOU THE BUDGET TEMPLATE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR TO GET THE LIKE WE DO FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, ALL THE DIFFERENT [INAUDIBLE] RESPONSIBILITY CENTERS, WE GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION AND ASK FOR YOUR FEEDBACK FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NEXT YEAR.
YOU HAD ASKED FOR SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION, FOR MAYBE SOME COMPARATIVE INFORMATION GOING BACK IN HISTORY.
THE BOARD BRC HAS ONLY BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR SINCE 2020, SO BEFORE THAT IT WAS PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET.
IT WASN'T SEPARATED OUT PRIOR TO THAT.
SO YOU BASICALLY HAVE THE THREE YEARS WORTH OF HISTORY THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE ON THE BOARD'S BUDGET. AND SO YOU'VE GOT THE 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR, THE 20-21 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THOSE ARE ACTUALS FOR THE YEAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR ACTUAL BUDGET AND YOUR YEAR TO DATE, YOUR FULL YEAR EXPENDITURES.
AND WHAT IS LEFT ON THE FAR RIGHT IS LEFT UNSPENT.
AND THEN THIS YEAR YOU'VE GOT YEAR TO DATE AND OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE HIGHER WITH WE HAD BUILT SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENSES IN THERE FOR SUPERINTENDENTS, SEARCH AND ELECTION COSTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AT THIS POINT IS A EITHER ADJUSTMENTS PER LINE ITEM, A LOOKS GOOD, ROLL IT OVER OR YOU CAN SAY, BUT WE'RE NOT RUNNING AN ELECTION THIS YEAR.
WE DON'T NEED THE 60,000 ON THAT LINE ITEM AND WE CAN APPROPRIATE THAT ELSEWHERE FOR THE YEAR.
OR YOU CAN LEAVE IT IN THERE AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH IT.
AND WITH THAT SO WE WILL, IT GETS A LITTLE WEIRD WITH YEARS BECAUSE WE GO WITH THIS BUDGET. WE GO SEPTEMBER 1ST TO OCTOBER 1ST [INAUDIBLE].
CORRECT. SO THE WE WON'T HAVE AN ELECTION IN 22, BUT WE WILL IN 23.
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BUT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE NEXT THAT WOULD BE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.NOT THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AFTER THAT.
OH, I'M SORRY, WE WON'T HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] ELECTION.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S BEEN ANY DISCUSSION WHATSOEVER ABOUT ANY OTHER SORT OF ELECTION, BUT LIKE A TRANSPORTATION OR SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT LIKE.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO PROPOSE THAT AND GET IT ON THE NOT GOING TO TAKE PLACE NEXT YEAR.
YEAH. SO I GUESS I'M KIND OF [INAUDIBLE] THERE FOR [INAUDIBLE] USED TO THERE'S ONLY BONDS AND THERE'S ONLY A [INAUDIBLE] HOPEFULLY EVERY FOUR YEARS.
BUT NOT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO IT NECESSARILY THAT WAY.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE.
OTHER SORTS OF LEVIES THAT WOULD BE BUT NOT [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. AND HISTORICALLY, FERNDALE HAS IN THE PAST HAD A CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVY THAT WE USED FOR TECHNOLOGY.
THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, A SIX YEAR CAPITAL PROJECT LEVY THAT ENDED IN 2010 OR 11 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AT THAT TIME.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR ONE OF THE THREE OF US AND WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] ELECTION IN 23.
AND THEN POTENTIALLY BECAUSE WE DID A TWO YEAR BOND OR TWO YEAR [INAUDIBLE] OF THAT.
THE FIRST PART OF 20. WELL YEAH, FOR BUDGET PLANNING PURPOSES WE DEFINITELY PLAN ON THAT.
YEAH. AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COVERS THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR ELECTIONS FOR THE [INAUDIBLE].
THE JURISDICTION IS WHOSE ELECTORS THEY ARE PAYS FOR THE ELECTION OFFICE.
I HAVE A QUESTION LOOKING AT THE ONE THAT IS AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2022, AND OUR BALANCE BEING 121,000.
IT'S ABOUT DOUBLE OR MORE OF THE OTHER TWO.
SO IN MY OPINION, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE NEED ANYTHING MORE ADDED TO IT.
MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU REALLOCATE THAT BACK SOMEWHERE? YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN.
THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING IN THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT ARE THAT HAVE JUST COME IN LATE THAT HAVEN'T HIT THIS NUMBER YET.
SO YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THE 50 OR 60,000 UNSPENT BY THE TIME YOU GET DONE WITH THE YEAR.
SO WE HAD 16,194 YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES.
BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE. YES.
IN FACT, THE LAST MEETING, KEVIN HAD ASKED THE QUESTION, IF I THOUGHT THE ELECTION COST WOULD BE MORE. AND THE NEXT DAY AFTER I SAID NO, THAT'S THE ONLY BILL WE GOT.
ABOUT THAT YEAH. YOU'LL SEE IT THIS MONTH ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] QUESTION ABOUT.
AND AS FAR AS WITH LIKE WE'VE GOT TECH AND HARDWARE, ALL THIS STUFF IS.
IS THAT COMING OUT OF A DIFFERENT BUDGET OR DOES IT PARTIALLY COME OUT OF THE BOARD'S BUDGET OR IT ACTUALLY PARTIALLY COMES OUT OF THE BOARD'S BUDGET? AND I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY ALSO BUDGETED WHEN WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION LAST TIME FOR COMPUTER UPGRADES FOR THE BOARD, BECAUSE AT THE TIME, TECHNOLOGY WAS PRETTY COOL.
SO TO GET YOU ON OUR REGULAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER STAFF, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT EQUIPMENT THAT WORKS.
IN ADDITION TO THE MICROPHONES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND THEY DON'T LAST FOREVER.
RIGHT. WELL, I KNOW THE CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS AND TRAVEL DEFINITELY WERE DOWN IN 2020 AND 21.
AND EVEN THIS BUDGET, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN KNOWN TO ANYTHING BECAUSE OF COVID, IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN HAPPENING. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING VIRTUALLY.
YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT THE PREVIOUS BOARD HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, MORE EXTENDED LEARNING OUTSIDE OF JUST THE LAWS OF CONFERENCE AND WITH OUR CIRCUMSTANCE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I DON'T THINK THAT REALLY IS HAPPENING. SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE HERE COMING IN THE NEXT
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COUPLE OF YEARS.[INAUDIBLE] SOME REQUIRED TRAINING THAT WILL BE FOR THOSE COSTS AS WELL.
YEAH. THIS WAS ME TALKING ABOUT GETTING SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SPORTSMANSHIP TYPE STUFF SO THAT WHEN I COME OUT OF THERE, I WOULD ASSUME.
IS THERE A WAY I MEAN, SOME OF THESE COSTS SEEM LIKE THEY WOULD BE WE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THEY WOULD BE IN THE SENSE OF LIKE THE THE LAWS OF THE LAW DIGEST, THE MEMBERSHIP DUES, THE POLICY UPDATES, MEMBERSHIP, THOSE THINGS.
DO WE HAVE A WAY OF GETTING THOSE NUMBERS TO PLUG SOMETHING IN? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT VERY NUMBERS AS FAR AS IN 20, THE 2021 BUDGET, [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERSHIP, WE BUDGETED [INAUDIBLE] 21-22 HAS GOT 20,000 AND JUST SHY OF TEN.
AND I KNOW THAT CHANGES BASED ON THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT AND SUCH THAT.
BUT ARE WE ABLE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS SO WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA FOR MAKING AN ACCURATE BUDGET? YEAH, THOSE WERE ACTUALLY.
SO SOME OF THOSE YOU'LL NOTICE THERE WERE MORE ITEMS IN THE 21-22 BUDGET BECAUSE WE SEPARATED OUT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WERE ROLLED INTO THE SAME LINE ITEM AND WE HAD THAT SAME CONVERSATION AND ASKED FOR WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL COSTS AND BUDGETED FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF THOSE ITEMS, WHAT THEY SHOULD BE OR WHAT WE EXPECT THEM TO BE.
PLUS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN INFLATIONARY FACTOR THAT WE APPLIED GENERALLY TO MOST OF THE BUDGETS. [INAUDIBLE] SORRY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF YOUR ONE OF YOUR POLICIES.
ONE OF YOUR BOARD POLICIES IS ABOUT COMMUNITY LINKAGES, AND THAT COMES WITH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THERE WERE CONCEPTUALLY, IN A WAY, EVENTS PLANNED THAT WOULD COST A LOT OF MONEY IN ORDER TO HOST EVENTS FOR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT WAS MAKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH HASN'T REALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT THAT WAS THE PLAN.
AS WE DEVELOPED, AGAIN, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL AND LOOKING AT THAT ONE OF THE SET OF POLICIES,[INAUDIBLE] LINKAGES AND TARGETING INVOLVEMENT OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO OUR PLAN WAS TO ONCE WE GOT THE GOVERNANCE MODEL IN PLACE TO BE WORKING ON THOSE.
EVERYTHING WAS GOING ON TRACK AND THEN THIS LOVELY [INAUDIBLE] COVID HIT AND AS YOU KNOW PLANS CHANGED. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THAT THAT BUDGET.
WE HAD A FEW I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THAT TARGET BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO THINK BACK TOO FAR, BUT DID DO SOME EVENTS WITH LIKE PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST THE FIRST TIME IN THE DISTRICT OR NEW TO THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.
AND WE HAD TRIED TO HOST SOME EVENTS JUST TO TRY AND HELP GET THEM INVOLVED AND HAD SOME DIFFERENT PLANS OUT THERE. BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION JUST BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN. SO [INAUDIBLE] THE [INAUDIBLE] DIGEST, THE POLICY UPDATES, WHAT ARE THOSE NOT DISCOVERED IN OUR MEMBERSHIP? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR SEPARATE COSTS? BECAUSE THAT'S THE [INAUDIBLE] BILL US FOR AND UP ABOVE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY ALL ROLLED INTO ONE AND THE BOARD HAD AT THE TIME HAD A CONVERSATION.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM SEPARATELY AS THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS, BUT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ROLL THEM BACK INTO THE SAME LINE.
I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] OF COURSE.
SURE. AND SOME OF [INAUDIBLE] JUST SUPPORTED THAT.
YEAH. BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO INTERPRET EVERY LAW THAT COMES DOWN. AND IT WOULD BE UP TO THE FIVE OF US TO INTERPRET WHAT THE LAWS ARE THAT WERE
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PASSED AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT. AND WASDA I HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE, I DON'T PERSONALLY.SO DOES THAT INCLUDE SUPPORT IF YOU HAVE A LEGAL QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE THINGS, CAN YOU CALL THEM? YEAH, ACTUALLY, THERE I HAVE NOT CALLED [INAUDIBLE] THINGS, BUT I KNOW LEANNE WOULD GET INPUT FROM THEM ON WHAT THIS MEANS TO US AND SHE WOULD GIVE US DURING BOARD SHARING.
SHE WOULD OFTEN GIVE US KIND OF AND THIS IS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THIS IS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE BOARD, ETC.
AND SHE GOT THAT ALL BECAUSE OF HAVING A POLICY UPDATES [INAUDIBLE].
AND A LOT OF THE POLICY LOST IS THE LOST POLICIES BASICALLY HAD TO FIND A LOT OF WELL, WHEN WE REVIEWED THE POLICIES, A LOT OF THEM ARE COME FROM LAW SEVENTY BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE PUTS FORTH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU SHALL HAVE A POLICY REGARDING SUCH AND SUCH AND IT NEEDS TO COVER THESE THINGS AND LAWS THAT WILL PUT FORTH A TEMPLATE, ESSENTIALLY A TEMPLATE OR AN EXAMPLE.
BUT THEN MOST OF THE TIME YOU FOLLOW LARGER DISTRICTS WILL OFTEN HAVE A LEGAL TEAM THAT WILL PUT TOGETHER THAT POLICY.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, OUR DISTRICTS, EVEN DISTRICTS OF OUR SIZE, IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO LET WASDA TO DO THE HEAVY LEGAL WORK.
AND THEN WE MAKE MINOR CHANGES, HOW THEY FIT AND [INAUDIBLE].
MOST OF THE TIME, THEIR POLICIES ARE PRETTY FAIRLY UNIVERSAL IN MOST CASES.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THIS HERE BECAUSE IT'S TANGENTIAL.
I GUESS. BUT SINCE WASDA IS GOING THROUGH ITS UPDATING POLICIES AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS, REVISIONS AND THE DEADLINE IS THE 20TH.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN THIS SESSION TONIGHT? BECAUSE WE SAW THERE WAS TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL WORK SESSIONS.
I THINK THERE'S TWO SETS OF POLICIES.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT WASDA IS TALKING.
[INAUDIBLE] IS CONSTANTLY GOING OVER THERE.
NOT NECESSARILY POLICIES THERE.
THE THINGS THEY LOBBIED FOR? YEAH, THE THINGS THEY LOBBIED FOR THEIR STANDS.
THOSE [INAUDIBLE] TEMPLATE, THIS TYPE OF THING.
AND THE WASDA THE MEMBERSHIP US VOTE LATER ON IN THE YEAR ON WHICH ONES WE WANT TO BE PRIORITIZE.
PRIORITIZE THANK YOU BY THE WASDA.
BUT THIS MONTH WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS IF YOU SEE IN THOSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT THERE'S NOT SOMETHING THERE THAT YOU THINK THAT THEY SHOULD PRESENT TO THE MEMBERSHIP LATER IN THE YEAR. I THINK THIS IS A PRIORITY.
THAT'S WHAT THIS APRIL TIMEFRAME IS FROM AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYBODY THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING. AND THOSE POLICIES ARE MORE OF THEY'RE MORE OF A LEGAL STANCE THAN THEY ARE, PER SE POLICIES.
AND IN THE TWO SENSES, ONE ARE ACTUALLY, I GUESS, POSITIONS IS THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR.
THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT WASDA AS AN ORGANIZATION, FOR INSTANCE, JUST THROWN OUT SOMETHING TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF ALL STUDENTS SHALL RECEIVE BASIC EDUCATION.
I KNOW THAT'S STATE LAW BUT JUST THAT A STAND THAT STANDS UPON THAT'S A POSITION THAT THEY HOLD.
THE POLICIES ARE MORE THE STATE SAYING YOU NEED TO HAVE A POLICY ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH VAPING IN THE BATHROOMS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND IT NEEDS TO COVER THESE FIVE POINTS.
AND SO THEY'LL COME UP WITH A POLICY THAT MEETS THOSE FIVE POINTS AND DOESN'T VIOLATE ANY OTHER LAWS, IT DOESN'T CREATE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS SO THAT YOU CAN EITHER ADOPT THAT OR MAKE MINOR CHANGES TO IT BASED ON THAT.
BUT SO ONE IS POLICY, WHAT WASDA IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AS THEIR POSITION.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF SEMANTICS, BUT DIFFERENCES IN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THOSE THEIR POSITIONS NEED TO LOGGING IN OR ENDORSING STANDING BEHIND STANDING AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS THE POLICIES.
WHEN YOU SAID THOSE WERE ROLLED UP IN OTHER LINES OF WHAT WERE THEY ROLLED UP INTO?
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WE HAD A WASDA THE MEMBERSHIP LINE AND A MEMBERSHIP DUES LINE.SO THE MEMBERSHIP DUES WAS 4400 AND THEN THE MEMBERSHIP WAS 8418.
THEN WE SEPARATED THEM OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS THE NEXT YEAR, BUT WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 36,000 IN 2022.
YEAH. IS THAT REALLY OR ARE WE JUST SEEING.
NO, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT THE NOTES AROUND THE CONVERSATION, BUT THAT WAS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO. I'M WONDERING IF THAT WAS.
I DON'T REMEMBER. I DON'T RECALL.
AND THAT I COULD BE WRONG BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS.
BUT I WONDERED IF IT IS ACCOUNTING, LOGISTICS OF MOVING FROM BEING PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET INTO THE BOARDS BECAUSE THE WASDA.
YES. THE WASDA DUES AND MOST OF THEIR COSTS HAVE [INAUDIBLE] FAIRLY SIMILAR.
BUT I THINK THEY'RE STILL GETTING ON TO THE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS SPLIT CODED IN IN TWO DIFFERENT BUDGETS.
THAT'S A CONFERENCE REGISTRATION ITEM.
THAT'S THREE TIMES WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WHY IS THAT? AGAIN, I THINK BECAUSE IT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR IN TWO DIFFERENT BUDGETS.
SO IT WAS STILL EVEN THOUGH WE CREATED THE BOARD PRC, IT WAS STILL HALF OF THE EXPENSES WERE STILL IN THE SUPERINTENDENT BUDGET.
IT WAS THE CONVERTED. IT WAS WHAT WAS THE TRANSITION FROM BEING IN THE 10TH BUDGET TO BEING IN THE BOARD BUDGET AND ALL THE EXPENSES? ALL THE BUDGET DIDN'T MAKE IT OVER IN THE FIRST YEAR.
DO THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, KIND OF HARD TO I GUESS THIS IS OKAY THOUGH, WITHOUT SEEING THE DOWN ON THE OTHER.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT [INAUDIBLE], THAT YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO.
ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NOTE, THOUGH, KIND OF DIFFERENT.
SO THE AUGUST 31ST, 2021, THOSE ELECTION EXPENSES WERE FROM OUR FEBRUARY 2020 LEVY THAT FAILED. RIGHT? NOTHING ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT.
THAT WOULD BE THE ELECTION WE HAD JUST THIS PAST WINTER, THE FEBRUARY 2024, THE AS OF AUGUST 2020.
THEN WE GO TO THE AS OF AUGUST 31ST, 2021, AND OUR ELECTION COSTS WERE 22,000.
AND WE GOT TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A PRESIDENTIAL, NOT PRESIDENTIAL.
IT WAS A BIG ELECTION,[INAUDIBLE] GENERAL ELECTION.
BUT IT WAS STILL $22,000 WE WOULDN'T HAVE SPENT.
YES, THE FIRST ONE DIDN'T ASK.
THEN, THE ONE NOW FOR THE FEBRUARY 2022 LEVY NUMBER TWO OR TWO, WE'RE LUCKY THAT DID PASS THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE IF OUR FOUR YEAR ONE HAD PASSED.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO COST US $76,000.
YEAH. SO ON THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT LIKE DOING A FEBRUARY ELECTION FOR A SCHOOL WAS A WASTE OF MONEY.
JUST SLIGHTLY TO KIND OF KNOW THAT WE MAYBE HAVE $100,000 WILL BE SPENT ON ELECTIONS THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO IF WE JUST STUCK WITH THE FEBRUARY EVERY FOUR YEARS.
THIS IS WHAT SCHOOLS DO FOR US.
DEFINITELY A LITTLE MORE THE MORE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING THERE'S A SET AMOUNT OF FIXED COST.
THE MORE PEOPLE THE MORE OF MORE THINGS ON THE BALLOT, THE MORE OTHER PEOPLE ARE SPLITTING THOSE FIXED COSTS.
YEAH. YEAH. SO THERE WEREN'T AS MANY SCHOOLS THIS FEBRUARY AND IN TWO YEARS WHERE WE'RE ON THE BALLOT AGAIN WITH ANOTHER LEVY AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, I JUST VOTED FOR THIS. WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES BACK INTO THAT RHYTHM SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THE COSTS WITH THE OTHER SCHOOLS [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY AT THE SAME TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GO DOWN.
WHAT SORT OF INFORMATION DO YOU WANT FROM US, MARK? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR QUESTIONS WE HAVE OR NUMBERS OR AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SOME
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ADJUSTMENTS? RAISE IT, LOWER IT ROLL IT OVER OR WE WANT MORE INFORMATION SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN. IS THERE A WAY TO I KNOW YOU NOTICED THIS BECAUSE WE HAD IT COME OUT BEFORE. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WHEN I KNOW ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE YEAR TO DATE EXPENSES DIDN'T LOOK HIGH ENOUGH AND WE FOUND THAT THEY WERE CODED.IS THERE A WAY TO GO IN AND KIND OF RAKE THROUGH THAT CODING AGAIN TO SEE WITH SOME OF THESE AND GET SOME NUMBERS AS FAR AS, LIKE I SAID, ON SOME OF THESE WASDA THINGS TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT.
IT WILL BE ACTUALLY THOSE WILL BE UPDATED ON THIS MONTH'S FINANCIAL REPORTS.
[INAUDIBLE] HERE VERY SHORTLY. OKAY.
SO I WOULD THINK IF YOU THIS IS MY THOUGHT ON IT.
IF WE HAVE 121,000, BUT 60,000 MORE IS GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE].
SO THEN WE'RE DOWN TO 61,000 DOLLARS.
THAT, TO ME, LOOKING AT THE OTHER BUDGETS IS WITHIN REASON, TOTALLY WITHIN REASON.
BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE [INAUDIBLE] DIGEST THE POLICY UPDATES, THE MEMBERSHIP BEING A LOT MORE THAN THEY WERE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
IF WE DID END UP BEING SHORT THINGS THAT WE WOULD TIGHTEN THE BELT ON NOT HAVING MUCH MONEY FOR CONFERENCE TRAVEL.
I THINK THAT NUMBER KIND OF ALLOWS FOR IF SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO GO AWAY TO CHICAGO, TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OR SOMETHING, MAYBE YOU CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT THERE'S FAT THAT WE COULD CUT IF WE HAD TO, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE COMPLETELY IN DEBT TO PAY THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
YES. AND THAT'S WHY YOU GET THE STATEMENT EVERY MONTH.
YOU CAN REVIEW IT. WE CAN ALWAYS TRANSFER MONEY AT ANY POINT.
YOU WANT TO TRANSFER SOME? THAT'S A CONVERSATION YOU CAN HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON [INAUDIBLE] THIS.
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION.
IF IT'S A YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW TO START GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOOK AT EVERYTHING AS WE GO FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST PART OF THE PART OF THE POLICY THAT YOU ALL REVIEW YOUR BUDGET, DISCUSS IT AND HAVE INPUT INTO IT.
IT'S ALSO THE PROCESS WE GO THROUGH AT ALL OF THE OTHER BRCS.
MOST OF THE TIME THEY REVIEW THEIR BUDGET, JUST ROLL THEIR BUDGET OVER AND THEN MAYBE SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR A FEW ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT, JUST ALLOWS US TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT FOR NOW.
THIS IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY YOU'LL HAVE FOR FEEDBACK.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION A LITTLE LIST LINE ITEM DONATIONS OF $600.
IT'S BEEN THERE EVERY YEAR, BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN USED FOR ANYTHING.
WHAT SORTS OF THINGS WOULD YOU SUGGEST WOULD BE USED FOR THAT SHOULD BE USED TO MAKE DONATIONS? I HAVE NO IDEA.
ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A DONATION.
[LAUGHTER] I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR THE DONATION COME FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WELL, IT WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] THAT I WOULD ASSUME CAME FROM TAXPAYERS AT ONE POINT, BUT IT'S AT OUR DISCRETION TO MAKE A DONATION [INAUDIBLE].
I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT CAME TO THE BOARD TO USE FOR SOMETHING.
WELL, IF IT WAS DONATION, YEAH, WE SHOULD PROBABLY FIND THAT CARD.
AND WHAT IF SOMEBODY SAID THEY'D LIKE IT TO BE PUT TOWARD IT AND FIND IT PUT TOWARD IT.
I WILL LOOK INTO THAT. THAT'S MY QUESTION.
GOOD QUESTION. WELL, IF THIS WILL CONTINUE AS WE CONTINUE TO WATCH OUR BUDGET WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THOSE NUMBERS.
AND IF THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY GIVE THOSE TO MARK.
WE'VE GIVEN HIM SOME AREAS TO LOOK AT.
AND WE WILL BE TAKING ACTION LATER WHEN WE APPROVE THE WHOLE BUDGET.
OKAY. ANY OTHER LAST QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET? OKAY. SO THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ITEMS, 2.02, WHICH
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IS SCHEDULING FUTURE STUDY SESSION MEETINGS.SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE BROUGHT THEIR CALENDARS, THEIR PHONES, THEIR [INAUDIBLE] AND THEIR SPOUSES, SIGNIFICANT OTHERS AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS LIKE THINGS THAT ARE ON THEIR SCHEDULE. AND SO HISTORICALLY WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS YOU HAVE A ONE STUDY SESSION A MONTH WHICH TYPICALLY, DEPENDING ON THE TOPIC, SOMETIMES IT WAS FAIRLY FORMAL, SOMETIMES IT WAS LESS FORMAL. SOMETIMES WE HAD BROUGHT PEOPLE IN FOR TO DO PRESENTATIONS.
OTHER TIMES WE HAD COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE ADVERTISING AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE AND WE WOULD BREAK INTO GROUPS AND DISCUSS DIFFERENT TOPICS, DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAY OF TEAMBUILDING AND SPORTSMANSHIP.
AND ALSO WITH THAT, JUST LOOKING AT THE COHERENCE GOVERNANCE MODEL, WHICH WE HAVE REALLY MOST OF US HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TRAINING IN JUST TO HELP GET UP TO SPEED AND UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO NOT SURE HOW THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED WITH THIS AS FAR AS MAYBE START WITH A LITTLE THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE HOPING FOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HAVING SOME TEAM BUILDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ARE UTILIZING OUTSIDE SOURCES SUCH AS WASDA OR THAT THEN POTENTIALLY HAVING THEM THERE NOT NECESSARILY KIND OF WANT TO DRIVE UP FOR AN HOUR.
WE'VE GOT TO BE LOOKING AT EITHER A HALF DAY, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HOURS, 4 HOURS.
WE HAVE DONE HISTORICALLY, SOME HAVE DAYTIME RETREATS AND EVEN THEY'RE HAVING FULL DAY TIME RETREATS. BUT THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER SOMETIMES TO SCHEDULE BETWEEN ALL THESE WORK STANDARDS AND SUCH. SO OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? HOW FAR AHEAD OF TIME IF WE DO DO LIKE A WHENEVER [INAUDIBLE], IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN. HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO YOU NEED TO GET [INAUDIBLE].
PROBABLY DEPENDS ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
I KNOW. MARK, DID YOU HAVE ANY TALK ABOUT TALKING, WASDA BUT DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
DID WE HEAR BACK FROM. I JUST EMAILED YOU, BUT I CALLED AND I EMAILED THEM AND THEY ARE NOT YOUR PEOPLE.
AND AND THAT WILL BE THE FACTOR TOO [INAUDIBLE] DAY THEY'RE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, AND THE CHALLENGE BEING IS, OKAY, HERE'S THE DATA AVAILABLE AND IT'S LIKE GROUND FAST OR ELSE.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE MORE LIKE A JULY, AUGUST TYPE OF THING.
AND IT WOULD BE NEXT MONTH [INAUDIBLE].
YEAH. SO THEN WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE ON VACATIONS AND.
NO IT MAKES IT LESS CHALLENGING BECAUSE NOBODY FINDS OUT THAT PART EXCEPT FOR THOSE PATIENTS. YEAH [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S WHAT NO, THOSE LINES ARE REFUNDABLE RIGHT.
SO I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING IS LOOKING AT LET'S WE'LL START WITH THIS.
AS I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT WHEN IT COMES TO SCHEDULING, YOU KIND OF START WITH GIVING PEOPLE TWO OPTIONS AND THEN WORK FROM THERE.
AND SO JUST TO KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR THINGS AS FAR AS OUR PEOPLE, IF WE WERE GOING TO DO A TWO OR FOUR HOUR SESSION, ARE PEOPLE OPEN TO WEEKENDS? AND IF SO, IS THERE A DIFFERENT SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR DO PEOPLE PREFER NIGHTS GOING FROM LIKE SIX TILL TEN, WHICH MAKES FOR A LATE EVENING FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TO GET UP EARLY AGAIN, LOOKING IN PREFERENCES AND JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL.
FEEL LIKE I'M MORE FLEXIBLE WITH THIS ONE.
I COULD DO 6 TO 10 OR I COULD DO WEEKENDS.
I WOULD PREFER THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE WEEKENDS ALL THE TIME.
AND SO THE LONGER ONES, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE MORE SENSE.
HE'S ONE THAT WORKS THE FARTHEST AND HAS TO GET UP EARLY AND.
ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO CHIME IN, PREFERABLY DURING THE WEEK I CAN DO A 6 TO 10, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WEEKENDS I CHERISH THOSE.
SO IF I WAS PUT ON THE SPOT, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT A WEEKNIGHT WOULD BE PREFERABLE.
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FOR ME. [INAUDIBLE] AS FAR AS JESSIE . I'M GOOD ANY TIME.ARE THERE PARTICULAR? SO, HEY, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
ARE THERE PARTICULAR WEEKDAYS THAT AREN'T GOOD? YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE THESE ALL ON FRIDAY NIGHTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIFE. [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] SO [INAUDIBLE] FRIDAY NIGHT NO GOOD FOR ME . I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A [INAUDIBLE] I THINK THURSDAY NIGHTS WORKED WELL FOR ME.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE EVERY YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE MOVING THOSE AROUND DEPENDING JESSE? I'M FINE.
ARE THERE NIGHTS OTHER WEEK NIGHTS AS FAR AS LIKE TUESDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY THAT DON'T WORK AND PEOPLE HAVE REGULARLY THINGS PLANNED.
[INAUDIBLE] OK. ACTUALLY ON WEDNESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS WOULD BE PREFERRED, BUT.
OKAY. SO IT SOUNDED LIKE TUESDAY NIGHTS ARE POTENTIALLY BAD ONES, POSSIBLY WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT PEOPLE HAVE HEARING THOSE SOUNDS GOOD IN 6 TO 10.
IT IS POTENTIALLY DOABLE CERTAINLY IF WE'RE HAVING A STUDY SESSION AND THAT I THINK WE GO TO SIX TO TEN, BUT [INAUDIBLE].
HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH BEING COGNIZANT OF THE EXEC TEAM AND THOSE PEOPLE TO IT? IS THERE ANY COMMENT FROM OVER? AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY PEANUT GALLERY.
YEAH. THOSE OF US THAT GO BETTER AROUND THE OTHER SIDE.
SO BUT TYPICALLY SO I'M ASSUMING THAT TYPICALLY OUR STUDY SESSIONS WERE 2 HOURS AND THEY WERE CAPPED AT TWO AND IT WAS A HARD STOP AT 2 HOURS.
EXCEPT FOR THE LONGER KIND OF THE MINI RETREAT TYPE ITEMS THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO THAT OFTENTIMES WOULD BE ON A WEEKEND OR A DIFFERENT TIME.
SO I THINK OCCASIONALLY ONE OF THOSE, BUT YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF THE SECONDARY, [INAUDIBLE] AS EARLY. WELL, THE OTHER SCHOOL IS GOING IN [INAUDIBLE] LONG WEEK WHEN YOU'RE OUT UNTIL 11 OR. AND FOR A STUDY SESSIONS, IS IT ALWAYS THAT THE EXECUTIVE TEAM COMES FIRST LIKE THEY COME FOR A BOARD MEETING, OR DO WE JUST HAVE WHOEVER WE NEED? IT DEPENDS ON TOPIC.
THAT'S ON THE TOPIC AND WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS.
YEAH. THE OTHER ASPECT WE MAY RUN INTO IS WASDA, THE WASDA TRAINING AVAILABILITY IS.
IF THEY'RE COMING FROM SEATTLE, OLYMPIA AREA, GETTING DONE AT 10:00 MAY NOT BE THEIR IDEAL EITHER.
I'M SURE I COULD TRY THIS FOR A HOTEL.
YEAH. AND THAT MAY BE AN OPTION.
THEY MAY HAVE OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE AREA, SO THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS.
SO MARK AND JACKSON HELPED ME IN THE SENSE ARE WE BETTER TO TRY AND GET SOME DATES OR ARE WE BETTER TO FIND OUT FROM THE WASDA PEOPLE WHAT IS AVAILABLE OR I MEAN, I KNOW IT PULLS SOMETIMES PEOPLE ANSWER, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
SO I'M FINE. I HAVE MY CALENDARS.
I WAS SUGGEST GETTING [INAUDIBLE] ON BOTH.
JUST A TOPIC FOR ME, AND THINKING THAT WE'RE NOT PROBABLY GOING TO GET WASDA THAT SOON, BUT THE TOPIC FOR MAY AND THEN JUNE OR JULY [INAUDIBLE].
AND WITH THE STUDY SESSIONS, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE ONE TOPIC.
WE'VE HAD TIMES WHERE WE'VE DONE 40 MINUTES OR, YOU KNOW, HALF AN HOUR ON TWO TOPICS AND THEN AN HOUR ON ONE.
OR IT REALLY VARIES DEPENDING ON THE TOPICS.
AND I GUESS THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT WE SHOULD BRAINSTORM AS FAR AS WHAT TOPICS DO WE WANT TO HAVE ON THE STUDY SESSIONS, WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE TALKING ABOUT? THEN WE CAN KIND OF PRIORITIZE THOSE AND OR DEPENDING ON WHAT RESOURCES WE NEED OR WHAT
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TIME TO PREPARE, WE CAN GET THAT TOGETHER.I LIKE TO SEE A MEETING HERE WHERE WE GO OVER WHAT'S [INAUDIBLE] AND HOW TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
MY FAVORITE THING. I FEEL LIKE HOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AND NOW IT FEELS REALLY DISJOINTED AND NOT REALLY EFFECTIVE JOB WHEN I DO THAT.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT PROCESS.
WELL, POTENTIALLY ROLLING THAT INTO MORE RESPONSIBILITIES AGAIN AS AN ONBOARDING TRAINING TYPE SCENARIOS WOULD POTENTIALLY WORK, BROADENING THAT OUT DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH TIME WE PUT FORTH. I KNOW JESSE IN THE PAST HAS TALKED ABOUT MAYBE IF WE'RE INVITED, I'M KIND OF INVITING. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MEET THE [INAUDIBLE] NATION AND COUNCIL ON THEIR LAND.
YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY FROM THE CONFERENCE I WENT TO THIS WEEKEND, THE SCHOOL HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET WITH THE TRIBE AND THEN THE CONSULTATION AREA, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SET UP.
WE HAVE TO DO OUR, WE HAVE OUR OFFICE OF NATIVE EDUCATION.
THEY HAVE A LEGISLATIVE [INAUDIBLE] TOO.
SO THEY ARE LETTING US KNOW WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION DR.
[INAUDIBLE], SHE'S PRETTY GOOD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SET UP SOME MORE TIME WITH HER SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
ALSO, BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED, WE SHOULD KNOW AS A BOARD WHAT IS REQUIRED.
AND THE CONSULTATIONS WITH THE TRIBES.
WE DO LIKE OUR NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE A GUEST THERE, AS OPPOSED TO HOW WE HAVE DONE SO FAR, WHERE IT'S BEEN OUR JOINT MEETINGS ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF WE'RE NOT INVITED. I'M SURE THEY WOULD LIKE THAT, TOO.
AND JUST AGAIN, HISTORICALLY, WE TYPICALLY HAVE BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MEETING THERE AND MEETING HERE.
AS FAR AS THOSE JOINT MEETINGS.
SO WE'VE DONE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS WE DIDN'T COUNT THEM IN WITH THE COUNCIL.
YES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE SOLIDIFIED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRIBE AND THE SCHOOL.
SO OUR KIDS BENEFIT FROM THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT DOWN TO AS A TRAINING FROM THIS CONFERENCE WHAT IS WHAT WAS SAID THERE AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A BOARD.
THERE'S A LOT AND I THINK [INAUDIBLE] COULD HELP US WITH.
OTHER TOPICS THAT NEED TO COME UP.
AND I'LL OPEN THIS UP TO THE EXEC TEAM AS WELL.
DOMINGUEZ, SINCE YOU'RE IN STUDIO AUDIENCE, FEEL FREE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR PLATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BE WORKING ON COMING FORTH THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT AS FAR AS I THINK THE BIG ONE, AS FAR AS GENERAL AS THE TEAM BUILDING AND THE COHERENT AND GOVERNANCE. BUT DEFINITELY THERE ARE OTHER TOPICS AND CERTAINLY ELEMENT AND LIKE I SAID, EXEC TEAM TO BUILD IDEAS TO START BUILDING THAT OUT, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE HELPFUL. ANYTHING ON YOUR LIST, MARK? I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT [INAUDIBLE].
THE ONLY KIND OF PLAYS IN LINE WITH WHAT JESSE IS TALKING ABOUT TOO IS SOME DEEPER DIVE INTO EITHER SOCIAL EMOTIONAL [INAUDIBLE] AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE SCHOOLS AND.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG?
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WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR, WHAT, THREE YEARS? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST BEGINNING.JAY, [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION TOO.
OKAY. SO RECENTLY LAST QUARTER, THERE WERE THREE [INAUDIBLE] ON THE [INAUDIBLE].
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS STUDENT OBLIGATIONS, NEEDS.
THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM, THE DETENTION CENTER, AND THEN THE ONE BUILDING WITH THE PRIVATE SCHOOL SERVICES.
SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TON OF PROGRAMS THAT THE SCHOOL IS INVOLVED IN, MEMORANDUMS OF AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENTS THAT NO IDEA EVEN EXIST.
AND THEN TALKING TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN THE DARK, TOO, ON WHAT PROGRAMS THE SCHOOLS RUN AND WHERE THEY HAVE OVERLAP.
AND I THINK THAT ACTUALLY WOULD BE REALLY A USEFUL THING TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT PROGRAMS THE SCHOOL IS ENGAGED IN AND REALIZE PROBABLY A LOT, BUT JUST WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE, WHAT THE TERMS ARE, HOW OFTEN THOSE THINGS COME UP FOR YOUR LISTENERS.
YEAH, I KIND OF GET A GLOSSY LOOK BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT IN ONE MEETING, BUT IT'S A FAIR QUESTION AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
IS THERE A WAY WITH THOSE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DO.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, PARTICULARLY AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER COMING ON, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DELEGATED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, THOSE AGREEMENTS, VARIOUS THINGS UNDER WOULD BE WORTHWHILE AS BOARD TRAINING AND JUST ONBOARDING TO KIND OF EVEN LOOK BACK THROUGH THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF OR WHATEVER OF CONSENT AGENDAS AND JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT IN GENERAL, NOT SPECIFICALLY, BUT IN GENERAL THE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE ON THERE AND WHY SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE UP THERE AND WHY SOME OF THOSE.
AND AGAIN, I'M JUST KIND OF BRAINSTORMING, TRYING TO THINK BECAUSE YOU START PICKING IT UP PIECE BY PIECE AS YOU GO ALONG.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ALONG SIMILAR LINES WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, BUT INSTEAD OF GOING BACKWARDS, BASICALLY GOING FORWARD.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, THOSE THREE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HAVING A CONVERSATION AHEAD OF TIME. SO IF THERE'S A BOARD MEMBER OR TWO OR THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THIS IS, WHAT IS THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION? SO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING THE INFORMATION THERE ON THE CONSENT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE THEY'RE DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AS A BOARD MEMBER, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE.
SO YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS TO THE PUBLIC AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? I DON'T KNOW.
NOT ON A MONTH BY MONTH AS THEY COME UP.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES OUR AGENDA MIGHT BE FRIDAY AGENDA AND WHAT OUR MEETINGS ARE ON TUESDAY, IT'S KIND OF A QUICK TURNAROUND TO GET IT THROUGH THE AGENDA.
AND IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I HAD A QUESTION ON I HAD TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT.
IF WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A CALENDAR OF THE TITLES OF CONTRACTS AND WHAT MONTH THEY RENEW.
WE COULD WE CAN PROBABLY PUT OUT A DRAFT AGENDA EARLIER.
SO [INAUDIBLE] THERE MAY BE A TWEAK OR TWO, BUT WE COULD GET THAT AGENDA OUT EARLIER TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE JUST TO AT SOME POINT GO OVER [INAUDIBLE] MY LINE ITEM AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, BY LINE ITEM INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW, IT'S A BALL OF INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
IT'S HARD TO DECIPHER WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
WOULD IT BE GOOD TO DISSECT IT AT SOME POINT, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW MEMBERS, AND GO DOWN TO TRY SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT?
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AND I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP WITH UNDERSTANDING.ON THOSE, THOUGH, BECAUSE I PUT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN GET THE MEETING GOING SO WE'RE NOT HERE. SO HOWEVER LONG.
AND THEN ON EACH OF THOSE IT'LL SAY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CONTACT FAVORITE OR CONTACT MARK [INAUDIBLE] OR CONTACT.
AND I HAVE NUMEROUS TIMES AND IT MIGHT BE LIKE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, BUT IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS CONTACT FAVORITE.
HEY, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS MEAN? MY KID WAS IN THIS PROGRAM.
WHY DOESN'T IT MENTION SUCH AND SUCH? WE REALLY JUST. THEIR NAME IS ON THAT FOR YOU TO ASK THEM.
AND THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN TEASING OUT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT WHERE IT'S JUST LIKE A QUICK QUESTION OR SOMETIMES A REALLY IN-DEPTH QUESTION TOO.
AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ON THAT WHERE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM I THINK, COULD HAVE REALLY BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT IT WAS THERE, HOW IS IT PUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT? SO THEY'LL GO OVER THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS KIND OF LIKE ON THE SIDE AND HAVE LEARNED THINGS THAT WAY WITH THEM. BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN ORDER TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
OH, MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT THE HECK IS THIS? AND THEN THEY GIVE ME BACKGROUND AND THEN I CAN ASK THEM TO DO THAT.
THAT'S GREAT. IF YOU WANT AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION LIKE THAT.
I'M MORE WITH YOU, STEVE AND I GET THE ONE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING I THINK IS MORE PRODUCTIVE TO MAKE THE MEETING EFFICIENT, BUT WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
WELL, THEN I KNOW I DID ASK MARK A LITTLE WHILE BACK TO PUT ON SOME OF THOSE AGREEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, HAVE YOU READ THROUGH SOME OF THOSE AGREEMENTS AND GET INTO LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO AND YOU START GETTING LOST ABOUT 30 PAGES OUT OR THE THIRD PARAGRAPH, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THEY ARE? AND SO I DID ASK MARK, TO WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE PUT KIND OF A SYNOPSIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA JUST TO HELP GIVE US A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THEY ARE FOR THOSE NEWER MEMBERS.
BUT I THINK IT'S TRUE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
IT WOULD BE I WOULD AGREE IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THOSE.
PART OF ME WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM EARLIER AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT BEING CHANGED.
BECAUSE AT TIMES WHEN THE AGENDA HAS BEEN OUT AND EARLY AND I READ IT AND THEN I GET TOLD THERE'S WE ATTACHED A NEW VERSION AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL I THOUGHT I READ [INAUDIBLE] AND DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A NEW VERSION.
AND SO I'M KIND OF TALKING ALL VERSION, BUT A LOT OF TIMES I DON'T GET IT NOT UNTIL THE WEEKEND BEFORE AND YOU READ IT THROUGH AND THEN YOU PUT FORTH THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, 11:00 ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY GET THE CHANCE TO GET TO THAT EMAIL UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. AND SO THERE'S NOT THE TIME.
BUT I HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTION OR ANYTHING, MORE [INAUDIBLE] TO MAKE SENSE TO YOU.
SO PRETTY MUCH SOME OF THOSE REPETITIVE OR REPEAT THINGS.
I GUESS MY MOTIVATION FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION FIRST WAS SO IN TALKING TO OTHER SCHOOL DIRECTORS FROM OTHER PLACES, ONE OF THEM MENTIONED THE THING THAT HE WAS MOST PROUD OF DURING HIS TIME AS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WAS THAT THEIR [INAUDIBLE] HAD A DUAL CREDIT AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND HE DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY PAYING MORE THAN JUST REGULAR ENROLLED STUDENTS FOR THE SAME SERVICE AND MANAGED TO GET THAT RENEGOTIATED SO THAT THEY WERE PAYING US AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE IT MIGHT BE MONEY SAVING, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW DO YOU I MEAN, EVERYONE SAID IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU'RE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT MAYBE YOU COULD SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND HOW DO YOU HOW DO WE FIT INTO THAT CONVERSATION SINCE THIS THIS GOVERNANCE MODEL PRETTY MUCH JUST YOU HAVE THE POLICIES [INAUDIBLE] SO NEAR THE MIX.
SO HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT WORK? WELL, I THINK WE'RE STILL HAPPY TO ANSWER ALL ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. RIGHT. AND SO IF. YOU ASK THE QUESTION, HOW DOES THAT COST COMPARE TO A STUDENT TO ATTEND SCHOOL ON THEIR OWN? FAIR QUESTION. THAT'S OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE TO GO LOOK.
SO IT'S ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION IS WE'RE SUPER HAPPY TO DO THAT.
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AND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THE INFORMATION STILL BENEFITS US THAT YOU HAVE A KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER.RIGHT. SO IT'S WE'RE HAPPY, MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEND THE TIME AND THE ENERGY AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.
RIGHT. IT'S JUST WHEN WE START DOING THAT AT THE MEETING, IT GETS PRETTY TOUGH BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOME HOMEWORK AND IT TENDS TO DRAG IN MEETINGS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT WE'RE WE CAN EITHER SET UP SOMETHING REGULAR FOR A WHILE UNTIL EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE OR WE CAN DO IT ON A CASE BY CASE.
HAPPY TO DO SO. WE WELCOME QUESTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SOMETHING AHEAD OF TIME TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT AND, YOU KNOW, ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY ARE QUESTIONS OR THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER IT.
YOU KNOW, IT IS KIND OF FINDING THAT BALANCE BETWEEN GETTING THOSE ANSWERS AND ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE DO NEED TO BE VOTING ON.
YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE DON'T KNOW EVERY PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
RIGHT OFF THE TIP OF MY TONGUE, THE EXACT SAME EXACT TEAM MAY NOT HAVE ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND ALL THOSE ANSWERS. RIGHT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE THEM THE HEADS UP.
IF YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION, GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO FIND THE ANSWER, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA HELP THEM DO A BETTER JOB AND GIVE US BETTER ANSWERS AS WELL.
YEAH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT EXISTS IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS LIKE AND THEN YOU GET THIS MUCH TIME IN BETWEEN.
WHEN THE AGENDA COMES OUT, WHEN YOU HAVE A MEETING, THERE'S JUST NOT A TIME TO.
IT HONESTLY FEELS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, YOU [INAUDIBLE].
SO HOW MUCH IS ASKING TOO MUCH AND.
WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THE BULK OF THE INFORMATION OUT SOON.
A LOT OF IT WE HAVE EARLIER, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON PIECES.
SO IF WE PUT OUT A DRAFT OF THE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AND SOME OF IT MAYBE LATER, BUT THE BULK OF IT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUT FURTHER IN ADVANCE.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JACKSON, BUT I THINK IF IT'S PUT UP AS A DRAFT ON BOARD DOCS, THEN WE HAVE TO LOG IN.
IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT IT'S A DRAFT AND IT DOESN'T SHOW UP.
YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO LOOK IN THE MEETINGS OR WE CAN HAVE THAT WITH ONE THAT I WASN'T SEEN IN ORIGINALLY. AND THEN BECAUSE THE DRAFT DOESN'T SHOW UP QUITE AS WELL OR SOMETHING, I BELIEVE, AND I'M NOT 100% SURE ON THIS, BUT I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO DRAFT MEETINGS.
YOU JUST HAVE TO CLICK ON THE MEETINGS TAB AND THEN GO DRAFT SOMETHING BECAUSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC CANNOT SEE IT.
RIGHT. AND HAS IT AND IS THE DRAFT STILL WHEN YOU JUST REGULARLY LOG IN AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY IT'LL SAY THE FEATURED MEETING, BUT UNLESS YOU GO TO THE THE MEETING LIST, IT WON'T SHOW THE DRAFT ON BECAUSE NOT BY MISTAKE.
THERE'S A DRAFT FOR APRIL 26TH, RIGHT? YES. YEAH.
WE LIKE TO START TINKERING WITH THOSE [INAUDIBLE].
SO WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S KIND OF READY TO BE LOOKED AT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DRAFTY DRAFT.
VERY DRAPHIC. BUT WE HAVE LIKE WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT IT OH [INAUDIBLE].
DOES IT HAVE, DOES IT ALLOW YOU TO OR TO SAY WHEN THINGS ARE IS THERE A WAY THAT WE KNOW WHEN THINGS ARE UPDATED? SO IF A NEW VERSION OR SOMETHING THAT IS POSTED.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO LET HIM KNOW WHEN WE THINK IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE FAIRLY YOU'RE GOING TO BE FAIRLY SAFE FROM LOOKING AT IT AT THIS POINT.
SAY, GO AHEAD, LOOK AT THE DRAFT.
OTHER THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS, IDEAS.
SURE. SO [INAUDIBLE] I DID HAVE A VOLUNTEERED AT WHO TRACK MEET ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS THE DAY AFTER OUR BOARD MEETING AND A FEW OF THE STUDENTS THAT YEAR SPOKE [INAUDIBLE] I FELT LIKE A ROCK STAR AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, THAT WAS SO COOL.
CAN WE LIKE COME AND TALK TO YOU MORE OFTEN? I'M LIKE, WE'RE YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU CAN EMAIL US ANY TIME WE CAN TALK TO YOU.
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SO. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ENTIRELY KNOW OR UNDERSTAND THAT REALLY.THEY CAN CONTACT US ANY TIME OR WHATEVER.
SO MAYBE A STUDY SESSION WHERE WE INVITE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES AND NOT JUST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE SOME FIFTH GRADERS? ARE THERE SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLS? BUT JUST LIKE A STUDY SESSION WITH STUDENT VOICES LIKE.
WELL, I'VE BEEN PUTTING IT OUT TO TEACHERS SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS STUDY SESSION, ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS TO COME.
OR IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS AND YEAH, THOSE WOULD BE WIDE OPEN.
AND YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE KIND OF LIKE 20 MINUTES.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND? I DON'T KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S YOU GET INPUT FROM ALL SORTS OF KIDS.
OKAY. WELL, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR CALENDARS, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN POSSIBLY PUT TOGETHER.
SO WE'VE GOT OUR MEETING ON THE 26TH AND OBVIOUSLY TODAY IS THE 12TH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE TUESDAYS ARE NOT THE BEST DATE FOR PEGGY.
SO TRYING TO BE COGNIZANT AND RESPECTFUL OF THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO [INAUDIBLE] CALENDAR. DO WE TRY TO SHOOT FOR SOMETHING OR WORKING IN MAY IS THE 31ST. THERE ARE FIVE TUESDAYS IN MAY.
SO GIVES US IF WE DID SOMETHING POTENTIALLY THE WEEK OF THE EIGHTH OR THE 15TH, THAT PUTS US HALFWAY BETWEEN THE TWO MEETINGS.
I WOULD PREFER THE WEEK OF THIS, THE 15TH, EITHER WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH AND THURSDAY THE 19TH.
OKAY. I WOULD BE THE WEDNESDAY THE 18TH WORKS THE BEST FOR ME OF THOSE DAYS.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? WE'VE GOT TWO VOTES FOR THE 18TH.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER POSITIVE GOOD ON THE 18TH.
WE NEED AN AUCTIONEER FOR THIS.
SO WE WILL PLAN ON MAY 18TH AT 6:00.
MARK, YOU WANT TO SIT AND LET'S SIT DOWN AND FIGURE.
LOOK AT THE LIST AND LOOK PUT TOGETHER. WORK WITH DR.
DOMINGUEZ AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.
SOUNDS GOOD. AND DO WE LIVE ON THE EDGE? DO WE DARE TRY TO DO SOMETHING FOR JUNE TWO WHILE WE'RE AT IT? WHAT DAY IS GRADUATION? GRADUATIONS IS THE 10TH.
SO YOU'VE GOT GRADUATION THAT MONTH AS WELL.
IF WE GO HALFWAY IN BETWEEN OUR MEETING, WE COULD GO WITH JUNE 15TH, WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY. I WOULD THINK JUNE 15TH WOULD WORK, AND THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO JUNETEENTH, SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE FOR THE [INAUDIBLE].
ANY OBJECTIONS TO JUNE 15TH? I STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT IN THE WAY [INAUDIBLE].
WHEN DID YOU SAY GRADUATION? IT'S ON THE 10TH.
AND [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW THE TIMELINE [INAUDIBLE]? GRADUATION. 6 P.M.
6 P.M.. WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO BE THERE AT 5 P.M.
AND IF YOU WANT TO PARKING SPOT MEET ME THERE 4:30.
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[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. IT [INAUDIBLE] WAS PRETTY GOOD.I WAS SURPRISED, BUT IT WAS NOT BAD.
SO ARE YOU FINDING IT NOW? I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT LIKE YOU HAVE TO.
NO, I HAVE TO GO TO [INAUDIBLE].
THE KNOT.COM DO YOU WANT TO LOOK IN JULY? I'M KIND OF I WAS HOLDING OFF ON JULY BECAUSE I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE SOME LOST POTENTIALS BY THEN.
AND I GUESS MY THOUGHT WAS IF WE HEAR BACK FROM AUSTIN AND THEY SAY WE COULD DO IT THESE THREE DAYS, THEN WE COULD GET A GOOGLE PULL OUT AND SAY, OKAY, WHICH OF THESE DAYS? AND WE NEED TO PROBABLY BE GOOD TO SEND THAT OUT AN EMAIL AND THEN SEND US A TEXT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR EMAIL NOW.
SO IF WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO BE CONFLICTS, WE COULD SEND THEM TO YOU BEFORE YOU TALK TO [INAUDIBLE].
THAT WOULD BE GOOD. IF YOU DO HAVE CONFLICTS FOR JULY.
WELL, THIS WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM BEFORE WORK, DOES THAT SEEM LIKE A REASONABLE TIME TO PLAN OUT? SO ANYBODY HAS CONFLICTS OF JULY IN THE SENSE OF DATES THEY CANNOT MEET.
PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO ME AND THEN I WILL COORDINATE WITH MARK AND JACKSON AS FAR AS PLANNING PURPOSES THERE.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT BY GOING ESSENTIALLY THREE MONTHS OUT, WE CAN TRY TO GET A DATE WITH THEM. [INAUDIBLE] FOR THESE MEETINGS.
WHAT'S THAT? [INAUDIBLE] I WAS SEEING 6:00.
AND DOESN'T SOUND LIKE HE'S GETTING MARRIED ON THE 15TH.
SO WE'RE GOOD. [LAUGHTER] WHAT IS.
OKAY, SO WHAT I HAVE THEN TO UPDATE YOUR SCHOOL BOARD CALENDAR IS FOR THE NEXT BIT.
WE'VE GOT OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING ON TUESDAY, THE 26TH AT 6 P.M..
WE'VE GOT A STUDY SESSION ON MAY 18TH AT 6 P.M..
WE HAVE THE MAIN MEETING ON THE 31ST AT 6 P.M..
THAT'S A TUESDAY. WE HAVE GRADUATION ON FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH, AND IT STARTS AT 6 P.M., BUT WE'LL NEED TO BE THERE BY 5 P.M.
AND YOU'LL GET MORE INFORMATION AS FAR AS GETTING GOWNS AND STUFF ORDERED.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STUDY SESSION ON JUNE 15TH.
THERE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 28TH AT 6 P.M. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SET UP SOME TEAMBUILDING SPORTSMANSHIP WITH WASDA IN JULY.
AND THAT DATE IS BEING DETERMINED.
BUT PLEASE SEND ME ANY JULY CONFLICTS THAT YOU HAVE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO HAVE SOME DATES THAT WE CAN NARROW DOWN WHEN WE TALK TO THEM.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THAT IS HELPFUL.
[3. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
OKAY. SO THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 3.01, WHICH IS OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.INITIALLY, THAT WAS GOING TO BE TO DISCUSS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT.
BUT DUE TO SOME OF OUR FINDINGS, AS FAR AS A PUBLIC MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGY OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS CONTRACT, THAT NEGOTIATION FOR THE COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK OUT INTO OPEN SESSION AND DETERMINE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THAT POINT. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN WE WILL RETURN.
[01:10:08]
OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU.WE'RE BACK NOW IN OUR OPEN SESSION.
WE CONCLUDED OUR DISCUSSION ON OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
AND AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
SO I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.