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[1. CONVENE]
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD THIS IS OUR JULY MEETING.THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, BOTH IN-PERSON, WHERE IT'S NICE AND WARM OR HOPEFULLY AT HOME IN CONVENIENCES OF AIR CONDITION COMFORT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
AS IS TRADITION, JULY MEETING IS OUR HAWAIIAN THEME DAVE HAS TAKEN THAT TO THE EXTREME AND IS IN HAWAII, ACCORDING TO MY SOURCES.
DAVE, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, HELLO.
BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START IT AND IF EVERYONE WOULD JOIN ME WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECITATION OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
FOR THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO KWABENA.
>> WE THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL UNSEATED TERRITORY OF THE LUMMI PEOPLE.
THE LUMMI PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF WASHINGTON'S NORTHERN WEST COAST, AND IN SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THEY LIVE IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THIS TERRITORY AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE AREAS.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS AND TO END THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED LANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, LUMMI PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE ACTUAL ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
[2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DO SO.>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE REPORTS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE ONES THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON APPROVING TONIGHT, JUST FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION. ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
>> ARE YOU ASKING FOR ITEMS 9.03, 9.04, AND 9.05?
>> ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT TO IMPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THAT CHANGE.
>> I THINK PEGGY DID MAKE A MOTION, DID SHE?
>> LET'S SEE. MOVE TO TAKE THOSE OFF OF THERE.
>>HEY, I HATE TO BRING ANOTHER ONE UP BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M STICKING IN HERE.
BUT I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AND IT HAS TO ORDER THINGS ON THIS AGENDA.
I SEE THAT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA WE'RE APPROVING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH PSV AND THE TEAMSTERS.
THAT COMES AFTER WE APPROVED BUDGET.
IT STRIKES ME AS LIKE IS BACKWARDS IN MY POINT.
PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN.
OR SINCE THE ONE AFFECTS THE OTHER.
>> MARK, DO YOU HAVE EXPLANATION? I THINK THE CONTRACT IS WORKED INTO THE BUDGET IS MY QUICK ANSWER.
>> YEAH. LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE PRESENTED THE DRAFT BUDGET, YOU PREVIOUSLY THE CONTRACTS HADN'T BEEN SET UP.
WE HAD PLACEHOLDERS IN THE BUDGET FOR ESTIMATED IMPACTS OR ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
IF THE CONTRACTS ARE WITHIN THOSE ALLOWANCES THEN IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT THE BUDGET.
>> YEAH, IT DOES. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
>> I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT PLAYS INTO THAT IS TO BUDGET AS MARK HAS SAID,
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IS SET UP THERE AS THE MAXIMUMS WE CAN SPEND.LOOKING BACK HISTORICALLY AT THE BUDGETS, WE DON'T TYPICALLY HIT THAT LEVEL.
THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM WITHIN THAT.
I THINK THAT PROBABLY PLAYS INTO THE ANSWERS AS WELL.
IF THAT HELPS. ONCE AGAIN, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE ON THE AGENDA OR ARE WE READY TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH PULLING THOSE 9.03, 9.04, 9.05 OUT TO DISCUSS SEPARATELY.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASSUME THAT BY CONSENSUS WERE OKAY WITH THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THOSE ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY.
THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD. WE MOVE FORWARD [INAUDIBLE].
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THEN IS ITEM 3.01,
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
WHICH IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.AGAIN, THIS IS A TIME FOR COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS OR OPINIONS TO THE BOARD.
IT IS NOT A TIME WHEN THE BOARD TYPICALLY WILL RESPOND OTHER THAN TO CLARIFY AND/OR TO ASSIGN IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OR ACTION ITEMS WITHIN THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO ADDRESS TO CERTAIN LINES.
ANSWERS WILL BE GOTTEN TO THE PEOPLE EITHER IN THE NEXT MEETING OR IN THE COURSE OF TIME AFTER THAT.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING, FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE AT HOME, OUR ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS, AND CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE THAT YOU CAN CONTACT US THAT WAY ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO SO.
WITH THAT, JACKSON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE LIST FOR TONIGHT? AGAIN, WHILE HE'S BRINGING THAT UP TO ME, PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
KELLY TYPICALLY ACTS AS MY TIMEKEEPER AND SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD TO SHOW ME WHAT SHOULD DO SO TONIGHT.
THE FIRST PERSON THAT I GOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS DAN FONG.
>> GOOD EVENING. WHILE READING THE BOARD'S AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING, THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, OR SEL, CATCHES MY ATTENTION AS THE TOPIC TAKES UP ALMOST 14 PAGES.
LET'S INVESTIGATE THIS PART OF THE AGENDA FURTHER.
SEL IS PLAYING TO HELP STUDENTS RELATE TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND INTERACT MORE PRODUCTIVELY WITH OTHERS.
IN ESSENCE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO ASSIST CHILDREN TO DEVELOP EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE SEATTLE TIMES REPORTED THAT BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2019 AND APRIL 2021, SCHOOL DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE INCREASED SPENDING ON SEL BY 45 PERCENT.
HOWEVER, CRITICS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT IN MANY INSTANCES, THE PROGRAMS ARE BEING USED TO PRESENT RADICAL LEFTIST IDEA IN THE CLASSROOM.
MANY HAVE ALLEGED THAT SEL IS A WAY TO CONTINUE COVERTLY PROMOTING THESE IDEAS WITHOUT PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE.
LISA LOGAN, A UTAH PARENT MADE HEADLINES LAST YEAR WHEN SHE AND ANOTHER PARENT DISCOVERED THE CONCEPTS RELATED TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY BEING DISENTHUSED INTO THE EIGHTH GRADE CURRICULUM IN THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SHE FOUND THAT A SEL PROGRAM USED IN HER CHILD'S SCHOOL DISCUSS POWER AND PRIVILEGE AS ONE OF THE THREE PRIMARY FACTORS BEHIND BULLYING.
IT ALSO SOUGHT TO TEACH KIDS TO BE SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS AND TAUGHT OF LEFTIST IDEAS ON SEXUALITY.
WHY WASHINGTON STATE STUDENTS BASIC ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MATH AND ENGLISH SUFFERED GREATLY, AS SHOWN IN THE NOVEMBER 2021 TEST RESULTS? WHY WOULD SCHOOL DISTRICTS RATHER SPEND MORE MONEY TO PROMOTE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING? I BELIEVE IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION, DO I TRUST THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE MY BEST INTERESTS IN MIND? MY INSTANCE RESPOND IS, WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE MY BEST INTERESTS IN MIND? I WOULD LIKE TO END MY REMARKS WITH A QUOTE FROM JEFF CHARLES,
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WHO PUBLISHED A RECENT ARTICLE TITLE ONE IS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ON LIBERTY NATION WEBSITE."AFTER ALL, THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF INDOCTRINATING CHILDREN WITH THESE IDEAS IS NOT TO BETTER THE HUMAN RACE BUT TO ENSURE THAT PERMANENT DOMINANCE OF ONE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY.". THANK YOU. [NOISE] > THANK YOU, DON.
AT THIS TIME, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE ON THE LIST.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT MEANT TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T KNOW THEY NEEDED TO SIGN UP? THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.01,
[4. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
WHICH IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 17-2022, THE ADOPTION OF THE 2022-'23 BUDGET.FOR THIS, I WILL TURN IT OVER ONCE AGAIN TO MARK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND THE DISCUSSION.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROCESS.
IT WAS THE EXECUTIVE TEAM THAT HAD THE DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WORKED VERY HARD, PRINCIPALS AT TEAM, EVERYBODY WAS VERY ENGAGED AND TOOK PART IN DEVELOPING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S TIME AND CARE, INSTEAD OF BEING PUT INTO IT AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL. I TURN TO QUESTIONS.
>> THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET OR ANY DISCUSSION.
>> I STILL FEEL SOMEWHAT SHAKY ON THIS WHOLE PROCESS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BEING NEW.
MY PERCEPTION OF THE BUDGET IS THAT PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND NOT MUCH IN OTHER AREAS.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY A FAIR ASSESSMENT IN ALMOST EVERY YEAR ON OUR BUDGET.
OVER 80 PERCENT OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE ON PERSONNEL, SO THEY'RE GOING TO DOMINATE THE BUDGET ALL THE TIME.
SO YEAH, YOU'RE NOT FAR OFF WITH THAT.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH OF THAT INCREASE THE STATE WILL COVER.
>> THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER I'LL GIVE YOU RIGHT FROM TOP OF MY HEAD, THERE IS A DISCREPANCY IN THE DIRECT ALLOCATION.
THE STATE PROVIDES US FOR SALARIES VERSUS WHAT WE SPEND.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 90 PERCENT OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT IS THE SAME CASE.
>> I WOULD ADD ON THAT PIGGY BET.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A DISTRICT BUDGET AND YOU LOOK AT ALL THAT'S FUNDED AND THEY TALK ABOUT FULLY FUNDING EDUCATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WE HAD TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NURSES AND COSTS THAT WENT TO KEEPING OUR KIDS MEDICALLY HEALTHY AND SAFE.
THAT IS NOT A 100 PERCENT COVERED.
IN FACT, WHEN WE DID A FORMULA, KELLY RECENTLY DID A FORMULA TO SAY HOW MANY NURSES WE NEED BASED ON THE STUDENT'S NEEDS AND THE DIFFERENT PIECES IN OUR SUPPORT COVID AND INDIVIDUALS. WHAT WAS IT, KELLY?
>> WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORT.
>> YEAH. SO THE GENERAL BUDGET HAS TO COME IN AND HENCE PICK UP THE OTHER PARTS.
THAT'S HOW EXTRA IS BEING USED RIGHT NOW.
FOR THE MTSS FOLKS, THOSE ARE NOT COVERED, THOSE ARE COVERED OUT OF THE SR FUNDS, BUT IF WE WERE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES, SO IT'S CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT IS A DISTRICT FUND, THE STATE COMES AND FUND.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CLASSES WE NEED, YES, THEY DO COVER THE GENERAL EDUCATION.
TEACHERS WERE NOT FULLY FUNDED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THOSE DOLLARS ABOVE THAT, WE HAVE TO PICK UP, AND IT IS COMPLICATED AND IT'S WHY MELINDA'S POSITION OF ADVOCACY FOR LEGISLATIVE IS SO IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE IT'S A COMPLEX MATH PUZZLE.
>> ON THAT TOO WITH ADVOCATING LEGISLATIVE AND AS SUCH, THERE WAS A BILL, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER, THIS YEAR THAT DID PASS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR NURSES AND MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS AND SUCH.
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THAT DOES WORK. REMAINING ENGAGED WITH ADVOCACY AND TALKING TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR SENATORS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT.YOU SAID SOMETHING THOUGH, ABOUT FEELING SHAKY ON BECAUSE YOU'RE NEW.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING NEW, REALLY.
I'M SHAKY ON IT, KEVIN IS SHAKY ON IT, WE'RE ALL SHAKY ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OUR EXPERTISE.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK MARK AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE THEY ARE THE EXPERTS ON THAT, AND I THINK THE AMOUNT OF TRANSPARENCY THAT YOU DO THIS WITH, IT'S FANTASTIC.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION PROBABLY TIME AND TIME AGAIN BECAUSE I CAN ONLY RETAIN IT FOR SO LONG BEFORE I GET CONFUSED AGAIN.
THE THING ABOUT BEING SHAKY ON IT, I THINK THAT US AS BOARD MEMBERS, TO BE TRUE TO THE PUBLIC ON THAT, THAT IT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT EXPERTS ON THIS.
WE HAVE TO RELY ON WHO THE EXPERTS ARE.
UNRELATED TO THAT WHOLE COMMENT THOUGH, I DO LIKE THAT OUR FUND BALANCE, WE'RE USING THAT FUND BALANCE AS OPPOSED TO LETTING IT GROW OR LETTING IT BE OVER-SIZED.
IT'S BEEN PERCEIVED AS BEING OVER-SIZE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WHEN IT'S BEING USED FOR THINGS AND NOW IT HAS BEEN USED FOR THOSE THINGS, AND SO NOW BACK DOWN TO A REASONABLE AMOUNT.
>> HOPE YOU DON'T MIND MY READING THIS UP.
IN LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH PSE PEOPLE, I SEE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND THERE WOULD BE THAT AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, AM I CORRECT?
>> WHAT WE TOLD PSE WAS THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO DO THEIR JOB.
IN SOME CASES, THAT IS GOING TO BE A COMPUTER IN ORDER TO DO THEIR JOB.
>> HOW WOULD IT BE DETERMINED IF IT WAS NEEDED? IS THAT NEEDED BY?
IF I AM NEEDING TO GET ON CANVAS TO HELP A STUDENT THAT I'M WORKING WITH, THEN I NEED A DEVICE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
IF I AM REQUIRED TO BE INPUTTING DATA FOR A LAB CLASSROOM, I MAY NEED ACCESS FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE DAY.
ANOTHER POSITION MIGHT NOT NEED IT.
SOMETHING TO DO ON SUPERVISORY WORK MAY NOT REQUIRE A DEVICE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
IT MIGHT IF I'M ALSO BEING ASKED TO INPUT INFORMATION INTO A SYSTEM BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME.
WE LOOKED AT EACH POSITION UP TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPALS AND THE PEOPLE THAT SUPERVISE THE DIFFERENT ROLES TO DETERMINE.
>> JOHN, CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ON THAT, JUST TO CLARIFY FURTHER? IN A MEETING WITH THE STAFF, HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT, IS THAT SOME ARE GOING TO NEED IT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THEIR DAY DEPENDING ON THE ROLE THEY HAVE, THE STUDENTS THEY WORK WITH.
EVERYONE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO SOME TYPE OF DEVICE.
THEY MAYBE SHARING IT, MAYBE THREE OF THEM SHARE IT SO THEY KNOW WHEN THEY CAN GO CHECK THEIR EMAIL OR RESPOND TO SOMETHING.
EVERYONE HAS SOME TYPE OF ACCESS, SOME JUST HAVE MORE ACCESS THAN OTHERS DEPENDING ON THEIR POSITION. IS THAT CORRECT, JOHN?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. THERE IS AN ALLOCATION TO EACH BUILDING FOR THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE EXPECTED EVERYBODY TO CHECK THEIR EMAIL, YOU NEED THE DEVICE TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU DON'T NEED A DEVICE ALL DAY TO DO THAT.
>> JUST IN ALL FAIRNESS THOUGH, JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I'M NOT EXACTLY THAT COMPUTER LITERATE.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOG INTO A COMPUTER AND THAT CAN TAKE TIME.
AND WHEN YOU'RE LOGGING PEOPLE IN, AND YOU'RE LOGGING PEOPLE OUT, THAT CAN TAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO ARE YOU TALKING IN HAVING THE WORKSTATIONS, AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S WAITING ON A COMPUTER AND THEY'RE TRYING TO LOG IN WHICH TAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND THEN THEY LOG OUT FOR THE NEXT PERSON.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ASSIGNING PERSONAL COMPUTERS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING WORKSTATIONS?
I RECENTLY HAD A MEETING ABOUT THIS VERY THING.
TECHNOLOGY CAME UP WITH THE TEAM I'M WORKING WITH, AND MY COMMITMENT WAS THAT I'D BE GOING OUT AS PART OF
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MY FIRST FEW MONTHS AND WATCHING A MEETING WITH THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A FOLLOW-UP.WE'RE TRYING THIS WITH JOHN, AND THEY ALL AGREED UPON, IT WAS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON.
BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO A FOLLOW UP AND CONTINUE TO CHECK IN.
IS IT GETTING THE JOB DONE THE WAY WE WANT IT? IS IT MEETING THEIR NEEDS? AND SO MORE TO COME ON THAT SOON.
>> THEN WITH THE LOGIN, SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL NOT ELABORATE ON, A LOT OF TIMES MOST OF THE TEACHERS ARE PROBABLY LOGGING IN AND OUT OF THEIR COMPUTERS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEIR SENSITIVE DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE THAT STUDENTS MAY GET INTO.
OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR EITHER MARK OR JOHN.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACT UPON THE RESOLUTION.
>> I'M MOVING THE MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 17-2022, ADOPTION OF THE 2022-2023 BUDGET.
>> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 17-2022, ADOPTION OF THE 2022-23 BUDGET.
>> OKAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THEN THE RESOLUTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF THREE TO ONE.
THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 5.01,
[5. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]
WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO RILEY.
>> I WAS TO GO THROUGH THE REPORT, I THINK, THE BULLET POINTS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE LAST QUARTER, IT LOOKS FAIRLY SIMILAR, WHICH IS IN THIS INSTANCE A GOOD THING.
BUT NONETHELESS, WE'LL WALK THROUGH IT AND THEN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
OUR GROUP ADDED ONE MORE MEMBER THIS PAST QUARTER.
RICK CRYSTAL WAS A SUPERINTENDENT FOR DAWSON CONSTRUCTION AND WE THOUGHT HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT COMING ON AND THOUGHT HE'D BE A VALUABLE ASSET CONSIDERING THE STATE OF THE PROJECT WE'RE IN.
WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN BELLINGHAM AND HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH CONSTRUCTIONS AS A WHOLE AND SPECIFICALLY SCHOOL AND CHURCHES.
I DIDN'T FOLLOW UP ON, WHICH I'LL HIT IT AGAIN LATER IN THE COURSE.
BUT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BALANCE OF FUNDS IN THE SAFETY SECURITY MAINTENANCE BUCKET OF MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED IN THE BOND.
THAT IS STILL AN ONGOING PROCESS BECAUSE NOT ALL THAT WORK IS COMPLETE.
THAT AFTER THE DISCUSSION LAST QUARTER AND FURTHER DISCUSSION AT OUR MEETINGS, THE PLAN HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY A COUPLE ALTERNATIVES TO SOME UPCOMING BITS OF WORK THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BOND PACKAGE SO THAT WE HAVE NUMBERS TO POTENTIALLY TAKE BACK TO OUR GROUP AND THEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO IF AND WHEN THERE IS A BALANCE OF MORE MONEY IN THAT ALLOCATED BUCKET.
MORE ON THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS AND QUARTERS.
AS FAR AS OUR SCOPE OF WORK RELATED TO THE BOND, WHERE AGAIN, PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON WORK AT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, IS THAT IS IN FULL SWING.
I SAW PICTURES OF THE GYM COMING DOWN TODAY, SO THAT IS SUPER EXCITING AND SAT AT THE SAME TIME FOR UNCOUNTABLE HOURS IN THAT BUILDING.
BUT ON THE TOPIC OF SCHEDULE, I APOLOGIZE.
I MENTIONED THAT A TURNOVER MATH IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE AND IT WAS NOT.
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IT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE LAST QUARTER.THE PLAN STILL SHOWS THE SAME AND IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT INCLUDING THAT.
STILL SLATED FOR TURNOVER IS ACADEMICALLY IN THE FALL, THE ACADEMIC WING AS SEMESTER BREAK, THE GRANDSTANDS AND FEEL NEXT FALL AND THEN FINALLY THE CTE WING, SEMESTER BREAK OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW.
WITH FINAL COMPLETION BEING SHORTLY THEREAFTER OVER SUMMER.
COUPLE ITEMS TO NOTE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME SELECTIVE OVERTIME WORK TO EXPEDITE SOME OF THE WORK AT THE GYM.
THERE WAS ALSO SOME ALLOCATION AND EXPECTATION FOR OVERTIME TO BE WORKED TO MAINTAIN SCHEDULE AND MAKE-UP TIME LOST EARLIER ON THE PROJECT, BOTH THROUGH WEATHER AND FLOODING, PERMITTING DELAYS, ETC.
NOT ANYTHING UNEXPECTED, BUT STILL SOMETHING SO THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE AS WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS COMPLETION OF PROJECTS IS THAT THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS A FOCUS ON QUALITY AS WELL AS TIMELINESS AND NOT SACRIFICE QUALITY FOR TIMELINESS [INAUDIBLE] GETS TURNED OVER.
SUPPLY CHAIN AS MOST OF EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF PRIVATELY, IS ALSO A MAJOR ISSUE PROBABLY AND THIS PRODUCT IS NO DIFFERENT.
I THINK WE'VE HAD GOOD COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICT CORNERSTONE SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED, BUT ALL ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED TO DATE AND THERE IS NOT A MAJOR FINANCIAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS, ESCALATION, ET CETERA THUS FAR.
FINALLY, WITH THE NEW TOOL TURNING OVER IN PHASES, ADDITIONAL WAY-FINDING INSIGHTS AD PLANS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR BOTH CONSTRUCTION ACCESS AS WELL AS STUDENT SAFETY.
I'LL MENTION IT FURTHER ON REGARDING TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE SCHOOL IS BEING TURNED OVER, WHERE THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS ARE.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT PLAN AND A CORNERSTONE CSV AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE PLANS, OR KEEPING THE CLAIMS THAT WERE ALREADY EXISTING IN PLACE.
I'VE WORKED ON A PROJECT OF MULTIPLE PHASES, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT CAN BE.
WITH REGARDS TO COST, I DID ATTACH THIS TIME THE THREE REPORTS THAT WE SEE, THE THREE SUMMARIES OF FREE REPORTS AT LEAST MONTHLY.
FIRST BEING THE HIGH LEVEL BIG PICTURE EXPENDITURE SUMMARY, THE SECOND BEING THE CASH FLOW OF THE ACTUAL HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE TOP LINE GMP NUMBER ON THAT EXPENDITURE SUMMARY PAGE, AND THEN ON THE LAST PAGE IS A PIE CHART SUMMARY OF THE CONTINGENCY STATUS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECTS.
BIG PICTURE ABOUT COMMENTS, THE CONTINGENCY BUCKET STILL LOOK FAIRLY HEALTHY.
THE ONE THAT IS POTENTIALLY CONCERNING WITHOUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS THE OWNER RISKS CONTINGENCY.
BUT WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE LARGE PORTION THAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR UNDER THE WRONG BUDGET IS ACCOUNTS FOR ITEMS THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YET, UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS AND DEMO UNDERGROUND, UNSUITABLE SOIL, ETC.
THERE IS STILL A LARGE BUCKET OF FUNDS THAT ARE HELD THERE FOR THE DISTRICT CAN BE USED AS NEEDED.
IN THE REPORT WITH THE INITIAL EXCAVATION OF THE WATER FILTRATION TO THE SOUTH OF THE BUILDING ACTUALLY NEEDED SOME UNSUITABLE FOR TECHNOLOGY, WAS NOT AS MUCH AS WAS PLANNED FOR OR ALLOCATED FOR IN THE BUDGET.
I'M HOPING THAT REMAINS THE CASE AS WE HAD TECHNICALLY UP THE HILL.
I DON'T KNOW IF TO SEEK COUNSEL THE HILL, BUT TECHNICALLY IT UP THE HILL AWAY FROM CREDIT SCHOOL SITS.
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HAVING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN FURTHER DETAIL, IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS.YOU ALSO GOT AN UPDATE ON THE SCAFFOLDING, WHICH IS THE STATE ALLOCATED PORTION, AND HOW THE DISTRICT IS PLANNING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE GETTING THAT FULL STATE CONTRIBUTION PORTION.
CISG ASSURED US THAT THE WAY THEY'RE TRACKING PROGRESS, THEY'LL LET US KNOW WHERE THE PROJECT IS SET UP, THEY SEE NO REASON THAT ALMOST $21 MILLION FROM THE STATE WILL NOT BE ALLOCATED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS GOOD.
AGAIN, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LARGE CORPORATE DONATIONS AND ON BOARD WITH THE POLICY, WE'RE PURSUING THAT AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO RECOMMEND IT TO CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO TIME TO MAKE THOSE FUNDS BE USED MOST EFFICIENTLY WHILE SCHOOL IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AGAIN, MOST ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AS WELL AS INFORMATION THAT I HAD RECEIVED AND REALLY FORGOT ABOUT, IT'S ALL ON THE BOND WEBSITE.
I'VE PUT THE LINK THERE, I'VE RECOMMENDED TO THE DISTRICT AND PUSH THAT OUT.
THE BOND UPDATES IN SOCIAL MEDIA CENTER HAS BEEN GREAT.
BUT JUST ADDING THAT LINK SO THAT THERE'S SOMETHING FURTHER TO FOLLOW THAN JUST A FEW PICTURES FOR THE BOND UPDATE, I THINK IT WOULD BE MASSIVELY HELPFUL FOR SOMEBODY THAT HASN'T ENDED, THEY ALL WEIGH IN.
I BELIEVE WE'RE UP TO BOND UPDATE NUMBER 165, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE AT THIS POINT CONSIDERING WHERE WE STARTED AND WE WILL BE OVER THE 200 MARK BEFORE WE KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.
GREAT TO SEE THOSE COME OUT EVERY WEEK.
HALF OF THE STUFF THAT COMES OUT OF THOSE I'M LEARNING ABOUT, HALF OF IT I KNOW.
FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, I CONTINUE TO THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
THE BOOST ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF IS GREAT AS WELL.
AGAIN, TOUCHED ON BEFORE, THAT WAY-FINDING AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO ACCESS THE BUILDINGS WHEN ONE'S CLOSED AND PARTIALLY OPEN AND THE DIFFERENT PHASES IS AGAIN, GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE HEAD INTO THE FALL AND HAVE STUDENTS BACK IN.
BUT WE'LL KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE AS WELL AS THE CONTRACTOR SEPARATED FROM STUDENTS AND STAFF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ONE ITEM OF RECOMMENDATION OR ONE ITEM OF THANKS IS I THINK MARK OR [INAUDIBLE] OR SOMEBODY GOT TO DO A VIRTUAL TOUR AND WALK THROUGH THE BUILDING, WHICH HAS BEEN UPLOADED FOR VIEW ON THAT SAME WEBSITE AND IT MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET HER TO DO ANOTHER ONE.
BUT MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE CAN DO ANOTHER ONE WITH A MORE FINISHED DATE OF THE ATHLETICS FACILITY AND THE ACADEMIC WAY FOR ALL.
HAVING BEEN TO THE SITE A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE TRANSFORMATION WEEK TO WEEK IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE AT THIS POINT.
ANYWAY, WE CAN GET THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT FOR THEMSELVES SAFELY, IT WOULD BE A GREAT CONDITION.
SECOND TO THE LAST ITEM, THERE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A BOOTH AT [INAUDIBLE] THIS WEEKEND AND WILL BE PARTIALLY STAFFED BY FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THERE'LL ALSO BE A QUESTION BOX, IF YOU WILL, FOR PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS TO BRING BACK AND DISCUSS AT OUR NEXT MEETING FROM THEM, AND THEN TO BRING BACK TO THE DISTRICT AS NEEDED.
ANOTHER ITEM OF THANKS IS TO CORNERSTONE WHO DONATED THEIR TIME TO REMOVE SOME ADDITIONAL PIECES OF THE GYM FLOOR AND DONATED TO THE [INAUDIBLE], WHO AT THIS POINT IS PLANNING ON AN AUCTION [INAUDIBLE] AS I UNDERSTAND.
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THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD HAVE BEEN THE BEST, BUT IT IS IN THEIR COURT AT THIS POINT.I KNOW THERE WAS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING SOME OF THAT, SO I WAS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT CORNERSTONE DID THAT FOR THE DISTRICT.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC, WHEN IT COMES OUT TO DONATE, OR VOTE, OR BID ACCORDINGLY.
IN SUMMARY, THE SECURITY STUFF, AGAIN, IS MOVING ALONG WELL.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS THEY'RE COMING OUT TO BID TO COMPLETE AS FAR AS DDC CONTROLS AT SKYLINE IN CUSTER, AND I BELIEVE THE ALTERNATE OPTION THAT WAS NOT IN THE BULK PACKAGE WAS THE CONTROLS AT VISTA.
THEN THEY ARE CONSIDERING, OR THEY ARE LOOKING AT MORE OF A DEDICATED ENTRY AT CUSTER AS WELL, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE COST COMES BACK.
FOR THOSE, I JUST MADE A CONVERSATION [INAUDIBLE] BROUGHT BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR THE DECISION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE PROJECTS.
AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN LONGER THAN IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS AND IT CONTINUES TO BE.
I THINK THE TRUST BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMITTEE AND THE TRUST BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE CONTRACTOR AND CSG HAS GROWN OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT HAS NOT GONE PERFECTLY AS WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BUT AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH SCHOOLS AND OF THE BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE GOING THE BEST THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED SO I'M NOT GOING TO [INAUDIBLE] THAT CONTINUES.
WE DO HAVE A WAYS TO GO STILL, BUT STILL VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE EFFORTS, TRANSPARENCY, AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO RIGHT BY THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY IN THIS THING.
WITH THAT, I WILL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
>> WELL, THANK YOU RILEY TO YOU AND THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WE NEVER CEASE TO BE AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF TIME, ENERGY, AND DILIGENCE YOU GUYS POUR INTO THE WORK, SO THANK YOU.
AT THIS POINT, I WILL OPEN IT UP AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR RILEY, NOW'S THE TIME TO ASK.
>> YOU SAID THAT YOU'D BEEN INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S THROUGH YOUR WORK, RIGHT? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE WHO HAVE HAD A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES?
>> ZERO. THERE HAS BEEN A FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I BELIEVE [INAUDIBLE] FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BUT THEY WEREN'T AS INTO IT.
>> NOT AS MANY CONSTRUCTION GUYS?
>> NO. [OVERLAPPING] A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH TIES AROUND THE PICTURE SO I DON'T KNOW.
LESS PEOPLE WITH FLANNELS AND BALL CAPS ON.
>> THE OTHER THING, THE NEW MEMBER, MR. [INAUDIBLE], I CAN'T REMEMBER THE FIRST NAME.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT, WHEN I SAW THAT HE WORKED FOR DAWSON, I WAS LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW DAWSON WORKS ON SO MANY SCHOOLS AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR PORTFOLIO, THEY'VE GOT TONS OF BELLINGHAM SCHOOLS AND [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING, BUT THEY ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? [OVERLAPPING] SO AS FAR AS CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND EVERYTHING, NOT AT ALL.
WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER WHO HAS TONS OF EXPERTISE, AND A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE MAYBE, BUT HELPING US OUT.
PRETTY COOL. THANK YOU, RILEY.
>> KEVIN WAS SAYING, I JUST WANTED TO THANK RILEY HERE, YOURSELF AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I ATTEND YOUR MEETINGS AS YOU WELL KNOW AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND I'M SURE ALL THE REST OF US APPRECIATE, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE SO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU.
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>> TWO QUESTIONS THAT COME TO MIND FOR ME, AND THIS IS PROBABLY SPLIT, MARK AND RILEY, AS FAR AS THE FIRST ONE.
I KNOW THERE'S RULES AND EVERYTHING WITH BONDS AND STUFF.
IF WE DO HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THE SECURITY UPGRADES THERE, ARE THERE ANY PARAMETERS WE HAVE TO STICK WITHIN AS FAR AS SPENDING THAT MONEY, OR ARE THERE PROJECTS ON THE LIST?
>> IF IT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT WAS DEFINED IN THE RESOLUTION, THEN WE CAN VOTE AN ACTION TO REDIRECT BOND PROCEEDS.
SO THERE'LL HAVE TO BE A DISCUSSION AND A VOTE HOW THOSE MONIES ARE GOING TO BE SPENT.
>> THEN SECONDLY, THE PICTURES AND THE UPDATES ARE GREAT AND WONDERFUL, I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THEM AT ALL AND I LOVED THE VIRTUAL TOUR, BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE A POINT WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY, IN THE COMMUNITY, SEE WHAT THEY INVESTED IN? DO WE HAVE PLANS FOR THAT? I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO START USING THE BUILDING, IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, THIS FALL, BUT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOME OPEN HOUSE OR ARE WE GOING TO DELAY THAT UNTIL MORE IS READY? I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE SOME PLAN.
>> I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME VERY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS AROUND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE AS THE PHASES OPEN OR WHETHER IT'S RANDOM.
BUT I WOULD THINK YES, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES THIS FALL SINCE IT'S THE ATHLETIC WOMEN'S OPENING AND A COUPLE VOLLEYBALL GAMES.
>> SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ATHLETES.
I JUST KEPT HEARING PEOPLE ASKING, "WELL, WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE IT, AND TOUCH IT IN REAL TIME?
>> SELENA, I THINK, HAS BEEN WORKING ON A PLAN.
>> YEAH, AND I WILL EMBARRASSINGLY ADMIT THAT I'M TAKING NOTES ON A [INAUDIBLE] CEREMONY.
AS RILEY WAS PRESENTING, IDEAS WERE FALLING AS HE WAS SPEAKING.
SO THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS IN THE WORKS.
>> [NOISE] I REALLY LIKE SCRANY'S SUGGESTIONS TO INCLUDE THE DASHBOARD IN THE WEEKLY THINGS BECAUSE I READ THAT WEEKLY THING EVERY WEEK.
HUNDRED AND WHATEVER I'M VERY PROUD OF MYSELF, I DIDN'T WRITE THEM, BUT I READ THEM AND I THINK IF WE JUST HAD A SCREENSHOT OF THAT DASHBOARD DOWN WITH THOSE PICTURES AT THE END TO EMPLOY INTERESTING DIFFERENT THINGS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE DOLLAR SIGNS.
>> IF WE CAN JUST INCLUDE THAT LINK, ALL OF THIS STUFF, IS THERE EVERY 165 ON UPDATES? ALL OF THEM.
>> EVEN INCLUDE LIKE IT AS A PICTURE.
THEY'RE VERY WELL DONE AND IF YOU'RE A VISUAL PERSON, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT REALLY QUICKLY AND KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
>> IT'S ALSO LINKED TO THE TIME-LAPSE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THAT'S THE FIRST ONE THEY PICKED UP AND READ, THEY JUST WANT TO SEE.
>> I THINK I WAS ON THAT SAME LINK, THERE'S A LINK FOR THE TIME-LAPSE, THERE'S A LINK TO THE LIVE CAMERA, THERE'S A LINK TO WHAT ELSE IS ON THAT FRONT PAGE.
THE DASHBOARDS ARE BOTH ON AND BOTH CRITICAL PROJECTS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GOOD CASH-FLOW DEAL WAS ON THERE.
I THINK YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BOMB PASSPORT STUFF AND WE ALL HAVE MORE AIR AND MORE COLOR.
>> I'M LOOKING OVER AT SELENA AND HER THAT SHE ALREADY HAS A PLAN FOR THIS WEEK TO ADD. YES, THAT'S FINE [INAUDIBLE]
I DIDN'T PLAN TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING AND BE INVOLVED.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY AS I'M OUT MEETING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HEARING FROM STAFF, THE WORK THAT YOU ARE ALL DOING HAS BUILT AN INCREDIBLE LEVEL OF TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY.
I REALLY THINK YOU'LL LEARN A TON FROM THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, BUT IT IS NOT GOING UNNOTICED BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
>> ONE OF THE GOALS, TRANSPARENCY AND THEN KNOWING THAT BUILDINGS DON'T LAST FOREVER, WE NEED TO DO THIS AGAIN SOMEDAY.
THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN. AGAIN, DO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO THE REST OF YOUR TEAM.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.02 AND THAT IS A REPORT ON THE CAPITAL BONDS PROJECT.
MARK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
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>> I RARELY GET MOST OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO EITHER DRIVE BY NIGHT SCHOOL OR THE LIVE CAMP.
THE OLD JIM IS STARTING TO LOOK SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN IT DID.
THE CAMP IS COMING DOWN AND STARTED WORKING ON THE SIDING.
IT'S FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT'S VERY DRAMATIC.
FOR SOME, IT'S ANOTHER SIGN THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
HAVING BEEN ON THE INSIDE OF NEW JIM, IT'LL BE WORTH IT.
THE BIG FOCUS, AGAIN, RALLY, HILDA AS WELL, THERE'S A BIG PUSH RIGHT NOW TO GET THE ATHLETIC MAN OPEN FOR ALL.
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL'S AUGUST 31ST, AND THAT IS NOT VERY FAR FROM NOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT PART OF THE BUILDING IS OPEN AND READY TO GO AND SAFE FOR STUDENTS.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT UNLESS THEY'RE QUESTIONS.
THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.03, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE MONITORING REPORT OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY OE12 WHICH IS A FOCUS ON SAFETY.
AGAIN, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO MARK IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS TO GO ALONG WITH THIS REPORT.
>> I HAVE NO COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
IT IS FOR YOUR READING BUDGET AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSING IT NEXT MONTH.
>> EVERYBODY HAS A HARD COPY OF THAT AS WELL AS AN ELECTRONIC COPY ON BOARD DOCS.
WE'LL MAKE A SHAMELESS PLUG-FOR-BOARD DOCS FOR ALL OF YOU THAT ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, WHETHER ONLINE OR HERE IN PERSON.
ALL THESE REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE ON WORD DOCS.
THEN YOU CAN PERUSE AND SEE WHAT THE BOARD IS SEEING AND EVALUATE AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH HOW TO GET TO THOSE REPORTS OR GETTING BOARD DOCS, EITHER CONTACT ONE OF US BOARD MEMBERS OR ANYTHING, THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM OR THE EXEC TEAM, AND THEY'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU DO SO.
I DIDN'T FIND A POINT IN 04 WHICH IS TO REVIEW THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, POLICY OE1 GLOBAL EXPECTATIONS.
AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE THAT REPORT AND ANY DISCUSSION.
>> I HAVE TO CONFESS [INAUDIBLE] I SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR ONE THAT 07 IS HIGHLIGHTED.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE BEFORE MEETING THIS YEAR? OR WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT ONE FIRST.
>> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AND PULL UP THE TIMELINE CASE.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT WE HAD DONE IT, BUT APPARENTLY, THE SUMMARY IS MIA.
>> THAT'S RIGHT AND THAT'S I WAS JUST ADDING OBJECTS.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT DOES NOT RECEIVE A REPORT BACK.
>> WOULD HAVE BEEN DURING ANDREW'S TIME? I'M WONDERING IF THEY HAVEN'T CONTACTED HIM.
>> JUST A LITTLE CURIOUS, WHO PREPARES THAT REPORT? NONE OF THESE REPORTS SEEM TO HAVE AUTHORS ON THEM.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO PREPARES THEM?
>> THERE'S A SCHEDULE THAT I THINK IT'S FOR PUBLIC TO SHARE THAT HAS WHERE THEY'RE COMING UP, AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRIMARY INFORMATION OR THE BOARD IS UNDER [INAUDIBLE]
>> I GOT A QUESTION WITH THIS ONE, WHAT THE QUESTION IS AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER IT.
THE POLICY WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL NOT CAUSE, ALLOW OR FAIL TO TAKE REASONABLE MEASURES TO PREVENT ANY PRACTICE, ACTIVITY, DECISION OR ORGANIZATIONAL CONDITION THAT IS INEQUITABLE, UNLAWFUL, UNETHICAL, UNSAFE, DISRESPECTFUL, AND IMPRUDENT, IN VIOLATION OF BOARD POLICY OR ENDANGERS THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC IMAGE OR CREDIBILITY.
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JUST READING THAT QUESTION, TO ME IS A VERY SUBJECTIVE THING BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WOULD SAY THE DISTRICT DOES THAT ALL THE TIME.WE MIGHT HEAR FROM A MEMBER A PUBLIC COMMENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU OR NOT HEAR FROM A MEMBER A PUBLIC COMMENT.
THEN THERE ARE, WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE SUPERINTENDENT BEING TAKEN AWAY IN HANDCUFFS, SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING UNLAWFUL EITHER.
BUT HOW WE ANSWERED IT WAS WE JUST DID A SYNOPSIS OF ALL OF OUR OTHER POLICIES AND LIKE HOW MANY PASSED AND HOW MANY DIDN'T.
IT'S LIKE, DON'T WE HAVE THOSE POLICIES AND THOSE REPORTS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, SO WHY ARE WE DOING IT IN A SYNOPSIS IN THIS REPORT? IT JUST SEEMS REDUNDANT TO ME.
THE BEST SYNOPSIS THING IS SUPPOSED TO BE HOW WE EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AFTER READING THIS ONE, I WAS LIKE, WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE THIS REPORT? IT WAS LIKE THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME OR HOW WE'RE ANSWERING IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
IF WE HAVE THE REPORT, LET'S ANSWER THE QUESTION OR IF WE DON'T, BUT IF WE'RE ANSWERING THAT QUESTION THEN OPENS UP A CAN WORD WHERE PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I THOUGHT WHAT THEY DID WAS UNETHICAL OR DISRESPECTFUL.
THAT COULD BE LIKE HOW LONG WOULD THAT REPORT BE? BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID THAT THE DISTRICT IS SOMETHING, DISRESPECTFUL.
I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WE ALREADY COVERED THESE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THIS REPORT.
>> IF I MAY COMMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS I GOT FROM THIS REPORT, HOWEVER, IS IT DOES GIVE YOU AN ACCOUNT OF THE RESULTS FROM A NUMBER OF REASONABLE PROGRESS.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH AND YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT ONES.
>> IF I CAN JUST INTERRUPT, YOU NEED TO PULL THE MIC CLOSER.
WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT OTHERS WON'T. THANK YOU.
>> ANYWAY, I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF PARTIALLY COMPLIANT, WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF NON-COMPLIANT.
IT BASICALLY GIVES US AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE OPERATING ONES THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
IT DOES MENTION SOME THAT WE MISSED BECAUSE OF COVID WAS THE EXPLANATION.
WHAT MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS, WHERE DO WE DOCUMENT THE RESULTS OF THESE OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT WERE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION? WHERE DO WE DOCUMENT THAT AT?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DO THAT WHEN WE EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT, THESE ANSWERS TO ME, THAT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THAT'S THE EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WHY IT'S IN THIS REPORT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> MY POINT IS WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE REASONABLE PROGRESS.
HOWEVER, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THOSE POLICIES.
MY QUESTION IS WHERE ARE WE DOCUMENTING THE DEFICIENCIES IN THESE POLICIES? BECAUSE IN MY MIND, FROM DOING THESE, WE SHOULD BE CREATING ACTION PLANS.
WE SHOULD BE ASSIGNING THESE TO INDIVIDUALS AND WE SHOULD PUT A TIMELINE ON IT.
NOW WE HAVE A PERSON THAT WE HAVE A SPACE OR THE PERSON WE CAN GO TO.
WE HAVE A TIMELINE AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO SEE THESE ACTION ITEMS THROUGH BECAUSE I SEE IT DOCUMENTED BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE I CAN GO TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S WORKING ON IT.
IT MISSES WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT IS IMPROVEMENT.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IMPROVING THE SYSTEM AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND IMPROVING WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
>> YES, WE COULD MAKE SUGGESTIONS ON I THINK WE SHOULD DO XYZ, BUT UNLESS WE TAKE VOTES ON IT THAT WE'RE DOING IT AND THAT'S SO WE KNOW IF THOSE SUGGESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE ASKED ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER WHEN WE SEE THE REPORT AGAIN.
>> FOR ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME, I HAVE ISSUES WITH GRAY AREAS LIKE REASONABLE PROGRESS.
THAT IS SUCH A WIDE OPEN CONVERSATION.
MY OPINION OF THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND KRISTI OR KEVIN OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM.
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I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.YOU EITHER HIT THE MARK OR YOU'RE NOT.
YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT IT.
IF YOU'RE NOT HITTING IT AT A 100 PERCENT, THEN YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THESE DEFICIENCIES AND YOU NEED TO RECORD THAT.
YOU NEED TO PUT SOME ACTION ITEMS IN PLACE AND YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH THOSE.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE DO WELL.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE DO WELL ON, BUT WE NEED TO REPORT WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING WELL AND IMPROVE ON THAT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
>> I THINK PART OF THAT IS IN THE REPORTS AND THE SUMMARIES THAT ARE REQUESTED BACK FROM EACH BOARD MEMBER EACH MONTH AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE REPORTS BECAUSE I'LL SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING THAT I GET IT, PUT IT TOGETHER, AND YOU'LL SEE THE SUMMARY IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> BUT WHERE DOES IT GO FROM THERE?
>> THAT'S WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT TAKES IT AND WORKS WITH IT FROM THERE.
>> HOW DO I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON IT? WHO DO I KNOW IS ASSIGNED TO IT? HOW DO I KNOW, WHERE CAN I SEE THAT DOCUMENTATION?
>> I ALWAYS ADD, THAT IS THE WORK WE NEED TO DO.
STEVE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY SPEAKING A LOT OF THINGS I'M WONDERING ABOUT.
IF YOU TURN AROUND, WE ARE THE GROUP.
I AM ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PROGRESS IN THE REPORT.
[OVERLAPPING] THIS WILL BE THE WORK.
I THINK, MELINDA, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING TOO.
WE HAVE POLICIES THAT WERE WRITTEN BY A PREVIOUS BOARD.
KEVIN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT DURING THE STUDY SESSION, IS HOW ARE WE GOING BACK AND MAKING SURE THAT POLICIES ACTUALLY SAY WHAT WE WANT TO SAY, INSTEAD OF JUST TAKING THEM AT FACE VALUE AND SAY, THIS WAS HANDED TO US, THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
NOW HOW ARE WE GOING BACK AND SAYING IS IT CAPTURING WHAT WE REALLY WANTED IT TO SAY.
THEN WHAT WE NEED TO, MYSELF ALONG WITH MY TEAM, IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEASURING IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE LAST MEETING IS HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THE DATA WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD IS NOT JUST WRAPPING UP, BUT WE'VE HAD TIME ANALYZE IT.
THE TEAM AND I ARE WORKING ON THAT.
WE HAVE SOMEONE COMING IN, THEY'RE MEETING WITH US AND THEN IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO UPDATE YOU ON WHERE THAT IS.
EITHER SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, THE WEEKLY REPORT, I THINK THIS HAPPENED, BUT MAKING IT REALLY TRANSPARENT.
YOU'RE RIGHT ON AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE MAKE THIS A CYCLE AND NOT A HERE'S THE INFORMATION. YOU GOT IT.
CHECK. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING.
THESE WERE WRITTEN WHERE INCOHERENT GOVERNANCE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT BASED DISTRICT AND SO HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLETING THAT CYCLE.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE CAN FORM THAT FORMULA BASICALLY TO SUIT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
>> WE'LL WANT TO TALK TO RICK ABOUT THAT ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND ASKING HIM THOSE QUESTIONS, LIKE WHAT WERE SOME OTHER SYSTEMS? HOW DID THEY WORK THROUGH IT? THEN WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT WORKS FOR US.
>> ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, BUT IT JUST CAME UP AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY, SO YOU'RE IN.
>> I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT LACEY WAS SAYING.
ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE'RE APPROVING THE SUMMARY.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T GET COMPLETED, IF IT'S NOT THERE BECAUSE WHATEVER DELAYS IN GETTING CLOSE TO WHATEVER AND THEN WE JUST WANT THAT FORWARD, THAT'S THE REASON I ASKED TO HAVE A COUPLE FROM THIS ONE IS BECAUSE I LOOKED AND I DIDN'T SEE A SUMMARY.
>> I WILL ADMIT I DID NOT LOOK AT THE SUMMARIES BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WHO PUT THEM TOGETHER AND GAVE THEM ALL TO JACKSON.
I JUST ASSUMED I HAD ALREADY READ THEM AND DIDN'T NEED TO, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SUMMARIES FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE.
MY APOLOGIES, THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE.
>> IS THAT THE BOARD RESPONSE? LIKE THEN L4 HAS TWO ATTACHMENTS.
ONE OF THEM IS THE REPORT AND ONE'S THE RESPONSE.
>> THERE WERE TWO BECAUSE IT GOT THE ORIGINAL REPORT AND THEN I THINK THERE'S A SUMMARY.
>> IT WAS THE WORLD LANGUAGES.
WHEN I WAS THINKING I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING.
>> WE'LL CALL HER EAGLE-EYED, I THINK.
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POINT WELL TAKEN, WE CAN'T PROVE THE REPORT WAS NOT THERE AND I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE THOSE WERE, SO WE WILL GET THOSE UP.LET'S GO AND DOUBLE-CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOT EVERYTHING ON THERE.
>> MY COMMENTS BACK, I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. I'M SORRY.
THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD KNOW, SO THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE EQUALS, RIGHT?
>> WE DO HAVE THE SUMMARY FOR THE RESULTS POLICY 2.8.
THOSE WILL NEED TO BE DELAYED TILL WE CAN HEAR THAT AT THAT POINT OR BY CONSENSUS.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL JUST MOVE THOSE TO THE CONSENSUS, THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH, AND WE'LL GET THOSE ATTACHED BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT SURE [NOISE] WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
>> IS THERE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON THAT, OR CAN YOU [INAUDIBLE] AND JUST PUT IT ON THE NEXT MEETING FOR APPROVAL.
SOME OF THEM TAKE LONGER THAN OTHERS.
>> WELL, THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE PATTERN WE HAD SET UP WAS WE GIVE THEM, WE HAVE THE MONITORING, AND THEN WE DISCUSS THEM, AND THEN THE RESULTS ARE TO BE PUT ON THE NEXT MONTH'S CONSENT AGENDA, SO BASICALLY, A THREE-MONTH CYCLE OR THREE-MEETINGS CYCLE.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE TWO, LAST MONTH.
THEY DIDN'T GET ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH IT THIS MONTH, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT THOSE REPORTS ARE THERE.
I DON'T HAVE THEM ON THIS COMPUTER, BUT ON MY OWN COMPUTER, I CAN CERTAINLY SEND THEM OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.
>> I'M GOING TO PULL UP THE [INAUDIBLE]
>> OKAY. IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE GETTING THEM UPLOADED, BUT WE'LL NEED TO MOVE THOSE TO NEXT MONTH, SO PEOPLE HAVE TIME TO READ THEM.
>> [INAUDIBLE] I JUST HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. [LAUGHTER]
>> IF YOU'RE READING THE SUMMARY, WHAT IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE SUMMARIZATION OR SOMETHING? DO YOU JUST LET IT GO?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH OUR TRAINING IS HOW TO GO ABOUT THOSE.
AS CHRISTINE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, IN SOME CASES, THERE'S A SUMMARY AND THEN IN EACH BOARD MEMBER'S NOTES AND ASSESSMENTS, I TRY TO TAKE THE CONSENSUS OF THOSE REPORTS I GET BACK.
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM EVERY BOARD MEMBER, AND SO I TRIED TO TAKE THE CONSENSUS THAT I'M SEEING THE COMMON THREATS IN THERE AND PUT THEM IN BOTH GOOD AND BAD.
I TRIED TO COVER PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THERE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES I'VE GOT ONE BOARD MEMBER HERE AND ONE BOARD MEMBER HERE.
IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING, IF I STATE THIS ONE'S OPINION, I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THIS ONE AND VICE VERSA.
>> I WAS WONDERING, ONE OF THE STUDENTS SAID, "IS THERE A PLACE WE CAN GO TO JUST SEE WHAT EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS WERE." PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL GOING FORWARD, SO LIKE, "OKAY, WE'LL DO THIS, AND THEN WE'LL GO WITH WHATEVER," WHAT I THINK THEN THE FIRST TIME, I SUPPOSE WE CAN ACTUALLY KEEP A COPY OF IT TO YOURSELF FOR YOUR OWN REFERENCE, BUT JUST IN LOOKING BACK, IT MIGHT BE USEFUL JUST TO BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK AND SEE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING DURING THE PREVIOUS CYCLE AND HOW THAT'S CHANGED SINCE YOUR OPINION AND PERSPECTIVE HAS CHANGED, FOR INSTANCE.
>> CERTAINLY, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WORTH HAVING A CONVERSATION.
PART OF IT IS, AGAIN, THIS IS THE PART OF THE PROCESS THAT HASN'T HAD MUCH ANALYSIS AS WE WENT FORWARD AND MOVE THROUGH THESE REPORTS, SO IT'LL BE GOOD TO DISCUSS IF YOU WANT TO [INAUDIBLE] ANY DISCUSSION. [NOISE]
>> THEY ARE ALL PUBLIC RECORDS TOO, SO WE DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE THEM SO THAT NOT JUST PEGGY CAN LOOK TO SEE WHAT SHE THOUGHT A YEAR AGO,
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BUT THE VOTER CAN LOOK TO SEE WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT THE NEXT TIME OR WHATEVER.I HAD A DIFFERENT THOUGHT, TOO, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
OH, AND AS FAR AS PULLING WHAT THE CONSENSUS IS OF WHAT THE BOARD THOUGHT, IF WE HAVE DIVERGENT OPINIONS, I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO PUT IN THERE IF WE HAD DIVERGENT OPINIONS ON IT TO REPRESENT FURTHERMORE.
>> PLUS, AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
IF YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT COMMENTS SOMEBODY ELSE WROTE, YOU CAN SEE MORE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM BECAUSE THEY HAD MORE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT IT.
SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE A POINT OF VIEW AND MAKE AN OBSERVATION THAT YOU HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT OF, AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THE EXTENSION OF WHAT THEY WERE THINKING. THANKS.
>> I THINK, PARTIALLY, WITH THIS OE-1, IT BASICALLY IT'S MORE INCORPORATED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AGENDA.
IT'S BASICALLY ALMOST A ONE-TO-ONE RELATIONSHIP OR ONE AND THE SAME.
>> SUPERINTENDENT'S AGENDA OR EVALUATION?
>> EVALUATION. THAT'S THE AGENDA, I IMAGINE.
>> [LAUGHTER] I WAS THINKING, TOO, WHEN WE WERE LIKE, "OKAY, SO WE SAY THIS SUGGESTION," OR, "WE WANT TO SEE THIS FOR THE NEXT REPORT," BUT THEN WE DON'T REALLY HEAR IF THAT SUGGESTION WAS TAKEN.
IF THERE'S THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RESPONSE TO WHAT OUR COMMENTS WERE, WHICH THEN THINKING ABOUT ON THE FLIP SIDE OF IT, IT'S JUST ONE MORE THING FOR YOU TO DO.
YOU DON'T WANT TO WRITE A WHOLE ANOTHER REPORT ON THEM.
>>NOW I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WRITTEN DOWN TO TALK ABOUT ON THURSDAY, IS WHAT DOES THAT FULL CYCLE LOOK LIKE.
>> OTHER COMMENTS, EITHER IN GENERAL AS WE'VE BROADENED THE DISCUSSION? AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF THESE THINGS, I'M HOPING IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH RICK, ARE GOING TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE, [NOISE] I DON'T KNOW, DEFINED OR CLEAR.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO HELP GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE IN HOW TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND TO MOVE THROUGH THEM, SO I THINK THAT'LL BE GOOD.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON THE MONITORING REPORT? SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
JUST AS A REMINDER, PLEASE GET THESE SHEETS WITH THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS BACK TO ME SO THAT I CAN COMPILE THEM.
THAT DOES DEFINITELY HELP, SO THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM IN, THAT WE HAVE IN THE AGENDA,
[6. FOCUS ON STUDENTS]
IS TO REVIEW THE MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POLICY FOR OUR DASHBOARD, CHARACTER, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING.AGAIN, WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THAT REPORT LAST MONTH, AND WE HAD A MONTH TO READ IT, REVIEW, ASK QUESTIONS, AND SO NOW IT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION. THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
>> I'LL DO SOMETHING NEW THIS TIME.
[LAUGHTER] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT OF THIS REPORT IS THAT IT BRINGS THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR THINGS LIKE, "ENSURE THAT ALL ADULTS WORKING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT KNOW THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ARE ABLE TO MODEL SKILLS AND CONCEPTS RELATED TO THESE COMPONENTS." THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
TO SHOW HOW WE ANSWERED IT, I, WITH THAT QUESTION, WOULD WANT TO KNOW, DO THE ADULTS SHOW THIS BEHAVIOR? AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT COURSES ARE THEY TAKING OR WHAT PROGRAMS WE HAD TO TEACH IT TO THEM, I WANT TO SEE EXAMPLES OR PROOF THAT THEY MODEL THIS BEHAVIOR.
THEN I WAS THINKING, "OKAY, WHAT INFORMATION WOULD I LOOK TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION?" A STUDENT SURVEY.
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DOES MY TEACHER CARE ABOUT ME? DOES MY TEACHER TREAT ALL STUDENTS IN THE CLASS FAIRLY? THINGS LIKE THAT.THAT WOULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO ME.
THEN FOR OUR NEXT STEPS, THAT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING, WHAT PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE WE ADDING?
>> WELL, AND TO BUILD ON THAT, WE HEARD FROM THE STUDENTS LAST MONTH THAT THERE'S INCONSISTENCIES, AT LEAST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WITHIN THE EAGLE TIME AND THE ICE GROUP.
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT, "DO THE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THIS IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACROSS, OR ARE WE JUST GOING THROUGH IT IN THE CHECKLIST?" I THINK THE STUDENT SURVEY OR EVALUATION IS SOMEHOW GETTING US SOME FEEDBACK AS TO, "ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING?" OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MODELING AND GETTING THIS TO THE STUDENTS, SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT'S HAPPENING? YOU CAN HAVE THE COURSE, BUT IF THE COURSE IS BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH AND NO ONE IS GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF IT, THEN YOU AREN'T ACTUALLY DOING IT.
>> OR IF IMPLEMENTING A SURVEY IS TOO CUMBERSOME, YOU CAN LOOK AT THINGS LIKE, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE TEACHERS OFFERING TO KIDS, OR ARE THEY ADVISORS FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS, OR HAVE THEY MENTORED STUDENTS, OR PERSONAL REPORTS FROM TEACHERS, BUT THEN AGAIN, IT GETS MORE SUBJECTIVE IN WHO'S GOING TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY OR ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> [INAUDIBLE] WOULD YOU ALSO EXTEND THAT TO EMPLOYEES? ARE THERE EMPLOYEE SURVEYS THAT SAY, "DO YOU FEEL RESPECTED IN YOUR JOB? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TREATED FAIRLY?" THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
THAT WOULD AT LEAST BE QUANTIFIABLE.
>> I ALSO THOUGHT THAT IF I CAN FIND MY BOOK OF COMMENTS.
HERE IT IS, ARE THERE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO THIS REPORT? THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS ASKED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.
I SAID THE ANSWERS GIVEN IN THE FINAL REMARKS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, THOSE THAT TALKED ABOUT SELF HARMS, SUICIDE ASSESSMENTS, ETC.
I THINK IF THE SUPERINTENDENT HADN'T DECIDED TO PUT THOSE GRAPHS IN THERE, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COVERED AT ALL IN SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
WHILE THE QUESTIONS THREE THROUGH SIX REALLY FOCUSED ON CARING FOR OTHERS.
I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING IN HERE ABOUT STUDENTS CARING FOR THEMSELVES.
BECAUSE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND THE BIGGEST [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T KNOW MAYBE THE BIGGEST ANYWAY, GOING OFF ON A TANGENT.
A RISK TO STUDENTS IS NOT NECESSARILY A RISK FROM SOMEONE ELSE, BUT IT'S A RISK FROM THEMSELVES.
IF WE'RE TEACHING SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, I THINK WE NEED TO INCLUDE A QUESTION ON THAT.
ARE OUR STUDENTS CARING FOR THEMSELVES?
>> DO THEY HAVE THE TOOLS OR THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO DO THAT? SPEAKING OF THOSE GRAPHS, IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE CLARITY AS FAR AS WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE 0-100 OR 0-80 IS THAT PERCENT, IS THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS? IF IT'S NUMBER OF STUDENTS, HOW MANY STUDENTS?
>> I THINK THAT'S THE NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS.
IN 2021-2022 IN HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WERE 70 SUICIDE ASSESSMENTS.
>> BUT I WILL SAY TO HIM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO TO IMPROVE UPON.
FOR INSTANCE, IF WE LOOK AT THE GRAPH ON PAGE NUMBER 14, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT Y-AXIS, WE DID NOT IDENTIFY THAT THAT ACTUALLY STANDS FOR THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS THAT ANSWERED FAVORABLY.
WE DO HAVE SOME WORK TO DO IN EXPLAINING HOW THE GRAPHS A LITTLE BIT MORE COGNITIVELY.
>> AT THE BOTTOM, ON PAGE 13, IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT Y-AXIS THAT ACTUALLY ASKS US OR IT IDENTIFIES THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS THAT ANSWERED FAVORABLY.
THAT IS ACTUALLY REALLY CHALLENGING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THAT? WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE IS A PERCENT THAT'S GIVEN
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AND THAT DETERMINES THE PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS THAT SELECTED A FAVORABLE RESPONSE.FOR ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS SUCH AS, HOW EXCITED ARE YOU ABOUT GOING TO THIS CLASS? IT GIVES YOU FIVE ANSWER OPTIONS.
TYPICALLY THE TOP TWO ANSWER OPTIONS ARE POSITIVE IN NATURE.
SUCH AS VERY EXCITED OR QUITE EXCITED.
THEY COMBINE THOSE TWO SCORES AND YOU GET AN OVERALL FAVORABLE PERCENTAGE.
WHEN YOU SEE THAT SCORE, THAT IS WHAT IT REPRESENTS.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO ON THAT IN TERMS OF EXPLAINING THAT.
>> ON THE BAR GRAPHS IN THAT CHART CAN WE EITHER STATISTICALLY HELD STEADY, OR HAD IMPROVEMENTS LIKE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND SCHOOL SAFETY AND TEACHERS' STUDENTS.
I ASSUME THAT'S TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP. THAT'S CORRECT.
THEY ALL WENT UP AFTER COVID, WHICH I THINK IS KUDOS, TO FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S GOOD.
>> WELL, I THINK IT GOES BACK AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS BEING ADDRESSED SO THEY WANT TO NOT NECESSARILY A DEAD HORSE, BUT THE INFORMATION, THE DATA IS GREAT, THE ASSESSMENT, OR THE END OF ANALYSIS.
I REVERT IT IS WAY BETTER THAT'S THE PART WHERE LIKE MELINDA TOPIC, GETTING SOMEBODY WHO PUT THE DATA TOGETHER, AND GIVE YOU GUYS DATA SO YOU CAN MAKE AND EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN PUTTING THE GRAPH TOGETHER IN MY MIND BECAUSE THAT TELLS US WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN THEY CAN LOOK AND GO FROM THERE.
IN NO CASE THESE GRAPHS THAT ARE BASED ON SURVEYS OR SOME OTHER SCREENING TOOL.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO SEE WHAT STUDENTS WERE ASKED, HOW THEY'RE BEING SORTED? WHO EVALUATES THIS? WHERE DO YOU REFER THEM TO AND THAT THING? THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS I HAVE THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ADDRESSED IN THE REPORT.
>> YOU'RE CORRECT. IT IS NOT ADDRESSED IN THERE AS WE REVIEWED IT FURTHER AND GET SOME GREAT QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL POSED AFTER RECEIVING THIS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THIS.
THIS IS AN EVALUATION TOOL, AND MAJORITY OF THE DATA THAT WE TAKE IT FROM THERE IS USED OR TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM A TOOL THAT'S CALLED PANORAMA.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SPEND SOME MORE TIME REVIEWING WHAT THAT TOOL IS, WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED.
WHO COMPLETES THE EVALUATIONS BECAUSE IT DOES VARY BY GRADE LEVEL.
CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS COULD BE TO CERTAIN PORTION OF IT AND ANOTHER GRADE LEVELS COULD BE ANOTHER PORTION OF IT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING, FOR INSTANCE, AT THE GRAPH ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 13, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE FIRST PART, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, AND SELF-EFFICACY, SELF-MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL AWARENESS, THOSE ARE COMPLETED BY ALL STUDENTS IN K12.
HOWEVER, IF YOU MOVE OVER TO THE SCHOOL CLIMATE, SCHOOL SAFETY, SENSE OF BELONGING IN THAT TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP THAT'S ONLY COMPLETED BY STUDENTS IN EITHER IN 2019.
WHAT WAS REFLECTED IN HERE WAS THAT STUDENTS NINE THROUGH 12 AND IN 2022 IS ACTUALLY SIX THROUGH 12, SO WE EXPANDED THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO THESE WE NEED TO SPEND SOME MORE TIME, REVIEWING THIS WITH THE TEAM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE EVALUATING AND WHAT TOOL WE ARE USING.
>> THEN I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, THE END OF JUNE WE ACTUALLY MET WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND SOME EXTENDED AND WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THIS DATA.
BECAUSE I THINK STEVE, TO YOUR POINT EARLIER IS WE CAN HAVE THE BEST DATA IN THE WORLD.
BUT IF THERE'S NO PLAN FOR ACTION, WHAT'S THE POINT? WE PUT THIS IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND WRESTLED WITH IT A BIT.
WE'VE MADE AN INTERPRETATION, ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO US AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE GRAPHS SHOWING A LOT MORE OF IT.
EVEN THOUGH WE MADE GAMES, IT STARTED OFF LOW.
THAT WAS SHOCKING WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT BELONGING IS NOT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT OUR STAFF AS WELL.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT WAS RAISED AT THAT TIME BY OUR TEAM WAS WHERE STUDENT VOICE OF THIS.
BESIDES JUST A SURVEY, HOW ARE THEY TALKING TO US ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE DAY TO DAY? WE'RE LUCKY WE HAVE TWO INCREDIBLE STUDENTS RIGHT HERE WHO HEAR FROM STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'M HOPING THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US THINK THROUGH THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT STUDENT'S SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY GROUP, HOW ARE WE UTILIZING THEM TO GATHER THE DATA? BECAUSE THERE'S THE QUANTIFIABLE DATA, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE STORY, THE QUALITATIVE DATA, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GATHER BOTH.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WITH REFERENCED DR. TAMMY CAMPBELL AND SHE'S GOING TO LEAD OR THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY RATE SHE'S GOING TO LEAD OUR WORK AND GO UP.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME SUMMARY AND MAYBE KELLY, YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT AS FAR AS WHAT
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EXACTLY IS BEING DONE IN THAT AREA JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE.>> SURE, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO HAND THAT ONE TO DR. DOMINGUEZ, IF SHE'S OKAY WITH THAT.
NOT TODAY, 48 HOURS AGO, I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE NEW STATEWIDE SUPERINTENDENT MENTOR SUPPORT CONFERENCE.
I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU THE OFFICIAL TITLE.
ANYWAY, DR. CAMPBELL WAS THERE SPEAKING TO ALL THE NEW SUPERINTENDENTS.
SHE RECENTLY DID THIS WORKOUT OF QUINCY AND WHEN I GOT TO HEAR WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, SOME THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, WHEN SHE DID TALK ABOUT BELONGING.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL STUDENTS HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE OF BELONGING, AND SO DO OUR STAFF.
SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IT AS WE NEED SUCCESS CRITERIA TO BE ABLE TO KNOW, NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL, BUT THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH EQUALLY.
THERE WAS A POWERFUL TAKEAWAY.
I CAN EASILY SHARE SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS WITH YOU, BUT IT GAVE ME A SENSE OF WHAT THIS NEXT YEAR WITH HER SIMILAR LOOK LIKE PART OF THAT'S GOING TO BE SHE'S GOING TO BE MEETING WITH US ON TUESDAY MORNING AND TALKING TO US AS AN ADMIN TEAM.
WHAT DOES OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEORY OF ACTION LOOK LIKE? THEN AS LEADERS, WE WILL GO BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND WORK WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS, GATHER INPUT.
WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER, REVIEW THAT, AND IT'LL JUST KEEP THIS CYCLE.
IT'S A CO-CREATION OF WHO DO WE WANT TO BE AS A SYSTEM? WHO DO OUR STUDENTS NEED US TO BE AS A SYSTEM AND MOVING FORWARD AROUND THAT.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> SOMEBODY YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS COLLABORATION, JUST COMING UP WITH A SENSE OF DIRECTION AND DEFINITIONS OF THE SYSTEM.
HOW IS THAT BE REPORTED BACK TO US?
>> YOU'LL BE GETTING UPDATES ON JUST THIS WORD LEARNING.
THE THING IS, I THINK SOMETIMES WE HIRE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, THEY COME IN, THEY DO A TOUR, AND THEN WE ALL WILL SHAKE OUR HANDS, WE CHECK THE BOX AND WE SAY WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN THIS AND THEN WE GO BACK TO DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL.
SHE'S NOT SOMEONE I'VE KNOWN HER PERSONALLY OVER THE YEARS.
SHE IS NOT SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND THERE'LL BE AN EXPECTATION TEAM, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I REFERRED TO OUR RECEIPTS. WHAT ARE THE RECEIPTS? WE'RE GOING TO AS A SYSTEM THAT BEGAN TO POINT BACK TO THE WORK AND YOU'RE LEARNING AND PART OF IT AND COMES OUT IS BEING REALLY HONEST ABOUT WHERE WE'RE STARTING.
WE HAVE TO STRIKE THE EARTH, BUT IT'S NOT, SHE'S DEFINITELY NOT SOMEONE WHO'S JUST GOING TO LET US LIVE IN THE FLUFF.
I WILL SAY AND SHE GOING TO HOLD HER FEET TO THE FIRE.
BUT THEN WHAT WILL THOSE MARKERS BE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS? YOU SHOULD SEE THOSE IN THE REPORTS AS WE GO ON.
YOU SHOULD SEE THOSE IN MY WEEKLY UPDATES.
THEN I'M HOPING THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SPEND SOME TIME IN THE SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS THIS YEAR.
I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO VISIT A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS AND ACTUALLY START TO HEAR A LOUD, WHAT DO THOSE ACTIONS LOOK LIKE.
AS ADULTS, WE NEED TO BE ENGAGED IN THE LEARNING AND IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, STEVE, IT'S ABOUT GROWTH.
THERE IS NO ENDGAME, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO REACH IT.
BUT WE CANNOT JUST SAY WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND MOVE ON ABOUT OUR DAY.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT IS IT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR CHILDREN? YOU KNOW THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS I'M MEETING WITH STAFF.
THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR IT, THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT, THEY'RE READY TO GO.
I JUST CAN'T THINK OF A MORE OPPORTUNE TIME FOR YOU ALL TO DEFINE WHO WE ARE.
THAT'S THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON FRIDAY, I WILL BE SENDING OUT TO YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, THE THEORY OF ACTION, AND THEN ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE OUTCOMES THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE REPORT IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE TEAM WILL HAVE A WORK PLAN THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR, THAT WILL MATCH UP AND THEN A THREE-YEAR PE PLAN FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
WE SHOULD WALK AWAY WITH SOME NICE DELIVERABLES THAT WILL GUIDE OUR DIRECTION.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? THEN AGAIN, PLEASE FEEL FREE, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SUMMARY, THE SUN RADIATION QUESTIONS AND GET THOSE BACK TO LISA SO WE CAN GET THOSE ONTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
THAT THEN TAKES US TO ITEM 7 OF OUR MEETING AGENDA,
[7. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]
WHICH WE ARE SHARING.[01:25:02]
FIRST, WE HAVE 7.01, WHICH IS STUDENTS SHARING.I SEE THE FINGER-POINTING [LAUGHTER] AND I GUESS THAT MEANS YOU'RE ON.
>> I GUESS MS. GARNER AND ERIC REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN SHE WAS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE PIONEER PARADE UP THE BANNER AND I THINK SHE'S DOING CONTOURS.
I'M NOT SURE. I THINK SHE WAS LOOKING FOR SOME.
I WILL THERE 10:51 AM TO 1:00 PM.
OTHER THAN THAT GIVEN IT'S FRIDAY.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WEBINARS QUITE THE WEATHER PERSON.
>> YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS? ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS? SOME OLD BANNER.
>> I THINK WE STILL NEED SOME BECAUSE SHE WAS STILL POSTING ABOUT IT.
I THINK WE STILL NEED SOME [INAUDIBLE] HOLD UP THE BANNER FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> IS THE BANNER AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE AGREED?
>> YES, [LAUGHTER] IT WAS THERE AT THE BEGINNING.
>> I'M NOT REALLY [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] THIS TALK IS LIKE OUR JULY MEETING NEXT TO THE AUGUST MEETING AND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY IN SCHOOL.
IT'S FREAKING ME OUT OF A LITTLE BIT, BUT OTHER THAN WHAT GARNER SAID, NO, NOT REALLY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE THERE. I CAN READ MONDAY, BUT I HEAR THAT CAN BE GREAT AND I HOPE IT'S NOT TOO HOT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] OKAY THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS.
>> I GOT NOTHING EXCEPT TO REITERATE WHAT KACYIE SAID.
ALMOST LIKE GOING TO THE STORES AND THE SEE FILE'S BACK-TO-SCHOOL STUFF, IT'S LIKE NO. [LAUGHTER].
>> I THINK THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SALES DONE SO THEY CAN GO TO TOP FOR CHRISTMAS.
>> EXACTLY. MY FATHER SAID YOU HAVE TO BE THANKFUL BEFORE YOU GET GREEDY.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DO THANKSGIVING FIRST. IT'S UP TO STEVE
>> I'M GOING TO DRAW AN FYI TO EVERYBODY.
I KNOW THERE WAS AN EMAIL SENT OUT BY MARK JACKSON, BUT I GOT SCAMMED ON MY EMAIL.
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I DO RECEIVE HOUSE EMAIL AND SOMEBODY WAS VERY CLEVER AND THEY SCAMMED ME.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT.
I JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A WARNING.
REALLY BE CAREFUL BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VERY CLEVER.
THEY MAY USE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS NAMES AND THEY SIGN AND THEY GOT ME.
JUST GIVING AN FYI TO EVERYBODY.
>> IF YOU GET ANYTHING THAT LOOKS STRANGE OR WEIRD, ASK WHAT THIS IS.
IT'S EVIDENTLY OUT THERE. LINDA?
>> MY SON, GRADUATED IN JUNE, ON MONDAY MORNING, LEFT FOR A ROAD TRIP WITH SOME OF HIS BUDDIES, ALL FERNDALE SCHOOL GRADUATES FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.
I MAY OR MAY NOT BE CHECKING MY PHONE FOR TEXTS ON WHERE MY CHILD IS A LOT.
MY HUSBAND MAY OR MAY NOT BE LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES IN SOUTHERN UTAH OF HOW HOT IT IS, AND I'M FREAKING OUT.
BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER STORY.
HE'LL COME BACK AFTER THAT TWO WEEKS FOR LIKE THREE DAYS AND THEN HE GOES TO COLLEGE SO EMPTY NESTER.
WHICH THEN BRINGS AROUND TO, I SAID IT BEFORE, NONE OF YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE KIDS IN THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO IF ANYBODY IS OUT THERE WHO'S THINKING OF RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD, GIVE ME A CALL, ASK ME WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE ON SCHOOL BOARD WHO HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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NOT THAT I DON'T LOVE YOU ALL.I LOVE YOU ALL. I THINK IT'S GREAT.
>> THANK YOU. FROM MY OWN, JUST A REMINDER.
WE HAVE OUR TRAINING ON THURSDAY, 6:00 TILL 10:00.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THAT TRAINING TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
THERE'S AIR CONDITIONING THERE.
>> [LAUGHTER], AND RUMOR HAS IT'S GOING TO STILL BE HOT THEN, SO ANYWAY, AND AS THE UPDATE FROM CHRISTY SAID, JACKSON'S WORKING ON FOOD AND SO WE WON'T GO HUNGRY AND WE WON'T MELT.
JUST A REMINDER, MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME TO HELP ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS, CLARIFY A LOT OF THINGS.
GIVE US SOME DIRECTION AS TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO MOVING FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL THINGS AS FAR AS THE POLICY GOVERNANCE AS WE GET MORE INTO A WORKING MODEL.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. EXEC TEAM.
WE ASKED MARK BEFORE, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE OVER ON THAT TABLE MARK?
>> I'M ALONE OVER HERE. [LAUGHTER]
>> WE MISS YOU OVER HERE, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU AT LEAST IN THE ROOM.
I GOT TO VISIT SUMMER SCHOOL A COUPLE OF TIMES.
IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND I KNOW THAT NOT BECAUSE I ASKED THE ADULTS, EVEN THOUGH THE ADULTS CONFIRMED WHAT I WAS OBSERVING.
I GOT TO TALK TO SOME STUDENTS WHO ABSOLUTELY WERE LIVING IN.
ON THE VERY LAST DAY, A YOUNG GIRL CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LATE AND I SAID, SO ARE YOU SAD TODAY'S THE LAST DAY? SHE GOES, I REALLY AM, AND OFF SHE WENT TO CLASS.
SO WE'LL BE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER TO TALK ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL AND WHAT WENT REALLY WELL.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR? DO WE WANT IT TO BE LONGER? AND I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, SO STAY TUNED, BUT IT REALLY WAS PRETTY AMAZING TO WATCH.
I GOT TO GO TO A WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETING AND LISTEN TO OUR TEAM AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILD.
I GOT TO LISTEN TO DYKEMAN AND CORNERSTONE.
WHEN I WAS SO APPRECIATIVE ABOUT THAT ENTIRE TIME, IS HOW IT ALWAYS CAME BACK TO OUR STUDENTS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THEY NEVER LOST THAT THREAD.
THEN I HAVE THE INCREDIBLE FORTUNATE TO GO VISIT THE SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED THROUGH QUITE A FEW FACILITIES, OPENINGS AND SO IT WAS EXCITING TO WATCH, BUT JUST THE JOY AND ENTHUSIASM, AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT SCHOOL TO OPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS.
HAVING BEEN A MOM OF STUDENTS WHO GOT TO EXPERIENCE A NEW HIGH SCHOOL MID-YEAR, THERE IS JUST A REAL INCREDIBLE JOY AND PRIDE THAT COMES WITH IT.
LIKE I SAID, THE BOM'S OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO COME UP IN THEIR WORK, AND THE LATEST CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE GETTING TO HAVE AROUND HIGH SCHOOL IS WITH THE TEAM THERE, AND WHAT DOES TEACHING AND LEARNING REALLY LOOK LIKE IN THAT SPACE? RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE FACILITIES AND THE ACTUAL BUILDING, SO WHAT'S GOING BE THE CULTURE, HOW DO WE REOPEN THAT AND REALLY MAINTAIN A LOT OF WHO WE HAVE BEEN, BUT ALSO RE-ENVISION WHO WE WANT TO BE IN THAT SPACE.
I'M EXCITED FOR THAT CONVERSATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF, WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS WEEK TO GET ALL THE THINGS READY.
IT IS HOT. OUR BUILDINGS ARE NOT AIR CONDITIONED.
THEY ARE SHOWING UP, THEY WERE DOING EVERYTHING, MARK CELINE, AND I WENT OUT AND ABOUT AND JAMIE WENT OUT AND ABOUT TODAY JUST TO CHECK ON FOLKS AND PAINTING AND MOVING FURNITURE, AND VACUUMING AND CARPET COMING UP, AND IT WAS AMAZING.
WE HAVE RIPPED UP FIELD CARPETS IN THE HALLWAYS AND THE STAIRS, WHICH IT WAS FASCINATING TO ME AS A FORMER ELEMENTARY TEACHER TO HAVE THAT MUCH CARPET BECAUSE, ONE SPILL AND YOU'VE GOT A MESS.
WE'RE GOING HAVE SOME NEW FLOORING COMING IN AT CENTRAL, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT.
THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ALL SUMMER LONG.
I THINK WE DON'T REALIZE THE EXTENT OF THE WORK THAT OUR CREWS DO IN THE SUMMER TO GET OUR SCHOOLS READY, AND YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME JAZZY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING TODAY.
WE ONLY HAVE THIS MANY DAYS AND THEY JUST ARE WORKING SO INCREDIBLY HARD, SO A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THEM.
LAST WEEK, CELINE AND I GOT TO GO TO CHICAGO AND REALLY LEARN ABOUT HOW DOES A DISTRICT TELL IT'S STORY.
THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE NATION.
A LOT OF SUPERINTENDENTS ALSO ATTENDED.
I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RATIO WOULD BE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS WE ARE, AND THEY HAD REALLY GOOD CASE STUDIES FOR ME TO LEARN BY.
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I MADE SOME GREAT CONNECTIONS WITH FOLKS THAT WE CAN TAP INTO SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LAUNDER LIMIT CAMPAIGNS OR HOW DO YOU GET BRINGING STUDENT VOICE IN THE PLACE.I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, CELINE AND JACKSON, AS I LISTEN TO OTHER COMMUNICATION TEAMS, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS, AND OUR TEAM'S BEEN DOING THAT.
WE REALLY ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME WITH OUR COMMS GROUP HERE, AND SO THAT WAS EXCITING AS WELL.
THEN MY ENTRY PLAN, SPEAKING OF THAT, WE GOT TO THINK THROUGH THAT AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THAT MUCH TIME WITH CELINE AND TO REALLY JUST SUMMARIZE WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING SO FAR.
THINGS HAVE COME UP AROUND BELONGING.
NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR STAFF COMMUNICATIONS.
THAT'S WHY I WENT INTO THIS, AND THEN JUST SUPPORT.
HOW ARE WE DEFINING HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION? OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING SO INCREDIBLY HARD, AND SO HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING THEM AND THEN HOW ALSO ARE WE ALIGNING OUR PRACTICES? CELINE, ANYTHING, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A RE-BRANDING AND YOU BELONG IS COMING OUT.
CELINE IS GOING TO PASS OUT TO ALL OF YOU, SOME NEW STICKERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT WITH SOME OF OUR NEW.
MY ENTRY PLAN WHICH YOUR NAMES ARE ON IS GOING TO PUBLICATION ON FRIDAY, SO WE WILL GET THAT FINAL DRAFT TO YOU TO LOOK AT.
BUT I'M EXCITED TO GET THAT STARTED AND I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I TOO WILL BE AT PIONEER DAYS.
I AM A LEADER ON FRIDAY. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO BE IN THE PARADE AS WELL, SO MAYBE YOU'LL SEE ME THERE.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GRACIOUSLY GIVING ME THEIR TIME TO JUST SIT DOWN.
I DRINK MORE COFFEE THAN I THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
BUT IT'S BEEN A GIFT TO LEARN ABOUT FERNDALE, AND JUST THAT EXPERTISE AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT EXISTS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA,
[8. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
[9. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
AND I THINK WE WILL START BEFORE WE GO TO MAIN CONSENT.WE'LL GO AHEAD, AND JUST WANT TO GET MY NUMBERS CORRECT AS I WAKE MY COMPUTER BACK OUT.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ITEMS 9.03, WHICH IS THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 11 REPORT AND THE 9.05 REPORT FOR THE WORLD LANGUAGES TO NEXT MONTH, SO THOSE FULL REPORTS ARE THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT. 9.04.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS THAT AT THIS POINT.
MAYBE YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND WE BRING THOSE UP AND EITHER ADDRESS THOSE OR MOVE IT TO NEXT MONTH TO DEPENDENT ON.
IS ITEM 9.04 WAS A REPORT 2.8, TOO MANY NUMBERS IN PERIODS IN THERE BUT GETS VERY CONFUSING.
BUT THAT WAS THE ONE THAT DID HAVE THE SUMMARY REPORT.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN AT THIS POINT.
>> ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I WAS HOPING IN ECSTASY THIS ONE FOR AFTER WE HAVE OUR MEETING WITH RICK BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION THERE THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL.
>> ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE MOVE IT TO NEXT MONTH?
>> THANKS, AMY. ANY OBJECTION FOR THEIR SUPPORT? THEN WE WILL MOVE IT TO THE AUGUST MEETING AS WELL.
WITH THAT, I'LL ADDRESS THAT LEAVES US WITH BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS.
AS I'VE STATED MANY TIMES, THE CONTENT AGENDA OUR GROUP OF ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT PRIOR TO THE MEETING ASK QUESTIONS AND THEY ARE TYPICALLY ROUTINE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO APPROVE IN ONE MOTION AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUALLY ON EACH ITEM.
IF THERE IS NOT ANY DISCUSSION, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDAS.
>> I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION AS FAR AS FOR THE REPORTS AND APPROVING REPORTS AND OUR RESPONSES AND STEPS TO THEM.
[01:40:07]
FIND MOVING TO THE NEXT MONTH, I'M NOT GOING TO LIKE VOTE AGAIN OR ANYTHING, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE A CADENCE TO KEEP OURSELVES ON TRACK.IF WE KEEP MOVING THEM FOR WHATEVER REASON, MONTH AFTER MONTH, IT'S LIKE WE CAN'T GET INTO THE HABIT OF APPROVING IN APRIL REPORT IN OCTOBER.
>> I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT IS JUST I THINK THE CLARIFICATION THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS MEETING THAT WE HAVE, WILL HELP.
WE'LL BE BACK ON SCHEDULE. I THINK SO.
>> I'M HOPING SO TOO JUST KNOWING WHAT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE REPORTS AND HOW DO WE MAKE THEM SO THAT THEY ARE SOMEWHAT FOLDABLE AND WHATEVER THEY ARE.
>> IN OUR CONVERSATION JUST AS A TEASER FOR THE TRAINING.
IN OUR CONVERSATION WITH RICK, WE ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND HE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS IN REGARDS TO, HOW DID THE POLICIES WE'VE TALKED? WE WENT THROUGH THE POLICY, THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT AREN'T RIGHT OR WE NEED TO CHANGE OR MODIFY.
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT? HE HAD SOME IDEAS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE HOMEWORK OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, I ALWAYS HATED HOMEWORK AT THIS AGE.
I'M BEYOND SCHOOL, BUT THE HOMEWORK THAT'S THERE. WHAT'S THAT?
>> HOMEWORK IS A GOOD THING. IT'S NOT EVIL.
>> IT'S NOT EVIL. HOMEWORK IS GOOD.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'LL BE MY NEW MANTRA.
[LAUGHTER] IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THOSE, CERTAINLY THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THERE AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP SET US UP TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT RICK HAS PRESENTED AND JUST MOVE THE CONVERSATION FORWARD AND MAKE THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME.
I PARTICULARLY LIKED CHRISTY AND I TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY MODIFYING THE UNIVERSITY PLACE.
THEIR INTRODUCTORY WHERE IT GOES THROUGH AND PUTS FORTH A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DO ENTICING TO THE RCW AND/OR THE POLICY GOVERNANCE AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME AND HAVING BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ON THE BOARD FOR AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THEM.
WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MELINDA, AND WE'LL GO BACK.
>> ONE MORE COMMENT. WHAT WAS LINKAGES? I SEE THAT WORD AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> THE LINKAGES ARE ESSENTIALLY LINKS TO COMMUNITY, TO DIFFERENT GROUPS.
BASICALLY, IT'S PART OF ESTABLISHING THAT FEEDBACK LOOP, SO YOU'RE HEARING WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS, AND NOT JUST THE LOUDEST PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT VARIOUS GROUPS MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO SEEK OUT THOSE OPINIONS IN THE SENSE OF NOT ONLY THE LOUDEST VOICES BUT THOSE VOICES THAT SOMETIMES ARE NOT HEARD.
THAT IS THE PART THAT ADMITTEDLY WAS THE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH THE LINKAGES.
NOW WE HAVE COVID WHEN WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MEET AND GET HER OFF WITH EVERYONE.
IT'S DEFINITELY A PART THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
CHRISTY AND I, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RICK, ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND HOW DO WE ESTABLISH THOSE, AND I THINK CHRISTY IS DOING A LOT OF THAT IN SOME OF HER INTERACTIONS.
NOW LET'S COME TO THE BOARD TO WORK AT THAT AS WELL.
DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? COOL.
>> THURSDAY NIGHT'S MEETING, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ATTACHMENTS OF WHAT OUR HOMEWORK IS.
SHOULD WE HAVE THOSE ATTACHMENTS SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT WE'RE PRE-STUDYING?
>> DEFINITELY, WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET THEM ATTACHED THERE.
>> I HAVE THEM IN MY E-MAIL AND SEARCH, BUT I'M JUST THINKING LIKE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND SUCH.
>> YEAH, I KNOW. [OVERLAPPING] JACKSON, IF YOU COULD SEE THAT THOSE, I GOT A THUMBS UP OVER THERE SO WE'RE GOOD.
>>THIS WORK SESSION IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED LIKE [INAUDIBLE] THERE.
DO WE INVITE FEEDBACK AFTERWARD? I REALIZE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COMMENT OR ANYTHING IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE, BUT IS THERE ANY PUBLIC FEEDBACK THAT WE PROVIDE HERE AND PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT?
>> THERE'S NO SCHEDULE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT MEETING, BUT THE PUBLIC IS ALWAYS WELCOME TO GIVE US FEEDBACK.
THAT'S WHY OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS UP ON THE WEB.
CERTAINLY, ANY COMMENT THEY WANT TO GIVE US VIA E-MAIL, PHONE, AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT.
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>> I JUST WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT SAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT US HERE, JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT FEEDBACK IS WELCOME.
>> I LOVE THAT AND ONE THING I WOULD SAY THE FEEDBACK WILL COME IN, THAT TRAINING IS GOING TO HELP US KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION.
IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE BASED ON THAT TRAINING.
HOW DOES THE FEEDBACK GO FOR OUR POLICIES, HOW WE FUNCTION AS A BOARD, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT FEEDBACK IS CONTINUAL AND THIS MAY NOT BE WE MAY HAVE BEEN A NIGHT SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED ANOTHER TRAINING TO COME BACK.
WE TRY SOME THINGS. WE'D GO BACK BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO SIT IN THE SEAT OF THE LEARNER, AND SO IT'LL BE POWERFUL FOR US AND IT WILL BE VERY PUBLIC IN EVERY MEETING AND HOW WE TALKED ABOUT AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE REALLY INTENTIONAL ON HOW WE SHARE AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
>> DEFINITELY, AND I WON'T BE SURPRISED IF WE DON'T COME OUT OF IT GOING WE NEED MORE TRAINING JUST GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS SPENT ORIGINALLY WORKING THROUGH THESE.
AS WE HAVE FOUND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE WITH THEM, THIS PART IS FINE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THEN AGAIN, TERRIBLE ENTERTAINMENT MOTION AND DISPENSE WITH THE CONSENT AGENDAS.
>> WHEN THE PROMOTION DISPENSE WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> I WILL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDAS, BOTH THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT, AS PRESENTED AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES, MINUS THE ITEMS THAT WE TOOK OFF AND DELAYED UNTIL NEXT MONTH, 9.03, 9.04, AND 9.05.
>> ALL OPPOSED. CONSENT AGENDAS ARE APPROVED.
THAT DOES TAKE US DOWN TO ITEMS 10 AND 11 TENDING
[11. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]
THE GERMAN 11 AS THE MEETING EVALUATION.IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, ATTACHED TO THE MEETING EVALUATION IS THE ASSESSMENT FROM LAST MONTH AND THE CONSENSUS DATA OF WHAT WE ALL PUT TOGETHER.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
JACKSON, DO YOU HAVE EVALUATIONS FOR TONIGHT AND THE FIRST ONES WE'RE DONE? COOL. JACKSON WILL FILL THOSE OUT AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED WITH RICK ABOUT BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NEVER REALLY COME UP WITH A GOOD SYSTEM ABOUT WAS MEETING EVALUATION, SO THAT WAS ANOTHER THING HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE TRAINING.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL FILL OUT THE FORMS AND HAVE SOME DATA FROM OUR INPUT ON THE MEETINGS THAT WE MAYBE TALK ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THAT TRAINING.
PLEASE BEFORE YOU LEAVE, FILL THOSE OUT AND REMEMBER THAT THERE WILL BE PAPERS FOR VARIOUS ONES OF US TO SIGN.
SOME OF US WILL NEED TO SIGN ALL PAPERS.
SOME WILL JUST INSERT ONE, SO DON'T LEAVE BEFORE YOU'VE DONE SIGNING.
WITH THAT, I WILL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
FEEL FREE TO CONFINE SOMEPLACE COOL TO HANG OUT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.