Dr. Erickson will call the meeting to order and welcome audience members.
At this time, the Pledge of Allegiance will be recited.
Mr. Ledbetter will recite this land acknowledgement:
We, the Ferndale School District, acknowledge we are residing on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Lummi People.
The Lummi People are the original inhabitants of Washington's northernmost coast and southern British Columbia. They lived in villages throughout this territory and continue to have an ongoing relationship with these areas.
Since Time Immemorial, they have celebrated life on their water ways and on 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.
The Board will adopt the meeting agenda.
Dr. Erickson will recognize audience members who have comments to present to the Board.
You can either pre-register by emailing School Board support at kristin.newberry@ferndalesd.org before the meeting with your name, email address and reason for speaking, or by filling out the sign-in sheet at the meeting that evening.
If you’re unable to attend the meeting in-person, you may comment virtually over Zoom. If you wish to do this, please email School Board support at kristin.newberry@ferndalesd.org before the meeting and provide your name, email address and reason for speaking.
For either option, you may also pre-register to comment on the Ferndale School District website at this link: https://www.ferndalesd.org/school-board/public-comment-form.
Commenters who pre-registered will get the chance to speak first. Each commenter will get 3 minutes to speak, and there will be a total of 45 minutes of public comment, in order to allow enough time for the School Board to conduct other business.
Adopt Resolution 18-2022 Redistricting Director Districts, as attached here and made a part of the minutes.
This resolution updates the Ferndale School Board Districts for the next ten years, as required by law.
Assistant Superintendent for Business and Support Services Mark Deebach will report on the Capital Projects Bond.
Executive Directors for Teaching and Learning Dr. Faye Britt and Kellie Larrabee will present the Monitoring Report for Results Policy 2.2 (R-2.2) Mathematics.
The Board will discuss this report at the September regular meeting.
Student board members will share information.
Board members will share information.
The superintendent will share information.
Members of the Executive Team will share information.
Audit Committee Members are Jessie Deardorff, Kevin Erickson and Melinda Cool.
Authorized Voucher Transmittals:
GENERAL FUND
Vouchers 286382-286493 & 286505-286604 in the amount of $1,359,352.87.
Warrants 478139-478159 dated July 29, 2022, in the amount of $1,775,249.73 and electronic deposits in the amount of $3,946,661.47 for a total of $5,721,911.20.
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
Vouchers 286494-286498 & 286604-286613 in the amount of $4,972,443.16.
Vouchers 286499-286504 & 286614-286628 in the amount of $38,568.70.
No August warrants
No August warrants
Adopt Resolution No. 20-2022 canceling General Fund warrants numbered 286150, 286188, and 478118, as attached here and made part of the minutes.
Inquiries regarding this matter may be addressed to Assistant Superintendent Mark Deebach.
Accept the July 2022 Fund Balance Financial Statements, as attached here and made part of the minutes.
Inquiries regarding this matter may be addressed to Assistant Superintendent Mark Deebach.
Approve the hiring of personnel, per the list attached and made a part of the minutes.
Questions regarding this matter may be addressed to Executive Director of Human Resources John Fairbairn.
Approve resignations and retirements per the list attached and made a part of the minutes.
Questions regarding this item may be addressed to Executive Director of Human Resources, John Fairbairn.
Approve leave of absences, per the list attached and made a part of the minutes.
Questions regarding these items may be addressed to Executive Director of Human Resources John Fairbairn.
Approve Personal and Supplemental contracts for August 2022, per the list attached here and made a part of the minutes.
Questions regarding these items may be addressed to Executive Director of Human Resources John Fairbairn.
Approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ferndale School District and Compass Health.
With the approval of the MOU, youth counseling for students in the Ferndale School District will be provided to financially eligible students, according to the needs of the participants. Funding for the service will be through contracts between the Managed Care Organizations of Washington State (MCO's) and Compass Health, as attached here and made a part of the minutes.
Adopt Resolution 20-2022 Authorizing Membership in WIAA, as attached here and made part of the minutes.
This renews our membership with the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.
Approve minutes of the last regular meeting, the July 26 public hearing, and the July 28 study session meeting, as attached here and made a part of the minutes.
Review the year-to-date Board of Directors' Budget as of July 31, 2022, as attached here and made part of the minutes.
Inquiries regarding this matter may be addressed to Assistant Superintendent Mark Deebach.
Board members will evaluate the meeting.