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>> OKAY [NOISE] I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
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THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE IN OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED OCTOBER'S FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND TONIGHT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH RESIDING THE PLEDGE SO IF YOU CAN ALL JOIN WITH ME AND.>> THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECITATION OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND FOR THAT I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO [INAUDIBLE] .
>> [INAUDIBLE] THEY LIVED IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THIS TERRITORY AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE AREAS.
SINCE TIME FOR IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR LIFE ON WATERWAYS AND TRADITIONAL [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED OCTOBER FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING.
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA AT THIS POINT IS
[2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND BOARD MEMBERS YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU AND AT THIS POINT THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN ANY CHANGES OR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.>> I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS CONTRAST TO SEPARATE THOSE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THE ONE CONTRACT, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE OTHER ONE.
SO RESPONSE TEAM, THE FIRST ONE SLIDE QUESTIONS ON THE NERVE AND NORTHWEST ESD ONE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I NEED ANSWERED.
>> IF I MAY ITEMS [OVERLAPPING] IT'S NOT COMING THROUGH AND IT'S ITEM 8.02 AND 8.03.
>> WE'RE BACK. SO ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED OR SUGGESTIONS? AND THEN IT STANDS BEFORE US A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOVING ITEMS 8.02 AND 8.03 OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO DISCUSS THEM SEPARATELY.
>> OPPOSED? THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED THEN AS AMENDED.
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 3.01 OF OUR AGENDA TONIGHT,
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT.AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HBO, PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT AND IT IS A TIME TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD.
IT'S ONE OF THE MANY WAYS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING IN FRONT OF THE GROUP.
OUR CONTACT INFORMATION, BOTH PHONE NUMBERS, EMAILS ETC ARE LISTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY CONTACT US EITHER OF THOSE AND EVIDENCE.
PUBLIC COMMON IS A TIME THAT IS LISTENING.
WE DO NOT ENGAGE IN COMMUNICATION ON THAT ONE BECAUSE WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THOSE TOPICS THAT ARE PRESENTED.
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ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION WE'RE PRESENTING WHEN WE DO RESPOND.IF EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES WITH A LIMITATION, TOTAL LIMITATION OF 45 MINUTES.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT QUITE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COMMENT TONIGHT SO PLEASE DO TRY TO WRAP UP YOU'RE INNOCENT.
I ALWAYS FEEL AWKWARD HAVING TO CUT A LOT OF THAT.
I WANT TO BE FAIR TO LOTS OF SPEED.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M KELLY, ARE YOU READY TO BE MY OKAY.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START AND TONIGHT FIRST PERSON I HAVE ON THE LIST IS ANGIE QUINN.
>> I HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU, WHEN YOU BREAK IT AVERAGES.
>> RIGHT UP [NOISE] TO WHERE? LATENCY. [LAUGHTER] [NOISE].
>> I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
TODAY MAYBE FOR YOU NO LONGER AN FSB EMPLOYEE OF OCTOBER 7, 2022 FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS, I WASN'T FSB EMPLOYEE.
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN INVENTED 23 YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE BOTH HAVE RESIGNED DUE TO HARASSMENT RULING.
OF THE EIGHT YEARS WORKING HE MISSED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PERMANENT ADVISORY PAST EVALUATIONS OF A STRONG COUNT STANDING EMPLOYEE.
HOWEVER, SINCE MY NON VACCINATION OR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION, SEPTEMBER 18, 2021, NIGHT AND HARASSED, TARGETED, AND BULLY DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION FOR OVER A YEAR, I HAD TO RESIGN MY POSITION.
THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE MY HARASSMENT FROM THE HARASSERS.
I FELT I WAS LEFT WITH NO OTHER OPTION OR A CHOICE.
MY HEAD AND WELL BEING WAS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
I HAD NEVER BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR, I HAVE HAD FALSE ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST ME, CHARACTER ATTACKS, RACIAL SLURS FOR ROMANCE, ONE OF WHICH WAS GIVEN TO ME AND VERY IMPORTANT SURGERY DAY I'VE HAD ADMITTED TO NINE LUNCHES, DIRECTED IS ONLY GIVEN TO ME TWO FALSELY LED OUT AND HOLD HEARINGS.
PHOSPHINE PRESENTED PUBLICLY SHAMED AND HUMILIATED REGARDING MY RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION ACCOMMODATION, AN UNREALISTIC LINE OF IMPROVEMENT TWO BLOCK TRANSFERS, AND THEN EVALUATION THAT COMPLETELY HAUNTED MY LAST NINE YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT.
WITH FSD, THIS IS JUST A TINY FRACTION OF THE HARASSMENT, THIS IS BACKUP OF THE WITNESS STATEMENTS AND WITH DOCUMENTATION AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER, THIS ADMIN AND HR DIRECTOR OVER HER TRYING TO TERMINATE ME OVER OUR SPEAKERPHONE.
IN DECEMBER MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES AT OTHER MEDIA WITH HR TO HELP REMEDY THE SITUATION, EXPLAIN AND HARASSMENT AND BULLYING HAPPENING IN THE WORKPLACE.
THE HR DIRECTOR AT THAT TIME ASKED IF I WOULD BE OPEN TO MEDIATION.
MEDIATION STILL HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED.
INSTEAD, HE HAS BOUGHT TWO ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER SCHOOLS, HARASSING THEIR MEDICAL LEAVES AND LEAD TWO INVESTIGATIONS, ONE IN WHICH HE IS ACCUSED HARASSER, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THESE TWO INVESTIGATIONS TO THE BOARD.
THE LAST INVESTIGATION ALSO CAME BACK AS CLOSE.
I ASK SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT CAN BE MYSELF, MY WITNESSES NOR MY ONE IS DOCUMENTATION WAS GIVEN AN INVESTIGATOR.
THE ONLY WITNESSES THAT WERE INTERVIEWED WERE THE THREE ACCUSED HARASSERS, DESPITE MY LAWYER REACHING OUT INVESTIGATOR BEING ON MEDICAL LEAVE DURING THAT TIME AND THIS DENYING OVER ANY WITNESS, SAME AS THE INVESTIGATOR CLOSE THE CASE.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK INTO HOW MUCH THIS COSTS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY THAT NOT ONE BUT TWO INVESTIGATIONS HAVE COST FOR FSB FAMILIES.
I DID NOT REQUEST EITHER AN INVESTIGATION.
SECOND I ALSO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ALUMNI WHICH PLAYED AGAINST FSB, THE HR DIRECTOR CHOOSES TO IGNORE AND REFUSES TO PAY AND IS IT CURRENTLY IN OLIVIA FOR ASSESSMENT EXCITATION? FSB CURRENTLY GOES BELOW $5,200, WHICH IS ACCRUING DAILY INTERESTS.
THE RETALIATION GREATLY HAS ACCELERATED UP-TO THIS SUCCESSFUL CLAIM.
THIRD, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU WILL ALL WERE AWARE FSB OFFERED ME $25,000 LESS JUNE TO RESIGN, REMOVE MY OWN AGREEMENT AND TO SIGN A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.
THEY COST TIME AND ENERGY THAT HAS GONE INTO TRYING TO DISCARD ME HAVING COST FOR FSB.
I HEARD THIS BILL WERE TO LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL COST OF TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF MINUS PAINTING THOSE VARIANTS VISIT THAT ALIGN.
FSB REFUSES TO PAY THE COST OF THIS CAR.
NOT ONE, NOT TWO LONGTIME EMPLOYEES, BUT SO MANY MORE APPEARS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING COSTLY SOLD DECISIONS I'M HERE TODAY IN HOST TO BRING FINANCIAL AWARENESS TO THE BOARD AND TO ADVOCATE FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND EMPLOYEES GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.
FAR MOST HR DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATION, THERE WAS A BULLY PROBLEM IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MY HEARTBREAK IS STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU THERE.
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I WAS HOPING TO RETIRE WITH RELATIONSHIPS.I HAVEN'T BEEN TO BUILD THE STAFF PARENTS AND STUDENTS AS WE SHOULD BE APPRECIATING EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENCES, WE SHOULD BE RESPECTING OTHERS.
HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT THE CASE TO FEEL HURT AND DEFEATED OR THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPLAIN MY FEELINGS, THE MORE INCLUSION AND YOU ALONG THIS DISCUSSED THE MORTUARY TRUTH RATHER THAN JUST WORDS.
IT MYSELF COMING HERE TODAY, THAT WAS A HARD TONIGHT TO THE BOARD AND ME TELLING MY STORY CAN HELP MANY OR EVEN JUST ONE EMPLOYEE.
I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I DO HAVE MANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF.
I'M ONLY GOING TO THE PRESS AS SOON AS MY LEGAL COUNCIL ADVISES. SINCERELY ANGIE [APPLAUSE]
NEXT ON THE LIST IS JANINE MANDEL.
[NOISE] I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE SPEAKING TO FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EXCUSE ME. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS FOR MY RETIREMENT.
SOME OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER SEEING MY NAME ON THE DESIGNATION AND WHAT IS TO GAIN.
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS DECISION BECAUSE I GRADUATED FROM FERNDALE, MY KIDS GRADUATED FROM FERNDALE..
I SPENT 23 YEARS WORKING FOR THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I KNOW WHEN CONFLICTS COME BUT I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO KNOW WHY I RESIGNED.
THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR I WITNESSED, IN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, INTIMIDATION, BULLYING AND HARASSMENT IN FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS WENT ON FROM SEPTEMBER TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND NEVER DID I FEEL ADMIN WAS TRYING TO HELP PROBLEM-SOLVE THE SITUATION, IT ALWAYS APPEARED TO GET WORSE.
WE TELL OUR STUDENTS TO STAND UP, WHEN BEING INTIMIDATED, BULLIED OR HARASSED.
I CAN TELL YOU AS AN ADULT IN FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU WILL FEEL COMPLETELY WRONG IN DOING SO.
I WAS TOLD TO SEPARATE MYSELF FROM THE OTHER EMPLOYEE I WITNESSED BEING HARASSED, INTIMIDATED AND BULLIED.
I RESIGNED BECAUSE AFTER 23 YEARS, I RECEIVED THE WORST EMAIL IN WORKING CAREER, AND INDEED THE OFFICE SAID THAT I INSERTED MYSELF UNPROFESSIONALLY IN A SITUATION THAT WAS NONE OF MY BUSINESS FOR THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS BEING HARASSED, INTIMIDATED AND BULLIED.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE TIMES I WAS THE ONLY WITNESS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT THE EMPLOYEE.
HE HAD WRITTEN UP FOR STANDING OUT FOR THEM.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE, DR. DOMINGUEZ, AND TO SPEAK ABOUT HAVE INFORMATION THAT I LEFT WITH THEM WHEN I RESIGNED.
MY HOPE, IF NOTHING ELSE, IS YOU AS A SCHOOL BOARD TO ASK SOME TOUGH QUESTION OF YOUR ADMIN AND [NOISE] REMEMBER, THERE IS ALWAYS MORE THAN ONE SIDE OF THE STORY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, JENNY. NEXT IS DON FONG.
>> GOOD MORNING, OCTOBER 21ST WAS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY SEPARATION FROM WORK DUE TO THE VACCINE AND TESTING METHODS.
I WAS THINKING A MEANINGFUL WAY TO MARK THE EVENT IS TO HAVE A GROUP OF FRIENDS, NINE EXACTLY INCLUDING ME, READ MY OPEN LETTER TO THE DISTRICT.
BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT YOU HAD JUST HEARD, MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE TIME IT'S RAISED IN THE LETTER ARE STILL AS APPLICABLE TODAY AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
THIS LETTER WAS SENT ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2021, EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO.
PLEASE KEEP THAT REFERENCE POINT IN MIND AS IT WOULD HELP YOU FOLLOW THE STORY.
AN OPEN LETTER TO FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I HAVE WORKED FOR FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE 2008.
THIS LETTER CONTAINS MANY PARTING THOUGHTS WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED MAINLY TO THREE SPECIFIC FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS.
BEFORE PROCEEDING, A BIT OF HISTORY HELPS PUT EVERYTHING IN CONTEXT.
I HAVE BEEN A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FOR THE FSD TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SINCE MARCH 9, 2009.
BEFORE THAT, I RODE AS THE SUBSTITUTE DRIVER FOR APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS.
REGARDING THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES ON AUGUST 26, 2021, OUR SECOND DAY OF IN SERVICE TRAINING FOR BUS DRIVERS, THOSE OF US WHO DECLINED THE VACCINES WERE GIVEN A FORM TITLED, "RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION REQUEST FORM, COVID-19 VACCINATION" TO FILL OUT AND SUBMIT BY SEPTEMBER 10TH.
I SUBMITTED THE FORM ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
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ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL APPROVAL FROM JOHN FAVOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, WITH A NEWLY ADDED CONTINGENCY TO TEST, WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN ANY FORM.PART OF THE LETTER STATES, AS A PART OF MAINTAINING SAFETY AT ALL OF OUR WORK SITES, REGULARLY TESTING AND OTHER SAFETY MITIGATION STRATEGIES MAY BE REQUIRED OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED.
THEN ON OCTOBER 15TH, ALL AND ONLY THE UNVACCINATED DRIVERS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM JAMIE BRANKOVICH, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION SAYING AS PART OF YOUR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF YOUR MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS COVID-19 VACCINATION EXTENSION, YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A RAPID COVID TEST TWICE WEEKLY BEGINNING NEXT WEEK.
FAILURE TO REPORT FOR TESTING WILL RESULT IN REPLICATION OF YOUR ACCOMMODATION.
ON THE EARLY MORNING OF OCTOBER 21ST, WHEN A COWORKER AND I REPORTED TO WORK AS USUAL BEFORE THE [NOISE] SUBJECTIVE TESTING, WE REQUESTED A SHORT WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS MANAGER WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY JOINED BY MR. BRANKOVICH TO RAISE SEVERAL CONCERNS.
THAT'S THE END OF THE FIRST PART. THANK YOU.
>> CAN I YOU ASK A QUESTION? HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE TOTAL SIGNED IN?
>> ONE IMPORTANT THING, IF WE HAVE 45 MIN, CAN WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN READING THE LETTER, MOVE TO THE TOP AND THEN COME BACK TO PEOPLE READING.
>> WE COULD. THE OTHER THING IS IF THESE YOUR OWN PARTS, WE COULD JUST FOREGO THE FORMALITY OF INTRODUCING EACH ONE AND JUST GO THROUGH THE ORDER.
BECAUSE IF WE'VE GOT 16 PEOPLE AT THREE MINUTES, WE HAVE 48 MINUTES AND IF EVERYBODY DOESN'T USE THEIR THREE MINUTES THEN WE SHOULD BE GOOD.
>> I'M ASSUMING IF I GOT THIS CORRECTLY, THAT DONALD'S LETTERS IS GOING TO BE READ BY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE CARL, NANCY ROBERT.
>> IF YOU GUYS WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST FOLLOW IN ORDER, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY KEEP US WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AND GIVE EVERYBODY THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
YOU GUYS CAN JUST GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> OUR MAIN POINT WAS THAT WE AGREED TO UNIFORM TESTING, ALL FSB STAFF ARE TO BE SUBJECT TO TESTING.
HOWEVER, WE STRONGLY OBJECTED TO THE SEGREGATING, DISCRIMINATING AND PERSECUTING NATURE OF THE TESTING REQUIREMENT ON ONLY THE UNVACCINATED GROUP BASED ON THE INDISPUTABLE FACT THAT BOTH THE VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED COULD GET AND GIVE THE VIRUS TO OTHERS.
THEY WOULD NOT CHANGE THE TARGETING PROVISION OF THE TEST.
THEREFORE, WE REFUSE THE TESTS, AND AS A RESULT, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE.
WE LEFT WITH A PRESUMPTION THAT WE WOULD EVENTUALLY RECEIVE TERMINATION NOTICES.
THE FURTHER SPECIFIC CONCERNS OF THIS LETTER ARE DIRECTED TO THE THREE ADMINISTRATORS LISTED BY THE NAME BELOW.
MR. MARK P-BLOCK, AN INTERIM [NOISE] SUPERINTENDENT.
FIRST, I FIND IT VERY DECEITFUL OF YOU TO ASK US TO SUBMIT THE EXEMPTION FORM ONLY TO TURN AROUND AND ADD A TESTING CONDITION TO THE APPROVAL NOTICE.
AGAIN, THAT EXEMPTION FORM AS WELL AS ALL PRIOR WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS, DO NOT SAY A WORD ABOUT THE TESTING REQUIREMENT.
TITLE 7 OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, PROTECTS EMPLOYEES AND JOB APPLICANTS FROM EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN.
SO YOU EVADE THE LAW BY PRETENDING TO ALLOW EXEMPTIONS BASED ON RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AT FIRST.
BUT LATER ON YOU SNEAK IN A TESTING SCHEME AS AN ARTFUL WAY TO FORCE US TO EITHER SUBMIT TO OR REJECT THE TEST.
FRANKLY, I SEE THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FINDING PROCESSES AS A MASTERFUL SCHEME TO FORCE THE PROVIDENCE OF GOVERNMENT OVERREACH TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
THUS, THE ENFORCERS DON'T NEED TO WASTE A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY TO SEARCH FOR THOSE OF US INVOKING
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EXEMPTIONS IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE LIVE AND WORK.THE FACT THAT ONLY THE UNVACCINATED DRIVERS WERE TARGETED IS BLADE AND EVIDENCE OF A SEGREGATING, DISCRIMINATING AND PERSECUTING POLICY HIDDEN BEHIND A FALSE PREDICATE THAT ONLY THE UNVACCINATED CAN CONTRACT AND SPREAD THE VIRUS.
THE REAL PURPOSE OF THE VACCINATING AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS IS TO FIRST AND NON-COMPLIANT OR ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO OBEY THESE ILLEGAL AND MORAL ETHICS FROM THE RANKS THROUGH COERCIVE TACTICS.
SECOND, MR. FEBRUARY, AND YOU ACTED A COWARDLY WHEN NEITHER ONE OF YOU HAD THE COURAGE TO SHOW UP AT THE SEPTEMBER 14TH TRANSPORTATION MEETING AT WHICH MR. PAUL ROSSER OUR FORMER, WELL-RESPECTED AND WELL-KNOWN DIRECTOR, ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION UNDER DURESS [NOISE].
>> YOU BOTH HID BEHIND YOUR DESKS AND SENT YOUR HENCHMAN, MR. PLENKOVICH TO THE MEETING INSTEAD TO SERVE AS A SHIELD AND TAKE THE WRATH.
BOTH OF YOU LACK OF BASIC DECENCY TO SIMPLY BE PRESENT TO SAY THANKS TO MR. ROSSER FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE DURING THIS TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS OF TENURE.
SEVERAL DAYS AFTER MR. ROSSER LEFT, ALL THREE OF YOU SHOWED UP AT A SHORT NOTICE TRANSPORTATION MEETING, GIVING US THE IMPRESSION OF A SHOW OF FORCE WITH A SUBTLE WARNING THAT WE'RE NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT, SO WATCH OUT.
MR. JOHN FAIRBAIRN, YOU HAVEN'T MOVED UP ONCE YET.
FIRST, DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PREVIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE KEY POINTS ADDRESSED TO YOU.
SPECIFICALLY, DURING THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, I FELT A FEW SYMPTOMS THAT WERE VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF A FLU, WHICH I HAD HAD SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, THUS LEADING TO THE ASSUMPTION THAT I HAD CONTRACTED THE FLU VIRUS.
I SIMPLY DID WHAT I HAD DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE, TAKE FLU MEDICATION, GET REST, AND DRINK LOTS OF FLUIDS.
ON OCTOBER 1, MR. PLENKOVICH RECEIVED A CALL FROM A FAMILY MEMBER OF MINE STATING HER CONCERN THAT I MIGHT HAVE A COVID INFECTION BECAUSE SHE TESTED POSITIVE.
HAVING BEEN INFORMED OF THE SITUATION, I VOLUNTEERED TO GET TESTED FOR COVID BECAUSE AS A RESPONSIBLE PERSON, I DID NOT WANT TO SPREAD IT AROUND IF I ACTUALLY GOT THE VIRUS.
AS A RESULT OF MY POSITIVE COVID TEST, ON OCTOBER 5, YOU ASKED ME TO ATTEND A ZOOM MEETING WITH A ASHALT STEWART ACTING AS A UNION REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE OBJECTIVE TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER I WILLFULLY HAD COME TO WORK KNOWING THAT I WAS INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS.
YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS BEING INTERROGATED AND BEING ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY POSING A HEALTH THREAT TO FSD STAFF AND MY STUDENTS BY COMING TO WORK WITH COVID.
ONE PARTICULAR QUESTION OF YOURS STICKS PERSISTENTLY IN MY MIND, "ARE YOU AWARE THAT BY COMING TO WORK WITH COVID, YOU MIGHT SPREAD THE VIRUS AND EVEN CAUSE DEATH TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE?" IN EFFECT, YOU WERE ACCUSING ME OF MANSLAUGHTER, WHICH IS A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE.
I STEADFASTLY MAINTAIN MY POINT THAT I NEVER EVEN SUSPECTED THAT I HAD COVID SIMPLY BECAUSE I HAD NEVER CONTRACTED IT BEFORE, SO I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT IT WAS.
>> EVEN NOW AFTER HAVING HAD COVID WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A TEST KIT, I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FLU ILLNESS AND A COVID INFECTION BECAUSE THE SYMPTOMS ARE IDENTICAL.
SHOCKINGLY HOWEVER, I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT WHILE I'M ONLY ON SUSPENSION AS A PUNISHMENT FOR MY SIN, YOU TOLD THE TEAMSTERS UNION THAT I ADMITTED TO KNOWINGLY COMING TO WORK WITH COVID.
MY FIRST QUESTION TO YOU IS, SINCE WHEN DID GETTING SICK BECOME A CRIME? SECONDLY, HAVING LEARNED FROM A COWORKER WHO I HAS KNOWN FOR SOME TIME THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN, I WISH TO ASK, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE 9TH COMMANDMENT WHICH SAYS, "YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS?" ON THE CONTRARY, YOU HAVE THE GALL TO LIE ABOUT MY STATEMENTS KNOWING THAT A UNION REPRESENTATIVE WAS THERE AT THE MEETING AS A WITNESS.
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HOW DARE YOU? DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT GOING TO CHURCH ALONE IS ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE YOU A CHRISTIAN? I'M WONDERING IF YOU ACTUALLY ARE WORSHIPING THE GREEN GOD OR PAPER BILL GOD BECAUSE MY GOD HAS ALWAYS TAUGHT ME THAT WHETHER AND HOW I LIVE THE WORD OF GOD IN MY DAILY LIFE IS WHAT DEFINES ME AS A REAL OR FAKE CHRISTIAN.SECOND, REGARDING THE MASK MANDATE, IN OCTOBER 13TH EMAIL CONTINUING INFORMATIVE DOCUMENT FOR YOU CALLED EXEMPTION ACCOMMODATION LETTER, YOU WROTE, "WHILE AT ANY DISTRICT FACILITY YOU ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR AN APPROVED FACE COVERING AT ALL TIMES WHEN YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN A ROOM INCLUDING WHILE EATING OR DRINKING.
THE FACE COVERING MUST COMPLETELY COVER YOUR MOUTH, AND NOSE, AND FITS SECURELY ON THE SIDES OF YOUR FACE.
UNDER THE CHIN, IT MUST BE MADE OF THREE OR MORE LAYERS OF TIGHTLY WOVEN FABRIC WITH TIES OR STRAPS TO GO AROUND THE PERSON'S HEAD OR BEHIND THEIR EARS SUCH AS THE DISPOSABLE MASKS AVAILABLE IN SCHOOL OFFICES.
FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THE MASK WEARING REQUIREMENT WILL RESULT IN REPLICATION OF THIS COMBINATION WHICH AS ABOVE IS A REQUIRED SAFETY NATURE." I ALMOST CHOKED FROM LAUGHING AS I WAS EATING WHILE READING YOUR LETTER.
DO YOU REALLY EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL OBEY YOUR OWN RULE WHILE EATING, DRINKING, AND INTERACTING WITH YOUR COWORKERS? THE OTHER FACT IS THAT YOU AND SEVERAL OTHER ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN SEEN WITHOUT MASKS WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR COZY OFFICES WITH YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND COWORKERS AND YOU WOULD ONLY PUT ON YOUR FACE DIAPER WHEN GOING OUT IN PUBLIC.
WHAT A CHEAP SHOW WITH CHEAP ACTORS.
>> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR PROMOTION TO THE POSITION OF MASK BIZARRE.
IN ADDITION TO YOUR CURRENT POSITION AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, DO YOU PLAN ON ISSUING A DICTATE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE TELLING US WHAT TO DO IN OUR RESTROOMS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, OR FOR THE FUN OF IT, EVEN IN OUR OWN BEDROOMS AND BATHROOMS AT HOME TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THE WOODLAND VIRUS? SHOULD I EXPECT TO SEE BROWN-SHIRTED MASKED NAZIS RUNNING AROUND THE EMPLOYERS COMPASSIONATE EATERS SOMEDAY SOON, MR. DEEBACH? WELL, OBVIOUSLY, NO.
I WOULD SUGGEST A MUZZLE CUP TO PROTECT YOU MUCH BETTER FROM YOUR OWN MOUTH THAN THE COMMON BLUE FACE DIAPER AND TO PREVENT YOU FROM SPILLING NONSENSE AND STUPIDITY SUCH AS THAT CONTAINED IN THAT LETTER.
MR. JAMIE PLENKOVICH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO PRACTICE MY REMARKS BY SAYING, IN MY MORE THAN 12 YEAR TENURE, WE NEVER HAD A FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION UNTIL OCTOBER 21 WHEN WE HAD A SHORT MEETING REGARDING A COVID TESTING REQUIREMENT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE DURING THAT BRIEF MEETING WITH THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AND YOU A COWORKER REFERENCED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT ELSEWHERE IN WASHINGTON THAT REFUSED TO FOLLOW STATE MANDATES AND ASKED WHY FSD CANNOT DO LIKEWISE.
THE OPERATIONS MANAGER ANSWERED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DEFIANCE, THE STATE IS WITHHOLDING FUNDING.
I ASKED TO CONFIRM THAT THE STATE FORCES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMPLY THROUGH COERCIVE TACTICS AND BOTH THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THAT FACT.
THIS CONFIRMATION AS FSDS CAPITULATION TO COERCIVE TACTICS AND RIVALRIES PROVES ALL THAT FSD CARES ABOUT IS MONEY AND THAT FSD DOESN'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION AND THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS.
SECOND, ANOTHER EVENT THAT I AND OTHER DRIVERS FOUND DISTASTEFUL WAS A MEETING THAT YOU HAD CONVENED TO ANNOUNCE BOTH THE STRINGENT MASK MANDATE AND THE DISCONTINUED USE IN THE LUNCH ROOM UPSTAIRS DUE TO COVID CONCERNS.
YOU BEGAN A STATEMENT, "I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR POLITICS IS AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR OPTIONS ARE OR YOUR OPINIONS ARE." WELL, MY OFFICIAL RESPONSE IS, CONVERSELY, DO YOU THINK WE CARE ABOUT YOUR NASTY, DISGUSTING, AND OBNOXIOUS ATTITUDE? WAS THAT THE FIRST IMPRESSION YOU WANTED TO MAKE IN YOUR FIRST MEETING WITH US AS BEING A NEW DIRECTOR?
>> THIS IS FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD ABOUT HOW BAD THIS IS.
YOU GUYS ARE FEELING SOMETHING ELSE, I GOT TO TELL YOU.
ACCORDING TO MY OBSERVATION, ALL THREE OF YOU SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON, WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, INSTEAD OF SHOWING LEADERSHIP AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND CHILDREN, THE TAXPAYERS,
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AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF FOR THE FERNDALE, YOU JUST BLINDLY OBEY THE ORDERS FROM THE TOP.WHEN CONFRONTED WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ON WELL-BORN AUTHORITARIAN MEASURES ON MASKS, PHYSICAL DISTANCING, VACCINATING AND [NOISE] TESTING, YOU POINTED FINGERS AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT SAYING, "WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS." IS THAT THE SAME THING THE NAZIS USED TO DO? SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS, WAIT THE HELL.
YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM CIVIC LESSONS IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT RECOMMENDATIONS AND MANDATES ARE NOT LAWS BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ISSUE FOR BEING EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND STATE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE LAWS.
LAW-MAKING IS A JOB OF LAW MAKERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
THE BEHAVIOR YOU THREE EXHIBITED REMINDS ME OF THE CHILD'S BEHAVIOR WHEN A CHILD MAKES MISTAKES.
YOUNG CHILDREN OFTEN SAY THEY DIDN'T DO IT.
WELL, YOU AS ADULTS WONT GET ANY SYMPATHY FROM US INFORMED CITIZENS WITH SUCH DISGUSTING JUSTIFICATIONS.
TO THE CONTRARY, YOU ALL DESERVE A SCOLDING CONDEMNATION FROM THE TAXPAYERS GIVEN YOUR UNPRINCIPLED STANCE BECAUSE AS FULL GROWN ADULTS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES, YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.
MY LETTER WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT MENTIONING THE BULLYING TACTICS THAT YOU ALL ENGAGED IN SINCE THE VACCINATING AND TESTING MANDATES WERE ANNOUNCED.
INDEED I FIND THIS VERY IRONIC BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR, ALL FSD STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE ONLINE LESSONS ON MANY TOPICS, INCLUDING BULLYING.
THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION OF BULLYING IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE SSD WEBSITE, UNDER THE CATEGORY OF STAFF RESOURCES THAT THE SOLUTION TRAINING EMPLOY.
WASHINGTON LAW DEFINES HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, OR BULLYING AS ANY INTENTIONAL ELECTRONIC, WRITTEN, VERBAL, OR PHYSICAL ACT THAT IS SO SEVERE, PERSISTENT, OR PERVASIVE THAT IT CREATES AN INTIMIDATING OR THREATENING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
REGARDING THE ABOVE DEFINITION, BY SIMPLY REPLACING THE WORD EDUCATIONAL WHEN WORKING NEAR THE END, WITH THE ATTACK IS EMPLOYED BY THE THREE OF YOU IN CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF BULLYING IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ADULT WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
THUS, YOU ARE VEER IN FIRING THE VERY EXACT STATE LAW AND DISTRICT POLICY BY ENGAGING IN ACTS OF HARASSING, INTIMIDATING, AND BULLYING AGAINST A CERTAIN GROUP OF FSD EMPLOYEES JUST BECAUSE THEY OPPOSED THE ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL VACCINATING AND TESTING MANDATE. [NOISE]
>> BEFORE PROCEEDING, I OFFER A BIT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN SOUTH VIETNAM WAS OVERRUN BY THE COMMUNISTS FROM THE NORTH.
I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TYRANNY MEANS WHEN WITNESSING THE BRUTAL, DESTRUCTIVE AND REPRESSIVE POLICY.
ALL BASED ON LIES AND DECEPTIVE PROPAGANDA, THAT THE REGIME WAS IMPOSING ON MILLIONS OF US.
AFTER FOUR YEARS OF ENDURING THE GIGANTIC UTOPIAN PRISON, FOUR OF MY BROTHERS AND I DECIDED TO ESCAPE IN TWO GROUPS BY BOATS IN 1979 AND MADE IT TO THAILAND.
WE WERE REUNITED WITH MY MOTHER AND ANOTHER BROTHER ON AUGUST 11TH, 1980 IN BELLINGHAM.
EVENTUALLY, MY TWO REMAINING SISTERS ALSO ESCAPED FROM VIETNAM AND JOINED US IN BELLINGHAM IN LATER YEARS.
WE WERE AMONG THE LUCKY ONES BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE HAD TO PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE, LOSING THEIR OWN LIVES IN THEIR JOURNEYS TO SEEK FREEDOM.
I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROSITY OF THE LIVES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO GAVE ME AND MILLIONS OF OTHER PERSECUTED PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD A CHANCE TO START A NEW LIFE AND TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AS A FREE MAN.
FOUR YEARS OF SURVIVING A COMMUNIST HELL HOLE ARE VALUABLE TO ME BECAUSE THEY HELPED RECOGNIZE TYRANNY WHEN I SEE IT.
SADLY THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN WITNESSING IN THIS COUNTRY AS OUR FREEDOMS HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY UNDER ATTACK AND ERODED AT A MUCH FASTER PACE SINCE THE PANDEMIC OF FEAR BEGAN IN EARLY 2020, ALL IN THE NAME OF SAVING LIVES.
MY EXPERIENCE LIVING UNDER TYRANNY HELPED ME SEE THROUGH
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YOUR ELABORATE AND DIRTY SCHEME WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF TOTAL POWER AND CONTROL OVER OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.THE STRATEGY BEGINS WITH FALSE PRETENSE OF A HEALTH EMERGENCY DISGUISED UNDER THE MASK MANDATE AND THE PROPAGANDA OF FEAR, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL NOT TOLERATE THE DRACONIAN MEASURES WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE OF REAL DANGERS POSED BY THE WUHAN VIRUS.
ONCE THE MASK REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY OBSERVED, THAT SERVES AS A FORM OF PUBLIC SUBMISSION AND A GREEN LIGHT FOR MORE DRASTIC MEASURES, SUCH AS THE SHUTDOWNS OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOLS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER THE GUISE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
WHEN THE FALSE RECLAIMED VACCINES BECAME AVAILABLE LATE LAST YEAR, THE VACCINATED CAMPAIGN FIRST TO GET A INVOLUNTARY BUSINESS.
THEN IT EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO A COMPULSORY PROGRAM IN MANY PARTS OF PUBLIC, AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
>> THE SLICK SCHEME CAN BE SUMMED UP IN ONE SIMPLE SENTENCE.
IF YOU GIVE AN INCH, THE MASK MANDATE, IT WILL TAKE A MILE, THE VACCINE MANDATE.
INCREMENTALISM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE MODUS OPERANDI OF THE LEFT TO ADVANCE THEIR DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE AGENDA.
IN DEFENSE OF OUR FREEDOM, MR. ROSSER'S IN THE MEDIA EMPLOYEES OF THE FSD TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
I HEREBY PUBLISH THIS LETTER AS AN INFORMAL INDICTMENT OF ALL THREE OF YOU, NAMELY THE GAME OF THREE HERE NAMED ABOVE ON THE CHARGES OF LYING, FAILING TO FULFILL YOUR DUTY AS EDUCATORS AND FIDUCIARIES IN THE FSD, VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF A CERTAIN GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THROUGH BULLYING TACTICS, AND FAILING TO DISCLOSE THE EXPENDITURES OF ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COVID-RELATED HAND MEASURES.
[NOISE] YOU ALL WILL BE PUT ON A PUBLIC TRIAL, AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO PUBLICLY REFUTE ANY OF THESE CHARGES.
HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT YOU WON'T BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL PATHETIC BUREAUCRATIC COWARDS [NOISE] BEHAVING LIKE SNOWFLAKES HIDING INTO THE SAFE SPACE OF YOUR LITTLE IVORY TOWERS AND BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY CANNOT DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE.
FURTHERMORE, THE COMPLICIT FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN CONSPICUOUSLY QUIET SINCE BRUSSELS TULSMA, ANOTHER COWORKER, RELEASED HIS LETTER ON OCTOBER 17TH, CAN BE FAIRLY PERCEIVED AS AN ADMISSION OF GUILT.
AT THIS POINT, IF ANY ONE OF YOU STILL HAS ANY THREAD OF HONOR, MORALS, AND/OR INTEGRITY LEFT IN YOUR BEING, YOU WOULD PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE AND RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.
MY EXPECTATION OF YOU IS NOW SO LOW THAT I SUPPOSE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN AND TRY TO HOLD ON TO YOUR CUSHY HIGH-PAYING JOBS FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, RATHER THAN STANDING UP AND DEFENDING ALL OF THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS TOWN.
AS A RESULT, MY PREDICTION IS THAT SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL BE FORCED TO RESIGN IN DISGRACE, WITH YOUR TAIL BETWEEN YOUR LEGS, DUE TO THE PUBLIC OUTRAGE AND PRESSURE WHEN THE TRUTH EVENTUALLY COMES OUT.
AS A FINAL SALUTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY GOODBYE AND THANK YOU TO THOSE VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WHOM I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO GET TO KNOW AND TO WORK WITH THROUGHOUT MY TENURE.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YOU ARE TRULY DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AS OPPOSED TO THE ABOVE-NAMED PUBLIC BLEACHES AS SINCERELY PRESENTED HERE IN THIS INDICTMENT.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEND MY REGARDS TO ALL MY COWORKERS WHO ARE AMONG THE HARDEST HIT DURING THE SCHOOL SHUTDOWNS LAST YEAR.
WE PERSISTED HOWEVER, AND MADE SACRIFICES TO STAY ON BECAUSE WE TRULY BELIEVE LOVE OUR JOBS AND LOVE OUR CHILDREN.
ENCLOSING, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT OF THE GAIN OF THREE HAS DONE TO MR. ROSSER AND TO US DRIVERS WHO REFUSED TO BOW DOWN TO TYRANNY [NOISE] IS AN ATTACK ON OUR FREEDOMS, OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, OUR LIVELIHOODS, AND OUR PERSONAL BELIEFS, RELIGIOUS OR OTHERWISE.
THEREFORE IN RESPONSE THIS LETTER ALSO SERVES AS THE DECLARATION OF WAR ON THE FSD GANG THREE NAMED ABOVE.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE EACH OF YOU FAMOUS BY ENCOURAGING EVERYONE IN MY SOCIAL MEDIA CIRCLE TO SHARE THIS INDICTMENT FAR AND WIDE, EVEN BEYOND THE FERNDALE BOUNDARY.
IN SIGNING OFF, I OFFER ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES.
"THROUGHOUT HISTORY IT HAS BEEN THE INACTION OF THOSE WHO COULD HAVE ACTED; THE INDIFFERENCE OF THOSE WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER;
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THE SILENCE OF THE VOICE OF JUSTICE WHEN IT MATTERED MOST;THAT HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR EVIL TO TRIUMPH," HAILE SELASSIE.BY THE END OF THIS LETTER, ALL SHOULD KNOW WHO IS CONSIDERED EVIL IN THE CONFINES OF THE FSD.
SINCERELY DON FONG, DRIVER OF BUS 22.
NOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD THE CHARGES BROUGHT UP SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PUBLIC COMMENTED SESSION, WITH THE DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE TO BACK THEM UP, ALL INDICATORS POINT TO A DISTURBING PATTERN OF LYING, BULLYING, HARASSING, AND GROSS BEHAVIOR COMMITTED BY A TOP-LEVEL OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE NEXT LOGICAL AND REASONABLE QUESTION TO ASK IS, WHAT ARE YOU AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? I HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT SIMPLY SWEEP THE DIRT UNDER THE RUG, BECAUSE THAT OPTION WILL MAKE YOU BECOME ACCOMPLICES TO THESE IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY JUST AND FAIR ACTION TO TAKE IS TO LAUNCH A FULL INVESTIGATION AND TAKE ACTION BASED ON THE FINDINGS.
AFTER ALL, AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD OF THIS MEMORABLE QUOTE, SILENCE IN THE FACE OF EVIL IS ITSELF EVIL.
>> OKAY. AS I HAVE LISTED NEXT.
THANK YOU. ALL OF YOU HAD TO READ FROM A LETTER.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED, BUT I CAN TELL YOU LISTENING TO THESE PEOPLE AND PAIN THAT YOU'VE HAD CAUSED THEM.
THESE ARE GOOD, RESPECTABLE CITIZENS.
IT IS IMMORAL, HORRIBLE, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
I WONDER HOW YOU LIVE WITH YOUR SELVES.
THESE POLICIES THAT YOU HAVE SAYING THE ANTI-BULLYING, AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
WHAT ROLE DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, YOUR GOOD EMPLOYEES.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT COME HELL OR HIGH WATER THEY WERE GOING TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
PEOPLE THAT COWER AND JUST DO WHATEVER THAT WHOEVER SAYS IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR LITTLE PAYCHECK IT'S WRONG.
YOU KNOW IT'S WRONG, YOU KNOW IT'S IMMORAL, WE KNOW IT'S WRONG.
THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS THAT YOU DID THIS TO, THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS.
IT DOESN'T SIT VERY WELL WITH US.
I WONDER WHEN YOU SAY THE PLEDGE TO THAT FLAG, DOES IT MEAN NOTHING TO YOU? YOU'RE TAKING AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE FREEDOMS AND THE RIGHTS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL BUT THAT'S NOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DIVIDED BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
COWARDS. WHAT YOU DID, WE DID IT BECAUSE THEY TOLD US TO DO AND BECAUSE WE CAN KEEP WHATEVER FUNDING.
WELL, AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD CALL THAT, WE COULD CALL IT PROSTITUTION.
YOU DON'T JUST DO THINGS FOR MONEY, YOU STAND UP AND YOU SAY THIS IS WRONG AND WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
AS FAR AS I CAN RECALL, PEGGY, WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT STOOD ON THAT BOARD AND SAID, THIS IS WRONG AND IT IS WRONG.
MR. ROSSER, UPSTANDING CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE NEVER, EVER GONE ANYWHERE.
THESE LADIES BACK HERE, ALL OF THEM.
LIKE I SAID, WE WANT THEM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
NOW, THE CHALLENGE TO YOU AS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THIS COMMUNITY IS DIVIDED AND THIS COMMUNITY IS HURTING.
THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? ARE YOU GOING TO STAND UP AND TAKE A STANCE AND SAY, "OKAY.
LET'S MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR THOSE FAMILIES AND FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY."
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LIKE I SAID, YOU TOOK AN OATH TO THAT FLAG TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT.>> THANK YOU SUSAN. NEXT IS ANDREW GUSTAFSON.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. AGAIN, DR. ERICKSON AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ENGAGING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'D LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU IF YOU FOUND WHAT YOU JUST HEARD HERE TO BE VENOM CAUSTIC AND SOMETIMES UNPLEASANTLY SHARK ATTACKS TO REMIND YOU THAT ACCORDING TO NEW YORK TIMES VERSUS SULLIVAN 1964, A LANDMARK SUPREME COURT DECISION HELD THAT BY JUSTICE WILLIAM BRANDON.
THEY REVIEWED THE MATTER AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF PROFOUND NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPAL AND THAT DOMAIN ON PUBLIC ISSUES SHOULD BE UNINHIBITED, ROBUST, AND WIDE-OPEN, AND THAT IT MAY WELL INCLUDE VEHEMENT COSTING AND SOMETIMES UNPLEASANTLY SHARK ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
EVERYTHING YOU HEAR WAS PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL BY THE SUPREME COURT OF LAW.
SPEAKING OF ADDITIONAL COURT OF LAW, JUST YESTERDAY 10:24, THE NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT REINSTATED ALL FIRED VACCINE STATE EMPLOYEES WITH BACK PAIN.
[APPLAUSE] [OVERLAPPING] THE COURT SAID THAT THE CITY VIOLATED THE RIGHTS ACT OF A ARBITRARILY AND CAPRICIOUSLY.
THE COURT NOTED BEING VACCINATED DOES NOT PREVENT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM CONTRACTING OR TRANSMITTING COVID-19, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN COURT DOCUMENT.
OF ALL THE STATES ONE OF THEM WASHINGTON, NEW YORK IS GOT TO BE ON THAT LIST.
THEY'RE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS [INAUDIBLE], YOU CAN BET IT WILL HAPPEN HERE IN WASHINGTON NEXT.
NOW SLEEPY JAMES LEAST EMERGENCY POWERS ARE SCHEDULED TO END IN SEVEN DAYS.
HE'S HAD AN EMERGENCY POWERS TODAY FOR 968 DAYS, DESPITE THE CDC REMINDS ME UNTIL IT BACK SCHEDULE THE MANY TIMES.
EASILY MANDATED FOR STATE WORKER'S REMAINS BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING HOLDING BACK THE TITLE WAVE OF LITIGATION THAT IS ALREADY MAKING IT'S WAY THROUGH THE COURTS.
INDIVIDUAL ADMINISTRATION IS BEING SUED.
INDIVIDUAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS LIKE SEATTLE WHO REFUSED MEDICAL, RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS AND FERNDALE VACCINATING BOYS, THEY'RE BEING SUED.
THE LIST GROWS DAILY OF GOVERNMENT ENTITIES BEING SUED BY FIRE EMPLOYEES, AS DOES THE EVIDENCE OF THE NEGATIVE EFFICACY OF THE SHOTS.
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING TO YOURSELF, WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH US UP HERE FERNDALE? WELL, YOUR TERMINATION FOR EMPLOYEES FOUR LAST YEAR FOR THIS ANNIVERSARY.
NO, JUST SHOCKING WHAT I'M HEARING NOW FROM A COUPLE OF OTHER EMPLOYEES BEING FORCED OUT.
THIS OPENS UP FST TO THE SAME TYPE OF LITIGATION RISKS.
NOW, EVERYONE YOU FIRED DESERTS TO BE REINSTATED WITH BACK PAIN DAMAGES.
BUT SINCE IT'S NOT YOUR MONEY ON THE LINE, IT'S TAXPAYERS MONEY THAT WILL BEAR THIS DISTRICT OUT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T TAKE THE INTERMEDIATE STEPS NEEDED TO WARN OFF THAT LITIGATION IT'S GOING TO BE WAY MORE EXPENSIVE WHEN THE COURTS GET INVOLVED WITH THE LAWSUIT START ROLLING AND THAT WILL BE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
LET ME BE CLEAR. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEONE AT THE ADMINISTRATION LEVEL DISMISSED OVER WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OCTOBER AND EVIDENTLY IN JUNE AND THIS MONTH TOO.
LOOK WHAT YOU STARTED, IT WOULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH SIMPLER TO JUST LET THEM KEEP WORKING AND YET HERE WE ARE A YEAR LATER.
HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
LET'S LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, SHALL WE? THE CDC IS ADDING THE C19 SHOTS AND SCHEDULED.
THE NEXT STEP WILL BE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ACT.
BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRICT CAN'T THINK FOR ITSELF, IT WILL BE THE NEXT WORD OUT THERE REQUIREMENT FOR CHILDREN WHO ATTEND SCHOOL.
HUNDREDS OF KIDS ARE ALREADY MISSING FROM THIS DISTRICT CLASSES, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SCHOOL CLOSURES YOU ENFORCED.
HUNDREDS MORE WILL BE PULLED WHEN THE MANDATE GOES INTO EFFECT SUDDENLY LEAVING THOUSANDS OF PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WITH NO ALTERNATIVE BUT FORCED TO DO SHOT TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
HAVE YOU BEEN TRACKING THE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, THE HEALTHY KIDS OUT THERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE DOCTOR AND THE LESSOR MAGISTRATE DEMANDS THAT YOU INTERCEDE ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH FUTURE MANDATES FOR THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OVER FUNDING, YOU MAY DRIVE.
MAYBE CREEPY CHRIST WHITE HALL WILL COME AFTER YOUR FUNDING MAYBE HE WON'T.
LITIGATE THAT IF IT HAPPENS THEN, YOUR FEALTY IT'S TO THE TAXPAYERS, AND THE STUDENTS, AND THE PARENTS IN THIS DISTRICT NOT TO HIM.
>>THANK YOU EDWARD. NEXT, WE HAVE RUSS TOLZMAN.
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>> BECAUSE OF HEALTH CONDITIONS, I'VE CHOSEN NOT TO TRY TO ACT OR ACCUSE OF SOME OF THE THING WE'VE ALREADY HEARD [OVERLAPPING].
>> AS A SENIOR BUS DRIVER FOR FERNDALE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HIGHLY STRESSED FROM REMOVAL OF THESE PEOPLE.
OUR TWO DISPATCHERS PUT IN 65 AND 75 HOURS OF OVERTIME IN SEPTEMBER AND OUR DIRECTOR AND PUT IT INTO 95 HOURS OF OVERTIME.
WE DRIVE OUT THERE AT TIMES WITHOUT COMMUNICATION WITH ANYBODY AT THE OFFICE TO LOOK UP THE NAME OF A CHILD OR ANOTHER ADDRESS.
IF A CERTAIN PARENT IS AT HOME, THERE MIGHT GET AN ADDRESS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE NEED TO KNOW AND SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY TIRED.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO JUST GET THESE PEOPLE BACK WITHOUT ANY FURTHER COST MAKING IT LOOK BAD.
>> THANK YOU RUSS. NEXT IS PAUL ARTHUR.
>> WHAT WE EXPERIENCED THE LAST TWO YEARS IS HIGHLY DISTURBING.
FOR REASONS DON, CAN'T EXPLAIN, AS HIS PERSONAL ESCAPE FROM COMMUNIST VIETNAM, AS WELL AS MY OWN VISIT OVERSEAS TO BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL.
SHOWCASING NAZI GERMANY'S TORTUROUS AND TERM CAMPS.
THE MEDICAL TYRANNY THAT WAS PRACTICED WITHIN COMMUNITY THEN HAS REVISITED OUR HOMELAND HERE NOW.
AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR NATIONS AT LARGE.
TODAY I OFFER A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
PLEASE NOTE TO SWAY THE GERMAN PEOPLE TO THE NAZIS SOCIALISTS WHO DIDN'T GENDER, RAISES AND VACATIONS WERE AWARDED TO THOSE WHO DESPITE ALL THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HARASS THEIR INCENTIVES.
ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT I BOUGHT WHEN I WAS AT BUCHENWALD IS THIS BOOK THE HOLOCAUST.
LAST WORDS, I'M GOING TO READ FROM THIS BOOK.
MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS, THAT 200 NAZI DOCTORS STATIONED AT SOME CAMPS PERFORMED A SELECTION AND MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS.
THE MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS FELL INTO THREE CATEGORIES, THOSE DESIGN FOR MEDICAL OBJECTIVES TO AID THE RIGHT PERSONNEL.
THE SECOND WAS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES WITH RESEARCH DRUGS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE AND THIRD, FOR THOSE WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO HELP THE NAZIS DEVELOP THE AREA AND RIGHTS.
WHAT THESE EXPERIMENTS HAD IN COMMON WAS THAT THEY DEFIED ANY MORAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PART OF THE PHYSICIAN.
DR. JOSEF MENGELE KNOWN AS AN ANGEL OF DEATH.
MENGELE PERFORMED HIS RACIAL EXPERIMENTS IN AUSTRIA FROM 43-45.
MOSTLY ON SETS OF POINTERS IN DOORS.
MENGELE CHILDREN AS THE TWINS RECALL RECEIVED SPECIAL TREATMENT IN THE BEGINNING BUT THEN WERE SUBJECT TO MUCH COOLER THING, WHICH I WILL FOREGO READING THE REST OF THEM RIGHT NOW.
NEXT, I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS BOOK, THE REAL ANTHONY FAUCI: BILL GATES, BIG PHARMA, AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC HEALTH BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY.
ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM, IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK.
IF YOU CAN'T WAKE UP NOW, THEN GOD HELP YOU.
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, LIAM SCHIFF CHRONICLE DR. FALTYS SECRET EXPERIMENTS ON HUNDREDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN AT INCARNATION CHILDREN'S CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY AND NUMEROUS SISTER FACILITIES IN NEW YORK AND SIX OTHER STATES, 1988 TO 2002.
THOSE EXPERIMENTS WERE THE CORE OF DR. FAUCI'S DEFINING CAREER.
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THERE WERE THROWAWAY CHILDREN.SHE SAID THE LAST EIGHT CHILDREN DIED AND DR. FAUCI'S MANHATTAN CONCENTRATION CAMP AND ACCUSED MIAIB AND ITS PARTNERS OF DISPOSING CHILDREN'S REMAINS IN MASS GRAVES AND SHE FOUND THE MASS GRAVES IN GATE OF HEAVEN CEMETERY IN HAWTHORNE, NEW YORK.
WHY DID THE CEC DECISION TO ADD COVID-19 VACS TO THE CHILDHOOD VACCINATION SCHEDULE? I TRUST THE THE BOARD WILL REJECT ALL DIRECTIVES REQUIRING COVID-19 VACCINATION AND MASKING TO BOTH ATTENDING CLASSES AND WORK IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU PAUL AND NEXT IS GENE OSCAR.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL HOLD THIS UP FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
THIS BOOK WAS JUST RECENTLY RELEASED IN TWO VOLUMES.
>> HOLD UP BREAKING WEBS, AMAZING EXPOSE.
TWO VOLUMES, ONE BOOK CALLED ONE NATION [INAUDIBLE] OFF MY TIMELINE.
JUST GIVE HER A SHOUT-OUT FOR HER WORK.
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN COVID-19 AND NAZI GERMANY GOES BEYOND MASKS AND FORCED INJECTIONS.
THE FULL EXTENT OF THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SCANDAL, FOR EXAMPLE IS INEXTRICABLY INTERWOVEN WITH THE SAME AGENDA THAT PREOCCUPIED THE NAZI REGIME.
THIS TIME THE IO CRIES DUCT ITS MISSION WARP SPEED.
I QUOTE FROM MS. BROWN, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND HIS ACTIVITIES IN THEIR FULL CONTEXTS.
ONE MUST UNDERSTAND HIS POWERFUL CONTACTS AND THE STRUCTURES THAT PROTECTED HIM.
ONE IS LEFT NOT ONLY WITH THE DAMNING INDICTMENT OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN, BUT A DAMNING INDICTMENT OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS.
PARTICULARLY, THOSE INVOLVED IN "NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT." WE CAN NOT PROPERLY ADDRESS THE CRIMES OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN OR PREVENT THEM FROM BEING COMMITTED BY OTHERS IN FUTURE UNLESS WE GRAPPLE WITH THE COVERT POWER STRUCTURES THAT HAVE LONG WIELDED BLACKMAIL, BRIBES AND ASSASSINATIONS AS THEIR WEAPONS OF CHOICE TO CORRUPT AND CONTROL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WHILE MANIPULATING AND LOOTING THE PUBLIC.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS NOT AN ANOMALY AND HIS ACTIVITIES REPRESENT JUST THE TIP OF THE VARIABLE ICEBERG.
I READ A LETTER THAT SHE INCLUDED IN THE BEGINNING OF HER BOOK AND I MIGHT GO SLIGHTLY BEYOND BUT I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME AND NOT BEAT ME OFF.
THIS IS WRITTEN BY A FORMER CIA OFFICER WHO WAS A WHISTLE-BLOWER.
YOU CAN BUY THE BOOK IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT.
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? THEY ARE THE GROUP THAT IS POPULARLY CALLED THE ENTERPRISE.
THEY ARE IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CIA.
THEY ARE MOSTLY RIGHT-WING REPUBLICANS, BUT YOU WILL FIND A MIX OF DEMOCRATS, MERCENARIES, EX OFFICIO MAFIA, AND OPPORTUNISTS WITHIN THE GROUP.
THEY ARE CEOS, THEY ARE VENDORS, THEY ARE PRESIDENTS, THEY OWN AIRLINES, THEY OWN NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORKS, THEY OWN SIX OF THE SEVEN VIDEO DOCUMENTARY CALLED THE REASON WASHINGTON DC AND THEY DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE LAW OR THE CONSTITUTION OR THE CONGRESS OR THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES EXCEPT AS SOMETHING TO BE SUBVERTED AND MANIPULATED AND WIPED TOO.
THEY ABHOR SUNLIGHT AND LOVE DARKNESS.
THEY DEAL IN INNUENDO AND CHARACTER ASSASSINATION AND PLANTED STORIES IN THE INCOMPLETE FILES AND SAVINGS.
THEY BURN AND SHRED FILES OF COURT IF THEY CREATE PERJURY.
WITH COURT THEY HAVE GUARANTEED SIGNATURES WITH LARGE US CORPORATIONS.
IF YOU LET THEM, THEY WILL TAKE OVER NOT ONLY THE CIA, BUT THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT AND THE WORLD CUTTING OFF TO SEND FREE SPEECH AND FREE MEDIA AND THEY WILL CUT A DEAL WITH ANYONE FROM THE MAFIA TO SADDAM HUSSEIN IF IT MEANS MORE POWER AND MORE MONEY.
THEY STOLE 600 BILLION FROM THE SAVINGS AND LOANS AND THEN DIVERTED OUR ATTENTION TO THE IRAQS.
THEY WERE RIPPING OFF AMERICA AT A RATE NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN HISTORY.
THEY'VE FLOODED OUR COUNTRY WITH DRUGS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE 1980S,
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CUT DEALS WITH HEROIN IN MEXICO, NORIEGA AND PANAMA, AND THE MEDELLIN IN CALI CARTELS AND CASTRO AND RECENTLY THE RED MAFIA AND KGB.THEY RUIN THEIR DETRACTORS AND THEY FEAR THE TRUTH.
IF THEY CAN THEY WILL BLACKMAIL YOU.
SEX, DRUGS, DEALS, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO END WITH IS THIS.
IN SOME OF THE CIA'S DARKNESS PROJECTS SUCH AS PROJECT ARTICHOKE, A SPECIAL INTERROGATION PROGRAM THAT WITH ITS FOCUS ON HYPNOSIS, SENSORY DEPRIVATION, CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARASSMENT WAS THE IMMEDIATE FORERUNNER OF THE NOTORIOUS MK ULTRA PROGRAM.
THE GROUNDWORK FOR OUR JOB HAD BEEN LAID IN AN EARLIER PROJECT, BLUEBIRD DESCRIBED IN THE CIA FILES AS EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING DRUGS IN HYPNOSIS.
I THINK THAT FOR ME HAVING READ THIS I WAS A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED TO CONSIDER THAT THE BUSES, OF COURSE, ARE BLUEBIRD BUSES.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE DRUGS RUNNING THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE THAT JUST HAPPENED TO THE CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR TWO YEARS BEING MASKED, SOCIALLY DISTANCED, PROBABLY TURNING TO HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THIS WAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND COLD PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT AND IT WAS DONE WITH ABSOLUTE IMPUNITY.
YOU ALL, I HOPE YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE WE PAY THESE GUYS, WE PAY OURSELVES TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE.
OUR BLACK OPERATIONS NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND NEVER EVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED ON A SINGLE ONE OF OUR CHILDREN.
>> THANKS GENE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WITH THIS MEETING.
THANK YOU EVERYONE AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA,
[4. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
WHICH IS ITEM 4.01.WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION AND AN ACCREDITATION PART OF FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR THAT I WILL ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NORTHWEST ESD 189 LARRY FRANCOISE AND BOARD MEMBER, DR. JACK THOMPSON TO COME FORWARD.
GUESTS AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, I APPRECIATE A FEW MINUTES ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
I AM LEONARD BUCKS LIEUTENANT IN NORTHWEST EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT AND I'M HERE WITH ONE OF OUR NINE EAC BOARD MEMBERS, DR. JACK THOMPSON, A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE NORTHWEST EAC BOARD, ONE-TIME FERNDALE RESIDENT, AND ONE-TIME SUPERINTENDENT IN FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR COMPLETION OF A SIX-YEAR RENEWAL PROCESS THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACCREDITATION PROCESS LAST SPRING.
THEY ARE NOW A NEWLY MINTED ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOL FOR 2020 TO 2028.
SINCE I HAVE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES TALK ABOUT EAC, SO WE TRACE OUR HISTORY IN WASHINGTON STATE BACK TO RESTATE THE DAYS WHEN THERE WERE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION THAT OVERSAW AND ADMINISTERED DRAWINGS BY SCHOOLS ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE IN ORDER.
IN SUING DECADES AND MANY YEARS OF CONSOLIDATION IS JUST OVER 50 YEARS AGO, OUR STATE CONSOLIDATED TO THE NINE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THE NORTHWEST EAC ENCOMPASSES THE FIVE COUNTY REGION OF SOME OVER-SCHEDULED WALKING IN SAN JUAN COUNTIES OR EAC, SIMILAR TO YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IS GOVERNED BY AN ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A NINE-MEMBER BOARD, UNLIKE THOSE OF YOU ON THIS BOARD WHO ARE ELECTED BY THE PUBLIC, OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY YOU, THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE VERY FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THOSE REGIONS.
EACS TOGETHER AS A GROUP FORM.
THE 1960S TOGETHER AS A GROUP FORM THE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS AND WHILE EACS PRIMARILY SERVE THE NEEDS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS THAT EAC RAISES A STATEWIDE NETWORK TO PROVIDE COMMON SERVICES AT SCALE IN ALL REGIONS OF THE STATE.
ACCREDITATION IS ONE SUCH AID EAC STATEWIDE SERVICE.
EACS HAVE BEEN ACCREDITING WASHINGTON'S SCHOOL SINCE IN THE MID-2000S THE LARGEST ACCREDITING BODY IN WASHINGTON STATE WITH CLOSE TO 250 SCHOOLS ACCREDITED.
WHILE PRIMARILY ACCREDITATION IS UNDERTAKEN BY HIGH SCHOOLS, IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ANY SCHOOLS, AND ITS ALL KINDS OF HIGH SCHOOLS, COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE FERNDALE, ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, STEAM HIGH SCHOOLS,
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PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS, ONLINE HIGH SCHOOLS.THE NORTHWEST EAC SERVES AS THE STATEWIDE AGENCY FOR THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
SO WHAT IS THIS ACCREDITATION? WELL, BACK WHEN I BEGAN MY CAREER IN THE 1980S, AS SCHOOLS WERE BEING ACCREDITED, AT THAT TIME IT WAS A REQUIRED PROCESS FOR SCHOOLS.
PROVIDED AN EXTERNAL STAMP OF APPROVAL OF SCHOOL VOLUME, PRIMARILY TO SERVE THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE PROCESS WAS BASED ON MEASURES THAT AT THE TIME MIGHT SEEM PERHAPS NOT ENTIRELY RELEVANT.
LIKE HOW MANY BOOKS ARE IN THE LIBRARY? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
OVER THE YEARS, ACCREDITATION HAS EVOLVED INTO A VOLUNTARY PROCESS, THE RESEARCH-BASED SELF-STUDY PROCESS.
THE GOAL IS STILL TO COMMUNICATE AN INDEPENDENT AND EXTERNAL STANDARD OF QUALITY THAT CREATES A VALID, INCREDIBLE REPUTATION FOR THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.
THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS UTILIZES PEER REVIEWS, ALL SCHOOLS IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP THEIR STRENGTHS, ENSURE EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE, AND IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS TO PROMOTE ONGOING SCHOOL APPROVAL.
AESD ACCREDITATION COACHES WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCHOOL'S IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR EACH SCHOOL NOW.
OUR AESD ACCREDITATION COACHES ARE TYPICALLY RETIRED SECONDARY SCHOOL OR DISTRICT-LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS.
THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS ENCOMPASSES A SIX STEPS CYCLE OF INQUIRY, ACTION, AND IMPROVEMENT.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANT FOUNDATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN MUST BE GOAL DRIVEN AND MUST BE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOCUS MUST BE BASED ON RESEARCH-BASED FOUNDATIONS AND ACTIONS.
AND IT MUST BE FLATTERED AND LEARNING DETERMINED, IT MUST INVOLVE STUDENTS, STAFF, AND PARENTS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT.
THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS TYPICALLY TAKES PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND CULMINATES IN THE FINAL APPROVAL BY A HANDLE ON THE VOLUNTARY AESD FOR ALL NUMBERS.
ONCE APPROVED, AS FERNDALE WAS LAST SPRING, SCHOOLS ARE ACCREDITED FOR A SIX-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, SUBJECTED SOME INSIGHT OVERVIEW DURING THE THIRD YEAR TO ASSESS THEIR PROGRESS AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS THEY MADE TO THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO WHY WOULD SCHOOLS WANT TO BE ACCREDITED? AS I SAID, THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS TO BE GAINED, AESD FACILITATE COACHED SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH MEANS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.
CREDIT NATION PROVIDES AN EXTERNAL REVIEW AND VALIDATION IN THE SCHOOL'S SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE PROCESS THAT LETS TWIST DEVELOPMENT.
ACCREDITATION REMAINS A STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PROCESS OF ALLIANCE ACCREDITATION REQUIRES THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN STUDENT LEARNING, ACHIEVEMENT, AND GROWTH.
AS I MENTIONED, THE PROCESS REQUIRES THAT THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BE DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, AND PARENTS, AND NOT JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY DRIVEN PROCESS.
SO TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PRINCIPAL ROB DILLON IN FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR ACHIEVING THEIR RENEWED AESD ACCREDITATION STATUS FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME 2022 TO 2028.
MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE AS A SMALL TOKEN AND THE ACHIEVEMENT, I HOPE IT WILL BE DISPLAYED SOMEWHERE PROMINENTLY AND PROBABLY IN THE SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN ELECTRONIC LOGO SIGNIFYING THE STATUS AS AN AESD-ACCREDITED SCHOOL A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL USE THAT IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND YOUR WEBSITE TO INDICATE THAT STATUS TO YOUR HOME.
AS PART OF THE FINAL APPROVEMENT PROCESS TO VOLUNTARY PANEL AND THE EAC BOARD MEMBERS IDENTIFIES AT LEAST ONE COMMENDATION FOR EACH SCHOOL OF THE PREJUDICE AND ABOUT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, THE PANEL SAID THAT COMMENDED TO NOT ONLY COLLECTING AND USING DATA, BUT BALANCING IT OUT WITH NON-NATIVE FAMILIES IN A QUALITATIVE WAY, WHICH INCLUDES LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS IN A PERSONAL WAY OF KNOWING EACH STUDENT ACCOMMODATION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR FERNDALE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE AESD PROCESS, AND YOU'RE DOING GREAT THINGS FOR THIS SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU, GENTLEMAN. WE APPRECIATE IT AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE TEAM THERE.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
ITEM 4.02 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW MATH CURRICULUM, AND WITH THIS I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO FAITH, AND I THINK SHE HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US AND WE'LL HAVE THEM.
I'M VERY EXCITED. ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MY TEAMMATES HERE.
PENNY, WHO IS ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL AND WHO OVERSEAS IN WATSON COUNTY CALIFORNIA.
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LAMINA IS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY.WE'RE GOING TO GET REALLY SHORT FOR YOU BECAUSE WE GAVE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PRESENTATION AS SPRING WHEN WE CAME IN AT KATIE AIDS, GEOMETRY, ADOPTION RECOMMENDATION.
THEN IN ONE OF THESE LOVELY PEOPLE WILL JUMP IN TOO.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN THE SPRING, WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, SELECTED UNIVISION BECAUSE WHICH IS FOR THE STATUS HIERARCHY TO CURRICULUM AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING SOMETHING, [LAUGHTER] SO WE WERE LOOKING AT UNIVISION AND THEN FOR A WHILE LET'S JUST CHECK THAT WE ARE NOT MISSING ANYTHING.
WE WENT BACK OUT AND LOOKED AT AS SECOND WHILE WE HAD BEING SOMEWHAT INTERESTED LAST SPRING AND FALL OFF.
YOU GOT TO DUE DILIGENCE AND THEN CAME BACK AND SAID NO, DEFINITELY IMAGES OF RIGHTS.
WE CALL IT THE SAFE HOUSES THAT WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT DELAYED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MAKE THAT DECISION WITH ALGEBRA TO WHERE'S K THROUGH 8 AND 9, 10 WERE ON A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PLACE BECAUSE THEY HAD ALREADY CHOSEN TO SELECT SOME HELP WITH LIMITED RESOURCES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALGEBRA II IS WELL RECOMMENDED FOR UNIVISION.
[LAUGHTER] OUR RECOMMENDATION AS TO PROPOSE THAT WE ADOPT UNIVISION FOR ALGEBRA II.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY I WORKED WITH UNIVISION ACTUALLY BEFORE WE SWITCHED TO REMOTE LEARNING, I HAD PILOTED FOR A SEMESTER AND THEN, THE PANDEMIC.
THEN WE CAME BACK TO IT AND LOOKED AT IT AGAIN ALL LAST YEAR ALONE, THE ASIAN IMAGE.
IT'S RIGOROUS, IT MEETS THE STANDARDS.
IT HAS MANY LOVELY FEATURES THAT WE AS TEACHERS APPRECIATED THE CHALLENGE OF STUDENTS.
THEY DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE, QUESTIONS ARE VERY QUITE DRAMATICALLY.
WE JUST SEEING NOT ONLY THAT FROM AN INTELLECTUAL STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO FIT WELL WITH THE BLOCK SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE COULD TEACH A LESSON IN ONE PERIOD OR MAYBE INTO TWO PERIODS.
IT SEEMED TO FIT WELL WITH THE PACING AND WHEN NEEDED.
[LAUGHTER] AS FAR AS REMINDING ME THAT THEN THE CONTENT THAT THEY'RE STUDYING ANY ALGEBRA II CLASS, MANY OF THESE STUDENTS GO ON TO PRE-CALCULUS, MANY IN FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEY COULD GO INTO PRE-CALCULUS AT HOME OR AT WESTERN OR THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
THIS DOES A FINE JOB PREPARING THOSE STUDENTS, AND WILL ALIGN WITH WHAT IT IS TODAY, MOST PRE-CALCULUS PROGRAMS.
>> PROMISE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS SHORT. [LAUGHTER]
WITH THE DIFFERENT PANELS THAT THEY CAN TAKE WHERE THEY CAN GO THROUGH AS A CPM ALGEBRA GEOMETRY, INTEGRATED ALGEBRA II VERSUS THE TRADITIONAL PATHWAY WHICH WE'LL BE USING THE UNIVISION MATERIALS.
LET'S SPLIT. IT ASKS YOU THAT TYPICALLY HOW, WHAT PROPORTION OF STUDENTS GO ON ROUTE AND WHAT PROPORTION.
I DON'T HAVE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS, BUT I DO HAVE SECTIONS.
I WAS ABLE TO LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND LOOK AT HOW MANY SECTIONS WE MIGHT KNOW OF ALGEBRA II AND INTEGRATED ALGEBRA II.
IT MIGHT VARY, BUT OFTEN WE WOULD HAVE PERHAPS FOUR SECTIONS OF INTEGRATING AND SIX SECTIONS OF ALGEBRA II.
REALIZE SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS IN ALGEBRA II CAME THROUGH THE INTEGRATED PROGRAM AS YOUR ONE FOR THE ALGEBRA II AND THEN TO A REGULAR ALGEBRA II AS THEIR YEAR 2.
I WOULD SAY, I COULDN'T LOOK AT THE CLASS SIZES,
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BUT 60,40 IS PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE.>> I GUESS. I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY CLASSES ARE THOSE, IN TERMS OF BUYING TEXTBOOKS AND FIGURING OUT HOW THAT SHOULD BE, IF YOU THINK DOWN THE ROAD, MORE PEOPLE OVR, ORDER TO GOING TO THE DIRECT ALGEBRA II.
HOW DO YOU, BUILD THAT INTO YOUR DECISION FOR HOW MUCH TO DEAL IN TERMS OF REPLACING BOOKS AND HAVING ENOUGH ON HAND THAN JUST CURIOUS.
>> THERE ARE TRENDS OVER TIME AS AS ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
EVEN WHEN I SAY IT'S FIVE SECTIONS OR SIX SECTIONS, OR WHATEVER, YOU MIGHT HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS BECAUSE OF STAFFING, YOU DIVIDED INTO FIVE GROUPS OR INTO SIX GROUPS.
THE NUMBERS, WHILE THEY VARY, THEY DON'T DRAMATICALLY SHIFT USUALLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
WHEN WE'LL REALLY TIGHT ON TEXTBOOKS THEN WE TALK TO OUR PRINCIPAL AND FIND OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET SOME MORE TEXTBOOKS.
TYPICALLY, HOW LONG DO YOU KEEP TEXTBOOKS? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU STARTED FALLING APART BECAUSE WHAT ABOUT THE GREEN PRE-CALCULUS BOOK AND THE ONE I HAVE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
>> WELL, THE PREVIOUS ADOPTION WAS, WE PURCHASED THE BOOKS IN THE FALL OF 2010.
IDEALLY, I THINK IT'S SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, BUT WE DON'T GET THE IDEAL VERY OFTEN.
I'LL TELL YOU, WE TRAIN THOSE BOOKS, WORKING AS LONG AS WE CAN.
WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT TAXPAYER MONEY.
>> SORRY. IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS, WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY START IMPLEMENTING IT? BECAUSE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE USING OTHER MATERIALS RIGHT NOW.
LET HIM JUST WHEN YOU SHIFT GEARS.
>> WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN USING IT AS AN EXTENSION OF THE PIPE.
THE STUDENTS SO FAR THIS FALL HAVE BEEN USING THESE MATERIALS.
WE MAY HAVE SUPPLEMENTED WITH, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, LIKE WE DON'T HAVE BOOKS VERY WELL.
WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WITH THE HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE PURCHASING BOOKS THIS FALL.
WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO KEEP STUDENTS ON TRACK WITH THAT KIND OF AN ACTUALLY, I'M IN A MEDICALLY. LAURA, IS THAT TRUE? WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN USING IT AND BEING ABLE TO TEACH IT TO THAT CONTENT.
IT WILL BE PRETTY SEAMLESS WHEN THE STUDENTS GET TEXTBOOKS AND DON'T NEED TO LIKE IT.
I'M SURE. ASSUMING IT'S IMPROVED [LAUGHTER].
>> KNOWLEDGE, DELIGHTING TO HOW DID [LAUGHTER] ANYONE GET ME? NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE MATH TEAM? IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN IN THE CHAIR AT THIS POINT, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS CURRICULUM.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE MATH CURRICULUM.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE NEW MATH CURRICULUM FOR ALGEBRA TO AS PRESENTED.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S ADOPTED OVERNIGHT.
YOU GET IN YOUR TEXTBOOK [LAUGHTER] YES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS. WE APPRECIATE IT.
THAT BRINGS US ON TO ITEM 5.01 OF THE AGENDA,
[5. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]
WHICH IS THE RECORDER ON CAPITAL BOND PROJECTS.FOR THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO MARK.
>> BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE MAKING IT UP FORMAT AND CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD.
THE DR. DOMINGUEZ WILL ACTUALLY INCLUDE THE BOND REPORT IN HER ASSURANCE PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
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>> STILL COMING. WORKS FOR ME.
NEXT ITEM THEN 5.02 IS TO RECEIVE THE MONETARY REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES 60 AND E6, WHICH IS FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION.
THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO US.
THEN AGAIN, AS IT WORKS, WE WILL HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THAT.
WE'LL HAVE A SURVEY LIKE THESE OTHERS WILL BE SENT OUT THAT WE CAN REVIEW AND FIND IF THERE IS HOW IT FITS AND HAVING QUESTIONS WITH THAT, DOES THAT FOR DISCUSSION NEXT MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT REPORT AT THIS POINT WITH A CREDIT, THE RECEIVING OF THEIR RECORD.
IN LOOKING AT THE ITEMS WERE MOVED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'M THINKING THAT PROBABLY ITEMS 8.02 AND 8.03 CAN EITHER GO ON THEIR DISTRICT OPERATIONS OR THE STUDENTS I THINK WILL TAKE THEM.
IT'S OKAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND BRING UP ITEM 8.02 WHICH BECOMES 5.03, THOSE KEEPING SCORE.
THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE COUNTY-LEVEL RESPONSE TEAM.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO DO THIS IN JUST A SECOND.
IT SOUNDS LIKE TRINA IS ALWAYS OUR CONTACT PERSON.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, THOSE CAN BE DIRECTED AT THIS POINT TO TRINA.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT I HAVE A QUESTION SO MUCH, I JUST I'M NOT PARTICULARLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT IT'S WORDED COMMITTERS.
THERE IS NO DESCRIPTION OF, WHAT'S THE NAME? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME, IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.
THERE'S NO DESCRIPTION OF WHAT SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE CONTRACT, IT JUST FEELS STRANGE TO ME.
I KNOW KRISTI EXPLAINED WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING, BUT WAS IT NOT BEING WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE? I JUST FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT THAT WOULD CONVINCE ME TO VOTE YES ON THIS ONE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT.
>> I THINK WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT THOUGH.
>> MAYBE CATRINA YOU COULD ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> I THINK IT'D BE GOOD JUST FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.
THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT I KNEW IN MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT SO I CAN ADD TO IT AS WELL [NOISE].
>>THE CATEGORICAL RESPONSE TO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, IS A CONTINUATION OF THE COUNTYWIDE EFFORT FOR, I THINK THIS IS THE FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD A COUNTYWIDE LOCAL RESPONSE TEAM, BELLINGHAM HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD A FULL RESPONSE TEAM FOR OVER 20 YEARS, WHICH KRISTI HAS BEEN PART OF.
THE AGREEMENT IS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON ALL SOUTHERN COUNTY SCHOOLS PLUS FLEMING NATION SCHOOL WORKING TOGETHER IN RESPONSE TO CRISES.
SPECIFICALLY, MOST OFTEN DEATH AFFECTS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WITH THE INTENTION OF SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER IN A REALLY PARTICULAR RESPONSE FASHION TO GET SCHOOLS BACK OPEN AND RUNNING AND GIVE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUPPORTED DURING A TIME OF GRIEF AND CONFUSION.
THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON THAT PARTNERSHIP PIECE, AND THEN IT DOES HAVE THE PIECE AS WELL SHARED COST FOR AN ANNUAL TRAINING FOR THE CATE HIGH SCHOOL.
CATE HAS WORKED FOR THE BELLINGHAM MOBILE RESPONSE FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES NOW.
THIS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US COUNTING OF THE JOINT WORK IN THIS WAY, SHE CHARGES AS PER TRAINING THIS YEAR WILL COST $2,350, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL HER PREPPING, PRE-PLANNING, AS WELL AS FOR THE TRAINING DAY, AND DEBRIEFING AFTERWARDS TO HELP US REFINE OUR PROCESSES.
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WE SPLIT THAT KEY WAYS ACROSS THE DISTRICTS.FOR THIS AGREEMENT IS $293.87 EACH.
THE ONLY OTHER COSTS INCURRED ARE WHEN WE DO HAVE A CRISIS DEPENDING ON, HOW LARGE THE CRISIS IS [NOISE], PAID FOR SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE WEEK OR TWO AFTER THE CRISIS.
TO DO A DEBRIEF WITH THE RESPONDERS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CARING FOR THOSE THAT ARE CARING FOR OTHERS.
THOSE [NOISE] COSTS ARE VERY HARD TO TEACH DISTRICT FROM CATE.
THOSE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT.
THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT [NOISE] I WOULD HOPE PEOPLE WOULD DO BECAUSE IT TAKES CARE OF OUR PEOPLE, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT DISTRICTS DO THAT DEBRIEF [INAUDIBLE].
THE ONLY AND FINANCIAL AGREEMENT IN HERE IS ROUGHLY $300 FOR THE ANNUAL TRAINING PROCESS.
TO KNOW THE SLIP THAT, WE INCLUDE BELLINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL [NOISE] AS WELL, THEY DO THEIR OWN TRAINING SEPARATELY, BUT THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE COUNTYWIDE TEAM.
AN EFFORT, SO THEY ACTUALLY PAY FOR THEIR OWN TRAINING ON THEIR OWN AND THEN PAY AN EIGHTH OF OUR CARRYING COSTS.
BUT TELL US, ESPECIALLY AS SMALLER DISTRICTS BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS.
>>DOES ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT AS I SAID, IT'S NOT REALLY SPECIFIED IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE RULE WAS, THIS PERSON AT ALL AND THAT MAYBE SHE WAS LIKE A COORDINATOR OR SOMETHING FOR THE COUNTYWIDE THING.
[NOISE] I KNOW THERE WAS A SAYING IN THE VOUCHERS FOR $300 FOR WORKSHOPS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO?
>> WE HAVE NOT DONE THE TRAINING YET.
IT HAPPENS NEXT MONTH, AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN BILLED FOR IT YET.
>> THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THEN, IT WAS WORKSHOPS FOR SOME OF THEM.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING SIDE OF THE BENEFIT.
CATE CAME IN ON THE SCENE AFTER THE PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN BELLINGHAM.
I WAS ON THE TEAM AND WE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A PROCESS AT THAT TIME IN BELLINGHAM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT AFTER PART WHERE WE GOT TO SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH SOMEONE AFTER HOLDING THAT REEF FOR STAFF.
I CAN SAY, I WOKE UP TONIGHT NURSE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS FROM THAT SITUATION.
REALLY THE TRAINING SHE DOES HELPS US GET KIDS BACK ON TRACK, TAKES CARE OF SCHOOLS, GETS EDUCATION, AND GOING AGAIN HELPS US TO KNOW HOW TO NOT UNPACK THINGS IN A WAY THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY A COUNSELOR.
BUT THERE'S ALSO THE BACKSIDE OF THAT, AND IT SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE THAT SIT ALONGSIDE.
I ALSO BENEFITED FROM AN ACCOUNTING WHITE TEAM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD BECAUSE WHEN THE PRINCIPAL [INAUDIBLE] WAS MURDERED ON DECEMBER 26, THREE YEARS AGO, THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLY TRAGIC, ESPECIALLY I'M IN BELLINGHAM.
THAT WAS OUR SECOND ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAD BEEN MURDERED IN TWO YEARS' TIME.
I HAD AN ELITE ON BOTH OF THOSE, AND WE JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
THE COUNTY TEAM WAS ABLE TO COME IN AND SERVE IN A WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GRIEVE THAT PROCESS TREATMENT ENDED UP BEING ONE OF THE POINTS AS WELL.
WE HAVE SOMETHING INCREDIBLY NEAT HERE.
THEN UNLESS YOU'RE IN A CRISIS, YOU DON'T REALIZE THE NEED OF IT.
KIDS NOT REALLY DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION, BUT SHE PREPARES US WELL ENOUGH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET KIDS BACK ON TRACK, AND HELP IDENTIFY WHO NEEDS FURTHER SERVICES, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? THEN SHE'S ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE ADULTS WHO ARE, LIKE TRINA SAID, TAKING CARE OF OUR STUDENTS.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE GIFT AND I FEEL INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH EXPERTISE.
HER BACKGROUND ACTUALLY WAS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SHE USES A LOT OF WHAT SHE DID AFTER CRISIS RESPONSE WHEN THERE WAS SOMETHING WITH A FIRE OR LOBSTERS, AND SHE ADAPTED AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SUPER AS I SUPERINTENDED, IT GIVES ME GREAT PEACE KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THIS SYSTEMATIC PLACE FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
>> I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND IT DOES SOUND LIKE A NECESSARY AND USEFUL THING.
I'M STILL JUST NOT, IN OTHER WAY ITS WORDED JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE LEAVES THINGS THAT THEY ASKED ME TO ME.
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NO, BUT [OVERLAPPING] IDEA.>> IT'S THE WORKS OR NOT? IS THE MOU, DOES CATE WRITE? WHO WRITE IT?
I TOOK THE PREVIOUS ONE AND JUST UPDATED IT WITH A FEW ADDS MORE ABOUT THE AGREEMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THEN THE PAYMENT.
CATE WRITTEN INTO IT BECAUSE SHE'S A PART OF THAT COUNTYWIDE TEAM.
BUT ANY PAYMENT COMMITMENTS HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THIS MOU.
THE MOU IS MORE OF ABOUT HOW WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, AND WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO ACROSS THE COUNTY DISTRICTS IN SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER.
THEN WE DO SEPARATE THE PURCHASE ORDER PROCESS AND INVOICING RELATED TO CATE'S FEES.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY IN OTHER DISTRICTS AT THIS TIME ARE ASSIGNED ON?
>> WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS BACK FROM FIVE OF THE EIGHT DISTRICTS.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN SINCE WE'VE PULLED THIS MEMORANDUM SEPARATELY, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW TO PROCEED WITH IT.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8.22.
APPROVAL OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR COUNTY MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM.
>> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COUNTY MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM.
THEN NEXT WILL ALSO TAKE ITEM 8.03 WHICH WE PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST ESD 189 ADVERBIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TRINA, BEING THE POINT PERSON ON THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO EXPLAINING A BIT TO THIS BEFORE QUESTIONS?
>> WERE VERY FORTUNATE THIS YEAR TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTHWEST ESD, WHICH IS AT NO COST TO US.
IT IS PROVIDED FOR ONE YEAR ONLY.
FROM THE FSD PROVIDES US FUNDAMENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR TO WORK IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE FUNDING COMES FROM ANONYMOUS GRANT FUNDER THROUGH ESD AND SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN THE REGION, WHO AWARDED THIS, ORIGINALLY WORKED ON THE COORDINATION OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE SOMEHOW AND SO MANY SMALL GROUPS OF HOSTILE DISTRICT STUDENTS WHO NEED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO SERVE? HAVING THIS ADDITIONAL RESOURCE IS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO GROWING AND SUPPORT.
IT IS A SIMILAR PARTNERSHIP IN CONCEPT TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH CAMPUS HEALTH, [INAUDIBLE] WHICH PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN THE SCHOOL.
BUT THE ONE WITH THE ESD ALSO INCLUDES THE DESIGNS THAT THEY DO [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN AT NO COST TO US.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE [INAUDIBLE] OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> THIS IS FOR ONE YEAR AND NATALIE GUSTAFSON, GOT TO SEND THIS WORK WITH ESD MOST CLOSELY ON THIS AND SHE HAS COME INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOPES THAT AFTER ESD THERE WORKING AND THEY WANT US TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING TO CONTINUE IT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S UNCERTAIN THESE DOLLARS WILL GO AWAY.
BUT THEY DO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO WANTING TO FIND WAYS TO CONTINUE THESE EFFORTS.
>> HOW DO YOU SEE THIS OVERLAYS OVER THE TOP OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
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I HAVEN'T READ THE WHOLE DOCUMENT ITSELF.FOR INSTANCE, WE ALREADY HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO GET AN IEP OR 5.1, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS LAYER ON TOP OF THAT.
>> I SEE IT BEING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT.
THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS CAN'T ALWAYS PROVIDE IT.
THE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS ARE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
A SCHOOL COUNSELOR IN THE TERMS OF ONE ON ONE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, AND BECAUSE OF THEIR TRAINING.
THEY HAVE A CLINICAL BACKGROUND AND THERE'S ALL OF THE AGREEMENT WITH FAMILIES AND ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE ESDS PROCESS.
I SEE THIS AS A GAP IN FUNDING FROM THE STATE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN WE LOOK AT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY EVEN IF IT'S FOR A YEAR WILL BE A BENEFIT TO 60 KIDS IN COMMON.
>> OBVIOUSLY, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE SCREENED THE SAME WAY AS OUR OWN COUNSELORS AND ARE SCRUTINIZED THE SAME WAY.
[LAUGHTER] THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS.
>> THIS PERSON IS SPECIFICALLY MENTAL HEALTH AS OPPOSED TO JUST GENERAL COUNSELOR.
>> I DON'T MEAN TO TALK. I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE COMPASS HEALTH THAT'S THE LONGEST STANDING PARTNERSHIP.
WITH COMPASS HEALTH IS SPECIFIC CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH.
WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ESD IT IS AN INVERTED TRIANGLE OF OUR MTSS SYSTEM WHERE THE SMALLEST PORTION OF THEIR TIME IS WITH ALL AND THE LARGEST PORTION OF THEIR TIME IS WITH ONE ON ONE AND SO IT IS 60, 40.
THEY DO WORK. WE WORK IN HOPES THAT THEY CAN CAPTURE MORE STUDENTS NEEDS [INAUDIBLE]
>> THIS PERSON IS ENTIRE DISTRICT, ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WE CAN PLACE THE PERSON WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST.
>> SIR, ARE WE ALREADY ANTICIPATING THIS BECAUSE IT LOOK LIKE THE THING WAS SIGNED.
>> YEAH. WE HAVE A PERSON AT SHARING BETWEEN THIS STUFF AND HORIZON.
A CONTRACT ORIGINALLY HAD ERRORS IN IT AND SO WE WENT BACK AND HAD THEM FIXED.
>> DOES THIS ALSO SUPPORT OUR STAFF AS WELL?
>> ESPECIALLY, OUR COUNSELING STAFF.
WE PRIORITIZE TIME AT VISTA FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS ONE COUNSELOR OR HORIZON HOUSE TO COUNSELORS CURRENTLY AND SO THIS IS THE STAFF SCHOOL-WIDE PIECES.
ESPECIALLY, THERE'S A GREAT SUPPORT TO STAFF AT THIS TIME TO THE STUDENTS.
DO WE HAVE A EAP IN PLACE? THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE EAP WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
I MISINTERPRETED THE QUESTION.
THOSE SERVICES ARE DIRECTLY FOR STUDENTS?
>> YES. STUDENTS ONLY. [INAUDIBLE]
>> [INAUDIBLE] HAVE YOU REMINDED STAFF OF THOSE SERVICES THIS LAST.
I DID A WEEK AGO TO MAKE SURE STAFF KNOWS. THAT'S SOMETHING.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE [OVERLAPPING] STAFF AS WELL AS STUDENTS.
CHECK, MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS.
THE CONTRACTS WEREN'T GOING TO GET SIGNED [NOISE] WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED AND THIS IS JUST BEING BROUGHT JUST AFTER EVENT.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE, AS WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH THAT WAS TAKING OFF THAN THE BOARD'S, THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT AREN'T DELEGATED BY THE BOARD VIA POLICY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT EITHER STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY APPROVE THE PROCESS, BUT THOSE BY POLICY HAVE BEEN DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
HENCE WHY THAT ALREADY BASICALLY HASN'T BEEN THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE TO GET THE APPROVAL AND THE FINAL APPROVAL SO TO SPEAK, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> THIS WAS ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY MET AS AN EXECUTIVE TEAM AND WRESTLED WITH, AND SADLY,
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AS I VISIT SCHOOLS AND I LISTENED TO STAFF AND I TALKED TO FAMILIES, EVEN WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD IN PLACE TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.THE LOAD I'M LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS HERE, THEY SEE IT EVERY DAY AND FOR A FAMILY TO GET SERVICES OUTSIDE OUR DISTRICT, THE WAIT LIST IS VERY LONG OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN TO THE SEATTLE AREA.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE ESD FUNDS AND WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON WITH THIS, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT WE DID NOT TAKE LIGHTLY AND IT COMES UP FROM A STAFF TIME TO TIME AGAIN AS CAN WE GET MORE.
>>I HAVE A QUESTION WITH HOUSE BILL 1664 WAS PASSED LEGISLATURE, WHICH INCREASED FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE PHASED IN OVER A FEW YEARS.
WHEN IT IS PHASED IN, WILL IT BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE GRANT OR IS THIS A COST THAT IS GOING TO NOT BE TOUCHED OR GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON THE GRANT YEAR AFTER YEAR TO KEEP IT GOING FOR CONTINUITY OF CHARACTERISTIC.
>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW MUCH OF THAT FUNDING WILL ACTUALLY COME INTO PLAY TO BE ABLE TO MEET THESE NEEDS.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT HAPPENS AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS HOW WE BEGAN IS FUNDING THINGS THAT WE ALREADY DO.
IT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT BECAUSE WE ALREADY FUND MORE, LET'S SAY, SCHOOL COUNSELORS FOR EXAMPLE, THAN THE STATE FUNDS US, SO THE STATE IS STILL IN A CATCH-UP MODE WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
WE ARE WORKING AS A COUNTY WITH SOME PLEAS FROM EACH OF THE DISTRICTS TO GET CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE CAN PROVIDE MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL PROVIDERS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH PUBLIC COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY CARE.
SOME OF THE AGENCIES OUT THERE THAT TEND TO PARTNER WITH DISTRICTS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT COULD WE BE USING SOME OF THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO GET BETTER ACCESS FOR STUDENTS TO SOME OF THE PRIVATE PARTIES AS WELL.
TYPICALLY ARE NOT REACHABLE TO THE STUDENTS, AND NOW IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE AND THEN CONNECTING WITH THE RIGHT TYPE OF INSURANCE PROVIDERS AND WHEN POSSIBLE, GETTING THOSE SERVICES AT SCHOOL TO BREAK DOWN THAT BARRIER OF TRANSPORTATION.
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF CREATIVE FUNDING FOR OTHER MORE YEARS.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYBE I'LL JUST MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS.
TO POWER THIS POINT SHE'S DRIVING AT IS IT'S A BACKWARDS METHOD WHEN THE INK IS DRY AND YOU'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE DOCUMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY IN PLACE.
I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS THIS AND POINT A WAY TO REMEDY THAT, WHEN WE APPROVE SOMETHING ITS BEFORE RATHER THAN AFTER.
I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING [BACKGROUND] HERE THAN ON DOCUMENT.
>> OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, TERRY WILL THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT.
>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT BETWEEN NORTHWEST ESD 189 AND FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT BETWEEN NORTHWEST ESD 189 AND FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO ITEM 6 OF OUR AGENDA, FOCUS ON STUDENTS.
[6. FOCUS ON STUDENTS]
IN THAT I'M STARTING WITH ITEM 6.01, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POLICY 2.1 OR 2.1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT PROVIDED FOR YOU AND AGAIN,
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WE HAVE THE INFORMATION HERE, AND THEN WE WILL BE GETTING A SURVEY TO GO THROUGH AND TO ENTER OUR COMMENTS FOR DISCUSSION AND EXCELLENCE [NOISE].ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS REPORT? JUST ONE QUESTION AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A TYPE OF A SUBJECT SINCE IN 2020 MONITORING REPORT AND THAT THE 2022?
>> NO PROBLEM. THAT TAKES US ON THEN TO ITEM 6.02, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POLICY R-2.2, MATHEMATICS.
THIS IS THE REPORT WE RECEIVED A FEW ACTUALLY I THINK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
IT HAS BEEN BEFORE THE BOARD, WE'VE HAD THE SURVEY THAT HAS BEEN OUT THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO FILL OUT AND IT'S READY TO READ THE SURVEY RESULTS.
THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE ALSO ATTACHED TO BOARD DOCS.
HAVEN'T HAD MUCH CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT BOARD DOCS FOR ANYONE THAT IS BOTH IN THE AUDIENCE OR LISTENING ONLINE.
MOST OF THE MATERIALS THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN LOOKING AT AND REVIEWING ARE AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS, SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THOSE THINGS YOU CAN.
WE'VE ALSO GOT THEM PRESENTED UP HERE ON THE SCREENS IN FRONT.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH SLIDE IS THAT ON THE ONLINE VERSION, BUT IF YOU DON'T SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT ON BOARD DOCS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THERE, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ANY ONE OF US AND WE CAN HELP YOU DO THAT.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER, AGAIN JUST TO REVIEW THE PROCESS AS WE DEVELOP THE PROCESS AND GO THROUGH IT.
[NOISE] THE GOAL WITH DOING THE SURVEY, IT ALLOWED US TO MAKE THE COMMENTS JUST SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW EACH OTHER'S COMMENTS [NOISE] PRIOR TO THE MEETING, JUST TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT BOARD MEMBERS WERE THINKING IN HOPES OF GENERATING A BETTER DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING AND STREAMLINING THINGS.
THEN OUR GOAL BEING TO LOOK AT THOSE COMMENTS, AGREE ON THE OPINIONS, COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE, SO THAT THEN WE CAN HOPEFULLY APPROVE THE REPORT WITH EITHER BEING IN COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OR HOPEFULLY NOT AS POSSIBLY NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE.
WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD, ANY COMMENTS THAT ANYONE HAS TO MAKE.
>> THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE BEFORE US RIGHT NOW.
WHAT DO WE DO IN A CASE OF A 50/50 SPLIT HERE? I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU VIEW THAT.
>> I THINK IT BOILS DOWN TO OUR DISCUSSION, AND THEN THE FINAL VOTE IF WE DO END UP IN A 50/50 SPLIT.
WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS; ONE, WE CAN WAIT UNTIL TO ALL FIVE MEMBERS ARE PRESENT TO VOTE ON THAT POINT OR IF WE COME TO A CONSENSUS WITHIN THE FOUR MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE THAT WE GET INTO A 3-1 OR A 4-0 VOTE OR 1-3 OR 2 OR 4, WHICHEVER WAY YOUR VOTE SAY.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE.
>> WELL, I AM OPEN TO ANY PERSUASIVE COMMENTS.
HOWEVER, IT IS A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE THE BOARD HAS SPOKEN AND RESULTS ARE BEFORE YOU.
IT'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS THEN.
>>MY POINT EARLIER, I SAID NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
THE REASON I SAID NOT IN COMPLIANCE IS BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS WILL MASTER THEIR SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATE EFFICIENCY IN EACH REQUIRED DISCIPLINE AND ELECTIVES.
FERNDALE AND I HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FERNDALE FOR THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, IT IS THE GOAL WE SHOULD HAVE FOR EVERYTHING, THAT IT'S ALL STUDENTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE.
BUT HAVING MATH AS A METRICS WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY YES OR NO, I'VE GOT TO SAY NO UNTIL WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND WE'VE GOT 4,400 AND WHATEVER.
BECAUSE OF THE QUESTION, I'LL PROBABLY BE VOTING ''NO" A LOT, AND NOT THAT I WANT TO, I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE QUESTIONS TO BE LIKE A SMART GOAL, SOMETHING SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE,
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ATTAINABLE, REASONABLE, TIMED OUT.>> THIS IS EXACTLY WHY GOING BACK AND REVIEWING THE POLICY IS GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT.
>> YES. THAT WAS A COMMENT THAT I ALSO BROUGHT UP IS, CAN WE EVER BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL, YOU THERE?
>> IT'S LIKE SAYING TO SOMEBODY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AN A UNTIL YOU DON'T MISS A SINGLE QUESTION.
AND WHEN WE EVER TELL STUDENTS, YOU'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL UNLESS YOU GET EVERYTHING RIGHT.
>> WHEN DO WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO GO BACK AND REWRITE THE POLICIES BEFORE WE REVIEW THESE MONITORING COURTS AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS A REPETITIOUS THING? I FOR ONE, STRUGGLED WITH IT BECAUSE I'M HAVING REAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THESE WITHOUT REWRITING THE SCRIPT AND IT DOESN'T APPLY VERY WELL TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WHERE YOU'VE GOT WITHIN THAT SURVEY, IT'S ASKING ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE POLICY OR CONCERNS WITH THE INDICATORS FOR US TO COME BACK BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING]
>> RIGHT HERE, EVERYONE HAS IT.
>> EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF THIS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ON THERE, WE'VE GOT MATHEMATICS.
IF YOU FOLLOW THAT SECOND LINE DOWN, THE SURVEY GOES OUT TO THE BOARD ON 9-12 THAT HAPPENED.
THE SURVEY CAME BACK TO CHRIS ON 10-14.
THE RESULTS WERE OUT OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT, WE ARE REVIEWING THE POLICY AND THEN THE POLICY REVISION WE'RE LOOKING AT 11-22, SO, OUR NOVEMBER MEETING.
THAT'S THE PART OF THE CIRCLING BACK AND AROUND THAT WAS MISSING BEFORE WE'VE INCORPORATED IN THE NEW PROCESS.
THAT'S WHY PART OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS WERE AIMED AT, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE INDICATORS? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS POLICY? HOW WOULD WE TIGHTEN IT UP, LOOSEN IT UP, MAKE IT MORE APPROPRIATE? [NOISE] DID I ANSWER YOU ON THAT?
>> WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? 11-22, IS THAT A BOARD MEETING? IS THAT A SPECIAL MEETING? IS THAT THE SESSION WE HAVE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> 11-22 IS OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
>> THERE WILL BE A NEW AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.
>> ARE YOU JUST ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR CHANGING THE POLICY WITH THAT OR ARE YOU ACTUALLY REWRITING THAT?
>> WELL, THE HOPE IS AND AGAIN THIS IS ALL A-
>> IT'S A PETRI- [LAUGHTER] IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I WAS PART OF, WHEN YOU GO TO THESE QUESTIONS WHERE WE SAID ON PAGE 4 OF 7.
QUESTIONS; DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT INDICATORS? SHOULD OTHER INDICATORS BE ADDED? SHOULD INDICATORS BE AMENDED? SHOULD INDICATORS BE REMOVED? THERE WAS A POINT WHERE PEOPLE COULD PUT IN THEIR INPUT OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE INDICATORS.
AGAIN, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW, LOOK AT, KNOW WHAT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE THINKING IN THE PROCESS FOR TALKING ABOUT REVISION, DO WE NEED TO MAKE UP? FOR EXAMPLE, JUST THROWING IT OUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS, SHOULD THAT SAY 10% MORE STUDENTS WILL MASTER THE SKILLS AND PROFICIENCY THAN LAST YEAR OR SOMETHING THAT HAS MORE MEASURABLE COMPONENT.
AGAIN, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT, I'M NOT MAKING THAT AS A TALKING BIRD BUT THAT ESSENTIALLY, IS WHAT THE WHOLE PROCESS IS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING SO THAT THEN WHEN WE DO COME BACK AROUND TO MONITOR THIS AGAIN, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT PART OF THIS, REGARDLESS, OF WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS GRAPH, NO ONE PUT THAT [INAUDIBLE] EMPLOYMENT.
SO OBVIOUSLY, NOT ENOUGH REALM.
WHETHER IT'S IN COMPLIANCE, WHERE WE NEED TO MEET THE GOAL OR NOT IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T COME ANYWHERE CLOSE, IS THE MAIN POINT.
AT LEAST IN MY MIND, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
>> WELL, I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT BEFORE WE ESTABLISHED OUR BASELINES, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANCE TO MEASURE OUR GOAL BECAUSE THEY WERE USING THE SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOLLOW-UP ON THAT TO MEASURE AGAINST.
IT'S LIKE, WELL HERE'S OUR FIRST ROUND OF [INAUDIBLE] TESTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST ROUND. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MEASURE INDIVIDUAL GOAL IF YOU'RE JUST ESTABLISHING THE FIRST SET OF DATA?
>> THE FACT THAT THE SBA WAS GIVEN THAT FORM,
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WE HAD NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE WITH THAT EITHER.>> THE SUMMER LEARNING LOSS IN ADDITION TO COVID.
>> YES. IT WAS A PETRI-DISH, AS YOU SAID, OF DATA OPTIONS.
HONESTLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DASHBOARD, WE ARE GETTING CLOSER.
WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO JUST QUICKLY PULL ON DIFFERENT PIECES MAYBE, SO, IF WE IDENTIFY IT AS A TEAM, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING HOURS TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE TOTALLY HAVE THAT CLEAR PICTURE OF THE DATA STREAMS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMPARE WITH TIME, WHICH RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO WE ARE STARTING AT THE BEGINNING.
>> WE CAN'T FIND OUT A NUMBER RIGHT NOW THOUGH.
IT WAS LIKE IN THE 20 PERCENTS THAT WE WERE.
I THINK WHAT KEVIN WAS SAYING, WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
IF YOU ADD 10% TO THAT, YOU GET 37%.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO OKAY ON MATH-WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, CLOSE THE GAP BY A THIRD OF THIS YEAR, WHATEVER IT IS, SO, WE GO FROM 27 TO 100.
IF WE WANT TO EVERY YEAR, CLOSE THAT GAP IN JUST A THIRD.
THAT GIVES US 33 MORE, MAYBE TO ABOUT 60 AND THEN WHEN WE ARE AT 60 GO TO 100.
WE WANT TO CLOSE IT BY A THIRD, THAT GIVES US 72, AND THE NEXT YEAR YOU WANT TO CLOSE IT BY A THIRD.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO EACH YEAR GETS SMALLER BUT YOU'RE APPROACHING A LIMIT AND YOU'RE GETTING REALISTIC, WHICH YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE WITH EVERY STUDENT.
YOU WILL SOMEDAY, AND YOU CAN ALL SAY I WAS SO WRONG AND THROW TOMATOES AT ME.
BUT I THINK IT GIVES A MORE REALISTIC GOAL IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE, SO ON THE ONE HAND, LIKE THE ALL STUDENTS, I LIKE TO SEE WHAT ARE WE CLOSE OUR EYES EACH YEAR, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REWRITE THE QUESTION EVERY YEAR.
BUT I'D ALSO WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS BETWEEN THE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT PARAGRAPH ON PAGE SIX WHERE I BROKE IT DOWN INTO DIFFERENT GROUPS.
THERE ARE TWO COLUMNS THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL GREEN, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL IF WE'RE USING THE SMART ACCOUNTS ASSESSMENT.
THE REASON BEING IS KELLY POINTED OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPT-OUT OF THAT TEST.
AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO OPT-OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET AND THEY ASSIGN THEM ZEROS THAT DRAGS THE AVERAGE WAY DOWN.
THERE'S NO WAY UNLESS WE GET 100 PERCENT PARTICIPATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD MEASURE THERE.
I LIKE TO KNOW WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO OPT OUT OF IT TO BEGIN WITH, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO OPT OUT OF IT [NOISE].
WHY DOESN'T OSBI PROVIDE [NOISE] A BREAKDOWN.
I MEAN, HAND WE'RE PAYING THEM TO PROVIDE A THAT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OPTING OUT AND GIVE US THE AVERAGE FOR THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY DO STEP UP AND TAKE IT.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S GIVING US GOOD INFORMATION WITHOUT THAT.
AS LONG AS WE'RE RELYING ON THAT, THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
I THINK THAT I RADIATE THAT CASE WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE USEFUL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETELY EXTERNAL TESTING TO SHOW US HOW WE'RE DOING COMPARATIVELY.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING AND WHAT IS I WAS THINKING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OTHER DISTRICTS MAYBE FAIL WHEN YOU CHECKED INTO THIS. I DON'T KNOW.
BUT LOOKING AT THESE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE GOOD NUMBERS.
WELL, MAYBE THEY HAD HIGHER PARTICIPATION RATES TOO AND MAYBE ACTUALLY EFFECTIVELY SPEAKING, THE STUDENTS THAT THEY HAD TAKEN A TEST REALLY DIDN'T PERFORM ANY BETTER THAN THE ONES WE HAD DOING IT.
IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE MORE ZEROS THROWN INTO OUR NUMBERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE OR NOT, BUT IT DAWNED ON ME LATER THAT IT MIGHT HAPPEN.
>> [OVERLAPPING] CAN WE TAKE THIS HERE.
>> WILL THEY GIVE YOU NUMBERS ON WHO PARTICIPATED OR NOT?
>> [OVERLAPPING] I THINK THE OTHER THING IS IF WE DO HAVE PEOPLE OPTING OUT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW NUMBER ONE WHY IT'S ALLOWED FOR THEM TO OPT OUT? NUMBER TWO, IF THEY ARE OPTING OUT, COULD WE FIND THEIR REASONS FOR IT? BECAUSE, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE MIGHT OPT THEIR KIDS OUT IF THEY DON'T SEE THEY DO VERY WELL.
FRANKLY SCORING 10 PERCENT ON THE TEST IS STILL BETTER THAN GETTING ZEROS THROWN IN.[OVERLAPPING].
>> A LOT OF REASONS, PEOPLE ARE.
>> IF WE WANT PARENTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, TELLING THEM IT'S 100 PERCENT MANDATORY AND YOU CAN NOT
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OPT OUT THEIR KIDS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH TO MANY PEOPLE.>> COULD BE. I THINK IT STILL AFFECTS THE SCHOOLS.
>> I THINK SOMETIMES EXPLAINING THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T, IF THEY ARE INCLUDING THE OPT OUT TO ZERO PERCENT.
THEN IT'S SKEWING THE NUMBERS INAPPROPRIATELY SO THAT THE NUMBERS IN AND START BECOMING WORTHLESS.
BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND JUST TAKE THOSE NUMBERS AND THE VALUE THEY ARE.
THEN AGAIN, IT GIVES THE WRONG IMPRESSION IN THE DISTRICTS.
I THINK THAT'S STRAIGHT NEEDS TO BE TOLD.
>> [BACKGROUND] I KNOW THOUGH THE MAKING IS LIKE A PARENT.
IF I HAD A CHILD WHO TAKING THESE TESTS WAS JUST CREATING A LOT OF ANXIETY AND A LOT OF STRESS AND MADE THEIR LIFE MISERABLE.
AS A PARENT SORRY, SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO PUT MY KID THROUGH THAT.
>> RIGHT. NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THEY'RE MAKING IT MANDATORY.
IT'S LIKE HOW TO ASSESS IF YOU ARE HAVING SOME SORT OF OBJECTIVE EVALUATION IN LESS THAN THE FLIP SIDE.
BUT I THINK THE VALUES THAT ARE PRESENTED BY OSBI.
IF YOU HAVE 50 PERCENT OPT-OUT, JUST TO MAKE EASY MATH.
[BACKGROUND] THE BEST SKEW SCORE YOU CAN GET IT AS 50 PERCENT EVEN IF EVERYBODY THAT ABSENT DOES 100.
THAT'S SKEWING THEM. THEN AGAIN, THE DATA BECOMES WORTHLESS BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH.
IT SHOULD WHO'S TAKING IN AND SOME ZERO SHIT NOT ACCOUNTED MESS UP THE AVERAGES.
>> I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT'S HOW THOSE SCORES ARE CALCULATED BECAUSE IT WAS AWFUL.
YOU SEE 28 PERCENT YOU THINK, PARTICULARLY DURING AND AROUND THE PANDEMIC PEOPLE PULLED THEIR KIDS OUT.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO DO THAT. I MEAN, I CAN SEE HOW.
>> I WOULD ADD, WHY WE NEED THE DASHBOARD IS IF WE HAVE A DASHBOARD THEN WE CAN EASILY FILTER THAT FOR THESE REPORTS? SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE RELYING ON OSBI, WHICH WE CAN ASK, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THEIR JOB.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY WE NEED THE DASHBOARD.
WE MANAGED WITH THREE COMPANIES SO FAR.
FEELS GOOD OR NOT ABOUT THE LATEST ONE? IS THAT ALRIGHT TO YOU? [BACKGROUND] WE ARE GETTING CLOSER YOU GOING TO BE SO THANKFUL.
>> IT'S STILL GOING TO BE OSBI'S JOB AND THIS MAIN TESTING AND CRUNCHING NUMBERS ANYWAY. [BACKGROUND].
>> BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE WAY WE'RE ASKING IT, RIGHT? WE HAVE OUR OWN DASHBOARD.
BASED ON THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE WE CAN FILTER THE DATA IN ANYWHERE WE WANT.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED IN-HOUSE.
>> OKAY. IT IS NICE TO SEE IN MY MIND, I LIKE HAVING THE IRA.
IF I'M UNDERSTANDING SCRAPING DATA WHERE IT DID SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FALL AND SPRING, BECAUSE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WHICH WAS NICE TO SEE PARTICULARLY IN THE LINE OF THE DATA.
>> BEFORE WE GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE THOUGH, I DO THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE FALL TO SPRING AND YOU DO SEE UPWARD MOBILITY.
THERE IS SUMMER LEARNING LOSS.
SO WE NEED TO SEE THAT THROUGH A FEW YEARS TO SEE THE OSCILLATION.
AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST STAYING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH, BUT THEN WE HAVE A GENERALLY UPWARDLY MOBILE.
>> OKAY. BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE PROCESS AS BEST I CAN, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE PETRI DISH, [NOISE] [LAUGHTER] THAT TURNS I CAN BRING SOME OTHERS.
ANYWAY, HOW DO WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE CONVERSATION SO FAR WITH THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON HERE? HOPEFULLY THE DIRECTION AND THE IDEA THAT WE HAD WAS HAVING THESE COMMENTS AVAILABLE, LOOK AT THEM.
SEE WHAT WE AGREE WITH AND DISAGREE WITH.
TALK ABOUT ONES WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, AND COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF A CONSENSUS AGAIN.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH THIS REPORT, WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING IN COMPLIANCE.
IT'S EITHER IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE? AND IF IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTIONS THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE EXCEPTIONS.
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WHATEVER THINGS WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT GIVEN THE INDICATOR THAT WE HAVE TODAY.SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AGREEMENT THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED AND CHANGED, WHICH WILL BECOME A TOPIC OF OUR NEXT MEETING AND DISCUSSION.
HOW WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO HANDLE THE POLICY OR THIS REVIEW TONIGHT?
>> IF I CAN JUST MAKE A COMMENT TOO, LOOKING AT THIS TIMELINE.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING AT 11:22, BUT YOU ARE ALSO REVIEWING AND ADOPTING FEW OTHER MONITORING REPORTS.
WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT TWO POLICY CHANGES.
I DON'T SEE THAT BEING DONE IN THE EVENING.
>> I JUST NEED TO MAKE ONE CORRECTION.
>> [BACKGROUND] I THINK IT'S TOO MUCH.
THAT'S A TYPO BECAUSE 11:22 IS THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CORRECT THAT SINCE THAT LACKED OUT.
ANYWHERE SAYS 11:22 SHOULD SAY 11: 29.
>> THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY. [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER]
>> OKAY. AFTER EVERYBODY SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND].
>> IT'S CERTAINLY THE OTHER OPTION AND WHAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE I RAISE AN AGGRESSIVE AGENDA.
PART OF THIS HOPING TO GET THROUGH THESE KEY FROM KICKING THINGS DOWN THE ROAD TOO FAR.
CERTAINLY IN THE PAST WE HAVE DONE, BOTH THE BOARD MEETING AND STUDY SESSIONS.
USUALLY A COUPLE OF MEETINGS ARE DONE.
AND SO THAT'S THE OTHER OPTION THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
ANOTHER EVENING WHERE WE DEDICATED THAT TO POLICY REVISIONS.
CERTAINLY HOPING THAT THAT IS AN OPTION.
>> I THINK WE JUST HAVE FROM OUR POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES THERE.
IF WE DO OUR STUDY SESSIONS THAT ARE THE POLICY REVISIONS, THEN WE WON'T HAVE STUDY SESSIONS ANYMORE.
IT WILL ALL BE POLICY WHICH MAYBE IS WHAT SCHOOLS WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> THAT'S WHY MY PROPOSAL IS, DO WE NEED TO FURTHER GO THROUGH WITH THESE MONITORING TOWARDS? OR DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE POLICIES THEMSELVES AND ADDRESS THOSE FIRST, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE MONITORING REPORTS? [BACKGROUND]
>> WE'RE ALMOST AT A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGE IN POLICY, BUT WE'RE ALSO REACTING TO THE MONITORING REPORT USING THAT POLICY.
IS THAT GOOD, OR IT'S GOING TO CHANGE ONCE YOU CHANGE THE POLICY, RIGHT?
>> SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE WAY THESE REPORTS WORK IS ILLUSTRATION, MAKES A DECISION ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, ONE-THIRD THAT PRESENT TO US AS THE INDICATORS AND THEN WE REACT TO THAT FOLLOWING THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING IS THAT, WHY ARE WE NOT CHOOSING THE INDICATORS? AND THEN [OVERLAPPING]
>> THOSE PREVIOUS INDICATORS WERE DEVELOPED BY ADMIN TEAM AND THE BOARD IN A HAND IN HAND AT THE TIME.
AND THERE WERE SEVERAL STUDY SESSIONS IN SEVERAL MEETINGS WHERE WE WENT THROUGH AND DID THAT.
PART OF THE PROCESS IS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NON COVID SETUP IS REFINING, SETTING THE ROLES AND AS WE COME THROUGH SECOND REPORT, WE ARE FINDING SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE WE NEED TO MODIFY AND NEED TO CHANGE AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
CERTAINLY TRYING TO THINK OF THINGS AS I GO THROUGH.
WE COULD LOOK AT THE POLICIES FIRST, THEN DO THE RECORDS, BUT WE HAVE TO SWITCH UP THE WHOLE PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, I GO BACK HISTORICALLY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR DOING THAT BEFORE WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE REPORTS HAVE THESE INDICATORS AND THAT THE REPORTS WE GOT HAD MORE HOLES IN THAN THESE TWO.
SO WE HAVEN'T IMPROVED AS FAR AS OUR DISCUSSION ON THINGS, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY ROOM TO CONTINUE.
I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THE RIGHT ANSWER IS THAT WAY.
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>> THINKING ABOUT LIKE, MY FIRST GUT REACTION WAS, LET'S GO OVER THE POLICIES FIRST.
I WAS LIKE, NO, IT'S NOT WE GOT TO KEEP GOING.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD REPORT AFTER REPORT AFTER REPORT AFTER REPORT.
THAT HAS BEEN LIKE WELL WITH COVID, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, WELL WITH COVID THIS INDICATOR DOESN'T WORK, WELL WITH COVID.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WELL WITH COVID FOR ANOTHER 18 MONTHS PROBABLY.
SO MAYBE GOING THROUGH THOSE POLICIES AND CHANGING THE INDICATORS THAT WE KNOW THAT COVID HAPPENED BEFORE THEY TRY TO WRITE A REPORT TO IT BECAUSE ALL POLICIES WERE WRITTEN BEFORE COVID HAPPENED, MAYBE THEN THE REPORTS THAT WE WOULD GET WILL HAVE COMPLETE SENSE.
>> I WILL SAY ON OUR END AND TEAM, YOU CAN CHIME IN.
THE POLICIES ARE CURRENTLY WRITTEN THIS IS WHAT GOVERNS US.
THIS IS WHAT WE SIT AND TALK ABOUT AS A TEAM.
IT'S THE DATA WE'RE ASKING IS CAUSING US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS. ARE THEY PERFECT? NO. BUT IT'S KEEPING OUR EYE ON WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
MY ONLY WORRY WOULD BE IF WE JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO JUST LOOK AT POLICIES FOR A YEAR, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HANDS-OFF FOR US.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE ODD, IT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING US TO ASK QUESTIONS, HEY, YOU SAID ONE EARLIER.
WHY ARE WE ONLY LOOKING AT STATE TEST SCORES? IT'S CAUSING OUR TEAM TO BE ACTUALLY ASKING, WELL, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CLASSROOMS? SO WHEN I'M GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM, I'M LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF SOME OF THESE THINGS.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO ADMINISTRATORS, WE'RE ASKING THEM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THINK ABOUT OUTCOMES.
WHEN WE'RE MAKING ADOPTION DECISIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GREAT DATA, IT'S THE DATA WE HAVE IT'S ALL WE GOT THAT STEER.
SO I GET IT AND TRUST ME, THE MONITORING REPORTS HAVE BEEN TRICKY TO WRITE BASED ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH I'M JUST GOING TO ADD AGAIN, WE HAVE A NEW DASHBOARD, IT'D BE BETTER.
BUT IT IS KEEPING US ACCOUNTABLE TO SOMETHING.
SO TO TAKE IT TOTALLY OFF, THEN WHERE'S ANY ACCOUNTABILITY? MY RECOMMENDATION AND TEAM, YOU CAN DISAGREE OR AGREE.
MARK, YOU'VE BEEN MORE INVOLVED PROBABLY THAN ANYBODY.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ASK THEM BECAUSE IT'S THE ACADEMIC ONES ARE ONE THING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A WHOLE OPERATIONAL SIDE THAT WE ARE DOING TOO.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENED AND KEVIN HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MARTIN HAD TALKED ABOUT IT, WE GOT TO IN THE LEAD WITH INDICATORS.
REALLY THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO LOOK AT IS WHAT ARE WE REALLY TRYING TO MONITOR AND GET US OUT OF THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THAT'S GOING BE PART OF OUR CHALLENGES.
WHAT IS IT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISHING? THIS SIDE, YOU SAID IT EARLIER, ARE WE WRITING SMART GOAL? WE'RE MEASURING OUTCOMES AND I DO WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE EXPECT TO GET ALL STUDENTS TO STANDARD.
BUT WHAT DOES STANDARD MEAN? WHAT ARE WE CONSIDERING SUCCESS? MATHEMATICS IN A CTE COURSE VERSUS MATHEMATICS IN ALGEBRA 2 COURSE.
MARK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THERE?
>> YEAH. LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION AND THE COMMENTS, THE POLICIES ARE WRITTEN BY THE BOARD AND SPECIFICALLY SHORT AND NOT TOTALLY SPECIFIC TO ALLOW FOR A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE INDICATORS AND THE MEASURES IS ALL TO BE CENTERED AROUND THE REASONABLE INTERPRETATION.
YOUR DISCUSSION REALLY IS YOU'RE NOT PARTICULARLY ON BOARD WITH THE WAY WE'RE INTERPRETING THE POLICY.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO READ THE POLICY AND SAY OKAY POLICY STILL STANDS UP OR WE ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICY.
BUT THE REAL NEED OF IT, THE SUBJECT IS, WHERE ARE WE OUT WITH A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION? DO WE AGREE WITH THAT OR DO WE THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED? THE PROCESS WAS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER STAFF WROTE THE REASONABLE INTERPRETATION AND BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD SAID, YES, WE AGREE WITH THIS.
THE PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH OF MONITORING REPORT.
YOU DID IT WITH A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION AND SAID, THESE THINGS CAN BE CHANGED, THESE THINGS ARE GOODS.
AT THAT POINT, WE CAN JOIN THE INDICATORS AND SAY, THIS IS HOW WE CAN MEASURE THAT THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE FOR A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION.
THE REASON THAT I BELIEVE WE NEED STAFF TO INPUT ON THE INDICATORS IS THAT YOU MAY KNOW WHAT KIND OF IN THEORY YOU WANT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW LIKE CHRIS, IF YOU ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE DASH BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN
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PRODUCE WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE CAN CONFINE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE ABLE TO REPORT ON WE JUST DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION.SO THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL STUDENTS THAT MEET STANDARD, WHICH WAS THE ASPIRATIONAL PART OF THAT POLICY IN A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION.
THE LAST PART OF THAT REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF THAT IS OR THEY WILL PROVIDE EVIDENCE THERE MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS MASTERY.
THAT WAS THE FAIL STATE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
NOT IN POSITION WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND, BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE MAKING PROGRESS AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.
THEY SHOULD. ANYWAY, THAT JUST LISTENING AND HEARING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS REALLY WHERE THE MEET OF THE CONVERSATION.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M LOOKING AT THIS.
ON THE FRONT PAGE IT SAYS TOTAL NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENT GOALS, ONE NUMBER DEMONSTRATING PRIVATE NUMBER, NUMBER NOT DEMONSTRATING WE FILL IT IN.
BUT THE GOAL, IF YOU GO DOWN TO PAGE 4 IMPROVEMENT GOAL, OUR GOAL FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS TO INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AS MEASURED BY THE CHONDRITES OF DATA.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE POLICY IS.
IN THIS QUESTION WHERE IT SAID, ARE YOU IN COMPLIANCE OR ARE YOU NOT IN COMPLIANCE? ACTUALLY ISN'T A QUESTION THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER.
DID WE SHOW THE INCREASE IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT?
>> WELL AND THE OTHER CHALLENGE WITH IT IS, AND I THINK THERE'S A BOUNCING BACK AND FOURTH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES, THOSE ARE COMPLIANT, NON-COMPLIANT, OR PARTIALLY COMPLIANT.
THE RESULTS ARE MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS AND NOT MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS AND YOU CAN ARGUE THE WORD REASONABLE.
I MEAN, THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING DOWNHILL THEN YOU'RE NOT MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS, THERE'S AT LEAST A FEW BLACK AND WHITE TO IT AND MAYBE AT LEAST FEWER SHADES OF GRAY.
>> IS REASONABLE PROGRESS MEASURED BY A TEST SCORES OR HOW DO WE MEASURE?
>> THAT AS WELL WE HAVE TO SHOW AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE BECAUSE OF THE FALL DATA WAS WHAT WE HAD AND IT WAS A SUBSET.
THEN SO WE USE THE AI READY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE GREAT DATA FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WE'RE STARTING OVER.
>> I'D TOTALLY LOVE TO SEE A PROCESS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW REASONABLE PROGRESS THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INCLUDE A TEST SCORE, LIKE COMPREHENSION OF MATH IS SOMETHING THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT WAS ONE WAY WHEREAS THE TEACHERS, WHAT ARE TEACHERS NOTICING? WHAT ARE STUDENTS SAYING?
>> RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A FAIR MEASUREMENT.
SOME KIDS DO BETTER AT TESTS THAN OTHERS.
>> WELL, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FACT.
>> YET, BUT THIS LAST WEEKEND.
AS A TEACHER, I MEAN THEY KNOW WHETHER KIDS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT.
I ASKED HER TO GO ON AND THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD INDICATORS IF SHE WERE TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
SHE'S GOING TO ACTUALLY GO AND THINK ABOUT IT AND GET BACK TO US.
WE REALIZED THIS WAS ONE TEACHER, BUT THEY DON'T WANT THEIR KIDS TO FAIL EITHER.
SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR MARKERS THEMSELVES IN PROGRESS AND I THINK GOING TO THEM AND ASKING.
>> I THINK EVEN GOING BEYOND THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING STUDENTS BEING CAREER AND COLLEGE READY.
WHAT IS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? WHAT DO THE EMPLOYERS OUT THERE? DO OUR STUDENTS KNOW MATH WELL ENOUGH TO FUNCTION IN YOUR JOB ROLES, WHETHER THAT'S A ROLE THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL EDUCATION OR SOMEBODY THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS WENT OUT INTO A FIELD? GETTING SOME OF THAT AND WE PUT IT, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TOO.
GETTING ALL ASPECTS OF I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT MY THOUGHT PROCESS.
AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE ONE PART OF THIS, FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT IS STILL FSD.
BEFORE WE HAD THESE INDICATORS WHETHER RIGHT, WRONG, OR ARE NEEDING TO BE MODIFIED, WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT MATH OR ELECTIVES OR ENGLISH ARTS,
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OR ALL THOSE THINGS TOO, SO IT'S GETTING US DISCUSSING THE IN-DEPTH PROCESS OF GETTING THE TOPIC BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT OF DISCUSSION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, THOSE MATH SCORES WHERE THEY'RE AT IN REGARDLESS OF THEIR INCLUDING THE ZEROS FOR THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T TAKING IT STILL LOWER THAN WHAT IN MY MIND THEY SHOULD.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ONE PART EVERYBODY AGREES WHICH IS GOOD.
AT LEAST WE KNOW WE AREN'T HAPPY WHERE WE'RE AT AND WE NEED TO IMPROVE.
>> I THINK IN SO MANY WAYS THOUGH YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT THOSE ZEROS WHO DIDN'T TAKE THE TEST BECAUSE YOU ALSO DON'T KNOW, WELL MAYBE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T TAKING THE TEST, MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEMOGRAPHICS MORE.
IF WHITE AND ASIAN ARE TAKING THE TEST BUT OTHER RACES ARE MORE LIKELY TO NOT TAKE THE TEST WELL THEN THEIR NUMBER IS GOOD.
YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE THAT OUT SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH OTHERWISE IT'S JUST.
>> YEAH, THAT DATA IS WORSE THAN NO DATA.
>> SHOULD I ADD ME TO THE DASHBOARD? [LAUGHTER]
>> I'VE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT BEFORE.
>> OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
>> HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT YOU USE DASHBOARDS AND ARE THEY HAPPY WITH THEIR PROCESS?
>> YEAH, THAT'S HOW WE [OVERLAPPING].
I CAST OF WIDE NET ACROSS THE STATE AND WE GOT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> OKAY, OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THE PREVIOUS FACILITY HAS ONE EDUCATOR AND EXPERT FORECAST HAS SEVERAL.
>> MY SUGGESTION ON THIS PROBABLY I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SHOWN REASONABLE PROGRESS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SHOW PROGRESS AT ALL, WE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN.
I DON'T THINK WE COULD PROBABLY AGREE ON AND WE DID NOT SHOW REASONABLE PROGRESS BE THIS IT'S A YES OR NO, THERE'S NO PROGRESS.
>> BUT AGAIN IF [INAUDIBLE] THE TESTS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] BUT WE DON'T TOTALLY WHY BUT WE KNOW THAT BASED ON DATA PRESENTED, WE HAVE NOT MADE REASONABLE PROGRESS.
I WOULD PROPOSE WE'VE NOT MADE THE PROGRESS AND WE NEED TO BETTER ASSESS THE DATA TO FIND OUT IF THAT IS A TRUE ASSESSMENT OR IF THAT'S A DATA-DRIVEN ASSESSMENT.
>> ANOTHER THING, MOST OF THE INFORMATION THERE WAS FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES AND I DIDN'T SEE IN FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS BECAUSE THAT PART WAS MISSING.
YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT LIKE A STATEMENT THAT WE SHOW REASONABLE PROGRESS JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME.
>> I THINK TOO WHAT I DID NOTICE WAS UNANIMOUS WAS IN THE SURVEY RESULTS YOU ASKED TO MOVE IT TO AN ANNUAL, SO WE WOULD BE WRAPPING BACK AROUND WITH THE NEW POLICY, JUST BEING VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE ASKING, AND THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT AGAIN IN A YEAR.
>> THERE'LL BE SCORES TO BE PART OF THE DASHBOARD, SO WE CAN.
>> WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHY THEY DIDN'T TAKE EVERYTHING AND ENCOMPASS AND QUANTIFY IT FOR US.
>> WOULD A REASONABLE WAY OF ADDRESSING THIS REPORT BE A MOTION THAT ACCEPTS THE MATHEMATICS REPORT IS NOT SHOWING REASONABLE PROGRESS WITH THE NEED TO BETTER ASSESS THE DATA AND A NEED TO EXPAND THE DATA TO ALL GRADE LEVELS AND DEMOGRAPHICS? CAN I GET THREE VOTES? [LAUGHTER]
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BETTER [OVERLAPPING] DATA?
>> WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT.
>> I GET IT. I GET IT BUT I THINK, YOU WOULD KNOW EVERYTHING BY JUST SHORT AND SWEET.
>> JUST NOT MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS.
>> OKAY. IF I CAN GET TWO VOTES ON THAT.
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LET'S JUST CHILL AND ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD HAS FOUND THAT FOR RESULTS POLICY 2.2 UNDER ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS, WE HAVE NOT DEMONSTRATED REASONABLE PROGRESS.
>> OKAY, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED TO ACCEPT THE POLICY PART, THE REPORTS POLICY PART 2.2 MATHEMATICS AS NOT SHOWING REASONABLE PROGRESS.
>> NOW DO WE VOTE ON RECOMMENDATIONS OR DO WE DO THAT NEXT MONTH?
>> WELL, THE RECOMMENDATIONS NORMALLY WE WOULD PUT ALL OF THOSE.
THAT'S WHY I WAS THROWING THOSE THINGS ALL TOGETHER, SO IT'S NOT.
>> YEAH. I THINK BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION, MY THOUGHT WILL BE CORRECTED OR CHANGED.
BUT MY THOUGHT WILL BE WE AS WE TALK ABOUT THOSE INDICATORS, INDICATORS THAT GIVE BETTER DIRECTION AND I THINK WHAT DISAGREE THING AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE ADMIN TEAM, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT, MAYBE BRING FORTH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INDICATORS AS WELL SINCE THEY KNOW THAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE, AND THEN WE GO YES, NO, MAYBE.
THAT SOUND REASONABLE TO EVERYBODY?
>> I'M SEEING THREE HEAD NODS OVER THERE.
>> I'M SEEING LOTS OF HEAD NODDING OVER THERE.
THEN THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 6.03, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 120812, WHICH IS SAFETY.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU AND I THINK WITH THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES, THEN IT IS MORE OF A COMPLIANCE.
NOT IN COMPLIANCE OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS.
THE ONE THING THEY MAY HAVE NOTICED WITH THIS REPORT IS THAT IN-PROCESS, THIS WAS OUR GUINEA PIG REPORT.
AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH IT AND TAKING IT, AT ONE POINT, WE HAD IN COMPLIANCE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS, AND NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
THEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS WAS CHANGED TO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPECTATIONS.
PLEASE ADD EXPLANATION IN COMMENTS BELOW.
THE SURVEY TOOL OPTED TO MAKE THOSE TWO; THE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS WITH AND WITHOUT THE PLEASE ADD EXPLANATION BELOW, TWO CATEGORIES.
HENCE WHY, IF YOU REMEMBER TAKING SURVEY, AND I WENT BACK TO IT, THERE WAS ONLY THREE [OVERLAPPING] YEAH, THAT'S IT.
>> RED AND GREEN MEAN THE SAME THING.
>> YEAH. I THINK IN THIS ONE, BASED ON THE COMMENTS, THINGS WERE A LITTLE MORE CUT AND DRY THAN THE RESULTS POLICY WITH MATHEMATICS IN MOST CATEGORIES.
THERE WERE A FEW THAT WERE COLORFUL GRAPHS.
>> THERE WAS A COMMENT ONE OF US MADE, IT WASN'T ME, THAT TALKED ABOUT WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS ON HERE? BECAUSE MOST PLACES WILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AT WORK, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY TALK ABOUT.
WE'VE HAD SO MANY DAYS WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVEN'T SEEN GOING THROUGH THIS IS SAFETY BECAME THIS BROAD TOPIC.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FACILITY SAFETY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EMOTIONAL SAFETY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL SAFETY AND I WAS FELT LIKE SOME OF THESE THING WILL FACILITIES IS THIS SAFETY IN FACILITIES.
IT GOT TO BE A FAIRLY BROAD THING THAT I'M WONDERING IF SOME OF IT SHOULD BE WITH OTHER REPORTS WHERE I FELT LIKE WE WERE HITTING THE SAME THING TWICE FROM THE FACILITIES.
I'M THINKING WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT POLICIES JUST IN GENERAL AS TO, OKAY, IS THIS MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.
BUT THEN THERE WAS ALSO THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND IT SEEMED LIKE AN AWFUL BROAD.
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>> WHO GETS THAT JOB? INDICATE 1.2, THAT SAYS EVERY SCHOOL HAS AN SEL PLAN THAT'S ALREADY COVERED IN OUR SEO.
>> I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND AS THE TEAM AND I, WE ALL SIT DOWN AND REALLY UNPACK THIS ONE.
WE COULD EASILY COME FORWARD WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE SOME SEPARATION BETWEEN THOSE SAFETY ISSUES.
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL [OVERLAPPING] SAFETY MEASURES.
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO MEASURE YOUR PHYSICAL ONES, ESPECIALLY YOUR SLIPS, TRIPS, AND FALLS, YOUR MISSES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TRACK THAT NOW, BUT THAT'S ALL GOOD INFORMATION.
YOUR MISSES THAT LEAD UP TO AN ACCIDENT FOR A LOST TIME ACCIDENT [INAUDIBLE].
>> WELL, THEN WHICH ONES ARE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND WHICH ONES ARE RESULTS? I THINK THERE'S SOME RESULTS IN HERE.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT NEEDS TO FILTER BECAUSE THERE IS A BROAD DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE THINGS AND SOME ARE, LIKE YOU SAID, MUCH MORE CONCRETE, MEASURABLE.
HERE ARE THE STATISTICS VERSUS HERE'S HOW WE'RE FEELING ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE AT.
I THINK THAT ALSO WITH THAT BROAD, IT MAKES IT HARDER TO, ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE, ARE WE NOT, BECAUSE THE MEASURABLE ONES ARE EASY TO SAY, YEAH, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT SOME OF THOSE OTHERS.
>> KEVIN, WE HAD ONE INDICATOR ON THE LAST ONE AND WE HAVE 15 OR SOMETHING ON THIS THING.
>> I FILLED THIS OUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHY MY HANDS ARE [INAUDIBLE].
>> SPEAKING TO THAT, WE TRIED AS HARD AS WE COULD.
CHRIS TRIED ALL KINDS OF LITTLE TWEAKS AND SUCH BUT FOR FUTURE BASICALLY, IF YOU COULD AT THE END OF YOUR COMMENTS PUT YOUR INITIALS.
I LITERALLY WENT BACK THROUGH BECAUSE I WAS GOING, OKAY, WHICH OF THESE ARE MY COMMENTS AND HOLD ON TO MY SURVEY AND MARK MINE.
BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, DID I SAY THAT OR DID SOMEBODY ELSE SAY THAT? BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING AND THEN THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THESE HAVING GOTTEN SO STRETCHED OUT.
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE GO THROUGH THESE AS FAR AS JUST LOOKING AT THE GRAPH RESULTS AND USE THOSE AS COMPLIANT, NON-COMPLIANT, AND THEN DO WE HAVE MEDIA AND COMMENTS WITH SOME OF THEM? I GUESS THAT IS THE POINT WHICH WE GO INTO THE SECTIONS IN ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STAND OUT AS WELL AS WE NEED TO HAVE PART OF THE REPORT.
>> LET'S GO TO PAGE 5 THEN IF WE COULD. I THINK ONE OF THE THEMES THAT I SAW COMING THROUGH WAS THE QUESTION OF EVIDENCE.
ON SOME OF THOSE INDICATORS, IT FELT LIKE THERE WERE STATEMENTS BUT THERE WAS A LACK OF DATA AND AGAIN, THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE INDICATORS.
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FOR INSTANCE, LIKE ON 6.1, THE CONTRACT WITH THE FERNDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY HEAD.
BUT THERE'S NOT ONE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AS TO THAT GOOD, BAD, OR OTHERWISE, OR ANYTHING RELATED TO IT.
WITH THIS SECTION 1'S, IF WE GO BACK TO PAGE 5 OF 20, IS THERE ANY COMMENT THERE STANDS OUT TO ANYONE THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE.
>> READING THIS RIGHT ON THE TOP OF PAGE 5 OF THAT AT GOOGLE DOCS FORM THERE WAS ONE COMMENT MAYBE FOR ONE APPOINTMENT [OVERLAPPING]
>> SAYING THAT EVIDENCE IS ALLUDED TO BUT NOT PROVIDED.
I FEEL LIKE OUT OF THE BOARD, THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE EVERY SCHOOL HAS A SAFETY.
IF YOU TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT SAFETY PLAN.
OKAY. I DIDN'T NOT NEED TO READ THROUGH TENNIS SCHOOL SETTING.
>> IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO, THEY'RE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.
>> YEAH. SO THOSE THINGS, BUT THEN SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE SAY, GOING BACK TO THE MATH REPORT, SO WE CAN SHOW WE HAVE REASONABLE PRIOR TO THAT AND YOU TELL ME IF WE HAVE PROBLEMS OF EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT IS.
WHERE'S THE LINE GRAPH SHOWING YOU THE REPORT AND NOT DORSAL?
>> I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH COMPLIANCE VERSUS A REASONABLE PROGRESS.
IN COMPLIANCE THERE'S IS A REPORT.
OKAY. YOU SAID THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
IF I REALLY DOUBT YOU, I CAN GO ASK FOR THAT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SHOW REASONABLE PROGRESS FOR IT IS AGAIN, GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THOSE RESULTS WHICH ARE NOT ALWAYS CUT AND DRY, I THINK THAT'S WHERE A STATEMENT THAT IT'S THERE BECOMES MORE WORKS IN MY ADDRESS VERSES IS NON-COMPLIANT.
ANY READING SOME OF THE OTHER REPORTS IN PARTICULAR UNIVERSITY PLACES THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT IS THEY DIDN'T HAVE EVERY ALL SAFETY REPORTS, I SAID FROM ALL THE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY STATED IT WAS THERE.
>> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE SHOULD BE EASY ACCESS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY RUNNING TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND GIVING YOU THIS FINDING THAT, I REALIZE THAT AS PART OF THE JOB, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THERE ARE SAFETY REPORTS THAN THEY ARE FILED OR SOMEBODY IF WE JUST FIND IT WITHIN CLINICAL AND SAY, OH YEAH, THERE IS SAFETY BEFORE I CAN READ IT.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DATA THAT GOES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HAVING THAT MUCH DATA, JUST LIKE HERE YOU GO, EASY ACCESS TO THEM, BUT IT'S LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE EVENT IN THE FAMILY SYSTEM OF A SHARE POINT IT'S LIKE MAINTAINING THE LINK SO THAT WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT BUTTON, IT GOES TO THE RIGHT PLACE FROM THE HISTORY CYCLE. IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
>> WELL, AND IT'S A NIGHTMARE, IT'S FIRST KEEPING IT UP AND THE BALANCING ACT THAT YOU GOT TO REALIZE IS THERE'S ONLY SO MANY EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY STAFF MEMBERS SO FOR EVERY REQUEST FOR THIS APP AND EVERY OTHER LINK, THAT'S TIME THAT HAS TO BE SPENT DOING THAT, WHICH MADE ME ENTER AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION, THIS WOULD BE RIGHT OR WRONG.
THERE'S ONLY X AMOUNT OF TIME OF DAY, SO THEY CAN ONLY DO SO MANY THINGS UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE AND ALSO IN BUDGET LIMITATIONS.
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS? DO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CLICK ON EVERY SINGLE SAFETY REPORT OR AGAIN, KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT IS FILED AND HOW IT'S FILED AND HOW EASILY ACCESSIBLE AS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ADVENT TEAM INPUT AS TO IS THIS A REASONABLE TASK WITH IT OR TO MUTATE THEM AND GOING,
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OKAY, EVERY SCHOOL HAS THE SAME DOUBLE CHECK.THE DASHBOARD THAT'S YOUR ANSWER.
[LAUGHTER] SERIOUSLY? THAT'S YOUR ANSWER THAT YOU GOT A TAB, IS THAT SAFETY TO CLICK ON IT AND IT'S BEARABLE. THAT'S IT.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S OUR NEW MANTRA.
>> SO LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF THE ONES THAT ARE THE QUESTION NUMBER 1, THERE WAS 1.5, HALF OF US SAID NOT A COMPLIANCE AND HAVE INVESTED IN LINES.
BUT ALL THE REST EVEN IF IT SAID IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET RELEASED 21 LINES.
WE NEED TO START GETTING INTO SOME OF THE LINES.
>> YEAH, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE BECAUSE IT'S TRYING TO GET THAT AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR DISCUSSION WHEN WE REALIZE AND LIVING THINGS, HOWEVER, WE MAY STILL BE CAN BE MORE STREAMLINED BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.
IT TAKES 3 HOURS TO DO EACH REPORT AND THEN REVISE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO HERE FOR LONG TIME.
I THINK THAT IS TRYING TO EITHER TAKING DOWN.
>> CAN I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? I SUGGEST THE BOARD ON THIS AS IS OR YOU VOTE ON THIS AS THIS AND THEN I WANT TO TAKE THIS PARTICULAR REPORT TO THE TEAM AND LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THESE ARE RESULTS.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.
THEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ARE REALLY TRULY JUST LEDS SO WE CAN WRESTLE WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT WHEN HE COME BACK WE WILL HAVE DONE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE INDICATORS NOW THAT I MEAN TO THE TEAM AND I'M THINKING OF MARK HAS WRITTEN THIS REPORT ANY WRITTEN AS TWICE NOW.
WE WERE LEARNING SOME THINGS AS WE REVIEW THAT TOO.
WE HAVE A NEW LENS COMING ON THE OTHER SIDE IN A TEAM, AND SO GIVE US SOME TIME TO WRESTLE WITH IT.
WE JUST ACCEPT THAT THIS IS TONIGHT, VOTE ON IT, AND THEN LET US DO SOME LEG WORK AND WE'LL HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BY 11:29. HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
>> I CAN WORK WITH THAT. OKAY. BASED ON THAT RECOMMENDATION, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY OE12 FOR SAFETY HAS PRESENTED THE RESULTS YOU'VE GOT AND GET A MOTION.
[LAUGHTER] TO APPROVE THE MONITORING PART OR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY THROUGH OUR SAFETY.
>> OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED TO ACCEPT THE MONITORING REPORTS FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, POLICY OE12 FOR SAFETY.
>> PROPOSED. OKAY. WE'LL ACCEPT THE POLICY AS IT IS JUST A REMINDER AGAIN, THIS IS A PROCESS AND SO YOU WILL HAVE THOSE SURVEYS COMING OUT FOR RESULTS POLICY TO 2.1 AND OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES ONLY SIX.
PLEASE PUT YOUR INITIALS AT THE END OF THE COMMENTS JUST TO COUNT THOSE AS THE MANNER. WHAT'S WAS THAT?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I SAID.
>> YEAH. WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER.
OKAY. THAT BRINGS US ON WE'RE IN THE HOMESTRETCH GUYS.
[7. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]
WHICH IS SHERRY AND FOR THAT WE WILL START WITH HEARING FROM STUDENTS, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MEETING.WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM [LAUGHTER]
>> THIS THURSDAY IS MY FIRST TIME FIRE CONCERT, WHICH IS EXCITING.
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ME AND A FEW OTHER STUDENTS JUST MET MS. DILLON, AND THERE'S THIS PROGRAM CALLED TIM PUZZLE AND THEY'RE IN BELLINGHAM AND TOOK A PEER-TO-PEER HOT LESSON ABOUT LIKE SEX OF THE PATIENT AND WE WENT VILLAIN, SHE'S ON BOARD SO HOPEFULLY NEXT SEMESTER WE CAN POTENTIALLY BRING TEAM COUNCIL IN THE [INAUDIBLE] SUPER AWESOME.>> I'M SORRY, I'M JUST SO TIRED.
[LAUGHTER] I STARTED MY LEADERSHIP PROJECT FOR A LEADERSHIP CLASS AND IT IS RUNNING.
I CREATED AN INSTAGRAM TO POST ABOUT WEATHER, AND IT'S MAINLY GEARED TOWARDS THE MORE SUPERIOR SIDE OF IT.
I'M TRYING TO GET [INAUDIBLE] DAILY, BUT THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY, SO I AM USUALLY JUST, LIKE IF THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING LIKE THERE'S A STORM, I'LL POST PICTURES ABOUT THAT.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S JUST PEOPLE TO ME.
YOU CAN GO THERE AND FIND IT AND IT'S REALLY SIMPLE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES I FIND THAT WHEN YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WEATHER, IT'S ALWAYS THESE REALLY COMPLICATED TERMS. I'M GUILTY OF THIS, I'M GUILTY OF USING REALLY COMPLICATED TERMS AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? MY GOAL IS TO HELP THEM TO BE MORE PREPARED WITH THE WEATHER BY JUST USING TERMS THAT A THIRD GRADER WOULD UNDERSTAND.
IT'S JUST TOO COMPLICATED IF YOU GO ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGE.
YOU LITERALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIGURE WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT'S REALLY COLORFUL AND THERE'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH GOING ON.
SO I'M TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THINGS, SO EVERYONE GETTING TO UNDERSTAND.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GOING TO SAY.
OH, IF FSD IS PLANNING A GOODY BAG, I'M A SCAVENGER HUNT DURING OUR [INAUDIBLE] CLASSES, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR ADVISORY CLASS.
THERE WILL BE A GOODY BAG IN THE CLASSROOM AND I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WILL BE THE MONDAY OF 29, 30, 31.
IT'LL BE ON MONDAY OF HALLOWEEN.
RIGHT, MONDAY OF HALLOWEEN, SO YEAH, JUST HIDING A GOODY BAG IN THE CLASS, AND THEIR TEACHERS WILL GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND IT.
ONE LAST THING, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IN TERMS OF THE CLIMATE FOR THIS WINTER, WE MIGHT HAVE A [INAUDIBLE], WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OUR REALLY HARSH, COLD SO MANY DAYS WILL PROBABLY BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR OR IT WAS IN THE VERY BEGINNING.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING STARTED AND WE HAD THE WORST SNOW OF THE SEASON.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE IN DECEMBER, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
[LAUGHTER] I'M BETTING ON [INAUDIBLE] BUT I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE.
>> YOU'RE A TRUE METEOROLOGIST. [LAUGHTER] I STILL GO BACK TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS READING THE COMICS AND DENNIS THE MENACE SAID THAT WHEN HE GREW UP, HE WAS GOING TO BE A WEATHERMAN BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY JOB THAT YOU CAN GET A PAGE ONLINE.
>> SORRY COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? [LAUGHTER]
>> YOU TRIGGERED MY WHOLE PHONE [LAUGHTER]
>> I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT AND ENJOY IT.
>> THIS IS SHARON, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO INSERT THIS.
AFTER THE 30TH, AFTER THE STATE COVID RESTRICTIONS GO AWAY, DO WE REVISIT OUR POLICIES? WHAT HAPPENS? JUST A QUESTION. I MEAN, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? AT THAT POINT, DOESN'T IT DEVOLVE TO THE DISTRICT TO DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO? HOW WILL YOU BE ADDRESSING THAT?
>> I WOULD ASSUME WE REVERT BACK TO WHAT WE WERE BEFORE THOSE MANDATES WENT INTO EFFECT THAT I WILL.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS JUST ACTUALLY TODAY GIVEN US DUE GUIDANCE AND SO ON, AND WORKING TO SIMPLIFY THOSE IN A WAY THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE OUT WHAT WE WILL AND WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING.
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I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN GENERAL, THINGS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED, VACCINES AND A LOT OF THE PROTOCOLS AROUND COVID THAT WERE REQUIRED ARE NOW RECOMMENDED.IT WAS THE GENERAL THEME, THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
THERE'S ANOTHER GUIDANCE ON NOTIFYING EMPLOYEES IF THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, REPORTING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS STILL REQUIRED, THERE'S REPORTING ON OUTBREAKS THAT ARE STILL REQUIRED ALTHOUGH THE OUTBREAK DEFINITION HAS CHANGED.
ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE FEELS RECOMMENDED.
THIS AFTERNOON I WROTE A DRAFT OF WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, WHAT OUR GUIDANCE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, AND I HAVE SENT IT OUT FOR A REVIEW FROM OUR DISTRICT NURSES AND FROM THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING OUT TO YOU AND THE STAFF BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
>> THANK YOU. I SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS VERY SELFISH OF ME, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO AND VOLUNTEER IN SCHOOLS.
I HAVEN'T FILED AN EXEMPTION FOR THE VACCINE AND I AM ACTUALLY REALLY OPPOSED TO DOING THAT BECAUSE THE ONLY EXEMPTIONS THAT SEEM TO BE AVAILABLE ARE HEALTH EXEMPTIONS, WHERE YOU NEED A PHYSICIAN'S APPROVAL OR A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION.
I THINK I'M A RELIGIOUS PERSON, BUT I DON'T PIN MY DECISION ON MY RELIGION.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S A DIFFERENT SORT OF THING.
BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT NONETHELESS.
THE WHOLE NOTION SURROUNDING EXEMPTIONS BOTHERS ME BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN HAVE A VERY FIRMLY HELD CONVICTION THAT'S NOT BASED IN RELIGION THAT WOULD STILL NONETHELESS, YOU FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT.
I WOULDN'T LIKE TO BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER IN SCHOOLS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT FOLLOWING ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS, WHICH I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IF THERE'S NOT THAT OPTION.
[LAUGHTER] THAT IS ACTUALLY TIED TO THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER NOT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS STILL STRONG IN RECOMMENDING THE VACCINES.
BUT THE VACCINE REQUIREMENT WAS TIED TO THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH ENDS ON MIDNIGHT ON THE 31ST.
SO AS OF TUESDAY, THERE IS NO VACCINE REQUIREMENT FOR STAFF OR FOR VOLUNTEERS OR ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT WERE AFTER THAT FREQUENCY.
>> I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF TEACHERS THAT WOULD SAY THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN IS PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST DAY [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> YEAH, THAT WAY YOU KEEP THE SUGAR HIGH GOING.
>> THEY'RE JUST EXHAUSTED THE DAY AFTER.
[LAUGHTER] THEY ARE VERY FINE.
BUT IT'S THE DAY AFTER YOU STAY AWAY FROM THEM. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'LL SHARE IT. JUST KIND OF A FUN THING.
MY WIFE'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH [NOISE] THE [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SHE'S BEEN VERY COMMITTED TO A PROJECT CALLED STOP THE BUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF FERNDALE'S FAMILIAR WITH IT.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S FUN TO DO.
IT ALLOWS THE CHILDREN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS AS WELL.
JUST A FUN EVENT TO STOP THE BUS AND CHALLENGE EACH OTHER AS TO HOW MUCH THEY COLLECT.
ANYWAY, IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, AND I HAVE A GREAT COORDINATOR, MY WIFE'S DONE FOR YEARS.
ANYWAY, IF AT ALL ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN THAT, IT'S AVAILABLE.
SO JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW IT OUT THERE.
SO THAT PUTS IT ON TO CHRISTY.
>> DUE TO THE HOUR, I'M GOING ZIP THROUGH THIS BUT PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
SO FAR I MET WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
[02:55:03]
I'VE BEEN CASCADIA SKYLINE, NORTH BELL CENTRAL.I'VE DONE THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
HAVEN'T FINISHED THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT INCOMING.
WHEN I DID GO TO CITY COUNCIL, THAT WAS GREAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING INVITED.
I WAS ABLE TO TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS.
IN FACT, YOU MAY HEAR TOMORROW.
I BROUGHT UP JUST SOME OF THE HOPES I HAVE OR WE HAVE IS SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, A SAFE WALKING ROUTES COMMITTEE.
LIKE HOW OUR STUDENTS GETTING, LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTIONS.
IF YOU'VE READ ON FERNDALE NEIGHBORS, WHICH I LEARNED ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO APPLYING WAS THE VISTA [INAUDIBLE] AND INTERSECTION.
I ACTUALLY WENT THERE AS A VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND WATCHED IT.
YOU WILL START TO SEE SOME POLICE PRESENCE THERE IN THE MORNINGS TO BEGIN TO MONITOR AND HELP US THINK ABOUT THAT.
HOW DO WE COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING HERE SAFELY? THEN THE OTHER PIECE TOO IS LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH OUR ENROLLMENT.
IF THEY'RE BUILDING FASTER THAN WE CAN PROVIDE SPACE.
ONE RECOMMENDATION I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS INVITE THE CITY HERE TO A BOARD MEETING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE WORKING ON, SO WE CAN BE HEARING IT AND ASKING QUESTIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF A DISTRICT.
I REACHED OUT TO THEM IF THAT'S AN INTEREST WE HAVE THERE.
THEY NEED TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION TO US JUST ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS SO WE CAN ASK DIRECT QUESTIONS.
I GOT TO GO TO CASCADIA. IT WAS GREAT.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THESE VISITS BECAUSE I GET TO SPEND TIME WITH KIDS.
I SEE MYSELF AS A TEACHER AND A MOM AND SO GETTING TO BE WITH KIDS AND EXPERIENCING OUR SYSTEM THROUGH THE STAFF'S EYES AND OUR STUDENT'S EYES HAS BEEN A GIFT OF LEARNING AT TIME.
JUST ABOUT HOW STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING THE CLASSROOM.
IF YOU EVER WANT TO JOIN ME ON A VISIT, LET ME KNOW OR GO VISIT A SCHOOL AFTER YOU'VE SEEN ME POST ABOUT IT.
LET ME KNOW, I'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU.
WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN PATH RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT.
I HAD HEARD ABOUT THE LOWER CLASSROOM.
I'VE HEARD OF A TEACHER HAD DONE A CARTWHEEL BECAUSE HER STUDENTS HAD REACHED THE GOAL SO IT'S LIKE I'LL DO A CART WHEEL SO I DID.
I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS I WAS GOING TO PULL SOMETHING, I DID NOT.
WAS JUST THERE LAST WEEK AND I HAVE TO SAY THE NEW FLOORS IN CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, THEY RIPPED UP THE CARPET.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
IT ACTUALLY CHANGED HOW THE SCHOOL LOOKS.
THAT DAY WE HAD INDOOR RECESS.
THE VOLUME DOES GO UP ON THOSE FLOORS, BUT THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS.
ALSO, I WAS TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR FACILITIES AS I'M GOING OUT AND ABOUT JUST REALLY LOOKING AT OUR FACILITY, THE SHAPE OF THEM, ASKING THE PRINCIPALS TO TALK ABOUT WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF.
THIS ONE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE EARLY CHILDHOOD IS ONE OF MY AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND SO TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS ON ONE CAMPUS, ALL THE WAY OUT, IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE STAFF AND TALK TO.
YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE THAT AS WE'RE ABLE TO, ARE THERE SOME MOVES WE CAN MAKE THIS YEAR TO GET STUDENTS CLOSER TO THEIR OWN SCHOOL OR IN THEIR HOME SCHOOL? ONE THING I WAS KNOWN FOR AT BELLINGHAM WAS MAKING MID YEAR SHIFTS IF IT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS.
WE'LL BE EXPLORING THAT AS A TEAM AS WELL.
IT'S NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH.
I TALK ABOUT PRINCIPALS THERE TO HINGE ON THE DOOR.
WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE BOARD AND I'M AT CENTRAL OFFICE VERSUS WHAT HAPPENS FOR KIDS ARE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE KEY LEADERS IN THAT WORK AND SO REALLY SPENDING THIS YEAR ACKNOWLEDGING THEM, BUT ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORT.
AS AN EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE WORK IN SERVICE OF OUR PRINCIPALS SO OUR PRINCIPALS CAN WORK IN SERVICE OF THE STAFF SO STAFF CAN STAY FOCUSED ON OUR STUDENTS.
WE BOUGHT THEM GOOD BOWLS LAST FRIDAY SO HAD LUNCH DELIVER TO THEM TO CELEBRATE THEM, THE HARD WORK THEY DO.
WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE WEREN'T SURE HOW IT WAS GOING TO GO.
SELENA, HOW MANY HAVE WE HAD SO FAR?
>> WITH OUR BELONGING AWARD, IS IT'S WHERE STAFF MEMBERS CAN RECOGNIZE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER FOR
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THE WORK THEY DO TO CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR STUDENTS OR THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.I GET THE FUN PART, I GET TO GO OUT AND SURPRISE THEM IN THE MOMENT.
THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE ACTUALLY E-MAILED EACH RECIPIENT THE NOMINATION THEY GOT AND WHO GAVE IT TO THEM SO THEY KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT SOMEONE SAW IN THEM.
TOMORROW, I WILL BE AT HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN I WILL BE AT CUSTER ON THURSDAY.
WE HAVE A FAMILY RESOURCE TONIGHT.
ON NOVEMBER 1ST, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR OPEN HOUSE.
I'M PRESENTING AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON 2ND.
I'LL BE FINISHING UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE 2ND, EAGLE RIDGE ON THE 10TH, AND THEN VISTA WILL BE THE LAST SCHOOL I'LL BE VISITING ON THE 30TH.
THERE ARE THEMES THAT I'M STARTING TO HEAR AND SO PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE.
PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACADEMICS.
THEY WANT TO GET BACK TO HAVING FOCUSED ACADEMICS.
TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH HAS COME UP, WHICH A LOT OF TIMES ACTUALLY SHOWS UP IN TERMS OF CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR AND HOW THEY'RE EXPRESSING THEIR NEEDS USING THEIR BODIES AND SO THAT COMES UP, AND THEN THE FACILITIES.
CLASSROOM SPACE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE TOO.
I'M EXCITED TO TAKE ALL THAT DATA AND WORK FOR THE THEMES.
ONE THING WE DID DO AT HIGH SCHOOL AND THESE TWO DID NOT MENTION IT SO I'M GOING TO TELL THEM, WE STARTED OUR SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY.
I THINK IT WAS MY SECOND DAY THAT WE MET.
I THINK SO. WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP SOON.
THIS YEAR, THAT'S SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY AND THE PRINCIPAL ADVISORY ARE ONE GROUP.
ROB AND I ARE TEAMING ON THAT.
WE'LL BOTH SHOW UP FOR BOTH OF THOSE AND WE'LL PRESENT DISTRICT ISSUES AS WELL AS STUDENT ISSUES.
AS WE START TO HEAR THEMES OR STUDENT CONCERNS, WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE FOR IT AND SHARING THOSE.
BUT WHAT I'M FINDING IS EVERY SCHOOL IS WANTING TO HAVE SOME ADVISORY.
I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH DIFFERENT SMALL GROUPS OF IDENTIFIED STUDENTS AT EVERY OF MY SCHOOL VISITS TO HEAR ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THE SCHOOL WANTS TO KNOW.
I THINK ABOUT ONE IN PARTICULAR, AT VISTA, WE'VE BEEN HAVING NOT A HARD TIME, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD A SYSTEM AROUND SOME OF OUR NEWCOMERS AND ONE OF HER STUDENTS SAID, I WAS A NEWCOMER HERE AND ACTUALLY IF YOU LET ME BE A MENTOR AS SOMEONE'S NEW TO THE BUILDING, I CAN SPEND TIME WITH THEM, SHOW THEM AROUND, SHOW THEM WHAT SCHOOL'S LIKE, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, INTRODUCE THEM TO PEOPLE, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL THE ADULTS DOING THE WORK.
WE CAN HELP DO IT TOO. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS WE'RE GETTING.
WE MOVED OVER A THREE-DAY PERIOD OF TIME.
I WAS TELLING STEVE MY OTHER LIFE IS I AM THE WIFE OF A COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH AND BASKETBALL SEASON STARTED, SO SUNDAY RECREATING THE HOUSE PUT TOGETHER AND I COOKED DINNER FOR ABOUT 50 PEOPLE IN OUR NEW HOME.
THAT'S SOMETHING I DO VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO CELEBRATE THE BOYS.
THEY MOVE HERE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND SO WE BECOME A HOUSE SO WE MADE SURE WE HAD A HOUSE THAT WOULD FIT A WHOLE BASKETBALL TEAM.
IT WAS NICE BECAUSE NOT ONE OF THEM HAVE A DECK.
I HAD A COVERED PORCH FOR THEIR SHOES SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BRING THEM INSIDE THIS TIME.
WE ARE SO THRILLED TO BE FERNDALE RESIDENTS.
HERE'S OUR FAMILY RESOURCE TEAM.
YOU HAVE KIM AND JESSICA, CATALINA AND PATRICIA.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD ALONG WITH FAZE LEADERSHIP TO SET UP OUR ROOMS, SO ON NOVEMBER 1ST FROM 6:00 TO 8:00, WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND GET TO KNOW THE TEAM AND JUST WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER.
THE TEAM HAS BEEN GOING OUT AND MEETING WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS, GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY LISTENING TO WHAT WE NEED.
THE BOND UPDATE, I WILL SAY WE ARE ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. HOW DO YOU WORK?
>> YEAH. WE ACTUALLY ARE REALLY EXCITED.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME DOING RECENTLY.
I WANT TO GIVE JOHN A SHOUT OUT.
HE'S BEEN PARTNERING WITH BRAD AND THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TO THINK ABOUT THE TRANSITION INTO THE NEW BUILDING.
IT'S ONE THING TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING, BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT WILL MAKE IT A HOME.
WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE TRANSITION PLAN.
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HOW WE GO FROM BEING ON A ONE-LEVEL SCHOOL TO A THREE LEVEL SCHOOL, WHERE WHEN YOU MOVE, WE HAVE A FLOW OR HOW THINGS ARE DONE AND ALL OVER SUDDEN MID-YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW FLOW, A NEW TEAM.HOW DO YOU TURN ON THE LIGHTS? WHERE ARE THE BATHROOMS? ALL THOSE THINGS.
WE HAVE A TEAM REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE BUILDING, SUPPORTING THAT, AND WE HAVE A TEAM THINKING ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE OF THAT VENTURE.
MARK OR JOHN, ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD TO THAT?
>> WE HAVE PROBABLY EIGHT DIFFERENT TOPICS, EACH ONE LED BY A DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATOR ALL THE WAY FROM THE PHYSICAL MOVING UP THE STUFF TO STAFF CULTURE, STUDENT CULTURE.
WHAT WE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALUMNI, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE EMERGENCY PLANS, FOR THE NEW BUILDINGS.
SO THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT TOPICS AND EACH PERSON IS WORKING ON THAT.
WE'RE GETTING GREAT SUPPORT FROM FOREIGNERS, SO IF YOU DO IT WE STARTED EARLY AND HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE THE MOST MOMENTUM AFTER TRANSITION.
>> THANKS JOHN. WE ARE BEING SUPER INTENTIONAL WITH EVERY DECISION IN OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT'S SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY IN THE EXECUTIVE FSB BOARD WILL BE HELPING.
ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A GOODBYE TO THE OLD BUILDING, AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING AN EVENT.
>> YEAH. ON NOVEMBER 12TH THERE'S A HOME BASKETBALL GAME. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> DECEMBER 12TH SORRY, DECEMBER 12TH.
I'M TIRED. [LAUGHTER] IT'S COMING UP.
DECEMBER 12TH AND WE WILL BE OPENING THE OLD BUILDING TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN COME VISIT AND THEN ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO THE BASKETBALL GAME IF THEY'D LIKE.
JAZZIE WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT MRS. DILAN AND TALKING ABOUT MR. TRUSEAU ON THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY THEY WERE FOR BREAK DOING THEIR OWN GOODBYE TO THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS REALLY COOL AS WELL.
>> ONE THING THAT I THINK WE CAN'T FORGET IS THAT THERE'S A PROCESS HERE, AND WHILE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW BUILDING WE WANT TO HONOR THE MEMORIES OF THE OLD BUILDING AS WELL AND THOUGH THAT SPACE, WHETHER IT'S MEANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, THOSE OF US THAT BOUGHT BRICKS FROM THE FFA PEOPLE, WHEN DID THE BRICKS GET DELIVERED [INAUDIBLE] NOT THAT I WANT TO SEE THE BUILDING TORN DOWN OR ANYTHING, BUT I WASN'T KEEPING TRACK OF.
>> YEAH. LET ME TURN THAT OVER TO SOMEONE ON THE TEAM.
>> WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT [LAUGHTER].
>> WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KRISTI? EXEC TEAM, ANYTHING TO SHARE? THAT BRINGS US ON TO THE SECOND TO THE LAST TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA,
[8. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
[9. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA AND THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA.AGAIN, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAD INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THEM, HAD TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE ITEMS WE ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON IN MASS AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUALLY.
AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW TO HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDAS, WHICH AGAIN, FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED, ALL THIS INFORMATION CAN BE DONE ON BOARD DOCS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA 0.8 WITH THE EXEMPTION OF 8.02 AND 8.03 THAT WE ALREADY TALK ABOUT AND THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA 0.9.
>> SO HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED HERE MINUS 8.02 AND 8.03 AND MAKE THEM PART OF MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THAT BRINGS US ONTO OUR MEETING, EVALUATION,
[10. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]
AND I'M GOING TURN OVER TO KRISTI TO EXPLAIN SOME THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FUTURISTICALLY.>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT EVALUATION BOARD, EVALUATION REALLY IS A COMBINATION OF GC2 AND GC7, WE HAVE TWO OF OUR AMAZING STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
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HERE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING AN EXAMINATION OF SOME DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.I WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO WORK WITH THEM, TO THINK THROUGH.
THEY'VE BEEN READING THESE TWO POLICIES, THAT THEY WOULD HELP US DETERMINE, SIX AREAS THAT WE WOULD ASSESS OURSELVES ON AT THE END OF THE MEETING THAT THEY WOULD PUBLICLY DO THE EVALUATION BUT THEN WE WOULD ALLOW THEM THAT TIME AND SPACE TO THINK THROUGH THAT FOR US.
>> PART OF THE PROCESS WITH THAT IS AS KRISTI HAS TALK WITH ME, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IS, THE ULTIMATE REASON WE'RE HERE AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IS TO REPRESENT OR TO HELP CREATE A POLICY THAT PROVIDES OUR STUDENTS WITH GOOD EDUCATION, REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND WHO BETTER TO TELL US IF WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT THAN THE STUDENTS.
I REALLY WHEN I JOKE ABOUT THEM, YOUR NEUROLOGIST [LAUGHTER].
>> TONIGHT REALLY THE EVALUATION PART IS TO TALK ABOUT A CHANGE IN PROCESS AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE CAN LET THEM HAVE SOME TIME DURING THEIR STUDENT UPDATES ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND WE WOULD PROVIDE A WRITTEN SHEET AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE CAN GET A SWAY SO WE WOULD ALL KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, BUT IT'S BASED ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND LOOKING AT OUR POLICIES.
>> AT THE END WHATEVER THE SWAY IS THAT NEXT MONTH TO TELL US WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND THEN AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, WHEN IT GETS TO THE EVALUATION, AT THIS POINT, ARE THEY GOING TO ON THE SPOT US NOW?
>> WAIT, NEXT MONTH? [LAUGHTER].
>> IT'S A REPORT CARD AND THEN IT'LL SHOW UP ON THE DASHBOARD, SO WE CAN MONITOR OUR PROGRESS.
>> I'LL KEEP A TALLY ON HOW MANY TIMES WE SAY DASHBOARD.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING AND SO THERE'S NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WITH THAT, I WILL DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED [NOISE].
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.