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>> [NOISE] GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED NOVEMBER,
[1. CONVENE]
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.WE'LL GO AHEAD, AND IF YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE START WITH THE RECITATION OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
[INAUDIBLE], YOU COULD PLEASE READ THAT.
>> WE, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED TERRITORIAL OF THE LUMMI PEOPLE.
THE LUMMI PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF WASHINGTON'S NORTHERNMOST COAST AND SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THEY LIVED IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THIS TERRITORY AND CAN EVEN HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPIRITS.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS, IN OUR TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL UNCEDED LANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS, AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE LUMMI PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS ON THIS LAND.
>> THANK YOU. WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING IN TONIGHT'S MEETING.
[2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DO SUCH OR MAKE ANY CHANGES IN IT.
>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MEETING AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> THE MEETING AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
THAT TAKES US ON [NOISE] TO ITEM 3.01, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.AGAIN, PUBLIC COMMENT IS TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS TO THE BOARD THEIR CONCERNS OR INPUT ON VARIOUS TOPICS, EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR NOT.
IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DIALOGUE OR DISCUSSION.
PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING LAW RULES, THAT WE CANNOT ENGAGE IN SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA.
ALSO, WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THAT TOPIC.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN PUBLIC AND WANT TO ADDRESS THE SUBWAY, WE DO REQUIRE THAT YOU SIGN UP.
THOSE THAT ARE LESS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PUBLIC FORM, ARE ABLE TO CONTACT US VIA EMAIL ADDRESSES OR PHONE NUMBERS.
ALL THAT CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER IS ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES, THAT WE ALLOW.
WE'VE ADDED A NEW FEATURE TO HELP FOR VISUALIZATION OF THAT THREE MINUTES.
WE'VE GOT THE TIMERS ON THE SIDE, AND HELP PEOPLE BE AWARE OF THE TIME LIMITS AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO WRAP THEIR COMMENTS UP IN THAT TIME FRAME.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL ADJUST OR ADDRESS MY LIST HERE.
THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE IS AUDREY MILLER.
>> CAN THE TWO GO TOGETHER? IS THAT OKAY?
>> WE WANTED TO COME AND TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT OUR NATIONAL TRIP FOR VET SCIENCE.
WE WENT ON A WEEK LONG TRIP OVER AND WE DID A ROAD TRIP.
WE DID ATTEND A TON OF TOURS, DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
WE WENT TO VETERAN REHABILITATION CENTER, WHERE THEY USED HORSES TO HELP REHABILITATE VETERANS.
THEN WE WENT TO CHURCHILL DOWNS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO A BACKSIDE TOUR.
THEY DO NORMALLY HAVE THEIR OWN BACKSIDE TOUR, BUT I'M ACTUALLY RELATED TO A JOCKEY.
[LAUGHTER] WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A SPECIAL TOUR.
WE GOT TO WALK AROUND AND SEE SOME REALLY COOL CURRENT RACING HORSES.
THEN WE WENT TO INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE TRACK.
WE GOT TO SEE THE 2024 CAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS, WHICH WAS THE FIRST HYBRID THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO RACE IN 2024.
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IT WAS PRETTY ENTERTAINING IF YOU'RE A CAR PERSON.[LAUGHTER] THEN WE WENT TO THE CORVETTE MUSEUM.
WE SAW A LOT OF REALLY COOL, OLD, NEW PROTOTYPE CARS.
IT WAS QUITE ADVENTUROUS TRIP.
>> I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO START OUT WITH MENTIONING ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM THIS YEAR.
WE HAD SABRINA MILLER, WE HAD MAXI PASS, AVAILA KELLY, LYNDIE JOHNSON, CHRISTIAN PEPPER, MELISSA CUTS, AND MYSELF, AUDREY MILLER.
A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN OF OUR COMPETITION IS, SO WE HAVE OUR STATE TEAM, WHICH COMPOSES OF A5 FOR SETUP.
THE TOP FOUR SCORES GO ON TO NATIONALS, AND THAT MAKES UP THE NATIONAL TEAM THAT COMPETES.
THIS YEAR OUR TEAM, LIKE MAX WAS SAYING, GOT TO DO THESE DIFFERENT TOURS, GOT TO COMPETE AT THE, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? [LAUGHTER] AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
WE PLACED 14TH IN THE NATION, SO IT WAS A VERY AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, SABRINA MILLER, SHE PLACED IN THE TOP 50 GOLD STANDARD, WHICH IS VERY HONORABLE AND DIFFICULT THING TO PLACE.
I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT FIVE PARTS.
YOU HAVE YOUR IDENTIFICATION WHICH IS CATS, DOGS, HORSES, CATTLE, ANYTHING OF THE SORTS.
THEN YOU HAVE MATH, WHICH IS JUST A HIGHER STANDARD MATH, KIND OF A WORD PROBLEMS ALMOST, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR KNOWLEDGE, WHICH IS BROKEN DOWN FROM A COUPLE PRE-SELECTED BOOKS, THAT THEY'VE BEEN CHOOSING FROM A FEW YEARS NOW.
IT'S JUST A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW.
THEN WE HAVE TEAM ACTIVITY, WHICH IS OUR TEAM PORTION OF IT, WHERE WE ALL GET PRESENTED WITH A TOPIC.
WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO PREPARE FOR SAID SPEECH, 10 MINUTES TO GIVE OUR SPEECH, AND FIVE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS ON IT.
THEN WE HAVE CLINICALS, WHICH IS A LOT OF MEMORIZATION, BUT IT IS THE MOST COMPLICATED PART OF THE COMPETITION, IN MY OPINION.
THAT REVOLVES AROUND ANYTHING LIKE GIVING AN INJECTION TO PLACE IN CATS, AND CAT BAGS, AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
[LAUGHTER] I WILL SAY THAT NONE OF THESE WERE LIVE ANIMALS, IT WAS ALL STUFFED ANIMALS [LAUGHTER] AND THINGS LIKE THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> ALL ATTESTS THAT IT'S A LOT EASIER TO STUFF DOWN ANIMALS. [LAUGHTER]
>> SOME PREPARATION WE DID FOR IT IS, WE STUDIED ALL SUMMER LONG, FROM THE END OF SCHOOL, TO THE START OF SCHOOL, AND ALL THROUGH LAST YEAR.
WE MET TWICE A WEEK WITH MR. TORETTA AND MS. LISA ABBOTT, WHICH WERE BOTH OUR COACHES.
THEN WE MET ON SATURDAYS AT THE LIBRARY IN FERNDALE.
WE WERE THERE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, WE GOT TO MEET UP.
WE PRACTICED FOR ABOUT NINE HOURS A WEEK FOR THIS COMPETITION, ALL SUMMER LONG.
THEN WE WENT BACK AND DID MORE STUDYING.
[LAUGHTER] BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW THANK YOU'S, TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HELPED US THIS YEAR.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO COME IN HERE AND PRESENT YOU, AND TELL YOU OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF FERNDALE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS HELPED US SO MUCH THIS YEAR, FROM PEOPLE COMING IN AND HELPING US JUDGE, TO BUSINESSES AROUND DONATING TO HELP US WITH OUR SPONSORSHIPS FOR THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION OUR SPONSORS THAT HELPED US THIS YEAR.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE 10 MILE MEATS, BLADE CHEVROLET, CARMICHAEL CLARK, COASTAL FARMS, THE CORNERSTONE GENERAL CONTRACTORS, MODERN CLEANERS, FAVOR, THE GREEN SIMMERS, THE JON ABBOTT ENTERPRISES, COLSON, LES SCHWAB, THE PEDIATRIC LAB, NORTHWEST, SAMUEL'S, THE TOP AND SHRED FAMILIES, AND THEN WALK-IN FIRE NO.7.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO HELP US RAISE $7,000 THIS YEAR FOR VETERINARY SCIENCE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO NATIONALS AND COMPETE.
THEY COVERED ALL OF OUR DINNERS, FOR THIS SEVEN-DAY TRIP, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OUR HIGHER-PRICED TOURS, WHICH ALSO GAVE OUR STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO ONLY HAD TO PAY $200, TO GO ON THIS TRIP, WHICH WAS SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ALL OF US, AND IT HELPED A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS.
I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CHAPERONES AND PARENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THEY HELPED US A LOT.
WHETHER YOU'RE PUSHING US TO STUDY, OR YOU'RE FINDING US FOOD, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HUNGRY.
[LAUGHTER] I ALSO LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO DR. ERICKSON AND DR. EDIMBURGER,
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BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP US WITH ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THIS YEAR.THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME UP HERE TODAY. [APPLAUSE]
>> COOL. SOME PHOTOS OF THE TRIP, AND FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T SEE ON FACEBOOK THAT WE'RE LIVE ACTION.
[BACKGROUND] YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK. [LAUGHTER] I JUST FOLLOWED MY LIST. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANKS, DR. ARIZONA. I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT THESE GUYS SAID.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT'S HELPED AND THERE'S SO MANY PIECES OF THIS PUZZLE.
JUST BE HONEST AND SAY THANK YOU.
IT'S HARD TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS.
THE PART OF THE FAMILY ALMOST, FEEL LIKE I WAS ON THE VACATION SOMETIMES THE SUMMERS BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND WORK TOGETHER ALL SUMMER LONG.
BUT, DR. ARIZONA, YOU HAVE A BIG THANK YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH COVID. HE NEVER SAID NO ONCE.
WE GOT TO THIS CLINIC AND WE GET TO GO IN WHEN YOU DID DO SOME ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES, ACTUALLY SEE REAL TOOLS.
EVEN THROUGH CODE, HE'S LIKE, HEY, I CAN MAKE THAT OUT A LITTLE WET.
I CAN MAKE HAPPEN IS THIS AND THAT IS LIKE A TEST THAT EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER.
MOST STUDENTS STILL ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.
WHEN I SAY THAT IF YOU WIN AND NEVER GETS COMPETE AGAIN.
I COMPARE THAT TO IMAGINE YOU HAVE FOOTBALL WINNING TEAM AND THEY COMPETE AND THEY DON'T GET TO PLAY AGAIN.
GOING BACK TO NASHVILLE AND PRETTY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE, WE GET SOME QUICK MATH.
THERE WERE FOUR TEAMS THAT ATTENDED OUR SHAPE CONVENTION, THEY WON FIRST PLACE.
IT'S ONLY THE FIRST PLACE TEAM THAT NEEDS TO GO BACK.
THERE'S ABOUT 3,000 TEAMS WE THINK OF THE NATION OVERALL, SO WE STARTED THIS THING BACK IN THE DAY.
WHEN THESE GUYS DO STUDY, THEY STUDY.
YOU DON'T GET THERE WITHOUT HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
THOSE SKILLS GO WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY GO.
TO STANDARDIZE $85 MILLION HORSE RACE DAY, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL THING.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT $85 MILLION EXIST BEFORE TRIPS LIKE THIS.
I'M WALKING OFF AFTER BEING TRAINED AND WORKING WITH THE LADY WHO HAS WORKED WITH OVER 4,000 PTSD, FIRST RESPONDERS AND VETERANS, THAT IT'S GIVEN UP HER LIFE SAVINGS TO PROVIDE AND GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE AND WALK OUT OF THERE THINKING, THIS IS COOL THAT YOU WOULD GET TO DO THIS AND HE WALKED OFF THERE.
NOW, STUDENTS SAY, THIS IS GOOD FOR ME TOO.
THERE'S SOME REALLY IMPRESSIVE THINGS.
I JUST ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPS.
I'M ASSUMING IT WAS THERE TO FOR US.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HELPED DOUBT AND I SAID, "I GOT WHAT YOU SAID SOME OF THESE." [LAUGHTER] LET'S SEE IF THIS WILL WORK.
LET'S GO HAND IN HAND AND MAKING THIS THING HAPPEN AND EVERYBODY SUPPORTING TO MAKE IT GO SO BIG.
>> THANK YOU, TONY. THANKS FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE TEAM AND THE FFA.
I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE THROWN AT US BY THIS COMPETITION EVEN STOPPED MY WIFE AND I, SO THAT THESE KIDS CAN ANSWER.
GREAT THING TO SEE. THANK YOU.
NEXT ON MY LIST I HAD NANCY BUTTON.
>> BEFORE I START I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TONY TO READ IT.
I REMEMBER HIM FROM WHEN I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE TEACHER MANY YEARS AGO WHEN HE WOULD BRING HIS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, STAFF AND BIG BUDDIES TO MY LITTLE BUDDIES AND WE DO PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TOGETHER.
>> AT LAST MONTH'S SCHOOLWORK DAY, YOU HEARD MANY SPEAKERS INFORM YOU OF THE IMPACT OF DECISIONS MADE BY THE DISTRICT RELATED TO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE AND HOW THEY HAVE AFFECTED PEOPLE'S LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD.
I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT THE REMAINING BUS DRIVERS WERE EXHAUSTED AND THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME THEY HAD BEEN WORKING UP TO 95 EXTRA HOURS IN ONE MONTH.
THEY ARE SERIOUSLY SHORT STAFFED.
IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
AFTER THAT MEETING, I FELT COMPELLED TO WRITE AN OPINION PIECE FOR THE FERNDALE RECORD, URGING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REHIRE THE DRIVERS THAT WERE FIRED FOR REJECTING BOTH THE EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE AND A DISCRIMINATORY TESTING MANDATES.
MY GUEST OPINION WAS PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2ND.
FIVE DAYS LATER, ON NOVEMBER 7TH, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WOKE UP TO SEE HER MAILBOX,
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WHICH WAS A LARGE STRUCTURE ENCASED IN A STURDY WOODEN BOX ON A SOLID CEMENT PLATFORM, DESTROYED.SHE THOUGHT A DRUNK DRIVER IN A LARGE TRUCK MUST HAVE SMASHED IT TO PIECES.
THERE WERE PARTS STREWN FOR MANY FEET, INCLUDING BROKEN LUMBER, SHINGLES AND A SIDE MIRROR FROM WHATEVER HAD HIT HER MAILBOX.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF IT AND A FEW OF THE PARTS LEFT BEHIND.
LATER THAT MORNING, SHE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY TOLD HER THAT ONE OF THEIR DRIVERS HAD ACCIDENTALLY HIT HER MAILBOX AND OFFER TO COME AND REBUILD IT, WHICH THEY DID VERY QUICKLY.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THIS FALL.
ONE BUS DAMAGED A CAR AND THE BUS IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
ANOTHER DRIVER ADMITTED BLOWING A STOP SIGN.
OTHER MAILBOXES HAVE BEEN HIT.
THEY ARE OVERWORKED AND EXHAUSTED.
THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS TO COVER FOR THEM WHEN THEY ARE SICK AND THEY'RE FORCED TO DRIVE THE ROUTES EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE THE FLU AND THEY'RE EXTREMELY TIRED.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT SO FAR THE ACCIDENTS HAVE ONLY CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE.
I'D TO THINK OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF THAT WERE A CHILD STANDING WHERE MY NEIGHBOR'S MAILBOX STOOD.
IT IS NOW KNOWN THAT BEING VACCINATED FOR COVID-19 MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER A PERSON GETS OR TRANSMITS THE VIRUS.
IN FACT, MORE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE VACCINE THAT I'VE SEEN HIM DIE FROM COVID THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT.
ALSO, MANY COURTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES HAVE UPHELD THE RIGHTS OF FIRED WORKERS AND ORDERED THEIR REHIRING WITH RETROACTIVE PAY.
THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD HIRE BACK ALL THE BUS DRIVERS THAT THEY FIRED WITH RETROACTIVE PAY IMMEDIATELY.
THAT WILL COST THE TAXPAYERS A LOT LESS THAN A LAWSUIT WHEN SOME OVERWORKED, EXHAUSTED BUS DRIVER GETS IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT AND CHILDREN GET HURT OR WORSE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] NEXT I HAVE ALISON FORD.
>> SOMEONE WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT.
AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER, SOME OF US HELPED DON FOR READING HIS LETTER LAST MONTH REGARDING HIS FIRING FOR NOT RECEIVING THE VACCINE OR SUBMITTING TO DISCRIMINATORY TESTS.
SO FAR DON HAS NOT BEEN REHIRED BACK.
THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT DECISION ON OUR BOARD IS BASED IN SPITE AND NOT PUBLIC HEALTH, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR SAYING THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, I NOTICED TODAY ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT THERE ARE JOB OPENINGS FOR BUS DRIVERS.
THERE'S A BUS DRIVER RIGHT HERE WITH OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE.
HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE TRAINING. HE KNOWS THE ROUTES.
HE'S READY TO WORK, AND YET THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING FOR DRIVERS.
THE CDC ALSO ADMITS AS NANCY SAID THAT THE SHOTS DON'T WORK.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH ANYMORE.
RUSS TOLD ME LAST MONTH, DID MENTION THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING OVERTIME UP TO ABOUT 95 HOURS IN A MONTH.
THEY'RE EXHAUSTED, THEY'RE OVERWORKED, THEY`RE STRESSED.
PEOPLE IN THOSE CONDITIONS DO NOT PERFORM AT THEIR BEST.
AS NANCY POINTED OUT, WE'VE SEEN PROPERTY DAMAGE SO FAR, BUT DO WE WANT STRESSED, EXHAUSTED, OVERWORKED BUS DRIVERS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A SCHOOL BUS.
THE WAY I SEE IT, IS THE BOARD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REHIRE DON AND HIS COLLEAGUES.
IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT IN COMMUNITY, IF THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH, WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF PEDESTRIANS, OF OTHER DRIVERS, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS,
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AS I SEE IT, IT'S ON YOU GUYS.SOMEBODY GETS KILLED IS BECAUSE YOU DID NOT MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND VERY NICE BUT THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT.
IF SOMEBODY ENDED UP GETTING KILLED AND YOU KNEW THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING OR EVEN INJURED, THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO PREVENT THAT, SIMPLY BY HIRING SOMEBODY BACK WHO AS HAD COVID, HE'S GOT NATURAL IMMUNITY.
THE SHOTS DON'T WORK AND HE'S READY TO DRIVE.
COULD YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELVES? IT TAKES COURAGE TO STAND UP AGAINST WHAT IS UNJUST, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT AT LEAST ONE OF YOU ON THIS BOARD DOESN'T HAVE SIMILAR FEELINGS AS THE REST OF US.
I HOPE THAT SOMEONE COULD FIND THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
>> THANK YOU ALISON. NEXT IS NATALIE CHAVEZ.
>> WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE VETERINARY SCIENCE STUDENTS YOU HAVE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN OR TEENAGERS HEALTHY, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE THIS EVENING.
HELLO, MY NAME IS NATALIE CHAVEZ.
LAST MONTH EARLY OCTOBER, MY CANADIAN TEACHER FRIEND INFORMED ME THAT STUDENTS BEGAN GETTING SICK FOLLOWING THEIR EXPERIMENTAL COVID, VITAL, AND BOOSTERS.
IN CANADA THAT PEOPLE GET BOOSTED IN BLOCKS BY AGE GROUP.
HER CLASS MAJORITY OF 10-YEAR-OLDS GOT BOOSTED AT AROUND THE SAME TIME.
ALMOST HALF OF THE CLASS GOT SICK FOLLOWING THE BOOSTERS AND SEVERAL STUDENTS WERE OUT-OF-STATE FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK, ON THE SECOND WEEK FOLLOWING THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID VIOLENT BOOSTERS, WHICH ARE MORE TOXIC THAN THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID MONOVALENT VACCINES.
MY FRIENDS BOOSTED STUDENTS ENDED UP GETTING HER SICK TOO, SO SHE ENDED UP MISSING SCHOOL AS WELL.
THE MOST TRAGIC NEWS, HOWEVER, IS THAT THREE OF OUR STUDENTS IN CLASS SUFFERED SEVERE ADVERSE REACTIONS LAST MONTH FOLLOWING THEIR SCRIBBLED ON THE COVID VITAL IN BOOSTER INJECTIONS.
ONE STUDENT AT A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WITH HEART ISSUES.
THAT BOY WAS A STAR PLAYER ON HIS HOCKEY TEAM.
YOU WILL MOST LIKELY NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY HOCKEY AGAIN AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE ON MEDICATIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE AND HAVE A SHORTENED LIFESPAN.
ANOTHER 10-YEAR-OLD STUDENT FAINTED AND FELL OUTSIDE OF RECESS.
MY FRIENDS SAID THAT PART OF THE GIRL'S FACE TURN BLUE, THE AREA AROUND THE MOUTH.
MY FRIEND TOLD THE GIRL`S FATHER TO GET HER CHECKED FOR MICROCLOCKS AND MYOCARDITIS.
ANOTHER 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SENT HOME ON THAT SAME DAY BECAUSE SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL, TURN PALE IN CLASS AND WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY.
THAT WAS ON A TUESDAY, AND BOTH GIRLS HAD GOTTEN THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID VIOLENT BOOSTERS THE DAY BEFORE ON MONDAY.
THE 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF MY FRIEND IN BELLINGHAM WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A PULMONARY EMBOLISM AFTER RECEIVING THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID VACCINE.
HER LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
A MOTHER OF A TEENAGE BOY HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AT A WELCOME COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MONTHS AGO.
SHE INFORMED COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HER SUMMED UP MYOCARDITIS AFTER HIS FIRST DOSE OF FIGHTERS EXPERIMENTAL COVID VACCINE.
HE IS NOW ON MEDICATIONS FOLLOWING HIS COVID VACCINE INJURY AND HIS LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
A FORMER PILOT NOW UNABLE TO FLY AFTER COVID VACCINE INJURY ALSO SPOKE AT ONE OF THE LATHAM COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE PAST VIA ZOOM ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO IS HOSPITALIZED AT ST. JOE'S DUE TO BLOOD CLOTS FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL COVID VACCINE.
WHEN IS THIS INSANITY GOING TO STOP? PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT VACCINE INTO CHILDREN TEENAGERS MAY HAVE AN INCREASED RISK OF COMMITTING SUICIDE FOLLOWING THEIR VACCINE INJURY.
I HAVE A COPY OF AN ARTICLE FOR YOU ALL.
IT'S AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SCHOOL TEACHER THE UNITED STATES, WHOSE 14-YEAR-OLD SON, HAS THE VACCINE-INDUCED MYOCARDITIS WHICH BEGAN IN JUNE 2021, A FEW DAYS AFTER A SECOND DOSE OF PFIZER'S EXPERIMENTAL COVID VACCINE INJECTION.
WHAT VACCINE INJURY RELATED RESOURCES ARE YOU GIVING TO FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND PARENTS IF THEY ENCOUNTER A VACCINE-INJURED CHILD OR TEENAGER? I WILL EMAIL YOU ALL YOUR RESOURCES AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO WATCH THE RECENTLY RELEASED UK DOCUMENTARY, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
A SECOND OPINION AT WWW.ORACLEFILMS.COM. THANK YOU.
[BACKGROUND] NEXT, I HAVE ROBERT IS A VICE- PRUM.
>> CAN WE MOVE JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, SURE.
>> THANK YOU [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER].
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>> MAYBE WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS AND YOU MAYBE NOT.
GOOD EVENING, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD AND ADMINISTRATORS.
I AM A LONG TIME CLASSROOM TEACHER MYSELF AND ADMINISTRATOR.
MEN AND WOMEN, IS THERE ANYONE I HAVE MISSED? I THINK YOU ARE ALL EITHER MEN OR WOMEN, CORRECT? IN FACT, ALL OF US HUMANS ARE MAMMALS, AND AS SUCH, WE ARE BORN WITH EITHER XX CHROMOSOMES OR XY CHROMOSOMES.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN A CHILD IS BORN, THERE IS NO GUESSWORK AS TO THEIR GENDER.
IT IS UNDENIABLY VERIFIABLE THAT THERE ARE TWO AND ONLY TWO GENDERS.
A PERSON USING THE ONE OR THE OTHER.
WITHIN THE TWO GENDERS HOWEVER IS A SPECTRUM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS, INCLUDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
BUT TO CONFUSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR A PASSING FANTASY WITH ONE'S GENDER IS A MONUMENTAL ERROR.
FOR A PERIOD OR A CLASSROOM TEACHER TO SUGGEST TO A CHILD THEY MAY NOT BE THE GENDER THEIR GENITALS SAY THEY ARE IS A MONSTROUS CRIME AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
YOU ARE AWARE, I'M SURE, THE CONCEPT OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE.
YOUNG HUMAN CHILDREN, LIKE ALL THE YOUNG OF ANY MAMMALIAN SPECIES, ARE DESIGNED TO LOOK TO THE ADULTS AROUND THEM.
IF THE ADULTS IN THE CHILD'S LIFE DISAGREE ON THEIR GENDER OR THEY INSERT DOUBT, A SPLIT OPENS UP IN THE CHILD'S CONSCIOUSNESS BECAUSE IN THE CHILD'S MIND THEY ARE BOTH TRUE.
IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND HOW A GIRL IN KINDERGARTEN, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT WANT TO DO THINGS THAT BOYS MORE TYPICALLY DO.
SHE MIGHT SAY SHE MIGHT LIKE TO BE A BOY, WELL, HAVING NO IDEA WHATSOEVER WHAT THAT MEANS.
HOWEVER, AN ADULT SUGGESTING SHE MIGHT BE A BOY IN A GIRL'S BODY CREATES A SPLIT IN HER CONSCIOUSNESS.
SIMILARLY, A BOY, FOR EXAMPLE, RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM WHO'S HAD A PAINFUL HISTORY WITH MEN, ADDING TO A LACK OF HEALTHY ROLE MODELS IN HIS LIFE ALONG WITH PSEUDO ESTROGENS SPLITTING HIS BODY FROM EATING PROCESSED FOODS, HE MAY EASILY BE PERSUADED HE IS A GIRL IN A BOY'S BODY.
THE APPEARANCE OF HIS BODY TELLS HIM ONE THING AND A WILLING MOTHER OR A TEACHER TELLS HIM SOMETHING ELSE.
A COGNITIVE SPLIT OPENS BECAUSE THE CHILD MAKES BOTH OF THEM TRUE, BUT IT GOES DEEPER BECAUSE HE OR SHE LACKS THE NECESSARY GROUNDING IN FACTUAL REALITY TO BE ABLE LATER IN LIFE TO DISCERN FACT FROM FICTION OR TRUTH FROM FALSEHOOD.
GENDER CONSIDER CONFUSION OR WHAT IS NOW CALLED GENDER DYSPHORIA HAS LED A LARGE PART OF CULTURE TO BEING OBSESSED WITH GENDER IDENTITY, THEREBY MISSING THE GREATER PICTURE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HEALTHY FUNCTIONING ADULT IN THE WORLD TODAY.
GRANTED THERE ARE MANY SERIOUS AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS THAT ARE CLOSER, MANY OF WHICH HAVE THEIR ORIGINS IN THE DISTANT PAST.
I AM NOT GOING TO DOWNPLAY AT ONE SINGLE BIT.
BUT FOR AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO PROMULGATE THE BLATANT LIE THAT MEN CAN BE WOMEN AND WOMEN CAN BE MEN OR THAT THE CREATOR OF LIFE MADE A MISTAKE AND THAT THE REAL ARBITER OF TRUTH IS HOW A PERSON FEELS IN THE MOMENT IS AN EGREGIOUS ERROR, WHICH ONLY MAKES SOLVING THE OTHER PROBLEMS MORE DIFFICULT, BUT FURTHER DRIVES THE DIVISIONS WITHIN A CHILD'S SENSE OF SELF, THUS RENDERING HIM LESS CAPABLE OF FULFILLING THEIR GOD-GIVEN DESTINY.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE DON FONG.
>> GOOD EVENING. BEFORE I SPEAK I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE SPEECH, IT'S BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO HALVES.
MY FRIEND NANCY BRENTWOOD IS GOING TO READ THE SECOND HALF.
ANTICIPATING THE CHANGE IN DIRECTION OF THE POLITICAL WIND AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, SOME OF THE HARDCORE COVID FASCISTS IN THE COUNTRY BEGAN TO SOFTEN THEIR STANCE ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF STRICT PANDEMIC MEASURES.
ONE OF THEM, EMILY OSTER, WROTE THE ARTICLE ENTITLED, LET'S DECLARE A PANDEMIC AMNESTY, WHICH APPEARED IN THE ATLANTIC ON OCTOBER 30TH.
IN RESPONSE TO HER PIECE, REPRESENTATIVE ANDY BIGGS FROM ARIZONA PENNED AN ESSAY CALLED PANDEMIC AMNESTY? NOT SO FAST POSTED ON THE DAILY CALLER WEBSITE ON NOVEMBER 12TH.
I'M GOING TO SHARE PARTS OF THIS WELL-WRITTEN ARTICLE
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BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE VIEWS AND SENTIMENTS OF MANY ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND THE OPPOSITION TO THESE IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OR POLICIES.A RECENT COLUMN IN THE ATLANTIC SUGGESTED THAT AMERICA FORGIVE AND FORGET THE HEALTHCARE BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS THAT VIOLATED OUR RIGHTS, EXACERBATED THE EFFECTS OF COVID AND IMPOSED OR PROPOSED SANCTIONS THAT KILLED PEOPLE, DESTROYED LIVES, AND CENTRALIZED POWER INTO THE HANDS OF GOVERNMENT.
AFTER ALL, THE WRITER PLEADS THERE REALLY WAS NO INTENT TO HARM.
DEBORAH BIRX, THE WHITE HOUSE CORONA-VIRUS RESPONSE COORDINATOR CONFESSED TO LYING AND MANIPULATING DATA FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
I KNEW THESE VACCINES WERE NOT GOING TO PROTECT AGAINST INFECTION, AND I THINK WE'VE OVERPLAYED THE VACCINE'S WORK SET.
SHE AND HER FRIENDS IN THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, ALONG WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, TOLD AMERICANS THAT THE VACCINE PROTECTS AGAINST THE SPREAD ON THE HUMANS.
THEY ALSO CLAIMED IT WILL HELP PEOPLE FROM CATCHING IT.
BIRX LATER ADMITTED IN HER NEW BOOK THAT SHE MANIPULATED DATA AND QUIETLY ALTERED CDC GUIDANCE WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION TO HIDE INFORMATION FROM DONALD TRUMP.
BIRX'S FRIEND, THE INFAMOUS DR.
ANTHONY FAUCI WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF LYING TO CONGRESS AND TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
A REPORT FOUND FAUCI INITIALLY RESISTED A TRUMP-ERA ORDER TO CANCEL A CONTROVERSIAL RESEARCH GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH LINKED TO THE WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY EVEN THOUGH HE CLAIMED OTHERWISE.
FAUCI HAS ALSO DENIED HIS INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL CLOSURES.
HOWEVER, HIS FALSE STATEMENTS SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.
ON AT LEAST SIX OCCASIONS, HE EQUIVALENTLY ADVOCATED FOR THESE SUB-BANDS.
THE IMPACT OF THE RESPONSE TO COVID WILL BE FELT FOR GENERATIONS AND FAR MORE DEEPLY THAN THE ACTUAL DISEASE.
IN THIS CASE, THE CURE MAY HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE THAN THE DISEASE.
>> DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T KNOW EARLY ON.
CHILDREN WERE NOT LIKELY TO CATCH, TO BE SERIOUSLY HARMED, OR TO TRANSMIT COVID.
WE KNEW THE ELDERLY WERE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND NEEDED TO BE PROTECTED MORE THAN THE REST OF THE POPULATION.
WE KNEW THAT THE EFFICACY OF MASS WAS AS DUBIOUS AS DECADES OF STUDIES SHOWED.
WE KNEW THAT HERD IMMUNITY WAS SOMETHING LONG ACCEPTED IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.
DON'T SAY THIS IS ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKING.
CREDIBLE VOICES OF SCIENTISTS AND DOCTORS AND EVEN SOME POLITICIANS WHO DECLAIMED AGAINST THE DRACONIAN LOCKDOWNS THAT WERE HYPOCRITICALLY VIOLATED BY DEMOCRATS WERE ALL CENSORED.
THOSE WHO WARNED OF SPIKING OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUICIDES WERE HOOTED OFF OF THE PUBLIC STAGE.
THE POLICE APPARATUS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORKED WITH BIG TECH CENSORS TO CANCEL ANYONE WHO HAD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON HOW TO APPROACH THE EPIDEMIC.
PLEASE, WE SHOULDN'T BE BEGGING FOR COVID AMNESTY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THIS ILL DEMANDED THAT PEOPLE WITH CONTRARY OPINIONS BE SILENCED, JAILED, AND EVEN ELIMINATED.
OVERALL, THE TYRANNICAL IMPOSITION OF THESE GUIDELINES WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THIS GENERATION AND THE LIVES OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.
WE MUST PREVENT THE SOCIETAL AND CULTURAL DESTRUCTION THAT OCCURRED FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN, AND THAT REQUIRES WE LEARN FROM OUR EXPERIENCE.
THE REQUEST FOR AN AMNESTY IS A TYPICAL LEFT-WING EFFORT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE FALLOUT OF THEIR DANGEROUS POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ALONG.
THE LEFT NEVER WANTS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR INHUMANE AND DANGEROUS POLICIES.
EVERYONE ELSE GETS TO PAY THE PRICE OF THEIR KNOWN OPEN SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS WHILE THE PURVEYORS OF THEIR LUNACY CONTINUE ALONG YOUR PATH LEAVING IN THEIR WAY DISTRACTION AND RUIN.
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THERE CANNOT BE AN AMNESTY HERE AS THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REMORSE.THE LEFT IS ONLY HOPING IT WON'T BE EXPOSED AND HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR ITS DESTRUCTIVE ANTI-AMERICAN POLICIES.
AS I PONDER ON THIS SENTENCE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE LEFT USES AS AN EXCUSE FOR THEIR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
I FIND IT IRONIC BECAUSE THEY KEPT REPEATING THE MANTRA, FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, AS IF THEY WERE MORE INFORMED AND SMARTER THAN THE REST OF US.
BESIDES THE FINANCIAL MOTIVES THAT UNDOUBTEDLY INFLUENCED THE DECISIONS OF MANY BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS, I CAN THINK OF ONLY ONE EXPLANATION FOR THEIR DESTRUCTIVE AND UNETHICAL AGENDA.
IT IS BECAUSE THEY EMBRACED THE TYRANNICAL AND MURDEROUS IDEOLOGY OF COMMUNISM, WHICH DISREGARDS INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS AND WORSHIPS GOVERNMENT AS THE SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE IS IT SHIRA NAHARI?
>> THE PERSON LOOKS LIKE SHE'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PERSON.
>> THE NEXT I HAVE IS PAUL ROSSER.
>> GOOD EVENING. I SPENT PART OF MY CAREERS AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY OFFICER GOING TO WAR FOR THIS NATION.
I PUT ABOUT 11 GOOD FRIENDS ON THE GROUND.
THEY DIED FROM COMBAT, DISEASES THEY BOUGHT BACK OR BY THEIR OWN HANDS SADLY.
I SPENT 30 YEARS WORKING WITH THE MILITARY, MAINTAIN CONSTITUTION AND KEEPING WORKING TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND KEEPING THIS NATION FREE FOR EVERYBODY.
WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON WITH THIS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, GARBAGE AND THIS ELITE CLASS, THAT FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD RULE EVERYBODY AND TAKE IT ALL AND LEAVE EVERYBODY WITH TABLE SCRAPS.
THE FRAUDULENT STUFF WE'RE SEEING WITH THE VOTING, THE STUFF WITH VAL-JEAN, THE COVID YOU GETTING SCAM.
THE FACT THAT MASKS DON'T WORK.
THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN THIS MEAN THAN LAST YEAR, YOU-ALL DETERMINED THAT YOU SHOULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR BUS DRIVERS AND SOME WEARING THAT BEFORE THAT I GOT ASKED BECAUSE I WILL NOT PLAY THE GAME.
I WANT TO ASK THE BOARD, DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH POWER YOU HAVE? THIS IS SOME OF YOU-ALL GOT.
YOU NEED TO SAVE BACK, ABOUT THE POWER YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
LAST YEAR YOU ACT WITH THOSE POWER TO THE STATE AND YOU SAID GET RID OF THE BUS DRIVERS.
THEY INTEND TO MAKE THIS MANDATORY ON THE KIDS VACCINES TO PUT COVID-19 OR SOME OTHER JABS IN THEIR ARMS. AS SCHOOL BOARD, ALL YOU GOING TO DO IS SAY NO.
OTHER OPPRESSIVE MEASURES THAT MIGHT COME DOWN FROM THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT TO DO.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY BRING IT OUT THROUGH 30 PIECES OF SILVER FOR YOU TO TAKE.
I IMPLORE YOU TO REALLY THINK HARD ABOUT YOUR DUTIES AND YOUR SWORN COMMITMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEN ONCE YOU'VE COMMITTED TO WITH THE BOARD, WHEN YOU SWORE AND EVERY TIME YOU PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THAT FLAG, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE PRESENTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, [NOISE] THE GLIDE PATH THAT WE'RE ON [NOISE], WE WILL ALL BE LIVING ON OUR KNEES [NOISE] IN A MATTER OF TIME.
WE ALL HAVE DECISIONS TO MAKE AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS,
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I HOPE THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT, I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD CHOOSE CORRECT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.>> THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM TINA FOSTER.
>> SORT OF SLID OFF THE ROAD GOING. DO YOU HELP? [LAUGHTER] THEN SHE TOLD ME WHERE I WAS SUPPOSE TO GO, SO WE GOT HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR SOME OF US WHO OUR PEOPLE OF FAITH.
THIS IS THE TIME OF ADVENT AND SO THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS COMING, YESTERDAY AND NEXT SUNDAY, I BELIEVE IS ST. ANDREW'S DAY, WHICH IS THE PATRON ST. OF SCOTLAND AND I'M NOT CATHOLIC I AM PROTESTANT, BUT I CERTAINLY AM PARTIALLY SCOTTISH AND ONE OF THINGS I LEARNED IN READING ABOUT THIS, IS ON THE SUBJECT OF MARTYRDOM AND IT'S A VERY INTERESTING STUDY.
I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LET GO DURING COVID-19 WERE MARTYRS AND IN THE CLASSIC SENSE OF THE WORLD, IN EVERY RELIGION AND THEY WERE ASKED TO SACRIFICE NOT BECAUSE THEY EXCUSE ME FOR CONTRADICTING AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL'S COMMENT THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER FIT FOR THEIR JOBS.
THEY WERE QUITE COMPETENT PEOPLE AND THEIR SAFETY RECORD SPOKE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEY DO DESERVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH ALL OF THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION COMING OUT, PARTICULARLY ABOUT MASKS.
ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR POSITION IS ON THE SO-CALLED SCIENCE.
I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF SCIENTIFIC DATA OUT HERE TO INDICATE THAT CHOOSING THE VACCINE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST THING FOR EVERYBODY AND THAT WEARING A MASK IS CERTAINLY NOT THE BEST THING FOR EVERYBODY, PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN.
THE CHILDREN. OBVIOUSLY, IF I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO CRY RIGHT NOW, BUT I COULD, THE CHILDREN BORN TO MOTHERS AND I THINK ANYBODY WHO'S LOOKED AT THE DATA ON DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AS A RESULT OF THE MASK WEARING SCENARIO DURING THE SCHOOL TIME FRAME, THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS THAT ARE BEHIND ON THEIR ABILITY TO JUST SPEAK.
SIMPLY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE ADULTS MOUTHS MOVE WHEN THEY'RE TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO OR SAY.
I DON'T WANT TO RUN OVER MY TIME HERE, BUT I THINK THAT AS WE ANTICIPATE SOMETHING WONDERFUL GOING FORWARD, PERHAPS THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.
IN CITIES AND STATES WHERE MANDATES TO TAKE THE SHOT ONCE ENFORCED, WE'RE SEEING IT BEING CANCELED.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? THERE ARE PRACTICAL REASONS LIKE INADEQUATE WORKFORCE REMAINING AFTER PERSONNEL WAS CALLED.
THIS AFFECTED PUBLIC SAFETY LIKE FIRE POLICEMEN OR WOMEN, OR PERSONAL SAFETY LIKE BUS DRIVERS, EXHAUSTED FROM TOO MANY OVERTIME HOURS TO COMPENSATE FOR FIRE COLLEAGUES, LIKE DONE HERE.
IN THE LAST MEETING, WE ALL HEARD FROM ONE OF THESE OLD DRIVERS WHO WAS CONCERN FOR HIS SAFETY AND THEN OF THE CHILDREN IN HIS BUS, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT REASON.
THE CDC AND FDA HAVE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE VACCINE HAS FAILED.
AFTER ALL, THEY'RE BEATING THE DRUMS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, IT IS NOW ACKNOWLEDGED AND DOCUMENTED OFFICIALLY BY THE DRUM BEATERS AS NOT BEING EFFECTIVE AND DOCUMENTED AS BEING FAR FROM SAFE BY THE STATISTICS IN THE VARIOUS SYSTEM OF REPORTING ADVERSE EFFECTS AND DANGERS FROM VACCINES.
THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO IMPOSED THIS MANDATE, WERE DOING WHAT WE ALL DO, INCLUDING MYSELF, ACTING ON THE BASIS OF WHAT THEY KNOW, WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHO THEY ARE AT THE TIME OF THE DECISION.
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WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM ABOVE.THERE'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE.
I WAS FOLLOWING ORDERS LOSES ALL VALIDITY WHEN ORDERED TO DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL, IMMORAL OR HARMFUL.
VACCINE MANDATES AND THE TESTING DICTATES, OR ALL THREE, IMMORAL, ILLEGAL AND HARMFUL.
NOW INTELLIGENT PEOPLE, WHEN WHAT IS KNOWN CHANGES WILL CHANGE THEIR DECISIONS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THIS BOARD? IT MEANS REALIZING THAT REQUIRING A SHOT THAT IS NEITHER SAFE NOR EFFECTIVE OF A VACCINE THAT HAS FAILED, IS FOOLISHNESS AT BEST AND INSANITY AT WORST.
WE'VE HEARD EXTENSIVE GRIEVANCES FROM PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY FELT HARMED BUT WERE INDEED HARMED.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INVITE YOU, TO CHALLENGE YOU, TO HAVE THE WISDOM AND THE BACKBONE TO REINSTATE DOWN AND HIS COLLEAGUES, DRIVERS, AND TEACHERS AND TO REMUNERATE THEM FOR ALL SALARY AND BENEFIT LOSSES.
REHIRED DRIVERS AND TEACHERS CAN AGAIN, PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THE CHILDREN WILL BE SAFER IN SCHOOL BUSES, AND WILL BENEFIT FROM LESS OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS. YOU'VE NOW HEARD HOW TO WRITE THESE LAWS.
I AM ASKING YOU TO [NOISE] TAKE THESE WORDS INTO YOUR HEART [NOISE] AND HONOR THEM DEEPLY, AND THEN TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY [NOISE].
ONLY THEN WILL YOU, THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, ONCE AGAIN BE RIGHT WITH YOURSELVES AND YOUR MAKER.
>> [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. [NOISE]
>> [LAUGHTER] OF COURSE NOW LEAVE IT. [BACKGROUND]
I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE, THAT WOULD MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[4. Superintendent's Announcements and Report]
THEN THAT WILL TAKE US ON NOW TO ITEM 4.01 OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH MIX THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT IN SOME REORGANIZATION OF OUR MEETING.AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM CHRISTY, AND HER SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER.
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT, AND SOME UPDATES.
IT CONTINUES TO BE VERY BUSY WITH THE ENTRY PLAN PROCESS.
I FINISHED AT THAT, FOR NOW HIGH-SCHOOL DO MY ENTRY PLAN THERE.
I HAVE VISITED EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM THERE.
I GOT TO GO SPEND THE AFTERNOON WITH FERNDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THAT WAS WONDERFUL GETTING TO JUST HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARE OUR VISION.
THEN I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT THE BUSINESS SECURITY WAS ASKING WHAT IS IT YOU NEED FROM US? THEY ARE READY TO WALK ALONGSIDE US IN PARTNER.
ON NOVEMBER 10TH, I GOT TO GO TO EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY, AND ACTUALLY, IT WAS GREAT, MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE.
TWO, MELINDA GOT TO GO WITH ME.
I MET HER IN THAT PE CLASS, AND WHERE WE LEARNED THAT THAT DAY, BECAUSE I DO WHATEVER IT IS THE CLASS IS DOING THAT I ENGAGE IN THE ACTIVITIES.
IT WAS THE FOUR MINUTE RUN, AND THAT.
FOUR MINUTE MARATHON, AND IF YOU DID NOT STOP, YOU GOT TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE BOARD, AND WE BOTH REALLY WANTED OUR NAME ON THE BOARD.
I WILL LOVE THAT I NEVER WEAR SHOES TO WORK THAT I CAN'T RUN IN.
I RAN SO MELINDA BE BOTH PROBABLY GOT OUR NAMES ON THE BOARD, SO THAT WAS FUN.
THE STUDENTS PACED ME SEVERAL TIMES, THERE WAS A FRIEND THERE THAT RAN AROUND ME QUITE OFTEN, THAT'S OKAY, I DID IT.
IT'S THE LONGEST I HAVE RUN, OR SPRINT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, SO I WAS SEWER.
THEN TOMORROW, HOLDING THAT WE HAVE SCHOOL,
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I WILL BE ATTENDING VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I EXPECT MELINDA IS COMING TO JOIN ME AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.DR. HARRISON IS GOING TO BE GETTING TOO COMMON.
IT'S JUST IT'S INCREDIBLE TO WALK IN THE SHOES OF OUR STAFF, AND OUR STUDENTS.
I SPEND TIME IN EVERY SCHOOL ASKING OUR STUDENTS, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING REALLY WELL?WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING BETTER? THEN WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES, AND DREAMS FOR OUR SYSTEM? IF WE GET OUT OF THE WAY, AND LET OUR STUDENTS REDESIGN EDUCATION, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT.
ANOTHER PIECE OF EXCITING NEWS IS, WE HAD ON NOVEMBER 1ST, A FAMILY RESOURCE NIGHT, AND THAT RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LOCATED HERE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW, IS OPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND IT'S BEEN FABULOUS.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT HIRED, I MET WITH A GROUP OF FAMILIES WHO SAID, WE WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER, AND CONNECT WITH OTHER FAMILIES.
THAT EVENING I SAT THERE, AND I WATCHED A GROUP OF FAMILIES SITTING TOGETHER AROUND THE DINING ROOM TABLE VISITING, AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS CONTINUE.
STARTING IN JANUARY, YOU'RE GOING TO START TO HEAR ABOUT SOME CLASSES, AND COURSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER TO FAMILIES FOR FREE.
WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS. ASHLEY, WE STILL HAVE SOME TEAMS GOING, BUT VOLLEYBALL, AND FOOTBALL GOT TO HAVE SOME POST-SEASON GAMES, AND THAT WAS FUN.
I LOVE ANY GOOD REASON TO GET TO YELL, AND CHEER ON OUR STUDENTS.
YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR FELLOW STUDENTS TONIGHT WHO HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED ON YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER, IF YOU WATCH HER SOCIAL MEDIA FEED, YOU CAN JUST CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I GOT TO MEET WITH SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TODAY, WE'RE ALSO SHARING SOME AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING.
THEN THIS I'M EXCITED ABOUT OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
DR. ERICKSON, MELINDA, AND I WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO SPOKANE FOR THE WSSDA CONFERENCE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE, BUT THIS GOES TO EVERYONE.
OUR BOARD WAS RECOGNIZED VERY FEW IN THE STATE ACTUALLY, AS ONE OF THE BOARD OF DISTINCT IMAGE SHOWS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SELENA TO PRESENT IT TO YOU AT THIS TIME.
YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR WORK AROUND THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, AND ELEVATING COMMUNITY VOICE, STUDENT VOICE, THE PROCESS YOU RAN, AND IT WAS ABOVE ALL OTHERS AN EXEMPLARY PRACTICE, AND EXAMPLE, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] IT IS ALSO A NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, SO OUR BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER.
IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE HOW THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER, AND TALKING ABOUT HOW TO CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS, AND CULTURES.
I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE SOME OF THAT COMING IN, AND OUT IN SOCIAL MEDIA IN SOME OF THE BILLING COMMUNICATIONS.
>> YOU'RE DOING A FINE JOB. [LAUGHTER] SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.
ON DECEMBER 12TH, WE WILL BE HAVING A FAREWELL OLD MAIN, AND IT'S A HELLO, WELL GOODBYE, AND HELLO.
WE HEARD FROM THE CARIBBEAN THAT THEY WANTED TIME TO WALK THE HALLS OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL, AND SO HOW A LOT OF ALUMNI ARE GOING TO BE OPENING UP FOR AN OPEN HOUSE, WE HAD A STUDENT WHO ACTUALLY DREW THIS PICTURE.
SHIRTS WENT FULL ON SALE, AND THAT PROCEEDS OF THOSE SHIRTS, AFTER COVERING THE COSTS, WILL GO INTO THE ASB FUNDS.
THEN IF YOU WEAR YOUR SHIRT TO THE GAME FOLLOWING, YOU GET IN FOR FREE.
IT REALLY IS A WAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, AND WALK THE HALLS OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL, AND RELIVE SOME OF THOSE MEMORIES, AND HAVE SOME TIME WITH COLLEAGUES, AND TAKE SOME PHOTOS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THOSE WILL BE CREATING A HASHTAGS.
AS PEOPLE TAKE THE PHOTOS, THEY CAN PUT THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND YOU CAN BEGIN TO COLLECT THOSE.
WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE HIGHLY INVOLVED, AND WILL BE RUNNING SOME OF THOSE TOURS.
I FINALLY FIGURED OUT MY WAY TO GET AROUND THE OLD SCHOOL, SO I'M ALSO GOING TO GO WITH THEM.
[LAUGHTER] THE MEMBRANE CASE, THE FIRST TIME I EVER VISITED THAT GOT LOST TERRIBLY.
NOW I KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT HALLS, SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT.
THEN ON DECEMBER 14TH HERE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW IN THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, OUR TEAM IS GOING TO BE HOSTING A TRADITIONAL HISPANIC,
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LATINO SEASONAL CELEBRATION, AND INVITING OUR COMMUNITY TO COME.ANYONE'S INVITED, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO ATTEND THAT, THERE WILL BE TRADITIONAL REFRESHMENTS, MUSIC, SONG, PINATAS.
IT'S A WAY FOR FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER BEFORE GOING OFF INTO BREAK AGAIN TO CELEBRATE ONE ANOTHER, AND THEIR CULTURE, AND BELONGING AWARDS.
THIS IS GREAT. I HAVE GIVEN OUT 19 STAFF MEMBER AWARDS THIS MONTH, I HAVE ANOTHER STAFF TO GIVE TOMORROW.
IT'S FUN THEN I GET TO ONE, INTERRUPT SOMEBODY'S DAY TO TELL THEM THAT ONE OF THEIR COLLEAGUES NOTICED THE INCREDIBLE THINGS THEY ARE DOING TO BUILD BELONGING, AND IT'S SO OFTEN OUR STAFF WORKS SO HARD, AND THEY WORK IN SERVICE OF CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP.
WHEN YOU GET RECOGNIZED BY A COLLEAGUE FOR THAT, IT FEELS GOOD INSIDE TO JUST BE NOTICED, TO BE SEEING SOMEONE SAID ONCE THAT, WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE, TO LOOK AT SOMEONE, YOU JUST USE YOUR HEAD, AND YOUR EYES, BUT TO SEE SOMEONE YOU USE YOUR HEAD, YOUR EYES IN YOUR HEART.
REALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THESE BELONGING AWARDS, PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING THE HEART PART OF THE WORK.
THE BOND UPDATE, IT'S EXCITING TODAY SELENA, AND I WERE ACTUALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE BUZZ AROUND THE SCHOOL WAS, THE FURNITURE HAS ARRIVED.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE WALKED BY CLASSROOM, AND YOU SEE OUR TEACHERS TEACHING, AND THERE'S BOXES ALL AROUND THEM.
THEN YOU LOOK OUT THE WINDOW, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FURNITURE BEING UNPACKED, AND THE MOVERS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE THINGS.
WHEN I MET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY TODAY, THEY WERE GETTING AN UPDATE, AND I'M SURE IT JAZZING WEBINAR PART OF THAT TEAM THEY MAY SHARE WITH YOU.
BUT JUST THE PLANS, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE CREATING VIDEOS THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT GIVING STUDENTS TOURS VIRTUALLY, AND JUST CONTINUING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE STARTING TO ENVISION WHAT LIFE IS GOING TO BE LIKE IN THE NEW SCHOOL.
THEY'RE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, AND DO WE NEED TO INCREASE BELL TIMES, OR MOVING TIME, SO WE CAN GET FROM A TO B.
HOW ARE WE GOING COLLECTIVELY DECIDE ABOUT OPEN, OR CLOSED CAMPUS? OUR STUDENT VOICE IS REALLY STRONG, AND BEING CENTERED IN THIS DECISION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
THEN INCLEMENT WEATHER, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE NOTICED THAT SNOW ARRIVE TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.
WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WILL, AND IN MY FORMER JOB, I GOT TO BE ONE OF THOSE DRIVERS, THEY GET UP ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND THEY START DRIVING ALL OVER THE DISTRICT.
WHAT I REMEMBER IS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER WHAT MIGHT BE, YOU MIGHT LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW, AND YOU THINK WE HAVE NO SNOW HERE.
THEN ANOTHER PART OF OUR DISTRICT HAS 4 INCHES, AND IT'S NOT SAFE.
WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS WE MAKE IT ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET STUDENTS TO SCHOOL SAFELY.
SOMETIMES THAT'S WHEN OUR STUDENTS WALK TO SCHOOL SAFELY, SO THOSE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE IN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DAYS WHERE OUR DRIVERS ARE OUT DRIVING, AND ENSURING.
WE JUST ASK PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY CHECK THE UPDATE AS FAST AS WE CAN.
WE ARE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, FOR EXAMPLE, CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSED, THEY OFTEN CLOSE.
IT IS NOT A DECISION WE TAKE LIGHTLY, BUT WE ALWAYS PRIORITIZE SAFETY.
AND THAT COMPLETES MY WORK TODAY.
>> THANK YOU CHRISTY, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF ONLINE SCHOOLING, DOES THAT MEAN THE END OF SNOW DAYS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD CONSIDER IF WE HAVE A LOT OF SPENDINGS?
>> THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT JUST A CONVERSATION WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HERE FOR NOTICE, ONE THAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH SUPERINTENDENTS, SO THERE ARE SOME FACTORS YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER.
ONE INTERNET CAPACITY AND WE DO NOTE NOT EVERYONE HAS VIABLE INTERNET.
IF WE WERE TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE OR REMOTE DAY, CAN WE ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN ACCESS EDUCATION?
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WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO REALLY NEED AN ORDER FOR THEIR SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL NEEDS TO BE MET.THEY MEET IN PERSON, SO CAN WE GET THOSE STUDENTS IN.
THERE ARE SO MANY VARIABLES THAT IT GETS REALLY COMPLEX.
I THINK THAT IF WE WERE LOOKING AT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WE MAY WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION, BUT IF IT'S ONE DAY HERE OR ONE DAY THERE, IT GETS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NOT JUST WE ARE WRESTLING WITH, IT'S A CONVERSATION I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH OTHER WORK AND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS SPECIFICALLY, AND WE'RE ALL OVER THE BOARD.
I KNOW A COUPLE DISTRICTS DID TRY IT LAST YEAR.
SOME SUCCESS AND SO WE JUST CONTINUE TO WRESTLE WITH THAT ON.
YES, THE CONVERSATION IS STILL GOING AND I THINK THE BIGGER QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT ALL OUR STUDENTS HAVE INTERNET CAPACITY NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN THANK YOU, KRISTI, FOR THAT UPDATE AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.01,
[5. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
WHICH IS TO REVIEW POLICY 1400, WHICH IS MEETING [NOISE] CONDUCT ORDER OF BUSINESS AND QUORUM.IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES PUBLIC COMMENT AND I KNOW WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO DISCUSS THIS THAT THERE WASN'T A COMMENT OR SOME CONCERN THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS PUBLIC COMMENT.
PARTIALLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS INCORPORATED INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AND TIMES AND THINGS IS NOT IN THERE AS WELL AS SOME NEW THINGS.
WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS POLICY AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT CHANGES AND OR ADJUSTMENTS WE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE TO IT.
WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO DISCUSSION.
WITHIN A PACKET THAT CHRIS PROVIDED, THERE IS A COPY OF THAT POLICY TOO.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTION, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THE STARTING ONE IN PERSON AS FAR AS TIME LIMITS.
YOU OFTEN SAY THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, 45 MINUTES TOTAL.
LOOKING AT OUR POLICY, IT DOESN'T GIVE THAT SPECIFIC TIME, BUT IT SAYS THAT IT'S AT THE PRESIDENT'S DISCRETION.
I CAN'T FIND IT. I SHOULD HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THIS FIRST, BUT I HATE SILENCE.
>> YES. INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS MAYBE LIMITED IN LENGTH AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.
I WOULD PROPOSE OR AT LEAST LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT THREE-MINUTE THAT IT'S NOT DISCRETION OF WHOEVER IS BOARD PRESIDENT, THAT IT'S A THREE-MINUTE LIMIT, 45-MINUTE TOTAL.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO INTERJECT HERE, GET A SENSE OF IF WE FOLLOW RULES OF ORDER, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE A PROPOSAL, VOTE ON IT.
DO WE WANT TO DO THAT OR DO WE WANT TO DISCUSS CHANGES AS A WHOLE?
>> ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING? WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A MINUTE AND AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION POINT IN THE PAST.
IT'S JUST NEVER BEEN MADE OFFICIALLY PART OF THE POLICY, SO COMMENTS?
>> WELL, ONE THING I NOTICED THAT I WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF IS THAT IT ALSO MENTIONS COMMENTS, TIME ETHIC [INAUDIBLE] IS THERE EVER BEEN A TIME THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT? IS THAT COMMENT PERIOD RESERVED FOR THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING THE MEETING SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE OBSERVATIONS ON OR IS IT JUST OVERFLOWS? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER DOING?
>> MY RECOLLECTION AND MARK, YOU CAN OR ANYBODY WHO [NOISE] IS USED TO BE, AND THIS WAS EVEN A LITTLE BIT BEFORE MY TIME IS THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT WAS RESERVED FOR ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA.
THEN THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END FOR ITEMS THAT WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
OVER THE COURSE OF TIME THROUGH DISCUSSIONS,
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IT WAS MORPHED INTO A SINGLE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.BASICALLY FOR THE SAKE OF NOT WANTING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO SIT THROUGH AN ENTIRE MEETING IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO SAY, AND THAT WAS THE WAY.
THAT WAS THE LOGIC AND REASONING FOR IT AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE POLICY AND WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO REVIEWING, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED AS WELL.
IT'S STILL AT SOME LEVEL LANGUAGE IN THERE.
CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS OPEN AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING BACK TO IF WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE ITEMS ONE AT A TIME, WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THREE-MINUTE AND SEE IF LOOK AT THAT FORTH AS PART OF THIS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION TOO ON THAT BEFORE WE GO INTO THE THREE-MINUTE.
THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING IN HERE THAT IT SAYS, IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME THING, THAT ONE PERSON SPEAKS AS A DELEGATE AND THAT AGAIN, IS SOMETHING THAT IS AT THE PRESIDENT'S DISCRETION.
KEVIN, CAN WHAT PART IT IS AGAIN?
>> SAYS IF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE HEARD THE PRESIDENT MAY SELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO SPEAK ON EACH SIDE OF AN ISSUE.
IF WE HAD ONE PERSON THAT COMES WITH 30 MINUTES WORTH OF DISCUSSION, ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO BE BROKEN UP INTO 10 COMMENTERS?
>> HISTORICALLY, AGAIN, THAT SEEMS TO BE MY LINE WITH ITEM PART AD, IT THE ONLY TIME I'VE SEEN THAT INVOKED IS WHEN WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 45 MINUTES WORTH OF COMMENTERS, AND THEN WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO CONSOLIDATE, TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND THAT'S BEEN A RARITY.
WE HAVE HAD TIMES WE'VE DONE MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND LONGER PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SAKE OF WE KNEW THERE WERE PARTICULAR WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING IN REGARDS TO THE LEVEE FAILURE AND WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT THERE WAS MORE OF A TOWN HALL AND IT WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT PER SE.
>> ON THAT ONE WHERE THERE'S SENTENCES, IF THERE ARE ANOTHER PEOPLE TO BE HEARD THAT PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME THAT WILL BE DEVOTED TO COMMENTS OR REQUEST CONTINUANCE AT A LATER MEETING? THAT LEAVING IT UP TO DISCUSSION.
ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE SEEMS TO GET MORE DISCUSSION. I'M JUST TALKING TO MYSELF.
>> AS LONG AS YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD CONVERSATION [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M READY WITH MY THREE-MINUTE VERSION.
[LAUGHTER] ONLY TOOK ME SIX-MINUTES TO GET THERE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS POLICY THAT COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON WITH A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE AMEND OUR POLICY SO THAT IT STATES THAT WE HAVE A PROPOSED CHANGE THAT WE CHANGE THE TIME LIMIT TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL PER SPEAKER AND A TOTAL TIME OF 45 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SUCH?
>> ARE THERE ANY LAWS REGARDING THIS? NO?
>> NO. THERE IS A LAW AND I'M NOT A LEGAL AUTHORITY, SO THIS IS BASED ON MEMORY IN RECENT CONVERSATIONS.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT THAT IS THERE IS THAT AS PART OF A PUBLIC MEETING ACT, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT BUT THE BOARD CAN SET PARAMETERS AROUND THAT.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I DID SOME RESEARCH AROUND THIS PIECE AND ACTUALLY WASDA HAD A RECOMMENDATION OF ONLY TWO MINUTES, AND SO THE FACT THAT WE OFFER THREE WAS OFFERING SOME EXTRA TIME.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, HAVING HAD A SON THAT PARTICIPATED IN SPEECH AND DEBATE, THE THREE-MINUTE SPEECH WAS A STANDARD LENGTH.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING THAT,
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THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF STATING IN THE POLICY THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, WITH A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? PROPOSAL TO CHANGE PASSES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THE POLICY?
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE MEETING TIME FROM 7:00 PM TO 6:00 PM.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, CAN WE BY CONSENSUS JUST AGREE THAT IF WE HEAD OF THE POLICY SEE JUST STATE WHAT WE'RE DOING?
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION THEN WE WILL ALSO CHANGE.
ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF GOING TOWARDS IT IS YOU CAN ATTEND AN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER SESSION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES WITH SMALL GROUP MEETINGS.
I.E, LESS THAN 20 PEOPLE, WHICH WE DEFINITELY QUALIFY FOR THAT.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A LARGER MEETING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE POLICY?
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO SIMPLY SCHEDULE TIME TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD SEPARATE FROM PUBLIC COMMENT? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.
THERE HAVE BEEN PRESENTATIONS DONE, MOST OF THE TIME THOSE HAVE BEEN BOARD INITIATED AS FAR AS ASKING PEOPLE TO COME AND DO PRESENTATIONS.
I'M NOT AT LEAST AWARE OF ANY, IN MY TIME ON THE BOARD WHERE ANYBODY HAS ASKED TO DO THAT.
>> I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOMETIMES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD, BUT IT'S UP TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SET THE AGENDA.
BOARD DIRECTORS CAN ASK FOR SOMETHING TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
IF THERE WAS A BOARD DIRECTOR WHO ASKED FOR A GROUP TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, THAT MIGHT BE.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS ONE WHERE ANY GROUP CAN SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO COME ON.
WE WANT TO PRESENT AND WE HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
>> THERE'S NOT ANY REQUIREMENT THAT IF SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, I WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, THE ONLY TIME SO THAT HAS BEEN IS IF THE COMMUNITY GROUP OR SOMEBODY HAS TALKED TO US AND THEY'RE JUST FITTING WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING AND WE'VE INITIATED.
I KNOW WE HAD THE COMMUNITY COALITION COMING IN AND DO A PRESENTATION WHEN WE ASK THEM.
WE HAD SOME VARIOUS GROUPS THAT WAY BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY GROUP INITIATING THAT WRITE-OFF, THERE'S SOMEBODY TO TALK THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND PRESIDENT, AND MAY HAVE DECIDED THAT, THAT'LL BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR ABOUT WE'VE DONE THAT WAY.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS VIA EMAIL AND YOU READ.
DOES THE THREE-MINUTE RULE APPLY THERE? DO YOU JUST ABRUPTLY STOP WHEN YOU GET TO THREE MINUTES OR WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL?
>> I HAVE NEVER STOPPED READING EMAIL AT THREE MINUTES.
I'M HAVING ENOUGH TROUBLE READING TO TIME MYSELF BUT THERE'S NO LIMIT AS FAR AS EMAIL VIA THAT.
THE ONE TIDBIT THAT CAME FROM A CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I HAD WITH SOMEBODY FROM [INAUDIBLE] WAS, NOT TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT THAT HE WILL READ EVERY PUBLIC COMMENT OR LETTER RECEIVED INTO THE MINUTE.
BECAUSE THERE WERE ACTUALLY SOME BOARDS DURING COVID.
IF I CAN REMEMBER THE FACTS GETTING CORRECT.
THERE WAS ONE BOARD THAT SPENT ABOUT 10 HOURS READING COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY HAD STATED IN THEIR POLICY THAT THEY WOULD READ INTO THE RECORD ANY EMAIL AND ANY INFORMATION THAT
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CAME FORTH AND THEY WERE INUNDATED BY SOMEBODY WITH AN OUTSIDE AGENDA.IT WAS QUITE A LENGTHY MEETING.
AT THIS POINT, I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT, AT LEAST ON A PERSONAL BASIS, I'VE READ EVERY EMAIL I HAVE GOTTEN.
THERE GOING TO BEEN A FEEL THAT HAD BEEN LONGER THAN THE AVERAGE.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OF THAT YOU THINK WOULD HAVE TAKEN THREE OR FOUR MINUTES OF READING.
>> FOUR QUESTIONS ONCE SOME DISCUSSION ON OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AT POINT E. THIS ONE SAYS, COMMENTS AT BOARD MEETINGS BY EMPLOYEES OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ARE MATTERS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES OR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH EMPLOYEE UNIONS WILL BE DISCOURAGED.
SEPARATE CHANNELS EXIST TO ACCOMMODATE THESE MATTERS, PURSUANT TO BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.
IT'S TRUE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES TERMINATIONS, APPROVES LEGAL LEAVES OR ABSENCES, APPROVES HIRES BUT WE DON'T INITIATE ANY OF THOSE.
I UNDERSTAND AND HAVE HEARD FOR OVER A YEAR, THE GRIEVANCES THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD FROM BUS DRIVERS.
BUT THERE ARE SEPARATE CHANNELS THAT EXIST TO ACCOMMODATE THIS.
RE-HIRING OR INITIATING THAT REHIRING, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS WITHIN THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PURVIEW.
PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR THE POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN OR THEY CAN GO THROUGH SEPARATE CHANNELS.
DO WE WANT TO DISCUSS AT ALL ABOUT HAVING EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> I BELIEVE WITH THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WE HAD, THE PERSON WHO DIDN'T SPOKE WAS NO LONGER AN EMPLOYEE.
I GUESS THE PART OF ME THAT SAYS, WE SHOULD ALLOW COMMENTS AFTER, ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED OTHERWISE, I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BOARD IS A LAST RECOURSE IF ALL APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNELS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED.
WOULD YOU WANT TO CLOSE THAT OFF?
>> YOU DO HAVE A GOOD POINT THERE.
I DO THINK THE APPOINTMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR LAST MONTH, THE FIRST WHEN WE HAD HEARD ABOUT THAT, REPEATED BRINGING THE SAME GRIEVANCES FOR THE OVER A YEAR WHEN IT'S NOT SOMETHING.
I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS PARTICULAR E, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
WHAT IT IS SAYING, WE'RE NOT DISCOURAGING ANY OF THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE CHANGE THAT OR DO WE START DISCOURAGING THOSE COMMENTS? IT CAN STAND HOW IT IS, I GUESS.
>> I THINK THAT THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT AND AGAIN, SOME CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD IN REGARDS TO LAW STUDENTS GETTING SOME ADVICE AND DIRECTION.
YOU RUN A FINE LINE THERE BETWEEN FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FIRST AMENDMENT AND WHAT IS THE DEFINITION THERE.
CERTAINLY WITHIN THE OTHER POLICIES, THERE ARE STEPS AND ROUTES OF ADDRESSING DIFFERENT GRIEVANCES.
AS YOU STATED, THE SCHOOL BOARDS ARE ONLY EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WE DON'T RUN THE OTHER HIRING AND FIRING PROCESS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE CERTAIN DECISIONS.
WE CAN'T INITIATE BRINGING SOMEBODY BACK, AT LEAST NOT THE WAY THE CURRENT RULES AND POLICIES AND LAWS STATE AT MY UNDERSTANDING.
I GUESS THAT BECOMES THE BOARD'S,
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IT BECOMES A DEFINITION IN A MATTER OF WHERE HE'S AT ONLINE AND I GUESS THAT WILL BE GETTING LEGAL COUNSEL TO KNOW WHAT THE EXACT IS.I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER WITH HIM WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME INVESTIGATION INTO THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS DISCOURAGED WHEN EXACTLY.
>> I GUESS DISCOURAGED JUST LIKE, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOU CAN SAY YOUR COMMENTS.
BUT KNOWING THAT THE HIRING AND FIRING OF ANY EMPLOYEE BESIDES THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES.
>> CORRECT. AS PART OF THAT, THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT.
I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WHERE MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CONTROLS A LOT MORE WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND WHAT ACTUALLY ARE SEPARATION OF DUTIES ARE.
THAT'S AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE, IS OUR DUTY AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE'S WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> BUT IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE RCWS, I BELIEVE THAT THEY SAY, IT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY WHETHER THEY DELEGATE THAT OR NOT.
TO MAINTAIN THE HIRING AND FIRING PROCESS ONTO BACK AND FIND THE RCWS.
BUT REFER TO THAT, BUT WE ARE THE ULTIMATE DECISION-MAKERS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON STATE LAW.
IS THAT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE BUS DRIVERS WERE FIRED, IT WAS BROUGHT TO US TO APPROVE IT.
HAD WE ALL SAID NO, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED?
>> I'M GOING TO REFRAIN FROM ANSWERING THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THAT THAT COULD GO.
I'M WONDERING IN REGARDS TO THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE BRINGING DOWN THERE IS A LEGAL STANDPOINT OF WHERE IS THAT BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY.
I'M WONDERING AND I'M GOING TO REACH OUT IN A MINUTE, PHONE A FRIEND, OR GET ONE ANSWER OR THE OTHER.
BUT I'M WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR A STUDY SESSION WHERE WE BRING IN OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION FOR THAT.
BECAUSE I THINK REALISTICALLY SAID THERE IS PROBABLY A PRETTY BROAD MATTER OF OPINION AS TO WHERE THAT STANDS WITHIN JUST THE BOARD AND THE WHOLE REALM AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS AND ISSUES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WAY, I DON'T WANT TO STAND HERE AND MAKE A LEGAL OPINION IF YOU'RE ASKING ME SOMETHING WITHIN VETERINARY MEDICINE THAT BE FINE BUT LEGALLY, NO.
BUT I'M WONDERING I'M THINKING THAT WITHIN OUR LEGAL CONTRACT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET SOME INPUT AND SOME DIRECTION.
MARK IS SHAKING AND SAID, YES.
>> I THINK LEGAL ADVICE IS PROBABLY VERY CONTAINED ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT RATHER THAN COMMITTING TO.
>> KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE UNDERLYING PROCESS THAT GOES ON WAY BEFORE IT GETS TO THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS THROUGH THE UNION, THEIR UNION REPRESENTATIVE, AND THEN GO THROUGH AN ARBITRATION PROCESS.
AND THAT BALANCED SO TO SPEAK, GETS FIRED AT THAT LEVEL.
AND WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THAT, TELLS A LOT AS FAR AS WHETHER THEY HAVE LEGAL GROUNDS TO PURSUE FURTHER WHICH WOULD HAVE COME TO US.
SO THAT IS A FINE LINE AND I AGREE THAT PROBABLY WOULD NEED SOME LEGAL COUNSEL TO DECIPHER THAT PART OF IT.
SO I GUESS POSE THE QUESTION TO THE BOARD, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE AS FAR AS WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE LEGAL ASPECT COMING IN,
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I THINK YOU MADE GOOD POINTS TO THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS THAT OCCUR BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.BUT IF THAT WOULD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND OUR WORLD BETTER, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY A BAD IDEA.
>> I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHISTLE-BLOWER LAWS TOO.
BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE AND IF SOMEBODY ELSE, THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF THE USUAL CHANNELS, THEN WHERE'S THE BOARD IN THAT PROCESS?
>>CERTAINLY. ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY THIS POINT AND I CAN'T SAY MUCH MORE THAN THAT JUST BECAUSE IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT THE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE VOICED AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SOME OF THOSE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE RECORDED LAST BOARD MEETING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WASN'T DONE RIGHT AND WRONG OTHERWISE AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DATA YET.
SO AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN LEFT, JUST FLY IN THERE ARE THINGS BEING DONE.
>> I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF UNCOMMENT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE AND FRUSTRATION ABOUT IS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE WE SIT UP HERE AND WE CAN'T COMMENT BACK, WE CAN'T REACT.
AND SO THEY DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW THROUGH OR WHETHER WHAT THEY SAID MADE ANY DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOME MECHANISM FOR LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE.
IF WE DISAGREE ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE, WHAT WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY MOTION ABOUT IT OR WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING IT, THEN IT ISN'T GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AT ALL.
ON THE ONE HAND, IF YOU WERE TO SAY LIKE, YEAH, WE'VE HEARD YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUTURE SO WE CAN SAY THAT.
THEN IF WE SAID YET WE HEARD YOU TWO OF THOSE THING WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING A LOT TWO OF THE THINGS WE DON'T HAVE THE OTHER ONE CAN'T MAKE UP THEIR MIND.
THAT'S NOT REALLY HELPFUL EITHER.
IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP IN A PUBLIC COMMENT, THE SVR WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WILL BE ON IT WOULD BE AN AGENDA OR AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON.
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON EVERYTHING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
JUST SOME THINGS IT'S LIKE WE'RE EITHER NOT DOING OR WE MIGHT.
BUT I ALSO GET THIS VERY STRONG SENSE OF FRUSTRATION THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, THAT WE DON'T LISTEN OR WE DON'T CONSIDER.
WHAT KEVIN JUST SAID. I THINK IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THE FEEDBACK AND WE ARE USING IT AND PEOPLE I THINK APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT.
JESSE, HAD A SUGGESTION A WHILE AGO, HOW ABOUT HAVING JUST LIKE TO CALL THE COMPLAINT GOING TO FALL BACK? JUST TO DOCUMENT THAT SOMEBODY REGISTERED CONCERN, PUT A TIMELINE ON AND SAY WHO IT WAS GIVEN TO ADDRESS IT AND WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS.
AND THAT MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT MIGHT TAKE AWAY FROM SOME PEOPLE EVEN WANTING TO COME IN IT PUBLICLY IF THEY CAN JUST FILE CONCERN THAN JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA WHEN SHE MENTIONED IT.
>> AND I THINK PART OF WHAT IF I CAN JUST ADD IT IN HERE, PART OF IT IS BEING A COHERENT GOVERNANCE.
WE HAVE A SET OF POLICIES THAT GOVERN WHAT IT IS WE LOOK AT AND SO WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF THOSE.
THE TEAM AND I WE LISTED THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THEM AT OUR MEETING AND MY JOB IS TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE ACTION WE'RE TAKING.
AND SO AS YOU HEAR THINGS, WE DON'T TAKE THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS LIGHTLY.
WE THINK ABOUT IT AND WE THINK ABOUT THE DECISION WE'RE MAKING, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SHIFT AND THEN YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT YOU'LL EITHER SEE A CHANGE IN ACTION OR I'M GOING TO COMMUNICATE BACK WITH YOU.
YOU THE POLICIES TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE TEAM AND I ARE CONSTANTLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
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AND THEN WHAT EVIDENCE ARE WE GOING TO PUT FORWARD? RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE EVIDENCE AND I SHOULD HAVE ADDED THIS IN THE UPDATE.WE HAVE LANDED ON A DASHBOARD.
THAT WAS THE THINGS THAT WE FORGOT.
WE'RE GOING WITH THAT HONESTLY, YOU'LL START SEEING SOME DIFFERENT DATA.
BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MARKERS.
LIKE HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING MATCHES THE POLICIES AND WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY THAT HAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUALLY HEAR WITHIN, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT? WHAT'S THE POLICY OR HOW DO WE SHIFT THOSE POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT IT'S HITTING THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF OUR ORGANIZATION?
>> AND ULTIMATELY THAT IS PART OF THE WAY THAT THE BOARD HAS SET UP UNDER THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE POLICIES.
THE BOARD MEETS FOR THE POLICY THAT SETS THE DIRECTION, AND THEN AS DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT RULE OF HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL, THEN SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION BECOMES HOW DID THEY DO AT ACCOMPLISHING THAT GOAL AND IF THEY DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL, THEN THAT MEANS EITHER THE ORGANS CAN REDIRECT OR TALK ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S POSITION.
AND PART OF THAT IS ALL DISAPPOINTING CERTAINLY A TRANSITION AS CHRISTY COMES INTO THE ROLE AND WE GET GOING IN AND WE'VE SEEN THAT AS WE HAVE DONE SOME WORK WITH POLICIES AND LOOKING AT HOW WE NEEDED TO ADJUST TO CHANGE.
>> I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD TO MYSELF.
[LAUGHTER] I'M JUST THINKING, IS IT ENOUGH TO SAY THAT, AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS? AND TO JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY, I REALIZE THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ONLINE, CLOSED DOORS BEHIND THE SCENES.
BUT JUST SINCERELY KNOW THAT AS A BOARD THAT WE GOT YOUR BACK AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO REPRESENT YOU AND WE HOPE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS BY YOU THAT, YOU CAN TRUST THAT WE'RE FALLING THROUGH IT THE BEST WE CAN TO DO THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE AND I KNOW FOR SOME IT'S PROBABLY HARD TO BELIEVE MAYBE.
BUT SINCERELY FROM MY HEART AND THOSE THAT I WORK WITH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE WORD SHOULD BE PUT OUT TO THE REST OF THE WEEK THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK AND WE ARE LISTENING.
>> AND WE TAKE EMAILS TOO, THEY CAN JUST EMAIL US DIRECTLY.
SO THERE'S THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE BOARD.
>> SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THE WHEELS MOVE SLOWLY, BUT PART OF THAT IS GETTING ALL THE DATA TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACTING ON FACTS AND EVERYTHING.
PLUS THERE'S RULES THAT ARE REGISTERED, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIRST WAS EGADS WHEN I CAME ON BOARD BECAUSE ALL THE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS AND RESTRICTIONS AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO AND HOW WE HAVE TO DO THINGS, DOESN'T SEEM NECESSARILY THE MOST STREAMLINE, BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
>> WELL THE PART IS TO RECOGNIZING WHICH RESTRICTIONS WE IMPOSE ON OURSELVES AND WHICH WE CAN REMOVE AND WHERE WOULD YOU ACTUALLY OUT THE WAY.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MESSAGES I GOT OUT OF THAT SESSION THAT WE HAD WAS [INAUDIBLE].
>> POINT D, THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT SAYS THE PRESIDENT MAY INTERACT OR TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL'S STATEMENT WHEN IT IS TOO LENGTHY, DEFAMATORY, ABUSIVE, REPETITIVE, OBSCENE OR IRRELEVANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, OR IF IT IS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.
>> ACTUALLY I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION, HOW DO WE DETERMINE, WHAT IT IS TOO LENGTHY DEFAMATORY TO WHO? ABUSIVE TO WHO? SUPER REPETITIVE, HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT STOPPING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING?
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I WAS WONDERING WHY WE HAVING IF IT LIKE WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE THINGS BEING SAID OR IF THEY'RE TOO LENGTHY OR BEING REPEATED OVER AND OVER.HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT STOPPING THE PERSON AT PUBLIC COMMENT? WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. I WANT US TO HEAR HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AND HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS SINCE THIS TOPIC WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT UP WITH VARIOUS ONES OF THOSE TERMS. CERTAINLY SOME THINGS CAN UNIVERSALLY BE AGREED ON.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT I'M SEEING, OTHER PEOPLE WOULD CALL IT ART WORK.
IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT DEFINITION IS.
CHRISTINA HAD A BIT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT IT BECAUSE, YOU START DRAWING THOSE LINES AND THEN IT BECOMES THE PRESIDENT'S CALL OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S CALL, WHO DECIDES THAT.
I'VE WRESTLED WITH KNOWING THAT.
CERTAINLY WHEN IT COMES TO LENGTHY, USUALLY I'VE TAKEN THE APPROACH OF PEOPLE ARE WINDING UP AT THEIR THREE MINUTE POINT.
THAT'S GREAT IF THEY'RE LAUNCHING INTO THE SECOND PAGE OF THE 10 PAGE DISSERTATION, I'M GOING TO [NOISE] STOP YOU AT SOME POINT.
BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO DISCUSS, BUT IT IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, SO TO SPEAK OR IN THE MIDST OF IT.
IT'S LIKE, STOP WE NEED TO TAKE HYPOTHESIS TO FLAMATORY INTENSITY.
>> NO, THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY TO STOP IT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN DO.
IF WE HAD DECIDED THAT SOMETHING WAS ONE OF THOSE ADDITIVES OR HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.
IF WE CHOOSE TO ADD THAT, ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN ASK FOR A RECESS.
WE GET THROUGH RECESSES, KEVIN DOES THE GOWN.
DURING THE RECESS, THE BOARD MEMBER CAN TALK ONE ON ONE WITH THE BOARD CHAIR AND SAY WHY THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS COMMENT WAS IN VIOLATION.
WHEN WE COME BACK INTO RECESS, IF IT WAS DECIDED, YES, IT WAS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN BECAUSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT AFFIRMING COMPARED TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE AFFIRMING OF GENDER IDENTITY.
THOSE STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ATTEMPT OR CONSIDER SUICIDE.
I WAS NERVOUS ENOUGH, THINKING ABOUT ADDING HARMFUL TO CHILDREN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DID NOT GIVE THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THE TIME TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, ARE YOU A MAN OR WOMAN? I DON'T KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
IF THEY WANT TO TELL ME, YOU'RE WELCOME TO TELL ME.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO TELL ME, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TELL ME.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL YOU, WHAT YOU ARE.
I THINK WHEN WE DO THIS TO CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS, OR IN A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, TELLING THEM WHO THEY ARE, WHO THEY CAN BE, WHO THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHO THEY'RE GOING TO GROW UP TO BE, THAT IS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN AND INCREASES SUICIDE IDEATION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
THERE'S A STUDY THAT WAS PUT OUT BY THE TERM TREVOR PROJECT THAT SURVEY 35,000 LGBTQ YOUTH.
IT'S GOT STRONG DATA THAT NON AFFIRMING SCHOOLS INCREASE SUICIDE IDEATION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN LGBTQ YOUTH.
I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CANNOT SAY THINGS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.
>> I CAN SEE A CAN OF WORMS. WHAT ONE PERSON CONSIDERS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN AND ANOTHER ONE MIGHT NOT, TO FLIP IT AROUND FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE IDEA OF TRANSGENDERISM AT A VERY YOUNG AGE MAY PLANT AN IDEA THAT ACTUALLY DERAILS SOMEBODY WHO WOULDN'T HAVE GONE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND THAT WOULD BE HARMFUL TOO.
JUST PLAYING AN ADVOCATE HERE, WHAT YOU CONSIDER HARMFUL, I MIGHT NOT WHAT I CONSIDER HARMFUL, YOU MIGHT NOT.
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WE MIGHT HAVE MOST OF US BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH STUDIES THAT BACKUP OUR ASSERTIONS.WHERE ELSE? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A MINEFIELD.
>> I COULD SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT IT.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW ONE PERSON FEELS, HOW THEY FEEL, THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD LIVE, AND SO THEY START TELLING PEOPLE HOW THEY SHOULD OR WHO WE SHOULD SAY IN SCHOOLS, WHO BELONGS HERE AND WHO DOESN'T BELONG HERE.
I QUOTE THAT, "SEXUAL IDENTITY POLITICS HAS NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS." IF SEXUAL IDENTITY POLITICS HAS NO PLACE IN THE SCHOOLS, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO TRANSGENDER YOUTH? DO THEY NOT BELONG IN OUR SCHOOLS?
>> I SEE THAT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY.
I WOULD SAY POLITICS OF ANY KIND HAS NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS NOW [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT WAS THE SEXUAL IDENTITY POLITICS, THAT WAS A DIRECT QUOTE, I KNOW.
>> NO, I JUST ARGUE IT MY WAY OF THINKING SCHOOL SHOULD BE A NEUTRAL GROUND FOR PEOPLE, THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL BELIEF.
KEEP THIS CONTENT NEUTRAL AS POSSIBLE AND LET PEOPLE BE THEMSELVES.
I DON'T KNOW, I DO BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHO THEY ARE AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ACCEPTED.
I THINK PART OF THE WAY TO DO THAT IS NOT NOT FORCE CELEBRATION, BUT TO JUST AIM FOR TOLERANCE.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY WERE AT THAT POINT AT ONE TIME IN OUR HISTORY.
HONESTLY I FEEL LIKE OVER THE LAST DECADE WE BACKSLIDE A LITTLE BIT FROM BEING IN A MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE AND MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, BUT THAT'S MY PERCEPTION OF LIFE.
>> I THINK WHEN WE HAVE 42 PERCENT, AND I THINK DIRECT FROM THIS SURVEY, 42 PERCENT OF LGBTQ YOUTH SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE IN THE PAST YEAR.
THIS WAS A 2021 STUDY, INCLUDING MORE THAN HALF OF TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY YOUTH.
IF WE GO FOR SCHOOLS, FOR LGBTQ YOUTH THAT ATTENDED SCHOOL WHO IS NOT AFFIRMING OF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, MEANING THEY WON'T ACCEPT PRONOUNS, THEY WOULD CALL THE CHILD BY THEIR NAME GIVEN UP OR SOMETIMES CALL THE DEAD NAME, THOSE LGBTQ, AT THOSE SCHOOLS,18 PERCENT ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE PAST YEAR.
FOR AFFIRMING SCHOOLS, 12 PERCENT.
THAT'S NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT ATTEMPTING SUICIDE, THEY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
WE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE DO HAVE AN AFFIRMING SCHOOL DISTRICT, MAYBE NOT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE TENDING IN THAT DIRECTION.
MY THING IS HERE, AT THE BOARD MEETING, WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, OR WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING HOMOPHOBIC AND ANTI-TRANS COMMENTS, HOW DO THOSE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE FEEL LIKE I BELONG HERE? YOU CAN'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BELONG.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE TELLING YOU DON'T BELONG THERE, HOW DO YOU LEARN? IF I STARTED SAYING THAT NOBODY IN HERE SHOULD BE WEARING A PURPLE SWEATER, PURPLE SWEATERS ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE, PURPLE IS IT TERRIBLE COLOR.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT YOUR PURPLE SWEATER MUCH MORE THAN YOU ARE ALREADY THINKING WHAT'S ON OUR AGENDA AND LEARNING AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT, AND A PURPLE SWEATER IS NOTHING LIKE GENDER IDENTITY.
>> I CAN JUST TRY TO THINK, WHAT, WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE IN PROHIBITING SPEECH THAT MAKES OTHER PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNHAPPY AND UNACCEPTABLE? SITTING HERE, I'VE HEARD THINGS FROM SOME PEOPLE AT TIMES, BUT I WOULD FEEL LIKE I'M PROBABLY NOT VERY WELCOME IN THEIR LIVES.
BUT I GUESS PART OF IT IS HOW MANY KIDS ACTUALLY COME TO BOARD MEETINGS AND PAY ATTENTION TO BOARD MEETINGS.
PROBABLY SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE BORDER HERE.
THE GUYS I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN THE ROOM AND WHO HAS WHAT STORY.
THERE WAS ONE COMMENT WITHIN THE PAST YEAR OR SOMEBODY WHO'S MAKING COMMENTS.
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I DIDN'T KNOW EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, BUT I KNEW A FAIR AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND I COUNTED FIVE WHO WERE EITHER TRANSGENDER THEMSELVES OR HAVE A TRANSGENDER FAMILY MEMBER.IF NON-AFFIRMING, YOU DON'T BELONG HERE.
STATEMENTS FOR GENDER POLITICS DOES NOT ALLOW YOUR STATEMENTS FOR THOSE FIVE PEOPLE.
WE KNOW THAT THAT WOULD INCREASE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS.
AS FAR AS, YES, IT CAN GET MURKY AND WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ON WHAT'S HARMFUL TO THEM AND WHAT'S NOT.
THAT'S WHEN IT'S UP TO THE BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK FOR A RECESS, TO TALK TO KEVIN, AND SAY, I THINK THIS IS HARMFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ONE-ON-ONE ON THAT.
THEN WHEN WE BRING IT BACK INTO THE BOARD MEETING, KEVIN CAN SAY YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH YOUR COMMENT OR NEXT COMMENT OR AT LEAST.
>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I COULD NOT MAKE A DECISION ON THAT RIGHT AWAY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON IT TONIGHT THOUGH.
I KNOW THAT MY SOUL PERSONALLY, I WOULD CALL FOR A RECESS ON COMMENTS LIKE THAT AND I WILL CALL FOR A RESPONSE ON COMMENTS LIKE THAT.
>> DO WE DO THIS? IN WHAT SENSE CAN WE CALL FOR A RECESS? IS THAT A SUGGESTION OR YOUR GUT FEELING? IF YOU GOT A SUGGESTION THAT YOU WANT TO PUT INTO A COMMENT BECAUSE YOU FIND IT PERSONALLY OBJECTIONABLE OR DO YOU THINK SOMEBODY IS?
>> ON THOSE COMMENTS? I DIDN'T ASK FOR.
THIS IS HOW IT WOULD GO IN MY HEAD AND THIS IS HOW MY CONVERSATION WILL GO WITH KEVIN.
I WOULD COME TO KEVIN AND I WOULD SAY, I BELIEVE THAT THOSE COMMENTS ARE TELLING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.
I HAVE DATA SHOWING THAT THAT INCREASES SUICIDE ATTEMPTS.
I DON'T THINK I AM NOT GOING TO COMPUTE NAMES OF WHO I KNOW IS TRANSGENDER OR MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL OR WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
BUT I THINK KEVIN KNOWS THAT WE HAVE THOSE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT IS CAUSING HARM BY HAVING THOSE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AND WRITING E-MAILS, WE WRITE THEM IN E-MAILS, SEND AN E-MAIL BUT JUST NOT IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING WHERE HARMS OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.
>> I LIKE TO APPROACH BACK TO THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I KNOW I DIDN'T WANT TO GET IT ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HARMING STUDENTS AND NOW WE'VE GOT TO HARMING STAFF.
>> HARMING STUDENTS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE ALSO DIDN'T SAY IT WOULD HARM STAFF, BUT IT'S HARMING STUDENTS THAT I'M ASKING YOU WHAT TO ASK FOR.
>> FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE IDEA THAT MOST OF THESE PEOPLE SHOW UP WITH A TRANSCRIPT? IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD, BUT SOME DO.
FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR [INAUDIBLE], WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE TO REVIEW THEIR TRANSCRIPT BEFORE THEY PUBLICLY ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE?
>> I WOULD WONDER WITH THAT AS FAR AS AGAIN, HAVING LINDA LISTEN DONE SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT WHERE IT GETS INTO AGAIN, PUBLIC COMMENT IS DEEMED AS FIRST AMENDMENT.
IT GETS A LITTLE SKETCHY AND I DON'T LIKE TO KEEP A BALANCE BUT IT DOES BECOME A QUESTION OF WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HARM AND HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT, BECAUSE IN LISTENING TO THIS, THERE CERTAINLY ARE, THERE ARE STATISTICS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT.
THERE ARE OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT.
I LOOK AT THIS, MELINDA COSTS OR RECESS, AND SAYS TO ME, OKAY, I THINK THIS IS HARMFUL FOR STUDENTS,
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THAT AGAIN PUTS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT IN A POTENTIALLY AWKWARD SITUATION BECAUSE THERE CAN BE A DISAGREEMENT IN OPINION AND YOU AREN'T GETTING A BOARD CONSENSUS.>> BUT I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THERE IS A BOARD MEMBER THAT IS NOT GOING TO STAND FOR STATEMENTS THAT HARM STUDENTS THAT INCREASE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS THAN IDEATION.
>> WE ARE LOOKING TO GET LEGAL COUNSEL AND ADVICE FOR A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
I LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD THIS TO THAT LIST AND THAT WHEN WE SIT DOWN.
BECAUSE WHAT I DO HERE HE'S SAYING IS YOU'RE ASKING TO UPDATE THE PROCEDURE OF [OVERLAPPING] THE OTHER PART I THINK WE'RE DOWN IN THE WEEDS OF WHAT WILL IT BE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? WHAT I HEAR LINDA SAYING IS I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE PROCEDURE AND SO I DID ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED LEGAL ADVICE ON.
FOR SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT JUST QUESTIONS, YOU HAVE ABOUT WHAT IS OUR GOAL.
I DO KNOW THAT YOU DID GET SOME COUNSEL ON THIS SO MELINDA AT THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE DID MEET WITH SOMEONE AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE CAN GET SOME FOLLOW-UP AROUND THAT AND THEN COMMUNICATE THAT.
>> IF WE DON'T ADD THAT TO IT, THEN THAT WHOLE SENTENCE ABOUT WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
I'VE SEEN YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
YOU CAN'T YELL, FIRE, THROW IT ALL OUT.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN SAY THINGS THAT ARE HARMFUL STUDENTS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT.
WE CAN HAVE CONTROL, SOME CONTROL OVER THIS.
WE'RE NOT TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN'T EVER PRESENT THOSE THOUGHTS TO THE BOARD.
IT'S IN A PUBLIC MEETING WHERE STUDENTS ARE PRESENT.
>> YOU GUYS CAN CORRECT ME I THINK WE ALL AGREE.
I DON'T SENSE THAT THERE'S DISAGREEMENT IN THAT WE DON'T WANT THINGS TO BE HARMFUL FOR STUDENTS.
I THINK THE QUESTION BECOMES, IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS HARMFUL? THEREIN LIES THE DEBATE THAT IS GOING ACROSS AMERICA AND BEYOND.
I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH CHRISTY'S SUGGESTION THAT IF WE'RE GETTING SOME LEGAL COUNSEL ON THE REST OF THIS, IT MIGHT BE ENROLLED ALL UP INTO ONE, AND GET SOME DIRECTION TO FIND OUT HOW TO BEST HANDLE THIS IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FITTING WITHIN WITH OFDMA, WITH FIRST AMENDMENT, WITH EVERYTHING IN THE BEST FOR STUDENTS.
>> HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THEM LIKE WHOEVER I IS? I THINK THIS IS HARMFUL AND IF WE HAVE A DISAGREEMENT GOING FORWARD, THAT'S WHAT WE BUNDLE THE VOTE COUNSEL ON.
>> I THINK SO BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES A MATTER BECAUSE DOES IT BECOME A RECESS AND WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN WE COME BACK THROUGH AND SAY, OKAY, IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED, IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED THAT THIS IS HARMFUL.
WE TAKE VOTE OR JUST ONE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THINK THAT [OVERLAPPING].
IF THE VOTE CAME OUT, THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE OH, IT WAS HARMFUL AND IT WENT AHEAD.
I THINK THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT I THINK THE NOT HAVING ANY PROCESS FOR IF SOMETHING IS BEING SAID THAT IS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN, TO NOT SAY LIKE, WAIT A SECOND, SHOULD WE TRY TO STOP THIS? I ALSO THINK TO PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION AND WHATEVER THE COMMENT IS, WHETHER IT'S LGBTQ OR ANYTHING ELSE, THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION.
BECAUSE THAT MIGHT DETERMINE WHO RUNS THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHO THEY WANT ON THEIR SCHOOL BOARD, WHAT THEIR SCHOOL BOARD STANDS FOR.
CAN I ASK IF STUDENTS HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
>> DOES IT MEAN, IF YOU AS A KEEN LEGAL ADVICE THIS BEING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION?
>> NO. MOST LIKELY BASED ON WHAT'S BEING NOT SO MUCH THE TOPIC THAT THE WAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OF AN OPEN STUDY SESSION,
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SO YOU GOT MORE OF A CONVERSATION.>> WE WOULD MEET EVERYONE ELSE.
>> THEN LET'S SAY THE WHOLE RECESSING HAPPENS.
ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES ALLOWED TO COVER REASONS?
>> THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION CONSIDERING YOU GUYS ARE NOT TECHNICALLY ELECTED, SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION TO ADD TO OUR LIST OF THINGS TO DISCUSS.
>> I THINK THAT DR. ERICKSON MADE A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT FIGURING OUT WHAT'S IT'S HARMFUL FOR CHILDREN.
BECAUSE THIS CONVERSATION WAS A REAL IN PEELED BACK THE CURTAIN ON REALIZING THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO SEEK YOUR OWN NAME, BUT SHE NEED TO ESTABLISH WHAT YOUR VALUES ARE GOING FOR.
EVERYONE'S GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT BALANCES OF THINGS, AND THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS PUT IN A BODY LIKE THIS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CLEARLY ESTABLISH THOSE BOUNDARIES AND WHATEVER THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
BUT WE SHOULD REVISIT BUSINESS CONVERSATION AND WE SHOULD REVISIT THESE VALUES GOING FORWARD.
>> WITH THAT IF EVERYONE IS OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON AND WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THE HARMFUL TO CHILDREN AND THE LEGAL COUNSEL ABOUT WHAT IS HARMFUL TO TOLERANCE AND HOW WE HANDLE THAT IS THE LEGAL STUFF LIVING?
>> I WON'T MAKE FUN YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT [NOISE].
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT FOR POINT D OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ADD FILES FOR SICK CHILDREN TO THAT FIRST SENTENCE.
I WOULD SAY THE PRESIDENT MAY INTERRUPT OR TERMINATED INDIVIDUAL'S STATEMENT WHEN IT IS TOO LATE TO BE DEFAMATORY ABUSE AND REPETITIVE OF SEEN IRRELEVANT OR HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED TO ADD HARMFUL TO CHILDREN TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT ALLOWS THE PRESIDENT INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE INDIVIDUAL STATEMENTS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
>> FOR ME IF REVISIT THIS WITH A LAWYER.
I'M SORRY. I WOULD LIKE MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
>> I'M ACTUALLY THERE WITH YOU BECAUSE I SAID, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH ADDING AND HARMFUL TO CHILDREN, IT'S JUST THE HARM IS HOW DO WE ARISE WITH THAT DEFINITION? I REALISTICALLY SITTING AS PRESIDENT, DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST GOING TO CREATE MORE POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY WITHOUT HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTIONS TO WHERE I CAN GO, AND WE'RE WORKING ON.
>> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM THOUGH.
I GUESS PUT IT ON THERE, JUST NEEDS TO BE MORE CLEARLY DEFINED IN MY OPINION IF YOU KNOW.
>> AGAIN, THE LEGAL COUNSEL MAYBE, WAS A BOARD MEDIATOR TO DETERMINE THAT BUT AGAIN, THE OTHER OPTION AS FAR AS VOTING THAT HAVEN'T GOT TO YET AS I'M STANDING.
AT THIS POINT, ALL THOSE ABSTAIN SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> WITH THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M ALL MIX IN FULL DISCLOSURE I'M OFF FOR NOT HARMING CHILDREN AND THAT HARM IS A CHALLENGING DEFINITION IN MY MIND.
AT THIS POINT, THE MOTION TO ADD FAILS AT THIS POINT, THAT THE CONSENSUS IN MY MIND IS THAT THE GROUP IS WANTING TO READDRESS THAT AFTER WE HAVE SOMEBODY WITH A COUNSELOR.
ANY OTHER ITEMS ON POLICY 1,400?
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SEEING NONE, THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE US ON TO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA,[6. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]
WHICH IS ITEM 6.01, WHICH IS THE REPORT ON THE CAPITAL BOND PROJECTS PLAN, AND I KNOW CHRISTY MENTIONED PARTNERS, MARK.[LAUGHTER] ACTUALLY, IT'S MANY SEMI-TRUCKS FULL OF FURNITURE.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 2,3 WEEKS, THEY WANTED TO TRAILER FULL OF FURNITURE ARRIVING DAILY.
MOVERS ARE ACTUALLY MOVING AS WELL.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FOUR OR FIVE, PROCESS TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FROM THE CURRENT GOING INTO THE NEW ONE.
THOSE ARRIVING THAT ROOF AT TIME IN THE TASK.
YOU COULD IMAGINE MULTIPLYING ROOF OF YOUR HOUSE BY A FACTOR OF 100, SQUARE FOOTAGE AND VOLUME.
UNLESS YOU HAVE REALLY BIG HOUSES.
WE CONTINUED TO BE TRACKING ON TIME.
FILM THE IRON SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING GOOD PM THAT DELIVER ON TIME AND WE ARE ON BUDGET.
FIVE OR TEN PERCENT WE GET TO SHARE NEXT MONTH TO THEIR REPORT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK? THANK YOU, MARK I APPRECIATE THE BURDEN ON THIS NOTE, FURNITURE HAS ARRIVED.
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 6.02 WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 626.
THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION. FOR THAT, WE HAD THE SURVEY THAT WAS OUT AND RESPONSES BACK.
YOU'VE ALL GOT A COPY OF THAT WITHIN THE REPORT.
CATHY GAVE US SOME OTHER INPUT THAT SHE HAD.
AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION AGAIN, DETERMINE HOW THE ONE TO ADDRESS THIS REPORT.
QUICK QUESTION FOR MY IT PERSON OR FOR CHRIS, I FEEL LIKE MY MICROPHONE IS THE ONE THAT'S SCRATCHING, AND IS THERE A PROBLEM IF I SWITCH OUT? [NOISE]
>> ANY DISCUSSION FOR COMMENTS ON OE6?
>> I HAVE A GENERAL COMMENT TO A COUPLE OF TIMES THROUGH THIS ONE.
IN THE TEXT OF THE ANSWERS, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE WE'RE SAYING THAT REPORT IS ON BOARD DOCS OR THE REPORT IS ON THE WEBSITE.
I WOULD LIKE INSTEAD OF SAYING THE REPORT IS POSTED THERE, THAT WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE A LINK TO THAT REPORT.
I KNOW LIKE OVERTIME AND SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT THIS 15 YEARS LATER.
CHANCE IS FAIRLY HIGH OR THEY MIGHT BE DEAD BUT I'M ALSO THINKING THAT CHANCE IS THIS ONE KEEP LOOKING GUY HAS 15 YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY WELL, BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR IT NOW TO HAVE THAT LINK, BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THEM WHERE I DID LOOK FOR IT AND I COULDN'T FIND THEM OR IT TOOK ME A REALLY LONG TIME AND ALSO SEARCHING BOARD DOCS IS LIKE THE SET OF CIRCLE OF.
>> WELL, KUDOS TO MELINDA WHEN WE WERE AT THE VELOCITY CONFERENCE, THE BOARD DOCS PEOPLE WERE THERE AND I THINK THAT CRINGE WHEN THEY SAW HER COMING BACK THE SECOND OR THIRD.
>> FIRST, HOW DO YOU SEARCH AND THEY TOLD ME YOU WENT IN THIS WORD AND THAT WORD AND THEN IT WILL SHOW UP.
I SAID CAN WE GET THEM IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER? I'M SORRY, I CAN'T DO THAT.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR SEARCH ENGINE IS ANTIQUATED AND NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THERE, IT'S JUST NOT EASILY SEARCHABLE SO I WOULD AGREE WITH MELINDA'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PUT LINKS IN WHEREVER
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POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE IT MORE USER-FRIENDLY REPORT.>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION TOO ABOUT PROCEDURES? I KEPT TRYING TO FIND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ON WEBSITE AND IT SEEMED LIKE I WOULD DO A SEARCH AND THOSE TYPE IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND IT WOULDN'T BE JUST NOTHING GOING TO COME UP AND THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THERE AND THEN SOME OF THE POLICIES, SOME OF THE PROCEDURES SEEM LIKE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND SO NECESSARY PROCESS GOING ON FOR ABOUT GETTING EVERYTHING ORGANIZED AND UP-TO-DATE, I MEAN IT WASN'T THE PROCESS AND BECAUSE I FELT REALLY FRUSTRATED LIKE I WAS CHASING A PHANTOM, TRYING TO LOCATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
I DIDN'T REALLY FIND IT ON MY APOLOGIES AS PART OF THE REASON I WAS LATE GETTING A TURN IN.
THE OTHER PART IS JUST PROCRASTINATION AND FRUSTRATION.
>> WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING AN UPDATE OF THE WEBSITES AND CONTINUING TO WORK ON THOSE THINGS AND SO THAT'S THE FEEDBACK WHEN SOMEONE'S SAYING THIS WAS HARD FOR ME TO FIND, THEN WE CONTINUE. ARE YOU LOOKING?
>> BUT IF IT'S NOT MAKING COMPLETE SENSE, I THINK THE CONVERSATION THAT SELENA AND I HAVE THIS WEEK IS, IF THERE'S THREE WAYS TO ANY ANSWER, THEN NO MATTER HOW SOMEONE GOES THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND IT AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO JUST LOOK AT THE PSYCHOS.
WHEN WE CREATE WEBSITES, HERE YOU GO WE CREATE THEM WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE INFORMATION OR WHEN YOU BUILD SOMETHING, YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND IT OR IF YOU'VE RECENTLY I'VE HAD TO HOUSE, WHERE ALL THE UTENSILS ARE, BUT THEN SOMEONE NEW COMES IN AND THEY CAN'T FIND IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
IT'S NOT NATURAL TO THEM SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
>> ACTUALLY, SPECIFICALLY THE THING THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS THE PROCEDURES ON COLLECTING ON DEBTS AND SO I FOUND A POLICY ON COLLECTING STUDENT FEES AND FINES BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER SITUATIONS IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO COLLECT AND IDENTIFYING WHERE YOU EVEN LOOK FOR THAT STUFF, THAT'S NOT ALL THE SAME SPOT.
THAT DOES HAPPEN, MY ADVICE TO THE BOARD WOULD BE CHRIS IS YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND SO JUST GIVE HER A CALL AND THEN IT WOULD BE HER JOB TO HELP US SEARCH THAT DOWN BUT THEN SHE ALSO BOUNCES THAT FEEDBACK OVER TO SELENA AND MYSELF AND THE TEAM AND THEN WE CREATE LINKS AND WE LOOK AT IT AND AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT IT AND EXACT TEAM AND HOW CAN WE BE MORE USER FRIENDLY.
BECAUSE THE WEBSITE ISN'T REALLY FOR US, IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY TAKING THAT FEEDBACK AND TRY AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
>> OTHER COMMENTS, OR AGAIN AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS COMMENTS THAT ARE ON THERE, CERTAINLY NOT AS MUCH IN THE SENSE OF THERE WAS A LOT MORE AGREEMENT AS FAR AS BEING IN COMPLIANCE OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPECTATIONS OR EXCEPTIONS.
OUR GOAL AT THIS POINT ARE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DETERMINE ONE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS REPORT AND THEN WE GET FOR HAVING ANY SUGGESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE ALMOST ALL 100 PERCENT COMPLIANCE.
>> MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. NEVER MIND, I'M SORRY.
>> ASSUMING THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE DASHBOARD SOME OF THEM.
>> WELL, WE DECIDED THE DASHBOARD PAGE.
NOW WE HAVE OUR OB BUILD TO DASHBOARD OF WHICH THAT'S OUR NEXT PROCESS BUT YES,
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THE DASHBOARD IS STILL BEING DECIDED AND THEN THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE POLICIES WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, WHAT DATA DO WE WANT.WE HAVE A PERSON AND IT'S BEEN HELPING US THINK THROUGH OUR DATA SYSTEM AND SO WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS AS A TEAM, TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAMS, HAVING A CONVERSATION.
MARK AND I AND I KNOW HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATION SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WILL FEED WHAT IT IS WE BUILD AND THEN COLLECTIVELY, AND YOU'LL BE PART OF THAT TEAM AS WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'RE HOPING TO SEE? AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMPANY.
>> THE ONE THAT COST ME THE MOST CONSTERNATION BECAUSE I REALLY CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO EVEN WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND THIS ONE WAS 5.2, EVIDENCE THAT RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED ACCORDING TO THE BOARDS OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND DESIRED LEARNING OUTCOMES AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME OBSERVATIONS LIKE I THINK IT'S EASY TO SEE WHERE RESOURCES ARE APPLIED, TOWARD BUILDINGS AND RUNNING BUILDINGS BUT TO LINK THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT TO THE DESIRED LEARNING OUTCOMES AND HOW WE'RE SPENT, HOW DO YOU ESTABLISH THAT LINKAGE? I MEAN, THAT JUST ELUDED ME.
>> THAT COMES IN TO OUR INTERPRETATION OF THAT PIECE AND SO I THINK WHAT WE ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND THAT TEAM AND I WHAT WE DO IS AFTER WE HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT THE REPORTS THEN WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE NEXT MEETING AND SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO REVIEWING THIS POLICY, THAT CAN BE ONE PART THAT WE SPEND SOME TIME HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE POLICY IS, IT STANDS AS IT IS.
IT'S SOME OF THOSE THAT SAID ALL STUDENTS, AND SOME OF THE RESULTS.
IS THAT WHAT WE REALLY MEAN? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR PROGRESS OR WHAT IS IT WE'RE HOPING TO SEE, OR WHAT WOULD THAT EVIDENCE BE? I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT I WOULD CIRCLE FOR US TO MOVE BACK WITH AND THEN THE TEAM AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
>> AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THAT CIRCLING AND CLOSING THE CIRCLE PROCESS THAT WE'LL DO WHEN WE CAN MATTER TO LOOK AT THIS AND THE INDICATORS NEXT MONTH AS FAR AS DO THEY NEED TO BE TWEAKED, CHANGED, TIGHTENED.
AT THIS POINT, AND I PROPOSE THAT WE ADOPT THIS REPORT, OR ACCEPT THIS REPORT AS IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ADD MORE LINKS INTO THOSE REPORTS AND THINGS THAT ARE REFERENCED, VERY EASY REFERRED, NOT ONLY US BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE PUBLIC TO FIND.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? THE TEAM THEN, I WILL PUT IT TO FORTH.
AGAIN, ONE THING I LEARNED IN MY SESSION WAS THAT I CAN ACTUALLY PUT FORTH A MOTION WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I CAN DO, SO I'LL PUT IT FORTH AS THAT AND SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE POLICY NO E6 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT AS IN COMPLIANCE WITH A REQUEST THAT FUTURE REPORTS HAVE BETTER LINKAGE TO THE REPORTS THAT ARE REFERENCED WITHIN THE EVIDENCE THAT'S PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> OPPOSED? THE REPORT IS ACCEPTED.
THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 6.03, WHICH IS REVISIONS FOR THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 12 OF OE-12 SAFETY, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A ROUGH PROCESS IN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST COMING BACK IN AROUND AND LOOKING AT THAT POLICY, AND DETERMINING ARE THERE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, INDICATORS NEED TO BE CHANGED? AND AGAIN, RECALLING THAT OUR POLICY FOR OE-12 [NOISE] IS NOT THE SAME AS ARE THE INTERPRETATIONS IF THAT MAKE SENSE.
APOLOGIES I THOUGHT I HAD IT HERE.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY STATED AND ASKED FOR THE ADMIN TEAM FOR A LITTLE BIT INPUT IS I NOTED THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT INVOLVING BOTH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SAFETY, PHYSICAL SAFETY, AND IT SEEMED LIKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE IN OTHER REPORTS, AND THE TWO WERE MESHING IN MAYBE NOT THE BEST WAY BECAUSE IT WAS CREATING SOME CONFUSION AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT INDICATORS, WITHOUT THROWING THEM INTO THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR INPUT OR SUGGESTIONS, LET ME SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.>> CAN I SHARE ONE PIECE BEFORE JUST, I CAN SHARE THE CONVERSATION WE HAD.
IF YOU LOOK AT RESULTS. I JUST HAD IT.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THESE MEMORIZED.
FOR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL R4, WE FELT LIKE NUMBER 1.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT SELENA, CAN WE PULL UP OE-12 YOU GO UP TO THE POLICIES.
>> WHEN YOU GO ON THE POLICIES, THERE'S A DROP-DOWN MENU EITHER GOVERNING POLICIES OR REGULAR POLICIES AND SO YOU WANT TO BE UNDER GOVERNING POLICIES.
>> WHEN WE LOOKED AT NUMBER 1, ENSURES THAT ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE PROVIDED WITH A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT REALLY BECAME, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, THOSE WERE REALLY INDICATORS OF SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SO ONE OF OUR WONDERS IS WE'VE GOT TWO TYPES OF SAFETY HERE.
WE'VE GOT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SIDE OF SAFETY, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PHYSICAL SAFETY [NOISE] BEING THAT THIS IS AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION.
OUR TEAM'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WOULD LEAVE THIS ONE TO BE ABOUT TECHNICAL OR THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF SAFETY.
HAVING SAFETY PLANS, MAKING SURE THAT DRILLS, ALL OF THOSE PIECES, AND THAT WE WOULD MOVE ANYTHING THAT'S ABOUT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SIDE THAT WE WOULD CROSS-REFERENCE THAT WITH R4 AND TALK ABOUT THOSE INTERPRETATIONS AND COME BACK, AND REVISIT THOSE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT POLICY.
WE FELT IT WAS REDUNDANT AND THAT'S PART OF WHY IT GOT SO BIG, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAFETY WHICH MADE THE REPORTING AND THE DATA MORE COMPLEX.
IF THIS IS REALLY AN OPERATIONAL SIDE, WE WANT TO LOOK AT JUST THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THAT WOULD BE OUR FEEDBACK TO YOU, AND YOU CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
>> YOU'RE TAKING 0.1 THERE AND MOVING INTO REBUILDS? [NOISE]
>> WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD THEN WE'LL GET RESULTS FOR THE SEAT, WHERE IS THERE A CROSS? WHAT'S MISSING? WHAT'S THE SAME, ARE WE JUST BEING REDUNDANT IN THIS REPORT WITH R4, OR YOU'LL ELIMINATE R4, AND YOU HAVE THEM ALL INTO ONE.
BUT I DON'T THINK SO, I THINK IT'S TWO SEPARATE PIECES, ONE IS ABOUT THE TEACHING AND LEARNING SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THE OTHER ONE IS ABOUT THE, ACTUAL FACILITIES, THE DRILLS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT ENSURE SAFETY.
YOU'RE CROSS-REFERENCING, FROM THIS FROM THE PHYSICAL SAFETY REPORT, DOES THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SAFETY REPORT HAVE TO BE PRESENTED TO US FIRST SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THIS ONE AND SAY YES ACROSS THE BOARD, ALL THE SAFETY ASPECTS OR.
>> I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT R4, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THAT, BUT WE COULD EASILY PULL THAT TOGETHER, AND LOOK AT THAT IN ANOTHER BOARD MEETING, PULL THOSE OFF AT THIS REPORT OR THIS POLICY, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE REVISIT THAT R4 LOOKED AT A LATER TIME.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT R4, IT'S ACTUALLY LIGHT, IF WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THOSE PIECES ON THERE, THEN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE US MORE ROBUST MONITORING OF THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL.
I THINK THE MEAT OF THIS OF R4 I THINK WE JUST HAD IT IN THE WRONG SPOT.
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>> SOUNDS GOOD TO ME [LAUGHTER]
>> I WOULD CERTAINLY AGREE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I THINK ONE [NOISE] OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I SAW WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING POLICY, OE-12 WAS JUST THERE'S TWO PARTS OF IT, AND WE KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH.
THE BRAIN WASN'T DEALING WELL WITH BOTH SIDES AT THE SAME TIME.
>> TO GET TO PEGGY'S QUESTION THOUGH, I'M THINKING AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHAT WE COULD DO THAT WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER, BUT WE COULD MOVE TO MOVE THOSE PIECES TO R4 TO REVIEW AT A LATER TIME, SO WE DON'T LOSE THEM.
BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO PULL THEM OFF.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO REFINE, BUT JUST MAKE NOTE THAT WE WILL.
>> WELL WE R4 WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. IT HASN'T BEEN TOO LONG.
[FOREIGN]. IF YOU WERE TO MOVE IT TO THAT ONE, WE WOULD STILL SEE THOSE INDICATORS AGAIN.
ACTUALLY EVEN SOONER THAN WE WOULD HAVE, IF WE KEPT THEM WHERE THEY WERE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BRING OUR FOUR AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TOO MANY POLICIES TO KEEP.
>> YOU MAKE NOTE AND IF WE DECIDE THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT HE SAID IS, WE DON'T WANT TO PULL SOMETHING OFF AND NOT ENSURE THAT WE'VE BOOKMARKED IT SOMEWHERE.
THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T PULL THEM OFF THERE AND NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UPDATING OUR FOUR POLICY, THEY WON'T SHOW UP.
THEN I THINK WE CAN MAKE NOTE THAT WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND ADDRESS THOSE IN THE DATA, I WANT TO THINK THROUGH THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> AS FAR AS MOVING, THOSE THINGS UNDER ITEM 1 OF OE-12 ARE 2.4 CONSOLIDATING.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? BY CONSENSUS THEN I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL DO THAT.
THEN ARE THERE OTHER THINGS WITHIN OE-12 AS FAR AS THE INDICATORS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
I KNOW THAT, EVERYTHING WE WERE JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMMENTS PEOPLE MADE BEFORE THAT.
[NOISE] THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT REPORTING SYSTEM FOR THREATS WAS NOT MENTIONED WITHIN THE SAFETY PARAMETERS.
JUST TALKING ABOUT DOCUMENTATION AND SAFETY DRILLS, AND THEN SOME COMMENT ABOUT THE EVIDENCE OF HOW THE DEFICITS AND SAFETY HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AND ADDRESSED AS FAR AS INDICATORS.
ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MENTIONED WITHIN THE ORIGINAL?
>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WISH I HAD IT SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND I DON'T AND I DIDN'T BRING IT IN.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IT AS A REFERENCE BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I PUT DOWN WHEN I ORIGINALLY GOT IT.
>> WELL, AND AGAIN, I PREFACE THIS WITH IT.
THIS COULD BE A LITTLE ROUGH BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME GOING BACK TO IT AND CERTAINLY WHAT WE DID SOME OF OUR MAJOR INDICATORS, IT WAS ALL GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE REPORTS TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES GETTING THOSE DOWN.
DO WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE USUALLY, I DON'T NEED TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION
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AND THEN PEOPLE AREN'T FEELING READY FOR THAT CONVERSATION.THEN POTENTIALLY, PUTTING THAT CONVERSATION AND LOOKING AT THOSE INDICATORS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE USED AS FAR AS WRITTEN REPORT IS DONE THE NEXT TIME AND LOOKED AT THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS.
>> I'M THINKING THAT EFFORTS TO MAKE FORWARD PROGRESS AND NOT REVISIT ANOTHER TIME AND ANOTHER TIME, LET'S NOT LET PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF PROGRESS.
>> LET'S GO WITH THIS, MOVING IT UP TO HERE, AND THEN THE NEXT TIME SAFETY COMES ALONG OR R4 COMES ALONG THEN MAKE CHANGES THEN BECAUSE YOU CAN GO ON AND ON UNTIL IT'S PERFECT.
>> WELL, I DO THINK THAT IF THIS BECOMES A PERMANENT PART OF OUR PROCESS, WHICH IT'S MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW IT EVERY SINGLE TIME IT COMES OUT.
>> GIVE THEM MORE OWNERSHIP TO THE BOARD AT THE TIME TO OPEN IT.
>> THEN WHAT I'M HEARING AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THAT MODIFICATION OF OE-12 SPLITTING OUT THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND THE PHYSICAL SAFETY AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AS IS FOR THE NEXT PART CYCLE.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7,
[7. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]
WHICH IS THE SHARING AND SO AGAIN, THINGS ARE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT IN ORDER HERE, MIXING IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND TO THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO THE STUDENT REPS FIRST AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH OF YOU CAN TALK FIRST, I GUESS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST.>> I'LL TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUILDING FIRST.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NOTES ABOUT SCHOOL BUILDING OUT TICKETS FOR THAT THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS TALKING VIA EMAIL MY ADMINISTRATOR MR. GOODWIN ABOUT STUFF THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IMMEDIATELY AND IT'S ECHOING SOME LIST THAT YOU GUYS SAID.
BEFORE THE CARPETS WERE FINISHED LAST WEEK AND THEN THE DESKS THEY WERE DELIVERED LAST WEEK AS WELL.
THEN THERE IS A NEUROLOGIST AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE USUALLY CLASSIFY THOSE TO HELP KIDS GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT AND THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT THING.
[INAUDIBLE] I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT DIFFERENT STUDENTS WILL BE [INAUDIBLE] KIDS GET AROUND AND THEN STUFF LIKE PASSING PERIODS AND OPEN CANVAS, THOSE RULES, THEY'RE STILL IN FLUX.
THAT'S SETUP. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT OR THE ADMINISTRATION WILL FIGURE IT OUT AND JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF PASSING PERIOD OR JUST SEEING HOW KIDS ARE JUST DOING AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET PLACES.
THEN, YEAH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE THIS.
THEN AGAIN TO UNDERSTAND THE WEATHER REPORT.
[LAUGHTER] CURRENTLY, I THINK IT'S FRIENDLY BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE I KNOW IT'S 36 DEGREES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE COLD AIR FOUGHT REALLY HARD.
BUT THIS FRONT IS SUPER STRONG.
THIS IS NOT REALLY AN OPTIMAL SET UP FOR.
>> I SAW ON WEATHER UNDERGROUND, IT SAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GET DOWN TO 22 DEGREES TONIGHT.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ICE? [LAUGHTER].
>> THAT'S A PART OF THEM, I WILL GET TO THAT IN A BIT.
[LAUGHTER] BASICALLY THIS SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS LIKE SITTING NEAR DC AND THAT'S NOT REALLY OPTIMAL BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES, INSTEAD OF TRYING OUT OF THE COLD AIR FROM THE PHASE, YOU'RE PUSHING IT BACK.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S PUSHING BACK THE COOL AIR BACK TO WHERE IT CAME FROM, I GUESS.
INITIALLY I HAD THOUGHT THAT THE SYSTEM WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN EXTRA LONG, BUT WHY IT WAS SO COLD AIR IS MOSTLY GONE BUT IT'S MOSTLY BEEN SITTING.
RAN A NEW ROAD, NORTH AND ARE STILL SEEING SNOW AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF IT'S GOING TO TURN OVER BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERING LIKE THAT FOR THE PAST HOUR, THE AREA IS BRAND NEW.
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IT'S STILL BEING SEEN SNOW.THEN THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW LITTLE TEMPERATURES WILL BE TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES COULD GO DOWN, THEY CAN STAY 36 DEGREES.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS REALLY A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP AT 03:00 AM AND THEN NOW WE'LL JUST SEE HOW IT IS.
IT WILL LOOK A LOT BETTER THE FURTHER THE SOUTH YOU GO BUT FARTHER THAN ONE, THERE COULD BE A LOT OF ACCUMULATION OF SNOW.
DEFINITELY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE AREAS.
THEN IN TERMS OF ICE OVERNIGHT, IT IS REALLY [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE IS SWITCHED OVER A LOT FASTER THAN I THOUGHT.
IF THIS STORM IS TO BE BELIEVED, THERE'S A WARNING BECAUSE OF HOW STRONG IT IS.
THE WARM AIR SHOULD STAY HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
PROBABLY INSTEAD AFFIRMATIVELY, YOU WON'T SEE ANY HIGH SCHOOL AND FARTHER NORTH TOWARDS THE BORDER, YOU WILL.
THEN THERE'S MORE CHANCES FOR SNOW GOING UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BECAUSE THE COLD OUTFLOWS SHOULD COME BACK TOWARDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THERE'S MILES AND IS SHOWN LIKE NOT LIKE A THUNDER SHOWER BUT A SNOW, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S LIKE A THUNDERSTORM, BUT IN A SNOWSTORM KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS IN LATER IN THE EVENING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER TO TRACK.
>> WHAT WAS THAT GARBAGE WE GOT THE OTHER MORNING.
IT LOOKED LIKE HAY. [OVERLAPPING].
>> BASICALLY IT'S LIKE SNOW MELTS A LITTLE BIT AND THEN COMES TOGETHER.
THEN THE WATER ON IT DOESN'T HAVE TIMES TO FREEZE IT SO IT FALLS TO THE GROUND.
IT CANNOT JUST SAY LIKE A SPIT BALL.
I DON'T KNOW [LAUGHTER] I CAN NOT SAY IT'S LIKE A SPITBALL. IT'S LIKE A SCOTTY IS SPITTING GROSS.
>> IT'S EMBARRASSING WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND TOWN AND YOUR CAR IS [OVERLAPPING].
>> TALKING, IF THAT WAS ADDITIONAL TWO, LET ME JUST POP IT IN ORDER SO WE CAN SEE SOME OF THAT WEDNESDAY AND THEN ALL THE REST OF THE WEEK, THERE'S CHANCES FOR IT TO RAIN AND SNOW, NOT LIKE THIS.
I THINK OUR BEST CHANCE AFTER THIS IS THURSDAY MORNING.
THEN AFTER THAT WE MIGHT ENTER OWN LEVEL PERIOD.
BUT OVERALL FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH WE'RE GOING MUSICAL PATTERNS.
>> YOU WISHED FOR THIS FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY.
>> NO. I NEEDED TO GO AWAY, BUT [APPLAUSE]
>> I THINK THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE. [LAUGHTER].
>> NONE OF US GIVE UP OUR DAY JOBS [LAUGHTER].
>>IT'S QUITE A LITTLE THING, I PROBABLY WON MY FIRST CHESS MEET AT A CHESS TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT.
IF YOU SAW THE CASCADIA NEWS INTERVIEW, AND THEY REALLY DO AN ARTICLE ABOUT US AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH.
I PROBABLY SHARED MOST OF THE LEADERSHIP STUFF I HAD TO SHARE, SO I THINK THAT'S IT.
>>OKAY. I THINK THE ONLY THING WE NEED WITH THE STUDENT REPORTS, WE EVEN GET CAUGHT UP IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN.
SO, MOVING ON TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL SHARE FIRST IS, JUST FOR MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD, WE DID GET AN EMAIL FROM JESSE LAST WEEK, AND THAT SHE HAS RESIGNED FROM HER POSITION AS DIRECTOR NUMBER THREE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE PROCESS, THERE'LL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT GOING OUT TOMORROW, AND TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS AS FAR AS APPOINTING ESSENTIALLY JUST AS A REVIEW FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.
WHAT THAT INVOLVES IS, THE BOARD WILL APPOINT A PERSON TO FILL THAT POSITION UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD ELECTION,
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WHICH IS IN 2023 NOVEMBER.BASICALLY, THE PROCESS BEING THAT, ALL THOSE PARTIES INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THAT POSITION, THEY NEED TO LIVE WITHIN DIRECT TO AREA 3, AND THEY CAN APPLY.
THE APPLICATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DISTRICT WEBSITE ONLINE TOO.
BASICALLY THEY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, THE RESUME, AND A LETTER OF WHY THEY'D LIKE TO BE ON THE BOARD AND SERVE.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WILL BE DUE BY JANUARY 6TH, THE HOLIDAYS, SO A WEIRD PERIOD IN THERE, SO IT WILL BE EXTENDED A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN NORMAL.
WE WILL BE LOOKING TO FIND A TIME FOR A SPECIAL SESSION IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK IN JANUARY WHERE WE CAN REVIEW DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS.
SOMETIMES IT'S A PROCESS WHERE WE NARROW THAT DOWN BASED ON THOSE APPLICATIONS, OTHER TIMES WE WILL INTERVIEW ALL OF THEM AND THEN APPOINT A DIRECTOR WHO FILLED OUT, SO THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION FORTHCOMING AS FAR AS THE TIMING, THE PROCESS, AND THEN GETTING A MEETING SCHEDULED SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE, KEEP YOU POSTED.
OTHERS SHARING FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD, ED I'LL START ON YOUR SIDE?
>>OKAY. I WASN'T SURE WHERE TO INSERT THIS, BUT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL REQUESTING US TO DOCKET A DISCUSSION OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESSES FOR DOING THAT, SO I'M PUTTING THAT OUT THERE HERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO FIT IT INTO THIS DISCUSSION.
>>SO, AS FAR AS, ARE YOU LOOKING? CORRECT ME IF I'M INCORRECT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ME, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN BRING IT UP AND DISCUSS IT SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO BRING IT UP AT A FUTURE MEETING.
WHAT I'M HEARING THEN, IS, YOU WANTED TO PUT ON A FUTURE OR YOU'RE MOVING THAT WE PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA OF REVISITING OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT?
>>OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE POINT OF NOT THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ITSELF BUT BRINGING IT BACK UP FOR A REVIEW AND DISCUSSION? PUTTING IT DOWN ON FOR A FUTURE MEETING?
>>YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER THE AGENDAS FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS.
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT FITS IN THERE? I'M JUST FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE EMAILS SINCE WE ALL RECEIVED IT AND IT WAS A REQUEST.
>> SURE. AS FAR AS THE FULL DISCLOSURE, WHEN WE DO SET UP THE AGENDA, WE LOOK AT THOSE ITEMS AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
BUT CERTAINLY BOARD MEMBERS, ANYBODY ON BOARD CAN SUBMIT ITEMS TO BE PUT IN ON THERE.
IN THIS CASE, SINCE WE'VE GOT A QUORUM AND WE'RE HERE WE CAN DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING EVERYBODY WANTS ON THERE.
>>ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. LET'S SEE THEN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING A REVIEW OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
>>OKAY. SO, MOTION DOES PASS AND SO WE PUT THAT ON AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH.
>>YES. SO, WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, NO, THAT'S FUNNY [LAUGHTER].
NO. IN 2019, FOUR-YEAR TERM 2019 ELECTED, MY THOUGHT WAS, AT THAT TIME I WAS GOING TO VISIT SCHOOLS AND I WAS GOING TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS ONCE A MONTH AND I WAS GOING TO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND I WAS JUST GOING TO BE LIKE THE QUEEN OF OUTREACH.
I DID NOT PLAN ON ELEVEN FAILURE RIGHT AWAY, FOLLOWED BY COVID, FOLLOWED BY INTEL-CO CLOSING, FOLLOWED BY REMOTE LEARNING, CAP IT OFF WITH A TRAIN WRECK LATER THAT YEAR.
IT DIDN'T COUNT ON ANY OF THAT STUFF, SO THAT REALLY COMPLETELY DERAILED.
THERE WERE NO VISITING WITH THE PUBLIC IN THE LIBRARY.
THERE WAS NO OR VERY FEW SCHOOL VISITS.
THE BRIGHT SPOT HAD CAME I THINK WHEN WE WERE INTERVIEWING YOU AND ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS FOR STEVE WAS,
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"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH?".I REALLY FEEL THAT THROUGH MY TENURE SO FAR AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER UP UNTIL THAT POINT, I WAS FAILING AT THAT DREAM OF PEOPLE JUST COME TO YOU AND TELL YOU LIKE, "I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS", DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN THAT WAY.
I HAD SAID, I WANT MORE OUTREACH INTO THE SCHOOLS.
CHRISTIE, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SO MUCH COMMENDATIONS AND THANKS FOR THE CULTURE THAT YOU ARE STARTING TO BUILD HERE, OF STUDENTS BELONGING AND ALSO THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS BELONG IN THOSE VISITS AS WELL.
WHEN I WENT TO NORWAY RANGE WITH YOU, I HAD SO MUCH FUN AND I'VE NEVER DONE MARATHON IN 4 MINUTES, BUT NOW I HAVE. IT'S A GOOD PR.
GOING TO WALDEN, GOT MORE IDEAS THERE, A COOKIE FOR YOUR THOUGHTS FOR THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH.
I MET WITH JASSY A WEEK AGO BECAUSE I WAS AT WALDEN.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT STUDENT VOICE AND GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS' AND I DON'T RECALL PRETTY WELL, BUT I DON'T KNOW JASSY AS MUCH AS I SHOULD SO WE'RE SET TO HAVE COFFEE AND WE'VE GOT IDEAS OF GOING TO HIGH-FIVE FRIDAY IS NEXT FRIDAY?
>>ESSENTIALLY, THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS.
>>APPARENTLY I HAVE BEEN DIS-INVITED [LAUGHTER].
>>ANOTHER TRAIN WRECK [LAUGHTER]
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO VISIT IT TOMORROW, THAT HISPANIC CELEBRATION.
I CAN PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR. HOPEFULLY, I CAN MAKE IT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT MIGHT BE ONE YEAR LEFT ON THE TERM, BUT IT'S STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHAT I THOUGHT BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WOULD BE.
I THINK WHAT THAT IS IS CONNECTING AND SEEING WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE LIKE, AND SEEING WHAT THE KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH, AND ACTUALLY TALKING TO THEM.
THOSE FIFTH GRADERS THAT WERE EXPLAINING WHAT THEIR PERFECT CLASSROOM, WAS IT?
>> WHAT THEIR IDEAL CLASSROOM WAS.
EVERY SINGLE THING THAT THEY SAID YOU CAN DISTILL BACK TO, I BELONG HERE AND COMFORTABLE HERE.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND ANYTHING I CAN DO TO MAKE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG THERE.
THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE THERE SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN THEIR AT VERY BEST LEVEL, THAT'S ALL I'M ABOUT. THANK YOU, GRACE.
I AGREE WITH THAT. JUST SAYING.
>> THANKFULLY, I DON'T HAVE ONE.
I THINK YOU'D ALREADY SAID THAT, SO STEVE.
>> WELL FOR A WHILE I SOUND A LITTLE SPEECHLESS.
WOW, I DON'T HAVE MORE TO SAY, JUST WISHING EVERYBODY HAPPY HOLIDAYS, BE SAFE OUT THERE.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY A LITTLE SLIP GETTING HERE. THAT'S FOR SURE.
MY THING THAT I WANT SHARE IS IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO GO TO THE LAWS GET CONFERENCE, THERE WAS A LOT THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO LEARN.
I MENTIONED A FEW THINGS AS FAR AS PROPERTY RULES OF ORDER, THAT I PICKED UP ON.
BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY WAS SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE JUST TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS, PARTICULARLY ADOLPH BROWN, WHO HAS ALL BAMBOOZLED BY THINKING THAT THE PERSON UP ON STAGE WAS THE SPEAKER AND THIS QUESTIONABLE-LOOKING PERSON COMING UP THROUGH THE AUDIENCE WAS HE BROUGHT HIS OWN PR COMPANY, THEY JAZZED UP.
WHEN IT TURNED OUT HE WAS ACTUALLY THE SPEAKER.
BUT JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID ABOUT HOW ONE OF HIS LINES WAS CUSTOM-MADE, WHICH I THINK IS AN AWESOME THING BECAUSE WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND IF WEREN'T ALL DIFFERENT WE WOULDN'T NEED AS MANY OF US AROUND BECAUSE WITHOUT THE DIFFERENCES IT DOESN'T MAKE THE WORLD THE PLACE IT IS.
IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO HEAR HIM TALK AND TO HEAR ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF BELONGING.
WE KEPT SAYING THAT WASN'T PICKED THEIR THEME BASED ON US.
THEY DIDN'T GIVE US ANY CREDIT FOR IT, WHICH WAS DISAPPOINTING.
BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT THERE WERE SIMILAR THEMES AND TO GO ALONG.
WE GOT KUDOS ON OUR T-SHIRTS. THAT WAS GREAT.
THAT WAS A GOOD TIME JUST TO REFRESH AND WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT IF ALL OF US COULD HAVE MADE IT BUT THE LOGISTICS DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK THEY'LL BE MORE FOR US TO SHARE AS WE GO ALONG IN THE PROCESS.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNING ON GOING TO AUSTIN, BUT THEN I SWITCHED GEARS AND DECIDED TO GO VISIT MY MOM THEN I SWITCHED GEARS AND DECIDED TO STAY HOME WITH THE FLU INSTEAD WHICH WAS NOT THE BEST CHOICE.
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THEY REQUIRE US TO DO THE EQUITY TRAINING AND THERE WERE TWO INSTALLMENTS IN THAT, AND ARE THEY EXTENDING THE DEADLINE BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO GET A SECOND ONE IN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.>> YEAH, THAT'S BEEN ACTUALLY A POINT OF WONDER BECAUSE THEY WERE FULL AND SO IT DIDN'T ALLOW FOR ACCOMMODATIONS.
THEN THERE'S BEEN SOME OF THE ESD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
BUT THEY KNOW THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ENOUGH SESSIONS FOR THE NEED AND SO I SUSPECT THEY'LL BE SOME LENIENCY.
>> IT DID SOUND LIKE ONE OF THE TALKS THAT WAS DONE, THEY WERE RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS A NEED AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT HAVING SOME AVAILABLE ONLINE POTENTIAL INTERACTIVE.
AT THIS POINT, WE'RE CLAIMING IGNORANCE.
>> WELL, IT WAS A STATE REQUIREMENT.
>> THE CHALLENGE WITH IT IS YOU'VE GOT THE STATE REQUIREMENT, BUT THERE HAS TO BE AVAILABILITY TOO, SO THEY'RE RECOGNIZING AND LAWS IS WORKING ON THEM.
EXEC TEAM, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ENLIGHTEN US ABOUT?
>> CHRISTY HAD THE SHARING ABOUT HER BELONGING WAR AND HOW SHE GETS TO VISIT STAFF AND HOW IT'S PEER NOMINATIONS.
MY TEAM AND I GET THE HONOR TO RECEIVE THOSE AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THOSE WITH CHRISTY SO IT'S REALLY FUN TO READ THE NOMINATIONS.
I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH ONE RECENTLY BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE HOW TO DISTRIBUTE IT.
BUT I WILL GENERALIZE IT A LITTLE BIT OUT OF RESPECT TO THE PERSON THAT SUBMITTED IT.
CHRISTY AND I CROSSED PATHS IN A PUBLIC SETTING ON A WEEKEND.
I HAVE ONLY MET HER ONCE, MAYBE TWICE, AND IT WAS BRIEFLY AT SCHOOL.
WHEN YOU THINK OF HOW MANY STAFF ARE IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE WERE OUTSIDE MY USUAL SETTING, I WAS AMAZED THAT SHE REMEMBERED MY NAME AND TOOK THE TIME TO TALK WITH ME.
IT WAS A DIFFICULT DAY FOR ME BUT AS I LEFT WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE, FEELING LIKE I BELONGED TO A WONDERFUL FAMILY AND ORGANIZATION.
I THANK YOU, CHRISTY. I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY OF THE PLATFORM TO PRESENT HER WITH IT BEING THE SUPERINTENDENTS AWARD AND SHE DISTRIBUTES IT, [LAUGHTER] SO I FIGURED I'D SHARE IT WITH HER SUPERVISORS.
>> COOL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
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WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.01, WHICH IS REVISIONS FOR RESULTS POLICY 2.2 MATHEMATICS.AGAIN, THIS IS THE CIRCLING BACK TO LOOKING AT OUR MATH REPORT AND DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT PARAMETERS AND THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR ON IT.
I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE THAT CAME UP WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT WAS THAT STATEMENT AND ALL STUDENTS WILL MASTER THE SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY AND REQUIRE DISCIPLINE AND ELECTIVES.
THE BIG QUESTION WAS, HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE OR YOU MAY ADD WHAT PROGRESS WHEN IT SAYS ALL, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL-INCLUSIVE WORK.
THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, AND INPUT.
>> DID WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO MADE SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WE SHOULD CHANGE THAT ALL TO?
>> YEAH. THE DISCUSSION WE HAD WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE HERE AT THE BOARD MEETING WHERE IT CAME UP WAS WE'LL MAKE ADEQUATE PROGRESS OR DEMONSTRATE ADEQUATE PROGRESS.
HOW ARE WE MOVING TOWARDS MASTERY? STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GET TO DIFFERENT PLACES AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND SO IT'S SOME TYPE OF LANGUAGE ABOUT SHOWING THEM THAT WE'RE MAKING GROWTH.
>> I KNOW THAT ONE THING THAT WAS SUGGESTED WAS WE CLOSE THE GAP BY PUTTING IN A PERCENTAGE OR SOMETHING THAT WAY BECAUSE IT WAS SUGGESTED, WELL, FOR US, [NOISE] AVERAGING 47 PERCENT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
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10 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT IN EXISTENCE FROM 40-44 OR SOMETHING.GETTING NUMBERS MAY NOT BE QUITE RIGHT BUT PERCENTAGE.
WORKING TO CLOSE THAT GAP OR SOMETHING WAS SOMETHING I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT WORDING IS.
THIS WAS A STRUGGLE WHEN THESE ORIGINAL INDICATORS REMAINED WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
AT THE TIME THE BOARD WANTED TO REINFORCE THE VISION AND THE BELIEF THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN.
BUT HOW DO YOU PUT THAT IN WITHOUT SAYING ALL? BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT MAKES IT A POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE INDICATOR TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH.
THAT WAS THE STRUGGLE AT THE TIME.
>> THERE'S ONE SIDE OF ME THAT LIKES WINNING A NUMBER LIKE A MEASURABLE NUMBER.
BUT NOT BEING A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR.
ALSO KNOWING THAT THE WHOLE REST OF THE COUNTRY HAS NUMBERS THAT HAVE TAKEN QUITE A HIT AS WELL.
NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT WOULD WE ADEQUATE PROGRESS IN A POST-COVID YEAR MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT ONE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IN A DURING COVID YEAR OR MIGHT BE ONE WHERE THERE'S NOT A PANDEMIC GOING ON.
I COULDN'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS PAST YEAR OR TWO AND IS THAT ADEQUATE AND IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT LIKE SHOULD WE HAVE NUMBERS? BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING ME TO COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS, I'M NOT AN EDUCATOR, SO I PROBABLY WOULD COME UP WITH THE WRONG ONES.
>> THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, I RECALL, TALKING ABOUT USING THE SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THAT, AND THE FACT THAT APPARENTLY, PEOPLE CAN OPT OUT OF IT AND HOW YOU DISPLAY THE INFORMATION SO THAT IT TAKES THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
IT GIVES YOU A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT THE REAL SITUATION IS.
IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET GOING FORWARD?
>> YEAH, THAT'S THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PULL UP ONCE WE HAVE OUR DASHBOARD.
I'M VERY EXCITED, BUT I DO THINK EMMA GETS BIGGER THAN THAT BUT THAT WAS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITHOUT THE DASHBOARD.
I THINK THE OTHER PIECE THAT THE TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS STUDENT VOICE AND TEACHER VOICE.
HOW ARE WE CAPTURING WHAT STUDENTS ARE SEEING OR WHAT TEACHERS ARE SEEING? WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS ORIGINAL ONE IS THAT WE DO BELIEVE THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN WHAT THEY LEARNED AND WHAT MASTERY IS FOR ONE STUDENT MAY NOT BE MASTERY FOR ANOTHER.
I THINK THAT'S THE PART WITH THE INTERPRETATION THAT WE NEED TO BEGIN TO CALL OUT, AND THEN IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS.
ALSO LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT AGES AND STAGES AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS.
YEAH, AND THAT'S ONE OF THESE.
IF WE HAVE A POPULATION OF STUDENTS NOT TAKING SMARTER BALANCED, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO QUANTIFY THAT IN OUR DATA RESULTS.
I WILL REMIND US THAT WE CAN TRY SOME LANGUAGE ON HERE.
THE THING THAT I DO LIKE ABOUT THIS ONE IS IF YOU NOTICE IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR FOR LITERACY, SCIENCE, TECH, SOCIAL STUDIES.
IF WE THINK OF SOME GENERAL LANGUAGE THAT WE COULD BEGIN TO APPLY TO THESE DIFFERENT RESULTS, SO IT'S NOT ALL STUDENTS WILL.
IT COULD BE ALL STUDENTS WILL MAKE ADEQUATE PROGRESS OR, THE DISTRICTS.
WE CAN THINK OF THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE KNOWING THAT WE WILL MOST LIKELY, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, THIS MAY BE ONE THAT WE WANT AND TALK ABOUT YEARLY REVIEW.
THEN IF WE DO THIS, WE'LL BE COMING BACK UP HERE IN A FEW MONTHS FOR US TO LOOK AT.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT, REFINING IT AS WE BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT ACADEMIC AREAS.
>> WE STILL HAVE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE REPORTS TO LOOK AT TONIGHT DON'T WE?
>> YEAH, I DO WONDER, I CAN HAVE MY TEACHINGS OR MEETINGS.
I'M LOOKING AT TRINA, KELLY, AND FEY.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM PERHAPS THAT THE THREE, FOUR OF US WORK ON SOME LANGUAGE.
I EMAIL THAT OUT AND WE GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND THAT WE DO SOME WORD-SMITHING.
BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TIRED AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE TIRED IT'S HARD TO REALLY DIVE DEEP AND WE WANT THIS TO BE MEANINGFUL.
THEN WE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WE'LL BE ALSO REVIEWING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ONE, SO WE CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
>> WELL, CAN I ADD TO THAT SUGGESTION?
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BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IS ALL STUDENTS WILL MASTER THE SKILLS.IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SIMILAR LANGUAGE ACROSS THE BOARD ON ALL THE ACADEMIC.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. MY TEAM CAN SPEND SOME TIME DOING SOME WORDSMITHING AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL BRING FOR NEXT MONTH.
IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN THAT WE COULD PUT FORTH A MOTION THAT THAT LANGUAGE WOULD GO FOR ALL ACADEMIC.
YEAH, WELL, WE'LL BRING IN THE LANGUAGE AND THEN WE CAN RUSTLE WITH A FRIEND.
>> I WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION THAT WE TURN THAT TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING EXECUTIVE MEMBERS WHO HAS BEEN GIVING US A SUGGESTION FOR THE ACADEMIC REPORTS AS FAR AS REPLACING THE ALL STUDENTS WITH SOMETHING THAT INSTILLS OUR GOAL OF, THIS IS NOT BIG PART OF THE MOTION BUT EXPLANATION.
THAT IT STILL INSTILLS OUR GOALS OF BELIEF THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN AND TO ASK YOU THOSE THINGS, BUT SOMEHOW THAT MAKES IT MORE MANAGEABLE AS FAR AS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAY IS REASONABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS.
ALL IS IN FAVOR OF THAT SAY AYE.
>> ALL OPPOSED? THEN WE'LL TAKE THINGS ON TO ITEM 8.02, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY, OE-10 WHICH IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM.
YOU HAVE WITHIN YOUR PACKET A HARD COPY OF THAT REPORT AND THERE WILL BE A SURVEY THAT WILL GO UP.
CRYSTAL WITH THAT COME OUT BY THIS FRIDAY?
>> THAT'LL BE UP FOR THIS FRIDAY WITH A DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO IT BY THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY OR ARE WE OFF BECAUSE OF TIMING BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY? I WILL LEAVE IT RATHER THAN PUTTING HER ON THE SPOT AT THIS POINT, I WILL IN HER EMAIL THAT GIVES US THE LINK TO THAT REPORT SHE WILL TELL YOU WHEN THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR DECEMBER MEETING IS EARLIER THAN NORMAL BECAUSE OF SCHOOL BEING CLOSED FOR THE WINTER BREAK AND HOLIDAYS.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT REPORT BEFORE I MOVE ON? THEN THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 8.03, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POSITIVE 2.1 OR 2.1, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.
WITH THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE REPORT AVAILABLE TO US AND WE'RE ABLE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY ONLINE AND WE HAVE THOSE RESULTS WITH US.
AGAIN, SIMILAR TO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT OE NUMBERS CONFUSED TONIGHT WITH OE6, WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOW WE WANTED TO APPROVE THIS REPORT.
WHETHER WE'D BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTION ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
THEN ANY RECOMMENDATION AND WE HAVE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY VARIOUS ONES.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY IN DOING THESE REPEATING THE INITIAL SALE THAT HELPS US TO KNOW WHO SAID WHAT AND WHO WAS THINKING WHAT AS FAR AS REVIEWING.
>> MY QUESTION IS ON THE DIFFERENT TESTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS AND WE HAVE THE RESULTS FOR THE ARC, WHICH IS OUR CURRICULUM.
THEN WE'VE GOT ALREADY, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM.
IS THERE ANY OF THEM THAT WE CAN MAYBE TAKE OUT FOR TESTING OF STUDENTS.
ARE THEY ALL NECESSARY? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT? ARE THEY ALL NECESSARY?
>> ASSESSMENTS SERVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
AND I WOULD SAY EACH ONE OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS SERVES A DIFFERENT PURPOSE IN NATURE.
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SO FOR INSTANCE, I WOULD SAY THE SPA TENDS TO BE MORE OF SUMMATIVE.END OF THE YEAR I WANT TO SEE IF THE STUDENT HAS MASTERED THE CONCEPT OR THE SKILL.
SO THAT ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SUMMARY.
THIS IS WHAT THEY LEARNED AT END OF THE YEAR AND THE UNIT.
THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. SO I WOULD SAY THAT SPA IS MORE OF A SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT.
>> YES, THAT IS OUR STATEMENT REQUIRED, ABSOLUTELY.
SO THEN WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS.
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU WENT TO THE DENTIST AND THEY DID A TEETH CLEANING, AND THEY DID AN X-RAY AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON OR THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE CALL IRA.
I DIDN'T GET IT THREE TIMES A YEAR IS OUR DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT WHERE I SHOULDN'T SAY IT'S MORE OF A WOULDN'T BE QUITE AS DIAGNOSTIC IN NATURE.
IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A SCREENING PIECE, BUT IT LETS US KNOW LIKE, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING HERE THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON OR HEY, THIS LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PROGRESSING AT THE RIGHT RATE AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT ABILITY.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO A ROOT CANAL WE'RE PROGRESSING AT THE RIGHT RATE.
SO I ALREADY SERVED THAT PEACE GATE CAN BE DIAGNOSTIC IN NATURE AND TELLING US WE NEED TO TAKE NEXT STEPS OR IT CAN BE JUST MORE OF A CHECK-IN FOR US.
SO THAT'S A K5 CURRICULUM AMERICAN READING COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO BE ONGOING.
THAT IS YOUR FORMATIVE, WHICH MEANS IT IS CONSTANTLY HAPPENING.
FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE COLLECTING DATA FROM THE BURLAP ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A PART OF THE ART AT LEAST EVERY 14 DAYS.
THAT TELLS US, WE ARE MAKING THAT ADEQUATE GROWTH OR WE ARE NOT AND IF WE'RE NOT [NOISE] REVISING THE INTERVENTIONS WE ARE DOING WITH STUDENTS.
SO YOU'RE SEEING QUITE A FEW ASSESSMENTS, BUT IN THE CASE OF WHAT YOU JUST SHARED, THEY'RE ALL SERVING A DIFFERENT PURPOSE AND IT'S ALL INTENDED TO MONITOR STUDENT GROWTH, TO INTERVENE IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND DETERMINERS SHE'S GROW TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS WOULD BE LOVED TO NOT DO THE SBA.
SURE. [LAUGHTER] YOU SAID, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT.
BUT THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S GREAT ABOUT BOTH OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS, WHETHER I HAVE ANY OR WE AREN'T ABLE TO PUT STUDENTS ON IT.
THERE MIGHT HAVE, WHICH IS THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED PATHWAY IS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS.
SO THEY ALL ALSO ALLOW US TO CUSTOMIZE THE LEARNING THAT WE CAN OFFER IN OUR INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS.
>> HOW LONG DO THE ASSESSMENTS TAKE WHEN YOU'RE DOING THEM EVERY TWO WEEKS WITH A STUDENT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE VERY QUICK.
STUDENTS RIGHT NOW WORKING ON SPECIFIC GOALS.
EVERY SINGLE STUDENT WITHIN A CLASSROOM COULD BE HAVING A DIFFERENT GOAL.
OUR TEACHERS THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE GOALS ARE OF EACH OF THEIR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS KNOW THOSE GOALS TO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING ON THOSE GOALS.
WHEN THEY'RE IN CONFERENCING WITH STUDENTS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO START AT A BASE LEVEL AND WORK ALL THE WAY UP.
THIS IS THE BOWL YOU'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, AND HERE IT IS.
SO WE CAN TAKE FIVE MINUTES AND IF IT'S MORE IN-DEPTH AND WE WANT TO DO SOME MORE COACHING ALONG THE WAY CAN TAKE 10 MINUTES.
IT ENDS? YEAH, BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ARC AND THERE ARE LIVE THIS IS EVERY [OVERLAPPING].
>> IS READING THEM TOGETHER LIKE THAT AS WELL.
IT'S ALMOST NOT BEING AN EDUCATOR, NOT BEING IN A CLASSROOM AND NOW HAVING KIDS THIS AGE, TAKING THAT I KNOW THAT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO IT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS AND DOING THOSE.
BUT IF IT'S CHECKING YOUR FIVE MINUTES AND TEACHER THAT., I WOULD ASSUME NOMADIC SOME KIDS DON'T EVEN REALIZE THEY'RE BEING TESTED.
>> CORRECT. THE OTHER THING TO YOU AS STUDENTS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE FAMILIAR, AND WE'RE GATHERING MORE DATA POINTS WITH THE IRA.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING ABOUT THAT ASSESSMENT IS MORE IS CUSTOMIZED TO HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING.
ONCE AGAIN, THEY DON'T START AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, AND THEY ARE UP OR DOWN.
YOU CAN JUST GOES BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION ABOUT THE IRA TEST IN GENERAL.
SO THEY COME IN WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND ASSESS FROM THERE.
EVERY SINGLE TIME ACCOUNTING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE INDIVIDUALLY FOR STUDENTS.
>> CAN I ASK AN UNRELATED QUESTION? BECAUSE I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ASK ME RECENTLY.
THEY STILL TEACH CURSIVE WRITING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
>> THERE WAS DEFINITELY A NUMBER OF YEARS WHERE STUDENTS DIDN'T.
I HAD ONE OF MY OWN CHILDREN THAT WAS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON HANDWRITING WITHIN IT.
WHETHER IT'S CURSIVE WRITING OR WHETHER IT'S PRINT, AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL, THERE'S A CERTAIN PORTION OF STANDARD THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING WITH AN AGGREGATE LEVEL.
THERE'S WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS CHRISTIE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY AS AN EARLY MORNING PERSON, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON, I'M WRITING THE FINAL MOTOR BECAUSE FINE MOTOR AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY ARE KEY INDICATORS OF SUCCESSFUL ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.
AS WE KNOW MORE ABOUT BRAIN SCIENCE AND HOW THESE THINGS FEED INTO OTHER THINGS.
I WOULD SAY THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME IN
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EDUCATION THAT WE DON'T NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT.NOW AND I'D GO WITH THE RIGHT PATH WHO I KNOW I WATCHED HER ROOM WITH STUDENTS.
SO THERE IS MORE OF AN EMPHASIS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT ACTUALLY JUST ABOUT THE HANDWRITING, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT, BRINGING SCIENCE AND THEN JUST EVEN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS, IT FEEDS INTO THAT.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS, YES, YOU WE'RE TEACHING PRINTING AND CURSIVE COURSE. IT'S A STAIR [OVERLAPPING]
>> I CAN TALK TO BUT THE PRINTING AND MORE THAN HANDWRITING.
I CAN`T ANSWER IF WE HAVE A HANDWRITING OR CURSIVE CURRICULUM, DO WE?
>> WHAT HAPPENS IS THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS DO NOT REQUIRE.
>> THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS DOES NOT REQUIRE STUDENTS TO JOIN OUR IN PERSON.
SO OUR STANDARDS DO NOT REQUIRE THAT.
CHRISTIE SAID, WE ARE WORKING ON HANDWRITING, THE ARTWORK AND THE LETTER FORMATION IS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT IT DOES NOT.
WE ARE NOT REQUIRED AND WE DO NOT HAVE.
OUR CURRICULUM IS DEFINITELY ONLINE WITH THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS.
THERE'S NOT A LESSON, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH.
THERE'S NOT ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR CURSIVE WRITING, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON HANDWRITING IN GENERAL AND AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.
>> WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ADD WHAT I'M SEEING AT A MUCH EARLIER AGE NOW THAN EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO IS KEYBOARDING IS MUCH CHEAPER, WHEREAS PRIOR TO KEYBOARDS, WE'RE SPENDING MORE TIME IN PRINT CURSIVE PAPER PENCIL, AND NOW STUDENTS ARE TAKING MORE TO TECHNOLOGY AND SO, BUT EVEN USING AN IPAD, THE PUSH AND THE DRAG IS A FINE MOTOR SKILL, AND SO THOSE THINGS EMPHASIZE AND HELP WITH HANDWRITING.
>> LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS DUE TO COMMON CORE STANDARDS, THEY DO STATE BY THE END OF FOURTH GRADE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE DEMONSTRATED SUFFICIENT COMMAND KEYBOARDING SKILLS.
THAT IS A STANDARD THAT IS CALLED THAT.
>> [LAUGHTER] IT'S FRUSTRATING BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN KIDS CAN'T READ THE CURSIVE LANGUAGE IN A CLASS [OVERLAPPING] AND DOCUMENT, TEACHERS AND PEOPLE PERL SCRIPTING, INSCRIBING AND WHATNOT AND MECHANICS AND I CAN'T READ THAT AND PASS IT BACK TO YOU.
WE'RE SENDING THEM OUT INTO THE WORLD WHERE THEY CAN'T READ IT.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE ALTHOUGH, CAN YOU OWE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN'T DO? IT MIGHT BE CURSIVE IS GOING BY THE WAYSIDE.
MY GRANDMOTHER HAS CARDS THAT HE WROTE TO MY KIDS AND THEY CAN READ THEM UNTIL I GUESS HE CAN JUST KEEP GOING [LAUGHTER] BUT I DON'T TAKE IT.
>> CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? WHEN OUR SON WAS, WE WENT THROUGH ONLINE VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY INSISTED ON, LISTEN IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS, EMAIL, AND NOTICE THAT THE TEACHER, WHATEVER, THAT MAY BE CLEAN OF GRAMMATICAL AND SPELLING ERRORS.
AND IT WAS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO.
I JUST WONDERED IF THE DISTRICT IT CONSIDERED ADOPTING A POLICY LIKE THAT.
>> THAT TALKS ABOUT NO GRAMMATICAL ERRORS.
>> IT TALKS ABOUT ANY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE CLEANING OF SPELLING AND GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN PUNCTUATION ERRORS.
FAR AS I KNOW, EVERYBODY ABIDED BY IT EXCEPT FOR ONE TIME AND WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM HIS TEACHER THAT WAS PRETTY RIFE WITH SOME MISTAKES.
I WAS CLEANED IT UP, THE MEMOS THING BUT,
>> AS A PERSON WHO'S DYSLEXIC AND I HAVE 2-3 READERS FOR THEM.
ANYTHING I WRITE, I THINK THAT'S IT.
HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT IT'S TOO? I PERSONALLY WRITE SOMETHING AND I'M SURE THERE ARE ERRORS FROM TIME TO TIME.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE RED LINES, AND SO I'VE FIGURED OUT THE ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE ABLE TO HELP ME.
I'M LOOKING OVER AT SELENA, HARRIS, AND TRINA.
I OFTEN SEND THINGS TO THEM AND I SAY I NEED TO INTERVIEW THEM AND GIVING YOU FEEDBACK AND HELP WITH THE ENTITY BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE IT.
I DO SEE TEACHERS ATTENDING TO IT.
I DO KNOW TEACHERS TEACH TO IT.
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AND LIKE KELLY SAID, EVERY TEACHER KNOWS THEIR STUDENTS.THEY'RE PROVIDING ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE RIGHT WAY.
I WAS IN A FIRST-GRADE CLASSROOM ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND THEY'RE WORKING ON SPELLING PATTERNS AND EVERYTHING.
AND I THINK IS INDIVIDUALIZED FOR EACH STUDENT.
AND I WILL DEFER TO FADE KELLY AND TRINA DIDN'T HAVE ANY ADS ON HOW? I DON'T THINK IT'S A HARD AND FAST RULE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE ONE FOR THE CONTINUUM OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE.
THERE'S DEFINITELY A PROGRESSION.
ONCE AGAIN, I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS.
LIKE EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL, THEIR SPECIFIC CONVENTIONS THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT SCAFFOLD ALL THE WAY UP.
THAT IS WHAT'S NICE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS, IS THE ALIGNMENT OF THOSE STANDARDS.
DEFINITELY, THERE'S SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT ARE CALLED OUT IN A VERY INTENTIONAL WAY THROUGH.
>> IF I CAN GO BACK TO OUR REPORT, AM I READING THINGS CORRECTLY WHEN I LOOK ON PAGE 7 AND I SCAN THIS AND WE'VE ONLY GOT GRADES 1-5? BUT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR BEST STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OR BEST SCORES OR THE THIRD-GRADE LEVEL WHERE WE'RE AT 36.5 PERCENT AS PROFICIENT OR ABOVE.
AND WE'VE GOT 32 PERCENT THAT EMERGENCY, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS THE LOSS OF INTERVENTION IN THE 20TH OF PEOPLE AT RISK OR 26.7 PERCENT.
>> I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST TRYING TO HERE YOU.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE EARLY DATA? I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU.
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IS THAT 36.5 PERCENT OF PASSING OR IS THERE ANY RISK, FOR THEY? I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M INTERPRETING IT CORRECTLY.
>>YOU ARE CORRECT THAT SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT STARTED THIS FALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL OR THAT SPECIFIC GRADE LEVEL.
THIS CHART IS INTENDED TO SHOW FIRST OFF, THE GROWTH FROM A FALL LAST YEAR 21 TO FALL 22.
WE TRIED TO FOLLOW A COHORT OF STUDENTS.
NOW WE'RE NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T LIVE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO IS BECAUSE IT MUST GRADE LEVELS.
WE'VE GROWN BY ABOUT 50 STUDENTS.
IN MY OPINION, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS RATHER IMPRESSIVE, IS WE HAD A SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED NUMBERS OF EMERGENCY STUDENTS AND EMERGENCY LEVEL, AS WELL AS AT RISK AND AN INCREASED PROFICIENCY LEVEL WITH ABOUT 50 STUDENTS HAD INTEGRATE WELL.
THAT WAS EXCITING FOR US TO SEE.
BUT YES, YOU ARE SEEING THAT THIRD GRADE 36.5 PERCENT OF STUDENTS STARTED THE YEAR AFTER THE PROFESSION LEVEL FOR THAT SPECIFIC RATE LAW.
>> THAT'S AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE'RE ALREADY, THOSE NUMBERS ARE SHIFTING ALL READY AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES.
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS RESOURCE IS WE CAN MONITOR.
>> THAT'S TRUE THAT I READ IT.
>> NO THIS IS AN AMERICAN READING COMPANY AND THIS IS EARLY DATA.
>> IF WE WANTED TO NOTHING, YOU CAN GO IN AND BOOM, TAKE A SNAPSHOT AT THE END OF WINTER BREAK AND THEN GO, NOW WE'RE UP TO 54 PERCENT PROFICIENT.
>> WE CAN DO THAT BY CLASSROOM, WE CAN DO THAT BY BUILDING, WE COULD DO THAT BY DISTRICT, YOU CAN DO LIKE RESOLVED.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO MONITOR AND HOW CLOSE TO THE AREA ARE ABLE TO USE THAT DATA TO INFORM OUR INSTRUCTION AND WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.
>> HOW FAST, THIS IS EDUCATING ME TOO.
AS FAR AS IF YOU'RE A TEACHER AND CLASSROOM AND YOU SEE THIS AND YOU CHANGE YOUR TECHNIQUE.
HOW QUICKLY WILL YOU SEE IS THIS TECHNIQUE WORKING OR DO I NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE?
>> WHAT HAPPENS IS RIGHT NOW AS PART OF OUR MTSS PROCESS IS THAT WE'RE CREATING DATA CYCLES.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT SIX WEEK DAYS CYCLES AND WE JUST FINISHED UP A DATA CYCLE THAT WAS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, ACTUALLY FINISHED YESTERDAY OR TODAY.
WHAT HAPPENS IS WHAT IF WE'RE NOTICING LIKE, THE STUDENT ISN'T MAKING PROGRESS? THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADJUST THE INTERVENTION AND WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS OVER THAT PERIOD OF SIX WEEKS.
IN THIS CASE, WE'RE USING EARLIER DATA AND THAT WILL BE THREE DATA POINTS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WITHIN THE DATA CYCLE TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERVENTION.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS AFTER THAT DATA CYCLE, IF WE'RE STILL NOT SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF STUDENT GROWTH, THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS WE SIT DOWN AND WE TALK ABOUT, THE TIERED LEVELS OF SUPPORT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT STUDENT.
[03:15:02]
MAYBE YOU NEED TO INCREASE THAT INTENSITY, FREQUENCY, AND DURATION OF THAT INTERVENTION.OR WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE USING.
FOR US, WE'RE USING ABOUT SIX FEET DATA CYCLES AND WE'RE MONITORING PROGRESS AT LEAST AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL OF UTILIZING EARLY DATA AT LEAST THREE TIMES.
>> ESSENTIALLY, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AS COHORT CLASSROOM, INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, WHATEVER LEVEL.
>> OUR BUILDINGS ARE MINORING.
BECAUSE FOR INSTANCE, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE CALLED READ TO ME THAT THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO A LEVEL WHERE EVEN RECOGNIZING PRINTS.
OUR VERY FIRST SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, WE'RE POURING AS MANY RESOURCES AS WE CAN TO ASK STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE READING TO STUDENTS SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND BOOKS AND WORDS AND NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO READ THAT, BUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EXPOSURE TO IT.
WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH REALLY INTENTIONAL INTERVENTIONS BASED ON A SPECIFIC STUDENT NEED.
>> WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S ESPECIALLY HELPFUL, PARTICULARLY POINTING OUT THE INCREASE IN PROFICIENT OR ABOVE AND CRITICALLY WITH AN INCREASED NUMBER OF STUDENTS TOO.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THEIR REPORT? THEN LOOKING AT THIS, IT LOOKS WE ARE FROM THE CONSENSUS OF THE SURVEY RESPONSES.
IT LOOKS WE'RE SAYING THAT WE ARE MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS BECAUSE THE RESULTS WANTS SHOULDN'T BE MORE MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS AND COMPLIANT.
THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT WE MOVE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AS MAKING ADEQUATE PROGRESS.
THEN IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS FIRST THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE ON THERE FROM THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
IF NOT, THEN I WILL PROPOSE THAT WE ADOPT THIS REPORT AS PRESENTED AND MAKE REASONABLE PROGRESS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK AS FAR AS INTERPRETATION OR NEXT MONTH.
[9. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
[10. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 9.10 ON OUR AGENDA.THOSE ARE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE A GROUP OF ITEMS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ADOPT FOR APPROVAL AS ONE MOTION RATHER THAN EACH INDIVIDUAL.
THAT DOES NOT PRECLUDE DISCUSSION IF THERE'S THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED, BUT WE VOTE ON THE ITEMS AS ONE GROUP.
AT THIS POINT, THE TERRIBLE ENTERTAIN ANY DISCUSSION AND FOR A MOTION TO TAKE CARE OF THE CONSENT AGENDAS.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 0.9 SUPERINTENDENT AND CONSENT AGENDA AND 0.10 OR YOUR CONSENT AGENDA AS ATTACHED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED IF WE ADOPT ITEMS 9 AND 10 THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED IN ANY PART OF THE MINUTES, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> CONSENT AGENDAS ARE ADOPTED.
THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO THE LAST TIME, OUR AGENDA,
[11. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]
WHICH IS ITEM 11, WHICH IS IN MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY.>> I HAD BEEN WORKING WITH BOB, NOT JAZZY.
YOU HAVE TAKEN OUR EATING EVALUATION AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS OUT TONIGHT.
IF THERE IS A COPY IN YOUR PACKET, THEY WERE GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS, THESE TWO, YOU READY?
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>> FOR THE FIRST TIME I DID IT WASN'T BOTH PLAN AND PREPARE.
THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED, JUST NATURAL PROCESSES IN AN ATTEMPT TO DO SO, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. PRETTY GOOD.
>> RELAXED MY BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT INTERRUPT EACH OTHER AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE MEANING.
OUR MEMBERS, PERIOD AND IF THERE WERE INTERRUPTIONS.
THERE WERE FEW, IT WAS OVERLAYING MEANINGFUL AND RELEVANT CONVERSATIONS.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WERE HARMFUL OR JUST DISRESPECTFUL MANNER.
>> FOR THE NEXT ONE, BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT ENGAGED INSIDE CONVERSATIONS, BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN INSIDE CONVERSATIONS.
>> THE NEXT ONE, BOARD MEMBERS, I REPEAT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, REFLECTS REPETITION. THREE IS WELL.
>> NEXT ONE, BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT PLAY THE ARM'S GOING ALWAYS DISCUSSING NOTICE THAT EITHER.
>> I JUST WANTED THE BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO FACILITATE ORDERLY MEETING.
>> BOARD MEMBERS COMMUNICATED WITH ME AND I COULDN'T BE IN DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE WHAT PRICES, YOU GUYS DISCUSSED LOTS OF VERY IMPORTANT THINGS.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS ALL BOARD MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MEETING.
EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MEETING.
>> THE LAST ONE BOARD MEMBERS PRACTICE WAS. [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK ON OUR BODY LANGUAGES.
>> THANK YOU. PART OF THE REASON, I'M JUST TO EXPLAIN TO THOSE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING.
>> I'M JUST TELLING THEM WHAT TO WATCH.
>> PART OF THE REASON WE'RE HAVING STUDENTS DO THIS IS TO HAVE THE STUDENTS ARE SOMETIMES BRUTALLY HONEST, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, NOT A BAD THING.
THE BIG REASON WHY WE ARE HERE IS FOR THE STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE EDUCATION THAN THEY DESERVE.
WE'RE SETTING APPROPRIATE EXAMPLE FOR THAT.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT AND EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR BIRTHDAY.
>> AT THIS POINT THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR MEETING, AND SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL DECLARE OUR MEETING ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING COMING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.