Dec 13, 2022 School Board Meeting

[1. CONVENE]

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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER REGULARLY SCHEDULED FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START BECAUSE OUR SPECIAL MEETING RAN A LITTLE BIT LONG, SO OUR APOLOGIES THAT WE HAD A LOT TO COVER THERE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET RIGHT DOWN TO BUSINESS.

WITH THAT, THE FIRST ITEM IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME AND SALUTE TO OUR FLAG.

NEXT IS THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND I'M CALLING ON.

>> WE NEED TO FIND THOSE SOLDIERS, ACKNOWLEDGE THEY'RE RESIDING ON YOUR TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL, THE ANTERIOR TERRITORY [BACKGROUND] PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF WASHINGTON, LIVING IN WEST COAST AND SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

THEY LIVED IN VILLAGES FROM THIS TERRITORY AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE PLACES.

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR LIFE ON WATERWAYS AND TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND HONESTLY DIFFERENT CLANS OF THEIR PEOPLE, SO EVENTUALLY THEIR WAY OF LIFE.

WE HONOR THE ANCESTORS AS BEING ALWAYS THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AND WITH THAT,

[2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]

ONE IS TO ITEM 5.02, WHICH IS THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD AND I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE THAT TO OUR JANUARY MEETING WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE OUR DISTRICT 3 REP IN PLACE AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL PRESIDING BOARD.

SIMILARLY, USING LAST YEAR'S PRECEDENTS WHEN WE WEREN'T IN FULL ATTENDANCE AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING, WHICH BY POLICY IS WHEN WE DO ADJUST THE BOARD LEADERSHIP.

BUT AGAIN, I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO MOVE IT UNTIL NEXT MONTH WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE OUR DISTRICT 3 PERSONS SEATED.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE ITEM 5.03, WHICH IS THE REVIEW OF LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO AN UPCOMING [NOISE] STUDY SESSION AS WAS SUGGESTED IN CHRISTY'S WEEKLY SWAY.

IT WAS MOVED AND PASSED AT THE LAST MEETING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

AGAIN, IT SEEMS THAT IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO DO SUCH WHEN WE HAVE A FULL BOARD, INCLUDING A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 3, WHICH DOES INCLUDE NOMINATION PLANS AND WHEN WE HAVE MORE TIME TO GATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE CURRENT LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WAS DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THOSE TWO PROPOSALS WITH THE AGENDA AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PROPOSALS FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD.

>> I WOULD LIKE MAKE A PROPOSAL, LET ME MAKE JUST A VERY BRIEF DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL BOARD AND THEN THE REP. WE HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION.

BUT I'M ALSO COMING FROM A POSITION OF NOT HAVING ANY MEMORY OF THIS HAPPENING.

WHAT I WAS REALLY HOPING TO GAIN FROM THE DISCUSSION, WAS MORE INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF HOW THIS ALL HAPPENED, WHICH I FEEL LIKE MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE SOME OF IT BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE [NOISE] I AM VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING THAT SURROUNDED THE ORIGINATION OF THIS AND I JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND I THINK IF WE POSTPONE ALL DISCUSSION, WE'LL JUST BE KICKING CAN DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL THE POINT IN TIME WHEN WE DECIDE THAT WE DO WANT TO ADDRESS IT.

AS TO WHAT I'D LIKE IT'S IN THE INTERVENING TIME, TO ACTUALLY BE DOING SOME INFORMATION GATHERING SO THAT WHEN WE DO TAKE THE TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THIS, THAT EVERYBODY HAS A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT THE HISTORY OF THIS WAS AND WE'LL EASE.

TO THAT EFFECT, I HAVE WRITTEN A LITTLE LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE ANSWERS TO WHAT INVOLVED HISTORY OF THINGS THAT TRANSPIRED TO THIS POINT IN TERMS OF WHERE THE IDEA ORIGINATED, HOW IT WAS CREATED, THAT THING.

THAT WAS WHAT I WAS HOPING TO GAIN FROM THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

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>> WITH THAT SAID, AND WOULD IT BE PERFECT IF ANY OF US HAVE A SUGGESTION, OR IF WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN SUBMIT THOSE TO CHRISTY OR MYSELF AND THEN WE WILL LOOK TO GAIN THE ANSWERS.

I WOULD SAY, MY SUSPICION IS THAT NEITHER OF US REALLY HAVE GOOD ANSWERS OR THOROUGH OR FULLY FACTUAL ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.

AS WE DISCUSSED IT, TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDA AND GETTING PREPARED FOR TODAY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD WAS WHAT WAS THE FULL PROCESS AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THAT.

I THINK GOOD TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GATHER THAT INFORMATION TO KNOW WHAT INFORMATION WE NEED TO HAVE TO BRING TO THAT DISCUSSION AND TO GET IT OUT TO THE BOARD FOR SOME TIME TO REFLECT TO ON, LOOK AT BEFORE WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION.

WE LOOK TO DOING A STUDY SESSION JUST IN THE SENSE THAT WE COULD LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS.

>> I HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT TO PLANT THE IDEA THAT AT LEAST I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION AND I WAS HOPING TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION I FOUND WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

I BELIEVE WE CAN SEND OUT INFORMATION ONLY EMAILS THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED DELIBERATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

>> CORRECT. IF WE'RE SENDING OUT ANY INFORMATION IN A ONE-WAY STREAM TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, THAT'S FINE, WE JUST CAN'T HAVE AN ONLINE EMAIL BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO KEEP WITHIN THE PROPER MEANS THAT.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION, TO DO A WALK ON WHO IS INVOLVED? WHAT WAS THE PROCESS? WHAT WAS THE LEARNING? TIMING BECAUSE I'M GOING TO NEED TO LEARN THAT AND SO IT GIVES SPACE AND ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT ARE IN THE ROOM, THAT WE GIVE TIME TO INVITE THEM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER PLAYED TELEPHONE, BUT I WAS NEVER REALLY GOOD AT THAT WHERE SOMEBODY TELLS ME SOMETHING AND THEN I REPEAT IT, SOMEONE ELSE REPEATS IT SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE MEMBERS WHO WERE ENGAGED, INCLUDING SOME STUDENTS, GET AN INVITATION TO BE PART OF THAT STUDY SESSION.

IT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE BOARD MEETING SO THAT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, YOU CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT WE WOULD ALL HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION, GETTING IT AT THE SAME EXACT TIME AND DOING A HISTORY LOCK ON IT.

>> ANOTHER COUPLE OF THINGS AS FAR AS THE AGENDA GOES, I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE THE THE MINUTES BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE ARE TO MY WAY OF THINKING WERE MANY ERRORS IN THE MINUTES AND SO RATHER THAN TRY TO PULL IT APART PIECE BY PIECE, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE MINUTES BE WRITTEN.

THEN I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT PERHAPS MY APPROACH TO THIS ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THE REVISIONS TO ADOPT REVISED LANGUAGE FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 12, THE SAFETY EXPECTATIONS NOT BECAUSE I NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH THE REVISED LANGUAGE BUT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT THE PROCESS.

AFTER THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING REVISIONS TO THE COMMENT POLICIES.

I WANT ADMIT I FEEL LIKE I DID SOMETHING WRONG IN VOTING TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE ACCORDING TO OUR OWN POLICIES, THE PROCESS IS THAT YOU PUT THE POLICY PROPOSAL FOR US IN WRITING AND THEN YOU ALLOW FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW IT AND THEN YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION AND THEN YOU PUT IT IN THE NEXT MEETING TO VOTE.

ONLY THE PUBLIC HAS THE HONOR TO ME TO WEIGH IN ON IT AND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT THAT REALLY ANY POLICY,

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CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT OE12 IS, I SAW THE REVISED LANGUAGE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE YOUR ORIGINAL DOCUMENT POSTED THERE ALONGSIDE, SO I HAVE TO GO HUNT FOR IT AND FIND IT AND SEE WHAT THE CHANGES WERE AND PROBABLY I MIGHT BE JUST HAVE A SENIOR MOMENTS HERE AND I WON'T RECALL REALLY HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHANGES ABOUT LANGUAGE AND YOU CAN ALL CORRECT ME ANYWAY.

I JUST DON'T RECALL HAVING THE DISCUSSION THEN.

>> OKAY.

I THINK NONE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT MAINLY THE CHANGES WE WERE MAKING REMOVING THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING ASPECTS OUT OF OE12, MOVING THOSE TO RESULTS POLICY 4, AND LEADING THEM ON OE12 WITH JUST THE PHYSICAL BUILDING TYPES AIDING.

SO IT WAS BASICALLY JUST TAKING THE FIRST, CAN'T REALLY WITH THE EXACT NUMBER?

>> [INAUDIBLE] YEAH. THEY BECAME SUB-ITEMS TO THE OE12.

[INAUDIBLE] [NOISE] MY CONCERN IS SIMPLY JUST WITH THE PROCESS.YOU KNOW WE HAVE A PROCESS AND WE JUST NEED TO FOLLOW IT AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS.

>> YEAH, BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS IT.

>> WE DID HAVE THE MATTER WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, I DON'T REMEMBER THE WORDING AND THAT'S I GUESS WHAT I'M THINKING IS THE WORDING WASN'T OUT THERE AND OFTEN WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR POLICY, BUT IT'S JUST THE PROCESS SO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, FOLLOWING YOU OWN ON POLICY ON THAT.

>> YOU WANTING TO JUST TO BE CLEAR SINCE IN OE12 IS ON THERE TO DISCUSS, ARE YOU WILLING TO DELAY IT UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING OR?

>> YEAH SUNDAY, 12TH.

I'M NOT SURE WHETHER TO PUT THE INFORMATION OUT WHERE THE PUBLIC COULD SEE IT SO THAT IF THE NEXT MEETING THEY WANT TO COMMENT ON IT, THEY COULD AND THEN I WILL ADOPT IT, BUT.

>> CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE LEAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO IT, WE DISCUSS IT AND IF AT THAT POINT THE GROUP IS IN AGREEMENT WE CAN MOVE TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL OUR JANUARY MEETING IF THAT SEEMS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE DISCUSSION? THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON OE12, [NOISE] WE CAN MOVE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT OR IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE PROCESS.

PART OF MY THINKING IS THAT WE'VE STARTED AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES, WE'VE COME BACK AROUND AS FAR AS THE LOOKING AT THE POLICY AND CHANGING, AND SO HAVING A DISCUSSION AS OPPOSED TO IF WE JUST KICK DOWN THE ROAD TO JANUARY, WITHOUT HAVING HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH OKAY HOW DO WE DO THIS BETTER?

>> YEAH, I THINK SO.

>> OKAY. THEN AS FAR AS THE MINUTES, AGAIN I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THINGS, ARE WE MEETING THOSE? WERE PLAYING THOSE OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE SENT TO CHRIS AS FAR AS SOME CHANGES THAT ARE WE NEEDING THOSE TO DISCUSS THOSE OR HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THOSE WITH CHRIS THERE.

>> NO I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THOSE WITH CHRIS.

I DON T THINK THAT YOU'D NECESSARILY NEED TO AMEND THEM AND IT'S READY.

FOR WEDNESDAY, WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A RECORDING OF WHAT WE DID, THE VIDEO'S THERE SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE LEAVING PEOPLE IN THE DARK.

IN FACT THAT'S A MORE COMPLETE VERSION.

I STARTED LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THERE AND WHEN I WAS WATCHING STUFF AND I'M LIKE OKAY, THIS IS THE WHOLE THING,IT JUST DIDN'T WORK IN MY OPINION.

I KNOW I CAN MAKE ONE CHANGE, BUT I THINK THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER THAT'S WHY I REQUESTED WE REVIEW THE MINUTES ENTIRELY AGAIN AND REVISIT THAT.

HOWEVER, WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A PROCESS, THAT'S FINE.

I GUESS THEN WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE CAN PULL THE MINUTES

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>> I HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, IT'S JUST THAT I THINK WHAT WAS THE MEETING COMING THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TYPICALLY AT THE END OF THE MONTH,IT JUST THAT THE TIME WINDOW WAS SHORTENED AND I KNOW IT WAS SOME CRAZY PUTTING THINGS OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE AND I APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS FOR DUMPING THINGS ON FOR THE LAST MINUTE, BUT JUST THE TIME NEEDED TO PROCESS WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I JUST DIDN'T GET IT DONE UNTIL, WELL, FRANKLY.

I KNOW I WAS EVEN AT CHRISTY EARLIER TODAY SO, AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES, BUT JUST THE SHORTENED TIMELINE MADE IT THAT I DIDN'T THINK IT EASY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF MINUTES.

>> SURE. DECEMBER'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE, WITH THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH BEING AS OPPOSED TO THE END OF THE MONTH, SO OKAY.

I THINK I GOT THAT SQUARE, ANYTHING ELSE AS FAR UP THE AGENDA? THEN WHAT I'M HEARING AND I'M GOING TO ASK US TO VOTE ON IS THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE,[NOISE] BEAR WITH ME AS I GET MY NUMBERS CORRECT HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ITEM 5.02, THANK YOU,TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO OUR JANUARY MEETING AND 5.03 REVIEW OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT TO A FUTURE STUDY SESSION, WHICH BASED ON WHAT WAS IN HIS WAYS AND LOOKING LIKE APRIL, BECAUSE OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDAS TO COME.

>> I THINK IN THE INTRO, WE'RE GONER TO GATHER INFORMATION.

>> CORRECT.

>> YES, I GOT QUESTIONS TOO.

>> YEAH, INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE GATHERING AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO SUBMIT THOSE AND CHRISTY OR MYSELF, AND WE'LL WORK ON GETTING ANSWERS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT IT TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.

THEN FINALLY WE'RE GOING TO PULL ITEM 10.02; THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA TO DISCUSS SEVEN.

I THINK I'VE GOT EVERYTHING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

>> AYE.

>> AYE.

>> ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. THE AMENDED AGENDA IS ADOPTED.SO WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA,

[3. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

AGAIN, PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE TIMING FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS, CONCERNS ABOUT TOPICS AFFECTING THE SCHOOL BOARD OR ARE AFFECTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

EACH COMMUNITY MEMBER IS GIVEN UP TO 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH A TOTAL OF 45 MIN.

IT IS REQUIRED THAT PEOPLE SIGN UP AND THEY CAN DO THAT BOTH ONLINE OR IN-PERSON.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT SO KEEN ON SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THE GROUP, OUR EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE AVAILABLE.

COMMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG ST THE BOARD SO THEY CAN BE SENT IN TO ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND/OR THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AND WE WILL REVIEW THOSE.

THAT IS AVAILABLE AS AN OPTION.

ALSO, OUR PHONE NUMBERS AND OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE SO IF YOU'D PREFER TO CONTACT US THAT WAY, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO IT.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE SPEAKING, YOU DO HAVE TO TIME YOURSELF ON THE SCREEN, SO YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THAT THREE-MINUTE LIMIT.

ALSO, ANNOUNCED BY THE HOURS OF BEING LATE, EVEN THOUGH THE PODIUM SEEMS A LITTLE OFF TO THE SIDE THAT, SEE WHERE IT'S AT BECAUSE ITS POSITIONED THERE BECAUSE OF THE CAMERAS AND THE ONLINE AUDIENCE AND MOVING IT GETS THINGS OUT OF SORTS, CREATES OUT OF IT THAT WAY.

SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, THE FIRST PERSON ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS ALISON MOON.

>> AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, A BOARD MEMBER

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IT ALL BEGAN WHEN THE CITIZEN STOOD UP AND VOICED HIS CONCERN ABOUT A DISTRICT POLICY THAT HE FEELS IS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.

THE BOARD MEMBER THEN TOOK THE STAND TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THE CITIZEN VOICED ABOUT CHILDREN POTENTIALLY BEING HARMED OR HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.

CAN YOU NOT SEE HOW QUICKLY THIS CAN BECOME A HOT MESS? IN DISCUSSION ON HOW BEST TO CENSOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, THIS BOARD MEMBER WELCOMED COMMENTS THAT ARE 'HARMFUL TO CHILDREN,' HOWEVER, THAT MAYBE DEFINED TO BE EMAILED TO THE BOARD, WHICH OF COURSE CAN BE KEPT HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC THEREBY DEFEATING THE SPEAKER'S ABILITY TO MAKE THE THOUGHTS KNOWN, NOT JUST TO THE BOARD BUT TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CHAMBER.

BY THE WAY, I'M GUESSING MOST PEOPLE DON'T FEEL THEY'RE HARMING CHILDREN BY VOICING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT SCHOOL POLICIES, AND SO COULD NOT BE AWARE THAT SUCH COMMENTS SHOULD BE EMAILED RATHER THAN PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER SUGGESTED THAT SPEAKERS SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD IN WRITING PRIOR TO MEETINGS SO THE COMMENTS MAYBE APPROVED OR BANNED BY THE BOARD, SO THAT ONLY CERTAIN VIEWPOINTS MAY BE EXPRESSED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

DO WE REALLY WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD? WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE PHRASE, CONSIDER THE SOURCE WHEN FACED WITH AN OFFENSIVE COMMENT OR ACT, OR IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF ME.

HOW WE CHOOSE TO REACT TO LIFE'S CHALLENGES IS UP TO US.

CHILDREN CAN BE TAUGHT TO RESPOND INTENTIONALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY RATHER THAN IN A REACTIONARY MANNER, SUCH AS WHAT WE SAW FROM SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING.

I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S HARMFUL TO CHILDREN TO QUASH EVERY CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION.

IS IT NOT HARMFUL TO CHILDREN TO TEACH THEM THAT WHEN CONFRONTED WITH OPPOSING VIEWS, ITS BETTER TO USE THE POWER OF THE STATE TO SILENCE THOSE EXPRESSING THE OPPOSING VIEWS RATHER THAN ENGAGING IN RESPECTFUL DEBATE? IS IT REALLY IN CHILDREN'S BEST INTERESTS TO DESTROY THE MOST IMPORTANT PROVISION OF OUR CONSTITUTION? THE RIGHT OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO ENGAGE FREELY IN DISCOURSE IN PUBLIC SQUARE? IS IT NOT HARMFUL TO THE CHILDREN OF THIS GREAT NATION TO STRIP THEM OF THEIR RIGHT TO COMMONLY DISAGREE WITH THOSE IN GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO REPRESENT THEM? IF THE BOARD IS SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM HARM, PERHAPS THE FIRED BUS DRIVER SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO WORK.

THAT WOULD BE A STEP TOWARDS ENSURING THAT NO HARM COMES TO THE DISTRICT'S CHILDREN.

NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED IN A SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT YET.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE CAN DODGE THAT BULLET? THE IDEA OF FREE SPEECH MUST BE CURTAILED.

LEST SOMEONE MADE A COMMENT THAT WAS OFFENSIVE TO ANOTHER, IT'S IN ITSELF OFFENSIVE.

THE FACT THAT GOVERNMENTAL ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE DISSENT HAVE NOW REACHED THE LEVEL OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD IS FRANKLY CHILLING.

WITHOUT FREE SPEECH, WE HAVE NO DEMOCRACY, AND THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN CEASES TO EXIST.

WHEN I SAW THE LAST DAY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN SEPTEMBER OF 1787, IF WE WERE TURNING INTO A MONARCHY OR A REPUBLIC, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN RESPONDED, "A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT." SO WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE?

>> THANK YOU, ALISON.

NEXT IS [INAUDIBLE].

>> GOOD EVENING. LISTENING TO SOME ARGUMENTS FROM SOME BOARD MEMBERS DURING THE OPEN DISCUSSION LAST MONTH JUSTIFYING THEIR ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS FREE SPEECH IS VERY DISTURBING, BUT NOT SURPRISING TO ME.

IT IS DISTURBING BECAUSE I ESCAPED FROM A COMMUNIST COUNTRY THAT IMPOSES A STRICT POLICY TO SHUT DOWN DISSENT.

IT IS NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE WHAT I LEARNED LONG AGO IS THAT NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, THE LEFT ALWAYS USES THE SAME TECHNIQUES FROM THE MASTER'S PLAYBOOK TO ADVANCE THEIR EVIL AGENDA.

THEY FREQUENTLY EXPLOIT CHILDREN AS A TOOL FOR PROPAGANDA, AND LOVE TO USE CHILDREN TO PULL PEOPLE'S HEARTSTRINGS.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT ONE CANNOT SOLVE PROBLEMS USING THE EMOTIONS, RATHER THAN THINKING AND REASONING SKILLS.

WHAT SOME OF YOU WANT TO DO IS TEMPT THE PANEL TO CONVERTING THIS PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTION TO A THOUGHT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MY EXPERIENCE IS TELLING ME THAT THE LEFT WANTS TO SUPPRESS FREE SPEECH BECAUSE IT POSES A THREAT TO THEIR POWER.

WHEN THEY ARE LOSING THE DEBATE, THEY WOULD RESORT TO SILENCING CRITICS USING THE POWER OF THE STATE OR THEIR POLITICAL POSITION.

THE MOST CONTENTIOUS PART OF THE PROPOSAL IS THE CLAIM

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THE QUESTION IS, HARMFUL TO CHILDREN BASED ON WHOSE DEFINITION? WELL, I'M GOING TO OFFER MY OWN DEFINITION.

TEACHING TOXIC AND DESTRUCTIVE GENDER IDEOLOGY TO CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT IS NOT ONLY HARMFUL, BUT ALSO A FORM OF EMOTIONAL CHILD ABUSE.

PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW AND TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT TO THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT THE [NOISE].

THAT IS, DOING THIS DEFINITION OF INDUCTIONING VERY WELL, WHICH IS TO TEACH, TO ACCEPT A SYSTEM OF THOUGHT AND CRITICALLY.

YOUR JOB AS AN EDUCATOR IS TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO THINK, NOT WHAT TO THINK.

BY THE WAY, BEING OFFENDED DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE RIGHT.

IF YOU GO THROUGH A LIFE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE OFFENDED, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND PLENTY OF THEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK DR. ERICKSON AND PEGGY FOR BEING THE VOICES OF REASONING AND FOR TAKING A STAND FOR OUR SECOND FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

I'M GOING TO SIGN OUT WITH THIS QUOTE FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS, A RENOWNED BLACK ABOLITIONIST AND A BRILLIANT AUTHOR.

"TO SUPPRESS FREE SPEECH, IS A DOUBLE BOMB, IT VIOLATES THE RIGHTS OF THE HERO AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE SPEAKER.

IT IS JUST AS CRIMINAL TO ROB A MAN OF HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK AND HEAR AS IT WOULD BE TO ROB HIM OF HIS MIND." THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TOM. NEXT WE HAVE SHIRAN NAHARI.

>> GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU OF JUST HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE.

I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT AND ASKING MYSELF, WHY DO I COME, WHY DO I LISTEN, WHY DO I COMMENT? THE ANSWER, OF COURSE, IS THIS IS THE VERY HEART OF THE DEMOCRACY THAT WE TREASURE, AND IN WHICH CENSORSHIP HAS NO PLACE.

THE ANSWER I GET IS THAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, LIKE EVERY SCHOOL BOARD IS SHAPING OUR CHILDREN'S MINDS.

YOU'RE AFFECTING AND STRONGLY DETERMINING THEIR BEHAVIOR, INFLUENCING THEIR LIFE DECISIONS.

FOR US, PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, THIS IS PRIMARY.

IT IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY TO SEE SCHOOL REINFORCING WHAT WE TEACH AT HOME.

WE'RE INFURIATED AND OUTRAGED [INAUDIBLE] CLAIMED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OWNS OUR CHILDREN.

WE, THEIR PARENTS BIRTHED THEM, AND WE ALSO NEED TO FEED AND CLOTHE THEM.

THIS BRINGS ME TO THE TOPIC OF REINSTATEMENT OF THOSE WHO WERE FIRED, THOSE WHO HAVE STRUGGLED DESPERATELY TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES FOR OVER A YEAR.

I WAS GREATLY ENCOURAGED AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING BY THE DISCUSSION OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIRING, HOW TO DO IT LEGALLY AND EFFICIENTLY.

I HOPE TO HEAR A PROGRESS REPORT IN TONIGHT'S DECISION.

THIS EFFORT MUST GO FORWARD AND NOT GET BOGGED DOWN IN PROCEDURAL RED TAPE OR ENDLESS COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU ONCE MORE IN SEARCHING YOUR HEART ABOUT SPEAKING THIS STATEMENT, LET COMPASSION AND JUSTICE BE FOUND, AND THEN ACT TOWARD WITH COMMITMENT AND FIERCE DETERMINATION.

I'M COUNTING ON EACH OF YOU.

I'VE LIVED MY LIFE AS A LIGHTHOUSE.

LIGHTHOUSES ILLUMINATE AND INFORM.

WE DO NOT CONDEMN, CRITICIZE, OR JUDGE.

WE SHINE A LIGHT ON THE ROCKS AT YOUR SHIP OF COMMITMENT, NOT BURN GROUND.

WE SHOW THE ETHICAL WAY.

WHEN NAZI UNDERLAYS WERE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS, ETHICS WAS IN THE TOILET.

LIGHT SHOWS THE WAY OF CONSCIENCE AND IS ALSO A WARNING.

HERE ARE THE WORDS OF A LIGHTHOUSE NAMED PASTOR MARTIN NIEMOLLER, WHO TRIED AND FAILED TO WARN THE WORLD WHILE JEWS WERE GOING UP IN SMOKE IN HITLER'S CONVENTS.

FIRST, THEY CAME FOR THE SOCIALISTS, AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A SOCIALIST.

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE TRADE UNIONISTS, AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A TRADE UNIONIST.

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A JEW.

THEN THEY CAME FOR ME AND THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK FOR ME.

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>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS ROBERT BYSTROM.

>> GOOD EVENING, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATORS.

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT, AND NOT LIKE ANY OF YOU PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M SAYING IT TO.

IT MIGHT BE JUST ONE OR TWO OF YOU AND IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ANYONE.

I MIGHT JUST BE TALKING TO THE WALLS TONIGHT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT BE SPOKEN.

I SPENT MANY YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM AND I SPENT YEARS AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AND I DO NOT ENVY THE SITUATION THAT YOU ARE IN TODAY BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE CONFRONTING IS NOT JUST EDUCATIONAL ISSUES.

WHAT YOU ARE SEEING, WHAT WE'RE ALL TALKING TO HERE IS A MUCH BIGGER PHENOMENA.

WHAT I SEE IS AS IF A LARGE, DARK CLOUD HAS ENVELOPED THE EARTH.

WE EXPERIENCE IT INDIVIDUALLY LIKE THE BLIND MAN DESCRIBING THE ELEPHANT.

WE SEE IT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

WE SEE IT FROM SMALL PERSPECTIVES, BUT WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING VERY LARGE, AND IT SHOWS UP AS AN INCREASE IN DISEASES.

IT SHOWS UP NOW AS FOOD SHORTAGES AND FIRMS ARE BEING SHUT DOWN.

IT SHOWS UP AS RADICAL INFLATION AND IT SHOWS UP AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TAKING OVER MANY OF OUR JOBS.

IT SHOWS UP AS RADICAL CENSORSHIP AND THE GROWTH OF THE SURVEILLANCE STATE AS THE INCREASED CONTROL FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

THE OVERALL RESULT IS A DEMORALIZED POPULATION, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF US JUST TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND TO MAINTAIN SOME BALANCE IN OUR LIVES IS A MUCH BIGGER TASK THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

I BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT JUST A HANDFUL OF BILLIONAIRES CAN TRANSFORM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY BY THE WAY THEY MAKE GRANTS AVAILABLE, AND BOOKS, AND CURRICULUM AVAILABLE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF THAT AGENDA.

THE BRIGHT SIDE I SEE IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHEN THE DARKNESS GETS SO DARK AND GETS THICK, THE LIGHT BECOMES MORE OBVIOUS.

I'M NOT ASKING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DO ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE AWAKENING OF INDIVIDUAL SPIRITS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL HEARTS AND WITHIN INDIVIDUAL LIVES TO SAY, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING BIGGER HERE THAT I AM NOT SEEING.

THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING DEEPER HERE THAT I NEED TO LOOK AT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, ROBERT. NEXT I HAVE CYNTHIA [INAUDIBLE]

>> POLISH. VERY GOOD.

>> THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]

>> I DON T KNOW YOUR RULES.

I USED TO COME A LOT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS ABOUT THE MARIJUANA THC.

I'M A NURSE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIFT YOU SOMETHING FIRST.

DO I HAVE TO BE ON THE CLOCK TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING? THANK YOU.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE VFW AND THE AMERICAN LEGION AND WE WERE NOT ALLOWED THIS YEAR AT HANNIGAN'S OR ACTUALLY IN LONDON BECAUSE OF VARIOUS OTHER PEOPLE BEING VERY OFFENDED BY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED.

I HAVE SOME COPIES HERE AND MORE IN THE CAR.

DECEMBER 8TH WAS THE PEARL HARBOR DAY.

WE HAVE MANY EVENTS COMING UP AND IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT, WE WANT TO THANK YOU.

I'VE STOOD ON THE TARMAC SEVERAL TIMES FOR [INAUDIBLE].

I WAS A NURSE MANAGER AT BELLINGHAM HEALTH AND HER SON AT FERNDALE.

I WILL TELL YOU, I WAS NEVER MORE IMPRESSED WITH THE HONOR THAT YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT GAVE THAT YOUNG MAN.

MY WHOLE FAMILY'S MILITARY, HAVING SERVED IN EVERY ARMED CONFLICT AND EVERY OTHER.

ALSO AARON AHMED, I KNOW THEM VERY WELL, THAT FAMILY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU SAW OUR COMMUNITY CAN GET TOGETHER TO HONOR THEIR VETERANS.

ANYWAY, I'VE GOT SOME COPIES.

I ALSO HAVE A BOOK JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE WELCOME LIBRARY SYSTEM.

MAY I GIVE THAT TO YOU, SIR?

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AS I SAID, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA [INAUDIBLE].

I'VE BEEN A REGISTERED NURSE FOR 55 YEARS, UNDERGRADUATE IN SOCIOLOGY, AND A MASTERS AS A TEACHER.

I HAVE WORKED MY ENTIRE LIFE OF 55 YEARS AS AN RN ON MULTIPLE SIDES SITUATIONS AND YES, AS THE DSM1, WE'RE ON 76 NOW, AND SOCIETY CHANGED CATEGORIES OF ILLNESS.

I ALSO WORKED IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.

I NEVER SAW ANYTHING.

MY OWN MOTHER WAS THERE, TOO DIFFICULT ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT WONDERFUL POPULATION, AND REALLY DOING WELL.

KIDS IN SCHOOL, NOT NECESSARILY BEING IN A TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT SCHOOL, BUT ALSO, AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, AND THEN DOING WELL.

MY FRIEND ASKED ME TO COME, HANNAH [INAUDIBLE] TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LIMITING CONVERSATION AND I AM AS CONCERNED.

SHE ASKED ME TO READ SOMETHING.

I'M SAYING I'M READING IT FOR HER BECAUSE I'M AGREEING WITH HER AND I STAND ALSO FOR THE LEAST OF THESE.

MY GRANDCHILDREN, THEY SAVED YOU A LOT OF MONEY.

MADELINE [INAUDIBLE] FERNDALE [INAUDIBLE].

SHE'S THE GIRL CAPTAIN, BUT MY DAUGHTER HAS HOME-SCHOOLED ALL MY GRANDCHILDREN.

ONE ALMOST GRADUATED.

IT'S BECAUSE OF IDEAS BEING DIFFERENT, WE BELIEVE IN NON-EVOLUTION, WE BELIEVE IN CREATION OF SCIENCE.

WE BELIEVE AS MUCH AS EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT AND THAT CHILD IS CONCEIVED AT CONCEPTION, BUT HANNAH REALLY WANTED ME JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SHE'S VERY CONCERNED BY YOUR REDUCING EFFECTIVELY AND CENSORING PUBLIC OPINION.

OBVIOUSLY, MY DAUGHTER'S OPINION WITH GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, PROBABLY THE SCHOOLS WERE DIFFERENT, I GREW UP IN ONE, BECAUSE OUR MINDSET OF WHAT WE BELIEVE AS YOU TRAIN A CHILD UP, WE WANTED THAT VALUE SYSTEM.

HANNAH WAS ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE DEFINITIONS YOU SAID WOULD BE THAT SOMEONE WOULD SAY SOMETHING HARMFUL, SOMETIMES THE TRUTH.

I WAS ALSO A HOSPICE NURSE.

I'VE BEEN EVERY KIND OF A NURSE YOU COULD THINK OF.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAY SAY SOMETHING.

I'VE BEEN CALLED A RACIALPHOBIC, A HOMOPHOBIC.

THESE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS. THAT'S MY PASTURE IN CONNECTICUT.

I WORKED IN [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL.

I HAVE A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS.

SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS CALLING PEOPLE OUT FOR WHAT THEY MAY INTERPRET AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SAYING SOMETHING DEROGATORY, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE THAT.

ALSO, SHE'S MENTIONED SUICIDALITY HERE.

I COULD NAME YOU AND ADD 10 MORE TO THE LIST WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED.

PLEASE, ALL IN ALL, WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THE COMMENTS AND WANTING TO RESTRICT PUBLIC OPINION, OBVIOUSLY, SHE'S SAYING SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AND SHE DOESN'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD HARM CHILDREN TO SPEAK UP IN THIS AVENUE OF ADULTS.

HE'S FAIRLY YOUNG, A YOUNG ADULT, THAT WE CAN BE TALKING ONE ANOTHER IN A RESPECTABLE WAY.

SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU READING HER COMMENTS.

SOME OF THEM I'M NOT READING, SOME OF THEM I DIDN'T DISAGREE WITH, BUT I JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.

MAY I SUBMIT THIS ALSO TO YOU, SIR? I'M GOING TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.

I HAVE SOME BALANCE ISSUES THAT'S WHY I USE A WALKER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

>> MERRY CHRISTMAS. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN'T.

CAN YOU GIVE THAT TO THEM? HERE'S WHO I SPEAK OF ALL TIME, AND ON AMERICANISM GREAT PICTURE SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL TEACH THAT AT SCHOOL.

[NOISE] PRETTY MUCH, AND HAPPY HANUKKAH [FOREIGN]. NEXT.

>> NEXT ON MY LIST IS, I HAVE [INAUDIBLE].

>> HELLO, I'M TAMMY AND I TEACH AT THE EAGLE RIDGE, AND I'M ALSO A PARENT OF A CHILD IN FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SO HAPPY TO HAVE MY NEW SHIRT, I GOT MY BOX TODAY AT WORK.

AND ON THE BACK IT SAYS WHEN YOU TEACH TO THE HEART, THE MIND WILL FOLLOW AND I LOVE THAT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR FIRST GOAL IN OUR DISTRICT IS BUILDING A CLIMATE OF CULTURE AND THE CULTURE IS IN WHICH EVERYONE BELONGS.

EVERYONE. GIVEN COMMENTS I'VE HEARD AROUND HERE, I KNOW NOT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY BELIEVES EVERYONE BELONGS, BUT I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT OUR DISTRICTS FOCUSED ON THAT.

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IT'S NOT INTENDED TO PROHIBIT EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND POLITICAL VIEWS, PROVIDED IT DOESN'T SUBSTANTIALLY DISRUPT THAT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE RULES GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SPEAK TO AND ABOUT EACH OTHER AND WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS THAT.

AT EAGLE RIDGE WHERE I TEACH, OUR FOCUS THIS MONTH HAS BEEN ON EMPATHY.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE SAME, BUT RESPECT AND EMPATHY IS OUR THEME.

AND I JUST HOPE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN PEOPLE CHOOSE TO COME HERE AND ADDRESS YOU, THAT THEY REMEMBER WE'RE NOT ALL THE SAME, WE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME BELIEFS AND THAT'S OKAY, AND WE CAN ALL GET ALONG AND MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE KID IN THIS DISTRICT FEELS IMPORTANT, THAT THEY ARE ACCEPTED JUST AS THEY ARE AND THEY SERVE NO LESS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU TAMMY. NEXT IS PAUL ROSSER.

>> THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS I TALKED ABOUT THE POWER THAT YOU ALL HAVE, THE POWER YOU CAN WIELD, AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU ALL REALLY HEED THAT.

THE ENTIRE COVID NARRATIVE, THE EUGENICS PROGRAM, THE CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

WHAT IS ALL SAID AND DONE IS GOING TO EXCEED THAT WAY ON HITLER, MAO, WHOLE POD, AND ALL THE OTHER CRAZIES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THEM, DEAD.

AS SCHOOL BOARD YOU HAVE A JOB, THE JOB IS TAKE CARE OF THE DISTRICT, TAKE CARE OF THE STUDENTS AND ENSURE THAT TYRANNY DOES NOT COME IN AND LIGHT UPON THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU'VE ALREADY LET IT HAPPENED ONCE.

WE SAY JUSTICE FOR ALL, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT FLAG, WHAT I SEE HERE IS NOT JUSTICE, AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT TONIGHT WAS PRECISELY WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND I WANT YOU ALL TO HEED THAT BECAUSE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE, ARE GOING TO GROW UP IN WHAT WE AS AMERICANS DECIDE TO DO.

EITHER WE DIVIDE AMONG OURSELVES AND WE HATE OUR NEIGHBOR, AND WE GET RID OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T LIKE BECAUSE THEY SAY SOMETHING THAT OFFENDS US, OR THEY DO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T LIKE, OR WE COME TOGETHER AS ONE, AS A SHINY BEACON ON HILL THAT WE ONCE WERE, THAT WE NO LONGER ARE.

BECAUSE EGO AND A LOT OF THEM IN A VERY SMALL GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN HAD DECIDED THAT THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AND THE FREEDOM OF EVERY HUMAN BEING ON THE EARTH IS WRONG AND MUST BE SUBJUGATED AND PUT INTO A BOX AND ENSLAVED.

AND IF YOU THINK I'M FULL OF GARBAGE, IF YOU THINK I'M SOME CRAZY MAN OR SOME ANGRY EMPLOYEE THAT WAS TOLD TO GET THE HELL OUT, WELL, I HAVE SOME STUFF FOR YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF, HERE'S A COUPLE OF BOOKS, ONE NATION UNDER BLACKMAIL BY WHITNEY WEBB.

IT'S A TWO VOLUME SERIES.

[INAUDIBLE].

LIES MY GOVERNMENT TOLD ME BY DR. ROBERT MALONE.

THE REAL ANTHONY FAUCI: BILL GATES, BIG PHARMA AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

DO US ALL A FAVOR, DO YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY A FAVOR, READ THESE BOOKS AND EDUCATE YOURSELF, PLEASE.

IT'S GOING TO GET REALLY DARK, AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO LEAVE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT OUT OF THIS MESS THAT WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES IN, PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE [NOISE].

HAVE A GOOD DAY. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

>> THANK YOU, PAUL. NEXT I HAVE JEAN ROSSER.

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>> BEFORE I CAN SPEAK OR AFTER?

>> BEFORE YOU SPEAK.

>> GOT IT. [BACKGROUND]

>> I THINK WE ARE READY TO GET BACK.

JUST AS A MATTER, OF COURSE, AND DON'T REALISTICALLY HATE TO HAVE TO SAY THIS, BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME SENSITIVITY.

JUST IN SENSE OF WHEN SOMETHING GETS WHIPPED OUT OF THE CONCEALED BAG REAL QUICKLY, IT CAN BE A LITTLE TRAUMATIZING, PEOPLE GIVE THEM THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AROUND THIS COUNTRY AT TIMES.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY OR EXPLANATION, I GUESS.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE READY TO GO AHEAD AND TO RESTART THE MEETING, AND SO JEAN, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, THAT I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY SAD THAT SOMEBODY JUST CARRYING A BRIEFCASE WHO WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PULLS BOOKS OUT OF THE BAG, AND SOMEHOW THAT'S SCARY.

THAT'S REALLY FRIGHTENING. FRANKLY, TO BE HONEST, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISCRIMINATION, THE DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS VETERANS IN WHATCOM COUNTY IS APPALLING IN SOME PLACES.

I WASN'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WHEN YOU CALL SOME OF THE AGENCIES TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THINGS REGARDING VETERANS, THEY IMMEDIATELY ASSUME SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO TO SOME MENTAL HEALTH.

IT'S DISGUSTING.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY APPALLING.

FOR PAUL WHO PULLED BOOKS OUT OF HIS BRIEFCASE, AND IF THAT SCARED SOMEBODY, YOU ALL NEED TO GO AND GET YOUR OWN HELP, HONESTLY.

BELIEVE ME, IF ANYONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO CONCEALED CARRY WAS GOING TO PULL A GUN OUT, YOU WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT PROBABLY BEFORE IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOMEONE IN THE ROOM TRYING TO SHOOT ALL OF YOU, AND THEY'D BE THE PERSON SAVING YOUR LIVES.

GET IT TOGETHER. ANYWAY, TODAY IS THE 13TH OF DECEMBER.

THE NUMBER 13 IS AN INTERESTING NUMBER.

I HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT NUMBER.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S A QUARTERBACK.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A 13 CLUB AND THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AROUND THE NUMBER 13.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT TODAY'S THE 13TH.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS IN THIS BOOK, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS, IS 1ST CORINTHIANS 13, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE CHRISTMAS.

LAST TIME I WAS HERE AND IT WAS THE EVE OF SAINT ANDREWS DAY, THE PATRON SAINT OF SCOTLAND AND RUSSIA [INAUDIBLE].

TODAY, I CELEBRATE MY GERMAN HERITAGE AS WELL.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED LEADING UP TO COVID, WELL BEFORE COVID-19, THE ENTIRE OPERATION THAT WENT DOWN PRIOR TO THE 2016 ELECTION, AND IT'S PROBABLY BEEN GOING DOWN AND WELL BEFORE THAT BECAUSE EISENHOWER WARNED ABOUT THEM, AND KENNEDY PAID FOR IT.

THIS IS STILL GOING ON.

WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE OPERATIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TAKING PLACE TO SEGREGATE OUR COMMUNITIES, [NOISE] WHICH WAS DISGUSTING DURING COVID BY THE WAY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

I CAME FROM WYOMING.

WE AREN'T ALL GREAT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO STUPID STUFF [NOISE], BUT MOST OF US AGREE THAT STUPID IS STUPID.

[NOISE] A LOT OF THOSE WORDS, AND I AGREE THAT IF YOU TEACH GOOD LOVE IN OUR HEARTS AND LOVE TO THE [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE.

BUT PREPARE FOR THE NEXT OPERATION AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HANDLE IT.

BECAUSE THESE KIDS, THEY CAN'T TALK BECAUSE OF MASKS THAT WERE PUT ON THEIR FACES,

[00:50:05]

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND YOUR FRIENDS.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> [INAUDIBLE]. NEXT ON THE LIST IS ANDREW [INAUDIBLE].

>> GOOD EVENING. YOU SHOULD NOT APPROVE THE REVISION OF PUBLIC COMMENT HERE CONSIDERING THE [INAUDIBLE] AND CONSTITUTIONALLY RESTRICTS THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

IT GIVES THE BOARD CHAIR TO ABUSE HIS POWER TO DECIDE ON THEIR OWN INHERENT BIASES WHAT CONSTITUTES HARM TO CHILDREN.

ADDITIONALLY, IT SLANDERS, OF COURSE, FOR DISTRICT STAFF, TO SAY OR SUGGEST THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SPEAKING TODAY BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN DON'T BELONG.

THAT SHOULD BE SELF-EVIDENT.

KING5 HEADLINES YESTERDAY, 12/12, THREE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN BELLINGHAM HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF FAILING TO REPORT A SEXUAL ASSAULT TO THE POLICE OF A 15 YEAR OLD FEMALE STUDENT WHO REPORTED IT TO THEM A YEAR BEFORE.

JEREMY LOUZAO, MEGHAN DUNHAM, MAUDE HACKNEY ALL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN SQUALICUM IN BELLINGHAM HIGH.

LOUZAO A GRADUATE OF EVERGREEN, PREVIOUSLY THE DEAN OF STUDENTS AT SQUALICUM.

THE PREVIOUS YEAR, LINKED TO RISE UP IN SEATTLE, IN [INAUDIBLE] COLLECTIVE AND THE AUTHOR OF MANY AMICUS WRITINGS ON SEVERAL WEBSITES.

THIS NEWS FORMS THE RECENT BOMBSHELL THAT CAME OUT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

WHILE LASTLY, THE CURRENT NATIONAL EPICENTER OF CONFLICT BETWEEN PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS, WHERE A SPECIAL GRAND JURY INDICTED THE FIRED SUPERINTENDENT AND WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THE DISTRICT LIED TO PARENTS ABOUT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ORDER TO QUELL CONTROVERSIES, SUBMITTED A QUEST TO ENACT THE TRANSGENDER GENDER BATHROOM POLICY.

I'M CURIOUS DR. DOMINGUEZ, IF YOU KNEW LOUZAO, DURHAM OR DUNHAM, AND HACKNEY, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS, REALLY FOR THE BOARD HERE INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CULTURE IN THE BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE PERMITTED THESE THREE ADMINISTRATORS TO IGNORE THE MANDATORY REPORTING OF THE ASSAULT REQUIRED OF THEM.

I'M ALSO PROBABLY MORE CURIOUS ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CULTURE YOU'RE PROBABLY NO DOUBT ALREADY INCULCATING HERE AT FERNDALE WITH REGARDS TO PROTECTING STUDENTS, COMPLYING WITH LAWS REGARDING THE MANDATORY REPORTING OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS.

IT WOULD SEEM PRUDENT FROM A LIABILITY TRAINING AND A PR PERSPECTIVE GIVEN PROXIMITY OF THE ASSAULT GEOGRAPHICALLY TO US, AND THE FACT THAT IT WENT UNREPORTED FOR SO LONG TO SEND OUT A MESSAGE TO THE FERNDALE PARENTS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

RELATED, WHAT IS THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE IN COMING TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FERNDALE REGARDING PROVIDING A SCHOOL RESOURCES OFFICER? I LAST ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE TO THE BOARD ON THE MONTH OF MAY [NOISE], SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT LINDA QUINN CANCELED THE SRO CONTRACT IN 2020 FOR THE '21 SCHOOL YEAR AND SHE REPORTED IT WAS THE SAME $90,000 A YEAR.

BUT THEN DR. QUINN FOUND $120,000 A YEAR IN THE SPRING OF 2021, HIRED BARBARA ROBLES, AS THE DIRECTOR OF DIE, DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND EQUITY, WHO RESIGNED IN DISGRACE JUST MONTHS LATER IN THE FALL 2021 FOR LYING TO THE DISTRICT THE LIKELIHOOD [NOISE] ELECTION FRAUD OR MORTGAGE FRAUD.

IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FAILURE OF DUE DILIGENCE DURING HIRING, SHE WAS COLLECTING HER PAYCHECK FROM THE FERNDALE TAXPAYERS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL IN ELLENSBURG AFTER CONGRESSMAN WHO QUIT THE RACE.

AT THIS PRIORITIES BACK IN 2021 APPEARED TO BE TO FUND THE INSTALLATION OF RACIST AND EVASIVE SEL AND CRT FRAMEWORKS AND MATERIALS WITH 120K A YEAR DIRECTOR OF DIE [NOISE] BUT NOT TO FUND AN SRO AT 90K [NOISE] STUDENTS.

FURTHER PREVIOUSLY HAD A LONG-STANDING SRO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PD.

IT'S NOT A NEW THING.

THE ABSENCE OF AN SRO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IS THE ONLY PARTIALLY EXCUSABLE WHILE SCHOOL WAS REMOTE BUT NOW APPEARING LIKE A GLARING OVERSIGHT.

I ALSO INQUIRED FOR YOU GUYS ON THE COST OF A NEW SRO IN FERNDALE CITY.

IT'S 100K A YEAR [NOISE].

I SPOKE TO THE CITY, THEY'RE WELCOMING A CONVERSATION TO PARTNER WITH THEM [INAUDIBLE].

I WOULD EXPECT THAT IN SEVEN MONTHS SINCE WE LAST ADDRESSED THIS, THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY STARTED THAT DIALOGUE WITH THE CITY.

IF THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE UPDATED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE ON THE PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT NEW PARTNERSHIP, I DON'T SEE IT MENTIONED IN 604OE12 THAT YOU'LL TALK ABOUT LATER.

I'M CURIOUS WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THAT UP.

BY CONTRAST, IT WILL BE VERY HIGHLY INSULTING TO PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS TO LEARN THAT ANY ADDITIONAL SUPERFLUOUS OR EXPENSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE STAFF, LIKE A NEW DIRECTOR OF DIE WAS BEING HIRED PRIOR TO AN SRO CONTRACT BEING PUT INTO PLACE.

THANK YOU ALL. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

>> THANK YOU, ANDREW. [NOISE]. THAT DOES BRING ME TO THE END OF THE LIST OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAD SIGNED UP TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AGAIN, ALL OF OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WISH TO COMMENT ON, OR FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE, FEEL FREE TO COMMENT VIA ONE OF THOSE ROUTES.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA,

[4. SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORT]

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>> WE'RE PULLING UP THE POWERPOINT, SO STAY TUNED.

>> OH, SORRY, IT'S OVER THERE.

>> IT'S OVER THERE. [LAUGHTER].

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> AS I HAD SHARED LAST TIME, I WAS EXPECTING TO [NOISE] ACTUALLY THE NEXT DAY GO AND SPEND THE DAY, ACTUALLY MY LAST VISIT TO SCHOOLS.

THERE ARE STILL FOUR CLASSROOMS AT EAGLE RIDGE THAT I DID NOT GET TO SO I'M HEADED THERE IN THE NEW YEAR BUT I VISITED EVERY CLASSROOM.

THIS IS PARTICULAR DAY, LINDA HAS GOT TO COME ON A COUPLE OF VISITS AND DR. ERICKSON JOINED US THIS DAY AS WELL.

I ALSO HAD MY FIRST SCHOOL LUNCH.

THIS VISIT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE FACT THAT I SPENT TIME IN CLASSROOMS AND SOME FOCUS GROUPS WITH STAFF, JUST LISTENING AND LEARNING WHAT THEY FEEL THE STRENGTHS OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM IS AND AREAS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.

THE YOUNG MAN IN THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE JACKET THERE ASKED, "HOW DO YOU GET TO BE A SUPERINTENDENT?" I TOLD HIM A LITTLE BIT, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO A DAY OF SHADOWING.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET TO TRY OUT TO BE A SUPERINTENDENT [NOISE] ONE DAY.

I'LL TRY THAT PINK ONE.

IT'S NOT FOR THOSE MEETINGS BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN THAT DAY.

JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR TEAM HAS PUT OUT, FOR DISTRICT 3, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BOARD APPLICATIONS.

YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE, WE'VE SENT OUT PARENT SQUARE, PRESS RELEASE, SOCIAL MEDIA.

I'VE HAD A FEW INQUIRIES.

I THINK SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE, AND SO THAT APPLICATION CLOSES ON JANUARY 6TH.

THEN THIS LAST WEEK, ONCE A MONTH, THE WHATCOM COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT GROUPS, WE GET TOGETHER.

SOMETIMES IT'S VIRTUAL, SOMETIMES IT'S IN-PERSON.

THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS IN-PERSON.

WE GOT TO MEET HERE IN FERNDALE.

WE MET AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DR. [INAUDIBLE] WHO WAS THERE AS WELL.

THEY WERE OUR TOUR GUIDES THAT DAY.

THEY [NOISE] GOT TO GIVE ALL THE SUPERINTENDENTS A TOUR, EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENT FEATURES, HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE TEXTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE GOT TO EXPLAIN ABOUT OUR BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO OUR DISTRICT, AND THE PROCESS OF THIS BEING TRULY A COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THIS BUILD AND DESIGN.

THEN LAST NIGHT, WE HAD OUR FAREWELL OLD MAIN, AND I WENT DURING THE DAY AND MADISON AND THE STUDENTS WHO WERE SETTING UP, YOU CAN SEE UP THERE MICHELLE'S GOT ONE OF OUR SHIRTS ON, THAT DESIGN WAS MADE BY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, AND ANYWAY, SO IT WAS GREAT AND PEOPLE COULD BUY A SHIRT.

THEY GOT TO WALK BATTER LATELY, ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS IS A 1989 GRADUATE TRINA HALL SHE SAID IT WAS FABULOUS AND THE FACT THAT IT FELT LIKE A MINI-CLASS REUNION.

WHAT I PARTICULARLY LOVED AS I GOT TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE STORIES I HEARD ABOUT WHERE THE LIBRARY NOW IS, HOW THAT USED TO BE THE GENTLEMEN.

ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR TEACHERS WAS REMEMBERING HAVING CHEER PRACTICE IN THE UPPER PART OF IT AND GETTING TO HAVE GRANDPARENTS FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN IN AND WALK THROUGH AND TELL DIFFERENT STORIES OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS.

IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD REMINDER THAT WE CAN HOLD TWO THINGS AT ONCE WHILE THERE'S SOME GRIEF AND SADNESS ABOUT THE BUILDING CHANGING.

THERE'S ALSO JOY AND PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW BUILDING COMING ON, AND IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE I HEARD STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE HOPING TO SEE IN THE NEW BUILDING, WHICH WAS GETTING A LOT OF JOY TO THOSE WHO HAD WALK THE HALLS AND SO A GREAT SETUP.

WE CONTINUE TO GIVE OUT THE BELONGING AWARDS.

WHAT I CAN TAKE AWAY THE LOVE ABOUT THESE AWARDS IS IT'S BY STAFF OR STAFF, AND SO JUST THAT RECOGNITION THAT EVERYONE PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN CREATING THAT SENSE OF BELONGING, A CULTURE WERE CHILDREN AND ELDERLY ARE SEEN AND LOVE THE IDEA AND I

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THE UPDATES, THIS IS IT, WE HAVE STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN MOVING IN, IT'S BEEN EXCITING AND IN FACT WHEN WE WE'RE ON OUR TOUR, WE GOT TO MEET WITH THE SCIENCE TEAM WHO WAS SPENDING HALF A DAY ON PACKING.

STAFF HAS BEEN BUSY WORKING NEXT WEEK WHILE MANY OF US ARE ACTUALLY GOING ON VACATION OR FOOD SERVICE STAFF WILL BE IN TRAININGS, LEARNING HOW TO USE ALL THE NEW EQUIPMENT, SO THEY'LL BE WORKING A LOT OVER LATE.

WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE UPDATED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE BASED ON OUR TOUR LAST WEEK THAT IT'S GOING BE READY.

[LAUGHTER] IT'S AMAZING.

JUST EVEN IN ONE DAY'S TIME WHEN A TEAM CAN ACCOMPLISH.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT OPENING JUST BECAUSE WE'RE OPENING THE MAIN CAMPUS THOUGH, ON JANUARY 4TH, WILL BE THE FIRST DAY WITH STUDENTS, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

YOU'LL STILL BE GETTING THESE BOND UPDATES AND HEARING ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, AND IT WILL REALLY BE NEXT FALL, WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WHERE WE REALLY CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.

MARK, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD ON THERE?

>> NO.

>> GOOD. THEN MY ENTRY PLAN UPDATE, I'VE BEEN NOW SPENDING TIME JUST GOING OVER THE DATA, REALLY LOOKING FOR WHETHER THOSE COMMON THEMES, WHAT DID I HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM TEACHERS, FROM STUDENTS? WHAT DID I SEE? IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, IN THAT PERSPECTIVE PIECE AND HOW PEOPLE ARE ALL LOOKING AT ONE SITUATION, AND SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE DATA NOW.

I WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD THOSE COMMON THEMES AND SOME OF WHAT I LEARNED AND ASKING, WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO BE DIVING INTO? WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? CURIOSITIES, I AM PLANNING AN EVENT WHERE I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ALL STAFF OR TO COME AND LISTEN TO MEETING PRESENT ON THOSE THINGS.

THEN IT'S INTERESTING, WE'VE DONE ALL THIS DATA TOGETHER, NOW HOW DO WE TURN IT INTO AN ACTION PLAN? THROUGH THE SPRING IN NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE USING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TO WRITE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

>> THERE YOU ARE.

>> YEAH.

>> CAN I ASK SOME A QUESTION?

>> YES.

>> I HAD SOMEBODY ASKING ME IF THEY CAN GET BRICKS AND HOW YOU DO THAT.

>> THAT IS SUCH A GOOD QUESTION, I ACTUALLY HAD AN EMAIL STEVEN, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER ASKING THAT SAME THING, MARK, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE THE UPDATE FOR THAT?

>> DURING THE BRICKS MADE AVAILABLE, I CANNOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE OR THE LOCATION WHERE WE WILL PUBLISH THAT.

THEY WILL BE FREE AND AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO COME GET ONE.

>> I WANT TO JUST TOO BIG BRICKS BACK, GET THE FAA, AND SOMEHOW I TOTALLY FORGOT [INAUDIBLE] .

>> BOOSTER CLUB, WHICH IS A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU.

I ASSUME, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO GET SOME BRICKS AND WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING IS IN GREAT INSURANCE, SO THEY WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD

>> I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING SEE HOW SECRET.

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A BRICK [LAUGHTER] ONE OTHER QUESTION.

HAVE YOU EVER 2-BRICKS? THAT'S RIGHT ONE FOR CHRISTOPHER ONE FOR ANDREA SO ANYWAY.

I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT ENTRYWAY GO ARCHWAYS, SCHOOL BEEN SMASHED OR ARE THEY I THEY CAN ADD.

>> THAT ISN'T ANOTHER CONVERSATION WE'RE WORKING ON ANY UPDATES ON THAT.

>> THE DESIGN TEAM, THE ENGINEERS ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO MOVE IT, REFINING THE PROCESS.

BETWEEN THIS SUM WE EXPLORE EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT CAN HAVE A BALLPARK FIGURES, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH DOWN IN MORE DETAIL AND FIGURING OUT IF IT'S PRACTICAL AND HOW MUCH YOU.

>> EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT, BUT I THINK IT'S OKAY.

THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

[01:05:03]

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION, IT MIGHT BE RELATED AND MAKE IT EVERY DAY AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON THE DASHBOARD.

COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE YOU GOING TO HAVE DINNER?

>> YES. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO KICK IT OFF TO MY TEAM OVER HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HELPING WITH THEM.

WHENEVER YOU TAKE THAT.

>> THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HALL ROOM DASHBOARD, WHICH IS A COMPANY CALLED DATA SOLUTIONS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THREE FINALISTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

IT NEEDS ARMIES IN MORE WAYS THAN THE OTHERS WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW IT CAN BE SPECIFIED TO ARMIES OR DISTRICT REPORTING, AS WELL AS SCHOOL-BASED PROGRESS MONITORING, 47 CAN BE BOTH.

WE ARE FINALIZING THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW DATA-SHARING AGREEMENTS, THOSE PIECES HOPE TO HAVE THAT PAPERWORK HARM DONE BY THE END OF SUMMER SO THAT WE CAN START JANUARY WITH ACCESS TO THE DATE OF ORIGIN START POPULATING.

>> ONE OTHER QUESTION ON TOP THAT WILL THE DASHBOARD INCLUDE IN AN ORG CHART.

>> YOU MEAN ON THE WEBSITE?

>> YES.

>> THAT IS THAT A CONVERSATION I LOVE THEIR WEBSITE ACTUALLY CAME UP AS A THEME FOR A NEED.

SALINE AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A MEETING AND HOW DID WE SATISFY SOME DESIGNATED TIME BECAUSE CURRENTLY, THE PERCENTAGE OF MANAGES THE WEBSITE, SHE ALSO HAS ANOTHER FULL-TIME, SO IT'S, YOU AS, OH, I DIDN'T GET ANY CALLS HERE FOR 10 MINUTES, I CAN DO SOMETHING.

HOW DO WE SET UP SOME DESIGNATED TIME? THE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING BEEN WORKING ON WHATEVER THOSE PIECES, THAT'S A LOT OF THE DATA I HAVE SAYS, EVEN TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBERS NAME, CAN WE HAVE A PHOTO IS REALLY HARDY COMING INTO A SYSTEM AND HAVE, 700 EMPLOYEES, AND I SEE THE PERSON AND I SEE THE NAME OVER HERE, BUT I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT ALL GO TOGETHER AND WHERE THEY'RE AT.

YES, WE NEED AN ORG CHART THAT CAME UP, ACTUALLY IT CAME UP FROM OUR TEAM AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER FEATURES ON THE WEBSITE.

WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT AS A BOARD, AS YOU'RE SEARCHING IT, IF THERE'S THINGS THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, THE WEBSITE IS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS THE AUDIENCE, AND SO SHOOT THOSE QUESTIONS TO ME, AND THEN THAT WAY IT JUST GIVES US ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON HOW IT IS LANDING ON OTHERS.

THAT'S A LONG ANSWER, BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN JUST THAT WORD, SHARP.

>> BETH, THAT'S GREAT.

I MIGHT SEE IT AS A PRIORITY AND I NEED TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW THINGS FALL.

>> THEY CAME UP UNDER THE THEME OF COMMUNICATION AS A PRIORITY, THEY CAME UP SEVERAL TIMES.

>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, CHRISTY, I ACTUALLY HAD AN EMAIL FROM A PERSON EARLIER TODAY WHO WANTED TO INCLUDE, THE FIRM NAILS SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VENDORS AND IN A PRAYER, FOR WHICHEVER ASLEEP, WHETHER HE WAS THERE AND THEY WANTED.

I DEFINED IT AS JUST AS AN ILLUSTRATION, ANYTHING I COULDN'T FIND IT, YOU GOT IT, GOOD. [LAUGHTER] WOULD YOU EMAIL THAT TO ME [OVERLAPPING]?

>> IT'S THE [OVERLAPPING].

>> I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THERE AND I LOOKED FOR IT AND I COULDN'T FIND IT. SO, THANK YOU.

>> I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL-TAKEN AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONVERSATION SELENA AND I JUST HAD THIS LAST WEEK IS IF I HAVE A QUESTION OR SOMETHING THAT I WANT ARE THERE THREE WAYS THAT I CAN ACCESS IT? IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE ONE WAY MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO YOU, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO MELINDA, SO HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT AVENUES TO THE SAME INFORMATION?

>> ANY ROUGH IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE READY?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION WITH NOT A SOLID ANSWER.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON IT.

I THINK I FOUND SOMEONE WHO HAS SOME WELL EXPERIENCE, IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR US AND SO MIGHT BE WILLING TO HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS. JUST AS UNOFFICIAL FEEDBACK,

[01:10:01]

[LAUGHTER]

>> I HAVE TO SAY THOUGH ON [INAUDIBLE] I'M ENJOYING IT AND I EVEN [INAUDIBLE] THAT THE EIGHTH-GRADE LUNCH, WHICH WAS SUPER FUN AND ENTERTAINING.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE AND ALL THE INFORMATION.

THEN THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 5.01,

[5. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]

THIS IS ON THE AGENDA.

WE DID DISCUSS POLICY 1400 LAST MONTH AND SOME CHANGES WERE MADE TO IT BOTH IN CLARIFYING THINGS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE TO MAKE SOME OF THE POLICY FIT WITH WHAT CURRENTLY IS TAKING PLACE AS FAR AS MEETING TIME AND WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT IS [NOISE] CLOSED.

THERE ALSO WAS A CHANGE, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION IN THE WAY THAT THINGS CAME ACROSS WITH THE ADDITION OF THE WORDS HARM TO CHILDREN THAT WAS PUT IN THERE.

IN THE SENSE OF THE INTENTION, I THINK AT LEAST AS WHAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED TO ME BY VARIOUS BOARD MEMBERS, WAS BY ABSTAINING WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE DELAYING THAT ACTION.

THOUGH WHEN WE LOOKED INTO THE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, ABSTENTIONS ONLY COUNT TOWARDS QUORUM AND SO THEY DO NOT COUNT AS A VOTE AGAINST.

WITH A ONE YES, THREE ABSTAINING, THAT DID ALLOW FOR THAT CHANGE TO BE MADE, OR THAT MOTION DID PASS AND THAT DID CHANGE OR GET ADDED INTO THE POLICY.

THE POLICY IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT BECAUSE, WITH THAT POLICY CHANGES, THOSE REVISIONS ARE MADE.

WE WILL PRESENT IT, AND IN YOUR PACKET IS A COPY OF THAT POLICY WITH THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

IT IS FOR TONIGHT TO ADOPT AND TO INPUT FORTH AS THE REVISED POLICY.

ALSO, JUST FOR CLARITY AND FOR PUBLIC RECORD, WE DO HAVE SCHEDULE FOR OUR JANUARY MEETING.

OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO COME IN AND DISCUSS THIS POLICY, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER LEGAL QUESTIONS.

IN REGARDS TO THIS, THERE WAS A QUESTION MADE AS TO HOW DOES ONE DETERMINE NOT ONLY THE DEFINITION OF HARMFUL TO CHILDREN, BUT ALSO THE OTHER WORDS THAT ARE PART OF THAT POLICY, DEFAMATORY, ABUSIVE, REPETITIVE, OBSCENE, AND IRRELEVANT.

I WANTED TO TRY TO DETERMINE HOW IS THAT PLAYED INTO THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND HAVING SOME CONSISTENCY THAT ISN'T JUST UNDER THE PLAY OF EITHER THE BOARD CHAIRMAN OR SOMEBODY ELSE AT THE MEETING.

WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO POLICY 1,400 AND THE CHANGES THAT WERE VOTED ON LAST [NOISE] MONTH, AND THEN THE ACTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE ADOPT THIS POLICY AS AMENDED, OR IF WE MAKE ANY CHANGES.

>> AFTER REVIEWING THIS, MY COMMENTS WOULD BE AS [INAUDIBLE] EXPLAINED THAT DURING THE VOTE MY INTENTIONS WHEN I ABSTAINED WAS TO TABLE IT FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION.

THAT WASN'T THE CASE.

I GAVE IT A LOT OF THOUGHT.

MY IMPRESSION IS OTHER THAN HARMFUL TO CHILDREN, I LOOK AT IT AS WE'RE ALL CHILDREN.

WE'RE ALL CHILDREN TO SOMEBODY.

I THINK THE VERBIAGE IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT DEFAMATORY [NOISE] AND ALL THESE OTHER DEROGATORY COMMENTS COVERS EVERYBODY, NOT JUST CHILDREN.

WE'RE ALL CHILDREN, WE'RE ALL ADULTS.

I THINK THE LANGUAGE IS THERE AND ALREADY COVERS THAT.

[01:15:03]

HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE WHAT WE CONSIDER A CHILD OR NOT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO DESCRIBING WHAT THE DEFINITION OF AN AGE GROUP WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR ANYTHING.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE INTO [NOISE] SEGREGATING ANYBODY OUT.

I THINK WE LOOK AT THIS AS A WHOLE [NOISE].

MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT WE LEAVE LANGUAGE ALONE AND PROCEED.

I KNOW THAT IT LEADS TO ADD AN EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR PRESIDENT TOO AT HIS DISCRETION TO DECIDE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND WHAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE.

BUT I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.

ANYWAY, JUST MY THOUGHTS.

>> I WAS SURPRISED BY WAY THE BOOK CAME ON, BECAUSE I WAS ALSO KNOWN THAT I WAS THINKING HAD HAPPENED.

I'VE HEARD THAT HE HAD COPIED YOU GUYS ON EMAIL, AND IT WAS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND SAYS THAT, MY GETTING MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER ON THIS AND READING WHAT I COULD FIND AVAILABLE ON FORUMS AND HOW THOSE ARE COUNTED.

IT'S INTERESTING AND THERE'S STUFF THAT I DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.

I ACTUALLY FOUND CONFLICTING SOURCES ON ROBERT'S RULES WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE THINGS.

THE LANGUAGE AND OUR OWN POLICY, A QUORUM OF VOTING MEMBERS THAT PRESUMES THAT ABSTENTION IS NOT A VOTE, AND SO I THINK IT BOILS DOWN TO THE DEFINITION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES THE VOTE.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE GOT A VERY THOROUGH EXPLANATION, HONESTLY.

NOW THERE'S STILL CONFUSION AS TO HOW [NOISE] THE TREATMENT OF THE EXTENSIONS GO.

I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED TO ASK THE BOARD SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE EXTENSIONS.

I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

DO YOU ALL KNOW HOW THE SCHOOL WAS FORMED, ARE WE A CORPORATION, WAS IT CREATED THROUGH ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, WAS IT? I'M ASKING. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO.

I HAVE ASKED KRISTI WHAT TIME IS IT WORTH, WHAT LANGUAGE, I DON'T KNOW.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALLY KNOWS WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE.

THEY'VE GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE. WHERE ARE THEY, YOU GUYS KNOW?

>> YES.

>> YOU GUYS KNOW?

>> YES.

>> WHERE DO I FIND THESE THINGS?

>> THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. SORRY.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY TO DEMONSTRATE MY EAGERNESS, BUT THE QUESTION IS, THERE IS ACTUALLY A [INAUDIBLE] THAT PERTAINS TO HOW THEY HANDLE THIS SITUATION.

AS I SAID, I FOUND IT CONFLICTING INFORMATION.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS I STILL FEEL LIKE I'M NOT REALLY SURE, NOT TO BE A DOUBTING THOMAS OR A DIFFICULT PERSON, I JUST THOUGHT I'M NOT CONVINCED, THAT I GUESS I THINK I NEED MORE CONVINCING.

MY QUESTION IS TWO.

IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON HOW THINGS SHOULD BE HANDLED, I FEEL LIKE OUR ATTORNEY RELATIONSHIP IS NOT SUCH THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET ANY ADVICE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INTERVENE IN DISPUTES BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION.

SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE RETAIN ANY OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR CERTAIN THINGS? OBVIOUSLY, THE [INAUDIBLE] WORKS WELL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF THE [INAUDIBLE] ROUTINE, LEGAL ISSUES, AND CLARIFICATION ON THINGS.

IT WORKS.

I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S VERY COST SAVING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE BOARD IS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES THAT MIGHT NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE ATTORNEY THAT WE HAVE.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

I'M JUST WANTING TO PUT IT OUT THERE.

CAN WE SIT DOWN AS A BOARD AND REVIEW WHAT THIS ACTUALLY THAT WE ARE COVERED FOR, AND HOW WE GET ACCESS TO LEGAL ADVICE? PARTICULARLY IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE IT MIGHT CONFLICT WITH.

I'M PROBABLY NOT VERY CLEAR IN MY REQUEST.

[01:20:03]

>> WELL, HE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THE BOARD.

HE REPRESENTS YOU, BUT HE WASN'T SAYING HERE THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT.

HIS JOB ON THAT ONE WAS INTERPRETATION.

ACTUALLY, I LOOKED AT MANY WEBSITES BECAUSE I WAS SURPRISED MYSELF.

THE ONE THAT I DIDN'T ADD ON IS THERE IS THE ONE TRAINING THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO, SO IT CALIBRATES THE ROBERT'S RULES FOR YOU.

THAT WAS THE ONE THAT I USED.

THAT WAS THE SECOND RESOURCE I GAVE TO YOU TODAY THAT COMES DIRECTLY FROM YOUR TRAINING AS A BOARD MEMBER.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE DEFAULT TO.

WE CAN EASILY ASK SOMEONE ELSE, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A CALIBRATION FOR YOU AS A BOARD.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN CHOSEN, THAT TRAINING, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT 2ND RULE OF ABSTENTION CAME FROM.

IF YOU LOOK IN THE RESOURCES, I PROVIDED TOO, [NOISE] THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND IT MATCHED OUR POLICY.

WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN BELOW.

WE CAN EASILY ASK HIM BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO WEIGH YES OR NO.

HE'S JUST SAYING IS THE INTERPRETATION CORRECT, AND WE CAN EVEN ASK [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT WILL BE ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU COULD GO TO.

>> THE OTHER THING AND I DIDN'T GO TO THIS EXTENT, BUT I DID ATTEND THE LAWSUIT CONFERENCE.

A ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND THE RULES FOR SMALL GROUP MEETINGS VERSUS A LARGE MEETING DO VARY A BIT.

BUT THE GENTLEMEN WHO WAS DOING A PRESENTATION, ACTUALLY MADE SOMETHING CONVENTIONALLY PRETTY DRY, BORING, PRETTY GOOD.

BUT HE IS ALSO, CAN'T REMEMBER HIS TITLE, BUT HE'S IN THE UPPER ECHELONS, AND HE IS CONTRACTING PROFESSIONALLY.

I CAN CERTAINLY PASS THAT BY HIM, AND I'M SURE HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE US A THOROUGH DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON IT.

LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T GO TO THAT BECAUSE AFTER THE PROSPECT WAS BROUGHT UP, THAT ABSTENTIONS DON'T COUNT AS A NO VOTE UNTIL YOU GOT THREE NEUTRAL VOTES AND ONE POSITIVE, EVERYTHING I LOOKED AT, SAID YES, THAT INDEED PASS.

EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS MY INTENTION OF SAYING, AND CERTAINLY DIDN'T GO LIKE I WAS INTENT TO THOSE THAT WERE VOTING.

BUT BASED ON THE RULES, ULTIMATELY, PROBABLY IN RETROSPECT OR IN HINDSIGHT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN VOTED TO EITHER POSTPONE OR TABLE IT FOR AT LEAST A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL WE HAD CLARIFICATION.

>> I FEEL LIKE THE POLICY THAT YOU'RE REFERRED TO, THAT THE WORDING WAS UNCLEAR.

IT SAID, "THE MAJORITY OF VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT. " TO ME THAT SAYS WHEN I WAS IN ABSTENTION CONSIDERED A VOTE FOR NAUGHT.

>> NO, IT'S NOT.

>> IT'S NOT.

>> THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

>> ONE VOTED AND THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION.

[OVERLAPPING] THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION.

[LAUGHTER]

>> YOU JUST CREATED CONFUSION FOR EVERYBODY.

>> YEAH. [OVERLAPPING]

>> ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER IS THAT WE AS A SCHOOL BOARD OPERATE UNDER.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

ONE OF THEM, THE ABSTENTION THING, AND ABSTENTION IS NOT A NO.

YOU WANT TO SAY YES OR NO, YOU HAVE TO SAY YES OR NO.

ABSTAIN, YOU'RE JUST SAYING, I'M NOT PLAYING WITH THIS FOR WHATEVER REASON.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOUR REASON.

THE OTHER THING TOO, WHICH WE OPERATE UNDER, IS WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND ON A MOTION.

WHEN I MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT, BECAUSE I MADE THE MOTION TO VOTE ON IT AND IT WAS VOTED ON.

IF WE HAD THAT REQUIRES A SECOND, WE WOULDN'T HAVE VOTED ON IT.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING WHERE IT'S THE RULES THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER SCREWED US POTENTIALLY.

IT'S CAUSED A WHOLE LOT OF CONSTERNATION; NOT WHAT I INTENDED.

WHAT I INTENDED IS LOOKING AT OUR POLICY THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE A POLICY ON PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT SEEM LIKE IT'S BEEN SO FORGOTTEN.

LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE, AND THIS IS MY OPINION, HARMFUL TO CHILDREN IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I FEEL LIKE IT BELONGS THERE.

I STILL FEEL LIKE IT BELONGS THERE,

[01:25:01]

THERE WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS EARLY ON BY ALISON MOON.

SHE SAYS, PARAPHRASING, "ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT." I SHOULD ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE.

THAT'S WHAT I WROTE DOWN ALISON.

BUT YOU HAD SAID WHAT PEOPLE SAY WHEN THEY MAKE A COMMENT, THEY'RE MAKING A COMMENT TO HELP WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER.

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID.

>> I GUESS IT'S HOW I INTERPRETED IT.

I WILL TAKE IT AS MY OWN THEN.

ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT FROM BOTH SIDES.

I HAD POSITIVE INTENT WHEN I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT CHILDREN.

I UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE THINK [NOISE] THAT IT WAS QUASHING FIRST AMENDMENT AS WELL, BUT ALSO ROBERT'S RULES AND BORDERS, DON'T HELP.

>> SOMETIMES IT'S THE RULES THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH ARE NOT SMALL GROUP MEETING RULES, AND THAT IS THE WHOLE SECOND, AND ALL THAT STUFF.

I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST BECAUSE WE GET GO ROUND AND ROUND, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM ALL PARTIES IS THAT PASSING BASED ON THE WAY THE VOTE WAS DONE, AND WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING BY UNDERSTANDING VERSUS WHAT ROBERT'S RULES AND THEY WERE DOING IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE POSTPONE THIS POLICY UNTIL WE TALK WITH OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON SOME OF THESE TERMS, AND OR HOW IT WORKS, AND THEN WE REVISIT POTENTIALLY THE WHOLE POLICY IN WHOLE BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE YOU LOOK AT IT, THE MORE THERE ARE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU PROBABLY NEED TO ADDRESS.

>> YEAH. I THINK THAT WHOLE POLICY NEEDS TO BE GONE THROUGH, MAYBE THOSE SECTION BY SECTION, MY APOLOGIES, I WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO EITHER, WHICH IS A PRINTED PROPOSAL OF THE CHANGES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT, THINK ABOUT IT, AND A DISCUSSION, AND THEN ABOUT THE FUTURE TIMES SO THAT THERE'S AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? SO IT IS POSTED AHEAD OF TIME, AND IT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, POSTED UP HERE AND THERE'S DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA AHEAD OF TIME, THEREFORE, THEY CAN COME IN AND THEY LOOK AT THE COMMENTS, WHICH TONIGHT I THINK WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE RIGHT AFTER A DISCUSSION, SO PROPOSED LANGUAGE, PEOPLE MAKE COMMENT, SO ARE YOU THINKING SOMETHING BEYOND THAT?

>> I WAS THINKING PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE NEXT THING BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH PUBLIC COMMENT IN OUR MIND, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S AN EMERGENCY THING.

I THINK THE POLICY DOES TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE HANDLED RIGHT AWAY AND AN [NOISE] EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR THAT, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND GET IT RIGHT, AND REVIEW IT, AND MULL IT OVER, I JUST FEEL LIKE A LONGER TIMELINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE I HONESTLY, I WAS FEELING I WAS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT AND THE 45 MINUTE THING AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING BUT AFTER [NOISE] TAKING IT OVER MORE, I HAVE DRIFTED ANOTHER DIRECTION AND IT'S LIKE, I CAN SEE SOME REASONS WHY YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO PUT THAT IN A HARD AND FAST LANGUAGE.

>> I THINK TOO, IF SOMEONE HAS MORE THAN THAT.

I WOULD LOVE IT IF THEY SUBMITTED IN WRITING BECAUSE AS SOMEONE, IF THEY EMAIL IT TO US THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE DOCUMENTATION SO THAT MIGHT BE A TIME, AND I'VE HAD THAT DONE MANY TIMES, THEN THEY CAN GO BACK TO REFERENCES.

JUST FOR MY 30 BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS AFTER THE MEETING, YOU WERE SAYING BEYOND WHAT WE ALREADY DO, AND MAYBE THE REST OF YOU CAN HELP ME, BEYOND WHAT WE DO, HOW MANY TIMES WE POST THE AGENDA WITH EVERYTHING, YOU'RE DRAWING PUBLIC COMMENT TWICE THAT NIGHT,

[01:30:02]

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST THIS ONE BY MICHAEL LEE 12, WE HAD A DISCUSSION LAST TIME, WE DID THE CHANGES, WE POSTED THE CHANGES.

EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T SIDE-BY-SIDE, IT IS IN THE DOCUMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS, THAT'S HOW WE CAN UPGRADE THAT.

BUT I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS IF WE KEEP SENDING IT DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BOTTLENECKED, AND WE'LL NEVER GET THE CHANGES MADE OR THEY'LL BE SO DETACHED.

THAT'S IT, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS ON THAT.

JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP MOVING ALONG, ESPECIALLY WITHIN A NUMBER OF POLICIES PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO DO ANNUALLY HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

I WOULD LOVE SOME CLARITY ON THAT, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SENSE.

>> BECAUSE I GUESS I WAS THINKING YOU HAVE THE WRITTEN RESULTS THAT STILL PUT ON THERE, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MEETING YOU HAVE THE DISCUSSION, MEETING AFTER THAT, YOU ADOPT IT.

THAT WAS WHAT I SAW THE PROCESS WAS.[OVERLAPPING].

>> ESSENTIALLY, IN MY THINKING, WITH OE12, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE MADE THIS LAST USING IT AS AN EXAMPLE.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND THE CHANGES IN THE LAST MONTH, WE DECIDED TO MOVE THE FIRST FOUR IF MEMORY SERVES TO THE SEL POLICY, AND NOW WE HAVE IT IN WRITTEN TO BE CONFIRMED, OR TO BE ACCEPTED OR ADOPTED THE WAY IT IS.

IN MY MIND, THAT'S SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF TIMES, I GUESS I WOULD AGREE THAT IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THE OLD VERSUS THE NEW RIGHT THERE SIDE-BY-SIDE I CAN FIND HIM AND LOOK AT HIM.

>> WE CAN MAKE IT MORE.

>> YEAH. I'M GOING TO BE LIBERAL POINT.

I JUST THOUGHT, I FELT LIKE IT WAS THE LAST MEETING WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE, WE DIDN'T GIVE SUFFICIENT.

IT WAS LIKE, WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS, AND THEN, JUST DIDN'T REALLY GIVE MUCH TIME FOR IT.

>> I THINK THAT'S BETWEEN THE TIME IT GETS POSTED TILL NOW, THAT'S BEEN THE TIME.

I'M COMING BACK TO THIS POLICY, WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS, CAN WE CONTINUE TO WRESTLE WITH THIS ONE, AND MAYBE HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AROUND VOCABULARY, AND I THINK I EVEN TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT MAYBE THAT WHOLE SENTENCE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.

I THINK JAZZY SAID LAST TIME IN HER COMMENT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNDEFINED WORDS THERE THAT ARE QUITE BROAD, AND SO HOW DO WE WRITE A SENTENCE THAT CAPTURES THE INTENT OF ALL [NOISE] OF YOU TO GET TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS YOU'RE ALL WANTING THE SAME THINGS, BUT IS THAT SOMETIMES THAT'S REALLY CAPTURE THE MEANING AND THE WAY THAT WE'D NEED MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME IN MY LEARNING.

>> I FEEL LIKE I'M BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN GOING OE12 AND 1400 HERE, BUT I THINK ONLY OE12.

WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION, I JUST WAS THINKING OF COURSE THE TIMELINE OF THAT AND WAS IT.

>> LET ME BRING US BACK TO THE 1400 POLICY PRONOUNCEMENT THAT WE'VE GOT OE12 DOWN THE AGENDA JUST A LITTLE WAYS.

I GUESS I LOOK FORTH THE MOTION THAT WE DELAY FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENT OR REVISION, AND REVIEW PARTICULARLY THAT SENTENCE WHEN WE HAVE OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HERE NEXT MONTH.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT?

>> QUESTION?

>> YEAH.

>> THAT POLICY AT THIS TIME IN REVISION STATE HASN'T BEEN POSTED IS JUST A REVISION, IT'S NOT FOR PUBLIC VIEWING?

>> IT IS NOT, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, IT HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED ON THE WEBSITE, AND IS QUOTED, OR WITHIN IT'S STILL [OVERLAPPING].

>> HOW FAR YOU'VE DONE, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT POSTED, AND IT'S IN REVISION STAGE, OR REMAINS THAT WAY?

>> I THINK WHAT I HEAR IS WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE TIME TO REVISE IT, BUT WITH SOME GUIDANCE.

>> I'M NOT HEARING ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT, I WILL TAKE THAT AS A CONSENSUS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT DO WITH IT, SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU.

[01:35:04]

>> I'M IN 5.02 AND 5.03 AS WE DISCUSSED AND WE ADOPTED THE AGENDA AND BEST POSTPONE, SO THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 6.01,

[6. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]

RILEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

[BACKGROUND] I THINK THERE IS ONE PAGE IN YOUR PACKET THAT TAMMY GOT TO UPDATE BEFORE THE CASH FLOW AFTER YOUR PACKET GOT SENT OUT.

I WILL JUST HAND THESE AROUND AND PASS AN EXTRA MONTH FOR THE BUILDING UNIT.

TRY TO BE FAST.

WELL, [NOISE] I'LL JUST GO DOWN TO THE REPORT AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

[NOISE] BOARD OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS MET TWICE SINCE OUR LAST QUARTERLY REPORT.

WE CANCELED OUR MEETING IN OCTOBER AND OBVIOUSLY CANCELED OUR DECEMBER MEETING BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN TWO WEEKS AFTER OUR OTHER MEETING.

FOLLOWING UP ON ITEMS FROM LAST QUARTER, THERE'S STILL A PLAN FOR A BALANCE OF FUNDS WITHIN THE CRITICAL MAINTENANCE STATEMENT SECURITY BUCKET OF BOND FUNDS.

WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATE BID OPTION THAT HAS BEEN PRICED BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN ACCEPTED.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A DEADLINE TO ACCEPT THAT BY APRIL IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN FOR UPGRADES TO DEC CONTROLS, WHICH ARE THE HVAC CONTROLS AT [INAUDIBLE] MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I BELIEVE THAT WILL PROBABLY COME IN FRONT OF YOU FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO PULLING THE TRIGGER ON THAT.

THEN IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS AVAILABLE [NOISE] IN THAT BUCKET OF MONEY [INAUDIBLE] OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE BEEN PRIMARILY FOCUSED, AS MOST OF THE PEOPLE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, ON THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.

OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG ITEM MOVING IN HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO THE MAIN CAMPUS ACADEMICALLY COMMENTS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

ONE ITEM I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING UP WAS THAT THE AUXILIARY GYM WAS SLATED TO BE TURNED OVER WITH THE MAIN ACADEMIC BUILDING.

IT WAS ALWAYS A GOAL, AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TURN OVER EARLY AND THAT WAS ABLE TO BE DONE PRIOR TO BASKETBALL SEASON.

A HUGE ASSET FOR THOSE FOLKS PLAYING BASKETBALL TO HAVE BOTH THOSE FACILITIES AVAILABLE.

FROM THE BOARD OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, AS WITH THE GYM, IT WILL BE TURNED OVER IN A FUNCTIONAL AND USABLE STATE, BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME MINOR FINISHES, BUMPS, BRUISES, THINGS TO SORT OUT AS THE SCHOOLS OPEN, AS STUDENTS AND STAFF START USING THE SPACE.

AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE MAKING SURE TO TAKE SOME EXTRA TIME AND NOT COMPROMISE ON QUALITY, JUST OVER GETTING THE PROJECT TURNED OVER.

EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GREAT SO FAR IN THAT CAPACITY AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING, SO ANTICIPATING CORNERSTONE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE DISTRICT WITH ALL THE NECESSARY COORDINATION AND COOPERATION THAT THEY HAVE THUS FAR.

WITH THAT ACADEMIC BUILDING BEING TURNED OVER, OBVIOUSLY, THE OLD BUILDING SITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT.

FROM A SAFETY, SECURITY, AND JUST A WAY-FINDING PERSPECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC AND STUDENT STAFF ACCESS.

AGAIN, JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT SOME TIME AND EFFORT BE PUT INTO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S CLEAR MEANS OF ENTRANCE [INAUDIBLE] PASSING THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

THE SCHEDULE UPDATE ON THE COST SIDE,

[01:40:03]

AS PART OF THE PACKET, WE GET ALL THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MONTHLY.

OVERALL, WE'RE ABOUT 65 PERCENT SPENT FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS GOOD.

THE CLOSER WE GET TO 100, THE LESS RISK WE SEE, LESS UNKNOWNS THERE ARE, AND HOPEFULLY, THERE SHOULD BE MORE SECURITY AND CONFIDENCE IN THE FINANCIAL COMPONENT.

CONTINGENCY BUCKETS THAT ARE BEING CARRIED RIGHT NOW, THE CORNERSTONE SIDE STILL LOOK REASONABLE WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PROJECT.

THERE IS A NEGATIVE BALANCE IN THE OWNER RISK CONTINGENCY, ABOUT 13 PERCENT LEFT IN THE CONTRACTOR CONTINGENCY, AND NINE PERCENT IN UNORDERED WITH A OVERALL BALANCE OF ROUGHLY $227,000.

AS MENTIONED LAST QUARTER, THE NEGATIVE BALANCE, WHILE CONCERNING OUR FACE VALUE, DOES CARRY QUITE A BIT OF WRONG ROUGH ORDER MAGNITUDE VALUES IN IT, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DEMO OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, UNFORESEEN UNDERGROUND SITE CONDITION WITH A LOT OF THIS FORMAT.

WORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE OUT THERE, SO THE HOPE IS AND CONTINUES TO BE THAT THOSE WRONG VALUES ARE ACTUALLY HIGHER.

NOT NECESSARILY COST SAVINGS, BUT NOT FULLY EXHAUSTING THOSE FUNDS OR FULLY EXHAUSTING THOSE CONTINGENCY BUCKETS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS [NOISE] AND MOVE FORWARD.

I GUESS ANOTHER ITEM ON CONTINGENCIES IS THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY FUND THAT IS BEING HELD BY THE DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] OUTSIDE, OF COURSE, THOSE CONTRACTS, SO THERE'S STILL A DECENT AMOUNT CONTINGENCY FUNDS AVAILABLE BEYOND THAT 227 THAT'S CURRENTLY SHOWN AS THE BALANCE OF THE CONTRACTOR SIDE.

WE'VE ALSO SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER KNOWING THAT THAT WAS THE ONE BUILDING THAT WAS REMAINING ON CAMPUS, ONE OF THE MAJOR BUILDINGS REMAINING, I SHOULD SAY, ON CAMPUS.

A LOT OF TIME HAS BEEN SPENT ON HOW TO PROPERLY BRING THAT BUILDING UP TO AN EQUIVALENT STANDARD OR ACCEPTABLE STANDARD, A MINIMUM TO THE REST OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST WORD IS, BUT THERE WAS SOME SEISMIC REPAIR WORK DONE ON THAT BUILDING THAT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SEISMIC RETROFIT WORK.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS ALLOCATED IN THE BOND IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT WAS PROMISED IN THE BOND NOR DESIRED.

BUT THANKFULLY, DUE TO SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY MONEY AND HOW HEALTHY SOME OF THE CURRENT BUCKETS ARE, WE ARE CURRENTLY TRACKING.

WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS BALANCE CONTINGENCY FUNDS WITHIN THE BOND MONEY WHICH SHOULD MORE THAN COVER WHAT WAS PROMISED AT THE PACK, AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF THE DESIRED IMPROVEMENTS PART OF THE EARLY DISCUSSION.

ON A COST PERSPECTIVE OR ON A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A $112 MILLION BOND THAT PASSED.

THE STATE IS KICKING IN JUST UNDER 21 MILLION, AND DUE TO THE KINDNESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOND SALES, WE HAVE INCURRED ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF INTEREST AS WELL.

RECENTLY, WE'RE TOLD THAT WE'VE GOT A REBATE OF $105,000 FROM CASCADE NATURAL GAS AS WELL WHICH WAS HOPED FOR BUT UNEXPECTED.

ALL OF THIS IS HELPING THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THE PROJECT.

AS YOU GO DOWN THE HOME STRETCH, IF YOU WILL, CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE BUDGET AND THE FUNDS.

[01:45:06]

LASTLY, JUST A ROUTINE ITEM AGAIN.

CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND LOOKING FOR A LARGE CORPORATE OR LARGE DONATION, BUT OTHERS, SOME EFFORTS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.WILL GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING WHEN WE STILL HAVE ORANGE ZONE ON THE SITE TO GET SOME PRIVATE FUNDS THAT IT WAS SIGNED AND FILLED, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NORMAL.

AGAIN, WANTING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR.

LASTLY, TRANSPARENCY IS ANOTHER FOCUS THAT OVERSIGHT ME.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE QUITE A BIT OF DASHBOARDS AVAILABLE ON-SITE WEBCAM VIRTUAL TUTOR OR AIR FLOWS.

CAN YOU COME UP EVERY FEW MONTHS? I THINK THERE'S BEEN A GOOD AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION OF OTHER UPDATES ARE GREAT CONTINUING TO PUSH AGAIN THOSE FACING MAPS, FLOW CHARTS, AND A WAY OF FINDING THE INFORMATION.

THE ACADEMICALLY WING IS OPEN.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY ADDITIONAL TOURS AND A LOT OF STAFF AND THEY ARE MOVING IN TO THE NEW BUILDING, THAT'S DOING GREAT.

I HEARD RUMBLINGS LAST NIGHT WALKING THROUGH THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL AND THERE'S PLANS AND THOUGHTS FOR AN OPEN HOUSE TOUR FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.

IT'S BEEN GOOD TO HEAR THAT SOME OF THE RESERVATIONS THAT EXPRESSED ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL AND THE WAY IT WAS SET UP SEEM TO BE FALLING A LITTLE BIT AS PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND THEN HAD TO GO BACK TO THEIR OLD [LAUGHTER] EXCITED ABOUT THAT, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S BEEN GOOD TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE ELSE AS CALLING A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S MENTION OF THE OLD NAME FOR RHO.

HERE OBVIOUSLY PASSED AS TO THE OF LUCK OF LAST NIGHT, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY HOW MANY PEOPLE [NOISE] I WAS EXPECTING A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE, AND YOU NOW ALSO MADE A CHANGE SOUGHT OF MATE OR SOMETHING.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON.

I KNOW OTHERS, THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE LISTENING FOR THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

I GRADUATED IN 2004 AND IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR [LAUGHTER].

AGAIN, WE ARE IN PUBLIC MEETING GROUP.SO WHEN YOU RECEIVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT AND RECOMMEND IT WOULD BE HAPPY IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS AS WELL.

BUT THAT IS THE WRAP-UP OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND GETTING BACK TO YOU, SAFETY, SECURITY-RELATED STUFF.

MAJOR MILESTONE IS THAT ALL OF THESE SECURE VESTIBULES ARE NOW COMPLETE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL NOW HAS A SECURE ACCESS POINT, WHICH IS GREAT.

THERE'S STILL SOMEBODY [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] STUFF THAT IS FILTERING THROUGH AS THEY'RE ABLE TO GET INTO AND OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL [NOISE], I GUESS THE CONCLUSION, WITHOUT READING THE BOTTOM WE TRYING NOT THE MAIN ACTOR BEING, TURNOVER.

I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT HOW MUCH EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT A LITTLE BUGS AND ISSUES [NOISE].

I MAY A VERY CRITICAL PERSON.

I GOT INTO THIS BECAUSE I HAD SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE PAST WORK IN THE DISTRICT AND I KNEW HOW TO SAY THAT AS MANY THINGS THAT COME UP THERE

[01:50:03]

WE GOT ALONG LOGO STILL VERY HARD SO FAR AND EXCITED FOR ACADEMIC BEEN OPENING UP AND TRYING TO GET THE STORY, WITH THAT I'LL TRY TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>>SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR RYAN?

>> I KNOW WE SAID MANY TIMES WE NEEDED EVERY TIME YOU SAY THAT THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING.

YOU GUYS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT AND THAT GOES UNSEEN BY MANY PEOPLE BUT IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND ASSET TO PROCESS SO THANK YOU.

>> I KNOW THAT IT'S IN THE END UP TO THE BOARD FOR HOW LONG THE COMMITTEE IS.

ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.SO FOR HOW LONG THE [INAUDIBLE] TOGETHER, DO YOU GUYS AS A COMMUNITY THINK, LIKE, OH, WE SHOULD BE RAPID AND AROUND WHEN?

>> I MEAN, MY THOUGHT WOULD BE PROBABLY [INAUDIBLE] BE BOMBER COMPLETE MOST PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS WORTH OF LIFE.

FINANCIAL CLOSE OUT.

>> A YEAR, 15 MONTHS OR SO? THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, AND MAYBE I HAD A FEVER DREAM ABOUT THIS. I'M NOT SURE.

BUT DIDN'T WE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TALK ABOUT FOR FUTURE BONDS, THAT WE HAVE A BOND [NOISE] TO BE PART OF IT? YOUR OPINION WITH THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST HAVE AN ALTERNATES SEEING OUR PEOPLE.

IT'S A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT FOR THIS POSITION.

DO YOU THINK THAT IS A WISE THING FOR US TO HAVE A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BE A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY BOND OR CASE-BY-CASE, WHAT DO YOU DO?

>> I DON'T SEE A WAY THAT IT HURTS.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER AND WE HAD A DECENT HOUR, BUT THERE'S BEEN THREE OR FOUR MEMBERS THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING.

I GUESS I DON'T SEE A NEGATIVE OTHER THAN MAYOR AUGUSTUS SPEND AN EXTRA NIGHT.

[OVERLAPPING] YES, THEY ARE. [LAUGHTER] INITIALLY, THERE WAS SOME TURNOVER, BUT THE GROUP NOW HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE JUMP IN, BUT I THINK THE CORE GROUP HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR PAST YEAR PLUS. [NOISE]

>> I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING OF IT AFTERWARDS.

I WAS LIKE, WELL, IT'S SUCH A GREAT IDEA AND WE LOVE IT, AND WE SHOULD HAVE IT FOR ALL OF THEM.

THEN I WAS LIKE, WAIT A SECOND, DO WE PIN OURSELVES INTO A CORNER WHERE, BUT IT SOUNDS [OVERLAPPING].

>> I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT.

I SEE THE VALUE IN IT [LAUGHTER].

IF I DIDN'T SEE THE VALUE IN IT, THEN, THAT APPROACH [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, I DON'T SEE A NEGATIVE TO IT.

THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IT GIVES A MIDDLEMAN, IF YOU WILL, FOR TRANSPARENCY ASPECT OF THE COMMUNITY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I MAKE REQUIREMENT [OVERLAPPING].

>> YOU'LL TELL EVERYBODY THAT YOU WANT TO BE A FUTURE VOLUNTEER; WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE IT WAS AND WORTH RECRUITING.

>> YEAH. I'LL TELL HER.

DON'T ASK MY WIFE, BUT [LAUGHTER] I WILL TELL EVERYBODY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YEAH. I THINK IT'S BEEN GOOD.

THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT TRYING TO GET A CAPITAL ROLLING THIS INTO, MAYBE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE BUT TRYING TO CREATE A CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE THAT'S BEEN TO ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, KNOWS THAT THIS IS NOT THE LAST BOND THAT THIS DISTRICT NEEDS.

IT'S NOT THE LAST CAPITAL PROJECT THAT THIS DISTRICT WILL NEED IN THE NEXT 10 TO 40 YEARS.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T ASK ME WHY, BUT I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE TO IT AND I THINK THE [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN A HIGH DEGREE SOURCE TO US, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL.

[OVERLAPPING] THE EXPERIENCE IN OVERSIGHT, THEY PROVIDED SOME REALLY VALUABLE FEEDBACK AND THE INSIGHT IN THE PROCESS.

[01:55:02]

>> YEAH, I DEFINITELY AGREE THAT IT'S BEEN INVALUABLE, BUT I WAS THINKING IF THERE WERE A BOND LATER THAT WASN'T ASKED, MAYBE DOESN'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION FROM THE COMMUNITY OR WHENEVER.

IT'S LIKE, "DO WE NEED IT?" YEAH, I THINK WE DO.

BUT JUST FROM HIS OPINION, I HAD A THOUGHT, [INAUDIBLE] IF IT'S WORTHWHILE TO RECRUIT THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR WHATEVER SIZE IT IS.

I THINK IT IS [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE].

>> YEAH, I THINK SO. I THINK THAT AS FAR AS SMALLER VOLUME BECAUSE IS SMALLER BIT.

MAYBE IT'S NOT SEVEN IT IS THREE OR FIVE OR WHATEVER.

>> I THINK THE COMMUNITY TRUST AND JUST THE EXPERTISE THAT THE [NOISE] COMMITTEE HAS PUT TOGETHER HAS BEEN A BIG ASSET.

I LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH AND REPORTS AND GO, OKAY, I COULD HAVE REVIEWED THIS, BUT I WOULD HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IN THE WORLD I WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION IS NOT MY FORTE.

SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN A GREAT VALUE, NOT ONLY TO THE DISTRICT, FROM JUST OVERSIGHT, BUT JUST THAT YOU GUYS ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS OF THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK, AND PROVIDING INSIGHT ON THOSE THINGS.

I THINK THAT, THAT'S WHERE IT PROVIDES A LOT OF VALUE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE ON THERE THAT HAD EXPERTISE IN THOSE AREAS.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US ON ITEM 6.02, WHICH IS REVISIONS, OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS [NOISE] POLICY 60E6: THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION.

THIS IS THE POLICY THAT WE HAD AND WE LOOKED AT LAST MONTH AND ADOPTED.

THE CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT BEFORE US IS, LOOKING AT THE POLICY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED AS FAR AS WITHIN THE VERBIAGE OF THE ACTUAL POLICY OR THE INDICATORS.

AGAIN, IT'S THE BRINGING THING IN ROUND CIRCLE.

BIGGEST THING THAT I SAW WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE VOTED IN THIS COMPLIANT, DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT IN REGARDS TO THE INDICATORS.

IT WAS MORE ABOUT [NOISE] THE LINKAGES WHEN WE DID THIS SUPPORTING DATA, AS FAR AS THE MAKING THE REPORT EASIER TO FIND STUFF WITHIN THE WEBSITE.

THE RECURRENT THEME THAT WE HAVE, THE REPORTS AND THAT JUST MAKES THINGS EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO FIND IF THEY'RE LOOKING THROUGH THIS.

BUT DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF COMMENT AS FAR AS ACTUAL INDICATORS WITHIN THIS, BUT AGAIN, OPEN TO COMMENT AT THIS POINT.

>> MY ONLY THING WAS PROVIDING THE LINKS WHEN YOU SAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE DIRECTLY TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO. THAT'S ALL.

>> YEAH. AGAIN, JUST AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THAT INCOME IS PART OF THE IN COMPLIANCE AND JUST RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE, WHICH AGAIN IS REITERATED THEME.

I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON IS MORE, WERE THERE ANY INDICATORS THAT NEEDED TO BE?

>> LOOKING FOR ADJUSTABLE POLICY, NOW THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S IT.

>> IF YOU GO [INAUDIBLE].

>> AT LEAST SIX.

>> AT LEAST SIX?

>> HERE YOU GO. HERE IT IS.

I DON'T REMEMBER ANY COMING UP.

>> NO, WHEN I LOOK BACK,

[02:00:03]

>> WHAT'S THE CURRENT FREQUENCY? DOES IT SAY IF YOU SCROLL DOWN? THIS ONE IS ANNUALLY?

>> YEAH.

>> COULD WE HAVE NUMBER 7 PUBLISHED FOR FINANCIAL CONDITION STATEMENT ANNUALLY? I ASSUME THAT'S THE BUDGET, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> COULD WE HAVE AND PROVIDE POST? IF WE PUBLISH IT, PUBLISH IT WHERE? OR DO WE PUT IT IN THERE, IT WILL BE POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEWING? I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE LAW.

>> YEAH, SO PUBLISH ON THE WEBSITE.

WE MAKE COPIES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT COME TO GET THEM AND WE ADVERTISE IN THE NEWSPAPER [INAUDIBLE] WEBSITE.

[OVERLAPPING] IF YOU WANT, WE COULD [INAUDIBLE] SURE.

IT SEEMS TO BE A THING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING.

THE FINAL LINK GIVES THE REPORT.

>> YEAH. IT COULD BE JUST LIKE THAT'S JUST THE STANDARD PRACTICE GOING BUT IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT INTO POLICY, [INAUDIBLE].

>> MY THOUGHT WOULD BE WE WANT THAT THE OVERARCHING NEW ONE MASHED UP LINK JUST MAKE IT EASY TO FIND NOT ONLY FOR US BUT FOR OUR [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, IF I'M NOT SEEING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE, THEN I WILL MOVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND KEEP OE6 AS IS, AND MAKE NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME.

[NOISE] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE.

>> ALL OPPOSED? A6 STANDS.

THEN THAT BRINGS US TO RECEIVING, MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY, OE8, WHICH IS COMMUNICATION TO THE BOARD.

FOR THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KRISTI.

[NOISE]

>> AS I SAID, THAT IS AN AREA THAT JUST COME UP NOT JUST TO THE BOARD.

THE TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AS ANYTHING THEY COMMUNICATE OUT IS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE [NOISE] THAT REPORT WHETHER WE TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT IS ONE WAY WE DO COMMUNICATE TO YOU, FEEDBACK, THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE EVIDENCE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT [INAUDIBLE] KNOW.

YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE AND READ ABOUT AREAS THAT WE NEED TO GROW AND IMPROVE.

IT'S JUST A REALISTIC NARRATIVE OF WHERE WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND COMMUNICATION.

I [NOISE] REALLY WOULD LOVE SOME FEEDBACK ON THESE REPORTS WHEN YOU'RE THINKING OF THE NOTES ABOUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE, WHAT'S WORKING WELL, WHAT ISN'T WORKING WELL BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE IMPROVE.

YOU ARE THE INTENDED AUDIENCE AND WHO WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BE LIKE THE WEEKLY SWAY.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST DO THE WEEKLY SWAY BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I DO, BUT I WANT IT TO BE MEANINGFUL, IS THE TIMING OF THINGS WORKING.

ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS YOU'RE READING THIS IF YOU'LL JUST REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT YOU'VE SEEN ARE STRONG OR AREAS FOR PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT.

>> JUST TO REITERATE PROCESS BECAUSE DECEMBER MAKES TIMELINES REALLY WEIRD, AND CHRIS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I'M USING THE REPORT YOU GAVE ME BEFORE AND [INAUDIBLE] HAVE CHANGED.

WE'RE RECEIVING THIS REPORT ON 12/13 WHICH IS TODAY.

THE SURVEY WILL BE OUT FOR INPUT ON IT AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.

NORMALLY WE HAVE LIKE A WEEK TO GET THAT BACK, BUT BECAUSE OF THE BREAK, WE ACTUALLY GET AN EXTENDED PERIOD SO WE REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

THE SURVEYS WILL BE DUE BACK TO CHRIS ON THE SIXTH OF JANUARY, THEN SHE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS OUT TO US, THE FOLLOWING WEEK, AND THEN WE WILL REVIEW AND DISCUSS THAT ON THE 31ST.

THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE POLICY ITSELF AT OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.

>> YOU WILL NOTICE THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF LINKS.

WHEN YOU SIT DOWN,

[02:05:02]

>> WELL, THANK YOU. [NOISE] THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO ITEM 6.04, WHICH IS TO ADOPT REVISED LANGUAGE FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 12, OE12 ON SAFETY.

WE HAVE ALLUDED TO AND TALKED ABOUT THIS POLICY A FEW TIMES THIS EVENING.

WE DO HAVE A COPY OF THE PACKET, AS WELL AS ONBOARD DOCS.

I HAVEN'T SENT IT YET TONIGHT, SO JUST TO THROW IT IN THERE FOR ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING OR ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.

ALL OF THE INFORMATION OR I SHOULD SAY, THE MAJORITY OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS POSTED ON BOARD DOCS AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO LOOK AT IT THERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLES WITH BOARD DOCS OR YOU NEED SOME HELP FINDING IT, FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY OF US, THE ADMIN TEAM.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU FIND WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS AT.

WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO OE12 AND DISCUSSION AS TO WHERE WE GO WITH THIS ONE.

AGAIN, BIGGEST CHANGES WITH IT IS WE REMOVE THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING ASPECTS OF SAFETY TO RA4 [NOISE] RESULTS POLICY FOLDER [NOISE] AND KEPT THIS ONE JUST TO THE PHYSICAL SAFETY ASPECTS.

>> IF YOU LOOK ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THE ORIGINAL ONE.

IT'S 1A CDE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

THEY'RE JUST BEING PUT INTO FOR US TO LOOK WHEN WE GET TO THE RESULTS FOR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

>> ALL OF 1A-8 WILL BE GOING TO [OVERLAPPING]

>> WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PUT THEM IN THERE AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM.

BECAUSE WHAT I REMEMBER, IF WE REMEMBER BACK TO THIS REPORT, IT WAS REALLY CUMBERSOME AND HARD TO PULL OUT.

IT GOT A LITTLE SIDEWAYS.

BEING OPERATIONAL IS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF SAFETY, AND THEN THESE OTHER ONES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM UNDER RESULTS.

WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL BE REVISITING THOSE.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REVISIT ONE WHEN WE GET TO THAT RESULTS REPORT.

>> SO WHAT WE ARE THINKING IS THAT FOR OE12, IT WOULD BE ITEMS 2-7?

>> YEAH.

NOT CHANGING THE LANGUAGE, JUST CHUNKS.

>> R4 IS UP FOR REVIEW SOMETIME NEXT YEAR?

>> IT IS.

I'M JUST LOOKING REAL QUICK BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LOOKING BACK IN PREPARATION I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. [OVERLAPPING]

>> R4, WHEN WAS THAT?

>> I THOUGHT IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN WE GOING TO REVIEW IT BUT THAT IT IS UP FOR REVIEW I THINK NEXT YEAR AGAIN.

>> BECAUSE WE DID THIS REPORT, THAT IS AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE EITHER AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BECAUSE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THE REPORT IT SAYS ANNUALLY AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THEM ON ANNUALLY.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SET SOME TIME ASIDE TO REALLY LOOK AT FREQUENCY.

THAT FIRST TOP PART WILL BE AN ANNUAL REVIEW BASED ON THE CYCLE.

[NOISE]

>> JUNE.

>> THIS JUNE? OKAY. WE'RE REVISITING THE TOP PART IN JUNE.

WE WILL BE REPORTING TO THE RESULTS REPORT ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AS IT CURRENTLY IS, AND THEN WE WILL REVISE THAT.

WE'LL PUT THESE IN.

BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS EVIDENCE OF THESE, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT THE TEAM HAS BEEN.

IT'S ON THEIR CALENDAR IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT [NOISE] AND MONITORING AND COLLECTING DATA AS WE SPEAK.

>> MAY I ASK A QUESTION [BACKGROUND]? EARLIER, PROGRESSIVE SUDDEN REFER TO THE RESOURCE OFFICER.

YES, THAT EVEN A CONSIDERATION, PUTTING THAT BACK WITH SOMEONE WHO APPARENTLY WE HAD ONE POINT WAS REMOVED,

[02:10:05]

>> RIGHT NOW I CAN TELL YOU THAT MARK AND THE OTHER WALK-IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS ARE WORKING ON COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN.

I'LL LET HIM TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE PARTNERING IN THAT.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM AND HE CAN TALK FURTHER I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT POSITION.

[NOISE] RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CALIBRATING OUR LANGUAGE.

CHIEF TURNER AND I, WE'VE MET ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE TALK, AND SO IT'S REALLY A MORE OF COMPREHENSIVE BREATH INSTEAD OF JUST THE REACTION PART, THE WHOLE PART.

BUT I'LL LET MARK TALK FURTHER ABOUT THAT.

>> WE HAVE FORMED A RETINA PROCESS FOR REPAIRING OUR THIRD MEETING HERE AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, AND BASICALLY THE SAFETY LEADS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT CLOCK AND EXCLUSIONS ARE MEETING ON A MONTHLY BASIS AROUND STANDARDIZATION OF OUR RESPONSES AND PROTOCOLS, AND VOCABULARY AS IT RELATES TO SAFETY IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

BUT JUST LIKE YOU DO WITH THE BOLD RESPONSE TEAM.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN TIMES OF NEED.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, TO KICK THAT OFF IS IN JANUARY.

IN JANUARY, WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A TRAINING FROM A GROUP.

I LOVE YOU GUYS, FOUNDATION.

AND I'D SAY THEY HAVE A STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOLS, WHICH THEY'VE MANAGED TO DO ON A SUSTAINABLE, CONSISTENT BASIS.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR YEARS IN TERMS OF BUILDING P12 CONTINUUM.

SO REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE IN OUR SYSTEM, YOU TAKE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH YOU.

EVERYTHING YOU'VE LEARNED IN THE PRIMARY GRADES TRANSLATES AS YOU GROW UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL OR YOU'RE A STAFF MEMBER THAT MOVES BUILDINGS.

ALL THE COMMANDS ON CAPILLARY RESPONSES ARE CONSISTENT.

SO WE'RE NOT ONLY BEEN A DISTRICT WHERE I'M DOING ACCOUNTING.

I MENTIONED P12 WAS OUR INITIALLY WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT AROUND AWHILE FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS ENGAGED AND THAT BRINGS US AS WELL.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS [INAUDIBLE] IS COMING ALONG WITH THAT SHORTLY TOO.

SO OUR EMPHASIS IS RIGHT NOW BUILDING A COMMON RESPONSE AND STRUCTURE, GETTING IT BACK IN PLACE.

AND THEN ASSESSING WHERE WE GO FROM THERE AND IN TERMS OF [NOISE] FUTURE RESOURCES AND RESPONSES.

>>WITH A RE-PHASE AND HIGH SCHOOL AS THE EVACUATION AREAS IN THE MUSCULAR AREAS, DOES THAT ALL CHANGE?

>> YEAH. IT CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE EVERY PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION REQUIRES A DIFFERENT EVACUATION PLAN.

SO THAT IS CONTINUING TO EVOLVE AND WON'T REALLY FINALIZED UNTIL NEXT FALL WHEN THE WHOLE CAMPUS IS COMPLETE.

>> SO YOU CAN SEE WHY HAVING ONE POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL SAFETY AND STAFFING IN THE MODEL.

HAVING THAT AS A STAND ALONE CAUSES AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS BY ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IN ITSELF IS FOR PRIORITY.

>> OTHER DISCUSSIONS IN REGARDS TO THE CHANGES TO OE12.

[NOISE] THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW TO ADDRESS THE REVISED OE12 POLICY.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RETAIN POINT 1 AND ALL OF THE SUBPOINTS A THROUGH E AND ADD IT TO RESULTS POLICY 4.

[02:15:03]

>> CAN I JUST ADD TO THAT FOR CLARITY AND TO [OVERLAPPING]

>> NO.

>> [LAUGHTER] WE'RE GETTING PUNCHY.

WE ACCEPT THE REVISED OE12 AS PRESENTED, WHICH HAS THOSE THINGS MOVED ON.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> SURE. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT WE MODIFY OE12, OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 12 ON SAFETY.

I'M REMOVING THE ORIGINAL ONE SECTION A3 AND MOVE THEM TO R4 AND ADOPTING THE REVISED SAFETY POLICY FOR OE12 AS PRESENTED AS PART OF THE MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THAT THEN BRINGS US ON TO 7.01,

[7. FOCUS ON STUDENTS]

THIS WAS THE POLICY THAT WE AGAIN DISCUSSED [NOISE] LAST MONTH AND ESSENTIALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT THE POLICY AND THE BIG POINT OF QUESTION WAS THE VERBIAGE OF THE LINE THAT SAYS, "ALL STUDENTS WILL MASTER THE SKILL AND DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY IN EACH REQUIRED DISCIPLINE AND ELECTIVES." THE DISCUSSION REVOLVED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE AS WE DISCUSSED THE POLICY ON HOW YOU DEFINE ALL STUDENTS AND HOW DO YOU EVER ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING AS ALL? THE EXEC TEAM WAS GOING TO DO SOME WORDSMITHING AND COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH THEY DID DO AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS ARE LISTED WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE PORTION OF BOARD DOCS IN REGARDS TO THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE THAT. I CAN READ.

THE TWO OPTIONS WERE ONE, I SHOULDN'T SAY OPTIONS BECAUSE THEY CAN DO WHAT EVER BEEN.

THE TWO SUGGESTIONS HOPE SO THAT, ONE IS, WE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS EXCEEDING STANDARD ON GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS OR TWO, WE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DEMONSTRATING PROGRESS TOWARDS MASTERING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.

[NOISE]

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS MEETING OR EXCEEDING STANDARD ON GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

>> I LIKE THAT.

>> THE TEAM AGREES. [LAUGHTER]

>> WE GOT TO HAVE SOME ROOM FOR [INAUDIBLE] THE OVERACHIEVER SO [LAUGHTER].

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THAT VERBIAGE? WE CAN CONSTRAINT THINGS TOGETHER.

>> DO WE LIKE THAT SENTENCE BETTER OR WITH NUMBER 2, PROGRESS TOWARD MASTERING.

I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS EASIER INSTEAD.

>> I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS EASIER.

IT'S A WHOLE AND PARTICULARLY WE ADD IN THE, WE WILL INCREASE NUMBER OF STUDENTS MEETING OR EXCEEDING STANDARD ON GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS.

>> THIS HITS ON A LOT OF ACADEMIC AREAS.

WE CAN TRY THIS OUT.

WE CAN WRITE A REPORT AND THEN SAY, OKAY, DO THAT POLICY LANGUAGE WORK? WE HAVE A SIGN ALSO WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT.

>> DID IT MEET OR EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS.

>> MEET AND EXCEED. I THINK THAT HITS MARK.

WHEN I THINK BACK TO THE DISCUSSION WE HAD, I THINK THAT WAS THE ATTEMPT.

>> I THINK IT CAPTURES AS WELL.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT?

>> NO. [LAUGHTER] I WILL SECOND ACTUALLY.

>> DO THEY ONLY HAVE ONE INDICATOR ON IT?

>> ON THE ACADEMIC ONES THERE'S ONLY ONE INDICATOR.

>> I WILL ONLY MOTION THAT WE CHANGE THE INDICATOR ON RESULTS POLICY 2.1

[02:20:02]

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT WE CHANGE THE WORDING OF THE POLICY TO STATE THAT WE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS MEETING OR EXCEEDING STANDARDS ON GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS ON RE2.1.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? REVISION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 7.02, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND ADOPT THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 10, OE10 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE REPORT [NOISE] THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE SURVEY TO FILL OUT IN REGARDS TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM.

YOU'VE GOT THE COMMENTS THAT WERE PUT FORTH BY THE BOARD MEMBERS.

WE'VE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND REVIEW.

LOOKS LIKE CONSENSUS WAS EITHER BEING IN COMPLIANCE OR NON COMPLIANCE WITH A FEW EXPECTATIONS.

COMMENTS AND SUCH BY THE BOARD.

>>I THINK I HAD A SIMILAR COMMENT.

IN THE FIRST ONE, ENSURE THE DISTRICT-ADOPTED OR PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE BEST PRACTICE AND THE CURRENT RESEARCH.

THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS BEST PRACTICE AND CURRENT RESEARCH AND HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT THAT IS? I THOUGH THAT MAYBE THAT REPORT IS WHAT WE WERE USING AS THE ANSWER ON THAT, BUT IT WASN'T.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THE VERY FRUSTRATING PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, IT USE EVERY WORDS.

THEN AFTER THAT IS THE VERY FIRST STRAIN WHERE WE IDENTIFY MATERIALS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT FURTHER.

ONCE WE DO THAT, THEN WE GET THE MATERIALS AND WE SCREEN WITH ANOTHER [OVERLAPPING].

ONCE AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALL BASED ON ABSOLUTE BEST PRACTICE RESEARCH BASE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY ARE MOST UP TO DATE.

THOSE ARE PROVIDED TO US AT A NATIONAL LEVEL AND THOSE ARE THE TOOLS THAT WE USED TO SCREEN MATERIALS WHEN WE ARE JUST STARTING THE WAIVING PROCESS.

BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE MATERIALS IN HAND TO SCREEN FOR POTENTIAL HIRING, WE ARE SCREENING ALL AVAILABLE MATERIALS USING THE RESEARCH.

>> THE RESEARCH THAT'S SAYS THIS IS THE BEST PRACTICE.

>> AND SUCH,.

>> IT COMES FROM NATIONAL STANDARD?

>> IT COMES FROM THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

THERE'S A TEAM OF EDUCATORS THAT ACTUALLY COMES TOGETHER AND RESEARCHES AND FILLS THESE RUBRICS COLLABORATIVELY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE END REPORTS THERE ARE SPECIFIC RUBRICS AND CRITERIA THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THAT HAVE TO BE BASICALLY GATEWAYS THAT THEY HAPPEN TO PROGRESS THROUGH EVERY CENTERED INSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT ARE BASED ON THE BEST PRACTICE.

THEN I HAD TO GO BACK AND I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THEY POLL.

BUT THEY DO PULL THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH.

FOR INSTANCE, SCIENCE OF READING IN TERMS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE USE TO SCREEN MATERIALS THAT FOCUSES HEAVILY IN THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS.

IN ORDER FOR THOSE SPECIFIC MATERIALS TO RECEIVE THE POINTS TO PROGRESS THROUGH THOSE GATEWAYS, IT HAS TO CHECK THOSE BOXES.SO EVERY GRADE LEVEL WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE STANDARDS IN THE CONTENT FOR THIS [INAUDIBLE].

THERE'S REALLY ALMOST THREE SCREENS FOR EVERY SET OF MATERIALS.

ONE IS JUST BEFORE WE EVEN IDENTIFY IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT THEM FURTHER.

WE GET THEM, WE SCREEN THEM AGAIN WITH ANOTHER RUBRIC, AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY PILOTING AND THEN WE ACTUALLY GET TO DISCUSS SPECIFICITY OF GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS, THREE DIFFERENT RUBRICS ALL VERY MUCH ALIGNED AND ALL VERY PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

>> KELLY, COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE [NOISE] POLICIES 2020 AND HOW THAT CAME TO BE CREATED AND DO YOU USE THAT PROCESS?

>> WE DO USE THE PROCESS.

I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS PRE OUR TERMS HERE IN THESE POSITIONS SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT WAS CREATED.

WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE TEND TO USE WHILST A MODEL OF POLICIES AS WE'RE ADOPTING MORE POLICIES.

SO I GUESS IT CAME OUT OF SOME RENDITION FROM [INAUDIBLE].

WHAT I WILL SAY THERE ARE SOME UPDATES TO MODEL POLICY THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.

[02:25:01]

I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY HOW WE ARRIVED AT THAT, I CAN TELL YOU HISTORICALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO AS WE'RE REVIEWING THIS, AND EVEN AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH ADOPTION PROCESSES WE LOOK AT OUR POLICY, WE LOOK AT THE [INAUDIBLE] WSSDA POLICY AND EVEN CONTINUE TO PULL ANY OTHER STATEWIDE REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL [INAUDIBLE].

BUT I WILL SAY WE'RE PROBABLY ARE DUE FOR AN UPDATE.

>>SO IN YOUR OPINION, THAT SHOULD BE UP FOR REVIEW PERIODICALLY?

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ALL OF OUR POLICIES ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE A TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND THINK, OH, WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YES.

>> IT WAS ALSO NICE TO SEE THEM WERE SEVERAL LINKS WITHIN THERE GIVING THAT NICE TO BE ABLE TO CLICK AND GO CHECK THOSE THINGS OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR SUCH IN REGARDS TO THIS POLICY?

>> I HAVEN'T LOOKED THROUGH, I JUST FOUND IT, BUT IF YOU GO ON BOSTON'S WEBSITE AND YOU DO A SEARCH.

ACTUALLY, I THINK I WENT TO GOOGLE AND JUST DID A SEARCH, WSSDA 2020 POLICY.

THERE IS A MODEL POLICY OF THE 2020/2022 COURSE DESIGN SELECTION ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

THAT'S, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, PART OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IN WSSDA IS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH THESE LEGALLY REQUIRED POLICIES FOR EVERYTHING.

I WONDER WHEN THEIRS GOES LAST.

>> TYPICALLY, MA'AM, MAYBE YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT TYPICALLY THEY MODIFY THEIRS WE GET NOTIFICATION.

USUALLY IT'S FOLLOWING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHEN THEY MADE CHANGES TO RCWS THAT IMPACT THOSE POLICIES, AND THEN THEY SEND OUT, HEY, RCW, XYZ WAS CHANGED.

THAT ALL [INAUDIBLE] SUCH AND SUCH AND SUCH AND SUCH THERE THEN THE AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES YOU NEED TO ADOPT.

>> THERE IT SAYS THAT IT WAS LAST ADJUSTED IN DECEMBER 2015 AND OURS SAYS FEBRUARY 24.

BUT ANYWAY, IT'S STILL SEVEN YEARS AGO.

>> I'M TRYING TO THINK IF WE DID HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WENT THROUGH, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT.

NOW THAT'S BECAUSE WHILE I WAS ON THE BOARD, WE ACTUALLY READ THROUGH IN A SERIES OF PERIODS THROUGH ALL THOSE POLICIES AND NARROWED ONE OF THEM.

SOME OF THEM ARE LONG AND VERY LEGAL.

SO IN REGARDS TO OE10, THE TASK BEFORE US IS TO DETERMINE HOW WE WANT TO ACCEPT OR ADOPT THIS REPORT IN THE SENSE OF EITHER AS MY INKLING WOULD BE A BIT EASIER COMPLIANT WITH THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOMEONE SAID NOT COMPLIANT ON ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE.

IS THERE A MOTION AS FAR AS ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OR THOSE THINGS THAT WERE POSED THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE IN OUR PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS TO KRISTI AND THE EXEC TEAM AS FAR AS CHANGES WITH HOW POLICY OE10 IS BEING INTERPRETED AND CARRIED OUT? HEARING NONE AND BASED ON CONVERSATION THAT THE CHAIR WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE ACCEPT THE REPORT AS IN COMPLIANCE AND WITH NO NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS.

[02:30:09]

>> AYE.

>> OPPOSED?

>> NO, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE [INAUDIBLE].

>> THEN BASED ON THE REPORT IS ACCEPTABLE WITH THREE, FOUR, ONE, NONE AND WE WILL THEN BRING OE10 UP NEXT MONTH TO DISCUSS THE POLICY ITSELF AND ANY CHANGES WOULD BE MADE.

THAT THEN BRINGS US ON TO ITEM 8 OF OUR AGENDA WHICH IS SHARING.

[8. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]

>> I'LL JUST DO THIS ANOTHER WAY.

I AM [INAUDIBLE] DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT TO DO OR HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT AND ALL THE THINGS BEEN PROPOSED AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LOOK AT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS LIKE, OF COURSE, I AM GOING TO DO IT.

I THINK IS HARMFUL TO ME OR WHAT'S HARMFUL TO THE REST OF THE STUDENT BODY.

THE STATEMENT THAT I'M READING IS JUST BROAD AND DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE.

I THINK THAT THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT HARM TO CHILDREN IS TO SHOW SUPPORT.

SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE COMES AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I THINK THAT TRANSGENDER ISM OR WHATEVER THE WORDS THAT PEOPLE USE IS TERRIBLE AND NEEDS TO STOP OR WHATEVER.

THEN YOU CAN GO OUT AND BE LIKE, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO A FRIEND OR YOU COULD REACH OUT TO ME AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EXPRESS SUPPORT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS, WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE REALIZE IT OR NOT THESE STUDENTS EXIST AND THEY NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATED.

I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO NOT EVEN JUST ON THE BASIS OF THEIR ORIENTATION, WHO MAYBE MIGHT BE NATIVE OR THEY MIGHT BE BLACK LIKE ME, THEY MIGHT BE HISPANIC, THEY MIGHT BE PART OF AN ETHNIC GROUP THAT ISN'T RECOGNIZED AND THEY MIGHT BE IN SOME GROUP THAT JUST MAKES THEM FEEL DIFFERENT AND WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO, BUT WE CAN SHOW SUPPORT.

THAT IS THE MAIN THING THAT I WANT FROM THE BOARD IS I WANT YOU TO BE AFFIRMED AND THE REST OF THE STUDENTS DO TOO.

LIKE I SAID IF THERE IS THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO BE SAID, THEN WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON GETTING MORE OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE TRY TO SAY, "WE JUST SHOULDN'T LET THIS PERSON TALK, " IT'S JUST SUPER DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE, AND IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION THAT I WANT, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING WITH [INAUDIBLE].

I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HER ABOUT THIS BUT THAT'S NOT THE SOLUTION I WANT.

I WANT MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND I WANT THE BOARD TO ALSO TAKE A STANCE ON THIS AS WELL.

WHETHER THAT'S A STATEMENT IN THE BEGINNING LIKE, "THIS ONE IS NOT RESPONDING TO THE COMMENT, WE ALSO DON'T SUPPORT HER, WE ALSO ARE AFFIRMING XYZ STUDENTS BASED ON XYZ." WE JUST NEED TO BE TAKING SERIOUSLY WHAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THE STATEMENT THAT I'M READING ON THIS PAPER IS JUST REALLY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE, WHICH MAY BE A PROPONENT OF WHY IT JUST HASN'T BEEN ENFORCED.

THAT'S TO INFORM THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.

[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

I CAN TALK ABOUT HOW [INAUDIBLE] IT WAS A HIT.

I REMEMBER I HAD POSTED SOMETHING ON FERNDALE NEIGHBORS AND I TOLD MY FRIEND, "GUYS 70 MORE PEOPLE SAW MY POST, SO 70 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME IN, SCORE." THEN I WALK INTO THE HALL, AND THEY WERE 800 PEOPLE FROM THE CLASS OF 1980 ALL THERE.

[NOISE] [LAUGHTER] THERE'S A LOT OF SECOND-HAND HAPPINESS FOR A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WALK IN CLASSROOMS, WERE LIKE, "YEAH, I SAT OVER HERE, I MET MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART."

[02:35:01]

[LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T REALLY GET IT RIGHT.

IT WAS GREAT. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME, IT WAS REALLY GREAT.

THEN THE PEP ASSEMBLY LAST FRIDAY WAS AWESOMELY GREAT.

WE GOT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, LYN HASHETT, WHO GOT SELECTED TO PLAY IN A GAME SPONSORED BY, I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT. BUT IT'S LIKE-

>> ALL AMERICAN.

>> ALL AMERICAN, YES.

IT'S MAYBE 100 KIDS SELECTED FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND HE WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS, AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND HE IS THE NUMBER 1 SOMETHING IN THE NICHE.

HOPEFULLY HE'S NOT WATCHING THIS, [LAUGHTER] BUT I'M QUITE SURE, HE'S NUMBER 1; THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

THEN IN OUR ADVISORY TODAY, WE GOT SOME PLANS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL.

ONE, WE'RE GETTING LUNCHES.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT EVERY STUDENT COMING MAP OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING, I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS, ENCOURAGING, GIVING KIDS MAPS.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH. EVERY STUDENT HAS A MAP NOW AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE AS WE CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

THEN HOLIDAY SPIRIT WEEK.

YESTERDAY WAS ONLY SWEATER DAY.

I WORE, MY GOD, IT WAS SO GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS MATCHING, AND I GOT TO SCHOOL AND I STUCK OUT, BUT THEN PEOPLE STARTED NOTICING AND THEY WEREN'T SAYING ANYTHING.

OKAY, THIS IS GOOD, [LAUGHTER] AND A STATEMENT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS PROBABLY [INAUDIBLE] FOR ANY SPIRIT DAY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT MANY.

I'VE COMPLETELY SCRAPPED MOST OF THE CLOTHES THAT I GOT WHEN I MOVED HERE THREE YEARS AGO, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AUTHENTIC, OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST BUSINESS CASUAL. THAT'S WHAT MY MOM CALLS IT, BUSINESS CASUAL.

[LAUGHTER] TODAY WAS HOLIDAY CHARACTER.

LIKE I SAID, ALL BUSINESS CASUAL.

I DON'T HAVE [INAUDIBLE] ANYWAYS , WEDNESDAY IS TOMORROW.

TOMORROW IS WINTER WHITE OUT.

SPEAKING OF WINTER, I DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT I JUST REALIZED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT LATER.

BUT YEAH, TOMORROW IS WINTER WHITE OUT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY WHITE CLOTHES [LAUGHTER].

THURSDAY IS [INAUDIBLE].

NOW I DO HAVE THAT AND I WILL BE DOING THAT, AND THEN FRIDAY IS PAJAMA DAY, I DON'T WEAR PAJAMAS.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE HOT COCOA IN THE MORNINGS FOR EVERY STUDENT AS LONG AS WE DON'T SELL OUT TO EVERYONE, IT'S FREE.

[LAUGHTER] EVERY ASP GRADE, SO A FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, AND SENIOR ASP WILL BE DOING HOT COCOA FOR THE MORNINGS.

MONDAY WAS THE FRESHMEN, TUESDAY WITH SOPHOMORES, AND TOMORROW'S GOING TO BE THE JUNIORS.

TOMORROW'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE JUNIORS.

THEN THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE THE SENIORS ASP AND THEN FRIDAY IT WILL BE THE EXECUTIVE ASP, SO IT WILL BE ME AND A BUNCH OF THE REST OF THE EXECUTIVE ASP MEMBERS.

THEN THERE'S MUSIC IN THE HALLWAYS.

I HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE DURATION.

BUT THAT'S ALSO MY JOB, I WILL BE DOING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

YESTERDAYS WAS DON'T MISS HOMEWORK DAY.

TODAY WAS TURTLE DOVE TUESDAY, AND THEN TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A WINTER WEDNESDAY OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO THAT EFFECT.

THEN SPORTS STUFF.

GIRL'S BASKETBALL IS UNDEFEATED.

I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE ON FOUR, AND THEN BOYS WRESTLING WON BY A PRETTY GOOD MARGIN THERE.

MATCH BATTLE OF THE BOARDER PLAYING A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SO ON FRIDAY, SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

THEN BOYS WON THE BASKETBALL, SO STARTING TO KILL IT AS WELL.

THEN SPEAKING OF WINTER, I FEEL LAST TIME WAS A BUST, I HAD TO BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT.

NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE I AM LESS CONFIDENT,

[02:40:03]

SOMETIMES IT'S MORE ACCURATE, SOMETIMES NOT.

LAST YEAR THEY WERE JUST FINE, BUT THIS YEAR THERE'S [INAUDIBLE] I GUESS.

I HAVE TO SHORTEN THE AMOUNT OF WARNING I GIVE PEOPLE, SO THAT I CAN HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION AND NOT MISLEAD PEOPLE.

IT'S JUST THAT SHORTENED TIME THAT I WARN PEOPLE.

RIGHT NOW, APPARENTLY, I WAS DOING CONVERGENCE TO THE PARTY, BUT THERE IS PRECIPITATING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG IT'S SUPPOSED TO LINGER, BUT IT'S PRETTY POTENT ENOUGH THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GETS BELOW FREEZING TIME.

WE COULD HAVE SOME BLACK ICE OUT TONIGHT, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL WORK ON LETTING PEOPLE TO KNOW.

THEN IT'S 34 DEGREES AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE IS SUPPOSED TO BE 27.

WE'LL SEE HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE IF THE WATER DOESN'T EVAPORATE.

THEN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, THERE ARE CHANCES FOR SNOW, BUT I AM NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO SAY THAT IT WILL AMOUNT TO ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE'S NO GREEN SIGN.

THERE'S NOT EVEN ANY WRITTEN TEMPERATURE.

IF IT WENT UP IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ONE DEGREE.

THIS IS KNOWN AS ONE SOURCE, THAT SAID IT'S GOING TO BE ONE DEGREE ON THAT ONE DAY, AND EVERY SINGLE DAY IT LEADS UP TO THAT DAY, IT CHANGES.

THAT'S WHY WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, "IT'S GOING TO BE ONE DEGREE," I'M LIKE, "SURE." BUT YOU JUST GOT TO TAKE WHAT WE SEE REALLY RAPIDLY, BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE EVERY DAY, WHICH IS WHY WHEN SOMEBODY GOES, IT MIGHT SNOW, I MIGHT BE GIVING A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES, THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S ONE SOURCE STATISTICS AND OTHER SOURCES SAY, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS WE PROGRESS.

>> SOME MORE IMPORTANTLY, LIKE CHRISTMAS? [LAUGHTER]

>> IT'S POSSIBLE, YES, IT'S POSSIBLE.

I WILL SAY THAT AT THE VERY LEAST.

>> OKAY. IT'S POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT AND 60 OR 70 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE GOODBYE TO THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WE WILL PULL UP THE SCHOOL CLIPS.

[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE WHOLE BECAUSE I'M THINKING WE WANTED TO PULL UP THIS CLIP WERE KWABENA WAS SAYING, "THESE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT MEETING THEIR SWEETHEARTS AND THIS IS PART OF THE ROOM." WHO KNOWS, IT COULD BE HIM.

[LAUGHTER] ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY SHARING AMONGST YOU ALL?

>> CAN I JUST SAY KWABENA, I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR REMARK.

MY HUSBAND HAS A SAYING, " [INAUDIBLE] WHICH IS CAN PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED WITH MORE FREEDOM INSTEAD OF LESS." AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOWED US.

>> I SHALL ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

I THINK YOU'RE A REMINDER OF SHOWING SUPPORT IS BETTER.

UNFORTUNATELY, PUBLIC COMMENT SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD TO SHOW SUPPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE STOIC.

BUT I'M SHOWING SUPPORT.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE, I HAVE BEEN TOLD LOTS OF THINGS LATELY.

IT FEELS LIKE DOING SO AND JUST SEEING STUDENTS IN THEIR ELEMENT, AND LAST FRIDAY WAS HIGH-FIVE FRIDAY, AND ZETA, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER LAST NAME.

>> GARZA.

>> ZETA GARZA, SHE'S THE PERSON THAT PUTS THEM ALL TOGETHER AND APPARENTLY, BUT I THINK CLARICE WAS TOLD TO GO TO, I WAS STANDING RIGHT ACROSS FROM HER AND IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE HER IN HER ELEMENT.

THEN ALSO SEEING THE KIDS THAT ARE COMING TO HER, "I DON'T WANT TO HIGH-FIVE YOU." BUT SOME OF THEM ELBOW BUMPING, BUT IT JUST SHOWS THEIR PERSONALITIES.

THEN THERE'S THE IDEA OF WHAT YOUR KID WERE LIKE IN SCHOOL OR THE IDEA OF WHAT YOUR KIDS SHOULD BE LIKE IN SCHOOL.

THROW IT ALL OUT AND GO TO SCHOOL AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE REALLY LIKE.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT ON THE TOPIC OF THE RECESSES, I MENTIONED THAT THIS EVENING.

THAT WAS REALLY SCARY.

I'M SORRY, BUT THAT REALLY FREAKED ME OUT.

THAT I THINK RECESSES ARE-

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.