Jan 31, 2023 School Board Meeting

[1. CONVENE]

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`EXCUSE ME. DO I NEED TO RESTART? NO, IT WASN'T ON. OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE. I FORGOT TO TURN ON THE MIC.

SO GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JANUARY BUSINESS MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND PARTICULARLY THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE REFLECTED A LOT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THESE MEETINGS.

A GREAT DEAL OF THAT REFLECTION HAS BEEN RELATED TO HOW PEOPLE HAVE TREATED EACH OTHER.

I WOULD BE FOOLISH TO THINK THAT IN OUR POLITICALLY CHARGED WORLD, EVERYONE WOULD ALWAYS AGREE ON THE BEST WAY TO ACCOMPLISH OR APPROACH EACH AND EVERY ISSUE.

BUT I'M DISMAYED AT HOW THE DISCUSSIONS OF THESE ISSUES, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OTHER INTERACTIONS HAVE FREQUENTLY LED TO PERSONAL ATTACKS.

THE BOARD WAS REMINDED, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, THIS PAST WEEK, OF OUR OWN CODE OF CONDUCT GC-7 AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT ADHERING TO THAT CODE PLAYS IN BUILDING THE TRUST AMONG ITS MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THE MATTERS THAT PRECIPITATED THE QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD MEMBER CONDUCT TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.

THIS IS NOT AN ALLEGATION THAT WE TAKE LIGHTLY AND IT IS ONE THAT MUST BE RESOLVED AS WE MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT.

I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THEIR OWN CONDUCT.

IT'S EASY TO THINK ABOUT HOW OTHERS SHOULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, AND THERE IS CERTAINLY A TIME FOR THAT.

BUT AT THE MOMENT, I'D ASK YOU TO FOCUS ON THE ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE YOURSELF.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO CHANGE YOUR OPINION, BUT I AM ASKING THAT YOU BE KIND AND RESPECTFUL TO OTHERS IN THE PRESENTATION OF THAT OPINION.

WHETHER A BOARD MEMBER, DISTRICT EMPLOYEE, STUDENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER, OUR OPINIONS CAN BE EXPRESSED IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

THAT BUSINESS IS TO MAKE DECISIONS AND POLICIES THAT REFLECT THE WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDES EACH CHILD WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND ATTITUDES COMMENSURATE WITH HIS OR HER ABILITIES TO BECOME EFFECTIVE CITIZENS.

IN ORDER TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT PURPOSE, THE BOARD NEEDS TO HEAR AND DISCUSS VARYING OPINIONS ON EACH ISSUE.

THAT PROCESS IS BEST SERVED WHEN ALL INVOLVED FOCUS ON THE ISSUES RATHER THAN THE PERSONALITIES.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO TONIGHT'S MEETING.

AND SO IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE START WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

KWABENA. SORRY.

WE THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE LUMMI PEOPLE.

THE LUMMI PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF WASHINGTON'S NORTHERNMOST COAST AND SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

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

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE HAD THEY HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR LIFE ON WATERWAYS AND ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED LANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE. WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

LUMMI PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.

LAND. THANK YOU.

SO NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS TO THE ACTUAL ADOPTING OF THE AGENDA.

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

ONE IS THAT I'M GOING TO ASK OR RECOMMEND THAT WE POSTPONE THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTPONED TO THIS MEETING FROM OUR DECEMBER MEETING IN WITH THE HOPE AND GOAL OF HAVING OUR FULL BOARD SEATED.

AND SO CONTINUING WITH THAT INTENT, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE MOVE IT TO OUR NEXT MEETING.

I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE REMOVE AGENDA ITEM 10.01, WHICH IS ZERO 12.

THE SAFETY. THIS POLICY WAS REVISED AND APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND SO HAVING IT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA WAS AN OVERSIGHT.

AND THEN FINALLY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD AGENDA ITEM 10.02, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POLICY 2.3 OUR DASH

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SO ANY OTHER.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THIS, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE A LOOK AT THE MINUTES AS WELL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK WERE WERE LEFT OUT OF THE MINUTES THAT PROBABLY COULD BE PUT IN THERE FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES FROM FROM THE JANUARY 5TH MEETING. WE CAN CERTAINLY WE COULD EITHER PULL THEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR WE COULD DISCUSS THEM AS PART OF THE CONSENT WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THE CONSENT AGENDA EITHER WAY. I WOULD PREFER TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

DO I NEED TO MAKE THAT MOTION NOW OR WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT.

YEAH, WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT MOTION NOW.

SO IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, WE CAN TAKE THESE EACH INDIVIDUALLY OR WE CAN TAKE IT AS A LUMP SUM AND MAYBE WE TAKE IT AS INDIVIDUALS.

SO IF WE CAN FIRST VOTE ON THE CHANGES THAT WERE THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED AND RECOMMENDED AS FAR AS REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD, REMOVING 10.1 AND ADDING 10.2, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERING THE MINUTES.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF OF DELAY OR POSTPONING THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD, REMOVING AGENDA ITEM 10.01 AND ADDING 10.02 SAY AYE.

OK. SO THOSE PATHS THEN WE CAN.

ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, THEN THAT PASSES.

SO THEN WE CAN THE FLOOR CAN HOLD OR HANDLE A MOTION AS FAR AS DEALING WITH THE MINUTES.

THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 5TH FOR FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES. DO I MAKE THE SUGGESTED CHANGES NOW OR WHEN WE GET TO KNOW WE WOULD WE WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE TO TAKE AND MOVE THEM OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO DISCUSS THEM AS A SEPARATE ITEM.

OKAY. AND I MAKE THAT MOTION TO DO THAT.

OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO TAKE THE MINUTES OFF AND I'M JUST FINDING THE RIGHT NUMBER HERE.

SO BEAR WITH ME A SECOND.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED TO TAKE.

ITEM 13.0 TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OFF THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA AND TO DISCUSS IT AS A SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL ITEM.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. AM I TOO LATE FOR AN AYE? SORRY. NO PROBLEM.

OKAY, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD THEN AND DISCUSS ITEM 13.2 THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SEPARATELY.

OKAY. ANY OTHER MOTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE AGENDA? THEN HEARING NONE.

I WILL.

MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? OKAY. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

OKAY, SO THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.

AND WITH THAT, THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 3.01, WHICH IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

[3. SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION]

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE MISSION OF WASHINGTON'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS AND POSSESSES THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, ENJOY PRODUCTIVE AND SATISFYING LIVES.

AND. WHEREAS, WASHINGTON'S 295 LOCALLY ELECTED 295 LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND NINE ELECTED EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS, ESDS, BOARDS ARE THE CORE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE SYSTEM IN OUR STATE SERVE.

MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION STUDENTS HAVE A COMBINED ANNUAL BUDGET OF OVER 15 BILLION AND EMPLOY 100 APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE.

AND. WHEREAS, SCHOOL BOARDS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN PROMOTING STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVING BY CREATING A VISION, ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND BUDGETS, AND SETTING CLEAR STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL INVOLVED.

AND WHERE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS ARE DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO RESIDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS AND REGIONS SERVING AS A VITAL LINK BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR

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WHEREAS, SCHOOL BOARDS AND ISDS PROVIDE A PASSIONATE VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE WELFARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.

AND. WHEREAS, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS AS OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS AND CHAMPIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I.

JAY INSLEE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY DECLARE JANUARY 2023 AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH IN WASHINGTON.

AND I ENCOURAGE ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR STATE TO JOIN ME IN THIS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE, SIGNED THIS DATE, THIS FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY 2023.

AND TO HONOR YOU AND ALL THAT YOU DO, WE DO HAVE SOME GUESTS HERE TO KICK US OFF.

OH, THERE WE GO. NOW IT'S GREEN.

WE ARE FROM VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SIXTH GRADE LEADERSHIP STUDENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING TO OUR BOARD.

THIS VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIXTH GRADE LEADERSHIP CLASS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT.

THIS DISTRICT CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT YOUR HARD WORK.

YOU TAKE OUR CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE ALL APPRECIATE YOU.

DR. DOMINGUEZ, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE LOVE SEEING YOU IN OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY TO THE FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY TO BE A VOICE FOR STUDENTS.

WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS AND GIVE SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME TO OUR DISTRICT.

IT CAN'T BE AN EASY JOB TO TRY TO REPRESENT SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND IDEAS AND TO TRY TO DO WHAT IS BEST WHILE MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS.

JUST KNOW THAT WE TRULY APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT YOU.

AND IF YOU EVER NEED OR WANT TO GET A DOSE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL LIFE, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO VISIT OUR CLASS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE YOU AS THE EVENING GOES ON.

BUT TRULY, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU.

I TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH AND DECIDED TO.

SET MY EYES ON FERNDALE.

MY GOAL WAS TO COME ONLY HERE.

I HAD REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO YOU AS A BOARD PRIOR TO.

AND YOU BELIEVED IN ME.

AND I REMEMBER ONE THING A FEW OF YOU SAID TO ME EARLY ON IS OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL SO OUR DISTRICT SUCCESSFUL.

AND I HAVE FELT THAT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

SO I JUST CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT YOU THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND THANK YOU, STUDENTS. APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT.

SO SO WITH THAT, THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 4.01 OF OUR MEETING, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

PUBLIC COMMENT IS A TIME WHEN THE BOARD IS ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND AND IMPORTANT TO THEM.

IT IS NOT A TIME OF DISCUSSION.

IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR MAY DIRECT SOMEONE, MOST OFTEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO TAKE A FUTURE ACTION RELATED TO THE STATEMENT.

BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

PLEASE DO NOT INTERPRET THIS AS A LACK OF INTEREST OR CONCERN.

IT IS RELATED TO THE RULES OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT THAT REQUIRE US TO ANNOUNCE ANY TOPIC ON WHICH THERE'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE INTEREST PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

BY DISCUSSING SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE POTENTIALLY DEPRIVE AN INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBER TO BE PRESENT OF BEING PRESENT FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

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OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IN REVIEW OF OUR IN REVIEW OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT POLICY.

OVER THE LAST PAST FEW WEEKS, IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT OUR ONLINE POLICY DOES NOT REFLECT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON IN 2015.

THESE RELATE TO THE TIMING AND LIMITS ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE DISCUSSED THOSE CHANGES AND WILL BE REAFFIRMING THOSE CHANGES IN A VOTE LATER TONIGHT.

THE ONLINE POLICY WILL THEN BE UPDATED TO ELIMINATE THE CONFUSION.

WE ALSO NOTED IN OUR REVIEW OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAVE DRIFTED AWAY FROM SOME ASPECTS OF THE STATED POLICY THAT WERE NOT CHANGED.

OUR INTENT TONIGHT IN MOVING FORWARD IS TO BETTER COMPLY WITH THIS POLICY.

THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGES ARE ONE THAT SPEAKERS WILL BE ASKED TO FIRST STATE THEIR NAME, ADDRESS AND THE NAME OF ANY GROUP OR ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTING PRIOR TO SPEAKING.

THIS DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF SIGNING IN COMPLETELY ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN IN SHEET.

THIS IS STILL REQUIRED AS WELL.

TWO SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES.

WE HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS WITH THIS LIMIT IN THE PAST, BUT WE'LL BE HOLDING MORE FIRM TO IT MOVING FORWARD.

EACH SPEAKER'S TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN THEY STATE THEIR NAME.

ANY SPEAKER WHOSE COMMENTS EXCEED THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT CAN SUBMIT THEIR ENTIRE OR REMAINING COMMENTS IN WRITING.

THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE EXPECTED TO AVOID DEFAMATORY, ABUSIVE, REPETITIVE, OBSCENE OR IRRELEVANT REMARKS.

THE DEFINITIONS OF THOSE WORDS ARE AVAILABLE.

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE HANDOUTS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THOSE MADE IT HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

AGAIN, THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR COMMENTS, BUT ASK THAT YOU COMMENT IN A KIND AND RESPECTFUL WAY.

FAILURE TO HEED THIS REQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

FOUR SPEAKERS WILL BE DISCOURAGED FROM SPEAKING RELATED TO EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH EMPLOYEE UNIONS.

SEPARATE CHANNELS EXIST TO ACCOMMODATE THESE CONCERNS PURSUANT TO BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.

IN ADDITION, THE BOARD BY CONSENSUS, HAS ELECTED TO INVOKE FOR THE TIME BEING ITS RIGHT TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT TO SPEAKERS COMMENT, SPEAKERS TO RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT AND OR DESIGNEES OF SUCH RESIDENTS OR EMPLOYEES.

FOR THOSE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OR ARE NOT EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD WELCOMES WRITTEN COMMENTS AT ANY TIME.

SPEAKERS WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO LEAVE ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS AND ENCLOSED CONTAINERS AT THEIR SEATS RATHER THAN BRINGING THEM TO THE PODIUM.

IF A SPEAKER HAS ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTS FOR THE BOARD, THEY CAN BE GIVEN TO THE GENTLEMAN AT THE SIGN IN SHEET WHO WILL THEN DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE BOARD.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND THE FIRST ON MY LIST THIS EVENING IS NANCY BUTTON.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NANCY BUTTON.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. FIRST, LET ME SAY THAT I TRULY APPRECIATE THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT YOU BOARD MEMBERS VOLUNTEER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CHILDREN. I KNOW THAT NOT ALL OF YOU DESERVE THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT CERTAIN ACTIONS FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING ARE INEVITABLY BRINGING TO YOU.

SINCE LAST TUESDAY'S SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, I'VE UNDERTAKEN A CRASH COURSE ON WASHINGTON STATE LAW AND HOW IT RELATES TO STANDARDS FOR PUBLICLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I'VE LEARNED ABOUT SLANDER, LIES, SPOKEN AGAINST SOMEONE, LIBEL LIES WRITTEN AGAINST SOMEONE, DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER, CONSPIRACY TO DEFAME SCHOOL BOARD, CODE OF CONDUCT, GOVERNANCE, CULTURE, REVISED CODES OF WASHINGTON, AND HOW TO MAKE A CITIZEN COMPLAINT.

THROUGH COUNSEL. I WAS ADVISED TO GO THROUGH THE LOCAL PROCESS FIRST.

THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING HERE TODAY.

I AM HERE TO FILE MY FORMAL ETHICS COMPLAINT.

IF WE CAN REACH A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO MY COMPLAINT, I WILL HAVE NO NEED TO TAKE THIS ANY FURTHER.

I HAVE SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO MEET THIS SATISFACTORY SOLUTION.

I KNOW THAT THREE BOARD MEMBERS CONSTITUTE A QUORUM, AND AS A QUORUM CAN ACT UPON OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

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SHE PROVED LAST WEEK BEYOND DOUBT THAT SHE IS NOT IMPARTIAL.

I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HER PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERVIEWS OR VOTING FOR A REPLACEMENT DIRECTOR FOR DISTRICT THREE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO RESOLVING THESE ISSUES HERE QUICKLY.

SO PURSUING THE PATH OF LITIGATION IS NOT NECESSARY.

I GAVE ALL OF MY PAPERWORK TO THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE.

AND AT THIS MOMENT I WAS GOING TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND TO DR.

DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT ON TONIGHT'S IS ANDREW GUSTAFSON.

ANDREW GUSTAFSON, 6000 BARR DISTRICT TAXPAYER.

REMEMBER BOARD NEW YORK TIMES V SULLIVAN TRUMPS YOUR FCC POLICY ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

I'D SEE YOU ALL ARE ESCAPING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NEXT TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL LITIGATION.

I ASSUME THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE WITH THE ESD LAWYER, MR. CHALFANT. PERFECT. I HAVE SOMETHING HERE FOR YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS IN THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NOW, DON'T BE ALARMED. THIS IS JUST A BOX OF PAPERS, THEY CANNOT HURT YOU.

WHILE YOU'RE ABSORBING THAT, LET ME PAY YOU A SINCERE COMPLIMENT.

I AM IMPRESSED AT HOW FAST YOU MOVED TO RESET THIS ROOM TO MAKE IT MORE SECURE.

IN 2 TO 3 WEEKS. YOU'VE COMPLETELY RECONFIGURED THIS ROOM TO MAKE YOU FEEL MORE SAFE, PROVING THAT YOU REALLY CAN.

IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT, MOVE QUICKLY ON SAFETY ISSUES.

WITH YOUR NEWFOUND SPEED, I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A NEW SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER CONTRACT SIGNED WITH THE FERNDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

AM I CORRECT? AND IN SUMMARY OF THE EMAILS THAT I SENT YOU LAST WEEK, I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A TAXPAYER OF THE DISTRICT TO DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE CENSURE OF MELINDA COOL, A PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM HER TO THE BOARD AND TO THE APPLICANT THAT SHE DEFAMED AND TO THE TO THE DISTRICT AT LARGE.

IT'S YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO SPARE THIS DISTRICT FROM ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WOULD RESULT FROM LEGITIMATE LITIGATION.

YOU HAVE INVITED, BY MOVING QUICKLY TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE VOTE TO ADVANCE ALL SEVEN DISTRICT THREE APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED TO INTERVIEWS AND REMOVE POLITICAL FROM VOTING IN THE DISTRICT 3 REPLACEMENT. QUICK RECAP ON HOW WE GOT HERE IN ADVANCE OF THE 124 MEETING, MELINDA COOL COLLUDED WITH KNOWN TEACHERS UNION ACTIVISTS TO SOLICIT NEGATIVE EMAILS FROM THE ACTIVIST COMMUNITY PROGRESSIVE FERNDALE FOLK AGAINST ONE OF THE SEVEN APPLICANTS FOR THE OPEN DISTRICT THREE BOARD SEAT.

THOSE EMAILS WERE DIRECTED INTO THE INBOX OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARRIVING IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE 430 MEETING THAT SOON AFTER THE START OF THE MEETING, MELINDA REQUESTED A RECESS SO ALL BOARD MEMBERS COULD CATCH UP ON THE EMAILS.

MELINDA THEN REPRESENTED THOSE EMAILS TO HER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AS IF THEY HAD COME IN ORGANICALLY.

SHE USED THOSE EMAILS TO ATTACK, DEFAME, SLANDER THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION.

A RETIRED TEACHER AND DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT FURTHER MELINDA DISGRACED DISGRACEFULLY DRESSED DOWN FELLOW BOARD MEMBER STEVE CHILDS IN THE PUBLIC MEETING AND VIOLATED THE GOOD FAITH GESTURE OF FELLOW BOARD MEMBER PEGGY TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THE APPLICANTS THEY SUPPORT.

IN DOING SO, SHE VIOLATED THE BOARD'S OWN CODE OF CONDUCT.

SPECIFICALLY, SHE MISLED HER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

SHE CRITICIZED THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBER PUBLICLY.

SHE FAILED TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND THE POSITIVE IMAGE OF THE DISTRICT AND HER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

SHE EMBARRASSED HER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND SHE HAS PLACED THE BOARD IN LEGAL PERIL.

THE BOARD MEMBERS MUST ACCEPT EVERYTHING HERE AND THAT I EMAILED TO YOU AS FACT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEW EVIDENTIARY STANDARD AND PRECEDENT.

THE BOARD SAID AT THE 124 MEETING, WHEN THE BOARD IS ACCEPTED AS FACT, THE SPURIOUS EMAILS RECEIVED FROM THE LOCAL ACTIVISTS AND THEN PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFFICIAL BOARD ACTION ON THE BASIS OF THE CONTENTS OF THOSE EMAILS AND MELINDA'S SLANDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE APPLICANT.

THAT SAME MANEUVER YOU USED TO END THE 1/24 MEETING IT, SUSPEND YOUR POLICIES IN ADVANCE, ONLY FOUR TO THE INTERVIEWS.

YOU COULD HAVE USED THAT TO ADVANCE SEVEN AND LET THE APPLICANT HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK FOR HERSELF.

YOU ROB THE APPLICANT OF HER RIGHT TO BOTH ADDRESS THE DEFAMATORY GARBAGE IN YOUR INBOX AND YOU AS WELL AS YOU AS WELL AS PRESENT HER CASE ON WHY SHE'D BE THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THE OPEN DISTRICT 3 ENACTING ON OFFICIAL, OFFICIALLY ON FALSE INFORMATION.

YOU ALSO EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF MELINDA COOL'S DECEPTION TO HER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, AND YOU NOW PROPAGATED A LARGER DECEPTION ON THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND ON THE TAXPAYERS WHO FUND YOU. FURTHER, YOUR BOARD ACTIONS HAVE APPLIED THE IMPRIMATUR OF LEGITIMACY TO THE SLANDERS, EMAILS AND LEADING THE PUBLIC TO BELIEVE THEM.

TRUE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO HAVE ACTED ON THEM OFFICIALLY EXPANDING THE DAMAGE ON THE APPLICANT BEYOND THE LOSS OF A BOARD.

THANK YOU. AND MINIMUM THE IMMEASURABLE DAMAGE TO A REPUTATION OF FUTURE EARNINGS POTENTIAL.

I REQUEST THAT YOU REPAIR THE DAMAGE.

OPEN THE APPLICANT VIEW.

THANK YOU TO ADVANCE ALL SEVEN TO THE INTERVIEWS.

THANKS. SO NEXT SPEAKER THAT I HAVE LISTED ON THE AGENDA OR ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS DOM PHAM.

AND I NEED TO CHECK WITH YOU.

DOM, I DON'T HAVE ON HERE A CERTIFICATION THAT YOU LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

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AND I HAVE THE PAPER WITH YOU.

WITH ME HERE FOR YOU TO SEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.

NO, THAT'S OKAY.

I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS DOM PHAM, A 6000 BARR DISTRICT TAXPAYER.

DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, PRESIDENT HILL OF SOUTH VIETNAM MADE A VERY POPULAR STATEMENT SAYING, DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THE COMMUNISTS SAY, BUT LOOK AT WHAT THEY DO.

BY SIMPLY REPLACING THE WORD COMMUNISTS WITH LEFTISTS.

IT ACCURATELY APPLIES TO WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

THERE ARE THREE POINTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE TONIGHT.

FIRST, AFTER A DECEMBER INCIDENT IN WHICH A SPEAKER PULLED OUT SOME BOOKS FROM HIS SATCHEL.

THE LEFTISTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD DIDN'T LET A GOOD CRISIS GO TO WASTE BY TAKING DRASTIC MEASURES TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR THEMSELVES.

AS SEEN IN THE REARRANGEMENT OF THIS ROOM IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.

THEY ALSO DECIDED TO NARROW THE PUBLIC COMMENT POLICY IN AN ATTEMPT TO STIFLE DISSENT.

MEANWHILE, ALMOST A YEAR AFTER I DOCUMENTED A DISTURBING PATTERN OF LYING AND THE ILLEGAL, IMMORAL, ABUSIVE AND BULLYING BEHAVIOR FROM THE TOP ADMINISTRATORS, IN MY OPEN LETTER TO THE DISTRICT, THIS PATTERN WAS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE AND RESULTED IN THE RESIGNATION OF A VISTA EMPLOYEE LAST SEPTEMBER AND PENDING LITIGATION.

THE INCOMPETENCE OF THIS DISTRICT IS ILLUSTRATED BY [INAUDIBLE] ISSUANCE OF A CITATION AND PENALTY FOR REFUSING TO PAY AND IGNORING HER CLAIM. SECOND, AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON JANUARY 24TH, A BOARD MEMBER MADE AN UNPRECEDENTED ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE CHARACTER OF AN APPLICANT FOR THE VACANT POSITION OF DISTRICT DIRECTOR THREE SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE DISLIKES THE APPLICANT'S POLITICAL VIEWPOINTS.

THE FALSE ALLEGATIONS WERE MADE BASED ON HER PREPLANNED SOLICITATION OF EMAILS FROM A PROGRESSIVE GROUP ON FACEBOOK.

HER CHEAP PERFORMANCE WAS ALL STAGED AND IS A VIOLATION VIOLATION OF THE BOARD'S CODE OF CONDUCT.

I FIND IT IRONIC BECAUSE THE MEETING CONDUCT POLICY STATES THE PRESIDENT MAY INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT WHEN IT IS TOO DEFAMATORY.

SO ISN'T THAT A BLATANT EXAMPLE OF THE EXPRESSION GOOD FOR THEE, BUT NOT FOR ME? AND THIRD, AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF SPEAKING OUT AT THESE BOARD MEETINGS, AS A FORMER 13 YEAR DISTRICT EMPLOYEE, I AM NOW CERTAINLY REQUIRED TO BE A FERNDALE RESIDENT TO SPEAK.

THIS DESPERATE MANEUVER PROVES THAT YOU ONLY HEAR WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR AND THAT YOU ARE MAKING A SELF MOCKERY OF THE YOU BELONG CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS NOTHING MORE THAN A HOLLOW SLOGAN.

FINALLY, IN LIGHT OF A CURRENT TREND IN MAKING WILD CLAIMS OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, I WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY MYSELF AS A FERNDALE RESIDENT FROM NOW ON.

AND BY THE WAY, MY PRONOUNS ARE DEFEAT WOKEISM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOM.

NEXT, WE HAVE TAMMY ALEJANDRE.

HI, TAMMY ALEJANDRE.

YOU ALL KNOW I'M A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT.

I'VE BEEN HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY WORK AND CURRICULUM.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, I WAS HERE TO SHARE ABOUT THE MATH ADOPTION.

THEN IN APRIL, I RETURNED A COMMENT TO THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT I HEARD ONE INDIVIDUAL COMMENT ON THE MONTH BEFORE.

THAT NIGHT I WAS HERE AS A MOM AND AS A TEACHER, NOT AS A TEACHER OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT AS THE TEACHER.

I AM AT HEART THE TEACHER I HAVE BECOME BECAUSE OF THE TWO AMAZING CHILDREN I WAS BLESSED WITH.

WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME IS THAT MY OLDER CHILD IS A LIFE SKILLS KID.

HE HAS NO DIAGNOSIS BUT HAS PROFOUND LEARNING DISABILITIES AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE HIM DIFFERENT THAN THE AVERAGE KID.

I WAS A GOOD TEACHER BEFORE HIM.

OVER THE LAST 18 YEARS, HE HAS MADE ME A MUCH BETTER TEACHER ON SO MANY LEVELS.

I'M ABLE TO LOOK AT MY STUDENTS THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS BECAUSE OF HIM HAVE EMPATHY AND CAMARADERIE WITH PARENTS WHEN THEIR CHILD STRUGGLES AND HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND SPEECH THERAPY AND SENSORY STUFF THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESSED HAD MY OLDER SON DEVELOPED MORE TYPICALLY.

MY YOUNGER CHILD IS PART OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I COULDN'T BE A BETTER TEACHER, ALONG COMES THIS KID.

HE'S TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT SO MANY THINGS.

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AS I HAD TO LEARN NEW THINGS WITH THE OLDER ONE.

I HAVE DONE MORE READING AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH DOCTORS AND COUNSELORS ON TOPICS PERTAINING TO GENDER THAT I MAYBE WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO LEARN HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HIM BEING WHO HE IS.

THE ROAD THROUGH THESE TEENAGE YEARS HASN'T BEEN EASY FOR EITHER OF THEM, AND THEIR FUTURES, QUITE HONESTLY, SCARE ME.

I WISH THE WORLD WAS A SAFER AND MORE WELCOMING PLACE FOR BOTH OF MY KIDS.

THANKFULLY, I'M NOT ALONE IN THE DISTRICT IS FILLED WITH KNOWLEDGEABLE, WELCOMING TEACHERS.

ONE OF THE REASONS FOR MY FEARS IS THAT I LISTEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS EACH MONTH.

SEVERAL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DO NOT SOUND KNOWLEDGEABLE OR WELCOMING OF THE LGBTQ POPULATION AT ALL.

AS A MAMA BEAR, I WANT TO PROTECT MY KIDS.

AND IF YOU KNOW ME, I CALL ALL OF MY PREVIOUS STUDENTS MY KIDS TOO.

MY YOUNGER ONE JOKES WHEN ASKED HOW MANY SIBLINGS HE HAS.

WHAT ARE WE AT NOW? MOM? ABOUT 500.

THAT IS WHY I WAS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN LAST MONTH AS I VOICED AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR DISTRICT'S GOALS AROUND CLIMATE AND CULTURE.

THAT IS WHY I WROTE A LETTER LAST WEEK ABOUT THE OPEN BOARD SEAT YOU WOULD BE APPOINTING.

I BASE MY WORDS ON WHAT I SAW AND HEARD FROM AN INDIVIDUAL.

ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, I REACHED OUT TO ASK OTHERS TO WRITE BECAUSE I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT VOCAL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO COME AND SPEAK AT EVERY BOARD MEETING DO NOT HOLD THE BELIEFS OF THE MAJORITY.

WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO OUR PERSONAL BELIEFS.

BUT WHEN YOUR PERSONAL BELIEFS ARE SO AT ODDS WITH THE SYSTEM'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THE SYSTEM WILL NOT GROW AND THRIVE.

AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN.

PLEASE FILL THAT SEAT WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT'S VISION THAT EVERYONE BELONGS.

AND THANK YOU.

SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, TAMMY.

NEXT ON MY LIST IS JENNIFER RODEL.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER RODEL AND I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL EDUCATOR FOR THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PAST 23 YEARS.

I WENT THROUGH THE FERNDALE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AS DID BOTH MY HUSBAND, MY SON, MY PARENTS AND MY IN-LAWS.

AS A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT, I AM A SAFE PLACE TO LAND FOR MY STUDENTS.

IN ADDITION, AS A PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, IT IS MY DUTY TO ENSURE MY VOICE IS HEARD TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR DISTRICT'S CORE MISSIONS IN PARTICULAR.

NUMBER FOUR TO HONEST, TO HONOR, CELEBRATE AND EMBRACE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

WE BELIEVE THAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BELONG TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND OUR DIVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER.

TO CAPITALIZE ON THE STRENGTH WE ARE DEDICATED TO ENERGIZING AND INTEGRATING ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR LEARNING.

IN ADDITION, NUMBER SIX, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER.

WE BELIEVE THAT SAFETY IS A BASIC NEED AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF EVERY PERSON.

A SENSE OF SAFETY IS CRITICAL FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR.

THEREFORE, ENSURING THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF IS AN ESSENTIAL PRIORITY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WITH REGARD TO THE BOARD MEMBER WHO PUBLICLY QUESTIONED THE VALIDITY AND HONESTY OF EMAILS SENT BY CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER REGARDING THE NOMINATION OF A PERSON FOR POSITION NUMBER THREE.

YOUR COMMENTS WERE BOTH A DISAPPOINTMENT AND DISHEARTENING.

TO IMPLY THAT I WAS LYING, IT IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE BOARD'S CORE VALUES OF ENSURING THAT EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT FEEL SAFE AND HEARD.

AS A DISTRICT, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE EVERY STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER FEEL ACCEPTED AND HONORED.

OUR DISTRICT STATEMENT THAT YOU BELONG MEANS NOTHING IF WE DON'T ALL BELONG.

I STAND BY MY WORDS AND YOU NEED TO DO BETTER.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

NEXT IS AMY NILAND.

MY NAME IS AMY NILAND, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE FERNDALE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL.

AND THAT'S A GROUP OF CERTIFICATED EDUCATORS.

WE REPRESENT EDUCATORS AT EACH SCHOOL.

DURING SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO STAFF AND STUDENT SAFETY.

FROM THE WORK WITH PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO KEEP OUR DISTRICTS SAFE DURING COVID TO THE BOND FUNDED MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AT EACH DISTRICT BUILDING, YOU'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER COMES TO LEARN AND WORK IN A SUPPORTIVE SETTING.

MANY OF US VIEWED YOUR DECEMBER 13, 2002, BUSINESS MEETING WITH CONCERN OVER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE AFFIRMED THE NEED TO ENFORCE BOARD POLICY F1400 TO SUPPORT DISTRICT SAFETY, PARTICULARLY THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.

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SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN WHICH THE CONCERNS, OPINIONS AND NEEDS OF CHILDREN ARE CENTERED.

THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT REVOLVES AROUND THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN, AND SO SHOULD THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT YOU PUT IN TO KEEP THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT A SAFE PLACE WHERE OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS CAN BELONG.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AMY.

NEXT TONIGHT IS JEANNIE ROSSER.

UM. HELLO.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE DISTRICT.

WE BROUGHT YOU ALL SOME GIFTS BECAUSE WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE SORT OF LIKE A BOX OF CRACKERJACK.

YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SURPRISE YOU'RE GOING TO GET AT THE MEETING.

AND LAST MEETING, THE SURPRISE WAS QUITE INTERESTING.

SO WE BROUGHT EVERYBODY A BOX OF CRACKER JACK ON THE BOARD AS A SORT OF A POST CHRISTMAS GIFT.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE UP MY TIME WITH THAT.

I'D LIKE TO START MY TIME OVER.

BECAUSE WE JUST WANT TO PASS OUT THESE.

I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE MY COMMENT, SO.

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2022, MY HUSBAND, PAUL ROSSER, AND I ATTENDED THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AS WE TRY TO DO EVERY MONTH.

WE APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL BOARD'S EARNEST EFFORTS TO DILIGENTLY ACCOUNT FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT TOWARD EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. HOWEVER, WE'RE TAKEN ABACK BY CERTAIN ADMINISTRATORS ONGOING PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION, IF NOT OUTRIGHT INTENTIONAL CHARACTER ASSASSINATION.

WHILE ALREADY GRAPPLING WITH BLOWBACK REGARDING CERTAIN WRONGFUL TERMINATIONS WHEREBY DEMONSTRABLE DISCRIMINATORY ACTIONS TOWARDS CERTAIN EMPLOYEES DURING ENFORCEMENT OF A NOVEL COVID 19 PROTOCOL NOT IN THE FIRST EMPLOYEES WORK CONTRACTS.

AND WHILE MANY OF US TAKE SERIOUS ISSUE WITH FSD HR DIRECTORS DECISION TO TERMINATE SUCH DEDICATED SKILLED EMPLOYEES, ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER QUALIFIED FOR THEIR JOBS, THE BOARD'S DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 "EMERGENCY" INTERRUPTION, WAS SIMPLY BIZARRE.

THE UNDERLYING BIAS REACTION MERITS URGENT REDRESS AS CLARIFICATIONS BELOW SEEK TO OFFER.

PLEASE NOTE IMPASSIONED SPEAKERS OFTEN REMOVE OR HEAD, OFTEN REMOVED FROM BACKPACKS, SHOULDER BAGS, WALKERS, ETC.

TO READ OR FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES, OR EVEN TO BRISKLY DISTRIBUTE TO BOARD MEMBERS AS THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST.

YET THE RESPONSE TO MY HUSBAND'S WITHDRAW OF BOOKS MID SPEECH FROM HIS PERFECTLY VISIBLE SATCHEL SLUNG NOTICEABLY OVER HIS SHOULDERS, HE APPROACHED THE PODIUM AFTER THE BOARD CHAIRMAN THANKED HIM FOR HIS REMARKS AND CALLED UPON ME TO OFFER.

MINE WAS A SUDDEN, ABRUPT EMERGENCY RECESS, AFTER WHICH THE CHAIRMAN REBUKED.

WHEN SOMEONE WHIPS SOMETHING OUT OF A CONCEALED BAG REALLY QUICKLY, IT CAN BE A LITTLE TRAUMATIZING.

EXCUSE ME. WHAT CONCEALED BAG? WHY? WHY DID REMOVING SEVERAL BOOKS FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES, JUST AS COUNTLESS OTHERS HAVE DONE COUNTLESS TIMES BEFORE OVER THE YEARS FROM AN ENTIRELY VISIBLE SATCHEL, SUDDENLY CAUSE ALARM WELL AFTER THE FACT.

SO MUCH SO THAT THE CHAIRMAN THANKED MY HUSBAND AND I WAS CALLED UP.

AFTERWARDS, I WOULD REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS BECAUSE I DIDN'T MEAN FOR THAT FIRST MINUTE TO TAKE THIS UP.

BUT ANYWAY, JUST A SECOND, JEANNE.

WE ARE AT 3 MINUTES.

I WILL GET THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD WHETHER WE WILL EXTEND THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO. IS THE BOARD WILLING TO EXTEND THE TIME? WE WOULD HAVE PASSED THE CRACKER JACK UP WITH PAUL'S COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE SHORTER.

SO. PEGGY, ARE YOU OKAY WITH GIVING JEAN ANOTHER MINUTE? WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME.

I WOULD SAY THAT YOU STATED EARLIER THAT IF IT GOES OVER 3 MINUTES, THEY CAN SUBMIT IT IN WRITING.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE KNOW THAT SUBMITTED IN WRITING WOULD BE OPEN TO A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS THEM, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL AFFORD THEM TO YOU.

WELL, I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU ASK, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR A FORMAL APOLOGY FROM THIS BOARD FOR MY HUSBAND.

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IT WOULDN'T BE TO HARM ANYONE.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT MY HUSBAND DESERVES AN APOLOGY.

THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR DOCKET IS PAUL ROSSER.

PAUL ROSSER, BROWN ROAD.

THE BOARD'S PREVIOUS THEATRICS AND NEW PUBLIC COMMENT POLICY DISRUPT AND DEGRADE THE PUBLIC TRUST.

IT CREATES SILOS OF DIVISION AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.

IT GAGS THE PUBLIC PROCESS.

AND SLAMS THE DOOR SHUT ON JUST DEBATE AND DISCUSSION.

FURTHER, IT DRAPES A VEIL OVER THE TRANSPARENCY REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE TRUST AND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IS MAINTAINED.

MOREOVER, THE BACKGROUND OPTICS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SUMMONING A PRIVATE MEETING WITH A FERNDALE POLICE CHIEF FURTHER MARGINALIZES DISSENT, WHICH UNDERMINES PUBLIC TRUST AND SQUELCH PUBLIC DEBATE.

THIS SURPRISE MEETING SERVED NOT ONLY TO BLOW UP THE FANTASIES AND DELUSIONS AND TO A DRAMATIC DISPLAY OF FURTHER WASTING OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

BUT MORE EGREGIOUS, IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE OF INTIMIDATION TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT DARE PULL BACK THE VEIL OF CHICANERY IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY TELL THE PLAIN AND SIMPLE TRUTH WITH REAL BOOKS FOR ILLUSTRATIVE AND HISTORICAL AND FACTUAL ACCURATE.

DOCUMENTATION. GOD BLESS.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

NEXT. TONIGHT IS MILA MUSSELWHITE.

MILA MUSSELWHITE 30 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I HAVE TWO THINGS TO SAY.

ONE IS THAT I WAS NOT SOLICITED TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT MY OPINION OF NANCY BUTTON PUTTING IN HER APPLICATION.

I DID IT FREELY ON MY OWN.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR KEEPING US SAFE DURING COVID AND FOLLOWING THE COVID POLICIES THAT WERE HANDED DOWN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MYLA.

NEXT ON MY LIST IS NATALIE CHAVEZ.

AND NATALIE, BEFORE YOU START, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU DIDN'T MARK ON HERE STATING THAT YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR AN EMPLOYEE.

I THOUGHT I DID. I PUT 6184 NORTH BEULAH AVENUE.

OKAY. YEAH.

HELLO, MY NAME IS NATALIE CHAVEZ.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MR. ERICKSON IS NOW ENFORCING POLICY 1400, A POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL 2014 AND REVISED IN MARCH 2015.

ONE SENTENCE IN THAT POLICY STATES, QUOTE, THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT SPEAKERS AT ITS MEETINGS TO RESIDENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OR THE DESIGNEE OF SUCH RESIDENTS OR EMPLOYEES, UNQUOTE.

SO AFTER EIGHT YEARS, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD IS NOW RESERVING THE RIGHT TO LIMIT SPEAKERS.

WHY IS THAT? TO TRY TO CENSOR COMMUNITY VOICES THAT HAVE PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO HEAR? I AM SPECULATING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY 1400 WILL BACKFIRE.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT AND OR WHO CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND BEING OF THE CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT AND OR WHO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE INJUSTICES OCCURRING IN THIS DISTRICT WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL RESORT TO AND SOME ALREADY HAVE RESORTED TO RENTING A ROOM, APARTMENT, OFFICE SPACE IN FERNDALE, OR WHO ARE NOW A DESIGNEE OF A FERNDALE RESIDENT IN ORDER TO SPEAK HERE THIS EVENING.

AND I AM ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I AM HERE THIS EVENING REGARDING THE HEALTH, WELLBEING AND SAFETY OF FERNDALE CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS.

THERE IS A GROWING NUMBER OF VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED MEDICAL DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS WHO ARE CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF THE TOXIC EXPERIMENTAL COVID 19 VACCINES, INCLUDING PROMINENT CARDIOLOGIST AND THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER OF ALLERGY AND RESPIRATORY RESEARCH AT PFIZER, DR.

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MORE THAN 17,000 MEDICAL DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE HAVE SIGNED THE GLOBAL COVID SUMMIT DECLARATION, A JOINT STATEMENT TO END THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY, RESTORE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND ADDRESSED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

THESE DOCTORS ARE UNITED THROUGH THEIR LOYALTY TO THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH.

SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE DIED AFTER RECEIVING THESE TOXIC EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES FROM CARDIAC ARREST, STROKE, BLOOD CLOTS, AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SUFFERED SEVERE ADVERSE REACTIONS THAT INCLUDE MYOCARDITIS, PULMONARY EMBOLISM, SKIN RASHES, SHINGLES, MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, THE TOXIC SPIKE PROTEINS FROM THESE INJECTIONS, FROM THESE EXPERIMENTAL INJECTIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE BODY.

IT DOES NOT STAY AT THE INJECTION SITE, AS WE WERE TOLD.

WE WERE DECEIVED AND WE WERE LIED TO.

I HAVE RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO ARE VACCINE INJURED AND I AM HOPING THAT THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL PUT A FEW, IF NOT ALL, OF THESE LINKS ONTO THEIR WEBSITE.

THERE ARE SIX THAT I WROTE ON THE BACK AND THERE'S ONE ON THE FRONT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, NATALIE.

NEXT, I HAVE SUSAN PROSSER.

HELLO, MY NAME IS SUSAN PROSSER ENTERPRISE ROAD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS, BUT IT SEEMS THAT IF SOMEONE'S OPINION DOESN'T MATCH A LOT OF THE OPINIONS ON THE BOARD, THAT YOU'RE JUST TRYING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO SHUT US DOWN AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GOING TO BE VERY COMFORTABLE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

WE'RE ALL ADULTS, RIGHT? WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT YOU TEACH OUR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS.

WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THE SHENANIGANS FROM LAST WEEK WHERE SOMEBODY DOESN'T AGREE WITH WHAT A BOARD MEMBER THINKS THAT THEY SHOULD, AND THEN THEY DO WHAT THEY DID AND SLANDER THAT PERSON.

CHARACTER ASSASSINATION.

THAT'S NOT OKAY.

NOW, YOU DID SAY YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT AND THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING.

BUT I AGREE WITH ANDREW GUSTAFSON AND MANY OTHERS, THAT IT BETTER BE A SWIFT DECISION AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY.

NOW, THE DIFFICULT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, WE'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE CARE.

OUR YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE AND WE'RE ALL CONCERNED.

EVERYBODY IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IF YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT, THEN SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH YOU.

THE IDEOLOGIES THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CRAM DOWN OUR KIDS THROATS AND THAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH COVID THAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT'S WHAT RILED US UP.

YOU TOOK GOD OUT OF THE SCHOOLS.

YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

WELL, WHEN YOU TRY TO PIN TO OUR KIDS ABOUT THIS, LGBY--WHATEVER THE WORDS ARE.

AND THEN THIS GENDER STUFF.

THAT'S NOT OKAY.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE HERE.

WE DON'T WANT IT HERE.

YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS ARE FAILING IN MATH AND READING, HISTORY, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO BE TEACHING.

NOT ALL THIS OTHER NONSENSE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AROUND KIDS, LOTS OF KIDS.

I WAS A FOSTER MOM FOR MANY YEARS.

I'VE HAD MY OWN KIDS.

ALL SORTS OF KIDS DO CRAZY THINGS.

KIDS HAVE CRAZY IDEAS.

AND IT'S UP TO THE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS TO SAY, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GO BRUSH YOUR TEETH.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EAT CHOCOLATE CAKE ALL DAY EVEN THOUGH YOU WANT TO.

YES. YOU'RE GOING TO EAT YOUR VEGETABLES.

YES. YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO BED.

YOU TELL THEM ALL SORTS OF STUFF THEY DON'T KNOW AND LEFT ON THEIR OWN.

THEY WOULD DO ALL KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS.

SAME SORT OF A THING.

IF A KID SAYS, OH, I THINK I'M A FLOWER, THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM A FLOWER, THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM A TREE, THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM A BOY AND A GIRL AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

IF THEY NEED SUPPORT, THEY NEED MENTAL COUNSELING AND ALL THAT.

NOW, WHEN THEY GET OLDER AND THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS, THAT'S THEIR OWN THING.

BUT WHEN YOU TRY TO PUSH THAT ON OUR KIDS, IT'S NOT OKAY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE UPSET.

OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, SUSAN.

NEXT IS SHIRA NARI.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SHIRA NARI, AND MY ADDRESS IS 574 HAMLIN AVENUE IN FERNDALE.

LIKE SUSAN JUST SAID, WE SPEAK HERE BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY.

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WE CARE ABOUT FORCING PEOPLE TO TAKE IT BY MINDLESSLY FOLLOWING MANDATES FROM POLITICIANS WITH ZERO MEDICAL TRAINING OR EVEN KNOWLEDGE.

WELL, THE JURY IS IN WITH OFFICIAL ADMISSIONS THAT THE VACCINE HAS FAILED.

BUT HAS ANY JUSTICE BEEN DONE SO FAR ABOUT THOSE WHO WERE SUMMARILY FIRED? BUT AT LEAST THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE AND UNHARMED.

TRAGICALLY, IT IS NOT SO WITH SO MANY WHO TRUSTED THOSE IN AUTHORITY, THEIR SCHOOL BOARD, TEACHERS, DOCTORS AND TOOK THE SHOT.

THIS INCLUDES YOUR STUDENTS WHOSE WELFARE YOU CLAIM TO SUPPORT.

I FOLLOW THE CDC AND FDA CLOSELY, BUT ALSO SOURCES NOT CRUSHED BY CENSORSHIP FOR FOSTERING VACCINE HESITANCY.

A STUDY PUBLISHED THIS MONTH BY THE PEER REVIEWED EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS FOUND THAT AFTER THE SHOT, ALMOST ONE IN FIVE MOSTLY MALE TEENS SHOWED CARDIAC SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING PALPITATIONS, CHEST PAIN, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, DIZZINESS OR FAINTING.

THE STUDY FOUND THAT 17% OF TEENAGERS WHO GET THE SHOT SUFFER HEART INJURIES FOR LIFE.

EVEN THE CDC ADMITTED THAT THERE IS LIKELY AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE COVID SHOTS AND THE REPORTED CASES OF HEART INFLAMMATION OCCURRING ONLY A SHORT FOUR DAYS OR LESS AFTER THE SHOT.

AT ABOUT TEN YEARS OUT, 50% OF PEOPLE WITH MYOCARDITIS DIE.

THE OTHERS WILL FACE STROKES, HEART FAILURE AND OTHER CARDIOLOGY ISSUES SO LONG AS THEY LIVE.

IS ANY OF YOU AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE SURVIVAL RATE OF COVID.

AGES 0 TO 18 IS KNOWN TO BE 99.9976%? ARE YOU MAKING SURE ALL YOUR STUDENTS HAVE AT LEAST THIS VITAL INFORMATION TO GUIDE THEIR DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES FOR THIS UNTESTED, EXPERIMENTAL SHOT? TO CONCLUDE BACK TO ADULT EMPLOYEES FORCED TO TAKE THE SHOT OR BE FIRED.

FORTUNATELY, A FEW LAWSUITS ARE BEGINNING TO SET PRECEDENTS AGAINST THE IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL MANDATES.

HOW LONG MUST FERNDALE VICTIMS WAIT? TAXPAYER MONEY USUALLY HAS TO BE WASTED TO FORCE JUSTICE.

IS THIS REALLY WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED HERE? OR WILL YOU WAKE UP AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT? THIS DECISION LIES IN YOUR HANDS ALONE AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

A VERY PERSONAL SHARE.

MY ONLY SON DIED JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS FROM THE SHOT.

THANK YOU, SHIRA.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MIKE FORD.

GOOD EVENING. LIVE IN ON DOUGLAS ROAD.

MY FAMILY AND I EXCUSE ME, MOVED TO FERNDALE IN 2005.

AND MIKE CAN'T HEAR ME.

OKAY. IS THAT BETTER? I'LL JUST LEAN OVER A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY. MY FAMILY AND I MOVED TO FERNDALE IN 2005, AND MY THREE KIDS WENT TO SKYLINE VISTA AND GRADUATED FROM FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY ALL WENT TO COLLEGE AND TWO OF THEM ARE FINISHING THEIR MASTER'S DEGREE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I SO APPRECIATE.

IS THE INFLUENCE THAT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HAD ON MY KIDS AND THEREFORE MY FAMILY.

SEE, I KNOW BEING ENGAGED WITH THEM AS A PARENT, YOU DON'T DO IT ALONE.

AND THE TEACHERS THAT CAME ALONGSIDE THEM.

AND THE COACHES WERE AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE COACHES THAT AND TEACHERS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY KNEW THEM BY NAME, BUT INVESTED IN THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM.

THEY ARE PARTLY WHO THEY ARE BECAUSE OF THEM.

THIS LAST MONTH I WATCHED OR IF YOU WISH, GO, I WATCHED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FROM FROM DECEMBER.

AND ONE PART WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING.

AND THE OTHER PART I WAS VERY PROUD OF.

WHAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH WAS SOME OF THE COMMENTS, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND HOW DISRESPECTFUL THEY WERE TO THIS AMAZING TEAM.

AND AS A PARENT, THAT IS NOT OKAY.

AND THERE WAS MUCH MORE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE FOR YOU THAN THOSE THAT ARE SPEAKING AGAINST.

WHAT I DIDN'T NOTICE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS PROUD OF.

ONE WAS DR.

ERICKSON THE WAY YOU LED THAT MEETING.

YOU KNOW, THAT SHOWS REAL LEADERSHIP.

AND THAT IS NOT EASY.

DR. DOMINGUEZ. WHAT I NOTICED, WHEN YOU DID A REPORT, YOU SAID YOU VISITED EVERY CLASSROOM.

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I MEAN, WHAT SUPERINTENDENT DOES THAT? AND THE ONE THING YOU SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN IS THAT YOU LISTENED AND THEN YOU HAVE AN OPEN HEART TO LISTEN.

THAT WAS OBVIOUS.

THE OTHER THING THAT I LOVED WAS THIS BELONGING AWARDS SO STAFF CAN APPRECIATE STAFF SEE WHAT YOU DO REALLY MATTERS.

AND IN THIS CLIMATE, WHEN MY KIDS GRADUATE, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THAN IT IS NOW.

IT'S HARDER.

LEADERSHIP IS HARDER.

SO YOU GUYS ARE DEVELOPING A CULTURE WHERE TEACHERS CAN THRIVE, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVERY KID MATTERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IN THIS JOURNEY.

KEEP GOING.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE.

OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR LIST OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

AS I MENTIONED AT THE ONSET OF PUBLIC COMMENT, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND WE CERTAINLY WELCOME EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, WHATEVER IS YOUR BEST FORM OF COMMUNICATION.

I KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE LIKES TO STEP UP AND TALK IN FRONT OF A MIC, SO FEEL FREE IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LET US KNOW.

WE VALUE HEARING FROM YOU.

SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.01 OF OUR MEETING, WHICH IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[5. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THIS SESSION, AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK OUT INTO OUR GENERAL PUBLIC SESSION IN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES.

SO. OKAY.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING THAT EXTENDED AND EXTENDED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.01, WHICH IS AN ATTORNEY DISCUSSION.

[6. LEGAL COUNSEL]

HE'S OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AND HE IS JUST GOING TO SHARE NOT ONLY FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC.

JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A SYNOPSIS OF HIS ROLE.

AND THEN IF THE BOARD HAS ANY GENERAL OPEN MEETING QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK AT THAT POINT.

SO. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SAM.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS SAM CHALFANT.

I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH PACIFICA LAW GROUP, WHICH IS LOCATED DOWN IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

AND I SERVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

ONE ROLE IN WHICH I SERVE DISTRICTS IS AS WHAT WE REFER TO AS GENERAL COUNSEL, ESSENTIALLY.

IN THAT PROCESS, I ANSWER LEGAL QUESTIONS AND HELP TO ADVISE DISTRICTS ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES FROM HUMAN RESOURCES ISSUES, STUDENT DISCIPLINE ISSUES, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITY RELATED ISSUES FOR BOTH STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN TERMS OF ACCESS.

WITH REGARD TO FERNDALE, I THINK I'VE BEEN PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO THE DISTRICT IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES FOR ABOUT THE LAST FIVE ISH YEARS.

YEAH, ABOUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES AND I JUST AM APPRECIATIVE TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT.

SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL OPEN IT TO ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR SAM ON THE BOARD.

THE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT A TIME FOR SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS, BUT IF THERE'S GENERAL QUESTIONS AND I'VE ASKED SAM IF HE FEELS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER DONE OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM OR THIS FORUM TO SAY SO.

SO. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? SO I JUST WANTED MORE CLARIFICATION ABOUT YOUR AVAILABILITY TO THE BOARD FOR ADVICE.

SOME I'VE HEARD SOME DISTRICTS ACTUALLY HAVE AN ATTORNEY THAT COMES TO EVERY MEETING.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD OFFER TO US? THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF TIMES WE DO STUFF AND THEN WE FIND OUT WHETHER WE DID THE RIGHT THING LATER ON, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S KIND OF BACKWARDS. LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BE ABLE IF YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO ASK SOMEBODY BEFORE YOU COMMIT TO AN ACTION, YOU KNOW, TO GET ADVICE FIRST AND

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YEAH. SO I AM AVAILABLE ON A LIMITED BASIS TO ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS WHEN I'M GIVEN ADVANCE NOTICE.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS OBVIOUSLY DISTANCE AND COST TO THE DISTRICT, AND SO MY TIME IS BILLED HOURLY AND DISTRICTS DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT.

THE BEST WAY THAT I'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT MY PRACTICE IS THROUGH PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY, IF THERE'S A CONCERN RAISED, SOMEBODY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION OR A BOARD PRESIDENT WILL REACH OUT TO ME AND ASK ME FOR ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND THE DISTRICT WILL PROCEED FROM THERE.

BUT CERTAINLY, IF THERE'S A NEED TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY AVAILABLE AT BOARD MEETINGS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD COULD CONSIDER.

DOES HAVING AN ATTORNEY WHO ADVISES THE EMPLOYEES PRECLUDE THE BOARD FROM HAVING SEPARATE COUNSEL FOR JUST GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL THINGS? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION COMPLETELY, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT DISTRICTS HAVE MANY DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS.

AND SO I WOULD VENTURE A GUESS THAT FERNDALE USES OTHER COUNSEL THAN ME ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A BROAD SCOPE OF DIFFERENT LEGAL ISSUES THAT FACE DISTRICTS.

AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S ATYPICAL IN A DISTRICT OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL SIZE TO HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS WHO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE AT ANY ONE TIME ON DIFFERENT ISSUES.

OKAY, ONE MORE QUESTION.

SORRY TO KEEP BOTHERING YOU.

OKAY. IF A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ARISES BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION, DO YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU BE INVOLVED IN THAT, IN SORTING IT OUT IN ANY WAY? MY ROLE IS LIMITED AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO GIVING THE DISTRICT LEGAL ADVICE ON WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES.

AND SO IF A QUESTION IS PRESENTED TO ME FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT AND I HAVE AUTHORITY TO ADVISE THEM, IT WOULD JUST BE TO SIMPLY STATE MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

I DON'T ENTER INTO DISAGREEMENTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO HOW THE LAW WORKS.

SO IF I HAD A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC THING, COULD I CONTACT YOU LATER? IT'S. PERTAINING TO A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW SOMETHING SHOULD BE INTERPRETED. WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING I COULD EVEN TALK TO YOU ABOUT? SO I'M WELCOME TO TAKE A PHONE CALL FROM YOU.

I'M BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION YOU'VE GIVEN TO ME.

I CAN'T WEIGH IN BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO VAGUE.

BUT IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC PIECE OF LEGAL ADVICE THE DISTRICT NEEDS ME TO ADVISE ON, I'M HAPPY TO ASSESS IT AND PROVIDE WHAT INFORMATION I CAN.

IS THAT SOMETHING, SAM, THAT TYPICALLY STARTS AT THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL? YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS BOARD MEMBERS TALKING THERE AND THEN REFERRING TO YOU, OR HOW DO OTHER DISTRICTS HANDLE THOSE? HOW DO YOU DEAL? AS FAR AS I KNOW, YOU REPRESENT OR ARE INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL DISTRICTS.

YEAH. THE TYPICAL PROCESS IS THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT OR PERHAPS THE BOARD PRESIDENT, IF IT'S AT THAT LEVEL.

SOMETIMES DISTRICTS HAVE CHOSEN TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS WHO ARE IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

THE ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT I DON'T GIVE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS PERSONAL LEGAL ADVICE BECAUSE MY MY CLIENT AND MY OBLIGATIONS ARE TO THE DISTRICT, NOT TO ANY ONE ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY ONE BOARD MEMBER.

SAM, IF I CAN ASK.

SO IS THAT A VERBAL COMMUNICATION OR IS THAT EVER A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION? WHEN YOU COMMUNICATE OUT.

AND THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A FILTERING PROCESS IN THERE BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY YOU'D BE HANDED, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY SECOND HAND INFORMATION IF YOU'RE GETTING IT FROM NOT YOU, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE.

YEAH. SO THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT I HAVE WITH THE CLIENT ARE COVERED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE, WHETHER THEY'RE WRITTEN OR ORAL.

AND I CERTAINLY HAVE VERBAL CONVERSATIONS WITH CLIENTS.

AND I ALSO ENGAGE IN EMAIL OR THE PRODUCTION MEMORANDUMS AS NECESSARY.

AND. I DON'T KNOW IF I UNDERSTOOD THAT.

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COULD THE BOARD ASK FOR IT IN WRITING FROM YOU? IS THAT. CERTAINLY AGAIN, MY CLIENT IS THE DISTRICT.

AND IF THE DISTRICT ASKED ME TO PUT A LEGAL OPINION IN WRITING, I CAN DO THAT.

SO. BUT IF AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER ASKED FOR IT IN WRITING, WOULD YOU DO THAT OR IS IT A BOARD DECISION TO ASK FOR IT IN WRITING? AGAIN, IT'S CHALLENGING FOR ME TO RESPOND JUST BECAUSE IT'S VAGUE.

AND SO I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT THE ASK IS.

AND AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BEING ASKED ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, THEN I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO ADVISE IN WHATEVER MANNER I'M BEING ASKED, IF IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER COMING TO ME WITH A PERSONAL LEGAL MATTER, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY DECLINE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MY CLIENT.

THANK YOU. SO THEN IF THERE IS A QUESTION THAT COMES FROM THE BOARD, ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU SEND BACK WOULD BE IN WRITTEN FORM AND IT WOULD BE TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS, CORRECT? AGAIN, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE QUESTION BEING ASKED.

SO OFTENTIMES I RECEIVE AND THIS IS ACROSS DISTRICTS, A QUESTION FROM A BOARD PRESIDENT, AND I ADVISE THAT BOARD PRESIDENT IN MY RESPONSE.

IF A CLIENT ASKED ME TO PRODUCE A MEMO THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD, I'D HAPPILY DO THAT.

GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW RETAINERS AND LAWYERS WORK TOO MUCH, THANK GOD.

SORRY, THAT WAS A BAD JOKE.

IF WE ASKED FOR LIKE A WRITTEN MEMORANDUM VERSUS A A VERBAL ONE, HOW IS THAT CHARGED DIFFERENTLY? IS IT? IT WOULD DEPEND IS THE ANSWER.

AND THE REASON BEING IS THAT THERE IS A RETAINER AGREEMENT THAT SPELLS OUT WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES ARE COVERED UNDER THE RETAINER.

I UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T QUOTE THAT TO YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES INCLUDE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

IF THE QUESTION OR LEGAL ISSUE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUBJECT TO BEING OFF THE RETAINER, THEN SOMETIMES VERBAL COMMUNICATION IS FASTER THAN WRITTEN AND THEREFORE IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE. JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT, I KNOW THAT WHEN THE BOARD.

YEARS AGO AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, BUT WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION OF OUR CURRENT LEGAL SITUATION, WHICH WAS A.

ITEM BY ITEM VERSUS THE GOING WITH SAM AND HIS GROUP, AS FAR AS THE RETAINER, THERE WAS CERTAINLY A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS AND THE CONSENSUS OF THOSE THAT WERE DEALING WITH THE ATTORNEY AND AND GETTING ANSWERS IN THEIR INTERVIEW PROCESS WAS THAT WE WEREN'T STEPPING DOWN AT ALL IN QUALITY OF SERVICE.

WE WERE JUST DOING IT MORE ECONOMICALLY.

ANYTHING ELSE? SORRY. SO.

SO YOU.

ADVISE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT.

AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT THING I WAS LOOKING AT.

IT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU PROVIDE ADVICE TO EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT.

BUT IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE BOARD.

SO ARE WE ACTUALLY I MEAN, SINCE IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THERE THAT THE BOARD IS SAYS YOU PROVIDE AT LEAST OUR AGREEMENT WITH WITH OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE SD SAYS THAT YOU PROVIDE ADVICE TO EMPLOYEES, BUT IT DOESN'T MENTION THE BOARD SO THAT'S.

I'D HAVE TO READ THAT AGREEMENT.

BUT CERTAINLY THE BOARD IS PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO I REGULARLY DO GIVE ADVICE TO SCHOOL BOARDS WHEN IT'S NECESSARY.

I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.

IT'S JUST THAT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IN THERE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO REVIEW THAT, IF YOU WANT TO SEND IT MY WAY.

YES. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR SAM? GO AHEAD. SO IF YOU ADVISE IF YOU ADVISE A MEMBER OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT ABOUT SOMETHING AND THE BOARD DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, IS THAT A PROBLEM? I MEAN, I'M JUST LIKE, YOU WORK FOR THE DISTRICT, AND SO I'M AWARE OF THAT SOMETIMES THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME ADVICE THAT HAPPENS.

SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IN IN, IN A PERSONNEL RELATED THING WHERE YOU'RE INVOLVED, BUT THE BOARD WASN'T AWARE OF

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SO TYPICALLY THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION WORK TOGETHER TO DELEGATE RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY.

AND I DO THINK IT'S A REGULAR PART OF MY PRACTICE THAT I ADVISE ADMINISTRATORS WITHOUT ADVISING THE BOARD, BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN DELEGATED THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY COMMON PRACTICE AMONGST ALL SCHOOL LAW ATTORNEYS THAT THEY ADVISE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WITHOUT THE BOARD BEING INVOLVED IN EVERY PIECE OF ADVICE THAT'S OCCURRING. AND TYPICALLY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT ACTS AS A CONDUIT FOR THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON.

I KNOW, AGAIN, I KIND OF HAVE THIS MANTRA OF SAYING HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, BUT I KNOW THAT IN DIFFERENT TIMES OF NEGOTIATION AND DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE H.R.

TYPICALLY IS THE BIGGEST ONE.

I KNOW AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, AS A PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

THERE WERE CERTAINLY TIMES WHEN WE KNEW THAT CONVERSATIONS WERE GOING ON WITH THE ATTORNEY AND THEIR OFFICE.

SOMETIMES WE KNEW MORE OF THE DETAILS AND OTHER TIMES JUST DEPENDENT ON THE DEGREE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT HIT ON THE RADAR OF IMPORTANCE.

BUT THAT TYPICALLY CAME THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT OR SOMETIMES WE DID HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WITH WHERE WE WERE DISCUSSING A PERSONNEL MATTER, WHERE A PERSON WITHIN H.R.

OR SUCH WOULD GO OVER THOSE THINGS WITH US IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LAWYER.

OK. WELL, AGAIN, SAM, THANK YOU FOR DRIVING UP HERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A BIT OF A DRIVE HOME, SO WE APPRECIATE BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE THE ADVICE THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US NOT ONLY TONIGHT, BUT ALSO PRIOR TO THAT.

AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL. OKAY.

SO THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 7.01 ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.

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

OKAY. THANK YOU TO SELINA FOR PULLING UP THE MY BOARD UPDATE.

PEGGY. SORRY, IT'S ON YOUR BACK THERE, SO I JUST WANT TO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

GO AHEAD. SO SINCE WE'VE MET AS A BOARD, WE HAVE OPENED UP THE ACADEMIC WING OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

I GOT TO BE THERE THE FIRST DAY.

I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR TWO STUDENTS.

AND PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS I WALKED IN THAT FIRST MORNING WITH A STAFF MEMBER AND SHE SHE HAD SEEN THE BUILDING BECAUSE THE STAFF ON JANUARY 3RD HAD BEEN IN THERE SETTING UP THEIR CLASSROOMS. BUT THEN SHE GOT TO SEE THE STUDENTS EXPERIENCING THE SCHOOL IN THE COMMONS AREA THERE, AND SHE JUST STOPPED AND SHE GOT REALLY CHOKED UP AND TEARED UP AT JUST WHAT THAT SPACE WAS.

TODAY. I ACTUALLY SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, PRINCIPAL STUDENT ADVISORY, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT PARTS OF THE SCHOOL ARE REALLY WORKING.

BOTH JAZZIE AND CAVANAUGH SIT ON THAT ADVISORY.

AND THEN WHAT PARTS ARE WE ACTUALLY MISSING FROM THE OLD SCHOOL? SO WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T MAYBE BRING FORWARD WITH US, BUT WE WANT TO.

SO THE HOMEY FEEL IN THE COMMONS, YOU KNOW, IN THE OLD BUILDING, THEY HAD A KIND OF SMALLER SPACE WHERE THEY COULD DECORATE.

AND SO I'M WORKING THROUGH THAT.

BUT OVERALL, IT'S BEEN I'VE BEEN PART OF LOTS OF FIRST DAYS IN NEW FACILITIES, AND THIS WAS BY FAR THE SMOOTHEST TRANSITION I'VE EXPERIENCED. IF YOU DRIVE BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU'LL NOW SEE THAT MAJOR PARTS OF THE OLD BUILDING ARE GONE IN THE PLACE WHERE THE CTE WING WILL BE IN COMING MONTHS.

SO. YESTERDAY, I WAS GOING TO SAY IT HAPPENED IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM A VERY LONG TIME.

IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT THE PAVILION.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING AS A BOARD AROUND SAFETY, AND THAT IS A PRIORITY.

AND WHAT YOU KNOW, FROM A TEACHING AND LEARNING STANCE IS WHEN EVERYONE'S USING THE SAME LANGUAGE AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS IN THE SAME WAY, IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND IT HELPS

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SO WHEN ONE OF THE VERY FIRST MEETINGS I HAD IN THIS ROLE WITH MARK AND HIM SHARING A VERY FOCUSED DIRECTION AROUND SAFETY, HE SAID HIS VISION WAS ALL OF WHATCOM COUNTY, ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALL THE LEAD AGENCIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE TOGETHER IN ONE ROOM TOGETHER, LEARNING ABOUT PROTOCOLS.

SO NO MATTER WHERE I THINK OF CHIEF TURNER'S STATEMENT TO ME TO REMIND ME THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU PLAN FOR THE WORST AND YOU HOPE FOR THE BEST. AND SO IF THERE WERE TO BE A CRISIS IN A DISTRICT, HOW DO WE COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT THAT? WHATCOM COUNTY IS VERY UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE SEVEN DISTRICT SEVEN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WHO HAVE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND CARE FOR THE STUDENTS OF WHATCOM COUNTY.

AND SO YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR INITIAL TRAINING WHERE WE CAME TOGETHER AND BEGAN TO LEARN ABOUT SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

MARK, ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD ON THAT? NO, JUST THAT IT WAS IT WAS A REALLY GOOD DAY.

THE. SAFETY LEADS FROM ALL OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN KIND OF WORKING ON THIS AND BUILDING UP TO THIS THIS YEAR.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST STEP IN THE FUTURE OF A COORDINATED SAFETY RESPONSE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS IN THE MAKING.

AND I WOULD SAY FERNDALE CAME OUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A SEMESTER BREAK.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO BE AWAY FROM BUILDINGS.

WE HAD OUR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, OUR DISTRICT OFFICE AND OUR LEADS FROM TRANSPORTATION, FOOD SERVICE.

EVERYONE WAS AT THE TABLE LEARNING ALONGSIDE ONE ANOTHER.

SO MORE TO COME THERE.

AND THEN I'VE BEEN TALKING TO STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THEIR GOALS, WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE POST GRADUATION, WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS.

AND I THINK SOMETIMES IN EDUCATION WE THINK THE END GOAL IS GRADUATION.

AND I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'RE THINKING BEYOND THAT.

SO I'VE BEGUN PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE STUDENTS CAN GO TO GET EXTENSIVE TRAINING OR CARRY ON WITH THEIR DREAMS. I'VE MET A STUDENT AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL WHO DREAMS OF BEING A WELDER, SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO GO FIND OUT WHAT DOES THAT FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE A WELDER? SO I GAVE OUR VERY OWN ANYA A CALL, AND I SAID, CAN YOU HOOK ME UP? SO I GOT TO GO SPEND SOME TIME AT BETSY AND JUST I ASKED LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

HOW DOES THEIR ADVISORIES WORK? WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND WE BEGAN TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL BARRIERS BETWEEN THE K 12 SYSTEM AND HIGHER ED IN ORDER TO THINK THROUGH HOW DO WE BREAK THOSE DOWN.

FOR EXAMPLE, I PROPOSED ONE OF OUR STUDENTS SITS ON THEIR ADVISORY BOARD, SO THEY ARE CONSTANTLY BRINGING WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

AND THEN I GOT TO ACTUALLY LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ORGANIZATION THERE SO I CAN COME BACK AND START THINKING.

AND SO I'VE SET UP A MEETING WITH OUR CTE TEAM WHERE I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE COURSE OFFERINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH A SEAMLESS TRANSITION. SO AS A STUDENT BEGINS TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN THEIR FUTURE, THEY KNOW WHAT THE PATH IS.

BUT ALSO I THINK SOMETIMES WE WAIT UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL TO BEGIN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS IN MY ENTRY PLAN.

BUT A LACK OF ENGAGEMENT SOMETIMES WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

SO HOW ARE WE TAKING SOME OF THIS THINKING AND BRINGING IT DOWN INTO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL? SO A STUDENT WHO DREAMS OF BEING A WELDER IN SECOND GRADE HAS A COURSE OR A PATH WHERE THEY CAN BE TALKING ABOUT THAT ALL ALL ALONG THE WAY.

AND THEN OUR STAFF CONTINUES TO NOMINATE ONE ANOTHER FOR THE BELONGING AWARDS.

AND I JUST CAN'T HIGHLIGHT ENOUGH.

I DON'T DO THE NOMINATIONS.

I JUST GET TO PRESENT THEM AND THEY'RE BY STAFF FOR STAFF.

AND SO LAST WEEK I GOT TO SPEND TIME AT CENTRAL AND I GOT TO RIDE THE FERRY OVER TO BEACH TO PRESENT BELONGING AWARDS.

AND IT'S SO FUN BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DON'T SEE THE NOMINATIONS.

AND I USE A STATEMENT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR NOMINATION IN AN EMAIL LATER TODAY.

AND IT'S ALWAYS A SURPRISE TO ME WHAT THEY WERE NOMINATED FOR.

SO IT IS IT'S REALLY FUN TO BE THE DELIVERER AND THE SURPRISE.

THE STAFF IS ALWAYS SURPRISED THAT SOMEONE TOOK TIME TO NOTICE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS WHO ARE THERE.

AND OUR BOND UPDATE.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO KICK THIS ONE TO MARK BECAUSE HE GOT TO TOUR UP IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER.

I DIDN'T TELL HIM HE WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL.

IT IS PRETTY COOL.

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SO YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE GRANDSTAND ERECTED IN PLACE THERE FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE.

YOU NOW CAN SEE THE TRACK STARTING TO FORM.

THEY'RE PUTTING ALL THE GRAVEL UNDERLAYMENT, THEY'RE PUTTING THE.

LONG JUMP PITS IN PLACE.

SO THINGS ARE STARTING TO REALLY SHAPE UP.

SO WE ACTUALLY WENT AND WALKED UP IN THE GRANDSTANDS, LOOKED AT THE AT THE THE CONCESSION STANDS AND THE RESTROOMS, WHICH IS UNDERNEATH VERY NEAT COVERED AREA THAT'S CREATED BETWEEN THE RETAINING WALL AND THE THE GRANDSTAND.

CREATES I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY NEAT EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE COMING TO THE GAMES.

AND ALSO THE PRESS BOX IS IS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE AS WELL SO THE GLASS IS IN AND THE.

AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO FRAME THE WALLS OUT AND THAT'LL START LOOKING LIKE AN INTERIOR SPACE AS WELL.

THE OTHER PIECE IS THE THE CTE VILLAGE IS COMING TOGETHER.

THE. SCIENCES LAB AND THE AQUACULTURE ARE READY TO BE TURNED OVER HERE ANY MINUTE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE GREENHOUSE IS STARTING TO COME ALONG AS WELL AS JUST A LITTLE BIT FARTHER BEHIND WITH THE PANELS GOING BACK IN.

SO IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER AND IS PRETTY NEAT.

AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.

IT'S NOT NATIONAL BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MONTH, BUT I FEEL LIKE THEY DO PUT IN A LOT OF EXTRA WORK AND THOUGHT.

AND STEVE, YOU BEING THE BOARD REP ON THAT TEAM, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE TIED, THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO COME TOGETHER AND ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE MONEY WE SPEND IS BEING SPENT WELL AND THAT WHAT WE SAID WE DO, WE DO.

AND THEY ARE SO HAVING A GROUP OF EXPERTS IN A ROOM, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH AND JUST BEING ABLE TO CALL ON ANY ONE OF THEM, THEY START USING A LANGUAGE THAT I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT THEY'RE REALLY GOOD ABOUT EXPLAINING IT AND HELPING ME PROCESS.

BUT IT REALLY IS SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE TO FERNDALE AND I JUST CAN'T THINK THAT GROUP ENOUGH.

SO THANKS STEVE, FOR DOING THAT.

AND THEN MY ENTRY PLAN.

I'VE BEEN SORTING THE DATA AND IT'S AMAZING HOW IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SCHOOL I WAS AT, WHAT COMMUNITY I WAS AT.

THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME CLEAR THEMES THAT ARE STARTING TO PULL OUT.

SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT DATA IN A WAY.

SO NEXT MONTH I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE THEMES HERE.

I'LL BE SENDING OUT THOSE UPDATES TO STAFF AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE START DOING THE WORK.

HOW DO WE TAKE THOSE THEMES AND BEGIN TO BUILD A PLAN OF ACTION? AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE PROCESS SHOULD BE DONE BY DECEMBER OF 2023.

AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT THIS ISN'T MY DOCUMENT.

THIS IS THE COMMUNITIES DOCUMENT THAT SAYS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH ANOTHER VETTING PROCESS, WE TAKE THOSE THEMES AND WE BEGIN TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES TO GET THERE? AND UNIFIED BASKETBALL.

I, I TRY TO HIT ALMOST ALL THE ATHLETIC GAMES.

WINTER SPORTS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER BECAUSE I'M A MOM OF A BASKETBALL PLAYER AND I AM THE WIFE OF A BASKETBALL COACH, SO I'M IN A GYM ABOUT FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK RIGHT NOW.

BUT I DID GET TO GO WITH A UNIFIED BASKETBALL GAME.

AND WHAT I LOVE SO MUCH ABOUT THIS GAME ONE, WE HAVE EXCELLENT THREE POINT SHOOTERS ON OUR TEAM AND THE GAME I WENT TO.

WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE WON.

I THINK THE CALL MAYBE COULD HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED AT THE END.

THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION AND I KNOW THE COACH AGREES, BUT IT IS A REMARKABLE TIME WHERE THIS IS LED BY STUDENTS.

SO I HAVE A PHILOSOPHY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE CHANGING CURRICULUM OR BUILDING A SYSTEM, IT'S BY TEACHERS FOR TEACHERS OR BY STUDENTS, FOR STUDENTS.

AND THIS REALLY IS I MEAN, EVEN OUR ANNOUNCER IS A STUDENT WHO HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT.

AND OUR STUDENTS GET TO COME TOGETHER AS REFS, AS PLAYERS, AS ASSISTANT COACHES, AS ANNOUNCERS.

AND THEY REALLY GET TO BUILD AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS AND THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THE STRENGTHS AND THE CHEERING IS AMAZING AND THE CROWDS ARE USUALLY REALLY GOOD.

AND SO I WILL SAY, I THINK.

TRINA DO WE HAVE ONE MORE GAME THIS WEEK? THURSDAY NIGHT. AND WHERE WOULD SOMEONE GO SEE OUR STUDENTS?

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SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AND WEAR YOUR FERNDALE GEAR, YOU CAN CHEER ON OUR STUDENTS AT C HOME HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

BUT IT REALLY IS PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY.

AND OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.

WE STARTED SOMETHING TWO DIFFERENT PARENT EDUCATION OPTIONS PLAY AND LEARN, AND THAT'S WHAT THE PICTURES ARE THERE WHERE CAREGIVERS AND THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN CAN COME TOGETHER AND THEY LEARN HOW TO PLAY TOGETHER.

WHAT DOES THE LANGUAGE LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE TOYS? THEY'RE MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER FAMILIES, THE STRENGTHENING FAMILIES.

ALSO, IT'S ANOTHER FORM OF PARENT EDUCATION.

PARENT IS THE FIRST TEACHER IN AN EDUCATION ALL THE TIME.

WE TALK ABOUT THE TEACHER BEING THE NUMBER ONE DIRECT VARIABLE TO STUDENT OUTCOMES.

SO IF FAMILIES ARE THE FIRST TEACHER MAKING SURE WE'RE PROVIDING PARENT EDUCATION AT NO COST TO FAMILIES WHO WOULD LIKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER TEAM HAS DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB WITH THAT LED BY DR.

FAVORITE. AND THE NUMBERS JUST KEEP GOING UP.

IT'S IT'S A PRETTY PACKED HOUSE, I THINK.

DO WE HAVE ABOUT WORSE? FE FE ABOUT 40 SOME FAMILIES AND STRENGTHENING FAMILIES RIGHT NOW.

40 PEOPLE.

WELL, 10 TO 12 FAMILIES, I THINK.

BUT WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 40 PEOPLE.

AND WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER THAT IN MULTIPLE TWO LANGUAGES.

RIGHT. ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

DO THEY HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT OR IS THAT A DROP IN? YES, IT'S A SEVEN WEEK PROGRAM THAT'S REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PLAYING LEARN IS DROPPING.

THERE'S ALSO. ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASSES HAPPENING ON TUESDAY NIGHTS FROM 5 TO 6 P.M..

YEAH, I SAW ONE TONIGHT.

WHEN FE WHEN YOU SAY THAT THERE ARE LIKE 40 PEOPLE, IS IT LIKE PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS OR WHAT? WHAT WHATEVER MAKES UP A FAMILY? OKAY, COOL.

AND NOW I AM GOING TO ASK OUR STUDENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF ONE OF YOU KNOWS WHICH ONE'S GOING FIRST.

WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM GIVE THEIR UPDATES.

LIKE DR. DOMINGUEZ SAID, WE HAD OUR STUDENT ADVISORY MEETING TODAY AND.

OH, THIS IS ROUGH.

WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK, LIKE YOU SAID, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING WELL, WHAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE CHANGED.

AND JUST LIKE HEARING IDEAS FROM ALL SORTS OF STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE SCHOOL AND A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, STUDENTS ARE LOVING THE NEW SPACE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE'RE ALL ADAPTING TO IT, I THINK, REALLY WELL AND I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL IS LIKE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS ARE ALL NEW AND LIKE.

IT'S JUST A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.

AND I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU SHOULD GET TO BE SEEN IN THE NEW SCHOOL.

I KNOW DR. MINGUS IS THERE ALL THE TIME.

I SWEAR. LIKE RUNNING INTO YOU ALL THE TIME.

AND I'VE SEEN YOU THERE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS THERE.

AND I THINK IT'D BE COOL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO BE SEEN, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD, STUDENTS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND LIKE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MEETINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK IT'D BE COOLER IF YOU GUYS GOT TO GET INTO SOME CLASSROOMS WITH DR.

DOMINGUEZ AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SHARE.

AND WE HAD OUR COACHES VERSUS CANCER BASKETBALL GAME THIS SATURDAY LAST SATURDAY AND MY FRIEND BIRGIT AND.

YOU AND I.

WE WERE BASICALLY.

SO BASICALLY THE FIRST THING WAS WITH THESE RAFFLES THAT WE HAD COMING FROM, I THINK, FIVE DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

I HAVE DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN FERNDALE, AND PEOPLE WOULD ENTER THERE.

PEOPLE WOULD WRITE THEIR NAME ON IT AND THEY WOULD PUT IT IN THE IN THE IN THE BOX FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS. AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS JUST FOUND $10 IN THEIR POCKET WAS LIKE, OH, I'M GOING TO BID ON BID ALL OF MY TICKETS ON ONE THING.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT, DOES THIS MEAN I'M GOING TO WIN BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE PUT THEIR THINGS IN THE RAFFLE BOX AND SHE WON AND SHE WAS LIKE, OH NO, I DON'T WANT TO WIN.

I WAS LIKE, WHY? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO CALL MY NAME.

I WAS LIKE, GIRL, JUST COME ON.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS FUN TO HELP RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT SAINT JOE'S.

SO YEAH. AND THEN.

THE SECOND SEMESTER IS OVER, AND SO IT'S A FRESH NEW START FOR EVERYONE.

I NEEDED A FRESH START.

AND SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE IN A NEW SEMESTER.

AND THEN. THE WEATHER.

BY THE WAY, YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

I PULLED I JUST I LITERALLY SAW THAT LAST NIGHT.

AND I WAS REALLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WAS PULLING THE DATA DIRECTLY FROM THE MODELS AS OPPOSED TO FROM MY WEATHER APP, WHICH I NEVER DO, BY THE WAY, BUT.

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AND IT WAS IT WAS A DUSTING, BUT THEN IT JUST KEPT GOING.

AND SO IT GOT ABOVE FREEZING BRIEFLY ON THIS AFTERNOON.

BUT WE'RE BACK AT FREEZING.

AND SO THERE ARE I THINK LET ME THINK THERE ARE, I THINK, THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

THE FIRST ONE IS THAT.

THE SNOW THAT MELTED REFREEZES OVERNIGHT.

THE SECOND SCENARIO IS IT SNOWS THROUGH THE NIGHT.

BUT THERE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH DRY AIR.

SO WE MIGHT GET A LOT WE MIGHT NOT GET THAT MUCH SNOW.

THE THIRD SCENARIO IS.

A FREEZING RAIN SCENARIO.

I CHOOSE THE SECOND.

YEAH, THE FREEZING RAIN SCENARIO IS ONLY ONE.

THAT'S ONLY ONE FORECAST MODEL, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BRIEFLY BEFORE WE WOKE UP BECAUSE FREEZING RAIN USUALLY MEANS WARMER AIR IS COMING THROUGH.

SO I THINK.

I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S ANOTHER COIN TOSS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW.

BUT. IT'S MY COIN.

WHAT A DRY COIN.

YES. YES, WE CAN.

THERE'S, LIKE, AN OPTION FOR, LIKE, IT JUST DOESN'T FALL THAT.

THAT'S. THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE NOW.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

WELL, YOU WERE GETTING A LOT OF SHOUT OUTS TODAY, LIKE KWABENA SAID.

SO. AND FINALLY, I SHARED THIS WITH YOU THIS LAST WEEK IN THIS WAY.

AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS SO I THIS CAME OFF, THOUGH, WAS A WEBSITE ABOUT WHAT MAKES A GREAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

YOU KNOW, HEARING LISTENING TO ALL SIDES AHEAD, MAKING SOUND DECISIONS.

YOU HAVE A VISION TO SEE THE PATH AHEAD, A HEART YOU LOVE STUDENTS AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM ARMS EMBRACE NEW IDEAS.

HANDS REACH OUT TO OTHERS.

STAND UP FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

A KNEE.

AND I CAN'T READ THAT ONE.

NEED TO FLEXIBLE AS NEEDED.

YES, THAT DOES MAKE SENSE.

THE CAPE IS OPTIONAL, BUT I WOULD SAY YOU OFTEN WEAR IT AND THEN THE VOICE IS TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY.

SO IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER MONTH.

YOU SCHOOL BOARD. THANK YOU.

AND MAYBE SELENA AND I SAMPLED ONE ON YOUR BEHALF, AND THEY WERE DELICIOUS.

THEY ARE? YEAH. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE REALLY GOOD.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.

I KNOW THAT IT'S HOURS AND HOURS AND IT'S A VOLUNTEER POSITION.

AND TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO MANAGING HOMEWORK ON TOP OF IT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.

OKAY. SO THEN THAT BRINGS US ON TO ITEM 8.01, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND ADOPT MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY

[8. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]

AGAIN, JUST TO REFRESH ANYONE THAT IS WATCHING THAT HASN'T WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE GET THE MONITORING REPORT ON THE BEGINNING.

AT ONE MEETING TONIGHT, WE'LL BE GETTING THE ONE ON THE SCIENCE EDUCATION, BUT WE GET THE REPORT AND THEN WE HAVE GET A SURVEY TO GO THROUGH AND INDICATE AS FAR AS IF WE ARE MAKING APPROPRIATE PROGRESS ON THOSE AREAS.

BUT BASED ON THE INDICATORS AND THEN WE COME TOGETHER AS PART OF THAT, WE ALSO CAN PUT DOWN OUR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, AND THEN WE COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THOSE AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING.

AND ADOPT THE REPORT WITH ANY STIPULATIONS OR COMMENTS.

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EIGHT.

THERE WAS ONE POINT IN HERE.

I'M TRYING TO FIND IT, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT OUR COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE AND SUCH AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE UP TO IS COMMUNICATED TO US AND SUCH.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS FITS INTO THIS REPORT NECESSARILY, BUT ONE OF THE COMMENTS I MADE BACK ON IT IS I KNOW IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO THAT THERE WAS A STUDENT WHO WAS VERY INTERESTED IN ART AT THE SCHOOL AND HAD AN IDEA FOR A MURAL AND HAD SOME TROUBLES AS FAR AS GETTING THEIR OPINION TO THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE DECISIONS.

AND IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR THE STUDENTS.

AND SO IN THAT I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF FERNDALE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PROBABLY FIVE ISH, STARTED OPENING UP ALL OF THEIR I BELIEVE ALL OF THEIR COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS HAVE A SPOT FOR A STUDENT ON IT.

I DON'T KNOW. WITH THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT, A SPOT WAS MADE FOR HER ON THE ON THE ART COMMISSION, WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC.

I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT FOR EVERY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE A SPOT OPEN FOR A STUDENT.

IT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE FILLED, BUT THAT A POSITION IS OPEN.

I THINK IT THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THAT WOULD BE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE STUDENT.

THEY CAN LEARN A LOT OF THINGS OF BEING ON A COMMITTEE.

I ALSO THINK THAT STUDENT VOICE IS INVALUABLE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE BOARD THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME TO JUST GET THAT INPUT FROM THE STUDENT. AND I HAD A THIRD THING THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT THEY OFTEN HAVE THAT GOT GOOD IDEAS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT HAVING STUDENTS ON COMMITTEES THERE WAS LIKE THE EARLY, EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING.

YEAH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.

AND I WOULD EVEN PUSH THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IS THAT IF THERE ISN'T A STUDENT THAT SIGNS UP MAKING THAT ONE OF THE OUTCOMES THAT THEY'LL SEEK STUDENT FEEDBACK.

SO THEY COULD EASILY, YOU KNOW, IF NO ONE SIGNS UP, HOW DO THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SHARING THE THINKING? I THINK ONE THING THAT SHIFTING AND THE TEAM AND I ARE WORKING ON THIS IS MAKING THE COMMITTEE PROCESS MORE TRANSPARENT.

SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE WEBSITE NOW IT SAYS ACTUALLY COMMITTEES AND WHAT'S AT THE TOP THERE.

COMMITTEES AND ADVISORIES.

WHAT'S THE TAGLINE? COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCE.

AND SO LIKE THE GRADING ONE.

PEGGY, YOU'VE ASKED, SO WE'RE TAKING ALL THE INFORMATION, WHO'S THE MEMBERSHIP THAT WILL BE UP THERE? SO IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, BUT IT SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THE OTHER PIECE, TOO, IS MAKING THE MEMBERSHIP.

IF IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, A DISTRICT ONE, BUT MAKING IT OPEN.

SO IT'S MORE OF A.

PROCESS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO APPLY.

SO THE EARLY LEARNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE WENT OUT.

IT WAS A FAR REACHING APPLICATION.

PEOPLE APPLIED.

THERE WAS A TEAM THAT CAME TOGETHER.

THEY READ EVERYONE. THEY MADE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS WERE REPRESENTED, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED, PARENTS WERE THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN MEETING AND THEN UPDATING THAT.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT TRANSITION.

AND THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM FEEDBACK.

REALLY PICKY. YOU ASKED SOME GOOD QUESTIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING IT'S IT'S SLOW.

IT'S A CHANGE IN PROCESS.

BUT I LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT A STUDENT.

SO WHERE IS THAT ON THE WEBSITE? IT SHOULD BE RIGHT AT THE TOP BAR TO THE LEFT IT SAYS COMMITTEES OR I MEAN, WHAT COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCE.

SO YOU CAN CLICK ON IT.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU EVER CLICK ON SOMETHING AND YOU GET A DEAD END, WOULD YOU QUICKLY EMAIL ME AND THEN WE'LL RECONNECT IT BECAUSE AS THINGS GET MOVED, SOMETIMES THEY UNLINK, BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT THERE.

THE GRADING ONE'S NOT UP YET, BUT ALL THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN GATHERED AND THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT UPDATED.

I WILL SAY THAT I DID.

TELL SELENA ABOUT A COUPLE LINKS THAT I FOUND THIS PAST MONTH, AND I THINK THEY WERE FIXED IN 5 MINUTES, SO I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT.

I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT THAT CHRISTIE PROBABLY WON'T SAY BECAUSE SHE SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE SHE'S SAYING A LOT.

BUT IT IS EXCITING AND IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNICATION.

SO IT FITS RIGHT UNDER THIS PART IS IN GOING IN THERE TO TALK WITH HER AND PLAN FOR THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.

I RAN INTO MR. DASHBOARD. THAT'S NOT HIS REAL NAME.

BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY A PERSON THAT IS WORKING ON THE DASHBOARDS, AND IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THAT.

AND HERE ARE SOME. I HAVE ACTUALLY INVITED HIM TO COME TO A MEETING SO YOU ALL CAN MEET HIM.

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I DID IT. BOBBY IS HIS NAME, AND BOBBY IS PROBABLY GOING TO REACH OUT WITH EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TYPE OF DATA.

HOW DO YOU LOOK AT DATA? WHAT MAKES SENSE, STUDENTS INCLUDED.

SO AS HE'S THINKING ABOUT BUILDING THE DASHBOARD OR SUPPORTING THE DASHBOARD, AND THEN ALSO SUPPORTING DATA THAT GOES INTO OUR REPORTS THAT IT MATCHES THE LEARNERS. ONE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS I HAD MADE AND THIS IS KIND OF I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I STAND ON THIS, BUT THAT I HAD MADE ON THE. OUR LIST OF COMMENTS OR WHATEVER ON THAT DASHBOARD.

I KNOW THAT YOU CAN HAVE USE ON MOST OF THOSE DATA TYPE DASHBOARD THINGS.

YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF OF USERS.

WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE? FOR THERE TO BE A BOARD LEVEL USER PROFILE WHERE LIKE, SAY YOU WANTED TO SLICE AND DICE THE DATA BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS OR THE SCHOOL OR THE SUBJECT AREA OR WHATEVER.

NOT TO GET TO THE POINT TO ANY LIKE SPECIFIC STUDENT OR SPECIFIC TEACHER CLASSROOM, BUT JUST LIKE MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF.

DISCOVERY OF THE DATA.

YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME TIMES WHERE I LIKE, LOOK AT A REPORT AND I WAS LIKE, GOSH, I WISH THEY HAD TOLD US ABOUT THIS ONE.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S A STATIC REPORT.

BUT THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT.

IS THAT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS WHERE WE DELEGATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

SO MAYBE IF WE WANTED TO SEE, LIKE I WANT TO SEE THIS DATA POINT OR THAT DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE JUST WOULD COMMUNICATE TO YOU AND WITH THE DASHBOARD, HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE LIKE, WELL, THERE YOU GO.

IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE AND TRINA MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK TO THIS IN SPECIFICS.

SO WE ARE WORKING WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH HOMEROOM.

IT'S ONE THAT YOU GET BETTER AT THE MORE OFTEN YOU USE IT.

SO IT MAY NOT BE AS USER FRIENDLY IF YOU JUST GO IN ONCE IN A WHILE.

BUT I THINK HAVING SOMEBODY WHO'S DESIGNATED TO BE A DATA ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUST SAY, HEY, BOBBY, CAN YOU PULL UP THIS REPORT? HE CAN HAVE IT LIKE THIS.

WHEREAS YOU MAY BE LIKE, THAT'S SUPER FRUSTRATING NOW.

SO I THINK WE'RE OPEN.

JUST MAKE SURE LET'S TRY SOME THINGS AND SEE WHAT WORKS.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO HIM ABOUT HOW YOU READ DATA OR WHAT WORKS FOR YOU, ASKING HIM THOSE QUESTIONS, SO THEN HE'S USING HIS EXPERTISE AND LENS TO BEGIN TO THINK THROUGH THAT. I AM EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ASK LIKE A QUESTION AND CAN I HAVE THAT IN A PIE CHART OR WHATEVER? AND AND TO HAVE THAT WITHOUT CREATING A REALLY ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED.

I MET WITH HIM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF THE OTHER DAY AND HE WAS JUST YEAH, HE WAS JUST ROLLING OFF IDEAS.

HIS BACKGROUND'S ACTUALLY ARCHITECTURE AND SO HE THINKS ABOUT THE SYSTEM DIFFERENTLY THAN MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO STARTED AS AN EDUCATOR.

SO IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR HIS THINKING.

SO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS REPORT? WELL, I WAS WONDERING THIS.

THE ITEM MARKED INFORMED BOARD IN ADVANCE OF ANY DELETIONS OF ADDITIONS TO OR SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS OF ANY INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM.

ALWAYS. I MEAN, FIRST, FOR SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS, WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D WANT TO GET BOARD APPROVAL OF IF YOU'RE GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFY A PROGRAM? I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND WHAT IT IS.

I'M GOING TO ALWAYS LET YOU KNOW.

I WOULD SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WE HAD TO CHANGE THE KINDERGARTEN START DATE BECAUSE WE WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE BEFORE I WENT AND PUT THAT OUT AND TALKED TO STAFF AND TALKED TO FAMILIES, I CONTACTED YOU.

SO THAT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATION BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE START TIME FOR AN ENTIRE COHORT OF STUDENTS.

AND I WAS ALSO GOING TO SHIFT THE START TIME FOR STAFF.

SO THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE EXAMPLE THIS YEAR.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO PAST EXAMPLES, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD ALWAYS SAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE DOING.

I KNOW THAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO THE CTE TEAM.

ARE THERE CLASSES THAT WE WANT TO SHIFT OR WHEN WE WE MADE A CHANGE IN DRIVER'S ED, YOU KNEW ABOUT THAT AHEAD OF TIME.

SO THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS SEEN EXAMPLES FOR THIS YEAR.

SO, YES, I WOULD ALWAYS LET YOU KNOW WHEN I WANT YOU TO READ ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WELL, IT ISN'T EVEN JUST A MATTER OF LETTING US KNOW.

IT'S JUST I WONDER IF SOME OF THOSE THINGS RISE TO THE TO THE IT WOULD THAT WOULD BE MY LIKE THAT WOULD LIKE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A CURRICULAR CHANGES.

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THAT WOULD BE A BOARD. YEAH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THERE ARE SOME THAT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD.

OTHER ONES I WOULD MORE NOTIFY YOU, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN I NOTIFY YOU IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS, THAT'S THE TIME.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU BEFORE WE GO, MAKE IT PUBLIC.

SO THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH TEACHERS MUCH UNTIL RECENTLY.

AND IT'S INTERESTING TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT LIKE THE CURRICULUM STUFF, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HEAR WHEN PEOPLE WHEN, WHEN WHEN THEY WANT THE ADOPTION OF A CURRICULUM IS YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE THAT SHOWS THE STUFF AND IS VERY POSITIVE AND PRO THAT, BUT NEVER HEAR ANY OF THE OF THE DRAWBACKS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE A LITTLE BIT UNINFORMED AFTER AFTER HEARING SOME OF THE SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT MATERIALS AND THAT SORT OF THING AND THE TRANSITION AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES UP TO GET UP TO SPEED AND SOME OF THE OTHER ASPECTS OF IT.

AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTEREST OF FULL INFORMATION, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE WHAT ALL THE DISCUSSIONS WERE.

ANOTHER COMMENT THAT I HEARD WAS THAT WHEN THEY WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT CURRICULAR ADOPTION, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST PRO THAT THING THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT AND THE ONES THAT AREN'T KIND OF HAVE.

AND TO ME, IF IF WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE SOMETHING, I'D LIKE TO HEAR BOTH THE PROS AND THE CONS.

YEAH. AND SO I WOULD ADD THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING OUR PROCESS TRANSPARENT AND THEN PUTTING OUT SO LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY THIS YEAR WE ARE DOING THE MATH ADOPTION. WE WOULD SEND OUT A APPLICATION SO ANYONE COULD APPLY AND IT WOULD BE INTENTIONAL ON BEHALF OF THE FACILITATORS TO NOT JUST CHOOSE THOSE WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT FIND THOSE WHO MAY BE A LITTLE MORE RELUCTANT AND TAP SOME PEOPLE ON THE SHOULDER IF THEY DON'T APPLY.

BUT THEN ALSO MAKING ALL THOSE MEETING NOTES TRANSPARENT.

ANY OF THE POWERPOINTS TRANSPARENT, THE DECISIONS ARE TRANSPARENT THAT WAY THERE ARE NO SURPRISES.

I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT YOU.

I THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT BEING REALLY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR ENTIRE PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S FEEDBACK OR OPEN SESSION OR MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE HAPPENING. THEY WERE BEING SHARED, BUT IT WASN'T LIKE SOMEONE COULD MAYBE GO ON THE WEBSITE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING.

I'D LIKE TO READ THE MINUTES AND NOTES.

SO THAT'S WHY WE AS A TEAM HAVE MADE AN INTENTIONAL SHIFT, BECAUSE I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN TALKING TO KELLEY AND FAYE AND TRINA, SELENA, EVERYONE, THEY WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. THEY'RE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME GOING AROUND ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT WOULD ALSO SAVE THEM TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE WORK, THEY HAVE ALL THE MEETING NOTES, THEY HAVE IT. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT UP ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT WE JUST CONNECTED TO THE COMMITTEES.

LIKE THERE WILL BE LINKS TO THE MEETINGS.

YES. OH, THAT'S AWESOME.

YOU CAN GO ON AND LOOK AT THE EARLY LEARNING ONE SOON COMING THE GRADING PRACTICES, AND THEN JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU'LL KNOW THAT A COMMITTEE IS COMING UP THAT APPLICATION. I'LL BE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT PAGE, IS YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED AND DECISIONS.

THERE'S PHOTOS. SO IT'S THAT TAKING THAT SAME IDEA, BUT BREAKING IT DOWN FOR THE COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCE, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK THE TEAM IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY WOULD ADD TO THAT. OK.

SO ON THE WEBSITE NOW FOR COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCE, THERE ARE MINUTES FOR THE EARLY LEARNING TASK FORCE.

BUT LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER ONES, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY.

DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE JUST IN THEM OR IN THE PROCESS OR IN THE PROCESS AND THEN WHEN A COMMITTEE IS DONE SO? TRINA KELLY AND ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS, ASHLEY, IS LEADING THE THEY'RE FACILITATING THE EARLY LEARNING ONE.

WHEN IT'S DONE, IT'LL JUST GET ARCHIVED.

SO FOREVERMORE, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEONE SAYS, WELL, WHEN WAS THAT DECISION MADE? AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.

AND SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL ARCHIVE THEM AND THEN STILL FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.

OTHER QUESTIONS ARE COMMENTS ON EIGHT.

I WILL ADD THAT COMMUNICATION ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE TEAM COMMUNICATION CAME UP AS ONE OF THE FIRST THEMES IN MY ENTRY PLAN PROCESS. CLEAR AND CONCISE, TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION PROCESS.

AM I FULLY THERE? NO. WE STILL.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

EVEN JUST HOW I COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.

THAT'S WHY I'M CONSTANTLY ASKING FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

SO I APPRECIATE EVEN THIS IS THE REPORT.

IT'LL COME BACK UP OPEN IN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS.

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THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE IS OUR IS OUR COMMUNICATION.

ARE YOU ABLE TO ACCESS WE'RE GOING TO ASK WHEN YOU SAID COMMUNICATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS IN TWO LANGUAGES.

WE HAD HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF AGO ABOUT HAVING THE BOARD MEETING.

BOARD MEETING TRANSCRIPT.

YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK WE'RE THAT'S A PLACE THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO ARRIVE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ALONG THE WAY THIS YEAR ABOUT THAT AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY THEMES THAT CAME UP FROM BOTH COMMUNITY STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THAT WAS A COMMON A NEED FOR STRONG COMMUNICATION.

SO OTHER COMMENTS.

DID THE STUDENTS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. BUT.

JUST GIVE YOU A WARNING. THIS.

GIVE ME GOOD FEEDBACK. WELL, AND CERTAINLY COMMUNICATION IS ALWAYS, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU EVER FULLY ACCOMPLISH.

IT'S IT'S LEARNING AND HOW TO TRY TO DO IT BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S THE COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD OR THE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE BEING BARFED ON BY ALL THE INFORMATION AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT SO ANYWAY, SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS, THEN THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW TO ADDRESS OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS.

POLICY EIGHT IT'S SOUNDING LIKE IN GENERAL AND LOOKING AT THE THE GOOGLE POLL THAT CAME FORTH WITH IT THAT WE DID, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. IT'S JUST WHAT OVERALL IS IN COMPLIANCE AND MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF THERE'S ANY EXCEPTIONS OR SUCH THAT WE WANT TO ATTACH WITH THAT.

WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ADD STUDENTS TO COMMITTEES IF THERE'S AGREEMENT TO THAT? OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NECESSARY? YES, STUDENTS HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT, I THINK.

YES. NO, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU DID IT.

CERTAINLY WE COULD GO EITHER WAY.

I MEAN, IF WE PUT IT FORTH AS A AS PART OF OURS, THAT PUTS MORE TEETH INTO IT AS FROM THE BOARD AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SUGGESTION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S WHERE SETTING THAT POLICY AND CERTAINLY I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENT ON THAT.

BUT AGAIN, IF WE VOTE ON IT AS PART OF THINGS, THAT DOES MAKE IT PART OF OUR.

MOVING FORWARD AND CHECKPOINT TO SEE THAT.

YES. ARE WE MAKING ARE WE DOING THAT NEXT YEAR OR AT THE NEXT REVIEW OF IT? IT WOULD BE A FACTOR OF LOOKING AT.

I. I WOULD.

UM. HAVE THE I WOULD WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS ENOUGH DISCUSSION BY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT IT BECAUSE CHRISTIE AND I TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW.

OTHERS FEEL. DO WE WANT ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OR I CAN JUST MAKE MY MOTION.

SO WOULD THAT BE EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE THAT THERE IS, THERE'D BE OR OR SELECT COMMITTEES OR HOW WOULD YOU DETERMINE WHICH COMMITTEES YOU WANT THAT? TO BE HONEST, I PROBABLY WOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S CURRICULUM THAT MAKES SENSE, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT IT OUT THERE, IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING AND I CAN ALWAYS SOMETHING I DEFER TO THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK THEIR OPINION ON, WHICH I USUALLY DO.

I CALL THEM OFTEN AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? SO. I THINK IT'S FINE.

I THINK IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF SOMETHING.

I THINK FOR, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS, THAT'S A RESUMÉ PIECE.

IT SHOWS THAT THEY'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMITMENT TO SEE HOW SOMETHING WORKS AROUND POLICY OR CHANGE.

I WOULD LOOK TO MY EXEC TEAM.

CAN YOU THINK OF SOMETHING WE WOULDN'T INVITE A STUDENT TO? I THINK WHENEVER WE FORM A COMMITTEE, WE THINK ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND SOMETIMES WE WANT MORE COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR MORE PARENTS, MORE TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES.

SO I THINK IT WOULD FALL INTO THAT SAME PIECES AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE.

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AND I WOULD THINK MORE TIMES THAN NOT, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

FRANKLY, I'M FINE HAVING IT IN THERE.

I THINK IT REMINDS US TO DO IT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THESE POLICIES, THOUGH, THERE ARE MY EVALUATION.

IT'S A TEAM THAT IT REMINDS US AND IT MARKS THAT WE VALUE STUDENT VOICE.

SO. I MEAN, IF THERE WAS A REASON NOT TO, I WOULD SAY, HEY, JUST FYI, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK A STUDENT HERE AND THIS IS WHY.

BUT I CAN'T I CAN'T THINK OF ONE EVEN JUST YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES.

YOU WOULD WANT STUDENTS ON THERE BECAUSE THEY JUST BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO MOURN SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE LIKE STICKY COMMITTEES.

IT'S LIKE ALMOST EVEN MORE SO JUST AND MAYBE I MEAN, YOU MIGHT PUT LIKE, YOU MIGHT PUT PARAMETERS ON WHAT SORT OF STUDENT MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT A FRESHMAN ON A COMMITTEE THAT'S DEALING WITH.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT IF WE DID, LET'S SAY A PLAYGROUND ADVISORY, WOULDN'T YOU WANT STUDENTS ON THERE HELPING DESIGN THE PLAYGROUND? SO PROBABLY NOT LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

MAYBE YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S LIKE A FIFTH GRADER.

SO I THINK IT'S GREAT.

OK. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY EIGHT COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ADD THAT COMMITTEES HAVE A PLACE FOR A STUDENT VOICE.

SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY EIGHT EIGHT AS MAKING ADEQUATE OR AS COMPLIANT, AND THAT WE ADD ON TO THAT THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS OR CONSIDER STUDENTS FOR EACH COMMITTEE.

I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.

I OPPOSED.

ANY ABSTENTIONS.

OKAY, THEN THAT PASSES.

SO THE THE EIGHT IS ADOPTED.

THAT WILL THEN TAKE US ON TO ITEM 8.02, WHICH IS THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 1400.

THE MEETING AND MEETING CONDUCT ORDER OF BUSINESS AND QUORUM.

THERE IS A COPY THAT IN THE PACKET YOU'VE GOT.

IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AS FAR AS THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED PRIOR AND ARE ON THERE.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, THIS IS IS NOW BEFORE THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

AND SO IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH MOST OF IT, MOST OF IT IS GETTING THINGS BACK IN LINE WITH.

SO IT'S CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE POLICY AS WELL AS MEETING WITH WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AT THE BOARD MEETINGS UP UNTIL NOW.

SO. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A QUESTION. MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THE COMPUTER.

I JUST TAPPED ON THE.

OKAY, SO I HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS OPEN.

I HAVE ONE THAT HAS HIGH LIGHTING.

BUT WHEN I WAS ON THE AGENDA AND HIGHLIGHTED ON THAT ATTACHMENT, IT'S THE OLD POLICY WITHOUT THE HIGHLIGHTING.

OKAY. I DON'T SEE BOTH OF THEM.

THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE. I HAVE THEM OPEN.

I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAD THEM BECAUSE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IF I'VE GOT RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE OLD ONE IS UNDER PUBLIC.

THE REVISED IS UNDER EXECUTIVE COMMENT.

CONTENT. YOU HAVE TO FIND THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS.

OH, SO MAYBE I'M NOT. OH, I LOST MY INTERNET CONNECTION.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE REVISED IS UNDER EXECUTIVE CONTENT, WHICH MEANS THE PUBLIC WOULD NOT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT AND.

AND. SEE THE CHANGES.

MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY.

THAT'S WHAT I AM SEEING ON HERE RIGHT NOW, UNLESS I NEED TO REFRESH.

IT. YEAH, I THINK IT HAS BEEN ON THE PREVIOUS ONES.

I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT CHRIS IS SAYING.

WELL. SO ON THE REVISED ONE.

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WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I MIGHT.

DECEMBER 13TH MEETING.

SO WE HAVE. THANK YOU, CHRIS.

WE HAVE THE REVISED ONE ON THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING IN POINT, A REGULAR MEETINGS.

THE REGULAR MEETINGS ARE HELD AT SEVEN IS GOING TO.

THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE CHANGED AT 6 TO 6, CORRECT.

THEN IN PUBLIC COMMENT, IT SAYS THE BOARD ALSO RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT AT THE BEGINNING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT AND END OF REGULAR MEETINGS.

RIGHT. AND THAT WE SHOULD KEEP.

SHOULDN'T WE KEEP DO WE WANT TO KEEP REGULAR? BECAUSE DON'T WE. UM.

YEAH. REGULAR SHOULD STAY IN THERE.

YEAH. CUZ WE DON'T WE DON'T DO WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO IT AT SPECIAL SPECIAL MEETINGS AND OR STUDY SESSIONS.

AND THEN IN. PUBLIC COMMENT POINT A COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESCHEDULED.

WE'RE TAKING THAT OUT SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE COMMENTS.

ALL PRESENTERS NEED TO SIGN IN WHEN THEY SPEAK.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH STANDARD STAYS.

WE'RE ADDING THE LIMITED OR IT'S PROPOSED TO IN POINT B.

INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED IN LENGTH TO 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND NO MORE THAN 45 MINUTES PER MEETING.

AND THEN IN POINT RD, THE PRESIDENT MAY INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT WHEN IT IS TOO LENGTHY, DEFAMATORY, ABUSIVE, REPETITIVE, OBSCENE, IRRELEVANT, OR HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.

I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE DO NOT ADD HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.

I THINK THE THE OTHER ADJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE THERE.

COVER ENOUGH. AND AS WE'VE HAD TALKED ABOUT A LOT, EVERYBODY IS HERE BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY'RE DOING THE BEST FOR CHILDREN.

EVEN IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHAT THAT IS.

AND ALSO AT THAT MEETING WHEN IT PASSED, I DON'T THINK IT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD FOR IT TO PASS.

AND THAT'S THE END OF THE CHANGES THAT I SAW.

ONE. ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME IN AN EMAIL THAT PROBABLY IS A GOOD POINT OR I THINK THAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST CONSIDER IS IT DOES SAY AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE OF TWO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WRITE THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT SPEAKERS AT ITS MEETINGS TO RESIDENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OR THE DESIGNEES OF SUCH RESIDENTS.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE ADD TO THAT THAT PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT TRANSFER INTO THE DISTRICT THAT.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEIR GUARDIANS PARENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED MORE, BUT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AS WELL OR.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. AND I THINK WHAT FAYE HAD SAID EARLIER ON, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THOSE 40 PEOPLE? WHATEVER MAKES A FAMILY TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INCLUSIVE, WHATEVER WAY THAT THAT'S WRITTEN.

YEAH. AND.

STUDENTS. OF STUDENTS.

WELL. OH.

LIMIT SPEAKERS TO RESIDENTS OR EMPLOYEES.

WELL, I GUESS THERE. WELL, WHAT ABOUT A STUDENT? THE TRANSFER STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE SO.

YEAH. SO I WOULD THAT WOULD BE COMPLETE THAT WOULD LOOP THEM IN AS WELL.

OR WE'D NEED TO.

STUDENTS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? BUT BUT IF WE'RE MAKING ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO IT AT THIS POINT, DO WE HAVE TO PUNT THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO.

SEE ADDITIONAL CHANGES AND WEIGH IN ON THEM.

THAT'S JUST A QUESTION.

UM. GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER.

SAM LEFT TOO EARLY.

HE'S PROBABLY IN HIS CAR. WE'RE PROBABLY STILL PAYING FOR HIS TIME.

WE'RE JUST CALLING TO SEE.

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SO I GUESS I THINK FOR GOOD MEASURE.

YEAH. JUST TO, TO BE APPROPRIATE OR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVERLOOK SOMETHING.

SO I THINK WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THEN PRESENT IT AND BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH TO.

MAYBE IF WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND WE AGREE ON THOSE CHANGES TONIGHT, WE COULD PUT IT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.

IT COULD BE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE OFTEN THE FINAL READINGS ARE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF WE'VE ALL AGREED.

IS THERE ANY COMMENTS TO THOSE CHANGES OR THOSE ADDITIONS OR SUCH? TO BE HONEST, I PREFERRED THE FLEXIBILITY OF NOT HAVING A HARD TIMELINE.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THE TIME LIMIT.

WE'VE HAD THE THREE MINUTE RULE, WHICH WE'VE FOLLOWED PRETTY CONSISTENTLY, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE USED TO THAT AND USING IT AS A TRADITION.

BUT THERE ARE INSTANCES WHEN I THINK IT MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO TO GO A LITTLE LONGER OR CUT IT A LITTLE SHORTER, EVEN DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE TO SPEAK AND WHAT ALL YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, THE FLEXIBILITY WAS BETTER.

JUST THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY VIEW.

CAN I SHARE WHAT I LEARNED FROM WASEDA? SO I ASKED THEM ABOUT THAT EXACT THING.

WE ACTUALLY MODELED IT A BIT TONIGHT.

THEIR ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION IS 2 MINUTES.

SO WE DO THE 3 MINUTES AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO WHAT I WITNESSED WAS PERMISSION.

DO I HAVE PERMISSION FOR AN EXTENSION? AND THEN THAT CAN BE GIVEN.

SO IT'S JUST A STANDARD IT KEEPS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAY, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ONLY DOING 45 MINUTES AND SOMEONE TAKES 5 TO 10 REALLY LIMITS, WHO ELSE IS ABLE TO TALK? SO THAT WAS PART OF IT.

AND SO BUT HAVING THE PRACTICE OF AN EXTENSION MEMBER COULD SOMEONE COULD ASK FOR MORE TIME, BUT AT 3 MINUTES IT STOPS.

IT'S A PAUSE. AND SO IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU GUYS CAN TIGHTEN IT UP.

IF THERE'S FEWER PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE TIME OR YOU WANT TO FINISH, THEN THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WHOEVER THAT IS, HAS PERMISSION TO DO IT.

THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION WHEN I CALLED AND ASKED FOR WAS THE ADVICE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

ONE MORE ONE MORE QUESTION.

ONE JUST ONE TO ADD ON TO THAT COMMENT, IT DOES SAY IN PART B, IF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE HEARD, THE PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME.

SO IF WE DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANTING TO SPEAK, THEN WE CAN WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIMIT THAT DOWN TO WHATEVER TIME IS APPROPRIATE, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

SO. SO IF THIS IS PUT IN A CONSENT AGENDA, THE DOCUMENT WOULD STILL BE ATTACHED FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT AND TO REFER TO AND TO OK.

YES. YEAH.

AND I DO THINK THE EMAIL KEVIN GOT, I GOT THAT AS WELL WHERE SOMEONE SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO DON'T RESIDE IN YOUR DISTRICT SO THEIR PARENTS DON'T GET TO TALK.

AND THAT HAD NOT BEEN CONSIDERED BEFORE ANY ONE TIME THAT WE HAD TALKED.

SO I HAVE BEEN GETTING FEEDBACK ABOUT IT.

I KNOW YOU SAW SOME THE SAME EMAIL, SO.

SO IT DOESN'T NEED BE MADE PUBLIC.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL GET THOSE CHANGES MADE AND WE'LL GET THAT PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.

OH, YEAH. I MEAN, DOES IT HAVE TO BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? CAN WE CAN WE HAVE IT JUST ON THE REGULAR AGENDA? I. WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY.

I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY THE CONSENT AGENDA IS IS DESIGNED FOR THINGS.

IF WE HAVE AGREED UPON THEM AND BASICALLY ARE JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

AND THEN IF SOMEBODY DOES HAVE AN ISSUE OR PUBLIC BRINGS UP AN ISSUE THAT A BOARD MEMBER FEELS LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. IT'S JUST MORE OF A.

EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY, EXPEDITING THINGS IF IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION, IF WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE DISCUSSION ON IT.

DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION AND THEN VOTE ON THE CHANGES TO MAKE IT? WE WE WOULD NEED TO WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO MAKE WE WOULD AT LEAST NEED TO HAVE CONSENSUS OF THOSE CHANGES BEING THE CASE.

AND WE COULD CERTAINLY VOTE ON THAT.

WE'RE VOTING ON THE CHANGES, JUST TO BE CLEAR.

SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR.

WE'RE VOTING ON THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING AS OPPOSED TO VOTING ON THE PASSING THE.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE POLICY.

YEAH, SO IT'S KIND OF SEMANTICS IN MY MIND, BUT IT'S.

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SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT? OK. SO IF WE.

I GUESS. I GUESS I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE CHANGES MADE AS INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS AS OPPOSED TO ONE BIG BLANKET THING.

THAT WAY WE CAN BE SURE THAT I MEAN, I GUESS I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ACCIDENTALLY THROWING SOMETHING OUT OR INCLUDING SOMETHING IN WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, JUST THE WHOLE BLANKET APPROACH TO ADOPTING A BUNCH OF CHANGES AT ONCE.

COULD WE DO LIKE A ROLL CALL TYPE OF THING ON EACH OF THE HIGHLIGHTED AND THEN TAKE A NOTE ON ALL OF THOSE AND THEN INCORPORATE IT INTO THE POLICY? TO THINK ON THAT. I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S KIND OF I DON'T, YOU KNOW, PREFER TO ADDRESS EACH.

YEAH. BECAUSE I MEAN, I LIKE LISTED WHAT I THOUGHT ON EACH OF THEM, BUT.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

AND IF WE JUST SAID, YEAH, LET'S GO FORWARD WITH IT.

AND SOMEBODY DISAGREED, HOW HOW ABOUT WE DO THIS? I WILL GO DOWN THROUGH THEM AS THE HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES AND EVERYBODY, AS I MENTIONED, THE CHANGE.

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT.

IF I'VE GOT FOUR HANDS, GREAT.

WE MOVE FORWARD. OR IF I GET THREE HANDS, I GUESS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND IF THERE'S A SPOT WHERE I DON'T GET THAT OR THERE'S QUESTION AND OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T BROUGHT UP WHEN WE GET TO THE END, THEN WE KNOW WE'VE AT LEAST GOT THOSE AS OPPOSED TO, OKAY, THE MOTION, THE MOTION, THE MOTION.

DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? THAT WORKS FOR ME, YES.

WORK FOR YOU, STEVE. PEGGY.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

WE CAN WE CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS BY CONSENSUS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY VOTING.

WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENTS OF WHAT WE'RE CHANGING ON HERE.

WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE ACTUAL CHANGE TO THE POLICY UNTIL WE HAVE A VOTE NEXT MONTH.

SO. SO FIRST THING I'M SEEING IS THE CHANGE FROM THE 7:00 TO 6:00.

THEN WE'VE GOT THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REGULAR MEETINGS.

OKAY, THEN WE'RE CORRECTING THE LANGUAGE IN PART A THAT GETS WRITTEN.

BACK UP THE TRUCK. SO SO WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE REGULAR MEETINGS, THAT MEANS YOU'RE ELIMINATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF A MEETING, CORRECT.

THAT'S WHAT WAS CHANGED THERE, CORRECT.

IS THERE EVER GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE IT MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO HAVE COME IN AT THE END AS WELL? I MEAN, DO YOU EVER ANTICIPATE ANYWHERE? WE CERTAINLY ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPEN THAT UP AT THAT POINT IF THERE IS.

HISTORICALLY BACK IN.

THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR FINDING THE DATE FOR ME IN 2015 WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS.

THE DISCUSSION AROUND THAT WAS THAT AT THAT POINT THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS LIMITED TO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, YOU COULD ONLY TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

IT WAS ONLY THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THAT YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WEREN'T ON THE AGENDA.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO EXPRESS CONCERNS USING TONIGHT FOR AN EXAMPLE ABOUT COVID VACCINATION, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO THAT WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND IT BECAME THE CONVERSATION AND THE INPUT WE GOT FROM THE PUBLIC AT THAT POINT WAS YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THE END OF THE MEETING WAS GOING TO BE.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING, SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I MY JOURNEY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD STARTED WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM. IT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

WE HAD TO COME TO THE MEETING.

WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT TIME WE WERE GOING TO SPEAK.

THE FIRST MEETING WE CAME TO BEING UNEXPERIENCED OR NOT KNOWING, WELL VERSED IN THE PROCESS.

WE BROUGHT STUDENTS, KIDS WITH US.

MANY OF THEM HAD TO GO HOME BECAUSE THE MEETING WENT ON PAST THEIR BEDTIME AND THEY WERE FALLING ASLEEP LITERALLY.

AND SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND LOOKING AT IT, THAT'S PART OF WHEN IT BECAME IF YOU HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, PEOPLE COULD PLAN ON IT.

THEY KNEW WHEN TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO, OKAY, WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHEN TO SHOW UP AT THE MEETING BECAUSE STREAMING WASN'T AN OPTION AT THAT POINT.

SO THAT WAS THE LOGIC BEHIND IT.

[02:15:03]

THERE'S CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT MADE SENSE AND SEEMED TO SERVE EVERYBODY WELL BY MOVING IT TO THE FRONT AND AND CERTAINLY MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT HAPPIER WHEN WE DID MAKE THAT CHANGE.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO EXTEND IT FOR SOME PARTICULAR REASON, WOULD WE HAVE TO SUSPEND THE PROCEDURE? WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS FOR FOR DOING THAT? THEN IF YOU WANTED TO, WE WOULD DO THAT.

AND WE ACTUALLY DID DO THAT ON OCCASION WHEN IT CAME TO SOME OF THE WE ACTUALLY HAD SPECIAL MEETINGS WHERE WE AND FORUMS WHERE WE OPENED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING LEVY AND, AND SUCH.

YEAH. SO.

ARE WE STILL OKAY THEN, WITH ELIMINATING THE END OF THE MEETING AND JUST HAVING IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING? YEAH, AS LONG AS THERE'S THE OPTION FOR INCLUDING IT, IF IT NEEDS TO BE.

YEAH. YEP.

OKAY. AND THEN I MISSED BECAUSE I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH THERE IS WHERE DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING THE PART ABOUT STUDENTS AND.

WHAT DO YOU SAY? GUARDIANS.

PARENTS. GUARDIANS. CAREGIVERS OF.

YEAH. I THINK YOU COULD GET IT JUST BY SAYING PARENTS OR GUARDIANS.

OKAY. IT WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHILD.

RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER OUTSIDE OF THE AREA, PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD THINK SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO I MEAN, PROPERTY OWNERS, IF IT'S THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY TAXES? PROPERTY OWNERS LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT? WELL, I GUESS. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE THAT OWN BUSINESSES.

YEAH, THEY THEY CAN.

THEY CAN WRITE PUBLIC COMMENT.

YEAH, IT DOESN'T.

THEY CAN WRITE IN. I MEAN, IT'S KEEPING KEEPING LIKE OUR.

OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS.

FOCUS ON THE KIDS.

I GUESS SO.

SO MY QUESTION IS, SO THEY CAN WRITE IN, THEY CAN WRITE IN COMMENT, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE READ OUT LOUD PUBLICLY.

THAT WOULD JUST BE EMAILED COMMENT.

IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, THOUGH, THAT ANYBODY.

I GUESS I GUESS MY POINT WOULD BE IF YOU HAD, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A BUSINESS OWNER WHOSE BUSINESS WAS GOING TO BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY SOMETHING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID AND. THEY MAY WANT TO MAKE THEIR CASE TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHY YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING OR NOT DO SOMETHING, IN WHICH CASE, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT AS PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD NOT GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICE REALLY HEARD BY THE PUBLIC.

OR WOULD THEY JUST PICK A DESIGNEE TO COME AND SPEAK FOR THEM? WHERE COULD THEY IF THEY DIDN'T? IF THEY HAD A DESIGNEE WHERE THEY COULD SPEED AT CITY COUNCIL TO WAIT, COULD THEY HAVE A DESIGNEE? WELL, BUT IF THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

BUT IT SAYS WELL, IT SAYS DESIGNEE OF NO, THOSE ARE DESIGNEES LIKE PEOPLE WHO HAVE I WANTED SOMEBODY TO SPEAK FOR ME.

THEY COULD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGNEE FOR YOU CAN'T DO A DESIGNEE OF SOMEBODY WHO'S OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, IF THAT BUSINESS OWNER HAD SOMEBODY WHO DID LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHO FELT THE SAME.

THAT PERSON COULD SPEAK.

AND I ASSUME IF IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT, THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE ONE FRIEND IN THE DISTRICT.

MAYBE. YEAH.

SO THE OTHER OPTION IS TO ADD PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE THAT THAT WOULDN'T INCLUDE THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED.

BUT ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.

AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF IF IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE FIND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT AND WE'VE MISSED SOME GROUP, THEN WE CERTAINLY CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT OR CHANGE.

I CAN SEE HOW PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN WHAT THE DISTRICT DOES.

AND SO. OKAY, SO LET'S LET'S DIVIDE THIS OUT. AND SO WE'LL ADD TO THAT LIST OF OF PEOPLE, STUDENTS AND THEIR CARETAKERS. AND.

AND I GUESS WE'LL GET PARENTS OR CARETAKERS.

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SO ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING THAT TO THE LIST.

OKAY. AND THEN PROPERTY OWNERS.

OKAY, SO WE GOT PROPERTY OWNERS THEN AS WELL WITH THREE.

OKAY. THEN THAT GETS AS WE'RE JUST CLARIFYING UP THE PART IN A THE ELIMINATION OF COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

DO NOT NEED TO BE PRIESTS.

OH. TODAY. I THOUGHT.

I THOUGHT I SAID OKAY.

I DIDN'T HEAR. OKAY.

SO. OKAY, SO STUDENTS WITHIN THAT.

OKAY. OK.

SO. SO WE ADDED STUDENTS.

PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, THEN WE'RE CLEANING UP IN PART A.

THE COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESCHEDULED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE.

EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY. THE COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND NO MORE THAN 45 MINUTES PER MEETING, WHICH ELIMINATES OUT THE DISCRETION OF THE SCHOOL, WILL BE LIMITED IN LENGTH AT THE DISCRETION OF SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.

HANG ON JUST A MINUTE. JUST A REAL SIMPLE OVERSIGHT.

YOU FORGOT TO ADD ALL PRESENTERS.

OH, YOU JUST MISSED A SMALL LITTLE THING THERE.

OKAY. YEAH. THE YELLOW WAS RUNNING TOGETHER.

YEAH. YEAH. EASY TO DO.

SO ALL PRESENTERS NEED TO SIGN UP WHEN THEY SPEAK.

OKAY. AND AND THEN INDIVIDUAL COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED IN LENGTH, NOT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, THAT IS, BUT 2 TO 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND NO MORE THAN 45 MINUTES.

OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO STRIKE IN PART D, THE OR HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.

DID I MISS ANYTHING OR WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT OTHERS HAD FOR THAT? THE REVISION DATE AT THE END.

WE'LL JUST GIVE ANOTHER MONTH.

WE'LL GET THAT ADJUSTED.

OK. MM HMM.

HMM HMM HMM. THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT APPEAR NEXT MONTH TO.

APPROVE. OKAY.

BEAR WITH ME A SECOND.

OKAY. SO I THINK.

WAS THERE ANYTHING MORE ON THE. OKAY.

SO MOST OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS I WAS ASSUMING AND MARC IS NODDING HIS HEAD IN AGREEMENT THAT THAT WAS COVERED WITHIN SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

[9. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]

[10. FOCUS ON STUDENTS]

SO SKIP OVER THAT.

WE ADDED IN 10.2, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE I WROTE SAFETY HERE, BUT I THINK I MEANT SCIENCE, THE SCIENCE REPORT AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT IN OUR PACKET.

AND. EXCUSE ME.

SO WHERE ARE WE GOING TO VOTE TO? WHETHER. BUT WHETHER TO PUT IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR NOT, OR JUST KEEP IT AS A REGULAR ACTION ITEM.

WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION WHERE TO PUT IT? DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT AS A SEPARATE? OKAY. I VOTED TO KEEP IT AS A REGULAR ACTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP IT AS A REGULAR ACTION ITEM RATHER THAN PUT IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED TO PUT THE APPROVAL.

STEPPING BACK OF THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 1400 ON THE AGENDA AS A SEPARATE ACTION ITEM.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES.

SO ITEM ARE THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 14 WILL BE PUT UP FOR APPROVAL ON THE REGULAR PART OF THE MEETING.

OKAY. SO BACK TO WHERE I WAS.

SO IN YOUR PACKET WE SHOULD HAVE RESULTS.

POLICY 2.3, WHICH IS THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

ON SCIENCE, WE WERE RECEIVING THIS REPORT THIS MONTH AND IT IS SHORT AND SWEET AND SO WE'LL BE HAVING A SURVEY THAT'LL COME OUT.

NEXT FRIDAY LOOKING FOR INPUT ON THIS REPORT, AND THEN WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IT AT OUR FEBRUARY

[02:25:10]

WOULD IT BE WOULD THIS AGENDA THIS NIGHT? BE EDITED.

SO IT HAS A 10.02 AND THE THE ATTACHMENT BE THERE.

YEAH. IT'LL IT'LL IT'LL BE UPDATED SO THAT THAT THAT THE ATTACHMENT IS ON THERE.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT HOW WILL THAT COME TO US FORMATTED.

IT'S KIND OF COME IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND SO I'VE STRUGGLED WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SHE'S TEACHING ME SO YOU CAN GET IT.

SO WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK.

WHAT I WOULD ASK IS I USUALLY TRY TO LINK IT IN THIS WAY AND SEND IT SEPARATELY.

SO EITHER WAY YOU'LL GET IT.

IF YOU WOULD GO ON AND CHECK IT AND SEE IF YOU CAN ACCESS IT.

AND IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT, LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY.

THEN WE CAN FIX THAT ON OUR END.

I'M TAKING MY HANDS OFF OF IT AND JUST LETTING CHRIS MANAGE THAT.

I'M GOING TO START TRYING TO DO CHRIS'S JOB AND SO I'M GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY.

SO PERFECT. SHE'S TRYING TO HELP ME.

YES, WE ARE GOING TO TRAINING ON IT.

OH, BOY. SOUNDS LIKE WHY? NO. ONE TIME I GOT IT FORMATTED TO WHERE I COULD FILL IT OUT ON MY SCREEN AND AT THE END I COULD SUBMIT IT.

THIS LAST GO AROUND, IT WAS DIFFERENT.

IT DIDN'T HAVE A SUBMIT AT THE END.

THE DIFFERENCE IS ME.

I DID THE LAST ONE.

SHE DID THE ONE BEFORE.

SO ACTUALLY WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM.

OKAY. I HAD TO DO A SCREENSHOT AND SCAN IT AND YEAH, IT'S ALL ME.

SO I'M DONE.

OKAY, SO THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO THE.

DOO DOO DOO DOO. GOT A LITTLE REARRANGING HERE TO DO SO.

SO BEFORE WE GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDAS, THAT THEN TAKES US TO THE MINUTES FROM

[13.02 Approve Minutes]

ITEM 1302 THAT WAS PULLED OFF.

AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THOSE AT THIS POINT.

AND PEGGY, SINCE YOU HAD SOME CONCERNS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO START OUT WITH.

WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE MADE IT INTO THAT RECORD WAS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING A SERGEANT AT ARMS, A SECURITY PERSON.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE DID CONSENT ALL OF US TO DO THAT.

I DIDN'T I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A CONSENSUS AND THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BECAUSE IT WAS AN INFORMATION ONLY MEETING.

SO I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE TAKEN ANY ACTIONS.

AND SO THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

AND WHY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I MENTIONED IT AT THE TIME.

I WAS I WAS ASKING.

MM HMM. CHIEF TURNER.

CHIEF TURNER. THANK YOU. IT'S LIKE BRAIN JUST WENT BLANK THERE.

YES. I WAS ASKING CHIEF TURNER, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT OR SHOULD ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS DO IT, OR WHAT WOULD THE WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? I WAS ONLY TRYING TO GET INFORMATION.

I WAS NOT TRYING TO TAKE THE CONVERSATION IN ANY PARTICULAR DIRECTION JUST TO GATHER SOME INFORMATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT STARTED SOUNDING LIKE, OH, WELL, WE CAN DO THIS, WE CAN HAVE THIS, AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WE DIDN'T REALLY AGREE TO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE ADDING TO OUR OUR POLICY TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE.

AND SO IT SEEMED LIKE THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PART OF OF A FUTURE BOARD MEETING TO ADOPT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE A VOTE OF THE BOARD TO DO THAT.

AND SO THAT IS AND I HAD MENTIONED AT THE TIME THAT I DIDN'T THINK THAT WE COULD PUT THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE COULD DO THAT AT THAT MEETING.

AND SO THAT'S I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BECOME PART OF THE RECORD.

SO CAN I SHARE WITH THAT? AT ONE POINT IN THE MEETING THAT DID GET BROUGHT UP, I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE AS WELL THIS WEEK ABOUT IT THAT GOT BROUGHT UP AND I ASKED, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO DO PUT IN PLACE.

DO PEOPLE AGREE? AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SERGEANT OF ARMS, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, STEVE MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT.

AND HE AND HE AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK, IF IT'S A GRADUATION OR A SPORTING EVENT, WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY IN A PLACE THAT WE CAN'T MITIGATE, YOU KNOW, WHO COMES IN THE DOOR, WHO GOES OUT THE DOOR OR WHATEVER.

WE WE HAVE EXTRA STAFF ON ON POINTS.

[02:30:02]

THE OTHER PIECE TO IS WE DID GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM STAFF.

THEY DIDN'T FEEL SAFE.

SO BY NOT HAVING SOMEONE HERE THAT PUTS THE DISTRICT AT RISK AND IT PUTS YOU AT RISK.

AND PART OF MY JOB AS THE SUPERINTENDENT IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING SPACE, WHETHER IT'S THE BOARD MEETING OR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR BASKETBALL GRADUATION OR A CLASSROOM, IS ALWAYS THAT WE MITIGATE RISK.

AND SO I AM ASKING AS THE SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS IT THAT NIGHT, THAT WE UPHOLD THAT FOR SOME TIME AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO REVIEW IT BECAUSE THAT REDUCES THE LIABILITY TO THE DISTRICT AND IT REDUCES THE LIABILITY TO YOU AS INDIVIDUALS.

AND AND THAT'S MY JOB.

AND SO I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP THAT IN PLACE.

I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION.

HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE FOLLOWING PROCESSES.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, THEN THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE PART OF OUR MEETING MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

I ALL OPPOSED.

OK MINUTES ARE APPROVED, SO THAT THEN TAKES US TO THE CONSENT PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA.

[11. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]

[13. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]

SO IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE DISCUSSION OF THOSE ITEMS. BUT USUALLY, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE TYPICALLY IT'S TYPICALLY RESERVED TO ROUTINE ITEMS. SO AT THIS POINT, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO THE CONSENT AGENDAS.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA AS WELL AS THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA, MINUS THE MINUTES WHICH WERE JUST APPROVED.

OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS MINUS ITEM 13.0 TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WHICH WAS ALREADY DONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

CAN I. GO AHEAD? I'M SORRY. SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.

SO WHEN I LOOK THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ITEMS, I COULD JUST DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, LET'S SAY, ITEM 11.04, WHICH IS APPROVING HIRING OF PERSONNEL.

IT SEEMS. WELL, I'M JUST I'M JUST QUESTIONING.

I GO IN THERE AND I LOOK AT DATES, AND THIS IS I'M APPROVING SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ALREADY.

IT'S ALREADY DONE.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE OF ME.

YOU KNOW, VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THE INK'S DRY.

AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED TO CHANGE HOW THAT GOES DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS.

YOU KNOW, I'M IMAGINING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO HIRE SOMEBODY, YOU DECIDE I HAVE AN OPENING.

YOU MAYBE POST IT FOR TEN, TWO WEEKS, WHATEVER, INTERNALLY.

IF YOU DON'T GET ANY CANDIDATES, YOU GOT TO GO OUTSIDE.

THAT TAKES YOU ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS.

YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH A HIRING PROCESS, THE INTERVIEWS, MUCH LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AND THEN AFTER THE SCREENING, YOU GOT DRUG TESTS.

YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HANDPRINT STUFF.

I MEAN, A LOT, RIGHT? SO SO THAT COURSE HAS GOT TO TAKE YOU OVER A MONTH.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES 24 HOURS.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE POSITION IS AND THE EMERGENCY NEED IS.

SO IF WE FOR EXAMPLE, I'M THINKING IF WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO NEEDS IMMEDIATE SUPPORT, WE MAY HAVE SOMEONE INTERNAL THAT THEY CHANGE A PLACEMENT, IT BE CONSIDERED HIRING OR YES, THERE ARE SOMETIMES PROCESSES.

THE JOB HAS TO BE OPEN FOR FIVE DAYS, TEN DAYS.

SO IT JUST THAT WOULD BE I WOULD DEFER TO HR ON ALL THE LEGALITIES OF THAT.

SOMETIMES SOMEONE'S HIRED BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MONTH TO MONTH.

[02:35:04]

IT'S YEAH, IT'S NOT I'M QUESTIONING IT.

I'M JUST IT'S JUST AWKWARD TO YOU KNOW.

YEAH. SO TOTALLY NOTED.

BUT THEN I'M THINKING LIKE AS SOMEBODY I HAVE APPLIED FOR A JOB A LONG TIME AGO, I APPLIED FOR A JOB IN THE DISTRICT AND DID NOT GET IT.

BUT THINKING LIKE IF I HAD BEEN OFFERED IT AND THEY'D BE LIKE, OH, SORRY, THE BOARD MEETINGS IN FOUR WEEKS, CAN YOU HANG OUT FOR US? IT'D BE LIKE, YOU KNOW.

SO. I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S. AND I THINK AT LEAST THE WAY IT WAS DESCRIBED TO ME BACK IN THE DAY.

AGAIN, THAT HISTORICAL SPEAKING THING IS THERE ARE CERTAIN DELEGATIONS THAT ARE CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE DELEGATED THAT THE BOARD SUPERVISES BUT DELEGATED THOSE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

SO THE SUPERINTENDENT IS ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF MAKING THOSE.

BUT THERE IS AN CW, AGAIN, MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO CLARIFY, CORRECT.

FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THERE'S AN CW THAT SAYS THE BOARD HAS TO MAKE THAT FINAL CHECK MARK ON IT, BUT ALL THE PROCESS GOES THROUGH AND THAT ACTUALLY IS WITHIN THE POLICIES.

THAT HIRING PROCESS IS DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SUPERVISION.

YEAH, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M HEADED IS I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT I AM SIGNING OFF AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

SO THAT'S AND THAT'S ALL.

AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, IF THERE WAS A POSITION THAT WAS NEW OR DIFFERENT, I WOULD I WOULD SAY, HEY, FYI, HERE'S A POSITION THAT WE'RE THINKING OF ADDING OR MAYBE CHANGING OR DELETING, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ABOUT THAT BEFORE A BOARD MEETING.

YEAH. LIKE THE GRANT, RIGHT? MM HMM. SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS? HYPOTHETICALLY, IF YOU CREATE A POSITION THAT THE BOARD DISAGREES WITH AND DOES THAT WHAT THAT'S FOR, SO WE CAN SAY, OH, HEY, YOU HIRED SOMEBODY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HIRE SOMEBODY SO WE CAN.

WELL, AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THAT'S MY DELEGATION.

SO YOU TRUST ME WITH THAT.

BUT IF IT IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE DATA PERSON, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS GROUP THAT LED US TO MAKING THAT DECISION.

SO THOSE WOULD BE AN ADD.

TYPICALLY, I THINK WHAT STEVE SAID IS THESE ARE REPLACEMENTS OF POSITIONS OR THEY'RE FILLING GAPS.

YOU KNOW, TEACHER GOES ON MATERNITY LEAVE.

WE NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE TO REPLACE THEM.

YOU KNOW, MEDICAL THINGS HAPPEN, WHATEVER, WHATEVER.

BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR SHIFT, YOU WOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

AND THEN I WOULD USUALLY HAVE A DIALOG WITH YOU, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NOT TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

AND I THINK AS WE START TO SHARE OR I START TO SHARE THE ENTRY PLAN DATA, I THINK SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO RISE UP THAT.

HOW DO WE STEVE ASKED LAST MONTH, CAN YOU CREATE AN ORG CHART? WELL, CURRENTLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ORG CHART BEHIND YOU.

AND SO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP WHAT IS THE ORG CHART TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT.

SO YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

GO. OK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN THE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED, EXCLUDING ITEM 13.2, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WHICH WAS ALREADY DONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

I ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS ARE APPROVED.

SO THAT BRINGS US ON THEN TO 14.01.

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

14.1 IS THE ELECTION OR THE SHARING FROM THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

SO I'LL OPEN TO THE FLOOR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO SHARE.

I HAVE TWO THINGS TO SHARE.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE LAST MEETING AND MY BEHAVIOR AT THE LAST MEETING.

I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE TONE OF VOICE THAT I USED IN ADDRESSING MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE IN MY PRIMARY REBUTTAL TO PEGGY'S ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF A CANDIDATE, THAT PRIMARY REBUTTAL, IN HINDSIGHT, I THINK I COULD HAVE.

[02:40:03]

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR SKIPPING AHEAD ON THAT AND SUMMARIZING WHAT WAS IN THOSE EMAILS.

THEY ARE ALL PUBLIC RECORD, BUT I DID NOT HAVE TO SUMMARIZE THEM.

SO MY SECOND THING TO COVER TONIGHT AS YOUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHICH I THINK IS LIKE THE DAY BEFORE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR MEETING OR THE WEEKEND BEFORE WE'RE HAVING OUR MEETING DOWN IN OLYMPIA WILL BE THE VAST LEGISLATIVE, LEGISLATIVE DAY WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE POSITIONS THAT WADJDA HAS AND IS SUPPORTING IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR.

AND THEN ON MONDAY IS THE ADVOCACY DAY WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE MEETINGS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 42ND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT AND KWABENA JAZZIE, DR.

DOMINGUEZ, TRINA AND MYSELF ARE GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE ON THAT.

I DO WANT TO TELL YOU I'VE LOOKED UP AND WILL HAVE WITH ME OUR MINUTES FROM OUR OCTOBER 11TH MEETING WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE WAYS TO POSITIONS AND WE DECIDED WHICH WERE OUR TEN IMPORTANT OR NINE MOST IMPORTANT ONES TO US.

I'M ALSO GOING TO THERE'S A WAYS TO BILL WATCH LIST THAT IS REALLY USEFUL AS FAR AS ALL OF THE EDUCATION BILLS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND THEY GIVE WHAT WAS THE STANCE IS ON IT.

AGAIN, OUR STANCE MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME AS WAS JUST STANCE.

AND THEN I WILL ALSO SEND YOU GUYS IN AN EMAIL WITH YOU ALL IN BLIND COPY A LINK TO THE HOT.

I THINK THEY CALL IT THE HOT TOPICS.

THOSE ARE LIKE THE FIVE POINTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY DAY.

FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION IS A BIG ONE, AND THAT WAS WHEN WE ALL AGREED ON THE.

ANOTHER THING WAS BUILDINGS.

LET'S SEE IF OK FUNDING SAFE, HEALTHY CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS WAS ALSO ONE THAT WE AGREED UPON.

THAT'S ALSO WAS THE HOT TOPIC.

TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WAS ONE WE AGREED UPON.

IT'S ALSO A HOT TOPIC.

THERE WAS ONE OTHER THERE WAS ONE OF THEIR HOT TOPICS AND I'M SORRY I'M BLANKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.

THAT WAS NOT ONE OF OUR TEN.

SO IF THAT COMES UP, I WILL NOT BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD ON THAT ONE.

BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MELINDA REGARDING THE DAY ON THE HILL OR THE LEGISLATIVE? I WAS TRYING TO SEARCH UP TO FIND IN THE 2017 HOT TOPICS.

NOT HELPFUL. I DID FIND THE 2023 THEIR HOT TOPICS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, PROVIDE THE NEEDED RESOURCES FOR AMPLE, EQUITABLE AND STABLE EDUCATION.

THAT'S KIND OF THE MODEL THAT BEGINS WITH A P THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER.

WHAT IS IT? THE.

YES, THE PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING MODEL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONSTRUCT SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS.

TRANSPORT EACH AND EVERY STUDENT.

OH, AND FEED STUDENTS.

FEED STUDENTS WAS NOT ON OUR LIST.

OKAY. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, ANYTHING TO SHARE.

OKAY, THEN I WILL MOVE ON TO THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM 15.01.

[15. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]

OR MY STUDENT.

HOW DID THEY DO? I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

CAN I GO HOME NOW? NO. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, I THINK IN THE FUTURE THAT FOR THINGS THAT KEEP COMING LIKE THIS IS LIKE TALKING AGENDA FOR THINGS THAT KEEP COMING UP REPEATEDLY AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING THEM OFF OUT OF THE MEETINGS.

PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A SEPARATE MEETING FOR THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS.

OK. OKAY.

WELL. SEEING THAT CHRIS IS GIVING US SOME READING MATERIAL, WHICH ARE SOME THANK YOU CARDS WHICH LOOK AWESOME.

[02:45:05]

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HELP THEMSELVES WITH THAT, I WILL DECLARE TONIGHT'S MEETING ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.