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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
[1. CONVENE]
THE FEBRUARY BUSINESS MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, WHETHER LIVE OR ONLINE.
I KNOW WITH THE WHETHER ONLINE MIGHT BE A NICE OPTION FOR TONIGHT.
WELCOME TO THOSE THAT ARE JOINING US FROM THEIR HOMES.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT'S MEETING, PARTICULARLY THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW AREA 3 DIRECTOR, TONY JEFFERSON.
APPOINTING THE DIRECTOR TO FILL OUR OPEN DISTRICT 3 POSITION WAS A BUMPIER PROCESS THAN ANY OF US WOULD HAVE DESIRED.
LOOKING BACK ON IT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ALL OF US WISH WE HAD DONE DIFFERENTLY.
I'M HOPING THAT THIS REFLECTION WILL HELP US TO MOVE FORWARD IN A MORE POSITIVE MODE.
FUNCTIONING AGAIN WITH A FULL BOARD WILL BE NICE.
I'M ALSO HOPING THAT WITH THE SEEDING OF A FULL BOARD, WE CAN MOVE OUR FOCUS ONTO THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED IN THEIR EDUCATION AND PREPARATION FOR THEIR FUTURES.
AS A REMINDER, 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 PROVIDE EACH STUDENT 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 VARIOUS OPINIONS ON EACH ISSUE.
THAT PROCESS IS BEST SERVED WHEN ALL INVOLVED FOCUS ON THE ISSUES RATHER THAN THE PERSONALITIES.
AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH'S MEETING, I MENTIONED THAT THE BOARD HAD BEEN REMINDED ABOUT OUR CODE OF CONDUCT POLICY, GC7, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO THAT POLICY.
WE ALSO HEARD MORE ON THIS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, THE BOARD CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY PURSUE AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATIONS WERE MADE.
THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT DURING OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN LEGAL COUNSEL RELATED TO THIS MATTER IS PRESENTED.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE BOARD'S CODE OF CONDUCT ARE NOT SOMETHING WE TAKE LIGHTLY AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS AN APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION.
WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE RECITATION OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
NEXT WE HAVE THE RECITATION OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
>> WE THE FERNANDO SCHOOL DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED TERRITORY OF THE LUMMI PEOPLE.
THE LUMMI PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF WASHINGTON'S NORTHERN MOST COAST AND SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THEY LIVED IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THIS TERRITORY AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE AREAS.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR LIFE ON WATERWAYS AND THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED LANDS OF THE PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS AS WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE LUMMI PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL ADOPT OUR AGENDA.
[2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA THAT NEED TO BE MADE.>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL OPPOSED. THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THAT BRINGS US TO, LIKE I SAID,
[3. OATH OF OFFICE]
THE PART THAT EXCITES ME AND THAT IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.FOR THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTIE.
>> TONY, WILL YOU COME UP FRONT WITH ME? YOU'RE GOING TO REPEAT AFTER ME. I.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY IMPARTIALLY PERFORM.
>> I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY PERFORM.
>> DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT 502.
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>> DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF FERNDALE DISTRICT 502.
>> DIRECTOR DISTRICT NUMBER 3.
>> DIRECTOR DISTRICT NUMBER 3.
>> THEN FOR THE COUNTY OF WHATCOM.
>> THEN FOR THE COUNTY OF WHATCOM.
>> ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> WELCOME, TONY. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU SEATED AT THE TABLE.
THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 4.01 OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA,
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
WHICH IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.JUST A FEW QUICK ITEMS THAT I FORGOT EARLIER THAT I WANTED TO JUST REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW WHERE THE EXITS ARE FOR THOSE IF YOU DO NEED TO USE THE RESTROOMS, THEY'RE JUST UP THE HALLWAY.
ALSO JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE.
YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THE SIGNS OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF LEAKAGE ISSUE GOING ON, SO JUST BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T SLIP.
DON'T WANT ANYONE GETTING HURT.
JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, BE AWARE OF THOSE.
AS WE MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE AGAIN ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.
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'S NOT A TIME OF DISCUSSION, IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.
BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND MAY DIRECT SOMEONE, MOST OFTEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO TAKE FUTURE ACTION RELATED TO THE STATEMENTS.
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 IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSION WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE INTERESTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
BY DISCUSSING SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE POTENTIALLY DEPRIVE AN INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM BEING PRESENT FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
THOSE THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THE GROUP ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CONTACT THE BOARD VIA PHONE OR EMAIL.
OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IN REVIEW OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT POLICY OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT ONLINE POLICY DID 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 DISCUSSED THOSE CHANGES AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND A REVISED VERSION OF POLICY 1,400 IS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA TO BE ADOPTED.
ONCE ADOPTED, THE ONLINE POLICY WILL BE UPDATED TO ELIMINATE ONGOING CONFUSION.
AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, WE ALSO NOTED IN OUR REVIEW OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAD DRIFTED AWAY FROM SOME ASPECTS OF THIS STATED POLICY THAT WERE NOT CHANGED.
OUR INTENT TONIGHT LIKE LAST MONTH, IS TO BETTER COMPLY WITH THIS POLICY.
THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGES ARE ONE, 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 INCOMPLETELY ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SIGN-IN SHEET.
THIS IS STILL REQUIRED AS WELL.
NUMBER 2, SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES THAT WE HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS WITH THE LIMIT IN THE PAST, BUT WE'LL HOLD MORE FIRM TO IT MOVING FORWARD.
EACH SPEAKER'S TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN THEY STEPPED TO THE PODIUM AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
ANY SPEAKER WHO'S COMMENTS EXCEED THE THREE-MINUTE LIMIT, CAN SUBMIT THEIR ENTIRE OR REMAINING COMMENTS IN WRITING.
SPEAKERS WILL BE EXPECTED TO AVOID DEFAMATORY, ABUSIVE, REPETITIVE, OBSCENE, AND/OR IRRELEVANT REMARKS.
THE DEFINITION OF THOSE WORDS IS AVAILABLE ON THE HANDOUT NEXT TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN-IN SHEET.
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.
FINALLY, 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 HAS ELECTED TO INVOKE FOR THE TIME BEING, IT'S RIGHT TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT, SPEAK GEARS TO RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT AND/OR DESIGNEE OF SUCH RESIDENTS OR EMPLOYEES, CURRENT STUDENTS, PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF CURRENT STUDENTS, AND THOSE OWNING PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT FALL INTO ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES,
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THE BOARD WELCOMES WRITTEN COMMENT AT ANYTIME.SPEAKERS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO LEAVE ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND IN CLOSED 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 OUR GREETER WHO WILL DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE BOARD.
WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
FIRST ON MY LIST TONIGHT IS KATIE TOLLS.
MY APOLOGIES IF I MISPRONOUNCE ANYBODY'S NAME.
>> OKAY. NEXT THEN IS AARON GUNTER.
YOU CAN SET THEM ON THE TABLE AND WILL.
>> WELCOME, TONY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I KNOW THE SACRIFICES YOU ALL MAKE TO BE HERE, AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS A VOLUNTEER JOB, AND I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
I AM HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF VISTA MIDDLE-SCHOOL AS THE CURRENT AA1.
AS A SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE, I SEE SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.
MIDDLE-SCHOOL IS A UNIQUE TIME FOR STUDENTS WITH LOTS OF CHALLENGES AND GROWING.
OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING HOW TO ADAPT AND PUSH THEMSELVES THROUGH LIFE'S CHALLENGES IN OUR EVERY CHANGING WORLD THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED.
I AM HERE TO INVITE EACH OF YOU TO STOP IN AND VISIT US DURING THE DAY.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SEE HOW THINGS ROLL DURING A TYPICAL DAY.
WE HAVE MANY SUCCESSES AS WELL AS CHALLENGES DAILY.
PLEASE COME SEE OUR EDUCATORS IN ACTION, GRAB A LUNCH AT LUNCHTIME, AND VIEW OUR HALLWAYS DRAIN PASSING TIME.
YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH DURING THESE INTERACTIONS.
OUR STUDENTS ARE DEALING WITH SO MUCH DURING THIS TIME OF THEIR LIVES.
THEY ARE LEARNING INDEPENDENCE, AND BEGINNING TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES.
STUDENTS ARE BOMBARDED WITH PEER PRESSURE, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
THESE PRESSURES CONTRIBUTE TO A DIFFICULT TIME DURING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS, OUR STUDENTS ARE CONSTANTLY GROWING, MATURING, AND CHANGING.
IT CAN BE A STRUGGLE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BEHAVIOR, AND MENTAL HEALTH.
WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES TO GO AROUND.
OUR STAFF WORKS TIRELESSLY TO CREATE PLANS, INTERVENTIONS, AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT OUR EVER-GROWING AND CHANGING STUDENTS.
BY COMING TO OUR BUILDING AND EXPERIENCING OUR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES, WE HOPE YOU CAN USE WHAT YOU SEE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME AT VISTA MIDDLE-SCHOOL.
I HAVE A BELL SCHEDULE AND MY PHONE NUMBER AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME IN AND VISIT. THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS COLLEEN HARPER AND I LIVE AT 2257 FERNDALE TERRACE.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT PUBLIC SERVICE CAN BE TEDIOUS, AND THANKLESS WORK, AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO VALUABLE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ALL OF YOU.
I'M A PARENT OF A 2021 GRADUATE FROM FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO THE PARENT OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WILL BE ENTERING THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT VERY SOON.
FERNDALE FAMILIES AND MINE INCLUDED ARE EXTREMELY BUSY.
THIS IS THE DINNER HOUR AND WE WORK, AND WE TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN, AND WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TIME TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS, AND I ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOT CONFLATE THE INABILITY OF FERNDALE PARENTS TO COME HERE AT THIS TIME AND SPEAK AT THESE MEETINGS WITH APATHY BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE AND THEY WILL IMPACT OUR CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THANK YOU FOR APPOINTING A NEW DIRECTOR WHO WILL REPRESENT AND AFFIRM THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICTS STUDENTS.
I KNOW THAT AS I SAID, IT'S TEDIOUS AND THANKLESS WORK, BUT AS REPRESENTATIVES, YOU ALSO CHOSE TO BE HERE.
THIS IS WORK THAT YOU CHOSE TO DO, AND IT IS A VERY HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE TOP PRIORITY ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THOSE ARE THE INTERESTS THAT YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE.
OTHER INTERESTS THAT ARE BEYOND THAT IDEOLOGICAL OR OTHERWISE,
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THEY ARE NOT THE TOP PRIORITY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR AFFIRMING THAT FOR ME AS A PARENT WHO'S CHOOSING TO ENROLL MY CHILDREN IN FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY AGAIN THAT THE LACK OF ABILITY TO BE HERE REGULARLY FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS DOES NOT REFLECT APATHY AT ALL.
I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WITH CHILDREN IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO ARE UNABLE TO COME, MY OWN CHILDREN ARE AT HOME HAVING HAD A DINNER 45 MINUTES EARLIER THAN USUAL IN THE BATHTUB WITH MY HUSBAND BECAUSE I'M HERE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING ME AND MY CHILDREN, AND THE OTHER PARENTS, AND FAMILIES, AND CHILDREN AT THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEEN. NEXT IS ANDREW GUSTAFSON.
>> MESSAGE FROM ANDREW EARLIER HE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.
>> OKAY. NEXT THEN IS TOM VOM.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TOM VOM.
I'M A 6000 BAR DISTRICT TAXPAYER.
THROUGHOUT MY ADULT LIFE, I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT LOVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, MOST POWERFUL EMOTION THAT HUMAN POSSESSES.
BECAUSE IT IS THE MOTIVATION THAT DRIVES A PERSON TO TAKE MANY IMPORTANT ACTIONS IN LIFE, INCLUDING TO DEFEND AND PROTECT LOVED ONES, AND IN THE CASE OF A SOLDIER, THE COUNTRY.
HOWEVER, WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE PANDEMIC A FEAR BEGAN THREE YEARS AGO HAS PROVEN ME WRONG.
IN FACT, FEAR HAS BEEN SO WELL MANIPULATED BY THE LEFT THAT IT HAS REPLACED LOVE AS THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION.
I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT I MEAN.
FIRST, FEAR CREATES HATRED THROUGH A MASTERFUL PROPAGANDA OF FEAR AIDED AND ABETTED BY THEIR ALLIES IN THE MEDIA.
THE LEFT HAS INSTILLED IN MANY PEOPLE SO MUCH HATRED FOR THE UNVACCINATED THAT THEY DON'T WANT UNVACCINATED PEOPLE TO BE TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL, AND WISH FOR THEM TO DIE OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.
FEAR HAS ALSO ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO SNITCH ON THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE STATE MANDATES, AND THAT BRINGS BACK DISTURBING MEMORIES FROM THE FOUR YEARS THAT I LIVED UNDER THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN VIETNAM.
SECOND, FEAR BREEDS SELFISHNESS.
THE GOVERNMENT'S ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL POLICIES HAVE WREAKED HAVOC ON THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF AMERICANS AS A WHOLE, AND ON THE EDUCATION AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR.
ALL THE WHILE, THE BLIND OBEDIENT DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE A BIT ABOUT THE UNMEASURABLE LOSSES, PAIN, AND SUFFERING AS LONG AS THEY FEEL A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT THE EXPERIMENTAL SHOTS WOULD PROVIDE, WHICH THEY DON'T.
THE MOST DISTURBING TREND AS A RESULT OF THE FEAR CAMPAIGN IS THAT FEAR HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO BECOME A VIRTUE TO MANY.
YES, WE HAVE HEARD PEOPLE PROUDLY PROCLAIM THEIR MORAL HIGH GROUND JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE UNSAFE INJECTIONS, AND REGULARLY WEAR THE DEGRADING AND INEFFECTIVE MASKS, THE LATTER OF WHICH DEFIES ANY COMMON SENSE AND LOGIC.
ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT THE VACCINATION LEVEL OF THE POPULATION HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION, AND INFECTION OF A VIRUS.
SO THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS TWO-FOLDS.
ONE IS THAT WHOEVER TRIES TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES FOR ANY REASONS ONLY HAS EVIL INTENTION AT HEART.
SECOND, ONE'S ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IN LIFE IS NOT TO LIVE LONG, BUT TO LIVE TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
>> CYNDI LAUER 2240 LANCASTER WAY FERNDALE.
I WENT TO THIS SCHOOL, THEN I WENT TO CENTRAL, THEN I WENT TO VISTA AND I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1976 YOU CAN DO THE MATH.
I HAVE TO SAY I WAS THE FIRST SEVENTH GRADE CLASS AT VISTA.
IT HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT SINCE THEN,
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BUT THE HARDEST STILL THERE.I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A MEMBER OF THE FEA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL AND WOULD LIKE TO REREAD A LETTER ORIGINALLY SHARED AT YOUR JANUARY BUSINESS MEETING.
DEAR SCHOOL BOARD, THE FEA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO STAFF AND STUDENTS SAFETY FROM THE WORK WITH PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO KEEP OUR DISTRICT SAFE DURING COVID TO THE BOND FUNDED MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT EACH DISTRICT BUILDING.
YOU'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH STAFF, EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER COMES TO LEARN, AND WORK IN A SUPPORTIVE SETTING.
MANY OF US VIEWED YOUR DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 BUSINESS MEETING WITH CONCERN OVER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE AFFIRM THE NEED TO ENFORCE BOARD POLICY F 1400 TO SUPPORT DISTRICT SAFETY, PARTICULARLY THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.
ADULTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE MULTIPLE FORUMS AND PLATFORMS THROUGH WHICH TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND OPINIONS.
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 OUR CHILDREN, AND SO SHOULD THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME, ENERGY, AND EFFORT YOU PUT IN TO KEEP THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT A SAFE PLACE WHERE STAFF AND STUDENTS CAN BELONG, FEA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU, CINDY. NEXT IS CHRISTINA RUCKER.
>> GOOD EVENING. CHRISTINA RUCKER, AT 2272C MOUNT DRIVE.
I AM A TEACHER HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS A MOTHER OF TWO WHO ATTEND SCHOOL IN FERNDALE, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR MOVING FORWARD CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT REPOSITION WHO ARE FOCUSED ON EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS LOVED ABOUT TEACHING ARE THE WAYS THAT STUDENTS GROW, LEARN, AND QUESTION THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
WHETHER IT'S CONCEPTUALIZING HOW YOU TAKE A FRACTION OF A FRACTION, HOW WATER RECYCLES ITSELF ENDLESSLY, WHY CHARACTERS MAKE THE CRAZY CHOICES THEY DO THAT MOVE PLOTS ALONG, OR WHETHER IT'S THE TOUGHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO THEY ARE IN THE WORLD AND THE WAYS THEY WANT TO SEE THAT WORLD CHANGE? I AM TRULY PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THEIR LIVES.
AS EDUCATORS, WE WORK TIRELESSLY TO HELP STUDENTS SEE THAT FULL POTENTIAL, AND TO CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY, AND TO LOVE THEMSELVES.
THAT IS WHY I'M SO RELIEVED YOU CHOSE A CANDIDATE, WHO NOT ONLY REPRESENTS A LARGE PORTION OF MY CLASS, HANDLING FROM LUMINATION, BUT ALSO A CANDIDATE WHO REPRESENTS THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO STAND BY TEACHING THAT INCLUDES ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR CLASS.
WHEN YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN, IT'S NOT EASY TO COME TO A BOARD MEETING THAT IS USUALLY AROUND THEIR BEDTIME ON A WEEKNIGHT.
PARTICULARLY, IF YOU ARE A SINGLE OR WORKING PARENT.
WHILE IT'S NOT THE FOCUS OF MY SPEECH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PLUG FOR PROVIDING FREE CHILDCARE AT THIS TIME SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY YOUR DECISIONS, AS WELL AS POSSIBLY TRANSLATORS WHOSE PARENTS MAY NEED HELP TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE POLICIES.
MY HOPE IS THAT BY SHARING MY THANKS, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THE MANY WHO CANNOT MAKE IT TO THESE MEETINGS, WHOSE CHILDREN ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE CHOICES THE SCHOOL BOARD MAKES.
PLEASE, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT POLICY THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF OUR DISTRICT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAKE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT A PLACE THAT IS SAFE FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS FOR TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS.
TONY JEFFERSON, WELCOME TO THE DISTRICT AND FOR BEING A VOICE FOR OUR FAMILIES.
I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE TIRELESS WAY IN WHICH YOU ADVOCATE FOR OUR YOUTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SHIRA NAHARI.
>> I AM SHIRA NAHARI, AT 5740 HAMLIN AVENUE IN FERNDALE.
TODAY A FIRST GRADER TOLD ME THAT SHE DOESN'T NEED TO LEARN WHAT I'M TEACHING BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE A PINEAPPLE WHEN SHE GROWS UP.
ANOTHER CHILD IS REPORTING DEMANDING A CAT BOX IN THE GIRLS' BATHROOM BECAUSE SHE IDENTIFIES AS A CAT.
A 19-YEAR-OLD IS SUING HER SURGEON FOR DOING A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AND REMOVING HER WOMB BECAUSE NOW SHE WANTS CHILDREN AND WAS GIVEN MISLEADING INFORMATION.
DOWNRIGHT TRAGIC AND A FAR TOO COMMON EXAMPLE OF CHILDHOOD WROTE POST-OP REMORSE.
A NEW DOCUMENTARY CALLED AFFIRMATION GENERATION CRITICALLY EXPLORES THE GENDER-AFFIRMING MODEL.
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IT REVEALS SOCIETY'S SUPPRESSION OF THE FOR-PROFIT TRANS INDUSTRY FED BY FOR-PROFIT MEDIA, THE SUPPRESSION OF THE DE-TRANSITIONERS, AND IT DEBUNKS MANY MYTHS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING TRANSGENDER.THERE IS ZERO VALID SCIENCE BEHIND SO-CALLED TRANSGENDERISM AND THE TERM IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC DESIGNATION, BUT A POLITICAL ONE, AND POLITICS ARE FEEDING THE BEAST OF FEAR.
THE TRANS CULTURE IS STERILIZING A GENERATION OF CHILDREN WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR OWN KIDS.
WE'RE ALTERING THEIR SEXUAL FUNCTIONING IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO HAVE LOVING RELATIONSHIPS.
MANY OF THE VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTING WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA ARE AUTISTIC OR HAVE TRAUMA HISTORIES.
THEY'VE BEEN BULLIED, THEY'VE BEEN ABANDONED.
AS CONCERNING THE MUSHROOMING NUMBER OF SURGERIES, EUPHEMISTICALLY CALLED GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE, THESE ARE FAR TO OFTEN RUINING CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL HEALTH FOR LIFE.
SOME OF OUR SO-CALLED EDUCATORS SEEM TO AGREE WITH THE LIE THAT THESE VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE, IN A MOMENT OF GREAT DISTRESS, REALLY, TRULY HAVE NO OTHER WAYS OF COPING THAN TO MAKE LIFE-ALTERING DECISIONS FAR TOO YOUNG.
CHILDREN AS WELL AS PARENTS MUST HAVE ACCESS TO THE FACTS LIKE PUBERTY BLOCKERS BEING PRESCRIBED OFF-LABEL FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WHEN WE KNOW THAT THEY DAMAGE BRAIN AND BONE DEVELOPMENT.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR SCHOOL POLICY IS GENDER-AFFIRMING.
HOW AFFIRMING DO THE ABOVE FACTS SOUND TO YOU? HOW DO YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF YOUR OWN CHILDREN BEING STERILIZED? I PERSONALLY ENVISION A FAR BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR MY OWN GRANDCHILDREN AND 27 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
OUR FAMILY TAKES HOLY SCRIPTURE VERY SERIOUSLY AND HUMAN BEINGS HAVE BEEN COMMANDED BY GOD TO BE FERTILE AND MULTIPLY.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE TAMMY ALEJANDRA.
>> HI, EVERYONE. WELCOME, TONY.
I'M TAMMY ALEJANDRA, I LIVE IN BLAINE BUT I TEACH AT EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
I WANTED TO SHARE AN ANECDOTE.
LAST WEEK AS MY STUDENTS WERE WASHING UP FOR LUNCH I HANDED ONE OF MY KIDS A PAPER TOWEL TO DRY AND HE SAID THANKS FOR FIGHTING FOR ME.
I DID GO TO BAT FOR THIS KID DURING SOME MEETINGS THAT WEEK FOR HIS LEARNING STRUGGLES.
I SAID, OF COURSE, ALWAYS AND FOREVER.
THE NEXT KID SAVED ME FROM HAVING A LITTLE SAPPY TEAR MOMENT WHEN HE SAID, WHO DID YOU FIGHT? I HAD A MISCONCEPTION, I HAD TO CLEAR UP, AND A LOT OF TEACHING IS JUST THAT.
IT'S CLEARING UP MISCONCEPTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AT THESE MEETINGS, I WONDER THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF WHAT WE'RE TEACHING IN OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT WE'RE CRAMMING DOWN THE KIDS' THROATS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLEAR THEM UP.
THEY THINK I'M THE LEFTIST PROGRESSIVE TEACHERS UNION ACTIVIST, THE ENEMY.
TODAY I GOT UP AND GOT READY FOR WORK.
WHEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS A SNOW DAY, I CHANGED INTO MY SWEATS AND CHECKED MY EMAILS.
I COMMUNICATED WITH A PARENT ABOUT HOW TO LOG IN TO OUR ONLINE LIBRARY.
YAY FOR READING AND THEN SPENT WAY TOO LONG PLAYING A GAME ON MY TABLET.
I BORROWED SOME SHORTENING FROM A NEIGHBOR SO I CAN MAKE MY GRANDMA'S SWEET BREAD RECIPE AND SOMETHING CALLED FLEISCHKUECHLE, IT'S A LITTLE BEEF AND CABBAGE FILLED HOT POCKET.
IT WAS WHILE I WAS PUTTING THE LEFTOVER DOUGH INTO MY GRANDMA'S LITTLE WHITE PYREX BREAD PAN THAT I REMEMBERED A MOMENT WITH HER AT LEAST 15 YEARS AGO.
I WAS THERE VISITING FAMILY OR COMING AND GOING, AND MY AUNT WAS THERE AND SAID HER GRANDSON WOULD BE COMING BY SHORTLY WITH HIS ROOMMATE, AND SHE LEFT THE ROOM.
MY GRANDMA LEANED OVER TO ME, CONSPIRATORIALLY AND SAID, IT'S NOT REALLY HIS ROOMMATE AND I LIKE HIM.
I ALREADY KNEW MY COUSIN WAS GAY AND IT WAS SO COOL TO SEE MY 80-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA JUST HAVE THAT UNCONDITIONAL SWEET LOVE FOR HER GREAT-GRANDCHILD.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. I THOUGHT ABOUT GRANDMA AND HAD TO BE HERE.
I'M TRYING TO CLEAR UP MISCONCEPTIONS.
FIRST, WE DON'T REALLY TEACH ANYTHING THAT SCARY AND I THINK MOST ELEMENTARY TEACHERS WOULD AGREE THAT WE'D RATHER TEACH CONTENT THAN DEAL WITH PLAYGROUND ROMANCES, WHICH ARE ALWAYS BOY-GIRL, FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THAT.
NEXT, GENDER IS A THING, AND KIDS COME TO SCHOOL WITH VARYING UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THAT.
I ONCE HEARD A BOY CRY WHEN I INFORMED HIM THAT GIRLS COULD BE DOCTORS, FOR EXAMPLE AND I HAVE BROKEN UP A SURPRISING NUMBER OF SCUFFLES BETWEEN KINDERGARTENERS IN THE BATHROOM JUST ADJACENT TO MY CLASSROOM BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH A LONG HAIR AND PONYTAIL IN THE BOYS' BATHROOM AND IT WAS A BOY.
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THEY HAD GROWN UP THINKING GIRLS HAVE LONG HAIR, BOYS HAVE SHORT HAIR.[NOISE] KIDS COME WITH ALL OF THESE CONCEPTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THE SAME. [OVERLAPPING]
LAST ON MY LIST TONIGHT IS MIKE FORD.
I LIVE IN 3068 DOUGLAS ROAD, AND GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO BE HERE.
FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL THEATER IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR PRODUCTION OF LES MISERABLES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IT.
IT IS FANTASTIC, JUST DO A SIMPLE PLUG.
THERE ARE TWO CHARACTERS, YOU'VE GOT THE PROGRAM, THERE ARE TWO CHARACTERS THAT INTRIGUED ME IN THIS MUSICAL.
THE FIRST IS THE POLICE INSPECTOR NAME JAVERT.
HE BELIEVES THAT HE IS RIGHT AND ETHICAL, AT LEAST IN THE SIGHT OF THE LAW BUT HE REALLY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THOSE WHO SUFFER AND WILL NOT EVEN LISTEN OR EVEN CONSIDER THOSE WHOM HE THINKS ARE WRONG, HIS ENDING IS BOTH SAD AND TRAGIC.
THE OTHER CHARACTER THAT INTRIGUES ME IS JEAN VALJEAN.
THIS PAROLED CONVICT TRIES TO STEAL FROM A BISHOP, BUT INSTEAD OF RECEIVING CONDEMNATION AND BEING SENT BACK TO PRISON, THIS BISHOP GAVE HIM KINDNESS AND INSPIRED HIM TO CHANGE HIS LIFE.
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, HE STOOD AGAINST INJUSTICE AND SELFISHLY, A SELFLESSLY PUT OTHERS BEFORE HIMSELF.
ALL BECAUSE SOMEONE SAW SOMETHING IN HIM THAT NO ONE ELSE SAW.
THE WAY HE VIEWED HIMSELF IN HIS INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS STARTED TO CHANGE THAT DAY THAT HE MET THE BISHOP.
ISN'T THAT WHAT GOOD TEACHERS DO? NOT WORK WITH CONVICTS BECAUSE WE'RE STUCK WITH STUDENTS, [LAUGHTER] BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT GOOD TEACHERS DO? THEY SEE POTENTIAL IN STUDENTS EVEN WHEN THE STUDENTS DO NOT SEE IT IN THEMSELVES.
THEY LISTEN TO THEM AND INSPIRE THEM TO BECOME A BETTER VERSION OF THEMSELVES.
THEY LEAD BY TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO SAY AND DO SOMETHING THAT PROPELS THEM TO BECOME POSITIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
THEY HAVE A CONVICTION THAT EVERY STUDENT MATTERS AND THEY REALLY WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY BELONG.
NOW IT'S EVIDENT TO ME THAT SEVERAL OF THESE GOOD TEACHERS SPOKE TODAY AND THIS IS WHAT GOOD TEACHERS DO.
THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE SIMPLISTIC, BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD, THIS GROUP OF LEADERS, DO AND IS BOTH REMOVE BARRIERS AND BUILD BRIDGES SO THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL THRIVE.
IT'S ABOUT ELIMINATING BARRIERS THAT HINDERS GOODS TEACHERS FROM ENGAGING TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WITH OUR STUDENTS.
IT'S ABOUT BUILDING BRIDGES SO THAT GOOD TEACHERS HAVE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO CARRY OUT THEIR CALLING.
IT'S ABOUT GOOD TEACHERS THRIVING SO THAT EVERY STUDENT WILL THRIVE.
I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU ARE BUILDING CULTURE SO THAT EVERY TEACHER MATTERS AND WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN DO LIVES ARE CHANGED AND EVERY INTERACTION THAT STUDENTS HAVE BECAUSE OF THESE GREAT TEACHERS MATTER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE THAT SPOKE.
AGAIN, IF THERE ARE THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE SOMETHING, AN OPINION OR A COMMENT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
[5. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]
NEXT, ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS OUR SHARING TIME AND WE'LL START THAT WITH TURNING THINGS OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT.>> WELL, THANK YOU. WHEN SELENA AND I WERE MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE COULD NOT BELIEVE, SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A VERY HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW.
MAYBE WE'RE GIVING A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW.
YOU HAVE TO START AT THE BEGINNING.
[LAUGHTER] TONIGHT IS AN INSIGHT INTO MY ENTRY PLAN UPDATE.
I HAVE COLLECTED ALL THE DATA AND IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS JUST AS GOOD TEACHING IS, MORE DATA COMES IN AND YOU CONTINUE TO REFINE AND REFLECT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE AND WHEN I SAY WE,
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JACKSON IS THE MASTER DIRECTOR OF THAT.HE'S BEEN VIDEOTAPING MY PRESENTATION, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ROLL THAT OUT WITH DETAILS.
BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU WHAT THE COMMON THEMES WERE OF ALL THE DATA.
WHEN I BEGAN TO LOOK AT IT FROM ALL THE VISITS WITH STUDENTS, WITH STAFF, WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FAMILIES, VISITING EVERY CLASSROOM, TAKING IN EVERY POLICY, LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, THESE FIVE AREAS ARE WHERE ALL THE DATA LIED.
FOCUS ON SAFETY AND BELONGING.
FOCUS ON RIGOROUS AND RELEVANT TEACHING AND LEARNING.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ROSE AS A CATEGORY.
THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GRADUATION AND BEYOND.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GRADUATION AND BEYOND, IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO THE THREE E'S; ENLIST, ENROLL, OR EMPLOY.
WHAT I'LL BE DOING IS I'VE BEEN COLLECTING DATA TO SEE HOW ARE WE DOING IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.
ONE PIECE I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IS IF YOU REMEMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, ONE OF THE REASONS WE BEGAN LOOKING AT BELONGING WAS BECAUSE THE DATA OF OUR STUDENTS SAID ONLY ABOUT 33% OF THEM FELT CONNECTED TO THE DISTRICT.
RECENTLY WE WERE UP OVER 11% OF THAT, AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT.
BUT THE PARTS THAT I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN, ONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS TALKED ABOUT THIS, WAS STAFF BELONGING AND SO LOOKING AT THAT AS A MEASUREMENT TOOL AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS.
BUT WHEN WE TEACH TO THE HEART, THE MIND WILL FOLLOW THAT INCLUDES OUR STAFF AS WELL AND OUR FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN OUR SCHOOL.
YOU WILL BE GETTING A VIDEO CLIP THAT WILL GO OUT TO ALL OF YOU.
IT'LL GO OUT TO OUR STAFF HERE SOON THAT REALLY DIVES INTO THIS, BEGINS TO UNPACK THAT DATA AND THEN WE CAN SPEND SOME TIME ASKING QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT YOU HEAR AND DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN THAT.
ANOTHER PIECE THAT THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND I'VE BEEN DOING, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN LOOKING THIS IS WE'RE REALLY DOING A POLICY REVIEW.
WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH WASDA.
THE TEAM HAS BEEN DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO POLICY AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO UNPACK IT HERE, BUT ALSO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM WHEN WE HAVE A SITUATION OF SCHOOL.
WE'RE WHIPPING OUT THE POLICY, WE'RE REVIEWING IT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE PARTICULAR POLICY BASED ON A CASE STUDY OF A SITUATION AND ENGAGING FAMILIES AND SAYING AS WE THINK THROUGH THIS, WILL YOU GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE OR HELPING US SEE THROUGH THE POLICY, THROUGH THEIR LENS TOO? I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING LOTS OF POLICY REVIEWS COMING THROUGH.
SOME OF THEM WILL COME THROUGH FOR US TO VOTE ON IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
SOME OF THEM WILL BE WITHIN WEEKLY UPDATES.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE AND WE ALWAYS SEEK YOUR FEEDBACK AND WOULD LOVE YOUR GUIDANCE ON THOSE.
EARLY LEARNING TASK FORCE, IF YOU GO TO OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE, WHICH I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTRACTING WITH THE ESD 189 AND THEY'RE GONNA BE HELPING US DO THE DEEP DIVE AND WEBSITE DESIGNS, SO THAT'S COMING SOON.
BUT THE EARLY LEARNING TASK FORCE THAT IS BEING LED, KELLY AND TRINA ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THAT WORK AND I'M ONE OF OUR PRINCIPLES, ASHLEY.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL COMMITTEE, VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHO WE ARE, IS DIVING DEEP.
HERE YOU LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE, THERE ARE BUCKETS, CROSS-SECTOR WORK, ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS, TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS, INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, DATA-DRIVEN IMPROVEMENT, ENGAGED FAMILIES, AND CONTINUITY AND PATHWAYS.
THEY'RE BEGINNING TO UNPACK WHAT EACH OF THOSE LOOK LIKE AT THE END OF THIS TASK FORCE, AND IF YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE.
THEY WILL BE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
OF COURSE, WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS ANY GOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE TAKES TIME, SO THEY WILL BE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'LL GET TO REVIEW WE'LL HAVE THEM DO A PRESENTATION OF THOSE AND HEN REALLY WE'LL BE DOING SOME BACKWARD PLANNING.
IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE FOUR YEARS TO GET ALL THE WAY THERE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME INSTRUMENTAL SHIFTS AND FOCUS AROUND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
THE BELONGING AWARDS AND YOU BELONG WEDNESDAY, ONE PIECE THAT I WAS FELT REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHEN I TOOK THIS JOB IS I AM A TEACHER FIRST AND I NEED TO BE OUT IN SCHOOLS.
RIGHT NOW I'M DEDICATING WEDNESDAYS TO BE OUT IN SCHOOLS, SPENDING TIME IN CLASSROOMS. EVEN IF I CAN GET AN INVITE ONCE IN A WHILE, I'LL SNEAK IN AND READ A BOOK OR PLAY A MATH GAME WITH SOMEONE.
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BUT THIS IS ALSO A TIME WHEN I'M VISITING THE SCHOOLS, I MAKE SURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF.AGAIN, I LOVE THIS PART OF THE JOB BECAUSE IT'S NOT ME SAYING WHO GETS WHAT AWARDS IT'S STAFF ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR COLLEAGUES FOR THE HARD WORK THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE HEARD THAT TONIGHT, THEY REALLY DO LEAD WITH THEIR HEART AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE ACKNOWLEDGED AND THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING SEEN FOR THEIR EFFORTS THAT THEY PUT FORTH EVERY DAY.
ONE PIECE THAT CAME THROUGH IN THE ENTRY PLAN WAS OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR AAS, WE HEARD FROM ONE TONIGHT THEY ARE WORKING SO INCREDIBLY HARD.
I HAVE A SAYING THAT I SAID THAT THE PRINCIPALS THEY HINGE ON THE DOOR, THEY REALLY DO HELP SUPPORT THE STAFF.
WHEN WE WANT TO SEE IMPROVED OUTCOMES, WHAT WE KNOW IS THE TEACHER IS THE NUMBER 1 DIRECT VARIABLE AND THE PRINCIPAL IS THE NUMBER 1 INDIRECT VARIABLE.
CREATING TIMES SO THE PRINCIPALS IS ABLE TO BE IN THOSE CLASSROOMS OBSERVING AND GIVING FEEDBACK.
ONE OF THOSE MEANS HAVING SOME TIME MANAGEMENT.
IT'S FUNNY, WE OFTEN GO FROM TEACHER TO ADMINISTRATOR, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY GET COACHED ON THE TOOLS AND HOW TO RUN AN EFFICIENT DAY.
WE HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE AAS WHO ARE EXCELLENT AT THE MANAGEMENT SIDE.
THIS WAS A TIME WHEN AAS AND THEIR BUILDING PRINCIPALS WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND SPEND A DAY AND LEARN HOW TO ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER.
CHRIS WILL OFTEN REMIND ME WHEN I START MESSING WITH MY CALENDAR OR I TRIED TO PRINT SOMETHING OFF, SHE GOES, "LET ME DO ME AND YOU DO YOU." WE ARE OFTEN THE WORST STUDENTS AS ADMINISTRATORS AND SO REALLY THE BOSSES ARE THE AAS.
THIS WAS A TIME FOR THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND BEGIN TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND LOOK THROUGH WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS WILL BE IN A REALLY STRONG BREAKTHROUGH DISTRICT.
JUST BY IMPLEMENTING THESE STRATEGIES, STUDENT OUTCOMES INCREASE BECAUSE PRINCIPALS ARE ABLE TO BE IN CLASSROOMS MORE INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES.
IT ALSO GIVES OUR AAS TIME TO DO THEIR JOB SO THEY'RE NOT CONSTANTLY PUTTING OUT FIRES.
IT'S REALLY A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH AND I'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OF IT.
I WILL BE SHARING SOME PHOTOS HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT TALKS ABOUT IS MAKING SURE YOUR OFFICE LOOKS LIKE AN OFFICE AND NOT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND HANG OUT.
WE'RE SEEING MANY OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS PACKING UP BOXES AND TAKING PERSONAL ITEMS HOME AND CREATING MORE OF AN OFFICE SPACE, SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.
WHILE BREAKTHROUGH COACH WAS HAPPENING, WE WERE SITTING THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WI-FI WENT OUT AND THE POWER WENT OUT AND THEN IT CAME ON AND WE THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S THAT.
I'M SITTING THERE BEING A LEARNER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN JAMIE PLENKOVICH GETS UP AND GOES TO A BACKROOM AND THEN LOU GETS UP AND GOES TO THE BACKROOM.
I THOUGHT WHAT IS GOING ON, SO I WENT BACK AND SURE ENOUGH, WE LEARNED ABOUT THE WTA BUS.
I DO WANT TO THANK SELENA AND TRINA BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY ON POINT FOR THAT DAY, ALL OUR PRINCIPLES WERE IN THIS TRAINING, NOT MOST IDEAL AND AT THE OTHER POINT AND I APOLOGIZE TO OUR STAFF ABOUT THIS.
WE ALSO HAD ELEMENTARY CONFERENCES GOING ON SO WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A DISTRICT WIDE CALENDAR SO WE NOTE WHEN THINGS HAPPEN AND WE DON'T OVERLAP.
BUT TRINA AND SELENA REALLY DID HELP COORDINATE THE DISTRICT OFFICE CAME OUT, VISTA AND SKYLINE IN PARTICULAR HAD TO CHANGE THEIR GO-HOME PLANS.
VISTA HAD AN ENTIRE BUS AND POWER LINES DOWN SO PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND OUT AND SO WE HAD TO REROUTE.
OUR BUS DRIVERS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB, OUR STAFF WAS AMAZING.
WE QUICKLY LEARNED WHAT EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING, THAT'S A FAULT OF OURS.
WE DID WHAT GOOD TEACHERS DO, YOU HAVE A LESSON PLAN, YOU IMPLEMENT THE LESSON PLAN AND THEN YOU EVALUATE WHAT WENT WELL AND WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL, AND WHAT DID GO WELL WITH OUR STAFF WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CRISIS.
THEN THEY DID NOT HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THEY NEEDED TO DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THAT DAY SO THAT FALLS ONTO THE TEAM AND I AND SO WE ARE QUICKLY WORKING AND ASKING HOW TO SHIFT.
TEAMS ARE GOING OUT AND DOING REVIEWS OF SCHOOLS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE BATTERIES, ALL THOSE THINGS.
WE LEARNED A LOT THIS DAY AND WE WILL GET BETTER FROM IT,
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BUT I JUST HAVE TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT-OUT TO EVERYONE.FOOD SERVICE STEPPED UP AND THE KITCHEN WASN'T WORKING GREAT OR WASN'T [LAUGHTER] WORKING AT ALL BECAUSE THERE IS NO POWER SO WE HAD TO SHIFT MEALS AND I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU ALL THAT HAPPENS.
SELENA AND TRINA MAY HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT, BUT IT WENT ON AND ON AND ON.
THEN THE NEXT DAY, VISTA WOKE UP, STILL NO WI-FI SO WE GOT THAT SHIFTED QUICKLY THANKS TO OUR TECH TEAM, BUT IT WAS A LOT, WE LEARNED A LOT.
WTA FELT HORRIBLE AND WE WERE JUST GLAD THEY WERE ALL SAFE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE HELPED GET KIDS HOME THAT DAY, IT WAS AMAZING.
>> KIND OF STUPID QUESTION, BUT ALL SCHOOLS ARE GETTING THIS CRISIS AUDIT TYPE THING, NOT JUST THE ONES WHO HAD THE POWER OUT THAT DAY?
>> WELL, SOMETIMES THE CRISIS AUDIT HAPPENS WHERE THE CRISIS IS, SO FIVE OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE WITHOUT POWER.
YES, THEY'LL LOOK, BUT WE ASSUMED IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED US THE DAY BEFORE, YES, THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS WORK IN THE VISTA GYM.
LOSE POWER? NO, THE LIGHTS DON'T WORK IN THE GYM.
I'M LOOKING OVER AT CINDY, THERE WAS PROBABLY A TON OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD HAVE GONE BETTER.
>> THE SCHOOLS THAT DIDN'T LOSE POWER, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT TEST DAY?
>> [OVERLAPPING] BUT THEY'RE REVIEWING EVERYTHING.
BUT LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW.
LIKE ONE PIECE WAS WHEN YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO LIES ON SUCTIONING AND THE GENERATORS GOING TO GO.
WE HAD A TEAM SHOW UP WITH A BACKUP GENERATOR AND THE TRICKY PART OF THAT, I KNOW SOME ASKED WHY DIDN'T WE JUST SEND KIDS HOME.
TO TRY TO SEND A BUNCH OF CHILDREN HOME, NOT KNOWING IF FAMILIES ARE THERE ONCE YOU HAVE THEM IN THE SAFEST PLACES WITH THE STAFF THAT LOVE THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THEM AND SO WE MADE THAT CHOICE.
ELEMENTARY WAS GETTING OUT EARLY ALREADY, THEY WERE HAVING CONFERENCES.
THE CHOICE WAS MADE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CONFERENCES.
IN RETROSPECT, THAT CHOICE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, BUT IN THE MOMENT EVERYONE WAS MAKING WHAT I BELIEVE WE'RE THE BEST DECISIONS THEY KNEW.
BUT YES, JAMIE AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE FACILITIES.
THEN YESTERDAY TRINA, MELINDA, JAZZY, AND QUBANA, AND MYSELF WENT TO OLYMPIA.
WE WENT TO OLYMPIA ON SUNDAY AND WE HAD A GREAT CONFERENCE AND REALLY IT WAS ABOUT POLICY AND WHAT THE HOT TOPICS ARE IN OLYMPIA RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF FUNDING.
THE TWO THAT WE UNIVERSALLY DECIDED ACROSS THE STATE TO FOCUS ON MORE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING AND TRANSPORTATION.
WE WERE ABLE AS A TEAM TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE OTHER WATKINS COUNTY DISTRICTS TO ALSO ADVOCATE FOR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN AND THAT WOULD BE OUR JUMPSTART K. THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY AROUND THAT AND IF THAT BILL PASSES AFTER NEXT YEAR, DISTRICTS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT WITH ANY FUNDING.
IT'S A BIG ONE FOR US AND THEN OUR OWN QUBANA REALLY WAS DOING A NICE JOB OF HELPING ADVOCATE FOR BONDS, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND WHO SHOULD OWN THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS, JAZZY WAS ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS.
THEY GOT TO MEET SUPERINTENDENT RIGHT DOWN, THEY GOT RIGHT DOWN IN THERE.
I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THEM IN A MINUTE, SO I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THE THUNDER, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY REMARKABLE DAY OF ADVOCACY.
>> AS DR. DOMINGUEZ SAID, WE WENT DOWN TO OLYMPIA FOR THE OVERSIGHT CONFERENCE.
THE FOCUS WAS MAKING SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE LEGISLATURE TO ACTUALLY PASS BILLS THAT REFLECTED THE NEEDS OF EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE NEEDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CURB THE SCHOOL BUS SHORTAGE.
THEN THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED TO SUPERINTENDENT [INAUDIBLE] WAS ABOUT HOW IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THROWING MORE MONEY AT THE SITUATION, IT COULDN'T BE THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE THIS ONE WHO WERE ALREADY THROWING MORE MONEY AT THE ISSUE, THE SITUATION IS STILL PRESENT.
HE SAID, "WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT,
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AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MATCH EVERYONE ELSE IS JUST BASELINE.THEN WE CAN GET TO THE SMARTER THINKING PART, WHICH IS DAUNTING, BUT AT LEAST THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN BITE OFF THERE." THEN IN TERMS OF BONDS, I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE BURDEN OF MAKING SURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE UP-TO-DATE IS PLACED ON THE TAXPAYERS OF THAT DISTRICT, AND HOW WE HAVE NORTH BELLINGHAM, AND THEIR BUILDING THAT IS IN DISREPAIR.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAYS THAT I COULD TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THAT, BUT REALLY JUST IT'S A POLICY THING AND TRYING TO ALLOCATE THAT MUCH MONEY FROM THE LEGISLATURE IS THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TRYING TO FULLY FUND SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THAT WAS COMPLICATED? THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I LEARNED, IT'S COMPLICATED.
[LAUGHTER] BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT,HE HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE THINGS.
TRACK STARTED, AND SO WE DID OUR FIRST PRACTICE YESTERDAY IN THE SNOW, WHICH WAS COOL.
THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR PRACTICE TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, AND I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE A PRACTICE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE REALLY JUMPING IN.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEET ON THE 15TH I THINK.
I THINK WE HAVE AROUND SIX-ISH MEETS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR SECOND FULL YEAR OF TRACK SINCE 2019.
THAT IS GOING TO BE SUPER EXCITING.
THEN I'LL PROBABLY GIVE A BRIEF WEATHER UPDATE FROM WHAT I KNOW.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT SEEMS LIKE TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO DROP BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT, WELL BELOW, LIKE IN THE 25 RANGE, SO ANY LIQUID THAT'S ON THE GROUND IS GOING TO BE FROZEN.
THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE SLIPPERY, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT SLUSH THAT'S FREEZING.
THE SNOW ON THE GRASS IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO FREEZE, WHICH I DIDN'T ACTUALLY EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN THIS FAST, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
THEN THURSDAY, I KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HERE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT IN CANADA, THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT A SNOWFALL WARNING OUT FOR THURSDAY NIGHTS INTO FRIDAY, BECAUSE OF WET SNOW.
I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THAT MUCH OF A CONCERN HERE, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BEAR IN MIND.
THE TWO GOVERNMENTS COMMUNICATES, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF IT.
>> I GUESS, I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK OFF EVERYONE ELSE.
WE WENT DOWN TO OLYMPIA. IT WAS REALLY COOL.
I GOT TO HANG OUT WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS AND IT WAS AWESOME.
WE HAVE DINNER WITH SHARON SHEWMAKE, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY.
SHE REALLY CARED ABOUT WHAT KWABENA AND I HAD TO SAY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY AWESOME.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SENATORS AND JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE POWER LIKE THAT TO CARE ABOUT WHAT STUDENTS AND JUST CHILDREN WANT. THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
IT WAS REALLY COOL TO JUST SHARE MY BROTHER'S STORY WITH ALICIA RULE AND SHARON SHEWMAKE, THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME.
THEN I ATE SOME REALLY GOOD FOOD, AND I GOT COFFEE.
[LAUGHTER] EVERYONE GOT COFFEE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE ABOUT THAT. IT WAS A REALLY BIG OPPORTUNITY.
THEN ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK, WE PUT ON A PEP ASSEMBLY.
WE CALLED IT OUR BELATED ANNUAL VALENTINE'S DAY ASSEMBLY WHERE WE SPREAD THE LOVE FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS AROUND OUR SCHOOL. IT WAS REALLY COOL.
WE GOT TO SHOWCASE [INAUDIBLE], CHESS QUEEN, FFA, WINTER SPORTS, ESPECIALLY GIRLS BOWLING. THE COACH CAME IN AND TALKED.
IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL ASSEMBLY.
WE ALSO GOT TO SHOWCASE BAND, WHICH IS COOL.
THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT ON MARCH 16TH, FROM 6:00-8:00 PM, WE HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE AND THAT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY. I'LL BE THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY CASUAL OPEN HOUSE.
YOU'LL GET TO WANDER AROUND IT, JUST SEE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR ITSELF.
I INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME IN A LEGAL WAY.
[LAUGHTER] WHETHER YOU GUYS COME IN SHIFTS, BUT I RECOMMEND ALL OF YOU GUYS COME IN AND SEE IT.
THEN MARCH 10TH, I BELIEVE, IS THE MULTICULTURAL NIGHT.
I THINK I'LL ALSO BE AT THAT ONE SHOWCASING JUST ME BEING NATIVE AMERICAN AND I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT MY GRANDMA AND HER EXPERIENCES.
THEN A BUNCH OF OTHER KIDS ARE GOING TO BE THERE SHOWCASING THAT IS BEING PUT ON BY JASMINE BATISTA.
SHE IS A BRILLIANT JUNIOR. I LOVE HER.
THEN MARCH 10TH IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL NIGHT.
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WE HAVE KIDS FROM VISTA AND HORIZON COMING DOWN TO SEE WHAT OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM DOES AND JUST TRYING TO BOOST ENGAGEMENT FOR FRESHMEN.IT'S A COOL OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SHARE.
>> NO, THEY DEFINITELY AREN'T.
I DON'T KNOW. LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
[LAUGHTER] YES, I THINK IT'S MARCH 8TH.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT BETWEEN THERE.
I WILL SAY, THEY SAID IT BEST.
WE MADE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH THE LEGISLATORS.
THE ADULTS, WE CAN ALL TALK AND THEY NODDED AND THEY WERE POLITE.
BUT WHEN THE STUDENTS SPOKE, THEY TOOK NOTES. THEY WERE QUIET.
YOU COULD SEE DEFINITELY THE POWER AND THE VOICE OF THOSE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO THE POLICIES.
>> IF ANYBODY MISSED IT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT KWABENA SAID ON KING 5 LAST NIGHT.
BECAUSE HE WAS INTERVIEWED ON KING 5 AND HAD A GREAT QUOTE ABOUT, "WHEN STUDENTS TALK, ADULTS LISTEN."
>> JAZZY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
MARCH 10TH IS OUR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY EVENT, SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANYONE THERE.
MARK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING HERE JUST ON TIME, ON BUDGET.
I THINK ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS, EVERY DAY I'M IMPRESSED.
YESTERDAY, WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE TALKING, THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT THE NEW BUILDING HAS MEANT AND JUST THE SHIFT IN HOW THEY LEARN AND HOW THEY INTERACT AND HOW THEY'RE GETTING TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SEE THE FUTURE.
THEY'RE GETTING TO EXPERIENCE EDUCATION IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY AND JUST HOW IT HAS CHANGED THE ACTUAL RIGOR OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
I JUST THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT THE ENVIRONMENT REALLY IS THE THIRD TEACHER.
YOU HAVE THE PARENT, THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO SHARE THE LAST 24 HOURS JUST WHAT THIS HAS MEANT TO THEM.
I THINK A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR WHAT IT'S DOING TO STUDENT OUTCOMES.
>> YEAH. I JUST WAS WONDERING HOW CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT CHANGES THE RIGOR, THAT I'M NOT MAKING THE CONNECTION.
THEN EVEN JUST HAVING FACILITIES THAT WORK LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CULINARY ARTS.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN OVEN THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO TURN ON.
WHEN THERE'S HEAT IN THE BUILDING.
BEING ABLE TO HAVE LOTS OF SPACE TO WALK DOWN THE HALL.
THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEARNING SPACES, SO IF YOU GO INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE SMALL GROUPS GATHERING, THERE'S MULTIPLE SPACES FOR LARGER GROUPS TO GATHER.
THEY CAN ALSO SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEARNING THAT ARE HAPPENING, SO THERE'S QUESTIONING.
>> JUST IN GENERAL, SINCE THE TECHNOLOGY IS BETTER, THERE'S A SCREEN IN EVERY CLASSROOM, AND SO TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO SHOW STUDENTS MORE, AS WELL AS THE WI-FI BEING MORE ROBUST, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO MORE THINGS, MORE RELIABLY WITHIN THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO TOUCH ON, THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS JUST ENABLING NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF TO DO THINGS AT A HIGHER CAPACITY.
>> PLUS I WANT TO ADD, DURING OUR CONSCIOUS HOURS, WE'RE AT THE SCHOOL MORE THAN WE ARE AT HOME.
COMING TO A SAFE PLACE LIKE A SCHOOL, IN A CLASSROOM, OUR ENVIRONMENT, IS TRULY WHAT MAKES US.
JUST BEING SURROUNDED BY GOOD ENERGY OR JUST A CLASSROOM WE CAN TAKE PRIDE IN LIKE YOU SAID, THAT MEANS A LOT TO A KID.
>> I GUESS, I JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF RIGOR.
WHEN THE WORD, RIGOR, IS USED, I'M THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE.
I CAN APPRECIATE HOW NICE IT IS TO HAVE FACILITIES THAT ACTUALLY WORK AND BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO AND ALL THAT, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I JUST WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH THE CONCEPT OF RIGOR.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IT TRICKLES DOWN.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE REALLY CONNECTED.
IT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY.
THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS THE BASELINE.
EVERY INSTITUTION NEEDS A SCHOOL BUILDING THAT CAN ACTUALLY FIT THE MODEL FOR EDUCATION THAT YOU WANT.
IF IT'S NOT WORKING, THEN YOU CAN'T DO THINGS AT THE CAPACITY THAT YOU WANT TO.
EVEN JUST HAVING A ROOM THAT IS CLIMATE CONTROLLED MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
BECAUSE LIKE JAZZY SAID, IT IS OUR SECOND HOME AND WE NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THERE IN ORDER TO DO THINGS EFFECTIVELY.
BECAUSE IF I'M CONSTANTLY COLD, MY BODY TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO BE DROPPING AND I'M GOING
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TO WANT TO FALL ASLEEP, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE CHILD, THE ENVIRONMENT IS PART OF THAT AND THE TEACHERS TOO.
THERE'S A STRONG SENSE OF PRIDE.
SPEAKING OF THAT, COME SEE THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE.
I KNOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE GYM.
WE'LL BE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE ON MARCH 16TH TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A TOUR THROUGH THE ACADEMIC WING.
THAT WRAPS UP MY UPDATES FOR TONIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.01 OF OUR AGENDA,
[6. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
WHICH IS REVISIONS OR REVISING THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, POLICY 8, OE8, THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD.IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS A REPORT THAT WE DISCUSSED IN OUR JANUARY MEETING AND AS PART OF OUR PROCESS, IT IS BACK NOW BEFORE THE BOARD FOR IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN REGARDS TO THE INDICATORS OR THAT.
I DID NOT HAVE ANY ON MY LIST WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH MY NOTES FOR TONIGHT.
BUT I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WERE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAD ANYTHING ON THERE THAT WE WANTED TO BRING UP TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS CHANGES IN THE MONITORING OF THIS AREA.
>> I DO KNOW THAT THE POINT WE CAN SHOW EVIDENCE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS COLLECTED SURVEY RESULTS, INTERVIEWS, AND ANECDOTAL DATA FROM DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND I SHARED SUCH INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD.
WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AS A VOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES AND ADVISORY GROUPS AND SUCH HAVE A PLACE FOR A STUDENT ON EACH OF THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE REVISION TO THIS OR IF THAT GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR IF IT'S ALREADY DONE.
>> THE TEAM AND I'VE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEWEST STUDENT, EARLY LEARNING ADVISORY MEMBER, AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN PUTTING STUDENT VOICE.
I THINK IT'S FINE TO PUT IT IN THE POLICY, INCLUDING STUDENTS THAT WILL FOREVER HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND WHAT'S IN HERE, WE CAN SAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.
>> WOULD THAT BE ON 3.1 THEN WHERE WOULD WE PUT LIKE A THREE-POINT FOR THAT? LIKE A SEPARATE LINE AND 3.1 TALKS ABOUT DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
BUT SINCE WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT LIKE SPECIFIC COMMITTEES OR SPECIFIC ADVISORY GROUPS OR TASKFORCE, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT, OH, 3.2 I'M SORRY.
WE CAN SHOW THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES FOCUSED ON SIGNIFICANT DISTRICT ISSUES AND INITIATIVES.
WOULD STUDENT MEMBERSHIP ON THOSE BS LIKE AND ON THAT SENTENCE OR WOULD IT BE ITS OWN?
>> IT COULD BE ONE OF THE INDICATORS.
WHY DON'T WE DO THIS, I'M GOING TO LOOK TO KELLY AND TRINA, WILL YOU HELP ME DEVISE SOME LANGUAGE THAT I CAN SEND OUT TO THE BOARD AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO ALL OF YOU AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT FOR NEXT MONTH AND SEE IF THAT MEETS THAT.
JASMINE CARBENE, WOULD YOU HELP US THINK THROUGH THAT WHERE THAT SHOULD BE IN THAT REPORT?
>> YES. I HAVE A QUESTION WITH ANY OF THESE REPORTS.
BECAUSE PERIODICALLY I'LL LOOK AT ONE AND I THINK, COULD THAT BE CHANGED? CAN YOU MAKE NOTES TO DISCUSS AT ANY POINT DURING THE CYCLE OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT THE FULL YEAR TILL WE COME AROUND TO THIS THING AGAIN OR.
I KNOW YOU HAVE THESE THINGS ON A SCHEDULE FOR DISCUSSION AND WHATNOT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGED, IS THERE SOME PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DEPOSIT THOSE FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE THAT IT EXISTS CURRENTLY,
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BUT IT PROBABLY WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE, WHEN I'VE BEEN IN OTHER GROUPS, WE'VE CALLED IT A PARKING LOT WHERE YOU JUST PARK THINGS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE'RE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION SO NOW LET'S BRING IT UP SO WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT THERE ARE TIMES I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING IN IT'S OFF-TOPIC AND I THINK OF A NOTE AND WRITE IT DOWN BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'LL FORGET IT.I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO DEVELOP SOME A POLICY PARKING LOT ITEMS THAT WE CAN JUST KEEP AN AGENDA GOING OF THOSE OR OH, HEY, REMEMBER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OEA, WE NEED TO BRING UP THIS TOPIC.
BECAUSE MY THOUGHT, AND THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHT FOR DISCUSSION, IS THAT IF WE'RE THROWING THESE THINGS OUT AND WE'RE JUMPING FROM POLICY TO POLICY, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO KEEP TRACK.
BUT IF WE HAVE A PLACE WE CAN PUT THOSE AND JUST HAVE THEM IN HOLD UNTIL WE TALK ABOUT OEA OR OUR RESULTS 2.3 OR WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE POLICY IS, I THINK THAT'LL BE A MORE MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION THAN IF WE'RE RANDOMLY PICKING THEM UP ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IF THERE ISN'T SOMETHING MAJOR THAT WE CAN'T TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF ORDER BUT JUST TO TRY AND BE EFFICIENT WITH THEM, I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THEM WITH THE TIME AND WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE A SPOT.
I DON'T WANT TO VOLUNTEER, CHRIS, BUT SHE'S GOOD AT KEEPING THINGS ORGANIZED AND SO MAYBE SHE CAN HAVE A FILE THAT SHE JUST KEEPS THOSE THINGS IN.
>> WELL, I GUESS WHAT I WAS THINKING IS WHEN WE REVIEW THESE THINGS AND WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND EVERYBODY MAKES COMMENTS AND WHATNOT THEN WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSION, IT DOES JUST LEAVING COMMENTS IN A PILE SOMEWHERE TO SORT THROUGH LATER CONSTITUTE HAVING ANY INTERACTION.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT DOES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM IF WE HAD A SYSTEM LIKE THAT WHERE YOU CAN JUST GO AND LEAVE A COMMENT.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I JUST NOTICED LANGUAGE ON THIS LADY.
IS THAT CONSIDERED DELIBERATION OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY COULD DO AND BECAUSE, I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, I SIT DOWN AND I LOOK AT SOME OF THE POLICIES SOMETIMES AND I THINK, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT COULD BE CLEANED UP.
YOU TALKED ABOUT DOING POLICY REVIEW AND AND THERE ARE THINGS I'VE NOTICED AND I THINK I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT AND I THINK I HOPE THAT WE'LL DISCUSS THAT WHEN WE GET IT BACK AROUND TO IT BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I JUST MARK IT UP.
BUT IF THERE WAS A PLACE TO PUT THAT STUFF SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE.
IS THAT CONSIDERED DELIBERATION IF OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON CERTAIN THINGS? IT WOULDN'T BE DELIBERATION IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION ON IT AND WE WOULDN'T TAKE ACTION ON IT UNTIL THE RESULTS POLICY COMES UP.
BUT HAVING IT IN YOUR OWN TYPE OF THING IF IT'S WHATEVER THE SCHEDULE IS, WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY ON IT OR GIVING IT TO CHRIS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE STICK TO THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE.
WE COME WE DO EACH REPORT AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS, SO WITH A FOUR-YEAR TERM, YOU'RE GOING TO COME ACROSS EACH POLICY TWICE.
YOU DO NEED TO GIVE YOUR BEST EFFORT TO THE POLICY THAT YOU WERE DEALING WITH AT THAT TIME BECAUSE YOU WILL PROBABLY, IN A SINGLE TERM, YOU'LL SEE IT TWICE.
JUST TREAT EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
I'VE GOT TO DO MY BEST WORK NOW WITH THIS THAT I HAVE AND THEN AS THEY COME THROUGH THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, IF WE DO OUR BEST WORK EACH TIME WE'LL END UP WITH YEAH, IT'S AN ICEBERG.
>> THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION IN THE DASHBOARD.
YOU COULD HAVE A SPOT FOR THAT THAT'S VISIBLE FOR EVERYBODY TO ACCESS.
>> I WAS THINKING CHRIS AND I ARE SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THIS AND WE AS PART OF BREAKTHROUGH, WE HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE EVERY DAY WHERE WE MEET AND WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT PIECES.
I'M WONDERING IF WE GRAB SELENA AND WE THINK THROUGH WHAT A STRUCTURE WOULD BE, THAT IT WOULD BE PUBLIC SO YOU CAN SEE EACH OTHER.
IT COULD BE THE DASHBOARD, IT COULD BE A GOOGLE FORM THAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO, THAT YOU COULD JUST DUMP THINGS IN.
ONE THING I DO KNOW IS CHRIS IS VERY ORGANIZED SO IF YOU DID SEND IT TO HER, SHE'S GOT THE POLICY.
SHE CAN LIST IT AND KEEP TRACK OF THAT INFORMATION THAT COULD BE ACCESSIBLE AT ANYTIME.
IF YOU GIVE US A LITTLE TIME TO THINK THROUGH IT, PEGGY, LET'S SEE IF CHRIS, SELENA, AND I CAN COME UP WITH A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO SEE EACH OTHER'S THINKING, BUT ALSO FOR YOU TO DUMP YOUR LIST IN.
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DOES THAT WORK? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ASK?>> YEAH, I GUESS I JUST WAS THINKING ALONG THE LINE AS WE'VE HAD THESE THINGS COME AND GO.
THEN MONTHS AFTER THAT WE THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AT THE TIME AND PUT IT IN, BUT IT DIDN'T ANNOUNCE GOING TO BE ANOTHER WHOLE [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'D BE REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT THOUGH, BECAUSE MONTH OR TWO LATER YOU THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE AND YOU'RE LIKE, I WISH I WOULD HAVE.
IF THERE'S ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT COMES AFTER ME THEY COULD TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
WHAT I PUT IT IN AS LIKE, I THINK THIS ONE MAYBE NEXT TIME WE GO THROUGH, WE COULD ADD THIS TO IT OR TAKE THAT AWAY.
JUST TO HAVE THAT CONTINUITY OF WHAT THE BOARD IS THINKING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON WHAT A PAST BOARD MEMBER HAD, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY WERE THINKING.
>> IT CERTAINLY MIGHT GIVE US SOME INSIGHT TO UNDO IT.
>> YEAH, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? THAT THING. [LAUGHTER]
>> OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS?
>> TONY, YOU'RE BRAVE. I'M PROUD.
I THINK THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, SETTING UP SOME STRUCTURE ON HOW TO MAINTAIN IT IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE AS THINGS COME UP, THIS POLICY MIGHT NOT BE APPLICABLE.
IT'S GOOD TO MAKE THOSE NOTES AND HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN MAKE THOSE NOTES RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
MAYBE NOT CHANGE IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE, BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DIDN'T FIT IN THIS SITUATION.
I AGREE. HAVING A STRUCTURE FOR THAT. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, IT DOES MAKE SENSE AND BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY, IT'S LIKE, THIS SOUNDS GOOD, BUT THEN SOMEWHERE A SITUATION COMES UP THAT BRINGS IT INTO WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD AND IT'S LIKE, WE REALLY NEED TO.
I THINK IF I CAN DARE SAY THIS, WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD WITH OUR POLICY AS FAR AS ELECTING OR SELECTING A CANDIDATE IF SOMEBODY RESIGNED AND WE FOUND OUT THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND WE FOUND OUT SOME THINGS THAT PROBABLY MAYBE IN RETROSPECT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED OR CHANGED.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING IT, THE CHANGES AREN'T AS OBVIOUS, AREN'T AS APPLICABLE.
BUT AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THAT, IT'S LIKE, WE SHOULD CONSIDER THIS WHEN WE REVIEW THIS AND THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S A REAL TIMELY EXAMPLE OF IT.
OTHER COMMENTS? WHAT I'M HEARING AT THIS POINT IS WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT AS FAR AS THE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT ON THOSE COMMITTEES WITHIN OUR INDICATORS.
WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO KRISTI AND TRINA AND SELENA TO INCORPORATE SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAY, AND KELLY, SORRY, GETTING ALL MY NAMES TOGETHER.
THEY'LL COME BACK WITH SOMETHING NEXT TIME. KELLY WILL KICK ME.
[LAUGHTER] SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO.
THEN WE WILL APPROVE THAT NEXT MONTH.
THAT TAKES US ON THEN TO ITEM 7.01,
[7. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]
WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE POLICY 1400; MEETING CONDUCT ORDER OF BUSINESS IN QUORUM.THE REVISIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE DOCUMENT THAT IS ATTACHED ON BOARD DOCS.
WE HAVE IT HERE TONIGHT TO HAVE A FINAL DISCUSSION AND TO VOTE ON.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE 1400 POLICY?
>> I DO STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
THERE'S THE BIT ABOUT EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS AT BOARD MEETINGS.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT'S MEANT TO ADDRESS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE ONLY COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE HAD BROUGHT TO A BOARD MEETING REGARDING EMPLOYEE SITUATIONS WHERE AFTER THESE PEOPLE RESIGNED OR WERE FIRED OR WHATEVER.
IS THAT MEANT TO CURTAIL THAT? I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD ANYBODY WHO IS ACTIVELY EMPLOYED THAT CAME THROUGH AND DID THAT.
I THINK THEY WENT THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS.
WHAT IS THAT MEANT TO ACCOMPLISH?
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EACH OF THE EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S TO BE USED FOR EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES.
IN EACH OF THEM, THERE IS A STEP THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS TO BE INVOLVED.
BUT TAKING THAT AS A PUBLIC COMMENT, TAKES THAT PROCESS CLEARLY AND COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN AGREED UPON OVER TIME.
I THINK THAT'S WHY THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
>> IF I'M INTERPRETING THIS CORRECTLY, NOBODY HAS DONE THAT ACTUALLY, THAT'S JUST THERE TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM NOT GOING THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS TO BEGIN WITH.
BECAUSE IT'S LIKE AFTER SOMEBODY QUITS OR IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED, THEN THAT DOESN'T REALLY APPLY, DOES IT? I GUESS MY CONCERN WAS WHY? I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST OBVIOUS THAT YOU GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS FIRST AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNELS THAT EXIST BEFORE YOU WOULD EVER SHOW UP AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
>> THAT WOULD BE MY INTERPRETATION AND THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE THE LOGICAL PROGRESSION.
THEY SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH THOSE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES POLICIES WITHIN THEIR AGREEMENTS FIRST.
THERE IS WITHIN THOSE LIKE JOHN'S, AT LEAST TO MY UNDERSTANDING AND HE KNOWS THOSE CONTRACTS BETTER THAN I DO, THAT THERE ARE STEPS WHERE THE BOARD IS INVOLVED IF THERE BECOMES AN IMPASSE OR OR SUCH. OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE REVISED POLICY 1400 AS ATTACHED TO HERE TOO.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 1400 AS ATTACHED HERE TOO, AND MAKE IT PART OF THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> NAY. I STILL HAVE TO [INAUDIBLE] YOUR QUESTION.
>> BASED ON THAT THEN THE POLICY IS APPROVED AND DID PASS.
>> I WOULD LIKE MIGHT ABSTAIN.
>> THAT IS FINE AND MY APOLOGIES.
[LAUGHTER] AND SO ONE ABSTENTION.
WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.01,
[8. FOCUS ON STUDENTS]
WHICH IS TO REVIEW THE MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POLICY 2.3.THIS IS THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE.
THIS IS THE REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US LAST MONTH AND WE'VE HAD TIME TO READ IT AND TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY.
IN REGARDS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE FELT THAT WE WERE DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS OR NOT, THERE'S ONLY ONE INDICATOR WITHIN THIS REPORT, SO IT MADE FOR A QUICK SURVEY TO FILL OUT, BUT DEFINITELY WE HAD SOME COMMENTS AND SO NOW THIS IS A TIME WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE AND SO THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
>> THE THING I LIKED ABOUT THIS REPORT IS I LIKED THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY LIKE WITH THE FIFTH GRADERS NOT TAKING THE TEST THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A REASON WHY THE SCORES WERE HIGHER BECAUSE FIFTH GRADERS DON'T HAVE AS MUCH EXPOSURE TO SCIENCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING YET.
BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO 8TH AND 11TH GRADE, YOU DO.
SO I APPRECIATED THAT EXPLANATION.
BUT IT ALSO FELT THAT AS FAR AS THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED, THERE WASN'T DATA THERE TO SHOW THAT THOSE FIFTH GRADE SCORES REALLY WERE LOWER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
THEN WHEN IT GOT I ALSO LIKED IN THERE THAT THERE WAS SUGGESTIONS THAT MAY BE ONE WAY TO BRING UP THE FIFTH GRADERS SCORES WOULD BE TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF AND BRINGING SOME OF THAT SCIENCE EDUCATION DOWN TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, WHICH GENERALLY SPEAKING, I WOULD BE LIKE, YEAH,
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BUT THAT'S GOING TO COST MONEY AND I THINK IN ORDER FOR THAT TO COST MONEY OR TO REDISTRIBUTE WHERE FUNDS ARE.I THINK GOING BACK TO SEEING THAT DATA SO WE COULD SAY THAT'S WHY I VOTED YES ON THAT ONE.
BECAUSE THAT DATA SHOWED THAT STUDENTS THAT GOT THAT EDUCATION DID BETTER ON TESTS THAN STUDENTS WHO DIDN'T.
I LIKED HAVING, THIS IS AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THIS IS WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT BETTER.
BUT THE THING THAT WAS MISSING FOR ME WAS JUST BREAKING OUT THAT DATA SO THAT IT SUPPORTED THOSE INTERPRETATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS.
>> I GUESS MY COMMENT WOULD BE MAYBE I MISSED.
>> IT'S ON, IS IT WORKING NOW?
>> YEAH, IT'S JUST NEED TO BE CLOSER.
>> SORRY TO READ. [LAUGHTER] I THINK THE FIRST THING I LIKE MOST ABOUT THIS, IT WAS ONLY THREE PAGES LONG.
SO WAS THERE A REASON WHY THE FIFTH GRADERS DID NOT DO THE TEST ASSESSMENT?
>> THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WE TESTED IN THE FALL AND FOR SOME REASON THE SCIENCE ASSESSMENT WASN'T A PART OF THAT AND I THINK, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK.
I THINK IT'S THAT WE REPORT TO BEYOND THE STATE FOR ENGLISH AND MATH AND NOT SCIENCE.
SCIENCE IS A STATE ASSESSMENT, WHEREAS ENGLISH AND MATH AS WELL.
>> I JUST PUT IT TOGETHER AS DO YOU THINK THAT THAT COULD HAVE IMPACTED THE PERCENTAGES THAT ARE RECORDED WITH THEM NOT TAKING THE ASSESSMENT? IT APPEARED TO ME IN THE DATA.
THEN ALSO DURING THESE REPORTS, I THINK WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME FALLOUT FROM COVID OUT OF CLASS LEARNING AND SO IT'S HARD TO REALLY EVALUATE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE, I MEAN IT WAS DIFFICULT TIME AND I STILL THINK WE'RE SEEING SOME RESIDUAL FROM THAT SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.
>> MELINDA, I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL STATEMENT AND JOHN AND I HAD THE I WOULD SAY, WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE RECENTLY WITH OUR SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS OUR TEAM OF THEM FROM BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS GONE THROUGH I WOULD SAY IT STARTED AT HORIZON AND NOW IT'S MOVED TO AND YOU PROBABLY READ ABOUT IT, THE OPENSCIED.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME TREMENDOUS WORK DONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WITH OPENSCIED AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THEY ROLLED OUT OPENSCIED AND NOW IT HAS MOVED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SO THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IS PILOTING THE OPENSCIED, WHICH IS AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE, WHICH MEANS IT DOESN'T REALLY COME AT A COST FOR US.
THERE IS COST WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUIRING SUPPLIES.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED RIGHT NOW TO OPENSCIED IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH A FIELD TEST AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND IN THIS CONFERENCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OSPI WERE ALSO THERE AND I JUST HAVE AN EMAIL WHERE THEY'VE REACHED OUT JUST TRYING TO SEE IF WE HAVE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO BE PART OF THEIR FIELD TEST OF OPENSCIED MATERIALS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'RE IN THIS ODD PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE OPENSCIED MATERIALS TO ROLL OUT FOR ELEMENTARY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE K12 SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE.
BUT THEY'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE DO HAVE INTERESTS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF POTENTIALLY BEING PART OF THAT FIELD TEST.
WE WOULD BE COMING DOWN AND WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE EXPERTS AND ACTUALLY TRAINERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT US IN THAT EFFORT.
SO WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND WE HAVE A GREAT PLAN THAT WILL BE EXCITED TO SHARE MORE WITH THE GREATER TEAM ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> DO WE HAVE WITHIN THE SCIENCE AREA, I MEAN SOME OF THE OTHER ACADEMIC AREAS WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE TEST DATA AND I DON'T WANT TO GET STUCK ON TEST DATA BUT TO SEE SOME OF THE MORE, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? NOT WAITING FOR THE STANDARDIZED TESTS WITH THAT, [OVERLAPPING] THE INFORMATIVE FEEDBACK.
>> THE INFORMATIVE OF THE DAY-TO-DAY.
I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE IN TERMS OF SCIENCE THAT'S WHAT THIS OPEN SIDE IS DOING.
IT'S BUILDING A COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND LANGUAGE AND LOOKING AT THINGS AND JUST THE CONVERSATIONS THAT JOHN AND KELLY
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SHARED THAT THE TEAM WAS HAVING THERE THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION.HOW ARE THEY CALIBRATING? WHAT ARE THEY SEEING, WHAT ARE THEY NOTICING? WHAT ARE THEIR OBSERVATIONS IN ORDER TO CHANGE THEIR INSTRUCTION RIGHT THERE IN THE MOMENT TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES.
STEVE I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID AROUND THE FALLOUT OF COVID AND ONE THING THAT I DO THINK THAT WE'RE SEEING AND IT'S NOT MEASURED HERE, I FOUND IT IN MY ENTRY PLAN DATA BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT AND AS I'M TALKING TO TEACHERS THIS IS COMING UP IS OUR ATTENDANCE AND WE HEARD IT FROM THE CANDIDATES LAST WEEK.
IF YOU'RE NOT AT SCHOOL YOU CAN'T LEARN AND OUR ATTENDANCE WENT WAY DOWN DURING COVID AND IT'S STILL SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S AN AREA OF FOCUS WE NEED TO ATTEND TO BECAUSE IF KIDS ARE NOT AT SCHOOL OUR SCORES AREN'T GOING TO.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT MEASURED NECESSARILY IN THESE REPORTS BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A VARIABLE THAT'S HAVING AN IMPACT.
TEACHERS ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO ENGAGE STUDENTS, SUPPORT FAMILIES BUT I THINK REALLY UNPACKING WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, GETTING TO SCHOOL IS THE QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK AND HOW DO WE SUPPORT THAT CHANGE?
>> YOU SAID THAT IF STUDENTS AREN'T AT SCHOOL AND THE SCORES AREN'T GOING TO, TEST SCORES AREN'T GOING TO BE GOOD.
DO WE EVER GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE PEOPLE WHO JUST SIMPLY OPT OUT OF TAKING TESTS BECAUSE THAT AFFECTS TEST SCORES TOO [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU'VE ASKED THAT BEFORE AND THE HOMEROOM WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THAT.
JUST A MINUTE, TRINA OR KELLY DO YOU KNOW WHEN HOMEROOM WILL BE UP AND RUNNING?
[LAUGHTER] WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW THE BIGGEST PROJECT IS HAVING HOMEROOM COMMUNICATE WITH OUR VARIOUS VENDORS.
LIKE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS EVEN OUR OSPI DATA WE HAVE TO MAKE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HOMEROOM INDIVIDUALS, THEIR TECH TEAM AND OSPI.
FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE FOR INSTANCE AMERICAN READING COMPANY WE USE THE IRLA DATA SO IT'S ESTABLISHING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN HOMEROOM AND IRLA.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING RIGHT NOW BUT I WOULD ALSO SHARE THAT ONE OF OUR CANDIDATES LAST WEEK SHARED ABOUT USING HOMEROOM AND THAT SHE IS A DATA PERSON FOR MOUNT VERNON.
BOBBY'S GOING DOWN THERE ON THE SEVENTH NEXT WEEK TO MEET WITH HER TO SEE SOME OF THE DATA DASHBOARDS THEY HAVE CREATED WITHIN THEIR HOMEROOM PROGRAM.
THAT'S ANOTHER PIECES WHILE WE'RE STILL CREATING THESE CONNECTIONS, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO CUSTOMIZE BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE HOMEROOM LOOK A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE WANT IT TO MEET OUR NEEDS HERE IN FERNDALE.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SHE MENTIONED.
THE OTHER ONE WAS MONITORING THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN AND FOR US THAT'S JUMPSTART DATA.
WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY WE WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE FOR US.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME BUT WE WANT TO DO IT WELL AND WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
WE WANT IT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT.
>> THEN I THINK PEGGY WITH THAT WHO'S OPTING IN OR WHO'S OPTING OUT AS BEING ABLE TO TRACK THAT.
LAST WEEK I ASKED FOR SOME DATA REGARDING SOMETHING AND IT CAME IN 800 PAGES.
I THINK IT'S HARD TO FILTER THROUGH SOME OF THAT SO WE'RE JUST REALLY GOING TO BUILD THIS DASHBOARD AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE SO EXCITED WHEN WE PUSH A BUTTON AND WE HAVE A GRAPH.
>> WHEN I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THAT DATA MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO US BOTH IN TEST SCORES AND ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS IT'S GOING TO HELP MAKE THESE REPORTS MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE AND BE ABLE TO FOLLOW TOO BECAUSE WE WILL BE ABLE TO PICK OUT THOSE THINGS.
>> ONE THING YOU SAID, DR. DOMINGUEZ IS THAT ATTENDANCE IS NOT REALLY REFLECTED IN THESE REPORTS.
SHOULDN'T ATTENDANCE BE ONE OF OUR REPORTS? BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD BE IMPACTING WHY A STUDENT ISN'T AT SCHOOL AND MAYBE IF WE HAD THAT IN A REPORT WE COULD SAY WELL, DO WE NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS OVER HERE OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES OVER THERE?
I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMITTEES NEXT YEAR THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM IS HOW DO WE SUPPORT.
THAT'S BEEN A REQUEST FROM SOME STAFF THAT I'VE GOT IS HOW DO WE COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE, WHAT'S THE PARENT EDUCATION PIECE LOOK LIKE? HOW'S THAT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INVOLVED? WHAT ARE THE STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT A SCHOOL? IF THEY'RE TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THE FAMILY, THE TEACHER IS NOT HAVING TO SPEND HOURS CALLING EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A PARTNER IN THE WORK.
IT COULD BE WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT ATTENDANCE AND TALK ABOUT ATTENDANTS RELATIONSHIP TO THESE REPORTS INSTEAD OF HAVING EVEN.
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LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT, ABOUT WHERE IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE AND MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE I KNOW IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.>> CHRISTINE IF I MAY THROW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE BALL HERE.
WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DASHBOARD.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ORG CHART, IS THAT INCORPORATED INTO THE DASHBOARD OR IS THAT SEPARATED?
>> NO THAT'S GOOD. ACTUALLY. JOHN, KELLY AND TRINA SPENT ON THEIR SNOW DAY SPENT ABOUT 3 HOURS WORKING OUT THAT ORG CHART AND SO IDENTIFYING PART OF IT IS LOOKING AT THE ENTRY PLAN DATA SO THAT NEEDS TO GET VETTED THROUGH AND THEN WHAT ARE THOSE GAPS.
AS WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ATTENDANCE WHY THAT COMES UP THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
LIKE WHO'S IN CHARGE AND HELPING SUPPORT ATTENDANCE.
IF SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION, WHO'S THE POINT PERSON FOR THAT? THAT'S STILL IN ROUGH DRAFT FORM BUT IT'S DEVELOPING AND WE'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE WE VET THAT WITH OUR DIFFERENT GROUPS AND MAKING SURE THAT IT MATCHES WHAT THE STAFF WAS SAYING THEY WERE NEEDING IN SUPPORT OF. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
I WOULD SAY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE AND MORE ABOUT THAT.
PART OF THAT ORG CHART AND I SENT AN EMAIL OUT LAST WEEK TO THE STAFF AND SO NEXT YEAR JOHN WE'LL BE MOVING OVER TO TEACHING AND LEARNING AND THEN KELLY, FAY AND JOHN WILL ALL BE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
YOU'LL SEE POSTED SOON A DIRECTOR OF HR.
WE'LL BE LOOKING WITHIN THAT ORGANIZATION SO MARK AND JOHN AND THE TEAM ARE LOOKING AT THAT REORGANIZATION OF THE HR TEAM.
IT'S ALL THOSE LITTLE PIECES SO WITHIN EVERY PART, EVERY DEPARTMENT I'M ASKING THEM TO EVALUATE WHAT'S EFFECTIVE, WHAT'S EFFICIENT, WHAT CAN WE STOP DOING? BECAUSE I THINK IN EDUCATION SOMETIMES WE HAVE A HABIT OF JUST ADDING, SO WE NEED TO STOP AND SAY WHAT'S NOT WORKING DIRECTLY AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS AND THEN WHERE ARE THE GAPS?
>> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE SCIENCE REPORT?
THERE WAS SOME SENTENCES IN THERE SAYING HOW OPENSCIED WILL HELP INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND HOW AMBITIOUS SCIENCE TEACHING TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS WILL ENGAGE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE IN AN EQUITABLE WAY, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY EXAMPLES ON HOW IT WOULD SHOW INCREASED EQUITY IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.
THIS IS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD SO I APOLOGIZE IF THIS IS.
>> KELLIE AND JOHN, WE'RE ALL GETTING NAMES WRONG TONIGHT.
I'VE JUST CAME BACK FROM TRAINING SO I WAS WONDERING IF THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE.
AMBITIOUS SCIENCE TEACHING WAS THE BRIDGE IN TO OPENSCIED AND WE EMBARKED ON THAT RIGHT AROUND 2016, 2017 WITH OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW DO YOU ENTER SCIENCE USING A PHENOMENON BASED APPROACH.
SO YOU HAVE A BIG IDEA AND THEN YOUR STUDENTS ARE USING SCIENCE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF THE PHENOMENON.
ONE THAT WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO IS, WILL BANANAS GO OUT OF EXTINCTION? THEY USE ALL THEIR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
ANOTHER ONE THAT IS NOW PART OF THE OPENSCIED UNITS, SEVENTH GRADE IS ABOUT A SEVENTH GRADER WHO'S REALLY SICK AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PERSON AND SO THEY GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL ILLNESS IS.
THEN AMBITIOUS SCIENCE TEACHING IS MORE OF A PEDAGOGY OF ENTRY INTO HOW YOU TEACH IT AND THEN THAT TRANSITIONED INTO MOVING INTO THE OPENSCIED CURRICULUM, WHICH IS AGAIN PHENOMENON BASED.
LOTS OF THOUGHT PROCESSES AROUND HOW STUDENTS THINK, HOW THEY ARE USING LOGIC THAT'S REAL-WORLD, IT'S RELEVANT, IT'S MEANINGFUL IN ORDER TO TRY AND SOLVE THE OVERARCHING QUESTION. FEEL FREE TO ADD.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY, DEFINITELY THE ENTRY POINT IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO PIQUE STUDENTS CURIOSITY
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AND IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGES STUDENT VOICE IN THE PROCESS.IT'S ABOUT ALLOWING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN SOMETHING THAT'S OF INTEREST TO THEM, THAT PIQUES THEIR CURIOSITY AND ALLOWS THEM TO EXPLORE AND ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION AND WORK WITH OTHERS.
IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO BE WHERE STUDENTS ARE REALLY IN THIS INQUIRY PROCESS, WHERE THEIR VOICE IS ON OR THEY'RE VERY MUCH PART OF THE WORK AND VALUED AND HONORED THROUGH IT.
>> MELINDA, I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S GERMANE TO THAT QUESTION IS THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM IS REALLY DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE COMPARE TO MAYBE YOUR OWN HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE WHERE I'M TAKING A BUNCH OF NOTES AND MEMORIZE A BUNCH OF FACTS AND THEN TRYING TO REGURGITATE THEM AND REALLY NEVER CONNECTING THEM TO REAL LIFE.
THE PHENOMENON THAT FAY WAS TALKING ABOUT ARE USED PEDAGOGICALLY IN ORDER TO GET KIDS TO REALLY TRY TO THINK ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE AND WHY IS WHAT'S HAPPENING, HAPPENING TO AVOID MISCONCEPTIONS AND GET TO THE TRUTH BEHIND THE SCIENCE.
>> WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THERE'LL BE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, LOTS OF PHENOMENA TO CHOOSE FROM SO THAT'S THE HOOK AS FAR AS EQUITABLE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS FOR CHILDREN TO ACCESS THEM ON WHATEVER LEVEL OR WHATEVER INTEREST THEY HAVE AND THEN GETTING INTERESTED IN THAT QUESTION, THEN THEY LEARN THE SCIENCE PRINCIPLES AND SUCH, CORRECT?
>> I THINK FOR THE MOST PART YOU ARE CORRECT.
I THINK THAT TYPICALLY THERE IS A UNIT THAT'S FOCUSED ON A PHENOMENON AND THEN HOW THEY ENTER INTO IT OR THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN THE INVESTIGATION OR THE INQUIRY PROCESS CAN VARY DEPENDING ON INTERESTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT I THINK EVERYONE IS COLLECTIVELY EXPLORING A PHENOMENA.
>> WHERE CAN YOU LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM?
>> YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO OPENSCIED AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S CONSIDERED AN OPEN SOURCE OR AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE SO YOU ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT ALL ONLINE.
BUT RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY MIDDLE-SCHOOL IS WHAT'S OUTRIGHT NOW AND THE FIELD TESTING IS HAPPENING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT AS READILY AT THIS POINT UNTIL THEY HAVE THAT FIELD TEST COMPLETED.
>> PEG, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE REPORT AND THE LIVE LINKS, IF THEY'RE NOT IN THERE, LET ME KNOW.
THEY SHOULD BE RIGHT IN THERE FOR YOU TO JUST CLICK ON AND OPEN THAT RIGHT UP.
>> I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT OPENSCIED JUST ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE ED REPORTS BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH IN DEVELOPMENT.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ED REPORTS CAME BACK AS WHETHER THEY DESCRIBE IT AS GREEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
IT GETS REALLY HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
>> TOP-RATED GREEN AND THE REVIEWS ARE ALL IN THE OPENSCIED WEBSITES, SO ALL THAT CONTENT IS THERE.
>> I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE GREEN IS PART OF THE WHOLE THING, IS THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS, THE WHOLE TEAM WAS FANTASTIC.
BUT THE TEACHERS THAT ARE REPRESENTING FERNDALE ARE ABSOLUTELY LEADING THE WAY IN WASHINGTON STATE AND IT HAS GOTTEN US SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
OSPI IS VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING AND ARE OFFERING A WHOLE LOT OF INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT WITH US RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS ARE SO DEDICATED TO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR, I LIKE THAT.
I LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT US LIKE WE'RE EXPERTS.
>> A COUPLE OF OUR TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY TRAINERS AS WELL.
>> YEAH, WHICH TEACHERS ARE THOSE? JUST BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE NICE TO TALK TO THEM.
MALIA MCDOWELL, WHO'S CURRENTLY AT HORIZON, AND THEN MARGARET MORGAN WHO RETIRED LAST YEAR.
SHE'S A TRAINER AND I WENT THROUGH IN THE FALL AND I TOOK ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS THROUGH THE ESD AND THEY'RE OFFERED FAIRLY FREQUENTLY SO IT WAS GREAT TO WATCH THEM TEACH TEACHERS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT OPENSCIED.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE SCIENCE REPORT? WHAT'S THAT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> CAN WE TAKE ANY ACTION ON THAT ONE?
>> YEAH, WE WANT TO TAKE ACTION AS FAR AS APPROVING IT AND THE ONE THING
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AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS WE SHOULD BE APPROVING IT AS A MONITORING REPORT.IN A RESULTS POLICY, IT SHOULD BE EITHER WE'RE DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS OR NOT DEMONSTRATING AS OPPOSED TO COMPLIANT.
WE'VE TALKED AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE THINGS IRONED OUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH.
THE REPORT ACTUALLY HAD THE [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, THE DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE VERSUS NOT DEMONSTRATING.
THE SURVEY HAD THE COMPLIANT VERSUS NON-COMPLIANT OR COMPLIANT WITH EXCEPTIONS.
THE CHAIR WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE MAKE A MOTION IN THE FORM OF EITHER DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS OR NOT DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS AS WE ACCEPT THIS REPORT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THIS REPORT AS DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THIS REPORT AS MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE REPORT IS APPROVED.
AGAIN, WE WILL BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS CHANGING INDICATORS OR SUCH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE NEXT MONTH.
THEN THAT BRINGS US ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA PORTIONS OF OUR MEETING,
[9. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
[10. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDA.THESE ARE A GROUP OF ITEMS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY MANY A TIME BEFORE THE BOARD IS ALLOWED TO APPROVE WITH ONE MOTION AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS FOR EACH ITEM.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE OR OUT IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE, THESE ITEMS ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON BOARDDOCS.
THE BOARD HAS BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THOSE ITEMS AHEAD OF TIME AND SO THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR TO GET CLARIFICATION ON ANYTHING.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT, IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM DISCUSSING OR ASKING QUESTIONS AT THE MEETING ABOUT THOSE.
THE ONLY TIME WE'D NEED TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA IS IF WE WANT TO TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON A PARTICULAR ITEM AS OPPOSED TO VOTING ON IT AS PART OF THE WHOLE AND SO AT THIS TIME, THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND/OR A MOTION TOWARDS HANDLING SUCH.
ONE THING I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTHY OF HAVING THAT DISCUSSION JUST WHILE PEOPLE ARE THINKING.
BUT MAYBE CHRISTIE, IF YOU JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE THAT ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS, IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS OF HOW THE CALENDARS FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING, WE'VE GOT BEFORE US THE CALENDARS FOR 2023, 24 TO 24, 25 AND 25, 26 SCHOOL YEARS.
THOSE ARE UP. MAYBE IF YOU DON'T MIND EXPLAINING HOW THOSE CAME ABOUT.
>> YES. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN TO MY TEAM, BUT FOR CLARITY, THE QUESTIONS THAT I AM HEARING ARE WHY THREE YEARS, WHAT'S THE PROCESS, AND HOW DO THOSE CALENDARS COME TO BE IN THEIR CURRENT STATE AND THEN WHAT WOULD THE NEXT PHASE BE.
>> THANKS. THE SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR IS ACTUALLY A BARGAINED AGREEMENT WITH THE FUNDER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE DISTRICT.
PART OF THE TEACHER'S CONTRACT LAYS OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT WITH THE TEACHERS.
WHEN WE'RE COMING UP TO NEEDING A NEW CALENDAR, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE 22, 23 SCHOOL YEAR IS THE LAST CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD, WE GATHER WITH A GROUP OF TEACHERS NOMINATED FROM THE FEA LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT.
WE SIT DOWN AND WORK OUT SOME CALENDAR OPTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEARS.
I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE THAT IT IS REALLY NICE TO KNOW WHEN POTENTIAL HOLIDAYS WILL BE SCHEDULED, SUCH AS WINTER BREAK, SPRING BREAK, THE START AND THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO PLAN AHEAD.
WHEN WE MET IN JANUARY, THERE WERE A GROUP OF US FROM THE TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION AND THE DISTRICTS.
WE START TALKING ABOUT CALENDARS LIKE IT'D BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE THREE YEARS SO
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THAT WE'RE NOT WONDERING WHEN THE START OF SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.THEN WE START LOOKING AT HOW MANY DAYS WE NEED, WHEN NATURAL HOLIDAYS AND TIME OFF MIGHT MAKE SENSE.
WE PUT TOGETHER SEVERAL OPTIONS.
THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WITH FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN THE THIRD YEAR OUT, WE ACTUALLY REALLY ONLY HAD TWO OPTIONS THAT MADE SENSE.
AT THAT POINT, WE HAND THE SUGGESTIONS BACK TO OUR TEACHERS UNION AND THEY GET TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR THE UPCOMING IS.
THE TEACHER'S VOTE, THEY COME BACK, SHARE WITH US THEIR CHOICE, AND THEN WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR ADOPTION.
ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT, THEN WE RECONVENE AND WE PUT THINGS INTO THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, SUCH AS CONFERENCE DATES, EARLY RELEASES, GRADUATION IS TYPICALLY UNLOOKED AT AT THAT TIME.
THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE FINAL DETAILS PIECE CONVERSATION, BUT NOT UNTIL THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
I TOTALLY AGREE BECAUSE I WAS ON THE BOARD WHEN WE WERE APPROVING THESE THINGS, LIKE WE'D APPROVE NOW THE NEXT YEAR SCHOOL CALENDAR AND IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE WHEN TO BE NICER TO GET THAT OUT AHEAD OF TIME FOR PEOPLE PLANNING.
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY APPRECIATED DURING TONY'S INTERVIEW LAST WEEK WAS SHE TALKED ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE AND HEAD AS FAR AS WITH LEGISLATIVE THINGS AND PLANNING AND ADVOCATING IS, WE HAVE THREE CALENDARS BEFORE US.
HAS THE GROUP THOUGHT OF OR IS THERE A PROCESS SO THAT NEXT YEAR WE APPROVE THE 26, 27 CALENDAR AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT AS OPPOSED TO? WE'VE GOT THESE THREE YEARS AND WE GET TO THE END AND LET'S DO THREE MORE?
>> I HEARD IT. WE'RE LAUGHING BECAUSE THOSE OF US THAT WERE ON THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE ALL SAID, OH WOW, THAT WAS AN AHA MOMENT.
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND BE A YEAR OUT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BUILD IN KEVIN.
WE DEFINITELY HAD THAT AHA MOMENT.
>> SOMETIMES IT SAYS OBVIOUS THINGS THAT CATCHES SO COOL.
THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY DOES HELP EVERYBODY'S PLANNING PURPOSES.
THE VOTING ON THE SEPARATE CALENDARS IS OPEN TO ALL FEA MEMBERS.
>> I KNOW HISTORICALLY THAT THERE'S BEEN COLLABORATION AS FAR AS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN REGARDS TO WHAT THEIR HOLIDAY SCHEDULES AND BREAKS ARE.
>> WE HAVE OUR EMAIL RIGHT IN OUR INBOX RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE'RE WAITING FOR THIS.
WE'RE ASKING WHEN OUR BREAKS ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE PLANNING ATHLETICS AND SHARED RESPONSES TO THINGS.
YEAH, THEY'RE VERY CURIOUS IN OUR CALENDARS.
>> ANOTHER THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WE OPTED TO PUT IN ITEM 10.05, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS 30E3, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A RELATIONSHIP WITH AND ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
I DIDN'T WANT THAT. THERE IS A HARDCOPY WITHIN YOUR PACKETS.
JUST DIDN'T WANT THAT TO GO UNNOTICED SINCE WE DID CHANGE WHERE WE PUT IT, SINCE THERE'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING WE DO WITH IT OTHER THAN RECEIVE IT AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE'LL BE DISCUSSING OR WILL HAVE THE SURVEY AND BE DISCUSSING THAT NEXT MONTH.
>> CAN I GO BACK TO THE CALENDAR?
>> I KNOW IN THE PAST BECAUSE IN DISTRICT 3, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN THAT GO TO LEMMY AS WELL AS TO THIS DISTRICT.
TRYING TO ALIGN THOSE HOLIDAYS IS IMPORTANT.
I HOPE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN COORDINATE.
PARENTS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION WHEN ONE DISTRICT WAS CLOSING, THE OTHER ONE WASN'T.
THEY HAD TO MANAGE THAT CHILDCARE. THANK YOU.
>> CHRISTIE, YOU SAY THERE AREN'T ANY MINUTES THAT WE CAN REFER TO THIS CALENDAR?
>> I SAID I DON'T HAVE THEM SO I CAN ASK THE TEAM DO KEEP MINUTES SEVERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MINUTES SO WE COULD REFLECT BACK ON THE CONVERSATION.
>> I GUESS THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVEN'T I, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS EXACTLY.
BUT IF THERE'S LEGISLATURE EVER MAKE
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CHANGES THAT AFFECT THE NUMBER OF TEACHING DAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? IF SO, IF THERE'S A CHANGE MADE, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE CALENDAR?>> THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE FEA AND THE DISTRICT WOULD SIT DOWN BACK AT THE TABLE AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
JUST LIKE YOUR CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT POLICY, WE MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WE CAN FOR RIGHT NOW THIS IS BASE, BUT IF SOMETHING CHANGED, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE TABLE.
>> I GUESS AT SOME POINT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND JUST HAVE SOMEBODY DEBRIEF ME ON HOW THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS AND THE CALENDAR WORK TOGETHER LIKE, WHAT, HOW'S THE CALENDAR USED IN THE PROCESS OF BARGAINING?
WE CAN FIND SOMEONE FROM THE DISTRICTS AND SOMEONE FROM FEA, AND THEN WE CAN WORK TO SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU AND THEN YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> I KNOW JUST MY CALLING IN LIFE TO ADD THE HISTORICAL APPROACH.
BUT WE HAVE HAD THAT WHEN THERE'S BEEN THINGS LIKE SNOW DAYS OR THE LEGISLATURE HAS GIVEN WAIVERS AND THERE'S BEEN A COLLABORATIVE.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO COORDINATE THAT IN? HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE THOSE DATES? AGAIN, IT'S A WORK WITH THAT CALENDAR COMMITTEE AND THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR EVERYBODY?
>> TONY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT.
DURING COVID WE USED TO DO A PACKED LUNCH THING FOR STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE ACCESS TO FOOD.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR LIKE TEACHER WORKDAYS? I KNOW ON EARLY RELEASE DAYS WE SEND KIDS HOME WITH A PACKED LUNCH.
ORIGINALLY I CALLED SACK LUNCH.
IF THERE WAS A SIMILAR THING WHERE PARENTS OR SOMEONE WHO CAN COME PICK UP A FOOD LIKE A SACK LUNCH FOR THEIR KID, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE DAYS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALWAYS DO NEXT.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ONE MEAL TYPE OF THING.
>> CHRISTIE, COULD YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO DESCRIBE ITEM 9.10, THE APPROVED HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM? WHAT THAT IS.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT AND THEN YOU WATCH THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AND SEE HOW I DID. [LAUGHTER] HOW'S THAT?
>> WHAT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS [LAUGHTER] I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THESE ITEMS TOO.
WE ACTUALLY DO NOT TAKE THE GRANT FUNDS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE. YEAH, WE DON'T.
BUT EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T TAKE THEM, WE STILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE A PLAN.
LAST YEAR THIS PLAN WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE GETTING IT APPROVED NOW.
THE PROGRAM ITSELF DID NOT CHANGE.
SEE, THEY'RE GETTING CALIBRATED. ANYWAY, WE SHOULD HAVE THE PLAN.
ONE THING THAT DID COME UP AND I THINK PEGGY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY.
WHEN I WAS DOING MY ENTRY PLAN, I SPENT TIME IN EVERY CLASSROOM AND KEVIN AND I HAVE TALKED A BIT ABOUT THIS.
WHAT I WOULD ACTUALLY ASK IS NEXT YEAR WE DO A REVIEW OF OUR HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE WONDERS I HAVE AND I'LL SHARE THIS DATA, I HAVE A GRAPH FOR IT.
I ACTUALLY PULLED UP THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF WHO'S CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AS HIGHLY CAPABLE.
IT DOES NOT REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS.
CURRENTLY, ABOUT 94 PERCENT OF THE CHILDREN RECEIVING, WHO HAVE ACCESS TO HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAMMING ARE WHITE, WHICH IS DEFINITELY NOT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC.
HOW DO WE ENGAGE IN A UNIVERSAL SCREENER? WHAT'S THE RIGOR THAT GOES INTO THOSE? I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN STILL, SO I GOT ABOUT THIS MUCH IN GETTING TO GO VISIT THOSE PROGRAMS AND MEET WITH THE TEACHERS.
I'M HOPING THAT NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE PROGRAM.
WHAT YOU SEE IS A PLAN THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN ENACTED.
A YEAR AGO, IT WAS APPROVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND IN THE APPROVAL PART BUT NOW I'M GOING TO TURN AROUND, AND SEE HOW I DID. I GOT A THUMBS UP.
>> [OVERLAPPING] ONE OF THE THINGS ALONG THAT LINE IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING AS THE WALLS TO CONFERENCE ATTENDED A SESSION WHERE THEY DID UNIVERSAL SCREENING AND IT WAS INTERESTING WHAT THEY HAD AND THEY FOUND.
I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT US BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE TAKE-HOME MESSAGE WAS, THEY WERE FINDING A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO WEREN'T IDENTIFIED WHEN IT WAS DONE BY THIS PICK-AND-CHOOSE MODEL AS OPPOSED TO WHEN IT WAS DONE UNIVERSALLY.
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>> SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH MY KIDDOS.
AT THAT TIME, IT WAS SECOND GRADE WHEN STUDENTS WERE NOMINATED FOR IT.
THEY COULD BE NOMINATED BY PARENTS, OR THEY COULD BE NOMINATED BY TEACHERS, I THINK THEY COULD BE NOMINATED BY ANYBODY.
IT WAS MAINLY PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
THERE WERE SOME TEACHERS AT SOME SCHOOLS WHO DIDN'T NOMINATE ANYBODY.
THERE WERE SOME PARENTS WHO TOTALLY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHEN TO NOMINATE AND WERE IN A SOCIAL CIRCLE SO THEY KNEW AND THEY WERE ON IT.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD NO IDEA ABOUT IT.
IT VARY AND MY KIDS WERE IN IT.
THEY BENEFITED FROM IT AND LOVED IT.
BUT IT DEFINITELY BEING IN IT, IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS LIKE A WIND TUNNEL THAT KIDS GOT SUCKED INTO AND IT WAS GOOD.
BUT FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THE WIND TUNNEL WAS THERE, IT WAS NOT GOOD.
>> YEAH. I THINK THE OTHER THING AND I ASKED THIS MANY A TIME WHEN MY KIDS WERE IN IT IS, WHY AREN'T WE DOING THIS WITH ALL THE KIDS? BECAUSE SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES AND SUCH THAT THEY WERE USING WITHIN THAT PROGRAM WOULD HAVE BENEFITED ALL STUDENTS.
>> I WASN'T SURE IF I HEARD THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION CORRECTLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, IT'S LIKE THE PROCESS FOR, ARE WE TALKING LIKE AIMING HIGH IS THAT THE PROGRAM? IS THE PROCESS FOR GETTING KIDS INTO AIMING HIGH THE SAME AT EVERY BUILDING? OR IS IT VERY, I'VE WONDERED THAT EVER SINCE MY KIDS WERE-.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE THE ANSWER BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT YOUR BUILDING.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WHAT MELINDA SAID AND YOU AND I TALKED A BIT ABOUT THIS.
ALSO, I WONDER ABOUT THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE.
I WONDER WOULD A PORTFOLIO, I WONDER HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT IT'S NOT KIDS WHO HAVE COMPLIANCE OR MAYBE NOTICED MORE THAN A FRIEND WHO LIKES TO SHOW HIS CREATIVITY OR HER CREATIVITY BY ROLLING.
THERE'S MORE LEARNING I WANT TO DO, BUT I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON IT HERE.
I WANT TO FIND OUT WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT INQUIRY WITH ME.
>> CHRISTIE, IF I COULD JUST ADD JUST TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, PEGGY IS BUT WE DO HAVE SOME CONSISTENT GUIDELINES FOR ENTRY WITHIN A PROGRAM.
THERE ARE RUBRICS THAT WE USE, SCORING GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE DETERMINING PLACEMENT.
FAY CAN MENTION THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND I WILL SAY NO LONGER ARE WE ALLOWED TO USE TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT PROCESS.
THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM EVERY BRICK BUT UNIVERSAL SCREENING.
SOMETHING KEVIN WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
KELLY, WE REVISED OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURES.
IT WAS EITHER LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE.
THAT'S WHEN THE TEACHER RECOMMENDATION DOES NOT GET A SCORE ON THE RUBRIC, SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE DECISION.
>> DOES THAT MEAN PRETTY MUCH THEN ITS PARENT AND CAREGIVER THAT WOULD NOMINATE?
>> THE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS THAT STUDENTS WOULD TAKE.
>> I'D LIKE IT NOTED, I REALLY WOULD LIKE THE UNIVERSAL SCREENING.
>> I THINK I'VE HEARD THAT FROM MOST OF YOU.
>> YEAH. WELL, DEPENDING ON THE ASSESSMENT, THERE'S ALL ASSESSMENTS BUT SOME DO WELL ON ASSESSMENTS AND OTHERS DON'T.
>> ARE THE ASSESSMENTS THE SAME EACH YEAR? I MEAN, DO THEY STILL HAVE THAT DECORATE A BIRTHDAY CAKE THING?
>> [LAUGHTER] YEAH. THE REASON I'M ASKING ON THAT QUESTION IS THAT THERE'S A CREATIVITY PART OF IT.
THAT'S ONE YEAR, IT MIGHT BE DECORATE THE BIRTHDAY CAKE, THE OTHER IT'S DESIGN THIS, WHATEVER.
BUT THERE'S PARTS OF THE TESTS THAT YOU CAN TEACH TO THE TEST TYPE OF THING.
UNIVERSAL LEARNING IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM, BUT IT JUST WOULD BE NICE TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY FAIRLY.
>> MELINDA, THAT BIRTHDAY CAKE.
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[LAUGHTER] CHRISTOPHER DIDN'T GET INTO AIMING HIGH BECAUSE OF ONE POINT ON THE BIRTHDAY CAKE.HE'S GRADUATED, HE'S IN A CREATIVE FIELD.
HE'S A CREATIVE PERSON MAKING A LIVING THAT WAY.
>> THE TESTS CAN HAVE THEIR FLAWS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDAS? IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDAS?
>> SURE. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA AND THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS AS ATTACHED HERE TOO, AND MADE IT PART OF THE MINUTES.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ACCEPT BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED AND MAKE THEM PART OF THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE?
>> ANY ABSTENTIONS? [LAUGHTER] UNDERSTANDABLE.
THE CONSENT AGENDAS ARE APPROVED.
THAT TAKES US ON TO THE SHARING PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
[11. SHARING [GC-7.E]]
I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE, IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD.GO AHEAD, MELINDA. I KNOW YOU ARE [OVERLAPPING]
EVERYBODY SIT BACK, GRAB YOUR DRINK.
[LAUGHTER] I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS PAST WEEK FROM TUESDAY WHERE WE APPOINTED TONY TO YESTERDAY, WHERE WE FINISHED UP WITH A DAY ON THE HILL, WAS THE BEST SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR WEEK EVER.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE INCREDIBLES WHERE FLASH SAYS THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER? THIS WAS THE BEST WEEK EVER.
TONY, ADDING YOU TO THE BOARD AND GETTING A DIFFERENT VOICE THAT CAN ILLUMINATE US WITH JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF SEEING THINGS.
EACH OF US HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF SEEING THINGS.
BUT I WELCOME YOU ALL AS OUR FIFTH WITH VOICE HERE AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THE WEDNESDAY WAS A REST DAY [LAUGHTER] I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY.
BUT THURSDAY LAST WEEK WE HAD THE MATH OLYMPIAD THAT WAS HELD UP AT CASCADIA ELEMENTARY, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE, BUT IT WAS REALLY COLD THAT DAY, SO I DROVE.
ANYWAY, I APOLOGIZE TO ANY PARENT THAT I MAYBE GOT THEIR PARKING SPOT, BUT IT WAS COLD.
IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS EXCITED ABOUT MATH AS IF THEY'RE LIKE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO.
THERE'S ONE YOUNG MAN, DAMIAN PARSONS, I USED TO WORK WITH HIS MOM.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THIS KID.
HE WAS, I THINK IN 3RD GRADE AND WON THE 5TH GRADE LEVEL.
I WENT AN HOUR OR SO EARLY AND I WAS HELPING GRADE TESTS AND EVERYTHING, AND I WAS SITTING AT ONE TABLE.
THESE WOMEN WERE SAYING THAT THEY WERE ON THIS TEAM AND THIS TEAM WAS GOING TO DO REALLY WELL BECAUSE DAMIAN WAS ON THE TEAM.
APPARENTLY, DAMIAN HAD A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE ON HIS TEAM [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE HE HAS SOME STANDARDS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY DAMIAN, YOU'RE FANTASTIC.
[LAUGHTER] HE'S JUST GREAT, AS ARE ALL OF THEM.
THEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT [OVERLAPPING].
>> MELINDA, HOW OLD IS DAMIAN?
>> DAMIAN IS IN 6TH GRADE NOW.
>> THAT MAKES HIM WHAT? TWELVE, 11?
THEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE SECOND NIGHT OF LES MIS.
THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO CELEBRATE THEIR TALENTS AND TO SHOW THEIR TALENTS.
I DID NOT KNOW SOPRANOS COULD HIT THOSE NOTES.
I HAVE NO MUSICAL ABILITY WHATSOEVER, BUT I COULD DEFINITELY HAVE MUSIC APPRECIATION HERE.
THERE ARE STILL FOUR MORE SHOWS, I THINK, FOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND TWO ON SATURDAY, AND MONDAY IN THE EVENING, SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING TO SEE LES MIS.
WELL, SATURDAY NIGHT KWABENA WAS TELLING ME HOW IT WAS GOING TO
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SNOW AND IT WAS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO GET DOWN TO OLYMPIA.MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE BAD.
I WAS TELLING BOTH OF THEM, I'M NOT LISTENING TO YOU, AND I WAS RIGHT [LAUGHTER].
AT 8:30, I MET JAZZY AND KWABENA DOWN AT THE PARKING LOT AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL AND WE DROVE DOWN TO THE CONFERENCE.
AT THE CONFERENCE, FOR LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE DAY ON THE HILL, I TOLD THEM BOTH.
I'M LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE FROM ONE O'CLOCK UNTIL ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK.
GET COMFORTABLE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE MOST EXCITING TIME OF YOUR LIFE, BUT GET COMFORTABLE.
WE'LL LISTEN TO WHAT BILLS ARE OF IMPORTANCE TO EDUCATION THIS YEAR AND LEARN THE HOT TOPICS, HOW THOSE BILLS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE PAST WEEK, ETC.
JAZZY ACTUALLY TOLD ME YESTERDAY.
SHE WAS LIKE, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED. CAN I SAY WHAT SHE SAID? SHE'S LIKE, I HAD PRETTY LOW EXPECTATIONS, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING [LAUGHTER].
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SET THE STAGE REALLY WELL.
>> I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE WHOLE THING ABOUT GOVERNMENT, WHETHER IT'S AT A SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL OR IT'S EVEN AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, IS THAT EVERYBODY WHO DOES THESE ROLES ARE PEOPLE.
AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM, EVEN IF THEY THINK THEY ARE, BUT NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS AN EXPERT IN EVERYTHING.
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THOSE ROLES LOOK TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM LOOK LIKE AN EXPERT SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB WELL.
THE THING THAT I HAVE FOUND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IS THAT IF YOU JUST SAY YES AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU WOULD BE REALLY SURPRISED AT HOW EASY IT IS TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP TO AGREE AND TO DISAGREE WITH THEM AND CONTINUE HAVING A CONVERSATION AND ACTUALLY MOVE THE BALL FORWARD.
I WAS REALLY GETTING EXCITED TO BRING TWO YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ARE FANTASTIC AND SHOW THEM THAT IT DOESN'T END AT THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THERE ARE OTHER LEVELS WHERE YOU CAN REALLY GET INVOLVED.
THAT DAY WE LEARNED ABOUT THE HOT TOPICS AND THE HOT TOPICS THIS YEAR, SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.
MARK, YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS IF I GET IT WRONG. YOU'RE ON POINT HERE.
[LAUGHTER] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT'S A LAW THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND MEET THE NEEDS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
BUT OUR FUNDING IN WASHINGTON STATE, WASHINGTON STATE SAYS TO EVERY DISTRICT, ONLY 13.5% OF YOUR STUDENTS CAN BE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
>> WELL, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL ONLY PAY FOR.
YOU CAN INTERPRET IT IS THAT THEY THINK THAT THAT'S THE TOP, THAT'S THE LIMIT OF WHAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE JUST UNDER 15%, SO THAT 13% TO 15%, WHEN THEY PROVIDE THE FUNDING APPORTIONMENT FROM THE STATE, THEY DON'T PROVIDE US ENOUGH FOR THAT, JUST UNDER 15%.
WHERE DO WE MAKE UP THAT MONEY FROM? WELL, WE MAKE UP THAT MONEY FROM OUR LEVY.
ONE OF THE OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT WAS THERE, COOPER GRADAINE FROM LINDON, HE GAVE A REALLY GOOD CONCISE REPORT, MUCH MORE CONCISE THAN ME.
REALLY CONCISE REPORT FROM LINDON THAT FOR THEM, THEIR DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT THE STATE GIVES THEM TO WHAT THEY ACTUALLY PAY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION IS $2 MILLION.
THAT $2 MILLION, WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND ARE TRYING TO PASS THE LEVY AND THEY'RE SAYING THIS IS FOR ENRICHMENT.
IT IS FOR ENRICHMENT, BUT IT IS ALSO TO COVER FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION OF WHAT IS NOT BEING FUNDED.
WHEN YOU'RE TELLING THE VOTERS THIS IS FOR ENRICHMENT, BUT YOU'RE USING IT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, THAT DOES NOTHING TO BUILD TRUST WITH YOUR VOTERS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE MEET THE NEED.
IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT IN WASHINGTON STATE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, THEN FUND THEM.
THE OTHER ONE WAS TRANSPORTATION, SIMILAR STORY.
THE WAY THAT THE TRANSPORTATION MODEL IS WRITTEN OUT, IT DOESN'T MEET THE NEEDS.
WHEN JAZZY AND KWABENA WENT OFF TO MEET WITH SUPERINTENDENT REYKDAL AND GOT TO ASK QUESTIONS WITH THEM.
THEY VERY QUICKLY BECAME RECOGNIZED AS, WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM.
THAT'S WHEN KING 5 SAID THEY WANTED US TO TALK TO KWABENA AND I WAS SUPER EXCITED ON THAT.
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I FANGIRLED IT AND VIDEOTAPED IT MYSELF JUST IN CASE I MISSED IT ON THE NEWS.I HAVE THE FULL REEL IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIS FULL REEL.
I KNOW I'M MISSING ONE OTHER THING? ANYWAY, THE EXPERIENCES, THE ACCESS, THE OPPORTUNITIES, SAY YES WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO PROUD OF ANY OTHER KIDS BESIDES MY OWN.
I WILL SAY I'VE BEEN VERY PROUD OF MY OWN KIDS, BUT YOU GUYS, I HAVE NEVER BEEN AS PROUD AS TO OTHER KIDS AS I WAS OF YOU GUYS YESTERDAY.
IT WAS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH. I DID GET TO BANG THE GAVEL ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
NOBODY ELSE WAS THERE EXCEPT US, BUT I GOT TO BANG THE GAVEL.
>> NOT REALLY OTHER THAN THAT, I'VE JUST BEEN DOING A BUNCH OF READING LATELY AND I THINK I MIGHT JUST BOMBARD YOU ALL THE THINGS I'VE BEEN READING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SHARING.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WELCOME TONY TO THE BOARD.
I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK JAZZY AND GUANA FOR GOING DOWN TO OLYMPIA AND PARTICIPATING.
I ALSO APPRECIATED SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE BONDS AND THAT SUPPORT.
YOU MENTIONED NORTH BELLINGHAM, WHICH IS PART OF MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS A PASSION OF MINE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE.
ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING SOME GREAT WORK, SOUNDS LIKE AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT.
I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH YOU TO JUST MAN, BLOWING MY MIND LIKE YOU SEE HERE WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST WEEK.
[LAUGHTER] I'M JUST LIKE, WOW, HOLY COWS, OKAY, I GOT TO STEP IT UP.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE AND I'M SO HUMBLED TO BE A PART OF THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I EMBRACING MYSELF FOR ALL THE READING I'M GOING TO BE DOING.
>> WELL, THANK YOU TONY. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE WORDS OF WELCOMING YOU HERE.
WE WILL TRY TO CONTROL THE FIREHOSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
IT IS LIKE DRINKING FROM A FIREHOSE.
CERTAINLY, IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO BE PART OF A SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAS SUCH GREAT STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.
THAT HAS BEEN A TRADITION OF OURS, OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE ONES THAT PEOPLE HAVE LISTENED TO AND SEEK OUT FOR THEIR OPINIONS.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THAT TRADITION.
I WOULD ECHO MELINDA'S WORDS AS FAR AS MATH OLYMPIADS, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT AS WELL.
IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THE KIDS GET EXCITED ABOUT MATH.
I'M GOING TO PUBLICLY PUT IT WHAT IS A BUG IN PEOPLE'S EARS, ALL THOUGH I'VE ALREADY DONE IT.
SARAH STEELE WHO HEADS THAT UP, HAS INDICATED THAT SHE'D BE WILLING TO HELP WITH ORGANIZING IT IF THE FERN DELL WANTS TO HOST THE COUNTYWIDE COMPETITION.
I KNOW MELINDA AND I HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE FOR IT AND HOPEFULLY THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE ON BOARD WITH DOING THAT AS WELL.
I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE CENTRALLY LOCATED THERE.
WE CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY IT WOULD BE GREAT TO DO IT.
WHAT'S THAT? BLANE DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS I WANTED JUST TO GET SOME INPUT FROM THE BOARD IN REGARDS TO WE DO NEED TO SCHEDULE A FEW STEADY SESSIONS IN MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY AT LEAST.
LOOKING FOR SOME INPUT AS TO HOW TO BEST GO ABOUT DOING THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS HARD BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR SCHEDULES AND I GOT TO LOOK AT THIS OR I GOT TO CHECK WITH THIS ARE SUCH DO THE GOOGLE SURVEYS THAT CHRIS HAS SENT OUT IN THE PAST WORK, ARE THERE OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AS FAR AS WAYS OF DOING IT? JUST BECAUSE LOOKING AT TRYING WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AT NIGHT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
BUT DEFINITELY WE'VE GOT SOME TOPICS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE TIMES TWO, AND WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE'S OTHER.
WE KNOW PEOPLE HAVE A LIVE, BUT WE'VE ALSO MADE A COMMITMENT AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
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TO LEARN ABOUT THESE THINGS AND TO DO THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT.LIKE I SAID, OUR THOUGHT WAS WE WERE GOING TO SEND OUT A GOOGLE POLL, BUT WANTED TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAD ANY OTHER IDEAS PRIOR TO.
IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT, WE'RE ALL EARS.
>> I LIKE THE IDEA OF A GOOGLE POLL.
OF COURSE, IDEALLY WE HAVE ALL FIVE OF US HERE.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A NIGHT WHERE IT CAN ONLY BE FOUR OF US.
I THINK I WOULD RATHER HAVE A STUDY SESSION IN A MONTH WITH FOUR OF US THAN NO STUDY SESSION AT ALL.
>> COULD I SUGGEST THAT BEINGS WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT EMAILS, WHICH INCLUDE CALENDARS, WOULD IT BE TOO MUCH TO ASK US TO SCHEDULE OUR CALENDARS A MONTH OR TWO IN ADVANCE AS TO WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE.
THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT AND WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. JUST A SUGGESTION.
>> I ASSUME WE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO DO IT FOR LIKE EVENING TIMES AND WE CAN ALWAYS MARK EVERYTHING AS PRIVATE.
IT JUST COMES UP AS A BLOCK ON AVAILABLE TYPE OF THING. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
>> DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO OUR CALENDARS, CHRIS, OR CAN WE GET A GROUP TOGETHER TO DO? [LAUGHTER]
>> IT'S TIMELY TODAY BECAUSE I WAS WORKING AT WORK TRYING TO SHARE AND OUTLOOK CALENDAR AND I WAS WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT AND EVEN THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY IT WASN'T SHARING AND SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY.
>> MAYBE WE COULD SEND A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO INVITE LIKE YOURSELF, YOUR SCHOOL BOARD CALENDAR TO CALENDAR APPOINTMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ON LIKE YOUR YOUR PERSONAL, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAND DO IT OR WHATEVER.
>> WELL, WE CAN WORK ON GETTING THAT AND THEN PEOPLE PUT IN AND SINCE WE'RE GETTING USED TO THAT, MAYBE WE WILL SEND OUT A GOOGLE POLL AT THE SAME TIME JUST TO SEE SO WE HAVE KIND OF A TWOFOLD METHODOLOGY UNTIL WE GET THAT UP AND MAKE SURE IT'S ALL WORKING.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE DATES AND WHEN WE'RE ASKING CAN YOU MAKE IT THIS, PLEASE TRY TO BE IN THAT OF CAN I MAKE IT AS OPPOSED TO I KNOW THAT CERTAIN NIGHTS WE'D RATHER NOT, BUT WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'RE DEALING WITH IN DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, PLEASE ONLY BLOCK OUT THOSE NIGHTS THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN'T MAKE IT OR HAVE A PREVIOUS COMMITMENT BECAUSE IT GETS REALLY HARD TO TRY AND GET A DATE SOMETIMES.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I MOVE ON?
>> ACTUALLY A QUESTION ON THAT CALENDARS AND SUCH.
FOR CLARIFICATIONS, STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE WELCOME AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS EXCEPT EXECUTIVE SESSION, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT. YEAH. THEY THEY ARE PART OF THE BOARD.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THEY LEGALLY CAN'T IS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 12.01,
[12. REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD]
WHICH IS THE REORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.I'M HAPPY TO NOT BE KICKING THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD YET AGAIN, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE WHOLE BOARD SEATED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO APPOINT OR ELECT OUR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND DECIDE WHO WILL SERVE ON THE BOARD OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS OUR LIAISON FOR THE 2023 YEAR.
WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS AND, OR NOMINATIONS.
TYPICALLY, JUST AS A MATTER OF HISTORICAL' PRECEDENCE, WE'VE ALWAYS STARTED WITH PRESIDENT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
ANY COMMENTS OR THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS AT THE SAME TIME, WHATEVER.
>> I'LL MAKE A NOMINATION TO NOMINATE KEVIN ERICKSON FOR BOARD PRESIDENT.
>> WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> I'D LIKE TO SAY, KEVIN, THAT YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
I KNOW WHEN THEY SAY THAT BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS THANKLESS WORK OR
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EVEN MORE THANKLESS. THANK YOU.IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT KEVIN ERICKSON, CONTINUE AS PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE 2023.
WE HAVE TO DO THIS BY A ROLL CALL VOTE.
>> GUESS MY VOTE DOESN'T COUNT, BUT I'LL SAY AYE TOO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDORSEMENT AND YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'VE HAD AN INTERESTING GO AND I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, AND HAVE APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME, SO THANK YOU.
>> NOW WE'LL GO ON TO THE ROLE OF VICE PRESIDENT, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR NOMINATIONS THERE AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND I CAN DO THIS.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS PEOPLE, SMALL BOARDS OPERATE UNDER A LITTLE DIFFERENT JURISDICTION THAN DO BIG BOARDS, AND SO THE CHAIRMAN CAN MAKE NOMINATIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MELINDA COOL TO CONTINUE AS OUR VICE PRESIDENT FOR 2023.
>> CAN I SECOND THE NOMINATION OR IS THAT JUST WEIRD? [LAUGHTER]
>> THEN I SECOND THE NOMINATION.
>> OKAY. ANY COMMENTS OR ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL GO AHEAD.
AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT MELINDA COOL CONTINUE AS OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT FOR 2023, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THAT BRINGS US TO DECIDING WHO WILL SERVE AS OUR BOARD OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LIAISON.
GIVEN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE TOUR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY WERE TALKING STEVE'S TALK [LAUGHTER] AND I WAS JUST GOING, PLEASE TAKE ME SOMEWHERE MEDICAL WHERE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT STEVE CONTINUE IN THAT POSITION IF HE'S WILLING TO SERVE.
>> OKAY. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT AS WELL. PEGGY?
THAT WAS EASY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, STEVE, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON THAT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
I KNOW IT'S AN EXTRA MEETING BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU TALK THEIR TALK, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I WOULD BE TOTALLY LOST.
>> AT THIS POINT, CAN I PUT A PLUG-IN FOR IN JUNE, THE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WILL BE OVER, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD SELECT THE LEGISLATIVE REP. BE THINKING ABOUT IT.
[13. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]
>> THAT BRINGS US ON TO ITEM 13.01, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL BOARD EVALUATION OF THE MEETING.
FOR THAT, I TURN IT OVER TO OUR TRUSTY STUDENTS.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE RUBRIC FOR IT.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT'S ON THE RUBRIC.
>> THE PAPER WITH ALL THE CRITERIA, BUT IT'S OKAY.
>> I THINK THERE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS AND I THINK THAT WE ADDED ONTO EACH OTHER'S DISCUSSIONS IN A WAY THAT WAS MEANINGFUL, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LIKED.
I ALSO LIKE THAT THE TIME THAT WE SPENT DURING THIS MEETING WAS MORE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES AND WE WEREN'T REALLY SPENDING TIME
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JUST TRYING TO MICROMANAGE WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE COME TO LEARN IS A BIG POINT OF MINE. JAZZY?WE WERE LIKE A UNITED FRONT ASSIGNMENT.
I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL AND WE SEE EYE TO EYE ON THESE TYPE OF THINGS AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
APPRECIATE THAT AND THOSE WISE WORDS.
WITH THAT, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 14.01,
[14. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WHICH THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES TO DISCUSS A REAL ESTATE ISSUE AND LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING POSSIBLE LITIGATION.NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THIS SESSION OR AFTER IT.
WITH THAT, THE BOARD WILL MOVE INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN WILL BE BACK IN 30 MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BRING US BACK INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION, WE'VE FINISHED UP OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WERE NO DECISIONS MADE DURING THAT TIME AND NONE TO BE MADE AT THIS TIME, SO WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.