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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED APRIL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
[1. CONVENE]
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION,[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SO AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 MINUTES AND WE'LL RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT 6 O'CLOCK.THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, AND ONCE AGAIN,
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WELCOME TO THE APRIL FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, WE ARE NOW COMING BACK FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND GOING TO GET INTO THE HEART OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> NEXT, KWABENA IF WE COULD HAVE YOU READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
>> WE THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGED WE ARE RESIDING ONTO TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED TERRITORY OF THE LEMMY PEOPLE.
THE LEMMY PEOPLE ARE THERE 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'VE CELEBRATED LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS AND ON THE TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED LANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS AS WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE LEMMY PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR BOARD MEETING.
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 CHILD WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND ATTITUDES COMMENSURATE WITH HIS OR HER ABILITIES TO BECOME EFFECTIVE CITIZENS.
IN ORDER TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT PURPOSE THE BOARD NEEDS HERE AND DISCUSS VARYING OPINIONS ON EACH ISSUE.
THAT PROCESS IS BEST SERVED WHEN ALL INVOLVED FOCUS ON THE ISSUES RATHER THAN THE PERSONALITIES.
[4. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, AS FAR AS ASIDE FROM THE PRELIMINARY FORMALITIES IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, AND SO AT THIS POINT, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DO SUCH.>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
A FEW HOUSEKEEPING NOTES JUST IN AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
JUST A REMINDER ABOUT OUR EXITS AND FOR THOSE OF YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE, THE BATHROOMS ARE OUT THE DOOR UP TO THE RIGHT.
I'M ALSO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE AND THIS MIGHT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE WHOLE PROCESS IN WORKED OUT, BUT HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT PER OUR CONVERSATION, A FEW BOARD MEETINGS AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY IN MAKING THINGS BETTER AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
WE DO HAVE AVAILABILITY TONIGHT OF A SPANISH INTERPRETATION OF OUR TRANSLATION OF THE MEETING.
IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED OR IN NEED OF THAT, IF THEY CAN JUST MAKE THAT KNOWN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL GETTING THE PROCESS DOWN, BUT THAT IS AVAILABLE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TO DO THAT FOR US.
WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO SECTION 5.01 OF TONIGHT'S MEETING,
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
WHICH IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.AS WE MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE TIME WHEN THE BOARD IS ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND AND IMPORTANT TO THEM.
IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION, IT IS A TIME FOR BOARD TO LISTEN BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND/OR MADE DIRECT SOMEONE, MOST OFTEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO TAKE A FUTURE ACTION RELATED TO THE STATEMENTS, BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
PLEASE DO NOT INTERPRET THIS AS LACK OF INTEREST ARE CONCERNED, NOR IS IT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH THE SPEAKER'S REMARKS.
OUR SILENCE IS RELATED TO THE RULES OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT THAT REQUIRE US TO ANNOUNCE ANY TOPIC ON WHICH THERE IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSION WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
BY DISCUSSING SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA,
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WE POTENTIALLY DEPRIVE AN INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBER TO BE PRESENT FOR THAT DISCUSSION.THOSE THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THAT GROUP ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CONTACT THE BOARD VIA PHONE OR EMAIL AND OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
AS I'VE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE HAVE IN THE PAST, DRIFTED AWAY FROM ARE SOME ASPECTS OF OUR STATED POLICY IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
OUR INTENT TONIGHT, LIKE WE HAVE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS TO BETTER COMPLY WITH OUR POLICIES.
THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGES, OUR SPEAKERS WILL BE ASKED TO FIRST STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE NAME OF ANY GROUP OR ORGANIZATION THEY ARE REPRESENTED PRIOR TO SPEAKING.
THIS DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF SIGN-IN COMPLETELY ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT SHEET THAT IS STILL REQUIRED AS WELL.
THE TOTAL TIME ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS 45 MINUTES.
SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES APIECE.
WE HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS WITH THIS LIMIT IN THE PAST, BUT WE'LL BE HOLDING MORE FIRM TO IT MOVING FORWARD.
EACH SPEAKER'S TIME, WE'LL BEGIN WHEN THEY STEPPED TO THE PODIUM AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
ANY SPEAKER WHO HAS COMMENTS EXCEED THE THREE-MINUTE LIMIT, CAN SUBMIT THEIR ENTIRE OR REMAINING COMMENTS IN WRITING.
SPEAKERS WILL BE EXPECTED TO AVOID DECLAMATORY, ABUSIVE, REPETITIVE, OBSCENE, AND OR IRRELEVANT REMARKS.
THE FINISHING OF THESE WERE THOSE WORDS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND IN ANY DICTIONARY THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT THERE.
AGAIN, THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR COMMENTS, BUT ASKS THAT YOU COMMENT AND A KIND AND RESPECTFUL WAY.
WE ARE SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE.
FAILURE TO HEED THIS REQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN TERMINATION OF YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
FINALLY, SPEAKERS WILL ALSO 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.
SPEAKERS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO LEAVE ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND ENCLOSED CONTAINERS AT THEIR SEATS RATHER THAN BRINGING THEM TO THE PODIUM.
IF A SPEAKER HAS ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTS FOR THE BOARD, THEY CAN BE GIVEN TO OR THEY CAN BE SET AT THE TABLE THAT IS OUT THERE AND THEN THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED LATER IN THE MEETING.
WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THE FIRST-PERSON THAT I HAVE ON THE LIST FOR TONIGHT IS ANDREW GUSTAFSSON.
>> IS IT ON/ 17- ANDREW GUSTAFSSON IS IN 1730 LABOUNTY TEAM.
HEY, I THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST GO THROUGH SOME LESSONS.
YOU YOUNG MAN, YOU'RE GETTING READY TO GRADUATE PRETTY SOON AND I KNOW WE'RE MISSING A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.
WELL, FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL IN GENERAL IN FRONT OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SITTING ON HERE THAT WE GO THROUGH SOME LESSONS.
EVEN IN THIS FIRST PART OF THIS BOARD MEETING, WE'VE HEARD OF A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT DEFAMATORY COMMENTED ON A LOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER HEARD THAT KEVIN; I MUST HAVE MISSED IT, BUT I NOTICED THAT YOUR EXPLAINER ON WHAT IS COVERED BY PUBLIC COMMENT KEEPS GETTING LONGER AND LONGER.
FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOR THE ONES IN THE BOARD MEMBER, WE'VE LEARNED THAT BOARD MEMBERS CAN DEFAME APPLICANTS.
BOARD MEMBERS CAN DEFAME APPLICANTS, BUT IF A SPEAKER COMES UP HERE AND IT'S RULED BY SOMEBODY EVER TRADED BACK HERE TO BE DEFAMATORY THEN NOT ALLOWED.
THAT'S INTERESTING LESSON, YOU SHOULD TAKE THAT.
LESSONS IN HYPOCRISY YOU'LL LEARN AS YOU GROW UP.
ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS RECENT LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT MEETING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THAT RECORDING.
BUT EVEN THIS ONE WE KEEP REPEATING THE SAME WORD, UNSEATED.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING YOUNG MAN.
IF THEY REALLY BELIEVED THAT THEY'D GIVE THE LAND BACK.
IF THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL NOT GIVE THE LAND BACK.
THIS GOVERNOR, THE SENATE, THE HOUSE, ALL CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS.
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HERE; LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, THE VOTE DONATE LIBERAL.
IF THEY REALLY BELIEVED WHAT THEY SAID, THEY WOULD GIVE THE LAND BACK AND THEY WON'T DO IT.
THEY WON'T MATTER WHO'S IN CHARGE BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT DO IT.
I SAY DO IT, I SAY GIVE THE LAND BACK. GO AHEAD.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I THINK THAT'D BE A VERY INTERESTING OBJECT LESSON.
SOMETHING WITH A COUPLE OF WEEKS LEFT OR MONTHS LEFT, OR HOW LONG YOU ARE INVOLVED HERE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK FOR THAT. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.
THE EMERGENCY RATIONALE DOCUMENT YOU'RE STUDYING LATER I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHO WROTE THIS BECAUSE IT READS LIKE SOMEBODY FORCED FED AND NINTH GRADER ALL THE LATEST CNN GUN STATS AND THEN
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TOLD THEM TO WRITE A BOOK REPORT AND THEN NOW THAT'S BEING ACCEPTED AS FACT TO THE BOARD.BELIEVE ME, I'VE BEEN UP HERE.
YOU'VE SEEN ME UP HERE MANY TIMES SAYING, WHY DON'T WE PUT A NEW SRO CONTRACT IN PLACE? NO SRO CONTRACT STILL, AND YET THE HYPOCRISY SHOWS UP AGAIN WHEN THIS BOARD IS TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY RATIONALES FOR INSTALLING LOCKS.
THIS WHOLE THING COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH SHORTER.
YOU COULD HAVE SAID, HEY, PARENTS, TAXPAYERS, WE THINK STUDENT'S SAFETY IS IMPORTANT.
WE'D LIKE TO DO BETTER JOB LOCKING THE DOORS. THAT'S IT.
INSTEAD, YOU GOT TO GO ON THIS LONG DIATRIBE ABOUT THIS MADE-UP GUN VIOLENCE OF THIS BOOK, I THINK IT'S DAN HEATH SWITCH.
HE SAYS EVEN YOU SEE BABIES COMING DOWN THE RIVER YOUR TENDENCY IS TO JUMP IN AND SAVE THE BABIES, INSTEAD YOU SHOULD GO UPSTREAM AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S THROWN THE BABIES IN.
INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT THE GUN VIOLENCE; THAT PIECE RIGHT NOW, YOU SHOULD GO UPSTREAM AND FIGURE OUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
CULTURE OF VIOLENCE, THAT'S IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND ADDRESS THAT FIRST.
>> THANK YOU ANDREW. NEXT ON THE LIST IS DOM FOAM.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOM FOAM.
TONIGHT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A SPEECH THAT WAS WRITTEN BY SHIRA NAHARI WITH THE TITLE WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? TODAY WE'RE LIVING IN A GLOBALLY POLARIZED WORLD.
ANYONE WHO IS AWAKE, WE'LL HAVE NOTICED THAT.
EACH SIDE CHAMPIONS ITS OWN VERSION OF TRUTH, BUT IF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION YOU WILL SEE THAT THE TIDE IS TURNING AGAINST THE OFFICIAL COVID NARRATIVE AND AGAINST TYRANNY.
HERE WE ARE CONGREGATING IN-PERSON, NO MASKS, NO TESTS, AND NO VACCINE PASSPORTS REQUIRED.
PEOPLE HAVE RETURNED TO WORK AND SCHOOL AND INCREASINGLY INSTITUTIONS ARE DROPPING MANDATES FOR TESTS, MASKS, AND EVEN INJECTIONS THOUGH THAT USUALLY TAKES A FEW LAWSUITS.
COURT RULINGS ARE STARTING TO BE ON THE SIDE OF HEALTH FREEDOM.
THE LIST OF THOSE, VICTORIES GROWS LONGER DAILY.
ONE OF THE MANY OUTSTANDING LAWYERS COURAGEOUSLY CHALLENGING THOSE WHO CREATED TODAY'S CRISIS OF FEAR IS THE FOUNDER OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE, ROBERT F KENNEDY JR.
HE HAS FILED TO RUN AS A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST BOTH JOE BIDEN AND THE OTHER ARCHITECTS OF A FABRICATED PANDEMIC.
HE IS SEIZING THE MOMENT TO ADVANCE JUSTICE AND TO PUT IN PLACE SAFE GUARDS SO THAT FUTURE LOCK DOWNS COERCE MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS, DISCRIMINATION AND CENSORSHIP BECOME IMPOSSIBLE.
I BELIEVE HE CAN WIN, WILL WIN AND MUST WIN THIS CASE.
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH IS ON HIS SIDE, THE ETHICS ARE ON HIS SIDE, AND THE LAW IS ON HIS SIDE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'M ON HIS SIDE, SO WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? DO YOU STILL WANT TO CLING TO FEAR IGNORANCE, POLARIZATION, REPRESSION, AND THE SUPPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH OR DO YOU BELIEVE IN HUMAN FREEDOM, HUMAN DIGNITY, AND IN HUMANITY ITSELF? YOUR SPEECH AND EVEN LOUDER, YOUR ACTIONS SHELF THE ANSWER FROM THE ROOFTOPS.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS PETER FINNSTONE AND I'M A FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE SINCE 2004.
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER FOR THE FIRST 10 YEARS IN THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO GO TO HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACH PE IN THE PE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN I'VE BEEN BACK AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL FOR SIX YEARS IN HEALTH AND PE DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FEA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL AND SO I'M JUST TO READ THE STATEMENT.
I THINK IT'S BEEN READ BEFORE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO REITERATE OUR SUPPORT OF THE BOARD.
WE 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 FUND AND
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MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AT EACH DISTRICT BUILDING.YOU'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER COMES TO LEARN AND TO WORK IN A SUPPORTIVE SETTING.
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 OF OUR CHILDREN, AND SO SHOULD THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO KEEP THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SAFE PLACE [NOISE]
>> WHERE OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS BELONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL THE NAMES THAT I HAVE ON THE LIST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.
AGAIN, IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMMENTING OR LETTING THE BOARD KNOW ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND WE CAN BE CONTACTED THROUGH THOSE MEANS.
WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 6,
[6. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]
WHICH IS SHARING AND WE'LL START WITH SUPERINTENDENT SHARING.WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET THIS STARTED.
WAS THAT JUST LAST WEEK? LAST WEEK, THE ENTRY PLAN RESULTS.
I OFFERED AN IN-PERSON ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 45 PEOPLE COME. IT WAS GREAT.
THEN AFTER THAT, SENT OUT A POWERPOINT WITH A VOICEOVER OF WHICH THE BOARD HAS SEEN.
MELINDA, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THAT. IT WAS GREAT.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSIONS SINCE THAT.
I THINK WHAT STOOD OUT THE MOST WAS THAT IT'S EXTRAORDINARY TO SEE OUR DISTRICT FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
TO GET TO GO IN AND SPEND TIME, LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS, THE STAFF, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING, WHAT THEY HOPE TO HAPPEN, AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO LET GO.
FROM THERE WE WILL BE STARTING TO UNPACK THE DIFFERENT BODIES OF DATA AND WRITING GROUPS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FOCUS GROUPS IN MAY WHERE PEOPLE GET TO COME AND GIVE SOME FEEDBACK THAT IS MORE DETAIL ORIENTED ON WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, AND FROM THERE WE'LL BE CREATING A CORE WRITING GROUP OF ABOUT 50 MEMBERS.
IT'LL CONSIST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, STAFF, STUDENTS, AND WE'LL BEGIN THE PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN READY FOR FULL VETTING IN DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. MORE TO COME.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ENGAGING THIS YEAR, I DIDN'T TELL HER THIS AHEAD OF TIME, SO I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT.
KELLIE, BUT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR AROUND UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS, AND AS SOMEBODY WHO FORMER TEACHER, WHEN YOU HAVE A CLASS OF STUDENTS, THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS VARY.
IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND INDIVIDUALLY KNOW THE NEEDS OF EACH STUDENT, WHAT THEIR STRENGTHS ARE, WHAT THEIR AREA OF FOCUS IS, WHAT THEIR INTERESTS LEVELS ARE, AND BE ABLE TO DESIGN ANY GIVEN LESSON TO MEET ALL THOSE NEEDS AT ANYTIME AND THEN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS MOVING ALONG.
I'M JUST GOING TO LET KELLIE TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PICTURES IN THIS SLIDE.
>> THANKS, KRISTI. WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE.
THIS LAST SUMMER WE HAD TWO DAYS OF FANTASTIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS CO-FACILITATED BY CASEY KNUDSEN.
CASEY IS FROM NOVAK AND ASSOCIATES AND THEY SPECIALIZE IN UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE WASA INCLUSIONARY PRACTICES PROJECT THAT'S PROVIDED FROM OSPI HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE.
WE HAVE HAD SOME AMAZING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALL YEAR LONG THROUGH THIS PROJECT, BUT WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT ONE OF OUR EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS LAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE CASEY COME AND DELIVER DISTRICT WIDE PD.
THAT WAS REALLY FORTUNATE. WE STARTED IN THE MORNING WITH A SESSION WITH OUR MTSS COORDINATORS AS WELL AS OUR PRINCIPALS, AND WE HAD A SECOND SESSION IN THE MORNING WITH OUR DEANS AND OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS HERE.
THEN WE HAD TWO AFTERNOON SESSIONS, ONE WAS WITH OUR SECONDARY STAFF AND THE OTHER WAS WITH OUR ELEMENTARY STAFF.
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I WOULD SAY WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONTENT AND LEARNING THAT TOOK PLACE.WE'RE EXCITED FOR SOME NEXT STEPS AND CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN FURTHER OUR KNOWLEDGE AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS IN A TIER ONE SETTING SO THEY CAN GET THEIR FIRST BEST INSTRUCTION WITHIN THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. YOU SEE KRISTI THERE WITH CASEY BY THE FRIEND L GOLDEN EAGLES LOGO BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH NOVAK AND ASSOCIATES AND CONTINUING TO EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ALSO THAT CASEY WAS WILLING TO HAVE, I WOULD SAY, COSTUME CHANGE AFTER OUR FIRST COUPLE OF SESSIONS.
IT WAS WE BELONG WEDNESDAY, SO HE DID CHANGE OUT HIS OUTFITS AND SO FAR AFTERNOON STAFF SESSIONS, HE WAS WEARING HIS YOU BELONG SHIRT.
THEN WAS ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO HIS LESSON AS WELL, AND HOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
THEY HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG.
I WOULD SAY IT WENT REALLY WELL AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROCESS, IN THIS JOURNEY.
>> THANK YOU, KELLIE. JUST A REMINDER THAT SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION FILING WEEK IS MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 19TH.
RIGHT NOW MY GUESS IS THEY'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JAZZIE AND KWABENA ON GETTING THE APPLICATION OUT FOR THE NEW STUDENT BOARD MEMBER WHO WILL REPLACE OUR INCREDIBLE SENIOR HERE, JAZZIE.
SHE'S SET THE BAR VERY HIGH, AND SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT SOPHOMORES WHO WILL BE JOINING YEARS NEXT YEAR AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ROLE IS.
I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE MORE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT IN MAY WE WILL BE HAVING THOSE ELECTIONS.
BOND UPDATE, I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF TO MARK.
>> MAKING CONTINUED GOOD PROGRESS, YOU'LL SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A RESTROOM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS RESTROOM.
THEY'RE COMPLETING THE INTERIOR WORK ON THE GRASS STANDS, [INAUDIBLE] THE CONCESSION STAND AND THE RESTROOMS ALL GOING.
TICKET BOOTH IS UNDERWAY AS WELL.
IF YOU LOOK FACING THE EAST, YOU'LL SEE A STANDALONE METAL BUILDING THAT'S THE FUTURE TICKET BOOTH.
THE YELLOW IN THE CENTER OF THE COURTYARD THERE IS ONE OF THE FINAL PHASES OF THE STORMWATER RETENTION SYSTEM.
THOSE ARE YELLOW, A LITTLE MINI QUANTUM DOTS THAT DIVERT AND RETAIN THE WATER UNTIL IT'S ABLE TO BE MOVED OFF SITE THROUGH THE FILTRATION SYSTEM, AND THE ROCK IS BEING FILLED OVER THE TOP OF THAT, THAT THE WATER DRAINS DOWN THROUGH THE SURFACE INTO AS IT GOES.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE REALLY PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION, YOU SAW TODAY THE ASTROTURF STARTING TO GO IN ON THE STADIUM.
IT'S PRETTY EXCITING AND THINGS ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY THOUGH.
IN FACT, THE CTE BUILDING, THE BOND MILLER, THE PRE-ENGINEERING METAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR THAT'S DOING THE STEEL ERECTION THERE IS MOBILIZING THEIR CRANES ON SITE THIS WEEK AND LATER NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL START SEEING SOME STEEL COME UP OUT OF THE GROUND HERE PRETTY SHORTLY.
>> THANK YOU, MARK. THEN I'M GOING TO WHICH ONE OF YOU IS GOING FIRST? OH YEAH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
>> ONE QUESTION. DOES THE ASTROTURF GOING INTO ZAP MEAN FOOTBALL AT FERNDALE THIS FALL?
>> CAN I START OFF WITH SCHOOL BOARD STUFF AND THEN YOU CAN [INAUDIBLE] BACK? COOL. THE STUDENTS SCHOOL BOARD SELECTION PROCESS HAS STARTED AND WE BOTH GOT THAT ALL THE DOCUMENTS IN THE PDF WITH THE QUESTIONS AND THE INFORMATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I POSTED ON FERNDALE STUDENTS BECAUSE I'M THE PERSON WHO RUNS FERNDALE STUDENTS ONLINE WITH I THINK FIVE OTHER PEOPLE.
THE STUDENTS AT LEAST ONLINE ARE AWARE OF IT AND JAZZIE AND I ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON GOING INTO STOCK MORE ENGLISH CLASSES TO ADVERTISE AND HYPE UP THE POSITION FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED.
BUT THAT'S HOW IT STANDS AS OF NOW, HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS.
IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY WAS 8:00-10:30 AND THAT WAS REALLY FUN.
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IT WAS AT THE PIONEER PAVILION AND THE FOOD WAS GREAT.THE CULINARY STUDENTS REALLY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN MAKING SURE THE FOOD WAS GREAT.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THEY WERE THERE.
ASB ELECTIONS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, SO EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS, I SHOULD SAY.
YOU HAVE THE CLASSES AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THEY BASICALLY APPROVED ALL THE CLUBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND FUNDRAISERS TOO.
I'M RUNNING FOR PUBLICITY DIRECTOR AGAIN, SO I HOPE THAT PANS OUT FOR ME AND THEN I HAVE A BUNCH OF MY OTHER AMAZING CLASSMATES WHO ARE RUNNING TOO SO I HOPE THIS SELECTION GOES AS WELL AS IT CAN FOR EVERYONE.
BURN CELLO IS ALSO HAPPENING TO ON MAY 26TH, AND THAT'S LIKE SPRING FLING.
IT'S LIKE AN OUTDOOR FESTIVAL THING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AND A MUCH OF ACTIVITIES AND GAMES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO COME.
LEADERSHIP STUDENTS HELPING SET UP, SO I'M IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ADVERTISED AROUND THE SCHOOL ALONG WITH MY TWO OTHER COMPANIONS WHO ARE HELPING ME DO THAT TOO.
THEN ALSO, PEGGY WAS IN MY SPANISH CLASS TODAY, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND SPANISH BUT SHE WAS ACTUALLY PLAYING THE GAME PRETTY WELL.
I SAW YOU WERE THERE KNOWING HOW TO [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
WE WERE PLAYING THIS GAME WHERE OUR SPANISH TEACHER WOULD DESCRIBE A WORD BECAUSE WE WERE LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO SWAT THE WORD ON THE BOARD BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL LISTED ON THE BOARD, AND YOU [OVERLAPPING]
>> FLY SWATTERS YES, THE CLASS IS SPLIT INTO TWO.
YOU PICK ONE PERSON FROM EACH SIDE TO GO SWAP THE WORD WHEN THE SPANISH TEACHER DESCRIBED IT.
I LOST THE FIRST TIME BUT THEN HAD A REMATCH AND WON AND PROVED MYSELF AND THAT WAS GREAT.
THE WEATHER IS LOOKING IN THE UP AND UP RIGHT NOW AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO EIGHT DAYS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FALL BACK DOWN TO A SEASONAL PATTERN, BUT IT WON'T BE AS COLD AS THESE PREVIOUS WEEKS, IT WON'T BE COLD.
IT MIGHT BE SO RAINING, BUT IT JUST WON'T BE AS COLD.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SITTING AROUND 60S NEXT WEEK.
BUT BEFORE THAT, I THINK THIS FRIDAY WE'RE SUPPOSED IT'S 7 ISH DEGREES, SO THAT'LL BE REALLY NICE SUMMER FOR AROUND HERE SO THAT'LL BE SUPER FUN.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SO LATE.
I'VE BEEN VERY SCATTERED MINDED LATELY SOME STUFF WENT ON AT HOME AND SO IT'S JUST A LOT HAPPENING.
I PICKED UP MY CAP AND GOWN TODAY.
>> VERY FOR REAL, IT'S HAPPENING.
>> THEN PROM HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND AND I'M THE ONE BEHIND THE ELECTIONS.
I SPREAD THE WORD AND I PUT THE APPLICATIONS OUT.
I'M HOPING FOR COPRIN TO WIN AGAIN.
SO I'VE GOT HIS BACK, I BELIEVE IN HIM.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO START AT CLASS ELECTIONS AFTER THIS IN MAY, WHICH IS WHAT? NEXT WEEK I THINK.
WE DID GET THE STUDENT REP. YOU'VE SAID EVERYTHING THAT'S APPROPRIATE, SO WE'RE GOOD.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THE NIGHT OF PROM, MY PHONE WAS BLOWING UP FROM PEOPLE ACROSS WHATCOM COUNTY SAYING THEY HAD MET DIFFERENT STUDENTS FROM FERNDALE OUT AND ABOUT AT RESTAURANTS.
THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS AT A PARK TAKING PICTURES AND THEY JUST COULDN'T COMPLIMENT OUR STUDENTS ENOUGH FOR HOW THOUGHTFUL THEY WERE, HOW POLITE THEY WERE.
THEY WOULD GO UP AND THEY WERE ASKING HIM QUESTIONS AND THEY JUST SAID WE SHOULD FEEL A LOT OF PRIDE, AND I JUST SAID THAT STUDENTS ARE THE BEST PART OF THE JOB.
IT WAS NICE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE ACROSS THE COUNTY WHO NOTICE THE EXCELLENCE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE.
THEN ONE LAST THING, CHRIS NEWBURY, ACTUALLY, TO ALL OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE TOMORROW I THINK IS THE OFFICIAL DAY, IS THAT RIGHT? TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY IS ADMIN ASSISTANT DAY AND WE AS A BOARD HAVE AN EXCELLENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE.
SO CHRIS NEWBURY, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
I THINK MAYBE SOMETIMES CAUSE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HEADACHE, BUT WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
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[APPLAUSE]>> THANK YOU, CHRIS. YOU KEEP US RUNNING SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER THE STUDENTS OR FOR KRISTI IN REGARDS TO WHAT THEY SHARED? THEN WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN.
[7. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
THE FIRST ITEM AS PART OF THAT IS 7.01, WHICH IS A REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT.OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE BOARD HAS BEEN REMINDED ABOUT OUR CODE OF CONDUCT POLICY GC7 AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO THAT POLICY.
WE'VE ALSO HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING BOARD CONDUCT AND HAD A COMPLAINT PRESENTED ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF SAID POLICY.
IN REVIEW OF THIS INPUT AND COMPLAINT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WHILE THE BOARD HAS A CODE OF CONDUCT AND A LIST OF POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES, GC9, THERE IS NO FORMAL PROCESS FOR RESOLVING SAID COMPLAINTS.
IT WAS THE ADVICE OF OUR LEGAL COUNSEL THAT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE WAS TO WORK TOWARDS AN OFFICIAL PROCESS FOR ADDRESSING VIOLATIONS OF OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.
IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED IN REVIEWING OUR CODE OF CONDUCT THAT THERE WERE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE CODE OF CONDUCT POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND THAT POSTED ON BOARD DOCS.
THE BOARD MEMBER CODE OF CONDUCT GC7, THAT IS POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AT WWW.BURNEDISD.ORG IS THE ORIGINAL TEMPLATE PROVIDED BY THE ASPIRIN GROUP WHEN THE BOARD STARTED TO EXPLORE COHERENT GOVERNANCE IN 2017.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS POLICY IS NOT THE ONE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AND STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO UPDATE THESE LINKS TO REFLECT OUR CURRENT POLICIES.
THE REVISED BOARD MEMBERS' CODE OF CONDUCT THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2018 IS POSTED ON BOARD DOCS, BUT CAN ONLY BE FOUND WHEN SEARCHING UNDER RETIRED POLICIES.
THIS IS BECAUSE IT WAS RETIRED AND REPLACED WITH THE BOARDS, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD SOCIAL CONTRACT ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2018.
THIS SOCIAL CONTRACT WAS PART OF THE BOARD'S CULTURE PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF COHERENT GOVERNANCE AND ORIGINALLY ADOPTED AS AN EXHIBIT GC7E AT THE TIME OUR COHERENCE GOVERNANCE POLICIES WERE ADOPTED.
IN REVIEW OF G7 AND GC7E ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2018, THE BOARD ELECTED TO RETIRE G7 AND REPLACE IT WITH GC7E MAKING OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT, OUR NEW CODE OF CONDUCT.
HENCE, GC7E THUS BECAME THE NEW AND CURRENT G7 AND WAS REVISED OR WAS REVIEWED AGAIN ON JULY 30TH, 2019.
HISTORICALLY, THIS SOCIAL CODE OF CONDUCT OR THIS SOCIAL CONTRACT HAS BEEN REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BUT THROUGH COVID, THE PROCESS WAS SOMEHOW LOST, AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK TONIGHT.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT, THE PLAN IS TO REVIEW THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD SOCIAL CONTRACT NOW IS POSTED ON A BOARD DOCS AS GC7.
THERE'S ALSO COPIES IN YOUR PACKETS FOR US, AS WELL AS THE ROLE OF BOARD OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.
THE NEXT STEP BEYOND THAT WILL DETERMINE WHAT STEPS WE TAKE WHEN A BOARD MEMBER FAILS TO MEET THESE GUIDELINES.
CHRIS AND KRISTI HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PREPARING SOME EXAMPLE PROCEDURES FOR US TO CONSIDER AS WE WRITE OUR OWN PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS SOCIAL CONTRACT SLASH CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD IN REVIEW OF OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT.
AGAIN, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF IT IN YOUR PACKET.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WITH THIS PROCESS IS GO THROUGH, IT'S BROKEN OUT NOT NECESSARILY INTO PARAGRAPHS IF I UTILIZE ENGLISH PROPER TERMS, BUT MORE INTO GROUPINGS.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS START BY HAVING, IN THIS CASE, TONY IF YOU'D BE SO KIND AS TO READ THAT FIRST GROUPING ABOUT STAYING TRUE TO PURPOSE AND THEN JUST HAVING ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SECTION AND GO FROM THERE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, PEGGY, WE'LL START FROM YOUR SIDE.
>> THE FIRST BULLET POINT IS PUTTING PUBLIC GOOD AHEAD OF PERSONAL AGENDAS, EITHER OUR OWN OR THOSE OF OTHERS.
UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECTING THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE POLICY DECISIONS, NOT MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.
BRINGING CONSTITUENTS' CONCERNS FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION, BUT ALWAYS MAINTAINING A LENS OF WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS.
REGULARLY REVISITING AND RECOMMITTING TO OUR STRATEGIC COMMITMENTS.
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NEVER FORGETTING THAT OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CARE.>> WE WILL WORK TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH ONE ANOTHER BY RESPECTING DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT TEACHINGS, AND DIFFERENT MODES OF COMMUNICATION, RESPECTING OPINIONS THAT DIFFER FROM OUR OWN, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO EXPRESS THOSE OPINIONS.
SHARING TALK TIME SO THAT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SAY HIS OR HER OR THEIR PIECE.
ACTIVELY LISTENING AND ASKING QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND.
LISTENING WITH OUR EYES AND HEARTS AS WELL AS OUR BRAINS AND EARS.
>> WE WILL EACH CARRY OUR WEIGHT BY SHARING THE WORKLOAD WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ONE ANOTHER'S STRENGTHS.
ATTENDING MEETINGS REGULARLY AND REPRESENTING THE BOARD AT EVENTS WHEN POSSIBLE.
NOTIFYING THE BOARD PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT, AND OR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHEN WE CANNOT ATTEND A MEETING, SENDING ONE ANOTHER SUPPORTIVE REMINDERS WHEN WE SUSPECT A MEETING HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN.
DOING OUR HOMEWORK AND COMING TO MEETINGS PREPARED.
TAKING INITIATIVE TO FOLLOW UP ON MEETINGS, AND TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN STAYING INFORMED ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> WE WILL MAKE AN HONOR SOUND POLICY DECISIONS BY THOROUGHLY EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS, TRYING TO LOOK AS MANY SOLUTIONS AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERY PROBLEM BEFORE WE DECIDE ON ONE, TAKING TIME TO CONSIDER WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY OUR DECISIONS AND HOW THEY WILL BE AFFECTED.
WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND APPROPRIATE SOLICITING INPUT FROM THOSE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE DECISION.
WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND APPROPRIATE, BASING OUR DECISIONS ON DATA.
ONCE THEY ARE MADE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING AND WORKING TO IMPLEMENT BOARD DECISIONS IN A UNITED MATTER, NO MATTER WHAT OUR PERSONAL POSITIONS PERIOD.
>> WE WILL SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER BY VALUING OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS TEAMMATES WHO BALANCE AND COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER, ALWAYS ASSUMING POSITIVE INTENT, SPEAKING POSITIVELY OF ONE ANOTHER TO ALL PEOPLE IN ALL SETTINGS, BUILDING ON ONE ANOTHER'S STRENGTHS, ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER'S HEARTS, MAINTAINING A COMMITMENT TO NO SURPRISES.
WE WILL HANDLE DISAGREEMENTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT DISAGREEMENT IS NOT A BAD THING, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING.
WHEN THE DISAGREEMENT IS ABOUT A PERSONAL MATTER, GOING DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON TO TALK ABOUT IT, WHEN THE DISAGREEMENT IS ABOUT A PROFESSIONAL MATTER, CONTINUING TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE IN QUESTION UNTIL WE HAVE ALL ACHIEVE DEEP ENOUGH UNDERSTANDING TO FRAME AN ACCEPTABLE COMPROMISE AND SOMETIMES RESPECTFULLY AGREEING TO DISAGREE.
AGAIN, WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT IN THE OLD ADAGE, IF YOU LISTEN TO SPEAKERS TALKS ABOUT HOW, IF YOU HEAR IT AND READ IT AND SEE IT, YOU LEARN AND RETAIN MUCH MORE THAN IF YOU JUST READ IT OR IF YOU JUST SEE IT.
AND I THINK JUST TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THERE THAT I THINK REALLY HAS ALWAYS STOOD OUT TO ME AND THE FOLKS THAT WORK WITH ME PROBABLY GET TIRED OF HEARING IT, BUT I KEEP BRINGING IT UP ALL THE TIME IS TOO OFTEN WE START ASSUMING WHEN PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A SELF-MOTIVATION.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WERE DOING THIS, WORKING ON THIS SOCIAL CONTRACT AND IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT WE WERE SITTING DOWN AND WE WERE WORDSMITHING IT QUITE WELL AND WRESTLING OVER LOTS OF DIFFERENT WORDS.
I REMEMBER ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS PICKED UP HIS PHONE AND WAS SITTING THERE, TYPICAL LOOKED LIKE A CURRENT STUDENT, DON'T TAKE OFFENSE, GUYS, BUT [LAUGHTER]
THAT WASN'T NICE. BUT IT GOES TO MY POINT, SO HEAR ME OUT.
WITH THAT, THERE WAS ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER WHO BASICALLY TOOK THAT OPINION AND WAS LIKE SITTING THERE AND GETTING RESTLESS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THEN FINALLY WAS LIKE, I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE, WE'RE HERE HAVING A DISCUSSION,
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WHY ARE YOU SITTING THERE ON YOUR PHONE WITH YOUR FACE BURIED IN IT, THE TYPICAL ROUTINE.THE BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS ON HIS PHONE SHEEPISHLY LOOKED UP AND SAID, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE CSRS TO TRY AND FIND A WORD THAT WE CAN AGREE UPON THAT FIT THIS, WHICH LED TO A RESPONSE OF, DON'T JUST ASSUME BECAUSE OF WHAT A PERSON IS DOING OR WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN THE PAST WITH THOSE THINGS, THAT THIS IS A NEGATIVE TYPE THING.
THERE ARE POSITIVES. LOOK TOWARDS THOSE PEOPLE AS DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE AND ASSUME THAT THAT'S THEIR INTENT TO START OUT WITH.
LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN 10, 12 YEARS AGO AND IT'S STILL IS SOMETHING THAT I REPETITIVELY SAY.
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES, PARTICULARLY IN TODAY'S WORLD, WE'RE SO QUICK TO PICK OUT THE NEGATIVE, LET'S BE LOOKING FOR THAT POSITIVE.
BUT I WANTED TO GIVE THE REST OF THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS SOME OF THESE THINGS AND IF THERE ARE OTHER POINTS IN THAT SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT STAND OUT TO PEOPLE OR IF THERE'S AREAS WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO DO SOME WORK THERE.
THIS IS MEANT TO BE AN OPEN CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HISTORICALLY HAS HAPPENED ON A REGULAR BASIS JUST TO REFRESH OUR MINDS WITH IT.
I'LL OPEN IT UP AND FEEL FREE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR IS WONDERING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN OR WHAT DO OTHERS THINK THAT MEANS?
>> I THINK IT'S A WELL-WRITTEN DOCUMENT.
TO THE POINTS PRETTY A LOT OF IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ANYTHING TO ADD TO IT.
BUT I THINK PULLING IT OUT AND REMINDING OURSELVES, THERE IS SOME BENEFIT TO IT.
>> ONE THING I REALLY DO LIKE ABOUT THIS IS LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR THE SEMESTER WHEN YOU'RE STARTING A CLASS, A LOT OF TEACHERS WILL BUST OUT A SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE ALL MAKE AS A CLASS TOGETHER AND I LOVE THAT AS YOU GUYS ARE ADULTS AND STUFF, SOMETIMES JUST LIKE A REMINDER OF THAT, LIKE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S GREAT. I DO LIKE THIS.
>> I WOULD CONCUR WITH KEVIN THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS ASSUME THE WORST IN OTHERS AND TRY TO SEEK OUT THE BEST IN OTHERS.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING.
NOW THE THING IS JUST A REMINDER, AS WE GROW UP, WE ALL WERE AWARE OF THE GOLDEN RULE.
LET'S TRY TO TREAT EVERYBODY AS WE EXPECT TO BE TREATED OURSELVES.
THAT THIS IS A GREAT REMINDER AND I THINK THIS SPEAKS LOUDLY TO THAT, THAT THAT'S THE EXPECTATION FROM ALL OF US HERE IS TO TREAT OURSELVES WITH RESPECT AND HOW WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE TREATED.
THAT'S MY COMMITMENT AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
THIS IS HOW I'VE LIVED MY LIFE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT OTHERS WOULD TAKE NOTE.
>> I DO THINK BY AND LARGE, THERE ARE MANY GOOD POINTS IN THIS.
I THINK ONE THING THOUGH IT IS MISSING, IS HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE TO PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE ROLE.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THERE WHERE IT ALMOST SKIRTS ACCOUNTABILITY IN ONE PARTICULAR BULLET POINT.
I DON T KNOW HOW I WOULD WORDSMITH IT TO SAY IT DIFFERENTLY AND I DO UNDERSTAND ITS INTENT AGAIN, POSITIVE INTENT.
BUT SPEAKING POSITIVELY OF ONE ANOTHER TO ALL PEOPLE IN ALL SETTINGS, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
WHAT IF SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING THAT IS A VIOLATION? ARE WE ALWAYS GOING TO PRESENT THAT EVERYTHING IS PEACHY KEEN? AT WHAT POINT DO WE HOLD OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE?
>> THAT IS PART OF THE QUESTION MARK IN THE PROCESS.
IT TALKS ABOUT NGC9, TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HANDLING DISAGREEMENTS WITHIN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
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ITSELF BUT THAT HAS BECOME THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE HANDLE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T MEET UP TO THIS? AS WAS POINTED OUT AS PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, IN THAT PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE POLICY THAT WAS THERE FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND SAY, HERE ARE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE NEED TO BE HOLDING BACK TO, AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE REFLECTED ON THOSE THINGS AS A BOARD AND HAVE STEPPED BACK AND SELF EXAMINED, BUT WE DO NEED A PROCESS FOR HOW DO WE ADDRESS THINGS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN CERTAINLY CALLS FOR THIS ACTION OR THIS ACTION, AND WHERE IS THE IN-BETWEEN OR WHERE IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE.AGAIN, THAT'S WHY PART OF THE PROCESS IN REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT WHAT OUR OPTIONS WERE WAS, LET'S REVIEW WHERE WE SHOULD BE FIRST, AND THEN LET'S GET SOME EXAMPLES TOGETHER OF HOW ARE OTHER BOARDS PROCESSING IT. OTHER COMMENTS?
>> WE ARE JUST SKIPPING AROUND IN THE THING NOT GOING OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMPS OUT TO ME IS DOWN HERE WHERE IT SAYS WE WILL MAKE AND HONOR SOUND POLICY DECISIONS BY THOROUGHLY EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE ONLY PERSON WHO FEELS THIS WAY, BUT WHEN I SEE AN AGENDA THAT IS LIKE A MILE DEEP, I THINK NEVER GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOD FULL HEARTED DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE ABOUT IT.
I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE OTHER BOARDS WHO HAVE MORE THAN ONE REGULAR MEETING PER MONTH AND I REALIZE THAT AS A TIME CONSIDERATION FOR PEOPLE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IN A LOT OF WAYS, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE ON BOARDS THAT HAVE MORE THAN ONE REGULAR SESSION PER MONTH, IS THAT THEY GET A MUCH BETTER CHANCE TO EXPLORE ALL OPTIONS AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GO TO THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT COMFORT LEVEL WITH VOTING ON THINGS TO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE THEIR HOMEWORK AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.
TO THAT END, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AND WATCH SOME OF THESE EXTRA MEETINGS.
I'VE BEEN INVITED OUT TO LINDEN AND ANOTHER PLACE I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO BECAUSE IT'S WAY TOO FAR SOUTH, I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT BEING OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POSSIBLY MEETING MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH SO THAT WE CAN DIGEST THIS STUFF BETTER. THANK YOU.
>> I DO THINK IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, WHICH I'M NOT IN DISAGREEMENT WITH, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE $50 PER DIEM MEETING.
IF PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO GO TO MULTIPLE MEETINGS PER MONTH, I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO COMPENSATE PEOPLE FOR THEIR TIME BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A POSITION THAT TAKES A LOT OF GOODNESS OF YOUR HEART.
>> WELL, AND HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, WHICH SEEMS TO BE MY PHRASE OF THE MOMENT, WE WOULD HAVE A REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND THEN TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE A SECOND MEETING EACH MONTH WHERE IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A STUDY SESSION WHICH WAS MORE IN DEPTH, WHETHER IT BE EDUCATIONAL, LIKE WHAT WE LEARNED WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND HEARING ABOUT THE HISTORY ON THE [INAUDIBLE] SIDE.
OR IT WAS DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS BY TEACHING AND LEARNING OR VARIOUS GROUPS ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR IN FUTURE MEETINGS OR THINGS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO COME BACK TO THAT AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, AND THOSE WERE MORE OF A CONVERSATIONAL TYPE THING.
IN SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE ACTUALLY HAD COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION, DEPENDED ON THE TOPIC.
WE HAD GOLD-MINING SESSIONS WHICH WERE BASICALLY PUBLIC OUTREACH, WHERE WE WOULD MOVE AROUND FROM TABLE TO TABLE GETTING PEOPLE'S OPINIONS.
I WOULD AGREE TOTALLY WITH YOU THAT THE BOARD MEETING IS CUT AND DRIED WITH, WE GOT TO GET THROUGH THESE PROCESSES, WE GOT TO GET THESE THINGS PASSED, BUT THE STUDY SESSIONS DEFINITELY GAVE UP A POINT OF MORE CONVERSATION.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU, KEVIN? [LAUGHTER]
>> WHEN WAS THIS? I COULD GO BACK AND LOOK THROUGH THE MINUTES AND SEE BECAUSE I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET A BETTER SENSE FOR IT.
>> SURE. BASICALLY YOU'RE TALKING PRETTY MUCH PRE-COVID.
THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF THOSE WERE HAPPENING.
THERE WAS A LOT MORE OF THAT GOING ON.
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CINDY CAN ATTEST THEY HAVE ATTENDED MANY OF THOSE.THOSE WERE GOOD TIMES, A LITTLE MORE INFORMAL, SOMETIMES A LOT MORE INFORMAL AS WE WOULD DISCUSS AND TALK AND AGAIN, IT DEPENDED ON THE TOPIC, HOW THEY WERE CARRIED OUT.
>> THE DIFFICULTY IS OF FINDING PEOPLE'S CALENDARS THOUGH TO DO THOSE SORTS OF STUDY SESSIONS.
IT'S LIKE THERE'S DEFINITELY AGREEMENT THAT YES, WE WANT TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THINGS, BUT AS FAR AS TIME AND WHAT THIS POSITION IS, AND SUPPOSEDLY BEING VOLUNTEER AND SUCH, I THINK THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO AND HOW PREPARED THEY WOULD BE TO GO TO THOSE STUDY SESSIONS.
IF WE HAD MULTIPLE STUDY SESSIONS, BUT IT GOT TO BE OVERWHELMING AND THEN PEOPLE COME AND THEY'RE NOT PREPARED FOR IT, THEN IT IS DEFEATING OUR PURPOSE.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO GO AND WATCH A FEW OTHER BOARDS AND SEE HOW THEY DO IT BECAUSE WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PRACTICE IS IT ACTUALLY MAKES THINGS GO SMOOTHER THERE.
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE MORE THAN ONE MEETING, THEY TEND TO BE SHORTER AND THEY TEND TO GET MORE DONE AND THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, SO THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION.
>> SURE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT TOO [INAUDIBLE] IT WAS BROUGHT UP.
>> REALLY, ACCOUNTABILITY ISN'T ADDRESSED IN THIS AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT THAT WE, AS A BOARD, NEED TO BE AWARE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR EACH OTHER AND WE REPRESENT EACH OTHER SO WE NEED TO TAKE CONSIDERATION FOR EACH OTHERS AND HOW WE FEEL AND OUR THOUGHTS AND HOW THAT GOES DOWN.
HOW DO WE HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE THINGS WE DO OR SAY BECAUSE WE ALL REPRESENT A PORTION OF THE BOARD, THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY AN INDIVIDUAL THING.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH DISCUSSING.
>> CERTAINLY, LIKE I MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET, THAT IS DEFINITELY THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
OUR HOPE IS TO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT, ONCE WE LOOK AT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AS PART OF WHAT DOES IT SAY AND ALSO WHAT DOESN'T IT SAY, THEN MOVING ON TO LOOKING AT SOME OTHER POLICIES FROM OTHER PLACES RATHER THAN REINVENT THE WHEEL OURSELVES TO COME UP WITH, HOW DO WE HOLD THAT ACCOUNTABLE? HOW DO WE GET THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HOW DO WE HAVE CONSEQUENCES, ESSENTIALLY, IF THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT THERE?
>> I AGREE THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE WE'RE UPHOLDING THE MORALS AND INTEGRITY OF EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD AND WE NEED TO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
>> I THINK IF WE HAD SOME WAY ALSO OF MAKING THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE, LIKE IF THERE'S LAWS, SAY ON WHAT IS REQUIRED AT WHAT TIMES, MAYBE WE POST, LIKE TRAINING OR WHATEVER, WE POST THAT BOARD MEMBER SMITH HAS DONE THEIR TRAINING AND FULFILLED THE RCW FOR BLAH-BLAH-BLAH, HAVE IT BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
SOME THINGS ARE BLACK AND WHITE AND LET'S BE TRANSPARENT WITH THOSE.
OTHER THINGS, I KNOW IT CAN GET INTO GRAY AREAS AS FAR AS WAS THAT AN EMBARRASSING COMMENT? WAS THAT NOT AN EMBARRASSING COMMENT? IN THAT IT GETS DEFINITELY A GRAY AREA.
>> WE FOUND THAT AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE DEFINITIONS OF THOSE TERMS THAT WERE ACTUALLY IN THE EXISTING POLICY. OTHER COMMENTS? WHILE YOU'RE THINKING, A COUPLE OF THINGS I DID WANT TO MENTION.
WE TALKED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY AND HOW ALL STAFF MEMBERS, DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT BECAUSE
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THEY'RE EXPOSED OR THEY HAVE ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENTS AND VARIOUS THINGS.WE ALSO AS A BOARD, HAVE DISTRICT INFORMATION THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL, BUT WE NEVER SIGNED THAT, AND AS WE WERE DISCUSSING, SHOULD WE HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENT? WE DID NOTICE THAT WITHIN THIS, IT DOES TALK ABOUT RESPECTING CONFIDENTIALITY.
IN REGARDS TO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT, BUT THIS SOCIAL CONTRACT, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, KRISTI AND I, IN SETTING FORTH OUR AGENDA, IT WAS OUR INTERPRETATION THAT THIS BASICALLY REPRESENTED THAT CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY AGREED.
WE DO HAVE A BIGGER COPY OF THE AGREEMENT THAT'S GOT ROOM FOR US TO SIGN ON THERE.
WE WERE HOPING THAT TONIGHT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, IF EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT, WE WOULD SIGN THAT JUST AS OUR COMMITMENT TO WE ARE GOING TO UPHOLD THESE THINGS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USED TO DO AGAIN BACK BEFORE COVID AND IT GOT LOST IN THAT PROCESS, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO GO BACK TO.
>> YES. AS FAR AS CONFIDENTIALITY GOES, WHAT THINGS ARE LISTED ON THERE? I MEAN, THERE SHOULD BE CLEAR PARAMETERS FOR WHAT'S CONFIDENTIAL AND WHAT'S NOT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T E.G.
TALK ABOUT STUDENTS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL ISSUES.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THAT'S ALREADY STATE LAW AND WE WERE ALREADY SWORN TO UPHOLD THAT WHEN WE TAKE THE OFFICE.
SO WHAT IS IN THIS CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT, AND IS IT ACTUALLY CONFIDENTIAL? BECAUSE THERE'S MUCH THAT SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT CROSSING INTO AN AREA THAT REALLY IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSEDLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
>> I GUESS MY TAKE ON THAT WOULD BE JUST LIKE THOSE AREAS YOU SAID THOSE THINGS, STUDENTS STUDENT RECORD, STUDENT INFORMATION, LEGAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON NEGOTIATIONS AS FAR AS CONTRACTS, LAND PURCHASES, OR REAL ESTATE TYPE THINGS, THERE'S ACTUALLY A LIST WITHIN OUR POLICIES THAT I DON'T HAVE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I COULD PROBABLY LOOK IT UP HERE FAIRLY QUICK.
I THINK MORE IT IS WITHIN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT.
IT'S A RECOGNITION AND A COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD TO THAT CONFIDENTIALITY.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A LIST THAT EXISTS.
I'M SUSPECT IN HR CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I SUSPECT WITH THE TEACHERS THERE'S A SPECIFIC LIST AS WELL, WHICH DOESN'T TOTALLY FIT US BECAUSE WE AREN'T SEEING STUDENT RECORDS IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LIST WITHIN OUR POLICIES.
>> I WOULD THINK THAT AT THE BOTTOM LINE IS ANYTHING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ANYTHING IN EXECUTIVE CONTENT ON AGENDA.
I WOULD THINK AS FAR AS FOR STUDENT INFORMATION OR RECORDS AS SUCH, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD SCRUB THINGS AND WE WOULD NOT SEE IDENTIFYING DETAILS ABOUT ANY STUDENT.
I THINK IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THAT'S A VIOLATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT OR WHOEVER FEEDS IT TO US.
I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE ANY STUDENTS PERSONAL INFORMATION.
>> WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS AS KRISTI HAS BEEN TALKING TO US ABOUT THE DASHBOARDS AND HOW WE WANT THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT THAT WE CAN DEFINE DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.
IF A COMPLAINT IS BROUGHT TO US INDIVIDUALLY FOR A STUDENT, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO KEEP THAT CONFIDENTIAL.
IT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NOT INVOLVING ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT'S THE COMMUNITY COMING TO US, SO WE'LL WANT TO TREAT THAT CONFIDENTIAL.
>> I CAN SAY THE EXAMPLES WHEN THAT HAS HAPPENED, BECAUSE IT DOES HAPPEN, YOU'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE MAY SHARE SOMETHING.
I'VE APPRECIATED WHEN YOU'VE LET ME KNOW AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO ME AND THEN I WORK WITH THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT, AND THEN I USUALLY WILL LET YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN RESOLVED OR THANK YOU OR THERE'LL BE A FOLLOW-UP.
BUT YEAH, THAT HAS ALWAYS JUST STAYED BETWEEN ME AND THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD DISCUSS PUBLICLY.
BUT YOU DO GET THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION FROM TIME-TO-TIME OR IF SOMETHING HAPPENED,
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IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY.SOMETIMES I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED.
I NEVER TELL YOU WHO WAS INVOLVED, WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE DON'T GO OUT IF WE HAD TO.
LET'S SAY AN AMBULANCE HAS TO BE CALLED TO A SCHOOL.
SO IF YOU HEAR THAT OUT AND ABOUT, YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE I DO APPRECIATE.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE ACTUAL WHO? BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS A FOLLOW UP, I'LL LET YOU KNOW USUALLY HOW THAT HAS TRANSPIRED AND I TRUST YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION TO HOLD THAT TIGHT, AND I THINK AS YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE MADE AWARE AND NOT SURPRISED IF THERE WAS SOME LEVEL OF EMERGENCY AT ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT I WOULD MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT DOES BRING UP A GOOD POINT BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS AS FAR AS WITH THE BOARD THAT HOLE, NO SURPRISES.
I THINK WE CAN ALL ATTEST TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT KRISTI DOES KEEP US ABREAST OF THOSE THINGS PRIOR TO HER MARK DID PRIOR TO THAT LINDA DID.
BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO HAVE IS WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC, SOMEBODY COME UP TO YOU GO, HEY, THERE WAS AN AMBULANCE AT VISTA THE OTHER DAY, WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? YOU'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THAT I WILL SPEAK FOR KRISTI BECAUSE I THINK THAT GOES BOTH WAYS.
I MEAN, IF WE HEAR THINGS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LET HER KNOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES SHE DOESN'T HEAR, SHE CAN'T BE ALL EARS ALL THE DISTRICT EVEN THOUGH SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS, THAT IF WE DO HEAR THINGS, MAKING SURE THAT SHE'S AWARE OF IT SO THAT SHE DOESN'T GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD IS HELPFUL AS WELL.
OR THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AFFECTING THE BOARD, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BEING CAREFUL HOW THAT INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED JUST SO WE DON'T VIOLATE OPMA.
>> WELL, THEREIN COMES ANOTHER THING IS LIKE IF YOU WANT TO JUST DELIVER INFORMATION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS NOT AN OPEN PUBLIC RECORD MEETINGS VIOLATION TO JUST DELIVER INFORMATION AND LET IT BE RATHER THAN ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT EVERY TIME YOU SEND AN E-MAIL TO SOMEBODY, IT'S LIKE I'D KIND OF LIKE TO GET AWAY FROM THE EVERY TIME YOU CAN'T EVEN DELIVER INFORMATION AND SAY NO DISCUSSION.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO DO IT WHERE YOU SAY THIS IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, ONLY, PUT THAT IN THE HEADLINE AND LEAVE IT BECAUSE HONESTLY, IT'S FRUSTRATING NOT BEING ABLE TO SHARE THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> YOU CAN SHARE THE INFORMATION AND IF YOU BCC, THE BOARD, THEN IF THEY EMAIL BACK, IF SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY RESPONDS BACK, IT'S JUST GOING TO YOU AND IT DOESN'T GO TO EVERYBODY.
BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU GIVE OUT INFORMATION, IF SOMEONE EMAILS BACK AND E-MAILS THE WHOLE BOARD, THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SAYING OR I'M SAYING THAT IS OCCURRING.
IT COULD OCCUR, AND SO IT'S BETTER TO BE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE.
SO ALL YOU DO IS JUST PUT EVERYONE'S NAMES AND THE BCC, AND THEN IF THEY REPLY TO YOU, EVEN IF THEY PUT REPLY ALL IS JUST GOING TO YOU AND THAT'S A PROTECTION FACTOR.
>> BUT EVEN IN THAT SITUATION, IF YOU SEND SOMETHING OUT TO THE BOARD, BCC AND I EMAIL YOU BACK, AND THEN STEVE EMAILS YOU BACK, AND THEN I TALKED TO STEVE ABOUT THE SAME THING SOMEWHERE IN A MEETING.
IT'S A SERIAL MEETING BUT THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEANING ACT. WHAT'S THAT? BUT IF WE DO DO THOSE BLIND COPY BECAUSE I'VE SENT A BLIND COPY ONE TOO, BUT IT'S LIKE JUST KNOW THAT PERSON WHO SENT IT TO YOU, YOU CAN RESPOND BACK TO THEM, BUT DON'T TALK LATERALLY TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IS IF YOU SAY I'M GOING TO MAKE A REQUEST OF THE BOARD, THAT FEELS TO ME LIKE THAT'S IN THAT GRAY AREA OF MAKING A DECISION IF YOU'RE MAKING A REQUEST TO THE BOARD.
SO I WOULD RATHER YOU ALL ERROR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND NOT GET IN THAT.
THAT'S THAT'S MY ADVICE TO YOU.
>> WELL, THE EMAIL IN PARTICULAR, I THINK IT WAS MAKING A REQUEST OF KEVIN AND I WANTED EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE AWARE THAT I'D MADE A REQUEST.
>> NO. IT SAID MAKE A REQUEST.
I AM GOING TO ASK THE BOARD TO MAKE A REQUEST OF KRISTI, TO DO SUCH AND SUCH,
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AND SO THAT I WAS LIKE, NO, AND NO ONE DID RESPOND.SO EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I JUST WANT TO STOP THAT SO WE DON'T GET.
MY JOB IS TO SERVE YOU AND PROTECT YOU, AND SO HENCE MY E-MAIL TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. IT SAID THE BOARD I'M GOING TO MAKE A REQUEST OF THE BOARD, AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT.
>> THE UNFORTUNATE THING WITH OPM MAY SOMETIMES THOSE GRAY AREAS GET A LITTLE CHALLENGING.
SO REPLY ALL IS NOT YOUR FRIEND, MAKING REQUESTS AND EMAILS TO MORE THAN ONE PERSON IS NOT JUST AREAS WHERE WE TRY TO AVOID.
SO MAYBE I'M CONFUSED THOUGH HE WAS BLIND COPY, NOT REPLY ALL IF I BLIND COPY EVERYBODY IN THE BOARD.
>> IF YOU DO LIKE, YOU HAVE THE TWO LINE AND YOU'VE GOT THE CC OR CARBON COPY LINE, AND THEN YOU GOT THE BCC, AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE IF YOU'RE AT WORK AND YOU WANT SOMEBODY ELSE INCLUDED ON THE CONVERSATION TO SEE IT, BUT NOBODY ELSE KNOWS TYPE OF THING.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WORKS FOR IS IF THOSE CARBON COPY PEOPLE WERE TO REPLY TO IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO PULL IN THE BLIND COPY PERSON.
SO THEY STILL WON'T KNOW THAT THAT BLIND COPY PERSON WAS INVOLVED IN IT.
THAT'S ONE WAY TO USE BLIND COPY WHEN YOU ARE LIKE SAY AT WORK.
>> IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT, IF I BLIND COPY A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOU GUYS, THEY'RE NOT SEEING THE INITIAL EMAIL SO THAT I CAN RESPOND TO IT.
>> EVERYBODY ON THE BLIND COPIES SEES THE EMAIL, BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO ELSE IS GETTING IT.
>> EASIEST WAY IS JUST NOT TO USE REPLY ALL.
>> PEGGY, I'M GOING TO JUST GO ON 411 WAS THE E-MAIL.
IT WAS FROM YOU AND IT WAS TWO.
SO ANYONE WHO'S IN THE TWO, THAT'S YOUR AUDIENCE.
SO YOU HAD IT TO KEVIN, TO STEVE, TO TONY, TO MELINDA, AND THE SECOND TO LAST PARAGRAPH YOU SAY ON ANOTHER SUBJECT, I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THAT THE BOARD DIRECT KRISTI TO ASK THAT THE ESD AND IT GOES ON.
SO THAT WAS THE PART THAT MADE ME GO WHOO.
NO, THAT'S A DIRECTIVE OF EVERYBODY.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT TO YOU.
>> OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS WITHIN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT? ESSENTIALLY, WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF KRISTI HAS AN UPDATE ON THIS, BUT HER AND CHRIS WERE GOING TO WORK ON LOOKING AT SOME OTHER BOARDS AS FAR AS PROCEDURES OR PROCESSES FOR DEALING WITH VIOLATIONS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AND THEN USE THOSE AS A MODEL TO CREATE ONE OF OUR OWN.
LIKE I SAID, NO SENSE REINVENTING THE WHEEL IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORDSMITH FROM GROUND ZERO SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT BRIDGE FROM, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO AND HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WORKS TAKING US TO GC9, WHICH IS THE CONSEQUENCES OF IF WE DON'T.
>> YES, SO I CAN SAY THAT ACTUALLY, AND I'VE LOOPED SELENA INTO THIS, SO I WILL BE MEETING WITH STATE SUPERINTENDENTS NEXT WEEK, AND SO I PLAN TO ASK DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENTS WHO HAS, BECAUSE I CAN GO TO SOME THAT ARE WEBSITES THAT WE KNOW ABOUT, BUT I PLAN TO ASK SOME SUPERINTENDENTS ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN MANAGING THIS PIECE.
I HAVE AN E-MAIL OUT TO THE LOCAL WHATCOM COUNTY TEAM AND ESD1A9, I'VE ASKED FOR HELP THERE.
THEN I KNOW SELENA HAS A HUGE TEAM OF COMMUNICATION FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
CHRIS AND SELENA WILL BE SEEING THOSE FOLKS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
SO WE'RE DOING SOME RESEARCH, SO OUR HOPE IS IN MAY WE CAN BRING SOME DIFFERENT EXAMPLES FORWARD FOR US TO LOOK AT, AND AS I GET THOSE, WHAT MY INTENT WILL BE, AND SO IT'S NOT JUST SITTING HERE, YOU'LL HAVE TIME AHEAD OF THE MEETING TO BE ABLE TO READ THE DIFFERENT IDEAS OR EXAMPLES.
THEN AS YOU'RE VISITING DIFFERENT BOARDS, MAYBE YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SHARE BACK TOO. I'D BE INTERESTED.
>> THAT SOUND REASONABLE THERE BAY OR ANYBODY HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT PROCESS? THE NEXT PART OF THIS THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS CLEAR AS FAR AS WITHIN OUR POLICIES,
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THE 1,000 POLICIES, AND WITHIN GC4, THERE IS THE OUTLINING OF THE BOARD OFFICERS AND DUTY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL, IT PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN REVIEWED IN A WHILE PER SE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THOSE ROLES ARE AND HOW THOSE WORK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
WITHIN YOUR PACKET ATTACHED TO THAT SOCIAL CONTRACT ARE THOSE.
YOU GUYS TELL ME WHAT WORKS BETTER WITH THESE AS FAR AS, DO WE WANT TO READ THEM OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND READ THEM REAL QUICK AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION?
>> I THINK FOR PUBLIC RECORDS, SHOULDN'T WE READ THEM ALOUD?
>> IT'S ACTUALLY ATTACHED IN THERE, SO WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY.
I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH AT THIS POINT IF THAT WORKS.
SO THE PRESIDENT PRESIDES AT ALL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND SIGNS ALL PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY LAW OR AS AUTHORIZED BY ACTION OF THE BOARD.
THE PRESIDENT CONDUCTS THE MEETINGS IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD POLICIES.
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE FULL RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL ASPECTS OF BOARD ACTION WITHOUT RELINQUISHING THE CHAIR, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ALL MATTERS PUT TO A VOTE.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO MANAGE THE BOARD DELIBERATIONS SO THAT IT WILL BE CLEAR, CONCISE, AND DIRECT TO THE ISSUES AT HAND.
TO SUMMARIZE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTIONS BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND TO GENERALLY MANAGED THE MEETING SO THE AGENDA IS TREATED IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE THE OFFICIAL RECIPIENT OF CORRESPONDENCE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD AND WE'LL PROVIDE OR CAUSE TO BE PROVIDED TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
THE PRESIDENT IS AUTHORIZED TO CONSULT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ON ISSUES SUCH AS BOARD MEETINGS, STUDY SESSIONS, AND BOARD RETREAT PLANNING PRIOR TO PRESENTATION TO THE FULL BOARD, AND PERFORM TASKS TO FACILITATE BOARD MEETINGS.
IN DEALING WITH THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC, IN GENERAL, THE PRESIDENT OR HIS/HER DESIGNEE WILL SERVE AS SPOKESPERSON OF THE BOARD.
THE PRESIDENT IS AUTHORIZED REPORT AND DISCUSS THOSE ACTIONS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND THOSE DECISIONS MADE BY THE BOARD AS A BODY.
THE PRESIDENT WILL AVOID SPECULATING UPON ACTIONS OR DECISIONS WHICH THE BOARD MAY TAKE BUT HAS NOT TAKEN.
SO THAT IS IN OUR THE 1,000 POLICY SECTION.
THEN WITHIN GC4, JUST STICKING WITH PRESIDENT JUST TO KEEP THINGS STRAIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT PROVIDES LEADERSHIP TO THE BOARD, ENSURES THE FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF THE BOARD'S PROCESSES, EXERCISES, INTERPRETIVE RESPONSIBILITY WITH INTEGRITY, REFLECTING THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE BOARD POLICIES, AND NORMALLY SERVES AS THE BOARD'S OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN.
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC AUTHORITY AND DUTIES: MONITOR THE BOARD'S ACTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD'S OWN RULES AND POLICIES, WHICH OTHER OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED BY AGENCIES WHOSE AUTHORITY SUPERSEDES THE BOARD'S OWN AUTHORITY, CONDUCT AND MONITOR BOARD MEETINGS, DELIBERATIONS TO ASSURE THAT BOARD DISCUSSIONS AND INTENTIONS ARE FOCUSED ON BOARD ISSUES AS DEFINED IN BOARD POLICY, CGC3, ENSURE BOARD MEETINGS DISCUSSIONS ARE PRODUCTIVE, EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY, CHAIR BOARD MEETINGS USING THE AUTHORITY NORMALLY VESTED IN THE CHAIR AS DESCRIBED IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER NEWLY REVISED, AND LEAD TIMELY BOARD MEETING DEBRIEFINGS AND PERIODIC SELF-ASSESSMENTS TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, TO ASSURE THE COMPILATION OF THE BOARD SUMMATIVE EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, REPRESENT THE BOARD AS ITS OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON ABOUT ISSUES DECIDED BY THE BOARD AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED OFFICIAL BOARD BUSINESS, EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS AUTHORIZED BY BOARD EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND IN CONCERT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, DEVELOP PROPOSED BOARD MEETING AGENDAS CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD'S ANNUAL CALENDAR.
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY INTERPRETIVE DECISIONS ABOUT POLICY CREATED BY THE BOARD IN THE RESULTS AND OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, POLICY AREA, INTERPRETATION OF THESE POLICIES IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND EXERCISE ANY AUTHORITY AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO SUPERVISE OR DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT,
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ANYTHING THAT SOMEBODY GOES WELL, THAT DOESN'T QUITE SOUND CORRECT MAYBE WE SHOULD DISCUSS HER ADJUST THAT?THERE'S A PAGE ON THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE THAT OSTENSIBLY HAS QUESTIONS ASKED TO AND RESPONDED TO BY THE BOARD, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO ACTUALLY ANSWERS THOSE QUESTIONS.
I LOOK AT SOME OF THEM, I THINK, WELL, WHEN SOMEBODY DIRECTS A QUESTION TO THIS PAGE, WHO FIELDS IT? DOES IT GET BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION SO THAT THE BOARD CAN GIVE ITS AGREED UPON RESPONSE OR WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM?
>> I'M GOING TO LET SELENA ANSWER THAT.
>> THERE'S A LINK THAT AUTO, I GUESS IT SENDS THE EMAIL.
IT'S IN AN EMAIL TO FSD INFO, WHICH IS ACCESS THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, AND I CAN CONFIRM WE GET ONE EVERY FIVE MONTHS, AND SO WHEN THAT IS THE CASE, WE THEN FORWARD IT TO EITHER CHRIS OR KRISTI TO THEN SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
>> I HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN ONE.
>> IT'S THERE AND IT SAYS, THIS IS LIKE THE BOARD'S RESPONSE AND I'M LIKE, OKAY.
>> I THINK THAT'S THE CASE BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE YOUR DIRECT CONTACT INFORMATION DISPLAYED AS WELL.
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WHEN DR. QUINN WAS SUPERINTENDENT, SHE WOULD USE THAT PARTICULAR RESPONSES TO COMMUNITY QUESTIONS FOR ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS SHE WAS HEARING, AND SHE WOULD POST THE QUESTION WITH AN ANSWER.
SO IT USED TO HAVE MORE FREQUENCY OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, BUT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO ANSWERED THOSE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS IN THE BOARD PART OF THE PAGE.
OR WAS IT CALLED LISTENING POST? AM I GETTING IT CONFUSED?
>> WELL, LISTENING POST WENT INTO THERE.
THERE WERE MULTIPLE WAYS OF FEEDING IN THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN SHE WOULD DO A Q&A OF MONTHLY THIS MONTH'S QUESTIONS, AND SOME OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED, OTHERS WERE THINGS THAT SHE HEARD OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WERE WONDERING ABOUT THIS, THAT, OR SOMETHING ELSE AND SHE WOULD BASICALLY MAKE A QUESTION SO THAT SHE COULD ANSWER AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
SO IT SERVED AS TWO PURPOSES, BUT IT WASN'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY EMAIL QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN.
SOMETIMES IT WAS JUST THINGS THAT WERE BEING TALKED ABOUT.
>> WELL, THE IMPRESSION IS IT'S THE BOARD'S RESPONSE AND THAT WAS WHY I WAS LIKE, I DON'T RECALL ANYBODY EVER BRINGING A QUESTION AND SAYING, HEY, SOMEONE ASKED ASK THIS, WHAT DOES THE BOARD THINK?
>> PEGGY, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME THIS YEAR THAT HAVE NOT MADE IT TO KRISTI, AND SOME OF THEM ARE BOND RELATED QUESTIONS THAT EITHER MYSELF OR JACKSON ON THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWER TO AND WE JUST RESPOND TO THEM DIRECTLY.
>> I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMMON KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE THE BOARD TO ANSWER THEM BECAUSE IT'S WHAT TIME DO SCHOOLS START, AND THAT'S NOT THE BEST EXAMPLE, BUT JUST ON THE FLY COMING UP WITH.
>> I THINK IT'S THE MORE OBVIOUSLY TOUCHY TOPICS THAT IT'S LIKE, DID THE BOARD ACTUALLY MAKE A STATEMENT TO THIS EFFECT? THAT'S WHY I'M CURIOUS.
>> IF THERE WAS A SITUATION, I'D NOTIFY YOU.
I THINK IT GOES TO THE PART THOUGH THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE, MAKING SENSE, IS IT USER-FRIENDLY? I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF US NEEDING TO REVISIT THAT.
>> I THINK AS WE'VE FOUND IS WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS HAVING MULTIPLE THINGS LISTED AS FAR AS POLICIES ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AS WELL AS BOARD DOCS, THERE ARE SOMETIMES CONFLICTS AND THAT CREATES PROBLEMS BECAUSE SOMEBODY THINKS IT'S BEEN UPDATED BUT IT'S NOT, AND THAT DOESN'T CREATE A GOOD TRANSPARENCY AND A GOOD CONFIDENCE IN WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO COME UP WITH AND WORKING WITH CHRIS AND KRISTI TO FIGURE OUT THE HISTORY ON THAT CODE OF CONDUCT POLICY BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, THAT DOESN'T MATCH IN WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SUBJECT BEFORE I FORGET IT BECAUSE I WILL FORGET IT.
REMEMBER WE'RE LOOKING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH VERSION WAS WHEN.
I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHICH DOCUMENT IT WAS.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REPEATEDLY MODIFIED, AND APPARENTLY BOARD DOCS DOES HAVE A VERSION FEATURE,
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DOES HAVE A FEATURE THAT YOU CAN TURN ON SO THAT WHEN A DOCUMENT IS CREATED IT KEEPS TRACK SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE EVOLUTION OF THAT IS.I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE MAKE IT A POLICY TO DO THAT JUST SO THAT IT MAKES IT CLEAR WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH REVISED DOCUMENTS, YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORY SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE IT STARTED AND WHERE IT ENDED.
>> THAT DEFINITELY MAKES SENSE.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE POLICIES HAVE REVISIONS, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY IF ANYTHING WAS REVISED, WHAT WAS REVISED SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT WOULD KEEP TRACK OF THAT, AND THAT CAN BE HELPFUL WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THINGS.
I KNOW CHRIS HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO BOARD DOCS AND STUFF, SO MAYBE YOU COULD GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT FOR US. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THAT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OR THINGS THAT YOU THINK NEED TO BE CHANGED WITHIN THAT LIST? VICE PRESIDENT IS PRETTY SIMPLE IN THE SENSE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL PRESIDE AT BOARD MEETINGS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PRESIDENT AND WILL PERFORM ALL OF THE DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT IN CASE OF HIS OR HER ABSENCE OR DISABILITY, AND THAT IS BASICALLY JUST REITERATED ON THE BOARD DOCS IN THE GC4 WHERE IT SAYS THAT THE VICE PRESIDENTS WILL SERVE AS PRESIDENT IN THE EVENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S ABSENCE OR INABILITY TO PERFORM ASSIGNED DUTIES.
THINK THAT. THEN THE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE SERVES AS THE BOARD'S LIAISON WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
THE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE WILL ASSUME OFFICE JUNE 1ST OF AN EVEN YEAR FOR A TWO-YEAR PERIOD, THE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE SHALL ATTEND WASHINGTON STATE.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATIONS ASSEMBLIES CONVEY LOCAL VIEWS AND CONCERNS TO THAT BODY AND PARTICIPATE IN THE FORMATION OF STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS. THE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE WILL MONITOR PROPOSED SCHOOL LEGISLATION AND INFORM THE BOARD OF THE ISSUES.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? THEN FINALLY, JUST TO COME FULL CIRCLE, THE DUTIES OF INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS.
THE AUTHORITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER IS LIMITED TO PARTICIPATION IN ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE BOARD AS A WHOLE WHEN LEGALLY IN SESSION, BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADMINISTRATORS OR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
THE BOARD OR STAFF WILL NOT BE BOUND IN ANY WAY BY ANY ACTION TAKEN OR STATEMENT MADE BY AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER EXCEPT WHEN SUCH STATEMENT OR ACTION IS PURSUANT TO SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AND OFFICIAL ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD.
EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL REVIEW THE AGENDA AND ANY STEADY MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING JUST TO BE PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM.
EACH BOARD MEMBER IS OBLIGATED TO ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS REGULARLY.
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, EACH DIRECTOR WILL GIVE ADVANCED NOTICE TO THE PRESIDENT OR SUPERINTENDENTS OF HIS OR HER INABILITY TO ATTEND A BOARD MEETING.
A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD MAY EXCUSE A DIRECTOR'S ABSENCE FROM A MEETING IF REQUESTED TO DO SO.
THE BOARD MAY DECLARE A BOARD MEMBER POSITION VACANT AFTER FOUR CONSECUTIVE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES FROM REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS.
AGAIN, BASICALLY, SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE STATED IN OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT.
THE ONE THAT OFTEN IS NOT AND WAS A SURPRISE.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A SURPRISE TO PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT THE MISSING FOUR CONSECUTIVE UNEXCUSED OR HAVING FOUR CONSECUTIVE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES THANKFULLY, THAT'S USUALLY NOT THE CASE OR HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE IN MY TIME FRAME.
TOWARDS THE END WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT SIGNING A WARRANT'S PAYMENT OF CLAIMS THAT THING, [NOISE]
WE SIGNED THESE THINGS SAYING THAT WE'VE SEEN WARRANTS IS PART OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. EXCUSE ME.
I'M TOTALLY LOSING MY VOICE HERE, AND JUST SEE THESE THINGS.
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AND LOOK THROUGH THEM IF YOU WANT TO VIEW THEM.BUT WE SAY THAT WE'VE SEEN THEM.
WE SIGNED OUR NAME SAYING THAT WE'VE DONE THIS RIGHT.
IN TALKING TO HOLOGRAMS, SHE INDICATED THAT IN A PASSED MEETING, THEY ACTUALLY WOULD BRING THE BOX OF VOUCHERS SO THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THEM BEFORE THE MEETING, AND SHE SAID, WELL, IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE WEREN'T REALLY DOING THAT AND SO THEY DISCONTINUED THE PRACTICE.
BUT IT DID OCCUR TO ME THAT STEVE IN PARTICULAR WITH HIS WORK OBLIGATIONS, HE DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO EVEN GO UP THERE AND DO THAT AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TONY'S WORKLOAD, BUT I KNOW I PERSONALLY FIND IT SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO GET UP THERE TOO, AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO THAT.
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S A PRACTICE THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD RESUME.
>> I AM NOT SURE, MARK, IF YOU COULD COMMENT BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I KNOW WHEN OUR MEETINGS WERE DIRECTLY AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AS WELL, IT WAS A LOT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT THOUGHTS ARE THEM.
>> WHAT PEGGY RELATED IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE USED TO WHEEL THE CARD ACROSS THE PARKING LOT TO VISTA, AND WE COULD CERTAINLY PRESUME BRINGING THE CART DOWN HERE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD AND LOOK THROUGH IT.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF THAT WOULD BE AN EASIER WAY OF HANDLING THINGS FOR THE BOARD OR WOULD BE A BETTER WAY WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THEM DO THAT AND MAKE THAT REQUEST.
>> YEAH SPEAKING FOR ME, I'VE KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHERE I CAN CARVE THAT TIMEOUT.
IT OCCURS TO ME THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT JUST NOT BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
>> IS THAT UNDER YOUR UMBRELLA? AS FAR AS BUSINESS OFFICE OR SHOULD I BE? WE WILL SEE ABOUT MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
I'M FAILING AT MY ROLE, I SHOULD BE LOOKING TO HER AND SHE'D BE LOOKING TO HIM.
IT'S GOOD PRACTICE. THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE I WAS GOING TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WOULD CATCH IT. ALL PLANNED.
WISH I COULD SAY WELL PLAYED, I TRIED.
THANK YOU, KRISTI, FOR NOT KICKING ME, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE SUGGESTION ON THIS AS FAR AS FOR OUR BOARD OFFICERS DUTIES AND SUCH, IF WE COULD CHANGE THE PRONOUNS FROM HIS AND HER TO THEIR.
I KNEW I WOULD GET A CHUCKLE FROM THE AUDIENCE, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT ONE.
HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED UP THE HISTORY OF THE WORD HIM? IT'S INTERESTING. IT WAS AT ONE TIME NOT REALLY MEANT TO BE NECESSARILY GENDER-SPECIFIC.
I'M GOING TO FIND IT AND UNLESS SEND IT TO YOU.
>> SHOULD WE CHANGE ALL THE PRONOUNS TO HIM THEN OR HE?
>> NO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT.
I'M JUST SAYING IT, I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING HISTORICAL NOTE THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T USE TO SEE THAT WORD THE SAME WAY AND THAT'S WHY I'VE NEVER PARTICULARLY TAKEN OFFENSE AT IT BECAUSE TO ME IT'S LIKE MY K IS JUST AS REFERRING TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW THAT WAS JUST THE GENERAL PRONOUN, THE DEFAULT PRONOUN AND NEVER PARTICULARLY BOTHERED ME.
>> I THINK THROUGH HISTORY AND SUCH HOW THINGS CHANGE AND THE LANGUAGE CHANGES.
I THINK SAYING THE PRESIDENT OR THEIR DESIGNEE IS NOT IT'S NOT OFFENSIVE.
I'M NOT GOING TO JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS WITH ANYBODY HERE IF HIS OR HER IS PARTICULARLY OFFENSIVE TO THEM.
BUT I THINK AS FAR AS OPENING UP BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO WHOEVER WANTS TO SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER, THAT THEIR COVERS ALL BASES.
>> WHAT YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A PRONOUN THERE.
YOU CAN JUST PLAY THE PRESIDENT AND DESIGNEE.
>> VERY TRUE. WE CAN TAKE OUT THE PRONOUNS IF THERE'S ANY PLACE PRESENT IN CASE OF ABSENCE OR DISABILITY, SUPERINTENDENT OF INABILITY. LET'S SEE.
EACH DIRECTOR WILL GIVE ADVANCED NOTICE TO THE PRESIDENT OR SUPERINTENDENT OF WELL, I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO WORK THAT SENTENCE A LITTLE BIT TO GET A PRONOUN OUT, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF TAKING OUT PRONOUNS TOO. SURE.
KRISTI, COULD YOU MAYBE SEE IF SOMEBODY WITH MORE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE THAN US CAN REWORD THESE THINGS.
>> SELENA, WILL YOU HELP ME WORK ON THIS?
>> AWESOME. COOL. WE WILL LET THEM WORK ON THAT AND THEN SEE WHAT
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THEY CAN BRING BACK TO US IN THE FORM OF A REVISED POLICY AND SUCH.>> MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? HAVING SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN THE SPANISH ROOM TODAY, YOU ARE SO LUCKY THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONJUGATIONS OF VERBS THAT ARE GENDERED.
IT SAYS THERE ARE VERBS, ADJECTIVES, ALL OF THOSE.
I REMEMBER MY DAYS IN GERMAN AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THINGS WERE MASCULINE OR FEMININE, AND CHAIR ONE WAY IN A TABLE, THE OTHER, I'M.
IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AND THE ROLES OF THE OFFICERS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.2.
GOING BACK TO MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS FAR AS SUMMARIZING, WE WILL COME FORTH WITH A REVISED POLICIES WITH THE VERBIAGE.
WE WILL ALSO BE COMING BACK PRIOR TO NEXT MEETING WITH SOME POTENTIAL PROCEDURES FOR DEALING WITH VIOLATIONS OR ELLIPSES AS FAR AS THE SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 7.02, WHICH IS TO UPDATE ON POLICY REVIEW TIMELINES, AND FOR THIS, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KRISTI.
>> YES, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY FAST.
THE LAST TIME I SAID I WOULD COME BACK, CHRIS AND I WOULD COME BACK WITH A TIMELINE FOR POLICY REVIEW WITH ONE GOAL WAS TO PUT TOGETHER THE CORE CONTENT INTO ONE INSTEAD OF HAVING SEPARATE POLICIES.
THEN WHAT CHRIS AND I FOUND OUT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ON A TWO-YEAR CYCLE, ALL THE POLICY SAVE, WE'LL REVIEW ALL OF THEM ANNUALLY.
WE WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHICH ONES I AFTER LISTENING, SAFETY IS ONE THAT I HEAR SHOULD BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY.
I HEARD THE ACADEMIC CORE CONTENT SHOULD BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY.
THE TECHNOLOGY ONE WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S INTERESTING TO ME IT'S A RESULTS ONE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF MAYBE TO START THE CONVERSATION, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY UPFRONT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL BE ABSOLUTE.
WE JUST WANT TO LOOK AT EACH ONE AND SAY THIS IS THE TIMELINE.
THESE ONES BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU, WE'D LIKE TO SUGGEST OUR ANNUAL THESE ONES WOULD BE BIANNUAL AND THEN JUST MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE PRESUMPTUOUS AND DO THAT WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.
>> I THINK IF YOU GIVE US SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN, IF WE FIND ANYTHING THAT NO, WE WANT IT DIFFERENT.
>> IT WILL NOT BE A FINAL, IT WOULD JUST BE A DRAFT TIMELINE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'D BRING FORWARD FOR YOU TO DISCUSS.
IT WASN'T WHAT I SAID I WOULD DO THIS MONTH, AND AS WE STARTED TO TRY TO DO IT AS LIKE, OH, THEY ALL SAY ANNUAL, AND THAT WAS NOT THE ASSUMPTION.
THAT WASN'T THE TIMELINE WE WERE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING, SO WE JUST RAN TO A LITTLE HICCUP AND SO I NEEDED SOME PERMISSION FOR MORE TIME TOO.
>> WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THE POLICY GOVERNANCE, THEY WERE ANNUAL, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TWO OR THREE REPORTS PER MONTH AND THAT THE WORKLOAD FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS GOT TOO MUCH AND SO DECIDED TO DO IT EVERY OTHER YEAR, BUT APPARENTLY DIDN'T UPDATE THAT IN THE OVER.
>> IT BECAME NOT ONLY FOR THE BOARD, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE PEOPLE DOING THE REPORTS, THEY'RE GETTING MUCH MORE STREAMLINED, WHICH IS NICE.
I KNOW WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDA, KRISTI WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT THESE AND MOST OF WHAT SHE'S LOOKING AT IS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS WE'VE ALREADY MADE.
I THINK WILL BE PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY COME BACK.
>> IT DIDN'T SEEM THOUGH, THAT THAT ATTACHMENT FOR TALKING ABOUT, LET'S SAY UPDATE ON POLICY REVIEW TIMELINE, I THINK THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT AND 7.04, THAT SHOULD BE ON 7.02.
MAYBE. THAT THIRD ATTACHMENT ON 7.04 WHEN WE GET THERE.
>> THAT ONE WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE OR IS IT SUPPOSED TO?
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>> I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK SOON.
TECHNOLOGY, THE WAY THE POLICIES WRITTEN IT SHOWS AS A RESULT, AND IN WORKING WITH THE TEAM BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY NOW HAS BECOME SO PART OF WHAT WE DO, THERE'S AN OPERATIONAL SIDE TO IT.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO MAKE IT AN OAE INSTEAD OF A RESULTS BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE ACADEMICS.
IT'S JUST HOW STUDENTS ACCESS.
IT'S LESS OF A THING AND IT'S MORE OF A TOOL, AND I DON'T HAVE OTHER POLICIES THAT ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT BOOKS OR CALCULATORS OR DIFFERENT THINGS, AND SO IT'S JUST BECOME MORE PRACTICE OF HOW WE ACCESS LEARNING.
ANYWAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK WHEN WE GET DOWN THERE.
>> ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE FORESHADOWING OF WHAT'S TO COME.
WE WILL HEAR BACK FROM CHRIS AND KRISTI REGARDS TO AND UPDATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UPDATING OUR POLICY REVIEW TIMELINE.
NEXT ITEM 7.03 IS THE REVISED AREAS TO REVIEW AND POTENTIALLY REVISE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 30 OR E3, WHICH WAS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND AS YOU RECALL, THIS IS THE POLICY THAT WE ARE THE REPORT THAT WE REVIEWED LAST MONTH AND IT COMES BACK WE ADOPTED IT LAST MONTH OR ACCEPTED THAT REPORT, AND THIS MEANT THAT COMES BACK TO US FOR REVIEW IF THERE ARE THINGS WITHIN IT THAT WE FEEL LIKE NEED TO BE CHANGED WITHIN THAT THAT POLICY OR THE INDICATORS.
AT THIS POINT, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WAY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE OR THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR MAKE? JUST AS PART OF THAT, JUST AS A REMINDER, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH WRITTEN DOWN AS ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED.
AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST MORE OF A COMPLETING THE CIRCLE IN THE LOOP.
IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS OR CHANGES, THEN WE WILL LEAVE OE-3 AND LET IT STAND AS IT IS.
RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT IT AS FAR AS REVIEW POLICY TIMELINE, WE'LL PUT THAT IN WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.
THEN THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 7.04, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND ADOPT THE MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POLICY 2.4, THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE LAST MONTH'S MEETING AND HAD TIME TO REVIEW.
THEN TAKE THE GOOGLE SURVEY TO PROVIDE INPUT AND THAT INPUT THEN IS PROVIDED ON BOARD DOCS AND WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO READ AND REVIEW.
NOW IS OPEN FOR US TO DISCUSS AND THEN DETERMINE IF WE WANT TO ACCEPT THIS REPORT AS IN THE WAY THAT IT'S PRESENTED, DEMONSTRATE REASONABLE PROGRESS, DEMONSTRATE REASONABLE PROGRESS WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS, OR DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE REASONABLE PROGRESS.
THEN ALSO TO HEAR FROM KRISTI AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SHE ALLUDED TO MOMENTS AGO ABOUT MOVING IT TO AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION.
THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THIS REPORT.
>> IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S TWO-PRONGED.
THERE IS THE ACADEMIC ASPECT OF IT IN THE TECHNOLOGY CLASSES THAT OUR STUDENTS TAKE, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO HOW WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY TO REACH STUDENTS.
I AGREE WITH KRISTI'S OBSERVATION THAT THOSE SHOULD BE SEPARATED OUT INTO OPERATIONAL VERSUS RESULTS.
I ALSO WAS WONDERING, IN LOOKING THROUGH THAT, I DIDN'T SEE ANY REFERENCE TO SUCH THINGS AS CHATGPT, IT'S WILD, WHICH HAVE BECOME VERY MUCH PART OF THE CULTURE AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT POLICIES OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE, IF THEY HAVE THEM AT ALL OR IF THAT STUFF IS LEFT UP TO INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTORS AS TO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LET THEIR STUDENTS USE THOSE TOOLS IN CLASS OR IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR AN INSTITUTION TO HAVE A STANDARD POLICY TO ADDRESS.
SO I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE I'D KICK OFF THE BALL AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
>> I CAN JUST TELL YOU A CONVERSATION I HAD
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WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, MARTINA SUE.ONE THING THAT SHE'S WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS ON RIGHT NOW IS PUTTING TOGETHER AN ADVISORY FOR NEXT YEAR.
ONE OF THE DATA FEEDBACKS IS WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF VISION.
SO WHAT ARE THE SKILLS THAT WE EXPECT STUDENTS TO HAVE? SHE CURRENTLY DOES MEET WITH ELEMENTARY TEAM AND SHE MEETS WITH THE SECONDARY TEAM.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS WE'LL HAVE AN ADVISORY THAT AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS, STAFF, AND ACTUALLY DEVELOP OUT A PLAN THAT WOULD BE, I ASSUME, ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WOULD COME UP DURING THAT TIME.
I THINK EVERYONE'S TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT ON THEIR OWN.
SO WE NEED A MORE FORMAL PROCESS.
IT'S NOT JUST SMALL GROUP OVER HERE MAKING A DECISION THAT WE HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING CONVERSATIONS.
THAT'S IN PROCESS. IT WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL NEXT FALL THOUGH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF THE YEAR.
>> THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THOUGH THAT WE REVISIT THIS ONE BEFORE ANNUAL OR BIANNUAL TO GET A POLICY BULLET POINT.
I AGREE WITH PEGGY, I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF IT'S NEEDED AT AN INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL BETTER NOW THAN WHEN CHATGPT IS GOING TO WRITE IT FOR US IN TWO YEARS, [OVERLAPPING]
BECAUSE LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND WHAT SOME OF THOSE AI'S ARE DOING AND THE WAY THEY ARE EVOLVING AND CHANGING, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT TERMINATOR, BUT YOU START THINKING ABOUT SKYNET AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
>> I DID HAVE A COMMENT ON POINT 2, THE GOAL OR WHATEVER IT WAS, WE WILL DEVELOP A TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
BUT LOOKING AT THE ANSWER, IT TALKED MORE ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY IS USED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PATHWAYS.
IT DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED CAREER PATHWAY.
I THINK ON THAT ONE I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO READ ON THIS WHAT THAT PATHWAY IS, IF THE STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT PROGRAMMING, ARE THEY LEARNING HOW TO DO PROGRAMMING, CAN THEY GRADUATE WITH ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY PLACE OUT OF COLLEGE CLASSES, OR THEY COULD BE EMPLOYED AS AN IT WORKER SOMEWHERE AT A LOCAL BUSINESS.
I WANT TO KNOW A CAREER PATHWAY FOR TECHNOLOGY.
WHILE YOU SAY LIKE YES, IT SHOULD BE AN OPERATIONS ONE, I AGREE WITH YOU.
BUT WE ALSO REALLY NEED IT AS A RESULTS PATHWAY OR RESULTS AS WELL, BECAUSE COMPUTERS IS A VERY BIG CAREER PATHWAY [OVERLAPPING]
>> ABOUT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE.
>> WELL, AND IT DOESN'T START THERE.
IT'S THE BACKUP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND SO THAT'S THE POINT OF THE ADVISORY.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT MAPPED OUT CLEARLY, NOT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN REALLY ARTICULATE IT, SO I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
WE SEE THE NEED, BUT IT'S WHO MAYBE KNOWS ABOUT IT AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THIS MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE LAST SAW IT WE WERE LIKE, WE'LL DO THIS THE NEXT TWO YEARS, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
>> LIKE KRISTI SAID INITIALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A SECTION OR A RESULTS POLICY ON BOOKS, BUT WE DO HAVE ON ENGLISH, WHICH IS WHAT GOES INTO BOOKS.
TECHNOLOGY TAKES UP SUCH A BROAD BASE THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE NEED THE BOOK PART OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE LEARNING PART OF TECHNOLOGY, SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT GOES IN BOTH CATEGORIES AND IT'LL KEEP EVOLVING TO BE DIFFERENT TOO.
>> I ALSO WONDERED, DO WE HAVE ANY CTE, OR DO YOU KNOW OF ANY CTE PATHWAYS AT OTHER WATKINS COUNTY SCHOOLS?
>> I JUST BRIEFLY LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE COMMENT ABOUT CHATGPT.
IT'S PRETTY PERVASIVE AND IT'S EVOLVING REALLY FAST.
BUT ALSO EVEN IN ENGLISH CLASS, WE'RE STARTING TO REALIZING THAT THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE STARTING TO ADAPT NOW.
SO TURNITIN.COM, WHAT THE HIGH-SCHOOLERS USE TO TURN IN SAS, THERE'S AN INTEGRATED AI LIE DETECTOR THAT DETECTS PORTIONS OF THE ESSAY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY AN AI AND IT GIVES YOU A PERCENTAGE, AND THEN IT'S THE TEACHER DISCRETION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
BUT I THINK WHEN THE TIME COMES TO START DEVELOPING POLICY FOR STUFF LIKE THIS, IT WILL PROBABLY ALREADY BE BUILT INTO THE TOOLS YOU'RE ALREADY USING, SO IT WON'T REALLY BE THAT HARD.
IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR THESE EDUCATION BASED PLATFORMS TO CATCH UP.
>> TYPICALLY THE CASE WITH TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH IT.
I LISTENED TO MY KIDS IN COLLEGE WHO TALKED TO ME ABOUT,
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YOU JUST GO HERE AND HAVE IT WRITE YOUR ESSAY.THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS.
>> I HAVE A FRIEND WHO DID THAT.
BUT TECHNOLOGY IS A MARVELOUS TOOL.
IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT BEST AND THAT'S ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE A CATCH-UP.
OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE REPORT? IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS THEN THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW TO IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT IT OR HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THIS REPORT.
I DO WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THOSE THAT PUT IT TOGETHER.
I WOULD AGREE WITH MELINDA, IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE GETTING MORE PROCESS THAN WE WERE RESULTS.
BUT IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE VARIOUS LINKS WHERE YOU COULD GO AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE BEING TALKED ABOUT SO THAT HAS BEEN A REQUEST THAT WE'VE MADE ALL THE WAY ALONG SO THANK YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR INCORPORATING THOSE THINGS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOTE FOR NEXT MONTH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANY CHANGES TO BE MADE TO IT ABOUT THAT POINT TOO, IF WE KEEP IT, IF WE CHANGE IT, ARE WE GOING TO DO A CTE PATHWAY?
>> ALSO ARE WE GOING TO TREAT THE RESULTS REPORT FOR TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AS A SEPARATE STANDALONE THING OR WOULD IT BE MOVED OVER LIKE SAY WITH MATH AND SCIENCE REPORTS.
>> I WILL LET YOU KNOW NEXT MONTH. I HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
I WANT TO LOOK AT EACH ONE AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO WORK WITH THE TEAM HERE.
I HAVE A MEETING SET ASIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WRESTLE WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT OUR CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT THAT AND WHY WE MADE THE DECISION WE MADE BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE WORLD LANGUAGE IN THERE AND SOME OTHER THINGS SO HOW DO WE LUMP THEM TOGETHER? AND THAT MAY BE THAT WE HAVE A CTE RESULT OF WHICH IT FITS.
I WANT TO HAVE SOME TIME TO DISCUSS IT WITH THEM NOW THAT I HAVE SOME PERMISSION TO BE A LITTLE FLEXIBLE IN HOW I APPROACH IT.
DOES THAT WORK PETER? YEAH OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M GETTING THAT.
>> IS THERE A MOTION OR I CAN MAKE A SUMMATION BASED ON THE INFORMATION I HAVE AVAILABLE HERE?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POLICY 2.4 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY.
AS MEETING OR NO, WHAT WAS IT?
>> DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS OR DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS WITH BASED ON THE VOTING THAT WAS DONE OR THE INPUT FROM THE SURVEY, IT'S EITHER DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS OR DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS.
I GUESS NOT TO USURP YOUR MOTION, BUT I WOULD SAY [OVERLAPPING]
>> WITH THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE LOOK AT, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE IN AN OEE OR RESULTS.
>> I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THE SLOPPIEST MOTION I'VE EVER MADE. CAN I TRY AGAIN?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT MONITORING REPORT FOR RESULTS POLICY 2.4 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY AS MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS, BUT WITH THE STIPULATION THAT WE VISIT POINT TWO NEXT MONTH TO REWORK IT POTENTIALLY. A LITTLE SLOPPY.
>> WE COULD CONSIDER HAVING THE CHAT AI CREATE OUR MOTIONS.
>> SORRY, I COULDN'T RESIST THAT ONE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT RESULTS POLICY 2.4 ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WITH TECHNOLOGY AS MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS WITH THE STIPULATION THAT WE REVIEW IT IN REGARDS TO OEE VERSUS RESULTS IN THE ANSWER TO QUESTION TWO OR TO PART 2, THE INDICATOR 2.
I MUDDLED THROUGH THAT AS WELL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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>> ALL OPPOSED. THE REPORT HAS BEEN ADOPTED THEN AND WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT AND SUCH NEXT MONTH.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 8.01,
[8. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]
WHICH IS THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, AND FOR THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MARK.>> WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY AND WANT TO DO A BETTER JOB LOCKING THE DOORS.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO READ INTO THE RECORD RATIONALE FOR DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, WHICH IS THE DOCUMENT THAT'S ATTACHED AS PART OF THE AGENDA.
>> ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE DECLARATION?
>> YEAH. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER IN THE DAY AND I THOUGHT THAT THE POINTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THERE WERE BETTER THAN WHAT'S IN THIS DECLARATION AND SO I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON A COUPLE OF POINTS.
ONE BEING, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED WAS THAT I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS ESSENTIALLY ONLY ONE VIABLE VENDOR HERE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WHICH WAS BILLING HEMLOCK AND SAFE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> ONE LOCAL VENDOR THAT'S CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE WORK. CORRECT.
>> OF PERFORMING THE WORK, OKAY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE SELLING POINTS THAT I WAS CONSIDERING.
I JUST WAS WONDERING TO ME IT WAS A MORE SOLID ARGUMENT, THE POINTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP WHEN WE SAT DOWN AND DISCUSSED IT, FORGOING THAT PROCESS.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T CARE FOR THIS DECLARATION AND SO I DON'T REALLY LIKE IT THAT MUCH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT OTHER THAN YOU ASKED ABOUT THIS ONE THAT WAS ATTACHED AND I LIKED THE VERBIAGE BETTER BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO POINT OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL ISSUES WERE AND WHY THIS WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO DO IT THAT WAY.
>> WELL, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
THAT'S WHY I WORK MOSTLY WITH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, NOT [LAUGHTER]
MAYBE I CAN WORK ON THE CHAT- [LAUGHTER]
>> BUT IT'S BLOCKED RIGHT NOW.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS AS FAR AS WITH THIS? MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE LOOKING AT SYSTEMS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS GOING IN AND WHAT IS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> CORRECT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CASES BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH VARYING AGES OF FACILITIES AND DIFFERENT STYLES OF DOORS, BUT THE END RESULT IS A THUMB TURNED LOCK THAT WILL BE LOCKABLE FROM THE INSIDE OF EVERY CLASSROOM WITHOUT A KEY.
IT WILL LOOK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS UNIFORM AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE BUILDING AND THE DOOR STYLE WILL MAKE A SLIGHT VARIATION ON WHAT ACTUALLY ENDS UP BEING IN PLACE WHEN WE'RE FINISHED.
>> WILL THESE BE ONLY LOCKS OR WILL THESE BE DOORS AS WELL IN SOME SITUATIONS?
>> IN SOME SITUATIONS IT MAY REQUIRE A DOOR, IT IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY JUST OUR HARDWARE DOOR.
IN SOME CASES THAT'S MORE EXTENSIVE THAN OTHERS, AND YOUR DOUBLE DOORS THAT HAVE THE CRASH BARS, IT REQUIRES A WHOLE DIFFERENT SETUP, A WHOLE DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
SOME OF THE DOOR JAMS HAVE TO BE MODIFIED FAIRLY EXTENSIVELY, BUT IT'S MOSTLY HARDWARE.
>> I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MAYBE I ASK THIS ONE, WHICH IS IF THIS IS DONE BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION, DOES THAT MEAN THAT OTHER ASPECTS OF THE OBLIGATIONS WOULD BE SUSPENDED? LIKE SAY, AS I MENTIONED, CHANGE ORDERS, BECAUSE IF THERE ARE COSTS THAT POP UP SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THIS IS APPROVED?
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WILL THAT NEGATE THOSE CONTROLS AS WELL.>> NO. AS PER OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER, THERE HAS BEEN A SPECIFIC EVALUATION OF EVERY DOOR, SO WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE CONVERSION.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE.
I THINK THERE WILL BE CHANGE BECAUSE THERE ALWAYS IS SOMETHING THAT'S UNEXPECTED THAT A DOOR TURNS OUT IN WORSE CONDITION AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
THERE WILL BE SOME VARIANCES, BUT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING VERY MANY BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EXAMINATION DONE OF EVERY DOOR IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE'RE MAKING A CHANGE TO.
IT'S BEEN EVALUATED UPFRONT, SO WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO FAIRLY ACCURATELY.
>> IS THIS JUST CLASSROOM DOORS, THIS WOULDN'T BE LIKE CLOSETS AND SUCH?
>> OCCUPIED SPACES, SO OFFICES WILL BE INCLUDED IN ADDITION TO CLASSROOMS, COMMON SPACES, LIBRARIES, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE GATHERING.
SO IT'S NOT 100% CLASSROOMS, BUT IT'S, LIKE I SAID, OCCUPIED SPACES.
>> THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE AT THE DOOR TO LOCK IT.
THERE'S GOING GOT BE A BUTTON IN ROOMS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> NO. THEY WILL HAVE TO PHYSICALLY LOCK THE DOOR BUT YOU CAN DO IT FROM THE INSIDE OF THE ROOM WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR.
>> WILL THERE BE ANY MITIGATION AS FAR AS SHENANIGANS BEING [INAUDIBLE] BY SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BLOCK THEMSELVES INSIDE THE DOOR.
>> THEY WILL STILL HAVE A KEY TO ACCESS FROM THE OUTSIDE.
>> YOU WILL HAVE KEY ACCESS? WILL THIS INCLUDE RESTROOMS AS WELL OR JUST CLASSROOMS AND OFFICES?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK. I DO NOT RECALL WHETHER WE HAD LOCKS ON RESTROOMS OR NOT.
I BELIEVE SO, BUT I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK THAT.
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO MITIGATE FORESEEN POSSIBILITIES.
JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
IN LIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN, AND STUDENTS SAFETY, ONE THING IS, IF WE'RE AWARE THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE OUT THERE THAT WERE' NOT MITIGATING, THEN I THINK WE'RE OBLIGATED TO TAKE ACTION AND DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO KEEP THE STUDENTS SAFE.
IT'S ONE THING IF WE'RE SURPRISED AND TAKEN BY SURPRISE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT WHEN WE KNOWINGLY KNOW WE HAVE AN ISSUE, I THINK WE NEED TO PUSH FORWARD AND GET IT DONE. MY OPINION.
>> YOUR POINT FOR BATHROOMS, WE KNOW WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH WITH DRUG PROBLEMS. A STUDENT BEING ABLE TO LOCK THAT BATHROOM DOOR AND YOU HAVE TO GO AND GET THE KEY, I DO THINK IF WE'RE PUTTING THE LOCKS ON THE BATHROOM, HAVING A PLAN FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A STUDENT'S SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL.
>> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK SOME OF THOSE BATHROOMS ACTUALLY HAVE THE DOORS.
THEY'RE LIKE A PARTITION AND THEN AMAZED AND THEN YOU GO ROUND AND THERE'S NO DOOR IN PLACE.
>> IN SOME CASES THAT IS TRUE.
>> SEEING NONE, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, DO WE NEED TO TAKE? NO, ACTUALLY, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THIS FOR THE RECORD.
THEN SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM 8.02, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OR START OF A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE UPCOMING REPLACEMENT LEVY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MELINDA ASKED ABOUT AND I THINK HAD SOME GOOD THOUGHTS ABOUT, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET HER SHARE THOSE AND GET THE CONVERSATION GOING AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO FROM THERE.
>> WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD AND THEN SWORN IN IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, I WAS ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO MY SEAT AND WE VOTED ON WHAT THE LEVY ASK WOULD BE.
THERE WAS TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, MYSELF AND JAZZIE, AND THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAD BEEN THERE DURING THE WORK OF GOING OVER THE BUDGET AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ASK THE VOTERS FOR, ETC.
THEY HAD DEVELOPED ALL THAT WORK, BUT THEN THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED ON IT WERE THE BOARD THAT NIGHT, NOVEMBER 28TH OR WHATEVER IT WAS IN 2019.
I WAS JUST THINKING AS FAR AS WE STARTED LAST MONTH BY GETTING A PRESENTATION FROM MARK AND
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HIS TEAM ABOUT THE BUDGET AND HOW WE GO ABOUT PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND WE'LL BE DOING A LOT MORE OF THAT WORK OVER THE SUMMER.WE'LL BE APPROVING OUR BUDGET IN AUGUST AFTER WORKING ON IT, AND PUBLIC INPUT AND ALL THAT BUSINESS.
I WAS THINKING THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS WHEN WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON WHAT WE ASK THE VOTERS TO VOTE ON IN THE FEBRUARY ELECTION.
DO WE HAVE THE BOARD WHO DOES THE WORK OVER THE SUMMER OR DO WE HAVE HOW IT WAS IN 2019.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IT WAS WHEN YOU GUYS CAME ON BOARD.
BUT, DO WE VOTE IN OCTOBER? DO WE VOTE IN NOVEMBER AFTER NEW MEMBERS ARE SEATED POTENTIALLY? OR DO WE VOTE IN NOVEMBER BEFORE THE NEW MEMBERS ARE SEATED? OR WHAT?
>> IN FAIRNESS, I HAVE NOT GIVEN THIS ANY CONSIDERATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, THAT WAS PART OF BRINGING IT UP TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M THINKING IT WILL DEPEND ON DATES, BUT FEBRUARY HAS BEEN THROWN OUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL TIME AS FAR AS RUNNING IN.
DEPENDING ON HOW THE DATES FALL, IT MAY NEED TO BE APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING AS OPPOSED TO THE DECEMBER, OR THE NOVEMBER MEETING AS OPPOSED TO THE DECEMBER MEETING.
>> WE HAVE TO TELL THE AUDITOR IN MID-DECEMBER, AND THE REASON WE DO IT IN FEBRUARY IS SO THAT THE VOTERS CAN VOTE ON THE LEVY, SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW WHAT OUR BUDGET IS SO THAT WE CAN EITHER DO OR NOT DO ANY REDUCTIONS IN FORCE.
THAT'S WHY. ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO THEIR ELECTION AT THAT TIME, SO WE SHARE ELECTION COSTS WITH THOSE SCHOOL BOARDS, SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR DOING FEBRUARY.
MY THOUGHT OF WHEN WE VOTE ON IT, IF LET'S SAY WE HAVE THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS IN POSITIONS 1, 2, AND 3, THERE IS NOTHING THAT REQUIRES SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ACTUALLY COME TO ANY MEETING BEFORE THEY'RE ELECTED OR WATCH ANY MEETING OR READ ANY BUDGETS OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING.
EVEN IF THEY ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH IT OR COME TO THE MEETING AND ARE WATCHING THE MEETINGS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME ACCESS.
WELL, THEY DO, BUT MAYBE DON'T KNOW THE SAME, LIKE WHO TO ASK ABOUT DIFFERENT QUESTIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET AND WHAT WE NEED.
>> IF I COULD SUGGEST MAYBE WE HAVE, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME FUTURE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUDGET.
MAYBE I CAN HAVE KRISTI ASK MARK TO INCLUDE DATES AND TIMES SO WE KNOW THE TIMELINE AND THAT WILL HELP US TO KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE THINGS DONE AND WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN AS PART OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
>> WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR ABOUT THE LEVY PROCESS?
[9. FOCUS ON STUDENTS]
>> THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.01, WHICH IS A PROPOSED STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.
BASICALLY, THIS IS BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION LAST MONTH AND SOME REVIEW.
CHRIS AND KRISTI PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED POLICY REVISION TO POLICY 1250, WHICH IS STUDENTS ON THE GOVERNING BOARD, AND IT DOES PUT FORTH A STIPULATION, CLEANS UP SOME LANGUAGE WITH IT AS WELL AS PUTTING IN THE STIPULATION OF THEM DOING AN ADVISORY VOTE PRIOR TO ITEMS THAT WE ARE VOTING ON WITHIN THE AGENDA AND SO YOU'VE GOT A COPY OF THE OLD POLICY AND THE NEW ONE THERE THAT YOU'VE HAD AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT.
AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE KRISTI MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER.
>> WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS, IT ACTUALLY WAS A GOOD TIME, WAZDA HAD SOME NEW LANGUAGE REGARDING THE STUDENTS ON THE GOVERNING BOARD, SO WE UPDATED OTHER PARTS.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE REVISED PROPOSED REVISED REVISION, THE YELLOW INDICATORS SHOW WHERE THE CHANGES WERE MADE.
SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE ADVISORY, WE USED WAZDA`S LANGUAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD IT IN THERE ORIGINALLY, BUT THIS WAS THE POLICY THAT THEY RECOMMEND, THE WORDING THAT THEY RECOMMEND AT THE END.
THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE ADVISORY VOTE.
BASICALLY, IT ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS PRIOR TO A VOTE TO SAY PRO OR CON OR ABSTAIN.
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IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO GIVE US THEIR INPUT.THEY CAN CHOOSE TO ABSTAIN, BUT IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> I WOULD JUST MAKE THE COMMENT THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD LOOK AT THEIR INPUT AS FAR AS THEIR VOTE AFTER WE HAVE VOTED RATHER THAN BEFORE.
>> I THINK IT PUTS UNDUE STRESS ON THOSE.
I KNOW WHEN I'VE BEEN PUT BEFORE A VOTE AND I'M FIRST STEP THE VOTE.
THERE'S ADDED EXTRA TENSION AND PRESSURE ON THAT, MAKING THAT STATEMENT UP FRONT AND FORWARD.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO PUT ANYBODY IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.
I ACTUALLY REALLY DO GET THIS BECAUSE IN CLASS, NO ONE WANTS TO GO FIRST FOR A PRESENTATION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS OF SETTING A PRECEDENT WHO YOU HAVE TO LIVE UP TO, WHO YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
IF WE DON'T WANT TO VOTE, WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING AND THAT'S A POWER THAT I'M SURE WE WILL BE USING A LOT, BUT I THINK THE POINT OF HAVING THE VOTE BEFORE YOU GUYS IS SO THAT OUR VIEWPOINT IS EXPRESSED BEFORE YOU GUYS DECIDE TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS BECAUSE IF IT'S AFTER, THE IMPACT IS LOST COMPLETELY.
>> BUT CONSIDER THAT VOTING FIRST IS YOUR INTENTION TO TRY AND IMPACT OR INFLUENCE WHAT OUR VOTES ARE GOING TO BE.
>> IF WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT IMPACT, THEN WE DON'T VOTE.
>> THE OTHER THING IS I WENT TO A DISTRICT AREA ONE THING THIS WEEK AND THEY TALKED ABOUT STUDENT ADVISORY VOTES.
THEY SAID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A CON ABOUT HAVING A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE IS IF THE BOARD DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE STUDENTS, IT COULD HAPPEN.
BUT THE OTHER THING OF TAKING A VOTE AND THEN OUR VOTE IS GOING TO IMPACT THE STUDENTS AS VOTING AND THEN SAYING, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? THEY THINK IT'S DONE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO TELL HIM TOO BAD, SO SAD.
>> I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AREN'T WE ALREADY LISTENING TO THEIR VOICES WHEN THEY SPEAK? THEY SPEAK ON THE ISSUES AND WE TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT.
I'M NOT SURE WHY FORMALIZING THAT IN A VOTE IS NECESSARY.
THEY ARE HERE SO WE CAN LISTEN TO THEM.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LISTENING TO THEM.
THEY SHOULDN'T REQUIRE A VOTE FOR US TO LISTEN TO THEM.
>> WELL, IN MY OPINION, I THINK HAVING THAT LIKE I SAID, I MENTIONED THIS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE WILL DISCUSS THIS.
I THINK HAVING A DEDICATED SPACE ENSURES THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE HAVING THE TIME TO FORMALLY VOTE ON SOMETHING, IF WE DON'T, AND IF WE WANT.
WE CAN ALSO USE THAT TIME TO EXPLAIN OUR THINKING AS WELL, WHICH IS HOW I'M GOING TO GO ABOUT IT TOO.
I MAY END UP SAYING PRO OR CON OR SAYING OR WHATEVER, BUT I'M AT LEAST GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SPACE TO EXPRESS HOW I FEEL ABOUT A CERTAIN POLICY, ABOUT A CERTAIN TOPIC EVERY SINGLE MEETING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MOST IMPACTFUL DURING WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DISCUSSING THAT POLICY AS OPPOSED TO WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WHEN I'M SHARING THINGS THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE MEETING LATER. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT STATES IT THE WAY I AM THINKING.
BUT THAT DOES GET RECORDED AS OPPOSED TO WE DON'T RECORD EVERY VERB OF DISCUSSION.
IN GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE MINUTES, WE WOULD SEE THOSE VOTES.
IF SOMEBODY ISN'T GOING BACK TO THE ACTUAL VIDEO OR THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT OF HAVING A VOTE.
IF WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO THEIR INPUT, ARE WE GOING TO LISTEN TO THEIR VOTES? THEY GO TOGETHER. BUT AT THE SAME POINT, THAT DOES PUT IT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE TANGIBLE WITHIN THE MINUTES AND THE RECORD OF THE MEETING.
>> WELL, THE WAY IT USUALLY GOES IS THERE'S INPUT BEFORE THE VOTE.
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PEOPLE GIVE THEIR INPUT BEFORE THE VOTE.THERE'S USUALLY NOT A FOLLOWING EXPECTATION WHEN YOU PUT IT UP FOR A VOTE.
YOU'RE GIVEN THE OPTION TO YAY, NAY, OR ABSTAIN.
PERIOD, AND THERE'S NO EXPLANATION THAT GOES WITH THAT.
THE EXPLANATION COMES BEFORE THE VOTE IS TAKEN.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS IS NOTED BEFORE ANY VOTES ARE TAKEN.
AFTER SAID, THEN IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE I SAID, YAY, NAY, OR ABSTAIN.
>> JAZZIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY MY EXAMPLE.
>> WHICH ACTUALLY JUST HAPPENED, WE GET CARRIED AWAY INTO A CONVERSATION.
I JUST, "OH, I'LL JUST KEEP IT TO MYSELF." I THINK GIVING THAT DESIGNATED SPACE TO GIVE US A VOTE, NO MATTER WHAT CALVINO AND I OR THE NEXT STUDENT REP ARE JUST GOING TO ADD OUR OPINION ANYWAYS.
I DO LIKE THE DESIGNATED SPACE TO GIVE US THAT VOTE JUST SO I CAN JUST GO.
I THINK IT DOES SAY DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE POLICY, BUT WHATEVER I WAS GOING TO SAY.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S JUST OBVIOUS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST JUMP IN AS THE HIGHER-UPS IN THE ROOM, IT IS YOUR JOB TO GIVE US THAT POWER.
THAT'S THE EXPECTATION THAT I WANT TO BE SET FORTH FOR US AND FOR ANY OF THE FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS COMING FORWARD.
THAT'S BASICALLY THE FULL EXPECTATION THAT I HAVE OF YOU GUYS AND IT WOULD SEEM TO BE MORE TANGIBLE IF IT WAS WRITTEN IN POLICY LIKE THIS.
>> OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THEN, IN TERMS OF THE CLARITY, AS FAR AS THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING GO, I KNOW I'VE NOTICED THAT IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THERE WERE THIS MANY YES AND AS MANY NAYS AND WHATNOT.
ARE THEY GOING TO DIVIDE THE MOUNTAIN AND SAY YES? THIS STUDENT SAID YES AND THIS STUDENT SAID NO.
IS THAT GOING TO BE NOTED IN THE FINGERS IS JUST GOING TO BE, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHETHER THE MINUTES ARE GOING TO BE DETAILED OR NOT.
I PERSONALLY FEEL WHEN YOU NEEDED TO TAKE VOTES ON THINGS THAT THERE ACTUALLY SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO WHOEVER THE VOTES SHOULD BE COUNTED.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A RECORD THAT THE PUBLIC CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT"? WE AGREED WITH THIS PERSON, WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THIS PERSON.
LOOKING AT COUNCIL, IT'S EASY TO SEE WHO VOTED FOR WHAT, WHEN.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE WITH THE STUDENT VOTES, OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO ATTACH NAMES OF STUDENTS OR IF THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE? ONE STUDENT VOTED YES, ONE STUDENT VOTED NO ON THE ADVISORY VOTE.
HOW'S THAT'S GOING TO BE BROKEN OUT.
I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER DISTRICTS SAID IT'S SOMEWHAT CONFUSING IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEBODY'S MINUTES AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.
EVEN THERE WAS CONFUSION AS TO WHO IS VOTING BOARD MEMBER AND WHO'S A STUDENT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE MINUTES READ.
I THINK CHRIS CHANGE THAT, I THINK SHE PUT STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE LAST TIME.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT WHATEVER WE DECIDE, IT IS MORE CLEAR IN THE HISTORY IN THE MINUTES. WHAT'S [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH, WE JUST NEED THAT FEEDBACK, AND SO FINE.
>> THE WAY I READ THIS, IT SAYS THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE VOTE DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE FINAL NUMERICAL OUTCOME OF THE VOTE, BUT MUST BE RECORDED IN THE MEETING MINUTES.
IT LEAVES IT PRETTY WIDE OPEN TOO, AND WE CAN GIVE THAT DIRECTION TO KRISTI WHO CAN GIVE IT TO CHRIS HAS THE MINUTE TAKER.
I'M JUST TRYING TO REINFORCE THINGS IN MY MIND.
AS TO HOW WE WANT THAT, DO WE WANT IT JUST AS A GENERAL, THE STUDENT VOTE WAS 2 - 4, TWO AGAINST TO ABSTAINED, ONE FOR ONE AGAINST ONE, WHATEVER.
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OR DO WE WANT IT ATTRIBUTED TO THE SPECIFIC STUDENT? I THINK THAT'S THE DETAILS OF HOW WE DO IT.THERE'S REALLY NO CLARIFICATION, AND PART OF ME SAYS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE POLICY NEEDS TO BE THAT DEFINED BECAUSE IT MAY CHANGE.
BUT THE OTHERS WOULD SAY NO, WE NEED TO HAVE IT TOTALLY SPELLED OUT, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY AMEND AND ADD THAT IF WE WANT IT TO BE THAT DEFINED IN THE POLICY OR IF WE WANT TO JUST KEEP IT, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE RECORDED.
BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WITHIN OUR POLICIES THAT, EVEN FOR US AS ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, WHERE IT DOES REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE VERSUS OTHERS WHERE IT IS JUST WHAT'S THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OR THE GENERAL OUTCOME.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT TERM.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BE TAKEN WRONG ON THIS.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE STUDENTS VOTING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO BRING FORWARD IS I JUST WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THINK THINGS THROUGH AS FAR AS WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF DOING A VOTE COULD BE, IT COULD END UP IN SOME CRITICISM.
BELIEVE ME, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I'VE FACED CRITICISM OVER VOTES, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT IF THIS IS WHAT YOU DESIRE, THAT THERE COULD BE SOME REPERCUSSIONS EXPLANATIONS THAT WILL FOLLOW YOU.
I JUST WANT YOU TO BE TOTALLY AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS CAN BE OF MAKING A DECISIVE DECISION ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> THEIR DECISION, THOUGH, IS NOT THE DECISIVE DECISIONS SINCE IT WON'T BE COUNTED.
I ALSO THINK WE DO NEED TO GIVE THEM CREDIT THAT THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS POSITION, BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS POSITION.
THEY'RE A YOUNG ADULTS AND SOON TO BE ADULTS.
>> I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A LECTURE, PLEASE.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> I'M JUST SAYING LET THEM MAKE THEIR DECISION.
>> I REALIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE ADULTS, AND I'M TREATING THEM AS ADULTS, I'M TRYING TO GIVE THEM SOME GOOD DIRECTIVE ADVICE ON WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO GOING FORWARD.
>> IF I COULD AND I'LL JUMP THE GUN, AND YOU GUYS CAN OBJECT IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AN ADVISORY VOTE AT THIS TIME OF OUR STUDENT MEMBERS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS POLICY ADOPTED AS ITS REVISED.
AGAIN, YOUR OPTIONS ARE PRO OR FOUR AGAINST, OR ABSTENTION PRO CON OR ABSTENTION SO.
>> ANY FURTHER, I KNOW THAT THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN, THAT SHOULD BE RIGHT BEFORE OUR VOTE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE AND GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD MEMBERS?
>> I GUESS I LOOKED BACK AT SOME OF THE THINGS I VOTED ON AND I THINK I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION, AND I'M MAYBE MADE THE WRONG TURN THERE AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH WHAT I DID, AND SO WHAT STEVE SAID ECHOES WITH ME.
IT'S LIKE, PARTICULARLY, WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND YOU THINK THE WORLD IS A CERTAIN WAY AND THEN YOU GO OUT AND LOOKING BACK ON WHAT YOU THOUGHT WHEN YOU WERE A CERTAIN AGE AND YOU THINK, "I WENT AND I SUPPORTED THIS AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'M GOING TO SAY IT, I VOTED FOR JIMMY CARTER.
I LOOK BACK AT THAT DECISION, I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY A GREAT THING.
I LOOK BACK AT IT AND GO, YOU MAKE DECISIONS, AND THEN YOU THINK, OKAY, I HOPE NOBODY EVER [LAUGHTER]
>> FINDS OUT THAT I SUPPORTED THAT OR RATHER, IT'S PART OF GROWING.
>> BUT I'M JUST SAYING, I REALLY WANT YOU TO TAKE TO HEART WHAT STEVE WAS SAYING BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THINGS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND THEY CAN FOLLOW YOU LATER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS HERE DOES, BUT I CAN THINK OF SOME THINGS THAT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT.
I CAN VOICE THOSE LATER, NOT IN REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, BUT OTHER AREAS WHERE STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED.
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I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT, YOU MAY UNWITTINGLY SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HURT YOUR OWN FUTURE.THAT IS THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME.
I GUESS I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> THE LEARNING FROM THAT IS OKAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CONCERN.
HOWEVER, LIKE MELINDA SAID, WE WERE CHOSEN FOR THIS POSITION, AND WE HANDLE THE REALLY DIFFICULT TOPICS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO EVERYONE HERE, WE WILL BE FINE BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE FINE.
THE BAR FOR ME IS THAT, AND I'M REALLY SORRY TO GO THERE, BUT I THINK THAT, LIKE I SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONCERN.
BUT I REALLY HOPE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE ABILITY THAT WE HAVE HERE JUST BECAUSE OF OUR AGES.
I REALLY HOPE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE ARE CAPABLE PEOPLE, CAPABLE OF MAKING REALLY DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO EVERY DAY AS A PERSON WHO IS NOT ONLY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT IN ASP AND TAKING VERY RIGOROUS CLASSES, AND HELPING OUT WITH IT AND HELPED OUT WITH BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL-RUN THING THAT HAS HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF REALLY DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
YES, THAT'S COME WITH A LOT OF BACKLASH, FROM SOMETHING ASSEMBLED TO MOVING A DATE TO SONGS ON A PLAYLIST THAT ALL COMES BACK TO WHOEVER MADE IT, AND THEN IT BLOWS OVER.
YOU LEARN FROM IT, IT'S OKAY TO LEARN FROM THINGS THAT YOU SAY.
IT'S OKAY TO BE TRUSTED IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE TO LEARN FROM THOSE DECISIONS.
I THINK THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IS THAT I WANT TO BE IN A POSITION, AND MUCH LIKE JAZZIE, BOTH OF US HAVE DECIDED TO DO THIS.
WE WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE MAKING HARD DECISIONS THAT REPRESENT OUR STUDENT BODY, AND THAT COMES ALONG WITH HARD DECISIONS.
NO ONE'S SAYING IT'S EASY, BUT WE CAN HANDLE THESE HARD DECISIONS.
>> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. AT THIS POINT THEN THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE REVISED POLICY 12/50 TO ALLOW STUDENT ADVISORY VOTES.
>> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE REVISED POLICY, 15 OR 12/50 TO ALLOW STUDENT ADVISORY VOTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> OKAY. BASED ON THAT, THEN THE REVISED POLICY IS ADOPTED.
THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEMS 10 AND 11 OF THE AGENDA,
[10. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
[11. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
WHICH ARE THE CONSENT AGENDAS.THE CONSENT AGENDAS ARE A GROUP OF ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AHEAD OF TIME FOR REVIEW AND ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO APPROVE IN A SINGLE MOTION AS OPPOSED TO AN INDIVIDUAL MOTION FOR EACH OF THE ITEMS. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE AND AS PART OF MY MANTRA, THESE ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE TO REVIEW ON BOARD DOCS.
IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH HOW TO GET TO BOARD DOCS OR HOW TO SEE THOSE THINGS, PLEASE SEE ONE OF US AFTER THE MEETING AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET THERE SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE AND SEE THE INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD HAS SEEN AS WELL.
WITH THAT SAID, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADDRESSING THE CONSENT AGENDAS.
>> MAY I ASK A QUESTION? I APOLOGIZE, MELINDA.
I MEAN, YOU SAY WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF ITEMS BEFORE.
I WOULD ACTUALLY, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THINGS.
>> THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM THING,
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I WAS NOTICING THAT IN THE TERMS THERE, IT WAS LIKE AT 72,500 LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, AND NOW IT'S UP TO 77,000 PER PERSON.I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THE HUGE COST JUMP.
>> YES. I'M GOING TO ASK TRINA TO ADDRESS THAT.
>> THE DISCOVERY CONTRACT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEGOTIATE WITH DISCOVERY AS WELL AS ALL OF THE WATKINS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT DIRECTORS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THE INCREASED COST, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS DUE TO JUST THE INCREASED COST OF STAFFING, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WILL HAVE LOOKING INTO NEXT YEAR WITH THE IPD.
THEN THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL ADDITIONS TO THE CONTRACT THIS YEAR THAT WERE FOR SOME OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SUPPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL AND A VERY SMALL AMOUNT FOR SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TEACHERS AT DISCOVERY.
>> THE OTHER ONE IS A NEW PROGRAM.
THE MONTH FOR THE ESD FOR THE I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING STUFF WITH THE KIDS THAT ARE IN DETENTION CENTERS.
THAT'S A RECURRING THING THAT IS NOT A NEW. OKAY.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA. DC-2.4.
>> OR YOU CAN PUT THE BOARD CONSENT ON THAT AS WELL OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST.
>> NO PROBLEM. OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED, AND MAKE THEM PART OF THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[12. SHARING [GC-7.E]]
THEN THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 12.01, WHICH IS ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS SHARING AND GO AHEAD AND START OVER.WELL, I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP AND IF THERE'S ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE THINGS TO SHARE, NOW'S THE TIME.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE THERE'S NOTHING.
>> NO ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TAKING A LITTLE R&R AND FLEW OFF TO MEXICO, PUERTO PARADA, STAYED IN NEW [INAUDIBLE].
YEAH, ANYWAY, EVERYBODY GETS AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S A NICE PLACE TO GO VISIT.
ON A BUSINESS NOTE, RECENTLY, BACK TO YESTERDAY, I MET WITH KRISTI AND MARK DEEBACH AND JAMIE VUKOVICH.
WE SAT DOWN AND DISCUSS MOVING FORWARD ON WHAT THAT AGENDA MIGHT LOOK LIKE, MOVING TOWARDS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD SESSION.
I GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
I GOT SOME INPUT AS TO HOW THE SCHOOL FUNCTIONS, AND I RELATED TO THEM ON HOW AN INDUSTRIAL SETTING MIGHT AND HOW MAYBE WE COULD CORRELATE A LITTLE BIT AND MATCH THE TWO SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A STARTING POINT IS HOW IT ALL ENDED THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A STARTING POINT TO IMPLEMENT THIS NEW SYSTEM.
I'M ENCOURAGED AND EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE TO SUPPORT THAT IN ANY WAY I CAN.
I THANK THEM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THAT ASPECT OF MAINTENANCE.
>> THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY DID.
IT WAS I THINK ENERGIZING, INSPIRING.
I WAS THE PERSON IN THE ROOM FEELING LIKE I WAS LISTENING TO A FOREIGN LANGUAGE,
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SO I LEARNED SO MUCH.BUT IT REALLY DID GET OUR WHEELS TURNING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING ON THAT FURTHER AND GETTING SOME OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED TOO.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE THE CONSTRUCTION IN THAT ASPECT THAT YOU BRING TO THE BOARD.
I STILL REMEMBER WHEN WE TOOK THE FIRST TOUR OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOLS THEY WERE GOING AND THE GUY WHO'S LEADING THE TOUR LOOKED OVER AND SAID, NOW THESE ARE THE GANG BATHROOMS, AND I'M LIKE WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO GET GANGS OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
STEVE WAS JUST TAKING IT ALL IN STRIDE.
YEP, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL HIM, SO ANYWAY, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU BRING THAT WAY. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT.
NO. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TODAY AND LO AND BEHOLD, I ENDED UP IN KEVIN AS CLASS, AND WHAT HE DESCRIBED EARLIER, THAT WAS A FUN CLASS.
IT'S VERY ENERGIZING TO BE IN WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE LEARNING AND OBVIOUSLY ENJOYING LEARNING, AND HE DID QUITE WELL. THERE IS THAT.
>> I HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO VISTA LAST WEEK AND TO SKYLINE BEFORE THAT, AND THERE, THIS TOPIC OF BATHROOMS, AND IT KEEPS COMING UP, AND I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A THEME THAT I HEARD REPEATEDLY.
NOBODY WANTS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE IT PROBABLY NOT AT HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S PROBABLY FINE THERE, BUT THEY'RE SCARED TO GO INTO THE BATHROOMS BECAUSE AS FOR THE KIDS WHO VAPE HANG OUT, THAT'S WHERE VANDALISM TAKES PLACE.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT I HEARD, OKAY, AND SO I KNOW THIS IS MAYBE NOT, BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND I THINK WHEN THE KIDS SHARE THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING.
I'M HOPING THAT AT SOME POINT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO COME UP A LOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY THAT OUT LOUD HERE. MAYBE THAT'S YOU KNOW.
>> NO THAT'S FINE. WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
>> I MEAN, IF YOU'LL FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF FUNNY SAYING THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM OF VOICING IT AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY ON THERE, BUT [INAUDIBLE].
>> THAT'S ONE THAT'S OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE WORKING ON ALL THE TIME, AND REALLY WHAT I'M STARTING TO SEE IS BRINGING STUDENTS INTO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS.
BECAUSE WE AS ADULTS CAN PUT LOTS OF THINGS IN PLACE.
BUT IF THE STUDENTS DON'T HAVE OWNERSHIP IN THE SOLUTION, THEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
>> BUT I DO WANT TO LEAVE ON A POSITIVE NOTE WHAT I DID SEE IN TERMS OF LEARNING, LIKE WITH FIRST GRADERS AT SKYLINE, AT LEAST JUST IN THE CLASSROOM THAT I WAS IN.
THEY WERE ALL READING, WHICH I REMEMBER WHEN MY TWO OLDEST KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL.
THEY WERE BUT THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT OF KIDS IN THEIR CLASSES THAT WERE NOT, AND WE'RE STILL LEARNING THEIR LETTERS AND THE PHONICS, AND SO I THINK I HEARD GLOWING COMMENTS REGARDING THE READING PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE REALLY HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IT IN ACTION.
I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THAT, AND I THINK OUR SCORES ARE GOING TO GO UP AS A RESULT.
I'M HOPING ANYWAY, I'M VERY HOPEFUL TOO. JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
>> I'M LOOKING IN THE AUDIENCE AND THERE'S A PROUD SMILE OF [LAUGHTER]
>> ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THAT CLASSROOM SO.
>> I WENT AND PEGGY WENT ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT. IT WAS LAST NIGHT.
IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK. THE FERNDALE FOUNDATION IS KICKING OFF.
THEY HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING LAST NIGHT.
THEY WENT AROUND AND ALL THE FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS INTRODUCED THEMSELVES AND SAID, WHY AM I HERE AND WHAT DO I SEE THIS FOUNDATION DOING? IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAD IN MIND.
THERE WERE A BIG SCOPE OF WHAT THEIR GOALS WERE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO HAD SAID IT.
IF IT WAS I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS WHO HAD SAID IT.
BUT ALONG THE I5 CORRIDOR, FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LIKE THE LAST SCHOOL.
EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD A FOUNDATION.
IT'S LIKE WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LATE ON THIS BUS, BUT HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET IT GOING.
I'M HOPING IT HAS A REAL GRASSROOTS CONTINGENT TO IT.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SOME SMALL MONTHLY DONATION TYPE OF THING JUST TO HAVE SOME OWNERSHIP OF THAT.
BUT WHAT I HAD SAID, NOT THAT I'M ON THAT BOARD.
I WAS BUT I INTRODUCED MYSELF.
WHAT MY HOPE FOR THIS WOULD BE IS THAT THERE'S NOT A BILL TO THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR EDUCATION.
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>> COOL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OUTSTANDING THAT I DID, BUT I CAN BE A PROUD PAPA AND BRAG FOR JUST A SECOND BECAUSE THIS BEFORE THIS MEETING, I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THE GONZAGA 2023 ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION AND WATCH OUR YOUNGEST SON GET THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AWARD.
>> ON MOTHER'S DAY, WE WILL BE SITTING IN A COLISEUM IN SPOKANE AND HE WILL BE GRADUATING. SO THAT'LL BE EXCITING.
>> CAN I TAG ONTO THAT? MY CHILD DID NOT GET THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR, BUT HE WILL BE GRADUATING WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GAMES WITH A MINOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND THE CAPSTONE GAME THAT HE AND HIS TEAM PUT TOGETHER.
IT'S CALLED YOUR AVERAGE BEAR.
IT'S ON STEAM AND IT HAS, I BELIEVE PROBABLY THAT BY THIS POINT, AT LEAST OVER 30,000 DOWNLOADS AND IT WAS LAUNCHED LAST WEEKEND.
VERY PROUD OF MY KID WHO WILL BE MAKING VIDEO GAMES FOR ALL YOUR CHILDREN.
>> WILL PUT IT IN THE TECHNOLOGY CURVE.
>> GOOD DEAL. THAT THEN BRINGS US TO ITEM 13.01,
[13. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]
WHICH IS THE SCHOOL BOARD EVALUATION OF THE MEETING, AND FOR THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR STUDENTS. HOW DO WE DO GUYS?>> I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A BIT OF BACK-AND-FORTH WHEN WE WERE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT AND TAKING NOT NECESSARILY A CRITICISM, BUT JUST TAKING COMMENTS AS IN A NEGATIVE WAY WHICH I DON'T THINK THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE.
I THINK EARLIER IN THE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT NOT JUST SEEING THE NEGATIVITY AND WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING.
I THINK JUST TRYING TO GO INTO SITUATIONS AND JUST LIKE CONVERSATIONS WITH AN OPEN MINDSET IS JUST WOULD REALLY HELP US BE MORE POSITIVE AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S BEING SAID AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
>> YES, I'D SAY MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD JUST BE ABOUT I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE AGENDA, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I FEEL LIKE I WAS I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS LIKE A PERTINENT THOUGHT.
BUT AS I WAS GOING AS WE WERE GETTING TO THE BOARD MEETING, I WAS THINKING THAT HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE WERE TO BREAK THINGS UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT BOARD MEETINGS, I FEEL LIKE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE FOCUS ON TOO MANY THINGS AS WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER THE OAES FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW TOO.
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW. IT'S COMPLETELY NEW.
LIKE THIS ISN'T A NEW THING THAT WAS IN A CYLINDER, AND SO I THINK THAT MEETINGS BASED ON SPECIFIC TOPICS MIGHT HELP CLEAR THINGS UP THE FUTURE.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE LOGISTICS BEHIND DOING THAT ARE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THESE MEETINGS AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD HELP TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS AS OPPOSED TO FEELING RUSHED THROUGH THEM IF THAT MAKES SENSE, AND ALSO MAYBE WOULD HELP THEM NOT RUN AS LATE.
I DON'T KNOW. I JUST LIKED THAT IDEA.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING FROM A LEAST ONE OTHER SCHOOL BOARD IS THAT ONE OF THE MEETINGS, LIKE THE FIRST MEETING THEY HAVE, THEY JUST DISCUSSED AND THEY DON'T VOTE ON ANYTHING, BUT THEY GET THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW FOR THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN JUST GO IN THERE AND THEN THEY'RE HAPPIER TO HAVE STUFF ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TOO BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT IN ADVANCE.
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND THEY JUST SET THINGS UP FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING AT THAT, AND THAT'S WHY IT MAKES THINGS RUN MORE SMOOTHLY.
BUT THAT'S JUST MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH THIS PERSON THAT BELONGS TO A DISTRICT WHERE THEY HAVE TWO REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS.
>> WELL, THAT BRINGS US ON DOWN TO ITEM 14.01 WHICH WAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY DEALT WITH AT THE EARLIER EXTENT WE WERE ABLE BECAUSE THINGS CAN TAKE AS LONG AS WE EXPECTED WE WERE
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ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT AT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.WE NO LONGER HAVE A NEED FOR THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AT THIS POINT, I WILL DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.