Jul 25, 2023 School Board Meeting

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

[1. CONVENE]

WHETHER LIVE OR ONLINE.

JUST TO ADDRESS THE ATTIRE, JULY IS TYPICALLY OUR HAWAIIAN NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BECAUSE WE WISH WE WERE IN HAWAII OR IF IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S WARMER OUT, BUT THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF A TRADITION.

SO HENCE WHY WE'RE DRESSED THE WAY WE ARE.

UM, SO AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

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

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

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

AT TIMES IN THE PAST, THE BOARD HAS FALLEN SHORT OF THIS FOCUS, AND BECAUSE OF THIS WISH TO EXTEND THE FOLLOWING APOLOGY.

TO THE FERNDALE COMMUNITY, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS WORKING TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF CONTENTIOUS ISSUES RELATED TO HOW THE DISTRICT BEST ACCOMPLISHES ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION.

THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT EMOTIONS CAN RUN HIGH REGARDING THESE ISSUES, WHICH OFTEN REFLECT THE PASSION AND CARE OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.

THESE HEIGHTENED EMOTIONS HAVE AT TIMES RESULTING INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING BOARD MEMBERS, EXPRESSING THEMSELVES IN WAYS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED UNPROFESSIONAL OR DISCOURTEOUS.

THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY APOLOGIZE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE VOTERS FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MOMENTS WHEN THE BOARD OR ITS MEMBERS HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF ITS HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS.

THE BOARD MEMBERS PLEDGED RENEWED COMMITMENT TO ITS CODE OF CONDUCT AND SOCIAL CONTRACT.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMITMENT IS THE BEST WAY TO NAVIGATE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES AND ACHIEVE OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE OF MAKING 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 ABILITY TO BECOME EFFECTIVE STUDENTS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT STUDENTS.

SINCERELY, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD INTO TONIGHT'S MEETING AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH A RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO IF YOU'D ALL PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME.

NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

AND FOR THIS ALTERNATIVE TO CORNELL, WE USE THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGE YOU'RE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE LUMMI PEOPLE.

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

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

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR LIFE.

THEY HAVE CELEBRATED LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS AND THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL, ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED TERRITORY.

THEY CELEBRATE LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS AND ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED LANDS OF THE PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.

WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

MANY PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.

THANK YOU. SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE ACTUAL ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.

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

SO MOVED. OKAY.

IT IS MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

OKAY. THE MOTION OR THE AGENDA HAS THEREFORE BEEN ADOPTED.

FIRST ITEM ON A BUSINESS FOR US TONIGHT IS A BRIEF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[3. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND COME BACK INTO PUBLIC SESSION AT THIS TIME.

AND THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

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

IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND OR MAY DIRECT SOMEONE MOST OFTEN THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE FUTURE ACTION RELATED TO THE STATEMENTS.

BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

PLEASE DO NOT INTERPRET THIS AS A LACK OF INTEREST OR CONCERN, 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 MEETING ACT THAT REQUIRE US TO ANNOUNCE ANY TOPIC ON WHICH THERE IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

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

THOSE THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THE GROUP ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CONTACT THE BOARD VIA PHONE OR EMAIL.

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

AS I HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, A REVIEW OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TIME SHOWED THAT WE HAD DRIFTED AWAY FROM OUR STATED POLICIES AND GUIDELINES.

OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO MOVE BACK TO THE GUIDELINES OF OUR POLICY AND APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION OF THE PUBLIC IN DOING SO.

AS A REMINDER, SPEAKERS WILL BE ASKED TO FIRST STATE THEIR NAME, ADDRESS AND NAME OF ANY GROUP ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTING PRIOR TO SPEAKING.

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

THE TOTAL TIME ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS 45 MINUTES.

THE SPEAKERS. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

WE HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS WITH THIS LIMIT IN THE PAST.

WE WILL BE HOLDING MORE FIRM TO IT MOVING FORWARD.

EACH SPEAKERS TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN THEY STEP TO THE PODIUM AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

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

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

AGAIN, THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR COMMENTS, BUT ASKS THAT YOUR COMMENTS BE BE MADE IN A KIND AND RESPECTFUL WAY.

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

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 PLACED ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AFTER THE MEETING.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT PER CW 42.17 A 0.555.

I CANNOT ALLOW ANYONE TO MAKE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSE TO ANY 2023 CANDIDACY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE DURING THE CITIZENS COMMENT SECTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT IS TRACY DIEHL.

THE PRESSURE'S ON.

IS IT WORKING? I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING.

IS IT? CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? NO, NO, NO.

IS THE SWITCH ON? TAP ON IT.

TRACY. HELLO? NO, IT'S NOT. HERE WE GO.

YOU HAVE THE MAGIC TOUCH, MARK.

ALL RIGHT, TRACY. DEAL.

1250 SANDSTONE, RIGHT.

BELLINGHAM. I'M A NEW EMPLOYEE TO THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M THE GRANT WRITER AND ALSO A VOLUNTEER ON THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION BOARD.

AS A GRANT WRITER, I WORK A GREAT DEAL WITH STATISTICS PERTAINING TO STUDENTS IN THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

A SPEAKER THAT THE DISTRICTS NUMBERS FOR ENGLISH AND MATH SCORES HAD DECLINED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.

THIS IS INDEED TRUE AND IS NOT NECESSARILY IN CORRELATION WITH OUR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATION OR SUPERINTENDENT, BUT IS A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT IS A PRODUCT OF REMOTE LEARNING DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THIS IS JUST NOT A FERNDALE ISSUE, BUT A NATIONWIDE ISSUE.

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS STATES THAT SCORES DECLINED AGAIN FOR 13 YEAR OLD STUDENTS IN READING, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC DUE TO REMOTE LEARNING.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, THE NATIVE NATIONS EXPERIENCING THE LARGEST SCORES DECLINED IN MATHEMATICS ENGLISH IN GRADES FOUR AND EIGHT

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ONCE AGAIN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IS OCCURRING NATIONWIDE, AND IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP AND MAKE THIS LEARNING LOSS AND ADDRESS THIS LEARNING LOSS AS CAUSED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THERE WAS ALSO A CONCERN ADDRESSED REGARDING SUPERINTENDENTS ENTRY PLAN OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE YOU BELONG CAMPAIGN.

THE CONCERN IS PERTAINING TO THE TIME SPENT ON THE YOU BELONG CAMPAIGN AND IS NOT ADDRESSED.

THAT TIME HAS NOT BEEN IN ADDRESSING MATH, ENGLISH AND SCIENCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME STATISTICS ABOUT STUDENTS AND HOW THE SENSE OF BELONGING NOT ONLY MAKES THEM WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL, BUT HELPS THEM BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND PROMOTE LEARNING. ACCORDING TO THE BERKELEY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, BELONGING AND CONNECTION IN THE CLASSROOM CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESS IN WELL-BEING, PARTICULARLY IN MARGINALIZED STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

ACCORDING TO THE BERKELEY RESEARCH, STUDENTS WHO FEEL A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING ARE MORE ENGAGED AND MORE LIKELY TO JOIN SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS, TAKE ON RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH PEERS, FACULTY AND STAFF.

NOT ONLY DO THOSE STUDENTS, STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG IN SCHOOL, THEY EARN HIGHER GRADES AND OPT INTO MORE DIFFICULT COURSES WHEN IN SCHOOL.

WHEN STUDENTS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.

THEY CAN BECOME DISENGAGED, DISCONNECTED AND DELINQUENT, BOTH AT HOME AND SCHOOL.

PENN STATE DEPARTMENT OF ED STATES THAT EVIDENCE HAS SHOWN IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS A STUDENT'S SENSE OF BELONGING IMPROVES ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, INCREASES CONTINUING ENROLLMENT, AND IS PROTECTIVE FOR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.

AS I SHARED EARLIER, I AM A VOLUNTEER ON THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION BOARD.

AT A RECENT BOARD MEETING, WE DISCUSSED HOW THE FOUNDATION INTENDS TO COMMUNICATE THEIR MISSION TO THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THANKS SO MUCH, STACY. OH, THE TIME IS UP.

APPARENTLY WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT THANK YOU.

I'M JUST GONNA SEE IF WE CAN.

OKAY? OKAY.

NEXT SPEAKER IS PAT DUNN.

GOOD DAY. I'M ALSO ON THE FOUNDATION ALONG WITH TRACY, AND I'M ALSO BE THE ONE MENTOR.

SO EVERY WEEK I GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND AND AND I WILL COME THAT YOU KNOW THE STICKERS ON THE FLOOR.

I THINK THEY'RE GREAT.

IT MAKES EVEN ME A VOLUNTEER FEEL LIKE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK LIKE, LIKE EVERYONE ON THE FOUNDATION AND BE THE ONE, WE'RE ALL THERE TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN BE EVERYTHING THEY CAN BE.

AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHO I'VE HEARD A RUMOR, TOTALLY SUPPORTS THIS TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL LITERACY, EDUCATION AND ACTUALLY REQUIRE IT AND HAVE IT AS A MATH CREDIT.

TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, THE NATIONAL FINANCIAL EDUCATORS COUNCIL, ONLY 24% OF MILLENNIALS DEMONSTRATE BASIC FINANCIAL LITERACY SKILLS.

STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT.

THE AVERAGE BORROWER HAS $39,351 IN STUDENT DEBT.

I GOT OUT OF COLLEGE WITH $2,000 WORTH OF DEBT.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THEN, CREDIT CARD DEBT EXPERIENCES.

THE AVERAGE CREDIT CARD DEBT PER CONSUMER IS $5,300.

NOW, HERE'S ANOTHER STAT.

41% OF AMERICANS HAVE LESS THAN $25,000 SAVED FOR RETIREMENT.

72% OF AMERICANS REPORTED FEELING STRESSED ABOUT MONEY AT LEAST ONCE IN THE PAST MONTH.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING I SEE VIRTUALLY EVERY TIME I GO INTO A HIGH SCHOOL.

STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH MONEY.

FINANCIAL LITERACY CAN IMPROVE THESE FINANCIAL OUTCOMES.

INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF FINANCIAL LITERACY ARE MORE LIKELY TO MAKE BETTER FINANCIAL DECISIONS, HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF SAVINGS, AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE IN DEBT.

LACK OF. AND THIS ONE REALLY GOT ME.

LACK OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION PERPETUATES INEQUALITY WITHOUT ACCESS TO FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND RESOURCES, INDIVIDUALS FROM LOW INCOME

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AGAIN, I HIGHLY URGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER HAVING FINANCIAL LITERACY AS A REQUIREMENT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND EVEN MORE INTRODUCTION OF THAT IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL.

EVERYONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH MONEY AND THIS WAY THEY CAN MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PAT. NEXT, WE HAVE MARLENE DAWSON.

MARLENE DAWSON, MY ADDRESS IS 4005 SALT SPRING DRIVE.

AND I'M A FORMER FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

AS PARTIES INVOLVED WITH THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS, I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF WORDS.

A GENTLEMAN WHO IS ONLY KNOWN AS PHILIP K DICK IS QUOTED AS SAYING THE BASIC SCHOOL, THE BASIC TOOL FOR THE MANIPULATION OF REALITY IS THE MANIPULATION OF WORDS.

IF YOU CONTROL THE MEANING OF WORDS, YOU CAN CONTROL THE PEOPLE WHO MUST USE THE WORDS.

IT IS DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF WORDS THAT I PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO YOUR STUDY SESSION RELATING TO A CERTAIN WORD IN THE WORD LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

TO THIS END, I AM PROPOSING A LETTER TO BE SENT TO THE LUMMI LEADERSHIP ADDRESSING CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERTAKEN THROUGH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THIS IS THE PROPOSED LETTER.

FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPECTS THE PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATION WE HAVE WITH THE LUMMI COMMUNITY THROUGH THE YEARS.

WE ANTICIPATE THROUGH EDUCATION THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS WILL CONTINUE TO CONVEY THEIR SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR PAST AND PRESENT NATIVE COMMUNITY.

TO THIS END, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR OUTREACH TO ENSURE TRUST THAT WE BE TRUTHFUL AND HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THROUGH OUR SCHOOL CELEBRATION OF TREATY DAY, THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT OF TERMS BETWEEN THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THE POINT ELLIOTT TREATY.

ARTICLE ONE OF THE TREATY STATES THAT ALL RIGHTS, TITLE AND INTEREST TO ALL LANDS WITHIN THE US AND ITS TERRITORIES ARE CEDED.

THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WHICH IS READ BEFORE EACH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING STATES THE LANDS ARE UNCEDED TO SAY THAT THE LANDS ARE UNCEDED FOR THEIR CONFLICTS WITH THE ARTICLE SIX OF THE TREATY FOR COMPENSATION OF THE CEDED LANDS IS ADDRESSED.

WE HAD A STUDY SESSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE LUMMI TO ADDRESS THIS INCONSISTENCY.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT BE UNIFIED ON THE USE OF THIS TERM OR THESE TERMS UPON RECEIPT.

WE ARE OPEN TO REVIEWING ANY SPECIFIC LEGAL CASE WHERE THE TREATY TERMS CEDED VERSUS UNCEDED HAVE BEEN LITIGATED.

WE ARE OPEN TO REVIEWING ANY NEW ETHNOHISTORICAL EVIDENCE THAT OVERTURNS THE FINDINGS OF THE INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION.

THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION DID IN FACT OCCUR WITH THE CESSION OF INDIAN LANDS.

LACKING SUCH, WE WILL FIND IT NECESSARY WITHIN 30 DAYS TO CHANGE THE TERM OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FROM UNCEDED TO CEDED. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING AND I'LL LEAVE YOU COPIES OF THIS PROPOSED LETTER AND HOPEFULLY SOMETIME DURING THIS EVENING BOARD MEMBER WILL COME FORWARD AND MAKE A SUGGESTION.

THANK YOU, MARLENE. NEXT.

TONIGHT WE HAVE DONALD FOM.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DON FOM.

I RESIDE AT 6000 BORROWED, THE 2023-2024 BUDGET SUMMARY ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA SHOWS A RECORD HIGH AMOUNT OF $91,587,560.

IF YOU DIVIDE THAT BY THE THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF STUDENTS, WHICH IS 4613, THE EXPENDITURE PER STUDENT COMES OUT TO BE $19,854.

SO THE CRITICAL QUESTION IS, DO THE FERNDALE TAXPAYERS GET WHAT THEY PAY FOR IN TERMS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE?

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THE TEST RESULTS FOR 2021-2022 ARE EMBARRASSING.

THE FOLLOWING FIGURES ARE THE PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS WHO MET THE GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

ONLY 47.3% WERE ENGLISH, 33.94% FOR MATH, AND 44.2% FOR SCIENCE. FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, THE NUMBERS FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR ARE 46.2% FOR ENGLISH, 26.7% FOR MATH AND 58.1% FOR SCIENCE.

NOTE THE 15.9 PERCENTAGE POINTS DROP FROM THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING IN 2020 TO THE ONE ENDING IN 2022. I SUSPECT THAT IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SOME OF YOU ON THE BOARD AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION WERE FOLLOWING THE MONEY, NOT THE SCIENCE AS CLAIMED.

NOW, LET'S COMPARE THE NUMBERS IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND THE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE OR STAFF SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS FROM STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS FOR 2017 AND 2018 WITH THOSE FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

I USED THE 2020, 2017, 2018 SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S THE OLDEST DATA AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE ON THE FBI WEBSITE . FOR 2017-2018, THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT WAS 4840 AND THE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE WAS 10,441. SO COMPARED WITH THE NUMBERS THAT I PRESENTED EARLIER, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN SIX YEARS, WHILE ENROLLMENT DECLINES BY 4.67%.

EXPENDITURE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY A WHOPPING 90.15%.

BASED ON ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, THE ONLY CONCLUSION ONE COULD DRAW IS THAT THE DISTRICT IS FAILING MISERABLY AND IS GIVING THE FERNDALE TAXPAYERS A RAW DEAL.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION SINCE 2017 OR LONGER, IF YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF HONOR AND RESPONSIBILITY, I THINK YOU SHOULD RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.

BUT I DOUBT THAT. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE SHIRA NAHARI.

GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TONIGHT.

5710 HAMLIN AVENUE.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU SOME HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUTH.

WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT AFRAID OF THINKING CRITICALLY AND OF OPEN DEBATE AND THEY ARE WILLING AND EQUIPPED TO QUESTION AND EXPLORE WHAT IS PRESENTED AS FACT. WHAT GRAND CREATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN A SOCIETY THAT ENCOURAGES ITS MEMBERS TO USE THEIR INTELLIGENCE TO DISMANTLE LIES AND PROPAGANDA AND TO DISCOVER TRUTHS THAT ARE HIDDEN FROM COMMON VIEW.

WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN A FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM FUNDED BY CITIZENS WHO HONOR THE CHILDREN IN THEIR COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING THE PROCESS OF SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING? WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT INVITES PARENTS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE WITH SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FIRST GRADE GIRL WHO IS EXPERIENCING DISCONTENT, CONFUSION AND POWERLESSNESS IS PLACED IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF REDUCED STRESS WITH A HEALTHY DIET AND CONTACT WITH NATURE? INSTEAD OF SUGGESTING SHE MIGHT BE HAPPIER AS A BOY AND PUTTING HER ON A LIFELONG SCHEDULE OF DRUGS AND SURGERY, THUS ENDING ANY OPTION OF MOTHERHOOD.

FROM THE DATA WE HAVE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED A SEX CHANGE IN THE PAST 20 YEARS.

WHAT EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OUTCOMES ARE LIKELY WHEN THE CHILDREN IN YOUR GENDER TRANSITION PROGRAM BECOME ADULTS? HOW LONG DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU CAN HIDE THE TRUTH FROM YOUR STUDENTS? THEY ARE INTEGRALLY CONNECTED WITH THE WORLD OF NATURE AND THAT THEIR BIOLOGY IS A NATURAL PROCESS.

HOW LONG DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU CAN HIDE THE TRUTH FROM YOUR STUDENTS? THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF CREATION, MALE, FEMALE AND YIN YANG DUALITY IS A FIRST PRINCIPLE? WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THE PUSHBACK WILL BE WHEN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME MEN AND WOMEN AND REALIZE THAT IN TRUTH, THEY WERE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO HAD EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND WERE LIED

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GOOD EVENING. ANDREW GUSTAFSON 1730 LABOUNTY.

COMMENTS BY THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL LAY THE BLAME OF POOR TEST SCORES ON THE PANDEMIC.

ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS PULL THE ARCHIVES FROM THE OSPI.

YOU'LL FIND COMPARABLE TEST RESULTS FROM BEFORE COVID.

STILL, WELL OVER 50% OF FERNDALE STUDENTS NOT PERFORMING AT GRADE LEVEL.

KEVIN, THANK YOU FOR APOLOGIZING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD FOR WILLINGNESS TO MISCONDUCT IN JANUARY WHEN, AS DOCUMENTED IN RECENT RECORDS RELEASES, SHE CONSPIRED WITH AT LEAST ONE FROM A SCHOOLTEACHER TO SOLICIT A DOZEN EMAILS FROM LEFTIST TEACHERS AND ACTIVISTS CLAIMING FALSE AND DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS AGAINST ONE OF THE SEVEN APPLICANTS FOR DISTRICT THREE. WHEN SHE MISREPRESENTED THOSE EMAILS TO THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AS HAVING COME IN ORGANICALLY AND THAT THOSE [INAUDIBLE] WERE THEN ACCEPTED AS FACT WAS REALLY PUZZLING, ESSENTIALLY ACCEPTED AS PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IN A MEETING WHERE NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS ALLOWED.

WHEN QUESTIONED ON THE VERACITY OF THOSE EMAILS, SHE DRESSED DOWN HER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC MEETING AND THEN VIOLATED THE GOOD FAITH GESTURE OF HER FELLOW BOARD MEMBER, PEGGY. WHEN PEGGY OFFERED TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THE APPLICANTS, WHICH WE SUPPORTED AFTER AT WHICH SHE WHICH SHE SUPPORTED AFTER PEGGY MADE HER CASE FOR WHY NANCY SHOULD BE IN NANCY INTERVIEWS, GLENN CHOSE NOT TO DO THE SAME.

SHE USED THOSE ACCURACY EMAILS TO THAT SHE SOLICITED TO DEFAME NANCY BIDEN'S OF BELOVED RETIRED FERNDALE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT TAXPAYER.

IN DOING THIS, OF COURSE, AS YOU GUYS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED, YOU VIOLATED THE OLD AND NEW CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE BOARD AND SHE PUSHED THIS BOARD INTO ACTING AND FALSELY ON FALSE INFORMATION, THUS EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE DECEPTION BEYOND THE BOARD INTO A LARGER DECEPTION OF ALL OF US, THE TAXPAYERS, THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WHO FUNDED THE RESULTING BOARD ACTION SUPPLY THE IMPRIMATUR OF LEGITIMACY TO THE DEFAMATORY EMAILS LEADING THE PUBLIC TO BELIEVE THEM AS TRUE ENOUGH TO ACT ON OFFICIALLY, THEREBY EXPANDING THE DAMAGE TO NANCY BEYOND JUST THE LOSS OF A BOARD SEAT, BUT TO ALSO INCLUDE IMMEASURABLE DAMAGE TO HER REPUTATION AND FUTURE EARNING POTENTIAL.

WHEN BOARD MEMBERS STEVE AND PEGGY FIRST KEVIN, WHEN HE FIRST BROUGHT UP THE MOTION TO MAKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR THE MISCONDUCT.

MELINDA, I APPLAUD YOU.

BUT THEN SHE VOTED AGAINST MAKING THE APOLOGY.

SHE REMAINS ON THE BOARD TODAY, IRONICALLY, BY THE GRACE AND FORGIVENESS OF THE VERY BOARD MEMBERS WHOSE TRUST SHE VIOLATED.

THE APOLOGY SHOULD HAVE COME FROM LINDA.

BUT THANK YOU, KEVIN, NONETHELESS, FOR MAKING IT AS IT WAS ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE DRAFT THAT I WROTE FOR YOU LAST MONTH.

RELATED ON THE BUDGET MEETING.

SO YOU'RE UP 20 ADDITIONAL HEADS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

WELL, THAT'S CONSERVATIVELY 2 OR 3 MILLION BUCKS RIGHT THERE.

WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING $91.5 MILLION NEXT YEAR, BUT ONLY PROJECTING 86,000,000IN TAXPAYER FUNDS, FINDING 3 MILLION IN CUTS LIKE THAT SHOULD BE AN EASY CHOICE TO AVOID DRAINING THE RESERVES TO ZERO.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MOVE THE DEANS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET.

THESE NEW DEANS SEEM REDUNDANT TO PRINCIPALS, SO YOU KNOW WHO GETS CUT THERE.

FINALLY, A HARD NO ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD EVER GETTING BACK INTO THIS DISTRICT.

WHATEVER INNOCUOUS SOUNDING PROGRAM THEY'RE OFFERING IS JUST THE CAMEL'S NOSE UNDER THE TENT FOR NO PARENTS EJECTED PLANNED PARENTHOOD BACK IN 2017 FOR THEIR OBSCENE AND QUESTIONABLE CONTENT, AND THERE'S NO REASON TO LET THEM BACK IN AGAIN.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE JOSH LYNN.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I'M JOSH LYNN, 1030 WEST 58TH LANE FERNDALE.

AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION TONIGHT.

I'M ACTUALLY I'M THRILLED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A COUNTERPART COUNTERPOINT IN TERMS OF MAYBE ATTITUDE AND TONE OF MY COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FERNDALE FOR ONE YEAR.

I MOVED HERE FROM THE MIDWEST LAST JUNE.

I'M MARRIED TO A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

SHE'S STAYING HOME WITH OUR KIDS RIGHT NOW AND GIVING THEM THE BEST START THAT SHE CAN.

I'VE GOT THREE CHILDREN.

ONE WHO, TYLER, WHO'S SIX YEARS OLD.

HE ATTENDED CASCADIA THIS PAST YEAR, HAD A WONDERFUL TEACHER, MRS. WALKER, A WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL, MRS. CHRISTINA. WE COULDN'T HAVE HAD A BETTER EXPERIENCE IN THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I ALSO HAD TWO OTHER KIDS, TESSA, FOUR, AND GRANT, WHO'S 20 MONTHS OLD AND HAS GIVEN US A RUN FOR OUR MONEY.

I WANT TO THANK KRISTI SPECIFICALLY.

SHE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE THAT WE RAN INTO ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SHE COULDN'T BE A PERSON WHO MORE EMBODIES THE THING THAT SHE THE PROGRAMING

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AND WE HAVE FELT A DEEP SENSE OF BELONGING TO THIS DISTRICT SINCE WE GOT HERE.

LIKE I SAID, TYLER HAD A GREAT FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL, WAS LOOKING FORWARD.

HE HATED GOING ON SUMMER BREAK AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO RESTARTING THIS FALL.

BUT YEAH, JUST THE ENERGY THAT YOU BRING, THE ENERGY THAT YOU PUSH INTO YOUR STAFF AND THEY SHOW UP.

MY CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY COULD COULD BE MORE THANKFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY I CAME ACROSS THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION BOARD AND WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TONIGHT. SO WE EXIST TO TAKE PRIVATE MONIES, COMPANY MONIES, AND DIRECT THEM TOWARDS THE TOWARDS STUDENTS WHERE THEY EXIST THE MOST.

WE'RE GETTING THIS BOARD STARTED.

WE'RE KIND OF STARTING OUT.

SO CERTAINLY THERE'S STILL LOTS TO LEARN.

BUT OUR MISSION IS TO REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS SO THAT WE CAN HELP STUDENTS SOAR TO BE TIED BACK TO MASCOTS AND THE THEMES OF OUR OF OUR SCHOOLS HERE.

SO MY ASK TONIGHT IS THAT YOU JOIN US IN DOING THAT, RIGHT? YOU CAN DO THAT OR JUST THE SAME WAY THAT YOU DO IN ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION, RIGHT? DONATING YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENTS, YOUR TREASURES.

IF YOU'RE SO, SO CHOOSE SO YOU CAN HELP US ADVANCE OUR MISSION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THANKS.

THANK YOU. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AGAIN, WE'RE OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT ANY TIME BY EMAIL OR PHONE.

THOSE CONTACT CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE THINKING AT ANY POINT.

SO THANK YOU.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.01 OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, WHICH IS ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER

[5. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]

AND FOR THAT, I WILL ASK MARK AND HOLLY, I GUESS, TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION AT THE TABLE.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN ASK THAT.

SO FOR YOU, THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T HERE FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING BEFOREHAND, MARK AND HOLLY RAN THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE BUDGET INFORMATION.

ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN LOOKING MORE AT THE AT THE MORE OF THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE BOTH ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AS WELL AS ON BOARD DOCS.

IF YOU AREN'T SURE HOW TO GET INTO THE BOARD DOCS, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE BOARD INFORMATION TAB OR LINK, YOU'LL GET TO AN OPTION FOR THAT.

AND THAT HAS THE INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD HAS AVAILABLE TO IT AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MARK AND HOLLY.

AND MAYBE IF YOU GUYS WANT TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS BUDGET OR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ALREADY PLANNED, HOW WE ARE PLANNING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE, JUST TO RUN THROUGH THE CITIZENS BUDGET AGAIN, WE CAN DO THAT.

IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST DO THAT JUST FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE JOINED ONLINE FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THAT AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CITIZENS BUDGET IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

THAT BASICALLY TAKES A VERY COMPLICATED F1 99 AND ONE F1 OR EXCUSE ME, F1 95 AND F1 95 FORMS AND MAKES IT INTO SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT AN ACCOUNTING DEGREE CAN READ.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE ACCOUNTING PEOPLE FOR DOING THAT.

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I'LL ALSO NOTE, IF YOU DO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE, IT ALL SAYS DRAFT.

THE REASON THAT IT SAYS DRAFT IS BECAUSE UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES IT, IT IS A DRAFT FORM THAT THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION THAT'S PUT UP FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE. OKAY.

SO THE FIRST FEW PAGES OF THE PAGE AND THEN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS AND THEN THE NEXT TWO PAGES ARE JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNDS.

SO JUST A VERBAL DESCRIPTION OF ALL OF OUR FUNDS.

WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT FUNDS.

THE BUDGET SUMMARY IS EXACTLY WHAT'S ON THE RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD WILL BE LOOKING AT TONIGHT.

SO EXPENDITURES FOR ALL OF OUR FIVE FUNDS.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING ARE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WILL BE AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THIS PAGE IS THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THEY'RE ESTIMATED, AND THEN THE FINAL SECTION DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS THE ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

SO AUGUST 31ST, 2024.

ENROLLMENT, WE USE A MODEL TO PREDICT ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO THIS IS 135 STUDENTS.

WHAT WE'RE OUR CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF WHAT WILL BE OUR ENROLLMENT NEXT YEAR.

AND THIS ALSO HAS THE STATE FUNDED ALLOCATION PER STUDENT, WHICH IS $10,194.

NEXT SLIDE IS OUR ESTIMATED REVENUES FOR THE YEAR BROKEN DOWN BY THE MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES.

THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE EXITING.

THIS ONE IS THE DETAIL OF WHERE THE STATE CODES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES.

I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT TWO PAGES.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO. AND THEN WE GO INTO EXPENDITURES.

WE PRESENT IT IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE FIRST IS BY MAJOR PROGRAM PAGE.

THE NEXT PAGE IS BY THE STATE PROGRAM.

A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FOR EACH PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE IS BY MAJOR ACTIVITY, AND THE LAST ONE IS BY OBJECT CODE, WHICH IS SALARY SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR STAFFING COMPARED SHOWING JUST WHAT IS THE STATE FUND VERSUS WHAT IS GRANT AND LOCALLY FUNDED? AND THEN A COMPARISON OF THIS YEAR'S STAFFING TO TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S STAFFING 20 2223 STAFFING TO 2324 STAFFING FOR COMPARISON.

AND THE VERY LAST ONE IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE COMPARISON OF THE 2023 BUDGET TO THE 2020 2324 BUDGET.

WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT A BIT LAST MONTH, BUT THE BRINGING THIS UP AGAINST IT'S ALL LEGIT, BUT STATEWIDE, THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAN US WHERE THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF LAYING OFF OF STAFF.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW FERNDALE AVOIDED THAT? AND WITH RESPECT TO ESSER COMES A LOT OF THIS.

SO WHAT DO WE JUST FOR FUN, 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO WE MADE A PLAN TO HAVE TEMPORARY STAFF IN POSITIONS BECAUSE WE KNEW THE MONEY WAS GOING TO RUN OUT.

SO WE DIDN'T FUND THE FOLKS THAT WERE ALREADY EMPLOYED WITH BUILDING THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE AND HIRED TEMPORARY STAFF TO FILL THOSE ROLES. SO SOME DISTRICTS JUST BACKFILLED TO MAKE UP THEIR DEFICIT AND THEY'RE JUST IN THEIR REGULAR STAFFING.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE IN A POSITION WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH PEOPLE OFF OR BECAUSE WE KEPT THOSE PEOPLE SEPARATE AS TEMPORARY STAFF VERSUS THE PERMANENTLY EMPLOYED STAFF.

AND NOW THAT THOSE POSITIONS, THOSE TEMPORARY POSITIONS ARE COMING TO AN END, WE'RE NOT CONTINUING THE LAW.

AND WE'RE THEY WERE TEMPORARY, CORRECT? SO THEY SUNSET AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS. YEAH, IT'S NICE NOT TO BE THE SAME BOOKS.

OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE THEY'RE RIPPING TEACHERS THAT HAVE HAD TERRIFIC TEACHERS AND STUFF.

THAT'S NEVER GOOD FOR MORALE OR STUDENTS.

SO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARK AND POLLOCK.

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AND YOU KNOW, I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING THAT I COULD HAVE TIME TO COME IN AND ASK YOU A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.

I DIDN'T WASN'T PREPARED WHEN I CAME IN THIS MORNING, AND I FEEL LIKE, UH, A LITTLE MORE TIME WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE BUDGET.

THE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED BY AUGUST 31ST.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY 30 YEARS.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM HAVING A SPECIAL SESSION IN THE INTERIM TO FINALIZE THIS RATHER THAN DOING IT TONIGHT? BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THAT MORE TIME TO BE OPERATIONALLY CAUSES US SOME ISSUES IN TERMS OF JUST ADVANCING THE WORK GOING FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO REALLY LEGALLY REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE TWO WEEKS, TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS PRIOR TO ADOPTION.

SO THERE'S SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS IN TERMS OF OF WHEN THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

BUT NO, THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE TO TO NOT APPROVE THE BUDGET.

AND YOU KEEP COMING BACK.

SO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARK OR HOLLY.

OKAY. SO SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN WE WILL NEED TO DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

PEGGY HAS SUGGESTED MORE TIME THE.

SO THAT'S ONE OPTION.

THE OTHER OPTION OR THE OTHER OPTION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE BUDGET AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED.

SO THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS POINT AS TO HOW THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT, DR.

ERICKSON, I APOLOGIZE WHEN I SAID THERE WOULD BE SOME OPERATIONAL ISSUES.

SO DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR THE.

SO WE GATHERED A LOT OF INPUT IN THE BUDGET.

WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS YEAR AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR EXPENDITURES MATCHED OUR PROGRAMMATIC OBJECTIVES.

IF WE DELAY ADOPTING PENDING FURTHER REVIEW AND DISCUSSION, IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC TRYING TO INTEGRATE ANY CHANGES INTO THE BUDGET IN TIME TO GET IT REVIEWED AND ALTERED AND VETTED AND PROCEED WITH THE PROCESS.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW, PROCESS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND WE CAN MAKE MODIFICATIONS ALONG THE WAY. IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE DETERMINED TO BE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ALTER IN THE ACTUAL EXECUTION OF THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR.

BUT IN TERMS OF ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE ON, GETTING OUR PREPARATIONS DONE AND GETTING OUR WORK DONE, GOING INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED.

AND HOW EASY IS THE MODIFICATION PROCESS IF YOU IDENTIFY? FOR EXAMPLE, WE THINK COULD BE TRIMMED OR, YOU KNOW, AND IN THE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

YEAH. DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.

IF IT'S A STAFFING DECISION.

NO, IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY EASY CERTIFICATE STAFF, BUT WE ALREADY ARE LOCKED IN WITH OUR CERTIFICATED STAFF ALREADY ANYWAY.

AND EVEN IF THERE WAS A DECISION TO MAKE A REDUCTION, WE CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE WE'VE MISSED OUR STATUTORY DEADLINES FOR THAT.

BUT OTHERWISE, IF IT'S ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT.

WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR. IF I MAY JUST MAKE A COMMENT.

SO IN HINDSIGHT AND FORESIGHT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET WAS SUBMITTED ON JULY 10TH, CORRECT? HONESTLY, I WASN'T MADE AWARE OF THAT.

THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO ME AT THAT TIME.

I'M THINKING JUST TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.

I WONDER IF, LOOKING IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE COULDN'T BE BECAUSE YOU HIGHLIGHTED IN THESE HIGHLIGHTS ON HERE, OPENS UP A LOT MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET, EXPLAINING SOME OF THE DETAILS.

AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S 169 PAGES THERE AND IT'S TOUGH TO DECIPHER BREAKING IT DOWN, AS YOU DO, WHICH I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH,

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SO MY SUGGESTION MAY BE IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COULD MEET PRIOR TO AND NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION THE NIGHT OF WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL, I THINK, FOR FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

JUST JUST A THOUGHT FOR THE FUTURE.

WE WILL TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE STUDY SESSION.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THE STUDY SESSION WOULD BE A GOOD FORMAT FOR BACK AND FORTH AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO IS IT ONE BACK IN? WE DID ONE KIND OF WITH THE PRELIMINARY AND AND PART OF IT TO GOING BACK AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT PART OF THIS STAFFING NUMBERS AND SALARIES AND THAT ALL CONTRACTS ARE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN CHANGE IN THERE.

THERE'S THERE'S LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE AND AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

SO A LOT OF THE BUDGET IS THERE'S NOT AS MUCH ROOM FOR TREND AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, JUST REQUIREMENTS.

BUT THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE GOING THROUGH A NOT NOT SAYING THAT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OF WHAT HAS ALREADY OR WHAT IS IN THAT BUDGET HAS BEEN SET FORTH ALREADY BY DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE PRIOR.

IT'S JUST NOW THE NUMBERS ARE ARE THERE IN BLACK AND WHITE.

SO PROBABLY I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.

SO WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE A STUDY SESSION ON THE BOOKS EARLY FOR NEXT YEAR AND HONOR THAT REQUEST.

THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.

ANOTHER TOOL YOU CAN KIND OF USE TO TO LEARN BUDGET AND JUST INTERPRETING EVERYTHING TO HAS A ON BOARD ABOUT STATE BUDGET THAT REALLY GOES GOOD INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CODES ARE, HOW TO LOOK UP THE CODES, HOW IT HOW IT'S ALL WRITTEN OUT.

YOU CAN USE PREVIOUS BUDGETS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AS LIKE YOUR STUDY GUIDE WHILE YOU'RE DOING THOSE THOSE TRAININGS BECAUSE I MEAN CREATING THIS BUDGET, AS MUCH AS WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE MONTHS TO DIG INTO IT, WE JUST THERE'S A CERTAIN POINT WHERE IT CAN'T BE MADE BEFORE X DATE.

AND SO USING PREVIOUS BUDGETS TO LEARN HOW TO READ THEM, TO LEARN WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR IN IN FUTURE ONES IS REALLY HELPFUL.

AND AGAIN, IF I WAS TO ONBOARD TRAINING IS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

SO MELINDA, THOSE WERE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.

I SAT DOWN AND WAS COMPARING SIDE BY SIDE.

IT'S THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGET BY THE INCREASE IN SAY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW PR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SPENDING ON PR WITH THE BUDGETS WENT UP. OKAY.

WHAT DOES THAT CONSTITUTE? IS THAT STAFFING? IS THAT WHAT IS THAT? WHY THE INCREASE? THAT WAS THE QUESTION I HAD THAT I WAS JUST GOING TO KIND OF BRING IT TO YOU AND NOT NECESSARILY HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

LIKE THIS COLOR. THERE'S DIFFERENT LIKE LEARNING THOSE CODES AND SUCH.

YOU CAN. AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE DONE IT.

BUT YOU CAN GO IN AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MONEY.

WILL THAT MUCH GO TO PEOPLE? THAT MUCH WENT TO SUPPLIES, THAT MUCH WENT TO WHETHER IT'S.

SO IF YOU FIND SOMETHING IN LIKE A PREVIOUS BUDGET THAT YOU'RE REALLY LIKE, I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS, THEN YOU CAN DIG INTO THOSE CODES AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO. THE PROBLEM IS, AGAIN, THIS IS THE TIME OF CONSIDERATION.

THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE HAVING THE EXTRA TIME TO ACTUALLY.

OKAY. UNDERSTAND? OKAY.

THIS IS THIS THIS IS THIS IS WORKING ON THIS.

BUT WHEN THE INFORMATION COMES, YOU KNOW, WITH VERY LITTLE TIME AND YOU'VE GOT LIKE REALLY TRYING TO I MEAN, NOT TRYING TO MAKE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, BACK IN JUNE AND YOU KNOW AND THAT THE ON BOARD IS LIKE NO THE NOVEMBER ACTUALLY THE CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER THEY ALWAYS HAVE THAT AT THE CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER WHICH IS WELL AHEAD OF THE JULY THING.

WELL AND ACTUALLY THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT CHRISTY AND I HAD EARLIER, TOO, ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY THING.

MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS IS THAT WAS TO OFFERS THIS TO BOARD MEMBERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING ONBOARDED, BUT TAXPAYERS PAY FOR THAT. ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY CREATE, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMS, THE TRAINING STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERY TAXPAYER SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, TO CONTAIN IT JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT ONLY BELONGS TO A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, WHY NOT MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY? THAT'S GENERAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET.

I MEAN, WHY NOT MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE BEFORE THEY RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, HAVE ACCESS AND BE ABLE TO COME IN, YOU KNOW, PRE INFORMED BECAUSE, AS I SAID, TAXPAYERS FUND ALL GOVERNMENT.

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SO THAT LEADS ME TO AN IDEA THAT HOLLY AND MARK AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING THROUGH.

SO PRETTY BIG PICTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER, JUST AS WE DO WITH OTHER ADVISORIES, HAVING FINANCIAL LITERACY ADVISORY THAT WILL GO OUT THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS CAN APPLY TO WHERE THESE ARE THE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS IT WOULDN'T BE AS FORMAL AS THE BOND OVERSIGHT, BUT SOMETHING AROUND THOSE REGARDS WHERE WE LOOK IN AND BECAUSE SCHOOL FINANCE IS VERY COMPLICATED, THERE'S LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, LAYERS TO IT.

I'M IN HOLLY AND MARK'S OFFICE QUITE OFTEN ASKING QUESTIONS.

PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS.

PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS.

EVERY TIME A NEW LEGISLATION IS PASSED, A NEW LAW IS PASSED, IT CHANGES.

AND SO WE WILL BE PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS CAN APPLY TO.

STAFF AS WELL WILL BE ASKING FOR REPRESENTATION WHERE WE COME TOGETHER.

THE TIME FRAME, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT JUST SOMETHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

AND IF ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THAT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU, BUT IT'S REALLY A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR BUDGET AND SO THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, THERE'S A GREATER UNDERSTANDING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, PATTY WAS THIS IS JUST FOR THE BOARD, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THEM.

AND SO HOW WILL WE JUST MAKING THIS VERY PUBLIC AND GETTING THAT OUT THERE? SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY. OKAY.

WELL, NOT HEARING ANY, THEN I AM GOING TO PUT FORTH THAT WE MOVE FORWARD PER MARK'S REQUEST AND RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 9-2023, THE ADOPTION OF THE 2023-24 BUDGET.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? NO. OKAY, SO THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

OKAY. SO THAT TAKES US THEN ON TO ITEM 5.02, WHICH IS SCHOOL DIRECTOR COMPENSATION.

THANK YOU, MARK AND HOLLY.

MY APOLOGIES. UM, SO WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST MONTH AS FAR AS WE BROUGHT FORTH SOME INFORMATION ATTACHED TO ON BOARD DOCS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW OR WAS EXAMPLE POLICIES 1733 AND 1730 £0.03 WHICH IS THE PROCEDURES AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATURE COMMISSIONED COMPENSATION STUDY AND THEN ALSO INFORMATION ABOUT WAIVING COMPENSATION.

JUST AS A SUMMARY FROM LAST MONTH, WE HAD, THERE IS AN EXISTING RCA THAT ALLOWS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO BE COMPENSATED $50 PER MEETING WITH A MAXIMUM OF $1,800 PER YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD BE IF THEY'RE ATTENDING MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE MEETINGS PER MONTH.

AND SO THAT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION AT THIS POINT.

SO I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR.

CAN WE EVEN DO POTENTIAL? I MEAN, CAN WE EVEN TAKE ACTION WITHOUT HAVING OUR OLD POLICY THAT ADDRESSES COMPENSATION IN THERE AND THE REVISION TO THAT AND THEN PRESENTING THAT? YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NOT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY AT THIS POINT OF 1733 FROM OUR INVESTIGATION.

SO WE COULD ADOPT THESE LAWS TO ONES AND PUT THEM INTO OUR FORMAT, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO WITH A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN START FROM SCRATCH AND WRITE OUR OWN USING LAWS, MODEL POLICIES SO WE COULD ADOPT THEIRS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M JUST THINKING I THOUGHT WE HAD A POLICY THAT HAD SOME SMALL PIECE IN IT ABOUT HOW WE DO.

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I THOUGHT THAT WAS A POLICY THAT.

I SEARCHED AND SEARCHED.

YEAH, THERE WASN'T ONE.

CW IS LIKE THE LAW AND THE LAW.

IF WE VOTE ON IT, THEN IT ALLOWS THE COMPENSATION.

BUT SINCE WE. SINCE THE BOARD HASN'T EVER VOTED ON IT, THAT'S WHY THE COMPENSATION IS NOT ALLOWED.

WELL, YEAH, I.

YEAH, I JUST.

I THINK I SAW ONE THAT HAD SOMETHING.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TIMES WHERE PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE VOLUNTEER, WE GET PAID SO MUCH, WE MAKE A JOKE TYPE OF THING ON IT.

THERE'S NO POLICY THAT WE HAVE YET, AND WE HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY VOLUNTEER.

THIS WOULD TAKE AWAY THAT, YOU KNOW, NO MORE JOKES ABOUT SAYING, YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW.

NO, I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY THAT HAS SOMETHING IN IT THAT WE NEED TO BRING FORWARD FOR A CHANGE, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO DO THIS.

THAT'S ALL. THERE IS NONE OF THAT I AM AWARE OF OR THAT WE BEEN ABLE TO FIND WHEN WE'VE SEARCHED THROUGH IT.

AT LEAST NO CURRENT POLICY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT EXHAUSTIVE ARCHIVE POLICIES THAT THOSE WOULD BE, AS IT SAYS, ARCHIVED, SO THEY WOULDN'T BE IN EFFECT AT THIS POINT.

SO THERE IS NO POLICY THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND AND THAT IS CURRENTLY INACTIVE OR ACTIVE THAT IT ADDRESSES THE BOARD COMPENSATION. OKAY.

AND I THINK WITHIN YOUR PACKETS THERE IS A COPY OF THOSE MODEL POLICIES, TOO.

AND THE AND THE PROCEDURE.

I HAVE A QUESTION WITH THE PROCEDURE, BECAUSE IF YOU DID WANT TO ENACT THE WAIVER SO THAT YOU DO NOT MAKE COMPENSATION, IT SAYS TO FILL OUT THE WAIVER BEFORE, BEFORE THE EVENT OF WHEN THE YOU WANTED TO WAIVE IT UNTIL X DATE.

WHAT IF YOU HAD LIKE IN A MONTH YOU'VE GOT A BOARD MEETING OF TRAINING AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO VISIT THE SCHOOL THING AND YOU WANT TO BE COMPENSATED FOR TWO, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE SCHOOL THING.

CAN WE WRITE A A WAIVER FOR JUST AN EVENT OR DO WE HAVE TO SAY BETWEEN THE STATE AND THIS DATE, NO COMPENSATION, BUT THEN START THE COMPENSATION BACK OUT? AND WHAT IF WHAT IF YOU WANT TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN EVENTS? DO YOU JUST NOT CLAIM THEM? IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR COMPENSATION.

AND SO I THINK YOU WOULD JUST LIST THOSE EVENTS THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, BUT DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE I WAS AND THE REASON I DID, I HESITATE IS BECAUSE I WAS READING SOME DIFFERENT POLICIES ABOUT THIS.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT'S IN THIS ONE AS OPPOSED TO OTHERS.

I WAS READING THIS GOT ON ONE OF THEM.

IT SAYS THE WAIVER MAY BE FILED AT ANY TIME AFTER THE DIRECTOR'S ELECTION AND BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THE COMPENSATION WOULD OTHERWISE BE PAID.

THE WAIVER SHALL SPECIFY THE MONTH OR PERIOD OF MONTHS FOR WHICH IT IS MADE.

THE NEXT PARAGRAPH A BOARD MEMBER SHALL SUBMIT A MONTHLY CLAIM WHICH VERIFIES THE NATURE AND AMOUNT OF APPROVED ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH COMPENSATION IS CLAIMED DURING THE MONTH.

A DIRECTOR IS ONLY ELIGIBLE TO MAKE ONE COMPENSATION CLAIM FOR EACH GIVEN DAY.

SO LIKE FOR TODAY, WHERE WE HAD TWO MEETINGS, YOU ONLY GET $1 PAY.

BUT IF YOU HAD IN THAT MONTH, I DON'T KNOW, I CAN JUST SAY ON THAT CLAIM YOU WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE TWO MEETINGS YOU WANTED TO DO AND DON'T MENTION THE ONE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT, THAT WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY SOMETHING THE BUSINESS OFFICE WOULD CLARIFY THAT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE REIMBURSEMENT OR THE UNITS.

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE WAIVER FOR THE MONTH OR A PERIOD OF MONTHS, IF SOMEBODY CHOSE TO LIKE NO COMPENSATION AT ALL MY WHOLE TERM, THAT'S THAT'S EASY TO DO BUT IF YOU'RE.

OTHER QUESTIONS.

AND THIS IS SUE.

THIS COMES OUT OF THE BOARD BUDGET.

RIGHT. AND SO WHAT PART OF THAT I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S YOU CAN BE COMPENSATED FOR TRAVEL AND STUFF RIGHT NOW SO COMING OUT OF THE SAME WITH FISCAL AND..

IT WOULD I WOULD ASSUME AND THIS IS AN ASSUMPTION BECAUSE I'M NOT RUNNING ALL THOSE BUCKETS AND REPORTING TO THE STATE AND SOMEBODY BEHIND ME CAN SAY OR KRISTI CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT PROBABLY COMES OUT OF THE BIG BUCKET, WHICH SMALL PART OF THAT BUCKET? IT MAY BE ON THE F 195 AND MAYBE A VERY SPECIFIC LINE OR IS ON THE BUDGET THAT WE SEE EACH MONTH.

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AND HAS THIS ALREADY BEEN FACTORED IN TO THE NEW BUDGET? $4,800 PER PERSON AT ALL TIMES.

FIVE. THAT'S NOT DOING THE ONE.

IT CANNOT COME OUT OF THE STATE APPORTIONMENT.

IT DOES HAVE TO COME OUT OF LOCAL LEVY.

SO THAT IS ONE.

AS FAR AS FULL TRANSPARENCY AND FOR YOU HAD SAID THAT WE'RE COMPENSATED FOR TRAVEL AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE NOT COMPENSATED FOR TRAVEL, REIMBURSED FOR THINGS.

OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I MEAN, I THOUGHT WE COULD SUBMIT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO SUBMIT THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR.

YEAH. YEAH. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY LIKE WHEN WE ATTEND GLASGOW, WE'RE REIMBURSED OR THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR OUR REGISTRATION AND OUR LODGING AND TRAVEL MILEAGE FOR LIKE FOR ATTENDING ON WHERE WE'RE AT WORK.

RIGHT. SO AND THERE IS, I THINK YOU CAN GET REIMBURSED OR A PER DIEM FOR MEALS IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO TURN THAT INTO.

I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW.

THE MONETARY IS NOT REALLY WHY I'M HERE.

I'M HERE FOR MY SON.

THE EVENTS THAT I ATTEND ARE GOING TO BE SPECIFIC.

CONVENIENT. TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL, ATTEND SESSIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE THE POLICIES ARE IN LINE WITH THAT.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK ME AND MY HUSBAND WERE WELL OFF AND BOTH EMPLOYED.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED THE MONEY.

I'M THINKING OF THE SINGLE PARENTS OUT THERE WHO DON'T RUN BECAUSE OF THE TIME COMMITMENT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SUPPORT FOR CHILD SUPPORT.

THEY DON'T HAVE THAT THERE.

SO I'M GOING BACK IN MY HEAD, BACK AND FORTH.

AND IT'S YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT MYSELF AND LIKE, NO, I DON'T NEED IT.

AND THERE'S THE OPTION TO WAIVE IT.

BUT I DEFINITELY WOULD HELP ENCOURAGE MORE PARENTS TO STEP UP.

AND IT PROVIDES THEM A FINANCIAL RELIEF TO BE ABLE TO BE ACTIVE ON THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS OR ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST IS JUST HELPING TO ALLEVIATE FOR SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE MONEY FOR CHILD CARE OR FOR GAS OR WHATEVER REASON, TO HELP COMPENSATE IN THAT REGARD, TO OPEN IT UP THE BOARD TO FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT TO RUN.

AND KEVIN, IF YOU JUST SAID YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE EXPENSES FOR REIMBURSEMENT, IS THAT NOT ALREADY THE CASE? I MEAN, I GUESS I MEAN, YOU JUST SAID TRAVEL EXPENSES CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE LAWSUIT CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER AND HAVE TO TAKE TWO DAYS OFF WORK, THAT'S NOT IF YOU HAVE TO PAY A SITTER FOR YOUR FOUR YEAR OLD.

THAT'S NOT THE I MEAN, THIS W THAT DOES THE $50 WAS 1987.

AND THE INTENT ON THE CW SAYS TO ENSURE FOR THE SAKE OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE THAT THE ELECTORATE HAS THE BROADEST POSSIBLE FIELD IN WHICH TO CHOOSE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARDS TO ENSURE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON SCHOOL BOARDS BE OPEN TO ALL REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND NUMBER THREE, ENSURE THAT THE TIME CONSUMING AND DEMANDING SERVICE AS DIRECTOR IS NOT BE LIMITED TO THOSE ABLE OR WILLING TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL SACRIFICES.

THAT WAS 1987, AND $50 IS NOT EVEN GOING TO THROW ANYTHING TO OPENING THAT WHOLE INTENT THING.

IT'S FOR FOR ME, IT'S MORE OF A PRINCIPLE OF THIS THING THAT IF WE WANT TO HAVE BOARDS FILLED WITH WELL-OFF RETIREES WHO HAVE A LOT OF TIME ON THEIR HANDS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS FOR 20 YEARS, IT'S GOT TO BE AFFORDABLE.

SO, I MEAN, SO IN PRINCIPLE, YEAH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY BE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT.

IS IT GOING TO ACTUALLY COVER THE COSTS OF CHILD CARE, GIVEN THE GIVEN THE LEVEL OF OF THIS? PROBABLY NOT.

IS IT BETTER THAN NOTHING? YEAH. BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT OUR NEW LEGISLATOR COULD MAYBE ADVOCATE FOR CHANGING THAT LAW.

WELL, AND THEY HAVE TO SOME DEGREE WITH THE THE THE REPORT THAT WAS COMMISSIONED AND THAT WAS DONE.

GRANTED, THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN ACTION ON IT.

BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THAT, IT IS REALLY INTERESTING WHAT OTHER ELECTED POSITIONS, CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS AND DIFFERENT ONES GET PAID FOR THEIR MEETINGS AND WELL MORE THAN $50.

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AND AND SO AGAIN, IT IT AGAIN, I KIND OF SIT THERE IN THE SAME BOAT AS TONY.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IS IT GOING TO CHANGE? DID IT INFLUENCE MY DECISION WHETHER TO RUN OR NOT TO RUN OR TO BE ON THE BOARD? NO, BUT TO SOME PEOPLE, IT MIGHT.

AND I THINK IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I HOPE THAT THE LEGISLATURE WILL UPDATE THAT LAW BECAUSE, AGAIN, SOMETHING WAS MADE THAT MANY YEARS AGO.

OBVIOUSLY, INFLATION HAS SORT OF ERODED THE EFFECT OF IT.

BUT IT'S THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GO TO START OUT WITH IF WE WANT, WE CAN MAKE A AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE DONE A LOT MORE RESEARCH AND TALK TO MORE PEOPLE ON THIS THAN ME, BUT WE CAN PUT IN OUR OWN NUMBERS THAT ARE HIGHER OR A DIFFERENT COMPENSATION SCALE WITH IF WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS IN THE CW, THEN IT DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL AFTER WE'RE ELECTED OR REELECTED OR SOMEBODY ELSE IS ELECTED.

IF IT IS WHAT IS IN THE CW, THEN IT CAN TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND IT WOULD BE EFFECT IN EFFECT FOR ANY FUTURE BOARDS UNTIL A FUTURE BOARD DOES A RESOLUTION TO REVOKE IT.

SO WHILE YOU KNOW ANYBODY ON THE BOARD NOW, IF IT WERE TO PASS ANYBODY ON THE BOARD NOW WHO SAY, I WAIT, BUT YOU'VE MADE THE DECISION FOR YOURSELF, BUT YOU HAVEN'T, YOU HAVE LEFT OPEN THE THE OPTION FOR A FUTURE BOARD MEMBER TO MAKE A DECISION FOR THEMSELVES ON IT.

AND AS FAR AS, KEVIN, YOU HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, DID IT IN EFFECT IF YOU RAN OR NOT FOR YOU? IT DIDN'T. I, I HAVE TALKED TO TWO PEOPLE WHO RAN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AND SPECIFICALLY DID NOT RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE OF THE COMPENSATION.

THEY JUST LIKE IT'S MY TIME.

I'M. SO ARE THERE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE OR WHO HAVE NOT BEEN HERE IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF THIS? ABSOLUTELY. 100%, YES.

YEAH, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MELINDA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IF IT'S IMPLEMENTED, YOU. THERE'S NO CHOICES.

IF YOU IMPLEMENT IT, THEN PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES EITHER TO TAKE IT OR WAIVE IT.

SO I, I THINK IT'S, IT MAKES SENSE TO IMPLEMENT IT, IN MY VIEW, TO GIVE PEOPLE CHOICES.

AND EITHER WAY, YOU WANT TO GO.

SO. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE SCHOOL DIRECTOR CONVERSATION ITEM 5021.

SECOND MOTION. OKAY, SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS WE HAVE A MOTION TO ESSENTIALLY ADOPT THESE POLICIES AND PUT THEM INTO OUR FORMAT.

SO 1733 AND 1730 £0.03 BASED ON PREVIOUS VOTES, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER AND I'M GOING TO ASK PAULINA TO GIVE US A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE FIRST.

IT'S LIKE HOUSEKEEPING, BUT AS AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TO SAY YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOR OR ABSTAINING.

IN FAVOR. OKAY.

SO WITH THAT, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH THE VOTE BY THE BOARD.

FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN AT SOME OF OUR LAST MEETINGS, WE ELECTED TO HAVE A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE BEFORE ANY OF BOARD VOTE JUST TO GET THE STUDENTS INPUT, NOT TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT AND CERTAINLY GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO ABSTAIN FROM ANYTHING THAT MAY BE CONTROVERSIAL OR THEY PREFER NOT TO VOTE ON OR DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. BUT WE JUST WANT TO GET THEIR THEIR INPUT AND TO ELEVATE THEIR INPUT AS PART OF OUR MEETING.

SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE VOTE BY THE ELECTED BOARD.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING WALLACE'S MODEL POLICIES 1733 AND 1730 £0.03 SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

OKAY. POLICIES ARE ADOPTED.

SO NEXT ITEM THEN ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 5.03, WHICH IS TO ADOPT AN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY NUMBER 2161 SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.

AND THIS IS A POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BUT IS REQUIRING SOME UPDATING.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

KRISTI I WOULD JUST ADD, TRINA IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT BASICALLY WE HAVE THIS POLICY ALREADY IN PLACE.

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BUT WE WERE ASKED TO.

THIS WAS A PRIORITY POLICY THAT WE WERE ASKED TO REVIEW AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE IT UP TO DATE.

SO WE'RE PUTTING IT ON TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT.

IS THIS IN REFERENCE TO THE FINAL ONE TONIGHT? IT'S PRIMARILY FINAL, THE IEPS, BUT YES.

SEVEN FINAL FOURS. YEAH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS. LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. OKAY, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY NUMBER 2161 SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

NAY. THE POLICY HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

SO THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO 5.04, APPOINTING OUR LEGISLATIVE REP.

AS YOU ARE AWARE FROM LAST MEETING, MELINDA HAS OPTED TO STEP DOWN FROM THE LEGISLATIVE REP POSITION WITH THE EXPLANATION THAT SHE'S WHERE SHE'S NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION.

WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THAT TO GET STARTED WITH THE LEGISLATIVE REP.

NOW'S THE TIME TO DEVELOP SOME OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE AND OUR OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO VOTE FOR THOSE THINGS THAT HELP KIDS AND EDUCATION.

AND SO WE DID WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AT THAT POINT, WE ALSO WANTED TO POTENTIALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OR TO UTILIZE THIS RELATIONSHIPS THAT MELINDA HAS BUILT UP TO HELP TRANSITION IN THAT ROLE.

SO AT THIS TIME, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE REP AND OR ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS REGARDING SUCH.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE PEGGY UPPIANO.

OR WOULD YOU SAY YOUR REPRESENTATIVE? OKAY. OKAY.

IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPOINT PEGGY UPPIANO AS OUR LEGISLATIVE REP.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

OKAY. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, PEGGY.

SPEECH. I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO COULD POSSIBLY DO IT BASED ON TIME, CONSIDERATIONS AND OTHER.

SO, ANYWAY, WE'RE.

IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF FUN. I MEAN, REALLY? WELL, YEAH. I MEAN, I ATTENDED THE.

YEAH. IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING, I HAVE TO ADMIT.

ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP.

IF YOU WANT AN ANSWER, I'M HERE.

I WILL BE CALLING.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MELINDA, FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND THANK YOU, PEGGY, FOR STEPPING UP.

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, MANY THANKS.

THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO YOU DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO TRY AND GO TO WORK AT THREE IN THE MORNING AND, YOU KNOW, JUGGLE THAT, TOO? NO. OKAY.

NO, THANKS. OKAY.

SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS ITEM 6.01, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.

[6. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]

AND SO WE ARE DOING THAT NOW WITH THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL.

THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION BECOMES A COMPILATION OF ALL THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND RESULTS POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND EVALUATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND SO THAT IS PUT TOGETHER IN KIND OF A SUMMATIVE SUMMATIVE REPORT.

THE BOARD HAS HAD THAT LISTING.

IT'S ON POSTED ON BOARD DOCS.

AND SO WE GO OVER THAT.

THE ONE CAVEAT WITH THIS YEAR'S REPORT IS THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE COMING OUT OF A TIME BEFORE CHRISTIE STARTED HER JOB.

KIND OF HARD TO EXPECT HER TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS THAT WE VOTED ON IN JUNE OF 2022 WHEN SHE HAD JUST STARTED IN JULY OF 2022.

SO WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERSATION.

AND FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE WONDERING, SHE'S AWARE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.

SO IT'S NOT COMING AS A SHOCK TO HER THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN PUBLIC SESSION.

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AND SO I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY COMMENTS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.

I THINK TO START WITH, BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT DR.

DOMINGUEZ HAS FORMED IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY WITH JOSH, RIGHT.

JOSH OR WHETHER IT'S WITH STAFF AS A WHOLE OR JUST A PRESENCE OF BEING IN THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

I THINK I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND HER ON WHEN WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH OUR GOVERNANCE POLICIES AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH LIKE, WELL, THIS INDICATOR DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THIS? AND WE DON'T HAVE DATA FOR THAT OF FIGURING OUT WAYS THAT WE WILL HAVE DATA.

SO WHILE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ROCKY, I THINK WORKING THROUGH THOSE GOVERNANCE REPORTS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS TO NOT ONLY CHANGE BUT FINDING THE CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AND SEE FOR THE YEARS CAN BE EVEN BETTER TO MEASURE PROGRESS OR PERFORMANCE.

I THINK WORKING WITH THE MONITORING REPORTS IS A RIGHT ROYAL HEADACHE.

AND SO TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T PLACE THAT MUCH.

I SHOULD SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.

BUT WITH A STOCK, YOU KNOW.

WELL, I DON'T RIGHT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I JUST DON'T.

SO I WENT AND TALKED TO VARIOUS EMPLOYEES TO FIND OUT HOW THINGS HAD CHANGED SINCE DURING THE LAST YEAR.

AND WHAT I FOUND IS THAT THERE IS GREATER COMMUNICATION AND MORE PRESENCE IN SCHOOLS AND THAT THIS IS MUCH APPRECIATED AND IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON THERE.

SO IN TERMS OF THE.

THE INTERACTION WITH STAFF.

IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT IS MUCH IMPROVED.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY, THE LINES SHOULD BE DRAWN.

I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME CONFLICT TO THAT.

A PART OF THAT, I THINK, BOILS DOWN TO A LACK OF CLARITY IN OUR OWN POLICIES AND IN THE CONTRACT WHICH WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REVISITING.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO A REVIEW OF THE CONTRACT WHEN IT HAPPENS AND HOW IT HAPPENS.

I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS IN TALKING TO KRISTI, I THINK OUR GOALS OF IMPROVING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ARE VERY MUCH ALIGNED TO TERMS. AND I LIKE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS I'VE HEARD FOR HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.

SO I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, ON THE BALANCE.

FOR THE THUMBS UP OR THUMBS UP ON THE RECORD.

BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO START LOOKING AT OUR POLICIES THAT CREATE THE RISKS AND AND THE LACK OF CLARITY IN THE RULES.

SO HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE FOCUS ON ALREADY ON THE CONVERSATION PIECE AS FAR AS GOING OVER SOME OF THOSE POLICIES AND LOOKING THERE'S A LOT OF POLICIES THERE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND FROM A UPDATING STANDPOINT AND JUST FROM A INTERACTION STANDPOINT. AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW TO GET THAT ON THE AGENDA IN A BITE SIZE METHODOLOGIES THAT IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING.

AND AS WE SAW TONIGHT WHEN THESE POLICIES CAME OUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CRITICAL ONES FIRST THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SHE'S HAD ON HER RADAR.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. I WOULD SAY THAT THE VISIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOLS IS, YOU KNOW, MUCH APPRECIATED AND VERY INSPIRED BY MANY.

I DID MAKE A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT OUR OPERATIONAL MONITORING REPORTS AND OUR RESULTS REPORTS.

ALSO SOME OF OUR I MENTIONED THE SMART GOALS ASSESSMENTS.

YOU KNOW, THE THE GRADES THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT HAVEN'T COME IN YET.

I THINK WHEN KRISTI CAME ON BOARD AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE COMING OUT OF COVID, A LOT OF OUR REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN SKEWED BY THOSE.

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AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT FROM LOOKING AT THE THE VALUE OF INPUT THAT, IN MY OPINION, HAS BEEN VERY SKEWED BECAUSE OF COVID.

BUT I DO FORESEE GREAT GAINS IN THE FUTURE.

SO YEAH, THUMBS UP FOR ME TO.

SO I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXECUTIVE POSITION LIKE THIS, THE FIRST YEAR IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE JUST WAITING FOR THE DUSTS.

BUT ONCE THE DUST SETTLES, THEN YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, NOW YOU CAN START THINKING THESE CHANGES.

AND I FEEL LIKE AS THE VERY SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, JUST THE WAY YOU CARRY YOURSELF AND RESPONSES ALWAYS BEING OPEN AND ENCOURAGING QUESTIONS AND ALWAYS BEING RESPONSIVE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

I'VE APPRECIATED THAT FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THE VISIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

I AGREE. THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING THIS WORK.

DATA. DATA IS EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING HOW TO USE IT AND HOW TO MEASURE IT MORE THAN JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT STEP IS WHAT ARE WE MEASURING TO? THAT'S GREAT. THOSE NUMBERS.

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN? SO LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT WORK AS WELL.

I WOULD GIVE IT THUMBS UP AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION SHOULDN'T BE SCHEDULED FOR AFTER THE THE STATE TESTING RESULTS COME OUT, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOGICAL TIME TO ME TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN SINCE THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE I MEAN, THIS IS EVERYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT GETS QUOTED AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

THAT IS WHAT HE'S QUOTED.

AND SO WHY IS IT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EVALUATION DOESN'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL AFTER THAT? MY SPECULATION WOULD BE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TRADITIONALLY IN JUNE.

AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE IT CORRELATES WITH THE CONTRACT, WHICH TYPICALLY RUNS JULY 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WAY WHERE THOSE DATES ARE.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WHAT SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACTS TYPICALLY ARE, A THREE YEAR REVOLVING CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE WAY THE WAY IT'S DONE.

IT'S JUST THAT'S BEEN THE TRADITIONAL TIMING OF IT.

SO TO THE TEST, THE TEST RESULTS, THOUGH, WOULD BE IN ALL OF OUR RESULTS POLICIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH THEN GET ROLLED UP INTO. YEAH IT'S BASICALLY THAT'S PART OF THE AND AGAIN I'LL I'LL SPEAK HISTORICALLY HERE BEFORE THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE WHEN IT CAME TO DOING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION IT WAS KIND OF LIKE OKAY HOW WERE THINGS GOING AND TRYING TO REMEMBER BACK, YOU KNOW, ALL THROUGH THE MONTHS IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT TO DO WITH THIS.

WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE ARE REGULARLY LOOKING AT AND HAVE A COMPILATION OF, OF HOW THEIR PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND IT'S PART OF THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT ACADEMIC SCORES AND THINGS.

YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE DASHBOARD ESTABLISHED THAT THAT KRISTI HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

AND, AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE THE ROUGH PRELIMINARY STUFF AS WE'VE BEEN PLANNING OR PLANNING AGENDAS AND THAT I IF I HAPPEN TO COME IN WHEN THE DASHBOARD KEEPER IS THERE, I KIND OF GIVE THE GLIMPSE OF IT BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR MEETING.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY IS THE BOARD GOING TO APPRECIATE, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TOOL FOR OUR EDUCATORS, OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, OUR PARENT EDUCATORS, AS WELL AS PARENTS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND IT'S GOING TO HOLD US MORE ACCOUNTABLE, GIVING US MORE DATA THAT WE CAN TWEAK TO MAKE IT MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

BECAUSE AS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE COMMENTED ON, SOME OF THE STATE TEST SCORES, IF YOU OPT TO NOT TAKE THE TEST, YOU SAW A ZERO.

SO YOU ARE YOU KNOW, YOU BASICALLY DID NOT PASS THE TEST WHERE YOU DON'T TAKE THAT OUT OF OUR DASHBOARDS AND BE ABLE TO GET MORE RESPONSIVE INPUT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL THE STATE DOES THEIR TESTING.

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SO SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THERE.

BUT CERTAINLY THAT CAN COME UP FOR DISCUSSION IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE TIMING.

YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER REASON THAT WE COULDN'T, BUT THE DISCUSSION WOULD PROBABLY FLUSH OUT IF THERE IS A REASON, WE NEED TO KEEP IT THAT TIMEFRAME. I'M ALSO CURIOUS NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT FOR A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.

I WAS GOING TO BE HONEST, I DON'T LIKE SPORTS WORDSMITHING YET, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S TWO PARTS.

THERE'S I GUESS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IN TERMS OF THAT.

OKAY. SO I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING.

AND THIS.

THIS YEAR WAS REALLY THE FIRST TIME EVER I'VE SEEN ADMINISTRATORS IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS, LIKE THE WAY YOU REALLY ASSERTED YOUR PRESENCE AT IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

AND I THINK FOR YOUR FIRST YEAR, THAT'S REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT.

IMPORTANT THING IS, IS TO LEARN THE SPACE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO LEARN, THE SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH.

AND SO I THINK REALLY PLAYS YOUR CARDS VERY WELL.

AND YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, IN MY OPINION, AND.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.

AND I HAD LIKE A LITTLE I HAD A LITTLE THOUGHT IN MY HEAD, IN MY HEAD, FINISHED, LIKE PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

BUT I THINK IN THE FUTURE, IN TERMS OF LIKE I KEEP HEARING TEST SCORES OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND I KEEP I CRINGE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE US STUDENTS, WE DON'T ASSIGN OUR WORK TO TEST SCORES.

AND I WISH THAT THE WAY ADULTS THOUGHT ABOUT IT WAS KIND OF THE SAME BECAUSE EVEN IN THE REAL WORLD, EVEN IN THE REAL WORLD, YOUR WORK IS NOT ASSIGNED TO TEST SCORES.

AND I UNDERSTAND IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM YOU'RE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO GOOD IN YOUR CLASSES, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO DO GOOD IN IN NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO DO WELL IN SITUATIONS THAT AREN'T DESIGNED FOR THEM.

AND SO I THINK THAT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN A STUDENT IS SUCCESSFUL OR WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN A SUPERINTENDENT IS SUCCESSFUL? HOW CAN WE FIND OTHER WAYS TO ASSIGN SUCCESS TO TO MEASURE? HOW CAN WE FIND BETTER WAYS TO MEASURE SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY FOCUS ON, BECAUSE IF EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU MENTION TEST SCORES AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE LOWER AND THE FACT THAT SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES WE IGNORE THE FACT THAT TEST SCORES ARE SYSTEMIC, NOT INDIVIDUAL.

AND BY INDIVIDUAL I MEAN FERNDALE WE LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO FOR THE FUTURE, I REALLY WISH I REALLY AM HOPING THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MEASURE THE WORTH OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ISN'T JUST A NUMBER AND IS NOT SET FOR.

THE SINGLE BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOL IS ACADEMICS.

I MEAN, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO IMPART READING AND WRITING MATH.

I MEAN, FUNDAMENTALLY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE CORE COMPETENCIES TO PEOPLE SO THAT THEY WILL GO OUT INTO THE WORLD BEING LITERATE AND ABLE TO FUNCTION.

AND THE STATE SCORES ALL IMPERFECT, DEMONSTRATE TRENDS, AND THAT INCLUDES ACROSS DISTRICTS.

I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN'T COMPARE FERNDALE TO.

WELL, EXCEPT THAT YOU KIND OF CAN'T IF THERE ARE DISTRICTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE PERFORMING WELL AND THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY IMPROVING, THIS IS JUST AN INDICATOR OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ACADEMICALLY.

AND SO IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A STAPLE, AS HAVE SUCH THINGS AS TEST SCORES.

THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO IT IS PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE.

IT IS PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN JUST A STANDARD FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I SAY I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN EVALUATING THE HEALTH OF A DISTRICT.

AND TO THAT, I WOULD JUST SIMPLY DISAGREE.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT WE LEARN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THAT IS TEST SCORE IS NOT THE TEST.

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BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY FACET OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PERSON.

AND THE SAT IS NOT A.

IT WASN'T CREATED INITIALLY TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF EACH AND EVERY STUDENT.

IT WASN'T CREATED.

IT WASN'T CREATED TO ASSESS THE SUCCESS THAT EVERY STUDENT THAT IGNORES EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO I'M I'M NOT NOT WILLING TO NEGATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE AS FAR AS TEST SCORES AND AND STUDENT OUTCOMES.

BUT RIGHT NOW, OUR TOPIC ON THE TABLE IS THE EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH DOES FALL UNDER TEST SCORES, ARE ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO EVALUATE THEM.

BUT AS TO THE LEGITIMACY OF WHICH TEST SCORES IN THAT, I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION OR FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO NEGATE THE VALUE OF THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS A COMMUNITY DOES LOOK AT THAT AS A FUNCTION OF HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING. BUT I WANT TO KEEP OUR FOCUS ON OUR EVALUATION.

KRISTI SO I'M GOING TO PULL US BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT RAPID TURN.

SO AND WITH THAT, I'D HAVE TO SAY I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE THE PERSONAL TOUCH THAT CHRISTIE HAS BROUGHT TO THE POSITION AND FOR REACHING OUT AND HER CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE.

SHE COMMUNICATES WITH PEOPLE WELL AND I THINK HELPS THEM TO FEEL HEARD AND TO FEEL BELONG LIKE THEY BELONG, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DISTRICT AND IMPORTANT PART OF SUCCESS FOR THE STUDENTS.

IT HELPS THE TEACHERS FEEL BETTER ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND JUST THE OVERALL FEEDBACK THAT I'M GETTING FROM THOSE IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN POSITIVE.

UM, I DID MENTION TO HER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AND IN MY WAY OF THINKING, A REVIEW IS ALSO TIME FOR WHERE CAN WE IMPROVE, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER.

AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ALWAYS HAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IS COMMUNICATION.

UM, SHE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION WITHOUT OVERWHELMING THEM, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE HAVING THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AND TO PROVIDE THE INPUT THAT SHE NEEDS.

STILL WORKING ON THAT, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK AS FAR AS THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD AND GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION THEY NEED AND SUCH, UM, THIS PAST MONTH THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE AND IN IN PREVIOUS MONTHS YOU HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, X BOARD MEMBER HAS ASKED THIS QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S USEFUL FOR EVERYBODY.

AND SO FORWARD IT TO ALL OF US MAYBE DOING THAT ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES, IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHAT'S YOUR PERSPECTIVE THAT'S HERE? AND WE DON'T GET THAT AS MUCH.

BUT MAYBE IF WE GOT THE ANSWERS TO THE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, WE COULD KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF LIKE, OH, THIS IS HOW I HEAR HER ARE LOOKING AT IT.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? NO, I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE ASKED OF YOU THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, IF YOU ONLY ASK THEM HERE, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GIVE THAT TIME TO FOR ME TO GO IN DEPTH.

I APPRECIATE THE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS IF YOU HAVE TIME TO DO THOSE.

I APPRECIATE THE EMAILS WHERE YOU ASK QUESTIONS, WHERE I'M THEN ABLE TO GO TO THE DIFFERENT EXPERTS IN THE SYSTEM AND GET THE ANSWERS FOR YOU.

ALSO TO GIVE YOU A CONNECTION.

AND THEN ESPECIALLY IF IT'S EMAIL, THEN I CAN'T AFFORD THAT ON AND ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING AND THE LINKS, THE REPORTS.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THOSE.

I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THEY WERE FILLED WITH BROAD DATA.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE ON THOSE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING TO DO THAT.

I WOULD APPRECIATE A STUDY SESSION WHERE WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING MEASURED.

IS IT ASKING THE RIGHT THINGS? I THINK PART OF OUR CHALLENGE AS A SYSTEM IS WE ARE GOVERNED RIGHT NOW BY A SET OF COMMITMENTS AND THOSE COMMITMENTS FERNDALE COMMITMENTS.

DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON WRITING A STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE MORE FORMAL ONE BY DECEMBER, JANUARY READY FOR LAUNCH IN THE FALL OF 2024.

SO WE'LL REALLY BE UNPACKING THAT, WORKING TOGETHER.

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ANOTHER STUDENT WILL SHINE ON SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I THINK OUR STRATEGIC PLAN CAN REALLY, IF IT'S WRITTEN WELL ENOUGH AND I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND IT HAS MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW SUCCESS THAT FOCUSES ON THE WHOLE STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES THEY HAVE, WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL GROWTH FOR EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL.

SO I JUST I DO APPRECIATE THE BOARD.

YOU TRUSTED ME.

I'VE APPRECIATED THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE LEARNED A TON THIS YEAR FROM THE STAFF AND REALLY FROM THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NO PROBLEM TELLING ME WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL AND AREAS I CAN IMPROVE.

AND IT'S IT'S GOING TO MAKE US BETTER IF WE'RE JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE AND BEING REALLY HONEST.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK CONSISTENTLY.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST TO KEEP WITH THE TREND SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE GAVE A THUMBS UP, ALL ABOUT THE FIFTH THUMBS UP OR THE OVERALL EVALUATION.

SO THANK YOU, KRISTI IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU WORKING FOR US AND WORKING FOR THE DISTRICT, AND I THINK WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.

SO OKAY.

[7. FOCUS ON STUDENTS]

IF IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS THE REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US TWO MONTHS AGO.

WE DISCUSSED AND APPROVED IT LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH.

IT IS HERE FOR US TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE INDICATORS AND SEEING IF THEY ARE CORRECT.

AS I AS KRISTI HAS MENTIONED, AND AS I KIND OF PREEMPTED THE BOARD TELLING THEM I WAS GOING TO DO THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE THIS REVISION PORTION OF THINGS AND WE PLAN A STUDY SESSION WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF OUR RESULTS, POLICIES AND OPERATIONAL POLICIES IN MASS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE EXEC TEAM ON MAKING SOME BETTER INDICATORS AND MEASURABLE THINGS SO THAT IT MAKES MORE SENSE MOVING FORWARD.

SO IF UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD THAT DIRECTION AND WE'LL GET SOMETHING SCHEDULED.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THESE POLICIES, THESE MONITORING REPORTS GET STRIPPED DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE REALLY DIGESTIBLE AND NOT PAGES AND PAGES OF WORDS AND WORDS AND WORDS BECAUSE THEY'RE A LOT BETTER THAN THEY PUT IN THEIR HORRIBLE SIDE.

YEAH. OH, YEAH, YEAH.

THEY'RE THEY'RE MUCH MORE TO THE POINT IN SUCH AT THIS POINT.

SO YEAH BUT I WOULD AGREE WE WANT TO HAVE THE DATA THERE AND WE WANT TO HAVE INDICATORS THAT MAKE SENSE AND ARE SOMETHING THAT IS MEASURABLE.

SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE WAS GOOD INTENT THAT IT JUST ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE A STUDY SESSION WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE OF A DISCUSSION AND MORE TIME TO PUT SOME MORE THOUGHT INTO IT.

SO YEAH, AND MY PERCEPTION OF THESE MONITORING REPORTS IS KIND OF LIKE, HERE, GO WRITE YOUR OWN REPORT CARD AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, JUST BASED ON INFORMATION THAT COMES IN THAT IS A MUCH MORE OBJECTIVE AND REMOVES, REMOVES PERSONALITY AND YOU KNOW THAT FROM IT.

YEAH. MUCH PREFERRED.

OKAY. SO ANY OBJECTION TO MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY.

SO NEXT ITEM, 7.02 IS THE REVIEW AND ADOPTING THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 909 WHICH IS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

THIS IS A REPORT THAT WE WERE GIVEN LAST MONTH TO READ AND REVIEW.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE SURVEY WHICH IS ATTACHED ON BOARD DOCS AS FAR AS EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT WE FELT THAT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH FOLLOWING EXPECTATIONS.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT HERE AT THIS POINT FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN ACTION.

SO ANY COMMENTS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES I'VE HEARD IN TALKING WITH TEACHERS AS FAR AS THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT GOES HAS TO DO WITH BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN CLASSROOMS

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I DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THE REPORT ADDRESSED THAT AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD HAVE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY INDICATORS AS FAR AS CLASSROOM BEHAVIORS, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING AS PART OF THAT REPORT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A BIG ELEMENT TO WHETHER, YOU KNOW, AN ENTIRE GROUP OF KIDS HAS THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THEIR EDUCATION THAT THEY'RE REALLY.

HUNDRED PERCENT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY HE HAD TO LEAVE EARLIER.

BUT WE'RE MAKING SOME INTENTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL SHIFTS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT REASON.

TRYING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS OUT, LETTING THE, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF AND STUDENTS HELP CO-CREATE, MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE APPROPRIATE TRAINING.

AND SO THAT WILL BE A BIG FOCUS OF NEXT YEAR, WHICH YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING.

I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE PILOTING A PROGRAM AT SKYLINE.

I'M TRYING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE HAVE INVESTED IN SOMEONE WHO I BELIEVE BRINGS A HIGH LEVEL OF EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A COACHING AND MENTORING TO OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH STAFF.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU WAKE UP AND YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS.

AND STEVE, YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER, SOME OF THE THE FALLOUT FROM COVID.

WELL, IF YOU'VE BEEN A STUDENT DURING INSTRUMENTAL YEARS AT HOME, YOU MISS SOME KEY SOCIALIZATION PIECES AND THEN NOW CONTINUES TO REMIND US AND SO DOES GABBY.

THAT NEED FOR CONNECTION? WELL, IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN.

THOSE ARE SKILLS YOU HAVE TO TEACH.

AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TEACH ENGLISH OR MATH, THEN WE NEED OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO BE ABLE TO COME ALONGSIDE OF THOSE TEACHERS TO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A QUICK CONVERSATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF IMPEDING FACTORS THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE REALIZES THIS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A BOARD, BUT IN ROCKLAND COUNTY, FERNDALE PER CAPITA HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF HOMELESSNESS OF ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO THERE ARE JUST LOTS OF THINGS GOING.

ONE OF OUR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN, I THINK OVER TIME IN THE PAST, WE'VE THROWN THINGS AND HOPE IT STICKS AND WE HAVE PAUSED AND WE'RE MAKING INTENTIONAL DECISIONS AND CHOICES.

WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING OUR EMTS WILL BE MONITORING THE DATA ALONG WITH OUR DATA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE STREAMLINE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WALKING ALONGSIDE THAT ANY OTHER PIECE.

AND I CONTINUE TO HEAR THIS THE FAMILY IS THE FIRST FEATURE.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO BRINGING THE FAMILIES IN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY I LOVE KIDS AND I SUPPORT KIDS AND AND NOT HAVE THE FAMILY AT THE TABLE BECAUSE THE CHILD IS AN EXTENSION OF THE HOME.

AND SO THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING IN THIS NEXT YEAR.

IT'S NOT GOING TO GET SOLVED QUICKLY.

WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE TO START IMPLEMENTING SOME CHANGES.

DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE OBJECTIVE TO HAVE ONE OF THE INDICATORS ON HERE BEING THERE'S BEEN A DECREASE IN IN DISTURBANCES? I THINK THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THIS STUDY SESSION ON.

I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SAY WHAT OUR MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.

AND THE OTHER PIECE TOO IS, I DON'T I REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF WORKING WITH THE EXEC TEAM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO VET THAT THROUGH SOME OF OUR STAFF, SOME OF THOSE OBJECTIVES BECAUSE THEY'RE IN OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SEEING TOO.

I DON'T WANT TO WRITE MONITORING REPORTS IN A SILO AND THEN TELLING PEOPLE HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THINGS, BUT REALLY GOING TO OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS AND ASKING, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS A DID WE MISS SOMETHING? IS THERE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS? SO I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO, BUT I'M EXCITED TO DO IT.

CAN I ASK, DO WE KEEP TRACK OF INVOLVEMENT IN PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES AS THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TO ME THAT THAT DEMONSTRATES FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND IS A STRONG, I THINK, INDICATOR OF SUCCESS.

IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY THAT'S SUPPORTING THE KID AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

SO I THINK NOT ALL FAMILIES CAN SHOW UP IN THAT WAY.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE DEFINING WHAT IS THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME FAMILIES, A PHONE CALL, A NOTE, AN EMAIL, SOME IT'S A MEETING.

SO I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE FAMILY.

I HEAR FROM STAFF ALL THE TIME.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW DO WE YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS ASK FAMILIES TO COME TO US, BUT AT WHAT TIME DO WE SET UP SO WE CAN GO TO?

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SCHOOL IS NOT ALWAYS A COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR EVERYBODY, SO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE JUST LIKE ANYTHING, WHAT'S THE CONTINUUM OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE? WE'RE ALSO AND YOU HEARD ABOUT.

JUST A LITTLE BIT THIS LAST YEAR WITH A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER STARTING TO OFFER SOME PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, THE RESEARCH IS REALLY CLEAR THAT TEACHERS ARE THE NUMBER ONE VARIABLE.

BUT IF THE PARENT IS THE FIRST TEACHER, THEN HOW ARE WE ENSURING THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED OR WANT? BECAUSE EVERY FAMILY SHOWS UP EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, THEY WAKE UP EVERY DAY DOING THE BEST THEY CAN FOR THEIR CHILD.

AND SO PARENTING IS HARD WORK.

I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, I HAVE I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

I REMEMBER WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS FOUR YEAR OLD, I THOUGHT, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A FOUR YEAR OLD? AND THAT'S WHAT I DID ALL DAY LONG, IS I SPENT TIME AND I STUDIED AND STUDIED ABOUT FOUR YEAR OLDS.

AND WHEN IT WAS MY OWN CHILD, ALL OF A SUDDEN I DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS IN MY TOOLBOX AND I NEEDED SOME HELP.

SO HOW DO WE CREATE THOSE STRUCTURES? SO THAT'S A VERY LONG WINDED ANSWER, BUT I THINK PARENT CONFERENCES ARE ONE INDICATOR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT OUR MULTICULTURAL NIGHT, HOW MANY FAMILIES SHOWED UP TO THAT AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FAMILIES WHO CAME TO THE, YOU KNOW, A CURRICULUM NIGHT, BUT THEY WERE PRESENT THERE INTERACTING WITH THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF INDICATORS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THOSE THINGS IN.

SELENA AND I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS EVEN IN CREATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE PUTTING OUT BY NUMBERS HOW MANY FAMILIES WERE INVOLVED, HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED AND THE FEEDBACK.

SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I'M EXPECTING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE NEXT YEAR OVER TIME.

THAT WAS A VERY LONG WINDED ANSWER, BUT I THINK A LOT ABOUT THIS WELL, AND I THINK APPROPRIATE INFORMATION BECAUSE AS I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE INDICATORS ON HERE IMPLEMENTED UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING THROUGH FERNDALE SCHOOLS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO LEARNING.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IS THAT LIKE A CHECKBOX AND WE'RE DONE.

SO WHAT DO WE USE FOR AN INDICATOR NEXT YEAR? YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF OF SITUATION.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT AS WE ARE PUTTING THESE INDICATORS TOGETHER.

WHAT IS HOW DO WE MEASURE ONGOING SUCCESS AND MAKE IT RELATIVE? THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ON IT WAS, YES, WE IMPLEMENTED THEM.

BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, NOW THAT THE ESSER FUNDS ARE GOING AWAY AS FAR AS THE IMPLEMENTATION AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ANYMORE AND THE STAFF NEEDS TO WORK THIS, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT IT IS IN PLACE ENOUGH TO BE SUSTAINED? SO THEY'RE THEY ARE STILL A PLACE FOR ONE MORE YEAR BECAUSE THAT WAS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

BUT IT'S LIKE TO GET EVERYBODY OUT OF THEIR JOB.

YEAH, THEY'RE NOT THERE. YOU'RE STILL THERE.

WHEN I TOLD THEM IS THAT WE CAN SAY THE MTS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES IN A RECYCLE BIN, THEN WE DIDN'T DO OUR JOB.

SO THAT'S THE JOB OF THIS YEAR, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REAL GOOD STRUCTURES IN PLACE.

THE ADMIN TEAM, ALONG WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, WILL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK TO REALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE PIECES.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT SOME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN THE COMING MONTH AROUND SOME OF THESE THINGS.

I WOULD LOVE I UNDERSTAND AT ONE POINT AT BOARD MEETINGS, SCHOOLS, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WOULD COME AND SHARE.

WE THEY WOULD COME AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING.

IT'D BE GREAT, TOO, IF WE COULD HAVE A STUDY SESSION, ACTUALLY.

AND I KNOW NOT EVERYONE CAN COME DURING THE DAY, BUT IF WE OPEN THAT UP WHERE WE ACTUALLY GO INTO CLASSROOMS TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND LET THE STAFF OR THE ADMINISTRATOR OR THE STUDENTS NARRATE WHAT WE'RE SEEING, I THINK WE NEED TO BE OUT THERE ACTUALLY SEEING IT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO CONCEPTUALIZE IT HERE AND KNOW WHAT TO ASK IF YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY HAVING THE EXPERIENCE.

SO I'D LIKE TO REALLY PUSH US ON HOW TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION AND EITHER US GOING TO THE SCHOOLS OR INVITING THE SCHOOLS TO VARIOUS MEETINGS TO COME SHARE AND BEING ABLE TO ASK THOSE DIRECT QUESTIONS.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK FOR MYSELF AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.

I THINK IT'S GOOD FEEDBACK FOR US AS A BOARD.

SO I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THAT FEEDBACK LOOP A BIT.

YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SEEING IT IN ACTION FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ON A SCHOOL TOUR WHEN WE DID WERE DOING THOSE.

IT PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE AND YOU REALLY SEE A LOT MORE THAN EVEN THIS REPORT.

IF YOU ONLY GO IN THAT YOU'RE JUST IN A SNAPSHOT AND NOT REALLY GETTING THAT OUT THERE EVERY DAY LIKE THIS.

HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE THERE AT THE TIME? SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, NEED TO BE ASSESSED, A SNAPSHOT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING AT ALL, YOU KNOW, AND YOU TRY TO WORK AND

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IT'S A JUGGLING ACT, I WILL ADMIT, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE DOING THOSE REGULARLY AND KIND OF PRIOR TO COVID, WE WERE DOING MORE REGULARLY AND THEN COVID KIND OF HIT AND THAT ENDED THINGS THAT WAY.

BUT YOU WOULD JUST GET A SNAPSHOT, BUT YOU HAVE A BETTER INKLING OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

AND IN THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT, THE SCHOOL REPORTS TENDED TO BE MORE REAL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

SO YEAH, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUT IN SCHOOLS AT LEAST TWO DAYS A WEEK NEXT YEAR, AND YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

ANYONE'S ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN ME AND BE PART OF IT.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR DAY WILL LOOK LIKE.

IT'S SOMETIMES A DANCE PARTY, SOMETIMES IT'S SUBBING.

BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME ALONGSIDE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ANALOGY OF THE PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES.

MAYBE IF A PARENT COMES TO A PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE, THEY AREN'T GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THAT THEIR KID IS DOING IN THEIR CLASSROOM, BUT THEY WILL GET A SNAPSHOT OF.

SO OTHER COMMENTS.

WE'VE DRIFTED A LITTLE BIT AND NOT TOO TOO BAD.

OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.

OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS REPORT.

IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY THAT WE ACCEPTED AS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST THE THE INDICATORS TO MAKE THEM MORE ONGOING AS OPPOSED TO A FINITE TYPE THING.

WELL, BUT OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS ALSO INCLUDES THE SERVICE MAINTENANCE AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT CLUMP OF THINGS.

SO, UM, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE INDICATORS THAT GO ALONG, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE NEED TO BE ADJUSTING THOSE AND THEN HAVE TO LOOK AS FAR AS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IF THAT IS COVERED BY FACILITY.

I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S FACILITIES AND SOME OF THESE THINGS DO OVERLAP, UNDERSTANDABLY SO.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE HAVING THE LOOKING AT THE MORE UNIVERSAL END OF OUR PARAMETERS AND ENERGY INDICATORS I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THAT STUDY SESSION.

SO I MEAN, I'VE SEEN YOU TALK ABOUT LEARNING AN ENVIRONMENT.

IS THAT PHYSICAL SPACE OR IS THAT JUST BOTH? YEAH. AND SO, UM, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THIS, UH, RESULT OR THIS OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS REPORT AS INCOMPLIANT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO REVAMP SOME OF THE INDICATORS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

OKAY. SO WE'VE ADOPTED AS SUCH.

SO THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 8.0 OF OUR MEETING, WHICH IS SHARING.

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

SO THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER.

IS THAT OKAY? HEY, GO FOR IT.

IS THAT OKAY? I LIKE IT.

OKAY. I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF IT ON MY POWERPOINT.

THAT'S WHY I LOVE IT.

BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WHILE SUZANNE'S DOING THAT ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU.

I'VE MENTIONED IT HERE A FEW TIMES.

WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME REORGANIZATION.

AND ONE PIECE OF THAT WAS WE DID REDUCE ONE MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.

SO WE WERE A TEAM OF SIX.

WE ARE NOW A TEAM OF FIVE, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE MADE.

JOHN HAS FULLY SHIFTED OVER AS JULY 1ST.

HE IS NOW AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING AND OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, CAROL SILSBEE, IS HERE TONIGHT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY TO KARA.

KARA COMES WITH EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN HR EXPERIENCE AND IS DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO HR AND DOING ALL LEARNING AND FIGURING THINGS OUT.

SHE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON JULY 1ST, AND AS SOMEONE WHO STARTED IN THE SUMMER WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONE, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.

BUT SHE'S BEEN ALREADY AN INCREDIBLE ASSET AND WE'RE JUST VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER.

AND SO WHILE SHE WAS HERE TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS AND HOW WE'RE DOING BUSINESS. SO YOU SAID WE REDUCED ONE EXECUTIVE.

SO IS IT KARA? KARA IS NOT ONLY EXECUTIVE, NOT ONLY.

OKAY, SHE IS A DIRECTOR.

SO. YEAH, SO WELCOME.

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HAPPY TO BE HERE. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? PUT YOU ON THE SPOT? WELL, JUST THAT I GREW UP IN FERNDALE, FERNDALE HIGH GRADUATE, SO THIS COMMUNITY MEANS A LOT TO ME.

SO DO YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE MIC? IF PEOPLE MIGHT. SO I JUST GREW UP IN FERNDALE.

I LIVE LIKE 30 SECOND AWAY RAISING MY SON IN THE HOUSE THAT I WAS RAISED IN.

MY SON IS A STUDENT OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I WAS A STUDENT OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS DISTRICT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SERVE AND MY DOOR IS OPEN AND WE WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE SEE.

SO I'M SURE CAM IS GONNA WANT TO MEET EACH OF US FOR A LONG TIME AS SHE'S ENGAGING IN AN ENTRY POINT.

SO WELCOME, KARA.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO JULY BOARD UPDATE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS LONG JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS ACTIVE A TIME, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS GOING ON.

AND KEVIN, ILL APPRECIATE AT HAWAIIAN IN THERE.

REALLY. AND WAITING FOR IT TO GO.

CALLIOPE. NO, I'M PROBABLY THE ONE.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO DO THE OLD SHUT DOWN AND RESTART.

OH, YEAH. TECHNOLOGY.

OKAY, GO. SO WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS SUMMER SCHOOL MOLARS THAT YOU GET TO VISIT ONE DAY.

YOU MIGHT ADD THAT IN.

IT WAS AMAZING LAST YEAR AT THE END OF SUMMER SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALWAYS ASKING, HOW CAN WE GET BETTER? AND OUR PRINCIPAL, MISS ASHLEY, I THINK THEY CALL HER SUMMER SCHOOL ANYWAY, ONE OF HER MISSION, HER VISIONS FOR LAST YEAR WAS THAT SHE WANTED TO ADD AN OUTDOOR LEARNING EXPERIENCE, SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY BASED EXPERIENCE.

KIDS ARE COMING TO SCHOOL, THEY GO TO SCHOOL YEAR ROUND, AND JUST HOW DO WE MAKE IT MAKE MEANING? AND SO THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON LOTS OF FIELD TRIPS.

AND ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING PARTS OF THIS STORY WAS WE SERVE STUDENTS ALL THROUGH KINDERGARTEN, THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A MOM SHARED THAT HER SON, WHO'S BEEN IN OUR LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM, HAD EVER GOTTEN TO GO ON A FIELD TRIP.

AND HE IS GOING TO BE A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IT WAS HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE ON A FIELD TRIP.

SO IT WAS SUCH GOOD LEARNING.

I KNOW THAT EVEN HAPPEN.

WELL, IT DID, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

BUT WE LEARNED A LOT.

AND WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THE STAFF WAS JUST THAT THEIR STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS, IT DIDN'T MATTER.

THEY MADE EVERY FIELD TRIP ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS.

AND IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY.

SO WHILE THEY WERE LEARNING ABOUT READING AND WRITING AND MATH, SOME OF THE TIME THEY WERE GETTING TO GO AND PUTTING THOSE SKILLS INTO HANDS ON EXPERIENCES AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE WHAT THEY WERE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM AND TIE IT TO NATURE.

AND JUST INCREDIBLE.

I HEARD ALL ABOUT IT AND THEY WENT TO WESTERN AND THEY WENT TO THE BEACH.

THEY WENT TO A FARM AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE THEY OH MAN, OR TO IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE THEY WENT.

EVERY STUDENT WAS GOING AND FINDING A NEW DISCOVERY.

AND SO I JUST I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF.

IT WAS A REALLY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING.

YOU'VE SHARED THAT HERE.

AND LAST TUESDAY, WE GOT THE KEYS AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.

WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING SITTING ON SOME FOLDING CHAIRS AT A TABLE.

AND SO WE ARE NOW THE PROUD OWNERS OF FORMALLY THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING.

I SHARED WITH YOU THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM THAT SALE WERE THEN TURNING AROUND TO BECOME SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAD A FAMILY MEMBER OR A CONNECTION TO SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY.

AND THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO THE FERNDALE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION WHO WILL HOUSE THOSE FUNDS AND BE ABLE TO START IMPLEMENTING A SCHOLARSHIP FOR FUTURE FERNDALE GRADUATES. AND I'M JUST THRILLED.

THE PLAN FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING, THOUGH, IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

I'D LOVE FOR THE BOARD TO COME SEE.

IT IS GOING TO BE THE FUTURE HOME OF OUR CTE PROGRAM, OUR COMMUNITY TRANSITIONS PROGRAM.

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BUT IF YOU IMAGINE YOU GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU GO TO SCHOOL UNTIL YOU'RE 21 AND I TELL YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING KIND OF WRONG ABOUT THAT.

AND SO THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY TRANSITION IS REALLY THAT TRANSITION SPACE BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULTHOOD.

AND SO HAVING A BUILDING OFF SITE FOR THEM TO GO TO FOR LEARNING AND BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ABOUT POSSIBLY USING THE GYM SPACE THERE FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME.

IT DOES HAVE A KITCHEN.

SO THE CULINARY, YOU KNOW, LEARNING COOKING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE ABLE TO DO.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT DEVELOPS.

POLICY, 1250 STUDENTS ON THE GOVERNING BOARD.

I HAD AN AHA MOMENT AS I WAS UPDATING THE, UM, THE POLICY.

AND ONE OF THE PIECES THAT THE POLICY WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD AS A BOARD TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND CLEAR.

AND ONE PART IT DIDN'T SAY AND I THINK WE ALL KNEW IT.

IN FACT, KWABENA POINTED IT OUT AT A MEETING AND I WAS LIKE, OH, IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T CALL IT OUT WAS WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ON.

THERE WAS ADVISORY VOTES WILL NOT PERTAIN TO ANY ITEM DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ITEMS HELD FOR EXECUTIVE CONTENT.

SO THOSE THINGS THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO UPDATE THAT ADVISORY BECAUSE THOSE WOULD BE AREAS THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE AN ADVISORY VOTE.

SO THEN THERE'S NEVER ANY QUESTION MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE AT SOME POINT ALL OF US MAY NOT BE SITTING HERE.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT MOVING FORWARD AS THIS BECOMES PART OF THE MINDSET OF OUR ORGANIZATION, THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHEN THE ADVISORY VOTE WORKS, WE'RE STILL NOT SUPER WORRIED OF IT, BUT WE'RE GETTING BETTER.

BUT THOSE PIECES, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S JUST REALLY SPELLED OUT CLEARLY.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOME ACTION I WOULD ASK OF THE BOARD.

AND ELECTIONS ARE AUGUST 1ST PRIMARY FOR THE BOARD.

ONE PIECE. THIS IS MY SUPERINTENDENT.

THIS IS MY VERY FIRST ELECTION.

AND I PART OF MY SUPPORT SYSTEM IS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NORTHWEST, ESD, AND AN ORGANIZATION CALLED WASA.

SO WHEN THE ELECTIONS OR WHEN PEOPLE DECLARED THEIR CANDIDACY, I GOT AN EMAIL HELPING ME AND OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS KNOW WHAT OUR ROLE WAS. AND SO WASA WAS PROVIDING SOME WORKSHOPS, SO I NOTIFIED EVERY ONE WHO WAS RUNNING OF THOSE.

AND THEN THEY ENCOURAGE US TO MEET WITH EVERY POTENTIAL CANDIDATE, EVERYONE WHO'S RUNNING OFFER UP TIME.

SO I SENT OUT EMAILS TO EVERYONE WHO'S RUNNING AND THEY CAN COME AND ASK QUESTIONS.

I'VE MET WITH A COUPLE SO FAR, BUT IT'S JUST MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE DISTRICT, THIS IS OUR WEBSITE, THIS IS THE ORG CHART.

THIS IS MY ENTRY PLAN.

THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE, FIND, YOU KNOW, PIECES ABOUT THE MONOMERS, WHATEVER QUESTIONS THEY HAVE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MORE MEETINGS TO COME, BUT JUST DOING THAT ONBOARDING PIECE OR OR ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, IT'S NOT AN ONBOARDING. IT WOULD BE ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO THIS LAST MONTH.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE RESULTS POLICY 2.7.

AND SO WE GOT SOME ANSWERS FOR YOU.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO JOHN.

YEAH. SO THE LAST IN THE PAST WHEN WE REVIEWED OUR 2.7, YOU ASKED THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOW HOW WE ARE MEASURING PROGRESS TOWARD OUR HEALTH AND FITNESS GOALS.

PREVIOUSLY, WHAT WE DID IS WE REPORTED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED A CLASSROOM BASED ASSESSMENT.

DIDN'T SAY HOW THEY DID IT, ONLY SAID THEY COMPLETED OR NOT COMPLETED.

AND THAT FELT VERY LIMITED AND NOT NECESSARILY GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION THAT HE FELT WAS HELPFUL AND ASCERTAINING IF WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS OR NOT.

SO YOU ASKED US TO CONSIDER ANOTHER MAJOR.

SO WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH, INCLUDING TALKING TO SOME TEACHERS, AND WE CHOSE WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE FITNESS GRAM.

IN THE FITNESS GRAM, STUDENTS PERFORM A VARIETY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES MEASURING STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, FLEXIBILITY.

IT'S AN ASSESSMENT THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY ALL OF OUR PD TEACHERS.

CURRENTLY, THE RESULTS FROM THAT PLACE YOU IN ONE OF THREE ZONES, WHICH IS WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN THERE.

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THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS USING THIS IS IT GIVES YOU A HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF THE HEALTH LEVEL OF THE OF THE STUDENTS LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IN EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES OVER TIME, GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO TO KNOW IF THERE'S PROGRESS BEING MADE THERE.

THAT'S ASSESSMENT. LIKE I SAID, THAT'S CURRENTLY BE DONE BEING DONE.

SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE TIME ON THE INSTRUCTION TO DO MORE ASSESSMENT, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS A BENEFIT.

IT'S STATE OR IT'S TIED TO OUR STATE BENCHMARKS.

AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE CURRENTLY CREATING A DIGITAL REPORTING SYSTEM AND THAT CAN THEN BE TIED INTO HOMEROOM, MAKING THAT DATA THAT'S THAT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO TO US AND TO YOU AS A BOARD.

SO OUR RECOMMENDED, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD THIS AS THE MEASURE OF IMPACT OF OUR HEALTH AND FITNESS EDUCATION.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE STUDY SESSION, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS HAVING AN EXECUTIVE TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THESE WILL HELP US TO KNOW WHAT ARE THOSE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT TO TO BE LOOKING AT.

THANK YOU, JOHN. BOND UPDATE, MARK.

YEAH. SO WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS.

IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THE LAST DAY OR SO, YOU NOTICE THE THE PARKING LOT AND THE THE NEW AREA BEING DEVELOPED WHERE THE CAFETERIA USED TO BE IS STARTING TO LOOK A LOT MORE LIKE A PARKING LOT THAN IT DID A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WHICH IS A GOOD A GOOD SIGN.

AND THEY'LL START PAVING HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

AND I'M KIND OF A MYSTERIOUS SMELL UNDERNEATH THE PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING WHERE YOU'RE DOING A BUNCH OF TESTING ON.

I CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A FUN PUZZLE AT THE MOMENT, NOT BEING VERY FUN, BUT IT'S A BIT OF A MYSTERY THAT YOU HAVE WITH WHOLE BUILDINGS.

SO WE'RE PROCEEDING ON WITH THAT.

THE PAC BUILDING BEING A LITTLE OLDER IS POSING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THE REMODEL PROCESS, NOT QUITE AS AS CLEAN AND SIMPLE AS AS A NEW BUILD AS ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE DONE ANY REMODELING IN YOUR LIFE.

SO SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

BUT THINGS ARE PROGRESSING NICELY.

WE'RE ON TRACK TO GET EVERYTHING UP AND OPERATIONAL FOR THE START OF SCHOOL.

STILL, IT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT.

WE'RE PUSHING HARD, BUT ALL INDICATORS ARE THAT WE'RE WE'RE ON SCHEDULE FOR THAT.

SO BASICALLY MEANS THE GROUNDS WILL BE READY MINUS THE PLANTS.

BUT THEN WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE TEMPERATURE, THE TEMPERATURE TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT THE PLANTS IN.

SO WE HAVE A BETTER SURVIVAL RATE.

BUT THE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THE SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OPERATIONAL AS WELL AS THE NEW STADIUM FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS THIS FALL.

THE CLASSROOMS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING ARE SCHEDULED TO BE UP AND RUNNING AND OPEN.

SO BAND, CHOIR AND ART AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE ACTUAL THEATER WILL BE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER, AS WILL THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WING OF THE BUILDING.

SO ALL IN ALL, WE'RE WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE.

WE'RE STILL ON BUDGET.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO DELIVER ON THE COMMITMENTS OF THE BOND.

BROTHER. AND HERE'S QUARTANA.

THAT QR CODE TAKES THE ARTICLE.

YEAH. OH, OKAY.

THANKS. OH, SO WAS THE BILL WAS THE DIRECTOR COALITION FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.

SO LIKE ALL THE ASSOCIATION FOR A LOT OF SCHOOLS, NOT FOR A LOT OF SCHOOL BOARDS AROUND THE STATE, THEY HAVE THIS THING CALLED THE LAWSUIT TO RECOMMEND THAT FOR UPDATES, FOR ADVOCACY AND STUFF.

AND I THINK IN MARCH, ONE OF THE I THINK THE DIRECTOR OF THE ADVOCACY FOR STUDENTS, ONE OF THE STUDENT

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AND IF YOU WANT TO READ THE WHOLE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE HOSTAGE, RIGHT, YOU CAN SCAN THE CODE AND CHECK IT OUT.

AND YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISING TO SEE IT BECAUSE I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT I HAD DONE IT.

AND THEN IT POPPED UP MY VIEW AND I WAS LIKE, OH, YEAH.

SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN TO THAT TOO.

AND THEN MOVING ON FROM THAT, I RECENTLY AND I RECENTLY AND YESTERDAY I JUST SIGNED UP FOR A LEADERSHIP CAMP IN KAHNAWAKE, I THINK.

SO THAT'LL, IT'LL BE REALLY FUN TO GO TO.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME ABOUT DOING IT AND SO I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS GOING TO HAVE TIME.

I WASN'T SURE IF I HAD TIME FOR IT WHEN PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME.

AND SO NOW I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND IT'LL BE AUGUST 4TH THROUGH THE DAY, SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE PRETTY FUN.

UM, AND THEN WHEN AFTER WHEN SCHOOL STARTS TO RAMP UP AGAIN, I MYSELF, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER LEADERSHIP STUDENTS, HAVE BEEN PLANNING FRESHMAN ORIENTATION AND HOPEFULLY THE PARKING LOT AND SUCH IS FINISHED BY THE 28TH, WHICH I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED BY THEN.

YES. SO YEAH.

SO YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO BE HELPING THE FRESHMEN GET SITUATED INTO THE NEW BUILDING, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE NEW FOR US.

SO WE HAVE TO DO A WALKTHROUGH OF IT, YOU KNOW, SO OKAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING RATS.

THERE WILL BE NEW ROUTES. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT NEW RAMPS BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAS TO CHANGE.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE WEATHER, WHICH IS JUST I IT'S THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN SPRING AND I THINK, WHAT, TWO, THREE MONTHS AND 31 DAYS? OKAY, I'M ON ONE MONTH.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN SPRING AND THE FIRST TIME WE'VE GOTTEN SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN A REALLY LONG TIME.

SO BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SEEING DRY SPELLS.

SO IN THE SUMMER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SMALLER CHANCES FOR RAIN, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS.

PROFUSE AS THE RAIN WE SAW YESTERDAY.

SO IF YOU LIKE RAIN, THIS LIKE THIS AGAIN WILL BE THE THIRD SUMMER IN A ROW WHERE WE GOT RECORD LEVELS OF NOTHING.

BUT THIS NEXT COMING FALL SHOULD BE PRETTY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING NO IDEA WHEN BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

THE TREND IS FOR US TO GET MORE RAIN THIS FALL AND THEN I AM EXCITED FOR SENIOR YEAR AND BE DOING LOTS OF ARTS AND I'M GLAD WE'LL BE DOING MORE ARTSY THINGS BECAUSE I HAD INCORRECTLY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE A BUNCH OF AP CLASSES AND IT WAS A GOOD IDEA IN TERMS OF THE LEARNING, BUT I REALLY JUST DROPPED ARTS ENTIRELY.

AND SO NOW I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ARTS AGAIN AND IT'LL BE REALLY FUN.

AND YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

AND NOW YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU IN THAT ARTICLE AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING ALWAYS REPRESENTING FERNDALE SO WELL.

BUT AGAIN, JUST SHINING THE LEADERSHIP.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING AUGUST 4TH THROUGH EIGHTH IS THAT FOR WILDER SCHOOL STUDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS? WHAT'S THAT? THAT IS A LEADERSHIP CAMP THAT MY FRIEND HAD REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT AND HIS MOTHER REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT IT.

IT'S THE.

AND CHINOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MIDDLE LEVEL CAMP.

I CAN'T REMEMBER. THERE'S LIKE A PLACE WHERE IT'S HAPPENING AND THE ACTUAL TITLE OF IT, BUT BASICALLY IT'S HAPPENING AT CHINOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NEAR KENNEWICK OR AROUND THAT AREA. AND I ACTUALLY LITERALLY JUST SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK YESTERDAY.

SO I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS THE DAYS CONTINUE.

BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND I WASN'T TO THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, SO I WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO BE A GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KRISTI AND CUONG.

ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE REPORT? THANK YOU, SELENA, FOR KEEPING WITH THE WHOLE LINE THING.

I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, SO THAT BRINGS US ON TO THE CONSENT PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA.

[9. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]

[10. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]

AND WE ARE ALLOWED, IF WE DESIRE TO APPROVE THEM ALL IN ONE MOTION AS OPPOSED TO EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY.

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IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO BOARD DOCS OR YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND THOSE THINGS, YOU CAN ACCESS IT VIA THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE AND UNDER THE BOARD TAB.

OR YOU CAN ASK ANY ONE OF US AND WE CAN HELP YOU FIND THEM AS WELL.

SO AT THIS POINT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION OR EMOTION REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

OKAY. FOR ITEM 9.05, IS THAT A RENEWAL OR NOT? WE HAVE THAT CONTRACT IN PLACE THIS YEAR.

I THINK THERE WAS A SHIFT.

SO THE MENTAL HEALTH, WE HAVE ONE CURRENTLY AND I'M GOING TO LOOK TO JOHN, WE HAVE ONE CURRENTLY.

WHAT WILL BE ADDED NEXT YEAR IS A SECOND PERSON.

SO IT'S THE SAME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YEAR.

THE PERSON WENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW MORE CONCENTRATED EFFORT.

OKAY. SO THERE'S AN EXISTING PROGRAM.

YES. IS IT POSSIBLE TO TO GET THE OLD CONTRACT JUST FOR COMPARISON, I CAN ASK.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

JOHN, WOULD YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FACES SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS.

AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE APPROVE THEM AS ATTACHED HERETO AND MAKE THEM PART OF THE MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED.

OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA IS PASSED.

THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO THE SHARING PORTION OF THE MEETING FOR THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS AND KEVIN.

YEAH, SORRY.

OKAY. SO LOOKING AT THE CONSENT OF THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA, IT SAYS RECEIVED MONITORING REPORT FOR OH TWO SUCCESSION PLANNING.

THAT'S WHAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT.

SO THE REPORT IS ATTACHED THERETO ATTACHED.

OKAY. FOR US TO READ AND THEN WE'LL BE GETTING THE.

YEAH, WE'LL BE GETTING THE SURVEY ON IT.

FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU, CHRIS.

NOW. OKAY.

SO THAT CLEAR? YEAH. OKAY.

OKAY. THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS.

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

I'LL START ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE.

ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? LAST MONTH WAS THIS MONTH.

THIS MONTH. IT'S BEEN QUITE A ROLLERCOASTER.

THIS IS MY SON'S BIRTHDAY AND MY BIRTHDAY.

WE DID SOME TRAVELING.

CAME BACK AND UNFORTUNATELY.

ARE WE AT WORK? WE SUFFERED A LOSS OF ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

HE WAS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.

GARY JAMES. SO THAT THAT WAS TOUGH.

THAT'S BEEN TOUGH THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.

SO I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ENGAGED WITH THAT BUSY.

SO YEAH, HE WAS A HE WAS A GREAT MAN.

HE WAS. AND IT WAS A TOUGH LOSS FOR.

SO, SO SORRY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

YEAH. SO? YEAH. YOU WANT TO START WITH ME? I GUESS IT'S BETTER THAN ENDING WITH ME.

THANK YOU. WELL, SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

SO, STEVIE.

NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SHARE, THOUGH.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.

LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M TERRIBLE WITH NAMES.

IF SOMEBODY DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, I KNOW YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL THESE DAYS, BUT I KNOW WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY LACKING.

THEY WERE SO IRRELEVANT FOR BEING FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.

I MEAN, PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE CHECKBOOK WAS.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BALANCE IT.

AND I JUST THINK THAT'S A GREAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOLS TODAY AS FAR AS THAT'S INVOLVED.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO.

I ACTUALLY WROTE THAT DOWN TO ASK IF THERE IS A UNIT OR SOMETHING IN ONE OF THE CLASSES OR IF WE NEED TO MAKE IT.

SOMETIMES THERE'S A COURSE CALLED LIVING ON YOUR OWN THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT THAT COVERS THAT.

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I MEAN, I DON'T I MEAN, THAT WAS AN ENVELOPE WORDWISE.

YEAH, LIKE THERE ARE SOME THINGS.

SO I WROTE IT DOWN AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.

I LOVE THE IDEA.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I ALSO ON A FUN SIDE OF THINGS PERSON ARE WE TEACHING CURSIVE AT THE AT THE GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL? AND I JUST I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE LIFE OF ME.

WHY AREN'T WE TEACHING CURSIVE? FIND OUT FOR YOU. I JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS LIKE A GROUP THAT'S LIKE AN AFTERSCHOOL KIND OF ACTIVITY THAT DOES CURSIVE.

BUT THE OTHER THING.

YEAH, SO CALLIGRAPHY IS IT'S SILLY.

YEAH. YEAH. BUT BUT I WAS WONDERING TOO, I MEAN, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH SCHOOL, WE HAD A COURSE WHERE YOU REQUIRED TO STUDY GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS TO ENHANCE VOCABULARY AND IT WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.

AND WHEN MY SON, THEY ARE DOING THAT OKAY WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS THIS I AGREE.

I THINK THE FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASS IS A VERY GOOD IDEA.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT OR WAS IT WRONG? SHE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE AND I SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

I MUST ADMIT THAT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT LAUNDRY CLASS, BECAUSE SOME OF MY MOST FAVORITE MOMENTS IN THE COLLEGE DORM LIFE WERE SITTING THERE THE FIRST ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS.

WHEN YOU WATCH THESE GUYS COME IN AND JAM EVERY PIECE OF CLOTHING THEY OWNED INTO THE LAUNDRY, INTO THE MACHINE.

SO THE JAM AND THEN YOU POUR ABOUT A FULL BOX OF SOAP IN AND THEN YOU JUST WASH.

IT'S FUN TO WATCH AS LONG AS IT'S NOT YOUR PHONE.

YEAH, THE POOR MACHINE.

SO, MELINDA, ANYTHING.

AS KRISTI MENTIONED, WITH SUMMER SCHOOL, I DID GET THE CHANCE TO GO.

THE SUMMER SCHOOL. I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM CASCADIA, SO DURING THE DAY I CAN HEAR WHEN THE BELL RINGS AND WHEN THE KIDS ARE OUT PLAYING.

AND I KNOW FROM MY HOME OFFICE I KNOW WHAT'S GOING OR HERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON THERE.

SO I WENT OVER DURING A LUNCH TIME AND JUST PRINCIPAL HILL GAVE ME A TOUR OF IT.

AND IT IT WAS INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE TO FOLLOW HER AROUND AND JUST HAVE HER SHOW ME THE LAY OF THE LAND WITHOUT SEEING IT.

THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ANY THOUGHT TO ASK, BUT SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW IN PREVIOUS YEARS, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY WOULD LET FAMILIES KNOW THAT SUMMER SCHOOL WAS COMING AND HOW MANY FAMILIES THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD SAY YOUR CHILD COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS.

AND THEN HOW MANY FAMILIES ACTUALLY SIGN UP FOR IT? AND THERE'S QUITE A BIG DISCREPANCY WITH WHO COULD USE IT AND WHO ACTUALLY SIGNS UP FOR IT.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF HOW DO YOU GET MORE PEOPLE TO MORE FAMILIES TO SAY, YES, THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR MY CHILD TO SPEND SOME OF THEIR SUMMER THERE.

AND ONE OF THOSE IDEAS WAS, WELL, MAKE SUMMER SCHOOL FUN, WHICH WAS THE FIELD TRIPS, WHICH ON THE DAY THAT I WENT, IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THEY HAD GONE TO JOE BANNER.

SO THERE WAS SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS COME TO THE SUMMER SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DAYS SO THAT THEY CAN GO ON THOSE FIELD TRIPS.

AND THEN WHEN THEY GET BACK FROM THE FIELD TRIP, THEY'RE DOING PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT THEY SAW AT HOME AND IS JUST THAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF JUST AN HOUR OR HOUR AND A HALF, HOW IT CAN STRETCH OUT AND IT CAN REALLY AFFECT NOT ONLY THEIR EDUCATION RIGHT THEN, BUT THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WHEN THOSE LETTERS GO OUT TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES, THAT YOUR CHILD COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR LIKE, OH, MY FRIEND HAD FUN LAST YEAR.

THEY GOT WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY GOT TO GO TO FIRST BASE AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOU COULD GET MORE STUDENTS COMING IN AND BENEFITING FROM IT.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ONE THING.

I ASKED HER, WELL, WHEN ARE THOSE FAMILIES TOLD? AND SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT IT WAS IN SPRING TIME.

WELL, BY SPRING TIME, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY VACATION.

SO IF WE JUST KNOW THE DATES OF WHEN SUMMER SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE, MAYBE PUTTING THAT ON THE SUMMER CALENDAR IN NOVEMBER, BECAUSE IF IF YOU KNEW THAT YOUR CHILD WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT YEARS BEFORE, MAYBE YOU'D KIND OF LOOK AND SEE WHEN SUMMER SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE AND THEN PLAN YOUR BIG FAMILY VACATION A LITTLE BIT WITHOUT AT NIGHT. I ALSO LEARNED THAT ALL OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL

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I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH STUDENTS WERE THERE AND VISITED WITH WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS, MUCH DIFFERENT KIDS.

AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS A TON OF FUN.

IT WAS GREAT. UM, THEN ON PERSONAL SIDE TO JULY, SUPER, SUPER, SUPER BUSY, I GOT THE CHANCE TO GO AND VISIT BOTH OF MY KIDS SEPARATELY WITH TWINS AND THAT'S FANTASTIC.

AND OK IS VERY FULL.

AND TOMORROW LEAVING MY FRIENDS TO GO TO ANOTHER THING TO MAKE MY BUCKET REALLY FULL.

SO I'M JUST LIKE BUCKETS ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT NOW.

VERY GRATEFUL. SO AGAIN, MELINDA, YOU JUST CREATED A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST OFF, SUMMER SCHOOL OR SOME KIDS REQUIRED TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR REMEDIATION IS THAT IT USED TO BE WHEN I WAS A KID IN IN SCHOOL, IF YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CATCH UP TO YOUR PEERS, YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, WENT TO SUMMER SCHOOL.

SO HOW DO YOU PLAN AND BUDGET FOR SUMMER SCHOOL GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S I MEAN, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN TRINA AND KELLY ARE HERE AND THE PROCESS.

THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION FOR A TEAM BECAUSE A LOT THAT WE START PLANNING THAT WE START PLANNING THAT WE'LL START PLANNING NEXT SUMMER IN SEPTEMBER. IT'S A HUGE TEAM THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT WHOLE PIECE, SO I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO BE PART OF IT AND NOT SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.

OKAY. AND ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE.

OKAY. I HAVE NOTHING.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL BOARD EVALUATION.

[12. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]

THANK YOU, HEATHER.

LAST THINGS LIKE EVERY YEAR, I THINK THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS.

RIGHT TO.

I WAS GOING TO SAY TRY TO BE MORE PREPARED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH.

I WORDED IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

BUT I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TO BE MORE PREPARED.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO HAVE EVERYTHING WITH YOU, BUT THAT'S JUST THE ONE THING THAT I KEEP NOTICING, THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC TIMES I WILL STOP AND IT WON'T BE FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN EASILY BE RESOLVED.

IF WE HAD LOOKED AT OH, THAT WAS ASKED FOR HELP, IT WAS ASKED FOR HELP BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE COULD BE SOLVED IN A ONE ON ONE WITH THE SPECIFIC PERSON THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO TALK TO.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETING AND YOU'RE READY TO GO.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, FIND THE PERSON TO ASK AND THEN ASK THEM THAT AND THEN COME TO THE MEETING AND THEN PRESENT WHAT YOU HAVE AND THEN JUST COME TO STREAMLINE THINGS AND MAKE SURE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT HERE.

JUST SOME QUESTIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ASKED BY SOMEONE MORE SPECIALIZED.

SO THANK YOU.

SO WITH THAT TAKEN CARE OF, I WILL NOW DECLARE OUR MEETING ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.