Aug 29, 2023 School Board Meeting

[1. CONVENE]

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, WHETHER YOU'RE LIVE OR ONLINE.

AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IN EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

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

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

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

A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS TONIGHT MELINDA IS OUT OF TOWN AND WILL BE JOINING US VIA ZOOM.

UM, AND TONY ALSO HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT SO SHE'S UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.

I ALSO WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THAT IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF A RESTROOM, THEY'RE OUT OF THE HALL AND UP THE RAMP.

AND IF THERE'S ANY NEED TO EXIT THE BUILDING, THE DOOR SHE CAME THROUGH IS STILL OUT.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING.

AND THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO YOU'D ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

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

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

THEY LIVED IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THIS TERRITORY AND CONTINUED TO HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE AREAS SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.

THEY HAVE CELEBRATED THE LIFE OF THEIR WATERWAYS AND OUR TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED LAND OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.

WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE LUMMI PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.

THANK YOU, GABBY. SO NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS TO ACTUALLY ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

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

UM, I HATE TO DO THIS.

I HATE TO BE THE ONE TO DO THIS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RENEW THE ADOPTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT.

SET AGENDA. UM, THE REASON BEING, I NOTICED SOME TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND SOME OTHER THINGS [INAUDIBLE] . OKAY. ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS? OKAY. THEN THE WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

KEVIN. OH, GO AHEAD, MELINDA.

SO DOES THIS MEAN REMOVING IT FROM THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND WE'LL REVISIT NEXT MONTH? IS THAT THE INTENTION? THAT'S WE CAN DO THAT.

YEAH, IT'S A THE CONTRACT IS BASICALLY IS AN EXTENSION.

IT'S A THREE YEAR ROLLING CONTRACT.

SO AS LONG AS THAT'S OKAY WITH KRISTI, WE CAN.

OKAY. SO. SO OKAY.

WE WILL DO THAT THEN.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT SAID, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ADOPTING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED MINUS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OKAY. AND THE LEGISLATIVE AYE AS WELL.

AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

OKAY. AGENDA IS ADOPTED.

[3. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

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

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IT'S A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND OR 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 DISCUSSION WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

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

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

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

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

SO OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE HAVE WORKED 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 THE NAME OF ANY GROUP, ORGANIZATION AND OR ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTING PRIOR TO SPEAKING. THIS DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF SIGNING IN COMPLETELY ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGNING SHEET.

THIS IS STILL REQUIRED AS WELL.

THE TOTAL TIME ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS 45 MINUTES.

SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

WE HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS WITH THIS LIMIT IN THE PAST.

WE'LL BE HOLDING MORE FIRM TO 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 REMAIN 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 YOU COME INTO THE 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.

THE SPEAKERS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO LEAVE ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS IN 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 AT 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, LOT 17 8.555.

I CANNOT ALLOW ANYONE TO MAKE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF ANY 2023 CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE DURING THE CITIZENS COMMENT SECTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO. YEAH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SET KRISTI STONE ON THE PODIUM SO THAT MELINDA CAN HEAR.

IF WE HAVE HER AUDIO ACTIVATED, THEN EVERYTHING FEEDS BACK, UNFORTUNATELY.

OKAY. SO FIRST ON TONIGHT'S LIST OF THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK PUBLICLY IS ON MILTON.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SORRY.

HEY, I'M MILTON 60 199 HAMILTON.

I'M A PARENT AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.

BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY, A SENSE OF BELONGING AND HOW IT PERTAINS TO OUR COMMUNITY'S NEWEST NONPROFIT, FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.

TODAY, I WAS PRIVILEGED TO EXPERIENCE A WAVE OF POSITIVITY WASHING OVER THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A STUDENT LED ASSEMBLY HOSTED BY GABBY CARLIN AND KWABENA. THESE YOUNG LEADERS USHERED IN AND WELCOMED HUNDREDS OF AMAZING STAFF, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR ANOTHER IMPORTANT YEAR OF LEARNING.

THE MARCHING BAND PLAYED FOR US.

THE CHEER SQUAD WAS CHEERING LOUDLY AND [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS SANG AND DANCED FOR US, SENDING US A MESSAGE OF UNITY.

TO WITNESS STUDENTS AND STAFF BEING THEIR FAVORITE VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT OF POSITIVITY AND ENCOURAGEMENT, A FERTILE GROUND FOR BELONGING.

I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION TO EVERYONE THERE.

SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE FOUNDATION WERE PRESENT THIS MORNING AT THE KICKOFF ARE ALSO HERE TONIGHT.

THEY ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE PASSIONATE ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE ARE UNITED BY THE SHARED BELIEF IN MAKING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

OUR MISSION IS TO ELIMINATE FINANCIAL BARRIERS SO THAT STUDENTS CAN SOAR.

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WE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY'S GROWING, DIVERSE POPULATION AND WANT TO EMPOWER, EXCUSE ME, EMPOWER ALL STUDENTS TO SOAR NOT ONLY WHILE THEY'RE ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS, BUT BEYOND.

WE BELIEVE IN THE CAPACITY FOR ALL STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN.

BEING PART OF A COMMUNITY MAKES US ALL FEEL THAT WE ARE PART OF SOMETHING GREATER THAN OURSELVES.

IT GIVES US OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, TO REACH FOR OUR GOALS AND MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND SECURE.

A TRUE COMMUNITY IS ABOUT BEING CONNECTED AND CREATING SPACES OF OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.

OUR AIM IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THREE MAIN WAYS SCHOLARSHIPS, STUDENT FEE RELIEF AND EUBULON CARDS, WHICH ARE PRE-LOADED CARDS THAT TEACHERS PARAEDUCATORS AND SCHOOL STAFF CAN REQUEST TO ASSIST IN THE PURCHASE OF ITEMS NEEDED FOR STUDENT SUCCESS.

WE ARE EXCITED TO LEVERAGE THE YOU BELONG CAMPAIGN TO ACTIVELY EXPAND THE FEELING OF COMMUNITY BEYOND THESE WALLS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR CITIZENS, OUR BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS.

AS WE VENTURE INTO A NEW YEAR TOGETHER, KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A NEW PARTNER IN THIS WORK CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING AND HELPING OUR GRADUATES SPREAD THEIR WINGS WIDE.

SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE THAT WILL FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU ALL. NEXT, WE HAVE JENNIFER DEROSIER.

OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING HER.

SHE DIDN'T SEND A NOTE TO THE BOARD AS WELL.

ELMER SUBMITTED A WRITTEN COMMENT.

NEXT IS MICHELLE BARMORE.

HI, MY NAME IS MICHELLE BARMORE, 5817 STORE ROAD, AND I'VE BEEN A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE FOR 22 YEARS AND FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS HAS PROVIDED AN OVERWHELMINGLY IMBALANCED, CYNICAL AND BLEAK REPRESENTATION OF OUR DISTRICT.

WHILE I FULLY SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER, THE OPPORTUNITY TO.

AT THESE MEETINGS. I BELIEVE THAT THE REPETITIVE DISCOURSE BEING SHARED EVERY MONTH BY A FEW IS NOT ONLY UNREFLECTIVE OF OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION'S GOALS AND MISSION, BUT IT IS ROOTED PRIMARILY IN PAST DECISIONS MADE BY OUR PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR GOVERNOR.

GOING FORWARD, TRACY DIEHL AND I ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT YOU RECEIVE A BALANCED PERSPECTIVE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

THOSE OF US STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE TRENCHES AND HOPEFUL ABOUT OUR DISTRICT'S FUTURE WILL REGULARLY BE SHARING THE GOOD AND POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD.

ONE EXAMPLE IS BE THE ONE MENTORING PROGRAM AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL AS ONE OF TWO MENTOR COORDINATORS AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE OF MATCHING INTERESTED NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS WITH A CARING ADULT FROM OUR COMMUNITY, AN ADULT WHO IS WILLING AND INTERESTED IN SPENDING ONE HOUR, ONE DAY A WEEK ON CAMPUS WITH THE STUDENT THEY ARE MATCHED WITH. LAST YEAR OUR PROGRAM HAD ITS HIGHEST NUMBERS OF MATCH MATCHES TO DATE AT 41, WITH THE WAITING LIST OF MENTORS EAGER AND READY TO BE MATCHED THIS COMING YEAR. IN CLOSING, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO A CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX VOLUNTEER POSITION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF KRISTI AND THE DIRECTION THAT SHE AND THE ADMIN TEAM HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN TO TAKE US.

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

MAUREEN DODSON FROM SANDY POINT SHORES.

TWO MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A US SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT IS RELEVANT TO A POLICY THAT I'M PROPOSING THAT I HOPE SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION TO ADOPT FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, IT SAYS, WHEREAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE IN THE BUSINESS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ON READING AND ACQUIRING INFORMATION AND FACTS AND TO LEARN BASIC TRUTHS AND COMPUTATION. WHEREAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS TO CELEBRATE POLITICAL MOVEMENTS BUT MUST PROMOTE THE HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS AS IT RELATES TO THE BASIC FREEDOMS AS LISTED THEREIN.

WHEREAS CELEBRATION OR CERTAIN POLITICAL AGENDAS IS SEEN BY MANY AS WEAKENING THE FAMILY, WHICH IS THE SOUL AND STRENGTH OF DEMOCRACY.

WHEREAS THE SUPREME COURT HAS STATED THAT THE SENSITIVITY OF THE MAJORITY MUST BE RESPECTED AS IT CONFLICTS WITH THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY CONCERNS. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NOT CELEBRATE OR PROMOTE THE LGBTQ BY FLYING OR

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NOR WILL STAFF WITHIN THE DISTRICT WEAR JEWELRY THAT.

THE THING BE IT ALSO RESOLVED THAT WERE ANY CURRICULUM TOUCHES UPON THE ISSUE OF LGBTQ COMMUNITY, IT WILL BE APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND A PARENTS GROUP BEFORE THE SUBJECT MATTER IS PERMITTED IN A CLASSROOM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARLENE.

NEXT, WE HAVE DON PHONG.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JONATHAN.

I RESIDE AT 6000 [INAUDIBLE] ROAD.

AUGUST 10TH THIS YEAR MARKED THE FOURTH POINT OF ORDER.

YES. MR. PHONG THIS PAST MONTH FILED A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT HIS RESIDENCE IS 4643 BEDFORD AVENUE, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, 98226, WHICH IS WITHIN THE BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO HE DOES NOT LIVE AT 6000 [INAUDIBLE] ROAD.

THIS IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

I SIGNED A PAPER WITH MR. ANDREW GUSTAFSON.

THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY AND WE SHARED I SHARE A ROOM IN HIS RESIDENCE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO AND HE IS THE LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT YOU FILED ON AUGUST 11TH, ACTUALLY SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 18TH WITH YOUR ADDRESS AT 4643 BEDFORD AVENUE IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, INCORRECT ? THAT IS ONE OF MY RESIDENCE LETTERS.

IF I CAN ASK SELENA, IS THAT NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT? I THINK YOU WENT TO A PUBLIC COMMENT SEMINAR.

IS THAT? DO WE HAVE I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIMIT IT TO RESIDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

I WENT TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.

OKAY. AND I APOLOGIZE.

I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO, LOOK AT OUR POLICY.

UM. I THINK AT THIS POINT, AND I WILL GO TO THE BOARD'S DISCRETION, BUT THEN GIVEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT RULING ON THIS, I PROPOSE THAT WE ALLOW PHONG TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION OR I WILL LOOK FOR THE MOTION THAT WE ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? NO.

OKAY. WITH THAT, WE THE BOARD HAS AGREED TO GO AHEAD.

[INAUDIBLE] SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO CONTINUE AND WE'LL GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT TO FOLLOW UP FOR SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.

YOU CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AUGUST 10TH THIS YEAR MARKED THE 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF MY ARRIVAL TO AMERICA.

IT WAS ALSO THE PEAK OF BLUEBERRY SEASON WHEN A GROUP OF FRIENDS AND I WENT FISHING FOR FREE DEALS IN LINDEN BECAUSE IT BELONGED TO BELONGS TO A FRIEND'S RELATIVE.

SOMEHOW I COULDN'T HELP PONDERING ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BLUEBERRY PICKING AND THE FREEDOM THAT WE ALL ENJOY.

SO I WROTE A PIECE CONSISTING OF CERTAIN SENTIMENTS THAT I SHARED WITH MY FRIENDS THAT DAY, AND I'M GOING TO USE IT AS A FRAMEWORK FOR MY SPEECH TONIGHT. I CAN RELATE TO PICKING EXPERIENCE WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN A FREE COUNTRY IN SOME WAYS.

YES, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BLUEBERRIES, BUT OF COURSE THEY ARE REALLY NOT FREE BECAUSE SOMEONE OR SOME PEOPLE HAD TO PLANT THE BUSHES.

MANY YEARS AGO.

AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM HAD TO BE DEVISED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH WATER.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE PICKING PRIVILEGE IS OUR SELF-DISCIPLINE AND RESPECT FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY.

ULTIMATELY, THE THE PLENTIFUL AND WONDERFUL BLUEBERRIES ARE TRULY A GIFT FROM GOD.

THE SAME LINE OF THOUGHTS CAN BE APPLIED TO OUR FREEDOM, WHICH IS NEVER FREE BECAUSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO BE WILLING TO SERVE AND

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AND JUST LIKE THE PICKING PRIVILEGE, RESPONSIBILITY GOES HAND IN HAND WITH FREEDOM.

FINALLY, OUR FREEDOM COMES FROM GOD, NOT FROM GOVERNMENT, AS SOME WANT US TO BELIEVE.

IN SUMMARY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, AMERICA AND ITS GENEROUS PEOPLE FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO START A NEW LIFE AND TO LIVE AS A FREE MAN. BEING AWARE OF ITS INALIENABLE BUT FRAGILE NATURE, I HAVE NEVER TAKEN MY FREEDOM FOR GRANTED BECAUSE, AS PRESIDENT REAGAN SAID, FREEDOM IS NEVER MORE THAN ONE GENERATION AWAY FROM EXTINCTION.

WE DIDN'T PASS IT TO OUR CHILDREN IN THE BLOODSTREAM.

IT MUST BE FOUGHT FOR, PROTECTED AND HANDED ON FOR THEM TO DO THE SAME.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE OCTOBER 21ST, 2021, THE DAY THAT MY JOB AND MY GOD-GIVEN FREEDOM WERE CANCELED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DON.

NEXT, WE HAVE VICTOR JULIUS BOULOS.

ALL RIGHT. SORRY, EVERYBODY.

GOOD. SO GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS VICTOR VIDALIS.

I LIVE AT 297 CAMERON RIDGE LANE.

AGAIN. AGAIN, I THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE YOUTH IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN HONORED TO BE INVITED TO SERVE ON NUMEROUS COMMITTEES, BOARDS, FOUNDATIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

MY GOAL AND MISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO STRENGTHEN, UNITE OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR YOUTH.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN PAVE THE WAY FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE, EMPOWERING OUR YOUNGER GENERATION, AND TO THRIVE AND SUCCEED. BUT I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT WE MUST DO IT TOGETHER.

COMMUNITIES THRIVE ON THE UNITY AND POSITIVITY.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS.

THEY ARE MAKING SURE THEIR NEGATIVE VOICES ARE HEARD WITH INTENTION TO CREATE A DIVIDE, IMPEDE PROGRESS, AND UNDERMINE THE TRUST THAT HAS BEEN MADE FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE STRONG AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR EFFORTS.

WE MUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE, SUPPORT AND BUILD TOGETHER, ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS STRONG AND VIBRANT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO A FEW OF THESE MEETINGS.

I'M GLAD TO BE HERE MORE OFTEN.

BUT THE THING THAT I SAY TO THESE INDIVIDUALS AT ONE TIME, I WAS ONE OF THEM PRIOR ADMINISTRATION MARKETING TEST BECAUSE WE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS, BUT I REALIZED FOR ME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IT'S NOT BY SITTING HERE AND SPITTING NEGATIVELY BY VOLUNTEER, GOING TO VARIOUS COMMITTEES TO SEE HOW I CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES THAT I SAY NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD DO IT.

BY COMING HERE EVERY ONCE A MONTH AND BEING NEGATIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.

THE BOARD DOES DECISIONS YOU MAKE.

IT'S NOT HELPING US.

IT'S IMPEDING US FROM MOVING FORWARD.

SO I RECOMMEND THESE INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE RUN TODAY.

VOLUNTEER THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMMITTEE COMMITTEES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TODAY THAT ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH.

HE REALLY INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH.

YOU COME AND JOIN US AND VOLUNTEER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, NOT COME HERE AND JUST SPEAK ABOUT NEGATIVE THINGS RATHER THAN ACTUALLY ROLL YOUR SLEEVES AND COME TO WORK.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE BIRGIT MILTON.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING ON STAGE TODAY.

MY NAME IS DEARDORFF BOWLDEN.

I AM A SENIOR AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS A PROUD MEMBER OF WELCOME TEEN COUNCIL.

AND I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT ON REINSTATING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NORTHAMPTON COUNCIL AND THE FERNDALE SCHOOL.

I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY RE-EMPHASIZING WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO.

WE ARE A PEER LED SEX ED ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON TEACHING ACCURATE, UP TO DATE INFORMATION TO EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE.

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PEER TAUGHT LESSONS FOSTER A MORE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, BETTER RETENTION OF MATERIAL, MORE FRUITFUL CLASS DISCUSSIONS, AND SO MUCH MORE.

RECENTLY, I GOT BACK FROM THE ANNUAL TEEN COUNCIL RETREAT, AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.

IMMEDIATELY I WAS LISTENED TO, ACCEPTED AND UNDERSTOOD, WHICH IS AN ATMOSPHERE I BELIEVE FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS MORE OF.

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I AM SPEAKING HERE TODAY NOT ONLY AS A TEEN COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT AS A STUDENT WHO BELIEVES IN THE EMPOWERMENT AND IMPORTANCE OF TEENS WANTING TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THEIR LIFE.

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE MATTERS AND THAT THEY HAVE A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR OWN EDUCATION.

FINALLY, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO LOOK PAST ALL OF THE BUZZWORDS AND LABELS AND TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT IS BEST FOR THE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO THAT IS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE ON.

YOU GOT TIME? GO AHEAD.

HEY, THANKS, KEVIN. APPRECIATE IT.

I HEAR MARINE DETOXING NOW WE'RE LIFTING PEOPLE UP.

MELINDA. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT VERY PROFESSIONAL.

I THINK I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING ABSOLUTELY NO TO THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND GETTING BACK IN.

THAT'S THE CAMEL'S NOSE UNDER THE TENT.

2017, THIS COMMUNITY KICKED THEM OUT ON THEIR EAR FOR THE HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL THEY'RE BRINGING IN.

THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE ALLOWED.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY KIDS THEY'VE INDOCTRINATED TO COME IN AND BRING THESE LESSONS IN TO THEIR STUDENTS, THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED HERE.

YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THE LEVY TONIGHT.

I'LL REMIND THIS BOARD, THIS CURRENT BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT YOU ARE STILL UNDER THE SAME PROMISE OF $1.50 THAT WAS MADE DURING THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE BOND WHEN THIS THIS BOARD AND THAT DISTRICT AT THAT TIME THEN SAID THAT YOU CAN AFFORD VOTERS TO APPROVE THE BOND FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THE LEVY IS CAPPED BY THE STATE AT $1.50.

I TOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THAT TIME AND MARK WAS IN THAT ROOM, SO HE'LL REMEMBER THIS.

I SAID THE STATE'S THE SENATE'S ALREADY GOT A BILL TO LIFT THAT LEVY LIFT FROM $1 50 TO 250.

I SAID THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THEY SAID, NO, NO, IT WON'T HAPPEN.

IT SURE ENOUGH DID IT.

SURE ENOUGH, IT DID HAPPEN EXACTLY AS IT WAS AT THAT BOARD THEN PROCEEDED TO FOIST A $2 AND 50 CENT LEVY ON TO THE COMMUNITY FOR A YEAR AND THEN TRY IT WITH 250 ON THE BALLOT. THAT WAS SOUNDLY REJECTED BY THE VOTERS.

IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC LOSS FOR THIS DISTRICT TO HAVE TO SUFFER.

THAT LEVY THREW EVERYTHING INTO SHAMBLES.

YOU HAD TO RIP A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, YOU HAD TO REDO THE BUDGETS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK AND ALL BECAUSE THE PROMISES PROGRAM JUST KEEP THE PROMISE OF $1.50 AND YOU WON'T SEE.

I DON'T THINK THAT KIND OF BLOWBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN AT $1.50, THEIR TAXES STILL GO UP BECAUSE THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTIES GOES UP.

SO EVERY YEAR THEY PAY MORE TAXES, EVEN THOUGH THE RATE IS STILL AT $1.50.

AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN WALK OUT TO THE BACK 50FT OF YOUR PROPERTY AND CUT IT OFF AND SELL IT TO PAY FOR THOSE NEW TAXES THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR AND HAVE TO FUND.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE REVENUE ANYWAY AT $1.50.

AND THAT'S REVENUE THAT THE TAX FUNDERS ARE PAYING FOR, THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE STILL GOING TO PAY MORE MONEY.

BUT YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY DISENFRANCHIZE THE ECONOMIC REALITIES THAT WE'RE IN WITH THE RECESSION THAT WE'RE IN.

YOU WILL DISENFRANCHIZE A LARGE CHUNK OF THIS VOTERS BASE IF YOU TRY TO DO ANY KIND OF SHENANIGANS OVER A $1.50.

AND MARK, JOHN, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THE DIGNIFIED GENTLEMAN SITTING OVER HERE, COMING UP HERE AND TALKING MY MY ROOMMATE, MY TEAMMATE, MY BROTHER. THIS IS NEVER GOING TO STOP UNTIL YOU GET UP HERE AND APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT YOU DID IN THE FALL OF 2021.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO STOP.

THIS DISTRICT SHOULD STAND UP IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS AND SAY, WE SCREWED UP DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE SORRY. WE'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THESE SPECIFIC THINGS.

THAT WOULD ALSO GO A LONG WAY TO REPAIRING THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE BY THE CURRENT PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THE PAST BOARD AND THE PAST ADMINISTRATION.

THANKS. THANK YOU, ANDREW.

OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE ON FOR TONIGHT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SPEAK TONIGHT, THERE IS STILL OPPORTUNITY.

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE.

AND IF YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CONTACT US AT ANY TIME.

SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE SUPERINTENDENT CHAIRING.

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

I JUST. AND I AM GOING TO HAVE SOME GUESTS JOIN ME TONIGHT AS PART OF MY PUBLIC SHARING.

I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT WE HAVE A NEW DISTRICT ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR.

SO, BOBBY, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND COME UP? AND THEN I THINK SOMEONE FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING IS JOINING HIM.

SO THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME.

AUGUST IS A BUSY MONTH.

I'M GOING TO START WITH THERE'S NO PHOTO OF THIS.

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SO I AM LEARNING A.

A NEW NORMAL OF BEING AN EMPTY NESTER.

AND SO WHAT DO I DO? I WENT AHEAD AND GOT BUSY AND WE STARTED PLANNING A PEP ASSEMBLY.

THIS HAPPENED THIS MORNING.

IT WAS OUR STAFF KICKOFF.

IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS HEARTWARMING.

I'D LIKE TO THANK KEVIN AND PEGGY FOR JOINING US.

THERE WAS A LOT OF CHEERING SONG LAUGHTER AND THEN JUST SOME REAL SERIOUS NOTE.

THERE WILL BE A VIDEO HERE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE, BUT REALLY KICKED OFF THE THEME THIS YEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH BELONGING AS A FOCUS.

BUT REALLY THE IDEA THAT BELONGING IS NOT ABOUT FITTING IN, BUT BELONGING IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SHOW UP AS YOUR WHOLE SELF AND KNOWING THAT YOU STILL HAVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE.

SO HERE'S THE VIDEO THAT WE SHARED TO KICK IT OFF TODAY.

AND I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT VIDEO TOGETHER.

JACKSON [INAUDIBLE].

WE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DASHBOARD AND THIS YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE THE DATA FOR A REPORTS COMING OUT OF THAT

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SO TONIGHT, WHAT I'VE ASKED ROMNEY TO DO IS TO COME AND JUST GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE DASHBOARD, WHAT KINDS OF DATA POINTS CAN WE PULL UP.

SO.

HELLO. MY NAME IS BOBBY WILSON LIKE KRISTI SAID.

AND THIS YEAR I AM TAKING ON THE ROLE OF DISTRICT ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR.

ONE OF THE PARTS OF THAT ROLE IS TO WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THE NEW DATA DASHBOARD FOR THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS HOMEROOM.

AND SO TODAY I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF FIRST, JUST SO YOU COULD SEE MY FACE AND KNOW THAT I AM HERE TO HELP WITH ANY OF YOUR DATA NEEDS.

NEXT, I'M GOING TO GIVE A REALLY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT HOMEROOM IS AND SHOW YOU SOME OF WHAT WE CAN USE IT FOR.

AND THEN LASTLY, TALK ABOUT WHERE WE CAN GO WITH IT.

ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS THAT I SEE FROM HOMEROOM IS THE EASE OF ACCESS TO DATA.

SO WE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE DATA ACCESSIBLE TO US THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WEBSITES BASED ON CURRICULUM OR STATE ASSESSMENTS OR BEHAVIOR DATA OR EVEN STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM DATA.

AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION CAN BE FUNNELED DOWN AND PULLED INTO ONE SITE THAT WE CAN ACCESS, AND THAT WOULD BE HOMEROOM.

WHEN I THINK OF INFORMATION AND HOW TO DISPLAY INFORMATION, I INSTANTLY THINK OF MAPS.

THIS IS A MAP OF FERNDALE FROM GOOGLE MAPS.

AND EVEN THOUGH GOOGLE MAPS HAS, UH, THE INFORMATION WITHIN IT TO SHOW EVERY SINGLE ROAD NAME FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE VERY OVERWHELMING.

SO FOR EACH LEVEL, AS WE ZOOM IN, MORE AND MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE TO US TO VIEW.

AND LASTLY, WE'LL EVEN GET DOWN TO THE POINT OF STREET VIEW.

WHEN I THINK OF DATA ON THIS DASHBOARD, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS LIKE A DISTRICT DISTRICT OVERVIEW DOWN TO A SCHOOL AND EVEN DOWN TO A STUDENT, WHICH I WOULD LIKEN TO STREET VIEW.

SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE DASHBOARD LOOKS LIKE FROM OUR END.

IT IS A WEBSITE THAT HAS A COLLECTION OF CHARTS THAT ARE ALL DIFFERENT DATA SETS WITHIN IT.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WHAT WE CAN SEE IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL DATA THAT IS PRESENTED HERE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT NEXT MONTH AS WE PRESENT FOR THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT SOME OF THE DATA SETS AVAILABLE TO US INCLUDE ATTENDANCE.

THAT'S JUST A GRAPH OR WE HAVE DISCIPLINE, INFORMATION, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

ALL OF THAT INFORMATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AS WELL AS CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL LEVEL AND STUDENT LEVEL.

OTHER DATA SETS INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT IS SPECIFIC TO CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE.

SO I-READY HAS BOTH A MATH AND READING DIAGNOSTIC.

THE RESULTS FROM THAT DIAGNOSTIC CAN BE VIEWED IN HOMEROOM AS WELL.

ANOTHER WOULD BE THE AMERICAN READING COMPANY OR AAC, WHICH IS THE READING CURRICULUM FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND ANY ASSESSMENT DATA FROM THAT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED HERE.

AND THEN LASTLY, JUST THE ABILITY TO SEE ASSESSMENT DATA FROM THE STATE LEVEL.

SO KINDERGARTEN ASSESSMENTS, MATH, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, SCIENCE AND EVEN STUDENTS.

ANOTHER FEATURE OF HOMEROOM THAT I THINK IS VALUABLE IS THE ABILITY TO BE SO INTERACTIVE.

SO EACH OF THESE COLORED PORTIONS OF THE CHARTS CAN BE CLICKED ON AND WE CAN SEE A LIST OF STUDENTS THAT FIT WITHIN THAT THAT PORTION OF THE CHART. A QUICK NOTE ON STUDENT PRIVACY.

JUST WHEN IT COMES TO PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION FROM HOMEROOM TO PROTECT STUDENT IDENTITY, INFORMATION IN STUDENT IDENTIFIER IS CHANGED.

SOME NAMES ARE CHANGED.

IMAGES OF STUDENTS LIKE HEADSHOTS ARE CHANGED AND THEN ALSO SCHOOL NAMES.

BUT IF WE WERE TO CLICK ON ONE OF THESE ANY OF THESE COLORED PORTIONS, WE WOULD END UP WITH A LIST OF STUDENT NAMES THAT FIT WITHIN THAT LIMIT.

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THIS WOULD BE THE STREET VIEW.

THIS WOULD BE ALL INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT STUDENT IN PARTICULAR.

ON HERE, WE CAN SEE THE STUDENT SCHEDULE.

WE CAN SEE ATTENDANCE, THE GRADE BOOK, AS WELL AS ALL THEIR PAST ASSESSMENT DATA OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

AND IT'S A PLACE WHERE TEACHERS COULD ALSO LOAD UPLOAD DOCUMENTS FOR THAT STUDENT.

AND OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE WOULD BE, UM, LIKE FAMILY INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON SKYWARD, WHICH IS OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE AVAILABLE HERE. SO THAT WAS JUST THE, THE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT HOMEROOM IS CAPABLE OF.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF THE DATA ITSELF, WE'LL BE USING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FOR FUTURE BOARD REPORTS, INCLUDING NEXT MONTH.

HOMEROOM WILL ALSO BEGIN TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO BEYOND ME.

AND SO THIS WILL BE ROLLED OUT TO BUILDING DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF BEFORE IT ROLLS OUT TO TEACHERS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY ROBUST SUPPORT SYSTEM BEFORE TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AS WELL.

AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO EACH OF YOU IN THE FUTURE TO HEAR ABOUT THE DATA NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HOW IT CAN BEST ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER WHAT I CAN NOW OR I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE.

AND I WILL ADD THAT WHEN BOBBY AND I TALKED, HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER EVERYTHING TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE READY TO TAKE NOTES AND SO WE CAN ALWAYS GET BACK TO YOU.

SO I KNOW PIGGY HAS A QUESTION, AND I KNOW I WANTED TO ASK SOME.

ENGLAND FIRST. OKAY.

THANKS, LINDA. SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE.

ONE SECOND. OKAY.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.

I'M JUST HEARING. WAY TOO MUCH DIALING IN MY EAR.

UM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTORS TO THINGS LIKE ARC OR I-READY AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

AND THEN AT THE END YOU TALKED ABOUT SKYWARD.

DO WE HAVE A CONNECTION WITH SKYWARD? SO THAT JUST SIMPLE THINGS LIKE EXAMS AND GRADES FROM CLASSES CAN BE PULLED INTO THAT AND DATA LOOK THERE, I'M THINKING AT IT OF IT AS SOMETHING FOR LIKE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT STANDARDIZING, GRADING OR MAKING SURE THAT GRADING IS FAIR BETWEEN DIFFERENT HISTORY CLASSES IN 10TH GRADE OR WHATEVER.

WILL WE BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR THINGS LIKE THAT? YES, SKYWARD DOES CONNECT WITH IT.

SO WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO A GRADE BOOK.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S MOST BENEFICIAL IN A STUDENT VIEW.

SO JUST ON THAT STUDENT SPOTLIGHT, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN LIKE.

DISTRICT. YOU WOULD.

THANK YOU MUCH. SOMEWHAT ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE.

BASSIST BECAUSE I WOULDN'T EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO DRAW ALL THE WAY DOWN.

ENJOYABLE. BUT I KNOW LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH SOME OF THE REPORTING THAT THEY DO, IF THERE'S A SMALL DATA SET, THEY WILL SUPPRESS THAT INFORMATION, NOT GET ALLOWED ACCESS TO IT BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST THERE'S TOO GREATER POSSIBILITY OF FIGURING OUT WHO IT IS JUST FROM THE INFORMATION THAT'S THERE.

SO I PRESUME THAT THERE WILL BE THOSE KINDS OF SAFETY CHECKS IN PLACE WITH OUR INFORMATION SYSTEM AS WELL.

YEAH, THE SUPPRESSION RULES WILL EXIST FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT'S MADE PUBLIC.

OKAY. AND LET'S SEE ALSO, WHAT ABOUT LIKE ERRORS THAT HAPPEN IN INFORMATION COLLECTION AND RECORDING ERRORS PROPAGATE? HOW DO YOU PREVENT LIKE DATA ERRORS FROM HAPPENING? INCORRECT. AND ONCE THEY HAVE THAT, I JUST HAVING THE EXPERIENCE THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS WITH LIKE, SAY MEDICAL RECORDS AND KNOWING WHAT MISCHIEF CAN OCCUR, I JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS SAME SIMILAR ISSUES WITH WITH SCHOOL THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE KNOWN WHAT THE ERROR IS.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD FIX IT.

YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT.

RIGHT. SO THE ACCURACY OF THESE REPORTS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER REPORT, WILL DEPEND ON THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA THAT GOES GOES IN.

YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO THE DASHBOARD IS AN OMEGA.

[00:45:04]

LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT? WE HAVE ACCESS TO AN ORG CHART, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THIS.

THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE STUDENT DATA SET.

SO I THINK OF IT KIND OF AS A CONTAINER WHERE WE'RE DUMPING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE COLLECTING ABOUT STUDENTS AND WE'RE ABLE TO PULL IT OUT THE ORG CHARTS.

I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT THE UPDATED WEBSITES, AND SO THAT'S JUST GETTING READY TO GO UP ON THAT.

BUT YOU MEAN AN OPERATIONAL ORG CHART? YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING, IS IT POSSIBLE TO COMBINE SO THAT YOU HAVE AN ORG CHART THAT EXPANDS AND LETS YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING AS A WHOLE? YOU KNOW THIS AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS DO THAT.

SO MY QUESTION FOLLOWING UP TRUSTEE, IS THAT IS KIND OF MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE DATA DASHBOARD WHERE WE HAVE VARIOUS SUB CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON. GET INFORMATION ABOUT.

GET INFORMATION ABOUT.

YOU KNOW. SAFETY OR GET INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

THAT WAS WHAT THAT WAS.

THAT WAS WHAT I ENVISIONED.

PASSWORD IS REALLY ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND SO IT'S BEING ABLE TO TRACK.

SO IF WE TRY AN INTERVENTION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT THIS DATA AND BE ABLE TO TRACK IT OVER TIME.

THE WEBSITE SHOULD START TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY.

SO THE ESD IS SOMETHING DO A THOROUGH ANALYSIS AND THEN I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME UPDATES ALREADY, A FEW, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AS THEY GO IN AND THEN WE'RE TRYING IT OUT.

SO WHAT'S THE READER HERE? WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO IS YOU CAN CLICK DATA AND BOBBY'S PICTURE WILL COME UP, THE DASHBOARD MIGHT COME UP, SO IT'LL BE MORE INTERACTIVE THAT WAY.

SO THIS WILL JUST BE ONE PART OF THE COMPLEX.

THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS IF WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT INSTRUCTION OR BUDGET AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE DO WE NEED TO HONE OUR EFFORTS, THE DASHBOARD IS GOING TO HELP GUIDE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS.

AND KRISTI, IF I COULD JUMP IN, PEGGY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DASHBOARD HAVING THAT KIND OF MULTI FUNCTIONALITY? WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THIS PROCESS WHERE WE WERE REVIEWING DIFFERENT DASHBOARDS, WE WERE DEFINITELY HOPING THAT WE COULD FIND ONE THAT HAD ALL OF THOSE.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE STARTED GOING TO DEMONSTRATIONS AND STARTED TO LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE VARIOUS DASHBOARDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, WE COULDN'T FIND ONE THAT DID HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS.

SO WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A PAGE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT DASHBOARDS THAT NEED THOSE? I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I.

THIS CONCEIVABLY COULD BE ON THE LINKED ON THE WEBSITE NEXT TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH MIGHT HAVE A FUNCTIONALITY LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING WITHOUT IT ALL BEING EXCELLENT IN THE WHOLE ROOM.

AM I HEARING CORRECTLY THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE TALKING? TWO DIFFERENT DASHBOARDS, ONE ACADEMIC, ONE ORGANIZATIONAL OR OPERATIONAL.

YOU TOUCHED ON IT ALREADY AS FAR AS KNOW THE PRIVACY AND SUCH.

HAVE WE MADE DECISIONS OR DO WE HAVE IN PLACE OR ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHAT LEVEL AREAS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE BOARD MEMBERS OR, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY MY HOPE IS THAT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION ON THE EITHER SCHOOL OR DISTRICT LEVEL IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE HAVE TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, PRIVACY.

AND THAT IS THAT PART OF THE PROCESS OR WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS.

BUT WE I'M UNAWARE OF WHERE WE WENT WITH THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE REPORTS WOULD BE THE PUBLIC VIEW.

AND THEN ONCE BOBBY IS DOING SOME RIGHT NOW HE'S WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATORS.

WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS? HE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE BOARD ABOUT HOW YOU LIKE TO LOOK AT DATA, WHAT WHAT ARE OUR NEEDS.

SO HE'LL BE WORKING AND THEN HE FEEDS BACK TO THE CREATORS OF HOMEROOM TO BE ABLE TO SAY, I NEED THIS FEATURE TO GO THIS WAY.

HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? SO THIS IS GOING TO EVOLVE OVER THE YEAR.

AND AS WE YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, OUR IDEA IS THIS.

AND THEN AS WE LEARN MORE, IT WILL SHIFT TO THIS.

SO WE'LL COLLECTIVELY FUND THIS.

UM, MORNING. ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH, I DO. SO IF WE COULD TAKE A REPORT THAT SAYS WHAT THE TESTING DATA IS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A REPORT, SAY, ON ATTENDANCE,

[00:50:04]

LIKE, HERE'S THE ACCOUNT NAME HERE, BUT I WANT TO KNOW THE TOPIC OF AN OPPORTUNITY AND A COLUMN NEXT.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT I CAN SEE THEM ALL WITHIN THE SAME REPORT.

WILL WE BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT WHERE WE HAVE THE ARC SCORE AND THEN WE HAVE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD RIGHT NEXT TO IT OR SOMETHING? SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, MELINDA, IS CAN WE SEE WHAT THE IMPACT OF ATTENDANCE IS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT? I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A TOOL THAT WILL LEAD US TO DO THAT.

WE'RE IN THE INFANCY WITH THIS AND EVOLVING, WORKING VERY HARD TO BUILD THIS OUT.

THAT KIND OF FUNCTIONALITY, THOUGH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE THE MORE COMPLICATED, THE MORE COMPLICATED KIND OF ANALYSIS BECAUSE KIDS ARE NOT ONE PIECE OF DATA.

SO COMBINING THEM IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN THE SECOND LITTLE THING TO ADD ON IT AS FAR AS THE ORGANIZATION CHART AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT, CAN WE MAKE OWNERS FOR PARTICULAR REPORTS OR SO THAT WHEN YOU DO HAVE THAT REPORT ABOUT THE DATA PLUS ATTENDANCE, WE KNOW THAT KELLY LARABEE IS THE OWNER.

SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE GO TO HER.

I LOVE THAT. YEAH, KELLY'S ALWAYS THE OWNER.

OH, NO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN MOVE IT OVER IN TERMS OF WITHIN A HOME ROOM HAVING THAT NOTED.

BUT IN EACH REPORT, I THINK WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF INFORMATION WITHIN THAT REPORT TO SAY THE CORRECT QUESTIONS TO.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE ROLE THAT BOBBY PLAYS IN OUR DISTRICT.

HE'S THE DATA MASTER, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HE'S LIKE MACAM, LIKE PUTTING A MASTER, BUT THAT'S WHO I WILL GO TO.

SO RIGHT NOW. INHALE AND THEN SAY, THIS IS THE KIND OF DATA I NEED.

AND THEN HE HELPS ME PULL THE DATA, HELP ME ANALYZE IT.

HE SITS SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME, AND THEN WE WORK TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

SO LIKE THIS NEXT REPORT, BODY HAS A KEY ROLE WITH THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM TO PULL IN EVERYTHING.

AND THEN HE ALSO IS PART OF A NETWORK OF DAX.

SO HE'S LEARNING FROM DIFFERENT DATA ASSESSMENT COORDINATORS ACROSS THE REGION AND STATE.

AND SO HE'S LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT SYSTEMS LOOK AT DATA.

SO HE'S OPENING UP THE DOOR FOR US.

THAT'S KIND OF OFF TOPIC, THOUGH.

DO YOU WANT TO. WELL, DO YOU WANT TO? BOBBY IS GOING TO BE REACHING OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TIME TO PROCESS AND THINK.

AND YEAH, THIS IS MORE ABOUT TESTING ADMINISTRATION IN THE DATA THAT, YOU KNOW THE COORDINATOR OR DO YOU ADMINISTER THE TESTS? DO YOU OVERSEE ALL OF THAT WHEN THEY DO STATE TESTING TO OVERSEE THE SYSTEM? BUT I'M NOT ADMINISTERING TESTS.

OKAY. SO THIS IS REALLY JUST A HIGH LEVEL BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME ACTION.

SO IT'S VERY EXCITING.

THANK YOU, BOBBY. THANK YOU, JOAN.

THANK YOU. TIME FOR AN UPDATE.

I CAN SAY.

AND THEN I WANT TO KICK IT TO MARK.

WE GOT TO ENTER FROM THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL TODAY, AND I HEARD ONE STUDENT SAY TO ME, YOU CAN SEE THE WORDS MAIN ENTRANCE FROM THE ROAD.

SO THERE SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSION AS TO HOW WE GET INTO FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

YES. OKAY.

MARK, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YOU KNOW, WE WERE COMMENTING ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM ORCAS ISLAND.

BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN COMMENTS, AS WE HEARD, TAKING FEEDBACK ON THE OLD SCHOOL, NOT KNOWING HOW TO FIND THE OFFICE.

AND IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN AN ISSUE.

I THINK EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN UP AND DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE SEEN A PRETTY DRAMATIC PROGRESS TAKING PLACE.

WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS CONSIDERING HOW MUCH WORK HAD TO GET DONE BETWEEN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND TOMORROW.

AND GOOD NEWS IS, IT'S ALMOST ALL OF IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

[00:55:03]

HAVE HUNG UP A LITTLE BIT ON WEATHER AND THE HARDSCAPES ARE CONTINUING TO AND IT SHOULD BE PRETTY WELL COMPLETED AROUND THE STADIUM BY THE FIRST SOCCER GAME ON SENATE CTE, AS YOU KNOW, OR THE PAC.

I'M SORRY, IS IS KIND OF GETTING CLEANED AS THE STAFF ARE UNPACKING THE CONTAINERS, GETTING THEIR STUFF REDISTRIBUTED.

THERE'S A PRETTY BIG SEARCH TODAY FOR THE COFFEE MACHINE.

WE FOUND IT. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

SO, YEAH, IT'S COMING TOGETHER KIND OF LAST MINUTE, BUT ALMOST EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED.

READY TO GO FOR THE OPENING.

SO THE ONE THAT I'M SORRY, THE ONE NON-BOND RELATED.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'VE NOTICED, IF YOU'VE BEEN UP TO LATELY, PARTICULARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

MEANTIME, THE TALK OF THE MAYOR TODAY AT THE KICKOFF EVENT, THE BARTON ROAD PROJECT, HAS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SETBACK. SO THE MAIN OVERPASS IS THAT WE CAN FIX UP PRIOR ON JANUARY, THE AREA THAT IS KIND OF TORN UP RIGHT UP BY SKYLINE IS GOING TO BE INTO OCTOBER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TRAFFIC SITUATION AROUND SKYLINE FOR THE NEXT.

BUT THEY'RE. NOT LASTING IMPACTS FOR SURE.

SO EVERYBODY, PLEASE BE PATIENT, BE SAFE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WATCH.

OKAY. GABBY.

OH. DID SOMEONE HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. WITH THE WALKING AND THE CROSSWALKS AT VISTA AND THORNTON.

WE HAVE ONE CROSSWALK PERSON THERE.

YES. WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON THERE, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO MAYBE HAVING TO? I THINK GIVEN THAT WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS MORNING.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS FROM TRANSPORTATION HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL.

WE CAN FOLLOW UP IN THE MORNING ON WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC PLANS.

THANK YOU. I JUST KNOW JOEY DRIVING THROUGH THEIR DAILY SOMETIMES IT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING FOR A DRIVER.

SO IT IS BEEN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AROUND SAFETY.

SO. OKAY.

CUONG ON GABBY. WE HAVE MUCH TO SHARE.

WE'LL START TOMORROW.

WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CONCERT OF MY SENIOR YEAR AND THIS YEAR, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT THE LAST WORD, WE HELPED ME A LOT OF ARTSY THINGS.

THIS WILL BE A REALLY ACTION PACKED YEAR.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SENIOR SUNRISE TOMORROW.

SO I HAVE TO WAKE UP AT LIKE FIVE 3515 ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I HAVE GOT TO GET TO MY 5:45 AND THEN I HAVE TO GO GREET PEOPLE AT THE DOOR BY 7:10.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO ON MY FIRST DAY, BUT I'M GOING TO BE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE AFTER THAT I HAVE BAND AND THEN I HAVE TWO PERIODS OF QUIET.

SO IT'LL BE VERY NICE. YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S TRUE. WELL, YES, I.

AND THAT'S IT.

OKAY. SO I ALSO DON'T HAVE A TON TO SHARE, BUT VOLLEYBALL TEAM STARTED UP AND IT'S FANTASTIC.

I REALLY LOVE THE TEAM ENVIRONMENT.

I LOVE MY TEAM AND MIKAELA, OUR HEAD COACH AND THE REST OF THE STAFF, THEY'RE ALL FANTASTIC.

SO REALLY LOVE THE PROGRAM.

OUR SEASON OPENER IS IN TEN DAYS TO COME.

SUPPORT US AT GAMES WHENEVER YOU CAN.

LET'S GO FERNDALE. GO EAGLES.

AND AGAIN, TOMORROW'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I WILL ALSO BE THERE AT 7:15 TO WELCOME PEOPLE INTO THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH JUST A FERNDALE ASB AND BUSY BUSY WEEK.

WE JUST HAD A FRESHMAN ORIENTATION TEACHER KICKOFF.

THEY WERE BOTH REALLY FUN EVENTS, BUT A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO PLANNING THEM AND PULLING OFF.

[01:00:05]

SO, YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF THUNDERSTORM JUST LIKE THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE OUR ONLY.

YEAH. OKAY.

IT'S A ONE YEAR EVENT, SO LUCKILY.

IT ONLY HAPPENS THIS TIME.

I THINK IT'S ALSO.

UNFORTUNATE TO HAPPEN DURING THIS PART OF THE GARDEN SEASON, BUT I THINK GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE, I THINK.

AND THEN THE IN THE LONG TERM, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE COOLER.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WARMER AND DRIER, BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WILL HOLD UP.

SO I THINK I'M GOING TO GO FOR AVERAGE.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE AVERAGE.

AND BEFORE JUST MOLINA WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THE FRESHMAN ORIENTATION TO EVERYONE WHO'S INVOLVED BECAUSE THAT DEFINITELY PAYS OFF IN GETTING THEM OFF TO A GOOD START.

SPEAKING OF FRESHMEN, JUST ONE LAST LITTLE THING FROM MY LITTLE PERSONAL UPDATE.

MY LITTLE BROTHER IS GOING TO BE A FRESHMAN AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE ALL THE FRESHMEN IN THE SCHOOL.

I KNOW A LOT OF THEM FROM LIKE VOLLEYBALL AND THROUGH MY LITTLE BROTHER AND THEY'RE REALLY FUN CLASS AND I THINK THEY'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WILL, YOU KNOW, BOOST THE COMMUNITY AND WILL BE VERY INVOLVED AND, UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL.

OKAY. AND THAT'S THE END.

OH, NO, ACTUALLY, THIS IS A VIDEO.

UM, SPEAKING OF STUDENTS, THIS IS HOW WE ENDED THE PEP ASSEMBLY TODAY.

AND IT'S A GIFT TO OUR STUDENTS FROM OUR STAFF.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO SHARE AFTER THE STUDENT UPDATE.

.

[01:05:04]

ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTI ON HER REPORT? OKAY. UM, I DO WANT TO SAY GOOD JOB TO THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR ROLE IN MC THIS MORNING'S ASSEMBLY.

YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB, SO THANK YOU.

OKAY, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.01 OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS A LEVY DISCUSSION.

[5. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]

TRADITIONALLY, WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE PUT LEVIES ON THE BALLOT TOGETHER AS A WAY OF REDUCING THE COST TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

LEVIES HAVE ALSO BEEN MOST FREQUENTLY PLACED ON THE FEBRUARY BALLOT TO ALLOW THE DISTRICTS TO UP OPPORTUNITY TO REASSESS, REGROUP AND RE RUN THE LEVY. SHOULD THE LEVY FAIL.

THE DEADLINE FOR PLACING A LEVY PROPOSAL ON THE FEBRUARY BALLOT IS IN MID-DECEMBER, VERY SHORTLY AFTER OUR SCHEDULED DECEMBER 12TH MEETING.

IF THE VOTE TO PUT THE LEVY ON THE BALLOT IS DELAYED UNTIL OUR DECEMBER 12TH MEETING, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE BUSINESS OFFICE TO MEET THE DEADLINE BECAUSE OF THE PAPERWORK AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO PUT TOGETHER.

FURTHER COMPLICATING THIS TIMELINE THIS YEAR IS THAT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION RESULTS ARE SET TO BE CERTIFIED ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

THE DATE OF OUR NOVEMBER BUSINESS MEETING.

ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS ARE TO BE SWORN IN AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUSINESS MEETING FOLLOWING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION.

WE ARE STILL SEEKING CLARIFICATION AS TO WHETHER NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS ARE TO BE SWORN IN AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING.

IF THE ELECTION IS CERTIFIED EARLIER IN THE DAY OR IF THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR ROLES AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.

REGARDLESS, SHOULD THE BOARD OPT TO PROPOSE THE LEVY TO BE PLACED BEFORE THE PEOPLE ON THE FEBRUARY 2024 BALLOT, THE VOTE WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

FOR THAT REASON, WE HAVE OPTED TO START OUR DISCUSSION RELATED TO WHETHER TO PROPOSE THE LEVY THIS EVENING.

BECAUSE OF THIS TIMELINE I JUST MENTIONED THAT I WOULD ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THOSE RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE THOSE DEPENDING ON WHO IS ELECTED, THOSE PEOPLE MAY BE VOTING ON IT, DEPENDING ON THE CLARIFICATION.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR AND I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO MARK FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE UPCOMING LEVY OPTIONS. YEAH.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PARAPHERNALIA, MORE INFORMATION SEEKING.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO TO KEEP IN MIND IN TERMS OF TIME CONSTRAINTS.

KEVIN MENTIONED THE PAPERWORK THAT HAS TO BE PREPARED, AND IT'S ACTUALLY A LEGAL RESOLUTION THAT'S PROVIDED PREPARED BY COUNSEL.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST RUN IN THE BACK AND TYPE OUT.

IT'S ACTUALLY A DOCUMENT THAT'S THAT'S GENERATED BY THE ATTORNEYS AND HAS HAS PRETTY HEAVILY.

THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS WE HAVE TO FILE A LEVY PLAN WITH OSP AND GET APPROVAL BACK FROM.

THEN IN ORDER TO RUN IT ON THE BALLOT.

SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, WHAT WE'RE RUNNING IN ORDER TO SUBMIT THAT PLAN.

SO THAT KIND OF INFLUENCES THE TIMELINE VERY SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION TODAY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, IDEALLY SEPTEMBER, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND PROVIDE WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT YOU BOARD NEEDS IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY AS A LEVY REQUEST AND THEN GET THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY PASSED IN OCTOBER TO ALLOW US TIME THEN TO HIT.

THE PROCESS AND THE INFORMATION OF THE VOTES TO MOVE AHEAD.

SO THE PART OF OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS BASICALLY ASKING WHAT INFORMATION THE BOARD WOULD LIKE OF MARC AND THE FINANCE PEOPLE AS FAR AS IN REGARDS TO HELPING US MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE PROPOSE A LEVY AND DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO, ALTHOUGH THAT'S TYPICAL RESOLVE AS WELL AS WHAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL IN DECIDING AS WE DETERMINE THE AMOUNT AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY INFORMATION OR ANY DISCUSSION TO THAT POINT?

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SO LOOKING AT THAT, ON PAGE TWO OF 18, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE HISTORY.

SO LIKE OUR RAINY DAY FUND, WHICH AT A HIGH HAD BEEN AROUND 19.5 MILLION.

BUT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE BEEN IT'S BEEN COMING DOWN BECAUSE WE'VE MADE BIG PURCHASES BECAUSE OUR LEVY WAS LOWER, ETCETERA.

SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW LOW IS THAT GOING TO GO? BECAUSE IF WE HAVE IF WE DON'T HAVE A LEVY THAT SUPPORTS IT SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO KEEP GOING DOWN AND DOWN.

AND I KNOW BY LAW THERE'S A CERTAIN BASEMENT LEVEL THAT WE CAN'T GO UNDERNEATH.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT MINIMUM LEVEL LEVY AMOUNT WOULD BE TO HAVE THAT FUND BALANCE MEET THAT LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF THE LOWEST IT CAN BE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THE BASELINE IS ACTUALLY SET BY THE BOARD FOR THE 4% ON THE FUND BALANCE POLICY AND PROBABLY DOING SOME QUICK MATH TO TELL YOU WHAT CURRENT BASED ON OUR CURRENT BUDGET LEVELS, WHAT 4% WOULD REPRESENT.

BUT THAT'S SET BY OUR BOARD, NOT BY THE 4% OF THE MARKET.

OKAY. RIGHT. YEAH.

LEGALLY, WE JUST HAVE TO REMAIN SOLVENT.

DOES THAT DOES THAT BASEMENT INCLUDE DESIGNATED FUNDS WITHIN THE FUND BALANCE? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME MONEY THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR OUR HESITANT SET ASIDE FOR CERTAIN ITEMS. YEAH. THE 4% IS THE DESIGNATED UNRESERVED AND THE 35 THE 3.5 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER 3.5.

3.6 MILLION RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE NUMBER.

WE'VE GOT SOME SMALLER AMOUNTS THAT WE DESIGNATED THAT REQUIRED SOME INSURANCE AND AND RISK CONTINGENCY THAT'S REQUIRED.

BUT THERE ARE HUGE AMOUNTS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH WE CAN ASK FOR FROM THE STATE.

SO I GUESS IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHERE THOSE NUMBERS FIT TO.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BOTH A PURSUIT AND A AN AMOUNT IN THOSE.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PER STUDENT, DOLLAR AMOUNT AND OR A RATE PER 1000 THAT ARE BOTH CAPPED BY.

THEN WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD KIND OF HAVE A CHART THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT RATES FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE LOW 90 TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE HIGH WOULD BE AND THEN WHAT THAT MONEY PER STUDENT IS.

AND THEN KIND OF WE CAN SEE LIKE WHAT ARE OUR GUARDRAILS? SURE. SO WHAT KIND OF.

YES, I THINK A CHART WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO MAKE A MUCH HOPEFULLY MUCH CLEARER AND EASIER TO EXPLAIN.

SO INTERESTING THING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY SHIFTED TO OUR KIND OF PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS WITH SHIFT US FROM A RATE PER THOUSAND TO ABOUT PUPIL.

SO IF YOU RECALL, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE THE LEVY RULES, UM, THE LOWER OF THE TWO METHODS OF CALCULATION, WHICHEVER SO EITHER YOUR RATE PER THOUSAND OF ASSESSED VALUE OR YOUR DOLLAR AMOUNT PER PUPIL, WHICHEVER GENERATES THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF LEVY REVENUE IS WHAT YOU'RE CAPPED AT.

SO RIGHT NOW, BASED ON OUR PROJECTION AS OF NOW AND FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTION AND ASSESSED VALUE PROJECTIONS, THE DOLLAR PER PUPIL IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE NUMBER THAT WE ACTUALLY.

AS OPPOSED TO THE TOP RATE SO WE CAN BACK INTO THE TAX RATE.

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WHATEVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, $50 MILLION 20 MILLION AS A DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND YOU CANNOT EXCEED THAT.

AND THE RATE IS BASICALLY CALCULATED OFF OF WHAT, THE MAXIMUM.

TURNS OUT TO BE. THAT MAKES SENSE.

I THINK WE'LL BE CLEAR ON THE CHART.

I KIND OF SAID WE HAD I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, BUT IF WE HAD A CHART THAT TOLD US LIKE, THESE ARE THE RATES PER THOUSAND AND HERE YOU HAVE THIS IS THE DOLLARS PER PUPIL.

AND THEN OVER HERE, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT'S OUR MINIMUM WE NEED BEFORE OUR FUND BALANCE WOULD START GOING IN THE RED.

SO MAYBE LIKE DOWN FROM HERE UNDER, LIKE HERE, WE KNOW WE'D GO IN THE RED.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT COLOR CODED HERE, YOU KNOW THAT DON'T GO HERE, THIS DANGER.

AND THEN MAYBE UP HERE, I MEAN, THIS STUFF UP HERE, LIKE MAYBE A DOLLAR, MAYBE $1.95 WOULD BE OVER WHAT WE COULD ASK.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO CROSS THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN SEE LIKE A REAL RANGE OF WHAT ARE THE RATES OR THE DOLLAR PER PUPIL AVAILABLE TO US.

AND THEN LIKE MAYBE THE MONEY THAT IT WOULD BRING IN OVER IN ANOTHER COLUMN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING IN MY HEAD IS KIND OF A SUM CHART. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL CLOSELY APPROXIMATE WHAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING THERE.

THE JUST AS A KIND OF A KIND OF SET SOME EXPECTATIONS.

THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING IS NOT GOING TO BE MASSIVELY SIGNIFICANT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHUNK.

IT'S GOING TO BE MEASURED IN MILLIONS, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, TENS OF THOUSANDS TO BE SURPRISED TO RESPOND.

SO IT'S NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE NOW.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS, BRINGING THIS UP IN.

MRS. PRYOR, IS THERE ANY ASSUMPTION THAT WE ABSOLUTELY COULD, YOU KNOW, TRIM THINGS ELSEWHERE TO MAKE THINGS BALANCE? I KNOW YOU ALREADY SET THE BUDGET, BUT IT'S A BUDGET, NOT A REALLOCATION.

SO. WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, APPLES, ORANGES COMPARED TO I MEAN, FOR THE LEVY CONVERSATION.

RIGHT. BECAUSE THE LEVY IS IS IS A IS A REVENUE CONVERSATION.

BUT I THINK THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING ABOUT EXPENDITURES IS EXTREMELY VALID.

AND I THINK EVEN WITH AN INCREASE TO THE LEVY, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE TURNING EXPENDITURES.

THE POINT THAT MELINDA MADE ABOUT OUR FUNDAMENTALS GOING DOWN.

PART OF THAT WAS INTENTIONAL AND PART OF IT WAS OF OF NOT AS MUCH INTENTIONAL.

SO THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO, OF COURSE, CORRECT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION, EVEN WITH A HIGHER LEVY AMOUNT IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE MAKING REDUCTIONS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.

SO PART OF THE REDUCTION IN FUND BALANCE WAS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE WE WERE HOLDING ON TO TOO MUCH IN RESERVE.

AND WE HAD WE HAD WE HAD BUMPED IT UP FOR I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

I TEND TO AGREE WITH THAT.

WE HAVE TO FALL BACK ON THE RIGHT.

I MEAN, AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND AT KIND OF THE THE FINANCIAL STORMS, THE LITTLE KIND OF MICRO STORMS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WEATHER BECAUSE WE HAD FUNDS AND AS IT GOES UP AND DOWN, THE ORGANIZATION DOESN'T REALLY FEEL RIGHT AS YOU HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BANK KIND OF TO RIDE THE STORMS OUT.

WE BUILT OUR FUND BALANCE PRIOR TO BOND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO PASS THE BOND OR IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT SOME MONEY INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL IN ORDER JUST TO MAKE IT SURVIVE. WHEN THE BOND DID PASS, WE WERE ABLE TO REDIRECT SOME OF THAT MONEY AND PUT MONEY INTO OTHER FACILITIES, PUT SOME MONEY INTO PROGRAMS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THAT WEREN'T JUST TIED TO FACILITY.

SO THAT WAS A VERY INTENTIONAL SPIN DOWN OF OF OF THE FUNDAMENTALS.

YOU KNOW, THE ENROLLMENT DECLINES, IT DIDN'T BOUNCE BACK ALL THE WAY FROM COVID, SOME, YOU KNOW, INCREASE IN STAFF COSTS AT THE STATE PASS THROUGH AREN'T FULLY FUNDED. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO ADAPT TO WITH THOSE FUNDS THAT WE HADN'T NECESSARILY LONG RANGE PLAN ON.

SO IT SPENT THOSE MONIES DOWN A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO.

BUT THAT'S SO WE'RE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE KIND OF AT THE COMFORTABLE LEVEL OF COMFORTABLE AND NEED TO TO GET THAT BACK GOING

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THIS IS PROBABLY A SILLY QUESTION, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BONDS THAT ARE RETIRING? I MEAN, ARE WE EVERYTHING PAID OFF IN THE PAST AND RIGHT NOW ALL WE'VE GOT IS JUST THE EXISTING BOND FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL OR NOT? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, I MEAN, THAT THAT BOND IS IS SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORMING OUR FORECAST IN TERMS OF TAX RATE.

SO WE'RE WE'RE CONSIDERABLY UNDER WHERE WE HAD FORECAST THAT TO BE.

SO. THAT'S A THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

THE THE OTHER ASPECT THAT EXCUSE ME.

THE OTHER ASPECT IS WE HAVE TO DECIDE WITHIN THAT LINE OR WITHIN THAT LEVY WHAT LENGTH OF PERIOD WE'RE LOOKING TO PASS.

TYPICALLY, MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS EITHER GO 2 OR 4 YEARS IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT JUST FROM WORD OF MOUTH.

MOST OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING TO DO FOUR YEAR LEVIES.

A LOT OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS JUST BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO GO THROUGH AND AND DO A LEVY.

AND SO BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DECISION THAT WE'LL HAVE TO TO BE MAKING AS PART OF THAT.

AND IT'S PART OF THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO BUILD INTO WHAT IS THE CAPACITY, WHAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND KIND OF MAKE A PREDICTION AS FAR AS WHAT FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED TO TO.

ESSENTIALLY SUPPORT THE EXTRA CURRICULAR OR THE EXTRA ACTIVITIES THAT AREN'T FUNDED BY BASIC EDUCATION.

THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TO EXPECT AND OR APPRECIATE, I THINK, TOWARD THAT END.

IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL MARKET.

WE HAVE JUST A REFRESHER FROM MAYBE THE PAGE OUT OF THE COMMUNITY BUDGET OR THE CITIZENS BUDGET THAT SHOWS WHERE THE LEVY FUNDS, WHAT THEY FUND VERSUS WHAT IS FUNDED BY THE STATE FOR SURE.

YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A WHAT THE LEVY FUNDS CHART.

THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR YEAR VERSUS TWO YEAR IS ALWAYS A BIT OF A DEBATE AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE FULLY SUPPORT WHATEVER YOU WANT BECAUSE REALLY SERIOUSLY, CONSIDERING OUR FOUR YEAR, THE NUMBER ONE IT COSTS LESS.

SO YOUR EVERY TIME WE RUN AN ELECTION, YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $60,000.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAVING A FAIR AMOUNT BY RUNNING IT HALF AS OFTEN.

THERE IS A SENSE OF ORGANIZATIONAL THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT IS USED BY THE ORGANIZATION.

DURING A LEVY CAMPAIGN.

SO WE'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO STAFF, TO COMMUNITY, TO PARENTS, TO MEDIA.

THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY THAT IS TIED UP IN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE AND SHARE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEVY VERSUS, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS.

THERE'S ALSO VOTER FATIGUE THAT COMES ALONG WITH RUNNING AN ELECTION EVERY TWO YEARS.

RIGHT? WE GET CONSTANTLY ASKED, DIDN'T WE JUST PASS THIS? WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR MORE MONEY? WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE.

WE'RE ASKING TO REPLACE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DID ASK YOU FOR.

BUT WE'RE STANDING ALONE BECAUSE WE'RE OFF CYCLE WITH THE OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO YOU GET THAT SYNERGISTIC EFFECT WORKING WITH THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS SHARING THE SAME MESSAGE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF THERE'S PRACTICAL JUST IN MONEY AND TIME AND THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF MORE SUBTLE COSTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT AS WELL.

AND I JUST GETS TO ALL YOU GET A BETTER TURNOUT EVERY FOUR YEARS, I HAVE TO SAY, VOTER FATIGUE.

SO THAT WOULD BE MORE ACTUALLY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREATER IN.

YEAH. AND EVEN AT THE YOU KNOW WHAT WE ASKED FOR BECAUSE WE'LL ASK FOR YOU KNOW PRESUMABLY I THINK BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU GUYS DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR WHATEVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.

THE RULES AREN'T GOING TO PROBABLY CHANGE THAT DRAMATICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR YEARS.

AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ALL OF A SUDDEN TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

SO OUR NEEDS CHANGE ON TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT IT BECOMES PRACTICAL IS IF IT GOES DOWN IN TERMS OF WE DON'T NEED AS MUCH, WHICH THE BOARD JUST THEN SAYS WE'RE NOT GOING TO COLLECT AS MUCH.

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YOU'RE SUCH A CYNIC. UM, YEAH, IT ALWAYS AMAZED ME.

ONE OF THE, I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I LEARNED WHEN GETTING ON THE BOARD IS WE PAID, YOU KNOW, 50, $60,000 FOR EVERY ELECTION THAT WE HAVE A BALLOT ITEM ON, YOU KNOW, SO DOING IT ONE TIME FOR FOUR YEARS VERSUS TWO TIMES IN FOUR YEARS DOING IT ON TWO.

YOU SAY IT'S JUST THAT MUCH MONEY.

POTENTIALLY AS LONG AS WE GET THE INFORMATION ON ASSET.

NO OTHER INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING THIS.

WE CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND CERTAINLY IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, SEND AN EMAIL AND.

THEN YOU CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THE DISCUSSION.

OKAY, THEN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.02, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TIMELINE IN THE PACKETS THAT YOU RECEIVED, AND I THINK IT'S ON THE BOARD DOCS AS WELL IS A SO YOU'VE GOT A HARD COPY AS WELL AS A COPY ONLINE. THERE IS BASICALLY SOME DATES.

I'LL PROBABLY DO BETTER. SO IT HAS IN DOCKS IS THE BOARD'S TIMELINE FOR ITEMS BEING PLACED ON THE BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA.

WE ALSO HAVE A FEW TENTATIVE STUDY SESSIONS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 17TH, WHICH IS BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, UM, JANUARY 16TH FOR BUDGET AND FINANCE AND MARCH 12TH FOR INDICATORS AND POLICY REVIEW.

WE WANTED TO REVIEW THESE DATES WITH THE BOARD AND DISCUSS THE BOARD'S THOUGHTS ON HAVING A SECOND REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING EACH MONTH TO ALLOW US MORE TIME TO DISCUSS, REVIEW AND LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS TOPICS IMPACTING THE DISTRICT.

SO THE DATES THAT I JUST MENTIONED THAT ARE ON HERE FOR STUDY SESSIONS, THE OCTOBER 17TH.

THE JANUARY 16TH AND MARCH.

MARCH 12TH. THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE NOT THOSE JUST PICK DATES THAT WERE ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN THE TWO BUSINESS MEETINGS AND WE WERE HOPING THAT WE COULD GET THE OKAY JUST TO PUT THOSE ONTO THE SCHEDULE SO THAT WE CAN PLAN FOR THOSE.

AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A TIME OF A LITTLE LESS FORMAL MEETING WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE OF A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE VARIOUS ITEMS. UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WANTING TO DISCUSS THE BOARD'S THOUGHTS ON PUTTING FORTH A MORE REGULAR STUDY SESSION SCHEDULE KIND OF MID MONTH, SO TO SPEAK.

UM, SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE PLAN.

HISTORICALLY, PRIOR TO COVID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REGULAR THAT WE WOULD HAVE STUDY SESSIONS LAST MONTH AND SOMETIMES THE STUDY SESSION, TYPICALLY TWO HOUR LONG MEETINGS MIGHT BE ON ONE FOCUS TOPIC, MIGHT BE ON, YOU KNOW, THREE DIFFERENT TOPICS, ONE AN HOUR OR TWO, HALF AN HOUR.

AND IT REALLY VARIED DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WE HAD SOME WHERE WE BROUGHT IN PEOPLE AS FAR AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET INPUT AND TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ITEMS WITH THEM.

SO AGAIN, WE JUST THREW OUT SOME DATES IN THAT LOOKED LIKE IT SHOULD WORK FOR DISCUSSION AND TO GET SOMETHING ON THE CALENDAR.

SO QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS OR INPUT THAT WAY.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF STUDENT GROUPS ARE INVOLVED IN.

SESSIONS. OKAY.

GOOD. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM, YOU KNOW.

PASSING AND VOTING ON ITEMS IN A STUDY SESSION.

I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE STRICTLY INFORMATIONAL AS LONG AS IT'S NOTICED PROPERTY RIGHTS SO WE COULD LIGHTEN THE LOAD ON OUR REGULAR SESSIONS BY INCLUDING SOME.

BUT FOR ACTION IN THE STUDY SESSION, RIGHT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YEAH, AS LONG AS WE ANNOUNCE THE STUDY SESSION AS A SPECIAL MEETING OR A MEETING, LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, THEN WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS AND DO THINGS.

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IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS ON THE AGENDA.

AND DID WE ANNOUNCE PRIOR TO AN APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S APPROPRIATE LEGALLY LAID OUT TIMELINE? SO LIKE FOR SOME OF OUR MONITORING REPORTS, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO PUT THOSE IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS AND PASS THOSE.

AND THEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY SPREAD THOSE OUT IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CALENDAR JUST BECAUSE WE KIND OF PROPOSE WHEN THEY ARE.

BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE DOABLE.

SHARING A LITTLE OPENING HERE.

I PERSONALLY REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF MARKET STUDY SESSIONS BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO WANTING TO BE MORE INFORMED ABOUT THE ISSUES WE DISCUSSED, LIKE PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING WHERE WE MAKE DECISIONS, UM, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD LENGTH OF THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS IS A VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY'S TIME.

JUST KNOWING THAT I HAVE TO BE ON THE FIVE MINUTE MARK.

WE'D BE HAPPY AND I'D PROBABLY HAVE MORE SUGGESTIONS.

SO. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I COME INTO MEETINGS AND IT'S BEEN MINUS WEEK AND THIS IS JUST ME THAT I HAD.

BUT IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S A LOT, ESPECIALLY FOR US.

SO IT JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT PART FOUR HAVING TO GET OUT? PRETTY OUT HERE ECHOING IN THEIR THOUGHTS.

I'M ON BOARD WITH IT. SO ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY INPUT AS FAR AS WITH THOSE DATES THAT WE'VE TENTATIVELY PUT ON THERE AT THIS POINT OR ANY THOUGHTS? IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS WE HAVING A SETTING SOMETHING UP AS FAR AS A REGULAR STUDY SESSION IS EVERYONE'S IN FAVOR OF THAT.

SO WE CAN WORK WITH THE CHRIS AND CALENDARS TO DO THAT.

AND LIKE I SAID, THESE KIND OF FALL INTO THAT LINE OF WHERE WE WERE EXPECTING TO PUT.

SO OKAY.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT TO START WITH JUST THE THREE STUDY SESSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR OR THAT THOSE ARE LIKE THE BEDROCK ONES WE'RE GOING TO DO AND THEN ADD IN OTHER ONES IF NEEDED. UM, THOSE WERE KIND OF OUR STARTING POINT THAT WE FIGURED WE WOULD DIP OUR TOE IN THE WATER.

BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY ROOM THAT THE QUESTION THAT WE RUN INTO NOVEMBER, WE COULD PROBABLY DO ONE IN DECEMBER.

WE'RE ON AN ABBREVIATED SCHEDULE JUST BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY BREAK, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN ADD INTO FEBRUARY. THESE WERE JUST SOME TOPICS THAT WE HAD.

AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS DURING OUR PLANNING SESSION, KIND OF WHEN PEOPLE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TOUCH ON THESE TOPICS AS FAR AS THE TIME FOR PREP AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAY.

BUT THERE CERTAINLY WE'RE OPEN TO WE CAN LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AS FAR AS NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY AND THEN ONGOING.

OKAY. SO THAT THEN BRINGS US ON TO ITEM

[6. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]

THE SUCCESSION PLANNING.

THIS IS THE REPORT THAT WE WERE GIVEN LAST MONTH TO REVIEW AND THE SURVEY WAS PUT OUT AND WE HAVE THE SURVEY RESULTS FROM THOSE BOARD MEMBERS THAT TURNED INFORMATION IN TO CHRIS AND TO BASICALLY IT'S A MATTER OF REVIEWING THAT AND DECIDING HOW WE WANT TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.

SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION ON THAT.

UM, I GOT MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS, IS LIKE, OKAY, I HAD SOME CONFUSION OVER, YOU KNOW, A MARK WAS KIND OF IDENTIFIED AS THE, THE, THE FALLBACK OPTION AND AND KELLY AND TRINA.

YEAH. WHICH I SUPPOSE IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THEN THE BOARD WOULD HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE TO THEM.

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WOULD IT BE BETTER TO HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A BROADER CHART OF, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSION LIKE, YOU KNOW, STEVE MENTIONED THE ORG CHART AND JUST HAVING A HIERARCHY THERE WOULD BE REALLY THINK I MEAN, BETWEEN TRINA AND KELLY THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A HIERARCHY I WOULD THINK THAT IF GIVEN THE TIME THE BOARD WOULD MEET WITH BOTH OF THEM AND THEN COLLECTIVELY DETERMINED IF THERE'S ONE THAT WOULD STEP UP WITH THE FALLBACK.

SO IT ALWAYS GIVES YOU THREE PEOPLE DEPENDING ON TIME OF YEAR, DEPENDING ON WORKLOAD.

IF SOMEONE WERE TO STEP IN THAT SUPERINTENDENTS ROLE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEIR JOB JUST GOES TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

THAT MEANS THE OTHER PERSON HAS TO CARRY THAT.

AND SO WHEN I TALK TO BOTH OF THEM, THEY COULD EITHER COME TO YOU AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR YOU COULD MEET WITH THEM, BUT EQUALLY THE SAME, READY TO GO. OKAY.

SO MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, SO THIS IS KIND OF A IS THIS GOING TO BE EXPANDED? SO THEY'RE KIND OF RIPPLES DOWN THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION.

LET'S SAY YOU LOSE A PRINCIPAL, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE THAT SHOWS SOMEBODY STEPS IN TO FILL THAT POSITION UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE IS HIRED.

WHERE DO WE FIND THAT INFORMATION? I MEAN, I JUST IT.

OH, OKAY. IT REALLY DEPENDS.

I HAVE TO KNOW THE BUILDINGS.

I HAVE TO KNOW THE NEEDS.

I HAVE TO KNOW THE SKILL SET OF THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.

AS I MENTIONED IN THE MONITORING REPORT, AS AN EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE MEET EVERY TUESDAY FOR ABOUT 3.5 HOURS.

AND SO THESE ARE THE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT OR PROJECTING IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN.

WHO'S WHO'S ON POINT? THE OTHER PIECE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO START HEARING ABOUT THIS YEAR IS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COHORT.

SO HOW ARE WE DEVELOPING THOSE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT THOSE WHO PERHAPS ARE IN TEACHING ROLES, AND WE WANT TO START DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS.

SO THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A NEXT PERSON HAVING SAT IN A SEAT IN ANOTHER DISTRICT WHERE WE'VE HAD WHERE I'VE HAD LEADERS DUE TO FORTUNATE EVENTS, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO BE IN PLACE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE.

THAT'S MY. THE SUPERINTENDENT IS TO ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT WHO HAS A SKILL SET AND THEN HOW DO WE DEVELOP IT.

SO ONE OF THE STRUCTURES AND WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN.

HERE. I HAVE ONE ON ONE'S REGULAR, ONE ON ONES WITH EVERY EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER.

SO IT'S CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING THEM AS THE YEARS.

THEY ARE CONSTANTLY MEETING WITH THEIR STAFF, A PRINCIPAL, A TECH DIRECTOR, AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING THEM.

SO IT'S CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GROW THE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AND THEN LOOKING AT WHO ARE THOSE TEACHERS, WHO ARE LEADERS, NATURAL LEADERS AND AND SUPPORTING THEM IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.

SO WE DON'T WAIT TILL THE CRISIS.

WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF THINKING AHEAD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW AND THEN.

THIS YEAR, A FOCUS OF OUR TEAM IS CROSS TRAINING.

SO WITHIN EVERY DEPARTMENT, LIKE I KNOW CARA IS WORKING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN HR.

SO IF SOMEBODY WERE TO LEAVE, THE WORK DOESN'T STOP.

THE WORK KEEPS GOING.

SO MAKING SURE EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO DO EVERYONE ELSE'S JOB, DOES THAT HELP? YEAH. I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THAT COULD BE REFLECTED IN THE ORG CHART.

IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS LIKE IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE IF YOU WANT TO.

YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT AND ALSO IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WOULD WANT NECESSARILY TO BE PUBLIC.

I MEAN, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED.

BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WOULD JUST PUT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN ABSOLUTE GIVEN THE SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THIS PERSON CAN NO LONGER DO WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO DO FOR, YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENS.

PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND SO I JUST WE JUST ALWAYS HAVE KIND OF A LIST OF WHO DO WE SEE COULD STEP INTO THAT.

I THINK THE OTHER THING WITHIN THIS, AT LEAST MY UNDERSTANDING, IS PRETTY MUCH LABELS OR LISTS OF SUPERINTENDENT SUCCESSION, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR POSITION, OUR ROLE OF TAKING CARE OF.

BEYOND THAT, IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DECISION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO FIT THE PIECES INTO THE PUZZLE CORRECTLY.

AND I THINK KRISTI IS EXACTLY RIGHT.

IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE TIMING.

YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY IS INCAPACITATED OR NEEDS TO BE OUT OF A ROLE.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE OTHERS THAT POTENTIALLY CAN TAKE THAT AS TO WHO WOULD BE.

SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS A OKAY, BOOM, WE JUST MOVE EVERYBODY UP ONE NOTCH EXCEPT IN ICE.

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AND WHO WOULD BE SUCCESSION FOR THAT ONE EMPLOYEE? I WOULD THINK THAT IDENTIFYING ONE STEP DOWN.

YES, OF COURSE.

THE SECOND STEP TO KELLY OR TRINA, THAT'S LIKE, WELL, NICE TO KNOW.

BUT ALSO IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WHERE, YOU KNOW, KRISTI IS NOT AVAILABLE AND MARK IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN AT WHAT POINT IS THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY USING THIS SUCCESSION, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY.

WHO FILLS IN? BUT WE ARE LIKE HIRING SOMEBODY.

SO I WOULD THINK THIS REPORT SHOULD BE SHORT AND SWEET.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE ONE STEP DOWN AND MAYBE THE ALTERNATE IF NEEDED.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED FOR PRINCIPALS OR WHOSE FOURTH WHOSE FIFTH STEP DOWN, IT'S LIKE, THAT'S TOO GRANULAR AND NOT PART OF OUR SCOPE.

AND THEN I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH THAT.

I JUST. THIS KIND OF A STRUCTURE WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TRICKLING IN.

IT WAS KIND OF A QUESTION.

YEAH, YOU GUYS. WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE REPORT.

IT'S NOT REALLY A VERY LONG REPORT.

SO. NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT TO IT, YOU KNOW, SO IN THAT REGARD, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THIS REPORT, EITHER AS IS WITHIN THE COMPLIANCE OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY EXCEPTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE TWO SUCCESSION PLANNING AS WRITTEN AND IN COMPLIANCE.

OKAY, SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE.

VARIOUS OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY TO OE TO THE SUCCESSION PLANNING REPORT AS PRESENTED IN COMPLIANCE.

SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST ACTUAL MOTION PER SE THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE NOTE HERE TO REMIND ME THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.

SO I WILL PUT IT FORTH TO GABBY AND KAVANAUGH.

AT THIS POINT, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF MOTION TO ADOPT THIS REPORT, AS IN COMPLIANCE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

HEY. HEY.

AND SINCE YOU GO, SAID I.

THERE'S NO POINT IN ASKING IF THERE'S ANYTHING AGAINST.

SO THE STUDENT WANTS TO GO.

SO YOU ADOPT THIS AS YOUR COMPLIANCE.

SO NOW WE WILL TURN.

EXCUSE ME, TO THE BOARD.

SO, BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY TWO ZERO TO THE EMERGENCY SUPERINTENDENTS SUCCESSION PLAN AS PRESENTED IN IN COMPLIANCE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL OPPOSED. OKAY.

THE REPORT IS ADOPTED.

THANK YOU. SO THIS WILL TAKE US ON TO ITEM 7.01, WHICH IS TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS

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THIS IS THE POLICY THAT WE WERE PRESENTED BACK WITH BACK IN JUNE.

WE ADOPTED IN JULY AND NOW IT IS BEFORE THE BOARD FOR ANY NECESSARY REVISIONS.

UM, AND SO UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC REVISIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT THEY WANT TO PRESENT, THE BOARD CHAIR WOULD, WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE THIS TO THE STUDY SESSION THAT WE HAVE PLANNED, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES AND THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT FURTHER AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REST OF THE POLICIES.

AND SO ANY OBJECTION TO SUCH A NICE INTRODUCTION? OKAY. SO THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.02, WHICH IS TEEN COUNCIL.

SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, A PRESENTATION WAS MADE TO THE BOARD REGARDING TEEN COUNCIL WITH A REQUEST MADE THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER ADDING TEEN COUNCIL TO THE DISTRICT

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SO NOW WE WILL DISCUSS AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE WITH OUR CURRENT PROGRAM OR TO ADD THE TEEN COUNCIL TO BE MADE PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

SO AT THIS POINT THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION RELATED TO TEEN COUNCIL PROGRAM.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF MELINDA OR PEGGY WANT TO START WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE OF WHAT THEY SAW.

I KNOW YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT LAST MONTH IN OUR SHARING, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS REGARDING SUCH TO START US OUT WITH.

JUST A GENERAL IMPRESSION OF THE PROGRAM.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS REALLY USEFUL INFORMATION IN IT.

UM, UH, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S PROBABLY REDUNDANT WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PARTICULAR TOPICS THAT, UH, THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

IF. OKAY.

BUT. HAVING SEEN WHAT WE OFFER IN TERMS OF OUR CURRICULUM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DIRECTION IS WITH ONE PARTICULAR TOPIC WHICH CAME UP IN REGARD TO CONSENT WAS SEXTING. I PERSONALLY DID NOT NOT FEEL ON BOARD WITH THE MESSAGE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE OFFER IN REGARD TO CONSENT ON THAT.

SO UM. UM.

AND THAT'S AS I SAID, THERE WAS VALUABLE INFORMATION THERE.

BUT, UH, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM.

SO THAT'S MY OBSERVATION.

AND I WOULD AGREE THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF SIMILAR THINGS THAT ARE PRESENTED.

WE THE BOARD GOT AN EMAIL EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM MR. WINDSOR. IS THAT HOW WE PRONOUNCE.

HOW WE PRONOUNCE HIS NAME SINCE NGUYEN.

SINCE SINCE JUNE.

I KNOW. I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IT AGAIN, MR. SPENCER. IS THAT RIGHT? SINCE JUNE.

OKAY. MY AIRPODS ARE NOT WORKING.

SO. MR. F. AN EMAIL AND GAVE US DETAILS OF WHAT IS PRESENTED AT ETCETERA.

WHILE THE SAME SORTS OF TOPICS ARE COVERED, I THINK THE MAIN ISSUE OF BALLOT TEAM COUNCIL IS THAT IT IS PRESENTED BY TIERS. UM, IN MISS MILTON'S COMMENTS EARLIER, SHE HAD SAID THAT YOUR TRAINING HAS BEEN SHOWN TO INCREASE RETENTION AND WELL, RETENTION WAS ONE OF THE THINGS AND THAT WAS PEGGY AND I WENT TO THIS CLASS BACK IN MAY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS BECAUSE THE CLASS WAS ALL ABOUT CONSENT, THAT'S THE ONLY TOPICS THAT WERE THE ONLY LESSON THAT THEY WOULD BE GIVEN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID IS CONSENT IS LIKE FRIES AND FRIES IS AN ACRONYM.

AND, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR MONTHS LATER THAT IS FREELY GIVEN.

R IS REVERSIBLE.

I COULDN'TRILLIONEMEMBER E IS ENTHUSIASTIC AND S WAS SPECIFIC O AN I IS INFORMED.

SO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, IT'S LIKE I.

YOU DO RETAIN IT.

I THOUGHT THAT THE PRESENTATION AS FAR AS SETTING THE AGREEMENT THAT THE CLASS HAD AS FAR AS RESPECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S BELIEFS AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.

I ALSO LIKED THE IDEA OF HAVING THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM AS OBSERVERS SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SUBJECT SUCH AS CONSENT, YOU CAN HAVE THE PEERS LEADING THE CLASS, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE TEACHERS WHO CAN BE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LISTENING EXTRA CLOSELY TO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS OR WATCHING THE REACTION FROM STUDENTS IF THERE ARE NEGATIVE REACTIONS OR TRAUMATIC REACTIONS.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT IN THAT CLASS THAT CAME ACROSS WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS PRESENTING WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST TIME THEY WENT TO ONE OF THESE CLASSES AND THEIR THOUGHT OF THE PRESENTERS WAS LIKE, WOW, THOSE ARE COOL PEOPLE.

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I AGREE WITH MELINDA. I THINK THAT HAVING ROLE MODELS FOR KIDS IN CLASSROOMS WHO ARE AROUND THEIR AGE, RESPONSIBLE, WELL-INFORMED AND ARTICULATE IS A REALLY GOOD THING TO SHOOT FOR, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT EASIER TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE YOUR OWN AGE AND SEE YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES AND UNDERSTAND THE POINT LIKE OF LIKE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

BUT I'VE BEEN IN LESSONS WHERE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR ME AND HAVING A TEACHER THERE TO OBSERVE AND PAY INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION TO STUDENTS WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS DIRECTING THE CLASS IS IMPORTANT DURING MORE DIFFICULT SUBJECTS.

SOME STUDENTS NEED THAT ADDITIONAL LIKE ONE ON ONE SUPPORT AND ATTENTION.

I THINK THE CLASSES OFFERED ARE AGAIN VALUABLE AND THE RETENTION AND INVOLVEMENT THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM STUDENTS THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE IN A CLASSROOM FULL OF APATHETIC TEENAGERS WHO ARE THINKING IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THIS IS VERY USEFUL.

YEAH, I GO BACK SOMETIMES.

WE HAVE TEACHERS TEACH YOU THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TOPICS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSITIVE.

THEY'RE. SO SOME KIND OF DISCONNECT JUST BECAUSE.

THE ABILITY TO RELATE TO SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE.

YOU CAN PICK FIRST IN THE WORLD IS SO DIFFERENT.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST POSITIVE TO THIS PROGRAM IS THAT.

FOR MAYBE THE FIRST TIME IN A STUDENT'S LIFE.

THEY REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE SOMEONE WHO'S LIKE THEM TEACHING THEM.

ABOUT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES BETTER BY GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES.

AND SO I THINK ANOTHER POINT THAT I WANT TO GET HOME ALSO IS IF A PARENT DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT, THEY CAN OPT OUT.

LIKE I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.

AND SO. I THINK THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO SEE THE POSITIVE, IT SHOULD BE AN OPTION.

AND I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF INCREASING THE SENSE OF BELONGING AND INCREASING.

SO WE ARE THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF POINTS.

ONE IS YOU'RE SAYING THAT PEOPLE CAN OPT OUT, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM COULD GO TO WHERE IT IS OFFERED AN OPT IN.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE, BUT THIS IS OUT THERE AS AN OPTION FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO GO IN AND TAKE IT IN OR WHEREVER ELSE IS CURRENTLY OFFERED.

THE SECOND THING IS, AND THIS IS THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND I GUESS SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SAY IT.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING BACKED BY AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A VERY STRONG POLITICAL TIES, YOU ARE GOING TO GET REACTION FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A CONCERN WHEN YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, AN ENTITY LIKE A SCHOOL TO TO FLIP IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

IF I WERE TO SAY, HOW ABOUT IF WE HAVE THE NRA COME AND GIVE GUN SAFETY CLASSES, I WELL, IT JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S SAFETY.

IT'S HEALTH RELATED. IT'S YOU KNOW, IF THEY OFFERED A GOOD PROGRAM TAUGHT BY PEERS, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT? YES. IN THE ANSWER TO THAT MAY BE NO, AT LEAST FROM CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS AS, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, IF IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU DON'T APPROVE OF, OKAY, UM, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU LIKE THAT AND THAT WE WILL FACE THE CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO SEE THIS AS A POLITICAL THING.

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WE HAVE A CURRICULUM THAT WE OFFER.

THIS IS AN OUTSIDE. WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL OVER WHAT IS OFFERED.

YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE TO SAY IT'S SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE.

I HAVE SEEN THINGS THAT I.

WAS NOT SCIENTIFIC.

YOUR SCIENCE MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS MY SCIENCE.

AND SO THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UM, IN REGARDS TO THIS IS JUST INVOLVING CONSENT.

I DO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONSENT ISSUE AND.

JUST BASED ON WHAT I PERCEIVE AS MORE OF A.

AS I SAID, GOING INTO THE SEXTING ISSUE, I FELT LIKE IT WAS NOT AS MUCH EMPHASIS ON THIS IS JUST SOMETHING YOU SHOULD AVOID ALL TOGETHER.

LIKE I SAY, WELL, THIS IS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU WANT TO ENGAGE IN THIS.

TO ME, IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE MESSAGE WAS STRONG ENOUGH, HONESTLY, THROUGH THEIR CONTENT THAT THEY DELIVERED.

I DIDN'T FEEL THAT MESSAGE WAS STRONG ENOUGH THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD AREA TO AVOID BECAUSE YOU MAY SET YOURSELF UP DOWN THE ROAD FOR, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS IN GETTING HIRED OR, YOU KNOW, YOUR REPUTATION, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO IN REGARD TO SOME OF THE CONTENT THAT WAS PRESENTED, THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION OF IT.

I BELIEVE I'M ENTITLED TO MY OWN OPINION ON THAT.

OTHER PEOPLE MAY SEE IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UM, THESE WERE THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOING THIS ROUTE.

I RESPECT YOUR POINTS, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I DISAGREE WITH YOU ON MANY THINGS, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONTROL OVER THE CURRICULUM.

WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE THE CONSENT LESSON, RIGHT? AND YOU GUYS PREVIEW THE CONSENT LESSON.

AND WITHIN THE SEXTING THING, UM, WE ALSO WE HAVE HAD LIKE YEARLY THE WHITE HAT COME IN AND GIVE LIKE SPEECHES ON TECH SAFETY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE OR DO ON THE INTERNET WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT YOU IN THE FUTURE FOR JOBS OR JUST TO SEE HOW YOU ARE AS A PERSON.

AND IT NEVER REALLY GOES AWAY.

AND I FEEL LIKE WITH THE ADDITION OF THAT CURRICULUM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WHILE THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT SEXTING IS NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE ENGAGING IN AND YOU ARE FULLY ALLOWED TO HAVE YOUR OPINION THAT TEENAGERS SHOULD NOT BE SEXY PEOPLE.

IF I'M BEING HONEST, I SHARE THAT OPINION.

BUT IT'S THE KIND OF THING WHERE YOU NEED TO BE INFORMED FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.

WHAT IF SOMEONE IS NOT PREPARED TO BE GETTING INTO THIS SITUATION AND THEY ARE GIVING YOU INFORMATION ON HOW TO SAFELY NAVIGATE SITUATIONS THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR OTHERWISE? BECAUSE MANY THINGS ONLINE AND MANY THINGS REGARDING SEX EDUCATION CAN BE DANGEROUS.

AND IF THEY AREN'T ADDRESSED BECAUSE OF FEAR OF.

CRITICISM FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT IT COULD PUT STUDENTS SITUATIONS IN JEOPARDY.

I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT ABOUT THE NRA, AND I FEEL LIKE WHILE I MIGHT NOT PERSONALLY AGREE WITH CERTAIN BELIEFS THAT THEY SHARE POLITICALLY, JUST AS YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH CERTAIN BELIEFS THAT THE PEER COUNSELOR STUDENT PEER COUNCIL SUPPORTS POLITICALLY, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY PREACHING THEIR POLITICS TO THE CLASS, AS SHOWN THAT YOU REVIEW THE LESSON AND IT WASN'T NECESSARILY POLITICS BASED.

I PERSONALLY WOULD BE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH THE NRA TEACHING CLASS ON GUN SAFETY IF WE ALREADY HAD A CLASS THAT WAS RELATED TO GUN SAFETY.

THIS ISN'T A SUPPLEMENTAL THING.

IT'S NOT? OH, YEAH, WE'RE ADDING A NEW CLASS THAT'S TEAM COUNCIL TAUGHT ABOUT HEALTH.

IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF REVISITING AND EXPLORING THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION.

SO APOLOGIES IF ANY OF THAT CAME OUT STRONGLY.

I REALLY DO RESPECT YOUR VIEWS, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF YOU.

NO, I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT ON THAT.

I DO. UM, I JUST COMING AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF I KNOW WHAT THE REACTION OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE TO INVITING AN ORGANIZATION WITH VERY OBVIOUS POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS TO TEACH.

AND THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT MEDICAL EXPERTS AND WE ARE NOT LEGAL EXPERTS.

SO THAT THERE IS LIKE, OKAY, UM, WHERE DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION THEN THAT KEEPS US

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I THINK TWO WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THE STUDENTS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET THE INFORMATION.

UM, INFORMATION IS EMPOWERING, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY FROM A HISTORICAL ASPECT.

WHEN PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND SUCH WAS INVOLVED IN THIS, WE HAVE MORE KIDS BEING OPTED OUT OF THE PROGRAM THAN WE DO AT THE CURRENT WITH THE CURRENT CURRICULUM THAT'S BEING TAUGHT.

AND THAT'S THE CONCERN OF MINE.

IF WE'RE IN OK KIDS OUT BECAUSE OF WHO'S TEACHING IT BOTH, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE BOTH PARTIES ARE TEACHING THE SAME INFORMATION.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT GOING TO CREATE CONTROVERSY, THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW MORE STUDENTS TO GET THAT INFORMATION THAN IF WE PULL IN SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CREATE CONTROVERSY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I APPRECIATED ABOUT IT BEING PEER LED IS THAT PEERS KNOW AND HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE, BUT THEY KNOW ABOUT 60 MORE THAN AN ADULT KNOWS ABOUT SEXY.

THEY KNOW WHAT THE TEENAGERS ARE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN THE ADULTS, BUT THE TEENAGERS ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE EMAIL THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM MR. F IN A POWERPOINT SLIDE.

HE HAD THAT FROM THE YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY.

WASHINGTON STATE, 12TH GRADERS, 47.4% OF THE STUDENTS TAKING THE SURVEY HAD HAD SEX BY GRADE 12.

FERNDALE 12TH GRADERS, IT WAS 53.8%.

SO IT'S HAPPENING.

SEXTING IS HAPPENING.

I ALSO HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT IT BEING THAT IT'S THAT IT'S PLANNED PARENTHOOD BEHIND TEEN COUNCIL.

BUT I ALSO AM THINKING LIKE, HOW DO YOU GET PEERS THAT ARE THAT HAVE AS MUCH TRAINING, 50 HOURS WORTH OF TRAINING WITHOUT HAVING SOME ORGANIZATION BEHIND IT? THE OTHER THING AS FAR AS THE COMMENT ON THE SAFETY CLASSES AND NRA TEACHING GUN SAFETY CLASS, IF WE HAVE I MEAN, WHEN ONE OF MY KIDS WAS IN A FRESHMAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS WE HAD A TRAP SHOOTING OR A SHOOTING CLUB.

I WOULD HOPE THAT PART OF THAT SHOOTING CLUB IS GOING TO BE TEACHING GUN SAFETY.

AND AS FAR AS WHO IS TEACHING IT, I WANT I WANT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST WELL INFORMED AND THAT MY CHILDREN WOULD RETAIN THE INFORMATION, THE BEST TEACHING IT.

SO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE NRA BEHIND IT, YEAH, I PROBABLY WOULD ADD IT ON.

HAVE SOME HAIR STAND UP ON THE BACK OF MY NECK WITH IT.

BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE GUN SAFETY TAUGHT BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT IT RATHER THAN LIKE ME TEACHING IT.

YOU DON'T WANT ME TEACHING IT. I KNOW NOTHING.

UM, SO I HEAR THE CONCERNS OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD BEING BEHIND TEEN COUNCIL.

BUT I ALSO DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE THAT GOES INTO THOSE PEERS AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE PEERS THAT KNOW THAT MUCH AND ARE NOT WELL-TRAINED. SO THEN THAT BRINGS UP THE POINT THAT THEY HAD IT.

THIS PROGRAM EXISTS AND WE WANT IF THEY REALLY WANT THE TEEN, THE PEER PEER COUNSELING, THE PEER TO PEER TEACHING, WHAT'S TO PREVENT THEM FROM GOING AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING A CLASS THROUGH THAT.

THE THING IS, THOUGH, A LOT OF US STUDENTS WHO WOULD WANT TO SEEK OUT THESE PEER LESSONS ON THE SUBJECT LIKE SOME ELEMENTARY TO HEALTH CLASSES IS I HAVE NOT HEARD A SINGLE THING ABOUT A TEEN COUNCIL TAUGHT LESSON OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. IT'S ALWAYS DURING SCHOOL HOURS AT LIKE A BELLINGHAM SCHOOL AND I CAN'T UP AND LEAVE MY CLASSES AT FERNDALE TO GO TO A BELLINGHAM SCHOOL AND LEARN.

AND IF IF THAT'S THE WAY THEY WERE GOING TO OFFER IT, WE NEED TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION.

AND THEN THAT'S ALSO KIND OF.

MOST OF THESE CLASSES ARE TAUGHT FOR FRESHMEN AND FRESHMEN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE.

SO I'M JUST THINKING, WHY DOES A PARENT, PLANNED PARENTHOOD JUST OFFER THESE THINGS ON THE WEEKEND SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE ME? IF IT'S AN ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE, YOU KNOW, WHY LET THEM AND WHY AT THEIR FACILITIES.

AGAIN, NOT EVERYBODY CAN GET THERE AND IT'S.

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I HOPE THAT I THINK THAT I'M JUST GOING TO WRAP UP.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT, OF COURSE I WILL.

THE ECONOMIC CONCERNS AND CONCERNS.

BUT. OKAY, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS LIFE, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.

OKAY. SORRY. THIS IS JUST REALLY QUICK.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AND WHAT I WAS JUST CONNECTING TO WITH THE NOT EVERYONE CAN GET THERE IS IT'S EASIER TO OPT OUT OF SOMETHING THAN IT IS TO OPT IN WHEN THAT THING IS OFFERED IN YOUR AREA.

UM, EVER SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALL OF THE HEALTH CLASSES HAVE HAD A FORM THAT GOES ON.

THE PARENTS ALERTS THEM OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING TAUGHT, AND YOU AND YOUR PARENT TALK ABOUT IT AND DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO BE PRESENT IN THE LESSON.

SINCE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'VE ALSO BEEN OFFERED THE OPTION OF EVEN IF YOU'VE OPTED IN TO THE LESSON, LIKE WITH YOUR PARENT, BY NOT SIGNING THE OPT OUT FORM.

IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE CLASSROOM AT THE TIME, WHETHER YOUR PARENTS SIGN OFF ON IT OR NOT, THERE ARE SPACES THAT YOU CAN GO TO AND LEAVE.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH THIS BEING TAUGHT IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

SO MY QUESTION THERE IS AND WHAT ABOUT FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT BEING TAUGHT BY THE TEACHER THERE AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING PEER TAUGHT THROUGH AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION? AND SO PEOPLE WOULD OPT THEIR KIDS OUT OF THE CONSENSUS AND THEY WOULD THEN NOT GET IT.

HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO THAT? A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOMS, THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR. VINCENT OR WHOEVER ELSE THEIR HEALTH TEACHER HAS IN, AND EVEN IF THEY'RE OPT OUT, IT IS ENSURED THROUGH THE SCHOOL THAT EITHER THEY ARE CAUGHT UP BY A TEACHER OR THEY HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEIR PARENTS AT HOME ABOUT THE INFORMATION.

BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS WHEN YOU'RE OPTING OUT, IT'S IN ALL THE FORMS. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AT SCHOOL, YOU ARE STILL EXPECTED TO ENSURE YOUR CHILD IS WELL PREPARED FOR LIFE IN THE REAL WORLD AND OBTAINS THIS INFORMATION.

AND ACCORDING TO MY CHILDREN, WE LEARN EVERYTHING ON THE SCHOOL BUS ANYWAY.

SO MAYBE IT'S JUST ME.

ANYWAY, IT'S SO GREAT, AND I WOULD JUST LOVE TO WRAP UP.

FIND THE SCIENCE.

AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, INTERPRETATIONS OF IT, IN THE END, I REALLY HOPE THAT OUR ADVICE IS THE SAME SCIENCE.

IT'S JUST HOW WE INTERPRET. AND SO AND THEN THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS KIDS TO DO IT ANYWAY.

I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT ANYWAY.

BUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS PROTECTING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS.

BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE A KID ONCE, AND WHEN YOUR PARENTS TOLD YOU YOU SHOULDN'T DO SOMETHING, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, YOU PROBABLY REALLY WANTED TO DO THAT THING.

AND THAT'S HOW A LOT OF KIDS WORK.

THAT'S HOW A LOT. THAT'S HOW I WORKED.

AND THAT'S HOW A LOT OF MY STUDENTS FUNCTION IS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HIT RESISTANCE, THEY TRY AND TRY UNTIL THEY CAN BREAK.

AND THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH OF HOW A LOT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO ABOUT THEIR LIVES.

AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT.

THAT'S NOT THAT'S JUST WE CANNOT WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT.

THAT'S FOR A LOT OF THEM HERE, LIKE THAT RESTRICTION.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHY? IF YOU WON'T TELL ME WHY, THIS IS SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T DO, I'M NOT GOING TO RESPECT THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS COMPLETELY ARBITRARY.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHY GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION FOR THOSE LIKE, OH, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS SITUATION IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE ME PERSONALLY, I'VE MADE DECISIONS LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

NOT BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID, YOU CAN'T DO THAT, BUT BECAUSE I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE BENEFITS VERSUS THE RISKS AND DECIDED THAT THE RISKS OUTWEIGHED WHAT IT WOULD POSSIBLY BE WORTH TO ME. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE TEACHERS ARE NOT PROVIDING THE WARNING? BECAUSE I THINK YOU PROBABLY DO.

I THINK THE TEACHERS ARE PROVIDING THE WHY.

AND I REALLY RESPECT MR. FENSTERMAN AS A TEACHER.

I'VE LOVED I'VE BEEN IN HIS CLASSROOM AND I'VE LOVED THE WAY THAT HE TEACHES IN THE ENGAGING MANNER.

BUT AGAIN, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO WILL CHECK OUT IF THEY DO NOT FEEL SEEN ENGAGED WITH BY SOMEONE WHO THEY DON'T SEE AS LIKE OTHERED FEELING SEEN AND SUPPORTED BY SOMEONE WHO YOU CAN RELATE TO IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVEN IN LIKE MY PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES, WE LEARNED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON WITH YOUR BRAIN WHERE IF YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO CONNECT SOMETHING TO YOU OR YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO REMEMBER IT. AND WHEN STUDENTS CAN CONNECT WITH PEERS WHO ARE TEACHING THEM THESE LESSONS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO INTAKE THE INFORMATION AND BE ENGAGED IN THOSE LESSONS.

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BUT IT'S ALWAYS A MATTER OF IS THE STUDENT LISTENING? AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE WAY TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN STUDENTS WHOSE DEMOGRAPHIC MAY NOT BE REACH BY THE TEACHER ARE LISTENING.

BY THAT LOGIC, THEN SHOULDN'T WE HAVE STUDENTS TEACHING ALL THE CLASSES? YES. ANY COMMENTS, STEVE? NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.

OKAY, I.

I WOULD AGREE. I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE THE WE'RE DEALING WITH A DEFINITELY A SITUATION OR A TOPIC THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF OPINIONS ABOUT.

THERE'S LOTS OF OPINIONS ON HOW IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT.

YOU KNOW, SO THE QUESTION COMES DOWN TO WHAT DO WE THINK IS BEST? SO THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS POINT.

OR I CAN THROW OUT MAYBE IT'S EASIER IF I JUST THROW OUT THE WE AT THIS POINT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON WHETHER YEAH, I'LL DO THAT TOO.

SO I'M GOING TO PUT FORTH A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT WE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY WE DO IT, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO IT THIS WAY.

THEN WE GO AHEAD AND OPT TO INCLUDE PLANNED PARENTHOOD, THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD TEEN COUNCIL WITHIN OUR HEALTH CURRICULUM.

AND AT THIS POINT, I'LL PUT IT FORTH TO A VOTE OF THE STUDENTS AND AGAIN DOMINATED YOU GUYS ON THE BODY BORROWING PRETTY.

AND I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT.

YOU CAN ALWAYS ABSTAIN.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING TEEN COUNCIL TO THE TEEN COUNCIL PROGRAM TO OUR HEALTH CURRICULUM SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OKAY. SO NOW I WILL MOVE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTES WITH THE SAME MOTION OF WHETHER WE ADD THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD TEEN COUNCIL CURRICULUM TO OUR HEALTH CURRICULUM.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, THE NAYS HAVE IT.

AND AT THIS POINT, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR EXISTING HEALTH CURRICULUM AND NOT ADD PLANNED PARENTHOOD SEEING COUNCIL PROGRAM.

SO. OKAY WITH THAT.

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

BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA.

THESE ARE A GROUP OF ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH TO THE BOARD IN ROUTINE ITEMS. THEY ARE FOUND ON BOARD DOCS.

FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE UNAWARE OF BOARD DOCS, BOARD DOCS IS ACCESSIBLE EITHER DIRECTLY AT BOARD DOCS.COM OR VIA THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE, AND IT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE THIS INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO THE MEETING. AND WE ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THIS AS WITH ONE MOTION AS OPPOSED TO MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS.

SO AT THIS POINT THE CHAIR WILL EITHER ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR A MOTION TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. CAN I. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? OKAY. SO ON THE IMPROVE CONTINUATION OF.

SUCCESS? IS THAT ACTUALLY AN AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER? I THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER AGENCY THAT WAS LIKE SO IS THAT IS THAT 8.011? YEAH. OKAY.

THIS IS A OSCE SPONSORED PROGRAM.

AND THEN THE CONTRACT IS INCLUDED IN IT.

IS THERE A MODEL IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE OTHER? THAT COMES IN PROVIDES THE STRUCTURES.

AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION SOME MINUTES LATER.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH, THIS ONE.

AND I CAN KIND OF ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WHICH I WILL.

OKAY. THANKS.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? WITH THAT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA AS READ.

OKAY, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED.

ARE YOU JUST THE SUPERINTENDENT REMOVED?

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OKAY. OKAY.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT ADOPT BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDA AS.

AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

I APOLOGIZE. I FORGOT THE STUDENT ADVISORY.

I WAS GOING TO SAY ANYWAY, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE OF WHAT MOST OF THAT MEANT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND CHANGES TO SOME OF THE.

POLICIES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

I DO WANT TO THANK.

THANKS, KELLY.

WERE YOU THE ONE THAT PUT TOGETHER THE THE HIGH POINTS FOR THE CHANGE? THANK YOU. THAT WAS MUCH NICER THAN TRYING TO GO.

OKAY. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THESE TWO POLICIES? SO THAT WAS APPRECIATED.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S LIKE A PREVIOUS MEETING.

IT WAS SAID THE STUDENTS DON'T.

ARE CONSENTED. AND MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT.

VERY GOOD. ANYTHING THEY CAN'T SEE, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE.

OKAY. SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE INCLUDED ON THIS.

TO PULL SOMETHING OFF FOR THE SESSION, THEY WOULD ASK.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.

THANK YOU. STILL GETTING USED TO IT.

OKAY, SO THEN THAT TAKES US TO ITEM TEN OF OUR MEETING, WHICH IS ELECTED BOARD MEMBER SHERRI AND LINDA, IF YOU WANT, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

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

AND 25 YEARS AGO TODAY, MY HUSBAND AND I GOT MARRIED.

SO IT'S MY 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

WOOHOO! A BOARD MEETING DIDN'T INTERFERE WITH YOUR BIRTHDAY TOO ONCE.

I THINK THAT WAS. WE WERE INTERVIEWING KRISTI.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. BIRTHDAY.

SO YOU JUST CELEBRATED? YEAH. YOU JUST WANT TO SPEND ALL YOUR HOLIDAYS WITH THE BOARD, RIGHT? YEAH. WE APPRECIATE SHARING ALL THESE KEY MOMENTS IN YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR LIFE.

OKAY. NOT BAD. THANK YOU.

UM, WELL, I.

YOU REMINDED ME.

MELINDA REMINDED ME.

UM, I THINK THAT THE WILDER IS DOING STUFF, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT IF YOU. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE, UH, THE CITY ELECTIONS WAS THE BOARD ELECTIONS AND COMMITTEE ELECTIONS AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTIONS THAT THOSE ARE COMING UP IN OCTOBER.

FILINGS IN SEPTEMBER.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOTING ON THOSE THINGS SOME TIME AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CHECK OUT THE LAWS WEBSITE.

ALSO, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE HANDBOOK FROM WAS FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THE POSITIONS THAT THEY TAKE IN AND THE LOSS OF THE PROPOSED.

UM, IF I DON'T RECALL LINDA NOT RECALL THAT WE DISCUSSED THE BOARD SUPPORTING PARTICULAR POSITIONS UNTIL THEY KIND OF WINNOWED THEM OUT AND THEY WENT TO, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE.

SO MOTIONS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE WAY WE DID IT IS LIKE AS INDIVIDUALS, WE COULD ALL GO THROUGH THE HANDBOOK AND DECIDE LIKE, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO US AS INDIVIDUALS.

AND THEN WE COLLATED THOSE AND LOOKED AT WHAT WE HAD IN COMMON THAT WERE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US.

AND THEN IT CAME DOWN TO THERE WERE LIKE 4 OR 5 POSITIONS THAT GLASGOW THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT, AND US AS A BOARD DECIDED ON TWO OF THEM THAT WE WERE LIKE, YEAH, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND SO WITH THE BOARD CONSENSUS, THOSE WERE THE ONES THEN I LIKE THAT'S MADE COMMENTS ON, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I DID REMEMBER THAT, THAT WE REALLY, UM, SOLIDIFIED THAT FOR THE GENERAL.

SMALL FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

UM, UH, BUT I THINK WE HAD TAKEN BECAUSE AT THE GENERAL.

WELL, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.

AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, AFTER THEY PASSED THEM ALL, THEN THE DELEGATES WILL RANK THEM.

AND SO IT WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT WHICH ONES WE THOUGHT WERE MORE IMPORTANT OR MOST IMPORTANT, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE THE THE LEDGE REPS SOME DIRECTION, SOME DIRECTION AS FAR

[02:20:08]

AND WITH THE MEETING, UM, IT MAKES IT HARD TO KIND OF HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION OF THEM.

SO, I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ANYBODY IN REVIEWING THAT LIST OF SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GO IN AND SUPPORT? I HAVEN'T LOOKED THROUGH IT COMPLETELY YET, SO I'M GOING TO SAY, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T LOOKED FOR IT.

I HAVEN'T LOOKED THROUGH IT EITHER.

SO. WELL, I STARTED TO, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DID NOT GET TO THE END OF THE HALL.

AND MY GENERAL FEELING ON THAT IS IF, LIKE, AS CHRISTIE SAID, IF IT INVOLVES UNFUNDED MANDATES AND GETTING THE STATE TO FUND THEM, I'M ALL FOR THAT.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT WE DO SOMETHING, THEY SHOULD PONY UP.

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT.

BUT SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THERE.

UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING WOULD BE, OKAY, IF I SUPPORT THOSE KINDS OF STANCES.

UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONALLY MY OWN PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BELONGS TO THE REST OF YOU IS THAT IT RETAINS THE LOCAL CONTROL OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

THEN I THINK IT'S WORTH SUPPORTING.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY FEELS THAT WAY, THOUGH.

SO IF YOU DO SAY, JUST SAYING, I'LL DO THAT.

IF NOT, THEN I'LL JUST LEAVE THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE I WANTED TO REPRESENT WHAT THE BOARD WANTS OUT OF THIS.

SO. WELL, AS WE REVIEWED THROUGH THOSE, WE CAN GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, SOME INDIVIDUAL INPUT AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT AS YOU GO. UM, WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS.

WE'RE JUST GIVING INPUT AS FAR AS.

YEAH. AND THEN YOU'RE JUST ONE VOICE.

WE HAD ALL BEEN OUR TOP ONE AND THEN WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER, WE COMPARED WHAT OUR TOP ONES WERE.

THEN I THINK PEGGY, BECAUSE YOU COULD ATTEND THE GENERAL SESSION AND I COULDN'T, YOU TOOK LIKE THOSE AND THAT WE AS A BOARD ALL AGREED WE'RE IN OUR TOP TEN AND AGREED OR BOTH ON THOSE GENERAL.

YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY PLANNING ON DOING AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.

YEAH, I WOULD THINK THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD AT LEAST NEED A QUORUM OF US TO PUT INPUT ON WHAT WE SUPPORT, WHAT WE DON'T SUPPORT IF WE WERE GOING TO CAST A BALLOT AT GENERAL.

SO THEN SHOULD I GO SIT ON MY HANDS OR DO YOU GUYS WANT TO SEND ME AN EMAIL AND PUT.

CAN YOU DO THAT? IS THAT ALLOWABLE? UM, I THINK ANYBODY CAN GO AND NOT VOTE FOR SURE.

YEAH. UM, YOU CAN ATTEND IT AND NOT VOTE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, LIKE, OUR IS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S SEPTEMBER 12TH, 22ND AND 23RD.

IT'S ALWAYS MY ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND.

ANYBODY ANNIVERSARY? ANYTHING YET? YEAH. SO WHY DON'T WE DO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE VOTE ON AS A BOARD OR A DECISION THAT WE MAKE.

UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WITH IT IS WHEN WE HAVEN'T, BECAUSE IT KIND OF FALLS BETWEEN MEETINGS, IT'S USUALLY THE PROBLEM IS WE TYPICALLY GIVEN INPUT TO THE LEDGER JUST AS WE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE READ THROUGH THE THING PROPOSAL AND GET INPUT. OTHERS HAVE SAID, THESE ARE MY TOP.

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE CONSENSUS OF, YES, UNFUNDED MANDATES OR NOBODY'S FAVOR.

UM, BUT THEN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO GIVE YOU INPUT AS TO ONES THAT THEY THINK THAT YOU CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU HEAR, BECAUSE SOMETIMES SOME OF THEM I, AT LEAST MY EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE YEARS HAS BEEN SOME OF THEM DON'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE UNTIL THEY EXPLAIN WHAT THE STORY IS BEHIND IT.

WELL, I KNOW THERE'S ONE OUT THERE THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS ABOUT, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE WEIGHTED VOTING SYSTEM.

THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO DO AWAY.

LEAD VOTING FOR THE LARGER DISTRICTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK COULD BE INTERESTING.

IT'LL BE AN INTERESTING FIGHT.

I JUST WAS WONDERING, WHAT DO YOU GUYS TEED ON THAT ONE? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? WHAT THAT WAS I DIDN'T.

YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S A PROPOSAL OUT THERE TO DO AWAY WITH THE WEIGHTED VOTING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LARGER DISTRICTS LIKE SEATTLE, BELLEVUE.

THOSE GUYS GET GET MORE THAN ONE VOTE BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICTS.

AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A PROPOSAL OUT THERE TO ELIMINATE THE WEIGHTED VOTING.

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OBVIOUSLY, THAT FAVORS SMALLER DISTRICTS.

SO I WAS WONDERING ABOUT YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.

SO THEY DO WANT LARGER DISTRICTS TO HAVE A HIGHER WEIGHTING OR THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH IT.

OH, SO WHEN THEY VOTE ON THAT OR ARE THEY GOING TO WEIGHT THE VOTES? IRONIC, ISN'T IT? YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.

IT'S GOING TO YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE TO WATCH THAT ONE.

WELL, THERE'S ALREADY WATER DISTRICTS ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH POWER.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHY SMALL, LIKE TINY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SCREWED SO WAY.

YEAH, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'LL BE AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.

THIS TIME. I DOUBT SEATTLE WILL BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

JUST DON'T. YEAH WE SORT OF FALL KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE AS FAR AS THE WE DID WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHTED VOTES.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER IS HAVING THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND.

SOME INPUT AS TO THINGS THAT THEY SEE ARE PERTINENT AND SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

AND I'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE WHOLE BOARD ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.

WE DID THAT LAST YEAR AND SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO HOW THOSE DIFFERENT ONES AFFECT US.

THAT WOULD DEFINITELY.

I KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY THAT'S BEEN DEFINITELY VALUABLE BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETIMES THINGS THAT YOU GUYS RADAR THAT WE DON'T PICK UP ON JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOING AGAINST. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, STEVE.

THIS IS GOING TO SOUND GOOD.

DON'T STOP. I'M JUST GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE.

I DON'T. A SPEECH FOR YOU.

BUT I DO HAVE SOME.

COMMENTS FROM. SO I FEEL LIKE THE DISTRICT.

MORALE IS ON THE UPTICK.

I THINK. POSITIVE GOING ON.

A LOT OF SMILING FACES.

I MYSELF AM VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER.

THE SAME WAY. I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES.

I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ISSUES THAT COME UP AND WORK THROUGH THOSE IN A QUALITATIVE WAY.

AND I THINK TO KEEP THE, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IN MIND, I THINK THAT IS TO MAKE THIS UPCOMING YEAR THE BEST YEAR THESE STUDENTS HAVE EVER HAD.

BECAUSE I KNOW LOOKING BACK ON MY SCHOOL YEARS, THERE WERE SOME OF THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE.

AND I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT THAT.

OUR YEARS IN SCHOOL HAD A VERY BIG IMPACT ON OUR LIVES.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY GOAL AND THAT'S WHAT MY WISH FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

THANK YOU. OH.

THAT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD THING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN THAT.

AND I THINK WE SAW THAT THIS MORNING AT THE TEACHERS KICKOFF CEREMONY.

UM, JUST THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN BY THE STUDENTS, BY KRISTI AND BY OUR GUEST SPEAKER, UM, ALL ECHOED THOSE THINGS. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH.

SO, UM, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEKEND TO ATTEND MY MIDDLE SON AND HIS WHITE COAT CEREMONY FOR DENTAL SCHOOL, SO THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.

UM, SO IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS, HE'LL BE ABLE TO FIX ANYONE'S TEETH MONSTER.

I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT. SO THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING AND WAS A FUN TRIP TO SEATTLE.

SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE US ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS

[11. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]

AND THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR TWO STUDENTS.

HOW DO WE DO, GUYS? I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD MEETING.

I ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE JUST I GUESS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE A EVERY SINGLE EVERY THING.

OVER THE PAST COUPLE MORE MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD TO MENTION HOW THINGS ARE TOO LONG FOR CERTAIN THINGS IN THE AGENDA TO SAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO I THINK DEFINITELY IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA BEING MORE PLANNED, WE KEEP HAVING TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE NEED TO DO.

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AND MAYBE IT'S WORTH LOOKING OVER HOW TO ORGANIZE THE AGENDA DIFFERENTLY.

BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD OVERALL.

THERE WAS LIKE ONE INSTANCE OF INTERRUPTING, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY GREAT.

I PERSONALLY ACCEPT MY PART IN MONOPOLIZING THE DISCUSSION A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL, UM.

YEAH, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A REALLY GREAT ROLE TO LIKE OVERALL PERFORMANCE.

OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU.

SO THAT WAS THE QUESTION.

WELL, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR REORGANIZE THE AGENDA, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE THEM? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 0IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT ORDER.

AND WHICH DO YOU THINK? GOOGLE BETTER REALLY BE IN HERE.

OKAY. SO ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THEN AT THIS POINT, THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES TO DISCUSS LEGAL COUNSEL REPRESENTING

[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING OR AFTER THAT SESSION.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THE BOARD INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND FOR 15 MINUTES.

YEAH. I'M GOING TO CALL HER.

OKAY. FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL WITH US, WE'RE BACK FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.