Nov 28, 2023 School Board Meeting

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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER BUSINESS MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD.

[1. CONVENE]

TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS BOTH BITTERSWEET AND EXCITING.

ON A SAD NOTE, WE WILL BE HONORING OUR TWO OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS, TONY AND MELINDA, FOR THE SERVICE THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO THE DISTRICT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL BE WELCOMING TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, ANTONIO AND NANCY, TO THE BOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE THEY WILL BRING TO THE BOARD DURING THEIR TERMS OF SERVICE.

REGARDLESS OF WHO IS ON THE BOARD, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

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

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

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

JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE NEW.

YOU KNOW WHERE THE EXITS ARE.

IT'S THE SAME DOOR THAT YOU CAME IN.

IF ANYONE NEEDS TO USE THE RESTROOMS, THEY'RE OUT THE HALL AND OR OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND TO YOUR RIGHT, AND YOU'LL FIND THEM UP THERE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING.

AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

AND FOR THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KWABENA.

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

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

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

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

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

THANK YOU. SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

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

I NEED TO ASK A QUESTION FIRST.

DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE DO HAVE A QUORUM IN THE SENSE OF STEVE, YOURSELF AND I, AND WHAT WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY DONE WHEN IT'S COME TO A MEETING LIKE THIS WHERE WE ARE SWITCHING, THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SERVED UNTIL THE POINT WHERE THE OTHERS ARE SWORN IN.

AND SO THAT'S TRADITIONALLY HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN HANDLED.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM TO START THE MEETING.

SO THIS IS TRUE.

I JUST WAS WONDERING IF YOU'D ALREADY TAKEN YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.

IF YOU. I HAVE NOT YET.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE TRANSITION PART OF HOW THAT HANDLES.

I'M. YES, I'M STILL SERVING OUT MY LAST TERM UNTIL I AM SWORN IN TO MY NEW ONE.

OKAY. SO THEN, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, AS FAR AS OFFICES GO TOO, DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD, YEAH, THAT WOULD TAKE EFFECT WHEN WE DO THE REORGANIZATION AS PART OF THE AGENDA.

OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICY 1210, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR OWN POLICY.

AND IF YOU'RE CERTAIN THAT THAT IS THE WAY THAT IT WORKS, THEN AS BEST WE CAN DETERMINE, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO INTERPRET IT.

BUT POLICY 1210 SAYS THAT WE INTRODUCE THE BOARD AND THEN REORGANIZE AFTER THE

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THOSE MEETING MINUTES ARE PART OF THE AGENDA.

SO ACTUALLY, IF ANYTHING IS VARYING FROM THE THE POLICY, IT'S SWEARING IN THE NEW MEMBERS EARLY IN THE MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS WHERE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES ALWAYS SHOW UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS.

AND SO OUR POLICY SAYS THAT WE DO THAT AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES.

AND SO UNLESS WE'RE MOVING THOSE MINUTES UP TO THE BEGINNING, THEN WHICH WOULD BE GOING OUT OF CHARACTER AND OR OUT OF OUR TYPICAL STANDARD AGENDA, THEN WE WOULD, THAT THEN HAVING THAT AFTER BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT, SORRY, I'M LOSING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

HAVING IT AFTER THAT, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED IS WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOOD AND WE WEREN'T CONDUCTING SOMETHING IN A FASHION THAT COULD COME BACK TO BITE US LATER.

SURE. NO, WE LOOKED AT THAT AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE REORGANIZE AND MOVE THAT CONSENT AGENDA, LIKE I SAID, THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE CONSTRUED IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY WOULD BE WHEN WE'RE DOING THE SWEARING IN OF THE OFFICERS.

BUT AGAIN, WE WANTED TO HAVE OUR SWEARING IN OF THE NEW MEMBERS, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT SO THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO SERVE FOR THE MEETING.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE AGENDA? UM, I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE PUT ON THERE FOR THE ONES THAT WERE PUT ON THERE FOR ADOPTION, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

3205 AND 3210 OKAY.

ARE THOSE THE ONES? THOSE ARE THE ONES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I THINK.

WHICH NUMBERS? EXCUSE ME. I WAS NOT 3205 AND 3210.

UH OH.

THEY'RE IN. THEY'RE NOT IN.

SO THOSE ARE ON PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED CHANGES WITHIN THEM THAT ARE RELATED PRIMARILY TO RCW CHANGES, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS THEM AT THAT TIME AND OR PULL THEM OFF IF YOU'D LIKE.

PEGGY, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE DOING THE AGENDA PLANNING, THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT YOU AND KEVIN WERE WRESTLING WITH, AND YOU BOTH MADE THE DECISION TO PUT THEM THERE, KNOWING THAT IF YOU WANTED TO, YOU COULD HAVE YOU CAN STILL HAVE THE DISCUSSION EVEN IF IT'S IN CONSENT AGENDA.

AND IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN PULL THEM OFF.

BUT THAT WAS THE YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO DECIDE.

YEAH, I KNOW IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE LIKE YOU SAID, LIMITED CHANGES.

I JUST WAS WONDERING TOO, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT I DIDN'T.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS JUST I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANTED THAT WE WERE WRESTLING WITH THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S CHRIS AND I PUT THEM THERE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DECISION THAT YOU BOTH MADE.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO PULL THEM OFF, WE CAN EASILY HAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR A MONTH AND WE CAN DISCUSS THEM AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND IF WE DETERMINE AT THAT POINT THAT THERE'S WE NEED TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY, WE CAN ALWAYS PULL THEM OFF AT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THOSE AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK IT OVER.

SO COULD WE CLARIFY WHAT ITEM NUMBERS THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE? SURE. THAT IS PART OF 9.03, WHICH IS APPROVED POLICY REVISIONS AND 3205 AND 3210 ARE IN THERE.

AND IF YOU RECALL FROM OUR LAST MEETING, OUR PLAN OR KIND OF OUR GENERAL RULE OF THOUGHT WAS IF THEY'RE JUST RCW UPDATES AND CHANGES AND OR LANGUAGE THAT ISN'T CHANGING THE INTENT OR SIGNIFICANTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, SOMETIMES IT'S A TYPOGRAPHICAL CHANGE OR, YOU KNOW, A DEFINITION CHANGE.

THEN WE WERE GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF THERE WAS MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, SUCH AS WHAT WE SEE IN THE OTHER POLICIES, WHICH GIVE ME A SECOND, FOR INSTANCE, 1400, 3207, 4060 AND 5009.

THEN WE HAVE THEM WHERE THEY'RE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND AT A FIRST READING, COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN APPROVED, IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, AFTER ANY DISCUSSION OR ADOPTED, DEPENDING ON.

OKAY. SO ALL THOSE RESIDE UNDER 9.03.

CORRECT. THE THE TWO 3205 AND 3210 DO JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE PUT THEY WERE LUMPED TOGETHER IN THE CONSENT

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THOSE OTHER FOUR ARE UNDER ITEM SEVEN THE POLICY UPDATES WITHIN THE AGENDA WHERE THEY'RE LISTED SEPARATELY OKAY.

THANK YOU. YEP.

SO IF I'M NOT HEARING ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA OR SUGGESTIONS FOR THAT, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO A MOTION OR A VOTE ON ACCEPTING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, THEN WE'VE ADOPTED THE AGENDA AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH SUCH.

SO FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS ITEM 3.01, WHICH IS TO HONOR OUR OUTGOING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

[3. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING DIRECTOR COOL FOR HER COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I CAN TELL YOU, AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH STUDENTS, THEY HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR ADVOCACY AND JUST HOW INVOLVED YOU'VE BEEN, AND IT TRULY HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO LEARN FROM YOU AND TO SERVE ALONGSIDE OF YOU.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU TONIGHT.

YEAH. YOU'RE OUTGOING.

SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SUPER SHORT BECAUSE I SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

NO, I WANT TO SAY THAT THINKING OF LIKE HIGHLIGHTS OF BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CRAP, A LOT OF CRAP. THIS WAS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR WHEN I FILED IN MAY OF 2019.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WITH A FAILED LEVY, AND THEN WE GOT COVID AND THEN WE GOT IN TELCO AND THEN WE GOT A TRAIN WRECK, WHICH I REMEMBER GETTING THAT TEXT JUST KIND OF WENT LIKE, AH, THIS IS A TRAIN WRECK.

RESPONDING TO A TRAIN WRECK WITH LIKE, NO BIG DEAL IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN BAD.

THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR.

BUT THE HIGHLIGHT, THE HIGHLIGHT OF BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD BY FAR, WAS THE STUDENTS THAT I GOT CLOSE WITH.

AND BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE ONES THAT I GOT CLOSE WITH ARE THESE TWO AND AVNEET AND KONG.

AND I'M BLANKING.

JAZZIE. THANK YOU.

I WROTE THEM DOWN BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I'M GOING TO JAZZIE SEEING.

STUDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DEVELOP INTO THEIR ROLES WAS I AM HOPING, JUST LIKE A WHAT'S THE WORD? A SYMBOL OF WHAT ALL FERNDALE STUDENTS CAN DO.

HOW THEY CAN DEVELOP IN THEIR OWN ROLE.

I GOT TO SEE YOU GUYS CLOSE UP.

AND GABBY, YOU ONLY FOR A FEW MONTHS, BUT HONESTLY.

THE HIGHLIGHT DEFINITELY IS WATCHING THE STUDENTS DEVELOP INTO WHAT THEY ARE MEANT TO BE.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS VERY MUCH.

I WOULD SAY THE ADVISORY VOTE.

DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR THE ADVISORY VOTE.

WHOEVER SERVES AS SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT AND ALSO STUDENTS ON OUR COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCE.

STUDENT VOICE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THE STUDENTS ARE THE EXPERTS IN BEING A STUDENT.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE THINK WE KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS THEY DO.

SO THANK YOU.

SO TONI JEFFERSON WAS UNABLE TO COME TONIGHT.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK TONI.

WE WILL MEET UP WITH HER AND I'LL BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER IN PERSON.

BUT I LEARNED PERSONALLY IN THE TIME THAT SHE WAS HERE, I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HER.

AND AGAIN, SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR KIDS CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

AND SO WE JUST.

GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATION OF THE TIME THAT SHE SPENT HERE, DEDICATING HOURS AND HOURS TO OUR STUDENTS.

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SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AT THIS TIME? NOT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT, BUT DON'T WANT TO DEPRIVE YOU OF THE OPPORTUNITY EITHER, OTHER THAN I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, MELINDA.

IT WAS FUN AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO CONSULT WITH YOU FROM TIME TO TIME, JUST TO GET AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE.

THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND TO SAY THAT.

YOU KNOW, AT TIMES THIS IS A VERY THANKLESS JOB.

AND IT'S VERY COMMENDABLE THAT YOU TOOK TIME OUT TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

SO MY HEART FELT THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTING BOARD MEMBERS.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR THESE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE BOARD WITH YOU GUYS, AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW MUCH I HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU.

AND I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL WE GET TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON AND INTERACT, BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL PRETTY GREAT MENTOR FIGURES.

THANKS. YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT GABBY'S SAYING.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH MELINDA AND TONI, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I GOT TO SERVE WITH PEOPLE WHO I THOUGHT REALLY CARED AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THEY'RE ON THE BOARD AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I GOT TO SERVE WITH THEM.

SO. I JUST WANT TO AGAIN ECHO WHAT THE BOARD SAID, THANKING BOTH TONI AND MELINDA FOR THEIR SERVICE. THE SCHOOL BOARD POSITION IS NOT EXACTLY ALWAYS LOTS OF PUPPY DOGS AND UNICORNS AS THEY SAY.

THERE'S LOTS OF HARD MOMENTS.

MELINDA AND I HAVE BEEN ON VARYING DEGREES OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT THROUGHOUT, AND I'M HAPPY THROUGH THAT, WE'VE HAD BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUR COMMON GROUND AND ALSO FIND A RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER.

TONI HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH TIME TO DO THAT WITH, BUT APPRECIATED THE PERSPECTIVE THAT SHE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN THE SHORT TIME THAT SHE WAS HERE.

SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN.

WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO AGAIN TURN IT OVER TO KRISTI FOR HER TO SWEAR IN OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND RETURNING BOARD MEMBER. I GUESS I SHOULD SAY SO.

OH, I'M GOING TO USE THIS.

OKAY, SO, NANCY, CAN I START WITH YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT OVER HERE BY THE FLAG.

CHRIS, IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. OKAY.

I HAVE A LOT OF HOLDING HERE.

OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO READ IT AT THE SAME TIME? JUST. AM I GOING TO? YES. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS.

IF YOU NEED THEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME, I, NANCY BUTTON, DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND THE POLICIES OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 502, AND THE POLICIES OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 502 DURING MY TERM.

DURING MY TERM, I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES.

I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY IMPART MY RESPONSIBILITIES.

I'M SORRY. DISCHARGE.

DISCHARGE MY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

OF THE OFFICE TO THE BEST OF.

CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S OKAY.

DR. KEVIN ERICKSON.

NANCY, I TOLD YOU, WE'RE A TEACHING AND LEARNING ORGANIZATION SO WE CAN JUST STUMBLE THROUGH THINGS.

SO THANKS FOR GIVING ME SOME GRACE.

OKAY. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I, DOCTOR KEVIN HARRISON.

I, DOCTOR. KEVIN ERICKSON, DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE

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DURING MY TERM.

DURING MY TERM, I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES.

I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

OF THE OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

THERE WE GO. HELLO, ANTONIO.

WELCOME. YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT WITH ME.

OH, THIS IS IT.

WE'RE TEACHING A LEARNING. YEAH, WE GOT THIS.

OKAY. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I ANTONIO MACHADO.

I ANTONIO MACHADO.

I FORGOT MY READERS.

DO DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

AND THE POLICIES OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 502, AND THE POLICIES OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 502.

DURING MY TERM.

DURING MY TERM, I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES.

I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

OF THE OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A SHORT TEN MINUTE RECESS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GET SOME PICTURES, AND WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE REORGANIZATION UP HERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT, LIKE I SAID, A TEN MINUTE RECESS, AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE MEETING AS PER THE AGENDA.

SO IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET PICTURES AS FAR AS FAMILY MEMBERS, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO ALSO ASK, WE HAVE YOUR PAPERWORK AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU SIGN THAT TO OFFICIAL.

OFFICIAL OKAY.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE BACK INTO OUR MEETING.

SO AGAIN AN OFFICIAL WELCOME TO ANTONIO AND NANCY.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU GUYS SEATED ON THE BOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD DOING THE DISTRICT'S BUSINESS.

SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

WE WERE JUST RECENTLY SOME OF US AT THE CONFERENCE, AND I WAS GETTING RIBBED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LENGTH OF MY SPEECH, AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE READ THEIR PRE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE MINE WAS SO LONG.

SO I APOLOGIZE AND PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, BUT PUBLIC COMMENT IS A TIME WHEN THE BOARD IS ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND AND IMPORTANT TO THEM.

IT'S NOT A TIME OF DISCUSSION, IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.

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

BUT AGAIN, IT'S 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 BE, MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

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

PLEASE NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD.

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

WE ROUTINELY HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS EACH MONTH, AND ASSIMILATE A WIDE RANGE OF INPUT ON DISTRICT ISSUES.

WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INVITE THEM TO USE WHATEVER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH TO DO SO.

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND OR TALK TO US AFTER THE MEETING.

WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, A FEW REMINDERS ABOUT OUR PUBLIC COMMENT POLICY.

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

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

THIS IS REQUIRED AS WELL.

THE TOTAL ALLOTTED TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS 45 MINUTES.

SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

EACH SPEAKER'S TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN THEY STEP TO THE PODIUM AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

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

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

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

SPEAKERS WILL ALSO BE DISCOURAGED FROM SPEAKING RELATED TO EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH EMPLOYEE UNIONS, SEPARATE CHANNELS EXIST TO ACCOMMODATE THESE CONCERNS PURSUANT TO BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.

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

IF A SPEAKER HAS ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTS FOR THE BOARD, THEY CAN BE PLACED ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AFTER THE MEETING.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

OUR STUDENTS, NOT ONLY THOSE SITTING WITH US, BUT OTHERS DISTRICT WIDE, ARE WATCHING HOW WE ADULTS TREAT EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE MEETING.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN ALL MODEL THE RESPECTFUL DIALOG AND DISCOURSE THAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM THEM, AS THEY ENGAGE IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE ISSUES THAT THEY FACE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.

SO WITH THAT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST TONIGHT IS MELINDA COOL.

MELINDA COOL, 6180 GROUSE CIRCLE, FERNDALE, WASHINGTON.

IN YOUR VOTER PAMPHLET STATEMENTS, YOU ALL SAID YOU VALUED QUALITY EDUCATION, AS ANY BOARD MEMBER HOPEFUL WOULD SAY.

YOU ALSO CITED ACCOUNTABILITY, HOLDING THE DISTRICT TO HIGH STANDARDS AND PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE LAST THREE.

ACCOUNTABILITY. A SIMPLE WAY TO SHOW THIS IS TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

PLEASE LOOK FIRST AT THOSE LAWS THAT PROTECT AND SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH PROTECTING STUDENTS, THEIR EDUCATION, THEIR PRIVACY, THEIR RIGHTS AS PEOPLE, EVEN IF IT GOES AGAINST YOUR OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS.

ALSO, GET TO KNOW THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FROM YOU ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THAT INCLUDES COMPLETING TRAINING THAT YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND DISCLOSING PERSONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT YOU'D RATHER NOT.

FINALLY, THE LAWS THAT PROTECT YOU SHOULD ALSO BE OF CONCERN, BUT I WOULD HOPE ONLY AFTER YOU SERVE THE STUDENTS AND THE CONSTITUENTS.

PLEASE AVOID FOCUSING THE DISTRICT'S TIME AND RESOURCES ON YOU.

DIRECT THEIR FOCUS AND YOURS TO THE STUDENTS FIRST ALWAYS.

HIGH STANDARDS, OF COURSE, WE ALL WANT FERNDALE STUDENTS AND STAFF TO PERFORM TO THEIR HIGHEST ABILITY.

WE STRIVE TO HIRE AND RETAIN THE BEST.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR KRISTI DOMINGUEZ, HAS REINVIGORATED THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SHE HAS RETAINED THE EXPERTS ON OUR TEAM, LIKE IN OUR BUSINESS FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND REALLOCATED AND RECRUITED MORE EXPERTISE IN AREAS THAT NEEDED IT, LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION, HUMAN RESOURCES AND MENTAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS MAKING CHANGES IN STAFFING AT THE SCHOOLS.

WHEN YOU ARE GRAPPLING WITH ISSUES IN THESE AREAS AND OTHERS, YOU ARE BOUND TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT.

SOME OF IT WILL BE PLENTIFUL, FAST TALKING AND PREPARED WITH A LOT OF THOUGHT AND ENERGY.

LISTEN TO THAT INPUT OF COURSE, BUT DO NOT SUBSTITUTE THAT INPUT FOR THE EXPERTISE OF THE FERNDALE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF.

DO NOT THINK THAT ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS MORE EXPERTISE THAN THE TRUE EXPERTS OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DO NOT BE FOOLED THAT THE LOUD AND PERSISTENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR THE STUDENTS OF FERNDALE.

DO NOT WASTE THE TIME OF THE EXPERTS IN THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT BY CHOOSING TO VALUE THOSE LOUD VOICES OVER THEIRS.

THOSE LOUD VOICES MAKE MISTAKES.

THEY HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE CONSTITUENTS, AND THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT HOLD THE INTERESTS OF ALL FERNDALE STUDENTS.

THOSE LOUD VOICES ARE NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND YOU, I HOPE, ARE NOT THEIR PUPPETS.

AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE LAST POINT PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY.

HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD.

WHAT VOICES ARE MISSING? HOW WILL YOU WELCOME INPUT FROM THOSE PEOPLE? HOW WILL YOU SHOW THEM THAT THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD AS A WHOLE DOES VALUE ALL OF ITS STUDENTS, ALL OF ITS FAMILIES, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY? WHICH OF YOU WILL BE A CONDUIT FOR THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE THAT HOLD A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN YOU? AND WITH THAT, DR.

DOMINGUEZ, I WISH YOU WELL AND HOPE THAT YOUR SUCCESS IN FERNDALE CONTINUES TO GROW BECAUSE THAT WILL ONLY HELP OUR STUDENTS AND TO THE BOARD PLEASE TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WILL FEEL THE EFFECT OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE BETH PERRY.

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THE YOU BELONG CAMPAIGN IS GREAT, AND I THINK ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF TEACHING CHILDREN THAT THEY BELONG HERE AND NOT HAVING TO FIT IN IS A FANTASTIC IDEA, AND I COMMEND DR.

DOMINGUEZ FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

BUT AFTER KNOCKING ON A THOUSAND DOORS IN MY CAMPAIGN AND TALKING TO PARENTS, I FIND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WE'RE TA LKING ABOUT HER A COMMON THEME BULLYING ISSUES WERE GOING UNPUNISHED AND CONTINUE.

ONE PARENT SAID TO ME, I THINK THE CAMPAIGN IS GREAT AND DR.

DOMINGUEZ IS GREAT AS WELL, BUT I DO NOT THINK THE TEACHERS ARE ON BOARD WITH IT.

I HEARD THIS SEVERAL TIMES, SELENA RODRIGUEZ SAID IN THE RECORD JOURNAL OP ED IN AUGUST OF 2022.

YOU BELONG AS F FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S THEME.

WHEN WE SAY THAT WE MEAN IT, OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT, STAFF MEMBER, AND COMMUNITY MEMBER WILL FEEL ACCEPTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AS I HAVE BEEN OBSERVING THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM HERE AND I BELIEVE IT'S AT THE TOP.

YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TOXICITY IN YOUR STAFF.

YOU SAW A BOARD MEMBER BLASPHEME AND SLANDER ANOTHER APPLICANT HERE.

SHE WAS TOLD TO APOLOGIZE.

SHE DID NOT.

THAT'S WHAT THE COMMON THING YOU HAVE A CHILD DO, IF THEY HAVE A CONFRONTATION, IS YOU TELL THEM TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE IT SHOWS HUMILITY.

SHE WOULD NOT. THAT'S A BULLYING TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.

I SAW IT AS WELL AS A CANDIDATE.

THERE WAS OTHER PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL WHO SAT IN THIS ROOM AT THE MENTAL HEALTH FOR CHILDREN.

LATER ON, CALLED ME SOME NASTY NAMES THAT WOULD GET THIS MICROPHONE CUT.

SHE DIDN'T USE MY NAME, BY THE WAY, BUT WE KNEW WHO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

BUT I HAVE GIVEN YOU TWO EXAMPLES.

AND IN THE SOUTH THEY SAY IF YOU SEE TWO COCKROACHES, THERE'S 50 MORE YOU DON'T SEE.

AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TOXICITY IN YOUR STAFF, AND CRAP FLOWS DOWNHILL AND THE CHILDREN ARE GETTING IT AT THE BOTTOM. WHEN THEY ARE BULLIED, THEY FEEL TOTAL DEPRESSION.

THEY WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO FIT IN, TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG.

AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, THESE ARE CORE MEMORIES THAT CHILDREN WILL TAKE INTO WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU HAVE SOME TOXICITY IN YOUR TEACHER LOUNGES, IN YOUR BOARDROOMS AND OTHER PLACES, AND YOU NEED TO STAND UP AGAINST THAT, AND IT WILL ALWAYS FLOW DOWNHILL.

POSITIVITY OR TOXICITY? SO I CHALLENGED THE BOARD AND DR.

DOMINGUEZ TO REALLY WORK ON THIS, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T WORK ON THIS HERE AND WITH OUR STAFF, THEN THIS IS JUST A POSTER AND IT'S JUST T SHIRTS AND IT MAKES US FEEL BETTER, LIKE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING.

BUT IF YOU DON'T, IT'S JUST POSTERS, JUST T SHIRTS.

IT GOES, KIDS FEEL IT.

NOBODY HELPED THEM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BETH.

NEXT IS DOM PHAM.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAN PHAM AND I IDENTIFY MYSELF AS A FERNDALE RESIDENT AT 6000 BAR ROAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN MY REMARKS WITH WELL WISHES FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, NANCY AND ANTONIO.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE DOCTOR ERICKSON FOR YOUR REELECTION ON YOUR REELECTION.

THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD IN JUST TWO YEARS SIGNIFIES THAT A CHANGE IN DIRECTION FOR THE DISTRICT IS BADLY NEEDED.

I WOULD INTERPRET THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION AS FOLLOWS.

FIRST, THE CURRENT SPENDING TREND IN THIS DISTRICT IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND MUST BE REVERSED.

WHILE STUDENT PERFORMANCE NEEDS SERIOUS REVAMPING.

THE FACT THAT 85% OF THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL BUDGET IS CONSUMED BY STAFFING COSTS TELLS YOU THAT THE CURRENT PRIORITIES ARE UPSIDE DOWN.

I HAVE HEARD OF THE JUSTIFICATION THAT MOST OTHER DISTRICTS OPERATE THE SAME WAY, BUT THAT IS AN EXCUSE FOR DOUBLING DOWN ON THE STATUS QUO AND DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

FUNDAMENTALLY SPEAKING, THE DISTRICT'S GREATEST, GREATEST FAILURE LIES IN THE POOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE AMID RECORD HIGH PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE, PROPERTY TAX AND SCHOOL BUDGET.

NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY GET ONLY 15% OF THE FUNDING, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO CRUMBS ON THE TABLE.

AND I'M SAYING THAT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SECOND, AN ISSUE RELATED TO FUNDING IS THE COMPARATIVE GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS NATIONWIDE.

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AND THIRD, THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO REVERT BACK TO ITS CORE FUNCTION OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND STAY AWAY FROM POLITICAL DISTRACTIONS AND TOXIC INDOCTRINATION.

FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ON TRACK TO BE TRANSFORMED FROM AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION TO A ONE STOP SHOPPING CENTER FOR ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS.

I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE QUICK AND EASY TO CORRECT THE DISTRICT'S COURSE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT HAVING NEW BOARD MEMBERS WITH FRESH IDEAS AND STRONG COMMITMENTS TO QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN WILL SERVE AS THE RIGHT FORMULA FOR SUCCESS.

KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY TACKLING ONLY A FEW OF THOSE ISSUES AND IGNORING THE REST BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERRELATED.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE DAYS OF BUSINESS AS USUAL ARE OVER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOM.

NEXT IS ANDREW GUSTAFSON.

ANDREW GUSTAFSON, 1730 LABOUNTY.

BUT CLEARLY I ALSO LIVE RENT FREE IN THE HEAD OF THE FIRST COMMENTER.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS THAT I QUESTION WHETHER THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD ADEQUATE TIME TO ACCESS OR REVIEW.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT YOU'D BE TAKING FINAL ACTION ON ANY OF THEM TONIGHT.

FOR EXAMPLE, ITEM 701 POLICY 1400 MEETING CONDUCT AND 704, POLICY 5099 CIVILITY, WITH THE NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LIBEL AND SLANDER ARE BOTH POLICIES THAT ARE MISSING THE LEGAL REFERENCES AND THE INCORPORATION AT THE BOTTOM OF NEW YORK TIMES V SULLIVAN, THE 1964 LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE DECIDING AND HOLDING THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH PROTECTIONS LIMIT THE ABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIKE YOURSELF TO CENSOR SPEECH OR SUE FOR DEFAMATION.

EXCERPT FROM JUSTICE BRENNAN.

AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A PROFOUND NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT DEBATE ON PUBLIC ISSUES SHOULD BE UNINHIBITED, ROBUST AND WIDE OPEN, AND THAT IT MAY VERY WELL INCLUDE VEHEMENT, CAUSTIC, AND SOMETIMES UNPLEASANTLY SHARP ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE TONE AND DELIVERY OF THE COMMENTS YOU JUST RECEIVED FROM LINDA COOL.

ONE OF THE CORE REQUIREMENTS OF LEADERSHIP IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOTH YOUR OWN ACTIONS AND THE ACTIONS OF THOSE THAT REPORT TO YOU, EVEN WHEN THEY SCREW UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SCREW UP. LEADERS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MISTAKES.

THEY APOLOGIZE TO THE STAKEHOLDERS THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR, AND THEY REMOVE THE PEOPLE AND THE FIX THE PROCESSES THAT CAUSED THE MISTAKES.

AND THEY EXPLAIN TO THEIR STAKEHOLDERS HOW THEY WILL AVOID MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES IN THE FUTURE.

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY HAVE BEEN SORELY LACKING IN THESE MEETINGS FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF RARE BRIGHT SPOTS THAT I RECENTLY OBSERVED IN MY SIX YEARS ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS.

WHY JUST THIS YEAR, WHEN A DIRECTOR VIOLATED THE BOARD'S CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE OTHER AGGRIEVED BOARD MEMBERS TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC ON HER BEHALF, THAT WAS A GRACIOUS AND MAGNANIMOUS DEMONSTRATION OF LEADERSHIP BY DIRECTORS CHILDS, ERICKSON AND UPPIANO, AND I APPLAUD YOU.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN DECISIONS MADE, ACTIONS TAKEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS BY THIS DISTRICT AND BY INDIVIDUALS STILL IN THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WERE WRONG IN THE MOMENT AND REMAIN WRONG TO THIS DATE.

GOOD STAFF WERE PUSHED OUT OR BULLIED OUT OF THEIR JOBS OR OUTRIGHT FIRED FOR REFUSING AN ILLEGAL DIKTAT.

SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED.

KIDS WERE CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE THEY WERE DEADLY CARRIERS WHO WOULD KILL GRANDMA AND TEACHERS.

AND THE LEARNING LOSSES WILL HAVE A GENERATIONAL IMPACT.

THESE MISTAKES REMAIN OPEN WOUNDS.

THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED PUBLICLY BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD.

LIKE DIRECTOR ERICKSON JUST SAID, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

EVEN THOUGH MANY OF YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN THEY HAPPENED, YOU ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE.

NOT JUST FOR THE APOLOGIES AND THE RESTITUTIONS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE TO THE VOTERS AND THE TAXPAYERS HOW YOU'LL BE AVOIDING THOSE MAKING THOSE SAME MISTAKES. AGAIN. YOU WILL FACE ANOTHER COVID 19 TYPE EVENT.

YOU NEED A PLAN NOW ON HOW YOU WILL RESPOND.

THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE WISE TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE QUIET BLOCK OF VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT, VOTERS WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP TO COMMENT AT THREE HOUR BOARDINGS LIKE THIS, BUT FAILED TO BOND TWICE BEFORE NARROWLY APPROVING IT, WHO FAILED TO LEVY BECAUSE OF A BROKEN PROMISE, WHO UNSEATED LONGTIME INCUMBENTS IN 2021 AND WHO PUT TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS IN THOSE SEATS TONIGHT, YOU'D BE WISE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WISHES OF THOSE CONSTITUENTS.

THANKS. THANK YOU ANDREW.

SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENT DOES NOT END WHEN THIS TIME IS OVER.

ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS CONTACT INFORMATION IS UP AND AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, AND SO FEEL FREE AT ANY POINT TO CONTACT US WITH ANY THOUGHTS AND THAT YOU'D LIKE TO

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

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GO AHEAD. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A FEW UPDATES.

IT'S KIND OF ACTUALLY, OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE STEALING THE SHOW TONIGHT WITH UPDATES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, IF YOU REMEMBER EARLIER THIS, IT WAS WAS IT IN THE SPRING WE APPROVED I'M KIND OF TIME IS COLLAPSING ON ME BUT WE APPROVED THE REQUISITION OF THE. AMERICAN LEGION.

OH MY GOSH.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO TRINA, WHO IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THAT SPACE IS GOING TO BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TRANSITIONS.

AND SO I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PROCESS.

THANK YOU. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ON TRACK FOR OUR COMMUNITY TRANSITION STUDENTS AND STAFF TO MOVE INTO THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING ON JANUARY 3RD WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK.

THIRD, FOURTH, SECOND.

WE'LL COME BACK. WE'RE HITTING IT OUT OF THE PARK HERE.

THE MONDAY THAT WE RETURNED FROM WINTER BREAK.

TUESDAY. TUESDAY? YEAH. WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT TIME? I'M THERE WITH YOU. WHEN WE RETURNED FROM BREAK, OUR COMMUNITY TRANSITION.

STUDENTS ARE 18 TO 21 YEAR OLD STUDENTS WHO STAY WITH US FOR UP TO THREE YEARS AFTER THEIR TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

AND THANKS TO MARK AND JAMIE AND OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND SOME PARTNERSHIPS, WE ARE DOING SOME COSMETIC CHANGES, MOSTLY TO THE BUILDING, AND WE'LL HAVE 31 STUDENTS AND THE STAFF THAT WORK WITH THEM BEGINNING THERE RIGHT AFTER BREAK.

AND PART OF THE SMALL RENOVATION FOR THE KITCHEN WILL BE DONE SHORTLY AFTER THE MOVE IN, BUT THE REST SHOULD BE READY FOR THEM TO MOVE IN.

YES. AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT UP AND GOING, I JUST I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THE BOARD TO COME SEE THE SPACE, HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS AND SEE I JUST I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE FACT IF YOU ONCE I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I DON'T EVEN THINK I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN BACK TO MY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IF I HAD LEFT HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU TOLD ME I'M GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION FOR FOUR YEARS.

AND SO JUST WHAT A GIFT THIS IS TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEY ARE QUITE EXCITED.

I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM ONE IN PARTICULAR WHO CANNOT WAIT TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN WHERE HER JOB IS, AND BE ABLE TO GET SUPPORT AND HAVE A SPACE THAT FEELS LIKE THE EXPERIENCE OF HER PEERS.

SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS.

LAST WEEK, THERE A TEAM OF US AND YOU CAN SEE OUR TEAM PHOTO THERE.

WE GOT TO GO TO THE WSSDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.

I HAD A GREAT TIME AND I'M HOPING HE'LL SHARE THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT KWABENA IS ON THE RIGHT AND HE'LL, ARE YOU GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT? OKAY, I'LL JUST TELL A TINY BIT AND THEN YOU CAN SHARE ON YOUR PART.

DEAL. WE WERE SO PROUD OF HIM.

WHEN HE'S ON THAT STAGE, IT IS IN A BALLROOM THAT IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE, AND KWABENA HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE FIRST STUDENT PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND WASHINGTON STATE HAS THE LARGEST.

I KNOW IT'S A BIG DEAL.

SO HE WAS UP THERE JUST OWNING THE STAGE.

WASHINGTON STATE HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS IN THE NATION, AND SO HE IS GOING TO HE AND GABBY, THEY WERE THEY WERE LEADING THE WAY.

PRETTY SOON THEY STARTED WITH US.

AND THEN BY DAY THREE WE KEPT SAYING, WHERE ARE THEY? AND THEY'D BE UP FRONT MANAGING THE CROWD.

SO ANYWAY, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO SEE.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME AWARD WINNING STAFF THAT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO CELEBRATE.

WE HAVE THE WASHINGTON MUSIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ELEMENTARY MUSIC EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR, LORI BIANCO.

AND THEN IF YOU DID NOT GET TO GO, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST ANNUAL LIBRARY.

WHAT WAS THAT CALLED? THE LIBRARY.

WELL, YEAH, BUT IT WAS THE THERE WAS AN ACTUAL TITLE.

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AND TO HONOR AS GOLDEN APPLE EDUCATOR AWARDS, AND ALL THREE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS THEY HONORED WERE FERNDALE TEACHERS.

AND SO THAT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR ALL OF WHATCOM COUNTY.

IT WAS, WE TOOK HOME ALL THE AWARDS.

AND THIS IS INTERESTING.

WE THE BOARD HAS NOT BEEN OUT TO BEACH.

I'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU OUT THERE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 40 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND BEACH AND IF YOU GO IT'S JUST AMAZING.

BUT THE PLAYGROUND IS A VERY LARGE SPACE AND THERE WASN'T ACTUALLY A FENCE.

AND SO WHERE THE PLAYGROUND DUTIES WOULD STAND, THEY WOULD HAVE TO POSITION THEMSELVES IN ONE SPOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE KIDS WERE RUNNING.

AND SO AFTER SOME DELIBERATION, WE PUT UP A FENCE ALONG THE ROAD, WHICH SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME, BUT IT HADN'T BEEN.

AND SO THANKFUL TO THE ADVOCACY AND WORKING WITH THE STAFF.

WE HAVE A NEW FENCE UP AND PROVIDE SOME MORE INDEPENDENCE TO OUR STUDENTS OUT THERE AT BEACH.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

IT'S NICE, ISN'T IT? YEAH. AND THEN FERNDALE ATHLETICS.

WE ARE HEADED INTO THE WINTER SEASON.

THE FALL SEASON WAS A HIGH SUCCESS.

OUR SOCCER, OUR VOLLEYBALL, FOOTBALL, THEY ALL TENNIS, ALL HAD AMAZING SEASONS.

NOW WE HAVE BOWLING GOING UNDERWAY, WHICH I DO PLAN TO GO WATCH.

I'M IN AWE OF PEOPLE WHO CAN BOWL.

THAT IS JUST NOT MY GIFT.

AND SO I AM HOPING TO LEARN SOME TRICKS.

AND THEN WE HAVE SWIMMING STARTING.

WE DID HAVE ONE SWIMMING SEASON AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW ONE.

STARTING THE GIRLS BASKETBALL HOME OPENER FOR IS FRIDAY NIGHT AND BOYS BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING IS STARTING.

AND SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW FOR MYSELF AND THE STUDENTS AND I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU AT SOME GAMES.

AND THEN OUR CHESS CLUB.

AND ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, I WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL DURING LUNCH, WHICH I USUALLY STAY DOWN IN THE COMMONS AREA.

BUT THIS DAY I WENT UP TO THE LIBRARY, AND THE LIBRARY WAS FILLED WITH STUDENTS PLAYING CHESS AND EATING LUNCH.

AND AS I WAS TALKING TO THE STUDENTS, THEY WERE LIKE, OH, WE LEARNED TO PLAY CHESS THROUGH THE CHESS CLUB AT DIFFERENT LEVELS THROUGH THEIR CAREER.

AND SO OUR CHESS TEAM ACTUALLY JUST PLACED FOURTH OUT OF 2016 STATEWIDE.

AND SO I KNOW AND SO IT'S REALLY FUN TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT IT.

AND SOME OF THEM LEARNED BACK IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CHESS CLUB.

AND SO TO SEE THAT PASSION FOR CHESS GROWING AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SPACE DURING LUNCH FOR EVERYONE AND THAT LIBRARY IS PACKED.

I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ADDING A FEW MORE TABLES.

OH, AND THEN WE HAVE.

DO YOU HAVE? WE'LL LET YOU.

WE'LL LET WE'LL COME BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO I'M GOING TO LET KWABENA START.

DO YOU WANT TO START WITH YOUR UPDATE? YOU CAN COME SIT UP HERE THOUGH.

YEAH, JUST COME BE PART OF THE GROUP.

YES. SO I WILL SAY I'M MORE OF AN OVERARCHING THEMES GUY AND NOT LIKE A FACTS GUY.

SO I DON'T HAVE A MOST OF THE SPECIFICS GABY HAS.

SO SHE'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT THE WSSDA CONFERENCE.

BUT BASICALLY MY TAKEAWAYS, MY TAKEAWAY FROM IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A BIG WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOL BOARDS TO KIND OF IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS.

AND THERE WERE VARIOUS DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTERS FROM HOW TO CONDUCT YOUR MEETINGS TO FROM STUDENT VOICE TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBERS COULD CHOOSE TO LEARN ABOUT.

AND YEAH, IT WAS REALLY IT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.

AND THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE NETWORK WAS THE LARGEST ONE THEY HAD EVER HAD.

THEY HAD OVER 100 BOARDS THAT HAD STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES AND I THINK THERE WERE LIKE 130 STUDENT REPS THERE ALONE. SO IT WAS VERY, OVER 150, YEAH, OVER 150 STUDENT REPS THAT WERE THERE.

SO IT WAS THE LARGEST TURNOUT FOR STUDENT REPS.

AND YES, AS DR.

DOMINGUEZ SAID, I WAS NAMED THE STUDENT REP NETWORK CHAIR, WHICH IS BASICALLY JUST WHERE THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES CONVENE OVER A ZOOM CALL, AND THEY TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO EITHER BRING TO THE BOARDS OR HELP CREATE LANGUAGE SO THAT THEIR BOARDS CAN LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEM.

THE ADVISORY VOTING POLICY WAS ACTUALLY CREATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STUDENT REP NETWORK, WHICH WAS REALLY WHICH IS SOMETHING JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING

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MY JOB, AT LEAST FOR NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW POSITION, WILL JUST BE TO HELP FACILITATE MEETINGS AND TO GET INPUT FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL BOARD REPS.

UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND SO LIKE I SAID, AN OVERARCHING THEMES GUY AND I DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING BUT.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AT LEAST WE ARE STARTING OUR HOLIDAY SEASON AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY JUST TODAY WE'VE FIGURED OUT ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT HALL DECORATING, WHICH IS IT'S GOING TO BE A THE COMMONS AREA.

SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING, SAY YOU'RE LIKE DRIVING NORTH TOWARDS VISTA, YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE NORTH AND YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK TO THE RIGHT, AND YOU SHOULD SEE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LIKE HOLIDAY THEMES AND PAPER AS YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THE BUILDING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE.

IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE COMMON AREA.

THAT'S THAT BIG OPEN AREA, AND WE'RE GOING TO DECORATE THAT WHOLE SPACE.

EACH CLASS HAS A DIFFERENT SECTION, AND THE JUNIORS AND SENIORS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE MAIN SECTION IN THE MIDDLE.

YEP. YEAH. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAFETERIA.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

AND WE FINALLY GOT ALL THE DETAILS DONE.

AND THEN I GUESS I'LL GIVE THE WEATHER UPDATE.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS, PROBABLY MOST OF YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS, BUT THERE IS NO SNOW IN THE FORECAST.

UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AND CHECKING EVERY MODEL RUN FOR HOURS.

EVEN THE EXTENDED ONE THAT IS BARELY ACCURATE HAS SHOWN NO SNOW.

AND THIS IS JUST BECAUSE WE'RE IN A VERY WE'RE IN A, WE'RE JUST IN A PATTERN WHERE THE WEST COAST IS GETTING A BUNCH OF WARM AIR, AND THE EAST COAST IS GETTING ALL THE COLD AIR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE.

THAT'S JUST TYPICAL FOR THIS KIND OF SEASON WE'RE IN, IN TERMS OF THE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES OUT IN THE PACIFIC AND ALL THAT STUFF.

BUT THE FREEZING FOG WAS VERY INTERESTING.

I WILL SAY THE SCIENCE BEHIND FREEZING FOG WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY COOL BECAUSE IT THERE'S A LOT OF COOL STUFF GOING ON EVEN THOUGH IT'S NO SNOW.

SO YEAH.

OKAY, SO IF IT'S MY TURN FOR SHARING, THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THIS MIGHT BE A WHILE. I'M SORRY.

UM, THERE WERE A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO COVER.

FIRST OF ALL, THE WAS THE CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 16TH TO 18TH.

I PERSONALLY HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME, AND I THINK THAT WE DEVELOPED A LOT OF LONG LASTING FRIENDSHIPS WITH STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HOW THEIR BOARDS ARE SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN, BOTH IN FUNCTION AND IN.

COMPOSITION. AND THEN I THINK THIS WILL ALSO THOSE FRIENDSHIPS WILL LEAD TO FURTHER COLLABORATION BETWEEN US AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A GROUP CHAT AND I'M ON THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE NETWORK EMAIL CHAIN NOW.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR NEW FRIENDS.

AND I THINK THAT, LIKE I'VE SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF LEARNING AT THE VARIOUS BREAKOUT ROOMS IN THE CONFERENCE, AND I FELT LIKE AT LEAST THE ONES I WENT TO, THERE WAS A LOT OF EMPHASIS THIS YEAR ON EQUITY, ELEVATION OF STUDENT VOICE AND STRATEGIC ADVOCACY.

UM, AND THEN I ALSO REALLY ENJOYED BONDING WITH SOME OF OUR BOARD, BUT I WAS REALLY INSPIRED BY ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS MADE BY STUDENTS IN THE YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT ELEVATING AND SUPPORTING STUDENT VOICE, AND ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO OPEN SOME TIME WITH A LESSON TO BOARD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT HOW TO BEST SUPPORT AND ELEVATE STUDENT VOICE.

SO I MADE A LITTLE POWERPOINT BECAUSE I LOVE MAKING POWERPOINTS, AND I GUESS IT'S TIME TO PRESENT THAT.

SO FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PUT IN THEIR INFORMATION AND OPINIONS.

AND SO IT'S A LOT LIKE A UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING, WHICH I KNOW IS EMPLOYED IN A LOT OF FERNDALE CLASSROOMS. AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND EXPRESS THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND SO DIFFERENT CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND USING ESPECIALLY ARE EMAIL SURVEYS, STUDENT INTERVIEWS, AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OR ONE ON ONE MEETINGS AND SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE BIG COUPLE THAT I WOULD STRESS.

THANK YOU. HAD TO FIGURE OUT CANVA TO MAKE THAT LITTLE GRAPHIC, BUT I THINK IT'S CUTE.

AND SO ONE OF THE BIG THEMES EXPRESSED AT THE CONFERENCE WAS THAT STUDENTS SOMETIMES FEEL FRUSTRATED WITH AND LOSE TRUST IN GOVERNING BODIES OR ADULTS IN THEIR LIFE WHEN THEY FEEL THAT THEIR ATTENTION TO STUDENT VOICE IS PERFORMATIVE AND IS NOT BEING ACTED ON.

AND YEAH, YOU'RE ASKING US FOR OUR OPINION, BUT IT'S TO SAY THAT YOU CARE ABOUT STUDENT VOICE, NOT TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS US HOW WE THINK IT SHOULD.

AND SO WHEN POSSIBLE, AND WHEN IT ALIGNS WITH YOUR DISTRICT GOALS, I WOULD RECOMMEND ACTING ON STUDENT INPUT WHEN POSSIBLE.

AND THEN BECAUSE OR AT LEAST IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT THEN NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

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AND SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM STILL FEEL HEARD, I RECOMMEND EXPLAINING WHY THEIR REQUEST OR IDEA CANNOT BE PUT INTO MOTION AT THIS TIME.

SUGGEST A COMPROMISE IF POSSIBLE, AND IF EVEN A COMPROMISE CAN'T BE MADE, THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND CONTINUING TO INVOLVE THEM IN THE PROGRESS OF THAT PROJECT AND KEEPING THEM UPDATED ON THE ISSUE AND, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, ALLOWING SOME DEGREE OF CREATIVE CONTROL, ENCOURAGING THEM TO SPEAK UP AND INVITING THEM TO COLLABORATE ON OTHER ISSUES.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST REHASHING THE INVITE PEOPLE.

THERE IS MORE VOICE WHEN THERE'S SPACE MADE FOR THEM TO SPEAK.

FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST.

THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD ROLE WAS NOT AS VOCAL AS IT IS NOW, AND THAT'S BECAUSE BOARD MEMBERS LIKE DR.

ERICKSON AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES PAVED THE WAY, LIKE KWABENA, FOR US TO HAVE MORE SPACE TO SPEAK AND PUT OUR VOICE OUT THERE.

AND SO WHEN OPPORTUNITY IS CREATED AND BARRIERS ARE REMOVED, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM DIVERSE GROUPS.

AND THEN SO OUR PLAN ON THIS YEAR IS I'VE NOTICED AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE YAKIMA SCHOOL BOARD OF THE WANNSEE CONFERENCE, THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE A LOT OF INTERACTION AND REPRESENTATION TO THE DISTRICT FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD AS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, IT'S OUR JOB TO IMPROVE OUTREACH AND GATHER OPINIONS FROM ALL THE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE HIGH SCHOOLERS.

AND WHILE I FEEL HIGH SCHOOLERS HAVE A LOT OF VOICE IN OUR CURRENT LIKE SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT PROCEEDINGS, I PLAN TO ESPECIALLY THIS COMING YEAR.

I THINK I'M GOING TO WORK ON LOGISTICS OVER WINTER BREAK AND COME INTO THE NEW YEAR IN JANUARY WITH A PLAN, ESPECIALLY SECOND SEMESTER.

BUT I KNOW THAT KWABNA AND I, FOR LEADERSHIP, VISIT CASCADIA.

I HAVE CONTACTS AT CENTRAL SKYLINE, EAGLE RIDGE, VISTA, HORIZON, AND I WANT TO START VISITING MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, SOMETIMES WITH BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, AND ASK STUDENTS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY LIKE AND WHAT'S HARD FOR YOU, AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT EASIER FOR THEM.

I THINK THAT POSTING SURVEYS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION TO GET STUDENT INPUT, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO FIND GROUPS SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU CAN TARGET FOR INFORMATION ON THINGS THAT AFFECT THEM.

AND THEN I THINK IT'D ALSO BE NICE TO FIND A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT STUDENT EXPERIENCES, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD GIVE VALUABLE INPUT IF THEY WERE ENCOURAGED, BUT THEY DON'T SEE MUCH OF A POINT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THEIR MIND, SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT, VIEWED EITHER AS THE COMMUNITY BY THAT, OR THE REWARD IS NOT WORTH THE RISK.

AND SO LOOKING AT SOME WAY TO INCENTIVIZE THAT AT STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS TO GET THEIR INPUT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

AND THEN IT'S DONE WITH THE POWERPOINT.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE LITTLE UPDATES.

PERSONAL STUFF.

MY LITTLE BROTHER STARTING VOLLEYBALL LACROSSE AT SQUALICUM BECAUSE FERNDALE DOESN'T HAVE A LACROSSE TEAM.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S GETTING WORKED ON.

IT'S OKAY. UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE HOLIDAYS BECAUSE I LOVE MY FAMILY AND OUR TRADITIONS.

AND ALSO SCHOOL FESTIVITIES ARE REALLY GREAT.

LIKE I MENTIONED, HALLWAY DECORATING GETTING FIGURED OUT IS REALLY GREAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN ASSEMBLY ON DECEMBER 8TH I THINK IS A PEP ASSEMBLY STYLE, AND WE DO RIGHT.

BUT I JUST LEARNED TODAY THAT WE HAVE TO SING.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT TO LEAD INTO.

SO CLAUDIA AND I, WE'RE NOT JUST ON THE STUDENT BOARD.

HE'S OUR EXECUTIVE PUBLICITY DIRECTOR FOR ASB, AND I'M THE JUNIOR CLASS PRESIDENT.

AND WE WERE INFORMED TODAY THAT AS PART OF THE ASSEMBLY, IT'S PART OF SCHOOL SPIRIT.

WE WITH OUR A'S BE HAVE TO EACH GROUP OF ASB.

SO THE FOUR CLASSES AND THEN EXECUTIVE HAVE TO PUT ON A LIP SYNC AND DANCE TO A HOLIDAY SONG FOR THE ASSEMBLY.

AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ENTERTAINING IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME WATCH, I'M SURE BOARD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR VOLLEYBALL END OF THE SEASON CELEBRATORY BANQUET ON THE EIGHTH AS WELL.

AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH MY TEAMMATES.

THANK YOU. I WILL QUICKLY ADD THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A LIP SYNC BATTLE BACK IN APRIL OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, AND WE BEAT THE UPPERCLASSMEN, SO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM WILL DEFINITELY BE BRINGING THAT BACK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES YOU GET TO GO AFTER THAT.

NO POWERPOINT. I'M SORRY.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO MAKE A POWERPOINT.

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I'VE GOT. I THINK IT'S PRETTY EXCITING STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR CITY RIGHT NOW.

MOST RECENTLY, OUR FERNDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ACCREDITED FOR HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF POLICING.

THIS WAS A PROFESSIONAL, OBJECTIVE AND DEMANDING AUDIT THAT EXAMINED BEST PRACTICES, ACCOUNTABILITY, ORGANIZATIONAL DISCIPLINE, AND PERFORMANCE.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM.

SECOND, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1ST JOIN THE FERNDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WHATCOM COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT SEVEN FOR THEIR ANNUAL COMMUNITY TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY FROM 5 TO 6 P.M. AT THE RIVERWALK PARK.

AND FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, HEAD DOWN TO PIONEER PARK FOR THE FERNDALE HERITAGE SOCIETY.

30TH ANNUAL OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION FROM 4 P.M.

TO 9 P.M.. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER BEEN THERE.

IT IS AWESOME.

WE HAVE TAKEN OUR BOYS FOR YEARS, AND THEY STILL LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO CHECK OUT THE DIFFERENT CABINS.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND.

THORNTON OVERPASS GRAND OPENING EVENT 12 P.M.

FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY, SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL ENJOY HAVING THAT OPEN.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW MEMBERS.

I'M EXCITED YOU GUYS ARE HERE AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE YOU GUYS BESIDES BEING ON CITY COUNCIL, I WORK AT VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ANYTIME YOU GUYS WANT TO COME IN AND OBSERVE TEACHERS, CHECK OUT THE LUNCH ANYTIME.

PLEASE COME IN. YOU CAN CALL ME AT THE MAIN OFFICE.

I CAN SET IT UP FOR YOU.

WE WANT YOU THERE. WE WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS AND AND TO OFFER ANY KIND OF INPUT WE CAN DO.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. AND IF I CAN JUST MENTION QUICKLY.

RUMOR HAS IT THAT SOMEBODY AROUND THIS TABLE MIGHT BE SINGING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AT THE PIONEER FERNDALE HERITAGE.

SORRY, NANCY. DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT.

OKAY. IF I LOOKED AT THE PROGRAM CORRECTLY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SATURDAY NIGHT? BOTH NIGHTS. OKAY.

OH. IT'S NOT REALLY MY TURN TO SPEAK.

THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE INFORMAL.

OKAY. YEAH.

LET'S SEE. THE NON-STOP CAROLERS IS A GROUP THAT WILL BE PERFORMING SATURDAY AT 5:00 IN THE CHURCH.

AND THEY'RE A PRETTY AWESOME A CAPPELLA CAROLING GROUP THAT MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE SINGING WITH.

AND THEN IF ANYONE'S STILL THERE AT 8 P.M.

AT EIGHT ON BOTH NIGHTS, NOBODY ELSE WOULD FILL IN THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT I WAS TASKED WITH SUPPLYING FOR THINGS.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAD CAROLING IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME AND CAROL WITH ME.

AWESOME. I WILL ALSO ADD THAT THIS FRIDAY THE BAND WILL BE AT PIONEER PARK AS WELL, AND ON SATURDAY THE MARCHING BAND WILL BE PLAYING AT THE OVERPASSES GRAND OPENING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST LEARNED TODAY BECAUSE HE HAD TO GAUGE INTEREST AND SO ENOUGH PEOPLE CAN GO.

I WAS IN THE BAND CLASS WHEN IT HAPPENED.

SO YEAH, COOL.

IF WE'RE ON THAT, THE CHOIR WILL BE THERE ON ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THOSE UPDATES.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A LITTLE INFORMAL AND IMPROMPTU.

WE THROW THINGS OUT JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, 6.01 IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

[6. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]

AND SO IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO HEAR HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

AND FOR THIS I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RILEY AND TAKE IT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOT BE SINGING ANYWHERE, ANY TIME, IN CASE ANYBODY CARES.

ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

TYPICALLY, I KIND OF JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.

BUT BEING THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE NEW MEMBERS, KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF INFORMAL.

SO FEEL FREE TO INTERJECT, ASK QUESTIONS AT ANY POINT, STOP ME, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

SO WHEN THE BOND WAS PASSED IN 2000 EARLY 2019, PART OF THAT BOND PACKAGE WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT GROUP THAT WOULD KIND OF MONITOR ALL THE BOND RELATED WORK, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND SCHEDULE WISE, AND THEN ALSO KIND OF ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC.

SO WE MEET MONTHLY, GO OVER ANYTHING FROM BUDGETARY STUFF TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SCHEDULES, WORK PROGRESS,

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SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR FORMAT.

WE'RE A BOARD ORGANIZED GROUP, SO WE KIND OF OPERATE UNDER THE SAME GUIDELINES AS THE BOARD WE DO.

WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS, TWO ALTERNATES, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL MAKEUP OF OUR OUR COMMITTEE.

WE'VE BEEN OPERATING ESSENTIALLY SINCE MAY OF 2019 AND ARE LOOKING TO CLOSE OUT STRONG PROBABLY HOPEFULLY PROBABLY MID NEXT YEAR TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL KIND OF JUST GET INTO THE REPORT AGAIN.

FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AND INTERRUPT ME IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UP ITEMS FROM LAST REPORT.

LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING TO PROBABLY CLOSE OUT WORK SHORTLY AFTER A CLOSE OUT.

OUR WORK AS A COMMITTEE SHORTLY AFTER THE PHYSICAL WORK AND FINANCIAL KIND OF PIECES ARE ALL WRAPPED UP.

WITH THE BOND WORK TOWARDS THE SECOND QUARTER NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER A FINAL REPORT TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD BASED ON OUR, WORK IN YEARS PAST, AND WOULD ASK THAT THE BOARD MAYBE TAKE SOME TIME TO PUT TOGETHER KIND OF AN OUTLINE OF WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE THE STRUCTURE THAT TYPE OF THING WOULD BE WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.

SO WE'RE NOT WE KIND OF HAVE A TARGET GOAL OF WHAT TO PUT IN THAT FINAL REPORT.

BUT AGAIN, LOOKING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, APRIL, MAY JUNE TIME FRAME 2024 FOR THAT.

SO. THE OTHER ITEM IS JUST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

I, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE BOARD OR I'M ON THE COMMITTEE.

SO I HAVE A BIASED OPINION, BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN VALUABLE.

AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT SOME, SOME TYPE OF OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BE UTILIZED IN THE FUTURE.

WITH ANY BOND WORK, IT COULD LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND SCOPE.

BUT DEFINITELY IF THERE'S MULTIPLE PROJECTS OR CMGC WORK, IT SEEMED TO BE A NATURAL FIT FOR THAT TYPE OF OF CONTRACT AND THAT TYPE OF BOND STRUCTURE.

SO MOVING ON TO KIND OF OUR KIND OF KEY FUNCTIONS, IF YOU WILL PRIMARILY OR FIRST IS SCHEDULE.

SO EVERYTHING IS ESSENTIALLY BEEN MAINTAINING SCHEDULE SINCE THE BEGINNING.

HITTING DATES WITH A MONTH OR TWO PLUS OR MINUS, JUST WITH HOW THINGS WORK WITH TRANSITIONING KIDS AROUND AND STAFF AROUND.

SAME THING. CTE, YOU KNOW, IN THEORY, COULD HAVE BEEN OPENED A LITTLE BIT SOONER, BUT MADE MORE SENSE TO DO IT RIGHT AND TRANSITION DURING BREAK.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT LAST PIECE BEING OPENED UP AFTER SEMESTER BREAK.

AND THAT'LL BE THE LAST MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT TO TO BE TURNED OVER TO STAFF AND STUDENTS WITH JUST SOME MINOR MINOR WORK TO COMPLETE.

AND THEN I GUESS THE LAST LINE ITEM ON THAT SCHEDULE WOULD BE SOME OF THE INTERIOR WORK AT THE PERFORMING ARTS, WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PULLED OUT OF CORNERSTONE'S CONTRACT.

IT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE DISTRICT AND CSG DIRECTLY TO NOT INCUR ANY ADDITIONAL OVERHEAD AND COSTS FROM CORNERSTONE TO MANAGE THAT PAST THEIR CONTRACTUAL COMPLETION DATE.

SO.

BUDGET WISE, THAT IS PRIMARILY BEEN OUR FOCUS THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

JUST WITH THE WORK HEADING DOWN TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE, EVERYTHING'S GETS A LITTLE TIGHTER AT THE END.

SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THE BUDGET.

THERE'S A LOT OF FORMS AND TABLES THAT KIND OF WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT THAT I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO, IF YOU'D LIKE.

BUT BIG PICTURE WISE, WE HAVE HIT THE ABOUT $115 MILLION MARK ON, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT WILL BE ABOUT 130 AFTER THE BOND DOLLARS PLUS INTEREST ACCRUED AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO WE'RE ABOUT 90 PLUS PERCENT OF THE WAY SPENT.

WE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A FINANCIAL SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HAS MET THREE TIMES OUTSIDE OF OUR BOND COMMITTEE MEETING TO DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER

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I DON'T KNOW, NUTS AND BOLTS, COMPONENTS THAT AREN'T.

THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN OUR FULL GROUP MEETING ALLOWS, SO THAT'S BEEN GOOD.

THE DISTRICT'S GOT INPUT FROM US.

THE THREE PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR HOW TO HANDLE SOME THINGS, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PRESENT SOME THINGS IN MORE DETAIL TO US FOR SOME BETTER UNDERSTANDING. SO THAT'S BEEN GOOD.

THE OVERALL CONTINGENCY BUCKETS, WHICH I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT EVERY QUARTERLY REPORT ARE ESSENTIALLY SPENT IN IN FULL ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE AT THIS POINT SO.

WE'RE OPERATING OFF OF THE THE DISTRICT HELD CONTINGENCY BUCKET, IF YOU WILL, WHICH IS B EING SPENT, BUT THERE'S STILL RESERVES IN THAT BUCKET.

AND OVERALL THE MAIN HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY UNDER UNDER BUDGET OVERALL, IF YOU WILL, WHICH IS ALLOWING SOME EXTRA FUNDS TO BE REALLOCATED TOWARDS THE PACK AND BRINGING THAT BUILDING UP TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE EXACT SAME STANDARD AS A NEW BUILDING.

BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY FUND KIND OF THE UNFUNDED ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE BOND, PLUS A FEW ADDITIONAL ITEMS AT THAT BUILDING THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BRING THAT BUILDING TO A, YOU KNOW, AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET IT TO EQUAL TO A NEW BUILDING.

SO, SO ROUGHLY, THERE'S BEEN ABOUT $3.5 MILLION ADDED TO THE PACK WORK. FROM THE OVERALL HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT SO.

THERE IS A GENERAL SUMMARY REPORT I'D PROBABLY WANT TO EXPLAIN FOR YOU GUYS, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE.

OH, MINE MINE'S BLACK AND WHITE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IF YOU GUYS HAVE THAT IN YOUR REPORT.

SO THIS IS A REPORT THAT CSG HAS, HAS MADE FOR US THAT ESSENTIALLY TRACKS ALL COSTS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.

THE DISTRICT IS AWARE OF ON THE PROJECT, BOTH EXPENDED AND AND POTENTIAL AND TRACKS IT AGAINST THE OVERALL.

OVERALL MONEY ON HAND, IF YOU WILL, AND GIVES US A BALANCE.

SO RIGHT. AS OF THIS MONTH WE'RE TRACKING TO HAVE A $950,000, ROUGHLY AS A BALANCE WHEN ALL WORK IS SAID, DONE AND COMPLETED. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A KIND OF ALL IN COST EXPENDED AND PLANNED FOR KIND OF WORST CASE SCENARIO.

IF YOU WILL. WHICH IS GOOD.

WE STARTED THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT'S ACTUALLY TRACKED TO THE POSITIVE.

SO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IT THIS WAS THIS NUMBER WAS ABOUT $750.

MOVED TO $900.

AND THEN THIS LAST MONTH IT'S IT'S AT $950.

SO I WOULD EXPECT YOU KNOW, NOW THAT MOST EVERYTHING IS BOUGHT OUT AND PLANNED FOR THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF I ASSUME THERE'LL BE A FEW MORE CHANGES, BUT THAT NUMBER SHOULD HOPEFULLY HOLD FAIRLY STEADY AND NOT MAYBE GO DOWN.

IT'LL PROBABLY GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS THE PROJECT WRAPS UP, BUT HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT NUMBER WHERE IT'S AT AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THE ALL THE SCOPE THAT WE WANT TO GET DONE THAT WAS PROMISED AS PART OF THE BOND GETS DONE AND GETS DONE UNDER THAT, THAT OVERALL NUMBER SO.

THAT IS THE FINANCIAL SIDE.

UM, AND LASTLY, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DASHBOARDS AND A CASH FLOW CHART AND SCHEDULES THAT ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

THE BOND UPDATE, I STILL THINK, IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING THAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE W ITH REGARDS TO THE BOND.

I LOOKED AT THE LAST ONE, IT WAS 232, SO FOR 232 WEEKS THERE'S BEEN A REPORT COMING OUT AS WHAT HAPPENED THAT WEEK.

AND THEY'RE ALL THERE TO LOOK BACK ON IF YOU WANT TO HISTORICAL RECORD, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO WE DO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE DON'T GET QUITE AS MUCH IN OUR LITTLE GROUP, BUT WE ARE THERE AND AND WE DO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS

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AT THAT TIME. SO I DID PUT IN THE REPORT BEING THAT WE'RE HEADING DOWN TO THE FINISH LINE.

I MEAN IT. YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE VIEW THE PROJECT CRITICALLY AND WE ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS AND, AND AND WE'RE MAYBE PERCEIVED AS A LITTLE BIT CRITICAL.

THERE'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR.

I MEAN, JUST LOOKING BACK ON APPROVING A BOND IN FEBRUARY OF 2019 AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND KNOWS THE IMPACTS OF COVID AND SUPPLY CHAIN AND COST AND EVERYTHING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT AND STILL MAINTAIN THE BUDGET AND STILL MAINTAIN ALL THE PROMISES FROM 2019, I THINK IS A TESTAMENT TO THE GROUP THAT GOT PUT TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY FOCUSED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, KNOWING WHAT THE MISSION WAS AND KNOWING THAT THIS THING COULDN'T FAIL.

SO I REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AS TOUGH AS WE ARE ON, ON, ON KEN AND MARK SOMETIMES AND JAMIE WITH QUESTIONS AND.

IT'S BEEN [INAUDIBLE] MIRACLE TO DO WHAT, THIS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, OR WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THIS BOND MONEY.

SO I THINK TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE INCREDIBLY HAPPY WITH THE VALUE THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN OUT OF THEIR DOLLAR.

AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS IS A MODEL, YOU KNOW, TO BE USED TO BE USED MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP THE HIGH SCHOOL, A BIT OF GOOD NEWS ON THE KIND OF CRITICAL, CRITICAL SAFETY, SECURITY CRITICAL MAINTENANCE COMPONENT.

THAT WORK HAS BEEN ABOUT 90% COMPLETE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.

BUT LITTLE ITEMS TO COMPLETE AND WRAP UP AND LOOKING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT $175,000 UNDER BUDGET ON THAT OVERALL WORK, ABOUT $5 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.

SO. AND WITH IT, WITH THAT UNDER BUDGET, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WEREN'T ACTUALLY PART OF THE BOND WITH REGARDS TO MAKING SURE ALL THE HVAC CONTROLS ALL MARRIED UP DISTRICT WIDE, THERE WAS FOR SOME REASON, THERE WAS HOLES IN A COUPLE COUPLE BUILDINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO.

AND THERE'S THERE'S SOME HOPE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL ENTRYWAY AND, AND SOME OTHER KIND OF COSMETIC WORK WITH THAT FUNDING THAT WAS KIND OF HOPED FOR BUT HELD OFF ON SO, SO GOOD NEWS ON THAT FRONT AS WELL.

AND THEN I THINK THAT'S IT GENERALLY WE ARE, YOU KNOW, QUARTERLY.

SO I'LL PROBABLY HAVE ONE MORE HOPEFULLY GLOWING REPORT TO GIVE YOU GUYS FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN IT'LL PROBABLY JUST BE TOWARDS THE FINAL.

BUT I WOULD HOPE.

YEAH, FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR.

WE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT WHAT'S ALL GOING TO SHAKE OUT WITH THE BOND WORK SO.

WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL THANKFUL, SO I'LL GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY AND JUST FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON MOVING FORWARD.

I REALLY LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR A CONTINUING OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE.

IF THERE ARE ANY FUTURE LIKE BOND THINGS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY STUDENTS CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE BOARD AND IF NOT, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO IT? WE DO NOT.

AND WE I THINK.

WHO WAS THE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER LAST YEAR? JAZZIE REACHED OUT TO I THINK WE HAD REACHED OUT TO ERIC ABOUT SEEING IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO BE ON IT.

I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A STUDENT ON IT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S. UM, I MEAN, I'LL TAKE THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF TIMELINE WISE IF WE'RE NEEDING ONE, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA FOR A FUTURE.

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AND I REMEMBER YOU INVITED A COUPLE OF US IN TO JUST GIVE UPDATES ON WHAT WE THOUGHT OF THE NEW SCHOOL, I THINK END OF LAST YEAR, AND THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.

BUT IF YOU'D LIKE.

AND IF I COULD GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, IF THERE'S FUTURE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THINGS, I'D BE TOTALLY HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO CTE ARCHITECTURE, OR FINANCE INTERESTED STUDENTS AND SEE IF THEY'D LIKE TO LEARN SOMETHING AND JOIN THE BOARD, THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND WE DO HAVE, LIKE, MATH IN THE MODERN WORLD AND FINITE MATHEMATICS CLASSES AT FERNDALE.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE A REALLY NICE, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT'S LIKE LIKE A WORKSHOP, I DON'T KNOW, WORK STUDY, I DON'T KNOW, [INAUDIBLE] CAREER PROGRESSION, I GUESS.

SO JUST SOMETHING THAT CAN TIE INTO LIKE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE.

SO THAT'S I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT IDEA.

YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD.

THAT DOES MIRROR WELL, BECAUSE ONE THING JUST THROWING OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THROW OUT FOR INFORMATION.

ONE, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THESE THESE REPORTS AVAILABLE RIGHT TO THEM ON BOARD DOCS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE POSTED YET ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT WEB PAGE, BUT THEY WILL BE.

I KNOW ALL THE BOND UPDATES FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME UNTIL NOW ARE THERE, AND THAT'S BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS AND A GREAT WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I DO WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS, SINCE I WORK IN LINDEN, A LOT OF MY OTHER CAREER LIFE, YOU GUYS ARE NOT AND FERNDALE IS NOT EXACTLY WELL LOVED BECAUSE WE'VE SET THE BAR PRETTY HIGH AS THEY'RE WORKING TO DO PASS THEIR BOND AND BUILD THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THE SCUTTLEBUTT I HEAR IS THAT THEY MAY BE ASKING US FOR SOME INPUT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, I'LL RELUCTANTLY GIVE IT TO THEM.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR.

BUT ALL THIS INFORMATION, THESE REPORTS AND EVERYTHING THAT RILEY'S TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT IS AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS AND ON THE WEBSITE.

AND I LOVE HEARING THE STUDENT VOICE OPTIONS AS FAR AS MIRRORING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY BEEN AN ASSET WITH THAT COMMITTEE IS THE CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND AND THE EXPERTISE THAT THE THE BOND OVERSIGHT PEOPLE BRING TO THAT COMMITTEE.

SO AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SAY THANK YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IN REGARDS TO THE REPORT OR AND STEVE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS PART OF THAT GROUP.

ONLY ONLY COMMENTS.

SO I JUST.

I'M SPEECHLESS WHEN IT COMES TO RECOGNIZING.

I ONLY WISH YOU COULD ALL BE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE YOU INDIVIDUALLY, ALL OF YOU, AS FAR AS YOUR CONTRIBUTION, BECAUSE BEING A PART OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE SITTING IN ON THOSE MEETINGS AND LISTENING TO THE QUESTIONS AND THE INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN INSPIRATIONAL, TRULY.

UM, I CAN'T COMMEND YOU ENOUGH FOR THE JOB YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THERE'S NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

YOU'VE MET AND YOU'VE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS, AND THERE ISN'T ENOUGH WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

AND IT'S VERY MUCH THANKED BY THE COMMUNITY AND EACH AND EVERYBODY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SITTING IN.

I'VE REALIZED YOUR EXPERTISE.

A LOT OF YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT YOU KNOW YOUR COMMITMENT.

YOUR INVOLVEMENT.

YOUR EXPERTISE AND WHAT'S GOING ON IS BEEN EXEMPLARY.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I APPRECIATE IT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY.

ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE TELLING US WE'RE ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.

THAT'S ALWAYS APPRECIATED, PARTICULARLY GIVEN ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT CAME FORTH THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING PROJECT.

SO NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS ITEM 6.02, WHICH IS ADOPTING THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS 7(0E7), WHICH IS ASSET PROTECTION.

THIS IS THE REPORT THAT THE BOARD RECEIVED LAST MONTH AND WAS ABLE TO READ AND GO THROUGH THE GOOGLE SURVEY TO GIVE INPUT ON IT.

IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING WITH THE TRANSITION AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS, BUT BOTH OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD THIS STUFF,

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SAME AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE.

THIS IS ALL POSTED ON BOARD DOCS.

AND AGAIN, AS I AM FREQUENTLY SAYING, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO GET TO BOARD DOCS OR TO SEE THESE DOCUMENTS AND CAN'T FIND THEM, PLEASE ASK ANY OF US.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP GET YOU THERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS REPORT AND THEN TAKING ACTION ON IT.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

CAN YOU AGREE WITH THE COMMENT THAT SOMEBODY ELSE PUT ON THE REPORT? KEVIN, YOUR COMMENT ON HAVING EACH BOARD MEMBER BE PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE PORTION OF THE DISTRICT INSURANCE POLICY THAT OUTLINES THEIR PERSONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE PROVIDED FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER.

THAT WOULD BE THAT WAS SOMETHING I THINK I ASKED, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR LIABILITY WAS LIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NOTHING REALLY EVER CAME OF IT.

AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF WONDERING EVER SINCE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PUTTING THAT COMMENT ON THERE, BECAUSE I CONCUR WITH THAT.

OKAY. THE OTHER COMMENT, OR ONE OF THE OTHER ONES THAT STRUCK WITH ME IS QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO AND PART OF ME HATES TO BRING THIS UP, BUT THE OTHER PART OF ME KNOWS THE NECESSITY OF IT.

DO WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE? I KNOW THAT WITH MY DISTRICT EMAIL PASSWORD, I HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED TO CHANGE IT AND REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CHANGE IT.

BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, CURRENT SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND THINGS AND AND DEALING WITH IT IN MY OWN BUSINESS, THAT IS A BIG THING AS FAR AS PHISHING AND SPAM AND SUCH.

DO WE HAVE A POLICY THAT PROTECTS THAT BECAUSE AS MUCH ONLINE STUFF AS WE HAVE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE SEPARATION IS AS FAR AS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS ADDRESSED OR MULTI FACTOR AUTHENTICATION AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TERMS THAT I CAN SAY REAL WELL, BUT I WON'T PROFESS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ALL MEAN. WE DO HAVE A POLICY.

THE IN FACT MEMBERS OF OUR TECH DEPARTMENT JUST WENT TO A CYBERSECURITY WEBINAR THAT WAS NOT A WEBINAR, A CONFERENCE THAT WAS LARGELY FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE DATA AND ACCESS FROM BREACH.

CURRENT BEST PRACTICE ACTUALLY DOES NOT RECOMMEND REGULAR RECURRING PASSWORD RESET.

IT'S MORE OF A COMPLEXITY PROTECTION THAT THAT IS CONSIDERED BEST PRACTICE RIGHT NOW.

AND WE ALSO JUST RECEIVED A GRANT TO IMPROVE OUR CYBER SECURITY PROCESS IN THE DISTRICT.

SO THERE'S AN AUDIT THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT A BETTER SECURITY PRACTICE THAN WHAT WE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS NOT IT'S UP TO STANDARD CURRENTLY, BUT IT WILL TAKE US NEXT LEVEL FOR P ROTECTING THE DATA.

SO YES, WE HAVE A POLICY.

SO ARE WE GOING THROUGH THIS LIKE SECTION BY SECTION AND COMMENTING ON EACH SECTION OR WHAT'S.

WE CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT.

WE CAN I'M OPEN TO WHICHEVER.

YOU KNOW BASICALLY IT'S HOWEVER WE WANT TO IF THERE'S SECTIONS THAT NEED SPECIFIC COMMENTS OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE IT THROUGH SECTION BY SECTION, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, I TOOK NOTE OF YOUR THE PERSONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

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I WAS JUST KIND OF RANDOMLY SCROLLING THROUGH IT AND SEEING WHAT, WHAT THINGS I AGREED WITH AND WHAT BECAUSE I HADN'T LOOKED AT THE COMMENTS.

I SEE YOU ASKED BEFORE WHETHER THE BOARD SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO FINGERPRINTING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.

I THOUGHT WE WERE.

I MEAN, I WENT IN AND GOT FINGERPRINTED.

THEY WERE TOLD. I WAS TOLD IF I WAS GOING TO GO INTO THE SCHOOLS THAT I HAD TO BE FINGERPRINTED.

SO I DID THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS ANYWHERE THAT I'M AWARE OF IN OFFICIAL POLICY, BUT I'M I HAVE BEEN FROM DOING VOLUNTEER STUFF MYSELF, SO I THINK IT ONLY MAKES SENSE IF WE'RE IN THE SCHOOLS, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, THAT WE SHOULD BE.

AT LEAST THAT'S MY OPINION.

THAT WAS THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BEST PRACTICE.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL BE ONBOARDING OR HAVING A DAY FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO COME IN.

AND ONE OF THE PARTS OF THAT DAY IS SPENDING TIME WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND GOING THROUGH THOSE PRACTICES.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME, AS I'M WORKING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD HANDBOOK, THAT YOU'LL ALL RECEIVE A DRAFT OF AND IT'LL EVOLVE BECAUSE I LEARNED WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

AND SO YOU'LL GET A DRAFT OF THAT.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN ADD IN THERE AS AN EXPECTATION.

IF IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S SOMETHING WE ASK ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS TO DO AND BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS.

I HAD READ, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHERE, A COMPLAINT FROM A PARENT WHO HAD COME IN TO WORK IN THE CLASSROOM THAT SHE WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEED TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS AND STUFF, AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE POLICY FOR PEOPLE WOULD BE WORKING WITH KIDS UNSUPERVISED.

I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON IF THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE DO WHEN WE HAVE PARENTS COME IN, OR ALL PARENTS WHO COME INTO THE SCHOOLS REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THESE EXTRA SECURITY CHECKS, OR CAN YOU JUST SIMPLY COME INTO THE CLASSROOM AND WORK WITH YOUR KID AND GO HOME BECAUSE YOU'RE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF OTHER PEOPLE YOU'RE THERE WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, IN A CROWDED ROOM? I'M GOING TO LET MY TEAM ANSWER THAT.

YEAH, PEGGY, YOU NAILED IT WITH THE UNSUPERVISED.

THAT'S THE THAT'S THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN WHEN WE DO A WATCH, WHICH IS A WASHINGTON STATE BACKGROUND CHECK AND THE FULL BACKGROUND CHECK, WHICH IS WITH THE FINGERPRINTS.

AND THAT'S WHEN SOMEBODY WOULD BE UNSUPERVISED KNOWING THAT WE, LIKE, GO TO A BOARD CONFERENCE AND STUDENTS ARE PRESENT. IT REALLY IS NECESSARY THAT WE DO THE FINGERPRINTING FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.

SO MY, MY MY POINT WAS I REALLY WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, CLARIFY IF A PARENT JUST WANTS TO COME INTO THE CLASSROOM AND WORK, THEY DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS, RIGHT? OR DO THEY? I MEAN, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE LEFT UNSUPERVISED, THEY WOULDN'T NEED THE THE FINGERPRINTING, PEGGY, BUT THEY WOULD BE ASKED TO SUBMIT THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND DO THE SAFE VISITOR WATCH.

OKAY. SO I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHEN PEOPLE COME TO PICK UP KIDS AFTER SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW IS THERE IS THERE A PROTOCOL OR CAN SOMEBODY JUST SHOW UP? AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS KIND OF WONDERED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S LIKE, AT WHAT POINT DOES THE SECURITY AND WATCHING OVER KIDS END.

WE DO A PERSONAL HANDOFF WITH EACH KID WITH THE PARENT, NANCY, WHO COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THIS REALLY WELL, SHE DID IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHO COULD AND COULD NOT PICK THAT UP.

IT'S IN THE OFFICE.

THERE'S A RARE OCCASION WHERE YOU'RE CALLING THE OFFICE AND AND YOU'RE CHECKING.

THAT'S ALL KEPT IN SKYWARD, BUT THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL HANDOFF OF EACH CHILD AT THE SCHOOL.

PEGGY AND I WOULD SAY IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT ASKS YOU ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE A THOROUGH DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENCES, DIFFERENT KINDS OF VOLUNTEERING, AND ALSO LINKS ON HOW FAMILIES CAN SIGN UP FOR IT.

THERE'S AN ONLINE PORTION OF IT, SO YOU CAN ALWAYS DIRECT SOMEONE THERE AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE WSSDA CONFERENCE TO ATTEND THIS LITTLE, LITTLE NIGHTMARE BREAKOUT SESSION ON RISK MANAGEMENT. THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU AN ABSOLUTE HEEBIE JEEBIES.

YEAH. AND THE THE IT WAS PRESENTED BY WASHINGTON STATE RISK MANAGEMENT POOL.

AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS THAT THE SINGLE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT THEY'RE SEEING AS FAR AS SUITS

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WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE, LIKE, SAY, GROOMING BEHAVIORS AND YOU KNOW, HOW TO TELL IF A, IF IF THERE MAY BE SOMETHING GOING ON.

I MEAN, THERE WERE A FEW YEARS BACK, KEVIN WILL PROBABLY REMEMBER WE DID HAVE A TEACHER SITUATION AND AND I WAS HORRIFIED TO FIND OUT THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS CAN ACTUALLY COME BACK TO BITE YOU YEARS AFTER THE FACT.

SO I WHERE DO WE FIND OUT WHAT PROCEDURES, POLICIES, TRAINING WE HAVE IN PLACE TO MINIMIZE RISK IN THAT AREA? PEGGY.

THAT'S ALSO A PART OF OUR ANNUAL TRAINING THAT WE WE DO FOR ALL STAFF MEMBERS, ALL COACHES.

ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR OUR KIDS GO THROUGH A TRAINING EACH YEAR AVOIDING THOSE BIG SITUATIONS BY AVOIDING PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE POSITIONS TO BEGIN WITH WHERE WHERE THOSE THINGS MIGHT, MIGHT EVEN BEGIN OR START. SO H.R.

KEEPS A TRACK OF WHO'S COMPLETED THOSE TRAININGS, AND WE ASK THAT IT BE DONE IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL, WHEN A NEW EMPLOYEE COMES ON, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE ASKED TO DO RIGHT AWAY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND IT'S NOT JUST A TAKE THIS AND STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.

IT'S SOMETHING WE CONSISTENTLY PRINCIPALS BRING UP.

THEY TALK ABOUT IT.

IT ALSO IS PART OF TEACHER PREPARATORY PROGRAMS. YOU'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE THOSE TYPES OF CLASSES AND TRAININGS IN ORDER TO GET YOUR CERTIFICATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH. ONE MORE BECAUSE IT KIND OF PERTAINS TO SOMETHING THAT'S ON A, ON A, ON A LATER AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE TRAVEL REQUESTS.

UM, THE FIRST THING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS PRESENTERS MOUTH WAS I'M HERE TO KILL ALL HOPE AND JOY, AND IF I HAD MY WAY, NOBODY WOULD EVER GO ON A FIELD TRIP OR AN OVERNIGHTER EVER AGAIN.

AND THEN GOES ON TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO MANAGE IN TERMS OF RISK, BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE BEHAVIOR OF OTHERS. SO I WAS WONDERING BECAUSE THE REPORTS THAT WE GET WHEN WE APPROVE TRAVEL REQUESTS ARE NOT REALLY CONSISTENT.

I MEAN, THEY'RE KIND OF THEY DON'T ALL LOOK THE SAME.

ARE WE MOVING TOWARD CREATING SOMETHING THAT HAS LIKE A CHECKLIST THAT SAYS, THIS WAS CHECKED.

THIS WAS CHECKED THIS I'M GOING TO SEE IF CHRIS HAS A MIC.

DO YOU HAVE A MIC? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHRIS PICKED UP ON RIGHT AWAY WHEN SHE CAME TO FERNDALE ABOUT THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE REPORT.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON STREAMLINING.

SHE CAN'T JUST DO IT IN A SILO.

SO SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS, GETTING FEEDBACK.

WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? AND SO YOU SHOULD START TO SEE THOSE LOOK MORE ALIGNED.

I WOULD EXPECT, YOU KNOW, A TIMELINE.

OH MEETING TOMORROW AT 9 A.M.

ABOUT THIS EXACT TOPIC.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING SHE PICKED UP ON RIGHT AWAY AND SHARED WITH ME AND BEGAN WORKING ON IT FOR THAT VERY REASON.

WHAT YOU POINTED OUT, IT'S CONFUSING IF YOU KNOW, WE WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE STEPS.

SO SHE HAS BEEN CALLING EVERYONE WHO PROVIDES A TRAVEL FORM.

CHRIS HAS BEEN CALLING THEM AND DOING FURTHER INVESTIGATION IF SHE DOES NOT SEE THE INFORMATION MARKED.

ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD.

THERE'S ONE POINT IN THIS REPORT WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE THINGS BEING PUT INTO THE [INAUDIBLE] WORK ORDER SYSTEM, AND ANOTHER PART WHERE IT SAYS WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM IT.

AND SO I WAS KIND OF ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE OUR OUR METHOD OF RECORDING THOSE THINGS, BUT DID

[01:40:03]

WELL, THAT'S A FUNNY NUMBER.

PAGE TEN OF 15.

TEN OF 15? YEAH. IT TALKED ABOUT.

LET'S SEE.

WHAT WAS IT ON? SECTION SIX.

OH, I SEE IT. IT'S ON PAGE EIGHT.

IS THAT WHAT IT IS? YEAH, I THINK SO.

YEAH. DO YOU SEE THAT? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY.

WORK RELATED ORDERS INTO THE HIPAA WORK ORDER SYSTEM ARE CUSTODIANS PERFORM REGULAR INSPECTIONS OF THEIR FACILITIES, INCLUDING WEEKLY PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS.

BUT THERE WAS A PART IN WHICH ITEM NUMBER IS THAT KRISTI? THAT WAS THAT SPECIFIC EXAMPLE 6.3 IN THE REPORT.

NO. 6.2.

AND THEN WE GO.

THAT'S WHERE IT IS.

UM. AND MAYBE IT WAS JUST INTERPRETED, BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRANSITIONING TO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE FOCUS SYSTEM, I THINK.

I THINK THAT'S JUST A POORLY WORDED SENTENCE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM.

I THINK THE CONVERSATION THERE IS.

ALL OF THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS AREN'T PUT INTO THE SYSTEM YET BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON TRANSITIONING TO.

I MEAN, IT'S THE PROJECT THAT IS REFERRED TO LATER, THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OUTLINED SYSTEM.

SO THE WORK ORDERS WILL REMAIN IN HIPPO.

SO I BELIEVE IF YOU REMEMBER, I BELIEVE I MENTIONED IT, STEVE MET WITH MARK, MYSELF AND JAMIE TO TALK ABOUT.

JUST SHARED HIS EXPERTISE AROUND WORK MAINTENANCE SYSTEM.

AND SO THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND IT AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING.

SO IT'S MORE PREVENTATIVE AROUND OUR FACILITIES AND LESS REACTIVE.

AND SO MAKING SURE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE, THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE OUTWARD MAINTENANCE, BUT ALSO JUST HAVING AN INSPECTION CYCLE SO THAT WE CATCH THINGS PREVIOUS AND WE KNOW ABOUT THEM BEFORE THEY BREAK DOWN OR, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ON A REPLACEMENT PLAN AND STEVE COULD GIVE MORE OF A DETAIL OR MARK COULD, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AIMING TOWARDS.

AND IT'S IT'S NOT A QUICK TRANSITION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME TRAINING AND EVERYTHING.

BUT STEVE GOT OUR CONVERSATION GOING.

AND SO THE TEAM'S BEEN GOING AND I WOULD EXPECT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING TO GO OVER WHERE WE'RE AT.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON THAT CONVERSATION? NO, I CONCUR.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO HIPPO, WHICH WILL BE A, YOU KNOW, OUR RECORDING SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WE USE TO, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION INTO A MORE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM.

SO AND THAT'S ONGOING.

RIGHT? IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS.

IT'S NOT AN EASY TRANSITION.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

BUT THAT'S THE GOAL AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING TOWARDS.

SO HIPPO IS A SYSTEM WE'RE STILL USING.

IT'S JUST THE WORDING THERE [INAUDIBLE].

EXACTLY. OKAY, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I THOUGHT THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WERE GOING.

AND IT WAS LIKE, OKAY.

YEAH. IN 5.7 I NOTICED THAT DUE TO THE 2020 LEVEE FAILURE THERE, THE DISTRICT'S APPROACH TO REGULAR ENERGY ASSESSMENT CHANGED.

I REMEMBER THAT WAS TONY [INAUDIBLE] POSITION, RIGHT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER HIM COMING AROUND AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY TURNED OFF ALL THEIR LIGHTS AND HEAT AND EVERYTHING WHEN WE LEFT FOR ANY WEEKENDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO I KNOW THAT DURING HIS HIS SERVICE OF DOING THAT, THAT IT REALLY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH ENERGY WAS USED.

SO I'M WONDERING SINCE THAT HAS THAT POSITION HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, HAS THERE BEEN ANY TRACKING OF THAT?

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I AGREE, I AGREE.

I THINK WITH ANY PROGRAMS LIKE THAT, THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF BACKSLIDE IN TERMS OF BEHAVIOR, BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR THE PROGRAM WE WERE USING, THE ENERGY EDUCATION FOCUSED ON MANAGING THE UNOCCUPIED TIMES OF THE BUILDINGS.

SO ACTUALLY IT WAS INTENDED TO NOT SACRIFICE OCCUPANT COMFORT.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GONE NEXT LEVEL NOW [INAUDIBLE].

SO THE, THE I THINK THE HARD MEASURE IS SINCE THEN WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF ACTUAL PHYSICAL UPGRADES TO LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND HVAC CONTROLS.

BRAND NEW HIGH SCHOOL HAS HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED OUR UTILITY USAGE.

SO OUR UTILITY COSTS ARE BETTER THAN THEY WERE IN TERMS OF OVERALL AS A COMPARISON, BUT PROBABLY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS THAN WHAT THEY WERE DURING THE ENERGY MANAGER YEARS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PHYSICAL ABILITY TO IMPROVE OUR ENERGY BILLS.

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT IS THROUGH BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION VERSUS NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PHYSICAL TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT MORE EFFICIENTLY.

IS THERE ANY TRACKING OF THAT? YEAH, WE TRACK THE UTILITY COSTS MONTHLY.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE REPORT? IF NOT, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, THEN THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO FOR HANDLING THE REPORT.

JUST FOR THE NEW MEMBERS.

AND THAT AS AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT, BASICALLY, IT'S A MATTER OF ACCEPTING THE REPORT AND DETERMINING WHETHER WE ARE ACCEPTING IT, AS WITH THESE, IN COMPLIANCE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS OR NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

AND THEN IF THERE IS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE VOTE UPON FOR THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ENACTED UPON, WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE AS WELL.

AND THAT GIVES DIRECTION TO KRISTI AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD.

ALSO THESE REPORTS, THE COMPILATION OF THOSE SERVE IN JUNE WHEN WE DO HER EVALUATION.

THEY SERVE AS THE MEAT OF THAT EVALUATION.

SO AGAIN THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION ON HOW TO HANDLE SAID REPORT.

IF I KNEW THE LANGUAGE PROPERLY, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION.

SO I MOTION THAT WE MOVE ON THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW TO SAY THAT YET.

SURE. SO WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION.

WE'LL HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT.

BASICALLY, IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING A MOTION.

AND WITHIN BOARD DOCS, A LOT OF TIMES THOSE MOTIONS ARE A BASE MOTION IS SET THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AND THIS IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS FOR ANYBODY OUT IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE, WHETHER HERE PHYSICALLY OR ONLINE, TO LOOK AT, THERE IS A RECOMMENDED ACTION WHICH IS TO ADOPT THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS 7(0E7) THE ASSET PROTECTION.

THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO STATE AS A BOARD IN OUR MOTION IS WHETHER OR NOT WE ADOPT THAT, AS IN COMPLIANCE OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS AND THEN MAKING THOSE.

AND WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AT THIS POINT IS THAT GIVEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THERE, AND THE EXPLANATIONS IS THAT WE ADOPT THIS REPORT IN AS IN COMPLIANCE, AND THAT WE ASK THAT THE FINGERPRINTING OF BOARD MEMBERS BECOMES PART OF THAT AND THAT THE INSURANCE INFORMATION BE GOTTEN OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AS FAR AS THEIR PERSONAL PROTECTION TO COVER THOSE THINGS.

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THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS I'M HEARING COME UP AS FAR AS WITHIN THAT SO.

UM, MAY I MAY I MAKE ANOTHER SUGGESTION? YOU SURE CAN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT LOOKED LIKE THE MAJORITY OF US IN LOOKING AT QUESTION FIVE, THAT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY MUCH A.

YOU KNOW SO.

JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORD IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE THE FINGERPRINTING, THE, YOU KNOW, THE INSURANCE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LIABILITY AND HOW TO HANDLE THIS PARTICULAR THING WITH THE WITH THE MAINTENANCE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW WOULD YOU WORD THAT? SINCE THAT ONE IS THAT ONE SEEMS TO HAVE ISSUES.

WELL, AND MAYBE I GUESS I WOULD THROW OUT THAT BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE THROW OUT A REQUEST AS PART OF THIS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT REQUESTING AN UPDATED REPORT ON THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE? BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR LOVELY COVID YEARS.

TRYING TO WALK THROUGH THAT BECAME KIND OF A PRIORITY POINT.

AND SO WE DIDN'T HEAR A WHOLE LOT ABOUT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, BUT MAYBE ASKING THAT THAT BE A THAT WE COME BACK WITH SOME SORT OF A REPORT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT W OULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I SUSPECT THAT THERE IS INFORMATION, BUT IT'S NOT READILY AT THE TIP OF THEIR TONGUES.

YEAH. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I'M. JUST THINKING TO MYSELF HOW TO HOW TO PUT THAT.

SO WHAT I CAN OFFER IS THAT ONE THING THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING WELL.

CHRIS AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT AT WSSDA BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WAS THE SUMMARY OF THIS DISCUSSION, THE REPORT.

AND SO WHAT WE WOULD ADD IN THE SUMMARY IS THESE ARE THREE AREAS FOR US TO FOCUS ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAPPEN THE INSURANCE, THE FINGERPRINTING AND UPDATED PREVENTATIVE PLAN TO THE BOARD.

SO WE PUT THAT IN A SUMMARY.

SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE COULD WRITE SOMETHING UP FOR YOU TO REVIEW NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN IF THAT SUFFICES WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR BY THEN YOU'LL HAVE TWO OF YOU'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON RECORD THAT THAT WAS AN ACTION THAT YOU ASKED OF ME.

SO THEN WE'RE ABLE TO POST THOSE SUMMARIES.

SO WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THIS WAS THE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING.

BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE MISSING THAT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING SOME THINGS, BUT IT'S NOT BEING DOCUMENTED ANYWHERE.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING CHRIS AND I WANT TO WORK ON, IS TO BE ABLE TO SUMMARIZE THIS CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY IF I WAS GIVEN ACTION OR THE TEAM AND I. SO WE COULD TRY IT THIS NEXT MONTH BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT.

WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT SUMMARIZES THAT.

I'LL WORK WITH MARK.

WE CAN ADD ANY OF THE ACTION ITEMS IN THERE, AND THEN YOU CAN REVIEW IT AND WE CAN DECIDE DOES THIS SUMMARY WORK, AND THEN MAYBE MAKE THAT PART OF THE PROCESS AND SEE IF THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? OKAY, SO WE CAN MAKE A MOTION T O PASS 0E7 WITH THE STIPULATION OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT, THAT WE GET A REPORT ON THE FINGERPRINTING AS WELL AS THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

AND THE THIRD ONE WAS INSURANCE WITH A FOLLOW UP.

OKAY, I SECOND THAT THEN.

OKAY. AND AGAIN I WILL THROW OUT AS FAR AS AND NANCY AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE NORMAL.

BUT WITHIN SMALL BOARDS WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE A SECOND, BUT WE DON'T NEED IT IN A SMALL BOARD.

WE QUALIFY UNDER THAT.

I DID SEND OUT AND I DON'T.

IT WENT TO ANTONIO AND NANCY ON THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT EMAILS, SO IT'LL BE THERE ONCE YOU GUYS ACCESS THOSE.

BUT THERE IS A WSSDA PUBLICATION, WSSDA BEING THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ON ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS AND HOW SMALL BOARD RULES FIT AS IT APPLIES TO SCHOOL BOARDS.

SO IT GOES THROUGH A LOT OF THAT STUFF.

[01:55:01]

SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY SEEING NONE.

THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.

AND SO.

I WILL PUT IT FORTH TO KWABENA AND GABBY.

FIRST OF ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OKAY, SINCE YOU BOTH SAID AYE, I WILL ASK ANYWAY.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? GOOD. OKAY, SO THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE IS TO PASS THIS MOTION.

SO NOW I WILL PUT IT FORTH TO THE BOARD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ACCEPT 0E7 WITH THE STIPULATION THAT WE GET BACK A REPORT ON FINGERPRINTING, INSURANCE INFORMATION AND THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES.

SO THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO ITEM 7.01.

[7. POLICY UPDATES]

THESE CONTAIN SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THEIR LANGUAGE AND POTENTIALLY IMPACT THEIR EFFECT ON THE DISTRICT.

BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD LAST MONTH TO ALLOW THE BOARD AND PUBLIC TIME TO REVIEW THEM PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.

AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, WE INVITED THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THESE POLICY CHANGES AND LET US KNOW HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES.

THE PUBLIC WAS ALSO WELCOMED TO COMMENT ON THESE POLICIES DURING TONIGHT'S PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO POLICIES, 3205 AND 3210 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

BUT THE ONLY REVISIONS MADE BEING MADE TO THESE POLICIES IS UPDATING LEGAL REFERENCES OR MINOR LANGUAGE CHANGES WITHIN THE DOCUMENT.

BECAUSE THESE CHANGES DO NOT AFFECT THE INTENT OR IMPACT OF THE POLICY, THESE CHANGES ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND ADOPTED VIA THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND AGAIN, THINGS CAN BE TAKEN OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'LL WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT.

AND AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK AGAIN, EVELYN, FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING WITH OUR POLICIES AND UPDATING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO THE BOARD, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING PRESENTED WITH OLD POLICY, NEW POLICY, AND THEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CHANGES WERE. SO HAVING BEEN THROUGH THOSE DAYS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT EVELYN HAS DONE TO PROVIDE US WITH A VERY THOROUGH AND CONCISE REPORT OF THE CHANGES BEING MADE, WHAT THE IMPACT IS, AND THEN YOU CAN PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE SEEING WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.

SO MY THANKS FOR THIS WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.

AND WE NOW GO ON TO ITEM 7.01, WHICH IS THE 1400 POLICY, WHICH IS MEETING CONDUCT, ORDER OF BUSINESS AND QUORUM.

SO ANY DISCUSSION? JUST REAL FAST JUST FOR SOME HISTORY.

SO THE POLICY CHANGES WSSDA SENDS OUT UPDATES ON POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO OR THAT HAVE BEEN REVISED.

THESE POLICIES ARE UPDATED BY WSSDA.

AND THEN WHAT WE ARE DOING IS GOING INTO OUR POLICY AND SEEING WHERE WE'RE ALIGNED, WHERE WE HAVE NOT HAD SOME CHANGES, WE HAVE SOME POLICIES THAT ARE GOING BACK WAY BACK THAT HAVE NOT BEEN LOOKED AT AND WSSDAS LEGAL TEAM DOES THE WORK FOR YOU AND CROSS REFERENCING THE POLICY WITH NEW LAWS THAT ARE PASSED.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT.

AND SO WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING WITH MAJOR CHANGES, IT WASN'T THE EXECUTIVE TEAM SITTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, GRAPPLING WITH IT.

IT REALLY WAS WSSDA DOES THE WORK.

AND THEN THEY PRESENT IT WITH US AND THEN OUR TEAM, WHICH MY THE TEAM HERE HAS BEEN READING UP ON THESE.

MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THEY UNDERSTAND.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WSSDA PUTS FORWARD FOR YOU TO, FOR US TO CONSIDER OR CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE AS LAWS CHANGE.

AND JUST SOME FURTHER EDUCATION ABOUT THAT.

SO WHENEVER THE LEGISLATURE MEETS, THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF CHANGING THE LAWS AS THEY RELATE TO THE DIFFERENT RCWS AND

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CERTAIN DISTRICTS THAT ARE LARGER HAVE THEIR OWN LEGAL TEAMS THAT TAKE AND GO THROUGH ALL THIS, BUT WSSDA ALSO HAS A LEGAL TEAM THAT, FOR THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS, HELPS TO PUT FORTH THOSE THOSE LAW CHANGES INTO POLICIES THAT CAN BE ADOPTED SO THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL, PARTICULARLY THE SMALLER AND MEDIUM SIZED DISTRICTS, DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE LEGAL EXPENSE OF GOING THROUGH THAT ALL.

SO THEY PROVIDE US WITH MODEL POLICIES WHICH TAKE CARE OF THOSE LAWS, AND THEN WE CAN TWEAK THEM IF WE, YOU KNOW, DEEM IT NECESSARY.

BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE TAKING A FAIRLY GENERAL APPROACH ON THEM.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN THERE.

AND EVELYN HAS MARKED OUT WHERE THOSE CHANGES ARE AND PROVIDED QUITE A NICE REPORT AS YOU LOOK THROUGH IT.

AND AGAIN, NOT TO SOUND REPETITIVE, BUT FOR ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, THOSE ALL THOSE CHANGES IN THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT, BOTH THE ORIGINAL POLICY, THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED.

EVELYN PROVIDES A NICE SUMMARY THAT SAYS WHAT THE CHANGES ARE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING, WHETHER IT'S JUST AN RCW CHANGE OR A REFERENCE CHANGE, OR IF IT'S MORE SUBSTANTIAL IN THE VERBIAGE AND THEN HAS THE ACTUAL DRAFT OF THE NEW POLICY THERE.

SO IT MAKES IT VERY CONVENIENT IF YOU PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH AND SEE THOSE.

KEVIN MAY I ASK A QUESTION? SO I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE POLICY CHANGES IN HERE INVOLVED WHEN THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK.

SO THEY MARKED OFF THAT AT THE END OF THE BOARD MEETING HAS BEEN STRICKEN FROM THIS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE, AT THE, AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING, TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

BUT I ALSO THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING IN THERE THAT MADE A REFERENCE TO THE PUBLIC BEING ASKED TO SPEAK TO CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS. IS THAT IN THE ARE YOU TALKING IN THE OLD OR THE NEW POLICY? IT HISTORICALLY USED TO BE, AND THIS IS EVEN BEFORE MY TIME ON THE BOARD.

THERE USED TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE MEETING AND THE THE BEGINNING PUBLIC COMMENT WAS LIMITED TO ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA. THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WAS FOR ITEMS THAT WEREN'T ON THE AGENDA THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO BRING FORTH.

AND THERE WAS A PHILOSOPHY CHANGE OR A MODIFICATION THAT, LIKE I SAID, HAPPENED SHORTLY BEFORE I CAME ON THE BOARD WHERE THEY OPTED TO RATHER THAN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SPLIT HAIRS AS TO, WELL, IS THIS ON THE AGENDA OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S OFF? JUST PUT ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING AND NOT SEGREGATE IT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WAS IT AGENDA ITEM, WAS IT NOT? AND THAT HAD NOT GOTTEN COMPLETELY UPDATED WITHIN THE POLICY.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHERE I THINK SOME OF THAT CAME FROM.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS IN THE THE REVISED UNLESS I MISSED IT.

WELL MY OTHER MY OTHER QUESTION WAS.

HOW CAN YOU TELL WHEN THE PUBLIC HAS HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO SEE THIS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND THINK ABOUT THEM AND COME AND DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THEM.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT MOST OF THE PUBLIC REALLY KNOWS WHERE TO LOOK AND WHAT TO FIND IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, BECOME INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THESE THINGS, KNOWS ABOUT THESE THINGS.

THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, SINCE IT INVOLVES PUBLIC COMMENT, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE DESERVES A LITTLE MORE TIME.

THIS IS MY OPINION AND I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

I THINK THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IS A GOOD QUESTION.

AND HOW MUCH TIME IS ENOUGH AND HOW MUCH IS, IS NOT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AS PEOPLE GET INVOLVED WITH SCHOOL BOARD STUFF, THERE'S, THERE'S A LEARNING CURVE.

I REMEMBER MY INITIAL EXPERIENCE IS THAT WAY AND KIND OF LEARNING THE PROCESS.

NANCY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. MY STARTING OF ANY INTEREST IN THE SCHOOL BOARD AT ALL WAS JUST COMING AND SPEAKING AND TELLING WHAT I SAW IN THE CLASSROOMS. I HAD NO IDEA FOR MANY MONTHS WHEN I WAS COMING AND SPEAKING, THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT AN AGENDA AND DIRECT MY COMMENTS

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SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE EXPECTATION OF HAVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO NARROW THEIR COMMENTS TO WHAT'S ON THE PARTICULAR AGENDA IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

WELL, AND THAT WAS THAT IS PART OF THE OLD POLICY WHERE IT WAS WELL, IS THIS PART OF THE AGENDA THAT CAN HAPPEN AT THE BEGINNING OR IS IT AT THE END? AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS ALL MERGED TOGETHER, BECAUSE THEN IT DOESN'T.

THERE ISN'T A STIPULATION WITHIN THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT WAY WE DO THINGS AND WHAT WE'RE MODIFYING THE POLICY SO THAT IT REPRESENTS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT STIPULATION THAT.

WHETHER IT BE AT THE BEGINNING OR THE END, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

AND THE REASON I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HANDLE ON THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST GOT INVOLVED, BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD, THE TOPICS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO MY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT TIME WAS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHICH WAS 9:30, 10, 10:30, DEPENDING BECAUSE WE STARTED THE BOARD MEETINGS LATER. AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE CHANGES IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT IS IT.

IT WAS JUST FRUSTRATING THE PUBLIC BY TELLING THEM, OKAY, YOU HAVE TO BE HERE AT THE BEGINNING OR THE END, OR YOU MISS THE TIME WHEN YOU COULD COMMENT ON THAT.

AND SO IT WAS OPTED JUST TO ROLL IT INTO ONE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING SO THAT THAT WAY THAT PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY PART OF THE OTHER PART OF THAT ISSUE HISTORICALLY WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAD PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN THAT WERE COMING TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND FOR THEM TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL LATER WAS INCONVENIENT AND AND NOT REALLY THAT PUBLIC FRIENDLY.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN IMPROVEMENT.

YEAH, IT DEFINITELY WAS.

AND AND SO PART OF THIS CHANGE IS GETTING IT.

SO IT'S IN LINE AND REFLECTING WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVE OPTED TO DO.

OKAY TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD. SORRY.

ONE IS WHEN I READ THE DRAFT, IT STILL SAID THAT THE MEETINGS WERE BEING HELD AT THE BOARD.

THE BOARD ROOM LIKE IT WAS IDENTIFIED.

LET ME FIND THAT PAGE.

AND IT'S REPEATED. IT'S NOT JUST ONCE THAT IT SAYS THAT.

THANK YOU.

6 P.M. LAST TUESDAY AT THE DISTRICT BOARD ROOM.

BUT THIS IS THE DISTRICT BOARD ROOM.

OH, I THOUGHT THAT ROOM IN UP AT ADMIN WAS THE DISTRICT.

THAT USED TO BE. BUT THAT IS NOW OFFICE SPACE.

THANK YOU. OKAY, THEN MY I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION.

LET'S SEE NOTIFICATION.

WHO DOES THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD NOTIFY OF UPCOMING MEETINGS? I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE FOUND OBVIOUSLY ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THEN ARE THERE OTHER PUBLICATIONS? DOES THE FERNDALE RECORD ASK TO BE NOTIFIED? DOES KGMI OR ANY OTHER MEDIA SOURCES? ARE THEY ON A LIST OF NOTIFICATION? YES, I THINK I'M SPEAKING FOR CHRIS IN THAT THE PUBLIC NOTICE GOES TO ALL OF OUR LOCAL MEDIA, OUR WEBSITE.

IT ALSO IS POSTED PHYSICALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR OFFICE AND OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST IT AT THE LOCATION OF THE BOARD MEETING.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S POSTED HERE AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

DOES CAN YOU DEFINE ALL LOCAL MEDIA? IT WOULD BE CASCADIA DAILY FOR NO RECORD KGMI, LINDEN TRIBUNE.

AND I WANT TO SAY THERE'S ONE MORE [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION REGARDING THE RETENTION OF THE VIDEO RECORDINGS.

SO IT SAYS HERE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE RETAINED FOR A YEAR.

BUT I THOUGHT THAT THE MINUTES, IF THEY WERE A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF THE RECORDING, THEN THE LIMIT WAS ONE YEAR.

BUT IF IT WASN'T A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT THEN THEN YOU HAD TO RETAIN THOSE FOR LONGER.

HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? HOW LONG ARE WE KEEPING THE VIDEO RECORDINGS AND WHAT'S WHAT ARE WE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER STATE LAW? WE'RE GOING TO GOOGLE THAT.

I ACTUALLY WE WE JUST HAVE THEM SWAGIT HAS THEM IN THEIR CLOUD.

SO. YEAH, WE CAN FIND OUT FROM THE TECH TEAM.

OR FROM SWAGIT LIKE WHERE THOSE ARE, BECAUSE I NOTICED WHEN I GO ON, I CAN FIND THE MEETINGS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THE RECORDINGS THEN VERSUS WE WERE

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AND THEN PRE SWAGIT.

NOW POST WE HAVE THEM.

IT LOOKS LIKE LOOKING JUST ON THE WEBSITE.

WE'VE GOT THE MEETINGS IN OF 2022 AND GOING BACK TO FEBRUARY AND THEN ALL OF 2023.

THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED USING SWAGIT.

WHAT WAS THE DISTRICT USING PRIOR TO SWAGIT? ZOOM. ZOOM.

I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT.

I THINK PEGGY HAD A REALLY GREAT, GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE A WHILE BACK I WAS TRYING TO FIND AN OLD MEETING FROM LIKE 2021 TO WATCH, AND I COULDN'T ACCESS IT ON BOARD DOCS LIKE IT WASN'T AN OPTION.

MARK, DO YOU WANT TO? WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? PRIOR TO ZOOM, THEY WEREN'T RECORDED.

OKAY, SO IT WAS PRIOR TO ZOOM, THEY WERE NOT BEING RECORDED.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT BEGAN HAPPENING DURING COVID.

AT LEAST THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE WAS AT FERNDALE EXPERIENCE THAT DURING COVID YOU STARTED RECORDING THEM.

SO IT WAS AN IMPROVEMENT.

I THINK IT WAS AFTER THE MEETING STARTED BEING RECORDED, BECAUSE I'D BEEN SHOWN THE RECORDING AT SOME POINT, LIKE BEFOREHAND, OF A MEETING, AND THEN I COULDN'T FIND IT ON BOARD DOCS. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING.

I'D HAVE TO DO SOME HISTORY LESSON ON THIS ONE, BEING THAT I'VE ONLY HAD THE SWAGIT OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH, AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE REQUIREMENT I'M NOT SURE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHEN THE REQUIREMENT FOR HAVING THE VIDEO RECORDINGS EXISTED.

I MEAN, PART OF IT, WHEN IT WENT TO ZOOM, IT BECAME CONVENIENT AND PEOPLE STARTED DOING IT.

BUT IT WASN'T WASN'T INITIALLY A REQUIREMENT, BUT IT BECAME A BENEFIT OF COVID.

WELL, AND THAT'S A CHOICE WE MAKE.

NOT ALL DISTRICTS DO THIS SO.

SO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE . THE ZOOM. RECORDED MEETINGS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND IT'S JUST FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A LINK HOOKED UP ON THAT WHERE THE VIDEOS RESIDE ON THE WEBSITE AS FAR AS THE REGULAR PAGE SO IT REFERENCES OR LINKS? YEAH, WE'LL ADD THAT ON TO THE WEBPAGE UNDER SCHOOL BOARD.

YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS.

YEAH. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING WHERE WE HOLD THESE MEETINGS? COULD WE FIND A SPACE IN THE NEW FERNDALE SCHOOL? I MEAN, THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF THAT? A HEATED ROOM.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HEAT NEXT TIME, RIGHT? YEAH, WE IF WE DID THAT, THE PART IS YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERAS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH TECH TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE MEETING.

THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO HOLD THEM HERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SOMETIMES IF WE HOLD A STEADY SESSION, WE HAVE TO HOLD IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WE CAN'T ALWAYS PROVIDE THE RECORDING.

SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO.

I DO KNOW THE HIGH SCHOOL, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON IS IS BUSIER, SO I'M TRYING TO THINK WHERE WE WOULD HAVE IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS NOT REALLY SET UP FOR THE WIDTH HERE.

MARK, CAN YOU THINK OF A SPACE IF WE WERE TO DO IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, IF YOU RELOCATED ALL THE CAMERAS? YEAH. OX GYM.

COMMONS. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO CONFLICT WITH EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AT THE SCHOOL.

ANY OF THE ROOMS LARGE ENOUGH? YEAH. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE BOARD TO WRESTLE WITH.

IF THE LOCATION, I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS ROOM AND THE LAYOUT AND JUST THE TECHNOLOGY.

IT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD IS, IS THE ARRANGEMENT OF THIS ROOM MEETING THE NEEDS OF IT, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

THIS IS WHERE WE DO ALL OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS OR BUS DRIVERS, OR THEY COME HERE AND THEY MEET.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT A MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN IT'S ALL I'VE KNOWN.

SO I'VE NEVER THOUGHT DIFFERENTLY.

I HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT THEY DON'T THINK THAT THE ACOUSTICS ARE GREAT.

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AND I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO WHAT NANCY WAS SAYING, IF A DIFFERENT SETTING WOULD IMPROVE THAT.

I THINK GIVEN THE COMMONS AND THE OX GYM, THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE WORSE BECAUSE OF THE ECHOING.

I'VE JUST NOTICED IT.

WHEN I'M WITH STUDENTS IN THOSE SPACES, IT CAN BE HARD TO HEAR.

I'M SEEING IT YOU CAN'T HEAR.

SO. BUT I THINK IF THE ACOUSTICS AREN'T WORKING AT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON AND SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE EAT OUR MICROPHONES WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO THEM.

YEAH. NOT LITERALLY, BUT GETTING CLOSE TO THEM.

SO THEY PICK UP WELL, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER YOU ARE, THE BETTER THEY DO.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE POLICY 140? SO SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW TO ADDRESS ADOPTED POLICY OR HOW TO ADDRESS REVISED POLICY 1400.

SO GOOD.

YEAH. SORRY. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE PLACE WHERE THEY INSERTED THE, YOU KNOW, MAY HOLD VIDEO MEETINGS, IF ONLY IN CASES OF EMERGENCY OR MAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHOOSE OPTION 1 OR 2.

AND I THINK WE CHOSE OPTION ONE WHERE WE HAVE VIDEO MEETINGS NO MATTER WHAT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS WHAT WAS IN HERE.

FOR OUR REGULAR MEETINGS THAT WE CONTINUE WITH VIDEO MEETINGS.

IT WAS WHERE IS IT? IT'S RIGHT UP AT THE GOT TO GO TO THERE.

IT'S THE OPTION TWO.

IT'S JUST BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING.

SUBTITLE. UM.

YEAH, IT'S JUST OPTION TWO.

THE DISTRICT WILL HOLD [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH. I JUST THINK IT'S OPTION TWO OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS THAT'S IN THERE.

DON'T HAVE. YEAH.

WAIT A MINUTE. OKAY, SO IT SAYS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE WITH WITH THE VIDEO MEETINGS FOR OUR REGULAR MEETINGS.

IT SAYS HERE THE DISTRICT WILL HOLD REMOTE OR PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE, LIMITED MEETINGS ONLY IN CASES OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR IN CASES OF LOCAL EMERGENCY.

CORRECT. YEAH.

AND THAT'S THE OPTION TWO PART.

OPTION ONE WAS STRUCK AND OR STRICKEN OUT OF THERE.

OKAY. PARDON ME FOR SOUNDING DENSE HERE, BUT WE'LL HOLD REMOTE OR PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE LIMITED MEETINGS ONLY IN CASES OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY UM, IT'S ON PAGE 19. SO IS THIS.

I MEAN, THIS WOULDN'T BE OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERED A REMOTE MEETING.

WHAT IS THIS CALLED, A HYBRID TYPE MEETING? BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT VIA ZOOM.

WELL, IT'S WE'RE BROADCASTING IT IN VIDEO RECORDING, AND SO THERE'S.

YEAH, A LIVE, A LIVE MEETING IN THAT SENSE, THEY, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IS THAT WE CAN HOLD THE REMOTE IF WE CAN'T GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

WE'VE GOT AN OPTION TO DO THAT ELECTRONICALLY, WHETHER THAT BE A ZOOM MEETING OR SOME OTHER.

BUT ULTIMATELY THE WE'RE ONLY DOING THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO, AS OPPOSED TO MEETING IN PERSON.

OKAY. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE FIRMLY IN THE CAMP OF YES, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH VIDEO MEETINGS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HUGELY BENEFICIAL AS FAR AS PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ATTEND.

PEGGY, WE HAVE TO, BY LAW, HAVE ONE MEETING A MONTH, ONE TIME WHEN WE MEET.

SO LET'S SAY, I MEAN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS AT THE VERY LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AND SNOWSTORM HITS AND PEOPLE CAN'T GET HERE, THAT WOULD BE A REASON WE MAY SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO A REMOTE MEETING, A ZOOM MEETING, BECAUSE TO MEET OUR LEGAL REQUIREMENT, BUT ALSO FOR TO

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WE COULD DO THAT IF EVERYONE WAS OUT AND ABOUT AND IT WAS OFF SCHEDULE AND NOT ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ADDRESSING FOR.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALMOST HAD THIS HAPPEN IN I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S JANUARY.

I THINK IT WAS A JANUARY MEETING WHERE WE WERE AT THE LAST END OF THE MONTH, AND THERE WAS A BIG SNOWSTORM, AND IT WASN'T SAFE FOR THE BOARD TO GET TOGETHER OR POTENTIALLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SAFE.

THINGS CLEARED UP, THANKFULLY, BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT WE WERE DISCUSSING HAVING A VIDEO MEETING.

IN THAT CASE JUST FOR FIRST PEOPLES SAFETY FACTOR.

AND THEN WE COULD BROADCAST IT WITH ZOOM AND IT DOES AT THE END OF IT.

EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH, 2024, ALL REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AT WHICH A FINAL ACTION IS TAKEN OR FORMAL PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS ACCEPTED, EXCEPT EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OR EMERGENCY MEETINGS WILL BE AUDIO RECORDED.

THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR VIDEO RECORDING AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'VE OPTED TO CONTINUE WITH VIDEO RECORDING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A ASSET IN JUST THE FACT OF NOT ONLY DO WE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WOULD RATHER WATCH THE MEETING FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME AND THEIR RECLINERS, AS OPPOSED TO COMING AND SITTING IN THE CHAIRS OUT THERE, WHICH HAS IMPROVED THE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ATTENDANCE, INTERACTION.

AND THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL, GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN HEARING AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO SO SO HERE'S ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD.

AND WHAT BRINGS US UP IS THE THE MEETING THAT WE HAD REGARDING THE WAS THE PRIORITIES MEETING.

OKAY. TIME WISE THAT FELL REALLY AWKWARDLY BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET OUR STUFF DONE BEFORE IT WAS DUE AT WSSDA AND SO I CAN SEE THAT AS BEING A SITUATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AS BEING A SITUATION WHERE IT WOULD BE VERY CONVENIENT TO HAVE A ZOOM. WELL, NOT ZOOM, I GUESS IT WOULD BE A ZOOM MEETING BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE WHATEVER SWAGIT.

ARE THOSE PROHIBITED? THOSE KINDS OF MEETINGS NOW ARE PROHIBITED TO BE DONE BY A ZOOM OR NOT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT SAYS.

I'D LIKE A SCHEDULING EMERGENCY CONSIDERED ENOUGH OF AN EMERGENCY TO BE ABLE TO CALL A MEETING LIKE THAT.

WELL, IT SAYS, OR OTHER EMERGENCIES OR I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DECISION OF THE BOARD.

OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CAN TELL YOU WE ALREADY HAVE THAT SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO.

WELL, I KNOW THAT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT POP UP.

SO YEAH. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

64.5. OKAY.

KEVIN, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT REVISED POLICY 1400 MEETING CONDUCT IN ORDER OF BUSINESS IN QUORUM.

OKAY, SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE REVISED VERSION OF POLICY 1400.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. I CAUGHT MYSELF GABBY.

SO I WILL STEP BACK, JUST FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF MY LEARNING PROCESS AND REMEMBERING TAKING AN ADVISORY VOTE FROM OUR STUDENTS.

SO STUDENTS, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU FIRST.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE REVISION REVISED POLICY 1400, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SINCE I HEARD BOTH OF YOU, I WON'T ASK FOR OPPOSITION.

SO NOW I WILL MOVE ON TO THE BOARD VOTE.

AND SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE POLICY, THE REVISED POLICY 1400, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 7.02, WHICH IS THE POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF REVISED POLICY 3207, WHICH IS THE PROHIBITION OF HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT A COPY THERE.

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WE HAVE THESE POLICIES ON BOARD DOCS, AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH BOARD DOCS, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW ANYBODY HOW TO USE IT IN ANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE, I'M SURE, OR THE EXEC TEAM.

BUT ON THERE, THERE HAS BEEN A REALLY NICE FORMAT OF THESE POLICIES, BOTH IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORMAT, THE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE TO THEM AND THEN WHAT THE REVISED POLICY LOOKS LIKE.

SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE CHANGES.

THE CHANGES ARE OUTLINED AS FAR AS WHAT'S AFFECTED.

AND THIS INFORMATION IS ALL POSTED PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS, WHEN BOARD DOCS IS OR WHEN THE MEETING IS PUT OUT PUBLIC ON BOARD DOCS.

AND AGAIN, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND OR NEED HELP GETTING, YOU KNOW, ASKING ANY ONE OF US, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TO SHOW THAT TO YOU, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES PROVIDE THE TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING CHANGED IN THESE POLICIES AND WHAT THE POLICIES SAY.

SO. AND I, FOR ONE, AND I'M SURE MANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHOW IT TO YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO.

THE CHANGES WITHIN THIS.

YES, BUT I NEED TO FIND IT.

HEY.

IF SOMEONE CAN FIND THE PARAGRAPH WHICH LISTS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELD IN COMPLIANCE FOR THIS.

I NOTICED ONE GLARINGLY LACKING WORD.

WHEN I LOOKED AT IT AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT BRING THE NOTES WITH ME THAT I MADE WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS EARLIER.

IN COMPLIANCE OF WHICH OF THE POLICY.

AND IT LISTS OFF EVERYONE WHO'S BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE, INCLUDING.

STAFF. VOLUNTEERS.

EVERYBODY WAS MENTIONED, EXCEPT STUDENTS.

OH, HERE IT IS.

WELL, THE FIRST PART HAS GOT STUDENTS.

WHAT? AND PAGE.

I'M ONLY SEEING THINGS ABOUT LIKE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, NOT ANY SPECIFIC PARTIES.

THE FIRST PARAGRAPH LISTS STUDENTS, THOUGH.

NO. IT SAYS. YEAH.

IT'S SAYING ABOUT PROTECTING EVERYONE.

IT'S SAYING LIKE COMMITTED TO A SAFE AND CIVIL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL AND THEN LISTS ALL THE PARTIES.

I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT WHO'S BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THOUGH.

MAYBE I'M JUST READING IT WRONG.

YEAH, I'M NOT FINDING.

BECAUSE THE ONLY LIST I HAVEN'T SEEN IS THAT ONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE.

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BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE BEHAVIORS BEING DIRECTED AT NOT JUST STUDENTS, BUT EMPLOYEES, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, VOLUNTEERS, ETCETERA.

SO, DOES THAT NEED TO? IT'S COMMITTED TO A SAFE AND CIVIL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, LEGAL GUARDIANS, VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO YEAH, THAT'S IN PARAGRAPH ONE.

BUT THEN WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT BEHAVIORS AND EXPRESSIONS, IT SPECIFICALLY IS DEALING WITH STUDENTS AS THE VICTIMS, NOT ANYBODY ELSE.

SO IS THIS POLICY ABOUT JUST BULLYING TOWARD STUDENTS OR IS IT ABOUT OKAY, THAT'S BUT IT INCLUDES EVERYBODY ELSE LISTED IN IT, WHICH IS I THINK WHAT MAKES IT A LITTLE AWKWARD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INCLUDING OTHER PEOPLE THAT COULD BE BULLIED.

AND IF THIS ISN'T ADDRESSING THAT, THEN I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, IT MIGHT JUST BE SAYING THAT IS LIKE THE STANDARD THAT'S CAUSED THE POLICY TO BE PUT IN PLACE IS THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE.

IT COULD IMPLY THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER POLICIES THAT PROTECT THESE OTHER GROUPS.

BUT I MEAN, IF THEY SAID THAT THIS ONE IS STUDENT CENTERED, THEN I THINK THE OTHER THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING IN THE 3000S.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE STUDENT SECTION.

THE FACT THAT THEY LIST ALL THE OTHER GROUPS UP THERE, I THINK, SAYS THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS FOR ANYONE, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A 3000 POLICY.

SO IT'S INTENDED FOR STUDENTS.

AND ACTUALLY THAT'S THE OLD VERSION IS IN THE UPPER PART OF THAT PACKET THAT LISTED STAFF.

THE NEW VERSION IS SPECIFIC TO STUDENTS LIKE JOHN SAID.

SO STAFF IS COVERED BY OTHER POLICIES LIKE GABBY SAID.

SO THIS IS A STUDENT SPECIFIC POLICY.

THE STAFF HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM IT.

SO PART OF THE UPDATE.

SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THERE WASN'T PREVIOUSLY A POLICY THAT ADDRESSED STUDENT SPECIFICALLY.

IT WAS, BUT IT INCLUDED STAFF.

IT INCLUDED STAFF. SO THIS IS THIS IS A WAYS TO UPDATE.

AND ONE OF THE MAJOR PARTS OF THIS UPDATE IS TO REMOVE STAFF, WHICH MAKES IT COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW.

IT WASN'T FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW PREVIOUSLY.

OKAY. SO STAFF HAS BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE THEY'RE COVERED BY OTHER POLICIES.

OKAY. BUT I MEAN THE INTRO READ INTO THIS, THIS IS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS IS WHAT I READ INTO THIS.

SO NOT ONLY IS STAFF REMOVE, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HANDLE THESE IN AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

AND AGAIN WITHIN IT, THE YOU KNOW, IT'S A POLICY THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE OTHER THAN IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AREA WHERE THEY'VE GOT THE RED.

BASICALLY, THE BIG THING IS IT'S JUST ADDING THAT THE POLICY OF HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING ARE SEPARATE BUT RELATED BEHAVIORS TOWARDS A STUDENT.

YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER STUFF IS LANGUAGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.

AND THEN THERE'S SPECIFIC TRAINING.

BUT AS IT SAID, THIS IS IN THE 3000 SECTION.

SO IT'S STUDENT RELATED AS OPPOSED TO STAFF AND OTHERS THAT ARE IN OTHER SECTIONS.

SO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH. CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT A COMPLIANCE OFFICER IS? DO WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS THAT PERSON AND WHAT'S THEIR ROLE? GOOD QUESTION. WE HAVE TWO DESIGNATED COMPLIANCE OFFICERS IN THE DISTRICT.

I'M ONE OF THEM. AND CHRIS COCHRAN, OUR DIRECTOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH, IS THE OTHER ONE.

THE ROLE IS TO RECEIVE ANY HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING COMPLAINTS THAT COME TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

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. THANK YOU. OUR ROLE IS TO RECEIVE ANY HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING COMPLAINTS THAT GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THEY COME TO US, AND THEN WE LOOK AT THEM ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURES AND INVESTIGATE TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING AND WHAT CORRECTIVE ACTION OR DISCIPLINE ACTION WOULD TAKE TAKE PLACE IF THERE WAS.

THANK YOU. ARE WE STILL USING PBIS? YES, WE STILL ARE USING PBIS.

OKAY. DO WE UTILIZE EAP AS WELL ALONG WITH THAT? AND YOU HAVE NOT ONLY YOURSELVES, BUT OTHERS THAT ARE PART OF THE EAP FERNDALE.

YEAH. OUR STAFF CAN ACCESS EAP.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME WE MAKE THAT PUBLICLY KNOWN, NOT JUST WHEN THERE IS A ISSUE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE OUR STAFF KNOWS THAT THAT'S AN OPTION THEY HAVE. SO AT ANY POINT OR IF THEY COME TO US AND SAY THEN WE ALWAYS REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. SO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE POLICY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT REVISED POLICY 3207.

PROHIBITION OF HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING.

OKAY, SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT OR TO ADOPT THE REVISED POLICY.

3207 THE PROHIBITION OF HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING.

I'LL GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME.

SO, STUDENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE STUDENTS ARE IN FAVOR.

SO NOW TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE REVISED POLICY SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.03, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OR THE POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF REVISED POLICY 40 60 THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS. AGAIN, THE REVISIONS ARE THERE TOO FOR THE REVIEW.

AND. NOT A WHOLE LOT THERE AS COMPARED TO THE OTHERS, BUT.

BUT IT'S AND IT'S A SMALLER POLICY MAKES IT NICER.

SO. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ONE TO NEXT MONTH BECAUSE I REALLY HAVEN'T.

I SAT AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I HAVEN'T HAD, I DON'T THINK, TIME TO TURN IT OVER IN MY MIND TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THIS ONE.

I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE, BUT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW.

I WOULD BENEFIT FROM THINKING MORE, READING MORE, AND DISCUSSING MORE WITH PEOPLE.

OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, AS FAR AS IN REGARDS TO THE POLICY.

SO I GUESS AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE MOTION HAS BEEN PUT FORTH TO TO MOVE THIS TO DISCUSSING NEXT MONTH.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND WE CAN.

WE'LL ACT ON THAT FIRST.

SO ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AS TO RELATED TO POSTPONING UNTIL NEXT MONTH? YEAH. PEGGY, I WOULD BE THE PERSON TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE WAS A TWO WEEK TURNAROUND BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.

SO I INVITE YOU TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME AND SCHEDULE THAT SOMETIME BETWEEN THEN.

CERTAINLY, YES.

I WILL SAY ONE OF THE NOTABLE CHANGES THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS IN THE PREVIOUS VERSION, IT HAD THE SUPERINTENDENT REVIEWING ALL OF THE MATERIALS SUBMITTED.

IF YOU SEE.

RIGHT. SO IF YOU SEE THE LAST REVISIONS WERE MADE IN 2020 PRIOR TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM BEING IN THE DISTRICT, SO IT DID LAND ON THE SUPERINTENDENT REALLY.

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THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CHANGES COME FROM.

YEAH. NO. AND THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

I DID REALIZE THAT HEY, THAT IS AN AWFUL LOT TO BE DUMPED ON THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND SO YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT.

BUT I DO STILL HAVE YOU KNOW, I DO STILL WANT TO THINK ON THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND, AND ONE GROUP THAT THIS DOES AFFECT FOR US TO BE MINDFUL OF WHO IS THE AUDIENCE FOR.

THIS IS OUR PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS.

SO AS THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH FAMILIES AND GET MATERIALS TO THEM, THIS ALLOWS THEM TO DO IT.

BUT IT ALSO KEEPS JUST ANY GROUP FROM BEING ABLE TO DROP OFF FLIERS AT A SCHOOL.

SO IT GOES THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS.

SO JUST FOR CONTEXT, BUT DO TALK TO SELENA.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IS RELATED TO DELAYING THE ACTION ON THIS UNTIL OUR DECEMBER MEETING, WHICH, AS CELINA POINTS OUT, JUST FOR REFERENCE SAKE AND FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE OF WINTER BREAK, IT OCCURS ON DECEMBER 12TH.

OKAY, SO NOT AT THE END OF THE MONTH LIKE NORMAL.

NO. AND IT QUALIFIES AS A SPECIAL MEETING, NOT A BOARD MEETING DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S OFF OF OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE.

OKAY, SO THE STUDENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DELAYING THE ACTION ON THIS ITEM UNTIL OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

NAY, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS ONE.

OKAY, THAT'S FAIR TOO.

OKAY. SO THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE AS A BOARD.

ALL THOSE BOARD MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF DELAYING THE ACTION ON THIS POLICY UNTIL NEXT MONTH OR UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

ANY ABSTENTIONS.

I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN.

OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT THEN THAT THE WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DELAY THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH BASED ON THAT VOTE.

OKAY. THAT THEN TAKES US DOWN TO 7.04, WHICH IS THE THE REVISED POLICY.

FIVE 5009 CIVILITY.

AND YOU HAVE IT THERE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FOR OUR ACTION.

SO.

I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING.

HEAR THE WORD STUDENTS WAS MISSING FROM THIS DOCUMENT ON THE FIRST THE OPENING SECOND PARAGRAPH UNCIVIL CONDUCT ON DISTRICT PROPERTY OR AT DISTRICT SPONSORED ACTIVITIES BY SCHOOL DIRECTORS, STAFF, PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS OR VISITORS IS PROHIBITED AND I THINK IT ALSO SHOULD INCLUDE STUDENTS AS WELL.

THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE WITH THAT, WHICH I WOULD NOT DISAGREE WITH, BUT THIS IS UNDER PERSONNEL.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE STUDENTS IF THEY'RE SIMILAR.

OKAY. IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY WHEN THERE'S THERE'S DIFFERENT BREAK.

KEVIN, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT OKAY.

SO THE STUDENT ONES ARE IN THE THREE THOUSANDS CORRECT.

RIGHT. OKAY.

SO THAT WAS PART OF MY PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER ONE.

WAS IT LISTED ALL THOSE PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN THE THREE THOUSANDS IT HAD IT OPENED UP WITH ALL THE INFORMATION.

AND THE TITLE OF THE THING WASN'T SPECIFICALLY HER MALE HARASSMENT AND BULLYING AGAINST STUDENTS.

IT WAS A GENERIC HARASSMENT AND BULLYING.

AND SO THAT IS THE THE FINE TUNING OF THE WORDING TO TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS STUDENTS WAS WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS LINING UP.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY NUMBER THEM.

SO ALL THE THREE THOUSANDS HAVE TO DO WITH STUDENTS.

ALL THE FIVE THOUSANDS HAVE TO DO WITH PERSONNEL.

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THANK YOU. YES.

CLARIFICATION. AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE ISN'T SOME OVERLAP IN SOME OF THESE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF ONE REALLY SUPER WORDSMITH THEM, IT COULD BE TIGHTER LANGUAGE.

BUT SOMETIMES I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL ALL INCLUSIVE NET THEY THROW OUT AND JUST FOR PROCESS PURPOSES.

SO WHEN EVELYN IS WORKING ON THESE POLICIES DEPENDING ON WHO.

SO FOR THE STUDENT ONE, SHE WORKED WITH CHRIS AND TRINA ON THAT ONE.

FOR THIS ONE SHE WORKED WITH H.R.

SO DEPENDING ON WHO WOULD MANAGE IT TOO.

DEPENDS ON WHO THE AUDIENCE WAS FOR.

WHO SUPPORTED EVELYN IN THAT? OKAY.

FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

IF NOT, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO HOW TO.

HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS THIS.

THESE REVISIONS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT REVISED POLICY 5009.

CIVILITY. OKAY.

SO. HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE REVISED POLICY 5009 ON CIVILITY.

SO STUDENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY, A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

NOW, MOVING ON TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING REVISED POLICY 5009 ON CIVILITY SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED.

AND ANY ABSTENTIONS.

OKAY. THEN THAT PASSES.

SO THAT BRINGS US ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDAS.

BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS ARE A GROUP OF ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD PREVIOUS EXPOSURE TO, AND HAS

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

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

WE CAN TAKE THEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSS AND OR VOTE ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

BUT THESE ARE TYPICALLY ROUTINE ITEMS THAT ARE PUT FORTH FOR THE BOARD AND AGAIN, FALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF ROUTINE BUSINESS THAT CAN BE VOTED ON AS IN ONE MOTION, AS OPPOSED TO AN INDIVIDUAL MOTION FOR EACH ITEM.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDAS AND OR A MOTION FOR ACTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR UP TO DISCUSSION ON 8.03.

HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.

SURE. SO BEING THIS IS 100 PLUS PAGE DOCUMENT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TIGHT TIME FRAME, AND WE HAVE A LIMITED SPACE TO APPROVE THIS.

WHAT IS IT? WE GOT TWO DAYS TO COME UP WITH A DECISION ON THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND IS SO THERE'S A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THIS SETTLEMENT. WHAT WOULD THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT UTILIZE THAT FUNDING? WHAT WOULD WE SPEND THAT ON? OKAY. SO THIS WAS THE LITIGATION THAT WE JOINED THE CLASS ACTION SUIT AROUND THE VAPING.

AND SO THE MONEY HAS TO GO TOWARDS.

INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION, SO IT COULD GO TOWARDS THE SALARIES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT WORK.

IT COULD GO TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS CAMPAIGNING.

WE HAVE NOT SAT DOWN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, SO THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THOSE ROLES WHO DO THOSE JOBS, SO WE WOULD WANT THEM AT THE TABLE

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BUT THE WHOLE POINT OF THOSE DOLLARS IS TO PROVIDE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE SEEING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER STUDENTS AS EARLY AS ELEMENTARY AGE ENGAGING IN VAPING RIGHT HERE IN FERNDALE, WE WE NEED THE SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THESE FUNDS, IT'S NOT A LOT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, BUT IT ADDS TO AND MAKES US REALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO BE TRANSPARENT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ACT ON THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK TRINA, WHO ACTUALLY SPEND SOME TIME AROUND THIS, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING SHE WOULD ADD THAT I DIDN'T HIT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO SUBSTANCE USE ABUSE PROFESSIONALS IN THE DISTRICT.

THE MAJORITY OF THEIR SALARIES ARE PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE NORTHWEST ESD GRANTS THAT THEY HAVE.

AND WE DO A SMALL MATCHING FUND.

THE ESD HAS COME FORWARD TO WHATCOM COUNTY DISTRICTS OFFERING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SUBSTANCE USE ABUSE PREVENTION SPECIALIST.

SCPD. IF WE HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF MATCHING FUNDS FOR IT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD OR ENTERTAINED, BUT IT COMES TO MIND AS A AN EMPLOYEE THAT WE COULD GET FOR.

UNDER $20,000, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PICKING UP THE REST.

SO THIS WOULD OPEN UP THAT POSSIBILITY AS AN EXAMPLE.

WOULD YOU CONSIDER US IN CRISIS WITH THIS EPIDEMIC OF VAPING IN THE SCHOOLS? ABSOLUTELY. STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.

I HAVE HEARD SO MANY THINGS.

I HAVE COUSINS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL UNTIL LAST YEAR, AND FROM THE YEARS THAT I WAS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL UNTIL NOW, AND EVEN PROBABLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THERE HAS BEEN A DRASTIC INCREASE IN VAPING AND OTHER DRUG USE.

I'VE HEARD SO MANY THINGS ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN THE DISTRICT AT BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS, VAPING IN THE BATHROOMS, DOING DRUGS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, POSSIBLY ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT GETTING THE MOST OF THEIR EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING TO SCHOOL AND DISTRICT EVENTS INTOXICATED.

AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT IS.

MUCH LIKE HOW CRACKING DOWN ON IT HAS GOTTEN A LOT MORE, I DON'T KNOW, STRICT.

UM, THE HIDING OF THESE KIND OF THINGS IS ALSO GOTTEN A LOT MORE ADVANCED THERE LIKE THERE ARE SOME TYPES OF DRUGS THAT JUST LOOK LIKE TYPICAL SCHOOL OBJECTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT.

SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO TRACK.

AND I KNOW IT'S STILL HAPPENING BECAUSE I RECENTLY HAD AN INTERACTION WHERE A STUDENT TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY, COOL.

SO YEAH, IT'S STILL HAPPENING.

SO. I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO GET A REPORT BACK FROM THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE UTILIZED.

I KNOW IT'S A SMALL WAY OF 70.

NO, BUT IT MATTERS.

THAT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE EXPECTATION, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE A FEEL GOOD THING TO KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT.

SO I'D APPRECIATE 100%.

THAT. THAT'S AN EXPECTATION.

THAT'S A GOOD EXPECTATION.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDAS? OKAY. THEN THE CHAIR NOT HEARING ANYTHING.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO VOTE ON THOSE CONSENT AGENDAS.

AND SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED HERE AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES SIGNIFY BY SAYING, OH, STUDENTS, OH, STUDENTS DON'T ON THIS ONE.

YEAH. NOT ON THE CONSENT BECAUSE OF VARIOUS THINGS, INCLUDING EMPLOYEE STUFF THAT'S ON THERE.

SO ALL THOSE BOARD MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED AND MAKING THEM PART OF THE MINUTES SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE, AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

ANY ABSTENTIONS? I'M ABSTAINING.

OKAY. I'LL ABSTAIN TOO.

OKAY. SO THEN CONSENT AGENDA PASSES WITH THE NOTED

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AND FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO PEGGY.

[10. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES]

JUST A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THEM ON ME.

QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I PRINTED OUT ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY, BUT.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO LAST MONTH, WE HAD VOTED AS A BOARD ON THE PRIORITY LIST THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED BY WSSDA ON THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WE WE WANTED TO SEE THEM PICK UP.

AND THIS HANDOUT CONTAINS THE LIST.

IT'S WHAT THEY WHAT THEY WHAT THEY PRINTED OUT TO SHOW WHICH ONES THEY FINALLY DECIDED ON AFTER INPUT FROM ALL OF THE SCHOOL BOARDS.

THREE OF OURS ARE ON HERE.

PROVIDE FOR AMPLE, EQUITABLE AND STABLE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

ADVANCED SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TRANSPORT AND FEED STUDENTS.

THEY ROLLED SOME OF THE PRIORITIES INTO LARGER CATEGORIES TO PUT ON THIS LIST.

AND SO THIS IS THE LIST THAT WE WILL BE USING GOING FORWARD WHEN IT COMES TO FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING LEGISLATION.

AND SO THE NEXT STEP IS MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES.

AND MELINDA HAS VERY KINDLY BECAUSE SHE HAS CONNECTIONS WITH SHARON SHEWMAKE.

AND ALICIA RULE HAS VERY KINDLY LINED UP A MEETING WITH WITH REPRESENTATIVE RULE ON THE 12TH.

AND SO WE WILL BE SITTING DOWN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT LEGISLATION MAY BE ON THE HORIZON THAT IS RELEVANT TO THESE POSITIONS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.

UH, PEGGY, JUST ON THE 12TH AS FAR AS DECEMBER OR DECEMBER 12TH.

YEAH. OKAY. PRIOR TO THAT, PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING.

YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF TIGHT, BUT.

YEAH. UM, UH, ALSO, AS LEGISLATIVE REP, WE MEET ONCE A MONTH ONLINE.

I HAVE UNFORTUNATELY NOT BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY LANDED A REALLY AWKWARD TIME IN MY SCHEDULE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN GO IN AFTER THE FACT AND WATCH, YOU KNOW, WHAT PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE.

UH, THE NEXT ONE IS COMING UP ON DECEMBER 4TH.

SO THE WAS THE WEBSITE.

IF YOU I THERE'S ALSO WAYS OF COURSE YOU PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT THIS FOR STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED.

THE STUDENT REPS HAVE END OF YEAR ROLL CALL AND LEGISLATIVE SESSION 6 P.M.

ON DECEMBER 11TH.

THAT'S ALSO ON THE THE WEBSITE AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF THAT.

SO. JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS INFORMATION THAT I HAD.

AND THERE IS ALSO A REGULAR WAS A MEETING FOR JUST STAYING IN TOUCH WITH WITH THESE ISSUES.

AND I DIDN'T WRITE THAT ONE DOWN ON HERE, BUT I WILL SEND IT OUT TO YOU AND LINK, YOU KNOW, I'LL SEND AN EMAIL.

AGAIN. IT'S AN EVENING ZOOM TYPE MEETING, SO AND WE CAN ATTEND AS A GROUP.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, THIS WOULDN'T BE A VIOLATION OF ANY, ANY, ANY OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT RULES BECAUSE WE ARE NOT INTERACTING AND DISCUSSING OUR OWN BUSINESS.

SO BUT I WILL SEND OUT THE LINK TO THAT.

UM, AND THEN ALSO I'VE BEEN GETTING REMINDERS.

HEY, IT'S TIME TO REGISTER FOR A DAY ON THE HILL.

AND, AND I'LL BE TALKING TO CHRIS AND KRISTI ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, I'VE BEEN SENDING SOME UPDATES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE.

SO SUNDAY IS LIKE A DAY OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

WE HEAR FROM SPEAKERS, WE GET UPDATES.

THEY REALLY TALK A LOT ABOUT THE PRIORITIES.

THIS IS IN FEBRUARY.

YEAH NOT NOT THIS WEEK.

YEAH. SORRY. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WE'RE DOWN IN OLYMPIA.

THE NEXT DAY WE GO TO A DAY ON THE HILL.

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WE GET TO SPEND SOME TIME.

OUR STUDENTS OFTEN HAVE THEIR OWN ADVOCACY SESSIONS, BUT THEY.

SO SUNDAY IS REALLY A PREP DAY ON WHAT TO EXPECT ON THAT MONDAY.

SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, CHRIS I THINK IS PLANNING TO REGISTER TOMORROW.

YEAH. AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT ANYONE'S WANTING TO STAY OVERNIGHT.

WE GET SECURE YOU A HOTEL ROOM AND CAN I START THAT WHEN SPRING BREAK IS.

IN APRIL. YEAH.

AND AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE AND DAY ON THE HILL IS JANUARY 28TH AND 20TH JANUARY.

THAT'S WHAT I GUESS MY BETTER QUESTION WAS MID-WINTER BREAK.

YEAH. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT DOESN'T HIT AND AND THE LEDGE ASSEMBLY AND THAT IS VARIES DEPENDENT ON THE LENGTH OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND THIS IS A SHORTER LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND DO KEEP IN MIND THAT YEAH I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID FEBRUARY.

I THINK IT WAS IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.

JANUARY 28TH IS A SUNDAY, THE 29TH IS A MONDAY, AND WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER.

OUR BOARD MEETINGS ON TUESDAY BECAUSE MIDWINTER BREAKS IN FEBRUARY.

CORRECT. MIDWINTER BREAK IS FEBRUARY 16TH.

CORRECT? OKAY. SO THANK YOU.

SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, THANK YOU, PEGGY, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

I WAS GOING TO GIVE A REMINDER TONIGHT TO LET CHRIS KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED SO SHE CAN GET YOU REGISTERED.

AND AND JUST AS A EDUCATIONAL THING, PARTICULARLY FOR NANCY AND ANTONIO IN SEPTEMBER, REPRESENTATIVES, THE LEGISLATIVE REPS FROM ALL THE THE SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE GET TOGETHER IN A CONFERENCE AND GO OVER A LONG LIST OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS.

HOW MANY PEGGY WERE THERE? THERE'S 100 AND SOME.

YEAH. AND THEN THEY ALL VOTE ON THOSE.

AND THEN WE'RE SENT OUT A LIST WHERE WE PRIORITIZE THE TOP ONES.

AND THAT'S WHERE THIS LIST COMES FROM.

AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, THIS HANDOUT THAT WE'VE GOT IS ON BOARD DOCS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE PROPOSALS AND THINGS THERE AS WELL.

YEAH. AND THOSE ARE JUST GENERAL POSITIONS THAT WERE TAKEN THIS YEAR.

OUR PRIORITIES I ATTENDED A SESSION AT WSSDA TO WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DILUTING OUR MESSAGE BY SPREADING OURSELVES TOO THIN.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS A USEFUL IT WAS A USEFUL SESSION.

AND I NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS AS WELL, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE'S APPARENTLY THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO I NEED TO I NEED TO EDUCATE MYSELF ON THAT.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR PEGGY IN REGARDS TO THIS.

OKAY. THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO THE BOARD MEMBER SHARING.

AND SO I WAS GIVEN THIS DOCUMENT THAT I NEED TO READ, AND THAT IS THAT THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS

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

SO THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SEEKING POTENTIAL AUTHORS FOR THE VOTERS.

PAMPHLET STATEMENT SUPPORTING AND OPPOSING AN UPCOMING FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVY MEASURE.

ELECTION REGULATIONS REQUIRE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SOLICIT MEMBERS TO SERVE ON, FOR, AND AGAINST COMMITTEES WHO WANT TO WRITE STATEMENTS FOR THE LOCAL VOTERS.

PAMPHLET. SINCE THERE IS AN ORGANIZED PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, THE SUPPORT FERNDALE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT HAS ASKED THAT ORGANIZATION TO NAME THE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL SERVE ON THE FOUR COMMITTEE.

THE DISTRICT IS SOLICITING MEMBERS FOR THE AGAINST COMMITTEE FOR THE VOTERS PAMPHLET.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER YOU FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE AGAINST COMMITTEE, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO MARK DEEBACH. MARK DEEBACH AT FERNDALE.

ORG AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE CAN BE FOUND HERE.

AND THERE'S A LONG EMAIL OR A LONG WEB ADDRESS.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO PROMOTE, BUT WE'LL HAVE THIS DOCUMENT.

I THINK WE CAN WE ATTACH IT TO THE.

THE MINUTES SO THAT IT'S THERE.

OKAY. SO AND IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED YOU CAN COME UP AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND TAKE A PICTURE OR SOMETHING OF THAT DOCUMENT.

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SO WITH THAT, THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN THINGS OVER TO THE GROUP.

AS FAR AS FOR BOARD MEMBER SHARING, AND I ALWAYS START ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.

I'LL START ON THIS SIDE. STEVE, ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE AT THIS POINT YOU'RE PICKING ON ME.

SORRY. I'M.

SO I'D LIKE TO SAY BYE.

I HAVE SOME THANK YOUS, AND I AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR SERVICE.

COMMENDABLE, THANKLESS JOB.

BUT A JOB WELL DONE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, ANTONIO AND NANCY.

WELCOME TO THE BOARD.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

SO I WANT TO SAY THAT.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP.

AND NOT ONLY IS THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP, BUT A REPRESENTATION OF THE WHOLE TEAM, BECAUSE IT'S THE WHOLE TEAM THAT WORKS TOGETHER, THAT HAS PRODUCED A QUALITY PRODUCT AND HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY WELL. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AND I DON'T USUALLY GO DOWN THIS STREET, BUT I'M EXCITED FOR FOR CHRISTMAS BECAUSE THIS YEAR I'M GOING TO SPEND IT AT DISNEYLAND WITH MY YOUNGEST SON, MY DAUGHTER IN LAW, AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER.

AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

SO ANYWAY.

THANKS. OKAY, ANTONIO, ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE AND DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED.

DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

SO THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SHARE.

YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.

GOOD JOB. THAT'S THAT'S THE HONEST RESPONSE.

BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS I AM I AM HONORED TO BE HERE.

THAT IS DEFINITELY MY FEELINGS.

I AM HUMBLED AND MY MY DISPOSITION HERE IS TO SERVE TOGETHER AND TO SERVE THE STUDENTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT THAT BENEFIT THE STUDENTS IN OUR IN OUR WHOLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE ALL BRING A DIFFERENT SET OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT WITH US, AND EXPERIENCES AND WISDOM THAT ALLOWS US TO HOPEFULLY WORK COLLABORATIVELY AS A UNIT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER AND DO THE RIGHT THING EVERY SINGLE TIME, HOPEFULLY.

SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH, WITH, WITH THIS GROUP, WITH EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE THAT WE MAY MAKE MISTAKES BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE, NOT PERFECTION.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NANCY. YOU DON'T GO BEFORE ME.

NO. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO THE PEOPLE OF FERNDALE WHO PUT ME HERE.

I HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO BE AN ASSET TO THE STUDENTS IN FERNDALE BY HELPING THE WHOLE BOARD MAKE DECISIONS, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AND BEING PART OF A VERY COHESIVE TEAM.

I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR GABBY SAY THAT YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE YOUNGER KIDS, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. WE NEED MORE REPRESENTATION THROUGHOUT FOR FROM OUR STUDENTS INSTEAD OF JUST YOU TWO.

NOT THAT I DON'T LOVE HAVING YOU TWO, BUT WE NEED WE NEED MORE INFORMATION FROM OUR KIDS AND HOW THEY ARE PERCEIVING THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT.

I AM I ALSO AM VERY HONORED AND HUMBLED BY HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE SAY IT'S A THANKLESS POSITION.

I HAVE HEARD THAT FROM MORE THAN ONE OF YOU, BUT I FEEL CALLED TO DO THIS AND I WILL COMMIT MYSELF. TO DOING THE VERY BEST I CAN.

AND. YEAH.

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THANK YOU. PEGGY.

UM, BOY, I'M COMING UP AT THE TAIL END OF SOME VERY HARD ACTS TO FOLLOW HERE, BUT I SHE KIND OF STOLE MY WORDS ON THE GABBY THING, BECAUSE I HAD BEEN THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO GIVE YOU GUYS A MORE EXPANDED ROLE IN DOING SOME REALLY IMPORTANT WORK.

AND SO YOUR SUGGESTION WAS KIND OF SURPRISING.

I WAS LIKE, OH, WOW, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.

SO THAT IS COOL BECAUSE AS NANCY SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST TWO PEOPLE.

BUT IF YOU CAN GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE GET A BROADER LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

SO I'M GLAD THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE LOST SOME TALENT, BUT WE GAINED SOME TALENT, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS THIS COMING YEAR.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THANK YOU. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO STACEY MOORE AND PAT ROWLEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AFTER OUR MEETING IN REGARDS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, TO GO VISIT THEIR PROGRAM OVER AT SKYLINE AND SEE HOW THEY WORK WITH THOSE KIDS THAT MAYBE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA HELP FITTING IN WITHIN THEIR CLASSES.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT HASN'T DONE THAT.

I'M SURE PAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO HOST YOU AND STACEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HOST.

IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE HOW THEY INTERACT.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE PAT AND I WERE HEADING IN THIS DIRECTION, AND THEN WE TURNED AROUND AND WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION AND TALK ABOUT FLIPPING ON A DIME.

BUT IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THE RESPECT THOSE KIDS HAVE AND HOW IT WAS WORKING AND THE TEACHERS, THE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS AS FAR AS HELPING THOSE KIDS MAINTAIN WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOT COMPROMISING THE EDUCATION OF THE OTHERS.

AND JUST IT WAS EXCITING PROGRAM TO SEE.

AND AS I TOLD BOTH OF THEM, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE PRESENTED AT WASEDA AS A PRESENT, SOMETHING THAT CAN GO ON.

SO JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND COORDINATING WITH EITHER THEM AND WITH THE DISTRICT.

JUST A REMINDER, WHEN WE ARE GOING INTO THE BUILDINGS, JUST BECAUSE OUR PRESENCE DOES CREATE A WHAT ARE THEY THERE FOR? WHAT'S GOING ON COORDINATING WITH CHRIS AND KRISTI AND THE BUILDING INDIVIDUALS SO IT DOESN'T CREATE PANIC WITHIN THEIR SYSTEM, BECAUSE WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW YOU'RE COMING, IT MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING MOMENT.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I THOUGHT WAS EXCITING.

SEVERAL OF US ATTENDED THE MAZDA CONFERENCE LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE.

I GUESS IT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, AND THAT WAS JUST AN EXCITING TIME JUST TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT THINGS WERE GOING ON.

CERTAINLY IT WAS FUN TO SEE KWABENA AND AND GABBY.

THEY WERE SO INTROVERTED.

AND THAT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IT WAS SARCASM AT ITS BEST.

THEY WERE THE LEADERS OF THE CLUB AS FAR AS THE STUDENTS AND WERE REALLY ENGAGED AND MADE FERNDALE PROUD.

KWABENA ON STAGE BEING INTERVIEWED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WAS WAS IMPRESSIVE.

IT MADE YOU PROUD TO BE A FERNDALE ITE, BUT ALSO WAS EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THE THE WASHINGTON 2023 TEACHER OF THE YEAR WAS A DEAF LADY AND IT WAS REALLY FUN TO HEAR HER PRESENTATION.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE WATCHING THOSE OLD FILMSTRIPS OR OLD MOVIES WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE QUITE THE SOUND LINED UP BECAUSE SHE WAS DOING ALL OF IT IN SIGN LANGUAGE, WHICH I FIND VERY CAPTIVATING TO WATCH JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO COOL.

BUT THEN THE PERSON WHO WAS SPEAKING FOR HER WAS KIND OF LAGGED BEHIND.

SO SOMETIMES IT WAS FUNNY WATCHING HOW HER EMOTIONS WERE A LITTLE AHEAD OF WHAT WE WERE HEARING, BUT REALLY AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF INFORMATION.

AS SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT NEED TO GO ON AND JUST REEMPHASIZE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT EARLY EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS TALKING A LITTLE BIT

[03:15:01]

BUT IT WENT TO SO MANY OTHER THINGS.

ONE OF MY THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT AND I'VE TALKED WITH KRISTI ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WHY DID WE WAIT UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL TO TRY AND LEARN A SECOND LANGUAGE? YOU KNOW, LET'S START IT IN PRESCHOOL, BECAUSE THERE IT'S SO MUCH EASIER FOR THE BRAIN TO GRASP IT.

I CERTAINLY KNOW I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED THAT.

AND MY GERMAN TEACHER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD DO BETTER TOO.

SO ANYWAY, IT'S JUST REAL EXCITING TO SEE THOSE THINGS.

AND SO AND SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WERE THROWN OUT AND SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I FOUND IT REALLY EXCITING.

SO I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOT.

GIVE ME A MOMENT JUST TO GET BACK TO AGENDA.

OKAY. SO THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD AND SO EVERY YEAR IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, WE ELECT A PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT TO THE BOARD.

[12. REORGANIZATION]

AND WHILE TONIGHT'S AGENDA SAYS THAT THE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD OFFICERS WILL SERVE FOR 2024, THEY WILL ACTUALLY SERVE FROM THEIR ELECTION TONIGHT UNTIL THE NEXT REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD AT OUR DECEMBER 2024 MEETING.

POLICY 1210 ALSO PROHIBITS NEWLY APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS FROM SERVING IN THESE ROLES.

AND MY EDITORIALIZING ON THAT IS NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO DO THAT, BUT BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIRST GET ON TO THE BOARD, IT'S LIKE LEARNING FROM A FIRE HOSE.

I SAY THAT FROM EXPERIENCE, AND SOME DAYS I STILL FEEL THAT WAY AFTER EVEN SERVING 12 YEARS ON THE BOARD.

BUT IT'S SETTING UP THE BOARD FOR SUCCESS AND SO WAS GOING TO OPEN IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE OR ANY COMMENTS THAT THE EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE IN REGARDS TO THAT BEFORE WE GO INTO THE ELECTION PROCESS.

OKAY. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WILL BE DOING THEN IS ELECTING A BOARD PRESIDENT FOR AND A BOARD VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, ESSENTIALLY.

JUST FOR CLARITY AND LET EVERYONE KNOW, I HAVE SERVED AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST YEAR.

MELINDA WAS THE BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.

SO THAT OFFICE IS OBVIOUSLY VACANT AT THIS POINT.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR AS FAR AS ELECTIONS FOR OR NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD PRESIDENT.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE KEVIN ERICKSON FOR BOARD PRESIDENT.

OKAY, IT HAS BEEN MOVED OR IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED THAT WE THAT I CONTINUE TO SERVE AS BOARD PRESIDENT.

THESE ELECTIONS ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT WEIRD IN THAT SENSE, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AT A TIME.

SO IT BECOMES IF THERE'S ANY COMMENT OR ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT SUCH.

OH, SURE.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS THAN THE OTHER VOTES THAT WE DO IS THE ELECTION PROCESS DOES CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.

SO WE'LL BE GOING AROUND TO EACH INDIVIDUAL AND ASKING FOR THEIR VOTE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST DOING A VOCAL OR A.

ORAL VOTE AS A GROUP AT ONE TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT? JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY.

SO YOU'RE SAYING ONLY ONE NOMINATION AT A TIME? ONLY ONE NOMINATION AT A TIME? YEAH. SO.

OKAY, SO IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE AND I'LL MAKE IT EASY.

I'LL START. STEVE.

YAY OR NAY.

OKAY. ANTONIO.

YAY! I'LL HOLD OFF.

NAY. NAY.

AND I WILL VOTE.

YAY! SO THEN, THAT DOES PUT ME BACK AS PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

AND SO WE WILL GO AHEAD THEN AND MOVE ON TO THE OPENING FOR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

SO ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE PEGGY UPPIANO FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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ALL THE OR SO HABIT TO DO THAT.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD.

AND AGAIN, I'LL START OVER ON WITH THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION.

SO STEVE, HOW DO YOU VOTE? YAY! ANTONIO.

YAY! PEGGY.

YAY. AND NANCY? YEAH. AND I WILL ALSO VOTE.

YAY! SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE ELECTED PEGGY AS OUR VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE COMING YEAR. SO, THAT BRINGS US ON THEN TO THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL BOARD EVALUATION OF THE MEETING.

[13. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]

CAN I ADD SOME CONTEXT HERE REAL FAST? BECAUSE, NANCY, YOU WERE AT WSSDA WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD EVALUATION AND THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL.

SO IT'S PART OF THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER MAYBE PEGGY OR STEVE, YOU REMEMBER THAT AT ONE POINT WE WE SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS WAY AND OTHER BOARDS THAT I HAVE BEEN PART OF IN THE PAST, SOMETIMES THE I'LL SAY IT. THE ADULT BOARD MEMBERS DO THEIR OWN EVALUATION, AND WE WERE FINDING THAT THE STUDENTS WERE KIND BUT HONEST WITH US.

AND SO THAT'S WHY STUDENTS DO THAT PART OF THE MEETING.

SO I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMMON ACROSS ALL BOARD PRACTICES, AND IT WAS A SHIFT THAT WAS MADE MAYBE LAST FALL.

DO YOU WANT TO START? I CAN START. I THINK IN TERMS OF THE WAY I LIKE TO DO THESE EVALUATIONS IS THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND I USUALLY TOUCH ON ONE.

AND THE ONE THAT I THINK WE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH IS DEFINITELY OUR PREPAREDNESS FOR THIS MEETING.

THERE IS, I SAID THIS AT THE LAST EVALUATION, AND I WILL DEFINITELY TONE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT NEW MEMBERS, SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LEARNING CURVE, BUT DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE READING INTO THE STUFF BEFOREHAND, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD TODAY COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED OVER AN EMAIL THAT DID NOT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED HERE.

SO MAKE SURE THAT THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HERE IS REALLY PRECIOUS.

SO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, YOU'RE NOT ONLY BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THEM DURING THE MEETING, BUT BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THEM BEFORE THE MEETING, OR ANY TIME YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN PITCH THOSE TO ANYONE IN THE EXECUTIVE TEAM OR THE APPROPRIATE PERSON IN THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, AND THEY'LL ANSWER YOU, OR THEY'LL AT LEAST TRY TO.

AND THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMING HERE AND YOU'RE LIKE, SHARP AND YOU'RE ON IT.

OR AT LEAST IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED MORE TIME TO PROCESS THINGS, THAT YOU ARE MORE PREPARED.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE AND ACTUALLY BEFORE BEFORE, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK.

UM, SIMILARLY TO KWABENA, THE AGENDA WAS GREAT, BUT THE BOARD BEING PREPARED WAS A SLIGHT POINT.

OK. ALTHOUGH I DID MAKE AN ALLOWANCE FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO ALL MATERIALS YET.

UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WAS BELOW MEET STANDARDS.

EVERYTHING ELSE WAS MEET STANDARD OR COMMENDABLE WAS DIDN'T INTERRUPT EACH OTHER DURING THE MEETING.

THERE WERE JUST A COUPLE INSTANCES OF PEOPLE TALKING OVER EACH OTHER.

NOTHING MALICIOUS, ACCIDENTAL, BUT IT'S JUST MAKING SURE CLEAR COMMUNICATION ON WHO'S TURN IT IS TO SPEAK.

I THINK OTHERWISE WE DID REALLY WELL AND I THINK OVERALL WE MET STANDARD ON THE MEETING.

THANK YOU GUYS.

JUST TO EXPAND ON KWABENA'S.

NOTE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE, AND PRIMARILY THIS IS TO HELP MY NEW BOARD MEMBERS UNDER THE WITH ON BOARD DOCS WITHIN THE AGENDA.

OFTEN IT SAYS IF THERE'S QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE ITEMS, YOU CAN ADDRESS IT TO, AND IT TELLS WHICH MEMBER OF THE EXACT TEAM IS THE BEST TO.

CERTAINLY, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHO TO TALK TO, CERTAINLY ANY OF US EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS ARE HAPPY TO HELP GIVE SOME DIRECTION THAT WAY, AS ARE BOTH CHRIS AND KRISTY.

THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND EVEN MYSELF WITH THE EXPERIENCE I HAVE.

SOMETIMES I'M ASKING THEM WHO I SHOULD TALK TO ABOUT THIS, BUT DON'T HESITATE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU I THINK NANCY HEARD AT THE WSSDA CONFERENCE, AND I'VE HEARD

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SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK.

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A DUMB QUESTION.

AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE THREE OF US HAVE ASKED IT OR THOUGHT IT AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

SO WITH THAT, THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT CHRIS WAS ASKING ME AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE, AND WE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DETERMINED A FULL ANSWER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE WITHIN AT LEAST THAT WE FOUND A POLICY AS TO WHEN OR WHERE WE DO AS FAR AS ELECTING OR SELECTING OUR BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LIAISONS.

STEVE HAS BEEN SERVING AS THAT, AND SO WE WILL DO SOME CHECKING AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING RATHER THAN SIT HERE AND TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT. AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY STEVE HAS BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THAT.

I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST BUILDING TOUR THAT I WENT ON WITH HIM, AND HE ACTUALLY SPOKE THE LINGO THAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE TALKING, AND I WAS FEELING LIKE I WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE.

THEY WERE GREAT AT HELPING ME UNDERSTAND IT, BUT STEVE TALKED THEIR LANGUAGE AND IT WAS GREAT.

SO THANK YOU, STEVE, FOR THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT WAY.

CAN I JUST SAY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE AUDIENCE FOR STAYING AS YOU CONTINUE TO BUNDLE UP AND TO THE BOARD, AND WE WILL HAVE HEAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

YEAH. SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.

AND SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE STAYED.

AND I NOW DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.