Dec 12, 2023 School Board Meeting

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

[1. CONVENE]

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 ALL INVOLVED, FOCUS ON THE ISSUES RATHER THAN THE PERSONALITIES.

A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING REMINDERS FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE NEW.

UM, YOU'RE AWARE OF WHERE THE EXITS ARE BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME DOOR THAT YOU CAME IN.

AND IF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOMS, THEY'RE OUT THE DOOR AND UP THE HALL TO YOUR RIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MEETING, AND I'LL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE ALL JOIN ME AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE] NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

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

THE LUMMI PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF WASHINGTON'S NORTHERNMOST COAST 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 THEIR WAY OF LIFE.

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

THANK YOU GABBY.

SO FIRST ON FOR TONIGHT THEN IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

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

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA.

SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[3. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

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

IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.

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

BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

PLEASE DO NOT INTERPRET THIS AS A LACK OF INTEREST OR CONCERN, NOR IS IT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH THE SPEAKER'S REMARKS.

OUR SILENCE IS RELATED TO THE RULES OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT THAT REQUIRE US TO ANNOUNCE ANY TOPIC ON WHICH THERE IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSION, WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

BY DISCUSSING SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE POTENTIALLY DEPRIVE AN INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBER 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 A 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 MODE OF COMMUNICATION THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH TO DO SO.

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

AS I HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR, WORKING TO KEEP PUBLIC COMMENT WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF OUR POLICY AND APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION OF THE PUBLIC IN DOING SO.

SO, UH, THE, SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE.

JUST TO NOTE, UM, REVISIONS TO POLICY 1400, WHICH INCLUDES THE GUIDELINES.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE LAST MEETING AND ADOPTED.

AND SO THE BOARD WOULD WELCOME COMMENTS.

UM, AND HERE ARE A FEW REMINDERS ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLICY.

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

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THE TOTAL TIME ALLOTMENT 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.

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

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

AGAIN, THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR COMMENTS, BUT ASK 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 FACE THEY FACE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL INVITE DOM PHAM, OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERSON, TO THE PODIUM.

TESTING. OKAY.

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

A RECENT ARTICLE WRITTEN BY RYAN BROOKS OF THE FREEDOM FOUNDATION CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE IT ACCURATELY DESCRIBES THE DETRIMENTAL INFLUENCE OF THE POWERFUL TEACHERS UNION ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MOST BLUE STATES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON.

I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME EXCERPTS FROM IT.

IN RECENT WEEKS.

AMERICAN PARENTS FROM COAST TO COAST HAVE WITNESSED A TROUBLING TREND IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEMS OF BLUE STATES LIKE OREGON AND NEW YORK, WHERE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC STANDARDS ARE BEING SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED OR ABANDONED ALTOGETHER.

THIS SHIFT, DRIVEN IN NO SMALL MEASURE BY TEACHERS UNION MEDDLING, RAISES CRITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND THE BROADER SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS.

IN OREGON, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MADE A STARTLING DECISION TO ELIMINATE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE BASIC SKILLS IN READING, WRITING, AND MATH.

THIS MOVE, OSTENSIBLY AIMED AT EQUITY.

TRANSLATION. WE DON'T BELIEVE MINORITY STUDENTS CAN BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS WHITE KIDS, SO WE DON'T, SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY STANDARDS AT ALL, IN FACT, UNDERMINES THE VERY ESSENCE OF EDUCATIONAL FAIRNESS AND QUALITY.

HOW CAN WE ENSURE EVERY STUDENT IS GIVEN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED WHEN THE BAR FOR SUCCESS IS LOWERED TO THE POINT OF MEANINGLESS? NEW YORK IS FACING A SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL CRISIS AND IS CONSIDERING THE SAME MADNESS TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

THE STATE'S FAMILIAR REGENTS EXAMS, A CENTURY OLD BENCHMARK FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND COLLEGE READINESS, ARE NOW UNDER THREAT.

THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ACTING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ITS BLUE WRITTEN COMMISSION ON GRADUATION MEASURES, IS CONTEMPLATING ELIMINATING THESE EXAMS AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.

THIS COULD SEVERELY DILUTE WHAT LITTLE VALUE A NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA HAD TO BEGIN WITH, LEAVING STUDENTS UNPREPARED FOR THE CHALLENGES AHEAD.

THESE EDUCATIONAL REFORMS SHARE A COMMON THREAD, THE DOMINANT INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS UNIONS.

WHILE THESE UNIONS CLAIM TO ADVOCATE FOR THE EDUCATORS THEY REPRESENT, AND INDIRECTLY FOR THE QUALITY OF LEARNING THEY PROVIDE OUR CHILDREN,

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE NATALIE CHAVEZ.

HELLO, MY NAME IS NATALIE CHAVEZ, 6184 NORTH BEULAH AVENUE, AND I AM NOT REPRESENTING ANY GROUP TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

I'VE MISSED ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THEY CONFLICT WITH THE 6 P.M.

TUESDAY WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING AND SPEAKING AT THOSE MEETINGS SINCE FEBRUARY 2021.

I SEE A FEW NEW FACES ON THE BOARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU NEWBIES AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.

AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID VACCINES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

I PERSONALLY KNOW COVID VACCINATED PEOPLE, INCLUDING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE SUFFERED ADVERSE REACTIONS FOLLOWING THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID 19 VACCINE INJECTIONS, INCLUDING BLEEDING OUT OF THE NOSE AND EAR, MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES, RARE TUMOR NEAR THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS THAT GOT WORSE, SKIN RASHES INCLUDING SHINGLES, TURBO CANCER, AMONG OTHER ADVERSE REACTIONS.

AND WE HAVE MEMBERS IN OUR WHATCOM COMMUNITY WHO HAVE DIED OR SUFFERED INJURIES FOLLOWING THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID 19 VACCINES, INCLUDING MY CAR REPAIR MAN, A STUDENT ATHLETE AT WESTERN, AT LEAST ONE POLICE OFFICER AT THE BELLINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEENAGERS WHO NOW HAVE MYOCARDITIS, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE DIED OF CARDIAC ARREST OR WHO HAVE DIED IN THEIR SLEEP. I MEET VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS OR THOSE WHO KNOW VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I TALK ABOUT THE RISKS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID 19 VACCINES AND COVID VACCINE INJURIES PRETTY MUCH WHEREVER I GO.

AND I KEEP MANY FLIERS OF VACCINE INJURY RESOURCES IN MY PURSE, AND I HAND THEM OUT WHENEVER I MEET SOMEONE WHO NEEDS THEM.

I SHARE THESE RESOURCES WITH OTHERS, EVEN WHEN I'M OUT OF TOWN.

I WANT TO SHARE ONE SUCH STORY WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

IT TOOK PLACE WHEN I WAS OUT OF STATE AND SHOPPING AT A KING SOOPERS.

I WAS TALKING WITH SOMEONE IN LINE ABOUT COVID VACCINE INJURIES, AND WHEN I GOT TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE, THE CASHIER WHO HAD OVERHEARD ME TALKING, WANTED TO TELL ME THAT HIS NIECE STARTED HAVING SEIZURES FOLLOWING THE PFIZER SHOT.

I ASKED HIM HOW OLD HIS NIECE WAS AND HE SAID 12.

I THEN GAVE HIM INFORMATION TO GIVE TO HIS NIECE'S MOTHER, AND TOLD HIM TO TELL HER MOTHER TO REPORT HER VACCINE INJURY TO VRS.

12 YEARS OLD, ANOTHER LIFE DESTROYED.

I HOPE AND PRAY THAT SHE AND OTHER COVID VACCINE INDIVIDUALS LIKE HER DON'T COMMIT SUICIDE LATER IN LIFE DUE TO THEIR DECREASED QUALITY OF LIFE AS OTHER VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS HAVE DONE.

I'VE CRIED MANY TEARS REGARDING THE COVID VACCINE INSANITY.

TONIGHT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS A WEBSITE WHERE COVID VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER, WHERE THEY CAN CONNECT WITH OTHERS AND VACCINE INJURY RESOURCES, AND WHERE THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND SHARE TREATMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPFUL WITH THEIR HEALING.

THE WEBSITE IS REACT19.ORG.

AGAIN, THAT'S REACT19.ORG, REACT19.ORG.

IT WAS CO-FOUNDED BY TWO COVID VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS, ONE WHO WAS A MEDICAL DOCTOR.

THANK YOU NATALIE.

NEXT WE HAVE BETH PERRY.

BETH PERRY, 3324 BROWN ROAD.

I CAME TO THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD HERE IN THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT IGLOO. THANK YOU FOR TURNING THE HEAT ON.

I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES THAT WE WENT THROUGH.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM, AND THEY'RE CONFUSING.

AND I AM BY FAR NO WAY AN EXPERT.

I'VE JUST BEEN READING UP IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

MY FIRST CONCERN IS WHEN YOU GUYS SAID THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER WITH A MOTION TO SECOND WHEN YOU'RE A SMALL BOARD.

UM, I READ INTO THAT, AND MOST OF THE TIME, YES, YOU ARE LESS THAN 12 MEMBERS SO THAT YOU DO FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY, BUT THAT'S USUALLY FOR HOAS AND NONPROFIT CHARITIES AND TENNIS CLUBS, WHATEVER.

YOU GUYS ARE DULY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

YOU ARE PROBABLY ON PAR WITH COUNTY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE $92 MILLION FALLING THROUGH YOUR FINGERS.

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SO THAT'S ONE. THEN WE HAD THE ISSUE OF THE PRESIDENT, AND HE SAID, WE CAN ONLY TAKE ONE MOTION ON THE TABLE AT A TIME TO VOTE ON.

EVERY SINGLE BOOK THAT I READ AND EVERY WEBSITE I READ SAID NOMINATIONS.

THAT'S AN S AT THE END.

THAT'S PLURAL. IF YOU DIDN'T AREN'T EDUCATED, I HOPE YOU ARE.

THAT'S A PLURAL. SO YOU TAKE ALL NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT, FOR ELECTED OFFICERS, THEN YOU VOTE ON THE NOMINATIONS.

YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ONE PERSON.

IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE CHANGING THE RULES TO CANDYLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME KEVIN. SORRY, THAT'S WHAT I SAW.

SO SINCE I'M SUCH A GIVING PERSON AND TODAY IT'S NOT JUST A PIECE OF MY MIND, I GOT YOU ALL SOME READING MATERIAL I HAVE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER 1876 VERSION.

ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER 1893.

ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER IN PLAIN ENGLISH, WE'VE GOT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER SIMPLIFIED, ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER QUICK STUDY GUIDE.

YEAH, AND WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD, ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

AND THIS ONE. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, PEGGY.

SO IT'S A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE.

I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE TABLE UP HERE.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH.

HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND YOU GUYS CAN THROW A FLAG NEXT TIME YOU GUYS ARE NOT FOLLOWING PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.

THANK YOU BETH.

SO THAT IS ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT I HAVE LISTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING.

AGAIN, AS I LET EVERYONE KNOW OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS LISTED ON THE WEBSITE AND WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HEAR FROM ANY OF YOU AT ANY POINT, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS SHARING.

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

UM, SELENA AND I WERE KIND OF LAUGHING TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN TWO WEEKS? SO THIS IS THE TWO WEEK UPDATE.

UM, BUT ACTUALLY LOTS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOLS.

UM, I WAS LISTENING TO GABBY JUST A MINUTE AGO ABOUT, UM, FINAL EXAMS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN.

SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.

UM, SINCE WE MET LAST, UM, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO, UM, WELCOME ANTONIO AND NANCY TO THE BOARD.

AND PART OF THE PROCESS.

AND ONE OF OUR POLICIES IS WE ON BOARD NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

AND THAT WAS A PROCESS THAT, UM, THE EXEC TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.

AND SO NANCY AND ANTONIO GOT TO COME AND SPEND A DAY.

UM, WHAT THAT INCLUDED WAS TIME WITH KEVIN AND I TO TALK, AND YOU ALL GOT A COPY OF THE BOARD HANDBOOK, AND I REALLY WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK ON THAT, BECAUSE WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD HANDBOOK.

SO I FIGURED THIS YEAR WE GET TO REFINE THAT FOR OURSELVES.

UM, SO WE WENT OVER THAT, AND THEN EACH OF THEM GOT TIME WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO LEARN ABOUT JUST THE DIFFERENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

UM, THEY GOT TO MEET WITH HOLLY AROUND FINANCE.

THEY GOT TO MEET WITH THE TECHNOLOGY.

THEY GOT TO MEET WITH HR AND START OUR NEW, UM, PROCESS.

SO THEY GOT FINGERPRINTED AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, UM, ANTONIO WILL GO AT A LATER TIME.

NANCY GOT TO GO. THIS TIME I WAS ABLE, UM, TRINA JOINED US AND WE WENT TO CASCADIA ELEMENTARY, AND WE ALSO WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

AND IT WAS IT WAS A LOT IN ONE DAY.

BUT, UM, IT WAS A GOOD DAY.

THE BELONGING AWARDS ARE BACK.

UM, AGAIN, IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR, I HAVE THE FORTUNE OF GOING AND SURPRISING STAFF WITH THEM.

BUT THESE ARE GIVEN BY STAFF FOR STAFF.

SO STAFF NOMINATE ONE ANOTHER AND THEY LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY THANK YOU OR GOOD JOB TO THEIR COLLEAGUES WHO THEY SEE WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY FOR THIS THE STUDENTS, BUT FOR THE ADULTS AS WELL.

UM, SO HERE WERE SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE.

AND IT'S, UM, VERY HEARTWARMING.

AND NANCY ACTUALLY GOT TO WITNESS SOME OF THOSE JUST PEOPLE FEELING, UM, APPRECIATED FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.

EDUCATION IS A REALLY COMPLICATED AND I CALL IT HARD WORK, WHERE YOU SHOW UP EVERY DAY ON THE BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE.

AND, UM, SOME DAYS ARE SUPER REWARDING AND OTHER DAYS ARE SUPER HARD.

UM, AND EVERY DAY IS WORTH IT.

BUT IT JUST FEELS GOOD TO BE SEEN IN THOSE MOMENTS.

WINTER SPORTS ARE UNDERWAY.

UM, SO THAT'S BEEN FUN.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIT A FEW GAMES.

I STILL HAVEN'T HIT, UM, SWIMMING OR GIRLS BASKETBALL.

UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A GAME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT, I BELIEVE.

UM, BUT I'VE HIT, UM, BOYS BASKETBALL.

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AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW OUR ATHLETES ARE DOING, UM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN WATCH THAT ON FERNDALE UM, ATHLETICS.

AND THEN WE TRY TO DO, UH, JACKSON TRIES TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT EVERY WEEK I GET A LIST.

AND SO WE'LL BE ADDING THAT, UM, SENDING THAT TO YOU.

SO IF YOU WANT TO HIT A GAME, WHETHER IT'S BOWLING OR SWIMMING OR BASKETBALL, UM, WRESTLING, UM, THERE IS SOMETHING ALMOST EVERY SINGLE NIGHT DURING THE WEEK.

SO, UM, PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUT AND CHEER ON OUR ATHLETES.

AND UNITED, TRINA, WHEN DO, WHEN WILL UNIFIED SPORTS START? JANUARY. OKAY, SO IN JANUARY WE'LL BE HAVING UNIFIED.

UM, THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14TH HERE AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW GYM.

UM, WE WILL BE HAVING THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER WINTER CELEBRATION.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN LAST YEAR THERE WAS, UM, SINGING AND FOOD.

WE HAD A PINATA.

UM, AND THERE WERE DIFFERENT PRIZES, AND IT WAS JUST GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES COMING TOGETHER, SPENDING TIME TOGETHER.

I MET A COUPLE FAMILIES LAST YEAR WHO DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SOCIAL NETWORK, AND THEY MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT EVENING AND, UM, MADE SOME LOVELY CONNECTIONS.

SO A NICE WAY TO, FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE.

AND THEN WINTER BREAK WHERE I LET YOU KNOW THIS.

UM, THIS IS ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC.

UM, ALL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED DECEMBER 18TH THROUGH JANUARY 1ST.

UM, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, UM, STARTING DECEMBER 22ND THROUGH JANUARY 1ST.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE AREN'T WORKING.

YOU, THERE ARE ADMINISTRATORS WORKING THROUGHOUT THAT TIME LAST YEAR, JAMIE WAS BUSY WORKING FOR REMEMBER WE HAD THAT AMAZING ICE STORM.

AND ANY TIME THE WEATHER, UM, UH, TAKES A TURN, THEN WE'RE IN OUR BUILDINGS, MAKING SURE OUR BUILDINGS ARE OKAY.

SO LAST YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD SOME FLOODING AND SO THERE WERE A LOT OF HANDS ON DECK.

BUT, UM, SEVERAL OF US ARE IN TOWN AND, UM, AT WORK, BUT WE JUST HAVE THE DISTRICT OFFICE CLOSED AT THAT TIME TO THE COMMUNITY.

WELL, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO GABBY.

HI. SO, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH WINTER SEASON AND ALL.

I KNOW LAST FRIDAY WE HAD OUR, UM, SPIRIT WEEK KICK OFF ASSEMBLY.

SO THERE WERE PERFORMANCES BY ASB AND, UM, CHEER AND, UM, THEN AFTER THAT WE HAD HALLWAY HALL DECORATING, HOLIDAY HALL DECORATING, AND EACH CLASS GOT A LITTLE SECTION AND WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER AS A GROUP TO JUST MAKE THOSE SCHOOL A BRIGHTER PLACE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

AND SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.

AND THIS WEEK WE HAVE SPIRIT WEEK.

THAT'S WHY I'M IN PAJAMA PANTS.

I DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP LIKE THIS FOR FUN.

UM, FIRST DAY WAS HOLIDAY CHARACTER DAY AND TOMORROW IS UGLY SWEATER DAY.

TODAY IS CABIN VERSUS COLD.

SO COZY INDOOR VERSUS LIKE SNOW GEAR.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY FUN.

AND THIS FRIDAY WE HAVE AN EXTENDED EAGLE TIME TO DO, UM, HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY RUN BY A STUDENT AND A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF HER FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER AS AN ACTIVITY FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS.

UM, WINTER SPORTS ARE GREAT. I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF BASKETBALL GAMES.

I REALLY WISH I COULD GO TO THE ONE TONIGHT, BUT I'M HERE AND I LOVE BEING HERE.

SO, UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE BAND CONCERT THAT WAS LAST WEEK AND THE CHOIR CONCERT TONIGHT, I KNOW THURSDAY THERE'S AN ORCHESTRA CONCERT AND I'LL BE THERE, AND I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE THERE BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY EPIC.

AND ANTONIO WOULD KNOW THIS, BUT THE PLAY IS IN FULL SWING FOR REHEARSALS.

UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GO SEE ANASTASIA, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BREAK, BECAUSE THE LAST WEEK BEFORE BREAK, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE SEMESTER YET, BUT TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO FINISH OUT THE UNIT, SO THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE UNIT TESTS AND NOT QUITE FINALS.

AND THAT'S ALL THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTY OR GABBY? OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.01 OF THE AGENDA, WHICH IS TO, UM, POTENTIALLY

[5. FOCUS ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS]

UM, AND SO WE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING, SOME OF YOU COMING INTO THE MEETING HEARD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS GOING ON AT THAT POINT.

UM, AT THIS POINT, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, UM, NOW'S THE TIME TO MAKE THEM.

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SO ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS.

I KNOW WE HAD GOOD INFORMATION AND THANK YOU, MARK, FOR PREPARING THAT FOR US.

I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND REQUEST.

SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 19 2023.

THE BUDGET EXTENSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR, AS ATTACHED HERETO, AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES.

I'LL REMEMBER THIS TIME AND START OUT.

ABBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE US A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE? YAY! THANK YOU.

OKAY, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND THEN VOTE AMONGST THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AND ALL OPPOSED.

AND ANY ABSTENTIONS.

OKAY WITH THAT, THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO ITEM 6.01, WHICH IS THE GOVERNANCE CULTURE, UM, POLICY GC SEVEN OF THE

[6. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]

AND WITH THAT.

YOU GET TO MY, SO, AS KRISTI MENTIONED IN LAST WEEK'S MORE AND TONIGHT'S SHARING, WE ARE UM, WHOOPS, HOLD ON.

GOT MY HEAD OF MYSELF.

UM, WITH OUR NEWLY SEATED BOARD IN PLACE, WE WANT TO MAKE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS THIS EVENING TO REVIEW OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT.

WHEN THIS SOCIAL CONTRACT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED, THE INTENT WAS THAT IT WOULD BE REVIEWED REGULARLY AND MODIFIED AS THE CURRENT BOARD SAW FIT.

SO ON THE, UM, AGENDA TONIGHT HAS BEEN ATTACHED THE POLICY GC7 UM, WHICH IS THAT SOCIAL CONTRACT.

AND MY HOPE FOR TONIGHT WAS THAT WE COULD GO AND DISCUSS IT OR ANY COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAD.

UM, AND I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

WE'VE IN THE PAST WENT THROUGH AND HAD EACH BOARD MEMBER READ A SECTION.

UM, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS, UM, BASICALLY LOOKING FOR ANY INPUT.

AGAIN, IT'S MEANT TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT CHANGES AS WE GO ALONG.

UM, BUT BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AS A BOARD, WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND IN DOING SO, IT'S OUR YARDSTICK TO, YOU KNOW, IF THINGS DON'T GO THE WAY THAT WE WANT THEM TO OR SHOULD GO, WE CAN USE IT AS A GUIDELINE FOR HOW TO GET BACK ON TRACK.

SO. ANY COMMENTS BY ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS? UM, I'M I'M WONDERING IF IT'S A NECESSARY THING BECAUSE WE HAVE POLICIES ON CIVILITY, WHICH I THINK SHOULD COVER A LARGE CHUNK.

WE HAVE POLICIES ON BOARD RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH ALSO COVERS THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED UNDER HERE.

AND UM.

AND I FEEL LIKE THIS KIND OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS IN HERE IS SOMEWHAT KIND OF CONTRADICTS ITSELF.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THING.

IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT BY STATE LAW.

AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE COULD SHORE UP OTHER POLICIES THAT CONTAIN ELEMENTS OF THIS AND, AND ARE ACTUALLY BINDING.

THAT'S JUST MY INPUT.

PEGGY, CAN I ASK YOU, IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT CONTRADICTS? I WAS ABLE TO STUDY IT EARLIER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR YOUR, UM, YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS.

SO THE SECTION DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AND I HAD PAPERS AND DID NOT BRING THEM BECAUSE I LEFT THEM IN THE CAR.

ANYWAY, UH, THE SECTION WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING DISAGREEMENTS, BUT THEN SAYS THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED. I THINK THERE'S SOME QUESTION THERE AS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED IN THE PAST, WHETHER THAT OBLIGATES US TO CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD AND SUPPORT THOSE THINGS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE AND NOT, UH, AND, AND JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NECESSARILY HAVE TO.

WAS. WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN AND, UM, AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AND MEMBER OF OTHER BOARDS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

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UM, THAT I PARTICIPATE IN AND, UM, AND I HAVE SHARED THIS FREELY, SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY.

I WOULD BE VERY, VERY CONCERNED IF WE ARE A 5-0 KIND OF BOARD.

I THINK THAT'S INDICATIVE OF SOMETHING GOING WRONG.

UH, AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THAT WITH A VARIETY OF THOUGHT, I THINK THAT, UM, AND JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE I AM IS THAT I HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND BE ABLE TO CONVERSE.

BUT IF WE MAKE A DECISION AS A BOARD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IT'S NOT GOING OUR WAY.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS OUT OF RESPECT FOR EACH ONE OF US AND CONTINUING THE UNITY OF THE GROUP.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM HOPING THAT WE DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING.

BUT ONCE WE MAKE A DECISION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET ON BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE SUPPORT THE DECISION OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. AND I READ THIS AND, UM, I SEE NO, NO, AND THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION.

I SEE NO FAULT OR WRONG IN HAVING THIS.

THIS I SAW IT AS A REMINDER.

AND, UH, THE ONE OUT OF ALL THE SENTENCES THAT I SAW HERE, UH, THE ONE THAT STUCK WITH ME BECAUSE OF, I GUESS, THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT I AM.

IT SAID IT'S IN THE FIRST ONE AND IT'S THE LAST BULLET.

IT SAYS, NEVER FORGETTING THAT OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CARE.

AND A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT WORD, IMPROVE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN FOR OUR YOUTH.

UH, NOT NECESSARILY, IT'S GOING TO BE THE MOST POPULAR DECISION, RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE WORK TO IMPROVE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP US GUIDE OUR DECISION.

I SEE NO WRONG IN THIS.

THIS IS JUST MY OPINION. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU THAT A REMINDER OF HOW WE NEED TO ACT IN THIS BOARD, UH, BEING RESPECTFUL, RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENCES.

BUT SUPPORTING THE END IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION? UM, SO MY MY SUGGESTION WAS THAT I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE SOME OF THESE SHOULD BE EMBODIED IN THE CIVILITY POLICY AND IN THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN THE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RESPONSIBILITY POLICY, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THIS STANDALONE THING.

AND I ALSO LIKE YOUR OBSERVATION THAT THE TOP SENTENCE THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING THINGS FOR STUDENTS IS, IS FRONT AND CENTER.

IT WOULDN'T HURT TO EVEN HAVE A REMINDER OF THAT POSTED ON THE WALL.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS THING THAT JUST ARE NOT USEFUL.

ONE QUESTION, IF I MAY PEGGY, YOU SAID THAT HAVING IT IN OUR POLICIES, WHICH ARE BINDING, AS OPPOSED TO THIS BEING NON BINDING, ARE YOU, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS PART OF THE BOARD POLICY.

SO IT WOULD BE AS BINDING AS ALL THE OTHER POLICIES IN THAT REGARD, AT LEAST MY UNDERSTANDING.

I JUST I GUESS FROM A I GUESS FROM A STANDPOINT, I JUST WAS THINKING LEGALLY WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, CONDUCT OURSELVES PROPERLY.

I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY THIS ADDS AND AND, UM, AT THE VERY MINIMUM, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REWORDED AND HAVE CHUNKS OF IT TAKEN OUT.

YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARDS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, HAVE REVISITED THIS.

THAT'S THE BOARDS OF THE PAST.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS DOCUMENT SPEAKS TO THIS BOARD.

AT LEAST I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT SPEAKS TO ME.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT THERE ARE PARTS OF IT THAT I DON'T THINK ARE ARE USEFUL.

SUCH AS, UH, SOME OF THE MORE, YOU KNOW, UM.

UH, LOOSE STATEMENTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN WITH OUR HEARTS AND OUR YOU KNOW, EYES AS WELL AS WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, EARS AND OUR MINDS.

I DON'T HAVE IT SITTING IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT ONE IS LIKE, OKAY, UM, I DON'T FIND IT NECESSARY.

IT DOESN'T RESONATE WITH ME.

AND IF THIS IS TO, YOU KNOW, REFLECT THE BOARD AS IT IS, I FEEL LIKE I'M PART OF THAT BOARD AND I DON'T SEE THAT AS NECESSARY.

I DON'T HOW OTHER PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, REFLECT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEN I'M JUST

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AND IF IT DOESN'T RESONATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE, THEN, YOU KNOW.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND SEE IF IT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.

SO I GUESS THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION PROCESS AND DETERMINING IF IT DOES RESONATE WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OR NOT.

AND IF THERE, CERTAINLY, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S WHY WE REVISIT IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S REFLECTING THE CURRENT BOARD AND THE WISHES OF SUCH.

UM, SO ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS OR OTHER AREAS WHERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FEEL ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ABOUT WHAT'S IN IT OR THINGS THAT DO RESONATE WITH THEM? WHEN I READ THROUGH THIS, UM, A LOT OF THE SENTENCES AND STATEMENTS SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE RELEVANT AND USEFUL.

BUT, UM, MY NOTES TO MYSELF WHEN I WROTE DOWN ON WHAT I WAS READING, THE ONE WHICH I THINK, UH, PEGGY WAS REFERENCING, LISTENING WITH OUR EYES AND HEARTS AS WELL AS WITH OUR BRAINS AND EARS.

WHEN I READ THAT I WROTE SECOND GRADE.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING YOU SAY IN A SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WE DO KNOW HOW TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, AND I DON'T IT ALMOST SEEMED JUST SOPHOMORIC TO TO HAVE THAT THERE, IT SEEMED.

AND SAME WITH DOWN BELOW.

I ALSO WROTE SECOND GRADE ON ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER'S HEARTS.

I MEAN, OKAY, IF WE JUST SPEAK PLAINLY, WE SPEAK THE TRUTH.

WE SPEAK WHAT WE THINK AND FEEL AND COMMUNICATE CLEARLY, UM, ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER'S HEARTS.

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST SORT OF TOUCHY FEELY.

I JUST DON'T SEE THAT AS A NECESSARY POLICY.

UM, NOT THAT I DON'T WANT WARMTH, BUT.

BUT TO ME, THAT JUST SOUNDED LIKE YOU'RE IN A REALLY PRIMARY CLASSROOM.

YOU KNOW I HAVE TO PIGGYBACK WHAT NANCY IS SAYING.

UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT REMINDER OF THESE THINGS, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU DO TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE, YOU HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW THESE RULES. AND, UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE REMINDED OF IT.

UM, YOU COULD TAKE SOME OF THIS AS FEEDBACK THAT IS ALMOST TAKEN NEGATIVELY, LIKE.

SOME OF THIS STUFF I WOULD TAKE FOR GRANTED BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I OPERATE ANYWAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE PART OF THIS GETS MIXED UP IS WHEN YOU DO TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE, YOU HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW THESE RULES, AND YOU DON'T NEED A REMINDER TO THAT.

MY COMMENT. IT MIGHT BE JUST MY MY LATIN BACKGROUND AND A LITTLE BIT OF WARMTH, YOU KNOW, THAT I WAS.

BUT I AM STARTING TO AGREE WITH WITH WITH YOU.

AND, UM.

WITH CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE LISTENING WITH OUR EYES AND OUR HEARTS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HARD TO, TO, TO TO MEASURE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PROVIDES DIRECTION.

UH, THE DOCUMENT I SAW AS AS HAVING SOME TONE, A WARM TONE THAT'S IN THAT, OF COURSE.

UM, I WAS OKAY WITH.

BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU, PEGGY.

AND AND AND WELL, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING SAID THAT MAYBE, UM, SOME OF THESE ARE A LITTLE TOO, UM, SUBJECTIVE.

IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD? YEAH. AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.

UM, BECAUSE IT IS A MEANT TO BE.

LIKE STEVE SAID, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND, YOU KNOW, ARE KIND OF IN MY MIND WHAT I WOULD CALL NO BRAINERS.

THERE ARE OTHER ONES, UM, MY FAVORITE LINE OUT OF THIS DOCUMENT, BECAUSE IT FITS WITH THE STORY OF WHEN WE WERE DOING IT, UM, IS THE ONE ABOUT ALWAYS ASSUMING POSITIVE INTENT, BECAUSE AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS MEETING AND I'VE TOLD THIS STORY, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT, I'VE TOLD LOTS OF PLACES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SORTING THROUGH, TRYING TO FIND THESE WORDS.

AND AT ONE POINT, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WAS SITTING HERE.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FINALLY GOT RATHER UPSET AND A LITTLE BIT HEATED AND WAS LIKE, OKAY, I CAN'T STAND THIS ANYMORE.

WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, WE'RE WORKING ON THIS, AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE ON YOUR PHONE AND THAT'S REALLY OFFENDING ME.

AND THIS BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS A LITTLE BIT ON THE SHYER SIDE OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, OF NATURE, WAS LIKE, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY THESAURUS, TRYING TO FIND A WORD FOR WHAT

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UM, AND IT WAS LIKE, OOPS, YOU KNOW.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WHAT GOES INTO IT TOO, IS, UM, THERE ARE KEY PHRASES, YOU KNOW, ANTONIO MENTIONED AS FAR AS IMPROVING STUDENT LIVES.

UM, TO ME, BECAUSE OF THAT MOMENT, THAT ALWAYS ASSUMING POSITIVE INTENT AND WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S KEY TO ME IN THIS THING.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT RESONATES DIFFERENTLY WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

SO SHOULD WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT TO ELIMINATE OR WHAT TO ADD? THAT CERTAINLY WOULD BE AT AN APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. I WOULD GET RID OF LISTENING WITH OUR EYES AND HEARTS, AS WELL AS OUR BRAINS AND EARS AS WELL AS.

UM, ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER'S HEARTS.

AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M HEARTLESS.

IT'S JUST THAT IT SEEMS, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

CAN YOU SAY THOSE ONE MORE TIME JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE I HAVE THEM WRITTEN DOWN? SURE. UM, ON THE SECOND SECTION IN COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY, IT'S THE BOTTOM BULLET.

AND IN THE THE OTHER ONE, IT'S THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR FIFTH SECTION WE WILL SUPPORT ANOTHER BYE.

AND IT'S THE SECOND TO THE LAST BULLET.

IT'S THE ONE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS BUILDING ON ANOTHER STRENGTHS.

UM, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS.

UM. WHAT IF I DON'T? UM. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING LIKE.

I. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES ANYBODY.

THE BUILDING ON OTHER STRENGTHS IN IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, IT WAS MORE UTILIZING THE STRENGTHS OF EACH OTHER AND BUILDING AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ONE THING.

UM, I LIKEN IT TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE ONE OF THE TOURS THAT I WENT ON OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, STEVE WAS THERE.

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE TALKING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO ME.

AND HE'S LIKE, UNDERSTANDING ALL OF IT BECAUSE IT'S CONSTRUCTION RELATED.

AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'M HANGING OUT WITH STEVE AND GOING TO LEARN FROM HIM WHAT THESE TERMS AND, UM, UH, ACRONYMS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE USING. AH. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT IS, THE BUILDING ON THE STRINGS, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF US OBVIOUSLY KNOW EVERYTHING.

NONE OF US KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO WE UTILIZE THE STRENGTHS OF OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

AND WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

GOT IT? OKAY. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE BEING REWARDED, UH, REWARDED AS RECOGNIZING AND RESPECTING OTHER'S STRENGTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IF I CANNOT BUILD ON A STRENGTH THAT NANCY IS GREATER THAN ME, THAT'S WHERE I WAS, LIKE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.

BUT THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND, KEVIN, I THINK YOU SAID THE PERFECT WORD TO REPLACE BUILDING.

YOU SAID UTILIZE.

SO LIKE MY STRENGTHS WOULD BE TEACHER STUFF AND ANTONIO'S STRENGTHS WOULD BE, UM, KNOWING LOTS OF THINGS ABOUT, UM, BOARDS AND, AND YOU'VE HAD LOTS OF BOARD THINGS AND BUSINESS AND THAT SORT OF THING. I MEAN, EACH OF US HAVE OUR OWN PARTICULAR THINGS THAT WE BRING, AND THEY'RE ALL QUITE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER.

SO INSTEAD OF BUILDING, MAYBE WE COULD JUST CHANGE THAT TO UTILIZING.

ANOTHER ONE OFF THE TOP IS NOTIFICATION OF SUPERINTENDENT BOARD MEMBERS AS TO YOUR NOT ATTENDING A MEETING. THAT'S FOR GRANTED.

WE DON'T NEED A REMINDER OF THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE SO, BUT I WOULD HATE TO CALL ANYBODY OUT.

BUT WE HAVE HAD TIMES WHEN PEOPLE HAVE NOT SHOWN UP AND WE'VE HAD TO TRY AND TRACK THEM DOWN TO FIGURE OUT AGAIN, SOME OF THESE THINGS CAME FROM, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING. BUT I WOULD AGREE IN MY MIND, THAT'S A I TOTALLY GET WHY IT'S THERE.

YEAH, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REMOVING IT.

BUT THAT'S WHY HISTORICALLY IT'S THERE.

AND IT DOES SAY IN OUR POLICY IN OTHER PLACES THAT TOO.

IT WAS JUST KIND OF PULLED TOGETHER INTO THIS ONE.

YEAH, BOTH BOTH ATTENDING MEETINGS REGULARLY AND NOTIFYING THE BOARD PRESIDENT.

THOSE TWO ARE BOTH IN POLICY.

1220 SO IF THEY'RE IN ANOTHER POLICY, DO WE NEED THEM HERE AS WELL?

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BUT I FEEL LIKE IF THIS IS LIKE AN OVERARCHING CODE OF CONDUCT THING, I KNOW THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY MY PLACE, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S PRESENT IN ANOTHER POLICY DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T FIT WITHIN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

RIGHT? LIKE, THIS IS JUST A KIND OF LIKE A QUICK NOTE.

SO, HEY, I DON'T WANT TO FIND THE SPECIFIC POLICY ON THIS AND THAT THIS IS LIKE GUIDELINES AND IT'S LIKE, OH, THIS IS WHAT I'VE AGREED TO DO.

IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE SWORN IN, YOU HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES WITH.

UM, BEING HERE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, REPRESENTING YOURSELF WELL AND RESPECTING OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND TIME COMMITMENTS AND STUFF.

SO I LIKE MOST OF HOW IT IS, ALTHOUGH I DO AGREE THAT SOME BITS WERE A LITTLE BIT VAGUE AND UP TO INTERPRETATION.

OTHER COMMENTS OR INPUT.

IS IT WORTH THE TIME TO GO THROUGH IT AND READ THEM OUT LOUD? SAY YAY OR NAY TO THEM, OR JUST LOOK AT A CHUNK? AND THEN WHAT IF EACH OF US WERE TO JUST READ ONE CHUNK AND SAY WHAT WE THINK MIGHT CHANGE? IF ANYTHING, FOR USE OF TIME.

YEAH. WELL, WE COULD START IN.

SOMETIMES HEARING THEM OUT LOUD MAKES IT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU READ THEM TOO.

SO I'M ALL FOR AND BUT BOARDS UH, DISCRETION AS FAR AS IF WE WANTED TO START AND GO AROUND THE ROOM AND EACH READ ONE SECTION AND STOP IN BETWEEN AND THEN UM.

COMMENT IF THERE'S ANYTHING.

AGAIN. THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE PURPOSE, IS JUST REMINDING OURSELVES ABOUT THINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN THIS POLICY, THAT POLICY AND EVERY OTHER POLICY, BUT IT'S JUST COMING TOGETHER AND JUST, UH, SOMETIMES NOT EVERYBODY HAS READ ALL THOSE POLICIES OR THE, THE FINITE LINES OF SOME OF THEM.

SO I THINK, LIKE GABBY SAID, IT WAS PULLING THESE THINGS TOGETHER INTO SORT OF A.

A ONE PIECE DOCUMENT, AS OPPOSED TO PIECES FROM ALL THE OTHER PIECES PARTS OF THE POLICIES.

IS THIS POLICY UP FOR ANNUAL REVIEW? THIS POLICY IS..

SO THIS IS NOT PART OF THE MONITORING.

IT'S YOURS.

UM, WHAT I NOTICED WAS THE LAST TIME IT SAYS IT'S ANNUAL, AND 2019 WAS THE LAST TIME.

I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES HERE, SO IF WE DO GO THROUGH AND YOU MAKE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO REVIEW IT AGAIN NEXT MONTH.

SO WE'VE PUT IT ON THE REVIEW.

AND THAT'S MY POINT.

YEAH. LIKE WE CAN I HAVE SOME NOTES HERE.

UM AND SO WE'LL FIX IT UP AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH TO REVIEW IT.

THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

YEAH. AND THAT GIVES US AGAIN SOME MORE TIME.

IF PEOPLE READ IT AND HAVE OTHER COMMENTS, WE CAN DISCUSS THEM.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT ONE THAT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, ONE AND DONE TYPE THING.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK AND IF CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE.

THERE'S BEEN CHANGES MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MY TIME SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT TOGETHER.

FOR THE RECORD, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FINE THAT IT'S IN WRITING.

I TAKE IT A LOT FOR GRANTED THAT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS DO THESE THINGS.

I DON'T NEED THE REMINDER, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT TO TO HAVE IT IN WRITING.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SURE. SO IS THIS IN THE BOARD HANDBOOK? NOPE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT SINCE 2019.

SO ONCE WE GET IT FIGURED OUT, IT WOULD GO IN THE IN THE FRONT.

IT IS IN THE LISTED ON WITH ALL OF OUR POLICIES THOUGH.

SO IT'S ON THE WEBSITE ON BOARD DOCS.

SO. OKAY.

UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT IS MEANT BY SHARING THE WORKLOAD WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ONE ANOTHER'S STRENGTHS? SHARING THE WORKLOAD? WE ALL HAVE TO COME PREPARED.

SO WHAT'S WHAT'S THE OTHER WORKLOAD STUFF? THE AGAIN FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH IT.

IT HAS TALKED ABOUT, UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES HISTORICALLY WHERE CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE UM.

WOULD DO THEIR HOMEWORK BETTER THAN OTHERS.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, UM.

CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE MORE INVOLVED WITH SCHOOL VISITATIONS OR EVENTS OR RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD.

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AND, UM, PART OF WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY IS SIGNED THE AGREEMENT EACH YEAR OR EVERY TIME WE'VE REVIEWED IT, JUST AS A CONFIRMATION THAT WE AGREED TO THESE THINGS. UM, BUT IT WAS BASICALLY JUST RECOGNIZING THAT THE BOARD COMES WITH SOME RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH AGAIN, IN SOME PEOPLE'S MIND IS A NO BRAINER.

UM, BUT IN OTHER CASES, WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE THERE HASN'T BEEN THAT COMMITMENT.

UM, AND SO IT WAS TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

UM, SOME OF THESE WERE ON HERE FOR DISCUSSION POINTS.

SO WHEN NEW BOARD MEMBERS CAME ON BOARD, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WITH THE HANDBOOK THING, IT'D BE REALLY USEFUL FOR ONBOARDING OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS, BECAUSE I KNOW NOT ALL OF THIS APPLIES TO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE LIKE AT THE BEGINNING BE GIVEN LIKE A SUMMARY CODE OF CONDUCT LIKE THIS AND HAVE IT JUST BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADHERE TO AND REFER TO.

AND IN TERMS OF THE SHARING THE WORKLOAD WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ONE ANOTHER'S STRENGTHS, I INTERPRETED THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

ALTHOUGH I LIKE THE WAY YOU WERE SAYING IT AS LIKE A REMINDER OF OH, IT'S NOT JUST SOME PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE INVOLVED.

THE WAY I VIEWED IT WAS, UM, PEGGY OR A LEGISLATIVE REP, RIGHT.

WHEREAS STEVE WAS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

AND SO IT WAS THESE ARE THEIR PERSONAL STRENGTHS.

AND SO NOT EVERYTHING IS BEING PILED ON ONE PERSON.

WE'RE USING IT AS KIND OF A WAY TO SAY, HEY, YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS AND YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE THIS TIME COMMITMENT AS A BOARD.

WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER, AND YOU CAN COME BACK TO US AND BRING IN YOUR SPECIAL EXPERTISE FROM WHAT YOU'VE WITNESSED IN THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

EXACTLY. IT ALSO RELATES TO JUST RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD IS A VOLUNTEER.

THEY'VE GOTTEN THEY EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, AT A CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR, SOMEBODY'S WORK PLACE IS REALLY SUPER BUSY.

THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO AS MUCH.

THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PICK UP AND WE SHIFT AND WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW, THAT THAT I THINK HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST PART OF IT, IS JUST TO HELP RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE A TEAM AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR LINES OR STATEMENTS WITHIN IT THAT PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OR ARE SUGGESTING, YOU KNOW, MAY NEED TO CHANGE OR BE ADDED, DELETED OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

STEVE, DID YOU SAY THAT YOU WANTED TO REVISIT THIS NEXT MONTH? YES. WOULD THAT BE A MOTION? TO DO THAT.

SHALL I MAKE A MOTION TO? CAN I ASK ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION BEFORE YOU DO THAT? UM, IF I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU REVISIT IT NEXT MONTH WITH THE ADDITION WITH ELIMINATING SOME OF THE CHANGES.

SO THE BASIC CHANGES PULL THAT OUT, AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN REVIEW IT TO SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.

OKAY. SO YEAH WE CAN WE CAN EITHER DO IT BY CONSENSUS OR A MOTION.

I MEAN IF EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A MOTION.

WE CAN JUST AGREE TO BRING IT BACK WITH THOSE CHANGES NEXT MONTH.

BUT CERTAINLY THE CHAIR'S WILLING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS WELL.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH.

OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT WE BRING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT GC7 BACK NEXT MONTH WITH THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND RE DISCUSS AT THAT POINT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, FIRST OF ALL, ABBY STUDENT INPUT OR GABY.

SORRY. I.

OKAY, BOARD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY MY APOLOGIES. I'M GETTING USED TO A NEW COMPUTER, SO THINGS ARE NOT QUITE AS EASY AS NORMAL.

OKAY, SO NEXT ITEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT BLOWS UP.

SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, 6.02 IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR A SELF ASSESSMENT.

UM, AND SO AS KRISTI ALREADY MENTIONED IN LAST WEEK'S SMORE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD PARTICIPATE IN A SELF ASSESSMENT SURVEY.

IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE WE HAVE DONE THIS SURVEY AND KRISTI, AND I FELT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START IN DETERMINING WHAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OUR NEW BOARD COULD USE. THE SURVEY IS BASED ON THE WASHINGTON STATE BOARD STANDARDS AND PROVIDES AGGREGATED DATA BASED ON INDIVIDUAL BOARD FEEDBACK.

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UH TRAINED FACILITATORS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO HELP BOARDS DISCUSS THEIR DATA IF THE BOARD FEELS THAT WOULD BE OF VALUE, OR IT CAN BE DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD UNDER THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP AND FACILITATION.

SO WE WANTED TO GET THE BOARD'S, UM, INPUT AND DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER THEY FEEL THIS WOULD BE A VALUABLE THING FOR US TO DO. SO IN READING THIS, I INTERPRET IT AS AN ANNUAL REVIEW.

WE JUST DO THIS ONCE.

WE OUR POLICY TALKS ABOUT DOING AN ANNUAL BOARD REVIEW.

THIS IS ONE OPTION AND OPPORTUNITY OR ONE WAY OF DOING IT.

UM, WE HAVE DONE THIS I THINK 2 OR 3 TIMES.

I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHILE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.

UM, AND IT HAS SERVED AS A DISCUSSION POINT.

IT IS JUST ONE WAY OF GETTING THE BOARD'S, UH, FEEDBACK ON WHERE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF SCHOOL BOARD STANDARDS AND POLICIES, NOT OUR OWN INTERNAL POLICIES, BUT THE STANDARDS THAT WSSDA HAS PUT FORTH, UM, THAT MOST OF THE POLICIES SORT OF FALL UNDER.

SO. AND AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS OUT THERE, UM, AS A WAY OF JUST GETTING A AT THIS POINT, A BASELINE OF WHERE BOARD MEMBER UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, AMONGST ALL OF US TO SEE IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO DEVELOPING SOMETHING ON OUR OWN.

SO AS SOME KIND OF SELF ASSESSMENT REQUIRED BY WADA FOR EACH SCHOOL BOARD.

MHM. OUR OUR POLICY TO TALK ABOUT DOING A ASSESSMENT OF THE BOARD.

UM AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ANNUALLY BUT IT DOESN'T THIS IS NOT A REQUIRED EITHER.

YOU KNOW UM IT'S NOT WRITTEN INTO POLICIES.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS OR IT IS NOT A REQUIRED THING BY WADA.

IT'S JUST A TOOL THAT THEY HAVE PUT FORTH AS TO EVALUATE ONE WAY OF EVALUATING THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, DOES IT EVALUATE EVERY, YOU KNOW, UH, NUANCE OF THE BOARD? NO, BUT IT GIVES IT FITS IN WITH THE THE SCHOOL BOARD STANDARDS AT WASEDA HAS PUT FORTH.

UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST ONE TOOL THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT IS OUT THERE.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, THROUGH YOUR EXPERIENCE OF YOUR YEARS ON THE BOARD, THAT YOU HAVE DONE REPEATEDLY, OR HAVE YOU USED OTHER ASSESSMENTS? WE HAVE DONE IT, LIKE I SAID, A COUPLE OF TIMES, FOR SURE, MAYBE THREE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S 2 OR 3.

UM, AND IT DID HELP US TO IDENTIFY SOME AREAS WHERE THERE WAS DIVERSION AMONGST THE BOARD, UM, IN THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE BOARD'S, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES AND SUCH.

UM, AT OTHER TIMES, WE HAVE JUST HAD MORE OF A DISCUSSION AT A BOARD RETREAT AND TALKED ABOUT, UM, EVALUATED THE BOARD'S PERFORMANCE.

THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF ONE OF THOSE RETREATS.

UM, WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER AND WERE DISCUSSING HOW IS THE BOARD INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S BEEN VARIOUS DIFFERENT METHODS.

UM, WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THIS WITH HAVING COMING OUT OF COVID, UM, HAVING TWO NEW MEMBERS, UM, HAVING, YOU KNOW, STEVE AND PEGGY WHO'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS UNDER THEIR BELT, JUST SEEING WHAT AREAS.

AGAIN, IT WAS A TOOL THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE DEFINITIVE THAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE'D COME UP AS FAR AS A DISCUSSION, UM, ON OUR OWN.

BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY ANOTHER AVENUE WE COULD EXPLORE.

SO DOES WAS TO COLLECT THIS INFORMATION AND USE IT IN DECIDING WHAT AREAS THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT.

UH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THEY USE IT IF THEY USE IT OR HOW THEY USE IT.

UM, BASICALLY, IT'S SENT BACK TO US AS A, UM, AN AGGREGATED DATA OF OF US, AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, UM.

CAN'T REMEMBER IF THEY WERE, IF THEY PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION AS FAR AS OTHERS OR STATEWIDE.

I DON'T THINK SO.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN IT'S PROBABLY BEEN 5 OR 6 YEARS SINCE WE'VE LAST DONE IT.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT YEAR WE DONE IT, BUT I KNOW IT WAS BEFORE 2019, SO THAT'S.

SO AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE DONE IT, IT HAS LIKE I SAID, IT HAS IDENTIFIED AREAS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SOME EITHER

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UM, AND SO IT PROVIDED US A TOOL WITH WHERE TO KIND OF FOCUS SOME OF THE EFFORTS.

SO IT HAS BEEN USEFUL IN THAT, THAT REGARD.

AND AGAIN, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING, WHEN CHRISTY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TOOLS AVAILABLE, THERE AREN'T A WHOLE LOT OUT THERE NECESSARILY.

SO THIS WAS ONE THAT FIT WITHIN AND WAS PROVIDED BY WADA AND ALSO HAS SOME UM.

THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE IF WE FIND, YOU KNOW, IF WE FIND.

NOT THAT I'M EXPECTING THIS, BUT IF WE WOULD FIND THAT THE BOARD IS LIKE DIVERGENT ALL THROUGHOUT, THEN THEY DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINED TO HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS OF HOW TO, YOU KNOW, FIND SOME COMMONALITY.

UM, BUT IT ALSO, LIKE I SAID IT, WHEN WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE THE BOARD STANDARDS.

THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, THESE FOUR MAN ALIVE, WE ARE LIKE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE OVER HERE.

WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, AND IT ALLOWED US TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS AND AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS BASICALLY WHERE TO IT DIRECTED US WHERE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS AND HELP PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, JUST A SORT OF SOME TIME SAVING AS OPPOSED TO SITTING DOWN AND GOING THROUGH THE WAS THE MANUAL, UM, OR THE STANDARDS BOOKLET AND IDENTIFYING ONE AT A TIME.

THIS WAY EACH MEMBER COULD DO IT, PUT THEIR INFORMATION IN, AND THEN WE FOUND WHERE WE WERE CONGRUENT AND WHERE WE WERE DIVERGENT.

SO DOESN'T TAKE ALL THAT LONG TO DO IT.

IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT'S JUST BASED ON THE COMPUTER.

UM, IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE, UH, STRONGLY AGREE.

AGREE. NEUTRAL.

DISAGREE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES ALL THE TIME.

MOST OF THE TIME TYPE.

UM, BASICALLY, I THINK THERE'S FIVE OPTIONS FOR MULTIPLE CHOICE FOR EACH QUESTION.

AND YOU JUST SAY.

HOW WELL DO YOU FEEL THE BOARD DOES WITH THIS? UM, I KNOW THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT WAS EARLY ON, AND I WAS KIND OF LIKE, UH, I WASN'T SURE ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT IT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND.

OKAY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FALLS WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION AND, AND GAVE SOME DIRECTION THAT WAY AND, AND HELPED KIND OF IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE SOME CLARITY THAT WAY.

SO I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT IF I DIDN'T THINK IT HAD SOME VALUE.

BUT AGAIN, IT.

CAN ONLY MAKE THE SUGGESTION I CAN'T MAKE THE DECISION FOR US.

IN READING THE FIVE STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE HERE, I WOULD WONDER WHICH ONE WOULD PUSH US TOWARDS SPENDING MORE TIME AT BOARD MEETINGS, TALKING ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

WHERE WOULD THAT FALL? BECAUSE AT BOARD MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TO, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME SPENT ON THAT IS NOT SATISFACTORY TO ME.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WOULD THIS ADDRESS THAT? UM, IT'S IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS IT TO SOME DEGREE IN THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO SHOW US WHAT AREAS WE ARE MOST ALIGNED WITH SO WE CAN GET THOSE.

UM, I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T REALLY EVALUATED IT ON THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE THE SCHOOL BOARD STANDARDS THAT ARE PUT FORTH ARE AIMED AT INCREASING DISCUSSION ON STUDENT OVERALL, INCREASING IT ON STUDENT CONDUCT.

AND IF YOU SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS BEING RELATED TO THE POLICIES OR THE THE OPERATIONAL TYPE STUFF, THE MORE IN AGREEMENT AND THE MORE STREAMLINED WE GET WITH THAT, THE LESS CONVERSATION THAT BECOMES GOING ON WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE THINGS.

AND THE MORE TIME WE CAN SPEND ON THE STUDENT CONVERSATION AND STUDENT IMPROVEMENT.

SO IN THAT REGARD, YES.

I MEAN, IF I REFER TO THE STANDARDS HERE, I MEAN, IT DOES REFLECT SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

STANDARD TWO SET AND COMMUNICATE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT LEARNING WITH CLEAR GOALS AND PLANS FOR MEETING THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

STANDARD THREE CREATE CONDITIONS DISTRICT WIDE FOR STUDENT AND STAFF SUCCESS.

SO. UM, I THINK THOSE.

DO REFER TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

NANCY. AS FAR AS.

YOU KNOW, STUDENT INVOLVEMENT, STUDENT LEARNING.

WELL, YOU KNOW.

AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE.

UM, AND IT'S UP FOR INTERPRETATION BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOES IT MEET STANDARD? DOES IT NOT MEET, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING.

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YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION AND GOOD INFORMATION OUT BAD INFORMATION IN BAD.

SO I MEAN IT IS UP FOR INTERPRETATION.

SO. YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET IN, YOU GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN.

YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THOSE STANDARDS ARE, THE GOAL OF THOSE STANDARDS IS TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND IMPROVE STUDENT WORK. SO IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT.

SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO INDEPENDENTLY ON OUR OWN.

AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A BOARD RETREAT OR SOMETHING.

SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AND HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT PROCEDURES TO MAKE, UM, MAKE IT FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. EXACTLY.

IT'S A ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DO.

THE PROCESS WITH IT IS WE CONTACT WAS TO TELL THEM WE EXCUSE ME, TELL THEM THAT WE WANT TO DO IT.

AND THEN THEY SEND EACH BOARD MEMBER A LINK TO THE SURVEY.

AND THEN YOU FILL OUT THE SURVEY WHEN THEY GET ALL THE RESPONSES BACK.

UM, SO THAT'S ON US.

AND THE FASTER WE RESPOND, THE BETTER OR THE SOONER WE GET THE RESULTS.

UM, THEN WE GET THE, UH, AGGREGATED DATA TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OKAY.

UM, ON THIS STANDARD, TWO PEOPLE SAID ALWAYS.

ONE PERSON SAID SOMETIMES, ONE PERSON SAID OCCASIONALLY, AND ANOTHER PERSON SAID NEVER OR WHATEVER.

AND WHAT WE FOUND HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, OR AT LEAST WHAT THE ONES WE'VE DONE, THERE ARE SOME WHERE EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT, UM, OTHERS WHERE THINGS ARE REALLY DIVERSE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ENDED UP SPENDING OUR TIME AS FAR AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HELPING US IMPROVE THOSE AREAS SO THAT WE COULD FOCUS BETTER ON STUDENT IMPROVEMENT. HOW DO BOARD RETREATS WORK IF THE BOARD MEETS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THINGS? BUT IT'S NOT AN OPEN MEETING.

IT IS AN OPEN MEETING.

IT IS A BOARD RETREAT IS AN OPEN MEETING.

ANY TIME THAT THREE OR MORE OF US GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A MEETING, IT'S AN OPEN MEETING.

OKAY. UM, THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THAT IS SORT OF SEMI SKIRTED AND SOME PEOPLE OR SOME DISTRICTS WILL DECLARE EVERYTHING A PUBLIC MEETING. UM, BUT AS FAR AS, LIKE SCHOOL EVENTS, WHETHER IT BE SPORTING EVENT OR A BAND CONCERT OR A ORCHESTRA CONCERT, UM, IF MORE THAN THREE OF US OR MORE THAN TWO OF US, IF THREE OR MORE OF US SHOW UP THERE, UM, WE JUST MAKE A POINT OF SPREADING OUT. SO.

BUT ANYTIME THAT THE THREE OR MORE OF US ARE TOGETHER, IT IS CONSIDERED, IT CAN BE CONSTRUED AS A MEETING, SO IT NEEDS TO BE DECLARED AS A MEETING.

SO A BOARD RETREAT IS UM.

HISTORICALLY BOARD RETREATS, UM, WE HAVE HAD VERY LIMITED PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.

UM, OCCASIONALLY WE'VE HAD SOME SOMETIMES WE'VE HAD SOME FOR PART OF IT, DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA.

UM, BUT YEAH.

SO IS IT CONSIDERED A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THIS THING THAT YOU WANT TO COVER IN A IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING WITH WHATEVER'S ON THAT AGENDA FOR IT AND TYPICALLY PROFESSIONAL IT A LOT OF TIMES FALLS UNDER THE THE UMBRELLA OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU. UM.

SO ARE WE GAME TO TAKE A SURVEY OR WOULD PEOPLE RATHER NOT? OR THE CHAIR WILL TAKE A MOTION AT THIS POINT.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO THIS.

OKAY? SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THE WADA SELF-ASSESSMENT SURVEY.

GABBY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR AGAINST? TOTALLY IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU MUCH.

OKAY, SO, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PARTICIPATING IN THE SELF-EVALUATION SURVEY SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. THIS MOTION PASSES, AND I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE FACT THAT THIS IS A NEW BOARD COMING TOGETHER, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE NEW IDEAS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, NEW REFLECTIONS.

AND I THINK THIS WILL GIVE US SOME STARTING POINT AS TO WHERE THIS BOARD SITS.

AS FAR AS.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING.

IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, STEVE, I TOTALLY SUPPORT IT TOO, BECAUSE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME FOCUSES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST BECAUSE WE'RE

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AND HOPEFULLY WE SEE IMPROVEMENT.

BUT A RETREAT OR A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

SO GOOD JOB.

OKAY. SO THAT TAKES US ON THEN TO ITEM 7.01. SO TONIGHT THE BOARD WILL BE DISCUSSING AND POTENTIALLY APPROVING REVISIONS TO POLICY 4060.

[7. POLICY UPDATES]

ANY POLICY THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IMPACTING THE DISTRICT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT A REGULAR MEETING AND SCHEDULED FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION AT THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

THIS ALLOWS THE BOARD AND PUBLIC TIME TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGE POLICY CHANGES.

WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THESE POLICY CHANGES AND LET US KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES, EITHER PRIOR TO THE MEET, THE NEXT MEETING, OR DURING THE MEETINGS.

PUBLIC COMMENT THOSE POLICIES WITH MINOR CHANGES TYPICALLY UPDATING LEGAL REFERENCES OR MINOR MINOR LANGUAGE CHANGES WITHIN THE DOCUMENT THAT DO NOT AFFECT THE INTENT OR IMPACT OF THE POLICY WILL BE ADDRESSED AND ADOPTED VIA THE CONSENT AGENDA.

POLICY 4060 WAS PRESENTED LAST MONTH, BUT MORE TIME FOR REVIEW WAS REQUESTED.

SO AT THIS POINT, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON POLICY 4060? UM, WELL, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TALK WITH SELENA.

WE'VE HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ONE, AND, UM, UH, I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS AND SHE, SHE EXPLAINED THE HISTORY OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE POLICY 4060 CAME FROM AND THE FACT THAT, UM, THAT PRIOR TO COVID, ESSENTIALLY COMMUNICATIONS WAS SCREENING THE MATERIALS, BUT THAT WITH THE LAYOFFS IN 2020, UH, THAT FELL BACK ON THE SUPERINTENDENT.

UM, UH, MY MY BIG CONCERN WITH HAVING IT SPREAD OUT THE WAY THAT IT SEEMED TO BE THE LEAST IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY, WAS THAT YOU'D HAVE MORE PEOPLE DOING THE SORTING THROUGH THE MATERIALS.

AND I WAS CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, STANDARDS WOULD BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY.

AND SO, UM, UH, IN OUR DISCUSSION, UM, YOU KNOW, SELENA, UH.

BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, LAID OUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING, WHICH I AGREE.

I THINK HAVING THE COMMUNICATIONS IN CHARGE OF IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.

UM, ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE TELLING THE PRINCIPALS WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DISTRIBUTED AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I AGREE TO A LOT OF WHAT I SAW IN THE PROCEDURE, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW THE POLICY, UM, UH, SUPPORTS THAT.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE OUR POLICY IS OPEN TO A LITTLE MORE INTERPRETATION.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I LIKE WHAT I HEARD ABOUT THE PROCEDURE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THE POLICY, I THINK SHOULD SUPPORT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO.

AND I DON'T THINK THE LANGUAGE IS MAYBE SPECIFIC ENOUGH.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

UM, THERE WAS IT SAYS REFER TO PROCEDURE BUT PROCEDURE CAN CHANGE.

AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

IT'S LIKE OKAY, AS LONG AS THAT PROCEDURE IS THERE, THEN THAT'S GREAT.

BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY DECIDES TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURE, THEN I CAN SEE IT POSSIBLY BEING THE DECISIONS BEING DECENTRALIZED AND NOT BEING CONSISTENTLY APPLIED.

AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT? BECAUSE IT SAYS THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL DEVELOP PROCEDURES AND I AM THE NOT ME, BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE ONLY POSITION BY STATE LAW THAT HAS TO EXIST.

UM, I THINK SELINA'S POINT OF, YOU KNOW, IN A BUDGET SCENARIO, THERE'S DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT COME AND GO.

SO IF IT'S TOO FINITE IN THIS POLICY, THOSE POSITIONS MAY NOT STAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE.

AND I'VE HIRED A COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

THEY FILTER THROUGH EVERYTHING.

AND I'M SURE NANCY CAN REMEMBER THE DAYS.

I REMEMBER THE DAYS AS A TEACHER, I COULD HAVE TO SPEND THE LAST 35 MINUTES SORTING ALL THE FLIERS, SO 30 MINUTES IT WOULD FALL ON THE TEACHER BECAUSE ANYTHING COULD BE SENT HOME AT THE TIME.

THAT'S WHY THIS POLICY WAS CREATED.

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UM, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, A FREE COMMUNICATION TOOL FOR A BUSINESS IS GETTING IT IN THE BACKPACKS OF KIDS.

SO THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING.

SO BY HAVING IT GO THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THEY MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER'S GOING HOME HAS BEEN VETTED.

ONE AND TWO, IT'S DIRECTLY IMPACT THE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES.

SO IT'S EITHER, YOU KNOW, BY THE PTA THEY'VE ASKED TO DO IT OR IT REALLY ISN'T A LINE OF SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

AND SO, UM, WE NEED TO DEVELOP THE PROCEDURE, BUT WE CAN'T DEVELOP THE PROCEDURE UNTIL THE POLICY IS MADE.

IT'S THAT CHICKEN OR THE EGG AND SO ON.

THESE WE'RE KIND OF UNTIL WE REVIEW ALL THESE POLICIES, WE'RE STUCK AND UNABLE TO DEVELOP THE STEPS.

BUT IT WOULD BE SELENA AND HER TEAM WHO ACTUALLY WRITE THOSE PROCEDURES.

THEY VET EVERYTHING.

THEN THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE BUILDING SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAN AND CANNOT GO HOME.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FINDING THAT PEOPLE ARE DROPPING THINGS OFF AT A SCHOOL, AT ONE SCHOOL, BUT NOT OTHER SCHOOLS.

IT'S BEING PASSED OUT, THERE'S ALSO THINGS I WE DON'T WANT PASSED OUT, BUT IF WE PASS OUT FOR ONE, WE HAVE TO PASS OUT FOR ALL.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TIGHTEN IT UP.

YEAH. AND THAT'S I THINK THAT'S UM, AT LEAST I KIND OF FELT LIKE WHERE THE CONVERSATION LEFT OFF WAS, WELL, MAYBE IT STILL NEEDS A LITTLE MORE WORK.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE STANDARDS FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IS APPROVED AND WHAT ISN'T.

THOSE STANDARDS, I CAN'T I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME LISTED THERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BRING OBSCENE MATERIAL.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T WORK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME OF THEM LAID OUT THERE.

BUT, UM, SELENA ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE MAY BE OTHERS.

AND SO IT'S LIKE I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO EMBED THE STANDARDS IN THE POLICY SO THAT THE POLICY, SO WHEN WE'RE MONITORING IT, WE CAN SAY, OH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING TO THE STANDARDS BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU KNOW, IF STANDARDS ONLY APPEAR HERE AND HERE AND HERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE.

I JUST I THINK THAT MAYBE THE LANGUAGE INVOLVING THE STANDARDS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE POLICY.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT THE BOARD HAS AS A DECISION TONIGHT.

AND SO IF YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO BACK AND REVIEW THE POLICY BASED ON A PROPOSAL, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO.

UM, THE POLICY DOES NOT BELONG TO ME.

SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU PEGGY. SO I JUST WAS HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION TONIGHT AND SEE WHERE TO GO WITH IT BECAUSE, UM, AS I SAID, MY CONCERNS WERE JUST IF THE IF THE, UM, IF THE DECISION THAT THE SCREENING OF IT BECOMES KIND OF DECENTRALIZED, THEN THEN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE MIGHT INTERPRET THE STANDARDS DIFFERENTLY AND YOU MIGHT END UP WITH DIFFERENT OUTCOMES AND WHERE YOU WANT CONSISTENCY, WHICH IS I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE AIMING FOR.

I YOU KNOW, I CAN ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT.

CAN YOU GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE THINKING THROUGH? OKAY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, LIKE YOU SAY, UH, WTA, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL ADVERTISE IN FLIERS THAT WTA HAS LIKE, SAY FREE BUS PASSES.

UM, BUT IF ANOTHER ORGANIZATION CAME AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADVERTISING THAT WE'RE HAVING A HALLOWEEN PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, OH, THAT'S A NICE THING THAT PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN ATTEND, BUT YOU LOSE CONTROL OVER IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY ATTEND THE EVENT AND THEY MAY PICK UP OTHER MATERIALS. AND I RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UH, UH, I, I THINK THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE IN THE PROCEDURE.

I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD BE IN THE POLICY.

THE POLICY TELLS US THE WHAT YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON.

AND THEN THE PROCEDURE WOULD BE THE HOW.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE SELENA AND HER TEAM AND THEN WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS WOULD VET THAT THROUGH THOSE STANDARDS.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, PEGGY? YEAH. BECAUSE NOW MY WHEELS ARE SPINNING.

AND SO I'M, I THINK.

THE EXAMPLES THAT I USED CAN BE WORDED IN A WAY WHERE IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE PHONE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT WE I MENTIONED IT'S RESOURCES, RIGHT, THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN BENEFIT OR OUR FAMILIES CAN BENEFIT FROM AT FREE OR LOW COST.

SO MAYBE IT'S ADDING THAT LANGUAGE SO THAT IT COVERS MORE THAN THE 1 OR 2 EXAMPLES THAT CAN THEN LEAD TO OTHER, UM, ENTITIES REQUESTING WHERE IT'S NOT LISTED IN OUR PROCEDURE, RIGHT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DENY OR APPROVE.

THAT FIXES IT.

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THERE IS AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT WE COULD DO THIS, THERE'S NO WAY IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS EVERY SITUATION.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TALKING LOW COST, THEN I JUST HAVE TO DECIDE AS A BUSINESS, I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS LOW COST TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN IT'LL FIT INTO THIS POLICY.

YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, UH.

AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO SAY WE CAN NITPICK DOWN TO EVERYTHING, I THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE THE THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME LATITUDE WITHIN THE CURRICULUM AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF EVALUATING THOSE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT SAYS IN THERE RECOGNIZE THE ORGANIZATIONS MAY WANT TO DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS THAT ARE NON CURRICULAR BUT HAVE SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL OR EDUCATIONAL VALUE TO THE STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS CAN FALL UNDER THAT.

BUT THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT PROCEDURE.

THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING AT THEM AS A BOARD.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT'S COMING AT THEM, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO KNOW WHAT IS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE VERSUS WHAT IS NOT.

SO I LOOK AT THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHERE IT SAYS THE STUDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL DEVELOP PROCEDURES THAT BALANCE THIS NEED AND MANAGE.

I THINK AGAIN, IT GOES BETWEEN THE THE BOARD IS SAYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S JOB WE'VE HIRED HER TO DO, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE START PUTTING THE HOW INTO OUR POLICY, THEN WE START OVERSTEPPING OUR BOUNDS OR OUR WE KIND OF VEER OUT OF OUR LANE AND INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LANE.

I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, I THINK STANDARDS ARE NOT PROCEDURE.

I THINK STANDARDS ARE STANDARDS, AND THEY ARE SCREENING MATERIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE STANDARDS.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE, AND I THINK THE STANDARDS NEED TO BE PART OF THE POLICY.

I CAN RESPECT THAT.

BUT LIKE I SAID, I JUST WORRY WE NITPICK IT TOO MUCH AND THEN WE..

I DON'T THINK THAT'S NITPICKING, AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE THE ADDED BENEFIT OF IF IT'S OUT THERE AS A POLICY, THEN THE COMMUNITY, WHOEVER WANTS TO SUBMIT SOMETHING CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH, THESE ARE THE STANDARDS.

IF I BRING THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE REJECTED AND IT'S GOING TO WASTE PEOPLE'S TIME.

SO, YOU KNOW.

IT MAY PRESCREEN AND MAY MAY LIGHTEN THE LOAD UP FRONT.

IF YOU HAVE LIKE A WHITE LIST KIND OF THING, OKAY.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU CAN COME IN WITH YOUR STUFF IF IT MEETS THESE STANDARDS.

TRUE. AND PROCEDURE COULD TOO.

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK OUR COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES USE THE PROCEDURES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY USE AS THEIR STEPS OR THE COMMUNITY USES THEIR STEPS. WE YOU AS A BOARD USE THE POLICY.

UM, I THINK THERE'S MORE, UM, MAYBE USER FRIENDLY LANGUAGE IN THE PROCEDURES.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

WHEN PEOPLE CALL US, THEY OFTEN ASK, WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE FOR THAT? OTHER COMMENTS.

INPUT. MY ONLY CONCERN IS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN BE TRACED DOWN TO ONE DECISION MAKER.

SO BUILDING PRINCIPLES DON'T HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS.

HMM. WHAT DO YOU SAY? THAT NANCY GOES BACK TO KRISTI AS THE SUPERINTENDENT.

UM, WHILE SHE IS ALLOWING, UM.

UH, A DESIGNATED ENTITY TO WORK ON THIS, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE RESPONSIBILITY IS GOING TO FALL ON YOU.

UM, ME, WITH MY EXPERIENCE, I THINK THAT POLICY HAS TO BE VERY CRISP AND CLEAN.

IN MY OPINION, STANDARDS ARE SOMETHING AND PROCEDURES ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THE THREE OF THEM, UM.

BUT, UM.

I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT THAT ONE.

BUT BUT DEFINITELY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY AND IT GOES GOES BACK TO YOU.

YEAH, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT ONE SCHOOL BEING THE ADVERTISING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AND ANOTHER SCHOOL BEING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEND HOME SOMETHING ABOUT FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHES OR SOMETHING.

WELL, AND ALSO WASHINGTON STATE LAW SAYS NO SECTARIAN INFLUENCE.

AND SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO KEEP FRONT AND CENTER.

IT'S LIKE WHAT IS MEANT BY INFLUENCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS ABLE TO SEND OUT MATERIALS, UM, ARE THEY ABLE TO EXERT AN INFLUENCE? AND, I MEAN, IT MIGHT JUST BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, OH, HEY, LIKE I SAID, A PARTY THAT LEAVES A POSITIVE IMPRESSION OF, SAY, A BUSINESS OR AN ORGANIZATION, AND THAT'S

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MM. AND THAT PARTICULAR, UM, PART OF THE WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION SAYS SECTARIAN INFLUENCE.

SO IF IT'S SOME SORT OF AGENDA DRIVEN THING THAT WOULD WOULDN'T FLY.

BUT SOMETIMES AGENDAS AREN'T THAT BLATANT.

AND THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING, UM, HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AREN'T LIKE HAVING THE DISCRETION TO MAKE DECISIONS. YEAH.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS TO BE IN THERE.

BUT IF WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN TO WHERE EVERYTHING ISN'T A DISCRETIONARY, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME THINGS WHERE MOST THINGS ARE, ARE EASY TO EASY TO MAKE A YES OR NO DECISION, THEN I THINK IF YOU CAN CRAFT A POLICY THAT THAT ALLOWS THAT, THEN THAT, THEN THAT'S A BETTER POLICY.

I THINK, TOO, UM, IT'S WHAT ANTONIO SAID.

I TRUST MY TEAM.

RIGHT. THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS HIGHLY TRAINED INDIVIDUALS.

UM, IF THEY DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE NETWORK.

WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH THIS POLICY IN OTHER DISTRICT, IT ACTUALLY TIGHTENS IT UP.

IT MAKES LESS, UM, MORE ALIGNED WITH THE VALUES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF WHAT GETS SENT HOME WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE.

THAT'S WHEN I'VE SEEN THE LOOSE.

UM, I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE PUBLICLY, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SEND HOME THAT WE'VE SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND THAT HOME.

BUT IT'S HARD WHEN YOU ALLOW ONE AND YOU DON'T ALLOW THE OTHER.

AND SO SELENA AND HER TEAM ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS ALL THE TIME.

WHEN IT'S CONTROVERSIAL, SHE ALWAYS BRINGS IT TO ME.

BUT LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT THE POLICY, PEOPLE CAN DROP SOMETHING OFF AT EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY.

AND, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PROCEDURE, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET SENT UP, UM, THE CHAIN.

SO THIS WOULD TIGHTEN IT UP WHERE YOU HAVE TO DROP THINGS OFF AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

SALINA'S TEAM HAS TO GO THROUGH IT HAS TO GO THROUGH APPROVAL.

UM, AND THEN SHE WOULD DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE SCHOOLS.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IT STRIKES ME THAT THE PROCEDURE COULD BE CHANGED UNDER THIS POLICY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW RESTRICT HOW THIS HOW HOW DOES THIS POLICY RESTRICT PROCEDURE? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT.

THIS SEEMS TO ME RATHER A LOOSE POLICY.

AND SO YOU COULD TIGHTEN UP PROCEDURE UNDER THE POLICY, I WOULD THINK, WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO REWRITE THE POLICY.

ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, POLICY PROBABLY COULD USE A REWRITE.

BUT I MY UNDERSTANDING IS AS LONG AS YOU USE ANY REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF THE POLICY, YOU CAN CONSTRUCT YOUR PROCEDURE.

IT SAYS CURRENTLY, ANY GROUP WISHING TO DISTRIBUTE INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL MUST FIRST SUBMIT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE A COPY OF THE MATERIAL AND A STATEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE PROGRAM.

SO I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARTY PART.

AND SO THIS JUST TIGHTENS IT UP IN TERMS OF IT CHANGES THE POLICY.

AND THEN WE CAN REDO THE PROCEDURE.

RIGHT NOW OUR PROCEDURE IS PRETTY LOOSE.

SO WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH THIS.

AND THEN WE'LL DO THE OTHER PART.

BECAUSE IF WE DO THE THE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND THEN YOU CHANGE THE POLICY, WE'RE JUST REWRITING IT AGAIN.

SO UNTIL YOU HAVE THIS FINALIZED, WE DON'T REALLY TOTALLY KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO ADD.

SO IF YOU DECIDE TONIGHT WE WANT TO KEEP LOOKING AT THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD IN STANDARDS, THEN I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THEM TO GO REWRITE A PROCEDURE AND PUT IN ALL THE THIS WILL HAPPEN THIS WILL HAPPEN.

THIS WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD PUT THOSE THINGS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST WAITING AND THEN WE'LL DO OUR PART.

SO OTHER COMMENTS OR INPUT AGAIN.

FOR ME, I THINK IT'S JUST MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE A STANDARD AND WE ARE CONSISTENT AND WE NEVER DEVIATE FROM THAT.

THAT'S THE KEY HERE.

AND SO.

YEAH. UM. THAT'S.

THAT'S WHAT I SEE HERE.

SO. I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS THIS AS WRITTEN.

OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 40 60 THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS AS PRESENTED HERETO MADE PART OF

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GABY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST I.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO NOW ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 4060 SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I, I, I, I.

ALL OPPOSED.

NAY. OKAY.

SO THE POLICY THE REVISED POLICY IS ADOPTED.

SO THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

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

THESE ARE ROUTINE ITEMS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND CAN BE VOTED ON AS A GROUP, AS OPPOSED TO IN VOTING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM.

THAT DOES NOT PRECLUDE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS OR PULLING THEM OFF TO VOTE ON SEPARATELY.

BUT AGAIN, WE CAN VOTE ON MULTIPLE ROUTINE ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, THESE ITEMS ARE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING ONLINE.

THESE ARE AVAILABLE AT BOARD DOCS, SO YOU CAN SEE THE INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD HAS AVAILABLE TO THEM AND HAS BEEN POSTED PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS.

UM, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO BOARD DOCS AND YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW, FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ANY OF US AFTER THE MEETING AND WE'D BE LOVE TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET THERE.

SO AT THIS POINT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THE CONSENT, AGENDAS AND OR EMOTION AS TO HOW TO HANDLE THOSE ITEMS. I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSENT AGENDAS, THAT MEANS BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENTS AS WELL AS THE BOARD'S AGENDAS.

CORRECT. AND WE CAN VOTE AGAIN.

IT IS, UM, THEIR ITEMS. IT USED TO BE THAT IT WAS ONE AGENDA, ONE CONSENT AGENDA.

A FEW YEARS BACK, WE OPTED TO BREAK THAT OUT INTO ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN DESIGNATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT DO REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL, UM, AS WELL AS THE BOARD'S CONSENT AGENDA.

AGAIN, WE CAN VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY OR BOTH TOGETHER, WHICHEVER THE THE BOARD OPTS FOR.

THANK YOU. YEP.

MAY WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION OF SURPLUS? SURE. SO I HAVE A QUESTION AS TO HOW THAT EVEN WORKS.

OKAY, SO WITH THE BOOKS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF BOOKS THAT ARE BEING CLEARED OFF THE SHELVES.

FOUND SOME OF THE DESIGNATIONS A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING, FOR EXAMPLE.

I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I SAW REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM BEING PULLED OFF A SHELF BECAUSE IT WAS OUTDATED.

IT'S IT'S A FICTION NOVEL, A KID'S FICTION NOVEL.

AND IT CAN'T BE OUTDATED BECAUSE IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS.

SAME THING WITH MARK TWAIN AND, UH, AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER BOOKS I SAW IN THERE.

SO WHO MAKES THAT CALL? I MEAN, IS THE DESIGNATION MATTER OR CAN YOU JUST GET RID OF A BOOK BECAUSE IT'S TAKING UP SPACE ON THE SHELF? I MEAN. UH, AND THESE, THESE ARE ALL LIKE, ARE THESE ALL LIBRARY BOOKS OR SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS? SO I'M GOING TO, UM, LET.

OH, WHO'S GOT IT? OH, THE TEAM'S GOT IT.

I DID SOME LEARNING ON THIS MYSELF, PEGGY.

UM, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.

UM, WITH THE LIBRARY BOOKS IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S A CERTAIN CALLING PROCEDURES THAT THE LIBRARY AIDES GO THROUGH.

UM, AND SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE TITLE OF THE BOOK OR THE AGE OF THE BOOK, BUT THE CIRCULATION.

AND SO BOOKS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, UM, CIRCULATED AND HAVE JUST BEEN ON THE SHELVES SOMETIMES ARE THEN, UM, ON THE SURPLUS LIST. AND PRIOR TO THAT, THE LIBRARY AIDES ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO ROTATE THE COLLECTION AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT OTHER BOOKS FOR STUDENTS.

SO, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS HAPPEN BEFOREHAND, BUT IT'S THROUGH THE LIBRARY, UM, CALLING PROCESS.

OKAY. AND SO THEN IT SAYS THAT YOU PUT THEM IN BOXES.

THEY GO IN BOXES THAT ARE LABELED WITH NUMBERS.

WHAT THEN BECOMES OF THE BOXES? SO THE BOXES ARE PICKED UP BY, ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES THE MAINTENANCE CREW ACTUALLY GOES AND PICKS UP THE THE BOOKS WHERE THEY'RE STORED FOR THEIR WAITING PERIOD.

UM, AND WHEN PEOPLE EITHER PURCHASE THEM, WE CONNECT WITH THEM TO, TO GET THEM THEIR ITEM, IN THIS CASE THE BOOKS OR

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PREFERABLY GIVEN AWAY.

SO, UM.

I GUESS.

I'M WONDERING.

IF THEY'RE DESTROYED.

I MEAN, HOW DO YOU DESTROY THEM? I MEAN, WE EITHER DONATE THEM PLACES IF THEY'LL TAKE THEM OR, UNFORTUNATELY, TAKE THEM TO THE DUMP.

AND THE MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE SALE OF THE BOOKS GOES WHERE IT GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO BUY MORE BOOKS.

AND IT'S NOT IN THE CASE OF BOOKS, IT'S USUALLY EXTREMELY MINIMAL.

MAY I MAKE AN OBSERVATION? AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS WORKED WITH HOMESCHOOL KIDS AND MATH BOOKS, PARTICULARLY TEACHER'S EDITIONS OF BOOKS, SOME OF THOSE GO FOR A LOT OF MONEY.

SO DO YOU EVER WEED OUT LIKE THE TEACHER'S EDITIONS OF ALGEBRA BOOKS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND AND SAVE THOSE OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, EBAY OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE MONEY FOR THEM? I WILL ANSWER A CERTAIN PORTION OF THAT QUESTION, AND THEN I CAN GET TO MARK ABOUT ANY OF THE SELLING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES, LIKE ON MARKETPLACES SUCH AS EBAY.

BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR PROGRAM, SUCH AS OUR FERNDALE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP THAT LOOKS VERY, VERY CLOSELY AT ANY TIME WE HAVE A SURPLUS PROCESS, AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO GRAB SOME OF THOSE TEACHER EDITIONS, WE DO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES THEY ARE NO LONGER ALIGNED TO SPECIFIC STANDARDS, UM, THAT WE ARE TEACHING. SO SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO GRAB SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES, OTHER TIMES WE'RE NOT.

BUT WE DO LOOK CLOSELY ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND WHEN WE DO HAVE SURPLUS OPPORTUNITIES, SOMETIMES IT'S CERTAIN SCHOOLS GRABBING IT, UM, OR TAKING IT FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL.

SO YES, THAT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK CLOSELY AT.

AND THEN MARK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO DO AS PART OF THE SURPLUS PROCESS IS PUT OUT AN ADVERTISEMENT TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND, UH, SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. SO IF THERE IS A NEW CURRICULUM, ADOPTION OR A CHANGE IN WHOLESALE, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE A LARGE VOLUME OF THINGS.

THERE'S BEEN OCCASION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SAID, HEY, WE'RE STILL USING THAT MATH BOOK OR THAT HISTORY BOOK, UH, WE WOULD LIKE THEM.

AND THEN IN THAT CASE, WE GIVE THEM TO THOSE FOLKS.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WHEN NOOKSACK HAD THAT FLOOD RECENTLY, WE HAD JUST ADOPTED OUR NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

AND SO WE OFFERED UP OUR OUR HARCOURT MATERIALS BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE.

UM, SO THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO WHEN WE HAVE SURPLUS ITEMS. SO JUST AS A QUESTION CLARIFYING.

SO THESE ARE BOOKS THAT DON'T MOVE MUCH, DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN OUR LIBRARY.

RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE UM, AND THEN WE PUT THEM IN SOME SORT OF HOLDING AND THEN DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.

I THINK IT IS GREAT AND IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S THESE PORTALS WHERE WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM THE BEST WAY OR MANNER.

WHAT I DISAGREE IS, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF OUR RESOURCES TO TRY TO GO AND SELL THEM ON, LIKE A GOOGLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A WASTE OF OUR RESOURCES FROM OUR DISTRICT TO GO INTO IT.

WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF OF SELLING BOOKS.

RIGHT. BUT BUT WE COULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, UH, OPENING THOSE BOOKS TO TO WHOEVER BENEFITS THEM.

RIGHT. YEAH.

IN FACT, A COUPLE A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS.

WE SENT THEM HOME WITH THE KIDS FOR THE SUMMER.

EVERYBODY GOT A BOOK.

SO THAT'S WE'D MUCH PREFER TO, TO GIVE THEM AWAY, GET THEM IN PEOPLE'S HANDS.

WELL THAN DO ANYTHING ELSE.

THEY'RE JUST HISTORICALLY HAS NOT BEEN A HUGE DEMAND FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOOKS AND, AND YEARS AGO WE ALSO HAD A BOARD MEMBER WHOSE PASSION WAS BOOKS, AND SHE WOULD OFTEN BUY THE SURPLUS BOOKS AND TAKE THEM TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND. HAND THEM OUT AS WELL.

SO. YEAH.

NO, I MEAN, THE IN TALKING WITH THE LIBRARIANS IN THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, OFTEN THOSE BOOKS, THEY ARE CYCLING OUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET MORE CURRENT STUFF THE KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN OR ARE MORE POPULAR OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

AND SO THEY'RE CIRCULATING THE BOOKS THAT WAY, AND THERE'S JUST ONLY SO MUCH ROOM, UNFORTUNATELY.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

JUST A COMMENT.

MICHAEL NAYLOR'S PUZZLE WISE, IT'S SO SAD TO ME TO SEE 72 COPIES OF THAT BEING SURPLUSED.

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HIS DAUGHTER WAS IN MY CLASS TOO.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE AFTER THE VOTE.

YOU CAN. YOU CAN HAVE 72.

YOU CAN. WELL, DEAR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.

NO, THAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES BRING UP A QUESTION.

SO IF IF A STAFF MEMBER OR A BOARD MEMBER OR SOMEBODY WHO LOOKED AT THE SURPLUS THING WANTED TO PICK UP AN ITEM, HOW WOULD THEY DO IT? THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.

DOES IT GO TO AUCTION? IN PARTICULAR, I WAS NOTICING THE LASER ENGRAVER FOR 100 BUCKS.

I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST IT THROUGH SEALED BID.

SO ALL OF THE INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED, AND, UM, YOU CAN JUST, LIKE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, SUBMIT A SEALED BID.

AND IF YOU'RE THE HIGHEST BIDDER ON THAT ITEM, YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED, UM, TO COME PICK UP YOUR ITEM.

SO FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S SITTING HERE WATCHING TONIGHT, IF YOU CHECK OUT THE SURPLUS LIST, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE SCHOOL IS MOVING OUT.

AGAIN, AND THAT IS ON BOARD DOCS.

AND THERE'S QUITE A LIST OF BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT.

AND AND THAT'S NOT A THIS ISN'T A ONE TIME EVENT.

IT OCCURS AT VARIOUS TIMES AS WE GO THROUGH INVENTORY ITEMS. I SEE 216 PAGES.

HMM? YEAH.

SO OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I THINK WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDAS AS WRITTEN.

OKAY. OH.

I HAVE ONE THING ON ANOTHER ITEM I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS BEFORE THAT, IF WE COULD, WE CAN.

IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS.

ALL RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.

UM. OKAY.

AND I KNOW, KEVIN, THAT I CALLED YOU AND ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, I REALLY, UM, LET'S SEE WHERE IT SAYS AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE KEVIN ERICKSON, STEVE CHILDS AND NANCY BARTON, AND, UM THE IDEA OF COMMITTEES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

MAYBE NOT TONIGHT, BUT MAYBE NEXT MEETING AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW COMMITTEES WORK AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM WORK.

BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND I THINK WE NEED A FULLY FUNCTIONING AUDIT COMMITTEE.

AND THREE BOARD MEMBERS CAN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

SO IF WE COULD GET TWO BOARD MEMBERS ON IT AND THEN HAVE A ROUTINE WHERE WE'RE CONSTANTLY, UM, ACTUALLY DOING THE AUDIT, AUDITING, UM, PLUS OTHER COMMITTEES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMITTEES.

SURE. AND AS WE MENTIONED IN OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER, I DON'T KNOW THAT COMMITTEE IS THE RIGHT WORD FOR THIS GROUP.

AND I'LL SEE IF KRISTI HAS ANYTHING.

I KNOW I'VE TALKED WITH HER ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, AND SHE'S AND CHRIS HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE IN THAT REGARDS AT THIS POINT OR IF YOU WANT TO HOLD UNTIL YOU GET MORE INFORMATION.

WELL, I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ON THE LEARNING MODE.

UM, I LOVE THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HOW THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS WAS, AND WE ACTUALLY CAN'T FIND THE HISTORY BEHIND HOW THIS WAS DEVELOPED.

UM, AND SO THEN CHRIS HAS BEEN DOING, UH, SOME RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER BOARDS DO REGARDING THIS.

THE ONLY ONE WE COULD FIND ANYTHING LIKE IT WAS SEATTLE.

SO I THINK YOUR POINT AND I, I ACTUALLY, UM, SO IT'S UNIQUE TO OUR BOARD.

UM, AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR CHRIS.

DID WE HAVE WE DON'T WE CAN'T EVEN FIND A BEGINNING DATE OR THE PURPOSE OR HOW IT STARTED OR WHY.

MARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA.

YEAH. SO IT GOES BACK A WHILE.

SORRY, MARK. UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO TALK ABOUT AT A RETREAT.

SO IS IS IT SERVING ITS PURPOSE? IF WE CAN'T, IF WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY? I HONESTLY WAS MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THIS WAS A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GOING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

IT WAS JUST SOMETHING WE DID.

WE ADOPTED, AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST KEPT DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE.

SO I THINK A REAL HARD CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WHAT COULD IT BE? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT, AND THEN HOW SHOULD IT FUNCTION.

SO THAT'S GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME TIME TO PROCESS THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT AS OF TODAY OKAY.

THANK YOU I'M GLAD THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED.

THANK YOU. THE THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL THROW INTO THAT IS UNDER GC TWO, UM, THE GOVERNANCE CULTURE POLICIES.

TWO IT OUTLINES AS FAR AS COMMITTEES AND POLICIES RELATED TO BOARD COMMITTEES AND SUCH, UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE MESHED WITH

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SO WE WILL HAVE THAT ON THE DOCKET.

OKAY. WITH ALL OF THAT, I WILL GO BACK TO THE MOTION THAT WAS PUT FORTH, UM, THAT WE ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED HERE AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES.

UM. WITH THIS, WE DON'T DO A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE, SO I'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED.

SO THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM, BEAR WITH ME AGAIN. TAKES US DOWN TO ITEM 10.01, WHICH IS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

[10. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES]

AND SO NOW WE ARE MEETING ON THURSDAY EVENING INSTEAD.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT ONE.

BUT, GABY, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, DID YOU ATTEND THE ZOOM MEETING FOR THE STUDENT REPS FOR THE? BECAUSE SHE MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION, BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY ATTENDED A, UH, AN ONLINE, UM, MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO I IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HER TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY DISCUSSED AT HER MEETING.

GOING TO BE SO HONEST, I FORGOT TO SHARE THAT DURING MY SHARING PORTION.

UM, YESTERDAY I ATTENDED MY FIRST, UM, MEETING AS A MEMBER OF THE SRN, THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE NETWORK.

AND SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THAT SESSION WAS JUST KIND OF, UM, ENCOURAGING, INTRODUCING OURSELVES AS MEMBERS, BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE BEGINNING RIGHT AFTER THE WSSDA CONFERENCE.

NEW PEOPLE WERE KIND OF, UM, INVITED TO JOIN, AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BASICS OF, HEY, THIS IS A SHORTER LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR LIKE WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE, UM, IN JANUARY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A DAY ON THE HILL AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A TWO DAY THING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LEARN ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEN A DAY TO, UM, PARTICIPATE AND VISIT WITH SOME OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.

AND SO IT WAS MOSTLY INTRODUCTIONS AND ENCOURAGEMENT ONGOING TO THE DAY ON THE HILL IN JANUARY.

THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS I WENT TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT BILLS WERE STILL ACTIVE FROM THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND I DIDN'T REALLY FIND ANYTHING RELATED TO EDUCATION OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, A BILL THAT THERE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SPONSORING TO MOVE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL, UH, BONDS, LEVIES.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? NOT VOTES TO A SIMPLE MAJORITY AS OPPOSED TO 3/5.

BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS LIVE FROM FROM LAST GO ROUND.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR PEGGY OR GABBY? OKAY. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS THE BOARD MEMBER SHARING.

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

OH, SURE. PICK ON ME.

GOT TO START SOMEWHERE.

YEAH. ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS FLIES OKAY.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, AND THIS IS REFERRING TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, IT'S QUITE AN EXTENSIVE LITERATURE THAT YOU GO THROUGH DURING THE FRONT END OF THE MEETING.

AND I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE, POSSIBLY, IF WE COULD.

UH, PROVIDE A HARD COPY AT THE DESK WHERE PEOPLE SIGN IN AND MAYBE JUST INITIAL IT THAT THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAVE READ IT. AND WE CAN FOREGO THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING AND, UM, UM, JUST TO EXPEDITE OUR MEETING PROCESS. SO JUST A SUGGESTION.

MY THROAT WOULD NOT MIND.

I FIGURED YOU MIGHT APPRECIATE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

IT WAS INTERESTING.

DURING OUR, UM, THE BOARD BOOT CAMP, WE WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IT IT IS A, UM,

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UM, AND THE PERSON WHO WAS LEADING THAT READ OUT THEIR PREAMBLE TO THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WASN'T QUITE AS WINDY AS WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT. BUT AGAIN, I'M I'M OPEN TO THE BOARD'S DIRECTION THAT WAY AND HAVE NO PROBLEM NOT HAVING TO READ AS MUCH.

SO THAT'S IT.

JUST AN OBSERVATION AND A CONSIDERATION.

OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. COULD I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THAT BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT THE AUDIENCE AT HOME.

UM, JUST SO THEY KNOW WHAT IT SAYS.

UM, WHAT ABOUT ADDING IT INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT AS AN ATTACHMENT SO PEOPLE CAN READ IT AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, WE COULD HAVE IT POSTED THERE.

OKAY. AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IF I UNDERSTOOD, OR IF I'M THINKING THIS THROUGH CORRECTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WE COULD PUT THAT FORTH AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH SO WE CAN APPROVE IT, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAD IN MIND.

SURE. YEAH.

OKAY. WE WILL DO THAT.

UM, I JUST, UH, WANT TO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND, UM, THE OPENNESS, UM, THAT THIS BOARD HAS, IS HAVING.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, NOT ONLY ABLE TO EXPOUND ON OUR THOUGHTS, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING TO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AND, MAYBE UNDERSTAND, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WE MAY HAVE, UM, THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE PUBLIC, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, UM, WHAT IS DISCUSSED HERE, UM, I'M HOPING THAT OUR VOTES ARE, ARE, UM, ACCOMPANIED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION OF WHY IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS, UM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NANCY.

FOR SHARING, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS WEEK I GOT TO DO THE ONBOARDING ON TUESDAY, AND THAT INCLUDED, UM, GETTING TO GO TO FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL AND TO, UM, UH, CASCADIA ELEMENTARY.

AND BOTH OF THOSE WERE REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCES.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D EVER BEEN INSIDE THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

AND TALK ABOUT CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN IN.

IT DEFINITELY SUPPORTS THAT.

IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY AND VERY FUNCTIONAL.

AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.

AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS WAS, UM, BEING GREETED WITH HUGS BY FORMER STUDENTS.

THAT FELT GREAT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, MRS. BUTTON? WELL, HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? ARE YOU STILL TEACHING? NO.

SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN.

AND THEN VISITING CASCADIA.

THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE.

I'D NEVER BEEN INSIDE THE ROOMS THERE.

AND THEN I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO ALSO GO VISIT VISTA ON THURSDAY AS WELL.

SO IT'S MY MISSION TO VISIT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT AS SOON AS I CAN, AND MAKE THAT A REGULAR HABIT TO TOUCH BASES WITH THE STAFF AND STUDENTS AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND GET THEIR INPUT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR OUR DISTRICT? WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND SOME KIDS ARE WILLING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST REALLY ENJOYED THAT AND I SO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. PEGGY.

WELL, UM, I JUST WANTED TO EXPAND ON NANCY'S COMMENTS ABOUT COMMITTEES, BECAUSE I THINK COMMITTEE STRUCTURES CAN BE USED TO REALLY ENHANCE HOW WE DO THINGS, AND I THINK WE UNDERUTILIZE THAT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE GOING FORWARD, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE NOT CIVILITY AGREEMENT, BUT OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT SAYS WE WORK WITH PEOPLE'S STRENGTHS BECAUSE I CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME VERY USEFUL SKILLS SITTING HERE. AND I THINK THEY COULD BE TURNED TO RESEARCH THAT WOULD HELP BETTER INFORM THE BOARD SO THAT WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND WE'RE BEING FACED WITH POLICY CREATION, THAT WE CAN THOUGHTFULLY CREATE, YOU KNOW, CREATE POLICIES THAT ARE EASY TO SUPPORT, EASY TO MONITOR, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND EASY TO REVIEW GOING FORWARD BECAUSE, UM, LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE SINCE 2014 AND

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AND YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY TIME FOR AN UPDATE, BUT I THINK WITH A THOUGHTFULNESS THAT GOES TOWARD CREATING POLICIES THAT THAT ARE FUNCTIONAL.

SO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. SO I AGREE THAT THE ONBOARDING THIS WEEK WAS GREAT.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE WORK THAT KRISTI HAD DONE ON THE BOARD HANDBOOK, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEEDED FOR A WHILE.

IT I WAS READING THROUGH IT AND GOING, OH, THAT, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

IT HAS SOME GOOD INFORMATION ON, UM, THE DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS THAT COME THROUGH AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT TITLE PROGRAMS. THAT WAS INFORMATION THAT WAS NEW TO ME, EVEN IN SOME OF THE AREAS, SOME OF THE THOSE I KNEW ABOUT, UM, BUT EVEN SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT, IF IT ISN'T ON OUR WEBSITE, MIGHT EVEN BE GOOD TO HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE MORE AWARE, BECAUSE SCHOOL FUNDING IS NOT A NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. UM, AND IT'S A CHALLENGE TO UNDERSTAND.

AND THE MORE WE CAN HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND IT AND THE MORE WE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND IT, I THINK THE BETTER THE MORE SUPPORT WILL HAVE WITH OUR EFFORTS AS THE THINGS. YOU JUST REMINDED ME, I HAD A QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK WAY BACK WHEN, AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ASK IT, SO IF I COULD ASK IT NOW.

OKAY, SO IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE BUDGET, APPARENTLY I WAS READING THROUGH THE THE RCW THAT MARK ATTACHED TO THAT AND IT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, UM, IF THE DISTRICT RECEIVES, UM, YOU KNOW, LOCAL LEVY FUNDS OR OTHER LOCAL FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND APPEAL TO OSPI TO GET THE BUDGET EXTENSION GRANTED.

AND I NOTICED THAT IT SAID IN THE LITTLE DOCUMENT THAT WAS ATTACHED, OTHER LOCAL FUNDING, WHAT IS THE OTHER LOCAL FUNDING THAT GOES INTO THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND? THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE LEVY OR UH, NON VOTED DEBT OR TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND.

OR IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A DONATION..

OR IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A DONATION.

OKAY. ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE CONSIDERED LOCAL REVENUE, I MEAN LOCAL, EVEN IF THE MONEY THAT WENT INTO THE GENERAL I THAT I THINK I NEED AN EXPLANATION ON.

DEPENDING ON WHERE WHAT YOU WERE TRANSFERRING, WHAT REVENUE SOURCE YOU WERE TRANSFERRING FROM.

[INAUDIBLE] COLLIE. YEAH.

I MEAN, THERE'S DIFFERENT SOURCES OF REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO IF IT WAS LOCAL FUNDS THAT WERE IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT WERE BEING TRANSFERRED, IT WOULD MAKE A LOCAL REVENUE IN THE LOCAL FUNDS IN THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MEETING EVALUATION.

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I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SHARE, BUT I DO HAVE THE EVALUATION READY UNLESS YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR..

I SHARED WHAT I HAD TO SAY.

OKAY. UM, SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST RANKED MEETING I'VE DONE SO FAR.

I THOUGHT ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT KWABENA AND I HAVE NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT CALLING PEOPLE OUT IN THE PAST WAS DOING THEIR HOMEWORK.

THIS MEETING, EVERYONE SEEMED REALLY WELL PREPARED AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY LIKE FOURS ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU GUYS COMMENDABLE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS.

GREAT JOB THIS MEETING. THE ONE THING THAT JUST MET STANDARD WAS THERE WERE A COUPLE LITTLE INTERRUPTIONS, BUT GOOD JOB.

MEETING WAS GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THAT THEN BRINGS US TO ITEM 13, WHICH IS EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE.

AND THAT IS THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING.

AND SO WITH THAT I WILL WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WE WILL SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN BACK IN JANUARY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.