Jul 30, 2024 School Board Meeting

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHETHER LIVE OR ONLINE, BE IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.

JULY'S MEETING IS ALSO OUR TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN SHIRT NIGHT, HENCE THE REASON FOR OUR COLORFUL ATTIRE.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING, THOUGH, AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD, AND THAT BUSINESS IS TO MAKE DECISIONS AND POLICIES THAT REFLECT THE WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE EACH CHILD WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND ATTITUDES COMMENSURATE WITH HIS OR HER ABILITY TO BECOME EFFECTIVE CITIZENS IN ORDER TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT PURPOSE.

THE BOARD NEEDS TO HEAR AND DISCUSS A WIDE ARRAY OF OPINIONS ON EACH ISSUE.

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

A COUPLE OF QUICK HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS.

JUST IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE EXIT OVER TO YOUR LEFT.

MY RIGHT. ALSO, IF YOU NEED THE RESTROOMS AT ANY TIME, THEY'RE OUT THE DOOR AND UP THE RAMP AND UP THE HALL.

WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO INTO TONIGHT'S MEETING AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE JOIN ME IN A SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

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 IN 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.

NEXT WE WILL APPROVE THE OR ADOPT THE AGENDA.

EXCUSE ME. SO AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA AND OR A MOTION TO ADOPT IT AS PRESENTED.

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

OKAY, IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? SO THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES FOR OUR MEETING.

FOR A REGULAR MEETING FOR LAST TIME.

I THINK THERE WAS LITTLE PIECE IN THERE THAT PROBABLY WAS NOT MEANT TO BE, AND IT WAS JUST WONDERING IF KRIS WANTED TO TAKE IT OUT.

UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA SAYS ACTION.

CONSENT, ADOPT RESOLUTION 11 2024, AUTHORIZING MEMBERSHIP IN WEAA AD TO JULY MEETING AGENDA A DIRECTOR ON THE WEAA BOARD, PEGGY, REVIEW THE FILM AND SO I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY I THINK WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THE IDEA OF HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE.

AND I THINK KRISTA'S MADE HERSELF A NOTE THERE, AND WE WERE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVISIT IT.

SO, YEAH.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THAT AND I WAS WONDERING TOO, IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

OH, WELL, I MEAN YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU HAD GONE AND GOTTEN INFORMATION KRISTI AND SO NO, OKAY.

SO THAT WAS THE ONLY THING.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? IF NOT, THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, AS WITH THE CORRECTION THAT PEGGY POINTED OUT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? OKAY.

THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ADOPTED, THEN.

OKAY. THAT THEN TAKES US TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

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IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY INTERJECT TO 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.

OUR SILENCE IS NOT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT, BUT IS MEANT TO RESPECTFULLY HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

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.

THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ASKED TO SIGN UP ON THE SIGN IN SHEET IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND THEIR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN THEY STEP TO THE PODIUM AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

ANY SPEAKER WHOSE COMMENTS EXCEED THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY SUBMIT THEIR ENTIRE OR REMAINING COMMENTS IN WRITING, TO ENSURE THAT THE BOARD HAS ADEQUATE TIME TO ADDRESS ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES.

SO THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT IS NATALIE CHAVEZ.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

I'VE MISSED ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE CONTINUED TO HEAR ABOUT AND MEET COVID VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE.

SO I WANT TO REPEAT A COUPLE OF WEBSITES THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE COVID VACCINE INJURED, THEY ARE REACT19.ORG.

THAT IS REACT19.ORG AND COVID 19 CRITICAL CARE.COM AND THERE IS A SHORT DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS RECENTLY RELEASED THAT FEATURES SOME OF THE COVID VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS FROM THE REACT19.ORG GROUP.

THE DOCUMENTARY IS CALLED UNSAFE AND INEFFECTIVE AND PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT FOR FREE AT THE WEBSITE.

UNSAFE AND INEFFECTIVE.COM.

ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, WHATCOM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ERIKA LAUTENBACH AND THE WHATCOM EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE RECENTLY SNUCK FUNDING THROUGH TO CREATE A SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CLINIC, SBCC, IN MOUNT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT, AFTER SBCC FUNDING GOT VOTED DOWN AT THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 8TH, 2023, THE SBCC WAS INCLUDED IN NUMBER FOUR ON THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL CONSENT AGENDA UNDER, QUOTE, VARIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS, UNQUOTE. AT THE MEETING ON MAY 21ST, 2024, THE FEDS AND BIG PHARMA HAVE BEEN PUSHING STATES TO IMPLEMENT SBCC AND MERCK, THE MAKER OF THE GARDASIL HPV VACCINE, IS ONE OF THE FUNDERS OF THE SCHOOL BASED HEALTH ALLIANCE, AND HPV VACCINES ARE BEING PUSHED UPON PRETEENS AND TEENS BEHIND THEIR PARENTS BACKS AND WITHOUT PARENTAL PERMISSION BY USING INCENTIVES, PRESSURE, COERCION AND STUDENT CLUBS IN SCHOOLS.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PRETEENS AND TEENS WHO HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY INJURED FOLLOWING THESE TOXIC HPV VACCINES, WHICH INCLUDE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS LIKE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS.

I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REVIEW THE LAW FIRM WEBSITE.

WISNER. BAUM, WISNER.BAUM.COM.

THERE IS A GARDASIL LINK ON THAT SITE AND THEY ADVERTISE THAT THEY HAVE QUOTE TOP GARDASIL LAWYERS IN AMERICA UNQUOTE.

AND THEY SHARE SOME OF THE SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS THAT SOME OF THEIR PLAINTIFFS HAVE EXPERIENCED.

I ALSO PRINTED OFF INFORMATION FOR EACH OF YOU REGARDING SBHC'S, SO THAT YOU CAN EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON THIS VERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE YOU ALL THESE HANDOUTS TITLED WHEN CAN A MINOR ACCESS HEALTH CARE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT? THIS HANDOUT INCLUDES ALL OF THE TESTING, TREATMENTS AND SERVICES THAT ARE USUALLY PROVIDED AT SBHCS WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT FOR THOSE 13 YEARS AND OLDER OR YOUNGER THAN 13 YEARS, IF CONSIDERED A MATURE MINOR UNDER THE MATURE MINOR DOCTRINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. NATALIE.

NEXT WE HAVE DOM PHAM.

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I IDENTIFY AS A FERNDALE RESIDENT ON BAR ROAD.

IT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR DECADES AMONG CONCERNED PARENTS CIRCLES THAT THE TEACHERS UNIONS DON'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHO ARE OFTEN USED AS TOOLS FOR EMOTIONAL APPEAL AND TO ADVANCE THEIR POLITICAL AGENDA.

ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS POWER, CONTROL AND MONEY THROUGH MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEMES WITH LEFTIST POLITICIANS, INCLUDING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS FACT HAS BEEN ILLUSTRATED IN A RECENT ARTICLE WRITTEN BY RYAN BROOKS AT THE FREEDOM FOUNDATION, TITLED AFT PUSHING STUDENTS TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM PARENTS, THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM THE ARTICLE.

IN AN ASTONISHING DISPLAY OF OVERREACH BY EVEN BY ITS STANDARDS, THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS RECENTLY PROMOTED AN ASSIGNMENT ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THEIR PARENTS.

THIS ISN'T MERELY A CASE OF POOR JUDGMENT.

IT'S A DELIBERATE MOVE BY THE UNION TO UNRAVEL THE VERY FABRIC OF FAMILY VALUES AND MIRROR THE PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY. THIS MOVE IS MORE THAN MISGUIDED.

IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG.

PARENTS ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF A CHILD'S UPBRINGING IN PROVIDING ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE, LOVE AND SUPPORT.

THE ASSIGNMENT INVITES CHILDREN TO QUESTION AND POTENTIALLY SEVER THESE VITAL BONDS, STRIKING AT THE HEART OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY.

THIS CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR PARENTS ALSO PUTS THE CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT AT RISK.

EDUCATION SHOULD BE ABOUT EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, NOT DRIVING A WEDGE BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE CLASSROOM IS MEANT TO BE A PLACE WHERE HISTORICAL EVENTS LIKE INDEPENDENCE DAY ARE TAUGHT TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR THE PAST.

INSTEAD, THIS ASSIGNMENT TWISTS THESE EVENTS INTO TOOLS FOR IDEOLOGICAL BATTLES DISTRACTING FROM REAL EDUCATIONAL GOALS.

THE AFT'S PROMOTION OF THIS ASSIGNMENT UNDERSCORES A DISTURBING TREND OF POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION WITHIN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

USING STUDENTS AS INSTRUMENTS FOR PUSHING A POLITICAL AGENDA IS NOT ONLY UNETHICAL, BUT ALSO DETRACTS FROM THE OBJECTIVE, WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION THEY DESERVE.

THIS OVERREACH NOT ONLY DISRESPECTS THE FAMILY UNIT, BUT ALSO INFRINGES ON PARENTS RIGHT TO GUIDE THEIR CHILD'S UPBRINGING ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN BELIEFS.

THE AFT'S ASSIGNMENT IS A CLEAR MISSTEP THAT UNDERMINES PARENTAL AUTHORITY, ERODES FAMILY VALUES, DISTRACTS FROM EDUCATIONAL GOALS, AND INJECTS POLITICAL AGENDAS INTO THE CLASSROOM.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU DOM.

SO THAT IS THE COMPLETION OF OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENING.

AGAIN, IF AT ANY POINT YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN TO THE BOARD OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A ONE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT BITTERSWEET.

[5. BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE]

I KNOW SOME ARE REALLY GLAD WHEN RILEY SHOWED UP.

BUT IT IS ALWAYS BEEN GREAT.

IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE THE INPUT OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND TONIGHT WE GET TO HEAR THEIR FINAL REPORT AND THEIR CONCLUSIONS AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RILEY AND HIS GROUP, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

OKAY, I'LL TAKE ANOTHER CHAIR AND AS THEY GET STARTED, JUST FOR ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED THEIR REPORT IS POSTED ON BOARD DOCS AND SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT THERE WITH IN FULL DETAIL AND IF THERE'S IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO GET OR TO FIND THAT, JUST LET US KNOW.

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SO I GUESS JUST TO START, I KNOW THE BOARD HAS CHANGED A LOT SINCE 2019 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.

SO I'LL JUST KIND OF START WITH KIND OF A HISTORY IN THE BACKGROUND AND KIND OF A REVIEW OF THE BOND PROJECTS AND THEN KIND OF GET INTO SOME OF OUR PROCESS AND CONCLUSION.

AGAIN, FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS.

THROUGHOUT. SO IN 2016, THERE WAS A BOND TASK FORCE DEVELOPED TO KIND OF COME UP WITH A BOND PACKAGE FOR THE DISTRICT. PART OF THAT BOND PACKAGE INCLUDED IN THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THE HIGH SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATES, CRITICAL FACILITIES UPGRADES, AND THEN AN ACCOUNTABILITY PORTION, WHICH INVOLVED THE CREATION OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

SO AFTER RUNNING THE BOND AND PASSING THE BOND WE ESSENTIALLY CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN MARCH OF 2019.

WE HAVE HAD WE'VE BEEN A SEVEN PERSON COMMITTEE.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW CHANGES OVER THE COURSE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE TOTAL NUMBER HERE, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE RECORD COMMITTEE MEMBERS INCLUDED MYSELF, MARK HARDING SANDY MCMILLAN, DAN CORNELSON, BRIAN LYNCH, JOE LUPO, TRISTAN BYERS, MIKE KOZAK, RICK DRISCOLL, AND PREVIOUS MEMBERS INCLUDED ANDY MILTON, RYAN KIMBALL, COREY BULLARD, KATHY RAYMOND, BO SMITH, AND ADAM RUSTAD.

SO OVERARCHING KEY FUNCTIONS OF OUR GROUP WERE ESSENTIALLY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY ASSISTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TEAM WITH REVIEW OF BOTH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

BOTH FINANCIALLY AS WELL AS KIND OF PARTS AND PIECES, IF YOU WILL, OR CONSTRUCTABILITY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OVERALL FINANCIAL REVIEW, BOTH OF THE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND KIND OF PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDS AND KIND OF BIG PICTURE FINANCIAL STUFF.

SO A FEW THINGS WITH REGARDS TO COMMUNICATION.

WE HELPED DEVELOP OR HELP THE DISTRICT OR RECOMMENDED THAT THE DISTRICT DEVELOP DASHBOARDS THAT WERE UPDATED MONTHLY THAT TRACKED BOTH FINANCIAL PROGRESS AS WELL AS SCHEDULED PROGRESS.

THERE'S AN EXAMPLE IN THE REPORT OF KIND OF THE FINAL VERSION OF THAT DASHBOARD.

IT WAS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION OF WEEKLY UPDATES, WHICH CONTINUED FROM CONCEPTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

I BELIEVE SOMEWHERE IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR 248 TOTAL WEEKLY UPDATES WENT OUT.

WHICH I THINK THOSE, IN RETROSPECT, WERE PROBABLY THE BEST COMMUNICATION TOOL THAT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE PROCESS.

WE ALSO MANAGED SOME CASH FLOW GRAPHS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE WAS A WEBSITE THAT KIND OF KEPT ALL OF OUR WORK AND THE BOND WORK IN ONE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC DISCUSSION, AND EVEN IF THERE WASN'T PUBLIC COMMENT AT OUR MEETINGS, THERE WAS A LOT OF KIND OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR MEETINGS FROM CONVERSATIONS DIFFERENT MEMBERS HAD WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE BOND WORK DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WAS PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME WAS SPENT KIND OF OVERSEEING OR LOOKING OVER DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES.

SO WE HELPED WITH THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND REVIEW OF USING CMC CONTRACTING ON THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT WHICH WE CAN HAPPY TO GET INTO THAT.

AND THE BENEFITS OF THAT IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE WE WORKED TO RECOMMEND THE BUILDING CHANGE STRUCTURAL PLAN TO GOING WITH THE PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDING PRIMARILY FOR THE CTE BUILDING, BUT WAS THEN ALSO UTILIZED FOR THE GYM.

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WHICH WAS AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF ROUGHLY $5 MILLION ON THE OVERALL PROJECT.

THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS AND ASSISTANCE USED WITH RECOMMENDING ALTERNATES BE PULLED OUT OF THE BID TO ALLOW BETTER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THAT WORK, AND THEN ADDED BACK IN.

WE ALSO PROVIDED SOME INPUT DURING DESIGN DIFFERENT DESIGN STAGES.

HAD A COUPLE MEMBERS WORK WITH THE DESIGN TEAM ON SOME STORM WATER DESIGN AND SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED HALF MILLION PLUS DOLLARS IN SAVINGS AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROJECT, DEVELOPED A SUBCOMMITTEES TO HELP REALLY DIG INTO KIND OF THE FINAL CHANGES AND FINAL COST ANALYSIS AS THE PROJECT KIND OF GOT TIGHTER AND FINISHED OUT AND THEN LASTLY, ANOTHER KIND OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REVIEW ITEM THAT WAS OF VALUE IS JUST LOOKING AT MODIFYING AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEMS, IMPROVING THE SCOREBOARD SCOREBOARD SYSTEMS AND MAKING THOSE MORE FUNCTIONAL AND FRIENDLY AND SO I THINK ANYBODY THAT'S ATTENDED ANY EVENT IN THE GYM OR THE FOOTBALL FIELD CAN ATTEST THAT THE SCOREBOARDS ARE DEFINITELY THE BEST IN THE COUNTY, IF NOT UP THERE IN THE STATE.

SO FOR A HIGH SCHOOL FACILITY.

SO AND LASTLY, KIND OF BIG PICTURE FINANCIAL REVIEW.

THERE WERE A COUPLE MEMBERS THAT ARE INVOLVED VERY INTRICATELY IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD GOVERNMENT, FINANCIAL WORLD.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF HELP FROM SANDY, SPECIFICALLY HELPING WITH REVIEWING BOND SALES RECOMMENDATIONS ON BOND SALES.

RECOMMENDING THE DISTRICT PUT TOGETHER A FORMAL DEBT POLICY, WHICH IS DONE NOW.

REVIEWING INTEREST EARNINGS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY REVIEWING CONTRACTS, CHANGE ORDERS, POS AND ALL OF THE FINANCIAL ITEMS THAT COME THROUGH WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING $100 MILLION.

SO SCOPE WISE, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS A 2000 200,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, GIVE OR TAKE WITH CAPACITY FOR 1475 STUDENTS WITH COMMUNAL SPACES DESIGNED TO HOUSE 1600 AND THEN THE SCOPE OF THE PACK WAS ESSENTIALLY $2 MILLION TO REPAIR SOME GROUNDWATER ISSUES, UPDATE THE LIGHTING, SOUND TECHNOLOGY, HVAC SYSTEMS AND, WELL, SOME ROOF REPAIR.

SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL SCOPE IN THE BOND.

THE FINAL SCOPE WAS EVERYTHING LISTED ABOVE.

BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ADD OR THE DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO ADD VIA ALTERNATE AN AUXILIARY GYM WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN.

THE CTE VILLAGE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE BUILDINGS OUT BEHIND THE WEIGHT ROOM, GREENHOUSE, AQUACULTURE, ANIMAL SCIENCES AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS SOME SEISMIC IMPROVEMENTS OR SEISMIC REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE TO THE PAC IN THE PAST THAT HAD US.

THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT THOSE WERE SEISMIC UPGRADES.

SO THAT THE MONEY THAT HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE PACK HAD TO BE DIVERTED TO TAKE CARE OF THE SEISMIC UPGRADE WORK. BUT LUCKILY WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT OF THE OVERALL HIGH SCHOOL BUDGET AND SOME BALANCE OF FUNDS LEFT ON THE MAIN SCOPE OF WORK.

ALL OF THE WORK THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PACK WAS ABLE TO BE ADDED BACK IN.

AS WELL AS ACCOUNTING FOR THAT SEISMIC UPGRADE.

SO THE PACK ESSENTIALLY WAS FUNDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $3.5 MILLION OUT OF FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM UNDER BUDGET FUNDING ON THE MAIN HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.

SO ALL IN ALL WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE HIGH SCHOOL SCOPE PLUS ABOUT. $7 MILLION FROM WHAT, THE ORIGINAL BOND REQUIREMENT WAS.

SO CRITICAL MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY AND SECURITY WAS KIND OF THE FIRST CHUNK OF PROJECTS IN THE BOND TO KICK OFF AS THE

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BUT KIND OF JUST A LIST.

QUICK LIST OF CRITICAL MAINTENANCE ROOF REPAIRS AT CUSTER VISTA AND CENTRAL MASONRY REPAIRS AT CUSTER AND SKYLINE.

HVAC AND CONTROLS AT ALL THE SCHOOLS TO GET THEM ALL UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS KIND OF REMOTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM REPLACE ALL THE AGING HOT WATER TANKS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, WHICH THANKFULLY WAS DONE BY DISTRICT STAFF TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME COST ON THE INSTALL COMPONENT AND THEN UPGRADES TO FIRE ALARMS AT EAGLE RIDGE CENTRAL AND HORIZON.

AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, SAFETY AND SECURITY.

ALL SCHOOLS GOT A SECURE ACCESS CONTROLS.

COMPONENT FENCING WENT UP AT NORTH BELLINGHAM, CUSTER HORIZON.

EAGLE RIDGE AND SKYLINE TO SECURE THOSE CAMPUSES BETTER AND THEN LIGHTING UPGRADES WERE MADE AT ALL SCHOOLS AS WELL TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE MEAT OF THE WHAT WE DID, I GUESS AND I'LL MAYBE PAUSE IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ON THE WHAT AT THIS POINT.

IF NOT, WE'LL KIND OF GO INTO OUR KIND OF REVIEW OF KIND OF OUR PROCESS.

SO. OKAY, I'LL KEEP GOING.

YOU GUYS CAN INTERRUPT ME TOO.

I'LL JUST.

YEAH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

OKAY, SO YOU SAID THAT YOU RECOMMENDED A FORMAL DEBT POLICY, AND I DON'T.

I'M EMBARRASSED. I DON'T RECALL HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.

SO IT HAPPENED PRIOR TO YOUR ELECTION TO THE BOARD.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT WAS FAIRLY EARLY.

I THINK IT WAS. IT WAS FAIRLY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS AND YEAH, WE HAD IT OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW MEETINGS.

YEAH, I THINK IT HAPPENED IN THE INITIAL BOND SALES AND WE WERE THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE IS THERE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, IF MARK WASN'T HERE, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE POLICY AND RUN WITH IT? RIGHT. AND I THINK IT, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 2019 AREA DURING ALL THE ZOOM MEETINGS THAT ALL KIND OF JUST BLENDED INTO THE ETHER.

SO YEAH.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A DEBT POLICY THAT JUST HAD TO GET RE.

YEAH, WE HAD ONE.

BUT SANDY, I THINK IT WAS MAINLY SPEARHEADED A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS THAT WAY AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE BOLSTERED IT UP QUITE A BIT FROM WHAT IT ORIGINALLY WAS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE I.

KEEP TALKING.

ALL RIGHT. SO DURING KIND OF REVIEW OF THE PROCESS INITIALLY, OBVIOUSLY, YOU START PLANNING AND START TALKING. THEN ONE OF THE INITIAL CONTRACTS THAT WAS RELEASED WAS FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP TO COME ON AND AS THE KIND OF PROJECT MANAGER REP FOR THE DISTRICT AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO FULLY EMPLOY A CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

SO CSG, WHICH IS PART OF ESD AND 112 AND THE DISTRICT USES MULTIPLE ENTITIES, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PIECES OF THEIR REPERTOIRE, SO TO SPEAK AND CSG WAS ONE OF THOSE.

SO THEY TOOK OVER AS KIND OF THE PROJECT MANAGER DIRECT CONTACT FOR YOU KNOW DESIGN TEAM CONTRACTORS.

THEY KIND OF TOOK ALL OF THE SCOUT FUNDING UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE AT OUR HAD A REPRESENTATIVE AT OUR MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

SO EARLY PLANNING WITH THEM INVOLVED A BUNCH OF A FEW CONSULTANTS WHICH CSG KIND OF SPEARHEADED KIND OF GETTING A ROUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBERS AND THEN EVENTUALLY WORKING TOWARDS GETTING KIND OF A PROGRAM PRIOR TO GETTING AN ARCHITECT ON BOARD OR ALONGSIDE GETTING AN ARCHITECT ON BOARD.

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DEICHMANN WAS SELECTED BASED ONA SCORING POLICY OR A SCORING METRIC FOR THEIR WORK AND THEN THEY BECAME THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT.

AS FAR AS THE DESIGN AND PLANNING WORK WENT.

THEY WORKED WITH THE EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH TEACHERS.

THE DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS THE COMMUNITY GROUP THAT GOT PUT TOGETHER AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE BOC.

THAT HELPED BETTER REFINE BOTH THE LOCATION, SIZE AND LAYOUT FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

THE VOC WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH CHOOSING THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

KIND OF IN LINE WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS PROCEEDING CORNERSTONE WAS SELECTED AGAIN ON A SCORING METRIC NOT JUST A LOW DOLLAR BID AND THEY CAME ON BOARD WHICH WAS A HUGE HELP, I BELIEVE, FOR THE CMGC PROCESS AND GETTING THEM ON BOARD TO HELP WITH DESIGN, REFINED CONSTRUCTABILITY PARTS AND PIECES MORE DETAILED AND REFINED ESTIMATES. IN THE END, AN OVERALL BETTER PRODUCT FOR THE DISTRICT.

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YEAH, GETTING THEM GETTING CORNERSTONE ON BOARD WAS WE'RE DOING THE CMG CMM PROCESS.

ALLOWED THE PROJECT TO GO OUT TO BID PRIOR TO DRAWINGS BEING 100% FINALIZED, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN HINDSIGHT, WAS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST SAVINGS AS A COMMUNITY. JUST WITH THE ABILITY TO PUT THE PROJECT OUT TO BID AND GET NUMBERS BACK IN.

I BELIEVE IT WAS MARCH OF 2021, I BELIEVE.

YEAH. BID PACKAGES IN MARCH OF 2021 AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ANYBODY THAT'S TRIED TO BUILD A BIRDHOUSE KNOWS THAT PRICING HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THAT POINT.

SO I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE HAD IT WAITED TILL DRAWINGS WERE FINALIZED AND THEN GONE OUT TO BID.

WE COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20% HIGHER [INAUDIBLE] AND HAD TO TALK ABOUT PULLING STUFF OUT OR VERSUS BEING ABLE TO ADD STUFF BACK IN.

SO TO MARK'S POINT THEIR ABILITY TO PUT THAT OUT WHEN THEY DID AND THEN WORK WITH SUBS TO PURCHASE THAT MATERIAL EARLY AND ALLOCATE IT AND STORE IT WAS A MAJOR WIN AND SAVINGS FOR EVERYBODY. [INAUDIBLE]. A COUPLE ITEMS KIND OF IN PLANNING THAT THE WE RECOMMENDED, WE WERE HOPING TO PULL SOME OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECTS OUT FROM UNDER DYKEMAN AND CORNERSTONE INITIALLY TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO LIMIT THE COST ON THE MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN COMPONENT VERSUS THE COST OF INSTALL.

THAT ENDED UP NOT WORKING ITSELF OUT, WHICH, YOU KNOW DID COST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT PROBABLY WAS A NET NET BENEFIT TO KIND OF KEEP EVERYTHING UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA.

FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW WHEN THIS WORK WAS HAPPENING MOSTLY REMOTE FOR EVERYBODY. SO, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING TEN DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO CONTACT WITH WAS PROBABLY NICE IN THAT

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THE OTHER ITEM, KIND OF IN THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT WAS DISCUSSED, WAS A CRITICAL KIND OF A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

THAT'S NOW, I THINK, FORMERLY BEEN CALLED THE FACILITY RENEWAL PLAN.

SO WORKING WITH THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT JAMIE AND, AND CSG KIND OF COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR SYSTEMS WHEN SYSTEMS NEED TO GET REPLACED.

KIND OF MAJOR MAJOR SYSTEMS THAT REQUIRE MORE THAN JUST THE ALLOTTED ANNUAL MAINTENANCE DOLLARS.

SO TIME AND RESOURCES CAN KIND OF BE PLANNED FOR AND ALLOCATED AND I THINK THAT PLAN GOES AS FAR AS TO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FULL SCHOOL REPLACEMENT REMODEL BOND TYPE WORK AS WELL WITH THE HOPE THAT IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU NEED TO REPLACE A VALVE AND A FILTER AND ALL THAT.

SO THAT PLAN IS CURRENTLY FINALIZED FROM A EXISTING STANDPOINT.

BUT WE'LL KEEP MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'LL KEEP GETTING BUILT OUT AS JAMIE AND HIS STAFF ARE ABLE TO REVIEW SYSTEMS AND ADD THEM TO THE PLAN.

SO ANYBODY THAT WAS AROUND THROUGH FAILED BONDS IN THE, YOU KNOW 20 TENS AND THE KIND OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROCESS THAT LED TO NEEDING THIS BOND PASSED.

SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT THERE IS A FORMAL PLAN IN PLACE NOW AND THAT OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS GOING IN A MORE PROACTIVE DIRECTION RATHER THAN A RESPONSIVE DIRECTION THAT THEY WERE OPERATING.

YOU KNOW, IN THAT 2010 TO 16 WINDOW.

SO OVERVIEW OF FINANCING.

I APOLOGIZE, THIS IS NOT MY PARTICULAR AREA OF EXPERTISE.

SO THANKFULLY WE DID HAVE SANDY, WHO ON OUR TEAM, WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR REVIEWING A FINANCE, EVEN IF IT MEANT MARK ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

SO OR HAVING TO GET BACK TO US ON A NUMBER OF THINGS.

SO AGAIN JUST REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HAVING THAT FORMAL DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICY MAINTAINING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH INVESTORS AND SELLING BONDS.

I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE A FORM.

TELL ME WHAT THE RATING IS, MARK, IF YOU REMEMBER.

YES. SO MAINTAINING THAT HIGH RATING SO THAT WE CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF OUR BOND SALES AND THEN OBVIOUSLY INVESTING THOSE BOND REVENUES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BEST INTEREST RETURN POSSIBLE FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO SANDY'S PROBABLY LISTENING TO THIS SCREAMING AT HER COMPUTER, TELLING ME TALK ABOUT THIS AND I.

YEAH. SO, SANDY, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT HOPE YOU ENJOY IRELAND AND I'M SORRY.

I GUESS ONE OTHER ITEM I CAN SPEAK TO IS THE SCOUT FUNDING.

SO THE STATE CHIPS IN, YOU KNOW, STATE MATCH IS KIND OF THE LAYMAN TERM.

BUT I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED 21,000,400 AND SOME 4 OR 500,000, I BELIEVE WAS THE FINAL NUMBER.

YES. BUT THAT'S I BELIEVE THAT'S THE REQUEST, IF YOU WILL, OR THE TRACKED MATCH VALUE. SO THAT WAS AGAIN, VERY HELPFUL IN BEING ABLE TO DO ALL THE WORK

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SO AND CSG TOOK THE LEAD ON THAT AND MANAGED FROM START TO FINISH.

MANAGED THAT PROCESS AND CREDIT TO THEM FOR MAXIMIZING OUR ABILITY THERE.

SO BIG PICTURE OVERALL FINANCIALLY ALL SAID AND DONE.

THERE APPEARS TO BE A $1.4 MILLION BALANCE OF FUNDS.

AFTER ALL SAID AND DONE.

SO KRISTI MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS MORE, BUT ME BEING IN THE INDUSTRY I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT PROJECT DOING EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE BOND AND COMING IN UNDER BUDGET AND DOING ANYTHING EXTRA AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS, BUT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 15, 20 SCHOOL PROJECTS OF VARYING SIZE AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AT THE END WAS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO NOT DO THINGS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO, TO FINISH.

OR HAVING TO ISSUE ANOTHER BATCH OF BONDS TO COVER OVERRUNS.

SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF, TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT WAS PROMISED TO DO IT DURING THE TIME THAT IT WAS DONE AND TO BE ABLE TO DO A FEW EXTRA THINGS ON TOP OF IT, I THINK IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WHOLE OF THE TEAM OF WHICH I GUESS WE ARE A PART.

SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH AND KRISTI, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO THROW BELLINGHAM UNDER THE BUS IN THIS MEETING, BUT I WAS LIKE, WELL, I WASN'T GOING TO NAME ANYBODY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE YOU WORK.

YEAH. I WOULD JUST SAY I HAVE BEEN ON NUMEROUS FACILITY COMMITTEES, AND I SHARED WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT TEAM. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

THE FACT THAT I THINK WE ARE KIND OF SKIMMING OVER THE FACT THAT THIS HAPPENED DURING COVID AS WELL AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING DURING COVID, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY COULD NOT DO OR COMPLETE BECAUSE OF THE RISING COSTS AND JUST WHAT MARK SAID.

I THINK WHAT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THIS PROCESS WAS IT WAS NOT A REACTIVE PROCESS.

IT WAS VERY PROACTIVE AND YOU HAD THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON FACILITIES THAT I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BECAUSE I WAS SITTING WITH OTHERS WHO ACTUALLY ARE IN THE INDUSTRY. TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS A DISTRICT HAS ADVISORS, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT AND THEY'RE REALLY RELYING ON OUTSIDE GROUPS SUCH AS THOSE THAT THEY CONTRACT WITH AND SO I CANNOT GET OVER WHAT THIS TEAM WAS ABLE TO DO AND MORE.

IT WASN'T EVERY TIME I WAS JUST LIKE, WHERE HOW ARE THEY DOING THIS? SO YEAH, I WOULD SAY A LOT OF TIMES ATHLETIC FIELDS DON'T GET COMPLETED.

A WING DOESN'T GET COMPLETED.

I THINK WE'VE HAD BUILDINGS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN WHERE THEY HAD TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE DESIGN BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF MONEY AND SO HATS OFF TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT TEAM FOR JUST THEIR DILIGENCE ON THIS PROJECT.

I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH AND MARK, YOU DEDICATED HOURS AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW MANY HOURS MARK WAS SPENDING MAKING SURE THAT HE WAS COMMUNICATING AND FOLLOWING THE PROJECT, AND WHILE ALSO BEING A SUPERINTENDENT FOR A YEAR AND DOING ALL HIS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

SO IT IS TREMENDOUS AND I DO NOT THINK I HOPE THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY CUTTING EDGE AND IT WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO KEEP PLUGGING ALONG.

THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.

SO DESIGN PROCESS KIND OF REVIEW OF THAT PROCESS THAT A LOT OF THAT WORK OCCURRED AGAIN DURING THAT 2019-20 PERIOD AND WAS DONE REMOTELY.

SO IT WAS A LITTLE CLUNKY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

BUT THERE WAS A COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS A DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WORKED

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I THINK I'LL DO THE BENEFIT OF OF THE FINAL PRODUCT AS WELL AS BEING THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AS WELL AS YOU CAN ALL SEE, THE MOST VISUALLY EFFECTIVE WHERE IT'S AT NOW.

SO AGAIN, DURING COVID, THERE WAS A IT WAS A LITTLE CLUNKY.

IT WAS KIND OF THE AREA WHERE I THINK WE WERE PROBABLY LEFT OUT THE WRONG WORD, BUT FELT A LITTLE DISCONNECTED. THE MOST WAS KIND OF DURING THAT DESIGN PROCESS.

THERE WERE A FEW OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND THERE TO KIND OF RELAY BACK INPUT.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY MORE TOWARD WHAT ALREADY BEEN DECIDED, WHICH FELT LIKE A CLUNKY A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF IT WAS A LITTLE MORE HERE'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE DID, FYI AND THEN SO AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY AT THAT TIME TO IMPACT COST AND FLOW AND STUFF WITHOUT A TON OF COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO I THINK MOVING FORWARD, IF THERE IS, IF AND WHEN THERE'S ANOTHER BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, I THINK IT WOULD BE OF VALUE TO HAVE A, MAYBE A DESIGN SUBCOMMITTEE OF SOME SORT THAT CAN BE MORE INTEGRATED WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND KIND OF THE EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE AS THEY WERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT TERM MAINTAINED THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF THE GROUP THAT WAS KIND OF RUNNING POINT FROM THE DISTRICT SIDE. SO THAT SAID I MEAN, WE WERE STILL INVOLVED WITH PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN AND HELPED WITH SOME OF THE STORMWATER SYSTEM PROCESS, WHICH FOR ANYBODY THAT ISN'T FAMILIAR, THE HIGH SCHOOL'S WATER TABLE IS LIKE THREE FEET BELOW THE SURFACE AND SO THAT DOESN'T LEAVE YOU A LOT OF DEPTH TO CREATE A DETENTION POND AND SO THERE IS ESSENTIALLY SHALLOW DETENTION FACILITIES UNDER THE FOOTBALL FIELD, UNDER THE KIND OF THE PARKING, THE MAIN PARKING AREA. THERE'S DETENTION FACILITIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE UNDER THAT PARKING AREA UNDERNEATH THE BUS LOOP THERE, EVERYWHERE TO GET THE GET THE NECESSARY VOLUME TO MEET THE YOU KNOW, OUTFLOW REQUIREMENTS AND I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH ALL THE NONSENSE, BUT IT'S A LOT.

THERE'S A LOT OF WATER DETENTION SYSTEM.

SO THAT WAS A BIG DOLLAR ITEM AND THANKFULLY WE WERE PART OF THE PROCESS TO COME UP OR HELP IMPROVE THAT SYSTEM AND SAVE, LIKE I SAID, ROUGHLY HALF $1 MILLION OVER THE THE INITIAL THE INITIAL SYSTEM THAT WAS PLANNED.

AGAIN, THE PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDING SYSTEM WAS USED AT THE CTE AS WELL AS THE ATHLETICS.

PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING OF THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

VERSUS YOUR TYPICAL STRUCTURAL STEEL SYSTEM.

SAVED ROUGHLY $5 MILLION OVERALL.

ALLOWED ONE SINGLE CONTRACTOR TO ESSENTIALLY INSTALL THE WHOLE STRUCTURE.

ROOFING, SIDING SYSTEM.

WELL, ALL THE OTHER TRADES COULD FOCUS ON THE ACADEMIC WING AND MOVE THAT PROCESS.

MOVE THAT PROCESS FORWARD. SO OVERALL, I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A NOTE LATER AND I MIGHT SAY IT AGAIN, BUT USING THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM I THINK WE WOULD RECOMMEND WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD TRY TO STANDARDIZE FROM A SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT TO HELP OTHER SCHOOLS SAVE MONEY ON THEIR BILLS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DESIGN PIECE AND FINALLY, CONSTRUCTION.

WE WERE MORE INTIMATELY INVOLVED DURING CONSTRUCTION.

THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, THERE WERE TOURS ROUGHLY EVERY QUARTER, SOMETIMES MORE OFTEN DURING KIND OF THE REAL BUSY PERIODS

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I DON'T KNOW IF MARK IS NODDING HIS HEAD, SO I ASSUME SO, BUT SO I THINK HE WAS AN ADDED BONUS TO THE PROJECT.

[INAUDIBLE].

I WOULD AGREE, I THINK I COULD SEE WHERE THAT WOULD BE TRICKY.

I WASN'T HERE AT THAT TIME, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS USED TO BEING KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, BEING TOLD BECAUSE THERE WAS A DECIDING GROUP ON THE SIDE AND THEN YOU WOULD GET IT AND SO THIS HAVING THAT EXTRA LAYER, THOUGH, IS WHAT I THINK BUILT THE TRUST AND THE TRANSPARENCY.

[INAUDIBLE] . I THINK OVERALL IT'S NEW.

IT WAS NEW TO EVERYBODY AS TO HOW EVERYTHING WOULD WORK.

SO INHERENTLY WITH SOMETHING NEW, IT'S CLUNKY, RIGHT? CLUNKY. WHICH I MENTIONED BEFORE.

IT JUST IT WASN'T NOBODY REALLY KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT OR HOW TO INTERACT AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK THROUGH THE PROCESS, ONCE EVERYBODY GOT COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ALL WANT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HEADING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND WE ALL WANT THE SAME END GOAL AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET IN A BOAT AND START ROWING THE SAME WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO GO A WHOLE LOT FASTER.

SO I THINK WE GOT THERE AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FALSE OF ANYBODY.

I JUST THINK IT WAS A NEW PROCESS THAT WE HAD TO ALL FIGURE OUT AS WE WENT AND YEAH, I THINK IT'S I THINK, AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD, LIKE MARK SAID, I THINK HAVING THAT UPFRONT.

COMMUNICATION WITH WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE CSG AGAIN OR THERE'S ANOTHER ENTITY OR WHOEVER, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A.

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHAT IS THEIR DEAL AND HOW DO I INTERACT WITH THEM? I MEAN, I REMEMBER I MEAN, I KNOW CORNER I KNOW DYKEMAN IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR DYKEMAN INITIALLY AND THEN THEY SEEMED FINE.

CORNERSTONE WAS A LITTLE WEIRD FIRST, AND THEY WERE GREAT.

YOU KNOW, AS TIME WENT ON.

SO YEAH, I THINK TO TO MARK'S POINT, HAVING THAT UPFRONT CONVERSATION WOULD BE BENEFICIAL MOVING FORWARD.

SO AND THEN JUST AS A KIND OF A SECONDARY OR A LAST PIECE WAS THE MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY KIND OF JUST REVIEW OF THAT PROCESS.

SO THAT WAS, AGAIN, THE INITIAL WORK THAT STARTED AFTER THE BOND WAS PASSED.

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I TRIED TO SEQUENCE THAT WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS DID A TON OF THAT WORK IN THE SUMMER BREAK BETWEEN.

I THINK IT WAS THE 2020 AND 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.

I REMEMBER RIGHT. IT DRUG OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SCHOOL IN SCHOOL, SO IT DRUG INTO THERE WAS THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE AND THEN PANDEMIC TWEAKED THE SCHEDULE OUT AND IT ENDED UP NOT BEING A MAJOR ISSUE TO BE DONE BY, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER 1ST BUT ALL THE SAFETY SECURITY WORK WAS DONE PRIOR TO STUDENTS RETURNING.

SO BIG PICTURE, I GUESS, FROM, YOU KNOW, HIGH LEVEL FROM THAT WORK WAS SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS BUDGETED.

THE BUDGET VALUES FOR CERTAIN THINGS WERE OFF, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW.

SOME THINGS WERE OVER, SOME THINGS WERE UNDER BIG PICTURE WISE.

I BELIEVE THE FINAL NUMBER THAT I SAW.

WAS LIKE $300,000, ROUGHLY UNDER BUDGET ON ALL THE CRITICAL MAINTENANCE SAFETY SECURITY. SO OF THAT $5 MILLION BUCKET THAT WORK WAS ALL ABLE TO BE DONE AND AS WELL AS A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

I BELIEVE GETTING AN ADDITIONAL I BELIEVE GETTING VISTA IN THE DDC HVAC CONTROL SYSTEM WAS ADDED TO THE SCOPE AND STILL ABLE TO KIND OF GET ALL THAT WORK DONE.

300 GRAND UNDER BUDGET.

SO BIG PICTURE KIND OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR GROUP. YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW TO REDUCE FAILED BONDS. I THINK THIS PROCESS HAS DONE PROBABLY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER CAMPAIGN OR MARKETING THING OR WHATEVER, ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING AND DOING IT RIGHT AND USING THE MONEY EFFECTIVELY IS PROBABLY THE BEST TOOL TO AVOID A FAILED BOND AGAIN.

BUT AS WE'VE SEEN DURING THIS PROCESS AND CONTINUE TO SEE, ESCALATION CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE.

INFLATION AND COST ESCALATION.

SO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TIMING BOND PROJECTS WITH TAXPAYERS AND WHEN STUFF FALLS OFF IS CRITICAL.

BUT MAKING SURE WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S COGNIZANT OF THE TAXPAYER AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, GETS THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK FOR THE DISTRICT AND NOT HAVING TO RUN SOMETHING MULTIPLE TIMES.

IT'LL BE GREAT MOVING FORWARD.

SO ANOTHER ITEM WAS JUST GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE THE PROS AND CONS OF THE BOND TASK FORCE AND HOW THAT PROCESS WAS UTILIZED IMPROVE ON THE THINGS THAT WERE MAYBE SOME OF THE NEGATIVES YOU KNOW, EMPHASIZE THE THINGS THAT WERE THE POSITIVES.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY WAS REALLY THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THERE WAS SOME MISSES IN TERMS OF KIND OF THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET NUMBERS THAT KIND OF GOT PLUGGED IN.

LUCKILY, EVERYTHING WAS ABLE TO FIT IN THE BUCKET.

BUT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS WERE DRASTICALLY OFF.

SO JUST YOU KNOW, MAYBE PAYING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY UP FRONT TO GET A GOOD COST ESTIMATE ON WHAT THE MARKET IS FOR X, Y, OR Z WHEN IT COMES TO COMES TO EITHER NEW SCHOOL BUILDS MAJOR MAINTENANCE, LIKE THE PACT WITH THE SEISMIC UPGRADES THAT WERE DONE, THAT WEREN'T DONE THAT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BLOWN THE ENTIRE BUDGET VERY QUICKLY FOR SAVINGS IN OTHER PLACES EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM ANYWAY.

YEP. TOUCH ON AGAIN THE KIND OF THE LONG TERM CAPITAL PROJECTS OR FACILITY RENEWAL PLAN KIND OF DEVELOPING THAT AND PRIMARILY AROUND A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE WORK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER BOND THAT'S KIND OF OR THERE WAS DISCUSSION AND THIS WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE OF A BIG PICTURE DISCUSSION FOR MARK OR YOU AS THE BOARD.

BUT LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW OPTIONS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVY VERSUS A BOND.

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FINANCIALLY LIKE THEM TO BE, BUT THEY'RE COMING UP.

SO KIND OF TYING ALL THAT TOGETHER AND HAVING A BETTER GRASP ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR FIVE YEAR, TEN YEAR, 20 YEAR SEQUENCE AND HOW THAT ALL ROLLS TOGETHER AND HOW TO BEST ALLOCATE EITHER BONDS OR YOU MENTIONED CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVIES.

SO AGAIN FINANCIAL DEBT POLICY AND FIGURING OUT WAYS TO MAYBE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND IN FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER TO USE A THIRD PARTY FOR BOND SALES WHICH I BELIEVE WAS DONE FOR ONE OF THE BOND SALES THIS TIME WAS YOU KNOW.

NET POSITIVE, I THINK OVERALL ESSENTIALLY GAVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OR BASICALLY A RE A CHECK THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL.

SO MAYBE IT'S A PERIODIC THING WHERE YOU HAVE EVERY SO OFTEN YOU HAVE A THIRD PARTY JUST TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE BEST RATES AND BEST SALES TIMES POSSIBLE. SO AND THEN AS PART OF THE PROBABLY I WON'T GO INTO IT, BUT AS PART OF THE REPORT THERE WAS A LOT OF KIND OF OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE AS FAR AS HOW TO, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THINGS TO POSSIBLY BRING TO BRING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

AS FAR AS HOW FUNDING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS HANDLED AND HOW THAT IS.

SO THAT'S AT THE END, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT.

WELL VERSED IN IT TO SPEAK CONFIDENTLY.

SO LAST COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN USE OF THE PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDING MODEL FOR KIND OF THAT CTE WINGS ATHLETIC WINGS TO SAVE MONEY WHEN IT MAKES SENSE AND SOMEHOW AS WELL AS OTHER KIND OF COST STANDARD OR STANDARDIZATION OF DESIGN COMPONENTS.

SO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT WOULD BE MAYBE TO LOOK AT OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESIGNS AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, NOT START FROM SCRATCH NECESSARILY IF THERE IS A, YOU KNOW GROUND UP TEAR DOWN, REBUILD TYPE THING FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN GET A STOCK, GET A PLAN THAT WAS ALREADY PUT IN PLACE AND MODIFY IT VERSUS STARTING FROM SCRATCH AGAIN.

EACH SCHOOL HAS TO LOOK SEPARATE FROM ANOTHER ONE.

THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE IDENTICAL AND JUST REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE SAME DISTRICT.

SO AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, LOOK FOR MORE WAYS TO UTILIZE THE COMMUNITY EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS JUST BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO AFFECT BOTH COSTS CONSTRUCTABILITY AND VALUE AT THAT POINT BEFORE ANY THINGS IN THE GROUND.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN HERE, THIS REPORT, BUT I KNOW IT WAS IN OUR LAST QUARTERLY REPORT AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT GOT MENTIONED.

THERE WAS A FEW ATTEMPTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO KIND OF RECRUITS PROBABLY THE WRONG WORD, BUT REACH

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NOTHING FORMAL, BUT I KNOW WE DID PUT IT IN OUR BYLAWS TO TRY TO FORMALIZE HAVING A STUDENT KIND OF IN A SIMILAR STRUCTURE AS YOU GUYS HAVE ON THE BOARD.

I THINK IN HINDSIGHT, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BEING THAT WE WERE REDOING THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HELP OR, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT INSIGHT, THAT INPUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND THEN COVID HIT.

I MEAN, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FACTORS ON THE GROUND.

THERE IS A [INAUDIBLE] YOU GUYS CAME TO ONE OF THE MEETINGS AND THAT WAS I KNOW THAT WAS IMPACTFUL FOR US AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NEW BUILDING KIND OF LIKE WE KIND OF HAD ONE VIEW OF WHAT WE WERE DOING.

AND TO HEAR KIND OF THE STUDENT IMPACT THEIR PERCEPTION OF IT WAS LIKE DIFFERENT, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WERE THINKING.

SO WHICH WAS GOOD.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE THINKING MORE IN, LIKE, BLACK AND WHITE AND SAFETY IN A BOX AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T PICK THIS COLOR AND PICK THAT COLOR AND WHATEVER TYPE OF STUFF AND IT YOU KNOW, CREATING THE BUILDING THAT FEELS THAT THE KIDS HAVE A CONNECTION TO WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE AS A, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT AREN'T THERE EVERY DAY I THINK MISSED.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE COME THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS HAD WE HAD SOMEBODY A STUDENT ON BOARD.

SO YEAH.

BIG PICTURE OVERALL.

I WOULD SAY IT WAS A SUCCESS.

WE CAME IN ON TIME THROUGH THE PANDEMIC UNDER BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED, IT WAS KIND OF AN ADDITIONAL LAYER AND AN ADDITIONAL MEETING.

SO, MARK, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME, EXTRA TIME YOU PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND RESPONDING BACK AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND ALL THE THINGS.

SO I THINK WE ARE ALL HAPPY WITH THE RESULT KIND OF, WE'RE AS PROUD AS WE CAN BE AS OUR PORTION OF THE GROUP TO HELP GET THIS THING DONE.

WE WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR PUSHING THIS FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS NEW FOR I GUESS KEVIN WAS THE ONLY ONE HERE THAT WAS THERE THEN.

BUT, I MEAN YOU KNOW, TAKING A RISK AND DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN BIG PICTURE MIGHT BE A MODEL TO USE HERE AGAIN AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

[INAUDIBLE]. SORRY.

TAMMY LONGSTAFF PUT IN TONS AND TONS OF HOURS ON THIS.

I CAN'T THINK OF HOW MANY TIMES WHERE I GOT EMAILS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH UPDATES.

WE HAD TAMMY BENSON AT THE BEGINNING.

SHE DID A GREAT JOB OF JUST GETTING IT ORGANIZED.

MARK, JAMIE AND ERIC WERE FANTASTIC.

I THINK WE ALL LEARNED HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AND KRISTI, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO THE MEETINGS.

ONCE YOU BECAME SUPERINTENDENT, THE INTEREST WAS GREAT.

THEY ALREADY MENTIONED IT, BUT.

KEN KEEGAN WAS AWESOME.

HE JUST BROUGHT A NEW LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AND JUST A WAY OF CONNECTING THAT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE AND THEN ANDREW MCLAREN AND THEN STEVE WERE GREAT.

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A WHEN WE WERE AT THE MEETINGS, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A GREAT BIG DISCUSSION AND THERE WAS NOTHING SCRIPTED.

IT WAS AWESOME.

SO YEAH, IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

SORRY. THAT'S FINE. I'M JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT.

THE MEETINGS NORMALLY WERE ACTUALLY KIND OF FUN, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE GOING FORWARD, TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A GROUP ON THE COMMITTEE THAT AREN'T AFRAID TO CHALLENGE AND QUESTION AND DO THOSE THINGS NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL VERSUS JUST GO ALONG WITH THE FLOW AND LET THINGS PROCEED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

YEAH, I WOULD, SECOND EVERYTHING THEY SAID.

I THINK WHAT WAS ALSO GOOD IS WE HAD A YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE HAD

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I THINK IN REVIEWING THE BIG PICTURE AND HAVING A GROUP THAT'S ABLE TO KIND OF FILL ALL THE PIECES IN IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

SO YOU KNOW, NOT JUST HAVING A BUNCH OF CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

BUT HAVING THAT FINANCE PERSON OR THAT YOU KNOW, TRISTAN WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND SHE'S REALLY INVOLVED WITH INTERIORS AND KIND OF LIKE PLANNING STUFF AND SO I THINK HAVING HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO VOICE THEIR OPINION AND HAVE A VARYING RANGE OF PERSPECTIVE, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE AS LONG AS THE GOAL IS THE GOAL FOR EVERYBODY.

I THINK THAT'S THE BIG THING.

YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S THERE JUST TO FIGHT ABOUT WHATEVER, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRODUCTIVE.

IF YOU'RE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THE SAME THING EVERYBODY ELSE IS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR.

I THINK IT'LL BE A SUCCESS WHEN IT'S NEEDED AGAIN.

SO WITH THAT I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND GO FROM THERE. I HAVE A OH.

GO AHEAD. NO. GO AHEAD.

SO, YOU KNOW, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW, WHAT AN AMAZING JOB YOU GUYS DID? BEING ABLE TO HEDGE YOUR COSTS AND HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE, GIVEN THE VOLATILITY OF OF THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT WAS GOING ON, THAT WAS GREAT AND ON TIME, THAT'S ALSO AMAZING.

SO WHAT A GREAT TEAM EFFORT AND I CAN SEE THERE WAS A GREAT TEAM EFFORT.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

SO IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE THERE IS $1.4 MILLION UNDER BUDGET.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT MONEY? HOW CAN THAT BE UTILIZED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL? AND WHAT ARE THE PLANS? BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME TENNIS COURTS THERE THAT COULD NEED A LITTLE CLEANING.

BUT I JUST LIKE PLAYING TENNIS, BUT I WANT TO KNOW MY QUESTION IS SERIOUS.

WHAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE AVAILABLE BUDGET MONEY.

I'LL DEFER TO MARK, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT SITS IN IT'S A DEDICATED ACCOUNT.

SO IT HAS TO BE USED WITHIN THAT UMBRELLA OF THE BOND WORK.

SO YOU KNOW, IN THEORY, I WOULD SUPPOSE THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

TO SOME DEGREE. I DON'T KNOW HOW STRICT THE BOX IS THAT IT'S LOCKED INTO, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF SOME ADDITIONAL WORK AT CUSTER FOR AN ENTRYWAY AT SOME POINT.

BUT I'LL LET MARK TAKE IT FROM THERE BEFORE I JUST WORD VOMIT EVERYWHERE.

WELL, AND I WOULD JUST SAY BY DEFAULT, AS FAR AS OUR COMMITTEE, ONCE THE PROJECT IN THE BOND WAS DONE, WE WERE DONE RIGHT.

THAT COMPLETELY IS OUT OF OUR.

YES. CAN I ASK SO WAS THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE PLAN PART OF THE BOND WORK AND WOULD IT BE USED FOR THAT? BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS I MEAN, THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT'S IN PROGRESS, RIGHT? NO. SO WHAT MARK WAS ALLUDING TO.

SO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS IS A SEPARATE IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT FUNDS.

SO THIS IS CAPITAL PROJECT FUND MONEY.

SO THE RESTRICTION IS THAT THE BOND PROCEEDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE NAMED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED, SO THAT THE BOARD PASSED TO GO TO THE VOTERS FOR THE BOND.

SO YOU CAN EITHER USE IT FOR THE BOND SCOPE OF WORK.

THE IT CAN REMAIN IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS.

IF IT IS ACTUAL BOND PROCEEDS AND THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO REDIRECT BOND PROCEEDS IF IT WAS SOMETHING

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SO PART OF THE ONCE WE GET THE ACTUAL FULL RECONCILIATION DONE, COLLECT ALL THE SCAP MONEY, DO ALL THE FINAL BILLINGS, DO ALL THE CLOSEOUT. PAY ALL THE RETAINAGE.

DO ALL THE FINAL.

GET EVERYTHING DONE.

WE'LL DO A FINAL ACCOUNTING AS TO WHAT IS LEFT OVER AND WHAT IS BOND PROCEEDS.

BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME MONEY IN CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WAS PUT TOWARDS THE PROJECT THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECAPTURE.

SO NOT ALL OF THAT 1.4 MAY BE BOND PROCEEDS.

SO WE'LL DO THE FINAL RECONCILIATION AND REPORT BACK WHERE WE ARE AFTER EVERY NICKEL HAS BEEN PAID AND RECONCILED. YEAH.

COULD YOU HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS COMPARTMENTALIZATION A LITTLE BIT BETTER? BECAUSE THE, THE CSG PROJECT, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WAS WITH THE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ACTUAL SEPARATE WORK THAT IS OUT OF GENERAL FUND. OKAY.

SO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS MONEY CAN'T BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? IT CAN BE. IT'S FOR CAPITAL REPAIRS, MAJOR PROJECTS.

SO THE ONGOING DAY TO DAY REGULAR MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS PART OF THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY OUT OF GENERAL FUND.

OKAY. BUT I JUST MEANT THE PUTTING TOGETHER THE PLAN FOR IT WAS THAT PART OF THE.

NO. OKAY.

MARK, DID WE AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE WERE ALTERNATIVES WITHIN THE PLAN.

DID WE, DO WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE ON THE TABLE THAT MONEY POTENTIALLY COULD BE USED FOR, OR ARE THOSE IS THAT AT AN END POINT AS WELL.

THE ONE THAT'S REMAINING IS THE TO ENHANCE THE SECURED ENTRY AT CUSTER BEYOND WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE.

THE BUDGET AND THE FACILITY CONSTRAINTS DIDN'T ALLOW US TO PUT A CANOPY OF COVERED EXTERIOR ENTRY LIKE WE DID AT SKYLINE. SO ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WAS, IF WE END UP WITH MONEY LEFT OVER, WE WILL EXPLORE THE OPTION OF ACTUALLY PUTTING AN EXTERIOR.

COVER THERE, LIKE AT SKYLINE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THESE GENTLEMEN? SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE THANKS TO YOU GUYS IN THE COMMITTEE.

HAVING BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING I THINK THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF AS I CALL THEM, PORCUPINE DANCE MOVES.

BETWEEN THOSE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD AND THE WHOLE PROCESS OF WHO'S IN CONTROL OF WHAT AND WHO'S, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THOSE DECISIONS BEING MADE? LOOKING BACK ON THOSE MOMENTS, IT'S LIKE, I'M SURE GLAD WE GOT THROUGH THEM AND GOT TO THE POINT WE DID, BECAUSE THE EXPERTISE AND COMMITMENT THAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT TO THIS PROJECT FREED UP THE BOARD TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF OTHER CRAZY THINGS DURING THE WHOLE COVID INSANITY AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY HAS BENEFITED FROM IT, NOT ONLY FROM THE SCHOOL THAT WE GOT AND THE SECURITY PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THE LEVEL OF TRUST THAT'S BEEN BUILT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND I GUESS ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT IMMEDIATELY.

BUT WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, WHEN ANOTHER BOND PROJECT COMES TO US, ANOTHER CAPITAL PROJECT COMES TO US.

I CAN'T SEE US NOT HAVING A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND NOT THAT YOU GUYS NECESSARILY WANT TO RECOMMIT OR SIGN UP AGAIN, BUT WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING WILLING TO HELP ADVISE THAT PROCESS OF SETTING UP THE NEW BOARD SO WE CAN AVOID SOME OF THESE ROUGH SPOTS AT THE BEGINNING AND START OUT RIGHT FROM THE GET GO, SAVING MONEY AND BUILDING THAT SUPPORT.

WELL, WE'LL INCREASE YOUR SALARY BY A PERCENTAGE OR SOMETHING.

YEAH. SO BUT THANK YOU AGAIN.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND IF SANDY HAS ANYTHING SHE WANTS TO ADD WE'LL MAKE A SPOT FOR HER ON THE AGENDA.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

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

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WELL, YOU MIGHT THINK BECAUSE IT'S SUMMER, THERE'S NOT A LOT GOING ON AND ACTUALLY, THIS IS A VERY BUSY TIME.

I WAS TALKING TO OUR IT DEPARTMENT, AND WHEN STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE AWAY, THIS IS A TIME WHEN OUR FACILITIES, OUR IT TEAM.

OUR TEAMS GET CAUGHT UP AND, YOU KNOW, SPRING IS A TIME WHERE YOU HAVE A FOOT IN TWO DOORS, YOU'RE CLOSING OUT A YEAR AND YOU'RE STARTING A NEW YEAR.

AND SO SUMMER REALLY IS ABOUT KICKING OFF THIS NEW YEAR.

SO WITH THAT, WE HAD A SUMMER PLAY AND IF YOU DID NOT GET TO SEE THE LITTLE MERMAID, I MISSED THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE, SO I SNUCK IN TO A PRACTICE.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MOST DYNAMIC THEATER GROUP HERE IN FERNDALE.

I JUST I CAN'T GET OVER IT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM A CROSSWALK COME AND SKAGIT COUNTY COME UP TO OUR PLAYS BECAUSE OF OUR REPUTATION AND THIS WAS A CAMP THAT WAS RUNNING AND IN TWO WEEKS THEY PUT ON A FULL PRODUCTION WITH.

I WAS JUST AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE STUDENTS SHARE THEIR LINES, I THOUGHT, HOW DID THEY LEARN THIS IN TWO WEEKS? AND IT'S FROM THE LITTLES ALL THE WAY UP AND THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES.

SO I TALKED TO A STUDENT THIS WEEKEND AT THE PARADE, AND SHE GOES, OH, BOTH MY SIBLINGS GOT TO BE IN THE PERFORMANCE WITH ME AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE BOARD MEMBER WHO GOT TO PROBABLY ATTEND A FEW THINGS, BUT IT WAS A FAMILY EVENT AND IT WAS JUST SO POWERFUL AND IF YOU HAVE NOT EVER GOTTEN TO GO TO A FERNDALE PLAY, YOU YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO SO BECAUSE YOU WILL FORGET THAT YOU ARE WATCHING A HIGH SCHOOL OR A STUDENT PRODUCTION.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT A BIT OF HONOR.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MADE A COMMITMENT TO EARLY LEARNING.

ACTUALLY, THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS, WAS A CONVERSATION YOU WERE HAVING ABOUT THE FOCUS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD.

IT SHOWED UP AS ONE OF OUR KEY STRATEGIES AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND LAST YEAR RESEARCHER FROM NEW AMERICA CAME AND SPENT A DAY IN FERNDALE TO EXAMINE OUR EARLY LEARNING PRACTICES.

SHE HAD HEARD ABOUT OUR WORK AT THE NATIONAL FROM THE NATIONAL P THREE CENTER AND RECENTLY SHE CONDUCTED HER REPORT AND HER RESEARCH WAS REALLY ON WHAT ARE THE KEY INDICATORS OF A HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING SYSTEM AND THERE WERE 14 AREAS AND FERNDALE WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS REPORT AS AN EXEMPLAR DISTRICT, THE ONLY ONE IN WASHINGTON STATE AND SO HATS OFF TO EVERYONE THE TEACHERS, THE FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS, THE STAFF, THE BOARD WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN BUILDING THIS.

THAT IS A REAL KUDOS TO US AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK, BUT ALSO TO KNOW THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HUGE. CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS.

I HAVE BEEN JUST RESEARCHING, READING EVERYTHING, AND I HAVE APPRECIATED THE ARTICLES, THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHO ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

I JUST WATCHED A SUPERINTENDENT I BELIEVE WHIDBEY ISLAND, WHO SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE MOVING AWAY FROM PHONES IN SCHOOLS.

I MET WITH A SO SINCE WE MET LAST TIME I MET WITH A DISTRICT DOWN SOUTH WHO ACTUALLY DID A PROCESS THIS YEAR.

SO I WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PROCESS.

CHRIS COCHRAN AND I MET AND SO GAVE US SOME IDEAS.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT ELIMINATING CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS.

THEY'RE DOING MORE OF AN EDUCATING.

THEIR TAKE ON IT WAS WHAT THEY WERE FINDING IS IN SCHOOLS WHO WERE USING POUCHES, WHICH I HADN'T THOUGHT THROUGH THIS.

THE KIDS ARE SHOWING UP AT THE FRONT DOOR SAYING, OH, I DON'T HAVE MY PHONE WITH ME, AND YOU CAN'T SEARCH A BACKPACK.

SO THEN KIDS WERE GETTING IN.

SO SOME KIDS HAD THEIR PHONES IN POUCHES, SOME DIDN'T.

SO JUST ALL THE THINGS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT IS AN UPDATED OUR UPDATED POLICY.

IT'S FOR JUST YOUR REVIEW THIS MONTH, AND I ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO READ IT.

IT'S 9.06.

AS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS, ONE DELINEATION IS IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND SO THIS IDEA REALLY THE THEME THAT HAS COME UP IN EVERYTHING I'VE READ AND EVERYTHING I'VE AND EVERYONE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO IS THE NEED TO EDUCATE AND SOMEBODY USED A REALLY GOOD ANALOGY AND IT TOOK ME BACK TO MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS, WAS ON HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

THERE USED TO BE SMOKING CORNERS AND, YOU KNOW, KIDS WERE ALLOWED TO SMOKE.

NOT IN THE BUILDING, BUT THEY HAD PLACES WHERE KIDS COULD GO SMOKE ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL WE LEARNED ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT SMOKING DID TO STUDENTS LUNGS AND

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SO THERE'S A BIG MOMENTUM.

BUT WE WILL BE KICKING OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

IN FACT, WE HAVE AN ADMIN RETREAT MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT WEEK WHERE WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WE WILL BE HOLDING TIGHT TO THE POLICY THIS YEAR.

THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR START AND THEN OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO BRING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND GETTING OUR STUDENTS AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO OUR STUDENTS AND THERE'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD ONE TO BREAK.

AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE ASKING US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, AND I TALKED TO ONE STUDENT WHO'S YET GRADUATED, AND SHE SAID OF ALL HER CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL, THE ONE THAT SHE WAS MOST FOCUSED IN IS THE ONE WHERE THE TEACHER SAID ALL THE BACKPACKS HAD TO GO ON THE PERIMETER OF THE CLASSROOM.

THEY HAD TO GRAB EVERYTHING OUT OF THEIR BACKPACK AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS, AND THEN THE BACKPACKS WERE ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THEIR CELL PHONES OUT THE WHOLE CLASS AND SHE SAID, FOR WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY DIFFICULT CLASS FOR HER, SHE WAS THE MOST FOCUSED AND HAD THE MOST INTERACTION WITH HER CLASSMATES BECAUSE NO ONE EVER HAD THEIR PHONES OUT. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE.

BUT PLEASE DO TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLICY, AND I'D ASK THE COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT THE POLICY AND THEN WE WILL BE BUILDING THE PROCEDURE OFF OF THAT TO GET MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE POLICY SAYS.

OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, IT IS IN ITS ENTIRETY.

IT WAS ON THE AGENDA LAST MONTH.

IT'S ON THE AGENDA AGAIN THIS MONTH.

YOU CAN FIND IT UNDER WHAT IS IT? BUT IT'S ACTUALLY 6.02 AND SO THERE ARE SOME UPDATES THAT WE'RE MAKING.

SOME OF YOU HAVE READ IT AND GIVEN US SOME FEEDBACK.

BOARD MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN FEEDBACK.

THE EXECUTIVE TEAM HAS BEEN GIVING SOME FEEDBACK.

THE ADMIN TEAM WILL BE LOOKING OVER ITS MORE ADDITIONS OR REVISIONS.

YOU KNOW, THE FONT IS DIFFERENT ON THIS PAGE TO THIS PAGE OR THIS STARTS WITH A VERB.

THIS DOESN'T START WITH A VERB AND SO MAKING SURE ALL THE TENSES ARE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK YOU CAN EMAIL SELENA DIRECTLY.

SHE'S CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT I THINK ALSO THE LAYOUT IN THIS CURRENT PLAN DOESN'T REALLY FIT OUR ESTHETICS AS A DISTRICT. IT HAS OUR COLORS BUT NOT OUR ESTHETICS.

SO SELENA IS WORKING ON THAT WITH HER TEAM.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE A FINAL COPY, BUT WE ARE READY TO GO.

WE WILL BE INTRODUCING THIS NEXT WEEK TO THE ADMINISTRATORS.

SO WHEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR STAFFS AROUND THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, THEY WILL BE DIVING INTO THIS AND USING THIS AS THEIR THEIR GUIDE AND I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF TO OUR STUDENTS.

HI. SO FROM MY UPDATE.

IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A TON GOING ON FOR ME THIS SUMMER IN RELATION TO SCHOOL DISTRICT THINGS, BUT THE VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM'S BEEN LIKE RARING TO GO. WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING ON THINGS.

OUR KIDS CAMP WAS FANTASTIC.

IT HAPPENED, I THINK TWO, MAYBE THREE WEEKS AGO, AND WE HAD TWO SESSIONS, ONE WITH SECOND TO FIFTH GRADERS AND THE OTHER ONE WITH SIXTH TO NINTH GRADERS, AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE. I HAD A LOT OF FUN, MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS, AND IT FELT LIKE EVERYONE INVOLVED LEARNED A LOT.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE KIDS THAT I COACHED AND THEN LAST WEEK SOME OF THE VARSITY RETURNERS WENT TO KELSO FOR GUY ENRIQUE'S TEAM CAMP, WHICH PUT A BIG EMPHASIS ON KIND OF TEAM BUILDING AND BUILDING THE PERSON BEHIND THE PLAYER AND GETTING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND HOW THAT CAN HELP YOU AS A PLAYER AND SO THAT WAS A REALLY USEFUL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR TEAM, AND I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT WE BONDED BECAUSE OF IT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS COMING AUGUST, WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE TRYOUTS AND THE SCHOOL SPONSORED PHYSICALS AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT THE BEGINNING OF SENIOR YEAR. THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU GUYS IS GOING TO BE THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AND THAT'S CRAZY TO ME.

PERSONAL NOTE I GOT MY SENIOR PICTURES TAKEN AND I GOT THEM BACK, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I LOVE THEM.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

FOR ME, I JUST CAME BACK FROM A LEADERSHIP CAMP HOSTED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT.

ASSOCIATED WASHINGTON STUDENT LEADERS.

IT'S VERY CONFUSING. I ALWAYS GET THAT MIXED UP.

BUT IT WAS LIKE A SIX DAY CAMP DOWN IN RANDALL, WASHINGTON, AND THERE WAS NO CELL SERVICE FOR SIX DAYS, WHICH WAS KIND OF CRAZY.

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BUT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

THEIR THEME FOR THIS YEAR WAS EXPLORING KIND OF JUST LIKE EXPLORING AND CONNECTING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND KIND OF THAT'S THE PLAN OF THAT CAMP IS JUST BEING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

I WAS JUST AROUND SO MANY PEOPLE AND GETTING TO KNOW THEM WAS SO GREAT, AND I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS.

QUITE A FEW STUDENTS FROM FERNDALE WENT, AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BRING A LOT OF THINGS BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I ALSO WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE FERNDALE PLAY.

I'VE HEARD SO MANY GOOD THINGS, UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO MISS IT BECAUSE OF THE CAMP, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WERE INVOLVED IN IT, AND IT WAS SUPER FUN FOR THEM.

AND THE PHOTOS, EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN FROM IT WAS FABULOUS AND I KNOW MR. MACHADO IS VERY PROUD BECAUSE GRACE IS AWESOME.

SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO, PLAYING TENNIS A LOT HIKING WITH MY FRIENDS, BUT YEAH.

SO THE OTHER PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW, AND IT COMES UP LATER, ACTUALLY IN THE AGENDA 7.05 IS THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO THE TEACHERS CONTRACT.

I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO KARA.

SO I WANTED TO START OUT FIRST SAYING WE HAVE MUTUAL GOALS OF THE BARGAIN.

SO WE MET WITH A TEAM OF SIX OF OUR TEACHERS WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, AND THEN A TEAM OF FIVE FOR THE DISTRICT, AND ONE I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM AND OUR DISTRICT TEAM.

IT WAS A EXTREMELY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THROUGH THE BARGAIN, AND THAT REALLY MADE THE BARGAIN EASY AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR MUTUAL GOALS WERE CLEANING UP THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE. SO WHEN I GOT HERE THE LABOR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND I TALKED IN LENGTH ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO CLEAN UP AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT CLEANUP IN THAT UPDATE THAT I SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD.

WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THE PRS, WHICH IS THE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY STIPEND THAT TEACHERS RECEIVE FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUTSIDE OF THEIR TEACHING DAY.

AND WE WANTED TO INCREASE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TIME FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO WORK TOGETHER AND THEN ALSO FOR STEVE, REDUCE THE NEED FOR MOU'S.

SO I ONE THAT WAS THOSE WERE OUR MUTUAL GOALS OF THE BARGAIN FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THROUGH THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE CLEANUP THAT WE DID, WE HIT ALL OF THOSE GOALS.

SO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PAY INCREASE WE DID NEGOTIATE AN ADDITIONAL DAY IN THE TEACHERS CONTRACT.

SO THEY'RE GOING FROM 184 WORK DAYS TO 185 DAYS IN A YEAR AND THAT IS TO INCREASE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TIME AND TIME FOR TEACHERS TO PREPARE FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THE COST INCREASE OF THAT ADDITIONAL DAY, THERE IS ABOUT 0.55%.

THE 24-25 SALARY INCREASE IS IPD, WHICH IS THE PRICE DEFLATOR SET BY THE STATE 3.7% PLUS 0.6 AND FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR, IT WOULD BE IPD PLUS 1.75 AND AT THIS TIME, IPD IS ESTIMATED TO BE A 1.9%. BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE STATE GOES THROUGH THEIR BUDGET SESSION AND SO THE TOTAL COST OF THE SALARIES, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO THROW OUT THERE THE THIS IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF BENEFITS.

BUT THIS THE COST OF THIS YEAR'S SCHOOL YEAR AND THE PROJECTED COST OF NEXT YEAR.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A DECREASE IN THE TOTAL COST, EVEN WITH THE SALARY INCREASES, DUE TO THE CHANGES IN STAFFING THAT WE MADE THROUGH ATTRITION AND THE ABSORPTION OF THOSE, THE POSITIONS THAT SUNSETTED WITH THE ESSER FUNDS.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BARGAIN? AND IF MORE COME UP THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT LATER IN THE AGENDA.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION NOW.

SO YOU HAD SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND PROCESS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT THIS SECOND, JUST KNOW THERE'LL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY. I JUST I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.

I IT IS AN HONOR TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FERNDALE.

I LOVE MY JOB.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY JOB. BUT I LOVE MY JOB BECAUSE I GET TO SIT AND WATCH EXCELLENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND TEACHING IS IT IS A HARD

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THEY ALSO ARE HONORING FAMILIES.

THEY YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN PART OF A DISTRICT THAT CENTERS FAMILY VOICE AS MUCH AS FERNDALE DOES AND WE HEAR IT WHEN TEACHERS GET UP AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEY TALK ABOUT PARENTS BEING THE FIRST TEACHER THAT I SEE THAT I WITNESS THAT AND I JUST HAVE TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE I, DON'T EVER WANT IT TO BE LOST THAT TEACHING A CHILD TO READ IS NOT JUST ABOUT TEACHING THEM TO READ, IT'S TEACHING THEM TO LOVE READING, TEACHING THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A LIFELONG PROCESS, HELPING THEM SEE WHERE IT HAPPENS IN THE REAL WORLD AND THERE IS JUST IT'S AN HONOR TO GET TO BE PART OF A DISTRICT THAT I SEE.

TEACHERS NOT ONLY TEACH CHILDREN, BUT LOVE CHILDREN DEARLY AND I KNOW TEACHERS ARE UP.

YOU KNOW, WE HEARD THAT TAMMY EMAILS THEM ALL NIGHT.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY EMAILS I GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, BECAUSE A TEACHER WAKES UP AND CAN'T STOP THINKING OR WORRYING ABOUT A SITUATION, AND THEY WANT ME TO BE AWARE OF IT AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR ALL THEY DO ALL THE TIME AND I HOPE THEY'RE GETTING SOME REST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE READY.

BUT I KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THAT MOMENT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE AND FOR THOSE WORDS.

THE TEACHERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE ALL THE STAFF DOES.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT MAKES US THE DISTRICT, WHO WE ARE.

SO MOVING ON TO MATTERS RESERVED FOR THE BOARD OR FOR BOARD ACTION.

[7. MATTERS FOR BOARD ACTION]

INITIALLY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AND HAD THAT SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND FOR SATURDAY.

THEN WE GOT I THINK EVERYBODY RECEIVED IT.

THE EMAIL FROM NANCY THAT SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE BECAUSE OF A COMMITMENT THAT SHE HAD AND SO AT THIS POINT, THE I'M GOING TO PUT FORTH THAT WE POSTPONE THAT BECAUSE REALLY PART OF THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR THE RETREAT WAS TO BASICALLY TEAM BONDING AND TEAM BUILDING, BUT IT ALSO WAS TO GO OVER, OH, GO OVER SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE SOME OF THE INDICATORS AND THAT'S OUR MONITORING REPORTS CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND HIT THINGS MORE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND BUT WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE REST OF THE BOARD'S INPUT BECAUSE I COULDN'T MAKE THAT DECISION INDEPENDENTLY AND UNFORTUNATELY, OUTSIDE OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT, YOU KNOW, A BOARD WOULD HAVE JUST SENT AROUND AN EMAIL, HEY, LET'S CANCEL THAT.

BUT THAT WOULD BE MAKING A DECISION AND THAT WOULD FALL OUTSIDE OF THAT REALM.

SO COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS FROM ANYONE ELSE OR I KNOW ALSO GOING ALONG WITH THAT FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH KRISTI UNFORTUNATELY, ALL THE WEEKENDS IN AUGUST BETWEEN SCHOOL PRE-PLANNING AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT WAY ARE PRETTY WELL SPOKEN FOR. SO UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY MOVING INTO SEPTEMBER OCTOBER FOR THAT AND WE'LL NEED TO BE LOOKING AT OUR SCHEDULES AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN MAKE WORK. BUT COMMENTS, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS.

I'M HAPPY WITH THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.

I MEAN, I THINK SUMMER'S BEEN BUSY FOR EVERYBODY.

SO, YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

SEPTEMBER SOUNDS GREAT.

OKAY, WELL, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, LOOK FOR SOME DATES AND THROW THOSE OUT TO EVERYONE, AND TRY TO GET SOMETHING FIGURED OUT SO THAT WE CAN GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS SO THAT THE EXACT TEAM CAN PLAN, THAT WE CAN GET THINGS.

A LOT OF THAT WORK THAT WE'VE KIND OF PUSHED DOWN THE ROAD AS FAR AS WITH OUR POLLOCK OR OUR INDICATORS FOR POLICIES, DRIVES WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR US TOO.

SO. OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT FOR ME.

I'M EASY ACTUALLY.

I'LL BE CELEBRATING MY ANNIVERSARY THAT WEEKEND, SO I USUALLY TAKE THAT TIME.

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GOOD DEAL. SO THEN, BY CONSENSUS, I WILL JUST.

OH, SORRY. I JUST HAD IT.

IS THERE AN AGENDA PLANNING MEETING FOR THE RETREAT? NOT AT THIS POINT.

BECAUSE WE'VE A LOT OF THE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT ON IT, BUT WE WILL BE FINALIZING THAT AGENDA ONCE WE KNOW MORE.

WE HADN'T FINALIZED MUCH BECAUSE WE WERE PRETTY WELL SUSPICIOUS WE WERE GOING TO BE CANCELING IT OUT AT THIS POINT.

BUT WE WILL BE WORKING ON AN AGENDA FOR IT.

SO IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE ON THE I MEAN, OR IS IT JUST THE GENERAL BROAD CATEGORY OF BOARD RETREAT? SINCE IT'S A MEETING, A SPECIAL MEETING, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. KRIS AND I HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF POLICIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WE WANT TO RELOOK AT THOSE AND SO WE HAVE THAT WORK TO DO, AND I THINK WE'LL BE SURPRISED HOW FAST IT GOES.

SO IF WE FIND THAT WE HAVE MORE WORK THAN WE CAN DO IN A DAY, THEN IT MAY BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING IN THE YEAR WHERE WE CAN DO SOME OTHER BODIES OF WORK. SO I THINK IT'S KRIS HAS BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WHERE THEIR NOTES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'VE SAID, WELL, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT POLICY, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE SENSE AND SO THAT'S A BIG ONE RIGHT THERE.

SO I'M GLAD THAT SHE CLARIFIED THAT BECAUSE WHEN SHE INITIALLY SAID THAT, I IT WILL BE SURPRISED HOW FAST IT WAS GOING. I THOUGHT SHE MEANT HOW FAST WE'D GET THE POLICIES REVISED.

I'M LIKE NO, I WAS THERE AT THE ORIGINAL PROCESS.

IF THERE ARE THINGS FOR THE AGENDA THAT ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE, PLEASE DO SEND THOSE TO KRIS.

WE'LL BE WORKING TO PRIORITIZE THOSE, AND I, WOULD AGREE WITH KRISTI.

I THINK WE'VE GOT WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, PROBABLY A FULL AGENDA.

BUT THAT DOESN'T THAT WON'T BE OUR LAST MEETING.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PLAN THOSE THINGS AND ADD THEM TO FUTURE MEETINGS, TOO AND AGAIN, PART OF IT'S PRIORITIZING.

OBVIOUSLY WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO BE WORKING ON THE INDICATORS FOR THE MOST THE REPORTS THAT ARE COMING THE MOST QUICKLY.

SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THE WORK.

BUT ALL OF IT, YOU KNOW WHAT? ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE, FEEL FREE TO SEND IT TO KRIS AND THEN WE WILL CONSIDER IT AS WE PLAN THE AGENDA.

OKAY. SO AS I WAS BEGINNING TO SAY THEN, BY CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD, WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DELAY OUR RETREAT UNTIL A FUTURE DATE YET TO BE DETERMINED.

SO THEN THAT BRINGS US ON TO ITEM 7.02, AND IN MY MIND, 7.02 AND 7.03 KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND BECAUSE BOTH ARE POLICY REVISIONS TO THE BOARD.

POLICIES ON COMMITTEES ONE ON 1240, THE OTHER ON GCC FIVE.

THESE ARE ONES THAT WE WERE GIVEN AT THE LAST MEETING AND SO THAT WE COULD REVIEW AND THEN POTENTIALLY TAKE ACTION ON THEM TONIGHT.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE POLICIES.

AS I SAID, MY MOTIVATION BEHIND MAKING WHAT I THINK ARE MINOR CHANGES IS JUST THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF TWO BOARD MEMBERS, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY MEANS OF CATEGORIZING THAT.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY.

OKAY. WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH AND READ THESE AND I KNOW KNEW THE INITIAL GOAL OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE PUTTING THAT AUDIT COMMITTEE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS SOME GOOD IDEAS WITH THAT.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THAT THESE ARE WRITTEN, THOUGH, IN THE WAY THAT IT'S OUTLINED, BECAUSE IT IS TALKING ABOUT BOARD COMMITTEES, AND THEN IT HAS ALL THESE SPECIFICS OF HOW BOARD COMMITTEES ARE, WHICH ORIGINALLY BOARD COMMITTEES WERE NOT LIMITED TO JUST COMMITTEES WITH ONLY BOARD MEMBERS ON THEM, BUT IT WAS REPRESENTING ALL COMMITTEES WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BOARD MEMBERS AND SO IT LISTED KIND OF THE SPECIFICS OF HOW THE BOARD WAS SET UP.

WHAT IT ENTAILED, THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WITH THE BOARD, WHICH NOW HAVE BEEN PUT UNDER BOARD COMMITTEES, BUT THERE'S NO DIRECTION FOR THE OTHER COMMITTEES AS FAR AS IF WE FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR

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SO I THINK IN MY MIND, I THINK WE NEED TO COME BACK AT THIS AND REVISIT IT AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND THIS WEEKEND THAT AUDIT COMMITTEE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE AS TO WHAT THAT NEEDS TO.

AND I COULDN'T FIND THE CW, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO TRY TO DRAFT SOMETHING UP TO HAVE TO PROPOSE TONIGHT.

BUT SINCE I WASN'T NOT ABLE TO FIND THAT, I DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING TOGETHER.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE PUSH THIS BACK, AND WE WE INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE THINGS.

IN MY MIND, I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN ADDING THAT AUDIT COMMITTEE IN AS PART OF THE LIST OF COMMITTEES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ESSENTIALLY THE COMPLETION OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

IT'S HAVING REACHED ITS END POINT AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF IT, I'M WONDERING, DO WE TAKE WE'VE GOT THE FACILITY THE BOND TASK FORCE THAT'S IN THERE, WHICH NOW HAS CONCLUDED.

SO DO WE EDIT IT TOTALLY OUT OF THE POLICY OR DO WE LEAVE IT THERE FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE? I THINK AN ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE FOR BOTH DIRECTIONS.

BUT AT THE SAME POINT, SOME OF THESE THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS THAT ARE PUT ON THESE COMMITTEES THAT I FEEL LIKE IT'S PAINTING US INTO A BOX WHERE IF WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT NEEDS TO GET SOME INPUT FROM, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT OR TO HEAR DIFFERENT THINGS, THIS MAKES ME GO, OKAY, THAT'S REALLY LIMITED AND IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE COMMITTEE? SO I WOULD.

[INAUDIBLE].

CINDY AND PAT, COULD YOU GUYS GO TAKE CARE OF THAT? OH. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ONLINE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE EARTHQUAKE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING HERE.

SO HENCE OUR DIVERSION.

SO ANYWAY, THAT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

ANY COMMENTS? YEAH. I MEAN, I WAS CONSIDERING BOARD COMMITTEE TO BE BOARD MEMBERS ONLY.

THEN EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS UNDER THE OTHER BECAUSE CITIZEN ADVISORY JUST INCLUDES EVERYBODY WHO ISN'T.

YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE BOARD MEMBERS ON THERE, AS I SAW THAT AS TWO BROAD CATEGORIES, JUST TO ACCOMMODATE THE IDEA THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BOARD ONLY COMMITTEES, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL BOARD ONLY COMMITTEES.

YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS WHAT I WAS TAKING MY I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT INSPIRATION FROM, BUT, YOU KNOW.

IDEAS FROM AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ONLY ADVISORY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS.

THEY KIND OF JUST THAT WAS THE REASON TO PUT THE OTHER STUFF IN THERE.

JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BOARD MEMBERS WORKING ON STUFF DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE BOARD.

THEY'RE SIMPLY GATHERING INFORMATION TO, YOU KNOW, INFORM THE BOARD AND NOT TO BE DECISION MAKING AND I GUESS THAT IN THE WAY THE ORIGINAL POLICY WAS WRITTEN, IT ENCOMPASSED ANY BOARDS THAT COULD IT SAID THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY WILL NOT MAKE DECISIONS.

AGAIN, THE WAY THIS IS SUBTITLED AND INDENTED AND SUCH.

IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY PUT ANY OF THOSE TRAITS TO ANY OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES BECAUSE IT HAS MADE THE INITIAL SUBSECTION OF BOARD COMMITTEES, AND THEN IT HAS THESE ADVISORY COMMITTEES WHERE THERE'S NO IT LEAVES IT VERY VAGUE AS TO WHAT THEIR POWERS AND SUCH ARE. SO IN THE WAY IN THAT WAY, IT WOULD NEED TO BE REFORMATTED IN MY MIND SO THAT IT'S CLEAR BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THOSE COMMITTEES DON'T HAVE THOSE POWERS WHICH GRANTED, THEY WOULDN'T BASED ON, YOU KNOW, OTHERS.

BUT I GUESS I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THE CHANGES AND I THINK IT MAKES IT A LITTLE LESS CLEAR AS TO WHAT THOSE COMMITTEES DO.

WELL, THEY'RE ALL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AS FAR AS THAT GOES, I DON'T KNOW.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEES THAT CAN TAKE ANY ACTIONS? I MEAN, ARE THERE ANY? I DON'T THINK SO.

THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN TAKE ANY ACTION ARE IS THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.

ONE MIGHT ARGUE AS FAR AS THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THEY WERE TAKING SOME ACTIONS AS APPROVING THEM, BUT THAT WAS THROUGH POWER THAT WAS

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SO THEY HAD SOME BOARD OVERSIGHT AND THEY HAD.

YEAH AND THEY HAD YOU ON THERE AS OUR BOARD AND THEY WOULD REPORT BACK TO US.

SO IT WAS A MUTUAL TYPE THING.

I WILL SAY, IF WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OR A TASK FORCE OR ADVISORY, WE'RE VERY CLEAR UP FRONT TO TELL THEM THEY'RE RECOMMENDING BODY AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THEY UNDERSTAND. IT'S TRICKY THOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE SAT ON A COMMITTEE, YOU THINK THAT YOU GET TO MAKE DECISIONS.

SO WE HAVE TO REITERATE OVER AND OVER.

HENCE WHY NOW YOU SEE ANY COMMITTEE WE HAVE ON THE WEBSITE WITH THE NOTES.

SO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROCESS ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE CAPACITY AS A BOARD TO SIT ON EVERY COMMITTEE.

YOU JUST YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH A PROCESS.

YOU'LL SEE SOME COMMITTEES THIS YEAR.

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, THE FACILITIES TASK FORCE WE'VE GOT WE NEED TO GET THAT UP AND GOING AND SO THEY'LL WE HAVE SOME BIG WORK TO DO AS A DISTRICT AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME COMMITTEES COMING FORWARD AND YOU JUST WOULDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.

BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING BODIES.

THEY'RE NOT DECISION MAKING AND I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR THE ADDITION OF, YOU KNOW, BOARD ONLY ASSIGNMENTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A BOARD MEMBER, LIKE, SAY, STEVE, WHO HAD AN INTEREST IN A PARTICULAR THING TO GO AND RESEARCH SOMETHING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD, THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ADD ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY AND PERSPECTIVE.

SO AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

STRUCTURE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON IT.

YOU CAN HAVE AT MOST TWO BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE OUR COMMITTEE'S RULES AND SO WE WERE OUT OF WHACK WITH THAT AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DELINEATE THAT AS AN OPTION, WHICH WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE BEFORE.

THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE THAT SAID THAT YOU COULD HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTED OF, YOU KNOW, 1 OR 2 BOARD MEMBERS.

IT JUST WASN'T IN THERE.

I DIDN'T I GUESS I DON'T SEE THE ORIGINAL AS NOT HAVING THAT.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY LIMITATION THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE, THAT YOU COULD SET UP THE BOARD.

THE BOARD AS A WHOLE COULD SET UP A COMMITTEE IN ANY WAY THEY FORMATTED.

THERE WASN'T A LIMITATION THAT I SAW THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTED OF TWO BOARD MEMBERS.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF WONDERING, I CAN SEE THE POINT OF CLARIFYING THAT OR WANTING TO HAVE THAT IN THERE.

BUT AGAIN, THE WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED HERE.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S TAKING ALL THOSE PARAMETERS AWAY FROM THOSE OTHER COMMITTEES.

WELL, THE ALL THE RULES, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, ARE ALL THE COMMITTEE THINGS ARE UNDER BOARD COMMITTEES AND THEN YOU BACK OUT TO THE, THE PRIMARY LAYOUT OF IT AND IT SAYS IT'S CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND IT HAS NOTHING OF THOSE STATEMENTS UNDER IT AND IT MAY BE A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE WORD? YOU KNOW, MAYBE OVERLY CRITICAL, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THE WAY IT READS IS THE WAY IT'S OUTLINED.

OKAY AND PART OF THE REASON I JUST TRIED TO LEAVE AS MUCH OF THE PREVIOUS THING INTACT AS POSSIBLE, TO MAKE IT AS MINIMALLY INVASIVE AS POSSIBLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DO REALIZE THAT THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS SUNSETTING AND, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED THAT IN THERE.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A REFERENCE IN THERE THAT SAYS, WE WILL KEEP A LIST OF COMMITTEES.

I APPRECIATE, LIKE WITH KRISTI'S TASK FORCE FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THAT WAS VERY WELL LAID OUT, VERY WELL STRUCTURED.

I APPRECIATE HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FOR EVERY TASK FORCE AND COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, KEPT IN ONE NICE, NEAT, TIDY SPOT WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND IT.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

BUT YEAH, JUST AIMING FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE CLARITY AND ORGANIZATION.

SO CAN I PROPOSE THAT WE POSTPONE THIS AND WE LOOK AT THE FORMATTING ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING ALL THOSE THINGS AS REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY COMMITTEE THAT WE SET UP AND POTENTIALLY REVAMP THIS SOME.

OKAY. ANY.

OKAY. SO WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AND JUST AGAIN, PART OF IT IS PROBABLY JUST FORMATTING AND INCLUDING THINGS IN.

SO YEAH, AS LONG AS WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TWO OF US AS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE WITHOUT BEING IN VIOLATION OF ANY ANYTHING THAT WE'VE GOT GOING, I JUST

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I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME LOOKING AT THAT.

IT'D BE INTERESTING AND IF YOU COULD SHOOT ME THAT RCW ON THAT, BECAUSE THEN I AM JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING EVERYTHING.

OKAY, WELL, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, BATTLEGROUND IS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, BUT IN THE WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SENT OUT THE LIST OF POTENTIAL WORKSHOPS AND WHATNOT TO ATTEND AT THE CONVENTION THIS NOVEMBER, THAT THERE WAS ONE THERE ON AUDIT COMMITTEES AND BATTLEGROUND HAS APPARENTLY HAD ONE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THEY HAVE A SYSTEMS IN PLACE.

I'M REALLY HOPING THAT MADE THE CUT AND EVEN IF IT DIDN'T, I THINK I'M GOING TO CONTACT THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY'VE GOT GOING ON SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THAT INPUT.

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

I DON'T REALLY CARE FOR THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THE MORE INFORMATION AND, AND CONSISTENCY WE CAN GET THE BETTER.

AGREED. OKAY.

SO WE WILL POSTPONE 7.02 AND 7.03 AND FOR MORE WORK IN, WHO KNOWS,MAY EVEN FIND OUT SOMETHING FROM THAT THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO LATER ON, TOO.

OKAY. BRINGS US TO ITEM 7.04, WHICH IS REQUIRED TRAINING FOR DIRECTORS.

AND HOPEFULLY KRISTI AND CARA CAN HELP ME ON CARA CAN HELP ME ON THIS BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY KNOW MORE THAN I DO.

BUT THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF TRAINING THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE FOR SCHOOL DIRECTORS.

THERE'S THE WSSDA TRAINING, WHICH IS EDUCATION EQUITY.

THAT REQUIRES 22.

FIVE HOUR COURSES BE TAKEN DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF SERVICE AND THEN ONE COURSE FOR EACH BOARD.

SCHOOL BOARD TERM THEREAFTER.

THERE'S ALSO THE OPEN PUBLIC OR OPEN GOVERNMENT TRAINING, WHICH SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN 90 DAYS OF TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE AND THEN EVERY FOUR YEARS AFTERWARDS.

THAT TRAINING FOCUSES ON THE OPMA.

IT IS ONLINE THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT AND THERE'S A COURSE TO GO THROUGH.

THEY ALSO DO HAVE IT AT WSSDA THE CONFERENCE THAT YOU CAN COVER IT AND GET YOUR CERTIFICATE FOR DOING IT.

AS WELL AS IT ALSO COVERS PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND REQUESTER THAT WAY.

YOU ALSO, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, WITHIN YOUR EMAILS YOU GOT A TRAINING REQUIREMENT OR A DOCUMENT FOR SOME VECTOR TRAINING. VECTOR IS THE SYSTEM THAT THE DISTRICT USES FOR TRAINING.

THERE ARE THREE WITH THIS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS NOW BEING ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR FOR PAY.

THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED THAT CHILD ABUSE AND MANDATORY REPORTING.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT APPARENTLY WE ARE NOW MANDATORY REPORTERS AND THAT IS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF IT, CORRECT? YEAH. ANY PAID EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A MANDATORY REPORTER.

OKAY. SO BE AWARE OF THAT.

THERE'S ALSO INFORMATION ON TITLE NINE, COMPLIANCE AND UNDERSTANDING BOUNDARIES.

BASICALLY SOME ONLINE TRAININGS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T WENT THROUGH THEM.

CLICK ON THE LINK, IT TAKES YOU TO IT AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH THE LITTLE TRAINING VIDEOS AND THEN ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE BEING IN SCHOOL AGAIN.

AS LONG AS YOU GET ABOVE 80%, YOU PASS AND YOU'RE GOOD.

YEAH. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE IS I TOOK ALL OF THEM IN A FIT OF WANTING TO GET IT OVER AND DONE WITH EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THEN I THINK I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING THERE WAS THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE TITLE NINE ONE.

IS THAT CORRECT? WERE THERE UPDATES TO THE TRAINING AND DO I NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE THAT ONE AGAIN? THERE WAS UPDATES TO THE LAW, SO THERE WAS CHANGES MADE TO IT.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM [INAUDIBLE] WITH AN OUTLINE OF THE CHANGES AND SO YOU JUST HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTLINE OF THE CHANGES AND NOT TAKE THE ENTIRE TRAINING AGAIN. OKAY AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS I GOT AN EMAIL FROM A CITIZEN WHO WAS WONDERING IF THE TRAINING IS SUFFICIENT OR IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL.

WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR POLICY WAS ON, YOU KNOW, REPORTING AND ON YOU KNOW, AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK HE

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KRISTI. SO.

OH, YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT. OKAY.

WELL, I'LL GO BACK AND MAYBE.

IF YOU RESPOND TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THEN CC ME, THEN I CAN JUST CHIME IN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

OKAY, I ALREADY RESPONDED, BUT I CAN FORWARD IT TO YOU.

THE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICED IN DOING THAT, SPEAKING OF POLICIES, IS WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT POLICIES.

1805 AND 1822 I WAS GOING TO THROW THAT IN YOUR DIRECTION.

BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE UPDATED.

BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE POLICIES, THE DISTRICT POLICIES REGARDING TRAINING FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

THE OTHER PART OF TRAINING THAT ISN'T ON HERE IS OUR WHAT'S THE OFFICIAL, THE TRIBAL STRENGTHENING TRIBAL RELATIONS TRAINING THAT WE'VE ALL GOTTEN DONE AT THIS POINT.

BUT THAT'S ALSO REQUIRED UNDER LEGISLATURES RULINGS.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR ANYBODY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAINING? YOU WILL BE GETTING AN EMAIL SHORTLY FROM OSPI WITH YOUR CERTIFICATE FOR THE STRENGTHENING TRIBAL.

SO IF YOU SEND THAT ON TO KRIS, WE HAVE TO UPLOAD ALL OF OUR CERTIFICATES, INCLUDING MINE IN ORDER FOR US TO QUALIFY FOR TITLE FUNDING. BEFORE WE CAN APPLY FOR OUR TITLE FUNDS, WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR.

SO THEY'RE COMING.

IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT YET, IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME.

KRIS HAS BEEN TRACKING THAT.

MINE JUST CAME IN, AND KRIS IS.

SO YOU WANT THOSE? YEAH.

FORWARD THEM TO KRIS AND THEN SHE WE HAVE TO UPLOAD ALL OF THOSE.

OH, THAT'D BE GREAT IF YOU JUST FORWARD IT ON.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT NOT EVERY SCHOOL BOARD IN THE STATE, BY LAW, HAS TO HAVE THAT TRAINING.

WE ARE ONE OF 39 BECAUSE WE ARE IN BY LAW, WE ARE IN CONSULTATION WITH LUMMI NATION.

THAT'S ONLY CERTAIN DISTRICTS IN WASHINGTON STATE AND SO WE'RE ONE OF THOSE.

SO IF YOU TALK TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY SAID I WASN'T REQUIRED TO GO TO THAT, NOT EVERYBODY IS.

WE'RE JUST ONE OF THEM.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE REQUIRED TRAINING? OKAY. IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THOSE CAN BE DIRECTED TO KRIS OR KRISTI.

YEAH AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO THAT ONCE WE COMPLETE THOSE VECTOR TRAININGS, WE DON'T NEED TO TELL ANYONE.

IT JUST IS.

THE SYSTEM NOTIFIES WHOEVER.

YEP, THE SYSTEM TRACKS IT LETS ME KNOW.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.05, WHICH IS THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND FEA.

SO AT THIS POINT THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AND OR MOTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE MOVE THIS TO THE AUGUST MEETING BECAUSE I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT IN ITS COMPLETION AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, PARTS THAT ARE THE CHANGES AND THE REST THAT'S LEFT ALONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AS ONE COHERENT DOCUMENT WITH THE CHANGES STRUCK OUT, KIND OF LIKE YOU REQUIRE OF US TO DO WITH THE POLICY CHANGES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT A SYSTEM THAT SAYS WE'RE MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO SOMETHING, WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND FROM A COMFORT STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF WHAT I'M SIGNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ACTUAL FINAL PRODUCT AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A BOARD TO SIT DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, GET MORE CLARIFICATION ON QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT STILL HAVE.

SO THOSE QUESTIONS IT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE I DID SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS WITH THE WHOLE BOARD.

SO THE QUESTIONS YOU HAD, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN CARA'S RESPONSE ON THOSE I A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THAT.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO OUR THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE IS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SCHOOL STARTS.

SO TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR WITHOUT AN APPROVED CONTRACT BY THE BOARD.

I'M NOT SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE SEEN FAVORABLY.

IT MAKES ME NERVOUS, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE A LOT OF HOURS WENT INTO THAT CONTRACT.

WE HAD A LAWYER AT THE TABLE.

IT'S THE CLEAREST CONTRACT I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME AND SO I WANT TO HONOR THE WORK.

I TRUST THE TEAMS THAT WERE AT THE TABLE.

SO I SUPPORT THE CONTRACT.

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I'M ABLE TO LOOK AT THE BOW.

SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.

THE BOARD HAS TO DECIDE.

BUT I ALSO WOULD ASK KARA AND MARK, FROM THEIR STANDPOINT, WHAT THAT DOES TO NOT ONLY JUST STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC RELATIONS AND THE PARTNERSHIP. I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND MAY I PROPOSE A COMPROMISE? AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD BE VERY WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING EVEN IN A DAY OR TWO FROM NOW.

IF I COULD SEE THE FINAL DRAFT WITH EVERYTHING IN PLACE.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE CHANGES THAT ALARMED ME.

I DO STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE SIGNING, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL THING.

I JUST WANT TO I WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT, ACTUALLY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HONOR THE WORK THAT HAPPENED.

SO I JUST WANT TO HEAR.

NO, AND I AGREE, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND I APPRECIATE THE WAY THEY'VE COLLABORATED AND COME TOGETHER ON THIS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD PROCESS AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD THIS GOOD GET TOGETHER AND THAT YOU'VE COME TO THESE AGREEMENTS. BUT FROM THE COMFORT STANDPOINT OF PUTTING MY SIGNATURE ON IT, I'M ASKING THE FAVOR OF BEING ABLE TO SEE THE THING IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND I HOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY I AM DOING THAT AND NOT BECAUSE I HAVE ANY SUSPICIONS.

IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE FINAL PRODUCT AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE AS A BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE, LIKE, JUST A FINAL CLOSURE, SORT OF.

I MEAN, THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE KIND OF A DEBRIEFING ON THE FINAL PRODUCT.

YOU KNOW AS I SAID, I AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST INVOLVED IN THAT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES, BECAUSE THAT AS A SUPERINTENDENT, THAT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS.

IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THERE'S A JUST IN ALL TRANSPARENCY, A LACK OF TRUST FOR THE PROCESS.

THAT'S SO I DON'T I WANT TO HEAR IF THAT'S OKAY BEFORE THE BOARD DISCUSSES THAT.

OKAY. SO FOR MY PERSPECTIVE IMPLICATIONS OF DELAYING THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTED DAYS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE.

SO THE OLD CONTRACT WOULD BE IN PLACE AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE TEACHERS AND TEACHING HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR WOULD NOT BE HONORED OR IN THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE THE NEW START FIRST DAY FOR TEACHERS IS AUGUST 23RD.

IN THE OLD CONTRACT, IT WOULD BE AUGUST 26TH, SO IT WOULD BE DELAYING THOSE DAYS.

AND THEN ALSO WITHOUT AN APPROVAL ON THE CONTRACT, WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY ALL THE TEACHERS AT THEIR PREVIOUS SALARY RATE.

SO WE'D HAVE TO ENTER IN ALL THEIR CONTRACTS AT THIS 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR'S PAY RATE AND THEN THE HR TEAM WOULD HAVE TO THEN GO IN AND MANUALLY ADJUST IN SEPTEMBER AND CHANGE ALL THE PAY AGAIN AND ADJUST IT BECAUSE OF WHEN WE HAVE TO PUSH ALL OF THE CONTRACTS OVER FOR PAY TO PAYROLL.

SO IT WOULD BE BASICALLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THE HR SPECIALIST TO ENTER THE PAY IN FOR THE CONTRACTED YEAR AND THEN IT WOULD IMPACT THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY WOULD GET THEIR INCREASE, NOT WOULDN'T GET THEIR INCREASE FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONTH, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT DIVIDED BY 11 AND VERSUS 12.

SO IT WOULD IMPACT, THE HR TEAM AND THE TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY AND PROBABLY THE BIGGER IMPACTS WOULD BE TO LABOR RELATIONS, NOT JUST WITH THE TEACHERS UNION, BUT OUR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS AND GOOD FAITH WITH THE OTHER BARGAINING UNITS, BECAUSE THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT IN GOOD FAITH, AND THERE'S AN AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE MAKING A MUTUAL AGREEMENT.

BY THE BOARD DELAYING AND SAYING WE DON'T TRUST THE ADMINISTRATION TO ACTUALLY BARGAIN AN AGREEMENT.

WE DON'T WANT TO ADOPT IT IN TIME.

WE DON'T SUPPORT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, WHICH I KNOW ISN'T WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT BY ACTION, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IT PUTS US IN A REALLY BAD POSITION AT THE BARGAINING TABLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO THE UNION WE'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.

SO IT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO REPAIR A FAIRLY DAMAGED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNION AND IT REALLY TURNS OUT UPSIDE DOWN.

IT REALLY SETS US BACK IN TERMS OF JUST OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND TRUST AND OUR ABILITY TO MAKE AGREEMENTS AND SPEAK FOR

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I DO, I MEAN, AND THAT WAS, I WAS ASKING, YOU KNOW, ARGUING WITH MYSELF AS TO WHETHER I SHOULD EVEN BRING THIS UP.

BUT THEN I KEEP COMING BACK TO, OKAY, SO ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO SIGN SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T REALLY READ, YOU HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TOLD THAT YOU HAVE PARTS OF IT, YOU HAVE IT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE CAN HONESTLY SAY TO PEOPLE YOU'VE READ AND YOU'VE SEEN AND SO IT'S THAT'S I HOPE YOU CAN APPRECIATE WHERE I'M COMING FROM AND AS I SAID, IT IS NOT AN ISSUE OF NOT TRUSTING THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

IT'S JUST IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, SIGN SOMETHING THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY YOU'RE SIGNING SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE READ AND YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE.

SO THE FULL CONTRACT IS ONLINE AND HAS BEEN AND IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO LOOK AT AND READ THE OLD CONTRACT.

CONTRACT. YES. ANYTHING THAT HAS CHANGED IS COPIED TO ON BOARD DOCS AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED.

SO YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT ALL IN ONE CONTINUOUS DOCUMENT, BUT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THAT HAS CHANGED, ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN BARGAINED AND THAT IS IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

MARK AND CARA.

SO IT HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED THAT WE PUSH THIS BACK? AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, IF YOU HAVE REMAINING QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK THEM.

OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M KIND OF BEING MISCONSTRUED HERE TO, AS I SAY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, IF IT JUST TAKES A COUPLE MORE DAYS TO GET IT FINISHED, TO MEET, YOU KNOW, ONLINE FOR HALF AN HOUR OR WHATEVER LITTLE IT TAKES TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TO MEET BOTH OF OUR NEEDS, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEED TO MEET A DEADLINE AND MY COMFORT LEVEL OR ANYBODY ELSE'S, FOR THAT MATTER, WITH SIGNING SOMETHING THAT'S A COMPLETE DOCUMENT.

I MEAN YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING PERCEIVED HERE AS BEING SOMEWHAT UNREASONABLE, AND I, YOU KNOW THAT BOTHERS ME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I SAY? I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT AND I FIGURED THAT YOU GUYS BECAUSE THE TEACHER SAT DOWN WITH THIS, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH THE AGREEMENT.

RIGHT. BUT LIKE, FOR THE LARGER CLASS SIZES, BECAUSE LOOKING AT THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF YOU'RE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT SMALLER CLASS SIZES EQUATE TO A BETTER EDUCATION, A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS.

BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MODIFICATIONS MADE WHEREIN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT TO INCREASE CLASS SIZES FOR LIKE GRADES FIVE ON UP, I BELIEVE AND SO I WAS JUST IT WAS JUST A QUESTION AND I DON'T IMAGINE I KNOW I MEAN, I REALIZE THEY'RE PROBABLY STATE LIMITS ON CLASS SIZES AND WHATNOT SO THAT THERE AREN'T REALLY.

THERE ARE NOT AND THAT'S WHY IT IS IN THE CONTRACT AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE WHAT WE AND I WAS NOT IN THE BARGAINING ROOM AND SO I WILL DEFER TO KARA, BUTNO, THE STATE DOES NOT AND SO THE FACT THAT WE PUT IT IN HERE SHOWS THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE BOTH VALUE, BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE VALUE AND I CAN CLARIFY THAT.

SO THE INCREASE TO GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT FOR 145 TO 165 AND NINE THROUGH 12 FROM 180 TO 200 WAS BECAUSE WE HAD DOWN BELOW EARLIER IN THE CONTRACT.

SO IT WAS KIND OF MORE OF CLEANUP.

WE HAD ADVISORY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CLASS SIZE.

SO INSTEAD WE ADDED ADVISORY NUMBERS.

SO WE INCREASED THAT NUMBER AND THEN SAID THE CLASS SIZE LIMIT INCLUDES ADVISORY.

SO IT REALLY ACTUALLY WASN'T AN INCREASE FOR THEM AT ALL.

IT WAS JUST HONORING THE ADVISORY PERIODS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TEACHING IN THE CLASS SIZE MIX.

THANK YOU. OH, AND THEN THE OTHER THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS IN REGARD TO WHEN IT TALKED ABOUT LIKE IN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT YOU KNOW THAT TALKED ABOUT USE OF SUBSTITUTES TO FILL IN, YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE, I THINK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TIME WHEN THE AND SO WHAT IS THE NEW ARRANGEMENT? I KIND OF SOUNDED LIKE OTHER TEACHERS WOULD COME IN LIKE YOU HAD SOME KIND OF I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT BECAUSE I JUST WAS WONDERING.

YEAH. SO WE HAVE LIKE, SPECIALISTS THAT DO PLANNING TIME, SO THEY GIVE RELEASE TIME TO TEACHERS FOR THEIR PLANNING TIME AND AS WELL AS WE HAVE A CERTAIN AREA OF THE CONTRACT

[02:15:05]

YEAH. THANK YOU.

SO OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACT.

OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT WE DELAY VOTING ON THIS.

THE ORIGINAL WAS TO AN AUGUST MEETING OR TO OUR AUGUST MEETING.

WHICH WOULD PUT IT THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.

SO THAT IS ON THE TABLE.

SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD.

MY PROPOSAL IS FOR A SPECIAL MEETING WELL BEFORE THE AUGUST MEETING SO THAT IT DOESN'T CREATE THE CRISIS.

SO ARE YOU WITHDRAWING THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THEN? YEAH, BECAUSE OF THE IF THE AUGUST MEETING IS IS BEYOND, YOU KNOW, A REASONABLE TIME? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO PEOPLE, BUT I WOULD YOU KNOW, I MY REQUEST IS JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL MEETING, A VERY YOU KNOW, I CAN I JUST I FOR MY CLARITY.

SO ALL THE CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY ON BOARD DOCS.

SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS A SPECIAL MEETING JUST TO SEE IT WRITTEN OUT.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE ON BOARD DOCS IS THE CONTRACT WITH THE STRIKEOUTS AND THE LANGUAGE CHANGES.

IT'S JUST NOT THE FINAL LOOKING DOCUMENT.

SO YOU'RE JUST WANT YOU'RE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DELAY UNTIL YOU GET A BECAUSE IT'LL THERE WILL BE NO NEW INFORMATION.

IT'LL BE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

IT'LL JUST BE WRITTEN DIFFERENTLY IS.

YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SEE THE DOCUMENT IN ITS FINAL FORM, CLEANED UP LIKE THEY DO WITH THE POLICY CHANGES.

YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY DO THE STRIKEOUTS AND THE CHANGE AND YOU HAVE THE FINAL DRAFT.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE CONTRACT I DID, I JUST DIDN'T I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.

AND IF WE DO DO A SPECIAL MEETING AND, KRIS, YOU CAN HELP ME.

HOPEFULLY WE WOULD HAVE TO.

WE HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT.

SO IT WOULD BE. YEAH.

PLUS WE'D HAVE TO GET THE.

OKAY IF I MAY WAS THAT? IF I MAY. YEAH.

THE LAST TIME WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING WAS WHEN THERE WAS A BUDGET ISSUE, BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ERROR IN UPLOADING INFORMATION AND WE MANAGED TO CALL THAT WITHIN 24 HOURS. THAT'S WHY THERE'S DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS ON THOSE MEETINGS.

SO THE BUDGET HEARING ITSELF, YOU HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON HOW LONG IT CAN GO.

SO IT HAD TO CONCLUDE IN A 48 HOUR PERIOD.

THE OTHER ISSUE HERE IS THE DOCUMENT HAS TO ACTUALLY GET CONCLUDED.

IT HAS TO GET COMPLETED, WHICH MEANS IT HAS TO GET REVIEWED BY BOTH PARTIES.

EDITED, REVIEWED.

SO THERE'S A TIME INVOLVED IN THAT PROBABLY ISN'T GOING TO BE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

SO YOU'RE A WEEK OR POSSIBLY MORE TO GET THAT DOCUMENT ACTUALLY FINALIZED INTO THE FORMAT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IT IN.

SO I'M GOING TO GO OUT OF A LITTLE KIND OF BE A LITTLE LOOSEY GOOSEY HERE FOR JUST A SECOND AND THIS IS NOT A BINDING VOTE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TRY SO I'M KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO WITH THIS.

STEVE AND ANTONIO, ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THE CONTRACTS AS INFORMATION IS PRESENTED AT THIS POINT? WELL, HONESTLY, I'M A LITTLE CONFLICTED AT THE MOMENT.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE PEGGY IS COMING FROM AND I'M NOT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO ADDITIONS, NO EMISSIONS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE DOCUMENT ISN'T CLEAR AND DEFINED.

I WILL ADMIT THAT THERE'S STRIKEOUTS AND STUFF.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WAS CLEANED UP.

I TOTALLY RESPECT WHERE SHE'S COMING FROM.

HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THE RESTRAINTS, WHAT WE'RE UNDER AS WELL, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO COMPROMISE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND UNDERMINE ANY WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND LAID.

SO I JUST YOU NEED TO GIVE ME A MOMENT TO THINK THIS OVER A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION, HAVING HAD A LITTLE BIT OF

[02:20:05]

I'M THINKING THAT THE MESSAGING IS IMPORTANT IN WHAT WE DO, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT SUPPORT THAT WE SUPPORT THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED AND THE GOOD AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOOD DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY.

SO WHILE I'M CONSIDERING WHAT PEGGY IS SAYING, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP AT THE SAME TIME, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

AND I WOULD BE AGAINST DELAYING THIS, IT'S PROBABLY MY VOTE.

OKAY AND JUST FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, SO I'M NOT SITTING HERE GOING, OKAY, I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.

I WOULD AGREE. I APPRECIATE THE POINT THAT IS BEING MADE.

BUT AGAIN, HAVING ALL THE CHANGES LAID OUT AND KNOWING THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE I GUESS I RESPECT THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN DONE AND TRUST THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND SEE MORE BENEFIT TO RATIFYING THIS NOW THAN TO DELAYING IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGE THAT IT SENDS.

SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR.

I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF DELAYING IT AT THIS POINT EITHER.

JUST BECAUSE THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING ALL THAT WORK DONE AND THEN MAKING SURE WE CAN HAVE A QUORUM, YOU KNOW, TO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE CAN GET A MEETING IN THERE. SO AND AGAIN, IF I WAS WORRIED THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO CHANGE YOU KNOW, BUT WE'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION THERE FROM THE OLD CONTRACT AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE.

SO. OKAY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE.

I THINK WE SHOULD SEE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING CLEANED UP AND IN ITS FINAL FORM AND I'M GOING TO STICK TO THAT PRINCIPLE.

BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THAT I DO ALSO APPRECIATE THE PROCESS.

I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD CONTRACT.

I'M NOT YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, BUT I'M GOING TO STAND ON MY OWN PRINCIPLES AND I'M GOING TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW.

WE HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT FROM ANOTHER COMMITTEE.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON BOARDS.

SO. OKAY THEN I'M GOING TO AT THIS POINT WE'VE GOT THE PROPOSAL THAT WE DELAY THIS AND TO A SPECIAL MEETING AND WE AT THIS POINT WON'T PUT A TIME FRAME ON THAT.

BASICALLY, I WOULD SAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE NOT KNOWING THE LOGISTICS OF WHAT HAS TO GO THROUGH WITH THE REVIEW OF GETTING THAT ALL DONE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR OF DELAYING THE VOTE ON THE CONTRACT? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SAY NAY. NAY.

ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, THEN.

AS I HEARD IT, THE MOTION TO DELAY FAILS AND WE MOVE ON TO EITHER FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE RATIFYING THE CONTRACT AND OR A MOTION TO ACT UPON THE CONTRACT.

SO ANY DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, CAN I JUST ADD TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW LESSON LEARNED HERE THAT IN THE FUTURE LET'S TRY AND, YOU KNOW, RECTIFY THIS AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THERE'S ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE HERE THAT ARE LEGITIMATE AND MAKE TOTAL SENSE IN THE FUTURE.

LET'S TRY AND HAVE A CLEAR AND CONCISE DOCUMENT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE IT, RATHER THAN STRIKE OUTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I CAN LIVE WITH THAT, KNOWING THAT IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

YEAH, I FIGURED YOU DID, BUT AGREED.

I AGREE WITH STEVE. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT AND GOOD POINTS MADE ON BOTH SIDES.

I MEAN, I CAN'T DISAGREE WITH PEGGY.

[02:25:02]

WE'VE DONE THAT FOR THE POLICY REVISIONS.

WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE ALL IN THE FORMAT AND HAVE REQUIRED THAT.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT WE LOOK TOWARDS THAT.

BUT THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED RIGHT FROM THE START.

IT WAS A PROCESS THAT WE GAINED.

SO I WOULD AGREE AND JUST YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS OR WHATEVER AT THAT TIME.

THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I'M STILL HERE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THAT INITIAL MEETING WITH THE TEAM AND THE LAWYER AND THE BOUNDARIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO REMEMBER FOR ALL OF US TO BRING THAT UP AT THAT TIME.

THE PARAMETERS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

OKAY. MAY I JUST SAY THAT AT THAT TIME, I WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THE FINAL DOCUMENT, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE OCCURRED TO ME, THAT WOULD BE A PARAMETER.

THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE.

YEAH. OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THEN. SEEING NONE.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT.

WE RATIFY THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND FERNDALE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HAS ATTACHED TO HERETO AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. OKAY, SO THE CONTRACT IS RATIFIED.

SO THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 7.06, WHICH IS THE ACTION UPON THE MONITORING REPORTS FOR RESULTS POLICIES R 2.6 THROUGH R 2.9 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN ART, HEALTH, PE ELECTIVES AND WORLD LANGUAGES.

AS WE'VE DONE MANY TIMES, WE'VE HAD THE WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THOSE REPORTS LAST MONTH AND GIVEN A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM AND TO ENTER OUR COMMENTS ON THE GOOGLE FORM SURVEY THAT WAS PUT OUT BY KRIS AND SO THOSE RESULTS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC VIA BOARD DOCS.

SO NOW WE HAVE TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON SAID REPORTS.

SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE WHERE THESE REPORTS HAVE COME TO OR WHAT THEY'VE BECOME.

IT WAS REALLY NICE READING THROUGH THEM THE DIFFERENT LINKS THAT YOU COULD GO TO GET MORE INFORMATION OR INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS WITHOUT THEY'VE BECOME MUCH MORE STREAMLINED AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A REAL BENEFIT.

THE OTHER HISTORICAL TWIST THAT I'LL PUT IN ON THIS IS BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MY BOARD CAREER, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT HEALTH, PE, THE ARTS, WORLD LANGUAGE.

AND SO IT WAS A NICE THING WHEN WE ADDED THOSE AS RESULTS POLICIES JUST TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND TO HEAR WHAT THE DISTRICT WAS DOING IN THOSE AREAS AND HOW IT IMPACTS OVERALL LEARNING.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVE THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT WASN'T A CONVERSATION THAT REALLY HAPPENED IN MY EARLY YEARS ON THE BOARD.

YOU SURE? PEGGY, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

YOU'LL SEE. WE'VE STARTED PUTTING IN THE MONITORING REPORTS.

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED THIS, BUT ON PAGE SIX OF THE MONITORING REPORT, WE'VE STARTED TYPING IN QUESTIONS WE HAVE FOR YOU.

SO WE PUT A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD BECAUSE WE COVER SIMILAR CONTENT.

SHOULD WE BE COMBINING.

SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IT THERE AS WELL.

SO JUST MARK FOR FUTURE REPORTS.

THANK YOU. I DID MISS THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT AND I'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT ON THE FUTURE REPORTS.

[02:30:41]

THERE WAS ONE VOTE TOWARDS DEMONSTRATING REASONABLE PROGRESS, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS.

SO. UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO MAKE, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTING THESE FOUR REPORTS AS MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS.

I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.

OKAY, SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ACCEPT THESE FOUR MONITORING REPORTS AS PRESENTED AND MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS. FIRST, WE'LL HAVE AN ADVISORY VOTE FROM THE STUDENTS.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OKAY.

ALL OPPOSED.

OKAY. SO THE ADVISORY VOTE IS TO THE POSITIVE.

SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THESE MONITORING REPORTS AS MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

OKAY. SO THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AS MAKING REASONABLE PROGRESS.

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

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

AS PART OF TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA, THE BOARD IS RECEIVING THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS.

1 0E1 GLOBAL EXPECTATIONS.

WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE EVALUATION SURVEY SUBSEQUENTLY FROM KRIS, AND WE'LL BE FILLING IT OUT FOR IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT MONTH'S DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

THERE ARE ALSO THREE POLICY REVISIONS BEING INTRODUCED ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA FOR REVIEW, WITH DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO OCCUR NEXT MONTH.

KRISTI IS ALREADY MADE A PLUG FOR GETTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

BUT AS A REMINDER WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING AND UPDATING OUR POLICIES .

ANY POLICIES SUCH AS THESE THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IMPACTING THE DISTRICT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT A REGULAR BOARD 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 YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES, EITHER PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING OR DURING THE NEXT MEETING'S PUBLIC COMMENT. TIME AND AGAIN, THE I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF OPINIONS ABOUT CELL PHONE USAGE IN THAT IN THERE, SO FEEL FREE TO LOOK AT THAT POLICY AND LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

THE OTHER PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IS WE ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THESE ITEMS AS 1 IN 1 VOTE, AS OPPOSED TO ACTING ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY. WE CAN STILL HAVE DISCUSSION ON THEM, BUT IT JUST IS.

THESE ARE ROUTINE ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD ACCESS TO PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS.

IF ANYONE IS NEEDING HELP IN FINDING THAT, PLEASE SEE ANY OF US AFTERWARDS AND WE CAN HELP YOU.

WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SAME THINGS THAT WE DO.

SO AT THIS POINT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR EITHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND OR A MOTION TO ADDRESS THEM.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

JUST FOR BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS WITH SMALL WORKS ROSTER AGREEMENT WITH MRC.

IS THAT A CONTINUATION OF AN AGREEMENT FROM PREVIOUSLY, OR IS THIS A NEW THING? IT'S A NEW THING.

SO WE'VE HAD A SMALL WORKS ROSTER THAT WE'VE MANAGED IN-HOUSE PREVIOUSLY, BUT THEY'VE CHANGED THE LAWS AROUND THAT.

THERE'S A LOT MORE REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.

SO FOR $1,100 A YEAR WE'RE BASICALLY HAVING THE AGENCY THAT'S CONTRACTED TO THE

[02:35:05]

SO IT'S QUITE A BARGAIN.

ARE THERE ANY TRADE OFFS? NOT BAD ONES.

YEAH, I MEAN, IT LIMITS OUR RISK AND OUR LIABILITY DECREASES OUR WORK AND IT'S THE CURRENT, THE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING TO COST IS GOING TO GO DOWN FROM HERE BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE VOLUME, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, WHICH WE JUST COMPLETED $100 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO DOWN.

SO IT'S BETTER, CHEAPER AND REDUCES OUR RISK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED HERETO AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SO CONSENT AGENDAS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.

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

NOT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SHARING EXACTLY, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IN LOOKING AT THE MINUTES, I THINK IT WAS ANTONIO THAT HAD MENTIONED YOU KNOW, APPROVING THE MINUTES BEFORE APPROVING THE AGENDA, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CASE.

AND I THINK I SEE WHY, AFTER LOOKING THROUGH THE MINUTES, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS BUSINESS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT I THINK SHOULD HAVE MAYBE BEEN ROLLED OVER ONTO THIS MEETING.

FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE INFORMATION KRISTI I DON'T THINK YOU DID, BUT YOU AND KEVIN WERE LOOKING INTO THE WIAA THING, AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT AND I THINK THERE WAS MAYBE A, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE A FOLLOW UP AT THIS MEETING.

IT WOULD TRANSITION NICELY FROM THE MINUTES TO THE AGENDA.

SO THAT'S WHY I CALLED YOU BECAUSE WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CALL.

NO, THAT'S FINE, I JUST BUT AND THEN ANOTHER THING WAS IT SAID THAT JAMIE WOULD BE FINALIZING, YOU KNOW, SO THERE WAS A HE WAS FINALIZING THE PLAN FOR THE FACILITIES PROGRAM, AND I THOUGHT BECAUSE IT SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN THIS MONTH AND SO I FIGURED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME JUST LOOKING AT THE MINUTES THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME CARRYOVER FROM THAT ONTO THE AGENDA FOR THIS MONTH AND THAT'S WHY I THINK MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT THE WAY THAT ANTONIO HAD SUGGESTED.

SO THAT WAS JUST ONE THING THAT I, WANTED TO BRING UP AND ALSO LET'S SEE.

WHAT WAS IT? SHOOT. I THINK THAT WAS IT BECAUSE I THINK I GOT THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED EARLIER ON.

YEAH. OH AND SO KNOWING THAT THE MEETING MINUTES, THE YOU KNOW, CAN BE USED FOR AGENDA PLANNING.

IS THERE A DEADLINE? WOULD IT BE GOOD TO HAVE A TIMELINE BY WHICH, WHEN WE CAN HAVE THE MINUTES READY FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING SO WE CAN USE THEM IN PREPARATION FOR, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE AGENDA TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT MEETING? SO I WILL JUST SAY ONE PROCESS IS KRIS AND I GO OVER THE MINUTES EVEN BEFORE YOU SEE THEM, BECAUSE IF EVEN IF YOU WE CAN EASILY MOVE THEM BEFORE THE AGENDA PLANNING. BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ALREADY IN THE AGENDA, IT'S NOT GOING TO DO US ANY GOOD AT THE MEETING.

WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT AT THE AGENDA PLANNING.

BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET JAMIE TO COME IN HERE IF YOU THOUGHT HE WAS SUPPOSED, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT KRIS DOES GO OVER THE MINUTES.

I SHOULD REALLY.

I'LL SEND YOU A PHOTO OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SHE SITS THERE WITH HEADPHONES AND LISTENS TO THE WHOLE MEETING AND GOES OVER WHAT IS TYPED UP AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THOSE PARTS AND THEN SHE SENDS IT TO ME TO HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING.

SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THE MISINTERPRETATION, ABOUT THE FINALIZED THING.

THAT MIGHT TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

FINALIZE MIGHT NOT BE ONE MONTH'S WORTH OF WORK.

IT MIGHT BE 2 OR 3 MONTHS.

SO JAMIE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH THAT.

AND THE WIAA THAT'S WHY I CALLED YOU AND SAID WE JUST HAVEN'T HEARD AND I ASSUME IT BECAUSE IT'S SUMMER.

[02:40:02]

KRIS AND I ARE KIND OF TAG TEAMING THAT POOR GROUP BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO MOVE THE MINUTES ABOVE THE AGENDA.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO SET UP A FALSE PROMISE THAT WE COULD, IF WE MISS SOMETHING IN THE AGENDA PLANNING, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CAPTURE IT THAT NIGHT.

SO I JUST I WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.

IF WE DIDN'T CAPTURE SOMETHING IN THE AGENDA THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE IN IT, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT NECESSARILY ON THE SPOT.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WORK HAS TO DO WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, IT DOES, BUT CONSIDER THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO SEE IT, WE MIGHT SAY, OH YEAH.

TRIGGER OH YEAH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

SO IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW.

ABSOLUTELY AND SO TYPICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO YOU GET THOSE IN THE SWAY AND BECAUSE THE SWAY HASN'T BEEN COMING TO YOU THIS SUMMER, IT'LL START UP AGAIN NEXT WEEK. WE CAN JUST PLOP THEM IN THERE AND TAKE A LOOK OR, YOU KNOW, I WRITE DOWN NOTES AND I'VE ASKED THE TEAM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IS THEY SIT BEHIND ME AND TYPE UP THINGS THAT THEY HEAR OF JOBS.

SO WE HAVE A TRIPLE TRACKING SYSTEM, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER.

SO ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. ANTONIO I'LL GO TO YOU BECAUSE STEVE JUST PUT SOMETHING IN HIS MOUTH.

[INAUDIBLE]. SO THIS IS FOR OUR COMMENT, RIGHT? YEP. VERY GOOD.

BECAUSE I HAVE THE BOARD EVALUATION, SO.

BUT I THINK THAT'S COMING.

VERY GOOD. I HAVE TWO THINGS TO COMMENT ON AND GIVEN OUR THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I STRESS HOW IMPORTANT OUR TEACHERS ARE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW HAPPY I AM THAT WHEN WE MAKE PROGRESS THAT WAY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP AND RETAIN THE TEACHERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR KIDS WHEN THEY'RE NOT AT HOME AND WITH THREE KIDS IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AT VARIOUS LEVELS, I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND FOR WHAT THEY DO.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WOULD STRESS THAT ALSO, AS A PARENT THAT THOUGHT THAT MY KIDS WERE GOING TO PLAY SPORTS AND THAT ARE THEATER KIDS.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT THEATER IS A LEGIT SPORT.

IT DOES HAVE THE PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP, OF ACCOUNTABILITY, OF TEAMWORK.

THERE'S A PROCESS AND THERE'S A STRATEGY TO IT AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MY KIDS GROW THROUGH THIS PROGRAM SINCE THEY WERE YOUNG AND DEVELOPED TO WHERE THEY ARE LEADERS, NOT ONLY AT SCHOOL BUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING AND IT HAS TAUGHT US AS A FAMILY MANY THINGS MANY THINGS AS BEING HUMBLE AND BEING SERVANT LEADERS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT GREAT LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP AND TEACHERS.

RIGHT AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM AT ALL COST AND I'M TALKING ABOUT CHRISSIE FORD AND RACHEL PRINGLE AS THE DIRECTORS BEING AMAZING LEADERS THAT THEY ARE.

THEY DO.

THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND THEY YOU CAN TELL WHEN PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY COME TO SEE EVEN OUR SUMMER CAMPS AND THE QUALITY OF OUR SUMMER CAMPS IS AMAZING.

RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN WE DO OUR FALL AND THEN THE BIG SHOWS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY COME AND THEY GET THEIR MONEY'S WORTH ALMOST FEELING PROFESSIONALS.

RIGHT. SO BUT THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HELP.

THERE'S VOLUNTEERS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HELP WITH THE DRESSES, WITH THE DECOR, AND THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYBODY, BUT THEY ARE AWESOME VOLUNTEERS AND OF COURSE, BEHIND THOSE GREAT WOMEN, THERE'S GREAT MEN TOO AND DON PRINGLE AND MR. FORD, AMAZING SUPPORTIVE THERE.

SO I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I'M A WITNESS OF THAT PROGRAM.

I HAVE SEEN MY 3 KIDS THRIVE AND IN A VERY GREAT PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL THAT THEY BELONG.

AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING GROUP OF KIDS AND SEEMS LIKE THE NEW KIDS THAT COME IN, THEY JUST IMMERSED IN THAT, AND THEN THAT'S WHO THEY BECOME.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE.

[02:45:01]

THANK YOU STEVE.

WELL THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

SO I'M GOING TO BOW OUT THIS TIME.

THAT SOUNDS FAIR.

I'M THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THEATER AND THE ARTS, THERE'S PROBABLY LESS RISK OF CONCUSSION THAN SPORTS.

SO, I MEAN, HEY, THERE'S NO, YOU CAN GET HURT.

YOU CAN GET HURT. SO I THINK THAT STATEMENT YOU SHARE REALLY ECHOES WELL FOR TONIGHT OR CAPS OFF TONIGHT.

WELL, AS WE LOOKED AT THOSE RESULTS REPORTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES, THE CTE, SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. THERE'S NOT ONE PATH THAT MAKES OUR KIDS SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A DISTRICT AND A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS AND TEACHERS THAT SUPPORT ALL THE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT THE KIDS CAN EXCEL IN AND FIND WHAT DRIVES THEM.

SO KUDOS TO EVERYONE.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, ANTONIO, FOR OUR EVALUATION.

[11. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]

SORRY. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE EVALUATION.

SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

VERY GOOD. WELL I'M A STRONG PROPONENT OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD, SO MY EVALUATION GOES AS FOLLOWS.

THE AGENDA WAS WELL PLANNED AND THE BOARD WAS WELL PREPARED.

I'M GOING TO GIVE US A STANDARD ON THAT ONE.

BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT INTERRUPT EACH OTHER AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE MEETING.

WE WERE COMMENDABLE, WHICH I THINK THAT'S A FOUR.

WE DID A GOOD JOB AND AS A BOARD, WE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE AND TRY NOT TO INTERRUPT EACH OTHER.

I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB.

ALTHOUGH I JUMPED ON THERE ON STEVE, BUT IT WAS TO TELL HIM THAT HE WAS DOING A GOOD JOB ON WHATEVER HE WAS SAYING.

SO THAT DOESN'T COUNT.

BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT REPEAT WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN SAID.

I'M GOING TO GIVE US A MEET STANDARDS.

I THINK WE REPEATED A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT PLAY TO THE AUDIENCE OR MONOPOLIZE THE DISCUSSION.

I'M GOING TO RATE US AS A COMMENDABLE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS TO FACILITATE AN ORDERLY MEETING.

I THINK WE MEET THE STANDARD THERE.

BOARD MEMBERS COMMUNICATED OPENLY AND ACTIVELY IN DISCUSSION AND DIALOG TO AVOID SURPRISES.

COMMENDABLE. I APPRECIATED THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MEETING.

I THINK WE ALL DID, WHICH WAS GREAT AND BOARD MEMBERS PRACTICE RESPECTFUL BODY LANGUAGE.

I THINK WE DID A COMMENDABLE JOB THERE.

SO I APPRECIATE BRINGING UP TOPICS AND THEMES THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN BY AGREEMENT BY ALL THE PARTIES, BUT WE THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AND WE DO IT IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE.

I THINK I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP AND ROUND UP TO FOUR TO COMMENDABLE.

THANK YOU.

SO WITH THAT THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA OR TO OUR FAVORITE ITEM, 12.01, WHICH IS ADJOURNING THE MEETING.

SO WITH THAT I WILL SAY ALOHA AND CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.